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stout lunsed ssuntryman 70 Secretary
Seward, when he asked what word hs
should send to that Potentate. The Mexi.
cans have taken up the phrase. and they
are now telling the Austrian Emperor Of
Mexico. in quite as emphatic way, "Gst
out of Mexico"
1t 10 supposed that Hon. Preston
King committed suicide BY drowning him.
self from Ferry boat last week. He had
previously resigned the pssitisn Of Collect.
or Of customs Of New York.
1.-THE ecalping season" 10 the mama
given to the next c congressional ssssiou, IN
consequence Of the combinations Of ho,,l
keepers and others to fleece visitors.
We assure our Bro. Of the Time.
that We intended to express no mean opia.
ion Of the Bangor newspaper and Job
Printing Offices in what We said in our last,
In aiming to do better and to reach greater
excellence. it is wisest to take the bsse
models, 80 we named the Bangor Estab-
lishments as our patterns. We have read
the job Printing notices OF our cotsmpo-
raries. have studied over the large addition
to "ns Of them BY the '.box Of Sorts" and
pondcrets the inconveniences Of the .ssairs',
to climb in the other, and the danger Of
venturing over the Custom House approach
in the other, and have concluded that these
are mere bagateiies.
Pro SroRIRs.-Ebcn l.. Higgins Of
Trenton. killed pig which lacked . few
days Of being 5 l.2 mouths old which
weighed 2s2 lbs.
Wilso. Il. Young killed one Of the sane
litter which weighed 2l0 lbs.
c. Gordan also. killed one Of the
same litter which weighed 600 lbs. These
pigs were killed within few days Of each
other. There is more Of the same lit,.
yet to bs killed which will exceed either Of
the shove.
The Boston Courier Of Thursday,
says that bleached cotton cloth, yaid
vide, was retailing Wednesday It some
Of the s,ores a. % cents yard.
-, y man IN Utica sold III, vote for "
few pounds Of -four was found on the top
the rest was sawdust. Served him right.
Albany Arx"',
President johnson. a. reward
III. .aynre., Ia. directed to b. n,c,.", ".i
to two Blackfre, Indisns a silver medal
with hi. signature, narra,inr ;he eircum.
stances OF their noble c'nducs.
The Portland Ad..rs;.er call. At.
tention to the fact that the bills Of banks
maen nave .h, sf, .". s Ar. Arc
holder. have no remedy .ni..s the banks
voluntarily chose to redeem them At their
law =" do. An h"hi,,S them .loali b. :.
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handed III before tho expiration OF -
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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1865-11-24

The NEXT CoSGRsss.-Thc United
States Senate. a, the opening Of the next
session on Monday Dec. 4,h, consist
Of 81 unionists and IL Dem crafts. 1t i.
not known now how many Senators will
he i'll Washington this win,eer clailnins
seats from the seeded States, bnt in no
event can there he enough 10 Weigh down
the Union strength. The samc also may
be soi,i of the House. The Representa-
tivcs who will TAX" seats, Of course, are
politioally divided rs fnllnM.:
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o:t3 10 a!joarn

IIE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
The action Of the several States npon the
con .titutonal amendment nbaltshing sla
very has been as follows:
EATIrICArIoNs
Illinois, Feb. !. 1865; R,iudc Isl,ntl
Feb. ,; Maryland. Feb. 3: Massachusetts
Feb. 3; New York, Feb. 3; Pennsylvania
Feb. 3; West Virginia. Feb 3: Mich
gan, Feb. 1; Maine. Feb Z; Ohio. Feb
:: Kansas. Feb. 8: Minnc,o,a. Feb
Sonth Carolina, Nov. IL: East Virginia.
Feb. o; Indiana, Feb. II; Nevada. Feb
Is: Louisiana. Feb Il; Missouri. Feb.
"a; Wisconsin, Feb. ~; Vermont.
March, o; Tennessee. April ); Arkansa,
April--Connccicut. May I; Iowa. Jun,
30; y. ii June 30. South Carolina -
REFLECTIONS.
Delaware, Feb. :, 1865; New Jersey
March F.. Kentucky. Feb. Is.
To he valid. the amendment mast be
ratified by three quarters of all the States
and as but twenty five have thu. far siyni.
fled their assent two more are required
New Jersey will make one of the two, and
the other one will came from reconstructed
Southern States, nefors their Representa-.
tivcs and Senators will be allowed TO take
ats in Congress.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1865-11-24

Total Unionists, lt3; Democrats. a.
The States whose Reconstruction" has
not yet been recognised and ratified by
Congress. are entitled. when fully reorgan-
lied and recognized, to send Representa-
| tiycs as follows:
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Reconstruction.

