■ AKTET BICKI.ER, Edltar. j
* TUNK.MA NNOCK, PA
Wednesday, Jail. 28, 1867
A Scene not in the Bills. j (
Th<s Legislative proceedings of Monday la*t, a,
published in ell the city paperi,contain tie Following
episode :
"The House met at half-part seven p *. Kev
Mr Kennedy, of Wyoming delivered the openiug
piwver in which he declar.d that the organic lew of
the iand needed amendments. _ J '
A ntmitier of Deuiocmtio members, regarding the
" - political ioftntly took their seets."
This reverend politici.'Ul is a member of the Legis
leture from Wyoming County, and was eent -there
by (he Radicals. He ie one of the ardent admirers
of (Jeoeral Cameron, and voted for that -gentleman
in caucus lie was elected for the supposed purpose
of attending to the business of bis constituents, on
the floor ot.tho House, but it seems that his ?ui*riur
piety has elevated hiui to the position of acting
chaplain cf that body. Las t year • member of the (
House, named Dauks, performed the same offices
tor the Legislature, and when the session closed be
charged and received SdGO axtr* compensation for
bis valuable services. We presume Kennedy will,
do the same, and ho is evideutly determined to earn
bis pay. Hanks has gone, but the spiritual want of
the House wilt not suff r while Kennedy survives,— ,
Kennedy is resolved that his light shall not be hid
under a lu.-bel, particularly as the prospective re
ward is to come from tie Treasury of Pennsylvania
instead of the Treasury of Heaven.
* We clip tlic above from th<- Philadel- |
Jihia Age of Saturday Ui,t. Tlie Age is j
grossly mistaken in its supposition that
Kebntdv was ever thought, even by bis '
snppoiters in thfe region, competent to at- j
- 'tend to any legislative duties We hope i
that tbe intelligent men in our sister coun
ties wifl not fur a moment imagine that
this whearing, pot-bellied parsun embodies j
even the black republican respectibility j
and decency in this county.
In their name, and for their honor we ;
repel the slanderous l'mjrntntion. In every
district mid township where lie was known
as a citiziri or a pretended preacher, they,!
the republicans themselves —swallowed
him as thev would ardose of nines. Many j
of tin in, positively refusing to choke down i
the sickening drug, in any form, even nil- !
. <]er the mo*t merciless party lash. in Eh- j
ton, one of the must inflexible republican j
districts in the county, where he resides j
and preaches, and where he is best known,
he leCt'ived seventeen votes less than Cam- i
etOB, his colleague, who is not probably
known to a mar. in the Township In the j
County bin demociatic competitor received j :
a majority over him of 225 votes, wiiile ihe j
average dmooeiatie majority is, on black j
R publican authority, less than 100. This
>fiows the estniatio/i in which this inan |
Kennedy, is held, here where he is known.
No man, of any party, h re. expects him • 1
to make a prayer or preach even a funeral 1
sermon without deifying till* nigg. r. lie f
has preached the rtiiffver and him crucified, 1
so long that nothing els • is looked for.—
This is his entire stock in trade. It was
this that .secured hini his position as tlie i
h ader of the negro equa ity party. No j
one w as found to bellow half fts joud y over j
the woes of that unfortunate individual, the j
everlasting nigger. Of course he voted j
for the inan who wants the woul "while" j
struck iroui the Constitution. Of course j
he'll take the S3OO extra compensation '
and any other little extras which Simon so
liberally dispells "to the \Yinncbagoes".
Of course he can beat "Danks" in any
thing, except, perhaps, in oecency.
Governor Geary's Inaugural Message.
