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HARRISBURG, PA
FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 2, 1864
Bide for the Sale of the Public Lands De..
voted to Educational Purposes.
Yesterday was the time fixed for opening
the bids for the sale of the public lands ap
portioned by Congress and set apart for edu
cational purpbses. A largo number of bids
have been received, but in the absence of the
Auditor General, Mr. Slenker, (detained at
home by sickness,) they were not opened.
The commission charged with the disposal
of the lands then adjourned until Monday
next, and ordered a notice to be served on
Mr. Blenker of the fact.
THE Tosicco RUMNESS. —A. large meeting
of people interested in, the tobacco business
was held in Baltimore on Tuesday last, for
the purpose of considering the subject of the
tax on tobacco. Resolutions were adopted,
reciting that under the present laws, the Gov
eminent is defrauded of its revenue, and
honest men injured, and that the continuance
of the present system will make it impossible
for any honest man to prosecute business suc
cessfully. The meeting recommend, to over
come these difllcuWes, that "the surest and
simplest way to obtain the necessary revenue
from tobacco, and the one least subject to
frauds, is to tax the raw material when it
goes into consumption in the United States,
by compelling all the tobacco raised in the
United States to be placed in bond, and ex
acting the tax on its withdrawal for consump
tion." Twelve delegates were elected to the
general convention of tobacco dealers, job
bers and growers, which assembles in New
York on the 7th inst.
THE PRESIDENT'S BizssAax.--A Washington
dispatch says that the President will in his
forthcoming Message take high commanding
ground in vindication of the national effort to
maintain its authority and integrity. He ad
duces from the enormous increase of the popu
lar vote at the last election over that of four
years ago, that the people have given the
strongest and most unequivocal evidence of
their approval of the executive policy of sub
duing the rebellion by force of arms; that this
paramount expression of the popular will
amounts to an imperious mandate to further
combat the rebellion with all the power and
resources of the nation, until armed and or
ganized treason is crushed out. In fine, the
message will be more in the radical vein than
any of its predecessors. It and accompanying
reports are now in the hands of the printer.
A HIGH-TONED Guam --Major General Butler
has issued the following terse and sharp order
upon David B. White, late Major of the .81st
New York Volunteers.
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE JAMES,
IN. THE FIELD, VA., Nov. 25, 1864.
Special Orders, No. 372.-111. David B.
White, late Major of the 81st New York Vol
unteers, who has left the service, cannot be
elected as sutler in this Department. Field
officers leaving the service voluntarily cannot
take the place of boot blacks here. If they
have no more respect for the service which
they have left, they will find that officers here
have. David B. White will at once leave the
Department. By command of •
Major General BUTLER.
ED. W. SMITH, Assistant Adjutant General.
"lltrisraxrav ZsAr.."—The traitor organ in
New York the Daily News, believes that the at.
tempt to burn the city "was made by men
identified with the Southern cause, and was
prompted by a miltaken zeal in that direction."
But the News attempts an elaborate .defence
of the'Confederate authorities against the im
putation of being concerned in the incendiar
ism, notwithstanding the fact the Richmond
newspapers proposed the very plan which its
agents have endeavored to put in execution.
The News is the only traitor organ that never
finds fault with Jefi Davis.
Commass.—Congress assembles next Mon
day, Dec. sth. All necessary preparations
are making for the appearance of the mem
bers. It is said that President Lincoln will
present his views, in his message, on the va
rious propositions for peace, and the Admin
istration policy on that subject. Nearly all
the reports of the Cabinet Aecretaries, it is
thought, will be ready for presentation when
the session opens.
THE Buz - moan CLIPPER comes to us in an
enlarged form, and now presents a most at
tractive appearance. The Clipper is one of
those journals which have passed through the
fury of a fiery ordeal, to emerge unscathed
in loyal devotion to the old flag and the good
Union. It deserves the' prosperity of which
its 'enlargement is a sign.
CENTURY PAPER.—The Hartford Courant
was one hundred years old on Saturday, Oc
tober 29th. The Publishers sent out with
their regular sheet.on that day a fae simile irt
paper and type of the first number of the
paper, published October 29, 1764, and it is a
curiosity.
TEE Central and Northwestern States of
Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, lowa, Michigan, Wis
consin, Minnesota, Missouri and Kansas, have
given an aggregate Union majority of about
225,000. This is rather discouraging to the
scheme for a Northwestern Confederacy.
THE BROWNSVILLE CLIPPER says there is
some probability that John K. Ewing, lately
appointed President Judge of the Fayette
Judicial District, will not accept the position.
He is induced to resign on account of im
paired health.
Ea-GOVEBNOB SAM. MEDABY, of Ohio, who
recently departed this life, was a native of
Pennsylvania, having been born in Mont
gomery county.
