II gitit ffieratd. II A. K. ...,11HEEM. tbrs &Prope. V: A. DUNBAR, OXRLISLE. PA Friday. Morning, Nov. 27th, 18,08 GEN. GEORGE IIicOLELLAN has at last been settled for life. The ex: . ectitors of the Edwin A. Stevens estate have employed him at an annual salary of $lO,OOO to - superintend the comple tion of the,famous Stevens battery at Hoboken„ and which when afloat, is to be tendered as a free gift to the State of New Jersey. No time is specified -for the completion of the job,l 3;llmmufts of war - and mutterings of discontent grow louder and louder in " France. The pacific professions of the Emperor are not trusted, and it is im -possible -for Napoleon to conciliate his subjects either by the prospect of peace or by promised glories of war. ' The '.familiar expedient - of despotism—pros- ecution of. the - press and repression of free speech—is being tried with relent less severity - . But the smouldering fires-of revolution can no more be ex tinguished in this way than a steam engine can be, stopped by tying down the safety-valve. THE Democratic State Central Club of South 9arolina, through its Presi dent, Gen. Wade Hampton, has issued an address to its fellow-citizens;'urg,4)g them to do a great variety of things, some wise, and some foolish. Gen Hampton advises the party to devote its energies to agriculture, iinatufae: tures, education, and immigration, and herein he has our cordial approval: It is by a propel• attention to these -objects that the South can• best labor for its own regeneration. If the chival67 will adopt his recommendation to " gather wisdom from failtue,!'llmy will discard the political teachings cf men like Hampton, who have been the cause of all their miseries, and who have con tributed more, than anybody else to their defeat. contllltle to be burdened with stories of the dis turbances of Nature, of floods and whirlwinds, furions-'tides, and tremb hugs of the earth: From the loth to the 18th of October, or, rather, about the time-when thote wero-eaithquakes in the East Indies and " tidal waves" in the Sandwich Islands, a stortn of wind and rain destroyed the City -of Alamos, and several towns:in Sonora and Lower California, sweeping them away'and causing loss of life, In Eng land, Germany, and Bucharest there have _been fresh earthquakes, and a remarkable depresSion and subsequent rising of ,the waters of the Baltic has given occasion in Europe for interest ing.scientific speculation. Mexico, too, has had 'earthquakes, shocks haVilig ben felt near San Lois Potosi between the 3d . and_ crow.n.all, there comes a fresh and exceedingly violent eruption of Vesuvius. MEER lizz 'HOTTXTIO SEYMOUR made his first speech in Rochester. That city' re plied by rolling up its first Republi can majority for many years. He made his second - speech in Buffalo, and that city gave its first Republican ma jority for leo years. He next spLike in Erie, which added three hundred to its October majority. He then ad dressed himself to Cleveland, which plumped up au extra thousand upon its October return; then to which bounded from one thousand Democratic majority in April to , five thousand Republican in November. And so on to Indianapolis/1k rtisburg. and Great Beth], all of which acknowl edged the honor of Mr. Seymour's call by adding hundreds (,f,Republi• cans votes to their October majorities. Gov. CLArroN, of Arkansas, ex hibits the " backbone" very requisite, just now. in a. Southern Executive. 'The result of the Presidential election proves to the loyalists, hi the rebellious States, that Union laws still control them, and that Unit:in ,merr Hying to vindicate the Federal autho rity. They feel, once more, that the South' has not been altogether aban doned to the reign of terror and crime which, only three weeks since; ',threat -.cued oto overwhelm .and crush every fabric of laW or public authority in -.those States—. It,iii,Atts seen : low-the judgment of the people has promptly fortified an almost despairing loyalty, and 're-animated the friends of' the Union, to assert t,llO, integrity of exist ing institutions. The Governor of Ar 7: kansas now declares to his people that the laws shall be maintained=if need be, with all the force required.' GOY. Clayton is alPennSylvanian by birth, is a man of nerve, and Will see that the.laws are faithfully executed. GEN. GRANT was, "originally!' a Whig, dyed in the wool. , His father was an 'Ohio Whig, his. brotherd were Whigs, the whole family were Whigs, of ;he Harrison-Corwin school of politics. rho General was brought Up a‘Whig' and ho remained a member of that mrty until it ceased to Oast.,. He' lid notjoin We Republican party when t first organized. He Was, "Cob-, ervaiive " of Whig antecedents, from he introduction the - anti-Nebeatilca till until the outbreak of the rebellion,. :loping against hope that; the sea mal controversies might 'be compro 3ised,', and the unaPpeatiable slave olderS appeatied, TIM General dread- . . .