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Wednetoloy. November 22,11885
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RENWING AN ORSOIXTE CFSTO3II
Before the war, the So - uthern people
were ; notoriously arrogant, exactiug__and
aggressive. Continually exercising abso
lune power over a large class of their fel
low beings, they fell into the belief that
they were a superior race and as such en
titled
.. )t only to the unrequited labor of
their bondmen, but to an indefinite amount
of respectful consideration, and even res
pectable servility oftentimes. from those
with whom they condescended to hold
political, commercial or social intercourse.
It cannot be denied
r that the North failed
to meet this unreasonable assumption in
the . proper spirit. Had it done so, it
would have been spared much humilia
tiorrand ridicule. while the intercourse
between tire two sections would have
been of a more frank .and agreeable char
acter. There were those who in order
that thrift mightfollow, crooked the preg
nant _hinges of the knee over acrd over
again, and belittled their manhood in the
operation. These have had their feivard.
By far the larger portion of our people
however, regarded the claim of the South
as a harmless infatuation, and rather than
disturb the serene complacency its indul
gence seemed to confer upon their noble
.ftiends, were disposed to submit to what
ever inconvenience its exercise might im
pose on theni. This was exceedingly ac
commodating, but proved to be harrass
ingly inconvenient,. for it 'n
- as accepted
not asa simpleindhlkence on our part, but
as an actual concession that their claim
was well founded; and they acted accord
ingly. They claimed the full benefit of
their superiority at regarded any re
. tiveness on our part as insubordination.
We had helped them on to considerable
importance and they had it in their power
to work incalculablirjnischief. so that all
-they had' to do to repress any resistance
of ours, was to threaten something diabol
' ical, and taking counsel not from our
manhood, but our fears, we would imme
diately subside. They claimed the right
to monopolize the government with it of
fices and•priVileges, to silence the pulpit
and the press, 43i:control their utterances,
and by way of convincing us that their
demands were reasonable and moderate,
they would occasionallfiracture the scull
of an eminent Senator, or give us an ex
hibition of their terrible swagger and
bluster and vain glory. If the war had
been postponed a few years longer, and
the patience and forbearance of the North
had continued, they might have establish
ed their claim, but the clash, of arms re-
sounding through the land alakened the
'North to its true majesty. Vie manhood
of both sections was submitted to the ter
rible ordeal of battle, and the world ac-
cepts the result as conclusive evidence
that their claim .was a fiction. We sus
pect that even they were undeceived.
A new order of things has been estah-
fished. Henceforth we of the North are
to be untrammelled. We are-to enjoy an
independent press, a fearless pulpit and
an unquestioned right to agitate to our
heart's content. Genaflection •is to be
counted a deformity and not a graceful
accomplishment. Officious interference is
to be rebuked. and unmanly servility to
be deePsed.
Bat there are some venerable insiitu
lions in the land that have so long been
used to rendering an excess of tribute to
our exacting Caesar. that they now expe
rience great difficulty in accommodating
themselves to the new order of things.
7 They haVe so long been deprived of
tain privileges, that now when they are
conceded to be theirs they find it impossi
sible to exercise them. For instance, the
Episcopal Church, distinguished above all
others for its patience in ,übjettion, can
not now exercise even so much indepen
dence as to thank God for the greatest
blessing he has vouchsafed to this gener
ation. Before the war we would not have
expected from her, any utterance that
would have, indicated hostility to human
slavery, for we knew what restraints were
upon her then, but we confess to consid
erable disappointment in the obsequious
ness manifested by her convention, lately
-'held in Philadelphia, in rejecting a res -
lotion expressing thankfulness for the
. overthrow of the giant evil. In doing so
that convention rendered all its tribute
unto Ciesar, and repudiated a solemn
obligation it was under to Him whom it
professes to serve. We call it obsequious
- oneness, but it was worse, it was a servil
ity that was mean and a disregard of duty
that was wicked. If the church does no ,
wish to share in the shame, she must re
pudiate the action of her representatives.
The extinction of human slavery with
in the limits of the United States was un
questionably one of the most beneficent
results of civil war. Of itself it Would
make the period of the struggle illustri
ous, for there are few event sin the histo-
ry of our race likelY to exercise a more
potential influence in shaping and con
trolling the destinies of men. - It is a great ;
mistake to weigh its importance and be
neficence by its results as they have al
ready manifested themselves, stupendous
as they certainly are, for human vision
cannot detect the boundaries of its influ
ence. Future generations will Witness it
in the construction and government of so
ciety centuries after the present. Viewed
in i4iatever aspect, whether as a moral,
~political or social reform, it is grandly
prominent in the world's history. Man
can claim little or no credit for its accom
plishment. It was the work of a Higher
Power anti was intended as the great end
krrour recent trials. Yet in all this the
Eiwopal Convention prqessed to see
nothing for which a Christian people
should be thankfill, least of all thankful
to the great Author.
We like to give every one -Credit for
honesty and sincerity as long as it possi
ble to resist a different conclusion : but to
concede it to this convention would argue
a stupidity in oue or the other, which nei
ther would like to acknowledge. Who in
this broad land, with a conscience. en
lightened above heathenism, can fail to
see the blessing in the extinction of hu
man slavery' The truth is, this conven
tion saw it, but lacked the moral courage
to confess it. It quailed in-the presence
of a dead lion and a disgraceful fear chok
ed its utterance. Instead ofstripping the
monster of all its disguises, and holding
it up in all its naked deformity. as it
should have done. it attempted to plate it
with gold and set it up for reverence.
