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THE PEOPLE CHOICE FOR FRESID.E'NT,
ABRAHAM LINCOLN,
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Monday Evening JititinalT-18,
NOTION TO SONSC;aIBEAS IN bITN
I have appidited
sole agent for
. the ".DAILY TELIGEtaa 7 in this
city He.will•purphase. his.paperkst the offiCi
hereafter, and serve them through an addition
al force of carriers, in every part of the city.
be obliged to , pay caw for all the
papers received at the office, it will be neceisary
for him to collect his money weekly,- Mr. Z .
1E also authorized = to collect moneys now due
for the DAILY in this city, and our friends will
oblige me by settling with him immediately.
Election ofittute Treasurer.
Owing to the disorganized state of Ogle in
the Elamite, the Legislature •did not meet in
Joint 'Convention to day for the election of
State Treasurer. The time for fr,fllch the pre
sent Treasurer is elected does notaxpire until
the let of May, and the election will be hold
before the present Legislature will adjourn.
Senator Losvrre 'Expose of an kliffer to
Compromise the Difficulty in:the State
Senate.
We print, to-day, the very able speech of Sen
ator Ipwry, discusing the difficulty which re
tards the organization of the Senate: Senator,
Lowry introduces a letter which he received'
from the U. S. Asaletant Attorney General, re
viewing the question at issue in the fitelp.Sen
ate,and establishing beyond all dont t or cavil the
feasibility of the position that the Senate is a
' perPetual body in its organization, with a
quorum always in existence, and hence that
the debate on the question now retarding thel
public business, is a mere pretext of the oppo
nents of the organization to embarrass and
bring reproach upon the government. In pre
senting this letterto the Senate,Sfinator:Loivile
took strong ground in favor of its position; but
aside from the able manner in which the Erie
Senator debatesthepointsinthe "deadlock," his
speech is worthy of a careful perusal on ac
count of the tender of compromise which it
contains. Senator Lowry offers to divide the
offices in the organization of the Senate, to give
the hungry and clamorous office hunters who
sustain the revolutionary, attitude of the
_
minority, .the ' plunder which, they covet )
previded that the minority then display
the honor of pairing off with:the ahsent Senator.
Wilts, and thus permitthe undisturbed trans
action of the public business. We want the
people to mark this position, and offer of Sena
for. Lowry, that they may. better be able to
.
appreciate the attitude of the minority. Sen
ator Lowry makes a very plain and practical
pro Position. He offers to give' the - officers to
„
ority, if they consent to pair off with
lip':. White. This is-fetused, AND THE REFUSAL
t,,:.
r'
LIMB THE REVOLUTIONARY OBJECTS OF THE
unroster 1 To a proposition to enable th'eMa 7
jority of the Senate to sustain the policy of the
Governor, as recommended .itr: his message to
~ .,0 ~ pay the State intereet--e: policy which would
save the State almost a million of dollars—As
minorrit,y •refuse to . accede. ' Truly, these dema
gogues are playing the dogs in the, manger i
—While Senator Lowry, was guided by thh
best of motives in offering thus to.comprom6
...
)...with the minority, we believe' that he went
• 7 - niter; further'in - noncillatirt-tlie , revolutionists
in the Senate, than the people will approve:
The judgment of the masses is itgrdnst the
notion of the minority in the. Senate. ConduCt
such as these, men, are. guilty of, cannot, be
compromised. it:is a' premeditated, designed
- and desperate revolittion of all Tight, all order,
and, all precedent Yet; we bespeak for Senator
Lowry's speech a careful perused, as completely
exposing Abe base designs of the minority in
obstructing the organization of the Senate;
A Grand Raildeation Meeting
„
The recent movementin -the State Legisla
ture—the action of the•variousUnion Leagues
of the Commonwealth, and the expressions of
individuals of prominence and infintince, all in
dicate that the preference of * the public is
strongly setting towards the re-election of
Abraharti Lincoln - . It sottai Drily: the 'day of
the ekction te-seifieihis fact! In the meantime,
however, it is due to the importance of the ove
ment that the people shorild•assernble in ',their
afferent hicalities, and endorse, en mire; - the
purpose of re-electing Abraham' Lincoln Presi
dent of the United States. We suggeit; there
fore, that a meeting of the people of Dauphin
county, be, held hi title city, at a day in the pre
sent Week' to 'be fixed -upon, for the purpose
of endorsing the action of the Union Men in
the.Legielatme, and - . .0f declaring their Unalter
able desire for the re-election of Abraham Lin
.
