Addrrm of the ITnton Repnbll
licnn Mate Central Commit
tee.
COMMITTEE ROOMS, )
HARKISBURO, July 26, 1867. J
To the People s/" Pennsylvania :
FELLOW CITIZENS :—The official term
xjf George W. Woodward, Chief Justice
of the Supreme Court ot the State, is
about to expire ; and under the constitu
tion his successor will be elected on th-)
second Tuesday of October next. This
election is every way important, and the
more so, because of the great principles
and issues involved, and of the fact that
the term is for fifteen years.
AJI the powers of our Governments,
both National and State, are divided into
three classes: the Legislative, Execu
tive, and Judicial. The people are the
source of all power; and our constitu
tions prov'de the manner in which all
offices shall be filled, and the terms for
which they shall be held. The National
Judiciary being for life, and that of the
State Judiciary fifteen years, changes in
these tribunals are wrought more slowly
than in tho other branches of the Gov
ernment ; and hence should be made
with the greater caution and wisdom ;
for nothing is of greater public import
ance than a wise and patriotic judiciary.
Our past historv shows a constant tend
ency in these several departments to en
large their respective jurisdictions, and
occasionally to encroach on each other ;
and especially is this true of the judiciary.
It is but recently the Supreme Court of
the United States, in the interests of sla
very, gravely undertook to overturn the
foundations of the Government on that
question, and to nullify and destroy acts
of Congress enacted by the mcu who
made the Constitution. The Dred Scott
decision virtually legalized and extended
slavery over all the Territories of the
Union, in defiance of Congress and the
people ; and laid down principles, which,
but for subsequent events, would have
extended slavery and made it lawful in
all the States. And after the recent
eivil war was inaugurated, our State ju
diciary, by a denial of the constitutional
power of Congress and of our State Leg
islature, in measures absolutely necessary
to carry on the war and save the nation,
so imperiled our cause as to make intelli
gent patriots everywhere tremble for the
issue of thj contest. True, these false j
theoriet did not prevail. But it is equal- j
iy true the continued assertions of them j
paralyzed the arms of both the National |
and State Governments, distracted and |
disheartened our people, gave aid and |
comfort to the enemy, prolonged the war,
and added immeasurably to our sacrifices
of blood and treasure. Hence it is,
"That wrvned by past misfortunes, we ask j
that the Supreme Court of the State be
placed in harmony with the political
opinions of the majority of the people, to
the end that the Court may never again,
by unjust decisions, seek to set aside laws
»ital to the nation."
Who, then, are HENRY W. WILLIAMS
and GEORGE SHARSWOOD, the candidates
for this vacant seat upon the Supreme
bench ? What are their past records, J
and where do they stand, in these event,
ful times, and on these momentous is
sues ? The weal or woe of the Common
wealth, and perhaps of the nation, is in- j
rolved in these questions; and it be- j
hooves every patrioiic voter in the State
to examiue them with care.
Of Judge Williams, the Union lie- i
publican candidate, we here propose to 1
give no extended biography. He is a
high-toned Christian gentleman, about
forty f-ix years of age, a ripe scholar, and
a learned and eminent lawyer, with fiP— J
teen years' judicial experience on the
bench of the District Court of Allegheny j
county. He was first elected Judge in i
1861, when he ran over one thousand ;
votes ahead of his ticket, and was re- j
elected in 1861, by the unanimous vote j
of all parties. The following extract ;
from an editorial in the Pittsburgh Post, ;
(the principal Democratic paper of the j
West/) shows the estimation in which he
id held by political adversaries :
" The nomination of the Hon. Henry 1
W. Williams as a candidate for Judge of
the Supreme Court is a good one. He \
was the best man named be/ore the Re
publican Convention, aud possesses legal '
and moral qualiScations for the responsi
ble position to which he has been nom
inated."
He is Of the Webster and Clay school
of politics, and during the recent civil
war, from the beginning to tho end, did
everything in his power, through his
means, his voice, and his votes, to strength
en the hands and encourage the hearts
of the loyal people iu the struggle to !
maintain the Union.
