Wmrtm. CARLISLE, PA., Tbondaj Slornlnr, December 10, 1807. CONSTITI’TIOX MAKEUN, At the inauguration of our govern ment the people wore foolish enough to suppose that men of brains were noci-- sary to frame constitutions and enact laws. That idea is dissipated, and ‘‘Cuff,” “Sambo,” and “ Pompoy,” fresh from the cotton fields, are now thought fully qualified to remodel gov ernments and establish political sy.— lems. For instance, say.- the -•///<, the Alabama Constitutional Convention is composed of the following material: Negro barbers, is; coach drhers {while and black t, is; valet- (half and lifil !'•. 11; ex-plantation hand.-; "; Vankee pedlers, 11; Froedmen** Run an men, 7; Massachusetts colj orteurs, ; yW'co.r correspondent, I: negro preachers, d; escapedconvicls, i’; loyal le; ;uer>, lk — Total, ST. Of tin 1 v.!xil1 1 total but nine teen are natives of tie- South ; the bal ance are -(piatt(T> {V'*m NVu Fa gland. .One of those cla.-silii d e-caped nm vicls ha- hi- ear.- cropped ; the other i lirandcd a.- a deserter from the Federal army'. ()neef the aejfn pi\aeher- i liie Mime -ramp \\ In.* ; -moled tie- “ mi eeiiiiiiinnally loya!" In I'd- part of the eif.mlry tliree year.-, ago by repre-enting 1 iial iie wa- Mr. Jelfer-*!* 1 >avi.-' runa- \v:\y coiirhiiMu, when the i'.u t is. he was a graduate of a low n.*yro i.«*iiviHnyr house in Wc-l Uroadv ay. and was nev cr out of Xew Yuri; t itv in hi.- life.— The same condition <>i miairs in .Louisiana. In lie < .di'.eiition of that Slate seven l\ infmher- .arc* pro— i*ni t of wiioni forty-four i.--* negroes. Cram*, a white delegate. called the* Convention l-> order and nominated Cardner, a fur temporary i’re-i -dent, wlm, on taking tin* chair, said he was“unVd hy de -ehetimi oh do Con vention. ” Vigors, a light-colored Afri can, was tiu*n selected as Secretary, and the business then commenced. The-e are the men called upon to lead in po litical matters in tin* "outhern States.— it is an insult to the white* men of the nation, and will he so considered when reason takes the place of pas-ion. Tlic t’on.sl if mioiial (‘on vni l ton ui i n- tiou, 11xi• t here on Ilio llt li. A whim man mm- a li-idcd -fUa-antixMinns. ami Ixv.i m-uroc-, imaliur of •.xhom could Miy their A. U. < "s. uerc ch-cli_-d ■ h«ir-l»'a*|K*r and iiii'-.-rtiftrr. h, a( my a onr-Icuutd I’lx it **<) St ales soldier nml ail old \ilrnui o( tin- Will nfM'J, l!riidl'-\ . a te-;; i' i h;n h.n - h >'iti lU>\f<>n t no .veil lo adopt I hi* m •i if > irdm >-I Iho Ma--a -• hioadts 11 oiisf of Ucpi mini tat 1 its, \ca cd do\V n !• mid hisses.- h ,i,i, I, ,j ov>, /-,■ O/onM. ' I’nion soldier- and old veterans of the uar of IM:!, don't ap pear 1. 1 stand much '•linnrc when h,;no rant, uneducated are Ilear com petitors for odii i’. “ The colored troop> .'bntfht bravely,” ami baron, l ean.-, mo ta-.'-cs, ami rice were made to dis appear in “double emergency.” la- Would iml "lily 1 iin • rat i 1 r licjl'n \nli' of ill' 1 Southern State-, but the w ie-ie <•!’ l!u- New Kng- »• s:hl stair-, i mm .•[ i • >ain■> li-ut, and a w i - 1 1 ”■ 11 Sian A- Ihr ilai li> a! - I«•!it \ • in thr “ r< j.;ai ity of ill" ra« r~," I iiry -11 • > IJI I I nnl h.-i lair to take Kre >. i.r ■ 1 r i- M . ■ •ire in/ ij|r Rada aI, il j- rigb; In i!-r Ihr Kaalira! In gW office fur tli" negro.-- Thry an* in the snmc ! oat played ilirrr by their own lining- -and mu-t m-eept tlir mm-qucncc.- of Ihr panm r,-!iip. There'- no e-cape from il law. .1. 11. Vakuoit, of r>n-mu. i- Ihr pre-ident uf thr (u- >rgi,i I.lark and lau mu vrnlion. I u hi- addn -- lir .-aid I hat “above all tiling the convention niu.-t do nothing - lo throw ob-lacle- in (hr path of thr Republican parly, or pul a weapon in thr iiaml*i of Its enemii a.” - liiat not an infainon.- objurgation for ih.r presiding - ollh-rr lo make to a con vention that is to form a Uon-lilntion for the people of a Slate? Nothing - fur ther is needed to -how that IheiiiPMi tion is to “gerrymander 1 " everything for the advantage of tin* lladieal parly. To uphold .-uch onlrageou.- bodies of scoundrels a standing - army is nmintain rd in the South hy the (iovernnieiil, and the tax-payer- of the’North are bur dened with an annual e\pen-e of two hundred million dollars. Down with sneJi imposters, plunderer.-and tyrants! ■* Wu arc- bimml In i ! I In- r (Ml Mica lIS Will* VrttMl U ll II ! !"■ ! Icllli.ri iic;, i,.i l I. ,s stlbjccl. lUClllllkl III) •■i.-fi |. a h ll* 1 u’c. a! liir iiunu! time, admire ll)v leal li -** dclei m mat a-u oC the miumity In pluciuu Uiem-el svs mi Hu* ivcurd In favor of Inipuiudimeiil. - - - Ilnrrishun/ ,Vu tc (itutnl. Happy follow, is the editor of the (tuat'd, lie is delighted with those Re publicans who voted against impeach ment, and also admires thonewho voted for impeachment! Really, then* is not imioh danger of a “split” in the Radi os d ranks so long as tin* editors of tliat party are so easily pleased—so easily ac commodated. JCsaT* Wo beg leave to inform the Phila delphia Af/r that the dcmocra-y of lids Congressional district feel aide to select their next candidate for Congre.-s with out its impudent interference. If York county again attempts to trample, for the fourth time, upon the rights of Cum herlan'd, lei the responsibility rest with that county alone. The Age, of PhHa ilelphlUy hits neither the right nor the ability to speak for tins Congressional district, and its strictures are regarded with the contempt they deserve. Font important cities wore reclaimed from Radicalism Just week by the De mocracy—viz: Pittsburg, Pa., Uo.-toh and Xewburyport, Hassacliikott.-, and C.mcord, tin* Capital of Xew Hamp shire. Putlioii the column. (of (he notorious Hnimicutt’s fir-t act- in Dj'.* Virginia Convention wa- to g.-: tier printing for hi- jn-w.-paper or gan. He is a very di.-intorcsted pay trjot—very. Tlic XoyrrocH t» bo SiibMldlzoil with Money At a late caucus of the so-called “Union Republican Congressional Committee,” Gen. Vienna Sehenck stated that “the expenses of conducting the Southern campaign thus far” had been $ H),G70.‘»0. He said that all the information in pos session of the Convention came through the Freedmen’s Rureanaml the church es, and lie mentioned the Raptist and Melhoiii.