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CARLISLE, PA.
FRIDAY, JNNUARY 12. 1866.
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ants and Subscriptions for float our lowest rates.
The Southern People Against Seees
sion
Result of the election lately held i,
`:`North Carolina seems to us much more valu
ittitti than it has been gene - rally thought.
This election was upon the two question
submitted by the reconstruction Stale Con
vention, whether the ordinance of secessio
should be declared null and void, to whicl
the people have responded aye 5 .19,770, nor
1,840; and whether the ordinance foreve
prohibiting slavery in the State should scant
as the law, to which they have responder
ayes 18,527, noes 3,696. Neither of thes,
great declarations can now be repealed b
any not of Legislature hereafter without d
rectly disregarding theae popular ex re,
sions, which the legislature of North Caro
lina are not very likely to do, and they pos
seas a force and vitality of their own, derive ,
from this endorsement, which• relieves thee
of the character of a mere concession
Executive demands after a long and terribl
war
We are disposed to think that it
have been better had all the southern recon
struct on conventions, in the same manner
submitted their action to a popular vote.—
At present it is undeniable that touch of tit.
respect the world have felt for that actint
has been lost through their being mere ap
parent concessions to inevitable necessit'
and imperative Executive demands. It ha•
been sufOlosed that although the•co❑ventions
have made these unavoidable concession,
they did not fairly represent the souther,
people, and that thelatter would not ender...
their action were the matter ❑ gnostic).
submitted to a popular tote. To these slit--
pit:ions the result of the North Carolin,
election affords a perfect reply. The con
vention in North C•trolina seemtd to act re
luctantly ; but the people at the polls tiro,
acted nlm.•st unanimon.ly. The publi.
voting has been far better than the vothq
in convention.
It may be asked, if these people are so
nearly unanimous, and so sincere in thed
voting against secession and slave - y, wli
the State ever seceded on account of slaver]
But here is one of the outrages of the rebel
lion These people never did vote forseces
sion. No opportunity of voting at all 0.
the subject was ever afforded them, becans.
it WAS well known from the begining tha
they were for clinging to the Union Tb
case was the same iu Virginia, and th
browbeating process had to be resorted t
by the emissaries of the secret rebel of dei
of Knights of ihe Golden Circle to ocean e
and force secession upon the two States.
We entertain no sort of doubt that the
voting in North Carolina reflects truly th,
sentiment of the southern States general)
and it w ,old lie decidedly preferable to b ,
able at the close of the war to put upon
record these popular testimonials that th
Col to and freedom are still strong in th
pubic Leart, and that secession was not .
movement of the people but of a conspirac ,
of designing political knaves throughout th
tbiuth. Whether it he done or not, we shut
continue to think inure of this North Caro
ling election and its results than of any thing
yet done at the South.
SECRETARY MCCULLOCH has transmitted
to Mrs. LINCOLN a draft for $ . 23.000, th
balance of the first years' salary of our Int ,
lamented Chief Magistrate, which was voted
her just before Congress adjourned at th ,
holidays. We see some few journals in Ho,
country are so exceedingly hard up for mas
tonal out of which to manufacture prejudi , e
that they denounce this mere act of justice
to Mr. LINCOLN'S family. There are al way
men in the community who are small enough
for anything. Mr. LINCOLN'S term of ser
vice was attended with more labor, care and
responsibi[ity than those of any four of hi
predecessors combined, while the actual sal
ary paid him was, on account of our depri
ciated currency, certainly not more that,
two-thirds that which they received. His
devotion to his country, and the might . %
work of deliveran:.e he accomplished for her.
made him hated of traitors beyond any other
man living, and his position as Chief M. gi,-
trate made him the victim of their last mur
derous attempt to destroy the Government.
Ho fell in the service of his country, and be
cause ho was in its service, just . cer tainly
as did any of the heroes who fell upon that
battle fields of the Union. Is it not just that
his family, who have been deprived of their
great head by the foes of his country be
cared for by that country? The fanhily of
President HAttalsort Was thus treated, and
yet who will seriously pretend that they had
a tithe of the claim upon the country that the
widow and orphans of our murdered Presi
dent had ? We commend the action of Con
gress in this case, and feel sure it will be en
dorsed by the ' , people who hold sacred the
memory of ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
DEATH OF HON. HENRY WINTER DAVIS.-
The public was surpris d and pained to hear
of the death dfllenry Winter Davis, on Sat
urday afternoon last. He died of a sudden
attack of Pneumott'ia, having been confined
to his room but a f'w days. He was about
48 years onige. He served sighs. years in
Congress as a Representative from Balt,
city. His decided ability as an orator and
a keen, vigorous thinker, together a ith k ,his
well known independence and fearlessness
of expression. made him a leading man in
every position which ho assumed. He was
the earnest advocate of emancipation, and
perhaps no man did more to prepare the
public mind of this state'for its adoption.—
Hie radical views and his bold assertion of
them' made him many bitter enemies, But
bisfidelity.to priaciple•no one could nes-
a. •n s now t let ho is laid to rest, there
can be'but - ''reine:verdict in reference to aim
—A grelit And talented man has fallen, and
the cause eit:‘:bunr progress has lost one
of its 'most'ehie c ampions. •
Taz Sent tor . IPLowuns.--Poetry - has
given the title to the living breath of fro
,grant Idossoms, and this floral soul-this
•% - quintesseence of olfactory l9xuriesxists,
Inits full °perfection, in Phalon's " Night
`BleOmiflg,Cereus." Sold everywhere.
,Cocreepcndent of.thc Harrisburg
• ,- ;• - j1 7 #c4fraph,.recommenda the nomination' by
v ?'4P'fP °6 i! au Railyl° Maj .
Gen. John W.
kkw , iy, setneir candidate tor_ r?xtGovernor
pyoiioOlidictieeltli.
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The below appended article is from the
Leeds Mercury, the leading country paper
in England. The views contained . in it on'
the important questions between this country
and England are ,characterized by u'senti
m.nt sc generous and niagnanirnons . that wo
ipy the article entire. It is refreshing to
‘!otiee the way an intelligent and past Er.
4lishman puts our American Copperhead to
shame by his enlightened and liberal expo
sition of the law and comity which should
govern great nations.
THE PRE. SIDENT'S MESSAGE®
AND AMERICAN CLAIMS.
We ate aitaid when the history of the
American war comes to be impartially
writ
ten that the Americans will be found to have
excelled this country quite as much in the
Statemanlike moderation of their tone with re.
