CARLISLE, PA.,
Tlmrsdny Morning;, Ace. 0, IHOO,
WHO MAS CHANGED?
♦ .
The Radical-diaUnionlsts make war on
(President JOHNSONnnd threaten him with
jimpeachment because, as they say, “he
has betrayed the party thatelceted him.”
If this,radical assertion were even true,
is it not a most wretched excuse for their
attempt to depose the President? But is
it true that the President has betrayed
hia party ? Has not his party rather be
trayed him and the people at large? Du
ring Afr. Lincoln's life-time we believe
he was the acknowledged head of his par
ty, and after his death he was canonized
as “a martyr.” President Johnson in
his reconstruction policy, is following in
the foot-prints of Hr. Lincoln. It is not
Johnson’s but Lincoln’s policy. The
latter, it is true, was bitterly assailed by
such agitators as Ben. Wade, Henry
Winter Davis, and other men of “ pro
gressive” ideas, but yet the deceased
President, we are safe in saying, never
yielded ids opinions on the subject of re
construction. In his official .letters, in
his speeches, and in his pxnvate conver
sations, he maintained his ground firmly
and defiantly.
Mr. Lincoln, it is well known, was
not a man of nerve, nor had he much
confidence in his own judgment, but in
regard to admitting loyal representatives
in Congress from the States lately in re
bellion, his mind appeared to be made up.
He was for admitting them as fast as
they applied for admission. To prove
that Mr. Lincoln occupied this position
—the position now occupied by President
Johnson— we copy below a letter written
by him to Hon. Edward Stanley,
when he was about to return to his du
ties as military Governor of North Caro
lina. This letter indicates Mr. Lincoln’s
views upon reconstruction;
- Executive Mansion, )
Washixgtox, Sept. 21), 1802. j
Hon. Edward Stanley:
Mv Dear Sin—Your note* Informing mo that
you wj)J leave for ZiovtU Carolina soon, is re*
col von. \our conduct as military Governor, as
reported to mo by General Nurniddo, and as I
Imye heard it personally from yourself, has mv
entire approbation, and It is with great satisfac
tion that I learn yon are now to return in the
amne capacity with tile approbation of the War
Department.
I shall be much grotlllod, if you can find it
practicable, to have Oongmsslonnl olo otlons hold
In that State before January, ft Is my sincere
■wish that North Carolina may again govern her
self conformably to the Constitution of the Uni
ted States. Vours, very truly,
So much for Mr. Lincoln’s views.—
Are they not the same that Mr. John
son holds to now? Every candid man
will say they are. Are they not the same
that Mr. Johnson publicly announced
previous to his nomination as the Repub
lican candidate for Vice President? Cer
tainly. Pour years ago, when Andmew
Johnson was Governor of Tennessee—
and, of course, before the Republicans
made him flielr candidate for Vice Pres
ident—hp made a speech, from which the
following is a brief extract. It will be
seen .that the principle ho enunciated
then, with regard to the effect of rebel
lion, is precisely the same as that he now
upholds in his policy of restoration. He
has not changed his views one iota, nor
abandoned the ground he held all through
the war. He then maintained that the
Union was indissoluble, and could not be
destroyed by secession. Re holds now
that the rebellion did not dissolve it. If
he was right then, he cannot be wrong
now. He remains true and consistent in
his allegiance to the Union. Jt is the
party which elected him that has changed
front; and in doing this they have proved
themselves disunionists and traitors.—
Here is what Anukew Johnson said in a
public speech;
•'Theidea lias boon cuqnlngly circulated that
after the rebellion Ims boon suppressed, the North
will not let us bach into the Union, nor let us
have a.State Government! What shallow low
humhuggery and deception ! Some think we
must petition the. Government to get back into
Hie Union. I deny the doctrine of secession
wholly, absolutely, Mo ccvlo. Tennessee Is not
ont ol the Union, never has boon and uover will
booqf The bauds of the Constitution ami the
J' uaenil power will always prevent thorn. Tills
tioyernment is perpetual; provision is made for
reforming tiu> Government and amending the
Constitution, mid Admitting States into the
I uion ; not for lotting out of it.”
Mow, we repeat the question—who has
changed? President Jounbok or his dis
union assailants?
Aukjibt of Buk-vtt.— John H. Suratt,
one of President Lincoln’s assassins, has
been arrested and will soon arrive in this
country. A Washington correspondent,
writing on Sunday iast, says :
This Government had information as
long ago as last winter that John H. Su
ratt had gone to Europe. The'person
who communicated tile facts, conversed
with him during the voyage across the
Atlantic, and also reported that Suratt,
believing he was fur removed from dan
ger, was free and outspoken about his
connection with the assassination conspi
racy, To-night Secretary Seward receiv
ed a despatch by the Atlantic cable, dated
to-day, as follows:
'■riiavo arresfod John H. Suratt, one of Presi
dent Lincoln's assassins. No doubt of Identity.
, “Hai.e,
” United States Cojpsul-Genoral,
Alexajujfjjj. .Egypt.”
A Fortuna'PE Cixancjk.— Fred Doug
lass and his son have purchased a house
at Alexandria, and w)JJ. shortly establish
their peculiar journal in that city. The
Xloehester (N. Y.) Union says; “If the
Douglasses succeed in Dixie, they will (}o
better than they did here in the hotbed
or their professed friends, when engaged
in the grocery business. They occupied a
good stand, and kept good goods, huttjiey
did not get enough patronage from tinny
Abolition and negro equality brethren to
buy their salt.”
The Negro Suffrage Question
Tha Democratic press of this State are a
unit in opposition to the idea of accepting
negro Buffrjgo as one of the doctrines of
the old party. The Doyleatovm Demo
crat, in a late issue, thus speaks upon the
subject;
There Is but ouo safe and consistent course for
Democrats to pursne—stnnd by the cardinal prla
ciplea of the party. Whenever they are chalhmg
. kofo/e the people, maintain the Issue until It Is ,
decided against us, thou submit to the will of the
majority. The party la opposed to sharing the
government of the country with tho negro, and
.I: P®, TOr advocate or sanction a measure that
will bring such nnmlxed evil upon the South'ds
would negro suffrage.
