Zlut Afraid.
A. K. IMEEM, }Editors as Eroiiris
J. A. DUNBAR,
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CARLISLE. PA
Friday ilorning, April 9,1869,
llectin,q of ihe Republican COillir
ty Cennmittee.
A meeting of the Repiiblietin Stand
ing Committee will be hold in Rheera's
'Hall on. ,
SATURDAY APRIL UPrit., 1869,
A. 11 o'cloc A. M; A fall attend
ance is requeed. '
A.. R 1166 12 -Chetiriitan.
Carlisle April Gth. 1869
CONFIRM:P.—The appointment of
Geoncr•. PrOrie or
of the Harrisburg, Tel eii. - aph..as Po*
master of Harrithurg, has been con
firmed by the United i:itates Senate.
We trust Mr:•.l3. will we.e his new
hOnoris modestly..
COLLEaTaß.—William M. Bar,
Esq., of Rending, has been appoiti ed
Collector of Internal Revenue for! . qte
Berk t county District. Mr. BaireWns
formerely a 'citizen of, Carlisle, where
be has trimly friends and acquaintances,
who will hear of his appointment with
unfeigned pleasure. He is a man - of
ability and a sterling Republican.
GRINN '-- BL,TITe new CoHector or the
pert of New York/declares that "every
Man in the custom-house has as good
a right as he himself lute to hold what
'ophdieni4 he pleases in politics." When
Iliis'iMrderilpir".ViTriforced among all the
subordinates in the empl , y of the
Government, we will have a 'higher
~,g rade of intellect £llllollg public scr
than that now diqplayed.
.11.wutly.
bill, provplesthat hereafter all skims
shall ',Taal dire,ct to the claimant or
his heiis, and not to an o l zent or attor
ney. This bill is intended to preveita
further (rands on the part of un-e•ru
pulous men, who have achieved an an
enviablo notoriety is the "bounty hu,i.
Hess." It is lo be hoped that Scoot or
Wilson's bill will teciiivo a speedy
pa, , i , age. and became a lay.
L:P'Secretary fiouyvell has cawed a
.thateriug among his female kiployees.
by requiring them to give tiAr Mimes,
resPeneec h whose hithienee they
, re appointed, and whether they have
a Who., Mather, sinter, or brother
also einployed in the departinept, the
Secretary havirig - deterthineiii that no
two of one family shall be kept in offic e
Saturday a bill way introduced
into the United States Sennte.to repeal
the only lu . n't-on the statute hooks re
lating to slavery. It was ohh•chid to
by •Senator Davis, who only rue day
before refritsi4 an introduction' to Lt.
Governor Dunn, of LOuh:inna, °none _
couat of his color. 13ut Davis repro-
Aetna Kentucky. Bigotry is consistent
only in its forgetfulnes of the premtut
arid adherence tt, the d r o ani y_ w hi me of
•
the past.
LT/1 he Democratic ;titan. t:entral
'onnnit tee met in liarrisbut gon Tues
day week- and decided, to hold their
next, St A te Convention ou t i I.4th of
'Tilly. Class and Packer are t prom
tient contestants for the lotion of being
beaten for 1-ioverner. Glen Hancock,
it is' said, has been apprOqudied and
solicited to et - nisi:lo to hi. li randidattt,
but lie does not stein dispo.ed to tr b lip!
wider Coffee-Pot Wallace's Rrogratn
me. Let them trot Out. Cass. the rail-
road kin;
First. 'A s:iistant Pttst nttster
tall'. lion. Uroann EA 111,E, irz a native
of Maryland, is anundoulded Republi
can, was f;tr many years the law ,part
ner of Postmaster General Cresswell,
t- a lawyer of 'considerable ex peritn i me,
and possia , .ses great ekCcutive abiliiy.
Ho wan for sevfrral years Ulm k of the
Court of Appeals of Maryland, and
represented Cecil county in the Free
State Convention of I Slid, of which
body he was 011enl its ablest members
Ile some time since retired frr>utiactive .
fl .tolitical life, devoting his attention to
agricultural pursuits As we have. be
fore slated, no more honest or upright
gentleman could be appointed to this
position Phan_ Mr. Earle.
Six hundred and six officers of the
army in the infantry'corps have been
temporarily retired by the recent con
solidation of the regiments of.that min
of the service., Gen. Negley has .in
froducedinto the Bowie, mut will press
a bill foliate muster out within liixty.
days of not less than three hundred of
these "gentlemen. The annual pay
and allowances of these officers would
41 amount to' about. 450,000, s 6 that
- Gen. Negley's bill is by no means a
small, item in the way of retrenchment.
. .
By the way, it is' noticeable how very
largely the measures of economical
form Of ;late have originated with and
been carried through by the ex-officers
Af ilin'atak. .
IT IS estimated, writes a Washing-.
ton correspondent, that there are-Olaims
against tfinpovernment amounting to
'over an hundred millions of dollars.
Most of these_ are from the Southern' or
.;• Border Stal - es---.Bome are, for cotton,
othersr . vire for merchandise, others foi
steamboats, and others for property
- moo use of by the army during ,the
war. All of theia claims are: . tieing
prosecuted With great yigor,''andllid
fact; that' the. lobbyists advance hum
' ..dreds of dollars to the claimants,
evidence -that they at least expect the,
.money; to be,paid. One „young.l4dy.
*obi who .can neither read
nor wiitiilitnd.Whii ehews . tobacco, bas
a 'elaitn•Vf:o2lll,o6ofOr 'Cottoty dllegc
burned by a raiding party,
i.While Oii - ni3it to our linen. Some of
'3 tbe.elu ms far-fetched, but
,#:o4o,4j.e•subdess.. :• .•
oonnectidut laileented I
For the past two years the "Wooden
Nutmeg Stale" hes been going Demo
cratic by majorities varying from nine
hundred to two thousand'. On 'last
Monday the State:election was held,,
and the Republican State officers were:
all elected by
, majorities reaching.froM:
four- , to eight hundred.• In -the last
ClOn gr esS 411 ml but one Representa
tive, the Democracy- having three. , ---
This year the case is reverstd. • The
Republicans have succeeded in electing
th'ree members while tlm : Diminera . cy
have elected but one, and that ono,
Barnum, Was elected by the pure force
of money. What is exceedingly grat
ifying in this Congressional result is,
that two of,the Democratic candidates, -
those in the first and second Districts,
were Johnsonized Republicaus„ and
were no less personages than James
Dixon, late Senator, and James F. Bab
.eirriate---Elorinetor-4—Gus
toms at New Haven. These two WM . -
tides were defeated by their true Itepub
lican opponents respectively, as follows,
to wit In the first District, Strong,
ltepu b.) defeats Dixoh; (Oopper.John
son) by a majority of some eight hun
dred, and in the second District, S. W.
Nelleg (Republican) defeats Babcock,
(hopper -Johnson) by eomo four bun ;
dyed majority. Thus lias treason to
party and decency met its just and
merited reward. Both these districts
went heavily Democratic • two years
To Arty,lhey are redeemed I
Thrks to the progress of intelligence
and political evangelization.
