PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE, A claim of a citizen of the United States for indemnity for spoliations committed on the high seas by the French authori ties, in the exercise of a belligerent pow er against Mexico, has been met by the Government of France with a proposi tion to defer settlement until a mutual convention for the adjustment of all claims of citizens and subjects of both countries, arising out of the recent wars on tliis Continent, shall be agreed upon by the two countries. The suggestion is not deemed unreasonable, but it belongs to Congress to direct the mannorin which claims for indemnity by foreigners, as well as by the citizens of tho United States, arising out of the late civil war, shall bo adjudicated and determined. I have no doubt that the subject of all such claims will engage your attention at a conve nient and proper time. 11 is a matter of regret that no consid erable advance has been made towards an adjustment of the differences between the United States and Great Britain aris ing out of the depredations on our na tional commerce and other trespasses committed during our civil war by Brit ish subjects, in violation of international law and treaty obligations. The delay, however, may he believed to have,result ed in no small degree from the domestic situation of Great Britain. An entire change of ministry occurred in that coun try during the last session of Parliament. Tiie attention of the-new ministry was called to the subject at an early day, and there is some reason to expect that it will now be considered in a becoming and friendly ' Spirit. The importance of an early disposition of the question cannot be exaggerated. Whatever might bo the wishes of the two Governments, it is man ifest that good-wili pud friendship be tween the two countries cannot be estab lished until a reciprocity, in the practice of good faith and neutrality, shall be re stored between the respective nations. On tbo GtU of June last, in violation of our neutrality laws, a military expedi tion and enterprise against the British North American Colonies was projected and attempted to bo carried on within the territory and jurisdiction of the United States. In obedience to the obligation imposed upon the Executive by the Con stitution to see that the laws are faithful ly executed, all citizens wore warned, by proclamation, against taking part in or aiding such unlawful proceedings and the proper civil, military and naval officers were directed to take all necessary meas ures for the enforcement of the laws.— The expedition failed, but it has not been without'its'painfhl consequences. Some of our citizens who, it was alleged, were engaged in the expedition, were captured, and have been brought to trial, as for a capital offense, in the Province of Cana da. Judgment, aud sentence of death have been pronounced against some, while.others have been acquitted. Fully believing in the maxim of government, that, severity of civil punishment for mis guided persons who have engaged in rev olutionary attempts which disastrously failed, is unsound and unwise, such rep resentations have been made to the Brit ish Government, in behalf of the convict ed persons, as, being sustained by an en lightened and humane judgment, will, it is hoped, induce in their cases an exer cise of clemency, and a judicial amnesty to aIF who were engaged in. the move ment. Uourtsel has been employed by the Government to defend citizens of the United states on trial for capital offenses in Canada; aud a discontinuance of the prosecutions which were instituted in tho courts of the United States against those win) took part in the expedition, has been directed. I have regarded the expedition os not only political in its nature, hut as also in a great measure foreign.from tho United States in its causes, character and objects. Thu attempt was understood to be made in sympathy with an insurgent party in Ireland, and, by striking at a British Province ou tins Continent, was designed to aid in obtaining redress for political grievances which, it was assumed, the peopleof Ireland had suffered at the hands of the British Government during a peri od of several centuries. The persons en gaged in it wero chietly natives of that country, some of whom had, while others had not become citizens of the United hi ales under our general laws of ijatural i/.aiioii. Complaints of misgoverument in Ireland continually engage the atten tion of the British nation, and so great an agnation is now prevailing in XreHuid that the British Government have deem ed it. necessary to suspend the writ of ha //<an forpua in that country. These cir cumstances must necessarily modify the opinion which we might otherwise have entertained in regard to an expedition expressly prohibited by our neutrality laws., Ho long as those laws remain up on ourstatute-books, they should be faith fully executed, and if they operate harsh ly, unjustly, or oppressively, Congress, alone can apply the remedy, by their modification or repeal. Political and commercial interests of tin* United States are not unlikely to be affected In some degree by events which are transpiring i)i the eastern regions of Europe, and the time seems to have come when our Government ought to have a proper diplomatic representation in (1 recce. This Government lifts claimed for all persons not convicted, or accused, or sus pected of crime', an absolute political right of self-expatriation, and a choice of new national allegiance. Most of the Euro pean States hayp dissented from this principle, and have claimed a right to hold such of their subjects as Jiaye immi grated to and been naturalized in the United States, and afterwards returned on transient visits to their native coun tries, to the performance of military ser vice in like manner us resident subjects. Complaints arising from the claim in tills respect made by foreign States, have heretofore been matters of controversy between the United States and some of the European Pbwefs, and the irritation consequent upon the failure to settle this question increuaed during the war in which Prussia, Italy and Austria were re cently engaged. While Great Britain has never acknowledged tlifl right of ox patriation she has not practically Insisted upon it. France has been equally for bearing, and Prussia has proposed a oom promise, which, although evincing in creased liberality, has not been accepted by the United States. Peace is now pre vailing everywhere in Europe, and the present seems to he a favorable time for an assertion by Congress of the principle, so long maintained by the Executive De partment, that naturalization by one State fully exempts the native-born subject of any other State from the performance ,0f military