WASHINGTON ITEMS. NEW YORK., Nov. 30.—A special dis patch to the New York llrrald, from Washington, Nov. 2!)th,says it is under stood that an effort will be wade by the New York delegition at the organization nf Congress to divide the clerical honors villi Pennsylvania, which has so long enjoyed a monopoly of them. A strug gle to depose Mr. McPherson from the clerkship of the House will undoubtedly bo itiade. Several candidates for the clerkship are being talked over by mem bers already here, and it would seem from their earnestness that Mr. McPherson has more to do than simply walk over the course. The name of RichaH A. Sher man, of Oneida County, the yeas and nnys Clerk of the House, is mentioned in this connection. Tho officers of the Pension Bureau are (•onvinced that thero are a large number of persons in New England and the Wes tern States who are palming themselves off upon persons who are entitled to pen sions, as licensed agents of the Bureau, who are entirely unreliable. All agents for pensions are required to hold licenses from tho Commissioner of the Bureau. Thesurgeon having charge of the frced men in North Carolina reports that dur ing the last three years there were great inroads upon the blacks by yellow fever and small pox. Tho mortality at Fort Anderson, one of the largest colonies in the State, was unprecedented, during the rage of the four last springs; over two thousand dying in less than two months. Now, however, their sanitary condition is continually improving. A special to tho World, from Wash ington, says: General Fullerton, who has just Te turned from Louisiana, reports the planters unable to obtain sufficient amount of laborers, and could employ sev eral thousand more than there is in the State. The citizens of Louisiana are re pairing the loss sustained during tho war, nud take every little interest in political military movements Real estate, rents and all products are commandiug high prices, and all brances of busines has l«cn resumed with a degree of energy unusual in that portion. . It has been strongly intimated to-day that the Clerk of the House intended to place tho names of the Tennessee dele gation of Congressmen elect on tho rolls on the first day of the session, It is as serted that Tennessee iB in the same cat egory with other Southern Stotes, and if this intention is carried out an Ohio mem ber will move to strike out the names from the roll. Those who favor tho measure say that Tennessee is fully restored to the Union, and it is therefore entitled to im mediate representation. Noarly all of the Tennessee Congressmen elect arc here. The Times' Washington special says thore will be seven contested seats in Congress. There is tho case of Brooks vs Dodge in the Bth New York district, on which a strong contest will be made. Mr. Brooks is the sitting member- In the 16th Pennsylvonia district there is s contest between Messrs. W. 11, Koontz, Republican, and A. 11. Coffroth, Demo crat. The probability is that the case will come up at once, and that Koontz will be given the case referred to com mittee on elections. In the 21st Penn sylvania district, Smith Fuller, Union, contests the certificate of Sohn D. Daw son, Democrat, In the 13th Ohio dis trict, the seat of Columbus Delaocy, Un ion, is contested by Mr. Follett Demo crat- In the 6th Indiana district, the seat of D. W. Vorhecs, Democrat, is contested by Col. H. D. Washburnc,Un ion In the 4th Missouri district, the seat of Capt. Kelse, Union, is contested by S. H. Boyd, Democrat. In the 6th Michigan district, the seat of Mr Low hridge, Union, is contested by Augustus C. Baldwin. The credentials of the mombers are very slow on arriving, and it is doubtful if the clerk will be able to make np his roll in time from the credcndials received. There is no contested case this time for nny of the territories. Tho certificate of Governor Goodwin, the delegate elect from Orizsna, has been received, signed by himself, of eonrso. Not more than three or fonr of the mombers elect from the Southern States have arrived. They evidently prefer to await the issue at home and save expense. Among those here is Joseph Barker, the well kuown banker of New Orleans, who is a member from that district. A spoelal to the World from Washing ton says: A gentleman arrived here to day from the Rio Grande, who was pres ent at the siege of Matamoras. His ac count of the behaviour of the Imperial troops is not very creditable to them. He says they numbered about two thousand, and that the engagement was a perfect