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Wednesday, February:l7, 1864.
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BORDER LOYALTY.
The louse at Harrisburg got up an . ani-
Mated discussiom last week, on the question
of the loyalty of the people of the border
counties. Mr. Kelly, of Washington, start
- ed the performance by a resolution requir
ing.the special committee, to which is re
ferred the question of claims for military
damages on the bOrder, to require claim;
ants "tt; furnish =positive proofs of their
loyalty." So indefinite a standard - Of boy
- alty as, that proposed by Mr. Kell was open
to just objections; but we think that Mr.
Mr. Sharpe erred in resenting the motion
as an insult to his constituents, instead of
accepting a just test of fidelity for his peo
ple-and thus silencing . all cavil on the sub
ject. i That he should vindicate the loyalty
of the people of Franklin county, as a class,
with earnestness, was, but natural ; but the
cOncluSiveness of his argument would have
been Unquestioned, had he. proposed that
ea - ch claimant for damages should be re
quired to be sworn before the board of ap
praisers, that they have " never, either di
rectly or indirectly, : by word or deed, given
any aid, comfort ; encouragement or 'infor
motion to those in rebellion against the gov
ernnent of the United States, and that they'
`are, and ever have been, goithful and loyal
in their support,of said go4e - rnment.t3. No
loYal man would object to 'the application
of such a test, and anne who cannot ac
^oept should not mike. claim against a
loyal government for compensatiOn; -
—Franklin county -borders on- a Slave
• State, and the citizens of the border south
ern States have mingled freely, and often
-"-,„ ,becoriae citizens of our section.` Softie such
l rligined their southern views and
_heartily
- , . pathized with the rebels in their effort
to- overthrow the government i while a few
of our own people have gone-south, and in
Hated by the possible possession•of a negm I
at some time of life, have generally made i
the meanest and mostgrovelling secession
ists. But our people are not to be judged'
by these exceptional eases. Titer two Lo
gans were-,Marylanders when the war broke
( ..-Put, and from kidnapping and"voting the
Democratic ticket When in our county, they
naturally Vent with - the traitors; bat they
offered their-lives in vindication i'tif their
• convictions, and are entitled to the same
comities conceded to the, Trimble's, the
Low's, the Johnson's and others of the
•• same State, who created the tide pf treason
.that swept the lesser lights over. Fitzhugh
is a Marylander, and- never had any other
than a temporary residence iii this county.
When Lonesireet was in Hagerstown in
September, 1862, Fitzhugh ran off to•join
him ; enlisted regularly in the 'rebel service
on Friday ; was captured on Saturday ; im !
. --prisoned in Chumbersburg on Sunday, and
has ever since been an inmate of the Old
Capitol Prison in Washington. There are
. other former citizens •of this county who
. .- are in the rebel-army. One ex-member. of
. the legislature,- (Col. McAllister)• a native
of Juniata, was a: Colonel. in the rebel ser
vice, and was confrontcd• by his brother,
Cot Robert McAllister, at the head of a
. Jersey regiment; and Gen. Dunn, once one
of our Associate Judges; and a standing'
llLenoeratic, candidate for Canal _Commis
, missioner, is also in the rebel array although
over seventy years of age. For many-years
'.; there has been a steady stream of emigre
. tion from southern •+• Pennsylvania to the
worn-outlands of the slave-breeders in Vir
ginia,, and many have inculcated the doc-
A
trine that desolated t ! it fieldsras they were
•
making them bloom again under the inspi
- ration of -free labor. And it is doubtless
-, true here, - as Mr. Kelly admits to be the
truth in Washington=that there are scores
in our county still who would be rebels if
they were not greater cowards than traitors;
but they are here, as, elsewhere exceptions
to the rule, for our people are, as a elaSs,
as earnestly loyal as the citizens - of any
other section of Pennsylvania. .
--:-The" propogition of Mr. Sharpe, to eom
pensate the sufferers of the border, is in no
sense a party quesition. It:involves men of
. all political faith-4 r the rebels, whatever
- may be their militi' artialidea as between
'- .. the parties in the No , were no respecters
• of' persons in plundering ur eitiFens. Their
e s \
"constitlitional friends"— term they some
time saffixett to the Dem' oe -: ts, rather in
...
derision than from any --doubtless
had their sympathies in, our political strug
gles, but they considered Democratic horses,,
stock, forage, &c., just as useful for the re
bel service as like articles awned -by; the
blackest of Republicans ; and in the instan•
ces—very few to the credit of Our people it
can be said—where a whining whelp plead
his friendship for the South_as a. bar to the
larceny of his property, the rebels _ usually
did extra thieving at his expei#e if possible,
by way of manifesting their - scorn for a
treacherous chward.
