The Doings of the Rip Van Winkles nt llarrlnburg. When "Rip" awaked from his score of.years nap among the Kaatskills, he was still true to King George and marry England, and consistently so, for tho soporific whiskey of the jolly bowling Dutchman had made him oblivious to the political changes which had taken place meanwhile. But whpt excuse will those who assembled in Convention at llarrisb.urg, on tho 11th inst., give for the adoption of resolutions in behalf of "dead issues.'* True, many of the party have the weakness which brought Mr. Van Winkle to grief, but unfortunately, the vile stuff they imbibe has not the hieep inducing virtue of the article which the Dutchman quaffed. True, it might be alleged that the enemy which so many of the members of this party of medi leval principles putin their mouths, had stolen away their.brains, but to account for their action in this way would require an unwarrantable assumption Tnese resurreetiooists of defunct issues could probably give teasons for their conduct, but undoubtedly they would be like those of Gratiano, as two grains of wheat hid in two bushels of chaff." These Pharisees stand up in the high places of the capital, and after thanking God—with their lips—that they are not as the (Republicans, and other sinners, proceed to say, 1 ' We, the delegates of the Democratic party of Pennsylvania," are " profoundly grateful to the Supreme Ruler of the universe for the return of peace." We cannot exactly see how these delegates can be "profoundly grate ful for the return of peace,", when they took such strong exceptions to the Su. preme Ruler's manner of bringing it about. This profundity of gratefulness comes with rather bad grace from those who opposed the war at every stage. If the South, instead of the North, had con quered the Peace, the representatives of the " dead past" would have been " pro foundly grateful," not only for the return of peace, but also for the instrumentality by which peace was attained. It is evident that the •' delegates of the Democratic party" are but novices in prnyers of thanksgiving. They have not cultivated very close communion with the Supreme Ruler, nor studdied the manner in which he would be addressed, or assuredly they would not approach him with "buts" and "ifs.,' They ate " profoundly grateful" for one thing, " but deeply anxious" on account of many others, particularly on account of the " trials and delays which impede the complete restoration aud reunion of all the States." It is a great pity that these malcontents did not goto the South at the commencement of the rebellion, and join in the fight upon the side with which tbey sympathized. They would then have progressed with the progress of events, instead of now standing in the way of progress and battling feebly for " dead issues ; " they would stand shoul der to shoulder with James Longstreet in the inanyly effort rights to all and permanent union upon that basis, the only one upou which it can be attained. The first resolution adopted at this convention is worthy of the Chinese, who cling not only to " the principles of civil government," but to everything else which their ancesters of two thousand years ago established. It is a wonder theso fossils aid not resolve " steadfastly to adhere" to the principles of civil gov ernment in vogue before King John and Magna Charta. We find in the preamble no profound gratefulness ex pressed for the overthrow of slavery. Is this one of the principles which they are resolved to adhere to steadfastly ? The second resolution is in advance of their position during and before the war For this progressive step we are " proi foundly grateful." It is a sort of oasis in a desert of platitudes and nothings. Let them act in accordance with resolution. The sixth resolution is a neat non committal piece of composition. Is the Democratic party in tavor of free trade or protection ? Where is the Daniel to interpret this writing on the wall 1 Finally, their candidate for Judge of the Supreme Court is generally conceded to be well fitted—so far as legal ability is concerned—for the position, and is their strongest man, but if " evil communications corrupt good manners," there will be a grand falling off in Judge S'narswood's fitness by election day. Their candidate, we believo, has nothing but a legal record, nothing can be urged against him except that he keeps bad company, and if the proverb be true that every man is known by the company he keeps, Judge Sharswood is not fit for that or any other office. If his political prin ciples are embodied in the Harrisburg resolutions, then it is the duty of every voter to use his utmost effort to defeat him. The party in its resolutions has ignored the soldier, let the soldiers ignore tho party.— Franklin Repository. DEMOCRATIC CAPITOL.