(fly Democrat.
HARVEY SICKEER, Editor.
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Wednesday. Jan. 30, 1867
GALE'S NUN-EXPLOSIVE GUNPOWDER.—
During the meeting of the British Associa
tion nt Nottingham, some very interesting
experiments were displayed in the Ca-tle
Grounds, A brisk coal fire was kindled,
and when well burnt, a keg of prepared
powder, weighing several pounds, was plac
ed on the fire, and watched with great anx
iety. When they were burnt through,and
tie staves began to separate, the company
drew hack, anticipating and explosion ; in
stead of which, when the cask ftdl to pieces
the powder appeared to smother and con
siderably -eheck the fire. Some of the
I*wd r was then taken from the fire, and
by a very simp!, and rapid process render-
explosive. This was then placed in a
send cask. • fus>e lighted, and a consider
able explosion was the result Mr. Gale
th,en look a Ca-k of powder, about the size
of en #ytier-barrel, under his aim, and stir
red it with a -• -d-liot p ker without pro
ducing any fur'h r effect than smoke, an 1
when'he poker was withdrawn the fire
went out.
TERRIBLE TRAGEDY.— A Special Chica*
go dispatch says : A t* ruble tragedy oc
curred at Valparaiso, luciana, forty-three
miles from this city, on the Pittsburg and
Fort Wavnc road. Chauncv Pag', a jew
eller ot Yalparazo, some time since had
trouble with his vife which led to a sepa
ration, ihe wife going as a servant into the j
family of an old man residing in the vicin
ity. About nine o'clock last night Page :
went to the house and succeeded in obtain- !
ing an interview with his wife. A quariel
fuose between them, during which Page ;
threw his wife upon tne floor, beat and j
kick l d her in a terrible manner and left
Imr for (b ad. He then went to an adjoin
ing room, and with a heavy poker which
he snatched from the fire-place, attacked
his wife's mother and killed h-r ; and then
as if to coyer up the horrible deed set the j
lmuee ou fire and tied to the woods. The '
excitement in Yalpiazso is intense, Busi
ness is eniirrdy suspended, but the entire i
pop'ation are out to-day scouring the coun- j
try for the mnrderor The only person j
who escaped from the house was a young
gill, who was terribly mangled and is not
expected to recover. Other reports say
Page shot hi* victims with a revolver.
Revolution,
The following article appeared in the
Washington Constitutional Union of the
lTtli instant.
Even's have already brought the gov
ernment to the verv verge ot another rev
- olution. If the Radical majority of Con
gress pursues its treasonable course much
longer, tne government, in order to sustain
4tsf If 'fill hone to arm its supporters. At
the call of the President all his friends*
Norrh and South, a'd in the armv and na
vy, will respond. In such a contest the is
sue cannot doubtful. Congressmen
may be vabant fighters on the floors of
but when thev come to lead
llioir cohorts into the field it will be anoth
er thing. The real armies and grenf sol
diers of the R-pub ! ic will be found fighting
under the flag We advise the opposition
of the determined and fix*-d fact that An
drew Johnson will serve out his constitu
tional term of ofljee.
By the disobedience of a lad in
18fi0, a garden gate in Rh**de I-land was
left open, a pig got in and destroyed a few
plants, a quarrel between the own* rs of the
pig and the garden gr* w out of it, \vh : ch
unread among their friends, defended the
Federal candidate fi>r the Legislature a"d
gave the State a Democratic Senator, bv
whose vote the war of ]Bl2 with Great
Rri'ain was dpc'ared.— Ezrhanpe.
Ti rough the connivance of Bill Sew
ard, the door of the Executive chamber was
left ajar, whi'e thev were fixing up ar
tnent- to fore - ill South into war
Minister ITarvev had his ear to the kev
li< !e, be reported 'lie erets to Charleston,
and firelight on the fire on Suni'er and the
civil war. lie cackling <fa goose saved
Rome.—the root ng of a pig brought on
th*' War of 1822—the interference of a
knave {lie ab lition war. Ergo, wise men
are govern© I by hogs. geesy and knaves.'
