FROM WASHINGTON.
WABHINOTON City, October 18.—Tire
following report of Captain J. M. Moore,
A. Q M., who was tent to Andersonjille,
Georgia, to raaVlf the graves of Union
prisoners for future iu deotification, coil
tains valjiable information in wTTieiT tho
people are interested. ntid will doubtless
he appreciated by the relatives and friends
n" soldiers who have given their lives to
their country.
ABS'T (iu A BTER MASTERS Of FIC"., *)
PETARTMEXT 01' WASHINGTON, _ I
v.'ASHi.voTori, I). o.,S«pt.iJO, 1805. J
To Brevet Major General M. C.
Q. M. (}., U.' S. A., Washington.
Ge.neual —In accordance with special
orders No. 19 from the Quartermaster
General* Offles, dated June 30th, 1805,
r reeling me to proceed to Andersonville,
! < t.. for the purpose of marking the graves
of Unit n soldiers for fnturo idenificat
i on asid enclosing the cemetry, 1 have
> ;.e honor to report as follows: I left
'.','a-hington on th<? Bth of July, with
hanks ami materials for the purpose
above mentioned.
On my arrival at Savannah, I asccr
ta nad Lijat there was no railioad comuiu-
whatever to Andersonville, the
1-jau direct to Macon being broken, and
that from Augusta' via Atlanta, abo in
die same condidition, 1 endeavored to
procure wagon transportation, but was in
formed by the General commanding the
Department of Georgia, that a sufficient
number of teams could not be had in the
State to haul half of my stores, and as
the roads were t>ad and tho distance more
than 1,400 miles,l abandoned all idea of
making a road through a country ditiicut
ind tedious under more propitious cir
cumstances. The prospect of reaching
An er Hnvillc at this time Was by no means |
favorably, and nearly two weektoiclasped |
sinco my arrival.
At Savannah I had telegraphed to An
gusta, Atlanta and Micon almost daily
and received replies that the roads were
not completed. At lenght, on the morn
ing of the 18th of July, 1 received a
gratifying telegram from Augusta, and
lit once deterniinsd to procare a boat and
proceed to Augusta, by Savannah. The
dispatch boat was secured, and in twenty
four h< urs af';r the rrceipt ot the tele
gram alluded to, I was on my way, with ■
men and material, fur Augusta.
On iny arrival there, I found the rail
road completed to Maeon, and that from
Macon to Andersonville having never
been broken, I experienced but little dif
ficulty in reaching my destination, where
1 arrived on tho 25th of July. After a
tiresome trip, occupying six days and
nights. At Macon Major General Wil
ton detailed one company of the 40th
United States cavalry, and one from the
124 th United States Cavalry to assist me.
A inempcr of the former company was
killed the sth August, at a station named
Monteseno, on the South Western lta.il
rnad. The rolling stock of all tho roads
over which I traveled is in a miserable
condition, and very seldom a greater rate
of speed was obtained than twelve miles
an hour.
At the different stations nlongtherouto
the object of the expedition was well
known, and not unfrequently men wear
ing the garb ot rebel soldiers wou.d enter
the cars and discuss the treatment of
our prisoners at Andersonville, all of
whom candidly admitted it was shame
ful and a blot on the South that years
would not efface.
While encamped at Andersonville, I
was daily visited by men from the sur
rounding country, and bad an opportuni
ty of gleaning their feeling towards the
(jovcrnment. and with hardly au exeption
found those who had been in the rebel
army penitent and more kindly disposed
than those who had never taken a part,
anxious again to become citizens of the
Government they foujht so hard to de-
Stoy.
On the morning if the 20th of July
the work of identifying graves, painting
and setting headboards, laying out walks
i.nd enclosing the Cetnetry, was oCmmen
ced, and on the evening of August 6th
was completed with the exceptions here
after mentioned. The dead wore found
buried in trenches on a site selected hv
the rebels about three hundred yards from
the stockade. The trenches wero from
wo to three feet below tho surface, and
in several instance**, but a few inches of
earth was thrown iu the graves. So close
were they buriod without coffins, or ordi
nary clothing to cover their nakedness,
that not more than twelve inches were
nllowcd to each man Indeed these
little labels marking their resting place,
measuriug hardly ten inches in width
almost touch each other. U lited States
Boldiers, while prisoners at Andersonville,
had boen detailed to enter their compa
nies, and a simple stake at tho head of
each grave bore a number corresponding
with the similar number on the Ander
sonville Hospital record, and was to ena
ble us to identify and mark with a neat
tablet, similar to those in Americus, the
numl»er, namo, rank, regiment, company
and date of death of 12,466 graves, there
being but 467 which bore the inscription
" Unknown United States Soldiers."—
Oue hundred and twenty thousand feet
of pine lumber was used for these tablets
nlono.
The cemetry contains fifty acres, and
has been divided by one main avenuo
running thiough the contro, and subdi
vided into blocks and sections, in such
a manner that with the aid of the record
whieh I am having copied, the visitors
will experience no difficulty iu finding
any grave. A force of men are engaged
in laying out walks and clearing the cem
etry of atumpe, preparatory to planting
trees and Bowers.