farce. The Liberal party are gathering strength daily, and will soon force the Im perial troops back into the interior. He communicated somo important facta to our Government respecting the condition of affairs along the Rio Grande. No additional intelligence has been re ceived Jfrom Gen. Sheridan wiithin the last twenty-four hours. Gen. Fullerton, who reaohed this city to-day, from New Orleans direct, says that affairs on the Rio Grande excites very little interest in New Orleans; none there anticipate serious results frum tho re cently reported collisions between our troops and the French. A special to the World says : The Vir finia Legislature meets on Monday next, t is believed that the Constitutional Amendment abolishing slavery will be passed, and the rebel debt repudiated. —Governor Parson, of Alabama, rec ommends the conferring r.f legal rights on the negro, the same, as are enjoyed by the now-voting whites. But this same Gov ernor wanted a special code for the blacks which would keep thein in a sort of vas salage. If he could only come to the oouclusion that the colored race and the poor whit]s are entitled to precisely the came legal righes as the "more favored classes," would exhibit some degree of heartiness in securing it, and in doing so would reoeive the support of a majority of the oitisens of Alabama; the question as to the reorganisation of that State would not go Jong tuteoived.— Albany Evtningx J- Death of Van Ambcroh.—lsaac A. Van Amburgh, famious for his feats as a turner of wild beasts, died suddenly, at Philadelphia, on Wed nesday morning, in the 55th year of his age lie began his career as a keeper of animals in a menagerie, and soon exhibited the extraordinary | power over them which he professed, lie made fiis first appeafanee in 1853 at New York, in the cages of 'ions, t'gers, leopards, etc. In one of his subsequent places he rode a horse from the stage up a "set of runs," or mim ic wilds ; and while on the way, a royal Bengal tiger sprang from a thicket upon him. A fearful struggle then took place between Van Am burgh and the tig'?r ; they clut -hed at each other and grappled, and the content continued, the combatants rolling and tumbleing until the reach ed the footlights- On one occasion he introduced with the presence of the lion a child and a lamb. The thought was suggested to him b*' the Scripture phrase : "The lion and the lamb shall lie down together, and a little child shall lead them." While in England in 1839, Queen Victoria made several visits to Van Amburgh. Once she remained till the audience had gone, to see the feeding of the beasts. They had been ki'pt with out food for thirty-six hours, and were fierce and ravenous—so that the lion and tiger simultaneonsly plung ed at a lamb which was taken into the cage, and would have made two moutlif'ulsofit.but Van Amburgh lash ed them with severity, and drove them into their corne-s, where they remained in perfect quiet. Van Ambnrgh, in the course of his career, had many severe contests with the animals, in some of which he was bitten and torn, but he al. ways came off the victor. He pos sessed great physical strength and fearless courage. He had a command ing presence; his movements were graceful ; he was firm, and under all circumstances self-possessed. In his intercourse with his acquaintances— he was never married—he was ex ceedingly kind, and even gentle ; and his geniality was one of the most prominent of his qualities. xkhsTtf.tih. —Who was the beat general in the army ? General intelligence. —Toledo and Sandusky papers report hauls of fish at each place of 20,000 pounds each. —The colored schools at Chattanooga have been closed to prevent the spread of small pox. —There are two hundred and forty eight boys and forty-eight girls in the House of llefuge in Cincinnati. —lt is proposed to organtze a lottery for the relief of families of those who have died from cholera in Paris. The capitol is to be 4,000,000 francs. —Nineteen apprentices working in a London bottle factory have been impris oned for starting a strike and following it up with a little riot. —Judge Poland has been appointed to fill the vacancy in the United States Sen ate occasioned by the decease of Senator Collauier. In a fracas between Robert Figg and William Eurril, in Huntsville, Ala., a few days ago, Arthur Brown, a bystander, *as shot and killed. —The death of the fattest man in the world is recorded in Paris. His name was M. Aelme, of German origin. At the time of his death he weighed 500 pounds, and was 42 years