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. ‘•llllAtraitt, • ,r , ; •.1 - , A. K:-REIBED.L. `y J. A. DUNBA4t: • 0 A I,S El. , Priday Morniv,4 April'2, 186'9; PENNSYLVANIA EttECT vania, through her Legis4inre,`,',hes ratified the Constitutional Amendment conferring, the right of the ballot on nll classes of the people of this country. Well ;done, old Keystone of the' Na tional Arch! Whatever maybe find result, you cannot reproach yOur self Tor having failed in your duty to -wards all citizens of this country., Let it 156 remembered that every Copper head( in the Legislature voted against this just measure. FS'The-Demooratic-v-ie.torios-now , a days are not only funny affairs but also " few and far between." If that party Carries a ward, precinct, borough or township always Democratic, "by the skin of their teeth," they become j lent, and crow most lustily. Many of their. journals, Which failed to notice the recent brilliant Republican iiotory in New Hampshire, are bawling them selves hoarse over a small Democratic gain in an obschra township. No, we never bear of the manner in which Re publicans change the polities of cities and counties, revolutionizing whole cominunities by the power of patriotic truth. The. Democracy never record such facto. - .IA Washington despatch states that the Secretary of the Treasury i and the Commissioner of internal Revenue, with the consent of the President, have determined to make a clean sweep of a number of Intern@ Revenue oilicials in Pennsylvania, consisting of Collectors, Assessors, Storekeepers, and Gaugers. These men, it is said, are not only hos= tile to the present administration, but are suspected of gross neglect of duty and corruption. MCCH wwgom,wu exists in the State of Georgia against the Republicans who voted against, or rather, refused to yetifor, the constitutional amendment. While it was natural for the rabid Democrats to oppose it, there seems to , _ _ who were expected to support it. True, their decision virtually. remands the State into the bands of Congress ; -wher e its destiny is-Safer than in those of its own citizens, ,as parties are now .iv - tied there ; but it would 'have appeared nobler in those favoring the article had they stood firmly until defeated. Tue Senate Judiciary COmmittee has been.engaged in arranging the Civil TenureadlLita accordance With the in /art.:re:Hone-a th - e — citucus. From what lias transpired berWeeh some of the members of the committee and the President, it is thought the measure will be satisfactory to him. When they,have completed their labors, they will submit the whole thing to 'the _ President, and then report the bill as well as-the result of the interview with the President to the caucus . It is'ex pected that a vote will''be taken in the Senate soot, and the bill passetlin.the shape agreed upon by the committee. SEVEIiAL eleCtiopS. Wero 1101(1 on Tuesday week in 46 counties in `hll aria,' for members of the Legislature, to fill vacancies caused by resignations to avoid the passage 'of the XV.th Con .stitutional Amendment. In nearly every county the resigning members were i e-nominated, and in all they were re-elected, only such as were cer ain'Of re-election ha . Ving resigned. In very few counties wee there any oppo sition; in all the vete 'was very light, it being impossible to awaken' interest over the.issue. . The effort to get up a big excitement against colored suffrage was therefore a failure. New HMI PSIIIRE.—The full returne of the recent election. held in the State •of New Hampshire, are given as fol lows : Full vote for Governor, 67,8130. Stearns, Republican, has 35,773,:nnd Redel, Democriii, 32,057, and there are 30 scattering. This'shows a relative gain to the Republican party over last year of 1,218. Stearns' majority, 3,- 716. For Congress, Ela's majority in the first District is 1700 ; Stevens; in the, Second District, 100 ; and Ben ton's, in the Third District, 600. The 'Senate stands ten - Republicans to two Democrats. - The. House consists of 193 Republicans and 139 Demociata. Republican majority, sh. TAB CoMmittee - on Banking and Currency,. with -Mr. Garfield, Chair man, at their liead, paid an official visit recently to the Secretary ,of the Tree-, 'envy: 'They had an interview•ofabout twenty Minutes, during whicirAelitili ject of the curreticy , was . the . topic of conversation. The ceintnittee inform- ea the Seeretrii. that .an 'effort bo maae:to fates the bill for O. retliatrib _ ution_of the national ititnkin. carrel:lC": before the close of the eoseion. sr. Bothwell. said that if tilio , was done he t did not know 'of ,iiny 'farther legltt idatio neeegiary at, this, time under that . head. - gd ' thought, howuyer, , that .o,ongreo Amnia not adjOurn without the Fuming ,of that bill, fait wait Oeoded.titi a mea eqe of relief toithe digerent aeptions of the country. , ///0•Hon.• JOIIN SCOTV, our; new etitteii.Senate,r, madehie maiflenlipo4 In the, Senctfe 'o'f leht*eek , T e1i 70 .70 0 64 ,A1 11 i7 ,. . 4 : 'O4 i°ll7l 7 1.,:pp0 ' o:the, uneQnditi9 ll 4roPea? , :!4t Mel law,- kid urgekite!rmodikation ettintialfy ! amepledlat * t'bat'hne`bideebegii' dl!: L"‘oti an4hidiii fair ,t6i,„:lltAl,c, Si i iiiiieekitheaettaiit mero9 o t. 11..?! 7q4, 1.7 The Frneenth 'Amemdment.' Both Houses of the Perinsylvmp. , Legislature have ratifted•thc; propinii4l- fifteenth amendment to the Constiitil tion of the United States refative;' i #t this electiVe fiancliise, so that the tat!- fication by this Commonwealth is Com plete. Al! the preliminarCOntAiiii had been fought through and all the side questions settled, so-that the, party and the people alike were brought fice to liiefrnittliiis - great issue. It can net hp,friaid,__that Pennsylvania were afraid, to fac'e the quvition of colored isuftiago;;ap: thri,y repeatedly fayored exteniion of the .francldso :to the freed( elaves,,of the South,; a • much 'brooder and grander consideration: 'Our 'Oyu coloied'peOple in Pennsyfvania'are in all respects su perior to thoso : freedmen` ~ and better entitled to political privileges. ManY of them are educated, and most of 'their' are intelii ent and We'll inforrnedin re gard to current affairs. ,About •a dozen of States have' thus ar—al emir ,Ittifredrr2-Rhothrisliird hris postpone&the e:Onaideration, of the question for a short In Indiana, the Republicans have' a majority. in ' both branches' of the Legislature, and would ratify, , but the Democratic mem bers bolted and' resigned in tth,odir, to • , . prevent a Att ?rum. A fresh election has since been luddy And the . samtrmew ,have been returned, with the avowed Purpose of resigning again: In Slit; juncture Senator 'Morton has introduc ed a bill in Congress to make tilifica don by a majority less than a quorum valid, and we presume that, it .will be passed, so as to put a stop to this trick ery. As Congress found it necessary to pass - a-laWregulating - thelitne, mode and Mariner of eleeting Senators and Representatives, it will no donbt be found requisite to pass a law prescrib ing_the method of ratification of con stitutional amendments by States, de claring at what-session the same shall be considered, and • forbidding the re consideration of the-matter at subse quent sessions The revoking of .rati fications, as in the case of New Jeri, and Ohio, has given . color to the Demo cratic claim that the fourteenth amend ment was not ratified. It is worthy of note that the course of the Indiana Democrats relative to the duties of United Slates Senator was the cause of the law to regulate all elections of Senators,"and so it seems likely that their perverse coarse in the preseilt instance will cause the passage • egulate-theLir/cation 0 ,f those constitutional amendments by States. If this bolt in Indiana shall be allowed to suieceed in its Object, of course it will be imitated by the Dernodrats of other States, and so a minority be able' to thwart the legislation of the major ity. There are apprehensions that;th& Republicans of Connecticut and Ohio cannot be rallied in a body to the sup post of the amendment ;. but we think this a Mistake, as from present appear ance there seems to be-no defection in the ranks. The party never was more solidly favor 'Of a prOposition than it:is in fav r of this. ,1 - I,d - 1711. - 80 : 1; - at at . HOMO. When Mr. Johusonhad got as far as' Lynchburg, on his journey from Wash ington to Greenville, he of course made , a speech. In that speech,he-inforrrd his wondering, auditors that he wasiti ing home to pray. Since then he has reached home; and had,extended a reception surpassing that given to Don Sancho Panza when invested with" the governorship of Darataria: — Bewas, addressed, and one of the board to give him welcome compared, him with Jo.. nah crying aloud at liinevahi :Our concordance is not so convenient that we can decide whether Jonah cried thus before or after tieing sewed out by the whale. >f after, the .simile is not so completely inapt as it might have been. Mr. Johnson's reply was the same biograPhy we haVO been permitted to rend on several occasions—beginning with the Village: alderman and closing' with'the Presidency. He declared hiS wish to liveand 'die in Greenville; and: at least one part of that' wish will belie' the cordial assent of a majority. of the people'throughout the country. The Conclusion shows that hie Lynchburg ; purpose has noCiet been abandoned. He declares thiit he, shall, devote the residuci of his :life to pinyer for .4ie' country. The prayers of the righteous; we are r .told; , avail much; and s6,'hY Terence those of the other sort will not do much hurt. At all events, if the , man who has swung through•eo grerft : an arc will let politics alone arid be.: take lihriself to prayer, there . Willhe no great opposition to his ,Conditei. “ . No• one' can be_ named who, , miglit :more fitly do this:: • ,;'• '2' • We might here 'state; that those :Who 130 warmly,welcomed" 'Andrew Johnson: back to Greenville, w,cro among the_ very men who, during the war,, offered a 'reward for his-stalp. Treaean dike misfortprie, finch ctiange bed - fellows. Tim Contestql Elee'tion cyie - of M. Russel 'lhuyor, Republicao,Yagainiit Tboinasi Greenbank, .(Penrerat,) the' 'Judgeship 'in." Philadelphia;' tae de'eld • k 'On'Tneridaj , ' ;iireektiithe,tegi lAl? 0 J4O it 'una . er ceneiderntien fori,the weeks. Thr committee have' ligree;s' 7 to 'of Midge' Thk4;er, his 'iiiktjOitit6 The retl?;1 8 );/fti ' t4l l` 4 l ,l4o. i Gie‘iJC4fiy' 125 majcirity, which .•:syeeidene - by the: most tupendeue fraudd. 7 4.udgeThhie . , i kt4 6 :3?e'f4 of t94;3' l llNati,.'ill 4'_l t 1 . l 1 141)1STRIBUTION.-L-The HouocCorlf) , ???!A0.., 934719 q. Sta r* lejght,*sY,?X',: i tP' figailVitsia , r9 , 4 ributioh a of, cirou!atfiiii.l.l4'l ! ey ihaVe' f i l ipipiptgita suble g remitii`eilwAtlf. eki're l 4ll.;4lll,o 4i4 , )ilpxt :W..14 1 3,13,0?ad0 , 9 .14140 . 1 the the, ithancei,'are.4o*, • i ;)u • • rof ),15,5 Legtslattofi: The "following excellent article upon the sukteet of legislation. which we copy ,From F, grey's, Philadelphia Press, is t,OmplY; apOO'iriate : : 1 ; If thiiert oflegielation be'anderstood* by repie:sentait'esO: l Wis generally lost 'sight - `1 ,7 6 , 46.,i50t allude' to that Perversity which is usuallyattributed to nmney influence, but to what wouldbe a failure in legislative nit - even if rep resentatives were incorruptible The. representative is an emanationfroma . constituency. An aggregation of rep resent:itAS 'cSn stitid&' the' itssembly; and of constituencies qte State . or,peO.. atiarge I.ThetAssenallY,theu-bc eomes.a,common represehtative. of lan enlarged constituency, 'all the individ: uals of whieh have interests in etiromon: "';The more general therefore; is, the nearer it comports _with the .true , art, , for every special enactment .must give some indiddnaler.locality a preference, and partialiii is, intolerable in any general . representative body. , elation ie conducted, a State Elff constituency--the people—is too fre quently ignored. Representatives do 'not consider themselves - part of a body ;whose duty it is to attend to matters ipf, general moment. They fail to take a comprehensive -view of the situation, and choose rather to • consider them phrliamontary isolations, sent for the purpose of keeping watch and ward 'ever the' disconnected few, whci sent them. The brahip of such are generally full of narrow, local projects, and they think their duty to a constituency has been done'. when 'those projects have been stafely , carried through. Arid it is an easy matter to secure such measures, for they are never impeded by discus sion or even question, "'That is none of my business," isayall the other mem bers " •Fflien my local bud get is emptied I • shall expect the like courtesy of non-intervention to bo ex- Vinded to me," say they all again in ordpr.. This is called legislation.— Might not each separate constituency as well have its own Legislature, and thus save the - 4pense olmileoge to and from the capitol, and salary for a year of a few weeks long ? Or, more Prop erly speaking, might not each repre sentative as well pit in some high chair at home and dispense his. projecis gra tis T This courtesy business disinte grates a legislative body, destroys its eipontental qualities, and makes of it mere conglomerate, without cement .innartrato • .ge has the Whine effect upon the Imola Then there can be no such thing as a State--constituency ; no;- nor even a county constituency. Indefinite local ities'aloue are represented, and in these the immediate , friends of the legislator aro snre to gather. the lion's share of spoils: Disaster-must, sooner later, follow this mistake, 'or, rather, this igt, norance of the true art of law-making. The people will" notgo to the pile un less they have private ends to accom. plish - ir and; - when they-have- - stucb: -in view, these only Who are known to fa vor them will' receive their suffrage. Thus contrasted,, legislation is nothing more than favoritism. It may be possible for the extension of, a privilege to an indiiidual or "aJo cality to inure to the common weal, but in the majority of instances it amounts to but little more than a discrizination against other individuals and otheisec dons. Too many. priVitte r eilactments are merely attempts to forestall enter prise. A right is