%\t pmocrat, HARVEY Sit KI.Elt, Editor. TUNKHANNOCK, PA Wednesday* Jan. 17,186G Drum Ecclesiastic if The decline of real religion us during the last four years, lias not escaped the observation of thinkers in other coun tries. The reverend doctor who edits the British Quarterly Review has called atten tion to that painful fact in the following language : During the last four years the "dram ec clesiastic'' has sounded loader than any other. Christian pastors have taken the first place among secular politicians, and the passions which have moved the civil organizations of the Church in an cfpial degree. It is easy to see how, in these circumstances, the ecclesiastical will be al fected anew by the politician, If the preacher is to become as much politician aa divine and preaching is to be transform ed into a sort of Sunday newspaper—what next ? What next askes Doctor Yauglian of The Quarterly Review ? Tie a>ks the questions with an "if," it is true ; but then his proviso represents what is, but too gen erally, a painful fact. Very many of our preachers have shown themselves in the recent conventions of religious bodies of the country, to be, at least, "as much politi cians as divines," if, indeed, we may not go on to affirm that they have shown them selves to be not at all divines, but on the contrary, politicians of a most dangerous class. And in how many cases is it not a notorious fact that "preaching"' has been transformed into not only "a sort of Sunday newspaper," but into an incitement of some of the worst passions of a social and politi cal propaganda ? Even at this peaceful opening of a new year, when the dove of peace flutters with her olive branch against the windows of our churches, hundreds of congregations in the land will witness the sullying of their proper devotions with the smouldering embers of those recently ex tinguished flames of war which are nursed, alas too generally, in our temples,as though they were to be forever kept alive like the holy fires of the Gheber! When, under •uch circumstance* as these, Dr. Vanghan of The British Quarterly asks us "what next ?" we arc bound to answer—if the churches'of the land do net turn back to the strict lincoftheir duties of ministering in .things purely spiritual, that our civil so itiety will become lured from religion the -only firm anchorage of law and order. — N. r. News. CHKEKING.—A Democratic cotcmporary. in urging the Democracy not to IK- discour aged because our party was "swallowed up" in the last election, says: "Remember the whale swallowed Jonah, Jonah was beard of aftewards, the whale never." A Good joke. The best joke of the season was lately perpetrated in Baltimore by the Friends. At a large and respectable meeting of this denomination a petition was prepared to be presented to Congress, asking that body to do something for the Frcedrnen. If this was done in irony, as most likely the case, it is the richest thing of the season; but if done in earnest it was quite cool. "Do something for the Frcedrnen !" When, ■we would ask, has anything been done for tke white men i Congress has had almost its entire time, thus far, taken up with the "Freedmcn." Congress has given them bureaus, schools, bounties, land, pensions, farming implements, and is now trying bard to give, them the ballot and the right to control the white man. One thing has been forgotten, which must be done before the thiDg is complete—Congress must make an appropriation to buy a lot of baby jum per# for the little nigs. We believe this would be a saving to the "bureau." Do •'something for the Freedmen." Ifsome thing be not done for the white man pretty soon, the negroes will have it ail,and there will be nothing left for him. IDRD TO FIND. -It is hard to find an eulogist for the late President Lincoln.— Mr. Stanton and Mr. Holt have both refus ed to deliver the address commemorative of his life, services and death before the two houses of Congress on the 22d of Feb. next Whether they can t do justice to She subject, or the subject will not do jus tice to them, is left to conjecture. Is it possible that these two worthies, so soon •fler their late master isdead, refuse to do reverence to his memory ? What base in gratitude toward the dead President. If we were allowed to suggest, we could name ft proper eulogist for Mr. Lincoln. For ••Brick 1 ' Pomsroy. The Trial of Jefferoon Davis. Attorney General Speed has replied to the request of the Senate to know why Jefferson Davis has not been put on trial in a letter which is rather more intelligible than the bulk ofhis opinions, but which is still sufficiently muddy Ilis point, as we understand it, is this: Mr. Davies must bo tiied in the State and District in whic li i'is offense is alleged to have been commit ted. But Chief Justice Chase, in whose circuit that district lie.