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The Conscript Bill—Negroes—the Legis
lature.
One of the most alarming signs of the times
which is now presented, is the idea, entertained
by many well-disposed citizens, that it is bad
policy to notice or review the acts of the Pre
sident and the Congress, in reference to eman
cipation, conscription, &c. Those who hold
this idea seem to think that the President is to
be regarded in the light of a King—too sacred
to be made the subject of newspaper animad
version or popular denunciation, even when his
acts have been clearly in violation of the Con
stitution. We cannot agree with this sort of
logic. It is the logic which keeps up the des
potism of Russia, Austria and Turkey, and it
is the logic which, had it been listened to by
the Democratic editors of '9B, would have sad
dled us with the Alien and Sedition laws, as
the settled policy of the country. The Demo
cratic writers and editors of that day held that
the President was but a publics servant, ac
countable to the people for his conduct, and
that the press should not spare him when in
Ault; that Liberty could only be maintained
by promulgating the whole truth, let its arrows
strike where they might. To this manly
course, pursued in '9B, are we indebted for the
freedom we enjoyed until the Abolition party
got control of the Federal Government; and
by the adoption of a similar course, at this
equally portentous epoch in the life of our
country, and by that alone, can liberty be re
stored and continue to exist. The struggle of
'9B is Defore us. The usurpers of that day
were put down, and so must the usurpers of
the present day. in like manner, be put down.
. The same intinciples are at stake now that .
were at stake then. The concentration and
consolidation of all power in the Federal Gov
ernment was the aim of the party in '9B, and
it is the aim of the party in 1868. The man
who does not see it is blind ; if he does see it,
and does not oppose it, he becomes a partjci
pater in the conspiracy to overthrow the Con
stitution and destroy the rights and liberties
of the States.
The amendments to the donsfitution of the
United States declare, Art. X : The powers
not delegated to the United States by the Con
stitution, nor prohibited ty it to the States, are
reserved to the States respectively, or to the
people;" and, in the general powers given to
Congress in that Constitution, sec. 8, clause
16, is the following: "To provide for organi
zing:, arming and disciplining the militia, and
for governing such part of them as may be
employed in the service of the United States,
resew* to the States respectively the appoint
misfit of the officers," &o. And who were the
militia, 'and what their caste under this section
-of the Constitution ? In Grordon's Digest of
the Laws of the United States, entitled " Mili
tary Code," page 660, we find that Congress
enacted that " Each an? every free able-bodied
white male citizen of the respective States,
resident therein, who is, or shall be of the age
of eighteen years, and under the age of forty
five years, except as is hereafter excepted,
Shall severally and respectively be enrolled'in
-the militia`by the captain or commanding of
&c. This act was passed; Bth May, 1792,
and the very same designation is to be found
in every other act of Congress on the-subject
up to 1861, declaring that none but "free able
' bodied white male citizens" should be enrolled
la the
Under the provisions of the Constitution of
Pennsylvania, none but " white peremis of the
age of twenty-one years, having resided in the
State - one year," &c., shaaenjoythe right of an
.. dater. (See Cigsf..Tustice Gibson's opinion on
this article, 6 Watts, 533.) In the first act
for the Ovation of the Militia of this Com
monwealth, passed 9th April, 1807, (4 Smith's
ymere,4l4,) it is declared, "that each and ev-
er free able-bodied white male citizen of this
or any other of 11'0:Tufted States, and every
otheirfive able-bodied white male person who has
been a resident ig this Commonwealth for six
months *client; to his enrollment, who is or
shall be of the age of eighteen, and under the
sae of forty-five,. except as hereinafter excep
ted, shall be enrolled in the militia by the cap
lain or commanding officer of the company,"&c.
This elauze is in the very, words of the act of
Congress of the Bth of May, 1792, above re
terted to ; and so careful have been the Legis
lature of Pennsylvania on this subject ever
since, that the very last act, passed 21st April,
1858, and which is now in full force, declares
that “all able-bodied white male citizens be
tween the ages of twenty-one and forty-five
years shall be subject to military duty."
Here we see who are to be enrolled in sthe
militia under the Constitution of the United
States, as explained by the acts of Congress,
and under the Constitution of thip Common
wealth, as provided for by the several acts of
the Legislature of the State. But, by the
Conscription bill lately passed by Congress,
and approved by the President, there is a new
order of things. We find that negroes, or those
of African descent, are now about being en
rolled into the militia of this State. This leads
us to the inquiry, "Is the old Keystone yet
sovereign and independent, so far as her inter
nal affairs are concerned, or is that sovereignty
and independence neutralized or entirely ab
rogated by the late act of Congress ?" The
authorization by Congress of the enrollment
of negroes in our militia is not only an infrac
tion of the spirit, but a violation of the very
letter of our State laws, and of every act of
Congress on the subject previously passed.
