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JEFF. Dav:s-Strange Rumors.

The rumors of the rescue OF Jefferson
D"V" from prison are assuming a new
and strange character. 1t is now hin,ed
that the authorities desire his escape, and
that facilities have been offered him, bu,
that he won't 90. There il little room
TO doubt the awkward embarrassment
attendant upon his confinement and re,
jec,ed trial. Chief Justice Chase does
not hesitate to Say that be cannot be con
vlc,ed OF treason, and Thad deus Stevens
declares that he is nothing moro than a
foreign leader, about a. much amenable
to the laws Of the United States as Maxi.
milan. have il from the best suthori.
y-tom authority which you cannot
uestion-that Mr.. Davis feels the most
ample sscnri,y. lis said less than a
week ago. my defence is complete now,
and rests solely upon the law, which will
be administered fairly, l know, and in
perfect accordance with civil jus,ice."-
The shameful pet,icoat story will be put
to the blush when that time arrives. Mr..
Davis sat present In good health, eats
heartily, reads a good dssI, and Possesses
As he said the other day, "a good diges.
ton and a good conscience" lie receives
letters from bis wife three times a week,
and keeps journal every day.
Washington Car Nashville Banner.
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Removal of Troops.

Aa.irs have for some time Indicated
The speedy ~ithdrsw.i Of the Fsdsssi
troops from the State Of Alabama, ssl
the discharge Of their duties lei, 70 sLs
militia. Gen. ThomM has approved .As
rsqn's.ion OF Governor P.,,oa fos sssss
Tor the mili,is, aud signifies his rsadissss
to turn over the control of the State 70 iu
civil otiiesrs, whenever the local military
organic ,tious are completed.
Gen. Grant. however. in acting upea
the application of the Governor thsess
cold water upon the whole scbsms. Hs
says:
FOR the present and until there b q
security Tor squi,sbly maintaiaias che
'iyh" and safety Of of all cissses of eli,
Gems 10 the STATES lately IN ssbsllios, I
would not recommend the wi,hdsswL Of
the United States troops from thsesA
The numbsf Of iatsrios gAvisoss mieas
b reduced. bos . movssLle force sslB.
eisns to insure uanquiIi,y should BE- %.
isned. While such force 10 ssssiasd
IN the South doubs the psopsissy q
psti'ng arms into he hands Of tie m;l;,
So
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TIE admission of Southern members.
They could see no reason for the Cousti.
tutionsl amendment. 1t vas designed
by the Radicals as a party measure to
secure the suffrage Of negroes The House
will vote on the question on Tuesday.
WAsHrxaroN, Jan. 27.
Governor Orr, OF South Carolina, has
sent an agent here to demonstrate against
the passage OF the Senate freedmen's BILL.
Mr' Prescott, the agent, will appear be.
fore the House freedmens corImi,,ee on
Monday to state the objection to the
bill.
WAsuINGroN, Jan. 20.
SESArR.-Mr. Grimes offered reso.
h,lon rendering thu thanks Of Con gress
to Rear Admiral Earragut. and tho off.
GERS and men under him for gallant cor.
due. in Mobile bay. In August. 1864.
Referred to the committee on Naval A.
fairs.
The bill for the protection of all persons
in their civil rights WAS called up, when
Mr.. TrumbulI offered an amendment to
insert, after the enac,rng clause, that all
persons Of African descent born in the
United States are declared citizens of the
United States. lie addressed the Senate
in favor Of the bill, contend,ng for the
civil rights and privileges Of all persons
citizeus OF the United States without dis,
tiuction Of race or color.
Mr.. Salisbury replied to Mr.. Trum.
bull, con,ending that the bill before the
Senate was the mos, dangerous one tba,
had been introduced. lie said we had
shed tears enough for the neg,o. 1t WAS
.ime that the whites should have some
consideration.
uoUsE.-Mr. Raymond, Of New York.
refuted the arguments OF those who
maintained thsi the Southern States
were out OF the Union. He maintsined
that Congress had no more power to do
anything against them than against the
other States. The Southern States bav
ing rs.oorganizedi the only question wa.
tue admission Of their Representatives.
Congress should &C, separately on the
cases. from each District, and ADM, those
who Can take the oath. We have % live
with the South, and good policy, as we'll
I" patriotism, should induce Congress to
Reconciliation. lie said the South owed
It TO their dignity, as well as to patriot
ism, to repudiale the select Committee on
ksconst'uc,'on. All the paper commit
tees would not save ;he country unless
there was sufficient patriotism among the
people.
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The Mails.

