alit bsteetr. THURSDAY, AP ; F:L.L nvir, D 367 tar The most Lar: i ely circulated newspaper in .11'. IV. Peninieernia, and the bat 44vesti zing medium. ANOTHER. EUROPEAN Sy mi. The sudden announceme; at is received from Europe of a probs'A E , bloody strife between France and T :rtissiti. Each nation is arming,h • and t -P .r is a general expeets tion . throughr - ut the old continent that tear e t% ll:l°* . be avoided. The causes which - have ' to the present threatening state of '..fairs may be briefly recited as : Ist, 'The growing importance of Prussia, which has excited the ,jealousy of the entire French people; 2d, The interference, of the former with France's plans to extend -her boundaries furthei." west; and, 3d and most immediate, The occupation by Pmts• sian troops of the Duchy of Luxemburg, . which France was endeavoring to par chase from the King of Holland, and an nex as a portion oilier territory. A:con flict between these to riiiMotts will un doubtedly lead to a general continental war, in which Prussia will be sustained by all the smaller German States, and France by Italy and Austria. - The Radicals everywhere are casting about for excuses for their defeat in Con necticut. Horace Greeley says it was canned by the threat,. of fluntner and Rt;t . son to farce negro suffrage on 'the North era States. Bingham deflates that it is a warning to the party to let the impeach ment soheme alone hereafter, while the "conservative" Radicals insist that Grant must be nominated in '6l' or else they will fail to carry more than one or two Northern States. The fact of it is, the par. ty is,fearfully demoralized, their confident -boasting and explanations of defeat to the contrary notwithstanding. The Republi can party, whether for good or for evil, has accomplished its mission. It must die with the issues that gave it birth and have kept it in power. ' The nineteen months which intervene between now and the 'Presidential election will witness the ' decline and fall of a party which has done 'more mischief, Shed more blood, squan dered more treasure, kindled More diabol ical passions, and inflicted deeper wounds on constitutional government, than 'any • other political party that ever existed in the world. - ~.ReNZGADES AT A DISCOVNT.—The Radicals of Whig and Know Nothing proclivities, are getting tired of the system which has grown into vogue in their ranks, of taking up every prominent Democrat who kicks our party traces, and running him far of fice. In an editorial upon the Connecticut election, the Dispatch thus ventilates it self on. this portion of the party custom : "And just as long . as it tries to steal Democratic thunder by ,nominating Im proper men, (that's cool, isn't it Y) or picks up every stray Democrat and tries Us-send him to Congress, so long they, ought to lose by it. When they learn to do right in these matters they may possibly win snore victories. They, like fools, picked up the Democrat Johnson in 1864, and are reaping the bitter reward of •their folly. The Whigs picked up the Democrat Tyler in 1840, and he floored them. A few more lessons may teach ail parties not to touch political renegades." We sympathize sincerely with our co temporary in its affliction upon this sub ject, znougn now is is u./ remeuir /tie mat ter we cannot comprehend. The Radical party is to-day completely under the con trol of 'these renegades. Their recreancy has been profitable, for they hold all the beat offices and direct the policy of the party. When they find they can nolongqr manage it to suit their personal purposes, they will speedily desert it, and "then fare well to. all the dreams of Radical per:t imes I Now, that the- Radicals of Connecticut have-been acriiagloriously beaten, the pa. perrof that faction.have nearly all com menced abusing them. The Dispatch, as an example, says they "were of too poor a quality to pass_with the rest of the coun try." Seeing -that the Radicals of Con necticut had the courage to do last year, what those of Pennsylvania have never yet dered, to attempt—sought to impose negro suffrage upon the people of their, Commonwealth,—it certainly looks rather awkward — tb — see a paper in this locality lecturing them for want of-fidelity to the -party tenets. The Dispatch is none the lees right, however, in pronouncing their politics . of a "poor quality." Radical pol itics is always of a very "poor quality," no matter what the shade. - TIIE extravagant appropriations of the present Legislature bring the following sarcastic remarks from "Horace," of the Chambersburg Repository : "It is understood that on the 10th of April the Legislature will appoint a spe- cial committee of experienced roosters to call on the Treasurer and inquire whether there' is any .money left, and if the fund is entirely exhausted, the adjournment will take.place on the 11th. If, by any means, a few hundred thousand should be overlooked in any of the, stray corners of the treasury, the resolution of adjourn ment will probably be rescinded, and the job finished up," Turn appears to belittle probability that a quorum of Congress will meet in July. Very few, members sre- left in Washington, even those who,,dwell on the thither aide of the Rocky mountains hav ing departed to the bosom of their fami lies, A general stampede of Senators is expected efter,the close of the present ex tra session, without regard to the July session. There are some, of course, who are hot for as speedy a meeting as possi ble, especially the impeachment p'rty, bat the general sentiment is said to over rule them. Tar. States of Mississippi and Georgia, through their respective counsel, have tiled motions in the Supreme Court to trot the constitutionality of the Military Reconstruction, law, which will come ,up for argument in a short time. 