The enlightened conscience of the North
cries out against such conduct. The new
order of things upon which We have en
tered requires manly and independent ac
tion by all. Servility and obsequiousness
will no longer pass unrebuked, but will
be-resented as an insult to our Civilization.
Let the Episcopal Church learn this from
an indignant people.
THE RE-ACTION
- 'But a few weeks ago the administration
and the country were drifting strongly to
ward the admission of the. States lately in
rebellion. into fall fellowship and power
as sovereign States of the Union. Pregi
dent Johnson had devised a policy looking
to the restoration of the rebel States,
which, regarding them as under military
rule, was fully warranted by the powers
conferred upon the Executive. It was
but a preliminary action, in which he gave
form and color of regularity, by his official
aid, to enable them to prove their sincer
ity in accepting the results of the war, and
thus - establish their claim to re admi;sion
into their old relations M the Union. That
the President was and is sincere in seek
ing to effect the speedy re-union of all the
States, there can be no question; but two
classeS of men have evidently widely
missed their mark in presuming upon the
position of the President. The time-serv
ing sycophants of the North, who demand
ed boundless vengeance when the Presi
dent declared that - treason is the highest
crime and must be punished." in their in
decent haste to stultify themselves rushed
to defend the cause of traitors and demand,
their admission into Congress, because
they believed such to be the policy of the
President; and encouraged by-the mag
nanimity of the Executive, traitors them
selves became insolent and- defiant, and
from being suppliants for the generosity
of the administration, they assumed to
define their own terms for recognizing the
supremacy of the gkerument. The ac
tion of these two classes at heist aroused the
loyal North. and the elections of the great
central states proclaimed in thunder tones
that there must be no compromise with
treason—no half-way submission to the
national authority and the results ofthe
EIS
- TheSoutli has grievimsly abused the
generosity of the President. He has shown
them only kindness, and has exhausted
himself to facilitate their return to gov
ernment and civil law; but every step he
has taken to smooth their pathway has
but encouraged them to fall back stilt
more boldly upon their rebel prejudices
and purposes. Mississippi defeated- - -the
Union candidate for Governor by an over
whelming vote to place an avowed e rebel
in the Gubernatorial chair, and-although
the legislature has been in session some
two months, they have never even con
sidered the proposed amendment of the
constitution abolishing slavery. - South
Carolina refused to declare the ordinance
of secession null and void; has made no
provision for conferring even the poorest
cill rights upon freedmen, and has elect
ed Senators and Congressmen who are
disqualified by the law of Congress. North
Carolina hari also defeated the Union can
didates for Congress, and elected Worth
Governor over Holden; Union, solely be
cause he is in favor of paying the rebel
debt and opposed to extending the rights
of negroes in aniAlegree. The same con
dition of affairs exists in Florida and Geor
gia, and the result is that the President,
admonished by the loyal men of the North
and by the treachery of the people of th e e
South, has officially declared his disappro
bation of the w oik of re-construction by
directing the provisional Governors in
North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida
and Mississippi, to retain their positions,
nottith standing thef,election of Governors
by this people, until those States place
themselves in a position acceptable to Con
gress.
Thus stands the unfinished work of re
construction now, and its immediate prac
tical results tire accepted by the President
and by the country as unsatisfactory. We
do not mean by this that the policy of the
President is a total failure ; but it is clear
that his generosity has not been apprecia
ted; and that he is so disappointed in the
supposed fidelity of Southern people, that
he does not himself recognize the State
governments he has - aided to create, and
of course will not ask Congress to recog
nize them by the admission of_ their mem
bers. Thus has treason again overreach
ed itself, and paralyzed its Mends in the
North just when they were prepared to
make a desperate struggle in its support;
and when the President declares his want
of faith in le new State organizations as
41 . 0 franktut Itepognorn, tiltiambetsbnxi, a.
he has already done by his acts, there
will be a howl of denunciation - from the
place-hunters and vampyres of the Union
party in the North, - equalled in intensity
only by the fervor with which defen
ded traitors but alday before.
' We notice on all sides' with'n a week
past the unmistakable signs of positive,
powerful re-action as to the position of
the revolted States. The Union press of
the State now, with one voice—excepting
perhaps a stray mendicant here and there
that has not yet realized the progress of
events—demands that Congress shall not
admit the members from 'the rebel States
until all issues arising from war are satis
factorily and irrevocably adjusted, and we
believe now that in this decision President
JohnsBn will cordially concur, earnestly
as lie has desired a- different result. He
has hthored to make the South true to the
government—has spared no generosity to
lead them to fidelity and success; but
they have rewarded his kindness oy treach
ery, and the consequences must be upon
their own heads. The Tennessee mem
bers niayle admitted soon after the or
ganization of Congress, but there the work
of re-construction will stop until the South
makes a, record entirely unexceptionable,
and in this we now hope that there may
be entire concord and unity of action be
tween Congress and the President.—
Thanks to treason for its early manifes
tation of its purpose—it has done well for
the Republic !
