(Tlje gem ot rat, *r-r- HARVEY SICKI.ER, Editor. TUNKHANIfOCK, tP A Wednesday. Dec. ID, ISGG N> PAPER NEXT WEEK. —No papeh will be issued from this office next week the usual time for the printers respite from the unceasing toil of the year having ar rived. Our next issue, therefore, will be on the 2d. day of the New ear. We, this week, delay the issue of our paper for a da\ in order to get in some items that would hare been rather stale, after the lapse of two weeks. - er The bill oonfering the right of suf fiageon negroes in the Ilistiict of Colum bia, has passed both houses of Congress by tue usual black Republican majority of about two thirds. This was done against the uu.ted protests of the white mau of the city and district. Ax AMUSING TRICK IN LEGERDEMAIN. (The Printer's Take a sheet ot note paper, fold it carefully and envel ope a bank note sufficiently large to pay up arrearages. Keep your eye on the prin ter and ifyou can detect a smile the trick is a success. The Dodge. C4, for L'resident: Lin-otn receive 1 2,203.831 votes M'Cle'lan received 1.797 019 Eleven States that east-. 693.457 •' in 1860, r.ot voted or courited lii the recent elections, the Radicals bad a majority en the po- ular vote in the N< rthwestern States, approaching 400,000 If the ten Southern States had been per mitted to vote, the result would have shown the Radicals in a minority of 500,- ODO, on the vote of the whole country, In New York, . • The radicals polled 309.000 votes. The Domo ira's 354,000 *' The Radicals elected 18 members of Congress, the Democrats 6: a member of Congress for every 17,000 Radical voter*, and only one for every 48,00 Democratic vote re. In New Yfik ere Radical voter was neatly equal to two Democratic voters.— In Pennsylvania, one Radical voter was almo-t equal to throe Democratic voters. If. previous to the late elections, the stver.il congressional districts had been re-di>t:icled with an eye single to further ing the ascendency of the Democratic party, in the manner they are now gerrv martdt-red for the benefit of the Radicals, the maj >ri'y of the next Congress would have beer Democratic without the South ern representatives. If equal} weight was given to everv Democratic and Radical vote, the Radical majority would have been sixteen instead of ninety, at present. u There is nothing in the resi It of the re cent elections to discourage the Democra cy. Want of proper organization caused our defeat. The rank and file were never less dispirited; more Democratic votes were p Jlrd ilian ever b< fore. The Demo cratic party is not dead, it remains rot in decav, not a mere antique ; but full of life and youthful vigor. The Radjcals are aware of its strength. Thev know in their inmost souls, that is the simple question of admitting loyal repiesenfatives from the Southern States was submitted to a popu lar vote, that a large number of their partv would vote with the D- moerats for their admission—a number sufficient to ca r ry the measure 4Vhai are The —States or Territories* f 44 Congress vrill meet next Monday. The Enquirer Apologizes for calling it a Con gress. It says that a Constitutional Con gress requires the representation of all ftie States. That is so, and all the States w ill he represented. There are ten Territories in the region of the gulf that will not be represented, simply because they put so much faith in Andy and the Democracy that they hare not been readmitted into the Union. — Cincinnati Times." If the Southern States are nothing but Territories, will the Times explain a few facts ? 1. Why were the members from Loui siana, one of the alleged Territories, ad mitted by the house of Representatives to seats in that body, where they acted and voted in 1801 and 1865? One of these members. Mr. Halm, has been since cho sen a I mted States Senator, and is now appl\ ing for admission into Congress. Is he not as much entitled to sit in the Senate in iB6O, after the war is over, and after Louisiana submits in the Federal Govern- ment, as he was in 186+ to sit in the House when the war was progressing and the people were resisting the United States laws? Was the State in the Union in 1804 and out in 18GC? 2, Why was Andrew Johnson permit ted to sit as a Senator from Tennessee far two years after the State, according to the Times' theory, had ceased to exist and be came a territory Are territories ever represented in the United States Senate? Will the Times tell us when Tennessee ceased to he a State and took the position of a Territory ? 3. Why were members of Congress from Virginia admitted to their seat> dur ing the war if the "Old Dominion" w>s then a Territory ? f. Why did Congress, in ISG2 ;,„j 183-i, pas.