'Charles O'Conner, of New York, and. Judge Black, of -Pennsylvania, are the attorneys em ployed on the part of Georgia, ~id Judge Sharkey and Robert J. Walker, oa th e part of Mississippi. Tag Se ate, on Tuesday, ratified the treaty i n Russian America to the c i Crt..7 i te d S tea for the sum of seven mil. l i ons t ; 4 : dollars in gold, by the decisive vote of t -yeas to two nays, Messrs. Famende ,h i..4l and `fates voting against the 1 , .nnot be consum measure. The treaty ~.a mated until -the House vote: the money required. ffi; The Detroit Free Frees says of Brown- LOVA colorid'ooinpetitor for the Govern. orsbip, that, 'unlike Browniow, be is-a negro from .necessity, and not from choice." THE GREAT RE-•AC lON A BRIGHTER FiiA rN PROS "EOT! The Day.:, o f Radical F. :ticisrp " Numbered! 1 7HE HAND-WRITING ON THEE WALL . "Mono, Biezo,l Tekol: lIPBOSsin." The returns of the Connectio4 election t i e have grown even better, since 4the corn plcte figures have been received, than the first reports led us to expect. Full re. ports from every part of the Sta - foot up as follole 1881• English, 45 787 Hawley 44 808 English maj. 979 H.awley'a „The Democratic- majority is upon the Congressional candi ning up to the handsome'figuil a gain of 2,337 in a 'single yi Legislature, owing to the syete the State has been districted, atilt have a majority. but large' from what it was in 1865-'66. ate the vote will stand 11 RI Democrats ; last year it was 11 8 Democrats, and in 1865 th unanimous for the Radical striking fact that the Senat to the Radicals their majoi chosen by a surplus of four' present composition of the L political standing in- 1866:6, the following. 1067. _ 127 Democrats 111 The Radicals crow over t Wednesday in ,the little Island, and claim that it their rout in Connecticut the, vote shows that they h for rejoicing. The tidlowi .1 this year tta compared with Radical Democratic Thus it will be seen tha tal of ten thousand vot;; with the prestige qunint; ha4-lost eight hundred (825) while the Deniocr th'ree hundred and sixt • since last year, a net De . 1 eleven hundred and eigh! The Senate will stand tw eats and atx Democrats, sixty-two Radicals. and Last year they stood t I eight Radicals to five De, sixty-five Radicals to ear • . The result in New month, has - not receive. attention its importlinc Republican loss on the v is over two thousand. the vote for the differe Congress more than do The following is a table o jorities in the several d' 1867 First Second Tbir 3 8.868 i. 957 in two years, tre of New Eng signs as these in pshire and Rhode ;tamer', anti wm manner that the i intolerant Radi- A similar ratio of give us the Eve t'ennisylvanis, New 6dian f i, and render .ndidate for Pre:i.: even though the uded from voting. Showing a decrease o and that in the very ce land fanaticism. Such connecticut. New mane( are not to be m el:de in -a convincing dap of foul mouthed a Winn is near its close. Democratic gains wit States of New York, Jersey, 'lllinois and t the election of our el dent in 1868 certain South should be eac These pleasant fig, des to what is taking of the country. Du weeks local elections almost every Norther without exception, tl Democratic gains. F changes we clip the f Onto„—At the chart land, the Democrats date far Mayor, Step hundred majority, an' bees of the city comae tofore overwhelming Democratic gain over is about thirteen h Stet election of a I, six years. The Re great stress on the el of the Republican ca a majority of 4,00: gain of about 1,000; polled was only four the last election. T titular not to call . that the Democrats oilmen, while the Re fourteen, which pl, large majority obtain for Mayor was due than merely his p. Columbus, the Dem, moat sanguine expec ed the Mayor, Marsh six out of nine noun.' majority of GOO, lea of Radicalism in t aity and township., I is 551 over the ele i ward in the city w. • ocratic majorities. ocratic Marshal was ity—a gain of 102 o . The Democrats care city by large major the Democrats elect. Mayor by about 75 their candidates for . a majority of the moot, tbe Democrat city ticket, and a tn. men. In Bucyrus county, the Democr gain of 65. *ln Crest ford county. the Di 315—a- gain or 50 spring. In Crestli Stohl, the Democrat or, and the entire elected by 14Q ranjo A election last sprin altiP,- Crawford con cratk ticket is elect gain of 200. Sand a Democrati c M ayo Canton, has "swan The 'Democratic ' were elected by Last fall the Repub In Dayton, the - Councilmen. nil are but an in. ! c. lace in other parts ring the past, few have