, . . i . . . ....i ' • , - K • . 44 , • ~. ... P . ..... .. . . . _ . . • - 1 light 6agtiv, PUBLISHED BY YEE GAZETTE PUBtIBIIING ASSOCIATION ----, - IriEUREDAY, DECEMBER R, IRGE . CON STM3TIONAph ''.. By the vote of the Bth of November th - American people detertained, - . among -oth( things, Itbat their National Constituth„, should be so amentle4 as to proiAtitt slayc ry or irreoluntary servitude, - except for • punlahment ofxrimei qtrrOughotttt 110 lic tirinatiousi Domain. This was oril o f th 'lssues t !lath they Votsxl, sneak% ,014, set forth in the Baltimore platfdren war moreat! defined, and not MA watts pt more fly-before the public mind Un - ring the taxi 's That matter, therefore,: lI settlet : We hale , „ mentioned other amend-, mints that, should be4ressed, and we may noWproprrly. referto another that will '' earnestijr":tiffid. We Mean . a' distinct re-,' eftiiitioXOfithe .bel,ng and , authority of the Suptemo Euler the-Universe, and of the Mediator hetween God' and man, .the Being whiilS now feebly In our legat,"„otri,Jhrutirti.": .To do all Aids would 'nokr . ,§ringrotir Oontititution - Info agreement: with: the , 'Commonl• Law, and' would hone' morra union et-Chi:Lk-h . and State OUROA - Ihe . ;- - *ltiVerSal. iectignitlon or the ChrOutiati- Sabbath by our .Legislatitres, our lawri,.rusd our Courts of Justice. • • Our Vonstitrition was framed when all Europe lwas struggling to throw-off the old . aLlues whicikquid arisen Mainly from cor rupt alliances between sacerdotal and des. potic p l ow - era - 7- The - palmier- sentiment in • France and . the. United States—between —which there then existed a very strong sym pathyHagainst such alliances was so strong • that it favung to the oitposite citreme, so far as political things were concerned ; and It is to thht,P.more than to anything else, that the strange fact is . to be attribuied, that there is not the skightest: recognition of-the Su preme Being in that instrument. It was an error cetfelnly, and a very grave one, . And orM, that ought to be corrected. It wee a thing of which the quaint - old divines of the Siiteenth century had they lived in our day', and teen' what we see, would have .been apt to have `riirell, as those people abut Grid out of treir Supreme Law, he has let the devil in, and now we sec his work.", rertutpa it is so. HANCOCK'S CORPS. Orders thithe.argeolzation of n corps, to be made up of 20,000 veterans, who have serred!not, less :that two years; and been honorably discharge 9, and therefore" not liable to - .draft MVO been Issued by the , Secretary of War. • Recruits .istill4.corps will .reeeive a spe cial btinnty front theDovernment of 4300; - besideit thi usual plat and perquisites *of volunteers, „Their first.step is to present themselves te the PrOvoSt of that' yfroper district, who, if they . be found qual i9ed, will 31t : olih `them transportation to Wiuhingten, D„C., whsrmthey will he mustered into the service of - the United ; States .ss " Rocrulte'utill.he ereditoi to the district in which they or their families are dona tiled. As evidence of the plactiof don:dale the affida4iVoethe recruit will be reqzdied:" -If it shall.subiequently be ascertained thist , the place of domicile has not been correctly . giren,i the credit will be taken "frOin the piece to which' it wan erroneously attained,: and - trinsfAielte the proper place of dom icile of the reCittit."' . . Wh6thet . the,word district" in this par- - !graph meaWs4nto-iiistrict is not clean bat - we c think it would not be quite. sofa for sob-districttO pay - Meta benntylit a vets- ran whose Proper :simulate is in nianthee sub-disfrir! . eiert though it sluiadbdin the same ifistrift. :I` , ; . cither . do we behave thiti , :sub-districtretudd claim the ;exclusive credit . one of Its resident's to Whole it paid no , local bounty,. butthst he would hscredited , to the; inane' tat large. , These pointsouglit to Le, and must Le, more explicitly defined ,- if the' work 4, to lrc successful The impsesalon - Tifton& that ` 11011;141.12bl may secure the services of veteran subsii • lutes end phrthein into thle.corps. This is . a mistake. THE'kk-W:rinEv Pr+idem Ltscsoms hasearneti the lasting gratitude of - thenstion by appointing Ssr.z mos P. Ctrii* Chier.Tustice of thefinpremn Court. 