-t churches particularly as hav ing 1-eid valuable aids to the party!— He i\ commended the immediate rais ing ofd-_u,(niu additional to carry on the polite al work. .Judge Hilly Kelley thought that s'Ujnio would not he more than enough. Jim Ashley—the “im maculate” A-hley—knew of“ no better In Ip than money to do the work.” He wanted Congress to amend the “ recon struct ion” act >o that a majority of those voting and not a majority of registered voter- would he neec.-sar.y to call a con \ention. He wanted all the Southern Slate- prepared to take part in the pre .-idihiial election, otherwise lie wasn’t “ .-«* .-lire about sucre.-.- next fall.” lie wn.-t aarful of Hancock and other “ reb el.-” < 'on-ervatives. in office, and “so Conmi - - mtint step in and put the rebels on; to injure a Republican victory.” /..a h ('handler—perfeetly sober U is said d' -iaied that more iiad been accom pll.-la-d than he thought possible with ill.■ namey, ae talking—it wa.- a (pie.-tinn of money after all, and the Republican party mu-t walk up in Lhecaptain's otlice and -ollle, or me South would go to the devil and the copperheads at the presidential elec tion.” IF* thought half a million could i- • rai.-ed. Corbett, of Oregon, and May-' ninl, of Ti ene.--ee, followed with full i iulur-oments of the monetary view of the question, after which a committee was appointed to raise funds hy contri bution and a-ms-ment upon all the em ployee- of tin* Capitol. ✓ The country has long' been aware that Radical negro “ reconstruction” is mere ly “a question of money”—money, and promises of money and money’s worth, to huy the votes of the needy, ignorant and gullible negroes, and then money by the million out of the Federal Treas ury to till the pockets of the Radical loaders who expect to be foisted into power with such purchased votes. — Money—money—money ! That is the Radical godhead. In It they all believe, and for it they have steeped their souls in crime; proMituh d every virtue, and debauched many of the churches until they have bocomeu laugbiug.-.tock to the godle-- and an argument iu the mouths ofscofler-. Ought such cormorants and repudiate.- be allowed longer to domi na!e over the people and riot upon their -lib-dance ? -and f'ni on. Am. Fou mi; Xkimio!— The New York //ii/c/ioif/o//. the ablest of ibo Radical paper- iu the country is down on the tiine-servi -of it,- parly in the following strain ; “ I f the Rcpucllean party N not to stand for i hi 1 mv roT ii. h 1-, tin u it lew no bet l.-r mi-'sioii than I lie I Cmiioci alic. Kvery null oial question, -mo- the question of So says Smn- to gru.anight l»cju a a- -.Holy trusted ■ o the I Hauncialic p.u ty a- the Republi *••*ll It. therefore, the Republican party throw overboard (lie negro, we -ball straightway move to throw overboard the Republican parts. We observe, with imii'.’lnl pain and indignation, that many eoi.-ervalivc Republiean journal-, in va ii*»ii- Northern Stales, are {Hitting forth tentative articles with a view to the framing of a Presidential i.-.-ue in wbmb lb" negro shall have no {dace. Rut the gl>*ry of the Republican party will end in shame, ifsueb counsels be allowed.” Too l/ti/i is right. The whole -teak in trade of the so-called Republi c,i!. party i- the nry/co, ami whenever that pai ly drop-sambo it has nothing le't in go upon. The .-■irci‘/-srrnt<’(l Afri can i-. il- only hope of salvation, and w hmevi r il cea-e- to lake him lo its •a inn i mbra-'e, it droops mid dies and 1 1 1 ■ • c»■ ml-lo an untimely and ignomini oa- giii'.o. lake the fabled .shirt of \ I i rI J 11 • No-mi-, the negro will -tick to the Re publican party elo-er and closer, and any attempt to lou-en his hold or de tach Idm from it.- back, will inevitably end in tin* destruction of both. 1 low Tm \ Votkd.—The following i- the vide ol the Pennsylvania Con go .-.-ional delegation on the Impeach ment ve.-olution 1 -: V n,\s. —Tbaddeus Stevens, Thomas William.', Sleplien K. Wilson, .lolm M. Ilioomull, .lohn Cuvode, William D. Kel ley, Lconuul Myers, Charles O’Neill, fly-M's Merenr— u all Radicals. Na\ s. < ienrge V. Lawrence, William H. Kin llll /, Ceoige K. Miller, .James K. Moorhead,./. Arum ;cr UUz, Adam ./. fid.M , ).oi/(r/', .S 'mnm ! J. IxtaidaU, licnjif miii M. Jinj/i r, ('e gained the control of four of the princi pal cities of the .States—Bos ton, Baltimore, Philadelphia and Pitts burg. With Xcw York city added these constitute the five largest and most influential cities of the eastern sec tion of the L'nion. The fact Is signifi cant. 525 MIM’S, Wo can hardly keep up with this Union Pacific Railroad. Three weeks ago we read of four hundred and some miles completed,then of five hundred, and now wo arc told that the base of the Rocky Mountains,o2-">miles from Oma ha, has been reached. To thesumniilof the Flack IlilN'Uieea-terly ridge of the Kooky M nmtain laugo; is but thirty miles further, and this point, thehighe.-t on the whole line,is expected to be the halting-place for a railway train in a few weeks more. The vigor with which this great national undertaking i- hiing pushed forward is one of the wonders even of this wonderful age. Over the plains—acres.- the rivers—up thonioun- ! tain .-lope.-, and through the defiles be yond, the same re.-llcss energy urges on the work, leaving ns no reason to doubt 1 that the Pacific Ocean will he united with the Atlantic by rail in IS7O. All these great achievements cost mon ey,and a great deal of it. Over forty millions dollars have already been ex pended on the two ends of the line,mul yet funds have never been lacking*— With directors of great energy and finan cial experience,supported by a wealthy and powerful corporation, U is no womb r that “the w ur gain of Pitts burg is another evidence Unit the “hull is rolling on"’ with increased velocity. When' the people read most, Demo cratic victories follow as a matter of course. “We're coming, father Abra ham, three hundred thousand more.” Tut l : Virginia black and tan have elected the notorious Underwood as President of the unconstitutional con vention, and distributed the minor 6f tieos between negroes and mean whites. At the New York municipal election the poll was as follows, for mayor:— lloll'nian, 03,031; Wood 2:2,830 ; Darling The Democracy have gained nearly 8,000 since November, and the Radicals have lost about the same mini her. ■CigpOld Thad Stevens had a confer ence with a number of Southern ne groes a few days ago, when he assured them that ho would do all he could lo secure a good living lo them without work on their part. Tm-: “loyal” league of Philadelphia lias split on the (Irani question and a large number of the membership have departed. Sakhath School Kntkhtainmknt.