Has Congress this power ? Can it regulate the
personttel of our militia ? What are the militia ?
Are they not the body of the citizen's ? And
who are the citizens ? In Pennsylvania, at
least, persons of African descent are not citi
zens, and, if not citizens, not entitled to enroll
ment in the militia, unless the power of Con
gress is arbitrary and above the Constitution.
We maintain that it is not, and that when it
transcends its constitutional limits its acts are
nugatory and may be constitutionally resisted.
Whether the Conscription sot be one of this
character, is a question which we leave for
statesmen and lawyers to.decide. We believe
it is, but we shall hazard np positive opinion.
One thing we know; it is both offensive and
opressive, and if its operation—at least, so far
as the enrolling of negroes is concerned—can
be constitutionally barred, we have no hesita
tion in saying it should be done. That is a
matter proper for pur Legislature to consider.
The feet that under the set negroes and whites
will be promiscuous moiled, is one deser
ving of attention. the Legislature do
anything constitntio lly to arrest this enroll
ment ? Has the State the right, exclusively,
to determine the caste and character of its mi
litia?. If it has, the case is clear, and its
Legislature should, by law, declare the enroll
ment of negroes a penal offence ; if it has
not, then the case is equally clear—all discus
sion is futile—we must submit with what grace
and patience we can. But we commend the
subject to the consideration of the Legislature
—to the House particularly—not doubting Wet
it, at least, will give the question its best re
flection, and act in Vie premises as the dignity
of the State may seem to4equire.
Lawlessness of Abolitionism.
There is scarcely an Abolition journal that we
open that is not full of lawless intimations and
recommendations. With them the maintenance
of power is every thing—to that end all their
energies are bent—to accomplish that purpose
they brush aside constitution and law and wield
the iron hand of despotism. For that purpose
Were passed the fiscal, the indemnifying and
the Conscription sots by Ccngress, conferring
.on the President dictatorial powers. For that
purpose secret armed leagues are being orga
nized in violation of law, and for that purpose
are the cries of traitor and copperhead raised
against men loyal to the Government, and their
arrest, imprisonment, and even death deman
ded by the Union-bating knaves and greedy
plunderers who constitute the Privy Council
and Guard of Honor of the President. But
all these villanies, these bold, lawless and
ruffianly measures, sink into comparative insig
nificance in comparison withthe latest measure
proposed by one who writes from Washington,
and, being one of the trusted there, no doubt
speaks ex-cathedra. The Cleaveland Leader, an
Abolition paper of the most radical, bloody and
devilish spirit, contains a Washington letter
in which occurs the following startling pas
sage :
"The times require 'Committees of Safety.'
* * * " Congress has done its part :
The Executive will do his. * * There is a
greater than either in the hands of the people.
The time has come for them to act without law and
beyond law. Here is a field in which ()Very
citizen can help without joining the ',my."
Here is Jacobinisin revived and expanded.—
Such suggestions preceded the bloody reign of
the French triumvirs, Robespierre, Danton
and Marat. This is the genuine voice of the
Mountain, the howl of incarnate fiends for
blood. Let us not mistake the signs of the
times. They indicate trouble—they portend
an impending struggle, a death grapple be
tween the lawless and the supporters of law .;
between those who would crush and those whO
will defend Liberty; between the would-be
tyrants and the intended victims; between
those who would overthrow the Constitution
and the Union and those who will die, if need
be, in their defence. Let us be calm ; let us
keep within the law; let us be cool and pa
tient—but let us be prepared.
Peace Proposfploas.
At a Democratic meeting in Stamford, Con
necticut, on Tuesday evening. last, Fernando
Wood declared "that propositions for an ar
mistice or peace had been sub - mitted . to the
President on the 12th December last, which,
had they-been accepted, would have terminated
this war by The first of April, upon a basis
satisfactory to the peokle North and South."
• •
The N. Y. Evening Post inquires :
4 6 Who made these 'propositions for an ar
mistice or peace,' the adoption of which- Mr.
Wood pretends to believe 'would havesettled
the matter' by All-Fools' day Were they
made by_ Davis and his fellow-rebels ? If so,
how does Mr. Wood know anything about
them ? -Has he been in secret correspondence
with the enemy? Or were they made by some
of the anti-war men here? If so, who au
thorized them ? And what are the terms of
the propositions from which Mr. Wood hopes
so much ? If they are honorable to the nation,
if they are so& as patriotic Americans ought
to favor, why not make them public at once!"