'promptness -with which the Senate coutkrnseC !the l'Atomination theirs how general was the desire for this appoint ment; anti ,iteditli4 it 4s Male; ' every one_ feels that itisenttneutly the right thing awl that no other tiPpoinfnient Could have glien . such traversal satisilietfOn: ' Mr Casalsai nian in:every way adapta to this phsoitztd`seeirei to train been made ' for A man of large mind, fair, upright, "learned in the law-, und,l . !tith Sl,:lnature bent. for tlisposing of Attie* questionwith. a , strong reverence for dal, and a heart'y faith" in and sympalle With humanity," there Is not, at this.tenetruwkeratiOnal: straits, any • one, itt the nation better qualified to rill end ado eN T the station. There Will 'he 'finrinsid 34 Scott decisions from that tribunal, alike disgraceful hfifinul tortlinnstien.; • There has been a studied attempt on the part §f certain prawn:sin.; he interest.of oth er aardranta lienYiliertgarices'ai Coast ; and the telegraph has assured us, time and again, that he : Lad not the least show: Yet, assecurat Congress, ntieta, the President sends in his danie for ettnilitun .tion, and we doubt friar. Luta= eh& en tertained the tisoeglit, of, appointing sn one else. Let ue,rilf: rejoice that the 1141•' preme Mere, to enjoy the high reputatiew 'irked irt' lons- Alan= ~... ' I THE OVVILMAIL, RETURNS. . .We publiStiiiiiiiiiiribig the *WA esii: vase of the rßes,';iset . ,for Presideitltt the' an i on 'We l elections. •Whis:ineledes- tha Soldiers , ;rot . We!ititif give to-morrow a table she the: 1 010 I ' l '4 tie/lien' vote 0 ,0 0. ty Mr. Lnsah,44 majority , it it - will be mit, is 20,081, and the.tptal, - rote. Is 619,6107—eri Increase in four years of- 96,igid.. ---- , - The New rOrkEvening - Poite; the •Tnline, ' . .1114 other paoettyput, the total Tote of, Penn sylyanta, at tlds eteetion at :192,060. *here they get their tataid`from We don't know; ' 2 but they do the State gross injustice.. z... , . , No other State hi the Union ;shows an V : _ m i t a ' nav a° in elm total Tote, or anything linil l i ke i t . Tha, gain indicates an ,increased I poinlatlon since 1800 of nearly 57,000, , 0r a little over 20 percent: ' The ratio of Totes I to population*lB6o 'was 01, or 10 Totem ' to 1 " every 61 of population.. At the asme rail° I the PoPulation,of the ,fllate, In7day 18°8, 60.0,000. ill The'other States (with ,Ow exception of ill Maryland) all shotr7. a large increase, at kr 1 though' the gain in nide ii so largess I n : V 4 tide State. Retrtorhahoits Cgain of about; 0 `.. eor 'cent, the, Atitin,Eastettilludeitteing • t a little belove; thlr i ainftlin:WestiriStitOS a' Wt . little abire. :,;:e,',:' , 4•: 1 i W . , t ' ' ' ...":4rlf.:::''' • 1 ; ::..,' ' V, ! RatimakrZ , Mincrasie. l . B mtairts, , ek:: _ State Senator front Itsacsater county, tiled, 61- st his residentit 21(Xinqstetri,on - Mender ..tfht Amend wlll lake - place - on , radaesday ,Z!' 1 - Aftefn° ol6 ' •`;':';','„! ~ • , t, - ~1 :, -:, ,'' J • • .1. r (...-Fr. RESULT Op Till NOVEMBER ELEC TION IN THE STATE 011 PENN SYLVANIA. orticLAL imimatz, ' - The following hi the total vote of the MR didatee for Presidential Electors, received at the election in_ Pennsylvania„ November 8, 1804 : Morton McMichael... Thomas Cumithgharn. Robert P. tang G. Morrison Coates.; Henry Bumm.... ... Hera..... tlart.on IL Jenks:: Charles )1.1/ank Robert Parke. William Taylor - John .L.lllestand Itlehani IT. Coryell... .Charl P.Oa es F. R rd Rall ea da d y Elias W. .... . Charles IL'Shriner... ,John, Wirier Darla M'Conanghy... David W. Woods -- Utile Benson "TAW Patton Samuel B. 