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'OfFte'e Proposals, and we shall huceforth be
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'ers,o We have been compelled to use very
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THE .Natio6lllepublicanComtniitep met
Washington on Monday last, and issued
- call for
. a National . Union Convention to
in Baltimore, on Tuesday, June 7th,
1864, to nominate Union candidates for
President and Vice President. By a reso
' lution -adopted, the Pittrict of Columbia
*, and the Territories are requested to send
- delegates.• •
THE HULL FOR MILITARY DAMAGES
We give in another column of to-day's
paper the -bill , reported by Mr. Sharpe from
:.the speekil committee, Providing ibr the
• adjudicatioh and payment of military dam
ages in the 'border comities. It has been
carefrilly prepared, and every just objection
heretofOrp made to it has been fully met by
' modification.• It is the special_order in the
llouselo-night, and we hope to hear that
- it has gone through sewed reading before
adjournment.
—Because Mr.
,PUrdy, of Northumber
land, chose to make an ass of himself by an
nsolent, imflamatory_ and„ reckless stump
' speech, is no reason why Union men should
r „ 'dignify his folly by protracting a debate
that may prejudice this measure. To him
and him alone are the border counties in
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debted for a discussion that has mingled
politics with the proposition to pay just
clairiis to the citizens of the border counties;
but as Mr. Sharpe has met the demand of
the Union members, as to the test of loyal
ty fully and fairly, we can' reasonably ask
' 'r that hencefOrth the bill shall be considered
dispassionately on its merits; and if so„ its
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;final passage will be effected at an early day.
The bill as reported by the committee re
'.quires that every claimant before the board
for damages, shall flleiivitfi his or her claim
the following oath oi \ atErniation:
. • "1, d citizen of --V—. county. in the State
of Pennsylvania, do solemnly swear or affirm
• that I have xiever borneatms against the
United States or the State'of Pennsylvania
• since I have been, a citizen thereof ; that I
have given'no aid - , counsel, countenance, in.
formation or encouragement to persons en
- gaged in armed hostility to the United Sttitcs
or the State of Pennsylvania; that I have
not assisted or advised others to assist in dis
• eouraging enlistments in the - armies of the
-EUnited States; and I do further swear or
-affirm, that to the best of my knowledge and
Ability, I will supt?ort And defend the Con
' stitatton of United States, and of the
state of Pennsylvania, agalast nil encentss.
foreign and doniestic ; that I will well and
".faithfully discharge the dales of a citizen of
the United States and of the State of Penn
sylvania." . •
:The aboye , will fully protect the 'govern
scent against the claims ,Of traitors, if any
such should be conteM plated, unless perjury
, thould come to the relief of treason; but
we - take it forgranted that in any such case,
loyalmen - would confront the claimant and
defeat his attempt to recover from the
Commonwealth Ihe sought to desolate by
. aiding and abetting its relentless foe. We
feel well assured that no such case will oc
cur in this county ; but .it is possible .that
• the lower -end of Fulton, ore
ed region of York?could furnish the mate-
rial for such a claiM, s%re are not speaking
-adviselly; bukthe fact that two citizens of
York have already been tried and convicted
Sol. giving information to the enemy, and
that in one or two sections of Fulton the
draft was openly resisted and the lives and
'property of the officers endangered, -adzuon-
fishes the legislature as to the necessity of
making ample provision to protect the
treasury from the claims of the meanest of
our cpnnt47's foes. But on this point the
{ committee have acted fairly. The test oath
was adopted unanimously by the members
of the committee of both parties, and it'
should commend the bill to every dispas-J
• sionate and candid man.
-',We have heretofore' referred in these
columns to the manifest justice of the claim
Of the border counties for restitution. The
legislature acted with commeniable prom p:
ness in providing, for • the payment of the
militia called out by the Governor, although
the . order to the Executive from the
general government, the National 'author
idea expressly assumed to . pay the troops.