> an apportionment la - ;;, assigning to the seceded States f .' tl eir quota of members of Congress, ai.d why did Air Lincoln, as President, agprove of such an enactment, if, in their judgment, these States were Territories? Was the Radical President then mistaken in their view of the relations of the South to the Union? if so, when did they get new light i 0. Ihe Judges of the United States Su preme Court n< ver held their Courts in the iVnitories—-tiiev do not form n part of their circuits—vet it is ; ronos u d by the ( !oet Justice ere long to trv Jeti" Davis Virginia, thus showing that it exi-t as suo.'i Srates, why did the Balti more Republican Convention that nomina ted Lincoln and Johnson for President and Viee-prcM lent, admit <1 h gates from them to act and vote with the otht r States on the floor? If the Southern States are good I'llOl.jri 10 tll'tj) llHldinnto ■ li'-pub lican President and Vice-President in their conventions, ought the Congressional imn in.es-of fucji con volitions to exclude them from their deh-g .lions f 7. Docs the Times recollect the celebra ted ('rittendeii R-si luti n, passed by Con gress in July, 1861. which recognized the existence of the Sou'h rn S*a'e> as num bers of the f nion in the strongest and mo>t emphatic language I This- resolution was voted for by all the Republican mem bers of Congress. In voting for it did they vote a lie, or Were they mistaken ? 8. If a State, by its own motion, can cut asunder the tie which binds it to the Un ion and cease to be a State, must it not be upon the doctrine that a State, has a right to secede? Does the Times hold to this doctrine \ 8. If a portion of the people of Ohio should, noting through the niaehin-ry of a Stn'e Government, resist ?nJ defy the ed enl authority in onr limits for one week, would that remand u* to the condition of a Territory and deprive ns of represen'ation in Congress ? IfVne week's swcessful re sistance would no , would a month or a year do so? Is it a qne.-tioiCof time, and if so, what thne ? We should like to hear the learned ex pounder of the Times on those points that we have suggested, at hi> earliest conven ience.— Cincinnati Enquirer, A Negro Competitor for (he U. S. Sena ti'rslifp. At the recent meeting of the woolvhead society in Philadelphia, where Chief Jus tice Chase expounded darkness to his dark audiance, Mr. Aaron Powell, editor of the Anti-slavery St indard, said in a speech, that he wished that one distinguished rep resentative man of the State, one known > favorably in this country ar.d a man of marked ability, whose name is Robert Purvis, could not be sent to that I now disgraced chair lately occupied by I Senator Cowan. It wouldn't he long that j the State of Pennsylvania would be dis honored in disfranchising the black. He knew that K< 11. y, if Consulted, and believ ed that ('urtiuand Stevens, if consulted, Would magnanimously stand aside and al low such a result to occur. He urged the putting forward of Mr. Purvis with all the energy the Society could command. It must not be forgotten that Robert Purvis Is* a negro, j After the election of two negroes to the Jj.p saehosetts Legislature, no one need be surprised to find tli3 little imitators of Pennsylvania following suit.—Ax. —— -*•*■ Now that the airest of John Surrat is made matter of lustorv, there seems to bt; Considerable nervousness manifested by the ladirals, as to his trial. Tiiey don't like the idea of tr\inghim iv civil pr< ><•**b- , jects of their adoration. Of this there hav. been shoeking instances near Mobile and New Orleans. The fall from morals I.as been as great where they have not been controlled by t'!."- whites. * No longer r di strained to virtue by the discipline ot the plantation, the negroeshavc l>ecnf!* drnnk j aids, gamblers, vagrants, thieves nnu mur- i derers. They fill our jails, penitent ari.'S and poorhou-es, aid in a recent article, we demonstrated how they clogged the wheels! ot justice in all our courts and swelled the j volume of taxation, while they contr butc I little or nothing to its reduction. In a senatory poin freedom has been i disastrous to the negro. iI is unchecked j vices, ui bridled appetites and wild pa-sions j aie running up the bills of mortalitv verv high aga n-t him. More infants and adults '■ die than used to do, because ' oid mi-tress" 1 does not now fare as well as formerly.