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®|e Democrat. IIARVEY SIUKLER, Editor. TUNKHANNOCK. PA Wednesday, Dec. 13, 1865. /yWe, this week, present the Democrat lo its readers, dressed in a new suit of clear readable type. That on which we have printed our paper for the past lour and a half years, had come to be considerably the 'worse for wear" ; so that with- our best ef forts and under the most favorable circum stances —all printers at least uuderstand "Cmunislances " —our paper lacked that n iatness and clearness in type which we de sired. In short;new type was necessary. We procured it. The improved appear ance of* our paper speaks for itself. There is one thing further we_desire the tvpesto say. It is, that type, paper, ink, and labor in these times, are all verv ex pensive articles. And in order that a pa per may live, move, and have a being, its friends must pay up their subscriptions promptly, lieady pay is the veiv life blood of every paper. We hope to receive such .encouragement; from our friends as will enable us, at the close of the present volume, to considerably enlarge our paper. Besides furnishing new type to the paper, we have recently made large additions to the j-b type of our olfice. We have in curred debts for these improvements whicn must be paid. Will our friends aid us in this, bv sending in their job work, Adver tising and Subscriptions? At least will thev pay us what they owe us? Congress—Formal Introduction of Sambo Congress convened on Monday 4th. None of the Southern members were ad mitted, t.ot even "loyal" Maynard ofTennes see, the home of the President; all were <. xcluded and debate chopped off with a vim that shows clearly that the original seces sionists —the descendants of the Hartford Blue Lights—arc determined to prevent a union, ifpossible. The organization was effected by the elections of the ill officers. This done Sauibo was next introduced in the Senate by Ben. Wade,in a bill conferring upon him the right of suffrage in the District of Co lumbia. —Mr Suuiner introduced — '-A bill to preserve the right of trial by jury,which provides tb.it grand juries shall consist one half of persons of African descent in sections were one sixth of the population are Africans, and the same propor tion in petit juries, where the matter tried relates t> any injuries inflicted by a person of African de scent Upon a person not of such descent, or vice ver for chairenge-ireNtWdßrfß'.h race is made ground The bill was ordered to be printed Sumner introduced the following form of an oath. 'I do hereby swear that I will at alltiines hereafter use my best endeavors to maintain a republican form of government in ihe State of which 1 am an inhabi tant and in the Union of the United States ; that I wiil at nil times recognize the indissoluble unity of the republic, and will always discountenance and re sist any endeavor to break away or secede from thej Union ; that 1 will give my influence and vote at 0 1 times to sustain the national credit; thai I will al ways discountenance and icslst any attempt, direct ly or indirectly, to repudiate or postpone, either in any part or in any way, the debt which was contract ed bp tiie United States in subduing the rebellion, or the obligations assumed to the I nion that I will always discountenance and resist any lvws making any distinction of color or race, and that in ail ways 1 will strive to maintain a State Govern ment completely loyal to the Union, where all men shall enjoy cq ual protection and equal rights." The bill was ordered to bej printed. Sumner also offered a bill to enforce the constitutional amendment, and another to confer the right of suffrage on negroes in Washington. That!, Stevens, in the House, offered the following joint resolution : That a joint committee of fifteen shall be apjwint ed nine of whom shall be members of the House and six of tho Senate,who shall inquire into the condi lions of the States which formed the so called Confederate States of America, and report whether they or auy of them are entitled to bo represented iu either Hou.-e • f Congress, with leave to report 3t any time by bill orotberwise, and until such report shall have been made and finally acted upon by Congress, to member shall he received in either ilouso from any 11'ttie <ai<l so-called Confederate States ; and all pa j i r- relating to the representatives of the said Mates ;h.ill I e referred to the committee without debate. !