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, Wednesday, January / 20, 1884.
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Not out of the Syitonnlees paid for in advance.
Goo. CURTIN was inaugurated yesterday
and entered his second term with imposlng
ceremony. All the United States officers;
several - -ex-Governors; a number of mili
tary', organizations, including many vetejan
troops, under command of Major General
Conch, and a large civic procession, partic
ipated in the proceedings.' Never before
in the history of our State; has man been
charged with the honor and responsibilities
awarded by a loyal people, to ANDREW G.
'CURTIN ; and that he may in the future
have the same rich reward for his enlight
ened and faithful devotion to his country's
cause, as now chcers him fOr his noble rec
oil of the-past, must be the - prayer of every'
triond of an imperiled Nationality.
rilotr. ELI SuFEß._Secretary of the Corn
monwealtb, and ZON. WM. M. MER E DITH,
Attorney General, tendered their resigna
tions to Gov. Curtin last week; to relieve
him of all embarrassment in the .selection
of a cabinet for his new administration.
Gov. Curtin promptly declined accepting
them, and' they will continue in their res•
peetive positions. We have heretofore spo
ken of their eminent fitness, alike in point
of character and ability, for their responsi
ble duties; and the loyal men of the State
be glad to learn that they are to remain.
Itis no (disparagement to Gov CurtiO to
say that, for the high measure of success
iittained'by his administration, he is much,.
indebted 'to - the enlarged experience; the
untiring efforts and unfaltering fidelity of
Eli Slifer and Win. M. Meredith.
FILL VP THE ARMIES
Congiftld has taken one step toward the
increase of our armies bat 'it was tardrand
*far short of the imperative necessities of
the nation: The old bounties have been
i 7 extended until the Ist of March, and- many
veterans and new recruits will be thus se
cured ; . but if- Congrels speedily perfects a
just and effectual - conscription law, and
makes it apparent to-the Country that what
volunteering fails'to do by the Ist of March,
'ascription will certainly complete, the
the work of filling .up the armies for the
spring campaign will be no longer doubtful.
. We beg Congress to - enderstau'd that tens
of thousands of veterans and others will not
volunteer until they are fully assu • •
the armies will certainly be made strong
enotigh,for every_eniergency. If now it was
—clear that on the Ist' of March such a draft
will be made, as cannot fail to fill every de
ficient quota, there it scarcely a veteran in
the service who would not re-ehlist, and
there are other thousandswho would accept
the liberal bounties offered to new recruits:
and at once swell our _shattered rinks., 'lt
is most natural that men should be slow; to
Eater the service while Congress liesitatits;
quibbles and fails to rise to the full measure
of its great duty. Men want to be assured
that thei will not have to cope with supe
rior numbers and fight bloody battles with
out decisive results; but let it be manifest
that they. will beinvincible, as they certain
I) , can and elcould be ; that the war is absut
to be pressed to -a, speedy and - brilliant close,,
and service Will be cheerfully given by ve
terans and ether. volunteers, and accepted
by conscripts with promptness and pride..
Congress has now been in session seven
weeks.. Our armies have been necessarily
idle,. and golden days and months for pre
paration have been•lost by the unpardona
bk hesitation of our national legislature.
This must-stop. if we would avert disaster;
and if disaster comes, upon whom must
• the responsibility rest? Not upon the-peo
ple, for they have given to Congress their
sokinn verdict demanding the exercise of
all necessary. powers to close the war spe
dily. They, dematid equitable laws to reach
allelasses of our citizens, and impose, the
'burdens of, the war upon all alike. Now
- the lOyal fight ; the disloyal vote. The
loyal volunteer ;: the disloyal embarrass tite
the exication of the laws, discourage enlist
._ merits, and blot, our history with riots.
