--ilk, Cmotrat. ~ fIARVEY BICKI/ER,Editor. m i ■rTfrmcmAmrocK, PA - FOR GOVERNOR, - 111. lIISTEI CLYIIB, OF BERKS. dtO " < ' ' " Wrtjfste of a'• Sfrinned Eel." t . . Tfae following rich morcean vre clip from f the New York Tribune of the 19th inst. OFFICIAL PROSCRIPTION. We cannot realize that he who was made '• President of the United States by the pis tol of Wilkes Booth, has any moral right to remove from office tho>e who helped to make him Vice President in order to fill their places with Copperheads and- ex reb els. Even if it were clear—which surely it is not —that Presidents m ay justifiably lemove from office those who opposed their election, in order to appoint those who sup ported it, we consider Mr. Johnson's case -. very different from that; and wo deny his ' - right to remove those who helped him to office, in order to appoint in-tead those who reviled him as one of the worst of man kind. llcnce we think it right in Congress to do all in its power to save Republicans in office from proscription. Having d<mc "that, wc neither fear nor deprecate his action in the premises, so far as it may be expected to exert a political influence. If he should to-morrow, re- move every Republican office holder with- in bis reach, and appoi.it instead, Randal !t' Uics and Kebel sympathizers,we believe lie would strengthen the party thus proscribed. Our friends in office are very yuiet and ret icent. Kick them out and they will be as . lively as skinned eels in hot vinegar. Wit ness the following : [LIVELY WRIGGLE OF A SKINNED EEL IN HOT VINEGAR." Ed. Dem.] To the editor of the New York Tribune. SIB : I inclose a check for $36, for 24 copies of the weekly Tribune. You may add 23 to my club at this place and one to the club At Auburn Centre, Susquehanna Co. Pa. I have beeu Postinaeter nt th is place for the last five yea*s, nnd always worked to give your pajier u circulation, but Andy Johnson has removed me from office, and appointed a copper head in my place. I chall continue my efforts for the success of the Tribune, and Gen. Geary, while the present Post- HMKter i# circulating a-pi) •or asking returned sol diers, to pledge themselves to ibe support o f Roister Clymer. The circumstances in regard to my remov al are very interesting, and is one of the most no torious acts in pnrsuauto of hay policy" that has vet transpired Yours. L. 0. H. , . Wyoming Co.Pa July 9, 18g6 Capt. -P. M. Burr, the person denomina ted a "Copperhead" in the above letter, and upon whose appoiutmeut to the l'ost masteisbip at Meshoppeo, in this county, the Tribune bases its comments, entered the service in 1861, as a private soldier. His gentlemanly deportments and sol dierlj bearing secured him not only the affections of bis eouipauions, but the es teem of his superior officers. He was pro moted step by step until at the close of the rebellion, in 1805, he held a Captain's commission. Having enlisted about the ti.ue of his majoi ity, he lias uu political status except such as his honorable scars and service as a soldier give him. That he ev -r circulated a paper "pledg ing soldiers to vote for Clymer," we are authorized to say, is simplv a lie—a very harmless lie, it is true —but none the less a tie, on that account. A lie, that the author knew to be such, if lie saw the paper circul ated—which was simply a letter of inquiry addressed to (ten. Geary and the lion. * Heister Clymer, containing five questions, as to their sentiments on the political issues now before the country. The same fetter or one of similar import was freely circulat ed in this place and was signed by almost every returned soldier, without regard to their political sentiments. That the author of this letter should seek to make himself a martyr in the cause of niggerism, is not surprising. That he should pour his griefs in.o the ear 6of Greeley,and through the Tribune into the bosom of its readers is but natural. That in the depth of bis afflictions he should have exaggerated —forgotten to tell the truth — ih his case, is not very wonderful. , But that Greeley, or any other intelligent per son about the Tribune establishment should have consented to publish a letter so desti tute of truth, sense, or grammar, i 9 sur prising and shows to what straights they are driven for political capital—upon, what torn gruel the readers of that journal ate! £d. ,VVe are not surprised tliat the very "Loy al" draft sneaks of the bread and butter bri gade should denounce him as a " Copper head.'