'Eyerard 4ohii r r. Penney . ' EtienezeihPJunkln... JohwW.l3butehard... 466.212 .. ..466 218 036,216 294,916 .966,916 1` "agrrcarrsay. Rohcrt L.loinion ....... Richard Vaux • - lonshlin ......;Longt... 'Edward FL .lielmbold 019 Edgard , 12 Ednurd Pi. , Drum41:,• 4 41 .1.. • .1..; • . 1. :,.....• 2.. - 2t5,921 , Thom MeCkillongb • = e75,m. Ediriird T. TreLol, . ' ' 273.919.; Philip 8. Dillard . 4,...,2.0;928 George G. „1i.1per..,..... .. -: .. .......-.' 4111 , 4.275,ir1ir - 2.1145 el &Dm..." 4'..... .. . .. "::::::.P.i , ..275,023 - ', 'Patti& McEvoy - , `. :•• :::respoz Tlionias IL:Walker ". ' .975P5; - 01IVer 8. Dintmlek....... ..... .... ...... 275,228 Abram B. Dunning. • • . 375,0 °=: Pad Leidy ..; I. I!: .' • . .:. =5 , 85 . .114iier1Swineford.......... 275.920 Alolin AM; . , .275,9:12 • George A . in 11111;;;:.: . :'..::. . ..;,..-. ;.1.275,918: Tbiddens Bangs - 275,222 liio Moritgomery. • 275,954" .7olnilt. Irnine.... ^7s,:txt Joseph Dl'. Thompum 275,021 Bat elaili Brown .275,025' Jamul P. Barr . 275,604 William J. Komar ...... .275,99.3 William Montgomery ..,. 275,009 0=! Aaron Mull Edward M. Charles'l'. Recd John H. Riceland David M. Edward 11. •IVlllimn. P. Reed T. Cunningham...... C. Morrison Coates-- George M. Coates Uvula W. Mal. ..... VOTE DT COLI',TIES Aramtrong...; Imvo_r eleartleld Clinton Columbia... Crawford.... Cumberland Dauphin.— Delaware.... E;ME Eggi Junial.a I:ant:lnter, Liistritiee. ,Leblet e., L ., p K ,comlug IfinMu. itanity. )11)131o:sr • ' •NortenALL getter; ••,••• • •,.. " Schuctkill ....... . . . • • 4,'203" : 1,e64- ! 1,355 3,849, • 8,341. • 44. 54 / 1,5°5 :resimigQ. Warren 1:r 72.9 2,982 650 .5 9* 1;404 ..1 . : 8,500 Total 196,080, 213 M The tote 1n...1t460 wee ne iolic;w". 'viz: • ' irtablivon IV4iil)e-••• • • • •• IVtatm9rt3at4.l.:,..r,r "Coln . . Si epbilir 7 A . Douglass " /7.3,4a5 . 12,755 iloelr Arden In Real Life. The -correspondent of the Post, in BrnSsels, says:—`±4eireumstance has °rt. craved heir which,ht some points resembles 'theeVents out of which jhe_poet Lauieste. has%vie so nnach noel' A.rdsn.", About terenty years ego- et bficksmith win; condemned to an ; imprisonment of Seven - months fOr an assault of which he had been found guilty; and On the en his th . 'km Of punishment,' being :aim Wretnin his former employm e nt , " he c d the Dutch army,- and shortly' aftettyamls pro; trotted to the:colonies of Holland, in the ;East Indies,leaving a wife ant young . diughAr behitti Tl, 4 l4y4µes;flfte comrade Who Lad served in the same cont. rg,ara'ag tee-enagilel'ArairepZnh74: arrow by The cdtritadd nAd the wire N ,loiting:- 80011,come to an ,un, del-standing, were married, tguLltad lived happily together for many, .yeAre, Their, happiness weak :hitweveilinteittproti - o-feW' days ago, 'when un ttull4dtud ,Irkth„wldtg. locks made blkAp c mirSticktin the, r do, bodu ,sevenebildreak.l4 was the blacinnelth Witetteul been,' Chrftslesed' to bo lone' dhid,"494,"iiebitof "LOW - mattetii staxl with his,wifo•und , fitanok • - ntade•tne • best he coitld'uttbettlbutgef andrittet log - tlettositol3,9oo2flciratt for.theuse or the, - daughter be „,bull lerft , I:ithind-f4rlnf is;•ruSw twenty. two -yearsef'agelizhe!toOlt - his Torture tor London la thestediaer Moselle, and has sinee4rdoubtleitt;: , safelyratsived 'eV .111 a destination, though nobody hero seems' to bate been made-sequibsted with ..bis luie plans or intentions." Ur; We MC petit:tett() annonnee'tlie filet, tha' pr. mitts 'Puller, ther Union .osunliinto id the Tiventy-first Congressional Dlshict, bas