The following is an abstiact of Govern
or fietiry's inaugural address:
He refers to the close of the rebellion,
anil pays a tribute to the part borne by,
Pennsylvania in contributing 305 220 vol
unteers to our armies and to the generosi
ty of the pe -pie towards the survivors and
towjud- the widows and orphans of those
who tell. lie regret# that the general
goven nient lies tnken no step* to inflict
"proper penalties upon the r bel leaden,
and terms iu a censurab e forbcaranC '. If
we aie shocked at the exhibition of cruel
ties aed ingratitude arm ng ltiose w ho, hav
ing irumgi rat'd and pros- cuted a causeless 1
war against a general government, and bav :
ng been permitted to escape the punish
mrnt they deserve, and once more arro
gantly clamoring to assume the carrol of
the destinies of this great nation, how
much greater cause would we h tVe liad for
surprise had slavery been pi rraitted to in
crease and multiply ? Boast as we may of
our rnaierial and our moral victories, yet
is it not tiue that there is no such thing as
Republican government in ten States that
began and carried on the war ? 'I here is
not to-day a despotic state in Europe where
the ind vidua! rights of man aie so defiant-,
Iv trampled under foot as in sections of our
owrrcountry which were supposed to have
bet n brought into full submi-sion to the
government of the United States. The
violators of most solemn obligations; pet
pi trators of mo-t atrocious crimes in the J
annals of time ; murderers of our heroic
soldieifc on the fli fd of battle, and"in loath
some dungeons and barbarous prisons,
they must not, shall not reappear in the
c uncil i I ambi rs of the nation to aid in
its legislation or control its destinies, un
fcsk if shall be on conditions which will
preserve our institutions from their baleful
purj o*es and influence, and secure repub
lican form of government in their purity
and vigor in every section of thecoun'ry.
To tie Congress of the Liiited States the
heartf It sv.npathies and the overwhelm
ing suffrage o the people had been gener
ously given. They had f< arlesaly proclaim
cd their universal verdict, done,
good and faithful servants." Upon the de
liberations at d actions of Copgress our
present interests and future welfare all de*
pead.
Democratic State Committee. ,
A meeting ot ihe Deuaecrntic Sute Comrftttfse"
jvill 1 it H' Uon'i lintel. ll'ttjiburj, on
'f&ESBAY, 9t JASrARy, t i*. a.
attendance AAdeibad. '<*' , **- h' £'■
HARRISBCBG, Fa Jan. 10th, 13C7.
The Corruption In the Radical Party.
The following letter, written by Col. A.
K. McClnre.to his own nev.swaper, (the
Repository,) should be read by every
Pennsylvanian who desires to see the
inside workings of the Radical party :
THE SENATORIAL SLAUGHTER,
Editorial Correspondence of thePraaklin Repository. |
IIARKI-BURG Jan. 11,1867.
All efforts to avert the blistering dishon
or of the election of Simon Cameron to
the first legislative tribunal of the ration* ,
have proved utterly futile. The people ,
believed that thev had precluded the pos- j
sibility of such a result, for in no single
Senatorial or Representative district in ;
the State does a majority of the Republi
cans desire Ins election. On the contrary
ninet®-.-twentieths of the fai.hful men
who have by noble, patriotic effort given ;
victory to our cause, are earnestly, impla
cably opposed to lorn, and demand the.
election of a tried and trusted statesruau to
the responsible position of Senator.
That the auction of the caucus will star
tle and appall tlie Republicans of Pennsyl
vania I cannot question. But few of the
overwhelming majority who desired a
different choice believed such monstrous
perfidy on the part of their legators"
within the range of their action. Even i
the leading men who entered th.e contest
as a forlorn hope, with an earnestness
worthy of their cause, reposed in fancied
safety until it was too late ; and many pf
them, but a few weeks ago, censured me
an an alarmist Drcanste I raised an humble
voice, of warning to tlie people.
Knowing as I did, before the late elec
tion, that Cameron had debauched both
our immediate Representative and our
Senator, that he had wrung from our leg- :
islativo candidate in Perry a written j
pledge to support him uuder the threat of
defeat, and that he had Contracted for a
Senator and two , llt-pr sentatives in the
adjoin.ng Bedford district in the nomina
ting conference, 1 could not doubt that eLe
WIICLC, as here, lie had Corrupted the dele
gated powers while tlie people rested in
confident security. I slid hoped, however,
tfiat a wrong so unexampled and exception
less would not be consummated, and I com
mitted the natural ei ror of bowing in silence j
rather than peril harmony >nd success in a )
struggle involving the most important otli
cers who were io be charged with the safety
of our nationality.
Had the voice of Stevens, and Eoruey,
and Grow, aud their friends, rung out, bold
Jy a month ago, as they did yesterday the
Commonwealth would have been spared
this iudelliblc blot upon its fame ; but al
hoped tor the crown when the usurper
should fall, and feared that he might
wound liis as-ailants moiully in the vio
lent throes of his dtath.
Why Simon Cameron was chosen, I
need uot repeat. The story is familiar to
all, even in the humblest and remotest
homes of the State. It written in flaming
characters on the dome of the capitol, or
branded inefficeably upon the brows of tlie
men wliodui it, no one would have to learn
thereby how the richest jewel of loyal victo
ry had been basely barteled for a price.