service under any foreign Gov ernment, so long as he does not volunta rily renounce Its rights and benefits. In the performance of a duty imposed upon me by the Constitution, I have thus submitted to the Representatives of the States and of the people, such information of our domestic and foreign affairs as the public interests seen* to require. Our Government is now undergoing its most trying ordeal, and my earnest prayer is that the peril may be successfully and fi nally passed, without impairing its orig inal strength and symmetry. The inter cste of the nation are best to, be promoted by the revival of fraternal relations, the complete obliteration of our post differen ces, and the re-inauguration of oil the pursuits of peace. Directing our efforts to theearlyaccomplishmeutof these great ends, Jet us endeavor to preserve harmony between the co-ordinate Departments of, tlie Government, that each in its proper sphere may cordially co-opez’ate with the oilier jn securing the maintenance of the Constitution, the preservation of the Union, and the perpetuity of bur free,in stitutions. Andrew Johnson. Washington, Pec. 3,1860. Ex-Gov. Perry, of .South Carolina, lias written another 'letter, opposing the Constitutional Amendment and reconJ mending a National Convention. CARLISLE, PA., Thursday Morning, Deo. 13, 1800. THE .'RESIDENT’S MESSAGE, In our paper to-day we publish the sec ond annual Message of President John son. It is an able state paper, and, in tone reminds us of the Messages delivered by tho early Presidents— Jefferson, Madi son, Moniioe and Jackson. It is a busi ness-like document —plain and candid. The President, it will be seen, adheres to his convictions that the true policy of the Government is to recognize, tho sup pression of the rebellion and the restora tion of the Union in all its parts. To do this, the members of Congress of the late rebellious States should be admitted to their seats. Taxation without representa tion, he contends, is not in accordance with American ideas, and will not long be tolerated by a people whose fathers in augurated a war because they were taxed and denied representation. Tho Message, as we have said, is a plain, well-written document, and we bespeak for it the careful perusal of our readers. THE PARDONING POWER. Tho weakest of all the spiteful blows of the Radicals iu Congress at tho Presiden tial power, is their-attempt to repeal the Amnesty Act, passed in 1862, thereby, as they suppose, preventing him from issu ing a general amnesty to those in rebel lion. Now, if President Johnson had any intention of issuing such an amnesty, he could have done it any time during the last two years, under this very act; or, if he desired to forestall the action of Congress, he could issue such an amnesty now, before the Act of 1862 is repealed.— But what will this legislation amountto? The President derives his pardoning pow er not from Congress, but from the Con stitution. Article 11, Section 2, declares “ And he (the President) shall have pow “er to grant reprieves and pardons for “offences against the United States, ex “ cept in cases of impeachment.” Amnesty is a pardon which precedes conviction, aud that amnesties are inclu ded under the constitutional anthority to pardon has been the opinion of the most able and distinguished jurists in the laud. Hamilton held that view in the Feder alist; Story re-asserted it in his com mentaries upon the Constitution; Wash ington acted upon it in tho ease of the whiskey insurgents in this, State, whom he amnestied without being authorized to do so by Congress. That great lawyer, William Wirt, in an ndvice.to the Pre sident, used this lauguoge : “ On tho sec "ond point, whether pardon can precede “ condemnation ,.l am of the opinion that “the President may, if he chooses, grant “such pardon. There is nothing in the “ terms in which the power of pardon is “ granted, which requires that it shall be '“preceded by a sentence of conviction on “ the verdict of a jury. There is nothing “ in the force of the term pardon, which “implies a previous condemnation'. A “ pardon pre-supposes an offence and no “ thing more. If the party confesses his “ guilt [aud the application for a pardon “is a confession,] every degree of cer “ tainty as to the fact of the perpetration “of the offence is gained which a trial “ could gain ; because if he were arraigned “and pleaded guilty, no jury would be “ empanelled and no evidence would he “ heard in the case, but judgment would " he entered on bis own plea.” This point seems to be so well settled tliat no legislation of Congress can add to it or take from it. Mr. Johnson will doubtless exercise his power of amnesty whenever he sees proper, notwithstand ing the legislation of Congress. In case there is any interference with this power, the question will become a purely judi cial one, to be considered by the Supreme Court, and will be determined by the principles of law and the Constitution.— Such being the case, President Johnson can look with calm indifference upon the impotent efforts of his enemies in Con gress to abridge his powers. SfiyMrs. Lincoln recently presented the Soldiers’ Orphan Fund at Washing ton, among other articles, with a large hickory cane that had bean presented to Gen. Jackson for his celebrated veto of the United States Bank Bill. This presentation may be all right and proper; but the question naturally arises how the hickory cane of Gen. Jackson cameintothepossessionof Mrs. Lincoln? Surely neither by inheritance nor gift, as she and her farailiy had no political senti-. ments in common with the old hero. It fs barely possible that the cane had been left ip the White House by the General, and at the time of the disappearance of the celebrated ninety boxes of goods” it was among the stolen articles. Can Thadde us Stevens throw apy light upon the sub ject? Reaping their Pay. —lt would seem by the reports from Maine, that the manu facturing companies of that State are be ginning to reap .the advantage of the war for the negro. They have commenced closing their mills, and the reasons are that tho wool costs more in its original state than tl)0 manufactured goods sells for in the opon ina.rkpt. Commissioners also engross five per cent cash, sales com mand a discount of four per cent, while the government duty on the gross amount of sales is five per cent. Dye stuffs and (Oils likewise heavily taxed, labor is high, and goods sold at tho present time com mand only abPht tWO-thirds of their ac tual value. Although mapy of the fac tories have already stopped wortjpg, the glut of goods is still felt to he .excessive, and other mills must inevitably follow the course of events and close up until the dawn of better times. , There is another reason not expressed, but strongly hinted, that the high divi dends realized during the past six years, being itl/Qut to fall, a demand must be made upon Congress for further protec tion. Good Idea. —An exchange well says that In a view of the financial changes which have inhen piece during the past five years, our school arithmetics should be revised and adapted 1,9 tj;p present state of things; the prices given Id tin? examples should bo those of the present day; the difference between gold and .cur rency recognized ; the mode of compu ting the national income tax explained; the different class of U. S. securities de scribed, and examples given to show the result of investment In them, ■SjjJ*ITRIFY THE SENATE. f Prom, tho National Intolllgoaqor, Doo. B.] It has been proposed to impeach the President on the ground that he has be trayed his country by betraying his jparty. He has removed “ loyal” officeholders.