trattle Ilrlypoitort.
A STAGE-COA•Cft JOURNEY.
': - A truce to stoma :- We welconie it in the
lmsy whirl of life—find music in the Wild
shriek of the iron hors, , ache plunges through
, our beautiful vadloys. ; hurls his.livittg freight
almost with lightning speed around the tocv
Cling cliffs of our sinuous streams ; climbs
our - mountaiffs,with merry, tireless enorgy ;
la
%pans our broad rivers on the fragile. 100 - -
webs-which here and there pay' tribltte to
genius. of 'Man ;- and when' bidden by his'
masher; the snorting giant stops imhis course,
and in the'quietness of Conscious strength,
1410/3: . its the signal toatutilillate distances ROM.
We leave him to his romantic achieveme q,
and turn with contented-step to" ive day.;. , ?,
the eld-time habits of our falters.- Ph e s ger'
;coach with its jolly 'jchu on the outer - seat;
his whip in faultless trim to make the woods
re-echo his skill ; his net-;work of lines gath
er; up methodically . entwined - about his
/Thaws ; his double span of bays pitching
back their ears to catch the first- word that
bids them start and display their mettle to
the admiring gaze of ' tbe village boys, all
'tell that there are still green spots where
relentless progress has not-transtormed old
fashions and affections,
Whether city or rustic driver, one lesson
, all have learned. Th.! stage is never fall—
oue more is'ever w e lcome and room abunti
ant, , We were all well ' fixed,- two on each
seat, when with a; genial smile that none
could setik to dissipate, another - passenger was
added to - each 'bench with every- assurance
)tltat all would be •conil ,rtablc. Thanks to
. I:itgene, hoops are less expanded than for
_ nier/y, and with the skill peculiar to the sex,
three ladies of ,fitirproportions were Packed
into the hindmost seat and. their crinoline
plkyoued to have vanished. The first-seat
ll'ore.with us a rolicking soldier, broiAed . by
nearly,thrve years of camp life, and it may
he the hero of Many battles, and between us
, -at a modest miss just in that saddest period
of life—too old to be a girl, and too young
to be 'a lady. The Middle -seat' was occupied
with two ladies, bearing the insignia of be
reavement, and bet Ween them perpetual sun
'shine played from tlit lovely face of a little
girl who owned - herself a child. - Thus we
started for a weary ride, strangers and chill
ed by the custom that, makes each one wait
awl wonder at the silence-of others But
nature had a representative, unfashioned by
coremonial life, with heart gushing forth ,
the innocent frolic of youth, and- merriment
flashing upon the dimpled face, as the sun
piercing the placid stream' through the
branches weaving„before the gentle breeze.
With the instinceef childhoOd she turned
'her merrY eyes hither and thither to see the
first face relax from the repulsive' stillmss,
that reigned. We looked- for a maternal
smile - to answer bick the love that .beamed
in every expressionof the little thee; but the
dignified matrons on either side seemed like
statues, and we studied in 'vain to detect the
iMither. We could not .but 'give an expres
sion- of sympathy,. by returning a smile to
the angel of our circle, and as if electrified,
she'repaid it with a grateful overflow Of af
f.ction. The mother was no fonger 'bidden.
She could chill her child with rigid muscles
and withhold the sympathy the littltc artless
oyes looked and longed for; but when she
had won it 'from a stranger, -maternal pride
,unlooSed the fetters of election, and there.
was at least one happy heart With us, and'
we had pleasant converse as the bud of wo
manhood found/ beauty even in winter's des
olation. The titother mingled genial words
with those of the little prattler; the solitude
of the stage-coach was broken, and we formed
a circle of our awn with the oi hers . as anvil--
fors; • We talked of war, of polities; of melt,
of women, ever bending from the subject
whertthe bewitching medium of our acquain
tance broke in With her child-like interroga
viries; and when the intelligent Matron in
troduced our own name' into the discussion,
in ignorance of our presence;' aninnulverted
in'kindness upon our life,_ and- related the
frolics, we had with her as school-mates, we
had relief ins the little stranger, who was
at ways ready 'to close a subject by taking the ,
mother's place in the conversation. In vain
w 9 traced every feature of the matron's-face
—Peered into every line and' expression of
the child's, to
- recall the romping play-mate
of school-boy attys. We could not ask her
name, for that-;would have involved recip
roeity,-and with a kiss, returned with will
ing lips, we bid the little angel adieu, as the
stage- stopped at the Village Inn of Bloom
field; each to the other nameless.'
Bloomfield!. t It seems but yesterday since
we responded to the "barrack's bell" to re
cite half-learned lessons to the old parson in
his plain suit of gray. His pupils loved him
for his kind indulgence, and ibis dry jokes
--
were the admiration'of the school, while his
periodical storms Of flogging were forgiven
from the mingled conviction that they were
-reluctantly dealt and eminently merited.
But more than-two decades belong to history
since then. We meet familiar faces still, but
eaclproclaims the same sad story of Time's
rude s rravages. Alas ! how locks are frosted;
-hbw sparkling eyes are dimmed; how noble
forins are bowed, and how the "City of the
Silent" has claimed its share of 4- the ol,d and
young of twenty years ago. Children flit
,abottt us bearing upon their faces the, impress
that tells how maidens have become matrons,
and a few' remain whose obstinate virtue giveS
honored fruit in silvered spinsters. _School
boy- chums are now grave expounders of the
law; preach " Him sraified" to fallen man;
Lill seats in our legislative and usurp
the duties-and prerogatives of the generation
that lamented our follies and with oininouS
')ook foretold qur destinies. The village par
son-4.i sleeps his last sleep" with such of his
parishioners as have gone to the rest that re
maineth for the people of God; and few there
'be who emulate his 'blameless - life and labor
.. .
of love, The-.yillage i poet who l- bursts - upon
the Muse in his impassioned lilies to the girl
"with the golden hair'," is withont a place or
habitation among the scenes 6f , his , early
honors; and the gathering infitimities of age
tgave stilled the shrill tongue ' the hounds
which made Blackstone and Chitty
.irksome,
~.
and %awed many a hasty stitch by the disci-
Plettf leather and lasts. .The mcisured tread
of the sedate master of our early art, has long
early
art,
since ceased to!bring-truant bo cs,to toil, and'
another name' -greets • the visit r at the door
i i ,
of the old- 4 viet, hospitabl home. The
e t
blooming .t has non hitn tbthe sun-set
side of th er of Waters, and the little
ones who . iit•d in long clothes about his
hearth-stun re heroes_ in the noble armies
w hi c h w ive ': tied the Old I` ag, front St.
