IMBED EVERY FRIDAY, RAUCH & COCHRAN, 140 18, Smith Queen Street, Lancaster. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION IWm year, , (each name attar eased,) 111 .r- 11 se , " 18.00 It it 2.611 $l.lO for eachadditional subscribe?. . 00 = Poi oLVIS, 111 PACILMIS. (to one address,) a 6.50 12.00 ti 10.00 /4 a 20.00 NIS for cash additional subscriber. erabssriptions must invariably be paid JOB PRINTING -ry deeerlption, neatly and promptly exe• anted, s hort sodas, and on the most reseonelde terms. Professional. Q•J. DICKEY ~ ATTORNEY AT LAW. sum SOUTH QUEEN ST., second house be low the " Fountain Inn, + Lancaster, Pa. J B. LIVINGSTON„ . ya • ATTORNEY AT LAW. orylos: No.ll 'NORTH DUKE ST., west side, Ranh of the Court lionse, Lancaster, Pa. CHARLES DENUIS,_ ATTORNEY AT LAW. OTPIOS: N 0.3 SOUTII DUKE STREET, Lan osater, Pa. JOHN B. GOOD ATTORNEY AT LAW.• Ossicsi No. 58E AST KING ST., Lancaster, Pa T W. JOHNSON, • ATTORNEY AT LAW. firma: SOUTH QUEEN ST., Lancas ter, Pa. DP. ROSENMILLER, JR., • ATTORNEY AT LAW. Oirrtoic With A. Haas SMITH, EBII., South Queen, St., Lancaster, l'a. A C. REINOEFIL, • ATTORNEY AT LAW. espies: No. $ SOUTH DUKE ST., Lancaster. JOHN P. REA /_ ATTORNEY AT LAW. Oman: With lion. 0.3. %CHET, N 0.21 SOUTH QUEEN ST., Lancaster, Pa. MARTIN RUTT, ATTORNEY A'P' LAW. 07110 E of the late lion. THADDEUS STEVENS, No. 96 South Queen St., Lancaster / Pa. A MOS 11. MYLIN, ATTORNEY AT LAW. OTEICE: No. 8 SOUTH QUEEN ST., Lancaster. JK. RUTTER, • ATTORNEY AT LAW. Orywit: With General J. W. Itsasn, NORTH DUKE ST., Lancaster, Pa. BF. BAER, • ATTORNEY AT LAW. OFFICE: No. 19 Nowr II DUKE Street, lanes tor, Pa. pee 18-Iyr Beadtug _Advertisements. MALTZBEIv:EII. ATTORNEY AT LAW EL! No. 41 NORTII SI N TIE sT., Heading, l'n GFORGE SELTZER. to • ATTI)HNEY AND CM:NSF:I.I.ER AT LAW. No. UN COURT STREET, (oppo,ite the Court !Louse ) Rending, Pat. ITORACE A. 171: XDT, ArrOltNEl" AT T.AW. No. `,N NORTH Sl'., Heading, l'tt FRANCIS M. BANKs, ATTORNEY AT LAW AND NOTARY PUBLIC. 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C SCHOOL and MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS, lISTATIONERY, FAMILY AND POCKET BIBLES, A BLANK BOORS. A LIBERAL REDUCTIONS TO p Pkerohants,Bohool Directors 4. Teachers. J. H. SHEAFFER, CHEAP CASH BOOK STORE, N 0.82 NORTH QUEEN STREET, LANCASTER, PA. AN GEOSSE VANINTYI /Usher, Monte, g BobbeerTedder, Dlada. -leaser, r FOMELIA UN SOCK-BEEVELA J. It SHEA/PEWS Wohlfohler Cash Such Uttar° noUly) , No. U Nord Queen Shtrose, Lancaster, Ya. Banking. •inn I•IQ. R. W. 1111113.16. BAIR & SHENK, BANKERS, NORTRZAST ANGLE OR CENTRE NuAltE, LANCASTER, PENNA. no10•ly1 Book Binding. GEORGE WIANT, BOOK-BINDER AND BLANK :mos: MA.NUFACTUBER, MORTH.CPTEIN ST., LANCASTER, PA. BLA.NK BOOKS, Oar Banks, Merchant", County °Mom, asc., made order. yBOWL _DING, In all Its branches d , prompt. *ma m M to. (ui 4.11 m .6 1.60 7.00 . 13.00 VOL. IL Dry Goods. FIRS! FURS? HAGER & BROTHERS have just received in elegant assortment of FANCY FURS FOR LADIES AND MISSES. Mink, Sable, Iberian Sfuirrel, Fitch, Water Mink, Re. Muffs, Collars, Engenias, Circulars Skating Mu ds and Boas, Swans , Down and Squirrel Ties, &e. SHAWLS, In great variety at HAGER & BROTHERS. Open and Filled Centre Brodie, Ristori Long Shawls, Fancy Woolen Long Shawls, Children's Shawls. MOURNING SHAWLS. BLACK THIBET LONG AND SQUARE SHAWLS, At Lowest Prices. FALL AND WINTER READY-MADE CIL THING, FOR MEN AND BOYS. HAGER & BROTHERS offer for sale the largest stook, at lowest 'prises, all of their own manu facture Fine Fine D ress Suits, Business Suits, Boys' Suite, (Dvereoats, From the FINEST ESQUIMAUX BEAVER to good ordinary grade. OVERCOATINGS— Black and Colors all grades. FRENCII COATINGS—BIack, Brown, Dahlia. SILK MIXED COATINGS—Foreign and Do mestic. CASMIMERES—New Styles. BOYS' WEAR—In great variety. LANCASTER COC NT V sATYINETS—in all colors, and warranted strong. Just received and for sale, at lowest prices, at & BROTHERS. nov 1!7-51. JUST OPENED BEAU MONDE lIALL! POLITICO ROW, 543 PENN SQUARE. 