* The term has been so often ap plied to good and true men bv this . howl ing horde of disunionists, and negro wor shippers, that, applied as it is no*, to a tnafl who bears the scars of wounds receiv ed" iu the service of his country, it is a term of honor and uot of reproach. i But )-. tbi#- party of i " great moral ideas" this party of "princi '•*r • 4 pie —these "quret and reticent fellows, in office"—rbculd cling with so much tenacity L|gjdace*oftrust and profit under an ad- IminUt rati on they so much despise. We are surprised that Mr. Greeley calls I upon Congress to usurp the power of j the executive to "save Republicans in office,'' j It will need no argument hereafter to prove t that the great mainspring of all their acts j is,, office ftw The sake of plunder—that their "principles" and their pockets are identical —that they are willing to forego even the precious privilege ofabusingthe President, if he will only keep them in office. For j ney told the l*resident this in his love let ' ter. Dr. P. John, promised a triumphant j support in his love letter. "L. O. H." was "quiet and reticent," though, as he says, doing all he could for the Tribune," while in Office. What a quiet, cely set of fellows, they all are"—in office? Notwithstanding their vigorous wriff -0 O O gle and contortions out of office, we should not object if the President took] off the nasty slimy hide of every cuss of them. -- \ We doubt the efficacy, of even a hot vine gar bath to cleanse them of their corrup , tions, and impurities, but as all other reme dies have failed, let this be tried. Of course "L. O. 1i.," is "O. 11. L., or Otis 11. Loomis, the defunct Postmaster of Meshoppen. Of course he "always work ed to give the Tribune a circulation. Of course now that he is "kicked out of office," lie won tLe "quiet and reticent' any longer, but will henceforth wriggle "like a skinned eel in hot vinegar." Of course "the circum stances in regard to my (his) removal are very interesting." Of course they "is one of Ibe most notorious acts &c." (The facts were published in the X. B. Democrat, hence their notoriety— '"everybody reads the Democrat.") Of course Capt. Burr, the wounded sol dier, is a " copperhead." The "skinned eel* says he is. Of course an excoriated j reptile, in hot vinegar won't lie—he ouly "wriggles." Of course "L. (). II." will continue to wriggle, and occasionally harrow up the tender bosoms of the readers of the Tritune | with the tale of his sufferings. Tietter from Secretary Seward Endorsing tile Philaile Iphia t'mu tuition, CASHING ION, July 1.5. Th<- following imporlant letter has just been made public: DEPARTMENT OF STATE, ) WASHINGTON, July 11. [ Sir : Excuse tne for expressing surprise that you ask me whether I appiove of a I call of a proposed Union National Cbnven ! tion of Philadelphia. After more than I live years dislocation by civil war, I regard j the unity of the country its most imrne- I diate as well as its vital interest. The . restoration will he complete when loyal j men are admitted as representatives of tiie I loyal people of the eleven States so long | unrepresented in Congress. Nothing but I this can complete it. Nothing more re j mains to be done, and nothing more is necessary Every days delay is attended by multiplying and increasing inconven iences, erabarassments, and dangers, at home and abroad. Congress possesses the power exclusively. Congress, after a ses sion of seven months, still omits to exercise i that power. What can be done to induce Congress to act ? This is the question of the day. Whatever is done, must be done in accordance with the Constitution and laws. It is in perfect accordance with the Constitution and laws that the people of the United States shall assemble by dole gates in convention, and that when so as sembled they shall address Congress by | respectful petition and remonstrance; and that the people in their several States, Di stricts and Territories, shall approve, sanc tion and unite in such respectful repre ( sentations to Congress. No one party could do this effectually or ! even seems willing to do it, alone. No lo cal or popular organization could do it ef fectually. It is the interest of all parties alike, of all the States, and of all sections —a national interest—the interest of the whole people. The Convention, indeed, may not succeed in* inducing Congress to act: but if they fail the attempt can make matters no worse. It will be a lawful and patriotic attempt made in the right direc j tion—an effort to be remembered with I pride aud satisfaction whether it succeed lor fail. The original Union of the .States j was brought about by movements of the | same character. The citizen who objects to the convention is bound to propose a better plan of proceeding to effect the de sired end. No other plan is offered, or even thought of. Those who should op pose would seem to me to manifest at