THE VOTE OF PENNSYLVANIA
The vote castein Pennsylvania shows a
large falling off from the Presidential vote
of last year-, is nearly 120,000 less than
the vote of 1864, and nearly 75,000 less
than the vote, for Governor in 1863. The
following is the 'vote of 18tri '-and 1865
compared :
Lincoln, '64... a 3,389 , 51'C1e11an, - '64. 276,308
Hartranft, '65. •237,816iDaris, '65 215,2
Union logs.. 58,5731 Dem..lons... 61,016
It will be seen that the Union vote falls
off 58,673, and the Democratic, vote fall
off 61,01G,—a difference of less than-2,509.
This loss is gradual over the State in both
parties. excepting in a few closely contest
ed counties. Indiana. Dauphin, Franklin
and Adams were exceptions to the general
rule, as in those counties there were local
contests 'which excited unusual interest
and commanded an extraordinary vote.
In most of the other counties the vote of
both parties declined a little over twenty
per cent.
It is : -
1.
worthy of notice that Gen. flar
tranft is elected this year by over :22,000
majority ima votanearly 40,000 less than
that cast for Gen. M'Clellan last year. It
demonstrates that the old vitality and fire
which once animated the Democratic party
have departed. Judging that party by the
past; by its-proverbial readiness to vote,
and by its aptness for discipline, there
were many of the most earnest and saga
cious of our Union politicians who feared
the result of the late election, It was
manifest that the Union vote would fall
off very largely, because of the masterly
. inactivity of the party. and extraordinary
exertions were made by our efficient State_
Committee mid leading men who actively
co-operated with it, to procure as fall a
vote as possible. But for the vigor and
completeness of our organization our ticket
would have been defeated ; but the dan—
ger was appreciated in good time ; the
peril of ti great election and light vote
made apparent to active local politicians
throughout tirc State, and a decisive tri
umph was thus achieved. and New Yolk
and New Jersey were Neenred. to the Union
cause. The time was very- short for. the
wot k to be womplished ; I but it was man
fully accepted. faithfully performed by
Mr- Cessna and his subordinates. and the
verdict of Pennsylvania. so potential for
the common weal, was made overwhelm
ing"on the side of Right.
We notice that the Democratic journals
are disposed to censure the silent cam
:paign adopted by Mr. Wallace, their Chair
man. as the main cause of their disaster.
This is a palpable error. Bad the Demo
crats made a determined, open, manly
fight, there would have been no appre
hensions felt by Union leaders relative to
the result. No sound of danger and warn
ing would have been necessary, for every
Democratic meeting would'lMie inspired
the Union voters infinitely more than their
own mem It was so in Lancaster, Berks,
Bucks and other counties where Col. Da
vis, the Democratic candidate, delivered
addresses, and it would have been so
throughout the State. The Democratic
cause (lid not bear discussion thuT:Vear,
just on the heels of the Chicago platform
which declared the war "but four' years
of failure;" and they did wisely by not
arousing the people. They had calculated
it well, and adopted the only method that
promised them the shadow of a hope for
SUCCESS.
—The campaign of 1866 will be one of
the greatest moment, and now, when the
suggestion cannot be regarded as designed
to promote or embarrass any personal
ends, we urge upon Mr. Cessna and his
Committee that the Union . State Conven
tion be called not lateir than April. No
matter when tie Democrats meet, or what
they may hope to accomplish. With their
policy we have nothing to do. The Union
party must not go bumming around the
Democracy as it did last summer, lest
somebody should find out what it meant
to say or do. It has its mission to fulfil,
its duty to perform, regardless of a perfi
dious Democracy, and it owes it to its
National and State administrations and
to a country saved by its fidelity, to select
its best men for candidates and declare
its principles fearlessly. Thus it can Win,
while if it shall prove cowardly it will de
serve to lose and can scarcely hope to at
tain success. There will be ozer 100,000
votes cast for Governor next Year which
were not cast this year, and the best can
didate and moss complete organization
willgt et the major portion of them. Let
the Union - men stand to• their guns and
be ready for the struggle. It may be des
perate, but if so, it cannot be doubtful !
—The trial of Gayle, the man who offered a
million dollars for the aasaaeination of Mr. Lin
coln and other prominent officials, commenced at
Montgomery, on Monday.
THE TRIAL OF JEFFERSON DAVIS
The loyal press of the country is again
agitating the necessity of trying Jefferson
Davis, with an earnestness that cannot
fail to be felt at Washington. We do not
doubt that Lad the rebel States given evi-,
dence of their sincerity in professing sub
mission to the government and the re
sults of the war, the President meant to
demand no more atonement for the cause
less strife into which treason plunged the
Nation, but the startling events of the last
few weeks; the sullenness with which the
rebels submit to the notional authority,
and their manifest unwillingness to 'call
faithful men to official positions, have
aroused the loyal people of the North, and
they demand in unmistakeable tones,
through their press and their true repre
sentatives, that the magnanin4ity, of the
government shall not be thus treated with
contempt.
We have ever insisted that Mr. Davis
should be tried by a competent tribunal,
regardless of the condition of affairs in
the South. He has been officially charged
by the President with conspiring to assas
sinate the Chief Magistrate of the Nation.
