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RIGHT OR WKCG. WHEJT EIGHT, TO BE KEPT BIGHT, WHES WKONO, TO.BK PCI BIGHT. EBCXSQVRG: THURSDAY ::::::::::::::::::JANUAll V 14. TIio Legislature. Our State Legislature met at Harrisburg ou Tuesday, 5th inst. The House was speedily organized by the election of Hon. II. C. Johnston, of;prawford county, as Speaker. This gentleman ia Union throughout, a man of marked ability, and eminently qualified by birth and education to preside over the deliberations of that august body. Hon. C. L. Pershing, the representative from this county, waa the qaucua nominee of the opposition for the post, and received forty fivo out of ninety seven votes. Had Mr. P. only been a good Union man a man who would know no party, eo help him God, except his "country, until the rebellion wa3 put down we would have been glad to have chron icled his election. As it is, we cannot say we arc particularly eorry he was defeated. A. W. Benedict, of Huntingdon, by a like vote was chosen Clerk, and Jas. C. Brown, of Mercer, Assistant Clerk. In the Senate, matters do not go on so 6inoothly. In consequence of the absence of Senator .White, of the Indiana district, who is now a prisoner in Richmond, the Senate is a tie, there being sixteen Union members to sixteen opposition. This fact is taken advantage of by thelatter to the embarrassment of the organization of the Senate, thus setting at naught the expressed will of a majority of the people. Hon. John P. Penny, the holding-over incum bent, is the Union candidate for Speaker ; Hon. Heister Clymer is the opposition candidate. A great many ballots have thus far been had, with the same result no choice. No Speaker will be elected until a successor to Senator "White is cho sen, for the opposition, playing a deep and desperate game no less than the dismem berment of the State government will 111 US L UlkUiy UU VU IU tull WUUiaavv, the bitter end. As regards the Union Senators, the intention of the peoplo of the State to place them in the majority being so manifestly apparent, and that intention being only defeated through the fortunes, or misfortunes, of war, it ia safe to assume they will enter into no compro mise with their opponents touching a division of ihc offices. To do so were to be untrue to their respective constituen cies. "During a debate on the subject of organization on the second day of the session, Mr. Lowry made the startling statement, upon good authority, that some months ago a captured rebel Major, named Jones, applied to the authorities at Wash ington for permission to go to Richmond, on parole, to procure the release of Major White in exchange for himself. The permission was granted, and he went. He was blandly informed, however, by the rebel officials, that he, Major Jones, had better return whence he came that the rebel army could get along without him for a season longer that he was of no especial account, but that Major White had the casting vote in the Pennsylvania Senate, which could not be organized during his absence. So Jones signally failed in his mission, and the rebels hung on to Major White. The factious refusal of the opposition to allow the Senate to be organized shows conclusively that they are the friends of the rebate- Jeff. Davis retains Senator White in confinement, in defiance of all efforts made for his rease, hoping to thus distract the counsels of our people and the Copperhead Senators, by taking advantage of bis absence, fully carry out their part of the disloyal pro gramme. We are sure Jeff, must be Batisfied with their course. Had Major White been a Copperhead Senator, and had his presence been necessary to the organization of the Senate on a Copperhead basis, that Major Jones' mission would have been, successful we have not a doubt. Jn .tnuay, an arrangement was entered into; that, ia ease- of the absence of any Senator from his post, some member from the other side should be required to "pair off" with him, thus preventing any undue advantage accruing to either candidate. -Thi3 may be all -right ; but when it is remembered thut Major White is unavoid ally absent from the Capitol, and. that the opposition are persistently engaged in turning this mishap to their own gain, the fact of their entering into such an agree ment appears slightly inconsistent. Had they embraced Senator White in the arrangement, then would they have acted the part of honorable, honest, patriotic men, too generous to take advantage of a brother's misfortunes, and regardful of the expressed will of the people of the State; as it is, they assume the hideous propor tions of demagogues and dishonest politi cians. The Governor transmitted his annual message to both Houses on Thursday. It is an able document. Wo will print it next week. The Conscription Act. The agitation of a new Conscription Act continues to absorb the time and attention of Congress, to the exclusion of all else. WThat the result of their