THE JOU - AIN:AL CouderSport, Pa. I Wednesday, Dee. 24,1862. U. W. BicAItARNEY, Eurron. THE RISE IN PAPEIL I I "Through the operations'of the Nation al Tax Law, the materials upon which we rely for the publication of a newspaper bare advanced in price from twenty to fifty—per centum. The paper juaker re ceives for each blank sheet nearly as much as arc+ receive , foi it after it is printed The price of living and of course the price' of lakor have greatly increased. Many oantry newspapers will be stopped en tirely Under the pressure of these hard times, many have already increased their. imbscription, and even the daily papers Tl`r_e about to advance in price ;"—so says the Tioga Agitator and taking warning from the pungent hint of the paper deal. era' bill, it has increased its subscription. We have been considering for some weeks past the propriety and pokey of iticreas - ing our subscription prico and,have fi nally concluded to do so. This conclusion La's been reached by the suggestions of '.friends and by the more cogent reasons of the duty of all men-to pay their debts and feed and clothe themselves. The JOUR NAG is the only paper, :published in the steunty, every reader knows that 'the busi ness of a county demands a 'newspaper, end judging from the pationage our , Ifriends have extended us dining the past eighteen months we feel seenic in believ lug that they will continue their .:upport. The rise is made reluctantly, rnd we will again resume the old rates when the price s'sf material will justify us in, doing so. :Hereafter the price will he ONE DOLLAR .AND FIFTY CENTs,invariabty in advance. 'This change will not take effect until the first of January next, and all new sub veriptions, or renewals of subscriptions, , made before that time will beat the old I rates. Bills will be sent to all those ow ing us, either for subscription, advertiziug or job work, and it is desired and cznect• sad that they be paid immediaicly. Vir Wo hope our friends ihrouglsout the county will make ammo effort to in arease the subscription nit ()i the JOUR NAL. The price of paper has doubled and is a cash article, Which makes it ab volutely necessary for us to require pay in advance. After this week's issue we will tend hills to all owing us, and in the fu lure will require PAYMENT.IN ADVANCE fur all work dune. - This is forced upon us and we must meet the demand of spec- 1 Cators by close collections and increased rates. We renew the offer of the Joust :NAL for ONE DOLLAR to all who pay before JANUARY FIRST. "After that time the price will be ONE DOLLAR] AND FIFTY CENTS. We . feel justi fied in presuming that our friends will snake some effort in this tithe of "high prices." tar The news this morning bears a more cheerfu! aspect. GI'L n. Foster has per formed a gallant action in the captnre of Kinston, N. C , taking 500 prisoners and 11 pieces of artillery. -.The details are nut yet received, but - Kinston is an important pdint un the Nouse, abaut h alf way he iween Newburn and Goldsboro.' Golds boro' it a Still 'inure important point, being a railroad nucleus on . the roads running south from Richmond- Toward this Geo—Foster is evidently making his way. From Geri. Burnside's army, we bear that the loss ha( been much, csag-1 Berated, the killed numbering less than 1,400 and the wounded about 8,000, large numbers cf whom are but slightly Burt. All this should dispel somethin; . , of the gloom that, has settled upon us fur the last few days,[ and we trust ore many nays more to announce still further cheer ing intelligence, of which; at this mu tuebt, it would be premature. to speak' more definitely.--Iribuue,:Pec. 20 • . , . ~ . _ . By the arrival of the scci [ tia,, from Liv erpool, Dec. 6, via, Queens,town, Dec. 8, we have one week later news' from Europe. The English papers publish a correspon deuce between Mr. Gladstbne and Pro fessor Francis W.. Newniat i l on the war. ftr. Gladstone protests against being classed among the sympathizers with the south, but Mr. Newman ; shows, in his reply, conclusively, that the wl;ole tenor of the late speech of Mr: Gladstone MR au encouragement to the Rebellion, whose wicked character, Mr. NeWman portrays in a few vigorous, but just , Fords. The distsess among the working classes of France is incrersing io an ; alarming de gree, one department alone, having about. 