— He has insisted on the' constitutional rights of States once seceding. Ho has appointed to office those who have been active iu hostility to radicalism. He has pardoned notorious rebels and restored them their property. In some few in stances he has ventured to reappoint offi cials rejected by the Senate. Now, we think that whatever offense the Executive has committed, his Repub lican friends in the Senate and House are no less guilty. If tho President should be impeached for seeking to restore rebels to power, why should not Senator Cowan and Doolittle be expelled for like offense ? If he has pardoned rebels, they have en dorsed their applications. So, for that matter, have Senators Wade and Sumner. (Why expel them also?) If he has removed officeholders, they have asked it. If ho insists on the right of representation of tiie South, they have no less eloquently and cogently plead for it on the floor of tho Senate. If he has reappointed rejec ted officials, they voted for the confirma tion. - . In a word, they are as notorious “traitors” as the President himself. Let tho Senate, therefore, first purge itself by expelling them. Nor should tho work of purifica tion stop here. Messrs. Buckalew and Hendricks are almost as great oftenders. Let their disloyal breath no longer taint the air of the Senate Chamber. As for Messrs. Johnson and Davis, it, would be proper to put them out of such patriotic company, but the work might be useless, for it would be just like the disloyal Legis latures of Maryland and Kentucky, to send them back. Perhaps, too, the trai torous spirit of such men as Messrs. Sauls buryand McDougall only set off to better adornment tiie eminent patriotism and supereminent loyalty of such' gentlemen as Messrs. Chandler, Sumner & Co. But the Senate has the power, and these wick ed Republicans, who have fallen from grace, would ruin the country! They are base enough to insist that the President has the right to have his agents aud ap pointees agree with him in his views of public policy K'They are so ready to be come the minions of power as to demand that the constitutional prerogatives of the President be exercised without congres sional interference! “They are disloyal enough to welcome back in their places the representatives of an errihg, but re pentant South I And they have the au dacity to plead the guaranties of the Con stitution in behalf of traitors! Now, would it not be better—nay, is it not the bouuden duty of this exalted and eminently patriotic body to purify itself first? They will then be the better pre pared-to mete out justice to tho culprit. With the Conservative Senators expelled, there would be less embarass ment in dealing with the scruples of such troublesome gentlemen as Messrs. Fessen den, and Grimes, and Sherman, who in sist that the forms of legislation shall be observed, and that the safeguards thrown up against precipitate and immature law making shall not be overthrown. With these gentlemen out of the way, who have shuch a pestiferous habit of making ad verse speeches, and of voting against the measures “of the people’s representatives, backed by four hundred thousand majori ty,” who knows but that the President might be impeached and convicted on the same day ? SAMBO’S APPEAL. Macaulay recounts how In the last moments of his life a dissolute king of England remembered his mistress, and said to his successor “Don’t let poor Nel ly starve.” The story of this thought ful king we commend to the considera tion of the disunion party. According to General Howard, the great Freedman’s Bureauist, there are 7,- 000 more negroes on his hands than he has the means to take care of. The win ter is here, and these poor wretches, made homeless and destitute by an abolition war, now ask the wherewith to live. We are ready to receive any subscriptions which our radical friends, our particular negro-loving, philanthropic, sentimental, solt-hearted, gentle, moral, spiritual minded, generous and benevolent lovers of equality, liberty and fraternity, may have to offer. We will deposit the same to the credit of Gen, Howard, Chief Justice Chase, or any other of the talking gen tleman who are very prominent and glib in public meetings and other cheap dem onstrations in favor of the oppressed race. Political preachers,- who preach the Tri bune statedly, for a salary, are respectful ly called upon to give one day to the be hoof of these 7,000 mendicants; thrust up on the charity of the nation by no fault of their own. The poor creatures are en joying their liberty. All that sentiment could do for them has been done. No brutal taskmaster drives them out to dal ly toil and back to daily dinner. No sav age master owns them. They belong to themselves. They are men and breth ren, and have the right to vote In Ohio and to run for Governor in Massachu setts. But they are nearly naked, and Liberty won’t clothe them. They are frightfully hungry and can’teat Equality though it isguaranteed in the Civil Rights Bill. Here is a glorious chance for our Disunion friends. The abstract African is now concrete. He can be seen, smelt and helped. Preaching won’t get him through the winter. He is out of the humanitarian fog into the domain of dol lars and cents. Come on with your greenbacks. This .is a “ national bles sing” not anticipated by Jay Cooke— the opportunity of contributing directly to the comfort of the poor slave. We now have a negro question on which we all agree; a practical question of bread and beef. What says the Republican Standing Committee? Surely-those ten der hearted gentlemen will not lot the poor negro starve. That is a fate reserved for the “ white trash" in Alabama. Register Your BQWflß,— ln conse quence of the largo number of thefts of bonds in various parts of the country, and of the ease with which stolen bonds are disposed of, there is an increasing dispo sition to convert coupon bonds into regis tered bonds. We learn from Washington that tho conversion by the public is tak ing with a rapidity unknown before. In the law of June 30, 1804, this process of exchanging coupon bonds into registered bonds was authorized; and by the exist ing regulations of the Treasury, the con version is made without any charge, ex cept that incident to transmission by ex press to Washington and back. It has been suggested that this conversion under this act should be authorized to be done ip Ypw York, instead of Washington, wher.e phieijy thpsij Jjoncjs are bought and sold, Masonic— Annual Session of the Grand Lodge of Penn»ylmnla.