A Very Disinterested Divine!—
Henry Ward Beecher is getting a story
ready for publication in the New York
Ledger. He writes to Bonner: “ I hope
to put enough manuscript in your hands
to enable you to begin the story early l n
the year J 867." ’Well, well—but there is
no telling where Badicalisui won’t lead a
man, espaeialiy a preacher. We hope,
however, that Henryk pesft step will not
be into the “ yaller lovers,”
The Vermont Legislature lias
*T, d a bIU maklu S years liabltual
drunkenness a cause for divorce.
AUftTUAirr or THE I’IIESIUENT’N men-
No ChaiiKC In llio President's Position
with K,‘-ard to Notional Affairs.
Ol'll RELATIONS WITH PRANCE AND
OKEAT BRITAIN.
[SPECIAL DESPATCH TO THE WOULD.]
Washington, December 2. —The Pre
sident’s annual Message will lie delivered
to Congress at about 1 o’clock I*. M. to
morrow. Probably at no previous period
has speculation been so rife and so wild
regarding its contents. It will be found,
however, that none of the recently agita
ted questions of amnesty and suffrage are
alluded to in the message in the remotest
particular, nor does lie intimate nr pro
pose any amendments to the Constitution
ns represented. - But, on the contrary, the
President and closely to
his policy of restoration, and urges it with
renewed vigor on Congress. The Presi
dent opens his Message with the proper
thanks to the Providence which has pre
served the land from pestilence, and then
proceeds direct to the consideration of the
national situation, opposing, as will be
seen, the making of any conditions pre
cedent to restoration except those known
to the Constitution, and favoring immedi
ate admission of duly qualified loyal rep
resentatives to Congress. He asks noth
ing more ; he concedes nothing less. Af
ter reviewing the progress of reconstruc
tion as developed by the appointment of
Provisional Governors, etc., the inaugur
ation of tile Revenue, Judicial, and Pos
tal systems of the government through
out the South down to the close of the last
session of Congress, the President oon
chfdes in his Message all he has to say on
the subject of restoration in the following
language:
“ Congress, however, hesitated to ad
mit any of these States to representation,
and it was not until the close of the Bth
mouth of the last session that an excep
tion was made in the cose of Tennessee.
I deem it a subject of profound regret that
Congress has thus far failed to admit to
seats loyal Senators and Representatives
from the other States, whose inhabitants,
with those of Tennessee, had engaged in
rebellion. Ten States, move than one
fourth of the whole number, remain
without representation. The seats of fif
ty members of the House and twenty of
the Senate are yet vacant, not by their
own consent, not by a failure of election,
but by the refusal of Congress t6’ accept
their credentials. Their admission, it is
believed, would have accomplished much
towards the renewal and strengthening of
our relations as one'people, and removed,
serious cause for discontent on the part of
the people of these States. It would have
accorded with the great principle enunci
ated in the Declaration of independence
that no people ought to bear the burden
of taxation, and yet be denied represen
tation. It would have been consistent
with the express provisions of the Consti
tution that each State shall have at least
one representative, and that no State, with
out its consent, shall be deprived of equal
suffrage in the Senate. These provisions
were intended to secure every State the
right of representation in Congress, and
so important was it deemed by the fra
mers of the Constitution that the equality
of the States shall be preserved'in, the
Senate, that not even by an amend
ment to the Constitution can any State
without its consent be denied a voice in
that branch of the National Legislature.
It has been assumed that these States hy.
rebellion became Territories, but all de
partments of the government with great
distinctness refused to sanction an as
sumption so incompatible with the nature
of our republican system, and the profess
ed objects of the war. Throughout the re- i
cent legislation of Congress, the undeni
able fact makes itself apparent that these i
ten (10) political communities are nothing ■
less than States.”
A. Lincoln.
The President then refers to the legis
lation of Congress, and the proclamation
of Lincoln sustaining this position. He
then proceedes as follows:
“In the admission of Senators and Rep
resentatives from all of the States there
can be no just ground of apprehension that
persons who are djsioyai will be clothed
with the powers of legislation, for this
could not happen when the Constitution
and laws are enforced by a vigilant and
faithful Congress, Each House is the
judge of the returns and qualifications of
its own members. A Senator or member
may be admitted or rejected, or his cre
dentials referred to a proper committee if
admitted to a seat. It must be on evi
dence satisfactory to the House of which
he becomes a member, that he possesses
the legal and constitutional qualifications.
If refused admission and sent to his con
stituents for want of due allegiance, they
arc admonished that none but persons
loyal to the United States will be allowed
in the councils of the nation,.and the po
litical power and moral iniluence of Con
gress are thus effectively exerted iu the
interests of loyalty to the government and
fidelity to the Union. Upon this question
s <> vitally affected the restoration of the
Union and the permanancy of our form
of government, my convictions, heretofore
expressed, have undergone no change; but,
Qn the contrary, their, correctness has been
confirmed by time and reflection. If the
admission of loyal members to seats in
Congress was wise and expedient a year
ago, it is no leas wise and expedient now :
if in the exact condition of these States at
the present time, it is lawful to exclude
them from representation, I do not see
that the question will be changed by the
efflux of time. Ten years hence, if these
States remain as they are, the right of rep
resentation will be no stronger, and the
right of exclusion \yi(i bo no weaker. The
Constitutioq makes it the duty of the Pre
sident to ro.conjiqepd to the consideration
of Congress such' measures qa ho shah
deem expedient. J Unqw <ff ni) rgca.fy.res
more imperatively demandedby every con
sideration of national interest, sound poli
cy, and equal Justice than the admission of.
Loyal members from the unrepresented
States. It wouldoonsummaterestoration,
renew vigor and stability, remove doubt,
induce emigration, open now fields of en
terprise.” ;
Tile President then proceeded to discuss
our foreign affairs. He says that with
Great Britain the progress toward an ad
justment of the Alabama claims has been
slow, owing in some degree to a change
ip the British Ministry, but matters in that
regard loot; favorable.
lie slates that France has not complied
with her agreement to take her troops out
of Mexico, hut has inlii/fqtcd a postpone
ment till spring. This government has re
monstrated, but the President sags no re
ply has hr-fn received from the Emperor as
to what he will do, but a satisfactory ad
justment is hoped for, General Sherman
has merely gone to Mexico iq ;jn advisory
capacity tp Campbell.
