and bloody collisions with onroutlying settle ments, and emigrants. The sound policy and our imperative duty to these wards of government demand our anxious and constant attention to their material well being, to their progress in the arts of civ z . iliation, and above all, to that moral training, wMch, under the blessings of Divine Providence, will con fer upon them the elevated and sanctifying influence of the hopes and consolations of the Christian faith. I suggested in my last annual message the propriety of remodeling our Indian system.— Subsequent events have satisfied me of its n ec ess ity. The details set forth in the re port of the Secretary will evince the urgent need for immediate legislative action. I commend the benevolence of the institutions established or patronized by the Government in this district to your generous and foster ing care. Internal Improvements. The attention of Congress during the last session was engaged to some extent with a proposition for enlarging the water commu nication between the Mississippi river and the Northeastern seaboard, which proposi- tion, however, tailed for the time. Since then, upon a call of the greatest respectabil ity, a convention has been called at Chicago upon the same subject, a summary of whose views is contained in a memorial addressed to the President and Congress, and which I now have the honor to lay before you. That this interest is one which ere long will force its own way, I do not entertain a doubt, while it is submitted entirely to your wisdom as-to what can be done now. Augmented interest is given to this subject by the actual commencement of work upon the Pacific Railroad, under auspices so favorable to its rapid progress and completion. Enlarged navigation becomes a palpable need to this great road. The Agricultural Department. I transmit the second awmal report of the Commissioner of the Department of Agricul ture, asking your attention to the develop ments in that vital interest of the nation. The Rebellion. When Congress assembled a year ago, the war had already- lasted nearly twenty months, and there had been conflicts on both land and sea with varying meta, The rebellion had been pressed back into reduced limits, get the tone of public feeling and opinion at home and abroad was not satisfactory. 'With oth er signs, the popular elections then just NA indicated uneasiness among ourselves, while amid lunch that was cold and menacing, the kindest words coining from England were altered in accents of pity thnt we were too blind to surrender. Our commerce was suf fering greatly by a few armed vessels, built upon and furnished from foreign shores, and we were threatened with such additions from the same quarter as would sweep our trade sem the sea and raise our blockade. We had failed to elicit from Europeou govern ments anything hopeful upon the subject. The Emancipation Proclamation. The Emancipation Proclamation, which was issued in Aeptember, was running its as sig,ned period to the beginning of the new year. A month later the final proclamation came, including the announcement that col ored men of suitable condition would be re ceived into the war service. The policy of emancipation and of the employment of black soldiers, gave to the future a new as pect, about which hope and fear and doubt eontended in uncertain conflict. According to our political system as a matter of civil administration, the General Government had no lawful power to effect emancipation in any State, and for a long time it had been hoped that the rebellion could be suppressed with out resorting to it as a military measure. It was all the while deerridd possible that neces sity. for it might come, and that if it should, the crisis of the contest would then be presen ted. It came, and, as was intended, it was fol lowed by dark and doubtful days. Eleven months having been passed, we are +le:witted to take another review. The rebel borders are pressed still further back, and by the , complete opening of the Mississippi river, Owl country dominated over by the rebellion is divided into distant parts. Practical communication between them and Tennessee and Arkansas, has been so substantially cleared of insurgents' control and influence, that the citizens in each, and owners of slaves and advocates of shivery at the beginning of the rebellion, now declare openly for emancipation, iu their respective States. Of those States not included in the emancipation proclamation, Maryland and Missouri, neither of which years ago would tolerate any restraint upon the extension of slavery into our territories, only dispute now as to the best mode of removing it from with their own limits. Of those who were slaves at the beginning of the rebellion, fully one hundred thousand are new in the military service of the 'United :States, about one-half of which number actu ;ally bear arms in the ranks, thus giving the double advauti„,,:e of taking so much labor from the insurgent es' ize and supplying the : places which otherwise must be tilled with so ninny white men. .gso far as tested it is diffi- cult to say that they Are not as good soldiers as any. No servile insurrection or tendency to violence or cruelty has marked the mea, sures of emancipation and arming the blacks, These measures have been much discussed in foreign countries, and contemporary with such discussion the tone of public sentiment t o he r a in improved, At home, the same mea sures have been fully discussed, supported, criticised and denounce& and a k e annual elec tions following are 16444 1 cicours t aing to those whose specha duty it. is to bear the country through this- great triaL Thus we have the reckoning : the crisis . whitii threat, cued to divide the trier* of the Union is past, A Reconstruction Proclamation. Looking now to the present and future, sad with reference to the resumption of na tional authority within those States wherein that authority has been suspended, I have thought fit to issue's proclamation, a copy of which is herewith trap fitted. On examina tit et this Tunchumition t It - will appear, as is benar4 that amaillimg - la attempted beyond Oat is