— lie doe not get as much to eat, ot to wear i as he did on the plantation, nor i he anv i bettor housed. Whether he is better off even in point of education is questionable, i for In- ignorance mav have been a bliss which it were a curse and a folly to re- j move, If then, we have demonstrated 'hat the peculiar fi lends and champions of the ne gro l ave not helped hiin in r< ligion, mor als, health, education, fond, raiment and shelter, in what, it may be asked, does the great boast of It is freedom consist ? A Padical, of blue nose and sanguine tem pi lament, will pet haps tell us tliat tbo great achievement of emancipation was vet to come when the negro shall be made a voter! Perhaps. But we imagine even a sensib'e negro would freely admit that the possession of a vote was but a poor compensation for the loss of physical com forts, and nipral, social and religious ad vantages. Judge Allison, of Philadelphia, 'atelv ent a Federal soldier to far thirty days far contempt in not taking off his hat in court, although to have done so would have been a violation of the army angula tions. Singular to sav this same Jo !ge re sided and prn 's hat on in "the presence" than to take n hu mane life ? Too MANY PFOPI.E IN T CHICAGO —lt ap pears from a card publish'd in a Chicago newspaper, signed by one of trie Loral Em ployment Committee, that the city is over run with in.*n search of work. A similar complaint comes from al the large cities of the Uni'ed States, Penpl<*out of employ ment find it difficult to get work, and hence those who are earning a living in this cir cumstances that it will only be a waste of time to visit the cities in the hope# of bet tering their condition. JVMF.S STEPHENS. —This Fenian CHIEF IS evidently Juld in great dread bv the Brit tish Government, for besides the reward of five thousand do'lars in gold offered for his apprehension h\ tiie Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, the British Government itself has now offered a reward of $'25,000 in go d to any person, ''man or woman, voting or old," who will deliver up the hodv of Steph"ns '• dead or alive." If the Irish cannot train their independence, tlmy can at least frighten their oppressors. At eolored Methodist meeting in Hamil ton, O' io. on Monday evening, a rowdy negro barb'-r, named Wi!liam, with others, interrupted the congregation, and there was a -P uggle to put him oof. in which ra zors and knives were used, and he was stabbed to the heart M r.y were severe ly wounded on both sides. Tlerschel V. Johnson h is been re-ejected U. Seuator from Georgia. | Drigham en Polygamy. HE INTRENCHB6 HIMSELF UEIIIND A PROPH ECY AND LOOKS LONGINGLY LOWELLWARD, The following portion of Brigham Young's address at the semi annual Con ference lately held at Salt Lake City, is taken from his own organ, the Deseret Mews, and is a lair -ample of the argu ments used by the Mormons in defence of their peculiar idea: "The last time I was in the city of Lowell the r e were fourteen thousand more females than males in that one city. This is many years go. They live and die in a single state and are forgotten Have they tilled the measure of their crea tion. and accompliseed the designs of Ilea \en in bringing them upon the earth ? Xo, they have not. Two thousand good, God fearing men should go there, and take to themselves seven wives apiece. It is writ ten in the Bible, "and in that day, 6even women shall iay hold of one man, saying we shall eat our own bread and wear our own apparel; only let us he called by t',y name to take away our reproach "' The government of the United States do not in tend that the prophecy shall he fulfilled,aud the Lord Almighty mea.is that : ,i shall. — Do you not think that the Lord will con quer? I think he will, and we are help ing him. It is the decree of the almighty thai in ihe la>t '.'.ays, seven women shall take hold o', one man, Ac., to be counseled ?.nd a uvised by him, being willing to spin their own wool, make their own clothing, and do everv thing they can to earn their own living, if they can only bear his name to take away tlieir reproach. What is this order lor ? It is for the resurrection; It is not for this world. I would not go across this bowery for polygamy it it only per tained to tliis world. It is for the resurrec tion, and the spirit of the Lord has come upon the people, and upon vie ladies es ptcially, to prepare the way for the fulfill ment of his word. The female sex have been deceived so long, and they want a place, and a name, and a head ; for the man is the head of the woman, to lead her into the celestial kingtom ofour Father and God Lehigh Valley Railroad. The engineers of the Lehigh Yallev K. R. Company passed through lu re last I week locating the Jine of extension of that ioatl toward the New York State line. We understand that the work of cutting a new towing path on the berrne through the va rious ••narrows" will be commenced this winter and the whole work prosecuted vig orousiy on the opening ot spring, with a view to completion by the close of 1807. The importance this road to the general ; interests of our Valley can hardly be esti mated. Besides furnishing a market for coal, this improvement will bring to our doors all tin- productions of the fine agricultural countrv Ijing northward of us, cheapening them m our market and at the same time paying producers of hotter prices. Busi ness men from the counties north of us have now to travel limn -ward via. of Scranton, Gieat Bend, Uaveriy and thence to the river towns by stage, a journey ot 10 to 20 hours. This improvement completed thev will take the cars at their doors, and in 3 lo 5 lion's wi 1 be set down In re. The natural result of this will be that for one in in from that region who now comes here, ten - p-'-sibly a hundred will come, and and tin ir production 8, instead ot paying tribute to the Erie, I). L. dy and throwing himself into s.