61obt. ETINTINGDON, PA. Wednesday morning, Dec, 12, 1866. W. Lewis, Editor and Proprietor Hugh Lindsay, Associate Editor. . I know of no mode in tohicle a loyal citi ieen may , so 'melt rteoionstrate his devotion to his country as by sustaining the Flag : the -pvii.g,u4ooapd the Union, under all circuin stances, ftl/Ci UNDER EVERY ADMINISTRATION REGARDLESS OF PARTY POLITICS, AGAINST ALI, - . ASSAILAPT, AT TIOILUAND ADBOAD."-STEMEN A. DOUGLAS: THE MESSAGE. We give the President's Message in full , to-day. While the President is respectful. towards Congress, ho re males firth in the opiniuns expressed a year ago, with this difference: then he was determined to fight his battle with Congress.within the lines of the party that elected him—now ho rec ognizes the old leaders through whose influence the once great Democratic party Wits disgraced and made power lOW-a his — cenfidential adviSers and friends. In such company he of course must go under. The Reeds, the Woods es, the Biglers, the Vallandighams, the Porters, the Morrisseye, all in sympa• thY with the rebels when our country was in danger of being destroyed, can not save him. They have not yet re lented of . their sins against their God and their country—and the people will not ho influenced to give them power, although- thousands and hun dreds of thousands of voters under their - influence Were as loyal and true to their country during the war as men of any other party. The decisions by the people at the late elections were in favor of sustain ing Congress as against the President's policy. Those decisions aro law, and the people must obey. If Congress does- not abuse its power the whole country will soon be prosperous and happy. CONGRESS, The whole country is now watching elegely the proceedings of Congress. The first week's work is more of a con fuSed. Mass 'than an indication that any certain line of policy will be pursued. Two much work has been cut out in a short time to expect close fits. Too many members are anxious to be heard —to do something. Ono thing looks possible, that every appointment made by the President, (unless to fill a va cancy) will be rejected by the Senate. AsAfliee is an important item in poli tics, the appointments of the President will most likely receive the early atten tion of . o ,ln9:ressmen. We _ivo in oth- propositions of members, and will en deavor to keep our reifdeg - tform-.0.—„, in as brief space as possible, in the important business of the session. A largo-number of members and Sena tors will of course have to "blow off" before a vote on important questions can be taken, so that weeks may pass away before we can know the results of contests. It Means Something. At a large and enthusiastic mooting of the National Union Johnson Club of tho Fifteenth Ward, Phila., Friday evening last, the following sentiments, amongoihers,were unanimously adopt• od : - "Whon the majority in Congress deSeited the principles upon which they were elected, and which caused the unhappy difference between them and the President, we, the National Union men of the Fifteenth Ward, de termined to sustain President Johnson; but, in doinr , ° so; we did not agree to become the tools of the Democratic party and assist to restore it to pow er. Yet, in nearly every State in the Union the National Union men were simply used by the Democratic party to place the reins of government in their hands. Hero, in Philadelphia, the claims of the original friends of President, Johnson are ignored, and the worst class of Democrats placed in position." " PROF. MODE ON TIIAD. STEVENS.— Observing the arrival of Thad. Stevens at Washitigton,on the 22d ult., and his announcement tho numerous friends who called upon him, that "ho was rather conservative last winter, but that ho intended to - be a radical hereafter," - called the Astrologer's atten tion to his Horoscope. Mr. Stevens speaks truly ; ho will be, radical ; his stars show it; ho will bo the blind and reckless leader of the blind, regard less of the vagmires in the patli ho „.. treads, or attempts to lead his country, If Thaddeuls•Stevens - is alive in - 1869, ho will not bo in Congress: Dien 1868 will tell against him, let who.ma.y be President. He-liad-better make his will when hols-irtlifftright mitld ;that will. - not 7bn . .whoa-he - dies: •So say the stars which ruled at :his birth .Bat while helives 'Co travel- the earth thore . will bb.".47cObtinued ruffling of the political waters of his eountry,and those who happen to bo his political associates and . leagued together in op position to a civilized reunion of States will fall with hint, in the fall of 1868, and sumo orthem before. .111562'0 . fil 6017. TROMAB .N. 6. 325, North 10th St., PhHa BOLD. 1 3 nDICTION.