of tfllilrs In Ken tucky. Tho following important correspond ence between General I'altner and the proprietors of the Louisville Journal ap pears conspicuously in that ps,'>er • .foriiNAt, OFFICE, Louisville, Ky. Feb. t. lHilO—Major General John M fShtinr. eoticinrti ting Hrparfmoiit of Ken tucky ticneral: Knowing you to be inti inn.Mly aetju.aintcd with the views of the authorities at W asbiiMhni, an 1 tak'nj it fur u''inted that yon de-ire to promote tiiriry of action between the huthnrfttps if this State and the national government in the settleiiicnt ol the difficulties which tut: oitl our citizens, wo address you ♦ills eommmiieation in order to obtain fr'in j'ou what, in your judgment, will tb •• most speedily remove these dilfii-nl t'cs, effect the Restoration of tbe writ o habeas corpus, tho rc.noval of troops an I ib.' l 'tcc(Juicn'a Bureau from tiio State of Kentucky, You are a llentuekian by birth, and Wir-f ilc "folly a Ware hnw objectionable to tho p jople of Kentucky the suspension t>f this writ and the prcseucc of troops and tbe Freed mens Hnreaii are to them. It' the war is over, and peace restored, why should uot Kentucky he relieved from all interference with her internal affairs on tlu part of tho national gov ernment. The people of our Slate ever treated thuir slaves with humanity and kindness, 'ilie exceptions to this vcre not more nil liie: is or ni re aggravated than have L oi thj violations of law in the best tegjif itfe 1 coiniutinities where no slaves ex ->t 1 ; and, no v that slavery bit cen od to exist, the people fully recognize tl< if fact, till, we believe, mo willing to ii, o'.i in their power to promote the wcl f r • an 1 protect the rights of tho freed p p'j. That o iti ages have been com mitud upon thofroetlmen we do nit de (iv. There is no State entirely fr.ie from io imj, despito til the efforts that have b to made or that may be ma le to pro ioil' or lo punish it. A venerable cYr gy WIIII was, a few night < ngo, basely as --.iv-tiititetl in tho streets of l.nnisviilo. snd no trace of the assassin' has yet I cen f.f.nd. Is that crime an argument for tic; perjjetnjl prtseneo of the national 'troops and the suspension of the writ o! liabeas corpus in this State '! '"lie people of Kentucky are uot will jug io accord to tho fic-'dnien superior 'privileges, and they are not willing that life agouti! of the FrecJmon's Huroau islioulj rule tho State aee iding to their own tlirht , regardless of law ; nir are tlicy—the white people—willing that fill the disturbances which occur should lie charged exclusively to them. Asking nn early reply, we are. very jespectlully, your obedient servants. PiiKNTtci:, UHNDEUSON & OSUOBNI;. 11 E A I>QC AUT F.R.S DEPARTMENT or KENTUCKY, LOVISVIIXE, KY.. Feb 9. 1800—Messrs. Prentice, Henderson Osborne— Gentlemen : 1 have tbe lion- j or to ackno*lcityre the receipt of you* communication of the Bth instant, in which you properly t ike for granted that I I desire to promote unity of action be tween tho authorities of this State and the nationsd "nvernment in the settle ment of the diffi'tiltie« which surround the citizens of Kentucky, and inquire ■what, in my judgment, will the tnftst speedily remove the difficulties, secure the restoration of the writ of habeas j e«rpu«, the removal ofthe troops and the Freedmon's Bureau from the State, and j ask. "If the war is over and pence res- ; tored, why should not Kentucky be re- i licvcd from all interference with her in ternal affairs on the part of the national Government V I proceed at once to say that it docs not require that inti. mate knowledge of the "views of the Washington authorities" whioh you are pleased to attribute to mo to answer your specific question above quoted, nor your general statements of the difficulties which surroun I the people of Kentucky in their relations with the nati nnl government-, 'l'lie pablic acts and declarations of fhe J'resident, in his official orders and dis ■patches, under the authority of which the suspension of the writ of habeas corpus is cohtinucd, and tho troops of ,'lhe Freed men's Bureau, introduced into and kept in the State, furnish an ample statement of tho reasons which influence his aciiniij, and point, with the utmost certainty, to the moans which must bo employed to procure aching in his pol icy. The measures of whioh th it p irt ion of the people of Kentucky, wlnise feelings yon express complain had their origin: in nceesity, and I feel authorized to assei. that no disposition exists at Washington to continue them iu tho State one mo ■"uncut after the necessity ceases. Waiving all dis tussion of the qifestion whether the war has censed or not, it is apparent that late political and military events have revolutionized tho relations of the people of tho State. More than twenty thousand persons, who wore for a longer or shyrter period of tune in arms for tho avowed purpose of over throwing the government of the Stati> of Kentucky, and forcing its -unwilling people into subjection to a hostile, rcvo lulionary government, have returned to the State, welcomed back to their former homes in many eaies by eomtnu litios that -regarded theui as luitriots and heroes.