The Election.
The Result in the State Doubtful
Tfcrd ttetnrns Inremplelo and
Straggling.
To put the worst look on the
incomplete returnsof the election
in this State yesterday, we will
iconcede, until something better
is received, that they make the
result doubtful, with the odds in
favor of the Democrats. The
vote was a light one, the gains
of the Democrats—as in Phila
delphia—decided, with a pretty
uniform cutting down of the Re
publican majorities. If the re
port of six thousand in Berks is
correct, it is indicative that the
Democrats have held their own
in their strongholds. Under such
circumstances we can not quite
Serceivehow our majority in the
tate last year—which was 17,-
174—can stand the drafts, great
and small, thus made upon it:
The result in Philadelphia wipes
out something like forty per cent,
of it. A loss of one thousand is
reported in Chester. While we
have offsets in the reported re
sults in Fayette and a few other
counties, we are apprehensive
that they will not prove suffi
cient to withstand these losses.
Oar friends in Philadelphia ex
press considerable confidence;
but unless they have figures de
cidedly different from those we
have, we do not quite see where
fore. We hope they are correct
and shall await returns that are
to prove they are with interest
and as much hopefulness as the
circumstances will permit.—
Pittsburgh Commercial.
ALLEOHi:*!' tOBXTT.
The majority for Williams in
Allegheny county, which will be
not far from six thousand, is not
as large as it should have been.
It is, however, about of a piece
with the rest of the State—hav
ing some spots where the Repub
licans have made positive gains.
The vote east is small—and the
result, so far from demonstrating
a change in popular sentiment,
only proves that hero, as well as
elsewhere, thousands of Repub
licans had business somewhere
else than at the polls.
The majority for Errett for
Senator, while he receives agiKxl ,
many less votes than Williams,!
will be greater over Barr thanj
William's majority over Shars
wood. Barr fared badly all
round. Salisbury probably took
some five hundred votes from
him, while the Workingmen
made inroads that helped todam
age him a 9 a running man.
BURTT, the Workingmen's can
didate, has probably received in
the neighborhood of four thous
and votes, and it has been dem
onstrated that nobody on that
ticket at any time had the ghost
of a chance of being elected.—
Pittsburgh Commercial.
COLUMBUS, O.
Speech of Cbief Justice Chase.
COLUMBUS, 0., October 6.—Hon.
Salmon P. Chase anived here last night
■nd was enthusiastically received by the
citizens. He made the following speech:
F*IENDB ANB FELLOW CITIZENS :
This greeting takes me entirely by sur
priie. I came to Ohio to perform some
private duties, and one public duty. I
hare avoided as far as possible, for I
thought myself bound to avoid, all pub
lic demonstrations. In tho position
which I occupy, I am not at liberty to
take an activj part in a political canvass
—I have my opinions, however, as a
man and as a citizen, and it would be
mere affectation if on an occasion like this
I should refrain from saying that I abide
in the faith and cherish the sympathies
you have so often heard mo avow. lam
not, as you know,'a man given to change
my rote, therefore, on Tuesday next it*
will be given for the candidates of the
great party whose proud distinction is
that it demands equal rights and exact
justice to all men, and insist on main
taining inviolate the public faith. My
whole political life and my whole public
conduct pledge me to this, and I rejoice
in the belief that the noble people whom
it has been my pride to serve in days
not long past will, on the one hand,
sternly refuse their sanction to any vio
lation of national eon tracts, and on the
other generously extend the right of *uff
rage to all men to whom it is i>t present
unjustly denied. With these few words
and thanking you again and for
the kindness of your welcome tonight,
and for the kindness with which you
have followed me ever since I eutcred
publio life, you will now permit me to
bid you good night.
COLERIDOI w«-> discnntine, in the presence
of Charts Lamb upon the repulsive appear
ance of the oyster. ''lt isn't handsome,
Coleridge," said Lamb ; "but it lias the ad
vantage of jwu in one thing-"' Whatistba' ?'
queried Coleridge, who as every one knows,
was an exhaastlea* talker. "It knows when
to that iti month," was the reply.
