lit It Yttigt gtOottr, ALLENTOWN, PENN'A. TO ADVERTISERfI. The REGISTER has a larger oireoln:- tion, by, several hunured, than an* other English paper in the eounty. TUESD NOVI4; M13F,11 27, 1866 THE WORK TO BE DONE The Congresswhich met yesterday have a work ta-perform of - no ordinary importance to the people of this country and the worki. At no time in the history of man has the tendency towards,that_system of earthly perfection been so great or the current so strong as at the pres ent. Congress as it now does, representing that progressive spirit, must move in the right diree •tion to do any good, and should that body wav er froth. the right path, the evil that. would re sult from their action would be but temporary, and only arouse the honest hearts and fearless minds - of the land to more active and persever ing action. The Ruler of the Universe, fiur same wise rea son yet unrevealed to man, first located the hu- man race in the East, where, under his divine guidance, kingdom after kingdom, empire after empire rose and fell, each in succession attain. ing,a higher degree of, civilization, and, as a matter of course, a better knowledge of the arts and sciences, until one became celebrated for its cultivation of the arts and sciences, another for its attainment in scholarship and vet anoth• er for - its just and equitable system of jurispru dence. Yet all of them, nursed with in sonic great sin which ultimately caused their disruption and fit.al overthrow, in which little except their monuments and the productions of their scholars is left as a warning for us and all future generations. Man was not permitted to know even of the existence of this continent until he had passed through the various stages of life detailed to us in history, and was prepared lo enjoy civil and religious liberty, and then only those who bo a been trained in the school of persoooltoo and in. tolerance were perni4loa five upon its shores. Ti v with the printing press, lr up it t a tion that should far. !icels any that had previously existed. They brought with them the accumulated stores of wisdom for ages past, imbued with the trite re• ligious principles then newly revived for their benefit, to guide and direct them in the proper formation of a government of a new continent. They were prospered beyond that of !my other nation that had ever existed in 'the world. The new 'improvements in the arts were all turned to the advancement of worldly prosperity. To them have been given many manifestations of divine favor. The telegraph, for instantaneous transmission of messages. The magnificent system of railroads, for speedy communication. And, above all, chattp 'cotton; which worked wonders in the grand system of moral elevation. Yet they tolerated evil practices, which were sanctioned by law until they grew popular and infected the whole body politic with corrup: Sion, which, in a short time, would have destroy r cd the nation and turned them into idolatrous worship. Their love of the world's possessions was becoming so strong that nothing but vio lence could turn them from that'path. The most demoralizing of all, human sins, was hnman slavery. Making merchandise of men, women and children, and often violating the divine law for the express purpose of in creasing the laftter, and adding to their gains.— Such a hold had this evil taken upon the minds and consciences of men, that nothing but force could tear them from it, and we have lived to see that violent eruption which has forever ex terminated the evil, and wil; have its effects not only upon the people of this continent, but those of other lands, and impress itself upon future generations. Politics and politicians were only the instruments in the hands of Di vine Providence through which the greatchange has been wrought out. Though they may fora time be held responsible for the severe trial we have been called upon to pass through, the truth p' is, it was the greedy love of gain instilled into the minds of the people by a love of'ostenta• tious display. Nations'as such, are responsible for nation's sins, such ns are tolerated or sanctioned by law, and every citizen of such a nmion must bear his share of them in some manner, rind when such sins become too grievous to be borne, then their violent removal will speedily follow, sure. Should the law-making power refuse to act promptly in the matter. The peo ple will be again called upon to rebuke them and choose in their places others who will regard their wishes. The betrayal of the great principles that underlie the system of government pr.. vided fir our people, by one man or many, will neither hinder nor delay the fulfilment of the purpose for which they were intended, but only entail upon the present generati n anxiety and care that might have been avoi ed by a proper regard for them. The time a ly come when the maxim, "All men are created free and equal," will be better . understood and approciated,and our Leg islative bodies, both State and National, should take especial care that no laws are passed which have not'for their object the securing to every man the right to seek his own happiness in his own way. Other evils than slavery exist among us, which should be combatted before they be come national, and again plunge our country into strife. A broad• field is open for reforma tion in many things that are daily done bf many in our country. things which strike at the very toot of mnrality and national prosper ity. Let them be eradicated before it is too late. • OFFICIAL REPORT OF TIM ARIIFIVI Ot JOHN • - had information as long ago al last winter, that John 11. Sur ratt had gone to Europe. The person who had communicated the facts conversed with him daring the voyage across the Atlantic, and also reported that Surratt, believing that he was far removed from danger, was free and outspoken about his connection with the assassinat:on conspiracy. On Saturday last, Secretary Seward received a despatch by the Atlantic cable, dated that day, as follows: I have arrested John IL Surratt, one .of President Lincoln's assassins. No doubt of identity. .11,mr, U. S. Consul General, Alexandria, Egypt. Tne I'ar.stums:rs' ForscioN PoLicv.