gtotrieslfe e enter: A T RNESPA Y . 24r:AitU4 29;1.865 presses shalllm. free Ito tiveyy person who undertakes to examine the pm • oft+edlngslortheriegislattut,—or any branch : of goverument;.and no law shall ever be made to rethain theiright thereof. The Greeixaxuntt. 111Cati012 of.thought.and Op:Ilona one'of the invaineble•rightasat'men; mad every' citizen may freely-speak,„ write and print on any sub ject; behniVrespntisible for the abuse of that liberty—ln prosecutions for the 'publication of papers Investigating the official conduct of offi cers, or men in-public capacities, or where the matter published - la pro r for public informa tion, the truth thereof pe may be given in evi dence."—Ctouditaion of Pennsylvania. Selling the Legislature. 4 decided stir was made in the State Se - nate yesterday morning by the an nouncement that certain outside parties, known in the language of the day as "lobby members," had sold out that dignified body for the moderate sum of 520,000. That looks cheap ; but what will the House say when they learn that they were sold in the same trans action for the insignificant amount of $5,000, in the depreciated, currency of the day. The money was duly paid by the Atlantic and Great Western Rail road, on the assurance that it was the very smallest amount for which a bill, in which the company was interested, could be got through. When the Senate found , out what had been done, they grew most virtuously indignant against the lobby members. It is strange they did not reflect that nothing could have enabled these out side "skinners" to carry out such a scheme, except the entire prevalence of the belief that both Houses of our Legis lature are - always on the market, ready to be sold out to the highest bidder. There are a number of perfectly honest and incorruptible men in • our State Legislature, but it is a recognized fact that almost any bill can be put through if money enough is employed. Sad and shameful as such a state of things may be, it is the order of these days of pro fessed patriotism and shoddy loyalty. The bill for which the sums of money mentioned were paid is said to be per fectly meritorious, and sure to pass on its own merits. The swindle was perpetrated on the strength of the well r now corruption of our present Legisy , urn) It is clear that in this transaction least the hands of Senators were clean. The parties who received the money were compelled to disgorge. Is it not, however, most abundantly true, that no such bargain and sale could ever have been attempted, but for the well-understood fact that our Legislature can be bribed, and that cheaply? • The Cruelty of Abolition The much-vaunted tender mercies o the fanatical philanthropists of New England have turned out to be the bit terest cruelties. It is vain to attempt to disguise them in the gush of hypo critical and pretended philanthropy. Not only have have all the real and fic titious modes of slave life on the plan tations of the South been outdone, but even the horrid barbarism of the slave trade has been put to the blush by the greater and more extended miseries in flicted upon the negro slaves of the South by their pretended friends of the North. They have been enticed away from homes in which they lived as happy as any other class of laborers in the world, and huddled together in contraband camps to rot and die by thousands. The half of the miseries thus inflicted will remain forever un told ; but enough is known to enable all men to see how greatly for the worse has been the sudden exchange made by the negroes from slavery for the freedom provided for them by the New England abolitionists. The following extracts are all from the most intensely loyal sources, and it is abundantly true that the picture is in no instance over drawn : Piquette's Rport of Hospital at Sr Orleans " I have now under my charge nearly eight hundred colored persons of both sexes, and of all ages, mostof them sick, and many of them destitute." Brigg's Report, IVcbern, X. C. "There is extreme destitution." Gen. Saxton's Circular, Beaufort, S. C. " They have arrived on iihe coast after long marches and severh privations, weary, famished, and almost naked. Seven hundred of these wretched peo ple arrived at Beaufort on Christmas night, in a state of misery which would have moved to pity a heart of stone, and these are the advance of a host not less destitute. " The stores of the Government, al ready overtaxed to supply a large army, are not available to relieve their wants, and unless the charity of the North comes speedily to the rescue, they must die by hundreds from exposure and disease." Miss Merrick's Report, _Fernandina, _Fla. " A more wretched looking company could not be pictured than these, with their plantation rags and bare feet. It was hard to turn any away, hut we could do no better than to do so, with a word of hope, which was received with a poor grace by those to whom it came, unaccompanied by material aid. When one is hungry or naked, a Bible or hymn book don't exactly satisfy." Cot. Eaton's Report, Tennessee. " Our efforts to do anything for these people, as they herded together in mas ses, when founded on any expectation that Would help themselves, often fail ed ; they had become so completely broken down in spirit, though suffering that it was almost impossible to arouse them. The camp at Young's Point, during the summer of 1864, has been a vast charnel-house—thousands of the people dying, without wellones enough to inter the dead." Report of Executive Committee. " The increased suffering among the freedmen, resulting from the expedi tions of Gen. Sherman and others, have brought within our reach multitudes of wretched men, Women and children, whose needs must be met by large ship ments, and by the most speedy means of conveyance." Rev. T. TV. Lewis's Letter, Beaufort. "Two thousand of them (freedmen) have arrived at Beaufort, and are en camped in though houses' in the woods in this vicinity. They can earn their own living on the plantations as soon as spring opens? Government gives them one ration per day for the presedat, but they are very destitute of bedding, clothing, cooking utensils, everything." Illi•s. Young's Letter, Dayton Plantation; "We havebeen importuned by newly arrived contrabands for wearing ap parel as well as food, until we have given everything we could spare, and have also purchased new fur them; but the demand increases with every new arrival from Savannah. I have had two packages and one box from the North sent for them, which was im mediately disposed of, but that was only a drop in the bucket. They cause to the ladies ' in de big house,' and their cry is, ' Do, for God's sake, missis, give a warm coat, we can't stan' dis; we perish, we hunger, we toss about dis way and dat, till we sick, an! de col' wedder so hard we perish ; an' when de Yankee took we, he no let we take any thing, on'y jest what we hab on we, an' We hab no place to go." Diet of a French Workman He is upat early dawn. In fact every body rises soon abroad. There is more business done before ten o'clock in Paris than there is in 'London before eleven. There are two places where breakfast may be had—the cremerie and the soup shop. Some excellent coffee, with milk, costs less than lid, and the bread with butter ld. For dinner the soup will cost lid ; the plyte of meat 2d ; half a bottle of wholesome wine 4d, or a quarter of a bottle 2d, 'or a pint of beer or milk 2d, and all of good quality. In many places they give soup, a piece of mutton or beef a la mode, bread, and half a bottle of wine for 60 centimes, or about it cents of our money. The Swedish steam' frigate Venadis has arrived at ,New York. k3he carries 22 guns, has a crew of .361, A 94. Ai sap- Pikd wAt eiiigueS i o o_4 o qe Polvq, ...~ . _ .. w ......~_ ,_, _ , ~,~, _ v._ ~.