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AND VIOLIN.—Torms reasonable. 15 Third street} between Market and Chestnut streets. ja4,3m • GROCERIES. NEWT GROCERY~STORE, BOYER & KOERPER, - - WHOLE SALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN G OCERIES, Queen's. and Glass Ware, AND ALL KINDS OF . COUNTRY PRODUCE, HAVE just opened a large and well selected stock of goods at their stand, No, 3 Market Square, Harrisburg, Pa. , to which they invite the attention of the public generally. . nolo-dly JOHN WISE, THIRD STREET, NEAR WALNUT, HARMISIWILG, PA., 11' • HOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER DI CONFECTIONERY, • FRUITS, &C., Jujube Paste, loss Paste, Fig Paste, .Alarsla Mallow (;um Dropa, Cream Chocolate Drops, Plain Candies, &c., &e. Wanges and Lemons, Canned Fruits, Tess and Spices, all kinds, Paper Bags, Cider Vinegar, Fresh and Salt Fish in sort son. Ve4enibles in SiMSOI3, Raisins, Currants, ortla IMPORTERS OF WINES AND LIQUORS. LADIIAN, SALLADE & CO., NO. sourrr NINTH STRET, iirrwEEN CTIMINUT AND WALNUT, PHILADELPHIA. G. V. LAIAIAN, 1M c 111ADFL, J. D. BITLNG no9A3m) A LARGE NVOICE Ul NEWR lis CITRON, CURRANTS • PRUNES, FIGS, &G., ant. DOCK., JR., & CO. At [llll2Ol TYPERIQR 1 GOSHEN: ]3-UTTER Just nSecivcal at TOT BOOKS, GAIILE.S, &e.--A Large as sortment of Toy Books, Games,' :ke., just received at 11019 SOBEFFER'S BOOKSTORE, Harrisburg. NEW B 0 0 K S.-THE SHOULDER VT.IIAPS • DAYS OF sHOlipyi Just rOceiced at NelSl SCHEFFER'S BOOKSTORE. A PPLES.-200 barrels of New York, state /1. Apples, of a choice variety, just received, sufCsold low, In any qUantlties, to suit purchasers, at 'the new grocery of fde43 BOY ER k 110ER,U.R.: PICKLES I PICKLES! !—By the Barrel, Half Barrel, Jar or Dozen. at no2o 'WM. DOCK, JR., & 00,:" . LOCK HOSPITAL, T_T AS discovered the most certain, speedy and effectual remedies in the world for A Cure Warranted, or 11 ÷ o Charge, in from One Wertkne.ss of the Back, Affections or the Kidneys and Bladder, Inyoluntary•Dischmgcs, Impotency, General De bility, Nervousnew, Dyspepsia, Languor, Low Spirits, Confusion of Ideas, Palpitation of the Heart, Timidity, Tremblings, Dimness of Sight or. Giddiness, Disease of the Head, Throat, Nose or Skin, Affections of the Livet, Lungs, Stomach or Bowels—those terrible disorders arising from the- Solitary Habits of Youth—those secret and solitarypractices more fatal to their victims than the song of Syrens to the Mariners of Ulysses, blighting their most brilliant hopes or anticipations, rendering marriage, &0., impossible. Especially, who have become the victims of Solitary Vice,' that dreadful and destructive habit which annually sweeps to an untimely grave thousands of Young Men of the most exalted talents and brilliant intellect, who might otherwise have entranced listening Senates with the thun ders of eloquence or waked to ectasy the living lyre, may call with fall confidence. EMI 1 50 Afarried persons, or Young Men contemplating marriage, being aware of physical weakness, organic debility, defor mities, &e.., speedily cured.. .: He who places himself under the care of Dr. J. may re ligiously confide in his honor as a gentleman, and confi dently rely upon'his skill as a Physician. Immediately.cured, and full vigor restored. This distressing altbction—whifill readers life -miserable and marriage impossible—is the penalty paid by the vic tims of improper indulgence. Young persons are too apt to commit excesses from not being , aware of the dreadful consequences that may ensue. Now, who that under- stands the subject will pretend to dedy that the power of procreation is lost sooner by those" kallink into improper habits than by the prudent Besides being deprived the pleashres of healthy ollispring, the most 'serious and de structive symptoms to both body and mind arise. The system becomes deranged, the'. physical and mental functionsweakened, loss, of procreative power, nervous irritability, dyspepsia, palpitation of the heart, indigestion, constitutional debility, a wasting of the frame, cough, con sumption, decay and death. Left hand side going from .11tidtimore street, n few doors from the corner. Fail not to observe name and.number: Letters must be Paid and contain a stamp. The Doctoes • Diplomas hang in his office. Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, Londorygrad ., nate from ono of the most eminent colleges in the United States, and the greater part of whose life has been spent in the hospitals of London, Paris, Philadelphia and else where, has effected some of the most astonishing cures that were ever known.; many troubled with ringing in the head and ears when asleep, great nervousness, being alarmed at sudden sounds, bashfulness, with frequent blushing, attended sometimes with derangement of mind were cured immediately. • These are some of the sad and melancholy effects pro duced by early habits of youth, via : weakness of the back end limbs, pains in the head, dimness of sight, loss of muscular power, palpitation of tho heart, dyspepsia, ner vous irritability, symptoms of consumption, &c. lidan.i.u.r..:—The fearful effects on - the mind are much 'to be dreaded—loss of memory, confusion of ideas, de pression of spirits, evil forebodings, aversion to society, self distrust, love of solitude, timidity, ,&c., aro some of the evils produced. Citrons, Figs, Dates, . Prunes, Almonds,Walnuts, Filberts Cream Cream ruts, Ground Nuts, recall Nuts; Cocoa Nuts, Cranberries, Mugu and Beans, Cakes and Crackers, Sweet and Irish Potatoes, Grebn and Dried Fruits, And Country Produce in seasott. iip; WISE. NOR TABLE USE, WM. DOCX, JR., & CO. MEDICAL. DR,. JOHNSON, BA.IATIMOItE DISEASES OF IMPRUDENCE RELIEF IN SIX TO TWELVE ROITRS. NO MERCURY OR NOXIOUS DRUGS. to Two' Days YOUNG MEN I , Lutl:ti4kciE ORGANIC WEAKNESS •PFFICE ISO. 7, SOME FREDERICK STREET, DR. JOHNSON, TANTI PARTICULAR NOTICE YOUNG MEN Who have injured themselves by a certain practice in dulged in when alone; a habit frequently learned from evil conapanions, or at school, the effects. of which aro nightly felt, oven when asleep, and if not cured 'renders marriage impossible, and destroys both mind and body, should apply immediately. • • - • What a pity that a young.rann,the hope of bit. country, the darling of his parents, should bo 'snatched from all prospects and enjoyments of life, by the consequence of deviating from the path of natute and indulging in a certain secret habit Such persons tam, before contem plating • ]!aR.RUGE, Reflect that a sound mind and body are the most necessary requisites to proinotoCounubialbappiness. Indeed, with out these, the journey,through life becomes a weary pil grimage.; thepiospeet hourly darkens to the view; the mindlioccintes shadowed with despair arid tilled with the melancholy reflection that tho happiness. of another be comes blighted with our own. • DISEASE OF pI:PRITDENCE When the misguided and imprudent votary of pleasfire finds he has-imbibed the seeds of this painful diemies, -it too often happens that an illtimed pease of. shame or.the dread. of discovery.deters him from applying to those who from education-and respectability-, can alone befriend him. He falls into the hands of ignorant and designing- pretend ers, who, incapable of during; filch his pectimarysubr stance, keep him trifling month after month, or as long ot the smallest fee can be obtained, and 'in despair leave him with ruined health to sigh over his galling disappointment, or, by thense of the deadly poison, Mercury, -hasten the 'constitutionalsymptoms of this terrible disease,slich as afleo tiotts the Head, Throat, Nose - , Skin, etc., progressing with frightful rapidity till death puts a period to his dreadful sufferings by sending him to that undiscovered country from whence-no traveler returns. •• . INDORSPATT , NT OP THE PRESS I , The many thousands cured at this institution year after year, and • the numeroua important minim' operations performed byi)r. :Tolleson, witnessed by the reporters of th e sun, Cityper, and many otherpapers, notices of which have applied_ again and again before the public, besides lua start gas .a„,gentleman of character and -nn.ippnei- , ah'affiajaPlguarantee to the afflicted. Stll4 DIOARFS SPEEDILY CURED. - 11fitevAiiro. 7 So,At t hirrOgriek, Street. HARRISBURG, PA., SATURDAY EVENING, -FEBRUMtY 13, 1864. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. NEW BOOKS CA_PT. WAYNE REED'S Works, 10 vols.; very interesting for boys, consisting of Boy Tar.. Ran Away to Sea. Young Yagers. Young Voyageur. Forest Exiles. . Old People. Plant Hunters. Desert Homo. _ Boy Hunters Bush Boys. . Bruin or the Great Bear Hunt. Right Words in the Right Place. Curious Stories about Fairies, and other Funny People. Magician's Show Box.. Agassiz's Methods, Study of Natural History. Every Day Philosopher. Philosophy of Shakespeare Plays Unfolded by Bacon. Tennyson's Poems, 1 vol. ' Brok's German Lyrics. The Pearl of Orris Island, by Mrs 11. B. Stowe. Household Friends. War Time, by Whittier. . Story of the Guards, by J. B. Fremont. Book of Bpi:Ms for public and private devotion. Recreations of Country Parson, 2. "vols. Autocrat of the Breakfast Table. Flower, Fruit and Thorn Pieces, by Jean Paul; 2 vols. Leisure Hours in Town. Holmes' Poems. Maths and Vespers. Chapel of the Herrnits. Sketch Book, by - Irving: Tom Brown at Oxford, 2 vole • Tom Brown at Rugby, 1 vol. Scouring of the White Horse. DeQuincoy's Writings, Notebook. Cook Book, by Mrs Horace Mann. Angel Voices. Songs of Labor by Whittier. Panorama, by Whittier. Old Portraits, by Whittier. Home Ballads, by Whittier. Literary Recreations, by Whittier. The Princess, by Tennyson. Days and Nights on the Pottle Field, by Carleton. Greedwood Leaves, by Grace Greenwood. Gymnastics for Women, Children, &c., by Dr. Lewis. Aunt Erne's Rhymes. . • - Arabian Days Entertainmente. . • Longfellow's Poems, 2 vols. Outro Mer. " • " Golden Legend, • Seaside and Fireside. . Evangeline. Hyporion. Courtship of Miles Standish. Kavanaugh. Song of Hiawatha. Tales of a Wayside Inn. Together with a largo assortment of other'miscellaneous works for Children, for SaIe•CHSAP at SCHEFFER'S BOOKSTORE, feb2 litarrisburg, Pa. JUST OPENED, AN ASSORTMENT OF ROSEWOOD AND MAHOGANY WRITING DESKS, Of different sizes,. for sale at nol9 SCHEFFER'S BOOKSTORE. DR. R. N. "GLI.D.F.A DENTIST., NO. 119 . MARKET STRE.T, Tooth paXitively extracted without paitt by the use 'of nitrous oxide. oct7-dtf GENTLEMEN wanting good fitting SHIRTS call and get your measures taken at T. M. HITHER'S Shirt Store, on Walnut street, opposite the Ex change, where he continually keeps on hand a largo sup ply of neady-mach Shirts =lt Shirtinglitaterial. All kinds of. STITCHING done in the best style on short notice. feblnodlriVi' • ; • , ELL.ING . OFD "AT COST.-:-The. S signed' Is now• selling off his 'stock of DRY GOODS at cost, as he desires to close out his present - stock, in or der to make some new improvements In his store room. The - goods must be sold before the Ist of . lfarch, and the public will find bargains by calling . at'once at SOL. BROWNOLD, feb3-dtf corner.lfarket Bquaro,:opposite Tones Rouse. N A..".T IV E 1:1V N E FINE BLACKBERRY . and - ELDERBERRY WINE.— Warranted pure. ,For ' jan2s DOCK, :ht., k CO. GOO, F C resb. ST Fresh , Peaches, GOO Cans :al biro mmost ans GdrcedeelinTerdn'= Cans Green growers, and every can vaT•Sided to give satisfaction, for sale at fob 2 wsr. DOCK, Ja., & CO. • .S ! D IARIES' ! ANOTHER assortment of Pbcket and Desk Diaries for 1864, just reuelved and for sido cheap at feb2 SCHEFFER'S BOOKSTCRE,.Harrisburg. 20 B su O p . ortar B m B al.l3, jus hi t received and Piz; o jde a by ver3 : fobl NDL DOCK Js., & CO. APPLES. We have just received a .tine selection of APPLES, in prime order. For sale by the barrel, bushel or small quantity at (feb3] IV. DOCK, JR., & CO. MEAS—purchased. direct from the importers, _L in bond, of all qualities and grades, just received and or sale by (fel] ' DOCK, JIT..;& CO. " • ' PROFESSIONAL. ELECTRICITY. WONDERFUL DISCOVERY, AND , WONDERFUL RESULTS. DR. J.' M. CREAMER would. respeottully - informthe public -in general and the diseased in particular, that he has opened an office in South 'Second street, below Chestnut, Harrisburg, Pa., where ho will treat all diseases entrusted to his caro,in accordance with the system discovered and taught by Prof. C. Bolles, of Philadelphia, with whose institution he has been con nected, and to whom ho takes pleasure-in referring the public for information with respect to his success iu con trolling disease.. No drugging the