— In many such communities loyal citi zens and soldiers arc objects of prejudice, dislike, aud olteu of persecution. Courts organized under the laws ot the .State for distribution of justice, in many instances have permitted them selves to be used as the mere instruments of the veugencc of those wlu> are hostile to the government, so that loyai men are still, in some parts of the State, compell ed to leave their homes, or, if they re main, are constrained to fee? that their "lives and property, aud all their dearest interests' are insecure. The doty of protecting all tho people of tho State, and especially those who have perilled,their .lives iu its defeuce, is jpne that no government can neglect,and, . nt the same time, escape the imputation I oflllgt'atftude and subjecting itself to j 1 toerited eentenipt. It is also true that •».upwards of two hudred thousand of the people who were until lateiy nUves are jj.oW.fr«c,, As were goyeri ed tif a s\::teui ol l.t-v adapted to jlieo c n dition bflf ffffe Ame-laws weft intended |to embarrass »trr l n, m freemen. The sfSve laws fell with the destruction gf sU<ery, autf left th 3 without a S3 stem of government or laws adapted to tU| necessities of this Urn hunilred thoiis ami o! its people. toll* li »ve now de volve I Upon tueiu theiiuties of olgrfience to tho government an I tha discharge of* many pnTiliennT private obligations, to which (hey h ivi; liurotofore been strin gels, ami yet Imve not, under existing laws of th i State, tho rights of either ciuzen& or aliens. The l're«id»itt of the I'nited HtltPS. nudei' tlieic circumstances, li.m attempt o.J to uncharge t iward tho State ot Ken tucky, lor the benefit of such n| in peo pie as are not yet embraced within its ge era I system ofprotee'ive laws, the con -titminnal duty of providing for tin tu a goTeiuiiiuit, a duty which dot* u<t or iginate iu any law eiiirte 1 by Congress, but from the Constitution itself. 1 am aware el'the fact, though 112 do not j rerun I to spoilt by authority, that it is tho opinion of tho "authorities at Washington"the duty of giyi g protec riot] and law to all inhabitants ot the Sra'c ef Kentucky properly devolve* Upon :he autnorities of ill • itato, and that Fed cral intfcl ferunce fjr that purpose remits entirely from constitutional duty uu t necessity. It is certainly tlm right as well as the duty of tho Sutos within certain limits to regulate their own internal affairs.— t his right H not denied, and it will be observed that tho representatives o the ;'<;ii:'ial government in this State, uudor be Freediueu's Bureau, where it* pow crs Vive bcti right ly no lorst-mL d i nit »3t adversely to the tii'lnritiei of tin: tite. or in l e fere aritli any affair wh.eli" th.i State has si faratreiupiO I to regulate 1 lie li .ht ot all the inb ibitants to libjr y is secure beyon 1 tho power ol' the State to abridge or restrict it. It is tiie duty ot the jfrt'icr.il govern tiient. with or wi h out the concurrence of tiie State, to protect the liberty of the people, mid in c.t w e of uon-aetion on the State autboritio', to provide them with a government which shall be adequate to tbe ends for which governments are or dained uwong-it men. As, then, the State has so far altogeth er neglectc I to provide a special system of laws for its freed people, or to include them within tbe provisions of is general law* which define and protect the rights of ail other inhabitants id' the State, upon what ground, do any of her people com plain of the interference of tho nation al government ?" I assert, with as much eririiesl!!•'.