543 .READING, I'ENNA., BEAVERS, CLOTHS, CASSIMERES, VESTINGS, &c., &c., WINTER WEAR BOY'S CLOTHING, GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHING GOODS! LEVI COLEMAN, Cutter no•:A-tf J GEORGE B. COLEMAN, MERCTIANT TAILOR, Having leased Erberes old and well-known stand, NO. 42 NORTH QUEEN-ST., Offers to the public an entire now and superior stook of GOODS of every description, which will be made up in the very best and most Lash. tenable style. GENTLEMEN'S FUUNISEUNG GOODS Of every description, for sale cheaper than they can be land anywhere else in the city. [nov 104 f Hats, Caps, Furs, &c. 1848. MK SHULTZ & BROTHER, HATTERS, No. 20 NORTH QUEEN STREET, LANCASTER, PRNNA Latest *We rail and Winter HATS and CAPS in all qualities and colors. LADIES' FANCY FURS, We are now opening the largest and moat oompleakomortment oT Ladles , and Children , . FANCY ever oilfired in that market, at very low prime. ROBES! ROBES!! ROBES!!! Buffalo Robes, lined and unlined; Hudson Bay, Wolf, Prairie Wolf, Yoz, Coon, Le. BLANKETS AND LAP RUGS • Mall qualities, to which we would particularly invite the attention of all persons in want of articles in that line. GLOVES, GAUNTLETS awl MITTS. OTTER, BEAVER, :saTTRIA, SEAL, KID, de., de. Ladles , Fine Fur Trimmed Gloves, Gauntlets, Mitts and Koala. PULSE WARMERS and EAR MITTS. wnotzsALK AND DETAIL Ito9o-0) , ht, let us strive on to jrnith the work we are in; to loini up the nations wounds; to to see U 2 FL RS! IMEZI Clothing. =1 MM I L'.o, LEE BUCII & BRO., PROPRIETORS ItUCKSKIN, FLIESIIER, ity for giros ass LANCASTER, PA., FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 1869. Cutts LOVE LIGHTER} LABOR. A good wife rose from her bed one morn, And thought with a nervous dread Of the piles of clothes to be washed, and more Than a dozen months to be fed; There's the meals to get for the men in the field, And the children to flz away To school, and the milk to be skimmed and churned; And all to be dons this day. It had rained in the night, and all the wood Was wet as it oonld be: There were puddings and pies to bake, besides A loaf of oaks for tea. And the day was het, and her aching head Throbbed wermifty as she said: "If maidens but knew what good wives know, They would be in no haste to wed!" "Jennie,whathe farmer fromt doyen think the well; I told Ben Brown?" Called And a flush crept up to his bronzed brow, And his eyes half bashfully fell; " It was this," he said—and coming near, lie smiled, and stooping down, Kissed her cheek—" 'Twas this: that you were the best And dearest wife in town!" The farmer went back to the field, and the wife, In a smiling and absent way, Sang snatches of tender little songs She'd not sung for many a day. And the pain in her head was gone, and the clothes Were white as the foam of the sea; Her bread was light and her butter sweet, And as golden as it could be. "Just think," the children all called in a breath, "Tom Wood has run &I to sea! He wouldn't, I know, if he only had As happy a home as we." Tho night came down, and the good wifo smiled To herself, as she softly said, "'Tie so sweet to labor for those we love, It's not strange that maids will wed!" *ioctitantoul T►IE RENEGADE'. D A story of Life on the Frontier. A storm had raged all day; the bellow ing blast carrying with it dirt and line particles of sand, until the cloud was not only blinding, but till it was next to im possible for a human being to venture from under cover without having the very flesh lacerated or peeled from his bones. Tents lay scattered and rent in every di rection, and even some of the " dobie” quarters had been levelled with their mother earth. Indeed. Fort Sedgwiek presented much such an appearance as might have been expected had a band of Sioux Indians made a successful assault upon the place. As the darkness came on, the wind ceased to some extent, and then a steady storm set in, almost as terrible as was the sand tempest of the day. It was densely dark, and this darkness was f orable to the movements of a savage band, who had lurked in a shallow ravine behind the bluffs, back about two miles from the Platte river. The bugles at the fort had just sounded the tattoo and taps, when one of the band referred to arose from his prostrate position; and as he did so, gave vent to a coarse and mocking laugh. Immediately after, a sfnall light shot up. He had ignited a match for the purpose of lighting his pipe; and the brief flame, as he protected it from the wind with his fur cap, revealed his features. He was hideous in the extreme; and although painted like a savage, it was easy for an experienced eye to detect the fact that he was not so. Then his voice and words were another proof, for turning around he spoke thus: "Men, you must understand that our work must be quickly performed. At the first alarm those I have designated will dash into the quartermaster's, the sutler's and the commissary's. I have