glut titaid C?•; 11Z.' •-• 1 \ „aid CARLISLE, PA.. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1866 S. M. PETTENaLI. & Nj - 0. 37 Park Row, New York, and 6. 11 State St. Boston, are our Agents for the Ilan/Its n those cities, and are authorized to take Advertise ., n 61 and Subscriptions for us at our lowest rates. UNION STATE CONVENTION A State Convention will bo held in the Hall of the House of Representatives, in Har risburg, Pa., on Wednesday, the seventh clay of March, A. D. 1800, at 12 o'clock, hi., for the purpose of nominating a candidate for Governor, to be supported by the friends of the Union. The ordeal of war has tried the strength of our Government. Its fire has purified the nation. The defence of the nation's life has demonstrated w.,0 were its friends. The principles vindicated in the field must be preserved in the councils of the nation. Tho arch enemy of freedom must be struck once more. And all the friends of our Govern ment, and all who wore loyal to the cause of the Union, in our late struggle, pre earnestly requested to unite in sending delegates to represent them in said Convention. By order of the Union State Central ivCom mittee. IGIIN CESSNA, Chairman. GEO. . lIAMERSLEY, 1 A. W. ENEDICT, 1 Secretaries. Union County Convention. DELEGATE ELECTIONS At a meeting of the Union County Com mittee—held on the 30th ult., it was resolv ed that a County convention be called to meet in Rheem's Hall on Monday, Febru aryl2th 1866 nt 11 o'clock A. M. The bus iness of the Convention will be to elect a Representative Delegate and appoint Sena torial conferees to meet like conferees from York county, who will elect a Senatorial Representative to the State Convention, which will meet in Harrisburg, on the 7th day of March next. Delegate Elections will be held in the several wards and townships, on Saturday, the 10th of February, at which Two Delegates from each ward and township will be elected to meet in Con vention on the 12th day of February. The Committee deem it unnecessary to do more than to call attention to the importance of the approaching campaign, and the absolute necessity of a perfect and thorough ogani zation, that we may do our part in the en suing gubernatorial canvass. A. K. RLIEEM, Chairman County Committee THE LAST DIFFICULTY IV CCR earore last, the lower House of Con gress, by a little more than a two-thirds vote, enacted a law conferring upon the no grocis of the District of Columbia the same political rights that are enjoyed by White men. The vote on the measure was almost strictly a party vote. Not more than eight een members who were elected as Repub licans, voted against it, and among them were none of those who wield an influence worth considering in the party. Even Mr. Raymond, of New York, who has been con spicuous in opposing what are termed radi cal measures, recorded his vote in favor of it. The bill will doubtless pass the Senate by nearly as great fi majority as was given it ill the House, and will become a law. The Pennsylvania Liegi-lature has, by a strict iiiirty vote, onidor-iiil l.he action of Congress in the matter, 1001 doubtless Sill - lilar endorse ments will be given by all Legislatures now in session that, are not tilled with men who have served their . c , ountry v iA-Alle Confeder 'ate army. The meamre is one which has ..eeived the sanction of the leaders of the Republican party. Ain't on it almost solely 11 ill they be sustained or condemned by the people. Whatever may be. the opinion with regard to the effect of this measure on the fortunes oi our party, it is certain that justice to those o ho have been made free by the treason of idavelnilders, and have been forced to take op arms in defence of our country and her imtinitions, requires that they should be protected from the oppression of mon whose CI Imes have forfeited all claim to the consid eration of the government. The resident white population of the District, has, for the four years, been composed mainly of those who gave their entire influence and sy inlmthy to the cause of treason—who re joiced over every - rebel victory nod hung tlicir heads in sileneo at the news of every Tobin success. Volunteers for rebel regi- lin•nts were obtained from under the very ,hadow of the Capitol, and information for 1,1.01 Generals was freely given, by those who owed all they had to the protection of the Federal Government. Its future popu lation will be made up mainly of those who have actively participated in the Rebellion. Against the negro race as freedmen, these traitors have the most bitter and intense feeling. No consideration of property in them—no motive of interest would now im pel them to treat them otherwise than as their feelings and prejudices might dictate. Ilow safe unprotected men would be in the hands of those who were the apologists for and participated in the late Rebellion, we .may- correctlyinfer fronrtheir regard for the rights of the loyal white people of the land. Thu fact that negro soldiers were employed to crush out their system of oppression would r.vider the ,race any loss obnoxious to their prejudices. — Under these circumstan ces, Congress must either leave those whom it forced into our nAllitary service to the tender mercies of their late oppressors, or else confer upon them the right of suffrage as a moans of self-defense. Our experience in a republican form of Government, has demonstrated that the bal lot is the surest protecticn against the 4ehemes of all oppresssors. Other guaran ties may fail, but this cannot. In a gov ernment such as ours, it is a hazardous un dertaking for any ono to attempt to trifle with the rights of those who hold in their .hands the sceptre of power. The onfranch izod negro may bo bated and despised by those who have heretofore subsisted on his toil, but they Will not attempt any persecti tion • or oppression 'that will . concentrate against themsolVes an active class of voters. The-advocates of Slavery constantly told us that the interest of the master in the slave wed. a sufficient guaranty that ho would be w 4 ,11 fed, and kindly cared for, but we doubt to.t.that thesogentlomen will have an addi tional incentive to, humanity, now that their elevation, to., °Mop depenshi,groatly on the votes of:thoir ?Amor slaves, • .