been held in State, and, nearly ey have exhibited m one day's ex. ' flowing : er election in Cleve tented their candi en Buhrer, by five d gained two mem il from wards here y Republican, The the vote of last fal °tired. This - is the emocratic Mayor in '•ublican papers lay ction in Cincinnati didate for t Mayor by ich is a Republican but the total vote ftha o( that cut at ey, however, are par : ttention to the fact ,lected fifteen cane publicans elected but inly_ Shows that the d by the candidate o some other cause rty connection. In rata exceeded their ations. They elect -1.1, City Solicitor, and , ilmen, by an average ing scarcely a trice e city. In Newark the Democratic gain ion last fall. Every carried by large Dam n Chillicothe, a Dem-, elected by 500 major last spring's election. d every ward in the ties. In Zanesville, d their candidate for majority, as well as Cher City officers, and 'euncilmen. In Fre elected their entire ority of the Council -1 township, Crawford tic majority is 151--a lilline township, Craw. mociatic majority is n the election last ne borough, Jacob c candidate for May emocratic ticket, is f ty—a gainer SO on the In Jackson town ty, the entire Demo by 440 majority--a. .ky city has elected by over 100 majority. . around the code:" yo - r and city officers atosome . majorities. leans ernsied the city, l 'rnocrats gained two 3ficnican.—ln D vote's largely inc Republicans falls elected_ one Regent one. The Deal County Superiuten] troit, the Democratic .ed, while that of the loft The Democrats and the Republicans ratio- candidate for ent wes chosen, and also the entire list of delegates to the Con stitutional Convention. This is a substan tial triumph, and one that will produce good results in - the future. ' The Detroit Free Pry says-, "It is evident that a re action has set in in the old Penh=ler State, that will ere long enable us, once ' figain,.na in the gallant State of Connecti cut, to chronicle a complete victory ; Everywhere the prospect brightens. Large gains have been made throughout the State, and the official returns will show a very large reduction.in 'the heavy Repub lican majority of last fail." WISCONSIN.—The Milwaukee News says of the late election in that city : "It was the most hilly contested election held in the city for many years. Encouraged by their partial , success last-November, the Republicans went into the conflict with a desperate determination. to conquer, and hesitated at no unscrupulous means in ac complish their purpose. The result is . a complete and overwhelming victory for the Democracy. The entire Democratic city ticket - , and:nearly all the Democratic ward candidatei were elected, and the re sult ibows a Democratic majority in the city of nearly two thousand votes—a gain of more'than one thousand votes •since last November. Milwaukee accordingly resumes her former proud position ns"tbe Democratic--...banner city of the Union." .In MadisetiV, the Democrats elected their cardidate for Mayor by 240 majority, and nine out of the twelve Aldermen claosen -a heavy gain ' NEBILISKA.—Amaba city elected a- ma jority of the Republican nomineea at the Charter . e'ection last spring. At the election this spring 1,530 votes were poll ed, and:tie Democrats elected their en tire ticket by an average majority of 406. NEW Yoga.—The city of Rome, which gave 301 majority for Hoffman last No vember, has just elected s Democratic President 4 . 500 majority, ,and six Out of nine town trustees. , Marivt.s.ND.--•:The xatinacipa e lection in Annapolis resulted in the success of the whole Conservative' ticket. De. Abram Claude waft elected Mayor over Richard' Swann, the present Radical incumbent • The Republicans carried Indianapoli', Indiana, by only 424 Majority,. which is a Democratic gain over the election last spring of 783, and, the dispatch adds ; "The returns from the State are meagre. "out indicate Democratic gains in all the "localities heard from." St. Paul, Minn,, according to a brief dispatch, was carried by - the Democrats by a majority- of about 1,030—a gain since list fall of f 39.0 'Tint the unkindest cut of all to the Republican party is the result of the election in the home and final resting-place of Lincoln, Springfield, 111., where, on Tuesday last. the Democrats elected their entire ticket by a handsome majority, and this in Lace of the fact that the city was earned by the Radicals last fall by a majority of 130. On the Bth inst., a municipal election was held in Hartford, Conn. The Democrats swept the city by six hundredlmajority— a gain of one 'hundred and thirty since last week. We see not how any unpreju diced person can peruse these returns and not are in them the turning of the tide against Radicalism. Ise& 43,438 43,975 18i. 537 ill larger latee n run of I,Boo— In the a by which e Radteals y decreased the Sen dicals to 10 Radicabi to body was IL is a r who gives ity was only votes. The I use, with its is shown in aw 66 . . 1415. 141 161 95 76 .o election. on ate of Rhode I is an offset to A glance at ve small cause I . g is a table for last: ISO 6. 