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GIVE TILINICS -to-morrow ! Our store- .
„louses abound with the rich gifts of a be
.neficent God ; our fields are green with
promise of future plenty; the season has
come and gone without the " pestilence
that walketh in darkness and the destruc
tion-that wasteth at noon-day appalling
war has given victory to the Right—retri
bution to Crime ; and a great Nation is
about to rise up in renewed might, chas
tened and purified by the just crucible of
Him who ruleth over all. Give thanks !
THE NATIONAL VERDICT.
The verdict of 1863 is rendered, and it is
no doubtful or unmeaning judgment. - With
'one accord the Free States have spoken in
mandatory tones, and with them is mingled
the yoke of Missouri, of Kentucky, of Ma
ryland, of Delaware, - swelling with hopeful
, tdDry, telling of their early deliverance from
. the withering blight that has paralyzed
their• strength and blotted their honor.—
From the home of Free and. Slave ; from
the land of schools and peaceful progress in
New England ; froth the sturdy men of the
.01d Keystone An& from the great Empire
in the National galaxy ; from the avenging
sons-of Ohio who had to rescue their fame
from the arch-traitor who sought their Ex
• eeutive chair; from Indiana, Illinois, the
:North-west, and from the sunset side of the
Mississippi ; from• the 101 den slopes and
blue waters of the Pacific— all theSe have
written in their history that this Republic
shall live—that Treason shall die.
This solemn verdict so uniformly, so pos
itively expressed, is no mere political whirl
wind borne by the capricious tide of a pop
ular revolution. 'Never before did earnest
conviction ;'the highest° considerations' of
patriotic duty, and a profound sense of
. .perirto a common country, so largely'direet
the people in rendering a National judg
ment. They did it with desolated homes
on every hand; with.•sorrow and bereave
pent shadowing well nigh in every cii•cTe;
with a knowledge that new battles must be
fought,,and new sacrifices of the best blood
of the land be offered on'the altar of Free
dom ; With heavy taxation and enormous
debt staring them in the faCe—yet they felt
that' all these things 'could not be weighed
'in the scale against an honored Nationality.
They have" clothed the administration of
President Lincoln with all needful powers:
'and charged,him with the solemn responSi
bility of preserving their government. Be
lieving him faithful in his great office, they
have withheld nothing essential to his suc
cess. hey have declared that our armies
shall-tie:filled as the constituted authorities
may demand; that our credit shall be main
tained atevery sacrifice; that extraordinary
'powers shall be assumed when the public safe -
ty requires it ; •that the highest writ of right
shall be yielded if made the shield of trea-
:son; that strong arms and stout hearts of
every clime and color shall bear the sword
1 that strikes at the foes of the Republic,
and that Freedom shall come with mingled
hope and retribution upon the land of trai
tors.
Thus have the people, spoken, and it
must not be in vain: They have answered
with a beroisM worthy of a Free People to
every demand made upon them, and they
have done it although beset on every side
with the seductive promises of ambition,
and "the syren song of. peace. They did it
to savo the Republic, -and henceforth the
responsibility must be upon those entrusted
with the power of the governmemt. Thui
sustained and strengthened; no administra
tion could survive failure. The War must
be prosecuted vigorously, successfully and
to a spqedy dose. If men are needed ; the
Nation Islands pledged to sus t ain any pol
;,icy necessary -to procure them. If money
is wanted, thp National credit is interwoven
4iwith the safety of our Nationality, and the
people are prepared to yield every just sac
'rifice to uphold it. If new measures should
,be demanded by the, exigencies of the war,
the administration has but to- accept 'them
wisely, and go forward in the great work
.of preserving a continent from treason . and
'anarchy. It has been invested with every
needed power by a faithful, a loyal, a con
'fidirig people, and they !ill excuse anything
iatber than hesitation and failure. We
.speak but the coitviction of the loyal. North
when we say that, with the vast authority
aulferred upon our rulers, and the waning
fortunes of the rebellion, this war must -be
Practically closed before another autumn
shall have passed away, by the destruction
of the military power of the insurgents, or
the National administration cannot be held
blameless.
To the government every loyal heart now
tarns in confidence.. , It has at its disposal
exhaustless means and sources of strength,_
ana the Nation has but' one demand ; but
one hope—that they shall he exercised fear
lesily, bountifully and with speedy and over
whelming' success. Great may be its sac- .
rifices;, but the star, of hopeful promise
must pale before the noontide of triumph,
and the great Republic of the World re
sume its place in the family of Nations, in
strengthened bonds of unity and' Peace, with
Freedom stamped, by God's own hand,
upon a rescued, a redeemed Nationality
DESPAIR IN REBELDO2I.
