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L J. GERRITBON, • - Editor.
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far" The sole great objects of this war
are the restoration of the unity of the
nation,- the preservation of the Constitu
tion, and the supremacy of the laws of the
oanntry."—McGlegan.
These are words fit to be inscribed on
the conservative standard in the coming
Presidential election, and he who holds
aloft the standard , bearing this in
scription or an equivalent one, will lead
the conservative hosts to victory. Mark
the prediction.—Louisville Journal.
re—John Brongh, Governor elect of
Ohio, in a speech at Lancaster before the
election, as reported in the Cincinnati
Commercial, (Rep.) said
"Slavery must be put down, rooted out,
if every wife has to be made a widow,aud
every child to be made fatherless"
a Every wife" here means the wife of
every tio6nnan, but not John Brongh's
wife, Hoiace Greeley's wife, nor Henry
Ward Beecher's wife, but the wife of each
man who can't raise $3OO.
g What can be more damnatory
against Lincoln's Administration than the
fact that when it suppressed the liberty
of the press, and denied tTnsmission, by
mail or express, to newspapers which did
not advocate its elevation to power, for
alleged "disloyalty," it refused to interfere
with one of its own party printed in Bos
ton, which carried, in flaming capitals for
motto.:its
" The Constitution of the United States
is a Covenant with Death, and a League
with Hell."
And yet there aro thousands of honest
people who are taught to believe that Mr.
Lincoln was governed by purely patriotic
motives in suppressing _newspapers, and
was not swayed by party prejudice: Let
us admit this, and we must conclude that
Old Abe sees no harm in the above motto.
ririt is announced that another of the
usual stupendous frauds upon the country
amounting to over $640,000 has just come
to light in the office of the Quartermaster
at Alexandria. The stealing has been in
the receipt and delivery of supplies for
the Army'of the Potomac.
IgrPersons indebted to us on account
or by note or judgment, who desire to ,
settle with us before we settle our draft
business, can oblige us if they pay any
time during December, and our friends
are requested to look over - accounts, and .
see if they can find something due as, and
hand in the Greenbacks.
Some are owing us, from whom we are
likely to get nothing without the aid of
a Justice and Constable, bat we hope the
number will be small. We are now com
mencing forced collections, and those who
are chronic delinquents can save our re
grets and their costs, hi , settling before
a summons is issued in their case.
fa'Congress assembled on Monday.
The House was organized by electing
Col
fa:, abolitionist, Speaker, over all other
candidates by a vote of 101 to 80.
We. shall endeavor to keep our
readers posted in reference to important
acts of a Congress controlled by bayonets.
First day, Mr. Lovejoy (a Lincolnite),
gave notice of his intention to introduce a
bin to.abolish slaVery and punishslavehel
ders in all the states and territories. In
the Senate, Lane , of Indiana gave notice
t 410113 would offer a bill to repeal the
8300 - elame of the conscription act, and to
increase the pay soldiers 50 .. per cent.
President's message not read, and we
cannot therefore insert it toy day. , Next
week we will give some spade to it.
—Ayer's American Alnianac for 18649
has now arrived and is ready for delivery
gratis at Turret 's Drug Store to all who
call for it. This number, .contains a trea
tise on Scroftil " a nd its kindred complaints
which is well worth perusal. It also gives
:much general medical information, which
its unto& end should be kept against time
of need in every family. Its compilation
tijokes and anecdotes is about. the best
that teaches us, and these facts together
have given its dm/dation which is said
to be the largest of.any one book •in the
world. •
}—The Court of Comm, Pletet - pf Fair
fax vothaty,,Ohio ? in the ease: of Dr: -Ed.
fen B, Olds ay tcnst Governor Tod and
ether% for damages - ,for faise imprison
=eat:: has denied -the motion of &e d..
fipaalltactO TeMOVe theism , ttt the circuit
court of the : cite+ - ,.1 States,
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Letter from Richmond.
PmsoN, Richmond;
Nov. 14th, 1863..
MY Dneu SISTER. : I had the pleasure
of receiving a letter from you by the last
flag of truce.