—ln the absence of - the Chairman of the
County Conimittee, we suggest that either cer
tain of the members, thereof, or some of our
prominent Union men, take measures to secure
-*lb calling of tbl meeting„ We desire, that ,
the peoplesf Dauphin ,county should have ,a
fair opportunity to place themselves 'right on .
this question, because we believe that thelienti
merit of the Union men of the coraty is mean
ilitc6sty in favor of`tker re eleciion of Abraham
THCROWING III R OLD " Snore- AT - Us.—The
00103143 of Massachusetts regiment which re
cently encountered the, rebels in, the Shenan
deah valley, were much surprised at the-pecu
liar noise made by the enemy's cannon. 'Upon
inudigation, it was apc0411,4 that he rebels
notlired.eitlier shot or, shelf, but had-used
pieces -of railroad ifon;and — old -horse
lIRNRY WARD Bausiza has been presented
by his congregation with the sum of $5,000, in
to his present salary of $7,500.
OA VIZ
ORGANIZATION OF . THE SENATE
Delivered on Friday, Jan. 15, 1864.
GEORGE BERGI3.E'R
REMARKS
01 TB
11.. d -n. M. Lowry,
A motion to proceed to another ballot for
Speaker- beinvbefore the Senate, Mr. Lowry
asked for the reading of the following letter, viz
Was town, January 11, 1864.
DUP. Bra:—You have done me the. honorto
request my opinion on two questions, which arc
now engaging much attention in.renneylvania,
viz:
1. Is the Senate of Pennsylvania a continuous
and permanent trolly under the Constitution of
the State?, ;^ ,
2. For obit time sre . the Speaker and other
officerii of, that.boily. entitled to hold their re
spective-DEW:es Y • - :
I do not know that my opinion on these
question's has more value than that of any other
lawyer who has examined them, and I am sure
that there are in the State many gentleinen
whose, learning and ability, will entitle their
Opinions thereon to far greater weight of an
thority than mine-can claim. Yet, my conch
siOns,on these pOinta; adopted when a meMber
of the Senate ,and fortified by.recent
are so satisfactory to toy own mind that I -vein
tare to state them, in iasponse to your request,
with strong confidence hrtheir correotness.
As to the fist question there can be but little
doubt. By the Constitution (Article 1, Section
b) Senators are required to bp chosen for three
years, the seats of one-third of them being
cated and re-filled every year, (Article 1, Sec
tion 9.) A majority of Senators constitutes -a
quorum to do business, (Article 1, Section 12.)
In these respects' the Senate of Pennsylvania
resembles theßenate of the United States be
ing framed after that pattern, and differing
front it only in this, that 'United Stites Sena
tors hold their Beate for six, instead of three
years, and one-third of them vacate their teats
every two years, instead of river)! year. A ,
leomparison of the ltdiguage of the Con
stitution of the United States, and of the
Constitution of Pennsylvania of 1790,
will show how closely the framers of
,the latterfollowed those of the former in - the
construction of ant legislative system and es - ,
pcicially of its Senatorial branch. They :wisely
regarded the system thou recently , devised for
national government as one 'which,. in so far as
different cirenmstances allowed, furnished > a:
model for imitation la - the organizitlon of Gm'
frardowtirk of State :Government. Of bourse
there were fundamental differenims in the ro
spOstive theories and principles of National
and State Governments which widely &lain
guith'eil one, from • the other : But wherayerthe
model watepbrderiate for the piarposo, it,..was
closelffiglowed. And one of the most striking
examples of •thie imitation is furnished in th
reserablandebetvreen the Senate 'of the: United
States arki. the Senate. of 'Perinsylvania; in the
MAIM Of perpetuating 'their existence ,by the.
periodical supply df new Imbibers. ;No man.
can read the provisions , ,of both Constitntione
without being convinced tlutt.tin - this respect,
and in the resultii which how, from that fact,
they aro predaelY alike. The - theory "of :both
la the same, and the law applicable to orbs is
necessarily slaw unto the Other.
Now it is well - settled - that the Senate.of the
linitcd'States, though it 'constitutes a branch
of each succeeding Congress, and its sessions,
tie 'held periodically andcorreepond with those
of the House of Representativespie a continuous
and permanent body, organized whenthe.Con,ol,-
tution went intii'operation in - 1789, and VIP%
has`continued its - organization ever since. • At
the commencement =of each session, two:thiuls
of tfie Senatefi more. than a quorum, are', in
office ready to.proceod...tiofiusineas," (Cushieg's
Law, Leg: Assemb., 104 ) The theory - of per-
Manent Senatorial existence - and organizstion
was well stated in the United States ,Senate in
1841, by a Satan:ix...whims authority those who
now maintain the contrary- in PernasylNranta:
will hardly question - =I, mean Mr. Buchanan:
He then said: "There could 'be no new Senate.
This 'was the Veryrsame body constitutionallY,
and impoint of law, which has assembled on
the first •day- of its meeting In 1789. It 7 had
existed without any intermission from that day
until the - present moment, and would.continue
, to exist as long as the- Government should en-,
dure. qt. was emphatically a permanent body:
Its rules-mere pernianent and.were not adopted
Rom Congress to :Obngrees-, like those uf - Oa
House" of Representatives. For- manr.years
after the commencement of the Government,
its Secretary' was a !permanent officer, though
our rules now require that he should be elected
at stated intervals. The Senate always had a
President, and there:werealways two-thirds of
its actual members- in existence, and generally
a much greater number. * * It never tiles,
and it was the sheet anchor of the Constitution
on account of its permanency." ((Jong,. Globe,
Vol. 9, page 240.)