= 11 , 0 sea that Prof. Hague, the Astrologist, predicts the release ofJeff. Davis, and has fixed upon the day that ha will get his walk ing papers,the 14th of February, 1867. The men who had charge of the fall ing star's, appear to have missed a fig ure. We shall See now how near Hague .will come in his calculation. heading matteron every page Pen and Scissor Items. A woman's first duty—To take care of her baby. It is man's right to help her. There are buried in the United States 341- 670 Union soldiers in 41 national cemeteries. A Jewish house, built two centuries before Christ, has been excavated entire in Syria. It is said that the Michigan Democracy will pronounce in favor of universal suffrage throughout the Union. The Prince of Wales has completed his twenty-fifth year. A slanderous cotemporary adds, it is the only thing complete about him. A Mr. Bates, of Kentucky, 20 years of age, is seven feet eleven inches high, and still growing. lle is the "baby" of 11 children. A Frenchman has invented a something lie calls port huniere, which he says will enable the blind to see while using it. Can't see it. The quantity of paper used every year in England represents a weight of two hundred and twenty millions of pounds. Amusernent for young ladies on a wet af ternoon—Knitting their eyebrows. This employment might have been universal with them here on Saturday last. . Mr. Josh Billings remarks, and ha ought to know: "It's dreadful easy to be a fool. A man may be ono and not know it." Does this hit anybody A steel corset Paved the life of a lady in Louisville who was accidentally shot by her eon. That's the first instance where we have heard that they prolonged life. 11. W. Beecher is mortified that the rob- bars who irttely ransacked his house stole none of his sermons. Those are treasures which thieves do not break through and steal. The inventor of the rebel torpedo rams pro poses to tell the Government all about those destructive contrivances. He ought to tell how many soldiers were killed by them. New York has some thirty men of great wealth who are liberal patronizers of the beautiful in art. It is not said how many admire the beautiful in nature. Now York hag 1000 book-keepers, 6000 merchants, 3500 laundresses, 1600 lawyers, 300,000 laboring men, and 100,000 school children. Doctors aro not mentioned. horse thieves, robbers and murderers in fest the frontiers of Missouri, Kansas and Ne braska, but detectives are here at work, and it is expected they will pick them all up. In New York, recently, an elderly gentle man of sixty was united to a sweet damsel of sixteen. Both "moved in the highest circles." Can anybody toll who was the biggest fool? Several of the most wealthy capitalists of Paris are prepared to invest their money in an ocean cable between Franco and the Uni ted States. Let us have .the cable. Brigham Young complains that the Gen tiles are trying to bring Salt Lake City to the level of San Francisco, Boston and New York. What a pity Salt Lake city is improving l A young lady of taleut and beauty, Miss Bessie Bisbee, took a prominent part in the late Woman's Rights' Convention at Albany. She is going to be a busy bee in that sphere. The Coast of Maine, according to a state ment made by ono of the engineers of the Coast Survey, when its indentations aro fol lowed, is longer than the Atlantic Cable. Under the Ohio State liquor law, the seller of liquor is responsible fur damages done by the party to whom he soils. A liquor vender last week had to pavSoo damages to a young man who had been beaten by a drunken crew Revenge must be sweet to some people, for a New York lady has just announced that she "shall take the full contents of the law," upon certain parties who have been slander ing her. We hope she will make a full dose. The New Orleans Bulletin, edited by col ored men, advocates the election of General Butler as the next candidate for President.— This is the "you-tickle-me, I'll-tickle-you" po licy. General B isn't President yet. A man who had won a fat turkey at a raf fle, and whose wife was very inquisitive about the method of obtaining the turkey, satisfied her at last by the remark that the "Shakers" — rit: ongtrs W - 00 - 1111tifftYpin C. No man is born into the world whes . px . ,*. _Ls .. not brouritAi Let no man deceive himself with the idea that he is created for anything ignoble. What a glorious world this would be, if all its inhabitants could say with Shakspeare's shepherd, "Sir, I ant a true laborer; I earn what I wear ; envy no man's happiness ; owe no man hate ; glad of other men's go-ad ; and content with my farm." An improvementin the plan of smelting iron has been made in the foundry of the Philadel phia Navy Yard. By this improvement, where it occupied bef tre three hours in smelt ing a few hundred pounds, it is now accom plished in ono hour. The question of Sunday travel has for some time past been agitating the people of Geor gia and the lower house of the legislature of that State has just passed a bill prohibiting railroad trains and steamboats Irons running on the first day of the week. The San Francisco Bulletin states that the catch of codfish on the