Who, and what Judge Sharswood is,
as a public man, will appear from what
follows :
Early in the history of this nation po
litical sentiment became divided on the
powers of the National and State govern
ments, and their true relations to each
other. On these divisions two great par- j
ties wore subsequently founded. The
one, known as the State Bights party,
had John C. Calhoun for its champion;
and tho other, for its recognized leader,
had the great expounder of the Constis
tution, Daniel \\ ebster. The former had
tree trade, and the right of nullification
and secession as cardinal doctrines, de
nying the constitutional power of Con
gress to impose duties for protection, and
claiming nullification and secession as in
herent rights of a State. The latter de
nied these assumptions, and between
these conflicting principles and parties
there has been perpetual warfare. In the
main, tho old Whig party ranged it
self under the banner of Webster, and
tbe Democratic party under that of Cal
houn. One of the legitimate fruits of
State rights doctrine was the rebellion of
1833, in South Carolina ; the avowed
object of which was to nullify the pro
tective tariff law of Congiess, enacted in
1828. The oountry at that time was
saved from a disastrous civil war by the
firmness of President Jackson, the wis
dom of Congress, and the patriotism of
General Scott. That effort at rebellion
and eivi> war failed; and the principle
on which it was based was repudirted.—
But in 1860 and 1861 South Carolina and i
other rebel States, again endeavored to i
putin force their States rights doctrine
of secession. The sympathy, imbecility, 112
and connivance of President Buchanan,
and his advisers, so contributed to the
success of the effort, that its consumma
tion could only be pravented by a long,
desperate, and bloody civil w.ir. In the
end, and after fearful sacrifices of life
and treasure, the rights and power of the
National Government wore again vindi
cated; and the Calhoun doctrine of se
cession was again overthrown. Such at
least has been the popular conviction, and
cause for rejoicing ; and even the worst
of Southern rebels have been compelled
to confess it, and for two years past have
beeen weeping over their " lost cause."
Strange, sad, and incredible as it may
seem, wo are already called upon to fight
these great issues over acrain The Dem
ocratic party, with Judge Hhaiswood fbr
its leader, and with F-ee Trade, State
Rights, and Secession upon its banner, is
again marshaling it,s hosts, and now sum
moning us to the field of political com
bat, on same issues '. That party,
at their National Conventions in 1856
and 1800, re-adopted what are known as
the Virginia and Kentucky resolutions of
their platforms. These resolutions are
known as the embodiment of the old
State rights and Calhoun doctrines. They
do not regard the relations of the States
or people thereof to the United States as
constituting a government, in theordina
ry and proper sonse of the term, but de
clare them to be merely a compact, and
that "as in all other cases of compact
among parties having no common judge
each party has an equal right to judge
for itself, AS WELL OF INFRACTIONS, AS
OF THE MODE AND MEASURE OF RE
DRESS."
Under this free Democratic charter for
rebellion, the lawful election of Abraham
Lincoln as President of the United
States was claimed by the people of the
rebel States as an "infraction" of the
'•compact;" and they chose secession and
civil war as the " mode," and the de
struction of the Union and State inde
pendence as " the measures of redress."
The Domocratic party at its last Nation
al Convention proclaimed the war a fail
ure ; and it has now putin the field a
lifelong Free Trade and State Rights
candidate, whom Judge Black indorses
as one who will " stand by the Constitu
tion and give pure law"—viz : who will
stand by the Constitution as the State
Rights party construe it, and give us
such " pure law" as Judge Black has
given President BCCHANNAN and AN
DREW JOHNSON.
Judge Sharswood and his party
friends have not only denied the lawful
powor of the National Government to
coerce a rebellious State, to make and
enforce a draft, to make paper money a
legal tender, to emancipate and arm ne
groes, to punish rebels and traitors by
disfranchisement, to suspend the writ of
habeas corpus in time of rebellion, or to
arrest and try offenders in time of war
by court martial , but they hold that
all these thiugs, though actually done,
were illegally and wrongfully done, and
therefore settled nothing! Or, as the
Democratic orgau (the Philadelphia
Age,) in a recent elaborate editorial on
the Republican State platform, thus ex
presses the same idea: " We put it to
the sober thoughts of the people of
Pennsylvania, whether they would not
have all these grave pending questions
decided according to law, and not ac
cording to war, JUST, IN EACT, AS THEY
WOULD HAVE KEEN DECIDED IIAD TIIEY
ARISEN EIGHT YEARS AGO, OR HAD NO
WAR TAKEN PEACE."
Is, then, the " lost cause" not lost?
Has the late dreadful war decided noth
ing? Is the right of secession an open
question ? Has slavery not been abolish
ed ? Are not the four millions of bonds
mec free? Has our national debt no le
gal existence ? Have the victors no power
over the vanquished ? Have the rebel
States and people lost no rights by re
bellion ? Have our sacrifices of blood
and treasure been all made in vain ?
Fellow citizens, weigh well these solemn
questions, and answer them at the ballot
box on the second Tuesday of October
next.