cfage. —Major Generals Rousseau and Bar low have resigned their positions, having been respectively promoted by the peo ple of Kentucky and New York to civil appointments. —When Sir Walter Scott was urged not to prop thcfallingcreditofan acquaint ance, he replied: "The man was my friend when friends were few, and I will be his, now that his enemies are many. —Six oil companies have been formed in tho small village of Deleware, near Lon don, Canada, and all parties are said to have great faith in the profitable nature of their investments. —Crime is fearfully op the increase in Nashville, Tennessee. Robberies and murders are of nightly occurrence. Spe cial measures have been taken to put a stop to those outrages. —The Superintendant of the recruit ing service at Carlisle, Penna., has been order d to forward four hundred and fif ty recruits to the Fourth United States Cavalry, now serving in Texas under General Sheridan. —A Cat is not generally considered a very teachable animal. But there ib one in a store in Concord. N. H., that has been taught to cutwith histecth the twine with which packages arc tied, and per forins its work with dexterity. —Last waek 26,082 hogs were receiv ed in Chicago, and 17,832 were sold.— Prices ranged from $10,50 for light hogs, to $11,75 for prime. The receipts of hogs in Chicago, October Ist, are 156,- 804 less than during the same time last year. —The receipts of cattle in Chicago last week were 0,574. Sales in the same time were G,055. The Republican advi oes farmers to keep anfattened cattle at home and teed them, as there is DO long er any demand for cattle. —By advice of his physician. Gover nor Curtin will spend a season in Cuba, returning in time to prepare his message to the coming session of the Legislature. He sails from New York next week, ac companied by Mrs. Curtin, Surgeon Gen eral Phillips, and one or two of his inti mate friends. —The railroads centering at Boston have agreed to give free passes over res pective roads to those soldiers who are in search of work, and for whj.-n situations have been secured by the employment bureau at, the State House. ffihe Stmrocan bittern. The Largest Circulation oj any Paper in the County. THOMAS ROBINSON. - - Editor. H. W. SPEAR, Publisher. BUTLER PA. WEDXESDAT I»EC. 6, IS#5. Liberty and Union, Now and Forever, One and •nieparabre."—D. Webster. tt&~ With the present numberour paper oommences on its Third Volume. It is with great satisfaction that we announce to our readers the fact that its success in a political point of view has been most satisfactory. We had no knowledge, when we undertook the enterprise that, things would have gone up so high or we would ha'-dly had faith in the enterprise. We made the effort, however, and notwith standing the great advance in everything we have been successful, and we hope to some degree, useful. For this result we are greatly indebted to tho confidence and influence of our friends. With a fresh determination togo forward in the advo cacy of the principles for which we have labored thus far, until even the humblest of the human family shall realize the enjoyment of "certain inalienable rights amongst which are life, liberty. on 1 the pursuit of happiness," wo com- j mence the issue of this Volume. The Monument. By a communication from James Bredin Ksq., in our last issue, the Monu mental question has been brought moro definitely before our people. We had supposed that the discussion which has taken place in reference to the constitu tion of the present board of uirecfnrs— for that is tho only part of tho society that has ever been assailed —would ha-e caused its re-construction (this leing a great for re construction,) so that it would harmonize more with the senti ments of the great majority of the com munity. Had we been giving counsel, we would have advised its enlargement to, say twelve, taken from the different parts of the county. It is evident, from Mr. ]i red ill's address, that no change is contemplated, however. Upon this sub ject we have little feeling ourself. The majority cf the present board are quite satisfactory to us. Mr. William Campbell is an industrious, inteligent. and influential citizen. Judgo Mitchell has bad considerable experience in pub lic affairs; had much to do with the build ing of our Court House, and will, there fore, be an efficient Director. There is perhaps, no one in the county better qualified to act as Chairman of such an Association than Mr. Bredin, nor one for whom we entertain a higher personal re gard. Without making any personal rc« flection on any, we had thought that the selection of the balance or the board displayed a want of reflection as to the popular will. As no change is to be made however, we hopo the string sym pathy which loyal men of all parties leel in the success of the enterprise, will over balance any weight that may Be felt toclog its advancement. We are not of those who believe that what has been written on this subject has been injurious.