World in a 2l«t-9hfU —lt is said that the health of Sec. Se ward was never better. —The oil refinery of Outhwaite, Shri mcr & Co., was liurnt Tuesday night. —(JOT. Broughs condition is again re ported favorable. —Joseph Henderson, of Tennessee, aud I'. Dickinnon of North Carolina were pardoned on Monday. —General Hatch is to be relieved of the command of Charleston by General Ames. —The potato crop in some parts of Western New York threatens to be a fail ure. —The Richmond HVivV/ has taken strong grounds in favor of the adoption of the Constitutional Amendment abol ishing slavery. —lt is said that John Mitchell is la boring under an attack of pulmonary consumption. Application has been made to the War Department to allow him out door exerciso, —lt is said that General Joe Johnston while at Fortress Monroo said of Jeff. Davis : "I do not wish to see him or hear his name mentioned even." —lt is said on good authority that the President has not granted more than a thousand pardons although about twenty five thousand applications are ono file. —Messrs. Rousseau, Smith, and Mc- Kce, three of the Union Congressmen elect of Kentucky, arc in Washington to confer with the President, as to the con dition of military affairs in that State. —The verdict of the Coroner's jury on the bodies of the eleven persons kill ed on the Housatonic Railroad, charges the President, Superintendent, and oth er employees of the road with culpable negligence and absence of proper • cau tion. —President Johnson is much annoyed that certain persons have accepted mon ey for their influence in procuring par dons. Ho replied to some persons the other day who asked for permission to call again in regard to patdons, that it would be some time before any more would bo granted. —A few days since, 'as tho workmen were engaged in repairing Eaton's tun nel, on the Baltimore a.id Ohio Railroad, a large mass of rock and earth became detached, and falling upon throe men, crushed them to death immediately, and Periously iujurcd one woman. —The petroleum excitement is getting up in Tennessee, and oil hunters are to be found in various localities on this sido of the Cumberland Mountains. Machin ery for boring is being forwarded to va rious parts of tee State, and to favorable localities in Northern Alabama. —Ex-Brigadier General Ilamsey, the rebel brute who ordered the imprison ment of Governor Brownlow at lvnox villc, in 1801, and to whom that gentle man is indebted for much hard and in human treatment, has been arrested and will shortly be tried at that place; upon which occasion tho development of some rich scenes is anticipated. —Major General Hitchcock, who was *t one time Commissioner for Exchange of prisoners, w out in a long card deny infi Ute allegations of the imprisoned Tribune correspondent that the Seeretary of War was responsible for tho delay in ■tho exchange of prisoners. He proves very conclusively that the fault rests sole ly with the rebels. —Mrs. Granger and daughter, while <1 riving in Columbus, St. Clair county, Michigan, were attacked by bees and stung so severely that the daughter died The horses also died in three or fewr hours. —Colchester, tho spiritual medium, whose trial before tie United States Court at Buffalo has been in progress for sev eral days, was found guilty of being a jugglar yesterday. The ease excited much interest among tho spiritualists. —A cow near Presoott, C. W., attemp ted to butt a railway train off the track. And succeeded. The locomotive and all irtio cats were thrown off, and some of them, with the engine, fell down the em bankment. There was plenty of beef af- Ahe collision, but no cow. —The ltichmond llVi/r/ violently as sails the resolutions of the recent Uaion Convention of this State, especially tho ■one which declares that the President's (io 1 icy has not been accepted by the South in a proper spirit, and calls upon A'irgin ia to adopt tho Anti-Slavery amendment in order to convince the President and itbe people of the North that they accept the issue o ( t&e war as final. —ln tho Mississippi Convention the .debate upon tho slavery f|*»*tio«i was very •excited, some declaring that there should 'be no haste in the matter, and others ithat it should bo settled at once. Tho AM clauses in the Constitution were strick en out but the Convention adjourned be fore a veto was fci Lob on the proposition to insert a proiisum tiiat slavery shall no longer exist. —Joseph Kaufman, of Mantiasburg, tSiur county, was hung by rebel guer rillas, pear Harpers Perry, a lew weeks ago. said to bo the richest itown of its size iiu Pennsylvania. Near- By