OABLISIjE. pa., Tbnraday Moraloe, Dwctnbcr 10» 1868. STANDING COaMITtIT, JIEEtISfI. Democratic Coustv Committee Booms, \ CAJiusi-E, PA., Dec. 5,1868. J There wlllbc 5 meeting of the Democratic Com mittee of Cumberland Comity, In tho Court Bouse in Cnrllftle v on Saturday, January 10, UGO, at 11 o'clock, A. M., for the purpose of choosing a representative delegate to tho Deniocratic Stale Convention, under tho9th section of the “Craw ford county’* System, vU: “The Standing Commit tec. at a meeting called for that purpose by Ito chairman, shall have power to select delegates to the state Cou\en lions and appoint the neccessury conferees. Other very important hiMnosa will be present ed tor the action of the Committee, and a full at- tendance is urgently requested. ' V. K, DEhT/.UOOVEU. C/un'rm.m. THE XATfOXAE I»EKT STIM. I>TRE.W IXII. The public debt statement for Novem ber shows an increase of nearly len mil lions of dollars This is the old story nearly every month shows that the na tion's indebtedness is ini musing at the rate of from five to ten mil lions a month. At this rate wo would like uikuow how long it will fake to pay off the national debt. “ Our debt is sacred—every dol lar of it must be paid," say Radical spoolers, but the very men who use this language are working harder for repu diation than any set of men in the coun try. They are the men who favor a Preedmen’s Bureau, a standing army in the Sotttii. enormous salaries to public otlicor? and other extravagant meas ures, to say nothing of the millions they l,;ive stolen from the treasury. It -omuls very well to talk flippantly about our “plightid faith’’'and the ’■ wealth of the country,’’ but we tell these wise men who thus talk, that the burthens now upon the shoulders of the people are breaking them down ; they feel that they are already taxed almost to death, and they will not submit to additional taxation. They see the na tional debtincreasing every month, and they see the reckless extravagance which was inaugurated by tho Lincoln admin istration continued. What prospect is there then that the national dent will ever he paid ? Little indeed. Tire election of Grain, it is evident, has unsettled the affairs of the country. From the hour it was announced that the Radicals had elected their President, gold advanced, am! national securities fell. The banks might as well lock their doors, for they refuse to discount. On account of the fall in prices, farmers refuse to sell their grain, which of itself creates a panic. Thousands of work ingmen are unemployed, business men are posting their books and making fruitless efforts to collect, ami men of wealth arc hoarding their money that they may be enabled to pick up bar gains when the cra.-h comes. Amid all these threatening.-. Ilrelieal politicians, elated with their success, advocate an increase of the President's salary four fould, eulogise the 1-Tceduren's iiureau and advocate its continuance, clamor for more troops in tiro South, wink at government thieves atul wind up by a ur.,ck profession of “loyally,” and a strong determination to pay 01V the na tional debt, “ principal and interest, lo the last farthing.” Tire people may get their eyes open before bn g. when they will discover that they have been most eggregiously iur ml nigged. CO.'vaitK.S.H Assembled on Monday last. It islho last sosaion of tab .present Congress, ami will ivinain in .session, we presume, 10 the Ith of March, when il expire-. In the Semite, immediately alter it wa.- ealled to order, Sumner introduced his bill enfranchising all the m*"roe* of the Cnited States I it would l.e .-irange, indeed, if Congress could assemble and remain in >ession one hour without con suming that hour in an attempt to “el evate’* the negro. The intore.-ts of the country may languish, and tho people may clamor for legislation, but our law makers at Wa-hington appear de.f to all appeal*, and put in tlieir lime in fu tile efforts to place ignorant and deprav ed JK'grcH Son an equality with wiiite men and women. It is said that Sumner’s bid will pass both Houses by a two-thirds vote, and thus beeomea law over the President's veto. That may be, but then the ques tion will come up whether Congress has authority to regulate the franchise for Pennsylvania and other Slates, in defi ance of the wishes of the people of those States. That will be a question for the Courts to decide. We the opinion heretofore that the people of the several States had the power to regulate the elective franchise and to prescribe qualifications fur voters. But Sumner and his follow-conspicators af fect to think otherwise, and are attempt ing to enfranchise the negroes of Penn sylvania in spite of the protests of our people* This is what Forney calls “ progress by the earnest men.” THE TW.O-TII llH>m. Deeply chagrined at the evidences that on a fair vote oi the American peo ple, General Grant could not have been chosen President by either the popular or the electoral vote, the JRudicala have ; raised an astonishing clamor a bout fraud. Pretermiting thonnle-election cheater ies-of this party, which perhaps have never been equalled in grossness, it is a curious commentary on the justness of Us cry of fraud that, since the election, a most desperately villainous plot is on foot by its leaders to thimble-rig them selve- back into u two-thirds vote in the llou-e. The necessity of this vote, to co-operate with alike preponderance in the Sonata as a breakwater that may be needed against General Grant, is so imperative that gigantic frauds are in progress to reduce it into possession.— Heretofore the evidence of such intent has been scattered, but begins now to assume a consistency and form that be tokens the once, and Die desperation of those fanatics who have so successfully perpetuated their supre macy behind the ramparts of General Grunt’s military repute. The Nation thinks it “very probable that in the House of Representatives of the Forty first Congress, the Republicans may, af ter all, have a .two-third majority,” and proceeds to justify this probability by the statement that it imagines there are several of the new Democratic members elect “ who will certainly not keep their seats till the middle of the session.”