system withuncertainmedicalagents. AD cures performed by Magnetism, Galvanism and other modifications of Electricity, without shocki or any un pleasant sensations. .After an Electrical Diagnosis, guarantee.will be given, if desired by the patient. For further information call and get a pamphlet which con talus hundreds of certificates from medical men - and oth ers, proving the superiority of this, system, of practice over all others. Consultation free. Office hours 9to 12 A. Lto 5 and 7t09 r. - 74. . . DR. J. ILILTON CREAMER ' feba-d3tawlm- to-th-sa DR. J. HITE'S YELLOW WATER POWDER FOR HORSES. TITIRING a practice of many years in this 1,1 cominanny, DK HITE has satisfied himself tbattbis Powder is vastly superior to any other article in use FOR TILE CURE OF , YELLOW WATER, And is of great service :to Horses that have ° fit their APPETITE AND ARE HIDEBOUND, VOUNDERBIk OR - DISTEMPERED.. . Also, that it will prevent GLANDERS, COLIC AND TRELBOT"3, When faithfully used two or three times a week—invigo rating and fattening. For improving the condition of a HOTS% he asserts there is no better medicine, as it will strengthen the stomach and, assist digestion, cleanse =the intestines of offensive matter, and regulate the bowels when costive, purify,the blood and promMe digestiOn—thiis the skin is kept loose, the pores are opened and a lean, scabby Hoise becomes fat and comely. • ' The Powder can noysectfor,Cattle,Shcop and Hogs with good effect. .• • Directions with package. • . - PREPARED ONLY AND SOLD AT • • KELLER'S DRUG • STORE, ' jou 14 No. 91 Market street, Harrisburg. M.A.CLA.Y; • • • • • „LA) : • ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. 7 , Office with D. Ylenting, Esq., Second, street, Harrisburg. Strict 'attention paid to all legal busifien.s , coDectiots, tag claims, pensions, &c. Exemptions from draft, clairan, prepareg and'adyicevgiven: = 9218-ilaid2,ln* L , 9..01.11::-:_c4 F :qt - For the Telegraph. compiiinent to the Telegii.ph frcan. the . 'York Gazette, &v., Mr. EDlToll!—Please excuse us for troubling you again, but, really, we could not help con- Efratulating you upon the'compliment you re ceived from the York Gazette of 'Tuesday last ; for we regard:it-not a slight mark of distinc tion in a paper, when such a sheet as the Gazette calls it "the" meanest "paper," except Forney's PresS, to which' a communication might be sent, that speaks the truth in regard to matters of high importance, (cithe eommu uity interested, especially; and, MiAccount of the principles involved, to the public general ly.- The ag'i n't Forney is easily account ed for. - You know; he seceded from the old Public Functionary, and; ever since, does no ble service for the Government and the Union, and that is enough to obtain the good wishes(?) of such de!ectable rebel sympathizing sheets, . as this same York Gazette truly is. But, Mr.- Editor, you mast, in justice, allow your hiiru 7 _ ble correspondent to claim a part of this com pliment, for it was the,"stubborn facts" of our article that brought it to you; therefore, as the boys say : "We chihn halves." You ill preceive that there is not the slightest attempt to refute or dispLove any, of the . facts stated in our communication, in reference to York county juries; but the idea 'of such truths going. abroad, concerning the official partiality in bodies of men, Who,above all others, should . avoid all appearance of party prejudice, under their sacred obligations, is what stings, to the quick thoSe who,. foster, advise and uphold snoh disreputable acts. . - You will bear us witness; Mr. Editor, that we made no injurious or slanderous remarks against any man, individually,. in our article. We spoke of the acts of our grand juries, at different times, (including other 'juries also, —especially the manner, in which they have been constituted, for years, in our cormty,.); and we defy successful refutation of anything said, by any man; who will take the trouble to examine the matter fairly. We, by no means, intend to convey the idea abroad that York" county has not men enough to act as jurors, who would compare favorably with these of any other county of Pennsylvania ; bat, sir, that is not, he question at issue. We assert most confidntly that the selection :of jurorS, in our county, has, for years, been made with a view to appease political ;disaf fection, to strengthen party attachment, arid to obtain party favor, without • any material con!. sideuition of mental or moral capacity; . with quite a limited number of exceptions. .