BEDFORD GAZETTE B P. MOVERS, EDITOR. FRIDAY: : : DECEMF k/< ;9M ' ■■"■H .'--■ .'- 1 . J'- 1 . 1 ." 11 '■ ■ How to avoid the Draft, The terrors of the conscription are depleting oar country of its best bloorl and sinew and unless somethisig can be done soon to prevent the continuance of this state of things, the ma terial interests of the community must suffer. Already labor can scarcely be purchased at any price and in many parts of the country the dainty hand of woman is required to do the rough and burdensome work of the field and the stable. If the exodus of laborers continues, in the present ratio, six months longer, who is to plant the corn and reap the harvests next year? Echo answers, Who? One thing is cer tain, there must be something done to retain our present force of laborers, or the agricul tural interest will languish an 1 with its decay will come famine and want in their dii t rtns. We believe that to this end, much can I ac complished, if our people make a ut.i' e\%rt to clear themselves of liability to conscription. In the first place township meetings should ha held (irrespective of party) with a view to as certain the names of dead men, cripples, per sons over age and exempts of every kind, of which a careful list should be made, signed tv the enrolling officer of the proper township, or borough, and presented to the Provost Marshal of the district, by a committee of citizens, or by tl c School Directors of such township, or borough, with the request that such names be stricken from tSie enrolment. This would be asking nothing but simple justice from the offi cers of the conscription, and would give them the only true basis upon which to determine the quota of the district. We have often wonder ed wuy it w,-.s t at !i • quota of I Jed ford coun ty has always been so much heavier than that of Somerset (which has about the sa:.:a popu lation HP enr county) and we have at last come to the conclusion that it is owing to the fact that all the so! ier- in the army from the coun ty, whether credited to our own tr 'o other counties, all the ecu 1 men, cripples, ,iie super annuated and all other exempts, are token into the count when our quota is fixed. This is certainly the case. Wo knov,* that men who have been dead for years, have been drafted : it is an even r day occurrence that helpless crip ples are drawn as conscripts: and there are hun dreds of instances in which the names of sol diers who had enlisted for one, two and three years, came out of the wheel: whilst, as to t! o?e drawn who are over and under age, their name is lci-m. Now, mark you. dcadconscripta never rep' \ neither do soldiers in the service whilst the docrenid, the superannuated and those under age are exempted. This leaves a tremend ous vacuum in the ranks of the conscripted, and this hiatus must be filled with sound men. ITe to a draft for the deficiency fakes place.— If more dead men or other excepts are drafted, another draft for the. deficiency is ordered, and so on. almost ad t jiniti. n. Thus, it v.iil he seen that the original quota, based upon the false premises of an enrolment contain: -7 many names of persons not sulgect to draft, is insis ted npon. Tbis is t v e quintessence of unfair ness nnd we hope, therefore, that the peopk f the r -ernl districts of our county v !'! move r. we have suggested, so Ural they may stand rectus in curia when the next call will be made —lTav i g attended to the revision and correction of the enrolment, we would advise that every district, appoint a recruiting or substitute commit tee, and that the school-directors at once raise funds to enable this committee to recruit for its proper district, as many men, as in all prob ability, would relieve it from draft under a call for 500,000 men. This can be done in other parts of the state, where volunteers and substi tutes are always procurable. It is far better to do this and save our laboring population, than to permit draft after draft to sweep out of our country the very bone and muscle of the land. Let this be done at once Congress is now in session, and heaven knows to what entertain ment it will invite those subject to military <1 ty, before the close of its sittings. .Vow is tbi time to act. To. defer is to lose the opportunity As to those who have left the country on ac count of the draft, or who have not yet report ed, wo would Suggest that committees !