THANKSGIVING SERMON, Benlon, Calhoun, McDuffie. Casa, Choate, And the lower Huuso, too —what an assem blngo.there meet the gaze. Lived there R martin those.halcyon days of the republic Who would hove presented to luhoy a hill through in cither or both Houses by the u*e of money ? there tire sitting before me now grey-headed men who know that the man who would have ventured such an attempt tlptm the integrity of one nf the then repre sentatives of the nation, would have been roughly nnd pronerlv dealt with. I sadly fear the sun nf thiisd days has sot to rise no more, unless wo hare an entire -moral and political reformation. .. . Another nlarming sign nf the times is the growing spirit it insubordination, commenc ing in the family and running through socie ty in all its riimiflcations. Behold the veri e*st hoys and girls who throng our thorough faros. What hoisterousness, what pro fanity, what obscurity I And yet these are the germs of our tutaro ns a nation. Then a<min, lank at the frightfully growing disregard of law, hath constitutional and stat ute , Bat. perhaps the most dangerous sign of tile times which we are called an to observe, [ is the assumption nf the ...ilitary over the civil power. The knell of all former repuh lies tolled out upon tho morning of that sad. sad day, when the military triumphed over the civil authority. You have hut to refresh vour memories with the history of the past to understand this thoroughly. And there is nothing more true than that “history re peats itself.” When that great privilege nf which England and America ns tne brightest evidence of their civilization and Christianity, the writ ot habeas corpus, was assailed, and you we?-o left at the mercy of anybody aniU everybody, it required hut another cast of the die to. fi.v upon you a mil itary despotism. Then your light would have gone out at noonday. Nicndemus asked with startling emphasis, when the chief Priests were clamorous f-r tiie blood of Jesus; “ Doth our (aw judge any man before it hear him nnd know what lie doeth.” So asks the habeas corpus, whv arrest tills man— whv ruthlessly tear him from his wife and children! Doth our law judge nnv man lie fore it hear him and know what ho doeth?- And in thunder tunes it roll's out no! no! nnd thus .the great chart of the American citizen's liberty stands by his side as the mil itnry despot drags him away under the cover of midnight, and “ pleads like angels, trum pet tongued, against the deep damnation of hia taking off." Let us be fearlessly jealous of our rights. Wo are the sovenignfi. We make the laws. It U we, the people of these United State*, who make Presidents and Governors. They are our servants appointed to servo us, and if they do not plea«e ns. .re put them out and put others in their places. What other nation can. like ourselves, make use of the plural pronoun, we— We the Araer lean people— We the sovereign people. Thank God for this proud distinction I Lot us never lose sight of the fast that as the Union is made up of separate and inde pendent States, so also are the States made up of individual sovereigns; and just so long as each citizen maintains his individuality, amendable only to'the laws and Constitution. bo long we are safe. The moat alarming thought to a right thinking man in this mat ter is the fact that wo are departing from our old landmarks. Would tbatl were ah o to im press upon all my countrymen the danger ol such a course, and especially the necess ty of i guarding against all fanatical and unconati- , tulional innovations What can be more un natural, more unreasonable, than any at tempt to amalgamate discordant elements which God never intended should he united? Wo are a nation of white men. Our. nation al compact was formed by and for white men. The Convention which assembled to form our Constitution was composed of white men, and the waa-no-iesan per son than George Washington, the pure un compromising patriot. Think you that he, or any other of the wise and good men com posing that assemblage, over contemplating., the idea that the government they were usfng , their best efforts to establish was to bo any | thing but a government of white m**n ? I Thank God I bate never seen the time when , I could siv ** let the Union slide"—when I ' could pronounce the great chart of our na- , tlonabty *' a covenant with death and an I agreement with hell," o.r declare the flag of our country to bo a “ flaunting lie." Let us keep our government as it was originally in tended by its founders. Tiro moment you admit the negro to an equality of citizenship, you make him eligible to any office within the gHt of the people from the Presidency duwn—otherwise he is not your poliitcal equal. All I ask is that the man who is so clamorous for negro equality should throw open the doors of his house and invito him to share in his social enjoyments—permit him to take a seat on his crimson velvet sofa, tete-a-tete with his beautiful daughter, ami freely accord to him the right to demand her hand in marriage, if he bear incline'!. Then and then only, will I believe in and respect his consistency. Until then I deny the pro priety of bis assuming as his own any such characteristics. No man is a better hdend to the negro than I am. I would have him cared for, prstccled, and elevated in the scale of humanity, as far as possible. But it must be in hia proper place and position. If you have any real regard for him, or for the comfort of the white man. do not attempt this nerniciom. this fatal work of equalizing the races. My dear people, you have long known that I entertained the r»io-t (serious fears in regard to the final issue of this question, which for many years has been agitating the minds of the two sections. It came at last, and in such horrible shape ns nothing but the lapse of lime can banish from