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clare martial law ia the District of Columbia
and toras large an area around it as might
suit his purpose. He would then be practic-
ally Dictator, and General Grant would be
officially his military Lieutenant
This would be Illegal, it would be revolu-
tionary, It would be preposteTous. I'M
doubtedly; but it is none the less possible
and probable. The President is not a per
son who can be trusted, and when that is
said all is said He knows that Congress
will meet on the Dist of November He is
very sure that there viii be a vigorous effort
for his impeachment He is pretty sure
that the effect will succeed and he probably
has very little doubt Of the result, Now
he also believes, for he has told US very Of
ten, that Congress as at present constituted
IS usUrping body He acknowledges its
authority, indeed, but that acknowledgment
would not interfere with his action, for he
Is wholly inconsistent and illogical, and he
Is desperate. He insists that the late rebel
States are entitled to representation; and it
follows, in the Presidential mind, that
Congress which forclbly expels part of the
States is not body competent to impeach,
and not a body, therefore, whose action is
to be respected.
is there any thing in the career or charter
Of the President which make it unlikely that
he would attempt to resist or dispeTse Con-
gress, or do something to make trouble be-
fore It assemblies Common sense, indeed
rejects such a course as stupid folly. But
IS that a reason for supposing that 1t would
not be adopted by the President? 1t is
tolerably evident to most sensible men that
a great cause, great faith, and skilllul lead
ers are necessary to a great and successful
revolution; and that there Is no cause, no
inspiration, no leadership, in Andrew
johnson and his policy" If he has
any reliance it must be upon the Demo
cratic party. is that party likely to sup
port him in corp de' etdt2 No, for they
are very careful to disown the President and
the President S performances. But although
a great revolution requires a great cause, a
serious and bloody trouble may arise from
a very small one.
In insisting, as we do, upon the possibil-
ity and probability of Presidential violence,
we wish to persuade our readers that it is
their duty to be awake and alert, and that
no peace is to be expected while Mr.. John
son IS President. 1t was universally sup
posed and asserted that Congress had bound
him so closely that he could do no mischief.
Does the event prove I'll Is he not to-
day 10 a position to do as much mischief,
more mischief than eYer2 And is there
any doubt that his doing it will depend
solely upon his courage? Heis undoubted-
ly urged by evil counsellors as Governor
Seymour Of New York was in 1868. The
Governor, upon reflection, didn directly
resist the National Government. it was a
very wise course, and it Is useless now to
speculate upon the reasons that ruled him.
Ii the President is as wise as the Governor
we shall he very clad If he is not we
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fensive, defes the unques.ionable public
opinion of the country, qlarfels, under p0-
lite phrases, with General Grant, and knows
that within ninety days Congress will assem-
BILE and viii probably impeach him. has
he done an this for the sske of being i'm
penched2 Has he done it with the intention
Of placidly Welding when he IS impeaehed,
and going humbly out of Office Or does
he mean, if possible, to provoke an armed
crisis
We learn, upon good authority, that
there are ten thousand men in Maryland
called militia, armed and under the com
mand of rebel officers Not long before Mr..
Stanton was suspended 4 requisition came
from the Governor Of Maryland to the War
Department for batteries, which the Secre-
tary refused. For what purpose is such
body of men so armed and so differed 2
We do not mention this to excite a foolish
alarm, but an alarm which is not foolish.
Ii may be an untrue story, but i Is not IN
the least improbable that the President in
tends some action hostile to Congress 1t
may be in the guise Of resistance to the
process and results Of impeachment. 1t
may be in pursuance Of plan to issue an
amnesty and to assemble a new Congress.
The wildness of the plan and its tutlllty do
not make it improbable Ii the President
knew the feeling Of the country he might
pause. But he does not know it, lie can
not know it. lie is surrounded aud led BY
men who misrepresent it; and to General
Grant the true friend of the country IN the
Cabinet, he does not listen.
The times are gra7e. No man should
deceive himself or "deride, with the New
York Tribune, the imminenee Of trouble.
To be forearmed against danger we must be
forewarned. We need not, indeed, imagine
that we are already Mexieanized; but we
ought certainly to reflect that in revolu
tionary period, when the country still trem-
bles with civil war, and peaceful order Is not
yet restored, a desperate, ignorant, and OBJ
stinate Chief Magistrate may plunge us into
very serious dif6culty.-HaTPers Weekly.