SIMON said "wr.ggle, waggle." "thumbs
up,' and Simon was noinuidi d for Sena
tor of Pennsylvania by me Republican
party. Ob! Simm, you !ii'f *>< tempting.
Tin i.i'uim aiinn it S'ii)"ii t 'arm Ton, shjs
the Zancvilk! Ngnal, rciiiii da u. of the
Jiish woman, who bad a drunken husband.
u|i refused to come boiiie 'o see bis "''ar- :
iin( B ddy and the cbilder " lliddv pro-,
cued a bottle ofthe"h! be jovlnl,' an<t
went on the mill of her I usbanri, and found '
bun at tbe "drinking saloon," pretty well
"seas over.' Said the daruig wife, "can't
von roine botne Paddy, for tbe love of
your Bridget ?" "No, I won't," said tbe
husband. "Well, then, won't you come
home for the love ot tbe rhUt/er?** "No*
1 wonY' was the ply.—"Well Paddy,
sa d bis wife then, (produc ng 'plack Hetty'
from under her apron; and landing its
sparkling contents up to Paddy's gaze)'
"Won't you come home for tbe love of
ibis?"—" Yes, Biddy dailint, I will. You
Las s'cli 'winnin ways' wid ye"' said tbe
obedient Paddy, and foithwith, tbe twain
went bome.
Jt was your gold Simon—you had sich
"winnin ways" about you; hence, your
nomination by the Republican party.
To DeaotrtU,
The Westchester Jcfftrsonian in a late
issue addresses the Democrats of the
County on the present state of political af
fairs as follows:
The Federal Congress at Washington \
has become a nuisance and a curae, ar.d if
it be not checked in its headlong career,
will ruin and degrade the American peo
ple. Its aim and study now are, by crafty
legislation and bold usurpation, to keep
the Mongrel Republican Party in power
forever, and to plunder and oppress the la
boring and producing classes. Taking
out of the Senate and House the few Dem
ocrats who are there, the remaining mem
bers go yelling and frothing ahead, inflam
ed with a disgusting crazy love for |Jje
Negroes, and inspired with a fierce deter
mination to make tbem the equals and as
sociates of wnite meo and women every
where, east, west, north and south. But
the half-witted crew have suddenly run
agwinst some obstacles A firm President,
an upright Supreme Court, State Constiru- j
tions, stand in their way. Do they hesi- j
tate and consider? No. The villians are j
bent upon striking dpwn President, j
Supreme court, State constitution, every- j
thing, and fully resolved to make congress
the supreme jmd only power in the Gov
ernment. Ben. Wade is to be placed in
President's chair, Ben. Butler made his
Lieutenant General, regiments raised in
every congressional district, and martial
law proclaimed over the land. Then eve- j
ry man who will not bow down before this j
vile usurpation will be declared bv act of
congress a traitor, forbid to hold any office j
to vote, to follow business without a li
cense, or collect a debt. Who back and
aid these usurpers in their purposes?—
The clergy, with some honorable excep
tions, preaching loyalty and damnation to
Democrats, and getting their reward in
spiendid churches and large salaries: The
Plunderers living by offices and contracts ;
The M<>r.ied men who gouge labor out of j
its earnings; the frenzied and befooled
Rank and File of the Mongrel Party who
join hands with thmr wortt enemies to
keep down the Democracy ; all these are
in the train of the congressional u-urpers,
bound ng onto the destruction of our old
Government, our old ways, our sacred
rights. It is only a question of time and
policy when th-y will complete their Usur
pation at d Despotism and fasten them up
on the necks of the People The leaders
would do it now. it they dare and could ;
and will do it in 1868. if their Presiden
tial candidate is elec ed. There is a vital
question to be asked and answered, on the
othtrhand. When is the grand battle to
be fought on behalf of the masses of the peo
ple against these Usntpers and their organi
zing fores? Take heed. It has to be
fought and must be fought during Joiix-
SON s administration. De'av the contest —
say there is no danger—yield to interest
and base fears, and our country will exhibit
to the world the sad spectacle of a Federal
Military Despotism, and a beggared cowed,
disgraced People.
