SThe American (titiscn. THOMAS ROBINSON, Iwowm CYRUS E. ANDEftSON, j Edl *°rs. m. W. RPE4B. PnbltefcerT " BUTLER PA. ivv ii'Rii. at.is«t. 49""Liberty and Union, Now and Forever, One and 'naeparable."—D. Webster. FOR PRESIDENT IN 18134 : ABRAHAM LIMOLX. The Convention. Owing partly to the bad roads, and part ly to the shortness of the call, there was not a full Convention; yet under the cir cumstances, the number of delegates pres ent, as also the interest taken in the pro ceedings, gave evidence that the people are active to tho great question of the day —the preservation of their country. The Convention was both harmonious and interesting; and the most cheering feature of its proceedings was its enthusi asm in the avowal of the continued confi dence in President Lincoln. The Peaee Dcinocracj. The course of tin- Democracy, during the progress af the present war, has been somewhat singular. During the extra cession of sixty-one, Breckinridge ift*the Senate, and Burnett in the House, were the leading apologists for treason, endeav oring by every artifice to embarrass the operations of the Government, and en courage the cause of the rebels. Finally, when they could no longer mask their treason, they openly espoused the Rebel cause, an election soon to come oft' in Kentucky, they confidently expected, (as did also their friends in the North,) that their course would be endorsed by the .people of their State, but in this they were disappointed, Kentucky for the first time declaring her determination to stand by the Union. This not only disappoint ed them, but alarmed thoir friends in the North, and for a time, gave comparative quiet to tho loyal States, all parties avow ing devotion to the Union cause. The canvass which took place in the fall of sixty-two, was conducted, in most cases, with avowed attachment to the Union cause, but no snoner had the Dem ocrats realized the fact that they had gain ed strength with the people, than they began to give evidence of their disloyal purposes. Vallindigham became bold in his denunciations of the Administration and its method of conducting the war. — In short, denounced the war itself, declar ing that the Southern people never could be subdued. Ilis sentiments were reiter ated all over the country, and he, for the timo being, became tho -representative man of his party; but after his over whelming defeat at the polls, his party again became comparatively quiet, and seemingly loyal. But as a I'residential campaign was ■about to open, they were unwilling togo ■into it without first feeling the popular heart with, by at least a flank movement, giving their "Southern bretliern" some assurance of sympathy. This time Mr. Long of Cincinnati, was chosen as the victor, who, on the Bth of the present month, made a speech in the lower Ilousa of Oongress, replete with disloyal senti ments from its beginning to its conclu sion, in the course of which, he declared that wc could never subjugate the South —that there was no power in the Consti tution to carry on a war against sovereign States—that if the war was to be carried on longer, it should be done by Republi cans alone, &c. A fcsolutiou to expel mm was introdu ced by Speaker Colfax himself, which, af ter being modified to one of censure, was finally passed by the house. And altho' in the course of the debate on this resolu tion, Democratic members sometimes took pains to have it understood that they did not endorse Mr. Long's sentiments, still we believe not a single memßcr of that party voted, even to censure his treasona ble utterances! But on the contrary, vo ted in a solid phalanx to allow him and others who saw fit to follow his example, :to proclaim from our halls of Congress, that there was still a party in tho loyal North which sympathized with these per jured traitors, (their Southern brethern.) Doiibtless the resolution was modified from one for oxpulsion to one of censure mere ly, hoping that upon that issue, the vote might be a unit against these unwarranted and unpatriotic utterances; but alas: how sad to reflect thut three years of bloody war has not been sufficient to enable the leaders of that old party to withdraw their sympathies from those crueSjuen who are still the animating influence by which the rebel hordes are still continuing to resist the onward march of our brave "Union army. When will this state_ of things cease ? Gen. Vessels