hat Missouri, Iv ntuoky, Tennessee, and puts of other states bave again produced reasonably fair crops. CEN. SHERMAN'S ADVANCE. The most remarkable feature in the tr.tii tary operations of tfcfl year, ie General Sher man's attempted march of three hundred miles directly through the iusurgent region. It tends to show a great increase of our rel ativo strength,that our general in chief should feel able to confront and hold in check every active force of the enemy, and yet to detach a well appointed large army to move on such an expedition. The result not yet being koown, corjecture in regard to it is not here indulged. Important movements have also occurred during the year to tne effect of moulding society.for durability in the Lnion although short of c -mplete success; it i 3 so much in the right direction that twelve thou sand citizens in each of the States of Arkan sas and Louisiana have organized loyal slate government with free cor.s'itutions, and are earnestly struggling to maintain andadmiuis ter them. The movemtnt in the same direction, more extensive though less definite iu Missouri, Kentucky, and Tennessee, should not be overlooked. MARYLAND. But Maryland presants the example of complete success. Maryland is secure to liberty and Union for all the future. The genius of rebellion will no more claim Mary land, Like another loul spirit, being driven out, it may seek to tear her, but it will woo her no more. THE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY. At the last session of Congress a proposed amendment of the Constitution abolishing slavery throughout the United States, passed the Senate, but failed for lack of the requi site two thirds vote in the House of Repre sentatives. Although the present is the same Congress, and nearly the same mem bers, and without questioning the wisdom or patriotism of those who stood in opposition I venture to recommeud the reconsideration and passage of the measure at the present session. Of course the abstract question is not changed, but an intervening election shows almost ceitainty that the next Con gress will pass the measure, if this does not. Hence, there is only a question of time as to when the proposed amendment will go to the states for their action, and as it is to so go at all events, may wc not agree that the sooner the better. It is not claimed that the election has imposed a duty on members to change their view or their votes any further than as an additional element to he consider ed as iheir judgment may be affected by it. Tt is the voice of the people, now for the first time heard upon the question. In a great national crisis like ours, unanimity of action among those seeking a common end is very desirable, almost indispensable, and yet no approach to such unanimity is attainable unless some deference shall be paid to tne will of the majority, simply because it is the will of the majority. THE RF.CEST ELECTION. In this case, the common end is the main tenance of the Union, and among the means to 6ecure that end, such will, through the election, is most clearly declared in favor of ■uch constitutional amendment. The most reliable indication of public purpose in this country ia derived through our popular elec tion*. Judging by the recent canvass and its result, the purpose of the people within the loyal s'ates to maintain the integrity of the Union was never more firm nor more nearly unanimous than now. The extraordi nary calmness and good order with which the inHlions of voters met and mingled at the polls, give strong assurance of this. Not only all those who supported the "union ticket" (so called) but a great majority of the opposing party also may be fairly claimed to entertain and to be astuated by the same purpose. It is an unanswerable argument to this effect, that no candidate for any office whatever, high or lew, has ventured to seek votes on the avowal that he was for giving up the Union. There has heen much im pugning of motives aud much heated confro versy as to the proper means and best mode of advancing the Union cause, but in the distinct issue of Union or IIJ Union, the poll ticians have shown their instinctive knowl edge that there is no diversity among the people. In affording the people the fair opportunity of showing one to another, and to the world, this firmness and unanimity of purpose, the election has been of vast value to the national cause. The election has ex hibited anothei fact not less valuable to be known, the fact that we do no; approach exhaustion in the most important branch of Ihe nat ional resources—that of living men. "While it is inelancholly to reflect that the war has filled so many graves and carried mourning to so unny hearts, it is some re lief to know that, compared with the surviv ipg, the fallen ha.