The Message issileqtoq the question of
a Mexican protectorate and treaty, <fec.,
and makes no allusion to Maximillian
whatever.
In concluding the Message the President
says:
“ The Interests of the nation are best
promoted by the revival of fraternal ref
lations, the complete obliteration of our
differences, and the Inauguration of all
the pursuits of peace. Directing our' ef
forts to the early accomplishment of these
great ends, let us apdeavor to preserve
harmony between the popfdinate depart
ments of the government, that egoh in its
proper sphere may. cordially co operate
with tho other in securing tho mainte
nance of tho Constitution, the preservation
of the Union, and tho perpetuity pf free
institutions.'' p
Afte? tue OPOIM.—The JV V Herald
thinks “It is vevj' lttco) y that Ben Butler
and his fellow Jacobins wJ"' d be gllu J to
drive Congress into somecourso of action
calculated to disturb thepeaoe of thocoun
try. Out of the national turmoil they
havo already contrived to gather a golden
harvest, as some men manage to plunder
during a conflagration,”
SAGE TO CONGRESS.
Ol>^2? jr 2, * F SBCOSD SESSION OF
THE THIBTF- NINTH CONGRESS.
Scenes in the Tlonse Vjion llio Hemline
of tho Message. "
Washington, Dec. 3.
THE OPENING OP CONGRESS.
The second session of the Thirty-ninth
Congress assembled at noon to-day. The
crowd in the galleries and lobbies of the
two houses was quite as large as on simi
lar occasions. Judging from the charac
ter of tlie bills introduced in the House
this morning, the session will be anything
but a quiet one. The strict adherence of
the President to the policy sot forth in his
annual message in December last, and the
equally strict adherence of the majority
in Congress to their peculiar party plat
form, gives promise of a renewal of the
exciting scenes of last session, if nothing
worse. The measures brought forward
in tlie lower branch of Congress to-day
are full of mischief, and conceived solely
for the purpose of warring upon the Ex- i
ecutive. There seems to be no doubt
among the leaders of the'domiuant party i
that they will be able to carry any ex
treme measure that may be proposed, and
tlWMwWge of their numericalstrength
will doubtless induce them to offer and
advocate the most ultra Radical plan for
the subjugation of the white people of the
Southern States. The repeal to-day by
the House of the thirteenth section of the
act of July 17, 18C2, authorizing the Pres
ident to extend amnesty and pardon to
persons who were engaged in the late re
bellion, was simply a step in that direc- I
tiou, which from present indications, is
to be followed by others of a similar na
ture. The talk about impeachment, which
had somewhat subsided during the past
two weeks, was revived around the Capi
tol this afternoon. Several leading Radi
cals of the House are'said to have advoca- I
tod it strongly in private conversation.
THE WELCOME TO CONGRESS. .
This afternoon quite fl large procession,
with banners and music arrived at the
east front of the Capitol, awaiting the ad
journment of the two houses, in order to
welcome back the Radical Senators and
Representatives to the national metropo
lis. Tlie procession and attending crowd
were composed almost exclusively of ne
groes ; not one in a hundred of those pres
ent were white. Altogether, it was the
blackest affair ever witnessed in the Dis
trict of Columbia.
BUTLER.
[Correspondence Cincinnati Inquirer.)
New Orleans, La., Oct. B;— While the
Confederate army of the West was at Tu
poia, Mississippi, General Butler was in
New Orleans, and for months this noble,
patriotic, unselfish man supplied them
with boots, shoes, salt, gunpowder, per
cussion caps, &c., &c. Does any man
doubt this assertion ? If so, let that man
go to Jackson, Mississippi, or tonny point
on the New Orleans railroad below Jack
son , and ask anybody living upon the rail
road if supplies of all kinds were not regu
larly sent over the road from New Or
leans.
Let the unbeliever inquire for a certain
Captain Colby, (formerly known in Cin
cinnati, Ohio,) who was a commissary in
the Confederate army, and stationed at
Jackson, Mississippi, whether he did not
receive constantly large supplies of coffee,
salt, &e., for a period extending over eigh
teen months. The writer of this articles
while in Jackson, Mississippi, in the sum
mer of 1862, had occasion to visit the chief
clerk of Captain Colby, a Mr. Bliss, for
merly GovernorofColeradoTerritoiy, and
while there heard aeon versation take place
between Col. Jones, of General Bragg’s
staff, and a confidential agent of General
Butler, in which it was agreed on the part
of General Butler to furnish the Confed
erate army,of the West with shoes, blank
ets, salt, &c., and that 5,000 sacks of salt
should be deli vered-rif I remember right
in three weeks. Bliss and myself were
separated from the speakers by a board
partition, hot well made, and could hear
the entire conversation. As wo listened
wc became much interested, and exchang
ed frequent significant winks, both being
good Confederates.
Bliss afterward “ sloped” to avoid the
conscript law; he was a fine fellow for all
that, however. Butler’s agent wanted a
bale of cotton for a sack of salt, and the
parties came near splitting on the point.
Don't know how it was settled, but Know
that supplies came in regular.
Upon the evening of the same day that
the conversation above reported took place
I visited the headquarters of Gent Van
Dorn, and while talking to two of my old
acquaintances—Col. Ned. Billion, chief
commissary, and Colonel Lomax, both
graduates of West Point—Gen. Van Dorn
himself came in laughing—“ Well,” said
he to Colonel Lomax, " I have just had a
proposition from Gen. Butler and he pro--
poses to supply our army with all we want
providing!willsendhim cotton.” “What
an infernal scoundrel he is,” said Van
Doru. To this we all unhesitatingly
agreed. “ What a spectacle of depravity
is here presented—-a man furnishing gun
powder to slay his comrades and clothes
and food to supply their enemies.”
I have been a Confederate soldier of the
fighting department, and have met on
many fields the noble soldiers of the North
west, and I have thought, when I saw
them dead and lying around me, that they
had probably fallen, killed by amuiiition
furnished by General Butler. Now, this
• shape infernal,” presents himself before
the people of the North, and has been
hailed with applause by thousands.