Is there force enough and heart enough
to save the country from becoming the
prey of these vultures ? The Mongrel
leaders say no, and point for p'oof jeering
lv to what the Democracy have already
j submitted—to martial law —to mock trials
| —to fraudulent elections —to sweating tax
. vo —tvr */l• ••*! Irlu.tM Wo vrvilUrC)
; in the name of the democracy, to give a
; different answer. Wc jay the country
i can he and must be saved. Good men
' Patriots—take no advice from counsellors
who argue to you that everything must be
i submitted to : who say that in time mat
ters will become so bad that thev must
| mend. Be not willing to be manacled
' and to wear the fetters until thev drop off
' only by rusting out. Take counsel of vonr
j own hearts —of your own sense of right
> and duty, and urge and help Democrats in
1 every State to become an armed military
; hodv. The Mongrels are so organizing
' seeretlv over the land to uphold Nigger
; tsm and Despotism Let Democrats so
organize openly and uphold Liberty, the
constitution and White men and women
In evcrv congressional district fliers is a
population of one hundred and twentv
| thousand votes Tn some dis'riets, the
i Democrats have half of the voters, ; n oth—
!er districts more, in others less; hut there
is no congressional districts but what could
rose to two or three Democratic Regiments
of fighting m-n. A few townships would
be ahle to raise a company and to elect
its captain. Several townships conld com
bine their companies into a Regiment and
choose a colonel ; and these Regiment
consolidated would form in every con
gressional district a Democratic Brigade of
j several thousand men, with a General at
| its head, commissioned from Washington.
In on" single month's time, th'-re could be
enrolled and officered, out of the Demoera
ev n ( the North, a Grand Army of a hn'f
millioned stout bodied, resolute hearted
men. a' le and willing to save on* beloved
| country from the anarchy a r d ruin which
now hang over it. Why delay the move
ment ? TFliv not act at once, bv county
conventions. by statp conventions, and by a
j United S'ates convention, as the grand
representative and head, which shall lead j
on the patriotic mouses to rpstablish their J
fa-t expiring Liberty and Union
I '"Shall hOefut Tvrint* misohisfi* brtwing,
AflMirhi nd dcotafe fhs land.
Whits Psios and Liberty tie Weeding;
Ti> arms. In arms, ye brave,
Ths *sngine sword unsheath.
: Marsh on, nj.iroh on •!! hearta resolved
Oo victory or death "
THE WAT HE MANAGED. — An old gen
tleman who living with his sixth wife,
and who had always been noted fcr the
ease with which he managed his spouses,
on being asked to communicate his secret,
replied, "'if yoo want to use a wonr an up,
ju*t l*t her ho>e her own wny in everything
all the time. There never was a woman
born who could survive that a great while."
We heard of a sorry speculator last week"
who sold a lot of nil stock for the enorm
ous sum of twenty-five cents, for which
one year ago he paid only 11000.
We have heard many connndrqnas
worse than the following } ,( Why iv kissing
like victory ?" "/Ps ecuy to Grant /"
(Grant.) i
Shocking Outrage.
Judge Watts of a Mississippi Circuit
Court, has bad the temerity to sentence
two American toldiew—boys in blue —
stationed there by the authorities to take
care of and protect the freedrnen, to three
years imprisonment, merely for robbery.