Louis to t ~_-thlf. Another lid 110-succeeded
to the ungrauints task of leang waiward
boyhood to the path of nselltlhe )>, would now
11l
be a stratiger . to half the smiles which would
Meet him on the familiar stre ts. - Beneath
the sad sliado•ws of disease, them' ever bloomed
in perpetual freshness man's noblest attribute
—unfaltering Friendship; and ,as our chosen
paths have been followed, life's darkest cloud's
have been brightened asgrateft l'inemorfre
turns to the faithful . friend—the indulgent
master and kind companion cf our youth.
The old village newspaper still remains, .arid
its Editor seams scarcely older ,han when he
kindly excused our original gramar and or
thography in our aspirations to write "words
that burn" for hil •• numerthisland'respectw.
ble readers." Titte hai dealt kindly with him;
sportive editions 4 hira;elf beguile his leisure
hours, and he Oats on in life' theiny path
honored, useful mad a pattern l of the better
qualities of his race. He has .1c, -on content
ment, tad who hits won more?! Ofall those
who have gone from him to N:oo licklefor-,
tune, or follow the daziling batible of fame,
who has filled the measnre of bfe's true pur
pose and-won s'o ; ri, h :a rewaid as. he ? .He
joins us, with the village eminence, who has
gathered laurels with the honored "of the .
Nation in its capitol, and the evening hours,,
althciugh tolled with serupulouf exactness by
the cild family clock in the corer, pass away
almo'st wiper cAvya in the critical review of
our sanguinary battles, of our generals, and
of our common perils, which seemed to de
mand more than a friendlAcinit to do justice
to them. The good old schciol dame who
Ministered to us, tempted to silence and se
paration by her welcome vursla of delicious
fruit ; but the experiment failed, tunivin'-de
spair she . finally yielded and sought her
couch reluctantly without the lustutichapter
and prayers, while her lord in sad politeness
listened pensively to, the hum)ble heroes of
politics, until the midnight hold- was marked
upon the unerring dial that confronted the.
entertainment, when a hearty flood -night left
._.
us to repose.. ,
I
A bright morning smiled Upon us as we
turned from the many mingled memories
which cluster Fil,ollt the heartsinne village: and
evening found us at the Vener tble awestral
honiestead, bounteous with heart -felt welcOrne.
The old stove had its cheirful tire blazing on
the hearth. nnchano ' ed :by lice's' mutations
which brougbt tht:ehird generation to its
genial corner; and sunshine and shadows
pitted through the circle as the departed were
mOurned and tin-living bles+4. For each
that has come.and gone, the homestead has its
memento, and its sacred memories teach that
`after all, . however sad may be life's, vicissi
tudes,; ho 2 vever faithless its. frind,sh ips, there
is ever something worth living for on earth—
'some hearts sincere in affecti( l n and sorrow.
—But relentless time recalls Sus to-the whirl
of steam and the busy walks oflife again, and
gathering duties beset patiencas we return.
)
Two days havel
been given t pleasantret:.
rospection; to old friends; o 1 scenes; old
memories, and tint old willow Editorial chair
was wekome again as we plUnged into the
'scores of si:euMuitited letters and exchanges.
Tit E WUESS.
• The Lancaster Daily Ingt
discontinued, for want of_patr
` Tha Pittsburg Daily (101+Iler . d. (14 has
becn purchaed by a•Printing (Association.
The Milford Eagle is the
Union paper publishedin.Yiki
.has a magivifiolnit Acid for mil
ntimns
The Pitt-burg Daily Post,
Organ of We;tern Pennsylv
donned a new suite of bean
. -
gives every evidence of prospe
to the Post in all, things but
Tjaellatrisbur4 Daily Teleii
new type, and its spicy 'colun
and clean as posdble. -It is
daily at the capital, and has
creasing circulation. -
.
Th/Danvitle ',loLcrizah altd - Dem - oe rat hav e
bee' united under the ,editoril direction' of
!,
J. '.., Bailey. Esq., who 'presents the new
joupal in a_ beautiful Alrers and displays abil
ity in all its .departments. it is thoroughly
loyal. Suceess to it.' - ,
M.Essos. 3ilriAG SG SYE.kRY have retired
ti
from the Huge rstow n Herald a Torch Light,
after a most useful :arid suec sful business
enterprise as its publishers for nearly a quar
ter, of a century. They retire widely ,re
spected, and,we hope well rewarded for their
laborS. Messrs. John M'Cluily and E. W.
Curriden, Esqs., of Shippeniburg, succeed
them, and they will fully mauntain the high
character of the Herald and Torch for integ
rity and loyalty, and will inf so now energy
into its columns. Botharees eriencedprin.
ters and writers; blameless in charaCter and
faithful to the country's_ cau.e,:and we cor
dially commend them to the sympathy and
support of the loyal people of Maryland.
WE invite attention to the,
of the American Agricultur
paper: We have heretofore
publioation as altogether the
eat issued in this country,
should be Nithout it: . We 1
*'dingle numbeft- of it that
fully the subscription price for ayear. It is
eminently practical 'and always reliable in its
,sugtstl'ims'ttniehini Agricultural nor
tieu mit affairs, and its 'completeness as a
channel of information for all to the varied
interests of the farmer. displays the highest
degred of , editorial skill and ability. We
earnestly Urge every fanner to subscribe . for
the Agriculturist.
On, esdny of last week, the authorities
of nib del phiaAave a reception to Maj. Gen.
?teade n-Indeibtidence Hall. An immense
concout i ,se of people Attended and the_Hero of
Gettysburg WAS greeted with unbounded en
thusiasm. Mayor Henry addressed him in
eloquent words -of welcome, to which Gen.
Meade replied. He said: •
When he. came to this-city to visit his
family he had no thought that he should be
called upon to witness such a denionstration.
