their harder part somobly and well.
And it maybe esteemed fortunate thatin giv
lug the greatesteffusienoy to these led ispeneible
arms, we 'do also honorably recognize the gal
lant men ," from commander to sentinel, who emu
posed them, and to whom, more than to others,
the world:must stand indebted for the home of
freedom disentbralled, regenerated, enlarged and
:perpetuated,/
AI3RAIIASI LINCOLN
Metember "8 , 18'63
PRO L'AMATION OF AMNESTY,
The following proelatuation is appended to
the men=age: •.; • ti
PROCLAMATION
- -
111 and by the Conntitution of the United
States, it is provided that the President "shall have
power to erect! reprieves and pardons for offences a
gainst the United States, except in cases of impeach
ment" and
Whereas, A rekellleu now exists whereby the loyal
State governments of several States have for a long
time been ,obverted. and many persons have commit
ted and are now guilty of freak& againet the United
-States;' and
Whereas, With reference to said rebellion and tree-
KIP, laws lave been enacted by, Congress, declaring
forfeitures and confiscation of property and liberation
of slaves. all man terms and conditions therein stated,
and also declaring that the President was thereby au
thorized at any time thereafter, by proclamation, to
extend to persons who may have participated in the
existing rebellion, io any State or part thereof, par
don and amnesty, with. such exceptions and at such
times and ou such conditions as he may deem expedi
ant for the public'welfare; and
Whereas, The V,ongressional declaration for limited
, end conditional pardon accords with wall-established
Judicial expel.' ion of the pardoning power; and
Whereas, With reference to said rebellion, the Presi
dent of the United States has issued several prociams-
Mons, with provisions in regard to the liberation of
'slaves; and
Whereas, It is now -desired by some persons hereto
fore engaged in said rebellion to resume their allegi
ance to the United States, and to inaugurate loyal
State governments within and for their respective
Stateat therefore;
1, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States,
do proclaim, declare, and make known to all persons
'mho have, directly or by-implication, participated In
the existing rebellion, except as hereinafter excepted,
that a full pardon is hereby granted to them and caeh
-of them, with restoration of all rights of property,
except ns to slaves, and in property cases where rights
of.third part/ee shall have intervened, and upon the
'condition that every such person shall take and sub
garnet an oath, and thenceforward keep and maintain
raid oath inviolate; and which oath shall be registered
-for permanent preservation. and shall be of the tenor
and effect following, to w it:
" 1, -, do solemnly swear, in presence of
Almighty Cod, that I will henceforth faithfully sup-
Tort, protect and defend the Constitution of the 'United
States, and the union of the States thereunder; and
'that I Will, In like manner, abide by and faithfully
support all acts of Congress passed during the existing
rebellion with reference to slaves, so long and so far
Asa not repealed, modified, or 'held void by Congress, or
;by-decision of the Supreme Court; and that I will, in
like manner,abide by and faithfully support all pros
lamptiens of the President, made during the existing
rebffilion, having reference to slaves, so long and so
far as not modified or declared void by decision of the
Supreme Court. So help me Plod."
The persons excepted from the benefits of the fore
going prilvisions are all who are, or shall have been,
civil or diplomatic officers or agents of the so-called
confederate government; all who have left judicial
Itatious under the United States to aid the rebellion;
all who are, or shall have been, military or naval of
ficers of said so-called confederate government above
the rank of colonel in the army, or of lieutenant in
thenavy; all who left scats in tho United States Con
gress to aid the rebellion; all who resigned commissions
in the army or nary of the United States. and after•
Wards aided the reboil! n. and all who have engaged
in (my way in treating zolored pemons, or white per
sons it, charge of such, otherwise than lawfully as
priaoners of war, and which persons may have been
foumi in the United States service as soldiels, seamen,
or In any ether capacity.
Anti t do iurtner I, %claim, and declare and make
kao ~, that whenever, in any of the Stet ts of A: tan
Tt x.s. Louisian Alissittsippi,Tenuessee, Alabama,
Georgia. la,,ridaoSouth I:arenas, and North Carolina, a
Ilnaiber of portole, net less than one tenth in watcher
01 toe rotes cast iu such State at the Presidential elec.
Sion of the year of our Lord one thousand eight hun
dred and sixty, each havimr taken the oath aforesaid
and not having since violated it,and being a qualified
voter by the election law of the Scats exist' p immedi-
ately velure the weaned act et aeceeeirn, and excluding
all uthere, rha 1 reestablish a state government which
allot{ be r n.id iu no Vrilio couttawning said
oath, su.tit o:tett t a racagaized ere the true glvarenha t t
of the State, 4114 the t,itate shah receive Lherecader
•thw b-cheticd of th., o m6titticionat prcviaion which de•
-cicreH that — The United Btestes eaten kuerentee to every
awe in tbie Union a repubulican firm of government
auti sh.ll pr.tect*iuch of them agatost invader/ ; and
on application of the legiriature t or the executive
(whets the legesteture citnuot, bn convened,) against do
mestic chstesseste"
And do further proclaim, ri Ware and wake known
that any provialon whic may adopted by ouch htate
GOTertillient in relation to the treats people of nu cb
(State. which shell recognize and declare their perms
neat freedom, provide for their education, and which
may yet be coneisteut, as a temporary arrangement,
whh their present condition as *laboring landless and
boao-i,ss Mass, wil . not be objected to by the National
ExeCutive. And it Is suggested as not improper, that,
ittcoultructieg a My I state Government in any State,
the name of the State, the noundary, the subdivisions,
the constitution, end the general code of laces, as be•
fore the rebellien, be tneinceined, subject only to the
inodithatinse made necessary by the conditions hews
in berme stated. and snob others, if arty, not ccatrave
ales said conditions, tied whi h may be deemed expe.
qiiea t by those.fraculag the new State government.
