"~' PE I tranklin #epooitorg. CME.tUITIMIZSMZIMG.: Wednesday morning, Sept. 30,1863. UNION STATE TICKET. • FOR GOVERNOR. ANDREW G. CURTIN,,Centre FOR SUPREME. JUDO E. DANIEL AGNEW, Beaver. UNIONCOUNTY TICKET. FOR .ASSEMBLY, T. JEFFERSON 10TILL. Clinmbereburg. WIA.LIA3I A. GRAY. Fulton. . - J FOR PROTHONOTARY, , R.' fiIIANIVON TATLOII, - Chamb'g. OP. REGISTER ARD RECORDER, HENRY ISTRIMLER; Antrim. FOE CLERK OF THE COURTS, - WEL G. MITCHELL, Southampton. FOR COUNTY TREASURER. • • JAMES G., ELDER, St. Themes. , FOR COMMInSIONER. HENRY GOOD, Quincy. FOR DIRECTOR OF HE POOR. JOHN AMBLER, amberebtas. ' FOR A ITOR, W. S. A • ON, Washington , WM. MCCLELLAN Esq., will speak for the Union ticket at the following named plaees - : • --., , • WELSH RUN, ' Tuesday ev'ng Oct., 6th. ' GREENCASTLE, Wedn'y " " ' 7th. N: E W FRANKLIN, Friday " '', 9th. - SCOTLAND, Saturday . " ' ," 10th. HON. FRANKLIN BOUND, most from Northumberland, and a. most able and elo ttuent advocate' of the Union cause, will speak at the following places in Franklin county : :WAY.NES)3ORO, .Thesday cr'ng Oct. tith GREENCASTLE, Wedn'y " . " 7th. ItiERCERSBMG; Thursday " " Bth LOUDON, Friday " " 9th. CHAMBERSBUBG, Sat'day " 10th AL:Ex. It. McCrum will speak at the following places in Franklin county : 'GREENVILLAGE, Friday ev'ngt Oct. 2d ORRSTOWN, Saturday " " 3d FUNKS.TOWN, Monday " " sth WAYNESBORO, Tuesday " " 6th. • GREENCASTLE, Wedn'y " " 7th MERCERSBURG, Thursday " Bth ' LOUDON, Friday ". 9th CHAMBERSRURG, Sat'day " " lath QUINCY, Monday 41 12th EVERY lover - of loyalty and foe of treason should attend aid hear Col. Montgomery, of Vicksburg, Miss., in Chambersburg this (Wednesday) evening. lie is from the south—was editor of the Vicksburg Whig when treason culminated in fratticidal war-; - - was imprisoned for the single crime of de votion to his country; was visited by Jeff. Davis in prison to induce him to _espouse -the traitor's cause, and finally he blessed .- the Old Flag 'on the Fourth 'of July last, when its protecting folds waved over him in Vicksburg. Let 'men of all parties sear - -Lim. • V ARE YOII ASSESSED? UNION MEN, see that.you _are certainly assessed. Many votes are often lost by want of attention to assessments in season. . The Union. Committees of each district should see at once that the name of every 'Union voter is on the assessor's list unless they are to• vote on age. Funw NEXT, the 2d day of Octoberis the last day fur assessing, as the law requires it to be done at least ten days before the Election Every Union man should make it his indi yidual duty to see to this important matter NILITARY DANA.GES. The people of Franklin county have suf- : fered to the extent of not less than two hundred Thousand dollars:by invasion and military'occupation of the county. Twice have rebel bands : of plunderers penetrated into the 'most wealthy portions of the court-. ty, and the 'rebel army of Lee covered the entire county in its march and stripped the • people of everything that could in any way contribute to the, necessities of our foes. Maio of our citizens, who are renters of farms, have been almost - utterly ruined by the loss of their] crops and stock, and all glasses have suffered more than the people •fa great State should be called upon vidually,to bear. It is not to be hoped - that the National , Government can make restitution fof these bases at'pres,ent. Possibly an early termi nation of the war and. he restoration of the Union to peace and prosperity, might bring an early and equitable adjustment of these . , claims;- but at present it is, impossible.— Much as Pennsylvania has suffered ? our losses are not a tithe of the losses sustained by loyal men in Virginia, Kentucky, Mis souri, North Carolina, Arkansas and Loui ssiana. In all these States there are men , who have never been faithless to the Gov ernment, but who have waited and longed • for the coming of the Old Flag - to testore, them to freedom. They have suffered ev ' • erything but death, and many of their de- Toted comrades have fallen =victims to the brutality of treason rather thin espouse the eause of traitors. Missotiri, part of Ken tucky, 'W,estern Virginia and East Terme& see, where the ,people have, as arule, been loyal all the varying vicissitudes of the war; are but vast fields ,of desolation ; , and if the National Government` adopt the principle of, making immediate restitn i tion to its loyal people, our finances .would be so crippled that the war could ..notbeiproseented. Until there can be some senerq plan of compensation adopted by ..the government, we-cannot hope to receive • payment from that sourceSor the losses we have sustained. ' But there is a source to which the plun dered people of the border c,onnties can 11= INE justly and confidently look for restitution for damages inflicted upon them, alike b.