We understand that contract bids for som
OF the mail routes in this vicinity have been
forwarded recently. The prospect. therefore,
of an early resumption Of general mail service
is Frightening. Applications for the appoint.
ment of Post Masters at those Offices which
have not been supplied. should now be sent on
II there are no males who can take the oath" a."
doubtless soHie competetit female can be pre-.
vailed on, in spirit Of accommodation. 20 be
Post Mistress.
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A SOUTHERN PATRror.-A few days
ago a gentleman from the country while
purchasing from one Of our merchants a
hoop..kirt, remarked, that the girl for
whom he was buying it. WAS bis twenty
ninth child. II many. encouraged by
this example, will go and do likewise, the
rasages Of war will soon he repaired, and
negro suffrage. houid it come, would
prove a harmless evil.-Dorling. South.
srner.
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ToRN Or WoRN BILLs.-We warn
our friends not to tsks worI or torn
greenbac rs or small currency, that is
nuch defaced, as they are not current
and are heavily discounted. Don't send
us such bills or tbsv will be returned.-
BY the way the public ought to be pro.
tec'ed in ,hi@ma,,er. Il there no place
where Y. S. currency is redeemed when
!, becomes defaced I
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Close ofthc Fourteenth Volume.

The present Issue Of the Lcdgcr completes
the fourteenth volume an the fourteenth year
of the existence OF the paper. The first issue
appeared on the l2th Of February, 1882, under
the editorial aud proprietary mana cement OF
our deceased kinsman, RnxRr s BAILr. In
May 1855, little more than iour wears from
its birth, we took charge OF the paper, and from
tina: time until the 23i Of February, 1865.
when the Office was destroyed by Sherman's :
army, the paper was issued weekly to its SUBJ
scribers without a single omission or interrup.
ton. On the 26th OF August, 1868, psblica.
ton was resumed under the present regime, un =
der CIRCUMSTANCES anything else than favora.
ble-with no mails, scarcely a.'y money in the
country, AMI induced from necessity to do only
cash business. Still We have managed TO
keep atoat, and business has revived more rsp.
idly than We anticipated. When the mail
routes throughout the District are opened which
will probably be before long, our subscription
list will soon swell to its former numbers. III;
ing survived the calamities OF war and the worst
prvations Of defeat, ths Ledger may be re-
garded as an institution that will ye lorg At ter
its present proprietors win have passed away.
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cy- Mr.. THOMAS p. SLIDER, Ia our author.
lied agent IN receive advertisements and sub
scripions for the LEDGER in Charleston:
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SAvAsSAH, January 2s.-Tke Confed
erats General Mercer, tried by a military
commission tor the murder Of seven
Union Prsonsrs, was acquitted and re
leased from prison yesterday.
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Burton N. Harrison, late private Sec.
retsry Of Jefferson Davis, who has for
some time past been con6Ged 10 Fort
Delaware, has seen Recessed BY the Pres.
ident,
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THE LANCASTER LEDGER.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, February =, 1866.

Subscribers finding (X) cross mark on the
margin of their paper may know that their
time is about to expire.
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The first Of the series of Lcct ures on .the
Evidences OF Christianity" may be expected
in the Court House on Friday night February
10th, by Rev. j. n. CRAIo.
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take the woman over into the fields
away from the road and keep her
company until about one o'clock,
and then kill her, and [ would have
time to take care Of myself before
morning. This was about ten
O'Clock in the evening. SO [ went
on and passed them, saw that they
were well dressed and walking very
slow, and appeared to be lovers. [
went on just out of sight Of them,
and then started back, took out my
revolver and cooked it, and just as [
was going to shoot him he spoke
very pleasantly to me: "Good eve
ming, sir" [ answered, Good eve
ming" and passed on. Since 1
have been writing my history, sew
eral persons have said to me, that
they hoped [ would give good ad-
vice in it. The best advice l can
give is Always treat stranger
kindly, for you don't know who or
what he is, nor do you know how
much good kind act or civil word
may do YOU
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DRUNKENNESS.