The main issue which the Democ
racy forced upon the Republicans' in
tins campaign was that of universal
suffrage, s proposed in the fifteenth
Constitutional, Amendment, now peed,
ing .before - the different ..; . talte Legisla :
tuns. - TheY hove most persistently
and nufairly-argued that, although the
Constitution of the United states pro
vides fol. themicalis of amendment now
proposed, nevertheless, were the flues-,
tion left to the direct vote of the people,
they would repudiate it by an 'over
whelming major ity Now, what is the
remdt 1 :The Legislatute — ist — ttariitq. - -
tient, being the first one to la elected
whose duty it would be to pass upon
this iimepflnient, and the Spite having
gone Democratic for the pant t wo years,
they frilt confident that they would be
able to elect Ptimigh Dertioci te to 'de
fl:at its passage by that ',.Stoate. The
cnnteet clones with this result : In the,
State Senate, fourteen RepubliCaus to
seven Doinocr'at9. and in the lower
Ifouse, one hundred and thirty-two
Rio hundrrd and rix
ME
Detiocrms. And in this eiSmi4Aion it
is lo he remembered that heretofore
Comm'eticut has twice refused to adopt
the sontimentb of po 7 itical eptidity to
ail, while to-day she cndors:es the doe
trinrwith a majority that will I,ieyer
.sikace in that St teat least the pre
judiced and jaundiced prattle of the
emu - ides of Right and: Justice..
sa y we, 'hanks to the progress of in
telligence and politidal evangelization.
.The Legislature
\\line then iv much in the condoot
of Ihe present Legislature which is
opeolo (Tit ieisin, and a gdod deal which
deser, iaindenin lion._ it is' nujitsl to
combo-op.. wholesale. In se‘ eral .very
important (natters thq'majority.of both
flottse;. have shown a commehdable
degree of care for the public. interests,
and' an iwnest desire,' endorsed by
deeds, to economize in the administra
tion of the affairs of the Commonwealth.
Nisi)) , members, ti o, as for instance
~ Senafor Billingfelt and Represen th
t ives icholson and Webb, and otherh
whose names we cannot at this moment
recall, have wen an enviable distinction
by their honest efforts towards re
trenchment.
Senator Billingfel es bill, as report
ed, cutting down expenses, will reduce,
by thousands of dollars, the c mem ap
proPriotions. Again, the fifieen hun
dred dollar salary bill 'was killed by a
large inajority when the filial vote
came. And now we have a bill to re
duce expenses'in the publication of the
MilintryyStory," which, in its in
ception and progress, is really sods'
factory. By this bill, which has already
passed the House, and will undoubted
ly pace the Senate, a saxing is effected
of 81 50 on twenty tho (Wit d copies,
and :2 15 on five thousand copies.. No
small iteel. Under the provisions of
the new taintract, this bulky work will
be printed for the State at precisely
the. rates Which it would-be published
by or for a private citizen, thus reliev
ing the transaction of the "job"' feature
which has At late been - solnseparable
an incident of all public • business.
This bill, too, it is pleasant to know,
originated not with any contractor, but
o'n the personaf motion of Mr. Webb;
prompted by a Simple desire to save to
the Suite, and as the publishing_ will
be"undertaken by one of the - largest
;and moat responsible firms, of -Philo
delphia,;we haye a guarantee of good
and reliable work,'which 'is not often
gotteti 'by— the 'Ste
Tan' INDIANS.—Geirral butler; in
a letter to, the Chicago Tribune . ; says
that ho proposes to treat the Indians
asiwai•diiiOf the nation.' as deni4ens of,
our soil, with a right of occupancy. only
to'sueli pith as we, may assign thent
-illassaehllSet ta-1 a s -al way s—treated i tli
Indians*it hick her horders in that way,
and she 'has Wad, no trouble, nor, has
she ever asked any aid from the Gen-'
Lend remarks that
nothing can demoustrafe the fact of the
utter incapacity and hopeleisnfi4a of
our Indian syst,om-or, rather WitUt 'of
sl;stern—than to 'say, on the Northern
side of. the',indefiaable line Akli di- .
,:vidoti`is frorii 'pritish America, , there
tray nOver' haen.g; Warp or a; y; 'or it,
substantial subsidy;. and on the fionth:J
ern side, of . 'the line,'wliich divideS'
from 'Mexico, tho'isamo Ards; and in
4.laska. tfin Russian,Oovernment.havd
floyer'hhil 'any : diillhOltrwitli , thh
fn:i.t.'46:130.60# do go:'4liii
flag fhan,therols,triluble, fndiaps
and' whitetOat, laggerheaAni .hnd .blood
flbivs on lhd.frontitm "
The New Temiiv-of-o.ifice Law
The - amended:,Tetiure:of-Oilice bill.
has finally passed both Houses' f Con
.gresS,bSeirl signea:'byjth President,,
n'ow Irpui
loUged contest beiwdeti'..the'majorities
2:eigi'ectively in:the House and the en
ate, and the, reported opposition of 'the
President to_ the old law,.whichlor a
long time filled the.breast of the eN'er
hopefurbut ever-disappointed Democ
racy. with fond expectations ,of a divi
sion in the great -RePublieati*pa:rty
a _phrtion of siding with ':the
dent and- thebaluirceof theiu declaring
opon war uptin him, is settled to the
." . •
satisfaction of,the country, and the, re: 7
newed disappointment.of our oppon-,-,
mtg. The • first damper their • hopes
received'upen. this 'subject, was the final'
`agreement updn the amended law by
the' Conferencd Committees of the two
Houses. ° The rumor, however, .thdf, -
.'Trt'tthtmrr - d it ANT wu tad virtu d6'
amended act again raised their droop
ing spirits, and once more in imagina
tion did they picture to themselves the
pleasing prospect.of an Open rupture,
similar to that of Johnson's, between
Congress and-the President. -But again
have. they suffered de4 and bitter dis
appointment.,' Not only has the Pres
ident ' signed the — amended bill, tints
making it the lawof; the land, but un
der its provisions has commenced a
slaughter ot joluisonfzed Republican
and Copperhead-rebel office holders
that•to them 'is fearful and. terrible to
behold. The amendments to the old
law are all in the first and second sec
tions, and for the inkormation of our
readers givo them below, in place
'of any eitended comments of our own,
Sufficient be it to know-that the honest
'Republicans, of both Houses and the
President have sanctioned the amend
ments, and. are busily engaged iu re
storing to office honest and competent
men. The provisions are as follow :
That the first and second sections of
• the _aa,,entitlecl -!!An-act-regulating-the,
teutu•e of certain civil offices," passed
March 2, 1869," be and the same are
hereby repealed, and in lieu of said re'
pealed the following are here
by enacted •
SET. •Th• it •nznrbd,
every person holding any civil office to
which he has been, or hereafter may be
appointed by and with the advice•and
consent of the Senate, and who
have become duly qualified to - act
therein, shall be entitled to hold such
Office during the term for whibh he shall
have IWcn appointed, unless sooner-re-
ev-0-try-ttucl-witit-eht, rob'ice mud i.O -
sent of the Semite, or l y the-appoint,
runt, with the like ad rfee and consent,
of a Emccossor in bia ,place,-except as
herein otherwise provided.