To these inquiries Mr. Wood mines :
" The statement referred to was made by me
deliberately, with a full and peraonal knowl
edge of the facts, and I am constrained from
the publicity of them only by the request of
one of tho principal officers of the Govern
ment. When this interdiction shall be with
drawn, I will cheekily gratify your curiosity."
The 11. S. gunboat Vanderbilt captured off
St. Thomas the steamer Peter Hoff, Captain
Jamran, Royal Navy, and Bent her in for ad.
judication. Several valuable prizes have
recently been captured by our cruisers.
General:News.
General Hunter has removed Gen. Naglee
from command and ordered him to New York to
report from that point to the Adjutant General.
This has grown out of the difficulties .between
Generals Foster and Hunter. General Naglee .
was attached to General Pouter's command, the
Eighteenth army corps, and was in command
of that portion of it sent to South' Carolina,
which General Hunter, by permission of the
War Department, has consolidated with. his
forces, the Tenth army corps. Against this
`incorporation of the Eighteenth army corps
General Naglee has three times protested. His
first protest was disapproved by the War De
partment, and now he has been relieved and
ordired North to report. In his farewell to
his army he enjoins obedience to orders, as
suring them that all will come right in the end,
as " truth is mighty and will prevail."
The gunboat Quaker City'has arrived at New
York.• On her passage in she captured the
British iron-screw steamer Douro, of Liverpool
bound for Nassau, loaded with cotton, tobacco,
itc. The chase was exciting, the steamer re
fusing to surrender until about fifty shot and
shell were thrown at and over her. The prize
was brought in for adjudication.
From the army of the Cumberland we learn,
by dispatch of 11th dated near Copmbia, that
Gen. Van Dorn's whole force retreated on the
night of the 10th towards { Shelbyville.
A skirmish took place twelve miles east of
Paris, Ky., on the 11th, between a party of
guerrillas and . ' the guard and teamsters of a
wagon train. The rebels were beaten off.
The rumor of the capture of Yazoo city has
not been cofirmed.
In the late bombardment of Fort M'Allister
by our iron -clads, the Montauk was struck
seventy-one times with solid shot and lifted
out of the water by a torpedo without being
injured. It is now believed that our iron-clad
monitors are proof against the heaviest calibre
guns the rebels have got. Fort M'Allister,not.
withstanding the rebel reports to the contrary,
was seriously damaged.
The War and Navy Departments are satisfied
that within a very few weeks, perhaps days,
the communication of the rebels across the
Mississippi river will be completely cut off,
and they will thus be surrounded and reduced
to a state of actual Beige, without the necessity
of a large expenditure of life and blood in
attacking either Vicksburg or Port Hudson—
. ingenuity and enterprise are relied
upon in this respect more than even the cour
age and muscle of armies.
Four secession females .on a spree, riding
through the streets of Washington in a car
riage and cheering loudly for Jeff. Davis, were
arrested on Pennsylvania Avenue by the Wash
ington provost guard, on Wednesday last.
The New York Tribune, (bad authority) says
that nearly half the rebel pickets and sentries
now along the Rappahannock, at Fredericks.
burg, are negroes, regularly armed and
equipped.
At the great Democratic meeting in Hart
ford on Wednesday evening, Col. Thomas H.
Seymour, the candidate for Governor, spoke at
length, and Hon. Isaac Toucey made his first
appearance since his retirement from Mr.
Buchanan's Cabinet.
By telegraph yesterday aftern con we have
the following :
A Memphis dispatch to the Cincinnati Ga
2ette gives a report of a fight on the Yazoo river
in which 7,00, prisoners and eight transports
were captured. It don't say whether Union or
rebel. The report is probably groundless.
A Florence, Alabama, letter in the Mobile
Register, says that Wayne county in that State
is fall of renegades, styling themselves Union
men, who have been joinei by deserters from
,the Southern army, and are becoming more
fogmidable every day.
The U. S. Marshal at . Cincinnati seized, on
Thursday, a considerable amount of property
belonging to Albert, William A., and Thomas
J. Jenkins, officers in the rebel army.
The New Hampshire Statesma# has returns
from all the towns in the State, except thirteen %
whichlave last year 414 for Berry and 614 for
Clark. Taking this as a basis, it is thought
that Eastman, Democrat, will fall about 200
votes short of election for Gevernor. Marcy's
(Democrat) election in the first district is con
firmed, and it is claimed teat Rollins, in the 2d
and Patterson, in the 3d districts, Abolitition
iste, are elected, the former by 800 and the
latter by 600 majority. The result taay be
changed by the full returns, which we shall
probably have by Monday morning. .