■< and with in liiuh reeard for the honor of the people of my native State an any one possesses, that the gen eral treatment of slaves in Kentuky was humane and kind, and that the people generally recognize the fact that slavery has ceased; but that many outrages have been committed upon negroes in many parts of tho State is true beyond all doubt and .tl'ter the tno-t careful inquiries 1 have been unable to hoar of a single in stance in which, the civil authorities have punished the ngre^sots. Nor ate the authorities ofthe law whol ly to blame for this failure of justice, lor 1 have now in my possession the most ,-atifactory proof, by tho statements of colored persons who, I am assured, are of good character, of tho murder of' two negroes by white men, who are beyond tbe reach of criminal justice, because of the incompetency of colore 1 per sons to be witnesses iu the courts. In addition to outrages of that kind, combinations oflawlesi m in exist in many places' to drive t lib colored people from tho State, and to prevent them from ob taining employment. Proof from tho most resjiectable source has buen laid be fore mo of these tacts; still none ait pun ish-d Such acts, I gladly confess, are con demned by the great mass of the citizens but none demand their puni-hment White men naturally desire to escape tho ill-will of ttioae soli-styled "Begulutors," and negroes, however much they may bo outraged and injured in person or proper tv, will not be heard by tbe courts or ju ries. I>ocs lint this "internal afiair" if allow ing its courts to listen (not believe, un less coni iucod) to the complaints of men and women who suffer or are witnesses of wrongs inflicted upon others demand "regulating," and can a just government discharge its duties of protecting a still people without affording, under such cir cumstances, s imething like redress ? I have mado my answer much longer than I intended, but cannot conclude w i h ic expressing my regret that you should have thought it neeersarv to d.s clo-e to me "that tho peo;.ic of Kentucky arc not w.lling ti accord to the freediuen superior privileges, and they are not wil ling that the agents of tho Freedmen's Bureau should rule the State according to their own <ffclti , regardless of kw." There is, I am sure. i» purpose or wish ou the part of the government, or any ot its officers with whose purposes I am ac quainted, to demand for the freeduicn anything more than such rights as are essential to them as persons who are now under obligations to the Slate, to their families aud themselves, to discharge nil the duties which devolve upon theui iu their new relations to their fellow men. and I must be allowed to add that tbe Freemen's Bureau, notwithstanding the mistakes sometimes committed by those who exercise iu powon, bis accomplish ed much, vfiry much good. It is.iu my judgment,at present absolute ly necessary in the State. Pardou me for adding that of the govern ment —that is the suspension of the ha beas corpus, the presence cf troops and the Freedmen's Bureau—arc still adher ed to in this Stale as esseutial to the pro tection of its people. I anticipate that the improving condi tion of this State will justify the restora tion of the writ of habeas corpus and a considerable reduction of the uuinber of j the troops at an early day, and that the I Freedmen's Bureau will be removed as ' soon as the -people of the State admit freedmen into their eonrts an suitors and witne ses upon a footing with all other j>ersooß. 'to be believei when they tell the truth, fcnd receive justice according to taw. I am respectfully, JriHK M. Palvii £he gmfticati Ski" The Largest (Jirciilafton or any Paper in the County, THOMAS ROBINSON. - - Editor, n. w. SIT. v it. PnMlihm BUTIiBft PA. " FEII. al. IS6# *#- "Liberty end Union, Now and Forever, One and 'n««'t>erable."—O. Webtter. ELECTION.—The annual election of the Butler County Agricultural Society, will be held in the Arbitration room, in Butler, on Tuesday evening, at 7 o'clock, on the 27th inst., the first week of Comt, for the purpose of electing offi cers for the ensuing year. W. O. Hit AC REN ill DOE, Pres. That Kohinron , Sec. jr»)u Matters are becoming more inter esting at the National Capital than usual, Congress has beaau to vote and some cn dulgp iu speculation as to tbe probability ol' a disagreement between thetn and tho Pre-ident. du Igft Trumble'B Freedninu's bur.au I ill is thought to be the occasion for the breach. We earnestly hope this will not be tie case. Unity of action ought to be sought for, with all diligence. Tbe Nprlnn Klecllon. We hope our friend* throughout tbe oounty, will bear iu mind that the spring election is approachiug. Let there be tbe proper effort made to have a good sat of officers elected for the various offices Especial care should be taken to have coinpetant school directors elected. The educational interests of our country are still increasing, and should not be ne glected. Let us have good school direc tors by all means. Our Convention. Tomorrow, our Conven tion meets in this place to elect delegates to tlje 7tb of March Convention, to put in nomination a candidate for Governor. Since the canvass opened there have been quite a