The Mnin Question,
Is the will of tho President the law of
the laud ? That is the question which the
people oi this oountry are now summon*
ed to answer. He calls his will the
i Constitution, and his persistence obedi
ence to the Constitution. But by what
authority docs the President insist that
his view of the Constitution shall prevail
, after Congress has declared against his
! view in the manner which ihc Constitu
tion prescribes? When Congress has
passed a law of sj proved n polioy to
which the Presipeat objects that, in his
judgment, it is not constitutional, Con»
gress must reconsider its determination,
and can not mak it lawful except by a
majority of lwo thirds Hut when that
is done the President has but two con
stitutional alttroaativo* —on.- is resigna
tion, and the oiher is a faithlul exccu
tion of the law.
These are the most clemsntary truths
of our political system, and the iutens
tion of the Constitution is evident It
is to avoid a conflict of authority. It is
to conßne tho President to a purely ex
ecutive function when his objections
have failed to defeat the law An lion
orable man of profound conviction*, who,
as President, had vainly opposed whit
he deemed fatally unconstitutional and
perilous to the country .might resign,and
by his resignation impress upon the
country, as nothing else could, the grav
ity of the emejgeney. But no honora
able man, who, as President, had object
ed in vain, and who dil not resign,
would attempt, cither directly or indi
rectly, to thwart the will of the people
in Congress constitutionally expressed.
To do that would be to attempt a revo
lution, and that is precisely what the
President is now attempting. He has
not, indeed, as yet technically violated
the law, but he is hedging and tempo
rizing so that the law my be violated ;
and he is responsible, with the Demo
cratic party supporting him for the par
alysis which has fallen upon the subject
of reconstruction. Let ns se how.
Congress has passed a law providing
forregistry and election in the late rebel
States. Tho President vetoed the law.
He declared that he thought it wholly
unconstitutional and destructive of civil
liberty. Congress passed the law over
his veto. Instead of resigning or faith
fully executing the law in its spirit and
for its declared purpose, the President
began to prevaricate, to perplex, and to
denounce. He repeats in public and in
private his conviction that Congress is
virtually treasonable to the Constitution,
and nppenls, as he says, to the people
against Congress ; that is to say, heap
peals to the people against their repre
sentatives. Such a course plunges the
I whole country into confusion. The Pros
j ident arrays himself against a law con»
stitutionalty enacted , issues proclama
tions and makes removals of officer in«
tended to defy and delay the will of the
country as expressed by Congress. upon
ihc ground that Congress does not rep
resent the people, a,id that he, elected
two years before Congress, does represent
them. This brings him into anniiitude
of hostility to Congress, which the Con
slitution does not contemplate, and which
no honorable officer w.>uld assu nc So
long as that hostility lasts it is imp >s?i
bio to forsee its issue It will depend
very much upon the per«onal character
of the President whether it will not end
in violence. Meanwhile it is imposible
fo* the the c untry to become trauquil
Industry and trade arc boll; disturbed.
The Slates in question are universally
agitated. Immigration ceases. Capital
refuses to invest The spirit of rebell
ious hate to the Government and tho
Union is kept awake A true loyalty is
discredited and depressed, Bnd the so
cial disturbances of the war arj indefinite
ly prolonged.
This is precisely the situation into
which the President has 'blown the
country. Instend of resigning he has
chosen to remain and lo evade the exe
cution of the law, hoping that a reaction
might arise which would justify him in
his opposition to the law. In other
words, he erects his will as law. and de
fics Congressand the Constitution. Now
what onePresidcnt does another President
may do. If upon a difference between
the Executive and Congress the Execu
tive may defeat tho operation of a law,
the whole government is substantially
concentrated in him. Bo the people of
this country mean to approve t such a
view ? On the contrary, if tho present
situation it fairly understood, by them,
there is no conceivable doubt that they
would express themselves as they have
during the war and in the last year's
election.
It is to this point that we would draw
public attention- The State elections,
locally important as they may be, are. of
necessity, in the present situation of the
country, mainly significant in their na
tional relations This may be a matter ;
of icgret, but it is nevejthelcss a fact,
and we must deal with it. If the party
which does not agree with the President i
that Congress is "a body hanging upon
the verge of the Government" should be
defeated even upon the local State issues <
the President would not tail to regard it
as a popular decision in his favor, and lit
would wage bis war with Congress more
fiercely than ever. The one point, then,
which should be plainly kept in view by
the country, and constantly and earnest- '
ly presented by orators and journals is,
that in the coming elections we are all
voting for or against the settlement of |
reconstruction by Coogress. Wherever
the Union party is defeated, the defeat [
will be interpreted to mean support of
the PresiJent against Congress Where
ever it is victoious,the people will be un I
derstood to decide that the President's t
will is not the law of the land.