The following speech tells its own story
Don't fail to read it:
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the right to sue in courts of justice for all
Just claims. and to testify that they have
security against outrage and wrong.
call them freen,en, not freedmen. The
last phrase might have answered before
their freedom was fully secured but they
should be regarded now as frcemen Of the
Republic. Loud and enthusiastic cheer.
Second-The amendments Of their State
Constitutions. which have been adopted by
many of their Conventions go reluctantly,
under the pressure of dispatches from the
President and Secretary Of State, should
be ratified by a majority Of their people.
We all know that but very small portion
of their voters participated in the election
of the delegates to those Conventions, and
nearly, if not all, the Conventions have
declared them in force without any ratifi
cation by the people. When this crisis
has passed, can they not turn around and
say that these we're adopted under durese
Lv delegates elected by meager vote
under Provisional Governors and military
authorities, and never ratified by & popular
vote And could they not turn over the
anti Lecomption argument against US and
insist, az we did, that Constitution not
ratified by the people may have effect, but
no moral effect whatever. Third.-The
President can ON all occasions insist that
they should elect Congressman who could
take the oatl, prescribed by the act"f 1862 ;
Int. in defiance Of this. aud insulting the
President and the country. they have. in a
large minority of instances, voted down
mercilrssly Union men who conld take
the oath. and elected those who boasted
that they could not. and would feel dis
graced if they could. Without mention
inr names. one gentleman elected in Ala
hn,,n hv large majority declared in his
address to the people, before the ekcticn.
thai the iron pen OF history would record
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~ Suc "uitc WSu. Dus uO pa" Va Soi"u-
ixation should be undertaken by the gov
eminent because the +. F's., have deter
mined this the only way Of obtaining
peace. They have always demanded
something Of the north. quite as closely
allied to oppression, and they have never
failed to get the support of many of the
free states. who sympathized with them
and volunteered their scrvitude. The
trumpet has been sounded throughout the
land, ",he year Of jubilee" has come when
every slave is free. Are there any in the
North who would remain. and do not &c.
knowledge their freedom from the old
servituds ! let their ears be bored. and let
them be known evcrmOre as slaves Of
these oligarchs. Should Congress favor, or
provide for colonization Of the freedmen,
it will not be done until the lessons Of the
war are lost, aud when it's own member,
ship is made up Of those who have had
their ears bored with this awl Of Southern
ehivalry.
Let us rather take such measures a,
shall forever secure to the houscless, land
less. homeless and friendless outcast. all
his rights, ss freeman. He must be al
lowed t. testify in all courts or how can
he make bargain how hold property
how be sessre in his person or family
That shars Of oil the property Of the
Sou.h belongs to him according to the
"higher law =" all know il their attention
10 called to the subject. That the i'm
provemeBts Of the lands, the stock and
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1865-01-25

There is national convention Of this
fraternity now III session III Cincinnati
We think ii can't amount 10 much. The
following article from the Cincinnati En-
qs"er seems TO Indicate Important results
ensuing from th,Ir deliberations
=" We slated Oh Tuts lay, that the Sec
ond annual Congress OF the Fclian
brotherhood was 10 assemble that day 1T
Metropolitan Hall in this city. At the
appointed ume Delegates from every part
ot the country, Canada and ireland, met
10 deliberate on the meaIs OF rtIecIins the
liberation OF Ireland from the domination
of England. Since the day that Strong
bow landed on the coast OF Wexford,
nearly seven hundred years ago, ishmen
have struggled against ihc ciIcroaciments
of England, With varied fortunes. The
history OF lrcl:tnd's suffcrin1s AMI struy-
giles is familiar 10 every intelligent Ameri-
| c:sn, and for centuries has elicited the
warm sympathies OF all Utilized nations
Reduced to periodical starvation, the land
OF Burke, Grattan and = Cunnell send
forth a wall Of reief, that has pierced
world over.
The leaders of the Irish people have
resoried 10 every expedicnt, consistent
with the laws OF England, 10 ameliorate
their condition. Petitions innumerable
have been pres, nted to the British Leyis-
lature, appeals made 10 the B:iti-h mon
arch, and Europe stirred to the very CEN
| ire in vain.
Death by starvation has of late davs
substituted the pitch-cap, thumb screw
and h.,lt-h.ngrng of former days The
lsla,l,: Is rapidly being cleared OF the sur
/ plus population. "a England terms il, and
! the London I0neS declares that the Celts.
who gave their masters go much trouble.
''are going with venaeanre' NJ
doubt they are but the Fen:,n Brother
hood swear before God and man. that the
hunted sons of Innisf;,il shall soon return
/ with double vengeance, 10 blot out
every track thai the despoii.r made On
! the fair bosom of E'in. Tie men com
/ posing the Congress of the Fenian
: Brotherhood now assembled ut Metro
politan Hall. are the finest specimens oi
the exiled CeIt, both in point of respecta-
bllity and intelligence, that ever asse mbied
, in the United States.
Their movement and mode of conduct
| ING tbs business Of the Brothsrhood, show
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Alexander Dumas.