number of good names brought forward. Cessna of Bedford, Ketehuni of Luzcrn, Geary of Cumberland. Davis ol Philadelphia, Moorbead of Allegheny, White of Indiana, Johgson of Crawford, Kelly of Washington and JVtrdon of Bedford, have alt been spoken of, Loi k inji over the present aspect of th • case. Ketchum, Geary, Mom-head and White, scum to be tbe leading candidates. We have already intimated our opinion that nil thlng-i considered, Ketchum's nomination would In the safest. Wc are "till of this opinion. We know that his nomination would ' e one. eminently "fit to be made." We don't know that tho nomination of any ni her gentleman would be less so. We shall therefore recognize the action of the State ('(invention as the result of tbe couib'ucd wisdom of our party in the State. Thore is another matter to which we troultf most sincerely invite the attention of our Convention to-ui or row ; we mean to the cxpie-sion of the sentiments of tbe party. Contrrcss is making a noble stand against allowing notorious rebels again resuming thiir feats in tho high places of profit, and honor in tbe Government. Against tlieni is ,arrayed all tbe lending 112 , J a spirits of the "re-constructed" south, join ed by tho entire copperhead party of the north, re inforee l by a few who claim to be conservative Republicans. Shall Con gress stand firm or shall they cave and >:ivc over the controll of the Government to disloyal hands ? This is a grave ques tion. Unless tho people speak out it will bo impossible for Congress to indefinitely resist the powerful influence at work against them. It is iuo.*t gratifying to observe that all over tlie State go far ns Conventions h:ivebecn held, the people ill remain inflexible on this point Let Butler Co. not be behind her sisters; but on the contrary let her speak out in favor of loy alty and law. In favor of maintaining the Legislative department of the Gov ernment in its vigor. The Fox limit. Our young friends in the southern part of the county, are determined to have a grand time on Saturday week, livery preperation is beiug ma le to have the occasion ono of universal interest. We 4iave no doubt it will be most exciting an 1 amusing. Wc are sorry it happens to come on Court week. Hut it is quite probable that our first week's court will be closed on Friday, as it sometime* is, if so doubtless our town will turn out en mass. The lludcr AmcrlcitiL lam extremely reluctant to resort to harsh means for the collection of the debts due to me on the books of tho Amfricftn 'tLni have abstained longer than justice to myself demanded. I want it understood that 1 runnot t ffurd to lent these debt*, and I do not w'sh to be com pelled to resort to the disagreeable procesa of thi. law for their collection: During a temporary absenew fr:>m home.t»>j book* 1 are ia tj»e hand* of my wile, who will recei\« -mil receipt for all money paid ib. It will be of mutual advantage to delin quent* and mysfelf if this jxnitioefy hut fnotice is prtunpily attended to. W.v. iliSl-KTT. - SUT We refer our reader* to the state ment in to-dny* piper, alirtwitij; the con dition ol the Butter County Mutual Fire | Insurance Company. It will he «cu that the company is iu a flournhiu;;con dition. BW We would call the attention ol (our readers, to the Advertisement of Jap. T. McJitokin, Esq. as Heal Estate and Insurance agent. Sir. MeJunkin has a large acquaintance through this and ad joining counties, and is well qualified for such an agency. Accident*. One day last week while Mr. Obediah Cratty, was driving a hack between this place and New Castle, when near Pros pect —the hack upset falling upon him. lie was badly injured, we are glad to learn however, that lie is convalescent A lew days ago the coach which runs between thil place and Pittsburgh, upset some place between this and Balierstown; fortunately no person was injured. Lecture on .iicriciilturc. By a request of a number of cur citi zens the Kev. W. P. Brugh has kindly consented to repeat the lecture as deliv ered by him in the Court House a few weeks since, on the subject of Agricul ture ; and Monday evening of the first week of the Court, has been (-elected for the occasion. The Lecture is admirably suited to the wants of our community, and is not dry or prosy as the subject might indicate, but is entertaining aud amusing as well us instructive. A.Ntatcincnt. The following statement shows the amount received aud charged by the dif ferent officers of Butler county, for the year ending Nov. 80, 1805, as shown by the Court Auditor's report. Total amount received and charged by John 11. Cratty, Dept. Register and Re corder of Bu'.ier county, $_J012,71. Total amount received and charged by W. J. Young, Cleik of the several Courts, $1105,07. Amount received and charged by Wm Stoop* Esq. I'rothouotary of the Court of Common Pleas, $59 i, 45. The state tax on judicial proceedings in the Protlmnotarys office for the same period amounts to $160,5 I. The state tax on instruments recorded by the Register ani lleeorder miliums to 877-,50. SCIENTIFIC.