Jftomrjaßelstgß pol*«HS msstB
ffliti'aila fast.
‘dfobm'b:
« AioUtttff ' Ucittor* Differing.
> Itt * laborecTinterpretation of tbir
•portion -of ' J the Presidents message
'< ' of conditions of peac
“‘ v ‘’jaffth tiia labels; yeaterdby’s
- UJt isjpim: ti j ;ifr ..
;•!. T-qs.
~ ‘(p»; itejenJ ,t«, tile “e-ingle condition," Ihi
. . . ~ country. h»* observed whnt our cuteinpor-i r
’ (toe Port) fc wriotvtlint ltu mtile bontingent o
' nothing. yaum'U to beop/cooCStlfuitu to tW
2■' i' i n Tew of rajr otter question.. The.ofTer ie, the
■ . „ ... the w»t wpl rod aoa.wOen' the Sduth ceases 11
tight-," fib m»tter«h*t becomes or elevery, m
*1 :i ,'! whet the effects the War may-,, have.flail on thr
v: :We would,ha, very Trilling to sceep'
this'As'thetpropefcmterpretation of tli
5 ’ , f ' t 1 , u , ’ Btfjtsldfeili’s lahlt'nhge, but unfort unateh
. ~for;,,pu^^»jaj^tiM«, l6 ’iagacity‘and pent"
f at al ‘
agt-ch witihit. Nay more, the leading
’ ! " party bonatru
')s& Usepsafs ,jis!#seJs’aewe tJid.'” Fo
il- . i; .6*an}pJe,,the,racUcal New Yerk/nde •
• p<incWii( t (Befecher’a paper) hails it With,
1: 'bless Abraham “Lincoln.” while
it in a similat
vein; itsays: , . ,
tbpropghljLjiJuUgAi avhla varnest
.admires TOvidjMkye IV , peace *fty th« submfs
,cr the ukdr 'abolitiono
,J ‘ M i ’^4*4^.ii^|<l>6rtli6dfttfetz&infeq'piuSKne 4f the
< •; new Aqmthfrfrqtion* ;i The .coufltxY has sane ..
‘.•iCfHfJßffl tec- policy.” :
. Qtu, Aeigbboj.-fflU by thes:.;
cutsets from the, leading. Abolition j our
that Jt has not
'• President** meaning
•<; - itiBiroe l .,ibflt,'' ! Qs iff bi?
.! i conduct regatdingthe question of sla
' , " ' VbrJr J : bM'gtene#ally'“j)ftlterea in a don-,
t .< „• bat' now, tbbt he has suc
-i. ceeded in : ibia .88pirstions for 4 second
•'•■ will imosl likely etn
' birttetethe ‘whole ‘radical prograinipe,. as
Inn . Buffer#,
■ iSOwetiqKt.slnqe lit* se!w ‘toik. That
*' t; " proposition isto offer the rebels tenns
■ : df j>bapfe ll wh|ch tbby cannot, orwilinpt,
i,i/„ .!• *, l .pcgjsa fcreSf refusal a
>.subjo
• gdtioa and.oanfiaoatian, Froni the gen
iiafiidnedf ttib-thesaage upon the sub
■
to be T»|ffeß»ei i ,,w ) itb„the .idea of the,
* l|, i " President being! already committed in
~ and bloody pur
■ i, pow>! J '
:: Ko_ wherein the message does its an
<;*■!single reflection about
:, dn'<he' l conttary, ha seem?
i-: ... fa the contempla.
i v 'uonofendlesayar., And heenfleavoiN
to reconcile the people to this yiew by
' -V sbbWing'lSiat 1 W.e have dhen enough t<i
: oflt
"termssn ladefloiteperjod. .The bipod
!;l atieaily'shed tsnotmven alluded to, but
1 r Eehjile »e of their ability to
ir. " ..fceep spilling itTqt, : alj time to come.
1 i"*! *J>; i AJaoiitiQQ Sinl^ea^uaabip.
party
■ «>■ .has jjbri^riijperfijitoiurs Into im
i :*•. ~ portantpuMic.-poaitionß. Xo gsjy noth
\ s ' ’ ' ' tefe'W' SdfiiJoliif'hlmMjtf look «t the 30j t
1 '! -mq' - the i legists •
* »vof , j Wilson
mle in a Senate, in.. ..which Clay,
Webster, Wright and Benton found
jwM fiiuih 9f‘"i^feBe4tatives
Thaddens Stevens, notorious for ballot
■'i-.-i\boki-/Stt&Ug'iin,lBBs, , has been jtbe ac
■ to leaderqn,tbe: Adminiatra
fi ., (lif) . this leffarer.-’a 'man of morn
unfaertopk
-! 'pj a. .the other day, to regulate the price of gold
, :i!by law¥nd«also to prohibit its eipor
1 titicm: 1 'X^m4; ! ; This -bill the
.«.ai , 'fmwf l M%:'(%ofortf' s 'W>askp thail
: i veteran from Pennsylvania announc
* edabilt ‘Oonegnlate the value of money;
of SOM and'
,1- •,!i«%f# ( >W,» L ,!l4;e,yeat i gPff fnfl silver
<■ >' ’>! «an,and bullion frptnbeing.paid or ai>-
cepted for greater value than- their real
***rf-lo»'o$n i jj t *hd'Mao to prevent the
sn'.nJi'fflPWCpfiojf'pjl ' isstfes of the
'■!■■• fiewrumeut.So .far'. :4a this is an at
Jh i’ tkßipt-tO'leglglate in’- regard to those
• i p .***®*®» f 4w* can
■ ---'.‘ii wyWta.ikfl'lWi*’. to' differ:
• ■'» the,,greatinajbrHy .0 1
r, ' t \ itte- should rejoice
of’ and '«Wn
fci-ii fir a gl®Ul^iig\t.its'ti-ue L 4Hinei but we dp
f/s.(i/!d&nQ»3Mlle»fttt» iOau.ha, brpught about
>Oiy enactments - /it la the
ftu to roll
waef of
no m: •,< thnanthority»of prinee and. peasant, and
1(1 , t ' ttOcke'-at. I WBtiictitfe lares. That has
**«»■ raeh a
failure, that*"We in the
•isas f.fepffltitinu Qj; fheiaxperimnufc. 1
< ''"'-Bat theopenlhgeintflesof the bill are
‘. P?°P° ai *
frll y - „< .serious hirnt it is.me 1
o »atbnceby public reprobation, /Prohibit
- the'etpott of cein, indeed ?■. What has
'ajrq !>®p“ for two or
Jti^.--,tt^jy^p.,i''y l ,'teD99urngh»g foreign
iii/s-n eapitalistatoin vest in . United States
■''tonlft'becausethe seml-aUnual interest
,e#^4?*P i B??!M 0 Central Europe,, and
j e.jtiij awdMidfry„Mte .purchasers on the faith
hw sMmgascanbe given in
; - - ’' 'hus&fr labtfJla&b! •’ how we are to
*“dJ t ‘ifa*-WWw&M‘.sk Aojders of
r ,1 f.. in.