,With - vry few excep
t tions the people of the border} of every po
litical faith, stood as one man during the
invasion, and united their enrgies to con
found the common foe ; and in no single in
stance has the evidence been at 'all conclu-
sive that any of our citizens gave them aid,
comfort or information, unles4 under duress
or by accident. Every effortilas been made
to fix just guilt upon all suspected parties,
and ,it has uniforthly failed The charge
therefore that our people in any way aided
e
or guided the enemy, is unf f unded in fact,
and the impression that se ms to prevail
with some members of tb legislature on
this point is impo degree merited. The case
of the family Of the chief Editor of the Rt.-
POSIT'ORY, cited by Mi. IT Murtrie, s of Blair,
is in the main true; but the information
was doubtless giien innocen t ly by boys on
the street, as they were cognizant of almost
. andevery thing that transpireu, r were ques
tioned' must pertinaciodsly Iby the rebels
whenever they were met. o much did our
pee* embarrass the rebl s
by their an
swers to their interrogato4es, that Gen. Lee
finally issued an order pereMptorily forbid•
ding his officers and men from conferring
with the citizens. -- - . I .
Mr, Sharpe was therefore but just to him
self and -to his people- in_ Ihis earnest and
able vindication of their fllity ; but it is
better that one thousand fait Sul men should
be-severely tested in their loyalty than that
'one traitor, who may have been aiding and
encouraging the enemy, sh F uld be compen
sated. On this point he let the assaults
of, the House with more zeal:than skill, for
a fair test—one alike just to' the citizen and
to the State—would have ilenced the op
position, and avoidedr . nucb angry debate.
We are well assured - that Mr. Sharpe de
sires to screen no tmfaithfo man, and the
Union men of the 110se ghouliideaj with
his measure as they would hope to be dealt
'Atli' had their lands been laid waste and
their property been takeni by — fri — end and
foe, instead of ours.. Let de State be fully
vi e
and, fairly protected ; but it e hope that no
political prejudices will en r into a ques
tion that involves at once t i e interests of a
despoiled people and the honor and faith of
the Commonwealth. 1
MARTLAN
Just three quarters of
William Pinckney, one of
and truest sons, deehxredj
branch of the legislature o 1
itwas a matter'of astonishn
" the people of Maryland
the very name of Freedon
With exposing to the worl , fo _
1
r near a cen
tury, a - 817thrking picture o abominable op
pression, they are still ingenious to prevent
the hand of generosity fretn robbing-it of,
half its horrors." Again he said-that the
continuance of Slavery inl, that State, "is
as shameful as its origin. Wherefore should
we confine the edge of censure to our ances
tryl, ? Are we not'equall ' guilty? They
strewed around the seeds of Slavery—we
cherish and sustain the, gr wth." . Fut Ma
ryland still slumbered on, hugging the de-•
vouring cancer of Slaveryo its bosom, and
but for the strong - arnt of summary - power,
as exhibited in the arrest( of its' faithless
legislature in 1861, it would have been for
mally joined to the foes °lithe government.
More than two generations have passed
away since the gifted Pinckney laid bare
the monstrous wrong .of Slavery, and ap
pealed in vain to have i eradicated; but
at last the bright day o deliverance has
dawned and "My Maryla d," so famed in
rebel Song, is about to 'tike her position
with the Free States of tl e Repnblie. The
bill calling a ConStitutio al Convention in
that State for the' purpese of ; abolishing
Slavery passed both brandies Of the legis
lature on Tuesday evening of last week—in
the Senate by the ,decisive vote of 14 to 2,
,
and in the House by" 43. to 15. 'The elec
tion will be held on the fi st Wednesday of
April next, when the lieple Will rote for
or against - a - convention, and at the same
time elect delegates to the ponvention, which
shall meet at Annapolis lon the last Wed
nesday of April. The !timbers elected are
to be qualified by taking_ an oath that they
"will support the Gonad ntion of the Uni
ted States, and will be faithful and bear
true allegiance to the State of Maryland
and the government of tie. 'United States,
any law or ordinance of any ' State to the
contrary notwithstanding," and also !that's
they "have never, either directly -or indi
rectly, by word, act or deed, given any aid,
comfort or encouragement tO lhow . in re
bellion against the government of theTni
-1
ted States.'-' The Conss don as amended
will be submitted to a vote of the people at
such a time as the convn n - shall.direct.
' —While this Coustitu:tional Convention
is designed to - amend the', organic law of the
State in any respect desired, it is called Sole
ly in obedience to the overwhelming senti
ment of the people that; demands the ex
tinction of Slavery within its borders. They
have seen Slavery plunge the Nation into
Wanton war, and well pig b compaAg the
prostration of their own Pommouwealth at
Stanktin ratiositor
the feet of the leaders of treason ; and they
have resolvelthat their fair fame shall be
unspotted by the great crime that has, in
bloody desperation, defied all law, human
and divine, and enveloped a nation Of thirty
millions in the dark shadows of mourning.
