h Sfbd rhex"* will be fairly
carried out, and their benefits given to the
rebellious States. But when the amend
ments shall have passed Into the organic
law, should the people lately in rebellion
persist in tl eir rejection, and in continued
disobedience, and the obstruction of the
execution of the national laws, it will be
an admonition to the nation that the ani
itina and force of treason still exist among
a | > 'eejrif norte of the privileges
tiie • rf its generous
tolerances. With their rejection, all hope
of reconstruction, wiih the-co-operation of
State-, on a baiis that would
secure 4<vthe R'-public the logical results
of the, war, .will have vanished, at.d the du
ty tpiist then h velve upon the Govern
ment. of adopting the most effectual meth
od t'o secure for those States the character
of •iovernments demanded by the Constitu
te*
They are wi'hout lawful governments—
they are without municipal law, and with
i u< any claim to participate in the Govern
ment.
On what principle of law or justice can
the rcbell;niis States complain, if, after they
have rejected the fair and magnarninious
te: m-eupoi which they are offered brother
li >.< l wish u-, and a participation in all the
He ngs of our freedom, and they have
refused, if tlie government in the exercise
of its poweis, should enf.-r anew up >n the
wo* k of re-construction at the very founda
tion.'' and then the necessity w ill be forced
upon us to discard all discrimination in fa
vor of {he enem es of our nationality, to
give its and them enduring freedom and
impartial justice.
The Constitution has defined treason,
and has gi ven express power to suppress
insurrection, by war, if necessary. It has
r 1 provided, in detail, the terms to be
granted after such a war. How conkl it
do so? I mild probably not be contend
e i by the wildest partisan, that these States
int i a right t<> be represented in Congress
at a lime when thev were carrying on open
war against the government or that Con
p ess was not then a lawful body, not with
standing tin ir exclusion. Jlnw then have
11 •ey retrained the right of represen'ation?
Surely not by simply laying down their
arms when they could no longer hold them,
'i iie United States have the right, and it is
their duty, to exact such securitii s for fu
ture good conduct as they may deem suffi
cient, and the offenders, from whom they
are to be exacted, can "have no right to
participate in our councils in the decision
of ;he question of what then punishment
SUA!! be.
Piactita ly. common sense ditoimined
the question of thei,- right so to participate,
when Congress proceeded in the enact
ment of laws, after the surrender of the
last rebel military force. It was detcrin
find again, when the now pending amend
ments were proposed by Congress If
two third* ot Congress, as now constituted,
could lawfully propose three amendments,
then three fourths of the States, not exclu
ded trom representation in Congress, form
a sufficient majority to effect their lawful
adoption. It was determined again by the
formal sanction of both the great political
parties when Congress bv an almost unan
imous vote, declared the rebellious States
without the right of representation in the
Kleetoral College of 1864.
W*-ought to go on resolntdv and rapid
lv, with all measures deemed necessary to
the future safety of the country, so that ali
parts of it may, at the early st day, he re
stored to jut a;.ti equal political privileges.
The annual report of Hon. Tiiomas H
Burroives, Superintendent of the mainte
nance ami education of the soldiers' or
phans, will exh hit the present condition
and the result thus far of that undertaking
Neatly three thousand of the destitute chil
dren of the brave men who laid down their
lives that the nation might live, are now
not only comfortably provided for a"d guar
ded front temptation, hut are receiving an
education which will fit them t6 repay the
careofth<- State.
The appropriation made for this purpose,
at the la-t s si<>n, ha* been sufficient to
meet all expei ses of the financial year just
closed. And 1 recommend whatever ap
gropriatioo may he necessary, to continue
Ard perfect tN' system under which the
schools are conduced.
There can he no doubt that the appro
priation will he made. Were Ito select
mv S'n ? e interest which 1 wouM more
warmly commend to vour prompt attenf.'on
and lib'-ralitv than another, it would be this.
All Pennsylvanians are proud of it, and it
lies ne ir the hearts of all true men.
0 wing to their greater destitution and
want of infirm ition on the part of their rel
atives, the orphans of our colored soldiers
mav require some special attention. Per
haps authority to the State Superintendent,
to nse, f>r a short time, the service .of an
agent. t<> ascertain their number and claims
and bring them into the schools that may
he provided for them, w ill be sufficient
') he whole number in the St ate is not large,
of wf oni H few hive already been tempo
rarily provided f r.