Boanns for the examination of officers of
the Commissary, Quartermaster and Pay De
partments have been established in different'
parts of the country.
The Progressive Tendencies of Politics
Among Intelligent Men.
There is something strange and really won
derful in the progression of political senti
ment for the last four yeaas. But, when we
look at the matter fairly, the progress in this
direction is not more startling than in others,
in paths affecting men's social and personal
condition. •It is certainly not more surpris
ing to see a conservative, a genuine dough
face Democrat, heretofore a believer in and a
worshipper of slavery, become a fierce, intoler
ant and uncompromising radical, than it is to
see a comparatively poor man, one dependant
upon his daily toil, become a millionaire.
Yet these are common occurrences. The
poor man of yesterday, is the man of opulence
to-day. We could name a dozen men, who,
six months since, were not worth a hundred
dollars, but who, to-day, count their pecuni
ary-possessions by the hundreds ,of thousands.
Thl
Lese vast possessions, too, were fairly made.
Every dollar thus . accumulated, may be re
garded as the fair exchange for the valuable
products of the earth. Take the oil specula
tion as an instance—at least that pit of the
speculation confined to the actual production
of this article, and the accumulation of real
wealth exceeds that of any similar 'venture
since men began to penetrate the bowels of
the earth in search of riches. But let us not
wander from our subject. That which is now
most wonderful and which is most arresting
the attentive admiration of all true men, is
the grand progressive change which dis
tinguishes the political predilections and sen
timents of the American people. After four
years of fierce battle—after a contest for a
principle such as was never before involved in
a civil war, individuals as well aa,the nation
at large, are becoming purified, elevated, re
generated. Four years ago, no greater
insult could have been offered to many men,
than to charge them with being aboli
tionists. The same, men, to-day, are in
the front ranks of the most radical abolition
ism. Four yeais ago, the slave influence
ruled in Congress, was potent and all power
ful in the Cabinet, controlled the army and
navy, and had completed what was deemed a
perfect plan for the overthrow of the Ameri
can Government. So thorough was the or
ganization of the slave-holders for the subver
sion of the rule of freedom, that it embraced
the highest Federal officers then in power,
intimidating the Chief Magistrate and cor
rupting the Chief Justice of the country.
Now mark the progress. The wrongs which
the slave influence at first sought to inflict on
a nation, has not merely rendered that bar
barity odious to all loyal men, but its abso
lute failure to accomplish its own darling ob
ject of destroying the American Union, be
gins to render the institution obnoxious to
those who first cherished it as the sole sign of
theirpower. The slave-holders themselves now
offer to abolish slavery, if they can get, in return,
recognition for their Government. If this offer
is not a progress in improvemerit, it is at least
an acknowledgment that slavery is wrong,
that it stands in the way of a people who de
sire to gain a sort of false independence in
exchange for a real nationality out of which
the purest freedom the world ever beheld has
grown.
—The progress of the politics of the times
is the surest and the ,best evidenCe that the
nation is bound to live. If a different inspi.
ration had seized the people; if, while we
were fighting with armed traitors, we had re
solved to compromise with the cause of re
bellion, and settled the war by securing to
slavery not only its old but new political rights
and franchises, good men would have de
spaired for the life of the Union. As it is,
however, we are safe. Nothing now can
change the destiny of the American people,
for good, but an act of folly on their own
part. If the people continue to progress as
they have progressed for the past four years,
they must become politically pure and nation
,
ally-strong.
I t EGALITY OF THE SOLDIERS' VOTE
Opinion of Attorney-General Meredith
IN THE CASE GROWING OUT OF THE ELECTION
IN THE StETEESTH ArDICILL DISTRICT,
OPINION
The election of Judges is provided for by
the act of the 15th April, 1851. The sixth
section of that act provides that in case of the
election of President Judge of any Judicial
District composed of two or more counties,
the clerks of the return judges of each county
shall make out a fair statement of all the votes
which shall have been given at such election
within the county for every person voted for,
which shall be signed by said judges and at
tested by the clerks. This statement is re
quired to be produced at a meeting of the re
turn judges of the district. The duty of the
return judges of the district is set forth in the
seventh section, which provides that they
shall cast up the several county returns, and
make a sufficient number of copies of a gene.
ral return of all the votes given for such office
in said district, all of which they shall certify,
and one of which they shall transmit to the
Secretary of the Commonwealth in the Dian
ne; provided in the act. The tenth section of
the act requires the Governor to grant com
missions to the persons elected.