150,000 destitute workmon Vlie French Government has concluded contracts for the supply in Mexico for two years. An article in the French ilfUniteur,stating that ships of war have been received with "lively satisfaction" in New .Orleans, was attracting considerable atte tion. Rataz zi,.:i O a nding a majority Of a Italian Par liament opposed to his poli y.has resigned nod a now winiStry, was in the course of formation. The election f a new King of Greece had commenced, and the proii * pacts were, that Prince A red would be elected by an overwhelmiu majority. . The, West Virginia House of Repro. sentatiyes have passed res 1.1 lutions asking Senator Curlile to resign, • n. the ground that be has not fu161163 his pledges, and shown himself sufficiently in favor of put , slag down the Rebellion, Abstract of the Report of the Secretary of the Interior. ! Secretary Smith introduces his report by observing that, notwithstanding the war;in most of the loyal States the 41- terests of 'Agriculture, manufactures and cOmmerce,,haie been well sustained Sind have 'returned: remunerating profits (for' the labor and capitabitivested in :them: Thd demand for the s .public lands has continued to decline since the last report.. The sales -fur cash have not produced a sum sufficient to pay - the expenses of our laud system. In this connection it be comes interesting to; know that the neei essary steps Lave been taken to carry into effect the act appreved Nay 20,,.1862;' '!to secure homesteads to actual settler dieon the public domain," and every facility contemplated by thd law will be afforded to those who may desire to avail them-1 • Ives of its provisions after the Ist of iranhary next. The public lands of Texas,l rbe Secretary thinks should be reclaimed,' bat: - State having utterly repudiated the conditions under which the National do : . main came into its possession. - ~ The most important portion'of the An nual Report is that referring to Imiiah Affairs. The origin of the Sioux war iu Minnesota is ascribed to a latent but long cherished feeling of hostility on the partl of the Indians, fomented and brought to a head by rebel intrigues. I It may well be questioned whether the Government has not adopted a mistaken policy in regarding the Indian tribes as quasiindependent nations, and making treaties with them ; for the purchase of the lands they claim to own. They have none of the elements of nationality; they are without the limits of the recognized authority of the United States, and must be subject to its control. The rapid.prii-• gress of civilization ;upon this' continent will not permit the lands which are re quired for cultivation to be surrendered, to savage tribes ler hunting grounds. Indeed, a hatever mhy bo the theory, the Government has al*ays demanded the removal of the Indians when their lands were, required for agricultural purposes by advancing settlements. Although the' consent of the Indians his been obtained in the form of treaties, it is well knoWn that they have yielded to a necessity which they could net resist. A radical change in the mode of treat ment of the Indians should, in our judg ment, be adopted. Instead of being treated as indepehdent nations they should be regarded as wards of the Gov ernment, entitled to its fostering care and protection. Suitable districts of country should be assigned to them for their homes, and the Gc l vertiment should sup ply them through!its own agents, with such articles as they use, till they can be instructed to earnl their subsistence by their labor. Congress. We find but_fetsitems of special inter est in the late proceedings of Congress. In the senate, on ihe'lsth, Mr. Davis of Kentucky, offered a resoiution to the effect that after it had become manifest that au insurrection against the United States was about to break out in several spots, James Buchanan, then President, from sympathy with the conspirators and their treasonable projects, failed t to take the necessary and proper measures to pre- vent it; therefore: he' should receive, the censure and condemnation of the Senate of the American peepl4. In a debate which subsequently sprung up, Mr. Da- wis argued that PreSident Lincoln bad no authority under thelConstitution to make arrests for alleged trersonable conduct; but with singular consistency, afterwards ~ .ititml "that the President was exeus- "The true spotted typhus, the formid- I:Li - arresting GOY. Moorhead of Ken- able "famine fever," the dire pesilential ky. It was even commendable. lt concomitant of widespread and prolonged dd not have been inexcusable to have dearth—is slowly but most surely extend , dsted the leadersiof the Hartford 06n- ing its ravages amongst the population of . vention, or Buchanan to have arrested I the - town. Withiti the pdst fortnight the Phillips, Cheerer, jand other miserable number of cases of malady has been doub miscreants." This ISenator, with seetn• led ; and the history of the outbreak ing devotion to the - quint), allows :his throughout, so far as we have as yet.as strong pro-slavery feelings to serionslyiecrtained the particulars, is most signifi irnpair his useful4se as . D. supporter of' cant of the future., In July, one or two the Government. ! . instances of true .typhus were recorded. . - In the House, same day, Mr. Wash- in August, eight cases occurred. In Sep burn offered the following . • tember, upwards