.peel hAhreigh in the clearness of
~weir preceptions with respect to dom st c
Joneerhs. During .the contest they were
•tten taunted with the blindness of passion
.nd prejudice, and journals which betrayed
it every line the most ludicrous ignorance
.f American affairs and the grossest peril
anshi p in all references to thine, yet com
decently assured their readers that they.
being et a distance and able to look upon
natters with impartial eyes, could form at
much clearer judgmetit of the proouble is
au tutus those wee were deceived by their
.open and fears, their wishes and interests,
e nettled proximity to the scene of strife.
'itch language as tins, in which the Amer--
sans were taunted with t eir fay and blind
lees, continued to the very edge of the cum.
'kite destruction of the Southern cause by
. ne evacuation of Richmond and the surt‘en
ter of LEE, when suddenly all the prop beta •
;rugs which had been so laboriously u
Ad blow themselves into the dim e nsions of
prophetic oxen, burst with an igninnonems
dhapse, and three-quarters of the newspe-
J ura, and the larger part of the classes which
ire nee ustomed to call themselves "educated
std intelligent," looked supremely silly.
dm if the British public—we mean the tip
ier and midd.e clauses—were for the most
d art humiliatingly wrung Aheir judgement,
0 . the cause , , the nature, the progress, and
.he re-tilt, of this great strife, they were even
ore fit idly wrong in the conception of their
own duties es neutrals. Future historians
.t this country will record with shanie.,thid
chile the British Government endeavored to
ire Serve on the while a strict neutrality, the
.iritish Parliament over and over again sig
Med by cheers and vociterations Its appro
val of acts or piracy which brought disgrace
m our nation atria' our age, and that Ma.
',may for an act of lawless selfishness which,
sit for the moderation of the American
Government, might ha e in \ (dyed our court •
try in war, was made the hero of a large,
perhaps a preponderating, portion of the
Liriti-ti Legislature. If we compare with
these (I isgracetul scenes in our Parliamentary
ostory the wildest, language which has been
ed by-American orators in out of Congress
crib reference to this country, we shall find
lilt there is little to boast of either in the
a perior wisdom which we are apt to dab, ,
,r even in the sup nor refinement on which
se plume ourselves.
But if we turn from the conduct of the
11‘e British bublic are retire
tented by the tippet and noddle classes, to
he conduct tit' the Governments, we are
draid that the contra , d will again appear n t
very decidedly in our own favour. We are
not going again to refer to the coliduct n.
'I • authorities in the [natter of the Alabiuna.
slight slip was made, wnolly unintention
al, and followed by consequences wholly
un
..a•seen. housands of such slips qre made
nvithout being attended with any serious eon
equenees at all, and it would be absurd to
I(.1d our Government morally responsible
or the msfortune which ensued. Ti,,, sup
dying of the belligerents with arms, with
nips, with other newts of carryher, on the
.oniest, was in no respect an act or the eon h
„ry, still less of the. Government. The mid
de and upper classes no doubt contained
housands tit unscrupulous men, whose sole
thjection to wrong is the punishment which
nay 'allow it, and these applauded the fitting
nt of pr,vnteers in British ports With the
same stupid levity with Much they have
-since lippiatided the butcheries in Jamaica,
and w.,uld applaud anything ,else against
which the just and philanthropic feeling of
- tic age sat itself ill uppostLiuu. , But, could
the opinion of the British people have been
it ken by vote, they can be no question that
selfish blindnesS of those who, for gain,
sere willing to barter the honour and peace
d . their country„, would have been charm:-
erised in tennis of becoming
to th , • Government wore with
which alone the United,States can deal in this
motel, .ts aux.,...) II) pri,VVIIL Catlaea of coin -
,daint is abundantly proved by its conduct
with respect to Many other vessels which
s , reor were thought to be, fitting out for a
nit la r purpose. Morally, therviore. we are
oersuaded that nothing can be laid to our
•liiirge as n nation, however much any be
fibd against the conduct of certain indi vidu
ds. But the fact that we are morally guilt
cst does not prove that we have done all
.lint the Americans are entitled to expect.
iVe may hare done our best, and yet from
lefefit in Our laws, or trout detect in our un
lerstanding of international obligations, we
nay have cal'en into error. This is what
he Americans allege. Ek.u. RUSSELL an
.wers, with_more temper than good sense,
(hat he will not have our h ono' r put in ques
tion, and that we are the best judges Lit the
interpretation of our own laws. I'REsIOEXT
JotiN,3oN replies With perfect telnper and
with excellent sense. that he does not dispute
our honour, and that the question between
fis is not one of our own laws at all, but one
if' international law, which can only be set
.led by impartial arbitration. The superior
lignily of t his answer hardly requires corn
intent. Its superior sense will, we think, be
pretty nearly as obvious. As, to the first
ooint, thousands of questions of right must
arise in which no person's honor is con
cerned, and in which personsof equal honour
may maintain directly opposite views. For
parson, therefore, to cry out when his views
at right are questioned that his honour is as
-ailed, and that he will not be insulted, is
both undigni tied and ridiculous. This is the
attitude in which Emus RussELL's reply has
out us as to the first part of the controversy.
His other proposition, that the duties of neu
trality are to be measured, nut according to
any fixed principles of international comity,
hut according to the fluctuating standard of
municipial law, is, if possible, still more mon
•trous. According to this, if the nation had
bad no Foreign Enlistment Act at all, ves
•els might have been openly fitted out in our
ports to sweep the seas in the Confederate
,erviCe, and ypt the United' States Govern
ment. would :have had no right to complain.'
Either there must be a standard independent
of the municipal law, or Lbis municipal law
must entirely replete the duties of neutral
ity. 11 the mumeipial law entirely regulates
the duties of neutru ity, then it may be per
ieutiy right fur one nation to fit out vessels
to prey upon commeice, and perfectly wrung
for another a proposition which, we sup
pose, refutes itself by its own absurdity. If,
.however, munieipial law does not entirely
regulate the duties of neutraiity, there must
be an independent standard, and EARL RUS
SELL is manifestly wrong in treating the
matter solely as a question of municimal law.
In good sense, therefore, and clear argument,
no less than in good temper and manly dig
nity, PERStpuNT JOnNuoN'a tone rises to an
measurable height over the captious and
Illogical answer of, our own Government.
But if our Government has put itself at a
great disadvantage as compared with that of
America in the matters of dignity and logical
consistency, it has put itself at an immense,
disadvantage with the whole world in rela
tion to its own interests. W e doubt whether
history furnishes any record of conduct more
suicidal than thTa of which our Government
has been guilty.--Of--all countries in the
world there is none so absolutely dependent
on its mercantile. marine as Great Britain.