gold, bnt yon cannot takpdfcheme. ¥ou
7 ; 7, mky reinvest it‘here, Afidt Stiff it for pro
ll-iiTl&cftPKtip&'A Ut ?s3sst ’#B. i*»t it.
‘•.u(i.*aofloMeaT^vour ;! #h9reVi. .One apcff
ij . Jnq pMposilfanin Congress '-does ■ mbreto
3a ihjjdtiffhe 'Govettffneift credit bothni
r. .i; $4 be efieSctedfi
,* / .iteytn defeat,of pur-aftnies. , ,
s ■! iiw Weefiitectthe;resder“.a.:**teiitton do
; ; ra£3 filVaddFeii'Of K
- man - of-the State CrajjgL
. :: wmM
JVablyEHdtthDroughiyopficseatheman'
, ner in i^KehcceedeiT
m rolling up their 20,000 majority.
Tfijgg New Dodge.
The of the Treasury virtu
ally admits o^^tinu
per-money. ®0
would be
and that
can furnish, durlngim: nbxt year, over
one thousand millions in loans, or about
$85,000,000 monthly, then printing pa
per modeywlll he the only resource.
o h >'> a i
The gold and stock markets have ad
vanced, and-flfosedstrong; under the in
fluence of the belief that; an enormous
additipnto tire paper-money- issues of
ths country is inevitable during the nbxt
year. The programme of continued
Govern then (Inflation; bank expansion,
and reckless speculation, is now a fixed
Caot.
‘‘‘The Piesident’s recommendation,-in
dorsed mildly by Mr. Fessenden, ‘.‘that
a limited amount of some future issue of
public securities might be held by 1 any
bona fide purchaser, exempt from tasa
tion, and from seizure for debt," is con
sidered curious and original. The Pres
ident adds, in regard to this singular
proposal: ‘‘This will enable prudent
persons to set aside a small annuity
against a possible day of want.” If
debtors avail themselves of this clause
to transfer their creditors’ property Into
Government bonds, “exempt from seiz
ure for debt,” it i 9 probable that their
creditors might* apply a harsher term
than the President’9 “prudent” to this
suggested little finhncial operation of
our worthy ruler. - -
The whole vote of New York, Penn
sylvania, New Jersey -and Delaware the
head of this country, was" about 1,500,
000. The difference in favor ot .the Re
publicans on the home vote about four
. thousand and on the whole vote less than
16,000. ■
St. Mart’s Chcbch Ches’tHill, )
Philadelphia, Dec. 1864 )
A sense of .Christian duty has obliged
me to make reparation for all offensive
proceedings in connection with a lecture
delivered by- meiin this city, on the 23d
of last May. Accordingly I have pre
sented to the Right Reverend Bishop o:
Philadelphia an apology for acting con
trary to his prohibition, and a retrac
tion of every word offensive to him and
other dignitaries of the Church. The
reparation thus made has given satis
faction to the the Right Reverend Bish
op, as wall be seen in the annexed letter.
I cannot express adequately my grati
tude for the kind condescension where -
with the Right Reverend Prelate has
admitted me to reconciliation, but 1
aray that my deficiency may in meaau ri
se supplied by an increase of venera
tion for his Christian magnanimity, ou
the part of his whole flock.
P. E. Moriarty.
Cathedral, Logan Square Phtla j
Dec. 5, 1864. ;
Vest Rev. Dr. Mobiabty 0. 8. A.
Very Rev. Dear Rather —l have re
ceived with extreme gratification your
most welcome note of this dale. You
have made a more complete and satis
factory reparation for the error commit
ted. I accept it most cordially, as don
taining all I could require or desire.
It restores completely those amicable
relations which I- sincerely grieved
should have ever- been disturbed. Ji
elevates you (permit me to say it) in
my esteem both as a man and a Priest
of God. I will not wait for you ti> sig
nify a desire for the restoration of your
faculties, bnt request you to consider
this noto as a concession of them, which
only needs your acceptance. I beg to
tender you-the expression of my senti
ments ofsincereTespect and e9teem,and
to assure you that "X shall ever remain
your friend and: obedient servant io
Cbri9t, t Jakes F. Wood.
Bishop of Philadelphia.
Mr. tinooin’a Latest Joke!
The President's message says to'the
Democrats of this Congress • Tour vote
prevented the two-thirds majority for
constitutional' amendment abolishing
slavery at the last session. Now please
lay aside your constitutional scruples
and your devotion to local self-govern
ment, and change your vote. Make up
-a two-thirdi majority of'thla Congress,
carry the amendment, because in the
next Congress we shall have a two
thirds majority, and yon'can't help your
'Selves.
Being eager to Crack a.skull or snatch,
a purse, scamp A says to honest B, coma
help me how In this'job., I can’t do it
alone to-day, "but l have an arrangement'
whichyvill make it a “sure' thing” to
morrow. But let’a do it now; the soon
er the better: Be ’my accomplice, since.
you can’t prevent the clime.
Mr. Lincoln’s joke lies—it is a dismal
one—in the assumption that the Demo
cratic members have no ' Democratic
principles. . ■ ■ .