of forty were registered; : Resolved, That in the judgment of therfouse, in October fifty one. Now the number there shoudl - be no legislation changing!, the! bas' reached (if not exceeded) nee hen existing laws providing for the payment of drfid and forty. It iSlevident from the interest on the-public debt in coin. I ssed by a vote of 81 figures that the activity of the disease is The resolution pa steadily becoming greater ned its sphere to 24. In the same body, Mr. Samuel C. of action Wider; and sooner or later the Fessenden offered the following Is— ' time must come, if human help be power- Resolved, That -th l e Proclamation of ; the less or tot' long delayed to stave off the President, of the date; Sept. 22, 1862, is w ar ranted by the ConstitUtion: that the policy of .- the disaster when, from the sure results of emancipation, ,as indicated therein, is Aver' inaction, ' 1 2 famine-stricken population adapted to hasten the restoration of pease, is will become as apt to receive and propa... well chosen as a war measure, and is an ex- gate the deadly infection as tinder to re.' ereise of power ; with proper regard to; the rights of citizens and the perpetuity of 34'ree ceive and propagate. flame." This entellir , ence ' vaeme reports of government. * . 1 ,„ y . .7 which have previously Teached us, fur- Mr. Holman moved to lay the reSolu tion on the table', Disagreed to, 53 nishes an additional Stimuios for hasten i - ing the movement for the relief of these against 80. i . unhappy people. Good - food and Warm The resolution )vas then adopted by a clothing, given early, will lend to check vote of 78 against 57. . , 'the spread of the fearful famine-pestilence, -- 4 ;.... - ... • add able cuel; tvuu EZEI Eight Hundred l and Twenty Bales of Cotton bac° been slipped from St. Louis to Pittsburg, and from that city will be conveyed east over the Pennsylvania road. If it had been claimed by the vo jectors of this road', that one of its articles Of freight world be cotton, the claim would have most likely settled'the charge of insanity which . wasibrouglit against those who proposed to cross tile Allegheny I Mountains with a locomotive. But - the Pennsylvania Railroad is triumphant-- cotton is part of its freight—and thus we progress in spite of treason. • A pumpkin weighing 20 pounds; was on exhibition at the office of the Arneriean Agriculturist, in New York - city: • Report of the See ) y of the Navy. Nest in interest to reports of the opera tiotit tif.thiiTreasury and the War Depart meriti; is that ofthe Navy, and if France should' - chimse to carry out her intimated interference:the capabilities ofourt,4rop. clads and the number of our effective weasels will be carefully studied , by every one:interested in our success in defending 'our institutioas and our honor. From the very long.and minute report of Secretary Welles, (which is a history of all the na val engagements of the war, as well as a statistical document,) we gather the fol lowing summary , of what has been ac complished ; ' • _ When gr. Welles assumed charge of the Navy Department in March, 1861, there were but 42 vessels then in coni mission. ' and most, of them abroad. There were only 1 7,600 seamen then in the pay of the Goveintnerit, and on the 10th of March, only 207 in all . the ports and - re; ceiving ships of the Atlantic coast, to man our ships and protect the•Navv-yards and depots, and in suppressing die rising in- 1 surrection. At the present time, by pur chase and by construction, the Govern. meet has afloat, or progressing to com pletion, a naval force of 427 vessels, and, 13,268 guns. So sudden and so vast a naval armament has not beeri witnessed in modern times. Of the 427 vessels, in service, 104 only are sailing vessels, 323 are steam vessels, and 123 of these latter have been added by construction. This steaks more than almost, any other fact of the gaeat energy and prodigious achiev mots of the Navy Department. These new vessels of war are of no mean capac ity and calibre, as the following descrip tion of them ,will show : No. of Yes. Guns. Tons ;Description. Second class S" - cress §erew gunboats, Side wheel gunboats, 39 Armored wood'n res'ls, 12 Armored iron vessels, 32 Total, Mr. Welles points to the work of his immense improvised navy, and claims practical success in its blockading service —the most prodigious ever undertaken by any Government. The high price of cotton in our own and foreign countries, when the SOuth has millions of bales of it, and the exorbitant price in the South of all articles of foreign manufacture, is conclusive proof. of the efficiency of the blockade. Mr. Welles thinks all the Southern ports willr:be In our possession at an early day, vhen he suggests, a part of the blockading force may be spared to chase rebel pirates from the.high seas—a not very consoling prospect to American