As yet that charge stands before the world
It certainly
_was not made without some
reason to believe it could be sustained ;
and if so, he should be tried as were his
co-conspirators and if guilty, share their
fate. But there is still another charge no
less grave in its character, which is pre
ferred against Mr. Davis by the Nation.
It is mournfully uttered in our ears from
thousands of bereaved homes whose loved
ones were doomed to the most barbarous
cruelties and lingering deaths at: Ander
sonville, by direction of the rebel authori
ties. Mr. Davis was the chief of the reb
el usurpation. He had but to command
and he was obeyed. Wed" was but his
pliant creature. and his atrocities had
been condemned by the civilized World
long before the rebellion failed. Mr.Da
via either did or did not direct the shock
ing atrocities of Andersonville. He cer
tainly knew of them, and either did or did
not exercise his supreme power to arrest
them. If guilty of either_ charge, he is a
monster of inhumanity and should die as
the foe of mankind.
For this palpable infraction of the accep
ted laws of war, or for conspiring to assas
sinate President Lincoln, he can be tried
in but one way—by military commission.
A commission of the best men the ser
vice can furnish—such as Grant, Meade,
Sherman, Thomas, Hancock, &c.—should
be selected, and Mr. Davis should be pa
tiently and fairly heard. The. civilized
world would accept the verdict of such a
.court fig true to justice and to law, and if
he should be thits condemned to death,
he would die unhonored and unsung.—
Justice to Mr. Davis and justice to our
heroic martyrs in rebel prisons, demand
such a trial, and we hope that it may yet
be ordered and accomplished. It must
not he entirely forgotten that "percy-tZt
traitors is cruelty to the country."
A WELL, informed Washington corres
pondent says that President Johnion re
cently informed an ex-rebel General, that
he will not at present pardon any more
civil or military leaders of the rebellion.
Things are beginning to wear rather a
wholesome aspect at Washington. The
President trusted rebel professions until
forbearance ceased to be a virtue, and he
has now resolved to take no further meal
sores for conciliation of restoration until
the Southern people give unmistakable
evidence of their acceptance in good faith
of the results of the, wai.
HARRISBURG
Ttie Machinery of an Adminintration—
lion. Eli. Slifer Secretary of the Com
monwealth—Who it. Horace`—Father
Benedict—The Spenkerahip—Mr. Kelly
likely to be Chen `--The Reception of
the Colored Tram". t
CorrerpoodMlCP of the Franklir Repository.
NO. XXXVIII.f tiARRISBUttiI, November '2O, UtG3.
The masses of the people of the State know
, but little of the machinery of an Administration
and of the component parts which must perform
their respective functions well to giv6 success to
an Executive. I was struck with this consider
ation last week when business called me to the
State Department. The Governor was absent
and had been for tiko weeks, and during that
time WWI too ill eCetuto be consulted about af
fairs of government; but the machinery moved
on with exactness and only business which could
not be tramactedlu the absence of the Got emir
was delayed. There are few men of the thou
sands who meet him in his matter of fact official
transactions in the course of a year, who know,
Eli Slifer, the Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Quiet, unobtrusive acid retiring to alault, he la
bors in his responsible defiartment week alter
week and month atter month, with a degree of
industry, integrity and a singleness of purpose
which are rarely fomid in an official these days.
In all respects a self-inaile man—a trained me
chanic, without friends or fortune or any fortui
tous circumstances td give him advancement, he,
has won his way by his own meritewithout seek
ing distinction, until he,is one of the most capa
ble and thorough officials ever connected with
our State govenunetft ; and it woultilbe well if in
our national affairs there weiemore men of the
clear, practical judgthent and thorough familiari
ty with great questions and with the people, w hick
Mr. Slifer has ever displayed in his various res
ponsible public trusts - . lie entered public life
about - 1849 as a member of the legislature from
old Union and Jimitita, and was re-elected the
following year. In Irsl he was nominated for
Senator in the Union, Mifflin and Juniata district,
after a protracted and bitter struggle in the con
ference between three other aspirants--all agree
ing in the end to unite on hint, and he was tend
nated in defiance of his earnest protest, and elec
ted without opposition. In both branches of the
legislature he earned confidence and distinction
by his unfaltering fidelity to the interests of the
State, and his enlightened and thorough views as
to our finances and sterling integrity of charac
ter, made his political friends single hint out with
great unanimity for State Treasurer in 18 ; 55.
He was elected, and more thin met the high ex
pectations of the State by his management of the
. treasury ; but the succeeding year the Democrats
secured a majority in the legislature and he of
course, had to retire. In 1859, when the Repub
licans again carried the legislature, he was re
elected, and the legislature of 1860 again confi
ded the treasury to his keeping. 'ln 1861, when
Gov. Curtin was inaugurated, he called Mr. Sli
fer bilis cabinet as Secretary of the Common
wealth, and e has filled the positiod until now
with the same spotless fidelity to the State 'and
to his chief phich have ever characterized him in
all public positions. He is still in the prime of
life, and if he had ambition equal to his strength
and merits, he might have many honors in store
for him in the future; but he would rather man
age his beautiful farm on the Susquehanna than
seek political honors however certain the pros
pects of success. He has been a most invalua
ble auxiliary to .Gov. Curtin during the harassing
cares of his administration, and when it shall be
ready to tonamitlo history, there is no man who
will deserve betterof the people, or to• whom
Gov. Curtin would pay a more heart felt and
grateful tribute; than to Eli Slifer. For thirteen
years he has been in responsible official positions
here, and be will retire the same upright, faith
ful, ehristian man he came, after having filled the
highest measure of public trust in the State, ex
cepting only the Executive chair, with eminent
honor and success.
