TUE ELECT'
In the next Congress, so
evident, the democrats will
tors, and probably two or t
atives. This is not all; ev,
northern states has now a R
error, escept'onlyKentucky
Delaware; and in all but '
state legislatures are also Re
new sites are ready to corn
are Republican—namely,
Colorado.
The democratic leaders m
a \flood—but they will sear ,
it is a heavy shower. The
dently not inclined to trust
general affairs to the men
war were malcontents,,sym
the enemies of the Union;
that peaco has returned, s
new the old alliance with
gogues, which gave them t
so lung misused
What else could the co
saw on the one hand the Re
which fought i out the w,
known to be denoted to LI
of the Union,' and which,
among its leaders some iiii'
treme, and some reckless _a l
was yet indisputably the ft
d off progress, of equal right
-
. '.Union. . On the.other side they saw a-par
ty whose leaders were in lympathy with
Our enemies during the war, who then op
posed and 'denounced all the great, meas
ure..s'of the war, NCIIO . no sooner saw the
war closed by the victory' of the Union
arms, in spite of their effo ts and predic
, Lions, than they began to scheme to restore
to, political supremacy in the southern
-states, their old allies, the Secession chiefs.
The Republican leaders managed their
affairs so unwisely for a while, that the'
hazarded the loss of the 61 - Miry's support.;
but their opponents showed throughout so.
had and dangerous a spirb,that, as we ;long
ago predicted, the country h wing to choose
between extremistslike Steens and othersl
like the Woody, krailandigliams and Sev-
mours, took the former. t What confidence,
indeed. Jan hol int in the loyal • f: ,l '
1 1 1 . PI 0 LSIO/ •.'
of a party which everywhere nominated
, I
for office l ' t and elects whe •e it can, men no- ,
torious during the war w their hatred oil
, the Union and 'its defenders in the field,i
and their sympathy With t.te Union's bit
ter enemies. In Pennsylvan l ia they notni
' II
nated lleister Clymer, Boyer and Glos
tkrenner; in Ohio, Pendleton, IFinnefroch
and others;-an New -
York, Winthrop,
II -
Chanler, Brooks, 'Morrissey land Wood; in
Indiana, Kerr, Harrington, Turpy and
others; and in every state it soon became ,
apparent that the democrati' party remain
ed
under the cattrol Of t e reacqpnary, •'
slavery-loving, Union-despi ng polii icians I
;who led it to ruin in 186 , and whose
course made it odious duriti, the war; the
Vallandighams, Wooilwards, Seymours,
Woods, Davises, liugheses.
These men were so persuaded that they
could regain. powr, that they would not
make the lettstfconcession n eVen for appear
ance sake; to t.lie-' popular(feeling' against
them. '.They had in several states, as here,
the nppo o ftunity to nominate. candidates
from am ng tho war democrats—but they
ieftised Dix with contempt, and took up
HOffinan. Tammany Hall would not suf
fer a soldier to be put on its ticket; the
New 'York Leader, its organ, refused in
advance to support Dix; and the 'Ulric/
boasted: , !
."There is nothing of %chid) the demo
critic party has greater reason tO he proud
than its course, during the late . war."
On another day it asserted Tchemently
Itliat the democratic *party-7-1
—"is not deMoralized by' a' truckling re
gard for ; expediency. The: nomination of
Mr. Hoffman in this state,f in preference . to
candidate having so mans just claims as
general Dix, must be considered as anoth
er proof of the moral vigor and inextin
guishable vitality of the party."
The country would hate been weak in
deed, after sacrificing so much during the
war, for the Union, to put itself at once in
the hands of men who so plainly showed
that they were cured of none of their fol
lies, and that they were as false friends cf
liherty and Union as ever.
;.
-The Republican party, by these elections,
retains power for two years more. Mr.'
