fantaoter 3nteUtgenter
GEO. SANDERSON, EDITOR.
• SANDERSON. Associate.
LANCASTER, PA., DECEMBER 22, 1863
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ling in the United eta and the °suedes.—
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is car authorized Agent for receiving advertisements, Isc.
OUR P I_, A_ 1:3- -
Now our flag to flung to the wild winds free,
Let it float o'er our falter land,
And the guard of Its spotless fame shall be
Columbia's chosen band.
"CLING TO THE CONSTITUTION, AS
THE SHIPWRECKED MARINER CLINGS
TO THE LAST PLANK, WHEN NIGHT
AND THE TEMPEST CLOSE AROUND
HIM."-DANIF,L WESTER.
SCALE OF ADVERTISING RATES
At a meeting of the Pabliehere of the City of Lancaster,
bold ou Friday, December 19th, 1563, the following scale
of advertising rates was adopted, to take effeot from and
atter January let, 18th:
ADVERTISING DEPA WPM ENT
Ecetteona ADVERTISEMENTs by the year, or fractions of a
year. in Weekly papers, to be charged at the rate of
$12.00 per square of ten lines. 10 per rent. lIITTRREd ou
the yearly rate foe fractions of a year.
REAL ESTATE, PERSONAL PROPERTY anti GENERAL ADVERT!,
ING to be charged at the rate of rents per line for
the Brat loßortion, and Four cents per line for every
subsequent Irlrertimi
PATENT MEDICINE;, 13ITTERR, AND ALL .Dlll.ll. ADVERTHE
IIENTS, by the column, half, third, 01 quarter
to be charged as follows:
One column, yearly, slon.fiti
One.half column, yearly flu 00
One third column, yearly 40. DU
One-quarter column, yearly, '.33 Ou
BOIINESB CARDS, yearly, not exceeding ton lines, slo im,—
Bue,iness Cards. fi lines or less, g.,10,
LEGAL NOTICES to he charged as fol:,ws:
Executors' Notice;
Administrators' Notices
Assignees' Notices
Auditors' Notices
All N , tics not exceeding ton lines, or le,s,
for three insertlOUE I ID!
LOCAL IsInTICES to be paid for at Ik. rote of ten. TREits par
line 10: the first insertion, and fire rents per line tar
every sub , •equent insertion.
BIDROPS, OR OPOCtAL NoTIcER —All advertisements preced
ing the Marriages or Markets to_be charged the same
rates as Local Notices .
MARRIAGES to be charged 25 cents each in the pap. r first
publi.blug the same. This item to take effect ou the
first day of February next.
OUITUABS NOTIFIES to be charged at advertising rates.
TRIBUTET OF Itceruco, RESOLUTIONS, &c, to b, charged to
cent: per Hoe.
COMMUNICATIONS setting forth the claims of individuals for
" office, he., to ho c i /firged 10 cents per Ilne
ANNOUNCEMENTS of names of candidates CO 'cc., to
be charged no followd:
For Senator
For Assembly
For Sheriff, ri 00
For Prothonotary, 5 00
For Regleter 5 00
For Recorder, ", 0 I
For Treasurer 5 00
For Clerk (Mart, SorslOon, 300
For Clerk Orphanel c oor t, 3 ,
For Cornmeolener. 3 oo
.r :he 0, o-, 030
For Prioo., InFp,l4l, 35u
This foa 10 be !god is Advuoce, and if o!t.:te2 ,l• 12
r ales to I, rharr,-d.
December nth, the 00,e Scheocoe Pricas wa - r
unanimously adopted by the undersianed. Putdisto.rs
the City of Lancaster, to;
.INO. A. 111 1'.,1/1411/1 .
II ENT.
,11)11N Bk
GE..). SAND
N. A WPId E, /laity & ,
WM. It W I LEY ,lob Prin,r.
E 11. TIIOM
Pay Up! Pay Up!
The price of white paper is now
double what it was a twelve-month
ago, the cost of all the materials
used in a printimr, otlicc have in
creased from twenty-live to fifty p , r
cent. in the same time, and now, to
cap the climax, the Jour printers in
this city Love struck for higher
wages ; and compel us m pay them
an increase of v,..i , 2;es to the amount
of about thirty-three per cent.
Such is the condition of the. pah
fishers of newspapers at the present
time in this city, and, in order to
keep our heads above water. it is
absolutely necessary that the amount
due on our books should be collect
ed as speedily as possible. We are
therefore engaged in making out
our accounts till the Ist of January,
J 864, and shall expect a proper re
sponse on the part of our patrons.—
City subscribers will be waited on
by a Collector in the course of a iew
days, and throughout the comity as
fast as we can ,et them ready. In
the mean time, we should be grati
fied if as many as possible would
call at the office and pay up, or re
mit by mail or otherwise the amount
of their indebtedness.
From and after the Ist of January
the terms of subscription will lie
rigidly adhered to, viz: $ . 2 in ad
vance or within six months : after
which $2.50 will be charged in every
case. And from and after the 15th
of February we shall strike from the
list every subscriber two years and
upwards in arrears, and place the
accounts of delimiuents in the hands
of a Magistrate fiu• collection. We
shall pursue this course reluctantly.
but necessity compels us, and. having
this timely notice, no one will have
any reason to complain.
The Publishers in this city have
also deemed it absolutely necessary,
in view of the large increase in la
bor, materials and paper, to adopt
a new schedule of prices for adver
tising, which will be found above.
These prices will be strictly adhered
to in all cases.
The Delaware Election
The Delaware GazOte again ad
verts to the recent Con , ressional
election in that State, and shows by
the official returns that, notwith
standing the military interference at
the polls, Mr. Smunras was not
chosen by the popular voice, taking
the results of several of the late
elections as data. For instance. a
year ago Governor CANNON received
8,155 votes, and Mr. TEMPLE, for Con
gress 8,051: whereas Mr. SM FELLERS.
whole vote is only 7,963. Had the
Democrats of the State been per
mitted to vote, as they (lid not, Mr.
BROWN would have been elected by
a handsome majority.
Re-Capture of the Chesapeake.
The Chesapeake, recently captur
ed by rebel pirates, was re-captured
on Friday last by the U. S. steamer
Ella and Anna, in Sambro harbor,
off the port of Halifax. All but
three of the crew escaped.
A CeNTSNARIAN.—An old lady, Mrs. Chris
tiana Crain, died in Carlisle last week, aged
100 years, 11 months and 20 days 1
THE WAR NEWS. HR. ROLLINS' RESOLUTION.
Riobmond papers of Wednesday have been The following resolution was offered in the
received at Fortress Monroe, by the flag of House of Representatives, on the 16th inst., by
truce boat frcm City Point. They contain Mr. ROLLINS, of Missouri. It is substantially
telegrams from Charleston, dated on the 11th, the Crittenden resolution adopted by Congress
which state that twelve shots were thrown in- in July, 1861, just after the first battle of Ball
to the city on the previous night, at intervals Run, and to:which the Administration was
of three hours, but that the damage was trill- pledged, though the pledge haii 'long since
ing. About 9 o'clock on the morning of the been broken. The radicals, through Mr.
