!)C Jcffcvscmian, THURSDAY, JAIJTJARY 31, 1SG7. OrMr. Michael Ransberry, sold h:s Farm, containing 1033 acres, hi Stroud township, Monroe county, to Riessr. R. S. Staples: Simon Carry and Stitcs, for T7,EC0, 07" The Thermometer ftood nt 19 below- zero, yeNlcrday, (Wednesday) morning-, in Strou Ithurcr. This is the second time it has reached that fhrure this scasjn. CO" Some hundred and fifty school chil dren from Piainficld township, Northamp ton countv, visited our town on a s'cigh-ride anj t,-ok dinner at Marsh's Hotel, yesterday - m .1 1. 1 - Our thanks are due to Surveyor- General Campbell, for a copy of his An nual Report; To Senator Burnet and Representative Kennedy, for Legislative Documents; To Hon. S. R. Dates, for a copy of his report as State Historian; and To the Hon. E. McPherson, Clerk of the U. S. House of Representatives, for cony cf a Report of the Department of Agriculture. tTU Tl:e lion. I'hilip Johnson, who lias Lccu confined to Ii Is home by illness. since the opening of Congress, left hone for Washington a few days ago. He ha only partially recovered. , . J6iD The proceedings of tho Sabbath- schooi Convention, held at Rnshkill, Pa., ua the 20ri iast., wwre received too lata for insertion in this week's paper. They will appear ou the first page of next week's Mr. Decjamin Rosecnuis, of Flat I roukviilo, X. J., recently killed a bog whi.-h weighed GDI pounds. If there are any heavier, porkers in this latitude we fbouli like to boar of them: Tha monster Tfas purchased by Mr. Win. Wallace, oi this borough. licre Trot .bl3. Thousands of our people are weekly dy ir from the ravages of Indigestion, Dys pepsia, and various diseases of the Stom ach and RottcIs. The value of Cor.'s 1'Yti'i.rsrA Cure should bo known to the world. It lias saved thousands from an csrly grave. The Hon. ?h"atiiamel 13. Eldred & formerly President Judge of this District, died at h : 3 residcr.ee in Eithany, Wayne Gnrtv, Pa., 0:1 Fur.day evening lart, Janu sry 27l!u The Judge held several import ant pes th.ns under the Government, and vva-. a hiehU esteemed member of society. S-'S Mr. Chairman Wallace, has called & wake of the faithful 07er the dead bodv cf the defunct Democracy. The wake will Lc held at Do'ton's Hotel, Uarris- 1 urg, ou Tuesday. It is expected that several ' Itnfeciir.ck" epeeches will made over tho dead body of the Democratic Cscsar. Fatal Accident. Charles Plattcnbergcr, a brakesman cn coal tr.-.iu extra 22, D. L. fc W. 11. R., was killed at Limestouewitch,DearReirs hridge, ou Friday night last, 23 h sup posed, by falling from the train while in niction. lie was discovered by the Lands employed en train 10 passing north, some hours afterwards. II is body was bally lujngled. ?5w The fc'elghing still continues, and is pronounced, by tho3e who have the ; spons" to enjoy it, better than ever. It is now the seventh week of its exist ence, and no sigus its passing away. Wo have not yet enjoyed a ride, and, judging from the collapsed and dilapida ted state of our pocket-book, don't expect to this winter. j?icf The Rev. Dr. Junkin, of Philadel jhia, made a rx;cst earnest appeal to the iiiendi cf the Sabbath, at the Presbyte rian church, in this place, on Monday evcu'iDg last. The object of the appeal was to arouse the friends of the Sabbath, in the rural districts, against fhc inroads attempted in the cities on the institution cf the Sabbath, by means of very qucr tionable legislation. The Reverend gen t'emao, ia tsost pointed language set forth the plain duty, in this regard, of every christian mau, woman and child iu the country. T-3-TheCrst Lecture of the course, under the auspices of the Ladies of the Presby terian church, cause off, as per annoence meat, cn Tuesday eveniog last. -The sub ject "The Woiuan is the Glory of Man," wa3 most ably handled by the Lecturer, the Rev. Dr. J unkin, ajid, doubtless, each cae present went home with the itnpres tion that woman, as she elected to be, could make herself cither the glory or the shame of the mau. Strong-minded womeu, do not