> II Kelley of Philadelphia, also intro duced his friend and associate, Sambo, to the house. THE LADY'S FRIEND —The publisher of this beautiful magazine have issued a mag nificent number for January. The steel en graving. "THE FORREST GLEANER," *is a. perfect gem of beauty. We do not know where the publishers of the Lady's Friend g"t such beautiful designs for their cngrav ieg-j. Then we have a gorgeous colored plate, "THE HAND BANNER SCREEN IN CHENILLE ON VELVET." which the ladies say is magnificent. The LARGE DOUBLE COLORED STEEL FASHION PLATE is as usu al superb —we had almost said unequalled Another engraving, called "Stephen Whar ton's Will," which illustrated a fine story, is very suggestive. Then we have a beau tiful plate of Children skating, Jhtended to illustrate the winter styles of children's clothing; with numerous other plates il lustrating llair Nets, Winter Dresses, Bor ders for Jackets, various new styles of Bon nets, Winter Casaques, Paletots, Jackets Embroidery, Chemises, Night Dress, An cient Head Dresses, Patchwork, &c. &c. Address Deacon & Peterson, 319 Wal nut Street, Philadelphia. FIRST ANNUAL MESSAGE OF ANDREW JOHNSON, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. Fsllow- Citizens of (ht*Ser>ale and House of Representatives : To express gratitude to God, in the name < of the People, for the preservation of tire j United States is my first duty in addresing you. Our thoughts next revert to the- death of the late President by an act of parrici dal treason. The grief of the nation is still fresh ; it finds some solace in the consider ation that he lived to enjoy the highest proof of its confidence by entering on the renewed term of the Chief Magistracy, to which he had been elected ; that he brought the civil war substantially to a close; that his loss was deplored in all parts ot the Union ; and that foreign nations have ren dered justice to his memory. Ilis removal has cast upon me a heavier weight of cares than ever devolved upon any one of his predecessors. To fulfil my trust I need the support and confidence of all who are associated with me in the various depart ments of Government, and the support and | confidence of the people. There is but one way in which I can hope to gain their ; necessary aid, it is to state with frankness | the principles which guide my conduct, and their application to the present state of affairs, well aware that the efficiency of my labors will, in a great measure, depend on your and their undivided ap probation. The Union of the United States of Amer ica was intended by its authors to last as Ion" as the States themselves shall last.— ,4 TUE UNION SHALL HE PERPETUAL," are the words of the Confederation. "To FORM A MORE PERFECT UNIOX." by an ordinance of the people of the I nited States,is the de clared purpose of the Constitution. The hand Divine Providence was never more plainly visible in the affairs of men than in the framing and the adopting of that instru ment. It is beyond comparison, the great est event in American history ; ami indeed is it not of all events in modern times the most pregnant with consequences for every people of the earth ? The members of the Convention which prepared it, brought to their work the experience of the confedera tion. of their several States, and of other Republican Governments, old and new; but thev needed and obtained a wisdom superi or to experience. And when for this val idity it required the approval of a people that occupied a large part of a continent and acted separately in many district con ventions what is more wonderful than that after earnest contention and long discussion all feelings and all opinions were ultimately drawn in one way to its support ? The Constitution to which life was thus imparted contains within itself ample re sources for its own preservation. It has power to enforce the laws, punish treason and ensnro domestic tranquility. In case ot the usurpation of the Government of a State by one man, or an oligarchy, it be-, comes a dutv of the United States to make "oodthc to that State of a re publican form of government and so to maintain the homogeneous oi all. Docs the loss of time reveal defects ? A simple i7?ode of amendment is provided in the constitu tion itself, so that its conditions can always be made to conform to the requirements of advancing civilization. No room is allow ed even for the thought of a possibility of i,.. an end. And these powers of self preservation have been in serted in their complete integrity by every patriotic Chief Magistrate—by Jefferson and Jackson, not less than by Washington and Madison. The parting advice of the Father of his Country while yet President, to the people of the United States, was that "the free Constitution, which was the work of their hands, might be sacredly maintained and the inaugural words ot President Jefferson held up "the preserva tion of the General Government, in its con stitutional vigor, as the sheet anchor of our peace at home and safety abroad." The Constitution is the woik of "the people of the United States," and it should be as in destructible as the people. It is not stiange that the framers of the Constitution, which had no model in the past, should not have fully comprehended the excellence of their own work. Fresh from the struggle against arbitrary power, many patriots suffered from harassing fears of all absorption of the State Governments by the General Government. And many from a dread that the States would break from their orbits. But the very greatness of our country should allay apprehension of encroachments by the General Govern ment The subjects that come unquestion ably within its jurisdiction are so numerous that it must