Sic. 2. And be ena,.terl;•
That during any recess et the -Senate, !,
the President here:by is einpoWered in
his diAretiou to 'suspend an)' civil of
ficer Upin'ihtedibYarid with the advice
and consent of the Senate, except
Judges of theiUnited Stntes C;ourt, nn-
til the end of the next session of the
Senate, and to designate some suitable
person. subject to be 'removed in his
discretion i or—by---the ; resignation of
a:iother, to perform the duties of 'such
suspended' officer in the mean time,
and. such person so designated shall
take the oaths, and give the bonds re-,
quired by law to betaken and given
by the suspended officer, and shall,
during the time be performshis duties,
be entitled to the salary and emolu
ments of such officer, no part of which
shall belong to' the officer suspended ;
and it shall be the duty of the Presi
dent, within thirty day's after the com
mencement of every session of the Sen
ate, except for any office which in his
opinion ought not to be filled, to -nom
inate persons to fill-all vauaneies in
office which exist prior to the meeting
of the Senate, whether temporarily
filled or not, and so in the place of all
°liken suspended ; and if the Senate,
during suer' session, shall refuse to ad
vise and consent to atiappointnient in
lie place of such suspended officer,
then and not Otherwise, the President
shall nominate another person he soon
as *saleable to said session of the
Senate for said office. •
Ohio--The s fiitvnthnentr
'Elie reason .why the' ",DemoCratie"
Legislature of Ohio, hesitates so 1,04.
to oicr on the suffrage• amendment',
either to ratify or reject it; is 'plausibly
suggested by the Pittsburgh Dispa tch.
That honorable body is deliberating
with itself whether the amendrhent
would not be a -good card to enahle
the party to win the fall elections with.,
If the amendment be now rejected, the
question will be decided, the election
will turn on other isSues; and the Dem
ocrat's Will very likely be defeated.
But if it be pompously " left to the
people," the poinocraby will both-have
the credit of deferring a gilive question
to file popular judgment, and.will Wave.
a " grievance," a rallying cry around
which to assemble and consolidate the
prejudice of the State,fer the campaign
against-the &publicans. This is why
our astute neighbors pause on thp brink
of the litibicOn; They shOw the cour
ageh of which 'they frequedtly'
,beriq' by
keeping Within their entrenched camp,
fearing,to'moee orti ot it iii arty direc 7
'tiont--Brftvit-fellowe,-trubutrieth
,ing can save tin*, their. doom ie'fixed
and certain, • •„
TiiE Senate' of the 'United States of
Colombia, has. refused to 'approve the
Treaty conclude 4 between the 'United
States and the Oplombian Covernmeot
for the opening of a canal. across the
Isthmns. The aignmente of the com
'riaittee whiCh againtit'tbe trek .
ty, * were very insignificant.; the main
argarnent being evi4ently : that
sired. '4 'lariat' a 0 'et trioney. ; The
'fert;ign';ieg.hients, in Tadanuthavo re-.
: eived, the, yote ti?) khanat.p . rith
groat iliesatisfaetion, and many
r(ill''l4loStatepf Panama:the right ,tp
tae ~ thq matto. pito, their, own hanarh
na il; enterinto direct negntiation . on the,
Cass. an 44444 Rebelfion:
The, correspondence, which NT pub
lish tp-day, •betiveei Gen. CAes and
Dir. 'Bii.On's.NAst,,',.shited irr: December,
:1860; iiiinterestinvnaittly for the light
it throwsUnTthe character of the Dena-;
()erotic . - AdMinistration of that day.
Gen. ()Ass was undoubtedly a patriot
at heart ,• he had served the country
efficiently in, many positione of grave
responsibility; and it may be.sepposed
that his military. 'training led :him to
revolt at the idea of exposing the torts •
in Ointrlesiun :barim., to, evture with,
out making a decent provision for their
'defence under the ffitg, of the Union:
'And ' yc:t ,'Gee. ,Plu , s here appears on
record; And will go down to posterity,
• le , an adlierelivtif the doctrine that our
Ilevernminit , • had no constitutional
rightto Subd no •a rebellion against - its.
authority.' He concurred fully in. the
general principles of the non-coercion
4beory—so-:disgracefullyenunciatca. to
ftlr. Buchanan's message - of December ;
1860.
It is impossible to conjecture what
great benefit General Cass anticipated
from the course he recommended - of
strengthening our defthmes in Charles
ton harbor, seeing that he did riot pro
pose to do anything by force toward
quelling the rebellion. He may have
thOught that, such firm demonstratiotl6'
would overawe the insurgents ruid in
dupe thedi to . give up their treasonable
designs—that is, would accomplish the
pacific - purposes which it appears Mr.
Buchanan hoped to attain by doing
nothing. The rebels, however,::were
not to be moved by such ,sugar-phm
tactics when they saw both of these
veteran Democratic leaders, supposed
to represent the entire. party at the
North, pledged to acquiesce in their
intended rupture;bf the Union. These
I views of lieneral Cass were doubtless
known, through 'private. channels of
! information, to the controlling rebel
spirits at the time, but , would have
been better for 'his refutation in his
tom if' this letter had' neVer been, pub
lished it is just, however, that tA4e
fullest light should he thrown on the
tide relation of men and parties in the
opening scenes of the memorable drnma
Lot-Oa—rebellion:
—' `Tlio~t
THE !louse Committee on Foreign
Relations have determined to report
the ".joint resolution of sympathy with
the people of the Island of Cuba," in
troduM4isorno time; ngo by Mr. Banks
It reads as follows
• That-t he people of the United States
declare their sympathy ,)vith the pen
'f Cabo-im:theiti-pat
eiThrts to secure - their indepen
dence and to establish - a republicab
forth' - Uf - imveriatuent, guaranteeing the
personal liberty- and the equal political
rights of all tbe,people, and that Con
•grees will give its contitutional sup-,
port to the President of the U-States
whenever he may acorn it expedient tb
recognize the independence - and soVere
iguty of such republican government.
-1 hia ir'rubot.antially the same rege ,
lotibn no that. of• Henry Clay, in 1821,
by which South American Republics
were recognized.'•
Tim Controller of the Currency sug
gest s_to Cougiess the propriety of sub
stituting bonds at four per cent. for
those hearing six per cent , now lodged
in the Treasury to secure the circula
tion of the National Banks. And, in
view of the urgent calls from many
portions of the country for an increase
Of the circulation, the Controller esti
mates that- the additional amount of
bonds, required foe securing another
$50,000,000 of currency, might be is
sued, 'and the total amount of interest
paid would still be 82,190,152 less than
is paid' upon the six per cents, now
held by the Treasury. By way of fur
ther inducement, the Controller points
out that the increased issue of bonds
could be sold for legal tender notes, to
the extent of over stio,ooo,ooQ to he
cancelled . .
AN UNLncI V BOLTER. —lt seems
that at leinit one of the Indiana bolters
has faile'd of re-election. When it is
considered that nobody bolted from the
Indiana Legislature but those who felt
sure of re election, the fact that the
constituents of one of the resigning
members went back on him, makes it
difficult- to ace wherein . the " great
-Democratic victory" 1 , 11 this affair con
sists. The miscalculatiOn of this un
fortunate bolter will have a wholesome
effect. It will make the Democrats of.
the Indiana Legislature think twice
before adopting the resigning tactics a
second time; as they. have threatened
to do. Each fellow Will be afraid to
tempt Providence and the people again,
lest lie might be left in the lurch. Con
sequently, we think when the Legisla
ture meets again, which it will do this
month, there will be:Oito bolting, and
consequently the Fifteenth Amendment
will be ratified.
