er be Eartrasjer Iratelligencer GEO. SANDERSON, EDITOR. A. SANDERSON. Aissociate. LANCASTER, PA., JANUARY 6, 1863 8. M. P11122181L1 & Oo)a ADVIZTD/ENO &maim, 87 Park How, New York City, and 10 Elate &see; Boston. EL NI. PRIWIMILL Co., are Agents for The Lancask: heaVeneer, and the most influential and largest circula ting Newspapers in the United States and the °amides.— 'Day are authorised .to =tract for WS at oar knotst refer . . _ .11ile. Ha n= & dame, No. 385 Broadwen New York, are authorited to. rocehre advertieements for The .7r,letli " • gencer. ist our lowest rates. V. B. PALIGIe, the American Newspaper Agent, N. E. corner Pifth and Chestnut Streets, Philadelphia, is authorized to receive subscriptions and advertisements for this paper, at cur lowest rates. His receipts will be re garded as payments. .q- Joules WEBSTER'S ADvarrucrso demur Is located at N 0.60 North bth street, Philadelphia. He is authorized to receive advertisements and subscriptions for The Latwattsr Ingelligeneer. B. 8.. Nan, No. 1 Be°ilay's Building, Court Bt., Boston; is our authorized Agent for receiving advertisements, &c. 0 T_r A_ C 3. _ Now our gag is flung to the wild winds free, Let it float o'er oar father land, And the guard of its spotless fame shall be Colombia's chosen band. "CLING TO THE CONSTITUTION, AS THE SHIPWRECKED MARINER CLINGS TO THE LAST PLANK, WHEN NIGHT AND THE TEMPEST CLOSE AROUND HIM."-DANIEL WEBSTER. Tax on Newspapers The Government tax on news papers is excessive. It reaches them in four different ways. The tax on white paper is enormous—so alSo the tax on ink, on" every advertiSc merit, and on the income of the pub lisher. It would seem that the tax —direct and indirect—was purposely arranged to embarrass newspapers. It certainly forces them to raise their prices, curtail their dimensions, or continue to publish at a, ruinous loss. The price of white paper has tin creased within the last two or three months nearly one hundred per cent. If all who are indebted to us will pay what they owe us, during the present month, we shall continue to publish THE iNTELLIGENCER at its present size and without any addi tion to the price. But We cannot longer afford to send it to people who never think of paying the prin ter. Another Terrible Battle A most sanguinary conflict has taken place near Murfreesboro, in Tennessee, the nature of which may be perceived from the statement tluit " four regiments of regulars lost half their men and all their commanding officers.'' Two rebel Generals were killed, and thciir entrenchments at - Murfreesboro were taken. The An derson Cavalry troop, of Philadelphia was engaged in the tight, and suf fered severely. The. particulars received are lnit meagre, but they indicate one of the fiercest battles ‘ which has yet been fought. Thei details so far as they have been r4:eived, tip to the time of our going tO, press, will be - round in our news columns. THE LATEST The latest from Murfreesboro is very indefinite and unrelial)lo. There is no question that a terrific battle has been foug,ht, attended with immense slaughter of life ; but what advantage has - been gained by either side it is difficult to determine as yet. General Bragg claims a victory for the Confederates, but we think he is a little too fast. llis despatch is dated December 31st, and there has been ‘desperate fighting since. Full and reliable particulars will doubt less be received in a few days, and until then the public mind will have to remain in its present state of sus pence. God grant that this horri ble butchery may soon have an end. A Negro Salute ! The Abolitionists of this city fired a salute of fifty guns, on Friday evening last, in honor of Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation. We had not supposed that any whiki men in our midst could be found who would so far degrade themselves as to participate in a Negro jollification, but we were mistaken.l For the credit of Pennsylvania however, be it known that Lancaster and Pitts burg are the only two places within her borders where such an outrage on propriety has been perpetrated. MORE TESTIDIOIN Y. Our readers are directed to the first page for the opinion of a Prussian officer, lately le the rebel service, in reference to the battles in front of Richmond.— It will be seen that he pays a high and de served compliment to the brnvery w and excel lent generalship of MCCLELLAN, and estab lishes the fact that at two or three different times, during the seven days' fighting, the rebel army came within an ace of being totally routed, and also that Richmond would most certainly have been taken had INIcIIowELL been permitted to unite his forces with MCCLELLAN, so anxiously and earnestly de sired by, the latter, but which was persistently refused by the authorities at Washington. THE PRESIDENT'S PROCLAMATION The Emancipation Proclamation appears in our columns this morning. Another death blow aimed at the Constitution, but which will fail of its purpose, for the reason that the States must first be conquered before the negroes can be liberated by the Government. NEWSPAPER CONSOLIDATION The Examiner and Union newspapers of this city have been consolidated. Messrs. CocHRAN have retired from the business, and the old firm of the Examiner will conduct the paper henceforth. We understand that Mr. E. M. KLINE, for several yea] . local editor of the Examiner, has become one of the part ners. We wish the new firm plenty of pecu niary success, but their principles we detest. There is no necessity, however, of saying any thing about tre"*er, as the seal of condem nation has been yidtapon the Abolition party by the people, and its days are numbered.— The Examiner will be issued hereafter semi weekly, on the plan of the West Chester Village Record. THE LEGISLATURE. TheStatuLegislature will assemble at Han risburg to-day. The Governor's Message will appear in our next. LET VS REASON TOGETHER. How long is the present state of things to continue? How long are the American peo ple to be made the dupes and worse than slaves of the men in power? This war has now been waged by all the power and wealth of the Nation for nearly two years, and what has been the result? A restoration of the Union seems farther off than ever. We have sacrificed hundreds of thousands of the flower of our youth, spent hundreds - of millions of treasure, seen the Constitution trampled under foot by those:: who snlemnly swore uphold and defend it, have witnessed the rights of free born American citizens disregarded, hava seen peculation and wholesale robbery en couraged and protected in high places—in short we have witnessed since the advent of the present Administration to power, such sights as no Christian nation under the sun ever before was compelled to look at, and yet, to all human ken, we are only upon the threshhold of our National calamiti& ! For more than seventy years this great sisterhood of States lived together as one family in perfect concord and harmony, and we might have held the same social and fra ternal relations to each other for seventy or seven hundred years more, had each attend ed to its own business and left its neighbors alone. This was the spirit in which the Gov ernment was framed by our patriotic fathers, and it was the spirit which animated their descendants for two generations. Washing- Jefferson, Madison, and their compeers practised upon it; and in more recent times the good example was carried out by Adams and Clay and Jackson and Webster and Polk and Taylor and their successors down to the 4th of March, 1861. But in these latter days men have, or think they have, become wiser than the fathers of the Republic. They are " wise above what has been written," and they set at nought the teachings of the Constitution and the Bible, and proclaim a " higher law " over things human and divine, and what has been the result? Is it necessary to point the reader to the deplorable condition of our be i lovedcountry to answer the question. The consequence of all this is so plain that " he who rune may read." Then what is to be done? Is' there ho hope fur the country in this her terrible calamity? We think there is, but, under the blessing of Heaven, it is only by and through the Democratic party.