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CLEARFIELD, PA., MARCH. 27, 1867.
The Position op the South. The
Charleston Mercury takes a very just view
of the position of the Southern States un
der the Reconstruction Bill. It reminds
its readers that nothing is submitted by it to
the discretion of the South. Terms are not
offered for them to accept or reject, as they
please. The Constitutional Amendment of
1S66 was thus offered to them and they re
jected it; but this bill marks out certain
things '-which are to be done, with or with
out the consent of the South. State Con
tentions are to be called-deleates are to
be elected by universal suffrage a new Con
stitution is to be formed and submitted to '
"the popular vote. All these things are
fixed facts. All that any Southern man
has to decide is whether he will vote or not.
The Mercury says that it is simply a ques
tion whether the great body of the people
shall take part in framing the Constitution,
' or leave the whole business to colored voters
' enfranchised by the bill. Thi3 view of the
case will doubtless control the action of the
great -mass of the Southern people.
Execution op a Murderer. Alexan
der Wiley was hung at Wilkesbarre, on
Thursday, March 21st, for the murder of
Mis3 Alice Tracey or Mcllwee. Wiley
made a confession, in which he stated that
. he had been in the army and deserted eight
times. lie was sentenced to be shot at
Gettysburg for cowardice and treason, but
made his escape from the guard. lie con
fesses to have been engaged in about forty
robberies of houses, stores and barns, taking
from one man 'over eight hundred dollars.
He says he shot Alice Tracey, his kept girl,
by accident, while working with hi3 revolver,
on his return from the army, but that he
had no desire or intention to kill her. His
story is a very straight one.
A Good Answer. - The Provisional
Legislature of North Carolina lately invited
Vail the States, North, South, East and
West," to meet in national convention, for
the purpose of proposing amendments to
the Constitution of the United States. Gov.
Geary, in laying these resolutions before the
Legislature of the State, reminded the
North Carolina gentlemen that it is not
the place of defeated traitors "to ask the
loyal men ot this country to meet them
upon equal terms in Convention to am and
the. Constitution they repudiated and at
tempted to destroy." .
South Carolina Ahead. At another
mass meeting of citizens;irrcpeciive of
color, held in Charleston, South Carolina, a
few days since, (says a dispatch to the New
York Herald) there were only fifty white
people present. Judge Moore, a white man,
presided, and a negro acted as secretary.
The meeting was decidedly radical. Reso
lutions claiming the right of suffrage and
the right of holding office for the colored
man, opposing large land monopolies, and
calling for a revision of the State code, and
ro-organization of the courts were passed.
Suffering in North Carolina. The
Commissioner of the Freedmen's Bureau
has received a report, from the Assistant
Commissioner for the State of North Caro
lina, showing the condition of affairs in that
State during the month of February. He
states that there are at least six thousand
persons in North Carolina suffering from
want of food, of which number two-thirds
are white. Three thousand bushels of corn
were distributed during the month, sent by
the Southern Relief Commission of New
York city.
The Bankrupt Law. It is found not
to be practicable to enforce the Bankrupt
law at once. In view of this fact, Senator
Anthony introduced a proposition into Con
gress to suspend its operations, except in
the matter of appointments" under the act,
until the first ot J une. A bill has also been
introduced to transfer the appointment of
registers under the act from the Chief Jus
tice to the District Judges of the United
States. 9tm .
Release of Jeff. Davis. Senator Wil
son, last week, introduced a concurrent res
olution in the Senate, providing that if Jeff.
Davis cannot be tried at once, that he be
released from confinement. The resolution
meets with some favor in both branches of
Coneress. but it cannot Dass. A substitute
to release him on bail, it is thought by some,
could readily be adopted. Jn that event
Jeff, will never hang "on a sour a;ple tree."
The Wisconsin Journal publishes a long
list of confirmations and rejections of office
holders by the United States Senate, under
the appropriate caption; pf "Many are called
fcmt few are chosen."
The Zook Murder Case.
Several months since we noticed the mur
der of two brothers named Zook, in Missis
sippi, who were citizens of Lancaster coun
ty, and had gone South in the pursuit of
honest and legitimate business. Applica
tion having been made to Gen. Grant, for
military protection to the father while try
ing to recover the bodies of his" sons, the
order for such protection was issued to the
commanding Ouicer at Vicksburg. The
father, under this authority, called upon the
officer designated. The necessary escort
was promptly furnished, and while a search
was being made for the dt-ad bodies, an in
vestigation as to the facts in the case was
also made, with a view of discovering the
murderers.