Thev were there to watch the freedrnen
and they did so—thhat is, they took a
freedman's watch. The Judge in passing
sentence,said :
"It is proved against you that on a Sab
bath day, in broad daylight on the public ji
streets, in the city of Jackson, in sight of;
the tlag you came here to support, and
with threats of great personal violence, ;
with a deadly instrument in yonr hand,
you committed the crime of robbery. Your j
offence is greatly aggravated by the fact
that the act of lawless violence was com
mitted on the Sabbath day against a poor
unarmed and unresenting -freedman. One
of the class but recently released from
bondage whose rights you were placed
here to protect, (holding out to them you
were their best friends,) and to protect j
them from violence and oppression by the i
citizens of the country wliero they had so j
long lived. You pursued him and over
took him on one of the public streets of tin'
city, and with tlir. ats and demonstrations
of great personal violence took from his
person his watch, whieb be bad made by
his own industry and economy. It was
bis property, not yours; you had no claim
to it. How heinous, how degrading is
such an otfence. Highway robbery un
der any circumstances is a great crime but
how base is your crime which deposited
the poor free J tnan of bis hard earned
property, which you were here to protect
in his rights, liberty and property."
Just think of a Mississippi rebel Judge
talking that way to a faithful watcher after
Ren Rutler's own heart. If that is sub
mitted to, where will it lead, and what
safety is there for hundreds of other good
and loyal men of the north, of the Banks
and butler stripe ?
Dread Retribution.
During the war a Democratic editor
in Daylon, Ohio, Bo'lmeyer, was murdered
by an Abolitionist, without any provoca
tion. An Abolition Court tried and ac
quitted the murderer. The whole trial
was a disgraceful farce, and all who partic
ipated in it were guilty of official perjury.
Some three years have elapsej, and the
bounty Clerk, the Sheriff, aad about one
half the jury are dead, wlulo the infamous
Judge, who outraged justice at the trial, is
an idiot in a lunatic asylum ! Jim Lane,
while his hand was yet smoking with the
blood of murdered victims, was elected to
the office of U. S. Senator by a Puritanic
Legislature. For one of his murders he
was tried and of course acquitted. He
has fallen by his own hand. It is now be
lieved by most of mankind, that Mrs. Sui
rait was guiltless of participation in the
murder of Mr. Lincoln. When she was
under sentence of death, alter a trial
which will be considered a blot on our
country and age, Mr. Preston King pre
vented access 10 the President, and denied
admission to her daughter, who almost
shrieked and sol-bed her life a vay on the
steps or me Kxecutive mansion. A few
months afterwaids Preston King stilled a
remorseless conscience in this world by
self-murder.
[From the Philadelphia Age.]
Defter from Hon Rlcbard Vaux,
The following letter from the Hon.
Richaid Vaux, of this city, was addressed
by that gentleman to the Committee ot In
vitation of the recent Blh of January cele
bration in Washington. Mr. Vaux is a
hold anil manly writer, and never hesitates
to call things by their right names:
PHILADELPHIA, January 1, 1807-
GENTLEMEN: It would give me sincere
satisfaction to unite with the Democracy of
Washington City, on Tuesday evening, in
celebrating Jackson's defeat of the British
at New Orleans on that memorable Bth of
January, To.
It will give me equal satisfaction to
unite with all true patriots now, to defend
the Constitution of our Union against
those traitois in Congress, who, with the
same purpose of the British at New Orleans
have neither the frankness nor holiness to
make open and declared war on the gov
ernment, constitution, and liberties of the
white men of the United States,
j The Tories of the Hartford Convention
j find their descendants in the dominant par-
Itv in the Rump Congress in Washington
j Tories both—covertly intending to destroy
| the Union of the States, and the States of
i the Union, the political rights and liberty,
j social happiness, prosperity, and propriety
i of the governing race of the United Mates
jof Amer ca. Both assemblages, actuated
! bv that cursed spint of abolition, which
[.displays its sole characteristic— malignity—
;in destroying what it cannot control. Un
-1 der the hypocritical and false pretense of
I abolishing slavery, this power for evil is
now assailing the Union, Constitution, the
States, law, order, the white man's liberty
industry, and happiness, the Executive,and
the Supreme court. Wei; may it be call
ed the accursed spirit ot abolition. As it
is not possible for me to accept your invi
tation, let me thus present what the occa
sion would give opportunity to say, with
the addition of this sentiment :
The Yankee Tories : Jackson defeated
their allies at New Orleans; the Jackson
Democracy will yet defeat their descend
ants in congress. •
Yours in "the political faith of the fath
ers.'' RICHARD VACX.