Having concluded to reserve for a
future occasion BOUJO remarks on party
organization, aud other topics, this ad
dress might here properly close. But it
may be asked by some is Judge Shars
wood, indeed, the political heretic herein
set forth ? "A man is kuown by the com
pany he keeps," says the old adage.
We have the right to assume, and have
assumed, that the Judge is of the same
political faith as his party, and the pub
lic will hold him responsible for all the
guilty acts and omissions of his party.
There can be no mistaking the true po
sition of the man who recoutly delivered
an elaborate opinion donying the con
stitutional power of Congress to make
paper money a legal tender. ( See the
case of Doric is. Trott, Legal Intelligen
cer of March \9>th. 1804, page
And when we go further back, and ex
amine his early history, we find ample
justification for all we have written, and
more So long ago as April, 1834, he
appeared as '• The Orator of the Day,"
at a meeting of a States' Right Associa
tion, in Philadelphia. We here copy some
of the proceedings of that interesting
convocation from " The examiner and
Journal oj Political Economy. Devoted
to the Advancement of the Cause of
State Rights and Free Trnde," Vol. 1.
page 309.
The orator on that occasion delivered
a long and carefully prepared vindication
and eulogy of the State Rights Virginia
and Kentucky resolutions hereinbefore
cited, and summed up his elaborate in
dorsements thereof as follows :
"He rom« bac/c to our storting place,
and finding nothing in the Constitution
establishing any final judge of the enu
merated powers, prohibitions, and re
served rights it must rest upon the ad
mitted priuciples of general laic in cases '
cf compact between parties having no
common superior. EACH STATE HAS :
THE RIGHT TO JUDGE FOR ITSELF OF THE
INFRACTIONS OF THE COMPACT, AND TO
OHOOSE FOR ITSELF THE MOST PROPER
AND EFFICIENT REMIDIIS."
The better to exhibit still further, if
possible, the true character of that 1
meeting and its distinguished orator, the '
following toasts are copied from the pro
ceedings. {Same vol., p. 312): 1
TOAST: "JOHN C. CAXHOUN —The J
Brat to (brow himself into the breach 3
against Federal usurpation. May he
live to tee his principle! predominant
throughout the world."
TOAST: " The patriots, otherwise rail
ed Nullijiers §f South Carolina —their
memories will be cherished wheu the
advocates of the Force Bill are for»
gotten, or remembered with execration."
TOAST : " The State of South Caroli
na —as her principles are cherished, we
need not fear usurpation, either in the
Legislative, Judicial or Executive de
partments of the Government."
The Hon. John C Calhoun was among
those invited to this meeting by Judge
I Sltarswood and others ; but declined in
I a published letter of sympathy.
We thus submit, as briefly as possible,
the record of the Democratic candidate,
and of the party which placed him in
nomination. We feel that no added
comments could do justice to the
ject; and only ask you, fellow eitizong,
to examine the whole reoord with care,
and under a sense of your solemn rc>
sponsibilities to your country, render
your verdict at the ensuing election.
By order of the Committee,
F. JoEDAN, Chairman.
GEO. W. IIAM&USLY, ) Q ,
J ROBLEY DUNGLESON, |' aec yB
EURROPE.
WAS IN CRETE ENDED.
LONDON, July 25.—Omar Pasha re
ports that the military forces under his
command have succeeded in suppressing
the insurrection in Candia, and that the
war in that island is now ended.
TRIAL OF RODMAN GUNS.
LONDON, July 25.—8y order of the
British War Office, a trial of American
fifteen inch Rodman guns w:is held to
day in the presence of a number of naval
and military officers and experts. It was
proved by tests to which the gun was
submitted that no iron or steel armor yet
invented is capable of resisting its pro
jectiles.
ROME TO BE GARRISONED BY NATIONAL
TROOPS.
FLORENCE, July 26.—Baron Ratizzl,
Prime iMinister of Italy, has made an
offer to garrison the City of Rome with
national troops to protect it from the
threatened attack of the party of action
under Garibaldi and Mazzioi.
THE SCHLESWIO QUESTION.
VIENNA, July 26.—Napoleon has sent
a note to the King of Prussia, urging
him to surrender the Danish Provinces
of North Sch'eswig to Denmark. The
Emperor of Austria declines to interfere
*n the matter.
WAR IMMINENT.
LONDON, Evening. July 26—There is
mueh caut ion shown by capitalists and
business men here, the feeling having be
come (renerai that a war between France
and Prussia is imminent. A private dis*
patch from Berlin, received this evening,
makes mention of the general opinion
there that war is certain, and adds that
Prussia is actively urging forward her
preparations for such an event.
