In
,fraiiht*• - fOii.pi,tort.
Wednesday, FebruaTy 3, 1864.
TERMS-42 , per annum, in advance;
$2.50 ifiot paid within the year.: Alf subseriptiOn
‘stei.osists must -be settled annually. No_paper will be
' seat out of theStato unless paid for in advance.'
CRIMINAL DELAY IN CONGRESS.
Again we implore Congress ..to ACT! It
has' wasted two long months—it had its
fortnight of festivities when our armies were
shattered, and looking with anxious hearts
'for help from the-exhaustless power of the
government. It has lost golden days and
. weeks for preparition fdr the coming strug
-gin, and still the- great national-necessity=
:Involving early and enduring Peace, or pro
iracted, wasting,. deadly War—waits for its
In sixty days at the farthest the gather
ing storm must break, and woe to the un•
ihepared
.! Already the armies of crime
are making the mountains of Tennessee re-
echo the thunder of their artillery, and their
t• . ,
advancing columns proclaim the day ,of
`_death as nigh lt , " hand again. And yet
Congress answers the demand - for men by
two months, of 'criminal indifference ! '
The coming 1311 r ggt.le is fnaught- with the
Most momentous results. If we fail at any
important point, it may add months, per
haps years of war, and 'fresh hetacombi of
dead. If we 'are iOincible, as we can and
should be everywhere ,treason must recede
..without sanguinary battles, and..the crown•
log triumph of the Republic may be cele
brated with-thenext natal dafof the ITnien:
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G . ils p .the . .Aration. an efficient Conscription
' bin—meet traitors with TWO IV9.NE where
ever their bastard banner floats i 6 symbol
. of anarchy and death,- ; :give heart and hope
to the-soldiers of the
,'Old Flag, and there
` is not a brave veteran who will not, re enlist;
. thousandfacaffresh troops will hurry to the
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field strong in their own and the country's
cause, and ALL WILL -BE wEti:! . .
_ . Let Congress delay still longer and thus
defeat the needed additions to our armies,
and the ang just dawning upon us will
' be more de plikrimsoned than the fearful
'
baptism ofithe past. Treason will be.nerv;
!ed to deal its most desperate, most deadly
blows; andithg mpg give fresh triumphs
to crime, 4di.iliake
.hope 'break upon its
- now wide-spread despair ! - ~
•, Vie Nattba demands a just' Conseription
. WI to impose the blrden,of the war equally
..
upnn all., : Not an hour should be lost--
Another week should see it a law and its
ihaperative call npnn the - people officially
announced{ ' It should demand just tribute
from thoset wi*-;:fo not go, and deal\sz,ener
otisly witlithils 4 e*ho devote themselve.s to
`,the great cane: This done, and thousands
will'vOluntear, -.Who now wait hoping or
fearing that the government will not exer
e'its power, and the Union armies will
give us . i.Peaceful and Free Republic ere
irunatnerAdes before the frosts of autumn.
rthe - loyal hearts turn to Congress—lT
T A. XIJST DO ITS waprx DUTY, AND TILE RE
4',
'IILBLIC D 3 SAFE 1
—Since the ab(#e was in type we have
received:, the order of the President for
_ 500,000 men and a draft on the 10th of
_ Mai& Well done, noble Presidentl—
'ill Congress be ready? Will it perfect
- its conscription bill so as to allow the c0r
„...."
I*d:ion of the-enrolments in season for the
- draft?' It can do so, if it will. Many have
arrived at the age of twenty years. m the
Est enrolment, and they, with all who have
.6t . been in service for tiro years; all who
s •
have filed their intentions to become citi
,,iens, or %rho have voted under the laws of
the States, and it may be others, should be .
..added.. Let the distinction between the
A'4lontingents :be abolished—impose tribute
•nPoo those who do Hot serve, and pay a
ia • sum to.those who go, and bore than
mio)igh 4 of: men will respond to the call.
••=*e appeal to Congress—wAsTE NOT AN
' OTHER. DAY I z
TILE BLOW AT OUR CURRENCY.
The Democracy of the Senate persisted
in their. revolutionaryJ3chemes, , and obsti
nately refused to afford relief to the State
-", in:the payment of the interest on our debt.
The Union' Senators proposed on various
-4109 as ions to consider a bill to provide for
!fleeting the interest in currency, and ap
to,..the Democrats to stay their
maddess and save the people from be
jug pluridered ; but they were deaf to every
importunity offered in behalf of the tax
payers. Their conduct clearly manifested a
- settled purpose to linpair the government
credit ; embarrass the treasury, and impose
grievous and needless burdens upon the
' .epple. In
,the House, when the Union
` . ,:nien Proposed to consider the bill providing
for payment of the interest in eurreney,
, ,
the Democrats resorted to fillibustering; -
- ',iinadenver ch
Y possible dilitory motion, 'such
•• -asto postpone, to adjourn, Etc.; and when
that course' by the, call of ale
'
frinikhit spOs - 1113111, - februilti2 3, 1864.