I have been one of llicaiultitude of wit
nesses who encompassed this unequal
struggle. I did not err in estimating how
the Legislature was instructed and volun
tarily pledged to vote for Senator. More
than enough were so chosen not by trick -
eiy, but by tin- spontaneous expressions of
those w hose votes were sought —to have
made Governor Cut in the nominee tor
Senator ou the first 1 allot; and of the res
idue, not one half—hardly one in five,
dared to avow to their constituents before
I the election that they would vote as they
| did ia-t night.
When the members had got safely be
yond the power of the people by their elec
tion, everv appliance was made to bear up
!on them that ingenuity could devise.—
i There weie offices for the ambitions, plun
der fy ■ lie venal, and promises for fools.
Men came heie s'.Lll strong iu theii integri
ty and mindful of tlwir noble peo
ple who hid conti led 111 them, but
1 saw theiu wither and f ill like the blight
ed leaves of autumn ; and fall, like ope of
old, to rise no more. Tnusd d the harvest
of corruption go ou until the garners of ]
the master were full.
'1 he informal meeting yesterday of those
who desired to save the L.'p'ib icau organi
sation from suicide, showed sufficient
strength to defeat the power ot 8 subsidiz
ed caucus, had not the same influence de
. ir.o alized the Democratic members. Their"
nomination of Cowan was but . notice to
all that a sufficient number from that side
were ready for delivery whenever wanted
to consummate ttie election of Cameron
Tlie la*t that to have refused to rerognize
a caucus because it was improperly con
trolled, would have been fruitless, made
many men unwilling to make a failure in
opposition to what hod the form of a tegu
lar nomination, and men sullenly bowed
to conscious wrong. Had it bet n possible
to unite sufficient strength on \Jr. Stevens,
or Mr Grow or any other gift<d aud up
right statesman, there would have been a
cheerful sacrifice of all personal preferon
,|ce>; but to all audi propositions there was
no response from those who had resolved
upon perfi ly. It was otherwise denomin
ated in their bond.
To me, this result brings no personal
disappointment, an<t calls for no personal
resentment. Of Mr. Cameron, I hove no
reason for personal complaint. That I be
lieve him unfitted, alike in integrity and in
capacity, for high official trust, is shown by
twenty years of earnest reliance to his
bondless political pretensions. If I had
sought preferment or profit, I would have
accepted the repeated invitations to become
his partisan. tSince the organization of
the U- publican party, 1 have labored aud
sacrificed for it success to the full extent of
my humb'e ability and means, and its bon -
ors and emoluments I have freely accorded
to others. It ha* had the bigbesrand ho
iiest mission vvvf committed to any pnliti
roal bodv ol rnen,*BH|d I have steadily look—
.jed above the *#Hfe lop.jiidividtial ad vance
jo ft to the bamier thai t I*l the sanatory 1
of my count fern 4li rt "
triotism to rescue ihr|S"ew World from
■•loan's crowning inlißttH'vity to -maß. 1
therefore turn from this success of unmin
gled wiong in sorrow —not for the noble
m*n who have fallen wounded in the circle
jof their friend®, but for the fate I f< ar it ,
' must irrevocably decree for the Republican
I organization. How it is to survive such a
w at.ton {-laughter of its pro :d*st a.tribuies,
I have not the faith to Cotnpreb* n u It
mav hurl the polluted parasites from its
throne and thus maintain its ascendency to
the full fruition of its great work, but it
must enter future struggles with its eokirs
1 stained and its integrity questioned. Igo
from its gaping wounds, inflicted by nnwor
! thv ' ambition and unbridled venality, to do
battle for its • etraVers, or tho~e who follow
; in their footsteps. While the timid, the time
serving and the unpflnvipled will cringe that
tit rift may follow fawning*, bt it oe known
!of me that 1 was not of the victors in this
1 l-10l ted triumph, and that in and about the
! very tetnpie oi power. I shall dare to be
jut, alike to the faithful and to the faithless,
for Freedom's cause. Coyi quipotest. nes-
Ctt wort , . A. K. M.