All honor to Free Maryland I
THE "nnterrifled Democracy of Bedford
county assembled "in vast numbers "'as
the Gazette says, on- Monday evening of
last week, and after appointing everybody
who could be thought of as Vice Presidents
and Secretaries and the "rest of mankind"
of the coppery faith as a committee on res
°hider's; the monster meeting proceeded to
business. It p w "ably,and eloquently ad
dressed,/.' when fif ' en resolutions were pre
sented, three i-of hick the Gazette says
s i
were 'adopted, and the other dozen we are
left in utter ignorance as to their fate, as
the organ is silent on the subject. They
declare for the war mild 'denounce the ad-
ininistration for prosecuting it; insist in
flaming capitallletters that they "must and
will hive a fair and free, choice of civil ru-,
lers," and frankly own, up- that they were
defrauded, intimidated and corrupted at
the last election ; approve the swindling of
over half a.million from the tai-payers to
pay State interest in coin, mostly to bra
peen holders; congratulate the sixtemDe
mocratic Senators on , their side show at
Harrisburg, and advise them - to hold otr-to
"the Thermopylae of Pennsylvania's State
Sovereignty ;" tenderly advise the Delp
crats not to quarrel about trifles, but to
stick by " the sun of Democracy, the glo
rious luminary of Liberty;" endorse - Gen.
Alexander Hamilton Coffroth's course in
Congress, but forget to state whether they
mean. when hd.voted with the Union men,;
With, the Wo4l Copperheads or when he
didn't vote at all; compliment him for "the,
measure Origibated by him " to have ex
emptions Wird in the' different counties—i
an he'- borrow_ from an editorial in l
the REPOSITORY; appointed Judge DOugh I
erty B,epresentative Delegate to the next
State Convention, and recommended Hon:
Wm. P. Sella for Senatorial, but forgoti
to instruct-for -'.Little Mae;" declared thei
purpose to " hold every -man an - enemy "
to the Democratic party '' who does no
take an open, bold and decided Position i
its ranks "—of which: Hon. John Cessna
will please take notice ; and finally as an
afterthought, endorsed B. F. Myers, Esq :l
Representativ i e in the - legislature, for' his
"endeavors ti: . ienforce the Constitution an.
the doubtless referring to his assil
uous efforts to,enforce the draft in Bedford
county'. Mr. Myers fhen delivered "a few
words"' when lie with the Democracy, san4
to rest. Perhaps some 311 natured peOpl/
over that way may insist that out of fiftee,
resolve-at 'least part of one might -has
been devoted to denunciation of treason an
traitnys,;_ but- "the glorious luminary o,
Liberty'',;, will of course pay no attentio.
to such Unreasonable quibblers.
J c
a century ago,
laryland's ablest
In the popular
that ! State, that
ent to him that
So not blush at
Noevontent
, THE Spirit, speaking of our national ra
ki,/3, says 'that while " preteNling to pat
down revolution in the South, they hav
inaugnrated revolution at the Nolrth." Pra••
where? IDid the administration incite Goi.
mouils "friends . ' 'to butchery,' arson and
. riot in New York by calling upon theld
to sustain the armies in the field? Did
the administration inaugurate revolution'
aiming Jridge Woodward's and the Spirit's
" friends" in Schuylkill and other counties,
whey , they resisted the draft and, voted the
Democratic -ticket by wholesale? Can tl - t e
Spirit point to an attempt at revolution in
the North that was not conceived and el.
tied out as faeas it could be carried out, 1'
its cowardly copperhead' friends ?" If sl
we would be glad to be advised of it.
has had revolution on a small Scale wherev •
it could find ignorance enough to accept it
- doctrines as - they are taught, and'beyotii
the circle of its own adherents, there hit
been a confident, abiding faith in the law.
and their ultimate supremacy over all t
States-of the Union.
MAJ. WHITE, late Senator from Indiana,
and now a prisoner in the,hands of the nib
.ls, has been confined attSalisbury, Noah
Carolina, as a hoStage for the treatment
the - rebel Major Webber, of Gen. Morgan';
command, who 1111ke Richmond Examitfii
asserts, has been " placed in solitary can
flnement in a dark ,cell and subjected It(
other indignities.'.' The statement ab ,
Major Webber is of course false,. btit it
swers as a pretext to gratify the barbar us
tastes of the traitors by punishing Major
White. Probably they have disenyeited
that- Major White is no longer a Senar
1
and that the balance of power in the - Pe n
sylVania Senate has passed out of Jeff. ' a
vie hands, and having, held on Most pe i
nazionsly to White because he was a Se a
tor,. they_now in a spirit of vengeance, h li
on to him all the , more desperately beta
he isn't a-Senator.
JoEor B. CHAifISERS,a DemOcratie lie ' (
sentative from this district, was ousted fr t
his seat by John W. M'Kee, who contes e(
his election. The Coimittee in %h&c li
consisted of nine members, five Republic n!
and four, Democrats, - And therefore their e
cision will not surprise any one.—Wes e
land Republican.
.