— 'fhe Sabbath School of the Reformed Church, of Carlisle, will have an enter tainment, in the Church, on Christmas night. It will consist of music, by the school ami choir, a prologue, several ad dresses, and an epilogue. The school will present ofleri§gs in behalf of the Orphans’ Home, at Womelsdorf, estab lished under the auspices of the church ; and a general collection will be taken on the occasion for the same object. It will be gratifying to the school to have a full attendance on the part of their friends, and the citizens generally. S. B. Krm-T'KK, tv . J. I‘. IlAssi.nit, p'*"™"'""*- P. S. .Services also on Christmas morn ing, commencing at 0 o’clock, to continue one hour. The public generally are in vited to attend. Seats free, morning and evening. Annivkiisauy KxnnrisKS.— I The anni versary of Ibe Pnimi Philo.-npideal So ciety of IJukiiimhi College was hold in Rheem’s Hall, on Tuesday evening. • Post Mastkh. —We are gratified to learn that Col. Win. C. Ilou.-er has been appointed Postmaster at Mcchanicsburg, in place of Robert Wilson removed. The selection is a good one. The capital of Colorado Inks been re moved to Denver, : Till: NEfiKOES OF ALABAMA REMKL AGAINST THEIR YAXKKK MASTERS. Their I.engnA I>oiio«i>U’<*» .'ho \pw Com* Htiluflon—the Nc*i-«rj» Appealed to to Orient if—Tholr Xow Annkco Masters llraii'lcd ns Political Adventurers, vrho nrt . Tr.riiiar to np n War of Races— I’oMstcrnntlou the Radical Con. splrnlorM. Montoommcv, Per. 1- —The Advertiser of this morning pul»lSslm'm |he preamble •mil insolations adopted l»y the Mont gomery Ouneil of the ,Loyal Fidon League, denouncing the new L'mitUtu tion, ami calling on the colored leaguers to aid in defeating it, and declaring that the delegates to the Convention went far beyond the purview of their duties and instructions, and framed a constitution di.-francldsing and proscribing a large pul (i«m of (ho law-abiding citizens of Alabama, and characterized in every fea ture by fiendish motives of revenge :Hul hatred, and resolving: First. That in the opinion of the Coun cil the kaid Constitution is an infamous fraud upon the rights of the people of the Slate, and will, if ratified, Inevitably re sult in the debasement of the white race, and the destruction of fhe black. Second. That we cannot, consistently with our obligations as members of the Union League of America, give aid or support in any manner to this nefari ous scheme to destroy, at one fell swoop, the peace, happiness and prosperity, for ah lime to come, of the whole people of the State of Alabama. Third. That we, as Union llepublicaus, and as members of the Montgomery Council of America, call on all law-abi ding and l T niou-!oving men of Alabama to unite with us ir an ellbvt to defeat the adoption % of the Constitution, which em l odies principles dangerous to constitu tional liberty, and is promotive of civil war between the two races, and destruc tive of all the ends of good government. Fourth. That we denounce as con temptible an elh.rt on the part of a* few cif the members of this Council, who aie mcic political advcnUirer>, to break up the -mm*, because they have failed to make it sub-ervient to their political ScrimH divisions in the Radical, ranks a:v taking phue in other sections of the Stale. At the county scat of Kingston. Imr two lojal leagueis are left, both of whom are white men. So far as hoard from, the split of the leaguers has taken place in Bullock, Pike and Barbour counties from tiie same causes. The Conservatives are organizing clubs throughout to defeat the Constitution at the coming deeMmi, and certain stc lions are riceivhm a huge secession of the eoloi ed ;•11 ■ 111 e 11 1. In Praltsviilc. Autnga county, on Saturday, over liny colored nv n honed a i 'on-ei vntlvo club, uniting wii h lhe whites in denouncing the ('ohmitn!ion. A ca!l,siu'iicd by colored men, for the formation of a colored Conservative club here. det-hucM that its object shall be— First. '!’■ of a spirit of mu tual coiifnb-m-o and good feeling be tween the two race* of the South, with out which there e.m lie neither peace, proximity or to either. Second*. *To support, in the approach ing election, the policy of our own tried people, neighbors and friends, whose capital piomlses employment and whose roofs shelter us, in preference to that in augurated by strangers and their allies Third. To dir-conrago, by all mums in our power, that war of races which evil counsels and ignorance seem to lie has tening, and winch, once inaugurated, will result in our certain and speedy de struction. STATE ITEMS. —A -water spout occurred on Lake Krie last week, which is accounted rare in such a high latitude. —Scranton having annexe 1 its outlay ing suburbs of Providence, Hyde Park, Ac., is now the fifth city in Pennsylva nia. Pithole City this year polled but nine ty one'votes. It once claimed to have forUvn thousand inhabitants. A man confined in the Huntingdon jai i, on the charge of horse stealing, mad o Ins escape by unlocking thedorr with his linger. -Two darkies had a light in Jiellefont recently, one of whom had his earehewed otfby his antagonist. —.V coal mine two miles north of Wikosbane exploded on theliOth, killing three men and wounding two others. —ln sinking tin artesian well at Man chester, near lMtl.