"Who is Horace?" I have been asked this
'prominent
four score times. discusses it with a
mule-contractor the other day a full
hour, but_ failed to satisfy him, mainly for the rea
son,' I presume.,:tird I did not tell I knew
on the subject ; and brother Bergner and I have
had several earnest consultations about the iden
tity of your troublesome correspondent, without
arriving at any very satisfactory conclusion, at
least on his part. -He insists that" Horace" don't
buy' his stationery of him, and therefore he is not
a reliable member of * the -Union party, and should
be read out of political meeting, in which I cor
dially concurred, and as the senior has already
been read out by the Telegraph, I shall proba
bly be called on one of these dafs by brother
Bergner to write my own formal excommunica
tion. Perhaps 1 shall do it—perhaps, not. The
'Norristown Herald intimates that I am Father
Benedict, Clerk of the House. Whew ! Imagine
"Horace" Clerk of the House of Representatives,
calling out names and recording stupid motions
for the one hundred cattle who annually congre
gate here to prey on the public. If I were in
that position, there would be just about one row
a week in thellouse, and each riot would last
about five days. Imagine with what delightful
unction Cochran, of Erie, would have answered
last winterif "Horace" had been at the Clerk's
desk. Whoever I am, I think that I Shall never
be Clerk of the House, for two reasons—let they
wouldn't have me, and 2nd they couldn't get me ;
and when I see Father Benedict I shall consult
with him as to which of us should apologize to
the other for the Herald article. I have never
been either in jail or In the legislature, and as A.
cYard Jr. would say my "other general habits are
good," therefore I think I shall claim the apolo
gy._ •
The Speakership of the HMise will pretty cer
tainly be attained by Mr. Kelly4of Washington,
withont a serious contest. Col. Glass, of Alle
gheny, and Mr. Negley, of Butler, have both been
named; but the West will concentrate on Kelly
and the others will doubtless yield gracefully.
lie is a young man of fine abilities, and willmake
a dignified and acceptable presiding officer. He
was a Democrat before the war, but volunteered
in the service and did not face rebel bullets long
before he took to .voting on the side he fought.
11l health compelled him to retire from the army
and he has been thrice elected to the House by
the Union men of his district.
The reception of the colored soldiers on the
I ttb inst. was a creditable demonstratidn. The
Guth colored regiment was here io be paid and
discharged, and a largo crowd of sable friends
liontored the occasion in their richest plumes.
The town was crowded with colored people
`from all the neighboring towns, and they mani
fested their appreciation of their soldiery in
'the most extravagant manner. Gov. Curtin be
ing sick in New York, Gen. Cameron was called
.on by i the vast concourse, and he delivered a short
Address from his own steps. His remarks`were
in good taste, and were received with hearty ap-
Flange. Prof. Win. Howard Day, 'colored, was
the orator of the day, and he acquitted himself in
a very creditable manner. Letfrrs were read
from Gens. Butler and Meade—tind other distin
guished officers. The whole affalq closed in the
evening with a colored hop at Brandt's Hall.
PHILADELPHIA
The Contested Election Case—Proceads of
the Fair for the and Sailors'
home—Connterfeit Legal Tender Notes
—lion. Wm. D. Kelley's Address--The
Critawissa Railroad--Change or Public
Opinion.
Correspondence of the Franklin RepoOtory.
so. Vii I PEM.Antwil.A.lNovember Qll 1005.
The contested election of our City Commis
sioner has developed some rielu facts.
In the pretended soldier vote for John Given
there were " returns" 'nun Companies A, C, D,
11 and K of the 58th Pennsylvania volunteers,
which it was alleged had held an election at
Lynchburg, Va. Company .C's as credited with
41 votes; C with 47 votes; D with 47 votes; II
with 17 votes: and K with 48 votes—in all, 400
votes, and all for John Given. This much of the
-fraud, has been thoroughly - exposed by Col. Cecil
Clay, the commander of the 58th Regiment, who
was examined yesterday, Mid who testified, under
oath, 'that not one of these companies was at
Lynchburg, but that they were scattered at va
rious other points in Virginia, whil,,h he names;
and no such election was held. 'got only that,
hut in examining the list'bf alleged voters in com
pany K, Col. Clay recognized but five, all the
rest, 43 in number, were the names of men who
are dead, discharged or deserters. Such is the
character of the , returns by which John Given
holds the certificatis of election as City Commis
sioner, in place of Major Weaver, and yet he
still persists in keeping it. There can be no doubt
that the pretended returns from Baton Rouge
will be exposed in the same manner. It is lament
-able that an election in which more - than ninety
thousand citizens participated can be nullified by
such a fraud as that committed in this case.