occupy au exalted place in the Doctor's estimation, certainly. The Lecture was well attended and attentive ly listened t). For information. touching the lecturer yet to come, sac card of com- uiiitee, iu uother column. ECU Oar Senator, fjener;.! Rurnet, wc observe, Lis been safely delivered of a speech, in the Seuate of Pennsylvania, on the question of the prssaga of tha Consti tutional Arxendmcuts, adopted last sum mer lv Congress. Of course, obeying copperhead dictation, the General, spoke and voted for their rejection, and thus did bis share towards the staving off of the healthy aud etfceful state of things which their passage would secure to the country. We rend the speech with some infarct, because,' as a csaiden effortmade upon a most inpoitaut subject, we really hoped to fpjd seme thing on which we could pride ourselves, aud from whicli we could draw credit for our Senator and the dis trict. Rut we were most sadly disappoint ed by the result as, instead cf convincing argument, we found it to be made up of a lehush of the stale aud long since ex ploded slang cf copperheadism, to which every man has been compelled toliatcn who could make up bis mind to bear the brunt cf a Democratic meeting, at cny time within the last six years. Instead of au argument for peace, on a basla which would heal the wounds which now afdict Ihe country, restore union and mike ours a happy family of States, upon an impregnable basis, it turned cut to be an attempt to establish the untenable theory that the Southern people were th inoo cents ia the war, and that the very trai tors whose hands were most deeply dyed in the blcod of the victims, immolated on the altar of their ambitious attempt to de stroy the Government, should be allowed t3 occurv the most exalted niches in the temple of the restored government. We regret the making of the speech, and we think the author cf it, himself, will Jjlu U3 in the regret ere tr.e hosts ofma nv winters nave wimenei :11s urow. tv e , 1 1 , 1 TIT knew the General was vast in a spread upon the stump, and that he ventured much to ercite the risib'es aud tickle the fancy of the Monroe County Democracy on the hustings; but we hoped much from the fact that he was a young man of fine ability. and we earnestly looked for some thing fros him in the Scuatc, which would assure us that his days cf spread eagljdom were over, and that if he could not agree with us, he would at least prove creditable to us by burying the demagogue beneath the spot upon which he would appear as the full grown man. Oa read ing his speech we arc compellal to con fess that he has disappointed us. May we not hope that his future clToit3 will teed to the redemption cf the past. We can assure our Senator that a man may be a gcod Democrat without being a mcro demagogue. I-Ionrce CoTiaty Teachers Institute. In accordance with a previous call, a por tion cf the Teachers of Monroe County r.s seuilled in the Stro'idslurg Academy, on Friday list, the C5th i:t. Institute opened l-y reading a p.iru.n cf Scripture, and prayer Ly . 13. St.,rm. Esq. The President, Mr. Berlin, being absent, ti e Vice President, S. S. Lcih, took the chair. The first thing in order was the appointment cf a committee !o draft a constitution. The chir appointed the following named gentlemen said com mittee Isaac Transue, J. B. Stcrm, and D. S. Lee, who in due time reported a Consti tution, which was adopted. The next thing in order 'was the appointment of an executive committee, as flllows R. Rces, S. S. LceIi and Isaac Tranrue. Having received infor mation that the President could net ottend, and S. S. Lsh declining the honor to serve in that capacity, J. 15. Stcrm, R.