FBOH EI'ROPE.
PARI*, October 28, Evening.—Several
more French ships-of war left Toulon
during the day for Civita Vecchia. Tbe
entire press are loud io praises of Victor
Emanuel far his recent proclamation de
nouncing Oaribaldi.
Late diapatchea report Oaribaldi still
holding a position near Monte Kotondo.
It is reported an aggrcement has been
arrived at between France and Italy,
whereby the troopa of the former will
uttatk the ; insurgents. The latter are
thereupon expected to retreat from Papal
territority into the dominion of King
Victor Emanuel, where they will bu
quietly disarmed by (he Italian troops
PARIS, October 29, Noon.—lt is re
ported that Menabrea, Prime Minister to
Italy,ia pledged to accompany the French
WOODS to Rome.
Mourtier has recently issued a note
explaining the intervention ol France in
the Italian question. lie regards the
expedition as justifiable tor the reason
that Italy failed to protect the Popo in
his lawful and time-honored rig Tits. A ,
aetise of honor and a due regard for the
opinion* of mankind impel the Govern
ment to this coUrse Moustier aster's
that the agency of France will proceed
no further than necessary to crush armed
rebellion against the Holy Father, and
free tbe Pontifielal teraitory from tbe
tread of hoStil* voldiere. When these
objects are accomplished, the troops of
Pranee will be withdrawn, and a confer
ence of the gr4at powers of Europe called
to settle the Romsn question
The private letter!, as well aa the
newspapers by the City of Paris,.present
the Roman question in a much taore
eritical aspect than might be inferred
from the cable telegrams A Paris
backing-house notified its correspondents
here to act as if the Garibaldtans would
reach Rome ahead of the French, and
'rive aui the Pope before his friends can
arrive to save him. The etty itself, as
late as the 12th lost., la said, on good
authority, to have beetl actually surroand
«d by the " Party of Action," in wHiph
esse It is morfe than probable that a bat
tle will ;have to be freight by what
ever tfateide power Volunteers to send
euceor to ft. That is this contingency
which is Ifeokbd upon as the most critical
feature of the situation. " Tbe private
advices ftom London for the most part
are bine, and reflect the conviction that
though war tnay be avoided for the pres
ent ,it is ittre to come if the Pape persist
fca staying in Rome. Garibaldi's resour
eee are eaid to be mdeh more ample than
hi* enemies suspect
Rome and Ha JtofeiMco.
The Rome correspondent of the Phils
adelphia Inquirer supplies the following,
which is of inteieat st this moment.
If Garibaldi'a friends should push op
to the walla of Rene before tbe French
or Spaniah arrive at Civita Vecchia they
will have either a tough battle or an easy
triumph, according aa the Roman people
within the walla are disposed toward
them. The castle of St. Angelo is the
only considerable work in Rome, and
good for nothing agaioat siege cannon.
The city walla.are about fifty feet high,
ilefended by a few flank batteries, poorly
tinned. Civita Vecchia ia about two
days' inarch from ROOM ; the Garibald
iana could readily tear up the railway
and euibarraae tbe high road. Rome haa
been twice attacked by a foreign army,
once in 1827, again in 1849, both timea
by the French.
On the last oceaaion, Garibaldi defends
od the city. He met the French army,
forty thousand strong, at the western
gate, called San Pancratio, where they
attacked at two points. Their superior
artillery soon dismounted his own from
the walls, when he sillied out of the gate
and charged them in flank with he bay
onet, took seven hundred prisoners, anl
routed their entire corps < Tarmee. They
fled in the night. At dawn he pursued
them six miles, drove in their flsuks with
only three thonssnd men, and would
have driven them into the sea, bat that
tbe French sent a flag of trues and beg
ped an armistice of thirty days. Gail
baldi then marched fity miles from
Rome, routed the whole Neapolitan
nrrny, and intimidated the Spanish and
Austrians from approaching.
Before the truce had expired the
French treachery aurprised the Italian
posts outside the wslls of Rome, and afs
ter two thousand been lost in
assaults snd counter assaults they drew
their parallels and brought up forty siege
eannon- The defense wss prolonged ans
tither month. Garibaldi made a flight
in the breaches that was the climax of
one of the superbest resistances in his
tory, and no man in Europe is better ins
foamed than he is to-day, upon the weak
and strong points of the city. If a fight
< ocars here, it will be a desperate one,
ana among its episodes may be the death
®f Garibaldi, who hae sworn to enter
Rome again or die under its walls.—
Neither his death nor defeat can long
retard the perfect unity of Italy.
