T . . j : E. WIIVEKT. Fdittrs. J rr Davis' Letter. We publish in another column a letter from Jeff Davis, in reply to Mr. Dlainc, aa that our readers may i both side-. All the letter that Jdl li.tvU tau mite will uot change, how ever, the truth of history, which has been vrritteu upon lb hrarU f hundred of Vrave men who experienced the tortures of Andersonville Prison Pen. We have some in this vicinity, as well as in other localities with whom cur readers have personal ac quaintance, survivors of that torture place. We areo with our cotemporarv of the Philadelphia Li-fM rr, that they will tell him that they bear not ouly the scats of brutality, but, after t6n years of careful iiursins and skillful treatment, direful dis-t-ases that, in a fh'rt period, murt lay them iu untimely graves after a decade or more .f torment Why prate about the alleged violation of a military cartel for the ex- i change of prisoners by President Lincoln and General Grant, when the laws of war and the dictates of humanity were ruth lessly and shamefully violated by Mr. Da vis and the ineu be ruled ? There it some thing nvire in this than a factious desire o augment p.irtifan strife ; more than an effort to advance the iutcrcsts of a Pre- ! v,.r t. ill ; tu. t-,tfn - . , as a vauu aeiensc ior that he congratulated his troops tor their kiudneKS and knightly temper toward a j lot of prisoners taken in 104, when in the rear, at Andersonville, the peers of these men aDd the "chivalric" captors were be ing causelessly aad inhumanly tortured to to the very death, or wow to madness. Unfortunately for Mr. Davis and bis iricuds, the facts cannot be explained away by surgical reports, or the plea that "wc could do oo better." The diabolism re uaius on the record, aud it is natural for mankind to demand that he who allowed, ordered or connived at it shall be forever held tip to the scorn ol all civilized iko- Mr. W. Ia'c Go, prttidcotof the 2sa tiotul Union of Audcrsonville survivors of Norwich. Connecticut, has written a letter :a reply to Mr Davis aud quotes Federal War Department, figures, showing the to tal captures of soldiers and citizens by Con-ledrn!-f force to Imve fn l.H.1). It is estimated that of these half were actually confined in prison. Tb number of deaths ia Confederate prison trns 30,401. Con sequently, the per rent, of roortality in prisons wa over 'i-, and the per cent, of the entire captures about 19 3-Sths. The number of captures by Union forces was 470,1 G'., and the n'wuber actually confined (the rest lmg paroled or exchanged) was 327,570; the mortalilv of prisoners was "0,132 ; the jr cent of mortality in prison was 13 ; the per cent, of mortality of the whole number of captures was 61-32. Thus the mortality in rebel prisons was about three times as great as that iu Union prisons, Mr. Goss also quotes the official ; report of the Confederate inspector of prisons, lieutenant Colonel D. L. Chan dler, favorably endorsed by the Confeder ate Assistant Secretary of War, to show that recommendations were actually made to the Davis Cabinet to replace General Winder as commandantj at Andersonyille with some ou more humane, and the only notice taken thereof by Davis was to pro mote Winder to the position of Commissary General of the Confederate prisons. Lk;i-latino KOn the Fooit with a Vengeance. Last fall the Icmocrats uplciled to the workingmen of the county to vole their ticket and pledged them tet t.i limes. Many were deluded into a change, and now we are getting the benefit of that change, by a tariff bill being intro duced iu Congress by the leader of tho Democracy, Mr. Morrison, reducing the duty on foreign iron, from HI lo 85 per ton, and to rcise the duty on tea and cof fee. Tim first will keep our furnaces closed, and slop labor on the workingmen, aud the second raises the prices on a few little luxuries which the poor mau wants to en joy. Will our neighbor of the Dtmocmt explain to the voters to whom he appealed to tuaku a change, the difference between the Dem-x-ratic House of Ilcpreseutatives in 1S7', proposing to Hop the manufacture of j pig irou in our State by law, and the liritiih j Parliament ia 1711 who passed a law re- quiring all the irou furnaces then iu Penn- j syivania to be pulled down ? When the furnaces blow out the coal collieries will have Vi stop, aud theu where are the good iaie that are promised. When the Bri tish in 1711 passed the act for the bene lit of Kuglish Irou MasU-rs, and the preven tion of the development, of the iron mines in Pennsylvania, iu w hose interest is the new tariff (intended to do the same thing for our iron works aud coal mines) enacted? The editor of the Jktuocrvt must have ln hurt on account of the exposure of the conduct of his southern friends at Washington, which our correspondent, II. D. W., rrported in his last letter, as he be- tf"ifiki. fciiil.tftttlt: l-inVli' ntit i frtritifv .. . . In i-fiviT it over bv aviii that "the eorren- 1 j.c indent had copied from the Philadelphia I'm"-:'' He might have acrustd the Pits of copying from our correspondent with l'ie same propriety, l.ut theu that is not Vi. at hurts our iieighlwr. Tho idea that his Southern friends should be exposed, nnd the exposure corroborated i what makes he editor of the Jtrnmrrat wince. If there i4 any thing that our neighbor dislikes, it i telling thu truth, when it bears bard on his political friends and their bad conduct. TUB OSE Pr.ESIIiKXTIAL te iim iefeat kd BY theDemockats. The proposition of and amendment lo to the National Con stitution forbidding the reelection of a Presidential incumbent, was defeated in "he House of Representative at Washing ton last week by the Democrats. The principle oflimiting the Presidency to one term was advocate by the old Whig party and opposed by the Democratic party at , .tint Urn-. The R-pubhcaas have exhibi- I led the same spirit as the old Whig party in their unequivocally expressed opposition to a third term. "Frnrxx thousand million dollars is i lie sum of money the Republicans have ieot since they fame into power in 18bl. It is not so much but what it might have been more, but it is comforting to know . i he exact amount. It would be pleasant t I know-whrre ail this nfbney has gone, j Mil wetor thati a thing past finding j ""why can' t some" school boy tell the edi-1 Why can't some school boy lor of the Jkwovtat "where this money has ; gone." He seems to have forgotten that ; Tfca m of j KwP.mau, trtiitlr of there was a rebellion lately got up by the tjlft pinston Com:', was received at Wilkes I VmrTrav of the South. j harre on Saturdany afternoon, and he was 1 released from prison. A band of music Six of thi leading members of the or2ani-; escorted him b'mw Ut 1',ttBl0D- w,'ere R zatioa known as the "Molly Mafuires" have ; reception was giveu him in the evening. , been errcsted, charged wilh murder of B. j "'""'' . F Vos at Tainauua, Pa., policeman, on Adjutant General Lalta favors giving thc5ihof .Taiv last, and John P. Jooe, the military double allowance of money int. Oin ' ' r nn .l fm fnnr hundred una was kUW" imnoru, i .. on !iniber3. XEH CLASS OF OI XDKKI.S. Th debate in the Confederate House on last Friday has furnished us with the daQ- nitiua ot a m class of "'scoundrels," says rutin, the 'lc'adrr, vf the House, wo are f indebted l'.r this new uajuWliou. Thus far he had remaitied quiet, butjio doubt believing that the golden moment had ar arrived when he could convince the South of his "abject devotion" to their interest aud their cause he concluded to "lake a baiid," with a result not very nullum- to , bis pride. I?t the loyal people of the na- lion carefully cousider all the points of this remarkable debate : lu the case of the bill grautiuga pension to Win. It. Duncan, of Teuuessee, Mr. Ca bell notified the iloue that this mau had beeu a Confederate soldier before he became a Federal soldier. Mr. Hainey explained the history of the mau, showing that the man Duncan had enlisted in the Confederate army ic order to procure the discharge from a rebel pri son in Knoxville of a crippled brother, who had been arrested as a Union guide, that he had deserted at the first opportunity, joined the Federal service and remained during tne war Mr. Douglass asked Mr. Hainey if this man was to be pensioned because he had served in the Confederate army, or because he had deserted from it Mr. Hainey replied that he was to be pensioned because he had served in the : ..-.I 1 I .1: t.1 I Mr. Morrison, of Illinois, suggested I that any mau who had eutered oae service i on such condition as this mau had done. aud had broken his faith, was a scoundrel and not deserving a peusion. Mr Tbornb h aiJ 8Ucb fait b was u,tl U-r broken than kept. Mr. Kasson remarked that the gentle- man from Illinois Morrison had put the issue in such a shape that the House should understand it. He (Morrisou had propos ed to refuse this mau a pension because be bad deserted from a previous enlistment iu the Confederate army, and bad stated that a man who had deserted under such cir cumstances was a scouudrel. Mr. Morrison I Interrupting I do not propose to let the gentleman from Iowa state a case for me. 1 will stale my own case. Mr. Kasson The gentleman has stated the case in the way 1 have quoted. . Mr. Morrison No, sir, I have not. Mr. Kasson The Hecvrd of to-morrow, if not altered, will how that the gentleman said that this man, having procured the release of his brother from a rebel prison by his own temporary enlistment, and then, having deserted, joined the Union army, was a scoundrel. For oue, I take distinct issue with the gentleman. This man is shown by the report to have been disabled in the Union Service and to have presented proof of it to the Commissioner of Pensions as to obtain a pension, which was afterwards taken from him. Are wo 1 to be told that a, Union man who got his I brother out of prison by playing a ruse, on any one, was gu:ity ol a vioialiou of the laws of war, and that this act was one of dishonor Y I protest against such doctrine. Mr. Morrisou 1 repeat that I do not al low the gentleman from Iowa to state a case for me and one on assumption wholly. Republican members "Oh ! no." He does not know the time when I voted against pensioning a Union soldier. I ask ed the gentleman from South Carolina Uainey if I understood him correctly as saying that this man had entered the Con federate service for the purpose of releas ing his brother and thou, having secured hi brother's release, broke his faith and Elated his pledge and obligation, and I understood him to say yes. I knew noth ing of the man's record ; nothing was said about it. 1 said then, as I say now, that a man who enters into such an engage ment with the intention and purpose of breaking it, is not such a man as ought to be peusioucd, and for the reason that he breaks faith aud enters intothisengage ment for the purpose of breaking faith. If this man has a sutUeienl record to justify his getting a pension for services there after rendered and for disabilities incurred in service, I have no objection. Mr. Townseud, of New York, remarked that it had been said jocosely that the House was going so far into the business of amnesty that some member would have to introduce a hill to remove disabilities from the men who had served in the Union Army. He hoped that the predic tion would not be turned into a reality, because, if so, an' member of the House who had served :n the Union Army, aud whose biography was lo be published, would have to suppress that fact. Laugh ter on the Republican side. Mr. Morrison. Has the ceutleman any reference to me when he talks about sup pressing military record ? Mr. Townsend. My proposition was entirely general.