delib erations may or may not be it ia impossible to say. Oao day it is authoritatively given out by those who profess to know that the $300 clause will be repealed; another day it is just as emphatically asserted that it will be retained ; then it is insinuated that both the $300 clause and the right to put on substitutes will be denied us; next wo are told that the $300 clause will be so amended that any person thereafter drafted will be required to pay in addition to the commutation fee tea per cent, of his inoome where it ex ceeds $G0O, twenty . per cent where it exceeds 82000, and thirty per cent, where it exceeds $5000 ; now we are assured that the two classes will be consolidated, the commutation increased to $500, and the period of enlistment reduced to eigh teen months. To-morrow we may have a totally different version of "the situation." So it goes contradiction after contradic tion until we are in a delightful state of mysticism on the Bubject. We can only beg our readers to keep cool for a few days, when some practical result will surely be arrived at. The Congressmen will ultimately become tired of speech making, and give the oountry a new law or leave the old law standing. DEAxn or Hon. CAlzb B. Smith. The Honorable Caleb Blood Smith, one of the Judges of the United States Circuit Court Jot Indiana, died at Indianapolis a few evenings since. Ho was born April 1G, 1808, and was accordingly in his fifty sixth year at tho time of his death. He was a native of Boston, Mass., but was brought to Cincinnati by his parents when only six years old. He commenced his studies at the Cincinnati College, and completed them at the Miami University. He studied law at Cincinnati, and Con nersville, Indiana, and commenced the practice of his profession at the latter place in 1828. He was a member ot the Indiana Legislature frcm 1833 to 183G and in 1840 ; was speaker of the House in 1835 36, and for several years one of the Fund Commissioners of his adopted State. In 1840 he was one of the electors on the Harrison Presidential ticket. From 1843 to 1817 he was member of Congress from Indiana, and afterwards one ot the com missioners to adjust claims against Mexico. In 185G he was an elector on tho Fremont ticket. Previous to the rise of the Republican party he had been a Whig. In 1S5S he took up his abode in Indian apolis, and practised his profession there until appointed Secretary of the Interior by President Lincoln. He resigned this office, and was confirmed by the Senate, on the 22d of December, 18G2, in the position which he held at his death. Charleston. The New York Tribune publishes an authentic rebel letter, which says : "Gen. Beauregard has caused in formation to reach all that if he finds it impossible to hold tho city, he will leave it in a mas of ruins. No one will com plain of this, as they know the barbarian have sworn to destroy every vestige of the Secession nest, if they can take it. If they should ever, enter our house, may God have mercy on them, for I can't. If they ever enter the city, you will hear of the greatest earthquake ever caused by human agency. "It will be a consolation, Louise, for you to know that should the vandals ever get here, they will never be able to reach 3Iacon. Gen. Beauregard is confident they could never get ten miles beyond the city in any direction, but he is equally confident they can never come here. It is mournful to go through our streets, once alive with beauty and fashion, and see them entirely deserted, with the exception of now and then one of our colored people or a pqualid Irish woman' ISyBv a recent regulation of the Pension Office, many mothers of deceased soldiers are now entitled to pensions who were not previously. Under the original regulations, a mother was required to prove her marriage, and only widowed mothers were entitled to pension ; while under the present regulations any mother of a deceased officer or soldier, if she waa dependent wholly or in- part on her deceased son for support, is entitled to a pension, whether her husband be living or not, and it is not neceesary for a mother to prove her marriage. The Governor's Message. Those who have carefully perused tho message, have already been impressed with the fact that what it lacks in the discussion of abstract questions, it nlakes up in its clear statements of the business of the Commonwealth connected" with its Government, and its satisfactory exhibit of its finances and credit. In the midst of convulsion in business, revolution in finances, and the heaviest demands ever made upon the Treasury, tho credit of the Commonwealth is as good as that of any of its individual citizens , aid equal to the largest of that of any State in the Union. And for this we are indebted to the wisdom and prudence of tho?c who are at the head of our State Government. We do not owe it to a combination of circumstances, that we have been able to reduce the publio debt pay the interest