I have already commenced the manu.
fueturo of bricks and will have a suffi
cient number by the Ist of October to
pave the numerous gutters throughout
tlje cemetery, the clay iu tho vicinity of
the stockade being adapted for the pur
pose of brick making. Appropriate in
scriptions are placed, and 1 have endeav
ored, as far as circumstauces would per
mit. to transform this wild, unmarked and
unhonored graveyard into a fit place of
retirement for the nation's gallant dead.
At the euntrance the words : " National
■iCemetery. Andersonville, Georgia." Des
ignate the city of the dead.
the morning of the 9th of Angus:
" Vs,
hoisted in the ccnre t>f the eemetecy,
when a national salute was fired and sev
eral national songs sung by those pres
ent. The men who accompanied -we,
and to whom I am inebted for the early
completion of my mission, worked seal,
ously and fajthfullj from early irt the
morning until late at night, suffering in
tensely from the effects of the heat. Un
acclimated as they were, one after anoth
er was taken sick with fever, and after
n brief perjod, my force of mechanics
was considerably lessened, obliging me
to obtain others from the residents of the
different parts of the State. .A 11 my men
however, recovered, with the exception
of Mr. Eddy Watt*, who died on the"
16th of July, of typhoid fever, alter an
illness of three weeks. T hrtiugbt his
body back with me a.ttt <M.\>red if t>
his family in this city. BevL-u the
United States cavalry, detailed by lieu'i
Wilson, died of the same fever shorilv
after joining their commands at Macon
Andenonville is situated on theSouih
western Ilailroad, sixty mles from Ma
con. There is but one house iu the
place except those erected by the so-call
ed Confederate Government as houses for
officers headquarters. It was formerly
known as Ander.-on, but since the war
the " ville" has been added. The conn-:
try is covered mostly with pines and hem
locks, and the soil is sandy, steiil and uu
lit lor cultivation, and unlike the section
of Mie country but a few miles north and
south of the place, where the soil is wel:
adapted for agricultural purposes, and
cotton as well its'com is extensively rais
ed. It is said to be the most unhealthy
part of Georgia, and was probably select
ed as a depot for prisoners on account of
this fact. At inid-day die thermometer
in the shade reaches frequently 110 de
grccs, and in the sun the heat is almost
! unbearable.
The inhabitant.- of il « sparse!}'settled i
locality, aro with few exotp'.i ns of the
most ignorant Class, and from their li i_--
gared and sallow faces the effects «>f cliiil
and fever are visible.
The noted prison pen is 114 feet long
and 750 feet wide, and contains 27 acres.
The dead line is 17 feet from the stock
ade, and the sentry boxes aro 30 yards
apart. The inside stockade is 18 feet
high, the outer one is 12 feet high, and
j the distance between the two is one hun
dred and twenty feet. Nothing has been
destroyed. As our exhausted and feeble
soldiers left it so. It stands to -d»y as a
monument to an inhumanity unparalleled
in the annals of war. Uow men could
survive as well as they did in this pen,
exposed to the rays of an almost tropical
sun by day and drenching dews by night,
without the slightest covering, is wonder
ful. The ground is filled with the boles
whero they burrowed, in their efforts to
shield themselves from the weather, and ]
many a poor fellow in endeavoring to
protect himself in this manner was smoth
ered to death by the earth falling in up
on them. A very worthy man has been
appointed superitendant of the grounds
and cemetry with insructions to allow no
buildings or structures of whatever na
ture to be destroyed, particularly that
, blockade surrounding the prison pen.— 1
j The stories told of the sufferings of our '
I men while prisoners here have been sub- i
11 stantiated by hundreds, and the skeptic j
Iwlio will visit Andersonville e\ en now and (
examine the stockade, with its oozy sand j
soil, tho cramped and wretched burrows,
| the dead line and the slaughter house, j
must be a careless obsener. indeed, if hp 1
is not convinced that the uii-.i-riesdepict- 1
cd of this prison-pen ate no ftxaggera- i
tions,
1 have the honor to be G '• . urobii't '
servant (Signed) J;..-. M Moore
Capt. and A. Q. M . 1'
Reasons Fuk Dglav ! , 111• n
tive reader of the Wirz trial w i I ...
able to discover why the trial • 112 Jiff.