—The • withdrawal of the French troops from Mexican soil deprives Andrew Johnson'of his attempt to produce a rupture betwren this country and France. There'seems to. he a general at d fix eddeterniination on the part of Congress hotio encourage him in his efforts to embroil the coon. twitxXx foreign war. God help us if, in midi -4.os.tolitepowers already repose in this man's hands, he would be ljable to enact new ntroci tittflrith the power growing out of a military a. •rgtrey. llis incoming message is written for the pArpose of producing a collision •••••• • L . '''t"tlitt L i nations. The fact, however, that e . dcies not speak for the people, and is simply :•",:thei organ of his own passions, Will go far to L nidlify all the injurious effects of his pronuncin• isto. THWLAILOEST) Convietelkof Illegal Voting Pairlek lIVIV' e .I, on of th e . person au duleelly,:staturali by tbe eq*in' Yo Iona • ill ty o 4 :Ofitteelth off' tobeastetitA to hi Ch re fereaee bee beeheretofe(e. midi in 'iii 'Tele grapli, *0 last fieek duly eoiiihitied orfinudu-' lent vot4 in the:Fourth ward of title Olty. The Sets in this case may be thus briar stated z' On the Pith' day of Jnne, -1860, Patrick rDonnell filed his .first declaration of intention to become a citizen of the United States with the Clerk in the Dauphin County Court, of which fact he received a certificate, duly certi fied by the Prothonotary. Armed with this paper he,weet to York on the Gth of October, and there the court, by fraud or some other pro cess of chicanery, granted the second papers to WDonnell, when it ought to have seen from the vert Menlo of' the Prothonotary that M'Dontaell, had only filed his first paper exactly four months previous. A naturalization paper was Oven . to WDOntieltby the York court and-he handed in his vote to the ek Mimi officers of the Fourth ward, and it was deposited in the box.— WDonnell was told 'before he voted that he would be prosecUted for the offense, but the ma jority of the election board being Copperheads, would not listen to the challenge made by legal voters of the ward, and the vote was duly count ed 11)1. Clymer. The facts in the ease were clearly proven by undoubted testimony, but the counsel for Mr. Mlionnell, Mr. Lumberton, took the broad po sition that the court had no right to inquire in to the action of the court of York county; that M'Donnell held the certificate of naturalization —whether it was obtained legally or illegally was not of issue, and that he had a right to vote on the same. Mr. Herr took issue with the counsel and de monstrated to the court that such monstrous doctrine ought not to be entertained for one moment—that sound reason and judgment dic tated that a man could not commit ono fraud, and then after committing another, shield him self with a previous fraud. Tile court then explained the facts plainly to thelurv, avid dissented from the views advanc ed by Mr. Lambertos in Coto. • The jury. retired, and after an absence of about ten minutes brought in a verdict ofguii ty against ArDonnell in the nanner and form as he stands indtcled..—lbir, is. 7 (*graph. This should be a wa,aia;.;.io t6ose, who, by their counsi I encourage Ow pe pi!tratioh of like frauds upon 'Ow bollot box. In this* ease the or York county are really guilty with the , c t o ec t e lr a t dant and his associates. But fur their ae Lion he wonld now be enjoying an unsullied re putation. Neither WAS it necessary for him to go to York county for his naturalization papers, as doubtless the leaders of his party were well supplied with the bogus issues of Luzerne co., or if they were not, they could have been on application. The leading Democrats here laid plenty of them, and distributed them freely. Whether or not they have any on hand for next year we of course do not know ; but we do know that at 'he !list election they were used by wen who had not been in the country one year. Cl'rons the B istar Advertiser, Nov. 24 I A despatch by the cable informs us that the presence of John H. Surratt, under an assumed name, in the Papal army—which has been more than hinted nt in several recent speeches by Mr. Boutwell—has been definitely ascer tained and that a formal demand for his extra dition was made a few clays ago by the Ameri can Minister ; that the criminal was arrested, but afterwards broke from his guards, leaped down a precipice and escaped. If ever Ameri can hands again hold control of the life of John H. Surratt, we trust that the ease may be ~ore skillfully managed than at the trial of his fellow-assassins. He stands as the only knows; representative of a conspiracy, which, though it was formed and culminated within the last two years, though six or seven of its members have been arraigneti\and convicted, though the most acute legal minds have been employed to sift it to the bottom, is to day wrapped in as dense and anjiahomalde tnyste ry as ewers any SI nti:ar plot la the dimness of the middle asses. The extent of the ignorance about it may well be ganged by the Net, that °idle two well-known gentleman who were put in charge of the case by the Government, and studied it long and closely, one still declares that Jefferson Davis was the chief conspirator, while the other stakes his reputation on the shocking and incredible accusation that the present President of the United States was an accomplice in the plot. All the facts in the case are known to John Surratt, and to no other man who can. he nam ed ; and with his person in our possession the nation could to affird to tllitr hint his lift, his libtrly, or any other price which might be sufficieat to secure i', to °Malt &from his bps the informotimt which will shed the light of •day upon the most difficult as well as the most interesting criminal mystery "01 our time. Hitherto the policy of those entrusted with the matter has been to disdain all information in elucidation of the problem from those whoalone are able to give it ; and Mrs. Surratt and the rest lie in the endless silence of the grave, while our records are . defaced by the testimony of fa cile perjurers like Montgomery and Conover. While John Surratt, survives there is yet a chance to repair an evil which, if he dies with his lips sealed, may be irretrievable. MENNsTI.VANIANS Maar)EnEn.—Mr. Jaeob Zook, of Lancaster county, this State, has re cer.ed information from 'Vicksburg, Miss., of the murder of his two sons, Abraham and No rth, who had been engaged during the last year in cultivating a ccCon plantation near that city. These two young men are related to the fami lies of that name in Montgomery and Chester counties. We have almost daily reports of the murder of Northern men who had gone South to en gage in various occupations. Crimes as hei nous as the one in question occur, it is true, in every section of the country, but their constant repetition at the South is only additional proof of the necessity of a thoroughly radical recon struction of that region. Not until a Northern citizen can occupy every section of the country in safety, can it be .said reconstruction is accom plished. In the present instance no effort was made by the civil authorities to bring the guil ty parties to justice. And yetthese are the peo ple our Lehigh conty Copperheads tell us are our equals, and should have an hm. - ..ediate ad mission to the halls or Legislation per Fernando Wood writes a letter sayine that he does not, as stated, advocate negro sulTraga nor favor the Constitutional Amend. meut. People ought to have known better than to start such stories. With regard to the negro suffrage recom- wentlation of the Chicago Times, it is ostensi• bly fhrt . sred by the Boston Post, Milwaukee /V( 'vs, and other papers, all of which, howeer, maintain that each State, outside or in the Un ion, shall do as it pleases about the matter.