I have a chance to send this letter with
out its passing through the infernal re
bel's hands; therefore I won't have to
write to suit their eyes.
You wished me to give you a descrip
tion of our treatment, dae.,. which you are
aware I could not do without their knowl
edge. Imagine, for an instant, almost the
entire population of Montrose, (about the
same number in confinement here,) all in
one building, eating, sleeping, cooking
and walking, .without the privilege -of
hardly looking out at the window; and
then you have some idea of the density of
oar population. The floor* are complete
ly covered at night, but they manage to
chuck in a few more alined every day.—
The windows are open except when we
fill them up with blankets. Our rations
consist of corn bread; although it can
hardly be called bread, as it is mixed up
with water only, baked in the shape of a
slab—just as hard and indigestible. This,
with a IttUO rice and salt, is alt we have
from the government. We could eat it
all and make only half a meal. They have
allowed us to send out and tut potatoes
and such thins, or we would have starved
before this tune. None but those who
have money can send out, and I can as
sure you that there are a great many who
haven't had a cent in a long, time. There
is but little produce Richmond. We
expect they will pot alio* us to send out
but a short time longer; they have given
us notice to that-effect. The citizens, I
understand, are getting almost uncontrol r
table. They make threats of taking away
what little bread we receive. There will
be hard times here this winter. Think of
flour at slso.per barrel, and everything
else in proportion. Can a poor man live I
on wages at $1,50 or $2 a day? It is my
opinion that the Confederacy is about
played out. It is now struck with death.
No doubt the death-stroke will be hard.
God grant it may breathe its last immedi
ately.
• Every boat brings boxei from home,
containing eatables. This is the only fea
ture of interest here; the anxious faces as
the lists are read over--countenances
changing either to smiles or frowns as the
case may be. Our keepers are very agne
able at such times. I have received cloth
ing and reading matter from Port and
from bathe, but - nothing to eat. If you
send me anything, let at be cooked or
baked eatables. Butter, cheese, coffee,
sugar, and such things as much as you
please.' Boxes are more sure than letters
or anything else. Forty-two arrived last
night. None for me. Tell George to
send me some of Lewis' best- brandy—
marked syrup. (Mass will break—so ev
erything of that kind must be in tin cans,
and sealed tight.
MI health is very good. I have bad a
bade cold, with chills and fever, but am
better. lam Belfry that George has been
drafted, but hope be will get 'clear from
gding. Give my respects to all.
I remain, as ever, your affectionate
brother, ' H.
I. 8.-It is hard to tell when we will
be . releved, but we are `likely to stay here
all winter. If you Send me anything, do
it up . strong, and in n strong box.
—Wendell Phillips, in a lecture deliv
ered at Boston, a feW days ago, denounce d SecretB7 Seward t s "mnrplot of, every
policy,' the unbelieving Judas, the only
rock ahead of the flip of State, the nen,
clus around which, gatheri everything dis
lorals eve7d*.g everything selfishand everythins base in the nation. " This
Would be denounce&as treason if Dern
mat had uttered it: But aboli.
tinnista are free to say what they please
Maeam arm / 13 YoVAiun in various
toon g# and eities,of this State:for the erev ,
'ion &monuments to the memory of their
Boldi p s - , who hoot fallen awing the war.
Thin in right.- ;Lek:the memory of .our.