From the evidence it appears that
the Zook " brothers were murdered by
certain ex-rebels named Brown, who were
partners in the raising of cotton on a farm
that bad been leased by the Zooks and
Browns. A more shocking, foul and brutal
assassination is not contained in the criminal
record of the country. The Zook brothers
were peaceable men. They sought to settle
in the South that they might contribute to
its wealth and industrial importance. In
going there they usurped no man's rights.
They took ample funds with them to pay
for all they required in the forwarding of
their business. But they were Northern
men. This fact was sufficient to bring them
within the reach of the concealed daggers
of the rebels of the South, and being thus
guilty, the Zooks were murdered in cold
blood as sacrifices to appease the hatred and
passions of the whipped traitors, who still
insist that the soil of the South shall not be
invaded by Northern men,though it be in the
peaceful pursuits of agriculture. How dif
ferent has been, the treatment of the broth
ers Zook to that which unrepentant rebels
receive at the hands of a certain class in
the North. There are rebels now in Penn
sylvania, "who are the pets in what is called
fashionable society, to whose stories of rebel
barbarity the copperheads listen" with ap
parent satisfaction and approval who are
dined and feasted for what they did in de
feuse of the flag of treason, and the cow
ardly abuse of Union men whilst in their
hands as defenceless prisoners. Such is
the difference. "Loyal men go to the South
to contribute to the prosperity of the coun
try, and are murdered in cold blood, while
traitors come North to riot and flaunt their
treason in the lace of loyal men," and are
flatteringly toasted on the recital of their
atrocious deeds by those who sympathised
with them throughout the rebellion. Let
all ot-txil Vonnaylv ftiuana onttmpluto
this picture of Southern loyalty, and hope
that the murderers of the Zook brothers
may recivc a fit punishment for the horrible
crime of which they are guilty.
A message having l-een sent to the Legis
lature, by Governor Geary, setting forth
the facts in the above murder case, that
body promptly appropriated Five Thousand
dollars for the apprehension and punish
ment of the murderers of the Zook broth
ers. It is a duty incumbent on the State to
secure justice to her citizens wherever they
may be and hence this action on the part
of the Governor and Legislature will be
heartily concurred iu by the people generally
Another Preisdential Veto. On
Saturday, March 23d, the President return
ed the Supplemental Reconstruction bil
to the House, with his objections. The
message was read and carefully listened to,
and without one word of debate or a dilato
ry motion the bill was passed over the veto
by a party vote, 114 to 27. It was then
sent to the Senate, and there passed with
out any debate, by a vote of 40 to 7, where
upon the President of the Senate declared
the bill to be a law of the land, notwith
standing the President's objections.
To be Turned to Account. The Dutch
Gap Canal, which originated in the genius
of Gen. Butler, is to be made serviceable
after all. The Richmond authorities recent
ly had it officially inspected and report that
the City Engineer and the others with him
are satisfied of the practicability of comple
ting the canal and making it suitable for the
transit of the large vessels now running on
the river. ... .
Adjourned. The Philadelphia Confer
ence of the Methodist Church, after a "ses
sion of one week at Harrisburer, adiourned
on Wednesday night at 12 o'clock. Over
500,000 were collected last year, within the
limits of its jurisdict ion, for church purposes.
Eighteen large churches were erected, and
eleven new parishes created, during the
same period.
The Louisville Journal is quite disgusted
with the weak-kneed Virginians who are
about to accept Congressional Reconstruc
tion, and trusts the other Southern conimu
nhies will repudiate her, "regarding them
selves as her sisters no loncer."
The Trenton Srnfi'ir7.n snflatlnsrnf .Tapir -
son township, Ocean county, N. J., says
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that it is almost unanimously Democratic,
and the intellectual differpnr Wweon its
oysters and its men is scarcely discernable."
Robinson & Offden. of
ers in government securities, are reported
to have failed, with liabilities amountinsrto
5,ouo,uuu.
President Johason is said tn h& .i mn;.
date for the United States Senate, after h
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term as Chief Executive expires.
Notes from Harrisburg.
The Legislature having passed the bil, grant
ing unlimited powers to the Directors of the Penn
sylvania Railroad, to increase the capital stock of
of said company, the Governor promptly returned
the bill.with hisobjestions, to the Sonato on ilarch
20th. The message is as follows :
To the Senate and Ho't of Representatives of
the Commonwealth of Penn-ty'vania.
Gentlemen; The act entitled ' An act to re
peal an act entitled A further supplement to the
act incorporating the Pennsylvania railroad com
pany, authorizing an increase of capital stock and
to borrow money, approved the twenty-first day
of March. one thousand eight hundred and siity
sue, to authorize the Pennsylvania railroad com
pany to increase its capital stock, to issue bonds
and to secure the same by mortgages," has re
ceived that careful consideration from me which
the importance of the subject seemed to demand,
and. notwithstanding the high respect I enteruin
tor the two branches of the Legislature, and the
extreme reluctance I have at any time to differ
with them, I am induced, by my convictions of
duty, to dissent from the propriety of the pro
visions of the bill, and to return it, with my ob
jections, to the Senate, in which it originated.