The foregoing, good people, are not ''cop
perhead lies." Tiny are the utterances of
one who is as truthful, as intelligent and as
houest as the bi st of the leaders of the Radi
cal pat ty of'"grand moral ideas" and, as
such, they must and will cariy conviction to
I the minds of the people of his party. In
! the light of this letter we can come to no
! other conclusion than those leaders ot the
| Radical party in the Legislature who elected
ISin on Ctmeron, who ratified the Rump;
! Amendment, and who passed resolutions
I instructing the Rump Seinve to reject the
the appointment of Mr. Cowan as rai-ister
to Austria, are the most venal and corrupt
that ever disgraced a pai ty or curbed a State
"There were offices for the ambitious ;
plunder tor the venal,and promises tor fools,"
! sa\s McCMure,and no one who has read the
! history of t'amerou ol looked into the faces
' oflos "friends"' can doubt the impeachment.
We shall wait with interest the actiuu of the
people upon this subj ct. We desire to see
if there i® virtue enough remaining among
our citizens to redeem the character of the
State from the foal stigma put upon it by
those 11 prcSentatives who faltered the
highest office in their gift "for a price,"
The Fatal Seven.
It is a curious fact that almost every de
i cade in our history, ending - with the lig- 1
j .re seven, ha® marked the beginning of h 1
financial crash or severe depression His- J
lorieal fatalism, if nut actual signs of the
times, incline niativ to the In lief that 1807 j
is to U* added to the periods iu our past j
kist"Cyj marie memorable by financial !
troubles. With 1797 came tbe crash that
wiped out the Continental currency, and ;
in 1807 our. troubles with France and
prospective war with England, threw the 1
biiMtiess of tlic country into confusion, ;
while in 1817 we got the 1 gacy of the j
war of 1812 14 with England which was'
a tremendous financial revulsion, l'tiut of ■
1827 was less Severe, but ten y< ars later,
it came in good earnest —the smash # of all I
previous smashes, in which the whole ,
banking svstem ami bosimss of the conn
try went d>wn, not to raise for nearly five .
years. King Hudson reigned over the
English lailroad speculation of 1847, ami
famine Stalked over Europe, and especially i
in lt>l aid. spreading suffering ami Causing -
wide spread failures. A pur.-ly commer
cial snap emphasized 1857, caused by in-j
flalion and overtrading.
But the crash of 1867, ifone is inevita- !
hie, will he "l'elioti upon Osa," indeed.;
The chasm is too deep and datk to think t
of. much less to look into. Let u> hope i
then rather, that by rigid economy among
consiimeis, the present heavy balance
against us oil the year's foreign trade may
he up. 'het favoring skies will bring us
abnudaut crops, and the hands of produ
cers he multiplied all over the. land, so
that the present heavy burden of taxation
can be borne.— Pihshury Chronicle.
A Cbarnel tluuse.
A writer in ihe Washington Intellioen- t
cer spe ks of a terrible spectacle, iti the
new cemetery, within a dozen to Js of the
Arlington mnnsioti. lie says :
A ireti ar pit, twenty feet deep, and the
same in diameter, has been sunk by the
side of tbe flower garden, cera*-nted and
divided into compartments, and down in- j
to this gloomy receptable ire cast the
bones of such soldieis as perish on the ;
field, and either not. buried at all, or were ,
so covered us as to have their boues min
gled indiscriminately together At the ;
yine we looked into this gloomy cavern, a
literal Golg- tliH, there were piled together
,skulls in one division, legs in auotin-i, arms 1
in another, and ''lis in another, what w.-re
estimated as the bones ot two thousand
| human beings. 1 bey were dropping
i fragmentary human shcletons into this r*>
ce "taclealmost daily, ani." at that time it
was perhaps half full. The fi r "' thought
in looking down upon this rcvoi.'t"g scene
was that no such disposition should* have
been planned for these bones, tliat ihefe
was laud enough, am] they should have
been buried as others were, in parcels as
j nearly those of a human body as possible,
and marked as unknown soldiers. We
Liav, not changed our mind . upon subse
quent reflection.
James Smith, a f*>t youils man, has
been arrested in Rochester, N. Y for.
I stealing a suit of clothes. Three yt ars ago
he was worth $32,000. lie beeune ac
quainted with a fast young lady, who led
him to squander all his money, and then
deserted him Becoming In-art broken, ho
descended aith drink and low
! into absolute loafeiistn. and finally com mi t
| ted theft, as he says, Iti relieve his necessi
ties. Another warning to yout.g men.