—The Copper head press insist upon it, that if they eould have controlled the affairs of the nation during the rebelioo, we would not have had the present national debt. We admit had they not had occasion to sup port their Southern Dcmoaratic allies, the rebellion would of havo been sooner over come, and with less of the nations blood and treasure. It was quite apparent dur ing tho war, if the Democracy could rule, that they would have given the rebels all they asked. No doubt that would have stopped the rebellion and the cost of mon ey for.the time being, but the price of Democratic rule would have been anoth er Mexico and a Western Continent. A broken Union, with its perpetual border wars, national disgrace and dishonor.— Freo government a failure, with slavery the ch.ef corner stone in place of uni versal liberty; the rules of nabobs, a chosen aristocracy, and the oppression and ignorance of the poor would have been the special triumphs of what they call Democracy. Truly this is sham Democ racy seeking office and spoils, but totally unfit to rule a free country. — York True Democrat. No one will hearafter be admitted to membership in the Vermont Conference M. E. Church, who uso tobacco in any, foia. Another I.ettcr from Sir. 81c * ens—He (iiVor* a July Ses sion of Conitrms. lion. Thaddeus Stevens has addressed the following letter to the editor of the Washington Chronicle: LANCASTER, PA., Jane 13. I think it is proper to suggest the pro priety of having a quorum in Congress on the first proximo. The opinions of (he Attorney General seem to require some explanatory or suplementary acts. I need not point out errors in favor of rebels, as there are many of them easily seen. For instance, it is provided that to be entitled to be registered requires one year's residence in the State. Every tnan can see that this means continued residence, immediately before election ; but the Attorney General holds that the party may take nine months when he was aboy and three months now, Andw Johnson, by going a month before the election to North Carolina, where he li"ed thirty years ago, could vote ; so with re gard to clerks, military and civil officers, and those holding Confederate offices while in the rebellion. But I will not take time to criticise. A mistake more objectionable is the fact of usurpation by Attorney General in acting at all on the question, and erecting his decisions Officially the Attorney Gen eral has no more right to interfere than the President has to reconstruct, which pretension Congress has settled. Since it has been adjudged that the conquered States are to be treated as subdued ter ritory, and rebuilt, without reference to their former conditiocs, by the legisla tive power alone, it is to be supposed that Congress alone is to be appealed to in case of difficulty. It is true the Attorney General is too good a lawyer to pretend to act under the Constitution, as it is well decided that admitting new States, and, ot course, re building conquered territory, does not come within the provisions of that instru ment. His opinion is just as good a 9 any other good lawyer's, and no better. It is the attempt ti treat it as official that is objectionable. When he rules what shall be evidence, if obeyed, he does great wrong. He has a fair excuse, however, under the invitation of com manding generals. I have said this much with great res luctance, but finding my colleagues in different to the question, I have not been able to refrain. I fear, lest it should be thought I obtrude my own opinions too often in public matters, but my anxiety relative to reconstruction must be my excuse. With great respect, your obedient servant, THADDEUS STEVENS. Abraham I.in coin. The following eulogy by M. De Monv talambert, in his essay on"The Victory of the North in the United States," is one of the finest, because most truthful, sketches of that gre.it man wc have ever seen. There have been some feeble ef forts, by renegade Americans, to tarnish the name of our second Washington,but these efforts only serve to render the name aud fame of Abraham Lincoln brighter' To know that his enemies were bad, wicked aud selfish men, is suf ficient to satisfy the worl l of his good ness and purity of chart cter. The fol lowing extract shows how he was loved by the liberty loving people of tyranical Governments : Everything has been said upon Abra ham Lincoln. He has offered us in the midst of the nineteenth ctnlnry, a new example, which is neither a copy nor a counterfeit of the calm and honest mind of Washington. His glory will not be eclipsed in history, even by that of Wash ington. He honors humanity no loss than the country whose destiny he direc ted, and for whose return to peace he prepared with such intelligent modera tion. His eulogium is everywhere, and we yield only to an imperial appeal to conscience in associating ourselves with it. But it concerns us especially,obscure advocates of liberty, of which he has been the glorious and victorious cham pion, to engrave