Just as was that measure, it cannot cer
tainly be deemed a higher claim upon the
State than the 'claims of citizens who lost
is much time as did most of the troops,
ilnd a million dollars of property besides.
The troops were protecting their own hoMes
while they were driving the invader from
.ours, and both have equal claims upon the
Commanwealth for compensation.
,Thelos
sea bY'inyasion and Military occupation of
our lands, would bejniperceptible if impos
ed upon the people -of the State, who are
as 3o6 4tea•tozether by organic law for mu
tual:protection and, defence.; but if individ
. tOsi are compelled to suffer.it,,utter'bank
ruptey becomes inevitable to many of our
people., They.have paid their taxes prom pt,,
ly; and shared all the burdens of the gov
errikaent,• and could a great State like Penn
sylvSriia declare that while she exacts trlb
-ute Abe withholds protection? It would be
a bliit upon her fair Same a denial of her
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highest prerogative; and ,we feel assured
that a candid kt
. and intelligent consideratio
of the question, will give • the bill in over
whelming vote in both branches of theleg
islature.
THE PEOPLE UNLOCK THE SENATE 1
The special election in Indiana and Arm
strong counties for a Senator in place of
'l4.laj ; White,
,resigned; resulted in the elec- '
tion of Dr. TAO. ST. CLAM by over 1900
majority. The' vo lled was light, and
the majority is ovaelming considering
the circumstances; under which it was given.
The Democrats exhapsted every means to
attain success. They' announced through
the Kittaning Mentor, the Democratic or
gan of Armstrong county, that the writ for
a special election was illegal, and that the
Democrats would not vote ! "We have
shown," said the Mentor, "that this whole
proceeding is illegal; that there is no Spea
key to order an election ; ithat if there wasp
there is no vacancy to fill, as no resignation
has been received by, the Senate." It there
fore advised the Democrats " to ignord the
whole proce,Wding; stay a t ray from the pol 6,
and thus decline' to be etimplicated in any
way with this ugliirpation." 'ln'the mean
time the leaderstiyougifOut the State were
expending money bount i lfully and laboring
most untiringly to orgkrnze the Democrats
in the different tosvnshiiis, hoping that the
Union men would be thrqwn off their guard
by the apparently official fnnouncement that
the election would go by default, Thus
matters stood until three daYs before the
election, when the DemOcratic leaders sup
posed that thq were ready to expose their
hand, and they met in the grand jury mein
in Indiana;'nominated IJAMEs Dotar.A.s;
Esq., of Armstrong county for Sertor4
nominated General McClellan for the lires
idency as hind rider, all started ont•for a
brief but brilliant contest- to carry the dis
trict,- Mr, "Douglas, tlieir candidate, is a
strong man ; . was cluis ) oll' Sheriff of the
county some years ago; and his wide per
sonal acquaintance and edneeded 'popularity
were relied Upon to give success to the cun
ningly devised Plan , to surprise the people
by the election of a Democratic Senator.
But—
" The best lath selMMes o' mice and men
Gang aft aglee"-:
and the t4t.iii ticket of Douglas and !Vl:Cid
lan Avas sUccessful in everything but—votes!
Ori Monday Dr. St. Clair will sear in
the Senate, 'and being a stranger, — ‘4 \ beg to
commend hini to the kindness of Clymer,
Hopkins & Co.", He may not vote exactly
.as they do ; he may be for law and order,
while they are for revolution ; he may be for
the government in defiance of their persist
ent efforts to destroy it- by subtle, stealthy
assaults upon every measure designed for
its safety ; he may be for withholding wan
ton burdens from the people to pay Euro
pean' creditors, while they give cur
rency to the people and gold to our foreign
foes,atind impose a million of - additional
taxes upon theiState ; he may even vote for
Penny for Speaker and thus make Clymer
second best in the contest; but let them
ever bear in rnind when the vote of Dr. St:
Clair is called. ;that the People became ar
biters between the Revolutionists -and the
Unionists of the Senate, and that they have
pamls3zed incipitnt treason ; given suprem
acy to the constitution and the laws, and at
once unlocked /the Senate and• clothed in
impotency the; masters and clowns who have
been cutting flintastic tricks tci'make a loyal
people mourn.