the memory of any who lived during that fearful period. Thank God, it is over, and now our duty is to endeavor by every means in our power to promote, as far as in us lies, the peace and .happiness of the na •iron now once again united, and. above all, io allay that thirst Jor blood which I am for ced to fear still Ungers in the breasts of many who hear the name of Christian. Let us novr consider what are our prospect* for the future. I must confess that to my mind it bears jVthreatening aspect, and that the whole political heavens aVo overhang with clouds surcharged with ruin. What can ward off the impending doom? Gan armies or navies? Can hatred and strife? Nev er 1 We must come back to-the old land marks, as’l have told you before. The pul pits roust cease their c:y for blood and ven geance and preach the gospel of peace and good will. Every American citizen must be a man. and a white roan too. Taking for the rule of his rolitic il life the Constitution, as prepared and interpreted hy its framers, and having an intelligent perception of the rights guarantied to him by it. he should ex ercise t birthrights without fear op fuvor.— And tbis’l)rir.£< to mind nn overflowing com pliment made hy an Engl'sh paper to the f.a'ojpp’tiavehu] lor* of the Smth. in which it Baid that inasmuch as th- leading politicians* ofthi.-’ country pror.ose (if- on*e to confer upon ev<*ry negro over 21 years ot age the right of suffrage, it is of course to he taken for grant ed that time negroes mint have been well instructed by their masters in all questions of political ethics, and consequently all that has been-said and written as to the condi tion and ignorance, and inter degredation in which they were kept un to the moment of their emancipation goes, for nothing. No, my friends—No such means an these will avail us. if we wish to escape fuiure de struction. The evil is too deep-seated for any more patching up or temporizing, to remedy it. We must strike at the root of it. We must as a people he imbued with virtue, intelligent ar.-J scriptural plot?. Then, and only then will vve be safe. Thc-c alone are the bunds which can hold us together. Our destiny ia in our own hands. The men who fill all official stations mast be men of 'unblemished integrity. Those whom we^ ap point to make our laws, must ho of the high est drder of intellect nnd morals. Tho er mine on the judicial robes must be es pure as the snowflake on its way to the earth.— Every man who goes to tho ballot box most gii as a free man, untrammelled by fear or bribe. Our noble manhood irtust bo untarn ished bv passion, prejudice, ur avarice. Let every man he fully persuadad in his own mind, St. Paul says, " Happy is ho that con demneth not himself in that filing which he ailowcrh,” and David, the King of Israel, with his dying breath charged upon his son Solomon, “ I go the way ol all tho earth—be thou strong therefore, nnd shnw thyself a man” and Paul again ezhortsall men thus: "Watch ye. stand fast in the faith, nnd quit you like men—ho strung,” He also declares, “When I was a child, 1 spakn as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child —but, when I became a man I put away childish things.” Let us understand nnd apply to ourselves this glowing and eloquent admonition. AsAmer lean citizonslet us be men—strong in our po litical rectitude, nnd in every Christian grace and virtue. My nonple, I have done. I have endeavored to give von my pimple, yet firm convictions of what I believe to ho the state and condition of the country, and of what the future will bo. I bop you to believe th.it it has been done in all truth and honesty, without any attempt or design at dictation or interference with the conscience ot otners. lam only too wil* ling to accord to others the right which 1 claim for myself—that of thinking and act ing for myself. .But in my humble position as a minister, of the Church of Christ, I feel that a solemn duty rests upon mo to warn those who are my special charge and care of the perils which surround them in this day and generation, and to implore each and all to exert his indivilual influence to avert the consequences which must befall this nation in the event of no effort being made to roll hack the titles of sin and ruin which are, day hy dav, rushing in upon us. Let each one lend his voice to swell the cry of “ Peace on 1 earth and good will to men.” And when the last great day shall come, when Gabriel, with one foot on the lanft and one upon sea. shall sound the trumpet which shall call thenations of the earth to judgment, may you and I, mine and yours, be of that mighty host who shall take up their march around the throne of God, having received from our Lord and Master the welcome, “Well done, good and taitbful servants, enter thou into the joy of thy Lord." Sketch of Otero. —One of the Havana newspapers give.* the following sketch of Mr, Otero, who \v«tj lately so brutally murdered at Brooklyn : * *• Otero was a native of the province of As turias, Spain, and might have been about .thirty-live years of age, more or less. lie came to this city (Cardenas) when quite young, and went succeeding hy his as-, siduity and honorable conduct in making a tolerable fortune. Within the last few months fortune favored him in the lottery with a prize of twenty-five thousand dollars, and with his enterprising and eager character, desirous of advancing the interests of the country to which he owed his fortune, ho pro posed to endow tins city w.ith a handsome odisoum With this view he purchased the old theatre, the only one of the kind then here, before the Lyceum was built, and in stead of an ugly house, which in no way cor responded with the progress and culture of the city, he raised a building which coal him his fortune The perseverance, fatigues and arduous labors of Mr. Otero in completing his work are well known to ail Cardenas.