— Through the communications of "Jus tice" and the replies to them from other [ sources, the people have became alive to the fact, that there is a "Monumental Association" in existance—a fact not gen erally realized before Let us then, one and all, goto work in earnest, determined I to succeod. We havo frtqueutly given it as our opinion, that the people needed information on this subject, which it is the duty of the society to give. The address of Mr. Bredin is a step in the right direction, but something more of detail is needed. Let the Directors at once obtain whatever information they need to enable them to agree upon a design, obtain a proper estimate of tho oost and give information as to when and to whom money is to be paid. We have no definite information on the subject,but incline to tne opinion that less than twen ty thousand ($20,000) dollars will be in sufficient to accomplish a work worthy of the county aud the hallowed object in view. Three dollars a piece from each voter of our county will secure this amount. And much can be obtained from otber than voters. Let. therefore, a more specific statement be matured and pub lished,so that the various committees will have wherewith to satisfy the curiout and gratify the inquisitive. Let the whole matter be made so plain that no misunder standing can take place hereafter. In conclusion, we would advise the Directors to prepare and publish, so that commit tees can eopy and use the kind of pros pectus or subscription paper which it is thought best to use, this will secure uni formity of action. —Governor Curtin has gone to Cuba to recruit hi* baalth Itc-C'onst motion Again ! For some time past our neighbor and we, have been endeavoring to come to a better understanding iu reference to our views ot the Re-construction policy of President Johnson. The Herald, iu common with most of the Democratic pa pers of the State, hu professed great at tachment to this policy, and has taken the liberty of lecturing Republic ins, be cause they were not heaping their encon iums upon it. The Herald seemed to think that his policy was well settled, and that the radical portion of the Republi cans, at least, were streanuously opposed to it. Republicans, on the other hand, regarded bid offers of terms of Re-cou structiou as merely experimental, as such they were quite willing to give them a fair trial; believing that if they failed, or in other words, if the Southern pco. pie acted in bad faith none would be more willing to adopt a new rule for their action than the President himself. It seems quite needless, however, at this time togo into any lengthy examination of the subject, ar, before this reaches our readerß the President will have spoken nffiriaVy.hy hisjmessageta Jongress. Prom it, we trust we will be advised as to his preseut views and intentions ! Should they meet our views we will most gladly sustain them in our humble way. Rut should they, in our opinion, run counter to puldio opinion, to justice and humani ty, we will say so. Iu the meantime, we trust there will no harm result from our examination of the subject. We know that it is one capable of absorbing all the learning rnd knowledge that cau be brought to bear upon it. In this view oi the case we feel our weakness, still it is a sourse of consolation to know that our want of knowledge on "tha first princi ples of our Government," is amply sup plied by the surplus amount of all those talents which arc necessary for a faithful expounder of the Constitution, posessed by the Editor of the Herald. Wo say to Democrats that in this respect you are lucky to have "a man controlling your organ," which is so thoroughly converseut with the fundamental principles of our Grovenmient. As the Kditor of that pa per he was the constant friend of Mr. Ru chanan's administration, and sustained its views as to the unconstitutionality of co ersing a ">tv r ign State." At a later day he, in common with his party cried out against the unconstitutionality of the conscription law by which the uruiie3 had to b# replenished. At another time