Year: 1863

70 deny their own notions OF constitution and
Law. I wont say it is childish in the Prssi-
dent TLaughier.] He might order NE ar
rested. [Cries-' Never. never Let en- try
it, It is an indictable oEence to bring the
Government into contempt, aud il IS miracle
to ne how Lincoln has escaped indictment 50
long" Great and continued laughter


TIE Presidents DISREGARD OF Law
There are various transactions which show the
utter disregard Of laws and constitutions, on
the part Of the Administration, besides arbi-
trary arrests of citizens in loyal States. and
the suspension of the writ Of hq5eGS corpus
The list of nominations sent by the President
to the Senate for confirmation, was returned
to him because the selections were rot made
within the proper limits Of the law. Il IS said
that the President is offended at the action Of
the Senate, aud declines to return any of the
nominations until the law Is charged. Il looks
to me as though the President was wrong, it
being bis duty to see that the laws are strictly
executed, instead of being changed, that being
the duty Of the legislative department. By
Withholding them until the adjournment Of the
Senate, he can get along without the aid Of
the Senate, or the law, as any appointment he
may make will hold good until formally reject
ed by the Senate. Would it not be better,
however, aud more in accordance with his
oath. which, he stated in his inaugural mes
sage, was registered in Heaven" to abide
by the law ? G. II. C.


The Jewish Record states that the last ses-
sion of the Grand Lodge of Virginia rescinded
the resolution of 1860, forbidbing intercourse
with the Masons under the Grand Lodge Of
New York, thus again uniting in the bonds of
the fraternity the brethren Of the two jurisd,c-
tons. We are glad to learn this fact. espe-
cially glad to have il take place when by no
combination of means within the command of
the Grand Lodge of New York could we have
even expressed TO them desire for return
of the fraternal relations of the past. We re-
ceive it as an indication that even amid the
throes and agonies Of war, amid the desolated
homesteads and blasted fields of the Old Do
minion, the spirit of reason still lives; the
Influence Of Masonry is not forgotten, the love
of the brethren is not extinct May we not
reasonably indulge in the hope that the spirit
which obtained in the Grand Lodge is abroad
in the land that, as the brethren sought TO
renew the ties of Masonry, so the citizens feel
& desire to return again to the covenant Of the
fathers, to cease their oppostions and once
more claim the protection of the starry symbol
to the glory of which Virginia has contributed
so much in the past-for her forgetfulness of
which she has suffered so deeply?


The contrabands in Washington are at last
put to work at cleaning the streets of that
city The Boston Post says if they would
clean out some of the Departments, the country
would be better for it. If the constantly in
creasing numbers OF contrabands that are now
becoming paupers in the loyal States, or now
living in ideness on Government rations, were
transferred to the plains and made to work on
the Pacific railroad, they might earn their
living, and be of some service in their day and
generation. But the idea of making them ser
vicable in advancing the improvements of the
age, We suppose does not enter into the pro-
gramme of the morbid phiauthropsts who
have them in charge. 1t is their elevation at
the expense of the country, that is the primary
object.


INDIAN TROUBLES on THE OVERLAND ROUTE.