A dispateh without signature, dated Salt
Lake City, March 10, says : Judge Kinney
this day issued a writ against Brigham Young
under the Polygamy Act of Congress. U. S.
Marshal Gibbs served it without the aid of a
posse. The writ was immediately responded
to Ind the defendant personally appeared in
court. After a preliminary examination the
Judge held , him in $2,000 bail, which was
promptly given. This dispatch, although said
to bear internal evidence of truth, is not to be
relied on, coming salt did without a responsi
ble name,
EXEMPTION Moir TAXATION—Every day or
two we see in the proceedings of the Legisla
ture that some association or other applies to
be exempted from taxation. These associations
are generally of a religions or benevolent char
acter; but this ought not exempt them from the
burdens'to which all property is subjected for
the eupport of the State. If the State is rich
enough to do without these' taxes, it is rich
enough to make an appropriation equal to the
amount for which an exemption is asked. Then
the Legislature will know precisely what the
condition of the association is which asks pub
lic support and what claim it has to that sup
' port from the public. The value of real estate
exempted from taxation in Philadelphia
amounts, it is said, to about twelve millions of
dollars, and many of the associations which are
exempted are rich themselves, and in receipt
of considerable incomes from their property.
To release these from taxation is only in
creasing the weight of it the more severely up
on all other kinds of property; and -upon no
principle of justice, for some have much mor e
property to be exempted than others, and if
one be exempted all associations of a like char
acter have an equal claim to be free from tax
ation. The true principle is, to tax all prop
erty alike, whether it be used for lay purposes
or religious, publicly benevolent or personally
profitable. The Legislature may thentmake an
appropriation to such associations as have
claims to its consideration which will cover the
amount of tax levied upon them. There is not'
one-half the associations which now claim ex
emption from tax.% which would be considered
entitled to receive the same amount in gratuity
from the State if they were applioants for that
favor..—Phil. Ledger.
PENNA LEGISLATURE.
SENATE.
Farimr, March 13,1868.
The Senate met at 11 'o'clock a. m., and was
called to order by the 'SPEAKER.
PETITIOES.
Messrs. NICHOLS and RIMWAY presented
petitions from physicians anepractitioners of
dentistry in Philadelphia, asking for the incor
poration of the Philadelphia Dental College.
Mr. REILLY, three remonstrances against
permitting corporations to hold lands for mi
ning purposes; also, a petition in favor of a
national convention.
Mr. HIESTA.ND, the memorial of meibber9'
of the medical profession'of Lancaster city for
the passage of the bill to facilitate anatomical
researches.
BILLS INTRODUCED.
Mr. REILLY, a bill• to incorporate the Key
stone Gold and Silver mining company.
Mr. BPSHERRY, a bill to incorporate the
Inland telegraph company.
Mr. HIESTAND, a bill to extend to the cities
of Harrisburg and Lancaster the provisions of
an act for the arrest of professional thieves and
burglars in the city of Philadelphia.
Mr. LAMBERTON, joint resolutions request
ing the Governor to ask for the return of the
Pennsylvania Reserve Corps to the State for
the purpose of recruiting its decimated ranks.
BM/SOLUTION.
Mr, CONNELL offered a resolution providing
for afternoon sessions on Tuesdays and Thurs
days for the consideration of private bills,
which was agreed to.
BILLS CONSIDERED
The supplement to the free banking law
authorizing banks to deposit stocks to the
amount of thtir capital stock and to receive
from the Auditor General the par value of said
stocks in notes for circulation, came up in order
on second reading.
The pending question was on the amendment
to include stocks of the United States, which
was agreed to. ,
The bill then passed finally.
Mr. CLYMER called up the bill imposing a
special tax in the township of Penn and borough
of Bernville, Berka county, for the payment of
bounties to volunteds. Passed finally.
Mr. CONNELL called up the bill relative to
the Monumental Building and Loan association.
Passed finally.
Mr. DONOVAN called up the bill to exempt
from taxation the house and grounds of the
Sisters of St. Joseph, at Chestnut Hill. Passed
finally. '
Mr. HIESTAND called up the supplement
to the borough of Marietta. Passed.
Also, the bill to extend to the cities of Har
risburg and Lancaster the provisions of the act
for the arrest of prafeSsional thieves, which
passed finally.