Wuy does not the -Republica n state .tat
Mr. Chambers was displaced in exact ae
cordanee with the unanimous decision of he
Democrats of the Housd 'in 1862, when trey
ousted Mr. Householder and gave the scat
to -Mr, Cessna. The Union men : of ':he
committee in'lB6l did pat 'Caber assent or
dissent - to - the report made in favor oft,"Mr:
februarg 17, 1g64.
, .
, .
..1
essna, nor did-they - in any way make a- - 1
r cord against:the decision then rendered.
ow, however', when a Democrat suffers by
the, rule, it is denounced as a purely politi- 1
Ir' `
Idecision. When the Union ox is gored i
i is eminently acceptible to the Demcratic I
• gan ; biit when the imbles are turned, and
Union nierribertakes his - seat at the cost
Of a Democrat, the case being altered alters i
ihe case I
IT has #tls4 been intimated by no lem•a
ersonagelthan Mr. Seward, that Mr. Lin
oln will not surrender_ his seat " without
lloodshed,"-.even though a majority of the
•ople should declare in favor of another.—
pirit:
WILL the 'Spirit oblige us by stating just
w i hen and where Secretary Seward
!mated" the above? • But for the palpable
}stupidity and falsity of the charge, it might
'be considered a grave one ; but it is stripped
lof all powerfor evil-by the bungling viola
?don. of truth that is carried- on its face.
i Will the Sjirit never learn_ that it is puh
ilithed in ati intelligent community, where
newspapers and free schools have long since_
, rendered - unmitigated, whole-ctoth
hoods a terror only to their authors ? Sec
retary Seward of course, never' intimated
any such thing, nor did he - everitttlinate
I any thing that -the most besottecreop'pex
',head could ;distort into a threat that PreSi
dent Lincoln attempt to hold his po
sition in defiance of the will of the people.
°um:Washington -correspondent gives a
full synippsiS or the new conscription bill _
that pa;sed the House on Friday last by,the
decisive wote'of. 93 to 60. Its chief merit
is that it will insure the filling up of the.,
shattered ranks of the army, and make it
able to cone with - treason at. every point.
Gen. Cofh:oth, of course, voted agalndev
erything Idoking to the support of our brave
brethren in the. field. They will, hoWever.:
likely have an opportunity toreciprocate:
the fuser about the ,2d Tuesday . of October
next. The Gskral may reasonably look Otit
for' " strong'eale;" from . the South and-
South-west abOut that time. The draft will,,
we are assured, come Off on
,the 10th- of
March. I •
I===
A..SQUAp of guerillas stopped the passen.: ,
ger train On the Baltimore and -Ohio Raii.„
road ; abont ten miles east of Martinsburg,
on Thursday last, and robbed the eeriductof
and passengers Of . all their loose changet,
watches, an .such - articles of , clothing aS
'suited their
,ancy. They then allowed the,
train. to Proceedl Hadn't our Democratie
friends better see that these high-toned
chivalrous-warriors are, visited at an early,
day, In a fi'aternal•spirit; with propositions'
of concession. and 'compromise ?
- ON the first page , oNo day's paper will
be found ;several editorial articles on Agit
cultural topics, and on the second page a
reView of several rebel publications, and the
interesting speech delivered by the rebel,
Gen. Gantt recently in New York. Another
week/11l relieve our columns of the Mail
l!roposalS, when'we hope to be able' to ac
obtumodate all our advertising patrons again
without encroaching upon the space due to
r -
our readers.
LOCH I ITEMS.
A TfulloisoivlNG M KM6RIAL.—In the
Philadelphia Episcopal Recorder we notice an arti
cle urging the election of an Episcopal Church in
Chambersburg as a Thanksgiving Memorial for the
" great deliverance wrought out for ns" in the defeat
of the invaders of our soil in July last. We trust
that the suggestion way meet favor with the church,
as if does,'we learn, with the leading Bishops of the
State. The article says: •
"The dark Sunday of inY life was the 3t.h of June
(fourth Sunday after Trinity), A. D. 1E43: and the ap
propriateness of the appointed psalms to the-feelings
of them that were shut out of the house of God and
in the power of an enemy, was fully realized. Tho,
, evening Natter of the fifth day was our first public
thanksitay.idg, when the immediate danger waS past.
and Odififrs cyf a decided battle mind rolling in upon
us. 4We have been called to celebrate our permanent
deliverance on two thanksgiving occasions, and 'of
ferings of gratitude have been poured into the treas
ury of hospitals and soldiers' aid societies. The no- ,
tion has consecrated a portion of the field on which
its hcree:lwon its safety, as a monumental cemetery
in memory of their services, But the Church has
reared no:memorial of the deliveranee veuchsafed
in answer] to her prayers.
" War has ruined many. sacred edifices and deso
lated many fields of ministerial labor; but in this
Diocess nis permanent serious injury has been allow .
ed to fall 'on any one of our church edifices; while
prayer, ascending from all, has helped to gain our
entire deliverance from the power of our enemy.
