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American.
H. B. MASSER
I. WllVERT.
Editor.
UXBUKY. JANUARY
!1, lsTtj.
Tim widow of ex-Preeident Andrew
Johnson, iied at the rpsidence of her
daughter, Mrs. ratterson, in Greenville,
Tenn., on the 15th inst.
Thb first arrival oa tlie grouud of the
foreign contributions to the centennial,
was that of Egypt, the oldest of known ua
tions, makiog Lr friendly offering to the
youngest Xext to it came thu frieudly
spirit of Japan, ninetceu cars loaded with
her exhibits having reached the centennial
grounds on Monday last.
The feeling in Congress in regard to an
appropriation or 1,500,000 to assist in
meeting the expenses of the centennial an
niversary, is strong iu behalf of the same.
Southern members are taking an active in
. c"est in it and show a disposition to give
measure a general support. We hope
matter will not be delayed and that tbe
appropriation be at once made.
One ot the Democratic candidates of
Kentucky for the IT. S. Senate, proposes
that the goverumeut shall pay ot r11 the
property including slaves winch me go
.rnn,,nt nnV from the rebels duiing the !
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war. These Southern Democrats are not 1
.w modest, as they already demand pen
sions, and wi'.l next claim datuascs for all
the rebels killed in the wsr.
While at Harrisburg, ou Tuesday last,
we were happy to find that our Represen
tatives, Messrs. John and Withiugton, of
this county, were busy in attending to the
interests of their constituent. Tt.ey arc
Industrious and attentive to their duties,
and can always be found at their post.
Roth enjov the confidence of the House,
and are looked upon as intelligent and rea
sonable uieu. While Mr. John ranks
among the loaders of the Republican tide, ;
Mr. Withinglou leads the Democratic sMe,
The voters of Northumberland county are
well represented in the present Legislature,
and both parties can will feel proud of their
member.
I.O- op l). l A convention of the
liraml IjnA-a of the I. O. of U. F. of
T.o. t f,irthi.r rrn jnniinU or
& ruur-i 11 um. '
the grand parade to b given
in
rhila-
delphia oa the 20th of next .September, was
held en Monday evening in their haH at
Sixth and Cresson streets. P. G. M.
Isaac A. Sheppard, of Lodge No. 229,
presided. IX G. Sire John TV. Stokes, ot
Lodgf No. 29 ; I Mabone, D. Stewart
F-lliot, and I). J. Sweet A. Wagner actd
as vice president. Secretary, 11. E. G. II.
P. Oorge Jfertram, of Encampment No.
- S6 ; assistant secretary, P. J. Charles
Cohill, or Lodge No. 258 ; treasury, P. G.
P. M. Richard Muckle, of Encampment
No. 51. The roll of delegates was called
and answered by 39 lodges. The creden
tials were received and the dels gates ac
knowledged. The chairman was "directed
to appoint the various t.ub-coninoiltees, of
etch of which he was to be an x-officio
member. A committee of five was appint
ed to attend to transportation and the re
duction of hotel fares, after which the
convention adjourned to meet at the call
of (he chairmau. While the members
were leaving the hall Mr. James B. Ni
cholson, the Grand Secretary, proposed
Wff 'M'pouJeu to wlin itnii ii 1 niial ' ii h
If a Democratic administration is next
year placed in full possession of the Gov
ernment, the couutry tuy as well get ready
to comjieusate the South generally Tor all
it lot in the rebellion. Southern "war-
-UinipM are pouring in on Congress by the
cart-load, and they are constantly growing
ia amsuut and scope. Among the latest
of them is on? iu behalf of the Slate or
West Virginia, ror payment of toll over a
State highway Alone which our armies
moved to put down the rebellion without
stopping to settle at the toll gates. Anoth
er is for the payment to Harper's Ferry
operatives of wages due them iu 18C1, post
poned by "the difficulties" whereby the
operatives r.t the arsenal, who went into
the reble service, didn't collect their dues.
One of the Democratic candidates for
United States Siuater from Kentucky urges
the passage of the following amendment to
the Federal Constitution :
"The United States shall render just com
1 pensation to the owners of private proper
ty taken for the public ue of the United
States during and since the lata war, to
wit:
Property taken for supplies and subsis
tence of the United States army.
Property in persons held to service or
lb;w in the Mate of Kentucky and (other
States which are named, by the laws
thereof, and mxuitcd as soldiers iu the
United States army, or taken into the
United SUtcs service in any other capaci
ty, and thereby lost to the parties to whom
such service or labor was due ; and proper
ty in persons held to service or labor in
those States, aud under the laws thereof,
and emancipated by the Thirteenth Amend
ment to the Constitution, itnd thereby lost
li the owners and parties to whom snch
K.rvice or labor was due. Such compensa
tion shall be paid to said owncis, their
heirs, assigns, represeu tali res, successors
and tlislribulers, in whole or in part, in
United States curreucy and in United
States bonds, payable in years, if not
souuer paid, bearing percent, interest
payable semi-annually in Uuited States
curreucy, at the capitals of the States re
spectively of the holders of said bonds.
Ssld bonds shall bear date and interest
from the date of the loss of the properly. 3
Pcopie are beginning to obtain a glimpse
of what the asceudancy of the Democratic
put ty really means.
Still Aftkk the Whiskey Thieves.