six hundred persow pay taxes ou more .or less incomes in cxceat uf six hundred .dollars. —The Northampton county democrat ic Convention, in session on Monday at Hilton, declared their preference for li ies ter Clymor, of Berks county, for ntxi .Governor. C.hartiera Horse Protecting Company 'has beon organized i" Wash ington county for tho dotectjiou of liorsc theves, who seein to be plentiful thro'- .out tho western counties.gf the State. —" "Want to soe Grant mighty bad, do you ?" said a .blue-coated veteran to the people crowding aboard the cars the .oth er morning, .on thoir way to the capital to get a yguint at .our famous W-a-a-11, why iusJUuudor didn'tyou.coaio down to the Jrunt whou .lie .wanted vto.soe yott. hey* K.N<JI.I.SM"NOUII.ITV IN TUB LINCOLN Loo CAIMX. —The Marquis of Drohega and his lady, who ar now stopping at the 'i'remont House say* the Jivkm Herald, jiaid a visit the other evening to the "Lincpln Cabin," which is on exhibition on the Common. They spent some time in the examination of this now sacred rel ic ; and, while purchasing a few articles made from the wood of the cabin, her la dyship remarked ; "I wish very much to take home these to show our people ; for my husband is one of those in our country who admires President Lincoln's character." On taking their leave, the Marquis and his lady shook hands in a very cordial manner with Uncle John Hanks, who built, owns and exhibits the cabin, and said : "We are very happy indeed ro take the hand of the old friend and companion of Mr. Lincoln." Al though persons of high rank and large fortune, they came and went in a quiet democratic way, and " Uncle J jhn" was not aware until after their departure that he had been entertaining the English no bility in the humble log cabin which he had helped young Abe Lincoln, the mi! splitter, to build over thirty-five years ago. These distinguished visiters, however, honored themselves no less than the hum ble cabin by the respect which they thus paid to our martyred President's memory. No N- E x I'LOS Iv K GL'NPOWKKR . Th e London correspondent of the New York Times thus notes a new, and, if it proves to be practicable, important discovery : In a country where great magazines of gunpowder are frequently exploding and causeing immense destruction, people may be interested in a reported discovery of Mr. Gale, an English electrician. It is a method of making gunpowder non explosive. The process is said to be simple but effective, the cost trifling, and the powder is not injured. In five minutes a barrel of gunpowder can be made non-explosive, and in tho same time its explosive properties can be restored. If this is true, the Government can remove the dread which now attaches to its great powder deposits near London and other large towns-that is, they can do BO in a few years, if they set about it. Thcro must be a commission appointed, which could be got at in two years with a little press ure.—Two years could be spent in ex periments and a year in drawing up a re port. Unless the matter wn forgotten, in tho three or four years it might bo brought into practical operation. Tui-: END OF THE WOULD. —This is what tho London Spectator says of the end of tho world : "Almost all" European wrters, whatever sub ject, politics or society, now tacitily assume that the human race is to progress forever, or to state their la tent idea more strictly, is to advance steadily for an indefinite perijd to wards a nobler life and a higher civilization. The idea of a fixed term of history, which so greatly influ enced the Middle ages, has utterly disappeared, the semi-religous be lief of cataclysm to occur at a dijst rnt but visible date, though still en- 1 tertained, has ceased to be professed by anbody but Dr. Cumming, and does not influence him. The reverie of the politician is no longer absent from the great minds of the first four centuries—but of a coming milloni um, when all mankind shall be allied, and the motive of force ot the European, and subtile brow of the Arab, and the left hand of the Mongol shall all be em ployed together in making earth more lovely and luoro convenient for its peo ple." i TRUE TO THEIR FAITH.—The Democratic Tarty in Ohio is true to theChicago Platform. The Convcn tion on Thursday nominated Alexan der Long, a Vallandigham, Copper hoad for Governor, and adopted reso lutions, asserting tho doctrine of State rights, denying tho right of emancipation, in favor of free trade, denouncing tho public debt, denying the right of the Government to raise armies by draft, declaring Jeff. Davis to be "a martyr spirit," opposing the negro in every form, opposing tho President's policy, asserting throughout principles more suited to 1 the most rebellious part of the South than the region of Ohio. Ohio leads tho van !