business at the commandant's quarters; and this I shall perform alone. I shall'be successful; and if you are not equally so, the fault will be your own—not mine. In all cases of this bind you must resolve that you will suc ceed or die, and then you will never know the meaning of thilure. Come, and be cautious!" Some twenty or thirty dark forms were seen to arise as if out of the ground, and then they silently took their way down the Mut% towards the B:wt. Soon, however, the hand separated, and every one of the number proceeded onward singly. Those who ha d received their instructions from the master-spirit simply contented them selves. with gaining certain positions, and avoided every sentinel. Not so with the leader. When this person had arrived within a hundred yards of the hospital, he paused and stood silently surveying the camp. Here and there were dim lights, but bar racks and tents generally were wrapped In gloom. After awhile the man muttered: "Everything favors me to-night, and I feel like a tiger. Oh, shall I succeed? If I do not, death will be the only thing which will prevent me. 1)0 I love that girl? I scarcely know. I have strange feelings when in her presence. Something of the past comes up before me; but the recollection is like a dream. I am puz zled. Many is the time I have felt an in clination to spring upon her, even as the tiger would upon the young fawn, and rend her to pieces; and then I have felt again as though I must fold her to my breast and weep. Curses upon it—what is this? Hang it if I don't think that a tear drop has Already started from my eyes and dampened my cheek. Pshaw! Mad Leon, the renegade, weepl Preposterous. It is only a melted icedrop—melted by its eon )) ‘, ) IP - I 4. 7 n 40, tact with my warm cheek. But never shall my heart be melted." Slowly did the Renegade now advance, and as he approached the hospital, he crouched lower and lower, until he actu ally crawled upon his belly like a serpent. Now he reached the building, and then he clung closely to the walls, still retaining his prostrate position. It was but a moment after that a foot fall was heard, and a guard passed the villian, who was not discovered. The soldier was closely wrapped in his great coat, while he carried his carbine in such a manner as to protect it from the damp. He did not dream that even death was hovering so near him. A moment after he turned, and then paused exactly at the place where the renegade was lying. But quick as the lightning's flash he was hurled to the earth and the dark monster was upon his breast. A sharp cry arose, and then it became a death-wail merging into a moan and silence, for a huge knife was plunged into the quivering breast of the guard, and his life gushed forth with his crimson gore. The murderer had clutched the throat of his victim in order to prevent any out cry from the dying man, and had only par tially succeeded. lie now raised his head and listened attentively, but no sound dgave indication that the voice of the sol ier had attracted attention. Raising the corpse in this arms, the renegade bore it some distance to the rear, and deposited it in the dead weeds. Doing so, he ex claimed: "A good general always leaves au opening for retreat in case of defeat, and I will do so by disposing of every guard in this direction. There is but one more to deal with, I think, and he is behind the quarters of the general commanding." Mad Leon crept forward as before, and soon the soldier referred to shared the same fate as the first; but his cry was louder, and was not entirely unheeded, for a window, where a light had been burn ing, was thrown up, and a voice asked: " What is the matter down there?" The dying man struggled to speak; but the renegade prevented, while he answered "Nothing that I am aware of.'• ;• But•I heard a cry." "So did I; it was one of the prowling coyotes." No further question was asked, and the villian saw that the light which he had before observed had disappeared. Ile knew that. the strong wind had extin guished it as the window was raised. and he muttered May the devil favor me, and leave that owning before he gets another light. for I can then enter..' But the devil did not so favor him. The sash came down with a crash, and the jingle of glass told that some of the panes had been broken by the fall. This was of some importance and the villian knew it. The guard once quiet, Leon cautiously mounted a shed and crept to the window where he had heard the