Secretary Urislow is still after the whiskey
thieves, and is pursuing them with a quiet
determination and efficiency most encoui a
ing to boucst people. His latest operations
have been in Chicrgo, where his agents
have seized on several of the heaviest dis
tilleries and arrested a number who have
leen parties to operations in "crooked''
whiskey. His energy aud success iu pur
suit of the rascals, are demoralizing their !
tombicatioDS, and in their fright they are
letting out on rath other. By Mr. Bris-
tow's operations iti Chicago, lare amounts :
will be saved to the government.
fieneral Butler .-H-cupied a sofa in the
House or Representatives, listening to the
speech of Hill ia th: amnesty debate. As
Hill sat down But! r exclaimed to a by-
sianuer, , i gic mi- w.ousauu i
. t ..- .i i
dollars !
for the pleasure of occupying my old place
it m wavy j so many of the elements of empire and it
In Xew Orleans, on Saturday, James ; behooves us to see to it that neither its dig
Merriman. colored, shot and killed Jauies i nitv or prosperity suficr through any de-
Murphj, white. Both men are carpenters,
and an altercation as to their earnings led !
U the shooting. The murderer snrreader- .
" lauthniftjea. :
The Inauguration. The iuaugura-
i tiu of tvernor Hurtraim, on Tuesday
j hst, wa the oi casioti of the most inagnifi-
cent idigtatit that ever marched through
the streets of llairisburg. About lour
thnusnud military, tweuty baads of music
w re in Hup, titles civic i lubsand organi
zation?. The heavy rains during the night
pieviou.1-, sfrved to make the streets mud
dy, and outdoors very disagreeable. This
did not, however, damp the arder of the
thousands in attendence, who arrived by
different traius during the night. All the
hotels were over crowded, and it is estima
ted that at least twentv thousaud people,
besides the military had visited the State
Capital to witness the inauguration. The
public buildings, as well as many private
dwellings were haudsomely and appropri
ately decorated with flags.
The centre of attraction was the Lochiel,
where the governor had his headquar
ters, and military men and politicians of
uott were quartered.
Hon. Henry P. Rawle, state treasurer
elect, also occupied apartments at this
house, and was visited by many of his per
sonal and politisal friends. The decora
tions were unique as well as appropriate.
In the dining rooms were suspended shields
! bearing the coats of arms of all the states
jaud territories, while the fronts of the
building was covered with flaiis and por
I traits, chief among which was a magnifi
cent porirail 01 lilt governor uiikiik"
transparency, which was brilliantly
illu-
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ruinated during the evenin
The procession commenced lormmg
about half past nine, but did not start un
til eleven, an hour later than the pro
gramme. The march was exceedingly dis
agreeable on account of the mud iu the
streets. The route of the procession was a
long one, but it was strictly carried out,
and consumed about one hour in passing a
givsu point. On State street ths troops
were formed in line and reviewed by the
governor, when, with his staff, he proceed
ed to the platform erected on the south
front of the state house to take the oath of
office.
The military remained outside of the
grounds. At fifteen minutes to twelve the
legislature took a recess to attend the in
augural ceremonies, when the members
marched out and twk their position 011 the
Dlatfortn. A dense mass ol people com-
poted of males and females, including me
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inevitable small boy, blocked up me eoutn-
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elbowed
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each ouir m irons 01 tuuu.
carriagc, bearing the executive and staff,
entered the grouuds, a governor's salute
was fired from the arsenal battery, sta
tioned In front of the soldiers' monument.
Reaching the designated povnt the gover
nor alighted, and at one o'clock ascended
the stand, which was festooned with flags.
A banner containing the coat ot arms of
the state occupied a position in front of the
stand. Thousands of people haU conrc
eated in the viciuity to witness the inau-
gural ceremonies, aud every available place
was occupied to gam a view or the gover
nor and bear his inaugural address.
The moment he stepped to the front he
was greeted with deafening cheers. As
soon as this demonstration had subsided
the oath of office was administered to him
by Hon. It. M. Henderson, additional law
judge of the Twelfth judicial district, when
he delivered his inaugural address :
AddrrHofJ. F. Ilartrann
(ifilhmtix vf tht Senate aui Howe of
lieprestntata-es ami. Fellow Citizens:
Three years ago, when the oath of ofliee
took obca s ion to Txyre ikp Henstf ' in J J
infinite obligations to the people of the State
who had honored me with repeated proofs
of their couCdence aud good opinion, and
it would be unworthy affectation if I did
aot now renew my acknowledgements to
the same generous constituency, who, after
a three years' stewardship of the highest
office in their gift, have called me again to
assume its important dutius.
The continued favor and inflexible sup-
port my conduct of public affairs has re -
ceived from the citiiens of the Common -
wealth, bespeak from me in retum, the
utmost zeal aud fidelity in their service,
and my highest ambition will be reached if
my administration will be remembered as an
honorable one that studied and provided
for their best interests. I still have as
exalted an opinion of the great trust you
have conferred upon me as wheu first cou-
fronted with its novel and grave responsi.
bilities, and despite the experience had,
am none the less distrustful of my abilities
to meet its requirements, but whatever
may b my other deficiencies, I do not
know what it is to be wanting in altach-
mcnt to my State, or affection lor her peo-
pie who have distinguished me with so
many obliging and conspicuous mirks of j ashamed to acknowledge their Republican
partiality, j ' and have the courage and ability tore-
I am not unmindful that the welfare and
prozressofa State depend less upon its
government and rulers than upon the habits
and circumstances of its citizens, and that
uo measures of adminstration can produce
any substantial good unless they are dictat
ed by public opinion or are begottcu of the
public nececsilies. A pcopie must be rife
to reform or reform can work them no per
manent beuelit. Invention may exhaust
itself in contrivances of public utility and
rulers may be ne verso wise in tbeir devices,
but if the dispositions and intelligence of
a people are unprepared for the reception
of remedies they will not take root in their
s flee tions or affair.