— Let that time-honored political organization be once more placed in power, both in the Legislative and Executive branches of the Government, and the Union will again be re stot ed, and peace and prosperity will once more bless the land. President LINCOLN might yet accomplish somethini if he would change the policy of his administration, and throw himself upon the :conservative element of the country for his support, That he will do so is almost hoping against hope. He ap pears to be joined to his idols, like Ephraim of old, and the wide-spread ruin and distress everywhere visible seem to have no effect upon his distempered imagination. The picture is gloomy in the extreme, but is it not correctly drawn ? We appeal to the common sense of the conservative messes of all parties for its correctness in every particu lar. We wish to say nothing disrespectful of our rulers at Washington ; but the evidences of their incompetency and utter disregard of the real interests of the people are daily ac cumulating, and he must be blind indeed who d ,es not see the hopeless ruin and anarchy they are fast bringing on the country. NV e had written thus far when the Nets York !rurld came to hand with the following appropriate and truthful remarks: The men and the measures of this admin istration Limit be altered or the -country is ruined. There is no help for the country in any way save this. There is no need of argument. The history of the last six months has exhausted all argument. EVents have outrun reason. Facts have surpassed all heories. The men whom Mr. Lincoln has tosen for his advisers and executive officers have all but ruined the nation. Their policy has divided the North and united the South. Not a General in the field has had their full co-operation. From Washington came their ruin. McClellan's peninsular campaign, Burnside's Fredericksburg campaign, both were ruined by the same cause : interference from or omissions at Washington. The policy of the administration has been equally a blunder and a crime Instead of directing the force and power of the North against the political organization and the military power of the enemy, we have made war against un armed populations. The armies of the South have remained integral and powerful. The people have heoome exasperated, united.— Butler's reign at New Orleans has been but a more conspicuous example of the policy which everywhere has been suffered to prevail. Shall the grandest nation in history, then, go down to utter ignominy and ruin simply for the lack of men—simply for the lack of a wise and prudent policy? There is no fault save this. For a the disasters which have over whelmed us, for all that has tried the temper and well-nigh broken the heart of the nation, there is but this one cause. For all that unity of the South and that division of the North which most have discouraged every patriotic heart among us, this policy and these men are responsible. Will Mr. Lincoln change them ? There are able, pure, brave men throughout the country whose services are at the President's beck and call. lie"is not shut up to the wretched cabinet officers who now serve him. Ile may select wherever he chooses. No one would refuse to take the place which he offered. No one would for a moment refuse to do all in his power to cave the country. We do not care for party. It is of no consequence whatever to which party they belong—what creed in quiet times they It'ave professed. Creeds are exhausted—the past is dead. The future demands the utmost labor of every man who is an American citi zen. Will Mr. Lincoln hear the voice of the people?—will he listen to the unanimous de mand of the nation ? The people, the nation, demand a change of measures. BLACK AND WHITE In the U. S. Senate, a short time since, Mr. Saulsbury of Delaware introduced a re sulution asking information from the Secre . tart' of War as to the arrests and imprison ment without legal process, trial or charges, of Dr. John Lane, and Col. Meredith, white men, and citizens of the loyal State of Dela ware. On the motion of an abolition Senator, the resolution was promptly laid upon the table, 'and the information sought to be ob tained, was denied. Immediately after this, Mr. Sumner pre sented a resolution calling for information from the secretary of War, as to the capture of certain black men by the rebel force, and their reported sale into slavery by their cap tors, and as to the steps that have been taken " to redress this outrage upon human rights." This resolution was adopted as promptly as that of Senator Saulobury had been laid on the table ! Here we eee an illustration of the fact that the negro and his rights and wrongs are re garded as of vastly more importance than the white man and his rights and wrongs. The brigade of negro-worshippers in the Senate, so jealous of the liberty and rights of the black man, can see no "outrage upon human rights" to " redress," when white citizens are seized without warrant of law, and left to rot in a government bastile at the will of some official dotard or some disappointed and envenomed politician. ge=- The Reading Gazette, in view of the heavy increase in the price of paper, will hereafter appear in reduced size, and will be sent only to such as pay strictly in advance. GENERAL itensint. It will be remembered that in the month of May, 1861, General WILLIAM S. HARNEY, one of the most gallant and accomplished -officers of ttio 11. S. Army, and the most distinguished cavalry officer in the service, was removed from the command of the Western Depart. ment. The following correspondence throws a World of light on the cause of the removal. Had pen. H. been retained in command, Mis souri would not have been in her present state of quasi loyalty. Read the eloquent vindica tion of the old veteran by himself from the slurs oast upon him by a set of sneaks and spies with which every community was at that time infested. The correspondence was brought Out by the Mcilinstry Court Martial, and is copied from the St. Louis Republican of the 23d of December : ADJITTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE, WASHINGTEN, May 27, 1 861. Brzzadier-General W. S. .Harney, Commanding Department of the West, St. Longs, Mo. : SIR: The President observes with concern, that, not withstanding the pledges of the State authorities, to co-operate in preservingseace in Missouri, that loyal citizens in great numbelf continue to be driven from their houses. It is immaterial whether these out rages continue from disability or indisposition, on the part of the State authorities to prevent them. It is enough that they continue to devolve on you the duty of putting a stop to them summarily, by the force under your command, to be aided by such troops as you may require from Kansas, lowa and Illinois. The profession of loyalty to the Union by the State authorities of Missouri, are not to be relied upon. They have already falsified their professions too often, and are too far committed to secession, to be entitled to your confidence, and you can only be sure of their desisting from their wicked purposes, when it is out of their power to prosecute them. You will, therefore, be unceasingly watchful of their movements, and not permit the clamors of their partisans and opponents, of the wise measures already taken, to prevent you from checking any movement against the Government, however dis guised under the pretended State authority. The authority of the United States is paramount, and whenever it is apparent, whether by color of State authority or not, is hostile, you will not hesi tate to put it down. I am, sir, very respectfully, your ob't serv't, (Signed,) L THOMAS, Adj't Gen. To the above letter Gen. Harney returned the fol lowing reply : Sr. Louis, Mo , June 5, 1861. GENERAL: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 27th ultimo, containing instructions to put down all attempts to commit out rages upon loyal citizens of Missouri. In reply to that letter, I respectfully refer you to my communication of the 29th