NM= ERIE. PA., JtattjAilT. truant Viturrsos sr nut Nom ni ?I Fated op 4 AxiEo lanierr —4l6.nr Arbon: The National Democratic Convention. At • meeting oflreliationil Deraperatie Coat:MUM. held at Div IV* this day, it vu nualmoosiv voted that the next Nati:mat Democratic Convention for Mr parposeof nomhating auididator for Om Trootilftry .end Vice Presidency of thelloited Stator', be held et thleame, Minolta, on Monday, Jail 4, 104, , Br vote of the committee at a meeting 101:tlept. 7th, 180, the number of delegates for esob Stat., was 1'1.4 et doubts the camber of Its els torsi votes. AUGUST BROWN?, Chairman, FRED. 0. PRINCE; Seer itary. New fort, January 12th, 1861. MI DetaaetaUe and Comervatlre papaya ate rave etfal ly regoested to publish:Um above. , RISIIIONISCENCIBIS OF THE PANT. We have always contended that the prsent Republican pity was the most inconsistent organization that ever ob tained a foothold in this country. There is not a single one of its leading prinei= plea, unless /it may be devotion to the cause of the negro, which it has not de liberately and repeatedly falsified. Es tablished as the especial ehanipion of Liberty, we have seen it trample down, one by one, in the most reckless and de fiant manner. every landthark of the Con stitution and every precept of freedom inherited from the founders of our Gov eminent. Going into power on the pro fession that it was the exclusive friend or the rights of the States. and did not in. tend to interfere with any of their estab lished privileges, it had no sooner got warmly seated in office, than it wantonly violated every pledge that it had made on the subject. Let any one who doubts these statemfitita look back over any file of Republican papers that he can obtain, read therfsolutions of their conventions; the speeches of their orators, the writing; of their editors, and decide for himself. lie will find that the party which, now claims to be the particular and i only friend of the Union was_ then its openly avowed enemy. hesitating at nnthine that Was calculated to throw cmlinalt on the South, and incite its citizens to rebellion, and frail,/ oxpr*ssin•; its holier th tt the .ITtihn weal bs bette- wittirni. th'e -con nection of the Stare Ststes ; that it Ile. nnunc, 1 ex trart.! inoo 11.0 (nt ;It iOn whici i*, nqw pra )1 ai 1 anitlitis in a huntlr'l r.,1 1 nxt, t toy it linorally t r►lsln +.l VIP , •%I 111 , 1 i-t •vi nil at'L vltirtt it I) 'IV pr.) , 11:t s te'., t 1 ho : il l I t it exliihitni e , )aLt7r4P' , or. law ; nml thAt •il»vo, ail, it pret.n 10,1 t Ruslain in the loadeit tornai or fir:nn44 thoso salred principl34 a por - : I , llrti liberty., which sine► iti ris int) ower. it !Lis in ten thou+:in3 ontrAge.l. hlv , ) only r.)nrn nt praiont.ll.9r 4hree notewreorthy rosqlution+ :18. por tionof the pl3tform of the party hy the Chicogo Convention. Viewed in the light of tho -moors which Republicans now cast upon State rights; Constitutional re quirements, and every attempt to reform the organized " system of plUnder of the public treasury by favored partizans," they read very curious ; 2d. That the maintenance of the principles promulgated in the Declaration of Independence, and =bac/4d in the Fed eral Constitution and th at the Federal Constitu . a m, t h e r i g h t , e :t• the Stake, and the Union of the States, must and shall be preserved." " 4th. That the maintenance inviolate of the rights of the States, and especially of the right of each ACM lo order and crams its 0104 domestic institutions, according to its. own judgment exclusively, is ESSENTIAL to that balance of power an which - the perfection , ' and endurance of our !solid* faith depends." ••• • " Gth. That the people justly _view with alarm the reckless extravagance which prevails in every department of the Fed eral Government; that a return to rigid economy and accountability is :indispensable to arrest the system of plunder of the public treasury by favored partisans, while the recent startling developments of fraud and corruption lit the federal metropolis show that an entire change of administration is imperatively demanded." KROUANOR Or MAJOR WiIITN. The Jacobins of the State Legislature are determined to spare no effort that will give them the offices in the Senate ; They have united in sending a petition to Secretary Stanton,, asking - biro to leave no measures untried that will effect the release of Major While ; and we notice 'that, in accordance with their request, he has sent a Mr. Warfield, of Baltimore, to Richmond,. with authority to offer the rebel General Trimble, captured at Get tysburg, in exchange for the gentleman ~ whose absence has been 'the cause of so much Jacobin agony, In connection with this subject, the following statement by the Harrisburg' correspondent of the, Pittsburg /art, has great importance, and, as it has gone over a week without being denied, we are inclined to believe it true: "One of the largest and moat successful Government contractors within my know ledge is Col. Alex. M. White. a brother of the renowned Libby prisoner and pro. teased Senator.. He has been sojourning in this city for the last few (Diys, and is bold and.defiant in his charges that Sec retary E. M. Stanton is solely at fault in the detention of his gallant brother. Af ter this declaration can any Abolition Senator have the hardihood to stand nri in his place and lay the hlame, at the feet of the Democracy I' Certainly not." The Parrs correspondent is much Mis taken if he supposed that areimount of proof will cause the Jacobini:sence hav ing started a falsehood, ever to lacknowl edge,-or- cease repeating it. The info- ' mow pelsistency with 'Which they stuck to the untruths about Judge Woodward.; in the last campaign, after they had been` t clearly refuted, should be sufficient evi. deuce on that poiit. . , \ Bs -Anxisszos or Anureis:TA:delegation from :Arkar4m: et which Goal Gantt is one, are *bout to, present a petition to WC President 'eking that that State may, be reirdinitted to the Union: They state that in four months time they will be enabled to comply with the requirements of the Proclamation and co* in its a free • State, and alm to furnish men and means to aid in 'prosecuting the war.. If these delegates represent the whole pepple of Arkansas, or a majority - of them, they• should be heartily- welcomed and en. otrunige#l in their purpose ; if TheY'reire:. sent 4 perelantloWof itol Mclean epecula lora and military oticialS, jeces'a't'and other floutherd.Unkin papers charge, organised - for- trier#,Opinenal..ag gracoracct, ttreideserre no more respect, tbaa'liiriordly bestowed on that clam of # ! •. "" def. /Ste Rep.ublleanbAßesponslble for ita Volt. 7.; bre Organise. MS The State Senate still rereitr sized, , and the public biter* in the pdaition of atia'rs id that' - hotly iron stronger wi !I each day ‘ thfit they 'remain ns they are at present 9 That the - -delay in the public - Itrisinextrwhich ensuee - trontt ' shit co r a Nion of things is wholly due to lire ean who has gent debates -between sanalftre.Vt*rtift!Fts — fittrilruteiWith the history of Stata. , legislatien., The Demo cratic S-natirs have male a fairend ex• plicit proposition to organiz , the body on the hisi4 of an egad division of the dn . cers, permitting the itepublicaris to take ;.tito highest. tint the latter arrogantly assert Opt they will have all or none. The questions it is.aue aro thus narrowed down to One point; and that the partition of the pails—the Democrttit - pitrty lib erally agreeing to accept of one-half. and give. the balance to their opponents; the Republicans refusing all compromise. and 'declaring in the w,w•l; of Senator IsfcCan 7 chess, that they "will stand until .the dog dri e ys or until doomsday" rather than give a solitary office to the Democrats. In order that the public may see that we do not state the case incorrectly, we extract from the debater on Wednesday of last week, the following speech of Mr. Clymer, the Denvieratie Senator from Iterks County. Said Mr. Clymer: "It Is perfectlyeirident, sir, that a 5 this Senate is now co nstituted it will. be im lausible to effect an organization. -We, are likely to remain here a , this rate till the dog days. that is neither desirable on the sonre of personal convenience or pub lic policy. No can be more anxious than the Senators with' whom I have the honor to act -politically in bringing this state of affairs to some amicable conclu sion. We are prepared therefore, sir, to say to this Senate deliberately that for the purpose of effecting an organization, and in order that the legislation of the State may proceed, we are willing to tender to the other side of this chamber as a com promise of the difficulties existing be tween us, this arrangement: That they shall select, first, any office within the 'gift of this Senate, we to select the second, Uteri he third and on on Jo the end of the list. We inakt this offer, trusting that its fornes: will commend it to the judg ment of this Senate, as it certainly will commend 'kelt' to the ju(lgmorit of the people of this State. We are here 16 to 16 on this floor. It is no fault of this amide of the Coamher that such a state of atlairs exists. It is true that one Senator is :liven , . It is tree, if we are to believe th e or,.!ans of the Republican party; if we , are to. behove Senators on this floor and offieers of this Senate,. that 3,lojer White if ne.longer a inetither of this body, hay !ng 'resi 2 ecd weeks arcs If these state tnents, are true. that gentleman no gfkr a member of the Senate of Pennsyl vania. Anil l'hohl that it was the defy of those who controlled the affairs of this Senate, who wore its officers, to have Or dered an -election, and to have had Ins successor-he-re:- and if we effect no 0 91. 1 .-. nista ion u nder present circumstances this respeteiibility must lie upon them. " Now, Sir. for the sake of arriving at a just and,amigable arrangement, we have offered the, proposition I have stated. I trust that for the sake of the interests of the State, the, proposition will be so p eepted." t - 2 . .. _ • The Republican papers have been fall of calumnious attacks on the Democratic \Senators, but this plain' and gentlemanly statement of Mr. Clymer is a sufficient answer to all' they may say. If any of our readers can procure a copy of the Et,4islative Ream?, we ask them to read the debates which have taken place in the Senate on the subject of organization. They will see the ariking characteristics of the - IWO parties' faithfully represented in the persons of their Senators—the Re .publipans,- true to themselves, disegard less ef,all precedents, ready to disobey the clearest legal requirements, impugn,lng the motives of their fellow members, and with foul-inouthed audacity, hurling the grossest falsehoods at their political oppo., acute, and calling than by the most in decent of epithets ; the Democrats, stand kg firm as a rock for what they believe to be right, meeting scurrility with argil nient,iising no unparliampntary phrases, battering down the weak fortresses be hind which the Republicans • bad en trenched-themselves with the artillery of truth, and in all respects occupying a position to be admired. After a thorough discussion of the difficulty, -the New York Onnmavial Advalis,v (Republican) is forced to say : "Of the-merits, or rather demerits, of this controversy, no language can be used too strongly condemnatory. From the responsibility of sttoridcing the public welfare for the sake of paltry spoils nei ther party can escape._ But the prepon derance of wrong is clearly on the side of the Unionists. Were the Democrats demanding the speakership and the con trol of th_o committees, the attitude of the Republicans might be