America has internitl resources by which, if
shut off from the rest of the .world, could
feed, clothe, and amply provide for all the
wants of its people. France, Austria, Rus
sia, Prussia, could derivenbundant supplies
by land can:l%l4off all their ships wore swept,
oil the seas. • But let a few dozen swift - sail- `
'ing vessels scour the ocean, burning and .
capturing our merchantmen,.and who ,can
calculate the amount of misery and • want'
that would ensue, the ruin that would over
take d ir. mercantile houses, the paralysis
which would fall on our manufacturing op
brations,',the sudden'rise in .value of all the
necessaries of life, and the I', mine and-des
pair which Would spread itself through—the.
working-classes 't Of all nations on the earth,
then, we.have . the greatest interest in Ii R
ing these depretiatiens and in establishing
the principle that vessels built on order for
belligerents at neutral ports, and fitted out
at sea, shall both be regardedas privatcertS
in
.the first instance, and shall retain this
`oharacter'throughout their whole career,o ; so,
that all, ports Shall beeloSetiagairist
,tbem, and.their peStilptit career,shall sP
i 1:y be checked. Instead at this we •havefre
qtiently harbored the Alabama genuine
-War vessel,„and although nobody , ohargesn§
fhith, we have flown into a passion;
stood on our dignity, and returned a surly
refusal when asked to submit to arbitration
whether our conduct in this particular came
within the just limits of neutrality. We
have thus furnished a weapon by which all
nations, oven nations without a single port
or a single ship, can wage piratical war upon
our enormous commerce, while we have no
means of retaliation or defence.
Such is ,the dangerous position in which
this affair-now stands. We have contrived
with admirable sagacity to establish a rule
which. while it may possibly work injuri
ously to others, must work fatally to our
selves—a rifle Which will always tend to drag
us into war, and when it has got us into war
will work our certain ruin. So much f
the wisdom of our governing classes I But
we trust it is not yet too Late to do somethin4
for our deliverance trom this foolish and
suicidal position. America has declared that
not go to war, and so has removed
the matter beyond the region of threats; she
has declared that she does not impeach our
honor, and has therefore removed it out of
the sphere of personal dignity. She has thus
left us the door open to adopt a plan which
will settle the past and the future in a man •
ner satisfactory to both nations and to the
whole civiliz d world. The main point is
to settle the future, but we can hardly ex
ect the Americans to agree to settle the law
in our favor for the future unless we agree
to pay reasonable compensation if we have
inadvertently violated international obliga
tines in the past. We should, therefore,
still propose to refer' the past ma tern to an
impartial tribunal. If it decided t ha t we
ought to have seized the A abaina when ii
entered nog ports, or in any other manner
decided against us, we could easily settle the
damages, and the point, of law would be de
termined for the future.' If it decided in our
favor with respect to the past, the Americans
would not insist, on damages, and, finding
that we had not voluntarily or wantonly in
jured- them. would probably consent to such
a modifieation of the law as should prevent
the repetition of sim depredations to those
01 the Alabama in future wars. This course
is still open to our Government. It could
nut be ascribed to fear, it would not stierillee
a particle of national dignity, and it would
! extricate us from a position of great ein bar
rassment and considerable danger, The good
temper and wisdom .if the American PRES
IDENT hits given us a chance we hardly de
served, and we trust our Government will
not be foolish enough. to throw it away.
THERE are rumors from Washing-ton of
contemplated changes in the Cabinet, start
ed by Mr. Seward's visit to Cuba. It is not
at all probable that Mr. Seward will with
draw. Neither thus country or President
Johnson could well spare him at this impor
tant era in our foreign affairs. Seentary
mvootiou r. 6,
6 . ...dr.l;tt.cl t-7 bo
the right man in the right place. Gov.
Dennison is making an excellent Post Mas
ter General. Mr. Stanton, whom the Rebels
fear, and copperheads hate most cordially,
and who dosen•t care a fig for either, but
dares his uluty without fear or favor or affec
tion, is urderstood to be anxious to resign.
It is said his wish will be granted, and that
he will be tendered the mission to Englund.
Mr. Wells wits never popular, and has been
made much game of, and yet he has raised
the Navy to a higher standaid than any of
his predecessors.. He, it is said, will be of
fered the Mission to Spain. Mr. Harlan,
Secretary of the Interior, is to be chosen
U. S. Senator from his. State, which he pre
fers to his present pcsition. Ex-Gov. Ran
dall, of Wisconsin, Present First Assistant
Post Master General, aspires to Mr. H's.
prose t position, and so, it is said, does our
own Senator Cowan.- the latter were not
so often found talking, and acting and vot
ing with the clpperheads we should like him
better, but for all that, if President John
son takes ground against the ‘...ltittlicals,' as
they are called,—that is the out-and-oi t Re
publicans.—Cowan would be just the man
to suit him. It may be, after all, th,e
rumors amount to ni,thing, but we incline
Lu the opinion that they are not without at
least partial foundation.
From the report of the Superintendent
of Common Schools for 1865, we lotrn that
the whole number of schools in the State 01
Pennsylvania is 12,617. Whole number of
pupils who have attended the public schools
during the year, 629.587. Average attend
ance per month, 397,001. Per centuni of
attendance upon the whole number, 628.
Average length of school term 15 months
and 14 days. Average cost per month, in
cluding all expenses, 68 cents. Whole num
ber of teachers 14,2:36. Average salaries of
node teachers per month, $3l 72; o' female,
$24,21. Total cost of tuition, $,l 990,777,-
83. Total Expenditures of the sysicin for
tuition, houses and fuel, $2,773.484 06, which
is an increase front 1804 of $381,584 00.
This is exclusive of the city and county of
Philadelphia. Including . Philadelphia the
total cost of the system for the school year
eliding on the first Monday of June, 1865,
was $3,614,338 55, and $3,395,882 76 more
than it was in 1864.
MR. KEMBLE, the State Treasurer of
Pennsylvania, in this report just submitted
to the Legislature„presents a most favOra
ble exhibit, and shows that the resources of
the State grow so r pidly in, excess of the
expenses, that the State debt may be reduced
very considerably, without taxing real es
tate. Mr. Kemble • is undoubtedly right•
There are State interests, stich as Railroads,
Banks, and Corporations, of all sorts estab
lished by legislative enactment, that make
enough profit on the privileges accorded to
them by the Legislature, to pay all the ex
penses of the State Government.
UNKIND,—Gen. Sherman recently made
a speech to a State Convention in Arkansas,
replete with good sense and sound advice,
but containing softie very unpalatable truths.