SENATOR Morton, who has been elec
ti meering in Ohio, has returned to In« '
dianopolis. His health is much improv
ed, hut he was obliged to make his
speeches sittinc in his chair, not being
well enough to stand. Put lie makes
good hits nevertheless. The other day
he said, amid the heartiest applause :
"\\ bo, my friends, they say this is a
'white man's government.' I will tell
you something worth two of (bat: it is .a
loyal mac's government."
gmrrinm Cittern.
gSsg— The Large.it Circulation of
any Paper in the County. "°©B
BUTLER PA.
ffIPSESPAY, OCT. O, IS«7.
Liberty and Union. Now and Forairar. On#
and 'meparablo."—D. Webater.
Election in Sutler County.
Retur&s come in slowly. We have
beard from 12 districts, and if we
cm judge from these, the majority
for WILLIAMS, for Supreme Judge,
will be about 400. The Assembly
and County ticket will not vary much
from that figure.
TIIE STATE.
News by our Exchanges would in
dicate that the State is doubtful, but
has probably gone Democratic ; but
it is impossible from any data in our
possession to give anything positive.
OHIO ELECTION.
From all that we can gather from
our Exchanges with regar 1 to the
election in Ohio, we are inclined to
believe that the Republican majority
will be small, in comparison with that
of tho last election, and it may be
possible that the majority will be on
the other side.
INDIANA.
Election in Indiana was held only
for County officers. In Indianopolis,
the Union ticket was elected by 1100
majority, being a gain of 500 since
last .Spring.
J®~We are willing to acknowledge j
that the Editor of the Press is thicker <
in the slein than we are. Will that do? i
Democratic Loyalty.
In politics, it is said, everything is
fair. At least, parties strive tom .ko it !
fn as they stop at nothing likely to insure
success. Just now the Democrats call
themselves the loyal party I In Ohio,
Vullandigham, notorious for his treasons
able utterances and conspiracies, is pro
minent as their candidate for United
States Senator, aad everywherj his
welcome at their mass meetings. In
Pennsylvania, Mr. Woodward, who as a
Supreme Court Judge decided that the
draft was unconstitutional, who wished
that his Stale was included in the Com
federacy, and who attempted to pievent
Unior soldiers in the fielH from voting,
as their candidate for Congress, to fill a
vacaucy. In Wisconsin, ''Brick" Po
meroy, Elitor of the infamous a Crone '
Democratic, is their favorite apostle. In
Connecticut, they rally under tho lead
of -'Tom" Seymour, who pronounced the j
war for the Union "usurpation" and j
"and "crime./ So everywhere, The 1
same men who were allies of the Rebel- j
lion and foes of the Government when,
it was struggling for self preservation
are bright and shining lights of Demo
cracy now ; aad the ideas they then up
held, arc thfte now supported by them.
Do they expect the people to forget
their recreancy and their unpatriotism ?
SENATOR Frcliogbuysen,in a speech at
Newurk on Wednesday evening, in speak
ing of public debt, said that this geuer>
ation ought never to attempt to pay a
dollar of the principal of it. The next
generation will be larger in number and
in wealth, and a burden that would break
the back of one man can be borne easily
bv two. This is the spirit of Senator
Morton's idea, but the reverse df Secre
tary McCulloch's, who thinks the debt |
should be paid off in thirty years. Ac
quiescence in the ootrary doctrine is in
creasing : and is likely to prove the germ
of a settled policy.
THE removal of Col. Messmore, Dep
uty lievenue Commissioner in New York
is likely to bring down upon the head of
Secretary McCulloch tho thunders of the
National Intelligencer and strengthen the
influence which is urging the President
to ask the Secretary to resign. So fa r
has the purpose of calling another to the
Treasury progressed that the question
who shall be the Secretary's successor
has beeu seriously cauvassed. As a
matter of fact, Secretary McCulloch j
thinks as little of Mr. Johnson as Mr. j
Johnson thinks of him. Tw-ere is no
prospect of much love being lost between
them.