-q., was unan imously elected President. In accordance wi'h the order of exercises a" mirked out Ly the committee of arrange-, ments, the first branch on the programme was Practical Arithmetic, Ly S. S. Lesh. The excrci.e was very ably conducted, a number of the teachers participating in the discussion. Adjourned to mnct at half pert cne o'clock. Afternoon Session, opened with vocal mu sic. After caliing the roll, D. S. Lee con ducted an exercise in Pennmans'ii:?, and was followed by Mr. Transue in Mental Arith metic, in whicli some very fine -illustrations were give n, tdmplyfying the method of teach ing that important branch. At the conclu sion of the exercises, an address was deliver ed by Professor Osborne, cf Lafayette Col lege, on the theory and practice cf teaching, which was replete w ith valuable information. Adpurned to meet at 7 o'clock, p. in. livening iScsaion. The evening fiess'en was taken up with a most interesting lecture, by Proressor Osborne, cn Philosophy and Philosophers, when the Institute adjourned to meet at half past nine o'clock on Saturday morning. Morning' Session, Saturday, opened by reading a portion of Scripture, vocal rnus:c, and prayer by the Itev. R. S. Rverit. The session was occupied with the following ex ercises: let. An address by the Rev. C. S. Evcrit, in which fie ably set forth the propriety of training, not only tbe intellect; but, also, the consciences of the pupil intrusted to their care. 2d. The discussion of the following qucs- Resolved, That the minimum length cf our school term should be extended "lo eix month. The dii-cussion was very ably conducted pro and con, a number of the teichers par ticipating. The hour alloted to the discus sion having" expired, and ihore being others who were an.viou3 to ha heard upon the sub ject, it was postponed for further considera tion until afteri.oon. 3d. A lecture by J. B. Storm, Esq., da teaching as a science, in whicli he stated good logical reasons why teaching should be ranked among the learned professions. Ad journed to meet at 11 o'clock. 11 Afternoon Session, opened by singing. After which the discussion of the above named question was resumed. Decided in the affirmative. 2d. A Lecture by Dr. A. Jackson, upon the Antiquity of Man. D. S. LEE, S. c'y. 0a ths Removal cf Hr. Sb.oerr.aker. Messrs. Editors: I noticed in the rol limns of Uie Jijj'ersonirin of the l'Jth in.-t., two short letters written by tin, and an edi tcrial paragraph or two, bvthe editor of that papr in reference to the removal of Henry Shoemaker and the appointment of James A. Vault, as my Deputy Collector of U. S. In ternal Rcveiiuo for the County of Monroe. I feci it advisable to rcoly, and respectfully request the use of your paper for this pur- poi ' The editorial remarks, to say the least, are the unwarrantable and scandalous attack up ou n.c for the removal cf Mr. S. If Mr Schoch wrote the article to whicli reference U here made, and wc were disposed to retort upn him, we might indulge in remarks which t; hi tn would be exceedingly unpleas ant: but knowing Ins "soilness and 011 that occount his liability is to be imposed up on, wc will simply ive him this welcome advice; that, before penning another article of a similar character, to remain in " Jerico until his beard Le grown." But wc strong ly suspect the man with the tremendously long Lcard to have written the article, for, as it was said of cue of old Miis speech be trayeth him," and although the slang phrases used are perfectly, characteristic of the source whence they e;nnnatfd, they come with an 1I1 prace fro 11 a man who is as week- hnced" as circumduct s can well make him. Let me say cmplnticaliy that I am satis fied wiih the course 1 took in lh? removal of Mr. Shoemaker. I could not do ot!i2rwise under the circumstances, aa numerous p?ti tioni in my possession, signed by a large number of tin; best men in your count, will testify. These petitions will bo sent you for pulhcatiou it called tor. Had Mr. ii bedi a little more discreet and refrained from improper langnago sgainst those in au thority, in all probability he would not have been requested to "withdraw. Rut when a man is lost to self-respect as to malign the ch:cf magistrate of the Aation by sayin all manner of evil against him, we believe that no right-thinking person would advo cate the retention in ctiice. Then again. when we give ."dr. S. the certificate