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S. t-:euator from Ohifatav been elected for another term by Ihe' i Lvz . klatore of that State—a good choice. lia3 the Utah Legiilaturt providing for the election of delegates 14-, fraiite a Constitution for the adtnii , !3ion of 1.7 t ah a' a St at r The Republican National Conanittee ►net 1-at Washington last Thursday, and deter mine-d to call the National Convention to be at Philadelphia on the fifth of June 3 next All,Eitttect did not * mourn over the death of Jame© ri,t,"Jr , nor did th© 1-14,: ttVek liolders, - we imagine. • The day after his death ; Erie .stock 'advauced about too per cent. - lowa proposes to send Ilom William P. Allison to the S. Senate to succeed her present Senator, Jtunes -Harlan. This is a good exchange, though we think WiLson's namelvonld have made it Still better. Another of those terrible colliery explo eions—n lurid illustration of nu article on the flist'page of this sheet—took place in` Wales a few days since by which tweWe mesh lost their lives by the ignition of fire clamp, TheluenT Governor of Georgia—one Smith by name--was Innusurated last Friday. He proposes to pay the State debt, and to faith fully enforce the Constitution aid laws t; so we congratulate Georgia on tier Governor's ood resolution:, Our.member of theHonse of Representa tives at Harrisbur, Hon. John I. Mitchell, has been appointed a Member of both Aidi c•iary committees, of the Committee on Counties and Townships, that bn Estates Atici Escheats, and that on PeckTal All the eihninal cases before the - United f-tates District Court in Utah have been con- tinned until :starch, because there i 8 no mo ney for the payment of witnesso and other \ court expenses,' unless Congresi provide it. ;+o Brigham has n respite Yostnia3ters will soon be instructed by the Department to reeeivc mutilated currency in payment for postage stamps : and stamped envelopes, and to forward it to the Treasury .... for redemption. This will prove a great Ettlyttlrerd: • . in _ff t imas hit, the HAThii - ege — lie I daiWhen lie remarked thattiieffeja - filintif party sent its thieves to the penitentiiry,, while the Democratic party sent its thieves to the Legislature Witness Tom Fields. Boss Tweed. ce al The Clovernor of New Jersey makes a very sensible recommendation in regard to Aticharged convicts He advises that the state provide labor for them as a means of temporary subsistence. It is no doubt true. that Many of these unfortunates are forced back into crime by their inability - to obtain work in the usual market. All the London journals have articles on ther as4assination of Fisk: They cite the cases of 'Richardson and Crittenden, and at tribute the frequency of such deeds to the - peculiar civilization" of America. How, then; do they acconnt for the recent deeds of ,Governor Eyre in Jamaica and of 'the English officers , Is'lliereonything peculiar" ahoutthe " eivilizationrof Eng land ? Governor Wttsbtann, 01 Massachusetts, in hig inaugural messaire to the Legislature takes strong ground in fat - or of prohibitory liquor legislation. lie says he would like to see the prohibitory law which was repealed sour years ago reenacted and rig - idly en forced over every foot of soil of the State. 'lnds excellent, especially as routing from a Govcrnbr who was not 10 nil pledged to prohibition before Ilia election 0 , 1.; 021 till 4 1.11..11 r% • r .1,11 e; 11 1 . ;.- ';, ; have ,rlhint .L : f i vo11;ro l ; Uirtv Avt•l; ;Lt . P. ill 1)(j( rani fore% eV .t•%l both z!o, laud of Porn letor II it .1 .1` lillittle for n , t‘lt in 1`. ,4 l rra+• par ! ) A i . Hi , nit r't+r n•uut I lie legi+l;tivt 10111 •..11 t• Q tntlirp : - 1:s1 r 1.: Pri.l - ignorance of pailitnnet:t t:11.1,! hiro a tutiQatice in tot:, doitt , cr t 1;.