Dnitaerat anb Stnfiitfl. illlllilllls M. IS.4SSOar, Editor &. Publisher , WEBSESDAY, DEC I M. S. M. Pettengill & Co. Advertising Agents, 37 Taek Row He- York, and 10 State street, Boston, r the authorized Agents for the "Dem ocrat & Skntisel,," and the most influen tial and largest circulating Newspapers in the United States and Canadas. They arc empowered to contract for as at our LOWEST TKBMS. 1 mmmmmtmm i .... , 'Mi COCXTf COMMITTEE. ?. S. NOON, Chairman, George Delany, J. S. MardU, George C. X. Zahm, Peter fluber, Philip Miller, John Tj. McKenzie, Joseph Behe. John Durbin, David Farner, Henry Friedthoof. John S'-jgh, Eltsha Plnmmer. Lewis Rodgers, George Gurley, John McDermit. Simon Dunmyer, W. A. Krise. Thoa. F. McGough. Jacob Fronheiser, J. F. Conden, John Ham llton, F. O'Friel, Michael Bohlin, Wm. C, Direr, John White, Henry Topper, Nicho la Cannan, M J. Plott. J. V. Condon. Daniel Gmfair, Wra. McCtoskey. Daniel II Donnelly, Anthony Long, John Manh, John Ryan. T - Why Lincoln irai Elected. The- election it now over, and the Democratic party has manfully sustained itself, notwithstanding a majority of the people have surrendered their liberties to Abraham Lincoln for four years and as much longer as he wishes, and to his suc cessors after lam, if he so wills it. We sever could see the reason why the peo ple did so. lie was not a great military hero, he wag not a renowned statesman, hs was not a citiian that has done the country cervices that a nation's grati tude would be poured forth to him, for preserving its glory at homo or abroad. lie was not a Caesar or a Na poleon, whose achievements could be pleaded as an excuse for the nation's sub mission. He is Commander-in-Chief of tho army and navy, and never saw a shot I fired in war. Ho has no idea of states manship, but the amount of money if brings in. His career has been disastrous to the lives and fortunes of his country men. Ilia personal qualities are not of an elevated order, he is only noted for the character of a buffoon, who9e conversa tion is noteworthy as a medley of profane jests and obscene anecdotes. He squan dered away millions of the lives of his fellow-citizens, without remorse, and is still crying out for more money and more blood, in the pursuit of his favorite plan. To this man the Northern people have surrendered their lives, their liberties, their persons, and their purses; to have and to hold the same for four years, or as long after as he chooses. It is plain if he chooses, he may hold on for his natural life, and may transmit the sceptre to his decendants if he bo wills it. There is nothing in the world to prevent him if he should feel so disposed. Lincoln was de termined to conquer at the ballot-box This was indicated from his military ar rangemcnta, his stationing soldiers about the polls, the arrest of the New York Commissioners, the prohibition of any tickets but ins own in the fleet, his super vision of the voting in the army. Add to this, huge conspiracies have been discover ed, designs to burn whole cities, to over throw the best Gouernment under the sun, to stuff the ballot-box, to assist the confederate arms, and to do everything that is awful. These discoveries were made just in time to save the country and elect Lincoln. What a blessins! Just as the French General held an election of the notables in the Hulls of the Monte zumas and elected Maximilian Emperor. Just as Louis Napoleon was elected him self and just as Augustus and Tiberius got themselves elected tribunes of the peo ple long after the power had concentrated ia their own Krson. It was truly the most interesting election on record, and will figure in history very conspicuously. If there ever be another Presidential elec tion held, which we very much doubt, it would be an excellent model to go by. But the Democratic party can afford to wait. The Prospects Ahead. In looking around what once was the United States, and peering into the vista of futurity bo far as we can. either North or South, East or West, we do not see one single ray of the glorious beams of peace breaking through in any quarter. Lverything portends a long, dark, cruel, and bloody war. A war that must exist until the South is exterminated, and the North annihilated. Sherman's success can amount to nothing more than reaching the sea-board, and saving his army if he can do that. And this we consider a bril liant exploit if he can do it under the cir cumstances. But it has no other result in crushing the rebellion, more than des