sitv tutaltilien(o. - )Vat' 4.3[, DECEMBER f ,77 1864 win . • messes be tree VS every - who teadertakes to examine the pro ;Tat:this legislature, or any branch of t; and no law shall ever be made eitt=in the thereof. _ The free coramn tho t and opinions Is one of the Inaaltiable rights of men; and every citizen snergreelty speak, write and print on any sub- JesitiLbehr n eeSPOnsible for Me abuse •of that I= . /nvesi r igi c lr t l 2 l:2 22 cEn u g li ngt t o l l ' o n t;l 3 - f cc=men in p ublic capacities, or where the published is proper for public informa tien, 'the truth thereof - may be given dence."—Ornreeaffon qc Pennsylvaniaiv. in evi- General George B. McClellan. It is surprising with what bitter ma tbe Abolition press still continue 4oimirsue this eminent citizen and sol - Alier.: Whilst he was a candidate for the %Presidency; and untill the election was - deelded there was some little excuse, as. Vile abuse and flagrant misrepresen . fatten were the only arguments they had to effect their purpose ; but that - latch a course should be continued, now that the election is over, and Mr. LIN : . POLN given a new lease of power, is passing strange indeed, and can only be . accounted for on the principle that de traction loves a shining mark, and that, in order to divert public attention from the misdeeds of the present Adminis tration, it is necessary to continue the abuse of his distinguished competitor - 'for the Chief Magistracy of the Union. But-General MCCLELLAN will not suffer in reputation by these malignant assaults upon his fair fa:ne and reputa tion. His eminent services as a mili tary leader, and his sound and states man-like views enunciated in his Har rison Landing letter and in his accept ance of the Presidential nomination, have endeared him to the American people, and his name and falne have become the common property of the Nation. When an Impartial history of this great rebellion comes to be written, and when the charatter of the principal actors in it, North and South, are published to the world, tile name of GEORGE B. MCCLELLAN will stand prominently out as the greatest of them all, whilst those of his traducers and 'calumniators will be held up to the contempt and execration of all honest men and true patriots. General MCCLELLAN can well afford to bide his time. He has been endorsed by the suffrages of nearly two millions of his fellow-citizens, constituting, as they did, a majority of the legal voters in the loyal States. Fraud, greenbacks and rascality cheated him out of the Presidency, but they cannot deprive him of the undying esteem and confi dence of his fellow-citizens, who will, sooner or later, do him full and ample justice. • The tide of fanaticism will soon have run its coursefalsehood and misrepresentation have had their day— and ere long "Truth, crushed to earth, will rise again, The eternal years of God are her's— But Error, wounded, writhes in pain. And dies amid her worshippers." Coal 011 One lady died in Baltimore last week, and another was so badly burned that she is not expected to Nye, from the es plosion of a lamp which is said to have contained Coal Oil. The case has been investigated by a coroner's jury com posed of the most intelligent gentle men in Baltimore, and the conclusion arrived at is that "the accident was caused by the use of an impure article purchased for coal oil." The jury re quested the coroner to represent to the city councils the importance of appoint ing an inspector of coal oil. There can be no doubt that much of the coal oil now in use is either badly adulterated or very imperfectly refined. We know that some families who arc compelled to use it in Lancaster, and Who have made every possible exertion to procure a good article, never light their lamps without apprehensions of an accident. The appointment of com petent persons as inspectors at Philadel phia and Pittsburg, and the imposition of a penalty on any dealer found selling coal oil that had not been inspected and approved, would add much to the com fort and safety of the people of Penn sylvania. The matter might be worthy the attention of our Legislature, and we suggest to the members from Lan caster the propriety of bringing it up in that body. A Pleasant Prospect The debt of the City of Philadelphia on the let of January, 1865, will amount (according to the North Jmce ccod to FORTY-ONE MILLIONS OF DOL LARS! and the rate of taxation to make up the interest will have to lie $3.75 on the $lOO. Piled on top of this burthen are State taxation and Federal taxation, and an unprecedented advance of prices in all the necessaries of life. What a pleasant prospect ahead for the tax-payers of Philadelphia! What blessed times Lincoln has brought upon the country ! Free Speech In a constitutional government, free speech is the palladium of liberty. Des potism always attempts to abridge free speech by arbitrary arrests, stoppipg the publication of newspapers, &e. They know that " the Pen is mightier than. Sword"—Truth more powerful than falsehood, reason more. mighty than error. Jefferson said : " Were it left for me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to .prefer the latter. But I should mean that every man should re ceive papers and be capable of reading them." F. P. Blair, Sr., spoke as an American freeman, when he said : " UNDER NO POSSIBLE EMERGENCY, NOT EVEN IN INSURRECTION, OR AMID THE THROES OF CIVIL WAR, 'tan this Government JUSTIFY'OFFICI AL INTERFERENCE With the Frecdom of Speech or of the Press any more than it can with the Freedom qf the Ballot. The licentiousness of the tongue and of the pen IS A MINOR EVIL, COMPARED WITH LICENTIOUSNESS OF ARBITRARY POWER•" We hope our Lincoln abolition neigh bors and all others " to whom it may concern" will put these in their pipes and smoke them. .Arrest of Editors in Kentucky. -Democratic editors through Kentucky are being arrested and sent beyond the lines. Paul Shipman, late editor of the Louisville Journal, always a loyal paper, has been so served, and the Cairo Democrat gives the following : " We yesterday met Mr. Pettit, of the Owensboro (Ky.) Observer who was on his way, under military guard, to Mem phis, at which point he had been ordered to report by General Ewing, command :.:eneral in Kentucky. We learn of Mr. ' ettit that he is unaware of having ted any crime against the Gov ernni •t, but pleaded guilty of having, through the columns of his journal, .nrge. upon Kentuckians prior to the cidetion, to rally to the polls and vote for George B. McClellan. Mr. Pettit was arrested by some negro soldiers, while on a visit to some friend a few -Miles from Owensboro, and was given nntime whatever to arrange his private sifitiis, or the-business pertaining to his newspaper office. He expects nothing less than being sent beyond the lines, as intimations of the kind have been heard by - . ter WILLIAM OVERFIELD, Esq., at olio time a member of the House of Re llllNlentatives and Senate of this State froni pizerne county, and afterwards a Canat Commissioner, died at his resi dence, in Monroe county, on the 21st tilt, ,at the advanced age of 78 years. He Was always an active andprominent liflawfsrat. General Grant's Campaign. rz-IninAnstmissit'inismiMeMbirmieW General Giterrr commenced his grand campaign against the rebel capital, with an army (including the troops under BuTLEB andin the Shenandoah Valley) of not le*tbari , threeltundreit thousand fighting men-4e laziest force that has been marshaled under one comniander since the famous invasion of Rueila by Napoleon in 1812. In - ten 'days: after crossing the Rapida.n it was predicted by the Administration journals that Richmond would fall, and so it probably would if LEE with his , veteran legions had not interposed an insurmountable obstacle. The distance to march was only about sixty miles, and this could easily have been accomplished, even with so large an army, if