Mr. SERRILL called up the bill to establish
a free bridge at Penrose Ferry, which passed
finally.
Mr. WALLACE called up the bill relative to
the Tyrone and Clearfield railroad company,
which passed finally.
Mr. MOTT called up the bill relating to the
charter of the Jefferson railroad company,
which pass finally.
Mr. NICHOLS called up the bill to exempt
from taxation the Spring Garden and Moya
mousing Literary Institutes. Passed finally.
The Senate adjourned until Monday evening
at 7 o'clock.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
FRIDAY, March 13, 1863.
The House was called to order by Speaker
CESSNA at 107 A. M.
BILLS INTRODIJOBD.
Mr. RAIN, an act to regulate places of pub
lic amuoement in Philadelphia.
Mr. WEIDNER, a supplement to the act in
corporating the . East Pennsylvania railroad.
(Allowing the the extension of the road to the
Delaware river, with six mile branches.)
Mr. BECK, an act to incorporate the Wil
liamsport passimger railroad company.
Mr. NEIMAN, an act for the consolidation
of the loans of Pennsylvania.
Mr. COCHRAN, an act to allow civil cases
to be tried without jury by agreement among
the parties in Philadelphia.
Also, an act paying the Revenue Commis
sioners $6 per deim with mileage and expen
ses.
The bill was considered, and Mr. KAINE
moved to amend by inserting $5 per deim.
Mr. HITTER moved to amend by making it
$4 per deim.
Fnally it was fixed at $5 and the bill passed.
Mr. JOSEPHS, an act to authorize the Har
mony fire company to sell out their interest in
the Fire association.
Mr. KAINE stated that he had read an act
relative to public amusements in Philadelphia
at the request of Mr. Moons, who was tempo
rarily absent.
GENERAL APPROPRIATION BILL.
The House went into committee, of the whole
to consider the general apprepriation bill, Mr.
JACKSON in the chair.
Sundry amendments were made.
Among other amendments Mr. BARGER
moved to appropriate $5,000 to St. Joseph's
hospital, which was agreed to.
Mr. JOSRPHS moved to appropriate $5,000
to St. Vincent's Home. Not agreed to.
Adjo,urned
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The House re-convened at 21 o'clock p. m.,
when the consideration of the annual appro
priation bill was resumed in committee of the
whole. The 25th section being before the com
mittee,the amendment of Mr. KAINE to add
an Oppropriation of $6,000 for a residence for
the resident physician and officers of the Wes
tern Hospital, which was agreed to.
Mr. REX moved to amend by striking out
nineteen and inserting ten thousand dollars
for the new Diamont Hospital.
Dr. PATTON opposed the amendment. He
thought that the House might put implicit con
fidence in the assertions of the officers of the
institution. ' .
The amendment of Mr. REX was finally lost.
The 26th section was agreed to.
The 27th section was also agreed to.
The 28th section, appropriating $20,000 to
the Philadelphia School of Design for women,
was read.
Mr. SMITH (Phila.) moved to amend by
striking out twenty and inserting thirty Thou
sand dollars - • •
Mr. LABAR moved to amend the amendment
by striking out the whole section, (which was
declared out of. order.)
Mr. REX moved- to amend the amendment
by striking out thelhirty, and inserting in lieu
thereof five thousand dollais.
Mr. SMITH (Phila.) spoke at length in sup
port of the 'wants of woman, eppealing to the
feelings of the House; reciting some of the
benefits of this institution. He said that
through it hundreds of women had been saved
from the grave of eternal degradation, and
that if it were properly encouraged it would
save . thousands more. This institution was to
give employment to indigent women, and it
was the want of employment that has always
tempted the women of our laud to improper
acts.
' Mr. SMITH having withdrawn his amend
ment, Mr. REX moved to amend by striking
out twenty and inserting five thousand dollars.
Mr. TRIMMER opposed the appropriation.
He did not believe that this was the proper way
to ameliorate the condition of women. He
would vote' for an appropriation of twice the
amount t) the common schools of Philadelphia,
because there was the only proper place for the
virtuous cultivation of woman.
After further debate,
in which Messrs.
SMITH, (Phila..) REX, LAMB, LEE, HUS
TON. GILFILLAN, VINCENT and others par
ticipated, the amendment was lost--yeas 17,
nap 48,
Mr. REX *toyed to amend by having the
sum deducted from the funds of the common
schools of Philadelphia. which was lost, and
the on section was,agreeCto.