voices, for there were two persons in conversation. Ap plying his ear to one of the broken lights, he listened. lie could hear every word distinctly, and the blood ran like light ning through his veins, as the sentences were understood by him. The voice of a woman exclaimed through her sobs: "0, Harry Graham, is it possible that you tell me this? I shall die. 0, 1 can not live, for you no longer love me." "I only love you too deeply,Marianna,*! was the reply. "Then why do you tell me that I can never be your wife. ,, " I cannot explain—l dare not." " You must, if you would not see me fall dead at your feet or live to become a maniac." "Marianna, I feel that you have a right to demand an explanation, and this much I will tell you. Something which oc curred years ago renders it necessary that, as a just avenger, I should kill your father. Can I do this and then wed his child?" " Why then did you ever win my love?" " I was only informed of the facts with regard to you this day, and I hasten at once to tell you as much as I dare." " Harry, you must tell me all. I have never known my Otthez; and if his crimes have been so great that he deserves death, I cannot blame the hand that strikes. For the love of Heaves, tell me all." "I will. Your father's name—so old Brant, who has had you in his keeping from infancy, tells me—was Paul Black burn. lie became the most deadly enemy of my own parents, and for no other rea son than that he was rejected by my mother. He swore the most deadly vengeance, but those who knew him did not believe there was any danger. I can well remember the night of that revenge, however. The glare of the flames which consumed my home is before me still; and the yells of the red demons, led by Paul Blackburn, are yet ringing in my ears. The ghastly and bloody forms of my parents are before me; and even the exultant words of the murderer are not for g otten." "Oh, horrible! And`my father was this monster?" "He was. And this is not all." "Let me know the worst.'' ".After my father's marriage your own also took a wife, but his constant brutal treatment of her proclaimed his hatred. She interfered to save his victims, and with a single blow he struck her lifeless to the earth." "He murdered his own wife—my moth er?" " ite did. • "But how were you saved—how was I savedtm "Here is the strange part of my story. I was a boy of seven years, awl you an Infant of six months. I remember seeing care for him who shalt hare borne Me batik, wad for his widow and his orphan, to do all ',hisk may achieve and cherish a just and a lasting peace among ourietres and with all nations."-4. Z. you fall from your mother's arms as she was stricken down. I remember seizing you in my own and crawling into a place of concealment by the river's side. You were taken from me sometime after by old Brant, and although I had forgotten him and yourself, I could not forget those events. Only to-day, as I before informed you, the old man gave these particulars." "Is that cruel father—that blood stained man yet alive?" "Yes, and I have just learned that, too. I must seek him out, for I shall never seek rest until I have met him face to face, and met him as the avenger of slaugh tered parents and desolate home." The candle had been re-lighted, but it only cast a feeble ray around the apart ment. Still it shone full upon the faces of the speakers, one of whom was ayoung officer, and the other a lovely girl of some eighteen years of age. The villian out side the window had gradually become more and more excited, and finally ex tended his hand through the opening; he pushed back the spring and raised the sash. So cautiously had this been done that the lovers did not observe the intruder until he leaped to their sides, his eyes blazing with an unnatural light and his already bloody knife firmly clutched to strike. Upon beholding him the young officer leaped to his feet and asked: "Who are you? - " I am known as Mad Leon, the Rene gade " was the firm response. " A.nd what do you want here?" "I came for a single purpose, but find that I have a double one." "Then explain, and quickly too, or I will call the guard.' " I will explain. Not, however, because I fear your guard. I came for the single purpose of carrying away this girl to my mountain home. But I tind that I must kill you." "The game of thmtlt is one that two can play at, you shall tied." And 'Graham leaped toward the table upon which were lying his two revolvers. But a single shot was tired