Beecher said very truly thig, wisely man
. aged, it Might retain powNfor half a cen-1
tury. But tolachieve that,sor even to keep
the country with it during the nest two
- 1
years, it,needsto act prudently, to put its
ablest statesmen forward, - to show that itl
possesses moderation as well as vigor, add
that it knoWs of other interests in the
country besides that one to which all dis
cussion liae•lxed it hitherto. •
The Republican party brought the; war
to a successful' conclusion; as a reward for
that achievement the country has now coin-I
t r,ittivi sri it the questioh of reorganizing i
that which the war aisturbed, of repai
0111
damages, of amending the hasty and cr de
legislation of the witr, of putting the finances
and the industry of the Union on a secure
-
footing, of eliminpting from the ;statute'.
book selfish and oppressive enaC l tments,'
injurious to the masses of Amerietths; and
,
of co punishing treason as to make
ona. This is the woil which the party
has to do; it is no easy undertaking; it
needs not bitterness of spirit, not violent
and blind partisanship, not a weak acqni
escence in. the selfish schemes-of akw am
bitious and greedy men; but a calm, wise
Statesmanlike appreciation of the needs' Of
the wh'ok country, strict and faithful l'ad
herence to the Constitution, and confidence
in the strength of Eberly, in the common
sense of the ppople, in the ameliorating
effects of time, in: the! pwerful ttud
irre
sistible' wear of self-interest upon i
preju
diceswhieb are Made cacti day weaker by
the battering-ram of free discussion.
far as is now
lose four sena-
_ .
I mo represent
lry one of the
publican. Gov-
Maryland and
i hese three the
p ublican. Two
in—and both
'Tebras.ka and
iy ^ not think it
•ely, deny that
eople are
evi
either local or
ho during the
I)atLizing with
and who, now
• I
elt only to re
uth ern dem a-
e power they
We hope the requif,ed wisdom will be
found, in the ItepUbliciin party. If so, it
Will inevitably quickly rally to itself all;the
true men who Mill cling to- the oppOsite
party, and who new, begin at last tozisee
that. it is in vain to hone to turn the so=
called democratic party bacli to its old!and
howled ,principles 4leoe al and universal
liberty and detnoerac-i
1 I
,
The, wteoffe
Astronomers:l;avel
standing with the stzl
behaved heavenly hod
tainwenc which the'
ntry do? It
1- niblican party,
r, which was
4 maintenance
if it contained
vise, some ex-
Selfish men,
iend of liberty,
g and of tbe
comes off precisely 'On the the' But
meteors are erratic,! f e'and'easv'chaps;
they don't keep th r.
ei • engagements; are
fond 'o+' (Min' , off on a tangent.; regular
celestial bummers, in fact; and wh4n the
astronomers give the cue to ."enler". and
perform their parts, they are, very likely,.
Making an unceremonious exit from some
breezy locality thousands of miles distant.
So the managers of the show get blowed,
especially as' the audience sit up all night
to see the program carried out. The pop
ular faith in astronomers, however, 'ought
not to be withdrawn, because of the failure
of the IneteoriO shower promised for last
week'. . IV that they pretended to say
was that history shows that these great
showers - Xave long Occurred at interVals of
33 0E.34 year , . Oilers and some others
1
astronomers say )14 the real period is 34
years, and as the last; great display occurred
in\lB33, the next is Inot due till 186,7..
The number of meteors:which Were , eein
last week is rather l4rger than usual in the
second week in :November, when More are
always visible than at other time in the
year. ObserverA' at: New York saw 640
between 10 and 12 o'clock, Wednesday
night; a few of which were quite brilliant.
The New Fork Herald' prints 'a dispatch,
purporting to come through thek.able from
Greenwich ' observatOry, `E
ngliMd, Which
says that 5000 meteors were r sein there in
one hoer, I Tuesday evening, acid 12.000
.during the .night. jnorhe of them Were
very splendid and nearly all had trails of
fire. These statements' May be confirmed
by the steamers, a week henk but t'n'e
`cable telegram". reads very much as if it
i ,was written in the Herald office ' —S. Jr i ing.
1
field R2piiblicon.