- I said this Mr. Morrison (interrupting). I ask the gentleman if he had any reference to me ? Mr. Townseud 1 did not have reference to any one. Mr. Morrison Theu that is all about it Mr. Townsend I wauted to say just what will be the fact. If it had any reler- ; encc to the gentleman from Illinois, he will know it I will not undertake to sav whether it has or uot. I say that if we refuse a pension to this man because be served in the I nion army, it will come that when biographies of members arc pub lished we will have to suppress the fact that auy of us have served in the Union army. Mi. Morrison The gentleman evades and quibbles. I have no further reply to make to him. As the corc has been eta ted in regard to the record of this man, I have no objection to his pension. "If the coat fits put it on." The tilt between Mr. Townsend and Morrison grows out of the fact that last year when the House was Republican the bketch of the life of Mr. Morrison appeared in the Congressional Directory with mention of his services in the Union army. This year the House is confederate, and the sketch : appears with bis services as a soldier Ftricken out. In doing this he accomplish ed more than he intended. He not only displayed bis dtvotion toiht South, but also bis shame as nannn been a Union goldier. His fenHtivenes on this subject convinces the people that this last record was prepar ed for a purse. Is such a tbiug to be leader of the National House of Represen tatives? lie is a double doughface. A iWLh has been introduced in the House of Representatives by a Philadelphia mem ber to reduce the salaries of our county officers. The bill is a very uujust one, as it gives the city officers exorbulenl salaries while in the counties they could not make a living. The bill is probably intended to secure members to prevent the passage of any law fixing the salaries of officers. The object of the new Constitution is to make tm Ml,uieG om" "ncrrin can no "one. 5 or,1 to prcven t fraud, corruption anq "iK "l ""' ,,c vail In most offices, and especially in the larze cities. The legislature should not j hesitate a moment about passing a fair and equitable bill fixing salaries in accordance wilh miuirementsof the Constitution 1 ... . , , aRl- l, ""' n,i the op!e. There is no reason or fairness in allowing some otll -'-rs to in-ike out of their offices .,.. (r, . , too fyM) ,M,P nnum. whih. wi'.b jUBt as much labof and reenon. j eibilitv prp V" l!,"n onft lh5r;l ,hal j c mount. am jw, - - : dollars addiflonnl to each company. Thk St Lolis Whisky Iiixa. The prosecutions of the Whiskey Kins at St. Louis culminated in the conviction of Mc- Km Tbo faa(j pleaded guiUy tn(6lit1j ,, VrVw, .Tovrt Joyce and McDonald, ruveuue officers already convicted were anioug the heads of it. The trial ot Gcu. Babcock on the charge of complic'ty was commenced ou Monday last- Auiong the witnesses against him are some ofilcials at Washington. The ceucral avers his entire Innocence and says ! tUt nil Lis irli-.'tflrii lo iviities iu SlLouiB whkh kd tois ,Qdiclmellt wiH M sati8. ( i . ia.vwiijf cajiuiuu. I Canada is getting thoroughly waked up on the question of Church and State. An immense public meeting was held at Que bec last Friday night, at which resolutions were unanimously passed requesting the Dominion government to repeal the act pro viding for a sectarian school system in the Northwest Territories, and also to take im mediate ste.w to report a constitutional amend un til which wi!! abolish the collcc- tion of tithes for the support of any church by legal process, and the appropriation of any taxes or money from the public trea sury of any proviuco or municipality to tho purposes or sectarian insli tutions, educa tional or ecclesiastical. The aunual report of the Philadelphia au,J IJcadlu 1Ullroa(1 m the meeting of the stockholders at Phila delphia, recently,' shows the gross receipts for 1S75 lo have been $12,600,627 ; gross expenses, $3,10,150 ; net proOts,. 54,530, 758 ; a decrease of net profits from those of 1874 of $1,189,437. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year : Presi dent, Franklin Ii, Gowen ; managers, H. P. McKean, A. E. Rorie, R. II. Cabeen, J. F. Lippiucott, John Ashurst, Charles K. Smith; treasurer, Samuel Bradford; secretary, D. J. l'rown. The Senate Committee appointed to in spect the hatching houses at Marietta visit ed that place yesterday iu company with the fish commissioners. The Senators ex press themselves as highly plcabed with the arrangements at the hatching houses, nd arc satisfied the money appropriated by the Legislature for that purpose has been judiciously and economically expend ed. There are in the hatching houses over half a million young fish ready to bo turn ed into the streams of tho State. After this favorable showing, there is no dmibt thatthe legislature will urant any appro priation the commissioners may ask for at thi sesiori.-7Trotrrff Tr1Tmjih ofthf fAh inst. The Republicans of Harrisburg last week placed the following municipal ticket ia the field : Mayor John D. Patterson ; Treasurer W:u. Sheesley ; Supervisor First district, Lewis Tress ; secoud district, John Gaitor. - - A Ktampede la m Tneatre. CixciXNATl, Feb. 5. A terrible pauic occuried this afternoon, in this city during the performance of the allegory of the "Great Republic," at Robinson's Opera House. The allegory had been upon the stage for the past two nights, under the auspices of the Cincinnati Relief Union, and the procaeds were to have been applied to the relief of the suffering poor of this city. The prcformt-rs, numbering nearly six hundred children, were taken from the public schools of the city ; and, as the ob ject was a worthy one, and the children who look part were those of old residents of the city, large audiences were present at each presentation of the allegory. The weather this afternoon being propitious, and there being no sessions of public schools the matinee audience was for the most part composed of women and chidren. About 2:30 o'clock, while the house was densely packed and the thousands of chil dren among the audience were at the bcighth of their enjoyment, a boy in the gallery ,either through mischief or ignor ance, raised a cry of lire as the red light from the colored fires used in the piece flashed out from the wings. Every inch of the theatre was occupied, and surging about the stairways and iu front of the doors. Some one of the audience took up the cry of fire, aud it was re-echoed from the door by another person who caught a glimpse of the red glare from the stage. There was an immediate rush for the front doors. A child was pushed down the steps and screamed, and immediacy after a man thrust his arm through the window. The scream and the crash wsrc enough to set the panic in full force, and iu the narrow vestibule leading to the street, the scene was a terrible one. The people in the rear pressed upon those in front, shout ing aud cursing. Men, terror stricken, struck down the helpless women and children iu front, or ciimbed over their heads lo the top of the staircase, and precipitated themselves upon the scrcamiug and bleeding mass of women and children in the hallway. The scene iu uud about the i;jera house after the accideut was heartrending. The news of the catastrophe spread like wild fire over the city, aud from every direction came people hurrying to the scene, until the squares were impassable. I.ETTI'K FROM JKFF DAVIS. Washington D. C, February 0. Jef ferson Davis has written the following let ter to Judge Lyons, of Richmond, Va. : New Ohleaxp, January 27. 