best, unconcern, if not opposition, to all recon- I struction organizations, and reconciliation I betweeu the alienated masses ot the Atner , ican people. To admit the convention will fail, wou'd be to admit that the peo ple of the United States are deficient in ci ther wisdom or the virtue necessary to continue the existence of the republic. I believe no such thing. A great political writer says thatjgoverument is a seculiar religion, and that the people of every coun try are divided into two classes,each main taining a distinct political faith. The one class fearing the very worst that can possibly happen, and the other hopes, uuder every circumstance, the very best that can in any event happen. Without accepting this theory as absolutely tiue, I think all men do act generally from a mo- j tive to guard against public danger, or else from a positive desire to do good. Both | classes may, therefore, favor th# present at-1 tempt to restore the unity of the nation. f I am your obedient servant. WM. H. SEWARD. Hon. J. R- Doolittle, Chairman Executive Comiorttta, dec. . It is indeed refreshing, says the Danville Intelligencer , to read the above letter, em anating from the pen of Secretary Seward. It seems bat a few months since we heard that "little bell," to indicate the arrest and j imprisonment of some bold and indepen dent Democrat who had dared to question ' the wisdom or policy of the " Government"' and to-dav we fiod'bim sot only ready but anxious to meet and counsel with Demo crats, yes and with Southern Gentlemen too in reference to the course the govern ment should pursue, and to join with them in remonstrating against the unwise, unjust and unconstitutional action of the present Radical Republican Congress. We re joice to see Mr. Seward coming out with this endorsement of the policy which the Democratic party has all the while sustain ed. " Better late than never." But we think if Secretary Seward and some others had seen as far into the millstone about the breaking out of the war as they now 1 profess to do, the work of reconstruction 1 would long since have been completed. While we then commend the letter of Mr. Seward, we think it behooves the Democrats to keep an eye on him and to watch carfullv the movements of these new converts. Under and behind all these I i loud professions" may be deep designs.— ! We are willing that Mr. Seward shall come in and help us save the Union, but we are not willing that he shall get the Democra cy transferred to Mr. Seward ur Mr. John- ; son or any other man. Removals from OfH.-e~Con?ressional Pre cept and Practice, In the House, on Thursday, Mr. SPALD ISO, of Ohio, from a Committee ot Confer ence, reported in favor of a provision that the present U. S. Minister to Portugal should receive no compansation for any further services lie may render in that ca pacity. Mr RAYMOND asked him if he had any objection to stating for what reasons the Committee made this unusual report. — Judge SPALDING replied that he would state no reason, except that the Committee was unanimous in its recommendation ; and refusing very premptorily and emphat ically to permit Mr. RAIMOND to ask anv further question or make any further re mark on the subject, he moved the previ ous question, and foicvd the report, without debate, explanation or delay, through the House. There is nothing very remarkable in Judge SPALDING'S action in shutting off de bate ar.d forcing action upon a delicate and doubtful question. It has come to be the common practice under the pressure of party emergencies, and Judge SPALDING only follows the fashion—discourteous and discreditable as it is. But the action of Congress on this mat ter is worthy of a more full and distinct statement. Mr. JAM is E. HARVEY has been foi the last four years and is I OW Uni ted States Minister at Portugal. Some three mouths since he wrote an unofficial lettei to Secretary Seward on current polit ical topics, in the course of which he ex pressed his concurrence in the policy of the President and his dissent from the action of Congress. This letter was published in the TIMES, and at once attracted the attention of members of the House. Mr. STEVEN'S, when the Diplomatic Appropriation Rill was before the House, moved an amend ment that the Mission to Portugal beahol i-Jied, and the House concurred. On reach ing the Senate this amendment was reject ed ; and when it came back the Ilou.