acquired which if is :never intended tp use, but wEich is merely designed to head Off some other party from accomplishing his plans. This kind of legislation already weighs down our statute-books, awl makes; them more like a ponderous burlesque, than a compend of grave laws. The people figure.but, seldom, _while A, B, .0, and I) appear quite often. There are - nearly four .million people iu the State. To make legislation as perfect as ,possible, then, under the present in terpretation of the .act, each one of these is a constituency in himself, and entitled to full, consideration in the As sembly. _ The individual thus rises Above the masses ; representation 'be comes a Three, for - general interest be conies 'special ; and instead of having a man at the Capitol to indulge in chimeras, the indiiidual constituency might as well-,go and do the thing he seeks to have law for. • The representative system !is rildr founded upon 'individuality. This:Weif supposed to be merged when 'ihe 'aye tern was, built., .The true theory slip• poses tho what would benefit the ehm , •munity—an - aggregate of people— would benefit — the individual au well. Here proper representation commences, and ,any attempt to force it back `to private .parties again is but's& attempt at its abolitiOn: • - OfitOUND filo;NTs.- . --By an act of the Legislature of this State,' approved .f . ebre'ar'y' . 6tb,lB69, where no demand has beep, ,rnii&C, for:, the payinent' of a ,ground rent or other charge . ,uponland fbe twenty-one years f , 'and no acknow lbdgment ;of the e'xisten'ie''tberS'of hag lieen'triade'l Within that 'peiloa the ;:,-• • xti rugn ; release or„eishmant,of the claim shall b'e:presurned,land. the Court' of COmnion , Pleas; ,{ender, ere or facie& ' Mityidtid.ree 'eyctt e= tinguiahnient:"' Tho'iael'alQo 'a lies jp.4iii of pppgitioird *het ,by ifieettibrAy from ithiracisrof if, • .1:1' CCIDIFICATIbN:•,—TIie codificatiori of the laws of tit's' 'United States saernii to ''oo°lo joli. 6.leb. o ne the Qmokiesisners for this ;work, , resigned„ years ago, and Judge, Jolitgov, nf Cincinnati, it ip 's 4d, the Preeiden'tiiiiifq`.to'';`apjiiiiot two. Pew PRFie#l lB l94ll l : 4 .! , :11 , 1; Aim* is, *e. havo,quite,too; welt o , in. this co , ini! , trie, Statepand_i ect`eeeihs; to laws tht tank o£rsodifyißg them. prop9Flyereatit: *di in neither* lit;ht 'noi an,eartefiei ~7ie. Iriali Churali Bill: A brief abstract:of Mr. Gladstone's billforthe' of the Irish / church will help 6 . lli:seeders to under ;q and moire' they otherwise Could the great 'measure proposed %by tho British' Ministry for the relief. of Reland: Mr. Gladstone's bill proposes to bring the Church establishment in Ireland to an end on the Ist of Janu ary, 1871. On that day the edeles- iastical 'courts-in-:the island will lie' closed; the body of ecclesiastical laws will 'no longer be is 'force, all the cor pOratioes of that nature will be, abol ishe.dopd.the Irish Bishops and Arc& ',l i iishops will vacate forever their.seats in •the British Parliament. Thar. die _ • taut day has been fixed in usder to give ,ample time for arranging the detail's of chaoge. Tu the meantime, how ever, all the endowinents of the Irish _Church are to pass into, the hands of Commissioner', as the property of the within, and all the appointments there after are to be made conformable to the imnendiaeLae ki sis m e e - party thus involved is valued at eighty millitMs of dollars, of Which only two and a half millions are in the nature - of private endowments, and which sum Will be hatided over to the new Irish Church as soon as it is in a condition to receive it.,_,Nettrly one-half of the, rest' will be 'required in settling the vested interests' supposed to belong to 'the dignitaries and incumbents of the Establishe 1 Church, who will either 'continue to receive annual in manes, or will commute with the com missioners for a life annuity, on con dition, however, that they continue .to discharge the religious duties of their respective benefices. There will still be left, according to 'Mr. Gladstone's estimate, about thirty-eight millions of dollars, the annual interest of Which he. proposes to devote Co charitable insti tutions in Ireland, such, as asylums for kinetics, idiots, the deaf, dumb, blind, &c., &c. THE CHINESE Titaa - TY.—=The treaty contracted by this country with China. through Mr. Burlingame, hae reached the flowery land, and' finds the Cele stial Empire threatened by new entan glements with England and France, with domestic wars in the southern and eastern provinces, and the- march of tle.Mahomedan rebels on Pekin. The latter are in force, and ,the telegiaph, announces a belief that they will take the capital, and so overthrow the dis tinctive Chinese !overnment and civi- lization within a year. The disturbance originatid in the southwestern provin ces,_where the Moslems abound, and is, fed friitn Central Asia - . It bringsa more powerful race of fighting men-to its support, animated with the furious zeal that has always marked the Mos lem propaganda. It is not new, but has hieVer . raised its head ad menacing. ly as before. The advance of this new dagger must be watched with great. in terest its success would radically re'.- model -China—within -and without. THE CENSUS.—The arrangements for taking the next census of the Unit ed States will be completed before the• adjournment -of the present session of Congress. A bill for this purpose has beep prepared by Mr Garfield. of Ohio. It is similar toln 2 eviou's bills for" the same purpose, and provides for the ap pointment by the President of a Su perintendent of the Census, Bureau, which is to be established in the Inte rior Department; an assistant-Superin tendent in each CongressionaLDistrict; and as many enumerators as may be required to complete the work of 'taking the census in, two months. The \ Ses retary of the Interior, Attorney Gene ral and Superintendent. are appointed a board to revise the reports of district superintendents and arrange theni in tables, &c., for public action. The board is expected to make its report to Congress before it is finally printed. The increase of representation in Con gress which will follow this new cen- Pus is variously estimated. It is not improbable that the number of members of the House will be 'increased to two hundred and seventy. • SOLDIER'S PA v.