7on. Janus Lious : My Deak Frieka Your very kind let ter of tho 14th inst. was forwarded from Memphis, and has been received at this place. I havo been so long the object of malignant slander aud the subject of un scrupulous falsehood by partisans of tho class of Mr. Riaine, that, though I cannot say it has become to me a matter of indif ference, it has ceased to excite my surprise. Even in this instance, when it reaches ihe extremity of accusing me of cruelty to prisoners, what matters it to one whose ob ject is persoual aud party advantage, that the records, both Federal and Confederate, disprove the charge that the country is full of witnesses who hear oral testimony against it, aud that the effort to revive the bitter animooti s of the war obstructs pro gress toward the reconciliation of sections Y It is enough for him if his sclfseeking pur pose bo promoted. It would, however, seem probably that such expectation must be cieappoiuted,for only those who are wil fully blind can fail to see, ia the circuiu stauces of the case, the fallacy of Mr. Rlain's sUteiuenLs. The published fact of an attempt to suborn Wirtz, when under sentence of dt-atb, by promising him par oD if he wouiu criminate mc in regard to th,! Asonville pnsoners.is conclusive a. t to the wish of the Government to make such a charge against me ; aud the fail ure to do so shows that nothing could be found to sustain it. May we not say the evidence of my inuocence was such that Holt and Couover, with their trained band of suborned witnesses, dared not make against me this charge, which Wirtz, for his life, would not make but which Blaine, for a presidential Domination, has made ? Xc w let us review the leading facts of the case. The report of the Confederate Commissioner for an exchange of prison ers shows how persistent and liberal were our efforts to secure the relief ot captives. Failing in those attempts, I inbtructed General M. K. Lee to go under a flg of truce and seek an interview with General Grant, to represent to him the suffering and death of Federal prisoners held by us. to explain the cause wtycb were beyond our control, and in thf) namn of humanity, tho observance of'thu uitUl for uu tSchaue of prisoners. To this, as to n1i r,.v;mn anneals, a deaf ear was turned. - i - - i ' T T I I . 1 .... - .... ... tm 7 .1 I Will UOl UlVflUJH, UICIUVIJ, w rite the report made to me of the incidents of this mission. Iee no longer lives to de feud the cause and country he loved so well aud served so effectually, but General Grant cau not fail to remember so extraor dinary a visit, and his objections to execut ing the cartel arc well known to the pub lii:. Mnt, whoever else may choose to for get my efforts in this regard, the prisoners at Andersonville and delegates I permitted j cm lo t0 president Linccla to plead for a resumption of the exchange of prison ers, cannot fail to remember how willing I was to restore tl em to their homes and to the comforts of which they were iu need, provided lite imprisoned soldiers of the Con federacy should be in like manner released returned to us. Tbc foul .iiT:'.:itiunf though iliiectnJ Nrci.Vi!y jj;alist in-, tvu mi fioabt Intended as and naturally nu! h the arraignment of the South, by who'- authority and In whose behalf my divlJ were dune. It may bo presumed that the ft-tiiutrs and the habits of the Southern sol diers were und-rst;x J by tne, aud in that connet: tion any fair minj would pereuive ia my congra tulatory orders to the army, after a victory in which th: troops were most counnendej foi their temleruesn and generosity to the wounded and other -aptiTr, as well tho instincts of the person who issued tie order as the knightly temper of the soldiers to whom it was addres.'ed. It is admitted that the prisoners in our hands were not as well provided for as we would like to have them, hut it is claimed that we did a well for them as we could. Oa the other side sav as much f To the hold allegations of ill treatmeiit acd adequate supplies by our oppo nents, it is only necessary toofl'-r two fact. Firit it appears from the reports of the Uiii tei States War Department that, though we had sUty thousand more Federal prisoners th.tn they had of Confederates, six thousand more of Confederates died in Northern prisons. Second, the want and suiTering of men in Nor thern prisons caused mc to atk for permission send out colton and buy supplies for them. The request was granted, but only on condition that th cotton should he sent t New York and th supplied ! hon.t thr. General Be:, now of bt. l.ouis, was authorized to purchase and distribute tho needful supplies. Our sympathy rose, w ith the occasion au I we responded to its demands, not wailing for ten years, then to vaunt itself when It cou'.d eerve uo good pur pose to the sufferer. Under the mellowing inttuc-ncc of time aud occasional demonstrations at the North of a desire for the rest oration of peace end Rcod Will the Southern people have forjjotteo much of the wrongs they bore. If it he less so amoiiK their invaders, it Is but another example of the rule that the wrongdoer is less abie to forgive than he who has suffered causeless wrong. It is not however, generally among lhoe who braved the hazards of battle that unrelenting vindi'.tivrncss Is