By the blessing of the Almighty we believe the time id comics when this unholy rebellion will cease. liMt nc, Mene, Tkd, rphnr&in," is written on the walla of the Southern Confederacy, against the leader?, and their damnation is sealed. "Uod ha tli numbered thy kingdom and finished it. Thou art weighed jn the balances, and art found wanting." The Confederate rattlesnake striking its iangs in its own body writhes in the agonies of death. This nation, under God, shall have n new birth of freedom, f-nd our children thall be stronger for this wrestling of fiesh and blood, and urdcr the blood stained grass of battle-fields the seeds of new growth will cprout for Freedom and Peace. Up, then, in Freedom's manly part, prom graybeard old to iieiy youth, And on the nation's naked heart Scatter the living eoal3 of truth. - Xow break the cbain, the yoke remove, And smite to earth oppression's rod, TTiih those railJ arms of tru.h and love, Made mighty thro' the living Uoa. fTHiV UIGIIT OR WROIG. WHEN RIGHT, TO BE KEPT RIGHT, WHEN WRONG, TO BE PUT RIGHT. CDGiSBVRG: TIIURSDAY::::::::::::::::DECEMBEE 8. Our Country's Future. It needs no- prophetic ken to look thro' the thin curtain which hides the future from our gaze, and behold 'the glorious destiny awaiting this country. A thous and problems that have puzzled the brains of the wisest statesmen that have lived before us, and bewildered the judgment of tje living, have been solved in this war. The rebels themselves have wiped out slavery, and knocked pway the chief CDrr.er-stone of their boasted confederacy. They have done that which no human foresight before the war could see a way ot accomplishing. The rebellion has de veloped our resources, and shown U3 our ability to suffer. It ha3 brought to light a thousand facts relating to our nationali ty of which the people never even dreamed. It lias astonished the nations of the old world. Our powerj of endurance and ability to cope with the most gigantic re bellion the world ever saw have demon strated to European monarchs that repub lican governments possess a vitality aud power hitherto unknown stronger than the strongest despotism. All these things have Deen clearing away the clmids that intervene between us and the future, to the showing, clearly and distinctly, the glorious destiny awaiting us. When this rebellion shall have gone under, we shall be the strongest nation on the globe in a military point of view. Tho rebellion has developed the highest order of military geniu3. It has thrown upon the surface and brought to light an old fact, almost forgotten, that the great est generals oftentimes grow" up from among the people. Among our present military chieftains, we havo men second to none of those whose names are enrolled highest upon tho page ot history. When did the world ever behold mora exalted military genius than has been exhibited by Grant, Sherman, Butler, and a host of lesser light3 who have figured iu this war? With the rebellion over, wn shall have experienced, accomplished officers enough to whip the world, if provided with com petent armies; while the men that will have been trained to the dangers and re sponsibilities of the field and camp sol diers acknowleigcdiy the best the world ever saw will be counted by hundreds of thousands, tn a word, we shal! be essen tially a warlike people a natiou to be feared and respected. The higher Christian civilization of the North, with its wore progressive spirit, which Blavery has hl'hertd excluded from the South, will travel over the whele ter ritory south of Masou and Dixon's line, and incorporate itself into the habits, eustoms, laws aud usages of society. The fertile soil of the South, no longer cursed with the blights and mildews of slavery, utider the' influence of Northern industry will blossom like the rose. The agricul tural prduc:s of the South will be more than quadrupled within four years of the eiosiug of the war,, while the change for the better in the iflauufacturing interest will be ever, more striking. The public domain will be divided up into pmaller plantations, or still smalleF farm?, and iustead of a few rich blavehold irs owning ell the soil, it will bo distribu ted in more equal proportions among the i::duttricu mantes. The Uul monopoly which has so long cursed the South, crea ting wide distinctions in society, enabling the few to oppress the many, will thus be broken down. The moral and religious tone of society will be changed. The immoralities of slavery so degrading to every community, will be done away with, and a higher civilization take their place. The change in this respect cannot fail to be wonderful. Slavery has made barbari ans of tho whole South, and plunged the race iuto the very cesspools of moral degradation. From this degradation has sprung up its legitimate fruit this unholy rebellion. But the moral atmosphere of the whole South will come out of the conflict of war purified as by fire. Education in the South will hereafter be extended to the masses, instead of being coofiued to a select