372 8.197 178 2.816 1 194 5,381 in a small to ;the• Radicals, pted victory. nd . twenty-Sve, to have gained two (362) votes • ocratic gain of y-seven (1,187;) nty•sevett Radi and the noose ten Democrats. :nate, twenty .ocrats ; House, Democrats ampshire, last that degree of deserves. The .te for Governor at their loss on t candidates for hies that Sktire. ' the Radical ma ;riots in 1865 and 1W.63. ISM. 3.250 1.201 3,020 750 2,598 1,000 • SENATOR WILSON, et . - blase has been down to Richmond. made a speech, and returned safe to Wasbington, tickled with his success. He was not mobbe'a, scalped or harmed, but treate'l "tenderly," not. witha tandink his repeated asseverations thatno NOrttlein an was sate amour secessionists. His own experience-refutes his own calumnies and proves his Remiss• tions slander. 2.95 Be:: Burcsafs statement that two bun.- dred deserters bad been pardoned last fall on condition that they would vote the DAmocratio ticket, has, upon investiga tion, proven to be false. Stanton gave the order far -their pardon after (not beforr) the election, because there was posi tive proof that they hid been wrongly marketing deserters. Connecticut politics make strange bed fellows. The Irish there all went for Erg- Ugh. - There is some discussion en the best mode of ventilating the National Capitol. We would suggest whether it cannot be better done by - the people at the polle,than in any other way. 'Fbe Montgomery Mail estimates that if the number of whites disqualified in Ala bama average three hundred in each coun ty, the negroes will have a majority of five thousand in the State, if they all vote to gether. The National Democratic Convention, called by Kentucky, to meet at Louisville, on May 71h, has been postponed to the 4th of July. It had better be postponed in definitely. • • Brownlovr has found one colored man so degraded by servitude as to accept a captaincy in his Tennessee militia ; but a colonel's commission which he offered to a Nashville barber, was returned Turoamscs OF A Von:—Tho New Ha ven Register says that Mr. Logan, the Democratic candidate in theiSiiteenth Senatorial District of, Connect-cut, is de feated by four votes ; and .this gives the Senate to the Republicans by ono major ity. . The Radicals are already abusing the negroes whom they cannot use. Beverly Nash, who spoke suchgood sense at the Columbia, S. C., meeting,. is already ca lumniated by Forney as the mere tool of •party, not representing his race. Ire may be superior to most of his race, but he does not misrepresent them—in both which points be does not resemble the man who wrote the Jamieson letter. Ex-Admiral Semmes says in his saluta tory in the Memphis Bulletin: 'Since we laid down our arms at Appomattox Court Souse, the whole United States has become our country. The Confederal: flag having been rolled up in honor, and consigned, along with the brave men who perished beneath its folds, to the kpping of history, the old' flag has become our flag; but' along with the old flag we clam the old Constitutlon." Too GOOD TO DI LOST.—A. •day or two since, two Radical members of the Weal Virginia Legislature were engaged in a conversation on the Lord's prayer, when -one offered to bet the other five dollars that he did not know it. The bet was -ac cepted, and by agreement, th•+ Legislator was to repeat it. He commenced as fol lows: "Nov I lay me down to sleep. - I pray the Lord toyeoul to keep, - If I should die before-1 wake. I pray the Lord my /out to take." "Well, I declare," replied the astonish ed member, "I did not think yeti knew it," whereat he banded him the five &d -iem Political Brevltiea. While the Tribune; with its usual adroit ness, is trying to put as fair a - face aszpos-, sibleon the falling off of the Radical rite jority in New El ampshire,the Sun (neutral) says: "The fact of the Democrats having gained a little in the local elections held this spring, is the evidence that thought ful and free-minded men are disinclined to follow the Radie,als through all their ultra windings. * * * Never since the Radical party was organized has it been so open to attack' and ultimate de feat as it ie at the - present time. It is full of disaffection; it has lost the confidence of non-partiecin supporters, and the only requirement to give it a damaging blow is a vigorou., liberal and -enlightened policy on the part of the Democrats. ' The Richmond-Enquirer makes the fol lowing remarkable statement: "It will give some idea . of the enormous taxes lev ied by the United States government to state that the, single town of Danville, Va , pays we understand, a tax of three millions of dollars on the manufacture of tobacco—the tax being forty cents per pound: Yet this same people, who are so liberally contributing to the coffers of the National Treasury, are denied representa tion in Congress. A writer in the Independent (Radical) in speaking of Butler says: "Make the best you can of it, it's a terrible face, that of Butler's ; it looks like a nirate's—a strong, unscrupulous, cruel face. The low wide forehead, the crossed eyes, the hatch ety Roman nose, the thin lips, making a combination powerful and pitiless. An a politician, Butler is overreaching, self-seek. ing, and will be content with no las% than the high