TUE LOUISIANA ELECTION.—Advices
of a trustworthy character have been re
ceived ia Washington which show that
the Louisiana convention has been called
by a majority of about seventy thousand
votes, thought it appears that at least
twenty thousand of the registered votes
were not cast.
Editorial Clippings.
. ! THE New Ycrk Timet, wliich sup*
i ported Johnson a? long as there was a
single fact to make an argument upon,
and which has always been opposed to
extreme measures, oFany kind has chang
ed its opinion very decisively. Ia a late
article on the non fulfillment of the Pres
ident in obeying the laws and performing
his duty, the Timet says : "The fact that
- Mr. JohDson refuses to recognize this
conception of his duty, and prefers in
r stead to obey the prompting Qf mercena
ry adherents and unscrupulous pettifog
gers, is proof that he can no longer be
' intrusted with the administration of the
| law. The functionary who examines the
! law simply that he may bring it to
uaught, by that circumstance demon
strates his ifnfitness for his office. And
the Executive who assails author
ity which Congress intended to
make independent of him, and
employs the cccidental advantages of a
co institutional position to pick holes in
measures formed to provide for the safe
) ty and unity of the Republic, provokes
the exercise of harsher means of re-
Mratut than have yet been employed
against him."
GENERAL Logan in a recent speech,
insisted that if Jeff. Davis had been
President indeed, he could not have in
flicted more injury upoa the Union than
Andrew Johnson. The point of contrast
is, that Davis must have been an open
enemy, and the country would know
where to strike him. Hut Johnson is a
sneaking and dishonest foe. While he
pretends to support the policy of Con
gress, he is really doing all in his pow
er to overthrow it, and while writing
letters and making speeches in defence
of Congressional acts, lie is striving by
every means to defeat this question.
HEM CRATTC Uvr. CRACV. —That thi lso
dier nniy fully understand the hypocracv
of tue bouiocrutiu party, exhibited in tlieir
present professed lore f>.r them to secure
tlieir voted, we refer to the fact that this party
during the war polled one hundred and six
ty thousand votes in this State against th'e
constitutional amendment giving our sol
diers a right to vote in the field, Berks,
Northampton, Monroe, Schuylkill and oth
er exclusively Democratic counties alone
gave majorities against the amendment,
while every Republican county in the State
I without exception, rolled up a heavy majcr
! ity in its favor. The Chairman of the Dem
i ocrfttiu State' Central Committee at that
i time uttered the following sentiment: "A
' voter disfinnchsies himself and ceases to be
•i citizen when he beconee a soldier.'' Can
! any soldier, with any self-respect, vote with
a pariy that denied.his right to exercise the
privilege of a freeman hee.ui-e he chose to
fight valiantly for the preservation of the
countrvV
IN Nsrthron Ohio, according to the San
duskv Register, the elect of the drought are
very serious. For nearly three months hard
ly ahy thing to be called a shower lias fal
len in this pars of the Roserve. Every
thing in the way of foliage is parched, black
cned and covered with <?ust. Cistrns long
since went dry, and now nine-tenths of the
wells are nearly exhausted. In some cases
cattle are driven six miles to water, and for
ten miles back from the shore people depend
upon the lake for water- Last week water
was hauled from the lake, at Sandusky, to
Bellevins—twenty miles by rnil-road inland.
In some water hauled, a great dis'
tan -e it soil by the pailful, for cook ing and
washing purposes.
Jim • m
A SOUL -naversin' with virtua resembles
a fountain ; for it is clear, and fentle, and
sweet, au 1 commun!cativo, and lich, and
innocent.
The most laudable ambition is to bo wise;
and the greatest wisdom is to be good.
THIRX are but few men who have char
acter enough to lead a life of ildeness.