few. The common school will travel into Dixie, and there take up its permanent abode. The "school house" will, in coining years, be one of the established institutions of the South. This will and must work out an astonishing re sult in Southern society a chango that will astonish no one so much as the South erner himself. Northern men in coming years will be allowed to travel safely in the South, and express the same opinions they do North, without endangering their lives and their all. For years there has been a most wanton disregard shown the rights of the people of the free States by their "South ern brethren." The American flag has been no security or protection to an Amer ican citizen in any of the Southern States for a long series of yean. Northern men, and even women, traveling South have been whipped, tarred and feathered, im prisoned, shot, hung, and butchered like dogs, for no other crime than expressing opinions in consonance with the Bible and the Declaration of Independence. "When slavery is gone, all this barbarism goes with it. W hat a glorious changs in the right direction ! We shall, in fact, be what we have claimed to be a nation of freemen, a land of Libeity. When that "sum of all vil lainies," slavery, is wiped out, we shall have a purely republican govern ooent, based upon the fundamental theory of equal rights to all. Free labor instead of slave labor will greatly exalt and bring up the masses. The dignity of labor will be fully vindicated. We might go on to en large upon this fruitful topic, but we desist. Let the bright prospect ahead cheer up every halting patriot, nerve every arm, encourage every heart, and fire with renewed zeal all, to the glorious work of crushing out the rebellion, and vindicating the rightful authority of the government over every foot of soil within its spacious limits. Volunteers for the State Guard. It is now clearly understood, says the flarrisburg TtlegropJi, that all volunteers for the first five regiments of the State Guard will, if embraced in any future drafts, be furloughcd by the War Depart ment for the time they actually remain in tho State service. And when this time in the State Guard ia served out, it will be regarded as the expiration of this furlough, the man thereafter to be ordered into the United States army, there to complete the time for which he i3 drafted. .All euch volunteers will also be credited on any future drafts which the War Department may make for their full term of service to the State, thus: If a volunteer in the State Guard serves one year, and he should after the expiration ol his time be drafted by the United StateV, for two or more years, he will receive a credit on such a draft of the year devoted to tho State. These are important facts, and will no doubt induce the speedy filliug up of the first five regiments of the State Guard. There is little additional and nothing positively certain to add to the intelligence concerning the movements of Sher;nan. There is no reason to doubt, however, that he either has conducted or will couduet his entire army io the coast, without any material loss, Bragg sent a dispatch to Davis that he had defeated the force sent by Foster to co-operate with Sherman from Port Royal, but as Foster has since been heard from and isull right, little importance is attached to Bragg's dispatch, or to tbe hopes ex pressed by the rebel papcra of being able to cut off Sherman before reaching the coast. " In the absence of particulars, wo cons-id' er it certain that Sherman has gone thro in spite of everything, and that be will soon be in a position to enter upon tho imporfant operations ot which his great march was the precursor. Such certainly is the belief in Washington. Legality ot the Soldiers' Tote. Attorney-General Meredith has just delivered the following opinion with respect to the case growing out of the contested election in the XVIth Judicial District, Pennsylvania : i OPINION. The election of Judges is provided for by the act of the 15th April, 1851. The sixth section of that act provides that in case of the election of President Judge of any Judicial District composed of two or more counties, the clerks of the. return judges of each county shall make out a lair statement of all the votes which shall have been given at such election within the county for every person voted for, which shall be signed by said judges and attested by the clerks. This statement is requireH to be produced at a meeting of the return judges of the district. The duty of the return judges of the district is set forth in the seventh section, which provides that they shall cast up the sever al county returns, and make a sufficient number of copies of a general return of all the votes given for such office in said dis trict, all cf which they shall certify, and one of which they shall transmit to the Secretary of the Commonwealth in the manner provided in the act. The tenth section of the act requires the Governor to grant commissions to the persons elected. The district return judges of the 