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rior. tt> fry t?o*r! ; . City of ILirrisburg.
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fally solicited
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WALL'S HOTEL, 1
LATE AMERICAH HOUSE/
nfUKll IVKOCK, WYOMING CO., PA.
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fin kh •mi' !. September 11, 1561.
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.11 who mv faror it with their custom-
Win. 11 COKTRIGHT.
Ia>, Xe<!, 1863
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Would respeytfull; aunt-unoe to the citizensol Wy
ming, that he has i-ctc'i s- T>inkhannock where
he will promptly atts.i i *> '♦ -lis in the line of
hia profession.
tjT Will b> found at bonje on Saturdays of
wab week
peanj fqtel,
TOWiLTJDiI., PA.
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and BEST ARRANGED House? in the courtry—lt
Ve tilted up in the most modern and improved style,
nod no pains are spared to make it a pleasant and
agreeable stopping-place for all,
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[Written for the Democrat.]
QUESTIONINGS.
0 Life ! what holdest thou for me '?
Grief or gladness, pain or glee 1
Shall I wander weariljr
Through thy morrow 1
What is hiil by future's veil 1
What is fate's uiysteri >us tale 1
Will roy voice e'er raise the wail
Of deep sorrow 1
Will my path thickly stro vn
W-ith blighted hopes, which one by one,
I, to dust, with many a moan,
Must tread surely ?
Will my forehead always wear
Lines—the signets set of care 7
Will grief's hoar-frost blanch-my hair
Prematurely 1
Shall I lay me down to rest,
Obedient unto Death's behest,
Back in Earth's most chilly *> reast 7
Or shall Ocean
Heave above my unuaarWd grave •' '
It-rushing surge and moaning wave,
Whose dirge's shdll my soil's peirce crave
After life's commotion 1
Tunkhannock. Qui.
IMPORTANT .MESSAGE OF THE PRES
IDES T.
ACCOMPAYXING REPORT OF GEN. GRANT.
WASHINGTON, Dec.l9.—To the Senate
■ ' the United States :—ln reply to the res
lution adopted bv the Senate on the 12th,
I have the honor to state that the Rebel
lion waged ly a portion of the people
against the properly constituted authorities
of ilie government of the United States has
been stippre>?C<f ;'that the United' States
are in posession ot every State in which the
the insurrection existed and that, as far as
could be done, the Courts of the United
States have been restored, port offices re
established. and steps taken to put into ef
fective operation the revenue laws of the
country.
As the result of the measures instituted
by the Executive with the view of inducing
a resumption of the functions of the State,
comprehended in the inquiry of the Senate,
the p ople in Noith Carolina, South Caroli-
na. Georgia. Alabama, Mississippi Louisi
ana, Arkansas and Tennessee have re-or
gaiiized their respective State Governments,
and are yielding obedience to tbe laws and
Gov* rnment of the United States with
more willingness and greater promptitude
than under the circumstances could reason
ably have been anticipated. The proposed
amendment to the Constitution providing
for the abolition of slavery forever within
the limits of the country, has been ratified
by each one ot those Statdf. with the ex
ception of Mississippi, from which no of
ficial information has been received and in
most ot tlicin measures have been or are
now pending to confer upon freedmen the
priveleges which are essential to their com
fort, protection and security.
In Florida and Texas the people are mak-1
ing commendable progress* in restoring
their State Governments, and no doubt is'
entertained that they will, at au early pe
riod, be in acondition to resume all of their
practical relations with the Federal Gov
ernment. In that portion of the Union
lately in rebellion the aspect of affairs is
more promising (ban in view of all the cir.
curnstanees eould well have been expected.
The people throughout the entire South
evince an audible desire to renew their al
legiance to the Government, and to repair
the devastations of war by a prompt and
cheerful return to peaceful' pursnits. An
abiding faith is entertained that their ac
tions will conform to their professions, and
that in acknowledging the supremacy of the
Constitution and the law of the United
States their loyalty will be unreservedly
given to the Government whose lenieAcy
they cannot fail to appreciate and whose
fostering care will soon restore them to a
condition of prosperity. It is true that in
some of the States the demoralizing effects
of the war are to be seen in occasional dis
orders but these are local in character, not
frequent in occurrence and are rapidly dis
appearing t#the authority of civil govern. ;
liieut is extended and sustained.