— Expulsion—utterly partisan, unlawful, and shameless expulsion—is do the work. OUT FOB NEGRO SUFFRAGE. The Harrisburg Telegraph, tho Lan caster Ei-press, and most of tho leading Republican journals in tho State, aro out in long editorials advocating the in famous scheme of forcing negro suffrage upon the people of Pennsylvania by the joint action of an expiring Congress and a State Legislature elected without au thority to decide such a question. The Radicals have control of the re- j quisite number of State Legislatures to put such an amendment through, if brought forward during tho present winter, and it is very doubtful wheth er next year will see that party in tho same position. Hence the clamor which we hear for immediate action by Congress. Wo may expect to seq a move made in this direction early in December. The leaders of the Republi can party have made if a point for years past to palter with tho people in their platforms, and when they adopted a plank at the convention which nomi nated Grant, opposing any attempt to interfere with suffrage in the loyal States by Congressional enactment, we predicted that they would give the lie to that resolution so surely as Grant should be elected. They have done so with great unanimity already, and the Republican press of this State seems to be a unit in favor of forcing negro suf frage and negro equality upon the peo ple of Pennsylvania by Congressional action. We insist upon it- that this outrage shall not be perpetrated. Let the Ques tion be submitted to the people at the next election for members of the Legis lature. }f the members elect should dare to force it upon the people of this State, without their consent, they will dig their political graves, and consign the Republican party to destruction. A storm of popular indignation will be excited such as was never witnessed ‘in Pennsylvania before. The Republican party would lose five white votes for every negro vote thus gained. Com mon political prudence would seem to demand the submission of the question of negro suffrage to the people of every State. Let it be done. Let the people, without respect to party, demand that it be done. Letpetitions be circulated in every township; and let all conserva tive Republicans unite with the Demo crats in a demand that the question be submitted to the people for their decis ion at the ballot box. INCREASE OF TIIF. X.VTIOXAX BEBT. For the past few days, the Radical journals have been boasting of a decrease of the national debt during the month of October. The reported decrease of the debt is another piece of deception on the part of the Raulcals. They are “ robbing Peter to pay Paul 11—borrow ing from .November to give to October. The easfc is thus explained by the Philadelphia Evening Herald: “This moraine the Journals printed the Octp ber statement oi the debt, (jn Hie facelt\voulu appear Hull the debt had been reduced 87,oH,U>bt l't the sum tolul beinc $2,5-7,129,c»2,52. but the real fact is that the debt Inn* actually been increased at least On the day the s-tiuemeul lu ars dale. fod.iAO.UiO of coin interest due was in cluded in tnc Treasury balance. 11ms Iho peo ple arc lulled to apathy while their load 1-s in creased." The Philadelphia Daily iVetatsaya •* The monthly statement of the public debt is much more favorable than was expected, and shows with what unrelenting purpose Lite bleed iiu ~f the public is continued. As compared with the statements of October, the debt is re duced the sum total, after deducting i ho balance in the treasui y, being U must be borne In mind, however, that about i i,irt v millions of com for Interest due on the day ihe statement bears dale is irehided m the (iwiv ' n-v l alanev. which, it deducted as it is proper to do‘ would show an increase of upvardsnf twenty Millions of dollars. The coin balance In the treasure was one hundred and three millions, whilst the enrreuer balance was reduced to Jess than ten ami a half millions." Toil on, tax-payers, for the end is not yet! Hut gain as many Democratic Congressmen in 1870 as you have done in ISOS, and you may lighten your bur den at last. In relation to the financial condition of the country, the Public Ledger says; ■■ 11 j sudden iiiul heavy dcprccialluii in Meeks hius made beggars of many who. a lew days ago I'-e.Minted Uieinselves rich. The ffovermnwa .•vidii is sufferingbcverely along wnli the rc-.-i, m In themcmuitile circles, busln ss is well nigh paralyzed, owing to the Impossibility of procuring discounts. Not ft few Western uu*n v, ho have been here to borrow money to move Ha* erops. huve gc.uc home as they came. It is now acknowledged on nil hands that ifthls -tato «f things does uot experience a chance for \ Ije better, soon, the most disastrous eonsequeu c-i > to general business are Inevitable." ge.\. <;i£A-Vrs ju.ponr. <tan. Grant's entire report does not ewml thirty lines. Hero it is: ill. uiqUAiiTKU.s Ausiy or tiik United States. 1 Washington, I>. V. t Nov. 'l\, isca. j Cr'fti. J. if. Schujhtd, Secretary of ir«r; sin; I have the honor to submit the reports of division, district and department commanders lor the past year. These reports'give a full ac count ol the operations and -services of the army for the year, and I refer to them for details. 1 would earnestly renew my recommendation of last year, that the control of thelndians be trans fer rod to the War Department. I call special at tention to the recommendation of General Hher mim mi this subject. It bus my earnest appro val. U is unnecessary that the arguments In fa vor ot i lie transfer should he repeated. The ne cessity lor it becomes atrougerand more evident evcivday. While the Indian war continues, I do ma deem any general legislation for the re duction of the army advisable. The troops on the plains arc ail needed. Troops are still need ed m the Southern States. A further reduction can hu made in the way already used and now In open alien, where it is safe, namely, by allowing companies to diminish bj'the discharges with out being strengthened by recruits, and by stop ping appointments of second lieutenants. If it should lie deemed advisable, the Veteran Ue ser\i- regiment wight bo discontinued by ab sorption and letttvmvnt of oflicersand discharge of m.-n without detriment to the service. V«*rv respectfully, your obedient servant, U. H. Gkant,General. Of course lie don’t want the array re duced. The Indians require attention and the carpet-baggers of the South can’t get along very well without a standing army at their backs. But what do we want .with, fifty thousand men, as a peace establishment,' except to eat out the substance of our people and keep the Republican party in pow er ? The Strides of the Pacific Rail uoad.—The two great ranges—the Rooky Mountains and the Sjerra Neva das—have been crossed by the great National Railroad. This stupendous work is being pushed rapidly onward along the intervening valleys. It was thought hy many, that it would bo stopped hy the mountain barriers, but the result has convinced thp world that no obstacles can impede tlie progress of the gigantic scheme; on the contrary, the energies of the company have been redoubled since they have arrived at this point, and as they advance they increase in speed, until they are now laying six miles of track every day.