UNITED STATES A(II4Y.
appears from a communication sent , to
Congress by the Secretary of War,
that, unless otherwise provided by law,
the existing, rates of pay of enlisted men
of, the army Will cease from audi after
the 20th of Aiigust nowt. and after that
date a return will be malls to the rates
,fixed prior to the late war,•Which was
for privates of aivaky, $l2 per mouth,
and privates of infantry, $ll, instead
p£ sl.o_per_mouth „as —DO ar—ld It : Med—to
both of those. classes, On this ques•
tion, the Paymaster. General thinks
that the present rates of 'pay should he
allowed until the end of the current
.onlistmeut least 2, v . ehile Gen. Sher-
Man • says in ta' . note Abet he does not
befieye that Congress wishes to redupr
the pay of privates, and - repommends
that Congress be asked to pass a joint
'esolution extending the . time for the
reduction for one os' two years longer.
2" lar- . Englioni,like.Germany,is ready
to acknowledge the right of .all inhaV
itante of ,a,coatry to give "up, their al
legiance. tO•t4eir • native laridi and te
acquire" eitlieuship . 4 - thp ;Eountry to
whin+ tbey irk t?r eßgyAff ! The loyal
Cequelecioncre have pet inade'll - repo're
ht favor of rocogniOng natUralization
ae allpnitting Pritieh eubjecto from their
itlleguurejo.Epgrand. • • j oi
The "Public Debt.
The hopeful - expressions :of the new
Secretary of the Trettsury,,cuncerning,
-his ability to anticipate payment of
interest . or principal on considerable
sums, of our 'bonds, and the abundance.
.of money for the 'ordinary operations
of the Deportment; find' :a 'pleasing
con_firiiation in_die . monthlystatement
of the Public Debt, The debt has
been . ' reduced Over two-millions and a;
• hat in spite of the issue Of n4rly three'
millions of bonds to the Pacific, Rail_
roads. Thus, asithJtem this-extraor
dinary 'expenditure, which is to be
_stopped Within another month; the ac-•
turd reduction of the am proper. dur
ing the past month, amounted - to five
and a half millions ;. while the present
condition of the Treasury is such that
if this" statement hind &Sett delayed f,ur
or 'five days, after :Nit. NcOulloch's
fashion, it might hake shown a reduc
,tinti-of.some...feouninioro-4 1 e_rLL,...11tt134
-our debt is diminishing, our , receipts
are increasing, and, under the hones
Administration we are to have, will
still more largely increase ; while sim
ultaneously the extraordinary outlays
required -by the construction of the
Pacific Railroads approach their close,
Mid give us ,a poppy Conjunction of
eleMents favorable to the' Public Cre
dit. The situation is auspicious and
cheering. Who new can fail to see
the path to Resumption ? Coutipee
to appreciote the credit of the Govern
ment, collect its revenue and stop its
expenditures by such means as are
obviously in the easy reach Of the Ad
ministration; and the time is at hand
when we can sell for gold`a long bond
at low interest in any quantities de ,
sired. Then, the bits Mess of the coon
try comes back once more to a solid
basis, for Resumption- is - achieved.--7V:
I'. Tribune.
I,ongstreet's Co rmatiou
The Sedate has finally confirmed
the nomination of Gem I:2NOSTREET
ns Surveyor of - iliiTTort7OT New Or
leans. _ It was only after a hard and
'prolonged fight, that his friends—they
who believe in a total oblivion of the
late war— succeeded in securing" the
vote-in his - favor. 711 n. Southern Sen
ators were very generally for him, as
serting that hiS confirmation would
carry the conviction to the South, that
pere'ons once rebels, now loyal, were
really to be upheld and encouraged by
Congress. most-tolling raidupon
him was; perhaps, made by Governor
Browulow, who charged-him'with all
sorts of dire tliings while he occupied .
ennessee witirMS ere. roops re
final vote was tl5 yeas to 10 : - nays.
Phis result would, of course, be' very
flattering 10 Gen. LongstrCst and hiti:
champions, were it not tempered by the
that b-hen the test came, a number
of the Northern Senators, riot. liking to
oppose themselves to the President's
nomination, though they still believed
a better and a more acEeptabT 4 enine for
the position could - bare been selected,
withdrew themselves from the Cham
ber.. Still, that it-was a victory for
the General, cannot be questioned.—
Thepress of the country, almost uni
versally
-iii .their, comments- upon---the
nomination, havplieen kindly to it, and
have urged upoii,he Senate its confir
mation. The vate shows- ihat the
popular opinion' has been respected.
Perhaps, all things taken into Consid
eration notwithstanding the-many and
grave reasons forbidding the confirm
titio, the Senate has done well, i'he
South could ask no clearer assurance
than this case of General Longstreet
affords—that the North is willing to
sink imforgotfulness the rebellion, when
once certain that the ex-Rebels are
really, honestly and truly Unicin Men.
CONORRSS means to adjourn to,mor
row. This is well, if its work shall
thee be done ; if not, not And one
of its duties that will not bear post
ponement, is that of enabling the peo
ple of,Virginia to vote themselves back
into the Union if they will. It is high
time that they did it ( it is more than
time that Congress gave them the op
portunity. The plan submitted to the
President on-haturday by a Commit-.
tee of leading Virginians seems to U 5
exceedingly well digested. Let the
people vote rtt, once on the prciposed ,
new Constitution, with a separate bal
lot on the Test Oath and State Dis
'franchisement, which are Specially ob
jected to. Why not ? What need of
delay or long debate-7 We pray the
Republicans in Congress not to adjourn
without giving Virginia a cliance to
resume her place in the Union.
WANT TO Going HOME.—The self
exiled Southerners who left the coun
try after the wn-because they thought
they' could not breathe the, to them;
detested air in whiili the Star ! Spangled .
Banner'floated, are now anxious to get
back, and in order to facilitate their
return, the GoVernmci4 of the - United
States, with a magnanimity almoatua
paralleled, has directed Admiral Davis
to furnish free transportation, on a
Government vessel, to any citizens of
the United 'States: who may now be
voluntary exiles in Brazil. To. What
a humiliation &in' hot-4eaded eons Of
the South have thus subjected them
selves. How much better to have.re
mained npow tlieir native sell and ac
cepted—the—situation-after-Glenteoo-
-
- THE Japanese celebrate their intro
duction tk,
s civilization 'with as ninny
coinmotions as accompanied the change
to that in Germany or France, and.tho
.result is 'still in the clouds. The Mi
kado
,htis just married, .and been roast-,
ed out of his residence into flight: The
island ofTesso, one of largest', has
been taken' PosSeasimp4.l7,4loiyyy,
force; aud prev government
formed in opposition to the Mikado.
And it, is statcd that this rebellion is
g,ainiirg power..
'On l i Tmdky . Aertai. :
canColintyoqtivo4ol l l•ol
_ . ,
not inated JaiiN It 9 N.
(deloeeto'to the State Coui'ention, with
Inetinetions to vote,for ,
• • Bucheinan's Cabinet,
SECRETARY CASS'S LETTER 01? RESth-
NATION
WASHINGTON, March 30.—The
President sent to the &Mite today,'in'
compliance with, a resolution of that
body, the folloWinsg letter of Secretary
Cass, giving his reasons , for resigning,
as a member of President Puchanan's
Cabinet
DBPARTMENTOF.STATE,
.December 12, 1860.
