Evening telegraph. (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1863-1864, December 03, 1862, Image 1

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BY GEORGE BERGNER.
THE TELEGRAPH
IS PUBLISHED EVERY DAY, .
BY GEORGE BERGNER.
TERMS - SINGLE SUBRORIPTION.
The DAILY THILIGILAPH is served to named
hers in the City at 6 cents per week. Yearly
subscribers will be charged $4 00 in advance. .
WANKLY AND SNINI-WEEKLY TZLNORAPH
The TatamEAPII is also published twice a week
during the session of the Legislature, and week
ly during the remainder of the year, and fur
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Busiluess Cubs.
JONES HOUSE,
CORNER OF
MARKET ST AND MARKET SQUARE,
RARRIBBURG, PA.
JOBIKPII 'F. McCLELLIN, PROPRINTOR
(1130BNTLY CONDUCT= BY Wll4B OOVIIRLY.)
This Is a First Class Hotel and located in the central
part of the city. It is kept In the best manner, and lie
patrons will find every accommodation to be met with In
the beat houses in the country. ee3o-dtf
1)14).E. AIIOLPB P, TEUPSER.
.WOULD roopoctfully iulorui hie old
patrons siellhe public generally, that ha win
continue to give instructions en the .PIANO FORT*, ME
LODEXiN, VIOLIN and MIRO it) the science rbilittillßE
BASS. no will w'tb idealism wait opus pupils al their
homes at any hour desired, or lessons will be elves.
his residence, Is Third- street.. doers below th
German Reformed Church. deaf-Ott
B, J. BARRIO,
•
Tin and Sheet Iron Ware Manufacturer
NO. 112 KARIM S7REE7,
. .
HARRIISI3URG.
LI Ali always on hand a hill assortment
of Tin and Japanned Ware, Ooiiiiing afrilkParlor
Storm of the host manummuriesi (*Me. , Spouttagi Roof
ing and Galvanised Iron tlornish, memuthetured,and put
up at reasonable rates.
sor 'Kneeing promptly attended to. spr3o-dly
REMOVED. •
•
JOHN B. SMITH
uAS removed his Boot and Shoe Store
JI,A, from the corner or Second and Walnut streets to
NO. 108 MARKET STREET)
Neat door to Haynes Agriculture-Stare, where he intends
to keeps!) kinds orHoots avd Stites, Gaiters,
&0., aid a
large stock of Trunks, and everything in his Sup of bu
siness ; Will be thankful to receive , the patronage of
his old cuetomors and the public in general at his t new
place of business. All kinds of workniade to order iti the
best style and by superior workmen. *pairing done at
short notice. [apr2dtf] JOHN . B. BIRTH.
LINDEN HALL,
MORA.VIAN FEMALE SEMINARY,
At Litis, Lancaster Co., Pa.
FOUNDED 1794.
Affords superior advantages for thorough and
accomplished female education. For circulars
and Information, apply to
REV. WILT TA C. REICHEL,
octlB-dam principal.
PEIPIIER'S .DAILY LINE !
BETWEEN PHILADELPHIA,
Lotk Haven, Jersey Shore; Williamsport, Nutl
ey, iThiontown, Wationtown, Milton,
Lewisburg, .Northumberland,
bury, Treverton, Geotgetown,
Lykenstown, hfilleriburg,.
Jim, Dauphin
AND HARRISBURG.
The Philadelphia Depot bin f centrally boated, the
Drayage a lit be at The Lowest Rome. Tae Conductor
foe' through with each train to alien,' to the safe de
livery of all goods intruded to the line. Goods deliver
ed at the Depot of
Freed, Ward Si Freed, 81.1 Market street, Philadelphia,
by 5 o'clock, P. 11., wit b delivered in Harrisburg the
next morning.
Freight Always as Low as by Any Other
Line.
•
JOSEPH MON TGOidElilf,
Philadelphia an I Reading Depot,
oct2t-dtf Foo of Market Street, Harrisburg.
DAN'L. A. MUENCH, AGENT.
IF the Old Wallower Line respectfully
N,J informs the public that this Did Daily TimuMorta.
lion Line, (the owy Wallow .r Line now in exist .uce in
this City,) is Is in successful .operation, and prepared to
carry fr eight an low as any other individual line between
Philadelphia, Harrisburg, Sunbury, Lewisburg, Wil
liamsport, Jersey Shore, Look Haven and all other (minim
on the Northern Central, Philadelphia and Ene iind Wil
limnapOrt and Elmira Railroads.
DANL. A. HDEINCII, Agent.