, Scarcely any one, beyond thinterested parties,
pretends to believe that this fraudulent vote was
cast. The press repreienting the party which
nominated Given almost unanimously condemns
the proceeding, and yet his holds on and manages,
by legal technicalities and dilatory motions, -to
keep Major Weaver out of the certificate of elec
tion to which he is entitled by the vote of. the
people.
A meeting of the Executive Committee of the
great fair for the benefit of the Soldier's and Sail
ors' Home recently held at the Academy of Mu
sic-in this city, and of Which I have written the
'REPosrronv, met on Wednesday afternoon
when returns were made indicating that taut
$lOO,OOO would be netted to the home. A sub
fair for the sale of articles left on hand from the
Academy is to be held at Carpenter'S Hall, where
it will be remembered the first American Congress
met.
Merchants from >our region of country visit-.
ing the city should look out for *ell executed
counterfeits of fifty dollar legal tender notes
which are now in circulation. But two points of
difference are apparent betwetm these and the
genuine issues. One of them is in that part of
the engraving of the head of Hamilton, upon the :
face of the note, which represents the line of the
waistcoat crossing the white collar at the neck.
The acute angle formed by, the shape of the col
lar, so far it is shown, is perfect in the counter„
feit note.; but in the genhine the lines of the (test
were draWn by the engraver across the point of
the collar at its junction with the waistcoat, for
the purpose of relieving the angle of the sharp
ness it would otherwise have exhibited. This
difference' is not readly - observed unless the note
is perfectly clean. The other discrepancy is in
the shape of the ornaments in the border on each
end of the face of the bills, and in the whole hot
der ou the back. The figures "50" are engraved
on the green ground, of which the rim in the gen
uine bill is in octagonal form, rather well defined,
though the angles are not sharp: The eight sides
of what at first view appear to be circles may be
easily discerned. In the counterfeit 101 the bor
der ornaments jitintaming the." 50" are octagonal
in only a very light degree, and seem to be per
fect circles. ' . •
I wrote : yon last week of the prospective ad
dress of Hon. Win. D. Kelley on " Slteddy" to be
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fielivered before the Editors of Philadelphia at
the Academy bf usic. The address was so odd
ly unexpected i its tone and so original io its
views that it has occasioned considerable remark
and receqed universal attention. It was a speech
of great ability, but assumed that the " Shoddy.:
instead of being a bywOrd of reproach, was cab
of the most important and valuable products of
the world. His address is too lengthy to notice
here, but was. an argument in behalf of manufac-,
tures in contradistinction to agriculture.
At a meeting of the stockholders of the Cato
wissu• x Rail Road,- held at their office in this city on
Wednesday, it wasresolved to-lease the road to
the Atlantic and Great Western R. R. Co., for a
period of 999 years from the Ist - of December
nest. - The lessees are,to pay the Catawissa Co.
44365,000 per annum in monthly.- iustallnients.—
This is equal to ii per et. upon the capital of the
Company. - --
The leadini editorial in list week's Rtmosrro ,
RI" has been copied here and generally commen
ted on. The public tone is becoming more and
more radical. I wrote you last week of the great
change in the tone of the Inquirer. This has been
stilrmore exemplied within the last five days.—
That paper has now taken decided ground against
the admission of any Southern representative to
Congress and also against the pardoning pollil of
the President,
WASHINGTON:
Hon. Schuyler Colfax—Applications for
Pardon—A Fenunte Pardon itroker—
Fight among Soldiers—High Price of
Hoarding.
Corresi.thlenoe of the Fri nklin Repository.
NO. LV.J VIOLNGTON CITY, ,Nocember
Hon. Schuyler Colfax has returned to the city
and taken rooms at the National. Last evening
he was serenaded by a large number of his per
sonal and political friends. After repeated calls
and cheers Mr. Colfax appeared and made a neat
and telling speech—which shows that lie is still
on the right side, in regard to the admission of
the rebellious States to the privileges they enjoy
ed before the war.
Applications for pardon are still pouring into
the Attorney General's office at the rate of nearly
a thousand per week. About d thousand have
been filed away fur special consideration. These
include rebel generals, members of the late rebel
Congress and graduates of the United States
Military and Naval Academy who took up arms
against the Government.
The latest sensation afloat is in regard to the
procurement of pardons for a fee by Lucy A.
Cobb. Mrs. Cobbs name about a year ago was
Miss Limy Randolph. She used to keep a cigar
and soda fountain stand adjoining the Kirkwood
House.= She being very pretty was well patroni
zed and made an extensive acquaintance. Dur
ing all last winter she had a front room oil E`
Street, and appeared all the lime dressed in sec
ond mourning and lising in luxury. .For•the last
month or so she could be seen daily at the Execu
tive mansion with a large bundle of papers. She
had almost daily interviews with the President.
Everybody wondered what bdsiness she could be
daily transacting with him. It now appeal
that she carried on a most extensive business in
pardon brokerage. Gen. Baker laid a plan to en
trap her. He got one of his men to employ her
for a fee of .$2OO to procure a pardon—the luau
representing himself as a rebel. She actually got
the_pardon, aud!then Baker pounced like a hawk
on her; seizing the pardon add -taking from her
four $.50 Treasury notes. Against this act Lucy
strongly objected and bad Baker arrested. Yes.
terday the case came up in the criminal court—
but Gen. Baker entering into bail the ease was
continued to next term. If the ease ipot hush
ed up and a full,trial had, it will be one of the
richest trials that has tan place for a tong
time. -
'TOR ACE
Last evening, about ten o'clock, we were as
tonished at hearing the long roll beat at various
camps all round the city. We imagined all sorts
orthings and wondered if the city was again in
danger. Judge still wore of our astonishment
wheit ou lookuig up the Avenue we saw the eth
Regiment of Hancock's Corps thiuble-quicking it
up the Avenue toward the President's House.