11th Sumter took fire. The fire destroyed the LOVEJOY, made an effort to kill it by a motion
outer timber work of the Southwest angle; to lay it on the table, but were signally
some ammunition was also destroyed. There defeated. When it comes up again, we have
were ten killed and thirty wounded in the no doubt it will give rise to an interesting and
fort. The Federal land Lotteries opened exciting debate:
heavily on the fort during the fire, and were Resolved, That prompted by a just patriot
replied to from Moultrie and the land batter
ism, we are in favor of an earnest and success
ful prosecution of the war, and that we will
success
iee. A dispatch of the 12th states that eleven aru i . e n h d hearty
willbe m
suppe,a,,trt
effectiveto all
in
those
shells were thrown into the city that day,
save
a measures wh
several of which contained Greek fire, which speedily overcoming the rebellion and in se
burned for fifteen minutes after the explusi )v, curing a restoration of peace, and which may
A dispatch of the 14th says that the fire at t no n t d su t b e stantiallyi h nfringe the Constitution and
subvert tetr a u n e d th w e e or h y er a e n b d character
Sumter was purely accidental. It has been of the Government;reiterate, tm abe
en
extinguished and the fort was as strong as that the present deplorable civil war V:
before it occurred. On the 15th matters re forced upon the country by the disunionists
mained pretty much the same—firing was
in revolt against the Constitutional Govern
still kept up on the city, and although several n u, i r e e n z.s t : t ia .i n a i t a at g h a e ll pr fe e e g i r t e n ss ge o e f f t m he er war Con
e
houses had been struck, no one was injured. 'Or ' resentment, banishing
will recollect only its passion
y lo t n o
There was a rumor at Nashville on the 15th the whole country ; that this war is not waged
on cur part in any spirit of oppression nor for
instant that Gen. Sheridan, commanding the
any ,rtiep
purposearn purpose of
of u conquestsubjugation. terthn o t r winoerinte f nor
or
column in pursuit of Gen. Longetreet, en- f
countered the Confederate rear guard east of with the rights . or established ' institutio e n r s in o g f
Knoxville, and sustained a heavy repulse, in those States, but to defend and maintain the
supremacy h of the Constitution and to preserve
which Gen. Sherman is said to have beenwith all several Staten
equality and
badly wounded. The rumor was not goner i
rights -'
n o o f r, ' t
the unimpaired; that
ally credited at Gen. Burnside's headquarters, as soon as these objects are accomplished the
but it is said to have been traced to several war ought to cease.
distinct sources. Mr. LOVEJOY'S motion to lay the resolution
on the table was disagreed to by the following
The Richmond papers of Wednesday con
tain late intelligence from TennesSee. A vote :
Bristol telegram of the 12th states that the A,YhEie4S—
ßMerenr . Beaman, Allison, Ames, Anderson,
axßroe maelalmBonl,e,Blo:Lwv,isH(ollcatwlelli
Dixon,3od,
news from the front hi: decidedly encouraging Brand Y e ' ger,
ti D o o o n e n:ll ,rs, li D oo umont, Eckley, Eliot, Garfield
to the Confederates. Their cavalry were :It, (m l c u h tc .. h ) kizs o , a ll n ubta cni rd , , y .T e u ar l:
Morristown, and the Federal f rtes are re- inn, Kelley, Grinnell ,ellogg?,
parted as retiring
since General Longstreet .I, l 7 , e r j s oy i, M'Lurg, ziort M o ' ; 1. 1, 1 d ei o l e i , Moorhead, p Myers A.,
Spaulding, a.„ ) Ortla , s
Tz Perham, vuNs
placed Cumberland Gap in front instead of his Pomeroy; ' Rice, Sch ' enck, Sloan, C
I N ip h t a o l n e , y, V l T lde l:a V nburgh, Washburne, (Mass.,)
rear. Generals Longstreet, Ranson and Vance
had consolidated their forces, and the f :rmer Nays—Messrs. Allen J. C., Allen W. J., Ancona,
was confident that he could hold the c untry. ta la il i e r y i . I .l.l, l l l w a in ) , l cM lis i s oh ß , r ) oo ß k a s ldli o n w , ( AM. Ns ~ ) Blain,
len s Clark A. W. Clay, Cobb, Coffro , th, i Ll Ch C a r n a - -
Gen. Vaughn's e onmand had al,: succeeded
vans, ,
3.,i Creswell,Dennison,
, E,l - Davis, n . 6 . ,l d ld e . r ,) to D n Dawes,
idHaewr,lpe
i n joining the main body. A Bristol telegram
Griswold,
Fenton, Finck,Franck, g Gan en, Crider,
of the 14th says that the main body of the
I H i a , l ) l, H lLa r r i d e i i i , ag il r g tt y rrii i o i g o t i o m n a ,
n ha i r i l
Cnnrederata army r,mains at H :dgersvilh, (Md s . w .) ol tar il it ' s i , e (
bard, )h (lowa.) ii Hutchins, Johnson, (Pa.,) Johnson,
where Gen. Longstreet had his headquarters
From the Army of the Potomac, the news Knap ) p ) , Low, asse o .La K ze c a ll r ogg l.e (N ßlon Y d i l ' o e n "a lda K llo in y g,
Marcy, ,4; Marvin,. M'Allister, M'Bride, g, M'llowe r ll,
is meagre and unimportant Some of thenezio,
Morris, (N.
... cii , , ) i. l)l. ) ill i‘ e i r o , r ( r P iB a o . ,, ,)
Federal cavalry still oceupc Culpepper, and Morr e il u l
p N e e n ls d o i n e , to, N , ob p l e e iT Ode i ! i l i, O'Neill, tdfr (Ohio,) i Patterson,
the pickets extend several miles hey 0,1 that
Randall, Sliy : ,) y itice, ( ' Mass .) tobiannsodnall,R(oPsna ,)
Rollins, (N. H.,) Rollins, (M 0.,) Ross, Schofield,
There are reports front \Vashingt a t the Scott. Shannon, Smith, Sinithers, Stebbins, Steele,
effect that Confederate pickets had appeared 'N.; Steele , (N.J
Stiles, rous e
Scent, 'Thayer, VOorheesvdsworh ' yor
at Acquia Creek, and that the gunboats Cur- Elijah, Washburn, (LILO Webster, Wheeler,
White
ratuck and Anacosta had been fired into on t Chilton A White John W., Wilson, Winfield, Wood
Fernando, Woodbridge-11t.
the Rappahannock by Confederate batteries.