— Twelve hundred miles of route between Omaha and Sacramento are made by th e locomotive, and only about five I hundred miles of road remain to be completed, half of which will be finish ed before next spring, if' the coming winter should prove an open one. This marvelous progress affords evidence that tlie overland railroad is no longer n matter of hope and conjecture—it is al most an assured success. Now, fanners, laborers, mechanics, hooray for Grant, Colfax, seven per cent, in gold for money, decline in the price of grain, curtailment of wages, -and fi nancial panic! Hooray! wsPKAXcnissarar-BtspoiisAi. A government that disfranchises its Richmond, Deo. 4.—ln XD'Hea jj. goutmoui, uiui States Circuit Court, Chief Justice Cliasu citizens, and at the same time compels ■ prealtllng-, on the motion to quash the those citizens to pay taxes for the snp- proceedings against Jotlerson Davis, It, port of that government, cannot stand. H. Dana, for the government, opened > 'y S' . ..nnntrv tliis morning. Ho proceeded to show Sooner or later it will fall. A tonntiv t)mt ()u , ji-ourteentli Amendment was pmsuing this policy, cannot he called a nnt H ~c , i ni slalnie, luit was merely a rcmtblican government—it is a despo- change in tlio political system adopted to tism. The bayonet-argument may on fonv ohodiomv U> :i (h>pot}>ni k>i a government. U was a measure of pro while: anoutrageous wrong may bo eiuilkm lo secure the country against submitted to for want of power to throw > it off, but that power will eventually jf it hail been intended to IntUct puulsh come naturallv, and then the perpotra- moot it would have been the utmost folly tors of the wrong will be tho sulforers. of legislation, seeing tlj«t .. . . ... , . , if viewed as the defendants counsel It is an admitted fuetthatGen. Grant vieweJ it lightcn tho punishment of the would have been heavily defeated had leaders who had held olllce and broken the white men of America been per- their oaths, it would leave the people miff nd to vote Ho was elected because who never held olliee exposed to pemn mittco to vote, liew.iseicciea uecauso liu3 o fdeath and imprisonment, ns pro hundreds of thousands of men were dis- pounced by the Constitution before the franchised by an act of Congress, tho adoption of the amendment. It was an sole object of their disfranchisement be- expression only of the bbi ess ,“ |’ c ',g t ” P .... . who engaged in the Rebellion, auer mg political. Ale repeat, then, tho breaking their oaths, to hold olliee again, country thus dealing with its citizens It was not intended, nor alleged by the will fall. Our forefathers submitted pa- defense, to act ns an nmnestv nor was ..... . , there a single word uttered In tuo con tiently for many years to the pains and greg3 that y rnmedi nor Legislatures that penalties, outrages ami wrongs imposed adopted it, to warrant such a coustruo upon them by the Mother Country, but tion. •,_ j j „ i„ a i at last forbearance ceased to ben virtue, those'min*pay beached and and they rebelled. History records the against, who had proved unfaith resulfc. ful to their pledges to tho government.— The Radical Jacobin party has been n party of outrage, fraud and brutality on j y AV hp had often taken the oath of from the hour it came into existence.— office, and engaged in insurrection and It has been a party consistent in noth- engaging ing but its inconsistencies. It has vio- - m insurrection and rebellion. Itislevy latod every promise it ever made, and ing war against the government, and of its boid avowal now, (in the face of the this ae^eudan t .stands chargeL^lt resolution adopted by the Chicago Na- Davl j co ,fid, :l s i, e might under this plea, tional Convention,) to onfranehise the come to the bar and acknowledge that be negroes of all the States, in defiance of was guilty of treason, and dc'D’ “ , , , ’ . . , . uilitv to be imniabed because ol the tho wishes of the people, is in keeping p„ u ;. tP( .| I ,i, a dment. with its character for deception and jp. o'Omnr followed Mr. Dana. He double-dealing. showed, reap the very naturcoftbegreat , . , moe thnt u, was imiK>?‘Sible lo follow Lot the people beware how Ur they | ut ' r ..iN conducted with trust this Hodical revolutmnmy parly. ih,. l ; a inie» required by law. U»w uUcr- Xcarly all the Uh m of eiiaravt-T i.ntl u iv:m.i;:uiL u> ihe world idea ol hu v , , . . u u tli-ii after being recognized brains who were ilssm.mnr ligbw. have >• • :IS in a n respects equal left it, disgusted with it* treachery and ~7 honorable men, the leaders of the its negro-loving proclivities. This c.rt.ji: moI mriv>f*h"uld be searched out should serve as a warning tt> thought fill men, for it is now manifest that the ~,>t . ,j ~, [U\<, ami it was for this rea so-called .'Republican party is opposed nn. Fourteenth Amendment had to our present form of government, an 1 ■ ,^; i ,c c d l) - nst | tllt , onal provision, and favors a monarchy nr n despotism. routed itself, and those who fell under it were now suffering the punishment.— He asked the court to give the construc tion to the Fourteenth Article that the American people intended it should bear and to accept the great and beneficent act of merely in the construction which they bad put upon it, and which tends lb ad vance all good men who are believers in universal suffrage. The court adjourned until to-morrow. _ . After the adjournment of the Lulled States Circuit Court to-night, the counsel were recalled, when Chief Justice Chase announced that the court was divided, he iChase) being in favor of quashing ihe indictment, and District Jndire Un derwood opposing it. This division of the court was certified, to the Supreme Court of the United States- Justice Chase leaves for Washington to-morrow morning- Another Candidate fob TJ. S. Senator.— The Radicals have a now candidate for U. S. Senator. It is now announced that J Edgar Thompson, Esq., of the Pennsylvania Railroad, has the inside track. If Mr. Tims. A. Scott is in favor of the project, and will visit Harrisburg, and stay long enough to become personally acquainted with the Republican members, wenre inclined to believe he can convince the most com mitted man among them that Mr. Thompson is just the man for U. S. Sen ator. Reassembling of Congress.—The two Houses of Congress reasseinblt d on Monday. It will be the last session of the Fortieth Congress, and its constitu- tional term will cease at noon on the ■lth of March next, when the Forty-first Congress will immediately take its place, under a recent law, in order to be ready for the exigencies of the incom ing administration. from jnssorm. Official Report of Gpn. Sheridan—Fl grill with tlu* ImllntiH—A I.nrcr Vumhcr Kill- CMI-UlaoU Kettle one of the Read. Lours. Pei'. 