*e been so few. While corps and divisions and brigades and rcgi* ments have formed and fought and dwindled and gone out of existence, a great majority of, the men who composed them are still living The states regularly holding elections, both Unw and four years ago. to wit : California, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, lowa Kentucky, Maine, Marylan d, M| ssachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hamp shire, New Jersey, New York. Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wisconsin, east 3.982,011 votes now against 3,870,222 cast then, showing an W' #oof 33 .9 82 > 111, to which is to d 33,762 cast now in the new states " *"* da, which states did not the aggregate to — ; ne the he au— t Kanas and . vote in "18C0,thus swelling 4 015-773, and the net increase ai. „ three years and a half of war to 145,751. A j table is appended showing particulars. To this again should be added the number of all 1 soldiers the field from Massachusetts, Rhode Island. New Jersey, Delawere, Indian- I a,lllinois, and California, who, by the laws ■ i of those states, could not vote away from j homes, and which number cannot be • less than 90.000. Nor yet is this ail. The . r.uinbtr in organized territories is triple now what it was f. ar years ogo— while thousands white and black—Join us at the national arms press back the insurgent lines, so much ; is shown affirmatively and by the elect'ori. It is not material to inquire how : the increase has been produced, or to show j that it would have been g'eater but for the war, which is probably true; the important j fact remains demonstrated, that wc have, more men new than we had when the war be an, that we are not exhausted nor in ; process of exhaustion ; that we are gaining j strength, and may, if need be, maintain the ' contest indefinitely. This as to men. Material resources are now inoie complete and abundant than ever. The national re sources, are inexhausted, and, as we believe, inexhaustable, The public purpose to re establish and maintain the national authori- ' ty is unchanged, and. as we believe, unchang able- The maimer of continuing the effort remains to choose. NEGOTIATION. On careful consideration of all the evidence accessible, it seems to me that no attempt at negotiation with the insurgent leaders Could result in any good. He would accept of nothing short of severance of the Union, llis declarations to this affect are explicit and oft repeated, He does not attempt U deceive us. He affords us no excuse to deceive ourselves. We cannot voluntarily yield it. Between him and us the imie is distinct, simple, and inflexible. It is an issue which cau only be tried by war, and by victory. If wo yield we are beaten. If the southern people fad , him, he is beaten. Either way it would be the victory and defeat following war. What is true however, of hirn who leads the insur gent cause, is not necessarily true of those who follow. Although he cannot reaccept the I riion, tbey can. Some of them we know already desire peace and reunion The number of such may increase. They can at any moment have peace, simply by laying down their arms and submitting to the national authority under the Constitu tion. After so much, the government could not, if it would, maintain war against Ihetn. Ihe loyal people would not sustain or allow it. If questions should remain, we would adjust them by the peaceful means of legisla tion, conference, courts and votes, operating only in constitutional and lawful channels Some certain and other possible questions are and would be beyond the executive pow er to adjust, as, for instance, the admission of members into Congress, and whatever might might require the appropriation of money. AM NEST R. The executive power itself would be great ly diminished by the cessation of actual war. Fardons and remissions of forfeiture, however would Siili be within executive control. In what spirit and temper this cAt-icisea can be fairly judged of by the past. A year ago general pardon and amnes ty upon spec fied term? were offered to all, except cer'ain designated classes?, and it was at the same Time made, known that the ex cepted classes were stl in contemplation of special clemency. During the year many availed themselves of the(general prevision, and many more wou'd, only that the signs of bail faith in some led to such precautionary measures as rendered the practical process less easy and certain. During the same time, also special pardons bave been granted to individuals of excepted classes, and no voluntary application has been denied. A THREAT. Thus practically the door has been for a full year open to all, except such as were not in c ndition to make free choice ; that is. such as were in custo ly or under restraint. It is still so open to all- But the time may come, probably will come, when public duty demand that it be closed, and that in lieu more vigorous measures than heretofore shall be adopted. CONDITIONS OF PEACE. In presenting