— Already our Iriond was congratulating him self on his success, since the hopes of seeing ! his building finished before nest carnival TUis.Ja-.hid vairk— there is hi* capital, acquired by ro much hon est industry. We have seen tha painting, which he had entrusted to that excelent scene painter, M mto Lilia, almost completed. Where only remained to get ready the seatß in the parquet, the hoses, railings, and other appendages, for which purposes he went to the United States, where the hand of the ass assin put an end to his existence.” The President's House. —lt is understood hy the Washington nows gatherers that the President's house was cleared cf articles of furniture to an extarordinary degree when Mrs. Lincoln left it. The subject has been kept from the public as much ns possible, ns it was a matter of scandal disgraceful (0 the country. The Express correspondent says : the presipent's house is in a very shabby % condition the old oc cupants having used up all the appropria tions. a« well as the furniture* Both Houses of Congress are preparing for a fresh apro priatlon. “I visited (said Mr. Kiddle of Delrwnre, in the U. S. Senate,) the White House, or Executive Mansion, as it is called, last week, and ill's a disgrace tothecuumry, —Hartford Times. Christmas !—-The day will soon be at hand, when Santa Claus will again open ins liberal hand and make his yonng and old friends rejoice by the handsome and unex pected presents, which ho will extend to them. • The death of Turkeys too, seems to be the general cry, and a conspiracy against them is already on-* foot*, and while thus our citi zens intend to have a sumplous feast, wo have no doubt that in their anticipations of the coming holidays, they will not forget the printers; editors too' are fond of turkey, and when some of their subscribers make them a present of a turkey, they too will enjoy Christmas, and pleasantly remember the kind donor. But while all this is to be thought of, we hear it stated—that very nice and cheap Christmas presents such as Al bums, Scarfs, Gloves, &c., arc to be had at the store of Julius Neuwh.il, between Drs. Kieffer and Zitzer, North Hanover street, Carlisle. It is also further rumored, that to appear at the dinner table in a neat and ele gant fitting suit, it is necessary to go to the store of J'oliusNewhal, who keeps constant ly on hand the finest, best and dßeapest stock of all kinds of clothing ever offered at Carlisle. His stock consists in Overcoats, suits of all grades and shades, Coats, Pants, and Vests, Undershirts. Drawers, Neck Ties. Handkerchiefs, Hats. Collars, &c.. &o. Give him a c ill. and we know that yrm will bo please I. Remember the place, between D*s. Kiefjer and Zitzeb, North Hanover street, Carlisle. Julius Nsuvvital, Carlisle. Dec. 14. 1805—tf. you want Holliday presents, go to J. Hutton—2t. Ho! for the IlbubAYs.—J. Hutton has just received r. splendid variety cf useful and fancy goods fur the Hilidays, and- also a beautiful assortment!)! Cloaks, Shawls, Wool en and Knitted Goods, &c. and all bought at reduced prices, he offers rare inducements to buyers. Don't fail to give him a call and you will save money. Store two doors above Leonarp’s comer, North Hanover street Carlisle—2t. XT’ J. Hutton's is the place to get fancy notions, don't forgot the place—2i. AMERICAN VOLUNTEER. BRATTON & KBNNEbY, EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS. CARLISLE, PA., DEC. 21, 18C£, SPECIAL NOTICE; tn consequence of the change mncie in our business, we are about to open new books with our subscribers. We desire to settle up all old running accounts immediately, and respectfully request those who are indebted to the Volunteer for subscription, advertising, job-work. &0.. to come forward at once and settle. This must be attended to by all. ns it is absolutely necessary that we close up onr.old book* without delay. We hope to be able to do this before the first of January, and thus start now with the new year. JOHN B.,BRATTON. TO PRINTERS. —For sale.at this office, a good Washington Press —the one on which the Volunteer is now printed. Also, Cares, Job Letter, and other materials for which vre have no o*o They will be sold on very reasonable terms. No Paper Kext Week. —ln compliance with a rule heretofore observed, and for the purpose of giving out 4 Workmen a few days of recreation, no paper will be issued from this office nest week. „ Retailer*. Please Notice.—Wm. Blair & Son, Carlisle, offer a very largo assortment of best Philadelphia made Candies at city prices, without freight. Call and sCo for yourselves. » - PROFESSOR DAY” AT RUEEM'S KAIL. In compliance with the urgent request of many loading Republicans of our town, the negro orator of Massachusetts, ** Prof. Day/’ delivered an address at RUeem's Hall, in this place, on Tuesday of last week. At the ap pointed hour the sable “ Professor” on the stage, ami after divesting himself of overcoat, took a seat. The Rev. J. 1. Ci.erc (Episcopal minister.) then offered up a pray er, and at the conclusion introduced his ‘‘ col ored brother” to the audience. The “ Professor” is a light mulatto, and has the appearance of a dark-skinned Span iard. lie spoke well and fluently, and plead ardently fur negro-equality. He advocates the right of the negro to vote, to occupy the jury-box and to hold office.