The Washington correspondent oi the
Qaiettf says :
The singular omission in the Presi
dent's Message to say any thing of our
relations with Great Britain and Francs,
while dwelling on those with minor
powers, .excites comment, and is by
some supposed to have a connection of
some sort with the sudden departure of
Lord Lyons, hut there, is no reason to,
regard it as more than a curious over 1
sight .
Great Britain and France have been
so quiet about our affairs for the last
year, that it was not remarkable the
President hud forgotten their existence.
.Petroleum is Southern Indiana
—Oyer 7,000 acres of land have been
leased In Perry county, by a wealthy
Louisville,cpmpany for the purpose of
operating in the, oil business. Opera
tlons on, Little Elite River, Crawford
County, are also going ahead with eve
f¥, promise of. success. We likewise
learn that several leases Jh»ve been taken
uyhe so,utlj-eaatern portion of Harris
sofl .Countyfor the same. Persons ac
quainted yith the subject have no doubt
that oil may be Obtained along* the
southern border of the State,, and that
m a few years a large business will be
done.in that line.—. Vow Albany Ledg-
; The DePt.—President Lincoln is of
the opinion that our national debt “has
heroine a substantial branch of national
! iJS! I |L?r. 7ate P r °P e «y■ ” So for as the
i <.. i? 1 J ? concerned, it is “property’'
i ’-Vty.. be bappy to dispense with
w''l take it
.anu wy the interest ■ Itis a new thine'
I*s valuable to those who
K .one aspect only
i.tiaVhMblei' fThat when the party'
tiie tMpYof the debt and don't
pretty the dye is death to fleas.
THE POST—PITTSBURGH, SATURDAY .MORNING, DECEMBER 10, 1864
Hot Mucft Difference,
HADE UP
Correspondence.
A Curious Oversight.
’«SB®pfe|> BEtjg, .
f* 11,
Detifaeri&Czgttizens of Pennsylvania :
the tardy movements
ir npolic authorities in collecting the
result dtphe election held on the Bth ult,,
in order' to discharge the incumbent
your attention to the
a majority of 30,081
votes (as I nowlearn from official cir
cles) has been recorded against us. This
majority is made up from all the votes
slated-to have been given in the districts
at home, including those by proxy, and
all those given in the ■■ armies—negro
votes and all—in eve ry form of returns,
lawful and otherwise.
There have been at least two palpa
ble forms of fraud practiced by the BUp
• porters of Abraham Lincoln, In order t*.
make up this.innjority, .and thus Benuir
him the electoral vote of the State. Fic
titious ballots Jtave r been placed in the
ballot-boxes, answering to false regis
tries, the same as has been repeatedly
proven to have been the cash in our elec
tions heretofore: and, secondly, these -
frages of the volunteer soldiers have not
only been over awed and perverted by
corrupt partisan officials, but the returns
themselves, in many cases, have been
tampered with and transformed. In re.
terence to fictitious votes, who believes
that the city of Philadelphia has to-day.
or even bad, 99,800 voters legally ami
properly registered in her various wards
and precincts? And yet that number oi
votes has beep counted as thus resident
—giving near 12,000 Abolition majori
ty in a city that not many years since
burnt an Abolition hall in open day, as
a public nuisance'
The late attempt to exerciae the right
of suffrage on the part of tbe volunteer
soldiers, has proved a signal failure—
FAitoß I would call it, but for its various
melancholy concomitants. The doubts
entertained by many as to the wisdom
and propriety of this measure, prior to
its adoption, would seem to have been
fully realized.
It is impossible ever to secure a fair
and full distribution of tickets, so as to
allow a free choice to the voters in army
service. The expenses of tbe attempts
made to do so, are almost beyond belief.
On tbe part of State, they will reach at
least 180,000; and the two political or
ganizations expended fully as much
more. The system will always be liable
to great abuses, and must ever be un
equal in its operation, and unfair in its
results.
Certain it is, that the privilege ol
voting given to the soldiers is a mock
ery, when the very man against whom
perhaps, he would like to vote, has the
most despotic control over those who
rule tnat soldiers’ every movement, and
could send him at a word to the front i f
battle and to death, if he refused com
pliance with their behests. Until the
volunteer soldiery have the power of
choosing their own officers, the right of
suffrage for other purposes can never be
properly carried into effect in the army.
Bad they been fairly and freely left to
their own preferences, can any sane man
doubt, but that there would have been
about the same proportionate division of
sentiment expressed by the soldiers' in
the late elections, that was manifested
by their fathers and brothers at home V
It is army vote, (not to speak of the
other frauds,) which has given our op
ponents their recent beggarly triumph
in Pennsylvania. Beggarly indeed—
when it is recollected that it shows a
falling off of from forty to fifty thousand
in their majority, within the last four
years 1 Such a victory, and bo obtained,
betokens a speedy downfall ah a party,
to the advocates of negro equality in our
staunch old Commonwealth. Betolu
tiona never go bockwarda. It is worthy
of remark here also, that a change of
twenty-five thousand votes properly di
vided amongst the larger States, would
have defeated Mr. Lincoln altogether
It was our duty, fellow-citizens, to
have rescued the constitution at the late
elections, if we could. The effort was
gallantly, bnt unsuccessfully made
And now, in view of all that must ine
vitably transpire within the next four
years, I feel honestly, more like con
gratulating yon as a political party, od
having escaped a fearful responsibility,
than ottering explanation and condol
ence over a-! defeat. After entailing a
weight of suffering upon this country,
from wipich nothing but the most radi
cal measures can relieve it; after hav
ing forced into operation a financial
system, which is bnt a mask of ruin
, that regard, after so mis managing
the unfortunate .civil war now upon
their hands, as to leave scarcely a hope
of saving the Union—it is but right that
the Abolitionists, and Uheir instrument
Abraham Lincoln, should remain in a
position to feel the first frnits of their |
own wickedness folly, and meet
the curses and condemnation of an out
raged and suffering people, when the
impending clouds shall mature into
storm and darkness.
Our plain duty, fellow-citizens, both
I as a party and as patriots, ia to main
| tain onr noble organization in all its
ROwey and activity. It now comprises
upwards of two hundred and seventy.