~ The annual seg slon of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, A. Y. M., was held in Philadelphia on Mon day evening last, R. W. Grand Master L. H. Scott, presiding. The following offi cers were elected for the ensuing year: R. \y. Grand Master, John L. Goddard; of Philadelphia; R- W. D. Grand Master, Richard Vaux, of Philadelphia; R; W. S. Q. Warden, Robert A. LampertPßiftf Ifaf* risburg; R. W. J. Q-. Warden, Samuel O. Ppvlfiffjfyof Philadelphia j R. W. G. Treas urer, Pgter Wi)li3 l n son t of Philadelphia; R, W. Q. Secretary, John T«m)ins°h, flf Philadelphia. An adjourned meeting vyill be held on Monday, Rccomber isth, todis - of reports and otbeu.husitjes not acted on at this session. OUR WASHINGTON LETTER. The Meeting or CtanaproM—A Dny of Radical Indecency—More Vnconatltutlonnl liegUla' lion—Tho Grand Hlau Weloomo*Sambo and Dinah la their Olory-.Bndlcnl “ Cant** and IfypocrlnyAfter thoSpolla*Proaorlptlon for Opinion’* Soho—Tho Radical rrogrammo** At the Endof their Tether. Correspondence American Volunteer, ■ Washington, Doc. 10,1800. As wns indicated by tho Radical caucus, tho proceedings of tho first week of Congress evince all the rancor and malevolence of faction, with none of that grave wisdom which befits the su premo council of tho nation. Both Houses wore called to order by their respective presiding offi cers at tho hour of noon on Monday last. As soon as tho House was ready to proceed to busi ness, Elliott, of Massachusetts, offered a bill re pealing thcact of July, 1802, which gives tho Pres ident the right to pardon all who have been In rebellion, before trial and conviction. Tho whip and spur of the previous question wore used—all debate upon tho important measure was cut off, and tho bill was passed. This was tho first Con gressional blow at Andrew Johnson. Boutwoll, of Massachusetts, Stevens, Kelly and Brooranll, of Pennsylvania, each seized tho floor In . turn and presented bills restricting tho Executive pa tronage and power. Thus matters wont on until tho President’s message was announced when as an additional Insult to tho President, Thad. Ste vens moved that tho House adjourn without lis tening to It, but tho motion was lost. Tho read ing. of tho message was proceeded with, but be fore the Clerk was half through, Stevens again moved to postpone the further reading until tho succeeding day, and sixty-four Radical members voted to do so. Never, probably, within the his tory of tiie Government was thete a more delib erate insult offered to tho Chief Magistrate of tho nation by a co-ordinate branch of the Govern ment. A sufficient number of tho dominant par ty had some regard for the proprieties of life; the motion was again lost and tho message was road. After tho rending of the message there was a scene on and around the Eastern Portico which well nigh beggars description. Hero tho grand “ Mass Welcome" to Congress took place. It was as motley an assemblage as was ever seen, even In Washington city In these degenerate days,—. There wore forty or fifty white men and four or five thousand “ cullud” ladles and M gemmon" , assembled to do honor to tho faithful Represen ' tatlves. These were the friends whom old Thad. Informed tho House were waiting to tender to thorn their congratulations. Imagine tho pictu resque beauty of throe thousand negress heads, turbaned with gay colors—and half as many lit tle “ nlga” kicking up their ebony heels In ec static appreciation of tho eloquent remarks of Colfax and Yates and Kelly—and you have a pretty vivid picture of tho scene. The meeting of Congress seems to have re-awa kened a spirit of open disregard for the Holy Scriptures. Both in the House of Representatives and at tho gatherings of “loyal" blacks and whites incident /to that occasion, tho speakers were affluent in blasphemy and richly endowed with cant. All decency and respect for tho time and tho peculiar circumstances under which Congress assembled was forgotten, and preachers and laymen, white and black, the virtuous and the'vicious, rustiea uoaaiong into tho wild ex citement which , characterized the hour. Tho Chaplain of the House of Representatives, who should have come purified by thought and re flection to Invoke tho blessing of the Most High upon tho men who had met to consult upon the affairs of tho nation, mounted tho rostrum, with all the cant and blasphemy of & Brownlow or a BuUor, and thanked God that “ Thou didst nerve up these men now present, so that they have done a duty while absent from this spot more important even In its results than what they wore able to do hero,” and then continued: “Wo bless Thee, that Thou dlst give them the wisdom and the strength to enlighten the people on the great questions at Issue before the country; and wo think Thee, Almighty God, for the magnifi cent uprising ofa free people, instructed, as they were, to make right decisions In reference to ev ery groat question presented, so that we know that it was not in vain to depend upon the intel ligence of tho American people." This la a lair specimen of the manner in which a pretended teacher of tho pure, holy, and unselfish doctrines of the Prince of Peace pandered to the canting blasphemy ol the times. .Ho had not one prayer to offer that tho Supremo Head of the universe would incline the minds of the Representatives of tho peoplo-to Justice, mercy, and righteous ness. All was political cant of a character at onco disgraceful to tho nation and insulting to the intelligence of the people. Judging from the number of bills introduced tho first day of the session on tho subject of tho regulation of appointments to and removals from office, the majority in Congress are terribly in earnest on tho question of tho spoils. Universal freedom, and tho great political reforms they magnify so much as tho psculiar attributes of their party, are very good things In their place, hut they evidently, with all their enthusiasm for .these flu© subjects, have a very sharp eye to the main chance. Whilst they are malting history os tho professed humanitarians of the day, they also want to take good care of the church of lat ter day saints. Treason and rebellion, In their eyes, are very horrible things, but a good office without a Radical partisan in it Is intolerable.