Harrisburg, Pa.
filOods)lent to the Ware HOW of Messrs. Peacock,
Sell it dinehmen, Nos 808 and 810 Market street above
Philadelphia, by 4 o'clock, r, a. , will arrive at
Harrieburg, ready for delivery next morning.
agirlibribayl
DR. JOIINSON
MIALLIVIAZIMEIL3EI
Lou llospiTiu,
AB discovered the mosfcertaiii, speedy
II II and effetousl remedy in the world for •
DISEASES OF IMPRUDENCE
ULKIP IN 818 TO TIMM!' MIMS.
No Mercury or Noxious Drugs.
A Cure Warranted, or nb Charge, in from one
to Two Days.
Weakness of the Back oe,Limbe, Btrietares, Affeetions
of the Kidneys and Bladder, Involuntary diecharges,
potency, General Debility, Nervouenewl, DYBPepag, lan
guor, Low Spirits, Conroeion cif Ideas, Pa Ipltattenof the
Heart, Timidity, Tremblings, Dimness of Sight qr Giddi
ness, Di of the Head, Throat, Nose or Skin, Affix-
Mins of the Liver, Longs, Stomach or faniels—thiiee ter
rible disorders arising from the Solitary Habits of Youth
—thine nem and solitary practocas.more fatal to their
victims than the song of , -,irrens to the Mariners of Cap
let, blighting their most brilliant Wipes or anticipations,
rendering marriage, fte., impossible.
Young Nu
Specially, who Wye become the victims of Solitary
Vice, that dreadful and destructive habit which annual
ly sweeps to an untimely srave thousands of Young
ti ie
Neu of the most exalted talents and brilliant in Ile. t,
who might otherwise have entranced listening notes
with the thunders of eloquence or waked to ecs y the
•
living lyre, may call with full confidence.
Married Persons, or Young Men contemplating mar
riage, being ware of physical weakness, organic debili
ty, deformities,. he., speedily cured.
Ho who places himself under the care of Dr. J. may
religiously confide In his honor as a gentleman, and coo
ddentirrely upon his skill as a Physician.
Eli
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.0 agiElst
"ir.
2I 9'
Organic Weakneu
immediately Cured, and full vigor Restored.
This distressing Affection—which renders i lie misera
ble and marriage impoisible—is the penalty paid by the
victims of improper indulgences. v oung perilous are too
apt to commit excesses from not being aware of the
dreaded consequences that may ensue. New, wile that
understands the subject will pretend to deny that the pow
er of procreation is lest sooner oy those falling into im
proper habits than by the prudent Besides being de
prived the pleasures of. healthy offimring, the Most se
rious and destructive symptoms to both body and mind
arise. The system becomes deranged, the Physical and
Mental Functions Weakened, Leas of Procreative Power,
Nervious irratlbility, Dyspepsia, Palpitatkin of the Heart,
Indigestion, Coustatutioni 1 Debility, a Wasting of the
Frame, Cough, Consumption, - Decay and Death.
Moe, No. 7 South Frederick• Stmt.
IVccT
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es.., $2 25
Left hand aide going from Baltimore street , a few door
troth the Dauer. - 818 not tonbiterViniome and number
1 50
Leiters must be paid and °Math a stamp. The Dee
tor's Diplomas halos hi his office,
he ',owl
i 11, EIGHT
A Cure. Warranted in. Two Days.
.
No Keratin or Nauseous Ilorup,
Dr. Johnson,
Member of the Royal College of Burgeons, London, Grad
uate from cue of the most eminent Colleges in the United
Mates, gad the greater part of.whose We has been 'Nun
in the hospitals of London, PM* Philadelphia and else
where, has effected some of the most astonishing eureS
that wore ever known • many troubled with ringing le
the bead and ears when paleen,:great nervonsumas, being
alarmed at sudden sounds, bashfulness, with frequent
blushing, attended om.time. iou*.,..ll...agednout orolaimi
wore Goren Immediately.
Take Particular Notice.
Dr. J. addrusuis all throe who have injured themselves
by improper indulge os and solitary habits, which ruin
both body and mind, entitling them for either business,
study, society or nuarikka .
These are some 01 the sad and melancholly effecte pro-
duced by early habits of youth, via Weakness of the
Beak and Limbs, Pains In the Head, Dimbess 'A' Algid,
Loss of Muscular Power, Palpitation of the heart, Dys-,
popsy, Nervous Irratibility, 15erangement of the Digeotive
Functions, General leshility, Symptoms of . Consumption,
ate
feartid effects on the mind are much
to be drsaded- 4 -Ims of Memory, Confusion of Ideas , De
pression of,Spirits, boil Forbodings, Aversion to siociety,
Self Distrust, Leive of holitude, Tunidity, lc., are some of
the evils prodticed.
