Ehit Afraid Gen. ULYSSES S:GRANT, OF' ILLlxors. FOR VG:.I: PRESIDENT, Hon, SCHUYLER' COLFAX OF INDIANA STATE TICKET Aiuiitor General. Gen, .TNO. F. HARTRANFT, • of Montgomery County. Surveyor Gene' ra4 Gen JAcull M• CAMPBELL, of Cambria Cimnty If On Sunday_ last Mri Chase attended the African Church id Richmond,' lt fact that expected to advance his chances for the Democratic- nomination: • The "nigger" is to baTi , datnned" no longer for a certainty. H 0740 do progress. _ • TUE . Derctopratic— joiirnithi which urge CIRANT's resignation of his military office forget that judge Wootnvano did not resign while 'a candidate in ,this State last year 4 and that MoOLELLior i the Democratic can- didate_inl64_for_the..Presidency, did.not re sign until Nov:i3th, the day of the,election We quote these not as examples, but as ad monitions.to consistency in the Democracy So ran the Democratic State conventions have shown 'a remerl:fibV unanimity in avoiding apy very positive expression of opinion on the gfeat .issues of the day.-- Trne to the well-known admit:utile drill and discipline of the party' they lea f ve them serves open' for Pendleton and a white man's government, _or Chase and negro snirrage just as the New York conclave mny direct. The slavery of party dominancy has never been more powerfully illuStrated. ME Democratic papers and loaders of the party don't sayrialrOs — mueh -about_the_ negro as they did before Mr. Chase, the original "negronquality" advocate, became 'a fcirmidable.Demotratic candidide. It has hislenn some time since ive la - ve heard even a single shriek about "negro domino Lion," and when we come to survey the po li tient : Sold we find the entire, pack of "nig ger" 4 uaters scrambling at their uttermost bent for.the despised individual whom they now deign to call negro: A party of prin- eiple is this Demociney surely I SENATOR WALLACE, Chnirmnn of the Demo- tratic State Central 'Committee ; seems to understood 'the 'situation,' so far as Penn- Sylvania is concerned, in reference to the next Presidential election., At Pittsburgh the other day he made a speech et a Demo- cultic meeting, in the course of which he said that the Demociacy had a hard job be- fore it to earry,Pennsylvania against Grant and Colfax. He demonstrated this with figures, showing that last Fall, when Shars7 -wood was elected by loss than one thousand majority, the Democrats polled nicety-four - p - r - cent,of-theirwhole publicans cast less than seventy-five per cent. of theirs. This year tho full vote will be brbught out, and. the Democrats will hae to do some very tall cheating to over come' the odds against them. Wittl a radi o cal Democrat like Pendleton for a Presiilen- tial ctirilidate - the-Cops.i.wilibe beaten bi ,at least 80,000 majority, and be is by odds OA strongest man the Democrats can, trot Who voted men and money to carry on the war and save the Gcvornment Y Not Demo ') crats. Who pronoun* every act of our n.oblo Congress and iaartyred President un- constitutional PDemocrate. Who pronoun ced. the war a 'Num ? Democrats. Who exulted over Union disaster t Domo s erats. Who took the lives of Union men in the North for standing up for thornion P Dom °arida. Wto stoned a boat,going_up_ the. _____Mononglla for- demostrationa of rojoicing Over - the- surrender- of. Richmond 7_ Denoo cratp.- Who resisted the draft to blood, and refused the payment of war / Taxes %Demo crats. Who called our ' ,, boys in blue" Lin coln hirelings Democrats. _ 749 ',gut the bloody riots in Now York to'defeat the, Union cause? Bloody Democrats. Who as-. eassinatod the good Lincoln ? A - Democrnt. ' tried to burrf Northern cities? Demo . erats. Who tried to produce plague and pestilence in our day -welitivojust the same, idonticel party— an organization just as cer;t 4 flit as over Jeff. Davis' organization was andAullnitelymean or :—a .party that would ratherhatm Jeff. Davis for their candidate than any Mimi.' living man, and whom - undoubtedly they would have'irthoy could. • aeneral prapt and the_lsraelltes. • The r ehicago Times " find the'; whale press of the Democratic vintners which, lied boon busy retailing the_vileslander against. Gen- eral Grant,:and backing it up ,by - tho Pre tended authority. of leader ilosenthal,• a well known Israelite of the Chicago Health. Department, hairo maw , just rebuke: :Sir. Rosenthal publishes a - Card iti which ho ' riounces tho.whold story as_ an unfounded and , unmitigated falsehood 'from. beginning to end. He says: -7 • "The. whole trdzig is' a manufactured falseheil; and got up to intinchco toy • countrymen against General Grunt. I live. hero a 'easy to be found; and if any of m friends, or others, wish tol.ste'me on' this subject, I shall bb bapPy to Bed thenri,- and disabuselhoir Alf snail. glaring rnisrppresentailonit, whoremyadmc fonecr. • — ll - gain - I - pronounoo_thedarttela • .. • Ippon, BOAZarrnAL; The Democracy h& a Dileoipla. . _ Never did the RepUblietin patty enter upon a campaign with their enemy at, so great a disadvantage as in' the preSinit ohof The , Democratic party - are to-day net only Undecided. ae to -whom they shall in . . nomination in opposition to Grant and 00l fax, but are, also, at a loss to know what, , aorCiif an enunciation of - principles they shridld make at the fourth of July- Oonven- tion First come the Pondleton,rnen, with him as,their choice,fiir President and his' finan cial policy the main plank Of their plittform Tliey say, and most truly do they speak, 4mur Man is the truest and best type of mod ern Democracy to be fotind in all the land. His record during the war is all that the Most Ultra in the party could ask, Ho op posed every measure introduced into the halls of Congress that looked towards a Sup pression of the Rebellion. Ho neither used hie voice nor his . pqn to encourage thecnlist. ment of men into the armies of the Union, but on the contrary, threw the whole weight influence into the opposite scale. Ho was placed upon the ticket that was nomi-, noted at the Chicago Convention of 1804, as an antidote. Sortheivar_nausea-of-McClel lan, 'and, while •McClellan hesitated to en ., dorse the platform which declared the war for the "Union: a tannic, l!eildlotoii himself - dictated it; and his financial policy te-day is but a legitimate and logical sequence to-our: our printiples' - durink the war. - If wo-op.- posed the war, why shot;hl we not boils favOr of ,timaitdiationof the odious diA4 incurred in. Carrying it on oven to the bitter end of sub jugating our &althorn brethren ? This is about the argument of itie.Ponateton, Men, and 'we cannot see how any Democrat can -answer • it,.