These words apply in all their -force to the
Senate of Pennsylvania.:-All the fasts, and
prineiples from whiblilhe permanent, continu:
qua existence of the United States . Senate
results distinguish the State, Senate, and of
°bursa the same conclusion follows therefrom.
I think this too obvious need farther
t ration.
It is true the preaiding officer of the United
Stato Senate is the Vice President elected for a
term by electors, and the presiding officer of
the Stekte Senate is one of its members elected by
the boily, Bat a presiding officer is not neces
sary to the continuous existence of a body
made so by the law—indeed Is not necessary to
"its existence at all. Tho one exists without a
Tice President; the other without &Speaker.
Therefore, the method of providing a presiding
officer cannot affect the question of permanentJ
existence. So that the differende of the' two
constitutions in this respect, affords no ground
to question the accuracy of the conclusion that
the two bodies are alike in the quality of con
tinuous existence.
2. Being then permanent and continuous, I
assert that the Senate; of Pennsylvania; ;like.
the Senate of, the United-States, is alway 4
ganized—that is : First,• its members, or a quo- 1
rum of them, are always qualified to perform
their Senatorial duties ; and 'second, it always
has its lawful officers duly appointed to per
form their appropriate duties, from speaker
and clerk down to the subordinate officera,
with some unimportant exceptions. •
There is no law, that I know of, limiting the
time during which the Speaker and other officers
shall hold their respective places, unless the prc'
vise to the 19th section of the int of 7th May,
1865, (Bright; Dlg. 11510 be;fmnetruedto limit
the time of. certain subordinate officers. t...Jt re
sults; then; from the law of its permanent and
Continuous existence, 'that these -_offidere, with
the-exception stated, hold their places, during
the plessure.of the Senate, and until, .by the
action of: the Senate, they are.diaplaced. The
fact of adjournmentat the __end•of the
does not elisplace them,- tor :no.law so declares,
and, Since the teliate,.-after - .adjournment, still
continues to exist, the:lawfully elected officers
continue to Exist with it,. This result followed,
se,stated lay Mr. Buchanan in the case of the
SecretarY of the Senate. And Cushing states*,
(Leg. Am., 104,) that by the factOf the-perma
nent existence of the rfnited'States Senate, the
Secretary`and other:Meet% of that body re
main in office until - their successors are chosen.
MI adds, ?'There is" no' necessity,- therefore, at
theCommniaceinent. -- hr.,e&Ch „ Congress, for an
organisation of the SCfrati - iff the 'United States,
in the ordinary sense of that terim"
Of course the preposttion stated is subject to
the limitations that the Speaker cf the Senate,
being a member of the body, even without a
resolution or the election of another Speaker,
displacing him, would itecesiatily vacate his
office at the expiration of his. Senatorial term,
or perhaps upon acceding to 'the Executive
Chair under the Conitution; thrice the Speaker
must be a Senator.' But' wje these limitations
I affirm that he andihe ether leading officers
of the Senate of Pennsylvania hold theli pleas
until displaced by some affirmative action of the
Senate, which may, as I have indicated, be by.
law or rule limiting their term, or resolution
declaring their places vacant, or by paawlbig
to elect their successors, which is the - pithent
method - of limitingtheir terms. -
So far as the Speaker is:concerned this view
is strongly confirmed by the Constitutional pro
-elevates him -to the Executive
Chair should it become. .vacant by the Gov
ernor's death, resignation 'or' removal from
office, (Art. 2, sec. 14.) This provision necessa
rily contemplates not-only thekthe Senate) is
Ormanont and continuous, but that tho chair
of its presidingx.fficer is always filled. For the
contingency that there maybe no Speaker of
the Senate to take the Executive chair, when
it becomes vacant by death, resignation, or• -re;
moval, is not provided for. .Tide oeihndon is
most significant. Itja, 'not possible' that the
`framers of the Comititntion of 1790, and of
1838, would both.have overlooked this grave
hiat4in the ExedutiVe macbinesy of the gov
ernment they were parfecting, and one, too, so
pregnant with danger to the State in times of
political exeltedient, if "they bad ever dreamed
that the Senate could cease to exist, or its Chair
be vacant for one day: - Even the' Constittition
of the 'United States; which, as we have Been,
was ever present to their:view provided' for the
double contingency of - the death, &o, of the
President and Vice President, by conferring on
Congress . the power to, declare who should fill
the Executive chair, But in our Constitution
_this was not deemed necessary, simply because
its - theory ii that the Semite always exists, and
its Chair Is always filled. And out of abundant
caution, to prevent a vacancy in fact by the
l accession of the Speaker to the Executive R in g o,
lit has specifically provided:for the choice of a
(Speaker pro tempore, When:that event shall oc-'
oar. (Art. 1, sec. li.) . -
I The events now occurring in our. State -.Son
ate strikingly illustrate the necessity of main
taining,the Constitutional theory of a perma
nent and! obntinziong :Senate with its chair
always filled. The Senate has failed for more
than a week, and may fail for weeks to come,
(if the seat of the absent Senator be not sooner
filled) to elect a new Speaker.,
Suppose it be
true, as I am told some assert, that Mr. PBNNET
ceased to be Speaker. when -the swollen began,
and that the chair is now- vacant.' Suppose
further that our estimable 'Governor should die
pending this struggle. Who then shall fill the
Executive chair? If it be answered that the
Senate would than elect a Speaker, I respond
that; citncoling•that _the Speaker elected after
the Governor's death might take the Executive
chair - withent cfneation, still the magnitude of
;the 'prig 3 would- tend to prevent.~n election far
more than the patronage of the Senate which
seems now to be a prize _tempting enough to
the minority to induce so-long a,delay, in- get
ling at the business of: the'sealon. Here then.