1 recommend that provision be made for
the maintenance of such of our soldiers as
ere in poverty, and have been so maimed
as to prevent them from securing a liveli
hon I by their labor, by renting buildings at
once, nr sueliother means as yon may deem
wise and proper, until the arrangements
proposed by the National Government for
their support are completed. They are
probably few in number, and it i due to
the character of the Commonwealth that
they should not remain in, or •become the
inmates >f poor houses, or pick up a preca
rious snbsts'anee bv bagging. Patriotic
end charitable citizens have done much
for them, speedy and proper relief can
only be givm thpm by the systematic and
continued benevolence of the Common
wealth. The Legislature can alone afford
immediate relief to all of this class of our
citizen*, and in thus exhibiting gratitude
to heroic and faithful men, who did so much
for the ennfry, the burden will fall equal
ly on her people.
By our existing laws, juries are selected
bt the ;',eriff ami commissioners <>f the re
spective c>untie. As these officers are
generally of similar political affinities, the
aystem has a!wa\s been in danger of be
ing abused for partisan purposes. During
th* past-si x V'ars, it has been frequently
io abused, in many of the counties.
To secure, as far at* possible, the admin- ,
Lt rat ion of equal justice hereafter,l recom- j
mend that jury commissioneis shall be ;
eleeted in each county, in the same man
ner as inspectors of elections are chosen,
each citizen voting for one jury commis
sioner, and the two persons baring the
highest number of votes to ne the 'urv
commissioners of the respective cour.ty, to
peifonn the same duties, in the selection of
jurors, that arc now imposed upon the
sheriff and county commissi. mors.
It is impossible to provide, in all respects
for the increasing and changing interests of
our people, by the enactment of general
laws, but to a large extent it is practicable
to relieve the Legislature from special leg
islation which s demanded and occupies so
much of its sessions. Special legislation
is generally passed without due considers
tion, much of it at theclo-e of the session,
and is chiefly objectionable from the par
tiality with which powers and privileges
are conferred.
I again r* commend the passage of gener
al laws, when it is at all practicable, and in
this connection, recommend the passage of
a general law, regulating railroads now ex
isting and the incorporation of new com
panies, so that so far as possible there may
be just uniformity in the franchises grant
ed and equal facilities afforded to the peo
tle of all set lions of Commonwealth.
There are at this time, in the various
piisons,a number of persons under sentence
of death, some of them for many years, and
as it has become a custom that an incom
ing Governor should not issue a warrant of
execution in cases enacted on by his prede
cessor, it not unfreq ier.tly happens that in
many cases, some of which are recent,
while some punishment should be inflicted,
that of death may appear to the Executive
to be too severe.
I earnestly repeat mv leeommendation
heretofore made, that provision he made
for the reception of such persons into the
penitiaries, who may be pardoned on con
dition, of remaining a limited time therein.
I re-appointed Hon. C. R. Coburn, Su
perintendent of Common Schoolr, on the
expiration of this term in June last, and be
continued at the head of that Department
until the Ist of November, when he resign
ed. and I appointed Col, J. P Wickersham.
It is due to Mr. Coburn to say tjiat lie ful
filled all the duties of his ollice faithfully
and efficiently. It appears from his re
port that there were in the school year of
1805, 1,803 school districts in the State;
13,146 schools ; 10,141 teachers, and 725,
312 pupils, with an average attendance of
478,066. The total cost of the school sys
tem, for the entire Statf, including taxes
levie and State appropriation, was for the
year 1866. 54,195 258,57. Iho increase
in the nurnhci of school districts was 20;
in the number of schools, 222 ; in the num
her of chi Iren attending school, 18,945.
and in the total cost of the system, 5581,
020,02. I invite your attention to the val
uable suggestions made in his report, and
that of Colonel Wickersham, and commend
our system of public instruction to the con
tinued fosterng care of the Legislature.
I her*witli present the reports of Col, F.
Jordan, Military Agent of the State, at
Washington ; of Col. II 11. Gregg, Chief
of Tranportaiion ; of S. P. Bates, on mili
tary history of our voluute r> ; of trustees
of the Soldiers Gettysburg National cem
etery ; of the proceed ngs and c remonv of
the return of the flags, on the 4th of July,
in the citv of Philadelphia, and of C'ol.