ultimo, written and mailed before the receipt of yours. I therein in formed the Government that I had reliable means of obtaining information of the movements of the State authorities, and that 1 should promptly punish any violation of agreement and put down any attempt at rebel lion. The many complaints of individuals by letter set ting forth that acts of oppression here committed by the Secessionists, have received my careful attention and an investigation has proved the majority ofithem to be without foundation. As an instance of the groundlessness of the mischievous rumors, I cite the report, v. hich obtained currency, that ex-Governor STEWART and other loyal citizens have been driven from St. Joseph, and the ex-Governor promptly pub lished an unqualified denial that such an outrage was perpetrated, clearly proves that there is a dispo sition on the part of some parties to manufacture ex citement where cause does not exist. • My confidence in the honor and integrity of Gen. Price, in the purity of his motives and his loyalty to the Government remains unimpaired. His course as President of the State Convention that voted by a large majority against submitting an ordinance of secession, and his efforts since that time to calm the elements of discord, have served to confirm the high opinion of him I have for many years entertained. My whole course as Commander of the Department of the West has been dictated by a desire to carry out in good faith the instructions of my Government, regardless of the clamor of the con flicting elements surrounding me, and whose advice and dictation could not be followed without involv ing the State in blood and the Government in the unnecessary expenditure of millions. Under the course I pursued Missouri was secured to the Union, and the triumph of the Government is only the more glorious for being almost a bloodless victory. But those who clamored for blood have not ceased to impugn my motives. Twice, within a brief space of time, have I been relieved from command here—the second time in a manner that has inflicted unmerited disgracti upon a true and loyal soldier. During a long life, dedicated to my country, I have seen some service, and more than once I have held her honor in my hands, and during that time my loyalty, I believe, was never questioned. And now, when in the natural course of things, I shall, before tho lapse of many years, lay aside the sword which has so long served my country, my countrymen will be slow to believe, that! have chosen this portion of my career to damn with treason my life, which is so soon to become a record of the past, and which I shall most willingly leave to the unbiased judgment of posterity. I trust I may yet be spared to do my country some further service that will testify to the love I bear her, and that the vigor of my arm may never relax while there is a blow to be struck in her defense. I respectfully ask to be assigned to the command of the Department of California, and I doubt not the present commander of that division is even now anxious to serve on the Atlantic frontier. I am sir, very respectfully, your ob't serv't, W. 6 HARNEY, Brigadier General, U. S. A. To L. Triostes, Adjutant General U.S. A., Wash ington. POSSIBILITIES AND IMPOSSIBILI- Mr. Lincoln, in his Inaugural Address, said : Suppose you go to war, you cannot fight always, and when, atter much loss on both sides, and No GAIN ON EITHER, you cease fighting, the identical old questions, as to terms of intercourse, are again upon you," .; And it is a self-evident truth that the war must be eternal, or a peace must he had by a paper settlement ; by a " compromise," if you choose. To continue the war forever. is im possible ; then the only course left is an hon orable peace in the way proposed. And who is there that does not desire such a peace ? There may be such, and no doubt they are to be found among us, for the black-hearted sen timent is more or less openly declared, but there throbs not the heart of a patriot in such a man. And who ddes not desire a res toration of the Union as it was? There are such—hut God save the country from the rule of such men ! They would destroy the last hope for the Republic—for the cause of Lib erty ! Are they saddled upon us? THE MORALS OF WASHINGTON The notorious Parson Brownlow, in a letter to the Cincinnati Gazette, thus describes what the National Capital has become under Abo lition rule: Washington, as a city, has no more charms for me than in former days. It is a fearful place! The population is said to be double what it was when the war broke out. Spe— culators and swindlers have multiplied at a fearful rate, and all trades and professions are living and flourishing at the expense of the Government. And every variety of insti tution is being run here. There are live theatres, three monkey shows, one circus, "the negro minstrels," one hundred houses of doubtful utility, and an indefinite number of liquor shops, to say nothing of about fifty gambling hells, all in full blast, and all doing a profitable business I Preaching, the prac— tice of medicine, and of the law, are obsolete ideas, if not regarded as humbugs ! AN k:LECTION IN VIRGINIA An election recently took place in the 3d Congressional District in Virginia, at Suffolk and vicinity, under the direction of our mili tary authorities. An attempt was made to push the elective franchise within reach of the down-trodden Union men of a certain little place called Smithfield. A lieutenant colonel, 2,00 mounted rifles, a couple of howitzers, and two ballot boxes, were accordingly dispatched thither. Fearing that the rebels might be lurking in the vicinity, the lieutenant-colonel sent the ballot boxes into Smithfield in care of a small squad, and proceeded with the re mainder of his command to scour the country round about. He was not long in drawing down upon himself a force five times as large as his own, before which ho was compelled to retire, skirmishing all the way to Suffolk. In the retreat we lost two voters—taken prison• ere. A non-voter—a horse—met a similar fate. THE EDITOR'S BOOK TABLE. "SOMEBODIt'S LUGGAGE "—one of Dickens' latest and heat atories—and '• JOHN MARCIIMUNT'S LEGACY," a Domestic story, by Mrs. M. B. Braddon. Both capital pro ductions, and for sale by J. M. Westhaeffer, North Queen street. THE EDINBURGH REVIEW, American edition for October, contains eleven articles, nearly all literary. One only is devoted to the consideration of our affairs, being a review of Professor Cairnes' work, Mr.. Spence's pamphlet, and Mr. G. T. Curtis' address to the authorities of Boston. It is not a very striking article, nor tioes it develop any new views; it le a mild apology for England's desire that the Union should be broken up. The other articles are excellent in their lice. Imo. Ex-Governor T. H. Hicks has been ap pointed Senator from Maryland, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the unexpired teen of Mr. Pearce, deceased. Prom the New : Hampsbire Patriot. EFFECTS OF IGNIANCIPATION UPON ORTHERN LABORERS. Some Democratic papers have done and will continue to do all they can to inflame laboring men against the Republican party, by incul cating the belief that emancipation will bring the negro in contact-with them as competitors for daily labor. They have already excited the apprehensions of uninformed . men in this regard, and it may be have obtained .some votes by that description of eleetioneering. It is so easy to play npon.the fears-of a class of men, by saying that if the slaves are emanci pated there will be a negro tinder every north ern woodpile, at tbe.end of every hoe, and sweating in every hay field, and, withal, is so congenial to the tastes and instincts of dema gogues, that it should excite no surprise if this mode of endeavoring to make capital continues to be employed.