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Fridiy 111 . prning, Feb. 5, 1869.
Gov. GEARY.—Every Republican
paper that we open zealously advocates
the re-nomination of Governor GEARY.
Froln present appdaitinces his nomi na- tion unanimous and his election
nearly so.'
'Washington circtl have only
beeirablejtd ascertain the fact that
there-are to be two opinioal; prepared
in the Supreme Court; on the constituti
onality of the Legal-Tender Act How
the Judgoe are divided, or when the
opinions are to be delivered, remains
• id doubt.
THE story that the War Department
was much dissatisfied with Gon. Grant
when that officer was investing Vicks.
burg, and that an order was issued 40.
Gen. Banks to supersede:Gen. Gr
has lren contradicted by Secretary
Stanton, who flays the whole story is
a sheet' fabrication.
THE Georgia Senate has beforeit a
resolution declaring its belief that Gen.
Grant is President, and " not of , any
particular party," and promising to
support him in '''carrying out the Con
stitutiot of the United States and the
laws enacted under it." Very good,
but who is to decide as to the meaning
ofthe Constitution 'and.the laws en
acted under it, General Grant or the
Georgia Legisldture ?
A:loTuEs. scheme for robbing the
;Government has been discovered. It
seisms that certain persons, through the
cOnniVance of Custom-Uouse officials,
have obtained more than half a million
dollars from the United States Trea
sury during the last seven months on
fraudlent claims for "drawbacks." We
hope that this matter will be sifted to
the bottom, and the scoundrels brought
to justice. -
Secretary Schofield has sukuit
tea .to Congress plans and estimates
for- new War Department building
in Washington. The figures represent'
an expenditure of a million and a lralf
dollars, and probably another million
would be asked for, as a " deficiency."
Secretary Schofield's "plans" are very.
Nall:table, and Congress and the Eye
, eutive slMuld avail themselveS of them
- a national debt 16 paid.
The_ effort- to rural the Civil
Tenure-of-Office act remains suspended
in the Senate, and is now thought Cer
tain to fail. We cannot doubt that
this result will coincide with the sober
judgment of the country. Now, give
us certain modifications concerning the
Cabinet, and let us have the Civil Ser
vice bill, and the new Administration
will begin with something like a chance
for securing reform.
THE Central' Pacific! Railroad Chose
Wednesday last for making its final
battle in the Senate, reached a mote,
and lost, by an adverse majority of
two. There, in ordinary cases, the
thing might rest; but we Ny,arn the op
.porents 'of land jobbery that ,pnly per
petual Vigilance can prevent some.cun
ning plan for springing this old foe in
a new guise upon the Senate at some
unguarded hour. Watch everything
that has the word railway in it. •
Mn WII LI/0d A. WALLA'rli,', whose
memory is fragrant with coffee-colored
- certificates 6f . naturalization in this
State, having been mentioned by a De
mocratic gathering in the wilds of
Clearfield county as a Democratic can
didliee for :Governor, rusher" into print
to say thaqte is not a candidate, and
in the 'umble Uriab Heap style, pug
guts that some more popular mart
might stand a better chainie of au elec
tion. Shouldn't wonder.
TEN PER CENT. INIfEREST LAW.-
The State Senate of Ohio has passed
an act recognizing the legidity of a ten
per cent. interest charge upon, loaned
money. The idea
I d -its advocates is
that by this large legal interest capital
will -be enticed into the State from
States where only six or seven per
cent..is legally admissible
We think it would be an net 4-wis:
dom Oil the part of our own Legislature
to pass a law . similar to that of Ohio.
Money in this State is at the present
time scarce, and any law having for'its
object the fosterin . g of capital would be
welcomed by ,the people.
.
. THE extracts from the diplomtic
correspondence'between Mr; Suwart.o
and the Daniyli Government, concern
ing the purdbase of the Danish West •
India Islands, show the eagerness of
the Danish Government to pet rid of a
territory which is of very little use to it,
The firstkprice asked was 825,000m0.
• but Gen. Rualsloff, the Datrish-Rmbas
: Bader, at once volunteered the opinion
that Denmark might be willing to take
'126,000,000. Mr. Seitiird, after. some
'negotiations, effered $5,600,000, and'
the Danish King and l Parliament so.
— proMptly - accepted . sthe - offer
but little doubt that $1,000,000 would
• not hate been refused. •
NATURALIZATION TREATY.—The
nitturaliation protocol signed by Mr.
.4014314 johnson and Lord Stanley
, 'lays;doWn in general the same princi
plea on naturalization which were ern-
Itidied in the, treaties concluded last
'rear by Bancroft With the German
Government's:, It,ia free,- hoWever,
u. ;from that ,previsioa of the „German
accordihg to 'which naturaliZed
merefact "
itizend, by t a t ot wo ,
;' reeidence iii their native land;
,their,citizen~liip in tliq Adopt
• ti,,lnitbierespectitis thought
Arable improvement over
• - ' "‘ • • •
;Cho Cabinet
. .
The Statement attributed to Genbrat,
GRANT, and which haa t causid consid 7
erable stir, to -wit : tbat immediately
-after he is declared- President, hi: will
communicate with the men whom he
has fixed on for his Cabinet; probably'
has - no further foundation than this--=
that a leading officer of hjs staff a-few
daYs ago,: on being asked about `the
Cabinet, expressed the belief that Gen.
GranewaS pursuing-closely the policy
that he indicated immediately after his
election, viz: that he should keep his
own counsel entirely 'till he 'receiv
ed the officialcertifi sate ; but tbriche, -
the staff official, had reason to believe
'that as soon a's that transpired, Gen.
-Grant would take steps to indicate the
men of his choice; and that, in'the.
nature of things, it minild not be pos
sible, even if desirable, to obsene the
same degree of reticence as has existed
heretofore. It is not impossible, there
fore, that the anxious and curious pub
lic may know' something more or less
reliable by the middle of the present
month. '
All the rumors from Washington in
relation to.the formation.pf the new
Cabinet are . the mere surmises of the .
penny-a-liners, and no dependence can
be placed in them. Nothing is abso-,
lutely certain in relation to the compo
sition of Gen. Grant's Cabinet. °When
we say certain, we mean that nothing
is known. Nevertheless, Speenlotion
is beconiing graduallyconfined to a few
prominent names. The
„present list
- ;,comprises the names of Washburne;
Wade, Rawlins, Schofield, Stanton,
Sumner, Motley, Charles Francis Ad
ams, Boutwell, General J. D. Cox, of
Ohio, John A. Bighorn; A. T. Stewart
Horace Greeley and others. kis as ,
sorted by some that the Cabinet will
be made up from this list. And it is
hinted that the selections will be made
nearer the top than the bottom of the
list, with the 'exception of Washburne.
The impression is general that he would
prefer a foreign mission. The only
objections in .the way of Rawlins lies
in the condition of his health and the
value of his personal services to Geu.
Grant, who, it is thought, will make it
a point to retain him,near his person
during his administration: Boutwell
is backed by the most influential and
strongest Republicans, who regard him
ask transparently honeet man There
'doe'S' - not seem to hp much grounds,
from present appbhikances, that Penn
sylvania will be represented 'in the
Cabinet. Among the names spoken
of from this-'State are J. D. Cameron,•
E'9., Ex-Gov. Curtin, Scofield, &Gen.