The President's Line of Defense
A New York letter to the Charlston.t'mr
ier, says: It is well known am.mg a cer
tain class of men that Mr. Johnson, during
I more than ayear past, has carefully collects
J ed all the speechs, and even patts of epeech-
I es, made by Hi publican and Democratic
I Senators in refererence to the impeachment
i question. F..r that purpose, n c >rps nf the
' very best of our city stenographers have
beeo constantly on the wing, following in
the track of tho ' intinernnt Senators, and
making trnnscript of these speeches appear
antly for publication in a leudingNew Tork
journal, but really ti serve as a powerful
weapon in the hands of the President when
ever the opportune moment shall have arrt
ved. It is, I understand, the intention of
ifr. Johnson, in the event of articles of im
peachment being sent to the Senate, to bold
ly declare that he will not be tried by Sen
ators who have declared themselts either in
favor or against his impeachment. lie
takes th'e ground that the meanest criminal in
the country even when tried upon a charge
of pretty larenry, has the right to challenge
his jurors. And he claims, with good deal
of sound rea'oning, that important matters
'ike this, it is simply due to justice that bis
judge who hold him guilty even befor the
trial hns commenced.
The moment matters are approaching
this crisis, the stenographers who, during
the past year, have been taking down the
Senatorial speeches, directly or indirectly
aluding to impeachment, will be summon
ed to Washington, and lie called upon to
sware to the correctness of their repoita now
in the President's possession. Among the
judges against whom special exception will
betaken by Mr. Johnson are Senators How
ard, Thayer Nye, Summer, Wade, and Chan,
dler.
Cowmuuifatums.
Fot the Citizen.
IIARMOKY, PA , Oct. 3d, 1807.
DEAS CITIZEN : —Lest you may not
have roe«i-.ed an account of tho Camp
Meeting, which closed here a short time
ago, and which was fraught with such
glorious results to tho church, a state
ment of it from an eye witness may not
prove uninteresting.
Tents began to arrive on the giround
on Wednesday. 11th ult., but on Thurs
day the camp-ground was a acene of bust
ling activity lemindittg one of soldierly
proclivities, of some of the scenes of the
late war, i. e., the pitching of tents. —
To the loyal, christian heart, it was a
scene of deep interest. The people of
Cod, under the leadership of their great
Captain, Jesus Christ, were preparing for
a severo conflict with the enemy, expect
ing to win a glorious victory.
Oa Thursday night, Rev. B. F. Saw*
hill, gave an earnest and stirring dis
course to the soldiers of Christ, direct*,
ing them to the source of all strength.— t
It scented as though <#ir good old father
had renewed his youth, as with earnest
and thrilling power he addressed the peo
ple. AHer lie ohiscd,hc was followed by
Rev. O. W. Cranage, preacher in charge
of the circuit, who f.ave a brief, well
timed, deep and earnest exhortation,cull
ing ujion a!l present to look to Christ lor
justification. This first ( meeting was a
decided success, and augured well for
the balance of the service.
Ou Friday n.oriiii g, at 10} o'clock
Rev. I. A Pcarce, of Wcllsburg, West
Virginia, delivered a powerful sermon
taking as his theino, "The Christians's
Defence. llcv. P. is one of the rising
men of this conference. On Friday af
ternoon at 3 o'clock, Rav. B. F. Sawhill
again addressed the people with good
effect. Oil Friday night, Rev. Preston
Kerr, of Biidgewater, officiated. A
slight sprinkling o! rain betimes during
the preaching Somewhat marred the en
joyment of both preacher and people,
but notwithstanding thin, the service was
a decided succets, and all present who
had named the name of Jesus, felt lliui
to be precious to them.
On Saturday,at 8 o'clock,a general class
was held, which was a decided success.—
All the brethren and sisters spoke well,
evincing that their hearts were in sym
pathy with the Great Master, and they
were ready to battle for God in earnest,
having girded themselves for the contest.
We were especially charmed and delight
ed wi.h the remarks of Mrs. S.A.Brown
of Brownsdale, on this occasion. Iler
words were words of beauty, pathos and
power, and coming from the heart, they
reached the hearts of all who heard them.
At 10} o'clock, Dr. Storcr, so well and
favorably known to the Methodists of
Butler county, addressed the people.—
Of course he preached well and accepta
bly, and the lovers of Christ "were com
forted. At 3P. M., Rev. J. S. Lera
mon,of Apollo, preached upon the theme,
"Mighty to Save." It was a powerful
discourse, and one the rosults of which
can only be revealed in eternity. Mr.