by the ruffian and the officer fell. As he did so, the Renegade seized the girl and cried: "6o to those whom I sent to their graves years ago, and tell them that Paul Blackburn has sent yon there. for I am he.'' Ile had sprung through the window with Marianna in his arms. Here, however, he met his mortal foe, old Brant. The faintlng maiden was torn from his grasp, and a single blow with a huge k»it. sent the polluted soul of the Ilener.ade before his Maker. As the blood gushed forth, the monster lit tered a few NWT curses, and then fell from the roof by the side of the murdered guard. This was not the only work performed by Brant. lie had discovered the savages, and a single volley which blazed out on the night air sent a portion of the number to the "happy hunting ground," and oth ers, yelping like wolves, - from the fort. Young Graham was only wounded, and he recovered to make the orphan his wife. t4ther Abrahanz'o hipo. A nonEss bit oft a showman's hand at Dayton, Ohio, recently. TWENTY-TIM thousand persons were arrested in Chicago last year. FLORIDA has elected a Republican Gov ernor by a majority of 2,000. A VIRGINIA apple tree has borne six 'hundred bushels in eleven years. IT takes thirty thousand men to run the Sunday railroad trains in this country. TILE 'Democracy , of Alabama are mur dering Union men who voted for Grant. STRAWBERRIES were in the New Or leans market on the •21st ult. at 0 a basket. THERE were 96,333 arrests made by the police of Philadelphia during the year 1868. Jonx llAnitts, who died recently in Perry county, 111., had 367 direct descend ants. ONE letter out of twenty put in the Post Office is misdirected or not directed at all. DIVORCE granting is said to hare been the chief business of the late Alabama Legislature. SENATOR CHANDLER. (Republican) of Michigan, has been re-elected to the Uni ted States Senate. DURING the year 1868 there were dedi cated in the 'United States 474 churches, and organized, 295. • (7ov. CLAFTN, a . Massachusetts, was inaugurated on Saturday, and delivered his message to the Legislature. COWAN—the renegade—has been heard from. lle was in Washington last week, and called on A. .1. Poor devils, both. PRESIDENT JOHNSON is still nomina ting Democrats to office—but the Senate `can't see it'--and gives them the go-by. Eight. Tim Chicago common council have re solved to sue Hon. J. Y. Scannuon for $30,000 alleged to he due the school fund from him. A IV EsT Vini:INIAN whipped his wife. the other day, for unexampled extrava gance, in eating both butter and molasses on her broad. Two Montreal ladies rescued a skater by tying their cloaks together and hauling hum out, while his male companions were running for help. LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, has elected a Republican Mayor by a majority of 780 in a poll of 1416 votes. Wilmington, North Carolina did likewise. CASH RATES OF ADVERTISING EC FATHER ABRAHAM. linca•of Nonpareil eongtitute a Square TIME. et t , 1 week .... $ 75 $1405210 $ 3 50 $ 6 001. 11 ft 2 weeks... 120 180 270 480 8 001 14 1011 3 Weeks... 1 60! 220 330 600 10 WI 17 00 1 month... 175 2GO 3 90• 7110, 12 00 20 St !months.. 276! 400 600 10 00 SO 00 33 SO 3 months..' 400 , 600 800 15 00 30 00 55 OS 6 months.. I 700 11 00 10 60 01 00 40 00 70 01 year 11 00 10 00 30 00 40 SO 00 00 1211 OS Exeenters , Notice .2 ill Administrators , Notice / 2fa Assinees , Notice 2 W ARUM' Notice 1 GO EiPfiClAt NEVrlollol:—Ten ei nts a Ib° fo.• t h e first insertion. and Seven seats a 1, oe for cook suWequent insertiOn. r REAL ESTATE advertisement/I, 1 4 en cents a line for the first insertion and rive cents a IMO for eaeb additional insertion. No. 9. WALL KINDS ow JOB PRINTING executed with neatness and despatch. NEARLY 5,000 buildings were erected in Philadelphia last year. Tux Governor of little Delaware is on the rampage. He is afl'aid that the gen eral government will Interfene with her rights. Poor little thing ! ACCORDING to the Tribune, New York city consumes between three and four tons of hair, at a cost of IV ,000,000 per annum, for its wigs and chignons. THE trial of Mrs. Twitchell, wife of the condemned of the same name, for the murder of her mother, will commence on Monday next in Philadelphia. GEN. ROI7BSEAU died at New Orloana on Thursday night, 7th inst., of inflama tion of the bowels and was buried the fol lowing Saturday at 3 o'clock p. m. THE news boys of Houston, Texas, re fuse to sell copies of the Union, a Repub lican paper