Davis has been detayid—iv.i.- t.>
fortified and strengthened by the d •
vclopments of the late t*t. Louts tri
al of the boat burners. In a certain
sense, the rebel lenders, th ugh not
arraigned, are actually on trial be-;
fore both tribunals, for the t< utinio- j
ny taken in them is of n character i
that goes directly to convict tlmae j
leaders of the most monstrous crimes
. and intentions Apparently in no
other way could this damnatory evi
dence have been brought out. Who
ever permits his reason to operate,
and his eyes to read, cannot fail to
j discover the farseemg wisdom of the
: Government in the management of
j these cases. It r sembles the tnas
i terly strategy of Grant in handling
| and moving the armies, so as to ren-
I der success inevitable, lie was assail
ed for delays, and there are not want
ing persons wlu are ready to assail
the Administration for delaying the
trial of the rebel leaders. The en
tire question, it is now clearly to be
seen, is being conducted according
to a comprehensive plan, whereto,
we venture to suggest, the Secretary
of War stands closely related—and
reasonable men, we think, will be
content to let it be worked out.— Ex
—A Richmond paper, discussing the
increased mortality of the negroes, says :
"In a county of this State, a gentle
man sonic time during the year 1863 lost
ninety-eight slaves by flight to the Fed
eral lines. Within two years from the
time of the escape of these negroes, oecu
i rate and reliable information was received,
I showing that during the time designated
twenty-five out of the ninety-eight ne
groes had died. Another gentleman in
the same county lost, about the same time,
■ twenty-six negroes by escape to.the Free
States. When he heard from them, aft
er a period of thirty-one months, eight of
the original number hud died. Other
similar examples might be given.'
—Mr. D. T. Patterson, son in-law of
President Johnson and Senator elect
from Tennessee to the Uuited States Sen
ate. held the office uf Circut Judge un
der the rebel rule in Tenne-sce, and con
sequeutly took the oath to support the ,
Southern Confederacy. Tlli- u:ukes him
She SUumcau Citufrtt.
pkfT* The Larf/iit Circulation of
any Paper in the County, "©ft
THOMAS ROBINSON. - - Editor.
M. IV. WEAR. Publisher.
BUTLBR PA.
>VI I>V i;si> 4 \ OCT. 95, 1865.
*>i? 'Liberty and Union, Now and Fortver, One
ind 'r»»• parable."—D. Webster.
11011. .UniitKomrr} Illnir.
From the day that '• the Blair family"
joined our party, to the present time, they
hi'v« not only sought to control its policy,
hut monopolize itg honors find patronage.
Since our first observation of public men.
we have never seen one « ith as light a i
«tnck of brains, who could mnnoever to I
keep himself before the people as suc
cessfully as Montgomery Blair. It is >
with pleasure we now observe that he has ;
takrn h's leave of the party and has,
thrown himself into the bosom of the
Democracy He addressed the Negro i
hate s, and Orphan Asylum burners of
' New York city a few evenings ago in the j
j interest of the Democratic ticket at the j
If vhrom'n ' election. Should a few of
hi < */>.. fiie.nds follow "him, our party |
H wnuM receive no injury.
Gen. Ilnrrj While.
Our readrrs, doubtless, all remember
how the Senate of our State remained
"a tie," as it was called, during the great
er part of the winter '(54, because the
member whose name heads this article,
had been captured by the enemy while'
| serving his country on the tainted field,
i Repented efforts were made to have him
exchanged but all audi efforts failed. A
Brigadier Was offered for him, but was j
declined. A special election was finally I
ordered, and Dr. St. Clair elected his sue- j
cessor. As his political importance was
thus lessened, he was finally exchanged,
| and in good time became a candidate tor
! re nomination. Dr. St. Clair not only
| exhibited the bad taste of becoming a [
| candidate against him, but, it is|said, con
j tinued to oppose his election ! As tlio
| canvass progressed, some worthy l>. D ,
i offered himself as uii independent candi
! date, The friends of our nominee began
1 to be somewhat alarmed at the "situation."
I It is therefore, with great satisfaction that
i we notice the satisfactory result in the
! district. WHITE beats BLOOD, the cop
-1 perhcad candidate, in his own county,—
Jefferson. 91 votes; beats him 2184 in
Indiana, and is only beaten in Cambria,
about 7(50, leaving him the handsohie
mojo'ritj of 1516 iu the district. This is
i a filling termination of this intcresVig
canvass. Much is tine, wo have no doubt,
to the r l'Oat interest (iov. CuRTIN took in
ibis canvass, going into the disiliet iu
• n. to ui ';e upon his friends the pro
. . y t standing by this gallant soldier,
t be liovdin ii an>l he, are f.i-t friends
We heiftily congratulate this gallant pa
triot upon liis election. His presence in
the Senate will be a tower of strength to
the cause of the Union.
The Opposition
I In one respect at least, the Democracy
I are improving. They have learned to
submit more gracefully than formorly, to
i the constitutionally expressed will of the
j people. When, in eighteen hundred and
i "ixty. the Republican party took its stand
against thbextension of slavery, the south
! Crn people declared that, in the event of
' their i nccess on that issue, they would
rebel; and the verdict of the peopusbe
i ing favorable the south at once took
' grounds against submission. Then the
Northern Democracy had nothin- to say
in favor of submitting to the constitu
tionally expressed will of the people, butj
on the contrary, held convcbtions in all
the northern states for the evident pur- I
pase of incouraging revolt! Again, when j
election after election was carried in fav- 1
orcf sustaining the war policy of the Ad
ministration they had nojword of acqui
escence, so long, aj least, as the rebel
I came had uu army to which their north
ern friends could look with hope for final
success! When the last rebel army sur
rendered, however, it was quite different.