2. —The following of ficial report of the recent Indian battle has been received : M I I.ITARY TI EAPQUARTEUS IN’ THE Fiei.y>, Department uv thy: North, Canadian River, at the Junction of Beaver Creek. Indian Territory. Nov. 29. To Urn'it Major General G, A. yhh<it*. A. A. G., Divis ion nf (he Missouri— General I have the honor to report for the information of the Lieut. General the following opera tions of Gen. Custar’s command. On November 23d, I ordered him to proceed with eleven companies of his regiment and the Seventh cavalry, in a southerly direction, toward the Antelope Hills, in search of hostile Indians. On the 20th he struck the trail of a war party of Black Kettle’s band, returning from the north, near where the eastern line of the Pan Handle of Texas crossed the main Cana dian river. He at once corralled his wa gons and followed in pursuit over to the head waters of the "Washita, thence down . that stream, and pn the morning of the 27th, surprised the camp of Black Kettle, and, after a desperate fight, in which Black Kettle was assisted by the Arrapa hoes under Little Haven, and the Kio was, under Santala. he captured the en tire camp, killing the chief, Black Kettle, and one hundred and two warriors,, whose bodies were left on the field, and also cap turing their stock, ammunition, arms, lodges, robes, and fifty-three women ntvl their children. Our loss was Major El liott. Captain Haroiiton and nineteen en listed men killed. Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Barnitz was badly wounded.— Brevet Lieutenant Colonel J. W. Custar, Second Lieutenant C. March,and eleven enlisted men were wounded. | Little Raven’s band of Arrapahoes and Bantanta’s band of Kiowas were encamp ed six miles below Black Kettle.’s camp. About eight or nine hundred of the an imals captured were shot, the balance kept for military purpose;. The highest credit is due to General Custar and his command. They started in a furious snow storm and traveled all the while in snow about twelve inches deep. Black Kettle’s and Little Raven’s fam ilies are among the prisoner’s. It was Black Kettle’s band who committed the first depredation rn the Saline and Solo mon rivers, in Kansas. The Kansas regiment has just come in. They missed the trail and had to struggle in the snow storm, the horses suffering much in flesh and the men living on Buffalo meat and other game for eight days. We will soon have them in good condition. If we can get one or two more good blows, there will be no more Indian troub les in my department. We will be pinch ed in ability to supply, and nature will present many difficulties in our winter operations, but we have stout hearts and will do our beat. Two white children were recaptured. One white woman and boy (leu years old,) were brutally murdered by the In dians when the attack commenced. Signed, P. H. Sheridan, Major General. UDreniemi of Slierldau** Porpw. Washington - , DecT* 2. —Information has been received from Kansas that Gen. Sheridan’s forces are moving from 2?ew Mexico, Fort Hayes, and from other points, in separate columns, to the south ern country, where the climate is mild and to which the Indians are resorting for a winter sojourn. Gen. Sherman is establishing a base of supplies on the Canadian river. The indications are that his plan of operations will be suc cessful and the Indians receive summary punishment. The Indian agent. Wyu koop, is apprehensive that iuuoceut In dians will suffer in the campaign, as no discrimination can be made by the com manding general. - tea?" The Radicals are puzzled to know how they are to frame an amendment to the Constitution of the United States that will reach the negroes, and yet leave out the Indians 'and the Chinese. All those classes are colored, a term used by the fanatics because they all know how distasteful the word negro is. THE TRIAL OF JF.FFF.BSO.V I>AVIH. MISCELLASEOTS. —Congress met on Monday. —Light literature—The books of a gas company. —Corn sells in Denton, Texas, for ten cents a bushel. —The Loudon Times uses eleven tons of white paper a day. —Deer sell in Western Missouri at four cents a pound. —A man has been frozen to death in Canada. —A day’s lemrth last week was nine hours arid forty-five minutes. Chicago claims lo have erected 34 miles of buildings this year. Mississippi ha* produced a cabbage with thirteen head*. —They have a man living in Cattarau gus county, N. Y., aged 103. —Krederlckvhurg, Va.. has organize.! a society fur the encouragement of emigra tion. The “conscience money” paid the United States Treasury during the past fiscal year amounted lo $49,000. —The United States contains 108,000.. 000 hens, with an annual laying capacity of 18,2-30,000,000 eggs. —Tbe Union Pacific Railroad placards, posted up in Chicago, announce “only ten days to California.” —A young man about jumping from a train while in motion, was deterred by a reporter, who asked for his name, age, business and residence, for an obituary item. —Prpf. Newton, of Yale, says Hint a comet, which is traveling at the rate of two million miles per clay, Ims just whisk ed Us tail in our faces. —Fox hunting has begun in England, and already one Lord and two or three gentlemen have ridden into eternity over a fence that was a few inches too high. The Newark, N. J., police are ir. the habit of mistaking each other for burg lars, and shooting at each other : hut be ing bad shots, no one has yet been hurt. —The total expenses of assessing and collecting the Internal Revenue during the last fiscal year was 58.549,400. The assessments were $2T0.050,591, and the to tal collections $2-54,509,014. —The Boston Post says : A Sunday pa per savs it is in favor of women voting, if they want to. We should like to see the man that could make them vote if they didn’t want to. —A Paris eccentric advertised that ho was gomy, of a violent temper, and ter ribly quarrelsome, but that he would set tle twenty thousand dollars a year on a young and handsome wife. He received forty-six applications and is now married. —Some students at Harvard College a few nights ago exploded a quantity of powder in an .old reservoir in the college grounds. The report was heard all over the town, and the people thought It was an earthquake. STATE ITEMS. —Hon. IsaacE. Heister, of Lancaster ci ty, has been kicked by a horse/ —Six large bears were seen oneday last week, in Lackawanna township, Lu zerne-county* —The quill-drivers of the Altoona pa pers have each been presented with edi torial chairs. —At a bull in Pittsburg, on Thursday night, George Hall was shot and fatally wouuded by James Sims. , —The Messrs. Helfenatein, of the Mor ristown Defender , have been bound over for Hbel by Captain Dykes. —The Third Presbyterian Church at Pittsburg, Pa., was dedicated last week. The edifice cost about $20d,000, and istbe finest in the city. —Mr. and Mrs. Twitchell, charged with the murder of Mrs. Mary Hilt, in Phila delphia, have beeri* lodged in Moyamen ei/jg prison.g —Mr. Daniel Antrim, of Pottatown, caught a cat-fish in the Schuylkill river, near Reading, on Thursday week, that measured five and a half inches between the eyes, and a foot and a half in length. —Mr. Peter Riddle, of Indiana county, had his pocket picked of sl,loo* in Phila delphia a short lime since. —David Hnzzard, foreman of the Johns-’ town Mechanical Works, had the thumb aud index finger of his left hand taken offby some machinery a few days ago. OCR BOOK TABLE. ■ Atlantic Monthly.