; six thousand freemen—the bone, sinew
and brains of the Commonwealth.—
Every hope of an ultimate re-union of
the States, and of restoring the Govern
ment and laws to their original purity
and vigor, lies in the progress and ulti
mate triumph of the Democracy. We
mnsl still continue to act as the senti
nels of freedom, and vindicate our time
honored principles to the people. In
stead of disbanding our clubs and asso
ciations, let us increase their number
and inspirit their action. Hold, at
least, monthly meetings. Gather if
and organize a Democratic
association in every school-district,and
boldy canvass on all proper occasions,
the measures of our corrupt and imbe
cile rulers. Expose the secret leagues
and banditti-like gatherings of our op
ponents; and hold up to merited scorn
those who, in midnight assemblies, and
under kindred-darkness conspire to rob
and ruin our country, and at the same
time to degrade our people by plotting
an affiliation to the negro race. Let us,
as a party, march steadily on our accns
tomed paths, employing neither stealth
nor secrecy; they are unworthy of free
dom, who are afraid to defend it in open
day.
Allow me, in this connection, to add
a word, also, in behalf of the Demo-
cratic press of Pennsylvania. Always
but too poorly rewarded, now, when
nearly all the public patronage is in the
hands of fanatics, and the expenses of
printing greatly increased, itj becomes
the manifest duty of every faithful Dem
ocrat to support and strengthen his lo
cal paper, and to discriminate in his
patronage, if compelled to do so at all,
in favor of the Democratic press of our
own State. There is - a culpable care
lessness in this respect, in many of our
public men; which is a very proper rep
rehension, as well as of remembrance
to those who suffer from it.
'Under ordinary circumstances, fellow,
citizens, I would deem the present duty
of my plape .discharged in this hasty
reference toth el ate election, and the
• .sequent suggestions which I have ven
tured uppp. And in what I further
undertake at this time, it is possible I
may.be charged with traveling some
what out of the sphere of my appoint
ment, apd"with entering upon , a field of
inquiry, that is beyond it's usual limits'
But as my purpose la manly and up
>PgbLf bndj Irnay add, patriotic—l may
times, (bat the spir
.iLpf.flhfeiJyypigeta&e me ypur inaul-
gence. ,
or about the Ist day of September
last, forty-four substantial and repnta-
blp alttzens of Columbia and Ltizerne
conn ties, In this State, were sefzeAby
military authority and hurried with in-
lliete, at the bayonet’s point, into
thedepthsofa distant and disused mili
tajy fortress, as a place of confinement.
One of them, In a letter to his relatives,
In simple words that most toncb every
honest heart, thns describes their im
prisonment :
“Our treatment was inhuman. - When
first taken and incarceated in this cell,
not a stool or bench to rest our weary
ilmb9on;nota cup, or knife, or fork,
or plate; and these few indispensable ar
ticles were purchased .at exorbitant pri
ces, attended with' vexatious delay.
Forty-four of us in one 'ce 1, without
oven a separate place to attend to the
calls of nature, it is no wonder that one
of our number was soon laid in his last
resting place, and many others prostrat
ed by disease.”
Four of their number have recently
been brought to trial before a military
commission, and three of them sentenc
ed to heavy fines and imprisonment,
upon charges clearly cognizable in the
Civil Courts of tbe State and of the
United States. With the question of the
guilt or innocence of these men, (and I
believe them truly innocent of any do
liberate infraction of law,) I have in
th s place, nothing to do. It is the
startling fact that foity-four men, of
good repute in their respective neigh
borhooda, some of whom had held pla
ces of high public trust and honor,
should be seized by soldiery in the heait
of this peaceful and loyal State, dragged
off toft noisome military dungeon, and
there kept for months, without being
confronted by an accuser; one of them
in the mean tiqae dying, as is believed,
from suffering thus; another becoming
blind from his confinement, whilst most
of the others still continue shut up in
Fort Mifflin—a damp, inland fort, con
structed more with a view of resisting
a bombardment, than anything else I A
brave old name desecrated; a lortress
associated with many proud recollec
tions and memories.of our forefathers'
struggle for turned into a Bas
tile for the uses of modern tyranny!
This is not all, nor in my view the
Worst of the case—if it is to be csjab
lished as a precedent: These men are
being drawn out, one by one, to be tried
before a tribunal unknown to the Con
stitution—called a Court Martial, in
which they are denied the privilege—
priceless in a freeman’s estimate, —of a
trial by a jury of their peers, and of the
vicinage I
I should impliedly Impugn your intel
ligence and love of freedom, fellow-citi
zens, by offering here, any elaborate
discussion ofthis sacred right of trial by
jury. No work of tyranny so stirs the
inmost depth of every freeman’s heart,
as any attempt at infringement of this
precious principle of liberty, which lias
come down to us untrammelled and un
impaired from tbe days of Magna Charta
to the present moment. The very idea
of a Military Commission sitting in the
heart of our faithful, law-abiding old
Commonwealth, to try anything but
simply breaches of military law and reg
ulations, Is monstrous and unbearable.
Onr Legislature fairly bumbled itself to
subserviency, }n passing laws punish
ing any resistance, by word er deed,
to the conscription laws of Congress;
and Coagress in its turn has piled en
actment on enactment—now endorsing
onr gracious President’s proclamations
of martial law" and next restraining
them—but all the while pointing to the
Civil Court* as the proper tribunals to
try the clasa of offences newly announc
ed—shall I aay, CREATED, by both-Pres
ident and Congress—Lord and Masters
of a submissive people!
I submit, fellow-citizens, whether it
is not the duty of the two hundred and
seventy-six thousand Democrats of
Pennsylvania, to inquire into this
alarming violation of those great princi
ples of human rights, which even no
monarch on the throne of our English
ancestors since the dale of Magna
Charta, ever yet invaded with impunity;
und no administration of our Govern
ment ever d to .infringe,
even in tbe slightest degree' The fate
today, of these men of Columbia
county, if innocent, may be ours to
morrow. Besides, if it really has come
to pass, that the old laws of the land re
quire enforcement by bayonets, and the
new ones introduced, and abbul to be
introduced , need Ihe same illustration
and support, it must at least bo interest
iug to the people to know it, and be
prepared to yield up grace fully all those
cherished principles of civil freedom
baptized in the blood of our fathers of
the revolution, and bequeathed to us as
their inestimable legacy!