Our House of Representatives has di
rected that the old John Hancock char,
! used for the last fifty years by the different
' i Speakers of the House be placed in its
' proper place iu Independence Hall. That
■ is right, it should not longer be profaned in
| llarrisbnrg. _
Cameron Declares the l^ord
"White" In the fcouitfintlon of ftaiaay!-
vanta,; , ;
JTlioae who elected Simtm Cameron
held a'sojt **t>uzzai <!s fast* at ihe Jjo
cbWfl IJoßse OTT the night srtcCeeiing llteir
infaniv, ;rt wjkieh , their "Chief presided '
and spoke a piece. We take the following j
extract from Cameron's spe. ch, as found in
fiis organ—the Teleyroph :
"I wished also to arip all black men wh,a
would volunteer. Of course I thought I
that clothing a black man in the American
uniform clothed him also with the rights of,
an American citizen ; and I *m always
sorry to see a black soldier, and reflect,
that even Pennsylvania denies him the |
ballot—the only weapon whereby he can
prelect himself. 1 hope to see the word
•white' stricken from our own Constitution, ;
and the spirit of caste, bused upon color, l
uttirly destroyed."
| It was not to save the Republic, then,
that Simon Cameron wanted the negro
cotiied with the Federal uniform, but!
merely to make his claim good for citizen- ;
ship and the ballot. This admission shows
that throughout the war the Radical lead- j
ers k* pt negro suffrage in view as the goal
to be reached with Northern pluck and re
snuice* and not the restoration of the Uu
ton. And yet it was declared "treason''
for a Democn t to say that theyfwere pros
ecuting the wr entirely for the negro and ,
their own profit. bi tore h;s death H. j
Winter Davis declared that it was "nam- j
hers, not intelligence, which the Repubii- j
can parted wanted," and now Cameron j
admits that he clothing;
the black man in the Anglican uniform
clothed him also with citizen ship and iu- t
• vested him with the ballot.
! In his inaugural Geary declares that
the negroes "arc rapidly preparing to as
sume their right as citizens." Cameron
fidlow-s, and hopes he may live to see the
i worn 4 white" s ticket |t'rom out ri e institu
tion. People of Pennsylvania, is this the
object you had in view when yon elected a
r- in gate Democrat as Governor of your;
State ? Is the object you had set
your minds upon when you allowed your ;
representatives in the Legislature to'
hat tar their votes to an< ther renegade j
Democrat for a seat in the United Slates j
Senate ? We are greatly in error it such '
were your though s and desires. Before
the late election Geary denied that negro
i suffrage WHS an isroe in Pennsylvania.—
i Cameron was silent. They worked togeth
ler and now both are in office—both have
! thrown ott" the mask, and till you, as tho'
vou were s* rfs, thai the negro must be j
mad. a sharer of your rights and ptivileg- ;
es. Are you content 'l—Patriot & Union. ;
A Jiejro Mob arid Riot at Cairo Illllnols- j
[Frotn tbe Cairo Democrat 10]
In the forenoon yesterday, a in*•! <>F ne
gro, s congregated abut the hands employ
ed in loading the Mississippi Valley Trans
portation Company's barg'S at our whuf.
and ordered ttiem to cease worlte .id de
mand an advance on the wages fnev were
receiving, which we understand is two dol
lars p<-r day. The hands refused to do so,
and th reupon the mob comm.-need pelting
tbem with rock, and siiceet de.l in driving
them away from the work. The police be
ing informed of the state of affair®, made a
desceut upon tlie desperadoes, ami succeed, j
ed in capturing twenty-five or thirty, I
whom thev marched off to the lock up at a ;
quick step \\ e are iiif->rtued that the
same rn-.b drove the hands awav from their j
work day la-fore yisteiday, causing them j
to lose three or four hours time. It is to I
he hoped, now that these rascals have been !
: caught, th. y may receive the punishment !
; they .-o richlv d< s rve. They have been j
trying for da*s past to * xb:te the crews of
seve al of the steamers loading at our wharf
! to quit work, unless captains would agree
to pay them forty cents per hour. They
are villains whom no wages could induce !
to earn an honest living, an I who wish to
prev. Nt nth. is from doing so; and we
trii-®t the authorities will put them through
on the double quick and lifinning train.—
The lazy thieves need a little healthy re- !
construction.
Are the People Fools!
It is both astonishing and mortifying to
reflect that the 'habits" thrown out week
ly through the advertising columns of the
New York weekly family papers, to catch
"grudgeoiis," are swallow, d down with
eagerness. Many "Lite," and-rare, of!