-unless-it be upon the 'miserable plea Of expediency. Indeed that is the only answer made to them. Say the anti-Pen dleton-expediency men, those who wish to use the Democratic organization to ride into power—"we can never elect your man. We knoW full well that a large majority of the people are opposed to the principles of the party end Uhl-only by the nomination ofsome man of less genuine benweracy but of more availi- hilitythnt we"can have the least, hope of suc cess." And again te''; party headed by Mr August. Belmont bitterly oppose Mr. Pen dleton beemise they bold Government bonds, and see in Mr. Peudieton's financial Roney not only the sacrifice of national honor, bu also-individualloss_an(Lseerifice. Thus standsthe case with Mr. Pendleton and it is mots than probable that, upori these grounds; ho will Jai defeated in the Conven tion. . • Next come the friends of Gen. Hancock, who assert that there is no way of_dofeating - Grant — c - xcept' by - placing in'norniwation - a* man with a fair war record. Say they, "al- though he did deal roughly with our friends in the field, nevertheless he has sufficiently atoned for that sin by his service to us in his administration of the affairs:of the sth Mili tary District. lie. will be a pliant tool for us, and will .rigidily . enforce our dogmas should he bti elected; and,•no doubt, having been a general, he will be enabled to catch up irpani, a soldier vote that otherwise we would never got for a man with .'a truly Dem- cratic record." But, just herci'comcs in the opposition of the trti o e men of the party, wh'o will neverforget that Hancock dealt heavy blows against the Democratic rebellion, and who will never forgivo him for having boSii prominently instrumental in securing the execution of the Democratic assassins of the 'lamented Lincoln, (ores they them solves ox- press it for haiting been Mrs. Surratt's hang man.) These mon loudly protest against his being their standard bearer. What this pro- test may amount to wo know. not nor w we predict. Since the acquittal of the apostate Presi dent, through the intrigue of the Chief JuS tics and the recreancy of soveM.Sonators, a faction of the party has settled upon Mr. -Chase as the ay - tillable candidate. Hero the bond-bolding:element comes in full play. Mr. Belmont and his friends are determined 'to defeat Mr. Pendleton at any cost. No candidate except Mr. Chase seethe to them to be sufficiently strong to unite the opposi tion to -him. ' And yet it seems; at first 'thought; strange that the name of Salmon P. Chia° should bo associated with the:can didacy of the - Democracy. That ho shouy - in silence allow it tobe so used, is ;hut anoth Or 'evidence of. the subjection of tymtsong 7 .. estrridn ambitionand, the fact that the Democracy should oven thiNk of him in. this connection shows most con clusively the_honefess which' condition in they—aro - placed. 'But,- reason 'the.Chase Democrats as folloWs; ~ .91O9 h as done us a very great 'serVico in his - successful efforts to him the President acquitted;, his avowed friendship' for the negro-raCe WIN secure a large share of the colored vote in tho South: erh -- Statoe; the masses of Alm party, in grail= Ludo for hiti betrayal of ttio Republicans, will in a groat pielisuro forgot and forgive his fOrmor declarations in favor, of the equal, rights of allinen while they will thus for givohim, ho will secure many votes from tho more radical Of the Republican party season of them; very : utterances; and last but not least., the logelly acquitted but_ Morally convicted President his expressed his prof. ,orenco for him,'PrOmisinChOlik.event - of his nomination a much wartnor and. more active support onitio part"ol histottico,hold 7 ors' han ho will guarantee for any other - 6( tho many aipirnnts." This makep up their, case and wo have no doubt it will be ably pre.. , , eentod to the convention; but wo have' no faith. in the movement and boliovo it . will —. • , - - fall still,borp , ' ~ Tho nogre-hating and nogrO 7 fearing portion of, thOparty w l iliihot permit his ii , )i - O r ruitioli,4p4 are ashittoi'lY oPposed to him ai rtio the 'bOrid.holding• pOrtion to .31Z!. Pendleton; or the:Ml:id-loving portion AO GOn. r:liancock. Those nro the thrd9nost proininehe men spoken of. ; , toitho• one of them wilt able 'to unite tho - ditfo_ront factions of; tho pol tp, and, in guoh a qitanlarji. are..theY.:that they aro willing tb 'nominate anybody be hen Democrat, an apostate pablioali, or 'an briginal - abolitionist, - and to adopt any obit of,alplatform likethorit fa 7 ; yore gold;ar greenbacks, repudiation or the paying of the national indebtedness;'!'uni vpreaL suffrage". or a."whiternan'sGovorn- montiv = anybody, anything that will' giv . e thiim the faintait hope , or promisaof success. On-.tho other .haed- the Republican-- party is a unit in its support of Grant and Colfax and of tho principles enunciated by tho Chi- cago Convention. It enters upon the cam paign confident of a glorlous and over wholm ing victory... If we Init make thO effort we can. eneili increase the' majority Mr._ Lin coln received in 1804. We ought to (10 it, wo can do it, and do' it. Tice Legigation of the Ohio De mocracy Declared Uncoil,- . - stitutioital: , . Through the carelessness and indifforoncs of our friends the Democratic party last fall _Wore allowed to elect a majority in the Legis lature of that State. Having thus come into power for the first time in many years they at once resolved "to make hay while the sun shines." The Supreme Court of 'that State had - decided some years ago that all citiaons of that State in whom the white blood pre domjnated worn entitled to the right of frtin chise. Although •at the time of that decis- ion the Court _was Democratic, nevertheless the modern Democracy of thq State feared this vote rind resolved to put a' stop to .it. Accordingly they passed a law called the, ."Visible Admixture Bill," excluding from the right of suffrage all persons whose blood was one-sixteenth part negro. This they regarded as a .g'raiit _victory_ for_ tho_rndvo catesofthe."whito man's. GoviWnment,'.' but ip tbirmi - dst of their rejoicing they are sud denly brought to grief._The_Suprerne-Court of. that State has declared that law uneon- :stituttonal and, hence, null and void; ' and thus will they ITO deprived of the exquisite pleasure in the coming campaign of using microscopes &c , to datect,the visible admix: turn fellows, • Still another law did these custodians of suffrage. enact. Weill : knowing that gen eral intelligence and thorough education , are seldom found to be friendly to their - party organization, they