THOUSANDS of persons of all ages can now judge what
is the cause of their declining health, losing their vigor,
becoming weak, palsy nervous and emaciated, having a
singular appearance about the eye', cough and symptoms
of eonsumption.
Young Mon
Who have injured themselve by a certain practice In
chased la uhen alone, a habit frequently learned from
evil companions, or at school, the edicts of which' are
nightly felt, even when asleep, and if not cured renders
marriage impostablo, and destroys With mind and body,
should apply immediately.
Whet a pity ; at a yoUrig man, the,hope of his coml.
try, the darling of his parental, should be snatched Irom
all prospects and enjoyments of Mb, by the consequence
of deviating from the path of aiturSand indulging in a
certain secret habit. Such persons roar, before contem
plating
'
reflect that a mend mind a ai r n=arejthe mod noses.
fiqUihitelt to promote solinninal happiness. Indeed,
without thisie,.the journey through life becomes , it weary
pilgrimage ;the prospect hourly darkens to the view
the.Mlnd bees:hues phadOwed with deitpair mid tilled with
themelanobolly reaction that the happiness of another
becomes blighted with our own.
Biome of Imprudence.
When the misguided and imprudent votary of pleasure
Ands that he has imbibed the scene of thus paddle' dis
ease, it too often Wens that an tll-timed sense of amine
or dread of discovery, detere him frOm,applying to those
who, from 0 lucatlon and roirpectannity, can alone be
friend him, delaying till•tbe oonstiltdtonal symptoms on
this ben, d disease mike ilbedr appearance, such as ul
oersted sorntineit, ffiseseed nom, nocturnal pains in
the head audilinbs,'dinineirs or sight, deitnese, nodes on
the shin bones and arms, blotohes on the ii ad, face and
eat:remit* programming with trightful rapidity, till at
last the palate, of the mouth or the bones of the nose fall
in, and the vial= of this awful Olean become • a horrid
object or commiseration, till death . puts a perked to his
dreadfu I suderinge, by sending bun to' that Undliscov.
vend Country from
A whence no traveler returna:"
It is a weeinwholig u( that thonsands Ain Vicams to
this terrible disease,'Oling to the iffulkilfulluess of igno
rant priitandeeti,. elm by the use of t..4..t Deadly Poison,
Mercury, ruin the constitution and make the residue o
ale miserable.
strangers.
kraal not yenrihrelt, on nitaith,lie the ears of the many
Unlearned and Worthless Pretenders, destitute of know
ledge, name or charsolsr wbo . .copy Dr. Johnson's wirer
vedW*el tidentieleem itillthe newspapers,
regularly educated Physicians incapable of Curing, they
keep you trifling month after mouth taking, their (they
414,1t4UP:ffitCPI. POI ilatilbtly. as
.long se the smallest
be o imikii;lealm yen with ruin
ed health to sigh over your galling disappointment.
Dr. Johnson is the only Physician .iiivertielng..
His credential or diplomas always hangs In his udlce.
His remedies or treatment are unknown to all others,
prepared from a life spent in the gr eat hospitals of k'u
rope, the trot in the cttotrrand.lLelore telensive Pri
vate Pre:dice than any other Physician to thd world,
indorsement of the Pies, ,
The many thousands Cured at this institution y ear af ,
ter year, and the unteeroin important &Stine! Opera
tions performed by Str.:Johmon, witnessed by the re
porters of the 4Sua," "01PPoT "lied many other pa
pers, notices or which have adoared again mad again
before the public, besides hie standing as it gentleman of
character and responsibility, hi' it sufiiciedt guarrantee
loth° Meted..
Skin Distaste bpeedily Cared.
Persons writing should be particular in directing their
Otters to his Institution, in the following manner :
JOHN M. JOHNSON, M. D.
theitaltestore Look Hospital, Baltimore, Md.
COAL Oil lamp Shades, Wicks, Chun
nevi, for Soh) low by •
NICHOLS A ausirsaN,
oel3 Corner Front and Market streets.
y in llit newly replenished stook of Toilet
end Fancy Goode is unsurpassedunsurpassedin Was oily, and
Jim g confident or rendering saaistsclion, we would tee
saintly invite a nail. RELLaift,
plariwa street., two doors east of,Nonrth sweet, small'
sde.
s tIRESH FISH every Tuesday and Friday
**JOUR RUM Store, corner of Third and Wil•
4.1141/
HARRISBURG, PA., WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 3, 1862.