James H'oriel, commissioner appointed
under an act relating to the passage of fi.-di
in the Sustju liauna, and invite your at
tention to them, and the reports of the
Surveyor General and Adjutant General.
The Agency at Washington should, in
rav judgment be continued. It has prov
cd very useful in all respects, and especial
ly to oiu volunteers and their families.
F<>ur thousand six hundred and ninety
claims have passed through the Agency
dining the past year, and three hundred
and eleven thousand seven hundred and
three dollars have been collected from the
Gnyi rninent arxj transmitted to the claim
ant free of charge,
It will be necessary to continue the of
fice of Ch'ef of Transportation, as there are
unsettled accounts with railroad companies
and the National Government, and duties
to be performed in the removal and care of
bodies of the dead, which require it An
additional appropriation will be required
for this Department.
I earnestly recommend, in justice to the
j'fving and the dead, that our military his
tory '' e pushed forward vigorously, and
that mone>" for that purpose be appropria
ted.
The trustees of the Suite Lunatic hospi
tal represent th,;t it is impossible for thern
to accommodate ana <or *' ,e number
ot patients committed I" them under the
laws regulating admissions i,.'° the hospi
lal, and earnestly recommend thai provis
ion be made for increased accommodation-
I need not say that the institution is
carefully and economically managed, or to
refer to the great good it has produced ;
and that 1 cordi.dly unite in the statement
anil recommendations of the memorial
herewith presented.
I invite your attention to the condition
of the Arseual.
It is too small—unsafe as a depositary
for the large amount of valuable military
material to he kept in it, and is, in all re
spects, inconvenient and not adapted to
its purposes.
Much inconvenience was experienced
during the war for want of sufficient room
and safety ; and I recommend that
ground be procured and a pew and com
modious arsenal be erected in oi near the
Capi.al of the State.
Since the adjournment of the Legisla
ture I drew my warrant or, the Treasury
for five thousand dollars, appropriated io
the National Cemetery at Autietam, and
appointed M jur-Gcneral Jno, R Brooke,
tiusiee to represent the St ite. Before the
warrant was drawn 1 appointed Colonel
Win. 11. Rlair and Captain J. Merrill Linn
who examined the ground and made a full
investigation, their report of which ac
compann a their message. It will he no
ticed tnai they report sewn hundred and
ninety-seven bodies of Pennsylvanians
that will be removed into the ceineterv,
and recommend an additional appropria
tion, in which I most-cordially unite.
i cauaoU:lo aiy lust Auuual Miisage,
with.mt renewing the expression of my
gratitude to the freemen of the Common
wealth, for the hearty approval with which
they have cheered the labors o! the Elec
tive Office, To have earned such approve
al by mv official conduct, during the last
six years, must always be a source of
pride to myself and children. Without
the consciousness that I was endeavoring
to deserve their approval, and without the
hope that I should succeed in attaining it
1 must hare under the responsibilities ot
mv position. It was only a relisr.ee on
Divine Providence, and the active, reso
lute, hea'tv support and zeal of the peo
ple and their repr sentativ.-s, that encour
aged me during the daik and terrible cri
j sis through which the country has passed.
I tried to do my duty to my country, and
I know I was at least faithful to her in
deep distress, and 1 conceived that duty
! not to be limited to the merely putting of
men into the field to suppress treason and
rebellion, and maintain the national life,
and doing of evervthing in my power to
sustain tin* just war forced upon §s. 1
felt also bound, so far as I could, to protect
and promote the rights and comforts of our
volunteers, after t ,i ey had lett the State,
to aid and relieve the sick and wounded,
and to care for tne transmission, to their
bereaved families, of the precious bodies
of the slain, and the mifin'enance and ed
ucation of their orphans as honored chil
dren of the country.
To have been the Chief Magistrate of
this great Common wealth during the pe
riod through which we have passed, and
to have earned and maintained (i f in (feed
I have done so) the confidence and affec
tion of her people and their representa
tives, are quite enough to satisfy the
highest ambition, and in my retirement
from the high trust given rn> n, I pray
God that the State may continue to grow
in power and strength, and her peop'e in
prosperity and happiness.