—Statesman. The above extract shows the fears which the Republican leaders have of a fatal in fluence against their party from the conse quences of the scheme of emancipation whibh they are endeavoring to force on the country. They see what the injurious consequences of emancipation will inevitably be to the labor ing classes at the North, by the introduction of negro laborers as associates or competitors ; and foresee what must be the feelings of indig nation by the laboring classes thus injured, against them :as the authors of it, when its effects-are felt. And though the Statesman may affect to think lightly of the competition 1 arising between our laboring men and ne groes, yet it will prove of serious concern to them. And all classes in our community will feel the heavy burdens which the great in crease of pauperism from thousands of im provident and idle as well as helpless negroes must occasion. The following extract from the National Intellige'ncer of recent date, which speaks by authority, shows-what ground there is for the belief that emancipation will bring the negroes into competition with our laboring men for wurk. It discloses the fact that efforts are soon to be made by this Republican Adminis tration to hasten that result: "Arrangements are about being made whereby the large number of contraband women and children, as also old men, who have sought refuge in this city within the past few months, will he properly cared for. It is proposed by the military authorities to appeal to the various benevolent associations of the Northern States to procure homes and employment for them, the Government bearing the expense of their transportation to the vari ous points to which they may be sent. An officer will probably visit the Northern cities to lay the matter before all benevolent socie ties, in order to ascertain the number for which each society may be able and willing to secure employment." We do not wonder that the Statesman should fear that the laboring men of the North will be " inflamed " against the Republican party when they see that such " arrange ments" are "about being made," by its ad ministration. The competition between our laboring men and negro laborers, and the heavy burden of pauperism, would follow soon enough and fully enough from emanci pation alone, without our government urging them on and facilitating them by " bearing the expense." And it will not ease the pain or the burden to our people to think that they are the persons whose taxes are to pay the " expense ". of carrying this injury to them selves into effect. This is another point in connection with this matter, for consideration by the people. A lately compiled table gives the following as the number of " contrabands" now chiefly if not entirely supported at the public ex pense : At Algiers, Louisiana, At Port Royal, • At Newhern, At Fort Monroe, At Cairo, &e., At the least calculation the expense will average forty cents each, or seven thousand and four hundred dollars for all, each day.— That is equal to $5,701,000 per year. But Emancipation does not stop here. It in cludes, not merely 18,500, but 4,000,000 slaves. If any further considerations were necessary to inflame the just indignation of our people against the authors and supporters of Eman cipation as a government measure, they would readily be furnished from the fact that while the administration has been exerting itself to provide 5U,000 suits of clothes for negroee, our brave soldiers, for want of proper cloth ing, have been suffering and cven dying from cold and exposure, on the banks of the Rap pahannock THE ORIGINAL DRAFT Orpheus C. Kerr gives the original draft of the President's message as it was submitted to the cabinet. It will be seen how much the world would have lost if Mr. Kerr had not in terfered and saved the original ideas of the President from mutilation. The main ideas were well preserved in the message as pub lished, but the peculiar shrewdness by which they were illustrated can only be seen in the original : " Certainly it is not so easy to pay some thing as it is to pay nothing; but it is easier to pay a small sum than it is to pay a large sum ; and it is easier to pay any bill when we have the money than it is to pay a smaller bill when we have no money. Compensated Emancipation requires no more money than would be necessary to the progress of Remu— nerated Enfranchisement, which would not close before the end of five hundred years.— At that time, we shall undoubtedly have five hundred times as many people as we have now, provided that no one dies in the mean time ; and supposing the premium on gold to increase in the same ratio as it has increased since our last census was taken, the premium on specie belonging to five hundred times our present population will be amply sufficient to pav for all persons of African descent. Ido not state this inconsiderately. At the same ratio of increase as we now realize, American gold will soon be worth more than all Europe. We have ten millions nine hun dred and sixty-three thousand millions, while Europe has three millions eight hundred thousand, and yet the average premium on specie, in some of the States is already above that of Europe. Taking the brokers, in the aggregate', I find that if one gold dollar is worth $1.30 in one year., It will be worth $2.60 in two years, " 390 in three years, " 5.20 in four years, " 6.50 in five years, This shows a great increase. If a gold dollar in five years is worth $6.50, it will, of course, be worth $3,250, or five hundred times as much, in five hundred years. Thus, when our population is five hundred times as great as at present, supposing each man to have a gold dollar, the premium of $3,250 on his gold dollar will enable each man to purchase thir ty-two and a half persons of African descent from. our loyal slaveholders of the border States at $lOO a piece, though he would be virtually expending but one dollar himself. This scheme of emancipation would cer tainly make the war shorter than it now has a prospect of being. In a word, it shows that a dollar will be much harder to pay for the war than will be a dollar for emancipation on the proposed plan." FATAL ACCIDENT.-Wm. Wiley, residing at Sadsburyville, Chester county, left Chand ler's Station for Penningtonville, on business a few days ago, and left for home on the evening train, after which he was not seen Until the next mowing, when he was found lying be side the track at the Coatesville Station, in a dying condition, (expiring a few moments after wards) in a p3Ol of blood, with one of his arms out off, and one side of the head grazed by the wheels, taking off one ear and making an opening through which the brain was protru ding. How the accident happened is mere conjecture. Deceased was about twenty-eight or thirty years of age , the son of a widow lady of Sadsburyville.—.Terer.sonian. LOCAL DEPARTMENT. THE DEMOCRATIC JUBILEE AT LITIZ.—The Democratic Jubilee at Littz will take place on Thursday evening next, at Lichtenthaler's Hotel. Supper at 8 o'clock. The music for the occasion will be furnished by the Pendia:es' Band. Addresses may be expected from HOD. WILLI&M 11. Drum, member of Congress elect from the Dauphin di,triet, Mayor SAvneasosr. Hon. Isaac E. Magma, &Vt. IL Baritozaas, Eaq., of this city, and others. We tume not the least doubt that a moat agreeable time is La store for all who intend taking part in the festivities. ft We are requested to state that the Democrats of this city who intend participating in the Jubilee will meet at Capt. .Blickenderfer's Hotel, corner North Queen and Walnut streets. where Omnibuses will be in readiness to convey them to Wis.. They will leave at 5 o'clock, P. 31. —An esteemed friend has sent us the following Item In reference to a huge Turkey ,which will grace the table on the above occasion: "Mr. 8. A, Wylie, of the Inquirer. has been in high glee over a joke which be eongbt to palm oil on a few Demo. cradle sp , rtsmen, In reference to a trial of skill with rifles for 1 2 . am Keller's mamm , th Turkey. Now for the informs. tion of all concerned: That Turkey was won by Mr. Theo. Licbtenthaler, a prominent Democrat, after having been twice contended for, and will grace the table on the Bth. We mean to take care that he does not fall Into worn company.. NEW YEAR'S Div.