the road had been clear ; but this not being the case —on the contrary, General GRANT hav ing had every mile of his route con tested—we find that after "fighting on this line all summer" and autumn to boot, he is now, at the beginning of winter, no nearer the capture of Rich mond than he was seven months ago, and not so near as General MCCLELLAN was after a campaign of only three months on the Peninsula, in the sum mer of 1862. At the commencement of General GRANT'S movement, Forney's Press as sured its readers that it would over whelm LEE with "brute force," that the Confederate army would be entirely annihilated, anti that the rebel leaders would all be brought to grief before the summer was ended. But what are the facts of the case? The proud capital of the Southern malcontents still looks down with bold defiance on all the efforts made to capture it ; a large army of veterans is still behind its ramparts and in its entrenchments ; and General GIZANT, after a loss of one hundred and fifty thousand brave men, finds himself in the unpleasant predicament of hav ing to exert all his skill and energy to save the remnant of his once grand army from total defeat or destruction. Such is the inglorious 'result of the great campaign of the Army of the Po tomac in the year 1864. Never men fought better than the Union soldiers during the terrible and sanguinary bat tles through which they were made to puss, and they deserve all praise from a grateful country. But they could not accomplish impossibilities. They were confronted at every step by men as brave as themselves, and led on by much more able and experienced officers, who were prompt to take advantage of every mis take made by General GRANT or his subordinates. These are sober truths which cannot be gainsaid or disputed. They are apparent to every unprejudiced mind, and will be so recorded when an impartial history of the great rebellion collies to be written. The summing up, then, of the whole matter is, that General GRANT'S cam paign against Richmond is a fail ure, as much so as that of 111cDowELL, of McCLELLA:s:, of POPE, Of BURNSIDE, or of HOOKER. The only one of all these enumerated campaigns that pro mised success was that of General MC CLELLAN. Had he been reinforced as he ought to have been, and as he im portuned the Administration to do, he would, in all human probability, have taken possession of Richmond more than two years ago, the rebellion would long since have been ended, and Union and peace would now be the happy con dition of the American people. As it is, war, conscription, taxation, and con sequent ruin are to be the portion of our people for at least four years to come, and as much longer as the Abolition policy of the dominant party prevails in our Government. TILE ABOLITIONISTS have as yet made very little progress in their attempt to convince the public that the late dia bolical attempt to burn the city of New York was the work of " Northern sym pathisers with the rebellion." On the contrary, the suspicion is gaining ground that this awful crime was committed by Abolitionists. The fact that the Abo litionists of New England, and of North ern New York and Ohio, contributed their money to fit out old John Brown's murderous expedition against Harper's Ferry ; that they lamented its failure and bewailed the death of its leader, is proof enough of the length to which they will go for the gratification of the fell spirit of malignity that has burnt the very core of their hearts to black ness. Despite the blandishments of power—despite the immense patron age of the most corrupt Administra tion in the world—despite the presence of the headsman Butler, New York city remained true to that Constitution which Abolitionism has denounced as a " covenant with hell." Who can doubt that it was to punish her for the grand blow she struck against the de structive principles of Abolitionism, that the attempt was made to kindle within her limits a lake of fire seeond only in magnitude to that through which John Brown is marching at the head of his gang? Fight as You Vote The supporters of Lincoln have voted for a vigorous prosecution of the war," and to continue it until the last man and the last dollar have been used up, if slavery is not sooner abolished. They contend that the verdict of the election is just that. Now, having thus voted in favor of continued war, common honesty requires that they join in it Personally. It is the part of a sneak and a coward to vote for a war for others to fight who do not desire to do so. It is the part of a sneak and a coward to refuse to do what you vote to make others do ; and every able bodied Loyal Leaguershould be shamed into enlisting at once. The women and children should point their fingers at them and cry shame and call then cow ards, until they are forced either to shoulder the musket or to cease talk ing and voting in favor of continued war. Soldiers' Voting Frauds The officers in canvassing the votes for member of Congress in the Bth New York district, " struck a mine " of Re publican fraud. There were four candi dates, viz : Thomas J. Barr and James Brooks, Democrats, and Provost Mar shal B. F. Mariierre and Wm. E. Dodge, Republicans. The soldiers' votes col lected in the army of the Potomac were for Provost Marshal Manierre. Two or three days before the election, Manierre declined in favor of Dodge, and the canvass showthat the soldiers' ballots were changed from Manierre to Dodge. The number thus changed were from 800 to 1000—the votes were fraudulently opened, and turned over to Dodge, by parties in New York! This is the business the agents of the Administration - were engaged in, while they were arresting Democrats, and de laying Democratic soldiers' votes in the mails! One thousand ballots were opened and changed in one district! Here is a field for Lincoln's detectives and court-martials that is worth ex ploring. ISfir Gen. J. H. Ward. of New York, has been dismissed from the Veteran Corps because of his active support of General McClellan. He served with great distinction until disabled by wounds, and was then transferred to the Invalid Corps. His abrupt dismissal is a significant commentary upon Lincoln and Reward's talk about another "era of good feeling." Miscegenation no Hoax._ awing avowed his intention to eschew politics, "purge, and live cleanly," seems to be concerned for his party, andbpParently, desirous tsar it should be relieved front 130n*ofAie.odiuntiiiiiehhas deiserveit; ly OtaChid to It. Fln yesterday's issue . we-notice tk.jubiltint article. preio notifies Its readers, in terms of high glee, : that it has at length 'discov ered, through the confession of the guil ty parties themselves, that the pamph let on miscegenation was a mere hoax, got up by a couple of young copperheads, with the design of fooling the faithful. If such was the fact, it was assuredly the most .successful literary hoax ever perpetrated. It was not, as the Ex-press alleges, a miserable failure. Neither was it, nor were the doctrines it ad vanced, repudiated by the leading men and women of the Republican party.