Thimhave, the People completed the
power of the loyal men in every - department
of the government ; and the day of revolu
tion is at an end, and will be recorded in
history as sacred tb the menthry of.the late
Heister,Clymer, Wm. Hopkins, and WM.
A. Wallace. The others Will find welcome
refuge in the E obscurity of their 'original
and congenial nothingness!
. THE Philadelphia Inqutrer of Thursday
last has a dispatch from Washington sta-
Aing that "of of Gov. Curtin's staff is
operating largely to help defraud the treas
ury, and there are strange stpries afloat of
his complicity with a high &fficial." The
dispatch refers to the efforts of lobbyists
and speculators to prevent an increased tax
on whiskey'in'store. Will the Inquirer be
candid enough to state just Who " one of
Gov. Curtin's staff " is? As there -is but
:one member of his staff .in Washington—L,
Col. Jordan, the Military State . Agent—the
I natural infereriee would be that he. is pros
tituting his position to lobby operation , - ;
but even the recklessness of the Inquirer's
correspondent would not venture to iinpute
such conduct to Col. Jordan. And who is
the "high official?" Is it the Collector of.
Revenue of the Ist District ?—the G-overtior
of Pennsylvania?—the Secretary_ of the
Treasury ?—or".any other man ?" - The/n.-
qu&er ought to know that attacks upon of
ficials by inuendo, are cowardly and not the
resort of truthful correspondents and pub-
I lishers. When the same correspondent was
convicted of malignant falsehood in charg
ing that Gov., Curtin had possession ofSen
ator White's, resignation, and reiterating
thelalschood in : the face of Gov., Curtin's
public denial,. we had hoped that his taste
.for defamatiori would be satisfied for ail s ime;
and when the Inquirer refused to allow
Judge White's statement to be inserted "in
its columns, it xxas,natuml to conclude that
master and man were ashamed and sought
safety in silence. But the correspondent
has returned,to his mire,-and it t js certainly
due to &le readers of a paper so- widely cir
culated, to knew what staff officer and what
high official are trying "to defraud the
treasury." trtistice
- to l the innocent . and
:1t :Ikcgultlin. llepositott':fibiiiitrif 24; 1864:
guilty demands that the Inquirer should
explain, or invite Mr. Painter to take a
position on some Paul Pry or black mail
Police Gazette. •
m Spirit I.IIE is 09 a rampage. It is—
" All furious as a favor'd child
Balk'd of its wish "
It says " the REPOS*RY lies ; yes, lies !
deliberately, knowingly and' wilfully," and
scornfully resents the allegation of this
journal that it " mourns over every exercise
of power to destroy the rebellion.". It
claims °; to be loyal to the Constitution,"
and overflows with wrath and exhausts the
vocabulary of billingsgate by way of vindi
cating its patriotism. Well, perhaps the
Spirit is loyal ; hut it certainly works by
contraries in demonstrating it. It has ex
haustless denunciation for the government;
for all its olAcers; for all its measures ; for
all its acts designed to weaken - the foes of
the Republic; but it is silent 'as the grave
as to treason and the wicked, ;wanton war,
commenced by t:raitori, It says that it
don't abuse Jeff. Davis because of its gen •
erous belief 4 that abuse never yet injured
an enemy,' from which we infer that it
villifies - and misrepresents Mir. Lincoln per
sistently solely beeauSe of its affection for
him, For peopld who like such,friendship
it may be just the sort such !people like;
but our violent cot - elm porary should be mind
ful that there arel few who can, appreciate
such a refinement of diplomatic fidelity. If
it bad given five lines of straight , forward,
earnest Words for the preservation of the
governmen i t, without its cowardly ife and
buts, it would have done something toward
establis - hing its sympathy with the govern
ment ; but it is Simply al insult to an in
telligent people to deeltre that it is faith
ful to the government, tc its artnies,,and to
its sacred cause, when itseolumns are filled
only with the quibbles, ecmplaints, misrep
resentations and 'often utter falsehoods.
which are but the faint rc-echo of 'the arch
traitors themselves in awlogizing for their
bloody Woi.k. The Spirit must try again.