—Thursday last, the first day of January. Ha was gloriously tine—a warm sun and cool, bracing air prevailing the whole day. Many of the manufacturing establishments were closed, and it was ob served pretty generally as a holiday. Many calls .were made and returned. The streets were tilled with gay and lively promenaders. New Year's Day is quite an "institu tion" in Lancaster.' THE YOUNG MEN'S BALL at Fulton Hall, On New Year's eve, was a fine affair, if we are to judge from the flattering comments of three who participated. The Fencibles' Band tarnished the promenade, and Miller's String Band the dancing music, which of coarse was finely rendered. Eden, the well-known Confectioner of Fulton Row, served up the refreshments. Our - - , Vancing man," who is a capital Judge of such matter's, saytTb . e never at tended a better-conducted ball. The company separated as the "dull. grey streaks" of New Year's m0rn,1863, made their appearance. A handsome sum was realized for the benefit of the Children's Home. LANCASTER COUNTY CAVALRY COMPANY IN A SURIYISE—S.Lvciti Loss.—A letter from Major Reuben Reinhold, of the 17th Pennsylvania Cavalry. gives some details of the late raid by Stuart's Rebel Cavalry, near 0, coquet, They surprised a battalion, consisting of three companies of the 17th and one company of the 2d P. V., under command or Major Reinhold. nearly annihilating it. The enemy came in force, and having taken possession of all the roads, retreat was impos.ible, but the Major refused to surrender. The loss was very heavy in killed, wounded and missing, only 20 men and two lieutenants anawering to their names, when the letter. from which these facts are gleaned, was written. All the Captains were taken prisoners, Including Captain Beaker, of Perry county, with eighteen men, and Captain Spero, of this county. Lieut. Bentz, with fifteen men of Capt. Spore's company, were also captured. 2d Lieut. Shultz, of &how:leek, is sate. The three companies of the regiment who were engaged in this unfortunate affair had been detached from the regi ment, which at the time wag about eighteen miles below, and unconscious of what was happening to their comrades. Major Reinhold thinks that several of those who are now missing will yet' report themselves, as they were much scattered by the dash of the enemy on different roads. The regiment has not yet been fully equipped, all the men not having their carbines and pistols, and were com paratively raw troops. Major Reinhold is a son of Col. Jesse Reinhold, of Myerstowa. Lebanon county, formerly a member of the State Legislature from this county. CAPTURE OF TEE 77TH PENNSYLVANIA.— The 77th Pennsylvania, it will be seen by the news from Tennessee, has been captured. Capt. Pyfer's company from this city Is in this regiment, besides about a hundred other Laocasterians in several of the other companies. We re gret to make this announcement, but we have no doubt that the capture could not be avoided. THE NEW FLAGS FOR THE 79TH.—The new regimental flags made by Messrs. Evans /r. HassalLof Phil adelphia, to the order of a number of citizens of Lancaster for presentation to the 79th Regiment Penneylvani I Vol unteers (Col. Hambright) arrived in this city on Tuesday last, and were phiced in the Orphans' Court Room in the Court House for exhibition, where they will remain - for a short time. The flags are im- in number, the principal being the Slate flag; the second the regimental, (or Na• tional ) and two small guide flags. The first is of blue silk with yellow silk fringe, with an eagle surrounded by a hello. From tho claws of the eagle depends a scroll with the Inscription—" Presented by citizens of Lancaster. Pa, to the 79th Regiment, P. V , for gallant conduct at Chap. lin Hills, Ky.. October Bth, 156 - 2." On the reverse is the coat of atone of Pennsylvania, above which in a hallo are the scores in guilt letters- - Chaplin Hills, Ky., October Bth, 1862." Underneath, in a enroll, is the same inscrip• lion as on the first side. This flag is very handsome and strongly made, and free from an over quantity of-paint en hich dieli,ures so many presentation flags. The Regimental or National flag Is mode of strong, heavy silk, bordered with yellow fringe. On the centre bar on both sides are tho letters in geld-- , 79th Regiment P. V." The guide flocs are of blue silk with yellow silk fringe, with the number of the regiment in geld letters. The stand of 'colors throughout is very substantial. and were made with a view, apnnrently, to gu through hard service. The gallon , -buys" of the 7901, we are sure, will feel very proud of their new colors, and which cannot fall to inspire them to do additional deeds of daring should they egsin meet the enemy. In their hands these new colors will not be disgraced. The flats, it is prcper to state, were painted by Mr. Isaac Williams, of Philadelphia. an arti•t well and favorably known in this city. and of course this part of the work, as well as the others, is well done. The committee of gentlemen of this city rhargsd with getting up )he flege is as follows; Messrs W. I'. 13rinton, 11. E SleynnkFr, L. I3oyL•. Lewis Haiti)), Robert A. Evans, Audrow Mei:roll and M U. Holbrook. " WHAT BECOMES ~L • ALL THE CHANCE This question, to often asked nod so seldom sat kfeciorily answered we are t.w prepared to Fettle bcyood cavil, at least to the errant of about $5O YOU. Recently Abram Hershey, on old boehelor residing in \Vest Heinpfield, twp , near Lotidbiyile. depnrlol this life, lint like thee arcumulotors f that the love of which Is the root of all evil had to leave his wordiv wealth behind. The heirs of deg- wed, in overhauling his efforts di-oared, stored away In match boxes. night raps. old strieklugs. nod all sorts o r queer repontories, over fifty thousand dollars in grist and silver. he heirs hriiiigiVt it in this corning and depioitail It in the Irmo:viler Uotnty Bank, the tranilf, employing several carrien,s, one i f which was V. heavily laden that there tone danuer of it breaking down. and is portion of its precious load was transferred to another team. 7.000 3 000 2.000 2 500 4 000 A s w e writ e , the the Bank are engaged in ciruntirg the money. There is i.:3o.trti in gold and over $20,000 in sliver. This has, of coerce, been the accumula tion of yearn. When th 6 deceased got a hank note, he lust no time in going to bank to demands its equivalent in specie, witch he carefully stowed away. Ile was no doubt afraid to most banks during life' bet, alas! the vanity of human precaution, the hanky became Ihe Cush, dittos of it at last ! It would be Interesting to know how many more thousands are hid away to the country in like manner, 'and that ton, by pro* who "have no change" when you offer teem a note in payment!—Saturday's Empress. INCENDIARISM.—This morning about three o'clock the city was again startled front its slumbers by the cry afire and the ringing of belle. A bright light was no. ticod iu the Northwest Ward, which upon going that direction proved to be a part of the premises of the Con, wing° Howe, Prince et., occupied by Mrs. Con. A two story frame building, used as a Kitchen andibath house, woe di•corered to be on fire by the watchman, who imme diately gave the alarm, but before the arrival of any num ber of people the fire had gained considerable headway, and the firemen on their arrival had much difficulty in preventing the spread of the flames to adjoining property. The building was completely burned out, nothing remsio i•g hot the outside shell. The adjoining rooms of the brick budding, to which it is attached, were also much charred by the heat and smoke. The fire W. undoubtedly the work of an incendiary, this being the second attempt to fire the premises within a month past. The fire appears to have been started under the stairway leading to the second story, and was not die. covered until it broke out through the roof. The damage done to the premises was between two and three hundred dollars. The morning wee unusually calm, otherwise the fire would probably have been more serious in its copse. quenees. We believe there is no trace of the rascally in cendiary or his motive for the act. This being the second attempt to destroy the valuable property of the Conowingo House, within a very short period, allows that a reckless and daring spirit is at work, and that much vigilance should he exercised for his detection and punishment. —Since the above wee written we learn from parties who were early at the fire, that it was probably the result of accident and not of ineendiarism. It is said that upon looking int, the room where the fire originated, a large stove near the stairway was found to be red hat from the fuel it contained. The fire may bare caught from this stove end therefore an accident. But the evidences of termer attempts to fire the building were so plain that naturally the firet.thought was that It was the work of an incendiary. This may eventually—if it is possible to die. cover the cause—!?rave to be true, but it Is well to give this theory of acre tantel fire also —Thursday's Ezpress. 