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previous question; they re - Nisei:l to vote, ft l ii tt's'
necessitating a call of the House, and Wast
ing the session Without Passing the bill. L
This'action of the DeMocrats of the legis
lature is most unpardonable. It evinces a
shameless disregard - of the interests of the
people ; an utter want osymyathy with the, 1
cause of the governme t; a determination
i i .
to crippleits credit, an a most reckless de
fiance of the immediate, interests of the ;tag=
pa ers: Indeed it can cely be explained
up n any principle of ere political differ
tr?rd
e ce. _lt goes deepe and points, with
s ing conclusivene ,to a revolutionary 1
policy that aims at fina dial revulsion as the
first step toward the d struction of the gov
ernment, If our currency could be destroy
ed, the very foundation stone would be ta
ken from the great structure of our Free
Institution; and if ti e prostration of the
currency iot the delerate purpose of the
Democrats of the legis'ature, then there, can
be no rational explan4ion of their hostility
to the interests of the people, of the Stite
and of the Nation. I
There are able law.sers on the Democratic
, who know well how
aw as it . would be ad
. urts, if the bonds of
ets between individ
-11 Sharpe or Cyrus L.
• against John Smith,
e of the securities is
its creditors, expressly
e same in specie, they
the legal tender cur
fent would cancel it' ar
e Courts of 'New York
have already decided,
preme Court of every
i .. -Indeed, if the Uni
e a legal tender, as the
:here can be no other
a 'rational court, for
Ito pay in specie, made
r legal tender notes, is
_ dame footing with every
form of indebtednesS, whether book account,
side in the legislature
they are defying the
ministered by our Cc
`the . State were contra
rm.'s. If J. McDowc
Pershing held a bonc
drawn in the langua
sued by the State to I
stipulating to pay ti
are well advised that
nncy of the governt
par. So the Suprer
and Massachusetts
and so would the Su
loyal State deterruini
ted States Curren y 1
law declares it, t;
decision rendered 1)1
an express contract'
prior to the issue of
precisely upon the
cheek, negotiable
judgment; or any o,
assume. The law
in legal tender no;
note undo seal,
ther shape a debt could
•equired all to , be . paid
acy, if demanded; and
specie only was made a legal tender. The
courts therefore ve v properly decide, that
judgment can be h' - d
only for 'the amount
called fot by a nate or bond, and any legal
tender of the gore nment must necessarily
cancel the judgm nt: Thus would they
deal with individuals; but the State can
not be sued; its Executive officers cannot
disregard the law, which is mandatory as to
their action, and the State cannot withhold
its interest on the day it is due-7therefore,
for want of legislaion, the Governor and
financial officers * re compelled,' on Mon
day last, to draw s me six hundred thous
-3
-
and dollars needlssly from the: treasury.
Thus while all oth; r
'creditors of the State;
all creditors of indi l viduals; and all'monetary
transaltions • amog the people, are- com
kd to recogniz a tender of government
currency as'a pay lent, the bondholders of
the State, most of hom are foreigners, and
fots . to.ourinstitu ions, are paid sixty per
cent more than th it just claims, and -the
1 ,
treasury is so crip led that, with9at extra
ordinary revenues
is the -entertainment to
' out increased taxes, the
credit of the State cannot be sustained a
single l yer
l ift.
whichth Iltemoc ' is of the legislature have
invited us ! , , 1 .
—We need but urn to the rept'esentatives
and organs of Democraticthe patty to learn
how they have,pre-determined the' destruc
tion of our etirl•ett'ey if it cati,be compassed.
The Age, the i -Philafielphia% organ of that
party, has bee 4 earnest in demanding pay
ment of the interest in specie ;=and when its
"friends" hail ,alhteved their hoped for
success,by detelting ill legislative measures
of relief, it is in a delirium of _joy because
the people have been robbedokix hundred
thousand dollars, and in fiendish triumph
declares it ' a
. e illustration of the new
legal tender curr ney with which Abolition
ism has blessed t e country !" It denomi-.
notes the war fo .the preservation of the
Republic of our fthers " this Lincoln spree
into zollith the p ple have been inveigled,"
e fa
and boasts that ' it will cost a - good deal be
fore we get thr ugh with it !" -Such are
the Words of abe r which the organs of that
party send up fo a people 'struggling in the
Enblimest heroisfor the, life of the got
-1,1
ernment; such t eir epitaph over our mar
tyred dead ; 'Efuc the words of, consolation
to sorrowing hea is and stricken homes, and
- such . their tribu ,to the holiest civil cause
for which manki d has dared and died !
Gov. CURTIN received, official informa
tion from Gen., Butler on Saturday last,
that the rebel anthorities had , declined to
exchange Senatnr White; :and a writ for a
special election in his district was sent to the
.t..,a
Sheriffs of India a and Armstrong' counties
by-the western in the same evening. As
the law requires fifteen days to, elapse after
the delivery of .he writ to the Sheriff, be
fore the election can be held, and as it will
require nearly an additional week, to get the
meeting of the county and district return
Judges, the new, Senator cannot, be in his
place before the s2sth of this month. Judge
White, father 414* the Senator, has been
named as his - successor, but Mr. Taylor, of
Indiana, Representativein 1858-9, will most
likely be the Union candidate. The district
_gave Gov. Curtin about 2,3oo:taajority,, and
will of course send a Union Senator.