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THE PUBLIC PERIL.

Some Of the Democratic papers are re-
peating their action of the autumn Of 500
When at that time it was very clear that the
Democratic leaders at the South and in Cab
met intended to plunge the country into war
some of the Republican journals in the
country called attention to the significant
signs of the times, as portending trouble,
and asserted that under all circumstances
the laws must be maintained. The Demo
cratic papers declared that such q strain was
ineendiary, and that the Republicans were
stirring up civil war.
As We said last week the public apathy
and incredulity were remarkable, and the
country blindly lurched into war, If the
circumstances which were known 80 some
had been made public if the tocsiu Of the
press had loudly rung the alarm, the war
might not indeed have been avoided but we
should have been somewhat prepared for the
struggle At the present time, as we also
stated last week, there Is reason for grave
apprehension of trouble, and the country
ought constantly to bear it in mind. No
body can seriously doubt that the President
would resort to an armed settlement with
Congress, if he dared, 1t Is mainly a ques-
tion of his courage. Suppose the President,
having issued general amnesty, should de-
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CONSTITUTIONAL LIBERTY.

Govcrnor English telegraphs to Governor
Haight that his election will gladden. the
friends Of Constitutional liberty the country
through Governor Haight telegraphs
back that California has echoed the voice
Of Connecticut, q We have but
followed where you led in the sacred cause
Of Constitutional liberty" What do these
gentlemen mean by Constitutional liberty
They certainly mean something different
from that liberty affirmed in the glorious
preamble to cur father 5, Declaration Of
American independence, when they pro-
claimed that "uV men are created equal
and endowed by their Creator with mali
enable rights to life, liberty and the pursuit
of happiness. Constitutional liberty is
something radically different from alatgeFsal
liberty, its champions themselves being
judges. 1t is not that sort OF liberty which
Governor English advanced when, amid the
despairing shrieks and howls ofthe devotees
of 'Constitutional liberty, he voted TO
abolish and prohibit slavery throughout this
broad Republic. No, it is something very
different from that as the two accidental
Goveruors-one chosen such by lavish ex-
penditurc Of his own and other millionaires'
money, and the other slipping in through a
deplorable feud which distracted the Union
party and kept twenty thousand Of lis yo-
ters from the polls--very well know,
John c. Calhoun was, for twenty years,
the leading champion of Constitutional
liberty. Polk, Pierce, and Buchanan were
his timid and cautious disciples. The asser-
ted right of every STAKEHOLDER to plant sla-
very wherever he.might choose, in defiance
of whatever local or general repugnances
was direct deduction from this doctrine OF
Constitutional liberty" Abraham Lin
coin touched the core oft when, in his can
yass with Douglass, he defined squatter
sovereignty thus;-''If \ chooses to make
b his slave, c shall not interfere God
be thanked that this swindling mockery dis
guised as constitutional liberty is not the
liberty for which our fathers fought, nor
that which their lineal sons are determined
and destined to achieve l-Ae5C Rork Iri-
JURe,
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WHAT ARE YOU LIVING For? "A pas.
tor walking out recently, met a little girl be-
longing to bis flock As they walked on to-
gether, he spoke to her of her studies, and
was pleased to find her manifesting an inter
est amounting almost to enthusiasm in the
cultivation Of her mind:
But Why, Ellie, asked the pastor, "are
you 50 anxious to succeed in your studies ?
What do you mean to do with your educa-
ton after you get it?p
that I nav do some GOOD in the w world I'@' I I
don want to tell the Lord inthe day of judg-
ment that have lived so long in the world
ithout having done any good IN it. -
Noble purpose Who of our young
friends are studying and living to so good an
end ? Who Of US are making an every day
impress for good On the hearts and eyes of
those among whom we move?
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THE Roc EGGs.-The following from the
Calcutta Englishman, gives full account
of the enormous fossil eggs-t eggs they be
found in the Island ofNadagascar:
The Mauritan mentions; on the authority
of a Bourbon journal that singular dis
covery has been made in Madagascar, Fos-
sill eggs ofan enormous size have been found
in the bed of torrent. The shells are an
eighth of an inch thick, and the circumter-
ence of the egg itself is 2 feet 9 inches
lengthways, and feet 2 inches round the
middle One which has been opened con-
tains about two gallons What was to
have come out Of these eggs Bird or
crocodile z The natives seem to be well ac-
quainted with them, and say that ancient
tradition is uniform as to the former exis-
tence Of bird large enough to carry an OK.
