mm. jummuM
it SAYERS, WoninTppbTliher
WAYNESBURO:
WEDNESDAY. MABCli 20, I8C7.
"t i i iv lit t u
iV7?lK JlAMrSUIRE IS OURS!
Wo Imyo carried tho Stato handsome
ly. 8000 majority for Governor j mnj.
orities averaging 1000 each for three
Congressmen and a majority of 75 in
the lower IIouso of the Legislature.
There ia nothing in this to afford com
fort or encouragement to tho Democrat
ic; party. Tho President is again rcpii
diated and Cougrea9 sustained. The
election of a Republican Mayor in Cairo
is a token that tha darkness haa passed
froai Egypt. Tho election in Portland,
Hangor, Gardiner, LcwLton, &a , in
Maine, have all gouo ono way. New
port, Kentucky, has also added its item
to the aggregate of Republican victories.
Here and there a Democrat is slipped
into oflico on the strength of his person
al popularity. It ia simply an example
oi snocess in Bpito or oiijeoiionable pul
itio Nor is there any hope ft,r lhe party
unless it goes through a system of pur-1
gation and purification. It is saturated ;
with tho spirit of treason. Tliu Democ
raoy of the North must disavow all sym
pathy with secessionists, or tho party
will dwindlo to nothingness.
THE MILITARY !Xm7lNMCIW.
Tha District commanders selected by tlio
President under ths Military Bill for tlio gov
ernment of the Smith, arc all right. To the
First District, consisting of Virginia, General
Bchoflold ; te tlio Saoond District inolud'.n.;
North Carolina and South Carolina, General
Sickles; to tho Third District, including
Georgia, Florida and Alabama, General Thom
as; to tho Fourth District, IncHulins Arkan
sas and Mississippi, General On'; and to ll.o
Fifth District, including Louisiana and Texas,
General Sheridan.
Though tardy in making these selections,
ho Bhould lmvo tha credit of having- made
good ones. General Grant has Issued the ne
cessary order and tho olllccrs named have by
this timo entered on tho practical administra
tion of tho Reconstruction Law.
Tiik "Gukat Ilnri'isuo." Tho Steam
er of the foregoing name left the port of
Pittsburgh on Saturday last for tho
southern trado, her future field of ser
vice, Sho is described as the handsom
est model, the largest and most com
pletein all hcroppointmentsof any vessel
that ever Coated on tho Western waters.
The dimensions are s Length on dock,
330 feet ; width of beam, 1 feet : depth
of hold, 10 feet; deckS inches thick
lhe boat draws but four and a half
feet water light, and has capacity for
two unusawi nvo Hundred tons. Her
chimneys are scvei) feet in diameter, and
thirty-throo feet high above hurricane
deck.
The Great Eastern of tho West, tho
prido of Pittsburgh manufacturers and
the glory of her boatmen she goes forth
on her mission of usefulness nccouipnn
cd by the best wishes of Western Penn
sylvania. The local golumiis of our Pittsburgh
cotempararies teem with accounts ol
highway robberies, burglaries, and, in
short, every species of crime where greed
of 'filthly lucro" is iho incentive, afford
ing a sad commentary on tho times up
on which we have fallen. Tho pictures
daily presented to tlio public of the ne
farious operations of theso qutlaws,
through tlio industry of nearly a score
of cnorgetto reporters, is truly frightful,
but it would seem that crimes' with
out number are almost nightly com
mittod which tho public arc tiono tlio
wiser of.
FENIANS.
Perhaps, without tho possibility ot
success, tho Fenians have inaugurated
rebellion in Ireland. They iiavo pow
erful would-bo auxiliaries in tho reform
ers ot England and their brethren on
this continent. A movement to fit out
privateers to prey ou English commerce
is whispered of.
"Vengeance is mino saith tho Lord I"
We have no dosiro to seo "Merrio Eng
land" drenched in fraternal blood, but
we should like to hear of an Irish navy
afloat' that would soourgo tho commerce
oi her nabobs from tho seas,
Tub President, too, "accepts Iho
situation," and declares tho Military Bill
to be a law of tho land ; advises his
friends of the South to adopt it as tho
heat they can get. It is received with
favor by mon of tho South who at first
were its btttorest oppnnnnts. Many of
tho states have initiated the mnvomont
of reconstruction under its provisions.