—We beg the legislature , to acijouru .at
once untirsuch time as will enable-the new
Senator to be in his seat. Nolegislation of
any kind can be done because of the'fieil3l6-
'teat =ahem 41 the Democratic Settattois i'
aad i' • 'useless for t House to preterit to
'transact i a siness with, • the Senate at a lead
lock. The Rrominent committees might
manage to pre e their leading bills and be
ready to report the by the Ist of 'Mira,
and the session wont be protracted but
little if any by the adjqu went: •We wit- I
nessed a session of the. Senal last week,
and its demoralization i. 4 humiliating indeed.
From twenty to thirty Senators , mt iiaily
to do just, nothing,- and, of course;W, en I
,the legitimate duties of the Senate halve E.
be laid aside, every species of
.tom filiolery
take their place. For the credit of the
Senate, and of the ,State, we entre4 the
Senate to propose au adjournment, and we
hope that the House will not reject its.
TIM U. S. Senate by the decisive v! to of
27 to 11, decided last.7eek to enforde the
rule adopted in 18620.. equiring all.Sepators
to take the oath of allegiance to the gioveni
.ment. A protracted debate precedid the
final vote, in which Davis, Jelnison, l Bay
ard, Saulisbury, Richardson, and othek rebel
sympathizers protested eloquently. against
compelling the members of the highest leg
islative tribunal of the Republic to be sworn
to fidelity to its preservation. Of
) e,ourse
Mr.. Buekalew voted with the min rity—
he professes to be a Democrat with pil the
pro slavery and semi-rebel variatios ; but
that Senator Cowan should get so fa astray'
1
as to vote with him :will create some sur
prise. Originally a radical Abolitionist, he
seems to be trying how for he can 1 1 an to
ward the rebel side of the questionithout,
g‘oing pier over. By his habitual agaries
~
hehas earned far himself the' most nenvi
able position of being trusted on neither
side in the Senate, and of being wilthout, a
sustaining constituency at home. i
_ —Senators Bayard and Riehardsn, who
'had previously refused to take t e oath,
promptly took it after the Passeg of the
i t
resolution. A - the vote for it wfes more
than two-thirds; it Clearly foreshaddwcd the
ejection of' any ,Senator who declino to ac
,cept it, and Richardson and Bayard pre
ferred swearing allegiance to being turned
out. Balrard took it with a heal heart,
and announced his intention, to resign ; but
at last accounts he had not 'done 'o. The
Nation would rejoice - to learn the... he has
fulfilled his threat. ..• 1
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Tift Carlisle 'Volunteer has a chrpni. p s
sion for insisting that Judge Wo k dwar.
-was elected Governor last fall. In its ast
issue itinsists that Gov. Cukin was "repu
•diated ' 4 by the 'people, and adds—"ls, be
not cognizant of the fact t that in every cozen- .
ty of the Commonwealth fraudulei3t, voting
was permitted ?" If there was f udulent
i tt
voting in Cumberland county, by does
not 'clic . Volunteer establish the fact and
bring the criminals to justice? It has a
Democratic court of the most app l oved pat
tern : the county officers are all Ditnocrats;
v t.
two-thirds or more of the electio . officers
are Democrats, and if it has ber cheated,
its DemoCratic ,friends must ha done it
just from force 'of habit. We insist that it
shall either establish some / fraudpr cease
its childish twaddle about bein cheated,
when its party had all the power to make
the election honest or dishonest Where,
by whom and to what extent were frauds
committed in Cumberland catty 't Will
the Volunteer be kind euough.to uraish the
names.for the information of its Democratic
District \ttorney, so that the off4nders may
be brough befoiitS Democrati l court and
Democratic juries for trial?.
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LOCA 1; ITEM
, .
- Gossip W IT H OCR F RI ENDs.—, We receiv
ed during the past six days no less than =yen anony
mous communications, written in ladii:' hand, ask
ing us in all sorts of insulting tang= whether we
meant "her" in what we *rote 'abort (what our
friend Jones calls), "the diseased" p av alrY tu an' :i
wife. Ono lady called us—no, we won't say what'she
called us, or this paper wouldbe throwr out of every
decent family, and we can't afford to tell the truth *
when it costs so dear; anothei said weiwere "a lying
scoundrel:" and still another threated, to send her
husband "to settle it" when he get hone; The other
four used more or less violent wording notnecessary
Ii
to Mention. To the first lady we sea a nice` clean
sheet of fool's cap, requestingher to eke' of it what
its name indicated, and wear it; these ond we favor
ed with a pink tinted note, requesting a lock of .her
hair and a front tooth as a memento ( iawas bitter.
for we knew her hair and teeth were ill false, and
the points of our unmanly
-joke was "memento
mori"); the third we dared in a neatlj worded billet
to send on her man, adding that we w 0 a good deal
more afraid of her; and to the rest we , aid no atten
tion; but we take this method of info Mg theta all
that—a great man once silenced a P sh woman bj•
using geometrical terms As adjeetiv s—Ex 'uihilo
aihajit. T-h-e-r-e, now.