Men heroes be approptia' tely.hoaorid,
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After the - exciting war ne ws ' within the
two past weeks, there comes a lull, and no
_important reports reach us, except that
Longstreet has retreated from Knoxville,
ai his position there Income fintena lc
after Grant's advantage over Bragg t
Chattanooga. Burnside is therefore 0. t
of danger, and at liberty to invade 5.. e
northern village and capture a defeneel... B
printing office,—the only victory. hp see .. s
competent to win. , The xeport:last 'ir •
that he defeated Longstreet and took 6 e
thousand prisoners;ends in printers'
Gen. Hooker bad an encounter with a
rebel force at Ringgold, near Chattsn . . : t
and was repulsed with a loss .of 500. I r
arm_ y is now entrenched on 'the Cast sly •
of Mission Ridge, the pickets two Th' es
ahead along the west bank of the Chi a
mango. Our retreat from.Ringgold se• eu
miles to this place was quite precipi te,
and was closely followed by the previo .•, ly
defeated rebels who now
,oceupy the ..--..t
bank.Of the 'Chicantauga. Bragg's , .• ad
quarters are at Ringgold, and. his ar i. , is
massed near by.. Grant sends no r• . ort
of his victory over Bragg, but it is sal. he
took 0,450 prisoners and 46 guns, and , ost
4,500 killed and wounded. I3rant sh. uld
soon attack' Braggand beat hint, o the
late victory aid afterwards retreat •• Ibe
fruitless, except the incidental reli.. of
Burnside from Longstreet at Knoxv' 1 e.
We have intelligence that on F'. ay,
Longstreet ceased operations' a._ inst
Knoxville, and with all his trains as. ar
tillery, and a cavarly rear guard;mar.. ed
towards Virginia, safely passing Fos er's
outposts on the Clinch river, beyond that
his progress is unknown. On Thurspay,
Sherman, who had been sent from Ch4tta
nooga to aid Burnside, reached Knoxville
on the west, and communication is pen
with Cumberland Gap.
Gen. Breckinridge,recently killed ' ,
is reported to have been serenaded, ce,
at Dalton.
Thirteen reble steamers ran the bloode
at Wilmington i on the night of the 9th.
1
News from Charleston up to th 3d,
state that bembardment was kept ul)lan
guidly, and that a few shells had een
thrown into the. city. The siege has now
continued nearly six months.-
' Gen. Meade 's tour after Lee in the
Wilderness, resulted in finding him afely
entrenched on the west book of th 'ne
river, and Meade therefore retreat with
slight loss to his old post north Cul
pepper, followed by the enemy o are
posted just south of the town, and 'winter
quarters or an inactive "winter campaign'
is probable. So the Bth- aggressive or 'on
to Richmond' movement, fails. Many
credit the Administration with making so
many feints towards Richmiind, intending
them to fail, so as to protract the war till
it can farther enrich its thieving contrac
tors, wear out slavery, and force southern
states into incorporating abolition -pbfiiies
into their constitutions as the only terms
of re-onion. The Wilmington blocliade
;.:. poorly .00foreod, 4:Mewl?* the nth* to.
get such supplies from Lincoln's Custom
House officers at New York, and other
quartets, as they most need.
—Thus we find the close of the third
summer of a war which was to be over in
three months, and unlegs more vigor and
honesty be soon exercised the army will
need unborn generations to fill its ranks.
At the three points above spoken of, 'the i
belligerants stand defiantly facing each
other, and none can tell what will be the
next news—but only hope on.
The winter will be spent in ' festive joy
at Washingtdn, with soldiers shivering in
camp, and starving in rebel prisons with
no hope of exchange because Lincoln will
not allow it unless the rebels will first a
gree to trade negroes for whites.
Burning of the Isaac Newton.
The N,qw York papers bring us the de
tails of the burning o f the steamer Isaac
Newton, on the Hudson, on Saturday
night. The steamer left her pier at Court
land street at six o'clock on Saturday
evening, for Albany, having on board
about 130 passengers, and freight valued
in round_ figures at 8300,000, consisting
principally of iron, groceries and dry
goods, the property of country merchants.
When opposite Fort Washington, the
boiler burst with a terrific explosion, and
in an instant steam enveloped the differ
ent decks.
The explosion was like that of a cannon,
and instantly the steam rushed forth; the
night was' cold, and above decks it had
but little effect. The fright occasioned,
however, was terrific. About one-third
of the passengers_ were women and child
ren, and the most indescribable terror
reigned. The wildest rumors ran from
mouth to ear that the boat was sinking,
and a scene of heart-rending agony oc
curred. Fortunately there were cool,
brave men on board, who checked the
frantic women and shamed the cowardly
men, and thus saved many who would
have recklessly rushed to the guards and
thrown themselves overboard.