„:, , WO, are fully aware that the conferring of the right of suffrage on the negroos of the Distribt Of ColuMbia: is o' measure Which is fraught with the . dreateseimiiortance.te our party and ,to the: nation. , The great ,bulls' of ,those who vote with, the Republican party; are-not the',9Spooial champions of the .negro never did nor do, they now, k'ing to the original:school of Abolitionist s. They opposed the "exteintion'a . Sravery; but the interests of the negro,"Were"fiefthe:ofily 011A1NV434 =I inj Orions OffeetSof the system on the interests of the white mon, and opposition to the schemes of personal aggrandizement of the slaveholders,--eontributed ,almost bn tirely the force thalgto the anti-slavery party power. So, also, when the party en dorsed the emancipation measures of the War, the interests of the white man and not those of the negro were the ruling motive of the groat majority of its members. In the present instance, there can be no such mo tive. It is doubtless true that the District of Columbia may be benelitted generally by having a majority of voters within its limits who have not been either actual or construc tive rebels; but the design of the bill was to benefit the negro- 7; o,piece him in a position where his voice would be heard in making the laws that were made to govern him and to raise him from a condition of degradation, to ono in which it will' be the interest as well as the duty of society to elevate him to the standard of good citizenship. If this measure is contrary to justice and good pol icy; if it interferes with the rights of those who have been faithful and loyal citizens; or if Congress, in passing the law, has as sumed powers not delegated to it by the Constitution, then the party which has pas sed it should receive a stern rebuke from the country. If, on the contrary, it is demanded by any consideration of justice or humanity; if it is only what a portion of the people of the country have a right to expect from a government which imposes all the burdens of citizenship upon them, and if Congress has the authority to enact Such a law, there is then no reason why it should not be sus tained. On its own merits this issue must be met, and it must be judged of by other eom,iderations than those of prejudice and party expediency. That Congress has the power to pass the law is not disputed. That its passage was necessary to the protection of the freedmen against their former oppressors must be clear to every one who will consider the question fairly. That the Government of the United States should force a class of men into ser vice in its armies for the purpose of saving it from overthrow : should use them as sol diers as long as it had use for them, and then abandon them to oppression and degradation without even an effort to save them, will hardly be urged even by the most violent Copperhead in the land. That they are not qualified to be voters, is no argument against the ote - a'sure. No qualification is Insisted on for any one. It may be possible th6the negro voters will elect incompetent anek cor rupt officers, or even organize to overthrow the government of which they are a part, but there are thousands of white voters who not only might do this, but who actually have done so, and yet they are restored to +l,„ Vllll On, AU"- mality of pardon. There is no argument that can be used against their vOting at the National Capital that cannot be used with ten-fold greater force against at least two thirds of the white voters there. It is anticipated by the Democracy, and feared by the timid members of the Repub lican party, that the passage of this measure will result in the overthrow of the party. Of such a result wo have no fears. Our party has a clear and decided majority in every loyal State in the Union worth men tioning. It has sustained and increased this majority at every election since 18132. It is composed oil the men who have stood up for the Oovernment in its darkest hour. The 'soldiers who have fought our battles in the field and the patriot citizens who sustained tle:m by their voice and influence at home, are almost entirely with us. If we are over again defeated at the polls, it roust be by the defection of our own members. From no whery except our own ranks Call recruits for the Democracy be obtained. That men will loin no other motive than a prejudice .n account, of color, leave the party that has saved the Nation from the evils of dismem berment and overthrow ; that has restored The country to j eace ffolm it slate of fratrici dal war, and join the organization that al ways wrought in the interest of treason, we do not believe. If there are aby that think now of deserting the cause of freedom, let them think carefully whether their preju dices had not better be overcome than that they should join their hands with tlh.se who never by any single act deserved the respect and confidence of men who desire our coun try's good. COOL ASSURANCE.