4fl taital.
karnage.
THE POSTMASTER GENERAL'S
REPORT
The Report of the Postmaster General for this
year exhibits a very healthy financial condition
of the PoAt Office Department, and shows' it to
be thoroughly impregnated with the spirit of
improvement. The efficiency of the service has'
been maintained at the highest point, accom
panied by a great diminution of expenditures
The gross revenue of the Department for the
fiscal year, including the standing Treasury
credit for free mail matter, and a small amount
appropriated for the relief of individuals, was
$9,012,649. The expenditures 'for the same
year amounted to $11,125,864. The regular
postal revenue for 1862 is only $49,475 less
than it was for the fiscal year 1861, during a
large part of which year revenue was paid in
from all the States of the Union. This fact
shoWs a large increase in the correapcindence of
the loyal States.
While the revenues have been so nearly sus
tained at the highest standard, the expenses
have been largely reduced. For the preceding
year the expenditure was $2,481,394 gteater
than last year. The following comparison of
figures is interesting :
Expenditures for 1860, for service in
all the States $l4 874,772
Revenues for same year. .... 9,218,067
Deficiency
Expenditures for 1861, (service in
terrupted in 1861) $13,606, ; 759
Gross revenue.. 9,049,296
Deficiency
Expenditures for 1862 $11,125,864
Revenue 9,012,549
Deficiency
Reduction of expenditures com
p ired with 1860 $3,749,408
Reduction of expenditures as com
pared with 1861 $2,481,394
The department has not been for many years
so nearly self-sustaining. The result is largely
owing to the suspension of postal expenditures
In the south, which was greatly in excess of
postal receipts there. But not alone to that.
A revision of all discretionary expense's has
been made, and large reductions ordered. The
pay of agents has been regraded and equalized;
economy has been established in the larger
offices where waste was found ; incompetency,
wherever found in official position, has been
removed ; and an effort made to adopt a stand
ard of merit and of administrative efficiency in
lieu of other and inferior motives for appoint
ment. The Postmaster General expesses his
determination to adhere to this course.
The number of postage stamps issueil to
postmasters during the year was 261,307,106-;
the number of stamped envelopes was 24,869,-
800. The value of the/3e etamps was $7,078,-
118 ; the value of the letter .envelopes, $734,-
265. The value of stamped newspaper wrap
pers, $23 646. Increase of issue over 1861
is 1,144,868. ' The total value was $6,910,131.
Ilheincreased demand on the part of the pub- .
lic for the stamped newspaper wrappers, shows
that their introduction haa satisfied a public
demand and promoted the convenience of cor
respondents.
In the first quarter of the current' year (end
ing 30th September,) the number of stamps
issued to postmasters was one hundred and
four millions, their calls being for 'about two
hundred millions, which would have been
nearly sufficient to meet the usual demand for
a year. This extraordinary demand arose from
the temporary use of thesestamps as a currency
by the public in Hen of the smaller denomina
tions of specie, and ceased with the introduc
tion of the so-called postal currency.
The difference between the value of the
stamps sold and stamps cancelled, in the fiscal
year 1862, shows $738,379 as the amount in
the hands of purchwiers on the Ist of July,
1862.
The whole number of dead letters received
and examined during the year is 2,282,018,
which is 269,000 less than in the previous year.
The whole number of valuable lettere sent out
by the Dead Letter Office was 61,239. Many
interesting details are given in the report
touching the operations of this office. Out of
21,493 cases where cause of non delivery was
ascertained, only. 225 were attributed to the
fault of postmasters. Eight hundred and
twenty-two letters had no address whatever.
Oongress,'at rte first session, passed an act
authorizing the employment of twenty-five
additional clerks, to facilitate the return of
dead letters to their ,writers, with the expecte
lien 'that the receipts of portages th ereon would
cover, the appropriation of $20,000 made , for
their compensation. The result thus far shows
that an excess of revenue therefrom over the
expenses has accrued to the amount of several
thousand dollars.
The whole number of post offices in the Uni
ted States remaining established on the 30th .
June, 1862, was 28,875, of which . there were in
loyal and districts 19,973; and in the
insurrectionary States and districts there were
8,902.
The nett increase in the established offices
over last year was 121.
The number of cases acted upon by the ap
pointment office during the year was 7,785.
The total postage accrued on United . States
and Europeau mails during the year amount to
$1,144,095,' being a reduction from the amount
of the previous year of $217,940. Of the total
amount collected the excess collected in the
United States was $212,607, which constitutes
the balances paid to the several foreign depart
ments, the coat of exchange being defrayed by
the United States. The Postmaster General
objects to this cost as inequitable and propo
ses, it possible, to relieve the Dep artment from
this burden.