justifiable. The Democrats, however, offer to content themselves with some of the minor effi., ces, and oven theselhe Unionists with hold ; thus confessing that rather than yield the minutest fragments of patron age, they will permit the government of the commonwealth to be paralyzed, and its efficiency in aiding the warfare against rebellion to be destroyed." It cannot bat. he observed as a peculiar characteristic of the times that the do minant party have ceased entirely to pro. fess love for the old Union or &desire ferias restoration. Having used the name of Union for the purpose of catching votes, they have dropped the whole principle of Union, and now avow themselves solely ' and wbolely devoted to conquest and star We verily believe that greater hypocrisy was never known among men than has characterised the leading politi cians-on. the radical side. The abolition motto, `the Constitution is a league with death =and' a covenant with, hell," was never any too strong to. oharaoterivs the 'hatred with whioh they regard the Con stitution -and the Union, and it fully illna • the :sentiments which we have so often " : exposed as underlying the whole radical party movement. We doubt whether a press in the party can be found to.dairsibich dare avow itself in favor of the Union, except on conditions. The I.constaint charge of "conditional ism" which was` so Often hurled at; the* opponents is,n or fixed' finnli t on the en ! tire radical party. Thoy,areuponditional . 'Unionists" accorditig i tiOlieir . ostit Soli fesiions, moil real clizoiOnistibeyinid any . doubt., :They are in' fsvpi driiiit out * Of the; Ile and keepiiig - Out of .the pnion.every State which will not abolish -slavery: • niter conquering the tetiellion There i l thc l uid. , ?° TiNglitet of belag able to restore the peaceful NA inspop: + fcA TIER UNION. , _ ' _. (11 , 11 _.- rr ' ere ere elt %rig - hk , Ibe States, the radical party are pledj . to obstruct and oppose any /attempt t - do so except on condition 9f oempelliephe' . - oft - ir+ 74 . : tolt:SdoWe #tchlt i p sin 4tiled - ilyi_ ; :the SIII)ie-et the Neettt- raski a plain siaienrsit, of the fact Brin . arhitrat* ai4 foolish r.aaer tion ofxpOi_tical party .. this instil n t ion efiitilveryrNs - biiiiiTlie:Cltaroil a partici-pa aiminit;_ai an operiaing canna of tht, crime of rebellion Tan war whieh had been 1 '97 AtikPre!Agii , -it:4P 40494. was. Iblet changed with - the separiatas and . dist inct. purpetat; of abolisitng slat+ety. Th'o s ttiiitin" passed /out of view. Slavery became the enemy. to be' attacked and suppresi. d.— The Union was no longer the prominent object to be preserved, and it soon ceased to be any- ohjiet at all in the minds of many poll tieirms on the radical side. Nor is there any prospect' whatever, on the radical : plan that the Union will ever again Pe heard of amongltions. Mr. Lincoln has indeed devised a °table plan by - which one-nineteenth of the inhabi tants of a Southern Statn may poll the electoral vote of the whole State in the next , Presidutial election. But no one is found, in any putty, vibe pretends that, this plan has any serious bank toward the restoration of peace anti aiieet ion between Northern and Southern Statt , ;. , The rad ical party iilus_it only because it. does not interfere with their plans of holding power in the country. If there be any one who hopes for the Union of.the Stites under the Cinstita tion, or even for any Union under any Constitution, let that, man solemnly con eider the nediefaity of a change of ministration and a change of policy as the only possible method by which it Can be accomplished. The relictl method of conducting'wgr, and the !Mimi _plan of peace are hopeless. The Union it no longer even the avowed: object of the Tactical party. `INCKISAPIN OF 50LD1110. 9 t1 WAGE*, The Conservative members of Congress met on Saturday evening in the .Capitol, with lion. John L. Dawson, of Pennsylva nia, in the chair, and unanimously adop r p• od the following resolution, offered by James Brooks, or New York WAereas, Gold or silver is paid to our Ministers, Consuls and Commissioners rt.• presenting the nation i,n ,' foreign coun tries, and gold and silver are received from the people at the custom hou.es in payment for duties; and. viierels, the people am taxed to p_ay . , capitalists the l ir interest in specie on their investments in the national debt ; tiortifore— Be it Resolved, 'flint ( j ibe officers and soldiers and sailors of the Army and Navy should be paid in gold and silver or their equivalents in amount; and he it also Rewlsed, That the Chairman of this meeting be instructed to; prepare amend. menu to the Army and Navy bills to this effect. The proposed measure is not only right . in itself, hit is a matter of sheer justice:to" the men now in the field, fighting the battles of the nation. When most of the soldiers enlisted for throb years or the war, they made a contract that their pay was to be thirteen dollars Per month or ,ita equivalent.. Then the; currency of the country could commandi its face in mon,ey, by which we mean, of !couise, - coin, the only thing recognised by the Constitution and by the commercial . world. as money. Pim* then the currency has becomd so much depreciated, that on WednesdaY, in Wall street, it took one dollar and fifty nine cents in greenbacks to buy one dol lar in gold. Thus, by the depreciation of its own notes, the poor soldier is paid by the Administration in is currency worth Tess by one-third the amount its face calls for, and thus be is swindled—we` use the term knowiogly=-put of more than one-third of his wages. He should be paid the amount promised in coin, or l ' else he should be paid an amount in green backs sufficient to enable him to buy the amount in money, which would; at the ruling•pnce of government promises, be a fraction over twenty dollars per month: With this amount he cannot purOhase more food for his family, or pay his house rent, or get any more, or indeed as much, olothing for his little _ones as when he contracted to "go soldiering for thirteen dollars per month. • A small portion ofi the .means stolen from the governmene,by its officials, or lavished by it on favorites,-would bo suf ficient to pay the amount, to say nothing of the still larger sums pocketed by shoddy contractors. Yet the Jacobin press. of the country turns a deaf oar to the proof of those &ands, and have no word in favor of stopping up, other ,large leaks in the treasury; but when justice is to be done to the aoldier, and an appeal is made that he be Paid in money or its equivalent, they cry hastily at the vast ex pense it will entail, orelthe country. The meson is obvious. These papers lire mainly supported by gOvernment subsidies, their editors have shares in contract', and they make fortunes bYthern ; but as none of-them go to the field as soldiers they are careless whether the soldier's fatuity at home starves or not, so that his pres mos in the field enables them to "put money In their purse:" Mil Ting following stateiient, eitya the Phila delphia By&tin, shows the number of miles of railroad ootUpleted and r iunder eonstruotion in the •flre mat ilroad 1 States : ivei L reaseynaeta. c°l g stea. la Total. 4071 01de... 11347 1198 1 4,330 11111K447 .... - - ......3010 ' 619 ; woo Ns. Wei: — • .stes 6141 3506 15d1ami....... .2178 466 I 2379 Pennsylvania, it wilt be seen, exceeds every one of the other States in the 'num• ber of miles completed,- and we Venture te say Um& if the statistics were t~ul~ grid entirely accurate, 'Deluding the hUndreds of mileanf railroad ender ground, *I our coal-mining - regions, : they would , make a still better show for our State. The ave rage rem per mile of the railroads in Pennsylvania must be greater than that in any other State, *Wing to the Mountain tam ehameterof the (inanity and the num erouslong 'and 'expensive . bridga and Janney :squired. „ : • It Is-interesting to note the 'growth of the reThisytutereit In fliiillirltri . StateL Prom 1828 ,to 1829, there were hitt three' inites'iroWay Oit the let of Jenweri•aBB4i3hiwe we 10762 wain; in 1844, thiscumberlad 'amassed to 4.- 311 1W1854; 'to '•15,872 miles; lad •on the first 'at January, 1884, the wooed:of ceMpleted railway his grown to.33,3o)nints, witisle,ooo more miles In tti ~_ -~~ MMI ICAUK., • • '''' .---- 14111•14. There is no doubt that the mistakes of the Administration—to call them by Po • • , - hatt,lier .name--base - -greatiy tended to postivino peaoe,l i fersiAlminktion to re. terwto the policy first PeOgelatiod In the ; I P3s4ege of the Ciittendon tempiWipe—we feel confident immense Would . eutt to the National cause. The extre inishi in - the North have done incalculable mischief.; They mist bei opposed and beaten in oeter to aid the restoration of the Union 7 In the appeal) sued to .the people of Goorgia by B. fi Hill, now .going - the rotinds of the 'press, we find. language ; • "Extreme. en now goveim the United States. Theviii..aii nor subjugation and ruin. 'We must fi2lat as long as those men I are in power. .W.iten the people of the United States shall drive these men from power, anti repudiate their extreme meas ure. and cease to invade and rob us, there will be an Ininorable door open for dis cussion. But never before.l Until that door shall be opened by ouren_etnies, let our people count no disaster as intoler able, and regard every interest as protect ed only by it - vigorous prosecution of the war. Let every man of the army be in camp, and let every man not of the army produce - something to t.ustain those in camp." "To fight tha extreme men and keep our cars open to the reasonable and just men of the United Stag, is the_only read to peace and honor." - It is to "reasonable and just. men" that 'the question of peace must be "ultimately remitted. Such will one day come into power, and to them we believe that the people of the South, 'tired, of war "and desolation anti ruin and bloodshed, will, indeed keep (heir ears open. A musses of -businesa gentlemen con nected with the shipping, mercantile and, interests of Philadelphii hold a meeting last week, on Thursday, to 03- tablish a steamship line betwmin Phila delphia and Liverpool, ih connection with the Pennsylvania Railroad C3mpany. A steamship company has been organized under a charter from tho State of Penn sylvania, and it was _pmposetl at .this meeting to raigo the sum of $500,000, which amount , . it was thought, would be sutlleient„ to charter steamships for imme (licit.. service, until the prafit4 of the line and additional subscriptions would. enable the company to build ateatnsltipi of their own. The 'sum of itl0l;030 will immedi ately subscribed. We - trust that, this movement will be pushed - forward to enc. Peat' • Tug, •litprente. emit of Pennsylvania hasic . -veried its (I.!cision on VIII Crinstitu tiotiality of the Enrollment Act, and now affirin-i what it :has ilt :tofnr.e denied. The: change is duo to Pfle election of .Ttplee Anew in place of Judge Lowrie; , so that. t,uT , ("tort now stands three in favor ,of an 1 two iti.tainar the validity of the act. Tito order issued by Chief Jus tice iyoodwird—late Et.inricritic canal dar.,,. for flove , nor —for a, preliminary in junction against. the Provo s t lifarshal, is rescinded, and the judicial' hindrances to thd execution of the law are wholly removed. Judges Strang and 3 Reed, who were :formerly tho dissenting., minority, now form with Judge Agnew the Repub lican Majority of tho' Court. Tual:Te_W;_York papers publish extracts from! t wo remarkable articles in late copiet; of The Raleigh (N. C.) Progress. Ono article says Wit starvation is at•the door, and peace must be had forthwith, whether the Canfederate leaders like the terms or