16th Judicial District, composed of the counties of Franklin, Bedford, Somerset, and Ful ton, have transmitted to the Secretary of the Commonwealth a return in which they state that they have not included the Bedford county return of the soldiers' votes, a copy of which tbey annex, and they assign as the reason for not including it, that said return was not certified to by nine of the return judges of Bedford county. The return in question is signed by thirteen of the county return judges, forming, therefore, a majority of the whole number. The reason assigned for not in cluding this return is palpably insufficient. As the authority of the return judges concerns matters oi a public nature, a ma jority may act at a meeting lawfully assembled, and their meeting is presumed to be lawful in the absence of proof to the contrary. The clause in the seventy-ninth sectiDn ot the act of 1S39, providing that the re turns shall be signed by all the judges present, does not govern the present case, and, if it did, it would be construed, 1st, as directing, merely; and, 2d, it would be presumed that the return was signed by all the judges then present, in the absence of proof to the contrary. If the said soldiers' vote of Bedford county be included, Alexander King has a majority of all the votes to the district, aDd is elected President Judge. The question on which the Governor requests my ooiuion is, whether it is the duty of the Governor to include the said soldiers' vote in ascertaining to whom tbe commission should be granted. The district return judges have stated io their return that Francis M. Kimmell, having received the highest number of votes, is duly elected. This statement 13 of no effect whatever. The law gives them no authority to de clare who is elected. Their duty is sim ply to cast" up the county returns, and make a general return of all the votes given for the office. In this respect the act of 1851, regulating the election of judges, differs from the act of 1839, the 82d section of which, relating to the elec tion of members ot Congress, and of the State Senate and House, provides that tho district return judges shall also return the name of the perpen or persons elected, and the 83d section provides that the return judges shall in every case transmit to each of the persons elected to serve in Con gress, or the State Legislature, a certificate of his election. It would not be difficult to suggest reasons for this difference, but it is enough to say that the Legislature has thought fit to make it, and that tho present case must be governed by the act ofl8Cl. The Governor then has before him the return of the district return judges, from which he is toa-certaia who is the person entitled to receive the commission. This is to be done by counting the votes given' tor the several candidates, and of course the candidate having a majority of the votes is legally elected and should be com missioned. , In counting the votes, I am of opinion that the Governor has no more right to throw out the soldiers' vote for Bedford County than he would have to throw out ths whole vote of any one ot the counties in the district. It is true that the dis trict judges state that they have not in cluded it, but they return a copy of the county return of it, and the Governor, by refusing under such circumstances to count it, would bo acting as illegally as the district return judges themselves. In fact, the paper transmitted by the district return judges to the Secretary of the Commonwealth as their return, taking the whole of it together, doe3 clearly show that Alexander King had a majority of the votes in the district for President Judge, and is duly elected to that office, and in my opinion the Governor is bouud to grant him a commission accordingly. (Signed, W. M. MEREDITH, Attorney General. m Congress met on Monday. The opening was signalized by no event of im portance. The President sent in his Message to both Houses on Tuesday. Gen. Roger A. Pryor was captured by our force in front of Petersburg a few days since. Will There be a Draft f We have referred to the order for cor recting the enrollment lists as indicative of another draft, and that, too, at no dis tant day, unless the armies are kept up by enlistments. New York and Boston are thus interpreting not only tho order, but the general situation; and, taking every thing into consideration, it will be wise if this conclusion becomes general. For some reason or other, drafting, although seemingly the only way to secure soldiers at such times and in such numbers as they are needed, has thus fur failed to complete ly accomplish that object. Under the 700,000 call, not over 50,000 men were actually put into the army. The three hundred dollar exemption clause, it was alleged, worked the incalculable mischief. Congress repealed it, and under the new law another : call for 500,000 was made, but it 13 alleged, on authority, not over 120.000 men have actually been put into the service under it, credits ot every description, desertions, and