" Lay on Macduff, and as thewaterir m the Eider's .
{a hisek •
Doth run. so-from our downy hide
Abuse will Surely glide." etc..
Mtnr imagine our chair to be oneo ease—ache, ne.
Like the clown that cried behind the mask,44er
forinour part to a delighted (?) audience, earn our
money, and retire to weepin private. , s's
,Esop—A dog with a piece of Meat in his moutli
was ono crossing a bridge, and, seeing his reflection
in the water, and thinking it was =oilier:dog, let -go
his own meat and snatched - at the imaginary piece in
the water. As it floated down the 9tresin, he ex
claimed in anguish, "Ah, if I had bee a satisfied with
the substance, I should not have bee itopled by the
shadow." - Dog—Davis; meat—slaverfr; stream—the
'Potomac. Richmond papers please copy. -
We were pleased to welcome to hiri old home last
week, Lieut. William 11, Knight, who though in the
army from the beginning of the war, and in twenty
one battles, is as sound as a rock: Re has well
earned his promotion, having regiOarly gone 'up
from the ranks, We hope to see an eagle on his'
shoulder one of these 4ays.
It is the taisfortnee of a gessiper te l give offence '
frequently when none is intended. The difference
between a conscientious ono and a 'Moeller is that
the Inger Preaohes on Sunday in a Rove' manner,
while he serreenizes on secular days and subjects
Witli a joke, just as mothers put medicine in jelly
for their darlings,.
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The Haserstown'Almanaoinits conjectures . = the
weather, says: "Pt Snow:- 24th, 25th, 26th, eeilit'
27th, 28th fall; 20th. 30th, aistoicirthuiest, very °Old."'
What does this mean? The randanie we know to
be correct, so the weather, must be) wrong, Novi
ages adage tout eela,' Rh? ' ' ' ' " ' - - '
It is,ehiieriug to`eeis . the sPirit'Writh which enlist
tents are carried on here and elsewhere. What a
e there will be in the spring, when the old watch
word is raised to some purpose, " onward to Rich
mond." jt seems a pity that after our boys are •tntitt
tered they should be peppered. '
"There are more things in Heaven and earth,Horatio,
Than are dreamt of In your philosophy."
We never fully appreciated the above till we were .
this day informed by a lady that she had made all
her dresses and her children's for the last eight years
—yes, a lady, always well dressed, and her children
too. It was difficult to credit, but it was true. We
trust the ladies will read this and apply, and That
their hu.shands - will take up a subscription for us as
a token of respect and gratitude. Ogladies, ladies,
vielords of creation' do spend too much for cigars
tuAstobaceo; brandy, whiskey, ale arid oysters: and
oecae-iiincilly for neckties and gloves I , ,,but who can
estimate t expense Of a lady's toilet, her milline
rY and mantu akery I Why don't the pulpit take
I hold of this incre ing evil ? Every one of the ten
commandments is b ken daily by some female sis
ter, through love, of dms, How handsome we all
shall look six reontbs—yeasix days—after our deaths!
Do the young ladies know. that they are spoken of
by their beaux as "dry goods ;" and that their inno
cent love of frippery causes many an ardent but cau
tious lover to hesitate "and pause ;Ind •Aliink upon
the brill."
Leapyear—noves yew time. fair sex, Embrace the
Privilege, give it a good bug; slay and spare not.
You all know that the name indicates that it is
venial for you to leap over the barriers of society,
maugre 31rs. Grundy, assert your rights, namely,
that you shall be boarded and lodged by some papas—
are-loving ara.d seeking and taking bachelor or wi
dower. So we repeat our injunction (not a legal one
by any means) to go in and win. Dear -me, as.if we
didn't know how many little trapi, are set already
far us.
Owing to the great scarcity of Hagerstown Alma
naes,this year, caused by the Rebel invasion of ,Tune,
'63, it was said to be Lee's main - object to prevent its
issue).we propose each week to publish the prognos
tics of the weather in advance, from Wednesday.to
Wednesday. This is a great agricultural movement
in the right direction; (for crops we Must have:) and
one we hope thht will be appreciated by our patrons,
.in the shape of now
,subscriptions; How - are we to
know the weather unless we are told. On the 31st
of December we are willing to sell our Almanac for
five dollars.
We have, after careful investigation, discovered
why soldiers spend their money so freely—because
they all 'wished. to be strapped. N. B.—Prompted
by our devil.
THE BATTLE-GROUND OF G Erryspu Ra.