commerce, it must be said. The Secretary of the Navy speaks with evident disgust of the action of England in permitting the rebel privateer, the Al. abama, to leave her ports to -Narrass American commerce, and suggest's that the British Government might justly be called on to make up to American ship pers and ship owners the losses inflicted on them by the Alabama. With regard to the future of American (Southern) `commerce the . Secretary suggests that when all thel Southern coast and ports are safely in our possesSion, the blockade should be dissolved and the ports opened to general commerce ' under such limita tions, conditions and restrictions as it would clearly be within the yiyovince.of the Govei-nment to impose, and without offense to. the laws of nations. PESTILENCE AND PAINIINE.Fever is added to the fatnine in the Lancashire district. The Loudon Lancet, a good medical authority, says:, Senator Wilkinson's bill for the re moval of the several bands of the Sioux Indians assigns them to a new reserva tion near the. Missouri River, sufficient to give 80 acres of good agricultural land to each individual, and appropriates 8100,- 000 for their removal. It provides that the old reservations shall be sold for,the benefit of the tribe, and that individuals who sought to prevent the recent massa ere'shall be allowed to remain, and retain 160 acres each.. . The President has fixed Friday the 19th instant, as thedai• on which are to be Cr a cuied,thirty-nine Of the Indians convicted of brutal participation in the massacre in :Minnesota. Gen. MoNEIL, whem Jefferson Davis has threatened, bitpublio proclamation, to hang, if Caught by any'ofthe rebel troops; has arrived at St. lontia.'"le leiarniibat General Curtis 'has received that the.'demand for hia snrrender has arrived Inside the. Union lines, and he is awaiting its receipt before communicating 'any answer:" - It is understood the patter I Will be referred to General Halleck.' The Confederate authorities have DO'claim on the (Joked States for the acts of General McNeil, and if they had, the fact that the , men whom he , caused 'to be shot had all violated their paroles, is sufficient justifi cation: for the deed. Gen, about to write an open letter to the Pres, ident, shOwing the efficacy of his severe 'policy, as demonstrated by actual results. His course has been endorsed by hosts'of the best Union men in North Missouri,and the Democratic tory piess will de well to spare their censure until they know what they are about. ' • WHITE LABOR AND SLAVERY. -7111 Louisiana , there is a law, which_ inflicts imprisonment on a white man for asking employment on the leiee of New Orleans, and in. Mississippi a similar; law against employing white laborer's on steamboats. It is also an undeniable. fact that ,there never was a christian marriage among slaves, yet locofoco papers, steeped in corruption,, and lost to all sense of deign ' dation talk of such slavery as; exists in the Souttrits a diyine ,institution, and hold up the authors of the above infa mous laws as democrats! 'The day will yet come when northern laborers will un derstand the tyrants who eiclOde them from all competition in whatever labor slaves can perform—a systene which truly makes the "rich richer and the poor poorer."' 16 16,396 116 14,033 296 36,377 65. 20,893 82,631 ADVANCE IN THE PRICE OP PAPERS. --The late enormous and unreasonable advance in the cost of printing paper, has compelled the publishers of the leading journals in New York and' Philadelphia to raise their prices. The New , York Herald, World, Tribune and .Times have 659 120,290 raised to 3 cents. The• 1 Philadelphia Press has also raised to 3 cents; the StS7C. iday Dispatch, to 4 cents, and the Ledger, it is said will soon go up to 2 cents. The Lancaster ln:quirer and' Evening Journal have materially iedececi their size, and remain at the old, price. So it , goes, all over the country; and the weekly papers will have to make a proporiionate advance in price ' or else print their sheets much smaller. No newspaper can con tinue to be published at the old rates, and ' live, while the present rumotis price of paper, now more than double what it was six months; ago, continues.--iloincaster Union. 'EST VIRGINTA.—A new' State has Ibeen added to the Union... The 11,euse of Representatives, on Wednesdziy thenth, adopted by a rote of 96 t0'65,, the Senate bill for the admission of West Viag,inia. i This comprises that portion ;of the old State of Virginia lying West of the Alle gheny mountains. , The' people have adopted a constitution, one, clause of which, provides for, the gradual emancipa tion of the slaves held there . ,l so that, in reality, West %Virginia may be regarded as a free State. PEACE RIIMOR.