J. K. Morehead, Forney, and William,
D. Kelley. •
ST,IND FIRM
- The friends of a policy of Retrench
ment and Honesty in the conduct of
public affairs ivill, find, during the four
weeks to come, their vigilaine, nerve
and endurance .4everely taxed. They
.have thus far maintained the field, but
their successes haVe been indecisive
aml the enemies to the Treasury haVe.
not' given up the fight. Our friends
Will.be plied with arguments and baser
appeals of all sorts, to stifle their op
position, and the first weak spot ill the
array , of - faithful legislators, the first
unguarded moment of a wearied vigi
lance, will afford the golden opportu
nity fin the lobby to storm and sack
the public resources. Both House
l and
Senate stand pledged, by square . vacs,
against the grant of subsidies to private
corporations at this session. The peo
ple rely on those pledges. If any
member be weak enough to temptation,
faint-hearted enough to. fall ouLfrom
fatigue, or dull enough to sleep while
the thieves are abOut them, he may be
sure that the people will neither forgive
nor forget his mistake,
Siwrificant
The Reek Island .(1)1.) Union, speak
ing of the recent elections of United
States Sena t ors, , says : John Scott, the
new United States Senator from Penn
sylvania, and Daniel Pratt; from .Incli
pna, are both men hitherto but • little
known to faille. They seem to have
been cho'sen to this responsible position
rather for their integrity of, character
than for party service• or political prom
inence. If the fact infficattrs k,growing
tendency in the Americab people to
select their servants on this basis, we
hail it as a good omen. .It was: thus
that the people called out Abraham
Lincoln, U. S. Grant and others of our
most servicable public men. ' The na
tion wants practical men."---men of char
acter—men who dare assume a resiou
sikility. We have had enough of mere
politicians. Let us *look for men of
sense and sound' judgment f'a'r official
position, thought must call thorn
from the plow or the-work bench.
lar We do not •believe the taeaty out
the Alabama claims , iyhich"Mr. Reverdy
Johnson negotiated ever had. a ghost
of a chance to pass the Sbnate ; but
'the country will net-the less rejoice.in
the evidence afforded that, the head of
the • next Adtninistration shares the
popular , feeling. concerning , it. — Gen.
Grant takes the broader view or En
glish liabilities Which, uttering only the
alniost Universal. feeling of the.Ameri
'can people, .wn hayet already enforced.
No mere list of ships actually destroyed'
by English built privateers can cover
our claims. The .commerce of the
United States was swept from' he seen
by. British. wucies;and. that. is the
measure pfßritieh liabilities. ,
MOR7 PUBLIC LANDS WANTED.--:
There is bill'now before Cchigrese to'
incorporate
,'the Arkansas: and Pacific
Railroad; from Little Rock via. Foit
Smith'tethe.Eastern terminus et . the
National Pacific railread,' on the Rio
Grande. • The bill! 'modestly' asks;
aid of the enterprise, a grant,Of, trveuty
alternate ,ssetilms ; of, public. lauds, _per
tnile,' on 'each sidd.bf,the road; arut also
,fbgisano Of Cloliertneat,thirty-year six'
litirent,:Tedriency,bopds,lo the amount
of sixteen4tonsand, dollars Per mile, to
be secured, .by second, niortgage, On
th'e prtkitFt* of the cbtaliazikf , • 1
No Safety in compromises.
That truly national and Republican
Journal, the Pittsburgh 'Gazette, has
the 'folkkiing -erticlo4-,`;When
.Gongress . Metiiifl'ifi.eciarlber,.,M4 of its
first duties wali4- :to; Complete the work
- of Soutierri recolistritetion. In; Geor
gia and. Louisiana, us well as in, i reas,
Virginia and Mississippi, there remain
ed much to be done lo . perfect the in
complete work, or to remedy certain
evils which had become manifest But
no effective progress is yet to be report
ed. Southern - Con FAN racism - sounded .
.a parley at the opening
.4.the bet3siori, ,
and three Montil" lia;ie . -been-medrly ,
wasted in `'unnecessary
compromise. But the not
been wholly', lOst.'. If Oongreas ha's.
made no progress with. Virpnia r there
are indications that-the Georgia qUes
.
tion approaches a satisfactory solition;
Not only. will the SeUate rejeCt the
credenthils of Messrs. Miller and Hill,
but the House is likely to reconsider
HS hasty action at the last session, and
unseat the Representatives then adreft•L
ted. This is the logical issue,. end the
members now see it. The allegations
and proof of fraud in the condition's
precedent, on‘ the part of
..Georgia ? af
fect
alike the representation in either
bOdy.- The XlVth Amendment has
not been legally ratified by the State
Legislature. This is the rebel show
ing. not ours, but circumstances force
u's to admit it, and - they must them
selves take the consequences, and COn- 1
gress will stand fully justified.
At least so much has - been gained ;
in a discussion which has Clettrly satis
fied our wisest friends that a thorough
ly radical and uncompromising policy
is alone admissible, in perfecting recon...
struction.
We trust that this policy is about to
be adopted and adhered to without
flinching. •A@ often as it has been dis
regarded in the three past years, just
as often has the neglect been followed
by most injurious results. "Every one
admits that there would 4ve been no
difficulties in the situatich,lad Con
gress, in 1865, come squarely up to the
Work which, in 180, its policy ap
proached by slow and timorous steps.
In'66, our duty was as plain, and the
opposition, whether from the rebels or
from the Federal Executive, as well
defined and menacing as in '6B. Yet
we hesitated. Let us be irateful that
the cause—for which Loyalty had made
such sacrifices—was not then forever
lost.
So, when a clear and comprehensive
.plan of reconstruction had been at last
attained, wo submitted it to the people,
whose approval was given to it, last
November, in the *most decisive ex
pression. Again the South accepted
the decision, and submissively awaited
the action with which it was agreecLon
all sides, that
,Congress must supple
ment and perfect the details of that
P•
lau The mischiefs hi Louisiana
should have been redre'ssed by a sweep
ing judgment from the Federal power;
the defiance of Geocgia should have
been crushed in a sharp definition of
her exact provisional status; the, local
authorities, in office tinder Our plan of
.reconstructionin all those States, should
have been unhesitatingly reinforced
and encouraged to the maintenance of
law and order, with the moral support
of the Congressional sympathy, prompt
ly expressed and in a way not to he
misunderstood: 'All these things might
apd should have been done at tins see
sion before the holidays. , We should
have heard no more of Ku-Kluxism.;
Arkansas would have been tranquil
ized withoat the actual use of the mil
itia; Tennessee would be quiet to
day, without summoning her loyal eit
zero to arms; in every reconstructed
J S tate of the South, the Federal power,
directly or indirectly displayed, would
be respected, and the local governments,
which ,we their existenci., to the Fed
eral approval, would meet the entire
acquiescence of the respective popula
tions
But because Congress temporized
and hesitated, disloyalty has every
where revived its opposition. This is
certain to be checked, by the tardy ac
tion to which Congress now approaches,
but that does not excuse the 'omissions
or delays of duty. which are responsi_
ble-for the revival - of that opposition.