— ex. AN EMPHATIC REBUKE.— It will be learned by all our readeri with satisfaction, that Mr. Walter, the principal proprietor of our old enemy, the London Time», was defeated at the late election, in his candidacy for the House of Commons. Ho had no donbt his election, lie ran for Berks, buXhe yeomanry ro fused to tndorso tiic tergiversations of his newspaj+er, liowercr respecta ble that newspaper cl*iim* to be, nor unwarrantable course toward the ; United States in her late time of trial. Mr. W., it is affirmed, has been for a long time looking toward a peerage, but now his expectations would seetn to bo farther off than ev er. Amen. — ex. Tun NUMBER OF MJEN PUT IN TNI FIFLD.— IU. a speech to a meeting of sol diers in Philadelphia, John W. Forney said that "In tho eight calls for troops by the President of the United States, be ginning with April 15, 1861, and ending «rti December, 1804, two millions six hundred t&ousaud men were asked for to put down rt»€ tebellion, and wore nearly all obtained by voluutary enlistment and by other methods. Of Uiis number Penn sylvania contributed three hundred and sixty thousand, according,to .the report of Adjutant General Russell." - —The Mat (morns Monitor, ot the .6 th, contains the news of several defeat of the Liberals near Salt Louis and Pueblo.—- Only small bodies were engaged and re sults unimportant. Many exiled confed erates in Mexico are naturali zed citi*qus of.the cuijfire. <Thc gtmcvirau Ctitiscn. ft# The LaryeH Circulation oj any Paper in the County, THOMAS ROBINSON. - - Editor, ITI. W. SPKAR, Publisher. BUTLER PA. " WEOXESDAY Al SO ISOS M'tf-" Liberty and Union. Now and Forever, One and'nteparable."—D. Webster. UNION STATE TICKET. AUDITOR UENERAT. JOIIN F. IIARTRANFT, of Montgomery. SURVEYOR GENERAL, JACOB M. CAMPBELL of Cambria. KEI'l ItLKAI TICKET. STATE SENATE. JWIIN N. PURVIANCE. ( Subject to District Conferee* ) LEGISLATURE. HENRY PILLOW. JOHN 11 NEOLEY. ( Subject to District Nomination.) COUNTY TREASURER. WM. E. MOORE. DISTRICT ATTORNEY. W. 11. 11. RIDDLE. COMMISSIONER. WM. DICK. AUDITOR. J C. KELLEY, 8 years. G. 11. GUMPER, 1 year. COUNTY SURVEYOR. NATHAN M SLATOR Bfc,?- In our last issue an error was made in tho date of the time appointed for the meeting of tho Executive Committee of the Agricultural Society. It is intended tohavo a meeting on Saturday, September 2d, at ouo o'clock p. m. We would take tho liberty to suggest that all who feel an interest in tho forthcoming fair, will be present to uiako suggestions, and in every way assist in having prompt and united action on whatevol matters may pome be fore tho Committee. IVo know the Com mittee will welcome all triends of the or ganization who may favor them with their presence. Tiik Tbial of Wikz. —The trial of this notorious character is now in pro gress; and frojn theei'idcnco already had, j thero is scarcely & doubt remaining as to the guilt of the accused. It is perfectly astounding and horrifying that any man raised in a civilized part of the worldi could be so lost to the common feelings and necessities of humanity. It is only desired that he receive the justice which his crime demands. For the sako of tho common feelings of humanity, wo would bo glad that it was different from what it is; but wc must deal with men and their acts as wo find them; and labor assidu ously to guide them into'the path of duty and rightcou.snosss. Monument. Our readers will notice from tho pro ceedings of a meeting held in the Court House on tho 23d inst., that tho inititory steps have been taken towards the erec tion of a suitable monument in commem oration ol the brave heroes from Butler county, who fell is Battle, were stricken down by disease, or lingered out a miser able existence ju Rebel prisons, whilo in defense of Jtbc government of our lath ers. At this meeting a committee was appointed, who have issued their call to the people of Butler county, which call we have published in tho present issue, and it is to .be hoped that every man and womau,old afld young, will road this ca.l, and each one detormiue to do his and her part towards accomplishing the noble and patriotic object in view. This is an enter prise in which every one should feel an interest and take an active part. Almost every county ju the State is moving in this matter, Mid it is hoped that Butler county, whick responded so nobly to the call of the Government in time of need, will not be the lest to act so as to perpet uate tho memory of her fallen-heroes.