banks on the northwest coast this season not only demonstrated that California can supply their own market, but can become exporters of the article to less favored localities. A clergyman, located somewhere in the benighted region called "Down East," asked n woman whom ho had baptized, no she was coming out of the water, "how she felt in her mind ?" and was considerably surprised to hear her answer warmly, "Bully." Mobile savings bank collapsed the other day because the depositors withdrew the funds to attend a circus. That's worse than a young man spending all his savings on his "dear." Sich is life, that fools and their money are soon parted. The Paris physicians report many serious cases of disease caused by steady work with sewing machines, and in other cities the at tention of the physions has been called to the unhealthiness of this employment. IC any aro troubled with this species of "stitch" we advise them to not work so hard and steady. Seven thousand dollars in gold and silver were recoutly found by an old hunter, buried in a keg, near the Mississippi river, below Wolf Island. The treasure is supposed to have belonged to some rebel who was killed during the war. Lucky hunter that. Two parties of forty mon each in Gorham, N. 11., devoted two days to slaughtering all the game they could find. The match resul ted in one side counting 7424, the other 6442, all whole game, besides 1,125 ears and tails, that did not count. One bear and one lynx were shot. Such is barbarity. Anthracite coal in New York, last Nov• ember, sold for $10,75 per full ton. This November it sells fur $5. This is a hint to home dealers. By the way,isn't it queer that when things rise our traders know it imme diately, but when they fall they don't want their customers to hear of it. Representative Bingham, of Ohio, emphat ieillY denies the truth of n paragraph exten sively published that ho was preparing arti cles against the President, on the ground of complicity in the assassination of the late President Lincoln. He says he never had such an idea,and therefore never so intimated The Masonic, jewels belonging to St. John's Lodge, at Newark, N. J., were stolen last week. These jewels hove a historic value.— They were used by Gen. John L. Cummings, who was Master of the Lodge before the rev olution. They were also loaned during the war to the Army Lodge, at Morristown, pre sided over by Washington, and were used on the initiation of Lafayette. Isaac Taylor emigrated from England to Cleveland at an early age. He commenced by blacking boots, get a small farm in Mich igan, engaged in the Wisconsin lumber trade and became rich. From his own experience of orphanhood, he formed the determination to found an orphan asylum. This his widow has just done. The endowment is nearly 5150,0,00. The asylum is to be situated at Raeino. He is another Stephen Cirar, --- Wmo4l that we had more like CONGRESS. WASHINGTON, DEc. 3, 1860. The Senate and House were ealled to order at 1.2: The President's message was receiv ed and road. [The spirit and feeling of Senators and members can be judged by the fol. lowing bills and resolutions offered :] Mr. Sherman, of Ohio, presented a bill to prevent .the illegal appointment of officers of the United, States, as fol lows Be it enacted by the Senate and house of Representatives of the United. States, in Congress assembled : SEC,TioN 1. That no money shall be paid from the Treasury of the United States to any person who, having been nominated for any office and been re• jeoted by the Senate, and subsequent ly appointed to that office by the Pres ident, for salary, fees, perquisites, or expenses accruing after the close of the session of Ihe Senate during which his nomination was rejected j and if any person shall appoint, or sign, or prepare such appointment or commis• sion, or if any person so rejected and reappointed shall hold or exercise the functions of the office from which he was rejected by the Senate, after the close of the session of the Senate at which be was rejected, or if any acs counting or disbursing officer shall al low pay to any person so rejected any salary, fees, perquisites or expenses, accruing after the close of the session of the Senate at which he was rejected, he ehall,be deemed guilty of a misde meanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not exceeding ten thous and dollars, or at the discretion of the court shall bo imprisoned not more than five years. Sac. 2. That it shall be the duty of all courts of the United States having jurisdiction of criminal offences to give this act specially in charge to "rand juries organized in such courts. The above was ordered to lie upon the table until the committees are ap pointed. Mr. Eliot asked leave to introduce bill to repeal the thirteenth section of the act of July 17, ISO 2, which section authorizes the President to 'extend by proclamation to persons who may have participated in the rebellion pardon