FENIAN PRISONERS.
LONDON, July 27.—The names of the
prisoners rccetly arrested at Cork, on sus
picion of being Fenians, are Csilaghan,
Griffin and Gould, lteilly, who has been
on trial for some time, charged with com
plicity in the recent outbreak at Kerry,
has been found guilty of high treason.
DEATH OF AN EX KING.
A dispatch from Muuich announces
the death of ex King Otho, of Greece,
of the measles.
VIOLATION OP TREATY.
Late Japanese advices received via
Ilong Kong, report that the American
ship Anna Kimball, Capt. Williams, had
arrived at Nagasaka, Japan, with a car
go of rice, which it was alleged she had
taken frrtn a port of China which had
not opened to foreign trade by any treaty
stipulations The facts having been re
ported to the commander of the United
States squadron, she was by his order
seized and heavily libelled for infraction
of the treaty made between the Chinese
government and the United States.
THE SULTAN IN VIENNA.
VIENNA, July 27.—The sultan arrived
hero from England today, and is the
guest of the Emperor Francis Joseph.
THE TREATY OF PRAGUE.
The official journal says it is the right
and intarest of the Emperor Napoleon
to enforce the treaty of Prague. The
same paper says tho Czar has sent to King
William of Prussia a dispatch to the
same effect.
—Legislative reforms aro called for by
the ablest Republican journals in the
State. The West Chester Record is
agitating the question, and insisLs that
the people must take the matter in hand
and see that nono but good and honest
men are sent to our legislative halls.
Corruption and abuses have become
chronic ; to repeat them is like telling
a twice told tale, and they lose their
force by familiarity. The Record btings
forward the name of Hon. John Hick
man—one of tho ablest as well as one of
the purest men in the State—for a seat
in the legislature, and thiuks that if he
is called upon he should not deciino
serving.
Tho Lancaster Express seconds the
motion of the Record, not only lor Ches
ter county, but for Lancaster county also,
and says; "Let us send our best men to
Ilarrisburgh, and this cry of corruption
and venality will no longer be a stench
in the nostrils of the great Republican
party of Pennsylvania. Legislative re
form—good men and true men—should
be the battle cry of the great party this
fall."
—An Omaha special says: Sev
enty-five Indians attacked a survey
ing party of the Union Pacific Rail
road, on Bitter Creek, on the 22d,
mortally wounding B. F. Brown,
Engineer in charge of the party.—
Brown died on the 22d. The Indians ,
virtually have possession of the rail
road between Fort Sanders and Fort ,
Bridger. ,
—A new company is organizing to i
make one more trial of the Great (
Eastern between New York and i
Breit, ]
©he gtmmcau
The Largest Circulation oj
any Paper in the County.
0. E. ANDERSON, - - - Editor
BUTLER PA.
WEDXESUAI, JfJL.Y 81,1867.
<F*"LIBERTY IND UNION, NOW AND FOREVTR, ON»
AND 'NAEPARABTO."—D. WEBSTER.
Union Republican State Ticket.
SUPBEME JUDGE.
Hon, Henry AY. Williams,
Of Allegheny County.
Union Republican County Ticket.
ASSEMBLY :
JAMES T. M'JUNKIN,
JOHN EDWARDS, [LAWRENCK CO.]
GEO. S. WESTLAKE, 1 „
DAVID ROBINSON, | ™ E K TEA <-<>•
TREASURER :
HUGH MORRISON.
COMMISSIONER :
CHARLES HOFFMAN.
JURY COMMISSIONER :
CHARLES M'CLUNG.
AUDITOR :
J. CALVIN GLENN.
News Nummary.
The rumors with regard to' removal
of General Sheridan have at last taken
dcliuite shape. Iu au interview with
the President, whish certain gentlemen
interested in Louisiana mutters had on
the 22d iost; they were informed that
the difficulties in their way would soon
be removed by the displacing of General
Sheridaa and the appointment of Geu.
llancok or Meade as commandant of the
Fifth Military District. The principal
reason now urged for the removal of
Sheridan, comes, it is said, from Atty
Gen. Stanbcry. Who declares that
Sheridan's construction of his opinion on
the reconstruction aci is an iusult to the
administration. According to the la»
teat news irom the capital no steps have
as yet been taken for tho removal of
Sheridan ; but those it are said
to feel confident it will take place inr
mediateiy after the election in Teuuessec
is over, so that Geu. Thomas can be
transferred to New Orleaus.