molded that all students nt tho different colleges and universities in the State should not be allowed to yott; while at these institutions. Again did they glory in having excluded from the polls some ten or twenty thousand. Republican voters; but again are_ they overwhelmed in sorrow. This law, too, goes down before the Court. groat danger is tbartlicso decisiOns will cause the Democracy to Ce 1122, their prat indnbout sanctity of the Supremo Court and do tkiiconstitutioriality Of' 111.7:{E. movo for 111 r. Cliim's nomination a New York has impaired, the value of the negrd as a stock in trade for them, and l now we fear they will grow disgusted with the Supreme Court busii.ess, and the Constitu- ion ery, and thaa'toso the balance of 'their capital Persoris of visible admixture, and students nt. colleges will continue to vote in Ohio though the Democracy should drown them selves in team, or wear theingelves out in MEM I= Wo learn from the published statement of the Secretary of the Treasury, that during the month of May the National..debt was -increased nine millions, seven hundred and seventeen thousand, jilt nine hundred Nl lure I Is riot this alarming? Just think of it I lii time of pence the - debt to 'increased at the - rate - of - ncarly - ten -- millions of dollars per month, This, is radical rule, misman agement-and stealing.— Volunteer. We agree with the VOYunteer, that it is alarming that the delkshould thus inereasi•, but when it charges it upon "radical rule," it falsifies and well knows it. Tho adminis tration is in the hands of the Democracy, and that party is_alonp_rosponsible for' the increase in the debt. .As long as Andrew tx% Johnson remained true to t arty that elect: . ed, hith and entruated - the eo °akin of the Internal Revenue to honest MEI re, the debt gradually and - sur4-decreased. But as soo i as he wont over to the copperhead party; ' anffturnetloutcornpetontland upright nfficers, the revenue began falling off, and the ex pense ,ef the Government increasing. In proof of this we have the letter of resigna lion, of—Commlssioner :Rol limi,in which he, gives as the reason of his resignation the fact that through the agon ts 'tripe( n teßbyliEr; , Johnson and his Secretary; McCullough, lie hi utterly unable to.have the Revenue hon estly collected. That he bps frequently naked for the removal of ivcompotent and dishonest officers, but that no attention has ',men paid to his requests. • In the nionth of May there was also anoth or largo article :of expenditure which we lfepo - will • noVoi = again'ho'Called into raga sition; viz : the corruption fund used by the Democracy to secure the acquittal of the !tpostat‘i Presiderit-. No, Mr. Vo/untes2:, it:is your party, and your paity's officer-holders that aro alone responsible for the increase in the National debt. It is a subject upon which .you could well afford to be silent. • :When Giant shall have bean elected and honest men sball - havo boon appointed to of. 11co ?: thenngain the debt begin to do- CrCABO. • A few Flights ago,-at Camden, S. 0., 7 a party: of, white men, supposed to belong to the KU Klux .Klan visited tholouse of Mr. Republican Member'elect of the South ~Carolina Legislature, and murdered him in ; for no reason except his'political opinions. Two negroes wore killed. at the samelitne and Mr.': Dill; a colored man - .Was desperately wounded. The Childeston News publf i shes an atrocious com ment upon-the murder, heeding 'it "Ono of the Elect, Comes to Grief," • and seems to' think- it strange that Dill was notkilled long before.: And whorl leave was naked lit the House of diepresentatives on Thursday to introduce a resolution providing, for the al.:. rest of the assassins, a Democratic Member .objecteLand...kopt._it.out—lstow,. who are the onpmioo or pace in the Boutia • •:114311.1 7 1 , 'The New York4rorki and lessser like :,t , he'lrolunieer, are busily engaged in ,endeavOring to figure up a probalilo',Demo-. erotic majority in the electoral college, tif i lts ,nett Meeting.' It is _truly, laughable to look at their entinintes of the States . that will probably give their votes, to the Demoerati,c candidates. For instance, Indiana, Ohio and X'onnsylvania, three tho largest Sfates in the Union, together casting fifty-four votes , in the electoral college,'_or : Moro than /one fifth_ .tho whole number of votes' required to elect. They will not carry a single one of these States, and well-they- know-it ;:and Yet, counting . these, thd Volunteer of this week is unabie to figure Ilya sufficient num- bor - of votes While, -on the Other hand,'ln . all human probability the Republican party carry Now York, California, New Jersey and Or egon, thereby taking from their estimate the further sum of forty votes, leaving them at the most liberal count not more than ''the pitiable number Of nineteen. 'The only States the Democracy have anything like a certainty of carrying aro Connecticut, Del aware, Kentucky and Maryland, and wo, doubt-very muchlfzthey will be able to carry Con necticut. Uontlernan go on figuring, picture a rna "ority for yourselves, you can, in your iolaginations,lor wOcan assure you it is the only Once such O thing will ho tonna.' Colfax %Explodes. - a Democratic Slander. The Domocrncy, baying no principles to advoctite,. devote thenieelves exclusively to yituporation and slander Of - Course — Mr. Colrs.v receives his share of theiy attentions;but we rather_ think the following manly and emphatic denial by him of their latest, slander will have p ten- &my:to quiet thorn as far as he is eon corned HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, WASHING TON, May 20, 1808.—To the Editor of the South Bond (Ind.) Register—Sir:—Tlie Democratic paper of our ..city - copies from the Irldianapcdis Sentinel an ar ticle signeo "N. M. Moore," escorting that, as a soldier, he called on mo in the wintor of 18C1, and that the following than occur : red: "4 finely-dressed gentlemati.eame in im mediately- behind mm'a colored boy met us_ in the reception room. Ho asked us ,for our cards; the citizen laid his curd- upon 'the waiter. I informed him I liad, none. He then left the room. In a few minutes Mr. Colfex mode his appearance. He spoke in n - very [arable way to th,o citizen gentleman, not deigning to notice me. In a short time the gentlemen left, and Mr. Colfax. turned - Sfierraround, and in no very luniatile Way said, "Well, what will you have?, I then, in as few words as possible,. explained, the object of my visit. In reply, ho said be lied no time to fool away with soldiers." The whole story is utterly- false, .and if its author swears as he says he is willing to do, he will swear to a 'wicked and mann.