would bea vacancy in the• office of Governor,
'which could be prolonged at the pleasure of
sixteen Senators until the rebels at Richmond,
commiserating- our -unhappy condition, would
openthe,-,Prison doors &the absent eenator,lo:-'
jar Within deference , l'do not believe
that thelumtioi, Wilsons, MeNeenti, Addisorui
and Gallating of 1790, or the Sergeants, Mere
ditto', Porters, Chambers and Agnews of 1888,
did their work so loosely and carelesidy as to
expose our State Cloierlatnent to such a peril as
this. And yet, if t'tid trtelleit Mr. Psalm is
not now the lawful Speaker of .the Senate by
• rtue of his election at,he olose,of theaession
td. - 1808, and obtioes defect exists 44
our. State tlonlititutiorn- ~ • _ ,
• It has long been tife , *cuatom of the State
Senate to elect a SPeekerat tho-..blose_of each
sermon; and to supply his-place -by electing .a
neigeone at thelreginning of the next- session;
and soi&keepltherohair constantly.filled. Bat
uOinetir requires the election of a new Speaker
stAheibeginning of the session, and, even_ if
the diatom have the force of law still the
Senator who has hold the Office during. the ye
cation, and'who, as such, -cells the Senate to
order-when the new 86881011 begine, ticontinues.
to 'hold it until: the. new , Speaker Is elected.
True, It has lieen'austomarrfor the Speaker to
retire from the chair when the choice of his
suet:reser was being made, but that is from
motives of delicacy, since hi be quitially the
person voted for by his own party at that else,'.
tion. He no inure vacates-his office when he
so loaves the chair than he does at the close of
the session. whh ii'lesbintion of thanks to. '
himself being offered, he calls another Senator
to the chair toltnt the resolution to the Senate.
I have always thought it would be better for
the retiring Speaker to call a Senator to the
chair, when the choice of, his successor ; is being
made, than `to allow' the clerk to act - in his
stead, but the existing custom proves nothing I
against the views here expressed. He remains
the Speaker until his soceiresor is chosen end
inducted into,offiee. And• so,tke cha i r the
Siniateis always' filled 'ty a Speaker 'clothed
with the anthoritY of the office and ready teas
same the Executive fbnctions when the emer
gency occurs, • kir which the Constitution pro:
vices. •
, Another proof, that the chair, does net become
vacant at the beginning of the oeyr session, is •
found in
-the fact that when. the Governor, on
extraordinary occasions, convenes the General
Assembly, under thik, authority of Article 2,
t3ection 12, the Senate, when the extraordinary
session begins, does not choose a Speaker, but
the Speakerchosen at the end Of the last see-
Bien
,presidert, and all the Jading officers .of
the last session contirine ; toperfOrm thelr lune
tkies,-,, 1l the mere ha, `that ,a new session had
begun, vacated, the 'Ohair - and the other offices,
it would ba ,as ,opezative at .an extra as ii k t
regular geestoP.. There is no force then inlhat
fact whieb deprives the Senate of its officers.
Nor eloes,theject that eleven new . Senators
enter the body it the beginning' ofeach regu
lar session affect the-right of the inennibent of
ficers. Vtintotitholtt 0114 would be to concede
that the Sable diffnot exist` as a qualified body
evithoofithem.s.Tifigintroduettiokett,hirtnew ele
ment into Hie * body is a good reason for order
ing and - holding an election for new drums,
but it trim:kerb:on for vacating the offices be
fore ouch election is held. If it were so it
would also prove thatthe Senate when it first
ineatsigasi umorganised as the House of Rep.
zerantatives when the• Secretary -of the com
monwealth first , delivers, in .the hall of the
House; the returns of- election ,ot,ita. members.
• Ina iiittetsentte•.eteetion of. the act of 7th
May; 1865, by strong implication, requires the
higher officers of both houseikto return at the
opening of any session, and- thus recognizes
them as holding their offices.