-A late despatch from Washington says that A. 0. P. Nicholson, formerly United States Senator from Ten nessee, having made app'ication for his com pensation between the time ho left the Senate in 1861 and the period of his expulsion, his Oetition has been refused by the Secretary of the Senate. It seems to us to be tolerably cool on the part of this subjugated rebel to be preferring such a claim at this time, and we may take it as a fair indication of the amount of brass possessed by the class of which ho is a fair ref resentative. Ho was a member of the national Senate when the Rebellion broke)mt, and being a lending and influential man among the conspirators, he deserted his post when the rest did, for the purpose of casting his lot with those who had determined to destroy the Union. His colleague, Andrew Johnson, stood flrrnly r tiß his duty in a most memorable Clung to the Union with a tenacity which has inaWijni President. Subsequently the Senatex.l}lhd the &her members, and now, this recusant Tennessee Senator NicholsoM having stuck to the fortunes of the traitors to the very last, comes °not with Vie subju gated States, and demands the arrears of his pay. This is about as cool a thing as we have heard for sometime, and equals the weather of the cold Monday morning. Gen. Pity, the Provost Marshal General, says that it is estimated after a careful inves tigation, that 1,722,700 enlisted men have received bounties,, as follows 1,162,380 received $lOO 10;666 received 200. 898,626 received 300. 168,829 received 400. 1,730,841 mon. ' Tdtal amount, 301,448,600 The number Who received no bounties : Total enlistment during the war, 2,461,062 Number who received4oulities, 1,730,841 No. who, received no bounties,' .• 730,721 The sum required to pay each soldier; or his representatives, enough to bring up his bounty to $4OO, the largest sum paid: 1302;380 - er$800 - • "$'848, - 714000 10,600 at goo 2,121,200 308,026 at 100. 80,862,000 780,721 at 400 • r 202,288,400 .2,802,288 men will requiro....,.. 083,0,76,200 The imagination is stimulated by the incense of flowers, and if ever there "Wag po etry in-,perfume, it is breathed silently and soothingly from PhalOnts tg Night r ßlooming Corms,"; the most i bewitehingof all the fra 7 *til4 preigtratlons' Oita chOraie art has ox- 7 traeted from'the" floral' kingdom."gold ev vry_where.. The Union St!yte Cop.yentien will / asaelai,, ble pt'ikarriebuidaithe 7th ef March, „t 9 abru auto ` a odnaidAio ' far CCO,Ainot. I lam ;,1111/ Tho contract for furnishing tho stamps was given in 1861 to the National Bank Noto. Company, which, now annually supplied 220,000,000 =Ore stamps than in tho first year of ,the contract. During 1865; so far, the Company. has furnished Governmeq 400,000,000 stamps, and the demand het frequently mgceeded a million and a halt per diem. Tho following will ,be read 'with in terest: The largest number over delivered in ono day being 6,923,895. The consumption of stamps of different values may be under stood from a statement of the proportions manufactured in the month of March last, when there were delivered to the Govern ment, of 1 cent stamps 2 ,- a ~ 10 " 12 " 24 ~ 30 ~ 90 ~ r )Total The value represented by these stamps is $3,207009 60. The entire number supplied by the National Bank Note Company up to the pr esent time is ono billion throe hundred millions. To inset a demand so vast, the presses are sometimes run night and day, and to avoid error in accounts, a daily bal ance of the business is struck. In furnishing this immense number—representative of a value of S4o,ooo,ooo—not single loss in volving censure to the Company has occur red, and the stamps arc printed, perforated, gummed and packed (for delivery from the Company's office to all the United States Post Offices), for twelve cents a thousand. NEW FlRNi.—The influx of Eastern men into this city and State still continues, and we aro pleased to see many enterprising bus iness men permanently locating with us. Among these we notice the firm of Giebner & Co., Real Estate Agents, who have open -16 ...I, 2/v. 70 0/...b ” - it crez-eol, mtle gentlemen composing this firm, Messrs. Geibner, Rodgers & Robinson, have all been officers in the Union army during the war, are lawyers by profession, and are energetic, active men. They come recon,mended by first class men, and we hope they may re ceive the liberal patronage they deserve. We clip the above notice from the St. Louis Daily Press! The Mr. Rodgers re ferred to is ex-Coliikl Thos. B. RoDozas, of the 140th Penna. !Volunteers, and more recently the principal of the wedding at whic! the daughter of our fellow-citizen, Capt. A. K. Long, was the happy bride. We wish the firm of Geibner & Co., abun dant success. C. C Burr, a Democratic . leader, who edits a Democratic monthly in New York, called " The Gld Guard,'' is scolding - Democratic editors of newspapers because they are not bold enough to iloolnro their convictions auu say that Gen. Lee and his followers in fighting against the Union are the true pa triots of the country. Burr has no doubt that every Democratic editor beliisves this, but he says must of them have not the pluck and manhood to show their true colors. FALl.S.