Stn--The alarming ''crisis `in our
National affairs has; engaged your
serious consideration, and in your re
cent =siege you have expressed to
Congress, and through Congress to the
country, the views fraught with -the
moat momentous -consequences, which
fire now presented to the American
people for solution. With the gen
eral principles laid downln that Mot- '
'sage 'I fully confirm, and I appreciate.
with warm sympathy its patriotic ap-'
ptAls, and suggestions. What meio
tic& it s is competent anddProper for the
Executive to adopt under existing cir
umstenees-is-a--su-Heek—which4fo3-46
ceived your most careful attention, and
with the anxious.hope,,ae - I well know
from having participated in the .delib
erations. that tranquility - and 'good
feeling may be speedily restored to this
agitated and divided confederacy. In
,some points which I deem of vital.im=
portance it has been my misfortune to
differ from you. It has been my de
cided opinion, which for some time past
I have urged at various `Meetings of
• the Cabinet, that additional troops
should be sent to re-inforce the forts
n the harbor of Charleston,' with a
view to theirbetter defense should they.
be attacked, and that-an armed vessel_
should likewise be ordered there, to
aid, ifnecessary, in the defense ; and
also, should it be required, in the cell'
lection of the Revenue ; and it is yet
my opinion that these measures should
be adopted without the least delay. I
have likewise urged the expediency of'
immediately removing the: Custom
House at Charleston to one-of the
forts in port, and also of making ar
rangements for the Collection of duties
there, by having a, Collector and other
officers. ready to . //et • when necessary,
eo thnt when the office may -become
vacant the proper authority may he
there to collect the duties on the part
of AIIT - Titlited. Stateti:" I—couthiue—to
think, that
,these: -arrangements should
be immediately - made. While the right
and responsibility of deciding belongs
to you r it is very' desirable at this per
ilous juncture there shouln -be, as far
as possible, unanimity in your coun
cils, with a view to safe and efficient
I nctiar.. I have. therefore, felt. it. my
ditty- to tendsr my resignation of the
office of Secretary of State, and to ask
yot.r permigion to retire from that
official association with yourself and
. the members of your Cabinet which I
have enjoyed during almost four-years,
without the occurrence of a single in
cident to interrupt the-personal inter
course which has so happily existed.
unet,--olose-tW2ut-Jetter-m4thrint-b. • ,
ing my testimony of the zearous and
earnest devotion to th best interests
of the country with which, duping a
term Of unexampled trials and troubles,
you'have sought to discharge the dit
ties .of your high station. Thanking
you forqbe kindneas and confidence
you havenot ceased to manifest toward
ine, and . ivieh .the expression of my'
warmest regards both fer yourself and
the gentlemen of your Cabinet, J. tim,
Sir, with great respect, your obedient
servant, , _
LEWIS CASS.
To the President of the United States.
The following is the reply of Presi
dent Buchanan :
WASHINGTON, D. D.; }
December 15, 1860.
SIR-1 have received your resigna
tion of the office of Secretary of State
with surprise and regret. After we
had passed through nearly the whole
term of the 'administration with mutual
and cordial fi iendship and regard, I
cherished the earnest hope • that noth
ing might occur to disturb our official
relations until its end You have de
aided different, and I hove no right to
complain. I must express my gratifi
cation at -your concurrence with the
general principles laid down in my late
message, and your appreciation with
warm sympathy of its patriotic appeals
and anggeations. This I value very
highly, and I rejoice that we concur in
the opinion that Congress does not
possess the power under -the Constitu
tion to coerce a State by force of arms
to remain in the confederacy. The
question on which we unfortunately
differ is that 'of ordering a' detachment
of the navyto Charleston, and is cor
rectly stated in your letter of resigna
tion. Ido not intend to argue this
question. Sufficient to say that your
remarks upon the subject were heard
by myself and the Cabinet with all the
respect due to your high position, your
long experience, and your unblemished
character. But they failed to con
vince us of the necessity and . propriety
under existing circumstances of adopt-„.
ing such . a measure. The Secretaries
Of War and of the Navy, through whom
`the °reels must have issued to rein..
force the ports, did not concur in your
views ; and while the whole responsi
bility for the refusal rested upon my.
self, they were' the members ~of the
Cabinet directly interested., You may
have judged - correctly on this important
l i question, and your opinion is .entitled
to grave consideration ; but.mder my
convictions of duty, and believing as I
do that no present necessity exists for
a -
resort to force for the protection of
the public property, it was impossible
for me to have risked a cellission at
arms in the harbor of Charleston, and
thereby have defeated the Cancellable
'hopes which I cherish of the' final tri
umph of the Constitution. and the
Union.. I have only to ad that you
will tako with you into reti ement my
heartfelt wishes that the evening of
your. days may be prosperous and';
happy. ' -Very respectfully yours, • •
• T JAMES BUCIIA:VAML
To die :Iron. Lewis ,Cass. •
=1
SPAIN. 'AND lilciNnitorni.The rev
'oluticin which has bvim in:progress-for,
some months' 41 1 Spam,. and 'which 'on
account of its comparaiivobloodless
ness. has called-forthnot elate - id:oi=
ration, does not appear after all to have
accomplished much: Isabella and, her
favorite havoboon got rid of,.and the
clerical 'party has boon humbled; ; but
if itbe good; is about all the ood
which bee been'accouipllshed: Mont-.
ponsier may laro,,VO himself a wiser
better ruler 'than Isabella; tyranny of
the army tanYlhe ;more • •berioficial to
Spain than the tyranny of the Church;
but wo must wait to see. We: were
not without hope, for a time, that the
AVlVaise• . o-..thei first vigorous 'effort
wonld have . carrled;Spain forward , into
:the.. fro religitin of . ;.ropublit3atkistu ;•
but the' resultihay been , somewbut:dis
TbeAreVapurt.ovor . ,Spaiii
duos not.app:earlohave'„niuch 'of aslum,
pose qv to fltiloVf , wel.vitint dm , wants
rho : fututlygoveriiitiout of the
ne detottiAnqd by, tho' new' OOfietitiltion,,
is to be ad hereditary . MonavollY
thiut "bo'hik,very much'. as the
' tevOlutren'found , • "
livnTanELx.
Tivitchell who was found guilty of
murdering his mother-in-law, Mrs. Hill
and has. been sOtiienoed he hanged
by the neck; - has made the folli:rviing
very absurd and very improbable eon
fession-: ;
I wont to my room on the night of
the - murder. and instead of going to
bed I laid down on the lounge, and
foll.asleep. My wife was in bed at the
time.
I was roused* l her repeated calls,
and ran down to the dining,-room,wherc
I. found het' much excited, saying "I
have had a quarrel , with mother and
killed her." . '
•
I do not know whoa* she said.,
‘;save me !" or "help me bide it !" but
•ixt . last we, tlirdw the body of Mrs. 11111
out of the window to make it look as
if she folVout : I wet - 4 down stairs and
washed my hands and. face at the hy
drant.
I then went to my room undressed
and wont to bed ; my wife came up
afterwards and ,ot into bed where wo
staid until Sarah Campbell (rung the
bell; I think - we were in bed ten or
twenty minutes; I made a solemn vow
to the eternal God that night that I
.would never reveal it; bur I cannot
keep-it any longer.