ever naturally refuse to be em barrassed by questions that lie beyond it. Were it otherwise the Executive would sink beneath the burden ; the channels of justice would be choked —legislation would be obstructed by excess ; so that there is greater temptation to exercise some of the functions of the General Government through the States than to trespass on their rightful sphere. "The absolute acquies cence in the decisions of the majority"' was, at the beginning of this century enforced by Jefferson "as the vital principle of re publics," and the events of the last four years have established,we will hope forever, that there lies no appeal to force. The maintenance of the Union brings with it "the support of the State Govern ments in all their rights ; but it is not the rights of any State Government to renounce its own place in the Union, or to nullify the laws of the Union. The largest liber-, tv is to be maintained in the discussion of i the acts of the Federal Government ; bnt there is no appeal from its laws, except to the various branches of that Government itself, or ti the people, who grant to the members of the Legislative and Executive- Departments, no tenure but a limited one, and in that manner always retain tbc pow ers of redress. "The sovereignty of the States is the language of the Confederacy, and not the language of the Constitution. The latter contnins the emphatic words : "The Con stitution, and the laws of the United States which shall be made in pursuance thereof, aud all treaties made or which shall be made under the authority of the United States, shall be the supreme law of the land : and the judges in every State shall be bonnd thereby, anything in the Con stitution or Laws of any State to the con trary notwithstanding. Certainly the government of the United States is a limited Government; and so is every State Government a limited Govern ment. With us, this idea of limitation spreads through every form of administra tion General, State, and municipal, and rests on the great distinguishing principle of the recognition of the right of man The ancient republics absorbed the indi vidual in the State prescribed his religion and controlled his activity. The American system rests 011 the assertion on the equal right of every man to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness ; to freedom of con science, to the culture and exercise of all his faculties. As a consequence, tbe State Government is limited, as to the General j Government in the interest of Union, as to ' the individual citizen in the interest of freedom. States with proper limitations of power are essential to the existence of the Con stitution of the United States. At the very commencement, when we assumed a place among the Powers of the earth, tbe Decla ration of Independence was adopted by by States ; so also were the Articles of Confederation ; and whea "the people of the Uniicd States" ordained and establish ed the Constitution, it was the assnet of the States, one by which gave it vitality. In the event, too, of any amendment to the Constitution, the proposition of Congress needs the confirmation of States. With out States, one branch of the legislative government would be wanting. And, if We look beyond the letter of the Constitu tion to the character of our country, its ca pacity for comprehending within its capac ity forcomprehending within its jurisdiction a vast continental, empire is due to the system of the States. The best security for the perpetual existence of the States is the "supreme authority" of the Constitution of the United States. —The perpetuity of the Constitution brings with it the perpet uity of the States; their mutual relations makes us what we are, and in our political system their connection is indissoluable. The whole cannot exist without the parts, nor the. parts without the whole. So long rs the Constitution of the U. States endures, the States will endure; the destruction of the one is the destruction of the other ; the preservation of the one is the preserva tion of tlio other. I have thus explained my view of the mu tual relations of the Constitution and the States, because they unfold the principles on which I have sought to solve the nume rous questions and overcome appalling diffi culties that met me at the very commence ment of my administration. It has been mv steadfast object to escape from the sway of momentary passions and to derive a healing policy from the fundamental and unchangeable principles of the Consti tution . I found the States suffering from the ef fects of a civil war. Resistance to the Gen cial Government appeared to have exhaus ted itself. The United States had recover. e<F possession of their forts and arsenals ; 2nd their armies were in occupation of eve ,7 St ite that attempted to secede. VV heth er the territory within the limits of those States should be held as conquered territory, under millitary authority emulating from the President as the head ot the army was the first question that presented itself for Jookion. Now, governments, established for an