In ten minutes after the explosion the
entire midships was in flames. The pas
sengers had, fortunately, nearly all rushed
aft, A guardian angel was at hand. The
dames spread rapidly, bat ere their gree..
ay lust was.sattsfied, the steamer Da n iel
S. Willer, with three barges in tow, was
at hand.
Eight lives were lost—fourteen persons
injured;
—Andy Almon, of Tennessee, is des-
eribed as feeling spleolid—bie eye on the
Presidency and bis hand on three salaries:
Governor, Senator and General
—An abolition 3 . speaker, named Fish
basks at 2 zadical meeting recently, held
st Clennont, declared that he was
friVar of a mil_itary , 4espotisut in these
times", No wonder, he supports the
admisistration. Ivodoing that. he supports
just ,what he sari he is in favor of
Politkal iffeethg 111 OthCthflitl
Crscurmsen, Dec 4.—TheConrvotive
Union National Committee ,'Met at t.h4
Burnett Hoise at 0 o'clock yesterday
ternoon.
Governor Wm. B. Campbell of Tomes ,
see, Was made chairman pro tern. The ,
Hon. Amos Kendall was elected pertnan l
ent president of the committee, and Wm.
C. Hurd, of New York, the pennant treas.
nrer.
Arrangements were made for a Con
vention to meet: to-day. The Convention
assembled at twelve o'cloCk, and was ad
'dressed during the session bythe follow
innamed gentleman :
Hon. Garrett Davis, of Kentucky ;
Lieutenant-Governor Jacob, of Kentucky;
Hon. Leslie Coombs; Hon. Mr. Norton;
of Texas ; J. Scott Harrison, of Ohio ;
Hamilton Pope, of Kentucky ; J. C 4 Phil
lips, of Ohio ; Samuel T. Williams, of Md.;
Johni H. James, of Ohio; J. P. Brunner,
of Kentucky ; P,aul Shipman, . of Louis
ville; Gov. Campbell, of Tennessee; R.
F. Stevens, of New York, and many oth
ers. Letters were read from Hon. Emer
son Etheridge, of Tennessee ;,Washington
Hunt, Hon. Linn Childs, Ron. Edward
Riddle, of Massacflusetts Hon. Wm. II
Reed, of Pennsylvania; dov.Trimble and
Hon. John L. Taylor, of Ohio ; Hon. Gil
bert C. Walker, of Illinois; Hon. John B.
Huston, of agentucky ; Gov. Colby, of
Vermont! Hon. C. B. Calvert, of Maine;
Hon. B. Davis Nixon, of New York, and
many others, all expressing the greatest
interest in the success of this movement,
and nearly all the most earnest desire for
the nomination of Geo. B. McClellan by
this convention. In deference to these
numerous expressions in favor of Gen.
George B. McClellan, the subject of his
nomination was before the convention for
it4consideration, and resulted in the adop
tion of the following , resolution, presented
by the Hon. J. IL Brunner :
Resolved, That this Convention of con
sultation adopts and re-affirms the Ken
tucky platform of 1863, and suggests to
the Conservative Union National Com
mittee the name of George B. McClellan
for the next Presidency, and recommend
to the mid committee to take such action
in regard to the nomination of candidates
for the Presidency and Vice Presidency
as they may deem expedient.
During the discussion the names of the
Hon. William B. Campbell, of Tennessee ,
Gen. Leslie Coombs, and Gov. Thomas E.
Bramlette, were mentioned with great in
terest for Vice President.
This evening the National Committee
again convened, and adopted the follow.
ing resolution upon the, motion of Hamil
ton Pope, of Kentucky :
Whereas, The advisory convention held
in Cincinnati on the 4th inst., having re
commended to this committee the name
of General George B. McClellan for the
Presidency, and no candidate for the Vice
Presidency, and it being deemed advisa
ble to have a future meeting of this com
mittee, for the purpose of nomina ting
caates for the Presidency. therefore,
be it
Resolved, That the resolution be referr
ed to a meeting of the committee to be
held at Independence Hall, Philadelphia,
on the 2qd of this month, ,and that all
members be earnestly requested to attend
in that city for the consideration of this
resolution, and such other action as may
be deemed advisable.