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GOSSIP IN ITII OUR FraliNtsS:--Clear the
way. We propose to, trundle our hoop, and if per
chance it roll over any one's toes, he (or she) can't
complain of not having received due notice. Hoops
, use going out of fashion. Alas, alas I In Addison's
time they were laughed at by the men, worn by, the
ladies, and passed into temporary oblivion, just us
now. How we old fellows twenty-fivo years hence
will smile at the reminiscence, and how incredulous
the new generations will be. What a time fir gos
sip, and what oddities might not be related, were it
not for dear old Mrs.. Grundy, relict of J. Smith
Grundy, Esq.l Imagine an ,old grand-dame sur- '
rounded by her admiring grand-daughters: "My
dears, I remember when your mother used to wear
,a wire structure fastened about` her wai that wi
doned gradually,' until within about six irie4s from
the ground it attained t‘ circumference of from fif- 1
teen to twenty.feet. This frame was very light, and
so elastic that every rapid motion caused it to sway` i
and tilt in a manner most wonderful and alarming
to behold. The fun of it was, each lady thought
every one else's dress played these pranks, except
ing her own—illustrating the_ old fable of the two
wallets.. In a railroad car a' lady invariably occu
pied two seats, until the directors put upun iron rail
ing seriartiting the two seats ; and then when she
•
took her place her skirts-shot upwardeapd sideways,
to the inconvenience of every one, inchidingherself,
filling up the aisle so that the coaductor had to push
his way- through as if in a snow bank. I saw your
aunt Jerushaoneday bending forward out of awin
dew, looking at the soldiers; the room full of com
pany, most of them gentlemen, and she looked for
all the yorld like a wli i tekeacoek wi th its tail spread"
—"Oh, grand-niotherl" "Yes, child, only• that we
could see that her feet were not ugly. If a little
girl leaned against a-phair -or her - father's knee, tip
would go her skirls on ono side as high as her head,
just like those ballet girls I don't permit you to go,
to see at the- Chambersburg Theatre, 'Your poor
aunt Ann waburned=tc death by going within six
feet of an toper fire, andile re five - or six of- her
most intimate friends:-: Your uncle John bad his leg
broken by eitehing his foot in a lady's hoops as he
hurried past her. I remember it as well as if it were
yesterday.. As the poor fellow lay on the ground.
writhing in Pain, be could not refrain from ejamila
ling something to the purpose, and the lady said as
she swept by,, ' so much for trying to sir-pass a lady.''