To the Honorable J. I). Hoover, C. Mason.
Samuel J. Randall, C. Wendell, Thom
as LI Flotetice, Committee of Invitation.
BALTIMORE, January 26.—Governor
Swtnn was yesterday elected United
States Senator from Maryland for six ycais
from the 4th of March next. Of the nine
ty eight members present in joint conven
tion, sixty-six cast their votes for Governor
Swano.
Pc/wer or ike Supreme Court,
Mr. Williams, of this state, has at last
put in a practical shape the hatred of the
Radical party toward the Supreme Court
of the United States, by introducing a hid
in the National House of Representatives
to regulate the practice and define the pow
ers of that court in certain cases arising un
der the Constitution and laws of the Uni
ted States. This bill provides in all cases
of writs of eiror from and appeals to the
Supreme Court of the United States, where
in is questioned the validity of any statute
or other authority of the United States, or
the construction of any clause of the Con
stitution or any authority exercised nnder i
any State on the ground of repugnancy to I
the Constitution or laws of the United |
States, the hearing shall be had only before
a full bench of the judges of such conrt:'
and no judgment rendered or decree given I
against the validity of any statute, or any
authority exercised bv the United States,
unless with the concurrence of all the judg- t
es of such court.
This bill, it passed into a law, would vir
tually prevent the action of the Supreme
Court on all the cases 6tated. The intent
of the measure is to declare that a majori
ty of the court shall not be competent to
pronounce a decision, but that all the judg
es must agr e. And this principle is to
apply to cases which from their very nature
are likely to divide the court and none
other. The Supreme Court may, bv a ma
jority vote, decide all issues which do not
afTed the powers of Congress and the con
struction of the Constitution: but when
cases c! this character are brought before
that tribunal, tln n a fui' bench must be
P'resent, and all must agree as to the mean
ing and inter, st of a statute, the authority
of the United States, or the proper con
struction of that part of the Constitution
bearing upon the question under consider
ation. The old principle, that a majority
of the court is competent to declare the law
is to he uprooted, although it has the sanc
tion of ages, and the assent antl support of
the most eminent lawyers, jurists, and
statesmen of the civilized world, arid a new
method of arriving at a judicial conclusion
is to be insti.uted in its place.
And why this change just as the time
when stability in the civil authority of the
pafion ond in the constructi on and interp
retation of the Constitution, is so desirable ?
Congress is wildly rushing on in the path
war of political madness and pnrti<an fury.
Th" people ate excited by constant ap
peals to their passions, and inllarned by the
acts of interested arid unscrupulous dema
gogues. A war between the sections has
jut ended, and the parties to the strife
have not yet forgotten the scenes enacted
in that contest. All these circumstances
make it neces-ary that the laws should be
expounded bv calm, wise, and upright men.
Congress restricted to its legal and consti
tutional duties ; the States upheld in their
pr-'per rights, and constitutional liberty
guaranteed to all the people. Congress,
under the whip and spur of ambitious poli
ticians may pass laws of a sectional and
unjust character, affecting, not alone the
political but the social and business rights
of the people of a portion of the Union. —
They may burden a particular class with
taxes urknown to the Constitution, or tie -
prive tliem of all participation in the affairs
of the nation. In short, they may enslave
a portion of the citizens of United States,
and ts rcdri'Ss 10 be obtained if not
before that tribunal, which is supposed to
sit in serene repose aoove the storms of
p-ssioii wh clt disturb the ration and b
c'ond the judgments of m-n, and todi.-pense
justice in such a manner as will secure the
rights of all ?