— On the contrary the pamphlet was warmly welcomed and commended by them, and the doctrines which it ad vanced pronounced to be the true faith of the party now in power. Shortly after the appearance of this singular little book, the N. Y. Tribune, published as every body knows by Horace Greeley, who headed the Lin coln electoral ticket in New York, had an editorial highly commendatory of it- The following extract will show how that paper, the leading Republican paper in the country, stands on the doctrine of miscegenation; "If a white moo pleases to marry a black "woman, the Mere fact that she is black gives "no one a right to interfere to prevent or set "aside such a marriage. " a man con so far Con quer his repugnunee to a black woman as "to make her the mother of his children, we "ask in the irant of the divine law and of "decency why he should not marry her?" Henry Ward Beecher's paper, the in dependent, also most cordially endorsed the doctrine in the following language: "We believe the whole human race are "one family—horn, every indivdual, with a common prerogative to do the best he "can for his own welfare; that in politheal " societies all men, of whatever various race "or color, should stand on an absolute "equality betlwe the law ; that whites and "blacks should intermarru if they wish, and "should not Ludes: they it i.sh; that the ne "gro is not to be rt/l/o f red to remain in this "country, hut is to remain without •being "allowed—asking nolu,dy's permission but "his OW 11 ; that we shall have no permanent "settlement of the negro question till our "haughtier white blood looking Ft( the face of "the 'negro, shall forget that he is blar:k, and " remember onlythal he is a citizen." "By-and-by, counting hit years not. by " Presidential campaigns, but by centuries, "the negro of the .) . outh, growing palecivith "every generation, ''ill rd 1 , 4 , - omplei y " hide itis face Under snow,- Not these men alone, but Governor Andrew, of Massachusetts; Charles Sumner, Henry Wilson, General N. P. Banks, Wendell Phillips, Theodore Tilton, Albert Brisbane, William Wells Brown, J. McCune Smith, Lucretia Mott, Sarah M. Grimke, Angelina G. Weld, John W. Forney, Of the Phila delphia Prest , ; lion. Mr. Kelley, of Pennsylvania; Thaddeus Stevens, of this city ; the Loyal Leaguers of New York, and even Abraham Lincoln hint_ self, have, in good round words of un mistakable import, endorsed the doc trines of the pamphlet on Miscegena tion. ruder such ei rein nstances, we submit it to the candor of the Expres,i itself, that it matters not whether the hook was a hoax or not. Surely no one, not even the EaprcBß, will have the hardi hood to call the endorsements of the doctrines it contained ; by all these leaders of the llcimblivan party, made as they were at different times and places, a hoax. Until the editor of the es,s can explain . away all these things, it will avail him nothing- to asserts, or even to prove the pamphlet itself a hoax. Its endorsementand the endorsement of its doctrines by the leaders of the Republican partY is, and will remain, a disgusting reality. The Democratic Vote of the United The following; table shows very nearly the Democratic vote east at the late Presidential election : New England 250,4AN0 New York 340,000 New Jersey. 00,000 Pennsylvania 270,000 Delaware 8,001./ Maryland 30000 Ohio 2115,0011 Indiana 1:15,000 Illinois 1)15,000 Michigan 70,040) Wisconsin 70,000 I o w a 55,000 Minnesota 00,000 Missouri 30,4000 Kansas 10,000 Kentucky . 50,000 California 50,000 Oregon 5,000 Nevada 0,000 The Democratic vote for McClellan is just about equal to that cast for Lincoln four years ago. Although defeated, the Democratic organization is an immense power in this country—scarcely inferior to its rival. lmdeed, if we deduct frauds and rasealitie, from Lincoln's vote, we shall Lind that there are more Democrats than Republicans in the United States. Legislating them White It will be seen by the following, which we find in the Cincinnati G«;,ti,, that the Legislature of Louisiana I elected on Lincoln's patent plan of making bayo nets do the legitimate work of ballots, or a substitution of the cartridge-box fur the ballot-box) have adopted a new pro cess of making niggers " white folks : " A bill has been introduced in the Louisi ana Senate declaring than all persons in the State not having more than one-f i n:oh of negro blood shall he ne•ognized as whites," So soon as it shall be found necessary to make the genuine Ethiopian white, it will be done by the same speedy pro cess, the Bible to the contrary not withstanding. Democratic Y icl ury The Demcrac\ of Hart ford have elected a ticket of thirty-six names clean and splendidly over the Abolition ticket, by an average majority of 162. The aggregate vote was the largest ever cast at a town election, viz: 4,557. Last fall the aggregate was, 3,864. Increase, 753. This fact shows how earnestly the contest was waged, and that the Dem ocracy have triumphed by the aid of superior numbers. It shows too, that the Democracy are not disheartened by the result of the Presidental election. County Superintendents Convention The Convention of the County Super intendents of the Common Schools of this Stat met in Pittsburgon last Tues day. The attendance was not as large as was expected. The following topics have been brought uy for discussion : Ist. How can Superintendents secure the influence and labor of clergymen, in tin - or our schools? We recommenh the ap pointment of a committee of three to report upon this subject. 2d. What changes, if any, are necessary in the law in reference to teachers' insti tutes? 3d. The means of equalizing the labors and salaries of County Superintendents. 4th. The efforts necessaryfor establishing Normal schools in each normal ditriet. sth. The duty of School Directors in re lation to public examinations. To be re ported on by a committee of three. Not for Sale. The Johnstown Democrat, which was reported to be suspended, and which we noticed as being for sale a. day or two since, comes to us this week with the announcement that the gallant Democ racy of Cambria leave refused to let any such thing be done. It will continue to be published . by Mr. James F. Camp bell, and will, we are sure, sustain its reputation as one of the best and most fearless papers in the State. It has, very sensibly, advanced its terms of sub scription to three dollars a year in ad. vance. Mr. Campbell still offers to dis pose of the office. The - Hartford Hartford .71 7 2nei gays truly that, , the Indications all point to the fact : that_ had General McClellan been electetlalie Uition would 'lialte been restored, ahk withoutfurthEW*aughter, Obstacles would no doubt have *en .-- thiowri the way of the acCompihffiment of this, beneficent : . result, by the partyjnanagers , of the Lineoln AdMinistration iLthe task would not haVe 'been 3Vithotit its diffi culties and its great responsibilies ; but it would have been accomplished, and the nation saved. The Chicago Con vention, for the first time, opened a way of communication to the South, It Of fered peace, within the Union, on the basis of the Constitution. The masses of the South have never heard such words before ; for no National part3„-, and no organ of Government at the North had uttered them. Individuals had spoken, State ConVentions had spoken, but this was the first authoritative ut terance of a body representing the Dem ocratic and Conservative masses of the North—a party strong enough to do what it said and secure what it promised. Mr. Lincoln stood resolutely not only in the way of peace, but of negotiation. He repelled the advances of the Confed erates towards negotiation—even as he has since, by the unscrupulous prostitu tion of official power and patronage, se cured his own re-election. He refused to receive Commissioners offering terms of submission. When he himself open ed clandestine communication, with un authorized " rebels" in Canada, he closed it suddenly by an ultimatum that ter minated not only the hope of peace, but the opportunities of discussing it. All this while the masses of the North and ol the South longed for re-union ! With Davis on the one hand, and Lincoln on the other, both clamorous for continued war, and (to use one of Mr. Lincoln's phrases) "playing into each other's hands," the masses of the people on both sides were ready for Peace and Re-union. Had McClellan been elected—as, with a fair election, he would have been—there would have been, between November and March, so powerful a responsive movement that the work of reunion would have been substantially achieved! Gen. McClellan Woulfl not have had to draw the sword, but would have closed