It is not .enough to ask for a policy
that is upon its face radical and un
flinching. Let us stick to this policy
. faithfully and with energetic prompti
tude. It should be vindicated
isiana and Georgia ; it should be con
sistently and s . firmly, maintained in
Virginia ; it should be-fully upheld in
Tennessee,, and the Carolinas: Only
in this way, are the new State govern
ments ofT the South to be guaranteed
more than a mere ephemeral existence.
For if Congress shall, by its fatal in
decision, betray those Principles which
.the National -voice. has emphatically
endorsed, - all the res 1 a 'a the past
three. years will be p ' tally undone.
. .
TROUBLE AMONG THB.DBMOC4ACY.
—Our Democratic fries deseemto have'
considerable trouble ,about finding a
candidate for Governoc. ' Hon. Tester.
Clymer, who was so hadly Worsted , by
Gov. Geary in the last.. campaign, de
clines the honor of running against the ,
Governor a second time, inohtperemp
torily. ' Mr.. Asa Packer writes that he
has no ambition of being caudidine,,
yet, if it is necessary that he should.
aggin besacrifiecd es be was ;New
'York, wherv.he was : preeiderit of the
Pennsylvania' delegation, as their can
didate for Vice President, be must sub
mit. den. McCandless and Gen. Cass
seem to be the only gentlemen prerni=
nently pressed by their `friends. It
Makes, however; 'little difference to the
'Republicans whiirthebemocrats pre-
Bent. GeV. Gory 'Will heat any one
brought forwsird. • • •
• • THE -Republican members of the IJ.
Statee''Benatlsllldite decided tint to'Tia
'firin"any mote 'of .President'YOhnioni
minlinntions, ezeopt SlNAl,lls,liveacual7
ly• necessary for tbe „ R UA , ;service,
The rikht)eourite. ' • ••• I !••• A:• • •
'2%!-.6 id - : of ,S7aie2 y.
-
Slaverrieome to be, doubly doomed
in the, SPardSli
,Cutoniei, which Were
4iiely lot etienkldd among civi
-1 the accomplish- .
sient'ofthe revolution:by the overthrow
of the Bourhen dynasty in Spain, the'
Provisional governmbut took measures
for the gradual abolition of Slavery in
the Colonies ; and within n few days
theltevolutionliq government uryarty
,Inn Cuba have decreed the ininedietel
-destruction of the-institution:; .• so that
aguink,§panich rule
in, the ,island :6141 1 - Jie. successfiikur
,whether'Spain shail maietaimtle;su;
preiriac'y there, - the end stiEetanOalli
the end'
tion
The dovernruent of.Braztil, the only
mportant and Professedly-Christian
nation, after Spain, which continues te
telerate slavery to this time, has already
taken measures Which will result.ln a
few years in' the emar(dipation . all
her vast slave - population. Thegoy
• I •
eminent and, people of thateonntry, as
Well as those, of Spain and Unix, all
seem to bave.become imbued with Abe
spirit 'of the age, and to be swept along
by the a&i , ancing wave of freedom: -
Slavery is passing away on all the
islands and continents, amid the uni
versal acclaim of all nations, peoples
and parties, with one solitary exception;
and that, exception is the present. so
called Democratic party of the United
States. In till the long (Contest which,
led to the final overthroWof slavery in
this country, that party on all occa
sions showed itself the firm friend' and
unscrupulous and unflinching advocate
of the syStem, with all its abuses and
enormities, and the- fierce and bitter
enemy of all who favored its. abolition.
If that party could have had its way,
not only would slavery have continued
to curse one.balf of the, territory of, the
Union, but it would have been permit
ted, upon the demand of the slave-oc
racy, to extend its dominion Ah'rough
out the whole country, North as well
tYsSouth.
The Democratic party was the firm
est, and at last the only friend and ally
of slavery in its lite, MO- is now the
sole mourner over its remtiThs. It looks
back with feelings of unutterable regret
upon the. days when men in this Chris
tian land had the power to compel
others to work for them- without wages
—when they could and did pass laws
making it-an offense punishable : with
death to teach a slave to read—when
they had the power, and it was a mat
ter of daily occurrence, to separate and
sell in distant places the hui3band . from
his wife and the child from its mother.
All these enormous crimes against Jib=
erty - and humanity undeniably lie at
The door of the Demociatic party of the
last twenty years; Mid the'party to-day
has unlearned none of its hatred of fr-tTe
dom. and is inconsolable because it
cannot turn batik the sun upon the dial
plate of time, and. restore the Union
with slavery re-established as before.
. .
But their regrets are in vain." The
Bourbons of Europe and the Democrat
ic party of the. United States—allies
in the support of a cruel and heartless
despotism. , •=must sink together into a
common grave, from which there can
be no resurrection until the spirit of
liberty is lost upon earth.—Lancaster
Express -
Il'ashlngton Aretvs
The Ikeald's Mc ican correspon-,
dent gives a list of subsidies alleged
to have been paid by MaxiMilian to
the American press in his behalf. It
includes the Chicago Tribane , for .
$3,000 and the St. Louis Republican
for $2,000 -
' The President,,will piObably, on
Saturday:, issue a pardon to De;
Mudd, sentenced to imprisoment for
life at the -Dry Tortugas, for alleged
complicity in the assassination of Presi•
dent Lincoln.
The rest of the sentence of Edward
Spangler will also be remitted. He
has two years more to serve on the
same charge. _ .
The Secretary of _State again de
nies that there are any negotiation's go-,
ing on for the purchase of Cuba.' It a.p 7
pears that some six or eiglitmonths ago
overtures were made through our - Min
istetito the Spanish Governhitint 'rela
tive to a purchase of that blind , . The
Spanish Government declined to en
tertain the proposition, since whiclr
time our Government has not ronewedr
the overtures. The impression of those
in authority here is, that if the revo—
lutionists -in Cuba succeed, cod. from
information in possession of the ov
ernmeht it is believed . they will . enc;
cull, that they will speedily nit to be
annexed to •the Spites. The
.policy of our' Government:is to . .wait
events.
The document by One hun
dred and three Representatire„ 'and
sent to the Senate, read thus; •
To> the llonorable the Senators of the
United States. . •
In view of the fact that less than two
Months - remain of the Session, the nn4,
dereigned Republican members of Con
gress respectfully dek that, except
when pecessdry to, fill vacancies, no
nominations shall be confirmed until
General \ Grant's Presidential term com
mences.