Earnest as have been the efforta Of there
bel press and leaders to conceal the despair
that pervades their people, and the rapidly'
waning prospects of the rebellion, it seems
That concealmentis now no longer possible.
The• empty triumph at Chickamauga. which
the Richmond Enquirer describes as barren
in everything but the loss of 17,000 of their
troops; the signal defeat of men. Echols in
Western Virginia by Gen. Averill, and, the
late disaster inflicted upon Lee by Meade
on the Rappahannock, wheieby 2,000 rebels
were captured, have made the rebel journ
als break through all restraints, and they
deplore the hopelessness of their cause with
an earnestness and unanimity heretofore
unknown in the dominions of treason.
The Richmond Enquirer of the 11th inst.
says that foreign recognition is impossible,
for the reason that " more surrenders have
been made by their armies than by the ar
mies of any other Nation." adds—
" What nation in three years of war, ever'
lowered their flag eleven times in surrender?
There have been eleven Confederate surren •
ders since the war began."ln the same
article it says' that, although trey have won
victories, their flag has 'been lowered very"
often in unmitigated disgrace.' It pro-'
nounces the surprise at Kellysville, West
ern Va., Brandy Station, Willianrsport,
Bristow Station and Kelly's Ford, a "last
ing disgrace upon the army," and in allu
ding to the brilliant mevement of Hooker'
near Chattanooga, it admits that "the army.
of Gen. Bragg has suffered gfeatly from
surprise, by which an important position,
may be, gained by the enemy, and one which'
it is feared must neutralize much. of the
advantage gained by the battle of Chicka-;
mang,a:" -
The Richmond _examiner, in discussing
the position of ,affairs at Chattanooga, says.
that " the country may, as well prepare it,-
• self for another retreat in the West." This
was before the rebels could have had infor
mation -of Gen. Sherman joining Gen.
'Grant ; ' and uow that Gen. Grant has his
ariny strengthened to bis • utmost calcula
tions, there is little doubt that Bragg must
recede before him and in a little time sur
'render the heart of .Georgia to the Union
flag. The same paper refersin desponding
tones to the, "misadventure on the banks
of the Rappahannock" and says that a series
of similar disasters " have rendered the
neighborhood of Brandy Station and Kelly's
Ford an ill-omened ground."
The Enquirer of a rate date thus allude's
to the rebel disasters in Virginia:
„ Military movements are again ,in great
activity, in Northern Virginia. Meade haS
already signalized his advance with wonder
ful energy, and has inflicted a terrible blow
upon the army of Gen. Lee. In Western
Virginia . the disaster to Gen. Echols' com
mand shows the cnenky active, bold and enter
prising. The Confederate General defeated;
.is retiring, says the .Lynchhurgh Republican;
on Salem, and 'apprehensions are entertained
for the
_safety of the . railroad. In North
Carolina the enemy have landed ”in large
foree” at 'Winton, and are threatening the
Southern line of railroad at Welden or some
other point. On the Peninsula the enemy,
have been reported as landing in large num
bers at Newport News. Thus 'all around
Richmoud the enemy are threatening active
operations before the Winter has blockaded
11w roads."
The Chattanooga (now Atlanta) • Rebel
frankly admits that :Bragg is outteneraled.
It says:
."The new move on the,military chess
board, by which the Federals got possession
-of Lookout Valley and the railroad to Bridge.:
port, was a-masterly stroke. The conception
was brilliant, executed admirably, and the
combination fittiltless. Everything slipped
from us so easily, or was taken so adroitly,
we hardly knew when it was done. - This
operation has " changed the whOle aspect.
There is no longer any doubt of the Federal
commander's ability to obtain supplies this
winter unless speedily overcome. To do this
we shallhave to fight another battle, and over-
Wine physical difficulties of a serious charac
ter. Why, then, should we remain longer .
in the mud and Water of Chattanooga
Valley ?" _
The same Piper admits that Hooker's po
sition is impregnable and equal in strength
to Chattanooga itself. and • adds that `,` •if
the Federals are attacked in the valley they
can reinforce more rapidly and safely than
we can; if attacked in Chattanooga, they
could reinforce sooner fronf the valley than
we could send troops_ from, our left to the
centre."