—'I'ht M* of diagnosing dis escs by the simple inspection ot the urine has been practiced by many medical men; hut the attention of the medical world has lately been called to the subject more by the valuable scientific treaties of Prof. Oldshue, W. D., of Pittsburgh, Pa. ITc has demonstrated beyond a doubt, that by close ocular examination, scientific chemical analysis, and correct microscopic observations of urinary deposits, a most important auxilliary to correct diagnosis is to be attained in nearly every disease And so well has he maintained this view, both by theory and by its practical appli cation in the numerous cases that have been presented to him, that his office is one constant throng of patients. He makes the most critical examination of every case, and however complicated may be the disease, seld< m or never fails to render s tiafaction, when a reasonable hope can be entertained Hcientiie know ledge thus practically applied, must ren der more definite and intelligible this peculiar branch, and from what wc know of the man and his extensive practice, we would recommend those wishing medi cal aid to call on him. See card in an other column. His office and residence is over 132, Uraut Street, Pittsburgh, Pa. Butler County I'reedmenft Aid Com in i MM ion. At the close of the roligious exercises, held in the Court House, in Butler, on Sabbath eve., Feb. 4th., conducted by the Kev. Henuigh, Agt. of the Freedmen's Commission of Western Pa. the follow ing officers were chosen and constitution adopted, governing the Butler Co. Freed men's Aid Commission. President—Geo. Miller. Vice Presidents.—C. E. Anderson; .Ja»i Campbell, Geo. Vogeley, Jas. Bre d. u, It. ('. McAboy. Treasurer—W. O. Brackenridge. Secretary—.J. A. Balph. The following Constitution was adopted: ART. 1. This organization shall bo known as the Butler County FreeJmen's Aid Commission. AttT. 2 Its object shall be to collect, money and supplies lor the physical re- . liei and mental, moral and in lustrial ed I ucatioii of Freedmou aud po>r whiles. ART. 3. This Society sbail be uuxiiiaiy t<> the Fieedincu s Ait! t 'oiumissiou ul VVestciu Pennsylvania, Kens tern Otiio and West Virginia, and shall forward is collections ot iiinuey and supplies to ihe Treasurer ot said Cuuiuiu-iiou, at i'.tls i burgh. AHT. 4. The officers of this Cotnmi*-- ion shall bo a President, six Vice Presi dents, Secretary and Treasurer, who jwint J ly shall constitute a Board of Directors, five of whom shall constitute a quotum to transact business. ART. 5. The annual meeting ol this Commits on shall be held nt Mich 112 time as the Directors fcay determine , at which the Hoard shall report the result of iheir labcrs, the ofiieeis shall be elected, and any othec bn-iite»s tr wnSHciu 112. The di rectors yMv in their <it»fieti ip. call spe eh I piltdic meet'iius, iPti'l slialV liavfffrow or to fill any vacancies that in iv ccur in their niuabcr dujiug ilic year Ant. ti. This CdnstUiiiliiit'iiifiy e amended at any annual mee in.r. by a vote ol two-iliinU of the member* aud any peiajti may bocomo a member ol this Commission by contributing one dollar to its funds. The meeting adjourned to convene again in the Court House, 1 ™ Hurler, on Tuesday -eve., Feb. at which time anil place the design of tho ('iinmiission will be more freely set forth ft is h iped tho cause will ensure a good attendance. Oko. Mn.t.i tt, I'rtx. Jo. A. B'ltphf Scry. SPECIAL NOTICE. "■Great oaks from little acorns </rotc.' The worst disease known to t:ie hu man race spring frotn causes so small as to a'lnost defy detection. 'The volutns of scientific lore that fill the tables and shelves of the medical fra ternity only goto prove and elabo rate tlivse facts. Then guard yourselves while you may. The smallest pimple on the skin is a tell-tale and indicator of disease. It may fade and die away from the surface of the body, but it will rocli the vitals, perliap , at last, and death be the result and final close. MAOUIKI/sßiLLiors, DYSPEP TIC and DIAIUIHEA PILLS cure where all others While for ilurnß, Scalds, Chilblains, Cuts, and all abra [ sions of the skin, MAGOIKI/S SALVU is infallible. Soid by J. MA OF) int., 34 Fulton street, New York, and all Druggists, at 25 cent per box. C0.11.il l\ IC AXIOM*. For the Citizen. MA. EDITOR:—AIIow me, through the columns of the Citizen , to say a lew word» to the friends of education in our county The spring election being at htud, I thought it not imnroper tu write a few lines on the importance of attcn ling to the in terests of education at sui I election ; by necing to it that we make a uni'ed eff'it to have competent men elected Sell ol di rectors. Ho long as we continue to eluci uien of limited education to this lespon ■ihleoffi e, we may expci t that our school), will suffer iu oom-jqueiioi; (I don't me in to say that all our .