this civil war and beneficent peace, un der the Constitution of our Fathers, pre served and perpetuated forour children. This is substantially confessed, now, by the ultra war press at Richmond. It congratulates the ultra secessionists on their escape from this danger! The Cincinnati Enquii-er is one of the hest informed, as it is one of the most reliable of our Democratic papers in the West, and it speaks words of truth and soberness in confirming, as it does in the following article, these expressions of the Rielmiond papers : The gaining of a dozen first class-vic tories over the Confederate Generals Lee and Hood, would not have allbrded to the thinking and intelligent public that *confidence - in the future unity of the States, and in the stability of the Federal Government, that would have been caused if we had been able to an nounce the election of McClellan as President fin- the next four years. We know what we assert: By this time prominent men would have been on their way from the States of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas and Georgia, appoined by the people to con fer with the influential friends of the President elect upon the subject of an early return of the above States to the Old Union, under the Constitution as it once existed. By his election as Presi dent and the development of the peace party at the South, which would have been its result, a fire would have been kindled in the rear of the Richmond Government, which,it could not have resisted. An immediate termination of the struggle would have been apparent to the people both North and South, and universal joy would have ensued. The poor man would rejoice in the cer tainty of his escape from conscription ; the wife would have rejoiced in the prospect of an early return of her hus and front the war; the children would hail with delight the coming of their rater; the widowed mother in the re turn of her son ; the capitalist in the se curity of his investments ; the merchant, manufactUrer and mechanic in the fu ture stability of trade; and all classes felt that the terrible nightmare of impending evils had disappeared for ever, and would, with one universal voice, have given thanks to the Giver of all Good that their country had emerged from the most bloody strife of modern times, with its republican form of government unchanged and its ter ritorial unity unbroken. China in the United States An exchange papersays that there are 50,000 heathens ( Chinese) in the United States ; that idols are worshiped in two temples in San Francisco ; and suggests that the work of evangelizing these poor creatures is an inviting one fm• Christians of every sect. A reference to the C. S. census for 1860 shows that this estimate of heathen population is not much overstated. In that year, the number of Chinese in California was 34,933, of whom 33,149 : were males and 1,784 females. Since then, the increase from immigration has been quite large. These people are distributed all over the State, engaged in a great variety of in dustrial and commercial pursuits. The statistics of their social and religious condition do not appear in the first volume of the census report, (subject, Population,) but will be published in one of the future volumes of the series. The general fact that they keep up the heathenish practices of the parent coun try is well known. The field for mis sionary labor among them is large and interesting.—Journal of Counfirice. I ,' , I 0,000 But where will you find your mis sionaries? The clergy have become so generally demoralized—have so gener ally abandoned both the preaching and the practice of the precepts of the Bible, that they would only corrupt, instead of "evangelizing" these poor heathens. it is better that they remain heathen and die so than that they he indoctrin ated with the pestilent heresies, cold blooded inhumanity and blasphemous infidelity inculcated in so many of our Christian pulpits, or the shameful im moralities exhibited by so many of the latter-day clergy. There is so much risk that these heathens would only be made worse by " eonversion " that we think it better to let them remain heathens for the present. The Duty of Democrats in Congress. In speaking of the positions of parties in the present Congress, the New York World thus sensibly discourses upon the line of duty which shOuld be pursued by the Democratic members : The Democratic members, this session will, ofcourse,be true to their principles; but they will do nothing to embarrass the disjiatch of business. As no leading featur4 of the Republican policy can for some years be changed, they are not palled upon to struggle against impossi bilities ; but as the details of unsound measures may render them still more objectionable, they will not hesitate to make pertinent suggestions. But while it would be futile and unseasonable to consume time in strenuous opposition to a foregone policy, the Democratic members will steadily decline to vote for any measure which, on principle, they disapprove. They will yield to no such shallow seduction as that they must vote this or that way to aid in carrying on the government. This would be a false and foolish magnanimity. Our aid the party in power do not need, for they are quite independent of it. If we were right in the presidential canvass, time and events will vindicate our sagacity.; . - and we owe it to the country not to im pair our moral power by a weak com plaisance which can affect no public measure, and would be fatal to our fu ture influence, when experience shall verify our predictions. The present at titude of the Democratic party is one of silent protest; its policy "a wise and mastely inactivity" combibed with vig ilance, caution, and a patriotic solicitude for the public welfare. • The Commissioners of the different :counties are enrolling or ha l e enrolled 'the militia according to the conditions of the law passed at the last, session of a. Legislature. As ther!:!:wiliprobably . bea draft for five thousand men,, who „are to be exempt from 447 in the Na :tioual army, while serving the State, :wepuhlish some extractsfrom thatlaw : :WHO SHALL BE ENROLLED Section Ist of the act of 4th of May, 1864, says : " Every able-bodied white male citizen, resident within this State, of the age of twenty-one years, and un der the age of forty-five years, (except tbe - exempta hereafter named,) shall be enrolled in the militia; and in all cases of doubt, respecting the age of a person enrolled, the burden of proof shall be upon him." WHO ARE EXEMPT Section Ist provides that idiots, luna tics, common drunkards, vagabonds, paupers and persons convicted of any infamous crime, shall be exempted ; and persons so convicted after enrollment, shall forthwith be disenrolled. [Query : Can an assessor judge whether a man is an " idiot, lunatic or common drunk ard," before he has been so declared by due course of law? FURTHER EXEMPTIONS Section 9 contains a further list of ex emptions, as follows: " In addition to the persons absolutely exempted from enrollment in the militia by the laws of the United States, [those who have served two years in the United States service, and have been honorably discharged, are exempt." CIVIL OFFICERS EXEMPT " The members of the Legislature and the officers thereof, the Secretary of the Commonwealth, attorney general, State treasurer, surveyor general, auditor general, State librarian, superintendent of common schools, and all the judges of the several courts of this Common wealth, sheriff, recorder of deeds, regis ter of wills, prothonotary, district at torney, and clerks of the courts of this Commonwealth." MILITARY OFFICERS EXEMPT " Every non-commissioned officer, musician or private of every uniformed troop raised, who has or shall hereafter uniform himself according to the pro visions of any law of this. State, and who shall have performed service in such company