-e re fused to concur, and asked a Committee of Conference; and this Committee, finding that the Mission could not thus be abolish ed, and yet determined to get rid of Mr. IIARSEY, resorted to the means reported by Judge SPALDING re fused to explain or to allow anybody else to explain on the floor of the House. Congress had thus indorsed, in the strongest possible manner, by its own ac tion, the removal of office-holders for ex pressions of opinion hostile to its own. The only offence alleged against Mr. IIA.RVET is the writing of a private letter expressing dissent from the political opinions and ac tions of Congress ! Congress, by tlie Con stitution, has nothing whatever to do with appointments or removals of office-holders; yet it resorts to the remarkable and extra ordinary process of legislation, for the sole purpose of accomplishing the removal of an office holder guilty of the heinous crime of differing from Congress in opinion and of expressing that difference in a private letter And at the very time Congress is thus resorting to such means of exercising a power never conferred upon it, for such a reason, it is trying to rouse the indigna tion of the whole country against the Pres ident of the United States for doing the same thing, in the exercise of a power ex pressly conferred upon hiin by the Consti tution, and in exact conformity with what has been the usage of the Government from the day of its foundation until the present time. The zeal of Congress in regard to re movals from office evidently is a very one sided, and not a very disinterested senti ment. They have no sort of. objection to sucb removal when they e.m make them on their own behalf and against those who dif fer from them in opinion. In all other cases they are opposed to them on princi ple! Judge SPALDING is not exactly the mau whom we expected to lead oft' in tuch a practice.— N. Y. Times—Republican. AWFVL.—A lady inCleveland, Ohio, re cently, was observed to leave a trail ot saw dust behind her. If ladies will wear such things to improve the shape of their limbs, those stuffed with hair are said to be the best. The horses of the Manchester Car riage Company,at Pendleton, are now clean ed by a steam brushing machine. The idea has eviuently been derived from the hair dresser's revolving brushes. JlnaPbUadeljibU National Coaea4ton* j The proposed convention of Union Men opposed to the Radical Disunion Congress, and in f#vor of sustaining President "John- ( soii r is the great topic of the day. It covers the radicals as with a wet blanket. . It was made the subject of a caucus of Radical members of Congress, in which an attempt was made to drill the members in to the support of a resolution to expel any member of Congress that should fckep art in its proceedings. Why don t they attempt it ? The Convention bids fair to.be of greal .importanee.tp the future history and'pros perity of the country.. Good men from all parts of the United- States are recording their names in its fa vor. Ohio, Rhode Island, and other States have already chosen their delegates. General Dix has written a letter favor ing the Convention. Four members of Mr. Lincoln's cabinet Seward, IPclls, Blair, and Bates, most em phatically endorse the convention. The honest and patriotic men of all par ties all over the country, recommenced the holding of the Convention. Tennessee to be Restored to her Rights. The Lower House of Congress on the 10th inst., passed the following : Joint resolution declaring Tennessee again entitled to Senators and in Congress. Whereas, The State of Teuuessce has, in good faith, ratified the article of amend ment to the Constitution of the United States, proposed by the Thirty-ninth Con gress to the Legislature of the several States and has also shown to the satisfaction of Congress, by a proper spirit of obedience in the body of her people, her return to her due allegiance to the government Jaws and authority of the United States . there fore. Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Conyress assembled. That the State of Tennessee is hereby restored to her former proper, practical relation to the Union, and is again entitled to be repre sented hy Senators and Representatives in Congress, duly elected and qualified upon their taking the oaths of office required by existing laws. A correspondent of the New York World says: The resolution taker, by itself to admit the Tennessee delegation into Congress was so clearly right as a naked proposition, that it commanded the entire Democratic vote in the House to-day. There was ob jection to the preamble, and a general de sire among the Democrats and others for a separate vote on the resolution,but Speak er Colfax, who has a decision always suit ed to tiie occasion, would not allow a di vision of the question, but forced a vote on the proposition a> an entirety. Even in this shape but twelve votes all Radicals were cast against it. Governor Houtwell spoke and voted against it, and de.