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~ fIARVEY BICKI/ER,Editor.
m i ■rTfrmcmAmrocK, PA
- FOR GOVERNOR,
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OF BERKS.
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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
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and the news from all parts of Europe,
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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.