— Hence,,they have no patience to behold anybody in office but one of themselves. They are like the legitimate kings: they consider they have a divine,right to office; office was made for them,; and they for office. It would bo a curious and in structive statistical fact to know how many of tho kith and kin of tho majority In Congreas are snugly ensconced In public offices. Anxious os the majority evidently are to pass a Ixw to keep their and relatives In office, I apprehend serious difficulties will bo found to perfect the de tails of such a law. Before now in our history ef forts have boon made in this direction, when tho President was not In accord with Congress, but they led to no result. Tho evils and Inconve niences to tho public service in the practical ex ecution of such a law have always appeared so strong that tho matter has been permitted to die away. We have gone along very well under tho present system since the formation of tho Gov ernment, and experience has conclusively shown that our usage Is tho only practicable way of get ting along. 33qt the Radicals are so sharp set for all the offices that I would not he surprised at anything they should do In this direction, thus manifesting as little regard fpr the lessons of ex perience as they ordinarily do for the authority of the Constitution. In the formation of tho Senate Standing Com mittees there was exhibited tho most contempti ble proscription for opinion sake. The Radical “ gobbling" propensity was also prominently ex hibited. Not a single chairmanship was given to a Democrat or Conservative. On the contrary all Senators, not Radicals, were put at tho bot tom of the Committqog, As usual, also, New England monopolizes the principal chalrman shlpp, SqraiioiSequtrols the l?qyqign Relations; Fessenden, tho pipanpe 6qmpaHteP; Sprague, the Manufacturers; Wilson, Military Affairs and the Militia; Morrill, District,of Columbia; Cra gin, Engrossed Bills, Ao. Usurpers, however, cannot bo expected to act with decency or justice in anything. Tho Radical caucus on Wednesday night deci ded upon the following course of action; JVm/. That a Committee of throe be appointed to Investigate tho Now Orleans riots. Second, That an investigation bo had Into tho commutation of sentence and subsequent dis charge of three citizens of South Carolina, who wore charged with murdering three colored sol diers, 2hird. That Inquiry be made Into the allega-r tlon that rebels had been restored to tho pension rolls, Fourth, That a bill bo passed that no name shall go on tho roll of tho Fortieth Congress from a State not represented In this Congress. JWi. That no electoral vote shall bo counted In 1808 In tho Eloctdrlal College from States not then represented In Congress, sixlh, The appointment of a Committee of three to Inquire info the confiscation of lands and the action of tho President in restoring tl)em. It Is weakness and not strength which leads the Radicals In Congress Into such fantastic ebulli tions of rage as wo see. manifested every day.— They have begun to realize the fact that they are at “ tho end of their tothor.” They may suooeed In annoying tho President by attempts to curtail his patronage; they may make for themselves a still more unenviable name In history by their shameless disregard of the plainest provisions of the Constitution and the dictates of ordinary de cency; but this la all they can do. Their power fojf pyll has well nigh exhausted Itself. They can fiot touch a single queetloiy pi legislation which will not ultimately revert to iho jiidjojary for fi nal adjudication; and tho Judiciary, as a matter .of necessity, are against them arid their villain ies. —The f?tory ip again st arted that Grant wIU go tb ■Europe }vhon lib llnlshes tiro reorganization o i the army, —Qoary will bo Inaugurated on the 151 h of Jan uary. ' ' —Col, McCreary, of Erie, Is spoken of ns tho next Speaker of tho House of Representatives of Pennsylvania. , —ln Massachusetts, they whip women, but are shocked at tho Idea of tho slightest indignity oU fored to tho sacred hide of a negro. —Gov. Patton sent a message to tho Alabama Legislature on Thursday, recommending the adoption of the Constitutional amendment. Tho amendment was rejected by-tho Legislature. —New England rum is taxed only fifty cents on tho gallon, whilst Pennsylvania whiskey is two dollars. Yet Pennsylvania will vote to sus tain a Yankee Rump. —“No taxation without representation," says the Tribune, “Is a battle cry that cannot bo per manently resisted.” It Is exactly for this reason that all good men await the downfall of tho Rad ical Republican party. —Bennett on tho D, D.—Tho Herald fovdrs Gree ley because it wants one United Steles Senator who can keep sober during tho long night ses sions, and who will ovoid Forney’s “ Bourbon bottle." —Hon. C. V. Culver, in Jail at Franklin, Pa.* was brought before Judge Turnkey, on Thurs day,-on a writ of habeas corpus, but tho Judge de cided that a member of Congress’ was not enti tled to his privilege when hold or an indictable offence. ■ —The Chicago Tribune, Radical, is opposed to Horace Greeley for Senator, It says; “If the Republicans of New York want to do something for him, lot them make him State Prison Inspec tor, or even Governor; anything that will not moke tho party.outside of the State responsible for his follies.” —Nearly all tho Southern State Legislatures have mot and received messages from their re spective Governors. These documents univer sally speak of a gloomy condition of affklrs; of an Impoverished people; ofa lack of food in many sections; of impending destitution; of a scarcity of labor, .agricultural Implements and money. ■ • —Hon. John Morrissey says that ho la prepared to spend $lO,OOO to elect Mr. Greeley to tho United States Senate, as there Is no possible show for n Democrat, and Horace having been his friend though good and evil reports, ho considers It his. duty now, as Greeley needs assistance, to stretch forth his hand and hisjpurso to aid a friend, though a political foe. —Tho decency of all Radicalism Is disturbed because a Democratic district In New York city burlesqued the Rump Radical Congress by elec ting John Morrissey, a prize fighter and gambler, to that body, but the pious souls have not a word to say about the Radicals of Massachusetts elec ting the infidel, thief, braggart and coward Butler, to the same body! Very Pharisaical indeed I , —Since tho late elections not a Radical organ In tho country, which comes under our notice, has demanded the trial of Jefferson Davis; On the contrary some of the most Influential of them demand his unconditional release, because ho could not be convicted except with a'“packed JiffJV’ and “pack a Jury to insure his conviction would bo equally disastrous to the peace of tho Government as would be a failure to convict him In a fair trial.” ’ How those fellows can back water!