John Covade's nanie heads the . Hat,
And it is • followed by that of nearly
every -prominent - Republican; 'except
141esrs:'Biaine,Butler,:pingbani,lloop';
Telegrams' from Omaha state that
one thongand and -tWeuty miles of track
are doWn freni Omaha; Mu" the indica
tions are that a junction will be made,
by April lat. .! • • t
The'vonnde whi6ii thO Panielv
authoiiti*claimOnt , gie PikitecT St4dEl'
bound,,are q,pompiete;tll6 finiciicu3e of
Thonilo, eatisfacany
and the prpliabilitres
ihtitiii'adv , tire'itplirtswilllm pro
,
Ogyer,al, m oons ;1 kepriscptig,g,'Wca.
torn oterimlwat 13/(4l'okb:tare hrayiatcli.
t t - ts•an,,. rala .r.t* r ;
ing the progress of the - Ohio River
Bridge Bill, anu their views as to a,
great, length:Of spa?' have , been Tdodi-3
Jp7 l fho intirmation bstonght to light
OW'lt,l* subject, in jts _careful' inVestigit
tiofiliy the Committee Roads and
Oanalla. They seeid, , svilling' to cora
-1 proinise on'aOmethiniMikdeefor . ,yuri ,
Bred test sPan,coupled with leimpera
tive requirement of a judiciMis loan
-don for such structures. ' ,
AJa 'adept& ios' made y(!steiday,
,theßollse..fanEashMiton,
feet, to increase the wages of_Govern-
Me:4 Mu"lOy m s ' fact
Bp . ta,;ttigt, for everyoffiee therei arc
at.leact twenty eager applicants,: to in-,
crease s'alariea tivottlit setimto:• border
on reeklesanOsa. ' ' •
the election Of , Pr'esitlent . Grant will
be officially declared, by the presiding
officer, of the &hate, on Wednesday;
the , 10th inst." The 'announcement of
the new Clabinetroilicers• may be ex
pected very soMiafter„ It is generally
understOod that .General Grant has
already made'his selections, but keeps
ilia own counsel for the present.
Mr. OA, of Ind iiina; froM the Com
mittee on.Foreigq Affairs,reported to
to the house of Representatives a joint
resolution for the annexation of St.
Domingo to the Unite'd States, to take
merely
,a , territorial condition. .'rho
resolution was laid on the table.
Cuba will be . acquired by the same
cheap and easy process, if members of
Congress who are anxious to drive bar
gains, in order to 'qpll,.the grist," will
only restrain their unneccessary ac
tivity.
Two weeks ago' the House, by a de
cisive majority, refused to pass the bill
to extend a protection over Hayti and
San Domingo. , It was supposed this
would effectually end any furtlnx at
tempts in this direction; but now
another important movement-is on foot,
which may prove highly beneficial to
this country. Without asserting posi
tively that the civil authorities of Hayti
aud , 'SaliA)omitigo have made direct
proposals to our State Department to
haVe their island annexed :to the United
State& without any east to the latter,
it can. be said that certain overtures
have been made, which, if successfully
carried out, will produce: this result
These propositions were deemed so
important that a special Weeting of the
gottimitte.on Foreign Affairs was held
on
~.kir t rirday„ when - the matter was
fully discussed, with- a view of encour
aging any formal proposition. -
CANNo'r - Congressmen be persuaded
that we might be better employed try
ing to take care of the lend we already
IniVe than in casting about for every
stray lot that anybody else wants to
get rid of? Here. is House For
eign Relations Committee proposing.
that we Shall step forward, before we
are asked, and declare our willingness
to jump nt the chance lin taking charge
of Hayti. When - the GovernMents of
that Island ask Jts whether we will
have them, the aestion may de . serve
HOMO, pyptty sea us consideration he
fore au affirmative answer is given.
But until they do ask us, we insist that
it deserves no conside-ation at all. As
Mr. N coLN was wont to say, we have
a big enough jOb on our hands just
now, without running Over all creation
to find other pe n ople in 'trouble, and in
quire what we ctin do for them.
'httu Democracy Ncw Hampshire'
aro preparing to butt thei rimed s against
a Stone wall again. The electiSilLiu
that State comes off in March, and this
woe-begone party have already nom
inated a ticket, and proclaimed their
purpose to tight another battle. Learn
ing nothing, forgetting. nothing, they
have planted themselves on the same
rotten old platform, mad pro'c'aim their
continued "adhesion" to all the princi
ples which have made • theirrorganiza
tion everlastingly infamous So they
go, lud t3b they will continue to go, '9O
lei* as the party stays in the hands
o`f its present lenders. Their defeat is
just as certain this year as it was last,
and will be equally certain. until the
end of time, unleSs they change their
principles and their tactics:
The Alabama Claims Treaty—
General Grant Opposed to
The NC w Yorc - Tribgar's Washing
ton dispatch has the following :
Grant is strongly opposed to the pend
ing Alabama claims treaty. The fol
lowing is his position towaniti it in his
own words: The ; , ireaty, is unjust to
the United States, becauSe it assumes
to measure . the injury inflicted upon
this country by' the money value of the
ships actually destroyed; whereas,
the chief damage to our commerce was
in our ships being driven from' the
seas by Anglo-Rebel . pirates in addi
tion to the sympathy extended by the.
English , Government to the South,
prolonged the war least a •year, and
for all the , lives lost and money ex
pended for . .this time ,England is di
'reedy -responsible: - The_ treaty pro
poseslo'setile 'all •• , these thiulks by the
payment of the value of a few:shipn.
The Times' Washingcnn dispatch
has a similai paragraph, And says':
'This seems , to. 'indicate that Reverdy.
„JOhnson,willi be :recalled at no, irOiy
'distant ,da,yi, and that the entire ques
tion will be re-opened on •n totally dif-;
ferent baSis ,under.the new Adminis
tration:, - '
The discussion of the Sue • NurPhy
claim, in Congressi',llits resulted in pro
posing a Clomrnission coin posed ',, of
Army ,„Offteers,Jo,. be appointed by
, Clongress, to investigate and determine
- for propertitaken from
Sontheruloyalisits by the TJnien Armies.
r a, r adileible wai Of going at' the
subject at least, though wl3-think
'Would,be more just, as well , as sensible?
• !r,3' ;srtain and
_pay ..th4 losses of
Northern loyalists :sui3tained _
the-
Sable
,W,aY. • We hayti heard 'iieusibl'O'
persons. remark that , claims, of. rebels!
'receive More consideration' at thaliands
of congress than those;ef loyal Worth.:
ern• znen):',and' are net' , wilte.pfeprii.:
ea,te,eay that Alm statemont,isluitrue . ,
mord , Pacific. railroads-Are : chartered
with'siteh grants, the public landslwillt
"tiooik iii?lanlted and tliii,GoVertirnprit
60dikr.i4itire,
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Letter frgni: -Waelaington.
(Special Correvondenre - of the °watts HICUALDI
WASHINCITON,II . C.:Peb. NO;
TWO , iinitlred7alid' thirty-one.patenta
were issued - 'Mani of. them
are of lineyory-days . Ort of usefulness; tug
, rimiltutal implements', 'such as horse-rakes;
stentri.:plowa, and harvesters,
- faking the lead. 'On. the 'last' mentioned
description - of - . machine—a • Grain - and
Grass Harvester;- . -Cyrus . Wheeler,- Jr.,
Auburn, N. Y.. has the healthy,,nmiaber
of six. extensions on-as. many improve
`.l3e47bottoinii,'‘itishipg machineii
Ohurnif,'fainips ear-couplings, &c.,
-complete tho.dat,-,A inauhine for mend
' ing stockings may mention far the ben.
out of your lady
,rouders ;,.and:' , l. am now
On the lookOtit for ii tnachit i e for washing
babies,
wifich proMise to apprise: . them
of tile firSi moment 'it makes its appear
ance.