not ; the muscle of the country will not endure their severe privations much longer. The other tells Jeff. Davis that his conscription cannot take another man from industrial purAuits ; their labor is needed to feed• and clothe the:people, an 1 ho must find soldiers elsewhere. CORRESPONDENCE. [Ste invite contributions to thledepartnient of the Ob• server hem persons of wren shads of opinion—rellgioas t politicii or othenrise,-4t being understoisl, of coarse, that the Editor is la no way to be held responsible fay the views or statements of hls correspondents. All articles, to secure insertion, nitst be accompanied by the real 11111136 of the author.] L._Ater from Harrisburg. HAILIIIIIIIIIO, Jan. 14, 1864 Dear Observer :—I have, for number of ' , ears, been a constant and attentive reader Of the Observer. I have always admired the frank avowal of its doctrines, the purity of ittmotives, and the consistency of its course. In your last number you manifest. a desire to have communications sent you. I do not think myself competent to furnish you with anything in a literary way. as writing for publiejournale is not my habit, but I will en deavor, however, to glean for you facts at saw as they can be obtained. The city is. being aroused from its usual quiet by the constant arrival of veteran regi ments from the seat of war. The braie "boys". feel their liberty, and the constant bustle en the streets tells ns they are bound to enjoy it. In the House all works .well--that is, for the Republicans. They have a "rellablett working majority of five, and, 'of course, en- - joy the ndvantsgo: The Speaker, R. C. Johnson, is ft well-built Individual, with bald head, curly black hair and a high forehead, inclining slightly hack:ward. There is a peen liarity,about his set net at all prepossessing, which leaves one the impression of-open:pone man. I cannot say much. of the Horse as a body. ; In looking ever it we see but few re ally intelligAt looking members. Bat fewof them have ever figirad prominently before the .peopli: The Senate stilt remains unorganized and we have no, doubt will' remain so mien the Repel)!liana choose to resign their present policy'. .We hays confidence in Democratle Senators maintaining a bold and unswerving position. &pig)Deans 'argue that the raider- Ity of the people of the State desire the triumph of their prineiplei. while Democrats take a contrary !tend; The former say the office of Speaker perpetual one,. but the very re cent statement of the Ventocratio members of the Senate sinks their argument. Thus the matter stands, and will continue to stand un til Senatot_Withe or his successor takes his seat, foi4ro do not expect any of either party. to waver from the inane they are punning. Qn Wednesda* of last week, Mr. Clymer, of Berk*, offered it prOpoaltion giving thiffilioh licansthe tint choice of the *Mon and allow ing. the Demons& ?thil'iteekrtd,„.sad on, alternately, to the hint. ThOtepoblhans re. Jo:tied the preposition with. scorn, 'mouth* that they Inlaid pritel. 'trine Democrat" all the offices rather than comp4mise the matter. The proposition le bar enonib, we think, at. feast io thhjimmweeay. If there be advaii: tag* the Retubilaans certainly hale it. The Senate entails many 'n4lllE/it Feee'ii:. hersroten who-ban set is that ogee* tee; years and ocuin &sillier With ha rams; the D 41,11514104, Kr. Obialerrin-,bit In the_ leader bY the animal or talking he dots, we. take it that Mr. Lowry wants to be onsldered the Ladle on the Re• ' POW=Aida. Indeed, the bail antral of his radical .seathasate„ and the lantana' Spirit he displays towards those wh di an agree with his views, has won for M I the contempt ,of both party opponents and Mends. • If this,sommoodeation is sufrt i fiestly anirtiell.ornoPoood to meet your approval. I will endeavor, in boars of leisure, to write you bereanii, and lo farther litta detail. 0111311RVER. Latest -War News. —The Memphis papers tiontradict Ihe stories of Rebel successes Jin Arkaus such u the capture of Pine IBluff, ie. —Reports from.the Art o dthe Poto mac represent the greatest • ntent and hopelessness of the came to;exist in the Rebel lines. Our troops area in fine con dition and spirits, and the weather steel lent. Some stir on the tiart of the enemy hal given rise to the belief that they meditate a new moment. - • --Dispatches from St. Lotiis on Saturday state that the Rebels in Arkansas are suf feriog Severely from-the cold,and that de seders' are coming into the Union lines in large numbers, declaring that they believe the Rebel cause to be lost. —A 'fight between part of Col. Meeook's cavalry and the Bth and 11th Texas Regi ments, at Mossy Creek, 'Penn, occurred on the 121 b. Fourteen df the Rebels were killed and .41 prisoners taken. —The United States Steamship Van derbilt. Capt. Baldwin, arrived at Sandy Rook late on Saturd ay light from her long end unsuccessful cruise in search of the pirate Alabama. —Moo- full regiments have gone into tamp in Indiana, and two More regiments are nearly full. Recruit. Air the old see , ments are pouring into Indianapolis by hundreds. The State has Pearly filled her quota. —ln the siege of Knoxville, nearly a hundred houses north of the railroad, many of them among the most tasteful and elegant, in the place, though mutant-1 ly within our linea, were turned, for fear they • might beoome a cover ofshupshoot,- ere. - - • —Sanguine ,persons assert that before the 31st of January striver, two-thirds of the soldiers In the field entitled to reenlist, and avail themselves of the highest boom ! tie.s. will do so. ' —The whole number of tiolunteer enlist -1 manta from January 1 to June 13, 1863, were 31.000. From June 13 to December 31,1863, 89,000, Total for the year.ll7,ooo. —A II accounts from onrdifferent armies, says the N. Y. Herotekoolcur in stating as fact that the three year men, whose termi I arc