A. G. CUKTI.V.
Executive Chamber, Ilariisburg, January
2, 18G7.
The Peril ot the Nation
The recent action of the Supreme Court
of the United States in the "Indian Con
spiracy cases" has produ -ed the result we
anticipated, says the Age. The Radicals
are raving, and some of them are calline
loudly for a remodeling of the Curt to
suit their political views. Th v are de
termined that nothing slia'l stand in their
w-iv. They don't believe anvth ng is "the
government" that does not accord exactly
with their revolutionary notions. For
five or six years thev held that "the Ad
ministration was the government. and
fiercely denounced all who differed with
them upon this point as traitors to their
country. As soon as the President set
his fnot upon their treasonable schemes,
thev assailed hira in the bitterest manner,
and gave the lie to all their previous pm
fession bv boldly asserting that Congress,
and not the Administration, sliou d leeeive
the unqualified worship of the faithful
And now they have raised the standard of
revolt against the Supreme Court of Uni
ted States. They insist upon reorganizing
that "institution." Congress is to arrange
the proposed plan, and fix up the appor
tionments, This is simply infamous. The
Court as it is now constituted is as fol
lows, the dates showing the time when
the several judges w ere appointed :
IBGJ—S.'I*. Chase, Ohio, ciii- f Justice.
18J3 —James M. \\ avne, Georgia.
1843—Samuel Nelson, New Yo k.
184-6 Robert C G-ier. Pennsylvania.
1838—Nathaniel Clifford, Maine.
1802—Noah M Swavne, < )hio.
18G2—David Davis. Illinois.
18'ig —Samtn l F Miller, lowa.
1803—Stephen J. Field, California
Five of these were appointed by Mr.
Lincoln, and eigiit of them are Northern
men. In the solemn discharge of their
duties they decided that the military com
missions which tried and convicted certain
citizens of Indiana were illegal tribunals,
and hence the wrath of the Radicals. If
anything can arouse the American people
to a sense of the danger which threatens
our free institutions, it is t is last and nlo-t
desperate move of the Congressional junto
Should the base attempt he made to inter
tere with that Court in the manner pro
posed by the Radicals, a storm of indigna
tion will he raised throughout the nation
that w ill bring these dark political game
sters to grief in away they litde dream of
in their present hour of pride and power,
-r-Jersey Shore Herald,
THK EFFECT OF TERRITOHIALIZVTION. —
The Richmond Times, in the course of an
able artiilc on the legal consequences of
destroying the Southern State governments
as proposed by Tliad. Stevens, Sumner &
f.b., savs :
"The teiT'torializing process would re
lieve us firs,' of Underwood and his Grand
Jury ; second, of a'.' courts ith jurisdic
tion over tn ason and "cot ,ws;
third, of the demands of all Non'.Vrn crou*
itors ; fourth , of all our State debts; ff'h,
of the expenses of all civil and military of
ficers, In addition to being relieved of the
burden of our S ate debts, llieir necessary
assumption by Congress would make them
much more valuable securities than they
are at present. Really these Jacobins are
not such had fellows after all ! We oegin
to fear that our people will become clam
orous for territorialization to commence at
once, if it brings, with it such tempting
fruits as these."
Simon and Andy.
The Senatorial contest in this State,
which, as we before stated, has narrowed
down to a choice between Gov. A. G. Cur
tin and Simon Cameron, is waxing warm.
The friends of each are equally sanguine
of sncaess ; but as theie is but one Senator
to be elected, somebody must he disap
pointed. As Republicans, the contestants
sta't about even, for both are radicals deep
ly, darkly dved. In point of brains, Cur
tin is as farabave the great Wmnebago
chief as heaven is above the "hereafter' of
some of the radicals; hut in point of the
"one thing needful," which i a great fter
sunder, the odds are fearfully heavy against
Curtiu.
€|t flcniocrat,
HARVEY 9ICKI.EB, Editor.
TUN KHAN NOCK, P +
IVednes dny, • Jan. 9, 1 867
Juror*.