Finding that in all their efforts to thwart
the %ill they had only heaped
fresh infamy upon their own heads ! they
determined to "tack about" and profess
great reference for the expressed will of
the people. Even slavery, at one time
(heir "Dwinc institution" was not so love- j
ly ufter all ! "The Democracy" they
would tell ns, "was always opposed to :
it." They were "heartily glad that it was I
dead"' "It was the rock on which they
split!" All this was very good, although
it cauie quite too late for their special
benefit, for they had gone down, before
the .people on a still greater issue—that of
| loyalty to the government. However, as
we have said they have at last learned
; that it is bsst to submit to the expressed
will of the peoplty Afresh illustration '■
of this fact is TOurl in the spirit iu
vvtyeh they accept their lat -> defeat at the !
-'.J*-" 1 - 1
polls. Oitf neighbor, the He-raid, favors
its readers with a long article, the bur
then of which is to infirm them
that the issuo—'Negro suffcrage"—has
gone against them ; and that' thev, liSi 1
goed citizens submit cheerfully to the
finding—-that 'Pennsylvania has platted,
herself, side by side, With Massachusetts !
What a happy day for Pennsylvania !
Yes, the day that our own glotfibns old
commonwealth places herself side by side,
with the Bay State, she will stand high
er in the eyes nftlta civilized world' than
she ever did'before. Nnthing has pre
vented lier from doing this long siuce,
but the fed by Bneh nieo as
James Buchanan (her favorite son 1.) and
his Attorney UenerSl, Jerry Black. Now
| ibatall that breed of politicians are wiped
out/nrever by the popular veico. there is
nothing to pfevent Pennsylvania from do
ing right on all questions, whethor they
relate lb her whifo*sr black citizens—her
| adopted or native born. As wo intimated
on a foruier occasion, the day to carry an
| election in this country bv an nppq#l to
the prejudices of the people has passsd
j away. Ilene'eforth, those attempting it
j will find that tlieif scheme,like the fowlors
gun will
'• Mlmm the mark,
I'pth wclf ftutl uloveri
j An.l khtH'k theliolder, uprawUdg Over.".
The Old Academy.
Some time ago our leaders were favor
| ed with a rather interesting, as it was
I quite a humorous, essay on this subject,
j To this a te*ponee was made by "Miss
j Witherspeon," which, while it was mild
and modest, was also sOin'cfrhat adran
j cing—proposing a mafrilnohial arange
] liieut between the two institutions. To
j all this a plea in abatement was filed, in
the the common schools, by a
"Director." Since then, a meeting, we
hove informed, was held by the
friends of "union," to consult as to what
had'better bo done, to effect a union of
the two institutions. "The prayer of old
Aeadamy," had the desired effect, there
fore, of arousing our people to the fact
that thing: were not as they should be—
j that it was time to make some disposition
of the property and funds of the once
j thriving, but now dilapidated institution j
known as the "Butler Academy."
The Witherspoon Institute is a band- j
some edifice, located in the north part of j
our town j and belonging to, and under j
| the hupetvision of the Allegheny Pres
bytery of the O. S. P. church. An ef'
fort will doubtless be made to haVG such
legislation this winter as will enable the
parties in interest to unite the funds and
destiny of the two schools. The Presby
try relinquishing its controll of the
Witherspoon, as a denominational school
—electing only three of the ?ix trustees,
and the county electing tlio. remaining
three. This, we understood to bo the
terms offered by Dr. Young and others,
on behnlf of the institutim. The offer,
we doeni quite fair and liberal.
We write this art'clo at this time, be
cause, with all others that wo
mention the subjecf, we think W high
time that something was done it.this
matter. For a great many years past, we
have felt that economy, as well as hu
manity, required that wo should make
some better provision than wo now have,
for the Care and comfort of the poor of
our county. To us it seems hard to have
so many litigations about the residence
of those, whom misfortune has thrown
upon the charities of a cold world. Nor
do we think our present mode of treat
ing those, wltoty tlio law compels us to
support, cither humane or right. No
doubt some of our poor receive good
treatment at the hands of those to whose
care th ;y are committed. But in most
instances wo believe those who aro least
fit to care for them have thein in charge.
It is the fewest number that wiih to take
then into their families. For this many
reasons could be given; for present pur
poses however, it is enough to know that
such is tho fact.
Had we a farm with suitable buildings
and arangemeuLs, all the hardships at
( tending the poor oould bo avoided.—
With a view to this we have often thought
! that it would bo well to dispose of th
! funds and property belonging to the Acad-
I emy in such a way as to obtain a starting
point for a poor farm. It is a great
matter to get a start. Fifty thousand
dollars is a small sum, comparatively, and
yet, bad not the Pa. Hail Road Co., given
that sum to start on, it is likely no pro
vision would have yet been made for the
education of "Soldier's Orphans." So in
this case, could we get ajgpod start, the
good work of providing for our poor a
comfortable home could be accomplished.