he was heard to declaim against the constitu tionality of the legal teuder law, without the passage of which the army couid not have been paid, nor the families of the soldier sustained at home. At another time he denounced the Emancipation Proclamation as unconstitutional)! And again the suspension of the •.» rit of Ila bias Corpus ! And in short all measures that were deemed necossary for ihe sup pression of the rebellion, and the restora tion of the Union, were declared by the same authority to be flagrant violations of the fundamental law of the laud 1 These measures hive all been passed upon by the various departments of the Govern ment—including: the judiciary as well as by the people at large, in such a manner as may well justify our ueighbor to as sume superior skill in the examination of great constitutional questions (!) Having such a superior knowledge of"the first principles of our Government," (!) we think our neighbor might afford to treat the subject fairly This he docs not do. In attempting to place us and the Repub lican party in a false position ho says. "To say a State is out (of the Uniou) im plies its legal right togo out, and that legal right is secession." Again h« says, "To give Congress the control of Hebel States, is to reduce theui to a territorial condition, and to so reduce them is to ac knowledge that they were legally out of the Union." We say that such aver ments are no arguments; and yet this simple assertion is the Bum and substance of what ha 3 been produeed on this sub ject by our neighboi in all his articles on this question. For the present we have no more space to devote to this branch of the case, contenting ourself with saying that the charge that we, or tho party to which we belong, acknowledge the rijht of secession, or the fact of its accom plishment either. is groundless,and known to be so by every fairminded Democrat in the Union —the Editor of the Herald to the contrary notwithstanding. We are not .it all tenacious about the theory of the present status of, the Rebel States.— There is no precedent for our guidance. History furnishes no parallel to the wan ton rebellion now happily suppressed.— And we have got to adopt those rules, and recognize and act upon those princi ples, that are most likely to be efficient in re-constructing the Rebel country so as to secure the perpetuity of the Union and the administration of justice to all with impartial freedom. Can this be best ac complished by indorsing the position of the Herald and the Democracy, and al lowing those "Sovereign States" to send back to our legislative Halls, rebels with their hands stained wi th the blood of our brothers, and with treason still burning on their tongues ; or by recognizing the satis, and as we believe true theory, that when they as States, made war upon the Union, they forfeited their rights under the Constitution of th« United States! Tliot, when our armies advanced and drove their armies and whh them their State governments off the soil they claimed to control, they ceased to be Slates at all. llow cau a State exist without a Government? And where was the government of any one of those States after our victorious legions occupied the territory? Rut this, is all aside ljom the main questiou. In a former artiole wc reques ted our neighbor to inform us upou what principle, recognized by democrats, I'res ; ident Johnson was justified in requiring ' thcodoptiou of tho constitutional amend ment; in requiring the adoption of an anti slavery clause iu their State consti tution as also an arti?le repudiating their State debt. The only answer to these interogatories was that it was necessary, in order to sustain the principle of the Emancipation Proclamation. To this we replied that the Proclamation was a mili tary measure in time of war. That as soon aspeace was restored, then the sta tus of the negro was a proper subject for tho court, and not for the Executive.