As for instanc. : • You think you have not
all the rights yOu are entitled to, yet you now
have more rights and privileges under exist
ing circumstances than you would have in
any civilized country except Annerica. Had
you done as you did in this land, under the
bloody flag of Groat Britain or the tri-color
of France, many of you would not be hero
and you would not have been permitted to
assemble as you are now assembled and talk
over political questio-s and rights." It was
unkind in the General to remind these men
that they deserved the halter and would soon
- hare - got it, under any other government.—
This is the era of go : 0 feelings/ It is polit
ically fashionable now to say " let bygones
be bygones," and Sherman Will'find himself
set down as a fanatic and radical if he per
sists' in these .unpleasant reminders to our
Southern brethren,.
=Hon; Morton M'Michaekvaa inaugurated
Mayor of Plladelphia, arid Hon. John T.
Holfraan,•'Mtiyor of New York, on New'
Year's day. . • • •
—An intelligent traveller at the south say's :
Take a list of. names 'of :every soldier of
the late confederate army, and in the whole
lot-you could, not_gel , n g , lard that
will ever enlist again azeinst th.,4 flag of the
United States." - , .. •
THE WORK BEFORE U 8
ItiiteOrnrribn to remark that thuiqpublic
bas"VtirYtritich to do, though futi persons
iii
see.really . to estimatti'Properly thA,qlnagni t
tUdeof , what is to be'xiOnd,.ilind those care 7:
iestlinlkers who rarely descend
iletail4 content thomselvct 'syiths believing:
that thecountry is equitl*. ; ;anything';'whilti:
in point of fact the problencs presented tc us
fur solution are of stiipendous proportions,
and well calciilated to confound any states
man a4ustomed to deal with theste-rivettli
ties of public `_ - ]`,et group !toigethaf:,
briefly these things, that . our retulers may
understand accurately the difficulties with
which the Administrition and Congress
will have to content. • '-
1. The reconstruction' of the rebel Sates,
involving—first the destruction of the blank
cods of the south ; second, securing of civil
rights to the negroes; third, purgation of
.he Southern State constitutions and laws
of the pernicious influences of legalizes
caste; fourth, obtaining for the poor people
of the south ar voice of influence in their
own government; fifth, establishment of a
free school system at the south, for the edu
cation of all.
-2. Reorganization of our national finan
ces upon a sure, solid and permanent system ;
involving—first, a•elorm of the revenue sys
terns, so as to make protection real instead
of apparent; second, reduction of the inter
est oia the national debt; third, retrench.
ment in all public expenditures; fourth,
gradual extinguishment of the public debt;
fifth, return of the currency to a legitimate
6' tit II da I'd .
3. Settlement of the national domain, in
volving; first, the', building of four grant
railroads through to the Pnettie ocean, each
two thousand miles Tong; svcond, organiza
tion of two new territories, at present, with
out. law or government ot any kind; third,
the abolition Of bhe Mormon nuisance in
Utah ; fourth, the Americanization of New
Mexico; fifth, development of the
reghMs j sixth, removal Or domestiention of
the Indians.
4. Restoration of our national prestige
abroad, involving ; first, securing Um pay
ment of indemnities by "England lor her
depredations upon our• «munerce during the
civil war; second, the r eestablish went of
the Nlexican authority in. the place of the
empire created to injure ; third, relief of
Chili, Peru and Dominica front the terrorism
of Spain : fourth, re-establish went of Ameri
can influence in the Hawaiian islakds.
rt. Itehuilditig of our commercial supre
limey, involving; first, repudiation of all
sale h shortsighted arrangements as the Cana
dian reciprocity treaty ; second, a sound and
permanent protective policy which will pre
vent foreign factions from controlling the
shipping intereSts, and give the control to
our own industry.
'those are the matters which demand the
attention of Congress and the Adminitsra-
Oen. Cain they be done at a dash ? Some
persons seem to think they can be; but none
who think so can have examined theground
at all. We have so much to do, that we
cannot afford to waste time in idle wrangl
mg. Yet, Leese tasks tare or Lliuh n sagnitudo
as to require exceeding care in their perfor
mance. We •ire glad to see that Congress
is not disposed to lose time in dealing with
the subject, and hope that, when they reas
semble, the members will feel as determincd
upon work as they were before the adjourn•
mcnt.
NEWS ITEMS
—ln Baltimore, during the past year, 710
permits fur new buildings were issued.
—ln 1865 there were 682 murders com
mitted in the United States, and only 98
executoins.
—The Bret shadV the season on the Sa
vanniiii river were taken on the 29th ult
—The Harpers are impirting paper from
Belgium for their weekly.
- The double-turreted monitor Tonawan
da will ht;reafter be attached to the Nava
Academy.
—German emigrants are arriving in strong
force in Louisiana and Miss ssippi.
—Sixty-two homicides uenuired in New
Y. rk during 1865.
—The price' of cotton is declining in ul
the greet. cotton warts of the south.
—The German Insurance Company of
Louisvi Ile bus declared a divided of forty
per cent., free of government tax, upon Its
capital stock.
—The order mustering out unemployed
generals will be promulgated about Jan
uary 15th.
—lllinois, since 1860, has increased her
pepul.•ation 530,0 P. The result was aseel
tained by a State census ju t taken.
—Deaths in Boston the past week num
bered 87—males 36, females 31—of why,
23 were children under live years of age.
—The last order of the War Department;
mustering out volunteer troops, relieves
Virginia of all white volunteer troops and
officers
—The Janesville (Ohio) Gazette says
•' A t the Guru' Exchange, in this city, corn
is used as fuels it being deemed much cheap
er than coal at the present prices."
The rebels of Crittend. n, Hopkins and
others counties of southern Kentucky have
deter Mined to :esist the application of the
constitutional amendment. They declare
that it has not been adopted, and is illegal
and uneonstitutienal.
—Thirteen dead bodies were taken from
the surf at Nantucket, lust week, ten of .
which were thought to have belonged to the .
ship Newton, wrecked there.
—The Ohio Legislature adopted a resolu
tion requesting the members of Congress
from that State to vote for negro suffrage in
the District of Columbia.
—The Light-house Board is engaged in
re estaolishing light-houses on the-- southern
enlist destroyed during the rebellion. Dur
ing the last six months some twenty have
•
been put in operation.
—The records of the Treasury Depart
mentsli7m that during the last two years the
government has realized from the sales of
confiscated and abandoned cotton, sugar, &c.,
in the State of Mississippi, over $0,C000,0../.
—The Sum of $4200 has lie(M ordered
stopped against. the pay of the 4th laichigan
infantry, at San Antonto, Texas, by Maj.
Gen. D. S. Stanley, commanding, for dama
ges dmie wantonly to the Episcopal Church,
the money when collected to be paid over to
tho trustees of the church.
—ln the Fenian Q. egress, on Friday, the
principal feature of 'the proceedings was, a
speech by Gen. Sweeney, who said that ho
would indorse anything calculated to re's'tore
.harmony to the ranks of the Brotherhood.