*.burg, recently, a stream of hot salt was struck, which gushed uni freely. —A little boy at Ml. Pleasant Pa., car ried powder and matches together in his trousers pocket. Another lad threw an apple at him which hit'the pocket, ig niting the matches and the powder oe. a sioned his death. I lan id Thomas was knocked down in Harrisburg on Monday evening hy two negroes, who wore fnsLrated in then 1 attempts to lavish her by two citizen-, who‘arrested the “ manhoods.” On Tue— day evening, in the same city, a while wretch, only one day out ofjail, attempt ed the same deed on a young girl, but. her cries brought relief and secured the arrest of the liend. —On Saturday morning last, about ;> o’clock, us David Bovier and Mary, Ids wife, who lived on the South side of the Susquehanna river, opposite New Horry, Lycoming county, were returning homo in a boat, from attending a social party in Now Berry, the boat capsized and they were both drowned. TJio hoy, who was rowing the boat, was also thrown out, but clung to it and drilled to the shore. The body of Mrs. Bovier was found toward noon about one hundred yards below the place where the boat up set, with her garments attached to an old llat-bout which was fastened in the .Susquehanna; the body of Mr. Bovier was found on Sunday morning near the same place. —Judge James Thompson has received Ills commission as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, nee the Hon. Geo. W. Woodward, who retires at the expirntiom of his term. The Court as now constituted is composed as fol lows: James Thompson, Chief Justice, and William Strong, John M. Bced, Daniel Agnew and George Sharswood, associate justices, a bench that adorns the Stale. —The fast lino from the Past on the Pennsylvania railroad, on .Friday after noon last, met with an accident near the Loehiel iron works in Dauphin county, from the breaking ofu wheel, the Hour of one of the cars was completely torn out, and the car itself overturned and bioken into a hundred pieces ; but strange to say though the car was well filled with pas sengers, nol a single one was killed el even seriously injured. The accident caused considerable delay In all the trains. rncsoNAi. --John Brown’s son has just been placed in an Ohio lunatic asylum. —GeßVard, President of Haytl, lias been again deposed. Such is darkey gov, eminent. —Weston claims that his expenses on hU late trip exceeded ins earnings by •—Jell*. Davis’s Executive Mansion is proposed to bo changed into a froedmen’s .school. —Gen. Steadman has been stricken by apoplexy, mulls now lying dangerously ill at "Washington. President Lincoln’s stepmother, “Aunt Sally Lincoln, tho neighbors call her,” still lives near Farmington HI. She is nearly SO years old. —Thad Steven’s eyes are fancifully de scribed as dashing—a flash in the pan probably. —Dan Rico oilers to bet $50,000 that Weston cun walk 100 miles in 23 consecu tive hours. Weston is to receive $lO,OOO of the wager if he wins. —Ex-President Buchanan is said to be very feeble at his home near Lanca-der, Pa., and is nut expected to live over the winter. Till noxtscsslyn of the Pennsylvania Legislature is approaching. note his fact in order That J. Cessna, Esq., may not forget that he is to have that Prohibitory Liquor Law, which he was appointed to draft, ready for tho con sideration ot our Pennsylvania Solons. Now, John, don’t you forget Bedford Gazette . IRREVERENT, The Morning Poa(, a young and prom ising aspirant for favor in the Had teal ranks, day before yesterday discoursed in this irreverent manner upon its “ vener able contemporary” at the corner of Sev enth and Chestnut. What Mho matter? WANTED—AN OPINION If it would not bo considered an imper tinence, wo would like toask our vener able contemporary, the J’/rs.*, what in the world are its opinions? It is the vul gar belief that a creed of some kind, good or bad, is necessary to a live journal ; but Mr. Forney for a long time seems to have thought any opinion entirely superfluous. It is true that he must think the letters of that unknown Janius of moclei'n times, “Occasional,” very line, for the 7V»wis not 100 modest to speak of them iw un an-werahle and statesmanlike. Wo may infer from this that Mr. Forney thinks that the public doesn't know who “Occa sional” is, and that he may thereloiv safely praise that dignified hut dull wri ter * Hut it Is not to such opinions that we refer. We are a little anxious to know what be thinks about matters of Impor tance. For the last few months wp have done what nobody cDe would do —we 1 have read the /Vrs* with interest, and , with a sincere desire to find out what are its principles. Our search has not entire ly Piiled. We have discovered the aston ishing fact that ColonefForiiey believes that slavery is wrong, and though that opinion is not of very long standing on his part, it is highly creditable. Nor can nnvof the thirteen thou-and people who : road the fail to h>o that Odmiel Fornev believes that rebellion L a crime. This is ftarlling. Then we have discov ert 1 1 that he holds Andy Johnson to be a bel President—an opinion which there is evhU nee to show was formed about (he time dial Mr. John -on refn-ed to appoint Mr. Forney's friends to office. Hui lieie 1 our discoveries end. V\ hen we come ! down to the present time it is impo.-Mble i to find out what our great statesman 1 thinks—or whether he thinks at all—of i any vital question which agitates the country. We understand that ho ap proves of negro suffrage in thoiSouth, but it is hv no means certain that lie approves of it In the North, lie may think justice a nice thing in Texas, but we do not find the yVr.-s advocating justice to the colored men of Uie very city in which it is print ed. As for impeachment; we think the 7Vt.«v is the only paper in the United States, pretending to be Republican, that did not express an opinion for or against it. Nobody could find out what Colonel ! Forney thought of that measure ; he ' seems to have imagined that while the | whole press of the country was debating t it, he might bravely coniine himself to J denudations Bof slavery. Senators, we know, refused to express their opinions j on the subject, on the ground that they ! might bo called upon to try the President, land ought not In dignity to beat once ' judges and accusers. Hut that can hardly • bo made Colonel Forney's excuse, 'fhe I Senate is made by the Constitution the court to try an impeached President, hut the Clerk of the Senate has no mme to do with it than a town constable. All this may be very .diplomatic, and it maj- be n.