—As the law allow.. ing $l6 per month to soldiers Will pire in August next, the House Corn niittec on Military Claimt hate agreed upon a joint resolution extending it for one year. We trust it will bd some time, and under‘ greater necessity than the present imposes i . before the hand of retrenchMent touches thc pay of the 'soldier, whether private,or. officer. The privates and lower grade of officera,. at least, are poorly.enaugh-paid at present rates ;to cut them down would be rank, injustice. MISSISSIPPI Must again go through the ordeal of a Convention, and-election for proper officers.. Hetcontemptuous spurnini of the first Congressional, overture renders necessary this second one. Her 'period of purgation may be long or short, just as ihe chooses to' make it. We presume tbat rebellion will. tire'of contumacybefore Congress shall e:ease to give opPortunity. ' The .bill jest reported by the Committee on Roconstrue,tien eimilar to :the one :creating the provisionalsOvernmen a yearn.. , „ THE last • few . days sirnply . add the continuance of the. Cuban struggle.. The .heavy battle reported, last week, pr,oves to. Lave: een but - a, Skirmish, and.several such in - deeisive encounters baVe'ocCoired. ''The'Cubites have just 'spiSed j a , Stearusliip and got eviay . with' Aria L:coloi)Ckoy of boys, in training to joid the insurgents. hove .been be 'trfµyed. Expeditions are reported from . cOeptry F add froM :the e British , latisadjateut, that keep the : EiPaiderde in constant' &hub: , It is:believed by, many that the "Queen thiAntilles" is ['aped destined te• acquire ,heK 'Tie the 'case, and„whothe,r,as .an, „indeileudeut Republic or„.a sister - of, this Coufeder— soy,. t4S of:, human slavery.rriU never agaiii have a loSthold , that,: iirashingtor: Jams. • The President has established a rule that no Republican holding office un der,commiseion shall he removed. till : • thoitime.eitPires for which Said corn. niisaitin was issued, and then said of-, ficer can have - his - chances for ',re-ap- Pointment. The desire to get away is not so great ad it was a week ago, and the indica tionikare that Congress will not adjourn 'fer, three iyiegke;and possibli_uot until the last. of Mr. Sumner thinks not until some time in May, and the 'Senate will probably w ' e'ek or tiiiFd Leta: the House iiljourns. - One of the. last things Postthaster General Randall did before lerving of fice was to grant . the - request _ of two Republican members of Congress for :passes to China by .our mail steamer 'line, from New York, for the benefit of their sons. By giving them autho rity to act as special agents this was aecumplished. , Gov. Hayes had a long and highly Aittisfactog_inteulexAtit' h...the—Eresk dent, on Thursday night of last week. The Governor speaks in the highest terms of President Grant's ability and determination to edo his duty. Gov. Hayes thinks there is not the slightest danger of a difference between Presi dent Grant and his Republican friends in Congress. No appointments will be made in . Connecticut, of any_ sort, until after the election, which will take place on Mon day next, and perions itisisting upon circulating petitions for offices in the midst of the canvass, will fare badly. Postmaster,General Creswell favors a elean sweep of all men who did not heartily• support the Republican can didaies. The President' on Tuesday sent but one nomination to the Senate, namely, that of Charles S. Hamilton to be Mar shal for the District of Wiac General Hamilton was a classmate f President Grant at West Point, and served during the late war, principally in the Southwest, as Major General. NATURALIZATIOX FRAUDS.--We hope that floneress will not attempt to adjourn without passing a bill protect ing the voters from naturalization frauds. If they do so, it will show a shameful neglect of duty; as several bills are before them, either one of which would be an improvement of the present mode. If defective after trial, it can be amended at the next But do give us something to stop the wholesale villiany. session [COMiiUIVICATED.] Extracts from Andy el;ohnson's Farewell Addrais Thewobe of office by constitutional limitation falls from my shoulders; the fragamentary Congress has trampled my'policy and the constitution under foot. My policy and the constitution to restore the Union has been obnoF.- ions., I am by the terms of the consti tution the commander-in-chief ; the constitutionality of my policy was dis regarded by political intrigue: , I go' in for maintaining the constitution and the constitutionality of our 'free Gov ernment. Such' has beet) my policy ever since I bre been an Alderman. When 1 was President of the United States, I to the best of my ability and policy, protect, defend the constitution and my warm friends and Generals of the rebel army. Let us in future cling closer than ever to the constitution; that constitution was framed by our ,fore fathers. I hope we .will, all keep- in bounds with that sacred relic ; such has always been my policy, and the feeling I always hatie for the COnsti• tution • Let us turn for a moment to the history of the majority in Con'gress which has acted in •such utter disre gard to my policy and the constitution; they, have broken their oaths of obe dience to my policy and the constitu tion, they deliberately tried to impeach me, who defended the constitution and the Union and my policy. Calmly reviewing my administration and poli cy and the constitution, I feel that with a sense of accountability to the constitution and my'policy discharged my whole duty according to the con stitution and my policy, 1 have noth ing to regret. Events have proved the correctness of my, Tolley and the constitution. - I can in all sincerity in quire whom have I defrauded accord ing to my policy and the,constitution? whom have I oppressed, or at whose hand,. according to my policy and the constitution, have freceived any bribe to_ blind my constitutional eyes'? u responsibility for war, according to my policy and the constitution, or blood that has been.shed - rests hpon me and my policy; my thoughts have been' those of peace and the constitution. Iffy efforts have ever been to -allay contention among my Countrymen, ac cording to my policy and the allied tution. Forgetting the past, let us return to, the first principles of my po licy and the constitution, and unfurl ing the banner of our country inscribe upon it hi ineffaceable characters thy policy and the constitution. My coun trymen, we, have a great country to ; protect; our bounds extend to the North, by the ,A.urora borealiks, and on the South by the Gulf Stream, on, the *et by the rising Bun, and on the West by the ice-hound hills of Alaska The (undamental `principle of this great geological' domain is inhabited by the nationality of the wholh universe,,so it reqrtires the vox-popnii groat Republic to keep under subjection those milers and tyrants who attempt to Mislead and. debauch and trample under' foot my'policy and the consti tution.: E Pluribue Untuni. • A. JOHNSON. Il:=-When ° yon Lear . a man talk ! , n constitution anti Mies, and a: ainat i orkgresq, you may set .im • own as, a Copperhead traitor to his country: - kloading,banker and broker in lion-1 rocontly stepped across the frontier into the United States 'with $BO,OOO of .hiti Oustorners' mono}. :As hie' ease is only ono of .broaoh of trust, the extradition trea. does not.apply to this' and he will bolo to enjoy his plunder heroin peace. . Twenty majors are,retlred, among vfbora . Vajor Thornae W. Sweeney, the famous rentone'SoVent'hundred and dfty-fOuk oflieere at all grades will bo retired. ' , Swop: ny ,tras a , .goodprintei, and type-setting payeibettar thap,a o major , e pest in the ar mh, put,tis,canziot , ,return to the typos, beemise he•hae but one arm: The . itreit of I.llindOnt its defined by the Registrar • General. le about 78,000 acres, or nearly, 122 square tnileet - .. On this area stand ,400a000 inhabited, boasesi with an average of nearly 0g1 . 