-.11r.--•-•---L----r
Ton NEXT HooSi, OF E.PII,F.
1,, ,
TIVES.—'The res ul t '
of We congr :,
elections id 1554 shuwed a total' t
rePublicanS to 33 democrats, and in the
elictions held thisi year the relit blicans
have 128 members to 35 democrat:. But
as, of those elOted as republicans in 1804
seven, 'Smith, Rous.secm, and Ran dal! . f
Kentucky, Noell of i Missouri, Lath on and
Whaley of West Virginia, and PI elps of
Maryland, have in reality gone over to the
opposition, the republicans
. have actually
[
*Mel' five members in the recent elec
tions—six the . Tribune says, classing Mr.
Raymond among the deserters in 'the pres
ent Congress, thus making their number
I eight. i The democrats are quite likely to
j make sonic gains in the elections to beheld
next year, though if Colorado'and Ne
brash' - are admitted, the members, frond
these states will make up• for rebublican
losses, elsewhere. In several diStricts, also,
where deMocrats arelnoW said to be eleCted.
contesting republicans stand a hood chance
to get:tire seats ultimately, so that in no
event will the republican supremacy in' the
next House of RePresentativ4 be wen'rker
than in the present, ',liel f y to
be strong6r.
Lietz was once pi.. le 'tHn-
peror Nicholas of Russia. midst
of the piece the Empen# began talking.
Liszt suddenly stopped. The 'court
circle looked at each other in astonishment;
the Czar sent to kriqw what had haPperied.
"When the Emperor spelikp," replied Liszt,
"every one should be sile,ntl" Next morn
ing the Czar, who Iperf4tly 'understpod
the hint, sent the g reat pianist marmifi
cent diamond pin.
DE. T. Clay Ma(
ten days' imprison
a fine of $3lO, by.
mond, on Tuesday
•
A country boy,
heaving up :►nchoir•
was sea sickness t
ihOWCV.
. a goo under
lig;lt-forvard.
ies that aC "enter- .
;adv(4tise for then;
BEE
, ss.onto
)f 130
dux - was! sentenced to
)ent in jail and to pay
layor. Mayo, of Rich
for contempt of court
dying beard of sailors
wanted to know if it
de theiii dQ it.
Ira
• ."..t.T'We publish on our outside an_arti-
I
cle fro l in the " Delaware County Republi
can" an the question of the next Senator
ship. It will comMend' itself to theatten
tiou of our readers without any further no
tice.
'The New tork Election returns,
partlf official,. gives Fenton over 15,000
majorit3
FOR THE JOURNAL
-Practical Observations, No. 1.
In a late number of your paper I - ob
served an article taken ;&)in the Wells
borough paper on:the / subject of a cheese
factory, with some suggestions of your own,
in which I felt deeply interested. Not
that belieVe all . /the statements in that
article, as the procucts per cow as there
stated, are too much by at, least...one-fifth.
Neither do/I think Ilia Coudersport or any
other section of our county is in want of a
cheese,factory at present There is hardly
Cows enough in the whole county to wet
such an institution,to say nothing of profits.
The reason of my feeling interested in that
article is because it treats of a subject of
the deepest interest to the farmers of the
county. !The statements relative to the
conditien and prospects of the county con- .
Mined in it, though greatly disheartening,
are nevertheless true. Not only :s the pop
ulation decreasing.; but we are growing
poor. Yes, sir, %s lab few 'exceptions the
farmers are growing . poorer every year. This
may notbe apparent to every one, but on
a little reflection they can doubtless see it
for themselves.
