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Throughout tha house a busy stir, The cook in glory reigning, The maids' soft dream of ihisletoe, 'Midst graver cares disdaining; For, in her ears, the magic voice Another song is humming, " The Christmas pudding must be made, For Christmas Day is coming.' The dreaming poet hears the voice, And it seems as bells were ringing, And angel choirs a Christmas song To all mankind were singing ; And he echoes forth the note of peace, The voice to hint is humming, "Goa bless each friend, forgivi , each foe, For Christmas Day is coming," —Lady's Oioreltancoo. Writlyn for FATHER Ann An ANI. PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE. When lye carry our ima!rinations :111(1 predictions f(wward one hundred years. considering Ha' extraordinary progress we ha VClnatle duri tile past forty years. noth ing, it seems, is impossible or too extrava gant. Taking fiw granted that our Govern ment will live, strengthen and i mprove i t self for a century to come, it is :it least au open and fair question whether or not all peo ples and States throughout the worlll will ultimatt!ly become one people, and govern ed by the one progressive republican sys tem which we now enjoy only ill its in limey. The great conflict between Liberty and Despotism; between the masses and their oppre.ssors, MUSE terminate sonic day, and that day, according to present in dications, may not be very far distant —the child may now occupy a place in the pub lic school who will live to enjoy citizen ship under the one Government of the World'Lintel To enable us to form some idea as to the working of this great future Govern ment, we will again refer to Professor John Smith, who overheard a conversa tion between two prominent politicians in the year 1918 First Politician.—W hat's going on at Washington just now ? Second Politician.-- Not nuu•lt of im portance. The Senator front Russia, Kis sissivit•h, replied to the Senator front China. W hang-go-chunk, on the pending joint resolution directing the Onninission ers of public property of the general sub district of Asia, to take down that old relic ot• the dark ages, the Chinese wall. Kississivitch, ot• course, being one of the Progressives, strongly favors the measure, Nv ils t Whang-gu-chunk brands it as an outrage upon his constituents. First P.—lsn't it wonderful how per sistently these Chinese stick to sonic of their old ideas! It seems as if they still entertain sonts.! notions of a separate gov ermneut, such as they had just before the final consolidation in 191)6. Second P.—But you aro mistaken. Whang-gu-chunk is just as liberal-minded and progressive as Kississivitch, or any .other man. lie only contends that the wall, or as much of it as now remains, should be left unmolested, merely as a relic, and not for the purpose of keeping alive any sectional prejudices among the people. First P.—What's your opinion as to the next Presidency ? Who, in your opinion, will receive the nomination of the General Convention'? Second P.—Well now, that's hard to tell. Senator Bismarck seems to b 3 gain ing strength. The delegation from Ger many are a unit in his favor, and so they are from Egypt, Japan, Turkey, Peru and Jersey. His principal strength, however, is the old German element, being, as I suppose, on account of his great Grand &tiler, who, it is alleged, was the success ful leader of a small clan known as the Prussians, about the year 1866 or 1867, and who, after a short but intense little contest at arms, defeated a similar clan then known as Austrians, in the Southern part of the State. Indeed, they pretend to say that the final consolidation of the former nations under the Government of the United World may be traced to that very contest—ridiculous as it may appear. Heinrich Von IVatfeMach, Conunissioner of the Aeriehnail department, in a speech at Constantinople, the other day, asserted that the grand consolidation was as much owing to the result of Old Bismark's vic tory as to any other single cause or event, the conquest of England and France by the Mexicans, perhaps only excepted. First P.—But, when it comes to setting up claims of this kind, I think those of Thaddeus S. Grant are decidedly the best, for it was his great Grand-father who fin ally subdued the bloody democratic Slave holders' rebellion against the very Govern ment which now rules over all, and under the stars and stripes flag, which has out lived all other flags. Besides, Grant is one of the soundest of statesmen—even the equal, in some respects, of his great Grand-father, Ulysses himself. . Second P.