ri**»Mteitoaaappremriatiooto meet the deficiency, Md «bo to cany on the service of this deoartment hmtfter. 8? the thirteenth section of the act of thelfith May, 1861. the sum 0f520,000 w appropriated to be expended by foe Governor for the compen- Mtmn of inch persons a* he might require to serve the Commonwealth in the mOitair organization of the State or the and for the expenaee incident to the business in which they might be employed. ' ? have, according to law, settled annual ac- ! ‘wonM of the expenditures of this fund in the Au ditor Generafa Office, to which the Legislature is referred. The anexpnded balance is now $4,- 00l 98. A farther earn thoaid be appropriated in like manner. Out of this fund I have paid the persons whom T fonnd it necessary to cmplov in the military department, and the expenses of the agency which I was compelled to establish at Washington,.to attend to the interest and welfare of our volunteers. The continuance of this agency and the establishment of a similar one in the West are of vital importance to them. I recommend the passage of an act authorizing the appointment of agents at Washington and Nashville, and de fining their duties, which should include the col lection of all bounties, back pay, pensions, etc., due to Pennsylvania. Qn this subject I refer the Legislature to the re port of Col. K. Biddle Boberts, late Agent for the State at Washington, herewith communicated, and commend it |io your careful examination. On the invasion of the State during the last summer, the President made a call for militia; arid with bis assent I Subsequently made a call for volunteer militia for the defence of the Stale.— Under these .calls men were assembled and organ ized with promptness, after the reality of the emer gency came to be understood by our people. The General Government clothed and subsisted this force, and agreed ,to pay ' it, bnt as no appropria tion for thatipurposo had been made by Congress, the President aha Secretary of War promised if the money should be advanced from other quarters to recommend its immediate repayment at the meet ing of Congress. It is understood that steps bare been already takoh to fulfill this pledge. Several of the bonks: | cheerfully and readily advanced the necessary foods to the. amount of $671,476 43, on my. promise j te recommend to the Legislature an appropriation so repay them in case Congress should fid) to make one. 1 accordingly make that recommendation most emphatically. Should it be necessary, I Will hereafter, in a special message, give the detoils and correspondence relating to this subject. New York and New Jersey, under the Presi dent's calk tout regiments to assist in our defence, for which our thanks are due to those States, our good neighbors. After the bottle of Gettysburg, in which loyal volunteers fipm eighteen States, including Penn sylvania, wepo engaged, it appeared to me proper that all those States should unite in establishing a cemetery pnjtba spot, in which their soldiers who ' had fallen in that conflict, should be honorably in terred. I accordingly appointed Davis. Willis, Ksq , of Gettysburg, my agent, and through him, a site was purchased at a cost of #2,475 87, and tlie conveyances made to the Commonwealth. On communiuatibg with, the authorities of the other States, they toll readily agreed to become parties to the arrangement, and on the 19th day of No vember last, the cemetery was dedicated with ap propriate ceremonies in the presence of the Presi dent of the United States, the Governors of the States concerned, and other high officers, Suite and National. On the 19th day of December, on the invitation of Mr. Willis, commissioners represent ing the States interested in the cemetery, met in Harrisburg and agreed upon apian for its improve ment and a|re in the future, and the apportion ment of the sum of money required, to the several States, which is herewith communicated. The expenses attending the establishment of this ceme tery, including the cost-of the site and of removing the oodles of the slain have thus far amounted to $5,209 28*and an appropriation will be required to pay these lexpenses, and to meet our portion of those attending its future maintenance. It will appear by tfle proceedings of the commissioners that their due proportion of the expenses already incumd are to be refunded by the States on whose account thoywere made. -It is just to saythatMr. Willis ho* discharged bis delicate and important duties with fidelity and to my entire satisfaction. The act for the relief of families of volunteers in sendee may [require some revision. It is alleged thatin someipnrts of the State the county authori ties ore backward in executing the law. If this be so,.the members from the different counties will be aware of the fact, and will be most ready to make such farther enactments as may be proper. I to the prompt attention ot the Leg- ’ islature the subject of the relief of poor orphans of our soldiers' who have given, or shall give their lives to lhe country during this crisis. In my opinion, their maintenance and education should be provided for by the State. Failing other natural - friends, pf ability to provide for them, they should be honorably received and fostered as chil dren of the Commonwealth. The $50,000 here tofore given by dm Pennsylvania Bailroad Com pany, referred