I am sorry-tgat I have said "I 'knew
nothing of it ;" but I did it with the
vow in inrmind, and to - save my wife.
I new make these disclosures that I,
may have pence with God: Signed-
GP.ORGE S. TWICIIELIi,
In presence of Rev. Ueorge' Briug
hunt and Williamß. Perkins.
He-Explains 4:Vs laist confession
—No• Rope of. Executiiit, Pardon•
, .
From
tho Pblladolphla inifuiros of Tuesday.
George S. Twitchell; Jr sentenced
to be hung next Thursday for the.mur
der of Mrs. E. Hill, was visited, yes
terday afternoon by two gentlemen, to
whom he made the following statement,
in explanation of his recent confession
made to the Rev. George Bringburst
and Mr. Perkins, Supeiintendeotirof
the - prison :
Q. Is the statement made on - Sate-
day ofyour own composition, and with
out any influence whatever? A. It
was my own - entirely ; and, on Satur
day, I asked for Mr.. Perkins to be
present, along with-Mr - . Bringhurst, at
the reading of it.
Q. Did you, on any occa•ion, ever
before know Mrs. Twitchell to leave
her bed after retiring? A. Yes; I
have known. Mrs. Twitehell frequently
to leave the room, and also have known
her to - be gone same times for over an
hour, and converse with -Mrs.
But on this evening in question, I fell
fast asleep on the lounge, and 'cannot
say whether she left the room or not.
Q. How- do you account for the
blood- en -your shirt and person -A.
All I can, say to that is, that in lifting
up the body to throw it out of-the win
dow I caught hold - of the' head and
shoulders, the heaviest portion. and
Q. Was Mrs. Hill dead when you
thrdw bet' out of the window? A. As
far us r am able to judge. - Mrs. Hill
was dead when I lifted up the body.
Q. Where was Mrs. Twitchell when
she called you ? . She was in the
entry at the"end 'of the staircase lead
ing into the room : ,
"Q. Can you account for the poker
hiThe yartl ? A. I cannot. J I knew
nothing of a poker.. until after our ar
rest. .
Twitch° here added—"l did not
entertain the slightest idea that my
statement would alter my situatioe, as
far us the law went, but made it to
have entire peace with my God, and
didltiot think it would be published
until after my e - xceution: • My reasons
for not stating it sooner are simply these
—that. I fully expected my wife 'Co
coins IbrWard and state - all, and, not
leave me to perform the unpleasaht
duty ; but her absenting herself from
Tee, and her actions so unnatural to me
-and in such a position, has compelled
me to -conic forward and state all 1
knew, which I did.on Saturday.
- 1
would state also, gentlemen, .that if
these statements can besaid by my wifo
-to want foundation arid are incorrect,
let - her conic forward and deny them."
Halms - mina, Pa., April 6.—The
Governor has not yet indicated any
determination to interfere with the ex
ecution of Twitehell-or Gerald' Eaton.
The belief here is tinit both will be
hung.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS
Canada has 1100 lunatics
Cineinuatti taxthi dogs $5 each. Cheap
enough.
The St. Louis druggists have organized
purposes;:iind give balls. - -
.
Accounts from the oil regions say that
oil operations are paying better than ever
before.
The Grand Army of the ReputilM num
bers 300 posts, and a merabership exceed
ing $400,001
A:Sontborn ministoV thibks the forbid
den• fruit which five ate end gave of-to
Adam was tobacco.
‘ tllie total lass by fires in Now York last
month was $427,760, an increase of $1.54.
000; over tho losses during FebrUury.
'Ave thousand men have boon employed
in the Michigan lumbor regions the past
winter, at, an average salary of sBo,por
month.
It is said that there liras but one man in
Now Castle Lawrence county, who did
not want to ho mayor'of that now city,
and.he is Insane.
. A disreputable Yale student line been
passing himself off in. England as apro
fessor of that institution, and vistimirmg
scientific gentlomon,„
. - .
The Troy Times says Carl Se'ura -in
troduced into the tenure-of-office debate
tho somewhat novel element of practical ,
good sense and political sagacity.
.--A:ConnectieWrogu6 stole horse and
carriage, and then borrowed money of tho
Litchfield county sheriff . , to pay the , ex
panse of pursuing, an imaginary thief. '.
.A bill ks now boforo UM Arkansas Sou
ate prohibiting thoualo of Intoxicating
liquors in quantities less, than five gallons,
except upon the prescription- of a physi
cian.
7A great many businessman have adopt,
°II ovule never to give cornplimAtary ti
tles, Such as ;Ilan." "Eig, or "Mr. !- 7 -
bolloying that they% aro Usehiss, moaning : .
loss,anclin_altvespects_playod.out.,
The majority of . the Second Adyeatists,
at, their late : General convention .at
Springfield, Massachusetts, agreed on the
general doctriao of the second coming of'
Cbrist, soon, but concluded to give up
trying to fix. the time. • , ,
, 'Tito bodies of -two ' mbrdored persons
taro recently exhumed. in .Lobanon
and a crowd of 2 9 9 ,Fiersons wore made to,
march by singly and touch the bpdles;
expectation that when touelle4 by the
guilty ono the blood would flow Ore ]. lit
didn't now. • . .
Some personal friends of secretary Stan
tan proposo to, present Mm with it sum of
money us a testimonial Of regard for. his
- groat sorvlOs And aympjiiby in his .pres
ent, and:it-10 , foaiod Perirvont loss of
health.. Fót thiepurposo,a subscription
has plran put 1h circulation in 'Washing?
It is- said that since Grant' has shoNn:
his prefer - ease for Quakers Ito manavi Ine
dintl affairs, all the Indian rinell9Attioiatit.
havh Ptuidonly become ritiOgaselill of broad
brim hats and coots., A But tho tnok t ,
won't go do, so. eraot vitt' /ift . thUir hapie
and ihokloy tho. cheat, A ,
It is-srated that, in a single department
of the Treasury, there were'llfty-six per. 7,
sons-who hid leave of abidnee and did no'
work during one;ohtiro month:, Of 'course
Governor Bemtwoll is not (imposed to pro
long the of.ssuch expensive super.
numera4 . Klit '
'
_
Jollepllloihyd who wararrested'and
impilsoned vonce , time ago, at the instance
of the Farina& Nr Boma Bank at BRIM- •
more, on.the charge of attempting to pass
ferge,d_check upon said_ bank, and who
was - sabsequalitly released, has brought
suit;:„lfer twenty-five_ thousand -dollars
agarrilliNaid bank for defamation. . .
A Into trial of the California steam
plough in-San Francisco was pronounced
a success. The machine moved about the
usual speed of a-horde, cutting earthisix
inches deep, casting weeds moan° side and
leaving the ground the , same -as if dug
with a spade.— A.--numerroma...attendance
of farmers and others witnessed -the trial.
Thd total number of miles run by all
the trains upon the zailroads of the Uni
ted Staten the past year. was fully 10,-
000,000 miles. The average cost per mile
Of these trains was° $1,76. - The averago
receipt) per milo.ivere about $2;60, or say
$400,000,000: The not earnings, conse
quently, were se:venty:fiva cents per mile,
or $120,000,000. TVeatez.n Railroad Ga
zette.
