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or Our neighbor of the Northern Earle
appears to be alto gether displeassd with our
notice of his article on the Enrolment Board.
and expresses great anxiety to pitch ainto
canvass of the merits and demerits" of the
Board. Of course we have no objection to
our neighbors doing just as he pleases in the
premises. We neither give nor accept chal-
lenge in the matter, and if he sees fit to
indulge the bent of his inclination we NAV
or may not have word in reply. We
would advise him in case he concludes to
pitch in, however, to have his facts more to
be depended upon than is his assertion that
the article in the Jeffersonian "was written
by near relative of one of the Board" or
he will only succeed in writing himself @
ninny. The relationship existing between
the writer of the article and lone of the
Board, Is not whit nearer than that exist
ing between our neighbor and ourself and
we look to him for the amend honorable for
his base insinuation. We might all for
aught We know, run back to Adam without
crossing each others lines of consanguinity>
From the manner in which he bandies names
in this connection, we judge our neighbor to
be ignorant of the courtesy due between mem
bcrs of the editorial fraternity.
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Executive Chamber, Jan. 4, 1865.
One of the New York Hotel Burner,
Caught in Detroit.

One of the persons concerned in the
hotel burning in New York has been ar
rested in Detroit. The Tribune of that
city, of Friday, says:
"a few days since commotion was
visible among the detectives in this city,
which gave rise to suspicion that some
thing unusual was going on. What the
commotion was we had some difficulty in
ascertainng, but after careful inquiry we
learned that several New York detectives
had traced one of the hotel incendiaries
of that city to Detroit, which, as may
naturally be supposed, was taking feath-
er out of the cap of our own officers
The individual was living at one of our
frst-class hotels, at which place it was
thought he had been maturing plan for
a repetition of the New York affair.
"He was taken into custody, and evil
dence found upon his person that it is
thought will be sufficient to insure his
conviction. He gave his name as Cobb,
although it was previously ascertained
that he had registered himself at New
York as Sidney Staunton; he is, we be-
lieve, Southerner, and is bold enough
to attempt no disguise. He will proba-
bly, claim to be belligerent, and as such
entitled to all the benefits of prisoner of
war"
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Fill up the Quotas.

We are happy to learn that our citizens
have made the necessary preparations
and are now fully prepared with money
Committees, &C., &C., to go Oh and gill III
our quota. Liberal bountics will be Civ
en-, over and above those offered by tn,
Government. Those wishing to join ou
armies and help finish up the Rebellion
should make immediate application tt
any member of the Borough Enlistins
Committee named below.
All things now indicate that the war il
rapidly drawing to close. A few months
yet and peace may again smile upon us
Those who now enlist may not even see
service. Those wishing to share the
honor of helping to finish up the Rebel
lion have now good opportunity to OBJ.
tain that honor, and at the same time re.
ceiye liberal bounty. Then by all means
Volunteer before the draft comes.
The following named persons compose
the enlisting Committee for the Borough.
Jacob L. Wyckoff, Thomas NJ. McIlha-
ney, Linford Marsh, NJ. Brown Postens,
Daniel Peters, Robert Huston, George
Fable and Charlton Burnett.
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A Good Price for a Jersey Mare.

The West jersey Press says, the cels-
bratcd trotting Mare MAY Queen" for,
merly owned by the late Samuel And
rews, of Camden, and Capt, Bodine, was
sold last week by Mr.. John Turner, for
$4,000. She has become one Of the
fastest trotters in the country. In late
tour through the West and the Canadas,
the ''May Queen" was matched in twenty
races, eighteen of which she won.-She
was bought by Mr.. Andrews from gen.
tleman in Mount Holly, and was foaled
in Burlington county.
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IMPROVEMENT.
Men are apt to deHoance all projects pro