The man whose property consists of
money deposited in some bank, has there a
certain amount of capital; he may use the
interest derived from it, year after year,and
Icontinue to be worth just so much. Cut,
levery rent of the principal drawn out and
used makes hint so ranch poorer, and unless
he folds, to the deposit Ire Soon conies to
u
wat. Precisely so is it with every land
the world,: The soil contains a
certain amount of the material drawn from
iOin the form of oats, buckwlpat, potatoes,
and the like, and no more. It is just as I
sure that the man who continually extracts I
these fruits from the earth and returns!
nothing to it will becomo poor, as in Che,
other case
Now here is just our case: Though Our
cmMtY is comparatively a new country, yet
much of the cleared laud is already exhaust
ed land will hzirdly 'hear white beans. The
original settlers of 'the county carne here
fro n the I order conuties of New York, 2ind
we 'e riot men of means. t When a little
lani , wa's cleared, it was found it could be
pOwed and -plow they did. Oats )6H
cattle a leading crop and were railed:
in I abundance Perhaps no country in
the world ever produced that variety lof
Ll;r:iin in greater abundance One hund ed
bu 7 hels have been raised from an acre: 'I he
average during the early settlemeUt, on
noir land would fall but little below tL at.
On the large streams lumbering was exttrn
'sivi-lv carried on, thus affording a good ithr
ket fot oats and and stnnuiatiPg be
fariner to raise all 11w could. This b ief
statement is the ex'planation of the ea se
of he present coniiiiion of the fanning ia
terc.i.st in our eotinj v. It is safe to .:ac
tlntt not more than !one hundredth part
rrnproved http hay . o ever F melt
)(lor of any kind 'of fertilizer. A syst, l
of farminp• has beeli followed from wh;
only exhaustmn and consequent pove l
.must result. Now Mr. Editor, lam
eroakerdon't , believe in gruinbling,,
does no good. But I agree with you tliat
something must be- done or we .11:111 take a
long stsp backwards. 1 If the taers get
poor it will be hard work for nn inewhaUts,,
lawyer.; or editors to get very r i ch
J ' STOW I p!rtipose in the first place that'
our county paper wake 'up on he. subject
and try hard to wake somebody: else up.
.Election is over, so there will be no need
of filling its columns with poliqal,matter.
Let the people Commence wio ever So
homely facts and eummunications on home
, saljects. • Let faquing be apitat!ed until an
interest is felt iii improvemen , and then
we shall soon rentOy the evils complained
There is no of jeCt in the way of succes
ful.farmingin thisi . :county but, what may
be easily overcome) We only need a lit
tre light to enabl@ lits to see the mistakes
We are making and to help us in getting
on the right track4l We have an excellent
soil. • Nowhere this side of the fertile bot
tom lands of the ,Vest can a soil be found
Oat wia stand theArain that ours has been
stibjected to, witliont becoming a barren
wiaste. From twenty to thirty-five years
cqntinnal cropping is too much for any
kind, yet there ai•e fields in this vicinity
dint have been treated in this manner
without hay ing a I shovelful of manure: ap
plied to them, and they produce buck
wheat vet. L. S R.
Twelve humlreq balls are announced in
New York city foi. "the season."
The went and sUccessful Count Bisrnark
is prostrated by paralysis and will probably
die froni its effects.
The Constitutional Amendments have
been rejected by the Georgia Legislature
All right, Johnny/ Rebs, stay out.
Judge Bartol, of Baltimore, has rendered
a decision which fully sustains Gov. Swann
in the removal of the old and. appninting
the new commissioners.
Last week, a man in Manchester, lowa,
attempted to kill his rife, child and moth
er-ia-law. He wounded the two latter-and
then, properly, billed him Self. Cause—
jealousy.
The apple cro[ in Northern Pennsylva
nia is an average; but thy decay very
rapidly.
COPPERHEAD.—In the new unabridged
Webster's Diction:try the
.following defini
tion of Copperhead is given; It, is worth
preset:l:lElg as a specimen of the accuracy
of the term. Wegive it verbatim et lit
eratum: The following will be found on
page 292:
COPPERHEAD (bed),, n. [From its
color.] I. (Here.) A poisonous Ameri - -
can serpent, the Trigonocephalus contor
friar ; 1 ---called also copper-bell and 'red
viper.