I am, therefore, of opinion that the Senate
not only a perm 'merit and continuous body,but
that the Speaker. and all its other officers, with
the:exoeptiOns.Mentioned, lawfully continue to
hold - theirprank until they shall be removed
by.law• or `resolution of the Senate, or gutter
veiled by the choice of other persons to fill
their places. •
• This conclusion might. he-fortified by other
illustrations. But my letter has swelled to a
length nothitended, arid-I.will close with the
expression of .the. hope that, in complying with
your request to furnishyoitoay view! on the
pointitenggested, :not he suspected of an
unwarranted obtrusion of Ahem on gentlemen
'so ompatenhlo dash With.: - ..theie questions as
the members of •_the StatekSenate,
'Your obedientbenreat,
UQI' flay
Hen. M. B. leeway, State Senate.
Mr. LOWEY., I think that the document
just read maycarryconviction to the mind of every
member of this Senate that we are an organized
body. If we are not organized, then, sir, in
my opinion any member of the co-ordinate
branch or any person whatever has as good a
right to come in here and address you as i have.
But it cannot be that the Re Rta of Pennsylva
nia is a mere mob. The Attorney General of
the.Coanonwealth has recognized our organi
ration,exl have we not been most frilly recog
nized/by. -every Department of the State Gov
eragrent, not even_ excepting the co-ordinate
branch? 'Yet here we are sitting, day after
day, without the power to recognize ourselves.
I contend, sir, that the question of organiza
tion is not, as said by the- Senator from Berko,
one merely of a few offices.
Mr. CLYMER. I dislike to iatertupt the
Senator but I protest against his repeated mis
representations of my language and motives.
My statement was that the possession of those
offices was but the symbol of the right for
which we were contending. The offices them
selves, so fig all concerns their mere - value, are
of no consequence.
Mr. LOWNY. What then ddes the Senator
:contend for ? If he cares nothing for the of
fices, why does he preventus from proceeding
to business in the ordinary way ? But there is
a point beyond that. If are concede , their re
quest in this particular, we would still be pre
vented from obtaining the necessary legisla
tion. Now, ask the Senator from Berke or
any Senator on the other side if in case we re
linquish our right to these cffi.Nars he wilt rise
in his place and promise not to delay legisla
tion any longer. Solar pe concern myself, I
assure the Senator from l3erks that if he will
pair Off with lIARIT Wasra I will vote'for him
for Speaker ` ; and 'I think that in the event of
his election the Heavenly Father would pre
serve the life of the man who now occupies the
gubernatorial chair.
But look at the scene whichis presented here
to-day. Upon which side of the chamber is to
rest the burden of responsibility ? I deny that
we, 011 this side of the chamber, are justly
chargeable - for the pretreat state of affairs ; we
can take no other position than that which we
have taken. Let the gentlemen say, "Wit)
us the Senator from- Berke for Speaker, and
allow us to fill the offices of the Senate with
the candidates of our own selection, and we
will reciprocate your generoeity by voting with
you on important questions of State policy"—
let them say that;sand the machinery of legis
lation will again work harmoniously, and the
business of.the people be attended to. But
that re not their intention. They inttkd to
perpetrate a great and indescribable wrong
upon the people of Pennsylvania. They
are endeavoring to establish the per
nicious doctrine that the Constitution of
Pennsylvania has. the leprosy in its very bones;
that it has the consumption in its frame, that
the seeds of death are in its marrow, and that
If not wound up every year like a clock it must
of necessity cease to exist. I hold, sir, that it
was the liter and sincere belleinof the great men
•Who formed the Constitution that the State
&nate would always be an organized body.
.But it is contended here•that by reason of the
merest circumstance, by the capture of a mom-
Ater of the denote who was standing between
,tile enemy and our own firesides, /Senators are
'justified in attempting to break down the Cort
i stitution and to say that it is a mere ricketty
Inachineirinfficient for the purposed for which
it *as intended by the fathers of the Govern
meat. Mr. Speaker, the Senatorson the south
em side of this hens° are legally and - morally
wrong ; they have taken upon their shoulders
the groat' responsibility orpreventing legisla
tion. I ask the Senator from Barks if he will
holp us to save over a million of dollars to the
Commonwealth if we accept hid proposition for
a divisien of the offices of this Benito. I ask
Idea and lie &Mapes to consider whether the
fact of the imprisonment of a loyal man in
Libby Prison shall defeat wholesome, honest
and just '
J 39 Tereorapq.
NEWS FROM rnE . SOUTH.
•
NTINffiES BOIEBBIMENT'OR CHIRLESTON
REINFOECEILIEHT OF . THE FLEET
Demonlizapon of Society in ,liitilmiOndk
Effeota of the President's &nudity
Proclamation.
T PRItiONERSIN RICHMOND'
The Rebel Plan and prength in the
Bothwest.