in our souls aud impress on our lives this pure and noble memory in order to encourage us, to console us, and to engage us more and more in the glorious field of action upon which we have voluntarily entered. It is im portant for us to verify what the study of this career, so short, but so resplend ent, placed in clear light, namely : this union of integrity and kindness, of sa gacity [and simplicity, of modesty and courage, which make him a type so in teresting and rare, a type that no prince, no public man of our age, has equaled or surpassed. This wood cutter becomes an advocate; then, placed at the head of one of the greatest nations of the world, he has displayed a'l the virtues of the honest man with all the qualities of the statesmau. His head has not been turn ed any more than his language; siucchis accession to the highest position, no one has been able to cite a single word of his, of menace or bravado, a singlo vin dictive or extravagant expression No hereditary or elective sovereign has spo ken language more dignified or more just; no one has shown more calmness and good nature, more perseverance and mag nanimity.— The Republic. THE Shenandoah Valley in Virginia is said to have almost recovered from the desolations of the late war. Notwith* standing the ravages of the many armies that passed through it, and the almost total destruction of houses, fences and agiicultural impliments, it is said that this year the farmers will probably have the finest and largest wheat crop ever raised in that region. The lower counties are filled up with Pennsylvania Germans, who are quietly buying up all the farms they cau get. —There is general complaint in Paris from the Commissioners appointed to look after the various nations represented in tho great Exhibition that the French officials treat them with a neglect which amounts to positive rudeness. The uni versal show appears, indeed, to have been so managed that the French get allj the glory and nearly all the prizes, and for eigners pay the expenses without roceiv- I ing bare hospitality in retam. Cittern. |y The Largett Circulation of any Paper in the County. "Tfitl C. E. ANDERSON, - - - Editor. BUTLER FA. WEDNESDAY, JUKE 26,1887. 9W" Liberty and Union. Now and Foravar, On# and •nteparabla."—D. Webstar. Union Republican County Ticket. AS6EMBLY : JAMES T. M'JUNKIN, JOHN KDWARDS, [LAWRENCE CO] GEO S. WBSTLAKE,) M DAVID ROBINSON { 00 [ Subject to District Nomination.] TREASURER : HUGH MORRISON. COMMISSIONER : CHARLES HOFFMAN. JURY COMMISSIONER : CHARLES M CLUNG. AUDITOR : J. CALVIN GLENN. Parallels. The Solon of the Union Herald is get ting quite eloquent. In commenting upon an article in the CITIZEN, of the 12th instant, in reference to the Washington election, which was carried by the Re publicans, it uses this sublime language : " It is said the cackling of geese once saved Rome: the negro vote has now saved Washington to the Radicals ! A veritable historical parallel ! Let the geese cackle I" We have read of other matters that approximated each other, for example : we once had a Rebellion, and arrayed on one side were Relels, Copperheads and sympathizers ; and on the other side, Re publicans, Union Democrats and Negroes* The latter were instrumental under Di vine Providence in saving the country from falling into the hands of the former, although they kept up a terrible " cack ling," and spitting out of their poisonous * venom in endeavoring to divide the Union forces, but Union hearts and were too strong, and Rebels were over powered and the " cackling" of their friends was measurably stopped,—but the Tailor warmed his goose which infused partial life into his goslings and they commenced to " cackle," and met togeth er in the city of Brotherly love, and pre tended to chaise their tune and "cackle" on tho Union side; and there was great weoping, and the whole assembly were melted into tears, and there was a reunion of long separated friends, and they re solved that they would join hands and a grce to save the country from impend ing ruin and Republican misrule; and [hey sat and " cackled," and gave out that they had found the Union Egg, which was to be brought into full life in the fall election, but the " cackling" of the old goose and her goslings aroused the soldier* who had fought for the Union in previous battles, and the mongrel for ces wore again put to flight, and the country sa w ed. It is an awful state of affairs, when black men ho were true to the Govern ment in the time of her trouble are per mitted to vote and thus eicfeat rebels and their sympathizers in aci oniplishiug by ballots what they failed to accomplish by bnllets and poisonous venom. The diffi culty is, that although Negroe's skin is dark,their mind is too well enlightened to vote the ltebel-t'opperhead ticket. That's where the shoe pinches, and causes the "cackling" of the Herald and its kindred fry. Cackle again, John ! keep it up ! Throw off your bile ! Assembly. We clip the following article from the Montour American, published by I). 