2. A Northern sympathizer with the
Southern rebellion. [ T. S.] •
Again op page 1554, of the same work,
devoted to explanations, we find the defi
nition more at length, as follows:
COPPERHEAD.—A popular nick
name originating at the time of the great
civil war in the United States. and applied
to a faction in the North; which - was very
generally considered to be in secretsympa
thy with the Rebellion, and to give it aid
and comfort by attempting to thwart the
measures of -the Government.., The name
is derived from a poisonous serpent called
the Copperhead, (Trigonocephalus con
tortrix) whose bite is considered as deadly
as that of the rattlesnake;
and whose geo
graphical range extends from 48 degrees
N. to Florida. The Copperhead, unlike
the rattlesnake, gives no warning of its at
tack, and is, therefore, the type of a con
cealed foe.
A very lucid explanation, and proves
conelasively,that the name is very appro
priately applied to the Sham Democracy
or red vipers. History is certainly indebt
ed to Webster for his., masterly analysis of
the word.— West Branch Bulletin.
Negro Suffrage.
WAsnisaToN, Nov. 14, 1866
The movement of leading Democratic
newspapers in the East and West in fivor
of impartial suffrage has caused a decided
sensation in Washington, especially among
of and Southern men, The latter
declare that the South will accept impar
tial suffrage in prefererce to ratifying the
Constitutional Amen& ient. A well-known
New Orleans - editor. now here; favors it,
and the Hon. W. H.. Trescott of , South
Carolina, who was an officer of the Con
fedei•ate Government, and formerly Assist
ant Secretary of . State under Buchanan,
arrived here to-day, and lays South Caro
lina prefers it to the: Amendment. It is
rumored taught that the Presidentlewill
recommend universal amnesty for impar
tial suffrage, in his forthcoming message.
The Chicago Times , :contains substan
tially the above.
' Attorney General Meredith Lai been
tendered a re-appointment by Gov. Geary.
With Gen. Sherman and Lew Campbell
to represent us in Mexico, there Will be a
"right smart chance" of getting the coun
-1 —2
try into a scrape down there. Discretion
iS,not a 'conspicuous virtue with either of
the two; and if they find a fair opening
for putting us into , embarrasing complica
tions in that • quarter, we may feel quite
sure they will seize it. Oir security lies
in Idle probability that, just now, everybody
down there wili be in a frame of mind to
do just what we may, suggjest they should
do. Snrely, Maximilian. nd the French
-r
will only be too glad of a li l int from us to
move quichly, if not alread l y gone; and as
to the parties left behind. we cannot be
lie-re any one of them is sarong enough to
oppose the Juarez ! party, against our ad•
vice and discouragement. But we shall
feel a good safer from danger,
~when these
two men, who sailed from New York las s
Saturday, get back home again.
THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS, It has been the good an
worthy custom of the Commonwealth to
et apart, al nually, a day for the special
acknowledgment of the goodness of the
ALMIGHTY, and for expressing, by the
l whole people, :it one time, and with a com
mon voice, thelTll-kNES and PRAISE which
throughout the year are springing from
the hearts of nien; therefore,' ,
1, ANDREW G. CITETIN. Govektor of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, do, by
this, my Prodlamation, recommend that
. the good peorle , of the Commonwealth
observe ..
j Thut-sday,the29th day of .2Vorember, next,
as a day of Thanksgiving; and Prayer, and
do then : assemble in their respective
churches,'and places of worship, and' niske
their humble thank-offering to ALMIGHTY
GOD fur all His blessings during the old
year. I 1.
1
For the abundant , gathered fruits of the
earth; • I 1
Far the thus far continued activity tf
'lndus6y;
For the general preservation of Health;
And especially for that in His DIVINE
MERCY, He bath stayed the i threatened
Pestilence.
And, moreover, that they do beseech
Him to continue unto us all His'Blessiugs,
arid to confirm the herirg-of the people of
these _ United States, that by • the lawful
force of their will, Deeds of good JUSTICE,
Wisnipm - and 111EacT may be done.