. •
The Peace movement in North Carolina
and elsewhere is gradually assuming gigan
tic proportions. The Mobile papers have
been loud in their complaints that the peo
ple along•the Mississippi have beep corrup
ted by the prospects of trade into a'desire
.for the old .Union,,and the Richmond En ,
quire? of the 9th complains 4 bitterly of
North Carolina for "sending tO us, miter
Congressional delegation, a number of gen
tlemen who say they want peace, and will
tie franklin tepositorp, Nonenthcr 25, 1863.
use their endeavors to obtain that blessing."
it says - that Mr. Leach is one of*the mem
bers, and he openly declared when a candi
date for election, that "civil war had lasted
long enough,',' and it adds—" he • will be
here-in the next Congress, not helping 'the
President to carry on the war, but bother
drivelfing, snivelling about peace."
Could anything be more significant?
--Thus do rebel journals respond to the
declaration of the Spirit that.tbe rebellion
"is retelling in the pride of its strength
to-day, and ,pressing our armies back from
all its, borders!"
AMY= lISING.
The steady increase in price of every thing
required in the publication of a newspaper
has driven many to increase their'sucscrip
tion and advertising, rates, and others into
actual suspension. Paper is again on a
rampage and threatens to, exceed the high:-
est figure it touched a year ago. We are
now paying more than double the price per
ream for-white paper that we paid when
publishing this journal several years ago ;
our rent lies more than donbled ; labor has
fully doubled, and every article we consume
in the Shape of incidentals costs quite as
much more as formerly.
We do , not mean to put down the size of
•the REPOSITORY nor to increase its sub•
scription' price, altholigh the price is'quite
inadeqaute for a paper so large and costly.
Its patronage has far surpassed our expec
tations, and is daily extending ; and we hope
to be able to weather the storm by increas
ling our already immense circulation at the
'smallest possible profit, and thus enabling
us to render still more valuable dur Adver
tising columns.,
The REPosrrOY is now the largest Union
journal in the State - of Pennsylvania, and
its circulation is much greater than that of
any other political paper out of the cities of
Philadelphia and Pittsburg. By the union
of the Dispatch with our list in July last,
and the large accessions of new subscriber's
during the last font months, our columns
now present the very best Advertising-Me
dium to be found out of the cities in the
State. Hitherto we have inserted idver
;tisements at rates but little if—any in ad—
vance of the average of country journals,
whose circulation is not half so large as
ours ; but the time is post.when we can
longer sustain our enterprise without, fin
posing something like just rates upon our
advertising patrons. Henceforth all tran
sient- advertisements will be charged fen
cents per line for first insertion and four
cents for each insertion thereafter, and cop
tracts by the quarter, half-year or year, will
be advanced about twenty per cent. on the
old rates. Even at these rates we tharge
no more, considering our large increase of
circulation, than was charged formerly in
these columns; and we feel well assured
tbuit, we present the cheapest as well as the
best medium for advertising is Southern
Pennsylvania.
—lt'has been the custom of all associa
tions and individuals to impose upon coun
try editors the publication- of resolutions,
obituary notices, advertisements of benevo
lent enterprises, and various other articles
of limited or individual interest, without
charge. We have done quite our share of
that sort of work. If association's consider
it due to deceas'ed members to pass resolu.
duns testifying to their virtues and condo
ling with their relatives, they must hence,
forth consider it due to publishers to pay
for them ; and if literary, school, and other
associations cannot exist without gratuitous
printing, they must be too slightly Prized
to promise substantial benefit to their mem
bers. Until we find, teaehers who teach
gratis; butchers who furnish steaks and
;roasts without charge; lawyers .who counsel
without fees ; farmers who donate their
wood and produce, &C., we must decline be
ing in the list; of printers who print without
compensation.
The REPosrronY seeks no patronage as
a matter of favor—it wants none for. which
it does not render an ample equivalent.
The hope of its publishers is to make it so
useful as a newspaper as to render it in
dispensible to its readers,' and so valuable
as an advertising medium' that business
men will consult their best interests by be
coming its patrons. If it has attained this
point, then we can justly appeal to Union
men to, promote the Cause by extending its
circulation and, usefulness. We have no
promise to' make, save that it shall be ever,
as in the past, independent, fearless and
faithful.
