J, E. SAYERS, Editor and Publisher.
WAYNESHUUU:
WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 30, 18U7.
WHAT 1)0 THEY WANT?
Allliotoil with a chronic passion for
grumb'ing, tlio lovers ot "constitutional
lioeity" uro constantly finding fault with
llio acta ot others, indulging in post
humous eulogies on tho 'lost causesing
ing poans to uoiilinecl heroes, mourning
for tho palmy days of tho "Union as it
was," and cursing tho "nigger'- and the
"disunion agitators." Now, the question
arises what do (hey desire ? Is if. tho
welfare of tho whole people 1 Is it tho
peace, harmony and restoration of our
country npun a lasting basis? or, is it
to keep open tho gaping wounds of war?
the scattering of dissension in the vari-
oi3 motions of our country ?
The nursing and engendering of clan
gorous doctrines induces us to believo
the latter is their object. Their auitnosi
ty to wholesome law show it. Civil
Uights they wholly ignore ; charily to a
confiding and loynl class cf our citizens
they denounce! their existence as an ele
ment in tho body politic they spit upon;
tho Constitution they worship, but they
can find no clause in it that define and
punishes treason, Is it not plausible,
then, to say that they have not the in
terests of tho cation at heart ?
A VEXED QUESTION.
Aro you in favor of negro suffrage ?
Yes. Aro you in favor of universal
negro etuTrago No What proposition
do yon then make 7 That of intelligent
suffrage to all qualified malo citizens ot
tho United States. Yet t'lero arises
another great problem to be solved.
What shall bo mado the standard of in
telligence ? It is the rock upon which
many plausible theories have foundered,
yet wo are firm in the belief that if we
risk nothing, nothing will bo gained.
Tho exigencies of tho times demand a
trial, it for no other reason than to still
tho great unrest ot American politic, bo
the lino of deniaikalion what it may, or
how determined.
The proposition is open to an incalcu
lable unmoor of arguments for and
against, but the ireater,tor good, we be
lieve to be in its favor,
HOW IS IT?.
Tho action of Congress compelling
tho repudiation of tho rebel debt, and
taxing tho rebellious slMes for the liqui
dation of our own is considered by some
as inhuman and outrageous, as crushing
au already impoverished section of tho
country, We havo no caro to rcfuto tho
fallacious arguments advanced on this
subject but refer all who entertain such
opinions to what the rebels said they
would do had they succeeded. Tho
Richmond Enquirer, their official orgiu,
in its iseuo of Oct. 1G, 1SC3, said:
"As surely as wo Completely ruin
their armies and without that Is no
peace nor truce t all SO SUIiELY
SHALL WE MAKE THEM PAY
OUlt WAR DEBT THOUGH WIS
ftarWMNG IT OUT OF TIIIEli
11EAUTS!"-
These men aro now tho particular
friends ot Andrew Johnson, and the
champions of "Constitutional liberty."
Loth to acknowledge Lee's capitula
tion moro than a compromise, to this
day the so-called Democracy boast of it
as being the terms upon which they de
clared the war must end. With the
same pertinence they demand the recog
nition oftheso paroled prisoners as loyal
subjects of the government ; doclaro the
test oath, and the trial of grave offences
against tho liberties of thu peoplo by
military commission, as unconstitutional ;
endeavor by crook and turn and techni
cality to evade or set at nought the de
clared laws ot the land and in every
way possible retard tho onward march
ot events. Aro such men safe to be
trusted with tho affairs ot Government 1
An Insult to tub Nohtiieun Aiimv.
Some two or threo oases have rooenlly
been .brought to light by tho papers,
where soldiers of tho Union army are
now in durance in the South under sen
tence of death for highway robbery I
Said robbory meaning the foraging
of certain plantations during the late
war by command of their offioors. -
Whatever may bo the excuse for Bitch
action, It tho tacts in the premises are
true, it is a stigma upon tho North sol
dier and citizen. If the President or
Congress don't prevont tho execution of
such villianoiis cri.nes, then ha tho last
spark ofhonoi' long since expired in the
Northern lieart. If the Southern people-
would add insult to injury and
thus tieau" oj.iIh ot flro on their owrt
' bead, lot thorn persist in siich 'cotirso ot
. action. ,,,And it ..would be well; to re.
monitor . that Johnson's administrative
policy and the copper-head party on
dorso suoh treatment of United Stales
soldiers.