—Waterfalls are about nowhere now, (notwithstanding so many ladies adorn the backs of their 'necks with them, and so great a number of youths sport them upon their 'upper lips,) compared with r the falls that are so frequently mot with on our icy pavements. —Oil has been struck near Decatur, Ala., only fifteen feet below the surface. —lt is estimated that thirty tons of white paper are. used daily in the manufacture of paper collars. —There is a proposition before, the. Legis lature of ,Maine ler the state Lofts:sums and pay all the war debts ineurred by the vari ous cities and town=. —Nurfulk papers notice the arrival there of n number of New York mind Now Jersey farmers fur the purpose of purchasing farms and seteling in the cuuntry. —A company has been formed in Louis ville, Ky., to prevent the wanton destruc tion of lisp in that State and to introduce artificial propagation of them. —Meetings of colored people are being held in various points of the south to elect delegates to the general Prcedmen's Con vention, which comes oEr 50011 at A ugnAta. —At New York 514 emigrant passenger vessels arrived during the past year, carry ing 200,021 passengers. In 18(14 Ow number of emigrants landed at Castle Garden was 182,916, —Th o American Colonization Society held itsforty-ninth annual meeting at Wiudi ington on Tuesday evening. The number of emigmants sent to Liberia during the year is 527, of which 172 were freedman. The number of arrests made by the Wash ingten D. C. police during 1865, was 26,478; males, 20, 477; females, 6001; married, 9715; single, ]6,733; could read and write, 47,274; could not, 9204; c010red,6706; white, 19,682. A Fort Wayne paper speaks of what it calls an important railroad project, which contemplates the construction of a road from Vincennes, Ind., to Indianapolis, thence to Fort Wayne and Toledo. —A man has been sent to prison for seven days fot bogging of the Prince of Wales. Ho put his head into the Prince's carriage, and said : " Now, your Rival SOVerniga, you must give me something to-night." He got something—but not' what he wanted. —The,Vongregational meeting house in Williamstown, Mass., built in 1798, and in which the Williams College Commencements have boon held for seventy years, was to tally destroyed by tiro last Bunchy. :--A Georgia paper expresses the pion that it would be sound policy to c nfor the right of suffrage upon certain class of col ored persons, and thus give the rs fining classes ineentivesp improvement s a to secure for themselves also this ine th able privilege. --A letter was found just before Christmas in ono of the street posto•ffice boxes of Vien na, addressed to " The Infant Jesus in Hefty ea,,to be given to St. Peter : " It contained the prayer of a child to have a groat num ber of holiday presents. • $110,238,000 2,121,200 . 119,657,800 63,581,600 —The Montana Post has received infor mation, *Mali it considers reliable, that tlio lato treaty with the Blackfoot Indians, made at Fort Benton, was broken the second day after the annuities wore distributed. —Advices from Russia indicate that there will lie wilsin a comparatively short period, a system of National 'representation; in other Words, a Russian' Parlithent.' The question is only how far the present genera tion is.flited for 'this change, 1 ••••, • ! e • —The Phoconix Iron Company are Mak , ing propafations,for thocholera. Thoy have issued no Lee to their, tenants that froni,.and after Ist, no cows, ghats or !iwinck shall be kept on th'eir premises, and • rigid cleanliness must be practiced 'in and around tildir dwellings f.—The county, cOurt-Ot•Sampson sentenced: a. negro, churged withdrawing p,l pistol on ;5044e. Tan; to_ ,be sold, to ~ser,vii. tude. ;3Nor Wicir,ortdiani,,, , of the ; freed-, rstenfa tthriiii,A; district, Ordered the r, POSTAGE STAMPS NEWS ITEMS court and - all parties 'concerned to . lie Piaced in arrest and brought to this city for loves tigation.—Southern Eschango It is stated upon reliable autliority that the government has- concluded do garrisori the flirts and project the routes on'tlinifains ,Which colored troops, ,of who at lotist 'three full regiments will shortly 'tiodispatch-, ed to the Indian country: The Mention is. to afford entire security to travelers and caravans, and put a final st9p to the dep?e dations of the savages. —The loan to the State of South Cardlina at Now Yorli city was only effected at rate of twenty-two per cent., and then se curity was required to the amount of five times the sum loaned. So says the Charles ton Soull, Carolinian. 176,200 14,477,250 85,933,850 —Somebody who has posted up in sanitary matters asserts that. New York city is af flicted with no less than twenty-five thou sand nuisances, among Which tenement houses, dumping grounds, defective sewers, slaughter-houses and fat boiling establish ments are said to be the least important., 275,840 '10,100,640 322,900 480, 300 140,650 19,490 111,925,620 —A project is on foot for the better pres ervation of our iron clad monitors, by plac ing them on marine railways, tinder cover. The depots for these would be better close by the harbor into which the vessels could be slid for home defence at any moment. The project is a novel one, and is now un der consideration. —The commander of a Fronch man-of war has been exterminating the cannibal inhabitants of - a village in the Island of New Caledonia, 'in the Pacific, they have been guilty of killing and eating the captain and fdur men of a French vessel who fell into their hands. A French garrison ha s now been placed on the island. —The New Orleans Picayune states that ono-half of the German emigrants who lately fr,Triyed in this city from New York, under contract to work on a planta tion hi the interior have refused to fulfil the engagement, and remain in the city, hoping to secure higher wages. The contractor is out of pocket to the amount of the ihissage money, which, according to agreement, he had paid. —On Sunday evening an attempt was made to burn Dr. Hall's church, in Provi delicuiß. 