To avoid misunderstanding. it may improper to soy
that thi. proclamatim, en far as it sedates to State
geverninente, has no referonee to States wbereirsio.s.s.l
creou - .4lt.itUlLleu •
I. 3 ••"e i tittitt, it trupseper to further
say, that whether members sent to Congress from any
Stale shall be admitted to seats constitutionally, rests
exclusively with the respective Ileums and net to any
extent With the Kneel/tire.
And limber that this' proclamation la Intended to
present the prole of the States wherein the National
authority has been euspended, and the Ich al State go•
vemments have subverted, a mode In end by which
the National authority a,n4 loyal State governments
stray be re established within said States, or in auy of
them ; Bud, while the mode presented is the beat the
Exemp lye can sum et, with his.present impressions, it
must not tie understood that no other possible mode
wiiutti be scarp, able
tliven ender my band at the City of Washington, the Bth
day of December, A. b. 1863,-and of the Independence
' of the Dulled &atoll of America the eighty-eighth.
, ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
Jury List for Jan
Cllta_ND
William Mama, Bethel
'0 titephen W. Boltz, N Ann'll '
'Vt Joshua Breidenatine, 8 Leb
John Bomberger. N L Twp
Christi's Rohner ; Cornwal
John Fegan. 8 Anneilm
'', Edell remoter, E Hanover
. John Grumbi ue, Bethel
Y„. Franklin Heilman, do
,l 7 Eenry /Ouzel, Jackson
John Lutz, Heidelberg
pJohn Muth, Jackson
','', TRAVERS 4
:''Jobe Albert. Bethel
}Leonard K Allman, N Ann'
E.muel Adams, Swa era
oDaeid Buttz, do
, 1 1;tDante) Brown, do
f :lyres Bowman, Cornwall
... ',teltac Blocher, Jackson
`i ' :Brae Groh, Heidelberg
t
; )eorge Gingrich, 8 Ann rille
t Tricot) Heck eudom, N L ITO
1 picot , 0 Heilman. Swalara
auk= E Hoffman, Ileld'g
- 'aroma H oak, Jackson
: estonel Ingham, do
I
M' ohn K Krum, Heidelberg
~. 1 . anted Klick, Bethel
!t .
1, reel Karat Lab Bor
''' lemon A Light, do
The Crampton Divorce Case.---a sin.
iler case baa been decided in the
:nglish Divorce Court. Madernoia•
', leVictoria Baife, a daughter of the
eat ttornicoser, 'was plaintiff for di
ire° against her husband, Sir lieliry
:rampton, formerly Minister of Great
ritain in the United States and af•
'.'rward in Russia. Sir Henry was
atrried to Miss Balfe at St. Peters-
fyg, in 1861, and now the lady
:..- ims divorce on the ground of un
''nsurnmated marriage and the ina
ity of Sir Henry to complete his
l'rt of the contract. The case was
eof the unusual interest, and the
:I,ebrated accoucher to the Queen,
f ‘
1
~ . Loomis, was called upon to make
i, medical ' examination ; but Sir
inry declined to submit.. During
i:',% trial a question was raised as to
!l: . right or power of the Court to
' rler such examination ; but it was
:-
' l‘ Wn that the Ecclesiastical Court
• ~,,
.i. '1 often done so in the case of e'er
.k.nen ~
ri and so it was established.—
~r ,
1 . .1:,. nse I for Sir Henry then declined
fft3r any defence, and the Court
' ared the marriage null and void
1. 1
!id so Miss Balfe is still Miss
i,
~i o, and Sir Henry is a free man.
+,,- A body styled the "Conserva
' iUnion Nationui Committee," and
l',racing many of the most promi
''',!, politicians of the country, met
l le Burnett House, in Cincinnati,
Friday. The venerable Amos
',fall wa c
s e l u n e n c i t ti i
ed teeA
permanent
iofth
Chair
!,ofthee
,', lbers expressed an earnest desire
1.11, nomination of Geniiiial-Gieorje,
i ltleltan for the Preeidan47:'
A ,
Q
We print Old Abe's mes
sage wand Proclamation to.d ay.—
The nigger is the -man that has.
-come, and he is appropriately no
ticed, in fact he is the all in all.
50,000 of them wear Uncle Sam's
uniforms, the advantage therein
consisting that it hides their na
kedness. If the uniform ou their
backs has been of any other advan
tage to the country, Al*sayeth not.
To protect said uniforms on said
niggers his proclamation exempts
from pardon all who may kick said
uniform having a nigger therein.
White men may be kicked as usu-: -
al. He don't say that his 50,000
uiggers are going to restore the
Union L-that is a minor considera
tion—if of any consideration at all,
but he puts forth a grand plan to
have himself re-elected President
in spite of the will of the people.
The northern elections were many
of them so close, and then after
having - the advantage of the most
stupendous frauds, that it is con
sidered dangerous to trust to them
for a prolongation of power., So,
we have ins plan, which is noth.
ing more or less than the army.