In the nigger-equality organ of this place
of week before last, we find a whining, silly
article on the subj ct of jurors in this C un
ty. The editor of tnat paper has been
carefully counting noses and has made the
important discovery—if what he sav# be
true, —that there are but nine republican
jurors on the panel for this—-January term
This fact —if it be a fact -has so excited his
alfactories as to cause him to give vent to
his indignation in a violent sneeze.. Ifßillv
takes stiuffi all the bummers, hangers-on and
s\ rnpathizers take to sneezing. In this case,
liavinggiven forth a sonorous "a-t-ch-ew !"
himself, all the little whipper-snapners of
the party are going into sympathetic convul
sions on this matter ot drawing jurors. As
there is much ignorance on this subject
among a certain class of people, we propose
to state briefly what the law requires in
drawing a jury. The selection of Jurors is
directed to be made by the Sheiiff, and at
least two of the County Commissioners.—
They are required by law to "meet at the
seat of Justice in each county once each
year ami s lect fr>>m the taxable citizens of
the county, a sufficient number of sober in
telligent and judicious persons to serve as
jurors for 'the several courts during the
succeeding year." Befo r e entering upon
the performance of this duty they take an
oath to perform this duty honestly and ac
cording to law. They then sel-ct the
nam'-s of a sufficient number of such per
son as they think possess the legal quali
fications, write them upon small ballots or
tickets,fold and deposit them within a whepl
which is then locked, and securely sealed
bv each one of these officers, until the day
of drawing, when the 9 als are broken
the wheel turned —and at each revolution
a ballot is picked out, opened and read.—
The person's name appearing thereon is des
ignated as a juror—and so on to th<* end of
the panel. The wheel is then locked and
scaled upas before. This is the simple
straightforward duty of these officers. This
is simpyv what they have done. That in
th" selection of "sober, intelligent and ju
dicious persons" they should find more Dem
ocrats than Republicans is not strange to
us Indeed, it would be strange if thev
did not. 'When the names afe once placed
in the w heel the drawing is a mere matter
of chance. It has been the luck for some,
years past for democrats' names to be on
top, in all these lottery wheels. Espe
cially in times of the draft, and when Billv
and others of that ilk had fixed up thr thing
bv 1 •ogns enrollments, as thev did in Nich
olson and elsewhere in this county.
All jurors before entering upon their
duties take upon themselves one of the
most binding and solemn oaths known to
the laws, to perform their duties with fidel
ity &c. The assumption that because a
suitor or party belongs to a different politic
al party that then fore the jurors trying his
ease, wiil violate this solemn oath to do
injustice to him. is simply insulting a< d
monstrous and has no place in the mind of
a man who is himself honest That this
man, Billy, who escaped the draft through
tavoritis i . in violation of the law and th>'
oaths of officers sworn to administer it, with
impartial tv,should imagine others as ver.al
and corrupt a< he is and they were, is not
strange. \\ e assimi" that men under their
oaths a~ jurors,-of whatever political party
th"v max be. perform their duty under their
oaths and consciences "without fear favor
or affection," We shall continue to assume
this until the contrary be proved.
We know that this man Billy, and this
pretended preacher of the Gospel. Browns
combe, have been harping upon the decis
-1 ions of juries in this county, and setting up
I their judgment in many cases against the
Judge who determines the law and the
juries, who hear and pass upon the evidence.
Their attempts to introduce the political
venom they possess, into the jury box, we
are glad to say have failed. In no case
that we are aware of, has any question
b'-en tried or decided upon political grounds
nor has injustice been done any man by
reason of his political opinions. These two
wise "B's" —these two Busy Bodies—were
at one time summoned as jurors —but fortu
nately for the ends of justice, were not
allowed to take part in any jury trials.
Of these men who think juries should
be apportioned anjoug the people in propor
tion to political sentiments eiitertaiugd bv
*hein, we would ask, how is jt with the
juries 1.7 °' ,r Federal —United States courts?
We ask this .:tute editor, or his backe.- and
mentor, the sfle iki"? parson, to name a
single democratic juror ', IH3 Rerve( l
in anv federal court in tht> lsC (~x years.
We venture the assertion thai not f*ne can
he named, T fe can name several repub
licans from this county. Will it be said
that all the mail-robbing, all the counter
feiting, all the offences, cognizable onlv in
the United States courts are committed by
republicans, hence the offenders should be
"tried by their peers ?" We never com
plained that they wi re so tried; nor that
thev sometimes are acquitted. We as
sume that these courts and juries have
done their duty undertheir oaths.