—7f the Atlantic Monthly for December is any indication of what we may expect during tire com ing year, the next volume will he pe culiarly Interesting and valuable. The number before us contains an entertain ing sketch of Stuart,Pealoaud Jarvis, the celebrated portrait painters, two or three amusing talcs, a useful essay on “ coopera tive housekeeping," a characteristically fervid poem by Swinburne, a “Day at a Consulate" and several other valuable contributions. Among the forty five eminent contributors announced for the coming year, it is only necessary to men tion, John Lothrop Motley, the eminent historian, who will contribute a of historical articles—James Bussell Lowell, author of the “ Bigelow Papers"—James Parlon, the Biographer-Dr. I. I.Tlayes, tire Arctic Explorer—Bayard Taylor, Henry W. Longfellow, Ralph Waldo Emerson, William C. Bryant, John G. Whittier, Oliver Wendell Holmes, and Donald G. Mitchell. The names given are sufficient to warrant the assertion that our best American talent is employ ed upon this magazine. The Atlantic is intensely Radical in the toueof its politi cal articles, and we would prefer to see it take a higher stand than'to reflect the peculiar political sentiments of any sec tion of the country; but wo cheerfully accord to it the first quality of literary merit. The Atlantic Monthly is by all odds the best magazine published in the United States. Littell's Living Age enters upon Us One Hundredth T ohmic iu Jan uary next, which fact sufficiently attests its deserved success. In the number for November 21. it begins, by arrangement with the Boston publishers of Berthold Auerbach’s works, a new and great ro mance, by the most eminent, of living Gorman novelists, entitled “ The Country House on the Rhine,” which is now ap pearing serially in Germany, Auer- bach’s last work, “On the Heights/’ was pronou need “ the most remarkable novel that bos come to us from the Liom e of Goethe during the present century;” and John G. 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Issued ih weekly numbers of 6-t.pages each, making more than three thousand double-column octavo pages a year, it is one of the cheapest, if not the cheapest magazine that can be had, con sidering the quantity and quality of lit erary matter furnished. The Old Guard— The only Democrat ic Magazine Published in the United States.— This fine Monthly Magazine de voted to Literature, Science and Art, and to the Political Principles of the Wise Founders of the American System of Government, is about to outer upon it? Seventh Volume, will) a redoubled zeal in the cause of American liberty and American civilization. The field forsuch a Magazine is wider now than ever before. Political ineompetoncy, and treachery to the fundamental principles of our gov ernment, on the part of journals profes sing to be Democratic, call ii"\v for an un sparing pen on the side of truth and jus tice. No quarter should be given, no mer cy shown to the monstrAis political crimes whose flood-gates are now hoisted for another four years. Several literary novelties will be pre sented in this new volume, among which will be a series of original sketches of In dian life and character, by William Gil more Simms, the ablest of all the survi ving representatives of the beat and i brightest period of American literature, i The terms arc one copy, one year, $3; two copies, $3 ; four copies, $lO. Extra inducements are_ offered to the gettor-.up of Clubs. Tbe publishers also announce that they will send per express, careful ly boxed, a Grover & Bakov Sewing Ma chine, to any one who will send them, at any one time, thirty subscribers to 2hc Old Guard at 53.00 each. The regu lar manufacturer’s price is $53. No such opportunity to circulate a superior-Knmi ly Magazine, and secure the best Family Sewing Machine, was ever offered. - Subscriptions can be sent from differ ent Post offices; it not being required that all tbo members of tire Club be at the same Post office; additions can be made to Clubs at Club rales. All letters should be addressed ass follows; Van Evrie, Horton & Co., Publishers, 162 Nas sau SI., New York. \ Every Saturday, for December 12, cou tains a continuation of Anthony Trol lope’s new novel “He knew he was right,” together with selections from the Saturday Ecview, All the Year Hounds and Chambers' Journal. We have been' a regular subscriber to Every Saturday for two years, and would not give it up under any consideration. It contains selections from all the best British peri odicals, and is furnished weekly at the low rate of ten cents; or at $6.00 per an num. Tun Lady’s Book, published by L. A. Godcy, Philadelphia, Pa, we have mis sed on our Table for some weeks. It is a well known fact that Godey’s magazine is one of the best in the country, full of choice literature, and teeming with beau tiful fashion plates. Our “ women folks” eay they must have it, aud we would ask the mailing Clerks in Godey’s office ,to bo .more particular iu addressing the •Volunteer, Carlisle, Pa. For prospec tus of the Lady’s Book, see another col umn. LrrrnE Coporal.—One of the best periodicals for Boys and Girls, and indeed for any person fond of good reading, is the Little Coporat, published in “Chicago by Alfred L. Sewell, and cheap, being only $l.OO a year, or single copy, ten cents. We have heretofore taken occa sion to speak In terms of commendation of this periodical, and we do so again, because we ore satisfied it justly deserves it. Our young people could not do better than send for a copy. They will not be ’disappointed. Toil Florence is after Belmont. He says in his Constituliona Union: “ Bel mont has twice led the Democratic par ty to disgraceful and disastrous defeat, and the least he can now do is to resign his position as Chairman of the execu tive committee, and if he will not do so, he should be removed,” aoc a I 5 1 nn s TRY It.- All kinds of advertising pay Who Cares?—November had five Sundays and five Mondays this year. Here. —The season for sausages, mince pies and sich. About. —Poultry thieves. Sec that your chickens and turkeys roost high un til after the holidays. Wouldn't Stay.—The man who minds his own business wnsfin town a few days ago, but left imrnf diately, be felt so lonely. G’ouoir CojtiNO.