-i.v’limiti'ill loreoMllcl I'ui- | nev not to have any opinions, but we don’t think it adds brilliancy to a paper which so badly needs it, or entitles him to claim position as a Republican leader. Nothing is easier than to denounce slave ry—now that is dead ; to curse the rebel lion—now that it Is over; and to abuse Andy Johnson—who hasn’t any friends. Nothing is safer than.lids cheap patriot ism. Colonel Forney is always ready with an opinionon a question that is dead or decided, ami comes up to the battle field with the most inspiring blast of his trumpets the moment the fighting is over. There is a great deal of .such cour age in the world, but we prefer a little honest cowardice, if the JWhh would really do the Republican cause some ser vice, let it cease printing six column let ters about Mr. Andrew Johnson’s speech es in isnl, and give one solitary line up on what is taking place in ISU7. MISCEIXANEOI'.S. —Omaha bootblacks charge -to cents for a shine. Mr. James Rennet, Lexington, Ky., has eloped with his twelfth bride. —Delaware is afflicted with a cattle dis ease which some pronounce the genuine rinderpest. —A ynnkee lias purchased an island in the Ohio river and slocked it with blade cad, to raise the animals for the sake of Hie fur. —A Michigan sewing woman, reported to ho very poor, has had $OO,OOO in gold left her, which is now on deposit in the Bank of England. It is claimed that the present style of bonnets, as worn by our fays of fashion, are belter caclulated for a kiss than a blow. —lt is said that a man 07-years old, at Dryden, Mich., walked bo miles one day last week which is better than Weston, the difference in age being condderuhle. —Two men. were killed by the explo sion of a locomotive on the Locust Point branch of the Baltimore ami Ohio Rail road, at Baltimore on Thursday morning. ’—The Illinois Journal asks if wo can throw any light on the subject of kissing. We don’t want to. The thing goes just au well in the dark. —An exchange says that wooden legs cost the Government last'year $3(1,200, hut the wooden heads have cost it much more Ilian that. —The Canadian, .St. Marie, has de manded compensations for information furnished against John H. Surratt. Clive the fellow his blood money. —lt is reported that President Baez has oflerd to sell the Bay of Samana to this Government for one million dollars in gold. —An immense flock of wild gees alight ing in Oxford, Maine, last week, furnish ed two day’s shooting for the sporting inhabitants of that and adjacent towns. —Even the railway cars in Prussia arc constructed with a view to possible utili ty in some future war. They are so ar ranged that by a very trilling alteration they cun be converted into moving hos pitals for the wounded. —The bust of Lincoln, made by Mr. Ames at a cost of $2,500, for the Stale House at Boston, is anything but satis factory to the Boston paper*, which state that it might represent any backwoods man as well as Mr. Lincoln. —One of the now lobby members in Washington is said to be the loveliest wo man on earth, and dresses like an Em press. Woe to the Treasury. —“ Why is an editor’s life like tho book of Revelation?” Because ills full of “ types and shadows,” and a mighty voice like l he sound of many waters is ever say ini". “Write.” —A shocking explosion ol nitro-glycor inc occurred at Bergen, N, J., the thei day. Nino persons were killed outrigh and a number of others injured. —The U. S. Steamer De Soto, reported lost in the hurricane at St. Thomas, has arrived at Fortress Monroe. She brings most of tho officers and crew of the Mou nogalmla, which was wrecked at St. Croix. Fiveofthe Monongalmla’screw were lost. —A woman hrTreland, Alary AFAlul lan, recently died of spontaneous eoiii bastion. Only her breast, hands and feet were uucousumcd, and horrible, poisoned smoko Buftbcatcd her son, who was living with her. 0 —A man named Pepvs, his wife and two children living near Alton, Illinois, were murdered on Sunday night, with an axo. A mulatto, named Joseph Alar shall, was arrested in St. Louis on Thurs day, supposed to bo one of tho murderers -The Paris exhibition building is about to be sold, there being no further use lor it. The frame work weighs 27 - Dili),Out) pounds, and, in the whole fabric there are 0,000,04)0 rivets, to place whicll l-),00!),oiil> holes bad to be punched.* —An extraordinary flood has occurred at Hankow, in China. The Yang-lse-ki ang having fallen four fuel six Inches suddenly rose in forty-eight hours live feet six inches. The Chinese say that in the province of Shanse, a column of water suddenly sprung from the earth, delud ing a whole city and drowning tho in habitants. —An Alabama paper announced that it would keep silent in regard to a “cer tain tittle a/Rilr,” if a bottle of cham pagne wore sent to the ofilce. The edi tor received sewn pottles from seven dif ferent parties. —An cnglish farmer has written to the Richmond Examiner, to know if he can buy a farm large enough to “ provide him with a reasonable living,” in Virginia, for live hundred pounds. The Examiner says he can, and so can any of nis%eoun trymon who may fell the desire to settle in’ the “ Old dominion.” —lt is now ascertained that the $lB,OOO spurious U.S. bonds are electrotypes from the original plates. Who in the treasury department has been engaged in this fraud upon the people? Why has there not been a searching investigation of this' matter ami the guilty parties brought to punishment? Who can answer? Final ‘arrangements were signed re cently at Vienna, by virtue of which the F.mpiess (’harlolta Is recognized univer sal legatee of her deceased husband, and preserves, with her dower, the palace of Miramar, ami the Island of Lacroma.