He thanked the citizens - of Philadelphia,
through, their reprbsentatives, for this recep
tion. Sometimes. he thinks that too much
importance is attached to his4minble efforts
in behalf of the Union. TO his officers,
'brigade commanders, regimental command
ers, and company commanders, but
_more
particularly the heroic bearing of the private
soldiers, the great success of the army isdue.
[Applause.] -If he had not the support of
his soldiers not all the military skill in the
World . could succeed. Heldesired that the
credit should he given to his army. After
the battle of Gettysburg he fully appreciated
the services of that arthy which is sometimes
called unfortunate.. When the record of that
army l•ecomes fully known it will appear
that that army is one of the'most gallant and
determined that the world ever saw,. [Ap
plause.] As a statistical fact, he would state
th•tt. since March, 1861, not less than 100,000
men bad - been killed aid" wounded. He,
thought that record would show what - that
army has done. When the season for oper
ation t commences, it will be his duty to again
lend that army to the field and he will feel
greatly inspired when he knows that his ef
forts nre appreciated." The General concluded
his remarks by again returning thanks for
this reception. •
'Gen. Meade then took a position in the
centre of the room, and shook each member
of City Councils by the hand. At the con
clusion of .this ceremony the public wits ad
mitted, and far upwards of an hour, the
General was kept littsy shaking hands with
the people.
The Dead-Leek' tn . the Senate—New Em.
harrassments for the Revolting - Dern-
ocrats-A Spicy Debate in the Rouse
.. Mr. Sharpe pnt upon the-Defensive--
, His Constituents Charged with*Dia.
loyalty-Subscriptions for Bounties to
be Repaid by Taxes-Col. R. Biddle
Roberts' Report.
Correspondence of the Franklin Repository.
HARRISBURG, F6b.15, 1864.
, The Senate," did nothing during the last week, its
usual. There was not even a respectable discussion
to relieve the tedium of the costly farce that - has
been played by the Democratic Senators. II A propo
sition was made by the Union Senators to allow
private bills to be passed; but Lambertmi objected,
and ac the organ of the Deniocratie Senators, de
clared that no legislation of any kind could bo done
in the Senate. Fortunately the dead-lock will end"next Week. -On the Mb—Friday next—Dr. Thomas
St. Clair, a thoroughly loyal man, will be chosen in
place of Senator White, and by one week thereafter
lie can be in his seat., The Senate then will stand
17 to lfi, and the revolutionists will cease to be potent
to disgrace the first legislative tribunal of the State.,
Whet the revolutionists will do when Dr. St. Clair
appears to take .his seat is of little consequence
practically, but for the sake of consistency they must
at least-employ Larnberton to protest. If Senator
Penny iS now, the legal Speaker of the Senate, as is
notMoubted by any save a few reckless partisans,
then the action of the Democratic Senators in arrest
ing legislitidn, imposing immense burdens upon the
t tx payers, and clouding the fame of the State, is in_
the highest degree critu : but if as they pretendio
believe Mr. Penny is nut Sticaker,he is not competent
toissiie awrit for the election to fi4Senator White's
vacancy; and if the writ is illegal, the election will be
illegal, and Dr. St. Clair will be no more a Senator
than your correspondent. Of courim Lambertonwilt
froth and fume on this question when the new
Senator appears, and it May be that Clymer will
exhibit n few feeble throes as he dies on the last
ballot for Speaker ; but it will be just so much waste
of the raw material, the new Senator will be sworn;
will be entered in the roll ; will be called by the'
clerk; will vote for Mr. Penny; will give Mr.Penny_
a majority. and Mr. Penny will probably be‘com-,
pelled to declare - that he is elected Speaker, and
thenceforth the occupation of the revolutionists will
be gone. -
The House had an exciting debate on Wednesday
and Thursday last at the expenie of the border comi
ties generally and Franklin county in particular.
Mr. Sharpe had read a bill in place providing for , the
adjudication and payment of the military claims in
the border counticsrand Mr. Kelly; of Washington
county, proposed the following by way of inflrue
don to the select committee to whom the bill was
referred, and of which Mr. Sharpeds chairman :
Wimat:As. There is reason'to believe that the re=
bet invasions of Pennsylvania were, in a great mea
sure. lirinightabout through. the connivance and by
the encouragement of disloyal persons in our own
State.
,irer has been
=
title of a new
county. It
slonary °per-
c Democratic
I tnia, has just
ifnl type, and:
ll==l
• And rehererta,
,Claims for damages done during
those invasions are now being presented to this leg
islature; therefore,
Rewired. That the select committee to whom are
referred all matters in relation to claims arising out
of : alleged losses from - the rebel raids of 1862. and
1863, he instructed to report as part of their bill—if
thdy report a hill—a clause requiring the parties
presenting claims to furnish positive proofs of their
•
1=
rack is oat in
ns•look neat
he only loyal
wide and
Mr. Sharpe at once opposed the adoption of the
resolution as an imputation against the loyalty of
his constituents; and in the course ofla protracted
debate, maintained himself, in the defence of 11:,
people. with masterly ability. The resolutions wet.
obnoxious
obnoxious to just criticism because
,of - 11-
nitimess, arid wore resisted generalf. ergo
cram while the Union men were ()A : p il ed
in the conviction by the debate that m /evidence
of loyalty should be exacted. •It is probable that a
modified resolution will pass-lone directing a just
care in awarding damages that none be paid to any
who have directly or indirectly aided or abetted the
enemy.
In the course 6f the debate - Mr. Watson, olPhila- -
dolphin, reflected with severity upon the people of
Franklin county, alleging that when the Philadel-:
phia militia were there the people " had not a Word
of comfort to giro them," and' the troops felt, he
said, "Iti though they were in an enemy's country."
To this Mr. Skirpe replied:
I will statmfer the. information of the gentleman
from Philadelphia, that whole regiments from that
city Nut been fed by the private charity of my eon _
stitaiints, beeauto the military authorities of the
State "of Pennsylvania had neglected to provide the
necessary" rations for them. If that, 11r. Speaker be
giving bold eharits to those who corns to defeml our I
homes and ftresidev—if that be a failure t to extend I
cheer and-comfort tr them—then, sir, indbed I rep
resent a disloyal constituency. 1 3ut, Mr. Speaker,
there is no man who has not lived among the people I
-with whom :lave, that can conceive of the priva- i
tions, the trials and the annoyances which my pee ij
-
Pie have suffered, or of the liberal bounty _which I
they have extended to those who from other
.sections of the State to defend their borders. -
To the foregoing Mr. Sharpe might have added;
that the people of Franklin and Adams had„been
rohbed of almost everything by the rebels just be- i
fore the militia arrived there; that many familie:s.ll
advertisement
:st in to-day's
!eferred to this
best and cheap
and no farmer
ve not yet seen
• as not worth
t he iratlittin, nem' orp, s eb aru 17,
,1864.