An exchange reports a case whole, for
ty years ago, a charming girl of sixteen
married an old .gentleman for his money
under Vie confident expectation that lie
would soon dio and leave her a wealthy
young widow. Last week the disappoint
ed bride'died in the 56th year of her age,
leaving a husband at the advanced ago ci
100, and four children to mourn - her loss.
Elisha W. Haynes, Jr., a Boston milk
peddler, was on Thursday convicted pt
selling an adulterated article. It ap
peared that it was hiS daily custom after
taking off all the cream, to put the-milk
into a cooler, together with water, salt
find burnt sugar, and after well miking
tho ingredients he would . fill up the cans
plnc:o them in the ice chest and the nest
Morning bring the compoundintonlabity
and supply2liis customers with .pure
PERSONALS
Senator Morton is very ill
Beecher's inc o me last year was $21,175
Commissioner Delano is said to bo•ovor
General Sickles been tendered the
iission to Mexico.
Andrew Johnson is swinging round the
irelo in Tennessee.
Senator Grimes goes to Europe with his
family on the '44th inst.
A yountr lady of, Mobile is to marry a
baron in .Paris and a fortune of 80,060-
100: '
Is is.saul that the Union Pncj lc Rail
road CompanY have engaged General
Butler to eightP:isk,
Marshall 0. Roberts has presented to
the Oent.ral Park, New Yook, a color el
statue of CoAiiibus.
Tlre - fitte Judge. - Bate:, of 'Alissouri,.is
said to have tat little, property. A wile
and eight children survive him.
Bishop Huntington; the now Epi , P , . ; ,;. 1.
Bishop Of.yr.rvonso, N. has -hoon
presentod with a $25,000 houso.
Thackeray,. it is said, could write the
Lord'a - Pi)iyer'in a legible baid on a 'bit
of paper notbigg,cr than a Eixpence.
The SOnate, on Saturday, confirmed the
nomination of General Longitreet, to be
collecldr at New_(2than, by a vete of 25
Guarid A.. Gorman, a veteran of
two ears, an es-member of Congrm, an
ex...Gcrernor and all that, is now running
for city attorney of St. Paul.
A 31iF9 Mariana Thonipson of Mt,
PI i.ant, IOIIR, is attending a theological
in Massachusetts, and,preaching in
the, neighboring towns meanwhile.
O. 1). Cheney, principal of the public
school in Bradford, New Hampshire, has
been lined ten dollars and costs for un
mercifully punishing etwolyevear old
scholar.
Representative:Ll. L. Dawes has not u -
t h or iz ed the statenVi --. A that - hn has declined
the appointment of Justice of the Su
preme' Court of Massachusetts, tendered
him by the Governor.
A convict who escaped from the Indi
ana penitentiary lust summer, has written
to the wurdim fro n Minnesota that he is.
“out of money, sick and very anxious to
get back and serve his time ont."
Large numbers of Northern alai Aare
preparing to visit thb South during the
corning summer, among whom wo notice
ex.Sccretary Seward, Sonato' Sprame,
Thurlow Weed, John W. Forney, Hor
ace Greeley, John Russell Young, and
others.
The sergeant-at-arms of the Louisiana
Legislature is so slightly coloied that he
wes ordered out of the colored gallery of
the Now Orleans Academy of Music, n.
few nights ago.on the ground that he was
a white man. The usher could not have
been a Democratic member of the Ohio
Legislature, or the. '•admixture"-would
have been "visible—Chicago Post.
Charles Snowden Fairfax died on Sun
day, at. Barnum's Hotel Baltimore, aged
forty years. Ho Was chairman of the Cali
fornia delegation to the last Democratic
National Convention, and had been five
ye . nrs clerk of the Supreme Court of that
State. He was the descendant of the last
Lord Fairfax, and entitled to the distinc
tion of tenth lord had he claimed the posi
tion.
Capt. Geo. Brooks', a full-bloadrid negro
who, as master of the James M, Water
bury, with a Black crew,-has-just, returned
from a successful voyage to the coast of
Africa, is the first man of his race who
ever received a certificate from the Amer
ican Ships ostora' Association that he-is
capable and ,approved shipmaster. A
movement hds•bcon started to present him
a II:it-class chronometer -Was a toketl of
good will.
ROBBERY.
The Benefieitil -Saving Fund S'ori
ety's al Ticelfth and
'Chestnut Sts. Phila. ,
Entered by
" Rnh
hers.
Over SBOO,OOO in United States
audetti:r Securities Stolen.
One. of the most bold and daring rob.
belles over committed in Philadelphia was
perpetrated on. Sunday morning, at -the
office of "The Beneficial Saving Fund So
ciety; southwest corder of - Twelfth and
Chestnut streets." The Watchman
about six o'clock to attend churcb,'aftor
which he wont home, where le remained
until late in the afternoon, when he•was
informed that the establishment had been
entered. '
7.OCATIO2C. OF TIIF.
Contiguous to the 'building in' which
-the Saving - 3,l,'uud have their Oleo, is' a
largo Tour•story structure on .Twelfth
ptrooti the upper stories of which are IMO
as itbilliard •sidoon and meeting, l'oinns,.
the lower-orfirst floor being occupied , for
stores. The ontrfinco _adjoins the roar
portion of the,„effice, Which is a small alloy,
into whiclia window °porta provided with
shutters covfrod wish iron,' and fnetenad
with an ;404 bar, . .
TAY DlElbovilivr or THE Mummer,
The proprietor of the billiard saloon
visited hie Macs at a late hour in the afL.l
ternOsn, and on placing the key in. thS ,
lock ho discerned that he coAld, not open
the door. Thinking that socnothing-wae '
wrong; he:went wood to, the entrapo, of,
the 'building on Chestnut- streot and as
cended tothe upper story, which com
municated vrith the edifice on Twelfth
street. Descending the "stairs, he' found
tbat the shutters of the'. window had teen
forced open, arid-ort= looking m saw that
the office floor was covered with ~ papers.
Re apace haslened for the watchman,:
I whO notified ,iome of that'll:leas oftbe Se,
ving Fund, !md the, feet the robber , '
Was at once communicated, to Chief Pi o .
teottvo Eneu. „ . - , • '
- The toilewing ll,letwill ahow the , l oss
sustained by the. Savirfgi I Fund'.Sooiety,
which reaoheaahouts o o o , o W:
slso,ooo:State.Ponneylvania 68.,
$125,000 Phkladelphin City LORIS,
$77,000 United States 6-20 e..
s3o,oooTenneylvania-Var - toon,
$lO,OOO New siersoy 0 p0,..r cont. coupons,,
421000 )ielawo 0 lapr.pont
$OBOOO Veiled-States 5405.
$4, 3 000 Pittsburg I.l'per Cent coupon&
$82,000. egbpny, ounty ¢ per-oent; •
$l,OOO Ctiniden 'Co...Consolidated
Efort
-nGe.
• $40,000 Lonelslandsßniironti. bonds.
$8,200 Sao acill Navigation bonds: l ,
$lO,OOO Penn. *Ratilroad o—per' cent.
nds. •
$52,000 United States bonds, /881.
$26,00 Erie bonds
12,000 in cash, $4000.0f , which was
privato'deposit.