The Postmaster General has made special
efforts to relieve the foreign correspondence of
the country from its complexity, now an em
barrassing alike to correspondents and to postal
officers. Separate negotiations have been found
altogether inadequate to secure simple and sat
isfactory arrangements. He therefore opened
a correspondence in August last, through the
Department of State, with foreign Administra
tions'proposing a convention of postal repre
sentatives at some convenient point, to consider
the enumerated difficulties, and the means of
remedying them. Several replies have been
received from various Governments, and all are
favorable, and agree to the project. Thia coun
try, comprising immigrations from almost every
civilised nation, is especially interacted in the
subjects proposed to be brought before this con
ference. It is a sphere of postal improvement
requiring the establishment 'of greater uniform
ity and some common principle of arrangement,
and is connected with our prosperous commer
cial intercourse with other countries. ,
The mall lettings which went into openttion
on the first of July last in the western division
were effected on such favorable terms as,. coin
pared'wit4 the previous lettings, that a reduc
tkin of eirpenditure resulted to the amonnt of
$881,000: At the same time the length of
routes was increased by 6,159 miles, with an
annual increase of transportation of 754,428
miles. Notwithstanding this increase of ser
vice the nett saving is over nine per ceit. as
compared with the previous term.
TAo total annual cost of inland ser-
vice . in operating on the 30th of
Jane last was $5,853,884
To which add the cost of the various
agencies, route, local, messenger,
&c 460,630
And the cost of service to that date is. $6,814,464
Which includes $1,000,000 for the overland
Mail route not before charged upon the 'reve
nues of this Department. The saving in the
lettings of first July, 1862, is attributed to a
strict 'adherence to the law of 1845 authoriz
ing what is known is "star bids."
The report renews the recommendation for
codifyin'o all the postal laws, and hopes it may
be done at" this session ?
Among the improvement under the conside
ration by the Postmaster General is that cif em
bossing postal stamps on business and other .
envelopes supplied for that' purpose by persons
desiring to furniali their own designs It is
believed that this will largely increase Gait use
of stamped envelopes in lieu of stamps, which
is an object of great importance to the Depart
ment.
$5,656,705
He also discourages the use of the mails for
transmitting money, and speaks favorably of a
limited money order system, and of an amend
ment to the registry system, by which a *turn
receipt shall be sent to the dispatching party,
as evidence of the fact and date of delivery of
hbi package. •
He also proposes to abolish many of thO dis
criminating rates of postage now existing,
approximating, as far as possible, to uniformity,
and increasing the efficiency and extent of the
deliverY and collection of letters by carriers in
cities.
$4,557,462
$2,112,814
the public attention is called to the great
importance of good postal officers for a success
ful administration of this department. post
masters and their clerks are selected without
chief reference to their efficiency : and
personal litness, no amount of good le
gislation will secure public satisfaction.
An energetic, faithful and efficient postmas
ter, devoted to the interests of the service,
should be retained as long as he illustrates
those qualities in his administration of the
office. He attributes'the success of the English
system largely to the permanent character of
their officers and their'familiarity with the laws
and regulations, and regrets the extent to
which other motives to appointment@ have
prevailed in this country. He urges a return
IC the old standard of honesty: capability and
fidelity, and anticipates more public satisfaction
and administrative success from the adoption of
such a principle than from any other single act
of reform. Herinies thislanguage ; "It is my
intention to adhere firmly to my determination
to displace incompetency and indifference
wherever found in official position undet my
control, without any discrimination hi' favor of
appointments which 'I may thyself have made
under misinformation of facte."
BY MEM
From Washingtoit.
ARREST OE MAI SPAULDING.
SERIOUS CANAGNS AGAINST HIM
Deeieion by the Commissioner of In-
The Estimate of the Truism Depatment,
No Truth in the Rumored Removal of
The Star of this evening says the War De
partment has caused the arrest of Major Spauld
ing, of the Fiftieth New York Engineer volun
teers, and the other officers who were withbim
in the recent transportation of the pontoon
train front this point to Folmouth, Va.
It is alleged that Major Spaulding started
witlt the train two and-a-half days later than
he • should have started, and was five days
looger,on the road than was necessary.
, The estimates of the Treasury Department
are unavoidably delayed. The Committee of
Ways and Means therefore have no date from
which to frame the general appropriation bills.
The Secretary's report will be ready sometime
this week.