Lest my opinions should be misconceived and
misrepresented, I deem it due to myself to make
a brief exposition of some of the enactments of
the Legislature for the benefit of the Pennsylva
nia railroad company since the original act for
its incorporation, approved April 13th 134G, so
far as relates to its capital stock.
Ey the first section of the act of incorporatiou.
the capital stock was fixed at seven millions five
hundred thousand dollars.
The twentieth section is as follows: '-That if
any increase of the capital stock shall be deemed
necessary, in order to complete or iniprovo the
said ra-lroad or appurtenances, it shall be lawful
for the stockholders of said company, at any an
nual meeting, or at any special meeting convened
for that purpose, in manner as aforesaid, to in
crease and dispose of any additional number ot
shares, not exceeding fifty thousand, bo that the
whole amount of said capital stock shall not ex
ceed ten millions of dollars, and receive and de
mand the moneys for the additional shares, in
like manner, subject to the same conditions here
tofore provided for the original subscriptions, or
shall be provided for iu thoby-laws of said com
pany." The manner prescribed fer the increase and
disposition of the stock in the foregoing section
is certainly most unexceptionable; it being un
der the direction of the stockholders, and not at'
the option of the directors as" is provided in the
bill under consideration, and which is deemed
objectionable.
The twenty-second section imposed a tonnage
tax as one ot the conditions upon which the orig
inal charter was obtained, which has since been
repealed by statute, and the accumulated tax re
leased m
By act approved April 23d, 1S52. the capital
stock was increased to thirteen million dollars;
May 6, 1.S52, to fourteen million dollars; March
23d, 1S53, to eighteen million dollars; Miy 2d,
1855. to twenty mil ion dollars. and March 2d, I Sou,
to thirty million dollars.
With no other object on my part than to be ser
viceable to my countrymen, to preserve and trans
mit unsullied the great principles and true poli
cy of our Government, and honorably to perform
the trusts, duties, obligations and responsibilities
committed to my charge, I proceed in the per
formance of these objects as I understand them.
I am sincerely friendly to all the railroads and
other companies that have aided in the develop
ment of the wealth and resources of the State,
and while I checrfuily accord the same sentinent
to your honorable bodies, 1 can but regret that
there should be any difference of opinion between
us on the proposed enactment. And if in stating
the objections I shall use .expressions which may
be regarded as too strong, my apology will, I
trust, be found in the importance of the subject
I will state them frankly and with as much brev
ity as possible.
Waiving objections to the first section of the
Ksi a.M;ii,rrion. ant waiving also cm in
quiry as to the legal rights to thus authorize the
change of. the fundamental law of a corporation,
and Lind the stockholders. I proceed to the con
sideration of the second, which confers powers of
the most extraordinary character upon the direc
tors of the com pany : '-providing
further facilities required by the increase of the
business upon the road and its connections, and
for such other purposes connected with the busi
ness as the board of directors of said company
may deem expedient it shall be lawful for the
said board of directors, from time to time, to is
sue additional shares ot capital stock of said
company, to such amount as they may determine,
and to apportion or di-pose of the said shares in
such a manner, and upon such terms, as they may
think best ; and also, for either or all of the said
purposes, to issue, from time to time, bonds of the
said company, payable at such time as they way
appoint." . . . . -
One of the objects of this bill is, for it3 further
increase of the capital stock, to retire its pi?ent
indebtedness, which, according to the president
and directors' last annual report to the company,
i3 upwards of twenty-six million dollars. Thus,
in this way alone increasing the stock-over one
hutdied and thirty per centum, and makes it
amount to over fort v-six million dollars. But this
is not all. It is further intended to increase tbei
business facilities upon its ronds and connections,
"and for snch other purposes connected with its
business as the directors may deem e.tpedient."
Were this bill to become a law, to what amount
may not the directors extend the capital stock,
with such unlimited privileges? To what branch
es of business shall it be confined, and to what
may it not be extended ? And wher is the pow
er to keep it within iu legitimate functions, if it
should deem it proper to depart from them ? Its
tremendous power, ia Irresponsible hands, would
be unlimited and uncontrollable by a ly other
power short of revolution. It has already ob-
tained. in the various chartered privileges, the
pre-occupancy of nearly every possible railroa 1
route in Pennsylvania, with the privilege of
nrancnes ana lateral roads in a large majority ol
the counties. As shown by official reporw, it has,
besides nearly eleven hundred mile3 of roads in
Pennsylvania, its extensions to Marietta, Colum
bus and Cincinnati. Onio, and toChicago, Illinois,
and holds large, and, in some instances, compil
ing amounts of stock inother railroad comnan'es.