Tilt LOWERS
Thorp were aboutA,oo(l depositors, a
very lai•ge number of whom Were poor, .
bard-wOrking people, who asthey,recoived -
their wages, placed i4—thoreT feelidg that
it was perfectly safe, and they Were , re
ceiving interest upon their scanty Savings,
Upon these individualethe loss will be
most keenly felt; al their an was Confided
td the institution. The treasurer loses
about.s4o,fpo r -- which is n largo amount'
to be entrusted toll.-..-saving fund. A largo
number of mortgagfs were not carried
away, as they would be of little' value to
the thieves. Tho tiri,boxes of the deposi- •
tore were .broken open; ond their contents
examined; the envelopes and papers which
contained the securities having been felt
lying scattered about. Much time must
have been occupied in .eleaning out-!the
place, and - several persons were dTabtless
engaged in the transaction: Tho pl Ander
would cc p;el • agaLla_mailoh..4o--
carry it away, and the mystery is how
could it be done without being observed
when the streets were filled with people ?
110 W IT WAS DONE
There cannot be the slightest doubt-bet
that the thieves knew the timelhe watch- -
man was in the habit of leaving the Mince
in the morning, and during the previotta
evening the author was secreted by theni
in the alley on Twelfth street. -They,
watched until he left, and -as soon as' be
wits out of sight they oomin'epeed their
iMbrations;:bavintWerylhing in Cendiffees
and well understanding. too job in hand.
Ilimust3trEci, .31nrch 3lst, 18'69
MESSRS - EDITORsr , -Presumisg",thirk the
readers of xour witlely . eirenlitted
. [itiuec
feel an inter* in tho -proceedings or the
law-making power at thestt , i.te Capitol
W
will notoa few items that ay be of inter
est to them..
To the cloths observer - the present House
of Ropresentatir6s is nN4Try , teniarkable rine
in many re . speas. It is not distinguished
for a grnat, degree of talent but i t is distinv
guished for the lack_of'dignity..and deco
rum of its members. The disorder and.
uptoar_sd- frequelitlß manifested on the
floor of the liouqe, strikes every visitor in'
enterimi the Ilia of the. flow, of Repro- .
sentativea There MASI, Ito some cause for:
the-disorder - am:l - the :
and it is dip , to th'e member; them . .elv.esl;
their own self-respect nod thAt credit of the
Commonwealth, the repre.,-nt, thatdThey
mend their ways and do business as busi
ness men sh'euld do their business. One
thing Is observable as well its cred - itiible to
Li,. mem bers,_there is a feeling stf kindness_
'and of friendship manifested between them
t'a it is_vory pleasant that makes tt sojourn
'wog them mute 'Tigreenble. Tney turn a
good jolly set of fellow.: and to wit nes.,
some of their pranks'and frolics it is just
as. goeid_as-a-pionl•Telh,w 1-
host of the members are iii flmnd imi•A
perienced. still thero are. quite a number of
old stagers hers who understani the man-
generally from the city aiid as a matter of
coure do,not.apply to members from the
interior counties.
There arc some very clever gentlemen__.
in the Itouse of Representatives, hut none
of very marked ability. On the Reput>h
can side of the Ilouse, - .MeSsrs Strang•nnd
1101. r are the only members who rank -af,
fair debaters, en the Democratic side of tine
Rouse, Messrs Playford, McCollough and
Cornman rank as the most able. It may
not be daft of place to say a wordAbbut _
your member Mr Cornman. As ame tteii
°lc:our-Se Cumberland cram ty must be re
presented by a.Dernocrat, and continue so
until the Democratic party 'becomes more
enlightened and patriotic in their dernoc*-
racy, for it is a striking fact that so !oon
as a member of thatparty rises superior to
party prejudice and becomes enlightened
up.ol the principles of enlightened govern
monts as understood by the progressive
spirit of thy , age, he leaves his party and _
seekS tssociatien with the more progres , ive
Republican party. Well as CamberlAd
county must be represented by a Democrat
we feel tharyour citizens - are.fortunato_in
having so liberal and gentlemanly arep. •-
resentatixe'ris Mr. Cornman. In pellties,
as a matter of COU 60, he acts and vote. ,
with bit party, but as a Representative b e .
deals as fairly and'homumbly with his Re
publidnn constithents as any man cool..!
do. And here among his fellow-membere
on tho lt.publican side of the Howe, lo; -
eommanci3 universal reaped. As a Re
publican all we have to say is that if your
county inu.:t be represented by a DemecruA
be trust that that party will renomin e ts
him, for it is So refreshing to have.
fellow
ship with FL; gentlemanly a roi4ical oppo
nent. • ALLEGUIZNY.
gown and ()Taunt!) Matters
SPhlam.—This delightful and poetic
season fur which, after the contiMaiiircold,
dreary days of winter,' v , e look with .so
much interest and anxiety, is evident,ly
kneeking „at our very doors. IThe
bluebird and a number of other feathered
songsters have already been with us for
several weals, and a . few days ago we saw
a number of golden-winged,hirds winging
their way in the
,flireetion of our groves
and orchards. Those are said to be certain
and reliable • harbingers of- pleasant and •
mild weather, Their voices al ready,awakon
the morning with their sweet varblings
and fill the trees around' dux: dwellings
with life and hope.
Tlmpast *inter hasgicen unusually
nitd open, so much so, indeed, that our ice
dealers 'who didmot tiiketho advantage of
the first hard freeze- in theasarly part of:
the seaton, now Iluillhevaelves minas ths ,
necessary quantity to supply has
-
towers during the' warm days of summer::: •
We would ba willing to forego some ,
thihgand put up with a few inconveniences
to have spring collie ate once, Jar wo fee
that the cling° • would' be ,beneficial
more, than 'ono sense of the • word:.
open winter has not been conducive to i nt ;
general health of the people,
colds.have an almost universal circula
tion. They are -the' offspring' of
tric>
close, daMp weather, Ni e° ''''ghs and
- -- I a 'have been
uSually.provalent for some, time past.- -A
settled spring,_ with_ jta, , :Oioar ,aides and
, baltny Mrs, its litight su its_budding '
trees 4md Bowers,
wer Alta soon expel these
from the : s y s te m ; - resteth clearneseithd____
frgodonl tetho k o v:4. and lungs.: Besides
thislong to .the earth ngaitaopen
its besoin to the ;rains and - dews of }leaven
:mind . thci grass gspring up in all
0. 1 0.! vernal;" beatity, There is something
in these so peetthitirly attraeti6 that our
hearts Is ap at the their comin4
'
They - r.ll the soul With love and adorationLoth
e Giver of all,goed - , Who thus bountk
feA t .y pro,idoa for ua whpa here, and prd;
'lrgares t at thcaserne time, our own grorl-2
otis resurrection - after the winter of. "death
ia ended,Catid :the 'spring 'of' dterlial. life '-
shalt unfold its leaves and flOyvers. ,
1:17=1
P - • , ,„
ItELIGIOUI34 .., REV,* . J. P. AfCCILEE,
•
LAN, tho nour . Pastor of the Erno‘by-14,eth
„
otllst Church, preach on , Sabbath,
morning next to ldo charge.,
Thq 'texitliun an comm into, our•
ridat,vrtih it Line Teputation'os 0121111 liter,, ,
,no doubt,' flint his dia..
ginned aud Ilitt,induttr,y he wilt,tu,t9oe9d it%
building up a large songrogatioAl'
. .
El