Men are apt to deHoance all projects pro-
posed,
Which they do not at once comprehend,
20 discourage, instead of promoting good,
Too often their efforts they lend
In all ages improvement projectors have mel
With discoaTagemcnts in every plan
For the comfort, domestic and public,
OF that sprig Of Ofhuuanity-mas,
1t is very unsafe to affirm positively,
This thing or that cannot be done.
Notwithstanding prognostics offuilure some
times,
Important achievements are won.
In matters of dress even some men believe
1t is best TO adhere to old styles,
Not so however, that promu gator of Fash
ions,
Our enterprising citizen, Pyle,
| have just placed on my counters splen-
did assortment of Boys and Childern's Cloth
ing for winter wear, to which the attention
of the public is particularly invited.
r, C. Pyle.
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An officer of the LIST Rhode Island cav
airy, serving in Sheridan's army, give
the following account of property des
troyed by the cavalry division alone dur
ing its operation in the Shenandoh val
ley, from August 13, 1864, as copiee
from the provost marshlls report:
eight hundred and eighty barns, 81
mills, 1855 tons of hay, l,9l0,7O2 bush
els of wheat, mills, 3 furnaces, ]
woollen mill, SIS acres of corn, 75C
bushels of oats, l347 cattle driven off,
1881 sheep driven off, 725 swine driven
off, $50 barrels of -four, 225 tons of straw,
272 tons of fodder, tanneries, wa
gons with -four, ! railroad depot, loco
motive engine, 8 box cars, IA army wa
gons and contents, 38 ambulances and
medical wagons, 81 muskets, 4 oaissons
and contents, 10000 rolls of oarbine
ammunition. Total value, S3,S56,372."
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The Wealthiest Man---An Annual Income
of S5,000,000.

Alexander I. Stewart, the dry goods
nabob Of New York, has the largest ia
come of any man in America Ct pro
bably) the world. He has lately paid an
income tax Of S250,000 !-on a net in
come of FIVE million dollars. This would
/ be she interest, at 6 per cent. of over
eighty millions. We know Of no case
among the wealthy men of England that
surpasses or equals this and we suppose
A. I. Stewart is richest man living.
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Al late festival At BOSTON the Rev

At late festival at Boston. the Rev.
Dr.. Cox, in some remarks took OCCASION
to rub the clergy who preached patriotic
sermoas, practically adapted to the times,
rather roughly. Ills censures seemed to-
be esresially aimed at Dr. BE low, wi O.
was present DIR. i. who followed in a
good natu ed yindication of the belli-
g rent, remarked that his friend belonged
to that kind Of cocks who are better at
growing than fighting.
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On the 7th inst. party of Indians at
tackled the Overland Mail Coach nea,
Julcsburg, Colorado, robbinS TIE express
mail They also attacked mule train
near by, killing one man. The troops at
Julesburg were at once in pursuit, and .
fight ensued, in which 30 Indians and 10
whites were killed The Indians finally
retreated southward
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Charles Windsor, the sbscondins Tel
Ter of the Mercantile Bank, New York,
has been arrested in London, and it is re-
ported that large proportion Of the mis-
sing funds, which amounted, according
to the announcement of the President OF
the Bank, to S207 900 in currency and
So, coo in gold, has been recovered
Windsor left New York on Oct 20 aud
WAS arrested by detective from that city
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The commandant of Libby Prison is.

The commandant of Libby Prison is,
sued stringent order that Union PRISON.
ers must limit their letters to six lines
The following is specimen
"My Dear Wife.-Yours received--no
hope of exchange-send corn starch
want socks--no money-rheumatism in
the left shoulder-pickles very good
send sausages-God bless you--kiss
the baby-Hail Columbia! Your devo-
Ted husbsnd."
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UFAaron Baird, of Wayne county
in one week, recently, shot Is deer. Fol-
six of the carcases he received $75. A
pretty good weeks work.
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Che 1efffrsoniam,
THURSDAY. JANUARY IL, 1865.

The Stockholders of tho Farmers and
Mechanics Bank at Easton have decided
in favor of changing that institution into
q National Bank.
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pgA party of fisherman caught 2O8O
pounds of suckers, in the West Branch
of the Lackwaxen, near Prompton, Wayne
county, one day last week. Each fisher
mans share was about three bushels.
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pAy The Ladies Soldiers Aid Society
will hold Festival of Refreshment, in
the County Court Room, on Tuesday
evening, the 18th of January. All the
friends of the wounded soldiers arc inv:
ted to attend.
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We find in Ayers American Almanac