AVhen si.ch extraordinary powers are attempted
to be granted for an unlimited period, I consider
it palpably contrary to the spirit and intention
of our institutions. The present directors it may
be assumed, are honorable gentlemen, for they
assert they 'havo good intentions for the public
interests as well as for those of the company ; but
time may effect a change, and a new board that
may not recognize their duty to the stockholders
and to the rights and interests of the people, and
forgetting their patriotism, might be found ar
rayed against their country when its services
were required. It is not an impossible hypothe
sis that its capital stock might be extended tn one
thousand millions of dollars, or even to an amount
equal to the present national indebtedness.
The whole control of the institution, and of
the issue of its bonds, necessarily lie in the hands
of a few directors, and not in those of the stock
holders whuse real interests should be represent
ed. The facilities by which any board of direct
ors could perpetuate power in its own hands
might be an inviting temptation to monopolize
or engross a sufficient" number of shares.of stock
by purchase, and proxies from non-residents too
confidingly given, or perhaps by fraudulent is
su, to control the vote of the stockholders. The
same board might by fair means thus be perpetu
ated, or bv a dextrous mixinir or misrenresont;.,..
of accounts, with not much risk or responsibility
on their part, might fraudulently control forever
ino unairs oi the company, in my opinion the'
stockholders themselves, who like the people iu !
our form of government, are the true sour r i
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bilitiesjust pref ented if they would preserve and
perpetuate their own rights within the corpora
tion. I am not aware of anv instance whora .
company has been destroyed by the immediate
action of its stocKholdersbut where too much
power has been placed in the bands of dirwtm-a
and officers, cf reckless, speculative and adven
turous character, the instances of failures anri
disgrace are almost inn-imerable. In all the
bearings which can be taken npon this mea.su r
in the event of the directory of the road casino-
into the hands of ambitious .and unscrupulous
men, I can .see nothing but an eventual mon
opolization of all the railroad privileges of this
State, and perhaps of the United States, and "such
other purposes connected with, its business as the
bosrd of directors of said company may deem ex
pedient " - They being their own judges, what
might not be considered as- connected with their
business ? May not any and almost every branch
of industry- manufacturing, agricultural and
commercial be included? There is danger, too,
that with such vast power, such ramifications in
the business departments of the country and such
unlimited capital, there migl't bo reason to trem
ble for the purify and sanctity of our elections. or
what is equally as bad, tjjat our governors, legis
lators, and other state authorities might be af
fected with the blandishments of its power, its
offices aisd its wealth.
They could "make the rijh richer and the poor
poorer.". They could, in a word, make their or
ganization a monopoly a term which a distin-.
guished jurist and law-giver defines to be '-that
which, grinds the people between the upper and
nether millstone ;': and its power would become
so great, thnt should any citizen, or even an offi
cer cf the Government, attempt to restrain it
within its chartered limits and proper franchises,
be would be made to feel its withering influences.
There is always danger in the creation ot monop
olies, for in proportioa as they are increased ar e
the rights of the citizen abridged. Had such-a
proposition been made in the early days of the
Commonwealth, or even a quarter of a century,
a so. or when this company applied for its charter,
it would have been rebuked by the people, with
out distinction of party, upon its first enuncia
tion. I am not inimical to the Pennsylvania railroad
company; but lam positively its friend.. I hon
or the management for the energy displayed in
the share they havo taken with others in the de
velopment of our State, and am determined that
it and all other corpoiations shall be protected
and defended in all their rights, privileges and
franchises already derived, or that may hereafter
be derived from legislative action ; but when they
ask for unlimited privileges which can and may be
used as engines to threaten, enangr and control
the interests and perhaps the very action of the
government, by the absorption of our internal im
provements and every branch of industry within
the state, and the holding of many thousands of
our people in a dependent condition, they must be
refused.
It is said that other corporations have had nn
limited powers. conferred upon them. and no evils
have resulted But as far as such cases have been
cited, I find npou examination, that they were,
almost without exception, conferred upon the
Stockholders on terms, and with limitation), and
not upon the directors. And if there were such,"
and they were known to be wrong in principle,
it is one of the best and strongest reasons why the
practice should be discontinued. If it is right
that the Legislature should confer unlimited pow
ers upon one institution, it has a right to multi
ply such corporations at its pleasure, and if they
should bo managed by those whose predilections
and interests would be similar, the oontroi of the
Commonwealth would be irretrievably committed
to thoir bands, and rhe sovereignty would depart
from the people. If it is deemed necessary for
the pn per management of the company .that its
capital should be increased, iet it be done-as here
tofore requested by them, gradually by the Leg
islature, just a the necessity for such increase can
be clearly demonstrated, and after due notice,
that it is intended to make application or such
increase of capital, and then only at the request
of tbo stocKholders.