led by the Conetitaticm. . Tray, *ASP of oath is given; bat no man is coereeSte take it; the ruanftrkosikr proalieed pardon in case he voluntarily takes the oath. The Constitution authorises the *seentive to I grant or withhold the pardon at his own ab solute discretion, and this includes the power to grant on terms, as is fully established by judicial and other authorities. It is also proffered that, if in any of the States named, the State Government shall be in the mode prescribed set up, such Government shall be recognized and guaranteed by the United States, and That under it the State shall, on Constitutional conditions, be protected against invasion and domestic violence. The constitutional obligation of the United States to guarantee to every State in the Union a Republican form of government, and protect the State in cases as stated, is explicit and full; but why tender the benefits of this provision only to State governments set up in this particular way ? This section of the Constitution contemplates a case wherein the element within a State favorable to a repub lican government in the Union may be too feeble for an opposite and hostile element, external to and even in the State ; and such are precisely the cases with which we are now dealing. An attempt to guarantee and protect a revised State government construct ed in whole or in preponderating part from ' the very element against whose hostility and violence it is to be protected, is simply ab surd. There must be a test by which to sep arate the opposing element, so as to build on ' ly from the sound, and that test is a sufficient and liberal one, which accepts as sound who ever will make a sworn recantation of his former unsoundness. But if it be proper to require a test of ad mission to the political body, au oath of alle giance to the Constitution of the United States and to the Union under it, why not also to the laws and proclamation in regard to slavery? Those laws and proclamations were enacted and put forth for the purpose of aiding in the suppression of the rebellion. To give then the fullest effect there had to be pledges given for their maintenance. In my judgment they have aided and will furth er aid the cause for which they were enlisted. To give up this principle would be not only to relinquish a lever of power, but would also be a cruel and astounding breach of faith. I may add, at this point, that while I re main in my present position, I shall not at tempt to retract or modify the Emancipation Proclamation, nor shall I return to slavery any person who is made free by the terms of the Proclamation, or by any act of Congress. For these and other reasons, it is thought best that the support of these proclamations shall he included in the oath, and it is be lieved the, Executive any lawfully claim it in return for pardon and restoration of political rights, Which he has clear constitutional pow er to withhold altogether, or grant upon the terms which he shall deem wisest fur the pub lic interest. It should be observed also that this part of the oath is schject to the modifying and ab rogating power of legislation mid Supreme judicial decision. The proposed acquiescence of the National Executive, in any honorable temporary State arrangement for the freed people, is made with the view of possibly modifying the confusion and distressed desti tution, which must at best attend all classes by a total revolution of labor throughout the whole States. It is hoped that the already deeply afflicted people in those States may be somewhat more ready to give n the cause of their affliction ; and to this extent this vital matter is left to themselves; while no power of the National Executive to prevent an abuse is abridged by this proposition. The Plan of the Re-Construction. The suggestion in the proclamation as to maintidning the political framework of the States, on what is called the reconstruction, is made in the hope that it may 4o good with out harm. It will save labor and avoid great confusion. But why any proclamation now npon this subject ? This question is best with the conflicting views that the step might be delayed too long or be taken too soon.— In some States elements for resumption have been ready for action, but remain inactive apparently for want of a rallying point, k a plan of action. Why shall A adopt the plan of B rather than B that of ? and if A and B should agree, how can they know that the general government here will respect the plan? By the proclamation, a plan is presented which may be accepted by them as a rallying point, and which they are assured in advance, will not be rejected here. This may bring them to act sooner than they otherwise would. The objection to premature presentation of a plan by the National Executive, consists in the danger of commitments on points which could be more safely left to further developments. Care has been taken to so shape documents as to avoid embarrassment from this source. In saying that on certain terms certain classes will be pardoned, with their rights restored, it is not Said that other classes, on other terms, will never be included. In saying that a reconstruction will be accepted if presented in a speciaed way, it is not said that it will never be accepted in any other way. The movement by State action fur emancipa tion in several of the States not included in the Emancipation Proclamation, are matters of profound gratification ; and while I do not repeat in detail what I have heretofore so earnestly urged upon this snljcet, my gener alviews and feelings remain unchanged, and trust that Congress will omit no fair oppor tunity of aiding these important steps toward the great consummation. The War Fewer Our Reliance. In the midst of other cares, however im portant. we must not lose sight of the fact that the war power is still our main reliance. To that power alone can we look yet for a time to give confidence to the people in coo -1 tested regions that the insurgent power will not again overrun them. Until that confi deuce shall be established little can be done anywhere for what is called recdnstmcfion.