(• bly. Altkourh a nod 111., he ran On the monarchic Fl ticket, mid his defeat id a -Itraw how the Utica] wind blows in The uew Governor of Massachnt:ettti iS in the same state, in regard to the oman 3;li" lrage question. as thousands o' other men —a state of suspended opinion—one - viiic h no true woman can ever appreciate -Ile says he regards the subject with many mis. . sivings, and proposes, as il...piactierd test, that women be allowed to kote - on - the ijues .. don of the sale of ale or beer within•the 1 town of their residence. ..tia,e„iftys,. this' would giVe the advocates d opponents of woman suffrage an opportunity to judge of ..its-practical workings. . ThAt wheel-horse of Democracy, Mr. Ye ;role= .Y. Vasby, has been making a tour of the Noßth in the interest of the ''passive key," to see jUst how much strength the Democracy could 'draw from the Republi cans in the next election. .31 . r. -- icasby is not sanguine. He dill find a few Republicans whe wanted a change in the Administration, . . but he says of thew: / / litei'nfe uten of that peconlyer chariteter:',Wlio karriell, when what we watOS tneoOpable uf - tarrying u. 3.. I ittlt fear a 2 the ,'ex- Oritdpt won't win', and that biter alt we pt. - --111 hey to settle back into our old! party !lines and be - whaled - again• ez usual. John Tarr, the proprietor - of the famous " Tarr...rsorm;" - died. - recentip_ at hfeativille, I in this State, at at) p.dvance4 , 'age. Up to' 1.361 Mr. Tarr's earthly Posserions could haNtj been purchased for, the munificent sum, of 000. -Brit in ; June of Alia year he , -• *lack ile," (And iii ISti4 was offered- $2;--, 000,000 casrLfor the fee - .simple of ids farm; which refused: 'The product of the prop erty Up. to 180 NVAS 650,000. barrels. Yet John Tariiot 'nothing - out of all this, nitu- teriallf,'Unt hiS-boartl end clothes. "A great sensation has recently been crea ted in ecclesiastical. circles Rev: George 11llepworth, the pastor the' Unitarian, eldireli of the Messiah in New York. It hat been rumored Tor some weeks that Mr. Hepworth was about to renounce the 'ddc-- trines-Of the tart 'of which he was' an elo quent lender -and on t'mtlay; h i e preached a sermon 'in which he withdrew from his pantoral tharge, and professed a firm belief ip the . divinity of Christ. His sermon, which is'reported in cull in the YOrk dailies, is remarkaitlr fitypoye reasons than one. He states that Unitarians= fast drifting from their former position tuid er.i. and are genvrally accepting Theodore Parker as au expiment of the if l ue -faith. Our State _Superinceildeut of, ..Common_ Schools does hot :think very -highly of the system of compulsdry education proposed in maliy opylers. On this, subject he Says: " A. compulsory law, even if fully enforc ed, cannot bring into the schools children suffering for want of food, clothing or shel ter:children who must work or stein in Ord& to: live, children who have no parents or friends to-care for them ;.-and a large Propor tion of, those growingup in ignorance are this class. The county home is just: the, place for them, tind tiiins . of thousands might by its Means be pluelted!like trands"frona the burning,' -and'. matte good pmmbers..of society. .1 have almost ,tmbouncle,d, faith in the selleet Of- good influence's upon the char -acter of the young. I believe most 'firnaly that if all the , ignOrant, vicious boys and girls -in Pennsylvania' could be, at. once brought- into -properlyananaged homes, .04 the hind just spoken of, ,nineteen one of every twenty could be made . good men and•good women—good , memberS do: piety is ever reformed, it will be one in this . Way." tieUeral of ( the 'United States Army, died at Louisville4Ky., on the 9thinst. ' He was a graduateF , ef 'Mist Point, and at one time Assistant trofessor of Engineering there.— He was aiWays a studious man,' and wrote several works on military science and one on internatiOnal law, which are looked upon as respectable authorities. 'His life, although that of a student rattler than an active one. was quitepventful, and certainly useful to the country. Making an honorable record in the Mexican war; participating in the or.: ganization'of California as a State; winning wealth by mining operations there; practi eingllaw in San Francisco; re-entering the military service in 1801 as Major General ; succeeding 'Fremont in the command of the Department of the - West; projecting and carrying through the Fort Donaldson and Shiloh campaigns; made Commander-in- Chief-on M'CliAlantafailure, and afterward Gram's. Chief, cd :Staff; after thezwar placed in command of the Division of the'PaCifie, and finally of the Southwest, where he died, his life,hai peen cro7dcd•lultef important services faithfully performed.' He *as nev er a popular officer; hiss manners being re served and austere, but lie was always high ly revccted for probity and ability. His peculiar piVsiytte, together with his acknow ledired learning - , won fee him frOm the sol- . diers the title, " o.ltl Brains.' Take him [cloy all in all, he wa- -a man who deserved well of iii country, and on the whole here ! ceived his deserts. The mv ,, age of governor Hoff Man, of / NC \S" 1: 4 ft queer4.locpmeht *for a man himvelf 'Democratic to put forth.