True, we had the boastful announce
ment of the Secretary of State at Wash
ingtou, that the suspension of the writ
of /labea* corput placed every independ
ent heart in the land under his gaoler
ship; and we had also the practice of
Secretary Stanton’s satraps in various
places iu other States, showing the same
grand estimate of his powers ; buf that
military commissions and secret trials,
without juries, were to be substituted
for proceedings in the Civil Courts ol
the country, in cases clearly defined by
statute law as belonging exclusively to
their jurisdiction, is a state of things
which could not have been fully con
templated by the people of Pennsylva
nia at the late election. We really seem
to be fast reaching the condition of the
German Baron of olden time, who in
order to provide the means for maintain
ing his castle against assailants mort
gaged it to some neighboring Shylocks,
who seized and appropriated it them
selves, before the Baron’s defences were
completed. Or, in plainer words, in
conducting what appeared at the outset
to be a proper struggle to sustain the
powers of the Constitatton, and the su-
premacy of the laws over the Southern
States—we are now sinking the same
vital principles here at home I
Who is responsible for this position of
affairs so far as our State is concerned ?
The new Military Commander of this
•Division, with his own lair record to
preserve, and a bright ancestral fame in
memory, cannot be acting a voluntary
part in them. The Governor of Penn-
sylrania disavows all prior knowledge
of the original proceedings against the
Columbia county prisoners, and all re
sponsibility in thepremises. The Judi
ciary, if applied to, would probably be
disinclined to enter into a conflict with
the military authorities, in which would
simply be illustrated, that the President
and his Cabinet ministers are the Lords
paramount of our destinies, both civil
and military !
The people can allow—can perpetuate ,
this position of onr liberties if they de
sire. They have the power—the awful
power to prove recreant to themselves
to become the executioners of their own
rights—their own happiness, and their
own glory illustrated in the past. Yes :
if they so select as a people, they may,
in cowardly snpineness, allow ttaem
selves-to be covered with the pall oi a
despotism as dark and dismal as ever
shrouded any of its victims in the old
world; and finally fill the latest of those
ignoble graves of National lreedom, that
lie in dreadful warning along down the
great pathway of time !
In behalf of the Democratic State
Central Committee of Pennsylvania—
C. L‘ WARD, Chairman.
Towanda, Psu, Dec. sth, 1864.
Petroleum taxed one dollar per bar-,
rel would,it is stated, produce a reve
nue of two millions of dollars in Penn
sylvania alone.
A LApT had her likeness taken 1\ a
photographist, who executed if so well
that her husband prefers it to the origi.
nal.
Nevada has contributed for the<fian-’
itary Commission $92,815 in spec®.
A festival of “reformed drunjmßs”
was held at the BtUjalt||s
The wheat
was about §|f
The Western papltisay #fiite<|ifever
commenced 80 e ß r, |||B
Two are|io(ic|prreBt
In New York forTSfiaping WfurlOffghed
soldier and selling hiny/o a recruiting
offlceiyiar $1,000.. 7
A dispatch from J Washington an
nounces, that General Rosecrans has
been relieved Irom the command of the
Department of Missouri,
’The people of,the Northwest propose
to hord another great Sanitary Fair at
Chicago, to open omhe 22d of Februa
ry; and close On the 4th of March, 1885.
On Saturday last Jacob Johnston,
connected with the powder-mill a few
miles south.of York, Pa., was arrested
and laken off, Vy a detective and two
cavalrymen, on the charge of selling
powder lo ihe rebels.
|jß-»B*«nuilTM’S. PILLS.-THK
r~, the Consumptive, Rheumatic,
Costive, Bilious and Delicate, after some days'
u«c, will find renewed strength and life pervade
every organ of their trainee.
Every doee makes the blood purer. The nerves
commence hr the -arteries/and terminate tn the
veins/ These pUls.hu i Bret effect, act upon the
arterial blood. Increasing the circulation, by
which impurities are deposited in the veins, and
they throw off such collections Into the bowels,
which organa, by the energy derived from
Jirandretb’p Fills, expel them from the svsten.
When first used, the Pills may ocoasion griping,
and even make the patient feel worse. Taels
«n excellent sign, ,ancl. shorn the disease will
soon be cured. No great good ia often achieved
without Borne trouble In lte attainment, and tide
rule applies to the recovery of heath
Sold tty THOMAS KM DEATH, Pittsburgh
od by all reapentahlo dealers iu inert Iclnea,
ooU-iydAwe
CONFESSIONS AND El
r~\ . PEHIENCE OF AN INVALID.—
P'lWishcdfer t. e beueat, and as a CAUTION
TO YOUNG MEN and others, who euiferfrom
Nervous Debility, Premature Decay of Man
hoos fco., supplying at the same time Tbs
MbaB 8 op By one who has cured
nimteli after undergoing considerable quackery.
By enclosing a post-paid addressed envelope,
single copies may be bad of the author.
„ , NATHANIEL, MAYFAIR, Esq.,
Brooklyn, Kings 00., N. V.
TOBIAS’ VENETIAN
IJIENT.-A certain cure for Pains
in Limbs and Back bore Throat; Croup, Rheu
matism, C otic, Ac. K perfect family medicine,
and never fails. Read head I! Read !! I
Livonia, Wayne Co , Mich., June if, IBb3
This is to certify that qiy wife wm taken with
Cluinscy isore Throat; it commenced to swell,
and svas so sore that she could not swallow, and
coughed violently. I used your Liniment! and
made a perfect cure in one week. I firmly be
lieve that but for the Liniment she would nave
lostheriife. H. HARLAN.
Price 2o and 50 cents. Sold by all Druggists.
Office 66 Oortlandt street, Now XorkT
Sold by THtfS. ItEDPATH, Pittsburgh.
nol2-lyJAwe
«act. *
Ha It a Dye.