Tae CONDITIO* or Mexico— The
hopes awakened by the persistent and
successful effort af tha J uarists have not
been realise d since the war has ceased
■or are they likely to ba. The financial
state of the country is greatly depressed,
and a general crisis seems to be expected.
Those who have any business are con
tracting and preparing tor the atorm the
best they can. Aooording to a letter
from the City of Mexico there is a fixed
opinion among the Mexicans, and most
foreigners, that the expected civil war
will soon bring after it tha dreaded and
wished for intervention of the Uuited
iStatat. Powerful interests and passions
hare—and, it ts surmised, some also in
the United States—aie at at work to en
detvor to drag the American people into
intermeddling in Mexican affairs. It is
conceded thst this government will be
compelled, ere long, to appear in the
market, either in Wall street or in the
lobby of the American Congress, for
American dollars fo drag is out of its
financial mire, and it i« extensively be*
lieved that, in venturing on it* present
course of driving it* own people int» des
jjsir and revolt, it relies on the ultimate
support of American bayonets.
Impartial Suffrage RMfd on
Intelligence.
Since "the revision of the suffrage laws
io the several States and the proposition
to do it by Congress hat* to b#l
discussed, the principle of impartial 'tuff
rage baaed on jutelAgence has found
MANY arfrocatei. Th«W is DO doubting
that it is the only plaa that will stand
scrutiny, for no one has yet been found
wl o can give a reason why a man qual
ified by residence, intelligence and un
derstanding should not vole, or why he
who has not those qualifications should
The color of the skiu is no more test of
fitness tban the color vf the hair. Kr>
ery man %ho comes within the law as to
residence and possesses the proper under
tsanding should »ote Hut no man thus
deficient, whatever his eolar, should be {
permitted to approach the ballot box.
As has been very forcibly paid, an ig
noriot voter is a peril, a peril, will
aay, that in time will constitute the chief
danger to (he Hepubhc.
Among the prominent men who have
spoken in favor of impartial suffrage
based on intelligence, ts the lion. J W
Patterson, United States Senator f¥om
New Ilamiphife. This gentlculen lec
tured in Boston on Wednesday evening,
October 30 upon "Revolutiona, the Steps
ol Prugresa." Of this lecture * report
says:
"tn the course of hii remarks he sa?d
that the otntinacy of the rebels forced us
to give the ballot to the negroes, as the
only alternative of keeping a standing
army in every Southern town. But,
while a strong advocate of impartial suff
rage he he did not favor manhood
suffrage, except throughs>»iflhood edu
cation. It might do in Ne# Engfatid,
but it would not do for California with
her ninety thousand Chinamen. He
wOiild not have suflVage'exorcisfcd by In
dians or AiteCS, arid he believed that the
man who is to help govern a natibn' needs
intelligence in order to properly diss
charge the duties vested in his suffrage.
The ballot is the bulwark of self-govero
meut, and the ballot must be protected
by intelligence. Were we assilred of «
juificious annexation of territory* lb 'the
future, and that education could keep
pace witn the ift'crtaaA of population, no
danger need be apprehended from man
hood suffrage. Buttb6 question of man
hood suffrage bad better be left to, the
States than provided for'lb every
State by act ef Congress or Constitution
al Amendment. A government is bo less
republican in form without manhood fcnf
frage, but a government is not republican
in form that provides class restrictions
for the ballot box. There will be no
thorough reconstruction of our Govern
ment until free speech and impartial lib
erty peevail in all parta of oar country."
GIN. GRANT AND THE SOUTHERN
EDITOR.—As several papers are trying
to make something out of the report of a
political interview between Gen. Grant
and a certain Southern editor, in which
the General talked like a first class Con
servative, it may be worth while to state
a fact or two. The editor in questionjis
Dr. Sam Bard, of the Atlanta New Era.
He comes up here to collect claims
against the War Department. Some of
them are found to be for work never done;
others for work done, but not authorixed;
and atill ethers are excessive chargea for
work ordered and done. He was in the
rebel araiy four years, snd the editorial
in which he Dominated General Grant
was wr tten in this city aome months ago,
by tbe correspondent of a New York pa
per. Bard then thought Gen. Grant
would be caught by the Democrats.
Finding cut. since the summer session of
Congress adjourned, that he does not
train witb that party, Bard ia anxioaa to
juatify himself to hie rebel frienda here
and at home, in the poaition he has taken
Accordingly, he has reported sround
town, daring Grant's absence, that he had
been accorded a private interview, and
had taken notes of Geo. Grant's remarks.