THE REBEL CAVALRY IS MISSISSIPPI
FORMES MONROZ, Jan. 16. •
The fiag.of-truce steamer. New York arrived
from City Point this afternoon. Present indi
cations admit of no doubt-that, if the exchange
business remains In the hands of General But•
ler, a satisfactory exchange will 'shortly be
affected:::
$3P0117511 DIFILAT 01,MOEILBY
°Loos 0.11 , Jan. 14-4haseby, is still bar.:
Taming the enemy's rear, but , is reported to
have been badly whipped near 'torpor's Ferry.
There was ice in Richmond three inches in
thickness.
iIATTELS eT CILUILISTON
Caam.seroN, Jan,. 14,—The enemy has kept
up a lively eh_elling all day., Since Tuesday'at
9 o'clock, four hundred and seventy-one &elle
have been;thrown , into the city, causing some
damage,; but no aumaltiss are reported. The
enemy;have unmasked two or three More Par.
rotts on Fort . Gregg. The shelling is still
heavy this morning, but thereis no rnovoment
of the. fleet.
Wriarasros, Jan. 13.—The boinbardment .
of
We city
.bas been continuous since t the last re
port. A large amber nf trant!poils filled with
Sloops have been observed going South. An
increased fleet is repcirted it Hilton Head.
PIRGIVIA. LID TEENER®
OiLition.Votritz ROW', Jan. 18.—The enemy
is traneferring one corps fionvour front to the
Virginia Valley.
Ausseuvrtza, Jan.l2.—The bridge over the .
Holstein river is completed, and the one over
the Watauga will-be finished next week.
:LAT= kILOM OIMILINTOX
QH.AILLISTON, Jan. 11.—Three shells were
thrown Mto>the city Ibis morning and six this
afternoon. On the 1014 instant eighteen eheite
wore thiovm into the city, and the enemy
opened two ploTeeMbraanres, one bearing ou
the city and one on Ames
rapt omao
Cate°, Jan.l2.—The steamer Forsyth, from
Memphis on theldth, strived at this port to,
day, with, one hundred bales of cotton.
The steamer Lady Franklin ah;o arrived, with
780 bales forSlineinnatt
A refugee from Richmond, who travelled via
the Wilmington, Mobile and Ohio Railroad to
°helots, furnishes the Memphis Bulletin with
a lifigt.account of the oonditirm of affairs In
the ' Confederacy.. . He describes society in
Biehmond.esic3l4.l.erribly demoralised in all
daunt!. An -erstratainary alargepcmber of
deers were there. • -
There is said to be large numbers of Union
men in that city.
The same demoralization existed in Mobile.
A proposition has been made in the rebel
Congress to conscript negroes for soldiers, but
it was vigorously opposed by the nuaudares from
Virginia, Georgia and South GaroßMX.'
President Lincoln's Amnon Proclamation
has caused much excitement among the people
and soldiers, and it was feared that rimy would
accept it, and abandon the rebel caves. lt was
believed that a large majority of the troops, if
left to themselves, would lay down their arms,
and accept the terms proposed.
I Lee's army and Longstreet's troops are esti
mated to be six thousand strong.
Bishop Popo commands the Department of
he Idiesissippi, in place of Gen. Johnston. His
tessumption of the command of the army was
very imposing, while the donnuditliono of Bragg
wore bitter. Bragg's army Is completely de
moralized and scattered throughout the coun
try, and his men are deserting in large num
bers.
It is the intention of the rebel Government
to concentrate 'eD the forces poesible at that
point, and check the advance of - Grant, and
drive him back, if possible.
The number of rebel troops west of the• Mk
iissippi is estimated at 30,000.
General S. D. Lee =mends the cavalry and
has a force of 17 000 men, 5,000 of whom were
under Ferguson at Okolona, 5,500 at Oxford.
Two regiments of the prisoners captured by
the 'United States army at Port Hudson, had
been declared exchanged, and supplied with
arm P.
&General Lee's headquarters were at Brandon,
Miss. •
Immense quantifies of corn were lying along
the railroads on the Alabama line:
Sixty-two rebel soldiers were sent from Mem
phis on the 18th, to be exchanged for eome of
our men taken by Forrest. •
General Sherman has gone to Richmond.
FROM FORTRESS M
sox
AN ESCAPE FROM LIBB
I=l
the President's Proclamation and the
Rebel Officials.
9 • ~ ~ • y^
TEM UNITED STAUB ?IMPULSE THOMAS SWAN
ABHORS.
FORTIIIBB Mosiaoa r Jan. 17.
The propeller Thomas Swann, from New
York to Fortress Monroe and Washington,with
a valuable cargo of Government stores, ran
ashore at two -o'clock on Saturday morning
List, when twenty• five miles south of Cape
floury.
Captain Ainsworth has gono to her assistance
with throe steamers. He sent back to-day for
barges to light the propeller. With very fa
vorable woathor the may be got off.