to be found the brave and generous and ccullr. It is the skulkers of the fli;ht, the Biaines, who display tbrir flag on an nutented fluid, f hey made no sacrifice to pre vent the separation of the States ; why should they be expected to promote the couSdeuce and good will essential to their uniou YVbeu r!o-"-ly confined at Fortress'.Monroe, I was solicited to add my name to those of many esteemed geutlemeu, who had sailed a petillou for my pardon, and I was aure.l that on ray doing so Ihe President would order my lihera tioii. Confident uf the juktieeof our cause aud the rectitude of my own conduit, I declined to sign the position and remained subject to the ueieuto'j'.e p t:atioDSud tortnres which Dr. Cjaven has tut faintly described. When, after two years of cioee confinement, I was admitted to bail, ns often required 1 appeared for trial under the indictment found against net but in which Mr. Blaine's fictions do not appear. Tee indictment was finally quashed, on ro applica tion of mine, nor have I ever evaded or avoided a trial upon :tny charge the General Government might choose to bring against me, and hare no view of the future which makes It desirthle to me to be included in un amnesty hill. Viewed la the abstract, or as a geueial question, I would te glad to see the repeal of all laws in flicting the penalty of political disabilities on classes of the people, that it might, as prescrib ed by the Constitution, be left to the courts to hear and decide the callers to sffli the penalties accat'dim; t' pre-existing legislation. The dis crimination made againl our people is unjust and impolitic. If the fail be equality and the purpose f.e fraternity amng cil:.e:i of the United r-tales. conviction without a hearing, without jnrisdietion and alllxing penalties by tz pout J'acfu legislation are part of a proceeding which had Its appropriate end i:i the assump tion by Congress of the executive f'un".iou of granting pardon. To remue polit K'a! disabili ties which there was not legal power l impose, was not au to t of so much gracs at- to form a plau'ihie pretext for the revkle" diatri'w of Mr. Blaine. The l jpcts pi tervc 1 by I)r. SteYeuson l.uppi ly furnish full pr jof of the causes of disease snd dtb at AntlersiihVillr. They are now, I believe, iu Richmond, aud it is to be hoped that their publication will riot be much longer delay ed. I have not a taste for recrimination, though the sad recitals made by our soldiers re turned from Northern prisons can never he for gotton, aud you will temcuiher the rxeitemeut and the ceusorlocs publication which was utter ed against me heeaue I would not visit on the helpless prisoners in our hands such barbarities as, according to reports, had hee.n Inflicted nit on our mc;i. Imprisonment is a hard lot at best, and pri soners are prouo to exaggerate their sufferings, and such was the case on both sides- But wc did not seek, by reports of committees, with photographic illustrations, to inflame the pas sions of our people. How was it with our ene my ? Let oue example sullice. Yon may remem ber a published report ofa committee of the Uni ted States Congress, which was sent to Annapo lis to visit some exchanged prisoners, and which had appended to it pbotogrape of some emacia ted subjects, which were offered ns samples of the prisoners returned from the Bouth. When a copy of that report was received, I sent it to Col. Oa!d, Commissioner for exchange of pri soners, and learned, as I anticipated, that the photographs had been taken from men wh were in our hospitals when they wero liberated for exchange, aud whom the hospital surgeon regarded as convalescent, hat too weak to be removed with safety to themselves. Tho anxie ty of the prisoners to ho seut to their homes had prevailed over the objections of the sur gcou. But this Is not all ; for I Lave recently learned, from a priest who was then at Annapo lis, that the most wretched looking of these photographs was taken from a man who had never been a piieouer, but who bad been left on the "sick list" at Annapolis when the command to which he was attached had passed that place on Us southward march. Whatever may be said in e Herniation of such Imposture because of the exigencies of war, there can be, no such xeuse now for the attempt of Mr. Blaine, by gross ritisrepresentstiou and slandeions accusation, lo revive the worst passions of the war, and it is to le hoped that, much ns the event Is to bfl re gretted, it will have the good eflects ol evoking truthful etateinents in regard U this til lie un derstood subject from men who would hare pre ferred to leave their sorrowful story untold, If the suhject could have beeu allowed peacefully lo sink into oblivion. Mutual respett is needful and common interest Is essential to a friendly union ; when slander is promulgated from high places, the public welfare demands that truth should strip falsehood of its power for evil. I am, very respectfully acd truly, your friend. Signed.) JEFFKRSON DAVIS. Correspondence. OUtt IIAItlCIKltlKli LETTEK. Harrisbitbo, Pa-,) Feb. ,9, 1870. f Tho interest that was manifested in aud around the legislative halls in past years has somewhat abated, aud apart from the members and officers of both branches l our legislature, very few strangers are ob served in this city. The roosters and lob byists who were always ou hand, aud con stituted tho "third houBo," whin special leglslatiou was ouo of the promiueut fea tures of our law makers, are no more to be seen. That special legislation has ceased to exist is observable in the fact that many members have chosen as boarding places, boarding houses, aud the lower classjs of hotel?, as first class hotels are somewhat too extravagant for men whose only income is what they derive from their legitimate legislative calling. Kill No. 14 relatiui: to the finances of our State, and which has caused so much commotion during this session, passed the House vesterdav as reported from commit' tee on couferencc, anof will do doubt pass the .Senate to-day, thus making it the first bill of the session that has beeu presented to the Governor for his signature. Ilou. J. J. Johns is dawv erowin: more popular, aud is making a host of friends by the course ho is pursuing. While he is always willing to vindicate the standing of his part)-, and his friends, he at the same timo will aot allow predjudice to overcome his judgment, which he uses with such a degree of aflectivcne?.