surrendered Ply mouth, N. C., on Wednesday, the 20th inst., after ibur days hard fighting. Our loss was 150 killed, anjl '2OOO prisoners. Babel loss. 100 killed. gwT- On the first page of our paper to day, will be found an article entitled "The Annapolis Fair." We received this in the form of a "Poster." accompanied by a letter from our old. and much esteemed friend, Simeon Nixon, in which he in forms us that the Methodist Church of Annapolis are almost unanimoutly disloyal —that he could not, therefore consent to see them goon in their efforts to filch the poor soldier without making an effort to prevent it. So he prepared this article, got it printed in the shape of a poster or hand-bill, and had it posted up all through Annapolis, doubtless it would prevent many a greenback from finding its way from the pocket of the poor soldier to the tftasury of this Fair. In a former letter, Mf. Nixon wrote us that one of the churches of Annapolis had been rebuilt last summer on the modern Yankee style at a cost of? 16.000. 810,000 of which had been furnished by the sol diers. We give this article a place in our columns for tho purpose of letting our readers see how things are done "down South," as also for the moral reflections with which it abounds, which if properly studied, may be of interest to all. Our readers have already been favored with several contributions .from Mr. Nixon's pen. One on a Russian funeral, which should have appeared sooner, is also given to our readers today. From his childhood up to the present time we have been intimately acquainted with Mr. Nixon—received our primary (ai;d almost our entire) education with him. In early youth he became a careful ob server and close reader of our political history. Although not yet (we believe) a voter, having embraced the principles of the Republican party, he took an active part in the compaign of fifty-six, in behalf of Col. Fremont. Nor was his enthusiasm abated in -sixty, when the | same principles were represented by Mr. ' Lincoln —frequently addressing popular meetings and Lincoln clubs with effect. His addresses were sure to have one vir tue not always found in those of young orators —that of originality. Wc recol lect one of the figures by which in fif ty-six, he endeavored to prove the in jurious tendencies of the repeal of the 3lissouri compromise, was that of the old farmer who in midsummer commenced taking away the fence between his. corn field and that in which he had his swine inducted. One of his neighbors (so went the figure) remonstrated with him, assur ing him that, if he took away the fence, the swine would at once overrun the corn field and destioy the crop before it had matured. But the old farmer assured his good neighbors that it was no part of his intention or desire to have the swine de stroy his corn—that he only moved the fence in recognition of the swine's right of locomotion —the illustration was believ ed to be a happy one and was re-produced by some of our ablest speakers. . During the campaign of sixty, in illus tration of the fallacy of compromise, lie took a figure from his own farming oper ations. "Suppose," said he, "that father ancTl differed about what kind of grain we had better putin a certain field—he wishing to sow it in oats, while I desired keeping it for'corn, there we might prop erly compromise tho difference by sowing part in oats and reserving the remainder for corn. But suppose the old gentleman in place of Oats insisted on sewing thistles: do you suppose I would be in duty bound to yield the point, and shut my eyes to tho injurious effect such a crop would have not only on our own farm but on those of the whole neighborhood'/" Such was his interesting style. On the night previous to the election we were present at a meeting held in our election district, Simeon as usual w'as call ed on for a speech, lie reminded them of the fact that four years ago that night he had met with them there. There'was present a ' Jackson Democrat," who de clared that his father had voted the "Dem ocratic ticket," and so would he. Young Nixon used this old man for the purpose of illustrating the method by which the old party was held together much to his annoyance and the entertainment of the meeting. He reminded the meeting that the election morning of fifty-six looked dark and gloomy to the friends of liberty, but assured theui tftat it was quite ent now. In