There is perhaps oighteen hundred dol
lars in money, and the old building and
lot would bring, say twelve hundred—
jin all §3,000. This would buy a farm,
and at some future time we eou Id put up
| the nec«ssary buildings. Now, iu speak
| ing thus freely, we kiftw wc aro running
; counter to a very strong feeling here.—
i Indeed wo woulil much prefer remaining
silent did we not feel it Jo be our duty to
c-all public attention toTliis matter —somo
would say '"this fund being originally
dedicated to literary purposes should not
now bo diverted from them. This we regard
only as a technical objection, and there
fore not very forcible. Iu taking this
view of this important subject, we don't
i wish to be understood as being unfriendly
to thd interests of thfc 1 WithefrpOotff
far«therwi»e. We deem its'continuanfce
as a literary institution absutriM# nt»Ws
sary ; and if it needs further endowment
wAwill bp among the t fore»jqst to urge
its claims Upon the community. It Las'
now hn eslstancej howovaii,- has a stronir
denomination to iely on lor Substantial
support, as well as the friends of cltfPa
tion of all denominations,as also a strong
support outside of all denominations.—
So far if is ahead of an instit utioh for the
comfort, (jf the poor.
We,have thus franlcly expressed our
feelings and Convictions. Kliowing the
fact thpt, there is a strong feeling here iA
iavor of the Union already relered to.'we
have done so with some rehictance. The
great respect we feel for those who favor
I this union, as well as our sympathy for
the obj.ect of it. will prevent us from fol
! lowiug this matter further. Wo submit
it to the people of the wlule county; and
j will cheerfully acquiesce in their decisiou,
whatever that may be.
Should they determine to have the fund
dedicated to charity, we will feel much
delighted, the more so because wc are
fearful that, should this opportunity pass,
we may not find one so favorable in the
future.
Should the other object be attained,
we will still rejoice that the money is be
ing turned to good account. Both
Institutions are worthy of public
favor; and both, wc trust will receive it.
In any event we will urge that tho mat
ter be finally disposed of this coming ses
sion of the Legislature. If the fund go
to literary uses, the trustees as organized
under the new regulation sliould take
charge of it; but if to the purchase of i
a poor farm, trustees should be appointed
by the Court, who, after giving security
should proceed to collect and controll it
till otherwise disposed of.
Let us hope that this matter will re
cent* thatattentionjwhich itdcseives, and
that such aetiou may be had as becomes
a liberal and enlightened community.
COJIXIM MATIOXN.
, 'Honor to whom Honor IN One.'
| Disgrasc not tlje patriots grave, nor
| wound the feelings of his friends, by cal
j ling around him those who have opposed
| e\«vy principle for which he gi-T; his life,
j Sborhcd him when lie d. ew Ins sword in
defence of his country's honor. Cried
coaipromise, wlieu he cried war! Op
posed appropriations to i'eed him 1 Voted
to deprive liiui of the right of suffrage !,
Called his four years of war a failure !
and him a nicio hireling ! Aud now,
when it is proposed to rear a monument
to his memory, will such men consent to
be officers of such an association, when
the common feelings of humanity uiu*t
fell them theif position is distastful to the
friends 61' the departed 1 Uuless they re
nounce their past history,it would better bu
comethcm to turn theiriucc the oilier way,
until the names of our uoble dead are in
scribed upon tho scroll of fuino,whe;i they
might stand afar off, oount tho nuaiber
of thdir slain, and repent in sackloth and
ashes at what their past folly has brought
upon us.
Friends of fttason ! It is too late now
to prove your iWalty, too late to wash your
hands. In the hour of conflict you came
not to our aid. In the hour of victory
wo ask not your help. We can burry
our own dead, and dedicate a spot to their
memory, be it ever so humble.
But says one, these men be their pur
pose what it may, will give li berally, aud
'why not encourage them ?"
Ist. Because it is wounding to the
feelings of soldier's friends.
2d. Because it would bo unjust, both
to the dead and tho living. The voice
from the dead is, "Let not our murderers
be our pall-bearcrs,'' and it is wrong that
future generations should read the histo
ry of this monument and find that those
who never drew a loyal breath during tho
long strugglo for the life of the nation,
were given in the hour of victory tho
honor of superintending a monument to
the memory of those who perished in the
conflict. While the monument stands to
the honor of our soldiers, let it stand to
the dishonor of their enemies, and a warn
ing for all time that treason is the great
est of crimes and thoso who place them
selves iu the pathway of the nation, must
perish in dishonor.
We ask no aid from our enemies; if
they will give, it might be taken to buy
a Potter's field,but, "let it not go iutothe
treasury."
There is no person of common sense,
but sees there is something unnatural
about the leadi.ig copperheads in our
county being the directors of our Monu
ment Association. Such a connection
is no less awkward to them than it is
wounding to the feelings of soldiers.
They Certainly do not desire such a
position. Who nominated them ? Could
not the same self-instituted power relieve
them of their awkward position ?
Certainly theso men aro not anxious
that those unfit to vote while on earth,
should have a Monument to tell their dis
graco to posterity.
But there is a class of men whose in
terest has been your interest and for whose
right of suffrage you have ever pleaded-
Yes, when these die, you can
gather their ashes and migrate to Canada
and in ercfing a monument to their
mJajorJ yotnuiy find A jbbttr consistent
voaf fatl life, upofl the barren shores
of s jorefyn lafld.
