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CHRISTMAS.
BY JEAN BONCCET.M.
When snow lies deep upon the ground,
And winter winds are blowing,
And on the hearth, with crackling blaze,
The winter tires are glowing ;
Then through the land a magic voice
A pleasant song is humming,
" Friends parted long shall meet ere long,
For Christmas Day is coining."
The school-boy hears it at his task,
And his heart is lighter beating ;
The plodding student lifts his head
And thinks of a happy meeting ;
To old and young, to rich and poor,
The gentle voice is humming,
" Friends parted long shall meet ere long,
For Christmas Day is coining."
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.
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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
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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..
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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