* In fine he enn -1 tends that all men, black and white, should II be judged by their merits and not by the color of the skin. In regard to the amalgama tion of the two races ho said every man and woman should bo permitted to gratify their o\yn “taste. if-a—white -woman—desired- a- Slack man for her husband, that Wrts her bu siness, and if a white man desired a black wife, that was his business. It was all a matter of taste, which should not be inter fered with by any one or by law. These were the principal topics the “ Pro fessor" discussed. Unlike some of his white “ brethren," who advocate the same disgust- ing dogmas ho advocates, he was not abusive of those who disagree with him in opinion. Unlike Tiiad. Stevens, Judge Kelly, Wil son, §umner, Phillips, and other negro equality demagogues, he eschews epithets, and for this he deserves credit. His speech was well received by his hundreds of Repub lican listeners, and ho was frequently inter rupted with loud applause. Wo looked for a full report of Day’s speech in the last Herald, but it did not appear.— Not only that, but no reference whatever was made to it or to the immense Republican meeting got together for the purpose of hear ing it. Why this s'lenco ? The Herald may as well come out first as last, for the only plank on which its party now stands is the negro equality plank. . After persuading “ Profes sor Day” to come all the way from the State of “ Boating" to make a speech before the “ loyal" Republicans of Carlisle; it is too bad that his effort is not even noticed by the Re publican organ, it was a good speech—of the kind—and advocated the principles of the Republican parly; and for the Herald not to comment on it, is a piece of incivility we wore not prepared to see. Had it not been for this notice we give the speech, our coun try friends never would luyve known that we had a monster Republican meeting m Car lisle, which was addressed by a Boston ne gro. Council Dedication. ~We are Vequeated to announce that Zion's Church, at New King ston, belonging to the Evangelical Association will be dedicated on Sunday morning next, Dec, 24th. , To the Friends of Education! —On Fri day, D0c..29 th, delegates from various parts of the county will assemble in Carlisle to consider the subject of establishing a State for this district. This is a mattetffw"no small moment to the public.— The delegates are deirous that the friends of Common School advancement shall attend, and thus give their approbation to the move ment County Superintendent, A Special despatch from New York to the Philadelphia Ledger says, Secretary Stanton has written to intimate personal friends here that he will retign his place in the Cabinet immediately after the Ist of January. Ilia health, he says, needs repose, and his private business affairs require attention. Possibly he may visit Europe in the spring. The country will not care where ho goes, so he goes out of the position'Which he has disgraced. Cdiep Justice Bowie, of the Supreme Court of Maryland, has rendered a decision sustaining the Registry law of that State which excludes from voting all who cannot take the test oath prescribed in the new con stitution. Of course he did—he whs. ap pointed on purpose, :cfV*r~ On Monday next Christmas will be upon us with all its festivities and merriment, as well as with its more serious and more ear nest duties. To the young it always brings mirth and jollity in its merry train. It is grand gala season of the year—a time of free dom in its broadest sense-a period of unre strained enjoyment, when the quiet “old folks” are respectfully requested by “ Young America” to stand aside and give place to the romp, the sport and the dance. Just aboufthis time the “little folks” are begin ning to prepare ‘ their biggest stockings, for the expected visit cf their ancient friend, bania Claus, who always manages to creed through the most diminutive key-holes, afl'd steal down the smallest chimneys, eipressly for the purpose, of filling their baskets with nil Kind's of treasures. Good, generous-soul, how many has ho made happier by hiS an nual yisitaiions—how many innocent hearts will beat high with delight, as the happy dawn arrives which un vails tile promised gifts of the munificent St. Nicholas! Christmas!—the festive season of the year. in the language of the poet, * The season for courting, far weddings arid cake, Far turkeys and puddings, and all the good things, For eating and drinking, for happiness sake, And soaring with pools on fancy’s bright wings” We tender our readers the congratulations of the season, and wish one and all, old and young, high and low, rich and poor, saint and sinner, a right “ merry Christmas.” — May it be their good fortune to surround bountifully spread tables, pass the day en joyably, ahd have a good time generally.— Christmas 1 As wo write the word thoughts of happy, hilarious, long-to-be-remembered festivities flit through ohr mind. Christmas 1 What associations cling around its memories. In spite of war’s alarms, in spite of tlie mel ancholy pall which hangs over our once hap py country, the natural juvenesoenoe of the human heart asserts itself over all troubles and afflictions, at the return of this over precious season. Away, then, for the time, “With nil thoughts of sorrow, with all irldbio- ries that perplex the mind or afflict the heart, and let un think of nothing but imparting or receiving happiness and pleasure. This is no season for complaining. The old owe it to the young that no shade of sadness should check their fervor of oxpeotions of onjoyrrietit. The rich owe it to the poor that charity, with open hand and heart, should bo busy in 'dis pensing its gifts at the period which reminds us of Him, who gave all for us. The happy owe it to the afflicted, that the “ bruised reed” shall be lifted up and the sorrowing heart shall not go uncomforted. But, above dll, it is to the dear little onss that we owe at this time our smiles and favors. It is emphati cally childhood’s holiday, and it is the privi lege of all to administer somethiag, though it bo a “ trifle light as air,” to its enjoyment. In accordance with custom, we publish be- low the charming lines of Prof. Moore, which have become inseparably associated with .Cnrislmns times, and which are