11. B. Brower, formerly a citizen of Butler county. In speaking of our nominee for Assembly it uses the following language : " We observe that our party friends in Butler county, have nominated Jamei T. McJunkin, Esq., as their candidate for the Legislature. In that county they nominate by what is known as the ' Craw ford county system." "The candidate having the ' greatest number of votes' at the primary election, is chosen." The large vote given to Mr. McJunkin, not only insures his election, but is highly complimentary to him. He has served for several years as principal Doorkeeper of the House of Representatives, and can not fail to make a useful member, as he is conversant with the business of legis lation. We congratulate our friends in having chosen a candidate so worthy of their confidence, and so well and favora bly known throughout tho State." THIRTY soldiers lately deserted from Fort Hays, Kansas, but were not success ful. Five of them were killed by In dians. Summary. The Surratt trial has, at this present writing, been in session twelve days, and daring the piogress of the trial thus far, six witnesses have testified that he was in Washington on the day of the assassi nation. Notwithstanding this, his counsel maintain that they will be able to prove a complete alibi. The decision of the Attorney Genera' is having a bad effect. General Sickles asks t<> be relieved, giving as a reson, that the declaration of the Attorney General prevents the execution of the Reconstruction act; disarms him of the means to protect the life, property, and rights of citizens. It is now conceded that tliere will be a July session of Congress. Secretary Stanton haa not resigned ; the rumors were manufactured at a dis tance, and have no foundation in fuct. Marcus Altenbourg, of Wisconsin, who is now Consul in the city of Mexico, has been appointed Minister to Mexico. His instiuotions have been forwarded, and he is tequired to communicate at once with President Jaurez. A collective diplomatic note, signed by France, Russia, Prussia and Daly, ha 9 been presented to the Cabinet of the Porte, on the situation of affairs and the conduct of the war in Crete. These powers urge upon the SultaD the propri ety of an immediate suspension of hos tilities, and a government inquiry into the grievances of the Islandera, christians and others. The inquiry to be conducted by a commission appointed by the Great Powers of Europe and the Government of the Porte. It is said that the Sultan has accepted this proposition. We are informed that the relations between the Emperor Napoleon and the King of Prussia are not cordial. A has occurred in Birmingham, England, arising, as is alleged, from the harangues of Maurand Murphy against Popery. The excitement was intense. Troops were ordered from Manchester, but were not obliged to fire on the peo ple. The police used their cutlasses— several persons were wounded but none killed. Murphy continues his lectures, and it is thought that the disturbance may break out again. The startling intelligence that the city of Rome had been invaded by two hun dred armed men, has reached our shores. Their intention is suppose] to hive been to proclaim a republic, but the despot-ate attempt failed, and forty of the revolu> tionists are io prison. How They Like It. The late election in Washington City resulted in turning out the old pro-slavery dynasty and putting in Republicans. It is very natural the former should feel quite disgusted—this is usual with the defeated party ; but they also lost their temper, which is bad, as will appear from the following from Washington : " Both branches of the City Councils adjourned sine die last night The Pres ident of the Upper Buard m.ide a bitter speech. He spoke of are-ent election as a farce. He said it was curried by droves of contrabands, and asserted that the men elected to the new Council are not fit to associate with the old residents of the city. The President of the lower Board denounced as unjust and oppres sive the act of Congress in enfranchising hordes of ignorant negroes, and said the election was a humiliating event of a de plorable character," #t#"~Thc Republicans of Ohio have nominated for Governor Gen. Rutherford B Hayes, at present a member of Con gress from that State. Gen. Hayes was torn in Delaware. Ohio, October 4,1822, and before the war w.is a prominent mem ber of the bar, having been City Solicitor of Cincinnati from 1858 tolS6l. He entered the volunteer service soon after the breaking out of the Rebellion as a Cap tain in the 23d Ohio, and rose by suc cessive promotions to the rank of dier General, to which ho was appointed in 1864. In the same year he was elec ted to ''ongress, and he was again return ed in 1866. Gen. Hayes has a gallant record, and his