which he so injudiciously handed to the Jejfcrso- ttia:i for publication, Wij thought he might make an improper use of it. Still, wc cheerfully presented ii to him under the im pression t':at no gentleman would do so. I; this, hv.vevcr, we find ourselves mistaken and we regret exceedingly, not that we rc moved him, but that the confidence we re posed inh m was mic.ilacc.l. Good care was taken not to publish till the correspondence iu relation to the removal of Mr. S., Lut on the contrary they gave such only as was thought would suit certain purposes. Why was my letter to Mr. KLoeniakcr, dated Nov. loth, (n;cre than a month before ho w;is re quested to " withdraw, ) withheld, and tl.ose cf Doccmbcr 2'dnd published! If the editor the Jt-ffcrsoniaii is di.-po.sed to continue the discussion of this iu"-joct, it will afford mc a gool opportunity of presenting all the f.icts in 'the cue It the citizens of Monro" and atk for the u.e of his columns for this purpose. Messrs. Editors, 1 will close by assuring yon that I am sorry to trouble your readers with matters cf a s'rictly personal character, Lut the cditcr of th; Jrjj't rsonian having made an ungcntlemanly and personal attack upon me, I think it important not to let it pass unnoticed. I therefore dcsJre to state explicitly that, lie hiving assumed the ag gressive and therefjy necessarily thrown me on the defensive, that it is my intention not only to h-dd him responsible, but to defend mvself to the fullest extent of my power. J. P. 1IETRICK. Easton, Jan. 21st, 15G7. Remarks. W'c fuund the foregoing in the columns cf the last Monroe Democrat, and insert it in our paper for two reasons: 1st, to givejhe collector a hearing before our readers, and U:id, to show the public that c ve:i, under what he imagines to be aggrava ted provocation, the Collector dare not pre tend to bae Mr. Shoemakci's removal on any other tiian purely Copperhead grounds, Thi3 would be probably sufficient by way of introduction to Josiah's diatribe, but "by ding,' to Lorrow a favorite expression of his, as wc have the time, we do not know but what it will be just as well to ventilate his production a little, merely to let him know that in the desperation of his assault he com mitted no murder tiiat we still live. It will be observed, on reading the second pangraph cf hia article, that owing to the hurts he received from the "unwarrantable and scandalous attack" contained in our in- troluction to his notes to Mr. Shoemaker, or some other cause, Josiah is considerably be fogged on the question of authorship. lie does not know w hether to blame Mr. Schoch or "the mnn with the tremendously leng beard" with the paternity of the "attack," and hence, -a3 a soother in his adversity, be indulges teveral witty Iletrickiannas at our expense. As these, nowever arc pointless and harmless, we pass them by with this ad vice to Josiah, that a man who knows so well how to draw upon the brains of hi neighbors fur mean3 to add interest to his pa per, asdoes Josiih P Iletrick, the editor of the Northampton Journal, should not much both er his br.iins about the paternity of articles which pinch Josiah P. Iletrick, Collector, &c. Josiah tells us that he is satisfied with the course he took in the removal of Mr. Shoe maker. We have never doubted it. We knew the man so well that notwithstanding his solemn protestation to us, to Mr. Shoe maker and to others that he would make no change, wc doubted his stability under pres sure. Within a year we had known him to be an ardent republican and a renogade to republicanism to have possessed a political birthright and to have bartered that birth right for a mess of pottage iu shape cf the Collectorship. Why then should we believe that he would brave the demands of Copper heads for the removal of Mr Shoemaker, af ter he hud sold himself to copperhead ism fo cheaply. The truth u that Jonah's mind was made up to retain Mr. Shoemaker, until he bean to have misgivings that his own bead would pay the penalty of disobedience to the demands of copperhead