It is reported that Gen. Sheridan has
appointed Ex-Gov. Hamilton a? Gov -
ernor of Texas in plaoe of Trackuiorton
removed.
The persons appointed by the late act
of Congress for the purpose of settling
our Indian difficulties were to meet iu
St. Louis on last Tuesday to organize
the commission.
The United States troops lately sta,
tionediu Kentucky,are moving into Ten
nessee by direction of Gen Grant, who
h&? instructed Gen. Thomas to distribute
his troops throughout the latter State in
such streugth, and at such places, as will
protect the lives and property of tho cit
izens, and secure order on Thursday neit
the day of election in Tennessee.
The sub committee of the House Ju
diciary, who were instructed to inquire
as to whether Maiylaud possesses a Re
publican form of government or not, will
□ot make up their report until after the
labors of the present Constitutional Con
vention of that State are closed.
The registration will close in the State
of Louisiana on the 21st instant.
From the recordi of the Elinira prisou
which have been used in the Suriatt trial,
it is found that duriug the spring of
1863, when 5,025 Rebel prisoners were
confined there during that time, and that
oDly six deaths occurred in three months;
this is a very small proportion compared
with the number that died in Rebel i>ria
-003 among the time number of Union
prisoners, and yet we find persons who
prate about injustice being dealt out to
leading rebels.
Nnbbatli School Visit.
On Sabbath, July 28, in company with
I. £. W. Thompson, wo visited the M. E.
Sabbath School of We<t Sunbury. We
startod from Butler at 6} o'clock, A. M.,
and arrived in Sunbury at o'clock.
the morning threatened rain,
and the day was anything but propitious,we
were surprised to find the church almost
filled with scholars and the friends of the
Sabbath School cause ; the attendance of
so ninny on Such a day revealed to us the fact
that there was a lively interest in Sunbury
and vicinity in this noble work. Every
teacher, but two, belonging to tbi* scboo]
was present, and the absent ones were una
voidably detained. The wholo number of
scholars on the rolls is 153; of these, 135
were present. We were introduced to the
school by A. B. .Rhodes, Superintendent.
School was opened by my friend, Thomp
son. The teachers then took charge of their
classes and for 30 minutes the scholars were
busily engaged in their recitations. Ex
cellent order and strict attention prevailed
during the whole time. We notioed two
larire Bible classes. one composed of males
and females, (be other made up almast en
tirely of young men, who have lately con
nected themselves with the school, this is a
promising class, and if they are faithful in
this cause, they will be able to do a greaj
amount of good. We would say to these,
as we would say to all j don't forgst the
Sabbath School. The old as well as the young
were present, and we were informed by the
Superintendent, that these old persons wore
regular attendants and scholars of the school.
Upon seeing these aged persons in Sabbath
School we were impressed with the thought
thai, persons are never too old to learn, and
that these persona had sacrificed ease and
perhaps bodily comfort for the purpose of
being present in their places. Sabbath
Schools will prosper where the parents are
interested. Aro all fufficiently engaged in
this good work ? But we cannet particular
j ze. The singing wus Tery good j and I
cannot but mention no circumstance in thi(
connection. After the classes were through
with their lessons, our ears were at once
saluted by the sweet sounds of music, by a
eingle voice,and for a short time I was unablo
to tell from whence it came, when I discov
ered that a little girl, about five years old
was the sweet singer; finally the whole
He boo) joined the sweet voice, which was
again heard as it started off in the lead,sing
iug several stanzus. The exercise and or
der in this Bchoolare good. The officers and
teachers appenrto be interested in the work,
and we have no doubt of the success of this
school if the present interest is kept alive.
We are informed that there are two other
flourishing schools in this vicinity, viz : the
U. P. and the Presbyterian, that they are
strong in numbers and useful, and each in
its proper sphere lab 'ring to do good. We
would say to all: D n't forget thu object of
S;ibb:ith Schoils, "To educate the heart.'
May success attend tho Sabbath School
cause in Sunbury and vicinity.
Before closing, we desire to return our
thanks to Isaac Donaldson, keener of the
public house in Sunbury, for bis kinduess
and gentlemanlv conduct toward us. We
are led to believe that it is no fuult of bis or
those around him, if his guests are not com
fortable nnd well cared fur. ED.
Coctiran House.
Those who visit New Castle wou Id do
well to stop at tho Cochran House, S. E.