- - - • • _ notAntivlany spch man I never had a silver card-waiter in my life. I never used such language as ho alleges to_ Inty&tirumhillniiiigritTlio called on the—man, woman, citizen, or soldier. ..,Nor is thorn a single fair or just man at my home, or any party (I do not include in this the editor of -the-Union), who believes that I could — or would reply to any soldier who called on me that 'I had no time to fool away with sol diers.' Many Indiana soldiers know that, at that very time I was spending one day,. each week visiting soldiers at the hospitals, and in addition thereto, nttending to their business at the Departments. It is shame ful that political opposition should induce the manufacture and publication of sucli vile fabrications. Yours, truly, "SCHUYLER COLFAX.-2. JUDGE YE Tho Republican party - stands Nfore the country again in 1868, says the Noslle Americana-just:ai4t--did-in-18601knd 1864, simply upon its record. It asks to be judged by what it has done, and relies upon no un certain promises of the future. In 1860. it advanced no now principle. took its stand upoh its well known adveicacy, of un• ceasing hostility to shivery-in -the Territor ies, -and the people approved of it and elect "eid the Republican candiditio to the Presi dency. Tho Slave power • chose_tmstaketits!l existence-upon the defeat 'of the principle of freedom in the Territories, and it lost thp stake, slavery was, obliterated. • This was ho page of events to which the Republican party pointed in 1864., Again thepeople endorsed it. • The reactionisti, unable to -roalntain slavery, but regretting to part with it, attempted, to establish caste in Its place, and the struggle thereon has lasted, until the present time, but is now closing upon a record of the Republican party, in which is iocludedtho full estublishmeot 'of the civil , and political righti of the oppressed race,, and tho reconstruction of the South upon a ,free basis. -- Til'ilits — COnteSt many other-- things been settled - - Vie Presidential power has been restricted, Congressional authority vin- . dicated, and, tho Supreme Court restrained within bounds; the banking, system reorgan ized on a sound basis, the currency made national end reliable, popular liberties ...pro tected at the South, tho supreme 'authority land power oftibe republie-itsel f for over flu.- tided against assaults from the spirit of see tiienalism, the. State governments purged of oligarchy, and the foundations laid fora system Of small landholdings at the South. Thus the RepubliCan party entrenches itself for the _ . caniymign, and acts uponthe defensivo.as it did in each former case., It askxto be trusted on account of what hai done: It has made the nation greater and mom respected-h . ) , the. civilized : Weida: It has-built up domestic manufaCturea ,on an jinn - lens° scale by means of a protective pol icy.- it has introduced : at the South, free Coalmen school education. It lias built the greater pOrt of the Pacific Railroad, brOught in four now States, brought everyilinglaok 'to a peace feotingvand has steadily reduced taxation at all, points. If, then, we .nrp asked why` the National Convention did not declare in favorlof ties thing or that, wo answer that the party las hithertp made. it's • claim for support al ways uplintiliegrolind'of what it has • neooniplished : or, essayed, and asked to be judged by- -the ,spirit, of that. Thereis very mush yet to - do, and :the Re,' 'Publican .party is the only; opo competent foi the' work, FORENBT, the hero of the Port Pain- butebery, isi . o v no of theDemociatie delegates from Tennessee 'to the New York Coavention. ',IBM service to .the" partY oon idsted in the murdering la cold blood of a . regiMent.or two of unarmed colored soldiers oft hO'Bnitod States after they WO stir; ea.: . deredah ' moms of war; , . PROGREBI3IV.E * PoIaCY. The Philadelphia Hortlt American thus slinks of our Candidate's political sagacity. Attention has been draWn by fetter of to thatportion of 'Grant's letter of fie coptance in•whiOlt he says: - • • _ ~ fn times like Ihe'present it is impossible, or at -least eminently improper, to lay down a policy tobnadhe'red i to, right or wrong, through an adminiPtration of 'four- years. New political issues 'not foreseen are con 7 stantly arising, and' tho views of the publib on the old ones are constantly changing, and purelyridministrative ofileei Should always bo left.freo to execute the will of thopeoplo:• This Is assailed as au execrable doctrine in administrative policy, but on what grounds.it_is.diincult to see, the whole plat= osophy of our American politics sustaining it to the letter. It is'inst because .Johnson refused to acknowledge it that he has got himself ostracised. We are asked on all sides to believe that this nation is progres- Sive its character;-but the 'Democratic party is not progressive, and its theory is, that the national governmant should 'not be so:- Laws and institutions must of necessity be changed to suit the'altered ponditions of society. : It is greatly to our credit that WO have been able to keep unaltered so much of the great work that- wee transmitted to us by our forefathers es a priceless inheritance, although in the I regress of events wo all saw tae need of great modifications lbng before they wore actually made. , There is no particular benefit in adhering amovil if it be practicable to4ind a remedy. The Democratic party asks us to believe that all the virtue of this republic consists in clinging with desperate tenacity to the laws, institutions, and traditions of tho past; good bad'or indifferent; suited or unsuited to the timek and convenient or 'lnconvenient., Jefferson. was ono of the framers of these pglitical institutions, and a leading one, yet he strongly urged -that ono generation had no right to bind another by its laws. TheAlopubliean -partyis essentially- pro gressivo.in-its spirit, and thoh3fore General Grant has very truly stated, in the sentence we have quoted, the animating desire of the nationallrefirrteditilitipilVving. The party is urged by extreme' hien to go on much faster than it does. But4aviit.:qperience has taught thyvhelesOme lesson ef )- prudent cir cumspection in its advances. -It goes ailtir as it is found safe to go, and no amount of .abuse can - make it do more Problems of immense magnitude in governmental science are involved in the contests of times. The great and: terrible question -of s:avery, that occasioned us - so much anxiety through fifty years, has bben solveu at such an awful cost that Republican party moves With cau tion-in its: 'progress. The true doctrine is that we must of necessity' be progressive as far as we can consistently with events and the conditions of the times. That is what-General Grant avers, and in doing so he has, jp our judgment, evinced a. political s;igacity_of no ordinary kind. " Washington Topics and Gossips. 