IN our, advertising columns will be found
the official notice of the Appraisers, appoint
ed by the Court of Daly - hitt county under
the act of 22d of April, 1863, to adjudicate
certain damages arising from the military
occupation of the border. The gentlemen
appointed are eminently fitted for the task,
and will discharge the responsible trust as
signed them wiih the utmost fidelity. It
will be seen that they will 'first consider
claims arising from the Stuart raid, and will
subsequently adjust claims resulting from
the impressnient of property in September,
1862, and claims and damages arising from
the occupation of our county by the Militia
called out that year. The . act of Assembly
reqiiires them to report the claims as they
appraise them, with the ev*lence, to the,
Court of Dauphin county forconfirniation,
and the Governor is instructed to present
them to the next Legislature with such m=
commendations as he may deem just In
ourlocal columns will be found a detailed
statement of the various classes of claims,
and the probable channel of settlement.
TEE Westmoreland Republican says that
it has no "personal knowledge" on' the.
subject of the alleged frauds by which sore
headed Copperheads pretend Gov. Curtin
was re-elected ;, and it adds that it hopes
"the editor_of the REl , osrrout is able to
say as much."! We can assure the Repub
lican that we have no knowledge of any
frauds perpetrated to promote Gov. Cur=
tin's election, and the speak advisedly when'
we say that Secretary Stanton never said to
Mr." . Covede, or any other man, that he had
sent Gov. Ciirtin "15,000 more voters than
he had majority." If the Republican still
insists upon' being " cteeply grieved " over
the result, it must find some new apology
for its tears: la conchision the Repubhcan
is thus pathetic : _ . _
"Col. M'Clure and we may never agree 011'
this subject, but our . children will surely
unite in cursing theiraitors who robbed them
-of their heritage;and may stand side by side
and mingle their- blood in battle for the resA
toration of Constitutional liberty." -
•
Probably we "may never agree on this
subject," for the reason that we hve
stea
dily cursed trait6rS and treason and hope to
teach those who may come :after ns to do
likewise. Had we apologized for treason
by votitig tickets and advocating a policy
which every murderous traitor espoused,
w 2 might have harmonized better; buti as
sh ways are not our ways; we must agree
to disagree.
THE Army of• the Potomac is on the
north banks of the Rapiddn, s while Lee is
entrenched on the other Side. We have
reason to believe that Gen: ;Meade is confi
dently expected, if not positively instructed,
to deliver battle to Lee as p'r'omptly as pos
sible. We may, therefore, have, stirring
news from Virginia at any time, , •
General Burnside bas been attacked/by
Longstreet with overwhelming numbers,
and eornpelled,to fall back upon Knoxville.
He retired in order, however', and gave
battle a several points successfully to save
his trains.' He is well fdrtified in Knox
ville and cannot be dislodged.
Gen. Grant will doubtless move promptly
to the relief of Burnsidelpy a direct advance
.upon Longstreet or an assault upon Bragg.
As Sherman has joined him he_ has ample
force,—and we confidently expect that he
will shortly not only relieve Burnside, but
drive Bragg before him into the -heart of
Georgia.
•
DELAWARE Is FREE! Notwithstanding
the cowardly trick of the Copperheads in
refusing to vote, hoping thereby to reduce
the Union strength, the people have de-,
dared by a decisive majority poll,that the
administration shall be sustained; that Sla
very shall cease to curse Delaware and to
plunge the Nation into fraternal war. The
Wilmington Statesman, the leading jour
nal of the State, thus announces the tri
umph of Freedom in ,a Slave State :
"Delaware sends greeting to the loyal
North,' her decision. She is heart and soul
for an undivided country, and in favor of
striking the shackles from the limbs of the
slave wherever our gor g eous ensign floats, so
that in , the future none bearing the form of
humanity, dwelling beneath its amrle folds
shall own any master- save Him who rules
the universe. A bright day has dawned on
our little Comiminwealth. ,The result 'is a
sure index of the popular feeling, and- in
1864 we 'Will consummate the work so ens
iously, begun and make' Delaware a Free
State." - •
Horn; Taos. WILLIAMS, the scavenger
of the Pittsburg Gazette, after exhautihg
the vocabulary ofslang to defame us, shrinks
afrom his own portrait and decline to pub
lish it because he "can advertise no. such
obscenities," and
„adds that he would as
soon " think of advertising abipthel as
to present himselqiefore his own'fetiders
as others see him.::4iThornas has had a lucid
interval certainly. 'and we would apologize
for having asked him to shame his people
by portraying himself, but we don't exactly
see, from his own,. account, whether the
apology is du — e to the brothel or to the Con
gressman. Tell us which, and wayward
Thomas may go in peace!