HONORS TO GEN. MEADE.
HAIRIS'BURG
• ) . ~_
i , comfortabl , ...... mstances, could scariely procure
sufficient food or. themselves: and, yet - from their
ants stores, they dealt out with a most bountiful
and to the troops thrown -into the field with such
tktste that they could not be supplied in the regular
Tanner. There ;may be a few exceptional eases;
lut-the people of the bidder as a rule exhausted
em,selves to slipped the militia who had gone to
sir defence. Such imputations come with a bad
resee' from so intelligent a member - as Mr. Watson.
he session closed before action was taken on the
olutions. It ,i 1 t come up again to-night. -'
i'c
Mr. Sharpe passed a bill on Thursday directing the
boot Directors of the several districts of Franklin
ounty to levy and collect with the next school tax,
sufficient sum in ezteh district to repay the subscriP
ons to the several bounty funds. Peters is not em
raced in this bill, owing, it is said, to the fact tkat
he contributions, were made up there only by men
iable to military duty. The bill will pass the Senate
98 soon as legisiation is commenced there.
I Col. R. Biddle Roberts, late Military State Agent
et Washington, bas made an interesting Report to
the Clovemor. Ile refers to the necessity oleo enlar
ging the Agency so as to enable all claims for boun
ty, back pay dre. to be collected without charge. It
ould be but a just regard for the-brave soldiers to
aye this done fOr them, and save them from the
harks who infest the eapital to prey upon the do: -
fenders of the Flag. Some idea of the magnitude of
lho duties of the Agent may be gathered from the
ollowing extract from Col. Robert's report. He says:
The officer who has been dismissed the service,
Whether properly or improperly—the soldier sick-in
hospital,,tn wantof a furlough, of a transfer, of pay,
ieiothing et a descriptive list—the paroled prisoner
arching for his exchange or his regiment—the
idow, in quest of her late husband's back pay and
er pension—the anxious wife, parents or other
Iridative, in quest some lost one who has given up
is life in the field, amino one can toll where—the
end 'or relative searching through the endless
ands of the Washington hospitals for the wounded
nd the sick, or returning-with the remains of The
allant slain, receiving the transportation given by
the State—all expect, and rightfully expect, to find
in the State Agent a friend, an adviser, a counsellor,
t *L.
n assistant who, will at once facilitate them in the
gcharge of duties so important and so sacred.—
ow difficult such duties thus become, can only
be understood by those who have attempted them,
imCol. Roberts haS been relieved at his own request,
d is now in the; Military Department at Harris
'burg ren'dering efficient service toth a administration.
Col. Frank "Jordan, g most faithful and capable man,
s now the State Agent. boil tee.
. • WA HINGTON
The f l onscrintihn Bill Passed in the
House—Coffroth Votes Against All
Measure 4 of Relief to. the Army—The
- Vote of Pennsylvania—The New Con
scription 11111—The Draft to be Made
on the 10th df March—The Union Na
tional Convention—The Chase 'Move
ment in Pennsylvania.
Correspondence tiCilie Franklin Repo!sitory:
'.WAsnrso.r.ow, Feb. 13, 1864.
Yesterday was an e7rentful day in the House. The
Tn ion men had resolved that they would not tolerate
longer delay in final action-on the conscription bill,
and every Possible means were resorted to in order
,o defeat the measure by the copperheads. The
first test vote Was had on the amendment of Hon.
Thaddeus Stevens, providing for the enrolment of
sll negroes between -twenty and forty-five yeais,
}vhether free or slave, as part of the national forces,
Sind when drafted and mustered his--master, if loyal
shall receive a certificate thereof, and shall be paid
he-sloo bounty now paid to drafted men, and $.30
' n addition out of the commutation fund, upon the
aster freeing - thfi'slave. ,This brought out some
libustering on the copperhead side: . but General
lienek said that the exigencies of the'government
ere pressing, and he called the pievions question
cnd thus broughtthe House to a vote. The amend
pent was adopted by 84 to 67—Gen. Coffroth of your .
district, ofe'oursd voting in the negative._ He semis
io think that none but white men should be killed
~- 1
d maimed. in i what he calls "this nigger war."
Malley, who basa stfeak of loyalty in him, also voted
- 'n,the negative, find McAllister of the Blair district,
who once in a *tile breaks off from the copperheads,
kid not vote at all.
1 Gen. Schenck then - submitted the House bill jos
agreed upon ilicOmmi i ttee of the whole La a snbsti
tutu for the senate bill, and it passed 93 to 60—COf
froth again voting in the negative. He seems not
(only unwilling that negroes shall fight ; _hut he seems
;unwilling that anybody shall go 'to strengthen our
gallant armies, in the field. Bailey and McAllister
;of your State, both voted :for. the bill on final pass ,
;Inge, negro conscription add all, bnt all the rest of
the Pennsylvania Democrats voted against it I
give the yo t to of your State in full:
IYEAs.—Messrs. Bailey, Broomall, Hale, Kelly,
MeAllister, Moorhead, Amos -Myers, Leonard-My
era.! O'Neill, Schofield, Steveos. Thayer, Tracy, and
IlYilliams.-14 -
NAvs.—Messrs. Ancona, , COFFROTH, "Dawson,
Dennison, Lazear, "%filler, Randall, Stiles; Strouse.
—9 : - , , ~ ~
Pi BSENT.• - 40111,13[011, vein.
Thas every man recognized as a regular Democrat
rep rese tiling Pennsylvania in Congress, votedagainst
[filling up the ratik* of the army!
' The new Conieription bill as passed by the House
provides that the quotas of the several Sub-districts
shall be ascertained and credits awarded for all men
furnished, to both the military and naval service.