—l am beginning to suspect, to tee the right, let us stripe on to finish the work we are in ; to bind up the nations wounds; to fotirg. l' klt r 1 ~ e ~~ ily for fret us LANCASTER, PA., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1868. too, that La Bequet is getting to be a for midable candidate—that he will not only be supported by the delegates from the State of France, but also by Hindostan, Nevada, Norway, Sandwich Islands, Ire land and Guinea, which might give him the balance of power. First P.—Well, I think we should unite upon one who is a native of the old, origi nal United States, say Sparks, of Canada; Juanti of Mexico; or A. Lincoln 13rown low, of Tennessee. The fact is. the Green landers, Italians, Turks, South Carolini ans, Peruvians, Australians and Ver monters are creating a strong freling in favor of Brownlow. Or, there's another man—Wood, of New York—wouldn't wonder if he would become a strong and safe candidate. Second P.--He wouldn't al First P.—Why not ? Second P.--Because he wouldn't run at all in Africa, Cuba, Bolivia or in Carolina, where the colored people are in the nm iority. First P.—Ana why not Second P.—Don't you remember the speech he male at Liverpool on the 4th of July, last, when lie declared himself in thvor or taking from the colored people the right of representation in tlw Supreme Executive Comwil? I'it•st I'.—Yes, that was a foolish and very uncalled for speech. Still, I think it• John Ilrown, of Georgia. were run along with him liu• the Vice Presidency, they would he wt•ell satisfied. Second P. But we have better and stronger men than Wood, and I think he is entirely out of the question, for he is also a descendent of a vile copperhead. who fe,mred in ( 'ongress durin! ,. the demo cratic Slave-holders' rebellion, in IS4il, and if history is to be believed, he did all he could (hi with safety to himself to help the enemies or tin, wpillon,.. and that's enough do damn his descendants to the seventh generation. First I'.--Talking about the Vice Pre sidency, I believe the strongest and lx.st candidate would he Anna Martha Dirkin son, the present Senator from Pennsylva nia. leradmirable administration of the General Police depart went gate her a most enviable and leading reputation. Second P.—l heard some talk of run ning Anna for President—the first place on the ticket. First P.--That depends upon circum stances. If the ladies shoutd 1w able to concentrate their strength, she might be come vet•• fiwinitiable. Second I'.-011, the way, did you hoar 11:try Shorman's lecture last night. First I'.--1 (lid not. What was her subject? Second P.—'' dens Stevens " File public Record of Thad- First P.—That's a grand subject. :Ind I have 110 (lOU bt she spread herself. Second P.---.No doubt of that. But. then, the subject is so constantly paraded before the plinthe as to lose its interest, First don't think so. The name of Stevens cannot be too often paraded belbre the public. It will live, like the names of Washington and Lincoln, for all time. second P.-- Where is she omin to lec ture to-ni;rht? First P.—To-night—let me see—to-night she lectures in Paris, to-morrow night in Philadelphia, on lfriday in London. and Saturday night in San Francisco. Second P.—Well, she's a wonderful wo inan-1 think the most popular lecturer living. Iler Past, Present and Future" is,intensely interesting. and 1 mean to hear it once more the very next time it is announced. First P.—l heard that lectore very highly spoken of—but don't just remem ber the main points-1 suppose you call tell me what they are. Second P.—The lecture presents, as she contends, a true picture of the state of so ciety in the old United States of America about one hundred years ago—then bound ed on the north by the St. Lawrence river; on the south by the Gulf of Mexico; on the east by the Atlantic a n d on the west by the Pacific. First I'.—N orth, nonsense—l'm sure she's wrong about the St. Lawrence ever having been the northern boundary of the Old United States, for the State of Cana da, you know, is on the north. Second P.—But, don't you know that Canada used to belong to England, awl after the Mexicans demolished the govern ments of France mud England, in IS9B, they sold all their acquired and subdued territory, from the St. Lawrence to the North Pole, to the then existing United States Government ? First P.