One word more. Why tno phrase
".Citizen Soldiers" in the second article
dF the constitution—Butler couuty filled
part of her quota by men who never saw
the county, and if they have died for us,
shall we he so ungrateful as not to re
member them ? In u>y opinion
Mltutioniihoßld.be amended t hat 'aft
who have died in the service, as repre
sentatives of Butler County whether cit
izen or B'ihstitu:e, Njtivcthpra or itiotiey
bought, white or black, together with
thuSfe formerly belonging to the crtuntiy
who were credited to other districts
should all go upon the uionuuietit, whifch
should be built of pure marble aud no cdp
per. J usTl^ft.
The New State Senate and Assembly.
Sounte.
SPEAKER —Davis Fleming, of* Dauphin. j
District. |
I. Philadelphia—Jen miah Nicholas (V) !
ll* ' 4 Jat?t»b E. Jtidgwuy (TD ) |
111. 44 C. M. Donovan [!) ] I
IV. 14 Oeorge'Coftnell I.U.] ;
\ . Chester, Delaware and Montoinpry— j
W. Worthington It'.], Horace K«yer [U.I !
VI. liucks—o. P. Jaine* [D. j |
VII. Lehigh and Northampton—George j
B. Solmll [D.J
VIII. Barks—-IlicMter Clymer [D 1
IX. Schuylkill- Win. M. KandaH [D.| |
X. Carhou, Monroe, Pike and Wayne— J
11. B. Beard-Ice [D.]
XI. Bradford, and Wyom- 1
inir—George Lindon, [U/|
XII. Luzerne -I. D. Shoemaker, [l).]
XHI- Putter, Tingju Mcliean and Clin*
ton— WarrenTjowlc-*, [U.|
XIV. Lyc Union and Snyder—J.
Walltlfti ID.]
XV. Northumberland, Montour, Collim*
bia, and Sullivan— David B. Montgomery,
fi>j
XVI. Dauphin and Lebanon —D. Flcm
»n«. fuj
X\ II Lancaster —B. Champncys, [l/.l
i?. M. Dun lap, [U.]
XVIII. Y n k and Cumberland—J. Hies
tand Uinta, [D.]
XIX. Adams and Franklin— C. M. Dun
can. ID.]
XX. Somerset, Bedford and Flilton—•('«.
W. ilouwehojder, [V ]
XXI. Blair. Huntingdon, Centre, Mifflin,
•Jittiiotia and Perry—L. W. Hall, [U.] Kirk
tiaines, [U.J
XXII. Cumbria, In ?iana and Jt-ffefoen—
f»en. Harry White, [II ]
XXII I. Cleiirtfeld, Cameron. Cln-ion,For
est and fcjk—\V. A. \V allac", | D. j
XXI V. Wesfrnore'iini, Fayette and
Greene—John Latti, [D.J
XXV. Allegheny —J. I*. Graham IU.I,
T. .1, Bighum [II. |
XXVI Washington and Beaver—Win.
! Hopkins [D ]
XXVI I. r uwren •e.Bii'ler ?»»•♦?
Hev. R Audley lir nnp [U ]
XXVIII Mc»eer, Venango and Warren
—T horn us 11-.ee [V J
XXIX. CrnAfr rd and Erie MOITOW B.
L"wry I tJ J
Union ab'fiaNir.*, 20
Opposition SonaJoip, 13
Union majority, 7
It. Is b diet ed that Mr. h"
Union candidate in thc N"»cte<n h
riirnr he elected l»y the soldi' rs* v ■ e, wbi< 1|
will give a UniAn majority of nil e<
AsHfitthCy.
rmt.AitKi.vm A, |
1.0«.» VV. Gbegan, U. I
2. W. 11. iluddinfo*. U. I
3. f*. Jose-pha.D.
4 W. W. Watf, IT
b. J. T. Thorna*. U. !
6. Jan. Freeborn. V. j
7. Jar Suhoifc. U. ■
8. .lame* N. RornA, V.
0* G. A. Qnigley, D,
10. K. w . Davis, U. 1
11. F, D. Warner, U.
12. Alex. Adair. U
-13. JM. Donnelly, D.
14. Francis Hood. V.
15. G. Dellaven, Jr., V. >
10 I». A. Wallace, U.
17. F.d. G. I.e*, r.
18. Joa. N. Mark-, U.
AT>AMB.
riiilip It. llotick. U.
ALLEO HENY-
George Y McKea. U
Hans H. IleiTon, U
Alfred flack, II
David Shaffer. U
.'ohn P Ulaw. U
John A. U
ARMSTRONO.
F. Mechling. U
BERK*.
John Mlasimer, 1>
11. 11. Ilhodos, D
Fred Harnrr. I) }■
Ot'CKf. |'
Lother Calvin, I)
F W. Headman, D |
BRADFORD AND SL'LLIVAN.
Lortnao Grinnell, li j
0 w , Kinnev, U
RI.AIR.
Joseph G. Adinm, U l<
Cyroa L. Parshlng, D
CARBON AND MUNROE. H
Allen Crnig, D
CENTRE. |<
Fred Kurt/., I).