L. is fitly looked upon as one of the
strong and rising men of the Pittsburgh
Conference. After hit sermon several
seekers presented themselves. In tho
evening Rev. Col. Danks, of Sharpsbnrg,
Pa., officiated. He prepared his scrmou
with the singing of a most beautiful and
touching hymu, and, being a fine singer,
it had a most happy effect upon the con
gregation. That the sermon was effec
tive and well received was evinced in the
fact that, at its close, a large number of
seekers prescn'ed themselves at the
altar of prayer.
Sabbath was a most propitious day,the
weather being very pleasant. At H o'-
clock, Rev B. F. Siiwliill preached At
9} o'clock, he wis 112 ill >v • I hy Rjv [
A. PeiMCe. At 11 o'clock, Rev 111 rum
Miller, D. D , of Pittsburgh, preached.
The mention of his name itself is suffi
cient to convince all who are acquainted
with the preachers ot the Pittsburgh
Conference that his sermon was deep,
powerful, logical, earnest au i weli-timed.
The crowd piescnt op Sabbath day was
variously e.-timatcd at from 4000 to 7000
Our judgment is that 4000 is a verj low
estimate. At 3P. M , Rev. J. S. Letn
mon, officiated. His sermon, asalsoparts
of Dr. Miller's were so cuttingly practi
cal, that it gave offense to the large num
ber of dead, foiraalisti* religionists, who
were present on tho camp ground. Mr.
L. showed very clearly that there wus an
orthodox as well as a heterodox way to
hell, and it made those who " have
stolen the livery nf Heaven to serve the
Devil in" feel very sore. They haven't
got over it yet, and wo hope they will
not until they seek and receive Scriptur
al conversion. In the evening Col. Danks
again preached with power and .efficien.
cy, and a large number of seekers aguift
presented themselves at the altar of
prayer.
At 8 o'clock on Monday morning an
other most precious general class meeting
ww held. At 10} o'clock, A. M., Rev.
Swan of Allegheny Circuit, preached a
very good sermon. At 3 o'clock. P. M.,
Dr. Miller again officiated. In the even
ing Rev. J. S. Leuimon discoursed upon
tho great theme "Eternity." It was a
difcuree of inch power and pathos) bat
it cannot be soon .forgotten, and many s
poor benigh'ed tinner left the cainp
ground that night wounded and stricken
and with an arrow in his heart. After
the Sabbath services, the prayer-tent waa
a scene of the deepest and most intense ini
terest, and the children of the Moat High
obtained a glorious victory.
On Tuesday morning another speakiug
meeting was held, which was a source of
profit and comfort. At 10* o'clock, the
Communion services were introduced.—
The sermon was by Dr. Miller
upon the subject of "Holiness"—a sub
ject replete with interest to the true dis\
ciple, and the sermon on this occasion
was complete in all its parts, and full of
correct and convincing reasoning. AP.
ter the sermon the sacrament was admin-,
istered. It waa a solemn scene and a
precious season. At 2 o'olock, P. M.,
the children's meeting was held. Poin
ted and interesting addresses were deliv
ered by Rev. Storer, x'earoe and Millet,
interspersed and enlivened with'aingiug
by the children. In the evening Rev.
Preston Kerr addressed the people upou
the danger of resisting the calls of God
and the doom of the impenitent. It was
an earnest discourse, and caused hi my a
hard,, stubborn iieart to think seriously
and to yield to be saved upon the terms
of the uospel.
The day ttine of Wednesday was de
voted to speaking meetings I hive been
present at many general class meetings
ul the Meihodist denomination in my
if", but never attends 1 meetings of that
kind so full of interest and profit aithese
Wednesday was a pieciou day to believ
ers At night Dr. Miller preached from
the text: "It is hiyh time to awake out
of sleep " It wis one of the Drs hap
piest and most Kueaea lul efforts. When
lie speaks men are const rained 11 listen
whether they will or not, and on this oo
cisioi. the audience, «s "limited at 3,000,
listened most attentively to the earnest,
eloquent and gifted man of God before
them. That night the altar was crowds
ed with penitents, and the host of Israel
prevailed, the slain of the Lord being
many.