Some months ago, I wrote to Secretary
Stanton, giving him the “points” against
Butler, and the names of the witnesses,'
but nothing has been done, I wrote a
private letter to Secretary Stanton in re*
gard to this matter, but not a move has
ever been made against him.
iIoiTN E). Watson,
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
A TniunltnonsltnUtcnl Cnucu«-*>l,l Tlinrt.
Uands-Dlore Imiovatlona-TUo Powb* «}•
PoiftiS£ m,,ou st “ tta, ‘
Cbrrespomtcncep/the Volunteer.
Washington, Dec. 3, 1800.
To-tlny the second session of the Rump Con
gress begins, and If wo rnay Judge by what bus al
ready transpired in the Radical Caucus, Its pro
ceedings will bo oven more revolutionary, vin
dictive and ruthless than was the Incoherent
madness which disgraced the halls of legislation
during the flint six months of the present year.—
The proceedings of this Caucus, held on Satur
day evening, were enough to bring the blush of
slinnf o to the cheek of every free American citi
zen. As tljo first matter-of business, old Thad
Stevens offered q, resolution that the Senate bo
requested not to confirm aqy appointees of the
President, when there Is reason to believe their
predecessors were removed for political purpo
ses. This move was-greeted with B to rm
of applause; and after spnje' but or ontL vindic
tive reujarlts by fjtoyeijs, Kplly and others, It was
passed unanimously. Epoouragad by the success
of his first move, old Thnd. was again on his feet
and road a bill, which he Intends to offer ns soon
US the House is ready to proceed to' buslnesa -
Tljls bqi provides that the President shall make
no reippyifle from office without the consent of
the Seppt.6, that till those wlio have been rejected
by the Senate shall bo deprived oi their pay, and
shall bo ineligible to aiiy office for the period of
three years after suoh rejection)' kffiye.ms was
again greeted with a storm of applause; and was
followed by Boutwell, of Massachusetts, who de
clared that President Johnson “knew all the
Ah>>t> where John Surratt had been, and not only
made in, e/Jprt to arrest him, but had connived
at his escape." He the public ac ts of John
son should bo Investigated from' thij (fay of his
drunken Inauguration ns Vico President down
to Pip present Wipe;” and lie concluded his re
iparks hy the impeachment of tho
President. Ho was gg ipojiy applauded ns old
Tljad, Stevens. This will give jqhm idga of the
temper Of tpo Radical Theyaremore
*swlWy iff SWffest for njiisohle/' tpap, tpoy yero
' pilaff au.dmifmrer ere more
deflant ; they ore moio. . oj£ ten
ful towards the President. Au ...
w ° W Thad - ,8 . c hafrmani has boon a.,-'
pointed to prepare the work for Congressional I
notion. It Is said tlio ilrst thing they will do wll I
bo to report a bill abolishing the present State
Governments In all the Southern States, appoint*
Ing a Commissioner by Congress to act as Gover
nor, ami if tbo Southern States then rbfUse to
adopt the Constitutional Amendments and en
dorse all tho, revolting enormities of the Radical
plan, to throw them into a territorial condition,
and compel them to submit absolutely to the dic
tation of Congress. These Commissioners are to.
arm and organize tho colored people of the South
Into militia regiments, for the purpose of enfor
cing upon the white people of tho South the hu
♦mUlatlng decrees.of the Star Chamber.
To-day, atnbon, the mass welcome to Congress
takes place, in which all sort of military and civ
ic organizations (white and block) will partici
pate. To-night there will bo a grand supper.—.
Darkles have been at work, for two or three days
past, making tho roof of the old Fair Barrack, at
tho comer of Pennsylvanla Avenue and Seventh
street, water-tight, for there tho grand carnival
Is to bo held. The drunken and maudlin M. C.’s
will again have a chance to embrace tho colored
waiters, ns they did some time ago, at Willard’s
Hotel. They can go the whole hog on miscegen
ation, as that Is tho fashion now. Only Radical
Congressmen will bo at the bacchanalian feast,
and they can go it os strong as they desire with
out offending any one’s stomach with their besti
alities.
Tho object of tills grand demonstrotlon is to
stiffen the backbones of tho weaker brethren,
and to intimidate tho President. None other
than a Consolidated Despotism party would have
ever presumed to back up the contemplated usur
pations of its loaders In Congress by means of a
standing army of its adherents, as tho Radical
organization Is now preparing to do. There is
no bettor evidence needed to prove tho speedy
downfall of the Republic than the fact that arm
ed partisans are to stand guard oyer the halls of
legislation, to Intimidate the minority and the
Constitutional Executive. France, during Its
most diabolical revolutions never presented a
spectacle more alarming and debasing. It looks
as if Constitutional liberty were about to pass
away, and that tho power of the people is depart
ing from them. *
If it bo the intention of these parties to frighten
the President by their bullying, I think they will
find themselves mistaken. Notwithstanding his
long public career, few men seem to bo less un
derstood than Andrew Johnson. That he is a
man of strong convictions and earnest purposes
is evident from the manner in which he advoca
ted and pushed forward important measures Jn
Congress, like the Homestead BUI, and the stand
he took against secession and in favor of the Qov- •
eminent during the late civil war. Ho believes
that the manner in which he proposed that the
GovermnentshoulddearwiththoSoutbern States
was not only a magnanimous one, but the only
one likely to result In a speedy and hearty recon
ciliation between the two sections; and he has
felt it to bo his duty to sustain his views by the
exercise of such powers as the Constitution had
clothed him with. But while this has been, and
win continue to be, his course, ho will violate no
law nor fail to perform the duties which are le
gally devolved, upon him. He wIU veto every
bill that ho may regard unconstitutional, no mat
ter how unpopular it may bo for him to do so.—
But ho will execute with unscrupulous fidelity
all laws, and especially those to which ho has de
clined to give his omcial sanction. His message
will not be sentln until this afternoon, butl ven
ture to predict, in advance, that it will not yield
one Jot or tittle of the position he has taken on
the question of reconstruction, while'at the same
time it will he courteousand dignified. My word
for it, Andrew Johnson has more back-hone than
many of his weak-kneed friends think ho has.