Tho Uuiontown Qenius of Ziberty
sends us a marked copy of tho speech
of "Tom." Searlglit exposing the ratifi
cation of tho Constitutional Amend
ment by tho Legisluturo. We hoard
"Tom." make tho samo speech once bo
fore in our Court House, and he advanc
ed tho name argument, i. e., he bates the
"nigger" beeauso ho is a "nigger I" We
might regale our roadors with this
master. piece almost equal to Hose's
speech on his local bill but wo can't of.
ford to retail refuse billingalo and
fustian.
. THE PRESIDENT DODGING.
Mr. Johnson dodged the sullrngo
question. Tho bill ninonding the acts
organizing the several Territories, con
ferring suffrage therein without regard
to race or color, hasbecomo a law with
out tho President's approval. It was
presented to him ou the 12th iust., and,
as ho did not return it within tho ten
days allowed by the Constitution after it
has been presented, it has become a law
in like manner as if ho had signed it
Tho bill repealing the amnesty and par
don authority given to tho President
became a law in a similar way.
Does silence mean consent ! What
say tho President's "friends?"
The New York Herald remarks that
the bill prepared by Mr, Iluudall lor
substituting legal tender notes for na
tional bank currency is regarded with
favor, and should H, pass, as it is likely
to do, not only will nearly twenty mil
lions per annum m coin bo saved in tho
form of interest on bonds deposited as a
basis of circulation, but tho required
twenty five per cent, of legal tenders
now hold as a rcserva against tho circu
lation of tho banks will bo disengaged,
thus contributing to the increased ease
of the money market by the addition of
seventy tivo millions to tho active cur
rency.
DlSA8TF.lt ON NoilTlIWUSriSRN VllifilSIA
Road. Tho Eaton tunnel, on the
Northwestern Virginia Railroad, about
thirty miles east ot Pai kersburg, fell in
on Thursday. Two men were killed, a
third supposed to bo mortally wounded,
and niuo others moro or less badly in
jured. Sineo the first tall thero havo
been others, until at this time, it is said,
tho tunnel is pretty well gorgod. Work
men aro reported as refusing to enter it
iu order to attempt clearing away tho
ruins,and the possibility is that it cannot
be reopened betoro March, or until the
weather becomes settled. . The uon.se
quence is that the freight business is
almost entirely suspended on the North
western road between Parkersbuig and
points east of tho tunnel. Coal is repor
ted as selling for a dollar a bushel at
that place and very little to be had at
that. Passengers aro conveyed over tho
tunnel in wagons uud connections made
either side,
White Housu Co.nskkv'atouy Uhiinkd.
On Frid y morning at 8 o'clock, tho
conservatory attached to the President's
Mansion at Washington took firo from
the burst of a 11 no on the south-west
side. Tho main building, extending
from east to west, and el ected over an
old brick structure, is two hundred feet
in length, wilh an addition ot seventy
feet from north to south. Thu flames
swept through tlieso buildings, destroy
ing at least one-third of the valuable
plants, many of thorn of the rarest
character and of foreign origin. Horti
culturists and flowrists express tho
opinion that tho collection cannot bo re
placed for years, and not even then
without a cost ot hundreds of thousands
ot dollars. The buildings aro dainagod
to the extent of probably 20,000. The
plants in a hot house on tho ground
floor were preserved with but little
damogo. The furniture in the Execu
tive Mansion was injured by tho sinoko
to the amount ot perhaps $1,000. The
timely arrival ot the lire-engines pre
vented the entire destruction of the
conservatory building, four of thorn be
ing at work tor several hours.
APPLICATION roll PENSIONS.
Tho folio tying circular, with reference
to applications for pensions, has just
been issued by Commissioner Joseph II.
Barrett : "Applicants for increase of
pensions, under the acts of Juno C and
July 25, 1 80(5, and their agents, are
herebv informed that such applications
tilled "from and after tho 1st day ot Jan
uary inst, 1867, cannot possibly be
adjudicated beforo the 4th day ot March
proximo, wbon the serai annual pay
ments of ponsions oro dno. The origi
nal certificates ot all army pensioners
should not be forwarded until the appli
cation tor inorease filed betweon this
date and the 4th of March next, but
should be retained by them, and sur
rendered only upon a vail from ; this
office. Tho labor dovolving upon this
office has boSn nearly doubled in conso
quence of the ants rofrrrod to, and this
unprecedented increase has rendered
tho clerical force provided by law for
the trausaotion of its business utterly
inadequate to meet promptly tho public
domands. or to prevent it from lulling
largely in arrears. Applications tor in.
oroliso filed alter' this date should give'
tin. number of tho oilginul pension cer
tificate,' bit should utt bo ngecmpained
by it."
THE C AP I T A L .
Tuesday, Jan. 22.