at sears all the finer susceptiblities Of
the soul, dries up the currents of sympathy
and affection, and makes the heart sterile
waste suscepta bic only Of those base and ab-
iect emanatiOns that necessarily spring from
depraved and corrupted passions. Par
KER.
The above should be enough to alarm
any man who perceives the dreadful infiu-
ence gaining ground upon him. 1t whis-
pers and warns a man as he progresses in
the habit; he fears the consequence, and
knows the controlling power of the fatal
draught, yet, with all this, he goes on and
on, impelled by some irresistible fatality,
until the action of the heart becomes ab-
normal-until the brain becomes DESTROYED
in its functions-until the nervous system
is wrecked and wretched, until reason is de-
throned, and the poor wreck of what was
once a man sinks into the most utter help
lessness and disgrace. Is it nothing
what to destroy a splended constitution
torever-to quench everything lustrous
within-to blur or extinguish the beauty
of the unfolding spirit-to be pointed at
as a sign-to be hissed at by the young
TO be pittied by the good with heavy
sigh-and to be Stunned by society as a
danger and a nuisance
To have no eye for scenery-no ear for
music-no heart for lovc-no sentiment
for honor-no Joy for virtue, and alas, no
hope-is it nothing? When refinement
is progressing-when science and art are
marching on in the golden light of civili-
zation-when young men are growing up
into patriots, orators and authors-when
the country bsckons her sons to be "om-
nipotent to save" her in the midst of dis
asters and calamitieS when the roll of
fame is spread out before Us inviting US TO
place in its Illuminated scroll-when the
old and tried of office are leaving their
solemn charge to their young successors
when the hum Of industry and enterprise
is heard around us, is it nothing to be a
''drunkard 2"-incapable to fill mission
of usefulness to mankind?
Is it nothing to be loved with pure
and reasonable love? Is it nothing to see
ones children in rags; to see ones home
desolate; to see nature through a fog of
filth, is it nothing? Is it nothing TO teach
the young to lose the friends the early
and best friends of our younger years, by
our folly; fair companionships; fond COM
Is it nothing to war against
nature to help the helpless to plant a
smile or the face of grief; to chase the
tear from sorrow; TO encourage those who
aspire to have a voice in the councils of
munich palities or states, or nations? What
ever Of the above are useful, the drunkard
is not fit to practice; whatever can be lost
he loses. The man or youth on the brim
of drunken life is good for nothing except
as horrible example. He is on fatal
the outer ring of the vortex
and without a strong bound,
Like some strong swimmer in his agony"
he is forever numbered with the lost
Journal.
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ter. Cows that come in, in April,
will become very thin in flesh if
they do not receive an extra allow
ance of nutritious feed. Every
pound of flesh and fat that milch
COW loses in April, will be equal to
the actual loss Of SO many pounds
Of butter next summer.
Do not kill the calves because the
milk they require will be worth
more than they, when they are two
months old. Every COW is the bet
ter for having reared fine calf an
nually, as she will be more profit
able to her owner than when her
calfis not permitted to suck. For
the benefit Of American agriculture,
farmers ought to raise more neat
CATTLE.
Do not allow turkeys and gallin-
acious fowls to roam over grain
fields and meadows, as they do
great injury by breaking down the
growing plants which are only a
few inches high.
In those localities where animals
may be turned to pasture during the
last of this month, let the change
from dry feed to grass be made with
care, and gradually, to avoid the in
furious effects Of scours.
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Orphans, Court Sale

lY virtue of an order of the Orphans Court
u of Cambria county, there will be exposed
to public sale at the Court House, in the
borough Of Ebensburg, on Monday, the
seventh day of Nay next, at ole O'Clock D.
m, the following real estate. to wit
a CERTAIN LOT OR PIECE OF
GROUND. situate in Carroll township,
Cambria county, on the Ebensburg & Sus-
quehanna Plank Road, where the same is
crossed by the Indiana Road. opposite the
house of Jacob Leib, containing ONE
FOURTH OF AN ACRE, with a TWO
STORY FRAME BUILDING thereon erec-
ted, with the appurtenences, late the prop
erty Of Jacob Luther, Esq. deceased.
TERMS OF SALE One half on confirma-
tion thereof, and the residue in two equal
annual payments thereafter, with interest, to
be secured by the judgment bonds and
mortgage Of purchaser.
d. A. LUTHER,
Executor of said deceased.
Carroll township, April II, 1866.4t.
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For Sale or Rent.