on what remains, and meet the daily augmenting demands on the Treasury, for the supply of the mean3 of conducting our share of the fight tor the safety ot the National Government. Had the Commonwealth been compelled to depend upon circum stances to produce these results, they could not have been attained with the harmony and success which have thus far atteuded their realisation. Had not a master mind controlled and a master governed, while one interest was mad prosperous another would have been wrecked while one portion of the policy of the government would have been successful, the defeat of the other would have neutralized its influence. But, a3 Governor Curtia justly observes, this wonderful prosperity cannot bo prolonged without some legislative action for it3 preservation. His recom mendation on the subject of sharing the business of the Government equally among all interests deriving large benefits from its privileges and protection, b eminently just and proper. The burden of support ing the Government in tho present crisis should be removed as far as possible from tho shoulder3 of the laboring masses. What we were as a nation, before this wicked rebellion wa3 precipitated, is to be entirely attributed to the free labor of the State?. WThat we have become since and during the effort to destroy the nation, so far as the burdens of Government are concerned, cannot bo traced to labor, tho' tho representatives of the laboring classes bear the brunt in the battles of the conflict, taste the full measure of the misery which flows from its suffering, and share but little of the distinction and the emoluments which have grown with tho war. The Executive recommendation in regard to the payment of the interest on the publio debt, is also to be commended, and will elicit approval from just men and liberal financiers all over the country. Pennsyl vania, as a State, has had no share in the work of disarranging the currency of the country and hence it is not fair to ask her to offer an equivalent in paying her debts other than that which is afforded her by the nation of which she is a portion. If the National Government is able to supply the States with gold to conduct their financial operations, they are thus conducted but when gold is swept from tho market by influences springing as mush from abroad as from at home, the foreign like the domestic creditor, must accept the substitute in lieu thereof which the National Government is able to afford for the discharge of all the obligations of the States. Wo trust our readers have carefully perused and pondered this por tion of the message. We will not presume to discuss the topics to which the Message refers in a single editorial! It contains the texts to afford the loyal press 'themes of editorial izing for a year. Indeed, its most attractive features consist in the candor and brevity with which it refers to every subject in which the State has an interest. It is entirely a document for homo effect and influence. It seeks to make no impression on parties in antagonism to the Government by contributing to their hatreds and in creasing their prejudices. It bids for no favor at the hands of truckling politicians, by catering to their wants, or flattering their presumed influence. It is eminently a State paper, because it aims at engross ing all the interests of the Commonwealth in its discussions.. What it says of tho war relates only to tho duty whish Penn sylvania has to perform in assisting the National Government to conduct the struggle to a victorious termination. -Is does not quibble with policies, to afford the excuse for opposing the practical ends and objects of tha National Government. It devotes itself, first to an exhibit and defence of all that is important to Penn sylvania as a State, and then pledges the vast resources and the valor of the people thereof, to prosecute the struggle for the Union, Liberty and the Government to a glorious success. Wre would like to see this document in the hands ot every Pcnnsylvanian, to prove to him how prudently the govern mental affairs of the Commonwealth have been conducted, and in the hands of every loyal man in the Union, to exhibit how great a free State can be even when surrounded. with outside difficulties such as never before threatened to impede the 1 .1 Tt progreES ot any vommonweaun. liar. fdegraph. , Be, Tho Washington Chronicle says : "To Gen. Butler is now committed one of the most delicate and difficult problems of the war. Tho Government places in his hands tho whole question of exchang es, and, eharged with the power and opinions of the Government, ho returns to Fortress Monroe to accomplish the release of the thousands of our countrymen and friends now in bandagw. A Military Despotism. Certain of the more desperate of the opposition party, who have neither the ability fairly to review nor the courage openly to oppose the strenuous efforts of the national authorities to crush