• The people, therefore, want prompt, prae
*6l, effectual laws for procuring. service,
and Congress should not hesitate a day
about enactingtbem. •
We hope that : an the Ist of March volun
., • Leering will stop, and so Congress should
declare by positive law. Let the conscrip
tion act be soamerided as to embrace all
, who should be subject to duty; and on that
: day let the draft be imperative, and ample
in point of nignbers for every possible want
:of the - government. This and this alone will
secure early ,and honorable peace, while
failure on the part" of Congress may give us
protracted and disastrous war for years to
come. We have readied the culminating
'point of the rebellion. The spring cam.
Reign must be the most decisive of the war.
The very necessities of the rebels will make
it so. If they are unequal to it, they must
: abandon their capital and their, cause ;if
they attain any substantial success, they
will receive European sympathy and aid if
lot positive recognition. If our armies are
sot filled up to an invincible standard, Lee
will strike with, the eneigy of despair before
..Ainety days have passed, and if successful
fbeoill be master of the situation daring
tbeißunmer campaign: If he is embold
, awl& ibis by our failure to swell our num.
a
bers in the field, the bloodies battles of the
war will be in the future -- w ile with resist
leas/ armies e can close the war, by next
autumn, a without a- single sanguinary
conflict • 'Rh. such an issue— involving
thousan of lives--involVini; war or peace,
and it ay be the very exisence of the Re
public, how can Congress i hesitate for a
day ? I
—Again we appeal to Coress to trust
the people—to fill the
,lefr at every ha-.
zard, and our Nationality will be speedily
rescued from its fearful peOs.
THE TIIUIBLE.RIOGERS EXPLAIN.
Hopkins has explained',' and with him
join the other fifteen thimble -riggers of the
troupe. They have made " apparently a
bad record" by voting against Grant;-
against Meade; -- against prayers; againstin
creasing pay of soldiers against reading
Jackson's Proclamation and Farewell Ad
dress on the Bth of January, and by the
zeal that so far autstrippd discretion as to
make them threaten to Tote down the in
stitution of marriage and the bible. When
the play opened they appeared tb enjoy it.
It seetned' as if Sixteen en of infinite" jest
and most excellent fancy ad been -selected
to 'represent ttie Democrats in the Senate;
but—
" Things sweeyste prove in digestion
sour"
—and in a fit of politica dyspepsia, racked
t i
by terrible nansia• indu ed by various anti
homeopathic doses of' pular reprobation,
the venerable Hopkins ,honored the emetic
by throwing upon the Oenate a sad mixture
of water and bile. - Unskilled as the people
may be in the diagnoses' of diseases general
ly, they have a wonderful faculty—whether
pea-nut and pit auditors., or the more culti
vated of the dress eircl4—of understanding
when the spirit of a clbwn is broken, and
even his jokes fall like the . cold clay upon
the coffin-lid.
Thus with grim merryment came the once,
jolly Hopkins before the Senate last week,
and attempted a joke or ponderous solemni
ty by an explanation ofl his confessedly "bad
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record." He admits hat the' " contest has
no.piecedent in the history of the Com
monwealth ;" and foil ws-with the startling
arithmetical conclusio s that " the - Senate
is Composed' of thirty three members ;" to
to which he might ha .endded—barring one
just now held by a- s, therm thimble-rigger,
who boasts the title o President Davis, and '
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performs his tricks vi th- ghastly skulls and
fantastic emblems of. toe, and finger bones.
The plea of " perpetual organization" in
the Senate he denied,l and Mingled with his
oath to support the Constitution oCthe
State-and 'general governmenti, a prOtest
againsttheconstituti Malty of the Catiiiitu
lion itself. Because the Constitution de
Glares . that " each House shall choose a
Speaker and other° cers," he insists upon
chosing a Speaker a d other officers' pretty
much all the time, as his, humor seems to
run in that particular way ; and if Mr.
Penny should be chosen to=day by a major
ity of the Senate, the same humor would
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make Mt Hopkins nsist upon the Senate'
-daily fulfilling the mpemtive - mandate of
the 'Constitution a d ` choose a Speaker
and other officers.'r As the -Constitution
does not prohibit th e Senate from indulging
the fancy of , selecti g officers ad infinitum,
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it is of course 'no 'stitutiopal to do so, and
we seriously donbt whether tlie,derriatids of
Constitution will he fully met unless - Hop;
kins elects Hopkins to the chair.