indefinite period, would have offer ed no security for the early suppression of discoutent; would have divided the people vasquishers and vanquished, and would have envenomed hatred rather than re stored affection. Once established, no pre cise limits to theirs was conceivable. They would have occasioned an incalcuable and exhausting expense. Peaceful emigration to and from that portion of the country is one of the best means that can be thought of for the restoration of harmony, and that emigration would have been prevented; for what emigrant abroad, what industrious citizen at home, would place L'imselt under millitary rule? The cheif persons who would have followed in the train of the ar my would have been dependents on the Ger. ral Governments, or men who expect ed profit from the miseries of their erring fellow-citizens. The powers of patronage and rule which have been exercised, under the President, over a vast, aud populous, and naturally wealthy region, are greater than,- unless under extreme necessity, I should be willing to entrust to any one man ; they are such a, for myself, I could never, unless on any occasions of great emergency consent to exercise. The willful use of such powers, if continued through a period of years, would have endangered the puri ty of tha general administration and the liberties of the States which remained loy al. Besides, the policy of military rule over a conquered territory would have im plied that the sta es whose inhabitants may have taken part in the rebellion had,by the act of those inhabitants ceased to exist. But the true theories,that all pretended acts of secession were from the beginning, null aud void. The States cannot commit trea son, nor screen the individual citizen who may have committed treason, any more than they can make valid treaties or they can engage in law ful commerce with any Foreign Power. The States attempting to secede placed themselves in a condition w here their vitality was impaired, but not extinguished—their functions suspended but not destroyed. But if any State neglects to refuses to perform its offices, there is the more need that the General Government should main tain all its authority and, as soon as prac ticable, resume the exercise of all its t'unc tious. On this principle I have acted, and have gradually and quietlv, and by almost imperceptible steps, sought to restore the rightful energy of the General Govern ment -arid of the States. To that end, Pr ovisional Governors have been appointed for the States, Conventions called, Gover nors elected, Legislatures assembled,and Sen ators and Representatives chosen to the Congress of the United States. At the same time, the Courts of tbe # United States, j aa far as could bo done, have been rc-open-' Ed, so that the laws of the United States may be enforced through their agency.— The blockade has been removed and the custom houses re-established in ports of en try, so that the revenue of the United States may bo collected. The Post Office Department renews its ceaseless activity, and the General Government is thereby enabled to communicate promptly with its officers and agents. The Courts bring se- I curity to persons and property ; the open- Jingofthe ports invites the restoration of | industry and commerce ; tlo post office re ! news the facilities of social intercourse and jof business. And is it not happy for us ' all, that the restoration of each one of these functions of the General Government brings with it a blessing to the States over which they are extended ? Is it not a sure promise of harmony and renewed at tachment to the L nion that, after all that has happened, the return of the General Government is known only as a benefac tor ? I know very well that this policy is at tended with some risk; that for its suc cess it requires at least the acquiescence of the States which it concerns ; that implies an invitation to those States, by renewing their allegianeo to the United States, to re sume their functions as States of the Union. Hut it is a risk that must be taken ; in the choice of difficulties, it is the smallest risk ; and to diminish, an i if possible, to remove all danger, I have felt it incumbent on me to assert one other power of the Govern ment —the power of pardon. As no State can throw a defense over the crime of trea son, the power of pardon is exclusively vested in the Executive Government of the United States. In exercising that pow er, I have taken every precaution to con nect it with the clearest recognition of the binding force of the laws of the United States,and an unqualified acknowledgement of the great social change of condition in regard to slavery which has grown out of the war. The next which I have taken to restore the constitutional relations of the States, has been an invitation to them to partici pate in the high office of amending the Constitution. Every patriot must wish for a general amnesty at the earliest epoch con sistent with public safety. For this, the great end there is need of a concurrence of all opinions and the spirit of mutual concil