Tohoy.
Tim Logislaturo has movod to
adjourn on tho 3rd prox, They have
accomplished little tho past week. The
Connetlsvillu liill has boon defeated and
the bogus Free Railroad Bill passed,
The Governor has not acted upon it, a
veto U expected, yes, demanded. Tho
pooplo have spoken and they who heed
not their voloe do it at their peril,
t t r r
A Riot. Ou the 15th mat. . a riot
occurred between soldiers and citizens at
Carlisle, Pa , in which one eitizon was
killed and several . woiiudu J. Tho
cause and which party wort the eg
grsssors li Dot stated.
Cait. 11 U. Aiiiiams, of tho steamer
"Uiiefuin," Peoples Li.io, publishes a
letter in tho Pittsburg Commercial, refu
ting certain false accusations mado by
the Chronicle of thatcit) concerning tho
Lino with which ho is identified. Shown
ing conclusively that tho Old Line was
guilty of numerous aggressions, un
worthy of honorable contestants, he of
fers tho following which will bo subs
scribed to by every iinprodjudiccd per
son acquainted with past travel on tho
Mononsauela river s It would bo tak-
ing up too much of your space and time,
Mr. Editor, to go nacK to wo origin oi
this trouble, but allow mo to state that
in 186a in consequence of the poor ac
commodations of tho Old Lino, their
exorbitant prices, tho unaccommodating
spirit, tho gross injustice to thoso that
had lost freight and received damages,
the favoritism shown to a few to tho
detriment and exclusion of the rights of
the many; compelled the inhabitants t
this crowinff and rich valley to sock
self-protection by establishing a lino of
steamers ot wmeii tney nai somo con
trol, this was tho cause ot tho advent ol
tho People's Lino; owned and governed
by tlio farmers, tlio mechanics and man
uficturers of tho ni'.st important trado
that pours its riches into tu lap of the
great city of Pittsburgh. That it has a
great inU8t in tlio final success ot the
People's Line, I hopo it i equina no
further argument on my part to estab
lish. The line is erg mixed and con
ducted on democratic and equitable
principles, but like all groat, rolorms, it
has a ninunlnin uf difficulties to over
come: the indiffcicni'A. tho penurious
nt"s and timidity ol many that arc n
ally deeply interested, tho penny saved
and pound foolish policy of others, and
tlio pei'sistonl misivp: emulation anil
corrupt practices of the Old Line, not
only makes our progret-s slow, but it
times doubtful, It is only by the man
ly efforts ot the citizens of Iho valley in
sustaining the lino, and justice from the
editors ot your cily, that wo can hope
to succeed, that the traveling public
of iho Mimongahcla valley is not now
cursed with duty boats, high fare, stub-
oy beds and a mean table, is simply ow
ing to th J presence ot tho People's L,uu;
thi'y are well acquainted with tins laet,
and lf'lhey seo proper to bestow their
palroi a,' on tho worst monopoly that
ever oppressed a community, all they
have to do is to travel on tho old line.
NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CONVEN
TION. Th committee of correspondence ap
pointed by tho llo Democratic State
Convention, held in Louisville, Ken
tucky, have issued a call for a national
gathering of the parly to meet in tha1
city on the. 7th of May next. The pur
pose of tliis, truthfully remarks the Pitts
burg Dispatch, is to devise means for
resurrecting tho Democracy, which the
ca'l humorous'y styles the only hope ol
the country. Rut if wo are to believe
ropoit, lliero is no more probability of
the coming Convention being serviceable
to tliu Democracy than was the Chicago
gathering which nominated General
McClollan for tlio Presidency. The
united Democracy there resolved the
war for tho lit'j of iho nation 'a failure;'
from the coining convocation ot ba filed
traitors and their sympathizers, we will
hear a ditlcrent cry ono for magnaui
mity towards 'a gallant but fallen foe.'