Sunate A bill was introduced to
equalize the bounties of soldier, sailors,
and marines. It gives to each honorably
dicluirged giddier, sailor, or marine a
bounty ot eight uud one-third dollars
per mouth for each mouth of service,
and excludes deserters and men who
deserted tho rebel army to enlist in the
United States service," and also those
discharged ut their own request Tho
Committee on Public Lands were direc
ted to inquire into cases of alleged iu
jus;ieo done to settlers by tho provisions
of the laws granting lands to railroads.
A bill was introduced to amund tho act
providing lor the sale ot coal lands in
the public domain. A bill was intioduo
el lor the registration of electors in tho
I'emtories of thu United Stales. The
taiitl bill was taken up, and Mr. Cat tell
made a speech in favor of it.
IIol-sk. A bill was introduced to
punish persons detected in putting ob
t-tuieiions on the railways used in trans
porting tho United Stiiies mails. The
bill to pay Mr. OulrVoth, tho lately un
seated member bum the Sixteenth Con
gressional district of Pennsylvania, tho
increased compensation was passed.
The bill to validate all Piesidential pro
clamatious and orders issued in further
anco ot tho suppression of the rebellion,
between March -I, ISIil, and December
1, IHii.", was reported. Mr. lioutwell
reported a bill as a substi;utu for thu
bill prescribing an oath In public officers
and members of the bar. It provides
that no person shall bu permitted to act
as an attorney or counsellor in mi y Unit
ed States court who has been guilty ot
treason, bribery, murder, or other felony,
or who has been ci gaged iu rebellion
against the United Stales, or who has
given aid. comfort, or encouragement to
the enemies of thu United States Tho
previous question was called on tho pas
sago ot the bill and sustained, but when
the time came to vote on tho final pan
sago of the bill tho opposition conimeno
cd to use all the power granted by par
liamentary usages to defeat or delay its
passage. Motions to adjourn or rceon.
eider were made, and on each tho yeas
and nays were called, consuming time.
Members went out, but were arrested
by the Sergeant-at-Arms. brought back
and made to pay tho costs ot their ar
rest. Washington, January 21, 1807.
In the Senate to-day, Mr. Wade in
troduced a bill to place tho appointment
of United States Marshals in theSupremo
Court.
The legislative appropriation bill was
reported from the Finance Committee
with amendments.
The tariff bill came up at ono o'clock.
Mr. Gri uies led off wilh a fierce attack
on it. and a bitter denunciation of tho
Protectionists, whom li; charged with
subsidising the press and coercing men
to tho support ot their schemes tin ier
penalty of political ostracism.
A number of amendments wero offer
ed, but none wero adopted, except ono
to admit b ok maps and charts, for tho
use of imblii! libraries, tree ol'ilui v. ntnl
onu increasing llio lntvrm linsnml ui.il '
linsi ed oil.
. ; - a j -
Toward the close of the day's proeco-
dings, Mr. Spraguo denounced tho bill
ns commercial i.'ivnr, iiisirncuvo ot llio
manufacturing interests of thu country.
The debate drags along so slowlv that it
is impossible to predict when the bill
will bo put upnu its passage. A night
session to-morrow is probablo. There j
ii o several iiiipimuub aiuuni.uicnis yet
to bo offered.
During tho morning hour a spicy
passago of words occurred between
Kelley, of Pennsylvania, and Cooper,
of Tennessee. Tho question rf liecon-
alT.ti.ittr.it t. .id 1 t.-.itl . f .. l.t .l..l.il.. An
a bill prohibiting laud scrip from buiiig j dollars per day.
given to thu Southern States for Agri- The Committee in tho New Orleans
cultural college purposes Mr. Kelley : lmvft,,,m,noned tho reporter of tho
said that Johnson had been guilty of,.,. T . . . . , ....
usurpation in setting up the Southern , bl" LoulH 1 C,:ml'ut to to the
State governments. accuracy ot the rep jit ot the President's
Mr. Cooper, ot Tennessee, said bu ! "Ph which Congress
excepted to Kelley s assertion ot Presi- I
ueulial usurpation, and if he was per
mitted he wo uld say to the gentleman,
as tho Scottish Martnion had "onto said,
"Lord Angus, thou hast lied."
Mr. Kelley said tho gentleman was
not permitted to answer, for while the
usurpation was plotting ho (Cooper) was
was the friend mid paid agent and tho
conlidental clerk of Andiew Johnson,
and unless all conscience was extinguish
ed within bun, be was not permitted to
answer.