~. ..; i=slai~ry~~~"He reana~'}~.nls~~eee~ An advance copy of a vOlume of over seven hundred pages, written and com piled by J. R. Sypher, Esq., of this city, has been laid upon our table. The publishers are Elias Barr & Co., of this place. The book is well gotten up so Tar as regards mechanical execution. It professesto be .a history of thePentisyl vania Reserve Corps. We havenethad time to examine it critically in detail. We have, however, read the introduc tory chapter with surprise. In it the author, without any possible provoca tion, makes a mean and malicious at tack upon ex-President James Buchan an. This is done in terms of utter un truthfulness, which completely falsify history, and are not to be regarded other wise than as a studied insult to the whole body of the democratic party of the North; to which very many of the bravest and best, both of the officers and theprivates of the gallant Reserves, were and still are devotedly attached. The entire introductory chapter is a tis sue of false statements. All the ex ploded lies about Northern arsenals be ing robbed to furnish armsto the South, together with other numerous andgross falsehoods are jumbled together in a clumsy manner, and paraded with such a spirit of bigoted partisan malignity as would of itself prove the author's en tire unfitness for preparing any work with the accuracy and impartiality ne cessary to give it historic value. It is well known that Mr. Buchanan will soon give to the public a full docu mentary history of the latter part of his administration. In it will be found a complete and ample vindication of him self add of the democratic party, from every one of the charges which have been paraded in abolition prints during the last four years. The public records, when once they are spread before the world, will give the lie to all such base slanders. The author of the book before us has neither the qualifications nor the liter- ary reputation which would seem to us to be needed by the man who should write the history of the Pennsylvania Reserves. They are worthy to have the record of their brave deeds well preserved, and we understand that one of the officers is engaged in the prepa ration of such a work. None other than a military man, and one connected with the organization, would seem to us to be so well fitted to write the history of that heroic body of soldiers. We are surprised that an obscure civilian like Mr. Sypher should have attempted it. This volume of his will be likely to prove only another of the many abor tive attempts to make money by book- making The Depletion of Our Population In many of the poorer and more sparsely settled rural districts of this State the present merciless conscription is being most severely felt. Former calls for vdlunteers, and preceding drafts, have so thinned out the able bodied male population that in some counties there is a great scarcity of agri cultural laborers. _During the coming season the want of strong arms to till the soil will be severely felt. Our country exchanges indicate clearly the great distress that prevails already, and deplore the future mischiefs that .must inevitably follow. The Ebensburg Democrat says: This dynasty has laid a heavy hand on our flourishing county. Before this administration got their claws on our people, there were few communities that were more flourishing than Cam bria county. Contentment, competence and comfort were universally enjoyed, north, south, east and west. The de spoilers came and at first took all the money that could be raised in all the rural districts for commutation. They gobbled up thousands upon thousands of dollars earned and saved by the ener gy, industry and economy of our popu lation. When that fund was exhausted they dragged, or hunted away, the vigorous part of our population, so that there are not enough, nor half enough, men left to till the soil. What crops will be planted this season will he put in by women and children ; many of the farms will he entirely vacant with none to cultivate or take care of them ; perhaps some aged man or cripple may hobble about and view the waste that is pervading his once beloved home. Still they call for four hundred and seventeen more men for this instalment from the rural townships. "It is call ing spirits from the vasty deep"—they are not here ; many of them are gone to their last reckoning and have left their bones bleaching on Southern soil. When the nations are called to account, and the rulers to judgment," there may Abraham Lincoln meet them face to face, and give a true account of the deeds done in this country, for his last joke will have been told ere that time. What is said of Cambria county is true of many other sections of this State. The woes of this war are press ing most hearily,upon such sections as are making no money out of it. Our large cities and towns are enjoying a fictitions prosperity, but it is at the ex pense of other sections of the State and country. The Recent Flood Nearly all our country exchanges are filled with accounts of the ravages of the recent great flood. Every insig nificant creek in the northern and west ern part of the State seems to have been swollen to the magnitude of a rapid river. The destruction of property in this State will amount, in the aggre gate, to many millions of dollars. The Clinton De»zocrat, which comes with but a half sheet, gives the following account of the doings of the flood at Lock Haven : At Lock Haven the west span of the common road bridge was carried away, and the lower part of the next span all torn off save the arches. The town of Lock Haven, during Friday, had the appearance of Venice; the streets were navigated by boats and " dog rafts," carrying their occupants to places of greater safety; several hundred per sons took refuge in the Court House, where they had to be supplied with pro visions by means of boats. A number of small houses in the back part of the town were entirely submerged; iu oth ers, the water rose to the second story. Crowds of people were seen on the ad jacent hills, viewing the novel spectacle of a town situated in a lake a mile and a half in width. The water was about four feet deep at the railroad depot, and stood two feet upon the floor of the en gine house and machine shop. Several hundred feet of the railroad track be tween the round-house and Lusk's run have been washed away. Many per sons lost their horses, cows, pigs, etc., below town and along Bald Eagle creek, and after the water subsided dead pigs, cows and chickens were found strewn all over town. Every cellar in town, with few exceptions, was full of water, and hence an immense amount of dam age has been sustained in the destruc tion of provisions, groceries and other property. The, basements of all the churches were inundated, and all the books, melodeons, &c., connected with the Sabbath schools destroyed. Notwithstanding the prevalence of the aqueous in our streets and domi ciles, old Bourbon asserted its power, and a large portion of the denizens of our once prosperous, but now, alas! be flooded and bemired town, as the del uge rose, were hilariously, hysterically, dolefully, and, in some instances, Vice- Presidentially "incoherent." It is impossible at this time to approxi mate to the amount of damage done by this freshet. Some, however, estimate it at a milion of dollars. fem. The Democracy of Michigan knocked off, in the late election, 20,000 of the 25,000 majority by which the abolition Aepublicans carried the State last fall. The people of that State have evidently discovered once more that there is some difference between the loromises made, by the administration leaders before election mid their per •terraanee after it, A special correspondent of the- New York World gives the following review of the situation, and indulges 111-BOMii serious reflections upon the probable _results - of military neavenaents. ,\* ar ranges his intormailton and hiaTidea4' under appropriate heads, as folloWs: ant. raNcoLNIS optic - lox ON ; THEIIITILA. TION OF THEIVAR.. ' - Mr: Lincoln, who imist have become somewhat wiser by experience said in my presence this morning: "I think this year is going to be pne of the hard est fighting years we have yet gone through ; if fighting is up at the end of December next, we must. consider our selves as exceedingly fortunate." Tin-ferred from these words that our warthY