— This would bu a great substitute for the Con• stitutional Amendment! The Albany Argus says about the matter : "We prefer plain 'manhood suffrage' to any paltry uud deceptive educational teat, such as Massachusetts imposes upon herelectors. We do not be!i.. , ve that under the pretence of im• partial suffrage the white electors of the Uhion will consent to the disfranchisement of large c l asses o f their own numbers to make room for negrocs." Perhaps the allusion iu the last extract may be explained by the statement that in certain election districti of New York city, at least two•thirds of those who voted the Hoffman ticke • were unable to read their ballots. MM=II oral gib/Tr' ttaiima4rlgaus3 ipAtptriarg $lOO per iri4r, or 42.00 it . /nid Btriotly in AiUrsine. LEO BiuntEN.—Mr. Wm. R. Craig had ho tuisfurtun . e, on Friday last, while walking n his yard, to fall and break his leg. New BAND.— A band was 9 :organized in Lehighton, under the leadership of Daniel Greenwald, anti selected as their teacher Prof. Engelman, of Allentown. The band in fifteen members Strong. • PublieVemperance. 'Meeting wil) be held in Crackersport, South Whitehall township,•next Subday atternoon, at 2 o'clock: in tho hall of South Whitehall Division, Sops of Temperance. It will be addressed by A. V. Wittmeyer, Esq., in German. -. The public are invited to attend.. - CONCERT IN COURT House.--On Thurs day eve.., the Mczart I'dusleal Association, of 11,Eading, under the leadership of Prof. James Lyons, will ;lye a concert in the Court House. The Mozart is composed of the best musicians from the Church Choirs of Road!rig. The pro gramme consists chiefly of church music. We bespeak for them a kind reception and a full house. "UMBRELLA. TAKERIV BEWARE !—A man has just boon convicted of stealing an umbrella in Lancaster. We take it that thib fully establishes the existence of property in the aforesaid article, which is, to say the least, very convenient to have along on a rainy occasion. ,13e careful how you "app priate" umbeelhis 'that may happen to TaY around loose. A Larriinz —Prof. W. F. Johnson, the blind colored lecturer, ,formerly of the New York Institute for the Blind. will deliver an riddre,s in the Methodist E. Church, on Fridny nvening, Dec. 7, at 7i o'clrok. Sub. pet: The Educational Wants 01 the Anglo- Alricen Ham" A drnision 15 cents; children 10 center. 'rickets to bo bad at the book stoles and at the door. • A GOOD ONE.-000 of OUT exohanges, (wo will not say which) has an article bead ed, "What we want is natural abilities."-- Doubtless it would be a great convenience to him to possess them, and imprdve his business at the same time, but we hope ho will be able to make upat least a portion of what ho lacks in that respect, by industry and perseverance. PENNSYLVANIA COLLEIIIATE INSTI TUTE: —The following additional subscriptions towards the purdhase of the property for this Institution, bays been obtained since our last report. 1•J D. Leiaenring & Co., 1 share, $lOO W. II- Hoffman 1: •• 100 S. B. Anowalt 1 " 100 0. A 'Ritter, W. " '2OO DEATH OE HON. ..JACOB Fay.—Tho'tel• egraph announces the death of lion. Jacob Fry, of Montgomery county, on last Wednes day. .11e at ono time represented the Mont gomery district -in Congrets, and some eight ur ten years ego was elected Auditor General of Pennsylvania. Ho wne an intelligent, trustworthy and strictly honest man, and a good representative of the better class of Old• school Democratic politicians of,this State. F . RENCII LANGUAGO.-011r citizens now have an optortunity to take lessons in the Frenoh Language of a teacher who thorough ly understands it. l'rol. IC. Lespinasse, who was born and educated in Vrance, will give lessons at the American Hotel, in Allentown, every Tuesday and Saturday morning. We hope our young people will improve this op• pus tunity, as it is one that they are not often permitted to enjoy. Prof. L. should have a large class here. THE PHRENOLOGICAL JOURNAL for Do• comber contains tine portraits of fore, the great French Artist, the King and Queen of Prussia, twelve distinguished American Cler 4.nnen, Miss Kate Bateman, with Biographies anesketches of Character. Also other inter esting matter, including What ia Education ? by John Neal ; Characters of Shaaespeare ; Thiem the, French Statesman ; Orang-Outanos &c. Only 20 cents ; $2. a year. Now is. the time to subscribe. A new volume begins with the next number. Aldress Fowler & Wells, 389 Broadway, New York. GREAT DISCOVERY.— One of our friends from the northern part of this tuunty, paid us a visit one day last week, and after transacting his business exhibited a number of 'speci mens of . pure silver, several of which ho of fered us. At first we were loath to accept of them ; but on being assured that there was lots more of the same kind where they were taken from, finally consented. We intend to place them in our sanctum, where they crin be seen and examined by our visitors, partic ularly those who cull to add their names as new subscribers to our pap- - -r. • MONROE DEMOCRAT.— We have received a copy of the Monroe Democrat, published at S roudsburg, Monroe county, by our old friend A. 0. Greenwald. Its appearance is good. Mr. G , can, and we doubt not, will, make the Democrat a live vapor. We w ish him success in his now position, though wo would prefer a difftiient motto, ant think lie will bolero ho has run the machine very lung "Democratia principles," as now practiced by the leaders of that party, have lead to de. feat, and always will, and we do not partieu• larly desire ouryoung friend to travel that road, unless ho particularly desires to do so. THE MurinEara.-114ddopp, the mur derer who has been sentenced to be hung, has A -Alen over the pbrensy which marked his course atter his sentence, and is now passive and quiet. Ile spends most of his time read ing his Bible and hymn book, or in writing. flo has been visited by his wife once since sentence has been passed on him. The scene between them was very affecting. Ilia health appears good, although ho is very much de pressed in spirit, he still maintains that he la innocent of the crime, the murder of Woohele. Every attention is paid him and he made as cocatortabla as his situation and circum stance wiil admit.— Independent. CONVICTED.