We cannot divine the purpose of tho
Deniocratio leaders in Kentucky, in calh
ingvtho Convention in question. They
soem entirely desperate in their spas
modic efforts to put their parly on a
road likely to load tliom to power. Hut
this is a hopeless undertaking, eren in
Kontucky, which gave McClellan some
forty thousand majority, Thrro the party
is hopelessly divided, and instead ot its
leaders calling a National Convention to
revive the parly throughout tho Union
they ought to look nearer homo and
endeavor to unite themselves tor tho ap
proaching August election. That they
require union is ev'dont from the follow
ing paragraph which recently appeared
in tlio Louisville Dtmocru'. After in.
dignaiit'.y repudiating tho lato Demo
cratic gathering, that paper said :
There is already a third party. Ii
exists naturally.' It is the only right
paity. Shall it not have a ticket tor
which it can vote with a good conscience
and a consistent record I As we have
said, there aro many thousand of votcis
in this Slato who will not vote lor either
of these tickets that aro provided for
them. Let us have a ticket wo cun sup
port. Wo ought- to get a majority in
Kentucky, nnd we shall got it; tor neither
of these present parties can live. They
will have a short future. They carry the
seeds ot dissolution in their organi
zations. This looks fatal to the
success of tho Louisville Convention
which was, it soems, Jjut the forerunner
oi tho national gathering, called for the
coming May. Looking at the proocc
dings of these people in tho must dispas
sionato manner possible, wo aro somo
times bowildercd at thuir audacity and
stupidity. They appear to bo more
wicked and foolish than when they at
tempted to destroy our Government.
Instead ot penitence tor their misdeeds,
they give us defiance and insolence; and
instead ot crawling on their knous asking
for pardon, they stand erect, nnd with a
swagger 'desire to dictate terms to tho
triumphant power which saved tho hfo
of the nation. We speak, of course, of
the iuoxorablo lenders of the late rebell
ion, and not ot their innocent and delu
ded victims, who are indeed most pitiful
objoots of eoinmisseration. Those poor
people wore opposed to secession, as
their votes proved, until forced into it
by aspiring demagogues; their fault was,
like luj-mr's ambition, most grievous,
nnd grievously lmvo they answered it,
Rut they should not forget, in their
present misery, that the men who inflic
ted it upon them are the same who now
want a National Democratic Conven
tion in Louisville, tho tone and temper
ot which can bo easily anticipated, as
being unrelenting against the Govern
ment, whose offense consists in its suc
cessful efforts to savo itselt from ruin.
It by such a course these desperate mon
expect to attain power, they aro blind in
deed. The present Democratic organ
ization is as dead as ever tho old Federal
party was, and more so. Nullification
and socession received tho condemna
tion of General Jackson thirty five years
ago, ami it would be extraordinary, iu
deod, if Ihoro heresies could bo success
ful now, becauss of being advocated in
the name ot tho party to which ho gave
vitality and power. No, it is not pos
sible; the Republican organization may
commit errois of a most grievous nature,
for which it may deserve defeat, but the
infamy entailed upcti the present Demo
cratic party, by those having control of
it, who opouly sympathised with the
rebellion against tho Government, will
forever ketp thorn from obtaining tho
con (idi nee of tho people.
ommumcatcfl.
KAL'll THINKS FOIl illM.HU.F,
Put atti-hlinu givi-ii t all wIki coRiiimnlnittj fur tliii
ruliifiiii.
WHY I AM A REPUBLICAN.
Mn Editou: I wish to give in a
series of nrt'ulus, some of the reasons
why I belong to the Republican party,
and not to tlio Democratic parly.
In reviewing the hitorivs of these
two parties, it is unnecessary to go
back beyond the first cleotiou ot the
beloved Lincoln. Then there came
a change so great, so radical, that par
ties, as well as individuals, were tum
id about, and principles that were never
before thought of occupied the attention
ot'men, and drew about them their sup
porters. So that he who would go
back of this is but seal cliing in vain
amid the mouldering records of tho
dead paMt. Now for my reasons.
1st. Tha RrpMir.tin fatty ilitrinj the
tear was the i ovai. pauty, and the Demo
cratic party was the dis:.otu. pauty.