— Hence our chiefest care must still• be di rected to Our army and navy who have thus far borne their balder part so nobly and well and it may be esteemed - fortunate that in giv ing the greatest aficissey to those indispen sable arms, we de alsolrenonhly encourage** gallant num, Um Matuagader to Mitialti, who compose, and to whom more than to *X 'others the world . raustiltand. indebted for the home of freedom disenthralled, regenerated, enlarged, and ripetnated. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. Deem= 8, 1868. THE PRESIDENT'S PROOLAMA- TION. Winnow', In and by the Constitution of the United States, it is provided that the President of the United States shall have power to grant reprieves and pardons for offenses against the United States, except in cases of impeachment. AND WHEREAS, A rebellion now exists where by the loyal State governments ef several States have for a long time been subverted, and many persons have committed, and are now guilty of treason against the United States. AND WHERE AS, With reference to said rebellion and trea son, laws have been enacted by Congress, de Glaring the forfeiture and confiscation of prop erty and the liberation of slaves of all upon the terms and conditions therein stated and also declaring that the President was thereby au thorized at any time thereafter, by proclama tion, to extend to persons who may have par ticipated in the existing rebellion in any State or part thereof, pardpn and amnesty, with such exceptions and at such times and on such con ditions as he may deem expedient for the public welfare. AND, witesr.as, 'lite Congressional declaration for limited and conditional pardon accords with the well established and judicial exposition of the pardoning power ; AND, WIIERF,AS, with reference to said rebellion, the President of the United States has issued sev • eral proclamations with provisions in regard to the liberation of the slaves ; AND, WHEEEAS, It is now desired by some person or persons, here tofore engaged in said rebellion, to resume their allegiance to the United States, and to re-inau gurate loyal Slate governments within and for their respective States ; Therefore, I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the Untied States, do pro claim and &Clare and make known to all per. sons who have directly or by implication, par ticipated in the existing rebellion, except as hereinafter excepted, that full pardon is hereby granted them, and each of them with the re storation of all the rights of property except as to slaves and in property in cases where the rights of third parties shall have intervened, and upon condition that every such person shall take and subscribe an oath, and thenceforward keep and maintain said oath inviolate, and which oath shall be registered for permanent preservation, and shall be of tile tenor and eI. feet of the following, to wit : I do solemnly swear, in presence of Almighty God, that I will henceforth faithfully support, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States and the Union of States. I will, in like manner, abide by, and faithfully support all acts of Congress passed during the existing rebellion, with reference to saves, so long, and so far as nut repealed, modified, or held void by Congress, or by a decision of the Supreme Court, and that I will in like manlier abide by and faithfully support all proclamations of die President made during the existing rebellion, having reference to slaves so long and so far as sot modified or declared void by the decision of the Supreme Court, so help ins God. The persons exempted from the benefits of the foregoing provisions, are all who are or shall have been civil or diplomatic officers or agents of the so-called Confederate Govern ment ; all who have left judicial stations under the United States to aid the rebellion ; all who are or shall have been military or naval offi cers of the rank of Colonel in the army, or Lieutenant in the navy; all who left seats in the United States Congress to aid in the rebel lion ; all who resigned their commissions in the army and navy of the United States, and afterwards aided the rebellion, and all who have engaged in any way in treating colored persons or white persons in charge of such, otherwise than lawfully as prisoners of war, and which persons may be found in the United States service as soldiers, seamen, or in any other capacity. And I do further proclaim, declare and make known, that whenever in any of the States of Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, Flor - da, South Carolina, a number of persons, not less than one•tenth of the number of the votes cast in such State at the Presidential election of the year of our Lord, 1860, each having taken the oath aforesaid, and not having since violated it, and being a qualified voter by the election laws of the State, existing immediately before the so-called act of secession, and excluding all others, shall be established a State Govern ment, which shall be Republican, and in no wise contravening said oath. Such shall be recognized as the government of the State, and the State shall receive thereunder the benefits of the Constitutiopal provision which declares that the United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a republican form of gov ernment, and shall protect each of them against I invasion, and on application of the Legislature or the Executive when the Legislature cannot be convened, against domestic violence. And I do further proclaim, declare and make known that any provision which may be adopt ed by such State Government, in rela'ion to the freed people of such State, which shall re cognize and declare their permanent freedom and proVide for their education, and which may yet be consistent as a temporary arrangement with their present condition as a laboring, land- j less and homeless class, will nut be objected to by the Naional Executive. And it is suggestd, as not improper, that in constructing a loyal State government in any State, the name of the boundary, the subdivi sion, the Constitution, and the Federal code of laws. as before the rebellion, be maintained, subject only to