—lt is proposed to'apply . to poi -gross' for
a charter to organize un association under
the name of National Laboratory.. and
-Mining Assoriatibn,' for the purpose. of as=f
slating materially, and without ert to the
government, the speedy devuloi wont of the
agilailtural, and induatrial re
sources of 'the country. '.• ' . • ••
' —The Directors of the Reading Gas Corn
pally; at their Meeting last week . , declared a
dividen of 5 p r cent. for the last, sixmonihs.
During , the"paM, year a -reduOtioa of,
cents on' the one thousand, feet had, been .
made.
—The 47th regiment Penneylvnnin..
unteme, Colonel-J. de bin enni=
mending; left Churle.itcdp''S."for •New
,York on the B r d inst. ,;;, • . •
. PERSONAL.
—The rebel Gen. Longstreet has beconie
a corhmission meithant iji New Orleups.
" : 5 -4 4::_the'" - kehel den: Wkfl:',,A , Traplefi'dled
len`Chailesten, Ar'recer4...l3.o
'was a graduate of:West Pella. ;,c,f
• • ‘, NV 1 • • fl ,- .54
JA%pq.unday,..alki fkx-mpAipprOf
4.1 M. 'ST e w York Low' s I turb fins be 6.141 e. to
the penitentiary for four months for " out
ri ging decency."
- ,L-Eit-Generari Mirintiduka, - Preston and
Waft : 6F of Titias LuniTOn as is also
Mr. Judah P. Benjamin.
—Major Thomas W. Sweeny, 16th United
States infantry, has heron dismissed the ser-
Vice" for 'ilibSenki - withOut — leavo. -- lfajor
SWeehy, who is also a Major General or Vol
unteers; is Secreture of ;War of tho'renian
organization: • . ..„
—John ttoridloy was cseetitea MAW
rence, Kansas, on the 29th ult., for the'rOur
der of'Jobil Sutton, in Jane last, in Fran -
lin county. Numerous as Ifiive been the
hangings in Lawrence, the Journal says this
was the first by legal pec , cesi.. ,".,
L'Oen. SWayue, CommisSioney of Freed
men for Abibama, writes that heaucceeds in
1 miting the issue of subsistence to 'destitute
persons of all clas'Ses in his district to 'about
15,0 0 rations per day. The State Cotninis
sioner, appointed by the Legislature for that
purpod - , reported, destitute the number of
18,1,0J0 wbito persons,alone.
—Judge Thomas B. Monroe, a prominent
lawyer, legishitorand politician of Kentucky,
died on the 28d ult., at Pass Christian, Miss.,
at the age of 74 years. Hs was a great stu
dent, an accomplished writer and speaker,
and an influential member of the Democratic
party.
—A. 0. P. Nicholson; former Senator in
Congress from Tennessee, having made ap
plication for his compensation between the
time he left the Senate in 1861, to the period
of his expulsion, is petition has been refneed
by the Secretary of the Senate
-In November last John Rose, a lad of
nine years, belonging in Brooklyn, N. Y.,
who had been in Connecticut for the pur
pose of being brought und. r gond discipline,
s(t fire to the chool building,, and it was en
tirely destroyed, causing a loss to Mr. Whit
ney of $12,000. Rose admitted that he set
the fire but owing to his youth was not pros
ecuted for n, son. As the boy had about
$50,000 in his own right, and Whitney was
a poor man, the latter brought e suit in
Brooklyn to recover money to establish him
self in b..sinesi again. The jury gave a ver
dict in favor of the plaintiff, giving bin . )
$ll,OOO.
—Admiral Davis. Superintendent of the
No.-n 1 Observatory, reports thus :
I have the honor to report the discovery
of a cornet last evening, (January 6.) at
this observatory, by H P. Tuttle, Assistant
Paymaster, U. S. Navy.
From observations with the equatorial, the
following, place was obtained by Mr. James
Ferguson. Assistant Astronomer :
M. T. W. R. A. Dec.
.inn S,IRITh Rh 1 nrn 9 RR. '3h 33m 29 AN. d 9.2 m. fi'ol
The comet is round. of about two minutes
Om.) of arc in diameter, with a slight con
demotion at the centre. •
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THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY, for J'anuary
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TRIBUNE ALMANAC.—The 1860 number
of this inestimable obblication has been re
eeivtYd." ` lt is of a current record of
important, events“oceurring, during the past
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From Washington
• Washington, Jan'Y 8, 1866.
mar Herald:'- It as beyond -the reach of
the oldest citi*erf to meal such weedier as
is now pievailing in this latitude.' During
the week we have been treated ti.l all the va
rieties that the New Year was capable of
inaugurating to sat the tastes of those here
congregated. It begun with a snow storm,
but just enough of the fleecy material fell to
inflame the imaginations ut those whose ex
pectations were high for sleigh-rides. The
warm rays of friendly "Old Sol" on the
following day, at once dispelled any such
preposterous idua ; for soon the snow so pure,
melted imperceptibly and we realized to the
fullest extent the oft told tale of " Washing
ton mud." But now the coldest weather
known here for years is in vogue, and en
tails a corresponding amount of suffering
upon those unprosided with the necessary
comforts and imbiliments wherewith to ward
off its ehillt . ng influence. It is piercing cold,
which tact is attested by the mercury below
zero, the hurried gate of pedestrians, muffied
up so closely as to render it impossible to
i
see their faces, and he ice bound river. Bo
reas is Certainly holding, high ea lurid, and
as a consequence skating is the amusement
of the day. We cannot yet boast of a park,
so the river and canal are crowded by the
votaries old and young, of bath sexes—to
this healthful and fascinating enjoyment.
Skating by ladies must have been recently
introduced, as a general inaptitude for the
art is observable, and the result always as
series of unexeeptionab e tumbles.
Congress having had its plum pudding is
girding up its loins for renewed labors, must
or all of the members have returned, and to
day there will be a quorum in both houses.
Notes having been composed and interenan
ges of opinion with wed informed constitu
ents, it is thought the antagonistic element
to the reconstruction policy of the President
will in a measure, undergo an abatement,
and efferts to att. in a reconstructed Union,
based upon the soul.d principles of untrain
fueled liberty and justice, work together
mor'e harmoniously.
The question of negro suffrage in the Dis
trict of Colutnbia may be looked upon as
virtually settled. There is a stern and steady
mov(!invnt to 5152(11°C to the race a portion at
least, of the rights universally conceded in
the Republic, arid thoSe averse to the project
will Undoubtedly be made to realize - before
the close of the session, that here it is indeed
a verity. That you may form an idea of
the magnitude of this element I may state
that in the census now being taken, of the
colored residents of the city, under the die
tien of the Freedmen's Bureau, upwards of
15,000 of a population are already reported.