conclusion he reminded them that on to-morrow they .wouldjbc call ed upon to decide whether in the future, the flag of our country should be the black flag of human bondage or the Star Span gled Banner of Liberty. Finally, he as sured them that whether the banner of liberty or slavery should triumph in the constitutional battle to be fought at the polls the next day, that his heart should still beat true to freedom. We met early the uext morning and spent most of the day together, incidents of interest frequently occurred. About, the middle of the day a young man offer ed to vote "on age," but on inquiry it was found that he was twenty-two years of age that day. The board, ignoriug the legal rule of "no fractions in a day," curiously decided that they would keep the ticket, and if the young man on returning home found that he was actually under twenty two years of age at the time he offered to vote —and would furnish them the evi dence, then they would take his vote.— Time passed away* the evening was ad vancing, but no woid of tbfc return of the I young man. It was not likely that he could furnish the necesary information— all had given up the hope of getting that vote polled for Lincoln—except Simeon. He would not give it up, but acting upon the maxim that "while there is life there is hope," he mounted his favorite mare "Tib" (a fast trotter) and off he goes in search of the needed testimony—which he hoped to obtain about three miles distant. The Eun was almost down when he return ed and to the astonishment of all and grief of the Democrats, he produced the family record of the young man's birth, from which he read his birth had taken place at 8 o'clock in the evening ! The shades of evening were now falling upon us, an examination showed" who were yet to come in, for arrangements to make the vote as full as possible had been made. A young man, rather indifferent to party politics, had been assessed by Nixon's importunity, but on being gent for declined coming to vote —an old gentleman also (long since no more)*fearing the severity of the even ing blast, had concluded not togo to the election—their cases were by all, except Nixon, deemed hopeless. lie knowing nc such word as despair, once more betook himself to "Tib." and off he goes. Dark ness now set in—he had to make a circu lar trip of about four miles. A few min utes before the clock struck 7 aloflf came Nixon with the old gentleman on "Tib" and the young man walking with hims. Weir, Esq., and Dr. A. Lusk, bo con ferees, to meet similar conferees from the other counties of the for the pur pose of selecting the delegates to the Union National Convention. Resolved, That we cordially approve-of the cour-e of our able member of Cong ress, the Hon. Thomas Williams, that his imminent talents, zeal and devotion to tho great principlesof Freedom and the Union commend him to our confidence. On motion of J.D. M'Junkin,thefollow ingresolution was also unanimously adopt ed. Resolved, That in'his Excellency, A. G. Curtin, "we recognize an able statesman, a true patriot and friend of the soldier— that the eminent ability displayed by him as Governor of the Commonwealth—his zeal in the cause of his country—his vig ilent care for her brave defenders justified the people in refusing to allow him to re tire to private life, while armed rebellion still bade defiance to the laws. On motion of Gen. Purvianee, the pro ceedings were, ordered to be published in Itepublican papers of the county. On motion, adjourned. JAMES MITCHELL, L'rest. Alex. Ltflie, Thos. W. Boggs, Seer's. SGB~ Our contributions to the Sanitary Fair, Pittsburgh, should be liberal COMMUNICATIONS. FJT the CI tizen. At a meeting of the Commissioned offi cers of the 78th Regt., Pa. Vol. Inf., on Lookout Mountain, Tennessee, April llth. 1864, Major Augustus B. Uonnaffon, was elected President, and Charles B. Gilles pie, Secretary. The following Resolutions were unani mously adopted. WHEREAS, Lieutenant Colonel Archi bald Blakelcy, of the 78th.Regiment Pa. Vol. Inf., has resigned his position in our Regt., Therefore, Resolved, That we, the Commissioned officers of the 78th Regiment Pa. Vol., in parting with Lieutenant Colonel Blakelev, do cheerfully offer our testimonials in-fa vor of his gentlemanly deportment during the two years and a half that he has been our officer. Resolved , That, during the nine months that he was our Regimental