— The Court of Vienna also re&tora to her the jointure to which she has n right by her marriage contract, but which she had given up on the accession of her husband to the throne of Mexico. (U'U WASHINGTON I/KTTFR, Tlist Wiillc lo Sutler « roiinllj If tlicy Re in,,. to Soul Uiclr lo School will) Negroes—PrcHldcnt Johnson** ftomonu I’m* Ihe Horn oval of Stanton—Wlmt tin* I'nioii h/fstsm* CliinkM tiiant and the FolHlcluiih. I’.;,'. sUnirinin VoUoih’u’. Wamiixotmn, I). f., I' ‘i;. H, Old Thad Stevens, though almost at deal Ids door, is pressing his bill through the lower House, establishing .Schools in the District of Columbia ami providing wi- an indiscriminate, intermixture of whites and blacks. 'Hie main feature in the bill is the clause disfranchising every man who may refuse or neglect to send his children’ to such amalgamation schools. The section is in these words: “Third. That no father or guardian shall bo permitted to vote at any election for any public officer in this District who shall not have caused at least one-half of the number of his children or ward# be tween the ages of live and fifteen, or if be have but one, that one to attend the com mon schools, &c.” "Prussian educational ; despotism is better than this, for there is not about it that humiliation and torture which the enforced contact of races pro duces. A poor., hard-working white man, in the District of Columbia, where vaga bond blacks predominate, must semi his children to school among the negroes, or bo disfranchised. One really wonders at what point the insanity of these men will stop, or when and where the endurance of the people will break down. There are some points in the negro question which touch the popiilar heart deeply and quickly, and none more so than the idea that negroes shall be admitted on tends of equality in the public schools. The people cannot fail to see that this is but the entering wedge lo similar legislation for the entire count ry. 11 ere is where all the deviltry that hasailhcteil the country Ims been llrsl experimented on; and though Stevens sometimes mocks, he is terribly in earnest in this matter. What Is to prevent Congress from legislating negroes into your common schools?— They have as much right to do it as they have to legislate negro voles into your ballot boxes. The President sent to the Senate on Thursday a message giving his reasons for the suspension of the Hon. F. M. Stanton, as Secretary of War, on the lillh of A ugust last. It will be recollected that the President from considerations of a high character, requested Secretary Stan ton lo resign his cilice, and that Mr. Stan ton, in reply, quoting the phrase of the President, said that considerations of a high character alone had induced him to continue at the head of the Department, and constrained him not to resign the of fice of Secretary of War before the next meeting of Congress. This, the President says, was not merely a declination of compliance with the request for his resig nation, but was a defiance. Whatever propriety there might bo in the expres sions of opinions to others, one thing was certain, it was otVicial misconduct, to say the least of it, to parade them before his superior otlicer, and showed a want of proper dignity and respect for t.ho Presi dent. In addition to the above recited ground of the Secretary, who did not re sign, lie dcaiied the President’s right to remove him, hut the President says that under Mr. Stanton’s sense of duty, lie could not refer to the law creating tho War Department, for that confers on the President tho right to remove the heads of the departments. Tho only other law under which Mr. Stanton could plead ex tenuation of his conduct, was that in re lation to the teuure-of-ofllce. Nothing in that law compelled him to remain in olliee. He was free at any time to resign it. The tcnuro-of-ollice bill did not pass without notice. Every member of the Cabinet was consulted upon the subject, and particularly the Attorney-General and Mr. Stanton, the latter having for merly hold thoolllce. Mr. Stanton’s con demnation of the law, the President says, was most elaborate mid emphatic. Some reference is made to the circumstances under which the’President retained his predecessors, Cabinet ofllcers, including Mr. Stanton, apd he remarks as to the proposed moueof reconstructing tho Sou thern Stales, all tho members were iu perfeoWSccord with himself. The Presi dent, aTtor setting forth at length his view of the case, assigns a special ground for tho suspension of Mr. Stanton. It will be recollected that during the summer of lS(j(i, General Baird telegraphed from New Orleans to the Secretary of War, that a convention was about to"assemble, and that tho Governor and the city,au thorities, thinking It wasnu unlawful’as sembly, would break it up. The General asked the Secretary of War for instruc tions, and to telegraph him at once. Mr. Stanton, did not, however, give General Baird the desired orders, nor did he com municate tho fact of the reception of the dispatch to the President, who knew nothing of its existence until ten days af ter it came into Mr. Stanton’s hands, and not until after the riot had occurred. — The President, therefore, takes the ground that Air. Stanton was responsible for de linquency, and that if ho, the President, had kuo’v/n that General Baird had sought advice, the riot might have been prevented. Tho President holds that, so far as tho public Interests arc concerned, there is no cause to regret the removal of Mr. Stanton, for tho present Secretary’of War ad interim 'has, by bis measures of economy, saved a million of dollars to the government. General Grant in his report presents some interesting data in regard to the mortality in the federal army during tho war. There are JOS cemeteries in the United States In which are Interred the bodies of United States soldiers. Eighty ono of these are known as “National Cemeteries.” The total number of United States soldiers interred in cemeteries are 251,827, of which 2118,000 arc interred in the national cemeteries. Seventy-six thousand two hundred and sixty-three bodies are yet to be interred iu these cem eteries, which, when completed, will make the total number 328,000. Twenty thousand eight hundred and sixty-one rebel prisoners of war have been interred. The estimated cost