-lared that the Republicans were attempting a virtual surrender of one of their cardinal principles, that of negro suffrage. The resolution vvtni to the Senate, but uo ac tion was taken on it there. ONLY A WHITE GIRL. —The World re marks that as there is no opportunity nowa days to shed tears >t sympathetic sorrow over the sufferings of the "scourged slave,'' even in reconstructed Texas, we cemmend to the easily moved-to-tears women and men of Massachusetts the recent case of a young lady, sixteen years of age, who was soundly flogged in the Aliston Grammar School, of Cambridge, Mass., within sight and hearing of SUMNER'S Alma Mater , Har vard, and almost under the shadow of that cradle liberty Fen uil Hall. The evidence shows that the young lady, for a " some w hat'" impudent answer when reprimanded for whispering, was ordered into a recita tion room, where twenty blows with a strap were administered by the lady assistant, while another held her band over her mouth to stop her screams. During the punishment the master came in and assisted in holding her, and a piano was playing to drown the noise. liut the most singular circumstance con nected with this outrage is the vote of the school committee that the whipping of a young lady, sixteen years of age, "is in ac cordance with the rules for the government of the puhiie schools of Cambridge."— Therefore the committee declined to take notice of this case; but it promises to be brought to the notice of the grand jury.— Meanwhile, had this punishment been in dieted upon some tough, old, and recently reconstructed darkey in Mississippi, the whole State of Massachusetts would have been horrified and indignant. Qjf* The New York Herald au<i kindred sheets are very much concerned about what they term the disbandment of the Democratic party, in view of the Conven tion called to consider national affairs in Philadelphia. There is not the slightest necessity forgetting into a fever about the Democratic organization or name. There will be no change in either and no Con vention will attempt it, but the considera tion of the interests of the whole people is a subject so vital and all pervading, as to engage the energies ol all decent men. But when it comes to baptizing a new party or burying an old one is quite a different bu siness. We are very certain if there is ~ny dead party wants interment it is not the Democratic, and Philadelphia is not the place, nor the 14th of August the time for that grave ceremony.— Ex. What is that which we often see made, but never see after it is done? Ans.—A Bow. Why is a drunken man like a wind mill ? Ans.—His head turns round. If hat is that which is neither flesh nor bone, and yet lias four fingers and a thumb? Ans.—A glove. What is the height of folly ?Ans.-- Spending your last shilling to buy a purse. GiT Why :s a percussion cap like death? Ans.—Because it's a {iet-o-nator , (debt o'na ture. ) """ d Traitors Whetf*thfe Bepnblfcans have got fairly i under way in the great work of ".making treason we hope they will pay £ar ticnlar attention to the followingcase3. The extract<:bolow are those prominent traitors;: l^ AD, BTgVsifs, Sumner, Phillips, Wa.dk and GreiSLkv : •- V. i . , THATTOR STEVENS. "The Union nevershall, with my consent be restored under the Constitution as itfc." TRAITOR SUMXEH. Mr. Sumner, when asked in so many words, on the floor of the Senate, whether . lia.wiMild aid in eseeutmg a bw passed in ' cleat cotoplianoe-with Umbidding of the : I I "Is thy servant a dog, that he should dc this thing ?" rt ' ?! ' TRAITOR PHILLIP?. t M -i ' i '■ Wendell Phillips said in relation to the j war shortly after it commenced r "No man has a right to be surprised at this sort of thing. It is just what we Abo- j ! litionists and disunionists have attempted • to bring about, . I have labored nineteen years to take sixteen States out of the Uri ! ion." TRAITOR WADE. Benj. F. Wade,speaking of the Southern , people, says : "1 am not one of those who would ask tliem to continue in such a union. It wo'd he doing violence to the platform of the party to which I belong," TRAITOR GREELEV. "If the slave States, the cotton States or the Gulf States only, choose to form an in | dependent nation, they have a moral right t to do so. All nations have their supersti ' tions. and that of our people is the Consti -1 tution." £?T The following is from Brooklyn Eagle, and it is well put. It says ; "We quote the following enumeration of grievances from the Declaration of inde pendence, and so far as the South is con cerned, they are as true to-day, as against Congress, as they were ninety years ago as against George the Third : "lie has refused to pass other laws for the