systematic efforts, in various ways, of faithless men and domestic enemies, having measurably defeated the confident expectations of Congress. As between drafting and the volunteer system, there can he no doubt which is the best. Nothing is morp certain than that the former, if the result! given are correct, has proved unequal to expectation. After all we have done in that line, our armies to-day are mado up of volunteers, and they will contiuue to be. Experience has proved that it is in this direction wo must look, that cn efforts in this behalf we must rely, to keep our armies up. It is doubt less true, that thefear of the draft stimu lates the country to secure volunteers; but it is an unsafe reliance, and an essentially unsound reversal of motive. The vote thrown at the recent election proves that there is no exhaustion. In the absence of any new legislation, the efforts of individ uals and of communities, acting as organ ized bodies, must be depended on to stim ulate volunteering, and to supply tbe wanti of the Government. The season is favorable for procuring men. In some of tbe large cities little difficulty is experienced in procuring them at fixed bounties. If there is to be another draft, it may come sooner than we expect. Let us, therefore, bestir ourselves for volunteers. The New Volunteer Corps, to be commanded by our gallant Hancock, is an excellent starting point. The order under which it is to be recruited is liberal, and appeals to the patriotism of the country. An especial feature is that re cruits will be credited to the district in which they or their families are domiciled, and will be paid a special bounty of three hundred dollars from the substitute fund upon being mustered into service, or two hundred dollars more than one years' men have been entitled to. The city, county, ward, and, in thore cases where they are given, State bounties will thus amount at the least to six hundred dollars. These advantages, all included within the service of one year, will not fail to be appreciated by every veteran to whom they appeal. m m w Extraordinary Endurance. Private Wm. N. Kellcrman, enlisted in Company B, One Hundred and Forty eighth Pennsylvania volunteers, March 1, 1864. At the battle of Po river, on the 10th of May, he received three distinct wounds, one on tho right fchoulder, anoth er on the chin, and the third near his right eye, entirely depriving him of the use of it. He rejoiued his regiment on the 13th of August, when the Second Corps wa9 on the march to Deep Bottom. Tbe following day he was so injured by the concussion of a shell that he was removed from the field insensible, and was not enabled to report for duty until the 13th of October. On the 27th of that month, and while the Second and Third divisions were making a reconnoissance on the left, Gen. Mile, commanding the First division, directed a demonstration on the rebel fort iu front of his line. Kellcrman was selected, with others, for the purpose. They charged amid a heavy fire, and succeeded in driving the enemy from the fort, capturing a number of prisoners, with whom Kellerman was sent to the rear. Having performed this duty, he started back to rejoin his comrades. In the mean time tho rebels had rallied, and our men were compelled to fall back. Kellerman iu the darkness did not observe this until near the fort, when he came upon the rebel picket line, which had been estab lished in his absence. Fortunately he was not discovered, and sinking down he 3rept into a small ravine, hoping to make his escape during the night. Soon after a rebel vidette was thrown out a few feet in advance of where he lay, thus placing him between the vidette and the skirmish line. In this position he lay until the night ot the 2d of November, a period of six days, exposed to the wind and rain, and the cold, freezing atmosphere of , the nights, without food or drink, chewing the leaves and roots within reach of his arm, deter mined not to surrender himself to the enemy, which he could have done at any moment with safety. On the night of the 2d, tho enemy hav ing relaxed his vigilance, he succeeded in reaching our lines, crawling on his hands and knees, and bringing with him his accoutrements and Spencer rifle. On be ing taken to the hospital he was utterly exhausted, his hands and feet were badly frozen, and the toes of his right foot some what gangrenous. He was unable to swallow for the first day, but on the second beef tea and other nourishing and stimu lating liquors 'were administered with tha best effect. He has to a great extent re covered the use of his hands and feet, and bids fair at no distant day to be able to tejoin his regiment. Gen. Miles has forwarded a recommen dation that as a reward for his unexampled fortitude and heroism in refusing to sur render himself to the enemy under such trying circumstances, he be granted a furlough for thirty days, and be awarded a metal honor. m God In the Constitution. A convention was in session in Phila delphia, which had for its object the securing of an amendment