— Let every district organise, in accordance with the suggosiiewki in the call for a gen eral convention. Let each one feel that he or she has a partAo act in this grand movement, and that it ihall bo done will ingly, energetically and patriotically, and our word for 4, you will never regret you have thus acted. -Twenty-five thousand dollars have boon subscribed in Hgjidaysburg toward the establishing of a first class seminary o.' institution of learning, for both IFJie sum is 935,000 Hutlcr County Monument. At a meeting held in the Court House in Butler on Wednesday afternoon. Aug. 23d insL, for the purpose of making ar rangements for the erection of a suitable monument to the memory of the deceased soldiers of Butler county, the following action was taken : The meeting was or ganized liy calling General John N. Pur viance to the chair, tmd appointing John C. Coll. Ksqi, and C. E. Anderson. Secre taries. Short addresses were made by Jas. Bredin. Esq., Capt. W. O. Bracken ridge, Geu. Jno. N. Purvianceand James G. CUmpbell; after which the following resolution was unanimously adopted. Jlrsrtlveil, That a committee of five be appointed by the chairman of this meet ing to prepare a call for a General Con vention to meet in tho Court Boom in Uutler, at a time to be fixed, accompany ing it with such addresses as to the pro posed mode of organization and its claims, a# may ho thought proper. The chair appointed the following per sons on said committee : Colonel Jno. M. Thompson, llev. Loyal Young, Jas. Brc din, Esq , Rev. Will. 11. Tibbies and Jas. G. Campbell, Esq. On motion, the meeting adjourned. JNO. N. PURVJANCE, l'res't J"k,l a Coii, ) g . V. E. And,rson, J BOC 8 " Tho Siifl'riige (Incstion, Our neighbor of.the llcrald seems quite anxious to have us define our position on the enfranchisement question. We don't know what good can come from the ex pression of our opiniou on this subject at present. By a provision of our constitu tion no party can, if they even desired, make any change on this question in our State for the no*t four years! Why theu talk so much about it ? Have we not liv ing issues enough to occupy our time ? certainly we have. But, says the Herald man, some of tho New England States have declared themselves in favor of uni versal suffrage ! To this wo have only to say that wo arc not advised that such dec laration is any violation of the Constitu tion ; aud if it is .not, wo don't see on what authority we have a right to com plain of, or interfere with their so doing- They are " sovereign Status," as wo have often been told by these same Democrats (!) and as such have certainly a right to avow their conviction on all political qustionsthat may from time to time, be raised for discus sion, and adoption or rejection ; and above all no "state rights," Democrat should assume such a privilege. As to tho po sition of the Republican party in our own state, we refer our neighbor to the resolutions adopted at Ilarrisburg, on the 17th inst., those resolutions are a frank and full avowal of our view> on all the leading questions of tho Jay. The Re publican party of Pennsylvania has been in tho majority for years past,and intends to remain so many years to uouje, and should it deem it proper to fippouso tho cause of any new principle, it will give its opponents duo noticif. But says some, "are you in favor of tho enfranchisement of tho colored popula tion of the South ?" In reply to this, wo say, that we entertain no prejudico agaiust the most humble of God's crea tion. We would much rather encourage the amelioration of tho condition of even the most ignorant and downtrodden of the human family, than to assist in their oppression and degredation. And more particularly have we no heart to still fur ther oppress tho unfortunate yet loyal class, who, when Southern Democrat* were hunting down the lone Union soldior as he wandered his way among tho rice fields and cunebrakes, almost in despair, to cscap# their fiendish cruelties, was al ways roady to encourago him with their dark, yctcheerful countenance—to divide their last ''corn cake," and to direct him on his way to the "Uuion lines." Many a northern fireside is cheerful to-day, which, had it not been for tho sympathy of this unfortunate class, would have been draped iu mourning—the result of oeratic cruelty and Democratic crime ! The dominant party of the country fyas already done much for this unfortunate class of people. It has lifted them up from the degrading position to which Democratic misrulo had