*, refuses to hold any court there, and has not condescended to state when he will hold one. Mr. Speed justifies Mr. Chase for this neglect and re fusal to perform his official duties by stat ing that, "though active hostilities have ceased, a state of tear s ill exists in the ter ritory in rebellion f This will certainly be news to the mass of readers. If it be true what a waste oLpowder, thanksgiving and rhetoric there has been since last April in rejoicing over the return of peace! llow miserably have the people been deceived, not merely by the newspapers, but by the autTorative proclamations of the I'resident What blind conclusions have they drawn from the surrender of Lee and Johnston, the re-estublishment of the national flag and the restoration of State Governments all over the South ! When shall we have another draft? Why don't Stanton kidnap a citizen or suppress a newspaper to arouse us from our drowsy forgetfulness that we are actually in a state of war ? Mr. Speed's letter is really hardly wor thy of discussion. But the conduct of C hief Justice Chase, for which it seeks to apologise, deserves the gravest reprehen sion, and is good ground for the impeach ment of that officer. It is his business, for which he is paid, to hold courts in his cir cuit ur.less he is prevented from so doing by the actual presence there of force which is directed to the prevention of justice and which he is without power to resist. Ev erybody knows that there is no such im pediment nor indeed any obstacle of any kind to his holding court in any portion of his circuit. Gen. Grant can travel unat tended from one endjof the South to anotb er. So can anybody el?e that feels dispos ed to do so. Mr. Chase will hardly claim that his importance will put hira in bodily danger in a country where the leader of the Northern armies can come and go with impunity. If he needs force to assist him in opening and holding court, he can have as much as he wants placed at his disposal. If he is suffering from personol fear of as sassination, he had better resign anil make place for some jurist of less imagination and greater pluck, who v\ ill be more asham ed of the delay of justice thau afraid of a v isionarv bullet. tW Edward B. Ivetchum, the forger, w;is sentenced, on Saturday, in New York by Recorder LleST;nan, to four years and six months imprisonment in the State pris on. A strong parly of influential friends have already gone to Albany to solicit a pardon, and it is whispered that the new year v : .tl not 1c very old before Edward is himself sgain. The Albany Argus says that Horace Greeley, George Opdykc. Da vid Dudley Field, and \N illiain E. Dodge, were in the city a few days since, to urge upon Governor Kenton the pardon of young Ketchum. They were fortified by letters from Chief Justice Chase and others prom inent in national politics. After this it will be no wonder if great crimes should rapid ly increase and small ones decrease. Ro gues will n< t now so much endeavor to es cape detection and tiial as to avoid steal ing in small quantities. If they can steal big. it will be all right—sympathy—good family - respectability—high thoughts— genius pardon ! But woe to the little thieves 1 Stealing little is vulgar, but "ap propriating" half a million or million is grand! Shoddy has dignified that with a place at the right baud of "the goddess Loy ally," With what mathematical precision the Recorder has ciphered out the degree of punishment 1 Precisely four years ami six months! PRACTICAL APPLICATION or THX DICK INSON DOCTRINE.