Mr. MORRILL, of I'Ol - 1113rit, moved to refer
the resolution to a select committee an the
The report of the Commissioner of Internal subject of the rebellion ; but Mr. WASH LH: RN,
Revenue is a document of considerable of Illinois, expressing a desire to debate the
length. It intimates at the outset that the proposition, it lies over under the rule in such
tax-law will require important modifications eases.
to adapt them to the needs of the Govern- Mr. Cox, of Ohio, wanted t(,: know when its
ment, as they are ascertained, and to the consideration would be reached, but the
settled condition of public and social affairs, Speaker replied that he could not inform him.
when that condition shall be restored. But
it is deemed unwise to recommend radical THE PRESIDENT'S SCh EME.
changes at present, but he suggests certain The Albany Atlas says : The terms upon
alterations with a view to the increase of the which President Lincoln proposes to receive
revenue, some of which are as follows: the people of the seceding States are:
1. The secessionists must give up their arms
The imposition of a tax upon malt, or a jus
and surrender their property in slaves, and
dici,us enlargement of the tax upon malt make no claims to their other already c„infis
,rs to ill 50 per barrel. A tax of two cared property.
cents on artificial mineral waters, soda waters, `) The loyal citizens must relinquish all
sarsapai;lia waters, tad other beverages of property in Slaves.
like kind usually sold in b, ttles :of two 3 Both loyalists and submitting secces
cents per dozen if ;it half it pint or lees ; of sionists must swear they approve and will
four cents for th of a pint : a con - per hot
,ustain all the Confiscation and Emancipation
tie of larger capacity ; sold in any other tray, acts of Congress, and all the Proclamations
five per cent. ad sal ;rem ; increase ;if tax on of the President, present past and t ; come !
aueti. per cent : When one tenth of the people shall take
tax on slaughtesool ;lo;roali "F 30 cent' a this oath, they shall govern the other nine
hcad ;ts horne i cattle mr? Cole eight weeks tombs : and shall be entitled . make new
mstitutions, excluding, if s; disposed, all
o'•; andles. aloi •'t tea ;;;;:os ex- ,thers trom the exercise of the rights of eiti
ceedit .5 1 WH•j.:lt. ' lllO The pre,,i,ient offersto su „„,i. , b y
rr tio , oiisns or tmoo!;;"'or'' , ' 'fl• the Arniy, the one-tenth, in their authority
smiled bv pi; :'lacers or 0; omt . .;;•torers,
aver the rest of the people.
; ert'o'o , c mmercial -; altos, and:sic,: The bastard States shall be entitled to vote
;old be t da I ' l ' at the next Presidential election—and to vote
the tax on the sale of lottery tickets. A tax f. u. Lincoln's re-election
on the tonna! , c n•ceipts and the dividends of This scheme is considered a sure method to
ti , t; ear and g protract the war, and pr-long the reign uf the
;inremies. A t,,x of :1 twentieth ~f one per present dynasty of Shoddy.
ceot. un sales at Brokers' B ,ard,. Indeed the President confc.
The Commissioner thinks iliat even the
ad .ption of all his roc:lnae:id Lti , ns will net
suffice to raise the revenue to a hundred and
Tie adds, h)wrver, th it the
required sum porhaps. he produced liy
two p
nt. .rn
era! mtinufac;rures ‘t . Til,
of e SfatfA al, Out six an d tw,
tsventy,evi.nth:
llt. On the
I. ‘ Ci tin
, fit.'W
13=1=131
Tiar; :,:.if Seer War 911
that during the pa , t cea tha army Loon
nupplied with 1 577 field, singe nr,,l
1,082 841 mu-kets and id:. f,.r
, oldiers : 282.:.:189 carbine= :ord. Tostols I r
mounted troop=; 1.295, 600 eannon halls and
hells : 48 719,8112 1. , U 11•16 of lead and lead
1,435,046
259.022.216 cartrili,es IT -will arm.: 347,-
276,470 percussion frie,tion
primers: 5.764,76,5 p 919.
076 sets A Ree,Ati•Anertl- , 4.r men: 94,679
t•et , aso :remeritk fir cavalry 1! .rse•i; ?tpd
3,281 s.cts of artili.(
artiolvs th , narion
two h07;,,F,
Secret: remarks that
• Emote
S -P2 31%1,311,21
our vol,.infuoturer
11111011 aen, - ; acd :.tuniuniti,r., that our
are willing
csi.i,h listen inirK,7ted. " adds,
"thy made durM,_
au. 'im, , reve the mtteufa,mrt
sated gret,t
t the couritr:. peaao a well
as war. Arneog the arts - ,hus hnpr ,v.d is
the mannEloturo ~f
i , tb { c aicic•= i it
and ,11 , 1 , 71 unti: 1 . 1,e ureF•
en t year, sus depende , l upon th,se
for in t.; make gon-barrel,,,
c tires and :etoitring
ir f tine quality. Lop 4.1 ~ 1.2, pro
du'im
abr.. n
MIME
Arany e , uif.rae:.ics prdi
paeity and ecound.relisnt, would sul.terre their
physiell comfort and general interests. both
in this w. rid and the nest, by lettin; . .; th•e
ample John K. Stetler, late of :heir fra-
tcri ity, have a -proper influence upon their
conduct. Stetler, in violation of Mm e ,ty en d
his ow ro agreement to furnish the army with
poando of pure Rio coffee, undertook
t make a :ortune, at the cost of poisoning the
s bdiers by fin Moiling au adulterated and vile
compound, which would hear neither the test
of human stomachs, or the severer ordeal of
a chemical analysis. The Government. :Ton
the discovery of the shameful knavery, caused
Stealer to be arrested, and his ease having
been submitted to the entumary arbitrament
of a Court Martial, resulted in the sentence
of th e Fiedler to five }core' imprisonment at
Albany, :CC'S York.
CLARION DEDIOCRAT
B. Brown, formerly proprietor dud
editor of the Brownsville (FayeJe county,)
Times, has purehmed the interest of James
T. Burns in the Clarion Democrat, Al that
sound and able paper will hereafter be eon•
ducted by Alexander & Brown. We trust that
slimes beyond their expeotatiunsMay reward
the labors of the firm.
ly that he leeks ton preitraoina id the War
and he follows up the (tier of pretended
amnesty with this remark :
In the riliiFt f ether cares, however itn
mirtant. we meciai net leize sight iif the fact
li' War pOWtI ialiCe.
rarer alone eon we loc , k, ye! /;;;. a /lam,
c .ntilence to the people in the e
in
s'c.;.l re;4ions, that the insur4ent power will
not age in overrun them. Until that cacti
dence shall be established, little can be done
anywhere for what is called reconstruction.
Hence our chiefest care must still be directed
t ; the army und nary, who have thus fir borne
their harder part s;; nobly end well."
per
kir The newly elected Chaplain of the
11 use of Representatives is a Rey. Mr. Chart
ning. The Republicans generally wanted to
re-eleet Mr. Stockton, whose politics suited
but n"t ids religion. 13 ,th Mr. Channieg's
politios and his religion (Unitarian) suited the
New England portion of the House, atid ha
was p,r_ thr.iugh by the New England influ—
ent-I. .1 funny anecdote was travelling the
round as having recurred on the Republican
aide, Flu's:
t Mr. Chahning
Wig., is he ? What is he ? They say he no ,
-ounti on the (I,)spel, d“es not believe in
Eaqt , .,rn matter. lie Criend
e:!C 11 : , Ft for
'Il ncgro
Tile ,tril , eal vs as irresistible. Mr. (Mantling,
way
tiosir v,ttPs--suelf as hesitated on his
the,i lt,ing overwhelmingly convinced by
the superi,.r rett. , :n of his fidelity to the negro.
GENERAL .3YEADE ON Y,ATI ,
MOVEMENT.
The tolhwing i; an extract from :t letter of
General Meade to a friend in Newark, New
Jersey, written just before the last movement
of the Army of the Potomac:
Sw,Hcn, Norway
I am fully aware of the great anxiety in
the public mind that something should be
done. lam in receipt of many letters, some
from persons in high positions, telling me I
had better have my army destroyed and the
country tilled up with the bodies of the soldiers
than remain inactive. Whilst Ido not suffer
myself to be influenced by such communica
tions, I am and have been most anxious to ef
fect s•imething, but am determined, at every
hazard, not to attempt anything unless my
judgm ct indicates a probability of ace: th
plishing some object commensurate with the
destruction : f life necessarily iovolved. I
would rather a thousand times lie relieved,
charged with tardiness or inc..mpAcricv, tha n
have my conscience burdened with a wanton
slaughter, uselessly, of brave men, or with
having jeopardized the great eillEC by doing
what I thunght wrong."