—You are right-1 was _mis taken—l now rememlw reading all about it. But, go on. Second P.—Well, after going over the political events of the times—a hundred years ago—she presents some very amus ing facts in regard to the usages of society then, and the very small amount of sewn, tific advancement which the people then enjoyed. For instance, a hundred years ago the swiftest traveling known was from thirty to forty miles an, hour—moving along by means of cars on wheels running over iron rails, and the trains drawn by steam power. To obtain their fuel people used to dig down into the earth hundreds of feet, through solid rock, until they reached what they called anthracite coal, which was then used as fuel—for all pur poses—even for the manufacture of iron. tras was then made and burned only for light, and electricity was barely powerful enough to send messages from one point to another, over wires. When the first cable was laid across the Atlantic, over a hundred years ago, the people on both r e u i d e l e s i o e f n t t i lu3 fic water v c e o m n s e L u d t ! r e d sh i t e aa also w o n giveser - a highly interesting account of the follies F \ Q • r s G ~, ', . ~~ of the people, when they not only destroy ed each other by means of gunpowder— when they met by hundreds of thousands on the battle lields—but, also, how the greater part of the human family became demoralized and brutalized by the use of alcoholic drinks, and in sonic parts of the world, by means of opium and tobacco. If her account of the vices referred to arc true, the only matter of wonder is that the entire human family (lid not then sink to the level of brutes. Of course. we are in debted to the original and liberal form of government, founded by the Ohl United States, and the right of free discussion and a well supported public press, after the great radical reconstruction measures of Stevens, and the wise and brilliant ad ministration of (;rant, which foyllowed, tior the present happy condition of society everywhere. Now, as we all know, mur ders or other great crimes arc almost en tirely unknown. Prisons and Ltmatie asylums are among the things of the past. Health, happiness and good will among all the people of the earth is now enjoyed. Barbarism, bigotry. depravity anti ignor ance have all been swept away by means of the ((Teat living Light of true ( i tinily. The wonderful picture of imagi nation' as to our future. which the lecturer has ventured to present, may or may not be too extravagant. She inclines to be lieve that'--taking into eottsitter:ttiou our rapid progress and glorious recent past -- with science perhaps yet in its intiicy. many more grand steps towards the per lietion of society are just bethre us: that the average life of man may reach many hundreds of years, it' future generations will, like the present one, continue to study and strictly obey the ((Teat natural law of which (ion is the author, by care fully excluding everything that can cor rupt, deinotralize or destroy. Thus toiled the dial ii bet wecti thc-4 two politicians of 1!K 4. Whether the next. or some future gen eration will exist under the Republican tit vein of a United World. nutty be regarded as an open question. Our WI - derrul progress during the last forty years certainly warrants all the foregfiing (fictions and conelusions. The results of the late stupendous war; the liberal it ' flan' millions of slaves, and their enfran chisement as citizens of this great Repub lic; the recent act of the Czar of Russia iu freein!r many millions of serfs about the sante time; the bloodless revolution in Spain, which is about to emancipate the last S 1 Vt, and the most stupendous scien tific achievements everywhere, lead us to the conclusion that we are indeed rapidly moving, onward and upward towards per fection. And as the leaders of civiliza tion am! Christianity, it is for the people of this great Western Nation to push on the good work—to keep the great car of progress moving. And now is the time. Tlw great American Unhin has been sav ed. 