We have no objections to the army
voting, but it is the manner in
which Abe proposes to use it
against which We protest. .Th.! - .s,
by his one-tenth plan, 4,400 sol
diers in Arkansas will give him 4
electoral votes; 5,800 in Texas, 4
more; 5,000 in Louisiana, 6 more ;
6,900 in Mississippi, 7 more ;14,100
in Tennessee, 12 more ; 9,000 in
Alabama, 9 more ; 10,600 in Orenr,
gia, 10 more ; 1,400 in Florida, 3
more ; 6,000 in South Carolina; 8
more ; and 9,600 iu North Caroli
na, 10 more. Thus, 72,800
sol
diers in the States named Will se
cure for Abe the 73 electoral votes
of said states, which added to the
41 of the New Engl and States ; the
11 of Maryland and Delaware, (al
ready under military sway,) would
make 125 electoral votes sure, in
spite of what the great States of
I New_ ...Ycliaz;_- -Po vani hlO,
Indiana, Illinois, &c., might do.—
The 27 votes. still wanting might
then also be scared up by oppres
sion and "military necessity." The .
plan to have himself re-elected, and
thus prolong the terms of office of
ES adherents, at the expense of the
life, and blood, and treasure of the
nation, is a fine one, and worthy of
the corrupt and despotic party now
ruling, the country to its ruin.
There is no longer any pretence
that the war is not for the aboli
tion of slavery, thus verifying what
we said a:n hundred times in these
columns, and for which- all kinds
of violences have been threatened..
The President, Congress, and their
party, declared when they wanted
soldiers at the beginning of the
war that it was for the sole and on
ly purpose of preserving the Union.
From their conduct we soon mis
trusted them, and proclaimed their
deception. They now stand be
fore the world as deceivers—if
nothing worse, and our warnings
have proven true, as has every o
ther prediction been verified we
made since the war commenced.
If the administration had carried
on the war for the pOrposes indica
ted at the beginning, and not turn
ed it into a negro-freeing crusade,
peace and the Union would long
ago have been restored, and we
are free to say now o that never will
that devoutly wished for consum
mation be realized under the plan
and with the ideas of the present
party in power, if a million more
lives are sacrificed. We advise
our friends to read the message.—
They will see in it for themselves,
the evidences of the extravagance
and fanaticism of the administra
tion, and the ruin of the na
tion.
uary Tern 3,1864
JURORS
George T lfflller, Ileidleberg
David Rowe, Co d Spring
Jonathan 31 ltaber, L Dor
Jacob Shaeffer, - Bethel
William Shaoffer, Cornwall
David Tice, J S, Jackson
Andrew lice, JA, do
Peter Lib rich, Ittlllcl eek
Rex Weighty. Heidelberg
Henry Wise, Lebanon
WiMaul hi Weighty Ueid'g
George Youtzi 8 I.ebnnon.
JURORS.
Joseph 9 Lauser, HetdeDig
,George Lentz, Bethel
Cyrus a Murdock, Heide);
Joseph Matthes, Millcreek
Oliver McConnel, Leb nor
Martin Ream, Heidelberg
Adam Shell,E Hanover
Daniel Seltzer, N Lob Twp.
Samuel Snyder, I Hanover
. Deihl Seeks, N Annville
Henry Sbell Jackson
Henry Shenk, Leb Bar
John Wagner, Bethel
Abraham Witmer, Coruwa'l
Jacob Witranyer, Bethel
Jacob A Wolf, Jackson
Ji hn Thugat, N Aunvllle
Batumi!, Zug, 11.111 crush.
thlu on gittWtistr.
.
WHEN DEMOORATIO PETECIPLEB OUSE TO LEAD, WE (MSS E
TO FOLLOW."
WM. N. BRESLIN, Editor and Proprietor.
LEBANON PA.
WEDNESDAY, MEdEMBER 16, 1883
Old Abe's Message.
EXEMPTIONS PROM THE DRAFT.—In
all cases where exemption from the
draft is asked, on any plea whatever,
application should be made before
December 20th, and not postponed
until after the draft has been made.
Those who are entitled to exelptio n
on account of physical ailment, should
apply at once, as, if drafted they are
liable to be placed in the Invalid
Corps.
say- The Administration at
Washington is a fool. Here we
thin 4 days of the 20th, and,
no notice, - except .what appears a
bove in the AtiVERTISEtt to day,
has yet been given that applica
tion must be made before the 20th.
If the above order ..will i
ill be lisisted
on the lame, the halt,and the blind
ot,,this district will be in. a nice
mess, if drafted; on the sth ofJan
nary.
air Thanksgivings and Procla
mations are: Old:Abe's hobbies f —
He takes to them like ducks to
Water. The Roast Turkeys, [we
had none,] Abolition Jubilees,
&c.; were scarcely over two - week's
ago, before another call for thanks
giving was issued. Everybody
was to "repair to their place of
worship and render special hom
age," because "the Union forces
cannot probably hereafter be dis
lodged from East Tennessee."—
Small favors thankfully received.
The people now a-dal s pay but lit
tle respect to Abe's proclamations,
deeming them about equal to the
fifth wheel in a wagon. A recom
mendation that a day of Thanks
giving be observed because PEACE
is once, again restored to our un
happy country would be hailed
with more delight by millions than
all the nigger proclamations and
gunpowder thanksgivings the
world ever saw. Until then let-us
wait—we trust not too long.
About once a year a poor
devil of a contractor is nabbed,
tried and convicted, to give the ab
olition orators and papers an op.
portunity to dilate upon the un
ceasing vigilance of Old 4 Abe's hon
est administration, and also to
screen the hundreds of thousands
greater and more influential ras
cals who are now, patriotically,
sapping the life-blood of the na
tion. They are careful to forget
to mention, however, that as soon
as one of the "patriots" is convict
ed Abe's or Andy's pardon, as the
ease may be, restores them again
to liberty. There - is so much ras
cality at present in the adminis
trations at Washington and Har
risburg, that we are tempted to be.
Hove that the arrests made are
prearranged, and for the purpose
of making the people believe that
there is still remaining the seed of
an honest disposition among the
powers that be.