— It will be remembered that we published a statement to the effect that a negro woman living near Chimbora zo bad leen delivered of puppies. We now learn that these animals have tinman heads and canine Inxlies ; they were origi nally five in number. One has died, two have been sold to a Yankee, for exhibition, for one thousand doliars, and the wretched woman has refused an offer of five hundred dollars for the two which remain. The woman will be sent to the poor house, and when she is sufficiently recovered, she will be sent to the penitentiary. Hanging wo'd be far too slight a punishment for such an abandoned outcast as this creature must be. About forty years ago, wlicn pine trees ware still growing on the north side of Maine street, where twenty-fifth street now runs, a negro woman, named Sally Ham, was the mother of three creatures such as we have described above, but they all died soon after their birth.— Richmond Exam iner. fgT William Lloyd Garrison's Liberator bas expired. The final number was issued last waok. Tbc Republican Party Must Split. We think, with one of our cotcmporaries j that the Republican party must soon split in twain. Even if it eould hang together on the question that now threatens it with speedy disruption, it would split up as soon as that question is disposed of. The old Tariff issue is showing signs of life and up on this it will be impossible for the Repub licans to agree. Those in the Now Eng land States not satisfied with the enonnous i profit they arc making now, will insist up on raising the duties. Senator Sprague, of Rhode Island, has already made a move in that direction in the United Stafes Senate. The Republicans of Pennsylvania will fol low their lead, but those of New York and the Western States will insist upon a re- ■ duction ins.cad of an increase of the Tariff. There lias already been a Free Trade League organized in New York. Its lead ing and most active members are intluen- ' tial Republicans, and its principal organ is the New York Evenim Post, whose edi- , tors may be classed among the fathers of tht Republican party. The commercial interests of New York would be promoted by a reduction of the duties on imported goods The same is true of the agricultural interests of the West. Branches of the Free Trade League of New \ ork may therefore be expected to be organized in the west, where they will supe;sede the "Loyal Leagues" now or lately in existence. With the Republi cans of New England and Pennsylvania struggling for an increase of duties, and those of New York and the Western Slates fighting for "free trade."' a peiraanent di vision of that paity would seem to be alto gether certain. On this, as on all other questions, the great body of the Democratic party happi ly hold no ex'reme views. They hold, and have always held, that a Tariff which will afiord sufficient revenue to defray the ordinary expenses of an economical ad ministration ot the government, will also, if levied with discrimination, afford suffi cient protection to the American manufac turer to give him a fair profit on his goods. s3*' TAKING CAJTE OF THEIR OWN. — We sometimes get a good ileal of private information fromoongressional 4 Directories. The Directory of tf o present congress makes the following pi. asant exhibit:—A sou of''Senator Clark, of N. iJ., is door keeper of the reporters'" gallery; a son of Senator Cowan is clerk or his father's com. mittee at SO per day, with nothing to do; a son of Senator Doolitllc—a son of Sena tor Ilowarda— son of Senator D:\on-and a nephew of Senator Foot,are similarly favor ed with clerkships; while a nephew of Sen ator Wade stands guard at an entrance to the Chamber at 1,200 for the session.— None of these young gentl men ever saw service in the tented field, which fact, tak en in connection with the resolution, "That the Senate do earnestly recommend to the citizens of the United States the employ inent of discharged soldiers," et cetera, will likely create *OlllO surprise at the "cheek" displayed by that' dignified body." Hani 011 ihe Breast. Ihe La Crosse Democrat (Brick Pome— rovs pa pet,) in an article of about half a Column bids fa*ewi II to the "Ilottle Imp" of Gen. Grant, in rat h*r severe but de served inathema. We give an extract. The greatest curse a moiher could put upon a child would be to wish it the heart and attributes of Ben' Butler, whose sun has at last sunk in the deepest infamv, and whose eternity we trust wil be spent in the home of his employer. Thief, robber, aboli tion patriot, military plunderer, woman m sulter, egotistical ass, pet of Republicanism child of the devil, cockeyed abortion of hu manity, bottled braggadocia, payed out politician, dishonored general and traitor ous citizen, farewell. Bottled Blunderer, Big Bethel Butcher, Bigoted Braggadecia, Ben Beast Butler! Deaonc ? NATIONAL BANK NOTES. — The Comp troller of the Currency has proposed the following rules for the redemption of Na tional Bank notices : First—The notes are to be redeemed bv the banks by which they are respcctivley issued, and should not be returned to this office in sums less than five hundred dol lars or even multiplies of that amount. Second—Mutilated notes which have been torn or defaced will be received,when presented by the bank that issued them provided that all the fragments are return ed and the engraving or signature are not so far obliterated that it cannot be determ ined by what bank the notes are issued. Third—Fragments should be redeemed bv banks in full when accompanied bv an affidavit stating the cause and manner cf mutilation, and that the missing part of the note is totally destroyed. The good char acter of the affiant should also be fully vouched for by the officer before whom the affidavit is taken. As some of the National Banks have been a little crook-d as to receiving mutil ated notes, the foregoing specific directions it is hoped may tend to put the public on their guard against receiving torn and de faced notes and teacli bank officers what are their duties in the premises. Notes of Warning. Prudent business men in all sections of the country are alarmed at the signs of the timea, they fear a commercial revulsion compared willi which the stoims of 1837 and 1857, were mere summer bteezes. — The report of the Secretary of tbc Treasu ry has added to the feaf lie warned the country of the danger ahead, and as one means of rendering the calamity less disas trous, if need of averting it, he urged a re turn to specie payments by the speediest possible means, and by a simultaneous re duction of the paper currency. To make the suggestions of the Secretary practical, the Chicago Republican contends that there must he retrenchment on the part of the govt-rnment and people, and adds ; The merchant may, after lie has spent all his money, keep up appcarauces for a long time, indeed, as long as he can borrow of one bank to pay another, but the end is certain—be must fail. The people of the United States have not expended all their means: they have an abundance to meet their piesent debt and to pay it, if they are prudent in their expenditure and economi cal in their habits. If, however, they con tinue the prodigality which was an inci dent of the inflation produced by the war; if they will pursue the extravagance which have heed adopted during tllfe last five years; if, instead of paying off the home debt, they contract an additional foreign debt, then the day of reckoning will speedi ly arrive, and will bring with it a terrible crash. We repent that the exigencies of the times demand that there shall he at once adopted and religiously observed a system of economical ex|icndituK. public and pri vate. This may not avert altogether the financial collapse that threatens us, but it may do much to lessen its force and reduce its volume of disaster. Every man should now put his house in order for the coining day of settlement, let those in debt econo mize now while a they can; let thcin as soon as practicable pay what they owe, and go in debt no more. Lifs in I kettles. The Mrs Gtnndics were a littU disj-osed to sniff their aristocratic noses at such close contact,but the jam would not permit any further manifestation* of ftisgus*. The grave, dignifies! and temperate Dea con Smooth-face, was tlieic, flanked on all sides by bacchanalians who were sweating out recent deep potations-if tear-paunch whisky The Drauia of the •'ll*'ney-ni >on" was reproduced, an-7 played iu very fine stylo Tho actors showing more spirit, and less timidity than on the former oc casion, f.ud in all respects, gave decided signs of iin proveinent. The grai-ctul Volante had a slight at tack of Town Talk on the brain, which affected her nervous eyU-m smiowhst, but under the gentle min istration of the Count she soon recovered. It is to bo hoped tor the credit of her good taste, that she will not be trouoled that way iigtin Mr. A 11. Mulford entertained the audience with an original speech or sermon, and with true native African elo quence made some good hits. In imitation of other Black Republican prcai hers lie hat somethng to sav of Towr. Talk ; at which the individual la.t a for said tell highly flittered, lie left off rather abruptly having received "a