Prior to the late election. I fund among the
pet pie, throughout the State, that the important
question of railroads, in all its shapes and guises.
could not be properly ignored. It was rogirded
as a matter of such paramount importance that
pledges were asked of the gubernatorial candi
dates, and certain interrogatories addressed to
them to which answers were required. One of
the interrogatories addressed to myself was in
these words, viz : "Wid you. if elected Chief
Magistrate of Pennsylvania, faithfully exert th e
power of your administration to defeat any and
every attempt made, by legislation or otherwise,
for the monopoly and control by any one corpora
tion of the railroad policy of the State ?"' To
which I, in good faith, replied, - that while I be
lieve it to b improper to bring the induence of
the Executive Department t'j beafupou the Leg
islature in anticipation of ita jc t inn. pt in Che
vaj or recommendation, I am heartily opposed
to the creation of any monopoly of the railroad
sysiem. of the State, or giving any artificial body,
treated by the law, powers which would place it
above and beyond the reaih ot the Legislature."
And in uiy reply I further stated, that the spirit
of monopoly in this and other matters should bu
discouraged in .i Kepuu'tic.iti government., and I
have no symp aihy with any poh'-y waicb may ba
designed for its eucourageiusrit "
And in speaking of railr iii companies I fur
ther remarked, -while these corporations contin
ue to act their part as ju'ii servants they shou Id
be carefully-proiected. They should not bo per
mitted to overstep their legitimate functions. As
creatures of the law, they should obey and be, in
every respect, subservient to the law. '
In accordance with the doctrines thus pronoun
ced the public have rendered their verdict and
expect of ine a sfrict compliance of the pledges
then given. These are not new doctrines or prin
ciples. They were fearlessly enunciated m the
incipient part of the campaign, and were discus
sed freely by the people.,' y the press and by pub
lic speakers generally throughout the State I
fej! that I am solemnly bound to obey these
pledges, and I have no desire or intention to evade
or disobey them. The people milj r3!t satisfied
and assured that neither this nor any other pledge
given them when I was asking their suffrages,
hall be violated.
That the people have an indisputable and inhe
rent right to instruct thoir public servants and to
mould and fashion their institutions to suit tlfcm
selves, no one, believing in a Republican form of
government, will for a moment pretend to deny,
and I believe thecorrclative obligation , that those
holding of5ce are bound to obey, is equally true.
These instructions were conveyed to me in the best
possible mode, through the ballot-box. Viewing
this question without prejudice no man can doubt
that our citizens are earnestly opposed to the
granting to corporations any unlimited powers
which may bo converted into monopolies and
which cannot be held subservient to the Legisla
ture, and to the true interests of the State.
A solicitous regard, therefore, for truth ami jus
tice, has impelled me to the course I have taken
upon this subject, and with the full assurance that
I bavo done my duty, I herewith return the bill
without iny signature. - Jxo. W. Gbabv.
Ilarrisburg. Pa., March 2D, Ho7.
Upon the reading of the message, the Senate at
once passed the bill over the veto of Gov. Geary,
by the following vote :
Ykas Burnett. Connell. Donovan, Fisher.Glatz,
Karris, Jackson, James, Landon. McCandless, Mc
Coaaughy, Randall, Bidg way, Royer, Schall. Sea
right, Stutzraan, Taylor, Wells. Worthington 20.
Xirs Bigham. BiUigfelt, Brown of Lawrence,
Brown of Mercer, Davis, Graham', Lowrie, White,
Hall, speaker. 9.
Absent CoTes, Coleman, "Shoemaker and Wal
lace. 4.
On the 21st the Veto was taken up in the Uouse;
Much discussion was had, but no vote ws reach
ed, although the rules were suspended by a vote
of 73to29. V ice President Scott was in tho House
all day.