Everybody knows that this advantursr
had no suoh interview ss he claims. The
interview wae very brief, and Bard did
moat of the talking II; seems to be
aomewhat alarmed at the atir he has ore
a ted, and now claima he never madesush
a report of the converaation as has been
credited to him
THE NEW YORK ELECTION.—The
New York dispatch to the Cincinnati
Commercial, says : The* cha ; rman of
Democratic State Central Committee,
Tilden's, usually short fsce is elongated
sufficiently to adorn Harper. I have
just conversed with tbe lugubrious gen
tleman. Hia State Convention refused
to indorse the President. His organ,
tbe World, repudiated the President and
the Pendleton greenback question.—
Thus errayed, they weut into the fight,
but finding themselves soon after short of
funds, they opened negotiations witb the
Freeideul, who, io return, sentacommis
sioner to trest with them. Their terms
were that, if he would suspend all Re
publican Col'ectors and Assessors in
New York they would tolerate him for
tbe present. He treated tbe demand
with contempt. They then sent Mr.
Pierce, of Brooklyn, to get the Adminia
trat ion to wink at frauds sufficient to
pay the St. Nicholas Hotel headqaartera
bill. Pieree came back witb a flea in
hia ear. Thua we have a aplit betwaan
the President ond the New York Democ
racy, and between the Democrats of New
York and the West. I bet my money on
tbe Republicans.
—There is said to be foa in cumbers,
but most people thiol, it included princi
pally in Ne. 1 At allevnets the faith of
the world is pinned rather closely on that
brief, but rather positive figure. Men
keep an eye on it when seeking fortune
and fame ; women when after a husband
and position ; and people universally
when there is any thing up worth having.
This is all nataral enough. The fua in
lite is pocketing all you can get and at
the same time keeping other peoples
pockets as dry as possible. No discount
on these facts.
—California' raisis 'fifteen million
bushels of wheat this year. Pretty
good for a state wfifdTi'ffhly a few
year* ago paid 87f» a larrel for flour.
gkmrrifau Cittern.
Hagr The Largest Circulation oj i
any Paper in the cWnty. Hgfc
0. E. ANDERSON,"- 7 • Editor".
BUTLSR PA.
WEDNF.NDJIY, NOV.«, IM7.
*r"UKTRH AND UNIAN. NAW ASD FARAVAR, ONA
AND , NA«PARABLA."—D. WABATAR.
FOR PHESIDEITT.
Gen. Ulysses S. Grant,
Of Illinois.
The "lHajreri"
The Herald of this Week, as usual, has
given its resders father more than a
common dose on the nag'.r question. It
makes no difference to the editor whether
the dose ia geduine ar counterfeit. The
editor, of courte wouldn't maltt a state
ment that was sot true.
The following from the Herald ia a
fair specimen of the manner in which
irtrf4 is dealt ont to the readers of that
paper:
"The negroes in Virginia, took posses
sion of the polls and would not let the
white man vote unless he would vote
their tickat. The military had to he
called out to their riotoua disposi
tion. We will have fine times in Ibis
country after a while, when the Radicals
and tlie negroes get uuder way. The
negroeS will play politicians and the white
men pay taxes! "what a glorious future"
When,tha editor penned the above he
certainly was badly affected with "A T ager
onth* brain." His mind must have been
clouded by some dark shadow looming
Up io the wood pile Npw, Jacob, you
certainly did not intend to tell your
readere that all or even a majority of the
polls in the State of Virginia had been
taken possession of by fhe " Nogcrt,"
and that the white man was driven from
the polls -unices he would vote the Radis
al ticket Yon would fain have yoar
readers believe that the Southern white
man had become vary meek. Are yon
not ashsffwd to try to impose upon the
refined " intelligence" of your resders by
sueh wholesale misstatementa ? Snch
stuff might do to tell to " my friends" in
New York city, or some dark corner of
Butler or Berks county, but "intelligent
people," even in the Democratic party,
will discard inch fluff". In administering
to your patients, who are afflicted like
youraelf, don't make your doses quite so
strong snd the " intelligent" Democracy
may possibly swallow them.