'OPENING BE, THE READING AND COLUMBIA R AILFIOAD —Mondiy next will be one of Columbia's day's of note. On that day the trains will commence their regular trips over - the Reading and Columbia Railroad, between this place and Manheim. This opening of the road has been loqg delayed by various adverse dream “anees, and now :Only part of the finished line will be thrown open to t , ale and travel. In a short time the road will be completed Litiz, when, We undenkand, a formal o;ening, with excdrsion, will come off. The Company have procured a'handsoto e. first-class passenger ear, built by Messrs. Ilgenfritz 4 White, of York, with iz !itch they will commence their trils to and from our neighboring borough. Mr. E. Ilershsy,,otthe Pennsylvania Railroad, will be con doctor on the nevi- ro id, and will doubtless prove the gentlemanly conductor ” in every respect. Robert Crane, Esq , is auperiuten tent of the road, and in him the com pany have a mane, first-rate ability and known integrity. The Company hav,i ‘ chosen their cfficers with discrimina tion.—Scaurday's CN limbic, Spy. .• A CHRISTMAS, PREDICTION.—ChriStMaS this year fell on Thurediy. An old tradition, published runny years ago, and now'-in the keeping of the British Museum. contains the follow., 4 ng as to the matters to transpire the year succeeding a e,hristmas on Thursday: If Chriatl nes on Thursday he, A windy. winter you shall see. Windy vVemher in each week. And hart tempests strong and thick. The summer she , ' be good and dry, Corn anti beast 81.11 multiply; That yeir is good for lands to till: Rings and Princes shall die of skill. Ifs chill born on that day shall be, It shall happen right well for thee-- Of deeds he shall be good and stable, Wise sitipeech and reasonable. Whoco Oat day gem thieving about, Shall be ), , unished'vvithorit a doubt; And if e:ekness that day betide, It shall. 4uickly from thee glide. LET US UNL , ERSTAND EACH OTHER The Philadelphia Press, to-day, which is presumed to Speak for the Administration, says, in referet.ce to New York and New York politicians : "The count: of the Administration in ar resting traitors: will be governed by the cir cumstances that controlled it in other times. If the danger should again demand the sum mits, arrests cf traitors in New York, they will be arrested." If by " Traitors " the Press means Demo crats, or Old Line Whigs, or conservatives, in . 1 New York,—they will not be thus arrested, or if arrested, they ivita. BE LIBERATED, by the whole:posse comitalus of the Democracy of the State, if necessary, 300,000 men in arms,— and New Jersey to stand by us,—with more than half of Connecticut, now. It is well to understand each other, if these things be de signed.—.N. E Express. CONVICTED,—In Hardin county. Ohio, at the recent term of the Common Pleas Court, Henry L. Wilson, charged with the murder of James Owens, a former resident of that county, was tried, and a verdict of murder in the second degree found against him, and he was senten ced t 6 imprisonment in sa e Penitentiary for life. During the trial the prisoner seemed perfectly indifferent as to his fate, and when the sentence was pronounced by the Judge, he replied, very coolly, "Bully for you, Judge !" For The Intolllgureer . WILL THE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY RESTORE PEACE TO THE COUN TRY 1 Mamas. Roman: From the very beginning of Mr. Lin coln's Administration there has been manifestly a studied effort to impress the public mind with the idea that he meant to be conservative. The semblance of a proper re gard for the Compromises and the Constitution gave the Administration a prestige in public favor, which - secured the-confidence of the people, fora time at least, and sur rounded it with the needful conditions to establish for it a respectable political' states. This seeming honesty of purpose yielda however to the real principles underlying the Republican programme, and as perplexities and diffi culties accumulated, foreleg a development of the cardinal points in their policy, it became apparent that they could not succeed in maintaining a conservative exterior, and at the same time allow an ultra Abolition element to control their acts. Their professions of an bonesteffort to restore the Union and enforce obedience 'upon tbe seceded States to Consti tutional requirements, and thus maintain the integrity of the Government, served an admirable purpose so long as they were gathering together an army. and preparing to enforce their Abolition schemes. They were especially careful to frown down any idea that they meant to Inter fere with the institutions of any of the States, or to en force a policy which would In the least ignore any of the guarantees of the Constitution. "Old Aloe's" honesty and conservatism became a proverb; and yet every official act of his Administration, which had a bearing Goon the ques tion of our National troubles and sectional difficultiea. was characterized by the most ultra Abolition COO Emile of their party - This palpable discrepancy can only be accounted for upon the wore of a criminal duplicity assumed and designed to secure the co-operation of the people of the North in the only consistent purposethey ever held—that of universal emancipation. To accomplish this it required close reckoning and adroit and subtle management They were confronted with many barriers and difficulties which required removal The great Democratic party WAS In the way, Abolitionism was exceedingly unpopular with the m 5.00 of their own party. The Constitution acknowledged Slavery, and it was rot safe in these circumstances to risk a demonstration toward a prosecution of their pat project of freeing the Negro, re. moving the distinction of the races, and inaugerating a system of social and political eauallty throughout the land. The Democracy was to be propitiated by mobs, marshals, bastiles and forte. The !gag law was introduced to uncle patriots of them. and to, force them into a eorvice entirely foreign and to meet of them absolutely repugnant. The second point was to be reached by strategy. The North must be reconciled and united, the unsophisticated public mind moat be appeased; to effect which honesty must be held up as the predominating ingredient ;n the lup they were compelled ty drink; whilst military necessity was to be the bold master-stroke by which the Constitutional bar riers were to be surmounted. Their strategy was for awhile entirely successful. Eat having fairly won the elephant. they were sorely puzzled to know exactly whet to do with him. The rebellion was not crushed In sixty days as was promised, nor Slavery abolished as they fondly hoped and anticipated. They found. in the desperation of their cause. that this was the only time when Abolitionism had a ghost of a chance of success, and accordingly threw off the mask and revealed their ebony visages; they have now thrown themselves into the dark waters of radicalism, and are rapidly drifting to ruin and destruction, their manifest destiny, as a party. Among the most prominent of the devices and dogmas to which they resorted, In order to deceive the people and retain their power, wad the absurd position that a procla mation of universal emancipation must be resorted to as the only effectual way of suppressing the rebellion. The logical