The attention of our readers is r
fully invitei the advertisement of llessrs.
S. M. Ward & Cu., which will be found in
another part of this paper. We are personally
acquainted with the members of this firm, and
can vouch for their responsibility in all busi—
nese arrangements which they may make, as
we have a th.wough knowledge of their mer—
cantile integrity and their full ability to meet
all obligations. This notice, of course, is in—
tended for such of our readers as have us
acqueintanee with this firm ; to all who ho.,w
them, no recommendation will be neces,ary
—Army and Navy Gazette.
tar The sole groat objeots of this war are the
restoration of the unity of the nation, the preserva-
tion of the Constitution, and the supremacy of the
laws of the country —GEN. (}soars B. McCLELLear.
These are words tit to be inscribed on the conserva
tive standard in the coming Presidential election,
and he who holds aloft the standard bearing this in
scription or an equivalent one will lead the con-
servative hosts to victory. Mark the prediotion.—
Louii{rille Journal.
From the Newark Journal
THE TREASURY REPORT
The Report of Secretary Chase is a docu
ment of great interest. 'He shows that the
actual disbursements from the Treasury for
the year ending June 30th, amount to about
seven hundred and fifteen million dollars, of
which one hundred and eleven millions were
derived from customs and taxes ; thirteen
millions were on hand at the beginning of the
year, and nearly six hundred millions were
borrowed and added to the public debt.
The debt on the Ist of July last is given
at 51,098793 181 37 ; since which it has in
creased to about fourteen hundred millions.—
The debt on the Ist of July, 1864, is eszi
mated at nearly seventeen hundred million
dollars ; and on the Ist of July, 1865, at up
wards of twenty-two hundred million dollars.
The receipts. from internal revenue were
only $37,640,78795, while the Secretary's
es , imate of this source of revenue was 4e5.-
456,303 73—or more than double the actual
receipts._
the Secretary takes ground against any
further issue of the Government paper cur—
rency, as fraught " with evil consequences of
the most serious character." He says that
" additional loans in this mode would indeed
almost certainly prove illusory, for diminished
value could hardly fail to neutralize increased
amount."
The Secretary suggests that the limit of his
loan on call, or temporary deposits in the sub
treasury, now fixed at one hundred
be removed. The sum on deposit was re
duced during the recent pressure in the money
market to forty flue millions, where it now re
mains. He also calls upon Congress to pro
vide for borrowing on U. S. bonds three hun
dred millions for the remainder of this year,
and six hundred millions for next year, by
the re enacting of the act of last session' in
its substantial features.
There remain one hundred and one millions
of the five-twenty bonds to be negotiated,
which the Secretary thinks will probably all
be called for at par, or even at a :-mall pre
mium.
In endorsing his pet banks, the Secretary
takes occasion t 3 make a direct attack on the
State banks, and attributes the greater part
of the rise in prices and the difference between
notes and gold, to the large amount of State
bank notes in circulation, and he contends
that if these notes are withdrawn from use, i
mueli of the difference between coin and
United States notes would disappear.. In
other words, the State bank circulation is a
nuisance. and must be got rid of in some way
His explicit language and his recernmenda
tidn to enforce a tax of 2 2-5 per cent. a year
on such cireolari .n, shows that the blottint ,
out of these-banks has been full , ,determined
upon. lie also propo-c, t., repeal it r clause
which allows existing St Ite institutions to
share in any wav eneft's of the new
currency,— showing the fallacy of tits preten
sions that the two system: , c.tuld work har
moniausly together.
Although the estimve-; ,d the Secretary
the Treasury fur the presui! anti :utopeding
fiscal years are Lased upon the Washington
view of the apparently hopeful military situ
ai,rt of the c ,untry end the prospect of con
! thaw] suacess against the S n Cattle
eracy, it requires no very close scartiny Hunt
I the mysteries of the future tr, erca:e in the
mind of every man mu Minded 1 , 2;
prejudice, a reasonable scepticism in regard
to Mr. Chase's financial policy, and a little
investigation will show the rottenness of his
entire system. We presume that his state
ment of the vast expenditures and debt of
the North is correct :is far as it g ; but to
the 51,700,000,000 indebtedness of the ti wern
ment should be added the immense State in
debtedness on account of the IN ac—:ind the
vast destruction of property North and South
may well he placed to this account, as well
as the immense loss to the agricultural and
industrial pursuits of the country by the
withdrawal of over a million of laborers from
their usual profitable occupations. Then the
wholesale destruction of American commerce
by closing the ports of the South, and en
abling privateers to prey unmolested upon
our mercantile marine, must surely he set
down to the account of the war debt which
the people are called upon directly to pay.—
The Secretary, however, fails to allude to any
of these items, hut congratulates himselfthat
he is at least managing hio department with
a greater economy than he had awl d wed
We hove to dridiere to tihr;tc
debt of the North is co.da7; ih,
5j)000,11U0, while the .:n•h
heavily burdened in p 7,
and pn.dueing
But taking the
as he presents them, .1,1.1
which betok,no n ahio t 1 on
national ii.iinkrurcy. 'rho w ar.) , ,llat ,f
revenue receive,: ilorir,
placili; nt ''Sll.o,s99,iit
e3penilitureii WIT
at; rXt..e,ti Of OVe 7 .01 .
Well might Mr. Cobden, ho is
quoted by Administration
our best friends in England• s.t.y iii vsferemot
to such financial progress
" iThey are mistaken: . be
I1 1 ~+f;lilYl~l~-
think they car, carry on a civil vv.,. ilk:. this,
drawing a million men from productive in
dustry, and spendin , .C . 2nonii ono ~r j:2 1 0 , .
nun,tlll'lsterling. wi , nont ' , 1101.e
SO/40.0' a; ;OW, 0 0,1 0 011
purl qt lite community.
The am , unt to he paid a: interest the
public del.; I.r the present fiscal year is stated
ut SSD of'' 000, and it estimated Ilia , this
item of interest will in the .following rear
reach the snug little sum of ever
000, a sum equal to the ordinary expenditures
of the Government previous to the war Mr.
Chase admits that the further iti:We of green
backs being out of the question, !he average
rate of interest on the public debt meat here
after go un increasing with the augmentation
of the debt. It the whole delr were only
six millions, three millions being in legal
tender notes, one-half of it would draw no
interest. . But when the debt amounts to
twenty four millions only one-eighth of it will
be free from interest. It 1.2110ws from this
that, as the war goes on, the burden of taxa
' tion will increase. in 0 m ire rapid ratio than
the accumulation et :debt.
We are awate that the estionitos id Mr.