— Pai* Union . —lt Is a noteworthy fact that all tho ambitious darkey spokesmen; all tho long-haired “ reform ers all the spiritualists; all the common-prop-, ertyites; all tho “ free lovers;” and ail the Bloom «r« ‘ and “ woman’s rights” females—Mrs. Swla shqlm, E. Cady Stanton, Lucy Stone Anna Dick inson,Ac—arc of and with the Radlcalparty. Ev ery impudent, blathering, worthless, rattle-pated darkey; every white Jeremy Dlddler; and every he-femalels opposed to a re-established Union, As their dally practice Is In violation of either the laws of nature, or morality, or of God, they could not consistently belong to any other Organ ization.—Patriot A Union —Hog cholera still prevails, with fatal effect, In Washington county, Md, —The Western farmers say it goes against their grain to use corn for fuel. —ln Black Rock county, California, there is a petrified tree 700 feet in length. —Ahuge lion, escaped from amenagerio, laroara ing about Harrison and Crawford counties, Ind. —A cow-mllklng machine Is on exhibition at Philadelphia. Is it a pump T —Anhuportantevont lately occurred One hundred and seventy emigrants landed there direct from Germany, —The Indians in Montana have become openly hostile and dre murdering the whites. About 150 ol tho latter have tieoil killed. ' —A whale thirty feet long, which had been ran Into by a steamship, has floated ashore on the New Jersey beach, near Sandy Hopk. —A Chicago boot andshoo factory consumes an nually 46 tons of Iron nails for the bottoms of heels. —The public debt on the Ist of tho month was $2,084,995,875.- Tho cosh In the Treasury amounted to 8 135,30-1,037, of which 895,168,816 was coin. ■ —The death is announced of hie Majesty King William Pepple, of Bonny, West Coast of Africa, in his fiftieth year, —A lady in Detroit sold bier rag bag for one dol lar the other day, and afterwards remembered that she had put 8100. in It for safe keeping. ,• —The most astounding fish story yot told'la the statement by Professor Agassiz that in Brazil they have a species of fish which can climb trees; —There is a street in Now York city in which the tenants of every house on both sides of tho street have applied for licenses to sqll liquor. —lt is thought that the corn crop of Pennsyl vania for this year, will roach to 30,000,000 bushels —being an average yield of 33 bushels for each aero planted. —A French magazine of the fashions has been interdicted in Spain on the ground that the pig, luresof the drosses worn in Paris at the present day are indecent. —The wife of a wealthy and respectable mer chant of St. Louis was recently arrested for drunkenness, and spent the night In a private boudoir In. the station house. —A popular outbreak against the Government of Spain Is liable to occur at any-moment. It la reported tho Queen will abdicate to save blood shed. , William A Tuttle, a lad of slxteenYears, was killed in a paper mill at Malden Center. Maqs lost Saturday, by be|ng caught in q belt and car ried oyer a wheel some fifty or sixty times. Beilfonte Watchman says pheasants are re ported tq bo so plenty on the Snow,Shoe Railroad that tho engineers have to stop at times and drive them off tho track to clear it for the trains. -Prontjce says tho late failure of tho expected exhibition of shooting stars wasp’fc owing to the want of stars, There were enough of thorn, but they wore too peaceable to shoot. —The profits of tho fifth Avenue Hotel, in New York, during October, are stated at 860,000. Tho average number of guests was 600, which would make the profits of each $3 a day. ♦ —Pomalo clerks are how employed In the dead letter office at Washington. What a paradise of enjoyment for curlopg women | We know of a few thql gqoh Bllqatlons wpjild'/us( suit/ ■’ ' • • —Lady Emmai the famous trotting mare,.died a few days since, in Now York, from paralysis. Sho was 12 years old and an offer of $lB,OOO was ro con tly refused. —The new alr-Une route from Philadelphia to. Norfolk, via the Wilmington and Delaware Hall-, rood, was formally,opened Tuesday last. The new railroad bridge across the Susquehanna, near Harvpe do Urqce, was also opened tho capro day- —According to an ofllolol despatch from Mr. Bigelow, tho French Government has resolved'to withdraw Its troops from Mexico tn one evacu ation, In March next. Instead of In three Instal ments, according to the original agreement. —There Is a farm, in Colorado, 18 miles long by 12.w1d0, which pastures 3000 head of cattle and 6000 sheep, and last year yielded 880,OOOworth of grain. Itls. worked by Mexican laborers,-who are fed and managed by officers, like an army,. —A man in Allentown got drank the other night, and laid down In the gutter. During the nlghtthoro WM ft hejvyy TOjn, ilio watgr in tho gutter rose, apd tt?o man. being too drunlt toholp himself, was drowned. • 1 ' 1 —A dlopatql) from Savannah, Georgia, says; “ John Sheppard, the pedestrian, In attempting to walk ope hundred aud’tpn connccutivo fe}l qt %53 p, it,, Saturtjtyy, Jqslng to qqp hour and seyep njlnutps, Xs) vfw fldt on g stretcher, haying walipcd onp hundred and eight hours and flfty minutes,” CAtJOAfIfAN. POLITICAL. MISCELLANEOUS. —Two horses wore stolon-froifi' the posture field of Mr. Samuel Pclghtal, near M’Conuellstown, Huntingdon county, on the night of the 15th Inst., one a bay mare, the other alight bay two year stud.colt.. —Three little girls, who State they wore stolen from their homes In Buffalo by gypsies, have ask tho Mayor of Allegheny City, Pn., to rescue them from those who now have them In charge. The gypsies are tarrying near that city. —The debt of the State of Pennsylvania haebeon reduced 81,158,009 62 during the year ending Sop.- tembor SO, 1806. The Indebtedness of the State on the Ist of December, 1805, wnt 837.476,258 00, the as* setsln the Treasury-being $13,623,668 14 leaving the liabilities of the State over assets 823,852,580 02. —The groat Mormon Prophet, In a recent ad dress to his people says“ Polygamy Is for the resurrection; It Is not for this world. I would not go across this bowery for polygamy, If it on ly pertained to this world.” Brigham has sixty wives and ought to know what ho is talking about. —The King of Prussia has decided to send Prince Adalbert, lately created an Admiral, to the Uni ted States to stud/the modern Improvements In naval construction.' Our naval system will bo adopted as a model in the formation of the Prus sian service rather than that of England.