SupposinOhat there was assassination and con
spiracy going we hurried after. Suddenly the
regiment surrounded Rush Barraeks, in which
place was a regular fight going on betwixt the of
ficers and men of the 4th Regulars and those of
the ith Veteran Reserve Corps. The fight was
general, and a large number of soldiers were
wounded on both sides. As the barracks was
entirely Surrounded and no one allowed to pass
in or out, we could not glean the origin of the
fight. Had it got been for the timely arrival of
the regiment a great quantity of blood would un
doubtedly have been Shed.
Very few Congressmen have as yet arrived.
Living is so high' that they will not come here be
fore the time. Several members have taken
rooms in Baltimore intending to come here every
morning and return there in the evening. The
Hotels here will most likely raise the pricdof
board to six dollars per day. The city will be,!so
crowded this winter, that at that high price. they
will be all full. S. c.
—The personal property of Henry A. \‘ise has
been libelled for confiscation.
—The Richmond pliers state that Kirby
Smith took the Amnesty oath at Lynchburg.
- , -Clement L. Vallandigham has abandoned
politics, and since the election begun a series of
lectures on the Bible.: -
—The Taunton Gazette learns that Slajor"Gen
eral Couch is to take charge of the coal mines
near Portsmouth' Grove, R. 1..
—Governor Morton, of Indiana, has turned
over the duties of his office to the Lieutenant
Govenior, and will soon leave for Europe_ for the
benefit of his health.
—Col. Robert Johnson, Bon of the President;
has been appointed private secretary to the Pres
ident, in place of R - . A. Biowning, Esq.. appoint
ed Secretary of Legation to Mexico.
—A. despatch from. Galveston announces the
death of Win, Johnsen, Esq., only brother of the
President,and late Collector at Velasco. Ile died
from the effects of an accidental gunshot wound.
• —Gen. Briscoe,who was sentenced to five years'
imprisonment for embezzling Government funds
at Lynchburg, has beeu relhsed by order of the
Secretary of Tar, on the ,ginund of hie long and
gallant serViee in the war.;
—James Duncan and Capt, Richard B.Wiuder,
now confined in the Old Capitol Prison, charged
with cruel treatment toward Union prisoners at
A_ndersonville, will soon be brought to trial, and
it is understood a court is being organized for
that pnrpose. _
—A Chicago despatch to the'Cincinnatti Com-
Menial says that General Logan, in conversation
with a friend, remarked that he would accept
the appointment of Minister to Mexico, provided
the Government would order 20,000 armed men
to accompany him to the capital of that country.
—The press of Philadelphia, which has withi'n
a brief space of time lost a number of its
will
known faces, has r;op , to deplore the death of
another veteran, Washington L. Lane, of the
Public Ledger, who died at hie residence, south
Third street, last week, aged fifty-two years.
PERSONAL.
November 22, 1666
—Two of the Congressmen elected in North
Carolina were members of the rebel C 04713115,
and two more were officers in the same Ink.
Hun. Bedford Brown, who was in the United
States Senate thirty years ago, has been elected
in the Fifth distrtct to the House of Representa
tives.
--Theliilegraph conveys the sad intelligence of
the death of one of the most valuable, as well as
one of the oldest, members of the Senate ofshe
United States. " Senator Jacob Collamer was
born in Troy, N. Y., in 1792, but has resided since.
his early childhood in Vermont His public ver
tices have been long and varied. As a young
man he served in the last war with England, and
aftewards adopted the legal profession. In 1833,
after having 'served several terms in the State le
gislature, he was elected Judge of the Supreme
Court of Vermont, a position which he held until
1841. 113.1843 he went to Congress. He held
his seat by re-election until 1E49, when he took
the position of Postmaster Gerieral in President
Taylor's Cabinet. he resigned upon the death
of the President and resumed his sea£ on the'Sn
preme bench of Vermont, where be remained no
til 185-1, when he was sent to the United States
Senate. He-liar represented Vermont in the Se
nate from that time to the pfesent period, leav
lug, by his death, an unexpired tern's& two years.
Mr. Collamer was a staunch Whig and Republi
can, and has always exercised a powerful influ
esee in the Senate chamber by his consistent ad
herence to principle and the business-like devotion
to the duties which his chairmanship of importadt
committees constantly devolved upon him. His
death inflicts a serious loss upon the Senate, his
State and the country at large.'
—The telegraphic adrices from. Washington in
form us of the very interesting and important fact
that PreSident Johnson has reconstituted our.
llexican legation, and commissioned it, not to
the Mexican empire, hot to the republic of Mexi
co, of which Juarez is ; or was, President. Mr.