WE have the IlNitrated' Catalogue of
Vines issued by C. W. Grant, lona, West
chester county, -New York. It is a most
valuable pamphlet to every one who wishes
to grow Grapes, and 'is -furnished at a very
low price. Every family should cultivate
Grapes, and this Catalogue is the most
practical publication of the kind we have
examined, and should be widely circulated.
WE devote considerable space of to day's
paper to a report of the ceremonies at the
dedication of the National Cemetery at Get-t
tysburg, on the 19th inst. It will be seen
that the attendance and the proceedings
eminently befitted the great occasion. • In
next week's issue we shall give in fulthe
oration of H4p. Edward Everett. •
. `` A Sußseßnms." asks us to state thro'
the columns of the REPOSITORY, " where
the government has lands to settle under
the provisions of the Homestead law." All
the "vacant and , punappropriated public
lands'" in all the States are subject to en
try, by actual settlers, under the provis
ions of the act of Congress.
GoDEY'S LADY's'BooK for December is
superb,number. ..-Like wine it improves
with age, and it is indispensible to every
house-wife.
AN'editorial, letter from 'Washington is
omitted to make room for our full report
of Ile deClicatory exercises at- Gettysburg.
Szi, third page for .an editorial on Agri-
Cultural Dl eohinery:
THE tANADIGtE . ,IIEIIIEL , PLOT.
The exploded plot of certain. friends
o Vallandigham in 'Canada to rescue the
2,000 rebel prisoners confined on Johnson's
Island, Lake Erie. is thus candidly admit
ted and circumstantially detailed by the
_Montreal Advertiser—a journal thoroughly
in the rebel inteiest. It says;
- "The expedition intended to - erect the lib
eration of the Confederate officers held pris
oners on Johnson's Island,' Lake Erie, hav
ing failed, in order to remove the misappre
hensions that may be created - by Federal ac-q
counts of a Canadian plot to burn Western;
cities, we give below; all the facts in which
the public is interested, which may, we are
.assured, be implicitly relied on. -
"The Washington Government, having
refused to continue the exchange of prison
ers of war under - the cartel, sent Southern
officers accustomed_ to a tropical climate to
- Johnson's Island, Where 2,000 of them were
,confined in wretched quarters, absolutely un
fit to house cattle. There is no reason to
doubt that the officers-selected for this prison
Were those upon whom the cold, dump clim
ate and exposure would act most prejudici
ally. It was, in fact, an attempt to commit
murderovithout publiclyincurring the odium
of slaughter.
"In- these circumstances the Confederate
Government determined to make an attempt
to rescue the dqomed officers, and for this
purpOse l exifidition was fitted hut, consist
ing of thirty-six officers, under the command
of - one who had distinguished himself in
similar dashing enterprises, and three hun
dred men. The officers embarked at
Wil
mington ,in the Confederate steamer B. E.
Lee,
and landed at Halifax. The cotton and
tobacco brought by that steamer as freight,
were sold to furnish the funds required,
amounting to $llO,OOO. The men came over
land through the States in small parties tck
the general rendezvous.
I "The intention was to surprise the Feder
al garrison on Johnson's Island, liberate the
prisoners, convey them to Canada in vessels
provided for that purpose, and forward them
I by, Halifax to Nassau or Bermuda; the
greater part of the funds
. being specially
devoted to paying their paisage to one of
these points.
"Any further operations on ~,the Lakes
were left to the discretion
.of the officer in
command, whose orders were stringent and
peremptory to avoid 'a. breach of- British
neutrality, and- to
,take care that even the
semblance of international wrong shoUld be
prevented. .Had JohnsOn'S Island been ta
ken, it migllt have formedia basis for lother
operations against Federal:commerce q the
Lakes;, but the real object 'of the expedition
was to rescue two thousand valuable lives
from the cruelty which had devoted- them
to slow but certain death; in a elimate'and
situation in the last degree inimical to: them.
Tar, Hagerstown Herald, one'of the mist
careful and reliable journals in the State in
reflecting public sentiment,
.thus points the
moral of the late election in lgaryland
"'The - extinction of slavery in this'. State,
under,the pressure brought to bear againstit,
not direo4ly, but indirectly and without pur
pose, is al foregone conclusion. And how
ever we may view it, wa have but to
'reconcile our minds to the presence of the
fact, that slavery is virtuallly at an end in
our midst.- No question r 'of State policy or
expediency can be brOught to bear against it.