>e sent by the townships in which they were drafted, to the Provost Marshal, to put in substitutes for tiiem and thus onable them to return to their homes This can bo done, we are assured, if properly attended to.—We have been led to these remarks by our concern for the welfare of our fellow-citizens ; for we are loth to sec our ooonty depopulated and our friends and neigh bors driven from their homes and hunted like wild beasts in the monntains. We hope our suggestions will be speedily acted upon, or some other and better plan ndopted to relievo oui .county from the incubus of the conscription. ea"Wko was the minority party at the time of the deluge? Ncnh and his family. The great majority were fools end got "drowndod." N<: allusions to ' party a: present in the CTjor ity - 2*iie State Draft. have Seen issued bv the military Authorities at Hamsburg, to the boards of coun ty commissioners for the several counties of the state, to prepare for the coming State Draft. Examinations of persons ciriming exemption, mil he held by tho board of enrcltneii. fortius county (consisting of the commissioners and a physician appointed by the Governor) during ♦ho present month. Due notice will be given of these examinations. We urge apon the peo ple throughout tha coc.iiy to have the name of every person who is exempt under the Jaw, stricken from the enrolment, so aa to make our q iota equitable and just. A'tend to this at once. OIL! OIL!—We were in tha eastern cities, some days age, and all the talk wo heard was "oil! oil 1" The election and the war scerued to be almost entirely forgotten in the interest taken in oil stocks and the formati cf oil companies. Hon. W. P. Scbeil, c. .s place, i 9 president of the Clarion River Oil Compa nies and !s busily engaged in developing the Clarion region. The stock of these companies is readily taken at $2.00 per share and will soon he all sold. If any of our friends desire any stock in these companies, or in the Hoover and Marshall, they can obtain it by calling on ua before Tuesday next. Some parties in (his place, have made considerable sums by invest ing in similar stocks. WAS UPON THE CATHOUC9. — A wandering Italian, who claims to be i convert from the Roman Catholic faith to that of the Protestant church, deliver' .1 '* .t was announced to be, a lecture, ::i the M. E. Chur on Monday even ing last. He claims to have been a ururnmer boy tinder Garibaldi. His ltdure was filled with such stuff as the following: "I once had an opportunity to kiss the Pope's toe. His foot was beautifully slippered, but the odor from it was not so pleasant." "The priest once gave me a cross and chain, telling me that they would protect mo from injury. I came across a rat tlesnake—>„■.[ a leu.. 7 —out in I lie west, and it jumped at me aof . ithstanding ray cross .and chain." The utterance of stuff like this, elicit ed much applause from Rev.(f) Kirbv, d idom nt genus. The same fanaticism which is now devoting tho best blood of the country to the crusade against negro slavery, is even now whet ting its assassin's knife to plunge i; into the heart of il " conservative churches of the country. LICENSE. —For the information of many OF our country friends, who -re : n the practice of drawing instruments of writing vc would state that all persons except such as hold lionc excelled, whilst tiie literary matter is from ihe pens of he best writers in the coun try. For a good parlo, magazine, commend us to Godey. Odr'F'ic Franklin tells a shameless falsehood, whex it says that ihe drafted Demo crats of Bedford county, are more rends- in re porting than the drafted Abolitionists. Jr. pro portion ID the lumber drafted, there arc just as many Democrats reporting as there are Aboli tionists. But somehow or oilier there is always a disproportionately large number of Demo crats drafted. To show the falsit' of the lit posifttn/3 statement, w need only refer it to the fact 11' * at " e prtceding 'his one, Sou'h •impton township, un' of the strongest Demo cratic *•!