force of this argument can only be predicated upon the basis of a thorough and absolute extermination of all the people of the South, and the wiping out of every opposing turbulent tenor, so as to leave the settlement of the question to them alone. For so long as there is a vigorous and powetfol army is the field rinposiog the party and the Administration on t h e very subject of emaneips [lon, It Is scarcely presumnb'e that thoquvetion is umiorlded eoritteh to make It discretionary alone for Mr. Lincoln nod -• his advisers to offer the alternative, and thereby with MI3 ER eagle proclamation effect snore than the whole army could do ta a year and a half's hard fighting. The very means they reirrt to have given the °frolics, and added power and unity to the cause of the South and t arty that the same means, in a much stronger dose, will effect the cure and produce reconciliation is vain and nu gatory. It la about as sane as to argue that the flames of a burning building can be extinguished by the use of a huge bellows to blow the fire out If the operations of government are the creatures of cor rect principles and laws, and the science of government contains the elements of organic life, how can there opera- tions and that life be reseuel from the impending ruin. the agitation of Abolitionism has brought open tlom, by a more vigorous exercise of the same infamous principle? The position is false andfoollsii, but adroitly 'trod by the Abolitionists to gull the people, and ensnar e lob, its sup port those who are not booked as to the political Iniquity of a party which has deco more friary to the Government and the Union, and the moral status of ills Negro race. In the asst two years, than the unmoleeted Invitution of Slavery could possibly do In a century. or hes dime nine the Deelaration of Independence was written. No sane min will seek to appease hie injured neighbor by repeating the insult. and vet this iv Precisely what the Emancipation Proclamation means. The Government must possess the slaves, however, before they can dispose of them as is pro. pined by this absurd and ridiculous policy. If the Administration really desire a r.e nstructinti of the Union—a proposition which ....are some'lo i freleitel to doubt when we contemplate their method of conducting the machinery put in operatihn for that purpose—and settlement of the difficollies now distracting the crioo;iv, it must seek to eradicate the bitter ferlint: nt m Mom ity its policy has engendered, rather than aggravate it to a bitterness of infinite intensity. The proclamation to claimed to be a war measure. Thr have been war measures in operation for nearly two years of much more pra-tieal force and power, and the end ism t yet. If the sword can c nquer a peace, so let It be. Bi t Is it not to he feared that after the proclamation is in fall force there will be much more noel for the use of that in strument than before? Ile 'chat rii , aps, then. do we sunpoon that a settlement can be ..fidott d, urdesg it to gain the off of the Blares. itnnlieu to servile insurrection in the lsr,rt tha tolerney, and surrounding it with a well appointed armt we thereby o-ek Ills extermination of ihe whole w hi's roce of tho South This is Ills only conidusion—horril Is a+ it i+, b.r it can only be desired by fiends incarnate—to which their borio brines no u+. and It onset of course be regarded as the loot for t h e Republicans, and if they fail in it, it is to ho loped they will resign and alkw the people to sottlo the quarrel by putting crucible rulers in their stead. January let, 1063. HIGH-JINKS." The Boston Post, of January 1, says : " The colored people of Washingtunsqualid contrabands and all—or such as itze rit—effen sine with the small pox—will hold 'high- . j inks' to day in honor of the Pope's bull against the comet.'" And so they did, as Asa find by the follow ing authentic account in the Philadelphia New Year's at the Contraband Camp. WASHINGTON,, Jan. 2, 1863. At eight o'clock last evening, about five hundred of the contrabands. at their camp, were called together by Mr. Nicholls, the su perintendent. Ms. N. explained to them the nature of the forthcoming proclamation, after which an original song on Lincoln's proclama tion wits The patriarchs among the contrabands, one after another, then related, in their peculiar style, their experience in Dixie: One descri bed his sensations when his youngest child was being sold into slavery. Another saw rebels in all directions but towards Heaven there he saw a hope of freedom. Another re minded his comrades that, in Dixie, they worked all day and gave no satisfaction, and compared it with their condition now.. lie had worked six months, and all he had made was his own, and he would soon be able to educate hiscbildren. "But bredren," he continued, " dont't be too bree. Lazy man can't get to Heaven." Another said, "I'm got a right to rejoice ; I'm a flee man, or will be in five minits." (It only lacked five minutes of twelve.) Another rejoiced that God had not let thd rebels submit to the laws until the proclamation was issued. Two minutes before twelve they all knelt in silent prayer. An oppressive stillness con— tinued for four minutes, when a prayer was offered for the preservation of the Union by the speedy overthrow of the rebellion.— They then sang an original " Hallelujah " song. The superintendent then informed them they were no longer slaves, that they were free men and women. One of the eldest replied. and congratulated his brethren that they were now men and women—not contrabands. John the Baptist, an old, colored, vigorous preacher, preached to them ftlom the 20th chapter in "Revolutions." RAILROAD ENTERPRISE The Pennsylvania Central Railroad will enter upon the business of the year 1863 with 212 miles of branches completed and in run ing order. They include the following: Downingtown and Wayne5burg............ {feat Chester Branch Cresson and Ebensburg Tyrone and Lock Haven Indiana Branch Hollidaysburg Branch Tyrone and Clikrbeld Philadelphia and Erie (Eastern Division) Philadelphia arid Erie Western Division Total in working 0rder_....... ... Philadelphia and Erie (unecmpleted)..../.. Main Line Pennsylvania Railroad It appears that the Pennsylvania Central Company by the first of July next (the time fixed for the completion of the Philadelphia and Erie Railroad,) will own or control no lees than seven hundred and forty-one miles of iron rail, extending to the county towns of nearly every county west of the Susquehanna river, tapping the coal-fields of Clinton, Mc Kean, Elk and Westmoreland, drawing an immense freight business from Chicago and the great West, and making the port of Erie entrepot for the trade of the. Lakes. With all this 'accomplished, however, the consummation will not have been attained. Other branches are designed. It has long been generally understood that arrangements have been effected by which the permanent interest, if not the control of other roads, such as the Cumberland Valley, Northern Central and Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago, have been secured. To what extent these achiev rnents are owing to the exertions of the lead ing managers, Mr. THOMPSON and THOMAS A. SCOTT, is well known to those familiar with the history of one of the greatest of modern railroad enterprises.— Village Record. . rrn. n CARRYING OWE THE DOCTRINE.—AuG .081 • 4/1 Post, of the 30th ultimo, says: " We understalad that His Excellency, the Governor, and the Massachusetts Secretary of State, dined with a colored friend in South street, on Thanksgiving day, and were sump tuously and elegantly entertained." COUNTING-HOUSE ALMANAC FOR THE YEAR 1863 I . I 1 11 a E. 7:2 E . , 3 JANUARY II I 1 11' 2 3 1 4 5 ,6! 71 8 9 10 11 1211314115,16 17 1 118119120 128129 21122123 24 . : 25126127 1 130 31 FEBRUARY 1; - 1 1 21 31 41 51 6 7 81 9110 11112 1 13 14 H 15116117 18119 20 21 1;22!23 1 24:25126 27 28 MARCH 11213141 51 6 7 1 1 81 9110111112 13114 Hl5 116j17118119 20 21 '122 '23124125 126 27 28 1129130131 1 APRIL 1 1 11' 2 3 4 5 , 6 1 7., 81 9 10 11 ,12113114115116 17 18 1 . 19120.21 22'23 24125 1126'27 123 ' 29 130 MAY 1 . 