A FARM containing forty acres. about six
4 acres of which are cleared, with a good
house and barn and an excellent orchard
thereon, situate at Mullin Bridge, on the
Turnpike in Cambria township, Cambria
county, about two miles East of Etosburg.
is offered for sale or rent. The unclear ed
portion of the land is covered with large
growth Of excellent timber, and the entire
farm is well supplied with good ater. For
further information apply to the undersigned
living in Munster. Munster township Pa.
ROSANNA McKIM.
April IL, 1866 ST..
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PEACE NOT Observation-Disclosures Under

PEACE NOT RESTORED Judge Under
wood has decided case at Alexandria,
before the United States District Court
for Virginia, that the Presidents peace
proclamation does not restore the writ of
habeas corpus TO the State of Virginia.
This decision is most important one. 1t
is understood that The case was got up by
some Radicals who knew beforehand how
UNDERWOOD would decide, in order to
preclude the possibility of the release of
jeff. Davis under the operation of the
writ 1t is perfectly well known particu-
larly by every lawyer and member of
Congress that the proclamation does re-
store the writ of haJeas corpus to all the
States mentioned in it. The United
States Supreme Court will decide as soon
as they reassemble, but as this will not be
for several months, great injustice may,
in the meantime Z; be done through the de-
clslon Of this partizan judge
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THE CIVIL RIGHTS BILL.

THE New York Herald epitomizes this
bill as follows:
''Shall the negro intermarry with our
daughters, and take an equal place in our
households ? The civil-rights bill says
he SHALL
"Shall negroes intermingle with our
refined ladies in streaming hot theaters,
bathrooms and opera houses The civ
il-rights bill declares that they must"
''Shall a negro supercede Grant as gen
eral-in-chief of the United States armyl
The civil-rights bill says that he can do
so.''
SIS negro five times better than a
white man that the former should vote
Immediately, while the latter has to under
60 five years, probation if he brings his
skill, labor and money to this country
from abroad The civiI-rights bill de-
clares that the negro is five times BET
ter"
''Sha!l the farms of the great West and
the whole country be owned by negroes
and white labor be made subservient 70
the negro proprietorship The civil
rights bill provides for this condition Of
things"
care we TO have negroes filling the po-
sitiOn of post captain in the United States
navy? The civil-rights bill says that Wa
are"
''Is this white mans Government for
white men The civil rights bill says
that it is not"
care we to have negroes representing
this Government as United States minis
ters ut the courts Of France and Englaudi
The civil rights bill says that we are"
"ShaIl negroes sit in Congress, in the
Cabinet and other high stations side by
side with white men ? The civil-rishts
bill says that he may"
''Shall our children see a negro in
the Presidential chair? The ciyil-rishts
bill provides for such a contingency"
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KIND WORDS.