for fencing the ceme teries is $700,000. The amount already expanded on cemeteries is estimated at \51,737,000. The total coat, when com 'ploted, of the cemeteries, is estimated at $3,500,000. Speaking of Gen. Grant, the Union League of America, in its convention held in this city on Thursday last, unani mously adopted tho following resolution : Resolved, That the National Council of the U. L. A. is utterly opposed to any de parture from the sacred principles of its organization, or from those of the Repub lican party: and that wo do hereby re spectfully, but earnestly and firmly, urge the National Republican Convention to place no man In nomination for President of tho United States in 18G8 who is not iu himself au irreversible guaranty that he is a true friend of tho cause of Union and Liberty, the equal rights of all men before the law, and of Universal Manhood &of fraf/c. ,} Tills was evidently a move of the Chase men to take advantage of the reticence of -General Grunt. In contrast with this tho papers have published a letter from General Dent, a brother-in law of Grant and a member of his stall’ which is as follows: “Dear S. • * * To bo quite frank with you, Gen. Grant docs not w(s? i to be either the Republican pr the Democratic candidate/or tho Rreti* dcnc’i. He would prefer to be elected by the people, without any reference to the me.-ent party organizations. If it is pos sible. let there bo a new organization, representing the people and not the poli ticians. The General is notf m a posi tion which suits him very wel , and he will not give it up unless ho thinks ho can bo of more service to his country.— jfe will not take the Presidency if he can not enter upon its ojjicc unpledged and unembarrassed by ]>arty affiliations and platforms. Ho does not want to decide upon questions of public policy untilthey como up for settlement, and hence his re luctance to be questioned as to platforms, or confined to certain lines of action; Ho lias definite views of his own, which arc tolerably well expressed in an article w.iUtm’by a young friend of Ida for the .lamiary number of The Galaxy. Of rims-e, he must not bo held responsible Ibr ;il! the views (herein expressed; but ii gives 11 bout what be thinks of the pres ent political situation. While demanding’ perfect freedom of aelion for himself, Gen. Grant does not wish to act independently of iho people. His care would he, if elected, to study their interests and wishes, and do for them about what they wanted to do for ihem-elves. Let party questions enter into the canvass for Congressmen, and, whatever the will of the people is, the General will try and loyally obey it. On one point, the General is quite clear. If elected, lie will make no appointments on account of political services. lie be lieves that a reform of our civil service, such ns that embodied in Mr. Jenckos’s bill of last -session, is of vital moment, and all ho will ask of any candidate for position is honesty and capacity. Yoa may use this note among friends, ami, if they think Gen. Grant can he elected without reference to cither of the existing parties, lot thorn go ahead ; hut I again repent, Gen. Grant does not care for the Presidency if it is to he (lie gift of a party. Yours, i)i:x Death. —On. the evening of the 11th in»t., Mr. Joseph Muudy, of this place, who had been butchering during tho day, complained of being ill, and fell from his chair. Hu was assisted to bed ; and feeling stronger, he told his family to liniah the work, that he would be better in a short time. lieturning about seven o'clock, they found him dead in his bed. He was about sixty years of age. Heal Estate Ecu Sale. -By reference to our advertising columns it will be seen that Messrs. Everett & Cook, Attorneys at Law, in Chambersburg, offer for sale, a flno Limestone farm, in a high state of cultivation, situated within two and a half miles from Ghambersburg, with lino buildings thereon erected; and also a tract of four hundred and seventy acres, with a good mill commanding a lino tiado; ."Isa a farm of one hundred acres, fourteen miles from Ghambersburg.— Head their advertisement. A Nice Present.—A very nice Christ mas present to a gentleman friend would be a box of lino cigars or a good mershaam pipe. These luxuries can bo purchased to great advantage at the cigar and tobac co store of Dorsheimer A Baylor, on South Hanover Street, where everything in .their line is kept—such as cigars, smo kingand chewing tobacco, saulf, pipes, to bacco pouches—which will bo disposed of on reasonable terms. Insurance I'aiij,— Last week, Joseph Baker, of,South Middleton township, was paid one hundred dollars by Samuel K. Humrich, Ksq., for i\.horse which had been insured in the Hartford Live Stock Insurance Company. We have several limes been called upon to notice the promptness with which this Company settles all claims against it. Tiiue.- In another column will be found the advertisement of our enterpri sing friends \y. C. Sawyer & Co. They have considerable “push** about them and wherever you see a firm determined to push their business, there you may know is the place to buy goods cheap. If any of our readers don’t believe this, just let them go to Sawyer’s and have it proved to their entire satisfaction. Skiuouk AcvumNT.— We regret to learn that.ou Monday of last week, Capl, A. S. Woodburn, of Kewton township, was seriously Injured by his coat being caught in the tumbling shaft of a separator which ho was tending at the time. He was tluown violently around, his right shoul der knocked out of joint, his cheek se verely cut and bruised, and Ids right ear almost torn from the head. Wo trust he may soon recover from hla injuries. A Rake Tkeat.