Mr. Cooper said Mr Kelley was
again misstating facts. While ho (Coop
or) wds the private Secretary ot tho
President ho had never received n dol
lar of Ins money, and when the gentle
man said so he lied again,
Tho Speaker called both to ordoiyind
they took their soats.
At one o'clock Mr. Steven's enabling
bill came up, ami he yielded the lloor to
Mr. Raymond, who spoke an hour in
opposition to tho measure, creating no
little disappointment among those who
were anticipating a radical speech. Tho
tenor of his remarks weio in favor ot
still adhering to tho Constitutional
Amendment as tho basis of restoration.
Mr. Washhurne followed in a speech,
claiming full power of Congress to deal
with the Southern States as it saw prop
er. When ho finishod, ovorybody ex
pected a Bpeech trom Thad. Stevens, but
he simply rose, and, to the great aston
ishment ot the IIouso and tho crowded
gullorius, said that unless he changed bis
mind he should movo to morrow to lay
bis enabling bill on tho table He theu
sat down, and tho IIouso proceeded to
hear Mr, Morrill's speeoh on the finau
oial et nation.
. A canvass ot th J House demonstrated
that Mr. Stevens's bill would bu referred
to the Committee on .Reconstruction,
instead of being passed, and heitreferod
its defeat outright, and bv his on mo
tion, to its referouco as a mild way of
killing it , ; ; .
The President's veto mdssitgo of tho
Colorado and Ncbiask i bills is coui,lij.
tod, and probably g'i in to morrow. The
objections urged nguiust tho Colorado
', ! ,iiii:j; (. 1 '-" i .' 1
bill were in the main tho same i s urged
in tho veto of the same bill at lust ses
sion, Tho President also objects to the
proviso requiring the Territorial Gover
nor to call the Legislature together to
pass a law for the new State declaring
for universal suffrage.
Although the House Committee on
Hanking and Currency agreed to-day to
report tho. Randall bill providing for
substituting legal tender notes tor nation
al bank notes, it is at tho same timo
learned that a majority of the committee
do not favor tho bill, but deem it best
to bring it beforo tho IIouso for an ex
pression of its opinion. The couutry
banks, especially iu tho West, aro send
ing in protests daily against tho' adop
tion of tho bill.
Tho Judiciary Committee, today, in
the House, had up thu investigation
relative to selling colored persons in
Maryland into slavery for crime, and
were informed that tho Maryland Leg.
islaturo ha I repealed the law providing
for such sale on yesterday.
Washington, January 2.), 1807.
The Senate was engaged on tho Tariff
bill from ono o'clock till seven, when tho
want of a qucrum compelled an adjourn
ment, through it was tho intention of
the friends of tho measure to sit it
through till a vote was reached, if it took
till midnight. Tho duty on caiinel coal
wos increased to one dollar and fifty
cents por ton. As reported in the bill,
tho rate was fifty cents on tho Nova
Soitia article, and a lew other rates wero
increased also, but most of tho amend
ments offered were voted down.
To day was private bill day m the
House, and nothing of public interest
took place. An effort to censure Mr.
Cooper for words spoken in debate on
yesterday was made and abandoned.
The panio in tho New York stock
market to-day elicited great inquiry hero
of tho Treasury Department. Secretary
McCulloch, among other rumors, con
tradicted ono telegraphed over that he
had ceased withdrawing four millions of
legal tenders per month.
Tho President convened tho Cabinet
to-day in protracted session. Every
member was present and the business is
said to havo been unusually pressing and
important.
It is hardly believed that any new re
construction measure will bo put through
this session, for want of time, but that
tho whole subject will go over to the
Fortieth Congress.
The Ways and Means Committee
havo di.no nothing towards changing tho
lax on distilled spirits. The published
statement, therefore, that they have
agreed to put it at one dollar per gallon
is untrue.
To day was the list day on which the
President emil I sen. I in his veto of the
'mil
lroviilhi:' for universal suffiairu in
tho Territories. As ha did not do so it
; is btlievcd that he has h
j ten days purposely, and
Id it over the
allowed it to
become a law witoul his signature
Tho veto, of the Colorado bill will not
now go in until Monday. The Prei-i-
dont has delayed it until the arrival of
qov,,,.
rnor Cuinmings, ot Colorado, who
reached hero to night and had an inter
view at the White IIouso.
Tho internal revenue receipts have
been quito sleadj for several weeks.
I They average now about 'half a million
is charged with instigating the riot
The reporter is now hero. Ho will also
bo examined by the Judiciary Committee
concerning the threat to kick men out
of olliao.
LEGISLATIVE HEFOUM A CONSTITU
TIONAL CONVENTION I'KOPOSED.