Perplexing questions were naturally to
be expected from the great and sudden
change in the relations between the two
races, but systems are gradually developing
themselves under which the freedman will
receive the protection to which he is justly
entitled, and by* means of his labor make
himself a useful and independent member
of the community in which lie has his home.
From all the information in ray posses
sion, and from that which I have recently
derived from the most reliable authority I
am induced to cherish the belief that sec
| tional animosity is surely and rapidly merg-
U 1 • * DW-Wwrf
"TO SPEAK HIS THOUGHTS IS EVERY FREEMAN'S RIGHT. "—Thomas Jefferson.
TUNKHANNOCK, PA., WEDNESDAY, JAN-S3, 1868.
ing itself into a spirit of nationality, and
that representation connected with a proper
ly adjusted system of taxation will result in
a harmonious restoration of the relations of
the States to the national Union.
The report of Carl Schuiz is herewith
transmitted, as requested by the Senate.—
No reports from the Hon. John Covode
have been received by tbe President.
The attention of the Senate is invited to
the accompanying report of Lieutenant-
General Grant, who recently made a tour
of inspection through several of the States
whose inhabitants participated in the Re
bellion.
(Signed,) ANDREW JOHNSON.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18, 1865.
REPORT OF LIEUTENANT-GENERAL GRANT
HE AD-QUAKTERS, ARMIEB OF THE UNI
TD STATES.—WASHINGTON, Dec. 18,1865.
His Excellency, Andrew Johnson, Presi
dent of the United States: —Sir:—ln reply
to your note of the 16th instant, request
ing a report from me giving such informa
tion as I may be possessed of coming within
the scope of the inquiries made by the Sen
ate of the United States in their resolution
ot the 12lb iust. I have the honor to sub
mit the following, with your approval, and
also that of the Hon. Secretary of War :
I left Washington City on the 27th of
last luouth for the purpose of making a
tour of inspection through some of the
Southern States, or States lately in rebel
lion, and to see-what changes were neces
sary to be made iu the dispositiou of the
military forces of the country ; how these
tb .i could be reduced and expenses cur
tailed, &c.,and to learn as far as possible the
feelings ar.d intentions of the citizens 6f
those States towards tho General Govern
ment.
The State of Virginia being so accessi
ble to W ashington City, and iNformation
fiom this quarter therefore being readily
obtained, I hastened through the State,
without conversing or meeting with any of
its citizens. In Raleigh, N. C. , I spent
one day, in Charleston, S. C., two days, Sa
vannah and Vigusta.Georgia.each one day
Both in traveling and stopping I saw much,
and conversed freely with the citizens of
those States as well as with officers of the
army who have been stationed among them
The to ; lowing are the conclusions come
to by me lam satisfied that the mass of
thinking men of the South accept the situ
ation of affairs in good faith. The ques
tions which heve heretofore divided the
sentiments of the people of the two sectious
slavery and State rights or the right of the
State to secede from the Union, they re
gard as having been settled forever by the
highest tribunal, arms, that man can resort
to. I was pleased to learn from the lead
ing men whom I met that they not only ac
cepted the decison arrived at but now that
the smoke of battle has cleared awav and
time has been given for reflectiontthis de
cision has been a fortunate one for the
whole country, they receiving the like ben
efits from it with those whe opposed them
in the field and in the council.
Four years of war during which the law
was executed only at tbe point of the bay
onet throughout the States in Rebellion
have left the people, possibly in a condition
not to yield that ready obedience to civil
authority the American people have gen
erally been in the habit of yielding. This
would render the presence of small garri
sons throughout those States neces
sary until such time as labor returns to its
proper channel; and civil authority is fullv
established. I did not meet any one, eith
er those holding places under the Govern
ment or citizens of the Southern States,
who think it practicaible to withdraw the
military from the Sauthat preseut. The
white and the black mutually require the
protection of the General Government.