* —At the review in Havana, at which General Sherman wes present, on the 21st ult.,a young man shouted, “Viva la republican.” Ho was Immediately arrested, and will be tried for troos-. on. Several arrests have been made by the gov ernment of suspected republicans. * —The Louisville Journal has been published for .thirty-six years, and the Boston Post for thirty four years; and It Is said the editors who control led their columns at the beginning occupy the saftie positions now. There are few American editors who can point back to so long and suc cessful careers. —On Friday nlght last.atSomersvllle.Now Jorr soy, the wife of an Irish labor, named Crogham, whs sitting up with a daughter of about eleven years. The mother attempted to fill the lamp ■while It was burning, when the can exploded In ho j hands. The mother and child were both en veloped In flames and horribly burned. The child lingered until , the next morning, when It died, and the mother expired about noon the next day. —Tho Leaycnworfh Times says that new gold and silver discoveries are making-daily In Colo rado, and old mines are re-opened and worked In a.mnnnerthatraustshortly ho productive of good results' for that Territory. The Denver News says that there is an excitement over recent discover ies in James Creek mining district, situated In Boulder county. About two'hundrqd and fifty men are working there. A groat number of leads of the finest appearance have been discovered. —The strong sentiment of the United States, echoed, as It was, by tho best feelings of England, that mercy be shown tho Fenian prisoners, has at length had Its effect in Canada. It Is announced that the Canadlan'governmcnt has positively de termined to commute tho sentences of the Feni ans that have been condemned to death; and on Thursday, thirty Fenian prisoners held for trial In Toronto woro discharged from custody. Whilst Invasions of Canadian soil are wrong, for Canada to attempt to hang these American cltlxcns would bo an act quite as Indefensible. —The great famine now prevailing In. India Is said to be the result of four or five bad seasons, va ried by great floods, which have made the supply of food totally Inadequate to the wants of the In habitants. A correspondent, writing from the Cuttack dlstrlst; thus describes some of the hor rors of this famine: "The dylng.'and tho .dead have boon seen lying In our streets; though this haq not been so much qs at Cuttack and' at Bala sore and some other places. At Poptoo lit has been common for the police to find, morning- after, morning, In the streets and lanes, sixty, seventy, eighty or more corpses! In the Cuttack district, 3000 deaths from famine and pestilence; were re ported In one week, and It Is generally believed that at Balasore and iPooree the distress has been severer than hero.” -Some time since It was announced that a man at Titusville, Pennsylvania, committed suicide for the strange reason that ho had discovered he was his own grandfather. Leaving a dying state ment, explaining this singular Circumstance, we will not attempt to unravel It, but give his expla nation of tho mlxed-up condition of his kinsfolk In his own words. He says: “ I married- a widow Who had a grown-up daughter. My father visi ted our house very oiten, fell In love with my stop-daughter and married her. So my father became my son-in-law, and my step-daughter my mother, because she was my father’s wife Some time afterwards my wife had asonjhe was toy father’s brpther-ln-law, and my uncle, for he wap the brother, of my step-mother. My father’s .wife—l. a,my step-daughter-llaa abto> son; ho was, of course,' my brother, and In tltoineantlme my grandchild, for he was the Son Of'liay daugh ter. My wife was my grandmother, because she was my mother’s mother.. I was my wife’s hus band and grandchild at thosamp .tlmp. And as tho husband of a person’s.grandmothor is his grandfather. 1 was my own grandfather." That this was a strange condition'of things must be confessed, but we can see no possible reason why it should cause a man to commit suicide. PERSONAL. —A man without legs is running for a seat In .tho British Parliament. -A writer In the Danville, Va. Register nomi nates Gen. R. E. Lee for Governor ofVlrglnla; —TheLoulsVllloCburterreasserta, whathasbeen denied, that Senator Guthrie will not take his Beat again. ■ ■ —Hon, A, H. Coffroth, a defeated candidate for Congress, has been appointed Assessor of Inter nal Revenue In the Sixteenth Pennsylvania Dis trict. —The only authentic descendant of Columbus Is coming over hero from Rally next year to look at his ancestor’s And. -Col. Robert Tyler, son of ox-Prcsldent Tyler Is a candidate for the ofllce of adjudant and in spector general of Alabama, . Brigham Young took his forty-ninth wife the other day, a vacant place having been caused by the death of his twenty-third. —Tyndale, who did the first printed English ver sion of the Now Testement, has Just had a 870 000 monument erected to him at Knlhloy, his birth pldCßi —Mrs. Sarah-Manllu, who has died lu Philadol jhla at eighty-seven, was one of the girls who cast flowcrsbefore Washington On hli* entry Into Tron- S. Hook, the well-known colored lawyer of Boston, died In that city on Monday, of con sumption, He was the first colored man ever ad mitted to practice In the Supreme Couit at Wash ington. L O O A L ITE MS Winter.— “ Old Boreas” is whistling around the corners, and in at the key holes, and down the chimneys, In true old-fashioned style. We hope he enjoys It, for we do hugely. Wp can stand it If he pan, so long as the coal heap holds out. What glorious bracing weather! It spts one all aglow with health,' ¥Wt let us re member that there are ■ those to whom these chilly December days bring only want and suffering. Dot us remember the poor, and sepk to alleviate their dis tresses. - ■ Murderous Assault,— On ■ Monday night, officer McCartney, while am .his way home, abend hpjf ppst ulnp. o’clock, ppased p mah, m South'Bedford strppt,' who wore p soldier’s overcoat and a 'fur cap. The man had passed him but a few steps, when he turned 'and fired at Mr. McCartney, and jmmediately made his escape. The weapon he used was loaded with buck-shot, one of which passed through McCartney’s coat sleeve, thp whole load taking effect in pp adjoining fence.’ TJuuder (drcumstanceahsepms a miEpflle thpt Sheriff McCartney es'eppid being, killed.. , Rowdyism.