An official document shows the numixir of
seamen registered in the several ports of entry
during the year ending with September last,
to be 4,580, of whom 123 were naturalised, of
the whole number. ,New Hampshire is credit
ed 23, Massachusetts 1,600, Rhode Island 65,
Connecticut 21, Maine 1,436, New York 165,
New Jersey 457, Pennsylvatda 762, Florida 20,
Oregon 1 and South Carolina 6.
The Commissioner of Internal Revenue 'has
made the following decision: Railroad compa
nies making cars and locomotives to replace
the old stock, or to increase the equipment,
must pay a tax upon the whole value of such
manufactures, if their annual products 'extieed
$6OO, even though the articles are manUfac
tared for their own consumption.
Carpets, when prepared by dealers in carPet
ing, and upon special orders, are not regale:led
as manufactures, nor liable to taxation as *h.
Sails, when made upon order, and to suit a
particular vessel, are not regarded as manufac
tures within the meaning of the excise law; and
they are consequently exempt from duty.
The tax on diamonds and emeralds when
previously 'cut and prepared for setting will be
assessed only
,on the value of the setting.
It Seems to be settled that' Caleb B. Smith,
will shortly resign.his position as Secretary, tit;
the Intdrior, to accepit the vacant district Judge
ship in Indiana, and in some circles it is asser
ted that Senator Browning will succeed to the
vacancy thus ciliated.
Nothing is known here confirmatory., of the
report that Burnside has been relieved frinn
the command of the Arniy of the Potomac-
The President has Bent to the Senate for
confirmation the nominations of Brigadier
Generale.
Front oat Morning Xdition
ternal Revenue.
General Burnside.
WAJ3MIIICITON, Dec. 2
FRO ' FORTiRSS NONKOR.
ITEMS FROM SOUTHERN PAPVIS
Major Jordon of HarrislnuT Paroled
A Federal Gunboat Captured.
Foamlas Momtox, Deo. 1
The flag of truce steamboat New York ar
rived from City Point this forenoon in charge of
Captain John E. Mulford, 3d N. Y. Regiment,
bringing{ down threes bundred and seventy
five prisoners of war from Richmond and forty
political prisoners. Also, about sixty laborers
which were captured on the Alexandria Rail.
road.
Major Oener a t John . A. Dix and Staff left
this morning for Yorktown, for the inspection
of troops at that place.
The Richmond inquirer of Nov. 26, says:
"The Judgeso as we learn from the Georgia
papers, were 'unanimous on the opinion render
ed by the Supreme Court, that the conscript
lay is Constitutional:"
WILMINGTON, N. G., November 24.—A
dispatch from Fort Fisher says the •schooner
Flashaway. eleven days from Nassau, with MO
sacks salt, has arrived safely."
The Inquirer, of November 29, says " The
small pox. has made its appearance iu Danville
Hospitals.
"The President has appointed Colonels Cobb,
Doles,. Iverson and Colquitt, of Georgia, Briga
dier Generals." .
It is useless to disguise the fact that the abo
litionista of Memphis and Helena have succeed
ed in getting a good deal of cotton. Wagon
loads are daily going in; and boats go up the
river heavily laden.'
" General Johnson and Staff will leave Rich
mond to-day for the West."
" Witintorow, N. C., November 28.—A Fed
eral gunboat was ea:purred in New river, Casio!,
county, on the 20th; by Newkirk's Cavalry.
The crew escaped after setting the steamer on
fire. '1 hey bad been at Jacksonville and broken
open the Court House and postoffice, carrying
off all records and papers."
'OA railroad accident occurred on the Wil
mington and Manchester Railroad on the 28th
inst., killing the two Misses Neytholds, of
Charleston, and wounding several."
The conduct of the Yankee Abolition army
under .Burnside has exceeded that of Pope's.—
The outrages in Fanquier require retaliation,
prompt, swift and effective."
The inquirer says : " The next cattle between
Lee and Burnside may be a very decisive one.
An overwhelming victory on the part of Lee
and the defence of Washington would be gone
and the city may be captured. Such a result
should be before the eyes of our soldiers and be
the object of the conterit: Upon the next bat
tle therefore depends whether the war shall end
or drag slung in undecided battle, or mere ma
terial victories."
The Charleston Mercury of November :24th
says :!' !' The State Legislature met at Colum
bus on, the 24th." t.
"lhe 46th. Genres fiegimsnt wee reviewed
on the tattery.yesterday by General Howell
Cobb. The General goes to Florida hiasturne.
command of a military district."
"The Wilmington Zeleyraplf is again open-'
ad.".
"Waltar,H. ,lirooke,e Maryland refugee ac
cidentally shot . h' at Danville, last week."