nomination is creditable both to himself and to his party. LcglMlative Conference. The llepresntative Convention, compos ed of deligates from Mercer, La.frence and Butler Counties, to place in nomina tion four candidates for Assembly in this Legislative District, will meet at the Les lie House, in New Castle, on Friday, July 6th, at 1 o'clock p. M. The dele gates from Mercer county are 3. H. Mil ler, D. E. Houston and J. D. Kirkpau reck. The confer ees fr im Butler county will take notice to this fact. Pardoned. A pardon was issued on the 20th inst. in the case of General Longstrcet, it having been granted upon the written and personal application of numerous prominent individuals, including among the names appended to the request that of General Grant, and other prominent officers of the army, with several Sena tors and Representatives, many of whom were also personal applicants for the par don. EXPERIMENTS have been made at the Charleston Navy Yard with petroleum, . and is found better than coal to geuerate steam. Blowing Match. It will be remembered that, in our last issue, a challenge was given by Wilson, Weckbecker & Co., for a " Grand Mows ing Match near Butler," for the purpose of testing or ascertaining which of the many machines now iu use, is the best adapted to the wants of our farmers. It will be seen by the card of Messrs. Camp bell, Reed and Weisz, that the challenge has been accepted, and Thursday, July 11th, appointed as the day upon which the trial is to talre place. All those en tering into this arrangement are gentle men of the highest respectability, and have gone into this matter for the sole purpose of making a fair test of the dif ferent mowing machines now offered to the public. Manufacturers and those having machines for sale, as agents, will only be permitted to enter into this ar* rangement. Farmers, and all others interested, would do well to be io attendance on the day of trial, aud witness this exhibition, and judge for themselves with regard to the roal worth pf the different machines now on exhibition. The Union, Buckeye, Excelsior, and other machines will be ou the ground ; and as this exhibition is de signed to be a fair test of the different mowers now offered for sale, and manu facturers and agents will be present, it will offer one of the best opportunities for testing this kind of machinery that has ever beeu given in this county. Do not fail to attend. Connty Committee for 18®7. Adams, John Staples; Allegheny, Dr. A. W. Crawford ; Brady, J. G. M'Clymouds; Butler Newton Maxwell ; Buffalo, Alfred D. Wier; Clinton, John Andjrson, Esq. ; Cranberry, James Robinson ; Connoquenessing, Reed B. Gibson ; Centre, Wm. A. Christy; Concord, Joseph Oampbell; Clearfield, Peter Fenuel, Jr.; Clay. J. R. M'Junkiu, Esq.; Cherry, 11. C. M'Goy; Donegal, Andrew Barnhart; Fairview, M. S. Ray ; Franklin, Henry Pillow; Forward, Isaac Ash ; . Jefferson, David Logan, Esq.; Jackson, Robert Boggs ; Lancaster, Isaac Boyer; Marion, Russell Vandyke; Mercer, D. McMillan ; Middlesex, William Crooks ; Muddycreek, Dr. W. R. Cowden ; . Oakland, Capt. John Rippus ; x'enn, William R. Patterson; Parker, John Kelly; Slipperyrock, 11. E. Wick ; Summit, Alexander Mitchell; Venango, William Martin ; Washington, R. A. Mifflin. Esq; Worth, Robert Barron ; Winfield, N. M. ICi.klaud; Bor. of Butler, John H. Negley; " " Centreville, J. G. Christloy ; " " Saxonburg, J. E. Mudcr; " " Zclienople, AMOS LUSK, Chairman. Zclienople, Pa., June 26th, 1867. AN effort is being made by the Aus tiian Minister, as the diplomatic repre sentative of Maxamilian, to ascertain his fate and that of the other Imperial offi cers now in the hands of the Liberals.— He has been encouraged by the receipt of iutclligcnce leading him to believe that the Ex-Emperor will be released on publicly renouncing all claims to Mexi co, although the information is not offi cial. TUK Republican State Convention of lowa nominated Samuel Merritt for Governor The Convention, of course, declared in favor of universal suffrage They also asked for an extra session Congress in July for the purpose of car rying out the true intent of the Recon struction act. Tl»« Great ftfeow I Whitbey & Oo.'s groat combination show—Circus and Menagerie—will be in Harmony on the 2d. and in Butler on the 3d of July. This is said to be one of | the best shows in the United States, j During the last year they have expended ! 