-ch iol Directors art incompetent). It is true we haven Couu ty Superintendent who is quite couipe leut. to judge ol the liteiury qunhfiia lions of teacher*. i ut we want more thin this we want a Hoard ol !-choui I'iieO lors, who will take line lo visit OIJI schools. and who have kuowledge and descrtiincut enough lokn iw *Ue her the teacher is good ou suhod government, a; also of good moral bearing. I am a School Director myself, but I kuyw I am not fit for the position, aud would gladly give way to those more c ompetent. Oui most competent citizens '.out wi.-h lo take the trouble attached to the office, because theie is a great deal of trouble and no profit, For this reason I think it would be better if they were allowed a reasonable remuneration lor iheir troub 10. Besides, having reference to the lit erary character of our Directors, we should have a to tho moral and religious status of our candidates.— They should be men whoso influence would be on the side of christiauity.— This is frequeutly too much neglected.— We should also elect good loyal men, not meu who were opposed to the war, nor those who arc opposed to equal rights. The Superintendent visited our school, No. -, iu this township this session, but our teacher was not present as he had lett afpubstitute in his place. But 1 think our teacher is al 1 right. In fine, 1 be lieve if wo had better wages we might obtain better teachers, as the old saying has it, "Money makes the mare go." JAS. C. FOSTER Slippcryrock tp., Feb. 14, 1800. WASHINGTON CITY, Feb. 15, 18GG. MR. EDITOR : —Tho proceedings of Congress are becoming very interesting. Reconstruction, or restoration as it is now called by the Conservatives, and Negro are now the great questions be fore both Houses of Congress. Your readers, I presume are aware, that the bill repealing all laws in the District of Columbia, prohibiting any person from vutiug ou account of lace or color ; aud the Aiiicudmeiit, to the Constitution ol the United Slates, providing that when any State prohibits any person from vo ting ou account of lace or color, they shall not be reprc.-euled, nave passed the House of Kepieseut.itives by a Urge majority, and no doubi will pass the Sen ate. It is now suppo-ed the President will veto the bill, permitting uegros to vote iu the District. There lus beeu a great many able speeches delivered this Session in both Houses, ou the great questions no* before Congress. Bui ti o g.eu c.tl speech of lluui all wa-> deuver , e>i ou °ia uit.ay la-ii, Oy you.' »ole iwe.re scutahc, Mr. Wifluuia. i have lia.cn. i ed to a great many speed es in bo.h iious- 1 es of Oougre-s uuuug (he last five Se» ' eioiis, audi must say, that 1 never lis-i [cued to a speech, where the audieuce j more attention, and appeared mora | interested ami minus tu hear. 'Ho spoke about two and a half hour* and did not get thrnugli. He was uue time loudly cheered slid applninjed. by the members present no I ill# fpootStor* jn the «»allory At ili« diuHo of hi* -poech the ; r wa<£reat applause.aud ho was wartuly congraMi Hied by the ]ii-;ur»ot*H prjdvit, i i 1 it .» n S'Viiidtlrtie before Ie uld get all oppoitu' uiiy tn congratulate him, as one ol hia constituents. Iho S|eaker lett the hair wHhttiil aojouining ilie IIOUM). the House adjourned itself. Your District has good reason lo lie proud of their Ueii resontutive. lie has made his ma.km Ihe I louse. lie ought tu be in iho Sen ate ut the (,'uited Stales, and I hope he may succeed Mr. Cowan. He would .in honor to the gre.»t Bute of Penutylva nia. * I am not giving you my own opinion of Mr. William's speech, but I am giv mg you ihe opiniou of hundreds who 1 have heard speik of it. I have bean asked who he was, and what State he came from.l felt proud in telling them lie is from the State of Pennsylvania, and represents the 23d District. Reconstruotii n and Nego Suffrage, are l lie only subject talked of. It is my opin ion that thero will no! be a single Hep rescutmive Iroin any of the llebel States, admitted to either House, this session.