M., The Abolitionists are be
coming more bold every day in
their assaults.on General Mceilah
lan. One of their main charges,
aside froth not 'being au abolition
ist, is that he was "too slow" in
the "on to Richmond" movement:
Will they tell us what rapid pro
gress has been made in that direc
tion since his removal ?
OW An effort is to be made in
the present Congress to increase the
pay of privates to double what it
is at present. :The effort will no
doubt be crowned with success.—
.At the same time they should pass
an-act reducing the, pay of the of
ficers, from Major-General down,
to the pay of privates, thus placing
all .on an equality. As it is the
officers have the big pay, the easy
work, the honors, and no more
fighting than the privates. Let
all be paid well, but let there be
equality.
sm. Drunkenness among women
has increased so much in Boston for
the last ten years, that the good pen.
ple at the bub of the 'universe are die
cussing the necessity of establishing
a retreat for intemperate women.—
Under the rule of Abolition anarchy,
fanatical churches and faithless
preachers, all sorts of crimes are
spreading abroad with fearful, rapid
ity.
per Longstreet'raised the siege of
Knoxville on the night of the 4th
instant, retreating towards Bristol.
His retreat was on both banks of the
holston river, Foster following him
on, the south and Sberalian on the
north bank. Longetreet had thirty•
six hours' start of our troops in his
retreat.
LATER
General L q i egstreet'sartny is drawn
up in line of tattle at Rutledge, which
is ten mile's south of Tazewell and
eighteen from Cumberland Gap.—
The Federal army is at Tazewell, and
the Clinch river runs between the op.
posing forces. Skirmishing is report
ed there, though no particulars are
given, and there is no indication of
Longstreet's future movements.
[So East Tennessee is not free
from rebels after all, and the Pres
ident's • Proclamation for every
body to hasten to church and give
thanks, was rather premature.
God don't seem to listen much to
the prayers of the combatants on
either side in this "cruel war."
THE WEEHAWKRN SUNK
We have news from Charleston as
late as Wednesday last. On the pre
vious Sunday an most distressing acci
dent betel one of the iron clads. The
Weehawken was at anchor off Morrie
island, and fonndered during .a heavy
gale. She sank suddenly with many
of her crew. A few minutes before
two o'clock she raised• a signal of dis
tress, which was at once answered by
the flagship, and six boats were sent
to her assistance.. A couple of steam
tugs also sailed towards her. It was
in vain however, for scarcely had
they started on their mission when
the iron clad displayed a new signal,
and was found to be sinking. She
settled swiftly down by the head, ca
reened slightly , and disappeared be?
neath- the 'waves: Twen't "of her
crew sprang to the boats as she sank;
as many more were rescued by. the
tugs and launches sent to her assist
twee ; but thirty, three were taken
down with her and drownded. Men
inirons between decks, invalids in
.the
sick bay, and firemsn at ;the furnace
all perished by' 'ru'sh'ing waters,
without being able to make an effort
(or their lives. ,
For. the, Advertiser.
HARRISBURG REC. 10, 1863.
MR. EDITOR :--lt.'iB nigh approach
ing three years since this unhappy
war was inauguratid, hundreds of
thousands of lives have been immol
ated on their eountrY:s alter, millions
of treasure have bebn expended, to
carry on this strife, fi'id here let us
ask the solemn quest n, are wo near
er its consummation tln When the first
gun was fired on ; For, Aumter ? his
an undeniable fact, that our armies
have been wonderfully successful in
defeating the rebels for the last six
months, many pieces of captured ar
tillery `and thousands of prisoners.be
ing trophies of their valor, but does
this alone justify us in cherishing a
speedy add substantial settlement of
our difficulties, when the Administra
tion is inexorable hi its determination
not to admit any State unless it yields
to the demands of emancipation ?
Had we a statesman in the Presiden
tial chair, instead of a consummate
ass,. the fast accumulated victories
which have of late crowned the march
of our unconquerable armies, would
be immediately followed by concilia
tory measures, whose . potency for
good cannot be doubted. It is .plain
ly evident to every intelligent mind
that the sword alone cannot accorri
plish a restoration of the, States to
their former grandeur in the Union,
and that it is essentially necessary to
add to the sword the pow,irs of con
ciliation and compromise.; If it had
been the wish of the Abolition party
to bring this war to a termination it
might have been accomplished long
since, or in fact entirely averted, but
they were riot content 'with the
"Union as it was," and today their
enmity to. it is as great as the vilest
Rebel in tli - e South. Why, to estab
lish the fact ortheir treason we need
but refer to some of the expressions
emanating iron) their lips, when they
thanked God for , our defeats, because
it had a tendency to prolong -the war
and gave Own a chance te subvert
the war from ifs original purpose to
an Abolition i Crusade. Tfre Chicago
Tribune, the organ of the Abolition.
lets in Illinois, openly acknowledged
its preferenceto ace this GoViarnment
destroyed, raher than eliOnicle a
1 victory for our-arms at Anktetaru,—
The North .aboooods with ..euch mis
creaits, and - it is, a-lamentable fact,
yet i neon trovertabilc, that. the Ad mi n
istration has yielded to the "pressure" .
they brought to bear against, Wm.—.
With such traitors upheld in ''the Free
States, how delusive 'are the hopes we
may entertain of a sofutionolour na
tional troubleS. If we weuld have
the Rebels return to theirnllegiance
it is oar imperitive duty tdtliVe up to
the requiretnents of the Cdhstitution,
showing to them our deere to 'have
them back in the old Uitien. We
must not follow the teach i ngs of the
HaMsbOrg Telegraph ant other pa
pers
of that stripe, who express a
greater love for Wendell Piillips and
Lloyd Garrison than for the Father
of his country—George Wasblitgton.