to the Consti tution of the United States, "which shall honor God by thankfully avowing Him as our Supreme Father and Ruler, and bless man by securing him universal liberty and all of. his other inalienable rights." A petition to the President and Congress has bzen prepared, and is in circulation for signature. To the petition is appended an argument in which is set forth the fact that the framers of the Constitution made twelve amendments to it iu fourteen years; that sixty years have elapsed since the last one ; that progress is a duty, and what ought to be can be, if we pray with faith, and work to help to answer our own prayers; that our present Constitution shows striking signs of French infidelity, and that it has less of Christianity in it than the Declaration of Independence or the Articles of Confederation. It is urged that at least one million signatures be ap pended before it is presented on the 4th of March, 1865. m m m A serious fight occurred at Timber Ridge, Fulton county, on the 2d, between a squad of soldiers and a lot of delinquent conscripts and deserters. An attempt was made by the soldiers to arrest fome of the latter, which was resisted. The eoldiers then opened fire, and a general battle en sued, lasting about an hour. The con scripts and deserters were finally routed, with a loss of one man killed and two wounded. None of the soldiers were in jured. iS. Reynolds, of Lafayette, Ind., was recently arrested by Capt. M'Quiddy, chief of staff to Gen. Hovey. He stands charged with recruiting for tbe rebel army and the evidence is said to be conclusive If convicted, the penalty is death. LETTERS remaining UNCLAIMED IN THE POST OFF1CF, At Ebensburg, State of Pennsylvania, December 1. 1804. Mrs. Marth. Berry, Samuel Cillin, J. Burharr, Milton Hoffman, Joseph Conway, Mrs. Cath. Jones, James II. Chester, John E. Jones, E. A. Cresswell, 2 Wm. A. Kjle, John Caine, Mrs. El iza Keith, Joe F. Durbin, 2 Mils Marv Noonen, David W. Davi3, Miss Harriet Ribblet, Daniel Davis, Mrs. Emma Reger,- Thos. Davis, Wm. II. Rager, David M. Davis, Jacob Regar, Mrs. Selar Dodson, Mrs. MargU Reger, Evan D. Davis, 2 Miss Mary Ann Reger, Thos. Davis. Miss Mary Sellers, Miss Anna M. Davis, Mis3 Jane Sharra, Miss Eliza K. Davis, Catharine Swigcr, Thos. E. Evaus, Michael Snyder, " Miss Mary Evans, E. Sulzebough, Misa DcliaL. Evans, Robt. D. Thomas, Miss Mary J. Evans, Jann Thomas, Miss Eliz. A. Evans, Robert Tighe, Mis Anna Evans. John Thomas, Mrs. Eliz. Gushing, Jacob Thomas. To obtain any of these letters, the appli cant must call for liadvertised letters," give the date of this list, and pay one cent for adver stiing. It not'called for within c.ze month, they will be sent to the Dead Letter ORlce. Free delivery of letters by carriers, at the residences of owners iu cities and large towns secured by observing the following rules : 1. Direct letters plaiuly to the street and number, as well as the post oCice and State. 2. Head letters with the writer's post ojflce and State, street and number, sign them plaiu ly with full name, and request that answers be directed accordingly. 3. Letters to strangers or transient visitors in a town or city, whose special address may be unknown, should be marked, in the lower left-hand corner, with the word il Transient." 4. Place tho postage stamp on the upper rijit-hand corner, and leave space between the stamp and direction for yost-marking with out interfering with the writing. N.B. A request for the return of a letter to the writer, if unclaimed within 30 days or less, written or printed with the writer's name, post ifice, and State, across the loft-hand end of the envelope, on the face side, will be com plied with at the usual prepaid rate of post age, payable when the letter is delivered to the writer. Sec. 23. Law of 18G3. joiin TiiOMrsox, p. m. December 8, 1864. STRAY COW. Came to the residence of the subscriber, iu Croyle township, on or about the 1st of September last, a red cow with considerable white about the belly and legs, and long, wide horns, and apparently about 5 years old. The owner is requested to come forward, prove property, pay charges, and take her away, or she will be disposed of according to law. JASUN CRUM. December 1, 18C4. AUDITOR'S NOTICE. In the matter of the confirmation of the account of D. H. Roberts, and E. Roberts, executors of David Evans, (mason) dee'd. The Orphans' Court of Cambria county having appointed me Auditor to report distribution of the assets in the hands of said executors, o and among the persons legally entitled thereto, notice is hereby given that I will attend to the duties of said appointment, at the office of Geo. M. Reed, Esq., in Ebensburg, on Tuesday, the 1 3th day of December, next, at the hour of one o'clock, P. M., when and where all persens interested may attend. CYRUS ELDER, Auditor, November 24. 18G4. STRAY COW Came to the residence of the subscriber, on or about tbe. 1st day of November, a large Black Cow, about 12 or 14 years old. 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