The permanent secretary of the com
mitte is R. F. Stevens, of New York.
No Joke.
Night before last, at the Academy of
Music, one of the minstrels propounded
the followint , conundrum " Why is the
President oftbe United States like an owl
in the dayttlee ?" It was of course " giv
en up" bY the rest of the band, when
" Bones"tave the answer, " Because he's
always a-blinkin'." Notwithstanding it
was somewhat venerable, it took, and the
house was much pleased. But one of the
audience, a paroled Union prisoner,
named James Johnson, belonging to a
Connecticut regiment, managed to get
himself into trouble about this same stale
joke. He had to let 'out a little of his
venom against the President by volnn
tebring, sotto voce, a solution to the ques
tion, and his answer was, " Because he is
a d—d fool." An army officer overheard
the insulting remark, and justly indignant,
had ,the soldier4who was dressed in citi
zen's clothes, arrested. Yesterday he was
taken before Judge Atoeha; He said he
was not talking to the officer, and was on
ly joking, in a. low tone of voice, with
some of his friends. The probabilities are
that, had he been dressed as a soldier, he
would not have been molested ; still it is
a high offence against military law for a
soldier to speak disrespectfully of his•
commander-m-ehief, the President, and
the Court sent Johnson to prison for sixty
days.—N. 0. Era.
AnrA French orator denounced the sTa
cabins of France seventy years ago in lan
guage that is very applicable to the radi
cal Republicans of out: own times. He
said :
"The great body of our citizens are so
blinded by the glare of financial specula
tion, that they confound the condition of '
affairs with a great national mtiement in
favor of freedom—regard the violence of
brigands as the efforts of energ9tio minds,
and consider robbery itself as mdispensa
ble for this public, safety. Yon are , free,'
they say, but unless you think like us,
we will denounce you to the nationality.
You are free,' but, unless you bow before.
the idol that we worship, we will deliver ,
you up, to the violence of the nationality'
you have insulted"'
,
—lf we may be p ,
ermitted to judke
the returns of the late elections in Ohio
and Pennsylvania, the best way to increase
.
the population of 's'eouotry to go
war and have men killed olt
0012010/11, — OF SOLDIERfr VOTES.
If citizen soldiers could vote without
restraint, Mid ander the influences which
affect their fellow-citizens, there would be
no hesitation about leaving to them the
choice of officials in civil life.. But they
are not allowed to choose their own
officers, ranch less to vote unconstrained
ly for civil officers. Here is an example
of how the system works in practice :
In Louisville, at the Exchange Barracks,
an Ohio regiment was stationed at the
time of the Ohio election. The vote of
this regiment was 308 for Brough and 2
for Vallandigham.
At the hour of 2 o'clock p. m., I went
to the place appointed for the Ohio soldiers
to vote. Royal Taylor, the State agent,
officiated. I asked if they had any Dem
ocratic tickets. They said they had not.
I had a ticket in my pocket, neatly folded,
on purpose for the occasion. I handed it
to one of the officers. 'The man who put
the tickets into the box had it in his hand
the last I saw of it. I Started back to the
hospital. I got part way back, when an
officer caught. me and tooleme back into
the office, and said " Them is another
man that voted for Vallandigham." They
took as dowit to the barracks and put us
in the guard-house. We were summoned
to appear before a courvmartial about 10
o'clock that night. The charge against
me was, voting for Vallandigham. I
plead guilty to the charge ; I wrote my
defense' and was then taken back to
prison, and have been 'kept there ever
since.
—Speaking of the alleged abuse of fed-
eral -soldiers in rebel prisons„ the Rich
mond Enquirer says : " If we - are starv
ing ourselves, how .can we keep them
fro:At starving? But the truth Is that,
though straightened in our own means of
life, we are doing as well for our prison
ers as for ourselves."
—The Indiana (Po.) Messenger of the
10th says : "Fresh beef is quite abund
ant in these parts just now, and is selling
at from three to,four cents for hindquar
ters and two and three cents, for forequar
ters. Pork, fresh, is selling at six cents
peepound."