accommodation of large districts of peo ple, unless those people would relinquish the right of repiesentation in the legisla ture ; a right inestimable to them, and for midable to tyrants only. (See proposed amendment to the Constitution.) "He has erected a multitude of new of fices, and sent hither swarms of officers to liarrass our people and eat their substance. (Congress attempts to do so under the Freed men's Bureau Bill.) "lie lias kept among us, in time of peace, standing armies, without the consent of the LegLlature. (The Congressional policy.) "He lias affected to render the military independent of and superior to the civil power. (Congress has done so,under the Civil Rights and T'rcedmcn's Bureau Bills. "For imposing taxes on us without our consent. (The South has no voice or vote in Congress.) "For taking away our charters, abolish ing our most valuable laws, and fundamentally the {lowers of our Govern ment. ('llie Congressional policy.) "For suspending our own Legislature, and declaring themselves invested with power for us in all ca p es whatsoever. (Con gress makes claim to this power.'') Age" the only Democratic journal published iu the city of Philadel phia, is in all respects a first class paper,and deserves the wide circulation it now enjoys, The "Daily Age" contains the latest intel ligence from all parts ot' the World, with articles on Government, Polities, Trade, Finance, ai d all the current questions of the day ; Local Intelligence, Reports of Public Gatherings, Foreign & Domestic D 7 O correspondence ; besides special tub grams, it has. all the. despatches ot t'le Associated Press from e/ery part of the United States, and the news from all parts of Europe, brought by the steamers first touch, TERMS OF THE DAILY. —One copy, one year, £9.00 ; six months, £4,60; three months, £250, for any less period, at the rate of one dollor per month. Payment required invariably in advance. Postage on the daily, thirty cents per quarter, or one dollar and twenty cents per aunnm, if prepaid. The above terms will Be rigidly adhered to. Specimen copies of the Daily will be sent gratis, on application. The paper is published by WELSH &C ROBB, 430 Chest nut St, Phila, Greeley's anxiety to get his Radical ftiend Chief Justice Chase out of the scrape of trying Jeff. Davis, is manifesting itself very strongly. The Tribune says : We welcome the news from Fortress Monroe of the assignment of spacious and comfortable apartments for the housekeep ing of Mr. and MrSk Jefferson Davis. By and-by, the farce will have become too glar ing, and tlieu he will be let go. What is the use of persisting in a cheat where no body is cheated ? Mr. Davis is not to be tried—at all events, not with intent or ex pectation of convicting him—then why is he longer subsisted at the public cost ? Let us have an end of the sham ! case is being prepared by a citi zen of Springfield, Illinois,to test before the United States Supreme Court the constitu tionality of the income tax. This person reports an income of 852,000. but, protest ing agaiust the legality of the tax, declines to pay it and will, if compulsory action is brought, ask an injunction from Judge Davis of tt e Supreme Court of Illinois, being in his circuit, restraining the revenue collectors from acting. By this means the question will ultimately be brought before the highest judicial tribunal for adjudica tion. A telegram from Washington reads: •'Benjamin F. Butler is here professionally. A maiicious journal adds-: "The detoctives know it." STEALING. FRUIT. -As the season for frttit and berries approaches, our citizens are suffering from the depredations of petty theives and and pilferers, in many cases the children of respectable people whose parents do not dream of the occupation of their offspring. Under the technicalities of the common law, these annoying offenders could generally escape clear of all conse quences. At most they could be in danger but of a sound thrashing by the angry own er, who then becam^-himselfliable fo* pros ecution for assault and battery. Now things are changed. Under the act of 1860, the stealing of fruit from the. tree or oo the ground is a serious offence, and the remedy i and prompt. - By that jtfdicious and effective law the wilful taking and car rying away of fruit, vegetables,plants,vines, shrubs or trees, is made a misdemeanor punishable" in the Court of Quarter Ses sions, and rendering the offender liable to a fine of SSO and imprisonment for thirty days. The course of proceedings under this act is plain and easy. A complaint before any Alderman or Justice of the lVace is all that any person has to do. The law will do the rest This is the criminal remedy. For