— I will not attempt to tell you what ground Mr. Williams took in his s| eccli, —as I feel assured that you will publish it in your widely circulated paper. His con stituents ought to know what course he will take in the great questions now be fore the people. It is true it is a long speech, but I am sure it will well repay a perusal, and a careful reading. The birth day of our lamented Presi d*nt Lincoln, was appropriately colebra ted ou Monday, the 12th instant.— There was a great number of tickets of admission issued, yet there was no near enough. Tickets wero sold at from ten to twenty dollars, each. The cere monies were very imposing and interest ing. I will not attempt to describe tlieui, as I presume you w ill see a more fullei description of tl em than I can give you 1 bad ibe pleasure of bearing an address made by General Hanks, a lew days ago, ou the su jeot of Negro Millra: e. At lie conclusion oi his address, he told a very appropriate aneid >le, in which him self and a negro boy. wa» the parties. — lis told Us that he had received h.se lo Cation at a Uuiversity in a small town, ou the Meriuiae rifer, in the State ot New Hampshire, aed one very cold da) —the river was frozen over —s>a be wa rning to his dinner, he «HW a negro boy • kating ou the ice, he saw the ice break slid the boy fell in. lie liuiried down ti tl.e shore. g< t a pla k and pu bed it t<- ilia boy ; the boy got ou the pi i.k, bu lull off, ho got on again,— ihe end nt the pl.iuk on wbieli lh" boy was on hid be come cover d wiih ice,— he fell off again, and in laiting the third tirno h*j said •lor God's sake. | lea-e inassa. give me ill' wo leu en I• 1 the p'auk this time." '1 be meeting adjourned with three hearty cheers for General Banks, and Negr i Suffrage: Kijt'Ali Knurrs. \ LATEST FROM THORNCREEK. EXCITINU \MVS. Mnj. (Jen. Carnaban Called a counsel ol war 011 Saturday evening, at which it Wjis decided by a vote of <SB to 2, that the department of Thorucreek should be reinforced by mounted men from the de purtuicnt of the west aud (Jen. Lyons division, and Fishers llill should be car ried at all hazards. til ID <jL'AHTLK J , F'»X ItlST.l Ki'bi wiry JSU, I6TO. j Gen Orders,) No. 12. J I. Maj. Gen. Hartley will detail a Court Martial to try all cases which may come before if. 11. All officers not found at their po*t will be tried for desertion. 111. All officers will do as they would wish to be done by, and respect private property —but farmers are notified that the government will not be responsible for poultry. IV. The following insignia will be ob served : Maj. Gen. Cotn'dg. and his or derlies, red and white ribbons on bridle. Maj. Gen. and orderlios, red ribbon on hat. Brig. Gens, red ribbon on right arm. Colonels, white ribbon on hat.— Captains, white ribbon on right arm.— Lieutenants, blue tibbon on right arm.— Buglers, sash (as officers of the day.)— Signal Corps, flag in hand or yellow buff on bridle. By order, MAJ GEN G. S. CARNAHAN. Commas ling Simeon Nix >n. A. A. G Maj. Gen. Abner Bartley has made the following appointments forliis command: Chief of staff John Arthurs, Briga dierg. Jas Wright and Albert Srader. \ Meeting of Wool Urower*. A t a meeting of the wool growers ol Slipperyiock and adjoining townships, at CentreTtlle. Butler county Pa., on the 4th inst., it was resolved to form an asso ciation for mutual benefit and protection Ou motion. David Armstrong was clcc ted President, and W. H. Bingham.See'v Oil motion, the I'ros. appointed I) McKee, Juo T Bjtd, ami Jn->. B.gh in a eonimit.ee to adopt a Constitution aud : hyhiws. . ■ j Ou motion, Lewis) Pttißnu-a, 11. Viu 1 cent, aud Jacob Patterson were appo.n ; ted a oommittee to circulate petition* for J signers, asking the Legislature to extend the Dog Law of Mercer county to Hutler county. On motion, J. T. H„j ri ] wng e i eoto d uelegate, to attend the Wool growers Con vent ion to be held at l'ittfburgh, ou the Bth iiist (Hi motion it was agreed that tne as sociation meet the (list Monday of each month. A cordial invitntimi Is extended the wool-nrowurs of tbU iitid adjoining coun ties to attend ihe next meeting of the Association. Ou motion, it was agreed that the pro ceedings be published in the county papers. Oil motion it was agreed to adjourn to meet on Monday, the oth day of March. W. S. UiNiitiAM, Sec'/. CKNTRH VIMJK, I'll., Feb. 20, IWSG. MR. KDITOR. — Allow me to rein amy sincere thanks to about a half dozen tne» of our HorMigh The most profligate set I ever saw ; walking swill barrels, pest of society, the publication of whste names won d disgrace any paper, fortheir kindness iu serenading me in the most hellish manner, for my advocacy ol the temperance cause Their names will appear in