The tirn • for the change, as well as the
particular class of decision to he affected by
it, show the meaning and animus of the
whole movement. The Radical party are
determined that the Legislative branch of
the government shall be paramount in the
nation, that Congress shall expound, enforce,
interpret, as well as pass the laws. Hav
ing a majority in the Northern States, they
deny representation to the Southern States,
and propose to reduie thetn to the condi
tion of Territories. This aetion being di
rectly in antagonism to the Constitution,
the legislation to effect it is necessarily un
constitutional. Some of the acts of the
power have already been dashed to pieces
by the Iron logic ot the Su remc Conrt
and hence the fear entertained hy ihe Rad
icals that their whole sch me will be pros
trated by the same body, unless its power
is curtailed by prompt aetion on the part
of congress, Tln-re is no time to be lost.
Cases are, constantly arising in which the
powers ot Congress '..re called in question,
and a decision may he r. ached which wo'd
place an obstacle in the way of the revolu
tionists in Congress that could he removed
only by more flagrant and indefensible leg
islation than that which now disgraces the
-tatute books of the nation. This fear
moved Mr. W. to action, and explains the
meaning of the hill IN one a-qn-ct. The
Supreme Court is to be shorn of its power
in certain cases before the country is taught
by that body how the Constitution and the
rights of the people are being trampled un
der foot hy a partisan minority in Congress.
The class of cases to which the new prin
ciple is to he applied, also illustrates the
meaning of the movement inaugurated hy
Mr. Williams. The concurrence of "all
the judges' is to be necessary in all "cases
of writs of error from and appeals to the
Supreme Court of the United States,where
in is questioned the validity of any statute
or other auihority of the United States, or
the construction, or the authority exercised
under any State, on the giound of repug
nance to the Constitution or laws of the
United States. ' Now, this is legislating ;
on a certainty that if particular laws are
passed, they cannot he conected by the
Stip< me Court. Suppose Congress pass
ed a law making it obligatory upon the
States to give the free hadot to the negroes,
can tins law be corrected by th<- Supremo
Court under tlie Williams principle? The
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court made
a tour to the Southern States, and before
mixed audiences committed himself in ef
fect to this very measure. How then, can
such a law he reviewed in the manner in
tended when the supreme Couit was in
stituted ? And so with hundreds of othet
4< U confepplstU'ii by the Radicals If en
acted by Uongriias, they could not be tested
by the Constitution, and the President (
be called upon to enforce them by all
the inffilrfrv power of the nation. From
all these faefe/it is certain that the move
ment of Mr. YYflßams against the Supreme
Court is a part of fbe revolutionary plot to
overthrow the Union and the liberties of
the people, and erect upon their rUins a
despotism more intolerant than that of Aus
tria or any of tho Old World monarchies.
—Age.
liMt Plan to Depose the President.
The special Washington correspondent
of the Public Ledger , telegraphed to that
paper the following despatch :
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.—1t is now sta
ted by those who profess to have learned
the plans of the leaders in the impeachment
scheme, t> at having come to the conclu
sion that there cannot be a conviction in
the senate, even though the President
should be brought before tbat body on an
impeachment by the House, it has been
determined to pass a iaw providing that
when articles of impeachment are preferred
the pa-ty charged shall be immediately
suspended in the execution of his official
duties, and another placed in his office ii—
til the trial is over, . Und.-r such a law it
is claimed the mere passage of the bill in
House would suspend Mr. Johnson, and
Mr. Wade would be selected as the ad in
terim Presid nt.
If President Johnson is willing to sub
mit to such a programme, he deserved to
be impeached. If it should be attempted
and he resists, —arrests and impiisons his
accusers—he will be sustained by an army
of patriots, that will bring to the memory
of Tiiad. Stevens a scene enacted by him
in the buck shot war.
Gossip with Contributors
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All settlements made promptly at the
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Poetry and prose pieces respectively so
licited.
The highest market price paid for awful
railroad smashes, aud elopements with an
other man's wife.
No swearing aloud in our paper..
Issac. Your article on "frog" is re
ceived.
Ii made me biff like lightning
"Your i lea "that frogs might be in
cr'-ased by "propagation" is bully.
Your idea 4 'that frogs was discovered by
Mr. <'hnstopher Columbus in the yea
-15K2" has slipped my memory.
You also say that "frogs grow more bob
tailed as they grow older." This is too
cussed good to be entiiely lost.