» • • •
lBs ® Mathews first prepared
Jp® HAIR DYE; since that time
it has been used by thousands, and in no instance
H felled to give entire satisfaction „
The Venetian DYE is the cheapest in th«
world. Its price is only Fifty cents, and each
bottle contains double the quantity of dye in
those usually sold for $l. , -
1 he VENETIAN DYE is warranted not to in
jure the hair or scalp in th&eiightest degree.
The VENETIAN DYE wortrs With rapidity
* b roquiring no preparation
The VENETIAN DYE produces any shade
that may be desired—one that will notfade,crock
•11 i out—one that is as peunanent as the hair
itself. For sale by all druggists. Price 60 cents.
A. I. MATHEWS.
Ocner&l Agent, 13 Gold st. N. Y,
Also manufacturer of Mathbws’ AuhioaHaib
i i tH«H, the best hair dressing in use. Price 36
, janlft-jyd
»TW*iUCVOLDTIO« IN THE OREB9-
INQ ROOM i by the almost unani
mous action of the parties interested.
1-rtIS'fAOOXIO’3 HAUI DVR
Hhs replaced the old worn-out inventions for
coloring The h%ir, which the better experience ot
years had proved to be defective and deleterious.
Unlike the compounds that MAKE WAR upon
the health of the hair, and dry up and conaume
the juices which sustain it, this mild, genial and
periect dye is found to be a vitalizing as well as
a coloring agent.
Chrlktodoro'i Hair Pi'tiwatlvc,
A valuable adj ohct to the Dye, tn dressing and
promoting the growth and perfect health of the
hair, and of Itself, when used alone—a safeguard
tnat protects the fibres from decay under ail dr
cumstanceaand under all climes.
Manufactured by .1. OKISTADOHO. No. «
Astor House, New York. Sold by ail Drae
giata. Applied by aU Hair Drew rt.
nolt-iyd&ure
K3*makhood, AND THE VIGOR
. . _
by DR. HIOORD’S ESSENCE OF LIFE. J>-
itieord, (of Paris,) after tears ol earnest solici
tation, haa at length acceded to the urgent re
queat of the American public, and appointed a*T
* ork > ' or the aal« of hie valued
and highly-prized Ksscuce of Ldfe. This won
derful agent will restore Manhood to the most
shattered constitutions In four weeks : and if
used according to printed inductions, failure is
Impossible. 1 his lUe-reetoring remedy should
be taken by all about tom&rry, as its effects are
permanent, success, la every case, is certain.
Dr. Bicord'fl Essence of Life lksoldin oases,
with fall instructions for use, at $3, or four
quantities in one lor *9 ; and. will bo sent to any
part, carefully packed, on receipt of lemittance
to his accredited agent. Circular sent free on
receipt of four stamps. PHILIP ROLAND,
44T Broome st , oue door weat of Broadway,
ii. 1., Sole Ageut for United States.
«ep2b:3md
gSp»PLIU£ LltlUOßj}.
- < PDHE LIQUORS,
•Tor medicinal an A* private use,
for medicinal ana private use.
1 am tu receipt of an invoice of pure Liquors
o.- medicinal and private us/*, bottled expressly
or such purposes, by Falconer ol Co , of New
' l ' rk These Liquors are recommended as
beinL' so . ething superior to anythiog everof
lered Iq this city. Those wishing a strictly pure
article of the following Liquors, can obtain
Micm at my establishment:
Fipe out Maderia Wines,
Vine Cld Port Wines,
Fine old Sherry Wines,
Fine o’d Ongniac Brandy,
Young American Oin,
Yandiveeris Schledhm Schnapps,
a full assortment of California Wines on
JOSEPH FLEMING,
Corner the Diamond and Market st.
A superior article of Holland Gin and Bell’s
Pure Kye Whisky on hand. de6:lwd
K5P* TO CONSUMPTIVES.—-COS
SUMPTIVE SUFFERERS will receive
• valuable prescription fa* the: cure of Uon»
sumption, Asthma, Bronchitis, and all throat
and Lung affections, (free of charge.) by send
ing your address to
Bev. EDWABI) A. WILSON,
wpsoamdaw Ultam,,bUrSh ’ °°- N ' Y ‘
jarVOM'.VTEEUS FOR THE ARMY
ahoul I not leave the city until supplied
Z > l , l^ 0 l: LIJWAY S PILLS AND (JINT
AILNT. for Sores, Scurvy, Wounds, Small-
Pox. fevers and Bowel Complaints, these m a, l
cincs arc the bcsi in the world. Every French
soldier ucs them 11 the reader of this “noti:c»>
cannot get a box of Pills or Ointment from ue
drug store in his place, let him write to me, 10
Malden Lane, enclosing the amount, and I Vein
mail a box free of expense. Many dealers will
not keep my medicines on hand because they cm
not make as much prom as on other petso a
make. 36 cents, 88 cents, and Sl,to per box or pot
THE LEADER.
THE LEADER will be pub*
liahed TO-MORROW MORNING.
I 1 ME LEADER IbsnaVFAMILYPAPER
full of Interesting reading matter.
THE LEADEH will contain the LATEST
TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE from the
Sea 4 of 'War.
THE LEADER will contain the LATEST
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
THE LEADER will he for sale at the
NEWS DEPOTS, and by the NEWSBOYS.
Price Five Cents.
Great sale or boots, shoes.
BALMORALS AND G.UMS at reduced
pi ices, to make room for a large stock of goods
which were bought at a great reduction, aa the
firm are going into the oii business.'
AT J.NjSOBLMrD’S,
■93 Market Street.
2d door from Fifth.
yon
SHREE JPHY-DOCKS, SUITABLE
tor cAulkingeoal boats o? barges, in good
dng order. Also, a WHAHFBOAT. by
tfPtSty about 100 tons. For terms ic
qirtre of JOHN McClo^key,
delO-lwd Port Perry, Pa.
ADVERTISEMBSTS TO-DAYS ADVRRTISKiiKOTi
Pennsylvania
I%OIP4HT.
.ip m
cAP.fTAlijpfToc'K, ....
I&a;»HHrImARKS AT
WORKING CAPITAL $20,000.