rebellion, content themselves with constantly com paring President LincDln's administration to a "military despotism." Notwithstand ing the national authorities are engaged in a contest ot a character the most stupendous the world ever beheld notwithstanding the Government is con tending with a foe at once implacable and insidious because it puts forth its full strength and arrays itself in all its power, that it may be sooner be victorious, there is a class of miserable politicians in the land who delight in denouncing Abraham Lincoln as a military despot, and who take special pleasure, also, of comparing the American Government, unfavorably, withihemost tyrannical authorities in the world." If there were any truth in the accusations thus brought against the National Administration, tho accusers would have been choked to death when the charge in which they now daily in dulge first leaped from their dirty throats, because no despotism such as they would have the world believe the American Government, would permit itself to be assailed as the Copperheads assail that authority. If it were a despotism, there would not bo room sufficient on the high ways of the country to accommodate the gibbets to hold its victims, as would incur its anger in the abuse of each wretches as now assail its liberality and misrepresent its -justice. But while the copperhead orators and organs thus persistently assail the Nation al Administration as a military despotism and while the same men, also, decry the war and declaim for peace it is rather amusing to witness the shifts to which they resort to attach themselves to some military hero cn whose shoulders they hope to be borne to place and power. At the present day the hopes of the copper head leaders consist entirely in their ability to establish a sort of military despotism within their own organization. Only recently leading copperheads were in oonclavein Cincinnati and Philadelphia arranging a plan by which an individual could be elevated to power, whose only merit consisted of his military pretensions and whose great failing was more than once exhibited in his total and utter civil incapacity. And yet these men, who are constantly berating the Government for what they term its military despotism, wouM place tho franchises of an admin istration within the control of one who has nothing but his military claims to commend him to tho country, and who fell from the high estate of these, the moment his character and his action were submitted to the strict and scrutinizing test of patriotism, now, then, are we to jegard the pofessions of such men ? Is it not fair to suppose that they indulge in their false charges against the President that they may the better conceal their false position to the Government? The people will affirm this, if they have not done so already. - The Bronze Door at the Capitol. The new and splendid bronze door at the Capitol very appropriately illustrates the history of Christopher Columbus. The sixth and eighth panels of the door are the most attractive and interesting: j.ne progressive navigator naving re turned to his own country is welcomed as a conqueror and a hero, and tho populace, headed by the magnates of the realm, are greeting him as such. Irving says: "The sovereigns sent him a letter, addressed to Don Christopher Columbus, our admiral of the ocean sea, and viceroy and governor of the islands discovered in the Indies, inviting him to Barcelona. As he drew near the place many of the youthful courtiers and hidalgos, together with the vast concourse of the populace, came forth to meet and welcome him. This entry into this noblo city has been compared to one of those triumphs which the Romans were accustomed to decree to conquerors. First were paraded the Indians, painted according to tkeir savage passions, and decorated with their national ornaments of gold. After these, were borne various kinds of live birds, together with stuffed parrots and animals of unknown species, and rare plants, supposed to be of precious qualities, while great care was taken to make a conspicuous display of Indian coronets, bracelets, and other decorations of gold which might give an idea of the wealth of the newly-discovered regions. After th ese followed Columbus on horse mi n back, surrounded by a brilliant cavalcade of Spanish chivalry. The streets were almost impassable from the countless mul titude; the windows and balconies were crowded with the fair ; the very roofs were covered with spectators. It seemed as if thepublic eye could not be sated with gazing on these trophies of an unknown world, or on the remarkable man by whom it had been discovered. There was a sublimity in this event that mingled a solemn feeling with the public joy." The observer will notice that this description from Irving" has been accurately carried out by the artist. In the frames around the door the observer will find sixteen small statues representing the distinguished