-1n proof whereof let any man, acquainted with the material, ..examine our "Lists" of jurors, retrospectively, arnioet,. ad libitum. Why, Mr. Editor, there isn "List" now published 'for our next court of common pleas,' and, so for as the names are knoWn to thewriter, there is but a single. man on. it, who• does not.bear. the shibboleth of the; strong party of.the county about with hini. .Is there no design in this? —yea, :isNthere no danger of party favoritism in the verdict of such juries? Are such Se lections in accordance with the intention of• the law on the subject? We trow not. We rpmarkecithat we saidnothingrinclivid milly, injurious or slanderous of any man, and we intend not, now, to do so.; but, •the Gazette's.ire suspended over us, though it. be, we cannot avoid.relating an Anecdote • about • the, jurors of our last quarter sessions ; re ported, by one who is of the genus copper-. head, dyed in the wool. It said that the President Judge wished to hold an evening session; but when thejurors were called there were not enough, of those drawn, to make up a panel; and that, consequently, bystanders Were selected. "Where were :the. jurors' at . the time?" was asked by one.. 4 .g.nthe lager saloons!" was the reply. Now, we ask :."Who pays the bystanders for doing the jurors' workr .work, for which these jurors "were, no doubt, paid in full. And, again, we ask Is that not a confirming comment on' what' we have written concerning York county juries? This lager saloon matter brings to our mind, most forcibly, Judge Kelly's speech in Con gress,. about Democratic "school-houses," and we might say something about party arrange ments, in that line, here ; but our space is full, and we must defer that for perhaps, a• future article, 'if desirable. . . • •••• YORE, Pa., Feb. 6th; 1864. • - • • Reading One's Obituary. In the days of old Mycalf, the publisher of the Newburyport Herald, (a journal still alive and flourishing,) the Sheriff of Essex, Philip Bagley, had been asked several times to pay his arrears of subscription. At last one day ho told Mycalf that he,certainly would hand over the, next morning as sure as he lived. "If you don't get your money to-morrow you may be sure lam dead," said. he. The morn ing came and passed, but no money. Judge of the Sheriffs feeling when, on the morning of the day after, he opened his Herald, and saw am:lot/aced the koneritable decease of Philip Bagley; Esq., High Sheriff of the county'of Essex, with an obituary notice at tached, giving the debeased credit for a gOod many excellent traits of character; lint - adding that he had one fault veryamckto be deßlored —he was •TiOpunctutolin;: . Vayingthe Pinter. - Bagley I:waiting' for breakfast - `t started for the ffetard (Wee: Oh theVaik .struck hini as singular that none of the many friends and acquaintances he met seemed to be surprised to' See him. They •ilaust have read the morning papers. Was it possible that they cared so little-about him as to have forgotten already that he was no more. Full of perturbatiOn, he entered the printing office, to deny that he was dead in propia persona. Why, Sheriff," exclaimed the facetious ecV• itoil • "I thought you were defunct". "Defunct," exclaimed the Sherik, "what put that idea in your head?" 'Why, you yourself!" Mycalf.: ‘‘Did you not tell me",L . , "Oh! ali! yes !"'stammered out the Sheriff —"Well, there's your money. And Aow cQn tro i dia the report'in the next . paper, if ydri, .please." • . • • . "That 'S not iide6Ssary, friend Bagley," said, the old joker; "it was' only printed in your copy!" • The good Sheiiff lived many years after this "411," and to the day of his real. 