Ought we'not to erect a memorial of- the efficacy of
prayer? Ought:we not to build, iii some-destitute
portion of the Dioccss, a church which shall perpet
uate the Memory of God's gracious answer to our
Srayers far the preservation of our beloved country?
hould we not recompense those who have suffered
afflictionti and loss, by subjugation, for a time, by
placing among them the memorial of oiir gratitude
and the Nimfort of a blessing ? (lett vsburg is famous,.
and we May not add to its lustre; but I would sug
gest a ehjarch for Cluunbersburg, as a thank-offering
to God.for our safety after repeated invasions and a
protracted occupancy by armed enemies, and as. a
monumental evidence of the efficacy - of prayer.
am assured that the erection of a church there would
- give immediate success to a missionary effort already
begun in that important town. And lam sure none
would better grace the list of memorial churches
within the Diocess. Who will be the first to helpto
consecrate a Memorial !louse of Prayer to God in
one of the fairest valleys of Pennsylvania ?" ,
THE BIRTH-DAY OF WASH INGTON.--31011-
day next , . the 22d inst., is the birth-day of Washing
ton—the incorruPtible patriot, the illustrious states
man, 61 founder of the Republic, indeed, in all that
is great,,the incomparable embodiment of our na-
- tore. If eroes of every country have their nromif r !enne-.
d in.history, aid in ong and poetry their deeds re im
mortalized; but one ean claim precedence n fame
e or glory to him ho was first in war, that in eace,
and first in the h arts of his countrymen." Neither
--- - the developmen of patriotism in the infancy of our
•
country nor th se of a period like the present,
• - when the life of a nation is threatened; exhibits an
I 'instance, a just, true parallel tq him. Whatever
d the vicissitudes
c ud _afflictions of; pm country may
e -be; whatever destiny it may attain of glory or shame,.
s our Wsahington's name will be still severed, to the
most remote generation. Shall we permit the an
niversary of so good,. so great a man to pass by
_without the proper tokens of respect? We certainlY
'should not., Let us have the proper artillery salutes,
'for the old thirteen States, and for each State of the
present Union, as we recognize it now under the,
Constitdtio „ and intend-it shall he forever. Let us
have Cap'• iper with his splendid Battery, and Col.
Boyd with •le Cavalry, and all of - our soldiers in this
sectio . nil° in a grand military display.' Let our
excellent Band also give us some of - their. best airs,
And let ear people, one and all, displaitheir banners
and rejOiCe. Ant so let us Welcome another anni
vers&rylerthe birth of our great Washington.
VOLuziTEErtmli , bas continued during the
last week with seareeli"Ptreeptible abatement, and
nearly alie the districts of thii county have. most of
their men mustered in the service. Fannett has not
acted as yet, but it is about the only exception. We
presume that by the 10th of March there will bevel":
few if any men lackingin this county. In addition
- to filling our quota, we have lost very largely by
enlistments- for colter sections, where money was
more plenty than' patriotism. Cumberland, York
and Philadelphia, drew pretty largely upon our
people, and more still would have been-tiiken but
for the determined' opposition it finally aroused.—
Men were taken and credited to . distant counties
because of a small:increase of bounty, while their
families were left behind, in some .instances to
become a charge upon the generosity of tliairneigh
hors. Theyehinteer fund, disbursed to the families
of soldiers, cannot be applied to families of men who
echo have enlisted and be;n bredited elsewhere, nor
an their families get the benefit of the volunteer
fund. where tlieir husbands have enlisted, without
their families reticle there. This way soldiers have
for a few dollars additional in bounty. deprived their
families of vast advantage's. Micatalons were fre
quent on the street that officers were engaged in
transferring men to distant localities for a consider
ation, but we have not had any reliable evidence on
the subject. - The citizens should tear the straps off
any officer who would thus defraud the county and
barter for'; his personal gain,tn the crediti of vol
unteers. ' -
.011 R QUOTA OF TROOPS.—The official quota
of this congressional district for troops under the
several calls. was received bye Capt. Provost
Marshal, on Saturday last; and we aPPrehend that it
will materially change the calculations upon which
many of the districts have note/total up t h eir num
her. The total number of troops required from this
,district, under the calls for 303,000 and 500,000 men,
at thetime of the last draftivas 3,509. - On this there
is a credit of 1,099 for men who paid commutation,
furnished,suhstitutes and served in perion, and 194
volunteers Are credited to the district up to 31st of
January last, The total quota of Franklin county
,is 1144, en which we hake a credit of 320 on the draft,
and the:following credits for volunteers;
' Antrim. - 171 Grecnca.tle 4.5
North Ward 40 Montgomery 3
South Ward '2g Mercersburg.... l 13
-Peters ' 1 !Quincy: 2
S t Thomas`_ 11 ilt r arren 3
Waynesboro.,
. Of course there have been xory many enlistments
since the official return ; but the quotas of the seve
ral• districts will be increased in some degree by
the'deficit on the draft of Eenternber t last. . We hone
by next week to give an official table of the quota of
each township with the various credits recognized
at Washington.