modifications made necessary by the conditions herein before stated, and such others, if not contravening said conditions, which may be deemed expedient by those fram ing the new State government. To avoid misunderstanding. it may be proper to say that this Proclamation, so far as it relates to State governments, has no reference to States wherein loyal State governments have all the while been maintained, And for the same rea son it may be proper to further say that when ever members sent to Congress from any State shall be admitted to seats constitutionally rests exclusively with the respective Houses, and not to any extent with the Executtve. And, still further, that this Proclamation is intended to present to the people of the Sta:es wherein the national authority has been suspended and loyal I State governments have been subverted, a mode by which the national authority over every loyal State government may be established within said State or any of them. And while the mode presented is the best the Executive can suggest with his present impressions, it must not be understood that another possible mode would not be acceptable. Given under my hand, at the City of Wash ington, the Bth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, and of the inde pendence of the United States of America the eighty-eighth ABRAHAM LINCOLN By the President: ‘V.II. H. SEWARD, Secretary of State The Rival Candidates. A correspondent sends' the following, which is very good—none the worse that it has appeared before in substance in the magazines. That time the scene was . laid in Lower Mississippi. Very likely it happened in several places.— Politicians are very much alike. Another candidate came upon " a poor white man," who had a vote to give, if he did have to do his own milk ing., The candidate, Jones, asked him if he should hold the cow, which seemed to be uneasy, and the old man consent ing readily, he took her by the horns and - held that till the operation was done. "Have :-ou had Robinson (his rival) I around here lately t" he asked. "0 yes ! He's behind the barn, now, holding the calf!" WATER C r RE. -- Here is Charles Lamb's opinion of a water cure :—"lt is neither new nor wonderlul, for it is as old as the Deluge, when in my opinion, it killed more than it cured." RAN AWAY OM the subscriber living in Aleppo tp r on the 17th of October last, NANNAH bounAl by the .overseers of the Poor in said teurnship. warp ell pennons from trustily or barbeshint her gni spy 1nf . :m . 25 1i,6.. 1er IMI dotenaideil te wadi dolga st au r HILLER. 3. , 0 .4i 1:11 The Battle of Ringgold Station. After 'the battle in front of Chattanoo l : ga, writes a correspondent of the Cincin nati (*tette, the glorious result of which you lave ere this time frilly laid before you, our forces were divided into three! columns, leaving a sufficient garrison at Chattanooga, and started in pursuit of the flying enemy. Sherman was on the left, Baird's division in the center, and Hooker on the right, along the Ringgold road. The object was, if possible, to flank and gobble up the rear of Bragg's retreating army, and to prevent Long street and Buckner from joining it. All along the road we picked up stragglers, small arms, caissons, limbers, &c., every thing, in short, that marks the track of a retreating and demoralized army. At Chickamauga Station, Hooker drove the enemy from his works, capturing pris oners and stores. No formidable resis tanee was made till we arrived at Ring gold, on the Chattanooga and Dalton Branch railroad, the morning of the 27th. Here the enemy had taken position on Taylor's Ridge, at the foot of which is I the village. The position is a very I strong one—much like Missionary Ridge in front of Chattanooga. Opposite the town is a pass, on each side of which the enemy had arranged his lines, expo sing but little of his force to view. Immediately on our arrival Hooker or dered Geary's and Osterhaus' divisions to scale the hill and charge the enemy, which they did as bravely as ever troops moved against a foe ; but when near the top they were met by such an unexpect ed host of assailants, and such a deter mined resistance, that they were com pelled to fall back. The fight on the side of the ridge was by far the most des perate of this week. Geary's division held their ground till they were literally cut to pieces. The 7th Ohio had thir teen officers out of fourteen killed and I wounded in that charge. Col. Creigh ton, of the 7th, who was commanding the Ist brigade of Geary's division, was killed instantly while urging his men to the charge. The enemy had six pieces of artillery with which he played on us, but with little effect. The fight was then comparatively discontinued, until the arrival of our artillery, of which, up to the repulse, we had not a single piece. At 12 o'clock our batteries began to ' play on the Ridge, seemingly with good efibrt, and at the same time a column of infantry was moved up the Ridge.— This time the enemy made but little re sistance, but skedaddled in every direc tion, leaving tbur pieces of artillery on our bands, and all his killed and wound ed, besides a number of prisoners.— Baird' a division came in by anotter route just as our boys sent up the shout of victory on the hill. We captured some stores and small arms in this place, but the great sacrifice throws a shade on the success. The railroad from C•leave and to Atlanta is now completely cut off; and how Longstreet is to escape is a matter of speculation. It is yet impos sible to estimate the great advantages accruing to us from our late brilliant vic tories. Bragg is utterly demoralized, and he will be damned by the whole Contedracy, and, of course, kicked out of his command. It is a truth that is worth much to us, that the six thousand prisoners taken rushed under the folds of the stars and stripes with an eager ness not altogether inspired by the point of the bayonet. Officers cursed and ral lied in vain. There was one continuous current of desertion during the whole engagment, and the end is not yet. Rebels Retreating from East Tennes see--Thanksgiving Proclamation. A dispatch from Chattanooga, dated the 7th, says :.