In view of tho rccei.t manifestations of
legislative corruption, tho Chamboisburg
liepository urges immediate and fnnda.
mentd reform in tho Legislature. It as
serts that it is idio to attempt reform by
the election of 'upright men,' for, these
men by reason of their supposed stan
ding nt homo, exercise n greater license
in debauchery The RepoHloni contends
there is but ono simple, .practical, tffeo
lual remedy, and that is a Constitutional
Convention, whiul), it say, -.should bo
demanded by petitions, by delegations,
by mass meetings, by the manly utter
ances of an unshackled Press, until even
the corruptioiiists themselves shall bow
to tho thunder of their masters Let
them demand a Convention to incor
porate iu their organic law provisions
substantially as lollows t
1. That tho Senate shall consist of ono
bundled members, to be chosen by single
districts.
2. That tho IIouso ot Representatives
shall consist of tour hundred members,
each to be oleutcd in a single district.
8. That all legislation relating to cor
poration interests shall bo by general
Iftivs, and that no special charters or
corporate privileges whatever shall bo
granted but by tho courts.
4 That thero shall bo no snecia
appiopriatlon ot money from tho treasui'
..I.tl...- ..v.inl.f l,trtl, . Ill.1i.'l..l fl...l...
lit; uiuima vaviv itfuu ujii.iviii iiulitg.
5. That the members of thu legislature
shall bo paid five dollars por day, for the
period of sixty daysi and bo prohibited
from appropriating to themselves any
additional sum for protracted sessions.or
fir extra or adjourned sessions beyond
sixty days in the your. .
0. That no subordinate officer shall bo
Appointed In eitlior branch, or receive
uny compensation for servlccs.unlcss a
bill shall . have : been p'ssed by both
brunches oroaling thu oillce and defining
its duties, , , , .. , t ,.,.
7. That no bill of any kind shall pass
either branch without receiving a ma
jority ot tho whole vote ou a cull of the
yeas and nays.
"It would bo the most txpensivo re
form," answer the quibblers who, un
willing to meet the issuo squarely, wish
to (May tho day of the .effectual reck
ouing ot the peoplo. Wo answer that
it would bo vastly economical, Tho
whnlo cost ct n legislature consisting of
tivo hundred members and tho necessary
officers, under tho foregoing provisions,
would not bo as much as our present
Logislaturo costs wilh but one hundred
and thirty-three members, and there
would be the incalculable advantago
of the arrest of tho profligate appropria
tion of money for any and overy purposo
that will pay the lobby j and in addiiinj)
to tho advantages ot saving the public
treasure, it would secure houest legisla
tors." The Harrisburg correspondent of the
Philadelphia Ledgi-r thus alludes to the
proposed Constitutional Convention i
'Tho preliminary steps for amending
the Constitution of the State havo been
taken. Mr, Quay has offered a bill
providing that at the next general elec
tion the people shall volo either "For''
or "Against" a Convention. This Coil'
volition, it it is held, will bo composed
ot delegates from every part of tho State,
whoso duty it shall be to suggest amend
ments to the Constitution. Nothing
has yet been said as to tho character of
thosu amendments. One of those pro
posed will probably be to striko the
word "while" from tho Constitution,
and another to etianrfo tho inodo of
electing Senators and Representatives -
It is impossible to effect any amendment
until 18'.'!), tho Constitution requiring an
interval ot live years to elapse between
each change or addition to any ot its
provisions, and tho soldiers " voting
clauso having boon inserted in 1SG4."
THE NEW JUKY BILL.
Governor Curtin, in his last annual
message, reoaiunumdod to the attention
of tho Legislature, tho passage of a
general Jury Law, to change the pres
ent mode of soleoting jurois iu the Com
monwealth. Mr. Humphreys, of Tioga,
last evening read in place a bill to meet
the recommendations of Governor Cur
tin. The first section of this act pro
vides that at the next general election,
the qualified voters ot each county shall
elect two Jury Commissioners, but that
no elector shall vote for moro than one
commissioner. Tho second section
provides that tho said commissioners
shall meet together wilh the Sheriff"
twenty days beforo tho first term cf
Qiarter Sessions, each year and suc
ceeding year, uud select alternately
trom the laxahles of tha county a suffi
cient number ot persons, to be placed in
tho wheel, from which the jurors uro to
ho drawn. The pay of the commission
ors is to ho the same as tho county com
missioners. In case of sickness, dva'li,
or any other cause, tho President Judge
of the District bhall appoint to fill a va
cancy. A REVOLUTION . RY THREAT.