to in may last annual message, is still unappropriated, and I recommend that this sum, with soch other means as the Legislature may think fit, be applied to this end, in such a manner as may be thought most expedient and effective. Id anticipation of the adoption of a more perfect system, I recommend that provision be made for seettring the admission of such children into the establishments, to be there clothed, nur tured and instructed} at the public expense. I malm this rehommendation earnestly, feeling as sured that id doing so, 1 represent the wishes of the patriotic,} the benevolent and the good of the State. - ' J invite the attention of the Legislature to the condition of {the loyal people of East Tennessee, winch is represented to be most deplorable, and appeals with Inesistable.force alike to your sym pathies and your sense of justice. The whole country has been laid waste by the contending _ armies of thd Government and the rebels. Four rimes armies have passed over that district, destroying or carrying off all that had been gath ered for the ' approaching winter, and now the women and children are left in a state of-destitu tion. The representations made by sundry gen tlemen of the highest rospectabiliy, trom that State, are of the most heart-rending character.— Starvation actual and present now exists. ' Can we, in the midst of affluent abundance, for a moment hesitate as to what our action should be towards the people whose only crime has been their loyalty and devotion to the Government? Even If a portion of our charity should rcach the starving fi™»lie« of those in sympathy with the rebellion, better it should, than that these devoted, self-sacrificing people who have unhesitatingly ad hered to the Government be left to suffer. When ever pestilence and famine distress the people of any portion rtf pur country, we have always been foremost in relieving them, and the people of Pennsylvania have extended , their open-handed benevolence and broad charity to the starving peppk of fortjign countries. Shall it be said that the appeals of these people for bread fell upon the heart of Pennsylvania in vain, and that we who have so recently given thanks for our abundance have no. relief for them ip .their extremities I commend theauigect through yon to the people' of the State, os worthy the immediate attention and active exertions of the charitable and the liberal." 1 Aoipi VwTgU/i jf the Legislature would make a general revision of ourHevenne Laws, with a view to the increased productiveness. It ought to be observed that for a period of more then twenty years, no malterialchange has been made in the revenue laws of this Commonwealth. During that fine some.imprests have grown into new im portance, and should be made to bear their just ' proportion ofthe public expense, since all taxation shrend at far aa press equally upon the propertyarffi employments of ourpeopte, Faiteg SuCb revision, I recommend to the con aideratieo of the lisgtslnture, the following sug gestioa eonnectedwith tbesubject. | I. There are several companies in the State which, in addition to large mining privileges, have the control of the routes of transportation, by which alone the products of the mines of individuals, in their respective district, can faach a market.— These companies thus anjoy substantial monopo lies, by paeans of which they not ooly zaeeive the .foir profits of their'own property, bnt ore enabled to main additional heavy gainstot the expense of individaab. In my opinion sufih privileges ought never to have been granted, bin as they exist it appears to be jast tiytt the clasaof companieawfaich enjoy them should pay therefor an additional specific tax. ; 2. Very large sums are due to the Common wealth for unpatented lands. Forbearance, clem ency,:anddibmMity have been in vain tried in the numerous attempts to procure l the payment of at least a part of this debt, from the larger portion of those who are indebted on that account. The continuance of this state of affairs is unjust to the Commonwealth and to the vast majbritv of her people who have honestly paid for their lands. It has-become unendurable. I recommend that the Legislature provide that the Surveyor General shall; file on record in the office of the Court of Common' Picas of each county, a description of the lands subject to the lien of the Commonwealth for purchase money, and a statement of the'amount of principal and interest now due. to the Common wealth, together with the patent lee on each tract and ten per cent, ou the amount so ’ due for the labor and cost of making and filling such state ment, and the agreeable amount thus stated, for each tract, shall be held to the amount now due thereon to the Commonwealth, which shall bear interest at the rate of twelve per cent, per annum, till paid, and shall continue to be tbe first lien on foe land, till paid, and shall not be divested by any judicial or other sale whatever. I also recommend foe adoption of a suggestion contained in the Surveyor General’s report that a specific tax be laid on al! unpatented lands. 3. By the existing laws municipal corporations are required to deduct and pay into the Treasury the tax on all loans contracted by them. It is be lieved that a large addition would, accrue to the revenue by the extension of this provision to all counties aud to al] corporations private or public. 