He confesses "the Constitution does not
say that each Ho4e shall ehooseits Spea
ker annually,'' bt4, as it does not expressly
forbid choosing one - every fifteen minutes,
the erection of Speaker is of - course always
in order, particularly if the Speaker don't
' .suit the performance. Then he appealsAo
history. As notodi ever undertook to
thimble-rig the Senate before, and as Jeff.
Davis -never warted a Union Senator to
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I help his " friend " until now, there is no
precedent' for th is
festive occasion. He
says that "from794 --- io 1864 the chair was
always vacant during ballots for Speaker,"
and "no late 4eaker ever attempted to
qualify new Senaors." Wecredit so much
to the side of truth, but the untold truth
was too heavy fofrhis little joker and it had
- to dodge it. Th i . Constitution was adopted
in 1790, and for four years, under precisely
the existing fundamental law, when some
of the framers of ‘ the Constitution sat in the
Senate, the Speakers did not vacatethe chair;
but did preside ..,'ver the Senate without a
re-election, and !did swear in new Senators,
and no one questioned their right so to do.'
And again in 1849, 'Gov. Johnston acted
as Governor, wiihgutla question being rais
ed, by virtue oft the very potver thtit makes
Mr. Penny' Speaker !now, : This thimble
rigging around the truth in what is claimed
to be a statenient 4 facts, redeems the
moral obliquity of the lamented Pepper,
e
and reduces fel hood to a standard science.
The fact tha t
'the . Speaker-usually retires
from the chair. when a- ballot is had for
Speaker, is apparent to any ordinary joker,
but as Hopkins ha.S.got into heavy draft
merriment just now, we beg to enlighten
him. For no other 'purpose than to amuse
sixteen 'thimble-riggers could Speaker Pen
ny be induced to keep the chair and declare
to the Senate ashe will one of these days
—" Mr. Penny having a majority of all the
votes is duly elected Speaker." As a mat
ter of mingled modesty and . courtesy, such
duties have be en avoided; an d a s t h e ao .
:oomplished flopldns don't seem to com
prehend that tber,e may be a distitOetiou
- with a difference between modesty and 'du=
ty, he has thimhle-rigged the modesty ora
...franklin. ittepootto
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long line of Speakers into a fundamental
law. For the same feason Hammertly will
retire from his desk when is about to
be re-elected, and assistant clerks will call
the vote, keep the tally and declare the re
sult to the Speaker; Mit has the uniformly
modest action of a long line of clerks made ;
their modesty part of the constitution?' If
Mr. Hopkins should happen to die—which,
for his own sake, we trust may not occur !
at least until he has reasonable time for re
pentance—the thimble-rigging construction
of the constitution would forbid his funeral;
for he has often been in the legislature b
fore—he has never died before—he ha
never been buried before—and hiS unifo
custom of living for over fifty years mak
his life a part of the organic law; and b
would probably miss funeral honofs- f
want of a constitutional recognition of his
death. We beg the jolly Hopkins to mo -
ify his humors, and not peril his last rest
ing place and the patrimony of his heirs by
the refinement of such cruel constitutional
nonsense. '
—Like the 'Yankee fiddler who always
at
ended on Yankee Poodle; no m,atter on w'
key. or tune he started, so Hopkins ends
as have all his associate thimble riggers e
ed—with a proposition to concede organ
tion for a few clerks and pesters. Give h i
a man or two, to copy laws, carry wood
fold papers, and the great , fundamental
sue fadesaway, and the venerable clown •
become a grave Senator again. Ha .I
tranition I—but it 'isn't the cards ; " t
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bass's eyes is sot 1"
THE DRAFT CONSMIITIONAL,
It will be remembered - that the Supreme
Court of Pennsylvania, after the defeat oftwo
of its members by the people, declaredi the:
conscription act unconstitutional. Itiwas
done in defiance of the uniform teachings
of the framers of the constitution, and- in
the face of the fact that the same qourt
would reverse itself in a few weeks. But
Judge Woodward must inflict his petty.
impotent vengeance, and he hurled an epin;
ion against the preservation of the go ern
went that was characterized by all the ck
lessness and bitterness of -a :stump s eech
from ikdisappointed Politician.