'death al ways took good care to pay the printer. TB:P., new comet, which has been discovered by Professor Watson, of Michigan, is 4.6,000,- 000 1211iiS from the earth at present, but will be dilly 15,000p00 miles distant"'froth us'by the first of February. It Will probably be visible t 0 the naked eye,"and be found the northwestern part of the teaVeris. TIE:111BILS:II'..C011yttL ROCEEDING.O OF : THF. _itge.R..:cogips, . - Frank-Acknowledgments of 'Destitution .in , the, South. TIROL/ CANNOT STAID ANOTHR DR/FT. Strengthening of the Army. On January 30, the rebel House bfr*Repre sentatives had before it the bill. 'amendatory of the act to put an, end to the exemption from military service of those who.have here tofore furniShed subSiitutes," approved Janu ary 5, 1864: In the course of the debate Mr," Smith, of North Carolina, said: . . Wehad akibis',4liup • 40,0,000 men. on our muster rolls. 4ow ; many were- actually in the field, fie Was.u.iiable to state: probably it was one-half were not there, and it was • we7l known that we were unable to feed the/Wm/lona/. part who were in the fie ld. If, howeyer,, there were half—if 200,000 should require the pos; sible seizure of one-half of the pro4isiOns of the country--where, he would ask, Were the means to feed- the ten times. that number who re= ?waned at home? With this. condition of af fairs staring us in the faCe, it was now pro posed to break up the farms, and reduce the agricultural interests of the country to about naught.: Look at the condition- of , the coun try around Richmond; but , this was scarcely more than a type of every other part ,of the confederacy. Congress did not propOse to redtice . the effi ciency of the digerent'bureaus; it did not;re duce, for instance, the• efficiency of the ordi nance and nitre bureaus, because the men must be furnished with munitions of war. And yet munitions of war were not all that we could rely on. • We must feed and clothe. the army, and not only the army, but the pee-; pie at home. Private appeals` were daay coming 10 theMeMbers of Congress from soldiers in the army speaking of the su f fering at home; how many of their families are wanting the necessa ries of life, when they are unable to send them amy part of their scant pay; how many ask, ing for relief to the farming interests; how some, stimulated-by the prospects of starve- . tion at home,. and the deficiency of food inthe army, are . driven to • despair and desertion. With these things constantlybefdreit, would : Congress still break doWn and cripple the lini- - ited resources that were left lug to carry on this ware Hr. Chambers, of Virginia, said that..manu-. factures were as necessary as agriculture, and there was as great a deficiency in clothing to-day as there was in food. Dillthe gentleman mean to say that our soldiers deserted to the Yan kees becapie they were not fed? We could, he believed, feed double two hundred thousand men in the field; and if we could not, then the sooner we :made terms with Abraham Lincoln, the betterfor us. We must have more than, two hundred thousand men in the field next spring; we have now all the suPplies N we will have then, for the farmers' productionSwon't be available until next winter, Everybody ad= mits and expects that next spring will be the worst and the heaviest and most dectsive cam paign that will occur,:dnd yetthere is a demand for more exemptions. He was not opposed - to . the exemption of planters; whether they fur nished substitutes or not,. it made no differ ence. But he was opposed to, class legisla tion.' Mr. Dupre, of Louisiana believed that if Congress. had given. more, atention to trans- portation, the subject of food would not now• be exciting so many fears.. He had traveled a long way in getting here; and from Westein. Louisiana to this place he laid seen very large quantities of provisions, which only wanted transportation to be dietributed4o the people and the army. The cry ,of scarcity was a stratagem employed:by traitors, and it' misled many honest and conscientious men, who really believed what they said. It was a stratagem to excite the spirits and the efforts of the Northern people, and disaffection and hopelessness in our own. • ' Ur. Goode, of :Virginia, was able to state; upon the best authority; that in reply, to in quiri.es propounded them by Colonel Preston, • Chief of the Cori Script Bureau, all of the enroll ing officers of the