ation. All parties in the late terrible con flict, must work together in harmony. It is not to much to ask in the name of the whole people,that, on the one side, the plan of restoration s' all proceed in con formity with a willingness to cast the dis orders of the past into oblivion : and that, on the other the evidence of sincerity in the future inaintaiuance of the Union shall be put beyond doubt by the ratification of the proposed amendment to the Constitu tion, which provides for the abolition of Slavery forever within the limits of our countrv. So long as the adoption of this amendment is delayed, so long will doubt, and jealousy and uncertainty prevail. This is the measure which will efface the sad memory of the past; this is the meas ure which will most certainly call popula tion, and capilol and security to those parts of the Union that need thein mcst. In deed, it is not to much to ak of the States that are now resuming their places in the family of the Union to give this pledge of perpetual loyalty and peace. Until it is done.the past, however much we may de sire it, will not be forgotten The adoption of the amendment reunites us beyond all power of disruption. It heals the wound that is still imperfectly closed ; it removes slavery, the element which has so long per plexed and divided the country, it makes of us once more a united people, renewed and strenstluned,bound more than ever to mutu al affection and support. The amendment to the Constitution be ing adopted, it would remain for the States! whose powers have been so long in obey bnce. to resume their places in the two ranches of the Nalional Legislature, and thereby complete the work of restoration. Here it is for you, fellow-citizens of the House of Representatives, to judge, each of for yourselves, of the elections, returns and qualifications of rour own members. The full assertion of the powers of the General Government requires the holding of Circuit Courts of the United States with it! the districts where their authority has been interrupted. In the present posture of out' Dublic affairs, strong objection shave been urged to holding those Court* in any of the States where the rebellion has exist ed; and it was ascertained, by inquiry, that the Circuit Court of the United States would not be held within the District of YirginiH during the autumn or early win ter, fior until Congress should have "an op portunity to consider a id act on the whole subject." To your deliberations the res toration of this branch of the civil author ity of the United States is therefore necessari ly referred, with the hope that early pro vision will be made for the resumption of all its functions. It is manifest that treason, most flagrant in character, has been committed. Persons who are charged with its commission should havs fair and impar tial trials in the highest civil tribunals of the country, in order that the Constitution and the laws may be fully vindicated; the truth clearly established and affirmed that treason is a crime, that traitors should be punished, and the offence made infamous; and, at the same time, that the question may be judiciously settled, finally and for ever, that no State of its own will have the right to renounce its place in the Union. The relations of the General Government towards the four millions of inhabitants whom the war has called into freedom,have engaged my most serious consideration. On the propriety of attempting to make the freedom electors by the proclamation of the i Executive, I took for my counsel the Con- j stitution itself, the interpretations of that instrument by its authors and their contem poraries, und recent legislation by Congress. When, at the first movements towards inde pendence,the Congress of the United Slates j instructed the several States to institute j governments of their owu, they left each State to decide for itself the conditions for the enjoyment of the elective franchise, Du-; ring the period of the Confederacy, there continued to exist a very great diversity in the qualifications of electors in the several j States ; and even within a State a distinc tion of qualifications prevailed with regard to the officers who were to bo chosen. The Constitution of the United States recogni zes those diversities when it enjoins that, in the choice of members of the House of Representatives of the United States, "the electors in each State shall have the quali fication requ site for the electors of the most numerous branch of the State Legislature.' After the formation of the Constitution, it remained, as before, the uniform usage for each State to enlarge the body of its electors according to its own judgment and, under his system, one State after another has pro ceeded to iucrease the number of its electors until now universal suffrage, or something very near it, is the general rule. So fixed was this reservation of power in the habits of the people, and so unquestioned has been the interpretation of the Constitution, that during the vivid war the late President nev er harbored the purpose—certainly never