Heretofore there were no credits for naval' enlist
`meets. The boards of enrolment are to enrol imme
diately, all whose names' may have been omitted
heretofore; all who have arrived at the age of twan
fy years since the fait enrolment; all aliens who
have declared -their intentkin to become citizens;
all persons heretofore discharged from service who
have not servedjtwo years—which will embrace - the
nine months' vtillinteers and also the drafted men
of 1863 in Pent/Sylvania, and inn pens o were
heretofore exempteil from military duty but, of ex
empted by the L teVNll; and who have ar
rived ht the age 'of foriy-Fvll since- the last enrol
ment was made,' will now be discharged and their
names stricken front the roll. Exemptions from
duty are now/limited to those who are mentally or
physically unfit for.aerviee those who have served
two years, and Executive and Judicial efficers, The
two eontin)l'entii are consolidated into one.. Any!
person Halite to' draft may at any time before the
draft or immediately thereafter, furnish an accept
able siihntitute ; and if the substitute is not subject •
to du, ! , the principal will be exempt from service
so long as the substitute serves and is not liable to
duty himself. The payment of ::.‘ ,.. 309 commutation
moneyfixoniptS during the time fon which the per
son f ik drafted, 'ilidess the enrolment be sooner ex
ha sled. 1 _
embers o'religious denominations Who are con
scientiously Opposed to bearing arms, and who aro
prohibited frOnitloing so bythe faithOf thei rch arch es ,
shall when drafted, be considered non-combatants.
and shall be assigned to duty in thy hospitalS or to
the care of freedmen ; or they shall Pay $3OO each to
be applied.to the benefit of sick and wounded sol
diers: but no' person shall be regarded as a non
combatant whoseideportment has not been consis
tent with his chain to be so considered... It is pretty
certain that the Senate will pass the House bill early
next week with but few if any alterations, and the
bill will boa laW in due time to draft on the lOtit of
March - . I am' confidently assured in official circles
that the draft wdliot be postponed a day beyond,the
time now fixed. Districts desiring to avoid the draft
must, therefore; fill their quotas before that time.
- —On the 22d inst.„the Republican National Cora
inittee will meet here to fix the time and place and
issue a Call for the Union NatiOnal Convention.
There-is little doubt but that the call will ignore
distinctive political lines, and call the Union people
of the country to join in the movement on the broad
basis of preserving the government: • -
The Presidential question is the !absorbing topic
hero just now.' Strong as Lincoln hi with the people.
Chase hris a fonitididtle party in Congress; has able
and sagacious Ottanortio in moat ot the States, and
in - none more powerful than in Pennsylvania. A
vast proportion of the patronage ofthe general gov
ernment in your State is in the hands of the Ghana
leaders. Maws. Moorhead, Williams, ex-CongreaS
man. covode ; the Collector ' audittivenue officenor
Philadelphia; the PhiladelPhiaEeening
,Tertgraph
and the Inquirer' are but the !centre of a powerful
organization that looks to the elovsticin ofMr. Chase
to the Presidency. TIMOTHY.
PANIC IN RICIIIIONIO.
Th'e movement of Cie . n. Butler upon ,Rich
mond for 4he purpose of re-capturing our
prisoners created a perfect panic there among
the rebels. Two - prisoners who have since
returned say.: - I, •
At midnight on Saturday 'lle bells of the
city were rung men were rushing through
the streets; crying "To arms! to arms! the
Yankees are coming!" During the remain
der,of the, night an intense commotion was
everywhere visible; the .home guards . were
called out mid the tramp, of armed men,
could be heard in all directions. Cannon
were hauled through the streets,ewomen and
children were hurrying to and -fro, creating
.uchs-a, panic as had seldom-been witnessed in
Richmond.
On Sunday morning there was no abate
ment in the excitement. The guards were
all marched out of the city to the defences,
and. the citizens placed - as guard over the
prisoners. Horsemen were dashing to and
fro, and - the excitement among the prisoners
to know the cause of all this commotion be
came-intense. It was soon learned that a
large cavalry and infantry foree,, with artil
lery, had made their appearance on the Pe
ninsula'at pottom'Slaridge, within ten mile 4
of the city and that
,Richmond was actually
threatened by the Yankees. The same hur
rying of troops, arming-of citizens and excite
ment among the women and children con
tinued during the morning. At two o'elock
in the aftertroon. when' the prisoners were
about to leave in the transport, alarm bells
were again rung with great fury, and they
left a scene of confusion and turmoil such as
they had never before witnessed in the city:
The rumors that prevailed were conflicting
and wild.
It was their impression that 8,000 or 10,-
000 cavalry would have found but little diffi-
Culty in entering the city, liberating the pria
onenr, destroying the forts and public proper
ty,,and retiring by the Peninsula before any
sufficient force to resist the could be brought
to 'the aid of the small garrison left to de
fend it.
For several*days previouS to this alarm the
troops in and around the city, to the number
of 4,000 - or 1,000, had been sent_off to join .
Lee'S army with great dispatch, the impres
sion .a.evailifigthata - moiement *as contem.,
plated by Meade. 'ln this they were right as
during the progress of the excitement on Sun
day inteligence (was received that Meade had
crossed the Rapithin on Saturday -morning.
NILES O•RILEY ON THE "NAYOURS."
.
At the banqUet to'the Irish Brigade, in
New York, on Saturday„ Captain_ Daly, of
the 47th -Regiment New York Volunteers,
one of the guests, being called upon for a
song, said he would give them, one which
was very popufar in the department ho cane
from, and which had done much to reconcile
the soldiery of the command to the institu
tion it referred to.' It was Private O'Riley,
of
,his regiment, WtO is in the habit of say
ing that he has seen such a plenty cif white
men killed in this war, that be has np objec
tion now to letting the "Sambos" take their
fair share of death and wounds. Against
any white monopoly.in the trade of " being
kilt," as " he phrased it, Private Miles had
entered, to the tune of _"The Low-Backed
Car," the following lyrical protest:
Some tell us 'tis a burning shame
To make the naygurs fight:
An' that the thrado of bein' kilt -
Belongs but to the white :
But as for me, upon my sowll
SO liberal are wo here.
I'll let Sambo be murdered in place of myself
On every day in the year!