The minority who favor it must see that'it
cannot longer exist by virtue of law, because
rapidly disappearing in point of fact. Dis
cussipns of expediency, were it at all neces
sary to be considered, would 'not indicate
policy' counterpart to that now pursued.
Free labor must triumph, however some may
desire the contrary. And in the rapid march
of polttical progress, (fur dark as it may
seem on the surface, we are progressing po
litically—leaving far in our wake the old
land marks of the leaders of the past,) the
sooner our form of Government is:changed
to meet the requirements of the hOur, to
perfect consonance with the existing senti
ment of the muss, the sooner will our prog
ress be sealed a - s - real 'and historic."
POLITICAL INTELLIGENCE.
Gov. Wtn.•H. Wallace, Union,'; has been
elected Delegate in Congress froni the new
Territory of Idaho. ' '
Returns erom 91 counties in 3Eis.fouri, with
soldierf.' votes as far as received. slow a Rad
ical majority of 593. There are 1 ; 2 counties
to be heard from.
John - F. Ilinney, formerly Judge of Utah
Territor-y, has been elected (without -orilos'i
tion) as Delegate in Congress from that Ter
ritory. — Judge Kinney Ills a-Democrat.
At the late local elecd'on at Springfield,
the home of . Preshientincoln, this hitherto
stronghold of the Copperheads was carried
by the Union men with a Republican gain of
347
,vetcs.
'Tfre official vote for Comptrolle'r in Mary
land at the late electioik, is us follows: GOlds:-
borough, 36,80; Maffit, 15,984.---majority
for Goldshorough, 20,876. Total, vote of the
State 52,844.
It is stated that the Hon Thomas Guthrie,
Ex - -Secretary of the Treasury, will be elected
United States Senator from Kentucky, to
succeed L. W. Powell, the preSent • incum
bent. The election occurs this Winter.
The Albany Evening ,Tourna/, qth..
says the Union majority in Nexl York` State
will not vary
. 500 , votes from 81,6004 The
Senate will stand—Union, 22, coppAhead,
10; the Assembly—Union, IA Copperheatl,.4.6.
"God has said, 'when the wickeCrule the
people mourn.' "—Register.
And when thepeople rule, the toickednipurn, ,
as we can see all about here since election...7-z.
Scranton Republican.
.. ,
The full return tf the Speciat - election for
a Congressman, in Delaware, held on. Thur
sday last, is as follows: • , i
N. B. Smithers,
John GibbS, Op '
Charles Brown, Op
Tho totalivoto cut in the sci-Callea Egypt
ian counties of Illinois was in [1862 16,919.
This year 16,641 votes wereeast. UniOn
majority now 881. Copperheitt majority
last year 4133. Union gam in eight counties
5014.
Returns from 86 of the 202 counties in .111.7
1 Lois give the following results: Union u
jority, 24895; Democratic majority in 1862,
11,887; Union gains, 87,782. :The - 16 coun
ties yet to come in will increase the Union
majority a little.
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Returns from all but, five counties in Wis
consin show s :majority for Lewis, Union
candidate for Governor, - on the home vote
of 15,252. So far as returned, the- soldiers'
vote is; Lewis, 5,030; Filmez(Dem.), 421
This makes,Lewis'S majority 19,859. ---
Mr..Smitbers, the member elect , _has 214
more votes than were cast for lir. Fisber.
the Union candidate of-last year; 177
more than.Templo, the latetinember received.
His vote shows a large majority of the total
vote of 1862, when each party strained eery
nerve: :
aow significant is the fact that atnOi l Y
skulks •discussion and investigation. Iflts
cause was just it would not shun the light of
free inquiry, It is the consciousness °acing
in the wrong which moves the champion's of
slavery to advocate gag. i lawi and vigilanost
committees.—Hashville Union, •
Hon. N. B, Smithers,:tinconilitional 17,n
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ion, was elected to Congress in Delaware on
Thursday last, ' without opposition. Th e
Peace copperheads finding that they would
be utterly routed, res . olv?d a fear'days befOr;e
the election not to vote. They thereiere
stood aside and made months at the Uni s on
men as they declared Little Delaware a FEED
STATE ! •
. The official - vote of New York State is as
follows : 1863. 1862.. -
Union vote 814,44 9 295,897
Copper vote - 9 84,937 - 806,649
Union maj "9 505.C0p. majld,7s:l
Clear Union gain on majority - 40,267
Unio:. gain on vote of last year 18,5•14
Copper loss on last year's s•ote.. "1,712
Ag. vote this year, 599,379; in '62 602,547
Falling off in the' aggregate vote 3, Hi 7
The next Maryland Legislature - will doubt
leSs take measures to secure the passage of
IA ordinance of immediate Emancipation.