„ . . d a civil war, and Was willing to —ti-ahnost anything 'to prevent it; but .• the n the die was cast, ,and 'the Bouth Democracy raised its . Piirricidal , ands against the'. I.lnien;'- t ie' :id 'not .a” moment as, to What was is 'dut7, but at once tendered' his ;rvicee':.in - defenea of ',the' 'rcrn, that ,day forward . hal beep cousistent Union Republican, .and . been'as radical as the average of _ lat party. BEE Demodracv :Pactel.-anil. Piwent. . . , •... , , . .In 'the goad old days of SIMON SNYDER, and even in those of Gtuonon WopF, when Democracy meant some thing, the party was pure and patriotic and!its statesmen honest and enlighten ed: i Them' it was one.of the, cardinal Principles of the party that . the right of spillage should be extended, to all men, and accordingly our naturalization laws were so framed, that aliens little difficulty in .'speedily becoming citizens.' - Nay,...further, Many of the meet eminent of the Democratic. states men, would Willingly:. have conferred the right of suffrage upon "a/1 men, ir respective of color or nationality, and hopefully prophesied' the.- day . when .._. such would be the case: They had no faith• in the monarchial dogma that "man is incapable of self-governmeut;" they believed thattlrePeople were in telligent and honest; and contended manfully for a • wide extension of the elective franchise, untrammelled with tests or property qualifications. Anoili- er of their doctrines was, that as all had' an,equab voice in the choice of rulers, the decision of the majority should he final, to which the minority was Wand to yield. kly„the advOcacy of these and 'similar doctrines, the Democratic party became popular with the'People; its leaders were 'elevated to high . sta tions, and the government of the coun try was entrusted to their hands. This for many years they administered-inL.: faithful and honest Manner, the coun try prospered under their auspices, and the people were happy. Such a pop tdarity..haid the Democratic party ac quired, that the old Federal party, which was supposed to advocate doc trines directly the reverse and antag onistic to those held by it, Was .forced to succumb to the popular prejudice, and finally to dishand, - i l ; During the struggle'ft - Ai tfriprentney -, between the: Dentocratie, Mu Federal parties, the strength of tife l f mer lay mainly in the country, among the-far -1 niers, mechanics and laboring classes, while that of the latter was confined principally to the cities and largo towns, where the rich man,-the banker, the merchant and professional man were its ..advecates_and—the---dimlifte—iiird Tdre its partizans. So touch was this the case, and so heavy were the Fed eral majorities in the large towns, that THOMAS JEFFERSON, the Apostle of Democracy, stigmatized " great cities, as great sores," and'founded his hopes of-the-success 4-Democratic principles upon the hard=working men of the coon-- try. The struggle between the two parties .was -a -prolonged and_tt bitter one, but finally the Democratic party triumphed, and the Federalists were known no more-as an organization. - ', • As we have said, the • Democratic party in the beginning of its career and for many years afterward% was pure ' and holiest. It, adhered faithfully to its oid landmarks. Its principles were everywhere advocated and its practices worked ivell." It gave to the country many eminent statesmen, whose ability and integrity-.made--thein-respected-in life and whose memory is yet cherished by their countrymen., . But times change; and mon (and par/ s) change .with them. A long lease of power and patrons ; e, a length ened career of prosperity had rendered the Democratic party effete and corrupt. Its party leaders had become grasping and dishonest. Many a the worst of, the'old federalists hadlound refuge in their ranks, were petted. and fed_by them, and ere long succeedad in indoc trinating the party with their own pe culiar views and sentiments. So fai had the Democratic party departed from its ancient usages, so utterly had it fidsified its ancient principles, and so notorimisly corrit : d had its lenders be- COM(' , that the honest members of the inlay marked its inconsistencies and took note of its corruptions. The peo ple, the yeomanry of .the country, who had long clung to the party merely