imbued with these convictions, the max
ims for the conduct of my administration
were easily formed. It was only uecessary
to resolve that its acts should have no self
ish taint, that they should be colored bt uo
personal predilections or warped by any
favorite theories, aud that inspired ueilher
by fear uor favor they should aim to reflect
the people's will. With the. lights with
which Heaven bus endowed mo I have
striven to adhere to these maxims, and if
at any time I have failed to couform there
to it has not beeu from lack of palieut in
vestigation and honest exertion or of a
tender and jealous regard for the honor of
the State but from a misconception or mis
apprehension of the wishes or ueeds of her
pcopie. in the future then, as in the past,
as the Executive of the Commonwealth, I
can have uo interest to serve that is not
iher iuteres, aud can embrace nu doctrine
or embark iu auy cause that wiil not ad-
vauce the material prwpeiity and promote !
the enlightenment of her citize ns.
My opinion upon the qes'ions 'Jim I effect
ths government of the State have betu pre-
setited in toy aotiu.il message and it is un-
! accessary to agaiu refer to them.
When we look around us, geotlemcni i-l i
the Legislature, how various, multiferm
and intricate are the interests of our great
Commonwealth. Ortaiuly it is a proud
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fault of ours, let us remit no cflort that !
will enlarge the happiness or beoifits of her :
citizens ; let us be distinguished by loyalty
to her interests, by a jealous care of her
institutions, a liberal understanding of and
provisions for her necessities, by human
attention to the wants of her poor and
afllictcd, and enlightened treatment of her
criminal classes, aud by a tolerance of opin
ion, political and religious, so that when
we are discharged of our trusts we can deliv
er thtm to our successors with the approval
Of our consciences, and, let us hope, with the
blessings of a grateful people.
With this reuewal Of my obligations as
your Executive, I Invite the earnest and
active co-operation aud counsel of all good
citizens, and implore that my official acts
may have the sanction of Divine Provi
dence." A national salute was then fired, the
cerimontes closed with the benediction, and
the executive was driven to his mapsion
and the vast crowd rapidly dispersed ; the
millitary marched to their different quarters
with bands play in 5 and flags floating in
the murky atmosphere. By this time the
streets were complete quagmire, and as the
weary columus plodded through the sea of
mud, in many places shoe mouth deep,
and of fche consistency of thin mortar, they
presented anything but a gay aud happy
appearance.
Darinrr the afternoon the military depart- i
ed from the city in large numbers, each j
train going east and west being crowded to
excess. Thousands of citizens also depart
ed, anxious to reach their homes at as
early an hour as possible.
The pyrotcchnical display in front of the j
State capital, under the supervision of Pro
fessor Samuel Jackson, of Philadelphia,
was magnificent in the extreme in a word,
no finer display was ever winesssed in the
city. Many of the peices were exceedingly
fine and appropriate to the occasion ; one
in particular, illustrative of the centenial
year, and the st ruggh-s of the people for
national existence, drew forth the plaudits
of the thousands who witnessed them.
The grand finaJe is deserving of special
mention. It consisted of a spirited and
life like representation of a bombardment,
with its rushing rockets and shrieking
shells, when suddenly appeared, in fires of
dazzling brightness, Pennsylvania's coat of
arms, inscribed in letters of silver fire,
"Centennial Governor, John F. Ilarlrauft;"
high above all, 'midst blazing stars and
bursting bombs, floated the 6tarry banner,
emblem of the brave and free of one united
j ana nappy country.
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The inauguration ball, which took pace
in the Opera House, was a brilliant affair
and largely attended. The appearance of
the governor aud staff on the floor was the
occasion for prolonged demonstration of
applause, and for several minutes the gay
dancers ceased "tripping the light fantastic
toe" to congratulate the executive, who
received all who approached him with a
smile and hearty shake of the hand.
The price of admission was three dollars,
and the dance was kept up until after
midnisht. The appearance of numerous
j officers clad in gay uniform, aud the ladies
j
attired in rich dresses, formed a scene of
(jayety that will not soon be forgotten by
those who were present, and it formed a
fitting close to the brilliaut iaaugural
ceremonies.
Mr.. BLAIXE's Sr-EECII. Below we pre
sent a synopsis of the tpeech of Mr. Blaine,
in the the House at Washington, on Mon
day of last week, on the amnesty bill. To
peruse it briugs vividly to mind the memo
ry of the patriotism which glowed in elo
quence in the national halls during the
stormy days of the rebellion, when the loy
al men of the North were combatting the
hrQriouftP
equal footing with the Speaker aud frown
ed UK)ii him as he recited the crimes of
which these applicants for full pardon are
guilty.
Mr. Blaine is not a mau to make speeches
for buncomb. His eloquent utterances
and recital of uncontrovertible historical
facts were goaded from him by the taunts,
sneers and insults of whipped, yet unre
constructed, rebels whose course ever siuce
1 they came back to the halls of Congress
; have made Liberal Republicans shudder
! as they think over the responsibility, and
! brought the crimsou of shame more than
once to every honest Northern Democrat
who has the intelligence to comprehend or
the manliness to resent an insult. We can
forgive those Republicans who voted to re
store the officers of high rank in the rebel
army to full citizenship, but we are not
prepared to respect auy man who after be
j holding the threatening attitude of these
rebe'.s iu Congress, i too cowardly and
imbecile to stand up manfully for the cause
which just now demands so much firmness
in ftlir fiufimlft ti'iltw if tumalatnro
Were it not for a few men of braiff and
j metal like Blaine in Congress, who are not
tit history, it wou'.d be l.ut a few months
t before the Senate chamber aud House would
resound with echoes of "mud-sills, dough
faces," etc., and the "crime" of having
been a Union soldier or Union defender
when the government was imperiled, would
bu sufficient to banish a man from the Dis
trict of Columbia during the session of
Congress. For his able, patriotic, manly
fight against thy pardon of Jeff. Davis
the Kin:r Devil of all rebels, and as unre
pentant to day as whn lie accepted the
leadership of the hordes of treasou Mr.