The duty of the' Democratic party in
this crisis is to continue tii,stand firm
in its opposition to the. h'eresies of 1
Secession and Abolitionism, and per. ' k
haps when madness ceases to rule
peace may again be restored.
THE CONSCIPTION,
The opinion in knowing circles
at Washington seems to be that
the $3OO will not be repealed, but
modified. The changes in the law
it is surmised, will "look . rather to
raising the commutation money to
a sum equal to the bounties neces
sary to be paid for volunteering—
to reducing the number of exemp
tions—and to throwing the now
existing two classes into one, Tath
er than to any more radical altera
tions."
.raft.—The
SOLDIERS.- The CQ7ll? . .ltg
Provost Marshal General
has decided that soldiers who halm re
ceived a discharge from the army on ac
count of physical disability, may be re
ceived anew under the last call for volun
ieers.—They will not, however, tie allow
ed to re enter the service as/veteran
soldiers, but will receive only the bounties
offered to fresh recruits. The decision
will be of interest to many. as it opens a
door which has heretofore been closed
against them.—lt is also stated that all
men who were in the service on the 3d of
March, 1863, are exempt from the opera
tions of the coming draft. All such
persons, by producing their discharge
papers to the board of enrollment, can
have their names stricken off the list of
enrolled persons. The friends of those
who have volunteered since the last draft
was made, can have the names of such
volunteers also stricken off the enrollment
list by furnishing the board with the
proper evidence of enlistment.
A Call on the People to avoid the
Draft. -HARRISBURG, Dec. 111—Gov
ernor Curtin, to-day, received a commu
nication from the War Department,
announcing that the Government declines
to adopt his, suggestion, made some
weeks ago Upon the subject of recoiling.
No new organizations are allowed to
be formed, except of a , few companies to
611 incomplete regiments.
A general order has been issued from
the office of Adjutant General Russell,
defining the plan of recruiting adopted,
and calling 'upon the people of the several
enrollment districts and sub districts of
the State to offer bounties to volunteers.
The deficiency of Pennsylvania being,
in proportion to her population, less than
that of any of the adjacent States, it,is
hoped that by a vigorous , support her
quota may be filled by volunteers, and
the draft thus be prevented.
RUMORED DEFEAT OF FEDERAL TROOPS.
NEIV YORK, ..1),CO. 10.—A Mobilo dis
pate;hreports the Yankees defeated
at Plaquemine, La., with the loss of 2,
000 men, on the 27th ult., and the
navigation of the Mississippi was Ac
tually closed. On the 29th two
hundred Yankee cavalry were driven
from the Plains Stores five -miles into
Port Hudson, thirteen of them being
killed and wounded.
Se' The soldiers of the. Army of the
Potomac are still busily preparing winter
quarters, and, neither. army makes any
demonstration. The guerillas in Meade's
rear are as active as ever. They avail
themselves of every; opportunity' for plun
der, and levy a contribution from nearly
every transportation train of the army.
There is no change at Chattanooga,
and a heavy force is now garrisoning
Knoxville. The guerillas are very busy
upon the lines of communication between
Chattanooga and Knoxville. East Ten
nessee is reported to be in a terrible con
dition. The contests there have made-it
a wilderness.
General Banks has returned from the
Rio Grande to New Orleans, and all
active operations from Brownsville upon
Texas appear to, be given up. The gar.
rison of the post is satisfied with breaking
up the contraband-trade without:attempt
ing further conquest.
fT Persons writing to•rnenabers'of
Congress must prepay their post
age.
ttra, It is of such-men as the Aboli
tion, preachers that Isaiah said :
"Your hands are full of blood"—and
the Psalmist exclaimed : "Depart
from me, therefore, ye bloody men."
"Continually are they gathered to
gether, for war.- They have sharp
peoed their tongues like a serpent;
adders' poison is under their lips." .
Miss Anna Dickinson charged
and received $6OO for-two lectures at
the great Chicago Fair ,for the Sani
tary Commission. She is about- the
only woman in the country capable
of the act. Chickering & Sons gave
one of their finest pianos to the lair
to be sold for the soldiers, and almost
all the articles on sale were gifts for
the noble purpose, except Miss Dick
inson's diatribes against the party to
which-half of our soldiers belong.
t* -- The fuel question bas been set
tled in Minnesota by the discovery
of immense beds of peat near S t
raul. It is said to burn as well in a
grate as coal, and can be furnished
at from two to three dollars a
cord.
ter- The editor of the Greonpoint
(ILA.) Watchman says :
"We had in our hand, yesterday'a
roll of Greenbacks which expressed
the sum total of what the - blood,'bone,
brain, museles and soul of a white
man are selling. for in the third year,
of the "War for the Uniou"—s3oo.
What They Promised---The friends
of Gov. Curtin promised the people
that if they would 're-elect him, the
war would end p in 30 days and there
would bo no more drafting. Hold
them to their promises.
ler J eff. Davis has also issued'a
message. in.speaking el 'Our negro
recruiting be- says ;
Nor has less unrelenting warfaie
been waged by these pretended friends
of human rights and liberties against
the unfortunate negroes. Whereever
the enemy have been able to gain ac
cess they haVe forced into the ranks
of their army' every able bodied 'man
that they could seize, and have either
left the aged, the women, and the
children, to perish by starvation, or
have gathered them into camps where
they have . been wasted be a frightful
mortality. IV ithoutelothing or shel
ter' often Without food, incapable
without supervision, of taking the
most ordinary precautions against
disease, these helpless dependents, ac
customed to have their wants sup
plied by the foresight of their mas
ters, are being rapidly. exterminated
wherever brought in contact with the
invaders.