through a clannish feeling -of old at• tachinent,seeing that it was Democrat ic only 'in name, deserted its standard and joined new political organizations. Having abandoned its old principles and usages, it has lost the confidence and support of "the intelligent men in the country, and now looks fur heavy majorities only in such Oties as' New Thrk, Baltimore and- Nve Orleans ! There, among the denizens of.the Five Points and Fourteenth Wards does the modern, Democracy not only hold its own. but flourishes like a green bay tree. But these adherents,_Athough 'they may contribute Much to its nit merical strength -add nothing to its purity or honor. .They are ignorant and besotted ; 14mw ,nothing - of our in ptitutions, are alien to our nationality, and are just -the fitting instruments to work 'the will -and carry, gout the plans of such demagogues as Fernando and Beii Wood, August Belmont atio Seymour. ' A long course of profligacy and folly, of. inconsistency and treason, having alieneated. frotmAt the confidence, and afikctions of the people, the Democratic party has been doomed to destruction. Its sceptre hasbeen taken away, and a new and - Nigerons, organisation has risen . in its ''stead: ''.The Itepn?ilwun, party, which,-during , the, shciWporicid of its, existence, has proved.itself the friend .of the:Union, the champion Equal Righia; and the:sOpperteleof OpPitaso against the Sticirtg,haS won for itself anise :ititinhation and plaudits of the friends of, freedom- everywhere, is new the grimt.rallying point of the AinericaM . people. SO con : , tinnee'fo'be the exponetAnf ciples aintl,the Proineter, cif their, inter esiEt, j"usfao long will!it - coiltintie ist its a political partp ) and:tio-longer, . The' hiiitot;telf the rise,' decline and final-overthrow of the old'Derrlicratie partyls"botkinstruetive and suggetq .tfire :and tiMleSsCin shonldhe;tlead and . pOndered'Wll,lw POliticians of ; every school. They will find that although kisticAl may for alitinber, the peopllo' will;'finally' ,arouse, `and' those,:Whn:haVe : proved :recreant or bel,Fi!ye:d ,tho.t4tot t0p909 t,4 1 11 . ! t: . El T:fte~t States sSenato ci :~ WO have as yet exprosed no pre ference for any particular candidate for the, position of'United Stites Senator,. to' tou =filled this wink'. by our State Legislature. , puk rOaders7are_all well Ovalle that Mr. Bnaipit.Ety, who Lea boem misrepreienthig the State for the past five yearshnd: more, goes out on the foitrtit of next March, and hence the necessity of choosing h man 'of the right political viewisand proper qUali fictitions to succeed-him. Among all the names that bilve .been mentioned in connection with .this poeitiou, none has struck, us as, more eminently fit and proper than that of the Hon. JoMv ScoVr, of Huntingdon. No Man in the State stands higher in the estimation of the people wherever he is known, and 'no one -would carry into .tbe.posi- tion more capaeity, or higher integrity We gladly\ give place to the follow ing extract frdni the Huntingdon Jour nal and American : We pleasure, a communication from one of our old and distinguished citizen's, sug , gesting; the name of our townsman, Hon. JOHN SCOTT, as a candidate for United States Senator, , We cordially endorse all that is said, believing hint, .to be just the man our State requires for that high position., ."osessed of a commanding intellect ; of large and liberal culture, industrious, reSolute, would at once take a high station among the statesmen of the land. _W-ith—his—qualifications,-and habits Of business, lie would be able to ren• der important public service, and no one would . more ably, eloquently, or better represent the popular *art of the nation. With the most unbounded faith in his integrity and capability, we recommend him, with confidence, to the people of our 'State, and will join witirhis many friendsin -everyfair and honorable effort to secure his election._ In giving place to this communica tion therefore, we repeat, that it is not only an act of courtesy extended to an old and highly esteemed correspondent, nor is it intended merely as a well de served compliment towards_ 41—distin, guished friend and -fellow-townsman. We are, in earnest when we say that it is a duty we owe; not merely to the subject of this communication, but to the party, and to the interests of our ueble,State, as 'well as a re-echo of the sentiment of thousands of loyal and pa - tritifielearts, not only in-this county or. Congressional District, but every where throughout the Commonwealth, to present the - same, and urge the claims of Hon. John Scott, in connec tion with a position