3t, persons to a hotise. It.is nearly eight leer's since n'eansus won taken, and the population can only'be 'es tinpittod. The latest eiltttt►ate $020,886; Letter Prcln Washington. [Bead Correspondence.f theCAZLISLI Hum.] WASHINGTON, D.b., march 29,1869. . ~ ocrr; WICLI4I' 110V#L; :&0; :I, Of course the odiof 111111 charge made agatnit Goyernof Wells Of. a., and Mr. , Dudley, , Chairnied . of the Republican State ItCom mittee, of unlawftill 7- obtaining - a - letter, - their arrest .theiefe -and-the, removal of the former by Gen.,Stonedinn, in . cones- Videos, have excited a painful interest among Republicans here. From the de gree of dependence I place upon the source pf 'my information in the premises I will venture to say, that the Sollhwing will be fairid; - Oilthe itearieglO be - bra to-day in Richmond—the-true state of factkin the 'case. . . . The. facts .about the. letter are these: Gov. Wells Wes shown, by a respectable men, an already opened letter which con taitied a scheme ple.nned by a man who pretended to bea friend of the Governor's at the time, for preventing the otherwise confidently expected nomination of the Governor tor the position, then held by him. He took-a coley of it, and handed the original back. The . person for whom the letter was interact, asserts that he never receive/ot , . that the latter was' stolen :somewhere before it reached him. On the otherelde, tin) "theory" is, as law yers says, that he aicreceive it,. and drop pod it in a certain office where he .Was linowca to have been; and whore a pocket-knife blade wee found broken, in a desk drawer or lid, believed to hive been broken off in The mother - of a - convict - in' the - Massa chusetts State prison wishes that Governor o Olailin, for one hour was as wicked a man as Andy Johnson, in which case a pardon empt - by min, to get into Mild by niutud.• al uniawtm at emptiry . /m, to get into the doe& of another party to get' access to letters which he had nd business with. Mr. Dudley's* connection with the al leged-crime has no other ground than the fact that on some 'one day near the time when the letter must have been mailed, a colored boy, a messenger under the'direc tion of Mr. Dudley, was going to the Post Office with some mail. matter, when Mr. Dudley, Meeting him asked him what he was taking to the Office, and looked at the various letters, and handed them buck, every ono, so far as the boy knows. The ammus,of the charge, then, is all that remains to speculation. It is attri buted entirely to the doh e.to render Goy- Wells and the Republicans—the recon structed party—of Virginia odious in the State, and before Congress and the coun try: And to tho; purpose they say Gen. Stoneman hue willingly lent• himself, being at heart bitterly opposed to theth, and being surrounded and influenced by their '-enemies, with whom he warmly sympathizes. They say that the military govennment is,-and hits been, a hindrance to Reconstruction, and to the control of the State by foyalists. And in proof of this, they state that Gen. Stoneman, among . his recent supersedures, forced upon him by the laws of Congress, has appointed to a considerable proportion of the vacated offices, persons who cannot take the oath. All they' ask is the liberty. to fight the battle of Reconstruction by themselves. Under the lowed Congress, undzwith their present trust in thadispesition of Congress and the President regorging the State, they do not entertain the elikhtest fear for the issue.. THE PRESIDENT ON RECONSTRUCTION In reply to-some remarks of a delegation of citizens of Mississippi, on the reconstruc tion of that State, .t.be President said be was free to admit that the speediest, cheapest and most satisfactory solution of the Mis sissippi problem was ftir Congress to sub mit the constitution framed by the late convention to the people. with tho privi lege of voting separately upon three-or four clauses of the constitution objected to by - the Conservatives. 11W BUSINESS I the extra compensation for clerks here, several months ago,' Mr. Mow, a clerk in the Navigation Bureau 'of the Treasury, obtained an interview with the then Rep resentative E. B. Washburne, and be sought him to discontinue his opposition to some increase as the clerks real ly needed it, and generally deserved it. The "Watch Dog of the Treasury," as - became him, growled his dissent, in no very reconciling manner, The clerk, irritated, and intend ing to adapt hinahelf to his company, doubtless, snappishly gave it as a piece of his mind that it. would have been .quite as becoming and consistent in thole Con gressthen who preached economy, as an -objection to extra compensation to the clerlsh, if eh) , had declined to increase their own salaries 67 per cent., which originally were twice as.great as those of the clerks. "What,, dare you," said growler to yelper, "shoW your teeth at met I'll spot you for that!"-- And sure enough, one of the last things which Hou. E. B. Washburne, late Secretary of State, and now 11. S. Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary to France, busied himself about outside of his own affairs, was to take Mr. MOVA BACCSSnr to him at his office desk, with his successot's commie sio■ in his hand, stating his appointment, vice—Mew, discharged I IMPROVEMENTS AT THE WHITE HOUSE Magnificent now carpets have replaced the not old one,, in all ,the reception rooms of the White amigo, and splendid costly articlesVor- the future adornment of the interior, helve been selected. and while this is going on within, without, the con• servatory is in progress of improvement and enlargement, by an additional building 62 feet long by 15 wide ; and the stable, by an addition of a brick building 28 by 22 feet, capable of stabling 16 or 20 horses or cows. WOMEN DISMISSED - About 70 females were discharged from several of the [famous of the Treasury, on Friday, creating quito a sensation in the building. About 76 females 'wore discharged on Saturday, from the folding room of tho Government Printing Office. These last were only engaged for tempo rary work; and that is now finished. COVODE-FOSTER CASE The' nation-wide notability , of John Coved°, gives special interest to the cone .test for'tho seat in the House for the 21st District, Penn., noWgoing'on between him and Henry D. Foster. Fridayl John Cessna, submitted w report signed by him self end four other Republicans, Heaton, Stevenson, Burdett, and Stevenson of Tennessee, five out of nine - of the Com mittee on Elections, declaring Mr. Covode entitled to the seat pending -the contest. Mr: Paine of Wisconsin, Chairman of the Committee, submitted a minority report, signed by Randall and Burr, Democrats, and .Chiirchill • and. Paine, Republicans, declaring that neither gentleman has prima facia right,telhe seat. The•roporbs wore ordered to bo printed, and will be considered by the ~.House, noxt z Tnesday. waszuriVOl66:rxims unziffor. The Botts°, 'by a vote of 70 yeas' to'9o nays, re.used to concur in the Senate's amendment ,of its Tenure bill, late Friday afternoon. This throws the bill back to the Senate. If the Senate insist upon its amendment ,-a Committee of-COn ference mud adjust , the differences. Of the votes in the House against the -amendment; 48 wero Democrats, leaving but'sl Republicans against; to 70 in favor of it; and of the 61,' Gen. Butler voted that-way, probably,_iri order to move to re-conolder and Jay on the table, which he•did, and whioh motion was agreed to. -Gen. Butler's 'proposed amendment .re nuking the President to send ' his nomina tions to Congress within 80 days niter tie ing made, also gods to support,thisopinion; at least it, undoubtedly repeals the inference that he Meantmbsoluto repeal by thismote. .11Suctii excitement, in Ithe House, galleries and lobbies, followed the announcement of the result By lad reports here, ai-Preddentjohn• son *as recoverlng . frosn'bis sudden illness, at his home in Tennessee.' ' , PARStiIiTAL. Bk-risbel• id t,o - totutn tO this country.