dispatch from President Johnson to visit Washington ; where we liojie his talont and labors in the cause of his • cullu'l brudren,' will be rewarded by a suitable jHjsii.ion in the "Freedmeu's Bureau " Wednesday evening's par formance eoncludeJ w th t D'guerrian Gallery pan tomime pdayed by Messrs. Herman?, Ruger and Caskey, who did'nt sp*uk loud enough to be very distinctly hear! ; bur their monkey-shines could lie plainly seen- We wonder if a woman could play pantomime? We know they play the pian •, guitar, si.ap-'cm anl ketch-'em, and such fancy things, ana tire generally playing the devil ; lut we never heard of their engaging in any thug wluie their tongues eouli'nt hive fall play. We imagine they'd play the deuce with Town Talk if they could catch hiiu The' Golden Farmer" and ••II imiy Andy" were served up for tho Thursday Light's euterta : nment.-- Mr. N. 11. C'onklin, as the Farmer,pluyed aduiir.bly, and iu the last act caused more than one | early dew-drop bi glisten in the eyes of his lair friends.— Mr. Hermans in the ch'naeter of Jemmy Twiicher, played a most difficult port in good style, Mr: Par rish as Mobb, looked and acted the highwayman nd robber all over. In the ch tractor of Hammer, the drunken auctioneer, Mr, R. P Ross acted, as some malicious boys said, "right up to nature," Indee f it was done so naturally, that his most inti mate friFnds could not resist the conclusion that he was pisscssed ot the genuine old fashioned spirits.— We really thought at one time that wo could smell his breath, but finally concluded it was .-ui next neighbor's Miss Kiltie Davis a? the Farmer's wife, p lay d her part very finely, except in the closing scene, where we thought her voice was a little too steady to give full effect to the part If Kittie was M rs. Town Talk, ntid Town Talk was about to bo Lung—-as lie would I e . if vei found out—and Kittie did'nt carry on worse than shedid on this oc - .sion, we should soy to Kittie, "s-s-s-c-ntand to the hangman "drive on " We saw nothing of Mrs Hammer but her night capped-hea 1 but her voice had a "passing shrillness in it," an t she read ber drunki-a lord a lenture.w"hich he will do well to profit by, and did it well, too. The performance of the little girl, Miss Bell Samson, could not bo excelled anywhere, nn I was much superior to thit of many of ihc adult performers. The minor charaet ers were badly represented. There was enough boobyishness about them, hut it was "natur." Handy Andy took the house by stortn The stu pid, blundering irishman was performed to perfect! n b„* Mr. Caskey. Ilis got-up wns good, (ind his lidic olouslv stu It t'.w st.i e Ilis represen tation of the character of Edward O'Connor was l td. There can be but one fault f>und with \fiss liertha Tutton, as Mad Nance." Her face locked too tair end beautiful for one bowed down with sorrow i tad blighted bepea, as she was supposed ti he. ft 1 every other reelect she wag {erfeet 'Tfta, Becker, as "Fannie," wa as easy and grauafu) ai she always is, and was (veil up to her part. " Arrak Oonah, hows your mo. her ? Weren't je alwaye the delight o' my heart," and didn't you delight hmh ot others beside? Andy, with your truthful reprewa* tation of the warm hearted irish gi 11 The other character? did well, nnd upon the whole we caa my that it wag a decided success. We have as yet heard no 'ink" stories ; bat from where we sat in the audience we were witmae of a pice of very bad taste on the part of some qf the young ladies, \\ e have no doubt but what their ar.il nous lab >rs had rendcrcJ them somewhat 'stark about th dimity," but, little dears! it would have looked belter if you had stayed in yourdressing-mom nod eaten vour pie, nnd not stood out in plain view | of the audience with your hands and mouths enm ; mod full- Thu rsdny night a number of fesrtve souls ! collected in Ross' l>ecr saloon, and bnd a merry time ! of it. A good one for their purpose coining *a, they plied him with beer until foolishly drunk, and'theo set him to singing songs. His rendition of "Mrs. Johnson" was capital, and wn would recommend him to ihc Thespians, a? a new attraction for their next performance Married. I ELLIS—BI*RR--At the residence of the Brides j ther in Stcrlingville Jan. illh iost, by the Rev. J. Leg, Mr. Miles Ellis, to Miss Isabel L, Daughter j of Clark Burr Esq , all of Sterlingvillo. THE-MASO.n A IIAMLIN CABINET ORGANS, forty ' different stylr-, adapted to sac red nnd secular tonne, 1 for 80 dollars to f,OO each. Fifty-ono gold or sil- Tcr medials, or other firs' premiums awarded them Illustrated C itologues free. Address. MASON A ! HAMLIN, Boston, or MASCN Brothers, New York. vsu4ly j PUBLIC SALE The subscriber will sell at Public Vendue at hie residence in STE li LING VILLE, On Friday Jan. 26, 13gs at 10 o'clock A, M., A lot of House-hold Furniture, Stoves, Cooking Utee | til's, Ac , Ac. A store and Dwelling House with ap- I purtcnances , will also be offered for sale or rent. S VERNOY Sterlingville Jan 16 lßgg. AGENTS WANTED! " To sell prize Certificates for GOLD AND SILVER WATCHES. I Ladles, Jewelry, Diamond Rings, Pins, Ac.. Only $5 Each.. i For any article drawn. Retail Price from #lO to j $250. ' - A LI. GUOUS WARRANTED GENUINE. 1 Piice of ( ertiti.-ates 25 cents each. Liberal Premi ums and Commission allowed to agents. SAMPLE CERTIFICATES SENT FREE For Circulars and Terms address, Messrs. IIA YWAUD <€• CO. 229 Broadway, New-York. I v5n22-3ino. GOING! GOINGS! GO MRUS The Subs, ritcr, A Licensed Auctioneer foFWjr j omiitg, anl allother Clau'ios IU tu3 L'.iif-ed Stilus; J and New Jersey - will roll at auction, stock, farra , ing implements, household furniture and every.h.ug i else vendible to the highest and best bidders. Addresser call in person on: Wu.. L BARD WELL I Puttni.'t *1 vip22l3 ~ Lost" """ Lost in the vicintv of Nicholson Depot, on 18th of j No ember l ist a Pocket Dairy. . ■ For which thefinicr will be suitaoly rewarded by ■ Mailing .-aid book to tuy address. Or if more conve nt, i.t by leaving the saute in care of Mr Titoa Freight agent at the above Depot. JOHN 0. SAYLE3. Jr. Niven. P, 0. Susquehanna Co. Pa, vsn2o 3wks. Administrator's Nolle.?. Notice is hereby given ihat a I persons indebted ) to the estate of Noah Newman late of Monroe Town ; ship ilec'd., are requested to make immediate pJ --i no tits, anl those having claims or demands against \ said estate will present them duly authenticated ter | settlement to . • , JttllN WALL. Jt. Adm'r. Timkh mnoek, Dec. 19 lb'(is. i \su2o (jwks SI.SOO ; cry a here to sell our imi'Kovkl' s2d Bewir.g Machinm Three new kin-Is Under and upper feiH. Warnis- I ted five years. Above salary or large emnmissinM | paid. Tne ONLY machines sold tn the Foiled Ststss ; or Irs? than $ 10. which tir * fully licensed by Hour, | Wheeler J- Wilson (trover J- 1 'aker, Singer if Ce. ; and Baclielder. All other cu< ap uiiu-liiu.s are - \J~ringemenls ai.! tin* seller or user are liable to er j rested t? and imprisonment. Circal irs free. Aa | bvss, .F -I'l.ii.l 8i-A?Jlrk Bit.af.rd, M?ia lor at N-i S2 >l>• 11 vv, Nv Y ;N i 2Jg C*r ; tcr >t- Phi'-.tdelphi i P. ; No. 14 Lombard's Block, Chicago. II!.; No. 170 Wcs' F.unh St., Cincinnati, | 0.; or No 8 Spaul ling's Exchange, Buffalo, N Y \6n2l-lyear Notice. Is herebv given that ft certain stone scow lately ' erected by Hiram Hall for Jacob Fritz. and now ly wg iu the Kuor at the mou hof Tuakhaun >ck Creek i di I be said at public vendue or auction, on the 2®t i a a vol J niu rv, 18GO, at, one U'- kick P. M. at the mouth of said Creels in tho Borough of Tuukbsn noi-k, inpayment of tin amount oi th lien of said U.ili for work and labor, Acup .ue-iif ?t>ia ecom together with costs of sale. Ac, said lieu aa. an t. n. I c *12,76 HIRAM HALL Condition ot the Wyoming National Bauk ot Tut. khan nock, ia. on the morniug of the lirat Monday In Jan. A, D, I HOG RESOURCES. Loans and Discounts, Over Drafts 208,42 F. 6'. Bonds deposited to secure Cireula ,io„ 100,000,00 u. S. Securities on band, Due from National Bauks, Legal Tender Notes, Won Note.- of this Bank on hand, o ii Notes of Solvent State Banks. •. 1 1-W Cash lt.-ins, c'cic'o- Premiunis paid, .' A.I Furniture and Fixture?, 'ffij Expenses. taxes, T..UI W.3.K LIABILITIES. r, I Cr.irlf 8100.000,00 Capital Stock, oe nnn 00 Circulation, Due individual Depositors. J,4 Discounts, r, Interest on Sthcks, '6'- ' Profit and Los?, 5.956, vv Total. 1232.346,16 I Samuel Stark, Cashier of the Wyoming Nationsl Bank of rurikhannm-k. do Solemnly swear tbat " above Stateo-eut is true to the best of uiy knowteage and b. lief SAMUEL STARK, Cashier Srorn and subscribed before me, the 9th dav Jan. 1866. F c KO SS. Notary Pu blkl A MONTH AGENTS V" SWVJU ted for six entirely nev ait*e 3TT.U.. ArturessO. T GAREY, City BuiW-M Bi oleford, M.iino. 5a21-lyoar. f