' MissioNAßY vitom Colintts.—York court..
ty boasts a Codorus and a Idanheim -townships, the
last of which refuses free schools, and both vote the
Democratic ticket with a y,ell- 7 about 80 to 1. When
the draft was-made in Codorus in September last,
every man paid commutation niOney, and now that
another draft is imminent. and as the nnterrified
don't believein fighting their constitutional friends
down South, they sent a missionary to Chambers
burg last week to buy men at so much a head to fight
forthem. The missionary, however, grew despon
dent the first evening over the barrenness of the soil,
and retired with a heavy heart to report tha the
people of the Green Spot were willing to do their
own fighting, butrefused to do it for Codorus or "any
other man!" Would Codorus consider it-cOns,titn
tional to have a few American Freedmen of African
descen4, of the male persuasion to- repreient iheir
valor fa the Union Army ? isle don't wish to tempt
our coppery friends to any flagrant violation of the
fnndainental law, but. merely suggest that when it
comes to shooting, a white man might be considered
of as much value as a negro by the constitutional ex
pounders of Codorus...
BISHOP J. J. GI:OSSBWENNEH, of the United
Brethren Church, was in town 'last Week . ,, having
been permitted to pass through the rebel lines from
Stanton. Va., to see after, his charges in the North:
His district embraces Virginia. Pennsylvania, Ohio,
New York, New Jen by aia Canada; but helms teen '
iniolated from all.the Northern portion of his charge
since the rebellion broke'out. His church is strong
in the Shenandoah Valley and Western Virginia,
and makes opposition, to slavery 'Fi test of mem-.
berehip. Beyond contributions exacted, they have
borne but a small part in the war; but it is -Pro
bable that they will now be compelled to go.into the
rebel serv:ci or leave, as the new conscription is
universal. The Bishop is not formally on parole;
but as his business is purely:official in connection
with his churches, he h.reticentas to all rutitters per
taining to the war. He is a. brother of Hon. A. J
Glosabrenner of the Philadelphia Age.
110tiNTY SUBSCRIPTION§.-A -bill was pas
sedin-the Houseiast week'by Mr. Sharpe, directing
tlic Scholl Directortu of the several districts of this
county toicry and collect with the next school tax,
a sufficient sutra of money to repay the subscriptions
made by individual+ to pay bounties to volunteers.
Peters is exempted from the provisions of the bill
for the reason, it is alleged, that the contributidne
made in that township were paid by Persons subject
to military duty, and with the understanding that
they were not to be repaid.by taxes. We harem"
knowledge on the subject, and give the reason as
given us. Certain it is, that Peters is the only town
ship that cannot, under the bill that has passed the
levy taxes fur bounties: The bid will paSs
the Senate shortly,-and will be `generallY approved
by the people. _
TIIR SETEXTY-SEVESTIL —The remnant
of the gallant 'nth Pa. volunteers readied Pittsburg
on Friday last. IC went 0ut.850 - strong in Mt, under
Col. Stumbaugh, and now returns with 1% men un
der Capt: Lawson. Col. Hose is a prisoner-in Rich
mond, having been, captured at Chick tununga. The
companies belonging to this county will be home in
a feu' days. They wero received, in' Pittsburg and
escorted to the City Hall, where Hon. J. M. Kirk
patrick
. delivered the welcome achlrest, to which
Capt. Lawson .responded. The regiment hal +teen
many abloody fight, hilt hasdone nobly and return,
_with a proud record. They should he receive() here
in a manner worthy of brave soldiers in anoble.O.ause.
RI:TURNING TO Tli KI RUGIMETS. A large
number of soldiers at home on farlotigh. and who
re-enlisted for three years have returned to their
erspective regiments, within the' lastwock., Among
the officers from this place who prooe,rded to their
commands were lA. Houser of the 57th Penna. Vols..
and Capt. Mcllothill of Battery '" A." Ist Permit,
Artillery. The Captain's time had scarcely expired,
but he was ordered to his command without dele - Y
and promptly complied. Our boyi nay all expect
a renewal of hot work, but it is tobesinecrely hoped
that the blows to be struck in the coining campaign
may be decisive and bring the Rebellion to its death.
Mu. Jots N. HF.CKEPAIAN; Co. F. 13th
Pat. Cay., a son of Mr. Noah D. Beckerman, of this
plac4S, was killed in a cavalry skirmish near Bristow
Station, on Sunday last. He has been in the service
for some two years; was captured at - Woodstock
'nearly a year ago - and held as a prisoner about a
month, and had won the title of a gallant soldier.
We have no particulars of his death. He was abOut
21 years old. His fattier left yesterday for the Army
of the Potomac, to bring the body of his brave boy
home to sleep With Itig,,.l4ndrod.
ISAAC H. M'OAttigY,- Es q.; a native of
this county, and long e. member of the Chambers
burg Bar, left this place last week for Jackson.