'The old rubbish of discord and cor ruption must be eleared away and con sumed by the tire of patriotism. lilwrty and justice. Ixt us become a perfect nit wit—one people in reality—one people FOIL CIVILIZATION, FOR vrtoonEss AND FOR Coll. To Isetone His eliosm pe(ple, we must deserve to be such. Our National Union. based upon correct principles, will bring the entire continent under our glori ous I:overnment, and the UNITED Wifizt,O Will be the grand and glorious FINALITY! Mr. Drvid ..Nlaerea, a Scotemaao now i n this country, paying a visit to Mr. George If. Stuart. at his residence, in Philadel phia, while there 1w had a delightful time, and wrote :in account of it to a Scotch Paper. We give the tollowing extract : The supper hell ran'', and as we went down Mr. Stuart pointed to a white mar ble bust of General Grant, standing about half way up the stairs. " That," said lie, "is to be our next President." Knowing him to be fitmiliar with Grant, I asked him if the General was as taciturn as he was reported to be. "Quite," said Mr. Stuart. " Ile will sit here or in his own house, with friends round him, and scarce ly utter a word. But he reads and thinks; has a keen insight; answers wisely and without waste of words any question put to him, and knows when and how to act as well as any man in the country. Miss Stuart, who had spent some days with the General's family at Washington, bore the same testimony to his habit of silence and his modesty. She told me that at one of the great fairs Grant was called on for a speech. lie refused. Sherman was soli cited, but with no better result. Grant was then appealed to, to exercise his au thority over Sherman, and order him to make a speech. "No," said Grant; " never order any of my officers to do what I cannot do mysself." She said also that at a fitir in New York a pretty young lady went up and asked Grant if hg would give her a kiss. " No, miss," said the grim little General, " I won't.'' Among the relics of revolutionary times brought to light by the demolition of the old " Washington House," in Stamford, Ct., is . the following letter from Benedict Arnold to General Washington : " But : I take this opportunity to inform your Excellency that I consider' myself no longer acting under the commission of Con gress, their last (here the words are illegible) being my papers at West Point, you, sir, will make such use as you think proper. At the same time I beg leave to assure your Excel lency that myattachment to the true interests of my country is invariable, and that I am actuated by the same principle that has ever been the governing rule of my conduct in this unhappy contest. "I have the honor to be your Excellency's most obedient and most humble servant, "B. A*NOLD. "His Excellency George Washington." ( L J) care for him who shall have borne the Lattle, and for his 'Eldon , and his orphan, to do 11 which ,nay achieve and cherish a just and a tasting peace among ourselves and with ai c nealonay,—.4.z. STUART ON GRANT. REVOLUTIONARY RELIC. "NEW YORK, March 7, 1778 f6l c fathil :Abraitaneo A. NEw daily toper ill Altoona is; talk ed of. lowA has on.• , hous.tinl ,is hundred miles 4,1' railroad. A FFEcTATioN is a greater enemy tV the thee than small pox.' WHAT is better than a ponlisin , young main ? A paying, ono. PAIZTY of Swedes purchased Di.lloo acres of land in Kansas. • " thousand dollar set•• of Russia furs is offered for sale in New l'ork. THE Sill1)1111'10.S 0111111ffland 1'0:11 (1 ituutinou~l iti the largest et•er natile. elittrell-going people of Westport. N. Y., bold u•niusli ainl niilk sociables." TI E damage by the earthquake in (':di rornia is between i.;:'3)11.1100 and:,•f4011,01)11. , •('oN s EnvATism — now mal's negro stioothp: and school hotew bundle,' ill the 'Noll( ii ItiPE: straw-& lTic,4 IVITO gatIICIV(I on the Mines rivr. \ - a.. :is Into a the I:411 of Novemlici TII 0 1 - 1 ;II 111 •n 1)4..t. of thc thc. t(•11 them Nyhich way tilt"; must drivo. .1 IvE , TEnN fitrinci. out thirty- , ix lituulrr l :Tide im pi)rted from Itus,ia. A NEW im-litot ror llaVi!ration on OW DciaNVill't. Turin; the cornin , winter. TI: \ ;Iry ll()Wrnnuiu, 1111V(' :111(11WcIIIV-IiVo (d . ()II l• in the doctrine it "election.— (:1 :EAT Many l'elit-ylVaida fanners are settiille i» the S11elialld,);d1 1 - a.—a prolific region. Ili) hying rc-elected to the Senate fronl. lox Va. '1)141 I ; dead." alid ought to be. .lA3tEs. chief of the I?othschiltk. I-' dead. :11111 is survived hv 4::1 - 20.1)00.1)00 of per sonal :Ind real property. a Mali in I.) \\ a the (IRV murder heron.. the Vier ini had died, and he is likely to recover. .k VincilNtA fanner has raised tw . 4)4 Fops of potatoes and one crop of turnip, front the saute piece of grfluntl this vcar. 