aspirants. Josiah speaks of numerous petilions,"signcd by anum ber of the best men of the county, and prom ises to send them for publication if called for. We call for them. W'c leave Josiah to the full enjoyment of all the laurels he can draw from the remaining reasons he gives for the removal of Mr. Shoemaker, mere ly premising that Mr. S. never withheld his opinions ofthe PrcsiJent and his policy from Mr. Collector Iletrick. - Overlooking Josiah's bombastic threats to the discusion of this subject, we conclude by presenting the public with another of hi tender missives. This one was written after the receipt ofthe formidable petitions which he mentions, and which he had exhibited to Mr. Shoemaker, and is most pathetically cn dcrscd, in his own hand-writing, "Stones and Clut s." The letter reads as follows: collector's office, TJniied States Internal Revenue 11th District, Stute of Pennsylvania Eastcn, Pa., Nov. 2d, 1SG3. Mr. Henry Shoemaker, Esq. Dep. Coll. &c. After you left my office last evening, I thought I would write you a word or too, Arc you rot too much of a philosoper to be ruffled by the efforts of those who desire to surplant you I I find it best to try to keep cool iiiiuer all circumstances, attend to my own business. Let thost; throw stones who find pleasure in doing so. The boys al ways throw stones and clubs at the trees which bear the best apples. Respt. yours &c. J. P. IIETRICII. 3 An exchaugs says: "There is a rumor that the Delaware & Lackawanna Railroad Company may re move the terminus of their road froia the Junctiou to Washington in consequence of some misunderstanding or difficulty with the Ceutral Railroad Company. 1 this should be done, which we hardly think probable the business importance oi tbe Junction would be considerably diminished thereby. This would indicate the p-rc5pect cf a connection with the Mortis & Essex Road at Washington, which, we believe, ia pro vided with a third rail so as to accoma:o date the gage ofthe D. L. & V, Road. We do not know what peculiar advantages would be gained by this change of con nection, unless the privilege of running into Jersey city, posseted by the Morris &' Essex Road, would enable the D. L. & Y. Road, to secure a coal depot nearer New. York. We heard notljng, before. of the rumored difficulty between tbe D. Ii. & W. Road and the New Jersey Cent tra:.. 1 A Liboral Donation. The Rev. R. S. Rvcritt, pastor of the Presbyterian church, was made the recip ient cf a very liberal donation from his fricaus, at the parsonage, oa Thursday af tcrnooti and evening lait. The attend ance create 1 a perfect jam, notwithstand ing whicli the evening passed very pleas antly. Tho donation netted $303.50 in cash, and presents to the value of twenty- odd dollars. The Reverend recipient of the liberality looked well pleased. Ry the way cauuot a congregation which can deal so liberally with the pastor, sea its ... 1 j .1 1 1 , n 1 TUj, ciear 10 me Luuuing 01 a Letter church for its accommodation? It is rath er a reproach that with but two churches for a population of some 3.000, one of them shiiulu be in so out of the-way sort of a place, aud so iuconvenrent iu every respect. Terrible Isplosion. Two of the large boilers at the Dela ware liohic'' Mill, owned bv Tindal . Eycrman & Co., in Phillipsbnrg, N. J ' J 1 exploded about noon, on Monday, the 21st iust., completely wrecking the building, and killing one of the employees, and in juring a number of others. Tho mill had been lying idle for some time, lut work had been resumed on the mornins of the explosion by firing up the engines, aud the puddling furuaccs. The rolls were to have been started iu the after noon. The cause of the explosion is shrouded in mystery. The largo and sub stantial building was rent in two, two boilers were completely demolished, and the other six displaced. The largo stack is one mas of ruias, not one brick remaining ou another. The loss to the owners of the mill is roughly estimated at $10,000. No insurance. Other build ings were injured by tho