Commander, we found him a strict disciplinarian a bu siness like officer, brave and generous,just and firm, true and courteous, and govern ing without tyranny or partiality, or love of favor, or fear of frown. Jiesolved, That in the camp, on the march, in the bivouac and on the field of battle, amid the realities of war, we have witnessed his actions, and without one stain on his escutcheon to tarnish his fame, we have found him to be a true and a noble man. Resolved , That in the resignation of Lieut. Col. Blakeley, the service loses one of its purest and most efficient officers, one of its brightest lights, and one of its most deserving men, and we as a Regiment, our best adviser, our safest counsellor, a gen uine Gentleman, a kind friend, a noble fellow and a gallant hero. Resolved, Tliif? though we submit to the fiat of fate, yet not without sorrow, in tak in*your hand beloved Colonel, and say ing " Good by," remember, that the true friendship formed amid the trying vicissi tudes of war, has jiot. been broken, but shall ever Hve.in our hearts as the most Glorious Ousts of the Great Rebellion.— May God bless you. And Farewell. Resolved, That a eopy of these resolu tions be sent to each of our respective counties and also to the Pittsburgh pa pers fhr publication. Major A. B. BONXAFFOX, Pres't, Chat. B. Gillespie, < 'apt. ('<• F, Sec'y. isolation of the Pulpit to l'oli ticti. MESSRS. EDITORS : —Strange as it may appear, there are many advocates of free •speech and a free press, who make very bitter complaints, that the coasted rights of American citizens have all departed under the present administration, and yet these self same sticklers for liberty, would padlock the mouths of the occupants of all the pulpits of the land. Their doc trines are clearly doSned. -V man has a right tosay what he pleases, to say it Jt*/:- he pleases, to utter it tc/e JV he pleases and to speak it in the icai/ he pleases. Docs he desire to talk or write treason, no one can dispute'the right to do so. Does he choose to do it when the nation is strug gling for existence, let none object. Does he prefer to do it in the halls of the Na tional Legislature, it is only a God-given and Constitutional right, and let anathema maranatha be written concerning him who would fain deny him this right. Does he manifest the same spirit exhibited by Reb els. as they retired from Congress togo into rebellion, let no one deny him this liberty. These arc the tenets, promulga ted by the modern advocates of free speech and a free press. Holding such princi ples, it were indeed strange, that any should presume to place an embargo upon this liberty secured unto us by the blood of our Fathers. Truth i#stranger than fiction. Notwithstanding such is the doc trine taught, yet they claim the authority of instructing the Clergy how far they may exercise this right—this great boon of American Freedom. The minister has learned in his Bible, the lesson taught by his Master, that it is his duty to "render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's," which is.simply obedience to, and respect for the laws of the land, and yet these,on whom alone, the mantles of liberty, have fallen, the few to whom is committed the fearful responsibility of expounding the nature of true liberty, and.of perpetua ting it to posterity, affirm that the Minis ter may not expose to his flock, the wick edness of this hell-born and hell-hound rebellion against the authorities of these United States. The writer not long since, heard a lesson.itn parted.by one of the liberty loving fraternity to a jJolico Abolition preacher, that indeed approached to sublimity.— The Minister was approached "with fear and trembling," by an ardent advoeate of the liberty of speech solemnity was visible on every feature of his countenanco, and was addressed thus: '• Sir, I know the extent of your commission, aud the natnre of your calling very well. It is to preach to all. G lory to (rod in the highest peace on.earth, and, good will to men ; but yon have prostituted your calling, to preaching. Glorry to the nigger on high, and hell and damnation for Democrats." The effect was apalling. We have not heard the said Di vine preach since, but we presume he was convinced of hiserror, that he will never dare again to repeat the lan guage of our Fathers, by saying, " All men are born free and equal, with certain inalienable rights, among which are, life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."