1. After the evening service, and the congregation had withdrawn, the two or three persons remaining discovered, just as they were closing the building, that it was on fire. One of them thought of the belfry stairs, where once before an incendiary fire was kindled, and to that point they proceed ed, when up under a door lending to the bell-deck, which was locked, they found a compact bundle cif rags, held snugly to gober by careful stitching, and with two long trains attached, all saturated with cainpheno or kerosene, and the trains burn ing slowly up toward the bundle. Vlexander H. Stephens says that the constitution and persecution of the Union men in Georgia are worse now than during the rebellion„ —President Johnson's message was trans lated into German, and published in the New Frankford Zeitung—the first message ever published there in full. —The wife of Joh-1 Lewis, one of the oldest and most esteemed citizens of Savan nah, was hurried to death last week by her clothes taking tire from a grate. She was 811 years of ;Igo —Joseph l'arker, of Stoneham, Maine, is ninety years old, nnd has one hundred and five grand children and great grand children Nino of them went to the war and eight of them returned, till hut one without ascratch. Mrs. President Jolliitsop has received from Sir Morton Pet° a most elegant and costly present in the form of a Christmas hox of rare and exquisite device, filled with Paris ian bonbons. —Tr is ottJf , e - §tootl flint (Tom Bart - erwrts - ply to General Grant is nearly finished, and will soon appear with the imprint of n. New York puldishing house. It is said to contain some sharp hits. —lt is said that General Gideon J. Pillow is linilding a large school house and provi ding teachers for his former slaves, he owned some two or three hundred, —An English novelist, - Airs. Edwards, uses this illustration in a recent work : day long, like an overseer in a Massachusetts cotton field, Claude passes to and fro be tween the country roads and vineyards." Correct ideas about us these English writers have. —The trial of Semmes, commander of the pirate Alabama, it is understood, will be commenced in a very few days. The mem bers to compose the Court, and the witnesses also, are in Washington, but the present delay is caused by the preparation of the evidence. Es-Generals Heath, Pillow, Ilood, Long street and other southern leaders have been in Cincinnati within the past five weeks,and engaged 1600 white laborers and purchased 800 cotton plows to work plantations in the south. —Jell Davis is rapidly growing gray, and though not actually sick does not posess a very strong leaso-of life. Ifizi-lias.no visitors except occasionally a clergyman from Rich mond, but converses frequently with the Union officers who have charge of his prison. —Judge 0. A. Lochrane, of Macon, an., a native Irishman, has written a long letter in opposition to the Fenian movement, in which he urges his countrymen of the south to have - nothing to do trith it. —A man named Thompson, another named Warre‘n, and colored boy named Bartlett, attempted to,cross Niagara river below Buf falo, in a skiff 'through, floating ice,lon Sat urday evening last. The boat was capsized Warren was drowned and Thompson and Bartlett floated down the river seven miles on the ice before they were rescued, '• —Hiram Powers has recently' finished a full-length statue of Edward Everett, mod eled during the lifetime of the subject. He at present at, work upon} an ideal bust of LElytio," the daughter of ,Ocoottus and Tethys, whom Apollo deierted ter Lonna thoe. It is p ronOuncod by COMpetent ei•ities equal to any of his former works in wonder: ful . RavW. C. Blunt. pastor of the Dlnwid= die Stieet Methodist Episcopal Church,_ PortarOuth, Va., was allot op hia,oyrrprom is Oki on the 16th inst. The doe 4 is,puppos,e4 to 'been poroptrated by a negro boy narhod'Richard Ellot,, ivhother dos4nOcily of noolcionstal'imnnot be 'conjectured. ' --Senator Willia`riii[of"Oregan; classed heretoforelits against the colored suffrage hill, declares hinteelftridavor of it. There are indications .thp.t, Acting Vico Prpside4t Vostet, - of Opunectinut, , , elso conlidered doubtful, will :also favor it. Id' the moan-, tithe : the' OppOnOnti - orth'ir inetuiure arp try ing tti•get'clidak_ and' to'''pobtpolie Severed who Oro' ocinsiderediimewlin't doubt. l ful, favor ; such But , „etirtairi td be called epurso ) 1 7m, J.,-Elkitrden,' colt ted Ultizpa a sig ty.f. =I PERSONAL dOlortidd, •tetegrdpiii . to Washington from Denver that nogroes had the right:of suffrage in that territory 'until 1864, when they; were deprived of it liya law signed by Goy, Evans "arid that the admissiou..of geloretto:At/this time would render thhti' •,";digfraiehisment perpetual. He 'contradicts; moreover; the assertion made in the gast;;that the Coaliel lug act has been complied• / with, especially that part which reugires the constitution to accord with the principles of the beclara tion of Independence. —The Vienna oorrespondnnt of the Postb Lloyd refers to a recent interview of Mr. Mot ley, U. S. Minister in Austrio, with Count Meneadorff, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Francis Joseph, in . which, the American diplomatist is said to have spoken in strong but friendly terms of the dissatisfaction produced in the United States 'in conse quence of the alleged enlistment of troops in Austria for Maximilian's army, and to the probability that, in the event of the contin uation of such enlistments, the President of the United States would retaliate by permit ting recruiting in America for Juarez. —Bishop 'Wilmer, of Alabama, has issued a pastoral, which was read at the opening of the Episcopal churches in his diocese, on the 15th, directing that the President of the United States and all in authority be prayed for. He says he should have doup so before but for the military duress in which ho and his clergy were held Ile thinks that so great would have been the . evil of yielding to secular dictation In matters pertaining to the supt'emacy of the Church, that he was solicitous of avoiding even the appearance of that evil, and therefore issued the, pasto ral of Juno last, for which. the churches wore