the abondonment of armed resistance to the national authority on the part of (he insurgents as the only indispens able condition to ending the war >n the part of ihe governmeut, I retract nothing hereto fore said as to slavery. I repeat the declara tion made a year ago, that while I remain in iny present position I shall not attempt to re'ract or modify the Emancipation Procla mation. Nor shall I return to slavery any person who is free by the terms of the proc lunation, or by any of the acts of Congress. If the people should, by whatever mode or means, make it an executive duty to re-en clave such persons, another, and not 1, must be their instrument to perform it. In stating a single nondition of peace, I mean simply to say, that the war will cease on the part of the government whenever it shall have ceased ou the part of those who began it. (Signed) ABRAHAM LINCOLN. "LEGAL TENDER NOTES" NOT A "LEGAL TENDER."—In the U. S. Court, be!d in Phila delphia, Judges Grier and Cadwallader, an opinion was delivered, on Tnurday, in case of the Philadelphia and Reading It. R, Co'y against Charlss Mouison.cf. al., which came before the Court iu shape of a b'll in eduity to compel the defendants to accept in extin guishinent of the principal of certain ground rents, to the amount of §300,000, the legal tender notes ol the L'nitea States. The case was aigucd a few days ago, and the opinion by Judge Grier is that greenbacks cannot be made a legal tender; that coin alone can be made such. This is a very important dccis ' ion. - -"ho has recently la *half so r*r" A young man • - •f* ,vs he did not finu • - , ' t married Mhe d.d lo get the (ur ,1 ,nd wh.nl. e™ • *' .nd ta.ur he had ,of, h.ck on .he old ( folks. C|e Democrat. HARVEY SICKI.ER, Editor. TUNKHANNOCK, PA Wednesday, Dee. 14, 1864 Political Preacher*. We hope our Demoeratic friends throughout the country will keep in kindly remembrance the pro fessed Ministers of the Gospel, who during the late campaign, left their pulpits an l went preaching for Lincoln and Abolitionism, The time is coming when these hypocritical pretenders . will want pay. Let those whom they have denounced refuse to give them a cent. Democrats remember them.—Demo crat, Bloomsburg. The above suggestion, or something of sim ilar import, we now find in almost every Democratic paper. With this difference, it is applicable to the case of mo6t of the preach ers of this region. Here, these abolition war preachers, do not ''leave the pulpit" to dis pense their nigger doctrines, but rather, use it, as their rostrum, to give their partisan ha rangues a show of truth and respectability. We heartily endorse the doctrine, that those for whom they preach should support them. When a man, professing to be called of God, to pre tch the Gospel, so far forgets his duty to God and his fellow men, as to engage in stirring up strife, contention, and blood shed among the people, ana encouraging ha tred, revenge and all the baser passions of the human breast—we say, when a man does this, we think it a high christian duty for every man and woman to wash their hands of the stain of feeding such "wolves in sheep's clothing." We do not imagine that what we have to say on this subject, will diminish the amount that will be given to these blood suckers, these parusiUs in communities where they live They will, doubtless, be sustained by those for whom they preach,and in whose interests they labor. This is as it should be. If those who do not approve ol their aboli tion war preaching, have charities to bestow, theyjeanaof fail to find worthier objects on which to bestow tin in. The land is filled with helpless, half-fed, half-clothed, dependent widows and orphans. Shall bread be taken from' their famished n"uths, and raiment from their shivering limbs, to feed and clothe these fat, cleek, worthless, impious, vagabond, abolition preachers? We think it ,ual the burthens and respensib-lities of so doing, should be taken from the patient, long suffer ing over taxed masser. Hereafter, let negro worshippers. shoddy contractors and govern ment office holders support negro-worship ping preachers ! Let christian men and wnr men start a widows and orphan's aid society in every town ; and give their mites, to those who are deserving and needy. To those who may think that we are ing in respect fur the ministerial office, we willjsay; that for the true uieeic and lowly apostles of the Saviour we always have en tertained and still do entprtain the highest regard ; but for these pretende r s these cant ing hypocrites, we have no sentiment or feel ing, but of loathing and contempt. And, if we can aid in teaching the succeeding gener ation, to despise them as heartily as we do, we think we 6hall have done goo 1 service, in the cause of humanity and Christianity. xrar The blower of th e nigger organ, of this place, gave his readers, last week, a long winded homily on the duty they owed to ! their children to furnish them good, moral j abolition newspapers. One would suppose, | that this self appointed teacher, had, by prac i ticing what he preaches , furnished to the i world some very exemplary specimens of the i "rising generation." Wo propose, shortly, 1 time a.id space permitting, to preach—thro' the columns of the Lemocrat , for the benefit ; of this preacher ed tor, and others of his cloth 'a sh jrt, practical sermon on the text ; "By ' their FRUITS ye shall know them." The Message. The President's message which we publish | to day, entire, is, to use the very classical lnguage of that high functionary tn relation , to th j Maryland election, "a big thing."