' Well,' groaned your uncle, ' things have come to a
pretty pass." You see, my dears, we were witty in
those days. La, blesnlyom a woman couldn't drown
then, no more than a life preserver. If a boatliap-c
-pened to upset; they -bobbed about -liken() many'
empty boafes till picked up. - I heard of one young
girl who was thrown ont42tr a balloon, and win:Fiend
ed in safety as thoUglield'htel been attachedlto a
parachute. -4.1 t was funny to See a lady get Into a car
riage. iFirstelie poked in her head and Body, her
skirts standing out like the leaves of a gigantielilY,
'then with a corkscrew movement in went the im
mensemass,like a magic. -I myself saw your - aunt
Betscyrthrown head forernost into a snow,-drift,
where ehestucklikean'ever-geown tulip, herlegs—'-'
"Oh,c grand-mother !" "Yes, children, her legs rep
resmiting two filaments, and her feet-their resPec
tiveanthers. - At one time' it was seriously argehd
whether the 10ic,s shouldn't take off their hoop's be
fore entering our, omnibusses, and the question was
at last settledly s buiiding street' railroad cars Much
wider and more emalmodioei than the old stages. So
-many colds were caught, owieg to the exposure : for
you see, the Clothing couldn't tench the body, at
least not Mitch of it, as the Most- df it was stretched
over this skeleton ; and coughs became so prevalent,
that asking after-one's health was equivalent to a
Polite inquiry after the extent of ode's skirts—the
men called it the w-hooping copgh. At the opera"
it was impossible to see the stage, except from a
front seat. A lady of ton meant one whose skirts'
were about the size of a ton (or tun), and as a ton (or
tun) was expected to be well hooped, the meaning
of the ward is very plain. The belles then looked
like bells. ;lloopS had their advantages, too. 'Du- ;
ring the Southern Rebellion many oontraban &goods
were smuggled under their ample spread, until the
Custom House officers "' Oh. fnuml-mother I"
Ye . s, until the, Custom Rouse officers—epithet/ it.
At a,dance therewas fully as much expOsure of the
lower extremitys (as you girls call thetn)iiii at the
theatre. If a lily took a gentleman's acme, she was
perfectly straight on his side, but stood out at an
angle f forty-five degrees on the other, whence
arose tl e etiquette of a lady's always walking next
the house. ..,,,Why I even walked up the aisle ef a
church after service had commenced—the gentlemen
had ,a eareleeslabit of placing their hats outside the
Pews -;-and when I reached my seat I had no less
thee Tuurte,en hats collected under my dress. You
have nn ideahow clean the streets were then, for we
swept them with our trails. We never dared to run,
but, scuttled when in haste like ducks, (your grand
father
-
always called me his duck), and oven then we
shook like a mould of blanominge.. One windy day
it was nothing uncommon for us to carried off our
feet. and sometimes our hoops *ere turned inside
out,"—"Oh, grand-rnother I"—"like the umbrella in
Hood's de - gttstibus - nonsomething-or-ether Pic
ture. T , This very accident happened, me at the sea'
shore, and my father pretended
.to sympathize
with me by saying: 'Poor girl, what a blots to her
pride:that wind must have been I' We had to wear
very neat be ota and very clean stockings, and"—' Oh:
grand-mother 1"--" for they were sure to be seen, It
wouhllave made you Miry your fames in your pack
et-handkerchiefs to see your aun ts' on, a swing. When'
the awing Vent up, my! Then you should haveseen
a lady Play billiards or ten-pins. , The gentlemen all
iiad tostand in front." "Oh, gra'nd-siother 1" "Your
cousin Michael Angelo Jones used hi' boastihat when
he was in France, he saw more of the Empress than
any other, American there; and it came out at leet
that belted enedaylden lying at the road side inthe
foLat' of Fontainebleau, and had - aeon her niajestS
getting into her caleche—thrit'S the Way he saw more
of her." "Oh, grand-mothri'.' ," To look into a
lady's wardrobe - in my time, and seethe row of hoops,
reminded one of 'the skeleton in the closet.' It
was dreadful. A lady of fashion had hoops for the
strect,.hoops for home, and hoops for evening par
ties ; the Bond larger than the first, - and the last
-largest of all. These hoops were Manufactured of
cane, of whaliitbk and of Steel springs, the last the
best, though considered highly dingerouein a thtin
der storm, the only safety being that when they at
tracted the lightning, it didn't know where to go, but
played among the rings till its force was exhausted
'—indeed I have seen sparks arqund the hoops often. •
. • • ' ' f last week publishes an ar' ! Not ,even an Irish Captain could Come rounta wo-'
o
THE Spiiit
man then with his blarney in less than five minutes.