President wears two masks ; the one he carries in making speeches shows an unlimited confidence in the coming downfall of the rebellion; the other, which he wears among his intimate friends, expresses, on the contrary, some doubt and uneasiness on the sub ject. This is the misfortune of his PG" sition. Publicly he must assume an ab solute confidence in h is power of prompt ly crushing the South—if he doubted it he would be crushed himself. But pri vately, nothing prevents him from giv ing vent to his own thoughts and from regretting more than once that he ac. cepted the nomination of the Chicago Convention in MO. A MILITARY CRITIC UPON SOUTHERN RESOURCES. As a contrast to the flattering, and I fear deceitful, picture we form of onr own resources,and of the weakness ofthe South, I will mention a few passages of a conversation I had, this week, with a military Critic of some experience, who was with General Sherman when he entered Savannah, and who had in con sequence ample opportunity to study the question on both sides. As that gentleman is a foreigner he could not, of course, espouse all our ideas and senti ments, neither has he those of the South. He thinks the South has always been weak, and that the reason of its ap parent strength is to be found in the inefficiency of our military organization more than in anything else. " I was struck," said he, " to find, in ourmarch through Georgia, the villages and cities more than 'half depopulated, the farms abandoned, everywhere an overflowing population of black s in the midst of which a few Caucasians were to he seen, too old or too young for the rude service of the camp, and here and there a few women crying over their departed husbands, or requesting me to carry to those who were still alive in the ranks a few lines written with a trembling hand and half defaced by their tears. Inquiring of one of these women if she wanted me to say anything. to her husband in ease I should meet him 01 the battle field, or in the hospital, or in prison, :Noth ing,' replied she, `except to follow his flag.' rhe spectacle impressed me in two different ways—ill the depopula tion of Georgia I saw the proof of great material weakness; but in the answer of the woman an evidence of great moral strength. The ;:outli is precisely in the condition represented by these two facts —poor in resources, but strong in eour: age and faith. THE REBELLION FROM A HISTORICAL POINT (>l-' VIEW. "I know that moral strength' is a powerless weapon unless it has a suffi cient number of bayonets to back it, and I know, also, this is hardly the case with the South. Three to one is now about the proportion of our forces in relation to those of the South, and if the contest was to be decided all at Thee, in open field, the result would not be a moment doubtful; the South would be crushed and annihilated one,. But things, I am afraid, are not to be carried in that style. And here I call your attention to that moral courage to which I have alluded, and which, if it means anything, means endurance, resignation to sufferings, fortitude in adversity, and faith in Providence. If the Confederates really possess those virtues, I do not see why they Would not stand four years of war yet, just as the Romans stood, during the same length of time, the four hun dred thousand men brought by Hanni bal into Italy, the capture of nearl=y all their cities, the siege of Rome, the de struction of all their communications, and the enslaving of three-fourths of their population. Numerous illustra tions could be brought forward to show that nations far more reduced than the South, have, by the strength alone of their unconquerable spirit, finally reached their object, and conquered their independence. THE TAc"rius f,F ;fit F: WAR TO BE " If you ask me whether the abandon ment of their capital, and of their sea shore cities ; if the tearing up of their interior line of communication, and their sequestration from the world, is not a mortal blow to the Confederates, I will say that, considering the extent of country in which they can move, re treat, and establish lines of defense, these three things, however weakening they may appear, are I ,y no means weak ening to their cause. For you must not lose sight of this most important fact, that whenever the Con federates abandon the sea-shore, and withdraw to the in terior of Western Virginia, Tennessee, or South Carolina, we lose, at the same time, the assistance of our navy, so ad vantageous to us hitherto, and are com pelled to strike upon a new strategy longer and mule difficult to carry out than any one we have yet pursued. Our present bases of supplies are lost, and new ones have to be established. Ail this requires a great deal of time and of money, and may lead to great sacrifices of men. Suppose General Lee adopts the Fabian policy— divides his army into three, which can easily be fed on account of its envision ; throws one into East Tennessee, One into Kentucky, and the other one into North Carolina; executes large raids upon our borders; combines his move ments so as to be always in our rear and flank, avoiding hattle so long as he is not sure of success, and attacking us only when there is an opportunity to do so? Don't you think he can protract 'the war several years longer by such a policy ; and by having, as he will have, the distance, the heat, the malaria fighting on his side, much as I wish to see this war end by the overthrow of the rebellion, 1 cannot help thinking that as long as these rebels have one hundred thousand men in the field, and a popu lation of blacks*to fill up its depleted ranks ; as long as they posSess that in domitable spirit which they show, there .is no chance for us of a speeds - solution of the contest. WHY THE REBELS ARE /I . POSED TO RE- "You will no doubt say, and justly, too, that with their railroad lines de stroyed, the confederates are deprived of several advantages they had hitherto enjoyed, such as the rapid transporta tion of provision, and ammunition from one point to another, the power of con centrating rapidly upon certain threat ened positions, the facility of commu nication between the various armies they have now in the field, &c. All this is very true, and I agree with you that the position of the confederates is more precarious on that account than it would be otherwise. You must not forget, however, that the difficulties they are laboring under at present are common to both peoples; that pursuing them into the interior, as we will have to do when they have left Rich mond, places us on exactly the same footing ; no railroad on either side, but long and difficult marching through roads, forests, swamps, and morasses. This is the new aspect the war will as sume, perhaps next summer and fall, when the country is pregnant with dead ly exhalation, and the very air we breathe tarry -poison into our veins. I am aware that a great Many of us, here in the North, do not believe that the Confederates will go through such hard ships, but that, tired of a long and pro fitless war, they will prefer to lay down their arms and come back into the Union. This might have been possible with Gen. McClellan as President, for the general would have been careful to put out of the way everything which might have offended the susceptibilities or wounded thepride of the Confederates. With Mr. Lincoln, the thing is utterly impossible. His terms of reconstruction are such that no American can accept. them without giving up at once all that has made him what he is, free and in dependent ; all that the Saxon race holds as the dearest of its rights, the right of keening its honor unsullied, and of hold. ing tip its flag high among the nations of the earth. Do not expect, then, tc? see the confederates come back upon such terms. They will fight and die to the last man rather than to come to terms of submission. They are so strongly and unanimously resolved to carry on tile war as long as there is a fighting man in the ranks, that they have sown their fields with onions in OWN meat should happen to fall, on, .10113fitthe - ImAludistitittebtfor-infinitk , , _ t ...,..._,,„,„, can be found, aidthemiiitiiMgorattrit -.