Chase are made upon the supposition that the
" backbone of the rebellion has been broken ;"
Lut if it should happen that. this opinion is
erroneous and that the Southern o:infedieraey
should show itself arable of a resistance
prolonged fur years beyond tt sanguine
hopes of the Administroti in. renderi r ngneed
nary an indefinite increase in the wa expon
ditures, what will become of the Secretam's
gigantic monetary schemes, which Le o.'w
regards as feasible and likely to ue circuit
mated with success and with very little dis
turbance to the financial in!ere.-t= if the
country
Da — A PCllnsylvauia soldier canted Ilawet.7,
who served through the Peninsular campaign
and was-subsequently dlieharge.: tic,- disabili
ty, waa tippinted sutler to the elnisinut llill
Neepitahbohio. Ile did his 6otv
fully, though in feeble health, and ;vat , !here
by enabled support a family dependent
upon hie Thi. disable: I , ohlier
recently received the folloaing
.11 ,, WER. U. GENERAL II , =PL I
P 111 lADELPUIA, Pa , Oct. 30, D.:63.
SIR : Having heard from Mr. Sands of the
Chestnut Hill Union C , mmittee. that you
voted the Democratic ticket and cxpressed
yourself inimical to the pecoent Government.
you ar hereby rouifiod that aker November
let, y u can no loner he a sutler to this
Hospital. By order of the Surgeon in chargo.
Very respectfully, your obedient servert.
TnimA4 C. BRAINERD. '
Assistant Sung. F. S. A., and Esec. (Meer.
MR HA IVEti.
This 'let tiiF i rrai any other Guve.n
ment but that V. hit'll ' , erat,:iv permits
111 , 4,iindb Of P 0 1 ,711., •,iFor ~nu :lic in th e
:cm):1, c t., the
infamy rf these 31T-tir6 and
perpetrate Quell - iitraizes np n its
REPUBLICAN POLICY.-1' will be recollected
that, a few months ago, th= Republican
all published a icier of ,h e
British Miol ter, molcit.g some. ) , tatements as
) the veiws and purl: of the Demoorats.—
Thcy thus mode him thit.i. aitnes.s, and they
therefore cannot object to his testimony.
testimony proves that the Republican ni,Hon,- j 3
) ) prolong the war. In a letter h hisV.).;rn
went, ho says:
" The political interests ,f tL arty inn
power render a continuance •,f a
necessity to it. I have indeed heard it main
tained that Great Britain should rerogoize
the independence of the South as soon as pos
Bible, with a vied to impede the success of
the efforts of the conservative party to recon
struct the Union."
A MERRY CHRISTMAS Is ail our patr.ris.—
May they one and all have the wherewithal to
spend it happily as in days of yore. May the fa
miliar old couplet,
Christmas comes but once a year,
And when it comes it brings good cheer,"
be theirs, religiously, socially, pecuniarily and
otherwise. May they live a thousand years," and
each succeeding Christmas be happier than those
which have preceded down the river of Old Time.
THE Wan BOUNTY MEETINH—S6OO BOUNTY.
—The meeting, called by the County Commission
ers, on Saturday last, to take into consideration the
offering of a bounty to fill up Lancaster County's
quota in the impending ConscripOm by volunteers,
was rather largely attonded by citizens from all
parts of the county. lion. A. L. Hexes was ap
pointed Chairman, and Maj. Axes SLAYMAHER of
ficiated as Secretary. After considerable discussion
and several amendments, the amount of $6OO, on
motion of linanv SHAFFNER, Esq., of Mount Joy,
was fixed as the, bounty to be offered by Lancaster
County. A number of prominent citizens stepped
forward and agreed to indemnify the Commissioners,
until the act shall be legalized by the Legislature.
I The amount which the Commissioners will have to
borrow will be nearly $1,200,000.
THE CITY WATCHMEN will be about wish
their Christmas Address on Friday morning. We
bespeak for them a cordial reception.
A GENER.A;6 DONATION —WM. M. BEETEM,
Eeq , Cashier of the Carlisle Deposit Bank, has par
chased one hundred cords of wood and donated it to
the poor of that borough. This is praiseworthy in
the extreme, and Mr. B. deserves great credit for
his liberality.
Would it not be well if some of our wealthy men
in this cay were to tkO:ovr the example or Mr. Bea-
TEM ? How much of suffering could they relieve by
such a course. The lit;cmANAN RELIEF FUND "
does a groat deal every winter, but much more could
be dune, if the same spirit that actuated the ex-
President and Mr. BEETEII were to take hold of a
half dozen or more of our wealthy neighbors.
INTERESTING LECTURES.-A-FEOLD the follow
ing correspondence it will be seen that Rev. G. 1).
CARRUW, of this city, has been solicited by a num
ber of leading citizens to deliver a course of four
lectures on •• The South American Spaniards and
their Country," which he has consented to do. Mr.
C. has delivered these lectures in several of the
neighboring cities and towns to large and interested
audiences. They cannot fail to interest all who may
attend. The correspondence is as follows:
LANCASTER, Dec. 15, 1863.
ltov. G. IL CARROW—Dear Sir. - Having heard
of your course of four lectures on •''The South Amer
ican Spaniards and their Country," delivered in
other places, and judging from your ample oppor.
tuniries for observation that they must abound with
interesting information, we cordially invite you to
deliver the same course of lectures in this city, at
such time and place as may suit your convenience.
Very respectfully, &c.,
SAML. H. REYNOLDS, GEO. SANDERSON,
UEO. M. KLINE, J. LANDIS,
II G. LONG, ISAAC E. MESTER,
A. L. !LAVES, Will. B FOEDNEY,
, A. BEER SAUTE, JAMES BLACK,
And others.
LANCASTER, lino. 1601, .1.663
Ur denten . In reply to your very kind favor of
the 15th inst. 1 have to say that it will give me
pleasure to comply with your request. Our thoughts
are unavoidably and deeply engrossed with the
great war which now devastates our country. In
view of this fact, it Ludy prove refreshing to turn
our attention, for a little while, to some of those
peaceful topics which lie within the domains of gen
eral literature.
A residence of several years in the Spanish-Amer
lean countries, extensive journeys through the
southern portion of the continent, and frequent in,
teruouree with all classes of the people, afforded me
the best opportunities fur acquiring information.—
The lectures embody tusaj , of the results of my üb ,
serration and experience. Providence permitting,
will deliver the first two of the course on Wednes
day and Friday evenings, January 6th and Bth, and
the last two oa the some evenings of the following
week, in the First 'Sletialist Church, N. Duke st.
Very respectfully,
Your obliged trim' and fellow-citizen,
(1. D. CAIi,ROW.
TILL CLIILDREN ' 6 I:l.l%agetS et
the Hume thankfully acknowledge the following :
Mrs. Catharine Eichelberger, sf,; Jno. Crawford,
lOU lbs. flour, 2 bush. corn meal, 2 bush. potatoes;
a friend from Enterprise, 100 lbs. flour and some
cabbage; (leo. B.athvon, some potatoes and meal;
Mrs. Gruel, some meat and beans, from Messrs.
Marshal, Nauman, Christ and Thackara, a hand
some yard for Christmas tree, with house, barn, 5:c.,
which hitd been on exhibition at the Episcopal Fair;
Casper Forrest, $1; from the Trustees of the Lan
caster Cemetery, a deed for two lots for the Home
Burying Ground; Mr. Bowers,-come apples; A. W.
Russel one quarter veal.
The above the managers very thankfully acknowl
edge, and it is with reluctance they come before;.,
publio to ask fur further assistance, but feel th,t it
is a duty whioh they, as managers, OVVO the Institu
tion in order to make the entldren more comfortable.