TUN MOST OEMOGRATIC. LEGISLATION
BM
Mr. Bqutwell'll joint rendlutiori—passed
in the Rouse Saturday by 160 to 42 —pro
posing to subinit 'an amendment of the
Constitution' to the Legislatures of the sev
eral State& prohibiting any denial of the
exorcise of suffrage on account of race, Scc,
is the most radical, linportant and entire
ly consistent/Democratic Republican piece
of fogislittidn that I .now recall in the
whole instei.ry of this nation singe the
Deciaratitin of Independence..--A, two
third vote of the Senate Is required to.con
cur with the House, and three-fourths of
the Legislatures of the States will_ then be
required to ratify the amendment; where
opon it becomes a part of the Constitution.
The Senate is reputed . alid by the theory
of the Governmentls intended to be, the
iionservative branch of the National Leg.
jointure. I shall look with much interest
to see if it will join the House in taking
this tremendous progressive stop.
GEN. GRANVE OFFICE Hot s.°
-Visitors will hereafter only be admitted
by card or - Oilieritiie,to interviews with
Gen. Grant from ten to twelve o'clock
ma day.. Thii rule,'which will positively
bo adhered to, has been - rentiored neces
sary" in order to afford the General suffi
cient time to transact such business as his
position requires. •
GEN. GRANT ON TILE LADIES.
have it reliably that Gen. Grant told
somebody—not his wife—on his recent
vsst to Baltimore, that the ladies of that
city were the bandsotuest had seen.
PARDONS
From the .reported disposition of the
President, it seems . prolnible 'that be will
accede. to the application for the pardon
of Dr. Mudd and Si angler, convicted of
complicity will. Booth in thoassination of
President Lincoln.
Leirin Tarim', who, it will be remem,
bered, was la,t summer convicted and
sentenced to the Albany Penitentiary for
the homicide of Thomas Kelleher, was yes
terday pardoned by the President and re
leased from_ettEtody—A:drpin _was _drunk
when he killed Kelleher.
SETT I. Egl ENT or TII X NATIoSAI. FINAN-
C ES. The N. York Chamber of Commerce
adopted resolutions recommending to Coo
gross the following plan as the basis of
action for the perinanent settlement of tho
national finenees : When the debt is paid .
it shell be paid in coin, legalize gold con
tracts, introduce strictest economy in every
department of the Govarnfnont, refuse• all
subsidies and unnecessary appropriations,
see that the revenues are economically, en
ergetically and honestly collected, use all
surplus revenue in reducing the debt, take
away all power from the Secretary of the
Treasury to make money plenty or scarce;,
let the people understand'thitt w hi/ea rapid
contraction -wed not be feared, it will be
dangerous to rely upon indefinite suspen
sion.; contrast• the currency moderately
from the first of the year, next year, and
determine whether the country will bear.
more rapid contraction;
. reduce taxes so as
to leave only a surplus revenue sufficient
to pay off annually a reasonable amount
of the debt and resume specie payments
as soon as a rigid adherence to the above
policy makes it safe to do so, J. E.
•
FOlllll and dlonntn fflatters
NoTicmTo ADvEßTrsEfts AND 00/1-
11ESPONDENTS.—AcIvertis'emcints, comma-
nications, &c., intended for publication' in
the Carlisle HERALD, Le inure insertion,
MUST BE handed in direct to i Qs . Office, by
12 o'clCek, M,, on WEDNESDAY OF EACiI
WEEK. Our own convenience demands
the establiobment of this rule, and we shall'
rot violate it.
ST. VALENTINE'S DAY is rapidly
approaching. and the Post Office will no
doubt be flooded With the wonderously or
iginal mis,ives sent on
_that day by all
true lowyer,
tosr —On Saturday between Mr.
BENTZ' Store, and the Streets of Main,
West and South, a large Block -Cross
gold-mounted . Breast-Pin. The finder
will be liberally rewarded by leavin'g the
same at Mr. Conlyn's store.
ItfiNY of the farmers iu this vicinity
are alreiidy preparing for the opening of
spring. The state of the.weather for the
past two or three weeks would seem to
indicate that we are to have but little or'
no more winter..—'
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Mona SNow.—Tuesclny afternoon
and night brought us another installment
Of snow, and the town and country once
more have a very wintry appearance. We
had almost said it was .g winter lingering,
in the lap, of „spring," but it was rather
winter asserting itselfagainst tho encroach -
ments of spring. Wo shall now for a time
have plenty of mud, slush, bad walking,
and disagreeable waather:
RtnrivAL.--:An lutereethlg 'revival
of religion is going on in tboFirst Luth
eran Church of this borough. Quito a
large nulnbot of out people seem , interest
ed, and several conversions have Aaron
place. The exercises are quite solemn and
edifying, and are conducted by the Pastor,
Rev. Dr. SWARTZ. The meetings will
continuo daring the preient and next week.
A . revival Uaa !Also commenced in the
First Methodist Episcopal Church, and al
ready many are seeking the Lord.
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PRIOR i3F 'FLOUR.—By a reference
to the quotations of the Grain and Flour,
Markets, it will be seen - that there has been
a considerable reduction in the price of
those artieleo within a week or' two. This
will bo good !lows to our citizens generally;
and the poor especially, who during these
hard tbiies 'lied- it almost impOsSible to'
reek° both ands 'meat. Fait why islt, we'
tiSkYthat' ; our bakers' have not discovered
thut,flour. Nis very, Meterially,,deolined in
kiee'f
..,4,cannot be'pOsslblo that they aro
acquaiNod with the ,fact, Judging .b the . ,
size and 4eight, of the,loaves.
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• LADIns 'SHOULD READ ...I:STEWED/L..
.PEEs..--It is a groat mistake'iii female ed
udation'to keep a 'young lady's time and
attentiondevotedita only fashionable liter-
Of.„, : the* day:. If , you would qualify
'her tor,..cOnveralition; you , must glvd her
something to talk about - -give liar educe.:
tion With the actual world, With' the - enter
~ Ytorld; its 'trinispi ring ' Weenie." Urger
her. 'id, read i
'neWspapers, and become fa
viitli',the present clieractor mid m
provgir;e iteGuur'rnco. History le' of somi
iMpcirtance; bikt the paht world is'rdead
,to': de with It. Our
:tho4b,l4.And'uur . curiuorps should be for
thmpresect,World,; to, know what And
unproynthe:Rendittori.of
en intelligent opinion, and be, able:to Sus ,
Min intelligent contr,eriratipn 03.14 9. 1 Pi ng:
,F49RMiLI , ruPivik ' EU3 4 . PrOVO
04 940 ( I ° l4l T 44. 00 gqed"lralk
and poems on ;the centre tel be kent.part
of o,voro with, weeklv,an4
whole familynien,
woutee:tu4 children—reed iteplepaperi:
. 4..1 1 .9407, t°'
.31001$4$!..*WillOnt4. .1 1,17,,'
,
• .DISAAT Iran FIRIL—We regret very.
much , to chronicle'tl utter te utteestruction by,
fire, of the barn and_; ive Stock of.. Mr.