E.
HARRISBURG
The Legislature, and the Protracted Absence
til . the Governor—ls an Adjournment over
necessarys The new Committees i f the
Senate and llouse—(good Appointments—
A Fishy Coare-tion—A Skati:ly Carnival
—A Rather Cool Operation.
Specird Curr , spondenNt of Ow article Iir:HALO
HA RRISBURG, .January 10, 1866
In eny last letter, I informed you that the
Governor would doubtless return home by
next' Wednesday, fir the day folh , win...-;in
deed, his most intimate friends werelcon
dent that he would not protract his absence
longer. . But Mr. SLIFER, the Secretary oi
the Commonweal h, received a letter f ono
Gov. Crams several days ago, dated the
28th of DeceinLer, 1865, at,Matanzas, Cuba,
in which he announced that he had deter
mined to protract his stay in Cuba to the
latter part of February. This was indeed
Important news. Everything had been ar
ranged on the supposition that the Executive
would be present by the middle of January,
and this announcement came entirely unex
pected. It seems that the Governor had
previously written several letters announe
ing the same int, ration, but they were unfor
tunately delayed. His physician, Who ac
companied him, has strongly recommended
this course, and-does not think that it would
yet be safe for the Governor, in his severe
Illness, to return from a warm climate to
these, intheneereite 1101111,. Where the ther
mometer is ranging from three to nine de
grees below zero. Although still in a critical
state, the Governor is happily fist recover
ing his impaired health. The rest of the
party, among whom is Mrs. Guam; aim
Surgeon General Putwes, are quite well,
and etqoy the visit as well us circumstances
WRY allow.
In view of this announcement, the ques
tion arises if it would not, be well for the
Legislature to take a recess of severed weeks
until the Governor's arrival ! .I.t must be
borne in mind that all bills passed finally
through both Houses., if not signed or vetoed
by the Governor within ten days alter their
transmission to the Executive Chamber, be
;come laws, just as it' they had received the
Governor's signature. There are many inn
portant subjects fur legislation this winter—
such as a revision of the revenue laws, alter
ations in' the Common School I.lw, a general
railroad law, eke.—Which might be acted un
rather early in the - session. The query then
suggests itself—ls it fair that the Legislature
should presume to take final action on these
projects and make them laws-through the ac
'cide-ntal 'absence of the Executive and mere
ly in-default of his signature? On the other
'hand, suppose the Senate and House of Rep
resentatives should agree, by joint:resolution,
to take no final action upon any bill—but
allow their reference to committees and their
.considerat'on in due order down to second
reading—until the Executive-Chair shall be
again r occupied, when the bills in the
proper shape fOr final passage. If such an
understanding were established, legislation
would not be retardek.and :no harm could
possibly result.
Speaker Ft.taittsto has exercised great wis
dull) iri is is selectieir6f nfOrnb'or's of the Stiind
trig ' Committees 'of the Snide; 'which were
announced to-day. That grim ,and staunch
old patriot,, from, the storm-lashed and ice
tenind coast of Lake Erie, ivho IntS held the
position of Chairman,of the Corn niitthe on
•FederalAtelatiOns,fon,two win ,ers, has been
re-appointed to that position . ; No better,se;-
lection could have been .made. The re-ap
pointmeneofSenator Lewin' indicates a firm
Kelley; on :the .payt id; th e Speaker-who .repre
bents the sentimet4,a Ole §uriat° , 4 l nationa l
?uttitivs.--:1-can-as;4tiro you.-that-no=m
ills-and--
.'water resolutions 0' reconstruction can pos.
sibly run the gauntlet of, that committee;
with Lown7t at the holm and Judge ()moat , -
N.gICS of oldLitnihtstbr,Und Senators - HILL,
of little mountainous' Blair; and ,
! ot;, red-htit,A,llegheny,•to , m an, the rigging.
CLlnega, who you know,is on the Democra
tic slate for Governor nest fall,' , Und who is .
!hylitv theJahlest Copperhead 'in the Senate,
isioth this - Committee to represent his fallen
cornputriotsi; - ! • •,,!; ~;.
Sentitor,tosops-7-gend,-solY..aecomitio
dliting'-"..itirrY"--L,is Chairman Of the ()dm
nitthe tin Railroads, which'' boa' not 'beim
changed ; all the Senators who - were on"the
Committee lust your either , holdlover. or. have
'been re-elected. " Geti'L Wityku is
made Chairman of the Committee-oil -141.11 i.;
:thrrAttairs, u position b tts.suroly suroly
justly earned- by his- - ,gallantporivices ; in ;the
( tietd and his
,Inng,suttbring.in.l.2l+4..p.risini
pens. • Ilis'tippointment:to'this Chairman
ship, Just on resuming his eeat Obnitte;
<l, •
which was so disturbed by his absence-in'
1868,. when hti was occupying very uncoM-,
ftiiiithlMMirters at Salisbury, N.p€4..
euliurly :appropriate, isn't it? Our Demo-
ertitlit'Jriimds have been honored with a
majority au' the Committee to Compare Bills,
wheiO3ytho.way, it is fortunately absolute
ly itiapossible for them to du any damage
On thiPOintnittee on Vice and Immorality
are two preachers and two doctOrs, the 111th
member being a very pious marl ; so that this
Committee is also all right on the goose."
- Speaker 'KELLEY announced the Douse
Committees this morning. Ways and Means
—Mr. Quay, Chairman; Judwiary—Gen.
Waddell, Chairman; Corporation —Am run,
Chairman ; Railroads, Davis, Chairman.
The lovers of Shad who reside along the
banks of the grand old '.Winding Itiver"and
its romantic tramlines. representing twenty
four coup ies in all, and who have mdig
nan ly paid fifty and sixty cents for clue
luxury since the dams in the Sn:.queliatioa
forcibly d• tinned the Shad-bellies away
down the stream, are determined to "raise
the wind" about the Mutter. They hold
a convention in the •ittite Hottse this after
noon, at which near y five h. ndred dilttgates
will be present, who will no doubt bepre
sided over by the 1.1 n. Simon Came , on He
wants Shad right at the door of hn3 fine old
res deuce on the banks of the iver, nod the
whole upshot of the in ten wIl b a demand
ott the legislature tor a more stringent law
to compel these darn companies (excuse the
ambiguity of the term) to construct then
dams as to allow 'he bigger ti.h the same
footing accorded to the smaller fish ; and
providing that in the event or any neglect
on the part of these obnoxious corporations
to make the necessary alterations then the
Sher it a d his posse (which wi I be a nu
merous one) to lay violent hands on the
said obstructions. This is of course, all e
neuter or taste, rind there is no accounting
for that you know. I sincerely hope tim y
to -y succeed.