--Sheridan s cavalry ar rived at Knoxville on the evening of the 3d. Longstreet raised the siege on the night of the 4th, retreating toward Bris tol, via the Morristown railroad to Rich mond, and South of Bristol. Long street retreats along the North and South banks of the Holston river,Foster's cavalry following on the South, and Sherman on the North side. General Grant has captured, since the war began, four b s undred and seventy-two cannon and ninety thousand prisoners. A dispatch from Washington of the 7th says : The following has been re ceived at the headquarters of the army Tazewell, Tenn.—Major General Hal leek : Longstreet ,is in full retreat up the valley. Your orders about following with the cavalry shall be obeyed. My division of cavalry attacked the enemy's cavalry in one of the gaps at Clinch mountains yesterday afternoon, and are pushing them vigorously. Cavaliers from Knoxville arrived last night. The road is clear. Sherman arrived here yesterday. J. O. FOSTER, Maj. Gen. The following proclamation was issued by the President on Monday ; Reliable information being received that the in surgent force is retreating from East Tennessee, under circumstances render ing it probable that the Union force can not hereafter be disordered from that important position, and esteeming this to be of high national consequence, I recommend that all loyal people do, on receipt of this information, assemble at their place of worship, and render special homage and gratitude to Almighty God for this great advancement of the nation al cause. A. Lrscot.x. Going into Winter Quarters. NEW YORK, December B.—The Her ald's army dispatches, dated Culpepper, yesterday, say : Our infantry are ap parently going into whiter quarter s ._ The cavalry is busier than ever, scout ing for guerrillas. It is rumored that Gen. Meade will be relieved by Gen. Pleasanton. The Richmond Enquirer has the re port that Hardee only temporarily com mands Bragg's army ; that Johnson will take premanent command. )(Hied, Woundod and *inning in Abode's Repent Nkrientents. - , The (owlet° Lit of the killed, vtd **dug at Gat. Meade's receutnreventept is 1,330. tortistfill* Sedge4n tiki IMO BalbroChattenooga—A Moak of Daring. The storming in the great battle be fore Chattasmog,a, on the 26th, is thus described by an officer in his report to the War Department. The storming of the Ridge. by our troops was one of the greatest miracles in military history. No man who climbs the ascent, by any of the roads that wind along its front, can believe that 18,000 men were moved upon its broken and crumbling ace, unless it was his fortune to witness the deed. It seems as awful as a visible interposition of God. Neither Generals Grant nor Thomas intended it. Their orders were to carry the rifle-pits along the base of the ridge, and cut off their occupants. But when this was accomplished, the unaccountable spirit of the troops bore them bodily up the impracticable steeps, over the bristling rifle-pits, on the crest, and the thirty cannon enfilading every gully. The order to storm appears to have been given simultaneously by Generals Sher clAn and 'Wood, because the men were not to be held back—hopeless as the at ; tempt appeared to military prudence ; besides the Generals caught the inspira tion of the men, and were ready them selves to undertake impossibilities. Later from Chattanooga--Hardee Fall ing Back- -Arrival of Rebel Priso- MB CfNeywm, Dee. S —A dispatch from Chattanooga, dated yesterday, says : General Hardee was slowly falling back from Dalton with Bragg's whipped men. The mountains of East Tennessee are filled with deserters mid stragglers from Bragg's army 2,130 rebel prisoners from Chattanoo ga passed through Indianapolis yester day en route to Hoek Island. Twelve hundred more are expected there to-day. 131 officers, mostly belonging to Major General John C. P lireekinridge's com mand, also passed through en route to Johnson's Island. Latest from Charleston. Gen. Gillmore still continues to throw shells into Charleston at the rate of twenty per day, and it was evident that they were doing considerable damage. The shells were seen to burst at night. All the inhabitants of Charleston had been moved to the rear of the city. No flag now floats over Sumter, and only an occasional shot is fired from its ruins. Lee's Whole Army Reported North cf the Rapidan--The Rebels - Rein- forceed by Longstreet's Corps. The Time's special to Washington dated Dec. 6th: Rumors from the front to-night say that Lee's whole ar my is on this side of the Rapidan. , It is also reported that he has been reinfbreed by a portion of Longstreet's corps. An impression prevails, notwithstand ing some official denials, that our army will winter on the line of the Orange and Alexander Railroad, some distance this side of the Rappahannock. From East Tennessee. Our losses in the late battle at Chatta nooga, are 4,500. We captured 6,450 prisoners and 46 guns. All quiet in that direction. It is believed that Longstreet will succeed in getting out of East Tennessee into Virginia. The check given by his cavalry to Foster's advance, on Clinch river, has enabled him to move his intimtry and artillery with no fear of being headed off. Read and Save Money. Fifth arrival of Boots, Shoes, Hats and Caps, at the Greene County Boot, Shoe, and Hat Store. J. C. Lightcap's honorable com petition is the life of trade. Having accumu lated an exceeding large lot of goods in my line, I will sell lower for two weeks, giving all a chance who may wish to get cheap goods. All sensible persons will avail them selves of this rare chance, as I am determined not to be undersold by any in town or coun try ; but, on the contrary, will sell goods of same grade, 20 per cent cheaper than can be got elsewhere. For proot of this asser tion, all I ask is an examination of goods and prices by the community, and if you are not satisfied I will charge you nothing for my trouble, I will ask particular attention to my ordered home-made work, which we war rant, and if it does not prove as represented, repairing done free of charge. On this kind of work you can