TP h £?.t C t OM ,F ahv 18 based on TUB
■S FOLLOWING PBOPEBTY: Ist. The
Known as
the SlINEtf LEASE”—for 26 jear* On "iyr'
«r°4»i!L*n t*axw on tfcft Story Farm—the property
of the Columbia Oil Compahy. On this Lease
the Company own;- .
a ! tolii pu “ pi } iI S from “@™bbls per da?,
n !TO ,! P“ m P ln B from 16Q20 bbls per day.
O. I Well oqmmenced and .going down with
fair prospects of success. -
IJ. Ample Boom for 3 or 4 more Welled to
gether with 3 complete Eilginea.asets of Tuninv
fey T r l lf Ta Safe!:
te'eneeot’a House and Office, etc , etc. “ P
This land fronts on OH Creek, immediately otu'
postte the MAPLE- SHADE? JERSEY*
COQUETTE WELLS-thVTlril oif'eew?
rating It from efld Well.. The OolumUa Oil
Company reoeive. one-half of tha Oil obtained
on thla lease as Royalty.
2d. EIGHTY AOEES of valuable land,
known aa the ‘PEAnSON FABM >• onOherry
T, w Bun, In/fee simple. This property Uli
eated If of a mile from the Story Farm, and the
!?s!£‘ 11, 15*S O S-5 o J n ““ W. Mcollntook and
Hyde and Egbert farms, and run. parallel with
them. Cherry Tree Hun run. through thla farm,
H^ t^ n whol i. of t, he l “ a .oa each aide of the
ssaffiifflSssssLsassl
kSL? letB .v ll . re r. now ,r °m 100 to well,
being bdffed on this Run.
‘te preaent reoelpta of oU from the
two producing wells enable* toe Company to
tai S a££t ll ivi? er ?h lve^ • li WSp4 on the-whole eapl
•£r£%ifm£ni *Sf lery “•**• * working capital
■of |2a,000 will be reserved aa contingent fund.
Judicious capitalists will at once appreciate the
inducementa which this stock offer./or Invest!
reopgnire the features bf this com
pany, distinguishing it from many others based
® n “ mber of dividend and small Interests
wbloh they oannot control sufficlentlv for the
benefit of the stockholders. y .
° f ,Utl * rt P tion Of® now open at the
UORGABgTBAN db 880.,
Uoroer of Wdod abd FiTthstß.
HEBRV ROSEKBACH,
___No. 4 Hand.street.
'BARE PETROLEUM CO.,
Of Philadelphia
CAPITAL
100,000 Shareß par 910.
$50,000 CASH | WORKING CAPITA!*
Subscription Price $2.50.
_ PRESIDENT.
T. HASKINS DU PUY, Pres. Oattawiasa B. B.
VICE-PRESIDENT,
TH flJJi®s t * mf T n TSO,?; °f the Hardware
fim of Truitt &. Co., 628 Market street
TRKAgUBBn,
SAMITET, WORK, of Work. McOouch & Co ,
Bankers, 36 South Third street. ,
DIRECTORS i
Thoicas D. Wattsox,
lnsurance Agent,
P^ R 2® Y AV > o f i ate finn i J- T. Way & Cd.,
KiCHAEos t of Germantown,
’ h<> Drake Petroleum Com
mmtred »*!■* «f, two tr,ctß of land, one of two
hundred and fifty-seven acres and one of two
hundred andslxty.flve acree, making In all fire
five hundred and twelve acres in fee, on the
Caldwell Branch of Oil Greek e
The property has been critically examined bv
?h^°* m 2. l i tee appointed tor that pnrposefand
IS h/? l ?i ,BrT Pronounced, In their judgment
»? y , cqus l ’,o th »t on Oil Creekfalong
Smi fonml ta^e,t ° U wells cver diK overed have
The lands resemble those on Oil Creek, in
uS7n?,^ Dl, ?> ,? nd U h WevM S’,he
large number of oU springs in close proximity,
thatwaloable wells will be opened on both these
The management have already aecnred several
S? l lrtth*l?C3¥ e< s * ““petent Superintend
“vei?p“mert? ‘““edlate and an energetic
po i tlo . ! i. o l ““ ,c Masts is bottom, and
admirably adapted for boring. *
s ?i V ? r !“ Companies are organized on lands im.
areth« e r£i ,<^oln * errtt °ry, among which
Sfaurt®Mr ,&re,o “ ,a,t7 6n
. n l rb£ r^Ss ,i % th re Drßke Petroleum Company
IbiSw P i 2. hUc !. . Ml** olo ™ »<* that their scheme
should be examined, and subscriptions made to
EBIO pre '“‘ ““ P™
T. Hareraa Bo Ptrr, President,
Tbos. D. WiTTSOir, Vice Pres!!
0 . _ Samrai Work, Treasurer.
_ .“k wtu be received tor a limited
number of Shares, at tfce Banking House of
SSr’ Co ’ Ni> M South Third
street, Philadelphia. detoatd
Muskmgum.and Duck Creek
OIL COMPANY.
Oaptal,
Working Fund,
Par Value of Shares, Si,
The above Company to to be organised under
the maatafacturinglawrof PeQoayivaola, with
a capital stock of $160,000, $60,000 of which Is to.
be reserved as a developing fond.
Its property consists Of eighty acres in fee
simple, on Duck Greek, Ohio, in the heart of
the weUdeveloped oil territory ami near the
famouwDuok Creek Oil Company’s tract, the
shares of which are now worth from *25 to $3O
and only $4,60 paid in. The Acme Oil Comp/
ny ■ territory is also quite near. The stock of
this latter Company is held at a very high orice
—from $25 to $35. with a very' small amount
paid in. The celebrated “Dutton well” 1b in
the neighborhood. This well has flown and
pumped mpre oil than any other well in the
country.
The Duck Creek Oil regions are regarded as
fast out rivaling the Pennsylvania Oil Creek
and its tributaries, and the quality of the oil
from the former ranks about double the value
of the latter. It will therefore, be seen that
the selection made by the “Muakin gum and
Duck Creek Co. 1 * is at such a point that it is
almost as certain to strike a vein of oil as it is
to obtain water in sinking a well. Besides
there Is abundance of timber suitable for der
ricks, etc.