-* i- sin the ca- ty, had but tido of a deficient v whilst at the last draft, its quota v. as fall. In Bedford and Scheie burg boroughs, both Democratic, there hnrn p, , t , n ,, drafts for a considerable length of time. The fact is, that Democrats and Abolitionists aliko cherish a natural desire to save their own necks, and, therefore, both equally strive to keep their bod ies out of the reach of bullets. There is no use, Mr. Repository, in your trying to make angels, or devils, out of the masses of either party. tarWc call the attention of our readers to the card of Mr. Felix Heyman, with Arnold, Nusbaum and Nirdlinger, Philadelphia, which will bo found :n our advertising columns to-day. His establishment is the largest clothing house in the city, and always rr itains the best made and cheapest articles in that line to be found any where. Besides, Felix is a very clever fol low and we recommend him to our friends who !e s ire to buy reanv made clothing. C2~The Attori ' General, to whom Gov. CurtitJ referred the question as to whether he should commission Judge King, <hc Governor should give the commission to Judge King. Judge Kimraell has no w but one remedy viz : to con test Judge King's right to the office. This contest would have to l>e made before the legis lature, which, although a partisan tribunal, we confidently believe would be compelled to give the seat to Judge Kimmcll. VV'e tuink this matter should be investigated and justice done, "though the heavens fall." The Attorney Gen. however, admits that Geu. Coffroth is entitled to his seat and that the return judges acted le gally yn his case, aad in tho case of tho mem bers of the lcgislaf tiro ry Sergc-ant Hay.-3 Irvkic, Co. E, 2d Pa. Cavalry, has just re* ;ied homo, after tbreo years service in ?b • /. s gallant fcjergeanf : j "Wiieotoe i-jxa*-' EDITORIAL MELANGE. CSTKaging—- the "oil tever." Tfc' 4 only cure for this malady is to put the patient into the stocki. 09*Returned —the boya of the 76th I*. \ . Long life to them. ©j-It is now thought bv many leading Now i Yorkers, that the recent attc .opt to barn New : York city, was the work of men who desire to ■be pohticnlly revenged upon this great Demo cratic strong-hold • ! csrOur old friend, Mr. J. A. Henderson, i formerly high constable of our borough, has ! just returned from the Pacific states, where he | spent the sn crocr and r :dl. i g=y Messrs. John and William Bolmger, sous jof Mr. Jacob Itolinger, of this place, are at i present en a visit to their old home, Laving : r oent many years in the far West. | fsrThe Abolitionists are at loggerheads en ! the cabinet question. The radicals want Sew nrd kicked out, whilst the moderates desire • is | retention. jrP • .ralz Brown, U- S. Senator from Mis souri, - of in letter in favor of mgro suff rage. deserves to be the next Abolition candidal* for President. Though Brown by name, he is very black by nature. 49"Qiiitc a number ol our country exchang es have raised their subscription price to $3.00 per annum. This would b°-about equal to jjji.QO iu iB6O - Couch has been relieved from the command of the Department of the S s " quchauna. Gen Cadwalader takes his place. CvGciiCral MeClclUn has a majority in Lin coln's own county, Sangamon, of 373. This county was formerly strongly anti-democratic. tyllr. Adolphus Ake has just retired from the office of Director of the Poor and is suc ceeded by Mr, Hiram Davis, of St. Clair town ship. Mr. Ako was an excellent officer and we doubt not that his successor will also dis charge lils duties with satisfaction to the pub lic. tS-Judgc Cadwalader, of the U. S. Circuit Court, has just decided that greenbacks are not legal tender. This is an important decision, and will, doubtless, be reviewed by the Supreme Court. C 3" Rich—The Franklin Repository V K. McClurc's paper, says, that if the Pittsburg Dispatch doesn't let McClure alone, it will get the 11. rrisburg Tdegrvj h, by vay of punish nn i! "to speak well o:' tl " Dispatch This. sav3 the liepwtory, is its "extreme measure of defence wlien crowded to the wall." Lieut. I. Conley, of the 101 st P. V., made his crape from one >f the rebilt prisons, iii which he had been ennfire 1 f >r many months. The. Lieutenant is now on a visit to Ids friend? in this county, S3"Attorney General Bates has resigned and Mr. Speed, of Kentucky, hts been appointed in his stead. f£g-lt is stated by New York papers that that State really gave n majority for McClf'km ..nd .Seymour, as enough Dcinocrallc proxies have received, since the election, to change the result- In some counties as high as 200 have come to hand. Of course they were just to., iate to be counted. C jrßcv. .John Bower, a native of this coun ty, and for many years