save 25 per cent. We keep no cheap auction work that will fall to pieces as soon as it gets wet. I now inform you, as I have done before, that Ido not ask large profits, but my motto is, "quick sales and small profits, and nu humbug." Look Out for the Draft ! Persons claiming exemption from the Draft on the ground of ALIENAGE, NON-RES IDENCE, UNSUITABLENESS OF AGE, (that is, under 20; over 35 and married, and over 45 years of age,) MANIFEST PERMANENT PHYSI CAL DISABILITY and ELECTION BY PARENTS, can have their papers luado out by calling upon the undersigned at the office of Per man & Ritchie. Persons claiming exemption for any of the above reasons must have their cases presented to the Board of En rollment before the 20th inst. RITCHIE & PHELAN'. Notice to Persons Subject to the Draft All persons who claim exemption from the next Draft on account of Alienage, Non-Res idence, Unsuitableness of Age, Election of Parents, or otherwise, can have their papers properly made out by calling on the under signed at the Old Bank Building, Waynes burg. 1). R. P. HUSS. Drafted Men, Take Notice ! The undersigned is prepared to kr* ex eruption papers for thQllO ping elentptign for the several muses Tinted in the Con ocription Law. Office in the Register's Obeys in the Court House, Wayaesbarg, pat, W. q. VADDLE. SAPONIFIER, OR CONCENTRATED LYE FAMILY SOAP MAKER. WAR n"kes high prices; Saponifier helps to re dline them. it makes SOAP for FOUR ceuur pound by using you Kitchen grew,. 111.. CAUTION! As spurious Lyes are offered also be careful and only buy the Patented article put up In leen cans, all °titers being CovnranParrs. PENNA. SALT IILiNTFACIFRINO CO., 197 Walnut St., P Ittsburs . --Pitt St. and Duquesne Wow Nov. 2.5, mo. orytLbw fiat and Cap Store.— WM. FLEMING, Sc. DA WOOD tutee PITTSBURGH, PR., has established a NF .W HA T -JAW CAP !/OURS, and persons visiting the city will fi it a first class establishment, hued up in the latest ern style, with every convenience for doing a esale and Retail Trade. A large stock of every variety, styie and quality of HATS and (DAPS kept constantly on hand, which will be sold at the very lowest prices.— Mr. Fleming is a Practical Hatter, and guarantees Retie action to purchasers. Oct. I, 1862-Iy. . Grpver & Baker's Sewing MACHINES for family and manufacturing putpoa.• es the test in use. A. F. NIA TONEY, April 18 Fifth St., Pittsburgh, Pa The Lost Found, DR. S. S. PATTON hasreturned, and is now at his room, prepared to -watt upon those wishing any thing in the fine of Denistry. July 1, 'O. CP MI E 3 C:011, 'AT'AS = Java Coffees WARRANTED SUPERIOR TO ANY IN THE MARKET; TT is used by first cites funilies everywhere, and highly recommended fir nervous and dyspeptic persons, being very nutritious an I free from all dele terious substances, in testimony of which I have cer tificates from the inset moilim.t Physicians and Chemists in this country. Try it,and you will be sure to continue its iiße in preference tr. toy toter. ez,&i fur Twenty-Five cents per Pound by first Clain Grocers thriiulimut the Unite liberal li.s , :o•tritjo tile jut up only by LEWIS A. OSBORN, Wholesale Depot, ti 9 Warren ttlt , N. V Dcc.l6,'63.thit NO MORE GRAY HAIR ! I.I:AURIANT BAIR BY USING THE REJUVENATOR, For Restoring and Beautifying the Hair !! riniis is an artaie but recently introduced into this country, but has long been favorably ks own by the nobility of Fraoce as their only elttctilal ll Allt RE:!..ttiltEß. It is complete %%Rhin itself, Ito other dressing or aCConiraminient o f ally Rind being neces sary to secure the attainment of the following desira ble results, other than a close compliance with the 1. It will, in nature's own manner, restore Gray Hair to its original color. 2. It will make it grow on. Bald Heads. 3. It will restore tite. Natural Secretions 4. It will remove the Dandruff and Itching. 5. It will make the flair Soft and Glossy. G. It will preserve the Original Color in Old Agc. 7. It mill prevent the flair from Falling Off. 8. It will cure all Diseases of the Scalp. It is not a Dye ; contains n Nitrate of Silver. or any other ingredient injurious to either Skin or Hair. Price, ONE DOLLAR. • For sale by all re , pectable Druggists. SIMUN JOHNSTON. General Agent, Cm. Smithfield and Fourth Sts., Pittsburgh. Dec.l .R:: The Draft. OFFICE OF A. A. PROVOST MARSHAL GENERAL, Ilamsbutg, Dec. 4, 1863. CIRCULAR NO 7G following instructions contained in .2 letter final J, Provost Marshal General's office, dated pee. 2, '63, arc issued fur the information of District Provost Mar shals. I. That quotas be apportioned to the sub Districts in the Feveral Congressional districts which way he adopt ed, and that assurance be elven to such sub-Districts as may furnish their full quota of volunteers under the recent call of the President fin 2d0,000 town, that they will be etempt trout the pending draft, should one be rendered necessary in January next. 2 That the several sub -Districts receive credit for all such volunteers as may have been mastered into service of the United States 81111 A: the draft. and that the number so credited be deducted from their propor tion of the quota assigned the State under the recent call. J . t. BOIIFOFID. Dec. 16, 1963 A. A. Pro. Marshal Gen. BANK STOCK FOR SALE ! inJE will expo.e to sale r in Waynesburg, on r f u r e n . n d i a n ; the t h e C , n 2s Court t ! i.ty o louse t. December (being Court Week). at 1 o'clock, P. M„ fifteen share', of ORIGINAL S f.)Cli in the Farmers' and Droves' Bulk of Wa)nesbuig TEuhis, Cash in hand. J. A. J. BUCHANAN, W.N. KENT, Executors of the last Will of Thos. Kent, deed. UNITED STATES 5-20% SECREICARY OF THE TREASURY has not yet given notice of any intention to withdraw the popular Loan from Sale at Par, and until ten days no tice is given, the undersigned, a "General Subscrip• Lion Agent,'' will continue to supply the public. The whole amount of the Loan authorized is Five Hundred Millions of Dollars. Nearly Four Hundred Millions have been a!ready subscribed for and paid tutu the TremtlrY, mostly within the last seven months. The large demand from abroad, and the rapidly increasing home demand