Th rough the actiye exertinns of D. M'Conaughy, Esq.
of Gcttysburg, a provisional Association • has been
formed to secure and preserve as nearly as possib)e
in the-condition thfi battle cleft it, the historic and
sacred ground on - which the sanguinary battle of
Gettysburg was fought. It is contemplated to have
a perulunerit organization formed under an act of in
corporation. Mr. M'Conaughy has already secured
the Ast interesting portions of the battle-field, in
cluding Cemetery Hill, the granite sptir of Round
Top,•with the wonderful defences constructed in a
single night by the over-marfhed Penns. Reserves;
the timber breast-works on the Tighe.' extending
along Wolff 's Hill, and other important Points. Hon.
jcisepli It. Ingersoll, of Philadelphia; is President of
the temporary association:and a local committee, of
which lion. Hoary C. Carey is chairman, is actively
co-:operating in the movement in that city. Shares
are sold at ten dollars each, and it will need but a
systematic effoit here to secure a number of subscrip
tions. I t 'is not in any sense a speculation. - The ob
ject of the association is merely to secure and perpe
tuate for all time, the memorable field of Gettysburg,
where our State and Nation won their common de
liverance in a most fearful baptism of blood. The
.a
local committee of this place' consists of A. K. Mc-
Clure. Thos. B. Kennedy, s. Allison Fister,-Geo.
Brewer, ICin. M'Lellan, F. S. Stniiil*g,h and F. M:
- Subscriptions will be -received by either
of those gentlemen, and forwarded to the Treasurer.
As soon us an adequate fund is subscribed, the suli
sciibers will be called together in their several local
ities to elect Trustees, who will meet .at Gettysburg
to make a permanent organization.. The citizens of
Franklin emmtrshould act promptly and generous
ly in the matter.
CAPT: , R. B. WARD. of the 11th Penna
Cavalry, is still meeting with the most gratifying
success in obtaining recruits for various Pennsylva
nia regjucnts. He is'a thorough soldier, a most
competent bissiness man`, and an accomplished gen
leman. Kindness and affability mark' his conduct
I twith all who approach him, and it is a matter of
congrixtulation that so earnest and excellent a man
has been sent in our midst to add new recruits to the
service. Capt, Ward has full authority for offering
the regular United States Bounty, and the - various
local Bounties proposed from different sections of
-the State. ' Since the order for the draft of 500,000
men, to take, place March 10th, we would advise
I those intending voluntary enlistment to make early
application at Eapt, 1 4 / t urd's Headquarters on East
Market:Street.
VOLUNTIIIHRING.—VoIunteerrtig has been,
going on in this county with unexamPled rapidity ; ':
during the last few days. The new call of the Pres-:
ident for 600.000 - men was veceiv - bd most enthnsiasti:
eally.by the troops already enlisted, and the certainty
of a draft has given a wonderful impetus to volun
teering. Peters township put in her quota under
the old call on Monday and paid $lOO bounty
Chambersburg ha.s' more than filled her quota, and
many were enlisted here and credited to Phila- '
delphiii. where very large local bhunties are paid.
Lieut. Reilly enlisted fifteen men on Monday before
poop, and all the recruiting officers hare had a rioh'
harvest. '
:Wi call especial attention to the advertise
ment, in our columns of this week, of the Chambers
bum Academy; During the short time that Mr.
Kinney, has had Charge of this School, by his ener
getic and efficient manageatant of his pupils and
in the selection of teachers, he has made the academy
an institution of which we as a town have great
reason to feel proud. We are confident that wo can
offer no higher evidence of -our appreciation of its
merits than by stating that we are its patron, and we
are glad to know that the attendance has never
been better both in number and class of students.
THE Waynesboro' Record says. that Jere
miah Cooper, Fife Major of the 77th Pa. Regt., who
was among the missing at the battle of Chickamauga,
and for whose fate great - solicitude wasfelt in this
place, has at last been heahl from. His father,
Mr. Jeremfah Cooper, on Saturday week, received a
letter from him, from which it awlears ho is confin
ed in Scott's prison. Richmond, having been topong
those captured in that torrible.battle. Hewes in the
enjoyment, of gold-health,wbioh will be especially
gratifying to his parents after being kept so long in
suspense as to the fate of their son.
THE SEVENTY-SEVEHTH.----A. correspond
ent writing froth Nashville on the l9th inet., informs
'us that the 'nth Pa. Regt., comprised in part of
Franklin county boys. has re-enlisted. He says they
are encamped on the top of &aeon Mountain. en
joying godd health and excellent spirits . : A western
regiment that passed them told them of having met
some Ctitimbersburg soldiers, who awarded great
praise to the Chambersburg ladies for the Christmas
dinner given thein here ; nd both regiments joindd
in a hearty "three times three cheers "for the ladies
of Chambersburg.
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LECTURE ON THE BATAE OF GETTYSBURG.