* foes d friendly troops.. The State of Pennsylv is is a mighty Commonwealth, and has vas eans and boundless credit. She could enter he market to-day, and com mand credit for to or twenty nzilliona at the highest premium iveu for any securi ties, and her vast res4iurees and faithful people could bear the additional burden without serious embarassment. .The losses, amounting in all to a quarter of a million in the counties of Franklin; Adams, FultOn, York and Cumberland, while they fall with a heavy hand upon all the . individual suf ferers, and with the crushing blow of bank ruptcy upon many, would be imperceptible if charged to the people of the whole State. During the last year. Gov. Curtin has paid I over $1,200,000 of the publicdebt, and if his economical and successful administra tion our continued, as, it certainly will be, our great State-will be entirely free from debt during the present generation. The aggregate amount of losses sustained , by our people could be,,paid during the next fiscal year, if authorized by the legislature, out of the ordinary revenues of the State, without even resorting to a loan, and prob ably a million of the old debt still be liqui dated. For the State to make fair restitu tion to our sufferers on the border is but the simplest justice, and especially - should it be done, when the State is fully equal to it-without resorting to its credit for means to do so. A State is as its accepted title fitly im ports, a commonwealth. It assumes to confer upon its people certain privileges —among them protection in - person and' Property and in all civil and religious rights. It does this upon the strength of the peo ple, who are the fountain of power, and who in - the organization of their common wealth, pledge to each other -and to all • the blessings of free government. In return it is empowered to demand from all obedience to its laws,for mutual protection or common advancement; to share alike of the burdens; to make every constituent part ckf, the great State alike sacred in all his rights ; and if a foreign or domestic foe lays waste a portion of the commonwealth, each iciti ien is solemnly pledged to tharseseto make restitution for that - which the State , has failed to protect. In principle, in policy, in justice therefore,• compensation by,. the State is eminently right, and our legisla ture cannot disregard the claim of our peo ple when it is properly presented for their consideration. Last winter, when the ques tion was hastily andiimperfectly laid before the legislature, there was gloom throughout the whole land. The murderous - foes of the, government had been successful at al most every point, and the truest-hearted patriots almost despaired of the Republic. Our finances were .deranged—our National securities were banging heavily on the mar ket, and there was little, save the undying love for our Nationality that clung to loyal hearts as the green ivy to the shattered wall, to inspire the people of the State to assume new burdens. But now the cause of the Union has reached the noon tide of tri umph—has recovered more than half the territory from the - dominions of treason, and it is clear , to even the timid and doubting that the Republic must live. Our next legislature, therefore, cannot hesitate, with our fresh hopes and established - finances, to be just to the border counties; and we feel no hesitation in assuring the people ',of Franklin and adjoining counties, that a Union legislature and Union Governor will recognize their claims and make ample res titution. —The Union Conventions of-Franklin • and Fulton - counties passed resolutions de claring in the strongest terms in fnvor of this principle, and Liutenant Mu, and Mr. GRAY, the Union:candidates for the Legis lature, are positively pledged:to giVe their best energies to secure coinpensation;to our suffering citizena They will be elected we doubt not, and with their success will come an equitable adjustment of all the losses we have sustained from military occupation of our territory. • • A WORD TO HIMDIEIRS. There are now,from ten to twelve hund red soldiers in Franklin county, who have served the cause of their country with cred it and been honorably discharged: They have braved disease and the perils of battle in their devotion to the Flag of thel Repub lief and many; bear honorable wounds to attest their heroism against the mendacious hosts of treason, while others of their com rades sleep in untimely graves as martyrs to,the preservation of our liberties and the peace of our homes. Eight companies of 'the gallant 126th, which won for itself im perishable fame alike at Fredericksburg. and Chancellorsville, have returned to us, save the lamented dead, whose memories are cherished in unfading gratitude in every loyal heart; and five companis of the 158th, after a term of arduous and often perilous service, are also at their homes to discharge their duties as citizens. On the 13th of October next, thee brave defenders of our common Nationality will be called upon to cast their votes for the first office in the gift of the people of Penn sylvania. They know, by actual and often sad experience, how desperate, hoW deadly are the minions of treason in. their purpose to overthrow this government. They know how the brave. soldiers in the field turn with imploring hearts to the people'at home for approval, for sympathy, for earnest sup pori. They ,know how it would chill the soul of the army; how it would shadow its -" , t- 1, "• . `, • , .; • -:ft - duktin thatnbtis Pa: high hopes ; how it would paralyze, its strength; how it would east a_ wide-spread gloom over the defenders of the Flag, while it would inspire the fading hopes and nerve the wasting strength of their rebel