1 j 1 1 111 3, 4' 5 1 61 7 81 9 1& 11 1 1'113'14 15116 117118 19120121 22123 1124 , 25 I , 2612728 29130 131 1 i 1 JUNE 1 2 3 4 51 1 6 S i 9110. 11 12113 11 14:15'16117118 19120 L 21'2223 24125126 1 27. ,128129,301 1 JULY 11 2 31 4 H 5 6 71 81 0110'11 12 13'14115 16117'18 20 21122 23 1 24,25 26 27128 29130131 AUGUST , I 2. 3' 4 5 1 6 1 7' 8 1011.'12 13114'15 10 17;18;19.20 121122 23 24 25 26'27128129 ; 30'31 - 1 SEPTEMBER-.. ; 1,2; 3 4 5 6, 7' 8 9'10;11E12 13114,15, , 16 17i18119 20 21:22'23'24125 26 27:28.29130' 1 . 1 0 OCTOBER 15 IC) .1.1 .1,, DECEMBER t) 7 1 14 2t) 21 WASHINGTON, Jan. 1. By the President of the United Slates Arnerica A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS, on the 22d day of September, in the year of our Lord, 1962, a proclamation was issued by the President of the United States, containing, among other things. the following, to wit: That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord, 180. all persons held as slaves wit h,n any State, or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then he in rebellion against-the Unit,d States, shall be thenceforward and forever free, and the Executive It .Nernment of the Wilted States, in cluding the military and naval authority thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of such per sass, and Will do no act or nets to repress such per sons, or any of them, in any effirt they may make fur their actual freedom ; that the Executive wilt, on the first day of January aforesaid, by proclamation, designate the States and parts of States, if any, in which the people therein respectively shall then be in rebellion against the -United States; and the fact that any State and the people thereof shall, on that day, lje in gm- a l faith represented in the Congrms of the U nitid States. by meat h. rs chosen thereto at elections. wherein a majority of the qualified voters of such State shall have participated, shall, in the absence of strong countervailing testimony, be deemed conclusive evidence that such State and the people thereof are not then in rebellion against the United States. Now, therefore, 1, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, by virtue of the pourer in me vested, as Commander-in-Chief of the army and navy of the United States, in time of actual armed rebellion against the authority and government of the United States, and as a fit and necessary war measure for suppressing the said rebellion, do, on this, the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eighthundred and sixty-three, and in accordance with toy purpose -o to do, public ly proclaim, for the full period of ono hundred days from the day first above mentioned, order and desig nate as the States and parts of States wherein the people thereof respectively are this day in rebellion against the United States the following, to wit• Arkansas, Texas. Louisiana, except the parishes of Saint Bernard, Plaquemines, Jefferson, Saint James, Ascension, Assumption, Terrebone, Lafourche, Saint Martin and Orleans, including the City of New Orleans, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia, ex cept the forty-eight counties designated as West Virginia, and also the counties of Berkley, Accomao, Northampton, Elizabeth City, York. Princess Anne and Norfolk, including the cities of Norfolk and Portsmouth, and which excepted parts are for the pres ent left precisely as if the proclamation were not issued. And by virtue of the power, and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order and declare, that all persons held as slaves within the said designated - States and parts of said States are, and henceforward shall be, tree; and that the executive government of the United States, including the military and naval au thorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons ; and 1 hereby enjoin upon the people so declared to be free to abstain.from all violence, unless in necessary self-defence, and I re commend that in all cases, when allowed, they labor faithfully for reasonable wages. And I further declare and make known, that such persons of suitable condition will bo received into the armed service of the United States, to garrison forts, positions, stations and other places, and to man vessels of all sorts in said service. And upon this act. sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution upon mili tary necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of mankind, and the gracious favor of Almighty God. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to he arrived. Done at the City of Washington this first day of January, in the year of our Lord 1863, and of the Independence of the United States of America the eighty-seventh. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. By the President. WILLIAM H. SEWARD , Secretary of State. INAUGURATION OF GOVERNOR SEY MOUR. cF NEW YORK--HIS ADDRESS IlloRGAN , :; CONGRATULA TORY ADDRESS. ALBANY, January 2. Thee inauguration of Governor Seymour took place yesterday. After the oath of office had been administered, Governor Morgan delivered a congratulatory address, calling the attention of the now Governor to the highly prosperous condition of the State, and closing with some pertinent allusions to national affairs. ---.• • • • . The millions of people, he said, who are now aroused by imaginary wrongs to fierce passion, can not at once return to reason. Their resentment must have time to cool, and the delusion under which they are Acting to be dissipated. But the day must surely come when the people of the South will again own the same sovereignty, honor the same laws, and fight, under the same flag. At present we must use the sword. It cannot be sheathed until those now in rebellion shall lay down their arms, and the Constitution and laws have uni form sway. At the conclusion of Gov. Morgan's address, which was warmly applauded, Guy. Seymour delivered his inaugural address. Gov. Seymour thanked Gov. Morgan for the kind expression of his good wishes, and congratulited him on the able close of his administration. --- • • . Gov. S. said : I have solemnly sworn to support the Constitution of the United States, with all its grants, restrictions, and guaranties, and I shall sup port it. I have also sworn to support the Constitu tion of the State of New York. with all its powers and sights, and I shall uphold it. I have sworn to support the duties of the office -of Governor of the State, and, with your aid, they shall be faithfully performed. These Constitutions and laws are meant for the guidance of our official con duct and for your protection and welfare. The first lawrecorded for my observance is that deals.: log that " it shall be the duty of the Governor to maintain and defend the sovereignty and jurisdiction of the State." The most strict injunction of the Constitu tion is that the Governor shall take care that the " laws are faithfuly executed ;" and, so help me God, they shall be. lie would not dwell, on the present occasion, on our national affairs. " Our position as a State has been happily attended to by my predecessor. My views on the subject will be laid before the Legisla ture." While knowing that his position gave him little control over national affairs, he (Seymour) yet ven tured to trust that, before the end of his term of ser vice, the country would be again great, glorious, and united as it once was. SUIT PRICE:. - A merchant from the interi or of Mississippi describes the people as suffer ing great hardships. Cotton can be bought for Sc. per pound Confederate money. Large quantities have been burnt along the river banks, and for twenty mlies back, from Vicks burg•downward. Flour at Jackson, -Miss., is $4O per barrel ; coffee, $4 por pound ; tea, $l7 ; woman's shoes, $l5 .to $l7 ; men's, $25. THE PRESIDENT'S PROCLAMATION AT BOSTON. BOSTON, JAN. 2. The president's Proclamation was received and read at Tremont Temple last evening, when a mass meeting of colored people was being held, creating immense- enthnsiasm.-:- A Jubilee will also be held at the Maspnict Hall, commemorative of the Proclamation.
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