Corner of the Public Square David
Wolf the present proprietor is a gentle
man, and understands how to make his
guests comfortable. Mr. Wolf was for
merly a citizen of Butler county, and
kept public hou'e in Harmony. Our
citizens will give him a call.
tfommuuiaition&
FOR THE CITWWI
BENZONIA, MICHIGAN, )
July 18, 18G7. j
MAJ. ANDERSON :—We are now in the
midst of harvest. Some of the grass is
already cut, and the ripened grain is be
ginning to fall before the reaper. The
yield in this locality is very good, and
the quality surpassed by none. Michi
gan wheat holds the first place in the
market, and the wheat of this section is
tho best in the State. Last Fall the first
premium was awardel at the State Fair
for wheat raised about twenty miles north
of this place on ground that had never
been plowed. The yield was thirty bush
els per acre.
The climate here is very regular. It
is neither very cold in Winter nor very
hot in Summe.r The coldest day last
Winter was 70°. The warmest this
Summer, so far, was 90° in tho shade,
nud it brought out a great many com
plaints. Frosts do not come in the Fall
until late, and by the time it is cold
enough to freeze the ground (about the
beginning of December,) the snow be.
gins to fall and lies until April. Indeed,
I saw snow in some shaded ravines on tho
Ist of May. In consequence, grain is
completely sheltered, and potatoes will
keop in the ground with perfect safety.
Those who reserve their potatoes for a
Spring market never think of digging
them in tho Fall. In consequence, po
tatoes are about the worst weed we have,
as onco in the ground it is almost impos
sible to get them out.
We have an abundance of rain in this
country, but not too much It now rains
on an avenge about once a week, and
usually at night. The climate is adapt
ed to every variety of fruit nnd grain
raised in old Butler county, and to some
things you can't raise. The soil is a
mixture of sand, clay ami lime, pebbles.
Very loose when you get the roots out:
very fertile and with a rich subsoil many
feet in depth. It is equilly well calcu
lated to'carry off an excess of moistur
and to withstand drouth. There is clay
enough to retain manure ; sand enough
to make it loose and prevent it from ba'
king; and lime enough to keep the iand
in good heart.
And now a word to the boys. We are
revelling in fresh fish. I have often seen
some of you go up the creek and spend
half or all the day and come back tired
and wet with a few little minnows as your
reward ; and if you had enough for your
breakfast you thought you had done well.
Well, I know threo little boys that went
out on the lake a few days ago, at fuur
o'clock in tho morning, and went home
in plenty time for school, with 57 rock
bass which would average a pound in
weight. Then you will some times get a
black bass weighing five pounds, or a
Pickerel of ten or fifteen pounds, or a
Mutkulnnge of from twenty to sixty
pounds in weight. Think of that, and
next time you take a trip come to Bens
zonia and try our fishing.
Yours, truly, (
W. J. YOC.NQ.
NEWS ITEMS.
—The 'number of emigrants landed in
New York last week was 5,956; making the
nnuibcr since January 1, 144,336- against
143,880 to the corresponding date of 1866.
—A fatal cnse of cholera has occurred in
the township of Ngwton, Queens county,
New York, and it is reported several other
persons havo been attacked in the same
house.
—General Thomas has sent orders to Qen
Duncan, who commands at Nashville, in
regard to the disposition of troops on the
approaching eleccion day, directing that,
except iu extreme coses, no troops shall ap
proaeh the polls.
—At th<s base ball match, Saturday, be.
tween the Nationals, of Washington, and
the Excelsiors, of Chicago, played at Chica>-
go, the furmert worr. The score stood 4'J to
4. The Excelsiors were whitewashed six
times.
—An attempt has been made to introduo e
Coolie labor on some of the Southern planta
tions, and one or two enrgoes hare already
been landed. There are laws against this
traffic, and we look to the Government for
their rigid enforcement.
—A project is on loot for the establish
ment of an Ooean Steamship Line between
Washington and Antwerp, with a depot for
the reception of German emigrants in Wash
ington, from which they will be distributed
through the different Southern States.
An order has just been issued from the
War Department providing that at every
military post supplied with the proper ord
nance and ammunition a in>rningand even
ing gun will, in time of peace, he fired daily
at revcllio and retreat. It is stipulated that
for such purposes six-pounder guns and in
ferior blank earn idges or other powder on
hand will be used for the purpose.
The Iferald'a Canada correspondence
says: Certain parties in Canada, who are
supposed to be posted, say that a scheme
for the abduction of President Lincoln was
started in the South ns early as 1863, and
tha{ Colonel Percy Windham, who corns
manded a regiment in and about Washing
ingtnn, had at one time agreed to deliver up
ihe President and his Cabinet at Richmond,
and would probably have done so if he had
not been suddenly removed.