- ' 4 . , ' -- ' . and,wholemune vegetable in the vege table, kingdom. Such foresight, how -1 ever trifling it may look on the stirfao; showi with what ,spirit,the eonfedera - - are accepting this striiggl% - end to wha privations they ;are - decided to'inbmi rather than to giveit up without , ing . their independence. .- : _ . - - 'To sum np, I will say: Nci - ,natiefi has' yet perisfied.with a hundred am I and men in the field, and a territory` vast enough to feedlen times that, num ber ; no people have'yet been conque - i for want of railroads, for the great bat- ! ties of this century have been fought without railroads ; no community has yet been brought toterniswhich wasse solved, as unanimously as the South is, I to conquer its independence, and who enjoyed such resources. That in the long run, after four years more of a bloody war, the confederates should be subjugated, is possible, but by no mean certain ; but that they can be subjugat sooner, I do not believe; nor is it the opinion of General Sherman himself, who talks freely on the subject. Let us then look at our difficulties in the face, prepare deliberately and confidently for the coming contest, and leave to the Republicans and friends of Mr. Lin coln the ridicule attaching- to false prophets and impudent babblers." FRANCOIS. . Items of News. Some ninety thousand dollars, in gold and securities, deposited in the States' Savings Association of St. Louis to the credit of Mrs. Lisinka C. Brown, now the wife of the rebel Gen. Ewell,. have been seized by Provost Marshal General Baker, to be confiscated to the use of the Government. Averysboro,' at which place the rebel General Hardee claims to have defeated Sherman on Thursday last, is a small village in Cumberland County, North Carolina. It lies on the Cape Fear river, between Raleigh and Fayettevill, about equi-distanee from both. A severe " norther" drove nearly all the vessels from the mouth of the Bio Grande on the Bth, and but few have yet returned. The Prince of Wales, an iron steamer, was blown out of the wa ter but. she may be saved, Another steamer, from New Orleans, was bedcli- ed five miles below Bagdad. Her hull was a total less. Her machinery may be recovered. Other vessels (names not mentioned,) are known to have gone to pieces. The rebel General Slaughter has pro hibited the. circulation of our newspa pers in Texas. Telegrams from Halifax say that the government of Nova Scotia, abandoning the hope of au early union of the pro vinces, will submit to the.scheme for a federation of the maritime provinces only, and proceed with certain public works left in obeyauce while the larger scheme was pending. Austria and Prussia, it has been stated, have agreed upon the flag for the mer cantile marine of Schleswig Holstein.— It is composed of three horizontal bands, the upper one blue, that in the middle white, and the lower one red. The blue band is to have a yellow square by the side of the staff. The Pope has a long arrray of titles. In the Annuaris Pontificia for 1855 he is styled—" Vicar of Jesus Christ, Suc cessor of the Prince of the Apostles, Su preme Pontifex of the Catholic Church Patriarch of the West, Primate of Italy, Metropolitan of flume, and Sovereign of the States of cite Church." Diamonds have been discovered in California, i n t lie mountain streams and placer diggings. The largest yet found is of the valve of one hundred and sev enty-five dollars. A lawyer named Aikens has recover ed a verdict of $2O in the New York Supreme Court, from another named Burr, for calling the plaintiffa " traitor." The " loyal" fellows should make a note of this. B. A. Osbon, the newspaper corres pondent who was arrested in New York upon charges of furnishing for publica tion contraband information relative to the expedition against Fort Fisher, be fore the fleet had sailed, has recovered from his illness, but is still in the Old Capitol. It is believed that Osbon will have his trial before one of the military commissions now in session there,which trial will be a short one, however, as it is understood that he admits having furnished information for publication, but declines telling from whom he ob tained it. Gen. Hancock, it is said, is assigned to the department of West Virginia.— The Nineteenth corps is discontinued, and Gen. Emery is ordered to report to Gen Hancock. The St. Louis lOikess, Miss Bitterer, who a short time since was spirited away from St. Louis, has been found in Chicago. Her guardian wished her to take the veil in the t7rsuline Convent, but she refuses, as she inherits 8.50,000. Mr. Gough has been obliged to sus pend his lectures fur a time, in conse quence of the failure of his voice. Gen. McClellan is atpresent in Rome. "The General," says the Rome corres pondent of the Times "has certainly no expectation of a speedy termination of the war which is now devastating his unhappy country." A case has been tried in England, which turned upon the quest ion whether the word " team " meant a wagon and horses or the horses only. It was de cided to mean the latter, and the Duke of Marlborough, who was the plaintiff, lost the suit. Harpo' Weekly says that there have been more than fifty serious railway accidents in the country since the year opened. In the last week in February there were ten, and since the first of January more than sixty people have been killed and nearly five hundred wounded. A majority of the soldiers in the ser vice, from the borough of Bedferd, voted the democratic ticket at the election recently held for borough-officers. Robert Cobb Kennedy, recently con victed as a rebel spy, was hung at Fort Lafayette on last Saturday. He ex hibited great recklessness on the gal lows. Abraham Lincoln, accompanied by his wife, Mrs. Lincoln, and a few Gov ernment oftici alsarrived at Fortress Mon roe from Washington on the special de spatch steamer River Queen, and, after a short stay, proceeded up the James river to Lieut. Gen. Grant's headquar ters, with intention of making a tour of inspection of our forces in front of Rich mond. Another distinguished party is form ing to visit Southern ports which have recently fallen into our possession. Secretary Welles and assistant Secre tary of the Navy Fox do not contemplate being present at the hoisting of the flag over Fort Sumpter, as has been stated. The latter, however, will shortly leave Washington for the South on official business. The first circuit court to be held by Chief Justice Chase since his appoint ment will be held in Baltimore on the first Monday in April. The Navy Department has received a communication from Acting Rear-Ad miral Thatcher. commanding the West Gulf Blockading Squadron, enclosihg a communication from Colonel Dwight, commissioner of exchange of the Mili tary Division of West Mississippi, in which the latter states, that the ex change of all naval officers delivered to him at Red river on the 26th of Februa ry has been effected by the delivery of the rebel naval officers at Mobile on the 4th inst., together with the delivery of the rebel Admiral Buchanan at Rich mond atabout the same time. Parisian society has been saddened by the death of a young lady of rank and fashion. On a post mortean examination it was found that hey decease was owing to tight lacing. Her stays had forced three of her ribs into her liver. What a sensible woman ! Chas. A. Burt, the well known and wealthy brewer at Albany N. Y., was instantly killed, on Tuesday last, by the accidental falling of a stone from the top of his brewery. Within the past few days all of the rebel officers, enlisted men, and ma-. rives who were confined in the Old Cap itol Prison have been sent North, and the only prisoners remaining there are those under sentence or awaiting trial by court-martial, which is an unusually small number. Lindsey Forney, Abraham Coons and John Reilly, were ,tried and convicted for murder in lEagerstown, Md., last week. The two former were sentenced to be hung, the latter to imprisonment in the State Penitentiary for eighteen 3rears. They were soldiers, , and had brutally murdered a young map named Edward the latter part of lwit august. . . . Opening Day to`New York City. . ';:ilfsrpreparations for the spring openings tidiyettr were more universal, and certain ly more labmious and elaborate, than they baretbeen for some years ..,= ; and it is aOtaurprising that the -coda .” 