always read with pleasure by old and young ; A VISIT FROM ST. NICHOLAS, 'Twas tho night before Christmas when all through ■tbtrhouso, - Nc/t a creature was stirring, not even a mouse ; The stockings wore hung by the chimney with cure, In hope that St. Nicholas soon would bo thoro; The children wore nestled all snug in their beds. While visions of sugar plums danoed 'thro their hoads; And mama in her 'kerchief, and I in my cap, Had just settled our brains for a long winter’s nap— When out on the lawn thoro arose such a clatter, I sprang from my bod to see what was tho mat- tor, Away to the Window I flow like a flash, Toro open tho shutters,-and throw up tho tfash, Tho moon on the - breast of the nowfillen snow, Gave tho lustre of mid day t° objeetd below; When, what to my wondering eye? should appear, But a miniature sleigh, and eight tiny reindeer, With a liitlo old driver, so lively and quick, I know in a moment it must bo St. Nick. More rapid that origjcs his courses they camo,, And ho whistled and shoriled', and Grilled them by name; “ Now, Hasher! n'6w, Dancer! now, Prancor! now, Vixen I On, Comet! on, Cupid ! on, Bonder and Blixen ! To tho top of tho porch! to tho top of tho wall! Now. dash away, dash away, dash away all!” As tho leaves that before tho wild hurricane fly, When they moot with an obstacle, mount to the sky, So up to tho house t">p the courses they flow, • With tho slcrgh full of toys—and St. Nicholas too : And then, in a twinkling, I hoard on tho roof, The prancing and pawing of each little hoof. As I drew in m? head, and was turning around, Down the chimney St. Nicholas camo with abound, Ho was dressed all in fur, from his head to his foot, And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot! A bundle of toys ho had flung on his back, And ho looked like a pedlar just opening his pack ; His eyes—how they twinkled! his dimples, how merry! Hi’s cheeks like roses, his noso like a ch( rry! His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow, And tho board on his chin was as white as the snow. The stump of a plpo ho hold tight in his t'obth, And tho amoko.it encircled his head like a wreath. He had a broad face, and a little rsuntj belly, That shook,’when he laughed, like a bowl full of jolly, Ho was chubby and plump ; a right jolly old elf, And I laughed, when l' satf hirii-, in'spite of my self. A wink of bis eye, and'a ttriak of bis head', Soon gave mo to know I Uml nothi‘ng*to dread. Ho spoke not a word, but wodt straight to bis work, Amlfillod all the stockings—then turbod with a Jirk, And laying his finger aside of bis nose, /I iid giving a ned, up the chimney ho rose. Ho sprang to his sleigh, to hia team gavo a whis tle. And away they all flew,'ike tho down of a thistle. But X hoard him exslaim, oro he drove out of sight, “Happy CnniaTMAs to all, and to all a good NIGHT V The Paper Extortion.— We hope Con gress will hove opportunity to pny a little attention to the paper monopoly, this session. It is well known to every one engaged in the printing business, that within the past few months, the paper monopolists, taking advan tage of every little pretext, such as one or two mills stoppibg for want of water, or be cause one is burnt occasionally, have again put all kinds of paper loan exorbitant price, knowing full well that their customers have no remedy. We hope thoro may be men enough in Congress—men who cannot be bought by the paper interest—to do justice to the public by voting a reduction on’ the’ present prohibitive tariff. Geo. Swartz, Constitutional Reforuers.— Slnoo the opening of Congress no less than 40 amend ments to the Constitution have been proposed by radical members in the Senate and House. Proceed, gentlemen 1 Abolish the old Consti tution, if you will; but such as yew can nev give us e better. CHRISTMAS, MR.' CHAMBERS’ SERMON. We invito attention to the sermon wo pub' liah this morning, delivered in Philadelphia on Thanksgiving Day by that groat pulpjt orator, Christian, patriot, and honest man, Rev. John Chambers. It is-a rare gem — terrible in its condemnation of wrong, and powerful in its appeal for the right. In those days of recognized corruption and crime, a sermon, like this is peculiarly appropriate, and it is to be hoped that, like bread cast up un the waters, it will be found after many days. For tho last four or five years the pulpit has resounded with appeals to the worst passions of men, and debauched cler gymen have hot hesitated to applaud and en dorse crimes of the blackest ciiarActer. They preached from the gospel according to Sharp's r.ifle, and not IVoni the gospel of Christ and his apostles.; and thus, as far as in their pow er, assisted in the spread of infidelity and lawless wiokedness. Never did they open their lips to condemn the wide-spread dis honesty and unblushing scolindrelism that ebrsod our land. Nor did they even dare wag their tongues, when, at-the commence ment of the last Congress, infidelity tri umphed by electing an Infidel to the Chap laincy of tho House. Political influences had favored his election to this position, and that fact denied the lips of the “ loyal” pulpit slangwangors and made them dumb like dogs. Rut, we are digressing. We again ask our readers to' peruse carsfully Mr. Cham bers’ sermoti. It is a master production, and not one syllable or one word Of it carl bo galnsayed. Bought up traitors arid Aboli tion thieves may howl over it, but honest men and patriots will thank God that we have a man in the pulpit who has the will And the ability to plead for Constitutiorial law and justice, and to denourioe widkedrioss in high places. It is time, aye full time, that those intolerable cormoraritd Who have for over four long years been gorging themselves on the people's treasure, and at tho same time putting law and dosency at defiarfee. should