843,000 in »t"uk und wagons. We are | informed that they have 21 wagons full jof animals. The baby elephant will, no doubt, be quite a curiosity. Wo are in formed by the agent that it was difficult to procure a lot within the lim ts of the borough large enough for the exhibition, owing to the u umber of wagons and horses connected with the same. It must be a mammoth concern. They will exhibit in Kittanning on the 4th of July. Dentistry. We refer our readers to the card of J. M. Gilkey, Dentist. His office will be found on the N. E. corner of Main St. and the Diamond. The Doctor's room is tastefully and elegantly furnished. Those wishing anything done in his line of busi ness are respectfully requested to give him a call. Loit. On Monday, the 24th instant, a small wallet, some place near the Harmony bridge, containing valuable papers. The finder will be rewarded by leaving the same at Shontz's tavern in IlarmoDy, or at the Citizen office in Butler. N«w Tallar Shop. ' * Thomas B. White's Fashionable Tai lor Shop will be found &ppo*ite Thos. Stehle's store, Main street, Butler, Pa. THE only revolutionary pensioner liv ing is Samnel Dunn. »> hen he dies the list is don*. For th« American Citizen. Masonic Festival. Ma. EDlTOß: —According to ancjent custom the Masoni) Brethren of Butlar Lodge, No. 272, A. Y. M., celebrated the natal day of St. John the Evangelist, Monday, Jane 24th, by a festival at Zelienople. The brethern, with their wives, children and sweethearts, together with some invited guests from sister lodges, assembled at Bastian's Hot el for dinner. About one hundred were pres ent. Dinner was served at 1 o'clock, P. M. The bill of fare was quite gorgeous and the taiile abundantly spread. A blessing was asked by Rev. J. D. keggit. Twelve of the brethren, in white ! aprons, under the superintendence of Dr. Joseph Lusk, served the table as waiters with assiduity, patience and politeness. Strawberries of the finest from the Pitts burgh market, and of the sweetest from the garden of H. J. Berg, in Butler, were in abundance. The Harmony brass band, led by Mr. Ferdinand Winters, made its appearance after dinner, and led the company to the grove of Mr. Passavant, adjoining town, where seats had been prepared. The com pany was called to order, and Dr Loring Lusk, of Zelienople, was chosen President. George Metx, Sr., of Jack son township, and William Owens, of Pittsburgh, Vice Presidents, and Edwin Lyon, of Butler, Secretary. Dr. Lusk, in a terse and appropriate speech, stated the occasion of the festival, and the reason for commemorating the day. The following regular toasts were then read by Jami.s Bredia, Esq : REGULAR TOASTS. Free Masonry. A society without caste—a patriotism without party—a re ligion without sect. Response by Lewis Z. Mitchell, Esq. The Trowel. —lts work will stand when tho conquests of the sword and the Oracles of the pen are forgotten. The Bee hive. —ln life's sunshine— work ; in its storms—security ; in its winter—plenty. The Mystic Chain. — Its links yet un, broken—its brightness yet untarnished. Response by Dr. Loring Lusk. The Cardinal Virtues of Masonry Prudence, Fortitude, Temperance, and Justice—Humanity's highest attributes. Response by Rev. J. D. Leggit. The Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania.— A prolific parent whose gray hairs will never go down in sorrow to the grave. Woman. — For her—Masonry has no mystery—no commands. It asks from her no work—no sacrifice. It only asks her confidence. Response by Edwin Lyon, Esq. The exercises wero pleasingly varied with interlude by the band, of appro priate airs. After the toasts wore read, an invita tion was received from tho officers of the Orphans' Home, to visit their grounds. In response to which the company paid a visit to this noted charitable institution. After strolling through their beautiful grounds, they were escorted by Rev. Bassler through the different buildings, which presented a most creditablo appear ance. Before leaving, the brethren then met together and collected the sum of fifty dollars, to leave as a present to the orphans. This sum was presented to Rev. Bassler, by James Bredin, Esq., with a few pleasant remarks. The Reverend Principal gracefully acknowledged the gift, and asked, in return, in behalf of uie orphans, many blessings upon the donors. The day was now well spent, and the shades of evening admonished the party that there roust be an end to tho happiest of days, and they dispersed to their homes, well satisfied that the day had been passed both pleasantly and profitably. " Behold how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity." J. W. —The Committee of Arrangements de> sire to express their acknowledgements t to Bro.'s Sydney Wiele, White aud Gil ; lespie, for their valuable assistance in preparing for the festival SOUTHERN FAMINE RELIEF FUND, ) PHILADELPHIA, June 18,1867. } JAMES A. NEOLEY, ESQ., SECY : DEAR Slß: —Yours, of May 30th, re porting operations of Butler County Re lief Association has been received but has beeu accidentally overlooked. I regret that no published statement has been made of the operations of the Committee oa Distribution; nor have any of the acknowledgments been published. The Committee believe that it is much more advisable to buy supplies for the destitute with the mouey that advertise ment would cost. The Committee at first sent corn to the Governors and District Commanders of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama, (1000 bushels to each), but finding that the corn was only given to persons who came to the depots, that plan was abandoned; sinco the most needy (widows and children without the means of transportation) were not reach«d.