closed. —Pennsylvania Post office appointments are announced as follows: Emanuel M. Ballenger, postmaster, Rocl Spring, Centre county, Pa., vice Joseph A Rankin, resigned. L. P. Jackson, postmaster, North Spring field, Erie county, Pa., vice William S. Pat terson. David Craft, postmaster, Three Tons Montgomery county, Pa., vice Ellwood Clea ver, resigned. Wm. Brown, postmasler, MOS6ONV, Luz orne county, Pa., vice E. Simpson resigned. H. J. Taylor, postmaster,Pottersville Brad ford county, Pa., vice H. P. Kimbell, resigned John Robinson, postmaster, Big Cove Tannery, Fulton county, Pa., vice Susan V. Crouse, resigned. Lewis Sparr, postmaster, Boydstown, But ler county, Pa., vice Zack. Phillips, declined. John Reiter, postmaster, Karthus, Clear field county, Pa., vice J. M. Emerson, moved away. From Washington Special Corral:modelle° of the Carlisle Herald Washington, D. C., Jan. 29, 1860. The constitutional amendment changing the basis of representation, as reported from the Select Committee, has absorbed the at tention of the House of Representatives al most entirely during , the past week, and the argument naturally attendant upon the con sideration of this important measure, attracts throngs of auditors. Mr. Raymond to-day loads a strong, but futile speech in opposition to the amendment, taking ground that it Is precipitate and calculated to awaken new dissensions and strife. In the Senate the bill to enlarge the powers of the Freedmen's Bureau, has passed by a solid Union vote, and will be followed by the plistige of the House bill, granting negro suffrage in the district. The adoption of the former will undoubtedly do much toward the correction of those' evils which exist in the Smith rela tive to the treatment of the freedmen, and will exercise a healthy influence in the un important work of reconstruction. it also demonstrates that this class of citizens are to he protected in their iusi rights, and that no infringements of these rights will be tolera ted in any section. That ceaseless round of gaiety,and fashion able dissipation, which hiss hitherto charac terized the capital during winter, and espe cially anticipated this season by the beau is not being fully realized, and I fear sonic of the latter are already denouncing this state of MIMI , •as devilkh stupid." Gut ide-the - regular evening reesptiotisantlts W bite Douse and residences of Cabinet which by the way are exceedingly brilliant, nothing has yet transpired worthy of rein ark. Neither has the business come up to the expectations of the merchants and hotel keepers, it being apparent that the number of sojourners at the establishments of the latter has been thus far, compared with last winter, insignificant. Not a few of the leading merchants have closed up entirely and gone South, whore in ''fresh fields and pastures new," they hope acquire the fortune denied them here. Considerable interest is being centered upon the trial now pending between Gun, L. C. Baker, hits Chief of Government Do tretives, and Mrs. LucyL. Cobb, in the criminal court at this city. Thu, latter is pro:well tri x and brings suit against linker fol.:dinged false imprisonment and extortion. t scenic the lady had been successfully pur suing the pardon brokerage business, which the ox-policeman undertook to stop, but in the performance of which duty he overstep ped his authority, interfered, in apparently it legitimate vocation, and got himself into trouble. The best legal talent is employed in the conduct of the case, but as far as it has been developed, the fair ono is plainly mistress of the situation. HARRISBURG TIM GUBERNATORIAL PROSPECTS-7-FIINAL AD JOURNMENT OF TRH LEGISLATURE-THR OILAMIIRRSB ORO RELIEF 'QUESTION-A LARGE APPROPRIATION PROPOSED-ITS PASSAGE PnowaiLt—OFFICIAL MAJORITIES AT.THE LAST ELEcTion. • . Special Correspeudence of the Carlisle Herald. Itaitaisuo,no, Jazi'r 31; 12166. Owing to the near approach,and the close proximity of - the next annual conventions Of the Union and Democratic parties of Penn sylvania, and the great interest manifested in the coming Gabernateiiill 'Contest, dare,: is considerable excitement noW prevailing, in the different circles of partizahs uow-ectti gregated at the gtitto Capital. The legisla turo will be in Session at the time these conventions are galled to meet, which must add to the zest and excitement of .the °Coe sion: .Various legislative- interests Will doubtless be brought to, beer upon the pros pests of the parties whose claima aro being urged. • The canvass''Will' be a remarkably • long,eno, beginning,,even'befpre , the 'vernal leaves and. early flowers of 4ring time Ran suggest' poetic' themes for flOwOry bra.torY, and lasting through ,that lorig • periodoflanxi• loty and diScomfo;tro (vulgerly , ,callod,,,tho dog' ditys) when` "eliery isody! `and every hody!R wife!aro.usuallroff to the'SealShote ending in the. cool and balmy, aikht,of 41s Redond Tuesday in October ,nest.. Such a lengthened:.canvass 'to' -call forth i ,overx,energy on the part,of otlr.,Sturnp Oratore on botligideti. rrom what I see and hear here, Tam i'dotorincedl;:thattlin'Dointl'-' craticparty ttEe.gqiug to orgdnimitheyoughly and iruthe A spirited flgf4. : They .. have, bp come,dospettite 'ftt , ttitar • eoutituiedloWs"'cit the spoils of office and are going to , playta bold for—nrha,trindeed-rhaye—thvyW> Wee, they 'l6llll'V'thby feel tiro needOf -a ' ,o ;tndidate:Nybo.Avilllntravekall, over the- commonwealth and: by,flile-01,0!