or troop for the space of seven consecutive years, or three years in ac tive service, from the time of his en rollment therein, shall be exempt from military duty, except in case of war, insurrection or invasion." PERSONS CLAIMING TO BE EXEMPT TO The third clause of section second pro vides that "any person claiming that he is not liable to military duty, on account of some physical defect or bodily in firmity, or that he is exempt from the performance of military duty by any law of this State fte- or of the United States • - 7 , 111 may, on or before the day specified in such notice, and not after, deliver to said assessors an affidavit, stating such facts on which he claims to be exempt, or not liable to do military duty ; such affidavit may be made before any person authorized to administer oaths." nt - Tv OF ASSESSORS AND COMMISSION- The assessor shall cause all such affi davits to he filed in the office of the county commissioners; and if any person shall swear falsely in such affidavit, he shall be guilty of perjury. The com missioners, according to the act of 4th May, 1864, shall determine who are ex empt from military duty, and file a list of exempt persons in their office, for the future examination of the assessors and commissioners, The 7th clause of the al section of the aforesaid act provides, that " when the assessors shall have completed their as sessment roll, they shall sign the same, and shall attach thereto an affidavit, substantially as follows : " The under signed, assessor in the county of, being sworn or affirmed, says that he has made strict and diligent inquiry to ascertain the names of all persons re quired to be enrolled,as liable to military duty, by the provisions of this act, re siding in the district ; that the roll hereto annexed is, as near as the depon ent can ascertain, a correct roll of all residing in said district who are liable to be enrolled." I=l The said affidavit shall be taken before any officer authoriied by law to take affidavits, whose duty it shall be to take the same without fee or reward ; the said assessors or assessor shall then de liver said roll to the county commis sioners at their next meeting, and it shall oe called the military roll of said district, and also one copy to the bri gade inspector of the proper brigade," [we presume to be yet formed according to the provisions of this act.] COMPENSATION OF ASSESSORS To be at the rate of three cents for each and every person so enrolled - liable to do military duty, to be paid out of the brigade fund of the county ; but section 10 of the supplement to the act-passed 22d August, 1864, provides that where the brigade funds of the county are not sufficient to pay the assessors, the asses sors shalrbe paid by the several cities and counties. I=l Assessors and clerks who neglect or refuse to perform the duties required are lined from two hundred to one thou sand dollars. Keepers of taverns, boarding houses and heads of families and employers are to give names of persons living with them under a penalty of twelve hun dred dollars for refusing or giving false information. The War. From Yesterday's Age There is no longer any doubt that Gener al Sherman's colum is marching on Savan nah. On November 24th, the advance was at Millen, one hundred miles northwest of Savannah. The Confederates were in front (df him retarding his march, but got able to check it. By November 30. Sherman had marched sixty miles and wits forty miles northwest of Savannah. The Confederates were still in front of him interfering with his progress. On December 2d, last Friday, his cavalry advance was six miles from Savannah. The main body had not yet come up, and the attack on Savannah could "not have been begun until three or four days afterwards. In all their marches Forrest and Wheeler, with largo bodies of cavalry, harrassed the Federal flanks and rear. Every straggler was picked up and many of this foraging parties were cap tured. Seven hundred Federal prisoners had been brought into Augusta alone. These molestations necessarily retarded Sherman's march, and he has not been able to move faster than ten rn iles a day. At Sa vannah the Confederates were preparing for him. For a week before last. Friday great numbers of troops passed south over the lailroad front Charleston, being sent from Augusta. Gen. Hardee readied Savannah on November 23d, and Gen. Beauregard on the 27th. By the time Sherman began Ins attack, the garrison was very strong. Sher man has marched all the way on the west side of the Savannah River. This stream is deep and wide, and the title ebbs and flows. No attempt to cross over, as if Port Royal was to be the end of the march, is reported. In a short time we should hear definitely front General Sherman. In New York city a close surveillance is had of all who are supposed in any way to have been connected with the recent hotel tires. The military and the police labor to gether, and on Sunday last arrested about sixty people, who were handed over to the military authorities. General Beauregard, before leaving for the Atlantic coast, made a report of the Federal evacuation of Decatur by Thomas upon his retreat to Nashville. Before leav ing, the,Federal troops burned their store houses filled with provisions. Fifteen .pon toon boats were captured by the Confede rates. There is no change in the situation at Nashville. hood and Thomas still confront each other in the outskirts of the city. Com munication with Chattanooga is still broken. All is quiet at Petersburg, and we hear nothing of the Dutch Gap Canal. Bishop Whitehouse, of Illinois, has rebukeed one of the clergymen of his Dioceie for preaching politics and dismissed him from the Diocese in the following effective manner : " I have received formal complaint that Mr. Cracraft has at different times introduced political subjects into the pulpit on the Lord's day, which in mat ter and manner were unbecoming and offonsive to a respectable portion of the congregation, who have been obliged, from the reiterated grieizance, to absent themselves from public worship. " Under these circumstances, I trust that you will appreciate the propriety that Mr. Cracraft should cease to offici ate in Grace Church. " If Mr. Cracraft should continue to officiate, or do so within my Diocese, I shall feel it my duty to admonish him and forbid him. to officiate in this Diocese until I am satisfied of his in nocence or he has been acquitted en [ges' oT 8e " I"C(o~~r I n`ors From the tone of the messages de livered by the Rebel Governors to the State Legislatures , . there teems to be no hope of peace propositions being, re ceived by the different State authorities, or of any State action being taken with a view toreconstruction on that basis. Governor Vane of North Carolina, and Gov. Watts, of Alabama, are both' out in opposition to any such schemes.