— Professor Kidd, ti lt celebrated elocutionist, will give one of his inimitable entertainments in Rhccm' s Hail, on Thursday evening. H 0 was p, attendance at the Teacher's Institute in Shlpponshiirg, a few weeks since, and u, c people were delighted with him. u 0 rt . contly read in Harrisburg, and the Onurd- says: To say that the cnlerlaiin ment gave equal pleasure to all who were present would he hut public praise. Prof Kidd’s readings and impersonations are true to nature ; they are eloquent, (hoy arc inimitable. As ail elocutionist we have never listened to his superior, ip, is as successful in the delineation of rihic tragedy ns lie is in the impm-soim. tion of the liTcaistahiy ludicrous, jjp' rendering of the maniac was the most thrilling tragic declamation we eVL .,. listened to and his “perils of lisping'' mid the " Ghost Story” were extremely amusing, and provoked long and contlu ued laughter. When the Professor an nounced Hint lie was about to close (lie entertainment, a motion was made by one of the audience that Prof, Kidd he requested to repeat (ho entertainment to morrow evening. The motion was car ried by aclamation, and we take great pleaure in informing our readers that lh u Prof, will give one more of bin eloquent amusing, instructive and inimitable en tertainments this evening. Wo advise all wile can, to go and here him ijy all means. A Woiin Akout CiiAKiTv.—An ex change truly remarks tiiat tile season i approaching when the attention of Uii )M; who.arc blessed with an abundance or this world’s store will bo attracted u,. wards many who are not as comfortat,K oh’, and as there are many poor iu ouV midst who will surtbr before they mala their wants known, we suggest that they be sought out and relieved in preference to those who are constantly on iho street asking alms. Is is not unfrequontiy Hip case that the latter class are in licUpicii cumstances than many who eouliMi:i;- lo their.support, which being i ;) ;| causes the real!}’ charitable to i.mu-p a. si.sthig others who are worthy 01 help. It is often dillicuit to toll wi.mi,, needy arc among the many wlm from door to door and the majoriK t them are impostors, yet it is better ; give to all than lo refuse to give m - who is worthy. By visiting amonj. i:..- poor it is not dillicuit to tell who aiv i ; real need, and by this plan their im pressing wants are readily ascertained. Nt)\v Winter 1 1 jig como, with tils c-iM. Hu : hreath ; The verdure lias fullcn from Mu* trees All s»uums luu.dicd mih th<> Ami the- streams arc bi-ghmir.g to freeze; When sprightly young hid.» o’er the wain si hlo, Ami icicles hang ill the duot ; While in plenty we sit hy ourown Ihv.-iiK- Then Is the time l<» ivmemnei Ihc poor Diocrmurr. —In the course of tithe Uo grim old scpulchrcof (he revolvingyeai -Ims swung around again. How lime does 11 y ! I m fact wo might he allowed to say that “Tempos” still continue- to “I'ugit.” Wo have just hail a ta-le of Mr. Joseph Heiser’s celebrated “ Ame-i -can Sherry Wino,” and we are prompted to ask the counundrum which one Tmi Moore puls in his “ wreath the how!: ' “Say why did Time His glass sublime Kill up with sands unsightly, When wine, he icncw. Ran brisker through, Ami sparkled far more lu igldl. In the language of the lamented \Vm>i. “ wo give it up;” wo can’t see why he didn’t. Yes, Time Hies! Old eighteen hundred and sixty-seven will somi U* numbered with the eventful past. The loaves have fallen from the trees, the ground is covered with a mantel of stmv., the wind whistles chilly and cold aiouinl the corners; and while the clouds hi li the azure sky, nature seems to be jm.-i.i ring for the burial of the old and 'I birth of the new. Slekiihxo.— The snow widen fell ■»;: Thursday and .Sunday last hnsgiun some lino sleighing, which portion of the community have been en joying to the utmost. The merry iinn ing of the belli can be heard at any lic.ni of (he day or night, conjuring up duligh:- ful visions of romping country danei-, and warm savory suppers, and gloiim:. rides home, with the clear starlight «>\- erlicad, with everybody lighl-hcartcdand full of fun, and two or three “ up-M-ds" n> give variety to tho ride. There are few questions about whhh persons differ so widely as in regard ij the pleasure of sleighing. There art many, who consider it the most miserable excuse for an amusement that was ever invented. Wo remember tho suggestion of a friend, some years ago, that when ever he wished to imagine himself taking a sleigh-ride, he arose from his warm bed, on a cold night, hoisted the window, pul his feet in a basin of cold water, and rattled the shovel and tongs. Poor, mb erable cynic he must have been. Barn Burned.—On Wednesday c\e ning, Dec. llih, between eight am] ten o’clock, the barn of Mr. Levi Merkel, in Lower Allen township, two miles west of New Cumberland, was totally destroy ed by fire. Two hundred bushels of oats threshed, and as much more not thresh ed, all tho hay, farming implements, eight head of horses and some cattle wen? consumed by the devouring element.- Tho tenant, Mr. Ditlow, had his sleek insured. It is not known how the im originated. Winter Stouts.— The snow is Being improved by our juvenile population.— All who are the’ fortunate possessors “ Yankee jumpers” have brought them into requisition, and “coasting” along tho sidewalks has become quite a popu lar amusement. It is fuu to tho young sters, but it is death to pedestrians, ami is not unfrequently attended with acci dents. The juveniles of larger growth seem to be making use of tho snow too. as the merry tinkle of the bolls, day and night, Would seem to indicate. Slojy. I*' 1 *' ; ing parties and “ bops” will now he the order of the -day. The Book.—Winter is upon us in real earnest. It is a merry season to some, and a sorrowful one to others. Those who enjoy the conveniences and iuxiuic" of life should not forget that many oti era are in actual want. Humanity .f lll Christihnity alike require that we extcM relief to the destitute. What is wantei in every community is direct, charity to those known to be in wan • Let us see that none perish—none so e from hunger or cold, “Inasmuch ns J° have done it unto the least of these, 3 have done it unto mo” saith the S iea Master. Houifiu. —The swinish seasoft is epea us in fact and in fat. .Shrill screams ponderous porkers drown out the ohoru of the chanticleers in the early moia. while pork steak, sausages, scrapple souse are standard 1 bills of fare, duiii't the day, followed by troubled dreams o trichina during the night. All hall, t mighty hog 1 v