Strange as it may seem the Democratic party In
Congress Will hold the balance of power during
the coming session. The affairs of the country
are In a dead lock. The Constitutional Amend
ment lias been defeated, notwithstanding the
hue and cry raised in its favor by some weak
kneed Democrats. The Radicals may exclude
the Southern States from their rightful represen-
Congress, but what good will it do them?
They cannot thereby pass their Amendment,—
The Democratic party of the country is to-day
strong enough to prevent the passage of any
-Amendments© the Constitution, and there let it
stand, for half a century, if necessary, rather than
yield to the inroads of Radical fanaticism. Our
firmness now decides the principle of self-gov
ernmentunder the Constitution. Let us be true
to our country and to Constitutional liberty. • -
POMTICAL.
—The Radical majority In Minnesota Is IO.OdO.
—A sheet In Virginia favors tho Senatorial as
pirations of Horace Greeley, “ because he was an
Influential original secessionist.” '
—Radicals think that war kept thoHouthorn
States la the Union, and that peace put them
out,— Prentice, . ,
The Radicals call the Conservatives the
" bread and butter par ty.” That’s better than the
bread and Butler party.
One hundred and thirty postmasters of the
less class have been appointed w.thln the last
three or four days.
—Horace Greeley Is spoken of for United States
Senator of Now York, In the place of Ira Harris,
whose term expires this winter.
—The Delaware county Republican, and Harris
burg Telegraph favor the return of Simon Came
ron to the United States Senate from this State, '
-Ex-Governor Winston, of Alabama, has been
elected to the position of United States Senator
from that State for the long term, commencing
next March. .
—Leading politicians are In Washington en
deavoring to do vise some plan by which the Pres
ident and Congress will bo harmonized.
—The Women's Bights Convention of New
York met at Albany, on Monday, the 10th Inst.
Lucy stone Blackwell presiding. Resolutions
were adopted urging universal suffrage, without
distinction of sex or color.
—The Macon (Qa.) Telegraph says the authori
ties of that city are obliged to furnish from six to
ien coffins per day, to, bury negro paupers. Free
dom is a great thing for the poor African —Free
to starve and die.
-The official returns of the state of Now York
show the vote at the recent election for Gover
nor to stand as follows: For Fenton, Republi
can, 300,319; for Hoffman, Democrat, 352,510- ma
jority for Fenton, 13,307, '
—ln Chelsea, Massachusetts, on the 20th, the
citizens held a caucus for Mayor. The result was:
Frost, 33-1; Morris, 212. Morris was “an Ameri
can citizen of African descent.,’ Don’t old Ply.
mouth go it ou wool, though?
—Jftok Hamilton’s Texas organ—the Galveston
Bulletin— has declared agglnst universal or quail
tied suffrage. This about ends all there was of
the Radical party In the Lone Star State.
-The Boston Post spys, that, If Butler expects
to impeach the President, ho “ must bestir him
self.’’ Indeed you must, Butt. So stir I stir 1—
with all your toa-spoona I
—At the late Baltimore election a man’s vote
was rejected by a Radical Judge because his bar
ber polo was painted In red, white and green in
stead of rod, white and blue. Had there been
black In It probably, he would have passed.
It is rumored that on the assembling ot Con
gi Dsa, Hon. Thaddeus Stevens will move the ap
porntmont of a Joint committee to Investigate
the official conduct of the President, and report
if action by Congress be required.
GeneriU Dudley, no\y In’ command at Vicks
burg, Miss. f attended a dinner recently given bv
tlio ii;<)rdmijts of: that city, and gays ns a «u,u.
ment: “The conservative fi lo ro cnt qt 'th o pqw
try—the lighting men otbolh armies." 4
. The Lquisvlllo Journal truly says; '•impar
tial suffrage or partial negro sugrago wouldpavo
tlrotyay for universal negro suffrage. It would
herald universal negro suffrage; and ushor It In ”
Exactly; and' wouldn’t we see a dirty picture
when It got In?. • •
—Chief Justice Chase.—the great law expounder
ot the “ Llnoum” dynasty—ls on a stumping tour
among the northern negroes. Thursday night
4e njqdo his debut In Philadelphia, before the Pe
f, te ? Ch °/ tho trlbo - Vorll y > what a noble
position for a Judge! what a mark for emulation I
hut thou water will And its }p»pl.
SpuaWngfor the Radical party, Wendell Phil
a lmpeaoh the Resident, and while, he
W 'M/ .to the advantage? he answers • whv
thonwo-rup Vorflagrflljor: • 5 ’
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I’hat Is a righteous couu....
—The full official returns of Delaware give
Saulsbury, Dcm. ( 1,212 majority for Governor;
McKUn, Dom., ,1,330 majority for Congress, In
the Senate there are 0 Democrats 3 Republicans.
The House stands 15 Democrats to 6 Republicans.
■ -4Says the N. Y. TYitmne: “ Six bills introduced
in th'o .Tennessee Legislature to patabllsh colored
suffrage look woUfor the future of tho State.” To
look black, then, means to “ look well." Wonder
if Horace thinks Mrs. Greeley looks well when
she “ looks black"—lf she ever does ?
—Of the Pennsylvania members of Congress re
elected, Messrs. Boyer, Mcrcur, Miller, Glossbron
ner, Koontz, Wilson and Lawrence are chosen to
their second terms; Messrs. Randall, O'Neill,
Myers, Broomall, Dennison, Schofield and Wil
liams are chosen for their third terras; Judge
Kelley to hfs fourth terra; General Williams to
fifth, and Thaddous Stevens to his seventh term.
—Tho Governor of South Carolina, in his mes
sage, takes a gloomy view of agricultural and fi
nancial affairs in the State, and attributes the
depression to the intolerance of the conquerors.
Ho says, also that neither tho interest nor the
honor of tho State will allow her to ratify the
Rump amendment. So must and will say all the
Southern Governors.
—There are 295,774 Indians in the country.
—Taxes are distasteful to tho Peruvians—or any
other man.
—Tpho French have three hundred ways of cook
ing eggs. Eggmctly.
—A man is shaved by proxy, when bis faife goes
shopping in his absence.
—Paris possesses 40,937 dogs. They should bo
tanned with their own bark .