Recently Judge Agnew became-Judge in
place of Lowery, and a motion was mide to
dissolve the preliminary injunction rated
g
against the eagorcement of the conscription
act. It was ably argued and the inju ction
was dismissed, and the drift of the _ ilitia
I#3' Congress declared constitutional. udges
,E,
Woodward and Thompson of coursed ssent
ed ; but the irrevocable decision f the
court declares the 'conscription in II re
spects lawfdl. Judge Agnew deliv red•an
elaborate opinion, concluding as follows :
-.. The constitutional authority 'to ise the
national forces creates a corresponding duty
to provide a number adequate to the neessity.
The duty is vital and essential, falling back
on the fundamental right of self-pies Ovation,
1)
and the powers exp . ressed to dTla e war,
raise armies, maintain navies, aidprovide
for the common defence. Power a d duty
now
- go hand in hand with the e tremity
until eyery available man in thi ation is
called into, service; if the emergency require
it, and of this, there can be to.) dge but
Congress.
"They may proceed tfierefort to r i the ex=
haustion of the whole element 'son which
the State draws its Militia, for the people
under the two, powers are the acme; ,while
the supremacy of the national iower r pro
vided in section 2 of article 6, necessarily
draws to itself the whole flambe; if required
by the exigene t y, to the exclusionof the State
power." ,
" And in reason wliy, should a na or power
be restricted by a minor. The plar • r to•raise
armies comprehends for its purposs he whole
scope of the purposes of armies, vii le - the au
thority to call out the militia isc ntined to
the enumerated three."
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WE have some hope that Sago l r White
may reach Harrisburg this weld and end
a l
the disgraceful revolutionary it ceedings
of the Democratic Senators. Ina cordanee
with an unofficial intimation fr the reb
els that Major White would be xchanged
for Gen. Trimble, of the rebel Lowy, an of
ficial proposition from onr govenent has
gone to the rebel authorities tenting to
such an exchange.tlf accept, Major
White will be parol d to comeiNorth, to
be discharged from his parole soon - as
General Trimble is sent withiti the rebel
lines. 'lf the rebels insist up. retaining
Major White, then his resigns on will be
delivered, and;a new Senator e
seat in twenty days. -
—Gen. Trimble is a citizerr o
and was one of the leading sp
Baltimore riots whilh resulted
traction of the railroad bridges i
of 1861. When the ;Union 1
about to take possession of Ba
skedaddled to, his rebel friendsi
the rank of a Brigadier. He
and captured at Gettysburg,
one of the Eastern forts. He
merits the halter, that Jeff.
disposed even to disregard tl:t
his Copperhe4ul " Mends "
nia to get him back. A few (IF
the problem, and whether Ma,
exchanged or not, - the reign 01
anarchy in the Senate will be
HON. HENRY D. MOORE Iglu tominated
, It
as the Union candidate for S to Treasurer
by nearly a unanimous vote n first ballot,
on Thursday evening last. Thi3 debisive
expression in his favor was just tribute
to his high integrity and em . Rent capacity
for the responsible trust ; a d itwill bo-a
inurce of gratification to th loyal men of
the State that, whatever may be the finan
cial issues to be met duriu: this coming
year, the State will have a m.st faithful and
ictutiarn r
-20, 1864.
'competent officer to guard its credit and
'interests: ,
—Monday last was the day fixed by, law
for the - election of State Treasurer; but not,
joint convention was held in consequence of
the revolutionary proceedings of the Dem
°erotic Senators. No fears need be enter
tained, howeier, of the result. , In a little
time, the -Senate will stand 17 on the right
side to 16 on the wrong side, and a joint
'resolution will then be passed to elect a
Treasurer, and Mr. Moore will be chosen.