Captain P. W. Soott, of tho 86th Illinois
regiment, captured near Ohickamarops, on 'the
14th of November teats hue just arrived at
Fortress Monroe, on tho Yorktown mail boat,
having made his escape from the Libby Prison
on the 7th inst., and reached Gloucester Point
last evening, traveling by night and lying con
coaled during:the daytime, and having been
four days without food of any kind. The Cap
tain reports that • Dr. Lane, of Georgia, now
engaged among the - prisoners at lUchmonii,
told him that President Lincoln's amnesty pro
clamation had caused great:exciteinent among
the confookirstollovernmant of:Tic:tali, and that
he-(the lioetor)hed no doubts that one-half of
their men would be foolish enough to avail
themselves of ths advantages held out in that
proclamation, by taking the oath of allegiance
to the tufted States government.
eapjain Scott , recently heard theguard atthe
Libby Prison say that Jar Davit! and General
Lee had made a secretproposition to the' rebel,
Congress to bring the war to a close. This,
however, he regarded as merely scamp rumor.
There are strong indications that the rebels
have but a very small force in or 'about Bich=
mond at the present time.
The Captain leaves here thisevening, for
Washington, en mute for Weniustese, to rejoin
his regiment. -
We learn from' Captain Bolbrook, that M
Fiddly' O. l3lsmt, , an interestintryoung lady,
living on Roanoke Blend, was bend murdered
on the 2d inst. She was returning home
from a neighbor's house when overtaken, bar
peram 'darted, and then was brutally mur
dered bra blow upon the bead.- _
The proved marshal offered 4260 reward
for the apprehension of the murderer. Anegrp
has been arrested under strangsly susptdous
aireumstanses.
IMPORTANT FROM RANIMMICL
Thieatened Rebel Attsok on Job*,
. son's Island.
Force or Two ?howland Gathered at
- Point Pelee.
SAZDVEXT Jan. 17.
One of W. S. Pmusores scouts has jest returned
from a thorough reconnoissance toward Point
Pelee, Canada. He reports two or three
thousand rebels at Point Pelee, preparatory to
a dash upon Johnson's Island.
Gen. H. D. Terry has everything in readiness
to receive his expected 'visitors properly should
they venture to -moss the ice. Our veterans
are anxious to indulge in the novelty of a sklr
wish muthe ice.
The strictest vigilance is maintained on.the
island, and several batteris are in `
position.
Point Pelee is thirty miles from Johnson's
Island. The scout wholdngsthie informatien
le raid to be a . most reliable man, he having
sailed on Lake Erie for twenty years.
John Brown, a soh of the old hero, who re.
sidee On Pnt•in-lay Island, has gonnto Uolamc
bus to induce the acrverament to furnish how
itzers and shall arms for the protection of
inhabitants. The long roll has been souoded
quite often recently.
Colonel Bassett, of the Eighty-second Penn
sylvania regiment, will relieve the - preatint
hicompetent commander at Johnson Wand to
morrow.
Passage of the Enrollment Bill.
Vasruirmon t Jan. 18-2 r. 14.
The Senate has passed the enrollment bill
without any important amendment, by a veto
of 30 yam to 10 nays.
Nno Xnurtirtutents
PUBLIC SALL
ILL be dold•on the premises on Saturday,
VW the 13th defy of February, 1864, a cer
tain two story Frame 14111138 and part - of 'a lotof ground situate in the city ofilariisbure, be.
tweien State and North street, being in front on
Second street 27 feet trinekes,Atnd
back 94 feet, more or less, late theyof
Anne Catharine Crm'kle, deed. om
thence at 2 o'clock, P. lc, when •terms will be
made known by - WM. 11. KNE'NER,
— *cantor of Amore. Outride, deed.
jault; dlw
AMBROTYPISTB AND PH(00::
rEAKitaurpm., Th Q Ainbrojkli
. 1 . - ivan: l -111e one'bfliktahr"titatitil liddjuis
been doing a good busiest& For further in
formation apply to H. IL GBOTE.
janlB Oirlitilo i Pa,
Mitt .
tkr at the reeidence ef , her uncle
111 Qum • county, from °Ossetian of the
WO, ethic fevrhoune illness, Nam A., only
daughter of A.:T. and the late S. I. Jones, In
the third year of her age.
Funeral on Tuesday at 2 o'clock. r. m., from
the residence of her father on Front street.
The relatives and friends are requested to at
tend without further notice.
On the_lsth Eau LANfIUiSCI, eldest
daughter of Charles and Mary Bird, in the /7t6
year of her age.
Her friends are respectfully Invited to attend
the funeral, horn ?lather's residence on
Fmnt street, at 8 o'clock this afternoon.
Weep on, but weep-not very long ; 'gm. spirit flew on high,
Oh, wiry far on high
. With wings of light it fled any
Beyond the g lobe of day,
Beyond the ewy ray—
Away, away, it flashed along,
To mingle with the blessed throng,
To catch the eereph-notes of song
Which God alone can give.
Oh ! weep not now, the crown of gold
Blumes that brow of angel mould ;
06, weep not now ! her starry lyre
Warbles celestial hymns of fire.