so honorable, so exalted, and so fraught with the high est and most important interests of our whole country._ There are few locali -ties-in the State where his clarion voice; during the recent political campaign, has net been heard in favor of the - great:-principles " for which :the loyal people of the nation have 'contended ; and throughout .the fearful ordeal to which our country has been subjected, that voice has bee' powerfully, effec tive- on the side of Freedom, Justice, and the Rights of Man. - ' While, therefore, we are willing to admit that Pennsylvania haa scores of men who are eminently.flttedTfor the high position, and who would he capa ble and worthy representatives of the second - State in the Union, we trust that we are entirely free from sectional prejudice or personal bine, when we -say-that,amongst,thegifted_and talent, ed of the land, there is no one more ca pable, no one more worthy,- and meat certainly no one whose election would render most universal satisfaction, Or reflect more brilliant honor upon the name of the Republican. party, and or the Commonwealth.- than would that' of the Hon. John Scott, of Huntingdon Let the Members of our Legislature, in the discharge of this most important duty, look, and look only, to the Ca pacity,,integrity, and fitness of aspi -rants. The people of this great Com monwealth, honest and loyal, demand this at their hands. THE com Missioner of Indian Affairs has nearly completed his" report He estimates our Indian population, , exela N , sive of Alaska,-at three hundred thou sand. They are rapidly decreasing in number, while some are yielding to the advtinces of civilization. 'To make any real progress with them can only be a work of time, patiently and hopefully prosecuted ; of liberality on the part of the Government, and faithful and prompt fulfillment of all its obligations and promises. He says the interest in the red man by benevolent and Chris tian organizations is being abandoned. Schools and religious Instructions are not equal to the demand. I'Gen Stipa MAN'S annual report gives a spirited history of the origin and progress of the present Indian war, ,'which it seems pretty clear was pro voked by no wrong committed by the settlers, but is the savage protest against our _traversing • their buntitig grounds iiith Military rout — es and rail ., roach. Gen. Sherman thinks there is no hope of permanent peace, and no -chance of saving the Indian race from destruction, unleSs we adopt the advice -of the- recent -Peace Contmissioa, and place all the tribes oti • reservations and do,this,kre says, Indian . ,affainti must be managed, by Abe army. We agree with him entirely; • THE repost of Gen. Geo. H. Thom -813 regarding affairs in the Department of the Cumberland, gives a ,valuable of vial histay of the Ku 7 ,Klux-Hlan. The,' report, draws a gloomy picture of the present condition,of affairs in Tentless& andKentucliY : is or-, tifYiicg to acknoihedge," SiiYs G !n eneral. Thomas, "(Lit the, State and local Jaws, and thwmcire powerful forte of public do, not protect citizens of the yepf#merct from ; viofe'nee. , Indeed, crimp is . comgl4osoo . l.Be ion:fMiors the;l4gtiage of, a:dispassionate offici4repA, from One of our ;iikcist hopored gOnerals. • 1111..EbTION returns from Kansas dis clogei, coin° rather remarkable - featuica. The;Demccratti garriod bat ,, i,tree three counties p f ite c , ..and thorn only by about 200 mak;rity. One county, Ottawa l anti several town. are'unaninionaiy. Radical. thci Senate ia...antirely Radical,/, and the' House have i p enocratio m 6 m 6 ,0 0 . .t • Pieltielne"oe' W,7 . tig n ,:declproe Oot the btxlir offgelieb - ple'et.-Virginie would bo tvillin "td exteoll the right of oef froge: to, eogroOo. • - - ~- - *µQ2'iiisrt"+afB'd:':F.cotLD9riy:•=,:;~: One asourance_theAmmican, peciple have in the election of..Goi.Grant, is,' epys, the Lanc,aeter, Rzliminer, that he will "inauguyate a tiOrOugh system of. economy in every brailith of the Gov ernment.' Thecivilza well'as the mil itary service will, bc; thoroughly o4or h'auled, and the thousands of sinecures' that have grown up during the rebel lion will be dispensed with. Political favorites and,. respectable nobodhis, filling snug. places and rendering very little service, but drawing their month lyifity, might nit well pacic*ir trunks' or " catpet-bags,"r and ; prepare to . go; bite some legitimate btiainetie; or go West, and under the Hoipestead La'w' squat on a farm of a hundred and sixty acres, and add something,to,the wealtfi . Of the nation by planting and sowing. But not only in 'the-Way , abolishing useless offices, do