On every day in the year, boys,
And every hour in the daY.
The right to be kilt I'll divide wid him,
•
An' divil sword I'll say.
In battle's wild commotion: -
I shouldn't at all obieot
If Samba's body should stop a ball
. That was comin' for me direct
.4, :And the prod of a Southern bagnet,
- So liberal are We here,
I'll resign and let Samblitake it -
- On every day in the yeari!
On every day in the year, boys; _ -
An' arid none oI your nasty pride,
All my right in a Southern bagnet prod
Wid Sambo I'll divide.
The men who object to Samba
Should take his place and - flght:
And it's-better to have a naygur's hue
Than a liver that's wake an' white;
Though Sambo's black as the nee of spades,
llis finger a thrigeer can pull,
And his eye runs-straight on the barrel sights
From under his thatch of wool.
So hear me all, boys, darlings,
Don't think I'm tiepin you chaff.
The right Who kilt divide wid him,
, And give him the largest half!
THE RAVAGES ON WAR.—The ravages
caused by the war in. Tennessee are thus
graphically dese;ibed : ,
"There is -a portion of this State so devas
tated by the civil war as to be practically
abandoned by the foot of man. The men are
'slumbering at Shiloh, Corinth and Stone Riv
er ; the servants have gained their freedom;
the Women and children. have fled to more
remote and qniet precincts. Falling in be
hind the retiring footsteps of humanity come
"the fourfooted beasts , and creeping things.
The fox makes Ms bprrow under the ruined
dwellings where a happy people ,once dwelt.
The serpent crawls under the floor of the
churches.. The Squirrel chatters and builds
his nest upon the loeuit tree in the,old yard
once noisy with the mirth of children. The
gum is rotting on the cool springs 2 —the par
tridge whistle from the ridge pole of the
cabin. The wild-bee seeks a store-house for
his honey, fearless of detection by the human
eye. All is returning to a, state of nature.
What a monument of the 'ravages of war'."
lard 00tate *ales.
IMPORTANT TO IRON
i_MANU
FACTURERS AND STOCK RAISERS.—I will sell
at Priiato Sale, 1,300 ACRES OF PATENTED LAND,
situated in St. Thomas township. Franklin county, Pa ,
on the Public Road leading from Guyer's Tavern to
London, 6 miles from the latter place. About 100 Acres
of this tract are cleared, the balance covered - with thri
ving CHESTNUT and other TIMBER, which would
answer for Cord-wood or R'lie. There 'sale° good ap
pearances of IRON- ORE on the premises. Coal hearths
are leveled bn most of the Timber land. The improve
manta are a LOG 001355.-Log Barn and 4Tenant Rouses,
and a good ApPleOrchard, Peach. Cherry and Pear Trees.
Also—A SAW MILL and CHOPPING MILL, in good
running order, with IS- feet of head and fall. - This
property would afford a good opportunity -to mike
money. For terms apply to the subscriber. residing on
the premises. [feb 34f.) 'FREDERICK GILBERT.
VALUABLE ItOTEL PROPER
TY-1r AND lien EST, ATE AT PRIVATE SALE.—
The subscriber having determined to remove to the west
afferent 141votegalettrat well-lindwn Rotel, the "Fat
ton House," situate in the; borough of 31cOonuellsbnrg.
Fulton-county. This Marie is the largest and most corn
plate Tavern. House in the county and has a run Uf cus
tom unequalled in the county..
- He also will sell at Private Sale a Tract of Thirty-one
Acres of highlY Improved land adjoining the borough of
IleConnellsbnrg, all under new and superior fence, and
having thereon erected a good two•sitery Prams nous*
and other out buildings. 'lltere is an excellent young
Apple Inthardand running Water on the Prerattes.
tux 61ta - • • :HENRY '110411:
thrsonal Vropttlp *Oro:
pmac AUCTlON'.—Theitudr
gigned.in't.nding to remove West, -will- offer' lit
Public - Auction, ou the Farm of Rev.Jacoly Prick - op tAe
read leading front Greencastle to Mt. Flope.3.miles from
tho former, mid 1 null a-half miles trem.the_ latter plate,
and 6 miles North-West of Waynesboro', an Wednesday
and Thursday. thee2-ith and 23th dues of recbruary, 1864,
- a large and valuable lot of Stock. Farming Itnplementa,
Housohold Furniture. On the let day, will be sold, IL
HEAD OF HORS eS. aof which ore good Work Horses:
including se , eral fitießrood Mares, good Lenders. and
superior :toddle Horses; 2 Volta, sue and three Years old I
21' head.of Cattle; eight of which are Mulch Cows. same
.of which Will - be fresh at the time of ea' o, 1 Bull, two
ye ire old, Hereford Stock; 14 head of Sheep, including 1
Dieu Buck; 30 head of Hoge, including fonr B
Sows, Ac. Also.' I.Broad.Tread WAGON. 1 li'ar - *-
Tread Wagon, 1 one or twoliorse Wagon. 1 Spy
Wagon. I.I."ARRIAGE. 2 - Sleighs, 2 SPRING TOO 11
r,
RAKES, 1 tweehorse Sled, 1 Water Wagon. I now -W
Bed. 27nair of Hay Ladders. Wagon Bows. Feed Trough,
2 sets Dung Boards, 2 Wheelbarrows, 4 sets Breechbandat
4 sets Front Gears ; 6 sets Plow Gears 2 sets single
Harness 2 Riding Saddles; 1 Side Saddle: Fly N e u ;
Bridles; Collars: Check Lines; Single Lines; Halters
and Halter Chains. Fifth( bains and Spreaders, Single
and DinibleTrees, Cow'Chnins, Log Chains, But Traces,
1 goodJcck Screw. A1a6,1 Reaper and Mdwer, (Calvin
Page`ipattern) with Dorsey's improved Self-Raker at
tached ;- 1 Grain Drill.] "lay and Fodder Cutter,l Wheat
Fan, 1 Rolling - Screen. I Bag„lrdgon, 3 Barshear Plowa,
7 Double and Single shover - Plows, 3 Harrows, 2 Corn
Coverers, - Grain Cradles emd Mowing Scythe 4., 4 Hands
Ladders.-1 Grind Stone. a lot of Cider Barrels. 1 Dinner
Bell. a lot of band .Rakes. Forks, Shovels, Sc., .0. leo. 76
ACRFS OF GRAIN LY THE GROUND; Corn by the
Barrel. Potatoes by the Buea!, Ac Also, easet of Black..