She has bum to bee. D,
Its 21rotrthrtnituts.
FIFTEEN MEN WANTED
IROrtIien are F wanted for inamstem tc
ashington. Wages 1180 per month
for driving 4 horses ; $B5 for driving 6 mulct.
Apply at the City Hotel near the Pennsylvania
Biased Depot. DAVID CASE,
Assistant Wagon Master.
Wears:Eß . Dammam, Wagon Muter
janlB d2to
OST--Qn Saturday, January 16th, a Pocket
Albnin•and=a package contakdng some lete
tem and two army discharges. The finder will
be liberally rewarded by leaving them at
janlB d2to THIS OFFICE.
1300. B] WARD.
THE store of the subscriber was burglarious
-IL ly entered on the night of the 16th inst.,
(Saturday,) the safe blown, open and robbed of
Government and State bank notes, personal
checks and other papers.
All parties are heretly notified to refuse all
obligations and papaw having my signature,
until further developments are made, as I am
at present unable to ascertain the full extent
of my loss.
The above reward will be paid upon the con
viction of the thief or thieves.
GEO. G. KUNKEL.
Elmuusnuao, Jan. 113th,1864-alw9
FOR SALE.
A GOOD FBAMB STABLII, bolds two
111 HOLM, with room for bay, are. a inquire
of (iiil6 Iwo] CHARLES TIMM, Wit of Bt.
LEOTIJBE ON TEMPERANOL
BY J• 'Q• DETWILER, EEC OT lOWA,
COURT 110118lir,
' On MONDAY EVENING, 413th but. Ad
mittance free. 2.ta
LOTS FOR SALE.
ANUMBER of Lola have been laid out or.
the /Mlltown Boa, about one 111110 east
, 4the city of_,Hreiatturg, which are being sold
at low priceis. • To penguin desiring to secure a
home for thebaselves, and to be relieved front
the present exorbitant rents, this a rare op
crittzi
and
numberTaw
remain
on T
of lots have already
plan of said lots can be seen at the Sheriff's of
os
is,Harrisbmg, where desiring to
purchase are requested to calf sad seethesame
J.IIIIIIiLL.
Harrisburg, Jan. 15, 1864. jml6
grand Miry and Citizens' areas Bali
To be given OIL
ThiIirGITRILTIOW
Monday evening, Jaii. 18th, hi Bittat 's Hall
= .40()11 MANAGERS. •
Wx Itricurtir, W. D. Moms,
. Cades , • F. Nt'llsrmouts.
MABTER OF 01121113101.1=3.
J. Bpßimilascs.
VALUABLE NEW
SASH FACTORY,
PIANING LED SLITTING ]ELT.,
AT
PUBLIC SALE,
ON SATURDAY, FEBRYART lith, 1664
eubeotiber win eon for lid th e ye i .
ble new SASH FAOIORY, G sod
' MILL S on the Oamberiand Valley
roirmo; lEmbemicsburs, Pa. The
Pro
comprises a -image Two story Frame
with a convenient TWO STORY WABII3/0011
near, with Melds attached, for storinghusber
and a Lot of Ground, 160 feet square, very ad-
Wantagennaly located. :
The Fantasy is fitted npwith.R. large stock of
the best Machinery, whicl is driven by an EN
GINE OF AMPLE POWER.
The establishment has excellentpatronago
and for any one desiring to on this busd
nese, no better opening can be
.Sale toquinnence at ONNOCLOIX,
en add day, *mat tennis wilL be made known
by Beildtect] JOHN SADLER.
HEW BAKERY.
Broad Ikea, Miss - lomd, aid ?Kra
Rams ,
Bum. ,
IF UNDERBIONKD ima opened a new
Y, is the SEMh wink wheat he b
p to lowly . BREAD OD CANES at a
tameable tat& He will warrank sitlea c tior.
to all who will give him a WI.- He -10411 Bali
wa dread at the rate of
FA% 081378--Pliiiietl4ll),
and fan walett gmwmiteed;
in dtf JOHN AIDOEN.
ALMANAOIII AL/lAN:4OS 11
101 i% LANCABEE, R
,
4ft,Ma ss ,
. Just received and for intletat
- scalarYßE'S BOOKSTORE,
• I ' VI it:
SCHOOL BLAB of fitironga s i ges , -waxed
Excellent series- al Spellers and Reader&
pnblished_by HaroV 41$ Brahma, together with
cdrothee:Odhael Woke' and Writing linteriala
are offered, wholesale and retail, at
dec7 - EXELEEMVB.2O(IIO3TOBE.
/ rtiORIPONCTAMDAPENs.
A Nsamatiot of. l l o 6pn'a:CrAptralled Goli
, msyslbr, sob at
:rdeth
All pens waininted foe one yew,
B on y , 0 wax
-- •
Teacher of the Plio, maim la YWka
r"4lremoneble 16 Thiel street, 'Awes.
1$ avol Ohesinut skeet& Ana 8m
lan6tjlSt ,