1 recommend that it be so extended. 4. i A tax on the gross receipts of all railroad and canal companies would, it is believed, be produc tive and not oppressive. Upon satisfactory reports, according to law, made by ColonelJ. A. Wright, I have drawn-my warrants for the delivery to the Philadelphia add Erie Boil road company of another million of the bonds de posited in the State Treasury. Four millions of said j bonds have been therefore now delivered,— There pan be no reasonable doubt of the early completion of the work, and, when completed, it is confidently expected that the bonds held by the State, secured on the road for $3,500,000, will be come good interest-paying securities. I renew most earnestly the recommendation made in my last annual message of a revision of the militia laws. They are at present shamefully defective. Indeed, if by a militia law is meant a law intended to provide for so enrolling and or ganising the military force of the State that it may he put into service when required, we may be said to have no militia law. In each of the last two years I have been obliged to call out the militia, but in fact those who obeyed the call were volun teers and, with some exceptions, were wholly un organized, so that almost in the face of the enemy, time had to be consumed in distributing the men into companies and regiments, in electing officers and in other preparations for effective organization. In the report of the Adjutant General will be fountf a list of the Pennsylvania regiments and a statement showing the several armies and depart ments in which they are now servinig. In this connection, X suggest the propriety of legislative authority being given for the preparation of a his tory of each of our regiments and other organiza tions, to be preserved among onr archives. The necessary documents are now accessible, and as they may' in time be lost or destroyed, the making of such a record os 1 propose should , not be de ferred. It is due alike to the living and the dead that this subject s’lpujd be promptly acted on. v I recommend that the proposed amendments ip the Constitution, giving to citizens in the public service out of the State, the right to vote, be passed promptly and submitted to a vote of the people at as early a day as possible, so that onr citizens may exercise their right of suffrage at all future elec tions.: This would be only doing justice to the brave men who are periling their lives in our de fence. It is highly important that we should replenish the ranks of our regiments in the field and supply the places of those volunteers whose terms will soon expire and who may decline further service. I am happy to say that a large proportion of our regiments are re-enlisting. Efforts are making by myself and by the people in various portions of the State to procure a sufficient number of volunteers, and with a promise of success, provided a reasona ble time be allowed for the purpose. Meanwhile persons professing to be officers and agents from some other States are most improperly endeavor ing to seduce our citizens into their service by ex travagant bounties and promises. The 12th section of the act of 16th May, 1861, prohibits any volunteer leaving the State without the authority of the Governor, and I now recom mend the passage of a law imposing penalties by fine and imprisonment on all individuals who shall endeavor to procure or aid and assist in procuring any person in this State to enlist in the volunteer service of any other State. Many of pur counties : and townships have filled their quotas at a large expense, and in others they are in course of doing the same by offers of liberal bounties and provis ions for the families of volunteers, and it is not right that these patriotic offers should be embar rassed hy interference from beyond our borders, especially as we cannot, in these circumstances, offer bounties by the State without the injustice of compelling the counties and townships: which have already contributed largely in that way, to assist in paying, by taxation, for the deficiency of others. I feel it to be my duty to call your attention to the pernicious practice Of leaving many bills to be harried through at the close of the session. During the lastten days of the last session, 390 bills were presented for ray signature, many of them of the most important character. The'whole number of bills presented to me during the session whs 915. In consequence of this habit not only arc the bills passed without an opportunity to either House for a proper consideration of their provisions, but the Executive is compelled either to sign them with out examination, or to them over perhaps to the public inconvenience. It may often hapiien that a bill pot approved by reason of a single ob noxious clause, might, if there were time, be re passed, omitting the objectionable provision. In connection with the subject of Legislation, I must refer to another mischief. General'laws have been passed to give relief in certain easts which formerly required a special act in each case. As for instance the sale oflands by executors, admin istrators and trustees, the adoption of children, the creation of mining and manufacturing corpo rations, and so forth. These laws were passed to ensure such an examination in each case as would enable