reduced them, and clothed thenj in die hahilamcnts of freedom, restoring to them all their for mer cieil rights. What political rights and privileges they should be allowed to enjoy, experience must determine. " Pres ident Johnson is now experimenting upon tiic temper and bearing of "Southern so ciety." Should the Democracy of that, section again return to loyalty, it may not ho thought necessary to extend the elec tive franchise to tho colored race at all. But should they persist in their rebellious dispositiou ; and encouraged by northern copperheads, throw every possible obsta cle in the way of reconstruction, then wo have no doubt the President wiH experi ment upon somo othor and n»ore loyal class. In any event our neighbor of the Herald may rely upon it, that theso ques tions, as they arise, wHI never he influen ced in their adjustment by the prejudices of that disloyal, defunct organizaiton to which he belongs, but will be settled by the etdiyhtened jtultjnienl of the American people as expressed through the organ- I isnu of the Reputriiuau party, now strong enough, yet increasing as lea ruing refine niuut and religion expand their phftau thropio influences over the length and bacadtii of the whole Union. -ll—. JL- ... j- nit'...: (I»I MIMCITIOVN. A C all. A public meeting was held in relation to the erection of a Monument to the memory of the Butler County Soldiers, who died in the service of their country, at Which the following resolution was adopted : Rttolved , That a Committee of Ovo Be appointed by the chairman of this meet ing, to prepare a call for a General Con vention, to meet in the Court Uoom, in Butler, at a time to be filed, accompany ing it with such an address as to propose a mode of organization and it* claims, as may be thought proper. The chairman appointed John M. Thompson, .lames Bredin, Rev. Loyal Youug, D. 1)-, ltev, W. 11. Tibbies aud lion. J. G. Campbell, the committee. N Pursuant to our instructions, the un dersigned committee appeal to THE PEOPLE OF BUTLER COUNTY. War has ceased. Our crimsoned ban ners have been folded, and like thousands of those who bore them amid the storm of battle, they rest in jwiice. Many of the brave sons of Butler county, fell in thelate warforthe Union, Their names aro dear to those who survive, and we should perpetuato their glorious form by a suitable Monument, to remind us in all coming tiuio, that the price of our liberty was—blood. To recognize the debt we owo noble dead, it is proposed to erect a monu ment on which will be inset ibed the name of every man who died in the service of hi* country. The style unci cost of this Monument, will necessarily bo controlled by the amount contributed for that pur pose. The immediate duty of your committee is to invito the pooplc ot Butler County to meet iu Convention, in Butler, on the 19th djy of September, ab»l o'clock, p. ni. to perfect an organization, mid adopt a plan to secure this desirable end. The people should at once meet in their town ships, appoint delegates, as many as they please to attend tjjeconyentiou, These dele gates should b« prapared to report the names of at {east three men and two la dies, in each townsh'p, as a local com mittee, to ct.nva«s aud receive the gifts of their township. All we need is the ac tive co-operatiou of the people, aud we can build a Monument which will bo a credit to the builders. The names might be inscribed in alphabetical order, and all enclosed in beautiful scroll work, with appropriate devices. All will esteem it a privilege to contribute to this object, and many a poor mother, wife or sister, will be proud to aid in erecting a Monu ment to hor loved and lost. Let us urge you to inako your arrangements so as to moct. on tho day fixed. Come determined that tho enterprise shall succeed. Tho friends of our dead leaves must not be lieve we have forgotten those who djjed in defense of our flag. Death gave thuw to us, and their fame is now their country's, Shall wo not be truo to tho sacred trust? Men never died iu a no bler cause. Tho world knows their his tory by hoart, and it will do honor to their memory. But tho glories of Gettysburg, Richmond and scores of other bloody fields, must be reproduced at home, and in tangible form stand to warn us foruycr- IQ our midst,where dwelt our duad let us rear a modest shaft, which shall point to the home of those whose names it b cars, while we with gratitude will see— "That each noMlcr'n naino Hhall rttiue immortal the tvllir of fa inn, Ami htand the c-iainjde of each distant ag<». Ami add now lnntrr to tlie lilr>Y«*ric jn»gc." COMMITTEE. John M. Thompson, James Bredin, Loyal Young, William 11. Tibbies, J as. G. Campbell. Fur the Citifcon. MR. EDITOH.