Blaine deserves the thanks of the loyaf mil
lions of the nation, regardless of section or
politic.
Mi:. Blaine's Speech.
.Mr. Blaine then moved to reconsider the
vote aud proceeded to address the House
ou the subject. If I can induce the House
to reconsider the vote whereby the bill was
rejeeud, it is my intention to offer my
amendment. Kvcry time that the question
of amnesty has been brought before the
House by a gentlemen of the other side for
the last two Congresses, it has been done
with a certain flourish of maguanimity,
which is au Imputation on this side of the
House, us though the Republican parly,
which lias beeu in charge of the govern
ment lor tiie last twelve or lourleeu years,
had bin bigoted, narrow-minded, illiberal,
and as though certain worthy aud deserv
ing gentlemen iu the Southeru Stales were
grouud dowu under great tyranny and o
pressi in, which the hard hearteduess of
this side of the House could not possibly
be prevailed upon to remove.
I desire now to place on record just what
j the Republican party has done in this mat-
j ter. I wish to place it there as an iroper-
j ishnble record of a liberality aud a Ia:ge
I mimh'diiehA and magnanimity and mercy
such as has not been shown iu the world's
history by the conquerors to th conquered.
He : licit proceeded at great length to show
how the Republicans had year after year,
with great maguanimity, extended anines-
tv to the southern ;icoi!e. until to-dav there
eixtv-oue amnesthetic southrons sit-
ting iu Congress, and less than 800 ia the
whole south who still remain under dissa
bilii'.ies. He was wi!lineo give them citi-
zeuship, if they would ask for it, but was
unwilling to force it ou them,
My substitute requires that every one of
these gentlemen Shall show bis good faith
by taking the oath which all of us fake,
aud are glad to take. That is a very small
exaction to make ae a preliminary to a full
restoration to all the rights of citzenship.
In my amendment I have excepted Jeffer
son Davis from its operations ! Now I do
not place that exception on the grouud
that Mr. Davis was, us he is commonly
called, the head and front of the rebellion,
because on that ground I do not think the
exception would be teneble. Mr. Davis
was just as guilty, no more, no
li'S, than thousands of others who will get
the beuelit of grace and amnesty.
Ptobably he was far less efficient as an
enemy of the Uuited States ; probably he
was far more useful as a disturber of the
counsels of the confederacy. It is not be
cause of particular or special damage
which he above others did to the Uuited
Slate, or because he is particularly of any
special consequence that 1 expected him,
but I except him on this ground.that he is
ttw author, knowingly, deliberately, guilLi
ly, willfully of the gigantic murder and
crime at Audcrsouville.
(A member And Libby !)
Libby pails in insignificance as coiupar
. 1 ... t i.il.iri:.invi'li T tilnr 1. mi that
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ground aud believe that so rapidlv noes one
event follow on the heels of anothor in the
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rapui agi which e n " tun v.
us who were contemporaneously cognizant
of what was transpiring there, still less
those of us who have grown up since.have
failed to realize the gigantic crime which
was there committed
Since the genllenien from Pennsylvania
introduced this bill I have taken occasion
to read over the details of those atrocious
massacres under the Duke of Alva in the
Low Counties which are mcutioued with a
thrill of horror througout Christendom f
I have read the details of St. IJarthomew'a
which stood out as one of the atrocities be
yond imagination ; I have read anew the
horrors untold and unimagincd of the
Spanish inquisition, aud I here, before God,
measuring my words, knowing their lull
extent and import, declare that neither the
Duke of Alva in the Iw Counties, nor tha
thumb-screws and dungeous and atrocities
of the Spanish Inquisition begin to com
pare iu atrocity with the hideous crime of
Audersonville.
(Sensation in the hall and galleries and a
remark by Mr. Hobbius, of North Caroli
na, uuhcard by Mr. Wainc. that it was an
iufamous slander.) Thank God, Mr.
Sjeaker, that when this CougrebS was un
der differeut control fiom that under which
it is to day, with a committee composed of j
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mcmoers 01 uum jian., tak w
horror was placed where it could not
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i denied or gainsaid. I hold in my hand the
story writteu by a committee of Congress.
and by its authority I state that Winder,
who is now dead, was sent to Auderson
ville with a full knowledge of his previous
atrocities, and that these atrocitios in Rich
mond were so bitter, so terrible that con
federate papers (the Richmond Examiner,
for one,) said when it was done that they
thanked God that Richmond was rid of his
presence.
We in the north know from returning
skeletons what he had accomplished at
Belle Island and Libby. Fresh from those
accomplishments he was sent to Mr. Davis,
agaiust the protest of others in the confed
eracy, to construct this pen of horrors at
Audersonville. I undertake here to say
that I-do not ask gentlemeu to take the
testimony of a single witness. I do not
ask them to lake the testimony of a single
Union soldier. I only ask them to take
the testimony of men who themselves were
J r i- -.-'""d in the confederate
cause, and if that iub.i." -J . n cu
tirely carry out aud justify this declaration
I will state that I have been entirely in er
ror iu my reading.