True, when tho guns of treason sent
their iron hail deep crashing against
iho walls of Sumptor, and the Hag ol
freedom was trailed in tho dust by trai
tor hands, men of nil parties felt their
hearts beat wildiy at tho call of patri
ot'iBtii, and rushed as ono party to nave
the. country. Democrats ltd our ar
mies on to victory, and in the legislative
halls stood up manfully for the cause
Hut when tho test came, when the
Proclamation sounded forth to the
oppressed millions "ye shall be free,"
then tho dross was reparat d from tha
gold and Democrats either went Lack
to Iho mammon and hYsti pots of slavo
democracy, or entered the ranks of Re
publicanism and battled on tor loyalty.
The hue was raised, "this is a nigger
war," and "not another dollar and rot
another man to tho war'' became the
rallying cry of Democracy. Then the
lines W'oro fairly drawn, and from that
lime to the close the Republican parly
ceased not to advocate tho war, furnish
men and money, give encouragement to
tlio soldiers in the field; while the Demo
eratic (now copperhead) party as vigor
ously resisted tliu draft, discouraged
tho raising of money, encouraged and
harbored deserters, declined tho "war
to bo a failure,' and by every means in
its power strove to hurl our liberties
forever into the whit ling vortex ot seces
sion. And when tho conflict was ond
cd, and the shouts of victory went up
from the bravo soldiers in the field, Re.
publicans joined in the loud, long, trans
porting anthem, and came out to weU
come home tho "boys in blue.'1 Then
Democracy gathered her mantle about
hor and in tlio spirit of prophecy fore
told ruin to the country when so many
soldiers would bo turned loose, ai;d with
tho frenzy ot despair struck her last
blow at the heart of tho nation and
took from us our noble chief.
These are facts too well known to bo
controverted. They ore stamped upon
iho history of tlio last six years in eher
acturs so plain that all can sco and un
derstand. I speak not of individuals,
but ot parties. Tho Democratic parly
encouraged, harbored and defended
treason, and the Republican party dis
couraged, fought and conquered it. Is
not this nlono sufficient reason why I,
and you, and all other loyal citizens of
this laud should bo Republicans?
With your'permission. I will conlin.
uo my rensous in your next issue. J.
Advkjeto Piusaciikiis. We clip tho
following from an exchange : 15o short
and lively. Load up before you entor
the saored desk announce your text,
when tho liino comes, with distinctness,
aud dash right into discussion. Fire at
point blank range. Keep your cyo on
that drowsy hearer until he booomes
wido awake. Hold the children and
thoso restless young folks under your
command. "Givo a portion'" to tho
aged ouos, who try so hard to oatoh
every syllablo you inter, and, under
some of tho modern pulpit orators, lose
about half. Stir up all tlio pooplo 1
"Shuko off dull sloth" in manner and
fono. Ro in earnest tremendously in
earnest! Timo is passing) eternity is
near i judgement is nt tho door ! Make
an impression, it you can, inside of
thirty minutes i if not, ask God to
give his blessing, and close.
In the Fayette County Court Henry
Smith was fined $75 and costs tor nub.
linhing libel on Rev. John Royd. " I
PITTSBURGH M. E CONFERENCE ON
TllU STATE OI)' TIIE t'OUNTUY.
During the recen' session of tho Pitts
burgh Methodist Episcopal Conference,
at Massillon, the Committee on the Slate
of tho Country presented tho following
report, whiuh was adopted ;
The sta'.o of the country is at tho
proseut time peculiar nnd anomalous
Tho war for tha preory.tlion of the Gov
ernment and tho Union has closed, but
tho ooutliot has not tormiiiatod : it has
only boon transferred from tho field to
tho forum; from the camp to tlio coun
cil. Ideas, not armies, aro tho forces
which now confront eauh other, at.d tho
real issun is whether troason shall re
cover what it loat in tho field er whether
tho sublime tru.hs expressed in the De claration
of Itidepoudenco shall have a
distinct and emphatic recognition and
application in tho reconstruction of the
Gorernmout and Us future administra
tion. Your committee therefore offer
tor your adoption the following reso
lutions :
ileolved, 1st. That we heartily and
emphatically indorse tho action ot the
Thirty-ninth Congress on tho question
of reconstruction, and approve the
measures adopted for tho final settle
ment ol that question.