This is only little smaller than the roc of
oriental fable, which waited patiently till he
saw the elephant and rhiuoeeTos fighting,
and then carried off both at one stoop.
Some fossil bones were found in the same
place as the eggs; but the Bourbon editor
says that he viii leave it to the pupils OF the
great Cuyier to decide 10 what animal they
belong. If they should prove to be the
bones of bird of size corresponding to the
egg, the discovery will indeed be an extra
ordinary one.
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THE GREASE TREE. i'm China there
grows tree known as the Grease Tree. II
is said that large forests Of this vegetable
lubricant are to be found there, and they
form the source Of faconsiderable local traffic.
This tree 1ot very long ago was imported
into India, and il is said the experiment of
eultiy4ting 1t taere has proved quite sue
eesstd. In the Punjaub and northwestern
provinces generally it grows as rapidly and
a. vigorously as IN its native soil, and there
are already thousands Of trees on the gov
eminent plantations, yielding tons of seed,
admirably adapted to a variety Of CONNER
cial purposes. Doctor Jameson, chemist in
the PunJaub, has prepared hundred weights
ofgrease from this particular tree, and has
forwarded on trial portion of it 10 the
Punjaub railway, to have its qualities tested
IL practical manner as lubricating mate
rial Tor those parts of the machinery con-
stantly. exposed to friction. The grease
thus obtained forms an excellent tallow.
burning with clear, brilliant, and what is
infinitely more to the purpose, white light.
and at the same time emitting not a trace Of
any unpleasant odor, or of the ordinary
disagreeable aceompaniments of combustion
smoke.
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LITTLE NEGLEcTs. By neglecting to lock
the stable door the horse was stolen, by
leaving a lot of old rubbish in the farm
yard, one colt broke his leg and another got
a nail in his foot; in neglecting to spend half
an hour in battering upon the. sheep fold, a
pair of twin lambs froze to death. By care
lessly tying the bull, the OK was gored and
died; By neglecting to kill the ticks on the
sheep, and lice on the cattle, the sheep be-
bame poor, shed all their wool, gave no
milk, the lambs died, and fine stock of
cattle, in high condition when they came to
stall, lost all their flesh before spring, some
helped up by the tail and survived, while
others were snaked off by the neck, short
attached in some way to human transgres-
sions
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ExTENI OF THE UNIVERSE. 1t may
give some idea of the extent of the Uni
verse to know the length of time required
for light, which travels 1872, 600 miles min
ute, to come from different celestial objects
to this earth. From the moon, 1t Games in
one and a quarter seconds; from the sun, in
eight minutes; from Jupeter, in ffty-two
minutes; Uranus, in two hours; from star
of the first magnitude, three or twelve
years; from star of the fifth magnitude,
sixty-six years; from a star of the twelfth
magnitude, four thousand years. Light
which left a star of the twelfth magnitude
when the IsTaelites left Egypt mas not yet
reached the earth. Our entire solar system
itself travels at the rate of thirty-fiye thou
sand miles an hour among the fixed stars
Home and Foreign Record.
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The BIRD OF THE ToLLNG BELL
Among the highest woods and deepest glens
of Brazil a sound is sometimes heard, so
singular that the noise seems quite unnatur-
al; it IS ike the distant and solemn tolling of
a church bell, struck at intervals. This ex-
uaordinary noise proceeds from the araWan-
da. The bird sits On the top Of the highest
constantly heard heard IN the most 5 ?eseg. places s.
than the profound silence of the woods, bro
ken only by the metallic and almost super
Hatural lI sound OF this invisible bird, coming
ere 9 ,g a 4 Tbe 5ss - lG'% %H5fo bto
with circle Of red around Its eyes; its size
Is about that Of Z small pigeon.