— proposes to change I„tbout everything that to IfIC St01(1‘1131'S op,,:t or sit. t I: lEEE .) he State go\ - .erntnent, and nearly all his rosed changes are • in the direction of r•lli7ation and one-man power. It would •;)~ that since the political-earthquake of • ,vcint;er Ms - Excellency has lost • all once in the capacity of •the peoplq to r arc of their own affairs and elect their KM 1.1.0,41 t( . • . ' -not election—of a select little coterie ~ ,I tinent citizens to revise the present .ft Constitution, although Ile admits his ' i ; clearly up / constitutional. He wants , retary of State and Attorney General appo,nted by the Governor „without the in ent ion of the Senate. He wants to abol .- h the Canal Commissioners and State Pris: 011 1118pectOrs, and substitute for them single pe tint endents to be appointed by the Gov ' ituor He thinks perhaps the State Trees ' and Superintendent of Public Instruc hrld better be appointed by joint ballot ui tlw Legislature; 'but all other admit:lis t tai i e officers should, in my jildgment, be appointed by the Governor, with or withont the consent 3.1 - the S . enate„' says this jaunty statesman. District- Attorneys -should be, appointed by the Attorney General or by the CAket. nor. And, - 11r crown the edifice, the L Governor should- hold. office thrpe• years.— We assure you,l3ll#l . ed redder, that - this is no burlesque, butis , affilttin, solieestittftentr of a few of the wondefful recommendations of the " Great Democratic Statesman" (with a big 5) who at present afflicts the good Peo: - pie of the State of New York. lluV never write another annual message, unto*. i indeed, 443,pts his term. ettended by the Go-o traor without the consent of the , i9etiate.- , 111 Some of our Democratic cotemporarfes arc 'still trying tcr persuade their readers, or Every d t itythe conviction grows upon us that Mr. 11011reeley is a raw remarlcablo man. As an editor he is admirable; as a politician he is simply-ridiculous. He is an Instinct ive judge of principles; but of men and , their motiyeS he knows no more than a 'child. Here we have what he calls an "old Private letter'? of his—although it is dated. so late as October 18, 1871—Ns : ritten to a Mis souri Democrat, wherein he tells what in his opinion the Democratic party should have done in 1:(38 to win the Presidency, and what' they must do this year. for the same object. A3'to the advice, if accepted, we don't think it would hurt the Republican Party much. But the funny thing of the whole matter is Mr. Greeley's clumsy co quetry with the Democratic nomination.- 7 Ire writes,—" awf not the an you need. limr party is mostly Free Trade, - and I am a ferocious Protectienist. I have -no doubt that I it'll& riamlnated and 'elected' by help, Litt lt would place. its' all in a false position:" He.tellsthem they "-must take some man like Gratz Brawn, or Trum bull, 'or Gen: jVto Sec - retail? ,of the Ind terior." One: thing is certain: -they had'nt better take Mr. Greeley," thOttgli ie wish, they would, '• ferocioui" fie he more, ;:- - he changed in the' politi*cal Inaehiner offices. lie recommends the appoint- liff=9 1 , t e 5e1,24 that the. ultiulkyf /. 4,43, , tt Is ammagmaryoqg:mktionitvcttied f4tpoligejd pyilpostifi 13u‘.9 Ic. t ypls Otilonni7oo eink - Ol'rat*tefo,Wii4luit - v, tea States Court in 'that state ita7ye.estab lished judicially the fact that the: - elleg,ed outrages - 'were alrellev.:- erdy Johnson; the distinguished lawyer of Baltimore, and Mr. Stanheiyftitere -etlJo defend themOntlespite-thefiltiblest efforts most, of their clients were convicted.,' ; But, we desire : noW • tttentiOn. to,gOitierl of 11r, „ToluiSoals remark i _in _summing .up >thekleferise for onot.theleivAingiriatAterers : Ettis aid • th - er my dhitingu ifilfotl Wendt; Mr. Situ:awry ; nor myself 'is here to, &fel, i or justify or palliate any outragea . that _Mat haS;C' been fieipp,tiatecilit'yotir Stitie Mit= .asseeiatfon:oi liuklux. Ithave. listened *MT,' liorrorto some of the tearimiint . brought: befOrd Tke :-quttagesi pr,ared laiv,' o lee shixfany latiaatifti;:thd l admit TiettAir : of justification Ffelaie natur e ' upon--aocp,'' AsAlte,testimony, of_ an 'unwilling witness wfmlit"ll:o,..PPA 4 s,crth 'dare impeach; of a late Detnoerntie•eluttoX from Maryland—a late Democratic,Mlidster. to England-,:nbove'alL of: a Pc l Pc.ol4 , whoi: a few shoit weeks ago; presided over a meet• ing to protest ag§ingt the suspension of thn Hallias Corpus in South CtFolitta. Yerily,- out of the miiuths of its enemies lithe Ad ininistratiOn fustliled. 