Itt'so'ced 2d., That believing Chria
ti mity to bo tho basis and bulwark of
civil liberty, we hail with joy as among
the auspicious signs ot tho times tho
tsO2reioutil toiuperano and prayer
meetings.
lltxoloed, 3d. That as 'righteousness
oxalteth a uaiiou but sin is a reproach
to any puoplu,' we will not cease to pray
for our rulors, and will give our influ
ence and suffrages to elevate to oth;)s
ot profit and trust men ot uubonding
moral integrity.
Signed K L. Miller, Chairman; J.
N. MoAbee, J. McCartv, W. Hrown, J.
Mansdl, M. W. Dallas. W. Darby, M.
McK Garrett, A. W. Rults.
AMENDMENT TOTIIE SCHOOL LAW.
IIouso bill No 29i), which passed
somo time 'nice, went through the Senate
K'luealiouul Committee, nod will soon
be in open Senate ItsHitle is -A further
supplement to an act tor tho regulation
of and c intiiiu-inee oi a system of edu
cation of common schools, approved the
eighth day ' I May, Anno Domini one
thousand eight hun lred and litty-four.'
This supplement provides that when the
Hoard of Directors on Controller ot any
school district cannot by agreement with
the owner procure a suitable site for a
school, they may take possession of any
suitable lot not exceeding an acre, and
build thereon, the damages to be deter
mined by impartial viewers, and the
wnolo matter to be settled by the County
Court of Common Pleas. Tho County
Superintendent is required once a year
to call upon and invito the teachers oi
the common schools and other institu
tions of learning in lu-t c iiinly, to ns-etu-blu
and i-rganize a 1 cachet's Institute,
which shall bold a five day's scsMon.und
be presided over by the County Super
intendent or some one deleg ted" by him.
Tho County Treasurers ahull allow
teachers at the rate of ono dollar .tor
every three days attendance upon such
institutes, such money to bo expended
by tho County Superintendent in pro
curing the services of lecturers and in.
structoisfor the institute, and in provi
ding the necessary books and apparatus
for carrying on its work. A report ot
the proceedings of tha several county
institutes is to bo furnished to the St:;to
Superintendent. A very important sec
tion of this uupplcmenlal act is the one
in relation to textbooks. Which pro -vidts
that tho school directors ot any
county, at any triennial convention held
for the purpose of electing a County
Superintendent, to appoint s ivcn of their
number, possessing the necessary quali
fications, whose duty it shall be to agree
upon and select a series of text books.
They shall bo presented for adoption by
the soveraLhoards ot directors, such ao
tion to baof no binding effect, however,
unless confirmed at theaunuul meeting
of directors and teachers; held as now
provided by tho 2ol section of tho Act
of'May8ih, 1801, and when so confirm
ed iho books shall cot be changed until
after the next triennial convention.
SUPPLEMENTAL HKCONSTK IXTION
BILL.
Tho Reconstruction bill passed by
tho Senato is that printed, tvith tho fol
lowing corrections, insert in lien of tho
oath in tho first section, tho following
I do solemnly swear, or affirm, in the
presence ot Almighty God, that I am a
citizen ot the State of ; that 1 have
residod in said State for months
next preceding this day, nnd now reside
in tho county of , or parish of ,
in said Stale, as the ease may be; that 1
am twenty ono years Old: that I have
not been disfranchised for participation
in any rebellion or civil war against tlio
United States, nor for felony committed
ngainst tho 1 ws of any State or of tho
United States; that I have never taken
an oath as a member of Congress of the
United Stales, or as a member ot any
State Legislaturp, or as an executive or
judicial ollioer of any State, to support
the Constitution ot tho United Slates,
and afterwards engaged in insurrection
or rebellion against tlio United States,
or given aid or comfort to tho enemies
thereof,' that I will iiilhfully support
tho Constitution and obey the laws ot
tho United States, and will to the best
of my ability enoourage others so to do,
so help me God.' Which oath or af
firmation may bo administered by any
registering oflicer.