tract form shoitly. I le vetl.e:n for the present. And state to the good people of Hutler county that theTempar .mcecause if still gaining friends here, and we intend to labor incessantly until we stop the traffij, if the devil and llierestof the advocate* of the whiskey trafllc rage, and howl, and say the writer ot tlicse articles is a drunkard. < KNTRF.VIt.LK. Kentucky! Oil! Kentucky. H bile the so-called Kentucky Union men, both in Congress and at home, ate doing all they can to embarrass the move ments and impede the reconstruction pol icy of both Congress and the Ad ministration, the condition of affairs in Kentucky itself seems to be most deplor able and to grow worse iustead of bet ter. To show the extent to which these infatuated loyalists of Kentucky are de termined to shut I heir eyes to the evi dences ol what is going on around them, we publish lo day a very iittcresling cor respondence between the editors of tho L uisvid Journal and (lencral Palmer, tne commander ot that military depart ment, iu winch ihe 112 irmer u*k for the ICMIOIUI ion ol' l lie habeas corpus aiill the withdrawal of the troops and the Freed meh's Huto.iu, while the latter exhibit in plain terms the shocking fttate ol aD'aits t here. As to the outrage* to which (Jener*! Calmer refers, no doubt can be entertain ed respecting them Account* of auch occurrences eoiue to us by alrnont everjr mail, and it we g.*ve Space to them. «»ur iroJeiH would be l#uth tiurr tied ami in- #t (hat t« -Juration hhouid l»c extend eel iW such lawltas lioioun. 'J hew« nd« r is ihat the Kentucky lnionnjen should h" jnnt about a* impracticable now »H i e w. rein 1 01 Wiuu l'rcsidcot Lin io ii e eimii.tiU to coerce the rebel Slates toai u iiuoti i ..at!*, i .flfi o. y then that recruiting for the am 8s ot tbe republic could be be- in fl at s ranjiC .State, and neutralifj iu ihc c< n c,t up|»#Mio I to be tho aim of the ivh.le • ho disl«»}'al wiredtteiui- INED HI their re >eiv•. U.hca. At the lu.-<t election the State fell into the hands of the 1 emoerats, of win in the rebels were the controlling element, and this 4«ieudancy has been most un ior tunate f.>r the prospetity of Kenmcky Krnui step In step this rebel majority han gone otj until loyalty sccius to be at a dis c nint in ih.it < otnmuiwealth, mid it i( rather a merit tuluve been a rebel. He do not forget th.it thj Union party made a most galliot stru. gle at that election; but when this Union paity hud an over whelming majority in the Legislature, it refused to ratify the constitutional amend ment. as it should have dime, and, in Fact, it neglected to avail itself ot the power it then held to preveot the very crisis which has now occuried. '1 hPBC men allowed the rebel troops to return to their homes fresh from the war against the nation and vote, and tlicy re fused volenti! their own colored tmojs w!io had fought for the loyal cause Many will say that men guilty of such tol y as tins loudly deserved to succeed, aim yet we are gravely a»ked on all these Oefi mous to make all iwanee for the pre judices if lace. Oue might have thought ibat the prejudice ol race would give way before a sense of great danger from the recovery of power by the rebel*.— But the prejudice did its perfect work, and we Bee the result now in Kentucky prostrate at the feet of the rebels. Now, as these Union men proved such poor hands at keeping possission of their owu State, tliey might let the itepub'ican [tarty alone to |ur ue a different course, and protect the interests ol all loyal men, |of whatever c .ior or race. As we ask no assistance lr <m them, the least they could do w uld be not to embarrass us. AVe made war against their Will; we abolished slaveiy without their co»*eot; we saved the Union by the very policy they op posed. Had followed northern ad v.te. they could have carried the State at the last »lection. Vet still they are brim f.ol and ruuuint; over with autagonismto [he only plan whereby they can he pro tected, and peace and prosperity be re stored to all larlii of th« sooth. YVe rca.ly ihink it is now high time for the "Con-ervative Kentucky gentlemaq" (q rub his eyes, and wake up to'he pjngrea# of the lime*. New Jersey has recovered tier senses; why should not Kentucky? Ttia op[»iaitioutothegrcatfurward uwn iiicnt ot the whole eviintiy cannot accom pii-b any hn- It must fail now, just as Ken'uelty failed iu all her other re sisiunee to the steps that were rendered unavoidable by the developments of the liue a. General l'almer is the leader wh >w the Kentucky Union men should follow Why do they refuse to do so?— Philo. American and Gaeetto.
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