Had he been elected on MondaY, although
free from legal doubts, the present Treas
urer would probably refuse to vacate on the
Ist of May, and a tedious legal proceedings
would be - come, neeBssaaY to displaCe him.
It will end well, and all's - well that does!
WS are indebted toCol. c Stetzal of the 11th
Pa. Cay., noW on duty, on the Peninsula, for
files of the Richmond and Petersburg papers.
The last ',package gives us Richmond dates
to the 13th inst.; and the Petersburg Daily
Register of the 11th. The Register does not
favor its readers with ffliirket reports ; but
the Richmond. Examiner quotes gold at $22
fOr $1 ofgold ; flour tit $lO5 te $ll5 per bbl
and very :scarce ; hay $l5 per hundred, and
everything else in proportion.
Tux Daily Telegraph is the title of a new
_evening paper published in Philadelphia by
J. Barclay Harding, Esq. Mr. Harding is an
experienced newspaper publisher, and the
Telegraph. gives abundant eviddnee that it
will mainitfir a high rank in the list of Phil
adelphia dailies. It is a fearless Union pa
, -
por, , nnd merits success,
IN Harper's Weaty for this week we find:
an excellent 'double page engraving of the
return of veteran volunteers on furlough,
from a design by our young friend Mr. D. R.
Knight. It is designed and drawn in ex
quisite taste and displays the highest order of
artistic-skill.
" lax Pennsylvania Farmer and Gardner
.for January is out with new proprietors,
new suit, and giving evidence of vigor and
ability in all its departments. It is well
worth the subscription price to any - farmer.
Wm. S. Young Co., Philadelphia. Price
$1 per annum. - .
THE TRIBUNE ALMANAC for 1864 is the
most valuabP political annual published.
It has 11 : 4 ,3 usual . calculations, &c., neces
sary to mplete i epitome of the political
history of the year. Sent by mail for 15
cts. H 0 - reei r ey &Co., New York.
; 131LAT &BIcKNELL's' Bank Note Repor
ter is the
, oldest, publication of the kind in
the country, and it.has steadily maintained
a high character for its financial reports and
early and fellable information of counterfeits.
See advertisement in to-day's paper.
Tax-advertiaament of the Mail Routes of
Pennsylvania monopolizes our columns to a
large extent to-day. Mail contractors will
give the proposals proper attention.
W. W. ,11 , ..vi5, Esq., hoe resumed the ed
itorial chair as one of the editors of the Ju
niali Sentinel. Succees to the new firm.
Wz are indebted to Senator McSherry for
a copy of the Auditor General's Report on
Bangs.
GOSSIP WITH OUR FRIENDS.—Among the
many advantages possessed by a gossiper, pre
eminent is that of gossiping about what is
not (the ladies will please note and appreci
ate,) as well as wh•tt is. Welove our native
town with all her faults and want's ; and of
ten plan in our mind what we would do were
15 , e elected Burgess or High Constable. We
are_not fully aware how far the powers of the
aboie mentioned officers extend, but would
presume either could accomplish what we
purpose should we ever have the , chance.-
Chainbersburg needs a good Restaurant,With
its accompanying bur, very much. Now we
know
are
the ladies (God bless them) as a
rule are opposed to such things, but we will
for their benefit explain.. We have restaurants
in town, but not a single FANCY' one. Let
no Restaurateur take offence at what we say
for each one may, if he will, -- open one When
ever he pleases. Ladies, have any of you
ever calculated how much, money is spent In
this town' per month for ale and oysters and
such like? We will whisper it to you, but
you must not breathe it, for should your.
lords (don't bridle) discover_ the source Of
your information our life would not be worth
a tinker's—hem! On second thoughts, how
ever, we think we had better not tell it.
You were never in a first-class restaurant
ware you ? (We still address the ladies.)