•' -•'• ; , ' •,• • . • Brioli Pomoroy'a'Nete 'YoileDemOciat to Bald to be on tbo;ofe of dbieoluttbn. ...Ex:Postmaster:General Betidall'aas ta• ton up hie residence at Biretta'New York.' . . A Georgia , boy'of fourteen hanged hitTiL self fer lovo.the other day.- °° l3 .,k l ,lngi of nirlrorir;,rojoietW hi he= ing Considered the handsomest man in; the train wears. tray; lat'ereoat;of wool,- from. an; Irish Tobin, and ima`db b 9 an Irish Lao.; MEE Secretary Fish has .4ikon ,, ibesnanhion lately ocoupied by:o439'llor *organ tor his residence. • , , Idr.. .Thomas, has. completed in, Florence , model of,,yiz-go , i,ernor Andras!, orMUssticliusotts. - The Eto4; trtiitdd.Statos Attorney' Gonerallinder President`Lin coln,.died in St. Louts,on Thurictayttitili nooth • • The Washington pepublican - peblishes a report that Becretaty Berle has written a Jotter advocating the repeal of the eight hour law. A,Texan recently bluffeitolf-an ;once agent with the t'emark.:l o Alellow's life le so confoUndedly -unohrtainin this• country it ain't worth Ineurlng." Wilhamsporthiaitnito - have - a, Man hale active anu atrong,"agOd -93,-wheielather by no means decrepit, is living In Mary land aged 120 years. • A. Doctor in la Grange, Mo., has a Newfoundland dog which takes upon him self the duty of burying all the dead dogs in the neighborhood. The 'New orleans Times "Rely and frankly" rAcommends Messrs Dumas and Joubert,'both colored; for goiernelent di ces in thot city. . An imaginative correspOruient• baying described General Logan's complexion as brilliant olivd, the St. Louis Ropubllcan is much distressed lost ~be skpuld come to be called Logan?' - Three ladlei in Bangor; Ye.; who were knocked dOwn recently by snOW elide, sued the merchant from whose store thq, slide came for 'damages. Tho Board of Trade arbitrated the„ matter and awarded $l6O. _ . Eugene Sue's posthumout'n — siel, about tbu publication of which there' was a long lawsuit before the courts of Svinzeriand and Francei- has at length been issued at Perm. The book is • “Eansilla, or the Mysteries of - the' Heert." The work is dedicated to.Xictor Hugo. . • Four couples in . West Lebanon, N. H. stood up recently unit went:through, the ceremony of a mock .'marriage "for fun." After the Ceremony it was found that the officiating and officious gentleinen was a justice of th6"'peace. It is thought that the marriages will havato be dissolved hy Legislature.- The justice acted•out of his own county, and has been flned $2OO Several of the parties 'were engaged to other persons, and one, a professdr in a seminary was to have been married ih fortnight. 'One couple, it is said, will "accept the situation. - MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. A scientific New Yorker says ho has discovered '..whiskey bugs" in corn. . There is over $2,000,000 •invested in menageries anal circuses . in this country. . A Californian has bui . lt an "agricultu ral locomotive" that runs thirty..nine plows at 'once. The Senate hturpassed the bill abolish. mg the office of tpe Chief of Staff to the General of the Army. There is a doctor for every 1000 inhabi tants in Paris, and the apothecaries num. ber 647. The are also 245 officers of health. The Now Orleans Republican saVs.that many of the colored men of-that city can not be distinguished limn the white men. They are oniy,„thaditionally colt:trod. During. the year 1868 nearly 160.000 bushels of apples were used ht. Orange county, Now York, in manufacturing 32- 870 gallons of:apple whisky valued at about $115,000. A late White Pine newspaper say Wells Fargo it Co., dispatched from their office in that city, in one' day, five bare of 2136-powndsrand-valued at $6630 SG The counties of Stearns, Douglas and Pope, Minnesota - , were a wilderness a doz en years ago. The assessed. valuation of property in Stearns county alone now upward of $2,000,000. The Cheyenne Leader Says that . Red Claud .proposed g compromise to the Indi an Commissioners the'ther day which seems to bo entirely. new to their. It is, give us something to wear and' to eat,. or look out for War. A sawmill at Helena, Montana, which furnished building material _for nearly all the neighboring country, has been de stroyed by fire, and it will take months to import new machinery frOm the States and, set the mill ogain hi operation. The Committee having charge, in the House of Representatives, of the batch of railroad, land. and bond grabbing bills submitted from time to time, have conch'. drd to postpone theirconsideration till the next session of Congress. SUING A Ktsm.—Victor Emanuel some years ago promised to endow twenty poor girls of Naples with $5OO each on their marriage. The marring s took• place, but the money was not forthcoming ; and now after the lapse of, nine years, the hus bands are bringing suits against the King for the money which he owes them. Wort'T QUIT.—Dr. S. B. Swan, of Nor wich, Conn., was moved hy 7 the—spirit a short time ago to write to General Grant, imploring him (ip poetry), by : the love he bore him, to abhndon the use of tobaCco. On Alhnday the doctor received an auto graph note from the President, thanking him for his'friendly interest, but declining to take his advice. .a.-Postmaster-General Reagan of the late rebel Confederacy, has written a let ter, dated, March 9, to the people of Tex as, urging them not to identify themselves. with the Democratic party. Ho expresies the hope that they will take no action, es partisans, on the subject of the new Con stitution, and that they will hold no con vention to nominate a 'Democratic State Ticket. The Methodist Episcopal Church, which re the most numerous Protestant body of the country, has thus far been noted for the excluSion of the laity frOm the leisla tive assemblies of the Church In Juno, the Whole membership of the Church, male and female, will vote on - the quest Lion, whether the former policy shall.be retained, or whether the principle of lay delegations shall - henceforth bo accepted. won and *Huta Palters. ALFRED SANDERSON, Esq., for shine time cennected.with the Reading Gazette as its editor; will this week assunuredito rial control of the Pottsville Standard. Mr. Sanderson is a former townsman of ours, he being a native of the "ancient borough." Ha le spatial:nen of fine abil ities,.a ready writer, and a courteous gen tleman., We wieh him abundant pecuniaiy " success in his new field of labor.. , ACCIDENT.