—We hear it rumored that John B. Gough is to' lecture for tho Good Templars, some time during tho winter Wo hope the rumor may prove true. Stopped nv the Snow.—The severe weath.er will doubtless interfere with op erations on tiie South Mountain rail-road, for a few months. B ather. —A grubbing machine is one of the latest inventions. A machine for supplying grub would be rather nn ac ceptable invention these high priced times. Sow Is Your Time.—Unless applica tions are tiled for the benefit of tile bank rupt laws, on or before January Ist, ISGH, they will not he entertained dnless fifty per cent, of doiits is assured. Fatal Accident.— On Friday last, a little sou of William Kistler, residing in Spring township, Perry county, was crushed to death by a log which rolled from a wagonupon him. You Dare Not Deny Tt.— lt is estab lished beyond all dispute that, wherever a man has had anything worth having, and has advertised it freely, he has grown to wealth and inlluence. ' Snow.—Snow ! snow !! snow !!!— snow on Friday—slush on Saturday and Sun day ~“Sn o w on Monday—snow on Tues day— I whew ! Old winter is coming at us rather roughly—the frost king kisses us with stinging lips—but we’ll heap on the coal and defy him ! A Cilristslas Present for All. —W. C. Sawyer & Co-, offer special bargains this year in Christmas presents. Cal 1 early and see their beautiful stock of Furs, Gloves, Handkerchiefs, Collars, &c. *fcc. Everything in their line, handsome and cheap. Death of an Old Citizen. —John Owen, Esq., one of the Commissioners of tins county when the Court House was built, in IS2G, died in Wheatfield township, on last Saturday, 2Sth ult., at the age of 87 years, 2 months and 28 days.— Perry Democrat. Buy at Home.—Those who desire to purchase articles for tbe holidays should consult our advertising columns to learn where they can get what they want.— Then let them fully satisfy themselves that they cannot bo accommodated at home, before they send their money abroad. Let us help each other at home, that is the only way to make business pay and build up tbe town. Religious Services. —The public are respectfully invited to be present at aser mon to be delivered by Rev. R. L. Dash iell, D. I)., President of Dickinson Col lege, before the Young Men’s Christian Association and Union Prayer Meeting, in First Methodist Church, on Sunday» Dee. 13, at 3V. M. W. M. Ogiliiy, Cor. Soc’y. Y. M. C. A. THOMAS A. HARPER, AT THE XEW AXD CHEAP CASH STOKE, has now open a complete slock of Dry Goods, Notions and Fancy Woolens. He also invites attention to bis recent pur chases of new and desirable goods, suita ble for holiday presents. Many of the above goods selling at less than regular rates. Please give him a call- Butchering.—The season fur killing putting up and sailing down mammoth porkers, is now going on hereabouts, and those who have fostered, fed and fattened the hog kind, arc busily engaged in sto ring away-safely the reward of their pru dence and foresight. An abundant sup ply of smisa res, scrapple, shoulders, hams and pudding, creat e comfortable contem plations around rur winter firesides. Ix Earnest.— Last week we struck oil about fifty names from our subscription list. We intend to adopt the cash system as nearly as we can.We cannot affordto print two or three hundred papers every year for nothing, and don’t intend doing so any longer. We prefer chosing' the ob jects of our charity, and if any of those in arrears are too poor to pay for the pa per, we will make a reasonable deduction in their favor. Those who fail to receive the paper this week will therefore know the reason. The Shoe Factory.—We are glad to know that the entire amount of stock in the shoe factory—some 14,000—has al ready been subscribed. The company have leased the building on the South east corner of Main and Bedford streets. By arrangement at the last meeting, the stock is to be paid in by the 15th inat., when the machinery will be purchased, and it is hoped to get fully under way early in January* Groups of admiring children gaze wistfully at the windows of our confec tionery stores, where are displayed all those kniek-knneka so enticing to the eyes of the young, and which are not un appreciated by “children of larger growth.” Visions of Christmas trees and stockings, plethoric with candies and toys, are suggested to the youngsters, which will not bo vain if parents take an eariy opportunity to ” lay in” the need ful supplies for the coming holidays. Law of the Road.—Persons meeting iu carriages on a highway are to turn to the right of the centre of the highway.— It is not the centre of the smooth or most traveled,part of the road, but the centre of the worked part, even though the .whole of the smooth or traveled part‘be on one side. In winter, however, when the road is obstructed by snow, the cen tre is the middle of the beaten path.- The rule requiring carriages to turn to the right does not apply to the meeting of a carriage with a horse cart nor with a traveler on' horseback. A traveler on highway is bound to have his harness’ and carriage in a roadworthy condition, aud is liable for any damage to others occasioned by their insufficiency in this particular. 1 The Finest Display of Winter Dry Goons to lie found in this section of n'Vc, can be seen at Greenfield’s, No. 4 East Main street. Mr. G. happen ed to be In the city during the two or three days when dry goods fell in price from ten to fifteen per cent., and lie em braced the occasion to lay in a vel ’.v large stock. His store presents n holiday ap pearance, ami as many ef Ida articles are calculated for Christmas gifts, we advise all to give him a call at once. His col umn advertisement will appear in the papers of next week. GAME.—The hunters are having rare sport through the mountains of Perry, Mifflin and Blair counties. A large wolf was killed, in Hunter’s Valley, Perry county, by Mr. Bcisinger. A buck, weighing232pounds, was shot, last week, in Blair county. Washington Bear killed a wild cat in Spring township, Perry county, last week. A large black bear was killed on Seven Mountains, near the West end of Mifflin county, two weeks ago. Over a dozen deer have been killed in the mountains near M’Veytown, during * he past two weeks. Grease ox Carpets.