flying bricks and timber. Or The National Publishing Company" No. 507 Minor street, Philadelphia, arc a bout publishing a work by the Hon. A. II. Stevens, of Georgia, entitled "A history of the late War between the States Tracing its Origin, Causes and Results." The posi tion held by tho author in tho Confederate Government, as well as his standing in the country, will doutlessdratv thousands of rca ders both North and South to the work. Ono million six hundred and fifty thou sand doliars capital is invested irt the Cambria Iron works at Johnstown, Pa. Thrco thou-aud two hundred men are constantly employed at wages varing from $1.12 to $100 per day. From a" mere village these iron work have caused John stowu to expand iuto a good kized towu of fifteen thousand inhabitauti. A hotel proprietor of Wisconsion had his valise stolon while ou a reeciittour in the southeru part of tho State. On re turning home he fouud the valise aud thiol stopping at his own house, The National Finances. The amount of fractioual currency re ceived at the Treasury Department for the week-eudiDg last Saturday was 40,700. During the same period there was ship ped to the Assistant 1 reasurers at Lostcn, New York and Philadelphia, ?100,UUU each; to the Uuited States depo?itary nt Raltimore, 670,000; at Chicago, So'J.OOU; to National Ranks, $150,000. The amount of National Rank currency issued during the week was $104,275, making the whole amouut issued up to date $300,'J07,SfJt. i rom this is to be deducted the currency returned, includ ing woru out notes, amounting to $2,15S; leaving in actual circulation at this date e29S,74S,'JGi. The disbursements were as follows: For the War Department, $1,814,803 Navy Department, 2,943,1) iG Interior Department, 211,002 Total, Si,970,SSG Tlie receipts from Infernal Revenue on Saturday were $5Q5,93G, making the to tal amount for the week ',4QJ,77G.35. Tbe securities held by the Treasurer of the United States in trust for National Ranks reported oa Saturday, are a3 fol- loTS For circulating notes, 340,514,000 For deposits of public moneys, 33, 7G 1,450 Total. $370,275,450 The following i.3 tho statement of the receipts for customs from January 12th to January 19th, 1SG7: New York, 2,300,740.39 Roston, 709,310.99 Philadelphia, 172.074,01 Raltimore, 123,004.01 From New Oricans the eraount for the week ending January 12th wa3 $129, 904.73, and fVutu San Francisco, for the week ending December 22, 8107,517.97, malfing the twtal amount reported $3,004, 312.75. Sufibricg ia the Lehigh and Schuyliill Coal Regies s. There is much distress in thh and the Schuylkill coal regions at present. 31 a un people are actually suffering for the want of food, and the winter, thus far, has been the ino2t severe of sdj that we have experienced for several years. In tbe vicinity of 3Iahancy City the poor a:e sufieriug greatly. 3iany collieries have suddenly ceased operations, and the work ing men are unable to collect their wages. The (jieuden Coal Company, at Maliancy City, was to have been sold by the Sher iff oa Tuesday of last week, end many poar people had gathered about the prem ises on that day, happy in the idea that they were dt last about to obtain tbeii hard-earned and much-needed wa"C3; but the news that the sale had been postponed until the 2G?h iust., cams urnn them h'ke athu:ide.r-clap, and their distress was pitiable to witness. This is the case to some extent in other parts, where the woiking people who are desirous of emi grating to other j laces, are untb!e to do so because they cannot collect their wages. There is r.o woik to 1 e had at most of the collieries, and the deep snow has put au end to nn st kinds of out door labor. V"c are informed that 3iahanoy City has a comparatively. deserted appearance, and houses, which a few months a Ci)u!d be obtained only by tho payment o: most exorbitant rents, are now tcnautlcss. and a drug iu tho market. 