'But we 'haven't lib : (iced any Democratic papers pUblishilig the • above. ,Nrhsps,they have a.ll.overlooked itl • - • We undertook, last week,- to inforin our reader; of the orgarazation of the . ,!''State Legislature at'Harriabilig, der in ..making hp our solunins, the already in type, was 0nc414,0 , Elie House of Representatives was promptly arganlied . on the td bytheelection.of Elliott„ Of Philadelphia, as, Speaker, gep,,,Tutqa Selfridge as Chief Clerk; (*apt, Aitts.ll )4 . o!'n risme Assistant' Clerk, and.%Jolan A. &null Resident Clerk. The Senate did :not recd in. -4 eleeting a-Speaker-in= stint, When James Rtttnn, Reptitillein, - of ,1 13eaVer county, was chosen on jtiie,... ; etghtti bailoi hy;3fr. pueki&y: Re*obrat;,:vo-: ting for him. Prp4lou . s . to that balVii".fhe vote bad been a tie—lti'to , No other' business of..itnportanCo : was Aranseeted uetil the 10th,' when theAW•altouses: 1 - a4. It! loit4 convention to ballot 105 State*..Treiantrer.* R. W-. Itlnekey;RePtibli&n; of Allegheny, Ras elected - over William E. Dotigherty,: of Dauphin, 13$ s vote of 75. to 47. ',The same day the Senate succeeded is electing Geo.; W. Ilamtnersly Chief Clerk. Ili the House,. a petition of certain 'electorti of Warren County was presented;' stating that Luther Green tyai duty elected Representative froiri that county, while Willhttnll. ,Short. had been adtnitted inlis place, acidPraOld:an examination of'' the ease. resnlUilim poiiiiing a coinuiittee of seven Orili9bo and Co-operation was adopted. In the 'senate, 'on -the -nth, the -Speaker announced the standing committees; and by unanimottayee olution most of the old Officers were retain ed, so the Senate was fully:organized.. A.. joint resolution 'was offered proposing. to amend the constitution so that the. State - Treasurer shall be hereafter elected by the people. • In the-Hemp the Chair announced the'standing committees, and' a 'Committee to try the contestedelection'casefrom'War ren county`wab draivn, when the - House itd jciurned to the letb. ". With the close of the old year:theWo man Suffrage party met.. a severe' ; chetah. in Pertitg3ilvania. At the last October, election Miss yarrie Burnham offered to vote in Phil! adelphia, but the election offfoirrefusell.tp reeeivelter:balot. dissCarle biought suit ,neinst the toillcori, averring that she'vVas a dulikigile i skirtt o Com monwealth. y To this declaration the defen dants demurred, and assigfeff,amoric, other causes that the plaintiff was not. u freeman in the sense in which that word is used in the Constitution. The case was _argued be fdre ;Indge.t3harsWood, ; w h o : held dm' Nisi Prius branch of the Supreme Court, 'and On the last Saturda of the Year he -delivered his opinion, which was adverse to Miss Buinham's chitin. The Judge seta out by saying that it is clear - tat a woman born in .this country or duly s riatuializeifls itAltizen as fully entitled to the protePtion - of the Government as a man, and with aright fully to enjoy the privileges, which' properly be long to citizens. • But rile denies that the elective franchise is one of thote privileges. He denies, also, that the Fourteenth and iFifteeniii'AiuetidmPritsto the Constitution of the United Stateshave any bearing; upon the qttestisn. ` He says the COffstittition of the State " does not, iii thiereapect at leak abridge the•privileges, or immunities•of citi 7 zens ,of ljnited,States, for, the electiVe franchitie is not one of them, nor is the right of the plaintiff to vote denied or abridged on account of race, color, oi previous con dition of Servitude.P He then takes up the question whether the word. " freeman' in Article third, Section first of . our State 6m- Stitution intended to confine the '