—On the 10th instant according to previous notice, the citizens of North Washington were fyyojred -with an address by Rev. A. M. Stewart the worthy chaplaiu of the old loth (102d_) I*. V. At an e»rly hour a large concourse of people were found wending their way to the place of meeting and the M. G. Church, the largest in the town, was soon packed full with an 'attentive and very orderly audience. The address was wor thy of the distinguished chaplain. Tho war which all have deplored, was shown to be a necessity iu tho moral govern ment of God, as much so as the fierco thunder storui is a necessity in the natu ral world, though a tree may J>as tofn out of root, a barn or two struck by lighten ing, or a house here and tljorc with their inmates destroyed. The analogy was so completely drawn, th.»t every one could see it plainly #nd must acknowledge its truthfulness. As the general results of the natural storm aro purifyiug, health ful, and highly beneficial to mankind, so similar results arc to be cxpectod and even now arc exhibiting themselves from the terrible storm through which aa a nation we have just passed. In the course of the lecture much val uable information ih regard to the pres ent wants of the South, the provisions aud progress for the amelioration thereof, aud the duty ot the North iu the premi ses, was presented which perhaps would not otherwise have been obtained. The large field opened for the employ . mqutof christian bencfictuco was partic ularly noticed aud the claims of the " poor and needy" in the the ravagw of war We most vwiLle were Wged ii» a manner that irresisti ble to efrery right tljiukiug thus produced way uet sooi^as-i North Hope, Aug. 23d. Virginia llebuk'd from li ern Ntuiid-poiiit, The rebellious spirit in which Vir ginia, especially Kiehtnond, persists, is drawing forth rebukes from the South er" press. Referiug to the'setting aside of the Richmond election the Augusta Chronicle warmly approves of it and makes the intended application, ltsays: m_6uuitued up iu a few words, it amounts to simply this: "X 0 prominent uinn,uu less pardoned and restored to all politic al rights, who has aided or abetted the late war against the United .States Gov eminent, i?veii if lie to eleet ed." The Government has a perfect right to take thut position it"it sees tit so to do, and it lias the power to maintain it self in that position if it takes it. An important point has been gained when this interpretation has obtained iu the South for it is the admonition that was iutended, and the rule iu the future. But the Chrnnich does not content it self simply with this interpretation, but proceeds to administer a rebuke and a warning which it will be well for Vir ginia to heed. We quota: We see it stated in some of the Rich mond papers, thut any luau who is known to be an honest support* rol the Un ion can get but few votes in that city.— This is a lamentable state of affairs—es pecially in Richmond. For, if the resi dents of any part of tho South more than another, should be animated by a feeling of gratitude to the Government, it should be the citizens of that plaee. According to the usages of war. after a city has been defended as Richmond was, it is custom .ary to allow the soldiers to plunder it when taken. Rut instead of so doing, the United States troops passed some time after the occupation in chivalrously and magnanimously endeavoring to put out the flames which had been kindled by the retreating defendors. Since the occupation of Richmond the U. S. Com missary has furnished food to thousands of its famishing families, Many of her prominent citizens of tho excepted classes of the Amnesty Proclamation liay« Lech pardoned. T|je people have been treat ed iji l)iu |)io4-t generous and lenient man ner. And what does the United States Government get in return for all the kind ness shown ? Why, it is informed, that no man who is loyal to it can bo elected to offiice by tho votes of the people. Ry some, this may be considered a good way to show gratitude, but we do not opprove of any such uiefhods of returning kind ness. This is the first election, wo believe, held in a reorganised State. This, then, is the flrst tijue the Government at Wash ington has bail uu opportunity of showing what it will do in case affairs aro not con ducted ii; a satisfactory manner. Its course in this mutter is so uuequivocally plain that he "who runs may road." With such a spirt predominating in the South, reconstruction would bo com paratively easy, and we might hopo for auearly withdrawal of the military and the substitution of civil government.