3ianv stores are becoming closed, some of thsm by the SheriiF, and the prospect of better times is anvtbmgbut good. Carlon Democrat Jan. 2G. In respect to the P cedent's appoint ments, the records at U ashmgtoa show that about sixty per cent, of the entire Jorce rj Collectors and Assessors tUrou-ih- wt the irtole country icerc removed. ihere arc two hundred and forty Collec tion Districts, making iu all four bund red and eighty Collectors and Assessors combined. Of Deputy Collectors, the eu- tire force iu all the United States number over three thousand, and ofthe Assistant Assessors, about twenty-five hundred, and of Revenue Inspectors about one hundred and fifty. Of this largo force, number ing altogether, well ou to six Jiundred persons, about ttcentyjive p,- cent, icerc removedjromoiji.ee. Pennsylvania suf fered to the extent of at least fifty per ceut. of the entire number of principle officers, and too many minor officials to count. New York came in for about as large at a share as Pennsylvania. Iowa was striken to the extent of seventy per cc-nt. of the force, while iu Indiana and Illinois nearly al! tha ofucers were re moved. Rut Michigan was visited to a most lamentable degree, for there evert district icas completely changed. It is said that a colored boy named Douglass, residing iu Curry, Pa., has in- veuted a new aud destructive firearm, iu the shape uf a riile battery, which is on exhibition at Rua'alo. It is coustructed in such a minuer as to throw one hund red aud eight 3Iinnie balls at ono dis charge from percussion shell cartridges, and tho machiueean bo kept in continual operation. Lxpenenced military men have examined the battery, and prouounce it one of tbe most formidable pieces of or- dianee yet invented. C . GENERAL NEWS; JudQ Woodward declines a renomination to the Supremo Court of Pennsylvania. The number of cattle in Great Britain and reland is 8,710,'JTO, and of sheen G MT."i . 'JU3. ' A Bronze- statute of General Julm V. T?ov. nolds is to bo erected where he fell ut Got- ty.l.urg. Ihe Supremo Court of Indiana Ins d.id- ed as constitutional tha hws levying taxes on dogs in that State. J welve ewes have been sold in Middle- burg, Vt , fr 81000 each, and a younj ram ior ."rs'JOOO. The animals were of a. choice kind. A girl oiily fifteen yenrs old, with hcr bn.ther, hist week skated from Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Dayton, a distance of forty miles, in six hours. Two young girlj iu Leavenworth had a disputo a3 to who ued most sugar, and dur ing tho wangle upset the table, which, fall ing upon 1110 iiea.t t u little child, broka its neck and killed it. ' Out of the Frying Pan into the Fire." In the TJ. S. Senate, a lew weeks a-rj 3Ir. Sumner while discussing the bill tj regulate the teuure of office, took occasion to give Andrew Johnson a regular roast ing, raising a blister at every stroke of his merciless invective. Mr. Rcverdy Johnson, of Maiyland, a professed friend of the President, came to his rescue, but made sad work of it. lie attempted to pour a healing balm into Andy's wounds, but the balm was even more caustic thaa the original application. Here is what 31 r. Sumner said: Sir, in holding up Andrew Johnson to judgment, I do not allude to his open ex posures of himself in a state cf bestial in toxieation while he was -taking his cath of office, nor do I allude to tbe maudlin speeches by which he bad disgraced the country as it was never before degraded, nor do I hearken to any reports of par dons sold, or of personal corruption. This is not the case against him, as I deem it my duty to present in this argumeut.