—• That on rtie other hand, according to our "understanding of the just principles of our Government" Constitutional Amend ments, both State and national are polit cal questiens, having no reference to nor in anyway dependent upon military orders nor proclamations, and that alove every thing else they should be the embodiment of the people's trill who adopt them. To this subject the H.trvltl "uian" has not deigned to reply. We trust he will give them hi» attention on a future occasion. Wo are not disposed to let him effect too much for the purpose of dodging over these matters. And as his answer has been deferred so long, he will also much oblige us by informing "intell igent'' Republicans, why it is, or upon what Democratic principles the President or ders his military Governors, —eight months after tho termination of tho war to retain the control of their States, al though civil Governors have been elected, as also legislat ires. We want no dod ging, but a straight forward answer; or else ''give it up." Democratic ton^iHlciicj'. Whenever, iu Iris opinion, it is ncccssa" ry in order tu stir up the prejudice of the people, against the negro, our neighbor ufWhc llerald , will have us understand that the American citizen of African de scent is on? of the most docile, peacoaule beings imagiua'blc- When, for instance, it was proposed to have him fight for the Union, it was nonsense! The negro had no courage ! lie would never make a soldier! Now when it has been dem onstrated ihnt he. could make a soldier, that ho was possessed of courage, t 112 dar ing and determination. We are informed that he is capable of performing the most daring and cruel deeds. In quite a lengthy article in the Herald we are re. referred, in proof of this, to the bloody scenes that have lately transpired in Ja maca. For ourself, wo are free to admit that we are not well inlormed as to the caut.es that have led to the present unhap py state of a (Talis in that Island, but we would uot be surprised, if the whole truth were known, that it would he found to be attributable to the working of a class of politicians in that Island similar to those which are known by the name of copperhead, in this country ; whose polit ical employment seems to be to stir up ( on the part of the Curer complex ioned portion of the people, a prejudice against the negro race. But the burthen of the Herald'• articlo seems to be to prove how impolitic it is to extend to a race so ferocious, any political rights.— Now in this we think our neighbor rather inconsistent. Wo have in our own coun" try, without going to a British Island— examples of the most fiendish cruelty, perpetrated by a class of men formerly citizens of tho United States—Good Democrat"! in their day—By them Or phan's Asylums have been sot on fire and consumed by tho flames, with the Or phans in them ! Can any cruelty exceed this? Unless, perhaps, it might be that of the indiscriminate murder of a garrison aftrr it* tvjrtmlfr, as at F< r Billow, the boiling of our dead toldu-r* at Bull Run, or the numerous and various acts of fiend ish barbarity perpetrated upon our Union prisoners at Florence, Andersonville and elsowhere ! And yet while the crime of perjury is upon the souls of many of them, and the hands of all red with in nocent and patriotic blood, and while the victims of their fiendish cruelty are yet scarcely buried, they are knockingat the door of Congress, for admission into our national Halls, and our neighbor ami all his sort are loud in favor of their ad. mission. And in their behalf dare to invoke (hat instrument which they have already basely perjured themselves to overthrow—the constitution of the United States. What ajewell consttten cy is? May we not indeed exclain '• Oh I shame where is thy blush 1" — J ust as Bishop Kip was leaving tal ly for San Francisco, he was telegraph*! from there to bring out five or six yonig clergymen without' families, • salary () f S9OO in gold being pledged toeaoh. —An interesting collection of curiosi ties in natural history is being prepreU for the of the Interior Dtnart ntMt conniNiATiioKis. FOR th« AMERICA* CITIIX* Justice. We are told "Justice has made an at tack upon the officers of the Monumental Association." What are the facta of the case? Justice said : "Disgrace not the patriots grave, nor wound the feelingi of his frionds, by calling around, Those who hare opposed every principle fcr wh*h he gave hit lift, scorned him when he drew his sword in defence of his coun try's honor, cried compromise when he cried tear, opposed appropriations to feed him, vojted to deprive him of the right of suffrage,, fallal his four years of war a failure and him a mere hireling." Who is hit 1 Mr. Rredia denies every charge except those in italics aud of these, be lieving him to be penatcnt. we forgive him. Of "personal abuse" I have writ ten none. 1 thought and still think, that a man whooau not deny all of the above charges, should not come to the grave of our f-illen heroes without first laying aside the "sandals of party." 