There is such universal acquiesence in the
authority of the General Government
throughout the portion of the country vis
ited by me, that the mere presence of a
military force without regard to numbers
is sufficient to maintain order.
The good of the country and economy
require the force kept in the interior,where
there are many freedmen. Elsewhere in
the Southern States than* at forts upon the
sea, coast no force ia necessary. They
should all be white troops. The reasons
for this are obvious, without mentioning
many of them. The presence of black
troops lately slaves demoralizes labor both
by their advica and by furnishing iu their
canfys a resort for the freeefmen for long
distances around. White troops general
ly excite no opposition, and therefore a
small number of them can maintain order
in a given district. Colored troops must
i
be kept in bodies sufficient to defend them
•elres. It is not the thinking portion who
would use violence towards any class of
troops sent among tbem by the General
Government, but the ignorant in some pla
ces might and the late slave seems to be im
bued with the idea that the property of his
late master should by right belong to him ;
at least should have no protection from the
colored soldier. There is danger of col
lision being brought on by such causes.
My observations lead me to the conclu
sion that the citizens of the Southern
States are anxious to return to self govern
ment within the Union as soon as possible.
That whilst reconstructing they want and
require the protection from the govern
ment, that they tlib think is required by
the Government not humiliating to them
as citizens, and that if such a course was
pointed out they would pursue it in good
faith. It is to be regretted that there can
not be greatei commingling at this time
between the citizens of the two sections,
and particularly of those intrusted with
the law making power.
I did not give the operations of the
Freedmen's Bureau that attention I would
have done if more time had been at
disposal. Conversations on the subject,
however with officers connected with the
bureau, led me to think that in some of
the States its affairs have not been con
ducted with good judgment or economy
and that the belief widely spread among
the freedmen of the Southern States, that
the lands of their former owner will, at
leasi in pait, be divided among them, lias
J come from the agents of this bureau. This
belief is seriously interfering with the wil
lingness of the freedmen to make contracts
for the eoming year.
In some form the Freedraen's Bureau is
an absolute necessity until civil law is es
tablished and enforced securing to the
freedmen their rights and full protection.
At present, however, it is independent of
the military establishment of the
and seems to be operated by the different
agents of the Bureau according to their in
dividual notions Everywhere General
Howard, the: able head of the Bureau, made
friends by the just and fair instructions and
advice he gave; but the complaint in South
Carolina was that when he left things wen t
on as before. Many, perhaps the majority,
of the agents of the Freedmen's Bureau ad
vise the freedmen that by their industry
they must expect to live. T this end
they endeavor to secure employment for
them, and to see that both contracting par
ties comply with their engagements.
In some instances I am sorry to say the
freedman's mind does not seem to be disa
bused of the idea that the freedman has
the right to live without care or provision
for the future. The effect of the beliet in
the division of lands is idleness aud accumu
lation in camps, towns and cities. In such
cases I think it will be found that vice
and disease will tend to the extermination
or groat reduction of the colored race. It
canuot be expected that the opinions
held by men nt the South for years can
be changed in a pay and theiefore the
freedmen require for a few years not only
laws to protect them, but the fostering
care of those who will give them good
counsel and on whom they can rely. The
Freedman Bureau being sepcrated from the
military establishment of the country, re
quires ali the expense of a seperate orgini
zation. One does not necessarily know
what he either is doing or what order they
are acting under.
It seems to me this could be corrected
by regarding every officer on duty with
troops in the Southern States as agent ot
the Freedmen's Bureau and then have
all orders from the head of the Bureau
sent through department commanders.
This would create a responsibility that
would secure uniformity of action throught
the Southern, would insure the orders and
instructions from the head of the Buraen
being carried out, and would relieve from
duty and pay a large number of employ,
ees of the government. I have the honor
to be very respectfully your obedient ser
vant,
U. S. GRANT, Lieutenant General,
B3T A militia officer wanted to compli
ment a negro by drinking with him.—
"Well, captain, i'zo berry dry, so I wont be
ugl v 'bout it. Some nigga's is to proud to
drink with a milishy ossifcr—but I think a
milishy ossifer when sober, is just as good
as a nigga—'specially if the nigga is dry."