—CoI. Wm. Cregar of this connty,arrested some time siner,charged with being engaged in the manufacture of counter• felt money, and having the material necessary for such pm pose, has boon convicted ofe both indictments heforo the U.S. court in Philade! OM. Sentence net Sot mado lade pendent. Here is another m'n for President Johnson to re-construct, by extending to him his most gracious pardon. i a keoreto manufacturers and venders of counterfeit currency behind iron bare, would prevent the country from being:flooded with worthless imitations, nod render the present financial system popular, which his accidency does not appear to desire. So far lie has let loose nearly every one that has I eon arrested "charged with counterfeit lug national currency or perpe:r ming frauds upon the national treasury. SALes Cr REAL ESTATE —lll rs. Christi auna Ruth sold to Conrad Weinerth, a house and lot situate on tho wt et sida of Fifth street, between Walnut and Union, for SFSO, William Newhard sold to Daniel Roth a brick house and lot on North side of Linden street, betworn Fourth and Fifth, fur $l3lO. Daniel Roth sold to Jeremiah Spiegel a brick houso and lot on the North side of Chew street, between Sixth and Seventh, for $1575 Lrwis Klunap sold to Jonas M. Koch, a brick brow nn the south side of Union street, between Mild and Fourth, for.slBoo. ' L i J Steger sold. to Emily Dittrich the brick house and lot on northwest corner of Sixth and Gordon streets, for $l2OO. John C. Foolker, bought of the estate of Joseph llofh,rd somewhat' over 26 acres of land eitunte in Salisbury, for $2BO per acre. Chars S. Massey cold to Jonathan Wiennd a stoil brick house on Eight street, above Ilemilon. for $2OOO. Chas U. Ruhe has liurohased from Oliver, 41uhe and llc,ffman, 2 tvre•story, frame houses mid vacant lot,'oornor of 9th and Jackson atb. , fir $lOOO ME „.„ No HOPE 71 . 013,T • t CONDEMNED F.EN. lAN PRIER/NEU IN c -r1 , A.—The Chief Jtut tine before whom t , ', : : , risoners were trie d, R• rendered his d loilm the a 'cation for , i , now trial in tit COIIIO 1 0 wth - refusing the a ,trilit;for th c . ea that , ,', re•trie the cas ...p. ouNnoly ' ',wadtitig ti m e: Ab as the result rtutderc, e e donee • tirodu ' 4 would be theAutte, ' ustio644 that fro *0 province for Flidbms is one tbdrig I bht ciAiitti different for pirates, bank thieves, house burn ers and poisoners, when the scene of their operations is cn this side of the St. Lawrence end their temporary homes on their side. BEST ) A NOTUER TRIAL.—The Columbia boys gave their Steam Fire Engine another trial, on last Thursday afternoon, at the mill race, in the rear:of Mr. Roney's reside e. This was the first time the steamer was su . ted to . a.fair, trial where water .enough could be ne, Thil had. In 2/ minutes steam was raised to blow the- whistle, in 5/ minutes the„st m guage showed 5 pounds. in 7 minutes 10 pounds, in St minutes 20 pounde, in 9/ min utes 30 pounds, in 15 minutes 70 pounds,with 80 pounds Qf steam through 200 feet of hose, the stream of water was thrown 229' feet, and soon after she reached the climax, for with 103 pounds of steam through the same length of hose laid up hill with an 14 nOzsel, the stream was thrown 240 feet. ' ARREST or ALFRED TRlM:L.—Alfred Teufel, the alleged murderer of Captain Jo seph Wiley, in Backe county, an account of which appeared in the Register of last week, was arrested in Philadelphia, on Tuesday evening last, in tha third-story room of a house at Third and Buttonwood streets. In formation of his being there was given to the' police of the Eleventh Ward by some Glen mans, who followed him from Doylestown, a d who charged him with the theft of mules. ieutenant Franks and two of his men pro. (leaded to the house and. found Teufel there.— At first he made a slicW of resistance, but soon yielded. When spoken to about the murder of Wiley, he denied all knowledge of it. The Deputy Sheriff of Bucks county took charge of the prisoner, and conveyed him to Doylestown for an investigation. Captain Wiley was in charge of a canal boat and had in hie employ a boy by the name of Rich, who ' gives rather a confused statement of the affair, but alleges that Teu tel got on the boat some distance below the lock where the boat was left and committed the act, and the reason he did not give the alarm was that he was afraid of his life. On being confronted with the prisoner , the boy declared that ho was the man who committed the murder. 'To THE CITIZENS OP ALLENPOWN.— The undersigned, a Committee appointed by the Lehigh Lyceum, for the purpose cf mak ing an appeal to the public through the press of the Borough, respeotly represent that the Lehigh Lyceum have organized a stock company with a limited number of shares for the purpose of opening a rending room, where tell active and contributing members can come together in the evening and read the periodicals and newspapers of tho,day. The ectivo members are to cake all the shares of stock, and put themselves under the obliga• lions of furnishing the room, and providing ihe.reading matter. To establish and maintain the proposed in. stitution 'in our borough necessarily involves much labor and considerable expense. We ne active inetubers are few in number and aro workik under difficulties and disadvan tages, but we linve agreed and determined to spare no efforts to accomplish' our otipet. L'ne greatest difficulty we encounter, is the fact that we feel ourselves unable to assume all the pecuniary responsibilities of our under taking. To meet this difficulty we propose to call upon our citizens to become contributing, members; paying ono dollar per year. The first subscription to he paid on or before the first of January, 1867. The Committee will in a few days make a canvass of the town to obtain the names of those who are willing to extend us the necessary aid. We propose to solicit merely the names at first, and in about one month will call for the amount subscrib ed. We are engaged in n work which should en• list the sympathy and hearty good will, and which appeals to, and certainly merits the aid, encouragement, zo,d oo•operation of the,com munity. It is needless to enumerate here, the advantages, social, mural and intellectual, to be derived, and which invariably result ircm a well cendueted literary association. We therefore most earnestly and respectful ly appeal to the citizens of Allentown, to sustain and aid us in our undertaking. The professional man, the merchant and trades• man, the mechanic and working man, should feel interested alike in this movement, prowls ing us it does, usefulness to our community and credit to our town. animitlee.