an active minister of the M. E. Church, died at Lis residence in Bui-, tirao""' conrtv, Md-, on (he 2"th ult., :n the 71st year of his age. eylf is said that Salmon I*. Chase has been appointed to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Bench cf the Unit 1 f'alc .. Such a company of bush-, hackers as Lincoln will have in the sea's of Marshall, Taney and Cur tis, {.ft. r a white, will be a caution to all the Quirks, Gammon® and Snaps in the country. esrTiie Directors of the Poor, appointed, on Tuesday last, Samuel l'.Tibaugh, Steward, and M. A. Points, E-=q., Attorney. CfMcClellan received the smallest vote of any presidential candidate except Pinckney, in 1 B'H, who got only 11 votes.— Franktin Re pository. Not true. Mr. T 'ill:nore received hot 8 votes in 185G and Sl r A. Douglas but 9 in 1860. MuClellan rectil votes. A charge of 25,- 000 in the popula: vote in tlie closest states would make the electoral college Democratic. How IT IS DONK. —The Juniata True Demo crat says : We publish tliis week a letter from Co. B, 202 d Pa. Vol. It will be seen by it that there were Co votes east for President a.n't that 39 did really vote for McClellan, 85 of] whom come out under their own signature arid : state that they are willing to he qualified that i they voted the McClelhm and Pendleton Elce tcial ticket. This would give L'iroln 26 votes ! in the company, am' make a majority of 13 j for McCiellan. Now, by the vote returned' from liiis company ibc Prothonotary'soffice, ] : t appears that only 58 votes were polled, Lin- j coin receiving 34 ami McClellan 24 —making a majority of 10 for Lincoln. llow is this? W declare we need some light on the matter. That there was cheating in the army veto, we believed, but we never imagined for a moment that it would be carried on to such an extent as this TLJ election is a pcifect farce. And the Administration has not been indorsed by the honest vote of the people. The above adds out another item to n long account of crime perpetrated by Abolitionism to secure its retention of power. We could till our columns with similar details of the monstrous frauds upon the pcoplo by which Lincoln has secured a second term in the pres idential chair—hut to what endT The swin dle has been successful ; and the American peo ple, heretofore jealous of their rights, and re li'vously opposed to every foflu of •tyranny, now teem sed to adopt ti>° a Ivice givwi Ly u Jewish - jet 'o his broth rot of the ancient faith cf Israel: *3ear—coafide—be patient iver P—Ay* The Draft. Lincoln's elected, the war is "over," but still | (..rant and Sherman must have more men j (Mem. We presume they want them only to t let k or. Nt tho rebels disbanding. Bedford ! I i county has again been called on by Father A brahattJ, and this time the following persons ( ; have been invited to bo present at his balls at ( ! Richmond and in Tennessee : i Jfdj'vrd TOWH&H. ■>. —George Stifllcr, Adam } Imkr, Reuben Gates, (col ) Jackson Ruby, I ilenrv W. Fi slier, William W. Philips, John Powell, John F. Gephart, Solomon Beiglc, Ja cob Walter, Frederick Nangle, Wm. Thomp son, liugbey Moore, Bcnj. F. Shinier. Celt:-(tin Township. —Leonard Shaffer, Levi | Dicid, Alex. C. James, Nathaniel C. May, A- j j braham C. Mover, Josinh Trostlc, E!i % Corlc, j Simon Harkleroad, John H. Mower, Franklin : Burnharu: Snake Spring Townalnjy. —Joseph Diesbrow, j Jacob Mortimer. llurnstm Town-hip. —John J. Powell, Jacob j U.i liardman, Nicholas Whiteliue, Geo. R. ; i Baily, David May, Hugh Wertz, James Mor- j i timer, John H. Wertz, Joseph Fisher, John ' | Bowls. Jumttn Towns/up. —Andrew Warner, Daniel j E. Boltz, emus. S'eck, Michael Gondon, John iF. Kepg, John L. May, Chas. K. Hillegas, i Peter Movvrey, John Spiser, Jacob Fie liner, j Michael CorW, Lewis JStreney, John Hide, Jft | cob Egolf. Liberty Township. —Jacob Harrold, John Hoo ver, Jacob L. Fochler, Frederick Loo I*, 1 *, John B. Young, John Corben, Paul Kissinger, Sam uel Grabill. Cumberland Valley Tewnrh ' r p.~ Josejih 1 lera j raing, Geo. Rice, Solomon Dicken, Buchanan Cessna, John flook, Baltzcr Boor, Oliver H. 11. liouch. O. P. Ilenurickson, Sao'l Morgarf, 1 John A. Y\ er'z, Josiab Brant, G. M. S. Dick en James McFerren, Eiias Hook, John M. Rt>so*'* m, k Geo. Hook. Jacob Plowder, jcti'd) | Hosca iudsoii, John M. Coy. Jonaihaii (Jstci | East Free '" e " re Township. — William C. Clark Peter Poor, V\>- Nycum, Wesley Akers. Tjondonihrry To^htp.