- as to at once give him a prominent sta.iding. Whilo ho has not had the experience that a great many members havo had, and ia not kindled with am indruiable desire given to much talk, yet the recording of his vota on any subject U looked to with considerable interest by many who are acquainted with h is sound judgment. His bill on "Compulsory Edu cation," and which has been indorsed by the most prominent citizens of Northum berland Co., is but another evidence of the interest ho manifests as a representative. The bill is of importance to all dieses in the State, aud while it does not meet with much favor just now, tho time will soon come when it will be recognised as a neces sity. The bill requires the attendauce at school during 12 weeks iu each year, all children between the ages of eight aud fourteen years. Night schools are to be established by the school directors, and no child under fourteen years of age shall be employed by auy person during the school term unless evidence is produced that said chilil is attending day or night school, also the books for poor children are to be furnished by the board of school directors. The night schools are to be ealabliisTIed in districts only where twenty or more chil dreu reside, and the act shall uot go into effect until a majority of the school directors of the district approve of the same. The "Boom bill" as passed by the Senate has been reported from the House commit tee by Mr. IVithingtou, aud will co.ikj up ou first reading during the week. Peter Ilerdic, of Williamsport, is engineering it, and mar experience cousiderablc diilL-uily before he gets through with his p?l. The political pot is Iwginuiug to grow warm, and every day drawing closer, makes it rage more fiercely. The Democrats as us ual are harping ou reform, retrenchment, aud a better form of city government, they prate about city extravagance, defective water works, high taxes, mid uuiuerous et celeras, but then it is now a always, they have no political grouuds or priuciples on which to base auy effective arguments, aud of a necessity requiring something wherein t j deceive an uulhinkiu people. They cry fraud, but I fear that in this city their labors will prove iu vaiu, as the pres eut Mayor,and Uepublicaucaudidate for the same office, will b too much for them lo overcome. If. OI K EU YOKK LETTEK. CRIME POLITICAL. THE SPRIN'O TUADE FAILURES THE Q ALE SNOW POO It THE IIIPI'ODKOME. New York, Feb. 1370. TEKRIELE CRIMES. There has beeu an epidemic of crime within the past week, the prevailing char acteristics of each case being cold-blooded cruelly. The city was shocked by the murder of a youug girl by the Jew, ltubeu stein, under peculiarly revolting circum stances, which was followed by the slaugh ter of Simmons by Fuch?. This case is the most horrible on record. The murder ed man was made druuk, so drunk as to be uuconscious. Theu his murderer deliber ately chopped his head off, and, cutting his body iuto small pieces, baked the most of it in a cook stove till it could not be dis tinguished from auy other meat. He had got the body almost finished w hen he was interrupted. The head aud one leg re maiued, and by these Ihe crime was dis covered. The only motive for this horri ble crime was the displacement of trio mur derer by the murdered man frout a situa tion worth Si. 50 per day. Fuchs, tin; mur derer, is a low Cerman, and as complete a brute ai was ever suffered to live. He manifests uo feeling in the matter, aud does not seem to realize that he has done anything especially wrong. Un the cou trary, he was rather pleased when taken to jail to find himself the object of so much notice. Close ou the heels of this atrocity was the more than terrible murder ol an entire family on Long Isiaud. Au old man uamed Skid more, with thiee others, laborers, etc, lived in au out of-the-way place. Near Dear Park one night hint week the bouse was burned down, and iu the moruing the charred remains of the four were fouud iu tho ruins. There can be uo reasonable doubt but that the inmates were murdered and the house tired to hide the atrocity ; and what adds horrer to the crime is a tolerably well-supported convic tion that the deed was done by very uear relatives of the old man. He was a quar relsome mau, very fond ot litigation, aud was at feud with all his sons. The testi mouey takeu at the iuquest points towards these sons as Ihe criminals. Hut the wit nesses were the lowest of the low so low, iudeed, that nothing they could say would be taken in a court of justice. What is the cause of this Niagara of crime at this time ? The hard times can not be charged with it, for in all these cases the motives were not guiu. Among the the classes far removed from want crime follows crime in rapid succession, and every case seeius to be more horrible than Us predecessor. Where is the scientist who can give an explanation ot the causes end can suggest a cure ? POLITICAL. The Liberal Republicans of the city con tinue to meet every few days, and resolve that they will continue to labor for the pur- J ificalion of the Government, and the res toration of integrity in ofilcials. From the j length of their resolutions, and the loud- I nes of their bellow, those who did not I know might suppose that there was actual ly cuch a party as the "Liberal Itepublican, aud might suppose that it had vitality. Don't let it alarm you. Wheu Gen. John Cochrane walks down, the street, it is cus tomary to observe "there goes the Liberal llepublican party.'' Gen. John, and about a dozen others are all that are left of the men who killed pKr old Horace Greeley, and they would not be left if they were of sufficient importance to give an oflice, or any position of honor, iu the Itcpublicau party too. They meet aod resolve and bellow, and have their speeches reported, as a means of advertising that they