been legally elected to Congress by a ma,, jorlty of , fifteen.. The returns from the three counties comOslng . the District have been carefully eginitned by two compeUnt lentletnen, and there can be no doubt of the result. ,Thci4oldicia' rote,' which has heen thrown out by the CopperheattPretlienptary ,. Wesintorelanki county . , in order to elect Dawson,' huslcen lidded to the resident vote,. which gives Dr. Puller the maforiti almndy stated, and on which 'Governor Curtin can. -not hesitate fora moment toistne the proper !tertlikate of election. Dr. Fuller has this clear majority of fif teen'yotes,, allowing all the returnisclainted for Dawson, - by- adding the soldierti'.. votes legally returned to the do 's office.. That gross frauds" were committed in Wost moreland tounty:xannot be disputed.. In' one box Damon claims a majority of sixty,' and by corappang the' list of rotors, it has been _fliSCOyeret that .twenty-oisht: more rotes are in the box than there are amiss of , totem ou the tally lista. "'' , TheProthonottuy of Weetinatelaricotin. ttyy has thrown out _eighty rotes reties:OA for Fit puller in that mutt, without` W0'16414 excuse otheir thau-toplect *CoppentheadDen , ribil,44Wo.lout'lk?Pe thfitt.. the overeat, ill. not hesitate:to, gleelaos the elertleti of Dr. Felice UuderAhe - hreettleal. of the cmustOUiraaltli. - '2Wea Donnbe Deceived Hon. Myer Strouse, a Democratic main bar of Congress from Schuylkill county, spokest the grand banquet lately given 11'a Philadelphia to Spotter Colfax, following Ilon. William p. Kelley. ,Strouse avowed hht purpose of acquiescink in the popular voice as expressed at the' te election, kid giving to the Administration a cordiki altp port. . This Strouse is an ardent Copperhead,and we trns.t our friends will not be ileeeiced. Ile Is no doubt making these pretensions of loydlty, in Oder to prevint the contesting of his seat. Howell Fisher is 'the stegally elected edisgrissman frcim that Htstriet,antl is entitled , to his peat, if the election frantis in Sthuylkill county ard_asearded, it will be gatilcieut lo give Mr. Fisher his seat. - Wo have no doubt Strouse is very anxidus. thivevent this inceptigation, by now pro . claiming himself an:ardent Union man. .fiarrisbu rg Telegrap74. - 296,.239 296,986 • :.-2 .16 0,92t ,211, • .4..296, Pi 217 O J3O .°9.'1913 2913,18$ • .8(16,214 290,117 • .38.21.9 290,215 • • 994,192 • t296,2%1 PEDEIIAL PmsonEns.L---The reports from Sherman indicate that an abundance - of pro vlsons has been .found on the route. The !rebels report an immense .destruction of stock, grain, ,Ilow utterly inexcusable, then, is the barbarity whickcondemned bur prisoners at Andersonville and elsewhere to slowlFlarvalfzn, and lton iulutman the -de claration of the Savannah Bepublieen, "Chat it was their own (the 'Federal) Governnient that, put it out of our power to take better care pf them, and continued the cruelty, of keeping them here'aftetWe bad given fun notice of their Suffering cdnditlon.' As pris oners they were entitled to humane treat rnent•-to a sufHcieney; at least,- of food anti clothing. Yet thew ant of them is charged upon the_ Peletal. Government, though it was in the power of the Confederate author. watt's to furnish-botii..._ Wink . - Itma been currently ice ported that no now national banks will: tie „tudiforltted. This report is premature, 09 Will be icvi from the faun-lug official communication • • ' • Treasury beptirfment, Office of Vonardrol/nr of (hi Porocney, ll•Ashinaton„ Demob, 3, , To the Editors of tint Evening Thai, 1 notiorin the financial article of the hieninci Pont of, the let Instant the following item t 'The Comp troller of the Currency gives notice that no mare new national banks will be authorized, but that old State balks can be still converted into un donut banks.' The Comptroller' hes given no such notice. 