Between the hours of one and two o'-
clock Thursday morning the order lor
breaking up the Camp Meeting was giv
en. It was a solemn hour and an inter
esting occasion, and tears were drawn
from eyes unused to weep. After the
customary encircling of the encampment,
the hand of farewell was given. Then
followed a fitting exhortation to the nem>
bcra of the church by Rev. G. W. Cran
age. At its close, the sacred Tite of bap
tism was administered to a number of
applicants, and the meeting was closed
by singing the loug metro doxology and
pronouncing the benediction. Thus end
ed a gloriously triumphant meeting.
In giving a final summary, wo remark
that there were present tho following
ministers : Of the traveling connection,
Revs. Miller, Hopkins, Lemmon, Pearce,
Kerr,JSwan, Storer, Sawhill, Cranage and
Bayne. Of the local connection, Revs.
Alcxaudcr.Robinson,ljatehaw,Slcppy,W.
C. Brown and others vhose names we can
not recall. Revs. Christie and Rockwell,
of thp Presbyterian 112 hurch, and Rev.
Focht of the German Methodist church,
participated in the exercises of the meet
ing. Among the very efficient laymen
from a distauoe wo noticed a Mr Reith
of Armstrong county.
The number of accessions to the Meth
odist Episcopal church reached iieaily
fifty, and the number ol conversions were
more than double that nuuilicr.-*-
Notwithstandiiig •bo predictions to the
contrary, the order was, mi the whole,
very goi;d. Whilst there »<r in my
present whose eui.o-ity prompiel (hen
to overleap the hounds of propriety yet
we are inclined to lieii ll vt* rlie *we e no
j ci«es ol willull <iin Her
In conclusion wh.n i-luil w -ay to
those Methodists who ilid not participate
in the labors and triumphs of this glo
rious meetiflg, because, say they, "as we
tioic have Churches, the day for camp
meetings is past !" Haven't we always
had churches ? As i>r. Miller pertinent
ly remarked : 'The time for Camp
Meetings to accomplish the most good in
the woild is at the present day " There
is such a tendency to ritualism and dead
formalism in the churches that we need
something to counteract this influence.
It is good to meet in the leafy grove, to
worship So says, iu sentiment, the great
American poe', Bryant, and so respondi
every Christian heart. God trill bless
christian men and w.men who leave their
business, who leave their homes, with a
sinceie desiie and an earnest purpose to
battle for the right and labor tor tho con
version of precious souls. In the Meth
odist church, it isn't her best men, it
isn't her wisest men, it isn't her most
talented men, it isn't her most spiritual
men that oppose camp meetings. It t*
just the opposite. And what we affirm of
the Methodist church at large, we can
affirm ot the Methodist preachers and of
Methodist pcoplo in Butler county. Camp
Meetings always havo teen and always
will be productive of good, ' Bring yo
all the tithes into the storehouse, that
there may be meat in mine house, and
prove me now herewith, saith the Lord
of hosts, if I will not open the widows
of heaven, and pour you out a blessing
that there shai] not bo room enough to
treceive it," OBSERVER
| - ■ oeticfal
j It is asserted that General GRANT has
j been urged to write a leter defining his
position. What kind of a letter 7 A
letter for the purpose of aaying that he is
wholly opposed to the President's con
duct ana Id his theory of the situation T
A letter declaring his hearty adhesion
to the principles and policy of the Re-,
publican party? But what kind
letter is it supposed would satisfy those
who are still in doubt upon those points 7
If in times like these a man's conduct
does not reveal his sympathies how can
his words do it ?
We said a few weeks since that tho
country must be in BO doubt as to the
position of the person whom the Repub
lican party might nominate Tor President.
We said also that we did not believe
that General GRANT—if he were to ba
a candidate at al!—would expect the
nomination of the Republican party Be
long as there was any obscurity as to
his political views. Then in the course
of his duty General GRANT wrote a
letter to the President deprecating the
removal of General SHRRWAN. It waa
more thau a letter, it was an act, audit
was an act susceptible of one interpre
tation only, lie is not likely to write
letters for the purpose of writing letters,
nor of saying what ho thinks upon sub
jects upon which !io is compelled to act
It seems to us that General GRANT'S
temperament and training will determine
the methods by which he will reveal his
opinions. In so couspicnous a position,
and from the necessity of his offlcUl
conduct, he manifests himself and his
sympathies exactly as Mr. STANTON
did. Did he write letters ? Bid he
cinf tniitly <-i| lain himself? Would ho
be rei|uiied to state the reasons of his
eoiitinuuauoe iu Mr. JOHNSON'S cabinet
if there were an intention or hope of
nominating him for the Presidency ?