smiths' Tools, Bellows and Anvil. new: 1 large Stone
Sledge, 1 Digging Iron, 1 crosscut Saw.2Skepet of Baer,
a lot of Bee Boxes, and an endless variety of other arts=*
cies not necessary to enumerate. On the 2nd day, will ,
he sold the HOUSEHOLD FUllh'l-TURE..te., Consisting
in part. of 8 Bedsteads and Bedding. '2 Bureaus, 1 Satre.'
tory. 1 Writing Desk. 4 Tables, 3 Stands, one and aehalf
dozen Chairs, 4 Rocking Chairs, 1 Safe. 1 Cheiry Coiner ,
and 1 Kitchen Cupboard, I Sink. 1 eight-day Clock. 1 BC
hour Clock ; a lot of Carpeting, 2 Cook Stoves and aPPe : '
ratris,i2 ten-plate Stoves,' large Wool- Whfel, Spinning,
Wheeler, large lot of Glasa.Queens.Eartbern and Tinwares,
1 Iron Kettle. 1 Churn, Sausage Cutter, Sausage Stuffer,
Lard Press, Meat Vessels, Barrels, Ac. Also, Bacon and'
Lard by the pound, Potatoes by the Bushel, Vinegar by
the Barrel, Cucumbers by the hundred, Apple Butter by
the Crock, DrieelFruidoi lot of Cider Barrels, ac. Also,
Shbemakers' and Carpenters' Tools, 1 good B Ind Axe s -
Mortising do.. Chopping Axes. Maul , and Wedge*. Wood
Saw, 2 Mattocks, and an endless variety of articles not •
enumerated Conditimair of Sale :—A4credit cf Debt
Months will be gieen on all soma of $5, tmd upWards. the
purchaser giving note with, approved security; under 2 1 6
essh. No goods to be removed until eettladfai. Sale.U .
commence at 0-o'clock, each day. " .
feb 3-3 t DANIEL SAIIANK.
r tSBLIC SALE. —The' undersign=ed. intending to relinquish 'Farming, - and embarkin be vulture end manufactfireofTobecco, at Fayettvllle,
will offer at Public Sale, at his residence. about.l mite
fromFayettaville, on the road leading t 1 McKee's Mill,
on Friday, the 19th day of February. ISO 4. the following
Personal Property. 'fir: 8 HEAD' OF - TIORSES. emouil
which is a young Clark Mare with foal. to the Imported
llorse - Brampton, three good Leaders, and several good
Saddle Horses: 10 head of Horned rattle. among which
are six Milch Cows, three or four will be fresh at time of
Sale; 18 head of Shotes; 3 Suffolk Brood lowse--11ne ant ,
male. he. Also 1 Broad Tread Wagon, Bed. Bows. and.
Cover; 1 Broad Tread 'Wagon with Wool Bed; 1 Stone
Bed: one 2 or 1 horse Wagon; 1 'CaVringe with Shafts
and Spread; 1 Tietting Buggy: 1 Carriege Body : 2 pair
Carriers; 1 M'Cormick's Reaper, with all the late im
provements, 1 Threshing Machine, vincttwo Horse Pow
ers; 1 Ouch Spring Drill; 5 Plowe, 2 Ifarsheter and one
Coulter: 2 Shovel Plows ; 2 Harrows ‘-' 1 Shovel Harrow;
1 Corn Planter ; 1 Cattiug Box; 1 , 5141 Roller ; I Clover
Huller; also, 4 sots of Breecltbande, 5 sets of Front
Gears; 3 Housings: 1 Wagon Siddle; Bridles, Collars
Halters, and Halter-Chains: Fifth Chet° and Spreaders
Single, Double and Tripple Trees. Sc. Also 1 set of.l3lack
emith Pools. 1 set of Quarrying Tools, and a great many
articles not necessary to mention.- Also, at the same
time and place 500 pounds of Manufactured Tobacco, a
superior articie,ironsisting of Navy and Congress Brander,
manufactured by J. Rumen. Lynchburg. 'Va.
ear Sale to gotumenCe at 9 o'clock, when attendance
and a credit of Nine Months will be given on all sums
aver 85—tbo purchaser giving his note with approvedre
cnrity : under 35, cash._ [(eb 3-3t] D. 51. LONG.
t)UBLIft SkLE.-The subscriber
will. offer a t.Public Sale, at his residence , one mile
uth of Keefer's Store. two miles North of ',Deatricies
M 'Land six miles Nostle-west of Chambersbfirg, near -
fhb road leading from Strasburg to St. Thomas, ear
Th4crsday, the 18th day of February, 1864, at P o'clock.
A-. 31., the following Personal Property, viz: SIX WORK .
IifIRSES, among a hich are 2 good Brood Mares. Tilting ;
sIT. years, and/ fine ham rising fonryears old; 2 Colts.
ode rising 1-year Old. rind one with the mare ; 25 READ '
HORNED CATTLE 4 five of which are Mitch Coirs, one nt
them fresh. and 3 coming to profit Abbot time of sale ; 14
two-year old *Stees l asand one Boll; 11 head. Sheep. he.
Also, I broad-tread FARM WAGON ; 1 pair of Ray
Ladders:l pair of Wood Ladders; 2 vets of Front Gaeta
Illding Saddle and 'Bridle ; Bridles, Collars, Halters and
Cow Chains; Single and Double Trees. &c. Also, ONE
BUCKEYE REAPER, adapted to cutting Grain pad
Grass; I three-horse Plow; 1 two-horse Plbw ; 1 Hoe
Harrow; 1 Spike Harrow: 1 Corn Drill; arranged for
furrowing, dropping. and covering corn; 1 - Revolving
Hay Rake; 1 Rolling Xcreen-: Grain Cradles and Mowing
Scythes; 1 Jack Screw; and a great many other articles.; '..
Also, ROUSE AND KITCHEN FURNITURE, consist
ing. In part; of 1 Sideboard i 1 Bedstead ; 1 Pica of Fea
thers; 1 Table; 1 teo-plete Stove and Pipe; Tubs, Bar
rels. Residua, and other articles not necessary to ann
..,
merate.