Noah —We very humbly decline your
essay on the flood.
Your reniaiks might possible lead one
nv r • man to thii k as you do, and we
don't want our columns to he In Id respons
ible for increasing the number of fool-.
The world has already got* more fools
than there is anv need of.
Tnero aint no doubt in my mind but
that the flood was a perfect sin ess, and I
have thought that another just such an
one would pay well in some sections ot
the country. — Josh Billings.
An Impending Coup d'Etat.
The New York Times , (Republican)
TTonrv J, Raymond's paper, published a
long article in its issue of the 24th, in ref
er nee to the revolutionary designs of the
traitors in the Rump Congress, from which
we take the following :
"Tho purpose of the majority of the
present imperfect Congress, as we all see.
is to remove the President, and not only
President but lha Supreme Court out of its j
way. We see this, and we look on in
apathy, and go about money making, stn- !
pi ly trusting that no harm will come of
it. and vet what is doing is that constitu
tional government is destroyed before our
eyes. A bill was brought in on Monday •
by Mr. Y\ illiams. of Pennsylvania, which, '
absolutely, is entitled a hill to *'d> fine the I
powers of the Supreme Court"—of the
Supreme Court ! whose powers are defined
by the Constitution, and the chief object of
whose creation was to the powers of
Congress. A more barefaced attempt at
usurpation was never seen; a more fatal
blow to constitutional government was
never d<alt, Y r et what may wc not expect
whelp Mr. W ilso reports a bill which de- i
clares valid and conclusive ceiPo'n procla- I
mations and consequen a<*ts which the
Supreme Court ean only declare valid ? j
And when Mr. Boutwell does not hesitate
to declare, 'witli strong emphasis,' that the
Supreme Court exists but bv the breath of
Congress—the Supreme Court, created bv
the creator of < ongress, to interpret its
laws a*>d be a chock upon its action ! Con
gress has no more r ghtto define the pow
ers of the Supreme Court than to define its
own powers or those ol the President." j
RELIGION IN SCHOOLS Chaptrrs 3and
4of "The Lawver in the School Room"
contain in the. fir.-t successful attempt that
has been made to collect the la**s of the sev
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Schools,' and put them ;n such close juxta
position that they may be ea-ilv compared
and understood. This valuable little l>ook
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the origin and progress of "Religious Lilt—
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Court Proceedings,,
The January Term of Court, opened at this place
on Monday the 21st i?t : Hon. WS. ELWKLL,
President, and Hon. JOHH V. SMITH and GOBDXIV
PIKE. Associate Judges.
The Cons'ables elect for the several Townships
were called and sworn in .
The Grand Jurors were called and fwern—Johnr
G. Spauldo g Esq.. of Forkston as Foreman.
In matter of the Estate of Wm. A. Brink dee'd.,
Harvey Sickler ns appointed Auditor to marshal ao
connts of Administrators.
James H B-tgloy vs. Emeline D. Bagley— Alias
Subpoena in Divorce awarded.
Wm. Flickner vs. Swaekhamraer et al— Rule gran
ted to show cause why judg't. shall not be opened
and Detts let into a defence
Chs. Roserrrnnt vs Martha Rosecgrant— divorce,
lourt apjioint P. M. Osterhout Commissioner to take
Depositions,
Lvdia Gould vs. James Gould —Divorce, Procla
mation by Sheriff ordered, and P. M Osterhout Esqr.
appointed Commissioner to take Depositions.
In matter of Petition of Oliver E Reynolds for
specific performance of contract with Toseph W,
Reynolds— Citation issued to Adrn'rs to appear and
answer at next Term.
Maria Shaver vs Henry K. Shaver, Divorce—
Alias Subpoena directed to issue.
D. Ilankinson vs'J, G. Smith—Harvey Sickler
appointed an Auditor to distribute funds in the hand*
.f Jus. 11. Hurling, late Sheriff.
Wm. Blackmar vs. S iu't. and John
Leave grunted to file new affidavit of defence.