The district return judges of the 16th Ju
dicial District, composed of the counties of
Franklin, Bedford, Somerset and Fulton,
have transmitted to the Secretary of the Com
monwealth a return, in which they state that
they have not included the Bedford county
return of the soldiers' votes, a copy of which
they annex, and they assign as the reason for
not including it, that sell return was not cer
tified to by nine of the return judges of Bed
ford county. The return in question is sign
ed by thirteen of 'the county return judges,
forming, therefore, a majority of the whole
number. The reason assigned for not includ
ing this return is probably insufficient. As
the authority of the return judges concerns
matters of a public nature, a majority may
act at a meeting lawfully assembled, and their
meeting is presumed to be lawful in the ab
sence of proof to the contrary.
The clause in the 79th section of the act of
1839, providing that the returns shall be
signed by all the judges present, does not
govern the present case, and if it did, it would,
Ist, be construed as directing, merely ; and,
2d, it would be presumed that the return was
signed by all the judges then present, in the
absence of proof to the contrary.
If the said soldiers' vote of Bedford county
be included, Alexander King has a majority
of all the votes in the district and is elected
President Judge.
The question on which the Governor re
quests my opinion is, whether it is the duty of
the Governor to include the said soldiers'
vote in ascertaining to whom the commission
should be granted.
The district •return judges have stated in
their return that Francis M. Kimmell, having
received the highest number of votes, is duly
elected.
This statement is of no effect whatever.
The law gives them no authority to declare
who is elected. Their duty is simply to cast
up the county returns, and make a general re
turn of all the votes given for the office. In
this respect the act of 1851, regulating the
election of judges, differs from the act of 1839,
the 82d section of which, relating to the elec.-
tion of members of Congress, and of the State
Senate and 13<ouse, provides that the district
return judges shall also return the name of
the person or persons elected, and the 83d
section provides that the return judges shall
in every case transmit to each of the persons
elected to serve in Congress, or the State
Legislature; a certificate of his election. It
would not be difficult to suggest reasons for
this difference, but it is enough to say that
the Legislature has thought fit to make it,
and that the present case must be governed
by the act of 1851.
The Governor then has before him the re
turn of the district return judges, from which
he is to ascertain who is the person entitled
to receive the commission. This is to be
done by counting the votes given for the
several candidates, and of course the candi
date having a majority of the votes is legally
elected and should be commissioned. .
In counting the votes, I am of opinion
that the Governor has no more right to throw
out the soldiers' vote for Bedford county,
than he would have to throw out the
whole vote of any one of the coun
ties in the district. It is true that the
district return judges state that they have net
included it, but they return a copy of the
county return of it, and the Governor, by re
fusing under such circumstances to count it,
would be acting as illegally as the district re
turn judges themselves.
In fact,the paper transmitted by the district
return judges to the Secretary of the Common
wealth as their return, taking the whole of it
together, does clearly show that Alexander
King had a majority of ..the votes in the dis
trict for President Jude, and is duly elected
to that office, and in my opinion the Governor
is bound to grant him a commission accord
ingly. . (Signed)
W. M. MEREDITH,
Attorney General.
ATTORNEY GENERAL'S Omen,
Harrisburg, November 30, 1864.
X 39 Tefenrapo.
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From Port Royal.
Orders of General Foster.
OUR FORCES TO MOVE.
HEAVY FIRING HEARD.
NEW Tong. Dec. 2.
sr The steamer Melville from Port Royal, with
dates to the 27th, has arrived on the 26th.
Gen. Foster issued orders for all the citi
zens to be enrolled and report for duty on the
27th. They were to be formed in companies
for home protection.
The U. S. forces were to move immediately,
their destination being unknown.
The Melville also reports that after leaving
Port Royal, at about 6 o'clock r. u., heavy
and quick firing was heard,•but could not tell
the meaning.
Washington.
. WASHINGTON, Dec. 1
THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE.
From present appearances, no advance
copies of the President's Message will be sent
to the newspaper press, and therefore that
dOcument will, as last year, be communicated
to the country by telegraph, probably on
Monday.
THE DEPARTMENTAL REPORTS
The report of the Postmaster General is the
only on. as yet completely in type. It is ex
pected that the reports of the other heads of
departments will be printed by Sunday.
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13E3
Yesterday, when the resignation of Attorney
General Bates took effect, the position was
tendered to Judge Advocate General Joseph
Holt, of Kentucky; but that gentleman, while
thanking the President for the expressioa of
his kindness and confidence, declined the
appointment.
A SENTENCE COMMUTED
A military commission recently tried a cit
izen who was enrolled in Washington two
years since, thereby becoming liable to the
draft, and who proceeded to Richmond, and
there enlisted in Moseby's band of guerrillas.
He was subsequently captured, and on trial
was found guilty, and sentenced to be shot to
death ; but the sentence has been commuted
to confinement at hard labor for ten yerrs in
Clinton jail, New York.