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WAR.-Give me the money that has been
spent in war, and will purchase every foot
of land upon the globe. l will clothe every
man, woman and child in an attire of which
kings and queens would be proud l will
build a school mouse on every hill side, and
in every valley over the whole earth; l will
build an academy in every town, and endow
it; a college in every State, and fill it with
able professors; [ viii crown every hill with
a place of worship, eonsecrated to the pro-
mitigation of the Gospel of peace; l will
support in every pulpit an able teacher of
righteousness, so that on every Sabbath
morning the chime on one hill should an
swer to the chime on another round the
earth's wide circumference; and the voice Of
PRAYER, and the song of praise, should as
cend ike universal holocaust to Heaven,
-Rnfns Sterens.
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WOUNDED.

Let me lie down,
just here in the shade of this cannon. torn
Here low on the trampled grass, where may
sec
The surge Of the combat, where may hear
The glad cry Of victory cheer upon cheer
Let me lie down.
Oh, 1t was grand
Like the tempest we charged, in the triumph
to share;
The tempest-its fury and thunder were there,
On, on, Ger entertainments, DER living aud
With the foe under foot aud our flag over
Oh, it was grand
Weary and faint.
Prone to the soldiers coach ah, how can l
rest
With this shot shattered head and sabre
pierced breast
Comrades, at roll call, when shall be sought
Say l fought till l fell, and fell where
fought,
Wounded and faint.
Oh that last charge
Right through the dread hell-fre of schrapnel
and she'll
Through without falteriug, clear through with
a yell,
Right in their midst, in the turmoil and
gloom,
Like heroes we dashed at the mandate Of
doom.
Oh, that last charge
1t was duty
Some things are worthless, and some others
so good
That nations who bay them pay only in blood,
Fer Freedom aud Union each man owes his
And here I pay my share all warm from my
It is duty
Dying at last
Ny mother, dear mother, with meek, fearful
eye.
Farewell and God bless you, for ever and
aye
Oh that now lay on your pillowiug breast
To breathe my last sigh on the bosom first
press
Dying at last
am no saint,
Bat boys, say a prayer. There's one that be-
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9olitital.
.
THE MAJORITY AND THE CoNSTI-
TUITION.

A correspondent. whose letter we print
elsewhere, ex presses IN few words what Is
the difficulty of thousands Of honest minds
with regard to this dispute between Mr..
johnson and Congress-of men, too, who
do not approve Of Mr. johnson 5 course,
but who. nevertheless, cannot persuade
themselves that he and the Supreme Court
have not each as good right to interpret
the Constitution-tha is, define the limits
OF their own powers-as Congress has. 1t
is however, quite plain to the conmOnest
intelligence that whatever written cOnstl-
tuition can do, there is one thing 1t cannot,
and that IS, prevent these coordinate
branches of a government from coming into
collision when each attempts to define its
owa powers. That these collisions have
not occurred oftener, or rather have not
proved of much moment hitherto, either
here or in England, is due simply to the fact
that In ordinary times the subjects 90 which
coordinate departments differ, and the ends
they have in view, are not of sufficient IN
portance to tempt any one department into
going TO extremes. One is almost sure to
give up before negotiation Is exhausted.
Therefore he arrangements made by writ
ten constitution for preserving the balance
Of power may ordinarily work well. 10
this country they have worked WE'LL Until
the Dred Scott decision, although the pow
ers claimed for the Supreme Court under
the Constitution had excited jealous aud
avowed intention not to be bound by its de-
cisioas. But the Dred Scott decision
touched point which the majority felt to
be vital, and at once the authority Of tie
Court as an interpreter was repudiated by
the majority So, also, the issues raised in
this reconstruction process are felt by the
majority to be vital, that is, to 20 TO the very
foundations of the rational existence, and,
therefore, tie slightest attempt of the
Court to control the action Of Congress
would certainly be repudiated, and the Court
knows il and wisely abstains from meddling
IF the Supreme Court had the power Of
interpreting thc Constitution under all
circumstance and in all cases, the judges
would govern the country as a small oligar-
chy, and reform would be hopeless inside
half censury. You may assert that they
have this power as much as you please, and
the majority in quiet times may act as II
they bad IT: but the minute troublou- times
come aud the majority is satisied that if II
obey the judges the ends for which the
Judges exist will be defeated, it viii n6t obey
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THE IssuE.-Was the war right ? This
is the whole issue before Us, stripped of all
incidental and outside matter, If 1t was,
we do not want and will not have its effects
and consequences construed away. This is
now the objective point towards which the
Democrats are tending under the lead of
Judge Black, and to this end they are at
tempting to Gil our courts with lawyers Of
the strict or Calhoun construction school.