the people expect economy to be ittangurated. They - expectihnt - notlffirg-mare heard of extra compensation and increasing of salaries, now already too high for the services rendered or the abilityre quirecl to 'perform the duties. The. -mania for office and clerkships has got to be an intolerable nuisance, and the temptation of big salaries and little to dO should be removed. SMall salaries and hard. work would keep many from' seeking the position, continue them_at imme honorable and useful occupation, and prevent the spoiling of a good far mer, cari;enter, or laborer, by making-., a poor and inefficient_office-holder' or clerk. Another thing has been gained by the election of Gen. Grant, which will go Tar to relieve the burdens _of the people and reduce taxation, which, from one cause or Another, President Johnsdn has not been able to do; that is, holding public officers to a strict line of honest, official duty. This General Grant can db.' He will do it within the fold of the Republican pity, and the Republican who proves himself in efficient or corrupt, Will be removed and another Republican appointed, The desertion of the Republicans by President Johnson, , enahled_every_ras-- cal to claim the prote'etion of the party; as well as those. that were honesty end the legislation which was intended to protect honest Republicans, screened the rascals , from the baud of the Pres ident also; but it Will ; not be so with PreSidein Grant. Tenure-of-office bills be no protection to rascality, as the President will have the Republican party to. back him in - his effort to en -foree aii lietteat - diSeharge orofliehil duty. This was Gen. Grant's course as a military, commander. He did not hesitate to remove subordinate comman ders who failed in their duty, whether selected' by him- or—not,--anti--we--may look forward to the same strict account ability of all office holders under his administration. While he removed of ficers in his- own army, lie did not se; lect others to fill their places from Gen. Lee's. So, while he may remove Rd publicans- fdr cause, he will not fill their place.4l pperheads. ' Eco nomy, honesty, patriotisni, fidelity, will be required. and Gen. Grant and 'the Republican party will be respn sible for their failure. The lEffeet in the South The news of the election of General Grant falls upon the ears of the Union men of the SoUtli like the glad tidings of a full pardon to-a man under sen tence of hemediate execution. We may rejoice, as we have a right to, here in the North, at the great calamity which has been averted by the grati fying and glorious result, but our ap preciation of 'the dangers -we have es caped and the blessing4,4e have se cured are faint and. feeble compared with that of our friends in the South. Read the following extract from a let ter written by a friend in Edgecombe county, North Carolina, to a friend in Philadelphia, on the 26th of Oct., - and then judge what must be the joy of the 'oppressed and down trodden southern Republicans, both white and colored, on learning that their friends wore tri umphant and their cruel and haughty oppressors defeated and overthrown "Cases are frequently reported to me of physicians refusing to attend the sick, because-their relatives were Re publicami, or expressed their intention °to vote for Grant and Colfax. One man came into my. office and told me that Ida little bQy died onXonday for want of medical aid. 'No physician in the part of countr'y, where he lived Weeld - atteiid - theTheY because he was a Radical ; one store keeper' kept him from eight o'clock in the morning until two o'elodlt in the afternoon,fand would not sell him any thing, because he per sistently said he would vote for Grant. me to' One man asked send fora north ern. physician,because ' the faculty of the country would' not attend his.wife, and she was at the point of death" k GEORGIA did not elect Congressmen last week, although all the rapers have credited the Democrats with a gain of insven members, the fall delegation in in the State. The electipir doe's not occur until February, but 'both parties 'Made: their nominations some time since. Florida,also, does not elect, its repro sentatives, until January. - ' AN old calico, frock, Woman'rehawl And watei-proof cloak, labelled- "Taken from the , person ofJefferson, Davis at the, time of his capture by Col, Piitch Mit' was exhumed from an old boX" in the TreaeUry depextmOnt a day,or'two . , ego. This •settles -the., long-mooted question "pa . Jeff: . Davia:try to 'eliape"in A woman's dress 7" in .piid affirmative. , ApA EU, hati the rigid to fence in his,own.fartn,,an4r . he