The Lower Mississippi.
Quito, Dee. 1
Memphis papers of yesterday give detailed
accounts of a plot by rebel agents to burn the
Memphis and Charleston Railroad depot, and
Government stores worth two millions.
The plot was discovered by the United
States detectives, to whom the matter was en
trusted by General Washburn, and the incen
diaries were caught in the act of firing the
buildings.
It is alleged that these emissaries were to
receive from the rebel Government ten per
cent. of the value of the property thus
stroyed. •
Dr. McMillen, proprietor of the Charleston
House, of Memphis,
is among the arrested.
He is charged with being the agent of the
rebel Government and cencocting the plot.
• The prisoners have been confined in Irving
Bloch. They will be tried by a military com
mission; and probably hung.
Canada.
TRIAL OF THE TA SE ERIE PIRATES
Tonowro, C. W.,
Dec. 1.
The case of Burleigh, one of the Lake Erie
raiders, came before the court to-day. At
Mr. Russell, the District Attorney of De
troit, conducted the case.. The witnesses
identified the prisoner, and testified to the
part taken•by him in the raid. The case was
then aljourned to next week.
SEIZURE OF AXIIIIMMON--THE GEORGIAN
Ooisaxawoou, C. W., Dec. I.—The customs
authorities yesterday seized some bbies,
which, on examination, were found to contain
gun carriages, grapeshot, &c., for 18-pounder
guns. The Georgian is expected here daily.
Philadelphia Stock Markets.
Pim I aDELPRIA, Dec. 2.
Stocks heavy; Penna. ss, 93k; Reading R
IL, 67k; Morris Canal, 99; Long Island no
quoted; Pennsylvania B. it., 67. i3old 232
Exchange on lotew York par.
LATEST FROM R hBELDOM
Richmond Dates to Tuesday.
Rebel Accounts of Sherman's Movements
He Is Penetrating the very Heart of the
Confederacy.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.
Richmond papers of Tuesday have been
received, from which we.extract the follow
ing:
[h3•om the Richmond Whig, .2cov. 2.9.]
FitOM GEOP.GIA.
The Augusta Sentinel, of the 22d, states that
intelligenpe reached Augusta the evening be
fore, by the passenger train on the Georgia
railroad, that our authorities had burned the
bridge over the Oconee river, and that the
Yankee column, moving down the road, had
diverged from it, and was hastening to join
the main body.
It is stated that the Yankees had a large
wagon train with them, which was divided
after leaving the Georgisikoad in order to sweep
all supplies from the section within reach of
the two routes taken. Scouts reported them
five brigades strong.
The rumor that the Court House and depot
at Madison had been burned is correct.
The Macon train arrived on the night of
the 21st at its usual time. The train left for
that city next morning at its usual hour.
The Macon Telegraph says it intends to hold
forth in Macon until the Confederate flag
•ceases to wave over the city.
LATER
We received late last night, through the
courtesy of Mr. Henry Smith, of this city, a
copy of the Augusta Constitutionalist of the
25th, which states that Gen. Wayne has„whip
ped Kilpatrick's Cavalry Division at the Oco
nee Bridge, driving them headlong and in
confusion. He telegraphs that he is perfectly
able to take care of himself.
Wheeler, with many thousand men, has in
teroepted the enemy at a point at present an
mentionable, and is giving them no rest
night or day.
The main body of the enemy is moving
down the western BM of the Ocoee, and has
shown no disposition, thus far, to attempt its
passage. -
The Constitutionalist adds that three hun
dred prisoners arrived last evening from up
the Georgia Road, and four hundred more are
to arrive to-day. These prisoners report that
a division of three thousand of our cavalry
has followed them all the way, dashing upon
them constantly, picking up stragglers and
capturing wagons.
[bran the Richmond Enquirer, lcov, 29
Our Georgia exchanges furnish us with very
little intelligence to copy. Governor Brown
has issued a proclamation for
.a levy en masse
of the whole free white male population in the
State between sixteen and fifty-five years old for
forty days's service. All persons refusing to
report will be "carried immediately to li the
front." The fright in Milledgeville, whenthe
enemy approached, was very great. Some of
the members of the Legislature paid as high
as one thousand dollars to be carried eight
miles. A letter was received in Columbus on
Saturday, from Palmetto, a point on the West
Point and Lagrange railroad, - stating that Kil
patrick, with five thousand Yankees, was ad
vancing down the country on the Alabama side
of the Chattahoochee, burning and destroying
everything.
The Battle at Franklin. Tenn.
ACCOUNTS OF EYE WITNESSES -THE FIGHTING
FURIOUS-RUMORED DEATH OF FO RREST - RE
FUGEES AT NASHVILLE.