Butler he notices thus :
A DEMOCRAT
Butler;Me'Neil and Turchin, whose
horrible barbarities have made their
names widely notorious, and every
where execrable, are still honored
and cherished by, the authorities at
Washington. The first - named, after
having been withdrawn from the
scenes of his cruelties against woman
and prisoners of w.ar, (in reluctant
concession to the demands of outrag
ed humanity in Enrope,) has just
been put in a new command at, Nor
folk, whore helpless women and chil
dren are again placed at his mercy.
ger-The
,Chesapeake, a sea-going
steamer of four hundred tons burthen,
running between New York,and Port
land, was captured .py sixteen Con
federate-passengers, on the 6th and of
ter:sending the crew in a boat to St.
Johns, New Brunswick, was run a
way with. Her , value, with the car
go, is one hundred and eighty thou
sand dollars. She has not been hoard
from yet. The capture was made
near Cape Cod, and the crew and pas
sengers were paroled as prisoners of
the Confederate States.
SINGULAR DISEASE.—The town of
Manayuuk is troubled with a fearful
malada, which baffles the efforts of
physicians to discover its cause, or a
proper remedy. It is styled by some
the "spotted fever," and has been
making terrible ravages, as many as
ten persons being dead with it atone
time. The skin and body of a man
affected with the malady becomes
livid, and huge purple spots appear
all over the surface of the bedy. The
agonies endured are Insufferable, and
the patient rarely recovers..
=I
3811 a Congress.
The following is the vote for Speaker
of the U. S. House of Representatives on
the opening of Congress:—
Mr. Schuyler Colfax, 101
Mr. Samuel S. Cox, 52
..11c.,Jeha L. Dawson, 12
Mr—Austin A. King,"., 6
Mr.. Robert Mallory,
Mr."llenry'G. Stebbins,
Mr. Francis P. Blair, Jr.,
Mr. John D. stiles,
The Democrats, it appears had no
regular nominee, although l the larger-por
tion voted for NW C0x,.0l Ohio. ;The
Democrats in the Pennsylvania delega
tion all voted for Mr. Dawson, of the
Westmorland district.
The Senate Was called to order by
Vice President Hamlin, wherithe creden•
tials of the several new Senators were
presented.-;:Qbjection was made to the
admission of the Senators from West
Virginia. But they being abolitionists'
and that party having , a majority in the
Senate, the objection' was scarcely heed..
ed and the Senators from that' bogus
State were voted seats. Mr. Lane, of
Indiana gave notice that he intended to
introduce a bill repealing the 8300 corn
mutation clause in the• Conscription law
and to increase the pay of soldiers. The
Senate then adjourned. •
On Tuesday, in the Senate, 'Mr. Wilson,
chairman of Military Committee of last
sesion, gave notice of a bill to increase
the bounty for volunteering. Mr. Wilson
also introduced a resolution to faciliate
the payment of back pay and pension of
deceased soldiers, &c. Mr. Davis sub
mitted a resolution, which was laid over,
declaring that the refusal of the rebel au
thorities to exchange negro soldiers and
their white officers should not prevent
the exchange of our other soldiers and
officers in rebel prisons on just terms,
such as will .prevent suffering to our
brave officers and soldiers in the hands of
the enemy.
In the House the organization was
completed by the election of Mr. Edward
McPherson, of Pennsylvania, as Clerk; Mr.
C. N. Ordway, of. New Hampshire, as
Sergeant-at-Arms ; Ira Goodenow, as
Doorkeeper, and W. S. King,of Minneso
ta, as Postmaster. A joint resolinion,
presenting the thanks of Congress to
General Grant and army, and directing
the President. to cause a medal to be
struck for General Grant in the name of
the people of the United .States, was
unanimously adopted. Mr. Cox offered a
resolution, which was laid over. request
ing the President to take immediate steps
for the exchange of prisoners of war, and
that he communicate to. the House ail
correspondence in the War Department
relating to the subject of the exchange of
prisoners. Notice was given of bills pro.
hibiting slavery in the territory included
in the President's emancipation proclama
tion.,[Nigger.] and for repealing the three
hundred dollar commutation clause in the
Enrollment act.
In s the Senate on. Wednesday, Mr.
PClWell gave notice that he would present
a bill to prevent officers and soldiers from
interfering at elections in Stales The
Senate then went into an election for
chaplain. Dr. Sunderland .was elected
on the secon ballot, getting 21 votes out
.of 40.
In the House, notice were given under
the rule of the motions for leave to intro
duce bills, as follows : By Mr.. Stevens,
a bill to fix lobe time for holding elections
for_ represetUativea -copgrers c and-to
enable soldiers to vote at the said elec
tions. Also, a bill to place colored sol
diers and non-commissioned officers on
the same footincr with white men, with
regard to pay, t' bounty and pensions.
[Nigger] Also, a bill to authorize the con
struction of the People's Paciffic railroad.
Also a bill to, repeal the fugitive slave
laws of 1793 10 1850. [Nigger.] Mr.
Cox's tesolution in regard to our soldiers
in southern prisons, now came up in or
der, and was defeated by Mr. Lovejoy's
substitute. Mr. Julian gave notice, un
der the rule, of a bill to , amend the fugi
tive slave acts, so,as to,prevent the return
of fugitives.- [Nigger.] 4:
In the Senate on Thursday, Mr. Fos
ter, of Connecticut, gave notice of his in
tendon to present a bill to encourage en
listinents in the naval service of the
United States and to credit such enlist
ments in the military quotas of the sever
al States. Mr. Sumner, of Massachusetts,
presented a memorial from. the President
and Professors of the Theological School
at Meadville, for the emanoipation of all
persons of African deacent held in slavery.