Corwin, our Minister to the republic, returned
Lorne in - consequence of the French intervention,
and has resigned his post; leaving the embassy in
charge of th'e Secretary of Legation. President,
Johnson now appoints to the vacant post a gallant
soldier of the late - war, general John A. Lunn,
who served under Grant in his westernampaians,
and subsequently under Sherman in'his glorious
campaign through Georgia and the Carolinas. Be
h.rethe breaking out of the war Geo. Logan was
a distinguished Democrat, well known in Illinois
politics7and has theca several times a member rf
Congress. During the great conflict he has been
with the Ada:lintel - felon, and has canvassed Illi
nois with-great success for the Republican ticket.
His being accredited to the republic of Mexico
just rit a time when both Europe and America
have -been filled with rumors that our govern :
omit designs to acknowledge' Maximilian, looks
like it decisive announcement of our determina
tion not to countenance Max's assumption that
the republic is ended, not to trite" any support to
the policy of treating the Mexican patriots as ont
laWs. Should Gen. Logan accept the appoint
ment and go to El Paso, we cannot doubt that
very important results will ensue.
. =lion Preston King, collector of the
-port of
New York, committed suicide on Monday morn
ing. by jumping-overboard from one of the ferry
boats plying hetWeen New York and Hoboken.
He was laboring under temporary aberration
_of
mind. Mr. King was born at Ogdensburg, in St.
Lawrence county, N. Y., October 14, 1806. He
was entered at Union College, where he was dis
ltinguished for scholarship. There he studied
law, where he was also noticed' for. his SOund
judgment and careful study. Ho was early se
lected fur friendship by Silas Wright, who Was
one„of the most discriminating minds of that
State. In 1;.834 be was chosen-to the N. York
Assembly from St. Lawrence county, and in 1837
voted for Silas Wright for U. S. Senator. He
retired the next year, owing to ill-health. He
was elected to Congress in 1842 and served until
1853. In 1848 he joined the Barnburners, and
helped nominate Mr. Van Buren and Mr. Dodge
at Utica. He was subsequently a member of the
Freesoil Convention at Utica, and defeated Robert
C - King for the speakership. Mr. `King was a
member of the Democratic State Convention in
1853, and algo a member of the Committee on
Platforms. He opposed the truckling toslaverY,
and was ereeted a member of the anti-Nebraska
Convention at Saratoga: Whet, the Democratic
party adopted the Nebraska policy he withdrew,
and joined the inchoate Republican organization.
He was the Repttlican candidate for St.cretary
of State in 1.55, and was chosen to the U. S.
Senate in 1857. His term of service expired in
1863, and he 'was out of political life from that
time until his appointment to the Collectorship of
the Port of New York. Mr. King bad the repu
tation of being an able and shrewd political man
ager—a reputation not won without effort and
ability. He was%early sixty years of age_ at the
time of his death, and will be' long remembered
for his ability and dexterity. It is said that he
committed suicide by drowning during a tempo
rary aberration of mind. -
Lotstiogi;v4l.h.rv3iin(ANtii-A
—The rebel mmrMerrimae, hunk in Hampton
Roads, has been partially raised.
—There are 180,000 men in the armies of the
United States—one half on either side of the Ms
sissippi.
—GoV. 'Humphreys, of Mississippi, calls upon
the people of fhilt State to organize companies to
aid the civil authorities in maintaining law and
order, and cautions them against oppressing the
negrpes in any way.
—War has been declared between Spain and
Chilli, and the Chillian ports declared blockaded.
The Chilian Congress has authorized a loan of
$10,000,000, and given necessary powers to the
Executive. Business is prostrated. The Peru,
vian' revolutionists are likely to aid Chili.
-Guest military activity is reported- at New-
Orleas, in consequence et lite dispatches from
the Rio Grande. The sale of gunboats is pro
hibited, and some are being put in order for action.
Transportation and supplies are forbidden to be
sold, and three regiments of cavalry have been
ordered to join General Merritt at San Antonio.
The dismounted colored cavalry at New Orleans
goes to the same place :
—By the arrival of the last steamer from Eu
rope we learn that the pirriteShenandoali arrived
in the Mersey on the 6th and surrendered to the
guard-ship Donegal. She is now in the hands of
the naval authorities. Capt. Waddell states that
the first information he received of the - close of
the war was on the 30th.of August from.the Bri
tishWiaY'vessel Barracuda, and that he immedi
ately consigned'the guns to the hold and steered
for LiverpooL
—Advices from Mexico, via Brovvnsville;an
nounce the capture of Monterey by the Liberals.
The besieging force before Matamoros has re
ceived an accession of eighteen hundred men un
der Gen. Mendote, who had previously Surprised
and captured an Imperial garrison of one hun
dred men. A Matamoros paper says the Liber
als have offered four,honrs'plundertOf the city to
such Americans as will join them in its capture,
which, they claim they can effect at any time they
may choose. Other and conflicting reports are
ab3u made, as usual.
THE Cumberland County,Alms-house, situated
two-miles east of Carlisle, was burned on Thurs
day morning. The furniture was mostly saved,
and the inmates all escaped. The fire is sup-r
posed to have originated frou the heaters. The
loss is partially covered by inst g ranee in the Frank
lin Insurance Company, of Aiindelplna. The
fire companies from Carlisle oid effluent service
in preserving the mit-buildings pf the institution.