— John R. R. Green, (yellow), Peter Boor, Thomas MeAlian, Sam'l Logson, Carpenter, Wm. Bunnell, Henry Miller. Samuel Hoym:. r| - MnrtinL. MUler, Daniel Riley, Josiah Wnhelitf, "m. Cooi., Henry Yants, John Hvsung. Middle Wooilbei-ry.— Geo. Bewick, John D. Barbor, Juo. Leach, Henry Moslejh Martin Wnroham, Abraham Kirk. Monroe Township. —Morgan Morse, FlavCu- j J. Shaw, Peter MoDanicl, Eph. Robinson. A braham May, Jno. Fletcher, Wm. Ford, Dan'l McDnnicl, Andrew Gaugher, Jacob Truax, Amos Fainey, John W. Wcnrick. jYapier Township. —Wm. Imler, David Rott ser, David Snyder, A..7. Girth, James Sill, John J Mickle, Riuehart Blum, Sam'l Home, Allien Blackburn, Washington Darr, B. F. Tucker Benjamin J. Ilinor, Jno Dollard, Wm. If. Davis, Michael Miller, Peter Rouzor, Ne hcniiah Fleagle, John S Mortimer. St. Clair Town-hip —Geo. Vickroy, James Rininger, Valentine Hireling. Lewis Berkhinier Josiah Rininger, Wm. Kirk, Chas. W. Richter, Cyrus May, Tiel Cuilco'e, Israel Davis, Elwood Miller. Jacob Berkley, Reiley B. Davis, Wm Ilo'ver, Moses Crisman, Goo. Sleek, Robert ; I>. Smith, Joseph Corby, John Em mi ch, Simon nenurKajv..., John W Gristnnn, Isaac. Walk er. TFs&t Providence Township.- —Henry Fry (col) Feu Frient, Wesley Osborn, Josepli Clark, David Price, John S. Mortimer*, Geo. Leader, John Bottomfiold, John Ciaik. Philip Snider. For the Bedford Gazette- A Few Questions fcj a Soldier. MA. EDITOR : You will oblige a veteran volunteer by inserting the following in your paper which I address to tho "loyal" of the North and the big officers in command of the armies. Is it tight fu the Government to raisa one ver fegimsnts, g'vj them ' bounties and t!i n l; .p -.ham in their own Slate to do guard dt ty during t!ic> r term of service? What is the lnvu!G corps tor7 Or why don't they 'nkc son:a veteran regiment that has scon the hard ships _f nearly four years* servi*". and give them a little rest? Is it using soldier-, alike to give one year men seven hundred dollars bounty, let flirm have good times lit home in their own St ite, whilst inen four yearn ia the U- S. ser vice, receive but four hundred dollars bounty ami arc made to bear the he. t and burden of the war? ALEX. CONARD, Co. I, oth Pa. Cav. From the Patriot <£■ Union. Election Opinion of tho Attorney Gen eral. In the IGth Judicial district, composed of the counties of I'ranklin, Bcdiord, Somerset and Fulton, nine out of the twenty-two return judg es of Bedford county refused to sign the return lo the district, because of informality in a por tion of the army vote. Th r o: . .ining thirteen signed the return. The district return judges refused to accept the return so made by the 13 judges of Bed lord county, and b .ve stated in their return that Francis M. L.mrneH, (tlie Democratic candidate . ;* judge,) having receiv ed the highest number of votes, is duly elected. Governor Curtin thereupon daircd the opinion of Attorney General Meredith upon the sub ject. Gen. Meredith declares that the Govern or shall pay no attention to the declaration of the district judges, but fiiiail ".ho alt the returns transmitted by the:-., -those signed by them and those rejected and not signed by them, (from Bedford county, as aforesaid,) — and by coun ting all the votes cast, determine which candi date Las the larger number, and to commission him accordingly. The whole return, says he, "shows that Alexander King had a majority of the votes in the district for president judge, and is duly elected to that office, and, in my ( pin ion the Governor is bound to 'grant him a coin* mission accordingly,." To say the least, the opinion is a singular one to come from an Attorney General, ibe law requires the return judges of ilio Co 1 nties, and their clerks, to make out their return and sign it. They alone arc to be ikojudgva oi the legality of the poll in their several election dis tricts, and the returns cannot be legal unless signed by all of them. Tho district judges of the lffth district made up their rcluru from the returns from all the counties except Bedford (from which they found the returns illegal, be cause signed Ly only . thirteen return judge.-,) signet 1 and transmitted it to tho Secretary of Stale, as required by law, annexing a copy of the rejected return ur-sigu.