Through the kindness of ~ 1 1.101.10fItirS they have been
able to pureite, in 0(.6,1 for clothing for the chil
dren. but lind 'hat the wakirg at sixty suits if
boys clothe, is a,' small undenaking They have
not the means to employ a seamstress, and have no
more help in the '• Hume - than is necessary to do
the work and take care twenty-tioa sick children.
sick with measles, con:it:quint ly the clothing which
the children should Dow be wearing. have not yet
been made. What they no 1, want 15 money to pay
fortde waiting of the edit titrg some ladies ot
leisure prefer tusisieg of :hu h , th e y can get
them at the llama at auy tittle, We hope the above
will is immediately responded 0, , as thechildren arc
greatiy in teed oi _ i nto
As Christmas near ca have thought.
perhaps, come kind :fiends would Irks to send in
some • niee present ' it' they only kne a what is
needed; t ,, ench we could say, owing to the in
creased number of children, we aro greatly in need
of bedding a t.d if they have any conalurtables,
blankets, quilts, sc., to spare, they wilt be very Cc
! ceptable. We appeal to our friends in the country
more particularly. tar bedding and wood, and those
who have runt three articles to send, can, perhaps,
rend provisions. lloriatimis may be left at the Hume.
•K,. ,T '. , •1 NeI.MENT '.l
the Venango Sperialur, who In generally sound un
the goose and turkey queeidons, makes the following
deliberate and well-cuusidei:ed announcement:
We have carefully exam.ned all the orders from
the office of the Provost. Marslial lieneral of the
United States, and Stanton's maritffistos fur the last
nix months, and find uothlng iu either to prevent
any subscriber fruit furbishing an editor with a
turkey for Christmas. We state this fact fur the
benefit 0( fritters at large, and without any fowl
motives."
This will he glorious news to farmers and poul
terers. All they wanted was a chance to do the fair
thing in a jowl way; and now that the legality of
the thing has been su clearly demonstrated, we hope
to hear of the hearts and hen-poops of editors over
flowing between this time and Christmas. Query
Wouldn't the giving of turkies and other birds to
Democratic editors be considered by the Govern
ment" as „ furuishiog aid aid comfort to the
enemy?" Will some " loyal " subject of King
Abraham please answer?
N p•ES iIAVC rt`i - TiVed t rn
publisher, A. Winds, 505 Chesnut street, Philadel
phia, a copy of the "Old Franklin Almanac," for
the year 18134. almanac, in addition to the
usual matter contained in the calendars. Is filled
with useful information concerning the rebellion, li.
S. stamp and license regulations, and a variety of
other subjects of importance Price 15 cents
—We are indebted to T. B. Peterson ck Brothers,
306 Chesnut street, Philadelphia, for a copy of their
new war novel, written by Henry Aloribrd, and just
issued from the press, entitled " The Days of Shod
dy." It is a volume of nearly 500 pages, and we
have no hesitation in saying that the sensation
likely to be created by this work will be a decided
one. It will be remembered that the previous novel
of the saute series. "Shoulder Straps," handled
without gloves the gentry in blue and brass who
walk the streets of our Northern cities and towns,
without using their opportunities to further the
oause in which they engaged, while it also involved
a story iitireret of the most absorbing character.—
The new volume. '• The Days of Shoddy," deals
heavy blows at the whole brood of " shoddy con
tractor's" and other governmental swindlers. and a'
the great mass of official incapables who have so
paralyzed and perplexed the " War for the Union."
A vast number of current celebrities are introduced
to the reader; and among the interesting features
or the book will be found a history of the Ellsworth
Fire Zouaves, and a graphic picture of the first bat
tle of Bull Run. Price One Dollar.
--liodey's Lady's Book for January, 1864, is now
on our table, handsomely embellished and full of
choice reading. The Fashion Plate is superb. and
cannot fail to be peculiarly attractive to our lady
friends, whose favorite GODEY always has been. Its
cash terms, in advance, are as follows :
Ono copy, one year. $3. Two copies, $5. Your
copies, $7. Five copies, and an extra copy to the
person setding the club, $lO. Eight copies. and an
extra, $l5. Eleven copies, and an extra, $2O.
Now, then, is the time to get up your clubs and
send on your subscriptions, so no to commence with
the New Year.
—The January number of Peterson's Magazine is
a magnificent issue both in the number and beauty
of its engravings and the excellence of its literary
contents. The terms are only $2 per annum, iu ad
vance, and if the number before us is a fair speci
men of what is to cLuie during the present year, we
can safely say that Peterson's is one of the cheapest
and best publications of the kind anywhere issued
from the press. Now is the time, with the com
mencement of the New Year, to subscribe.
A TRtiu. f 14,11. CT.—A a no•etir:
the Elizabethtown Teachers' Union Institute, held
on the 12th of December, the following resolutions
were unanimously adopted:
WHEREAS, It has pleased the All-Wise Ruler of
all things to call from our u3ici4t our esteemed friend
and fellow Teacher, David R. Gingrich, into the
never-ending eternity; therefore
Resolved, That the Teachers of Lancaster county
have lost a warm and ardent supporter of the noble
work in which they are engaged.
Resolver', That while humbly submitting to the
decrees of Divine Providence, we are constrained to
accept this bereavement with bearfelt sorrow, be
cause of his professional worth and earnest endeav
ors in the promotion of the rising generation.
•Resolved, That we extend and mingle our ten
derest sympathies with those of his parents, who are
left destitute of all earthly hopes, and will love to
cherish their familiar names In our hearts and mem
ories with feelings of profound pleasure.
Resolved, That these , zresolutiona be inserted in
the School Journal and papers of Lancaster city,
and copies be Bent to the parents of the deceased.
By the Committee : J. F. KLUGH, H. T. SauLTz,
FREDERICK OLDWEILER.
se.. Travelers should always be provided
with a Bps of Bryan's Pulmonic Wafers, at
this season of the year. They relieve coughs,
colds, sore throats, and hoarseness, in ten
minutes after use, and effect a rapid cure.—
See Advertisement.
1 , k1:0:‘ , 5‘TA , 0:•64:4:4141):Vt
Summary of the Receipts and Payments at the State
Treactry, from the la day of December, 1882, t o
the 30th day of Noneolher, 1863, both days in
lu rice :s
[Prepared at the Office of the Auditor General.)
RECEIPTS.
Lands $18,457,03
Anction Commissions.. 14,532,45
Auction Duties . 39.,065,37
Tax on Bank Dividends 223,299,66
Tax on Corporation
Stock..... 430 622,90
Tax on Reel and Per
sonal Estate, includ
ing 1 mill tax 1,733,401,91
Tavern License= 215 26.1,09
Licenses, ... 192,347,11
Peddler,' Licenses 1,166,10
Brokers' LiCCCE.?S ...... 9,200,75
Theatre, Circus, and
Menagerie Licenses.. 2.136,90
Distillery and Brewery
Licenses 7,558,91
Billiard Room, Bowling
Saloons, kc , Licenses 4'657,53
Eating House, Beer
House, ac., Licenses. 16,266,42
Patent Medicine Lieen-
Ceq
Pamphlet Laws
Militia Tax....
Millers' Tax 661,68
Foreign 'insurance Agen
eie 41,1380,74
Tax on Writs, Wills,
Deeds, c.,.. ......