It becoming evident that the bill could not be
passed in the House, over the veto, on he morn
ing of the 22d a new Senate bill was introduced
into the House, limiting the enlargement of stock
to fifteen millions of dollars, and requiring that
the consent and direction of the stockholders be
first given before any new etock whatever shall
be issued. The bill was made to conform to tie
principles laid dawn in the Governor's yeto. This
u:n i i,.i. it ,
new oi i' wum uouaca. received tae sizna-
new Diu pi
ture of the Governor, and is now a law
The Senate passed the House bill relating to
soldiers' bounties. The bill provides that the
benefit of the act of April 16th, IS62, and supple
ments granting pay and emoluments to certain of
ficers for recruiting, be extended to officers who
recruited after April 22, 18G3, and prior to April
1, 1365. To receive the benefits of said act and
supplements, all applications are to be made with
in one year from date of proposed act. From
such claims, all Government and local bounties
received by the applicant are to be deducted. Af
ter being amended by limiting the total amount
to be paid to $50,000, claims to be paid in the or
der of filing, and that only such, persons as had
been mustered intotheUnited States service should
be so paid, and then only by the State Treasurer,
and not through any claim agent, the bill passed.
- m mum r
"Washington Citj Gossip.
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The House in Committee of the whole,
on the 21st, had under consideration the bill
appropriating one million dollars lor the re
lief of t'estitute people in the South, when
a d.jba'e sprang up, filled with a scene re
markable for its personalities. Butler first
took the floor on the bill and charged Wood
bridge, of Vermont, with saying that he
was no statesman. Mr. VV'oodbridge sprang
out of his seat and said the declaration was
false, and known by Butler to be so when
he made it. Butler then said he took it
back and assumed the reverse, that Wood
bridge meant that he was a statesman.
This paved the way for a tilt between But
ler and Bingham. The debate run along
until the former charged the latter with be
ing in spirit as well as body on the Demo
cratic side. Bingham and other Republicans
sit on the Democratic side. In the course
of his reply Bingham charged Butrer with
voting for Jeff. Davis fifty-seven times in
the Charleston Convention, and sneeringly
alluded to hi in as the hero of Fort Fisher.
This brought down rounds of applause.
Butler immediately retorted by saying that
he did the best he could at Fort Fisher and
wound up by declaring that whatever he
might have done in the field he had not the
blood of an innocent woman upon his head,
which was not the case with the member
from Ohio. lie referred, he said, to Mrs.
Surratt, whom Bingham prosecuted on the
conspiracy trial, and who he (Butler) be
lieved to be innocent. This declarati in
caused an intense sensation throughout the
crowded galleries and on the floor. The
House voted Mr. Bingham an opportunity
to reply, and he defended himself from the
charge. The House adjourned without
taking a vote on the bill.
The Star of Monthly evening has the fol
lowing paragraph: "The small number of
white voters registered in the First Ward
under the recent act of Congress, shows
that there is a disinclination on the part of
many old citizens to register names. Wo
regret to see this spirit manifested, and are
satisfied that if persisted in to any extent, it
can only serve to p tl the people of the city
in a wrong attitude, as being disposed to
resent the action of Congress, or to receive
it in a .fallen manner." If this course be
persisted In the registration will show the
blacks to be greatly in the majority.
There is got the slightest abatement in
the number of office seekers here. Every
rejection of a nomination by the Senate
seems to Lriog a htlf dozsn applicants for
the vacancy, to say nothing of the various
delegations representing local influence to
urge thoir candidates.
Th? iVe'iihnt signs 1 ths bill appropria
ting $15,LWv). for the relief of fieeduien or
destitute colored persons in the District of
Columbia. Also, th bill appropriating
"5 jO.U'J ) for the Paris exlubitioy.
Eeport on Agriculture. "
The monthly report of the Agricultural
Department for FcSruaiy. contains tables
showing the average yield per am of cere
als in the respective States last 3'ear. In
whetil the highest average was in Nebraska,
at -tj buheK In l'eunsvlvania the average
was only 11 bushels. Of all the Middle
and Eastern States Vermont was the high
est, going up . to twenty bushels. Kansas
was hiehest in rye, yielding .0 bushels.
Vermont led the Eastern and Middle States,
standing at IS bu.-hels. In bai ley Nebraska
was ahead, yielding ,15 bushels. Pennsyl
vania stood at 20. Vermont we it to 29;
ahead of a!l the Eastern and Middle States.
In oats, Nebraska was foremost, standing
at 47.. Vermont stood next at 39. Penn
sylvania. In corn, New Jersey was high
est, at 43. Pennsylvania stood. 34. Illinois
at 31. Indiana at 30. 0!ikat3St Those
100. bushels to th acre, that used to be
bragged about, did not appear. In buck
wheat, Vermont was highest, at 30. Penn
sylvania was at 21. fn potataes, Florida
led, showing an average of 1S7 bushels.
Maine averaged lafi, Vermont 14S, Penn
sylvania 99, while Colorado went to 175,
and Utah to 1G3. In cereals, the cveratre
yield in this country is one hundred Der
cent, less than in England, and fifty per
cent, less tnan in r ranee.