Tho Washington C'n.tiuliotial Union
u edited by Col. T. J. Florono", a near
friend of IVosidunt Johnson. Its issue
of't'tio 17th contained the remarkable
statement, in referring to the adminis
tration, that, 'it nucosiary, its strong and
iron hand will bo invoked to stay tho
course and prevont t'na consumation of
Ridioal troison. Tiio great oath of the
Proideiit to protect and defend tho
Constitution will not bo forgotten, and
the people who sustain him witli t'ueir
500,000 majority of the voling popula
tion, North and Sjutli, will not forget
him. Events have already brought the
Government to the very verge of an
other revolution. If tho R'idioal major
ity in Congress pursue.) its treasonably
course maJi longer, ths (rioarntnant, in
order to sustain iUelf, will luoc to arm its
mppurttrs. At the call of tho President,
ail hisfiioiidi MorUi and South, and thu
army and tho navy will respond Iu
such a con tost thu issuo cannot bo doubt
ful. Congressmen it ay be valiant fight
ers on tho floor of Congress, but when
they come to lead their cohorts into tho
field it will be another tiling The real
armies and great soldiers ot tho Republic
will bo found lighting under the Hag.
Wo ndviss tho opposition of tho deter
mined and fixed fact, that Andrew John
son will serve out his constitutional term
of oilier'
Uootii's Diaiiv The diary ot Wilkes
IJooth, taken from his body after Ids cap
ture, is now in the hands of I he proper
investigating committee, having been
handed over to it by the authorities.
For some reason its contents were not
used on the trial. It shows that ho was
an agent of the ConfedeiatcGovorncnenl,
and received money lrom it, and that ut
one time, at least, the plan was to kidnap
Mr. Lincoln. It is believed to implicate
only IJooth and Ilarrold In tho nssassina
tion. Thu entry made on Friday, tho
21st of April, ono week alter thu inur.
der, shows that it must havo been writ
ten in a perfect agony ot mind. It de
scribes his position, with a broken leg in
the midst of a Swamp, alono, an outcast,
an assassin,, weighed down by bis guilt,
and a feeling that God would refuse for.
giveness. It is altogether such a cry of 1
unman agony as seiuoiu nuns expression
in words.
In the Supreme Court of the United
States, on motion ot Ron. lieverdy
Johnson, Bradley T. Johnson, formerly
from Maryland, afterwards a rebel gen
eral, and now ot Richmond Vn , was
admitted to tho bar ot that court under
the now rule roscindino; the test oath.
LICENSE LAW IN WASHINGTON CO,
' Mr. Ewing, of Washington county,
read in place an act relating to licenses
in said county, which provides that thu
act of March 31, 1830, shall not bu so
construed as to compel the Court of
Quarter Sessions ot said county to
enint tavern licenses, unless the Court is
satisfied that the grautiugot the same is
for iho i public good. . ,A ,
COAISION COUNCIL FIGHTS.
A very disgraceful scene occurred In
the Now York Common Council a few
days since, in which inkstands wero
used as missilos, and a general fight was
threatened. A similar scene occurred
last week in the Philadelphia Common
Council. Tho telegraph states that a
personal altercation took placo between
Messrs. Miller and Moy, two of the
members, which ended in a rough-and-tumble
fight. The scene was closed by
the presiding officer clearing the cham
ber and having the gas turned off. At
ono time there was prospect that the
whole chamber would bocomo engaged
in llio fight. Such proceedings, it is
perfectly trite to say, are a disgraco to
a civilized country and to two such cit
ies as Naw York and Philadelphia, and
it is still more deplorable that the gov
ernment ot these cities should bo iu the
hands of such men.
OHIO RIVElt "lfoAT IN THE ICE.
The New Albany Commercial relates
that, on Thursday evening last, about
dsrk, the steamer Darling hove in sight
of Jefferson ville, coming down tho river,
and as she came nearer it was discover
ed that she was fast in tho immense
fields of strong flo'ling iou, perfectly
unmanageable, and drilling with the
current, with a strong probability of
going over ibo falls. Tho shore was
lined villi intensely anxious spectators,
who. could do nothing but sympathize
with thu app .rently doomed passengers
and crew. As tho boat approached
nearer to tho fulls, six of the persons on
board resolved to imitato Eiiza, tho
heroine ot Mrs. Stowe's 'Uncle Tom's
Cabin,' and risk their chance of escape
ou the floating ice, in which tboy were
fortunately successful, though ono ot
them pot a cold bath and narrowly es
caped drowning by breaking through.
The increased rapidity of tho current
near the fills caused an opening iu the
ice, which euallled the crew to finully
work the boat over to tho Louisville
shore.