The 29th section was,tead. (Providing for
an appropriation to thn, common and normal
schools of Penneylvanif)
Mr. - REX 'offered strahral amendments stri
king out , aPpropriationi to different normal
schoole w which were noeitgreed to.
Mr. TWITCHELL moved to amend by in
serting an appropriation of
. $5OOO to the Mil
lersville normal school, securing to the State a
lien upon the institution 3 and giving the teach
ers of the State the benefit of the appropria
tions.
After a slight modification and further dis
cussion, the amendment passed, as follows:
"And the suu of five thousand dollars to
the State normal school of the second district,
in the county of Lancaster, but that neither of
the State normal schools shall alienate nor di
vert ta wny other uses than those provided by
act of May 20, 1857, any of the real Or per
sonal property belonging to said schools with
out first reimbursing to the State the whole
amount of any appropriations that haie been
or may be made for their use and benefit ; and
that in case either of the said schools shall
have issued stocks upon which dividends , may
be declared, that before any part of the ap
propriation hereby made shall be paid, the
trustees of such school or schools shall pro
duce to the State• Superintendent good and
sufficient vouchers that an amount equal to the
appropriation hereby made had been canceled
by the holders of such stock or stocks."
The 80th, 31st, 32d, 33d, 34th, 85th and 36th
sections were read and agreed to.
The 37th section was read and, on motion of
KAINE, was amended, instructing the
State Treasurer not to pay Geo. Bergner, pub
lisher of the Record, for matter used more than
once. •
The 38th, 39th, 40th, 41st, 42d, 43d, 44th,
45th, 46th, 47th, 48th, 49th and 50th sections
were read and agreed to.
The 51st section, providing an apropriation
of $40,000 for'en extension of the State Capi
tol buildings, was debated at length, Messrs.
HOPKINS and VINCENT opposing the sec
tion, the latter gentleman urging that for the
first interest on the sum proposed to be appro
priated (g:flouncing iri thefirst year to $2,500)
a temporary bnilding could be erected to ac
commodate the military departments, which
would leave sufficient accommodation in the
main building for the Legislature,-and Messrs.
KAINE, NEIMAN and others favored the sec
tion. The vote being taken the . yeas were 31,
nay 37. So the section was lost. • '
The 52d, 53d, 54th, 55th and 56th sections
were read and agreed to. •
The House then adjourned until ,Monday
evening at 7 o'clock.
potoAtor1;1140 1 1
PHILADELPHIA, March B.
Flour market inactive. but prices remain
without change ; sales of 1500 barrels at $6 25
for superfine, *7 for extra and $7 50@8 for
extra family. Rye flour dull at . ss, and corn
meal at $4. Not much demand for wheat ;
sales of 3,000 bushels at $1 70@1 74 for red,
and $1 80@1 96 for white. Rye commands
$l. Corn is in fair demand, and 10,000 bush
els yellow sold at 88c. for prime, 85c. for
damp and 91c. for white. Oats sells freely at
72e. Coffee quiet ; small sales of Rio at 290
230. and Laguira at 240. Sugar steady ; sales
of 4,090 hhds. Cuba at 11-I®l2o. In provis
ions more doing; sales of mess pork at $l6.
500 tierces hams in pickle at 81-@9c. Whisky
sells slowly at 50®51c.
NEW Yoßs, March 13.
Flour firm; isles 10,000 bbls. at s7@7 15
for State, $7 70®7 80 for Ohio, and $7 75®
7 86 for southern. Wheat advanced lc.; sales
26,000 bus. at $1 40@1 62 for Chicago spring;
$1 63®1 67 for Milwaukie Club. Corn ad
vanced ic.; sales 40,000 bus, at 93@94c. Beef
dull. Pork quiet. Lard firm at migioto.
Whisky dull at 47018 c.
Stocks heavy; Chicago and Rock . Island
92k; Illinois Central, 92k; Michigan southern,
108 ; Penn'a coal, 122 ; Reading, 90; Missouri
6's, 62 ; Gold, 160-1-; Demand notes, 1607 ;
Treasury, 105 i; U. S. coupon 6's. 104.
BALTIMORE, March 13.
Flour steady; Howard street $7. White
wheat is scarce ; red active at $1 74@ / 1 55.
Corn firm and advanced I®2c. Whisky firm
at 571 c. • Coffee dull; Rio 32®337c.
New 2hertistments.
PUBLIC SALE.