Nesmar.r.r, Tenn., Dec. 1.
Parties who arrived from the front, and
who were witnesses of the battle of yesterday,
describe the attack of the rebel forces as des
perate. Four charges were made upon the
Federal line of masked batteries in a body
lour lines deep. Each time the rebels were
repulsed with fearful loss. Eye witnesses say
that this engagement in desperation and Turi
ou.s fighting was hardly equalled by the battle
of Stone river. Forrest in person was on the
field rallying his men. A rumor is in circula
tion that he was killed, but it lacks confirma
tion. About seven o'clock last night heavy
reinforcements reached General Schofield,
which caused a complete rout of the rebels.
This city to-day is full of fleeing residents of
Williamson and other counties on the South.
They state that Hood is gathering up all the
horses, togs and mules he can find, and is
sending them South. There is a great panic
amongst the negroes in the counties south of
Nashville, and numbers are fleeing hither for
protection.
ANOTHER GREAT RATTLE EXPECTED GENERAL
THOMAS' ARMY IN LINE THREE MILES PROM
NASHVILLE ARRIVAL OF REBEL PRISONERS.
NASHVILLE, Dec. 1,
The Union forces under General Thomas
retired from Franklin last night, and have
taken position and formed in line of battle
about three miles south of Nashville.
Skirmishing has been going on all day
about five miles south of here, and heavy can
nonnading can be distinctly heard in the city.
No want of confidence is felt by the citizens
in the ultimate suicess of the Federals.
The employees of the Quartermaster's De
partment are under arms in the trenches.
One hundred and seven Confederate officers,
including one brigadier general, and one
thousand prisoners, arrived here this morning.
They were captured in the fight last night,
near. Franklin, Tennessee.
A great battle may be momentarily expected.
NAstrvErax, Nov. 30.--The army movements
for a few days past have been simply for posi
tion. The Federal forces have not retreated
except to improve their location, and they oc
cupy Franklin to-day, but will probably se
lect for the battle-ground a position much
nearer to Nashville. Skirmishing has oc
curred, with little or no advantage to either.
The probabilities are that the battle will be
fought within the next forty-eight hours.
Our forces are in eager expectation, and the
Generals hopeful and confident.
Large accessions of troops have leached
here, who have been sent to advantageous
positions. Small detachments of rebel cavalry
are operating not far from Nashville, doing,
however, no great damage. The railroad
communication with Chattanooga is intact,
and the trains are running-regularly. . .
There is much excitement among the citizens
on account of the near approach of Hood's
army.
Major General A. J. Smith's corps reached
here to-night.
NASHTELLE, Nov. 30—Midnight —There was
a sharp fight yesterday, at Spring Hill, twelve
.miles north of Franklin. Our cavalry was
driven back upon our infantry lines, which
checked the enemy.
A train was attacked near Harpeth river, and
the locomotive captured.
A squad of rebel cavalry dashed across the
Chattanooga Railroad yesterday, near Ches
hire, tearing up the track. The train was
detained all night, but came in GI morning.
Our troops have fallen back around Franklin.
Markets by Telegraph.
ParuDELmak, Dee. 2
The adiounce in gold and exchange to-day
has had very little effect upon the breadstuffs
market. There is very little shipping demand
for flour, and sales only in a small way at
$9 75®10 for superfine, sll®ll 25 for extras
and $ll 75®12 50 for extra family: Rye
flour steady at $9. No sips in corn meaL
There is a firm feeling in wheat but the
demand has fallen off; sales red at $2 60@
265 and white at $2 70@2 80. Rye steady at
$1 75. Corn sells slowly at $1 70@1 75 for
new. Oats are steady at 91@92. No sales
of barley or malt. In groceries no change.—
Petroleum is firmer; sales crude at 46@460
refined in bond at 67@70c and free at 85®884
Whisky selling at $1 90 for Penna. and $1 93
for Ohio.
Flour has advanced s®loc; sales at $9 55
010 25 for State, $ll 10®12 25 for Ohio, and
10 75®15 25 for Southern. Wheat advanced
I®2o ; sales unimportant. Corn advanced
I®2e; sales 15,500 bus at 'sl 94a1 95. Beet
firm. 'Fork heavy; sales 2,500 bbls at $32 50
@33. Lard dull. Whisky firm at $1 92.
2D EDITION.
Army at the Potomac
Fort Hell Opens on the Rebels.
A BRISK ENGAGEMENT.
I==lll
Deserters Continue to Arrive.
THE CONFEDERACY TOTTERING
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC. i
November N.
The intensest quiet prevailed along the lines
for several days past until yesterday afternoon,
when our battery at Fort Hell opened fire for
the entertainment of some English visitor.