Since the published announcement of
theintention of the Treasury Department tu
issue a fractional currency note of the de
nomination of fifteen cents, a largo number
of letters have been receivhd requesting
samples, and further information iu regard
to the proposed new issue. Some parties
Nave inclosed amounts of money with their
letter for sample notes; but these will not
be ready for some weeks, as the water-mark
for the paper is not completed.
—On Thursday evening a new Lodge of
the Independent Order of Oood Templars
was organized in the borough of Tarentuin,
by Mr. T. 11. Hoyden, District Deputy, as
sisted by Mr. Hugh D. McGaw. A large
number of members were initiated and
officers elected to serve for the ensuing term.
The cause of temperance is stendily advan
cing, and is bringing wishin its fjlds nearly
all the young men of the borough.
On the evening following (Fridy) the
same officers also organized a lodge ofOoood
Templars at McKeesport, which is to be
known as the Luketis Lodge.
—The Cincinnati Enquirer says the pol
icy of the Republicans is to "transfer power
to the negro." Of cotirso reference is had
particularly to the South. Accepting for
the moment this assertion, thecommon loyal
sense of the land will readily acknowledge
that if any particular sat or class is to pos
sess power in the South, the preference
must he given to the loyal negro over the
disloyal whito man. It is precisely the
forcing of this choice that has led to the
enfranchisement of the 1" reed men. In the
contest wherein loyalty is the point at issue,
the loyal man will ever ho preferred, no
matter what hie color may be—for in no
other way can tho Republic be secured.
—The Governments of Prussia and Den
mark are still quarreling about the retro
cession of the Danish districts of Northern
Schleswig to Denmark. In tho treaty of
Prague, Prussia promised that "if the
northern districts of Schleswig should man
ifest, by free voting, a wish to be united t »
Denmark, they should bo ceded to Denmark."
After having put off the execution of this
article for about a year, the Prussian Gov
ernment has finally declared its willingness
to submit the question to a popular vote,
provided Dmm irk giro guarantees for the
protection of the German inhabitants of
North Schleswig. Denmark having at first
flatly refused to comply with this derjandi
now intimates its willingness to grant the
desired guarantees, but previously demands
information as to the nature of them.
—Democracy everywhere is a contradic
tion, and new proof of its absurdities is
given by the recent Democratic Convention
of Marion County, Indiana. Tho Indiana
Democrats are firstly, opposed to negro suf
rage ; secondly, they think legislation should
be in the interests and for the benefit of,
the laboring men. We do not see how I
these propositions can bo reconciled, and
prob'ibly there is no desire on the part of
their sponsors that they should be. If ne
groes cannot vote, wbat security have they
that legislation will protect them ? The
Democrats, however, have an easy escope
from their dilemma , it is a part of their
Breed that the negro, in a state of freedom,
is not a laboring man, and the reports of the
t'reedmen's llureau, the industrial returns
of the South, are not insufficient to convince
them of their mistake.
—Fifteen speakers have been sent
South during the past week bv the
Republican Congressional Executive
Committee, to asist in the canvass
now going on in that section. They
have been sent to the Carolinas and
Mississippi. Funds have also been
sent to the several Union State
Committees. General Brisbin, of
Kentucky, will stump the State of <
Alabama during the month of August. <
•The Honest Men of Tennessee/
A few days since the New York
■ published a long communication from
: Mr. John Lellyett. Chairman of the Mid
dle Tennessee Executive Committee It
was full of the fiercest deunciatiou of
Governor Brownlow and th# Union citi
zens of the State. They are bloody
thirsty, and Mr. Brownlow is a monster
of tyranny and iniquity. But if a pen
sive public wished to seo mild, manner
ly, forbearing, humane, and law-abiding
citizens, devoted to the Government and
to the fundamental American principles
of liberty and equality—in truth very
lambs—it must inquire for Middle Ten*
nessee Conservatives. The naiuo is sug
gestive. Mayor Monroe's thugs who
massacred Union men last summer were
"Conservatives;" and the men who held
a carnival of murder and crime in New
York four years ago at this time were of
the same gnat "Conservative" party.