Discriminating Freight Rates. The
Wheeling InteUifieacer, of March ICth.
says : "Six thousand kears of Boston nails
crossed the river at Benwoodvesrerdav. f ar
ried by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, at
fifty-four cents per keg, from Boston to Cin
cinnati. Unly to think of it ! Fifty-four
cents per 100 pounds from Boston to Cm
cinnati, and one dollar per hundred for citi
zensof the State from Baltimore to Wheel
ing, and larger rates in proportion as the
l: 1 - . , r . . - ,
uiaiance carnu in tne otatc is less.
France not only retires ignominiously
Irom Mexico, but is torecd. through abso
lute fear of Prussia, suddenly and wonder
fully aggrandized, to seek alliances for mu
tual defence with Holland, Belgium and
Switzerland; and Belgium, at hast, has re
jected her overtures. Meanwhile Prussia
has madea close alliance with Wurtemburer.'
Prussia can now put into the field a much
larger military force than France can com
mand. A new arbiter of European destiny
has arisen..
Don't Like-It. The notorious Isham
G. Harris writes from Mexico, where he is
living in exile, and doing penance for his
active part in the rebellion, a doleful letter
to the M emphis Avalanche, in which he de
picts that country as anj'thinsr but a pleas
ant place wherein to dwell. He has left in
search of a new home. lie will roam the
the world over and find no dwelling place so
comfortable as the one he has forfeited by
treason and infidelity to the Government,
1 1 W
A lady, who was married last
when asked why she consummated b
important business on such an unluckv jm"
responded that the had married on 2
o.her dav in the week, and hA .!,
.ner aay in the week, and had alwavsmVI
such a poor fist ot it. that she concfudej;
:est hangman's day, hoping the halter wonM
aot shp this time. -rou,i
Mr. Stevens's proposition to enforces
tensive confiscations of property at iT
South, meets with little favor Irom memu!
of Congress or the press of the country I
is much better to devise things that ni V
for permanent peace, than to be KarcliT
out fresh means for alienation.
Returns published in the Albany rmfv
Journal show that in 793 towns the Retuir'
cans have gained nine in this Spring's eW
tions, as compared with those of last SprinT
Now the Republicans have 538, and tf
Democrats 255; then they had 529 and ih"
Democrats 2G4. l0e
nnrtin 1
a beautiful and fast young lady, ot cooj
family, who was in 1SG3 a second" lieutenau;
iu me ill luj .
A preacher in Richmond is now nnier.
going the slow torment of a church trial os
a charge of having promised to marry twe'v
different women,tive of them named Mar?.
A gentleman in South Carolina recently
sold a tract of land for $700, which he re
fused $15,000 for before the war.
Five women are editors of papers in lo
Woman has some ot her "writes" in that
State.
Counterfeit twenties on the National Bant
of Portland, Me., are in circulation.
Mciv adrcrtbcmcntsi.-
Ajlvertisementx set t n large type, cuts. or out of p.'am
gtyifwillbe charged double priet fortpactorraj .J
To iaaare attention, the CASH must eccci-. :
ny notices, ai follows- All Cautions and Stmr,
with $1,50; Auditors'. Administrators' &ndl;.'
centers' notices, S2,0, each ; Dissolution, 12,
11 other transient Notices at the same ra-n
Other alv-rtisemons at8I.5G per square. jor5c:
jess insertions. Ten lines lor less) couqt aiqutre
JOHN H. FL'LFORD, Attorney at Lrnr. air
field. Pa. Office with J. B. McEd!It. E.q .
over First National Bank. Prompt attention giv
en to the securing of Bounty claims. Ac . ini to
all legal business. March 'I". IsfT.
1867. spring. , 18G;
EYRE & LANDELL.
FOURTH ARCH STREETS, PHIL' A. PA
Are opening for sprit? of 13fi7. 3 casea ie'sct
shades ot silks Fashionable plaid siik )'.:
mark, th .new color si IK. Bent black tilk- i-i
town. Plaid India silks, perfect. Nea" 'pri-;
dress goods. New stylo spring chintzes Org in
diesof newest style. Steel-colored poplins,forsu:;
X. B. Staple house-keeping goods. Frea
stocK cloths, cassi tueres. and tweeds for youth:
P S. Merchants in search of scarce anldei
rable goods will find it their interest to call 1
ex imine our stock. March 27, 1S67.-C1
riMIE NORMAL SCHOOL. The .W
7 mal School will be opened in Cdr?r :r
Tille, on the 30th day of April, an 1 continue ia
session eleven weeks. - There will ba an nrrjnj
ment made to accommodate all teachers ar.d pu
pils who can remain longer than one aes-ioa. In
be either under my charge or that of the Assis
tant teacher, or of both.
tcitios :
Teachers, per session, from 53 to the LtM
teachers in attendance, the less the tuition.