Insert as section three tho following i
That nt said election the registered voters
of each State shall vote tor or against a
convention to form a constitution there
to r under this act; those voting in favor
of such a convention shall have written
or printed ou the ballots by which they
vote ior uuiegmuK us moresum me words,
'For a Convention,' and those voting
against suoh a convention shall have
written or printed on such ballots the
words 'Against a Convention.' Tho
persons appointed to superintend such
elections aud make return ot tho votes
given threat as herein provided, shall
count anil make return ot the votes
given tor and against a convention, aud
the commanding General to whom tho
samo shall havo been returned, shall
ascertain and declare the total vote in
such State for and against n convention.
If a majority of tho votes given on that
question shall bu tor a Couvontion.thon
such a convention shall bo held as
hereinafter provided, but if a majority
of said votes shall be against a conven
tion, then no such convention shall bo
held under this aot; provided, th.it such
Convention shall not bo held unless a
majority ot all suuli registered votes
shall have voted on the question oi'hold
ing such Convention,
Section three as printed becomes sec
lion lour, and the succeeding sections
are changed to correspond.
THE
APPALLING
FLO O D .
BUl'TEKINa AT CHAT
TANOOOA.
Cincinnati, March M. Ti e Gazette's
Nashville special says the reports of suf
fering at Chattanooga and other places
along tho Tennessee river are appalling.
At Chattanooga ou tho 12lh tho water
was from twelve to twenty feet deep in
the city. Many houses wero toppling
over, and others floating away. Tho
Mayor, with a poaso of ciiizons and sol
diers, was foraging among the loaded
cars for food. Tlio agents of tho roa-i
protested, but the Mayor said the people
were starving. Twenty-live dead bodies
were s.'cn llonting down tho river at
1R ldgepirt, Ala , on the 12th. The loss
ot property is estimated at a million dol
lars. General Carlin, at Nashville, ivas
making efforts to send ruiions through
to Chattanooga
Caiuo, Ir.i.. , March 11. The officers
of the steamer Kockpnrt, just from tho
Arkansas river, report tho country
overflowed, and great loss of property
and suffering of the inhabitants. Twenty
seven lives wero lost at Helena by tho
Hood, mostly freedmeu.
THE FLOOD IN TUK WEST.
As yd, says tho Pitts DUpatch, wo
have suffered 1 1 til o or no loss from
fre-hets this spring, although it was
reasonably supposed by many that the
vast accumulations ot snow on our
mountain slopes nnd in our valleys
would o off with a deslruaivo Hood,
Tho lato rains have eaiuud a rise at the
headwaters of the Mouongahola, hut at
Oil City tlio Allegheny is low and re
ceding. Tim people of tho West and
North aro not faring so well. At Mari
etta there was twenty, and at Parkers
burg eighteen feet of water on Wednes
day night. At Callottsbnrg it was sov
en inches higher than during tho recent
freshet At Cincinnati! was three feet
below the high water of lant week, nnd
rising at tho rate of half an inch per
hour, with fifty one feet in the cha'iiel.
There is tweniy-fivc to t over the falls
sullicieiit to Iljat tho Great Eastirn .
while the Lower Ohio is one v.isl ocean
ot water Iro n Hvansville toCdio, inun
dating nearly all tho river towns. There
is sixty tool in the Cumberland nt Nash
ville, and twenty-eight feel on Har
pfth Shoals. Tho Lower Mississippi
is over its banks from Cairo to New
Orleans, while A'kinsas.' Ouachita and
Red liivers aro at flood bight, and
overflowing all plantation bordering
on theso stream.-'. Tho deftruotion to
property is deplorable. At Memphis,
on Tuesday night, the Mississippi only
lacked one inch of being as high as the
Hood of 18G2.