be held (ip for the finger of scorn to point at. It is time that those who have been stealing under the plea of “ loyalty,” should have tho mask torn from their bloated faces. I/ot the people ponder over the undeniable truths con tained in Mr. Chambers’ discourse, and, our word for it, they will thank its distinguished author fur his bold advocacy of tho people's’ rights. THE Disimofl PARTY. When the jackass put on the lion’s skin and went forth among the boasts assuming the airs of the lion, his long ears betrayed him. The trick failed and the imposter was exposed. The so-called “Republicans” of oUr country have successfully accomplished what the jackass coulJ not accomplish. They have, by false pretence, by fraud and lies, obtained possession of all departments of the Government, and now they throw off all dis guise and announce the objects they had in view from the first, but which they persist ently denied when they wanted the people’s votes and money. When Mr. Lincoln was made their candidate for President in 1860, they denied that they were Abolitionists, or that their candidate stood pledged to “ wipe out slavery,” cost what it might. Now they tell us they were always Abolitionists and “ always desired the extinction of slavery.” When they wanted an army of a million of mart, they pretended great love for the Union, and in their papers and in their spee ches the cry was “for the restoration of the Union.” This was the cry that toadied men’s hearts and induced them to “rally around the flag.” But now, owing to the valor of our white braves, the rebellion is alt an end, rind what do we fee and hear ? Why, we are told that the war was not for the Union at all, but according to Stevens and the Jacobin majority in Congress, it was a “ war for the African and his race !” And, judging them by their vote's in Congress, as well as by their declarations, they want no Union and w.ll have none. They 1 refuse to permit Southern members of Congress to take their seats, and thus they fator disunion just as they formerly did. They pass tax bills applicable to .Southern States, but refuse those States a representation in Congress. and 1 rird therefore repealing the very outrage that was committed upon the United States by England, and which outrage oar ancestors enumerated as one of their p’rincfpal com plaints against the mother country previdus to the war of the Revolution. And these men—these disunion members of Congress— are the leaders of the* so called “ Union par ty,” Th'd advooatea of disunion calling them selves “ Union men’,” hid’ced ! Was over im pudence and fraud more completely exempli fied ? No, no~thoae old disunionists—these men who headed tlifl Buckshot War- in our own • State, and declaimed against the old flag and branded it? a “flaunting lie,” have the old leaved in* them' still, and : they are now, as they alWa/a have been, disWnioniats rifl'd' traitors. Power and pelf is what they are after, and thb mbre anguish and commo tibn we have in our country the better are they pleased 1 . Galling themselves “ Union men” iria aflrry Wick and fraud’, mufcb greater than that attempted by tHb jackass when he put on the skin of the dead lord of the forest. IC7 - ‘ - Tiie Right Wav,” is the naraS of a now Republican newspaper published at Washington city. Fifty thousand copies are circulated each week without coat to receiver, either in subscription or in postage. Of course some body pays for it, and it is not going too .far to suspect that it comes out of the Trea sury, either directly or indirectly. This pa per advocates negro equality and negro suff rage. The number before us defends and justifies the negro rebellion in Jamaica, and says: The heal people on the island, by far, are the blacks ; the whites, as a class, are in dolent and licentious.” And again “At this day the black men and women of Jamaica are an honor to their race, and would not rise in rebellion now without due and ample cause.” Doubtless among the delightful things in store for us; in this onco happy country, are just such rebellions- and just such brutal butcheries of white men and'womfeh as have taken place in Jamaoa, and it is very clear, that the Abolitionists have always desired and do now desire if. I'hey will approve and justify all negro rebellions, but woe to the white men who claim to have any rights. Nice French and American mixed Candies at Wu. Blair & Sons, south end, Carlisle. GENERAL GRANT’S REPORT. The extreme length of Lieut. Gen. Grant's report, which was road before Congress last week, will preclude ds from gH-iUg it entire, but we trust, at aolrte future day, to lay at least a portion of it before (fur readers. It is a plain, concise and methodical history of the Inst days of the war, written by him who, probably more than other human being, eon troled thn destiny of that war. Gen. Grant tells us first how ho organized success, and (hen how he accomplished it; and his me thodical arrangement and simple, unvarnish ed eloquence toll the story so plainly that a child may understand it. The most interost dng and remarkable portion of this report is that in which the Lieutenant General proves his greatness in little things as well ns in largo things. After Ben. Butler’s ignomin ious failures at Petersburg nud Fort Fisher,. ho took it upon himself to sneer at the mili tary genius of Gen. Grant. Grant iu re turn has put his foot upon Butler, in hU usually modest and UnassUming stylo, arid crushed the “ boast” so flat that liis most in timate frierlds have riot yet been able to recog nize him. lie makes no assault upon the in domitable hero of Big Bethel and Butch Gap —thatof course would be beneath the dignity dl the Lieutenant General—die simply states the facts, and is willing to let the American people draw their own inferences. The re sult is that Major General Benjaslin F. But I,er rid riioro. The telegraph informs us that ho departed this life, after a brief but painful struggle, on Tuesday of, last week— in other wards, he tendered his resigmition And it was promptly accepted. It is and, in deed, to think that woshall never again Have the starred and buttoned General traveling over our State and denouncing l/anlocrats as traitors, who were loyal to their country while ho was voting sixty or seventy times in the Charleston Convention for Jefferson Dv vis as his candidate fur the Presidency of the United States. It is sad, indeed, but “ such is life.’