—The apple rot Is causing considerable trouble
among the farmers in York county,
—Tho Great Eastern will begin her regular trips
between NewVork and Brest, InFrance, in March,
—•The newest Yankee Invention Is an umbrella
with a gutter round the edge and a spout at one
corner.
—Tlio general estimate of the aggregate corn
crop of the United States for 18G6 Is over 1,000,000,-
000 bushels.
—Three thousand five hundred people died of
Cholera in St Louis during August and Septem
ber.
—Upper Canada has spent for school purposes
during the past year nearly sl,soo,ooo—nearly a
dollar for each inhabitant.
—A large quantity of arms, designed for the use
of the Fenians, have been seized on a Liverpool
bound Steamer, at Cork.
—There is a* scarcity of laborers in Texas,.and
efforts are being made,to induce negroes to emi
grate thither from Georgia and South Carolina.
—Fenian gatherings aro.roported at Albans and
other points on the frontier, and the Canadians
fear a raid for the rescue of the Fenians to be tried
at Sweetsburg this week.
—The suspension bridge at Cincinnati Is 2,252
feet long. It is a single span 0f1,756 feet from cen
tre to centre of towers. The .total cost was two
million dollars.
—Two millions and a half of .human beings—
men, women and children—bdvo perished in Or
issa, one of the most populous districts In India,
from absolute hunger.-
—The population of Memphis Is now about 60,-
000 It has grown faster and improved more with
in ten years than any city In the Southwest.
—A Convention of the Superintendents of the
Common Schools of Pennsylvania la called to
meet In Harrisburg on the 4th of December.
—A woman ln Wheeling cut the throat of her
new borne babe the other* day, it is becoming
absolutely dangerous, in many parts of the coun
try, for children to have parents..
—Tho postal services In the eleven Southern
States, which before the war never paid expenses,
has netted over $200,000 profit during tho postyear.
—The now railroad bridge across tho .'Susque
hanna river at Havre de Grace Is nearly com
plete, and it Is expected to run tho tralna'over 11 by
tho first of ,next month.
—Tho Paris correspondent of tho London Post'
says that the relations between England and the!
United States will soon bo in a critical condition,
—Another great battle has been fought in Para
guay, resulting in the defeat of the Allies with a*
loss of 5000 men and the disabling of several of :
the gunboats,
—A correspondent from the Clilncha Islands
writes that tho shipping at that place averages
about ninety sail, and tbatthe guano Is disapper--!
Ins so fast that another two and a half or three
years at most will probably find the Chlnchas de- i
sorted.
Caucasian.
—Another huge gun has been cast at the Fort Pitt
Iron Works at Pittsburg. It la a 20-lnoh gun. de
signed fdrußeonone of the large Iron-clad ves
sels, and 140,000 pounds of Iron were used In cos
ting it. This Is the third gun of so large a calibre
that was ever cast.
—The Meadvllle, Ponnsylvonia, Republican’
now clearly demonstrated that the sup-'
ply of peat in that reglouls almost inexhaustible.;
It abounds In nearly all the swamp lands In the
country. In many .places the deposit Is 20 or 30
feet thick.
—The casualties In the late war wore: killed
In action 5 221 commissioned officers and 90,808 en
listed men. Died of disease or from accidents 2,-
321 commissioned officers and 182,329 enlisted
men. Total 680,739.
- —The Maine woolen manufacturers, have al
ready closed up their mills In order to bring im
mediate pressure upon the Rump for a higher
tariff. Having made their “ pile’ ’ durin g the war,
on shoddy, they can afford to stand idle for a year
and not lose a cont of their own.
—lt may suit those who are unwilling to wait'
thirty-three years to see a shower of meteors to
know that Gibers, the astronomer, supposes the
real period of their return to be thirty.four years,
and that the display of 1799, repeated in 1833. will
reappear In 1867. 1
—The New Haven Arms Manufacturing Com
pany has received orders from European govern
ments for 150,000 of the rifle of their manufacture
of the Winchester patent. This rifle has been
adopted by the Swiss Government, and its troops
will be generally supplied with them.
—Mr. sldnoy.T. Helsou, of Lake ville, Mass., had
a valuable young cow, which, broke afore log Just
above the knee, and he resolved to try the un
usual experiment of coring It. He had his cow
Slung up In a shed for six weeks, the leg set, and
is now gratified in'seeing her out at pasture ai
well as over.
white* 111 Brcckcnrl<!Be ’ sl “' ,rl,as turned almost
-AdmiralSemraeshos discontinued the Mobile
Gazette for. want of advertising patronage.
-Sir Michael Meyendorff.a polish nobleman
gineertag 64 Latoyetto CoUe B° as a student of en-
■ -An elegant set of furniture has been 'sent to
Fortress Monroe for the use of the Davis family,
—Admiral French Forrest, who served both in
the United States and rebel nhvtes, died In Wash,
iugton, oa Thursday last, aged 71,
-Pope Plus has consented to take up bis quar
ters on the island of Malta, If he should bo forced
to quit Borne.
Essays the needlogunis a humbug.
Bo the Austrians thought when theyheard It hum.
—A watch has been left for repairs tit one of the
J owolry spores in J-ancoator which was owned and
f pr»uunjbor of years carried by Ponjumin Frauk-
Dr. Ferdinand V. Daytop, a sem of the late
Hon. William L. Dayton, died atNatehoz. Missis
week° CongeBtlon of tho brain, on Thursday
, ~ ou dlt - Deo oral Scott’s eldest daughter died
fatw n ' he nV' * Fr «ohcopvont, hfoauseher
iCch offlcer' 01 ° OB “ 0,?t *° hBr ““"'Wo wtth a
■ latest rumors are that Maximilian does
uot Intend to leave Mexico,-that the mercantile
Interest will not permit him to go. ; .
theAmerloahihln-
Istey. had reached Yeddo with a guard of honor
consisting of all the marinesof the sqinodrbn
, -The emperor of Brgzlj is expected to make a
tour of the United States on his way to'the p ftr ] s
Exposition next year.
-On Thursday mornluga week, Isaac dlesey, of
f 9PfthSlff fourteen, hundred catflsh In a
•
MIScEIXANEOES.