—On Saturday night Jasf a fracas ooeufted between p party of spl pud some roughs at the lower erid, of town, In which some of the participants were pretty badly beaten, though none of them seriously Injured. < ■ ’ Moke INOENDIABIsk-0 a ning last, about half-past community was aroused bv an , ,lhs fire. A bright ; light and of smoke were soon visible n f UmD turnpike, west of town. The buiM' 6 fire .proved to be the splendid F 0" decked’,’ barn on one' of the , ° ub,C(l Judge Watts, about two and a-haif tmS of west, of town. The barn was in Ie * panoy of Mr. Railing, and was e l° C ' U ' consumed, together with eight h ? horses, fourteen head of cattle „i?, of of sheep, all the farm Implements h gears, a threshing machine and I , s quantity of wheat and hay at ® The fire was the work of an who was seen running from the bull r 1 about the time the flames were disc a '° 8 The miscreant was pursued ing, but in the gathering darkue M ?' ■needed in making his escape, and ha,' yet been apprehended. When Mr hi? ing returned to the barn the entire ta' .' ing was wrapped in flames, and it 7 too late to save anything. His l oss 2 be a heavy one, and he is without ranee;. neither was the barn Itself ■ sured. 1 , s id. The distance from town and the h„i condition of the roads prevented our ib men from visiting’the scene of the confl grntion. • RuBGLABY.-On Saturday night ),,. ' the warehouse of Mr. R. C. Woo W at the corner of Main and West S ( fe 7' was entered by burglars, who a#4a unsuccessful effort to force the safe onen They were doubtless frightened away M ' some-of their tools were left behind ’ a quantity of' black muslin was laid over the floor, for what’ purpose is not known unless to aid in firing the building aftcj their work was completed, for the purpose ! of concealing their crime. BUSINESS NOTICES. Bargains Bargains \~Nowh the u m to make Money'.’-W. C. Sawyer * Co., East Main St., have reduced tho prices of their linmenn stock of Dress Goods,, general Dry Good# Cnsd meres, Clonks, Furs, and all kinds of Woolen'• Goods. Just'receiving a large lot of Furs, turn ' Goods, Notions, do., for the Holidays. Obeli’ C. Sawyer & Co., a- call. Head their advottUs ment on the opposite page.. 250,000 Witnesses.—The above figurej represent the number of WheeJor A Wilson So*, ing Machines sold. Tho great recommendation and popularity of these Machines consist In their simplicity of structure, ease of operation and va* rlqus use to which they may bo applied; sewinj the finest ‘cambric, as well os to the heavier/ cloth, making tho celebrated Lock Stitch aud using Cotton, Linen, or Silk thread. All Jin. chinos sold unwarranted. As this Is tho season for giving presents, what moro useful article wm •bo given to a lady than.one of. these most usd/hl and labor-saving Machines. The Bgoncy forth© Wheeler.& \Vllaod.Machines for Carlisle, Pa., is at Kail Road and Telegraph Office. Jpeo. 13,1860. Piper at his Book Store, No. 33, Wear. Main Street, has a fine assortment of i suitable for’Hollday Presents—such as Writing*. ’ do|*k Portfolios, Work Boxes, Bibles, Photograph Albums, • Diaries for 1807, Pocket Books, Begat- Cases, Card Oases, <&&, together with a largo va* rlety of-fancy articles and notions generally.--; Qlyo hlm an early call.' Porthe Holidays.—Any one desiring to inake a suitable Christmas present to members, of itheir family cap not fall to'flnd something to. their taste at the furniture rooms of A. B. Ewingt on West Main street,'opposite Lee’s Warehouse,. He has an endless variety of everything In thn house-furnishlng.-lino, flromluxuloua and elegant sofas and easy chairs, to tho smallest picture frames. "Ewing has' taken, the first premium for the best and most elegant furniture at our county fairs for many years. : ■ His establishment is worth a visit, oven to those who do not intend to buy. —The undersigned, in Pitt Street, a few doors'South of ;tho Mansion Hooss have now on hand Top Buggies, Trotting Bug gies, Carriages and second hand Bugglei and Car riages, . Aug, 0, IB6o—tf WM. BLAIR & SON, IMPORTERS OS' ■ CHINA AND'QtJEENSWAIIE, AND WHOLESALE AND, '.RATAIL GROCERS, CARLISLE, PA. - The largest variety of the very best Confection ary kept constantly on hand and sold below Phil-, adelphla Prices. Tallow Candles made for -our own sales and sold below regular market rates.. Salt at Philadelphia prices with freight added. Nov.a9,lBfl«—tf SPECIAL NOTIQES. Schenoic's Seaweed Tonic. This medicine, Invented by Dr. J. H. Sohenck, of Philadelphia, Is intended to dissolve the food and moke it into chyme, the first process of di» gestlon,-By cleansing tho stomach with Schenck a. Mandrake Pills, the Tonic soon restores tho. oppo tlte, and food that could not be paten before using it will be easily digested. Consumption cannot be cured by Sohonok’s Pulmonic Syrup unless the stomach and liver la made Wealthy and! tho .appetite restored, benco the Tonic ahdPillsaro required in nearly every case of- consumption. A half-dozen bottle?, of the Seaweed'Tohlo and three or four boxes of the Mandrake , PiUs. will cure any ordinary case of dyspepsia. , Dr. Sohenok makes professional-visits in Neff York,- Boston, and qt hisprluclpal Office.inPhU* adelphia every week. . See dally papers of each, place, or his pamphlet oh consumption for hlfl days for visitation. Please observe, when purchasing, that tho two likenesses of the Doctor, one wnen m tho las stage of .Consumption, and the other ,as ho noff Is, In -perfect health, aro on the ‘Governmen Stampi i ;'- ,i\ m ; Sold by all Druggists and Dealers, price 5 • per bottle, or 87.50 the half dozen. All letters o advice should be addressed to Dr.Schenck'spr olpal Office, No. 15, North 6th St., Phlla., P». General Wholesale Agents: Demos Barnes * Co., 21 Park Row, Now.'.Xoxk'; S, S. Banco, w Baltimore St., Baltimore, Md.; John D. *® rK ' ,* E. corner of Fourth and Walnut St„ Clncinn Ohio; Walker $ Taylor, 134 and 136 Wabash A\ • nuo, Chicago; Jus,} .Collins Brothers, aouthwe iCqrner of Second, a,nd Vino Sts., St. Louis, -» • • Qct, 18,18C6 ea rdo ly Remedial • Institute - fob SpeoU Cases; No, li&Bond Street, 1 New York ■* r *j Information, wlththo highest testimonials,» a Book on Special DUeaeei, In a sealed env , aent/rM."e» Bp sure and send fur theo>t m| J Win not regret it! for, ns advertising pW s °'* are generally Ifflposlors, without xefeton e* Stranger should he trusted-. Enclose a stainr postage, and direct to Dr., IAWBENCB, fl.- Bond Street, New York. > ■ N0v.15, ],80«— ly . Itch ! . Itch ! Itcli! SbratoW Scratch! Wheaton’s Ointment TStUWf*! t: *J?j In; 48 hours, Xlso cures Salt ■ Chilblains, and all Ecup.Haus a( the „ n ' u( i!ng 60 cents. For sate to.aa .drneglstai v _„talW CO . cents’ to WEEKS & POTTER, sole ABO 11 ** street; aaston:, it ‘''tlU bo ,sf»nnlU«l by maU, ’tree olpjostaßo. to aoy part of tuo States, JanoSS, ISGfJ—ly Sthangb, But Every y° un ß . r Lmo* gentleman in the. United States, .can n thing very much-to their advantage V deJ , mall (tree of charge,) by algnod. Those having fdars o,f being hen! oUiers wi ilobli ge by not noticing this car a. will please address their obedient } «V‘ • i THQS.E.OSAI‘MAt<> . Misread**}'!*-* Feb.22,llB»ijy A. B. 4 N. SHERIC
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