(now ready for delivery gratis, by all theil
agents the remarkable statement that the
temperature of the earth has not dimin-
ished more than l-306th part of one de-
gree of Fahrenheit for 1000 years. To
our enquiry how he could make such an
assertion, DIR. Ayre writes us the follow
ing answer "Hipparchus gives the ex-
act record of an eclipse in his time. This
enables us to measure with extreme accu-
raey tho earths' diurnal revolutions since
to any eclipse now. Diminution of its
heat would by concentration, shorten its
axis. The data shows that this change
has been only such as | state it, mathe-
matically and indisputably trpe. New
York Journal.
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The War Department is making ar
rancements with the Rebel authorities
for general exchange of prisoners at an
early day. The sooner this is done the
better.
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According to a municipal census just
taken, the city of ST. Louis contains 1s7,
820 inhabitatns. -
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The twenty-five thousand militia, of 1862
are not included in the statement.
call the attention of the Legislature to
the Report of the Surveyor-General, here
with presented, and commend the suggestions
by that officer to your considerati n.
This message is accompanied by full reports
OF all the military departments, They ex-
hibit the large amount of service performed
during the past year, and contain full his
tory of all the military operations OF the
State. Many valuable recommendations
are made in them to promote the efficiency
of our volunteers, and the comfort ofthe sick
ami wounded, which commend to your
earnest and immediate attention. 1t affords
me great satisfaction to bear my testimony
to the ability, diligence and fidelity of all
the officers in these several departments.
Before closing this message | desire to
advert to the delay which has sometimes oc-
Cured in the passage of the General Ap.
preparation bill. 1t is necessary that this
bill should become law, as otherwise the
action Of the Government would be stopped
To delay its presentation to the Executive
as was done at the last regular session, til
late hour the night before the morning
fixed for the final adjournment, is to deprive
the people of their right to have all acts
submitted to the revision of the Legislature
before becoming laws, in case the Execu
tive should not approve them.
If there had been time | should probably
have returned the appropriation bill of last
year for such revision, as when l had the
opportunity of deliberately examining it,
found provisions which could not have ap.
proved; but that opportunity was denied me
before The bill had become a law, and, in
fact, as the Legislature was on the point ot
adjournment, the only question presented te
me was whether that bill should become 9
law, without amendment, or the necessities
of the Government remain unpFoyided for.
The gallantry of our soldiers in the field
st II shed lustre on the c, mmonwealth, anC
that their merit is appreciated by gener
Gus peol lie is shown ty the continued sne
cheerful libcrality with which the men anf
women of the State contribute of theil
means for their comfort and welfare. May
the blessings Of God be on those brave mer
who have stood by the country through tlfe
dark hours of her trial!
A. 6. CURTIN.
Executive Chamber, Jan. 4, 1865.
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M A R REED.

At the residence of the brides parents,
Jan. 7th, by the Rev. Il. j. Pierce, Mr..
Sherman S, Lindsey, of Aurora, N. \,
and Miss Mary j. Dutot, of Delaware
Water Gap.
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mail, on receipt of an order. Address,
JAMES S. BUTLER,
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Nh S1 T0QA o.
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33O,444

Re-enIlstment Of pennsylvania voIun-
teers, 1887
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teers, | am aware of, requires that The field
and line officers shall be commissioned by the
Governors of the several States. The men
In the corps are not to be formed into organ
izations of the respective States, and it is
proposed that Its officers shall be appointed
by the General Government. | know of no
act of Congress or of Assembly under which
men so raised will be entitled to pensions or
their families to benefits from the United
States or State Government, in addition,
will observe that without any feeling of
jealousy, | am still not ready to participate
actively to transferring TO the United States
Illegally the right of appointment vested in
the State, aud which the State authorities
can exercise with more discrimination by
reason of having greater familiarity with
the merits ofthe citizens Of their own State
than the United States authorities can posi-
bly, have. | will transmit any further COM
munlcation that | may receive on this SUBJ
Ject 1t will be preceived by reference to
the correspondence that / have offered to
raise, IN the manner provided by law, two
or three regiments of veterans for Hancock's
Corps My desire is to assist the Govern
ment in every legal mode In raising mon,
and especially to facilitate an officer--a ma.
tive Pennsylvania SO distinguished as
General Hancock, in his efforts to organize
! new Corps.
shall throw no obstacle in his way on
his present occasion but cannot, certain.
y, be expected to invite violation of laws
n carrying out plan which sacrifices the
lights of the State under existing laws. and
would leave the men unprotected by them SO
lr as concerns future provision for their
onfort and that ef their families
The mountain Democrat., 1865-09-16
DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM.