"WM MEANS, who resides near- Middle
Spring, Southampton 'township. The fire
waediscovered about 8i - o'clock on Mon
day morning, and. in a very short time the
building with its. entire 'contents was a
mass of smouldering ruins. -The stOck,
contained in the barn at the time of the
fire consisted Of'olovon fine fat cattle (for
31.TiANS bad recently refused
$lOO per head) six horses three cows, two
calves and eight Om. Of all this stack
but twir,borses.w.ero, rescuedand theY,arq
badly burned. In addition to the live
'stock tliert; was about. • thirty Cons rf hay,
four hundred. barrels of corn, sixty-five
bushels oats, horse gezirs and :.a quantity
of straw was consumed. The total Jos;
eakuot.be lees than ',56;000 ,upqn_w_lUch
thsre was no -insurance. The barn was a.
large stkne" structure; and bad been bdt
recently repaired. The hour at which
the fire occurred, together with other sus
picious circumstances render it extremely
.probable that the fire , was the work of an
incendiary,- We are- indebted for the
foots in reference to the above fire f to - our
obliging correspondent at Saippensburg.
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GROUND HOG DAY.—Last Tuesday
was what is generally called'in this State
"Ground Hog's Day." There is a super
stition among the German population of
Pennsylvania and Ohio that if the ground
hog comes out of his hole on that day and
sees his shadow, he wil I ,immediately return
and house himself closely for six Weeks,
belieying that the-winter will still be hard
and cold for' that period of' time. On the
contrary, if he does not - see his shadow, ho
will not return td his hole, knowing that
the winter is about over. In other - Words,
if the sun shines on the 2d of February, o r
"Ground Hog's Day," it is a sign of con
tinued severe weather ; if it does not, we
may infer that the weather will be mild
and pleasant for the baltince of the season.
Last Tuesday the sun did not shine:, and
consequently the ground hog did not 'see
his shadow. Hence„if there be any truth
in this traditiOn, we may expect a speed/
break up and an early vying. And, in
fact, the weather has been so soft and mild
since that day as to give to this idea some
show of plausibility. Much as we rejoice,
however,' in Alio balmy breath of spring
time, 'we would prefer to see snow. and
cold weather for. a little while, yet. We
know nothing in relatiUn to the origin of
this superstition. '
COAL OIL ACCIDENTS.—The many
warnings in regard to the careless use of
coal oil, in the shape of terrible accidents,
seem to be entirely disregarded by a large
proportion of our people. Though the
newspapers teens with , accounts of deaths
from the careless use of kerosene, many
persona persist in filling their lamps at
night, frequently even while they are
lighted, while others, still More careless,
pour coal oil on slow fires, "to make them
burn faster." Such actions are not only
careless; bUt'actually criminal, as every
one who'is guilty of such folly is not only
endangering his or her own life, but the
lives and pfoperty of others', and'should
be held amenable to the laws for so doing.
Every-intelligent person ought to know
that-an inflammable gas constantly exudes
from coal oil, which Will frequently con
voy fire to the oil from a distance of sev
eral foot. It is not necessary that the flame
and the oil should be -broUglit into contact
to produce an eqplosion,.as many impru:
dent persons suppose—exploslMlS — nearly
always result from the ignition of the gas,
st a greater or lass distance. This fact
should be generally known and all sensi
ble Persons should act accordingly"hy fil
ling their lamps in the day-time, and care
fully keeping coal oil as far es s !possible
from stoves or open fires. It would
'well, also, 'to reflect that it is putting the
lives and property of store owners and
their employees In danger to ask them to
draw and measure coal oil at night. Coal
oil should always be purchased in the day
time. By using proper precautions in the
handling of this dangeroussubstit:.ce, many
diiastrous fires and horrible deaths may be
prevented.
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CELERRATION OF THE ANNIVERSA
RY, OP THE GOOD TEMPLAR LODOE.—The
Anniversary of the Good Templar Lodge,.
which was celebrated on the evening of
Fob. Ist, in Rheem's Hall, passsed off
with great satisfaction to all. Swept
Speeches were delivered, and Essays read,
which we have no doubt, proved highly
instructive and entertaining. The de
lightful music also , served to enliven the
,evening's entertainment, hnd made the
hours pass pleasantly away. Toe instru
ment that was used on the occasion, was
one of Peloubst Pelton G Co's Cabinet Or
gans ; And under the skillful management
of G. C: Youso,Organist, its sweetness of
tone, and volume of sound, was fully de-
Veloped. The Organist by his excellent
playing, acquit.ed himsels in an admira
ble manner and displayed great talent
in Music. After the entertainment in
the Hall was over, h number of ladies and
gentlemen, at the invitatioh- r 9f members
of the Order,: repaired;to the 'Age Room,
where they were regaled with refreshments.
This closed the evenings entertainment.
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DpAILI OF ABRAHAM LAMDERTON,
ESQ.—It IA with sincere regret that wo
have to announce the death of Anstotnum
LAMBESTON, Es'q., formerly Deputy Sur
veyor General for this county. `Ho died
at his residence, in Middlesex- township,
on Friday evening last, after it short.but
severe illness. 110,WAS aged about 68 years.
During his life time, 'Squire LAMDERTON'
was known as the useful man of his neigh
borhood, he having been much engaged in
acting...as Executor, Administrator, Guar
dian, and in settling up' estates. He wits
a Director of the schools of his district:
almost from the establishment of the ay's
.tem. Ho acted as a Justice of the Peace
for a number of :yearif,rin which office ho
gave general sane:tenon,' He was several
times elected County Stirmitr, an Oleo
for
_which' be was peculiarly:fitted: . In
the sessions of 1847 and 1848,1ie nopresent
.o this county in ,the State Legislature,
i i
Where ho,, was an active working member.
!Siptiro, LAISBERTON we, not only a useful
ilian'and.good.citizen;•b the was rani:hat-,
lettliy, . that, "noblest work of • God, an'
ho'nest Man." Peace to,his ashes I .-• 7
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.REGULViIOkS! BOR LENT:=I-11.134-
_Wednesday; the on
.the 10th of February. All Catholics who
have completed tileir'tvAmty4irst year,
ate,..unless legitimately dispensed;,: bound
to observe the Fast of Lent. They tire'
to make only one meal a day,. excepting
Sundays: — Thelneal allowed on fact ,days
is riot to be taken unfil . ahout• noon: At'
that meal, if on an,kilay iermissionabould
be granted foe,eatlng tlOsh; both' Aosh and
fish :are not. to' be used at tho armo time,
even by' way of seasoning. A,: small re- .
freshment,.commonly' called collation, is'
alloWed in the evening; no general rule as,
to the quantity et . food'permitted 'at Ehie`
limo, is or,can,he made. . • .
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sea 0. SAvir.YEB , &
far their mfitire stook of .Dry nooda ,for
eale~ either w hole or :Apy parsons
vviabingio , htiy' a stock iiftgooda wad
alab drgead trade, we' know of
3161144 aidvaiitsgs is is horO Oterild.