Pnoi'osiiU Union of Methodists, A
call has been issuo 1 lor a conference of
Wesleyan Methodists in America, They
clain to have withdrawn from the
Molhodiat connection ou account ot US
alliance with slavery, and as that is now
removed, they say, meither tho claims
of General Chiiatiatiity, nor personal
obligation to our associates, demand of
us further efforts tD mai-itaiu a separate
ecclesiastical body, lleing persuaded
that the providence of God points us to
the Methodist Episcopal Church as a
home, ar.d a field ot lalhir where we may
moro effectively prosecuto tho work of
spi ending scriptural holiness oyer these
lands, wo now invite nil brethren who
entertain liko views to meet in confer
ence, at, Adrian, Michigan, iu the Col
lege chapel, on Wednesday, January
30th, 1807. Wo will then and there
cmsider tho timo and manner of pro
ceeding, sous to .harmonize fully with
our obligation to God and onr brethren.'
NliW PLAN OF RECONSTRUCTION.
A Washington special to the New
Yolk TiMt'S says : 'Since last Novem
ber the leading politicians, North and
South, Republicans, Democrats, and ex
Rebels alike, have been ut work on a
plan whereby the differences between
ibo North and the South, and between
tho Executive and Legislative branches
of iheGovern i cut would benatisfictori-
ly adjusted. Sutlrage and amnesty
form the basis of the proposition. For
instance, it South Carolina will adopt
thu Massachusetts suffrage franchise, the
President is willing to issuo a proclama
tion of amnesty to all who approve ot it.
The people of South Carolina, blacks as
well as whites, can elect loyal represeu.
tatives to Congress, and Congross will
determine ou their admission. The Ad
ministration is seriously considering this
proposition.
Tun drawing camo oft' for tho Crosby
Opera House in Chicago last week. Mr
A. II. Lee, of Randolph Co. Ills, drew
thu House, and immediately sold it to
Mr. Crosby for 1200,000. Quito' a
large number of ticket's wero held in
this county, but as wo have heard of no
one becoming suddenly rich, tho hold
ers must bu among the "blanks." It is
generally acknowledged to have been
u gigantic "sell." Wo hope a lesson
may follow ibis disappointment.
A raco took place last week on tho
ico ol Cayuga Lake, in New York, be
tween a man who was on skates and
ono without skates. The wager was
for 9100, and the distance run seventy
five yaads. Tho skater wus beaten, his
opponent arriving at tho goal ton feet
ahead. A great deal of money was lost
from bets on tho skater, he being the
champion of that section. It is said
two thousand porsons witnessed the
race.
N. P. Wilms, well known by his
literary productions, died at his resi
dence, Idlowild, near Now burg, N. Y.,
on Sunday evening 20th inst., his six
tieth birthday. Ha was born at Port
land, Me., Jan 20th, 1807.
Tun man who mado a shoo for the
toot of a mountain is iow engaged ou a
hat for the head nf a discourse.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS'
ICxcciitor'g ,oiicc
TETTETS Tostamontiiiiry having boen
J Ki'imted to thu imilorslned upon tho es
tate of 11. W. Robinson, lato of Clurksvllle,
Oruenii county, Pa,, deceased, nollco Is here
lV alven to ail persons havimt claims nitalnst
mild estate to present llieiu properly nutlientl
eiitod for settlement, nnil those knowing thorn
pelves Indebted tu said estate will ptunso nuke
payment promptly.
, . HCTII ROBINSON,
1 DAVID ARNOLD, Jit , ' '
. Jim30,07-w :. . Executors. I
CAY CLOTHING AT
K. CLARK & SON'8.
GOOD CLOTHING AT
N. CLARK fc SON'S.
GrO TO
N. CLARK & SONS.
ROOM. TWO DOORS
WEST OF THE ADAMS HOUSE,
May 10, ly.-cb.ian30,'67.
Slicriir'a Sale.
BY virtue of a writ of Venditioni Exponas,
issued out of the Court of Common Pleus
of Greene county, arid to mo directed, there
will bo exposed to pulihc sale, nt the Court
House. In Wsynssburg, ou SATURDAY, ltith
DAY OF MARCH next, at 1 o'clock, p. m.,
tho following property, viz:
All tho the right, titlo, Interest and claim of
Defundent, of, In and to a certain tract of land
situate iu Richhill township, Greene county,
I'ii... ndiniuinir lands of Harrison Johnson.
John Killen, Burnett's heirs, John Lsugh-
ridgo and others, containing EIGHTY-TWO
ACR32S more or Icbs, on which is erected one
liowed log house, log Burn and other out
buildings, and about fifty acres of which is
cleared, and on which thero is a good annle
orchard, &c.