and amnesty, with such exceptions at such times and on such conditions, as ho might deem expedient for the pub lic welfare. The bill was introduced, read three times, and passed—yeas 111, nays 29. Mr. Stevens, of Pennsylvania, intro duced a bill to regulate removals from office. The first suction provides that in all instances of appointinents to of fice by the President, by and with ad vice and consent of, the Senate, the power of removal shall be exercised only in concurrence with the Senate. In case of disability or misconduct of officers occurring during the recess of the Senate, it shall bo lawful for the President to suspend the disabled or defaulting officer, and to designate some other person to perform the du ties of the office until the Senate shall have an opportunity of acting. The President is to make a report of his action within ten days after the meet- ing of the Senate, and in case of the refusal of the So• - BUM rinspens , on, snspenrled of#tcer sho pjj„......vuo resume the possession Hot Ins official functions as though the same had not, been interrupted. Every person so nominated to the Senate arid not confirmed, shall be incapable of holding any office under the United States for the term of three years af ter such rejection, unless two-thirds of the Senate relieve him from such disability. The bill was read twice and made the order of the day for Friday. Mr. Wentworth, of Illinois, offered the following: Resolved, In response to that portion of the President's message that re lates to those communities which claimed to be the Confederate States ofAmerica, that this House finds in the many acts of disloyalty which have transpired in those communities since its adjournment, as well as in the recent elections in the loyal States, additional reasons for insisting on the adoption of the pending constitutional amendment before it will consider the propriety of giving them Congression al representation. Mr. Ancona, of Pen nsyl van ia, moved to lay the resolution on the table. Lost—yeas 32, nays 119. Mr. Broomall, of Pennsylvania, of fered the following : Resolved, That the Committee on Territories be instructed to inquire in to the expediency:of reporting a bill pro viding territorial governments for the several districts of country within the jurisdiction of the United States for merly occupied by the once existing States of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Mis sissippi, Alabama, Louisiana, Arkan sas and Texas, and giying to all adult male inhabitants born within the limits of the United States, or duly naturali zed and not participants in the late re bellion full, equal political right in such territorial governments. Adopted— yeas 11:17, nays 37. Mr. Driggs, of Michigan, offered a resolution calling on the Postmaster General for information in regard to the removal and appointment of post masters, etc., since tho adjournment of last session. Laid over ono day un der the rule. Mr. Myers, of Pennsylvania, offered a resolution calling on the President for like information in reference to all officers whose appointments the Senate is required to confirm-,which was refer red to the same committee. NEWS FROM WASHINGTON, Dec 4.—The Universal Suffrage As sociation of Louisiana, said to consist of thirteen men, has sent a delegation hero with a series of resolutions ad dressed to Congress, in which they ask the impeachment and removal of An drew Johnson, the abolishment of the present State government of 12mtisiana, and the establishment of a loyal Ter ritorial government, with a military or provisional government therein. They also ask Congress to provide for a State government therein on the basis of universal suffrage, and also to estab lisp universal suf6ago throughout the United States. Doe. s.—The Timis() had a two hours session to day, most of which was oc cupied by Mr. Williams, of Pittsburg, in a speech on a bill reported by him from the Judiciary Committee last sea sion, to regulate the tenure of office. Ho claimed that Congress could regu late the entire question of removals and appointments, and that by the leg islation provided by his bill, no rem°. val from office could be made without the consent of the Senate. llis remarks towards the- close were severe on the President. A number of amendments were offered to perfect the bill, and it was then postponed until to morrow. The indications are : that it will pass by a very large majority. In the Senate there was a debate on the bill, passed hy' i the House on Mon day, repeating Oa amnesty power of the President. It came up on a mo tion to refer to the Judiciary Commit tee. .Mr. Chandler repeated his accu sations against the President, and re asserted that pardons were sold on the streets by women of doubtful reputa- Con. Mr. Dixon assumed tho champi onship of the President, denied these charges, and asked Mr. Chandler for his proofs. Mr. Chandler replied that his authority was the Judge of, ono