troying some of their private property as he passed through. He may destroy their Railroods and burn their crops and private dwellings, and lay the country a waste as he passes through, but he must leave the country in their possession, and a resolute people can in a short time repair the onej and produce the other, and leave matters pretty much as they wers when he started. Nor does the prospect in Tennessee seeni much more flattering, our troops at last accounts were in Nashville, and on the defensive; but whether victorious or re pulsed, it makes little difference to the termination of the war. We may look for victories and repulses, they amount to nothing. So long as two armies are con tending ogainst each other, composed of such men as they are, we may look for a victory or a repulse according to numbers and advantage. " But that will not end the war. At present appearances this war as it seems to be cartied on on both 6ides, may last for thirty years. Except the hand of Providence interferes, or some unforseen event occurs, we see nothing to prevent. Let us take a view of the pro gramme of the North, and the programme of the South, und sec at what time it could end. The North says no compromise with traitors with arms in their hands, let them lay down their arms, abolish slavery and submit, and we will receive them into tho Union under a new Constitution which we will make for them, if not we will ex. terminate them, and give their land to our soldiers and the negroes. These are the alternatives offered to the South by the North, and they will ncvor be accepted Tne Sout, n their side, we want to govern ourselves in our own wnj', we want no masters, we would sooner die than lose the privilege of governing cur selves. We have fought those enemies to our country and race successfully fur four years, and their army is now in a worse condition than ours, our mei! are willing to fight for their country, their property, and their lives, and fight on until the in vader is driven from the soil, whereas their men must be dragged into the armv under a f:le of soldiers, and in chains, ex cept those who are on the look out for plunder. It is our province to fight these vandals while we live, and after our death leave it as a legacy to our children to tight them. And if we ivere reduced to the condition to seek for masters, we would seek for one of moro magnanimity than the Yankee. Hut our condition is getting better, and theirs is getting worse, and they may fight as long as they please, we will meet them at all points. There was a time when a compromise might have been made, and many of our people would have preferred the old Union, but that time is gone, and forever Under these circumstances we see no chance for a speedy termination of this war, indeed, it may last out the present generation. Over a million and a half of the Northern people protested against this programme of the war by their votes, but their voico was drowned by the money and power of the government. It is there fore their duty to submit, and let Mr. Lincoln carry tlia matter out according to his own jtan. Wherever there is a lare standing army to vote, it is a pretty sure thing that their Commander-in-Chief will get tho majority of them. We might as well expect that the French soldiers would vote against Louis Napoleon, or the Mexi can soldiers against Maximilian, as the American soldiers to vote aainst Abra ham Lincoln. The soldiers are not n, h v fools as to do a thing of the kind, to sub ject themselves to the indignity and dis pleasure of their officers if they can avoid it We mav. therefore. Ionic fur s Inn? ' ' ""b cruel and bloody war, an extensive and relentless draft. This war cannot be carried on without it. There will be no volunteers, and the war cannot be carried on without men. The term of many of the mHmtt tHH rxpin ? b- 7-, and ' their places must be supplied by recruits. The Democrats have no heart to fight in this war since Lincoln made it an Aboli tion concern, and of course the Abolition party never were a fighting party, they would encourage the war, but they are very much averse to shouldering a musket. .Uo.sy iuat i m u, aim u.c doctrine of the Administration about Ab olition, but they wish to keep their own hide safe, so we may safely conclude that neither Democrat nor Republican will enter this army hereafter without he does it for the purpose of makiag money or else compelled to do it We have no idea of what the features of the new draft will be, but we know