Skating is all the rage amongst the young
Indies and gentlemen of in ton the sta e
Capital. TM re nre two large skating ponds
Isere, kept up by elhb subscriptions and
very efficiently and n-cely conducted they
are ion. The young lord dikes nre quite
ga , lant to the young ducks, and the hi g h
dutehe.(esl daily glide gracefully over ,lack
Fros.'s new and ele gnat nccommud . ttions,
which are indeed quite niapted to these
feminine understsmlwgs. There was n grand
Skating -critical to day, a skating thatch
and music. To-morrow evening thee will
he n grand bll on one of 'the ponds (they
are dubbed “Lithes.") I had nearly forgotten
that)w !tic]) will doubtless be quite., recherche
affair. It may be said to he Et "big thing on
ice."
A rather cool operation was performer
here on Sandav afternoon. Six members 0
colored 13 iptist church were immerser .
in the Susquehanna M the presence of
large concourse of the cola ed populaticn
the temperature being just three degree
below zero
crtribm anb eountp latterE
ADm ITTED TO PRA C'T 1 CE. —On Tues
day morning, tl.r. Par inst., on motion or B.
P. McClure, Esq., C; Eo. M. BEL - rznoov ER,
E-q., was admitted to practice law in the
several courts of this county.
ftEr The commencement or the year is
a good time to subscribe for a newspaper,
and a number of persons, we are glad to say,
are availing themselves of the seasonable,
opportunity to enrol their name; on our
aubscription books. There is still room for
more, and plenty of material to draw fro in.
Let each present subscriber do what Hi' can
to give us a lift by sending us another.—
That would be a nice way to double our
present circulation. The thing can be done
it it i, only tried.
OUR CORR ESPON DENTS. - We have
engaged the services of two intelligent and
experienced gentlemen in Washington and
Harrisburg respectively, to write weekly let
ters to the HERALD from those cities during
the sessions of the National and State Leo.-
islatures. To day's issue contains one com
munication from NV Rg.hin,rtmi and two from
Harrisburg giving interesting accounts of
the proceedings of both bodies.
We are determined to spare no effort or
expense to make the HERALD a first class
paper, which cannot be done without by our
people, and that end we ask that our friends
throughout the country aid us in extending
its circulation and influence.
MAcEDON SILVER \LINING COMPANY.
—This is the title of a new and powerful
association for the purpose of mining silver
from the rich ledges of Nevada. The com
pany is firmly established upon a legitimate
and thorough basis, and numbers among its
officers and directors many of the prominent
wealthy and scientific citizens of ,ur owo
and adjoining stetes. They own six splendid
silver mines at Sun Antonio, Nevada and
and it is their intentions to prosecute work
upon them immediately. This company is
possessed of information and facilities equal
if not superior to tiny yet organized in the
United States, and promises to yield an
early and handsome profit to its stockhol
ders. JOHN M. GREGO. Esq., is the agent
for the sale of a limited number of shares
in this vicinity, and will gladly furnish all
inforn ation to persons wishing to purchase•
COLD WEATHER —Since the advent
of the new year, the weather has been de
cidedly cold, and now Old Winter reigns
without a rival, wielding an icy sceptre.—
The streams are frozen over, the earth is
mantled in w,hitc, and the ii.dieations are
that we shall huvo an old-flAiuned winter.'
The " oldest inhabitant" assures us that the
cold of Sunday and Monday was ; m.equalled,
within his memory.
JANUARY COURT —The January Ses
sions of the Court of Common Pleas, QLarter
Sessions, and Oyer and Terminer for this
connty;cOmmenced on Monday last. His
Honor, Judge GRAUAM presiding, supported
by Judge STUART alone, Judge COUICLIN be
ing absent. Although no very important
;cases wore tried, there was very considerable
interest manifested in the business of the
dourt; and we have seldom seen a larger
attendance of spectators thah during the
fore part ot tho week. Monday morning
was Asumed in the 'disposal of the usual
preliminary business. The trial list in the
Quarter Sessions was taken up in the after
noon., Tho following aro the cases tried up
to the time-of our going to press:
Commannyealt(t vs. Drawbaugh and L---
Jiiinpdr.—This case elicited corisiderable'in
tereSt. The defendants' were election (Akers '
forlhe election dietriot ok Lower Frank ford.
and
. were indicted for refusing the vote of a
leung man nuweduioes, who was a resi,
dent of dint district, but had gone tecanada
'dining the sulimier of 1864, and was absent
"His'who : 'was
!refused-by the officers on' the ground that he
wag subject, to the provisions of the Act of
.totigrese„ disfran •hieing, deseiters tied those
who left the country for the purpose of evad
ing the draft. It was supposed• that Ohs
would bring 'forth a decision on th'e"co. stir
tiltithilditY Of that Acit, titit in this nearly
`Obey : One was.' disappointed.. Tht:prOseeu
tor, biiv ing hift the country. some i six., months
-previous to the, passage of the .Act,. .was not,
within its provisions, and consequently the
etise tyluito-bo'dotormincd :without regard
•
whittover.'Hip Hotior Charged the Jury
tliiit ifitui 7 6dicurs rejected the Vote Undei u
iniatitkon Ignite oftheitduty, and not beoanse
. .
, .
.they bad , determined in ftdvanee-thn't , the
,prosecutor should haVe no Ntpte, or if the .
evidence did not satisfy thenneyeni3 a Tea
sOnahle doubt that the defendants had know
ingly rejected a legal vote—they were not
e ly r $t
acquitted
, menahle'to a criminal prosecution, although
Jury
i t
n was in the ease mi.-taken. The
the defendants but sentenced
them to pay the costs. We are glad that
these officers were acquitted by It jury com
posed almost entirely of their political oppo
nents, as wo have reason to believe the pros
cCution was instigated by persons who were
more desirous to make party capital out of
the affair than they were to vindicate the
law. Herman. Penrose and Hepburn foll
Corn., Todd and Sharpe for defendants.
Cum. vs. John Martin.—Fornication and
Ha , ..tardy, I efendants plead guilty and the
Court imposed the usual s , ntence.
Corn: vs. George Stitzel, Sr., and George
Stitzel. Jr.—Assault and resisting an officer
whilst executing process. Defendants con
victed and lined live dollars and costs 'of
irosecution.
Com. vs. Daniel Wright.—Fornication
and Bastardy. Defendants acquitted and
County to pay the costs.