Some we dare say have not. ' Shadeof Mich;
eel Angelo assist us! Ladies, imagine a spa
cious room- hung round with handsome-pic
tures, such as sou - never saw in your parlors,
,portraits of celebrated danseuses, race horses,
Heenan, Morrissey, Kitig, Sayers ; Adam
and Eve in the garden, Susannah surprised
at het: Bath by the Elders (Biblical); Jupiter
et Semele et Danes et Alite, Diana et En
dymion, Cupid et Psyche, Venus et Adonis
(classical); correct likenesses of Thais, As
pasia, Sappho, etc., etc., One entire side of
this spacious room is devoted to a handsome
marble-topped - counter, upon which are sr
-ranged at intervals Silver chafing dishes con
taming fried oysters, pigs' - feet, fish, fowls,
birds, scallops, slaw, pies, everything edible.
Behind the same, on gorgeous shelving,are
tastefully placed cut-glass decanters contain
ing many colored liquids . ; stone bottles hold
ing within their ample bellies many a kind
of malt liquor ; pyramids of limes and le
moni. Immediately '.underneath you will
find casks and barrels. Cigars and tobacco
too / are there, crackers and-bread and eheesq,
take his
Baltimore
Ots in the
n the des
tithe spring
mops were
lirtore, he
. aid rose to
id l as wounded
is now in
tminently
1
La's seems
payers. of
Donsylva
yivrill solve
or White is
Dmocrotie
LOCA L ITEMS.
spices and condiments ; what will make
. you
isungry, that which will induce thirst. Here
and there are tittle apartments curtained off
where your husbands and sons can eat and
drink and be merry 'without annoyance from
vulgar gaze. Some restaurants occupy the
entire building, in which ease there are pri
vate rooms to which your husbands can take
other men's wives to what our Gallic neigh
bors cal tun petit aouper.' (These houses have
all private entrances.) Shut your eyes, if
you are alone and yourbusband is onbusiness
to the city (or even to Harriiburg), and if it
be say 11 P.-M., and conceive the scene of
.such a 'room as walleye faintly pictured,
biilliantly lighted, adorned with huge mir
rors and crowded with gentlemen---add to all
this the clatter of knife and fork, popping of
corks, exchange of jest, oaths and laughs,
oigar smoke, tobacco spittle, and an occa
sional fight. The picture can be made more
complete by introducing the billiard table
and card room which occasionally accompa
ny the foregoing. - Now ladies, dear ladies,
.let us hare such en establishment here, and
my word for it, we (your male appendages)
would not find so much necessary -business to
take us to the cities. AsPatrick Henry once
felicitously remarked upon a like occasion,
if this be gossip, make then:Lost of it."
A CQ,IIITT,VL OF FORNEY.—The trial of John
Forney for the murder of Lieut. K._ N.Ford'
in Fulton county, on the 21st of January
1863, took place in McConnellsburg last
week. The commonwealth was reptesent4
by Hon. Alex. King, of Bedford, and Isaac
H. McCauley, Esq., of Chambersburg, add
Messrs. Kimmel! and Sharpe of Chambers
burg, Cessna of Bedford, Rai-Smith of Fulton,
conducted the defence. The fact that Forney
killed Lieut. Ford was not denied but the
defence was founded upon the allegation that
Forney did. not inVe service and that Ford
had no orders or atithority, to attempt his
arrest.
Forney was drafted in Todd township,
Fulton county, in 1862. On the day of the
appeals, prior to the draft, he had appeared
and made affidavit that he was over forty
five years - of age; and therefore claimed ex
emption. The commissioner drew a redline
- over his name, thus striking it from the roll
subject to draft. Subsequently the Commis
sioner was led to believe that he had been
imposed upon, and he wrote opposite the
name of Forney on the enrollment the words
not exempt." He 'was drafted, and the
word " drafted " - appears written on the, en
rollment over the words "not exempt."
During the week following the draft, Forney
again appeared before the Commissioner and
offered testimony to prove that he was 46
years of age. The Commissioner it seems
was, satisfied ; declared to Forney that he
ivas discharged, and wrote on the enrollthent
after Forney's name, the Words " over age."
Such was the record as presented to the Court.