the source from whence it comes, and may look out for the worst. Let the Democrats put in substi tutes if they can, the Abolition party wili be many of them exempted fur disability. KeglKter'a Court. Last week we have had the first Regis ter's Court, held in this county for up wards of twenty years. This court is composed of the Register and the Judjes of the Court of Common Pleas, or any two of them. Its necessity arises when there is any dispute about the probate of a will or the granting or revocation of letters of ad ministration. When the Register feel that ho does not wish to decide, he calls a Register's Court ; or when his decision is thought to be wrong by some of the parties interested in the decedents estate, then, he may be requested by said parties to call a Register's Court, and have the benefit of the opinion of the President J udge. William Henry Lloyd, died, unmarried and without issue, leaving a father and mother and two sisters. The father was a lunatic under the control of a Commit tee. The decedents estate amounted to some four or five thousand dollars, comin from his uncle by the mother's side. The contest was whether the money would get into the hands of the mother or the committee of the father, as they are both heirs and the only heirs to his estate, being personal property. In most of the States of the Union there is no such thing known a3 a Regis ter's Court. Instead of the Register they elect a Probate Judge who decides all matters of this knd, and if there are dis puted facts, he can summon a jury to pass upon them. The reason w? have so few cases of this kind h'-re in this count-, the greater por tion of the decedents die, their own' ex ecutors, having no estate to leave behind them, and, therefore, no litigation. The Capture of the Florida. A United States nrmml vow..! --- --- -v. k. .) v 1 Vt the Wachusetts, Captain Collins, com manding, captured the confederate stea mer, Florida, in the Port of 1 labia, in Brazil. The act was not only illegal but cowardly. The Florida was under the p-otcction of a neutral Power, and was getting some repairs done. The Captain and one half of the crew were on shore, and in the dead of night the United States vessel run into her, and she surrendered immediately and was attached to the United States steamer and towed away. This is not only a breach of the neu trality laws, but a violation of the laws of nations. The vessel has since been sunk, it is said, by accident, but that will hard ly be believed. It is also said, that Seward has made a very humble apology to Brazil. Hut we don't think that apol ogy will do. He must restore the vessel to where she was, and if that is now im possible, he must pay her price in gold. If there was no Power interested but Bra zil, we suppose that Mr. Seward might put them off with an apology, but the whole civilized world is interested in a case of this kind. England and France are deeply interested that the laws of neu trality be faithfully observed. The act is designated in England and France as the act of a cut-throat and a pirate by their newspapers. The sooner Mr. Seward makes restitution in gold or restores the vessel, the better it will be for this Go vernment. Unless thev think thov w;il be able to fight the whole Universe. The populace of Bahia was sd much outraged at the transaction that they attacked the house, of the consul, and his life would have been in danger if he had not ab sconded. This affair Is worse and more degrading than the memorable humilia tion of tho case of Mason and SlielelL C3 The attention of onr :- called to the card of Shoemaker Secb- The Regular Court. The Court was'called at the usual time. There was a larger attendance at Court than has been for some time. After the Constables and Grand Jury were called, , the Judge proceeded to charge the Grand Jury in his usual lucid, clear, and em- pnatic manner, so that the merest tyro in experience would understand the duties of a Grand Juror. The following were the list of offences that were left before them to pass on. 1st. larceny ; 2d. assault and battery ; 3d. assault and battery with intent to commit a rape ; 4th. obtaining goods under false pretences ; oth. Nuisance. The Grand Jury then retired to their room, and the civil list was called over. The list of Attorneys was then called, and their motions heard, and thus ended the Monday of the Court. On Monday night the usual amount of intoxication prevailed, but still we think that it is gradually diminishing in tho land, the