Course, bitt. n in return. Look at the
; tempting 'bid of fare" a single New York
paper provides:
"For 50 cents the beautiful art of enam
. eling the skin is taught. T e enamel is a
beautiful white, and will wear for years.
; Sen.' 50 cents and learn all about the
future, how to avoid drowning, and how to
see your future other half.
lVch\c>.macyF taught for 25 cents, ena
bles you to fascinate and marry when and
whom you please.
Ventriloquism i taught for half a dollar.
Microscopes, magnifying 500 times,
(which 'he editor of the Chicago Jmrnul
sa\s cannot be seen through at all) are
forward d for eighty cents.
Bloom of Roses, coloring the skin a
beautiful blonde and lasting six years, for
warded for 25 Cents.
Sewing machines for $5,00 worth noth
l"g-
"How to enlarge and beautify the form
without pads or' medicines, taught for one
; doll ir.
Fifty cents will buy enve
lopes. containing $1,50 worti) of stationery,
* and almost insuri.g the purchaser a ticket
that will draw $30,000 in greenbacks,
Ten cents wills, cure any man informa
tion that will enable him to earn $28,80
daily, in an easy and honorable occupation
—and so *>n ud infinitum,
s By such transpar lit nonsense are many
ot our !*.>(.le humbugged and the pockets
of New York I.>hUis filled with their hon
est earnings bfmme on such ignorance
and credulity !
The Montgomery (Ala.) Mad has a
good account of a Fair held there by the
fair ladies, ihe proceeds to go toward fit
ting up the graves of tbe soldiers iu the
I Cvmetary. A handsome turn was realised.
*'A Great .Cry and l*tttle Wool.'*
At *prcliminary eaucos held by the
thirty-two legislative supporters of Curt% j
Stevens and Grow, on Thursday afternoon,
Senator Fisher, of Lancaster, according to
: Forney's Press, said :
"He believed that the election of Simon
Cameron to the Senate of the United States
at this time would be the great .-st disaster
; that could happen to the Republican party, \
and it was for those "present to determine ,
; whether they had better go in and partici
pate in the proce< dings of the CHUCIIS and
i submit to its decision, or whether they had 1
b< tier remain put. As for bis part, he had
n<> hesitation in saying that there was but
; one power beneath heaven (pointing to Mr,
Stevenw) that could induce him to go into
the caucus."
The Gen. did not go in.
Senator Biilingfelt of Lancaster, said :
"A great crime was to be perpetrated to
night The high offices of L nited States
Senator was to be bargain d awav for gain.;
, There wa® not a gentleman in the room (if
there was he would rail upon him to step j
forward) who did not believe this. There i
was not a Senator present who did not feel
satisfied from the bottom of his heart that
this office would be bartered and sold to
night. Nine out of every ten intelligent
! citizens will endorse their action if they re- j
' main out of the. caucus ; and he, for one
1 should not become a party to a movement
! thai vould bring dishonor and oisgt ace,riot
• only upon the members of the Legislature
but upon the constituents and the great Re
j publican party of Peausylvania, by gi*i"g
j his voice or lending bi presence to a body ;
' of men who are going to assemble to-night,
to set at defiance th best and holiest wish
es of that great party "
And Mr. Billingfelt did not go in.
Col. Lemuel Todd, of Cumberland, said :
"The friends of General Cam.-ron had se
cured a m joritv that would give him the
j nomination in caucus * He had no hesi
j tancy in sa*ing that the election of Simon
! Cameron would be the worst calamity that
| could befall the State. It would be a d.s
--: honor, not only to the Stale, but to every
; member of the Republican party. The dis
oa®e requires a radical remedy, and :t is for
the men who are faithful to Republican 1
principles to set th. ir 'faces aga nst tliiscor- j
nipt effort of.Simon Cameron and strike-at
the very roots of it. Better ten thousand
times that no election should be made than
that he should lisgracu us. * * The true
1 policy of those who are opposed to Cameron
l is to force the election before the House ;
; and defeat him at all hazatds."
Notwith.-tanding this and much more.all j
j ® j
of the members present, except Fisher and
Billingfelt, went into the caucus,and, when j
Cam-run brought out his forty-six votes,
they fell into the hash w.th tt e docility of
whipped spaniels. Shame !