—John 11. Hull, Gam H. Rupp Wm. T. Morris, W. 11. Snyder and Owen 11 Laub. NORTIIAMPTO:4 COU , :Tx —At the last term of Court the Grand Jury condemned the jail and recommended the building of a new one. They als4 sensurod the conduct of the present keeper in permitting the persons sentenced for selling liquors on Sunday to en joy the liberties of the establishment and re- Ltailieg themselves with choice liquors at somebtalys expense. Northampton is ono of the strong horde of the modern Democracy where they have everything their own way, and any one who expects the laws regulating the sale of liquor to be respected, will find himself greatly deceived '• The overpowering arguments of the party must be so used as to make votes, regardless of , the community. The only thing sarong about the matter is that the Grand Jury 'noticed it in their.report to the court. They certainly exhibited a good degree of moral courage as it will cause their names to be taken from the Jury wheel, and their places filled by men who will not even dare present true bills in such cases, much less bring to the notice of the Courts the dereliction of duty on' the part of public of& cers. Our friends in Northampton should join with us in advocating the election of Jury commissioners to bo elected as inspeo• tore of election's are now ohosen, which will always insure them the same kind of upright, impartial and fearless Jurymen despite the wishes of political triokters and wire pullers. THANKS6IVING. How the Day 'was Spent in Town.—According to announcernsot the stores were all olosod, that is the front doors and window shutters, but nearly all of them had provided an entrance either from the side or rear, so that any chance customers could be served. The beer shops and hotels were all open, and judging from the *Tow once of certain persons on the street, done a good business, Our Lsgislature should pass is law prohibiting the sale of intoxicating liquors on holidays, especially those appoint ed us general days of thanksgiving, and on election days, when general busittese is sus omitted and the employees generally patroniri drinking saloons, and indulge more freely the% at other times, and the result is a detri ment to the morals and health of the comma uity, instead of day of relaxation from labor. In passing through the market in the morning, we observed a good supply.of poul try. and meats, especially . prepared for the day, so that our citizens had good opportunity to procure a full supply for their uinners.— Appropriate services were held in the church es of the town in the rr ming. . In the evening the lovers of fu n attended a concert in Kline's hull. Whether they found what they were in search of, or not, we have not heard ; but judging from the silence with which they treat the matter, we Think they considered themselves decently sold. The sidewalks' were well tilled with the fashions of the times, notwithstanding the un pleasant weather, and had it not have been a day in which every ono was permitted to make merry, the lockup would have been well filled long before the hour to rotiro for the night. Tht so wha enjoy gocd music, attended the concert in :he Evening in the Court ,Meuse, given by our resident Musicians; for' the bene.. tit of the F. L. Library Society, and we are happy to say..that-xt,Rroveci a deoided success.. The Court room wag WbiLfilled, and the lormance meat excellent. - We hope to see the programme repeated at some limo not very far distant. . sts Now is the time to subscribe' for Ilia Lehigh Register. The proceedings of Con gress and the State Legislature will appear every. Nveek, and the long winter pventogs can be spent more prt.fitahly in reading its columns than any other way. AND MOST, A One • ' .—Yesterday Ace . . .11,ttilr, es Joshu ' ler and Willoug' . Vogel, whilr. ‘.. 4 , lit have mem :". that position for t•. .' year*. . e tired ..; 1 ~. a boned) and Hon. jacobT id, mad • . •ii Vititivwere ewers l duli., et 11. ;' eeflante Judge!' -6 ;,.! ,ft - Iv con. ~ , ere. tatileti and Fogel, • Ong the e ', ! have helt.the positions, havnao qui a .ntation foti4unctuality.,prompt netto,Okimpartialityi which w ill Sfollow them, int.l any new positions,iti life they may enter. Though elected as partizans, and by a party,. it cannot truthfully be said they, or either of them, ever have been led to do anything wc public lacers inconsistent with justice and right, (would Mit we could say thus much of all public officers). Every man who had busi ness before them, mnst admit that they were always prompt and fair in all their judicial acts, regardless of who or what the chanc ier of the men whose case' they, were passing -noon. They have on Beim' occasions been reaßiked Jo hold our, criminal courts without the aid - ornPiesidentliidie, Mid' on Bich' 'he caL ions the businestivaspromptly . and faith fully performed, and their ruling upon ques tions of laws raised, generally, correct. The large amount of Orphans' Court business of the county. has , generally been left, to them, even when the'Peesidikig :Judge Was meant, and their decrees have stood the test of Judi: cial criticism. In the granting of hotel licen ces in this eountY,junder the different changes the law has undergone since they came upon the bench, various and troublesome questions have arisen, which it wee their especial duty to pass upon, and that duty has always been performed with a strict regard to the justice of • the various eases and the protection of this in tereet and morals of the community under the law They retire with the good wishes of the members of the bar for their future prosperity and &moss in life, as also that of the commu nity. Henceforth we will miss there from the place they litiveio long been accustomed to oc cupy, with eome regrets. The newly eleeted Associates are men who aro accustomed to the business of life and un derstand the duties they have taken upon themselves, they perfectly' understand the language of the county and the wants of our people, and from their long residence here and often attending upon our courts, we can bat hope and trust they will follow the example of their immediate predecessors in their ju dicial career. As party strife grows more rancorous from year to year, and eases arise that partake more or loss of a partizan char acter,they way find it hard to divest themselves entirely of that spirit ; but from their previous lives we know they clan do so, and we believe Ihey will. On Monday evening the members of the bar and county officers gave the retiring judg es a supper at the American Hotel, which was participated in by the newly installed At sociates, the members of the bar and county officers, lion. J. W. Maynard. President Judge of this District, was detained at Eas tun by official business. Tho supper was got ten up with taste and to taste. It was su perintended by