justice to be done to the parties and to the public, and also to save the time and‘expense consumed in private legislation, They have hitherto effected neither purpose, but I do serioqsly urge on the Legislature the consideration that whoever ap plies for a special act under such circumstances most either fear the result of an impartial inquiry or (if the application be for acharter) must desire the omission or insertion of some provisions con trary to what the,Legislature has determined after mature consideration to be just arid legitimate. X refer to the Auditor General’s and State Treasurer’s reports for the details of our financial affairs, and to the reports pf the Surveyor General, Adjutant General, Quartermaster General, Com missaiy General, Surgeon General, Agent at Wash ington, Chief pf Transportation and Telegraph Department, and Superintendent; of Common School*, jn regard K) their severafdepartments. In May last it was believed from i information received/ that Gen. Lee intended to:lnvade this State. Communications on the subject were im mediately sent to Washington, uightg that prepa rations for effective defence should not be delayed. Accordingly the |Var Department erected two new military departments, viz : The Department of the MoqepeftbeU, including that portion of the SteteMsKwestofthc mountains, to be commanded by Maj. General Books, and the Department of the comprising the remainder of the State, aad to be commanded by Maj. Gen. Conch. E*dr in Jure, Maj. Gen. Conch arrived at Harrisburg and assumed command of bis depart ment, which he has since exercised with the soldierlikefromptness, energy and discretion which wesa to he expected from his known, character. The rebels haring actually entered the State in some force, and the approach of their whole army being imminent, the. President made a requisition for’militia from this and some of the neighboring States, and several regiments from New York and New Jersey were promptly sent, and our own volunteer militia began to assemble, bat some em barrassments arising, the President assented to a call by the Execntive of the State, which was ac cordingly made. Under these calls 5,166 of the men of Pennsylvania were assembled in the De- - partment of Gen. Brooks, and 31,422 in that of Gen. Couch. Tfi give tlte details, or even a sum mary of the operations which ensued, would be im practicable within the limits of a message. It is unnecessary to do so, as 1 have recommended the adoption of measures for preserving the history of of our several regiments and other organizations, and in that history the events to which I have re ferred will be recorded. It is due, however, to the met: who came forward, that I should say now that they made long and laborious marches in parts of this and other States which had been plundered bv the rebels, suffered great privations, and were fre quently in conflict with the enemy; and on all occasions acted in obedience to mili'taiy discipline and orders, and with courage and endurance. Some of the militia called in 18(j2, and in 1863. were killed and others disabled. In all these cases, where there are no laws for the relief of these men or their families, I recommend the enactment of a law for that purpose. i The campaign on our soil was closed by the vic tory of Gettysburg, gained by the veteran Army of the Potomac, under the command of Major Gen. Meade, the officers and men of which displayed all their accustomed valor and endurance in the conflict, and in the forced and rapid marches which immediately proceeded it. Under Divine Providence, to them and to the military genius and unsurpassed energy of General Meade, and the promptness and self-sacrificing gallantry of General Reynolds, we are indebted for success on that bloody field. We arc proud to claim Generals Meade and Reynolds as sons of ouf own Pennsylvania. The first lives to eqjoy the most precious of all rewards, the grateful appreciation of his country men. The latter fell in the very front of battle, and we can only pay homage to his memory. Whatever honors have been at any time devised to commemorate the virtues of a patriot—of a true, fearless, loyal citizen and soldier, he has abundantly deserved. His surviving companion's in arms ''claim the right of themselves erecting a monument to him on the field on which he fell, and it would not lie well to interfere with their pious intention, lint I hope that the Legislature will place''upon the records of the State some appropriate testimony of the public gratitude to him and his surviving com mander. It would be unjust to omit referring again to the loyal spirit of oui people, which has been evinced in even - mode since this war commenced. Not only have they sent 279,409 men for the gen eral and special service of the Government, and supported With cheerfulness the burdens of taxa tion, but our storehouses and depots have literally overflowed with comforts and necessaries, spon taneously contributed by them, under the active care of thousands of our women, (faithful unto death) for the sick and wounded and prisoners, as well as for our armies in the field. Their patriotic benevolence seems to be inexhaustible. To every new call the response comes more and more liberal. When intelligence was received of the barbarian starvation of Our prisoners in Rich mond, the gamers of the whole