The enemy at first did not reply, but after
a short time they opened from several points,
and for a time a perfect shoWer of shot and
shell fell in and around Pint Hell. Unfor
tunately just at this time some of the troops
on duty in the vicinity were being relieved,
and sevezal casualties occurred, among which
was the wounding of Lieut. Col. Stafford, of
the 86th New York, who, it is said, cannot
recover.
Towards dark the artillery firing closed, but
the pickets kept up their exchanges all night.
To•night they are briskly engaged in the same
vicinity.
Deserters continue to come into our lines
daily, all seeming heartily tired of the war,
and telling the discontent and demoralization
prevailing in their ranks, and expressing their
belief of the speedy disruption of the Con
federacy.
Governor Bradford, of Maryland, accompa
nied by a number of prominent citizens of the
State, arrived here to-day. They come to
present flags to several of the Maryland regi
ments in the Fifth Corps, and the ailair will
probably take place to-morrow.
Rebel Rumors Concerning Sher
man.
It is said by those who have seen Richmond
papers of Wednesday, that they contain only
a repetition of the statement that Sherman
was still floundering in the interior of Geor
gia, and that a detachment of our cavalry sent
out in the direction of Beaufort, were all
either captured, killed or dispersed.
New York Stock Market.
NEW Yon.; Dec. 1.
Stocks firmer; Chicago and R. 1., 1031,
Cumberland preferred 47; Illinois Central
1308; Michigan Southern 695; New York Cen
tral 120; Reading 1358; Missouri 6's 61;
One Year Certificates 97i; Treasury 1171;
Ten Forty Coupons NI; 5-20 Coupons 1064;
Do. registered 1064; Coupon 6's 1123; Gold
233.
DIED.
On the Ist inst., in Chapman township, Snyder county,
FRANKLIN OSMS.
NEIN A DVERTiSEMENTS
UNITED STATES
Seven-ThirtrTreasury Notes,
Of tho vaitoos denominations,
For Bale at the
HARRISBURG NATIONAL BANK.
dar.2-iltf J. W. WEIR, Cashier.
RICHARD BCRNS,
OF the 4th Pennsylvania B. V. Corps,
Company "C," if alive, will please write to his
cousin, Rester Evans, in care of D. Keloady, Cincinnati,
Ohio, or if any of his companions know of his where
abouts, they will confer a favor to his sister and a great
number of friends, by writing to the above. deadlt*
SAGE OF CONDEMNED HORSES.
QARTERMASTER GENERAL'S OE
ITO; FIRST DIVISION, WASHINGTON CITY, Novom
ber . 29, 1864.
Will be sold at public auction to the highest bidder, at
Giesboro, D. C., on
FRIDAY, December 2, 1884,
on HUNDRED AND FIFTY CIVALRY HORSES
On FRIDAY, December 9, 1864.
ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY CAVALRY HORSES.
These horses bare been condemned as unfit for the cav
alry service of the army.
For road and farming purposes many good bargains
may be had.
Horses sold singl?.
Sales to commence at 10 o'clock A. M.
Terms cash, in United States currency.
JAMES A. EE IN,
Colonel in charge First DIVISIEII; Q. M. 0. 0.
dec2ldecB
FOR RENT,
THE well-known Tavern Stand, 5 miles
east of Harrisburg, on the Poor House road. This is
the best drove stand on the road. Apply to the subscri•
ber, on the premises. JuHg BALSBACH.
decl-dat*
ESTRAY.
CAME to the premises of the subscriber in
Swatara township, Dauphin county, Pa , on the 27th
of October, a BARK BAT Mask. The owner is requested
to come forward, prove property, pay charges and take
him away, or he will be sold according to law.
noledateawit , CHRISTIAN L GINGRICH.
AGENCY FOR THE SALE OF U. S.
BONDSAND TREASURY NOTES.—Deposits receiv
ed insmall sums to be applied to investment in these
$5O, $lOO or $5OO securities.
We act as agents,in this city, in correspondence with Gov
ernment agents, for procuring these securities; especially
by receiving deposits of small sums,. to be so applied.
Interest of 4 or 5 per cent. will be allowed on deposits
exceeding $2O. Funds above the amount of all such
deposits will be kept in the Harrisburg Bank, and a de-
posit can be withdrawn at any time by the owner. The
business will be Solely of this nature, and conducted on a
plain, fair,open and explainable to all, as set out, with the
necessary information as these le secur hies, in our circulars .
These U. S. Bonds and Treasury Notes are the safest and
most convenient for investment, bring the highest rate of
interest, and can be sold at any time for the amount on
their face, together with the accumulated interest, or at a
premium. Very moderate commissions wilt be asked.