Eheßichinond of November 27th, says,
—"The Petersburg press reports large - rein
foreenientiof the enemy concentrating at Suf
folk, and that they number 33,000. Also that
an attack is to be made upon Weldon, to cut
off the railway communication."
"Abner Jackson, a prominent citizen of
Knox county, Tennessee, has been arrested
upon charge of disloyalty to the Confederacy,
and committed to jail."
To-day at auction, New Orleans molasses
brought $8 90 to $4 10 per gallon ; brown
sugar in bbbls. 62470 eta ; old rice si eta ;
white and brown sugars 60 to 65 per lb. Super
cub. soda $2 60 per lb., fine salt $1 05 to
$1 251 b. ,
. .
The Richmond .7livrich,Apv. 28, says "it is
rumored that the ,Yankee gunboats ascended
New River a few days ago, and destroyed the
town of Jacksonville, N. Q.
"Lieutenant F. If. Johnson, 14th Maine
Regiment, was brought to Libby Prison yester
day. He was captured with tour others in
Matthewe county, while attempting to destroy
the salt works in that vicinity.
"Art immense bed' of rock salt, affording,
apparently, an inexhaustible supply, has been
diccovered at Opelika, Ala."
"The Florida Lagi ature convened at Talla
hoses on Monday last. There was no quorum
in either house so , they adjourned."
"Jackman, Mississippi, was fired in seVeral
places on the night of Nov. 12th."
"Governor Picken's message to the Legisla
ture of SoUth Carolina was received the 25th.
iti, 'urges -the support of the Confederate
authorities in measures -for common defence.
He forbears, in view of the, crisis, to object to
the conscript , law, though viewing all suchiacts
as agatnit the spirit of , the Constitution. lie
alludes to Lincoln'ti Emancipation Prochlma
tion, and recommends the formation of a State
guard of citizens under 18 and over 4,5 for
police. drity. He says the State has furniihed
42,000 confederate troops, besides eight regi
or
merits for coast defence. He urges pr pt
organization of negro labor so that the fo tifi
attions around Charleston may be made pe ma
neut." ,
The Atlanta (Ga.) Di* Intelligences of the
29th, says
,"a dispatch from Abbeville d i eter,'
that our cavalry again occupy Holly Springs
and the enemy have retreated to Grand I.tinc
tion and Bolivar."
The Richmond .Disixtfcri of Noveinber 29th,
says, "everything at Fredericksburg is in a
state of inaction. It is reported that the tile •
my in force have moved eighteen miles up the
Rappahannock, toward Warrenton
lest
"Mobile is to be defended to the last extremi
ty, and though the enemy may burn its edifices,
they shall never hold. a part of its soil in
Fem.
"Great preparafion le being made for the de
fence of the 'cchtet of ,North Carolina•"
The Bichniond Whig' flays : "One of a parti
san corps, in Tennessee, WAS captured by the
Yankees, and hung. The Colonel of the regi:
ment subiegnently caught some Yankees and ,
hung five' or them, and sent word to the Yankee
General what he had done,
.and stated it was
his system of warfare to hang five for one."' '
"We hear nothing more of rim rumored
movements'of the Yankees belOW Petersburg."
01 :
A fiag of , truce will , leave this morning, at
seven o'clock, for City Point, with 246 paroled
prisoners belonging,to the Abolition army, in
clnding 11 officets? also, 98 civilian prisoners
reading. at the north. Col. Thaw J. Jordan,
PRICE ONE CENT.
of the Ninth Pennsylvania regiment, who had
bee,' imprisoned here for some time past, await
ing trial for outrages committed in Tennessee,
has been paroled, and will be permitted to leave
thismorning. On Thursday night 41 renegade
,Tennesseesms were brought here as .prisoners of
war.
The York River train last evening brought up
four deserters from the Abolition army, taken
at the White House. They said they enlisted
to fight for the Union, without any reference to
the "nigger."
ARMY OF THE POTOMAC.
I=l
A Gunboat at Frederiokaburg,
ARREST OF A SPY-
Review of General Overfills Brigade.
• Firatourn, Dec. 1, 8 A. x.—We had a heavy
blow last night, with a few drops of rain since
daylight. It may clear to-day, as the sun is
making an effort to get out. A gunboat ar
rtved opposite Fredericksburg last evening. It
caused visible consternation in the town. Gen.
Pleasanton has been arresting smugglers and
breaking up their depot iu the neighborhood of
Belle Plains. He has also arrested a spy, who
will be tried by a military commission at once.