Mr. Blaine then read extracts from the
report of the Committee on the Conduct of
the War ann from Father Hamilton's tcs
timony on the Wirz, trial, and coutinued :
I do not desire to go into such horrible de
tails from any purpose of raising a bad
feeling. I desire only to say that the roan
who administered that prison went there
by the order of Mr. Davis and was sustain
ed by him, and that this Win. J. Hamil
ton whose testimony I have just read, went
to Geueral Howell Cobb, commanding that
department, aud asked that the condition
of the prison should lie transmitted to the
confederate government at Richmond.
In fact there are a great many instances
and proofs to show that Mr. Davis was in
entire possession of the facts in relation to
Andersonville. When General Sherman's
invasion or some other invasion of that
portion of the country was under way, and
when there was a danger or supposed dan
ger that it might come to that neighbor
hood, the regular military order 13, dated
Headquarters of the confederate States,
Military I'rison, Andersonville, July '27,
1864, and signed by Brigadier General
Winder, was issued iu thce words :
"The officer on duty and in charge of
the battery of Florida artillery will on re
ceiving notice that the enemy has ap
proached within seven miles of thia coast,
open tire on the stockade with grapeshot,
without reference to the situation beyoud
this line of defence." Hero were those
35,000 poor, helpless, naked, starving, sick
ened, dying men. This Catholic priest
states that he went to General Cobb to re
present to him that it he couia not ex
change them they should be taken before
the Union lines in Florida and parolled
and let go free, and yet if the Union forces
were to get within seven miles that regular
of Mr. Davis' officer was to open a battery
of grapeshot on those poor wretches with
out the slightest possible regard to what
was going on outside.
I do not arraign the southern people for
this. God forbid that I should charge any
people with sympathizing with such an
order. There were mauy evidences of
great uneasiness among the southern peo
ple about it, and oue of the great crimes of
Mr. Davis was that he concealed it from
the southern ieople. We have obtoined a
complete series ef Mr. Davis' me9sage,with
the official impriut at Richmond, and they
are now in the Congressional Library.
Mr. Blaiue then quoted from the mes
sage to show that Jellcrsou Davis was cog
nizant of the bad treatment of our soldiers.
He contained at great length, giving a his
tory of the circumsunces connected with
various acts of the rebcllioa, aud said that
he would not for one, after mature deliber
ation, vote to give Mr. Davis any more
privileges than he had at present. He dis
cussed the question of amnesty, and said :
"Why, to-day, from the Potomac to the
Rio Grande the very mcu who have re
ceived this amnesty nre as busy as they
know how to be iu consolidating into one
compact political organization of the old
slave States just as before the war, and we
see the banner blazoned again with the in
scription that with the United south and a
few votes from the north this couutry cun
be governed. I want the jeop!e to under
stand that this is precisely thexCotive
that this is the animus and intent. I do
not thiuk that o'Jeriug amuesty to the 7o0
men who are now without it wih either
hasten or retard that movement.
Mr. Blaine concluded by saying that
wheu he saw the name of Jefferson Davis
presented he saw the man who by a wink
of his eye, by a wave of his hand, by a nod
of his head could have stopped the atroci
ties at Andersonville. Some of ua had
kinsmen there, most of us had couutrymen
there, and in tha name of those, liinsmen
and friends and countrymen I here protest
and shall with my vote protest against
ever calling back aud crowning with the
houors of full Americau citizenship the
man who organized that murder." (Ap
plause on the Republican side and iu the
galleries.
fgBrigham Young has prohibited his wives
and daughters from takiug part iu round
dancing. He thinks it is not the square
thing. The prophet has also decreed that
all balls and patties given in the ward
school house shall begin at one o'clook in
the afternoon and close at ten in the even
iug. The Uuited Stales Treasury now holds
&62,G40,002 in bnuds to secure uational
bank circulation, aud j18.6:2G,o00 to secure
National bank circulation
outstanding, 5341,209,341, of which amount
$2,100,300 are gold notes.
Ollt SEW YORK LETTKIt.
V.OItKYIXO THE IJTTKKV JIEX TILDOX
FAILUKE3 WORK IX THE CITY THE
15A1JI1ITT DEFALCATION KASIUOV AND
CHAUITY IIUSIXESS.
New York, Jan. 18, 1S7'.
WOKRYIX.O THE LOTTERY-DEALER.
The authorities are making a raid ou
the lottery-dealers, and are worrying that
honorable fraternity fearfully. The Ken
tucky aud Missouri shops have have beeu
shut up, aud the managers arrested ; five
of the Havana dealers have been placed iu
quod, and the others are beiug pulle.I as
fast as possible. The method is, for au
officer in plain clothes to go iu and pur
chase a ticket, and then go and mak; !iw
complaint. But very few have an idea as
to the extent of the business, or the amount
of money expended in this kind of chance.
The famous KentuTky Library scheme was
sold five times in this city aloue, to the ex
tent of over $273,000 each time, aud that
was only oue of a score of schemes that
were before the public, and by uo means
the most rapid selling. It is curious how
the people part with their money. For
instance, there is the Havana Lottery
llio", who take thousands ot dollars a day
frotn'people who have no knowledge as to
the responsibility of the manager, or, for
that matter, whether there is auy lottery
at all. They pay their money on the suu
ple sy-so of men of whom they have no
knowledge, and who are following au ille
gal busiuess, at best. Uue old reproDate,
who lived in Cincinnati, but who had an
"iirtleii" here, advertised drawings teu
: ' . ,nnn,unr Wntches.