— Put such a thing, except, perhaps, in cer tain places, is not propable.— J'ills. Com. How to Prevent a Divorce. When the senior Jonathan Trumbull was Governor of Connetiout, a gentle man called at his house, requesting to see Ilis Excellency in private. Accord ingly he was shown into his samtiim tanrtortim, and tho Governor came for ward to meet Squire W., saying, "Good morning, sir ; 1 am glad to see you."— Squire W- returned the salutation, ad ding as he did so, "I havo cajled upon a very .unpleasant errand, sir, and want your advice. My wife and Ido not live happily together, and I inn thinking of getting a divorce. What do you advise sir?" The governor sat a few moments in deep thought, then, turning to Squire W., said : "How Jill you treat Mrs. W., when you were courting ? and how did you feel towards her at tho time of your marriage?" Squire W. replied: "I treated her as kindly as I could, for 1 loved her dearly at that Jiuic." ''Well, sir," said the governor, "go homo and court her now just as yon did then, and love her as when you married her. Do this in tho fear of God for one year, and then tell me tho result." Tho governor then said, " Let us pruy." They bowed in prayer and separated. When a year had passed away, Squire W. called again to see the governor, and grasping his hand said, "I havo called, sir, to thank you for tho good advice you gpvc me, and to toll that my wifo and I are as happy as when we were first married.— I cannot bo grateful enough for your | good counsel lam glad to hear it Mr. W.. and hope that you will continue to court yoyr wife as long as you live." The result »'as, that Sijuire W. and his wifo lived (tappily together to the end of life. Ijet those iwho are thinking of sep aration ia those days go aud do like- Ex. The Unpalriotle Position of the Democratic l'urty. We look in vain through the proceed ings of tho Democratic Stato Convention for a single word reminding the people of tho South of their duty towards tho Re public. Not a word do we fiud admon ishing the South of tho necessity of ac cepting the ideas established by tf/o war; not a word about punishing treason; no sincere rejoicing over the triumph of tho jUnjou, nor the abolition of slavery,—but a cold acqtjiescepfto in the result of tho war, protestations against tho burthens imposod by it, ending with a bill of in dictment against the faithful public ser vant*! who are doing their best to havo tfaitors punished, aud the grand principles fought for and won by our armies estab lished as tho policy of the Government everywhere. We mean no injustice to the so-called Democratic party, we intend not to misrepresent their position, and we believe we do not when we thus set forth thci/ »qtion. Theirs was tlje work of copiplajnt aud opposition throughout the war. which being ended iu complete tri umph, (hey now u* then continue to talk and act as though some great wrong was intended, some great hardship hud LOJU imposed, to throw off which the party was oalled ou to put forth all its energies. A position so unpatriotic as this is perfectly consistent with tl«j doctrine of the Chi cago platform, that the war was a failure, and that it was our duty to seek peace on any terms.— Exchange.. —The family gathoritii of the veneris' ble Israel Washbtirlie of l.irermorc, M?!, toot place Inst week at the residence of tjial gentleman, six of hit seven sons be ing prescntf as follows: Israel Waffi burn. ,1 r., ex-Governor of Maine and ex- M. C. ; Klihn Washburn, M.of Ga lena, Illinois: C. Wash burn, ex-M C!. frohi AVifconsin and 1 Major-General of voluit'ers; Charles Washburn, .Minister at I'aragua; Algir-- non S., formerly a merchant in liostou,. at present cashier of a bank in Hallowcll' r ami John. J{. Washburn, tSnrvoyor-Geu cral, MinncnoU. We doubt, if'their in another family like this iu the wholo Union. The I'ciniayltaniii Iteuiocrary. The proceedings of the late Pemocrat-* ic State Convention are now before us. We have already announced the fact that for the offices to be filled at the approach ing election they nominated two soldiers; but we did not know then that the sold iers achieved success only after an obsti nate contest. The stronges opponent of General I>*vis for Auditor General, was the present incumbent, Mr. Slcuker, who with forty-one votes on the first ballot, led tho General, and obstinately held his own until t|ie third ballot, when the Gen. was declared nominated, Mr. Harr, tf the Pittsburg font, the presents Surveyor General, made a