Com. vs. John H. Burns.—Larcevy.
Defehdant pleads guilty and is sentenced to
imprisonment in the Eastern Penitentiary
hir the term of one year and three months.
Com. vs. Patrick Doyle.—Larceny. The
defendant was charged on oath of John Fal
ler, for ales ing a desk containing money and
valuables from the prosetiutoris store. De
fendant convicted and sentenced to two years
and -ix months imprisonment in the Eastern
Penitentiary.
Corn. vs. John Myers.—Attempt to burn
barn. Defendant acquitted.
Com. vs. .Same.—Larceny. Defendant
acquitted.
A CARD
The Fair Committee of the " Union Fire
Company" adopt this public method of re
turning their thanks to the citizens of Car
lisle and vicinity and Phila tell hia, for their
generous aid and patronage previous to and
during lb it late Elobday Fair; and point
with pride to the statement of the'business
transactions. Ii rewith appended, as the best
evidence that this has been the most success
ful NI terprise of the kind ever had in our
place.
The Comm:ttee desire to make especial
mention or the following ladies, gentlemen,
and associations:
The Duly Manapers—Nlrs.,G. W. Shearer,
Mrs. John Hamer, Mrs. Joseph W. Patton,
Mrs:Lewi F. Lytle, and Miss Betty Martin.
These ladies were present during the entire
week, and by their unwearied exertions,
their watchful care and excellent taste and
judgment, contributed very largely towards
the splendid success our statement exhibits.
To the young ladies who served the com
pany so well as ladies the Committee
extend their most cordial acknowledgments.
To the members of the Good Will. Cum
berland, and Empire Fire Companies. who
so unselfishly and with such large-hearted
liberality gave the r money and their per
sonal enorts to th,,,od cause, we gratefully
extend the hand of fellowship. with the a_s
surance that the old UNION will never forget
the debt or hesitate to discharge it when op
portunity otters.
'rho 6'artisic Brass Band and Garrison
MI MI furnish( d the delightful nor-ic which
attracted and entertained the unprecedented
crowds whic 'nightly filled the spacious hall.
Mr. Jacob Rh ecm . the estimable proprie
tor of the Hall in which the exhibition was'
held, by his constant attendance and ener
getic labor during the whole week, made
our success certain. lie has the unreserved
thanks of the Committee and the Company.
Mr. Simon If'. Early. who menaged the
Restaurant in such a satisfactory manner,
and lent his personal exertions to the general
management or the Fair, deserves particular
mention. The Cimanitteettre unanimous in
the expression of their kind regards to him.
T(4) much cannot lie staid of the general
liberality of the business men of our place
and of Philadelphia, who gave, without stint,
both money and valuable goods. To our peo
ple generally, who visited our Fair nightly,
and contributed of their means unsparingly,
we desire to say that the gratifying result of
their patronage shell be'expended in a man
ner to do credit to their liberality, and as
sure, as far as honest human effort can—
the security of their lives and property trot
the red demon conflagration.
And now, we again return to one and tit
our heartiest acknowledgments for their sym
pathy and assistence, and our warmest con
gratulations on the happy result.
Gross proceeds of the Fair, $2BlB 41
Deduei all expenses, (ill 95
Nett profit
Respectfully,
L. T. GREENFIELD, Ch'n
South Middleton Institute
The Institut, convened at Paradise school
Room Jan. 6. 1866. and was opened with
prayer. ,The minutes of previous meeting
were- read and adopted. Roll call.—Miss
Beckie A. Fleming. 111 iss Jennie A. Coyle
Mr. Ii Burr and Daniel Rudy were abse-t.
After reading of selection-, Miss Anew .
F voting drilled It class upon the subject of
Geography after Which they engaged in
chanting.
The subject of Mental Arithmetic was
most taken up by Nlks. Clara K. Culver.
The teachers giving their methods of analy
sis. Several Teachers entertained the audi
ence with Music. Adjourned to meet at
One o'clock, P. M.
A b"I'ERNOON SESSION
Pees. in chair, Roll call, Miss Jennie A.
Coyle and Mr. H. Burn lament. Miss Beck
in A. Fleming read an Essay entitled, Every
Dark Cloud has a Silver Lining. Mr. Jno.
Common of Carlisle, by request addressed
the Institute, The address was short, but
very able,—Subject,—Theory and Practice.
Mr. Charles A. Wolf drilled a class in
Written Arithmetic. Several problems elic
ited considerable debate among the teachers
and audience. The exercises w ,, re enlivened
ivith music by the teachers and others.
Programme for next Meeting.—Read
selecti us,—Miss Sallie A. Haiku. and Mr.
Levi(,Mm; nnie M. Good ; Ad
dress, Dr. H. Mower ; Reading,—Clara K.
Culver ; Geography, - Mr. Samuel Mohler ;
Written At ithmetic ;—.,tina M. Fleming;
Gram mar,—Mr. Elias Mountz ; Critic.—
;Intl. Wesley Mountz. On motion. Resolved
that a vote of thanks be tendered to Messrs.
E. Shelly, Henry Brechbill, Geo. Wolf,
Geo. Tanger, -Benj. Kaufman, David Hoer
ner. ChttHeit: Miller and Jno. M. Good for
their hospitality to the members.
'Adjourned to meet at Pleasant Hall Jan.
20. 1806.
J. WESLEY NTOTINTZ. Seer Atari/
Zpreial Notices
R.4.01.1vED thiii day (Jan. 9111. 1866)
Jap n Tea, Lovering's eugars, and a hirge
vur.'ety of Groceries and Queensware, for
wholesale and retail, at Wm. Bluir & Son,
South End,—Carlisle.
SPECIAL NOTICE.-- Savo your money
you can buy the best Family coal clean and
dry from DELANCY & SHROM.
Jan, 12, 1866-Iy.
We call attention to the advertitownt
of OSCAR G. MOSES & Co., beaded "LIFE
—HEALTH—STRENGTH."
Jnn. 12, 1566-Iy.
Money wanted first of next for
the whole or part of 6,600, of Bonds well se
-cured.-inquires
• `' Jan' 5, 1866--,13t.
.N. TIM; --:-The books of the late firm
of Delancey & Blair, have, been foft with the
undnrsigr for collection, who giros notice
that all accounts must bn settled before Feb.
Ist. 1866, as after that time all accounts will
ho left for collection with n Justice of the
Peuco
S6*.
To LUIRI3IIPNERI3.—Lime coal.kept tinder
cover perfectly dry, and sold. lower than
Cll2
Houscaccrins.—Coal kept - Under- coyer
.
erlectly diy an d sold at the lowe:i rates.
A. LAIII,
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ROBERT pono
A. H. BLAin,