! Vt'.lL 3 WHO w 1
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money, taking thous
norses. nouses ;m
ands of dollars a month from his victims ;
but he never had drawings at all. Jvieu
month he would go over his letters, aud
select points where business was dull, and
send to some well-kuowu roan who had
imimiit i-fc-t a nrize. These men would
t.a!b"about it. and become walking adver
tisementsfor tho old swindler. The law
rinallv stooped him, and it is trying to stop
the regular business, but it all amounts to
nothing. There is n way pi inasiug a
f.ml keen his monev. The lottery men will
get out of jail, lay low a few weeks, aud go
at it again as ooia us ever.
TILDOX
wna nt home New Years, looking fresher
and better than I have known him for
three vears. He has made a great success
in the lee'ure field this season, and has
materially strengthened his position. His
daughters side with him ia the difference
between him aud their mother, which is
one of Theodore's griefs. He insisted
thatihev should call upon their mother
Mow Year', and take eifls to her ; but
susnectinz that they came at his instance,
she refused to see them. Mrs. Tilton is
rr hotter, and I can't blame her. She is
yVSv.iff AH?eF 1? mi55a affair,
cent treats her as though she were guilty.
and while it has oceans of sympathy with
Beecher it has none whatever for her. She
is wretchedly poor, and has hnd a hard
time to live.
FAILCKEH.
During the week there were forty-oue
failures, many of them very large. Uuo
firm that had eightecu lea stores, iu various
parts of the city, went uuder, owing sot.MJ,
000 more than it could pay, the cause be
ing shrinkage in the value of goods aud
the terrible falling off iu trade. It was
shown that some of the stores, which form
erly did a profitable business, had not for
a year sold enough goods to pay ruuuiu
expenses, and that uone of them had made
a cent. This failure touk down three other
houses, and each of them will carry down
swine smaller ones. The owners of busiuess
buildings arc shaking in their shoes, for
they don't know from oue day to another
but that their tenants may fail, and they
know very well t mt wbeu a store gets
empty it is going to stay empty for a time.
Halt the business houses in the city are
either empty or beiug occupied at half thu
old rates. 1 lie effect ot this is visible in
everything. There has been but very few
big balls this winter, and the few have been
very thinly uttended. then those who do
attend are conteut to go very modestly at
tired, and without any very special display
At the big Chanty Ball, the other night.
the absence of diamonds was the most
conspicuous feature. The fact is the jewels
of a great many fashionable dames are
lying tery safe in bankers' safes, as securi
ty tor money that was absolutely necessary
tor the b?au of the house to have to save
himself from going uuder, and the iron
that enters Madam's soul is the horrible
uncertainty as to whether the sacrifice will
save him after all. If it does not, she has
lost her diamonds without saving her hus
band. How she would like to have those
diamonds if they do fail, and how fervent
ly will she mourn them 1 i'lty the rich
they are the ones who need it. The poor
are used to thin Iiviue like the eels that
were skinned alive they are used to it.
NIGHT WOKK IN THE CITY.
Few persons ever thiuk of the labor it
takes to meet the convenience of a large
city. With dusk the laborers of the day
weud their way home, but another army is
ready to take its place. A host of sweep
ers and cleaners take possession of the
streets at dark, companies with broom aud
shovel were ou the crossings, while the
street sweeping machiues hurry aud clatter
past like light artillery, the great cylinder
brushes sweeping a swath half the width of
a street, just as a mowing machine rakes
up grass. Theu the scavengers with their
sealed wagon-tanks ply their unsavory
tasks without, as of old, making night
hideous with their passage. The huudreds
of private watchuieu take up their patrol,
aud the battalious of night police file to
their posts, dropping a man at each station
as they pass. Scores of night reporters are
ou the move, silent, unnoticed and alert,
till two in the morning getting up the
latest news of tire and arrest for reuders at
breakfast. The work of loading and un
loading vessels goes ou by night ami day
the same. The piintiug offices of the
morning papers begin their work about
nine iu the evening, not to close till the
last customer is served across the counter
with his batch of dailies to be left at up
town doors. My newsmen was shutting
up his stand thu other night as I went by
at early winter's dusk, and as he obligingly
unlocked his door to give me the last
Harper, said, "I have to be up and down
town by three iu the morning to get my
pacrs, and 1 must shut up early to get
rest." It gave me a new idea of the care
nod hardship it takes to provide a matter,
so much of course, as our daily paper at
breakfast. Besides these occupations,
there is a large class engaged iu supplying
thu wants of these workers, such as the all
night refreshment houses, the drinking
places, to say nothing, of the cars and
stages, ferryboats and craft of all sorts,
lawful and unlawful, that ply from dewy
eve till dawn, and round again,
FASHION AND CHARITY.
The first of the annual ealls given after
thu first of January came off thia week, but
was not the success which these charitable
festivals usually arc, though patronized by
the gayest and most fashionable people.