inebriation was confined to those persons from the country who are unaccustomed to drink, and on account of increased price on liquor, they took larger drink r, and consequently reached the result sooner than they could do for merly. On Tuesday morning, the Common wealth vs. William K. Piper, was called up, the defendants were not ready, and attachments were taken out for witnesses not in attendance on their part. A J ury was then called and sworn in the case of the Commonwealth vs. James Tpdegraff, George Updegraff and David Johnston, for the larceny of a diamond for cutting glass. These defendants were of tender years, from ten to twelve years, two of them were white and one of them was smoked. Although they have been here before once or twice they were ac quitted. The next case tried was the Common wealth vs. Rush Hawkins, a conductor on the Pennsylvania Railroad, for assault in collecting fare from Thomas MeCabe, this was a small case, the Jury found the defendant not guilty and the prosecutor to pay the costs. Some small cases of surety- of the peace was disposed of, and then the Court went into the civil list. So this is all wo can say of this weeks proceedings. W A conscript, by the name of John Sitsler was shot on Sunday evening, in White township, by one of the soldiers, he was endeavoring to escape, and in crossing a log was shot through both arms. His arms we are told are badly shattered, so much that he could not be taken along, it is thought amputation will have to be resorted to. Since writing the above we learn that he has died. F orcign. The foreign papers are filled with the execution of a man named Franz MuIIer, for the murder of a certain Mr. Briggs in a compartment of a railroad car. The evidence was entirely circumstantial and the defendant, denied it until the drop was falling. He made out a confession and signed it before he went to the gallows denying the murder and adhering to the theory that was made for him at the trial. As he was German t here was a great deal of interest felt for him by the Ger man population. There was a German clergyman insisted on him to confess it and as the drop was about to fall he said "Ja, Ich We es ykmr j c j di(I it anJ the preacher sank exhausted thanking God the laws were vindicated. There was upwards of one hundred thousand persons present. The thieves and pick pockets had a perfect harvest. Imi-outant Ordku. The Provost Mar shal General at Washington has sent the following important order to his assistant at Harrisburg in relation to the State Guard : " The Secretary of Var dIrcct9 me to inform you that ,he President of the Lmted States has ordered a8 follows? In case the Governor of Pennsylvania shall organize the Pennsylvania State Guaid and put ,n service under the State ac t for hat purpose a number not exceeding five thousand, ,t is ordered that any member of fa,d organization being drafted into the oiaies service be at once furlongh ed, so as to rctam his p!ace in ga;j Stcate S2an' "f reCe,vinS e Lmted States, but the time counting on h.s term under the draft. You are in structed to see that the orders of the Tresi dent are strictly conformed to." ,w"?!?he EmPre68,of Ksia is to be un tier the care of nn lose i ... r.f . s T ttU Blx Physicians J of all count. Enorrgh to k,u h. The War. We are still unable to give the exact position of General Sherman. A Wash ington dispatch states that information had been received there that Sherman's advance had captured Millen, a town in Georgia, sixty miles southwest of Au gusta. This occurred on November 29th. Two days previously, Sherman sent a force of cavalry in advance of him with orders to reach ihe sea-coast at Port Royal, the nearest point. The cavalry crossed the Augusta and Savannah Rail road at Waynesboro, thirty-six mile6 south of Augusta. It is reported that they captured a Confederate passenger train, but after remaining at Waynesboro a very short time, the Confederate attacked them. The cavalry were dispersed and many captured. Some, however, suc ceeded in reaching the sea-coast, and no doubt communicated the intelligence, which was brought to New York by the I steamer from Port Royal, on Saturday, ami sent thence to Washington. At Port Royal, when the steamer left, there was great excitement. The publication of the newspapers was prohibited in order to . r c-t prevent any news from Sherman being it 4 11 .1 1" made known. All the troops were col- i , 1 j-.