He had changed his uniform for citizens' clothes
before he came into our lines. The smugglers
have removed their depot some forty miles fur
ther down the river. There seems to be no
movements of consequence in the front. A
grand review and inspection of Gen. Averill's
brigade touk place yesterday afternoon_ There
is no news here of any kind.
FROM HAVANA.
The steamer Union arrived at this port to
night from Havana, on the 25th, via Port Roy
al, on the 29th
The advices from Mexico note the peaceful
occupation of Jalapa by the French, the-inha
bitants fleeing. There were no Mexican troops
there. The roads were said to be impassable
and an attack on Puebla was not to be attempt
ed till February. Sonora will be occupied by
8,000 troops.
Advices from Venezula mention the death of
Gen. Latilla Ex-Presideut Hobagaza was flee
ing towards Trindad. There was Co news at
Havana.
New abutrtistmtnts.
Muringer's Patent Beef Tea
A SOLID Concentrated Extract of Bee
sad Vegetables, convertible immediately LAO a
nourishing and ileiloims ioup or Beef 'T a.
Highly approved by a uutmer of o tr iltysiciatis who
use it in our hospitals for toe so,toilanne for oar
wounded
Dmwnoae von Ilm—Out up one 111th part of a
cake of the extract, pour . on ooilmg water, a/out a
pint, more or leas. according to Me Area gas' dasi,ed In
a feirminthes it will be eutire.'y dissoly, J.
This admirable article cundensei int/ a anima ct
form, all toe enbatantial and nwrltive pr Terties of a
large bulk 01 meat ant vegetables. Toe ma doess who
which it dissolves into a ri h and Palamble e,o,t or tea,
which woula require hoots of prepam ion, arm rdiqg
to Mammal method, le ao advantage is many situatErne
of life to obvials to need nrgieg
For aide by Wii. DOCK, Jr., At Co
A RARE CHANCE
FOR A BUSINESS MAN.
THE canal grocery store and Rockville
liouse,rknown 113 the. Updegr..vd Loa's Property,
situated fire miles above Harrisuurg, trouting east on
the P. nusylvaala Canal ant west on he ren.squehan,a
river rued, will be soul if appltee f soon.
The grocery More,' V* not the very uest stand on the
line of the equal; i only equaled by one other. a large
new barn and stable has . mentor been built, 90 that each
boatrteam can be loomed up separately. also picoty of
sheds, hey houses corn crib, two store houses for wain,
ice house, hay silks, and indeed very convenience
that is necessary for carrying on the business. The
place is within three hundred yards of th.l Rockville
depot,on the Pennsylvania railroad, and Daupirn and
Schuylkill railroad. also. Persona wishing to purchase,
please apply on the premises, to
anlS-wtjanlatlBl3.3
A. C. SMITS,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
OFFICE TKO STREET.
mylOy) NEAR MARKET.
DIARIES FOR 1863.
THE largest assortment of Diaries for 1868
just received, at
BERGNER'S BOOK STORE.
BASKETS, TUBS, and all kinds of Willow
and Cedar Ware, for sale by
NICHOLS & BOWMAN,
nl4 Cor. Front and Market Streets.
POTATOES.
300 pIISHELS of a Superior quality
Just received and for sale low, by
ocr23-tf WM. DOCK, Jr., & CO.
BOSTON CRACKERS.
ALARGE t supply of these delicious crackers
justrecerved and for sale by
' ' WM. DOCK, Jr., & CO,
OHOICE lot of Tobacco, for sato at rearona
ble prices, by NICHOLS & BOWMAN,
nov3 Corner Front and Market Sts.
FINE YORK STATE APPLES
F OR SALE, wholesale and retail, at
JOHN WISE'S,
3d and Walnut,
noBA f
APPLE TEM%
OF choice varieties, at Keystone Nursery,
Harrisburg.
Oct. 13, 1862.
BUCKWHEAT FLOUR I I I
EXTRA FINE just received.
Will. DOCK, Jr., & 00
RIO, Dandelion, and Barley Coffee, just re
ceived and for sale low by
NICHOLS & BOWMAN,
nolB Cor. Front and Market Streets.
Superior 'brands of extra lanAily flour
which we werrint to give eatiefiati6u, for Bele by
NIGROLS'ai BuWMAN,
Corner Front eon ISinricpt toreet.
MEI
now MEAL just received and for sale by
NICHOLS & BOWMAN,
Cor. Front and Market Streets.
irm
SUPERIOR non-explosive Coat Oil for Bale by
NICHOLS & BOWMAN,
ul4 Cor. Front and Market Stoats.
+ \ V
NEw Your.,.Deo. 2
W. P. HENRY