This man who has written more trashy
novels than any living man, is about to
leave Paris next month and visit the
United States AS he is :. semi colored
gentleman ne may look fer him being
awtully lionized iii this country. He has
made contract with some of the shoddy
OF New York TO write history of the
first four years Of the reign of Abraham
Lincoln, and las the shoddies Of New
York preparing the materials for him,
and the Harper's agree 10 publish it for
him. As hc is intensely loyal and Of the
right color We may look for any amount
of tlunkyism after his advent. As he
has been intimate with Garribaldi and
associated with him in some of his cam
paisns, he says he will give the people
some lectures on the life and exploits of
that great man. He will divide the
profits OF his book between himself and
the soldiers in the hospitals. On the
whole it is perfect Godsend to the people
of New York, ashington and some
other places who have not had great
humbug for some time past. We don't
think that the arrival of Kos.uth in this
country was half 30 much needed for a
| humbug at the time, as this man is now
| This man has all the elements necessary
| to create Il great sensation in this Country
His reputation as n writer is undeniable,
his loyalty to the Northern States is un-
questioned and beyond dispute, but above
and beyond all is his color He is not
entirely black, but genteely smoked in the
Fred. Douglass style We believe he is
of the West India breed Take him all
in all, he is the greatest acquisition the
North has got for many years. They can
exhibit him as Il living example of what
the colored race can be brought TO by
proper training and cultivation As he is
a man that looks out for the main chance,
he will have fine opportunity to fleece
some of the superfuous stealings from
those would be aristocrats.
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1865-01-25

them 10 be men OF capacity and e.,-
will, who are determined 10 n,...'
Their official business il Conducted -
closed door, but public mre,inps srs ~, =,
every evening, free 10 the public ~ -
addrcsses are deli. .ered explsni;ory os =
Brotherhood II would be well . *
Brotherhood held all their f-a,i,,, -
open doors-any attempt al -
smacks too much of the | nion L..
and Know N-thing ordcrs I@,p. L
no oath bound or secret .5c ..ies ~
III their nature are idrntified with II.
liiical character of the country ?
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1865-01-25
COUNTY COMMITTEE.
, q NODN Chairman,

P.S. NOM, Chairman,
George De!any. J S, Mardis. George u
K. Zahm, Peter Huber, Philip Miller John
r. Mckenzie. Joseph Behe. John Dur
David Farmer. Henry frled'hooi, J"hh
Slough. Elisha Plummer.. LewiH hMsers'
George Gurlcy. John McDermit; SIMON
Dunmyer. w A. Krise, Ih"s. +. NcU"nsh
I,cnb Frnnheiser. j. F. Cond-n. John Ham
il.nn. F. O'Friel. Michael Dahhn. IN -
Div.r Jnhu White, Henry Topper. Nicho
las Canaan, NJ J. Pl"tt. J. W. C"nd"n
Daniel C,nfair. VIM. McCostey. Daniel II
Donnelly. Anthony Long. John Marsh
John RYAN
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k.un,ors of S.eace.