>ni<* fish pond ; or lie may follow the no torious Jim Latic, and blow bis brains out with a pistol; but he cannot escape the torments of—Parson Brownlow.— Ex. Tin Black Republicans lied like so many sinners, when they insisted 'hat the war was to 'put down the rebellion and restore tho Union " They knew they wi re lying at the time, and yet, f<>r saving this, democratic editors were persecuted and mobbed. Who was tight ? Did we not tell t' e truth ? The rebellion is put down, but instead of restoring the Union, the party in p>w£r persists in breaking it up still more. They now propose to abol i h the State Governments of ten States altogether, and govern tin m the same as we do 1 t th, Montana and other territories before, thov became Slates, Is that "re spiting the Union?" Such action will be ch*arl\ unconstitutional, but what care these desperadoes for Constitutions? — Their object is to destroy the -Southern States altogether, and take away from them all political power. The Supreme Court may have a finger in this pie, as it did in the tost oa'li matter, before it is thoroughly baked. — Jeffvrsonian. It is said that the friends of Congress man M orissey, are importuning him to re sign giv ng as a reason that if he wishes to reform,* he should never go into the company of radical congressmen, who wo'd tempt him to do more wrong than he has ever been guilty of before. He will cer tainly have to learn to steal if he associates with Botler and Bank. .Hon. Jacob Fry, formerly member of Congress, and Auditor General of the State dieJ at Norrioiuwu on the idbthult. Local and Personal. Explanation .--The date on the colored ad dress label on this paper indicates the time up to which, an appears on our books, the subscriber bos paid for his paper. Anjerror, in this label, will b froinptly corrected, when brought to our notice, hose of our Subscribers, who wish to know how they stand with us, w ill consult the label on their papers. Don'r let it get too far back iwto the by gone days-—Something might happen. We Present Our and greet our triends and patrons wiih salutations of the season-- A MERRY CHRISTMAS, and a HAI-PY NEW YEAR, to you all. Holiday Presents.—Toys, Fancy Articles Ac., to please both old and young, can be found in end less variety at Mrs- E. Lease's Toy, and Fancy Store*. No Turkey for Ofcristmns, has yet reported for service, at our coop. Wo have listened anxiously lor the melodious notes from oueoftheso birds, but nary a gobble his greeted our ears. Wi'l some of our delinquent subscribers talk Turkey to us"? An Amusing Trick In liCgerdcnlaln,—(The Printer's Delight ) Take a sheet of note paper,fold it carefully and envelope a bank note sufficiently lar/re to pay up arrearages, Keep your eye on the printer and if you can de:ect a smile the trick is a success Calicoes of the most elegant stylos are now sold by Bunnell and Banatyne, at price's that .will w.irrtnt a man, even of moderate means, in "playing Santa Claus" during the coming Holidays, to the extent of surprising his wife with a new calico gown. Wo men don't take ofiease at such little innocen* jukes. Go and try it. Suow to the ' cptli of six or eight inches, fell at this place on Sunday last. It wade the first sleigh ing of the season—rather poor at that—and sleighs, cutters, bob-sleds, pungs and ether sliding vehicles tire in good demand. We make the above announ'-emont for a subscri ber in Texas We suppose everybody in this neigh borhood is already aware of the fact. The Holidays—L. B. Powell of Scr.mton has greatly eql.uged his stoek of musical Instruments for ihe holidays. Everything in that line can be Sound there in great profusion, from a piano to a jews harp A great many young jieople are learnin - music now a-Jays, and a present of a Piano, Organ, or Melo deon for Christmas would be something long to be retnembeied. In some instances a sly hint from the young ladies would materially assist in bringing about the desired result. Tine •• Home Amusement."—This beautiful and entertaining Family an t Lnnies Maguzh e pre- ! sents an unusual interest to the young laity and housewife, in fact, it is all. and more, than its name ; implies. Ainueement for the Home and Fireside.