—There is noth ing that annoys a tidy housekeeper so much as to have her carpet spotted with lamp oil or grease, and. wo therefore make known for their benefit, the fol lowing recipe for extracting oil or grease spots from carpets or clothes. Cover the grease spot with whiting, and lot it re main until it becomes saturated.with the grease; then scrape it off, and cover it with anotheV coat of whiting, and if this does not remove the grease, repeat the application. Three coats of whiting will, in most cases remove the spot, when it should bo brushed off with a clothes brush. tg;r How often do you bear the com plaint fi-mu mother and father that their son or (Jaughter is not well ; that they Imre no appetite; that they feel lan guid; that their head aches; that they are growing thin aud feeble, and that they have no life or energy left. That they ale low-spirited, and perfectly in capacitated lo participate in any happi ness, or perform any mental or physical duty. And the question is often asked, what shall I do for them? or what shall I give them? Our answer is, let them try Plantation Bittebs moderately three times a dav.and our woid for it they will recover. Mac.noi.ia Water.- Superior to the best imported German Cologne, ami sold at half the price. fc-jf' There .are some ‘people always looking out for slights. They cannot pay a visit, they cannot receive a friend, thjpy cannot carry on the daily inter course of the family without suspecting that some offence is designed. They are as touchy as hair-triggers. If they meet an acquaintance in the street - who hap pens to be pre-occupled with business, they attribute bis abstraction to some motive personal to themselves, and take umbrage accordingly. They lay on oth ers the fault of their own irritability. A fit of indigestion makes the»» see imper tinence in everybody they come in con- tact with. Innocent persons, who never dreamed of giving offence, are astonished to find some unfortunate word or some momentary taciturnity mistaken for an insult. The Days Grow Shorter.—As the vear draws closer to its end, its breath be comes shorter and colder at every advanc- ing step. It long since passed its days of youth and manhood, and now in its hoary age it is slowly .dying out in a sea son that will mantle its withered form in a robe aa pure and white as that in which it was first ushered into existence. The days grow shorter, the nights longer, and the air colder, and this, too, when we are nearer the sun than we are at any period of the year. But that solar planet, in stead of pouring his beaming rays- di rectly upon us, sends them obliquely through the atmosphere, so that they merely strike the surface of that portion of the earth upon which we.live, giving us periodical glimpses of their light, but causing the atmosphere, through which it passes, to he intensely cold. The Dal’ohtkk at Home.—To be able to get dinner, to sweep the room, to make a garment, to tend a baby, would add greatly to the list of a young lady’s, accomplishments. When can we behold a more lovely sight than the eldest daugh ter of a bouse, standing in the sweet simplicity of her uew womanhood by the side of her toiling, careworn mother, to relieve and aid her? Now she presides at the table, now amuses the fretting ba bies and now diverts a half score of*little folks in life library.- She can assist her younger brothers in their studies, lead tlie newspaper to her. weary father or smooth the aiehing brow of her fevered mother. Always ready witli a helping hand and a cheerfur /smile for every emergency, she is an angel of love, and a blessing to the home circle. Should she be callen out of it to originate a home of her own, would she be any less loving or self-sacrificing Why the Leaves Fall, —A medical paper states that a number of persons' have been engaged in investigating the cause of tlie autumnal stripping of trees, and their researches would seem to point to the conclusion that in many plants a phenomenon occurs just before the fall of the leaf which is not unlike the pro cess which accompanies the shedding of horns in animals. It consists in .the ob struction of the proper vessels at the base of the petiole, or leaf stock. The obstruc tion according to an American writer, is caused by the multiplication of cells, which first occurs in the parietes of the vessels. Tlie cells increase and raulti- ply till at lasi tlie vessels are completely choked up in that neighboorhood of The insertion of the leaf, and thus a differen tial plane is formed, across which the leaf stock breifka, and the leaf accordingly falls. '* Soi-diers' Monument—Boll op Hon or.—The council of the Soldiers' Monu ment Association of Cumberland County desire to obtain immediately a complete list of all ollicers and enlisted men who entered into the service of the United States army during the war of tbe'rebel lion, from any borough or township of Cumberland County, and who were either killed in battle, or died from wounds or disease contracted in the service. The, friends of all such deceased officers and soldiers are specially requested to report by letter or otherwise the name, compa ny and regiment of each, with his for mer residence, to the undersigned, at an early day, in order that a full list may be made out without delay. A brief milita ry history of eacli person is aiso request ed, which will be published in the trans actions of the Monument Association. E. Beatty, Cor. Secretary. Deo. 10, ’6B-8t The Cumberland Valley Bail road.—lt seems that the people of other sections of the State are getting ti u . ir eyes open to the advantages which tho Cumberland-Valley holds out for the in vestment of capital. The SUttc Guard , In an article which w copy below, alludes to tho chances for liberal enterprise all through this val! Gy and reflects, though in terms not half 8e ! rere enough, upon the illiberal and short sighted policy of the Cumberland Va}( ev * Kail Road, We commend tho article b the consideration of tho Managers of th u road, and to our capitalists. - When Wo see what other railroads have done f or tho Lebanon, the Schuylkill and the he high Valleys—for Reading, and Scranton and MauchChunck, and Allentown, and Bethlehem, and Easton and York— and reflect that this valley of ours, with a? great natural resources as any othec sec tion of the State, stands almost where it did twenty years ago, it is no wonder that people complain of the want of en terprise in the Cumberland Valley Rail Road Company. This is what tho State Guard says; “There la evidently a day approaching wh™ tho Cumberland Valley Railroad will couelli it* one of tho most Important links in a cbalnni connection between tho prolific fields ol m* South'and tho groat workshops of tho North Tho entire distance occupied by this road biT tween Harrisburg and Hagerstown Is seventy* four miles. The route is all In a valley aboundin', with agricultural and mineral productions’ wliich afford the company a Held lu front lo or’ copy, by extensions to bo built link by link till Ibo I’otomac shall have been crossed and con nccUonsand combinations made with roads in Virginia, Interested in alliance with a routo leading into Pennsylvania, and having east north and west connection from Harrisburg-I Here are tho outlines of a future such os is not presented to any similar road In tbecountrvn prospect, Indeed, which should have been reach ed ere this by those who control tho Cumberland Valley Railroad, and whose duty it Is to lufu«o Into that concern a little (If only u little) of the native vigor and power to stretch forth which have made other roads la Pennsylvania, youn ger than the one In question, great sources of lo cal and general prosperity, • From Harrisburg i»> Hagerstown, there Is no valley In Ihocouatrvfor which nature has done so much and man bo Ui. th*. In a grout measure, the corporation to which we allude Is to blame for Hie lack of pro. gross in the region named, for tho reason that its management (while reliable and distinguished for integrity) has been slow ami deficient lu the energy without which bulky and gigantic Invest meats must depreciate lu value. Already Virginia bus Incited by the advun. tages of her soli and climate. Immense Invest merits of northern capital and the permanent settlement of a large number of northern jnen.