* It will bo seen, by the following good bin In The Age , that Mr. Butler, since his re tirement from military life, has gone intd the brine business “ An evening city contemporary last Sat urday published the following despatch from Washington :* Gou. Butler writes to a friend hero th’at ho has a rod in pickle tot ttio Lieutenant General.- 1 “ If the ex-Major General lias any discre tion left, he will let his “ rod” stay in “ pic kle,” and thus prevent his getting into a worse scrape than he now is. , Upon several occasions, since ho donned the regimentals, he valiantly, removed it from its preparatory brine, and each time he came to grief—the “rod” b£in£ wrested from his clumsy ha rid and mercilessly laid upon his own back. His tory fails to record a single instance in which his weapon did not, like the boomerang, re Sum ttf punish the thrower. At Bg* Bethel he tried it, brie the rebels completely denfol isbed him. Ho attempted to bully the Low ell stone-mason, and received a severe thresh ing. ilia famous powder boat blew up' every thing but the object at which it das rii tried. Even the dogs of Norfolk, wh ise tails, it was said, he cropped for “ disloyal practices,” kept on in their wicked wavs, and continued to run about the streets as shockingly “dis loyal” as ever. Ills threatened tilt against “ the Lieutenant General,” in whose recent official report he was bottled up’ and tightly - he foolishly persists in his announced attack upon one who now worthily possesses so largo a share of the people’s love and gratitude, he will take nothing by his motion, except, per haps, learning the lesson that, oftentimes “ A gun well aimed at duck or plffrer, Bears wide and kicks its owner over!” Who aub the Traitors ? President John son, in his message of the sth lost., lays down the following principle ; “The best’security for the perpetual ex istence of the States is the 1 * supreme author icy” of the Constitution of the United Suites. The perpetuity of .the Constitution brings with it the perpetuity of the States: their mutual relation makes us what we are, and in our political system their connexion is in dissoluble. ' The whole cannot exist without the parts,.nor the parts without (he whole. So long as the Constitution of the United Stlatetf endures, the States will, endure, the destruction of one is the destrotion of tlio other ; the preservation of the one is the preservation of the olher.” The Union is “indissoluble.” States can not go out of their own accord; and there ex ists rio a'u'thorrty to put tkeiji out or keep Hum out. Treason, therefore, consists in the en deavor to put or keep them out. This is the fair and legitimate meaning of the President. The Southern secessionists,-who'undertook to take States out of the Union, are thus placed side by side with radical abolitionists of the North who are determined to keep them out, or destroy their identity by con verting them into conquered territory. Stev ens. Wilson, dumber,- Kelly & Co,, are thus arranged as eq'ual in' treason to Davis, John son, Lee, Beauregard. & Co. A Piece of History. —The Hon. O’eorge F. Curtis made a speech to the Democracy oT Brooklyn a : few weeks ago. lie in the time of Clay and Webster, belonged to the old * Whig party. This conversation took place three days previous to the death of the last statesman of Massachusetts, Curtis was with him, and gives some of his las.t words : ,He had boon very ill for several days, and it was apparent to all about him that his life was now rapidly and'graduully drawing to its close. lie had,-that morning, for the first time during several days, paid some attention to the political hews 1 ; it was just befofe the Presidbntal election; which tesulted in the choice of G'en. Pierce over General Scott, and the returns from soine of the previous 'State elections were' cbmipg in pretty heavily against us Whigs. We were alone together, and I mentioned to hiin the nows which had comedown from Boston the da}! before. Calling me to his bedside by my Christian same, he said “The Whig candidate will not be elec ted. You love your country, and you think' iis welfare involved in Whig success. This has been so; hut-let me warn you, as you love your country, to give no- countenance to a sectional geographical party. The Whigs, after this election, will break up, and upon the ruins of our party a sectional party will arise. The stability of the Union will here after depend upon-the Democracy.” Don’t Like the Contact. —The Republi cans are very anxious for negro equality for others', but not for themselves. Whenever it touches their exclusiveness the tune chan ges. . At the Literary Convention held' in Philadelphia last week, negroes were'admit: ted as delegates. This gave offence to some ul the republican participants, and the result was, that a resolution was adopted at a stat ed meeting of the “ Philelethian Society,” requiring its delegates to withdraw. The resolution was passed by a vote of 16 to 8 ; thirteen of the sixteen being republicans. ’ CI'PFT IS THE JDRY BOX. That intolerable humbug, Sumke, at work,for the “ pet lambs,’’ as l( coln called the negroes. This radical. Hie legislative hall of a groat nation p , ly intoxicated with partisan euoce.