'The examination of witnesses by the Man, agers of Investigation is nearly finished, and the Committee,. through General Butler, will make n report to the Hobs() during the present- week, which -wi I I - narrate - the - evii, -- (fence obtained during the investigation as foreshadowed' several days ago, No evi.- -- difii - achf - Tcbeen obtained which will show conclusively that any Senators have actual ly received any money from those opposed to impeachment- to assist in acquitting the _ P rekid erit,__b_u L_e n o u gli_facts_ have -b eon brought to light by the Committee to satisfy the country at largo tat through the deep laid schemes of those known as the "whisky ring," impeachment was defeated. The Committee have met with every conceivable obstacle during their investigation. Wit- nesses met together before being examined/ and arranged their evidence so there would he no conflict, and the testimony would be entirely consistent. The large number, of telegraphs which the Committee obtained, when given out to the public in the forth coining report, wili_be. sufficient to prove that a great conspiracy existed to defeat im peachment. All the testimony which has been published. from time to time of witness• es themselves was not from the Managers, and as this were most all favorable to the adininistration, they carefully avoided giv ing out whatever would tend to dannigeti.eir, cause. The preparation - of the report has been consigned to General Butler, and it has already been commenced. ' The Committee on Ways and Means were in session yesterday forenoon, and have en tered—upo_n-the work-of - preparing a separ ate bill as instructed by the House yester, day. The impression prevails that this bill, which will only embrace whisky and to bacco, can be drawn up and- presented AO the ouse in a day or two. It islthe inten tion_of_thflnntrilttce_to_embrace—in—the- new bill - all he leading fehtures of those sections in tile . general bill which relate to whisky and tobacco. These alone cover about-one hundred and five closely printed pages,.and go into an entire'revision.of the method of - colle9ting the tax on' these two articles. The new bill ordered by the Rouse will probably cover one hundred closely - printedpages. In view 'of this fact it is not improbable that the bill will not'be row. ported to the House before the beginning of next week, and then, .in. the opinion of many members, will be discussed nearly (I, ir\ two weekg before it can be passe.• -From - present . indicntio ,s Con ass will not be.prepared to adjourn before ;the 'fif teenth Or twentieth of July, Tho trial of John H. Surratt, whiek:bas been-posponhd_uritil-Tdondn next; is not likely to come Off tjui thosd' who rep resent the Government say that fiirthef time will have to be granted them to pre pare. If, further request is made for post ponement, the prisoner will be admitted to bail. • The House Committee 'on Elections hold a meeting yesterday and made 'an irripor tont ,decision -in the Kentucky contested case of McKee vs ; - Young. - Rciveral days ago this caSo, - whiCh . had been reported to tho'Houso adversely to McKee, was recom mitted to the Committee. At the mooting yesterday °very 'Repablican member Voted to report to the House that MaKeo Was en titled to the contested seat. Thilwas dono in view of a principle which was settled se .the-case of-Delano; and - which - npplied — also to McKee's.citso. But little doubt now re mains that MCKeo will bo awarded his seat. General Mulford .will bo appointed Col lector of Internal,Reventio at Richmond. Aloakndria Cummings, thO straw hat and linen pants for soldiers man, is.a Prominent candidate for Mr. Rollins' place. 'Mr. Johnson says lie wants to select an honest man for the plaeonnd one that can be con- , Mr. Johnson will allow' thn now bill. regu lating:contested' olections' in tha'aity to'his- • dome ¢ laW Without his oignature.___ Th - tibilllacroasing ,the salaries - of - Clerks will be *lObbled through the Senate as "it was through tho' TIM tariff bill has boon manipUlatod oo as. . to prOvOt ifi passage at thursossion. It is generally boliiived that, Ill'pl7ullwth will resigg at tho closti - of this month. .' The Southern people-have always claimed a - superiorfty -over the Northerners in eel ture,and refinement, and Louisville htis al ways boon regarded as one of their. strong-, holds: ' The ways in - which they malg good . theirclaims aro peculiar; for inidartee ; the Academy of Must°, in Louisville, is to ho used.for n lager beer saloon this summer. • Oninr Juerton elfin has writtunletter t in which•heaaVs impeachment, was the sub ject of 'Conversation' between hitnitelf"and; not more than four or five Senators".''' ' IVhat business had. ho to converse. 'with &meters. at all upon the subject'? What wbuld ho have thought Of a Judge who con-, versed with NM more thah fouror fiVe"jurV-• men 'abbot a Mine that:Wan being tried beta° _ • :Political Items. - The Democratt acorn to have all emigrated from'Berkley county Virginia r We see it stated that no.inulatto child has :been born In‘that county within the last year. , • • Brume P.0113110Y olamers ~for the i "vested rights of the' Democracy," That 'means, we 'suppose, the_right- to go into other people's vests. Tun Democracy having been seven years out of power, their intense desire to regain it may be very properly termeii_the !‘eeyen- Year itch,":., • SENATOR GRIBIEE prOpOSVEriiiirOBOCRiO the Now York Tribune for - libel. In this suit, like that of impeachment, Grimes Is after money, not character. Tne Harrisburg Patriot thinks, and very philosophically, that if the Democracy must fake it Ihidical candidate, they bad better Eako Major. Goneral Bon . 'Tollandlngham says he, is proud of his War. record. A certain. fox who oal his - tail is reported tolls:al said he was'glad -of it, because it was so much more stylish. ,kt, is thought that there is a majority in Congress in favor of removing the,Capitol of the United States to a point as near 'as -possible in .the geographical centre of the Union. Tun fight for the vacant Commissioner of Internal Revenue iS giving the, President sore trouble. Since his escape from im— peachment ho finds he has more friends than he can accommodate with faVors. HON. REVERDY JOHNSON will not, resume Ids seat in the Senate, but will leave for England as soon as Secretary. Seward re, turns to givo him his instructions. • ' A Trenton,paper ' 'reporting the t i ollowing conversation on the street, gives in .a nut shell the animus of the opposition to Gcn. Grant :—Republican—D o you think- many Democrats will vote for Gen. G , ant? Dem erat-No. Reiniblican—Whyl Democrat— Because he buri' himself when he captured -Lee I-- -Revd, lican —Oh I rth I I see.