THE RURAL AMERICAN —We would
call the attention of all agricultural and
horticultural readers to the Rural Amer
ican, a valuable Agricultural and Horti
cultural publication, published st Utica,
N. Y., on the Ist snd 15th of eachmonth,
at (1.50 a year, and a valuable gratuity
is sent to each subscriber, claimed to be
worth, in some caaea, th* full subscrip
tion price, consisting of fine steel-plate
Engravings, choice Grape Vines, Rssp
berry. snd Strswberry plants, the best
grown; Early Go«drich Potatoes, Ac., all
sent by msil, pott paid.
This valuable paper is edited and pub
lished by T. B. Miner, Esq., the author
of seveeal works on rural puisuits, and a
practical farmer aad horticulturist, of 35
years' experience ; snd he claims that
ha gets up the most practicat paper for
farmers and fruit growers in the United
States, and the chespest also ; and fiom
what we have seen of bia paper, we do
not doubt the correctness of his claim.
In Isying the merits of good, rural pe
riodicals before our readers, we are doing
a public good, inasmuch as a large por
tion of the agricultural and horticultural
wealth of thia country haa accumulated
through the informatiou that baa been
published in auch paDera, and no greater
disaater to the rural population eould
happen, than the suppression of such
pspers for the want of patronage. We
are pleased to learn, however, that the
Kural American haa the largest circular
tion of any paper of its clasa, except one,
a monthly ; and that Mr. Miner ia the
owner of several very valuable farma, on
which he grows all tbe vines, plants. &c ,
that ha sends free to his subscribers >
consequently be is enabled to fulfill all
his obligationa to his subscribers with
regularity and promptness. The next
volume of the Rural American com**
meoces January Ist, 1868 ; but Mr.
Miner offers the balance of tbe 1867 vol
ume free to all who subscribe for the pas
per for 1868 now, and remit $1,50. This
is, oertainly, a very liberal offer, and
should be accepted by every farmer and
fruit grower, who wants a first class paper
of the kind, and one that is decidedly
cheap, to say nothing about gratuities
offered.'.
Grape oultnre is becoming one of the
great staples of rural produotioa in the
United States. It is astonishing to note
the immense increase in that product
within the last ten years. Mr. Miner
has 156,000, as he esjs, of the choices;
vint" iu this country, tbst he *end» free
to Ilia subscribers. Verily, a man that
does thus ia one of the greatest benehe
lOrs of the age. He alio has 800 buakejs
of that highly popular potato, the Rarly
Qoodrioh, which he proposes to send
free to all his patrotis. j
In short, we advise our agricultural
friends to semd for a sample copy of tbe
Rural American to T. B. Clinton, Ouoi
da, Clinton county. N. Y., and see for
themselves what the paper ia, and what
is offered as gratuities to subscribers and
premiums to Club agentsand you will
be surprised to see the liberal gratuities
and premiums that be offers to them.
The Prealdenry.
The Washington, Pa, Reporter, of
yesterday's date, appears with General
Grant's aan>» at the editorial head, as
i'a choice fou the Preaidency, and saya:
" Knowing, theretore, that his seuti>
ments are in full accord with those of tha
loyal massea who are earnestly laboring
to secure fie reconstruction of the Gov
ernment on the basis of aqua) and exact
ju*tic«„to. all man regardless of we or
color, and confiding to the fullest extent
in bis wisdom, patriotism and integrity,
we unfurl his name in the confident as
surance that he Will be the Chief Magis
trate chosen by tho people to succeed
Abraham Lincoln."
A meeting of prominent Republicans
of Krie, I'*., was hold in the parlor of
the Heed House, on Tuesday evening,
and the preliminary step* taken ior the.
organiiation qf a Grant Club. ~Tfc# foK
lowing commit'e wm appointed to report
at an adjourned meeting officer* for a
permanent organization of th« Club :
C W, Kelso, - Wilstm King, Joh» 8.
Richards, M. Harlbeb, 0. P. "Mrs'rilter,
George W. WallUr, J. If. "Vincent. B
F. H Lynn.
The Greenville .4ryi<« hoists the names
of General Grant for President and, Ed
win M. Stanton for Vieasl'residenk, and
MJI S • ~ i
" Untrammeled by obnoxious political
alliances, unbiased by personal obliga>
tions to politicians, and outside of all
schemes lor political preferment,'ho is'
eminently the oandidate of the manses
Sucb a candidato we peed to arrousfl the
ceuntry from the apathy produced by the
selfishness and corruption of professional
politicians. Such a President the tioun
try needs—on# With no friends to reward
or enemies* to pun;ih—but who, loving
hi* country, her inatitutioßs, liberty,
unity and prosperity, above everything
else, will devote all his energy and power
to promote them. ,
For the second place on the ticket we
hoist the name of Edwin M. Stanten,
because we know him to be a true man,
a patriot and a lover of liberty—one whe
has been tried and never been found
wanting. Like General Grant, he has
done, his whole duty.