—We learn that Rev. John R, Warner, formerly of
thin Alec, will lecture in Charnbersburg some
evening next week. an the Battle of Gettysburg, for
ate bcnofitiof the Ladies' Aid Society. Mr. Warn . er
was an ,eye witness of tho series of deadlrabanults
made upon our linos there, and hiireputation as a
'speaker, and the confidence with which his state
ments will he, accepted. must make his lecture one
of peculiar interest to our people. Duo notice will
be given' of the, time and' ptste of the leettire. •
Lntrr. vikultirit,-.iir -Co. L. 2lst Penna.
Cavalry, is recruiting his Company for three years,
aad had eighty men on Monday last. About fiftyaf
the old memberi under Capt. Miles re-enlisted, r and
it will enter the army 'again well organized and ca
pable of -rendering excellent service. Lieut. Har
mony will be Captain, and Wilson H. Reilly First
Lieutenant. Bbth are brave and capable officers.
THE Waynesboro' Record says that t. dis
pita the efforts oi.the miserable, cowardly copper
heads' or traitors, to curtail our business, it has been'
gradually on the increase. We have more subscri
bers and better ones to-day than during any y4ar
'since the find number of the pap cr was iSsucti,w MI an
advertising patronage surpassed by few if any village
papers." Glad to bear of its increased prosperity.,
• FIRE —On Monday, night of last . week.
Mt. Rook School Rouse, about -two miles west of
Shiprensburg, on the. turnpike, was destroyed by
fire; nothing but the walls remain Mg. The fire oc
curred at a late hour of the night, and before it was
_discovered it had progressed too far to be estip
gnished. We have not learned how the fire "or
iginated,
SOROS II M MoLAssics.—.4We are indebted to
Mr. Jacob scbunr, otAuilford, for a sample of his
Sorghum Molasses. Venoticed some 'weeks agci T his
success in raising "the,Sukiar Gine and manufacturing
the Molasses, and we ca,n beef testimony to the ex
eellent quality of' the amide.
Ax election for President and Directors of
the 'Sherman's Valley Railroad Company t will be
held at the house of Mr. John D. Cree, in Landis
burr, on Wednesday next; 'the Idth inst.. between
the hours of ten and four. We believe that some of
the stoekholden3 reside in Path Valley. •
.. •
TELE citizens of Waishington township held
a meeting on Saturday afternoon to make arrange
ments for filling their quota of mon under the pras
- call. r
J. SHARP Esq., has associated him
self with H. G. Smith, Esq., of Fallon, and editor of
the Democrat, in the practice of the lacrin the Fulton
courts. •
WE are indebted to Hon. A. H. Coffrotb,
M. C., and Messrs. MeSherry, - Sliaive. Horton and
Searhdit of the lepdelatare, for documents.,
AN lINWELCOXE STRANGER. —M. Itch,
commonly kuievn as the Itch, has mode Its appearance
In town anal in various places throughout the :county.
It may be a source of relief to pe'rsons so afflicted to
know that they can get a care cure for thin lroublesome
disease at Miller alienshey's. Let all so afflicted send
immediately to their Drug tore and get a box of Sec
ret's Itch Ointment. Price cents. lt lea speedy cuts.
FOR COUGHS, COIiDS; AND THROAT RES
oRD,MA,uS6 Brown's H4r.thialTro-hts, 7 lutvingproccei
their efficacy by a test of Many years. The Troches are
1116bly recommended and prescribed by Physicians and
Burgeons in the Army.
LOOK TO YOUR INTRIIRdT.—At Gelwick's
whbleanle and retail:store you can Dbt:tin the highest
price tor dried fruit and all kinds of country produce.
and oleo see the largest aud finest stock of geode at lira•
-
FARMERS, A. 2 :9Hoto l S£ EALERS Wilt)
to use the best Horse and.dattle Powder, rtmember that
lleysarl. Cresslor have jusi whet you want.
A LOT of riciNi r serviceable and very cheap
Pikes BOAR Also, flair Brushes, Combs,
Perfumery and :Sol,f at Heyser& Cressler's Drug Sture.
COUNTRY PROOLE. when you visit-ChAM
beNbarg. call at Gatwick? wholesafe and retail store
examaine ibe.largeatuck and get a bargain.
GELWICE,7B expects to make his business
pay by eelling the largest quantity and nut by large
•rufits. . .
roLecicAL iNTELIJG EWE.
The New: ;Terse? Legislature is the only
legislative body ot.(h1; 1 0 rebeldom with a Demo
cratic majority:
One of the v9rdiets a2;tiinst New York oily
for riot damages is for the sum of $59,000.. So much
for Gov. Seymoar's " friends."
ResOititiotts re-nominating Abraham Lin
coln for, the Presidency have tia.ssed the Kansai Leg
islature by a uhanictions vote. -..
---r • Intelligence is said to have been received
at Washington to the effect that the Republican
Legislatures of Maine, Illinois aud Indiana wilt; on
the 22(.1 inst.. add their voice to the many which have
preceded them, by nominating Mr. Lincoln for . re
election.