We have seldom seen a more
striking illustration Of the power Of
kind words, than in the following
extracts from the confession Of the
robber and murderer, Henry VIII
son. In two instances a few cas-
ual works of kindness saved the
lives of those who uttered them,
although they knew nothing of
their danger:
when we got in front Of the
house, we saw what we took to be
a man and his wife, and three
young women and boy, eating
supper. [ proposed to Tom that
we should go in and ask to warm,
and sit down by the stove a few
minutes, and [ would look over the
chance little, and if [ concluded
we could not guard the doors and
windows to prevent the escape of
any one, [ would say: "Come
Tom, let's be going:" but if [
should say, ''Well, Jack, are you
ready ?" he was to place himself be-
tween the front windows, to guard
them, and | would guard the door,
draw our revolvers, and demand
surrender. | told Tom not to
shoot any one, unless it was necess-
AIRY to prevent their escape, and
we would tie them all, rob the
house of what we wanted, then kill
them and set fire to the house
and if any one should come in while
we were at work, we were going to
shoot him as he should come in at
the door.
''Dare you do this ?" said [ to
Tom. '.Yes, [ dare do anything
that you dare to do" said Tom.
SO [ went to the door and knocked.
The man said ''Come in." We went
in and asked to warm by the stove.
He said, Eyes, you can warm" We
sat and warmed till they were near
ly through supper, and [ thought
best to make the attack before they
got up from the table. SO [ got up
to give Tom the signal, and the
man, supposing [ had got up to 90,
said, "Won't you stay and take
some supper p eyes we will take
supper with you" The man looked
as if he thought | accepted his in
vitation to supper rather cool y F.; but
if he had known what our inten-
tons were, he would have been
perfectly satisfied with my answer,
for his kind invitation at the mo-
ment when [ was about to give the |
signal to Tom, saved his life and
that of .his family"
He also relates another incident !
whereby two lives were saved in the
same way
"When I got to Herkimer, [ left
the railroad and took the carriage |
road, and about mile from the |
town | saw man and woman in
the road before me going the same
way. [ thought | would pass them
and see how they looked, and If
we'll dressed / would turn back,
shoot the man and rob him, and ;
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Mrs. PRESIDENT JOHNSON AND THB
SOUTHERN FAIR.-The following from
the ''Journal' of the Southern Fair in
Baltimore, records one of the pleasantest
incidents in the history of that beneficent
and blessed work
4 beautiful contribution of flowers was
received al the Fair, yesterday, from the
wife of His Excellency, the President of
the United States This simple tribute,
though to the cause Of Christian charity,
coming from such a source, under the cir
cumstances of the present time, demands
our editorial notice, and cannot fail to
crafty the hearts of all who duiy appre-
ciate the Importance Of avoiding, in the
prosecution of this good work, any recur-
renee of the bitter feelings Of the late
civil war. That Mrs. Johnson should
thus testify her sympathy for the destitute
and suffering people of the South, and her
desire to aid in relieving them, canno:
fail to add strength to the assurances SO
recently uttered by the President, Of his
determination to resist, with all his power,
the mad fanaticism which threatens not
only to crush fallen foe, but to destroy
every trace of our political institutions.
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eg- 4 young minister, in highly elab-
crate sermon which he preached, said ''the
commentators do not agree with -
Next morning poor woman came TO see
him, with something in her apron. She
said her husband had heard his sermon,
and thought it was a very fine one, and
as he had said s'the common taters did
not agree with him. he had sent him some
of the best kidneys
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az Secretary Seward has stopped one
the ''dead ducks" Chronicle, which was
furnished to the State Department for
Legations" to be discontinued Two
columns of ''quackings" resulted, but ''no
body hurt"
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1866-04-26

THE steamer City of Norwich met with
a collision and sunk off Huntingdon, Long
Island Sound, on the 18th instant. She
had about fifty passengers on board, forty
of whom were saved by boats and carried
to New York, and the remainder are sup
posed to be lost
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1866-04-26

eS- Another disastrous fire occurred in
the oil regions on the 18th instant, des-
troying an immense amount Of property.
Two parties have been arrested on suspi-
cion of being implicated in the affair
The total loss is estimated at three hun
dred thousand dollars.
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FOR SALE OR RENT.

fkNuE FARM and COAL LAND formerly
4 owned 10y John Gillian. Sr., situate in
b.ack!iCl township, Cambria county, about
f"ven miles Northwest of Ebonsburg, ad-
ming lands Of The late John Gillian, Jr,
David Rowland, David Davis, Jr., and
Jacob and Peter Wagner, containg
One Hlmdrsd and Ttcenty-three Acres,
or thareahouts, having thereon erected a
GOOD STONE DWELLING HOUSE and
a Large Bank Barn
This land contains an abundance Of coal
oi a superior quality-a drift Al feet thick
having been opened which is now being
worked.
Apply to the undersigned, the present
owners, residing in the borough of Ebens-
burg. r. L. JOHNSTON.
WM KITTELL.
Nov. 80, l865.---tf.
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DRY GOODS AND GR1GRRIES

HIS stock conists of almost every article
usually kept in a retail store. all of which
have been selected with care and are offered
at prices which cannot fail 10 prove satisfac-
tory. Call and examine for yourselves.
Nov. Is, l865.Gm.-. II. WALTERS.