the Colonel in person, which is the best description given of it. After the cloth was removed, speeches and toasts wore in order, and quite a number of very . appro priate ones were got off. The evening wee' spent very pleasantly and we hope prAtably to those who participated in the eejoyments. Our County Officers are pow :—President Judge : Hon. J: W. Maynard ; - Associate Judges: Hon's. Jacob. Erdinan and James Fry ; District Attorney: Edwin Albright,E4q.; Pkotlionotary : Esaias Rehrig ; Clerk of Or pilaus' Courf': George W. Hartzell ; Clerk of Quarter Sessions : J. E. Zimmerman ; Re corder : Jonathan Trixler; Register : Sam uel II . Engleman ; Sheriff': Jacob liolben ; County Treasurer : Franklin J. Reichard. GENERAL NEWS The inoreuQo of population in the State of Illinois from 1800 to 1865 was 429,037. The second annual reunion of the 23 army corps was held in Indianapolis on Thursday last. • Gen. Sherman was present at a Military review at Havanna, Cuba on the 21st of No vember. The Suspension Bridge between Cincinat• ti and Covington is now open to foot passen cers and will be ready fur vehicles by the first of January. Severe snow storms have ocurred on the plains west of Omaha and the roads are blocked up. At Omaha snow was three feet deep last week. Paddy Diggs (probably en nsumed name) has been arrested at Nashville, Tenn., charged with being a guerilla and guilty of as many murders. of union men as Champ Furgereon. Col. L. D. W. Currie has been appointed mail agent on the new line of steamers be tween San Eraneiseo end China and will ac company the first steamer in January. ' The republicans of Missouri repudiate the offer of universal suffrage for a general am nesty and the whole Republican party 'of the Nation will join with and sustain them. Iteit-The New Orleans Crescent says "A war Was once waged against the South• ern people, who fought long and bravely butin vain. They arc done with fighting and have accepted the result of defeat, though widely dif ferent from the expressed termsof capitulation." llas this any reference to the massacre of New Orleans ? ARKANSAS UNITED STATES SZNATon.—MIL• PHIS, Nov. 24.—A special Little Rock des patch to the Avalanche says the Arkanaos Le gullaturn has elected the lion. John T. Junes, of Philips county, as United States Senator. Intelligence has been received in Florence from Rome, that it has been decided at a se cret cunaistog, that if the Pope be obliged to quit Rome he will seek an asylum in Malta. The ecclesiastical authorities of Malta have received a eami•official notification of this de cision. TUE BURNT DISTRIOT.--.PO/ and, Me.—The burned section of thin town, comprising two thirde of ita busioess portion, hay been wholly rebuilt, although only.flve months have elaps ed since the disastrous conflagration. the new buildings are far more substantial and elegant than thuse.that were destroyed, thus adding vastly to tho improved appearanire of the city. • lion. C. C. Clay, Dr, J. W. Smith and other distinguished rebels, visited Jeff Davis at Fortress Monroe last week. It is reported that Mr. Davis' spirits are light and elastic and his hopes for the future buoyant and un failing. Why should they be otherwise, whh the assurance of the President that he will not be punished for his crimes? The mur der of thousands of Union Soldiers, nay, the destruction of the Government, that edu cated, protested and honored him at the ex pense of perjury, would nct change him or his sympathizers. Naar Ortutess.—Pay of Laborcra.—Goner. al Mower hue found it necessary to issue an order to the agents of the Freedmen's Bureau to hold a sufficient amount of eotton on the different plantations to secure the pny due the laborers, many of whom have been defrauded of their year's earnings, Judge Duren, et the United States District Court, has expressed the opinion that under the fourteenth semion of the Freedmen's Bu reau' bill,' the ngtmtn of the henna have'the right to arrest ratios fur maltreating or de frauding freedmen, when the civil courts re fueo to not. A Fists STORY.—Mr.. Sh3olbarts, of Erie, Pa., wont fishing to tho light.boSbo dock on Friday last. While exemintng his watch, a fine gold one, a fish tit. jerking off his nook, and, ut the same time the sudden jerk threw his watch out of his band into th lake.' On going ashore, Mr. S. bought of:another fisher. man an eight pdurider black boss, just caught, in whose mouth he found his hook. b..t, strang est of all, upon cutting the fish open.die bond his watch, which had not even stopped tick ing! Highest qaotqtion for gold for each month of this year :—Janhary, 1441; Fobroary, 1401; March, 1361; 1291 ; May, 1411; June, 1571 ; July, 155 f ; August, 1521; &pleat. ber, 1471; October, 1531. The edyanced quotations of the past summer were caused, it will be remembered, by the:heavy shipments tr. Europa of coin, and the unfortunate sake of gold by the .Secretary - of Via limitary October, 18021 i • the highest and kwest prices for gold' were 137 - nod 122 ;`October, 1863, 1561 and 1401 ; October. 1864 229 and 1F 0; October, 1865, 149 and 144. In July. 1864, gold.was at one time selling for 285. . F,XTENSIvE POtTON IN ENGLAND.—From the Now Or. Crescent "bf November 19th, we timitn than the weekly consumption of cottotk - In :artist Britain is 48,000 bales. Last year !it Wile 400,000 bales huge* 8000 bales per Week or 416,000 bales a:p.../1 4 4 stock on bind October 13, 1865 in Lend* and 'Liverpool, was 229,996 bales and on tile , same date, 1866. 768,270 increase of stook 538;377 bales. Stu arc our wants at all to increase. lb 'late rise in price of the raw material wi SSP companied by no proputtiona, t • uhaner.. ut of value in the manutaetured artiole,the ewe, of which h-tre been gradually (lemma ; and the purchasers of ovum h:.va been, not mill ownere,but speculators who anticipated n demand which may really never 'come. , At the present price of cotton; few manufnettir ere can work at a prutil ; and if the rates should be forced upwards much farther pur chasers would retire from the market nod re duce production, either by short time or the closing of their mills. While, therefore, the 'ddirintid Williabt -increase; •whaVare-the pros pects of supply'? We have already . stated that the excess of stock over last year 18 much beyond Abe increased oonsumption within the same ported. If, then, we can .secure an ins ;port fot the next twelve months-equal, to that of the past, we may be quite at ease as to any serious or permanent advance in price. The fate of American cotton is still a thing . of the future, end can scarcely be decided for two months yet. We have the important intelligence from Egypt that the injury expected from the over flow of the Nile, has not been sustained at