— We do not wish to be understood as feel ing, competent to instruct the clergy of our laud. We think that they themselves, should be the judges as to what their du ties are, under these trying circumstances, but we will simply state what course, we would perhaps pursue, were we thought worthy to occupy so important a position in scjfiety. 1. We feel tlmt his first and chief aim should bo to secure the salvation of those with whom he might have intercourse, to whom he is called to minister in word and doctrine. To accomplish this great object he would be expected, not only to be an expounder of the fundamental doctrines of the Bible, but to explain and cuforce the application of these doctrines to every feature of human conduct. Now we con tend that every principle of#he Gospel is diametrically opposed to Slavery and this Slaveholders rebellion. The doctrine taught in this passage, All things what soever you would that men should do un to you, dove even so unto them, if nppli eJ tohuman conduct, would sweep Slavery as with the besom of destruction, from the face of earth. If the Minister wish es to be able with Paul to say, " I have not failed to declare the whole counsel of (rod," he must of necessity denouuee the system, of Slavery as the sum of all vil lainies." The rebellion has been carried on exclusively in the interest of this ac. cursed system. All the deeds of iniquity enumerated in the catalogue of crimes, have been committed to establish a gov ernment, the cornerstone of which is this iniquitous crime against humanity. Can a Minister declare the whole truth with out denouncing this wholesale system of •fraud ? 2. We have stated that the chicY aim of the Minister should be to secure the salvation of his flock. In order to accom plish the eijd of his mission, he must have favorable surroundings to be able at all times to be'suceessful. The success of no professional calling, is so dependent upon wholesome laws, perhaps as that of the Minister. If left to the caprice and wick edness of depraved men, without the pro tection of good laws, we fear that very soon worshipping assemblies would meet with very serious annoyance, and eventu ally public preaching would be altogether destroyed. For this very reason, every intelligent Minister is prompted in view of his own success and safety, to impress by repeated admonitions, especially in times like these, when one third of the w hole nation has openly revolted, and many of the remainder, arc at least secretly coun-' selling resistance to authority and disre pcct for rulers, the very important duty of every lover of republican institutions, to respect authority and obey"hll laws. As he regards the protection of good laws most fortunate for his calling, ho can but look upon rebellion in our country with condemnation. We think that every pro tection is thrown around the preaching of the Gospel that civil law could afford.— The loyal Minister in looking over the history, of our Nation can but see the hand of God with it from its incipiency. •It is to be demonstrated in these last days, that republican institutions did not die with Rome, but with the dissemination of the true principles of a I'ree government. In connection with general intelligence, and the most necessary of iill a pure Christianity, this nation is bound to stand the brightest orb in the firmament of na tions. until time, shall be no more. ' We hope our Clergy will not allow themselves to bo throttled by Rebel sympathizers with the cry of "political preaching" "Aboli tion preaching." and such trash, but pru dently, yet pointedly arid forcibly, teach us our whole duty, our duty to our coun try as well as to our God. We hope for the sake of consistency, that our advocates of free speech, will not deny the Ministry the right to' advocate loyalty, as frequent ly and as freely as they are permitted to advocate treason. O consistency ! thou art a jewel. . VERITAS. Army CorrrNpoiidciico. •ANNAPOLIS,- Jlareh 2.">, 1801. MESSRS. EDlTOßS: —Perhaps your readers would like to see a description of a ceremony seldom beheld iu our country —a Rus.