— The Committee then appointed as A1 moners respectable citizens who would seek out the necessitous. These Almon ers are principally elergymen, some resU dents and citizens of the South but known in Philadelphia, others residents in tha- South a* Missionaries. The donations are in corn (purchased! wherever it can be had cheapest) and in money for the purchase of medicines. The individual donations are suntll in* amount and are given to persons in actu al want. In no instance has a greater supply than half a bushel of corn to each, person at one time been distributed by our agents. In this way the greatest amount of food has been done to the greatest number. The Committee have expended $10.» 286 in money and hare distributed' 26,- 460 bushels prime white corn and eight hogsheads of tacon. The supplies* have been received with gratitude and with prayers for tho pros l perity of the givers. Win O. Winston, Almoner appointed 1 by the Bureau of Frecdmen, Ac., in Al abama, has just reported the distribution of 1000 bushels oorn to 215 families com posing 884 persons, about 1) bushel to each person, or 5 bushels to a family.— You must remember, also, that these sufferers have no'hing else than corn— no meat, no animal food at all. Hoping that this hurriedly written let ter may anjwer for private communicax tien to inquirers. I am "ery truly, Your obedient servant, CHARLES J. GOBHECIIT, Secretary. TLLF. President's policy begins to work. Gen. Sickles lias itsked to bo relieved of the command of the Second Military District, and has demanded an official inquiry into his acts, that he may answer the accusations of tho Attorney General. The charges against Gen. Sickles, in Mr. Stanberj's opinion, arc sweeping and emphatic. Mr. Stanbery said :•' In an other of these distriots a body of military edicts, issued in general and special onlem regularly numbered, and in occa sional circulars, have been promulgated, which already begin to assume the di< mensions of a oode." After.enutuerating the orders of Gei» sickles, he continues: '• This construction of his power undet the act of Congress places the military commander on the same footing as the Congress of the United States. It as sumes that the paramount authority of the United States at any time to abolish, modify; control, or supercede, is vested in him as fully as it is reserved to Con\ grass. He deems himself a representa tive of that paramount authority. Ha puts himself upofl an equality with the law-making power of the Union, the only paramount authority in our Government, so far, at least, as the enactment of laws is concerned. He places himself on higher ground than the President, who is simply executive officer. He assumes, directly or indirectly, all the authority of the State, legislative, executive, and judicial, and in effoct deolares 'I am tho State.' I regret that I find it necessary to speak so plainly on this assumption of authority. I repeat what I have hereto fore said, that I do not doubt that all these orders have bean issued under an honest belief that they were necessary or expedient, and !u!ly warranted by the act of Congress." We think that Gen. Sickles has made a mistake in offering his resignation, tor even though it be true that Mr. Stan bery's censure is approved by the Presi dent, the approval is not yetofficia'. The District Commanders were not appointed by Mr. StanWy, and it is as yet un necessary for them to shape their aotion to pleaso him. This question, is not a personal one. 10 is an issue botween. Congress and the President, the decision of which the District Commanders should, patiently await. We hope the President will act upon this theory, and return Gen. Sickles's resignation. We know of no personal reasons why he should resign ; he is the representative of a principle Sheridan and Pope are charged with the same abuse of authority. Against Gen. Sickles the President has made no sepa rate or personal charge, and might prop erly decline to accept his resignation — N. Y. Tribune. NEW WHEAT. —A dispatch from New York states that new wheat from Georgia has made its appearance on 'Change in that city. The latitude where this wheat was harvested is about six hundred miles couth of Chicago. In fify days from this lime, new wheat g<< wn in the Wert on the latitude of this city will be com* Uig into maiket. The ripen:i gof lh« "staff of life" will move st-.ad iy north ward about twelve miles per day. like a wave, until it sweeps up t.> ihe northern margin of the great wheat belt. Twenty davs hence, the golden grain wiilpe fal.» iug before the reaper, in ••EgNpt." A marching regiment in G«