- Those things are bad, very bad, but they might not, in the ojiuiou of seme Sena tors, justify U3 on the present occasion. In other words, they might not be suS cicnt reason for the au.endmcnt which I have moved, but there is reason which is ample. The President has usurped tic power of Congress 011 a colossal scale, and he has employed these usurped power in facilitating a rebel spirit and awaken ing anew the dying fires of the rebfllion. This is the great and unpardonable offense for which hi&tory must condemn him, if you do not. lie is a usurper through whom iuQnite wrong has been, dne to his country. He is a usurper who, prom ising to be a 3loses, has become a Pbarob, and iu the maiutcnuncc of his usurpation he has employed tbe power of removal from cilice. And here is Reverdy Johnson's- reply: 31 r. Juknsou sail that in uiscusfing the bill before the Senate, it was wholly unueccssray to inquire into the character of the President. The President bad said a great many things that he (Mr. Johnson j could wish, for his own sake, that ho had not said, but he is by nature impetuous, brought up and sprung irom the humblest walks of life, lie has been subjected to turmoil from time to tiuij, which, perhaps, he would not have been subjected to if he hud becu educated iu the colleges which have given to my friend from M;;ssachuscttes such distinc tion in the estiaiatiun of the learned. lie was ou the stump iu Tennessee. 3Ieet iug men who srokc not iu the language of the classics, but in language, thestrog er it w;:s the better it was liked by those who heard it. No member of the Sen ate regit tie J "move thau I did, said Mr. Johnson, the exhibition of this feeling eu the pait ofthe Presideut ou the 22d cf February last, or upon the jouri.cy be tcck to tbe west last summer, it was censurable and cutiiely out of ucc&rd with the dignity that ouht to attach to the high otnee he h'.dds-. Rut that did cc; prove that the President was untrue to his country, or that he was a usurper. Everybody who reads the defence' made lv thj 31arvland Senator, must ad mit thut it is .the most damaging thiug that could be uttered agaiust the Presi dent, it acknowledges that he is coarse cf speech, vu'gur iu mauners, and vindictive iu temper in one word he is a natural born au 1 regularly trained ''rough;' whnse foul-mouthed diatribes cn the -'I'd of February and while " swinging round the circle," although highly censurable,, should be charitably overlooked as being the characteristic ebullitions of one wkoiu the force of circumstances" had made a blackguard. If Audy Johuson has cause to ray for deliverance from his cuemies, he has much more reason to cry " save me from my friends'."' What kind of a ship has two mates and no captain : v A courtship. Special Notices. 0 Course cf Lectures. A course of Lectures, uuder the auspi ces of the ladies of the Presbyterian church 11114 V. J i Ul , t-1 V. V, '-1 , VLi JL UVOUJJ (. t lUH January 20th, 1SG7. The following dis tinguished gentlemen' have beeu engaged,, and will lecture upon tho subjects named: Tuesday evening, February 12th,lSCTr Rev. Jas. W. Wood, of Allentown, Pa Subject History of Israel in the Desert. Illustrated. Tuesday evening, February I9th, l?l37r Dr. A. Reeves Jackson, 31. D., of Strouds burg, Pa. Subject Science iu Accord ance with Revelation. Tuesday evening, February 2Gth, 1S07, Rev. Wni. 31. Rlaekburn, of'Trenton, X. J. Subject Saint Patrick. Tuesday evening, March 12th, 1SG7, Wm. C. Catttll, 1). 1). DR. D.. cf Easten, Pa. Subject Jerusalem aud Adjacent Country. Illustrated. Tickets fur the course, $1.00; single tickets, 25 cts.; childreu under 12 years, half price. Tickets may be had of cither of tho undersigned committee, or, at Frown it Keller's Jewelry Store, or, at the Drug Store uf cither Win. Hollinshead, lhcher k Rro., or, Detrick & Williams. Proceeds to be applied to the benefit of the church. Rkv. R. S. Eveuitt, Jonx R. Stoum, S. Holmes, ju., L11tiUilC?' Tin: head or a comet, according t Milton, is rendered tenfold nicro terrible by its "Horrid Hair," and there are thousands of tlrcry !iunwn heads which might be rendered ctiarav.ug by simply changing their tint into a niello brown, or a perfectly natural black with CRISTADORO'S HAIR DYE, It is rediculous to carry into society a gr sandy or carrotty head, when live roinu would render it as attractive as Nature couU have mado it iu its happiest mood. MaIlU ihctureJ by J. CRISTA DORO. 0 A tor House, New York. So'd Ly Druggie plied by all Hiir Dressers. Jau.'lT, lG7.-lm,
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