When the provost guard , went to Fulton
comity to arrest deserters, by mistake of the
Commissioner the Tune of Forney was hand
ed-over on the list p: drafted men* who had
not reported. He was arrested as a deserter
but was discharged on a writ oNtabcas corpus
by Judge Campbell, on the ground that he
did not owe service. Lient. Ford went to
arrest him again. He ran upstairs in his
house with a loaded gun in his hand, and
notified -the squad of men that ho vir,as not
a drafted man and that he would resist his
arreSt. Lieut. Ford started to go up stairs
'after him, when Forney shot him, wounding
him mortally. He Surrendered himself to
the civil authorities, but was taken in custody
by the guard, brought to Chambersburg, and
sent to the Old Capitol Prison in Washing-
I ton. He was finally surrendered to the civil
authorities and confined in the Fulton Jail.
When the rebels were here last summer they
released him and' he razkoff but returned in
the fall and surrendered himself up for trial.
We have not seen the charge of the Court,
but from the high character of Judge Nill
as a faithful and loyal Judge, _we doubt not
that it presented the case properly to the
Jury. They remained out several hourS and
returned a verdict of not guilty, whereupon
Forney was discharged.
- —For obvious reasons we refrained from
commenting on thiS case while it yias'pend
ing in-the courts. That Forney was legally
acquitted seems to be free from doubt; `but
that he was an instrument in the hands of
abler and worse Men, was painfully manifest
from various- facts elicited in the history of
the case ; and that the aim of his masters was
to breed revolution, defeat the conscription,
and prevent the increase of our armies, can
not be truthfully - questioned. That they
have in this case, been saved by the generous
bearings of our criminal code in all cases of
_reasonable doubt, is! their fortune - - not then
just reward. - Perhaps the lesson may not-be
unwholesome.
TIME FOR VOLUNTEERS EXTENDED.—in
aceordanci; with the recent act of 'Congress,
Capt. Eyster, our Provost,Marshal, has issued
hand-bills , giving notice that the liberal
bounties of $4 2 - veterans and $BO2 for
new recruits will paid to all who enlist
before the Ist March , next. The net
quota of each district is about' three fourths
of the net quota assigned to each under the
late draft. Recruits will be credited to the
district in which they are paid local bounty,
without regard to their residence, and . per
sons .enlisting without local bounty will be
credited where they are enroled. Col. Elias
B. Troel, Capt. John Dcebler and • Lieut.
Benjamin Zook, of this county, are assigned
as recruiting agents, and will furnish any in
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formation desired. We trnst,that an earnest
effort will now ba made in every -rlistrictin
the county to 811 our quota. Wei feel well
assured ‘ that a draft will not be postponed
longer than the Ist of March.
Gov. CIIRTIN was in Chambersburg on
Friday evening, the guest of A, K. MCClure.
He returned to Harrisburg on Saturday af
ternoon.
11Cliowsu.'s Ba.ritur—This Battery *
commanded by Capt. Samuel McDowell,: of
this place, has re-enlisted for three years.
It comprises three . officers and eighty-two -
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men„ and is the largest Battery in'the Army .•-• 1.
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of the Cumberland, and the only one from ~,
Pennsylvania. Formed in this place in 1861, -;.,._
it was originally attached to the 77th Regt.. 7'
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commanded by Col. Stambaugh, bu was nr.- 4
terwards madeanindesndent or n . tron.'''
Its first officer , was Cap• 111 - ouler who sub-
sequeittly resigned and - was au eed by
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Capt. Stevens. Upon bil death al4he attle
of Chickamauga, Lieut. Samuel lApowell. '''';
the present commander, was appointed.—
Durini, the- time it has been in service, it
lost fifteen men killed or died from wounds.
For honorable and courageous service at the
battles, of Murfreesboro, Chattanooga and
Chickamauga, favora4e notice was taken by
the commander of the army in his regular
reports. It is the first Battery repo t ried as
Harrisburg for re-enlistment.