are still alive and in the market. They are try ing to create the impression that they are strong enough to ho worth buying and are horribly disappointed that neither of the ui-u!:nate parlies will put in a bid for them. Ii is a notieable fact that after the Greely fiasco the literals still continued to believe that the Government needed puri fying, but that it would havo to bo done through the old parties. It is equally no tieable that each individual Liberal, quite as firmly believed that the party that could best rescue the Government from ruin was the one that could and would give him a good, warm place. If he was in a Repub lican district he believed the Itepublican parly to be the salvation, of the country, and if iu a Democratic dUtrict, r,&C'Versu. And in either case if he got his place, he subsided into ns good a partizau as you ever saw. All that these blatherers want is recognition, which is exactly what they will not get. They are not worth it. TflE DEMOCRACY Ol New York are iu a bad way. A por tion of them want Tildsn for the Presiden cy, ou a hard-money platform, but unfor tunately they feel thatiu the West there is a stroug party in favor of inflation, which would never forget the part he took last fall against Allen, but he was so cold to ward Into that he did bun more damage than if he had actively opposed hiiu. Still the Democracy of New York will present Tilden, and trust to the power of party urill to whip in the malcontents iu the West and South. Tilden will go int the Democratic Convention with more money behind him than any candidate yet spoken of, and wc all know what money means iu a Democratic Convention. But he will not bo nominated. The Democracy of the ru ral uistriets are su.-pieiou.-t it un: money power of New York, as they have a right to be. THE REPUBLICANS Of the city were in favor, very strongly, of Itoscoe Cunklin. Hut of late a very stroug leeliug is showing itself for Bristow, the Secretary of the Treasury. Uristow is making hosts of friends by his vigorous prosecution of the whiskey swindlers, and every conviction that is procured sweeps him so much closer to the Presidential chair. If he is the level-headed mau that his friends say he is, he stands very close to the head. It would le verv grateful to the staunch Republicans of Kentucky to have one of their number so honored, and as the Secretary is showing his fitness to rule over a few things, it is not improbable that he may be called to rule over many. TUB SPRING TRADE. The spring trade in this city is already open, though the snow which put in an ap pearance last night has giveu the fur-dealers a few days ot grace. The large retail dealers have not time to stop to complain of the times aod I doubt if any of them want to. They have found tho way to i abolish hard times by putting their goods j down to selling prices. They know exact- j ly what Air. Greeley meant when he said : "the way to resume is to resume." A. T. Stewart & Co. wheu questioued about the prospects f;r the season ahead, said that they never knew trade to be belter, and that last month theyhad sent out jnore goods lhau ever before iu the same time. Their books for January showed 1U0,UU0 packages delivered, an increase of 10.000 over the same mouth of lust year. They also report that they find collections easier, and little perceptible abatement isi the quality of pods demanded. But under stand, this ouly applies to the very largest of the retailers those who have capital to command aud control trade. They gel the cream of it, for they cau deal in such goods as til ihe classes to whom all soasous are alike. All except these are sulll-i ing. The package trade last year, spile of the high postage wns between 15,000 and 20,000 packages. It is astonishing how popular this system of sending goods is at the Far West. I speak from personal observation. The women of Colorado and Wyoming do not intend to look like Guys if they are a week by rail from the shops of Broadway. They get their samples and patterns from New York direct, and the consequence is that they are, as a rule, often better dress ed than their sisters nearer civilization, who take what the merchauts choose to bring them. FAILURES. There were the usual number of failures this week, ami some of them unusually ugly. Sixty houes well known in trade went under, some large and some small. The list showing all, thai all branches of trade are represented. Oue leather house failed for 800,000, with assets of half that amount. This failure was the result of bad dbl9. and undue credits. The ten dency of the past ten years has been to swell the volume of business, and it has led men to give credit's carelessly. Now when the dark days are on us, they find collection impossible, and- tho merchant sighs for his goods as he sees his drafts coming back protested for tion payment. One thing is certain credit will be harder to procure in New York this year than ever before. The merchant finds it belter to have his goods in his warehouse, than to have them scattered over the country in the hands of men who may pay or may not as they think best. Bring your money with you, good people, when you come to New York for goodu. The gale of Wednesday was one of the severest that ever alarmed New York. Out in the country a gale doesn't matter, but in a crowded city it is quite another thing. The seven-story buildings, stand ing alone aud towering in the air, the sijn boards projecting over the sidewalks, the iiumenno cornices insecurely attacneu all combine to make a gale a thing to be dread ed : for it is not nice when walking home with your head bowed to the gale to h ive a sigu-board twenty feet long tome whistling down utHin you. Nor is it comfortable to have a building seven stories high fall upon you. There is as much shammy building done in New York as in any other citv, and it is not pleasant to try to sleep with the walls of your house s wajicg. In short, a tiale iu this citv is a terror, any way it can be takeu. The wind moved at the rale of sixty-six miles an hour ; and while no cas ualties are reported, there were many nar row escapes. A groat many