Biilv doses h:s article on the subject of
juries in this threatening style:
Wo demand justice in our courts, and if not
•-awarded to ug as a matter of policy and right,
'■we shall evoke a power more potent than a hoard
"of ecuntv officers, to adjust and regulate It upon a
"principle more free from the party predilection."
Yon, 'd> maud justice Justice is what
you are afraid of. "evoke a power
more potent." Pray, what . power is it,
von would "evoke ?" Is it th" military ?
"That's played out." Even the partisan
.1 edges of th* U. S. Courts have declared
them illegal tribunals before which to try
civil offenders. Is your "potent power" the j
pot-bellied parson who fffisrepresents us
in the Legislation; aud who has already in- i
trodneed a bill to change the method of
drawing jurors in this county? Will he
make the same rule applicable to Susque
hanna County, to which only he owes his
election ? If he does so, w- shall have less
objection to it—"what's sauce for the goose
is sauce for" you. Bill v. We shall certain
ly object to special partisan legislation, to
set aside and overturn the long established
general law on this subject. Our reasons
for objecting are numerous ; not tfie least
af which ig the creation of two new County
officers to be paid for doing that which is so
well done bv the officers we now have.
A Republican Government.
The Constitution of the United States
guarantees to each State a "Republican
form of government." A new idea as to
what constitutes a Republican form of
! government has been recently advanced by
i the Jacobin leaders of the Republican par
ty. This hood-letting school, led bv Chase,
Wilson & Co., are. claiming that before re
admitting the Southern State# into the Un
-1 ion. tbev mmf adopt (or have forced upon
them, rather,) new State constitutions, in
which freed npgroes shall have a right to
vote. Without, this these worthies sav, a
State constitution will not be republican
in form. .
Bv this new definition of a republic,
Ohio, Massachusetts, and manv other of
th'> Northern States, cannot be called re
publican.
In Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Con
necticut, Pennsylvania. North Carolina,
South Carolina, and Georgia, all votes
ha*e a propei ty qualification, and in Maine
and New Hampshire paupers are exclud
i od.
The negro is not allowed to vote under
anv circumstances in any of the States
which composed the Union in 1800. ex
cept in or fire, and in only two States (Ver
mont and New Hampshire) is a colored
person allowed to vote without a property
qualification In New Hnmoshire there
were, in 18G0. oneliundnd and ninety
colored voters, and in Vermont only eigh
ty.
In Massachusetts everv voter must. with
in two vears. have paid a State or Countv
tax, unless excused from taxation.
In Rhode Island a voter must own real
estate of one hundred and thirty four dol
lars value, or of the clear yearly value ot
seven dollars over anv ground rent.
A negro is not allowd to vote in New
York unless he has resided in the State
threeyears, and is a freehold> r in value of
two hundred and fifty dollars, and has paid
taxes thereon.
In the State of Ohio, a negro is not al
lowed the right of suffrage. And at the
home of Wendell Phillips, no ope can vote
unless he pav a State or County tax.
The Jacobins do not propose to require
of the freed negroes a delay of five years
in thpir new condition before entoringon
their rights of cit-zensbip Thev consider
Sambo fully qualified to assist at onee, in
making laws for us to live under.— Ex.
THF. LATENT FASHIONS. — Since the in
vention and =uceessful introduction of the
Celebrated Duplex Elliptic (or double)
Spring Hoop Skirt, bv Mr. J. \V. Bradley,
of New Y'ork, the ladies throughout the
country have given up the idea of discard
ing the fashion of wearing loop skirts on
account of the peculiar and graceful man
ner in which the Duplex Skirt adapt tlu m
sclxes to everv exigency and emergency.