-', (induce, Ce'rerrit'fit' our cbuselh,o enthinsia'sm'of thd ranli.and file of yo fierce Democrnc4e. It therefore bchonvoo il the Union mo of, Alio good old Common wealth: of Peniieylkrania4o'select.,,an'ea-yribst energqic , , apd dotermine,d,etandard l boarpr,; - Who will' carry 'the fttirietplei of his party, to rit such a decided victore,ffinst''sitili`oiir ponentlodeep's„h/te , that,ph'oslexity,lthich their causeci es ey3-00. .ohoulpi boa aoldier4 Ufa People wane& train'? Who' ha's qaerved' ti country, gukkantlY—oni_ihul.bu_tticrficAl—hc 6'sp'ericrificia in" the affairs' this Stntej n11(1'411011 A:rnrittie Gdiill PH*7.. BART , ; ; bol;', Ainbtig -those nixcined it Csmnection with the Republican nominatlbliafoF°Gogroiiiiii,'d ib.,MPFE4ndt.l4,l4.4ildlebY Hon.. John Cessna, of Bedford; Hon. W. W. Ketchum, of Lucerne; Hon. H. C. Johnston, '637orawford; Hon. Wilmer Worthington, - .of Chester; and last, but not least, Gen. John GettrY,.7ho is "ahead, as, far as ,Iteard frorit.'!: In:the Democratic party Hon.;Heis ter Clymer,:of Berke; lltilitia ,General Gee. W. Ottp's, of Allegheny; Ex-Mayor - Richard Voaripof Philadelphia; .and Cytusi. Persh ing, of CM:fibrin; aro named. The , conteat rot_ the nomination seems. to be - between Clymer and Cass, with the chances in favor of Clymer. Dick Vaux, that nice individual (who did roaly dance with tho Queen of England and boasted of it when he got beet: to his native land) will control the twenty one delegates, from Philadelphia, and he will no doubt sell out to the highest bidder, - under promise of getting a lucrative office if ye Democracie succeed. Governor Curtin's annual message is re garded 3 . y nil, even his enemies, as a brief but plain and practical, statement of the af fairs of the commonwealth, and it receives universal commendation. The question of the final adjournment of the Legislature is already being agitated.— Mr. Pershing has introduced into the House a joint resolution to adjourn sine die on the 29th day of March. This will give but a brief opportunity for the passage of bills, but the feeling seems to be in favor of an early adjournment. . Perhaps the most important bill before the Legishau're is an act read in place by Col. Stumbaugh, of Franklin county, forth e relief of certain citizens of Cbambersburg and. vicinity, whose property was destroyed by the Rebels on the 80th of July, 1864. This bill, in its preamble, recites that the Rebels under the command of Gen. ill'eaus land entered Chambersburg and sacked and burned the most valuable portion of the town, inflicting a loss of over two millions of dollars upon but a few hundred head's of families, consigning many to hopeless bank ruptcy and seriously crippling the whole business energies of the people, and that snob desolation by a barbarous foe in but ode locality of a great commonwealth, with millions of population and boundless wealth claims •the generous consideration of the State, since peace has been won by the hero ism and fealty of all sections. The first section appropriates $500,000 to the people of Chambersburgand vicinity whose property was burned by the Rebels on the 80th of July 1864, to be paid pro Ira?' al upon the valuation of their losses. The Second sec tion authorizes and requires the court of Common Pleas of Dauppin county to appoint three disinterested appraisors who shall not be. residents of Franklin county, who shall he duly sworn, and proceed within twenty days after their appointment to Chambers burg and make a just appraisment of the losses of personal and real estate, said ap praisers to require proof by the oath of the party interested and the examination of witnesses ; prorided that if any statement shall be presented for the benefit of an as signee he shall be required to prove the ac tual sash value of the consideration paid to the assignor, and such amount, if not in ex cess of the loss sustained, shall be the award. If any false statement shall be presented, the party offending shall he dismissed with out any allowance. No petition shall be entertained from any corporation or the county of Franklin for losses sustained. The claimants must also prove that they have not directly or indirectly, by word or act, given aid, comfort, countenance or encouragement to traitors whether in arms or otherwise.— The third section provides that the apprais ers shall make returns to theluditor General, who shall pay a proper prop irtion of the awards outof the five hundred thuhsand dol lars, and the receiversqliall autho:ize 110- commonwealth to re.•eive from the General Government the sum of $500,000 out of any money which may hereafter be appopriated by Congress to compensate them fur losses. The fourth section pays the voraisers five dollsrs per day for labor perforated for a period not exceeding 60 days. There is a good chance this winter of pas- Sing this bill, though it is not probable that the full sum of $500,000 will he appropriat ed —5300,000 is nearer the mark. Col. )fc- Ctuns is working bard for its passage. his oppouents are afraid to lake any decided ground against it at Present. Resided, the Governor has given the matter a favorable mention in his messal No legislation of an, particular local in terest to citizens of GuMberland county has yet transpired, nog' is such legislation, at least so far as I edit understand, as yet on the tapis. The official announcement of the vote for Auditor General and Surveyor Gener.,l at the last election is as follows '1 will : .Juba F. llartratift, t Rep.) W. W. If (1/ein llttriratift's majority, S';€ r Cie Herr - Jaeol) M. Campbell. (rep.) John I'. Linton, (Dorn.) ',15,981 Campbell's majority, 21,96 s Mercer county gave In votes fur \V. 11. IL Davis, which, if we credit the democratic candidate for Auditor General with these votes, gives the Repnblican candidate 22,167 majority. SIGMA. • ad, • 4Tdoin RTatters FAIR AND FESTIVAL—A committee of Ladies, members of St. John's Spisc, pal Church, announces a Fair and Festival its behalf of that church, to be held in Itheon's nall, commencing on Friday evening, Feb. 9th, and continuing for several evenin,zs.