Tax on Certain Offices
Collateral Inheritance
Tax
61,729.98
12,42 ,b 25
187,002,39
Tax on Enroluient of
Lairs
Premiums on iharters.
Wyoming Canal Co.,
Bonds Redeemed.... 181,000,00
Tax on Tonnage Com
mutation of
Banks Paying Interest
Equivalent to Coin..
Escheats.
Free Banking System..
Dividends on Bridge
Stocks
Pennsylvania Railroad
Company, Bond No.
8 Redeemed. ....
Accrued Interest
Refunded Cash, Ordi•
nary ..... 1.779,03
Refunded Cash Military 9,708 48
Tax on Loans 147,758.31
Interest on Lollla3
Annuity for Right of
Way
6 810 00
15 6 ,88
360,000,00
100,000,00
12 °RI 12
Finds and Forfeitures.
United States Govern
ment
Tax on Brokers and Pri
vote Bankers
Fees of the Publie Otil-
36,2 L
Miseellaneou.i I Cases el
Conseivuool. . .
Balance in the State
Treasury, Nov. 30,
1862, available...
Depreciated Funds in
the Treasury, uu
available
,172,S -14,10
EN PS
EXpetize,l , ut Gusorn
Went
d,ts
Military Expenses, or
dinary.
Pennsylvania Volun
Leers in the late war
win Mexico. ....
Military Expenses for
defence of the State
end Union per act
of May 15, 1861....
Military Expenses for
defence of the State
and Union per act
of April 16, 1662,
and paid out of the
appropriation of
May 15, 1861.....
Military EXpOPFO'
defence &c.. per tel
of April 11,
mid paid out of the
appropriation of
: 1 1 1 :y 15, 1861
E: u, I:Nl),J:it's far
123,,. 7
•'&e.. per a,
,' A pri! 22,
❑ , i puLi out ,j tug
EIRESSI
la 7 15. 1561.,
l'ai , ions ant? gratui
ordinary
P-e.iene wider the act
r May 15, IS6I
lIMEDIE
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St - h 01
t,oe 10nOti,on
Do. ign for Wotutu
CEMIIII=
MEE
Sicking. Furpl —v. •
Loan , , &c..
Stner nay-
458,412,11
2,067.748,61
I.) , Jrce:iric Creditors'
PCitificStc,s.ineludinq
Dim ges on the Public
Wi•rkZ and old cloicr,:i 1,304,e4
Slicci , 1 l'cl., 1 , ,l o.cr 3.607,23
S ,le I:c -.cy :t 183,:12
Public Pticiing, au.i
7,17
Ilr ..t . ItefLlge
Pcnitci.~ i.! ring
.....
Ilevi 211 e C El
Free 13ettking syetete.. 3,945,51
Al•ateatent of State Tax 60,147,41
Nlereatt tile Appraiscro . 637,14
biicelltt tteellS ...... "3,3.15,38
L'aleuce in the Trees-
Fury, Noveruher 31),
1867,avai!able
Depreciated Feeds iu
the Treasury, una•
2,147,331.70
'I RI: HAWK /IS CORPUS IN ILLINOIS
1)7117npl - pc!. of the Unit, d Srateß
Citent Court at Chicago, in the npplicatiun
of a mir r fur a writ of habeas corpus, which
him a fa, , , Sacs rte decided not
ite•ue Lwo gr,.ur.ds:
" —The , under the, law of eutigre,e; of
1:562, ol.eoial n i made thaf the oath
Ling in; ser‘;ce, wherein
b , Lieding
MIME
ae though ha were of a4e. : t.rid
" .titatood—On the. ground that the prt.,:la
ma:iao of the President ,uspeoding the writ of
hobe.l.; corpus in ruch a es: -A had : , 11! en.cdcd
hi=ju fuo:i.thins."
kt tha ,1111'2 time, Drumm. :Id, in
characterized the law cf
Ceagreis and tiie preelaEnation spoken Of as a
ick and ~ utrage which net only destroyed
the of the citizan, but deprived the
parent ~t. hit right to the cu,:tody of hiF ,
Judge Driirenioud has hithert acted with the
party which placed this Ad m i n i strr .t;,,,, ❑
_IS: g i
REBEL RAID AT MOUNT STERLiNG•
A ticvrespondent of the Cincinnati Enquirer;
under date '• Mt. Sterling, Kentucky, Dec.
gives the fdlowing account of the rebel raid
iota that place, and the valiant conduct of the
troops etaiiiated there to defend the place :
On yesterday morning, about tic:, o'clock,
Pete r Ertiret, formerly of this and
Maj. Chenoworth, formerly of your city, with
about sixty soldiers, made a dash into ibis
ta:if crenate (when till we:a itsieep,) and
immediately t, possession of the Quarter
ma-ter's and !_lomrnissary's stores, as well as
al, at eighty head fine horses, (rmattly be
!engi , 4 t the Government,) which had ju't
been received from your city for the Fimrtieth
Kentucky Mounted Infantry. While a por
tion were loading their own broken down
horses with bouts, shoes, bats, clothing,
blankets and provisions, which Uncle Sam had
just sent to this place for the Fortieth, the
balance proceeded to set fire to the court house,
a very fine building, which was completely
consumed. After that they mounted their
horsey, taking their ill-gotten gains, and left
without molestation. Strange to say, the
Provost guard and officers of the Fortieth,
about 01.0 hundred in number, were quartered
in 0.13 buildings adjoining the Quartermaster's
depot, and about seven hundred men of the
regiment were encamped in the immediate
' vicinity, and yet no resistance was made.
After the rebels had entirely gone, the officers
flew to their posts, formed their men in line of
battle on a hill overlooking the town, and
fired several rounds on the citizens, who were
standing around the smouldering ruins of the
court house. Fortunately no one was hurt.
Those officers ought to be recommended for
promotion."
THE LAST OUTRAGE.
At this time of day it seems hardly worth
while to say a word as to arbitrary arrester or
lawless exile. Since the first great enormity
—which by the-by will weigh down any man
or set of men who perpetrated it—the arrest of
the Maryland Legislature, in 1861, there has
been a progress of despotism and submission
which proves the popular spirit to be fatally
benumbed. A ease hes occurred lately that
deserves a record, and which, in some of its
features, is without a parallel. It is that of
Governor Pratt and Mr. Nicholson, of Mary-
land. The facts are these
them with precieion, and if we accidentally
misstate them, shall be glad to make the re•
quisite correction. Mr. Pratt went to vote at
the recent election, and, on presenting his
ticket, was told by tho election officer that it
could not be received unless he took the
Schenck oath of allegiance. On his replying
that Governor Bradford had issued a proclama
tion forbidding such a test, the reply was that
there were orders to disragArd any such !lotion
by the Governor,and toexact an oat hfromevery
voter who was objected to. Mr. Pratt, seeing
no challenger at band, asked who objected to
his vote, and was shown a list or book with
certain names—his own ameng ethers—mark
ked as objectionable. He then refused to take
the oath, and declined voting, as did Mr.
Nicholson.