Michigan, where he becomes - Editor and Proprietor
of the Citizen, the leading Union paper in that sec
tion of the State. Mr. M'Cauley is intimately ac
quainted with the political issue which are now
agitated, and has been a close. stuant of political
history; and he will doubtless make a useful and suc
cessful editor.- We wish him the realization of his
fondest hopes in his now enterprise.
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W cannot publishoriginal poetry without
the name of the author. is seems:7 go s guir
antee of originality.
RUMORED EDITORIAL ell cur
rently reportqd that Wm,'Kennedy, Esq.aii n c emir
Foritorof the &kir cuul Truer,-will go to Shippeiss
burg on the Ist of April • next, to take charge of a
Democratic paper to Tie . started thirli. - As there is
about-as much use for ElDemocratic paper in Ship.
PellsbuTB as - there is for wheel to a Wagon, his
editorial career there will be pretty certainly brief.
and we trust biilliant. • -
• COT:. E. S. TROXELL, late of the 158th Pa:
reginient, has been authimized to raise a Battalion
for the,22d Regiment of Cavalry. This organization
hasi4cady done good service; and under an officer
liksitoLTrosell it cannot fail to maintain a proud"
position. He served with great credit in the lfiSth,
an d h as all the qualities to make an efficient and
successful soldier. We hope to learn that his com
mand is speedily filled. .
Ljtartrivz BY REv. J. R. IV AIMEE. —MT.
Warner will deliver his lecture on the Battle of
Gettysburg in the Methodist Church, to-morrow
(Thursday) evening; for" thebenefit of the Ladies'
Aid Society. - Mr. Warner witnessed the several
battles fought during the the bloody - days when
Treason seas making.;its desperate struggle onloyal
sail, and he is eminently fitted for the task of 'toter:
ing onthe subject. I• •
FIRE:I—The Stable of Mr. Samuel Funk.
near the new Brick School house, was burned,ork
Wednesday.. night last. about raid -night. It is not
known hOw the fire originated. Mr. Funk lost a fine
cow anda carriage by the fire.
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COLORED PFIOTOORAPIIS.—We invite at
tention to theicard of Mr. Ayres. who is a thorough 4
Artist in his lipe. Persons desiring beautiful and
durable likenesses should avail themselves of Mr:
Ayres' method and skill Specimens can be seen at
Shryock's.
Cot.. JOsEi.x C. 31 4 KIBBEN, Aid to GPIR.
Roseerans. is spoken of by that officer, iu his official
report of the battle of Chieltamauita,ns " always eta,
nient, 'gallant and untiring, gad fearless in battle."
PARDONED.—Messrs. Daniel Shaw and
Charles Brown, imprisoned in thecounty- jail for
larceny, were pardoned last week anroniiated in the
EERIE
k tiAVELOOME STIINODIt.-L•Mr, Itch.
commonly known as.ihe Itch, has maul° its appear,ancii
in to,wr, and in various places 'throughout the oounty
It may be a source 'of relief to persons so afflicted to
kn - ow that they cari get a sure cure foi• this troublesome
'name at Miller & Ilenshers. Let all so - idicted semi
Immediately to, their Drug Store and gets box of Ter..
eel's Itch Ointment. - Price 25 cents. It ism speedy cure.
" A :NEGLECTED Cough, Cold of Sore Throat 4.
which might he checked L Y a simple remedy,liaeßrourfei
Bronchial Truchas, if allowed to progress may turadrisie
serieasly. For - Breachitis, Asthma, C..Lirrh,!and Con
sumptive 0 - aughs thi Troches are userwith Omuta*
oftentimes i o mediate relief. . -
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THE attention of dealers in and e n lnsuincw;
of Ihdigo Elue, is invited to read tufvertise ant in tole
issue, Indigo Dine, put up .at Alfred
M Wiltbnier's Drug.
i
Store,3 ..N. Second St., Plillad'a, ke., ac. 1
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LooK TO YOUR INTEREST .— At elv,iKk'p.
wholesale and retail store you can Obtain e higheit
pries for dried fruit and all kinds of countrly phothice.
and also see the largest and finest stock of pods at ler
rates. - I , .
ColirxiltY PEOPLE; when you visit Chtun
bersbal, call at 43elivicks' wholesale and retail store
!Ixaraaina thelarge stcch and get a bargain
erEywicx's expects to' make MS business
pay by selling -the largest quantity and not by isrw
pralti;:; .
AN'OTHER lot of the best Perfumneiy and
Soap at Myna & CREssun's.• •
Is 'you want a 'filtrate and cheap Pocket
Book, culkat it Ea fi Caunraes. - -
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you viquit a cheap Icerosew.! Lump, and
the best Oil in the market, call at llcatisaeentasura'n ,
.MARRIED.