In pursuance of an alias order of the Orphans ,
Court of Dauphin county, will be exposed to sale,
On SATURDAY, the 4th day of April, 1863,
On the Farm, at 1 o'clock, p. m., a certain tract of
land, situate in Halifax township, Dauphin county, ad
joining, lands of Wm_ Reed, Matthew Mitchell, Henry
Ranch and others. containing about One Hundred and
Forty sores, more or less, whereon is erected a TWO
STORY WEATHERBOARD HOUSE, a Large Bank Barn,
and other out-buildings. There is on this property two
wells of water near the door, and a never failing spring
of water near the house. There is also alarge Orchard
on this Farm, consisting of different kindg et Bruit.
Also, a 'tract or piece of Woodland, partly in said
township 'and partly in Reed township, adjoining lands
of Jacob Tyson, Isaac Glace and others, containing 26
acres and 95 perches, late the estate of JACOB REAR
ING, deceased.
Attendance given and condition's of sale made
known by
HENRY ZEARING &MATTHEW N. MITCHELL.
Execatore of said deceased.
Joni ROWLAND, Clerk 0. 0.
Harrisburg, March 14, 1883-dts
C • A., DAVIS, BILL POSTER
erculars, &e., carefully and promptly distribute.
117" Residence, South above Second street.
MILLINERY AND STRAW GOODS !
We have the pleasure of informing you that
we are now prepared to offer, at our Old Stand,
Alo,. 105,105 and 107 North BECOND Ot.i
delphla, a well selected stock of
MILLINERY AND STRAW GOODS,
in every varietyof the latest importations, and of the
newest and most fashionable styles.
• WM STRAW DEPARTMENT
will compriee.eirery variety of Bonnets, Hats and Trim
mings to be found in that line, of the latent and most
approved shapes and siylee. Bolleiting an early call, I
remain yours, respectfully, R. WARD.., .
mrl3 2wd •
LOOKING ULASSES.—A Splendid
Asoortment of New tocdring Glasses, just received,
at W. KNOoIIE , B Music Store, 98 Market, street, where
they will be eold cheap. Call and examine. mrlB
.EBSTER'S Alln AND NAVY
POCKET DICTIONARY.
.Tiat received and for Bale at
SOFIEFFEWS BOOKSTORE.
VOR SALE—A House and Lot on
Sixth street, near State. Enquire at the Exchange
Office of , • S. L. WOULLOOH,
. 26 Marree
Where the highest price le always paid for ket
GO st t, LD and
SILVER. febl2-dtf
TAPANESE TEL—A choice lot of
L i this celebrated Teajnst received. It is of the first
cargo ever imported, and is much superior to the Chi
nese Teas in quality, strength and fragrance, and is also
entirely free of adulteration, coloring or mixture of any
kind.
It is the natural leaf of the Japenese Tea Plant.
Por sale by WM. DOCK, jr., & Co.
SOLAR MATCHES!
NO suLPEEURI
NO SMELL!
*ll7/TY GROSS of the above Superior Matches Jut
oeived, and for sale by W.M. DOCK, an, & 00.
WHITE BRANDY I 1-401 t PRESERV
axa PURPOSEB.—d very superior article, (stricay
pared just received and for sale by
171 . WIC DOOR, & co.
pßoOms,, BRUSHES, TUBS AND
LP 'BASSETS of all descriptions, qoaliVee and, prices,
for sale by WM. balm, J 1.7 &.cO.
EW PATENT CORN SHELLER.--
Cheapest and moat complete ever invented. Far
suers end others please cal/ and see it at WIICO/fra
Cigar Store, Market street, 2d door below Third.
County flights and Machines for sale. feb2-
T IUR-GHOST
IN
NEW YORK.:
TERRIBLE AND ASTOUNDING BETELATIONS
SAD STORY OF OUTRAGE AND WRONG.
IN THE
NEW YORK SUNDAY MERCURY
OB MARCH 115th,
will be given the full particulare of the thrilling inci
dents which have recently occurred in the
HAUNTED MANSION
in Twenty-seventh street, New Yoik, and the astonish•
ing revelations at length elicited frOrn the
CONCLAVE OF PHANTOMS,
that have for a month past rendered the locality famous
THE NOCTORATAL DIARY
,op .
WELL KNOWN AND DISTINGIII3RED MAIN
OF SCIENCE.
WHO SAT TrP TWO WHOLE NIGHTS ALONE
• IN:THE 'HAUNTED ROOM.
ie Oren complete, and furnishes an unparalleled
tore of the awful and amazing scenes of the TERRIBLE
ORDEAL through which the Solitary Watcher passed.