State, who were assembled here a few days ago, 'said' that the State could not stand another draft. It had been!said that the agriculturists necessary at home might be enrolled and detailed. If men were wanted • outaide the army, it was' our 'duty to exempt them by law, and not leave it to the Secretary of War and the President to dole out details. He was not one of these Who delighted in the Quixotic pastime of making a man of straw and tilting at him; he had .110 fdays;. aridAhe people need ha:ye no fears, of the Executive, and it was with. no feeling . of want of confi deuce in the ExectitiVe when he' said that he preferred this Congress to pass its own laws, rather.thsn call upon.that bmnch:of the. Gov ernment to do it for: them. The great danger to-day to our cause did not come from, our own Executive, it canto from the tyrant at Washing ton, and it should be•the effort of this govern ' meat to use dal its energies in providing against the cal rnities which that, tyrant would endeavor to;inflict upon' us. Mr. Holcombe, of Virginia, said that by the bill`of which' this was'an . aanendment, the en:: tire agricultural population would' be put in the army, and that in a ,country whose agri cultural population greatly outbalance that of the cities and towns. Napoleon, in the rah ' less conscription which he inflicted on France; never went above 'the age of thirty `years. We proposed to put, in all of every age; and when it was known that it was a precarioas matter to, supply, from meek to meek, the army in the field. When the supplies' were known to be so scarce, the'slaves were - to be with drawn from, the fields, and:it ,was proposed in time to draw still more largely upon the vital resources of, the country. From his district. would be drawn' one hundred' men for the army and stop two thousand laborers, noW `engaged in producing grain for the -army.. We had now five hundred thousand men in, the field to provide for; the now law woidd . add ono hundred thousand- more, ap4 was it possible to escape sfe&ation when there were none at halite' tc; pro - hide' for - theni/ Where was the weak !point of the eneniyt' i Certainly, not in want of prouisicms: It was not pr(kable. then, that a 4ecisive rieloTy Could b e j - 0 4he this spiny, ed`no sueAdeSperatehille ' 9 4oidd be allowed to an im ate us to 'such:despe rate measures', asthat of . putfingt,enerybodyt army. 7 1 141 Pecti C PlkeittlA*Ma ,Lin. 1 s l ialsi , ,:rrsir - =.7s 1 .14217, EMEI PRICE TWO CENTS.' tsfirurncial Condition. It was our policy to pro tiact the war. Time and distance were our great allies. ::We must remember that, in reference to this State at least, our last crops were far below , the average. Oar space had been con tracted, 'arid all now must be devoted to the production of provisions for the next year. Take away the men, and starvation at home and ruin in the army would be, in his opinion, the inevitable result. "Hr. Cohrad, of Louisiana, said that they had heard of this cry of starvation now for nearly three years. They had gotten so used ,starving, in fact, that, like the Irishman - a bOrse, we will soon be able to live on noth ing. • A Voice—When the horse died. [laughter_ and merriment at the gentle- Man's unintended misapplication of the !ration.] MT. Conrad concluded by nitrating to the Privations of the army and the people as in evitable and only to be surmounted by the vigorous prosecution of the war. Mr. Mltae, of Mississippi, believed that the most certain way of feeding the army was to increase its numbers in the field.- The in ;stdiciency existed because Haw were so many o t' he enemy within our borders, and ire hatl not Otijicient numbers to drive them out. Some had tittiibuted the scarcity to corruption in the Nmmissary depute:tent, and though unpre pared for an opinion as to the truth of that charge, he still believed that that department *as ttiefficient; others attributed it to want- of transportation, and want of transportation had certainly much to do with it. We had now but one line of railroad, the Knoxville and Peattanooya being in the possession of the enent, left its with a vast auxiliary cut afr. Ile be lieved that there was no deficiency in the emm fry,,and that if we could drive the enemy back, ace could feed the army, no matter what its num bers. After further desultory debate, the bill was passed by yeas 41, nays 31. It reads as fol lows: .Bill to be entitled An Act amendatory ,y" to act entitled "An Act to put an end t tx emptidn from military service of those who hiave heretofore furnished subslilnh s," proved January 5, 1864: t SECTION 1. The Congress of the Confederate States of America. do enact that the above 0 . - cited act shall not aiiply tolarniers and plant- Ors engaged on the sth day of January, 1866. an the production of grain and provisions. 