expiring, are re-enlisting by compan ies, regiments and brigaded. and the pro kbability is that, three-fourths of them will enlist for the war. i —The Legislature of Kentucky has pus ed a bill prohibiting the importation of slaves into that State. Tt a g d reat influx of slaves is said to have the effect of , cheapening the price and overflowing the I market. - - I , -Admiral Lee reports ;to the Navy De partment the destruction of the new and swig blockade runner "Dare." which he states is the twentieth blockade runner destroyed or captured by the Wilmington blockaders since the middle of July. • —On Thursday nights force of shout two, hundred - rebels undertook to capture a small' body of Union l eavalry it Three Mile Station, near Bealton. They sup posed that a paymaster was there, and were after his greenbacks. After several desperate charges ;spa a small breastwork they gave up the job, leaving three deed on the field and twelve wounded et s house near by. We hid two wounded—one pro. bably beyond recovery. I —Richmond papers Of the 15th inst. were received on Retards) , at Fortress Mon roe. They contain i tel ia T m froin Charles ton as late as Th last, when the bombardment was pro ng 'With in creased far!, several new Parrots having been opened upon the city from Fort Gregg. During the two days preceding the date of , the dispatch, 471 shells had been-fired at the place, but with what ef fect is not mentioned. The telegrams re port the number of vessels at Hilton Head to be very tarp, and say that a Beet has recently gone southward. Moseby i is re ported to have been badly whipped n the recent affair at Harper's Ferry, but not withstanding his losses , he is said to be still harassing our men.' ; —The position of Eneland on the cen trality question, is thus laid down by Lord John Russel, to the Lords Caaunisionere of Admiralty : "No ship-of-war or privateer of either belligerent shall hereafter be permitted, while in any port, roadstead, or waters sittOeot to the territo fiat jurisdiction of her Majesty, to cake any surnial. exeept . pvaisione and such o th er things as may be reguteite *the dubsistenas of her crew, andereept so insteh anal as may be sieciassuocsirty smelt vessel to the =eau port other awn eafiney, or to fame near er destination ; and no coal again supplied to any such ship.of-war pt privateer, in the same or any other port; roadstead or wat tars subject to the territorial jitrialiction of her Majesty, without ' special permission, until after the expirat ion of three months from the time when such coalinit; usk sive been last supplied e her within • waters as aforesaid. At Awl Inanity. It- is fortunately net often that man kind is Called upon to; mourn a Calamity BO horrible as that which commd on the eighth of December, in flentiav, 'the esp. ital of MIL A church, crowded to over. flowing,caught Are; thechiefiloar,openhig inside, was soon, &Mid by the press ; all egress was oonseithentty prevented, and nearly two thounintpeople, mostly women ! and resenting nearly every family in Santiago,' were burned to death. Whether the 'comfit of the disaster which we take from The Vaipsniiisliarrry, is in every detail corns* we are, of comae, unable to ascertain ; but it leaves little doubt that the origin Of the conflagration was owing to the moil culpable reckless ness. A priest of thW church was deter mined to have a celebration in the most splendid style,ezeeeding any that Santiago had ever seen. Twenty thousand Hefts. in long festoons of Olored globes, filled the church, with• game and drarfery of ev ery description. Every Cornet of the building. from the ground to the ceiling, and especially about'the altar, was a sea of muslin and,,'flooded with arm kind of The church which was Oiled with so mash ocimbustibie ma terial had a roof of !painted wood, and only one door of easy ?mese, and this one opening inside. Of course, this chief door became at once Mocked up; While the fire, in consequence; of the numerous lights-mid plentiful' f,drapery.spread so rapidly •as to born. la less t hin fifteen minutes, about two lhousaud persons to blackened corpses; • Oa the 12th laat. at the, 1011161•06 of bIrOBUINLis INMetealk 41.• with tbatrp2ai in% num t DUNN. aged about 27 para room? isou a ensile Missige A 0411,Dg WO 00tO11111,WM116 . • 'm4'l.llool boa* soolsout to Welk to atm trakitlittilitt~ tentafitha bodes otlhoell so , rpost oomovett omen btig saidisohoolliot Ewa ,dtiNot,ouloomilloo-k its to alb tomb*" 'tine rettito moos suer • to 'oil viio - dookto sow Olio poi. oottpdoo trot Ow et oilip). INS litodboolloso Aur peopetie Oak 'lobe ilto 'OE4 ebb& thilo MIMI a ono OM eimmeitti o Amtwsk.Sairesa% be, Thome; oktootottboollpOst to nab( the hum* Ws . % to bits& the dal* sea wool laltruilhe Odds esuesitai bi moil be kopoo Nog IttaintltUl WW I toottNio Stint aft ass maks Wm* Om wand* .elibbigUiepriss witt plow addinsi .I#l/Ale A 1111410,1; eir/eit 1. T NO KOMI - Umpagmal sad Verge Illedlents hot saplaamat dadaid _4l4:l•4lasalar ma s' r-• • =TUC? NUCIIU. Wide E (oeitetehest el the most uIP MORON IN 11l II U. 8.,, ow MAMI Is eilded II MI baamiteity as n certain core for tbs f a r g air ib ie f ol . sa d apaiptolna. originating Iron dinaollllll4 OW 4 lie Mtn it nr rilesu‘l Orono awn* ftebililif. .- _ • • _,Slaillitishim Ihrodoe, . ,- ' - - ahrWorefiltiond to tbe-Fltipl, • • CoSkusellaina. . _ _ , Eftsbniii - - ' - - - 6lssNst Debilitr, itealoteoelle sot aNtopleleoe4ll,t Night,. • • Moises of Kumla, NlNcleney, • . • • , IMP 0 4= __. : . _ • • Disseitssibisties or l'aoljp.i of th e . . . ' Orilla!" of ditaSrditiss. •,, Pal Watt.