The Captain, with a late ,numbei of the
members from this 1 lace, are mot+ home on
thirty days leave. They are all in excellent
health and by speech and action enthusiasti
cally in favor of a vigorous prosecution of
the war.
THE DISTRICT (ZIT, OTAS.--Wii have receit
ed officially from the Provost Marshal the
quota' of each district in this county, The
nuniber given is the net quota, instead of fifty
per cent added, and the whole number most
be raised.; Greencastle and llercersbtog
have already filled theirs, and Chlmbersburg
is about full: An earnest effort would fill
the number in every district in the county,
and we trust thit i t it will be•doie. The seV
eral quotas are as follows :
Antrim , 48 Mentgomerr•-•
Greencastle 21 Mereersburg
-Chambersburg li. W... -41 Peters
Chambersburg S. W.... 31 Quincy ...
Fannett - - 20 St. Thomas 20
Green , ~ 35 Southampton -s. 21:
Guilford • 38 Warren 9 -
Ilamilpn 18 Washington...... N.... 31
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MILriARV I CLAIMB.—Through Jno. R. Orr,
Esq., t — re is a probability at all .claims
against this State, by those performing mili
tary duty) at camp McAllen near this place,
in the three months service, being paid. Mr.
Orr has appeared before 'the Military Board
of Claims at Harrisburg, and - every case
presented by him" has_been decided upon;
favorably. Those interested who have not ;
as yet reporied to Mr. Orr, should db - so at
once, as he has been selected by Otn.iiicAllen;
the Commandant of the post at the time, too„ , _
collect these claims, antd the time*their
presentation is limited. Some of the money
has been already collected and paid to the_
parties entitled to it.
LISI7T. M. W. Hotsza.=-This officer at
tached to Vo. C, 's7th Regt. Penna. Vols.,
Gen. Campbell's old command, has arrived"
at his home in this plaee and hus full power -
to recruit for his regiment. He has opened
a recruiting station in the office of: Thomas
L. Fletcher, Esq., on East Marketi
Street.—
Those who desire to enter the In tr(Ty ser
vice would do well tnenlist with I l iellenant
Hower. - -The fact that the entire ''retiment
has A-enlisted for three years indicates the
popularity of the officers and_ the efficiency
of the organiiatien. The regiment isvom
manded by Col. Peter Sides, a most capable
and brave officer.'
COL. BOYD'S Cavalry, the 21st Pennsylva
nia, has been ord.Ted here for re-organisa
tion. The companies on duty with lifin on
the border are now encamped' near town,
and three other companies on duty in the
coal legions, will be here In a few day!.
This command has won 'unusual credit for
new troops by its uniform gallantry and.ar
duous service, and we are glad to learn that
most of the men will re-enlist for thre4Cars:
Col. Boyd is a superior officer, and will be
held in. grateful remembrance by the people
of the border for his services during the last
six months.
To Dnerrxn Mfm.—We invite attention
to the card' of Jere Cook, Mgr, in our adver
tising column's, tendering his services to men
who have legal claims fin exemption froat
military service. His official connection
with the Prevost Marshal's office during this
Late draft, makes him perfectly familiar with .
the laws and the routine of business, and ap
pliefult‘t can confide such cases to him •fully
assured that they *ill not be wronged by
extortion
CLICAtt OPP TEE SNOW.—For the safety
of life and limb our citizens should-be par
ticular with each fall of snow to clear it from
the pavements. A thaw is often succeeded
, by a sudden freeze and the Sidewalks become
84 slippery that the use of them is dangerous.
A number of persons have recently injured
themselves severely by falls upon ' slipperi
pavements, and for the future our suggestion
should not be disregarded. . •
AczNOWIZDOESIENT.—We are requested ,
by Mr.' Henry Williams, (colored,) to se!:
knowledge-the receipt of forty-five dollars and
twenty cents contributed by a number of our
citizens for the purpose ofplaeing new4eats
in:the Bethel (colored) Church of this place.
PASTOR CROSZN.—/ter. P. W. Conrad, of
Lancaster, has been unanimously elected
pastor of thO4,utberan Congregation of this
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