State were instnre thrown open, and before any similar movement had been made elsewhere, 1 was already employed on behalf of opr people in efforts to secure the ad mission through the rebel lines of the abundant suppjies provided for the relief of our suffering brethren. Those of our citizens who have fallen into the habit of disparaging our great Common wealth and the unsurpassed efforts of her people should Mush when they look on this picture. That this unnatural rebellion mav be speedily and effectually crashed, we lie all under the obligation of the one paramount duty, that of vigorously sup porting opr Government in its measures to that end. To the full extent of my official and individual ability it shall be so supported, and I heartily rely on yonr co-operation. lam ready for all proper measures to strengthen its gnus, to encourage its upholders, to stimulate by public liberality to themselves and their families, the men who give it their personal service; in every mode to invig orate Us action. We are fighting the great battle of God, of truth, of right, of liberty. The Al mighty has no attribute that can favor our sav age and degenerate enemies. No people can snbmit,to territorial dismember ment without becoming contemptible in its own eyes and of the world; but it is not against terri torial dismemberment that we are straggling, but against the destruction of the very ground work of our whole political system. The ultimate question truly at issue is the possibility of the permanent existence of a powerful republic. That is the question to lie now solved, and, by the blessing of God, we mean that it shall pot be our fault if it be not solved favorably. We have during the past year made mighty strides toward such a solution, and, to all human appearanc, we approach its completion, but what ever reverses may happen, whatever blood and trea sure may still be required, whatever sacrifices mav be necessary there will remain the inexorable detemflnation of oiir people to fight, out this thing to the end to —preserve and perpetuate this Union. They hare sworn that not one star shall be reft from the constellation ; nor its clustered brightness be dimmed by treason and savagery, and they will keep their oath [Signed] Cold Weather on the Potomac. —A Wash ington dispatch of the 10th says : The Potomac is completely ice-bonnd—the first time in seven years. A large number of vessels are frozen in between Alexandria and Aquia Creek, and a large fleet is detained at anchor further below. The ice in some places is several inches thick, a little thinner where the current is fast, and very thick where the water is qniet, and strong enough to bear a man's weight. . Of course the blockade runners improve this opportunity to take contra band goods from the Maryland to the Virginia shore, and without fear of molestation or detection. Provisions and supplies for the Potomac flotilla have to be sent via Baltimore, as communication between the Navy Yard and the flotilla by river is impossible. Several gunboats, sheathed with heavy iron, dispatched from the yard here with supplies, have been unable to get through the ice, and put back for repairs. It is a little singular that on so imqortant a river as this now is to the Govern ment, there should be no ice-boat. The ice deal ers in Washington, for the first time in their lives, are Ailing their cellais from the Potomac, and scorn New England. Comisg Back. —We are in daily receipt, says a Cumberland, Md.. dispatch,’ of favorable evidences in regard to the effect of the Amnesty Proclama tion among the rebel soldiers. Deserters from almost all the rebel commands enter our lines, bringing us information of sometimes the highest important*. They take the oath, of allegiance, and then, ihstead of I>ecomiug a burden to the Government, are usefully employed to the public benefit. Every opportunity is afforded .them to avoid tjhe chance of capture by rebel raiders. ' Q* Peach trees are in blossom at St. Augus tine, Elorida; garden flowers are in full bloom, arid bouquets grace the officers-' tables. Sltaana inbuilt. WEDNESDAY, JAN. 13. 1864 The Massage. —To-day we 'give our readers Gov. Curtin’s Annual Message.— It is an able and interesting document, and should be read and preserved by every one into whose hands it may fall. Death of Thackeray.— English pa pers, brought by the Africa, give no par ticulars of the death of William Make peace Thackeray, further than that he was found dead in his bed on the morning of the 24 th December. He was taken ill only the day before, and his sudden, de cease is attributed to effusion oh the brain, in the death of this celebrated writer the the literary world'sustains an irreparable loss. R. R. Accident. —On Tuesday last, tvyo passenger cars became detached from the mail train, between Harrisburg and Bal timore, on the Northern Central R- R. and were run into by a road train. The cars were demolished. D. O’Cailalmn, of London, Canada, was killed, and six other passengers were badly injured ; in cludiug Hon. R. C. Parsons, of Cleveland, Ohio, and Lieut. Col. of Ohio. The wounded were all brought here last night, O' The British rule in India is threat ened with a new danger. Another insur rection has broken out among the warlike .tribes of the mountains of the Northwest ern Provinces. They have had several engagements with the British troops, and the English accounts state that the insur rection has assumed alarming proportions, and their troops have suffered severe loss. These statements will suffice to spread alarm throughout Great Britain, and to awaken an interest in the issue over the entire civilized world. Railroad.