-d and not including i in their count. The Governor is requested, I iiia Attorney Gvneral, to accept as of equai validity with their signed return, the unendore- \ ed majority return from Bedford county, and to- c declare legal that which has Jjeei. dolrtred i!- ' n ; legal—as they by law were empowered to do — :by nine of the return judges of the di-iric; In 1 r ' or her wofis Gov. Curiiu is advised to tkt the j placj of both tlte county and district return i ' judges (count the votes himself," determine who ; I ' lias the majority, regardless of every gross In- r ! formality, fraud &c., and to regulnte his ooui- t i mission to suit such a mode of procedure. It j i ! this course is to he pursued hereafter there can t > be but little use for return judges at all, or any j other of the usual safeguards to elections. i i - —r— ; 1 THE WAR. ! We nte compelled by the news this morning t j to tell a very different story about the battle at ! Franklin, Tennessee, from ihat printed yester- j i day morning. The dispalchessent us over the | : telegraph on Thursday night, and especially j j ! the one signed l-y Major Geu'l Schoffehl, were j ( ' falsehoods. The battle at Franklin resulted in - j the withdrawal of the Federal army to Nasi.- . ville- Gen. Hood divided the Confederate for- j j ces into two columns. One was to attack j Franklin, in front. The other was to move ; ' down the Harpeth River, cross over it some distance east of Franklin, and endeavor to get in the Federal rear. At lour o'clock on Wednes day afternoon, Hood's main column attacked Franklin in front. Schofield was in command of the garrison. He had about fifteen thou- ; sand men. The Confederate attack was heavy , and persistent, and Schofield managed to hold j , Lis own until dusk. He then ordered a retre at. ' ( This retreat was accelerated i-y ;' e news of the j. crossing of the Harpeth River by Hood's flank- , ( ing column, several miles c st < f Fiankitn. Scbof Id retreated all nigh', as .1 at dayLg.it on Thu.'s reached a point M ven miles south ot Knshvilic, where A..7. Smith's ( rps was ; posted. The Confederate ii nhisig column aft- Iter crossing the llarpeih Lliyer, attacked a Frd- j eral cavalry brigade, defeated it, a.. l compelled i (it to re-reat. This cavalry force reached A. J J Smith's position about the same time that Scho- j field did. Confetleraies tr >ops followed both. j On Thursday morning Smith, being hard press- ; cd, abandoned his position and fell hack to the | outer line of the Nashviiloenttcnchniants, tbiee j miles from the town From Nashville there Is nothing but a story j of the greatest fright. Business is suspended. ! The citizens are in the trenches. The vast :tr- I my of Government laborers, who number at j least twenty five thousand, and whose barracks i cover a space almost as large as that occupied bv' Nashville ..self—are under arms. T forts ' a ye manned and all is prepared for Hood's at f tack Coon the city. The Fed.'nl army L* ie i 1 lino o. ba'tle three miles south of Nashville. 1 The Conicflei'.ate forces have advanced to a point only live miles frCd will attack Na'h- 1 ville. however. It is stroi'g'r garrisoned and | well defended by earthworks. Kd Avill rather destroy the Nashville and Chattanooga Hail road, which be has already cut and whirl) is completely at his merry. He is reported to be threatening Murfraesboro, which is on the Chat tanooga Railroad, thirty five miles southeast of Nashville. General Sherman has turned aside from his march to Augusta. There were too many- Confederate troops in the way for him to risk pushing through them and trying to take the city. He has staitcd for ilic seacoast, and is , believed to be matching for it somewhere near Savannah. Gen. Beauregard is in Augusta. I Sherman's columns arc believed to have effect- j ed a junction, and all his troops i-re now mo- j ving in one body. There is a report that on | Wednesday Burnside, with twenty thousand j men, sailed from Fortress Monroe to meet j Sherman at sonle point oa the Atlantic coast, I This is doubtful, however. Augi-sta and .Ma- j con are now safe, and Savannah is the only 1 threatened point. There has been a cavalry reconnaissance sent i out from the Southern flank of Gen. Grant's army at Petersburg. It marched some distance down the Wcid.ja Railroad; captured one hun dred prisoners and a few wagons and mules, and then returned. The enemy followed it back to Grant's lines. No information could be gained whether the Confederates were send ing troops South, to oppose Sherman. In Baton Rouge, Louisiana, a Government building, through the negligence of some negroes, was destroyed by fire. Nearly two hundred horses and mules were burned to death, and seventy five thousand dollars worth of Govern ment property destroyed.