Committee Meeting.
The llspublioan Co., Committe will
meet at the ''ourt House, in Butler, on
Monday November 18th, the first day of
Court, for the discussion of important
business. It is composed as follows :
Adams, John Staples;
Allegheny, Dr. K. W. Crawford ;
Brady, J. G. M'Clytnonds;
Butler, Newton Maxwell;
Buffilo, Alfred D. Wier;
Clinton, John Anderson, Esq. ;
Cranberry, James Kobinson ;
Connoqusnessing, Head B. Gibson ;
Centre, Wm. A. Christy ;
Concord, Joseph Campbell ;
Clearfield, Peter Fennel, Jr
Clay, J. R. M'Junkin, Esq. ;
Cherry, H. C. M'Coy ;
Donegal, Andrew Barnhart ,
Fairview, M. S. Ray;
Franklin, Henry Pillow;
Forward, Isaae Ash ;
Jefferson, David Logan, Esq ;
Jackson. Robert Boggs ;
Lancaster, Isaac Boyer;
Marion, Russel Vandyke ;
Mercer, D. McMillan ;
Middlesex, William Crooks;
Muddycreek, Dr. W. R. Cowden ;
Oakland, Capt, John Bippus;
Penn, William R. Pattersou;
Parker, John Kelly ;
81ipperyrock, H. E Wick;
Summit, Alexander Mitchell;
Venango, William Martin ;
Washington, R. A. Mifflin, Esq ;
Worth, Hubert Barron ;
Winfield, N. M Kirkland ;
Bor. ol Butler, John H. Negley ;
" " Centreville, J. G Christley;
" " Saxooburg, J. K Muder;
" " Sunbury Capt. A Wileon :
" •' Zelienople,
AMOS LGSK, Chairman.
Zelienople, Nooember 6 tK. 1867.
•
—When General Sheridan stop
ped at Salisbury, the other daj, to
shake hands with the people, an
honest looking laborer s epped up
first, and saying, "I would like to,
if yeu will shake hands with a team
ster" " I used to drive oxen myself
once," replied little Phil, and he has
never failed to drive everything which
he has undertaken since.
GOOD WAY OF COOKINQ OKIONS.—•
It is a good plan to boil onions in
mi!k and water; it dismisses the
strong taste of that vegetable. It is
an excellent wav of serving up onions
to chop them after they are boiled,
and put them in a stew pan, with
a little milk, butter, salt and pepper,
and let them stew about fifteen min
utes. This give* them a fine flavor,
and they can be served up very hot.
—A man Remarked wh|le inspect
ing the print of the feet of birds in
the stones exhibited in the vestibule
of the Natural History Rooms— that
those marks were evidences of the
antiquitj of the track socirty.
" cimmjuutininsy.
Wlillkfj' on tbe llrtJn.' *
MR. KDAVR -E-I obserr® inj/our last
is.lue a fmum 11 tiicat ioti which, on peru»
sal, convinces me that its author must be
afflicted with ~whiskey on the brain," or
so«o kindred malady. If ho really feara
for the future of (he party,,on accouut of
the effects of the temperance movement,
*• pity biai. If, on i tlie otbeT hand, h«
is ekiog out a litllo of the ill-feeling that
he indulges in personally beeausebe can
not call in at some of the leading hotels
occasionally and take a drink, bat is
compelled to wind his solitary way at a
late hoar of tho night to the only re
maiuiug fountain of " rot-gut," running
the risk, too, of being brought into Court
at any time to disclose, what for his own
cr*dit he wishes to keep secret, our sym
pathies are not so strong. But as to the 1
question, what grouqda are there for
complaint or for fears t
And first, as to the grounds of com- ■
plaint; What position has the Republi! i
can party taken that commits it to either
aide of this questiqu ? I hare been a
careful leader of ita plat forms from ita
organisation to the presetif hour, and I
certainly never'saw a trrtrd on the liquor
question ip any of .them I have read
the proceedings ot'its couver,lions, Couu
•J/ State and National, and'l oeaer read'
■ word on the subject of liqth>remana(itig
from one of tbeia, ' I have )ie*rtf and
read a great many political speeches, and
yet 1 have never, to any of these, beard
pr refcd one Word l on the subject'of the
liq,uo'f business Why, theri, art th«
nerval of certain politicians so sensitive,
on tbia subject ? The answer la, that
the Republican pirty elected the preaeut
OotfH, 'and that Cotirt hafCrefuscd , 'Ht:ense
to quite a number of applicant* fot' taVs
era and restaurant license lie it po.;—
The very fact that ihey arn empowered
by law t« grant Hrens?. is evidence also
ol' (heir right to rfefuse lieertse, when, in
tbpir judgmenfT-« D l'B' ''y •*>-
daw)"-they believe auch license ought
nbt to ba grafted.