The Company intend ta proceed at once to
tbe development of its land by the use of the
best machinery and pomps that can be obtained.
The sinking of two wells will be commenced im
mediately, which will be sunk at the lowest
oil stratum, and five or six shallow wells wIU
be completed in a very short time, which alone
wIU produce from five to ten barrels each per
day. The large capital is set apart for develop*
Ing, insures the most ample means for prosecu
ting the work with the utmost vigor, and
should the large sum set apart for working capl*
tal be more than is neededjthet>venplus,as soon
as enough oil if obtained for working ex
penses, will be divided among the stockholder
with the first dividend.
Due notice will be given when the Books of
Subscription will be bOpen, and where parties
can subscribe for the stock. de!o-3taw-i w;
M’CLELLAND’S
AUCTION HOUSE,
55 Filth Street,
BOOTS/ SHOES,
AND .
UR V GOODS,
AT GREAT BARGAINS.
deio
The Great Pnrilier I
HEM AP Air AKA.
Hemapanaka cares Scrofula,
Hemapanaka cores Cancer,
Hemapanaka cures Rheumatism,
Hem apanaka cures Boils,
Hemapanaka cores Intemperance,
Hemapanaka cures Ola Sores;
.Hemapansk* curt* Dyspepsia,
Hemapanaka curea Tenets
Hemapanaka cure* .Rmples Oil the Fsce,
Hemapanaka cures Erygiltotoß,
Hemapanaka cures Liver Critaplalnt, , -
HemApaa&ka cures aUDleeases of the Skin.'
It It the most perlect audakreeable Tonic ever
offered to the-publtcl sold by; x <sr>
- smoN-jtiaNsov,
• -■ Corner Smithfield and Fourth pts.
declrlydttw
'A ;V| ; '''C^W^TJ
ASSIGNEES SALE
o»jK v '
„ * •
•J W L - ! - • i ■’. :
#186,000 OF
boots and'Soes
Prom f
, Philadelphia Shpfr]|puse,
NOW GOING Oh AT
Concert Hall Shoe Store,
No. 62 Fifth Street,
West Side, above Wood street.
fifty cents on the dollar
de9 * •
8430,000.
Oil Spring Petroleum Company,
' moboan COUNTY, OHIO.
ACRES n RES OS »«nif.
SPRINGS RCS» -
, THREE MILES ABOVE M'CONNELLSVILLE,
Incorporated under the law> of Pennsylvania.
Capital Stock 8500,000,
100,000 Shares, at«S,OO per Share,
„.^9 r^ n « c »PUaI EesetveU for Development,
if'tS°n^ bare ’i. Subscription pfhN for whioli
ment°° PCr **“"*> not M*®* to further asscss-
$1,000;000.
Pres, Q-. W. CASS .Sec.ATrea. E. T. LEECH,jr
P ‘* *■£&'** H - W. Co.
XBQ-UTHRIE, .TRANK HARM
ffBAGALEY, *'■ H'PMoKEE. ’
JOS- "ICHABbs. - AjRAGAtJ
BTLEEQH,’jr.
»»
of Subscription ere’n|gpi]pen at the
Burke’s Building, Fourth Street,
Between Wood and Marie el streets,
Where Prospectus and Map ofrtbe ComDanv'i
property can be seen. - dc&dif
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w « eOiMasi K« ... S
WHITE, ORR & CO.
No 25 Fifth Street >
Have on band a large as
sortment of - *
CLOAKS,
SHAWLS,
tor Sale at flow, ’ Prices,
delO-lt '
$150,000.
Dissolution of PartfiersMp,
THE PAETSEBSHIP raiUSTO
FORE EXISTING betafein the iSIE!
nttSlr?', 'Si* MofitpSKHT, OOS
&‘aV«yMS
ment - J. MoOWtSKEY.
j. s. oosgSiave.
Flttiburgh, Dec fl, 1564, - “elOdtd
D
a. bhownHas mabesths stu
dy and treatment of v
Delicate Diseases
The business of his life. speciality ia Ten
-1555
an 5 1 £? 4^ Ba ’.diseases arising. fromUs
purity of the blood. Chronic Ulcerations, Piles
Rheumatism, Rupture and Skin Diseases. Of*
52® WidPrivate Rooms, Nb.flO SMITHPIELD
STREET.
IyAJPgQMB
POE THE HOMDA7S,
MACBUM & SLYPE’S,
78 Market Street, „
Who have now open and yet receive dally er.
pretily for Holiday Sales, a lar&e and beautiful
assortment ol Goods, both useful and ora*,
mental, comprising Breastpins, Ear Drops,
Fancy Tuck and Side Combs, Peart, Steel, Jet
and GUt Belt Buckles, Belts and-BeH Blbbons,
Cashmere and Silk Scarfs, Head Dresses and
Nets, Lace Yells, Lace and Embroidered Col
lars and Handkerchiefs.
Worked Slippers and. Onahians,
WOBK BOXES,
- t . LADIES’ COMPANIONS,
POBrE-BfONWAIES,
SATCHELS,
And a very flue assortment of • \
PHOTOGRAPH
Besides our usual fullatockof
HOSIERY,
GIsOVBS,
TRDIHISGS,
NOTIONS and
SUALI. WARES,
At Ijowest Cash Fribeie
COAL LAID ASD SURFACE FOB
SALE—The undersigned will oflfcr at
public fraction, on the premises, At 1 o’clock P
M , on 22d OF DECEMBER, lS6i, the TEENAN
FABQL situated ontht Pitt *bu rg and SterV'a
vilie railroad, adjoining the Tillage of
town, containing about 100 aerf*. , T-, *r; ; ] < g
very fertile and abounds in :*" l
The Mansion House is very . e
commanding a fine . vie wpVtfies-r ih !
and is trithin three mlnnt« npMLePr r
tio.n GEOBGE M. TEENAg.
-dUrannistwtors.
Oandor, Washington County. .
*** dvlMd,
MUSKINGUM
Full Paid.
DIRECTORS i
S. s. B RY'A N,
Can be secured at