4'B:Should sherr,evidence of this in the griaterinterest -}incTvariety of the display. -^sagever before was there seen such lavisii7:expenditure, such disregard of expense, asnow. Never was there such universal extravagance. in dreawas now prevails. The - reAridencd of it meets the eye at every turn.- No one can walk down Broadway without becoming aware of it. No one can walk dowrt Broad way without becoming aware of it. No one can gaze into the shop windois without becoming aware of it. No one can look at the groups 0f... calagmficently - attired ladies I and doubt'it. 'Splendor is the. order of the day, and the more costly an. article is the more certain it is to finds purchaser. This taste for expense displays itself not only in the quality of the material, but in the pro fusion and elaborateness of ornamentation, which is rapidly assuming the proportions of a mania among our fashionables. IC= The change has taken place in bonnets since our last notice of those designed for inn mer wear has been so thorough and radical that it seems ludicrous to.retain the name. _ . It would save prevented a confusion of ideas and tenderefl greatly to preserve a desirable connection between sound and sense if we had abolished the term bonnet altogether and substituted another in its place, and coined one for the elegantly use less and stylish nondescript Mathis' season occupies the place and usurps the name of the old and time honored_ bonnet. It is ab surd to call by the same name two things unlike in every:essentkil ; neverthe less, for want of a new name, we must com mit that absurdity and call the new style of headgear a bonnet. All that remainsof the old bonnet, however, is a diminutive fanchon shaped front piece, which serve§ as a basis for ornamentation, and to Which is gene rally appended a bewildering mass of lace or pensile spray or floating ribbOns, so dis posed as to harmonize with the present style of wearing the hair. " Waterfalls" and "Grecian curls" have divan trimming to the back of the bonnet, leaving the front and brim, towards which it converged but recently, almost denuded of ornament. As if to render the dissimilarity more com plete between the old and new styles, the chopeau Lilliput, as we mat call Fashion's last creation, will be worn frequently with out strings, those erst while indispensable „appendages being _drawn 'backwards and tied under the waterfall. The materials used in the composition of bonnets for the coming season are tulle; ribbon, silk and crape, and the trimming lace, flowers and ribbons. It is perhaps worthy of note that narrow ribbons are in high favor this season, and that for purposes of back trimming they have fairly driven all others out of the market. Color is left, as is usual here, to the taste of the individual; for on that point fashion has issued no fiat; and the necessity this entails of catering for individual taste or caprice adds wonderfully to the variety and brillancy of our New YOrk exhibitions. DRESS. We have never before seen a more mag nificent display of dress goods than those exhibited by our leading houses 11)1. the "opening" of the spring. The looms of France have contributed her richest and rarest specimens of silks and velvets; Bel gium her costliest and most exquisite aces ; India her unrivaled shawls and muslins, to meet the inexhaustible demand of our New York ladies for novelties. The tempt ing array spread out before our metro politan belles is enough to unsettle the calmest mind among them. The materials for • the season are silks, satins and poplins, and for the summer light silks, organdies, grenadier, tissues and an endless variety,of nondescript goods. .We have seen at A. T. Stewart's some splendid silks with velvet stripes running vertically in the material, which form the most distin gue dresses that can well be imagined.— They are sometimes composed of two colors, the ground black, with a velvet stripe of cerise color; but more frequently' the ground work and the stripe are different shades of the same color, the deeper tone 6f the velvet forming contrast sufficient. black pea de sole sprinkled over with a tiny white pattern, was very much admired for its rarity no less than its beauty. Lord S Taylor have some elegant specimens of morie antiques and embroidered silks on exhibition, and some exquisite India muslins. Some of the organdies are very beautiful and particularly worthy of notice. They are of different patterns—sonic plain, with a white satin stripe running longitudinally, others have tiny colored sprays embroider ed on the muslin, while in striking contrast to both is another which looks as if a show er of gold had fallen on it. The effect by gas light must be brilliant in . ; the extreme. Of course they are only suitable for young ladies. • The style in which the dresses are made contributes to more than double the origin al cost of the article, the trinfmings are so profuse and so expensive. They are very moderate, indeed, who are content with one kind of trimming on a dress, for we have generally velvet and lace combined the first trimming ' the dress the second, forming an edging to the trimming itself. All the in genuity of the ifiodi.xte is taxed to devise new ways to dispose both of the inaterial and trimming. At no previorts opening have we seen such variety of trimmings material, as well as variety in the arrangement of them. We have velvet, lace, gimp, cord, embroidery, fur, ribbon and braiding. We have two or more of these materials used in trimming the same dress, us we have frequently two shades of the one color in the same dress, or still more frequently., two different colors forming the dress. This is doubly desir able, because it gives two skirts on which to isplay the trimming to advantage, an opportunity which is never allowed to pass unimproved. The military style is very much affected by our city belles, and jackets, which last season made their debut rather shyly, are now flaunting in all their bravery. These articles are made with - standing collars, buttoned down the front, and braided across the front, and itfevery essential is the same as the military jacket. THE CORSAGE. There are so many styles for the corsage each so different yet all so fashionable, that every lads may consult her own taste fear lessly. From the plain pointed waist to the most profusely trimmed and elaborately thshioned corsage, all is admirable. Even the round waist, which last season could not be tolerated under any circumstances, is now putting forward its pretentious, and worn with a pointed belt, or broad belt and buckle of pearl, is quite en regle. The square tabs of last season are still worn, and iu some instances are continued round the entire waist, in others removed to the side or over the hips. Madame • Demorest ex hibits a striking novelty itOthe form of a double breasted coat dress, 'which we have no doubt will be quite populal , till the warm south winds revisit us agaill It is made with long side tabs in frontr'iind a square coat tail, trimmed en revers behind. Coat sleeves, with cuffs and epaulettes. • Monte span waists, and waists cut in the Figaro jacket style are still worn. Jackets, or rather short sacques, are very popular and very suitable for home wear ; but those short cloth ones we see so often in the streets are rather bleak and bare look ing for the seasons, and anything but grace ful. The highest litshion in this important por tion of the dress, which frequently gives tone to the entire, is the plain coat sleeve, tight to the wrist, but oftener loose enough to admit an under sleeve to be seen. They are invariably trimmed at the wrist and finished at the shoulder with an epaulette. Short sleeves for evening and ball dress are made with puffings of tulle or the