published in that city, and the editors sell it on the street thentselvesk IT is said that the lobbyists at Albany, out-number the members of the New York legislature two to one. We suppose the same state of things exists in Harrisburg. THE total number of alien passengers araived at the port of New York during the past year (to December 30th) was 212,959, against 242,731 the previous year. SIXTY-SEVEN female teachers in Cin cinnati have petitioned for the same salary as males, on the ground that they find no reduction in board bill on account of sex. AN exchange says Jubal Early will take advantage of President Johnson's amnesty proclamation and return home, singing " The year of Jubal E. has come, return ye wandering sinner home." A NATIONAL Woman Suffrage conven tion will be held in Washington next week. Several dist i tvuished Senators and Representatives xvill talt! part in the pro ceedings. We "go for" the women—we do 110 x. .1011 N MINOI flows died at his residence, in Culpepper, Va., on Friday last. Ile was one of the statesmen of tha days of 1840-44, and many will remember his controversy with the recreant. 'John Tylor. Acuoux'rs front all parts of Maine in dicate that there will be an unusual quan tity of lumber cut this winter. It is esti mated that upon the Penobscot river there will be three tine as mm' it cut this season as last. THEGettysburg National Soldicrs' Nion ument, which is to be consecrated noxt duly, will he of marble, 65 feet in height. The crownißg statue rots, sents the God dess of Liberty. and 1 1 J feet r, inches high; it Was cut in Ila iV. THE place of meeting of the conven tion to organize a society of the Army of the Potomac hay been eliatt.:•:l to Now York. The titnt Mill remain:- the 2.'2A1 of February. A hirgvatt..ii , tan , y of Last orn officers i:expected. W. IV. Ilopubli ean Mayor of Harrid.imeg. entered upon the duties of his office on Monday last. He is a young man of tine legal attain ments, and withal a, th e in:11 gentleman. Ile will doubtless make .tu efficient officer. IT is stated that the Repubhelm Sena tors have determined not to confirm any of.lohnson's nominations. The senate has always, heretoilire, refused• to confirm nominations of an out-going •administra tion, and none insisted more stronly on this course than the late Senator Benton. ALL the Democratic members of the U'. S. Senate and House have signed a peti tien for the pardon of Dr. Mudd, and the document has been presented to the Pres ident,. Dr. Paul who obtained the signatures to it, will soon circulate another for the pardon of the rest of the conspirators. GEN". lI.ORAIE PORTEII, a member of Geu. Grant's staff, who was sent to Ar kansas to see about the trouble there, fully sustains Governor Clayton's ellbrts to put down the Klu-Kluxers of that State. Ar kansas rebels and rebels everywhere will soon know that the "reign of terror" is about played out. Tim effort tending to the building of several new railroads to radiate from the city of Washington is likely to prove suc cessful. Senators and members of Con gress from the Eastern, Middle and West ern States nearly all appear to favor the plan of a more general free system of rail road building from the national capital. Tau messages of the Republican Gov ernors to their legislatures are really re freshing. In every State, from Maine to Minnesota, finances are in a good condi tion, debts are being reduced, taxes are being lessened, schools and school sys tems are thriving, and there is a good time generally. Progressive people are the best ruler. SEVERAL Wituesse , : were arrested under the very nose of the cammittee of Con gress, now in session in New York hives tigating the frauds at the election, by Sheriff O'Brien, at the instigation of the Copperheads of that delectable city. These fellows arc becoming alarmed at the testimony that the committee has se cured. A Copperhead hates investiga tion. A crizEN Of Portland, 3laine, thinks the world ia to be visited hr a second del uge. He is aerordingly converting his entire property ---".46.1)00--- iiito an ark. The boat trill lw fifty Pet long, fifteen feet wide. Hat bottomed. ;Auavit sterned, round bows, with a hous;: just aft 4 midships. The propriAor is plawdng and bulking the affair himself. lie does not intend to launch it, but will simply store it with provisions and proceed to keep house in it —prepared, at any tint; for Ur rising of the Waters.
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