A clergyman in a recent sermon said
the path of rcetitude had been traveld so
little of late years that it had completely
run to grasa., 'Why ain't hay cheaper
then?" aoliloquised DigbyA
| History of Amendments to the Constitution
[From the New Orleans Picayune ]
I The amendment to the Constitution of the
United States which the Secretary of State
has just announced to the Governor of Ala
. bama as haviug been finally ratified, the vote j
. of that State completing the constitutional!
. number, forms article XIII of amendments. \
There has been no general proclamation j
or notice of the fact. The Secretary's no- !
tice is only incidental and complimentary
, to Alabama. We have looked for the his
tory of the adoption of former amendments
of the result. There appears to be no rule
on the subject, and the practice has not been
uniform.
There have been, previous to this, only
three successful efforts to amend the Con
stitution. There have been many attempts,
but no others got through Congress.
There have been twelve amendments
adopted ; but of these ten were submitted
together by the first Congress. They were
supplemental to the original Constitution,
submitted in compliance, as was recited in
the preamble, with the desire expressed by
conventions of a number of the States in
their adopting of the Constitution as "fur
ther declaratory and restrictive clauses" "in
, order" to prevent "misconstruction or abuse
C of its powers." They were entitle 1 "Arti
cles in adoption to and amendatory of the
Constitution ot the United States of Araer
r ica."
Twelve amendments were submitted, of
which only ten were ratified. Number one
and number two of tlic original series were
not ratified. Numbers three to twelve, in
clusive, constitute the articles which are
now numbered from one to twelve, inclu
sive.
i The two articles which failed of approval
made-constitutional rules for the apportion
: mcnt of their compensation.
By the first it was provided that the rule
f of representation should be one member for
► every 30,000, until that should create a
; House exceeding one hundred members. —
The ratio should then be 40,000, until the
i House reached 200 members. Afterwards,
- there should never be more than one repre
[ tentative to every 40,000.
The second provided that uo law, varying
the compensation of Representatives and
Senators should he valid until an election
for Representatives shall have intervened.
These two anu-ndments.were not ratified
with the ten others. We have at hand no
■ means of knowing whether they have failed
by a positive rejection, by States enough
voting in the negative to reject them, or
simply by tho failure to act on them. It
might be a curious subject for inquiry
whether any time runs against the adoption
of an amendment after it is once submitted.
The numbers I to X which passed Con
gress September 25, 1789, did not receive
1 fhe requisite three-fourths until December,
1791. ¥ermont had then been added to
the number of States, making fourteen. Of
■ those, eleveu were necessary to make the
1 three-fourths. The eleventh was given by
Virginia on the 15th of December.
1 Our researches have not been able to find
how the fact was promulgated. We only
I find that the ratification by Virginia is given
' as the date of completing of the constitu
tional number, and the formal ratification
! of the amendment.
The eleventli article was proposed at tle
Third Congress, and bears date March 5,
1794. It is that article which pro /ides that
"the judicial power of the United States
shall not be construed to extend to any suit
in law or equity commenced or prosecuted
against one of the United States, by citi
izens of any foreign State," an amendment
promptedjby the jealous regard with which
1 the founders of the government watched
over the reserved rights of the States.
L
The amendment was ratified in 1797 and
| announced to Congress by President.
Adams, in a message to both Houses, dated
1 January 8, 1798. •
1 The twelfth article changed the manner
of voting for President. Originally two per
-1 sons were voted for on each ticket for Pres
ident ; the person having the highest num
ber of votes to be President; and the per
son having the next highest, Vice President,
- The conflict in 1800 rising out of an equal
- ity of votes between Jefferson and Burr led
6 to this change. It was proposed in De
> cember, 1803, and went through the State
a Legislatures with such rapidity that the
J ratification was completed September '24,
" 1804. The ratification was promulgated
by a simple notice fVora the Secretary of
i State.