- ! Every family should read it. Puhlibetf Semi Monthly, in large magftzine form at only $1.25 par annum. A Wheeler k Wilson Sgs Sewing Machine is sent to Agents who raise a Club of forty-eight subscriber*. ' Address . HOME AMUSEMENT, No. 78 Nassau St , New York. A Present of a fine set of Furs would be grate , fully received by hundreds of the good wives an! fair daughters of this County. The kind husbands i and prudent Papas should open their hearts and j purses, just a trifle, during the Holidays. Mr Geo. ! Albright, ot Scottsville, neat Mehoopany, in this county, has on hand of his own manufacture, all t'.o j richest and_niost elegant styles ot muffs, capes, ho us 1 robes and furs, forei ;n and native, of every de- ! script ton ; which he sells at prices that will astonish I everybody. See advertisement in to-day's paper Oysters >-Almost everybody treats tbeinselvi ? > cr expects to be treated—to a dish of thes#esculents ; during the Holidays. We are even presomptous I enough to think that somebody may "do soma brown" for us and Mrs. t T s, before the good time j shall have passed. By the way—speaking of thesa nasty looking, but good tasting things—Messrs j Crane k Lull, at their Saloon, in this place, hare them for sale in any quantity, from the single 'gob" to the gallon ; in any style—raw, stewed, fried, boiled or baked—by wholesale or retail, for single | individuals, double individuals, (by this, we mean | the cmseof a good understanding between two indi i viduals of the opposite sex.) families, parties, house hotel or saloon kt epe rs. ! The Hand —at this place, having been depriv- j ed by the ng their number, so well qualified tor the : position. , SAYLES—WESTLAKE —At tho M E. Parsonage in Lymanville, on Sunday Dee. 9, IBog.by the Rev, : J F. Wilbur, Mr. John C. Sayles. of Nicholson, to j MissSnrah 0. Westlake ofsamo place* BILLINGS —LULL.—In Tunkhannock, Dee. 19th 18GG, ly the Rev J. L. Lege, at the house < t the Bride's father Mr. PAI'L BILLINGS to Miss J KN- I NIK M. I.t'LL, both of Tunkhannock. Accompanying the abo* e notice were two por tr iits of the late secretary of the Treasury—the present Chief Just ce of the United States. Vulgar j people sometimes call thein "greenbacks," and use Hiem for dollurs. We hop>ed to put these to nobler ; uses. To have framed and hung them up in our t sanctum sanctorum ; or at least to have kept them for a few minutes, for the sake of studying the phiz of the aforesaid Ex. Seut'y AC. J. But, alas ! how vain are all human hopes. Ere they were closed up in the deep recesses ot our empty porta monaie, and ere we had ceased to invoke blessings on the happy eveut that brought them to us, Sam—that's our j boy-broke the spell by lushing in almost out of breath, plate in hand and exclaiming—"Ma wants some butter." *'A oh inge catno o'er the spirit of our dream." Dry pancakes, hungry babies, 40 cts.apouud wag on grease, scolding wife, Vanishing greenback, mat rimony, holy wedlock, and various other domestic matters filled up the measure of our waking thoughts ♦iking a last,longing look at the greenies slowly and i sadly we luid them 011 tho plate, and bid the boy j depart. The boy departed—and with him the plate '— • wearin' of and bearin' off the green." But, it is not of ourselves, but of Paul and Jennie, that we started out to write. l"hat butter business caused the digression. To return—may their porta monaie- | picture gallery never be destitute of pictures—may j their—-seven-year-older never prefix tho word j "wants" with 'Ma." May they ever be as happy as the printer would be, if he possessed their •■ways and means." Died WOODIIOUSE—In La eyville. Dec. 9th lSog.Angio Iv. wife of Dr. J. (V Woodhouse. and daughter of late Chas. Kccuey, in the 24th year of her age. j RESOLUTIONS On the Death of George S. Tutton. At a rogulaj communication of Temnl 1.0 ige No. '248 A. Y. M, 1,.1,1 „, h llall, on Monday evening, Dec. 17th P M. Osterhout arose and ar.nOunctd 'the death of Bro. Past Master Geo. S. Tutton • and after a few appropriate remarks, otfer ed the following preamble and resolutions which were unanimously adopted. IV Hf.RKAS, It has p I eased the Great Architect of the I'ni verse to calf from his labor here, oar most * esteemed and beloveu brother, George S. Tutton Treasurer and Past Master of this Lodge. Tb( re fore Rssolted , That by the lamentable death of our brother, G. S. Tutton, this lodge has been depiired of a most zealous and faithful officer—the Order ef a devoted aad worthy member—his wife and family of hi affectionate husbai.d and father--and society ola true and honest man. Resulted, That the members of this Lodge ten der to his bereaved widow