very determined fight for renominatiou, having no idefcjofyield ing his office to one of "Lincoln's hire lings." On the first ballot he had for ty-four votes, while his principal military antagonist, Lt. Col. Linton had only twenty-three. On the second ballot liu scored fifty-five, making his greatest fight, but on the third, Col, Linton, with the aid of heavy reinforcements, renewed tho charge and gallantly carried the nomina ticn, receiving seventy-five votes to Mr. Rarr'uftO. I hiring the past 4 years the sol diers acquired a way of their own of con-, tjuering rebels and Copperheads wherev er (bey found thctn, and it seems that it did Gen. Mavis and Col. Linton good ser vice in the Convention, enabling them tu "carry the war into Africa," and to final- ly achieve success. Wo liopo that, our neighbor of the /W will submit to ho " reconstructed" after his defeat at the hands of Col. Linton, with a better grace than his Southern friends do after their defeat by the Uuion army. The resolutions are such as were to I o expected. They wore the .production of Judge Hlaclc, who as Attornpy Gopera) under President liuchan.iq gavo an offi cial opinion against the right and power of the General Government to prevent the Southern States from breaking up tho Union. No man in Pennsylvania is but ter qualified to givo a truthful exposition of modern Democracy than Judge Hind, tyid wo think tho Convention did well in sclenting him for that duty. The resolu tions declaro thatt.be Pennsylvania D>« moeraey aro and always have been in fit. vor of the Union, and thai when the war occurred they ''sustained rtie Federal ait thuvity in good faith ' The ((notation we have just made is a sufficient commentary in itself on the declaration it contains, an«l we need not show its absurdity.— They pledge tho support of tho Democ racy to President Johnson as long as be does the things tlioy indicate. That res olution is framed in a very uncertain man ner. They committed themselves to tho President in great haste some time ago, exacting him to throw himself into their arms incontinently. JJut be has not shown aj disposition to yield to their dictation, but obstinately insists on doing things in his own way. The Democrats have real ized their mistake, and the resolution was so writteu that tney can withdraw from their uncomfortable position as soon as a fitting opportunity occurs. Negro suffrage is cmphatieallydenoun ced; great love for (he soldier professed, which they gave tho lie to immediately after by fighting (lim to the bitter end; a revision of tho revenue law and equali zation of taxes demauded ; tho Democrat ic press endorsed ajid complimented, and tho Monroe Doctrine re-affirmed, whilo the tariff, the great question affecting the industrial interests of Pennsylvania, is entirely ignored. This is most signili <ant. While the Democracy of other States aro declaring emphatically and strongly in favor of l'ree Trade, the De mocracy of thia great Commonwealth ac quiesces by maintaining a studied silenco upon the question which, of all others, more vitally coneerns - our material inter ests. As the Union Convention took a bold and manly position in favor of pro tection to American industry, thesilcnco of the Democrats can only bo taken as an evidence of their hostility nnd a craven fear of the manner in which tho people would pass judgment upon its declaration. The iseuo is just as well made up, how .ever,a»d we lio not fear tho result.-— •l'iit*. Com. —Grticral Augur lias issued an order at Alexandria, Va., that the buildings and other Government property located at the several abandoned "fortification# around the District of Columbia, will bo banded over to the owners of the land as full in* demnity for the u«3 of such land by tho Government during the war. —Tbe ac« mnts at hand from China being favorable, tbe silk trade continues in a most inactive state. Prices must bo considered in u great measure nominal; but they have a strong downward tenden cy, The sold and unsold stock here on tho Ist inst. was 8,519 bales China, aud 5,000 bales B«#gaJ produce, against 1!), 060 bales aijd <j,700 bales respectively, in 1*64. —lt is probable that the Society of Friends will bo represented in the Com mission appointed to moot the Chorokoes, Chickasaws, and many ytfccr Indian tribes in grand council on t]io Ist of September. Tho object of the government .is to se cure peace among theni by improving their condition and by removing as for as possible same of the causes which huv«. heretofore provoked them to hostilities "
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