all, and that the crop there will be largely superi or, both in quantity and quality, t ) that of any previous yenr.' It is estimated at 600,- 000 bales, nearly threefold the amount shipped Irem Alexandria las season. The next crop from the East Indies will be brought forward in a Month' tx two, and will doubtless not be inferior to that of 1865; while that from China and Japan will probably be better. Present prices—which aro high, but not exorbitant— will act as a sufficient etimulous to bring tor ward all that those countries have to spare, to well as to encourage. the . oultivation in regions where it has not passed the tentative or exper imental stage. t toa...Breinig'is Improved Linseed Oil—Vor sale by all principal paint dealers. Any paint mixed, and , painted with Breirig's Improved Linseed is warranted never to crack, or scale, or wash off. fus..The best and the cheapest Clothing can be. bought at Weiss' s 3i oat Elamilion Street, 3 doors above Ettinger's f you don't believe it go there and try it, and y so. 'Cal:l,..lf you wish to pnrobase beautiful articles for holiday presents, cheap, go to T. Foust's in 6tb street in the rear of the Amerioin Hotel. Air A large lot of new books met received at Hoes Cheat, Book Store, No. St West Hamilton Street. pdr-All orders for books or stationery, will be promptly Ailed at the Allentown Book store of B. Koss, ( Patriot office) at the lowest market prices. 1182-By using Breinig'a Improved Linseed oil in painting, and in the second omit a little Raw Lin 'nod oil added, will cover as well as three coats painted with Raw or Boiled Linseed oil. pa-Equal parts of Breinig'e Improved Linseed oil and Raw Linseed oil surpasses anything hereto fore known for graining purposes. Onr Ingress into lila is nskad and bare, our progress through life is trouble and care. unless we parahese our goods at .the well supplied store o' Shitner Bros'. ° "Vga-Upon going into the street any afternoon, von can hear on almost every corner the good quali ties of Florence sewing =whines eagerly discussed. Win. F. Wol'e keeps them for sale, buy one aid try it. .For a eat of elegant queenaware that will Please your wife and give delight t•l eieltora, go to Walker's New China Store. Affrif you cannot reason or portuade - e man in to the troth, never attunpt to force him into it, but good advice is always In season. Therefore we advlso all to g) to W. C. Smith's grocery store In Bth greet, to purchase thoir groceries. tw-The fall in gold has caused merchants to reduce the prire of general met ohaVize, and ena bles F. 11. Breit'lg ti sell his large elbok of rawly made clothing, cheaper than it can be purchased elsewhere in town. pir"liow mach do you suppose you havesaved .by that eperetion." said one neighbor to another,as be met him in front of Biery k Mertes boot and shoo store with a pair of new boots. "I have got a better pair of boots for less , money than I could have purohased at any other phoe," was the reply. Ttia.She went to the Sre-place and began lan guldty.to draw 'the few Mid. a together ;. and what o you suppose was the cause of bar feeling sobad ? Wby she bud Leon o.nipelied to defer the numbese of a new slums at, bf.J: Kramer's atoie, by reason of b.id weather.' . jarqkt an early hour las Saturday, a gay crowd was collected la trent of Lawfer Mealier stem discussing the probable effect .of the fall in 'gold would haronpon their immense stack . or dry- sonde and groceries. We can ammo them none, ae their prices are alwayselower than gold. Or Thera was unite &general oils/roans° of tbo occasion by the persons of leisure, but business wont on as usual, and vein continua. to go on at nubile beers'. cheap oath store. 4t;-The rash for the mirinoos at the cheap cash store of'Burdge & Jones, has not yet ceased. They have again reduced thorn from 10 to 15 cent. per yard, whirl' brings them down to the old .priae. Make haste all that hive not yet bought their Win ter dress. Tent. TOO. FRIRNDS.—TeII your friends wha t Coe's' Cough Balsam has done for you ; if it hag eared your child of a reeking Cough, a violent at tack of oroup, a sore throat, or avo;ded a threaten log fever, which it certainly will do,tell your friends of It, that th +3 , may alto use it. tad, young ; rich and poor, all soy it is the cheapest and best culigh remedy in the world, For dyrpepsla, indlitestlcin. pain in thfl stomach, souring t f ford, larigner. fl daleney, and general debility; be lure to lige Corti nygpopq (u o. NEW ADVERTISE LENTS DRY AND SCREENED Coal, Coal,' Coal: PRICES REDUCED AT araiTs di, 0131ZUBPS TAIL% FIRST WARD READY to supply all, who may limonite witittheir orders., with a superior article of EOG, STOVE, NUT, and CHESTNUT COIL, selected from the beet mints in the country. 01:111. COZLL is under cover—and it is tc the interest °revery one to purehaeo DRY AND SCREENED COAL. This is the People's Coal Tar& .7.31-This coal is selected from the hest mines in the Lehigh region, and knowing this to be the fact, and that it will give perfeCt satisfaction, there is no use in trying to refund the money „Age Orders taken at Dealler's list Store. FRANKLIN WILLIAM. OSMUN December 4th. . K RIS § KINKEL'S HEADQUARTERS Geo. A. Frey's N 0.113 WEST HAMILTON ALLENTOWN, PA. • - Just received from the cities of Philadelphia, and New York, the largest and' most extensive as-. sortment of • • French and American TJys, ever offered in Allentown. Tho assortment woo Pro, pared and selected eipressl:i for the Christmas llul idaya. Also a large and extensive assortment of . , Conks Muriel, Fruits rats, Raisins; :Prunes Figs, Oranges, lepons,Craekerr fancy Articles, and a general variety of goods usuldj,K kepi in a Fancy Store. Also, Wood and Tin Play Toys, Games. &c., In short, his stook forma a complete Christmas Da tum. l'429...Cinantry Merchants and small dealers sup plied wholesee rates, on terms as reasonable as [nov27.to they oan purchase in the city. • AStiORTMgNT ÜBILSHED THIS DAY 1 • „. j PRINS' NEW BOOK 11 THEqtl? ORPHANS.