— We are only able to glance at a few points in ! this important state paper. Our want of i classical knowledge prevents an appreciation, by u, of all its beauties. In adverting to our foreign relations, the President congratulates himself and the na j tion, that we are on the most peaceful footing ! with Ca6ta Ilica, Nicaraugua, Hayti, Liberia, j and all the rest of the nigger and half nigger I kingdoms, principalities, and republics of the world. England, Franco, Husia, and other European nations, made up, as they are, of i "white trash," he does not deign to noliee. j With China, Ezypt, and the Barbary states, i too, "the most amicable relations exist." i Oflicial correspondence with Liberia lias given the President a "pleasing view of social and political progress in that Republic." There i is only one little dark spot to mar the beauty of the prospect. Some of the igerant "Afri :cm gentleman" of "African descent," make occasional raids upou the American gcutle mon and women of the same descent and car ry them off to feaat upon their fat carcasses,'! jor sell them into slavery. Our humane 1 President asks authority ot Congress to send | a gunboat to his Liberian friends; but seems to entirely forget that the native races may thereby take offence, and our harmonious ••elations with them be disturbed. It is to " *hat this suggestion will not be the next annual rnes that the; hopeu adupti'J —otherwise ..je,™*.!! P' b ' W 5" U friendly relations existing between us and the kingdbifaftof Guinea, Sackatoo, Ninkapoo and other great central African powera have been slightly disturbed—by this gunboat. On the subject of the finances we find in the message a suggestion that Congress should not only secure the government bond holders against taxes ; but that they should also exempt them from the payment of their debts. Is it possible that Mrs. Lincoln's millinery bills, or old Abe's bill with his glove-maker, has been the father of this brilliant idea 7 Or are the greedy Hotel and boarding house keepers pursuing the govern ment clerks and contractors for the last quarter's board ? ID either case, relief sho'd by all means be granted by Congress' passing this bankrupt bill. Another idea on the subject of finance, would, but for the presi dent's sagacity, have escaped the attention of the taxpayers of the country. He says: "The great advantages of being creditors as well as debtors with relation to the public debt is obvious." Men cannot be much op pressed by a debt which they owe to them selves." The next time the government tax collector comes around, of course every "Lay aC man will empty his pockets of all he has, for he would only be paying a debt which he owes to himself. Certainly every man should deal h mostly with himself. This new finan cial idea, tuny, to the ignorant masses seem to conflict with tbe proposition—which also originate with the sage of Sangamon— that it is easier to pay a small debt than a "big one but this apparent discrepancy, is easily understood, when we reflect that "the world moves." While we are told that there are 50,000 names on the invalid and pension rolls, our hopeful President still adheres to his original declarations that 'there's nothing the matter nobody's hurt." On this point he says: j '"While It is melancholy to reflect that the war has filled so many graves ard carried mourning to so many hearis, it is some relief to know that compared with the surviving, the fallen have been so few. While crps and divisions and brigades ar.d legimenis have formed and fought and dwindled, gme out of exi*tance, a great majority of the men who compose i them are still living. 