[Nigger] Mr. Sumner also'gave notice of
his intention to introduce a bill to repeal
all acts for the rendition of slaves. [Nig
ger.) On motion, the Senate then ad
journed till Monday,
In the Rouse, Mr. Fenton gave notice
that it was his intention to' introduce a
bill to facilitate the payment of the boum
ties due on the account of deceased sol
diers.
On motion of Mr. Washburne, of Illi
nois, it was resolved that when the House
should adjourn fo-day it would be until
Monday next.
M.e. Pendleton, of Ohio, gave notice, of
his intention to introduce a bill to admit
to seats upon the floor of the Senate and
House of Representatives the members of
the Cabinet. with the right to debate the
matters pertaining to the . business of their
departments respectively.
Rev. W. H. Chatining, a Unitarian. of
Washington was elected Chaplain of the
House, after which adjourned.
CAN TUIS BE LAW 7—An edict from
the Provost Marshal General pro
claims that incipient consumption is
not a disability that exempts a: 'con
script from military service..- Was
there ever such an outrage on human
ity, medical rule, and common sense ?
To condemn a man with the seeds of
consumption in his lungs to the hard.
ship, privation, and exposure of a,sol
dier's life, is simply to commit official
murder.
COMING.—The Holidays and Draft
No. 2—the former much to the de.
light of the juveniles and the latter
much to the regret of children of larg
er growth, especially those who voted
for Curtin under the impressiou that
his election would avoid another con.
scription.
0:Z• In the Department of, Wash
tirrb
ington three million dollars $3,000,
000) worth of quartermaster com
missary stores have been los y u s .
captured by the rebels. '
A PAV.P.EB REPRESENTATIVE.--Thb
New Bedford (Mass.) Standard says
”A representative has been sleeted
from a district in Essex county, in
this State, who has been 'aidt!dTal
.
pauper. the last year. lie was voted
Tor in .order thus to AVE, the town
„
final the expenses,ofhis support.”
EXUSSE.S.- - -A young la
dy in ChardOn, Wisebneiq, haa just
received a large healin g plaster for
her broken heart, in this shape of a
verdict of SlO,OOO dafnages against
the gay deceiver. it .wait iltoved that
the "courtin" began wbeh she was
"sweet sixteen ;".that it co'ntinned reg.
nlarly -for, fourteen .yeara, interspera
ed with three several appointments of
the happy day and the usual cOtintry
preparations for such an event, each
as white dresses, new bonnets, quilts /
dried apples, and embroidered chem.
ises.
PUBLIC SALE
, • Of BOWMAN'S
iriv-ta.:VP - Ertra - gesExi.A.W3D.
fllliE;subieriber ' wiU. otter it public sale, on tbe'
. 1 premises, on
SATURDAY, December 26, 1.883,
that valuable TAVERN STAND, situate on the corner
of Plankroad and, Cumberland streets, in ,the borough,
of Lebantm. The building *ls 23.4 . stories high, with --
, 4., Kitchen attached and an out Kitchen. The -
r"
tit
never
building is large and roomy A - large STA-,
lli BLS, Carriage Shed, two WELLS. of ver- •
failing water, large CISTERN, Ate., on the
premises, The LOT fronts 66. feet „on Cumber:and
street, , and 198 feet on Plank road: This is an ex
-cellont Property and commands a large and increas
ing patronage.
Sale to commence at 1 o'clock,' P. M., when terms
will be made known by
HENRY BOWMAN.
Lebanon, Dec 9 1863.
•
PUBLIC SALE
OF A'
Valuable Farm
TIRSIIANT to en Order of the Orphans' Court or:::
P
LEDANON COVNTY, will 1341 exposed to_SA_LE, by .
_ . . . . _ .
PUBLIC VENDUE OR OUT CRY,.
On FRIDAY, J:anuary 1, 1814;
at 1 o'clock in the afternoon of that dr,y, a certainMest
gunge, tenement and tract of land, situate, b t st
Danor,er Torinsbip, Lebanon County, ou
burg and Joneidown Road, 1 mire from EbreitlfTear
ern, adjoining lands of Henry Uhrich• Georg,e Ger
bericb, John Comerer, and Sranuel
containing 136 Acres of whk:h 13 Ades., are - heavy
• OAK TIMBTAR. The arsquevements
erected thereon are *Leg, weather
b
' oarded BOMB, 'with a Summer
KITCHEN, also a large Bank BARN,
„ -- Wagon Shed, Corn CRIB, ke: A nor ,
er failing SPRING of Water, and a
good SPRING HOUSE la' near the building.
The land is in a good state of cultivation. A line
ORCHARD, any amount of LIMESTONE on the premi
lees also,'a fine Stream of WATER, called "Reed's
Creek" runs through it.
ALSO, a tract of MOUNt'AIN LAND.
situate in'the said township, adjoining
lands of heirs of -:taeot, B. Weidnurn,
-Leonard Altematk and George Boeshore;
eolith 1 4 Acres and=32 Perctes neat -
meu:Sure. _
With the appurtenances, situate and being in the
Township of East Hanover, in the said County ;—lrate
the Estate of DAVID STINE, deed. The Sale will be
held on the premiees, and the terms made known by
JACOB J. STINE,
Trustee of the said Estate.
Br THE COITRT,-
.20L. W. STROHM, Clerk of the Orphans' Coert.
Leb., Dec. 9, 1863.
. For Sale or Exchange.
THE undersigned will soil, or exchange for a Swat.