— A prominent feature of the enterprise will be a sumptuous supper on Friday, the open ing night, to which...entertainment the ad mission fee will be one dollar• The fair and festival will present to its patrons an unlimited assortment of fancy and useful articles, and the 'cuisine will bo under the direction of a lady whose reputa tion for taste and skill is a sufficient guarantee for the excellence of that department. No expense or pains will be „spared to render this Fair a most attractiva'andpleasant place of resort, and the fact that the profits are to lie ap'plied to the liquiiation of a church debt will, we are certain, render its pecuniary success a certainty. ' ARREST OP TWO OP 'TITE ROBBERS OP . .MV. , Gfirciftern KiEnL.—Mr. Robert McCort .noy and Officer Martin succeeded, on Satur ,day last, irharresting JOHN . RUDOLPH and effAary.a Sromf..s.N, on a charge . oc being participators in the, robbery of fCfr. George Kiohl, s resident of North Middleton town 'ship; noticed'in '611 . 0 of our 'proViOulf issues. RubeLf.tx Was arrested in Carlisle; just as' ho Stepped frornlthe cars. • -Ho is a resident of our town. &LERMAN was arrested within a • nn.:lo of Shophordstown, at s plaqt? Galled • Stumpstown, whoro,ho resides. They con fessed to being thepartfeS' to the affair, and •iroro , 'lodged. in the County priSon to await their trial. It 'ls' hoPed ° that thd' Rill &leo Of the late will be . visited • tipoti , • those' crifn , toals, ; as the outrage was one of. tho most (taring in.its nt4prei ern. porpora44 iu. our ° ° 'i nn l l ??".49. ll ,T ll ! ) P i orgy of ,the ie highli - commendable, in 'seeking ottt Aug. br'inginAor'jiisticU ttiedo COU'foe'dlyrguilj thie'ves.' ' • • • •'' • • ••• I=fi i WILLIAM HATTON, a young nitrei'ej, aiding, in. Shipperisburg,lin this; doun ty,la few .4aYsi l E o .2; vcwitiOditi; livg; snake, About - eight ;inches long; and more than, half an, inch; thick,l Ho swallowed it while drinkihg,from Ool`bf water 'about fonr month's ago, and ireite distress' :it!. hie 'steinach . ioVer Bimini( ;Ho .16(ilted it ;short. tido. A r great many; ;ma dical ineitAiadiiwo-r scribed for him,- eritliqut,Sueeess.,f. A rphile, r; (I ?k li N t . wh l 94'lnftdo ;the g,entlem an leitvo _his quarters, - asostuted;above. It cans) near and! ir bjleVo , he in the ;face: thaFtlfo,d4hAttilikik- Aisfanhlitiship:was aduippY !Hatton. .olir ; NATIONAL BRASS BAND.—We tiro tin; aware.of the manner in which this institu tkin,latelY announced as established in our Midst, by.e number of our young men, is progressing. We hope that no temporary wait of snecess will induce the originators to, abandon their intention 9f making their Organization worthy of themselves, and a credietc; our town. Our citizens should not be backward in contributing to an enterprizc, from which so much pleasure will be deriv ed. Miring he long summer evenings, all know what delight arises from listening to the delicious strains of harmony discoursed upon our Public Squares. It adds to the liveliness o'f our people, and gay promena ders step with more grace and elasticity, under its influence. Young men, push for ward your organization, and let the coining spring and summer be enlivened with your first efforts in the musical line—no matter how.,lm-operatic they may be! Practice will purChl)se you reputation ; make our citizens assist'you in purchasing your instruments I UNITED STATES LIOTEL.—WO take pleasure in recommending to the travelling public the UNITED STATES HOTEL, at Har risburg. This convenient and popular House, now under the polite and efficient manage ment. of W. 11. Emmit . souit & Co., Proprie tors, and successors to 1). U. Hutchinson, is now made a first class llotel and every way adapted to the comfort and pleasure or the travelling public. The table is well fur- Nvith every luxury the market can oiler, and prepared in the finest style. Located midway between the two great deisits, and only a few steps from each, gives it an advantage over all ,them. A SWINDLER ON 1115 ROUNDS —TIIO renew who so coolly victimized a number of our town and country friends in front of the Court House at tho January term, appears to hair l ractised the genie very extensively. We read of him in Gettysburg, Lebanon, \Vest Chester and other places. 'Eh,: local editors of some of our exchanges give very amitsing stories of the effect of his operations on It is verdant customers. His mode of op erating was .selling greenbacks fur consider ably les , than their value. He then sold a combor of brass lockets and gave tin) mo ney back. After disposing of a number in this way, he put his hand in another pock et, and pulling out some more lockets, said: " My friends, here are some higher priced lockets. \ to a locket for ft vs tlOl - ?" As before, there were numerous ap plicants, and when he had supplied as many a, could rai-c the Ile,' dollars, he , prietly said: frientk, this is a bona fide sale. I did not F.ay I would give you back your five and he drove away, having cleared a sum \Ve cannot say that, wo sympathifie vitl his victims. People who are griain enough to Le taktql in by such swindler, deserve tk their 111,1ne) TrIE )I.I(;AZINES.—Frank Leslie for February is upon our table. It, contains more than the usual amount of entertain ing literary matter, while the illwitratiori, if imsihle, excel the January number. The dopertment, that matter of first im portance, to the ladies—stands unrivalled ir :stem and variety. The principal pie tun. ehromnolithograph fS Peep." which is well worth a hand some frame. Prank Leslie Publisher, 537 N. Y. 11EN1()Itl.:,T'S 1rONTI11,1" M in , nl,l palm. znagazirit• i= fn