of the courts before whom testimony to the effect lie had stated had been ad duced. Ho referred undoubtedly. to the trial of Lafayette C. Baker, ex-de tective of the War Department, who was arraigned last summer by Mrs. Cobb on a charge of false imprisou inept. The bill was finally referred. Mr. Sumner introduced his resolu tions on reconstruction, of which ho gave notice yesterday, and they were ordered to be printed. They declare that all proceedings with a view to re construction originating in Executive power are in the nature of usurpation; that this usurpation becomes especially offensive when it sots aside the funda mental truths of our institutions; that it is shocking to common sense, when it undertakes to derive now govern ments from that hostile population which has just boon engaged in armed rebellion, and that all Governments having such origin are necessarily ille gal and void; and it is the duty of Congress to proceed with the, work of reconstruction, and, to this end it must assume jurisdiction of the States lately in rebellion, except-so far as that jur isdiction may have boon already re nounced, and it must reetwnize only the loyal and valid "Legislatures" as entitled to representation in Congress or to a voice in the adoption of consti tutional amendments. Senator Wade called up his joint res olution of lust session, proposing to amend the Constitution of last session, by prohibiting,. the.re„clection of Presir dent or Vice ;Presidifnt of the United States. He made brief and very temperate speech ,ori the subject, not alluding directly to the present Execu tive, but taking . the ground that all Presidents bad o late used their pat ronage to secure re-election. The res olution was referred to the Judiciary Committee. Dec. s.—The Republican caucus. to night was attended by nearly every member of the party from both Houses. The first business in order was tho re port of the Committee appointed at the last caucus, to recommend certain measures for the consideration of the caucus. The Committee recommended first, the appointment of a special commit tee of three to go to New Orleans to i 2.IM-Vi 2 :, t t t PA l e ( WA AY! tod with great applause and unanimity. Next came the recommendation for the Committee of three to investigate the circumstances attending the mur der• of three citizens of .11.aiue in South Carolina. This looks foggy as report ed by the Committee, but it was un derstood to have reference to some cause which when brought fully to light will implicate the President in some way. It was agreed to without dissent or inquiry, consequently our special caucus correspondent could not get at the particular• points in the case. It was recommended that the Com mittee on military affairs inquire into the truth of the allegations that men who were on tho Pension roll of the United. States army andinavy in 186 Q, and who went into the rebel army and fought through the war, have been re instated by order of the President or his agents and subordinates, on the pension rolls of the United States since the close of the war. (Great applause.] It was agreed to pass a bill exclu ding from the Electoral College. in 1868 all States not at that time repre sented in Congress. This was received with manifestations of great enthusi asm, and the applause it drew forth lasted several minutes. The recommendation was for atom-, mitten of three to investigate what truth there was in the report that the President bad restored lands forfeited by Act of Congress. And lastly, it was agreed to pass a bill that no name should bo placed on the roll of the Fortieth Congress of any State not represented in the pres ent Congress. This drew forth more applause than ever. Thus ended the real business of the caucus. • Advertising Few persons appreciate the value of liberal and extensive advertising. Yet it is ono of the most powerful aids to the business man that can be conceived. For the benefit of those who can't see it, when the Use, of advertising is dis cussed, we give the following instance of its value : "The man who invented "Drake's Plantation Bitters," and in vented the cabalistic sign—"S. T.- 1860—X"---for them, and datibed it all over the world, has made an inde pendent fortune. Lately he sold out his right in the invention (after having made as mueh money as he needed,) for $70,000. After the sale, ho was to communicate the significance of the wonderful and world renowned hiero glyphics : "S. T.-ISGO—X." 7 -Started Trade—lS6o--..X dollars't4ital. And this is the fact. lie started in business in 1800, with a capital of only ten dol lars ; and by dint of constant and per• sistent, and magnanimous advertising, he has amassed .a princely fortune in side of a half dozen years." BEV-German anTEnglish Almanacs for 1867, for sale at Lewis' Book Store. tf. Diorleo for 1.813 A fine assortment received and fm sale at Lewis' Book Storo, tr. 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