Wc repeat that General GRANT can
not be nominatod by tho Republican
party unless that party is satisfied of his
sympathy with its views and measures
But a letter only is not satisfaotory
evidenoj to any thoughtful man. We
want the sincerity of the act as well as
the verbal assent. W mther ths Gsnoral
writes or does not write, there is a very
decided opiuion ol his position in the
uiind of every honest Republican. It
is that opinion derived from many sour
ces which will determine the nomina
tion.
We do not think that they are very
wise who are trying to persuade the Gen
era! to write a letter for the purpose of
defining his position. No man in such
n condition of the country as the present
should be willing to nominate a Presi
dent besause of any letter written for the
purpose of affecting the nomination.
•When words are acts, and when letters
written in the course of duty arc har
monious with tho whole impression
given by a man's conduct, then indeed
his letter is important, au i will neoossv
rly be influential.
It seems to us that wc know all of
General GRANT'S opinions and feelings
that we are likely to know. We do not
believo that a letter will chango the
public impression. He is a man with'
out political antecedents, as they ara
called, who as an army officer, bred in
the traditions of the army, eschewed
politics, and, as we understand, never
voted but once, and then for BUCHANAN,
and has been heartily sorry for it ever
since, with a great many other Rood
men who did thej same thing. From
the beginnin" of the war he has evident
ly been under no misapprehension of its
scope and meaning. When tho wir wn
over lie went a litdo way into the rebel
States, an,l upon his return reco'nno*ri
ded a generous policy. That he <IM not
mean by generosity weakness or fclfy t?
evident enough. As General of the
artny, up'n invitation of tho Pr<"sii"itr
he accompanied the oonte'nptih n and
melancholy procession of tho sum ujr it'
5. But in the midst of it he sootca
the few sharp, clear words reported oy
the Chicago Or Cincinnati jiunial,
which showed precisely where he stoid.
and which rebuked mofil powerfully
than «ny other censure ilie efr >rt of tiio
President. Since then, during the last,
sessions of Congress, he and .Mr. S'au
tin havo been united not only in inti
mate personal friendship but in steely
..[.position to the whole policy of ilie
President No mall more earnestly than
; be lias labored with Congress not. to trust
an Kxcc&five who had shown himself
nferly tin'ru-'worthy Upon this sti'i
ject he was just as positives Mr. .Ste
vens OT Mr. Sumner.
! Th -e things are fully known to tho
country General Grant, indeed, ha*
not himself said much about them or
about any ether of his actions and opin
ions. But by such impression as he has
already mailo upon the national heart
and mind hem ist stand or fall if he M
a Presidential candidate, and with that
impression he may be satisfied. He can
not disturb the past any more than An
drew Johnson The loyal people whol
ly trust him now, or they never will.
And we wonder if those who most warm--
!y deprecated his going into the War
Department now condemn his action, and
whether his removal or suspension un
der the circumstances would not came
uot much more alarm even thau the
suspension of Mr. Stanton. Do»s uot
the loyal national heart wholly trust
him ? And if it does not, would a letter
convert it?— Harper's Weekly
Attempt to Seize Illtet Ntllls
PHILADELPHIA, October 3- —The revenue
inspectors made n raid on the
whisky stills in the northern part of th e
city on Saturday last, and were driven off
by the people in the vicinity To-day they
made another raid with an increased force,
but fared worse than Saturday, having sev
eral of their party badly wuunded with bricks
and pistol shots. They siezed roveral stills
and woro taking them off in cars, when a
large crowd of men and women attacked
them; recovered the copper vessles and drove
the off officers. Deputy United States Mar
shal SchuyloJ received six serious wounds.—
Thos. Lance, one of the rioters, was shot in
the head. The affair ocourod near Port-
Richmond, which is mostly inuabitoi by
t« lowert class 'A Iri«h.