I The fact is, that people have not money to
spend for anything not strictly essential
even in the name of charity. No pains
were spared to make this ball as attractive
as in former years, and the decorations
were spoken of as delightful, in the profu
sion of flowers employed. The stage of Hie
Academy was encircled with roses, till the
eye could not rest, and the private boxes
pinbowpred in bouquets. Gov. Tilden
came down from Albany to open the ball.
but was delayed till nearly 11 o'clock, when
a superb procession swept after him to
the floor, tne uancins uegiuuius wun uy
seventy couples. The display of dress was
behind that of former years, though there
were some gorgeous costumes. Cream-
colored brocades and failles contesleu
vividly with dark velvets, trimmed with
gold and silver braids aud rich lase. One
of the most noticeable dresses was of white
embroidered with gold, over crimson silk,
trimmed with masses of great red cherries
and their leaves. A close-fitting robe of
black velvet was embroidered with gold
braid, forming a vest iu front, and nearly
ensprinn thn skirt, worn with old point
lace. All dresses tit closely to the form, j
the only drapery being iu the tritnmiug, j
and the hair is dressed with the eame se- j
vere simplicity. The novice style is pre
ferred for its conventual plainness. The
ihnu-p. in costumes lies between cream-
white and ivory silks and the dark velvets j
Shi drcsSSraped' wS SL
rich deep autumn leaves, while the velvets ;
or pnvfrm Wit 1 OVer-OresseS 01 wmie,
cauze or lace. Superb flowers are part of
every toilet unless the lace is too rich to
need any addition, and the fancy -rna-
ments of silver in the shape of 'jj1;
SIS".? 'Jr
5iSh!wKt
after being laid aside lor years.
THE BECKWITII DEFALCATION.
The exposure of 13. T. Babbitt's manag
oT'de- j
month !
ing cleik is a ht climax to ttie cases o
J,,.:n.llarir f . in t h J ftl r ITIf 'l
some new fraud shocks the puolic. which
business men take with as much coolness
n t he failure of a countrv customer,
In the case oi mooius, as everjumijr
calls it-as if the criminal had no concern
in it, the matter is not to pass oil with a
little hard swearing in the private office.
The defaulter had beeu living for two
months past in lodgings on Tenth street.
"oin" out only in the evenings lor air.
How did the detective linu out Mr.
Beckwith's whereabouts ? E isily enough,
It is simply a knowledge of feminine hu-
man nature that is the stock in trade of all j
detectives. They don't ask "where is the
man V thev simply find out where the
woman is who is a part of the man. and
thev are morally certain to find the man
as soon as thev want him. The detective
who had this matter in charge, got an ac-
curate description of Mrs. Beckwith, know-
in" tuat Willie uecuwuu mmst-u mmm
keep very close, Mrs. Beckwith would J
be out, not only to trtke the air, but to bo
his means of communication with the out
side world, without which no man can live. ;
How did he find Mrs. Bechwith ? Quire ;
us easy. An old thief would know better i
than to let his wife show herself, any more
than he would show himself. But your
defaulter is only an amateur. He may be
exceedingly ingenious in stealing, but he
has never learned that more important art
of hiding. As his wife has never been
charged with any crime, he fancies that it
is perfectly safe for her to go as she chooses
forgetting that the ministers of the law
watch the dight of the sparrows as care
fully as they do that of the vultures.
Our detectives got a very accurate de
scription of Ms. Beckwith, (he asked no
quest ions about Mr. B. ) and then went to
a friend he had in Stewart's. Had he
stolen only $10,000 he would have gone to
the cheap dry-goods stores on Sixth avenue
but, a SfoOO.OOO defaulter's wife would be
satisfied with nothing short of Stewart's.
He had a friend there, a salesman, (the de
tectives have them everywhere.) and giv
iug him a description of the woman, asked
him it she came there ?
Every day," was the answer.
"IaI me stand here, by yon, and when
she comes in, nod.'
"All right."
And there that detective stood all the
day, as patient as a statue. Finally, about
four o'clock one day, a woman came in.
aud the salesman nodded- "ae ,,u
lui.uAai.o, aim cot out, not knowing that
the gentlemanly person just behind her
was following her, and would follow her
should she go to Chicago. She did uot
go to Chicago, but she did go home to her
husband ; and the detective took a room
in the house opposite, and he waited and
waited, till one night at nine, Mr. Beck
with out for his airing, and the detective
had no more trouble iu taking him in than
he would in picking up a pin.
You sec, the catching of a criminal is a
purely philosophical matter. The detec
tive knows that every man has a woman
about him, and that the woman is certain
to go to the man. He catches the woman
first.
An experienced thief, however, is hard
er to catch, for he knows all about it as
well as the detective does his woman would
no more go straight to her mau than she
would deliver him to the police, for she
knows that she is being watched. She
never goes out except when she must, aud
she doubles, and turns like a fox that tier
trail may not be discovered. It is a sharp
detective that can follow the track of un
experienced thief's wife or mistress. Slit
knows lhat she is considered a very im
portant party, aud she watches herself.
just as closely us the thief does himself.
But Beckwith was nt an experienced thief
and so he was caught without trouble.
MTSIXESS
Continues worse thau ever, if possible.
Why don't the people come and buy ?
Don't they tvearauy rn-'re clothes ? Don't
they eat or drink ? Why is it 't There
are a few merchants in the hotels, and a
few buyers seen about the who'esale houses
but the few that come only buy just what
they have to have, to say they have a stock
and they want that little on such terms as
no merchant can live at. 1 he change in
the rates of freight, west, will make some
difference, but I fancy the trouble lies deep
er than freights. It costs too much to do
business here, and New York will never
get her business back till everything comes
dowu to hard-pan. The hotels must drop
their rates, the theatres must come down
to ante-war prices, and all the expenses of
coining to the city, staying here, and get
ting out again must lw lowered to some
thing like the old times. Then people will
come here again, and business will revive.
New York has beeu too reedy, aud has
killed the goose that laid its golden egg.