avowed the purpose —of disregarding it; and in the acts of Congress, during that period, nothing canbe found which, during the continuance of ho&tilities, much.less ut ter their close, would have sanctioned any departure by the Executive from a policy which has so uuifomly obtained. Moreover, a concession.ot the elective franchise to the freedmen by act of the President of the Uni ted States, must have been extended to all colored men, wherever fouud, and so must have established a change ot suffrage in the Northern, Middle and Western Slates, not less than in the Southern and South western. Such an act would have created a new class of voter, and would have been an assumption of power by the President which nothing in the Constitution or iaws of the United States would have warrant ed On the other hand, every danger of con flict is avoided when the settlement of the question is referred to the several States. — They can, each for itself, decide en the measure, and whether it is to be adopted at once and absolutely, or introduced gradual ly and with conditions. In my judgment the freedmen, if they show patience and manly virtues, will sooner obrain a partic ipation in the elective franchise through the States than through the General Gov ernment, even if it had the power to inter vene. When the tumult or emotions that have been raised bv the suddenness of the social change shall have subsided, it may prove that they will recivee the Eindilest usage from some of those on whom they have hithertofore most closely depend ed [CONCLUSION NEXT WEEK.] AFLOAT. Dec. ' Through what alternate wastes of woo And flowers of joy my path may go , How many a sheltered calm retreat May woo the while my weary feet, While still pursuing, still unbl eis'd I wander on. nor'dare to rest." MU. EDITOR : Did you ever do what you supposed to be a laudable act for the sole purpose of gaining the approval of your fellow men ;—lt maybe that you have as I understand th J time that when you were neither a politician or an editor. If so, and when you expected to meet an ap proving smile in return for your pains,yon have met with frowns and reproaches in stead, then you can perhaps form a faint idea of my present situation. For I have found to my sorrow that the people of Forkston—the place of my last writing— are like the man we have read of, who found a huge ingot of gold to large for him to manage alone, and rather than share it with others, watched his useless treasure until he died with hunger. Instead ot giv ing me the thanks that were really due me for making the discovery of their hidden treasures known to the world, they heap curses upon my ancient and venerable head, for inviting, as they say, to their midst a swarm of greedy speculators to deface the beauties of nature aud to corrupt the morals of their people. Loud were the anathe mas, and bitter the curses uttered against the sneaking old Iseralitc, and well it was for my Abrahamic bretheren that none of them wandered in that direciton. With feelings of pity for thejungratefill gentiles, I s hook the dust from my feet and turned my back upon the gates of their city. Wo unto yc gentiles, think not thus to escape a full retribution for the tme shall come when thou will be overrun with op erators, and greenbacks in great profusion shall be showered upon you. To their fate I left them, and renewed my wanderings along the classic banks of the Mehoopany. At length being somewhat wearied and feeling in a mood for contem plating the scenes around me, I seated up on an inviting spot, and watched the bury ing waters as they rushed by on their cease less journey. I had bee thus employed but a short time when looking up I saw a man approaching, seated upon a wagon pro ceeded by a cigar, and followed by a huge load of the fruits of the slaughter ; the smoke from his cigar, which floated around his head, hid his face from ray view until he came very near, when to my great joy I discovered him to be, an old freind and fellow Iseralite, who kindly offered me a seat by his side to help me along on my jour ney. 1 was much interesed in his constant talking ; but my admiration for the noble spirt of tho man knew no bounds when he informed me that he was traveling over the country for the philanthropic purpose of ridding the people of their commodities and paying them in return much more than he could expect to realize for them himself : truly we were fellow sufferers, for his good intentions are no more appreciat ed by the people than are my own. WANDXRINO JEW. Local and Personal. EiplflDatlon.—The date on the tinted address label attached to this paper, shows the time to which, as appears on our books, the paper has been paid for. Every subscriber -hould take an occasional look at it. R. E. Baker—everybody knows Baker, the boot and thou maker—has removed his shop to rooms over Wheelocks Store, ''hose wishing any thing in his line ..ill find him prepared to attend to them on short notice and upon reasonable terms.