— Gov. Vance closes his message in the following roads It is a matter of sincere congratula tion, however, that the good sense and and conservatism of our people have rescued our State from the ruin of at tempting to seek for peaCe by Separate action. Their unparalleled unanimity at the polls has put to rest all our app prehensions on that score, and satisfied our enemies and our friends that North Carolina will share the fate, for weal or woe, of her confederates. Tlie following extract from the mes sage of Gov. Watts, will show his views on the same subject, and there can be but little doubt that he spe9ks the sen timent of the people of the South : "What guaranty," he asks, "have we that from such a scheme we should ever have any peace, save that which would result from a dismemberment or a subjugationof the Confederate States. Who would desire a political Union with those who have murdered our sons, outraged our women, and with demoniac violence wantonly destroyed our property and now seek to make slaves of us? If attempted by those at home, away from the danger and carn age of battle, the consequence would be fearful. A civil war, in fact, woule inaugurated, and the red streami of eternal strife, swelling like the molten lava from some volcanic crater, through every • evenue of these States, would flow, aunihiliating, deluging with its burning avalanche every landmark of civilization. The horrors of this public war between to contending nations (for ours is no civil war) would be but twi light hour compared with Cimmerian darkness. The midnight pall of des potism would forever envelope in its murky folds every spark of public liber ty. But I forbear. The picture is too dark for contemplation. Our constitution provides a mode by which peace can be made. Are we pre pared to admit that our constitution in tnis respect is a failure? The same provisions are found in the constitution of the United States. This constitution was made in 1757. Was it a 11tilare,and, at this late day, have we just discovered the failure? Our constituted authori ties have evinced no opposition to peace, but, on the contrary,. have made propo sitions more than once. Their proposi tions have been scornfully rejected.— We have the highest assurances that the powers of diplomacy and negotia tion have not been, and will not in the future, be overlooked by those whose constitutional duty it is to make peace. To attempt to interfere without a know ledge on our part of all the facts and circumstances which should control an enlightened judgment, would but re tard, and defeat for years, the accom plishment of a permanent peace. Let us have faith and confidence that our President and Senate will make every effortlfor peace that lofty patriotism can demand. Let us nerve ourselves with the courage v - hich fired the hearts of the heroes of ; and let us bear with patience and : titude the trials and the perils which :wait us, trusting in the justice of our cause, in the strong arms and stout hearts of our soldiers, and re lying on God, who rules the affairs of men and nations." Important Action in the Rebel Congress --Resolutions Condemning Secession-- They are 'Voted Down Almost Unani mously, Sc. In the rebel House of Repre,matiyes, on the 25th inst., Mr. J. 'l'. Leath. of North Carolina, offered the following preamble and resolutions: JOINT RESOLUTION IN FA.Vcd: OF LIBERTY. Who`/Ttts, The unfriendly, unjustifiable, and unpatriotic interference of citizens of the non-shiveholding States in their popular assemblies, from the pulpit and by legisla tive enaetments, with the reserved rights of the States, provided in the Constitution of the Unitel States, and by the laws of Con gress, has been the prolific cause of a cruel, bloody and relentless War that has no paral lel in point of atrocity in the annals of the world between a people professing the Chris tian religion; And wherea,q, The citizens of the slave States, at an nagu“reled moment, ander the influen c e of unwise 0,28 a, Wit/101d mat tie deliberative. CtB to the fearful ~n,poqueiweB, made the election of Abraham Lincoln to the Fresh lency of the United States the oc casion for precipitating the Confederate States out of the Union, which has been followed by a train of fearful consequences not contemplated by those also advocated the measure : Anil whereas, We the representatives of the people of the Confederate States, desir ing to place ourselves thirty before our con stituents, our enemies and the civilized world, declare that it is onr earnest desire that proper measures should be adopted by the respective governments to secure an honorable, just and permanent peace, not incompatible with the principles as. laid downin the Constitution of the L cited States nor with the inalienable rights of freemen. Resolred, That the reserved rights of the States should be guarded with watchful and jealous vigilance and that tiny attempt to infringe upon these rights should b e resist ed by till lawful and proper means. Peso/vett, That whenever the government of the United States, shall signify its willing ness to recognize the reserved right, of the States and guarantee to the citizens of the States their rights of property, as provided in the Constitution of the United States and the laws of Congress—to the end that peace may lie restored and our future happiness and prosperity perpetuated—we will agree to treat for peace; and that such terms of peace as may Ise agreed to by Commission ers appointed by the respective governments or by the States acting in their sovereign and independent eharacter, and ratified by a majority of the people, shall constitutethe Mond of peace between the North and the South. Sir. Leach said: Mr. Speaker. the resolu tions that I hold in Illy hand, and that I propose to read, by the permission of the Chair, are not intended as an apple of Ws cord in our midst. All I ask is, that they may have a calm, careful, unprejudiced hearing. Ido not otter theni unadvisedly. I have consulted my friends as to the pro priety of intnnhicing them, as well as the proper time anti circumstances. There is a different opinion as to the propriety of time and circumstances. Ido not offer them for the purpose of strengthening the arm of the °lleum That has been effectually done by the President in his speech in Macon, Ga., and more effectually strengthened by the Governors of the Confederate States, and the President when they recommended the use of nogroes as soldiers in the Confeder ate army. Ido not offer them for the pur pose of discouraging our , heroic soldiers, whe have braved the leaden hail of death upon the bloody battle-field. I believe it will arouse them to know that they are fighting for something more dear to them titan the negro. I offer them because I be lieve there is something practical in them. I offer them because I am satisfied that my constituents, both citizens and soldiers, de sire an honorable peace. I offer them ;be cause I am satisfied that the prayers of Christians, Statesmen and patriots have been poured out for peace, and that the great heart of the nation is pulsating for peace. I offer them because I know that war is a relentless, cruel, blind monster, killing where he cannot make alive, and reaping where lie has not sown. Mr. Leach desired to be understood as not including the "border States" in his resolutions, the ordinances of secession having been adopted in the "cotton States" I..ng before the "border States" went nut. The latter acted under the pressure of circumstances over which they had no control. Mr. Montague, of Va., said he (lid not design saying anything when he entered the hall to-day, but he was unwilling to let the resolutions of the gentlentan front North Carolina pass without a protest. lie re viewed them eloquently and earnestly, and moved that they be rejected. Numerous gentlemen called the question. Mr. Leach asked that the vote be taken by yeas and nays, and the house seemed to rise simultaneously to sustain the call. The roll being called, all the members voted in the affirmative except Messrs. Ful ler, J. M. Leach, J. T. Leach, Logan, Ram sey and Turner—all of North Carolina. Messrs. Fuller, Ramsey and J. M. Leach, after the vote was anummeed, asked leave to change their votes, as they had voted in the negative under the apprehension that it weuld be regarded as a discourtesy to an honorable colleague. Their votes were, with the consent of the House, recorded in the affirmative. Mr. J. M. Leach stated that he knew there was no member on the floor from North Carolina who desired peace upon any other terms than eternal separation from the North: [Applause in the galleries, which was checked by the Chair.} On motion . of Mr. Russell, the House went, into secret session. The doors being opened, the House ad journed..