The next day, or the day after, they were
both arrested by S.henck's order, and taken
or paroled to go to Baltimore. On appearing
there, General Schenck informed them their of
fence was refusing to take his oath, and that
it they did not take it he would send them
across the lines. To this the natural reply
was, that, by refusal, they had lost their votes,
which was penalty enough ; but as they were
men advanced in life,with large and dependent
families, to whom exile would be ruin, they
asked General Schenck to permit thorn to give
a parole for future conduct, and to remain at
home. He directed them to return the next
day, which they did, and found Schenck
absent, and in his place a certain Don Piatt,
who presented them with some sort of an en
gagement, retrospective as well as prospective,
which their self-respect forbade them to sign.
In reply to their earnest and respectful re—
monstrances and requests for delay, they were
met by a storm of altuse. Among other things,
I Pint; ~lid, in language we shall not repeat,
that as to G ,vernor Bradhrd, he dared not
interfere, and would not be regarded if he did.
Governor Pratt asked for an opportunity to
i represent his case to Mr. Lincoln, or, as a
Marylander, to Mr. Blair. This was refused.
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The ,:niy delay alloi.“d (and this of eourtte, a
mockery), was till Secretary Stanton's return
lrem the NVe.rt ::god ~ n kid; return, Governor
Pratt and Mr. Nieiddson, wore taken into
'2 u 4 20
ly, and ttent. through the agency of
Butler. lierk)9 , Olt! linen—imprisoned and exiled
Ir.
her nfusing to take an illegal oath !
n~t justified, then, in :4aying that a more
hideuao outrago never wa committed in e
civilized land ? We shall wait with interest
t sec whether Mr.ftererdy Johnson-Governor
Prati.'s irarest friend—will say or do anything
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in his behalf. 11e is what, Mr. Pratt onoo
was --a Maryland Senator. Not that we
itnagirie it will dd any good to the exiles, for
decrees are nut reversible yet. Nor
shioild we be at all suprised if, as in the case
$d 503 i 97,
or the Lords in 1641, the Senate dare remon—
strate or, as with the Commons, the House
of Representatives should murmur if the
eeder,i of We Five Nlembers should he re—
tracted, after an interval of two hifinired and__
twenty-two years, by meta speakingrli
language as to t his
thor. ugh" W:-:1
it etd , et.ourc , taree tlitit the t..t.:t!tio
I:o , trtv, been tinvt , tied
the Carit 1 W,othiligit,n,repre
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•I r sum ! F.tr fear of dire,,l.r
at..n, the [...souse is, au ha 4 !teen employ.
s•eins .urface of the figure, and
lice. the e. , 1 ,r proof. - '
Ihe a, r... ) that the nrocunt.
on in zit until she put up
, ttitate tee lie:Hess of Reason. We
Lay , the our insanity by
upon the Joint+ of our Capitol, a
ircodom in the person of a negro
t2l that t'no weather would
1 r r,-hi e figure, I:: a shallow pretenoe.
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1r! eye, - ; where we write,
up n the t )1 t.ll:' !Li], sands a grace-
Gidders of Jus-
tiee. I I n ui;or even thuds the rest of
the warble building, yet it has koad there for
Tetre is nu I,uht that the Capi-
, ;,506,9;
~, 1 11/cry him, been surmounted with
il"gr , t , typify the grand millenium which
this crnzy party foolishly buppose they have
inaugurated. LY , k. Americans, at your Catd•
t:.l and eon n nrgress as the Goddess iif
outing itn lottleat dome !- -
S. Don, Book
The following article upon the nature and treat•
ment of this peculiar and most dangerous malady
appeared in a late number of the Philadelphia
Ledger. As It was evidently written by an ex
perienced physician, and as it throws new light
upon the treatment of a disease which, except
in its fatal results, is but little understood, It is
worthy of general perusal at this particular time:
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Wo notice the recurrence of numerous oases of
diptherla in many parts of the State, and indeed
throughout-the United Sates. Many colds seem to
run into this, and in cases of oroup there are such
singular complications, that it is difficult, and often
impossible, to tell one from the other. The word
diptberia means literally "Lathery," from the
character of the membrane which forme often Inside
the throat in this disease, and which looks very
much like wash.-leather. It used almost always to
appear at first in white spots or patches on the back
of the throat, or on the tonsils. This would often
spread rapidly, and either produce euffooation or fill
the whole system with the disease, especially the
lungs, stomach and bowels. There is now, however,
a marked difference in the type and order of many
of the symptoms. There are numerous cases of
diphtboretic sore throat that never go any farther,
and are easily manageable; and, on the other hand,
there are many cases of the most real and terrible
diphtheria, where the white spots never appear in
the throat. Sometimes the throat will be sore and
even of a purple hue, with not a particle of the
characteristic diphthoretio whiteness, while yet it
may at the very earns time fill the bronchial tubes
below, and even the stomach and intestines, so that
a patient has been suffocated by a piece of the de
tached membrane forming a valve in the throat,
while that. throat itself was only purple. Probably
after the first attack has been in the throat, a sec
ond will be more apt to manifest itself In some of
the tubes lower down
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The disease itself, apparently, is in the blood, into
which the poison' is must likely inhaled through the
atmosphere, and considerable strength of constitution
seems necessary to throw off its attacks, for, like all
this class of poisons, the tendency is to produce pros
tration, and then the whole system is an easy prey
to it; so that a sore in any part of the body will ex
hibit this same diphthoretio or leathery tendency.
This great principle of treatment is and naturally
must be, as typhoid and scarlet fever, to keep up
the strength of the patient by the most stimulating
food. The strongest beef tea, yolk of eggs, tender
beef steak and mutton chops under done, where
these last can be swallowed, are more valuable than
almost any other medicine, so that as these are given
the fever of the patient abates instead of rising, as
most would expect.
But the most important matter to be borne in
mind is the value of time in the treatment of the
disease. Not an hour is to be lost after the charae
ter of the attack is ascertained or even suspected.
I The best medical skill should be sought without the
loss of an unnecessary five minutes. Nothing that
can impair the vital energy in the least degree
should be in the meantime allowed the patient. A
does of opening medicine, physical exertion or a
hundred other things whichat a different time would
be quite natural, may here prove a fatal mistake.
The fever, headache, sickness at the stomach, which
are so characteristic of .the attacks of this disease in
its worst forms, are to be chiefly combatted by the
stimuli that overcome the disease, although pounded
ice or small lumps of it often best allay the siokness
and enable other medicines and food to remain on
the stomach. Ice cream of the beet quality is in
fact often here as elsewhere the best of medicines.
On the other hand, a steam bath, easily made by
covering the patient. head and all, with a blanket,
and letting the steam of hot water rise into this
and be freely breathed, by producing a profuse
perspiration, seems of great service. But the whole
of these remedies should be guided by the most in
telligent care and skill, and from the earliest possi
ble moment.
A e‘orrespondeut of the Philadelphia In
quirer at Brest., France, under date ,of Nov.
23, say,: : " file pirate Fl,rida. is ready for
sea, and i: , ”my waiting now for her comple
ment di men bef , pre again starting on her
mission of destruction. It is rumored here
that the Alabama, and another steamer larger
than she is. are not far off and will make an
effort to relieve the Florida, knowing that the
Kearsage is the only United States steamer
on the coast of Europe, or has been on this
side of the Atlantic, for the past eight months.
These ships, with the Georgia, at Cherbourg,
and two steamers nearly finished at Nantes,
will make up a fleet of six vessels for the Con
federates. As a balance the United States
him one steamer here, of seven guns, out of
her navy of nearly six hundred, to protect her
commerce and destroy those privateers."
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