PERSONAL
LOCAL ITE M S
Sale. —Wo direct especial attention to
the advertisement of David Coovor and
Joa, A. Stuart, Guardians of the minor
children of Dr. ; Cdover, who offer for sale
on Tuesday, Dec. ilth, a valuable property
situated in Dickinson township, near the
Stone Tavern. The property is admira
bly located and the house is commodious
and elegant. The household furniture of
the late Dr. Coover will also lie sold on
the same day. Sale to commence at 10
o’clock, A. M. 1 . .
Bobbery. — On Wednesday, night of
last week, Capt. Ziun, of Meehanicsbnrg,,
arrested and brought from that place a
deserter.from the Carlisle Barracks. In
stead of at once taking him to the post,
he confined him temporarily in a room
in the hotel of Mr. George Wetzel. Du
ring the night the prisoner succeeded in
making his escape from the room In
which he was lodged, made his way.tqan
adjoining apartment, - from whence : he
purloined a large quantity of valuable fe
male wearing apparel, consisting of silk
dresses, mantillas, &c. Subsequently,
Constable Martin succeeded in re-arrest
ing the deserter and thief, and . lodging
him in Carlisle jail. The stolen property,
we believe, has not been recovered.
The County Offioebs."— The new
Court House officers, who were elected at
the lute election for the ensuing three
years, entered upon the duties of their re
spective offices on-Saturday last. They,
are as follows .*
Prothonotary— Capt. John P. Brindle,
succeeding Benjamin Duke, Esq.
Clerk and Recorder —Samuel Bixler,
succeeding Ephraim Cornman, Esq.
Register —Maj. Jacob Dorsbeimer, suc
ceeding Qeo. W. North, Esq.
The retiring officers—Messrs. Duke,
Cornman and North—have entitled.them
selves to the goo'd will and esteem of all
who have had business relations wi th them
—by their uniform courtesy and kindness,
as well as by the integrity and- efficiency
with which they have discharged tbie du
ties of their several positions. They will
carry with them into private life the best
wishes of ail their acquaintances. We
trust the new incumbents will, in all.re
speots prove themselves os capable, effi
cient and.adcommodating as their prede
cessors ; and have no doubt they will
fully meet public expectation, for the
party which elected them was particular
ly fortunate in its selection of candidates.
The Borough.— During a recent walk
through the principal streets of the Bor
ough, we were glad to see that a large pro
portion.of the houses'had been numbered,
and we presume that in a little time every
house in town will have its appropriate
number prefixed; to it. This has been
done, in accordance with absolution of
Council, and we would have been bet
ter pleased, in order to make the, color
of the numbers uniform, had an officer
been appointed- whpae business it would
have been expressly to have seen to this
matter. As It is, however, this number-'
ingof the houses will be a great conve
nience to persons having business with,
our citizens. *
: We are pleased to note this evidence of
improvement, slight though it be, and
cannot help thinking that our “venera
ble and ancient borough’! is about.; to
awake to a new existence. Indeed, all,
that is necessary to give Carlisle a new
and favorable impetus oh the road of pro- ;
gress and wealth is a little more enter
prise and liberality upon. the part of our
own people, ■ ,
The Carlisle Map and Directory.!
The work of making a Map and Direc-i
tory of this place, lately undertaken by
Mr. Strong, (which was noticed in our
journal two weeks, ago,) has progressed
favorably. We are confident that such a
publication will prove of, great advantage,:
provided it shall bewell executed, for we :
have no map that shows the present lim
its of the Borough, or the position of the'
lots as they are owned at present. 'We
have examined the draft of the South
east quarter of the town, and can safely
say that Mr. Strong has showed-that he
is competent to carry out the task he has
undertaken, and doubt; not, butjhat we
shall have a map that .will represent, the
place in a manner that wemay have rea
son to be proud of. , The present opportu
nity of securing a publication' of this
kind,, is one which we should not let pass.
Attempt to Throw a Train From
the Track.—An attempt was made oh
Thanksgiving night, to throw the extra
train on the Cumberland Valley rail-road
from the track, a short distance above
Shippensburg. Iron bars had been plac
ed across the track, but, fortunately, the
train was moving, slowly, and the cow-;
catcher of the engine shoved the obstruct
tions aside.. Sad the cars been ■ running
at the usual railroad speed, a terribly fa
tal accident must have been the result.—
It is to be regretted that fiends who would
sacrifice the lives of passengers in order
to gratify their, own devilish malignity,
cannot be discovered and visited with the
extreme penalty of the law, »
B^ ATEST ‘ new honnot, asserted
to be the latest and loveliest, has made
its appearance. It looks very much like
a clam shell topped off with an acorn.—
(They are very pretty—what there ia v bf
them. ••
How TO Keep Cideb Sweet. —a
friend, who has given the subject a great'
deal of attention says that a quarter’s
worth of neutral sulphate - of lime will
ke’ep a barrel of oilier perfectly styeet the
year round. fliis is certainly very cheap :
and all tlje trouble required js to' put the
article named iptq tfte cider parrel; - •
Han Killed,— A man hamod M’El
wee, a resident of the lower end of Hun
tingdon county, was thrown frdia hla
horse last week, near Bough and Ready
Furnace, and died almost instantly from
the injuries received.;
Pbopeb Ventilation.— The pernicious
practice of retiring to bed In chambers
Btqygs:. W ith tl)e . Endows
closed tightly, m 4 an 0 0)er ohhnneig ol
ventilation shut up, should he discarded
■at once, If the door of a bed chamber Is
not provided with h transom, the tipper
B W l } 9f PU§ should In all.oases be
lowered seyer 3 l laptops, fp order to admit
a proper pf pure breathing air;
Deaths are yery fr§quently caused by im-;
prpppr ypnti|ation. * " ’ •" ' .I- ;
CountbkpbitHotes
notes on the Highland
Hewburg, N. Y., arei n circ U at ? 8 N
are poorly done and can
Counterfeit $lOO notes ontk
tional Bank of Boston,’ kw K
notes on the Central BankV" 4 *
City, are in circulation. tJ,Vtit
done. and calculated to decew^
. Counterfeit $2 greenbacks n , , '
lation. The engraving i 8 p( J u
paper coarse. poor -ati^
Spurious $5 greenbacks are i,„i ■
ed over the country, espeeiatt Bl *
South. The words “ 8
When compared with the E ei.n- N’
a scratchy appearance U
= .«. bw . t . wellcUtu g«,
?20 greenbacks, a good i mUatim ,
genuine, are also being cirouila
footof the female in the ceS l,^
ly seen, and counts four toeTwl,
genuine the foot is not visible *
Evergreens for Winter
has been discovered by
show of evergreens may be oht
the,parlor during the winter w- 111
for the benefit of our lady
are inseparably associated in „!!' *
with flowers, and ail the
on earth: “If geranium bra &
from luxuriant and healthv hi ! Wet
fore the winter sets in, he c„fe, “stle
immersed in soap water,
drooping a few days, put
and continue In the finest vigeuliir
ter. By placing a number ofbotfe,!”'