-- Tern re-e"leetion of Senator .Sprague; - for another term of six years 'by the Rhode Is land Legislature on Tuesday, was preceded by the most - satisfactory assurance from his friends, that he would earnestly, support Grtnity and, Cot,rec tigainst all competitors. ...A squad of-Jersey. Democrats- from- the. sands of Monmouth County, while in search of the Democratic State Covention in Tren ton on Wednesday, wandered into the Head quarters of Hie Graht s and Colfax Club.— Vile Trenton Gazzette says that -their con sternation and amazement, when they beheld the loyal emblems and patriotic mottoes with which the walls were d'ecora'ted was intense, and they proceeded'. to “git" as flist as the Rebel Early - did before the onset of Sheridan. Tiii Western Democrats do not at all fa vor the idea of running a military umn . for the Presidency. They believe in fighting under Ihnir own flag and not going back on their anti-war recrord by nominating a sol dier who made his reputation by putting down a rehell4on they sympatbi4c , with and sustained.. ' The Chase moc'erneut appears'io be origin eared by a ;linguine patriot named.. Brown, who rejoices in the title of "Itinerant Organ izer,!'euggestive in about an equal degree of a preacher and n pedler. Ile is now, if we are not mistaken, traveling thEciTigh the West, but we fear that tiefinds a slow sale for his nostrums.' - A curious custom pre ails in the-Sand wich Islands of subjectin a husband who is. accused of infidelity , by is wife to . the or deal of jumping into' the ocean among the sharks. Ho is required to do this- after nightfall, when the glimilts are most raven ' ous, and ho must, while in the . water, shout' the words, "PauMano,'' which_ aro supposed. to - inform - - - the' teen - Le - Ming inonsters of his purpose in- exposing self-to theirjaw,S. If, thereupoliT - thoy Rff: or him to pass by unharmed, he is taken to be innocent; if they do not, ho sutlers for his temerity; if not for his guilt. An ob servance of this custom actually took place at-Honolulm and the - man escaping -This - wife received him Without any further distrust. Colun ant County Matters SOLDIERS' MONUMENT ASSOCIATION. The weekly mooting of the Council and Executive Cornmitte was hold in the Arbi tration Chamber on Tlmt2rhry morning the IRth inst. ° • The Treasurer reported that inasmnch ns the different books had not been handed in he could normake a detailed statement of the condition of the fund, hilt that by the next weekly Resting the report would.be yirlipTirdtk A simitar repert was made by the Secretary as to the list of subscribers de signed for publication. A. resolution from the G. A. B. "tending its hearty cooperation in the noble project in which the association is engaged and pledging its unceasing aid in any manner within its power,'_' was road and on motion entereds upon tho minutes: - , A.motion_waa_adopted_as_follows—vizi that the names of soldiers who were killed in battle, or died in the service, be handed to Col. E. Beatty CM.. Soct'y with informa tion as to the 'llegiinontle - which they be longed, the battle in which they wore killed or 'the place whore they died. • The meeting then adjourned to 'Meet on next Thursday the 26th inst ¢t il A. M. at the same place. . • .‘ 11M31 SOLDIERS OE THE , WAR OE :1812. Tho Auditor General is now prepared to SUrnish parties; with blanks and instruct ions for obtaining' ponSions for the old aor -diers-orthii r oWU-and their widows, authorized by the reviving act of the last Legislature. Applicants must huvo:served at least two months, or been disabled, or have ongatud in actual battle in raid war and must not be worth over $6OO in prop erty, reel ,or Personal. Partie's who ro coivod a - gratuity under the act of 1866, re pealed' by the act of-1807,. will not .bo onti tied to a continuation of their annuity of ,f 49. Settlements will, not be made ,until' tho.ffrat.of Jbly, by which time all claims filed, will bo adjudicated by the Auditor General. I=l Capt. A. B ifirreibtiSON.—This goa tlernan so well and, favorably known to our citizens, paid us a visit on Wednesday last. The Capt. is engaged in the practice of his profession—the law—in Bellefonte-Centro co. and is building up an excellentrOputa tionits an advocate and counsellor. We Plink we can'safoly premise the Captain's ,numorous friends here that his eloquent voice will bo hoard ia...'ol:d . 3lother Cum borland, ix the grand campaign his fall for elp.ANT, CoLnuc,,Victory and Peace: . . , . . • , A CO4IPLINIENT t ---.111 spedking of , die , A 3 Minsylvania•Roservo Association at Pitts? burgh`tbOrranklin Repository pays; the fol loiving compliment to our towns - man 6, 'Gen , TODD. • , ' .The ordinary.businesS`l4vint boo'n trans ,,,. •acted, and directors and officers for tho our, rent yoar.elected, the annual Oration was \ 4, olivere tby Gen. LEMIII;14 Tom), of Gar- lisle. o General acquitted himself With great Lon, r, delivering ono, of, the most °le.: gait and masterly discourses it has over bOon our - g&id.fortune to peruse, sM,I, with f a griico and poWor that stamp our 'neigh -1 tbor as one of the most, accomplished 'orators of tho Stat 6; , Nye of this , , valley know the 'General's force,at tha.bar and, before.the. Public; but we'contess, that our estimate of his literary ability , is‘greatly; entianacd , by his Wetted °Tort on thifi dcoasion. Eiitrokzriiireti.Tho'presentis:a-sea• dolt of great activity in. educational circles and the bustle - and excitement attend ant up on "ExtiMination 4 and "Commencement" is everywhere 'apparent amongst parents and Children, teachers and pupils. THE MART INSTITUTE will hold its annual commencement service at St. John's Church, on Wednesday Eyed . - ing, the 24th inst.,_beginCing_ at S _o'clock. The address will be delivered by the Rev. Robert J. -Keeling, D. D., Rector of Si. Stephen's 'Church, Harrisburg. The public examination of •the schookvill take place on Monday and Tuesday of next weak,..at - Marion Hall, ._beginniug on each day, at 9 o'clock' A. M. . • • Tho patrons and friends of the school aro cordially-invited to bo present. The exam inations in, our "Coltuort &Hoots. -commenced' on Monday last and Iticatia ar progressed very satisfactorily to all eon corned. The remaining:ex.:A-elms are as fol lows : This (Friday) morning at h o'clock; 'the. Female High School -(Miss Underwood's): At 2 o'clock this afternoon the Malo High School. (Prof. .Eckels'.) • On Tuesday e'oning next there will be an exhibition ia Rheem's gall in Declamation, Composition s St, with intrumental and `vocal music.': 'The graduates will be award ed diplomas at the close of the exhibition. DICKINSoN COLLEGE: From the calendar of this institution; we extract the following: • Bacealriurditte address in Emory Chapel on Sunday, June 21st at 8 o'clock, P. 111 t. by S. L.' Bowman. • • Class Day Exercises of the Senior. Class, Tuesday, Juno 23d at 10 o'clock,. A. AI., consisting of oration by Wm. P. Davis ; Poem -by H. J. Beatty ; Prophecy by I. C. West, Jr.; 'History by A. D.