'the resolutions conte'mpinting a
.changein
the Constitution of Connecticut. so that soldiers in
the field may be allowed 'to vote, met with, opposi
tion in the house of Representatives of that State,
the full Democratic strengthheing cast' against them.
They passed by a vote of 116 to 76. They will now
go to tho next Legislature, and a two-thirds-vote
'will he necessary to sand the. question befOro the
people.
Th o President has authorized Gen. 'Steele
to order a Convention of the loyal people of Arkan
sas to abolish slaViiry, and a general election for the
organisation of the State under a Go venio r and other
executive officers. This intelligence announeel,
another , State:added to the Union—another great
victory achie;d for the Union.- The example of
Arkansas has its chief value in the' assurance which
gives that other States of the South will follow it
in the same -
The steamer Forsythe, brings' the follow
ing information from Little Rock, concerning the
- mnstruction'movement in Arkansas: The State
Convention which assembled on• the Bth di, had
about completed its labors. Much the largest por
tion of the State was represented, and no deliberd
tive body ever assembled in the State comprised
more solid worth and intelligence than this conven
tion. The article Iliehibiting. slavery in the State
was carried with but one dissenting vote, The Con
siltation is to be submitted to the people on the sec
ond Monday iu March, at which time State officers
and members of the Legislature will be elected. '
FINANVIAL.
The Treasury Department is' paying out
largely to all creditors of the Government the fire
per camera legal' tender nateis,
The citizens of Hagerstown. Cumberland,
and Frederick, Maryland, are moving in the matter
of establishing National Banks.
The New York . Tiines says that the United
States Treasury now holds . 1 , 1 its various offices
$18,000.000 in gold in excess of payments on public
interest.
We are informed that the First National
Bank of Gettysburg has complied with all the re
quisitiohs of the Law to do business, and will go into
operation as aeon as the Treasury Department can
,- - -
issue currency for its eirCulation.
,The Supreme Court of Massachusetts has
recently decided in the case of a promissory note
made payable on demand, in epecie, that judgment
can only be recovered for the amount of the face of
the note, and interesttlacreen, in the legal currency
of the country. The Supreme Court of Muir York
hesmade a similar decision.
Twenty-one millions more of gold are-now
on dePOsit in New York, Philadelphia, and Boston
than nn theist of December, 3860, when the Southern
Rebellion broke out. Our receipts of goldat New
York from Europe and from California, since the let
December, 1860,_ exceed our shipments thence by
$16,500,000. The excess in the gold production of
the Pacific States since let December, 19 60, ov-er, all
'shipments to Europe. China, and New York, ises
Mated at 525,000,000.
T
_ • "
BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH,
EXCLUSIVELY•FOR THE FRANKLIN REPOSITORY.
Bp tho Ohio and Atlantic Telegraph Line.—Offiefli
a t sbryock's Book Store and R. A. Depot. •
Advareee of the-Rebels in Western Vtr
glisia—Tl,lo.., Enemy Iteituised. .
lIVADQ'FS DEF'T OF IrVEST.E .- Ic
February Ist, 181,3.
COnsiderable excitement prevailed along
the line of the Railroad to-day. occasioned'
more by precautionary movements tbun any
thing else: Yesterday morning a portion of
a rebel brigaq that 'lied been sent-over into
the New .)reek Valley. for the purpose of
entrap Ping one'of our moving columns, came
upon the rear of Col. Thorburn's
_commtind.
Where upon skirmishing ensued between the
two forces.. Our men finally drove the reb
els back.
,This forenoon the enemy again
advanced, and• this time occupied-Burling
ton. Brisk skirinishing was - gain , on at
different times during this day:, Much eua
Hence is' felt in Gen2".Kelley's ability to de
feat the enemy's designs. Up to this tune ,
everything is favorable to the inferests-ofonr
side.. •
Monday 'etoiiing.—A fight took - Place„ - If s fte
this afternoon, in the New Creek. .ValleS.
between an advancing column of the enemy's
troops and one column of ours. After -a
131farp engagement we repulsed: the enemy.
driving him buck over two miles.
Another Sensation Dispatch about Meb
el Invasion—lmboden Reported March
ing into Pennsylvania.
NEW Yonx, Feb. 2.
The Tribune has a special, dispatch from
statingachat Iniboden's. rebel
Cavalry have crossi the Potomac and are
about to invade Pennsylvania'.
[The above must /.1 ema sated from :the
man • whO smashed up - a train on the Oatii-'
wissa Railroad a few days ago by teh*raph.
There is nut a word of truth in it. At I; P.
M. yesterday, Tuesday. all was quiet along
the 'Potomac ; - the trains on the:Baltimore
and Ohio Rail — ad were running regularly
and the telegrap line working Ahrough to
Wheeling. The sensation dispatch was sent
over the "Inland Telegraph Line" frOut
Harrisburg. That line seein4,to have a" fan
cy for getting out thrilling news without: a _
shadow of foundation -for REPOSI
TORY.]
BY TUESDAY'S DIAILSa
Resignation of Senator White.