light ma terial of which these dresses are generally . - composed. EMEETEM There is one rule to be laid down with regard to the skirt, and that is, trim it. Do this, and you may exercise your free will in-everything else. You may trim it in the most extravagant manner ; you may rack your brain in search of something original; you may fearlessly wear the most outre, but if you have any regard -for the opinion of the world, trim it some way. Trim mings are indispensable, and the more you can put on the better. It is impossible to particularize where there are so mady va rieties; but the pyramids, the gothic panels, the scroll patterns, are all elegant and all popular. Cord is getting into favor, and makes a very, effective skirt trimming. Gimp is emerging from the obscurity to which it has been for some time minsigned, and we doubt not it will soon be reinstated in its, former position. The rage fortrimming is so great that not satisfied with its usual and legitimate field for displaying the dress, it has seized upon ke jupe, and there it luxuriates. In fact I rjupe is quite a noticeable feature in a y's dress now-a-days, and, the ornamen tation. and trimming displayed on it chal lenges attention. Its bright colors, its in tricate braidings, its jet drops, its brows of ribbon, and its flitted flounces are— Desrving note In the tempestuous petticoat We had almost forgotten to mention the gored skirt, or rather dress, '-for the waist and dress form but one piece. It still re tains its place, but does not advance in popularity, for good and sufficient teasons. There are very few ladies who could suc cessfully stand the trying ordeal they would be subjected to ih wearing.:one of these dresses. They are the most elegant style of dress for those who can wear them; .but, alas, for those who rashly undertake to put them on without the necessary qualifica tions. The proverbial "malice of friends " will soon convince them of their - mistake.— N. Y. Herald, Explosion of a Powder Wagon WEST BROOKFIELD, Mass —One of-the four-horse teams belong ing to the p,Barre powder' mills, While passing "through Wilbraham village yesterday, loaded With powder, was blown up, InStantly killing the teams ter and all the horses, and completely destroying the Nyagou. Judge—Jacob Vonneida, Z; S. Stork, al. Inspectors—. Franklin Woods, 24; Henry S. Shirk, al. Assessor—William Slate, 48. _Town counell—lsaacElehthorn, 50; JIM - —Ed,Ward Re4W, 18; 'l4O l, Mendel, 32; William Mohn, 9; . Samuel Trutinian;l3l , Christian Fli ;- Constable—Jesse - Beim, 44. MEM Justice of the Peace4-T-sains 47 Supeitisor—Jazob ifti e urer, - ' School. Directors—Henry Stauffer, 49; -Abraham Lutz, 47. Auditor-B.mile' Fichthorn, -13 Burgess—Henry Redcay, Judge—David McClure, 106; Monis Coop er, 86. Inspectors--Wm_Hollis good, 1.01; .Geol Pierce, 91. Assessor Henry Baughman, 97 ; J. Frank Good, 97. A....istant Assessors—Elam Pickel, 101; Samuel .Baughman, 94; Samuel Harley, 94; C. Graham, Jr., 88. Constable—Bobert H. McCullough, 96; Matthias Ault, 94. Justice of the Peace—Wm. S. Ferree, 101; John M. Heyberger, 99; Samuel A Hughes, 95; George Whitson, 91. Supervisor—Samuel Good, 106 ; George H. Pickel, 97 ; Levi Fogle, 97 ; Ross A. Campbell, 85. School: Directors—John Homsher, Jr., 111; Thomas Ferguson, 97; John M. Rut ter, 96; Jeremiah Cooper, 79. Auditor—John D. Laverty, .102; Henry Pownall, 91; Win. L. Rakestraw, 90. Clerk—Edwin Garret, 191. BRECKNOCK. Judge—Jesse Bitzer, 80 ; Isaac Borzeu bent, 54. Inspectors-- Dani el R. Musser, 35; Michael Witwer, 62 ; Abram Sollenberger, 14. Assessor—Benj. Seifrit, 131. Constable—Rudolph Killian, 124. Supervisor—Richard Beam, 125 ; Peter Lainin.ger, 94 ; John Coldren 51. School Directors—Henry Stauffer, 56 ; Jacob Renninger, ;H. B, Becker, 49 ; Jacob Burkhert, 72. Auditor—lt. L. Shober, 114 ; Henry King, 114. Clerk—Samuel Lessley, ; Samuel Esh leman, 37. udge— Day id Stver, 107 ; David Kern, 43. Inspectors—David Hurst, 113 ; Elisha Squibb, 42.. Assessor—John Kaufman, 100; John Quantaun, Justice of the Peace—JaniesCaa, 134. Supervisor—David Newswanger, 115; Daniel Hertzler, 115; Levi Coftroad, 43; John Yohn, 42. School Directors—Christian Stauffer, 117 ; E. D. Wide, 104 ; John J. Stultzfuss, 115; L. H. Bear, 43; (:eorge Rigg, 43; Jacob Yohn, 40. Auditor—Will ia in Wit wan, sr., 41; John K. Kurtz. 112 Clerk—John 1 lallig-an, 109; David I%last 21). PLAY. Judge-lEl'am L. Erb, 129. Inspect oi..s—lleury S. Fuck., 69: Reuben Weidman, 01; Rufus Kline, :!.4. Assessor—Jacob Buchter, 12S. COnstable—Edwin S. Fetter, 109; Noah Seherb, 7. Justice of the Peace—Samuel Nissley, 144; Samuel Eberly, 138. Supervisor—Jelin Weiland, 54; Jacob Sorry, 30; Jacob R. Faust, 101; Jacob Druckenbrod, :31; Elias Buck, 32. School Directors—Jaeob Rohrer, 118; Jacob Hornig, 122; Daniel Furlow, 10. Auditor—l.eo. W. Steinmetz, 51 ; 1., 11. Binieman, 73. Clerk— Ili ram Erb, tl7. COCALICO EAST. Judge—Elias Stone, 109; John S. Royer, S 5. Inspectors—George Loral), 133 ; Andrew J. Ream, 59. Assessor—J. A. Eberly, 183; Levi P. Swartz, 30. Constable—Peter Sweigart, 130. Justice of tbc Peace—J. Garman, 113. Supervisor— .acob Lutz, 147 ; Joseph Kinsey, 139; Jacob Echternach, 33. School Directors—henry Gocklev, 116 ; John S. Lutz, 113; Nelson Wol&kill, (for 1 year) 109. —Charles 'arpenter, 11. Clerk—J. IL Reddie. 101; H. Coldren, 30 Judge—William M. Crouse, 86; Benj. R. Binckly, -16. Inspectors—Andrew Young, 70; Jacob M. Shirk, 47. Assessor—Peter B.' Hartzog, 105. Constable—Jacob Correll, 51. Justice of the Peace—Jacob Reinhold, 56: Allen W. Mentzer, 50; Augustus Strine, 54; John I'. Hibsinan, 15. Supervisor—John Gensenier, 72; Daniel Lutz, 131 ; Jonas Frederick, 33 ;Jos. Loos, 4. School Directors—Joseph F. Shirk, 103; Daniel Sharp, 109. Auditor—John W. Mentzer, 57; Levi W. Mentzer, 20. Clerk—Edward Royer, 15. COLUMBIA BOR. Judge, Upper Ward—Augustus Pelaw, 43; Peter Fraley, 72. Lower Ward—John Ilippey, 129; S. S. Detwiler, 55. Inspectors, Upper Ward—Jos. M. Watts, 47; Michael S. Shuman, 73. Lower Ward—Jacob Auwerter, 12S; Jas. Shweder, 05. Assessor—Jas. Barbour, 109; Dan. Ilerr, 101;. Constable—James McGinnis, 280. Justice of the Pace—John NV. Houston, 128; Geo. Tine, ST. CON Ii:STOG A. Tudgv—J. R. Witmer, 166. Inspectors—Aaron Warfel, 105 ; .John Mc- Fadden, 35. Assessor—Henry Martin, 170. School DirectoSafe Harbor Ind., Dis trict) Wyatt W. Miller, 11 ; Samuel Z. Trip plc. 11. Uonstable—Jacoh Henry, 102; John Clark t 11;. Supery John ( iraver, 171 ; Martin Good, 171. School Direetors—Samuel 'Rankin,' sr 153 ; Casper Hiller, 152. Auditor—Andrew Gwd, '137. Clerk—Eli W. Shenk. CONfiy, Judge—William Huff, I''u; Henry M. Brubaker, 67. Inspeetors—John Sehin tick; p; Samuel llackenberger, 6.1. Assessor—Abraham K Simon Ackerman, 67 Constable—Mioltellehorn, 12S; Wm. Depew, 62. Supervisor—John Miamian, 120; Martin Eshleman, 123; Jacob Fahs, 08; .Abraham Lehman, 73. School Directors—James Hawthorn, 118; John Ashton, 116 ; Henry Nophsker, 75; John Haldeman, 70. Auditor—(;eo.Smith, 1.22 ; John Smith,jr., Carpenter, Clerk—Henry Smith, 121; Franklin Gti. Judge—ll. Al. Penny, 112; James C. Penny, 74. Inspectors—N. N. Hensel, 144; Jacob Carrigan, .59, W. Ralston, 15. Assessor—Edwin Shoemaker, 141; Joseph Ketzer, 69. Constable—John Wilson, 140; \V. J. Steel, 72. SuperviSor—Joseph Hackett, 126; S. J. Hamilton, 122; Hugh Penny, 62; Baltzer Eckman, 71. School Directors—S. I'. Brown, 112; N. Mayer, 140; J. Ritchie, 79; C . Jl. Hess, 74. Auditor—Jno. More, 143; Isaac Rogers ,4. Clerk—W. H. Potts, 142; H. Eckman, 72 DoND;A I, WEST. Judge—,Christian NAttitz, '23; Samuel B Snyder, tip. Inspectors—John G. Donecker, *25 ; Jacob W. Heisey, 60. Assessor—Philip Fisher, Jr., 26; John Prescott, 58. Constable—Mathias Shank, 24; Samuel Ney, 58. Justice of the Peace—William Miller, 26; Jacob Ream, 25; Jacob Kinsey, 59. Supervisor—Martin Winters, 25 ; William Berker, 25; Michael Guistiveid, 60; Samuel L. Heisy, 60. School Directors—Abraham Forney, 43; Isaac Winters, 23 ; Jacob G. Oldweiler, 56 ; Christian S. Rutt, 23. Auditor—Jacob Funk, 25; Chrikian S. Garber, 59. Clerk—David Will, 25 ; Joseph