CLAIR AND JEKFERRON. '
W. W. narr, D
CLKARFIKLD, ELK, AND FOR-',
REHT.
Dr. H. C. Barley, Ind. D
CLINTON, CAMERON, AND M*- ;
SEAN.
F. B. Eldrcd. D
CII ESTER.
N.J. Sharplese, U
W. B. Waddell, U
N. A Pennvpacker, U
J* C. Rturtevaat, IJ
Goo. 11. llemus, U
CoLUMftIA AND MONTOUR.
W. 11. Jacoby, D
CffcUr RLAND.
Philip Long. D
Jeremiah Seller, U
H. 11. Hoffman, I!
DELAWARA.
El I wood Tyson, C
O. 8. Woodward, II
D- B. McCraary, U
FXTFTTE.
lChaa, E, Uo> 1-. L>
ITHor. IV.sa, I)
mlffrMMN, MIFFLIN, AND
J! Vl4*.
lEplrraim llaker, U
I Jume* M. Brow*; li
FLFDFLNA ATf D WE9TXOBX
UND.
George V. Smith, U
J. K. McAfee, V
Jaa. McElrov. II
LATVCARTEM.
Tl. W. SUenk, II
Cbii#. Define*, V
Hay Wood, IJ
.!**>. M. Steihmnn, U
LEBANON.
Jacob B Melly, U
LKIIiOU. ?
N. Wei-er. D
Ja<». F. Kline, D
LTCOMINO CNlofl ANT SNYDER
Saml. ('-. Wiiigard. U
IRieic Kotbrock, U
D. A. Irwiu, U
I.CZERNE.
Anthony Grmlv, 0
f> F Heyberf, 1)
j D. S. KOOH, I)
j MER'.'ER, LAWF.r.NCE AND Bl'T-
McPhorrin, U
J. 11. Negtery. IT
[Snlhtiol Mckinley, U
| Henry l'illuw, V,
MCNTOOMLRT.
I A. Tt Marklev. D
IKb ftitterthwaila* D
| NORTHAMPTON.
I Oliver 11, Myers, I)
T D, Harrington, 0
( li «> !-•. W . Tlmrp, i>
I FKRRT A>D FRANKLIN.
I George A. Shcrnian. U
N. 8 U
BCIIITLKtLL.
! Koinedy Rofinaon. D
'J. M. Proaland, D
j P. F. Collin*, I»
) KOMVRBET, NR.DFORD AND
j Moaaa A. KOM, i/
j D. 11. Apwistr«mg, t",
SFUQEOANN » AND WTOM*
BM.
: P. M. Oaterhout. T.
J. T. Cameroni U •, .
TIOOA AND POTTER.
Wm T. Humphrey, U
John S. Mann, U
VENANOO AND WARRE*.
IW, s . Whann, U
Harrison Allen IJ
WARHINOTON AND DEAVKR,
Janien U Kel'ey, U
Jineph II WoUjh, IT
Matthew 8 Quay, U
WATNE AND PIKE
Wm. M. Neleob, D
TOBK
{James D
;A S Lawreuco, 1>
The majority for the Democratic candidate* in Lu
zerne is so small that the soldiers' Tote may elect tho
Union candidate;.
Union members
Democratic 33
ladepennent Dem0crat........... 1
Union majority. i....v..3J
Union majority on joiut.b*!
—Everywhere the greatest activity
prevails in the sehool book trade. The
demand from the South is especially
promiscing. Olrl accounts running battle
prior to the war have been honorably
settled, and publishers are filling; new or
ders exceeding any former puchasers—
This is creditable to Southern merchants,
and shows that lienor and fair dealing
have not perished with the war.
—Preparations are being made for tho
erection of a mammoth refinery, with a
capacity for manufacturing 2,(All) barrels
per week of refined oil, a' tho mouth of
Pithole Creek, ou the Allegheny river.
—A through passenger train via the
New York Central, Buffalo Cleaveland,
and connecting roads between New York
and Cineinati, will coniovnce running
r next week. So much for the Pan Ilan
i die compctction.
"GOOD IIY, OLD ARM."—ID tho hospi
talat Nashville, a short time ago, a wound
ed hero was lying on tho amputating ta
blo, under the influence of chloroform.—
They cut otfhis strung right arm, and
cast it, a'llblecding, upon the pile of hu
man limbs. Theu they laid him gently
upon his couch. He woke from his stu
por and missed hid arm. With his left
arm lie lifted the' Ob*k fn4 there was
uothing but the gOrs stump 112 • fVhere's
my arui?" h? cried fjjet my arm; I
want fc) see it once i«ove+- fyf right
arm." They brought it to nun. He
took hold,of the cold oUumiy finders, and
Rooking steadfastly at ttie pooK mem
ber. thus mldicssed it with tearful ear
nestness; "Guod by, old arm. We N%vc'
btieu a. long time together. We mist'
part now. Good by," obf'arm. You'll 1
never lire another carbine. foor swing an
other sabre fur the Government," and
the tears-rooHed down hia IIo
(heft said to those Stand "Under
stand, I don't regret it* loss, ft has been
tormfrum my body that not rine Stato
should be torn frotii this glbrifcus
ion.