GREAT The Car Ulla Springs
Elotel',Utterly Destroyeel.—The welt known
and popular summer resort known as the_
"Carlisle Springs," is situated on the Sitar
rett's Gap road, 'about b miles'North. of
Carlisle, near the Neill' Mountain, was
totally destroyed by lire on Tuesday morn
ing last. The .buildings were entirely of
wood ald composed three sides of a square
having a front 'alit least a hundred feet
on the Sterrett's Gap road, with two wings
extending at right angles for almost equal
length. 'The whole were three-storied and
contained all the apartments necessary
to accommiulate comfortably, 'at least
three bundrOd guests. The hotel Wasgen-'
orally open about the 'lst of. June, and
kept open until autumn.' At the time ot .
the fire, the only occupants of the
logs were Mr. Cu/ ammo .14 ,, xxs and faint
ly, who were left in cla;te the owner
and proprietor, Mr. WN. G. TponirsoN, of
Harrisburg, .vrlo is also proprieter,of the
State Capital Hotel at the latter place.
The fire was first discovered about 4
o'clock, on Tuesday morning and had its
origin in the northern end of the western
wing, in the second or third story, a part
of the building which was entirely unoc
cupied, which fa l et tends to the belief that
the fire was' the work of an incendiary.
A r of farmers it - rid - other persons
living in the vicinity were attracted by
the flames and by their persistent exertion
succeeded in saving nearly all the furni
ture, bedding, &c.
The property was well covered by in:
surance, of which the following is a par
tial schedule.
Allen and East Ponnaboro of Cum
'reflood county, • 53,000
Ly i rming, of 'Lycorning county„.... 2,000
Plicenir. of .Hartford, 2,000
Hartford of Hartford 2,000
Home of New Haven, • 2,000
Columbia of Lancaster Ce., 1,000
Putnam of Hartford, V 600
Total,
In additfon to the above there was a
policy of $2OOO in the Cumberland Val
ley Mutual Protection Company which di
pired at 12 o'clock, noon'on Monday last,
just Y 6 hours previous to the fire.
The loss of these buildings will be se
riously felt by the citizens of this section
of our county, as well as the numerous
guests - who were won't to spend the heated
term here imbibing health and vigor from
the medicinal waters.
WO hear from a trustworthy source of a
project-to-rebuild the_holel,which we sin
cerely hope may be successful. As nn
item of interest connected with the old
pldco we can state that in its earlier his
tory HORACE GREELEY was a part owner
of the property.
THE ICE CROP.—There is . ,a general
complaint in regions near and far, of the
scarcity of ice the present winter; and the
probtibility is that those who have not al
ready laid in their supply of this necessary
article, will have to do without duqing the
coming summer. In the early part of the
winter, some of our citizens laid in a fall
supply of good ice, consequently when the
warm weather seta in they will _be,'!_all
right" as far as iced water, ice cream, and
mint julips are concerned. Our Eastern
exchanges say that immense, flocks of wild
fowls are flying northward, the very op
posite direction from their movdmonniat
this season of the year. Upon this'indica •
tson they base the beltilf that the winter is
to boa short one—ind. ed, that it is even
now breaking up.
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A CARLISLE' ARTIsT.—The follow
ing notice of un important inven Lion by
one of our former townsmen, Mr. Henna E
T. JONES, we Copy from a late number of
the Cincinnati Daily Gazette. 31e. Joys
is a native of Carlisle. where ho has many.
friends and acquaintances. He has long
been distinguished- as an artist of superior
ability.
IMPROVEMENT IN BANK NOTE ENGRAV
ING AND PRINTING.-TO the efforts of ar
tists and mechanics in the various processes
of manufacturing bank notes the art of en
graving Owes si me of its most important
developments. The' printing of bank notes
is a labor demanding extreme care at every
step. The principal aim of banks is to
protect their notes as thoroughly as may
be from counterfeits and alterations.—
Many expedients in engraving and print
ing have been devised to that end. Up to
the present tine, however, no positivii
safety has been attained even by the adopt
ion of the s 3 stein which are considered the
most complete that art and skill could
furnish: But the great'desideratum seems
at last to h'hvo bean fairly attained, and
Cincinnati may feel justly proud of haying
the honor of laying claim to the latest,
newest and' most complete system of en
graving, which alike defies all and every
system of counterfeiting, altering or photo
graphing bank notes. This system, which
b'fifs lately been patented, is the invention
of Mr. George T. Jones, an old citizen
of Cincinnati and well known to our
business men, and who has been for
thirty-six years connected with _the en
graving and printing of bank notes.
By this new process samples of which
we have seen and examined we aro im
pressed with the importance of the recom
mendation • made, that the system tie
adopted by the Treasury Department of
the United States, and especially for all
future notes of our National Banks. We
further believe that, if every man in the
United States who is capable of giving an
opinion on thesabject, bad an opportunity
of examining into the merits of this inven
tion, they would heartily indorse it,
The United,States government, and all
parties interested, should immediately in
vestigate this'subject, and if worthy. as we
think it is, have it adopted, and thereby
assure us for once that we are free from
the annoyances and' interruptions caused
by counterfeiting almost every day in
every part of the country.
A BRUTAL PRIZE T.—Like,
many other exhibitions, will draw togeth
or an immense crowd of people, And evoko
terrific rounds of-applause -tf4ach "mas
terly stfoke",oltho bolfigerental For our
self, wo neiorcould quite reach theC"fancS ,
pita" arid that's why our cognomen halin't
been found upon the list of "bruisers.",Wo
°nog, hat.our hair cut it letfight, and that's
as far as we ever' ,progressed. We find
the2 . .Battle of tile of itself, quito suffi
cient for our extra musclo;.andao wo over
to bo found at loggirheads with error,
humbuggeiy - and prejudice—pitching in
with ai much ardor one deteimination as'
ever distinguished a professor of the un
manly art," And with pen in hand,
whilst-giving Mr. -Broivn•"TeSso" for hisi
little indiscretion, tnd rapping Mr. Black.
over the knuckles for his very:ungainly
behavior, we 'vary our programme by say L
- good 4.hilil for that'greatmodern do
nmstidator, the 'Barley Sheaf" Cooking
St:ova,' o4c. of 'the latest and best efforts of
Messrs STUART, PETERSON do CO.,
Phila
delphia: ' '
This -.inimitable cook- continues .-tai
advance ofsuceeisfut competition. It burns
either:weed or coal.
rar Bop . by Tturssairrit & RUPP. Car
lisle Pa.
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° Since onr notice of Seward & Bent
ley's Allem:we have; board Considerable
said about it, and sal praise -It so highly,
we think it must be a line.preparation for
the hair.l One•gentleman• la speaking of
'the Alisma, says his hair was quite gray.
before using It, but now it is'as fine and
good a color as when arboy t
Soward'i Cough .Cure,'euresCroup.
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"None, name thee hut to praise"
should be inscribed upon ovary bottle Of
"Barrett's Vegetable Hair Restorative; "
fori l among its would bo compeers !it
etatids alone; unapprosObed and unap
proaohable.-- Watchman and/tearer; ,
ME
REMARKABLE
town • has been I,hrAn into considerable,
excitement, consequent upon the death of
Miss. MARIA M. STENNECKS( a resident
of the city of Baltimore, who died at the
Manshin Houk+, on, Thursday - evening;'
tho2Bth.. ultimo . as BTENNECKE came
to Carlisle, -about six months no, having
tan accustomed to visit this place at.va
rious times. She was a lady about 70
years Of age, and was • adieted with .dis
ease. Whilst here she made the acqUaint.
lance of Dr. P. BcifoxPrE, a young Ger
man physician, who arrived in this coun
try some six months ago, and who settled
for.the practice of his proteesion in- our
midst. His .father as the Pastor of the
German Lutheran Church. Dr. SCIIOEI , PE
was imr attending, .physician until the
tiour,of her death, making, the usual pro
bssiol4l.. visits quite • frequentiy. Miss
STENNECKE acquired a valuable 'estate
from - Dr. - STENNECKE of Baltimore - bity,
who died some years ago. The estate
is valued between $40,000 and $50,000,
consisting principally of landed property
in Baltimore City. • Four thousand dol
lars of her estate are in personal property,
bonds, stocks &c.