—Mr. Jacob Shupp, Ie• skiing with Mr. James Huston r near.Now . Cumberland, in this county, Met with a painful accident on Friday forenoon last. Ile and Mr. Batton were engaged in shooting rats in the corn-crib ; while Mr.. Shupp.was scraping away the corn, a pie= MI which he held in his ,right hand was acaidentally discharged, the'contentsinta:- sing through the fleshy .part or the left hand, producing a fraCtiare of the , Small bones.• The medical wants of the' wetind ed man ~ wer e lttended .to 'l4 De;'lt.: 11: Ooovar and Dr. D. B. Traver,nrid the out: ferer is now doing well. ____Mie,PßlCE:tik.M4EATir readers .knOw,that there., hiia been'a largo, decline In the price of wheat within the last fa* Months . f :If they do; and bakers appear sot be hive realiendtimitn-. 1 1 .Orte0Vfedr....0filiOt 1 4'*Ileat 41d'etlier bran& Orthe first qualittate now, selling Itt':i he Eastern ; markets fu r. 'about' On& bh If ' of what they brought litat year aftiiit thee. - ,The bread famine of... Wei times is past and .. bread famine •gone, but the people.are yet rea'ning their' full share of 'the result. " Is` broad' any phesporA! . Are the learet any !argent - As boarding . tinyiewer than year ago f !, The 'baker's, dealerseWMiddte, ' eitare'getting year ago them; in 'semis; wa the, profits whioli'shettld' ge'46,'ilO,,brii -iitteri. :P. Is about time , foe ?eiet/Men .t to lOOklor, , himself into, this matter and.ido What he canto right'it;TWo de.net Witht.anY,ficiur and graih , VelneeS,;but !the:Whole people. Well and cheaply fed., , pot oncein mettOn ii pOPiilarif4eMiind.'fOi broitt .wfioict.cost thin boo .00mo relation - tO the price:of 'ythetit t altd it'vtlll oarr*itailf *rough.' ~. • VithOCIPHDH RA clid.—On Saturdtty evening last Rheein's Hall was crowded wlei ladies l and gentlemen to witness the • :navel sight of a race against time on loolpedes., - - , .'ha'flest prize was a silver cake basket, and!** awarded to 'the rider, taking the .5h4104- : , time-to make—the circuit of _the . Jfairtektimes—equivalent Jot of a mile. Tile race waaa -very exciting one, , tho dif; Worm) between - several of the best riders, being so alight as. 'to leave the result in great doubt: • . • • The score was as folloWa ` ' 1 Early Ed.;;.• •! , .• .. •••••'-t 2 Shuster,•H. • 8 Boetem Liout 4 Ensminger, JOseph: _ • 6 Saxton, 8.,111 ' 6 Woodward, Chas.., , 7 .Magl_uple, A. 8 • Bowina"n; - • 10 Noble, Ed 11,!CdMehon, Albert''' 12 - _Charles ' 13 gpaliglet, Albert; The seeotutpriie was a 'silver cup award ed to' for two 'cireilitti of. the Hall. This race occarienedmUch merriment , tbizrruln be. ing—that , l4' .ide ladling to austatirh balance on'theleloeipede throughout the entire beat, was declared distanced, and as the score exhibits a majority of the en -tries were thus disposed of. Mr. BIITTORF wen the prize'amid ireat applause. SLOW 'Milt. 1 Maginnis,, A. L 2 Beetetti,•Lieut _ 8 Saxton, B S 4 Miller, John (Met.) 5 Shuster, H. C 6- Bowman, A. L....... 7 Buttorf, Auine The Vaces 'WIUbe repeated on to-morrow evening the 8d Inst., when the prizes'wpl - a splendid Silver Pitcher !Air the fast . siqade . r; and a Silver Sugar Bowl, for the eloAst one A number of riders have already entered and much sport is antici pated. THE GAIIDEIV.—NOW in the time to begin to thilik of the garden and laying your plans for its cultiYation. And every house ought to have a garden attached to it, not only for the economy of raising your own family vegetables, but for the pleasant and healthful out-door exercise in dultivating it. There 'is not a business man who wouldn't be bottg - and healthier for cultivating his own peal, beans, pota toes, cabbages and garden truck generally. Nor should women despise the humble and healthful task of attending a garden. They eon do, and do do, the easier portions of the work, and take pleasdre in it. It is an oc cupation that has comedown from Mother tve herself., It has tbo „ highest commen dations of physicians phllit4hropists. And nothing indicates good management 'and-good taste about home so much- as a well-arranged, Nyell-weeded garden, with a little ornament in the way of flower-beds. lIMBERLAND.- .mary &boob; of Now Cumberland held their examination on Thursday. and Friday last, in the presence of Profs. SWARTZ and . PALM, and a number of visitors; parents and directors. These schools have been in a very good condition all winter. Dur ing the examination, the varioas classes 'did credit te'themeolves and their teachers, Messrs..• Burkstraser and Shupp. • Too much credit cannot bo ,nttached to the teachers and scholars when the right spirit and interest are manifested in the school. room, as seems to have - been-the ciao •in the schools of Now Cumberland. •_ • REV. J. F. Mtet.Et.E.AK, the newly called pastor of Emory hi. E. Church, will commence' his ministry 'on Sunday morning next. Mr. M. enjoys the reputa tion of being one of the most eloquent di vines in the church. MYSTERIOUS PROCEEDINCi.—Du ring Friday night some persons unknown made an excavation on the farm of R. Martin, Req., near Now Cumberland, and occupied by Mr. Strominger. The hole, which is six feet by five feet arid four feet deep, wee nicely • filled up again but the fresh mirth attracted the nttdaion of Mr. Strombinger, who removed it in the hope of discovering the purpose for 'whieh the excavation had been made, but nothing was revealed that would throw any light on the mysterious affair. it is stated , that a horse and light spring wagon were seen there at a very early houron Saturday morning, and indications in the vicinity corrorborate this statement. Whether the spot was visited for the purpose of con cealing the evidences of some dark trans action, and circumstances induced them to desist in the undentaking on go else where, or whether tin %spot was selected 'for the operations of “trOasure seekers", is , and wip probably rekrisiff * secret. We' incline to the latter view of the tnatteri•as the excavation is near the site of a former building, ansl in too close proximity to the turnpike to have 'hem - selected for the purpose of concealing any criminal trans action.—Harrisburg Telegraph. • Pnizt BBBF.- r -Hesers, STERRETT GOULD and • JOHN F. NOBLE, have pur chased from Messrs Tues. LENRT Lzz, a Magnilicent steer_ weighing 1600 'Thief animal vill be elOghtered and mrinarket on:Wednesday next. These butchers deserve great credit for their business liberepti in procuring fot , ' our citizen's this unegialled beef, and we IMpe they will pa generously ,•patronized. If they continue furnishing our Market with such meat as this,•they will distance all competitors and reap a rich harvest, of 4 I==l -0 SO D METIIIN EXTRA FC!R : BOTR AND GIRLS.—It is,welcknown that Tnz, LIT TLE COEPORIL, the brilliant Western , .rpvenile,•bas'a largercirenlation tha a ny . other JUv.entie Magazine in the world, ;This has be e n , gained 'by real merit and enterprise,. 