Painful A c c i i b n t. On Tuesday
afternoon, the l!)th ultimo, about four
o'clock, as Miss Rachel AlcCr ieken, of
Marshall Co., W. Va , was going from
her residence, near Rig Wheeling Creek,
to West Union, her horse became tight
ened, near tho residence ot Mr. Shafu,
and threw her, fracturing both bones of
the left leg about six inches above the
ankle. Her calls brought assistance,
when sho was carried to the residence of
Mr. Shato and kindly oared for until
surgical aid could be obtained, which
was not untd alter dark Wednesday
evening, when Dr. Litilo, ot West
Alexander, Pa., who had been sent for,
arrived, reduced the fracture, and dress
ed the broken limb. On Thursday
morning following sho was removed to
hor own residence, and is now in a fair
way lor recovery. lime w and Eiam
inrr. Tlio supplementary Reconstruction
bill offered by Mr, Wilson of Iowa has
passed tho IIouso bv a strict party vote
of 117 Yeas to 27 Nays. It provides
for tho registration of voters precedent
to the election ot reconstruction conven
tions in tho South. The registration
will take place under military direction,
aud iuuludo only thoso who can take a
specific oath ot loyally ami aro qualified
by the act of March 2. Within thirty
days after registration, the commanding
general may order an election t r dele
gates to form Stale Constitutions, which
being adopted by a majority ot the regis
tered" voters, tho Stale may bo admitted
to Congress. Mr. Wood opposed tho
bill, because it gave tho initiative power
to tho military. As it stands, the measure
is intended simply to supply tho omis
sions of the Reconstruction act, and
fixes the most important details of re
organization. North Adams is known as n pleasant
viilage in tho Horkshiro soolion ot Mas.
sachusetts. A few days siuoo a myster
ious gentleman, a stranger, engaged
board ut tho village hotel, Ho desired
that no person would speak to him except
the landlord lie wus good looking and
well dressed. Several Indies endeavor
ed to inuke his acquaintance, but failed.
Finally bolder ones npppoinlcd a com
mittee ot fivo to visit bun. They did so,
and slated their business, lie eyed
them, nnd replied . 'I am a stranger
and a oriminal. I was convicted in New
York ot a heavy crime. The Judge
sentenced me to eight years iu Sing Sing
or to live in North Adams six months 1
choso tho latter,' The ladies retired, and
the stranger was not again disturbed.
Stupid pooplo may oat, but shouldn't
talk, Their mouths may do yery well oi
banks ot deposit, but not of issue,
PltETY GOOD FOU A PIUTE.
The Momidiis Bulletin, mlitt.,1 l, (A, I.
miral Sommcs.' lato of tho rebel
toer Alabama, in dealing with the veto
ot the Military Government bill, says:
'Unfortunately for President Johnson,
however, he has been guilty ot so many
paipaoie violations oi tliu constitution
himself that no ono ivm invn him -r,.,ln
for sincerity when he undertakes to do-
fiirwl (lull tiwtriitiiiifil AT.. U
..-. ...... .,.... .,,,,..y. i.lU UIIU nillU
bcter peace proclamations and veto mes
sages, or mako bettor speeches in do
(elieu ot'coiiMliLutiniml libm-lv tli-m l,oi.
ident Johnson ; but tlion every reader of
tueso productions lias constantly pre
sented to his mind tho painful contrast
oeiwecn wnui no says ami what lie Uoos.
Tiir Rar of Pittsburgh mat on Satur
day last and formally nominated Ron
W. Williams, ot tho District Court ot
Allegheny, as n candidate for the Su
prome Judgeship of Pennsylvania, nee
Chief Justice Woodward whose tune
expires soon. From all accounts h i is
highly qualified to fill tho position aud
wuu UISUIICUOU.
The Supremo Court of tho United
Stntes has ut length decided the consti
tulionality and validity of the prohibito
ry liquor laws. The decision wasnad
by Chief . Justice Chase, leceutly, and
covers not only tho liquor laws but the
laws against lotteries.
Ei.kction Si.si'KNDiai. Rich. Va ,
March Gen. Schofield has suspend
e 1 the municipal election at Fredrieks,
burg It is probable that ho will do
tho samo all over tho State, and that
tho old olllccrs will hold ou uutil a no,v
election
t'li'rv persons from Fayette county,
passed through Pittsburgh, a few days
since, ou their way to Tennessee, where
they intend to settle.
Artemus Ward has directed in his
will that his property, after tho death of
his m. nber, shall gj towards tho erec
tion of an asylum for printers.
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LETTERS TESTAMENTARY on tho
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granted to the undersigned, notice is hereby
given to nil persons indebted to said estate
to make immedlato payment nnd llioso hav
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