Given' under my hand and the great seal
of the State, at Harrisburg, this twenty
'limb day of October, in the. - year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and
sixty-six, and of.the Comnionwealth the
ninety-first.
BY THE GOVERNOR:
ELI SLIFER,
Secretd!y of Me Comnzonurealth.
1 I I
ebbins & Co.
P. L S
AT THE
ORNER STORE,
INUE TO RECEIVE
CON
LL KINDS OF
S, such an TEAS,C OFFEES
GROCER
,
WHIT
and BROWN SUGARS,:
SYRUPS and MOLASSES, SPICES,
&c., &c.,
P• A. Stebbins & Co;
AT THE
CORNER STORE,
CONTINUE TO RECEIVE
ALL KINDS OF
DRY-GOODS, such as DRESS GOODS,
ALAPACAS, MERINC.ES;
LADIES CLOTH, DE LAINES, &c.
WHICH. WILL BE SOLD.
VERY CHEAP
P. A. Stebbins & C 0.,,
AT THE
CORNER STORE,
CONTINUE TO RECEIVE
ALL KIN
lARDWARE, such ul
BLACKSMITH'S
CUTLERY,
drc.,
OYS' , CLOTHING,
MESS' and
D SHOES,
BOOTS
FANCY ARTICLES 9F ALLI KINDS
ALSO,-
PROVISIONS, FEED AND PORK,
FLOUR and SALT.
CALL AT THE CORNER STORE!
G.1).91).,L. NEWS
NEW GOODS
WI 4 I:E.TXI
THE LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICES
BARGAINS ! BARGAINS!
No attention paid to the cost of
IWO
Prompt .conformity to the Lowest
Market Pries is our established
We are determined to give the
public the j Benefit of the FALL,
'this time. ' •
We shall try to prove the Rule
• "Woths both Ways."\
You.paid ITgli prices when goods
went' up, Ire will see to it that
you Pay . Iciw prices now GOODS
I
Others,miy go down; but we do
All we ai,t. is to give us a Call.
'Shop as ta.ueli. as you Please. - If
'
you kuovi . our prices we feel sure
of a *ale.
We are infer the trade this spring
and are determined that
CHARLES S. JONES :
Shall take the lead in furnishing this
section of the country: with the best
articles for the least money. Ours is the
Store where that can be done. .COME,
SEE, and be CONVINCED.
■
Cotton Goo .a
we are now offering' at prices whi
not fail to strike the purchaser as
,S OF
401-iseelip
CALIC9ES TEIE ST
IRON, NAILS
OUT OF BOTH CLOTH A
PlaMIlO
RIESLINGS,
BROAD-CLOTH, -
Plain & Fancy CassimTres
STANDARD MUSI4NS
Bleached and Unlpleaclhed
Muslins of all Price-.
Flannels of all bolo s.
• SILK (.K LINEN
H ANDKERCHIE,
- SPOOL COTTON .
Ticking, Striped Shir ing,
T
Denims, Crash. Toweling
LADLES' DRESS GOODS, .
OUGHS,
drc.
All Wool Delaipes, Amer. Del 6 - tes.
:I Mohair Lustres, &c.
GROCERIES'
Of alI kinds. COFFEES, WHITE & BROWN
SUGIARS, SYRUP 4. COMMON MOLASSES,
GREEN & BLACK TEAS, SPICES of all
kinds. A g-reati variety of the oest brands of
SMOKING & CREWING TOBACCO.. Corn
Brooms, Cedar Buckets; NO. 1 and 2 Mackerel,
Labrador Herring, -Hams 4 - Shoulders:
Also,
DRUGS and MEDICINES, •
READY-MADE CLOTHING,
BOOTS and SHOES,
HARDWARE,
REMEMBER WE • PAY THE HIGHEST
PRICE FOR COUNTRY PRODUCE.
CHARLES S. JON DS.
Coaderipor, Juno, 5 , , 1866
AND
STRANGE
BUT
El
GOODS.
RULE.
are down.
not intend to be beaten:
All kinds of
s!,
h can
RCN