Mecflitfi of Cwpdolcuec and
NyittjiiUliy In lliirri><MorK.
The clerks and cinpfoycc"? of the I.anil
Department held a meeting last Friday
afternoon, of whieii Majar> TJiomas J.
lteher. Chief Clerk, presided. Colonel
J/eWis 11. Stout, of Northainptpn, serving,
as Secretary, the object of the meeting
being to take action in rcfbrettCe to the
recent untiaiely death of Mrs. Surveyor
General Hnrr and Wm. 11. Butler, late
clerk in the Land Office A letter of
condolence subscribed toby all the env
ployeea, was addressed fo the' Hon. James
I'. IJarr, Surveyor General/tdiwlering him
their heartfelt sympathy at his sad be-
rcavement.- Hv this death there are nine
children left uinthejlpss. In reference
to the late Mr Butler the following pre
amble and resolutions ttctc ptissed :
WimtE.vs, By the mysterious work*
ings of an nil-wise end inscrutable Provi
dence Mr. Win. 11. Butler, late a clerk
in the I/and Department of Pennsylva
nia, ca'nu to his death, on Saturday hist,
| by a disastrous railroad accident, near
| Lancaster, Porrnn., it is meet and proper
that this 1 ((apartment should,give expres
sions of sympathy and condolence to his
relatives anil friends, therefore
ltciobcd. That in ths death of Mr. lint
ler this Department has lost a reliable
, and efficient clerk ; social in his intcr
: course, gentlemanly iti hi* deportment,
with a wan.i and goitrous heart, and a
| kind word for.ajl.
! llanolvoi/, That while wo deeply and
| sincerely deplore his loss as a member of
society and of this department, cut off by
the scythe of time at tlto noontide of life,
ill th» midst cf health and vigor, nnd, in
no. instant when.least anticipated, hurled
Ironi this sublunary sphere to that undis
covered country from whose bourne 110
traveler returtis, there, let us trust, ha
may rest in peace and eternal happiness.
Air. Butler wits unmarried, lie has
two sisters; one (he wife of the Hon. J.
15. lieck, Residing at Willianisport, and
tho other residing in Philadelphia.
._ , ~:1 1 -- '-■■■».
I.ttto JiCWhlleill".
—A general inoycißooSihas been com
menced liy the officers,oi lh • navy to pe
to I ion (Congress tor au iiic lease of pay
Tho gallant conduct pt naval officers du
ring, tho late rebellion entitle their
memorial to nfOre than ordinary atten
tion. The present pay of the officers of
oar navy was established at a period
when tho of the country was
gold and silver. Kven at that time it
• was not nioro than sufficient to meet their
current necessary expenses, and left them
without the prospect of providing for old
age or misfortune. Since that period the
cost, of the necessaries of life has 111010
than doubled in most articles of food and
elothiog.
hvcrywhcrc tho greatest activity
prevails in the school book trade. Tho
demand from the South is especially pro
mising. Old accounts running back pri
or to tlie war have been honorably settled
and publishers are filling new orders ex
ceeding any former purchases. This is
credible to southern merchants, nnd shows
that honor and fair dealings have not
perished with the war.
j —(! apt. Jno P. Ward, who was shot
' at Lexington, Mich , on Friday night last,
1 is now in more Comfortable condition, and
jisin a fair way to recover. The paraly
sis which prevailed in the lower portion
| of his body is passing The spinal
1 cord was not injured.
I — 'l he Albany journal, »peakin#for Mr.
: Seward, denies that he furnished the
| British Government, us is represented,
information concerning the Fenians,
j —The friends of Oottschalk deny the
! truth of the alleged bad conduct
! ed in the California papers. They say the
| whole story grew from an absurd, buten
| tirely innocent flirtation.
—Two weeks ago there was a myste
i rious murder in Buffalo, N. Y., a ma« be
j ing found dead on the street. The case
i was worked up by the police, the murder
j arrested at ClcavclaDd, taken back, tried,
and is now sentenced to bo hung on tho
J 24th of November.
| —A man named James Barker, fell
j from a tree somewhere uear the city of
I Brio, on Sunday afternoon, while gath
ering chestnuts, and broke his neck.
soon as he was seen to fall some parties
who were near ran up to him, but lbuud
that hejpsped bounce and died, lie j
is well'iFuoAin as a carpenter and was the I
supportof an aged mother.
—The Bradford Jirporter, of the 6th
iuet.jgays : Asa Pratt, ef Canton township,
eoßiniitted suicide on Wednesday morn
ing last, while laboring under mental ab
eratiin. Mr. Pratt was a much respect
ed citisen. Ho has for several years shown
occasional symptoms of insanity, aud lie- '
qucntly talked of killing himself.
—That was a smart youngster « U
hearing his mother renark that she
was fond of music, exclaimed. "Then
why don't you bu • me a drum V
—At the end of life's turnpike is
death's gate, and when the rich paßp
through it they are gtncrally tolled.
—Always lend a crutch to halting
humanity ; but trip up, if you will
the stilts of pretension. jk