The President's Toast,
The anniversary of the battle of New
Orleans was celebrated Jan. Bth, in Wash- j
ington. A banquet was given by tbe Na
tional Democrat c Executive Committee,
at which Francis.l\ Blair presided, l're.-i
--j dent Johnson appear'-d during the ev- ning
i and, on being called upon,delivered a toast
! as follows : "No Stale of its own will has a i
! right under the Constitution to renounce j
! its p.ace in or to withdraw from the Union, I
j nor has the Congtess of the United Mates j
I the constitutional power t degrade the j
! people of any State to a mere territorial i
I dependency upon the federal head." Several
j other toas's were proposed ly the guests
i and received with vociferous applause.
GREELEY ON IMPEACHMENT.— The pas-
I sage of a shameful resolution looking to an
attemp' to Wipeach the President, meets
with this lebuke from the N. Y. Tribune : j
"Are there no issues of more importance ,
than this ? Must all this Congress be was- ;
! t* d and the next, perhaps, in a pageant and j
! prolonged debate, endless jarring of law
! vers and senator® ? The currency call for
; relict. Labor suffers under this featful in—
'rt iiion. Our tariff wants reconstruction. —
| There are a hundred questions near to the
! prosperity of the nation whicir-must suffer
I and die because of this measure."
J It is said tliat a Gen. Schuyler is to write
a history of Massachusetts in the rebellion.
reminds us of a little anecdote. —
There was once a nice christian little bov
sitting up with a corpse and he stole the
coppers from the \ es of the corpse and
then wrote a nice little tale about the sin
; of stealing.
THE BASTARD IN EAU CLAIRE — The
Be st is evidently on his travels in the re
gion hereabout. Read the following from
'the Eau Claire Argus :
■ j Lo-T. A silver tea spoon.marked P. A.
B. belonging to Mrs. Dr A. Baffington,WhS
! eitli r lost or carried away from the Scnii
; nary, last Friday evening.
I Our State Supreme Court has fully and
fitialh decided the vexed question so far
jas concerns hero in the lan.l of Peon, that
, | a married woman cannot convey real es
tJ tate without her husband's consent.
MAJOR GEN* BUTLER, L. L. D., IN CHI
-1 CAGO. — We 'earn trim) the. fo lowing ex
tract that this distinguished gentleman and
New England child ot the chut eh is in Chi
cargo:
j A coffiin containing the body of a young
I wuna ■ was washed ashore 'ast w*e.k m-ar
| Chicago The plate had been
( off by some silver thief.
! The President has approved the bill, sus
pending the payment ot money to persons
claiming the services of labor ot colored
volunteers or drafted men.
t .
BRUTE BUTLER IN LA CROSS*.— Mr.
, Patz the jewelry man had two Watches
' | stolen from him last night.
WfcL RESERVED CoNTEMrc—TETre--
cent attempf tf Gov. Curtin to eecure an
election to the U. S, Senate, by a avowal
of Jtra radical ii'm, meets with the contempt
whiek tek aotidoct Always deaurTes. The
Harris burg Telegraph, a radical organ, saya
ot durtih ;
"il is radicalism is a recently attained
conviction. It is an acquiesence in a cause
W .*'° N ? *' ctor ies have been won withont his
i aid; it is a professed attachment for princi
ples which he doubted when enunciated,
} but under cover of whose grandeur and
truth he now 9eekt for shelter. It may be
an act of charity to afford Gov. Curtin this
refuge, but stern justice decrees that for his
tardy support of measures now in a condi
tion to choose its upholders, he is entitled
to no credit."
Shame. —The New York Evening Pott,
a Republican newspaper, says; " For tbe
hunoi of the country we trust that the de
bate on Saturday will be struck out of tbe
journal ot the House of Representatives,
j and that the House will take some meas
ures for preserving itself and the country
j from the degradation of again listening to
i such language as Messrs Stevens, of Penn
sylvania, and Spauldiog, of Ohio, indulged
themselves io on that day.
A parcel of sailors in a ship's forecastle
would have hissed down, with disgust, such*
i indecency coming froru two old men, aud
would have demanded that they should be
decent at least out of respect to their owrv
gray hair. Rut it seems the National
; House of Representatives, less decorous
j than a forecastle full of sailors, encouraged
| the ribaldry of those two old men with
' r/ars of laughter which the''Speaker vain
| \y endeavored to suppress."
jtST Hundreds of miners are b; ing d'-
charged in the coal regions, in consequence
of the depression of the coal trade.
Local and Personal.