foes, should the great Keystone State declare for Peace by dishonorable comprOmise . with re lentlesp treason., They ,cannot; therefore, be indifferent spectators in this great, this vital struggle. With them indifference would be airline against the cause for which they periled their lives, and a crime against the brave men who remain in the field to complete what they so nobly began. They will vote, we doubt not, and they of all others, will want"to vote so as to give re 'newed life and hope to the Republic. They cannot vote to bring dishonor upon the graves of their fallen comrades; to bring infamy upon, the wounds borne by their brave companions, and to bring disaster upon the noble veterans they left behind them still rallying around the Flag and con ' fronting the foe. They cannot vote a tick et whose success would give joy to every traitor in' mils against the government, from the arch-fiend of treason down to the humblest of his followers. They cannot vote, as instructed by the Richmond Engin rer, which appeals to Lee to "drive Meade into Washington and he will again raise the spirits of the Democrats, confirm the timid, and give confidence to the wavering;" They cannot vote for a candidate for Governor who has judicially proscribed every soldier in the sacred cause of his country, and de nied to him a voice in the selection of his rulers, nor for a party that, in i 6 platform, has not a word of hope for the soldier that the right to vote shall be guaranteed_ him. For soldiers, who have braved the bloody foes of the government in the field, to vote for them at home would be to turn with su icidal hands upon their own honor, and upon their country's cause. The tickets presented by the two parties in Franklin county make the Issue so plain to soldiers that he who runs may read. On the Union ticket, the candidate for the leg islature is a faithful and honored LieutenL ant who served with untarnished credit. The candidate candidate for Prothonotary rose 'from the ranks in the three month's service to a commission, ands was honorably discharged at the end of his term of enlistment. The candidate for Register and Recorder fell at Fredericksburg with his arm so shattered thaWrmputation was necessary. ' The can 'didate for Treasurer commanded the 126th at Fredericksburg, and fell so severely wounded that he must be crippled for life,, and the candidate for Director of the Poor also fill in the same sanguinary engage ment, and has not yet recovered from his wounds. Thus is almost every office of honor or profit conceded to the noble vol unteers who gave their lives td the fortune of war to preserve our honored Nationality. On the other hand, the Democratic ticket is withouta veteran soldier's name, save that of Captain McKesson, who was dismissed from the service. Can the returned sol diers doubt which of the two parties is in earnest sympathy with the brave men who voluntarily periled everything that the - Re public mighQive? Of the twocandidates for Governor, Judge Woodward is not the friend of the Govern ment. He denounces every measure of the 'administration to strengthen our armies in the field, to pro - Vide means for their pay, tnent, and to weaken our deadly foe; and' his voice has yet- to be raised to givelrope and strength to the gallant sons of the North, who have won for' themselves, for their Flag, and for their country the most brilliant achievements in the hiStory of war fare. Gov. Curtin, -the Union candidate, has devoted his whole energies to the cause of the government and its defenders. He has answered every demand made upon the State, and when his brave Pennsylvanians : were once in the field his cares' have just begun. In health he has multiplied their comforts; in sickness he has solaced and ministered 'to them, and in death he has found them graves with their kindred: He has made their cause his cause—their inte rests, his interests - -their success his suc cess—and there is scarcely a soldier whose heart does not leap with emotion and• whose eye does'not quicken with gratitude, at the mention of the honored name of ANDREW G. CURTIN. -SOLDIERS of Franklin county Your cause and your country's cause, are upon trial before the People. Shall your com patriots on the county ticket, and your pa triotic and devoted Executive, receive your approval or your condemnation atthe polls? Will you bring honor or dishonor upon the veterans of the Republie and its sacred Flag ? Will you give joy to the loyal hearts at home and the heroes of loyalty in the field? or will you give fresh_heart and hope to now despairing treason? Soldiers, and soldiers'. friends, answer at the polls I WOODWAIID AND FOREIGNERS. We give in to day's paper,', in German type, the platform of Judge WOodward as to the rights of foreigners. and commend it to every German in our county. It is a correct statement from the official records, and can be implicitly relied upon as repre senting correctly the position taken by Judge Woodward. He boldly declared that no foreigner should be allowed to vote or hold office in Pennsylvania after 1841, and gave as a reason for his motion, that they were unfitted to enjoy the privileges of citizen ship. If in the face of this declaration, Germans can vote for Judge Woodward, they must show a poor appreciation