'Tn•view. of the facts that State banks arc being rapidly organioni under tho Nu tionareoiTrbeT elf, and that to the eastern States there is no deficiency, but rather an crews of banking capital , ' capital, he has considered it to hp his ditty to discorwnge iu many instances, neW er g-41111=16ns - and in more Instances, the Increase of the cupit ' al Of those now lu existence. t; is the aim of the Comptroller to Int:mince tlt. na tional Immt: note - Circulation without etddln , E• to the present inflation, Mit it Is not In his power to Prevent new organizitions, nor is it his desire to do win places where-the legitimate bit look of the country seems to reunite Additional bank:lug &ditties: 31cCur.Lotue,." T.TNION. air Penally far Killing a Prat °Meek 91,2111 1 19:414 3,5* 9,241 .3,2371 '2,304 The Sullivan (Monittio county, Ill.) Banner mentions the murder of Hcorge Livers by Jacob Hancock, which occurred in Sullivan, on Mon day evening of last week. It appears that Han cock had been drafted, but kept concealed heal Monday, when be went to town, armed with a brace of revolvers, became Intoxicata,l and swore he would kill somebody before ho let, and about dark. shot Hr. Livers, killing !dm almost instantly, ,Ho was Immediately arrested and tried before Justices R. W. Henry and J. B. iNfor non and bound over to Court under a bond of ThirwOnid seem to Indicate that the Copper head Justices regard:the ktillog of a draft deicer as n very trilling offence, to be expiated •by a !three punishment than the stealing of a horse. --Spralgfirtehrourstai.. ,3361 2,752 8,7101 15„931 3,943' 2,686 e,ses 3,007 6,430, 3 7,336 3,475 ,47 a. "'"" 2,2441 3,086 "335 , '2T3 1,721 1 2 251 3~' ~,9?9 1; -687 !;t; !,:n; „I:0) 1,666; 'a iss 1,914 3,367 6,441{ ' 4,536 3 604' 4.356 5:544V '4;40 3,464 , 2 141 The Official Vote of Pennsylvania. ffinninnuito, Doe.-s.—The felt official Tote of Pennitykrania for Presidential eleeterC taking the &Ulla= on nub ticket, le as fbikars • 0.1411 '0725 , 3.2211 ., : 4,06 2,E631 _Lincoln (Merton Mclikhael,). _McClellan (Rota. L. Johnston) Lincoln's . majority, ' • 110,061 Total Tote 18041 .. . • ' 513,u9t Total' mite 1160 • 414,42 • 3,9°1t,! • 2,417 Sa3°i.",Nr licretuie In four ye - ars.., Tris-Lisr DITCH.,DHHHITSZEIX COTITIK porubmt pf the London - Tit' 1, rig &Cm - Coltiratda, South Carotins, on. September. lays, in dlitetisstrig the prospxtalpf the fall and winter eamfutlndu "But- tupyono the • Confederates were driven liNun botli and Goorgla; ;and by their 'last effort Tillier.conytered'Ordhirieript IttSooth nr North Carolltia,thiyc -the. , g , dilcant &main -,Temts; Aonblana, Arlosnms,. and Missouri, ;Irv-extent vaster than' the4tiote Aus trian monarchy anti the kingdom* ot Greece and' combined, : ncor koo from - Adilatlriraslou and full of resources, M Aids Pie Confaltrate. - paeirruntat to laity deteinanact to repair; shcieltd, is male improbable, yeiforera Le am te.irbned rat of The .111.481,pl." fs 437 L 1,753 11,409, 8,451 3,4813";'.. 1.89.. 4,7801 2,179 4, tel -5'9lC-1‘ 3;401; 767 • cs 2 3,5031 .1,913::.:,1,716 085 , ' . - 3 7 1 - 00 6,872 , ‘: - 1:04 1,130' 1,430 0,014. eAnal—sfim3 9,4067 ' 2,4t0 33,7911 44,033 .000: • 1,100. 1,3130 080 9,540 Sorriranti papers report the secidental death, a felt days di& of the lion. W. Cobb, formerly a Representative in Con. from Maltanta,' and 'mwim,rreently natimi hist. of ttie Confederate Congress; fatal which he witaerkidett(he not Arcing pierces) or his supposed loyalty-to:the -United- States: --He is raid to 'Lace Leen theAlkbarge of one of: his own &dole, which fell to the . protualtom his pErson awl infiletcvl it fetal vvOtuitl. • 2, !!! Vn9 I,olmv 1,388 - .309 t • --' ~;,,Ttig., ltentucky Commonwealth ,sp„taks of :tulge •Wayne; of the Sufwenie