Hut who is mainly responsible for the
notion of the Court ? In my judgment
tho people, without referenoe to party,
are responsible; and 1 trust thiy will
acbept the responsibility without any
undue manifestations of nervousness.
What are ihe fact's ? In the winter of
1806 we had four common school teachers
supported by general taxation fcr the
purpose of educating the youth of this
borough. Several other schools were at
tached to some of tlie churches of this
place, and sustained by denominational
patronage. We have also nine edifices
in which as many congregations meet to
worship God ; attached to most, if not
all ot these, are Sabbath Sobools, organ
ised and conducted with a view to the
moral training of the youth—the culti*
vation of the mind and heart of the rising
generation, the better to prepare them
for usefulness in the present lile, and
eternal enjoyment in the world to come.
A High School is also founded here,
under the care of one ot our most popu
lar and useful denominations. The
friends of education bad bestowed their
influence and confidence npon it most
unqualifiedly. Through it, not only
many of our young ladies and gentlemen
had been liberally educated; but its just
fame aa a suceesslul school had gathered
to its various classes many from adjacent
counties. Under the combined influ»
ences of the various literary and religiou R
institutions above mentioned, one would
naturally suppoae our community might
soon become a second h'den.
Unfortunately for us, as I believe, we
hnd in our boruugh lour licensed hotels
and about the samo number of restau
rants, all of which seemed to be well pat«
rouized. Some of the barrs were even
sub-let, (contrary to law ) The evil ef
fects of these plboe* of resort were appa
rent to every observer. Men by the
dozen, otherwise respectable and indus
trious, might be seen loafing about these
hotels, under the influence of liquor.
Sosae of them would »tay till a very late
hour—losing all self-respect, they could
be seen on the street laie at night, the
sport of the boys and a blut on decency
and good order.
From dark till midnight the restaus
rants were the haunts of the yonth of the
vicinity While this state of things was
not improving to the morals, it was inju
rious to the finances of those who fre
quented these places oi pleasure and dis
sipation
We will not follow the poor inebriate
as he made the best of his way home in
the dead hours of night to a heart-broken
wife and famishing children ; nor will
we examine the efleets of restaurant en
joyments upon youth All this is well
understood ; sufficient to say, iliat to im
prove this state or things, the good peo
ple of this town, without reference to
either church or party, remonstrated
against the licensing of these places in
the future, On these remonstrances
were found the names of I. J„. Cummings,
and Sheriff Brackenridgs, of Wm Camp
bell and Wm. S. Beyd, of Jas. Balpb
and Harvey Colbert, of JI. J. Berg and
Dr. Bell, of Rev.■ White, anti-war
Democrat,) and Rev. Dr. Young. What
party identity do we find in.these names?
ifefe pß)4?nteif'ftiiinTy
by Jas. Djftdin, Ksry, who not onjy treat
ed the legal aspect of the case,,fcat with
gCMt furoe urged' upon the C6nrt the
evil effectf of licAafv, not onljr upun the
community, but also upon thekeopefsot
the*e places thetnsehre; calling up-tftri.
kiug instancos where families, once re
spectable and affluent, b id gone down to
drunkards' grates, Ac. Surely the Ile
publican party was not responsible for
■thisf But say our weak kneed neighbors,
the Judgri are Republicans ! What if
they arc 1 They were net elected to
carry out any party measures. The Ju
diciary never has. and I trust never will,
be the representative of party opi'uion or
party measures. Its duty is to admisiaa
ter the law upon the faets brought t.r
their knowledge. Judge Taney deviated
Irani this rule to serve party, aa did also
Judges Woodward and Sharswood, Hut
I hope, for the honor of this important
branch ofr our Government, their ex
amples will not be followed. I must
onuiess to a great contempt for the Court
in whose rulings [ have ever observed
the influence of party.