- Tho natural highway to the prolific fields of that SUito is over tho Cumberland Valley Railroad aud thence by roads he.’oaftcr to be bnllf. ivl -workshops of tho Hast will eventually transport their manufactures to a southern market troia New York to Harrisburg via tho Lebanon Vniu-v Railroad, and theuceovcrtheCumberJamJ v»l!eV road us welvavoalready stated. The hn)«manoc offiuch facts to Harrisburg, Mechanicsburi'.tar- UsU*. Cbambcrsburg, and other localities almi the route of tho Cumberland Valley, cannot now * bo overestimated, and must no longer be auJlnl o 1 bv tho apathy of the road lo which we refer As wo have staled, the South contains splendid territory whlch.durlug apolltlcallull umleranew President, aud n.telgu of peace throughout ail the .States, will Invite capital, attract popula tion, and embark that region on a career of de velopment and In crcosein the arts and Indus, tries which give substance, wealth nml Influonc*. to a Commonwealth. It Is our duly to reach mr a portion of the benefits of such results, by aid ing In their development. With a little energy on the part of nil who are interested, we e.q'.v, in a very few years to see Horrhbargjilioceair.- of j> railroad connection, with linos crown: each other hero, that will connect with ah pan el tho country, North, South. East and Wcsi.- Among these connections none will be more im portant than that which will bring us In cb«s.- communication with the South; which wifi make Savannah, Mobile. Richmond, as near u\ ns ns are Boston, Providence and New York; and which will open new markets where the producer and tho consumer will be alike bcac s filed. In tho bright future thus beaming on the country, the Cumberland Valley Railroad will ’ net a most important part, as will the people , along its route from Harrisburg to Hagerstown. Tho Increase of manufacturing capital will add , to the value of the land In that valley—the slim . ulatlon of native energy will of couisc contrib -1 uto to the wealth and influence of Individuals, . ‘ out of all tfhlch, too. will grow now glory aud ’ power for tho nation at large. Action, energy • and liberality on the part of the corporation named, and the peopltj# the region of country through which It runs"sro all that we now need . to hasten a realization of the results within their reach,” A Gala Day at New Kinostox.- The splendid new Hall of Silver Spring Lodge, No., 598 I. O. O. F. recently er ected at New Kingston, was dedicated with appropriate ceremonies of the or. der, on Thursday last. The visiting * lodges formed in procession at the station house on the Cumberland Valley Rail Road,- and headed by the Mechanlca hurg Silver Cornet Band, marched to the hall, which is located at the west end of Main street, and is quite a handsome structure, three stories high, containing store rooms on.the first floor, a public hall on the second, and a taste fully,decorated lodge-room on the third floor- There the dedicatory services were performed by D. D. G. Master, S-N. Em inger, assisted by the following Gram Lodge Officers: Grand Marshal—D. M. C- Gring.* Orctnd Chaplain—Jacob Rheem. Grand Heralds— D- J. Wilhams, E. D. Quigley, Jno. C. Lcsher and Jonathan Cornman- After the dedicatory services were fin ised, the procession was re-formed, and marched to the Church of God, whereas address was delivered by William Ken nedy, to a large, attentive and apprecia tlve audience. The occasion was a most delightful one* Tlie brethren of New Kingston threw open their houses with true Cumberland county hospitality. In company wife about sixty others we were handsomely entertained at tlie residence of Wm. D- Wunderlich,' Esq., being compelled lo decline the kind and urgent invitations of our friend Daniel Humer and several others. If wo bad eaten one-fourth that our friends seemed to think wo were ca pable of eating, the Volunteer_ would doubtless have been in mourning t week. Mis spent Evenings.—The boy who spends an hour of each evening h' jUl d’ ing idly on a street corner, wastes in tlie course of a single year, three,hunJrc and sixty-five precious hours, which, i applied to study, would familiarize buii with the rudiments at least of almost aui of the familiar sciences. If in addition o the wasting of an hour each evening o spends five cents for a cigar, which = usually the. case, the amount thus wone than wasted would pay for four of U leading magazines of the country, Boj'i think of these things. Think how much precious time and good money you arc wasting, aud for what- The gratification afforded by tlift lounge on the corner or by the cigar is not only temporary, biu positively hurtful. You cannot mdu go in these practices without seriously idJ ring yourselves. Yon acquire idle ana wasteful habits, which will cling to 5° through life and grow upon you w each succeeding year. -You may m “ life shake them off; but the probabm ties are that habits thus formed in eat. life will remain wUhj you till 30 dying day. Be cautioned then in ’ and resolve that as the hour spent Idleness Is gone forever,yon williuip ro '‘‘ each passing one, and thereby fit I 0 selves for Usefulness and happiness. fiS5“ A fine head of hair is such an IH dispensible adjunct to beauty that noon*- who prizes good looks should neglect use the best preparation to be had to 2 crease its growth* restore its color or vent its falling off. Ring's Ambrosia isone of the most effectual 2 tides for the purpose we have ever Be e2 j besides being one of- the' most delig 1 hair dressings and beautlfiers extant* is free from the, sticky and gummy P r erties of most other dressings, and beiDo delightfully perfumed recommends to every lady or gentleman using D toilet articles, Cold. —TVe have been peculiarly d 653 edjwLth good weather this fall. . -« 'I Kov. 20,-«‘
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