- , - 1 . rr- lected in an expedition which was sent off t 1 ... to some unknown point, where Sherman would be met. Sherman will pass far south of Aucusfa. When he was at Millen, on November 29th, he was e,xty miles southwest of Augusta; seventy miies east 01 viaeon ; ana aoout one hundred miles northwest of Savannah and Port Royal. These two places are but thirty miles from each other. We print this morning a great amount of Southern news, which, however, sdietls but little light upon the situation in Georgia, beyond the intelligence of Sher man's gradual march southeast, toward the coast. It is uncertain whether Sher man intends to march to Port Royal or j .-aannan. 1 ne latest information we have is a rejKjrt that on Nov. 30:h, Sher man's advance was forty miles from Port Royal, but whether marching toward that place or Savannah, is not stated. Admi ral DaUgren and Gen. Foster are at Port Royal, and are said to have opened com munication with Sherman. They have sent out expeditions which are co-operating with his e-olurnn. If thesr reports are true, General Sherman has virtually reached the coast, though, unless he at tacks Savannah, what use it i, except as a means of getting his army away from Atlanta, is difficult to tell. The reports of the recent baitie at Franklin, Tennessee, now state tho Fed eral loss at fifteen hundred. The Federal troops have retreated all the way to Nashville and occupy the defenses of the citv, forming a line, each end of which rests on the Cumberland River, above and below the city. Tne Confederate cavalry have followed the Federal retreat, and are in plain view from high buildings in the town. No infantry are seen, however. General Hood, no doubt, is engaged in destroying the Nashwile and Chattanooga Railroad. This road is cut a:it3 the Aires are down, so that no n:vs can be had of his operations. On Saturday an order was issued to send the rolling s-tock of the Louis ":!!.'! and Nashille Rt-.ilroad to Ixniisvi'.le, for fear of a raid, hut the or dr was aftet wards countermanded. The Confederates have already s-. i:t a raiding party to Gallatin, on this railroad, twenty miles southeast of Nashville, which cap tured two hundred head of cattle. 'Fiom Panama we have news of a ontcderate plot to capture one cf the California Eteamers. The pLi was envorrv?. nnA tl.n were, on X,,v..nW in,i, . ,""x'Z.- the steamer Salvador, outside the harbor of Panama. They were put on board the United States frigate Lancaster, which returned with the prisoners to Panama. Application was made on the 12th to the . u.'iiu President of Granada, for permission to j pass them over the Isthmus. This was refused, and it was supposed they would be sent across on the responsibility of the American Consul. Everything is quiet in front of Peters burg. General Ixe reports a recent ar tillery duel between the gunboats on the James, near Dutch Gap, in which no damage was done, however. General Butler has made a new corps in his army under General W itzel. It is to be ex clusively composed of negroes. General Pope is said to have been already given a command in Grant's army. He is now in Washington. Captain Semmes new privateer is now at Madeira. She was the "Sea King," but is now called the "Shenandoah." She is represented as having an armament equal to that of the Florida. George D. Prentice, of the Louisville Journal, was in Richmond on November 30. He went there to visit his son, by permission of the authorities on both sides. Major B. W. Brice has been made Paymaster General of the armr. Phila. Age. The Government eol!pot rn prprv three dollars' worth of friction matches about fourteen dollars and a half in stamps. In other words, the tax is about four times as much as the ArtiH Is worthy Government is a dear luxury when it costs such taxes to support it j Srody fo b orul. The Elections fn Pennsylvania An Authoritative Statement r ResultN. WI To the Editor of the. World: I have a number of letters of inquU from various quarters, in repard to t late elections in our State ; and am ia. duccd mainly by considerations of v. ! venience, to beg your indulgence in riVin, a general answer through your widely dig. seminated columns. I undertake this the more freely, py. haps, from having seen the strangely surd telegram of General Simon Carncron to the New York Evening I'ost. claiming 'from fifteen to twenty thousand ma jority in the home vote of the State." for the Abolition candidate for the presidLc Allow me to premise : J' A recent amendment to our State con stitution, gives to the volunteer i-i our army the right of -uffrage, vMie ,j,u)! employed. The legislative enactment, m pursuance of this amendment provide mat w uere ten or more " ot these vol- I untcere are to,her uat an P01"1. j ,na' ',e.n a on the fe day of tU i ion m the State, under given regula- Hon, and subsequently make returns L. ' , , H.. J , , Ct 1 the votes to the Secretary of the Com. ! , , . , . . -om- ! monwealth, and to the 1 rothonatarv t,' . . . iiuwiurj I the respective counties, i T . tt, , I n CMOa wberc esf than &f r?ldier9 are P their respec T command' !,c7 authorized to i P!acc 'ir ballot3 in aled envelopes to - 1 ue neiii nome oy man. 1 ne provisions j are very similar to your New York ab ! surdity on the same subject. 'Lhtt proxy votes are required to be offered a! the proper polls on tine day of tkct'.n, and are entered precisely in the same way on the poll books as the home vote o the same town or precinct. j It will be perceived that it is alciott ; impossible to ascertain, in any subiK-qucLt I - . 1-1 inquiry, exactly wnicn are horue votes, and which cauie through proxies from :h army. In my position, howevor, it Lecarr.a : important to ascertain, as nearly as posi ; ble, how many there were of these d- taehed voters, w here located, and their ' political preferences. I have nvwa cf some six thousand, and, I atsume, at k-itit j that number of these proxy votes we-r j cast at each of the ree-ent elect on?. Of j these, not less than five thousand wcr i given to the Abolitionists. They v,wrr i chiefly fn ni the hospital?, whf. h tru j governed in a majority of ctees, by ell j women of both sexctf, of the abolition ! school, w ho could t-top the grog or gruel j of any recusant or even serai tarn to the : front. Iu this way, at least rive thous- na 01 l-'rox-v votes vtre lvtn t0 j the Abolition candidates at both the lata HectIong l,nJ lilive been persistently count- ed with the .??! ot in the :ate-iiiUit of Abeilitioii press. But in the October election, co-u ei'tn t iefs arity t-ofts by pruxy with t.'i home vote?, there was an acknowledged Democratic majority of some five to ured :;nd fourteen. So that all those Wi-ge-rs which predicted that the Deniocru would carry, or hud a majority of thi I....... . . . . . . : .. . 1 t . . s . 1 T ; u-j:jje o;e m u,e iaM eciciL'c-r ciectio: :n j Pennsylvania have bten icon. In cur State, as fir as I know, such wagers ha 3 all been .aid. There really and hune! was a Democratic maiuriiv nf rjhiip. i'..r ( -- j j , r five thousand in the hwie vutc at thut ' iLcliou. J In the vote given for Presidential csu i didatcs, in November, so far from thri j being "fifteen or twenty thousand Aboli 1 t'.on majority " of the home votes " iu Pennsylvania, as stated by General Cuil,- eron, there will not be two hundr ! uvUug even the proxy vote as before.' Rc- - .... x ., j- invrL .una ill 1 1 i e vnuiiaie, I assert there would again be found a clear Democratic majority of four or fivo thousand of the home votes ; and my be lief is that the majority against General M'Clellan, taking tverythiny into accout.t. will be found to be less than that so counted of the Abolitionists in Pennsyl vania in October. Mark the prediction. I had written thus far, when I met with the statement of the Hon. E. Safer, published in the New York Tnlutie. I see no reason to doubt his estimate of thu ivhole October vote of the State, showing a majority of some thirteen thousand in favor of the Abolition candidates for Con gress. I note the difficulty he presents in reference to his ascertaining officially the home votes, as distinguished froai tho army votes. Practically, however, tha proxy votes given at tho home polls can be ascertained, and have been accurately given in what I have stated above. C. L. WARD, Chairman of the Democratic State Cn tral Committee of Pennsylvania. Towanda, November 22. Davis and Quitman Plantations. Major Gen. Dana issued an order placing the freedmen in his district, as many as can find room there, upon tho lands formerly possessed by Jeff. Davis and his brother Joseph, and by the heirs of Gen. Quitman, of filibustering memo ry. These estates lie together in an easily defended bend of the Mississippi, called Palmyra Bend. They contain about ten thousand acres of aruble land, and it is intended that cotton speculators shall be kept away from this point, which the negroes can defend, and where they live in security and maintain themselva without expense to tne Government. W Ready money if 9 wtiwrry
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