• . - • CHAS. Wm - 144 us, a colored United States soldier, was executed in the yard of the Old Capitol prison, Washington, for killing a colored woman near Camp Casey, a shorrtime ago, guti fkonce. A BEAUTIFUL ishGET,Saitirlay night was gloriously beautiful: The moon and stars seemed - to us to shine down upon this little globe of ours with unusual lustre and bril liancy. Whilst gazing up into the heavens our mind unconsciously reverted to thp greatest epoch in the world's history, now within a few days of eighteen hundred and sixty-four years ago, the birth of the blessed Saviour of mankind. The same moon and stars shone down upon that transcendent scene, and the " morning stars sang sweetly together" over the birth of Jesus, He who brought " peace on earth and good will to man." Oh, what an event that must have been among the inhabitants of the world then. The little village of Bethlehem, for ever made holy and sacred ground by such an event, gave biith to the Immaculate One, whose mission was the preaching of peace and the doing away with animosities and strife among men. We know that He was reviled and spit upon, and at times "had not even where to lay His head," and in the end was ignominiously put to death; but the principles He inculcated and the mira cles He wrought stand to-day the most wonder ,'t and sublime in the history of the world. But what a different scene prevails now upon this Western Continent. The same moon and stars which more than eighteen centuries ago looked down upon the most holy and sacred of all events, last night looked down, sadly as it were, upon a land rent with feuds and civil strife. Not more than one hundred miles from here, on the banks of the Potomac and James, were large bodies of men confronting each other with—feelings of pew•e? Alt, no! but those of hatred, envy and malice, and ready at a moment's warning to use the huge and bar barous enginery of war, and drink out each other's hearts' blood. The Heavenly mis sion of Jesus, " peace on earth and good will to man," is not thought of there. And this unnatural, horrid feeling pervades all class es; sects and communities of this once peaceful land. The kindly intercourse and happy greetings which once existed be tween friends and kindred have ceased, and the demon of rage, hate and fanaticism has seized hold of the hearts of the peo . ple. Is this picture overwrought ? Alas, no! It is sadly too true. Even the professed ministers of the meek and lowly Nazarene, instead of preach ing peace and good will, and enforcing the injunctions of the Sermon on the Mount, have donned the robes of Mars, and advocate war and bloodshed with a gusto worthy of the Prince of Darkness himself. Under the plea that "it is sWeet for one's country to die," the fratricidal conflict is hound ed on, and the Young are urged to join in the crusade of war, bloodshed and murder. Even where the flocks of these " Shepherds" have become satiated with the war and blood feasts spread before them nearly every Sab bath,these men seize upon all other occasions to goad on the brutal appetites of mankind, and the minds of their hearers are not per mitted to enjoy a moment's repose, but the carnival of blood is kept constantly passing before; their eyes. Alas! alas! for the degeneracy of the times and the men whom we were taught to love awl respect, but who have infused the spirit of devilish Ili:dignity into the hearts of their congrega tions. And now in conclusion, when we are so near to the anniversary of the birth of Jesus, would it not be holy, heavenly, charitable for all true Christians (for we believe there are such yet in the world) to pray for a restoration of peace to our distracted, torn and bleeding country? We are told in Holy Writ that the prayers of the right eous availeth much." Come then, Christian men and women, do your duty in this re spect, and it will be well for you in the end. f)EATII of G Es. SH ATP - PER. -We regret to learn of the death of General Bartrain A. Shaeffer, which took place, suddenly, at 1 o'clock on Monday morning, at his residence in West Xing street, this city. Gen. S. had been aillh•ted for the last year or two with the loss of his eyesight; but, notwithstand ing this deprivation, he was the same genial and warm-hearted gentleman he had ever been, and was universally esteemed for his fine social qualities. He was benevolent and generous to a fault, and many of his fellow-citizens will have cause to regret the loss of their best friend. Peace to his ashes ! After fitful fever he sleeps well.' A DMITTED •ro PRAC"FTCE.-011 Saturday, in the Court of Common Pleas, on motion of U. J. Dickey, Esq., Mr. Andrew J. Kauff man, of Columbia, NV:IS admitted to practice law in the several Courts of this county. Mr. K. read law in the attire of 11. M. North, Esq., and passed a highly creditable examination. Ile is a young gentlemen of talents, energy and excellent business q nail fications, and, doubtless, has a bright fa int,- heron , him. M. HARRY BARNETT, one of our most popular Hotel proprietors, has rented the Cadwell House, and will take possession of the same on the Ist or April next. He de signs Makilig a number of improvements, which when completed will make it a first class house in every respect. We predict that Harry, assisted by his indefatigable and accommodating brother, Joe, and Har rison Gnmpf, the well-known and thvorite bar-keeper ;It 41w old stand, will big business, STREET CORNER LOU NI:ERS,—Soine of our street corners—especially those around Centre :Square and the southwest corner of North Queen and Orange streets—have for souse time been infested with a set of young men and boys who make it a practice to in sult young ladies as they pass by indecent and vulgar remarks, spitting tobacco juice over their dresses, and indulging in other manifestations of rowdyism and vulgarity. Too much indulgence has for some time been given them, and it is time that an ex ample be made of some of them by arrest ing and enforcing the penalties of the law against them. We understand that the police have determined to arrest, without respect to persons, age or condition, all who hereafter congregate at the above named places or any other in the city; and if :these beardless young men wish to escape the punishment and disgrace attending an ar rest, we would advise them to employ their time in a more profitable manner to them selves by reading at house or joining some library associal eel, where they can spend their leisure hours to a better and more creditable purpose. I'oST OFFICE HOURS ON SUNDAY.—The Post Office hours on Sunday will hereafter be from 9 to to o'clock, A. id., instead of 8 to 9, as heretofore. This change has been made at the suggestion of a number of citi zens. BANK nkeTOßS.—The following gentle men have been elected Directors of the ...N1 on nt Joy Bank : J. G. Roemer, John Kline, John B. Myers, Jacob Reiff, Levi Riekseeker, B. If. Grieder, William Mellannel, Benjamin Grosh, Peter Hoffer, John B. Stehman, Joseph H. Rider, Henry Shaffner, Jacob SAD CASE OF DEOWNING.—Mrs. Mary Manly, wife of Mr. John Manly, Shoe maker, was drowned in the first lock of the Conestoga, on Friday evening last.— Mr. M. is lock-keeper, and his duties are to have the lock in readiness to receive the boats passing up and down the Conestoga. On this oceasihn he did not hear the boat man's horn until near the lock, when he and his wife hurried out to open the wickets so as to empty the lock to receive the boat. Mr. M. is a cripple, and his will. proposed to go to the other side to open the wickets, whilst doing which she stumbled and fell in, and although her husband suc ceeded in catching hold of her, he was un able to get her out. Her Screams for help were frantic and heart-rending. When the body was recovered life was extinct. Mrs. M. was a very estimable • woman. She formerly residedin this city,and had many friends here who will be pained to hear of her sad and untimely end. A MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT.--We learn that the citizens of Strasburg borough are about to have a treat on the 17th inst., in the shape of a Dramatic and Musical entertain ment by the Keystone Cornet Band of that borough. The object is to enable them to raise sufficient funds. to purchase new in struments, and we hope they may meet with success. .- - - PROCEEDINGS OF XIA,Et ON• - TUE DEATH OF Gzir: SHAErimi..—at a meeting of the Lancaster Bar, with reference to the death'of Gen. Bertram A. Shaeifer, held in Court Room, December sth t 1864, the fol lowing proceedings were had: Meeting organized by calling Hon. Henry G. Long to the Chair, and by the appoint ment of And Slaymaker, Esq., Secretary. Mr. Dickey, after a tribute to the charac ter of the deceased, moved the appointment of a committee to report resolutions. Hon. I. E. Hiester seconded the motion with appropriate remarks, and was folloW ed by Hon. H. G. Long, N. Ellmaker, Esq. and G. F. Breneman, Esq. Messrs:. Hiester, Diekey, Ellmaker, Hood and Breneman were appointed a committee upon resolutions, and reported as follows Resolved, That in the death of General Bertram A. Shaeffer, our late associate and friend, the bar of this place has lost one of its most valued and successful members, and the society of Lancaster one Of its brightest ornaments. &solved, That by a long Career of use fulness as lawyer, legislator, soldier and citizen, the lamented deceased acquired and enjoyed to an eminent degree the confidence of this entire community, and we take pleasur e in expressing our admiration of his conduct and character in every partiv: ular. Resotred, That no member of this bar has ever pissed away more ienerally be loved and regretted, and we can truly say that none amongst us ever had more friem or fewer erre lies. Resoled, T at .T. Inekev, T. E. ITiester and D. W. Patterson, Et4irs., he and are hereby a mointed a committee to COMMUllil!}ll., w WillOW ;Old liuuily of our departet friend this testimony of our esteem Resole , d, Thi We attend the funeral in :1' body ; that we IN 'tar an appropriete badge of mourning for the usual time, and that the proeeedings of this meeting publish ed in the newspapers of I .anilist emtnty. On mot ion of Mr. Dickey six pall hearers were appointed, viz: :Messrs. James Reynolds, Mester, Col. Franklin, W. A. ..-Atlee, Swart. and T. Stevens, jr. Meeting adjourned to meet al 1 l P. M. on Wednesday, Dee. 7, 1864. Dec. tith, 184;4. Resolutions read :in open court, and on motion of Hon. I. E. !Hester, 'mud directed the iwooeetlittixs In he entereil upon the minutes of the court. Si•LENDID S UPP.ER. — SaIIr-krallt sup pers are :111 institUti,m peculiar to Lancas ter, and a most capital one they are. 1.10 Saturday night Mr. ,bicol) Netter, whose liberality and whole-sou led generosity are proverbial, gave one or these entertainments in the dining-room attached to his saloon, in Centre Square, to the proprietors and employees of the InteWepncer, and a num ber or other invited guests. Without :lily exception, it went ahead or fill others or the kind We have ever partaken of. In ad dition to the elegantly-prepared kraut or Mrs. N., almost every other delicacy or the season was on hand, anti the prince of epi cures could not have I . :tiled to have had Ins fancy and appetite completely satisfied. Mr. N. is an excellent citizen, one or those who would do a good act for a friend or the suffering at anytime, and, per consequence, he is most liberally patronized by the vOlll - at large. The Intelligeru•rr nllirc has been the recipient on more than on o occasion ()I' Mr. N . 's liberality, and we hardly know how to express our thanks for this renewed manifestation or his good feeling. May he live long, :mil always be happy and prosperous. A FAREWELL ENTERTAINMENT.—OIir big-hearted friend, Mr. Amos Lee, the well known and favorite re4friaraterer of Duke street, gave an entertainment to a few of his personal friends, at his saloon, on Satur day night. The entertainment was a splen did affair. Innumerable viands and liquids tempted the palates of the guests, and the old song has to bo repeated, that " full jus tice was done by all hands." Mr. Lee severed his connection with the saloon that evening, and has been succeeded by Mr. John Copeland, an old , typo. Amos has rented the tine saloon now occupied by Mr. Shultz Bees, on Chestnut street, fronting the depot, :111(1 will take possession of the same on the first of April next. He in tends making improvements in the same, which, when completed, will make it de cidedly a lirst-class saloon in OVVI'y rospecl. A 1 , 0(10)OTIVE 111.0 WIC U day evening last, the " Strasburg engine after returning to the borough of Strasburg with a passenger oar, started for Leaman- Plaee on the Pennsylvania Itailroad, to bring some freight ears, and while on the road blew up, lan fortunately injured no one. Auctrii: r. Mr. Fred. Fenstermacher, employed at llreneinitn's shoo store, West Ding street, \Va. .011011 Sly hunted, last evening, al/nit the thee and wrists. Ile 10111 a lighted aunt oil lamp liy his side, and, whilst attempting to till the same, the oil caught tire, with the result as :Move stated. This is aleitlwr warning to persons not to till lamps when lighted. CITY II "VS ITOLD MARK ET.—The mar ket opened firm this morning, with prices tending downward. The prices ranged as follows: LANCASTER, SATURDAY, Dee. :1 MB. Butter, per pound 40(ii)4,5e. Eggs, per dozen Lard, per pound Chickens, ,live,• per pair., do. eiressed,, Ducks, per pair, rli ve,) (dressed • Geese, per pair Turkeys, per piece Potatoes, per bushel do. " peck Sweet Potatoes, Apples, per peek Onions Turnips, Beef, per ponntl Veal, " Pork, Beef, Veal, Pork, " Cabbage, per head Beets, per bunch...—. Celery, Chestnuts, per quart per quarter Lancaster Wholesale Grain Market. Corrected daily by J. It. Brrsau tit 800., For warding and Commission Merchants, No. It North Queen Street. LANCASTER, Di`CeMbet li, Flour, Superfine, ii bbl 10.00 Extra " 10.50 White Wheat,, bushel 250 Red 2.40 " Corn, old 1.60 Oats Rye Cloverseed Whiskey, In !dots " In MOH... Coal Dust There is a company organized in Philadelphia to manufacture fuel out of the dust of coal. They have discover ed a process by which the dust is form ed, and kept in a solid compact mass, and their experiments prove it to be a very valuable fuel. It burns freely and thoroughly, and gives out as much heat as solid anthracite. The coal dust, we understand, can be purchased at the mines, where there are hnmense quan tities of it hitherto unused, for thesmall price of forty cents per ton, or one dol lar per ton, if sifted, and it is estimated by the very intelligent persons engaged in the enterprise, that a ton of solidified coal dust can be sold at from four to five dollars a ton. The Official Vote of Pennsylvania HARRISIMRO, Dec. s.—The full official vote of Poinisylvania for Presidential elec tors, taking the first name on ezich ticket, is as follows : Lincoln (Morton McMichael). McClellan (Rohl.. L. Johnson) Lincoln majority Total vote 18414 Total vote Increase in four year, THE Springfield I Mass.) Republican callsattention to the feet that Captain Collins, of the Wachusett, who seized the Florida, incurred the censure of the Government, in 1863, for seizing the British schooner Mount Mane and tak ing her into Key West. At the time of the seizure the schooner was at anchor at Sand bay, Bahama Banks, not more than a mile from shore. THE report of the arrival of the rebel Captain Semmes at Bagdad, Mexico, is confirmed. He arrived at that place on the 11th ult., and immediately crossed the Rio Grande, on his way to Rich mond. THE St. Louis Republican says there is no doubt a full and fair vote in Mis souri would have given 20,000 majority pgainst Mr, Lincoln; In Sat itr- 1.000.1.1 V 51.50 iG 20c 1 (1116 e. 'LI le. , 50,111 e.. I w,, I I( 11(4 Ike. .ifa ie. rda 10e.
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