'lite election returns prove this, So many voters could not else be found." It will certainly be a great source of con solation to the hundreds of thousands of wid* ows and orphans in the land, to know that those whom they have mourned as dead, are still living-and able to vote. If they should'nt exactly see the poii.f, they cannot fail to dis cover that the number of men killed, as coin pared with those still living , is/eir. hat homeless widows, or shivering orphans will be "disloyal" enough to grieve for a husband or father, when they reflect that there are "mors men living now than when the war began." On the nigger question, tho ,JC, "' al K .. stiller ttian ever. Ho has con cluded tocon'rnue his "bull against the com et" in full force and virtue. The late elec tion is considered as a complete endorsement of all that has been done or may hereafter be done by him—against the cornet. The few Democratic congressmen, who Voted for "the constitution as it is," at the last session, are now modestly asked to give up their preju dices in favor of that instrument, and aid the abolitionists in making such changes as they may deem best. For, says he, "it is only a question of lima." The new congress, which will meet in March next, will certainly "pass the measure, if this does not." The feeble highwayman finding himself overpowered by a man whom he has attacked, begs him, to join in kis iutamous calling ; and tells him, if he don't, the next man he meets will. This kind o( argument cannot fail to abolitionize all the Democratic Congressmen, who have stood as a wall of fire against the assaults of the abolition destructionists for the past two years. We had supposed that the question of nigger or no nigger, in these United States, had been settled by proclamation. The President's wish for Congress to do again, what has already been done, can only be ex plained by the declamation, that, "the execu tive power itself would be greatly diminished by the cessation of actual war." He seems to greatly bar that the war ms/V stop ; and his proclamations may thereby be shorn cf their efficacy. What a pity it would bo if his "bull" should cease bunting the "comet;" and it should escape unharmed. On this subject he says : "I repeat the declaration made a year ago that while I remain in my present position I shall not attempt to retract or modify the Emancipation proclamation. "Nor shall I return to slavery any person who is free by the terms of that proclama' ion, or by any of the acts of Congress. If the people hsould, by whatever tnode or means, make it an ex ecutive duty to re-enslave such persons, an other, and not I, must be their instrument to perform it." It is a matter of serious alarm when we reflect that we are liable in any event to loose the invaluable services of the sa.-e of Sangamon ! Only think of it; suppose a new set of Webstere, Clays Casscs aud Ben tons should get into Congress and upon a restoration of peace and the union, should attempt to carry out the provisions of the Constitution by a fugitive slave law, such a that of 1850. Mr. Lincoln—although he has laken a solemn oath to support it— would not be the instrument of such designing men to carry out the law. What a misfortune to the country, if in such an event, he should— resign ? Such a contingency is to terrible for contemplation ! Heaven forefend thi c great calamity ! On the subject of Peace the President says.* "Tne war will cease on the part of the government whenever it shall have ceased on the part of those who began it. Those inen who voted for Lincoln's re elec tion, on the supposition that it would show the rebels that "we were in earnest " and that they would then "throw down their arms and beg for mercy ;" must, on reading this, the last sentence of the message, con clude that the punctillious Johnies are wait ing for ojicial knowledge of the fact. For, instead of informing us,as from promises wo had a right to expect he would—that Jeff Davis is now before hiin, on his marrow bones, beggirg for mercy and forgiveness; be, like a half whipped school-boy, who has been fighting a ootitpanioa for. he knows not what whines oat, "I'll atop palling hair if you will" Taken altogether, and considering all tbe circumstances, this message is, most emphat ically a "big thing." Liist of PERSONS DRAFTED The following is the list -as furnih ... Ed by Marshal Stephens -of persons drafted from Wyoming County, at the supplementary draft made Dec. 9th, 1864. BRAINTRIM 20. E J Keeney II S Staosbury J J. Seymour 11 E Sturdevsnt David Coon Cominin Deeman Albert G Overfield Jas M Robinson C F Lake S H Gregory Geo G Keeney P 0 Lacy Henry L.Jayno CW Dowdney Daniel Gordon Alonzo II Beebe John C Lacy II Synten Sturdevant Benj Zeigler S H Gregory EXETER, 4 ' I Alexander Swartwood Ziba Wilson Hezekiah Smith George Sickler EATON, 10 Charles C Harding Vaughn Cleaveiand Conrad Kreskey George Kink or Ira Hadsall Hugh Williams John Sleight Miller Kishpaagh George Jayne John R Hunter FALLS 10 Lawrance Deville Horace W Rotell A P Dunlap • William Swartz Lewis Dailey John Irwin George Sickler James Sturdevant Benjamin Smith Frank Porter FORKSTON 10 Hiram H Robinson John W Lott Thomas Hitchcock James R Robinson John Rosengrant Griffin Lott William Robinson Eba Leroy William S. Adams Lewis W Lott LEMON 8 L II Shales Join Cvphers Chae L Covey Jacob D Ely William Camp Peter F Slark Chas II