those who prefer it there is a' civil remedy. By another section, any one' who shall wilfully enter or break down, through or over any orchard, garden, yard or fence, hot-bed or green house, or who sha 1 wrongfully club, cut, stone, break, bark, or mutilate any tree, shrub,bush, vine, &c., or walk over, beat down, or trample, or it anyway injure any grain, grass, vires, vegetables, or crops, shall, on conviction before any Alderman or Justice of the Peace, or in any court, have judgment against him in any sum not less than $5 or more than SIOO with costs. This fine is to go one half to the informant and one half to the occupant or owner of the land. In default of payment, the offender must go to jail. The law now provides a full and simple remedy against the plundering and damaging of gardens or yards, and it is the fault ot the owner if they suffer. Gensrous.—ln the Congressional pro ceedings of Saturday last we found the fol- lowing : Mr, N.black, of Indiana, from the Com m re on Appropriations, reported a bill to provide for, and to regulate the compensa tion of Senators, Representative and Dele gates iii < 'ongress. Bead twice, ordered to be printed, and postponed till Wednesday next. The bill fixes the compensation at SB,OOO f r each Congressman and the mileage at the rate of ten cents per mile. The President of the Senate is to have the same compen sation as the Vice President of the United St ates, and the Speaker is to bav£ dftouble the compensation of members, except- as to. the mileage, which is to be the same. In. ease of the death of a member, bis repre sentatives are to receive at the rate of $4.- OGO per annum from date of the commence ment of Congress up to the time of death, Mid his successor is to be paid from that day. The bill is to apply to the members #/' the present Congressfrom the 4th of March, 1866, except us to mileage. Ihe above modest proposition deserves the especial notice of tax-payers throughout the country. These liberal-minded gentle men propose to increase their own pay one thousand dollars per annum, although they knew what their compensation was when they were elected. We are anxious to see the yeas and nays upon this question.— Ex. ANOTHER NEGRO MURDER. —The as sassination of the Hon. Barnwell Rhett, of South Carolina, was announced by tele graph yesterday. On the morning of the 3d, while going to his plantation, near Charleston, he received two loads from a double-barreled shot gun, one load break ing his arm, the other penetrating his side and entering his lungs. About twenty minutes after receiving the wounds befell from his horse and died. It is not known definitely who the murderer was, but it is supposed tw bra negro who had expressed strong animosity against the family. Of course this murder was instigated by the Radicals of the day, and they are urging on a war of races. AN UNDENIABLE FACT. —When A man gets a tew dollars worth of goods, puts them in a room and sits down by the side of them waiting tor customers, he follows pretty closely the style of some of our merchants for past years. He don't advertise—he don't send out circulars —he merely waits. Now, if a customer comes, he must pay a large price for what he gets, because the sales are few, and the tradesmen must live out of his profits. The goods get old and stale, and customers always lose money by dealing with men who do the mud-road, slow-coach business. 11l SBAN'D AND WIFE, —"If I am Dot home from the party to-night at ten o'clock" said a husband to his bigger and better half, "don't wait for me." "That I won't," returned the lady, significantly, "I won't wait, but I'll come after you !" The K en ~ tleman returned at precisely ten o'clock. The man who never tyld an editor how he could better his paper, has gone out West to marry the woman who never looked in a looking-glass ZW We learn that the time for the. circulation of State bank notes, under the Tax committee has been extended until the first of August. stste of Illinois is biggertban all New England New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland thrown in. ■> , ■ PER YEAR t $1.500 We want agentsev erywhere to sol! our IMPROVED #2O Sewing Machines Three new kimls. l : uder and upper feed. Wairan ted five years. Above salary or large oommiesiona paid. The osi.v machines told in the United State* for less than #lO, which are fully licensed by Howe- Wheeler A Wilson, Grover k Baker, Singer On; and Bachelder. AH other cheap Machines are in fringements and the seilea or user are iiable to •** rest, fine and imprisonment Circulars frw- {™* dress, or 'cAli upon Shaw A Clark, Biddeford, auwe ?sn2l-lpear.
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