-B. Smead; Ode by J. — B. — Young Prayer by the Chap; lain of-thd class, D, H. Carroll. Meeting of the AlemniAssociationat 8 . o'clock, P. AI., and:oratioe and poem _before the' Literary Societies at 8 o'clock, P. M. L. M. Hnverstick, A. M. will be the Poet and Hon. Henry Stockbfidgo the Orator o this liktter occasion. On tWednesday, Juno 24th at 8 o'clock A— M., the annual meeting of the General Belle% Lettres and Union Philosophical So - - clams. At 2 o'clock, P, M.; the Re-union of the.class of 1858, and at 8 o'clock - P. M., an oration before the Alumni Association by Col. James Wallace, A. M. of the class of 1.8.10_, , On Thursday, Jufie . 25, at 10 o'clock A M. 'commencement exercises. TugSTATE State .Guard of this morning, says:—Yesterday afternoon the Committee of Arrangements appointed to fix the details relative to the next exhibi tion of the State Agricultural Society, met at their, office in this city. - The weather was so.nwfavorable thai they were prevent ed isiting the ground. now in preparation for the exhibition. They, however, adopted a liberal list of premittaislarger than any heretofore offereddecided .many prelimi nary' questions, and adjourned . to meet again on-- Fri day,- r. — Th e committee are Messrs. Hamilton, Harrisburg ; McCrea, Philadelphia; Knapp, 'Northumberland; Haldeman, Chikis and Longaker, Norristown. Other gentleman el Hie Executive' Commit- tee were also •present. From the Informa tion laid before the committee, we feel safe in saying that a crowd equal to the capaci ty of this city for its accommodation, will be present, end that the show will be a credit to the sagacity of the enterprising gentlemen who were instrumental in having it located 'lt Harrisburg. _ Tins WAY, LADIES.—:; wis -to in form the ladies of Carlisle and vicinity that I have removed my Store for a few weeks to the banding of. Mr.-DAvrti "Sft;i:% — tivo doors south of myformer place, and having just returned (rem the city with a new and 'Splendid assortment 'of hats—and bonnets of the latest fashion, am now prepared to sell at a very reasonable ligtfre. Mrs. E . WILLIAMS ——o— D.F.ATII OF A VENERABLE. LADY.— Mrs. ISABELLA. REED, widow of the late ALEXANDER REED, Esq., of Washing ton Pa. Died in tliat. borough, .on Saturdai the 6th, inst., in the ninety-tlfth.,yoar of her ago. In publishing her obituary, the Washington Reporter says: This esteemed lady, the widow of the late Alexander Reedc,and a resident of our town for about seventy-four years, died at her home in this place on Saturday evening in the ninety:fifth year of her age. It was our purpose to give a brief account of her life,. but our friond,"Dr. Brownson, in the fal lowing sketch, has performed that duty 'so much better than 'we could - have done our solves-that we gladly-adopt it, es our own: Mrs. Reed was a daughter of Samuel Ly on, Esq., of Cumberland County Pa., and was born February, 14th, 1774. She Was roared amidst the liest. advantages of Car lisle, noted asit yeas in early 'times,- for -its fine - secietY and educational progress. Among the reminiscences of early life, it always gave her pleasure to give 'her im pression pf port Washington, with whom she often dinekat the house of Col. 'Blaine, her uncle, wife Was.connocted with the army when in 1794, the father of his country made Carlisle the base of his operations against the Whiskey Insurrection. About the same time she was married to Hon. Wm. Hoge, afterwards tneinber of Congress, and re moved to this place then comparatively a frontier settlement. She was married a second time in. 1819, to Alexander Reed Esq.; ono of the earlT and infientialsiti zons of the town,whose home she made happy, and to whose - children, though her self childless, she was all that is implied in. jho_relations of a most affectionate mother. Tho late Dr. Matthew - Brown; 'Who fir many years was her pastor and intimate friend, in a funeral sermon preached and published at the death of Mr. Reed, in 1842 says of her: this, his second marriage, I he was particulaily forninato. and happy. Ho found an offeetionate , c; and intelligent . coMpanion, admirably qualified for' the lin portant station station in‘whicla she has. gained for herself the uninterrupted affection of the whole family - circle." The • 'love and re ? sped thus.attosted, have suffered no, abate ment during the twouty?Six years' 'of `her WidOwlicod CMS . _ . HOUSE %THIEF - ARWESTED.—About ten days ago Cant H. §:CRIDER •of .. , Oak , lost a yery• valuablo horse !nide' , oir, pumstances which'Convinced him that the animal had been stolen. After some mquir ry it was discoyeral thqt thn thief and hie booty had been captured at Mqrnvia.detnall. - tOvin in Maryland. Thothi'ef who, called himself - John •Smith, was loclged in 'the IFroderick city jail, for safe - keep . ing., Sheriff TVompson, 'armed with'is requisition from boy.: ctoary upon Goy.- Swan, of llfaryland, proceeded : tol'rederick took tho prieoner into his 'ctistOdy and on Tuesdayr. last lodged him in our jail to await his irk-, al. "Spaith" is an 'old offender in the 1:1=1 •-#OIIIGNONS,,, UNNEOPSAPX.....—.Wheir pvpr itestornti7ip" ie utied;, tkeso appendages be,coming ontizply - ex. tinot. Ladieei try It, and be oonyinood.. DISEASES OF POULTRY.