There has been rumors of peace for
some time past, then contradicted, now
rumors are rife again we were about to
give our view. on the subject; but we see
the following in the Sunday .hercu'y,
which embraces our opinion fully:
For some day, past the public has been
excited with unusual rumors and expecta-
tions of peace. We have not had, and
have not now, any faith in those signs
and speculalions which have greatly dis
turbed the cquanimity of the commercial
world, and put all over-.anguine people IN
fever of anxiety and hope The recent
military successes Of our arms have natu-
rally distressed, perhaps even depressed
the rebels But ii is vain and weak
mind which imaginPs that the re billion ls
conquered because it is temporarily over
powered in the field. The indomitable
will of revolt and separation still lives
with increased intensity in the Southern
heart, and that can never be overcome by
! military force There can be no real
peace betw the now bellIgerent sections
of our people and country until the spirit
of mutual confidence, respect and atfec
tion, by which they were first brought to-
gether, is entirely restored
That cannot bc recovered until wiser
counsels prevail at Washington, and all
the extravag2nt and revolutionary ideas of
such radicals as Sumner and Wilson and
Kelley are utterly abandoned as the mad
conccit. and figments of fanatics
W.. h.liavc l.,ryo r,,r
ton of the Southern people are tired of
the war, and would gladly see it closed
on the basis Of honorable and just terms
of pacification. But the pacific and loyal
sentiment, even of tie Union men Of the
South, cannot and should not be over ,s-
timated and too far presumed upon BY tie
crazy zealots of Abo!iiiuni>m in the
| North.
! There il hut one way 10 settle the trou-
ble and restore the Union. The people
and States III rebellion must he taken
back int" the Federal fold with all the
/ Constitutional rights they Possessed before
the war began. The administration must
readmit them IN stGtu quo ante bcilum or
/ prepare for an intcrmirabc scene of dis
order, conflict and bluodshed, in the whole
| OF the region which has been engaged in
! the cause of secession.
1t is almost too mach TO hope that this
! wise view OF the situation will be adopted
| in Washington. 4 seeming triumph
over tine irsurgent: may inspire the Ex-
ccutivc AMI C1nsrc-s with a falsc conf
drncc, and lead th>m 10 demand terms Of
peace which the S,uih.rn people could
not honorlbly or safely grant. Ia that
event peace viii be long postponed. in
spite OF our military victories, and though
the rebels ma, not be able 10 carry on tie
war as heretofore, they will bo quite com
petcnt TO make the whole Southern conn
Try 81 place in which nn man who has q rca-
sonable regard for himself would be will
ling to dwell. We therefore, say, that
p ace is not 30 rear As some may sup1osc.
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1865-01-25
EnlIEratiOn.

4, ia rather alarming to look around At
the different localities of this country, and
a.. the number Of brave healthy stalwart
man tha, have left OF are about to leave
it, perhaps forever. There is no Surer
Indication Of ruined country than this
They see it, they know it, and they feel
it. I, 10 no slight cause will move y man
to leave the hearths and graves OF his
fathers, the associations and endesrments
of childhood, the companions of his YOUTH
and the friendships of manhood, to seek
in strange land and under strange
government that protection WHICH Is
denied him at home. They are leaving
by hundreds, e, ing to Mexico, going to
Canada, going any place to get nd OF this
government. They think, and tell US 80,
that no mans lif. or liberty is safe here,
he may at any time become obnoxious to
some petty iEformer, and he hoIsted of 10
some dungeon TO rot and drag out the
balance cf . miserable existence If IT seems
meet to those in power.
We believe ihat those who are leaving
this country are acting judicieu>ly be-
cause there is a moral cancer eating into
the vitals of this country in the shape OF
Abolitlonism that i. hurryins it on TO dis
solution with AN inevitable destiny. If
they tear up by the roots every endearlng
affection, they also leave behind them, the
meanest government on the face Of the
earth, government that pays no regard
to the protection of its citizens, they leave
behind them a taxation, that no person
ever seen or read of its equal They
leave behind them no habeas corpus, but
in its stead, they leave a lot of pimps and
informers They leave behind them a
broken Constitution, shattered govern
ment, and impoverished people. They
leave behind them a fine country for
Shoddy, so far as it has gone. But the
game is not played out yet. Shoddy has
been stealing cards, and seemed TO have 4
fine run, bu, the genuine trumps arc all
against him and he will lose the game be-
fore the rubbers arc played. Shoddy
does not admire the smell of powder. or
the glitter of cold steel, and therefore,
cannot win. No men ever won at the
death of "A country, who were two cow
ardly to risk their hide for their riches
To the victors will belong the spoils.
And Shoddy is only accommodating to he
robbed by the courageous and enterprisins
soldiers. So those that don't wish tc
stay and see the end of this matter do wei
to 60 and make a quiet and respectable
home for themselves and their offspring
under Macmillan, Don Pedro, or Queer
Victoria
1t is hard alternative for those, who
from their youth up have been listening
to song and story about the freedom and
Ria-y Of their country, to have to abandon
all idea Of the resuscitation of the leland
of the free and the home of the brave
and seek an asylum under the monarchy
which will give them protection for :. life,
liberty and the pursuit of happiness. -
This - gem Of the ocean, the home of the
brayA sHd the Free" now changed Time
was, and that loss than four years sincs
waen shix oeratiy a<s tho u1odef Goesru-
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1865-01-25