Explanation.--The date on the co'ored ad
, draas label on this paper indicate; tbe time £np to
vrhi-.-h. a; appears on our books, the subscriber bas
1 paid f*r his paper. Aoy error, in this label, will ho
: promptly corrected, when brought to our notice.
| Those of our Subscribers, who wish to know how
! they star.d with us, will consult the label oa their
■ papers. Don't let it get too far back into the by-
I gone days- —Something might happen.
Hoods, Nubias, Son-tags Ac., selling off at eo:4
at Mrs. BARDWELL'S.
I ' V
A Change is about to take jlaoe in the.proprie
i torship of the store and goods of John WeiL We
j learn that Lath rop and Sherman of Susquehanna
| Co., have purchased that establishment. Wo be
speak for these genilomaa the liberal patronage of
I the publio.
The Snow--which" fell on Snntlay and Monday
last, has made us excellent sleighing in this locali
| ty. This is the first good sleighing ol the season,
j We have had fine winter weather and quite enchgh
snow before, but it was badly distributed by the
j high winds whkh hare followed esch stortp.
Donatloii^Vlslt.—The friends of Elder J. F.
Lewis are reqa- sted to give him a Donation Visit at
tbe house of iliram Hitchcock, iu Forkaton, on
Thursday the 31st day of January 1867. Married
people in tbe aiternoon, joung folks in tha Evening.
A general attendance is requested.
By order of Committee-
Homo Ammeineut,—This sterling and amusing
Magazine i a welcome companion to every fireside.
I The old and the young, the mirthful and„thsedate,
alike find matter for pleasant aud useful amusement
j —always something to cheer the saddened heart
j relieve the wearied mind and furnish pleasant mod
j instructive lessons for the family fireside. Every
i family should Splendid prizes are sent to
! Agen's raising Clubs. Pudished Somi-Monthly at
only 11.25 per annum-
Address DOME AMUSEMENT,
No. 78 Nassau Street, New York.
Rail Road Prospects.--Col V, E, Piolette,Su
perintendent of the Canal and R R- Company,
along the upper North Branch, passed through our
town on Monday last. In a short conversation with
i that gentleman we Darned that the work upon the
1 Rail Road would be pushed on vigorously during
; the coming summer. The road fiom Towanda to
! the state line will bf ready for tbe c are at an early
! dav next summer; a year from which time, tha
' whole line will probably be near completion,
Religious Affairs for the past week hare been
j unusually lively. The Baptist Revival at tbo
| School II >use still continues. Seven or eight of the
i converts were baptized in the river last Sanday.—
' Others, it is announced, will receive the baptismal
j rite on next Sabbath. Tho Rev. T. P. Hant has
preached several very able sermons at the Presbv
; terian church. It is thought that much good will
result from them. This eminent apostle ID tho
I c ore of Temperance delivered two Lectures last
i week te crowded Ilouses. Tbe Methodists have not.
j been idls.but their annual donation risß.to their
minister, which wss said to hsve been a good one,
and their festival last night has kept them from
rusting. ,
The Devil, too, if we may give eredit to what we
hear, has been onusnally busy in our midst dnriog
the past few days.
Married.
HARDINO- BENJAMIN—On tbe 9th inst. at tho
M. E. Parsonage, in Centremoreland, by the
Rev. Isaao Austin, Mr, Samuel Ha:rding, and
Miss Caroline Benjamin, both of Eaton.
AU.MICK—ROSENQRANT.—At theM. E. Parson
age. Meboopany, Dec. 24th, by Fev. J. S.. Lewie.
Derius Aumick to Mary J. Rosengrnnt, all ofi-
Eaton, Pa.
SHEEHAN—ROBINSON—At the housa of tha
Bride's father, in Forkston, Jan. Ist. by Rev J.
S. Lewis, James Sheehan of Mehoopaay, to Sa
tah J Robinson, of Forkston.
! Died
i
, BACON—At Nicholson, on tho 29th of November,
Julia Bacon, wife of B. N, Bacon, Esq.. sged 51
yoirs. ' • ;
HUNTER-At Eaton, Deo 25th, 1966- W. T.. in
fsnt son of William and Sarah Jane Hunter, aged
seven months ard five days
i
1 LOVE—AI Mehoopany, the 15, hn*. Mr. John Lovo
in the Bdth year of his age.
Mr. Love was a descendant from that noble
Scotch-Irish race, to which the world owee so much.
.' and personally he was an upright man, honored in
i his life by all who knew him and dsplorad In hia
| death.