The Galvanic plates arranged in the apartment; the
electrified polished screen near the fireplace; the mu
sical instruments; the wires connecting with an alarm
bell in the tenant's room dower stairs, and all the other
appliances employed in these daring experiments, are
So clearly described, that the reader has the scene of
these appalling events brought distinctly before him.
The Diary is written ON THE SPOT, and even amid
the very scenes it describes; and lone who permit. it in
voluntarily palpitates with all THE INTENSE AGI—
TATION of the writer. His language is an exact
transcript of what .h% really felt while THE TERRI
PY/NG SPECTACLE was going on around him. Re
opens the Bible at TEE 24rn CH&PTRIt OP ST_
MATTHEW, and while he is engaged in reading it, the
first MYSTERIOUS SOUNDS are heard hi the room:
bat it is only in the
DEAD HOUR OF NIGHT
that the Ghostly Pageant comes suddenly upon him.
AERIAL MUSIC, BEAUTIFUL SHAPES, and an UN
EARTHLY LIGEIT, envelop and surround him on all
aides. Words are faintly uttered through the music,
and in answer to hia questiona and entreaties
DISTINCT REPLIES ARE MADE!
It is impossible to read the accompanying incidents
of this fearfully exciting
MIDNIGHT DRAMA,
as detailed by the writer in the very tremor of his emo
tions, without feeling
THE BLOOD.CURDLE IN ONE'S VIENS.
The fading fire ; the expiring gaslight; his deadly chill;
hie attempt to rise; his fait and swoon upon the floor,
where he remains senseless for some time from At con—
tusion he receives, are all told with thrilling force and
scant. Then the
WONDERFUL SPIRIT TABLEAUX
in which the
INCIDENTS OF THE PERSECUTION AND
MURDER
are get forth and made plain to him form another chap
ter of amazing effect.
" Innocent Unsuspecting -- She was Foully
Murdered in November, 1860."
finch is the leading Mange of the
SPIRIT REVELATION
on which the Tableaux hang, and tha t ,
STORY OF THE PERSECUTED ORPHAN
forms the theme of the rest.
The Sensations of the Night reach their climax in the
appearance on the
t. 1.1 ft/. VI VA Dila 1 8 41 M D 94 CWI
OF A
GROUP OF PHANTOM PHOTOGRAPHS ! !
PICTURES OF c° 4llE GHOSTS !I !
Including the Woman, the Victim Orphan; (ndver be
fore beheld,) the “Carter" Apparition, the Babe and the
Old Man
When the reader reflects that the narrative is real
and these awful phantoms were seen
BY FOUR UNIMPEACHABLE WITNESSES,
who rushed in to the succor of the narrator when he, at
last, was overcome with terror and rang for help, he
stands dumb with amazement ! But, what will be his
emotions when he peruses the description of the
HORRIBLE PHANTOM HEAD
reeking with blood and glaring with an
EYE OF HELLISH FIRE?
as it appeared on the night of the 6th inst.
No idea can be formed of these fearful scenes without
reading the original, in the
New York Sunday Mercury.
THE PHANTOM RAIDS
elsewhere are also given in full In this number, includ
ing the startling appearance of
TIE RYE POINTS' GHOST, IN TROY, N. Y.
NEW YORK SUNDAY MERCURY
also contains all the Theatrical and Musical News of
the World, Sporting News. Fire and Military News, and
the Letters o r Orpheus 0. Kerr and A Disbanded 'Volun
teer, together with more choice reading matter than can
be had in any ether New York newspaper s at any price.
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TIALI
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o the
NEW YORK.. SUNDAY MERCURY
- • FOR, THIS WEEK' (March 15).
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tal.and strategic MACKEREL BRIGARE recounts,
this same'martial 'epistle, all 'the soul-stirring
lsis of a'recent great
• UNION MEETING IN ACCOMAC.
in which oppressed Ireland had xvoies, andused it with
Celtic enthusiasm. • '
' ORPHEUS C. KERR •
ORPHEUS O. KERR
ORPHEUS' C. 'KERR
ORPHEUS C. KERR
ORPHEUS C. KERR
ORPHEUS C.::IIERR
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cenTly achieved on the tempestuous water of Duck Lake,.
by the Mackerel Iron-plated Squadron of that glorioun
old sea-dog,
REAR ADMIRAL AHEAD,
who has caught more striped bass since.this distressing
war commenced than all the rest of our Vhalybeate
Navy put together.
These, and other surprising matters, are meat truth
fully depicted in
ORPHEUS C. KRAR , S LETTER,
whiCh appears in the
NEW YORK SUNDAY MERCURY,
IIE 111,1i011 15.
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