—One thousand three hun dred and ninety miles of railroad have been added to the completed roads of the United States, during the past year. Of the completed roads 24,927 miles are in the loyal States, and 8,933 miles in the States now in rebellion. Pennsylvania has 4,071 miles completed, and 3,555 commenced. Ohio has 4,550 complered, and 3,257 commenced, which is the larg est amount of railroad in any State. The total cost of the completed roads and their equipment, in the United States, is 265,000,000. CrThe Senate of Pennsylvania is yet unorganized, from a failure, up to date, to eftect the election of a Speaker. The for tunes of war having shut up the balance of power in Libby Prison, the parties are tied. Not being able to transact business, they content themselves with occupying their seats, calling each other Jihrd names and receiving $7 per day for doing noth ing, or worse than nothing, for they are disgracing themselves and the State and robbing the people. May be, however, it is better as it is. Considering! the trifle about which they are; higgling,! we have little hope of anything good from that di rection, and while the body remains unor ganized no money can be voted away use lessly. The first hill passed after an or ganization U effected, should be one disal lowing members pay hereafter until they organize. ' A. Q. Curtis Bounty and Commutation. —The time for the payment of the bounty by the United States Government to | veterans and new recruits has been extended to the first of March, and instuctipns have been forwarded from Washington to continue the enlistments under the regulations es tablished prior to the fifth of January. Veterans will still receive as heretofore $402, and those not veterans will receive $302 from the Government. A special Washington correspondent says:— There was a joint meeting of conference, last evening, of the Senate and House Committees on Military Affairs, to take into consideration the commutation clause in the Enrollment Act. It was ascertain ed that a majority of the Senate Commit tee were in favor of striking it out alto gether, but the House , Commi ttcc were unanimously in favor of retaining a com mutation clause, and it will, therefore, be incorporated in the, bill. "This is consid ered a test question on that subject, but whether the commutation will remain as it is now, three hundred dollars, lor be in creased to five hundred dollars'or any other sum, has not been settled. The.new Enrollment bill was debated yesterday, but no definite conclusion was arrived at. ALTOONA, PA Letter from Washington Special Tribun* Washington, D. C. Jan. Llth, 1864. How are ydu all up there in your snow capped mountain nest? Have good sleigh ing I reckon, and “ right smart” of cofti vi;eather. The Ice-King reigns with you for a season, and will leave you a luxury by which to remember him. when Old Sol shall resume his majestic sway. Even here we are having quite a lively time. All manner: of vehicles on runners are “ pressed into service;” and lucky is he who can find a-string-of bells to give eclat to his establishment, Sleighs and belles have been rather out of fashion here for several years past. Perhaps the predom inance of k * Northern sentiment” has brought with it this old fashioned winter. Certainly it has wrought great changes in the customs and manners of this once fa- I . mous resort of Southern chivalry. ' It is not necessary now to carry' a revolver or bowie knife to support dignity in Congress or insure attention at hotels. Alas! poor chivalry ! It is fast receding to warmer climes. It is wilting before the rude blasts of truth (Northern sentiment) and the ex tremely Vulgar bullets and bayonets of a free people. We are soon to have a great National Sanitary Fair here, and we hope to see it most liberally sustained. No city .in the Union owes a greater debt of gratitude tb the brave soldiers than this, and here, where the bounties of the Government are lavished on every hand, we expect a most liberal response Congress is earnestly at work devising ways and means for the speedy overthrow of rebellion and the maintenance of the integrity of the nation. Your member, Hon, A. McAlister, is doing his duty no bly in the support of the government. He is the real friend of the soldier, and is in favor of increasing his pay, and this is right. Speaker Colfax showed his good sense by placing Mr. McAlister on the committee on Military Affairs, where his practical business abilities and good sense will be most available. His honest, straightforward conduct has already won the respect of his associates, and I am sure the Union loving people of the 17th District have a faithful Representative in him. T make these remarks as a matter of jus tice to him, and to quiet the fears of any who had doubts as to the course he would pursue. The man who, in times like these, will bhry party distinctions in devo tion to the whole country, is the man the people will honor, and I have every rea son to believe that your representative will prove himself worthy