Taken in execution as the property of John
Itims nt tho suit of Thomas Inms for use of
Mary Ann Wilson. HEATH JOHNS,
junao,'7. sirff.
PRIVATE SALE
Valuable Property
fpHE UNDERSIGNED OFFERS FOR
1. sale tho property situate on Job's Creefc,
in Jackson townsWp, Oieone county, Ph.,
known as the "Wilson Farm," containing
1S2. AORESS!
more or less, sdioinlng lands of Jonathan
Kurrens, Elisha Hinchart, Henry Monre and
others. Said farm is in good cendillon, and
hns for Improvements two hewed log houses,
saw mill In good repnir, thiity lino frult-bear-Infr
trees and is well wntered, 20 acres rich
bottom land Is a spccinl inducement to pur
chasers. For Information concerning terms,
rail on Mm at tho promises, or address at .
Whi'e Cottngo, GrccBO county, Pa.
JanllOtt. JACOB WILSON.
J. HICKUNC & CO.'S
GREAT SHE OF WITCHES,
Ok tho popular ono prlco plan, giving every
patron n handsome aud reliable watch for the
low prlco of Ten Dollars I Without regard to
valuo. and not to bo paid for unless perfectly
satisfactory I
IMIO SiiIISOiiIiI llrnitlnjrWutrhm $2(10 to 7fK
A0O MilKlnCllnl flitlil WntcllHI 200 to 600
ma Lnillmi' Wiiti'lion, HimmvlliMl 100 to 800
1,000 UiilillIimtliiKOhmniimrtor Watchoi 460 to 800.
I. 000 (Inlil lliiiillnn KiikIIi.Ii liiivon 300 to 2fiO
II, 000 (lolil UimtliiK Unplnx WntrllM 1W) to 200
6,000 Onlil IliintlnnAiiirrlain WatcUos 100 to JftO
6,000 Rllnir Hunting Linon . 60 In 1
6,000 Sllvnr UimtliiK DiiuIoxm to 2M
6 000 (lolil l.aill' Wnti'llt . . , 60 to 260
10,000 Onlil UnntlliR L'plnin - 60 to 76
10,000 Mlnoi'lliinoiiiinSllror Wntchot 60 to 100
26,0110 HiiiiUiiSIWirWt'h . 26 to 6a
90,000 Awmrtiiil Wittchm, oil ktnito 10 tu J5
Krary nntmn oIiMIim Wittoh by thin nmumnmit', wti
ItiK lit $10, wlillo It nwjr t worth (160. Mo ptuUtllty !
ilmwn.
Mi'.m J. lllckllni k Co.'i grout American Wntcli Co, '
Nuw York City, wlin to ImmedliiMy iIIhoimio nfthn mharn
nrngnlflnint Stuck. Cortlflcnton numlniartk-lrd, utiiIus
oil In miiilttil fthvuliinr. UuUliin two outlllHl to tliitRrtlrlm
imiiipil on tlwlr r rrUllrrtpfl, upon nyjilimt of Tin Dollnin, ,
wlirtliiir It In' Wutrh worth r 60 nr one worth low. Tli '
Tliori'tnrnof onr orrt Moulin mitltlM yon to tlin trtlnlo
nnmi.il thiwnimn, iinon mymnnt, lrrooctl rn nf Its worth, "
nntl an no iirttrltt vahieil linw ttmn 910 Ia nAinurl on Any f rr- :
tlllnntr., It will At ono iHiiorn ttiAt tliln la no lottery, hut i
A Htmliilit-forwiinl li'Rltlnwtii trannArtlon, whluunmy I '
inrtli liiAti'il Iu ovi'U liy Ihc ninit fnntlilloui I
A alngli' OttrtlllfAtn will hu mint hy oinll, iiont-pnhl, upon
rriit ofltt ci'tiM, flro fortl, olevm for ti, tlilrty-tlirao ami
olt'lfitut nritinlninorffMlxtyHlXAnil moravHlUAliloiirmiil-
urn lor 10. ono hnmlrxil unit mint miMirli Watch fur 116.
To AitiitA or thills winking rniloymtiit thli ta nrAre op
portunity. ItliAlogittinately ooluhlctod hURlniw, duly
Aiithorlxcil hy tluiUiivonininiit.Aiiil open to thotuiMt oar
fnlKrutlny. Tarsal Aihlrm, t"
J. 1IICKL1N0 CO, I )
' 119 Broadway-Woar P. 0, . ,
JanM.'OT-Smol City of Ntw Vofaf.":j