• H. WKINNRY & Co,
Office Raspberry Alley, Near the Court House
Harrisburg, Oct 21, 1864.—dtf
CANNED FRIIITS.—A fresh lot of canned
Peaches, Tomatoes, Blackberries, Strawberries. Corn,
.Beans and Peas; also, Pickles plain and mixed, Jellies,
Preserves, Ketsup, ko., at WM. M. GRAY k CO.,
(Houser and Lockman's old stand, Market square.)
nollo tf
LOST,
ON 27th inst., a Black Morocca
POCKET BOOK, containing Two Hundred and /Vine
Dollars, mostly In S. money. A reward of $25 will
be paid the finder upon leaving the pocket book and con
tents at THIS OFFICE, or at the residence of SIMON
OYSTER. Esq.. on Locust street. no2B-tf
ikTEW CURRENCY HOLDER at
11 non SOREFFEWS Book Store
WANTED,
A SITUATION by a young man, who un
derscands gardening and Is Billing to make Unsex ,
gmerally useful. Apply f , r information at the sink
Ward House. Harrisburg. des2,l2L*
20 Carpenters Wanted
TMM EDlATELpaid.Apply Y,
at to whom the highestwage3
A will be
no2S-dlw GEuRCE P. WIESTLING S Coal ow
expenses paid. to WI
, .
70 A MONTH ! I want AgenN every.
the t sl2tasemllingthever offered. FM/ Par
.llstinuilrara f A r ri e w e. ihcleesr A a resa, OTIS T. GARET
nol6-daw3m Biddeford, Maine.
NEW YoRK, Dee. 2
WANTED. -$125 A MONTH!-
Agents everywhere, to introduce the new
Shaw & Clark Sixteen Dollar Family
Machitie, the only low price machine is the
country which is licensed by Grover & Raker, Wheeler
& Wilson, Howe,singer EGo„ and natchelder. Salar3. ana
-
expenses, or large commissions allowed All oilier &Pt
chines now sold for less than forty dollars each are in
fringements, and the seller and user liable. Illus'ratQj
circulars sent free. Address, SHAW & GLARE ,
nol6-daw3m Biddeford., MEOre.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2
WANTS.
REQUIRED, by a gentleman and his Wife, a
sitting room andled room in the house of a re
spectable family. Any parties having such will inepc,
addre , s Box 175, Harrisburg post office, and slate term;
upon which they will let the rooms The parties re
quiring the rooms will board themselves. no2sdtf
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS,
NOTICE.
To the President, Directors and Stockhold.rs qf
risbvrg Bank.
THE undersigned, appointed an Auditor
by the Court of Common Fleas of Dauphin ecunts
under the.provislons of the sth section of tic act entiteti
"An act enabling the banks of the Commonwealth to ha
come a.ociations for the purpose of banking under tip
laws of the United States," approved the 22d day o f
August, 1864. to ascertain and determine what was the
fair market value of the shares of the said bank at the
time of paying the last dividend, hereby gives notize tint
be will attend for that purpose at the said bank on nun.
day, the 15th day of December, 1864, at 10 o'clock A, s.
when and where all parties interested may attend
Harrisburg, Nov, .0, 1804.
FOR SALE,
FOITE VALUABLE BUILDING LOTS,
F
situated on Third and Herr streets (Hamnire),
Lane.) corner lot 25%131. The othdt lots are 20X131,
running back to a2O feet alley. For further particular;
enquire of . GEO H. hELL,
no3Odtf Corner of Second and Chestnut streets.
FOR SALE,
11OUR VALUABLE ROUSES, located in
different parts of the city. For particulars equip
at the Cheap Grocery Store, corner of Third and Chestnut
no3Odtf
FOR SALE,
AFRAME HOUSE, situated on comer of
Chestnut street and River alley. Enquire of
J. B. BOYD,
no3o-dlw* at No 22 South Second street, Harrisburg.
INTERNAL REVENUE,
14TH DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA,
Comprising Dauphin, Juniata, Northumberland, Union
and Snyder counties.
OTICE is hereby given that pursuant to
N
the Joint resolution of Congress of July 4th, 1861,
and the instructions of the Secretary of the Treasury is
sued in accordance therewith, the list of assessmenisfor
the special duty of 5 per centum upon thy estee, produ
or income for the year ending Dec. 31st, 1863, of all per
sons residing in this district,+is now completed, and that
the said list will remain "open to the inspeotion of all
persons who may apply to inspect the same," for the
space of fifteen days from the date hereof, at the sates
of tee assistants of the respective divisions
And, further, that immediately after the expiration of
ten days (excepting Sundays) from the date hereof, to
wit, on the 10th December, 1864, and for five days there
after, I will receive and determine all appeals relative to
'erroneous or eacersive valuations or enumerations con
tained in said list. All appeals must he in writing, and
must state the particular cause matter or thing respect
ing which a decision is requested,and must state the ground
or principle of error complained of.