cotempora ries of Columbus men who acted with a belief in him. Between the panels are projecting heads representing historians who have written on his voyage, front his own time to the present, concluding with Irving and Prescott. . Crowning the door ip a bust of Columbus himself. The orna ment' around the door are chieflv cmble- matical of conquest and navigation. ; Receptions at tlie White House. We are indebted to President Jefferson for the public "reception" at the White House, with which the New Year is inaugurated here at the-national metropo lis. The wives of Washington and of John Adams had held ceremonious "lev ees" at New York and at Philadelphia during the official terms of those Federal Presidents. But when Mr. Jefferson, a firm believer in French democracy, was elected President, he postively refused to conform to the code of etiquette estab lished by his predecessors. The "levees" were abandoned ; but on the finst day of the year, Mr. Jefferson had the doors of the W bite House thrown open, and re ceived all who chose to call upon him. A very graphic account of the "recep tion" on the 1st of January, 1807, was written by Dr. Mitchell, then an M. C. from New York, and published a few years ago 'in tho Historical Magazine. After humorously describing the motley crowd, tho Doctor says: "Great mirth and humor prevailed, and you may readily conceive wherefore, when it is computed that besides the smiles, cordiality, and welcome which the company received from their generous entertainer, they con sumed for him a quarter cask of wine, a bar rel of punch, and an hundred weight of cake, beside? other nicknacks to a consider able amount." Mrs. Madison restored the "dinners" and the "drawing rooms" at the White House, unattended by the stiff formalities and-the strict ceremonials which had been sanctioned by Washington and Adams, and she retained the "New-Year's Becep tinns." Refreshments were always served until the second term of President Jack son, when it was necessary to discontinue this feature of tho "reception," as crowds of unmannerly fellows would put them selves in the hall, and seize the trays the moment that the waiters entered with them. The last time that they were served, a monster cheese, presented by a patriotic New York dairyman was the staple article of food, and almost every visitor bore away a slice. Mr. Lincoln, on NewYears Day, stood near the door of the blue drawing-room, and all who entered were presented to him by Marshal Lamon, receiving a cordial greeting and a warm shake of the hand, while for somo there was a quiet joke. Beyond Mr. Lincoln was Mrs Lincoln, and the ladies may be pleased to learn that, having discarded her mourning, she wore a purple dress trimmed with black velvet and lace, with an exquisite lace neck-tie, fastened with a pearl brooch her head-dress was ornamented with a white plume. Mr. Commissioner French presented the visitors to Mrs. Lincoln, whose dignity of manner and courtesy are commended even by those who indulge in attacks upon her to gratify their dislike to her husband. TriE Late Fight Between Kino and IlEENAN. In regard to this fight, Wilkes Spirit says that it is evident Heenan was betrayed by his trainer, M'Dona'.d, who brought him into the ring almost "trained to death," his muscles being so denuded of fat as to render him incapable of hitting, and that M'D. was in league with the backers of King, which fact is demonstra ted by his omission to claim for his prin cipal the fight, though King was repeat edly unable to come to timo within the period prescribed by tho rules of the Prize Ring. In proof of its position The Spirit cites the London Sporting Life, BdCs Life, The Lancet, and other English authorities, and concluded its article on the subject as follows : "On their own testimony, they stand shamefully condemned, and all that we have to aad, now that we havo received the full details' of the last disgraceful outrage, is, that we are ready, under the warrant ot several Americans of wealth, to back Heenan against King for thirty thousand dollars a side, five thousand dollars down on the 1st of March, for forfeit, provided the match be openly regarded as an international one, and further provided, it be fought in Ireland, Canada, or on auy neutral ground. We want no more "fair play" of the English sort from England." Death of Thackeray. By the late English news we learn that Wrilliam Makepeace Thackeray, the eminent Eng lish litterateur, is dead. Ills eminent talents were inimitable as a caricaturist, and he was one of the most caustic wits England ever produced. He visited this country twice, and the last time he estab tished a very high reputation as a public lecturer. His lectures on the "Four Georges" drew crowded houses. "Vanity Fair" and "Pendennis" are his most cele brated works, and through thjem he is best known to the American readers of fiction. He was a man of eccentric habits, as most geniuses arc In his death a brilliant light has gone out in tho literary firma ment. JGS? There is a proposition now before Congress to call out a million of men, and with such an army march to the over whelming crushing out of treason. It is proposed to call out this force for three months. There are sufficient arms in the country to fit out such a body of men for immediate active service, while tho force would be composed largely of soldiers acquainted with discipline and ready at once to meet the enemy, BQfc, Hon Mr. Harris, member of Congress from Maryland, died in Balti more on Monday morning, the 11th of January, of virulent smallpox. 