—Theamime of poultry,, being taken in time; snay.not , re- salt in a serious malady; too'often • resulting in death; but procrastination is generally as fatal in poultry keeping as anything.olse. The ailments.of fowls may generally be traced to a variable 'temperature, to irregu lar,' injudiciouslceding, or to their, being kept on ground which has become impure with their use of it. Judicious feedipg, per feCt• cleanliness,'ind oceaslonal removal to new• ground, will, to a great extent, keep fOwls, healthy. • The , following are tie.. Principal diseases. among them : 'Apoplexy, evidenced liy indamation of thls brain. . Trachieal intlamation (or' gapes), with parasitic .worms in the windpipe— Roup, which is highly infectious, and a very deadly disease, but if taken in time can bo'cured. The premonitory symptoms,nro a slight hoarseness, and catching in the breath as if from Moulting, with old fowls, is often so se vere and so protected, that it carries them liar'The young aro also victims of leg weak ness and bad feathering. . Sickly. fowls should always be removed from the foWl-houso on the first symptoms of illness, arthey are gensiallrillfted by their companions—pecked at, and evidently become objects of dislike. , Apoplexy. with fowls, as in human beings, is difficult to cure. It is generally .the result of high feeding, and is most common among laying hens, which are sometimes found dead on the neat—the expulsive efforts re quired in , laying being the immediate cause -of the attack. • The only hope for cure 'consists in instant' and copious.bleeding, by openings. vein , with a sharp-painted penknife or lancet. The largest of the veins seen on the under-side of. the wipg, should be selected, and' . opened in a longitudinal direction, not cut across and so long its the thumb is pressed Mi the vain at any_poknt-hetween. the opening. and the body, the blood will be found to flow freely. Light food and rest should be given the bird after the operation. - Gapes, in nine cases out of ton, are obtaih -ed from rain or impure water, end-if a cer tain preventive- (not-cure) is desired:the use of Camphor will be found the most efficient • remedy. A•small lump, about the size of a peanut kept constantly in the vessel' from ,which the fowls drink, will make gapes un known in your yard. Having prefcilly adopted this precaution this year-more par ticularly, and having raised over two hurl -third chiVkens, without one case of gapes, I can testify that camphor is the only certain remedy. My neighbor, Mr.- T—, who is also a rnemberpf th 9 American Poultry So ciety, and who has Equal if not superior ad vantages to mine for poultny rearing, has lost three-fourths of his chickens by gapes, which I attribute to•his use of rain water and non,use 'of- camphor. Rain water will, alter having,stood some time, be found, by examinntion croseope, to contain worms identical with those taken from the throat of a chicken suffering under gapes. ..Stoup, if - treated-at- the- otitiet,. may—be cured by feeding., twice--a-day,--with—stale crusts of. bread soaked in strong a1e.... Dry housing and cleanlineSs are indispensible. Fowls sometimes waste away without any apparent disorder. In such cases a teaspoon ful of cod-liver oil per day will often lio found a most efficacious 'remedy; Scotiring or diarrhoea is caused by the too abundant use of relaxing food. Cayenne pepper, or chalk, or both, mixed with meal or boiled rice, check the complaint. , - Leg weakness is generallycaused the size and weight of the body being more than the legs can bear. It is shown by the bird resting _ on_ the first joint. _Being en tirely the result of weakness, the best treat men is that which gives general strength and stamina to rarer. Tincture of iron, say five drop saucer of water must / bo given . .-,[Essay bv S. M. Sanders, read at the meeting of the American Poultry So_ eiety. I=l • "Spring it in cheery, Winter is dreary, Groan leaves liang,.but tho'brown must lly; ' When he le Lone and forsaken, • . • . What you on old roan do but diet" Why take Plantation llitfers, to be sure, and with them a now lease of life. The old are made youbg agsini -the -- middlomged• • joico, and the young becontodoubly_brilliant___ by using this splendid Tonle, • 'Dyspepsia, • Heartburn, Liver Compfaint, Headache, Pains in the side, "Crick - in tiio"" Back;".and ,all symptoms of Stomachic Derangement, yield at once to tho health-giving influence of Plantation Bitters. They add'strength to the sYstohs and buoyancy to the mind. . junel9-2t ' • • . MAGNOLIA. WATEIL—A delightful toilot artiele—superior to Cologne itnd at half the 1= rine 19-2 t I= The groat amount of time consumed by .tholadies in-dressing and arranging their hair must make - any article which would' lesson their labor iiarticularly desirable.. Ring's Vegetable Ambrosia loaves the hair, in such condition as .to render the dressipg end arranging very easy matter. It im parts to it that Splendid glossy appearance so much admired, cleanses the scalp'froni aandruif and all iimors, and prevents bald, nese; promotes its growth, and restores gray hair to its orginal color. may22-1m CZ= Jell' aro morn civilized by Weir ploasui•o than their occupation. Business dispenses not only with, ceremony, but often with col:on:KM civility; arid we should become rude, ropulsivo and ungracious, did wo not recover in our recreations the urbanity, which in the bustle of our lab Ors wo disre gard. • • MARRIED. ' II EOI6IR—TROM'BON.—On the 10th . Inst., by the Roy. W. It. Mille, Mr. A. 3. Recker, to Miss Minh:. B. Thompson, daughter of Jos. 0. Thompson, bbth or this - . .. . . ii.otoolitn—MALlAli r -In-llerrlobur gr on the-eve . 1 trig ot,tho 13th Inst.,'at the .reeldonoe 'Of Mr. W. A. i, Middleton, by Roy.o; V. Ramo, Mr. Michela 1.101 , ,tr . : 1 . . comb, Esq., to Mu Elizabeth Mahon, both of Mittel!. —., PEtIT.A.I3IILfECUL recAxticEts • • PLOtill.: 7 The Flour market continuos' in thei 'same ' • apathetic) condition noted yesterday, but, with light • receipts and • exceedingly' small• atooki,' holders are • " unwilling to make coneeasiene. ',The . eiport tide I P At a Itand r andlbe home cogent:writ operate withak- • •'' -kerne caution; sales of 4a600 bile 'at .17.7418.60 for • importing 48 6040.26 for extmg 810a10.74 Mr - North. • western extra family; Walk for ' Penneylunia and • ' Ohio do. de., and 412114 fbr fancy, according to .quallty... Rye BlourMay •be quoted at PAM Roth. lug doing in Corn Meal. GRAlN—Supplies of Wheat•continue to come for- : ward slowly. and there la a ildr Inquiry for prime lots, b u t oh...descriptions are negleated;' wick of 1 000 • budiele Ohio rod at $2.72a2.78, and atm buaheis ' tuoktwhite at $1.8ea2.90. Rye la quiet. We quote at sElips per. , bushel for Penneylyiuda. earn closed dull andloweri sales of.yellow.at g. 1241,14 closing at Ate former rate; Western mixed Is• offered, nt. Oats are to small Supply, and holders tire tiro in thola, . *yore; EaleiefOhicago at 8142,000 .bney t i , a,lannayl• Tanis at and Delaware at.94a imago, Mona in RANGY and plait are. unlmpertan ,^ • , . , tifEr 'Ake laSst ..ThotagraPhii at L oc ht oan t s • pr e mium photograph * Gallery . • elm Etreet,Oarllale pa. ' v• ql 88.19. MIN Tother, Juno 10. MEI