In matter ot the Sale of real estate of minor
children of Savanna Carter- Sale ordered
In ma tter ot School Directors of Bruintrim Town
ship, on Petition md motion—Bule granted on
Dir 'dors to j-how cause why their seats shall not bo
made va cant and others appointed in their atead.
Deposi ions to be taken on_Eve days notice.
In uiat'er of road in Nicholson trorn near line of
R Green and H. Piker tc near Z. Billings—Report
of Viewers set aside.
In matter of sale of Joseph S, Vaow
ordered.
In matter of Methodist Church at Nicholson—Cor
porate powers decreed.
Louisa Orcutt vs Wm 11. Oreutt— Divorce, Decred
fn m the bonds of Matrimony made.
In matter of the Election of School Directors of
Washington Town.-bip, on motion—Court appoint
first day of next term to hear ease—Ten days notice
to be given Directors.
In matter of sale qf the real estate of E. Mowry
Jr , Decree, that sale made be confirmed.
In matter of :>ppo'ntnient of Guardiun of Minor
thildreuof i". i spring liec'd. —S R. Stephens ap
pointed Guaidian
G. J C arpenter vs Adm'rs. of Geo- S. Tufton
dee'd., Citation ordered to be issued to Adm'rs. for
specific performance of Contract.
Arnold vs Arnold—Divorce frcm bonds of matri
mony decreed.
Report s of Viewers for roads in Meshoppen, Nich
olson and Clinton Townships, Confirmed nisi.
On matter of the sale of real estate of Wm H.
Conrad, a Lunatic -Rule granted on R H. Atkin
son to shaw cause why sale shall not be made.
Kosina Cnpwell vs James Capwell— Divorce, On
hearing depositions, Court decreed divorce from
Bonds of Matrimony.
Luke Moore vs. Stephen Dana, Adm'rs of Estate
of Henry Metcalf dee'd. Action Debt,—Case tried,
Verdict for Plaintiff for * 06 92.
Daniel Wright vs. Nelson W. French-—Ejectment
Case tried-'-Verdict for the Plaintiff.
Cotnmenwealth vs. Patrick Blade— lndictment,
assault wiih intent to ravish. True Bill at Nov. Ses
sions non Pros entered.
Commonwealth vs. J W. Rinker and Horace
Harding— Indictment, Refusing to receive vote at
1 lection Case tried as to Horace Harding- --The
Jury in this case af'rr two days and nights deliber
ations, returned a verdict of "Ignorantly Guilty"—*
motion in arresS of J dg't by Defts. atty. Rule
granted to show cause returnable to next term*
Cominnnwoalth VS. Ira H. II Schooly. Indictment
Manslaughter, Case tried at Nov. Sessions—Piiao
ner brought up and sentenced to pay Sue of *2OO
with costs of prosecution and undergo an imprison
roent in the Eastern Peneteutiary for one year and
fix months.
The following Indictments acted upon by the Grand
Jury.
Commonwealth TS. Absalom Carey—lndictment
Retaining Bounty money of volunteer—Charlotte
Baker Ptos,, Bill ignored—Pros, to pay the costs.
Commonwealth vs. Absalom Catey—lndictment
Enlisting person to seive as volunteer in other Mate,
—Charlotte Baker Pros.—Bill Ignored, Pros, to
pay costs of prosecution.
Commo. wealth vs Augustus V\ eaher—Hidtet
ment—Fornication, Chas. s Schoilay Pros,, Bui
ignortdand Pros topiy costs.
Commonwealth vs Junes Capwell-Indictment,
Larcenv, Christoj her Mathewson Pros, True Bill-
Case trie I, Veiuiot guilty—Prisoner sentenced to
pay fine ot 100, and .-oste and undergo an impna
oniiient in th Eastern Penetentiary lor two years
and two months.
Tavern Licenses were granted in the fellow tag
cases :
Falls, Lewn B Ayers.
CI in .on, Chiistopher Mutbewso*.
Forkstor, Thos. P Hitchcoek.
Ho-r . It W C