- PFOUTZ—PIKE.—On tllellth inst., at Montgom
errs Hotel, by the Rev. Thomas Barnhart; Mr. Y.J.,
Pfontz to Miss Harriet E. Pike, bdth of Antrim tali, -
STUMI3AUGH—KUNKLE.M.A.N..—On the- 15th
inst., at.tbe M. E. PM - son - age; by the same, Mr.jsa- •
dorStambaugh to Miss Sarah C.,Kimkleman; both_
of Ch A.
ambersburg
lIIPHFER—RISHOP.—Dri the 9th inst., by trio
Rev. Wm. Humberger, SI". David liiplifer to Miss
Eliza Bishop, both of-} ranklin county. -
SMITH—DEWALT.—On the 26th ult., by, the'
Rev. Sheffert, Mr. Theo. Smith to: Miss Lihhte De-
Walt. both of SlaippensbarA:
MTIOWAN7--MEREDII 11,-oe . the evening Of
the llthinst., by Rev. - R.-P. Thomas, at the house of
John Mullen; Es 0., " Mt. Parnell." Mr.- Cyr
AN-lowan to -Miss-Maggie E. Meredith. betir of Pete rs
township. - -
NAVE—DEEMS.—On the 23th Nov:,
_DM; by P. -
Hammon, d: P., 19.. r. William Nave td:Aliss Mary C.
Deems n4l of this county. - -
LEOICARD—FLEMMENCE.—On the 16th inst..
12y P. Hammitt, J. P.. 'Frederick Leonard to Mis.#
Mary Fletrimence, all of this county.
DIED.
RESH.—On the Sth ult.,,near Waynesboro. Mize
31egdalana Rash, aged 72 years, iimonths and 29 days,
M.I.LLER.—On the 6th inst„ near Waynesboro, Mr.
Emanuel Miller, aged 69 years, 11 months andl3 days.
• YOUNG.—On the 29th ult., at the.tesidenee of her
son-in-law, (-Mr. Andre* (hilly.) Mrs. Elizabeth
Youngaged 79 years, 11 months and 15 days.
11EliiT i —On the 7th inst., in Hagorstout,
Mr. Martin son of Lewis and Margaret 1-leist,
aged rey t ears.a months and 16 days.
EAlt.4—On the 7th inst., near Mereefabarg.
Mrs. k idney M. Vanlear, a-ire of Mr. Matthew Vau
lear, deed, aged 45 years. =, 1 •
COOPER.—On the Sib inst, in .Mereeisburg, Mites
argaret Cooper, aged 76 years. - .
CH A M BERS.-4.)n the 12th inst.', in the same plac.
- Mr. John J. Chambers, aged 40 years.
ALORTON's Gold Pens are now sold at tiie
same prices as before the commencement ,ot the war ,
title is entirely owing to the Mannfactnrer's
_iniproxo
inentEsin machinerSihte present large Retail Busino
and Cash-in-AdvanceSystem; for, be oannioncea
advertising, his bcisi nesawai done on Credit' and strictly
teeth the trade.
.The Morton Gold . Pens are' the only oneersidd at ohl
prices,as the =thereof all other gold,pens charge the .
Premium on the Gold, Government Tax.. &v.; but idert.tbi
has 4, no case changed hie prices, Wholeiale or ftetall:,
Of the groat numbers Sent by Mail to ail pat to the
world daring the past few years, hot one in a . :tholimand
11%8411Ni to teach its destination In safety;ahewing
that the Norton Gold Pen can bs olnained by any eoe,
la ertiry..part of the world, at the 'same ptices
only excepted. •
Ream', you can have an enducing,always ready, Aral
reliable Gold Pen, CXRC tly adapted to-your. hand anal ..
'style of writing, whiclKrrill do your writing iaettly
cheaper than Steel Penis; and 4t the present almost,
'universal fligh-Pressure'Price of everything, you , can
have a 3lortonGold Pen cheaper, In proportion to the
labor spent Upon it and material need, than any other
Gold Pen in the World. if you :wait one, call on
A.. Mourox,No. 2.5_ Maiden Lane, New York, or Intim*"
stamp for circular.. docVinro
'PRESERVE your Beattkv, SymmetrY-. of '
Form, Your Health and 3 iental-towere, by using that ,
safe, Pleas t, and Specific Remedy kainitk, 83 ErgAlr'
BOWS EXTRACT RUCHE. Read the advertbientrut:• = ,
in another eolUmn, and profit by it-.diseasee and ijrnip.
toms iltmmerated. Cut it out and preserve it. 'Tau zany -
not now reviire it, but may-at emu Altera. day. "It 1
ghee health 'lgor to thelinme, an gloom to the'' ,
pallid cheek." Itegveelowe i uffe,ing and exposnre.- - - ,
Beware o f Counterfeit•i Cures Otterentded: - (reh
$215 -- ' : . . - . . $l6. :: . t
' Employineni !—Agenfs - Wanted . I —We *ill '
pay f r a u:1 ,1,25 top sper naoxit,itvtd an expenseai to scar
Agents.m7 give "a commission. Partitylara ientfree.—
A4iiretirEan grin% '3lAcEirms COUPAirr. R•.:1A)111e;
Oangtal Agent, Milan, Ohio. • pill 29,6347 &