indeed of the priceless blessings they: enjoy. Let no German in Franklin 'county deposit 'his ballot without first seein,i Judge Wood ward's record. Look to it Union men, that they are faithfully advised of it.. We have the official debatesfor the inspection of any one who disputes the correctness of our. report. There are hundreds of German voters in Franklin county. Will they vote for a man who declares that they are unfitted. to bold office or enjoy the right of-suffrage? Will they vote for a man who, when revising the Constitution of onr State, demanded that it should, positively deny to them forever the rights of citizenship ? THE BATTLES ni GEORGIA. At length the reports from Gen. Rose-' trans have assumed a definite character, and it is clear that the Union army has been Overwhelmed by superior numbers, and `sought safety in the fortifications at Chatta nooga. It is no longer, a matter of doubt that Gen. Lee's two best.Lientenants, Gens. Longstreet and Hill, were with Gen. Bragg and had portion's of their commands there; but the main reinforcements received by Bragg were from Johnston's and Pember ton's armies - and from: Mobile. Lee May have been weakened tq the extent ofl 5,000 to make the demonstration against Rose= trans, but we think not more. Rosecrans had probably 60,0 . 00 available men. His lines of communication are very long and must be kept open at all hazards, and his advance from Chattanooga, which ev idently was designed as an offensive move ment'against Atlanta, Georgia, necessarily lengthened- his lines to guard against being flanked. Bragg marshaled 'against hit scarcely less than:l6o,ooo-Imm tnostof them veterans in the rebel service ; land had the advantage of being .able to concentrate his columns against any weak point General Rosecrans .might present. Thus he first assailed Roseerans left in immense force on Saturday, and failing to turn-that, mass ed his columns against our centre. In this he failed also, and the first day closed, after a most obstinate and deadly struggle, with perhaps nearly an equal number of killed and wounded on each side, and no substan tial advantage attained. Rosecrans had re pelled Bragg's fearful assaults, but was so crippled in the effort, that he bad to reform and shorten his lines and prepare for the safe retirement of his army to Chattanooga.. On Sunday Bragg renewed the. attack, and after varying fbrtunes, Rosecran's centre was broken and his army divided. By / 116 personal prowess, aided by the unflinching heroism of Gen. Thomas, his army was saved, and retired upon' ;Chattanooga with the loss of twenty-five guns and about 2,500 prisoners. He took, however, nearly an equal number-of prisoners, but, has doubt less lost seriously in material of war. The intense anxiety felt by the loyal peo ple for the safety of the Army- of the Cum berland may now give way to confidence. Although defeated in a pitched battle by the vastly superior numerical strength of the enemy, Gem Rosecrans is now hnpreg ruble at Chattanooga. He has already been reinforced by Gen. - Sberman's-eom mand from Grant's army, and Burnside has doubtless joined him also. Certain it is that Bragg felt unwilling to renew the attack after Sunday, and 'on - Thursday Rosecrans moved out and reconnoitered the lines to find his adversary. The loss is estimated at about 10,000 on each side in killed: and wounded, and with Rosecrans' fresh troops, 'the hostile armies, are now perhaps about equal in strength. We 'doubt not that in a little time Rosecrans will'regew his move ment and strike a' vital° part" of treason in Georgia. —We do not accept the theory that Lee has been seriously reduced in numbers to reinforce Bragg. He is - still :some 50,000 'strong and a dangerous fire to assail in a chosen positimi. Meade 'has forced him south' of the Rapidan, but we do not look for• a general engigement between Meade and Lee at present. Meade will doubtless compell Lee to keep his army well together until the campaign in Tennessee and 'Geor gia is determined, but until then we do not look for decisive operations by the Army o the Potomac. - --TheßichniOnd Whig of the 23d admits that the victory of Bragg is indecisive. It says: , "We suppress exultation at the thought of what yet remains to be done, and the possi bility of losing all that has been gained by failing to complete the work. "Situated us Roicerans is, the victory that does not disperse or capture his whole army is a lost opportunity. If he is permitted to hold Chattanooga, then our victory 'will be without profit, . and we have only to: mourn that - so many brave men have died in vain, and chiefly that the gallant Hood haS sealed his faith with his blood. ' "Rosecrans must not- only be beaten in battle, but he must be destroyed or driven from East Tennessee ; otherwise the battle had. as well nat been fought. If this stronghold is not wrenehed from him now, it will hardly be hereafter. If heholds it,he holds_ a' point d' appal. from - which he may at any moment strike at the very vitals of the Confederacy. He holds a region pestilent with disaffection, that needs only thepresenceofttYankee army to ripen into full-blown treason. ' -"He holds the country that must supply meat for our army, niter for our_ powder mills, and toal and iron for many of