't hose not guil ty have no "sandals to lay aside. We are told "Justioe wantonly, wilful ly and maliciously opposed the Monu ment." Kuowing the honorable gentle man cannot sleep sweet alter writing such a wanton wilful but I hope not malicious falsehood, I will make him no reply, ex cept, if he be |initentl forgive hint. If not retire under the shade of your Jupi ter and when you feel again surcharged with such malignity, for God's sake abuse somebody that is opposed to the Monument, and if nobody else pays you I will. You ix-e worse language thau I deal in, and you can have a certificate to that effect. You ask one civil question, and you shall have a civil answer. Why was I not at tie couvctit'on ? J. was that "self instituted power" at a primary meet ing,and of course I could nominate myself. I went round " to cheat the dead of their just immortality" and gathered the uioeK iug up. I did not nominate the only di vine in the county opposed to the war; nor a respectable man who would repri mand an editor for publishing a plain statement of a prisoners sufferings in Andersonvillc , but I nominated a wounded soldier aud a loyal niau who had lost a sou in the .service. Afterward I went down into the grave "vampire" like made out a list of out dead, 17 in uumber; all Republicans Headed a subscription paper and will call upon the people Thanksgiving day to contribute to llin memory ot those, over whose graves tliey give thanks for peaco. And whou deserted by such as you, I stood guard over their graves, and said to thoso who had "oppatcil every principle for which Ihei/lgave their lues-," Halt! Take off those bloody "sandals." Ibis was the most painfull duty of my life, but "what conscieneii dictates to bo done" Justice will do. ' Man may forgot to be just, but God will not." And when our history re-enacts itself, you and I may not. be here, but bend low the car, anil listen in the far dwtant future nnd hear tlie polit ical demagogue say : "I will adhero .o my party md vote against the soldier, and when thcconflict is over, I will sit in honor uttu his grave aud deck uiy " igno ble brow' with his cliaplets of fame, FOR I READ HIE SAME WAS DONE IN 1865. Could I »e you in that hour, you would say, "JiiriCE, you are right." We ar< told the Committee was nomi- natcd btfa "prominent Republican." I doubt if conscience dictated such a nom inatiop, md I hope he will pardon a friend fu reminding him, of a certain "proair.tit man" who saved Agag tho King souie of the fat oxen and Camels tdbuilJ a monument and offer sacrifice, W the sacrifice was not accept ed, and tty rest of the history you can read for yjur.'elf. SJ much for '' l'ulit icajjargoni" But thij is not tho way things are done now days. Jeff will likely be pardone ', and in the »bscnce of Booth will bepresi dott of the monument to be reared to the memory of Abraham Lincoln, while he who played a subordinate part in the IJstemntic starvation of our soldiers is eiecuted to satisfy popular indignation. But what matters it whether Jeff, be cead or alive? If he were dead, let 'Loyal" and '-Republican" and Loyal Re juLUi-an* pat treason on the back and would soon mako another. We are told in the address of the Com nitteeman, that" The war it triumphant ly ended." lam pleased to contrast this with " Four years of war a failure." — i (One sandal off.) "The reputation of Butler County" well was it maintained and in the hour of the final conflict stood 1 22 to nothing. (Camp in* the field Co. ; "H.") Scorning soldiers is denied. If any body will say, that if you were a I soldier, and I would vote to deprive you of the right of suffrage I would not b6 guilty of scorning you, then I am sorry I made the charge. The immortal dead have a monument more enduring than any you can build, in the 4,000,000 iron shackles which lie broken upon their graves. No Democrat will deny but he apposed tho eroctiou of this monument and now when it is proposed to rear a marble, structure I am happy to see your leader appeal to you in theso words: " The highest tribute that oould and we hope it may hereafter be paid them, would he for tho»e whn i-rppoted them m life, to join in buying (heir tomb, ami garnishing their sepulekrts." (The other sandal" off.) I am satisfied. Let Clearfield aud Donegal and those town ships that gave their hundreds 0 f votes to make the soldier a slave, now give their hundreds of dollars to make his Dame immortal and inspire their posterity with nobler deeds than deserting to Canada. Wh«r« Wood the hunting m..b of Toalcr.l.v To-day in mlcnin awe return And the martyrs ashes gathered Into history's golden urn. So let it be, come not in party spirit, come not like the hooting mob of New York, Indiana, or that little affair that gave Lewis 7j a sore head; but come in " Solemn awe" and we bid you welcome. " Republican" talks of Justice " Trying to defeat the monument," this would be the work of Jvjnttice. Justice has no fear of the success of the monument.