It was true, as your correspondent
allowed, that the law passed by our last
Legislature was used by the Detuooracy
aa a campaign document, and a* such
dropped at the d6or of each of our hotels
and' redfturants. This was a poor com
pliment tb their intelligence, however,
they should all have known that we
are indebted to the Daiu lcratic party for
our'present stringent laws on the whis
key traffic Senator Brown, of Philadel
phia, and Senator Buckalew, now Demo
cratic Senator of the United States, were
tw&ot the pioneers on this subject. The
law of last wiutef i* kittle else than a re-
yf the old laws on the same
subject, and was possibly brought forth
by some (me seeking a little notoriety
At any rate, laws as severe can be prr»-
duedd with the names of Governors
Higlcr and Packer lespectively attached
Having thus impartially examined this
subject,'do we find any evidence that this
question had anything to do with ottr
late election ! Certainly not, that I can
see.
It is a fact, |&rh:>p<i aot generally
known, that these nervoirs gentlemen un
undertook to make a political question
out of it however, and failed. It was in
this wise. Tbey assembled in one of the
rooms of the Court House daring the
September Court all'd called themselves
the county Executive Committee, si far
as I am advised no member of that com
mitte wat present.) They, there pro
posed to raise a committee to wait on our
Judge* and inlortn them, that the fate
of eur County Treasurer depended on
their action on the liconse matter—that
unlets license was r ran ted to tha Bor
ough (!) oppilcants, Mr. Morrison would
be defeated. Whether these gentlemen
thonght as tliey professed 1 know not
If they did, their imagination, must
bava been very imaginative as tho sa
quel proved, for Mr, Morriton ran a
higher vote than any other member of the
ticket. I should have remarked that,
their proposition was overruled and tba
Court thus saved an insult. It is a fact
proper to be stated here that as soon as
the Court refused license in the Spring
of 1866 it was proposed by toase of tbe
Democrats to make capital out of it by
taking grounds against the action of the
Court; but their Convention was notified
or at least, tome of its members. that if
tbey did, they would lose in the opera
tion; no act'on was thereforo taken, nor
has their paper ever uttered a word of
complaint, whilo its constant howl'ng on
tbe Bond question mutt have wearied itt
readers long since.
For the foregning reasom, I am led to
concludp that the Republican part/ has
given oo grounds at c omplaint with re
gard to ita relations to tha teuiperauce
question. Oar next inquiry is, as to
whether there ia anything to be tppre.
hended in the future? In other-words
in caae the Court sSould ojcttinu* to re
fuse license. in obedience to the
•trance* of the citizena—will our party be
injuriously affected theieby ! For one I
have no misgivings on the subject]
Moat of aur Land Lords and Restaurant
keepers are too independent for that.
They would not be so unreasonable as to
expect their party to be able to control
the action of the Courts. The few ex>
eeptions to this rule are at least 100 iharp
to join their fortunes with a played out
organization like the Democracy. They
prefer an allianae with the party in pow
er where they can elaiiu an occasional
crumb. My word for it, they will not
leave us while we are in the majority. I
was going to say, that old ,: Cluty," with
a plattoon of horned devils could not
drive them from us—at any rate they will
not go.
When Uie old fashioned Democracy
was in power, the bloods of the
party —the boys who ran the uaohiiie—
thruuged their contentions—took their
nominations—and with free whiskey car.
ried the emotions :—but «• hav» made
great strides forward since those days.
A new set of mea hare eone forward,
representing » new set of ideas. Those
young bloods of the Democracy hare re*
tired from the profession of politics and
left the care of the organization to the
! fathers in Theie patriarchs
«t« MMn making tbelt annual pilgriM^g® 1
to our peaceful town to mako their nouf
ioations and declare their vieict ot the
Constitution. For several years I hare
noi seen • delegate to a Democratio Con.
rention go home drunk ! What a change!
Tlw truth is, modern Democratic politi
cians seem to have no money to spend.
Instead of riding up to a Hotol, whefl
they arrife in tiwo, they are frequently
seen stowing their horses away rir the
stable of some acquaintance, and With t
• lice of short cake or rye bread in their
hand, winding their way to-the Conven
tion—where, if they have an occMinnai
qtrarter it is filched from them for the
purpose of paying for the printing of the
ticket* for some wounded eoldier who
has consented to become w victim ore
their ticket t
Ii any of our hotel or restaurant keepl
- were mersenary enough to change
their politics on business considerations,
they will not be likely soon to seek fel
lowship with a party aueh as I have just
described. To be brief, let ut leave ther
license question where we fotmd it, in
the hands of tße' cititttns and the Conrt,
with faith in their wisdom and virtue.