FAIIN, his desirabl, House and lot of Ground, in
Best street, East Lebanon. The House is a
4; 1 .
a n irw t eil o- t:2l e i v atTw c :il w an- ith an g tl tc w h a a .g a n c r::-
spry conveniences.. Also Cistern, Bath House,
Smoke House, all kinds of Fruit Trees, Ac., on the
promisee. This property if not sold, will be exchanged
as above. Hood and indisputable title given. For fur
ther information apply to
JAMES N. ROWERS, Tinsmith.
Lebanon. July 16, 1862.
Mit-Lats at Private Sale:
NVILL be sold, at Private Sale,
8 ACRES OP LAND,
situated in Long Lane, near the borough line, in Corn
wall township. It adjoins The land of Widow Fulmer,
on the North, Wm. Atkins and John Krause on theßast.
There is a one story LOG HOUSE, weather boarded
erected on the land, and a good WELL to the garden.--
The land has line stones for quarries. This tract will
make a nice home for a small family.
la.. It is free from Ground neut. Good title will be
given. ADAM NlTObiNft.
N. 13.--This tract is now corered with fine grim, hal..
of which will hogiven to the unreal:me - C. - -
Lebanon, June 13, MO. - -
PRI V ATE SALE
OF
BOROUGH PROPERTY.
!TINE Subscriber offers for sale the Lot of Ground on
1 Market street. Lobanon.X square south of Intl,
west side, 33 feet front by 199 deep, formerly occupied
by George Gess, Cr. The Improvements are a
two story weather toarded DWELLING
DOUSE and other improiements. For further
information, and terms. apply to
GEORGR,S. GASSER.-
Lebanon, Sept, 9,1863.
PRIVATE SALE
OP
Yocum's Farm.
rill:1B subscriber offers at Pr Nate Sale it is fine farm
lin Worth Lebanon Township, Lebanon county, 3
miles east from Lebanon. and 1 mile north of the Berko
and Dauphin Turnpike, containing
82/ ACRES,
of good Farming Land, 1301118 of which is Linestoniti..
adjoining lands of Cyrus Eckert, Peter Boyer, Toltw
Wolf. Jacob Arnold, and others. The iniprovementr“
are a two story brick DWELLING
ROUSE. with Basement. SWEITZEIV
r BARN, 36 by 60 feet, Tenant - Ronne, .
Orchard, with almost all kinds or
r- fruit, Well with pump at the hmise r
and 71.=other at the Darn, both never failing, renees,arts
ingood order. and the fields are convenient 8 aerei
of WOODLAND. four of which are CLIESTNUT
SPROUTS. Two Springs are on this fat'tn.
Good title and possession will be given on the Ist
day of April,lB64.
For further information apply to the anbarriber on
the premises. , LEVI. YOCU3L
October 28,1863.
•
Stray Helfer.
CAME to the premises of the ruhy•riber, at ffelly'a
Corner, in Londonderry townahip, Lebanon corm;
ty, several months ago, a RED HEIFER, about - 134
years old , white head, left ear off, and red rings around
the eyes. The owner is requested to come forward,
prove property, pay charges, and take it away, or It
will be cold according to law.
HENRY ALWINE.
December 9, 1993.—U*
ELLILII zawoneuz. soax a. etAasr.
LEBANON
Door ) Sash and Steam Planing
Located on theSteam,Tiouse _Bowl, near Cumber/and
Street, East Xebanon.
lin undersigned respectfully inform
T
the public in general, that they MIMIC
till manufacture and keep on hand . ziFtER4R
Door Sash Shutter Blinds, Flooring.
Weather-BoardS, 0 Oen Spring "
Mouldings, of all sites, Wash-Boards, eating, Barham:
Cornices, and all kinds of BCH:DINO MATERIALS
for Houses. We also construct thepstest and most htn..
proved Stair Casing and Hand Railing * suitable for
large and small buildings.
We now invite Farmers, Mechanics and Builders to
call and examine our stock, which we will warrant to
give entire satisfaction testi who may favor the under,
signed with their custom.
LONGACRE & GABBL..
Lebanon, April 23,1862.
P. S.—There Is also all kinds. of TURNING at they
seine MU. 'flatting, Sawing, &c, promptly done for
those who May furnish Lumber. •
. .
E
Grocery Lore.
JOHN DILLER'
HAS just opened a NEW GROCERY STORE, lc hie
Building in Cumberland Street, one door West a
market th street, where he hiprepared to supply the pub
Ho wi
Fresh. GROCERIES, of the .bert quality , such as SU
GARS., sifted, crushed , white and brow, COFFEE,
green and roasted ; MOLASSES ; TEAS.
Young Ilyson and Black ; EORN STARCH; Farina;
CHEESE; New MACKEREL; HERRING ; RAMS;
DRIED BEEF ; Chocolate. Coco, &C., &O.
ALSO, a large atock of BRUSHES and BROOMS, of
every variety ; also, BA KKETS—Market, Traveling and
Taney.
Ile iv also prepared to aupplybls old customers with
every variety of LEATHER and SHOE FINDINGS,
which may be found in his Basement, on Market etreet.
la. Me solicits a liberal share of patronage.
JOHN DILLER.
_ Lebanon, August 12, '63. .
Lebanon Bank Stack for
Sale;
15 VIRE,LA are the offered T for o a r e
i t Apy_ l lL B
ADVERTIenit ux,LLCB. th e
Lebanon Dee 9,1885.
1864
,Diaries
aries, 18.4 k
WALTZ & :HOUCK—
ivE,-nst reelived
g 1864 j, w large supply
°").l4MgB
in ay. ur tor Solo aitikeir Book i !tnd,
-,
Btollotiery Store.hich-tb-Leb Noy "r42ll"ree""an".
CI