Woodward tried to construe away the draft.
SharsUood attempted to construe away our
national currency Black boldly decided
that the nation had no power to defend Its
own life. So it goes Step by step they
undermine all that we have been living and
Eghtipg for since 1T76, and if let alone, IN q
short time woyld have US repudlaung every
idea or semblanee Of nationality. These
men. too, are conscientious in their hcresy.
Calhoun could not have been more SO, and
therein is the great danger. live. believe
that our war was right, that our soldiers died
in a good cause, and that our 5agoaets
gleanled through Georgia c0RstltuttoRda5g,
then we must avoid, yea, spuru all men. who
conscientiously believe the war to have been
wrong, and pronounce it, when they would
excuse it, am error and mistake. There IS
no half way ground on this question. 4ou
must vote for Williams and constitutional
war. or Sharswood and an unconstitutional
war. - PHILADELPHIA Press.
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HOTELS.
WASHINGTON HOTEL

This large and commodious house, having been
re taken by the subscriber, is open for the
ccprion Of visitors and bOarders The rooms are
large, well ventilated and comfortably furnished.
The table viii always be supplied with the best
the II arzet can afford. The Bar is stocked with
slo choicest liquors. IN short it IS my purpose
to keep a FIEST-CLASS HOTEL. Thanking
the public for past fayors, I respectfully solicit
renewal Of their patronage.
\. q. Hacks viii run constantly between the
Hotel and the Springs
mayI7, 67;ly WM- DIBERT, Prop'r-
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A SECRET WORTH KNOWING. Am able
writer gives utterance to the following valu-
able secret: ''The looking forward to enjoy
ment don't pay. For what / know of it, L
would as soon chase butterflies for living
or bottle moonshine for a cloudy night. The
only way to be happy is to take the drops
of happiness as God gives them to US every
day Of our lives. The boy must learn to be
happy while he is learning his trade; the
merchant while he is making his fortune.
fhe fails to learn this art, he win be sure to
miss his enjoyment when he gains what he
has sighed for
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sMARr, do you remember the text this
morning?' ''No, papa, can never remem-
Der the text, I've such bad memory" "Ma-
ry,'' said her mother, "did you notice Sarah
Brown "Oh yes; what fright She had
on her last years bonnet, done up, pea
green silk, black lace mantilla, brown gait
ers, imitation Honiton collar, lava bracelet,
her old ear-drops, and such fan Oh, my /
oh, myl'' "Well, my dear, your memory is
improving
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HOUSE,

~ II 2 = 7 ~ NIII VI 4 -
I have purchased and entirely renovated the
large stone and brick building opposite the Penn
sgivania Railroad Depot, and have now opened it
fgr the accommodation of the travelling public.
The Carpets, Furniture. Beds ard Bedding are all
entirely new and FIRST class and safe in say
ing that I can offer accommodations not excelled
IN Central Pennsylvania.
refer 90 my patrons who have formerly known
me while in charge Of the BrJsd Top City Hotel
and Jackson House
uay2j-tf JOSEPH MORRISON
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IT is announced that the President means
to rest awhile This signifies that he IN
tends to wait until after the Pennsyl ylyania
and New York elections, and then, If the
republicans shall be defeated he will defy or
perhaps disperse Congress, Do the republl-.
cans perceive the magnitude and gravity OF
the issue VIII they see to 1t that the
elections so result as not to give the Presl-
dent popular endorsement 2-fittsbur8t
GFaslte
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gEEsCEELANEOUs.


DUP & SHANNON, BANKERS,
IL BEpFORD, Pa.
BANK OF DISCOUNT AND DEPOSIT.
Collections made for the East, West North and
South, and the general business Of Exchange
Transacted. Notes and Accounts Collected and
Eemit.auces pEomptiymade. REAL EsIAIE
buught and sold. feb22
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A WILLING DEBTOR. Sir Walter Scott,
on one occasion, was desirous of rewarding
the wit and importantly Of an Irish beggar
by the present of a sixpence, but found that
he had not so small coin in his purse.
Here, my good fellow said the baronet,
here is q shilling; but mind you owe me
sixpence. " "God bless your honor" eX
claimed Pat, ''may your honor live till |
nav you!n The author of Ivanhoo was
highly tickled at the native reply.