So generally acceptable have these Skir- s
become that the ladies regard tin m as a
special favorite, in view of the superior
Flexibility, Lightness and Durability Com
bined in their manufacture The} also
consider them a far morn Economical and
Comfortable Hoop Skirt than ever has or
can be made for all Crowded Assembiie-,
for the Promenade or House Dress. Any
lady after wearing one of these Skirts wiil
never afterwards wil.ingly dispense with
their use Long experience in the manu
facture of Hoop Skiits, has proven to the
proprietors of this invention, that Single
Springs will always retain that stiff, un
yielding and bungling sty le which has ever
characterised them, whereas the Double
Spring H'iop or the Duplex Elliptic, will
be found Free from these objections.—
Not withstanding the ability of the manu
factures, Messrs. Wests, Bradley and Carey
to turn out over six thousand Skirts per
day lrom their Large Manufactories in
New York, they feel obliged to request all
merchants ordering the Duplex Elliptic
Skirts, to send their orders a few days be
fore they are wanted, if possible, as they
are most constantly oversold some days
ahead
Tne U. S. Supreme Court Decision
1 lie journals hold very conflicting opin
ion upon the late decision in the cast- of
Mtlligan, —the Jacobins condemning if,
I and the Conservatives approving. Ihe
J judgment of the Couit, however, appears
to be a good deal misunderstood. The
j points made are :
1 First, That the whole nine judges unan
| imously agree that the military tribunal
organized without authority, that it
had no legal jurisdiction, and that its sen
fence was a nullity.
Scond , The whole Court agree in pro
nouncing such military commissions un
warranted —the majority on the ground
that they are contrary to both law and the
Constitution; the minoiity on the ground
i£at they are contrary to law, but not nec
essarily i' l coufl ct with the Constitution.
It is w oil fA'd, therefore, that the de
cision on either gtOnnd convicts the Exec
utive administration ot usurpation during
the war. The opposite opinion of Chief
Justice Chase shows that he is much -more
the politician than the Judge.
•The Defunct Doctrine of State Rights."
The RIGHT of each State to order and
control its own domestic institutions Record
ing to its own judgment EXCLUSIVELY
is ESSENTIAL to the balance of power
on which thn perfection and ENUUR
ANCE of our political fabric depend.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
Message in 1861.
Now the men who claim to be Li' coin's
friends—par excellam-e—sav : If those
States do not want negro suffrage, we will
cram it down their throats!
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Wednesday, the 16th of Jan. injt. Sermon by Rev
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Address, * HOME AMUSEMENT,
No. 78 Nassaa S-rees New York
The Election for Borough and Township offi
cers, held here yesterday, passed off quietly.
In the Borough the following officers were chosen.
For Judge of Election, Jacoo Rittispaugb-
Inspectors of Election, A M. Stark, A. E. Buck.
Justice of the Peace, John Day,
Constable. L. C. Conklin,
Assessor, Thomas D. Stonier,
Burgess, Win. S. Kutz,
Town Council, Carle Henninger . Phflb* Bowers,
Pprry Billings, Ilareey SickW, W Stansbury,
School .''irectors, T. Hart, C. D. Genrhart,
Poor Masters, R. Ross, John Stem^les,
Auditor, Alvin Day, 3 years—Win. F. Terry. 2
year*.
liigh Constanle, 8. D, Stephens.
I The majority for the above ticket- which it is
1 hardly necessary to say is democratic, from top to
bottom, was the largest ever girt u in the Borough
—varjing from 35 to 43, on a rather full poll. By
turning the pulpit into a political rostrum last week.
Preacher Brownscombe unintentionally rendered us
c fficient service. If the elder will continue to dab-
Ve in cur political affairs for the next year to come,
we will agree to double the majority at our Lext
cle tion-"besides his chances to succeed Kennedy or
Landon will be mightily improved He can at
least get a pitcher r tec-pot like "Schooney" did,
as <t reward for his services.
In the Township the following namei persons were
elected ;
For Judge of Election, Nathan Billingr,
Inspector of Election, Phillip Kunsinan, Jas.
IVagner.
Justices of the Peace. Nathan Billings, Mark A.
G irlner.
Constable, Ilenry Smith,
Supervisors, Jacob dinger Ilenry Stark, Albert
Garey, Paul Billings, S. T. Fiummerfelt,
Assessor, JobmFlumraertelt.
Poor Masters. Pool Billings. Geo. Osterhoot.
School I'irectors. John E Wagner. 3 yrs, Jacob.
Stetnples, 1 year, John Jjcksoa 3 years,
Au litor, Joseph Bhupp.