--All kinds of riunore are put forth about peace propositions. They all come from the Pro-slavery De mocracy. They are thrown lout to feel the pulse of thueople. The Pro-slaiery Democracy will use every exeition to save - their deadly system of slavery by com promise, or submitting to a dishonorable peace. • But it is of no use; ,its doom is sealed, and the country will now get' rid of this great evil and foul Stain foreVer. The Democrats have been• boasting greatly about their victories at the recent State elections. IVe now hais the re- turns of all the elections held tilis fall in the loyal States, and they:foot up 87,100 majority for the Adruinietration, to say nntlaing of the army vote, which would increase it to at least 200,000- majority. If the sympathizers with rebellion can rejoice over that, let then. The Lewisburg Chronicle says that a native' of Lewisburg, who was "born a Democrat" but is , now in the Union block- adiog service, before Cbarlestowti, S. C., states the followinit, in a private letter home, dated 21st utt : "You can tell your Democratic friends of the North that, : on the receipt of the news of the late Democratic victories, at Charleston, they fired four hUndred guns in hcinor of the victory of their sympa. thizing friends and bitter' enemies of Lin coln. It is a cutting corna:4nt on the patriotism of our present Aenneraoy." Gem 'McClellan, has thrown himself completely into the bands of,the enemies of the Administration. He was in Wash- tngton last week in attendance' as a wit ness on the McDowell CoartMertial, and was dined and, wined and made a lion of by such semi•traitors as; Vallandigham, cox Co Au altered ten dollar note on the Farmers' Bank, of Buqks county,is now being pireulated in ,Philadelpbia. :Vig.-- Qo lower left two Indians, one kneeling, 10 above in medallion; on !lower right, portrait, 10 above in medalliOu. "Bucks c?unty" is very irregular General Washington's will, reported to have been stolen and EOM to tbe Brit- iSh MuseUm, is now said, to be in the cus tody of a Virginian, who will restore-it to its place among the tecordS of Fairfax county, Virginia, as soon 'da the w,ar is over. The drafted meo hare pretty much all left Harrisburm I. • NEW GOODS Pareliased duren' g -- aleclim in II DAY , Readlrra lE= :rd BOOTS, ; GR PRO CRO 1 Fan N 9 Wool, Tw NAILS, , and EN - WARE. m,NWARE. WO 0 ) .ote a call, feeling confident • . . ithe wants of all on terms 1 i'• We respectfully' i that we can sappl to their satisfacti - n, giving better Goods for, less MONEY ithan, can be had at any other 1 r I adjoining counties. • , • i• , . . . . House in Potter 1 1 i ~ ;died to our well-known Mock We hare also a nd co*Aote. stock of qf goods, a new 1 E DRUGS, Pi/ Medicin, Paints Oil Dye S,tuffs MEM DBE Sponges. orks." Bottles Vials an' lamp-Globes BCC. &s. OF WHICH • ) 11l be sold at the IM nix OWES' RATES roit ASH. Don't Pa to 041 and See`! P. A. S EBBINS &CO, COINER or, IN AND SC OND StItEETS CO pERSI9RT, EMI ; i, 1..., ;. 4. i recit L . t pante and great Ntr York: DS, EWE Goods SiII Clothing, CAPS„ ED SHOES, ER,LES r • KERY, Goods, lONS. e, Wall-Paper, GLASS, Hats & Caps, Hardware, Chemicals, Varnishes, Together with some of the best Far superior tolthe Oil Creek or "Fidioute Oil. Sv AP, LAMP k, LAMP FIXINGS; Also a : fetr more of those Superior. CANDOR PLOWS, SLEW FI:SIIOES, GLASS, SASH, PUTTY, ! INK, PAPER, ENVELOPES, And other kinds of &a. WALL PAPEE, WINDOW CURTAINS And other articles which time alone for. bide us to mention , . all of which will be sold is low as the WAR PRICES will allow—foi strictly And for, those articles we take, the high— est market pilice will be paid.: •• We are also_General Agents for • DE. D. JAYNE'S Family 'Medicines, DR. AYER'S Medicines, I3RANDRETWS Pills, KENNEDY'S Medical DiscOvery, And all the standard Medicines of the day CALL AND SEE! _ . N. B. The pay for the.Gool roast be en band when the Goods are deliv red, as we are determineiLto live to the motto. of. "Pay as. You Go." - • Just One thing more. The Judgments,noteei and book accounts which we have on.hanat: , must be settled and closed up iinmediatel,y we fear they will be increased faster thart , tato usual rate of interest.. • Dee -.4 .4 ONE S' f OLUAIN Sli NOW GOODS AND SOMETHING ELSE. • NEW I • so T HE subscribers at their OLD STAND ON'NLIN STREET, IN ( 1 COIJDERSPORT Offer to their old elision:tore and the public generally for C , sh : United States Treasury Notes (which b the way are ten at Par,) Wheat, Corn, Oats, Buckwheat, Bu' tter,Cheese, Hides, Pelts, Deer Skins, and all other kinds of Skins, such as Calf Skins, &c., also, Beau!, Bens, Venison, and some other . things au can't be thought of, 1. A LARGE AND WELLSIILECTEDI ASSORTMENT. Vl' DRY GOODS, BOOTS & SHOES, DEAPY.MADE CLOTHING 10. ER PROVISIONS, DRUGS MEDICINES, Paints, Oils, and Dye SWIMS, KEROSENE OIL, POCKET. dUTLtitr, STATIONARY. READY-PAY!! S.'&'E. A. JQNES. IMMO , 1 MEM Iron, Nails,
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