-ian funeral. While the Russian vessels, Almaz and A'ariag. were here, a couple of Russian sailors having drank of the Ten Cent Hospitality of Annapolis, (Bad Whiskey) got into a quarrel with a citizen dram seller, and the .citizen shot him dead. After the usual examinations and investigations, the citizen was releas ed, and the Russian was buried. The ceremony was new, imposing, and grand. The day being a beautiful one, the funeral was attended by everybody and all their friends. The Services were performed in the chapel (if the nary yard; in tlio centre lay the body, in a plain cof fin, surrouuded by lighted wax Candles, arranged according to the superstition of the (Ireek faith; and a choir of the petty officers of the fleet, each holding a light ed taper. They chanted vqry nicely, while the long haired priest, dressed in his officiating gown, very richly decorated, burned incense, which strongly savored of Russia or some other stroiuj country— but I did not sec all the performance.— The press of red tape became so great that the sergeant of the guard was ordered to eject all private soldiers—to make room for these barred dignitaries; all right, thinks I "a private soldier lias.ro rights a white man is bound to respect," and as I was forced out by the point oi the bayo net, to make room for these men of rank, to gratify their curiosity. 1 thought of the places I had teen where they were not half so anxious to gratify their curiosity, and how T had been deserted on the battle field by the last one of them. Rut, after about an hour the superstitious perform ance was closed and the procession march ed to the soldiers hurrying ground. First in order was a boy about twelve years old, carrying in his hand a glass cover*! gilt representation. I could not tell of what, (but which I afterwards saw on the vessel, associated with their other religious rel ics,) next came the unfortunate man de tailed to carry the lid of the coffin, this he carried on his bare head from the chapel to the grave, about a mile ; next was the Pall Bearers, with the open coffin upon their shoulders, followed by the choir and the priest, wearing a long black gown and an indescribable hat; next came the Rus sian band of 40 curiously made instru ments, they played skillfully and the mu sic was delightful, but a relief also, of the Russians who played on a peculiar kind of a bugle, and Brass drums, discoursed the most melodious discord I ever heard.— Then came the escort of one hundred of his fellow soldiers with muskets of some what largor calibre than ours; ihen came the chief officers of the fleet, whose dress was rich and gay, and presented a great contrast to that of the soldiers just ahead ; then came a detachment of the invalid corps, very neat and clean, turned out as an act of respect by the Surgeon in charge of the navy yard hospital; then came in a promiscuous throng, everybody able to walk, and in hearing of tbe delightful mu sic. Having arrived at the burryiDg ground, the beautiful slopes of the sur rounding hills were covered with curious spectators, and some had climbed to the tops of the trees, all abxious to see the last ceremonies over the dead Russian. The coffin was now placed upon a bier, and the priest took a shovel and sprinkled the body with earth, repeating some ceremony, tjie choir chanted a short song, and the priest emptied the censor upon the breast of the corpse, then the lid was fastened down and the coffin lowered. The escort fired three salutes, and the grave was filled, an iron Cross reared at its head, and the curious orowd dispersed—Soldiers' to their quar ters, Citizens to their homes, and the Rus sians to their vessels. What killed the Russian ? Whiskey. M. D. O. or Butler County. The additional quota assigned Butler county, under the late call for 200,000 men. The following is a statement of the gross quota of each sub-district, to gether with the credits On the draft, July, 1863. for new volunteers, enlisted to the credit of each, up to the twenty-ninth day ot February last. All volunteers enlisted since'that day, all veterans re-enlis{Qd in the field since last fall, and assigned to their own propersub-districts, and all men who may have enlisted in the regular ar my, and in the naval and marine service, to the credit of their respective sub-dis tricts. are yet to be credited, and will bo so credited as soon as the reports are re ceived :• I« 3 I?! £?,s?| 7? =-i 32- if] ?? J.I - 1 I• : i 3 Unffiilo township ! U.' l f ' 10 2fr 10 Clint ! If.'. lu | IS 22 1 Middlesex .I . | 41. ."I ' Id Id! Q A.tun- do ■ 41' H lil a A t"runberr* dn 31 ]•'' 111 S3, H .fiu-kson i Harmony 3* 11 12 Kellenople i 11; *j! 3' r.l 6 Forward township........' 