On Wednesday afternoon the 27th. ult.
Miss. STENNEOKE was, taken very ill, and
summoned the Dr. to her relief. As there
are many conflicting reports, as to the dis
ease of -which she died, we prefer to
state merely such authentic Lets as we
have received, in feference to occurrences
succeeding the preparation of the corpse
for removal to Baltimore, and also those
that happened after its interment.
We state, however, that on Thursday
morning Miss STENNEthcE was found by
the chambermaid, lying-in,her bed in an
insensible condition. The lad•ies of the
house were summoned to her bedside, but
relief could not be afforded, and' in the
afteanoon she died without having spoken'
since her discovery in the morning. Her
remains were taken in charge by-A. B.
Ewtsm who in company with Mr. Joux
H. RHEEM and Dr. •SCHOBPPE, proceeded
with them to Baltimore The funeral took
place from the residence of her Cousin
Ono W..EICIIELBER GER, Esq., a resident
of Baltimore on Saturday_last.
513,600
JOIIN H. RIIEEM7 - Esq., ono of our civ
eons, although not a relative of Miss
STENNECKE, YEt by reason of a remote.re
lationsh'ip, existing between his mother
and the deceased, had been for some time
watchful of her interests. When she died
Dr. ScEloErrE and Mr. Jim:Est, calling
in W. H. MILLER Esq., Proceeds dto an
examination of the papers of the deceased,
and found a will dated Nov. 17. 1.808,
written, and attested in Baltimore city.
Among the provisions of this will, were
bequests to Princeton College, $3OOO, to
Washington and Jefferson College $1250,
to the American Tract Society MOO, to
the 'American Bible Society, for printing
the Bible in foreign languages 52500. for
the education of four Chinese children
$4OOO, togdther with a number of singu
lar bequests to other corporations and
individuals. The Methodist and Presby
terian Boards of Publieation were her re:
Aiduary legatees 2 • and Was. A. STUART
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and JOHN RUSSELL KELao'wore appointed
her executors.
On Monday morning the will of Nov.
17, 1868, was presented to the Orphans'
Court in and fOnthe City of Baltimore,
and admitted to ,prolmtd. Immediately
thereafter, Dr. SCHOEPPF presented
through his attorney, H. WEBSTER, Esq.,
to the Court, a subsequently written will
datca sometime in December last, attested
•by himself and his father the Rev.,
F. SCHOEPPE. This will devises the entire
personal and real estate to D. SCHOEPPE,
and appoints him solo executor thereof.
It is in his hand writing, so admitted by
him before the Court, «•hen presented. A
contest thus arising under the laws of Mary.
land, proceedinVS the first will, were
suspended, and Wm. A. STUART Esq.
one of the executors under the first will
was appointed by the COurt as receiver
of the estate of the deceased.
These are the circumstances, as we have
received them, respecting this remarkable
development of a subsequent will, which
it will be noticed was not mentioned as
being in existence, prior to the presenta
tion of the first, for probate.
N,gmerotis reports are in circulation
concerning this strange affair', which pO6-
Sees so many startling features, as to bw
severely and exaltedly commented upon
by our citizens. Among those, is one
to the effect that there is in existence a
contract , - ;1' marriage, in writing, between
the decea , ed and her already mentioned
medical attendant, N ' v h o by the mast will in
his hand writing, is the devisee of her en
tire estate,•a witness to the will, and the
sole executor therein appointed
As the mutter will, in all its various as T
pacts, be undoubtedly the subject ofjudicial
investigation, we forbear further comment.
Bills have been printed at this office
for the following public sates;
Feb. 15. —James M. 16lston, Dickinson
township, personal property.
Feb. 18.—Jacob Musselman, South Mid
(Beton township, personal property.•
March 2.—Samuel W. Holmes,. North
Middleton township, personal property
Feb. 19.—William Wise, South Atio
dleton towship, personal property.
Feb. la—Benjamin Hopple, South Mid,
dleton township, Horses, Cattle, Agricul.
tural Implements, &c.
Feb. 15—henry Long, Monroe Town.
ship, 2' miles eat of Boiling Springs, per
sonal property.
Feb: 11—Jacob Strickler, South Middle—
ton township, personal property
Feb. li.—John Ricker, South Middleton
township, personal property.
March I.— , Wesley Mountz, stHill,
one mile West of Plainfield, personal
- property. -
March
,19.—Peter Shugart, • Monroe
township, near Boiling Springs; personal
property.
Feb. 20.—Samuel 'Allen;” of Silver
Spring, township, inlllo Solith,'West bf
New Kingston, of -Horses, Cattlo arid
Farming Utonsils.
Feb.. 18---Jno. P. Common, Weil,
Ponnaboro' Tap., on. the road loading
from (}reason to tbe - Chambersburg turn
pike. Personal property. •
Fob. 18—Jacob Hollinger,"Trustee for
the Heirs of John Mater, dec'd in Penn
township. Personal property.
Mara B—Phillip Zeigler, Frankford
township, 1.3- miles South-east 'of Centre-.
ville. Personal property.
Feb. 17—Israel Sollonbergor, - Monroo
toWnship. • Personal property. • •
Feb. 22—H. R. Busor, North Middle
ton twp.,
Personal proporty.
March B—P. H. Albright,. Middlesex
twp., 4 miles east of Carlisle. Personal
property. ,
• Feb. 22—Jacob C.. Kimble, South Mid- .
dleton twit., on the road—leading from
Carlisle to Cralghead's Mill. Personal .
property. .
Veb.-12—Henry H. Fickabaugh,, & Sam
uel, Frankford towns 14. per-
Soma property. : . -
' 'Feb. 27—John Plank, Monroe town-
ship of a mile Nest tot Churchtown. Per
sonal property. ,
Feb. 27-John Bandshue, one_half mile
South-east of Centreville—Personal prop
erty. •
Feb. 10—Delancey & Shrotn; . Giornale
Borough, five Dwelling Douses, on Bast
Louther Street. •
Xaren 4—John A. Zresbit; Carlisle
Borough„his entire farm fitook, farming .
utensils, Household furniture, &c.
Feb. 46.—Henry Sheat l or,. Dickinson
township, If Miles South-east of the Stone .
Tavern, nearc the Yellow Breeches Crook,
Foreonal property, '.ste. '
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‘Feb. boil's of Miss Cameron,;
at the Court House.in,Carliale, town ppp
orty, situated on Dickinson Alley. ,^
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• ilirMnrderat - anicidee,
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aiidnotiona,
forgeries, anions, burglatioa; rablnariaa, and
a boat of nitnot crimes' nre - nyerf day ra=
o nt4o4 . in our city and Contit4 exchange&
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