'nib; oldest persitt who has lived in this country within the memory of man (lied in Tennessee in 1 0 , .4ed 1.11 years. ALIIE.\I)I' several enterprising DeMo cratic papers have notninatc4l 1 14)11..1 ohn I'. Ilotlinan for the l'resillency in 157'.2. Pri"rsnt - w; has 1;11.158 inhabitants. and Allegliany City has 51,29 . 2. The popula tion of the county is estimated at •2111,111N1. l'etitisylVania Central llailroad has 7)32 locomotives—a larger number than any other railroad cl)rporation in the count IV. t"(:1.1 - reports rvztell Washington. im plicating ficarly all t i n' l'. S. officials at N NV Orleans in -.ttlywentlinis frauds (.11 thp Ili.vcnne. WAYNI: Al( VEn,in is not ;t ea, ,ndate for I'. S. Senator. Ile preli.rs L. AL Stanton. Ex-Secretary of war. A !YofHl proference. STitt - (a.i,li , in life alt \vont to brill: , tn. out, iinleed. it he Nvitli a poliee man, in which ease it niay take it:, further in. NE \V disease alwaig; swine has made its appearance in Englan(l, caused, it i.. said, by eating tno freely or ztci )rns an , i briie-chestnuts. pH. It. SHELTON MAC K EN%) E VW Write the —History and Mystery of an Iris!, IVoldin! , ," for the Christmas num ber I,l' FintNEY's WEEKLY PliEsS. A LATE deCisioll made by the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, throws out the vote cast at the last municipal election by soldiers of the Regular Army. A NEW YORK paper suggests as a means of paying the National debt that every office-seeker pay a dollar a week to wards its liquidatitm until he gets an ollice. Tim Republican tickets for Congress men and Electors in South Carolina bore the device of an eagle soaring through the clouds with a carpet bag in its talons. ii is said that Gen. Grant is likely, in his first annual message, to advocate such an amendment of the Constitution as shall make the President. ineligible to re-eke tion. OAKEY HALL has been elected mayor Of New York city; Tammany HAIL governs Oakey IL LL, and Aleo-uot. rules Tammany HALL—tio says the Cleaveland Leader. Tra: Court at Richmond divided On the motion of Davis' counsel to quash the in dictment against him. It will go to the Supreme Court, which mei at Washington on Monday last. Tim Rev. Mr. Nasby infiltrates that President Johnson would be an accepta ble candidate for the Spanish throne, be cause he has all his life been putting the Bourbon down. A DESTRUCTIVE tire occurred at Lock Haven, Clinton county, on Friday last. Having no tire engine in order for using, the destruction of property was large, amounting to about $40,000. Fully in sured. WINTER has conic in real earnest in Ca nada. The Ottawa river was frozen over on December 2d, and at Montreal the fer ry boats have ceased running, and the harbor is deserted. On the Erie Canal a number of boats are Ice-bound. CASH RATES OF ADVERTISING Ten lines Of Nonpareil constitute a Square 7'l 51 E. 1 week .... $ 75 $1405.210 $ 3 50 $ 6 00$ 11 50 2 weeks... 120 180 270 450 800 14 00 3 weeks... 150 220 330 600 10 00 17 00 1 month... 175 260 390 700 12 00 20 00 2 months.. 275 400 600 10 00 20 00; 33 50 •nonths.. 4 00 , 600 900 15 00 30 00' 55 00 on' s?. 700 11 00 10 50 25 00 40 00 70 00 ar 12 00 20 00 50 00. 40 . 00 LOOO 120 00 .$2 60 2 50 2 50 k:ccutors , Notice A.lminimt rut ors , Notice Issignees , Notice.. -it, • Autirtors' Notiee 1 . 611 SPECIAL NOTICES—Ten cents a line for the first insertion, and Seven cents a line for each subsequent insertion. REAL ESTATE advertisements, Ten cents a line for the first insertion and Five cents a line for each additional Insertion. NO. I So - ALL KINDS or JOB PRINTING executed with neatness and despatch. •• DE viL's " is the title given those who range theinsolves in line before church doors Sunday evenings. TObaCCO itifiS in Lynchburg, Va.. from Jan. 1 to De , .. 1. 