— Look out for his advertisement next week. The Play BHls announce a Dramatic Enter tainment at the Court House to-morrow, Thursday evening Our town is celebrated for giving good houses to exhibitions of all kinds. Many of them, we are sorry to say, of questionable utility and mor ality. we hope it will show its discrimination in this regard, by patronizing what is realty useful ant agreeable. Great pains h#ve been taken by our young friends to furnish an entertainment attractive, rational, and at the same tiuio strictly moral - in itr tendencies. Lets encourage them by giving theui " a ronsing house." One ot the Humanitarian Movement# of our Times although little known as such, ean hardly be ovei-estimated in its importance upon the well-being of our widely scattered communities.— The population of the American States js in many sections so sparse, that ski.lful physicians are hardly available to them. Vast numbors of our people, are obliged to employ in sickness, such medical relief as they can bear of from each other, or indeed any they can get from any quarter. Hence arises the great consumption of Patent Medicines among us, greator by far than in any of the old countries, where skillful phjsicians are accessible to all classes Unprincipled men have long availed themselves of this necessity, to pilm off their worthless nostrums nntil the word has l>eeotne synonymous with imposi tion and cheat. One of our leading Chemists in the East, DB, AVER, is pursuing a course which defcars this iniquity. Ho briars not only his own. but the best skill of our times to bear, for the production of the best remedies which can be made. These are supplies to the world, in a convenient form, at low price, and the per pie w ill no more bay poor rnedi cines instead of good, nt tho same coat, than they will bran instead of ff ur. The inevitable conse quence of this is. that the vile compounds that flood our country are discarded for those which honestly, accomplish the end in view.—which cure. Do we over-estimate its imp irranee, in believing that thia prospect of supplanting the by-word medicines, with those of actual worth and virtue, is fraught with immense consequence for good, to the masses of qar people.— Gazelle.and Chronicle, Peru, la. TOWN TALK. '"lf there's a hole in ai your coats I rede ye tent it. A chiels aiming you taking notes, And, loitb, he'l prent it, LIT Thanksgiving day—a day of fasting an J prayer—a day of drunkenness an l rioting. A day appointed to be speut in prayerful thank fulness for the bounty and mercy of the Creator — a day passedin fighting, drinking, and blasphemy. Religious services were held in the Presbyterian Church in the morning, at which the congregation were treated to a sermon made up in part of reli gious matter, personal explanations, and a dash of the everlasting nigger In the afternoon a couple of would-be "bloods," but who possess neither brains or money enough to succeed, regaled themselves by pulling each other.* hair a little, Put it was like the parties a small potato affair. Shortly after, a strapping, loud-mouthed disciple of St. Crispin In d his posterior kicked for same of his insoleace, by a little hopo wy-thumb fellow, whom we should have thought would need a step ladder to have reached him. He also, had his face slapped in the evening, for imposing up>n a mild mannered drunken in.in. The poor spirited "cuss"' took it all with the utmost meekness, In the evening a ' hop'' cauic off at Wall's Hall, in which the ' beauty and the chivalry" participated. It is customary for veracious reporters te describe the toilets of the ladies, and comment upon theut, in such eases, but in the slight "peep through the windows" that we took, we did not seo any that were really worthy of giing into ccstacies over, some few of the gentlemens' feet were somewhat disposed to tangle up; and the hero of last weeks love ad venture, rendered himself considerably disagreeable towards the close ; but on the whole it passed off quite pleasantly. Friday evening a iittlc fracas occurred be tween a blow-hard by the name of and the Chief of Police, in which victory perched upon the standard of the gallant chief. A number of other little incidents occurred, but we will close the record this week. isr "Bring me another horse !" I am thy fathers ghost! "Go'way from mo child!" First appear ance of the Tunkhanno k Thespian Association. — Stupendous attractions / Gran 1 combination of tul ont ! Debut of 16 brilliant performers Wnliack, Davenport, Owen, Emma Waller, Adah Isaacs Wen ken, hide yoar diminished heads ! Your days are past. No more will your names be the best caijls in the pack of theatrical management. The "Tunk hannock Thespian." or as a lady ia emulation of Mrs. Partington called it, "Erysipelas Association," nro about te burst.with unparalleled brilliancy upon the theatrical world. Next Thursday evening is the time appointed for this grand performance. Twen ty-five cents admission. No dead heads. No half price. Children at tho breast, one dollar ;— unless they take scats with the Orchestra. ~M arried STEMPLES- PACE—The 10th inst-,by Rev. 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