A PICroRIAL DOUBLE NUMBER The
Ph,enoIogical Journal and Life Illustrated,
for January. appears with 30 quarto
pages, and beautiful illustrated cover. 1t
tontains portraits of Tennyson, Sillim"n,
Sheridan, Cobb, Phillips, Sussa MA Wes-
ley-mother of John-an Indian Chief,
Franz Muller, Miss Muggins. Miss Fury,
the Princess of Wales-Florence Nightin-
gale, Group of. Warriors-Hannibal, Ju-
lius CHnar. Pizarro. Cromwell, Charles
XII, Frederick the Great, Scott, Well
ington and Napoleon, with Ethnology,
Phrenoiosy, Physiognomy, Physiology,
and Psychology. No. l. Vol. 4lst. Pub
lished at 20 cents a number. or 81 90 a
year, by Messrs. Fowler & Wells 3S9
broadway, New York.
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1865-01-25
General Slaerm0 N.

The conciIiatory policy adopted by Gen.
Sherman in Savannah seems to take the
rebels all aback at Richmond. His 60
vcrnment and that of General Geary in
the city has beer very mild, and il seems
to tell on the people of Georgia. In nine
counties in southwestern Georgia they
have ip:ued calls for Union meetings
Meetings were held in NJ ,ntgomery and
Liberty counties indorsing the resolutions
of the Savannah meeting. Whether these
meetings are held a. matter of policy
to save their property from destruction, or
AS the voluntary act of those entertaining
genuine Union sentiment we cannot say.
There is one thing certain if there is
allegiance of the Union among the people
OF Georgia, Sherman and Geary are
taking the right way to develope IL. 1t
is an old adage, that "honey catches
more flies than vinegar" And as Sher-
his march through Georgia, he is letting
them take a little of the honey. Had
other Generals done the same thing we
might have had a different story to tell to-
day. His course may do much to disa-
buse the Southern mind of the hatred they
entertained against Butler and Hunter
and Banks and Fremont. The people OF
Savannah will .ec that all the Northern
General. are not such men as these were
Sherman is far in advance of any Of the
Northern Generals not only "a. a comman-
der of n great army, but as civilian and
statesman. If the Union is ever to be
mental in a great measure of effecting it
We must not, however, place too mucl
confidence in the Union sentiment of tn.
South, what men will do and say whel
the dagger ia At their throat, or the spoil
ator ready TO attack their property, is NJ
Indication of what their true sentiment
are when voluntarily left to themselves
Both North and South are fighting for tn
same thing-viz: for nationality and tn
negro. The North is fighting for nation
ality and the freedom Of the negro Th
South i. fighting for separate nationality
;snl to keep the negro where he was, III
,ta =
are both right, viewing the case .ror
their own stand point" as the in
mortal y. Free said If Sherman
policy be adopted by the governmcn
there might be yet some chance for a r,
union OF the States, but we must confe.
that our faith in this Administration duil
anything either sensible or patriotic is f.
= from being strong
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1865-01-25

e. This winter seems to be one of the
old fashioned ones, that VIC used to see
and read about. Ever since the first OF
December, the weather has been remark
ably cold, ard Shedding and sleighing ha.
been good ever since with very slight in
terruption We have had more sleddino
to this town already this winter than we
have had some winters altogether. 1t i.
astonishing the amount of lumber that is
brought here from the north we could
scarcely realize that there were 20 much
manufactured, or that there were able
bodied men enough left in the country to
maoufaeture ity -: -.--..