* of tho lib rt. A. 4 task ell Oa aossoadiamda el a Nprisue attir!.:. - ailitato.lsteto of no • ) aipws lii Mere liti rdpidds ad Us it ma. MIL 101, ReLider.dad. T &KR NO OTHER Cans uaranteed. , . daeld G -fta. • add savattland et to Inioqier coin na 1. SAPONIPME, OR CONC NTEATED LY E FAMILY SOAPMAKER. WA R makes high prices ; Saponifier Niigata Mats alma. ft Inaba for-Nair abates paaaAlty s,t g yosr kftaltaa 'ream ar CAUTION. La patios, Lyles art &feral a'.a, M sandal sal only bay 'be Tittatatial artiele pat win Ire* an,,, &flotilla bola( Citastetrfalls. PIXIIIITLTANIA SALT SULNIWACTURING CO., IMAltalfbla—Na. ITT Walnut Street: PlUsbarg—Pltt Strset awl %Kayos* Way. aetrUIN.S.. vormike /I 8 1 8 • Wink la it that hhainwi pry whiskers I. die - aUsti ' ? • eiIUPWADOILOBI, DIX. Whet *saps rad urrsoesam leis ti, a deb so DIE. h sassatioas - Wawa ? es . What DTI eseisina smith& Um, Iw4 nor nitrate of silver t . caurnpoups. - What bye is the /awn trouble and Is swat quickly aapliad ? CVNID 9 • . - iiiiimao wilt Dye ia Ow A . leawslawnlaniproaesuitad safe' Wk* WU* 1:1” prolnais the saast a matneat seat? 01118WADO Illandastansi by J. 081118AD0118, Na. 6 Astor House, Now Tort. Hold ersrywharn and appal by all Hair SiDrums. Aire , go VA. and $6 par sas s seeordiog to Dr 4 t dieln-lia. • 02111184010 1 8' Hair Preservative, 11 hwalashis with Ida Dye, It Imparts Um utmost soft was. the west Istantilal giosn.and peat vitality to the San Pd.. IS ma* $1 aad-81 par With, a/media' to lass: -- - • - - - . elleen-if Dlll. IPOITAPIP ispirri iumuswr. - sou THVIIIIDIT I Thle hi to evrtify that for bit See yeee I ban seed in ney fondly Dr. TObiLle esiassitel Venetian Lininteet. end In every Instant. 1 eve Ilensil II telly wont nitnennenflathms. I have found It to glee Whet Lentestenenne mild in mei of ereeep. Woes esile, more throat, rain In the dire an& • eni vientinetienk end I cheerfully reo eamend He to every one ellieted with any of the Owe mend dieennee. / WM H. WAIL NER. Herrman. Closx, Oct. 16, 1881. • Mee II niel 110 ant& 'Soil by all diieshits. - Once, 14 Cathie& Strad. Haw Test. • NE deel44m. szrswsxas ta:l - & IN A 11tItPO1T8 INVALID. that tie basal sod as a raattosi to young mea. aid edam wile aldbrllme Nerves, Debility, Ear ly Door, sd their Ittadoiall alhosata—eupply the moan el aeMeora. By am Who has wed himself after Wag tidbit et tolap_hteed eeollaenae to meet teal here. bagtotaliery. -Ny eaeleelag - a po NA at- peld envelolLL , Nagle raw may be Wet tbaaatbor, TILM MAT rare. bi. Hatboi. Lags Coast', Now Writ. ja2lrL go-Plo Ativationneuto. rOPIMAJAUVIVIIMe Comennadlea anima tri 1 inceite a e'abtable pre. oariptien ilortbot owe of Connonotion, Asthma, Bron. &Ma and all Iltittat and Lam affections (free of cost,) byessedins nole address to 111111. it, A. WILSON, Williagnebarg. juSll,l4lo',. Wage Co., New; Yos k.. UMW Property at Private Sale. THE SUBEICEU3ER will Sell at' Private ealo. a feria of 10 mares, la Ifllleseek tp., lisle Co., Dada ofJoha W. Ryan an 4 hetes of Anthony Pim iheeeseld. ellebtaeleag oat tote Bow. 14 and 134 la the et Rtt Th4ere le erected on e proper- =tiro stab . Defolliag Room. th brick beck bar Wait and otbar oat-balklinse. The =beseillhdly attested, eotansseding a vier of rand Rubor of Rile. • It le also well supplied With *beige trsit= e allior rlehaess of soli eannot be se eeliellbatie The Ileheertber WI Alive* et private ger, out lot/ iddle hebelleeTtllrsaillith struele. The Tblla. ir Reid B. s, p s *NH& the lot, the property conialos 431 aeon sad is deeirible for betiding -purpose', being situl ate met the Ir. & L L B. Ms above tin b% ea reasonable terms Tesseeeles given ea the lilted April: Hosea trietft to List it Na all on John W.Ryany it o! James [Mon, saddle( eat the ferns first de. WY. PATTON, Colorable,. Leassetor Co., Ps. lillereek Volutetts ilia HUNDRED DOLLARS township 11.) , 4144:111 be pad by thei Road Commissioners of Itillsitook to sue pima who will volunteer to In WI verta tsemeship. wader the loot premium. ties otter Plmillsot, ogling for Vohntsers, so soon as mosionnt la minim to thocre oar. dit ot said to COCHRA NE nshw , ip. B C. swum ,kw ' • DAM O - N, Jon:111-1w. Rout Commissioners. DIVIDEND NOTICE. Oman pax itNom J al 5 1 ft. Co, ? Una Fa., am 12, MbyIII-ANI 4 RTALL DIVIDEND of five esat.„, fres fast Goren:ma tai. has been thla Cow) payable, to tb• 4teekbolders oaths Ist olisbeasqaatV their aloe at the Depot. /WM . . . . W. L.egovrst, Trimmer. GROORRIKII 'GROCERIES ! AT WHOLRISAIRE AND RETAIL. P. BCHAAP, Todd 490*triatr lair air. that he his spatted No. 2 iliugheoli "'kick, Erie, Where ls sillalusgs bop sa load • latie, supply of • GROCURna, CROCKERY AM WOODEN WARE, waxing, LIOVOini, onus, AIM somplaiissf Milk be Ws to astisbilstuseut of the 104 • Arrow se essismilils im say Ohs! itsiorhe Arnold'. Writing Fluid! DIRICT IMPORTATION, Warranted Genuine ! Darla Ifsid, aka aM Wanda* fake, Yaetlaga In plat beet% OM sit Lesses, Posteoe, Itatlonsl Waters, CO!, .11111.11111111 i aln L Swum Paper, itmeaa pager et all Maas sad gyestillos, Yowitso Seams Is abondsoos, taistiipe• at Wholesale 1111100211:1103; IHIUS h MIMI (thospor Soo air *doer Boom - to thls city, at No. 4 Reed - Houle. - A.,74.. ! ; GUILD. Adminiitratrix% Notioe. I LI. MEM of Administration upon the Mao Wan Moor. ha otlittlerosk tp, deceased, ism gasiog to the andmmolgamd. noileo Whereby givon ail pommis WOW to mid estate to make ha. mabonagagmad, and than having somas against the war vgl point Om; j= c atiowilisted, to me. Ssa 4n. , - A.W Ms Co, Pa, ch A nichittsts tol - • Atbninistrstrbea Notice. lirmau3 of Adzignististion upon the LW, et Zed Poem; We of Wit Word township, is listitielieogtoologio art 1111111*pol, notice Imor m = all pitons WOW to told masts to to old thew holing scoottoto ivied tio MOM lll=t tins% orrpoliy aatkentieo 14 le irk • MANNAR "MM. idoislatntrix. to amt. Mtleoo.l%, Jaa. tsod4tr. • • . Ist Kim tows; . EluE. mks Subseibercto - the Building Fund ter the await* ius mended to trill at tay of Y l/eft ae minuses! I • isati-ftw. 111111,111.111 N Garr, trustier. mo' nu by efrteelpei bet re tut thir 4 16 .1. 