—By Parton's life`of Gen. Butler, it ap
pears that Gen. McClellan is entitled to
credit for layino• down the plan of opera
tions in the sou thwest. Gen. McClellan's
genius and foresight are admirably exhib
ited in the orders under which Butler
went to New Orleans.
—The original draft of Lincoln's Eman
cipation Proclamation has been sold, in
Chicago, to the highest bidder, the for
tunate purchaser being a quack doctor
whose speciality is "tie indiscretions of
youth." As Mr. Lincoln has declared
that document to be " the greatest folly
of his life," it seems to have fallen into
very appropriate heads.
—The miserable whine that republicans
set tip at party opposition, When, they
themselves are the most intolerant parti
sans ever known, is both cowardly , and
contemptible. 'lf they ask us not - to be
partisans, let them cease to be partisans
thems( Ives.
—The Canada plot has so utterly ex
ploded that no; one not wofully crazy up
on the subject of " loyalty" but now
laughs at the thousand and one canards
circulated about it. No plot existed.
---Paper is Once more going up to a
fearful price. People should everywhere
save all their old papers. They are now
worth five or six cents per pound, si'hile
old account books or writing paper of any
kind, is worth from ten to twelve cents,
Bags are also in demand, and should be
carefully preserved for sale.'
—ln comparison to the political knave
ry, of Mr. Lincoln and his party, the re
bellion is a very small obstacle in the way
of a complete union of the States. Take
the political objects and movements of
the administration out of this war, and
the rebellion can be crashed in sixty days.
—We notice that in many counties in
this State the farmers have set apart a
day to haul into town wood produce and
articles of provisions for the families of
soldiers now absent in the army, who are
in destitute circumstances. We believe
it is only necessary to the farmers to un
derstand the facts to induce them to follow
the example set them in other counties.
—The population of the National
Capital is now said to be about equally
balanced between negroes, office seekers
and holders, and cyprians of all styles and
grades.
—Mrs. Jane M. Pierce, wife of er-Pres
ident Pierce, died at Andover, New Eam
pshire, on the 2d instant, in. the 57th year
of her age. This estimable Christian lady
has been in feeble health for many
years.
—The motto of the Democracy is, Vie
Union must and shall be restored. The
motto of the Republicans is, The Union
cannot :and shall not be restored. Dem
corats say that it is patriotism to try to
save the Union. Vice-President Hamlin
says it is " demagagueism to want the
Uniontack."
—" It is humiliating to , confess it,"
said Governor Pierpont, of Virginia,
lately to a friend, " but it is true, that if
left to themselves most of these blacks
'would side with the South." •
—When a,Digger Indian gets the small
pox he closes the door of his hut, kills his
dog, and then shoot himself, that the con
tagion may be arrested. What a pity it
is that.the first man with the nigger -on
the-brain did not take this timely precau
tion.-Of what incalculable benefit it would
have been to the country.
--f` My fiimily are' in, Knoxville, and I
am on way to Cincinnati, advised to
leave by the , military authorities." Bo
writes Parson Brownlow, unconscious of
the shame Orleaving hia wife and children,
to.the mexey ox OA z,bel3 fop whip tio,
fled- ' ,
-..The election for Mayor of Ns* Yitrk'
City, took place on Tuesday last. A larg
er vote was polled than in the reshtit elec
tion for State officers. The result was as
follows :
C. Godfrey Gunther, Dem. 28,062
F. I. A. Boole. Dem. . 22,355
Orison Blunt, Rep. and Abo. 46,442
—When Longstreet crossed 'the Hols
ton, at London, .Brownlow made tracks
northward, and the last heard of him ho'.
was at Barbourville, in Kentucky, with'
his nose pointing towards Luisyille.
is the man that insisted about one year
acre he could redeem East Tennessee ite
given a General's Commission and an -army
of ten thousand men.