30 ' 10 22 j 8 I'enn township 22 1" h 1r 4 .leftiTHuii k Snxotiburg.. 4 s 11 20 *jii lU \\iw!n 1.l townihip 3f»J *i 11 iji! io Chtirfh-hl township.. 3»» J. I 7i Summit township 2fr 6 ft! 23 Hutler townslwp 2* l' l IJ| 22 rt Hutler hor.niiji 4»t I r M 21 37 »j • 'onntHjnctifiwlnß tp i 82 s i pj 17 l:, lAiit'uoter township .14 !'• Jfi; 20 » Mmhlvcreok t-Avn-hip.... 30 s if,j 23| 7 I rank lin A Pp'spwt ... 4' l ;l lh, 31 U Centre township... I 201 8j 20! 0 < it-tiip 2*» * 7| 15i *l3 township « 21 I | 7 14 Milh-rfttown borough , 7 ' 4 5 2 Kdir-iow town-hii .ti 1 1' 14' 2.V h j < onoortl tuwiwliij 21 1| 7: 1« 0 < lay township 21* 1' 7' 18' J1 Itriuly township is " S, 14 4 Worth township 31 01114 1 -.>o n Slippery rock township..' 31 *• 11 20 14 rii. rrv township 1 2» s ! H 18 Washington township.... » 1' ! 11 21 i itrk.r township..... 31 1- ! 12 lw Allegheny township 21. 1" 1 10' 14 Vermngn township 2*m # 8; 18 Mmion township 34j 4. j 4 20 ' Mercer A Hftrriavillo....... j 20 j | ft 14 1038 823 2DB 621 417 An Act, To 'provide for thejmymmt of bounties to voluntas in th': County of Butler. and llouscof Representatives of the Com inonwealth of I'ennsylvaliia in General | Assembly met. and it is hereby enacted I by the authority of the same, That the School Directors or a majori [ ly of them, of the several townships and | boroughs of the County of ltutler .shall have the power to levy, assess and collect 011 tlio property now taxable for State and county purposes a tax sufficient to pay a a bounty of not exceeding Three Hundred Dollars to each volunteer enlisted and credited on the quotas of saitl districts for the present or any future calls and drafts. SECTION 2. That in levying and collect ing said tax the said Directors shall liavo power to include in the same a Poll or Per capita tax on Each taxable Citizen who is, or may be subject to a draft, of", not exceeding Twenty-five Dollars. SUCTION ii. That in c;ise said Bounties have already been raised a.')d paid to said volunteers in any of said districts,by mon ey subscribed, loaned, advanced or paid by or through individuals or Committees acting for thft Citizens, and witn the un derstanding or condition that the same should be repaid by general taxation, the said Directors are hereby authorized and required to repay the same to said persons out of said monies so assessed and.collcct ed. SECTION 4. That in assessing and col lecting said taxes said Directors shall have power to make such exonerations and ej- . anptiong as they may deem just and prop er, and shall have' power to appoint such COLLECTORS and issuo such WARRANTS and kike such BONDS for the collecting and safety of such monies as is provided by existing Laws for the assessing and col lecting of.State and county taxes, and do all other acts and things necessary in the premises. SECTION 5. All funds so raised for said purposes shall be audited by the township or borough Auditors of any of said dis tricts. and if any surplus exists, the samo shall be paid over by said Directors to the Common School fund of said districts. SECTION 6. The said county of Butler shall be exempt from the provisions of tho General Bounty Law approved Twenty- • fifth March Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, wherever said provisions are inconsistent with the provisions of this act. HENRY C. JOHNSON, Speaker of the House of Itep's. JOHN P. PENNY, Speaker of the Senate. Approved, The Fourteenth day of April! Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four. _ A. 0. CURTIN. Ml NIFICENT. —A New York corres pondent of the Springfield Union relates the following:—The story I have directly from a gentleman to whom Commodore Vanderbilt himself, last night, told it. The finance committee called upon tho Commodore and solicited at his hands a donation for the fair. He answered that ho would give the fair as much as -'any other man"in New York. Thereupon the committee visited Mr. A. T. Stewart, and reported to hini the oftcr of the Com modore. Stewart at onee drew his check for 8100,000, and handed it to the eolh mittee, and they, armed with the check, again waited upon the Commodore, and 'showed him the contribution of Stewart. Vanderbuilt found himself cornered. However, he was as good as his .word He covered Stewart's check with a check of his own for a like amount.