—By Mrs. Ann Ste .4_ 4 is or of "Fashion and Famine," "The . Oo V ok, e Old Ilutuestead,""Bilent Strug gle ..;! a ent," "Rejected Wife." "The Ile pia*" " ife's Secret," ho , This pew bookby Mrs Ann 8. Stephens, has h-en pronounced hy all to bo by far the bem and must in erecting work"evor written by tier. It appeared Sr monthly Instalments in "Peterson's Magiztuc" dur ing the lest year, having been completed in the De. ember tiiimber where itproved tobo the moat popri;. kr, powerful, and successful novel that has everap.. peered in that Magazine, and it is ,now pnbli complete and unabridged, in one largo into colutntiii unifOrtni with ther' 4 3olfi,4l :"Fashion acid - Fainine,' arid the.Oth iiireffe of Mrs: Ann B. *tephene, published - by us. It will no doubt. prove ' to be the Mt St pcpnlar and successful work that has ever before been written by this talented American authoress. ','firs. Stephene has Justly become a favorite-ea all American readers of prose fiction if the an nottneement'of a neve Work Tian tibrgritteeful pin is' cheerful news to thousands of readers. And there. ,is a rare:treat in store for them, for in" The Soldiers' ' Orphans" Mre: Stephens his, lfanything, eclipsed all her former'efforts. There is less redundancy of scene and action, but there is far more artistic ea cellenee, and an elaboration of causes and effects, at- Minable' only by practised writers. The action of the novel transpires in Philadelphia, and beyond the limits of the city the authoress does not permit her self to stray. The time selected by Mrs. Stephens is recent, the late war, and sho . pietures with vivid dis tinctness the domestic suffering and sacrifices entail. ed by, and made for, the grand and heroic struggle for national unity. Tho plot is one of absorbing in terest, the characters are graphic transcripts from real life, strongly individualized, and the contrasts formed by their individual peculiarities, mental and physical, lend a rare charm to this last and most fin ished of Mrs Stephen's books." "The Soldier's Orphans," is published template in one large duodecimo volume. Pelee $1.50 in paper; or $2.011 in cloth. MRS. ANN S. STEPHENS' OTHER WORKS. The Golden Brick $1.50 Silent Struggles • 1.60 The Wife's Secret 1.50 The Rejected Wife 1.50 Mary Derwent 1 60 Fashion and Famine 1.50 Thu Old Ih;niesteul 1.50 The Heir 0...... 1.50 Above are in I spur a over, or in cloth at $2.00 each The above books arc for sale by all booksellers. Copies of "The Soldier's Orphans," or of any oth er or all of the above popular books by Mrs. Ann S. Stephens, will be sent to any one, free of postage, on receipt of price. Address all orders to the Publishers, T. B PETERSON & BROTHERS, 306 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa., And they will receive immediate attention. DEMOREST'S YOUNG AMERICA A new. very Entertaining, Instructive, Artistic, and splendidly Illustrated Monthly Magasine for Soya and Girls; to include pleasing illustrations of Philosophy, the Arts and Sciences, Moral and Inter- • eating Stories, Mamie, POoms, and other entertaining Literature, presenting a Museum of the good, the useful, and the beautiful, for very Young America, without frivolities or exaggerations. Single copies, 15 cents; Yearly $1.50. Additional copies, $l.OO, or five fur $5.00. A large and beautiful colored engrav ing presented (tee with tho first numbers also; to each single subscriber at' sl:so,it good Microscope, or a package of Magic Photographs. Sing a coplez mailed free on receipt of price. Send for a speci men number. Address GRAND CONCERT W. Jonninge Demme,' 473 Broadway, N. Y -ON THURSDAY EVENING, Dn. km, -BY 'TUB- Mozart Musictil Society. -OF , READING, PA. Under We leadership of Prof. Janne Lyons, at the Court Ilouse, on which occasion they will render the "Cantata of Queen Esther. Doore open at 7 o'clock. Concert to commence at Tickets 50 cents to x'l parts of the house, to be had nethe 'Daily New office,' Priedensbote bdok' store, and at the door. ORPHANS' COURT SALE. By 'Virtue and in pursuance of an order issued out of the Orphans' Court of the county of Lehigh; theilv will be exposed to public sale, on Thursday, the 27th day of December, nt I o'clock in the afternoon, up on the premises, a certain messuage and lotof groend with the appurtenances, situated in the Borough of Slat i ngton, in the county of Lehigh aforesaid, hound ed by Second street, lot of 'Win It. Griffith, Frank lin street, arid Middle alley, -containing in .fmnt on said SeCond street 40 feet, and in depth 150 feet. The improvements thereon consist of a new two story dwelling house, and other necessary outbuild ings. Being the Beal Estate of David Rectal, deceased, late of the borough and county aforesaid. Terms on the day at the plaoo of ,sale, and due attendance given by TBVILJA ROCKEL, Actionex. Geo. W. Hartzell, Clerk. By the Court. deol,-3e] Auditors' Notice. Abraham No et Son In the Court of Common • va. Pleas, of Lehigh County. John A. Bigler. No. 9, January Term, 1866 And now, December 3d, 1868, on motion of Messrs. Runk and Baldwin, the Conrtappoint Elisba Forrest as auditor, to audit, re-settle and make distribu tion in the account filed in the aboyo ease. From the records, .04 Taste.—E. Mum°, Prothonotary. The auditor above named will attend to the dutiec of bie appointment on Friday, the 28th day of December, at 10 o'clock A. M, at his °the; in the borough of Allentown. whores!l parties inter ested are requested to attend. decl-3w ELlattA FORREST, Auditor.. F OR SALE. A lot 114 feet front in Lawieneo' Street, Allen town. The improvements thereon are a one and a half story house, with basementi - stable,antawarle- - ty of fruit trees. JONATHAN. REICIHARD. no r 2741.11 . . Y OUR ATTENTION TS REQUE:.TED to the fact that at the FreldenisbOte BoOk Sore you can alwaya buy BOOKS, STATIONERY, • dm, dm., • cheaper than at ANY OTHER PLACE. A.C4MIITTS W.A.NTHIA 1114 1 1ItTIAMITT iZa.LG .211AC_r_d SEI r.u, IP4_______ Pas from WO to VUO trated Circalort. '— aloe. PA, noTnEas. 4 Chestnut - _ LC Sennlt NI. Toledo.% A.G3IM•T'TIS W.A.NT.13313. Nov. 27 „ On the 10th of November, by the &iv. Wm. Rath Mr. Vidor Mothaur to Mice SUBSIIIIO. Doll, both of , Upper—StitieOn. • On the 17th of NoveMber, by the same, Mr. Amon die Kline to Mice Anions Schantz, both of Upper Milford. On the 24tH of November, by the same, Mr. Fran els Swans to,Mlea Susanna Lehman, both of Upper Milford. • ' On the hth of November, by tha nine, Mr. John Bin • lila Rosins, Rupp, both of Lower Macon- On the 11th of November, by Rev. A. J. Rermari, Mr. Edwin Jacoby, of Monne°, to Mies Barran*. Siegfried, Of Maxstawny. • On the 24th of November, by .the came, Mr. Fran ole to Mice Litty Gorman, both of Lower atingle. • On the 10th of November, by the Rev. Mr. I Mr. Charles A. Pfeiffer to Mies Maria A. MAlle of Allentown, '"DIEZII. On the 30th of November, ia. Allentown, Wil ism Witehter aged 73'yeara " ' On Nov.,27th, of typhOtrl floor, in North White hall, Nathan Grose, aged 47 yoars, 10 month', and l 4 days. On the 15th of November,' near Etnans, Susan'. • Wieder, aged 75 years ' • On the 4th of November, in Upper Milford, Daniel ,Sne, aged 76 yews. , n the 6th of November, in Emma, Brnoline, of ohn Seibert, aged 24 years. ' • On the l ith of November; In Coopereburg, Em , E. Rau, ageil It Year& ' On the 2(1 of 'November, wife of Samuel Messer, aged,27 years. , . gf943TATTO,A , RY,Abt D serrltery a•••. wadi. ?or twithh Mow with maw, either =I
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