- s long list of bills jvhioh ho had ing the recess of Congress, and of Cl,;' relieved bis steeped brain, ere the was properly organized, treated of t|, o throughout. One of the resolutions 0 remarkable negrophobist prot-idas “ grand juries shall consist One-half $ sons of African descent in places who, sixth of the population are Africans’' makes one negro equal to six white and moral worth. ivtr encomium on tho morale of Milasaoho. Again, hie bill provides that in p ot | t “ where the mitter trio I relates to inflicted by a person of African il««e, nt| Vffi.gjm>l a person not of such descent,” or vie; the Jury is to c insist of sis whites bl ioks, and prejudice against the made ground of challenge and exclusion". there is no prevision male respecting pt&'^iiU dice against the whites. This in a proyi,^®^ that no white man would have had the city to have asked on his own behalf, ;ja. Qrebat Catholic Irishman can over hope f l)r „,4.SO| distinguished consideration, although lisotVmiMi?i have periled his life to save that of thecVittsbarfie'’ tion which adopted him. On the contiJo oj«'n(en the act passed by the Legislature of Okavib'g aylvahia, April 14, 1854, and ra-affirmdJffi*- 81 ' the penal code of 18G3. provides that I i-ill alien shall, in any civil or criminal whatsoever, bo entitled to a jury it tale linguae, or partly of strangers." IsffWHßif; act wds passed by white then to Apply oriminately to white and black j but it ienn'Oakliil'S:■■ 1 proposed to change it respecting the iiipjOariitljij;? and leave tho.poor riddle ilian in “ 0, judgment 1 thou art floii to brutish bins ‘jCitf’iiS And moil havo lost thoir reason.'" in slldts 1 . IhandSaili GRANT SHOWING UP BUTLEft; The pricking of a bubble shows its fepfrimp 1 hollowness at once. Human bubbles times manage to fliat fur a long time b&wiivwli! they are pierced by til'd sharp' piini keen spear of truth and their utter ness expised to the public view. llion, however; some pretentious charactiiJjSKlliij, disposed of by a single rude thrust. Bitlrjljdiwjtpy the beast, as he has been- aptly termed been blown into a kind of weretridiuils '•% riety by means of the pons of porters fur radical newspapers. Gen. in bis report, which all men will .rocciih 1 truthful, must effectually dls pesos .Anyatfo would be here. The New York Hera'ii its review of General Grant’s report,if;a«ljhn|Ji forcibly says: IJeMwl Grant’o references to Butler ty personage before the country in the pi er light lor the first,time. They ihoir practical, .sincere man regards such an ty, blatapt protepder, and justly. hol(i K) contempt-, Butler was,inatrnoted J froni l #i'ifflj£ first in the panipaign’ aguinst 'Kiu , hiaon'Ji^.W : P|j! tout city was his objective point, and was to co-operate* with the Xroiy of tbs toaiac, and to seize or invest the rebel oiraßibii tol while .Meade engaged Lee on the RapiJu* 'hf J The plan, was per feci, and no persun loss ingenuity than Butler would have it possible tusp .ii it. Butter, Iwwever,e. l ./yePyC't aged wonderfully not to do v.dv.it site. lie was shown that Richmond e o not.be feirifurcbd from the §onth .m Lee’s array, ami was at his merer,; liehltUiim stead of seizing it lie sat down at'Bermi'vßljpß Hundred and wrote despatches and ' if: thiyjp fared the enemy to as. completely shut t|' off from furfher operations against Ricliiaf-d-'gPed. as if ho had been in a bottle strongly oorkd'i;itf(J; Such is Grant’s contemptuous disposal Bailor’s co-operation against .the rebel i»y ofCut bil. Subsequently, wlien Grant was crowf’ cfljan the James, the enemy left the rend H.ffip.jv ll'chmond to Petersburg on Butler's Itf undefended, and Cutler seized it. seeing the advantage, sent the Sixth cnrpW-vnnV.'' enable Butler to hold what he had taken,s' Butler kept the Sixth corps in idleness, vis fjepjrt the enemv recaptured the road. Butler’s Fort Fisher failure oould have oliinax to these achievements. Grant sbw ittaed how the order for WoitXnl to.nef -WAW inington was smothered by vP ler went where lie was not stmt and of ' Jottle: away wlien there was no reason ; and i' 1 . ' bow Terry, with nearly the same force, Complisbed what Butler had declared imp>,'r ; aible. As the sequel to .this Grant nays : “ At my request Major-General Butler was relieved, and Major O’. 0. Ord assigned to the command of Departmcntof Virginia and North Butler in this repirt and Butler balm Committee on the Conduct of the W,it-'j,i;jtusbi making speeches at Lowell—are vary dilfiW*iJ ent persons. On the 14th inat., by the Rev. S. P Spw ; . _ f. Mr. Aaiicn Heck, ,to Misa JI.iRV.i II , r |M Riidle. both of Porry Co. [ On the ,19th inat., bv the same, Mr. M' Fouoe, to Miaa Sarah. E. Comp, both of ry Co. i. On the 12th, inat.. by Rev. Win. D. Hi ’Em vre the Rev. G. T. Gray, of the Ent ftio,' more Conferenoe. to Mias Aiuce A.. ‘TWj ter of Col. w. B. Mollen.of Mt. Holly Spri",',: l==g t ‘' at T i; : g CARLISLE MARKET.—Deo. 20,18*5 PLOtm, Superfine, per bbl., do.. Extra, * . Jt& do.. Ryo, do., . -dii U Hite Wheat, _por bushel, . ftva HED WllßiT, • do., H Ute, do. .iffl Conti, d . si Oats; iig Spuiso Barest, , ,-3 Pall do., AtM Ci.ovp.nsEitn, .1; Timothtseed 1. ';g| PHILADELPHIA. MARKET, Dfeo. 20,’^'^ Flour, superfine, - Jt '-iil Ry 3 Flour, Cohn Meal, Wheat,red, u white, Rye, - Corn, yollow, - u white. Oats, CloVerseed, - Timothy Seed, Flaxseed, Barley, Whiskey, NOTICE is hereby given that I ,P og ( jioVtJl apply to the next Court of Quarter of Cumberland county, to bo hold on the of January, 18*6, for License to keep a !\y ar Beer House und Restaurant in the West tile Borough of Carlisle. Deo. 14, 1865—210 ITiSDSFOOT AND MAUIIINjBjJ pj fflnrmS. Bfiorluts. do., d.O„ do., do., * do., Extra, - \ . J .i ft ' o 10. •25D>-^ . . - V. 'i ,:>W ! 'tm < Tall ihir ■ .-.a .irill
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