1 04 m rim ums& bee the amin . lel Itessieer Da * Alta Bute. " et °Mo. ; ihohlrt-ly. P , ' ,l ' - '4llitivtlilwrilialii . l, " . , rilligNigedflitia 041011 *An* until i ? lie liet iii . Volifiiiinext. Vii *ins In &malt we 4 onliddir as kladrat aid Anti lie* smear leo, toniti I = 4.. ,..baml i l h appliinimio good Um- Niels Inn vaiert4„ u 1= 1 1 1 1W"-Frima NM is VP Warlord plank viol. !tw i t ssUl by On ibis lids it 14 rented.for saserllll, -:, - • . - - JAM JOHNSON. • 'ilingrat. , a , r umogoas MI!!, - ,i •- : Amu* 0 , Lam. ee in Nrelisiarbillime„ Yuma 104(t, Rd". Ts. Nj. 4 , • • 'I. • ' "!..mommens Pormicouss °Auxin, ilkitiladstee 2-jaalinfitL • .4 e-----7.1• 11 / 4 ,4 144 . 4, =I MEM WURELER &WILSONS' HPROVED SEWING MACHINES!' AciO:owLED6ED To BE THE .BEST FAMILY MACIIIII! IN IJSE Its merit* haze woo. for It the HIGHEST pREB/lIIIIIS ! At the WoRLD'S YAM London, IST2; INDUSTRIAL Expcm TION, Darts. 19e1; U. $. AORICULTURAL AA.FX:I ATION, MECHANIC'S INSTITUTE, Wuhisz. ton, FRANKLIN SO. PhllldelObla, GRAN ICS ASSN, Boston, A M ' C INSTITUTE, N. Y., PM, And at every STATE AND CO - UNTI" FAIk Where Exhibited. It employs little or no Machinery; It almost nohn. In Ito operation; The IMproreroetail render them jam,. able. ' NO BASTING BEQUIRFO FOR ANY RIND OF ifORI We guarantee it aill perform all we claim. 113 rq spend your money fora worthies article with no eey. Jibbed repwtation, but get a Standard Article. THE WHEELER kWILSON IiACHINI L. s WAERANTEE THREE YEARS ! Thin !(chine will STITCH, 11E11, FELL, CORD, BRAID, BIND, tc GATHER AND 9111 LT, - Without in,. basting or prepatation of Work. rip- Come and see them in operation at ROSENZWpIG'S BLOCK. OBPOSUR BROWN'S HOTEL, - - ERIE, h Csantantly on hand the best SpOol Thread WaFitino Needles, Oil, he.,Le• WU. SUMNER k CO. a t r i , janl6'B4tf, Rosenzweig's Sitck, THE EARLY PHYSICAL DEGENERAC • -OF- AMERICAN PEOPLE, . JUST PUBLISHED BY DR: A. STONE. Physician to the Troy Lung and Ry. giallo Institute. A Treatise on the CAW' or Early Physical Tle6 ad . American Teeple : the Cum of Debility, Cos. snmption and biILIUMILIL This work is one of high moral teat, rretten is els, yet thrilling limigtusge, and appeals elireet/y to Wi t t cesinouriens of ALL P.A RE.NTS gait Civardiameap e ally, detailing , Awl:attic and reliable aids sad tiatani Ir , . .. . It will be rent by mall nn the reoelpt of two (f au Starr Parents and Onarillans! Vail not to sea 4 W.I. tar thisbook. rr: , 1.0 nti g men! Franot to send and get thabeel ---cr- ladies! Yon too should at once secures cowl this book • A Word of SOICOLO. COTlNgentillllllll those as ho will Reflect. A class of maladies prevail to a fearful extent is tie coMmunity, d Gum hag at least 190,000 youths of both es es annually, to an earll grave. These diseases an eel imperfectly underrtoO Their external or symptoms, are Nervous Debility, Relaxation sadb haust Manumit's, or wasting and consumption tdb tissues of the whole body; shortness of breathia s orkse tied breathing on ascending a hill or flight of stain; pea ealpita•ion of the Heart; Asthma, Bronchitis sad me Timet; shaking of the Hands and Limbs; siversess society and to business or sandy; ditrusees of eys 'irmory. dirtiness of the Head, Neuralgia, Pass in cations tarts of the bode: Pains in the back orima Lumbago, Dyspepsia or indigestion, irregularity of ar bowels. deranged secretions of the Kidneys -nd , gland' of Ufa burly, Leucorrlitea or Fleur Albus. sr. Lb wise El ilepsy, Hysteria and Nervous ttzpaerra. Now, in nineti-nine caste Out of every one bud*, all the above L:ntred nrOrre, and a boat or otter. Id 1:111V20 4 1, SS Conantnption of the Lungs and that mots 'idioms and roil. 'of eournmption of tiln Sri Nerves, known ss Tal I s, and Taboo I.• metes ea, have the it teat amt t oin diesaaes o, the ie!es \lacers. Deuce '. 1. . inertia on the part of se ushool practice in treattn.: symptoms only. Dr. Andrew store. Pity trans to the Tres ' car al Hygienic frotitutiou la now engaged in treat..e that* of modern maladies with the most astonishing mom- The treatment adeoted be the Institution is Se, laud upon scirntilie principles, with new &reared temedies. without mlnerele or roieous. The facilities d cure are such, that patients can be cored at their hoop in any part of the country. from swain to deeeriptioas d their case, by letteri and Lace the mmlicith.‘sent by mail or xpreu. Printed Interrogatories will le forwarded°, application. Consumption, Catarrh and di,eases of the . hroat turd as well at the home of the patients's at the institutita by sending the Cold Medicated Is HALING Flautists° Te rose, with Inhaler and ample directions tor thtiruse l sal direct correspondence. Patients applying for intern: gati yes or advice, nal enclose return stamps to meek attention. The attending physician Will be found at the bastes ion for consultation, from 9a. in. to 9 p. m., each Sunday in the forenoon, , •shdins, DR. ANDREW STOSI, ' Physician to the Troy - Laug and Hygienic '• and Physician for Diseases of the Heart, Throat • Lucre, 99 Fifth Street, Ivey, N. Y. jan.Ttlyl E. & H. T. ANTHONY, Illaaufacturers of Photographic it 501 B.ELOADWAY, N. Y. CARD PHOTOGRAPHS. 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CourtaT, the bent Penman ef the I. oi° l to Innen% number of Ihn Peortrxs. snJ o tors, teaches Rat ld Busineas Writing. taus containing full tniormstion Not is. to to the Principals. JENKIXS k SVITII, 171E01 lid where the Sons, and Clerloi of RIO ' ,4 "" lieu graduate. ' ineft"rif JAMES P.:CROOK, Daumint lx "GH AND PLANED LIMO) AIM DIANOPUOTITIPX. Of dow Sash, Frames, Doors and" Eli .I , IOI3IDINai AND PICICET FE C 6. Sawing, Matching & r DONK TO otwErt: on'Peath fit., betirM ith and EitrE, PA. illy call tho attrutlAn of tho pablie .41 - aft work in the bent of style, p tleUnrue. Haying Li Mftl up flair auperior machinery. I &el coafitlMlt ctton. from abroad will NOM* prompt JAY or.