Ely- Theadore A Jackson Henry Luce Jr Amos Snyder MONROE 2 Solomon Chrispell Jacob M Traver MESUOPPEN, 26 David Smiley C D Virgil Benjamin Dunlap Andrew Casey James Gay Churchill Vanosdal Thomas Gill William Black mar Abram Marsh George B Arnst Richard Bird John Ryan Nicholas D Overfield Thomas H Gay Luther Comstock David B Ellis Charles Cupwell Thomas Keiiinn Gabriel C Whoat Nicholas Bunnell John Tanney Benjamin Space George H Snover Tbadeus F Bullard John Mulligan Andrew J Love NICHOLSON 24 Chail es B Baldwin Patrick Dugan Iliram Thomas James Camp Michael MoNamara Appolos Myers ! Charles Balcb John McNamara ' Miles Verry T T ewIU | n k ... nadsell LliTwinnm- Peter Stark Jacob Ackerson Pbilo Baldwin Simon Myers Henry Harding James Besteder Sylvester Bacon Levi Pedrick Harmon Decker A D King William McGloun Edward Quick NORTHMORELAND, 20. 1 Win Fitch R C Hatfield Horton Manning Erastu- Eggleston Miles Eggleston llcnry Shook i John Whipple Aaron Rhonda i Win W Jenks Johuathnn E Story ! Win. A Brunjas? Riley Race ; Win Grants Jr Chug Turrcll Abram Bishop Merrit Hallock ! John A Snyder Wm R Itymond i Samuel G. Smith Patrick MuGlottin NORTH BRANCH 8 . Wm J MoKown Nicholas Stafford | Grant Burgess II R Ward Thos Park Alba Allen Loren G Burgess Elmer R Burgess OVERFIELD 7 Isaac I.etteer Andrew Ager Squier D I.etteer Itutlpr Buck Lewis Coville Cora C Myres ' Schuyler Gregory TI'NK HANNOCK BORO' 12 Jacob Berlinghof Denier Bidleman C D Genrhart Win W Lee Wm Burgess Abel Stark Charles Brobst Robert Stonier Albert Wickwire Esock Wheelock | Hiram C Pace James Lnmphere TUNKHANNOCK TP. 29 I Zonae Jenkins Charles Decker i James Morgan William Jones j James E Dickinson Edward Mapes John Broughton Kdgnr Osterhout j George Gegory Charles Turner I John Kunsuian William Gardner I Daniel Mahau E lward Avery ! Judson Lutes Giles T Harding j Thomas Crimer Patrick Gillmartin | George Shiffer Truman Hurlburt | Charles Harding Earl Carey ! Charles R Bunnell David Kintnor j Edgar Billings Jacob Sharps ; David May ho n Caleb Billings Fletcher Dickson WINDHAM 18 i Edward C Clapp L W Myers I Wm L Flynn Henry In man | Mi ses W llurlburt Philip Burns | John Woodruff Geo S Fassot | Wui luman Alsof Adams j Roland Sturdevant S G Robinson Chas. Puterbaugh Isaac Rosengrant j James Sheridan Zenas B Smith ! Myron Sturdevant Richard L Palmer The '22 d insf (Thursday, of j next week,) is we understand, the day fixed for all those drafted, from this county, to report at Troy, Brad ford Co, We understand that those who I have been previously drafted ; and have paid commutation, will not now : he held. The Townships of Clinton, Mehoop anv and Washington, having filled ; their quotas, no drafts were made from them. The War. (From !he Piladelphia Age of tbe 12th. The damage which h5 been done to the Dtich Gap Canal by the continued shelling of the Confederate batteries on the south side j of the James, has at length compelled a Fed ' eral movement. On Wednesday last a brig ade of negro troops was sent up the James a short di>tance ab the canal, and etnbark ' |ed on pontoons. They crossed over and marched down the southern bank until a point opposite the canal was reached. The Confederate sharp shooters were driven off and the negroes began entrenching. Dur ing the night a rifle pit wa9 dug, and on Thursday, morning the position was secure Veryf ew men were killed or wounded on either side. As the Confederate force was successful in stopping laboi on the canal, by breaking the dredging machines, it 1* now to be seen whether 4 Grant will replace the ma chines and renew the labor free from moles lat ion. The Con federale ironclads, moved down the James on Thursday and came with in range ol Duch Gap. Up, to Saturday, however, no hostilities had occurred, and the Confederates made no attempt to drive the negroes away. The varioua reports of a general aovance at Grant's southern wing towards Stony Creek Stations, on the Wei don llailroad, which have been preyalent for some days at length are conftimed by definite intelligence. Warren's Corps, one division of Humphreys', and Gregg's cavalry began a southern.march,on Wednesday last. 1 hey marched down the Jerusalem roadjutd crossed the Nottaway River on a pontoon bridge. They are now cut off from commun ication with Grant's army, and have not been heard from for some days. This ad advance is directly south. Its object can not yet be ascertained. We have some infelligeneeTrom thejSho nandoah Valley. Genera! Sheridan will at tempt no movement south 4 from Winchester this stason. He is now at Winchester in his old camp. lie has about fifteen thousand men. Thiee of his Brigades were sent last week, to reinforce Grant. The Confederate south ( f Winchester make no demonstrations They have recently removed the rails from ihe railroad between Mana-ses and Gordons* villc, in northern Virginia, and carried them to Richmond. At Nashville