There is such a thing as presuming too
much on natural advantages. It is to be
hoped that the spring will bring a revival,
but it is a dreary wait. I'ietko.
Fuel's are Stubborn Thing.
Thousands of human beings are yearly
borne on the swift current of disease dowu
to the grave, just becuse they do not pos
sess a sufficient knowledge of themselves,
A man meets his neighbor, and the first
salution is, "How are you ?' or "How is
your health ?" rue repiy rrequeuuy is.
Oh, 1 am well, with the exccptiou ot a
cold." Most persons lightly regard a cold.
Header, do you know that a cold is oue of
the most dangerous of maladies t A cold
not only clogs up the pours of the entire
system, and retards circulation, but it is
productive of Catarrh, which is quite npt
to lead to Consumption. ,Uh, ' you say.
t is nothing but a cold in my head."
True ; but that void is really a mild form of
Catarrh is one of the most disagreeable.
offeusive affection in the catalogue of dis
eases. The passage to the nose is obslrct
cd, the sense of smell impaired, aud there
is a uisugrceable sensation of pressure iu
the head. In the more advanced stages,
there is a discharge having an offensive
odor. If the disease be allowed to continue
iu its course, thick hard incrustations will
form iu the head, the bones of which some
times become softened and break away in
pieces. Why will persons continue to
suffer from such an annoying, disgusting
disease, when they can just as well be cur
red of it ? Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy
will cure the worst forms of Catarrh;
in fact, is the only sure and safe remedy
which has yet been offered to the public.
Many harsh, irritating preparations may,
for a tims, relieve the urgency of the sym
toms, but they do not cure the disease.
Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy is soothing and
healing in its effects, and when used with
Dr. Tierce's Nasal Douche, according to
directions, does not fall to efiect a cure.
Sold by all Druggists.
This will Notify the Public
' of our intention to j.ut new and lower 1 vices cn much of our Stock.
Tho years closing out sale willcommence nt balf-rast six o'clock, each
week-bv morning-and CONTINUE UNTIL OUR FALL and WIN TER
STOCICIS SOLD. i
THE lLJUST FACT IS r '
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rl suits for this year, arid to
transfer our Stuck into Cash needed for preparation for 1876.wewi.Yl make
certain sacrifices which will be' apparent on and after WEDNESDAY,
DECEMBER FIRST, when we shall have gone through out Salesrooms
and cut off" Profits, and even a part of the cost, from many of our present
prices. r '
To he very exact in stating this matter, a3 we dev not intend that any
advertisement or custom of our house shall mislead the public in the least
particular, we think it proper to say, that this Mark Down, whilst it ap-
! plies to
' a mTTATT-l a -.-r--v a -
A 111UUOAJSJJ AJND MUKJli UVLUtUAlS,
A THOUSAND AND MORE BUSINESS COATS,
HUNDREDS OF DRESS COATS,
SEVERAL THOUSAND VESTS,
SEVERAL THOUSAND PAIRS OF PANTS,
cxteil(ps throughout our house, vet there are some lots in whic
they have already been marked at cfoao pricey) we shall make no ct
We desire to announce that this is
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OUR FINAL anil ONLY MAUK DOWN TIIIS SEASON,
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f So that none need wait for lower Prices. The step we take will vgg&tr-j
j fully aid those who feel like economizing. . ;
THE SALE ARE THE USUAL TERMS OF OUR
j HOUSE :
1- KCO,ul or altered Price One Fixed Price,
2. Cash from All, to warrant Low Prices.
; 3. The contract on our part, to return
each case (provided good3 arc
4. A full Guarantee for each garment.
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vaiCtuay xUauc wiwunuB.
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. OAK HALL, and that is at the corner of
SIXTH SIXTH-SIXTH-SIXTH SIXTH
and MARKET Streets.
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Clothing of every Description.
Overcoats in endless variety, from the cheapest in prices to the very hest
make in styles and quality.
' MIENS' SUITS
Ot every styles and quality to suit the times, and at such low prices that
every body; can afford to go well clothed with very little money.
CLOTHING FOR MEN YOUTHS' BOYS' AND CHILDREN.
Xow is the time to buy, when you can get just what you want with a very
little money. Hats and Caps of every (lescription, all of which i3 of the
latest styles and at prices that can not be undersold.
Gents' Furnishing Goods.
Under Clothing in abundance of every quality, styles and price,
SHIRTS I SHIRTS ! SHIRTS !
From the finest white Shirt made to the cheapest. TVoolen Shirts of all
kinds and prices.
Gloves of all Description.
Kid, Buckskin, Driving, Sheepskin, "Woolen and Mittens of all kinds and
prices to suit all. Socks, Suspenders, Collars, Xeckties, Bows, Jewelry,
&c, &c, and anything to be found in a first-class furnishing good store.
A specialty in Clothing, Hats, Caps and Gents' Furnishing Goods, all of
which wo defy coiniK-tition both in quality and in price. !No trouble to
show goods.
ISAAC FURSHAIST,
9L Market St.,
SUNBUEY, P.A.
Sunbnry, jsov. 5, ISio.
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SOLID WALNDT MARBLE TOP CHAMBER SDITS FOR $551
Pariar Suits in Hair Cloth or Fancy Reps from $50 up.
Parlor Sis i Plus! fri $81 ij.
"Walnut Dressing Case Suits, 863.00.
Best Wire Wove Spring Mattress.
ALL OTHER GOODS EQUALLY LOW,
Feathers in Pillows or by the Pound, "
la Iarge Quantities and or the Finest Quality.
GIVE HIM J dAT.T,
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