7VTOTICE. 1.1 In the matter of the petitions of jnv Bruce, Henry Sauker and Samuel Sankcr f a decree of specific performance of contra' made with George Bruce, late of Atlerrh township, Cambria county, dee'd., for certa real estate. - ;a f ) And now t0 w5t 3tb "DccembM 1 seal V1863, cn Application of 7m v, ,,' ljGsq., John E. Scanlan, apS ' Commissioner to take proof of said con JAMES GRIFFIN, Clerk Oc The Commissioner above naniftd that he will attend to the duties of hij C'!' nppointment at hi3 office in the boroccW Ebensburg, on Thursday, the 4th day 0f F v'' ruary next, at one o'clock, P. M.' ej JOHN E. SCANLAN, Commission January 14, 18G4. e" STRAY COW. " Came to the residence of th cnv... in Cambria township, U miles south of Eb' burg, on or about the 18th of December l avbite and black COW, with a vote on . neck. The owner ia requested to r0ne f0tr ward, prove property, pay charges, ana t4." January 14, 18G4-3t. 3- ORP:TTO STAGE LINE. " WM. RYAN & JOS. F. nrnrv ESfc. This way for Loretto, Chest Sprina, c; St. Auguttine. " The subscribers wish to inform the trave'. ing public that they are now prepared to furnish them with HACKS, CARRIAGES and every other accommodation in their i;. of business. They will run a daily hack froij Loretto to Cresson, to connect with the diff'r. ent trains on the Pennsylvania Railroad Vcd Ebensburg and Cresson Branch. Thcr' win also run a tri-weekly hack to Chest Spring and St. Augustine, on Monday, Thursday aa' Saturday of each week. This is the onlf sure conveyance on the road, as it carries theraa and will always make the connection. Inquire for Ryan & Durbin's Hack!' you wisn to ne accommodated. RYAN & DCRBIX, Loretto, August 10, 18G3. tkw tailor shop. - jj The undersigned having opened oa:i tailoring Establishment over the store rone formerly occupied by Evans i Son, respt will there be carried on in all its brancbti All work will be done in the latest strlj, with neatness and dispatch, and on the moi; roasonable terms. D. J. EVAN'S. Ebensburg, Nov. 5, 1863. TXUGH A. MoOOY, I I. Saddle and JIarnets Manufa'turv EBENSBURG, PA.' Office one door east of Davis, Jone k Co.'i Store. A large stock of ready-made Harness, Sad dles, Bridle3, 4c, constantly on hand and sale cheap. . Dec. 25, 1861-tf. 17LEM. nOLLI DAY, rcith ? NICKERSON, HARRIS & M0SELE7. Manufacturers of anl Wholesale Dealers ic BOOTS AND SHOES, No. 435 Market street, I'piladelphia. S?-A large assortment of City Made Work constantly on hand. janU3t"l 6b Q UICK SALES. AN D SHALL profits: 1SG1. THE LATEST ARRIVAL! WHO DON'T WANT BARGAIN'S I A. A. BARKER. Ebexsbcbq, fi. The subscriber takes pleasure in annous cing to the people of Ebensburg and vicinit; that he ha3 just received, at his store, o: High street, tho largest and most complex assortment ot Winter Goods ever befsre brought to this county, a" c wnicn tie is determined to sell chtoftr u& int cneapett. DRY GOODS, In endless variety. DRESS GOODS, Of every description WOOLLEN GOODS, A full and complete assortment. WHITE GOODS. Embracing all the latest styles EMBROIDERIES, Handsome and of the best quality HOUSEKEEPING GOODS, Of all sorts, sizes, widths and price!. HOOP SKIRTS AND BALMORALS, The latest and best styles. READY-MADE CLDTHIXG. A better and cheaper Rrtl-.1 (Imn n be!i offered to this community. BOOTS AND SHOES, Of the very best workmanship. TTATS IVn P IP3 Fashionable and of durable mateml. MILLINERY GOODS AND NOTION'S HOSIERY AND GLOVES. BUFFALO ROBES. - V wm. mi By .W I wtt r C, y- Cheeet Syrupy Molasses, Mackerel. Hm ring and Voa JUh, iron ana Cedar and Willow Ware, Drvgt and 3Iedicine$, Carbon and Fith Oil, etc., etc., ele. ' These, and raanv other descriptiocJ Cl rrr a rr mimawAi. Y.ata tt-i M1 ! i OH. CO stantly on hand. Not to roince matters, he keeps FIRST CLASS CO UXTRY STORE, ' ... .V! MiKOD S"'. wnere anyinmg or everyimng i need or desire can be obtained. and uy guying a large biock m . ,fcf subscriber is enabled to sell conn ac cheaper than other dealers in this com .; To be convinced of the truth ot m " V.v juu uttu v all auu vjl"' of Prices. . . .... T.. brccoCl - customers win De waueu u modating Salesmen. . ... ! to roll ip' SOT am ruoiic is 4""" Bare'"'! the more the merrier and secure p A. AKAu, ft" Blank Summons, pln J'' Blank Executions, tronsia in for sale at this office. 1 r