On the day upon which Mr. Johu Lel
lyett's communication was published, we
also received a communication from a
citizen of Tennessee, who served through
out the war upon the side of the Union,
against which the "Conservative" party,
which the World calls "the honest men
of Tonnessee," was arrayed. These hon
est gentlemen are in faot the ex-rcbelsof
Tennessee organized into a political par
ty, controlling fifty newspapers, whilothe
Union men havo not half a dozen, carry-.
ing on the campaign with a determina*
tion to succeed at all hazards, their lead--
er and candidate for Governor, Euierson
Ethendge, declaring that any man ought
to be shot who says tint slavery is abol
ished, and the rituk and file of the party
following his advice to the letter. Such
is the terrorism that these "honest men
of Tennessee" have established that
Union wen art consciously in oonstant
perii; and Governor Brownlow, who fuU
iy understands his State and the spirit
aud purpose of"the honest men of Ten
nessee," has taken military measures for
the pieservation ,of tho peace and the
protection of the Union inen. "None
but a Brownlow," says our correspondent
"could meet the emergency now upon us
in Tennessee; and underlying his
ing rhetoric there is a reliable basis of
truth, virtue, and patriotism."
No man iu the country needs to be en
lightened upon the character of tho ex
rebels in Tonnessee. They hate the Union
and the Government just as cordially as
ever, an I the lost cause is the unknown
god whom they worship. the mild
Air. Lellyett, who calls Governor Brown-,
low a monster of tyranny because he will
not let rebels ride rough shod over loyal
men, is much icss mild at home than
when he addresses a New York public.—
Butter, so to speak, would not melt in
his mouth in New York,but in Nashville
—Ma in Hispania ! Our correspondent
writes : "Governor Brownlow can not
surpass in fiery iuvective the published
card of tho Honable John Lellyett in tho
Nashville Banner of a few days since, ic
which he says ttat 'every man, white or
black,who votes the Radical ticket,ought
to be marked and not
patronized or encouraged in any thing,
and that the ground he walks upon should
be accursed.' His advice is being oar
ried out literally."
What that means in a semi rebel State
every sensible man knows. The hope
and purpose of Mr. John Lellyett and
bis "honest men ol Tonnessee" is to make
tho State too hot for the devoted and
faithful friends of the Uuion and of equal
rights. That is the issue of tho August
election. If Mr. John Lellyatt and his
Iricnds succeed, the situation of loyal
men in the State wilt become intolerable.
—Harpers' Weekly.
Negro NuH'ragc aud Matrimony
Tho introduction of a new social and
matrimonial era is confidently anticipated
and most vigorously asserted, by that
class of the Democratic press which does
the thinking for tho lower strata of tho
party. The iu»st potent, in fact almost
tha only argument employed, against im
partial and general suffrage is, that if the
"nagnr" be allowed to vote, he will at
once have free access to all parlors aud as
good a chance as anybody clso, or por—
I haps better, for success iu any matri
i niouial aspiration ho may indulge, as he
turns his eyes upon the lair daughters of
the land. This, it must be admitted, is
highly complimentary to the personal
attractiveness of the sable raee, and, if
correct, would justily the appeal to the
fears of competition which the argument
presumes to be latent and lurking in the
minds of those to whom it is addressed.
It is, therelore, far les? complimentary
to their personal attractions aud the gal
lantry of their muuners, than to those of
the darkey.
Under the impulse of a desire to do
impartial justice to both, as well as to
the argument itself, wo refer to two his
torical facts. The first is this. It has
never been known,except in one instance
—anJ the exception confirms the gener
al proposition —that in connuhiaj affairs
tho darker race has been preferred to the
fairer, in popular female opinion. A
very black negro, nauied I'hihp, perhaps,,
who accompanied Lewis & Clark's early
exploring expedition to the Columbia
river, was the preferred favorito among
the women of tho red race. And his
deep color was his capital. As soon as
they ascertained experimentally, by wet
ting a finger on the tongue and rubbing
it on his jet black cheek, that he could
be "warranted fast colors," there was
no limit to his popularity among them.
Although the general tone and power
of female preference ought to allay aIL
tears of colored compction, the other fast
to be stated has .-till more weight, and
ought to sink the great Democratic argu-..
ment entirely out of sight. llow much
prestige in j>enteel parlors and refin<>d
circles of society, has the right of sirfk
rage given to the low and half civilized
p rsons who have been endowed with it?'
The vote does not give then social ele
vation, nor advance their matrimonial
prospects. Yet, to their low prejudices
is this argument of the Democratic press
pertinaciously addressed. To avoid all'
risky competition, to insure the whites
againlt conjugal alliances with the blacks
the infallible and the only means is, to
d eny to the latter the vote. The Demo
cratic doctors reckoa this cure "the sov
ereign'st thing on catth."— Fltfi, Com.