the condition of affairs ia the same as usual. Hood is still laboring on his earthworks. It is reported that reinforce ments are being sent to Thomas. The de tachment of Federal troops that held John son vllle, but were forced to evacuate it and r. treat into Kentucky, were terribly harassed in their match. Thirteen are reported kill ad and wounded aud sixteen captured. It is reported that General Roscrans is to leave St. Louis, and have an active command. The report that Sen.mes' new ship, the Shennaudoah, was wrecked is a canard, J-OCAL AND PERSONAL,J. BUTTER EGGS AND LARD. —The highest Market prices io cath. pail for BUTTER, EGGS and LARD, at Leigbton's Grocery 3tore, Stark's Brick Block, Tunkhauncck Pa. V ERY BUSY —the Government tax assessors—since election. DONATION. —The friends of the Rev. Wu) Frear. are invited to make him a Donation Visit, at his residence in Eaton, on Tuesday Deo, 20 b, 1804. Afternoon and Evening. WINTERISE. —For the past three or four days we have had such weather as can hard ly belong to a young winter. We rather think the j old chap himself has come. Tin; PnixTER WANTS money Corn, (in the ear) wheat, lluekwheat, potatoes, applos, green and . dried. Pork, Beans and indeed almost everything' to | supply his physical wants, (the Preachers will attend to his spiritual necessities), Will the delinquent j subscribers of the Democrat, and the Preachers re j member tho printer 7 MEAT FOR THE MILLION.— Mr. ' rlori-has established anew Meat Market one door I ' j south of Koon's Grocery. Our friend* who can af j ford to ea any thing but br.in hreal and water | gruel- in these times ot high prices, will find the j meats at F'h ry's a shade lower than e'.sswhero.— • Give him a call. "OUT OF TIE BAG." —The aboli tion Tom Cat which, for some months before elec tion, was kept concealed, hits, since that event, been "let out of the bag." The drafts now come as often as the most ardent war howler can desire ; and the taxes and tax assessors arc as thick as—boys about a school house- GEO. J. BOLTON —of the "Bueliler House " at Harrisburg, made his f.lends at this ! place a (lying visit last week. Mr. Bolton has lately purchased that old and popular house at a cost of 837,500. a sum, which at first blush, seems enormous. Geo. thinks, however he has made a good purchase. We wish him, continued success. RICHARD P. 7oss Esq.— received notice of his appointment as one of the Door keepers of the House of Representatives at Washington—a rathor fine opening for a young man. As the ses sion bad already commenced, Mr. R. immediate ly left for that city to assume the duties of his new position. He carries with him tho best wishes of nu merous friends, here. Montrose and Great Bend Railroad.— The surveys already made for this road having de monstrated that the route first contemplated is im practicable, it is now proposed to change the route and follow down Snake creek to its mouth Mont rose stands several hundred feet above the Erie Railroad at Great Bend, and it is very difficult to overcome so great an e'eration without too steep a ; grade in some pa rts of the road. But an examina tion of the Suake creek route leads to the belief ; that it is practicable — Wayne County Herald- WILLIAM BURGESS —formerly Supt of Common Schools of this county,has retired from the Wyoming Republican , and entered Old Abe's service. Mr litA A VJSBV is. hi# successors. The pa ' per is not improved any politically, but is block as ever. BII.LY BI RGKSS was A notorious Abolitionist, and should have been in the army fighting this negro war long before this. All people who talk and ad vocate the same doctrine as BURGESS did, should at once prove their loyalty and back up their proclaim ed views by entering tbe anny and moving as rapid ly as possible to the froDt. — Democrat Bloomsburg. SAD AND FATAL ACCIDENT.— We learn that Eliab Varram, a citizen of Falls, was killed, one day last week, by the falling of a tree, Mr. V. with another man was engaged in catting logs with a cross-cut saw. In the forenoon of the fatal day, a limb of a tree being blown off, fell and injured an l arm, o as to uufit him for labor with it. Notwith standing this injury he, in the afternoon, continued |to assist in the work with one arm, when, a tree blew down which instantly killed hiin. He leaves a large family to muurn his untimely death. FARMERS, and others having grain to sell, are requesto i to notice the advertisement ot : Theodore A. Jack' ,n, of tho " Willow Grove," or Shaw's Mills, which will be found, elsewhere. He will pay the jjigheak jarktcaah prices for grain of all kinds. Those having grain to grind will K*' work at these mills equal to, if not superior to any in the country. Mr. Jackson is a practical sail l ® l of great experience and gives his personal attention to tbe work done in the mill
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