1 •.; , • • ~• • • The Publishers ars endeavoring to clout'' , le their impelled circulatioUthis sear, and have deterinlnee to send" their Magazine free fOr Ores monThs—January, February' and, MirCb„ 0f1f.169,-rnEz to every faiiily who will sond their ' address ' before . the first of May, with four cents in stamps,tor.rettirn; pnstage, TitO t s'e are . in -tended,ss--saroides4l-thoswho.areLnot: .now tailing the Magazine in its . new, en larged ,form. .4,ddress ..64 , 1 1 .itzr) U . SEW" SELL tai;CO ., Pubh ` et ore, Chicago ‘ call the attepo6o of,qtl* readers to ali~f. Y , otrlto:a advertisement laittiethei coltutp,,of the celebrated 1 4 ,eloubet organs, .ormups, *bide he ties taicon' tilt; 'agenOy'roi lx(this ; . '' . ,Teagentlemark has bad the adta'ntige 'of me. years' experience , in ihe sale. ; of Mralcal instruments, and 'we Nal 'Olia• doit that ho would'not.olfer talthe ai Inferior article. _ : • ; Itgy. from pfkarn-' tersburg, will preach next Sabbath nom * U o'clock; •A: llf..`ittid 7 o'clock P. M tnfthe 'West • • ; • ' '. • '. , ' 4.10 ita*a ea.—Lil4; on. POtioa4 the,' Oriiket,',''44'; larga' ' B4ctfr,Ftrit'l4p4; flood ,Ifi,M . l!ikck..Pfik• '4oy .st $0..4e, Wear; MO WO* L& T TIMI I=l I=l SCHOOL, EXAMINATION AT NNW QM •A PRoPospD §I3RI. oF, UNION I;(7ojeir: E. M. Long, the widely known Evangelist has been invitedby .some of the _Pastors' of Carlisle, to deliver his roles - course of sermons, in which the text is illustratedto the eye as well ae, the tear by means of .a series of cargo biblical 'scenes, 'painted ex pressly for Mr. Long's pulpit use. Some - of the different series hate been delivered in many of the most prominent chtirchei . .in 'all okeetiens of the United States, suelias Drs. Gurley's, Sunderhind, Ames and Smith's, Washington, D. C., Rev. Henry .Ward Beecher's, Brooklyn, "Tremont Temple,.i Boston, and' many of' the largest Churches,. in. New York, Philadelphia, Cincinnati ; Chicago, &c. In this valley; crowded 'dlitirches have attended these services in .-Meolianiesburg and Chamborsburg. At the end of the first week's services the Pastors .or Shipponfibiirg signed the followingtestimonial,:which was drawn up by the venerable Dr. Harper. Mr. ...ong wad afteiwards induced to return and preach same three or four weeks, dur ing which nearly one-hundred-souls pro fessed penitence and conversion. As Rev. M. Long may have occasion to deliver his Illpiecthor t uc t i l ,, , u,hi,, v4 a,,,,_. ley where be may be a stranger, the fol lowing will give an idea,of the estimate placed upon his services by the pastors of this place. =I The Rev. E: M. Long visited this place anfqiring the week of 'his stay, preached each evening in ono of the churches. His illustrated discourses, which were highly instructive and interesting, attracted our people to such a degree, as to draw out audiences which filled churches to over flowing. gospel truth with a clearness and , simplieity which children may apprehend and which rivets the at tention of old as well as young. The re sult has been a very genera! awakening and an earnest inquiry. after the way of life, on the part of many of youth espe cially. His visit•vrill long be ,remember ed with gratitude by all who have at heart the advancement of the cause of Grist. OE! Orl MO JAMES HARPER, Pres. .Wm. A. HOUCK, H. E. T. O. BILLUE:MER, Cinutori PRICE, Bethel. Pastors Shipponsburg,'Fob. 22, '69 OARPETINGS.—Leedom & Shaw 910 Arch Street, _Philadelphia, advertise In this issue. We would invite the attention of the reader to this store as the represen tative Carpet Store - of 'Philadelphia. A full stock of Goods in their line. Phr chasers will do well to give them a call. • AMERICAN HOUSE.—The popular hotel stand has been (case by and is now in the occupancy of Captas W. E. KARNS, late of Monroe township. We know -Capt. K. very well and can assure our readers that he will make every efll.rt to render his guests comfortable and happy. •.e-card in another column, == EMI REGISTER OF THE Tits4sußv.--- In connection with those who have been spoken , oflis likely to be appointed to.this position, is the name of D. R. B. NEVIN Esq., formerly a member of the Bar of this county, and now of the Treasury De partment.' Mr. NEVIN at the outbreak of the . War, promptly, volunteered his servi ces in Co. A. 7th. Regt. P. R. V. C. re cruited in our town, and served with gal lantry, receiving promotion into the 107th Regt. I'. V. 3.fr.NEVIN is a gentleman of culture, comprehensvie business qualifications, -and socially, "a prince of good fellows:" lie is supported for the Registership, by a number of Senators and RePresentafi4s, and we hope that ho may be successful in securing the appointment, confident that no better person could be selected to pert form the duties of the office, with which from his service in the Department, he is thoroughly familiar. I=l THE MARYLAND SCHOOL TEACHER. We have received quite n number of com munications in reference to the notice which appeared.in eur last number, ma king inquiry fir a School Teacher to co-to Maryland. The number ,of these inqui ries precludes the possibility of specific answers to all and we are compelled to refer our friends to Mn. BAWL McPuitn- Pomonkoy, ',Charles Co., Md. Mn. MCPRIT.R.SOI is .PreakiCnt of the school board there, and will furnish all informa tion. I=l DECORATION DAV.—Are the mem bers of the Grand' Army of the Republic taking any steps to observe tba anniver glary of the day for decorating with flowers the graves of our Union soldiers who fell in battle during the Rebellion ? Wa be ,!, j 7. Have the 80th of May is the day appointfiq ' ed for that purpose, and, we hope the core. - moriy will not be neglected. - 4! —o ' FREE CoNaiyrs.—We'lesrli tim through the liberality and public spirit o the President and Faculty of Dickinson College, and the Carlisle Brass Band, our citizens are to bo regaled' with free eon -certe in the College Campus on every pleasant Saturday evening, during the 'Summer. The. College authorities will shortly erect a music stand in the Campus, and on, Saturday, evenings the gates will. be throlin open to the public. 'MYER nd hes Promised to boon hand and do its best :te!on6srtalnittic.atidiences—which_wi, 'are sure will Assemble on these occasions. The hearty thanks of our entire Commu nity will be given to all concerned in this most pralse - worthy enterprise. - I=l THE ,FIN,ANCES•OF Yong OCitiNTY., -During a recent visit through York county, wolvote creditablyinfortned by - one of . .the' substantial tax-payers of that county that; thefr County Commissioners wore then on 'an official visit to Baltimore for thopurpoio of borrowing the sum of $85;000 for the use of'that county; and that they offered exborbittint interest of,ctisper- cent a month forithat amount; We were astonish ct to bear that a rich - county like : Yorkshould go to Baltimore money -shavers to obtain' money; when the county officials of: an, adjoiniug county can:,abittict as much as they desire at six per Ontper annum. 'Our friend remarked, '4 Well your county is under , tie manage ment of Republicans, and we are in the - 4 bandlk ore corrupt„ Democratic party - who • are 'honstatitty egeandering the ,publio money,'! 'We have .eineo learned the , cbuitnissione ra jailed to obtem the money, „. etittat thitt:ratoo.-41eleiiral3h.