for use as the basis Mr calculation by National Bankit.g Associations now organizing in ail parts of the country, will, in a very short period, ab.,orb the balance. sales have lately ranged from ten to fifteen millions weekly, frequently ext ceding three millions daily, and as it is well known that the Secretary of the. Treasury has a uiple and un failing resturces it the Duties on Immirts and Inter, al Revenues, and in the issue of the Interest bearing legal Tender Treasury Notes, it is RiIIIOSL a reminds that he will tint find it necessary fur a long time tn come, to seek a market for any other lung or perma nent Loans, the interest and Principal of which are pxyable iu Gold. Prudence and self interest must force the minds of Mos& contemplating the limitation of National Hank ing Asiuciations, as well as the minds of alt who have idle money on their hands, to the prompt conclusion that they should logic no ,time in subscribing to [hi/ most popular Loan. L. will soon he beyond their reach, and advance to a handsome premium, as it Was the result with the "iFeveil Thirty" Loan, when it was all sold and could no longer be suliscrdied for at par. It is a Six per Cent. Loan, the Interest and Princi pal payable in Coin, thus yielding over Nine rer.Cent. per annum at the present rate of premium on Coin . Thu Governitielit requires all duties on imports to he paid in these duties have Inr a long time pass aniounteo to over a tAgarter of a Million of Dollart daily, a sum nearly three times greater than that re quired in the payment of the interest on all the 5 - 41'1 and other permanent Loans. So that it is hope that the surplus Coin in the Treasury, at 110 ill14:11111. (lay will enable the Ironed states to resume sp.de pay ments upon all liabilities. The Loan is calLd 5-2fi's from the fact that whi:st the Funds mat' run fur 20 years yet the Governmont has a right' to pay them elf in Gold at par, at :my time alter 5 years. The Interest is paid half yearly, viz :—On the first days of fsovemher and May. subscribers can have Coupon Honda, which are payable to bearer, and are 850, 8100. SW, and $lOOO ; or Registered Bonds ()learns denomination, and in ad dition, 85,0 , 0, and 810,000. For Banking purposes and for Investments of Trust-monks the Registered t 1 Bonds are preferable. These 5-20's cannot he taxed by States, cities, towns, or coutitie., and the Government tax on them is only one and a-half per cent., on the amount of income, when the income of the holder exceeos Six Hundred dollars per annum all other investments, such as in come from Mortgages, Railroad Stock and Bonds, etc, nimt pay from three to five per coot tax on the in seine. Batiks and Bankers throughout the Country wil continue to dispose of the Bonder and all orders tiy mail or otherwise promptly attended to. The InFospemience of A few days' delay in the de livery 9f the Bolide in unayoidabln, the demand being iM grog; bpi as iscresttEptimeitcpp (Foss the day of aubecriptiojt, qp ig moistened; urvil rpe y eCort 1 . 1 ogoo , to dhemiahM the delay. JAY caseign, Subseriptlola Agent, 114- SOUTH THIRD aITRSIIT, PHILADELPHIA. Philadelphia, Novem..er 25, 1864] PITTSBURGH ALMANACS. [1864 ZEN gross of this popular Annual just received and tor male by the gross, doz. or single ote, Gall at the Book store. You GUI . / keep house without nue. Dec. 3 , '112.4k. L.EWIS DAY• Diaries for 1864 , •ll sorts and sizes, jest received by LF.WIS DAY, at the Book stove. Dec. 2, 'fi3 a " 1 I I • AFARM containing TWO HUNDRED AND FOUR ACRES, more or less, about Fio of which are cleared, and situated on the waters of Mud dy Creek, in Jetfdison and Cumberland townships, Greene Co., Pa., adjoining lands of Isaac Weaver, Wm. Cree, and others, is tor sate, au* walk be sold on reasonable terms, on the premises, on Tuesday, January 5Us, UGC This land is of excellent rim ality, in good condition and repai , well timbered. well watered, and has erected thereon a comfortable Dwehi mg House, n ewly fitted up, a good Frame Barn, with ample ambling, a Sheep Shed, and a steam Saw Mill in goad mulling , order. There are also a Smoke douse, Ice Rouse, Spring lloure, Wool House and other neceesary out • buildings, all new. There is a good vein of COAL on the farm, and bank open, ionSreiii , nt to the Saw Mill. 60011 fruit of all kind?. A bearing apple orchard, and two young orchards of select fruit. (...Murdi, School house and Flouring Mill convenient. For terms of sale apply to the subscriber at his tee : - deuce on the far o s. C. 1,1663. ROBERT W YLIE. Layton's Improvement 1j /Min 42011 rullE subscriber is now in Greene county putting op I. Grates in Layton's improved style, by which dou ble the heat is secure 1 at a saving of one-third in fuel. All Grates set in this manlier are warranted to giv , satisfaction, and not to smoke. Persons washing to introduce this improvement would do well to ivitlrest the subsCriber at Prosperity, Washington Co„ Pa., Or to wait 11116111 e calla on them, as it is his intention L. , Visit alt pans of the county the present winter.; Grams, with this improvement can he seen at the Hamilton House in Waynesburg and at the Messen ger Millet., DA VW DE A' ORE, December 9, W3.-3t trade 11:3F4 , 54 1' 4*.lai L.l (41 NOTICE is hereby given to all persons concerned, that the following fiLlecutors, Administrators and tinariliaita have ordered their several accoun:s to he published for settlement at Les. Term, 0,0, and that said accounts will be filed according to law, and rire sented to the Orphan's Court of said county and State of Pennsylvania at said Term, on Wednesil.y„ , the 23it Dec.of at Dee., at 2 o'clock, p tn., fur continuation. arid allowance. N. B. Said accounts mart be on file thirty days pre. ceding the Sitting of ,aid Court, Those upon whom tatimis have been issued, will please file their accounts, and sate trouble. Account of Thomas Rinehart and-. Arthur Rinehart. Eit'is of John Rinehart. dec'd. Miro the account of Thomas Rinehart, Adster of Margaret Binehart, decd. (widow of said John Rinehart Account of Heath Julius, Ex'r of Thomas Johns, Sr., dec'd. Account of Jane Fordyce Adruiniatraiix. and. Garrard