The resignation of_ Senator White was ,
delivered to Speaker Penny on Monday hst..
byJudge White, his father. It is dated tith
November, but was not received until early
in December. Senator White in concluding
his letter says:
The good people of my di-triet are chiefly
interested in this .matter, And my duty to
them in the premises has given m? many an
hour of anxious solicitude in this weary pri
son.life. I cannot, now in any way consult
with them.. They should, however, antott
time go unrepresented. Their gencrOus
confidence was but •recently giVen me, and
they will, I trust, give the approvixl of their
voice to the step I now take, dad select as
my successor One who will he its 'faithful - to
their interests and the great datise ,of our
country as I, .at least, desired to be. De
pleased, theref6re, tci neeept my resignation
as a Senator from the Twenty-first Senato
rial District. Jie kind enough to convey to
my "brother Senators assurances of respect
and esteem. Tell them, "though cast down.
lam not dismayed. Though in bonds; lam
full of hope." Tell them my- prayer and
trust is that no word or deed may go out of
the counsels of your Senate to weaken' the
arm or make f tint the. nesrt Of thole b •aN e
Soldiers - of the Union who are beuring.in the
field st, sere and triumphant suecesg, the ghat
est strength of history. Accept, my dear
my kindest wishes for your good health
- and_ future prosperity. lam yours truly,'
.11Attitv WHITE.
Philadelphia Markets. '
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 2,.1864.
The flour Market is quiet, witlfSaleti of
2.000 , bhls. at $6 s(!(iiX 75 for extra . family ands96i)lo fur fancy.—The receipts contio:-
lie very small. Rye Flour is steady at $6 44
and Corn Meal at $5 50. There is a fair
inquiry for Wheat and 19,000 bushels of good
upd - 'prime Pennsylvania and Ailiterri - red
sold at $1 68e1- 70 and small lot, of Wllittt
llt 85®.-1 90. Rye has declined. Corn Is
very quiet. Small sales of yellow at $1,09.
Outs dull and WOO bushels of Pennsylvania
sold at 86087cts. Clover-Seed has advanc
ed-to $8 .7509.. Sales Of Timothy at $ 3 50
(0 .62i.;, Flax- seed Jit $3 '35. 'Provisions
move slowly. Whiskey unsettled ; -sales of
bbls, at 83®84c and drudge at 81 ®13'243..,..
per gallop. - -
The Rebel Authorities Rake , a Comti
•tioual Prppoaltion to Ta►y Down Their
Aims!
The American - has the assurancitfrom
gentleman jest frorri 'Richmond, who ha•
goner to Wzo Au communicate n t h
the Governtnerit, that the rebel atittor4ies
are taking steps to propose to the Federal
Government to lay down their arms, pro
vided that the' President's amnesty proida 7
mation be tendered to their lenders. -
[We give- the above without preteriding
to endure Pitseorreetriess—ED REPosurotti. J
'MARRIED.
RARMONY—BAIIERS.--4:th the 25th ult..by the
Rev. M. Wolf, Mr. WILLIAM HARIIINT to \ti
ItantsA EABBRS. both of this Place.
PICKLE—th)OII.-On the 12th nit., by the Rev.
Bernard M'eullout, Mr. JOHN PICKLE, of llarrisburtc t
to Miss AGNKS COOL'orthis place.
STARLIPER—STEPEY.--Oli the Bth ult., by tilke
Rev. I. (1, Brown, Mr. CLARKSON ST AHEM* of
Montgomery township, to Miss ELIZABETH STRTRY.
of Peters township.
ANDERSON—IIITIL.On the 31st alt.
ay.
Rev. F. Dyson. Mr.LW. W. A:cep:coma. ofip'emitts
hero', to Miss J Esata S. of St. Th as.
PIED
CAMPBELL,-On the 27th ultxt her rcsidencli re
this place, MIS. MA.RAIIKT L., w ow of the late Oak
Cam Deli, Fin., in th e Mai your of her age. - ,
KERR.—On the I.Vth nit., at the residence of his
son-in-law, Mr. Daniel :11in ch. Mr. J. l / 4 maS -Kraut,
aged 87 rears. _
SEA PER.-On'the 26E11 'st., in ibis pladaji tittdo a
?
FRANKLIN, son of Cath e and Jacob, Shaforaor
Pente
_,_r) aged. 4 years, 2 oaths and 22 days.
BONEBREAF..--0 the 25th Wt., near WaYnett
botie J A COB, non of r. Henry Donebreak aged La
years; I month and
4 2 0 duyis.- - i-. . . .
HAWBECKER tithe 234 tilt., in 'l3iiisiolgtle.
Mr. Levi HAwn son.-in the 48th rear Of hisitge:
HENNIQLE ' n the24th talt,,noarlitaynesboro'.
,
Jonsi, son of ii r. Henry Ilennicle aged i 5 years, 9
'months and i days. - -
STAKE. t n the 24th ult., in Upper Strasburg.
SAMUEL AK it, aged 2 years . &months and 24 dcYr.
PRODUCE MARKET.
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