'either by their own manual labor or in super intending the labor of others. Provided, the exemption herein contemplated is granted, pubject to the following conditions: I. That the pepon availing himself thereof lhalldevote himself, and the labor of which he has the control and superintendence, ex !elusively to the production of provisions and family supplies. IL -That there shall be paid and contributed frqm the farm, or if more than one farm, from each uf.the farms which the person thus ex eitif)ted owns or superintends, in addition to the tithe required by any tax-law, an. ad ditional tenth of the pork or bacon produced bri said farm or farms ((beginning with the product of last year) for the use of the army. That the person thriS exempted will, iL o• required, sell all Ms surplus provisions 7207 , 7 bn hand or hereafter raised, for the use of sot aiers' families, or for the use of the array, at juices not greater than those fixed for the time being by the CoMmissioners app cinted under the Impressment Act. IV. That the person seeking to avail him- Self of the benefit of this act shall have fur nished a substitute not liable to military duty, *ho is now in the service, or who has been Xegally discharged thercfroria, or who has flied therein. V. That the benefit of this act shall not apply to persons on farms or plantations on thich there is any other male adult not liable o-military duty. I Sectiign. 2. Nothing contained in this act shall be construed as limiting the power of the President, under existing laws, to exempt Such persons as he may deem proper, on grounds of equality, justice or necessity. Eelenrapij. "FKXVIIIth Congress--First Sessioo HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Mr. Washburne, (111.,) from the Committee on . Commerce, reported the Senate bill, which was passed; re-establishing the principal port Of entry for the district of Champlain at Plattsburg, N. Y. The House proceeded to the consideration of the Senate enrollment bill, as amended by the committee of the whole on the state of the I;fnion. Mr. Cox (Ohio) suggested that the bill shall lie over till Monday, in order to give further ti me for exomination, the amendments being irmeh confused.. Mr. Schenck (Ohio) . replied that the public 6figencieSwcre so pressing that he could not give an hour. He moved the previous ques tion,.and then explainedthe amendments and Substitutes, concluding by an appeal to the ftieiaas of the country to pass the bill that the arthy may be recruited, and the government Sustained. - - Air, Harding (Ky.) desired to address the 'House. Mr: 'Garfield (Ohio) proposed that the gen tleman from Kentucky should, by general consent, be allowed half an hour for that pur ..pose, but Mr. Schenck objected. Opposition te further proceedings on the bill was mani `fisted. Hr. Rogers (N. Y.) moved to reconsider the vote by which, in the .earlier stage of the Proceedings, the House had agreed to adjourn till Monday. The.-motion was laid on the ta ble—yeas 100, .nays 40. Mr. Harding (Ky:) moved that the House adjourn.- No quorum voting, the . question was taken by yeas end nays and determined in the negative. It was now 44 °clock. • . Mr. Clay (Ks'.) asked leave of absence till -Monday, brit afterwarda withclrewhis request • Mr. Wadsworth (Ky.) moved that the bill and amendments be laid on the. table. The 'queStion was, determined in the negative.- • The House then proceeded to vote on, the amendmenti to the Senate bill. • - (111641GES! O.RANCi - ES! !-20 :1 30 „, in ' prime order. 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