of the. high trust reposed in him., O. B. SERVER. Repentant biNNEgs:- —Several officers, savs the Louisville Journal, have returned from differ ent camps North, to which they have taken rebel prisoners, and inform ns that, on the route, they were Implored by the wretched men under their charge to grant them the privilege of enlisting in the Federal army. Almost without exception, the reliol prisoners recently taken North declare that they will never return to the Confederate service. FAMILY DYE COLORS Patented October 13th, 1863. Black, Black for Silk, Dark Blat, Light Blue, I French Blue | Claret Brottrn . Baric Brown , ; Light Broxcn. Snuff Brawn, Cherry , Crhnroriy Dark Drah, Light DraJ). Fawn Drah , Light Fh vm drah, For dyeing Silk, Woolen and Mixed Good*, Shawl*, Scarfc Dresses, Ribbons, 0 loves. Ib.'nnets, Hats, Feather*. ’ ' Kid Gloves, Children's Clothing, and all ? kinds of Wearing Apparel. SST A SAVING OF 80 PER CENT. “®a For 25 centsyon can color kb many goods as would oth erwme cost five times that sum. Various shades can be produced from the same dye. The processes simple ami any one san use the dye with perfect success. Directions in English. French and German, ini ide of each package For further information in teeing, and giving a perfect knowledge what colors are best adapted to dve ovor oth ers, (with many valuable recelpes.) purchase flows & Ste vens Treatise on Dyeing and Coloring. Sent bt mail nn receipt of price—l» cents. Manufactured by I HOWE Sc STEVENS, . ' 260 Broadway, Boston. For sals by druggists and dealers generallv. Nov, 18,1863. —ly. 1 * COMMISSIONER’S SALE.—The Com missioned of Blair county, will offer for sale, at the 9°“* «®V 1861 the following Tracts of Unseated and Seated Lands , which tracts were legally purchased by IheCum missioners at different Treasures' Saiga, and have been held the lime required bylaw audhave not been red-mwl by former owners within such legallimitation : \o of Acre. B-r. Warrantee* JVame, 7bwrite.;, m . *OO 51. Lowoll, Blalu 461 I Daniel KUdder, Fnmkstown. JW John Thompson. (Jieenfleld. Ebeaeezer Branham. “ John Martin, : Wm. Fierce, .4 " Wi son Hunt. John Taylor. ! Robert Hugh, ... *3* William Bennett, N Jiu Samuel Santee. Huston Oiven under our hands at the Commissioners (rffloe Hollidayshurg, Decamqor 6th. A. D., 1863 JAMES M. KINKEADn ' SHOCK. n Ounmr's. , IIEOROE W. HEWITT.) Attest ' Jos. BALDRir.R, CUrk: u Dec. 24.1863,-St. 17XTRA FAMILY FLOUR, FROM by u,wa -' »“ h «»<> NEW STOCK OF BOOTS & SHOES f*»r Meo-incj Boys.'Ladies ami Misses, Just rec'u at : ‘ ' " ' LAUOHMAN’ Another large lot of the CELEBRATED JERSEY lIAMSJatit receivW or ** i". FRITCHBX'? Hardware of vll dkrorif tlous Jnnt rMft«ivort htkl *W *al* oct - la ~ tf ) ! b. iulf;.m,aa. QPECTAOLKS ANB EYE PRES KB U ver. for aide 't-rf.. KESPhTIK’* HOSTETTEH’S STOMACH BITTERS. A pure and pow».wftil Tonic, corrective and alte <; im ,r wonderful efficacy in disease of th<* STOMACH, LIVER AND BOWELS. Cures Dyspepsia, Liver Complaint,- Headache, o**i;;-ra| Debility, Nervousness, Depression of Spirits, Con-ii ation. Colic, Intermittent Severs, Cramps and Spasms. and all Complaints of either Bex. arising front Bodily Weakness, wheth-M -inherent in the system or produced by special causae Nothing that Is uut. wholesome, genUWkud reston-m. In iu nature enters into the composition of HOSTETTEU’> STOMACH BITTKMS. This popular preparation contain no mineral of auy kind; no deadly botanical element; no fiery excitant; but it is a combination of the extracts or rare balsamic, herbs and plants with the purest and mild est of all diffusive stimulant*. It is well to be forearmed against disease, and, so far ?v. the human system can be protected by human mean" against maladies engendered by an unwholesome atmo sphere, Impure water and other external causes, HOST El- TJSU’S STOMACH BITTBKS may bo relied on as » -afr guard. I u districts infected with Jrhxr aiid Agm t it has Lim-l found infallible as a preventive and irresistible an ren..- dy, und thontumds who resort to it under apprehension oi an attack, escape the scourge: and thousands who neglect td avail themselves of its protective qualities in advance, are cured by a very brief Course of this marvelous medi cine. Fever and Ague patients, after being plied with ejianiue lov mouths iu vain, until lairly saturated with that dangerous alkaloid, are not uufrequently restored n health within u iVw days by the uso of HOSTLTTEK* BITTKHS. The weak btomach is rapidly invigorated apt! thoupjn tita restored by thia agreeable Tonic, and hence it work wonders iu cases of Dyspepsia and in less confirmed foi-io; of I SDiGKSTiON. Acting au i>. gentle and painless apperieiii. as well as upon the liver, it also invariably relieves the Cojubtipation superinduced by irregular action of th. ,i : . gestive and secretlVb organs. Persons of feeble habit, liable toiWmru* Attacks, Lownent of Spirits and Fits of Languor, find prompt and perms ueut relief from the bitters. The testimony on this pqi- i is most conclusive, und from both sexe?. The agony of Buuou* Couo is immediately «•&•. aged i t a single dose of the stimulant, and by occasionally resoi \ ilig to it, tbe return of the complaint may be prevented As a General Tonic, UOSTETTKR’S BITTERS produo effects which mast be experienced or witnessed belin> tliey can be fully appreciated. In cases