DANIEL KENDIG, Assessor 14th District.
Middletown, Dauphin county, Pa.
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TREM3IIRY DEPARTMENT.
OFFICE OF COMPTROLLIM OF THE CITRIIRATY, t
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21, 1864. f
Whereas, by satisfactory evidence presented to the
undersigned, it has been made appear that the
HARRIsBORG NATIONAL. BANK, in the City of liar.
rieburg, in the County Dauphin, and State of Penn
sylvania, has been duly organized under and according
to the requirements of the act of Congress, entitled "An
Act to provide a National Curtency, tecurel by a pledge
of United States bonds, and to provide for the circulation
and redemption thereof," approved June 3, 1864, and has
complied with all the provisions of Paid act required to
be complied with before commencing the business of tank
ing under said act:
Now, therefore, I, SAMUEL T. HOWARD; Deputy
Comptroller of the Currency, do hereby certify that the
Harrisburg National Bank,in the City of Harrisburg, in the
county of Dauphin, and State of Pennsylvania, is author•
ized to commence the business of banking under the act
aforesaid.
In testimony whereof, witness my hand and Beal of
office this twenty-first day of November, 1884.
SAMUEL T. HOWARD,
Deputy Comptroller of the Currency.
no2B
$lOO REWARD
V 4 IGHTY dollars by the society, and twenty
dollars by Cumberland county, will Le paid for the
detection and conviction of the thief who stole Mr. George
Idumper's HORSE on the 14th inst.
By order of the society.
P. S.
P GORGA.S. Secretary,
Court House, Harrisburg.
GOTTSCHALK'S POSITIVELY FAREWELL IN
AMERICA,
Before hit Departure for Havana and Merioo.
GRAND TESTIMONLVL CONCERT
MISS LUCY SIMONS,
TEE EMINENT VOCALIST,
(and pupil of Signor iduzio.) whose unprecedented
enc
ceos, during a series of concerts last season in New
York, has been cheerfully acknowledged by the press and
enthusiastic public.
ON MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER sth,
on which occasion the following artiste will JoinUy ap
pear:
Mr. L. M. GOTTSCHALK, the World Renowned Plants'.
and Composer.
Miss LUCY SIMONS, the Young and Eminent Cants
trice.
SIGNOR MORELLI, the famous Baritone,
HERR DOEHLER the celebrated Violinist.
The concert will be given under the direction of the
distinguished Musical Director and Conductor, 810011
MUZIO.
Tickets one dollar. No extra charge for reserved sea
Ticket office at Win. Knoche's Music store, where a dia
gram of the Court House can be seen. On and after
Thursday, December lot, at 9 A. N., orders from the
country, with the amount for the number of Beats re
quired, will be promptly attended to by Wm. Knoche.
Doors open at 7q. Concert to commence at 8.
no2B-6t
Public Notice
CORRECTION OP ENROLLMENT LISTS
OFFICE OF MB BOARD OF ENTIOLLYKVT,
14th Dimmer, Pmessrbvs..ne„
HARRISBURG, Nov. 23, 1864.
THE BOARD OF ENROLLMENT will, AT
ALL TIDIES, receive attd attend to applications for the
correction of the enrollment lists. Any person, properly
interested, may appear before the Board, and have any
name stricken off the list if he can 6110 W, to the satisfac
tion of the Board, that the person named is not properly
enrolled, on account of :
Lst. Alienage.
2d. Non-residence.
3d. Over age.
4th. Permanent physical disability.
Bth. Having served intim mlitary or naval service of
the United States two years daring the present war, and
been honorably discharged.
Civil °dicers, clergymen, and all the prominent citizens
are invited to appear, at all timPs, before the Board to
point out errors in the lists, and to give such Information
in their possession as may aid in the correction, and ra
vision thereof.
G, HURT,
Pro. Mar. and Pres't of Board.
CHAS. C. RAWN,
Commissioner of the Bean!.
W. W. SHARP,
Acting Burgeon of the BoarL
n 023 dim
Private Sale
TEE subscriber offers his farm of thirty five
acres and one hundred and ten perches at private
sale, situated cn the banks of the Susquehanna, three
miles from town, and half a mile from the city limits,
adjoining lands of John Reel, Samuel Reel and others.
Persons wishing to purchase please call on the subscriber
living on the premises. SAMUEL DEAL
no -U•dwdlw*
FOR SALIN
A FIRE-BOARD STOVE, to good order
also a small wood stove.
Enquire of Mr. Him, N 0.14 Market street
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D FLE3IING , Auditor
nc3o tdeci:
JAMES OAR, President.
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