There has been no amedmennt since, on--
til the present time, a period of sixty-one
yeai;s, without any alteration fn the text of
TERMS, 8&.00 PER.
the instrument, in ail the old interpretation
of which.qjwil war and political passions are
making such sad havoc now.
In all previous cases, the question of rat
ification was a question of fact. No doubt
rested over the true number of States, nor
of their competency to give a rote entitled
to be counted. It was the making up of a
roll of undisputed members of a common
government, and the matter of form in an
nouncing of the vote, was of no sort of con
seqnence. It is different now. The points
at States are entitled to vote, and what do
partment of the government, if any can ex
clude them from voting, and what is the
course of action, and what will be the effect
of one branch of the government accepts
as a valid, votes decisive of the ratification
of the amendments, which votes, another
branch of the government pronounces to be
null—make some very complicated ques
tions, the solutiou of which, in the exis
ting state of affairs at Washington, is past
our powers of foresight.
following letter was the cause
of much amusement on its being read dur
ing the trial of a recent breach of promise
of marriage case; "My dear sweetest
Ducky,— l am so happy to hear from you
often —it affords me sich great plesher.
You always was so deer to me 1 hope you
will sune be deerer, You know I never
hinted nothing about marriage and I nevar
mean to —take your own time for that.
I shall always remember the old saying pro
crastination is the theef of time, but mother
says nothing should be done in a hurry but
ketch in flees. The fondes wish of my
heart is that we may sune become one. Do
you ever read Franklin's Extracts —his re
marks concerning marriage is deliteful.—
Our hearts, he ses, ought to assemble on©
another in every expect ; they ought to be
hetergenius so that our union may be
mixed as well as uniting—not like oil and
water but tee and shugar. Truly I can feel
for the mortal Watts when he £ez —
' The rose if red, the vilets blew
Shugars sweet and so are you.
Mother s£z that matrimony is better to
think upon than the reality. I remain till
death or marriage, your own sweet candy,
MART ANN.
N. B.—l had a kussin married last month
who sez there aint no true enjoyment but in
the married state. Your sweetis dove,
MART ANN.
I*. S.—l hope you will let me know
what you mean to do as there is four or five
other fellows alter me hot foot, and I shall
be quite uneasy till I hear. Your lover
sweet, MART ANN.
NOTDIEP ENOUGH FOR PRATING. —We
heard, a night or two since,a tolerable good
story of raftsmen. The event occurred
during the late big blow on the Mississippi,
at which time so many rafts were swamped,
and so many steamboats lost their sky-rig
gings. A raft was just emerging from Lake
Pepin as the squall came. In an instant
the raft was pitching and writhing as if
suddenly dropped into Charybdis, while
the waves broke over with tremendous up
roar, and expecting instant destruction, the
raftsman dropped on his knees, and com
menced praying with a vim equal to the
emergency. Happening to open his eysq
an instant, he observed his companion, not
engaged in prayer, but pushing a pole into
the water at the side of the raft.
" What's that yer doing, Mike? - ' said he j
" get down on yer knees, now, for there isn't
a minit betwane us and Purgatory !"
Be aisy, Pat," said the other as he cool
ly continued to punch the water with hi>
pole, " be aisy, now what's the use oj pray
' when a feller can teeh bottom with
pele /"
Mike is a specimen of a large class of
Christians, who prefer to omit prayer as *
long as they can " tech bottom."
FASHION IN HAIR. —An exchange says
the ladies are fast discarding the ''water-#
fall" mode of dressing the hair, and adopt
ing the new fashion which consists of coil
ing the hair behind, ia much' the same
manner as a snake coils itself up prepara
tory to the "dormant" season. It requires
eoesiderable ingenuity to dress the hair in
this fashion; a "puff"" three-quarters of a
yard long is used, round which the hair ia
twisted cable fashion, and then rolled up
like ajhuge tail. These ooils are already of
enormous dimensions ; eight inches in di
ameter being the average at preseut.
■ t /7 **
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The Associated Press employs a news
yacht to meet all the European steax&eiaat
Cape Race- The object is to get the oew%
while it is racy. . rj
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