Fordyce, administrator Lilc' the Estate of Cortily Fordyce dec'd Account of Joseph Whitlatch Administrator of James Whitlatch, dec'd. Account of Jacob S. Moore Administrator of the Ese tate of William King decd. Account of Michael Funk and Edward Barter, execu tors of Michael Funk, late of Norris tn., deed Account of %I illia.a L. Gregg,. Executor of Aaron Gregg, deceased. Account ofJohii A. Stone end James A. Black, ad ministrators of Thomas Board decanted. Account of Win. Lang, administrator of bewis Martin deceased. Accouut of Justus Gatard, Executor of the last Wil and Tesiament of Benjamin Morrison, deed. ' Account of Warwick Miller, Administrator of David Black, dec'd. Account of Walter L. Batson, Administrator of Cor nelius Luallen, dec'd. Account of Thomas H. Meighen, Executor of William Dyc, decd. Account of Jamey Call, Esq., and Andrew Wilson, Ex'is of Was. Wilson, dec'd. Account ofJohn T. Houk and Elizabeth Kent, Admin istrators of the estate of David Kent, deed. Account of George Kent, Eer of the last Will and Tee meat of George Kent, dieted. JUS'TUS F. TEMPLE,Register. Waynesburg. Oct 28, 1863. DV virtue of a Writ of Venditiuni Exponas, issued out of the Court of Common Plena of Greene county, and to me directed there will be eip:eee public sale in from of the COWL Howie iu Wa}tiiishutg, at one o'clock, p tn., the following property, via: All the right, title, interest, and claim of David A. Worley, John Lindsey and Godfrey Gordon, of; in and to a cer tain tract of land situated in Marion and Franklin tps . adjoining lands of Abraham Baltzell and Benj. Camp bell on the West ; W. T. E. Webb on the north; C. A! Black, Jiro. C. Flenniken, Joseph Yeater, and E. M. Sayers, on the cast ; and the - commons" and Robert Adams on tha south; containing ninety five acres, more or less, on which are erected a two story brick house, frame barn, smoke house, wash house, and other out buildings; there is a good orchard of apple and oilier fruit trees on the premises, and nearly all of the land is cleared and under a good state of cultivation, with abundance of timber and water 011 the prenusea. Also a lot of ground . in the Borough of Wa•nesburg, being situated on the corner of Mani or High street and Fruit alley, bring 50 feet on Main street and 180 feet on Fruit alley, and bounded on the south by Cherry alley, and on the east by a portion of the same lot, it being a part of lot No. 111. in the plan of said town, on WIWI are erect e d a too story !Tick house, 50 feet in front and 36 in depth, with a large porch, a large farm stable.. ware room, and other hualdingt, with a kitchen on the porch and a well of good water. Taken in execution as the property of Defendants at the suit of the Farmers' and Drovers' Bank of War .tet burg, THOMAS LUCAS, Sheriff. hoyeniber 9S , '62—ts. Dr virtue of a wilt of Venditioni gicpuums, isieued out of the Court of Common Pleas of Greene county, and to we directed, there will be ex timed to public sale at the dour of Um Cuun house, iu Waynesburg, on Saturday, Dec. 191 h, 1563, at one o'clock P. M., the following property, viz : All the right, title, interest and claim of Defendant of, in and to a certain parcel of ground situated in the bor ough of Waynesburg Greene county, Pa., Bottling on the INiGrtli of Franklin street, one hundred and twenty feet; on the west, by ltichhill street, ninety feet, ea the Foul' by lot of Jesse litueliart, awl en the bast by lot of Benjamin Campbell. being the No , th halt of coil No. 43 and 44, in the original plan of %aid utArougli, and has erected thereon one Frame Cottage House and Kitchen, and other out buildings, a well of water, and mune fruit trees. Takeo in execution as the property of Peer Brown, at the suit of the Administrators of W. 11. Babbitt. dee'd. TllO d. LUCAS, eineritl. Piov.2s, 1N63. Sheiiff's Sale, T yi- virtue of a writ of Venditi )))) i Exponas, II out of the Court of Cuuu oou Pleas or Greece co., and to me directed, there will be exposeit Lll se le at the Court House, in 11raynes urg, on Monday, Dec. 21.0, ISt:3, At one o'clock, P. Al . the following property, viz : All the right, title, interest and claim of Simeon DUMP, of, in and to two certain lots of ground lit the borough of Waynesburg. Greene county, Pa.„ beinl hits tiered VA hod on, in the orightal plan of said town ; bounded on dye ilorth by Greene street., on the Went by Whiskey street, on the SOUth by , ioutii t., and tin the East by Cumberland st. And on which is erectetl a handl tr, used as a Foundry. blacks.ouu tit, plow situp, saw will, and other buildings. Taken in execution as the property of Situoon Dunn: at the suit of T. E. Webb and Jut IU. Ilcu iliken. TUGS LUCAR bheruf. Way nesbn rg, Dec.', 'll3. 11)111 virtue ilia Writ of Venditioid &worms, i.nned Al out of the Court 01 Common fleas oftireelie couta tY. and to we directed, there will be erwieed to public sale, at the dour of the t ourt House, tu Wayntsbuig. Saturday, Dec 19th, 11.863, atone o'clock, P. M.. the following OrOPerlY. All the right, Cue, interest and claim of Defeadai tot, in and to a certain tract of land, situate in Giintote tp., Greene cowl y, Pa., adjoining lands (.f Joseph Wily. titan, Joseplius Rite anti ottirrsi, containing eig tv acres, more or less, about fifty acres under truce, 11114 about thirty acres of which are cleared, And almost all all sowed down in good grass. Taken in execution as the property ofSsephen at the suit of the Farmers' mot Drovers' 840 of Way neshurg. 2110.111 AS LUCAS, Uncoil. Nov. 25, 'n3. PROP. MASSIIAL'S OFFICE, NEFCALISJITON, 24T11 DWI RIC?, PA., Dee: td, 1863. Any person claiming exemption from rbef next Draft, t n the ground or &Henries, nun-reit,' idence, unsuitableness of age, sad ath „if ee p permanent physical cosy aPPeas be. fore the Board of knrollibent, on or % loth tb 20th inst., and if he can show to the satisfic. lion of the Board thathets not liable, hie name will be dropped from the rolls. No eases, oth er than these specified, will be heard. VALUABLE FARM Sheriff's Sale. Saturday, Dec. 19th, SHERIFF'S SALE. Sheriff's Sale. Important Notice.
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