Reeolved. That the Democratic party OF FL Do
RADIO County are to-day. A. in the past. proad Of
their name aud organization, and devoted! at
tachSd to their time -hunOTrd prime pies That
among these We at the pres Mt time desire rspe
cialiy to rmphaSiIe the following articles Of our
P,lItir2l faith:
fITst-Thr CrateruAl Urion Of the StAtes.
Sseond-Ihe Constitution and laws supreme
over all
Third-The military to be subordinate to the
civ p,~er.
t'Ourth--state rights, limited only BY expressly
DELEGATED pUWers.
fIfth-TIr MuurOe doctrine
Sixth A hard money currency. with an eN'en-
SION of the Sprehc Contract Act to include 'eThal
contracts for WOTkingmpn'S wHgrs, and all con
tracts for payments IN eoIH, verbal or 0hrTNlse.
seventh Whilst ackno~ lodging tie fact that
slavery il abolished in 'he States lately IN Irh
hon, We are emphaiicAlly oppOsrd To extending
the right Of sum to upGTOep aLd thtT interoT
races aud while We desire that the population
composing the inferior Tsce.' within the United
State buuld eujny sll eENl TiHhtS apd Te rdIes
extended To other persnnS. We are nAtrTahl! up
passed To rnnirT'ins upon them either social or 10
htIcaI equality.
Eighth - Opposition TO the sale or taxation Of
the mi erAl lABd> uf this coast belIr'lng. hrRt.
that the innr> ar T. pr"p-rr Of the dsr"vrrrrs,
second, that tk' ir DE- s"pmrnt "ngh rather To bc
sncour' gtd BY premiums than retarded ~ TAXA
tloTI.
SInth--That We. a. Democrats heartily sndorse
the h"ctTinr OF Pr sIdeni Jnhn.On .rt f.rt! IN
his Mouth tar"hua rTOclamatlnn y At the pnNrT
Of TTr>crIhing the qualifications Of r!ee'OSs and
the ~lIgI'ihtS Of Tsnns To- hold Office 10 NS.t
primarily IN he qualified tlrrt,t - ~ th- states :.
which p-IWer as l. Nrll kAid hN 'hr Pre- Idrut. 10
Che (Which thr several >tatps cOin;ntiHg the frd
eTat Union ! I'VE exc cI>rd from the UtlgIn of the
Cove Tnment to the pitsent time"
The mountain Democrat., 1865-09-16

WARS THE U>Ey- II is officially an.
nouncrd that 100, 900 negro soldiers are
still in the pay Of the Government
What's the use pertinently asks the
Manchester (N. II } Democrat. Why not
disl'and them, and let them earn their
ow n living, If they can2 Have not the
Southern people manifested The strongest
disposition to submit to the Government
In view Of the enormous debt now hang
ing over the country and the excessive
taxes we have to pay, We don't believe
that even AbnitioniSts are willing TO car.
ry the additional burden Of feeding, cloth
ing and paying 100000 unnecessary sol.
diers. IL they are black. 1t will take the
bread from their children's mouths befnre
long. and reduce them to abject poverty
Who desires such q state Of affairs in our
country?
The mountain Democrat., 1865-09-16

CLEAR STATEMENT. The Democratic
party, saws the Essex Mass } Statesman,
needed less than 900, 600 soreS out Of l..
446,O7l to carry the popular vote fur
Georgs b. Mcclellan lat fall. with ell the
terrorism and fnrce TINT was brought to
bear. This party Is nav strongly united
upon great national principles. The Re
publican party hardly agree upon any
point. 1t cannot keep together through
another campaign. 1t is only necessary
for the Democratic party to be patient
and firm. and it will again control the af-
fairs Of the country. If the UniuD is to
be preserved. il can only be dong upon
Democratic principles, ''pure and nnde.
filed" Democrats have everything 10 en-.
courage theD--a strong, compact and
growing party, principles that the people
have and will again endorse, and leaders
whose craftsmanship stands unchallenged.
The mountain Democrat., 1865-09-16