Pupils, per session, who do not purpose teaofc
ing. or aro not competent to teach, the coinin
winter, S5. Tuition to be paid in advance ani
applied to -the payment of an assistant teacher
O. W. SNYDER. Co Sup't.
-S. B All pupils, who can enter the Noritl
classes, will be admitted. March 23, lSUr
CHERIFFS SALE. By virtue of a writ
of Al. Vend. Exponas issued out of
the Court of Common Pleas of Clinton coumy. ar d
to me directed, there will be exposed to fs'i at
the Court, house in the borough of ClearfieM.
on WEDNESDAY, the 17th day of APKIL. b07.
the following described Real Estate, to wit:
AH of Defendant's interest in and to a certain
tractor piece of land Rltuate in Karthans t'wp :
Clearfield county, Pa., containing one hundrei
and four acres, more or less, about eight acre;
of which is cleared and undercultiration; barir?
thereon erected a grist mill, saw mill, blacksmith
shop, dwelling house and barn ; adjoiniii; lad
of John Eiselman, John Heisand others. eitti.
taken in execution, and to be sold as the prop
erty of James Rough.
March 27, 1867. JACOB FAUST, Sheriff
SHERIFFS SALE. By virtue of 1
0 writ of Venditioni Kcu.mi.t. issued
K.cu.mns. issued
out of the Court of Common Pleas of ClearfieM
county, and to me directed, there will be eipose4
to public sale, at the Court House, in the borocgii
of Clearfield, on WEDNEDSAY.the 17tb DAY OF
APRIL. 1867, at 1 o'clock, P. M., the fullowisS
described Real Esiate. to wit:
Three certain tracts of land situate in Knox tp .
Clearfield county. Pa., one thereof beginning at
a hemlock, thence 40 W. 186 perches to steiep-
U O Fn 1IT fl , , . . - I c .iJllV
i.i cui-c o utf it. vi percnes 10 o:rcn. couiu v
16 perches to hemlock, N 60 E. 91 perches to
place of beginning, containing 100 acres and
39 perches.
The second piece beginning at a birch. S. i9 W.
40 perches to hemlock, S. 61 W. 33 pwhes to
pine, S. 67 W. 24 perches to post. X. t4 perches
, N. 30 e. 52 perches to beginning, containins
39 acres.
The third piece beginning at a hemlock, N fs
W. 16 per. to post, X. 7a E. 42 per. to aspen. S.
W. 40 per. to beginning, containing two acres
Seized, taken in execution, and to be sold as the
property of John Mayer and Thomas McKce.
. March 27, 1867 JACOB A. FACST, ShJT
"JORTII AMERICAN STEAMSHIPCu-
Opposition line to California.
ia Nicaragua, eve.iv twenty days, with Passes
geis, Freight, and- U. S Mails, on the following"
arsi-ciass steamships
iy Miatitir Ucean
Conn'ffon PavfcOetz
AMI RICA.
MUSES TAYLOR.
NEBRASKA.
NEVADA
SANTIAGO DE CUBA,
SAN ERANCISCO,
NICAKAUGA,
DAKOTA,
PASSAGE ASD FREIGHT AT REDUCED RATES
bailing days from New i ork.
March 30, 1867, April 20, 1867. May 10 and 30.
1867, June 20, 1867, and every twenty days there
after, leaving-on the Saturday previous, when a
regular Sailing Day comes on Sunday. Er ff"
ther information apply to the NORTH AMERICA
STEAMSHIP CO. War. 11. Webb. Pres't.. . t'
change Placo, N. Y. D. N. Carbinutos. Ag
177, Weft St. cor..Warren, K. Y. Mar. 20.'67-3ai
mn mTirnvRs .vn;&k will
oe receivea until April 4tn, isoi, vy
Board of School Directors of Curwenrville W
ouerh. for fnrnnliini i mrtn7 build
Ka kuu-.; a :i 4.1. ki;t Ktr the
ings to accommodate the Schools of the Borough
Plan n I.0 f-nUZ
-u " wm viifl may vg bvcu j
on the Secretary By order of the Board.
Aaivu -U . XOO .j - A. XI. DLJIOOn J
COAL, Whale, and Linseed Oil, Family
Varnish and Paints of all kind eround in on,
(oraaleby UARTSWICK A IRp- "
A young "gentleman" who passed an
No.l examinational a celebrated law school
in iiew rjiimuira. a vear aso. turns
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