filled in-a flower casket, with ! b “
conceal the bottle, a show of irS,!
easily secured for the Winter-All ,
ferent varieties of the plant
the various -shapes and color of the leam
blend into a beautiful effect Tliev r!
quire no fresh water,” The pl aa 4.
pie, easily put into practice, and
be successful.
A Dangerous Counterfeit,-a Sil
and dangerous counterfeit of UnW
States legal tender $5O notes has madelh
appearance at the Treasury Department
and is pronounced by the treasurer (oh
one of the’.most skilfully executed era
brought to his notice. The spuriousnoh
.was detected, by the vignette of Geaenl
Alexander Hamilton, first Seorelmyol
the United States Treasury, which, ol
inspection, was found to have bpeuspiil
from a $2 treasury note, and neatly psi
ed on the counterfeit $5O. The engraving
on the other portions of the note isciever
ly imitated and can only be distinguished
from ' the genuine by the closest inspet
tion. . 1 1
, The Manner op Wearin«Biuwib.~
The ladies have adopted what ise&M the
Arabian'sty le of wearing their shawls. A
portion of the article is drawn into a
pouch between the shoulders, like the
contrivance whereby a squaw was habit
uated to carry her juvenile offspring, it
looks as if it were thrown on with a pitch
fork. ■ To conform .to the same taste, dis
played in' wearing the shawl, the gentle
men should gather the skirts of their cosh
and fasten them with a bodkin to the
waistband'of their panfe. But the India
know their sway is so despotic that the
most ridiculous absurdity in costume thej
can assume will hot diminish their pows,
and they seem to adopt these oddities to
exemplify the fact.
Counterfeit Coin.—A counterfeit
five cent coin of the new niclde issue, h
in circulatlon atidis calculated to deceive
the unwary. The counterfeit is rcmatfei
bly good so far as the dye is concerned,
but the metal has that greasy appearance
common to compounds of pewter andofls
er baser , metallic substances. It is very
soft arid cuts easily.
[For the Volunteer.
PAYMENT OF tXAIM
Permit me to call- the attention of the cltUeni
of Cumberland and Franklin counties tothepw
prlety of calling a general Convention, ntsuci
place as may be’deemed most convenient,!#
the view of adopting measures to petition tM
Legislature oftbls State, Avhloh will convex
shortly, to i make some provision for the paj*
ment af claims that ingnyo/ our cltkens boll
for forage famished: our troops, and
sustained in vnrlouis ways by them In passing to
and fro from the seat of war. There ore clato*
held by many of our citizens who aided oa
troops by furnishing them witt forage, <co., wfr
' are kept out of tlietc juat dues for some
other, and Unless some action la taken by w
people it cannot, be expected that these clabas
will ever receive 1 the attention they nrejastlj
and equitably entitled to. Let the people speu
and they will be;heard.
BUSINESS NOTICES.
■ New Goods— Our friends
la the vicinity of will noi tto
'.be gratified to know that Messrs. Sawyer so.
have opened up a splendid stock of Dry™®’
Groceries, Qpconsware, and Notions,at toe
known stand lately kept by A. M. Lc>™ ■ .
Bolling Springs., They Invite an examlnotiona
their goods.
Panic Prices still continue at
field’s, and the rush for Cheap Pry aoods “T'
bated. Just think of lt» elegant Alopaccas( o
width) going at 40 eta, Balmoral Skirts *2.
CaUcoes 12)4 bte, Muslins 12K ots. heavy T»s
50 cts, heavy Canton Flannels only 25 cte, 1#
tie Ginghams only 25 cts,nnd everytk&S
proportion. No wonder prices like these
crowd.
Great Decline in Goods.— By
ence to the advertisement of S. C. Browo»
other columjS It-wiU he seen
great decline in the prices of Dry Goods.
Be aaiES.—The... undersigned, in
Street, a few-doors South of the Maasto®
have now dri hand Top- Baggies,-Trotting
gles, Carriages and apcondboud Buggies fl
rlagea, ‘ *
■Aug. 9,1860-tf
\VM- BXiAIB & SON,
IJ(l!OIJTKBS OF
. CHINA AND.',QUEENS^ 1 ®
AND WIIOLJCSADB AN’D BATAID QBQ c
OABUSDE, l‘A, M ,
The largest variety of the vary beat ”^wpi,u
ary kept constantly oniiapd ondsold hei
adolphla Prices, -. ‘ ißO id
Tallow Candlesniade for oprQ' TOS^ es
below regularmarketrates. ..
Salt at Phlladeiphlaprlcefl with fteignv-
Nov. 29,1806—tf \ ‘ *'
InyaisUabisK Iho s ea ?° fie^a
preaching when gifts are particularly
we would early 'suggest that -the most
because. the most useful and valuably
. lady Is a Wheeler & Wilson Sewinf
These machines are the best for
with a- mU'lathht* tUhh t» boo'
health; vigor and Ufa uwoy.in
"sttCffi; slltCh,StttCh;" H>hCd is «>JS
can be'obtalned.' The Wheeler & WSS-mw* IjK
valuable aid' in'bvety luWSeholU.. Ws Smr 8»
several' dllftrebt' kinds On jtrlal. ana a
years’ service, the Wheeler* Wll|j>jJ."L o isey:
S|rrlTo'b?°d e ofo\n^?S^&^ AC?:
>° Agoncwa’t thq Roll Rood Office,flftrjf 3 ??
. jjoy.'ffl, mo. ‘ ■•• ■• ' .
lust
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