— Age. (Associated Pre>3 Dispatch.'] The Battle at Franklin. i NAsrvm.B, Dec. 2—l havo received full ac counts of the late battle at Franklin and its out skirts, which must be chronicled as one of the most brii iant in its general results of me whole war. ! For three days sharp skirmishing was kept ' up during the retirement of our army from j Duck River to Franklin, during which time a ; multiplicity of exploits and successes resulted j to the national arms. Gen. Cox conducted the rear guard, and on | the 20th ult. achieved a splindid victory over | the rebels at Spring Hill, while Gen. Wilson's | cavalry gained a series of important successes > over Forrest's advance under Roddy, on the I pike between Treino and Spring Hill. During I the afternoon of the 3Ckh ult., ike rebel array, ': sorely pressed ti . under Ilood, who had Chca ; team's and Stewart's Corps, and a portion of Dick Taylor's command, numbering in all over ! 2*2,000 men. Owing to Cox's gallant ih? ,T i at Spring Hill, i a portion of th 4th and 23-1 dorps were en -1 a'oied to gain Franklin early in the day, where they chrv.v up light lireastworks, extending from ' one end to tne other of the curves in the river, and behind which our entire iaf.iatry command - took position. > | At 4 o'clock precisely, the entire rebel force 1 made a charge, and succeeded in making a tem porary break in our centre, commanded by s j Wage. -. With characteristic impetuosity, the i , soldirr 4 ol Chen hum's corps dashed into the i i breastworks, co-ot, rating v. U:i an attacking 1 : j p.'.' iy on their L ft, in an attempt to cave.one ! ■ | and destroy oar left . In the ruck ol time ins ; i i troops of Wagner were rallied, and throwing ' f their whole lorce upon the rebels, drove back i 3 the storming party in great disorder, capturing 1 several hundred prisoners. Four times aftor, - the rebels charged our works in three lines, and i ' wc:o as often repulsed with great slaughter.— f j The rebels numbered nearly four to one, as f nearly half of the 4th and 23d Corps were in * ! reserve. Our breastworks wcro only knot* high. ; They lost in kilted and v. ounded three times as i > many us wo did, while tho number of their wounded at tenet *i:ctnnv mere tb!>:i oars, scut of ti dtirfl/ -ofabut and shell, while for two houre linnß-aSe qu-umtuss of more murderous middles were hurled will) fearful fury into the rebel lines. All attempts of tie rebels to gain n permanent advantage -"ere frus trated. and at dark l!i6 Federal position was unchanged while the rebels retired under Ov\ r of the woods south ot the Columbia pihe The rebel loss, as before stated, is fully 3.odb; including over 1,000 prisoners, an unusual num ber of which were officers. Our lors reaches a total of about 1,500. An artillery duel was kept up till nearly mid night, when our troops commenced crossing Harpcth Hiver. bringing ail our trains and par aphernalia over in safety before day light. The. army then retired to Wilson, four miles of this city, at which jwint our front line confronts the CIKMIIV. The falling back of the nriny is in accordance with the programme, find the battle at Franklin, *itbough one of the nrratt brilliant, was an itu oromptu affair, nnd brought about owtttg to tlia nccecsity of checking the rebul advance aft 1 insuring the safe crossing of the river by tor troops. -MARRIE9- I'OKTKIf—STUCKEY—On the fftb int. by Kev. Sand. Yingling, at the house of the bride's father, in the presence of *n interest ed pornpany, Lieut. Andrew J. I'orter, of Hunt ingdon county, to Mt-s IMfio i?tuck"y, of Bed f.rd county. v MHWHaB :> n uiiiimi m ELLIOTT.—On tlie third inst , in Cumber land .'allev, of croup. Shannon, v. The oodersignrd have just opened a large and gen eral assortment of FALL AND WINTER GOODS- Embracing many varieties of fabrics, new aad beautiful. Having on hand a large stock purchased previous : to the late advnnce, we ere enabled to offer many B A R G A rjS r S \ THAT CANNOT BE FOCND ELSEWHERE. 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