Town Clerk, I>. I>. Its Witt,
Treasurer. D. I) DeWitt,
Married.
SL'MNKY- TREIBLE—At Bacon's Hotel in Nich
olson, January Ist 1567, by E. N. Bacon Esq,
Mr. John uuiney of Tunkhannoek Tp. and Miss
Margaret A. Treible of Auhurn, Susqehanna, Co.
FITCH —ARMSTRONG —At Waverly Luzerne Co.
Pa Jan. Ist 1867, by the Rev. Mr. Calkin ; Mr,
Giles Fitch, to Mi*s Maggie A Armstrong, both of
Falls, Wyoming County, Pa.
Giley did not forget nor neglect to pay the printer
for the above qotiee In consideration of which, the
pi inter "tips his beaver make his politest bow,
and with his blandest smile, bids the paities ; "Go it
while vou'r young"
J Jf" The following just and beautiful tribute to
the memory of our lamented frierd and brother,
it ■■ I'LI Ton Esq.—from the pen of one to whom
he was < ndeared by the tenderer t ties of friendship—
we clip for republication, fiom the Sullivan Dart>
crat :
OBITUARY,
GEO. S. TI'TTOS, Esq., a prominent member of
the bar of Wyoming county, and at or* time
Member of tie Legislature ffom this district, died
recently at Tunkhannock. MR. TUTTOX was a gen
tleman of splendid talents, and of unquestioned
nonor and integrity, and was very highly esteemed
in the community in which he resided for his many
excellencies of character. It is nut likely he had
un enemy in the'worl d
As a musician he excelled, and had few equals
in .'hat beautiful art. Some of the finest composi
tions of b-nd music in the country emanated trnm
his pen. The "Wyoming Grand March," of which
he was the author, akne will serve to keep hi
memory green in the beautiful valley after whi.-h
be named it.
More than twenty years ago. (at that time a mere
youth,) the writer of ttis brief tribute to the mem
| ory of a loved companion and frienl, received his
! first instructions in music, as a member of the old
Wyoinijg Brass Ban 1, at Wilkesbarrr, from
the subject of this brief Dotice. The well known ce
lebrity which that band attaineu was owing to the
extraordinary efforts made by their instructor to
make them proficient. Of the original members of
that a ssocition, Elliot, Btid Goff* nnd Lewis,t and
' Smith and Kitchen, and one of the Lvncb's, have
all gone to their long home; and now ' the one of
us all" has also gone
"To tread the dreary path
To that dark world unknown "
As the writer said of "one of us" who went be
foro, "the p n fails in an effort to deck the bier of
hiui who has gone with garlands of pristine beau .
tv ; the tender chords that lurked around a mourn
ful iyre in days gone by are hushcd.and the attempt
to wke anew the strains ot a broken harp meets
with but a vibration of sadness." lie steeps by the
side of the noblq river he lovrd so well, and which
in life greets! him as an old familiar friend whoso
love would never perish, un i whose bosom shall nev
er wear a stain.
••An I o'er thy tomb the bird shall dip its wing,
Trilling a softer song, and sun and showers
And gentle airs from the loose mould shall bring
The purest, sweetest, of the summer flowers ;
And it shall be lapse of many a year
Ere friendship cetue to shed for thee- (Ac tear."
INFUMAR.
'Killed in Mexico.]
tKilled in the lute war.]
♦tit is a singular fact that both these bravs
young men, who had beeu associated together in a
musical association some twenty-two years ago. both
die 1 by the ban 1* of assassins, and nearly in the
same wiy, while in the service of their country
Lieut. GOFF WIS killed in the streets of Perote,
Mexico, by a Captair Foster, belonging to a Geor
gia regiment; and Major LEWIS was shot near
Durustown, Maryland, by a private in his own reg
iment] . ______________
LICENSE NOTICE.
Notice is hereby given that the following named
persons have filed their Petitions and will applv Tor
Tavern Licenses at the next term of Court of Quar
ter Session for Wyommg County and will be heard
on Tuesuay 22 at one o clock P. M.
Falls, Lewis B Ayers.
Clinton, Chiistopher Mathewson.
Forkstor, Thoa. P Hitchcock.
Mouioe, H. W. Carpenter
" Keuben Parks.
Dec. 27, 1866. I J- KBINHY^