of Conrfttuttonu. Weakness, Frcmaturz Decay and Debility and Decrepi tude arising from Old Aoe, it exorcises the electric influ ence. In the convalescent stages of all diseases it oper ates as a delightful invigorant. When tbe powers o! na ture are relaxed, it operates to re-enforce and re-estab lish It. Last, but not least, it is The only Soft Stimn/anf,"being manufactured from sound and innocuous materials, and entirely free from the acid elements present more or less iu all the ordinary tonics and stomachics of the day. No family medicine has been bo universally, and, it may bo truly added, deservedly popular with the intelligent portion of the community, as UOSTEXTEII’S BITTERS Prepared by HOSTETTRR & SMITH,' Pittsburgh, Pu. Sold by all Druggists, Grocers and Storekeepers every where. Genuine Preparations. COMPOUND FLUID KXTKACT BUCHD, a fositne and Speed Kemeiiy for diseases ~f the Bladder. Kidneys, Qravel and Dropsical Swellings. This Medicine increases the power of Digestion, and ex cites the Absorbents into healthy action, by which the Watery or Calcereous dejiositions, and all Utnatoral En largements are reduced, us well as Pain and Inflammation. HELMBOLD S EXTRACT BUCHU :i’qr Weakness arising from Excesses. Habitiof bisaii«- tion, tearly Indiscre.ion of Abuse, attended with tbd fo’. lowing symptoms:— Indisposition to Exertion, Loss of Power, hoea-of Memory, Difficulty of Breathing, Weak .Nerves, Trembling. Horror of Disease, Wakefulness. Dimness oft toon, Pain in the Back. Universal Lassitude of the Muscular System. IJot Hands, Flushing of the Ik.Uj. Dryness of the Skin* Eruptions on the Fact. irk Green, ight Often, a gent a:, lift, vroon, ‘angtn nk , irple. tyal Purple, thnon, :arkt, 'ate, tiferintM Wrt, fUOWy . Pallid Countenance, These symptoms, if allowed to go on. which thi» med* cine invariably removes, soon follows / r Impouncy, Fatuity, ZpOeptic la one ol which the Patient may expire. Who cau say that they are i.ot freqnently followed i.t thoHO u Direful Diseases,’* * '' "INSANITY AND CONSOMPTION. V Many are aware of the cause, ot their Buttering. BOX NONE WILL CONFESS THE BECOBPB OF THE INSANE • -4nd Melancholy Death* by Omsuißptum bear ample wu wees to the Truth of the assertion. The Qmstitution once affected *oith Organic Weaknm requires the aid of Medicine to Strengthen and Inviuorat*' the System, . %mr.K Hiixboui’B EXIKACT BUCHL invariably dm:>. A Trial will convince tlie moat abvptical. FEMALES—FEMALES—FEMALES. • Ih many Affection* peculiar io Female* the Extbac*. Uccflu is uuequaled by any other remedy, aa in Chlomei* or Retention, Irregularity, Painfulnes*. or gonpresskm oi Customary Evacuations, Ulcerated orScinhon* axate <»: the Uterus Leuchorrbcea or Whites, Sterility, and for nil complaints incident to tho sex, whether arising frc-Tii it qiscreiion. Habits of Dissipation, or in th* Dike no more Balsam, Mercury, or unpleasant Medicine jor unpleasant and dangerous diseases. UELMBOLD’S EXTRACT BUCUC AND IMPR(»\hi* ROSE WASH CURES SECRET DISEASES In all their Stages, Little or no ch&uge in Diet, ' T And no Exposure. . : It causes a frequent deciac and. gives strength hi L'ri' uute, thereby Removing Obstructions, Preventing an<* Curing strictures of the Urethra, allaying Pain and Inflam mation, so frequent In the class of diseases, and expelling au/VMOTiow, Diseased anti wornautMaiCeri ; Thousands upon Thousands who have bexn tu: Vic* a °d w ho have paid heavy fees to bo cored time, have found they wSro deceived, and that the POISON”has, by tbe*useof •• powßaptn.ABTßiNaj.MS, ’ been dried up in tho system, to break out in an eggra vated form, andjicrAapj after Marriage. J Use HEUtBOLD’s Extract Bcchd for all affection* and pRINAHY ORGANS, whether existing ib aiALc or r-KMALiS, from whatever cansoorieiuatiutr snci no matter of fIOW LONG STANDING. TrP U S'2T , .. o .^t'?®„ or «* lla requires the aid of a DIUKET nre, KMBACt- BUCHO 18 THEOEEAT vi iJHJsTic, audii certain to hare the desired effect in all mstasesjhr which it is Xeetmmctuied. ■ ifv^ 000 * of the most reliable an«l respoosible character will accompany the medicine. PRICE $1 PER BOTTLE; OR SIX FOR $5. Delivered to any Address, securely packed from observa tion. Describe Symptom in all Cbmmunicatione Cures Guaranteed! Advice Gratis ! Address letters for information to H. B. HELMBOLD, Chemist. ..„ *£* Eoot, ‘ Tenlh it.. bel. Chretnm, Phils lIKX.MBOI.Da Medical, Depot, HKLMBOLD'S ibttf aud Chemical Warehoust. pA-tidVw OOBNTKRPKITB AND UNPIUNCI J*' b " BEALLRS who endeavor to divpore 11 of their own” ni£. reputation by Halmbold * Genuine Preparations. Extract Bnchnl ~ * ■*' Sarsaparilla S • . Improved Rote/Wasb. \S 7 '•OLD BT a sir EVUBYWHBjft. ARK 808 HELM BOLD’S. TAK E NO OTHER > nt out the Advertisement and rend for it. AND AVOID IMPOSITION AND EXPOSURE CELEBRATED HELMBOLD’S DECLINE OR CHANGE OP LIKE. 594 BROAWAY, NEW YOKE At little Expeufi* Nolnconveni'.-nc! JUtoasa | frisW m CwfWU'i SRI TRIBUNE POW PRINTING O Having, within tbe past two -initiuntdoar MUblMmient In th • v.'ii-. Serew Pre*«, Hnp«r Cutter. Ca, 'btna, Can! Power p:. ;w , lan t*. e-9, (;* cut of which*. give above x«cot»anything in the !iue ..r etylo uquwl hi msy eiUV.liehment ;o-br« oquauy low. Wo can "■o. styles of ‘ ' VwMingt, iaviution, Visiting, lh Cirhularw, Proarr MAMMOTH posters, 4 - SO!L(L &K® apIWSI Pamphlets, Pay and BLANK! Is