building? were badly twisted, and thousands of signs and cornices blown olf. THE SNOW That fell Thursday night cumbers the ground and is likely to. This is another infliction on a great city. The streeis aie tilled wilh it ; il is left to melt when the sun sees tit to shine ; us it holds all tho tilth of the city in solution, the nuisance it is may be imagined. But it is a God send to such of the poor as really want work, for thousands of them are certain of a job for a day at least, which will srive them bread for a week. So even a nuisance to the gen eral public may be a sweet boon to the few THE POOR. The dilferent charitable organizations of the city have their hands full iust now. St. John's Gouild. the best and most prac tical of all of them, have 20,000 souls, or rather bodies, depeuding upou them for support. It is a sight to see the throng at their building's every day drawing their rations. The halt, the blind, the lame, the sick and the well, they are all represented. All who are known t be deserving get. each week, enough of plain fiwtd to support life, and such clothing as can be procured. It is a noble charity and is doing a world of good. THE niPrODROME Is nearly ready for the reception of Moody and S;inkey. A choir of 700 voices is being trained every niuht. under the leadership of Ueu. Dodge, to lead the singing under the charge of Sankey. It will be magnifi cent to hear this immense chorus giving the popular music of the singing Evangel ist. This feature alone will keep the vast building tilled to its utmost capacity. The meetings will commence about the middle of the month. PlETRO. Where Hoes It all Come From 7 Pints and quarr of filthy Catrrrhal dis charges. Where does it all dome from ? The mucin? membrane which lines the chambers of the nose, and its little glands, are diseased, so that they draw from the blood its liquid, and exposure to the air changes il into corruption. This life-liquid is reeded to build up the system, but it is extracted, and the system is weakened by the loss. To cure, gain flesh and strength by using Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis covery, which also acts directly upon these glands, correcting them, nnd apply Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy with Dr. Pierce's Nasal Douche, the only method of reaching the upper cavities, where the discharge accumulates and comes from, The in strment and both medicides sold by drug gists and dealers in medicines. This wiH lotify the Pubi of our intention to j ut new and lower priccB on much of our Steel The year's closinsr out sale will commence at half-past six o'clock, et week-da v morningml CONTINUE UNTIL OUR FALL and W INT1 STOCK JS SOLD. THE IVlATTST FACT IS r Wc have made up too many overcoats and suits fortbid v car, aud t transfer oar Stuck into Cash needed for preparation for 1876,we will mak certain sacrifices which will Ik apparent on and after WEDNESDAY DECEMBER FIRST, when we thai 1 have gone through our Salesrooms and cut oft Profits, and even n part of the cost, from many of our present price3. io ue very exact in stating this matter, as we do not intend that any advertisement or custom of our house particular, we think it proper to sav. plies to A THOUSAND AND A THOUSAND AND MORE BUSINESS COATS, HUNDREDS OF DRESS COATS, SEVERAL THOUSAND VESTS, SEVERAL THOUSAND PAIRS OF PANTS, and extends throughout our house, yet there are some lots iu which (as they have already been marked at close prices.) we shall make no change. Wc desire to announce that this is 0UK FINAL and ONLY MARK DOWN THIS SEASO So that none need wait for lower Prices. The step we take will wonder fully aid those who foel like economizing. THE TERMS OF THE SALE ARE THE USUAL TERMS OF OUR HOUSE: 1. No Becond or altered Price One Fixed Price. -2. Ca?li from All, to warrant Low Prices. 3. The contract on our part, to return money, is a part of the bargain iu each case (provided goods are returned unworn.) 4. A full Guarantee for each garment. The Stock we offer i.s all new, nnd is not "bought" or ''wholesale-" stock, but our own Carefully Made Clothing. It will be remembered that our stock always embraces the choicest stylos of substantial goods, and that every size and shape is provided for bothMen and Coys. It will also be borne in mind that there is but one OAK HALL, and that is at the corner of ' SIXTH SIXTH-SIXTH-SIXTH SIXTH and MARKET Streets. Hoping for a visit from each reader, and thai our friends will pass this announcements to all their friends in the country. We are Very Truly, ' WANAMAKER & BROWN, Philadelphia. Esw Lf OF Pi ii vm clotm Hats, Caps & Geats' : - Has just returned from the eastern city with the largest stock of Clothing, Hats, Caps and Gents' Furnishing Goods ever brought to this place, and at the lowest hard-time prices. Clothing of every Description. Overcoats in endless variety, from the cheapest in prices to the very best make in styles and quality. MEWS' U1ITS 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 CfflLUM Now is the time to buy, when you can get just what you want with a very little money. Hats and Caps of every "description, all of which is 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 I SHIRTS From the finest white Shirt made to the cheapest. "Woolen 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, Susjiendcrs, Collars, Neckties, Bow, Jewelry, &c, &c, nnd anything to be found in a tirst-class furnishing good store. specialty in lotning, liars, vaps which we defy competition both in show goods ISilAC 94. Market St., , . SUNBUEY,PA Jsunbury, Nov. .), 18 . When you visit Philadelphia, call and see WITH o Q. in Hi- Ll a X O WHO SELLS SOLID WALNUT MARBLE TOP CHAMB Partar Suits In Hair Cloth cr Fancy P s i Plnsh vm Walnut Dressing Case S' Best Wire Wove Sp ALL OTHER GOODS EQ Feathers in Pillows Iu Lnrge tuuutUte and ' GIVE HIM Sent. 17, 1'k ly. ehall mislead the puhlic in the least that this Mark Down, whilst it ap MORE OVERCOATS, Fi rishlvg Goods. ) - : ami refits j?urnisning uooas, all of quality and in price. "NTo trouble to iFURBX&IVr, o c r U X r a r
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