18(18, amounts to 13.1-11.400 lbs. Two youths were out gunning in the neighborhood of North ,East., ,Ifd., a few (lays ago, hen one of them, named Lowe, was accidentally shot by the other, and instantly killed. Elton' thousand buildings have been erected in Chicago this year, at a cost of twenty-five million dollars. Among these were twenty-live churches, costing two million dollars. the lunatic asylum, near Too into, there is a. man who has been an inmate for fifteen years, awl during all that time he has not been km /WU to speak a word to a living soul. llc is not dumb, either. Li xi ln.x, Nebraska. must be a pleasdnt place for a State Legislature to meet. It is said that bands of Sioux and Otoe In dians have encamped near the city and warn off all tradiTs and bummers gen- Till: Collieries in the Malianov coal re gion. Schuylkill county. stopped opera tions on Friday, in consequence of a strike among the miners. As coal had a down- Want tendency. last wi.ek. the ''Coal ring" take this nwthoil of keeping up the price. THE perpetrator . : of election frauds are einoin! , to grief. John I'urh, copper hc•a i probate jurb,4e. ot • Franklin comity. (Alio. has been 11(01 in the sum of 5,01 X) dollar: , to appear IH , t'i ore the U. S. ( IPCUit Court. for i,,ung - naturalization papers. W t;rii enticnuul ill Providence, who has made a specialty of collecting political caricatur, s. has a full collection, going back as far us the hard cillor cant pain. It is said to he the richest of the kind extant. as he lids IWI . II ()Ill . l'lqi several thousand dollars fir it. NVA I.TEII V. when a boy, hired himself to George 1). Prentice, at that day considered tile ablest journalist in America. as a clerk in the office of the Louise ille Jou ;•,e , 1. 1 lalilersim is now the principal owner of the establi,:lintent, and l'rentice is in his employ, at a salary 01 hl per week. Such is life. 1 1 11111 did it! J'ennsylvania C'entral railroad has eil'ected the consoliditti)nt of the Pittsburg, Port \Vatilll' and Chieagii. and the Pitts- Cincinnati and St. Loins railroads, with their own. Over one thousand miles of railway, stretching from the Seaboard to the Valley, passe , under the ciintrid of line corporal ion by till,: arrange ment. AN()Tit En tvhipping and pillory atfair occurred at : 4 .;eW Castle. I hlaWart . , on Saturday last. in pursuance of the St'll lollre of the court. Three neeTo boys were the victims this time, and as Dela warians hate niggers they are black--tie suppose they got the full bene fit of the bchoof , and' punish ment! All Hail. Delaware! A fqtrsictAN attributes much of the sickness in Willlor to the bad eth•ets of coal gas. Ile says ill 'lint' Dili of toll hollsi's that he enters. he notices coal gas in the air they breathe. Many times he finds the damper in the stove-pipe closed to says coal, all(' the rttsult a`t . •Nint fitll of gas, not noticed by the inmates, per haps, but by those who come in from the fresh air. A ( ommtrrEF:of ladies from New York called upon Governor Geary, at Harris lairg, on Friday. to ask fi)r the pardon of 7 . au!dian, convicted of child-mur d '• were told that their interces •-ion . been anticipated by humane citi ns dly ladies) or Pennsylvania, and that further agitation was unnecessary, as the Governor had determined on his action in the case. LtEt - r. Mil 'IIA EL IV A urEit, of Read ing, appears to he agreed upon by a large majority of the Republicans of Berko county, for the Assessorship of Revenue under the Grant Administration. Ile is unquestionably deserving, and in every respect well qualified for the position. Ile is entitled to special consideration, also, on account of the loss of a limb in the service of his country. THE 31i at 1 . 6' of Pottsville, Schuylkill county, says: In the trunk of James Finley, the robber and assassin, opened recently by the police at New Bos ton, where Finley worked and lived, was found a fraudulent naturalization paper bearing the signature of .J. Ross Snowden, a billy, and a silver watch, old fashioned, with the initials ••J. M." on the back, and on the works, "Jas. Miller—Poplar—No. 2,050." GEN. E. E. Lm; and Horatio Seymour have been suggested by cabinet makers to Gen. Grant as suitable men for a place in his adn►inistration. Lee is named on the score of "magnanimity, bravery and Christianity," and Seymour on account of his well known " conservatism." Gen. Grant might make Gov. Seymour "Su perintendent of the Cultivation of Water Melons," and this might relieve him from the melon-choly state he is described as being in. IT is stated that Gen. Butler purposes intmlneing early in the present session of Congress, a bill for the correct registra tion of voters in cities, providing for corn plete registration at least thirty days be fore a regular election, and for a public posting of the list at least fifteen days before the election. This list shall give every voter's name in full, and place of residence. The bill, as presented, will embrace several other important provi sions, calculated to guard the purity fo the b allot box. IN FATHER ABRAHAM. MIE