In the meantime, let us rally once more
lor a National victory, with Grant, Lib
erty and Impartial lyfitti for our met to.
V IB IT* »
Upnrrnl Ursnt In Ea|lMC
The London Times of tba 16th iast.
gives the following Tie* of Geo. Great
ai e caud id ale, es seen from the outaide
world: "Thar* are maay turoible consid
erations which must reoamend Oeo. Grant
to the nat on above all competitor*. In
the preseut condition of the o <untry what
ia wanted more than an; thing else it *
altutig man at the head of the adminis
tration. No man can be that is these
days who haa not the good will of the
people n hie fide and the army at bit
hack.- Of weak or ooinplMnt presidents
there hare baeu plenty, aui a firm Presi
dent is an obstruction te the butiuae* of
the country if he represents views wbioh
are obnoxious to the majority. Gen. Grant
levins to ovuijbine the necessary advanta*
gen and qualifications ia his own person
mure completely thai any candi .ate who
has yet been named. He bee rendered
service to th,» aorthren cause which can
never be forgotten, an i be has not eon"
nutted- himself to a siayle aot which
• hows him to be unworthy oi the fullest
confidence. His advice would probably
be followed when tie advise fo no one
else would be even listened to. lie ts>
still the idol of the amy, whose vote*
will have on unimportant shsro in deci
ding the election. There has probably
never been another man in the republic
so generally popular since the time of
Washington. His past sorvices are un
important compared with those wkiob
he might now render to his countrymen,
for almost any policy which tha Presi
dent was strong enough to carry out
would be better than confusion caused
by perpetual hostilitev between the ex
ecutive and legislature. General Grant
is a just man, and his character justifies
i the expectation that he would act, in any
i positon iu winch ha was plaoed, with an
earnest regard for the interest of his aoun
' try, What he decided upon ha could
acnomplish. As affording thsna relief
from tha prcseut eententions and heart
burning, a laige proportion of tha people
would probably weltom Garnt ae their
President, and tbe Republicans have
done wisely in placing a chek upen some
of their extemre organs in opposition to
him. Ha may be supplanted by another
candidate of wbome the world has not yet
heard a whisper, but his dofeateould nab
be attempted without sacrafioes which'
the republicans, powerful as tbey are,
are not prepared to make."
The Ohio Election.
THE OFFICIAL FOOTINOE—HAYS RE
CEIVED THE LARGEST AND TOUR
MAM THE SMALLEST VOTE or
ALL THE CANDIDATE*.
The following are the official footing*
of the vote fur Ohio Stat* officer* at the
election of October 8, 1367, as canvassed
by the Governor, Attorney General and
Ses-etary of Btate:
Office. Dem. ft«ptib.
Qo»< ..... MO Ml 2t3,m»
Lieutenant Governor 343.4U
I Auditor 240 .140 243.406
Treasurer 240,80-2 243.311
Comptroller t4O,*U 343.41 f
t General 943.44»*
l|..»r<i of Public Work. 240.931 343,iil
Supreme Judge <AO,»7S 243,490
Hayes had ths largest vote, Tkurmas
the smallest vote, of all the candidates.
The largest aggregate vote was oa Board
ot Pnblic W0rk5—484,453; the smallest
was ro Treasurer, 484,120 —a difference
of 333 votes.
How TUE ELECTION OF SHARSWOOD
MUST BE CONTESTED. —If the electioo
of Judge Sharswood should be contest
ed, it must be before tha Legiri*Vtre, to.
which petitions alleging frauds must be *
presented within ten days after the meet
ing, and be signed by at least fifty aleo
tors A committee to hear the testimony
will consist ot four Senators and three
Representatives —to be selected by a pre*
cess of striking and challenging—who
■re to hear testimony iu public.and their
report, or that of a majority r is final antf
conclusive.
—The propsition to raise a »übscrij>
tion for Mra. Lincoln's benefit, has re
ceived her sanction. About five hundv
red letters have been addressed to prom
inent politicians and colored clergymen
ealling upon them for donations. A
book has been opened in Mr. Brady'*
rooms to Broadway, New Yoric, where
her wardrobe is on exhibition, for the
same purpose. The sum of one hundred
and fifty-five dollars and fifty.five cents,
was subscribed oo Tuesday by thirteen
individuals, in amounts varying from
twenty five cents to fifty dolars.
—The Grand Hotel in Parii is
advertised for sal* at 11,000,000.
This ia the establishment to well
known to Americans to thejr cost.