— lie knows il it be not built now, it will"' be built when injustice aud all those who sympatic with it shall have died out from under heaven. These patriots pour ed their hearts blood into the channels of their country* prosperity, breathed their spirits into the institutions of their country, and nobly died for millions yet to be; if we build not the monument, they will, lint let us make a commencement on a broad foundation ; only make trea son take off its sandals that its footprints may not go down in honor into a purer, happier and better age,and make "Repub lican" blush for " shame." You aio pleased to tell 1110 my artie'es meet with " Universal condemnation." I have never set up to write for the universe, and you had better not spread yourself so much lest you grow thin, I care not what any man thinks of what I write. "With charity toward all and malice toward none " I remain. JUSTICE. PARKS.— The New York Central Park covers about 1,000 acres of ground, and has 0 TTII I V of carriage road, five miles of bridle-road, and twenty miles of walks. In Eng land, the royal park of Windsor has 3,800 acres; and Hyde Park has 400 acres ; Regent's Park, 4f>o acres; and Kensington Garden*, 3">o acres. The carriage-road of Ifyde Park is three miles round. The Phoenix Park, in Dublin, contains 1,752 acres. In France, the famions Hois de Boulogne is now extended to 2,000 acres. Vi enna has her prater four mil s long. In fact, all the great cities of the civilized world have their groat and small parks, an instinctive sense of actual public necc sity seeming to dictate their existence. Windsor Park and the TJois de Boulogne be long to the English a- 1 French crowns —their use by the crnrnon people be ing a limited privilicgo rather than a posit'veright. On theother hand, the New York Central is the undis puted property of the people ; and no official can have any other privi leges there than aro ollnwcu to tho humblest citizen. The origin of parks is traced to the days when it was customary in England to set apart large enclosures of wood and field for the safe-keeping and cultivation of deer; those enclosures being first known as royal "preserves," and fi nally, under certain restrictions, thrown open to the public. \ortli Carolina Matter*. Dispatch from the President to Gov. Holden. WASHINGTON, Dec. I.—The Raleigh, N. 0., Standard, ot Wednesday, con tains the following highly important in telligence : Gov. liolden hut received tho following dispatch from President John u n, which is laid before the public for their information : WASHINGTON, 1). C. Nov. 27th, 1865. Tlon. W. W. I olden, Provisional Govcr ncrof North 'Jtr >lioa : "Accept my thanks for the nohlo and effectual manner in which you have dis charged your dnty as Provisional Gover nor. You will be sustained by the Gov ernment. The result of the recent elec tions in North Carolina,have greatly dam aged the prospects oft he State in the res toration of ita governmental relations.— ■Should the action and the spirit of tho {legislature be in the same direction it will greatly increase the mischief done, and might be fatal. It is ho ped the action and spirit manifested by the legislature will be so directed asrath ther to repair than increase the difficulty under which the State has already pla ced itself. [Signed,] ANDREW JOHNSON Preuidc.lt of the U. 8. IT APPEARS that in the Tennessee Legislature tha resolution remonstra ting against the pardon of Jeff. Davis ana others was amended by adding th<» names of James Buchanan aud John C. Breokenridge to the list do. clared infamous and worthy of death, nn motion of Dr. Keith, who stated that he had been a Democrat, and had been deceived by them. The pream ble and resolutions were then adopted —l9 to 3. It is understood that the Secretary of War will assign some competent officer to the duty of visiting the bat tle fields in tbe Shenandoah Valley, to look after the proper interment of the heroic defenders of the Union who fell, in the many battles in that section of Virginia. —The Monongahela Telegraph wires will be completed between l'itts. and Morgantown, West V., by«lN"ew Year's day.
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