The classification of the members, as given
by the American, is as follows :
Senate. House.
Union and Emancipation 10 47
Union, pledged to Convention. 2 4
Union, uiapledged , 6 4
Democrats arid Slavery..., 3 , 18
Total
The following are the majorities for the
Union tickets in the eighteen loyal States
that have held elections during the past seven
months :
Maine 16 000( West Virginia..ls .000
New Hampshire . 4 0001 Ohio 90 000
Vermont 18 000 Kentucky 51 000
Massachusetts.. 36 000 California 20 000
Connecticut 3 000 Indiana 10 000
Rhode Island 3 0001 Illinois - 0 0 000
Now York ?,9 000 lowa 30 000
Pennsylvania...l6 000 Wisconsin 80 000
Maryland ...... ..20 000,MinnPsota - 10 000
Union majority , 426 000.
AN APPEAL TO THE BENETOLENTOP
. FRANKLIN COUNTY.
To the Editors of the Franklin Eeposttory
- I have been waiting some time to see if
'there was to be any movement made in re
sponse to the cry of our:fellow:friends ; now
confined in Southern Prisons,- for something
to eat. As there has -been no movement
made, I do . not attribute it to bf feel
ing,--but that some one should step forward
and undertake the forwarding - of such arti
cles as may be collected for the benefit.of our
brave defenders. Having been engaged for
some time sending articles through to` per
sons confined.there, from their friends here,
and having had assurance from the, inthori
ties that all articles sent would be promptly
forwarded, I will.undertake to box up and
send all articles of food for theirhenefit. It
is needless for me
,to say that there is great
need of all we can spare. I have been in
receipt of letters lately from - persons confined
in Richmond; Their appeal to me is to send
them something to eat, and- that as soon as
possible. My friends, can therehe any thing
more significant than that short sentence—
"We want something to eait." V ill it be
said that we heed not the cry of the huairy
and-famished defenders, whQ have gone forth .
to battle for the'maintenance of the laws and
the perpetuity of our nationality? I. know
it needs nothing more than to have.yourAt
tention directed to this 'subject. The qy is
being responded to from other parts Of the
country that should make the heart 'of every
patriot 'glad. Therefore let its ..ififite;as 11
Were with our hands and hearts, in reirinse
to the cry, " Something to eat." Remember
there are some twelve or thirteen thousand
of our brethren confined in Richniond Pri
sons shine. The liberality of Chambersburg
has been shown to our foes. Wei have ex
torted, voluntarily, a confession from - the
prisoners - while confined here, that they were
kindly: treated. Let us now show to: them
that we can-take care of our friends, although
confined in their prisons. Wehavcahown
our foes that we can appreciate the cbristian
maxtum, to show charity to our enemies, and
thereby make them ashamed. Let there be
a grand response ; let it not besaid of *who
remain at home enjoying our ease, and all
the comrts of this life, that we remaiaed
passively quiet and suffered the cry "We want
something to eat," to pass heedlessly.
Remember our own citizens, who are nays
- Confined in prison, as also the - many *wire
and true hearts now in the army. Come
then, let us have no rest, until ere hatie.all.
done our duty. ,
Articles to be sent forward should cons*
of hams; dried beef, tongues, 'canned vegeta
bles, fruit, four, And biscuits. I would sue
gest that a: public meeting be called; and
that funds be collected to buy desecated feed:
and for other purposes. Clothing and blart-:
kets will be received, for the ;lights are now
getting cold. All articles left at my rooms,
corner of Queen and Main Sts., will be for 2
warded direct to Richmond or to the Sani
tary Commission, *Philadelphia, as the do
dors may think proper. Barrels of four and
barrels of potatoes may be left' at Oaks Ws
Linn's warehouse r. in my care.., They will
then be properly, marked and forwardedtto
Fortress Monroe. There will be'a list ofslt
articles kept, and each- donor will be cred-
ited for what is received. • '
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DA. J. K. REW.