—lt is not in a splendid Government,•
supported by powerful monopolies and
aristocratic establishments, that the pech ,
ple will find happiness, or their liberties
protected ; but in a plain system, void of
pomP; protecting all and granting , favors.
to none.' —Annum JAcKsom,
—As the call under the coming draft is
for " loyal" men, it _is suggested that
virulent copperheadism will establish
Talid claim for exemption.
--One of the Ohio regiments went. into
the tight at, Chickamauga without a field
officer. They were all in Ohio electionee
ring for Brough. And this is called
war
—The Government has ordered the
sale of all confiscated lands in Virgins,
South Carolina, Florida and Tennessee,
on the 19th of January. The sale will be
peremptory, to pay the direct tax of those
States.
—At Cincinnati, C. W. Hall, a horse
contractor for the Government, has been
found guilty and sentenced to six months
imprisonment, and also fined $lO,OOO, for
defrauding the Government in purchas
ing horses. This is a 'merciful Govern
ment, notwithstanding the Copperheads
denouneeit s, as cruel and tyrannous.—
Napoleon used to hang such fellows—enr
Government, giveg them life and time to
repent:—.4lba ay Knickerbocker.
—The Administration has indeed been
merciful to public plunderers.
THE WEST WAR NEWS!
XLFTER mature deliberation about our National and
Financial affairs, we have come to the conclusion
that another
VICTORY!
WILL SOON BE WON !
tor the following gontx:xi: no F o l t re: i. we have on band
Winter Shawls,
Silk and Cloth Cloaks„..
Debates, Barnes, Ladles' Cloth. Lawn. Glaghtnir
Velvets, Saki, Botntazines, White
!aspects, ic.,
33 4 13 0 1VIVM I T I S; !
In every variety of style, color, and pea, from 50 Mt.
upwards.
Domestics. Prints,
from a cents upwards. SIIEETIN'a at almost any
price.EDT/0K1...VG, STRIPES'. and
DENI.II2 from 18 eta upwards , .
lar Flannels of all colors and prices.„aa
MILLINERY GOODS,
We flatter ourselves that we can compete with any
firm this side of New York, In prices, styles, or quality .
For allot the above we wish the public to draw en us it
EXCEEDINGLY LOW FIGURES
and
Furnishing Goods
Of which wo are ad solo manolhetarers
We would say to those in want of such, that we to
suit any one no matter how particular the purchaser.
We can furnish on the shortest and the most
REASONABLE - TERMS
a suit of cloth which may be need forgetting manied.er
face a Butternut Regiment. We guaranty good dt,ild
a well-made article, having a
manufactory at 24 Dey Street, Y.
We certainty have advantages over the mAtotity ID this
Minch.
We call particular attention to those wboltnow the&
!elves in arrears with ne to come andp_ay up, as we erg
the fends to carry on our business. We are no Mods
of tong credits, and believe in the saying
"Short Settlen;ento make good friencts.7.
Yours, trtily,
Guttenberg, Rosenbaum & OQ
MONTROSE, Dec. 843,1883.
A BIG DRAFT COMING
SHOULDER ARMS !
. Spades to the Front
Hasoqtrawrzus Tows Comm, Nor. 4, 2
The following resolution was unanimously adopted'.
RESOLVICD4 That the owners or occupants of
lots situate on any public street within the Bow
of Montrose shall be and is hereby required to herr"
side-walk opposite thereto cleared from snow, And in
ma of default in so doing for 24 hours, the Street gat;
missioners, , or either of them, is herebyautherised a°
required to clear the. snow from said walk and churl
the expenses thereof to the lot or lots of said muerte!
occupants, and render an accent thereof to the Bowj
and which amounts shall be collected by the Bortalbr
said owners or occupants, belbre any , ;notice of
_. 1 . 1
Peace of Susquehanna county. as debts of like smea ry ore by law recoverable. And farther, 1$ shall be the dti
of the Street Commiesionerieto keep clay front sseiT,
stitch public walks as do not ran-by Ovate, lots,. lr
charge the expense thereof to tke Borough::
8. SaiRIsITLET, President,
T. A, INQNB, Bee. (Montrose, Nov. 10:9
NEW 'GOODS t
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