GEN. lIUNTER's BRUTALITY.-Th DnyleS.
town ( PA. } Democrat, whose editor
served in the army during the war, speak
ing Of the revolving features in the charac
ter of Gen. Hunter, gives the follow ing in
stance Of his insolence and brutality:
This is not the only instance nf the brutality
and inSolrnce of Gen. Hunter. On his retreat
from Lvnchburg. last y-ar.a wounded sergeant
Of cavAlr', hu had walked long distance,
overlook big negrn with twn horses, and ask.
ed to lend him one to ride tn camp. lie reius
ed and the sergeant took the reinS Of one, and
sat duwn on tile roadside, MT having ridden
the hnrse foot. The negro repured tn Hun
ter that soldier had stolen me of The h0rSel.
when lie and his staff rude 10 the spot where
the soldier sill sut. ilunie', in his brutality
ordered member uf his staff tn whip the sol
der which ne did. in his mean subServiency
until great weitS were raised on his budy.-
That night the negr" was shot. Gen Hunter
has not vet been called tn account, but will be
when the stars are Ot his shoulders. The sol
dier who was thus cruelty outraged lives but \
few miles from here, and himself aud friends
know how To obtain satisfaction from great
wrong.
The mountain Democrat., 1865-09-16

Coon The Springfield Republican,
the abl-st and most influential Abolition
organ in New England. is handling Sec
rrtary Stanton without gloves, Speaking
Of his arrogant assumption Of power and
his frequent violations Of the laws, it
says: 1t is high time there was some
decision as to the legal limits Of the War
Secretary'S powers. If he rrnlly can seize
the person or property Of any man at his
will, and impriSon the former and keep
the later, the people want 20 know it !;
and they would be still more interested
in knowing that he cant do these things"
This is pretty strong. coming from an or
gan nj Stanton's party. In addition to
the above it uses the following significant
language /" The reign of law will return
at some future day, and then Mr.. Stanton
may find that citizens have rights which
even War Secretary must respect.
This indicates q change Of public Senti.
ment--Indcates that even the Republi-
cans realize the necessity Of putting q
stop to Stanton's unwarraptable and ty.
rannical proceedings.
The mountain Democrat., 1865-09-16
NERvOVS CONPLAINTsr

~ RNoOS COMPLAINTS.-It 10 tot
probable that there 10 conntry IN the world
where the iuh abI: AutS suffer ~ much from dis
eases having their origin in drTarsemcut Il tn.
ne. NouS syEirm, aG IN California. A Ihght dis
ease Of the nrrves. il not promptly attended to.
viii produce such c"mpl .Ints a. RHEUMATI~M,
NEURALGIA, MEN tai and PHYSICAL.
DEBILITY, IMto rENCE. HEART DISEASE
and nun' 'r"u' minor c'Splaiut-, under winch the
PatI~nt SuteII unll thr physical Tn~tr. are de
'troHed. the nervous Eysttm shattered, ami ihe
sufferer sInLs into an uhtiA,ly grave In ali
eAs-s of nervous disorders
WATTS NERVOUS ANTIDOTE
Will effect 7.rIrst ene and rest"r- the patient
To health and strength. Even when apparently
upon the verge Of the grave, thIS msdirine viii
snatch the INTENDED victim from tho fell destroyer
and hold the grim monster at hay. sumrtimes for
years. WATTS NERVOUS ANIIbOrE Is
urely vegetable preparation, and n III harm
one PersOn' Of ssdrntAry habit, OF those ~h"ss
occupations require eXtrsnTdiLary exercise of the
BRAIN will Hmd this medicine Of great advantage.
as il produces activity Of the physical funeiIOLS,
and quiet 20 the neTVes.
Watts Nervous AnIIdote 10 for
Sale by all DrUggisIS. [.epl6u3
The mountain Democrat., 1865-09-16

REPUBLICAN ATrACKs UPON TIE PREST-
ENr.-The Chicago Tribune is highly in.
disnant at President johnson, and says
che has caused profound dissatisfaction
in the heart of almost every earnest and
undoubtedly loyal man in the North."-
The friends Of forced negro suffrage are
trying to bully the President, hy such at.
tackS. into the support Of their measures.
If he yields he is lost They have lost
all confidence in him, believe him to be a
Democrat at heart, hate his State Rights
views. and will not support him under
any circumstances. Chase is their favor
itc, and they hope to use the President to
advance ChaSe'S interests,