C. Brinser, Marietta—Judge -Simon Groh, 143; W 11. Eagle, 49. Inspectors--John Sniyaer, 145, Abner McMichael, 47. ,S'p rinquille—Judge—George Long, 21 ; Daniel bender, 12. Inspectors—John R. Long, 21 ; Samuel Yeller, 12. Maytown—Judge—Collin McCurdy, 115 ; Samuel Pence, 81. Inspectors—Lewis Z. Lindemuth, 112; William Bower, 81. Assessor—Joseph Ebersole, 133; Freder ick Reid.ling, 131. Constable—John Killinger, 160; Benj. Henderson, 107. Justice of the Peace—Alm Dellinger, 166; Michael Grove, 170; Christ. Peck, ; Benj. Ebersole, 101. School Directors—Henry S. Nissley, 167 ; Hiram Engle, 166; John Hays, 98; Aaron Shireman, 99. Auditor—Henry S. Garber, 170; Nicholas Clenner, 98. Clerk—Daniel Nissley, 150 ; Abraham Geltmacher, 38. Judge—Solomon Diller, 215 ; William U. Custer, 30. Inspectors—Christian Musser, 183 ; John C. Martin, 57. Assessor—Christian Johns, 131 ; William Rannels, 108. Constable—William Nagle, 135 ; Jacob Davidson, 40. Justice of the Peace—Elias G. Groff, 181 ; Roland Diller, 56. Supervisor—lsaac Sha . nfinr i 239 ;.George DrOred, School Directors—Daniel 13410.71 . ; Mar tin Musser, 163 i John gaißtica 2 years, 178 ; Samuelltox.4 78; rraFila 'Wade, 61 ; Isaac. Hall,' 2, yeats, 60 , Anditort-John let:Mtvzief;l.7l. Samuel E. Weaver, 38..- . • clefk—cmo, w:smitit, 234, March 21 CARNARVON Stonor, 1'22 DHUMORE DONEGAL EAST EARL EAST. .Tisle•-zlitattirt&l42;' - L` 16 ; Isaac W.-Stauffer, 5.. ' Inspectors—John :Lausman, 158; John Klllinn, 5. Assessor—John :H. Bagtii , ls3 ;'llarrison Haller, 5. P. 03. 4- 41 0Ae -- John.B. }Pet elected consta- Jr. -•- .. - XiJruagee' octhe Peace Sainuel B. _Foltz, • Snp Visor Peter if..'._Sander, 158; John. G. Kuthr, 157.0.70hn Bander, 5. Xftectorek-4olui-:;l3auman, 157 ; Isaac X. Oierhohei,'ls7 ; Levi Weiler 5; Isaac Foltz, 5. Auditor—Wm. Cline, 156; Aaron Stauf fer, 5. Clerk—William Wallace, 158; William Stote, 5. EARL WEST. Judge—Benjamin Landis, 39; A. K. Horn beige!, 81._.. InspectoEliai Boinberger, 66; Samuel Speraw,.l7 • Samuel-Hufferd, 36. AssessorlJacob Wolf, 125. Constable—Jacob Kauffman, 16 ; G. B. Forney, 17 ; Scattering, V.. Supervisor—Robert L. Evans, 105 ; Chas. Adams, 115. - School Directors—Abraham Lefevre, 124 ; John R. Bich, 124. Auditor—Daniel Roether, 122 ; John Bit zer, 5. Clerk—S. M. Seldomridge, 125. ELIZABETH. Judge—Samuel H. Miller, 6.5. Inspectors—lsruel Zartman, 47; Owen Hartranft, 16. Assessor—Peter Meiskey, 42; Get - % Ham mer, 26. Constable—Thomm Masterson, 9. Justice of the Peace—L. G. Goehly, as ; E. 0. Eby, 59. Supervisor—Moses M. Brubacher, 66; David Zartman, 64. School Directors—Jacob M. Shitz, 67 ; E. L. Krider, 68; Henry Kessler, 65. Auditor—Moses Miller, 69; H. Lutz, 1;9. Clerk—George Bentz, 70. ELIZABE'rHTOWN BOROUGH. Judge—Daniel W. Balmer, 49; Franklin S. Bryan, 6; James Wilson, 40. Inspectors—Samuel .lleLenegan, 34; Dan. Killian, 40. Assessor—Thomas Buck, 51;.Jerome Shultz, 40. Jacob Coble, 13 ; iehael Coustable Kauffman, 47. Justice of the Peace—Geo. Byrode, 14, School Directors—Jacob •Baxti•esser, Henry Harmony, 47; Jacob Felix, 1. ; (co IV. Gardner, 39. EPHRATA Judge—John M. Royer, 163. Inspectors—Oliver Strohl, I P 2; Aaron 0 Hammar, 14'2. Assessor—John W. Gross, 152; Jacob Gorgas, 110. Constable—Samuel Smith, 140; Henry C. Ludwig, 110. Supervisor—Henry Shaeffer, 155; Lev' Mohler, 11l ; Edward Nagle, 151. School Directors—Daniel Kemper, 100 ; Levi Landes, 140; George L. Bard, 1011. Auditor—William Spent, lit!. Clerk—Adam Konigmaeher, 157. E D EN. • Judge—Joseph Wi s- S; Abraham Myers, 63. Inspectors—W. W. Withers,B6 ; Kunkle, 62. Assessor—John W. Hess, 66 ; Wm. Dun gan, 65. Constable—Robert Ray, 93; John K remer, 5-1. Justice of the Peace—J. 11. ttilbert, Irt ; William Brown, 56. Supervisor—David Eckman, Si ; John Herr, 77 ; David Myers, 70 ; Geo. Kunkle, 68, School Directors—J. 11. Gilbert, ; Jos Keen, 83 ; Wm. Dungan, 63; Michael Row Auditor—Elijah Keen, 87 ; John White side, 64. Clerk—Samuel Fagan, ; ;. I. i brand, 6S. LTON Judge—Abner Brown. 94 . 1;. \V. Whita ker, 39. Inspectors—Jacob K. Brown, fanner, 91; Harvey Swill, 38. Assessor—John Scott, 95; W. F. .Jenk ins, 39. Constsble—Juo. Riley, 95; Lewis Brown, Justice of the Peace—Hobert Barnes, 91 ; Samuel Wicks, -10. Supervisor—John 11. Bricknell, 912; Rob' t Killough, 98; Jun. G, Dunwoudy, 37; Isaac IV. Towson, 39. School Directors—N. D. Scott, 93 ; Brown, 91 ; W. F. Neel, 95; J. 11. Clemlen nen, 38 ; George 11. Hews, 37; S. W. Scott, 35 Auditor—l fenryVoy,Vs ; Joseph Bal lance, 1.}6; James MeSparren, 36. . Clerk—Lewis Brown, 9:2; Jos. Philips 40. HEMPFIELD EAST Judge—(3Bth District) Jacob Baker, Levi Bare, 43 ; (93c1 District) Peter Swarr, Inspectors—(3Bth District) David Ring walt, 16; Hiram G. West, 42; (23d District) John L. Gingerich, 24. Assessor—Frederick Hoffman, 84. Constable—Henry Heiser, 79. Supervisor—John Wisler, ; John M. Beamesderler, 81. School Directors—H. L. Frantz, i 0; John Swarr, 84. Auditor—David Baker, 84. Clerk—John L. Miller, 83. JIEMPFTELD WEST. Judge--Ehas J. Barr, 164 ; .John M. Wel ler, Si. Inspectors—Samuel 11. Kauffman, 1133; William Walker, 87. Assessor—John E. Esldeman, l6:3; .1 antes Boyes, 84. Constable-oe°. Renew, 88 ; John George, 5. Supervisor—Jos. Musser, 123; Elias Fish er, 148; John Hodgendobler, 117 ; Jacob Greider, 32; John M. Fisher, lti. School Directors-Ilenry ( 'openhetkr, 144 ; Reuben (4arber, 1`27; Henry Kalfh.r, 97; David H. \Veidler, 95. Auditor—John H. Slnith, 163. Clerk—Geo. Berntheisel, ni4; John Len hart, 87. _ _ LAMPETER EAST Judge—Benj. P. Harnish, 110. Inspectors—Henry Lavntan, ; B.N Groff, 38. Ithantar t;rabill, 27. Assessor—Calvin Cooper, 131 ; Peter Dif fenbach, 10. Constable—Thos. Leed, rolf, 16. JthitiCo of the Peace—Peter .1011 n,, 1:10 Peter Dittenbach, 6. Supervisor—.Tacol, liyerly ' 151.1; A ndro•iv Kennedy, 141 ; John T. 1 lastings, 9. School Directors—Levi Lazuli,. 1:0; L. I'. Lyle, 111; John Quigley, 111, Auditor—Jacob Rohrer, 137. Clerk—Jacob Riddle, 133. LAMPETER \VEST. M;i fanli=l Inspectors—Martin Carpenter, 59; I len ry M. Miller, 1.1 ; William Weaver, tr.% Assessor—Geo. 'Ulmer, 30. • Constable—Jacob Kautz, 142_ Justice of the Peace—Levi Huber, 5 t ; S. Zercher, 91. Supervisor—Jacob Burkholder, 89; 1t o ry J. Byers, 118; John F. Meek, _5; Levi B. Rohrer, 19; Philip Shissler, 11. School Directors—John C. Baldwin, 94; Christian Lefever, G 2; Dr. Gry.). W. Miller, 115; John H. Miller, 92. Auditor—Adam 11. Lefever, 74; Martin K. Mylin, 67. • Clerk—Henry Miller, 148. LITT LE BRITAIN. Judge—Jos. C. Taylor. 131; C. W. hays, Inspectors—Wm. Wive!, 130; Wm. W. Hensel, 18. Assessor—Win. B. Drake, 130. Constable—Win. McFadden, Supervisor—James Wright, 1:12; Robert Snodgrass, 130. School Directors—Jos. F. Paxun, 1311; Hi ram M. Wilson, 139. Auditor—Samuel E. Fairlamb, 130. Clerk—Win. G. Hamilton, 132. LEACOCK. Judge—Abraham Bair, 118; John R. Rutter, 35. Inspectors—Jacob B. Landis, 115; Roli t. Wade, 36. Assessor—Joel S. Eaby, 115; Samuel Bitzer, 35. Constable—Josiah S. Zook, 119 ; Samuel Bowman, 34. Supervisor—Joseph Harsh, 115; John Groff, 114 ; Joseph Kellenberger, 311. School Directors—Allred Ellmaker, 107; Henry Burr, 115; John Royer, Jr., 33; Peter B. Eckert, 37. Auditor—lsaac Bair, 116 ; Robert T. Knox, 35. Clerk—Jason K. Eaby, 118; Dr. S. B. Sample, 35. LEACOCK UPPER. Judge—Adam Bare, 139. Inspector—Samuels. Rutter, 118 ; Wash ington Simmons, 16. Assessor—Jacob Becker, 141. lizimstable—John B. Snyder, 133. , "Justice of the Peace—lsaac Bushong, 130. Supervisor—William Lytle, 136 ; John Byerly, 70 ; Isaac L. Bard 73. School Directors—John Ideitshue, 2 years, 134 ; John Buckwalter, 132 ; Levi Groff, 13:5. Auditor—Solomon Groff, 132. Clerk—H. G. Dissinger, 133. LANCASTER. Judge—John Johns, 45. Inspectors—John A. Bausman, 24; Har ris Boardman, 10. Assessor—Philip Landis, 43. Constable—lsaac Kenair, 43. Supervisor—Andes. Shenk, 43; Christian Brubaker, 33; Christ. Johns, 6. School Directors,Samuel Hershey, 42; Chrtst. Lintner, 37. Auditor—Benj. Longenecker, 4-1. Clerk—Wm. T. Youart 44. Judge—Peter Hunsecker, 1111 Daniel S. Grosh, 48 ; George Hauck, 55. Inspectors—John K. Stoner, 123 ; Israel B. Shreiner, 84. Assessor—A. C. Hyus, 101; Jacob B. Es benshade, 60; Amos Stauffer, 57. Constable—Michael Rending, 11 ; S. Geist, 58; John Martin, 33 ; Israel B. Shrei ner, 11. Justice of the Peace—Henry H. Kurtz, 147 •, Henry Shreiner, 114 ; C. L. Uunscck cr, 108. Supervisor—Jacob Kepperling, 187 (Jno. K. Grube, 148; Joseph Siegfried, 78. School. Directors--.Benjamm L. Landis, 178 ;. Jacob M. Myers, 198. Auditor—Emanuel P. Keller, 113 ; John Miller, 101. Clerk—Jacob M4l4cb, 220. • MARTIC. Jude: 4 l;l'olm'; Anxistrong, - 1071 - Henry Gallen, 79: t. • - • - Inspectors=Ernest M. Weidlieh, 97; Trio Monteith, 86 ; James Clark, 13. Assessor—James A. Ewing, 120; Wm. N. Gibson, 75. Constable—Jolm .B. Hess, 100; Hugh Onail, 88. Justice of the Peace—Joseph Engles, 134 ; James H. Pagen, 59. Supervisor—Patrick Moss, 120; George Stoner, 38; Samuel Miller, 186 ; Henry Hess, 37. School Directors—john J. Good, 113; Jos. Armstrong, 88 ;•Bartholmew Simpson, 83; Henry B. Hagens, 32 ; John ilorner,2l; David Cully, 28. Auditor—Abraham Good, 132; William C. Boyd, 63, Clerk—Daniel McMichael 111; Charles Soulsbv, 81. MARIETTA BOROUGH. _ - . --- - . Chief Burgess—Thomas Stence,lo2; Chris thin Bucker, 37; H. S. Libhart, 31. Assistant Burgess—H. S. Libhart, 97 Frederick Mawlick, 3S. Town Council—Barr Spangler, 103; J. J. Libhart, 104; A. H. Summy, 105 ; A. May lat ; H. D. Benjamin, 103; F. Walker, 37; tipple, 40;H. Rollin, 37; John Crull, 35 ; J. Sougmaster, 36. Judgo—iieorge Shriner ' 104. Inspcvtor—A. Ropp, 105 ; S. Lawrence, Clerk—J. 'r• Anderson, 1.05; Theo. Hies [and, 105; A. R. Erisman, 38; Melchoir Horline, Constable—A. Enniweiler, 54; F. K. Mo sey, 36; J. M. lienlen, 11. MOUNT JON BOROUtill. Judge—lienry Shaffner, 50; James A. Patterson, 49. Inspectors—Michael Morris, 30; John W. Roland, 10; Allen Martin, 16; Andrew Delling r , 26; Solomon Siloll, 18. Assessor—John It Fitzgerald, 92. Borough Constable—Jacob Shelly, 05. Constable—Joseph Donayon, 86. Coneilinen—John Hilderbrand, 20; Wm. Brady, 13; Christian Slobler, an; A. B. Landis, 25. School Directors—Dr. A. Sheller, :S2; H. Stauffer, 72; Henry H. Landis, 57 Beni Eaby, Auditor—lsaac Longenecker, Burgos.-11, M. Grieder, 9S. MOUNT JOY. Judge—(49th District) Joseph Boyer, 43. (51st District) .lohn Bossler, 25. Inspectors—(49th District) Peter Witmer, 31 ; Washington Sowers, 15. (51st District) Cyrus Swanger, 14; Christian S, Nissley, 11. Assessor—lsaac Gish, Justin' of the Peace—Christian S. Coble, Supervisor - Rudolph Herr, 4-1; Joseph 11achinan, 65; Joseph Barnhart,'. Sehool Direetors—Christian It. Nissely, 70; Henry B. heist, 1;9. Auditor—Abm. 11. 1.)00(1, 1;9. Irk • Christian H. Nissley, 70. MANOR. M I I.LE—Judge—Almus B. Bru baker, 4S; John W. Witmer, S. Inspector—neorge Kehler, 47; Adam S. Deitrieh, S. I smANTows—J udge—C. li. Mayer, 85, Abraham Kline, ti. 1 nspecinrs Fry, ; Isaiah I [err, 25; C'..l. Rhoads, WAsniNliToN—Judge—John E. ll(istet ter, S 9; Win. Parker, (IS. Inspector--C. D. Martin, 87; Wm. Oat man, 70. Assessor—Michael B. Shenk, 817. , . Constable—Henry Sort der, 194. Supervisor--Jacob (Ireenawalt, 197; 11 Loyer, 190. School Directors—J. C. Stoner, 183; H C. Shuman, 204. Auditor--Messech Lefever, 20:1. ('leek-..l'rederiek Stoner, jr, 20:1. PARADISE. . . Judge -Thomas S. Woods, 52; Georg( Foudersmith, 71. Inspectors—Charles Ludwiek, `S•_'; Henry (iirvin, 71. Assessor—Elias Miller, 81: Henry Rutz,7l. Uonsnible—Nathanier Clark, S 2; John S. Smith, A. Justice of the Peace—Henry Miller, sl ; Isaac, Leidigh, 81. Supervisor—keno Denlinger, 81; Martin Denlinger, 82; (:eorg,e Bower, 71 ; Peter Neidigh, 71. School' Directors-- Benjamin Weaver, 82 John Ranek, 82. Auditor—Dr. Jos. 11. Lefever, 82. lerk—John S. Keneagy, 82. P ROVIDEZ;( E. • .fudge--John Strohm, jr., ; Albert Smith, Is. Inspet.t.rs --.P. 11. Cioelnutuer, is; Raub, .Is. Assessor—John \I. Martin, 121. Constable--11111in • Elliott, 47 ; Albert N Rutter, 75. Supervisor—Daniel Bair, 81; .Ino, Thomas, T 4); Henry Vlr Falls, 1;; Michael, 'Winter, Sehool Directors-13. F'. Rowe, 101 ; Hen ry Bowman, 102; J. M. Shenk, 114; Dr. N. Raub, 05. Auditor—Stephen Wiggins,7o; John Her sehoek, Clerk— A mos Groff, 7;); Christian lirene man, 47. MAN ti Ei3t Boa—Judge—John E. Rohrer, 147; David Miller, 21. Inspectors—Jacob E. Stauffer, 29; Daniel Hamaker, 112; Jesse McMullen, 30. sTawIiLEICS SCHOOL HousE- Judge-- Ja , ob If. Striekler, 27; Joseph (food, 71. Inspectors--Jos. Trout, 2 4; Henry Falls, ; (loorge lie .ker, 22. NEw•row N H. Shenk, 11. Insneekws- -Peter Risser, 24; .Jacob Gelt inacher, 19. Assessor---'l'. 11. Stauffer, 2811; John B Brenennin, 11, Consla de-- 4 ieo. lianntatt, 20:1 ; S. L. Bru baker, ;S. t; rissinger, Super \ Sattal Felker, 301 ; Martin )1017.1Pr. :tl:i. Nohonl hirot•lc)rs---./. .1. Frey, Rohrer, 22ii. .kiztl it --.Jacob \V. Snyder, 312. 'lcrk I Huck, 315. SA T/Slit: RY. tidgp W iamll. Sproul, 99; 'Nathaniel Uillispie, -PS. nspeviors -41eorg-e Pownall, 97 ; William Ilov, 42. .t.ises,zor J. 1: ill( Lamborn, 9 ; John Borland, 4:;. cmislable- \ViHiam Proudlbot, 92 ; B.F. nar,h, 11. Supervisor lienjuniin Carter, 8!) ;J. Po; le, 93 ; William M. Noble;l7 ; Leonard 1104•hey l 47. Poll.r 1) a- Sehool bireetors—Jason I). Caruthers, 97 ; Ambrose I'ownall, 9G ; William Fox, ; John D. Ilarrar, 14. Auditor—Samuel Slokom, iii ; Franklin Ilomsher, '100: A bran' Hoop, 9:1. SALISBURY. Judge--Jacob CmYile, 4ril ; B. F. llouston, Inspectors—Etlinu id 'achren, 1i 5 Daniel I.A•e, 112; John Jl. Skiles, 71i. Assessor and Constable—A. 2SI; John Patton, 70. Super visor—lsaac C. Thompson, 206 Kennedy I 277 ; Jacob Martin, 123 David Knox, i 7; Lewis Ridden, 47. PEN N. .1 udge---Clemen I. BOyd, ; Aaron I,ongenevker, F:S. illSpectors—licm ben .J. Erb, (37 ; George 11. Conrad, Assessor—E. 11. Gingrich, :11. Constable—. Jacob Blocher, 57. Supervisor—Emanuel Keener, 57 ; Ben jamin McQuade, 52 ; Samuel Hoffer, 52. ScLool Directors—htvid Beck, (B ; Andw. A. Zug, 44; ; Elias E. Weist, 21); James Mu.- Mullen, 1.1. Auditor—John Heist, 55. Towit C 'l6'rk—Jacob Busser, jr., 77. PEQUEA. .1101f4e--.\ afh.ow Mohaffey, 67; John f; • Tin 4,;er, 10. Inspectors—Abraham Snavely, 42; J. Heidleback, 36. Assessor—John Zereher, 67 ; Andrew Me- Willey, 13. Constable—A Wuhan' Gross, 72; John Harman, 7. Supervisor—Emanuel 'famish. 77 ; John Harman, 63 ; Michael Goss, 10. School Directors—Christian R. Herr, 74 ; Amos McAllister, II ; John Huber, 70; Samuel M. Mylin. (2 years) 69. Auditor—John B. Myers, 72. Clerk—Joseph Breneman, 69; Henry W ill , 7. School Directors—D. F. Stolfuse, 210; Peter Eby, ; T. W. Henderson, 106 ; Isaac Diller, Sr., 72. Auditor—llabriel Reel, 278; David Kurtz, 71. Cl,rk—Peter Worst, 252 ; John D. Wilson, ; Henry I:111er, 27. Judge—Josiah Martin, sa; Wm. Black, Inspectors—S. P. Hart, 57 ; Josiah Mar tin, 24; Robert P. Spencer, 30. Assessor—Jacob Buckwalter, 1(t). Constable—Robert Downey, 65; Eman'l Rowe, 42. Justice of the Peace—James MePhail,6o ; Samuel P. Bower, 50 ; Jacob Hildebrand, 90. Chief Burgess—Henry Neff, 61; Joseph Bowman, 38. . . Assistant Burgess—William Guiles, 63 ; Ueorge H. Maynard, 31. School Direclurs—James McPhail, 3 years, i,5 ; Adam Hull, 3 Wears, 58 ; William Black, 2 years, 59; John B. Aument, years, 15 ; Eliin Kirk, 3 years, 57 ; John S. Rohrer, 2 years, 50. High CZeistable—Williain Rudley, 61; Joseph Werth, 37. Town Council—William Steacy, 72; Levi Wardley, 94; Christian Backman, 99 ; John Holl, Jr., 67 ; Jacob Rohrer, 100; John B. Aument,, GO; Reuben Fellenbaum, 53 Augustus T. Myers, 23; E. M. Eberman, 34; Adam HoLl i 42; Jacob Echternacht, 39. STRASBURG BOROUGH J Crack bi 11,106 ; Frank Clark, 11. Inspector—Adam Rerr, 69; Samuel Gra ham, 10 ; Henry Musser, 41. Assessor—Daniel Helm, 107. Constable—lianiel Erb, 55; John Fry, 51. Justice of the Peace—Henry N. Brenernan 108; Henry Hoak, 111. Supervisor—Michael S. Brider. 86; Jac. Myers, 74 ; John Winters, 54; Uriah Ha gens, 10. School Directors—Benj. Fritz, 73 ; Ada m Maurer, 120 ; Martin Ressler, 47. Auditor—Henry litusselipan, 110. Clerk—Jacob Mirth; MN. • . R N.PIII ) =OM STRASBURG
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