CONDITIONS:—.A credit of Nine Months will be given
on all Rums nVer rive Dollars. the purcbuser gi yin Note
with approved security: under Five Dollars
feb3-bt C. SPIDLE, Aucer.l - F. 11. ' .
ÜBLIC, SALE—The undersign : ::
ed. Administrator of S. W.Heintzeiman, deatiased,
w I )
kexpase to sale, by Public Outcry, at tie late •retri-,
derma of said deed. about 1 mite and a-half from Chars
bersburg, on the Greencastle road, .on Wednesday, ths,
244 day of lilebruary,ls9l, the following PersoNl Preq-'
perty, to wit; 1 Broad-Tread PLANTATION -WAGON'
and Bed; 1 Narrow• Tread Plantation Wagon, wita
Boatels; l one-horse Wagon; 1 Basket Sleigh ; Hay La
den; Fifth Chain and Spreader; Single and Double
Trees; 8 sets of Horse Gears. Saddles, Bridles. Collars,
Halters and Halter Chains; nhso, 1 Nanny's Reaper,
with all the late improvement,s; 1 Threshing Machine
and Horse Power; 1 Hay Rake; Wheat Fan; 1 Corn
Ceverer; 1 three-horse Plow; 2 two-horse Plows
_; Shovel
Plows; 2 Harrows; Piechillg, Shaking and Manure
Forks. Also, it lot of Quarrying Tools, Log Chains, de,
Also, FOUR HORSitS, 2of which are good Leaders; 8
head of Horned Cattle, three ofwhich are Mitch Cows, 4
Rotes, 5 head of Sheep, &c. Also, Tiny by the Tnn,
Corn bylhe b wrel, Bacon and Lard by the pound, Sic -
Also.. a variety of Household- and Kitchen !Furniture,
consisting. in part, of Bedsteads, 2 Barents.' Tables.
Chairs, I lock, 1 Cook Stove. Pipe and Apparatus, 1 Cop
per Kettle.l Iron Kettle,Olass, Queens, Crockery and
Tin Ware; -Meat .. Teasels. Barrels, Tubs, and a gnat
many articles MI numerous to mention.
814- Sale to commence at 9 o'clock, on said day, when
the terms will be made known by
,feb 3-3 t ' MARTIN 11.EINTZELMAN. Adm'r. -
urdPUBLIC SALE.—The undersigned;
will sell - at Public Sale, at his residence in Huff-,
townahip. about one mile from Charaheraburg: oat
the road leading to Brangh's Mill, gn Tuaday, the 23d
day of Fehruary,lB6l, the following personal property,
to wit -: Seven bend of good young HORSES one of which
is a Brood Mare with foal, one is a three year old' Stal
lion, sired by the imported horse Brampton, four are
Lead. ra, and one is an excellent family Horse, Racks
and Trots under the saddle; 15 head of HORNED CAT
TLE. 6 MILK COWS, twoof which are fresh; two em-.
perior Bulls, one of which 'a a Durham and the other a
Devonshire and TeesWator crossed ; 13-head of Bakewell
- Sheep, 16 head of Hop, two of which are full- bred Suf.
folks 9 wagons, one Ilroad-wheel and one Narrow-tread,
Horse Gears, Breechbands and Front Gears, Collate arid
Bridles. 2 Plows, 2 Harrows. 2 Double ShoVel Plows,
Double and Single-trees. 2 Fifth Chains 1 two•borsu
McCormick Reaper, 1 TEIP./311ING MACHINE, 1 lam
Wofid Sled, Corn by the barrel, Corn Fodder by the load.
Potatoes by the bushel,. Boos by the skep, Flitch and
Shoulder by the pound, and many articles not necessary
to mention,
. Sale to commence at 9 o'clock, A. M., on said day, when
a credit ofnine months will be given on all sums over
Five dollars by - .1 feb3-3t) GEORGE FLECK.
PUBLIC
-
SALE.—The undersigned
j,
will offer at Public Salt, at - the residence of Jam
man, on the road leading from Stouffer's telluber's'
Mills.abont three miles - from Chambersburg, on Mon
day, the 22ct /hbruary, 1804, the following personal pro
perty, to wit: 6 HEAD OF HORSES, one*? which is a'
gentle fanny horse; 2 Colts, rising '2 years; 16- Head •
of HORNED CATTLE, 10 of which are good Milk Cows,
I hood of flogs. 1 four-horse Wagon, 1 one-horse Wagon,
Spring Wagon, 1 Threshing Dlachine, 1 'BuggY, 1 Sleigh,
31cCormicks Reaper and Mower, nearly new. Plows, Har
roes, Spreaders, Double and Si ILs le Trees, Con Coverer,
Cote and Hal* Chains, Wood Ladders, 2 set of flay Lad
ders, 1 Windlliii, Hay Rake, I' Wheelbarrow, Fooder
-Cutter, 5 Pet of Horse Hears, 2 set of Harness,' Saddles,
Bridles. Quarrying Tools. tte. Also, a variety of House
hold and Kitchen Furniture, consisting of 3 tiedeteade •
Bureans.-Tables, Chairs. 1 Cooking- Stove, 1 ten-plate
Stove and Pipe, 1 Clock.l Copper Kettle, 1 Iron Kettle
dlinaiqueens, - Prockery- and Tin Ware, Meat Vessels ,-
Tubs, dc.
Sale to commence at 9 o'clock, A.• M. A credit 0t,9
months will be given on all sums over $5. the purchaser
giving note with approved security. under $5 cash.
-feb 3 - .. (0. Snots. Auct'r.) . . SAll'L LEMMA-V...
JAIVERY FOR . SALE:=The
dersigned intends moving Lillie :West, °Minns it
mate gale, his-entire stock in the Livery baldness. in,
Idercersburg, consisting of Home; °might:sea,
gaggles. Sleighs, Harness, Sc. This Eitablislgnent
doing the-best trade in the oonnty, and regions a. rare -
4=o _to any one wishing to engage itu ths-intsinesis.—•
Par firthir particulars imply to or eddies& _
fhb 39t' SOL. Drf I,l4gl:39,,diecosraboa, Pa.. •