tide headed " A Plea for Peace," and cred- and it was equally difficult ,ti) circumvent a lady at
its it to the Springfield (Mass.) Republican, a bargain. Your grand-father toed to laugh and say
'g.s!ripiex circa peons ' , was Latin for,' thirty
springs i n a set of. hoops.' • We didn't dare to
"one ;of the -ablest and most influentiali k t tc h a d t
journals supporting the, adtninistration .1n pleat
arm-chairs, for so sure aa.we sat on one. wish
New -England.!' , The Republican -never went our clothes ini .ttyman once set a room in a front; and—" - "Oh, grand
published such lan' article, nor did it . enia• r?" " Sapa. Wi
oar by remarking of Susan Sly, as she sat in a rock!.
nate from any other Union joUrnai, What
~ g-chair,g -chair, that she would be a great catch. "-'Whir
-
nest? ,1 ; ,
_ , -;', a wanted to know. - 'Because she has a legacy (leg
1 ,
AFTER the Dein ocrats had thrown off their
thin disguise in the Indiana and Armstrong
district, and nominated a candidate for Sen
ator, the Indiana Democrat concluded that
the, Democracy had better "go in" .and
elect a Senator, and adult Mr. Penny to
be " Speakei'de facto " of the Senate !
How Mr. Penny could, order the circum
stances, be Speaker in fait without being
Speaker in law, is a legal solution thit
merits a vatent fox: original profundity.
The same paper calls upm the Democrats
to "contest the, election it the polls, anA
if defeated Aerie, anotliet tribunal can be
appealed to to decide up& the legality of
the writ of Mr: Penny." What tribunal
pray? A the Senate is tie sole judge of
the qualification of its owl members, we.
can conceive of no remainitg tribunal for
the discomfited revolutionists, but to ap
peal from the bajlot- , box to a fawn meeting.
We think thit if anybody is (+titled to cer
tiorari the .proceedings of "thi Democracy
in the late Senatorial contest, t is "little
Mac." How often must he sand funeral
hotiorsAbr, Copperhead 'rnanagrs? How
ever, considering the little 'alert in him
when 'Woodward got through Nith hitn, it
probably don't 'matter much ho often he
is entombed ins small way thenafter.
THE House of .Representativetat Wash
ington last week adopted the.foliwing res'
olution,by the decisive vote of 78to 62:
Resolved, That the - Constitutin of the
United States be. so amended as .o•abolish
slavery in the United States whereer it now
exists, and to pyObibit it,,:existenedn every
part thereof. • -
The vote of Pennsylvania was a folliiws:
YEAS-3lessr. Brooinal Kelly,
Morehead, Antos Myers, Leonard Myers,
O'Neil, Schofield, Stevens, Thayer nd Wil
liams-11.
NANti.-=Messrs.jl - Ancona; COFIROTII,
Dawson, Denniion, Lazear,
ler. Randall and titrouse-9. .
NoTVoTu.sro—Messrs. Hale, Johnsa, Stiles
and Traci:—.4. ;
Of the absentees, Messrs. -Hale adrTiLa
ey would have voted with the- tnjority,
while Johnson and Stiles would hay Toted
in the negative,
•
. Gen: Ceffroth. is five 'to -coptry in
stincts; and votes against alio - wing thiStates
even to abolish! Slavery by an met:tient
of the constitution. 'The General casinly
must have '' great expectations " tht he
will'own a bootblack one of these day.-
THE Sp it, 'Speaking of the pmpo;tiOn,
to guard the COmmonwealth against elms
for military damages 'of men wile havetid
ed and abetted the enemy, insists that Pere
shall be no oath whatever imposed ! It
call;upon the Detnocratie members °Alto
legislature to 'l' defeat the bill itself, rater
than have this odious provision in it!" 'o
this Mr. Sharpb and every member of to
committee, both Union and Democrat!,
respond by reqttiring a just test of loyalt.
The legislature; don't seem to apprecitb
the'Spirit's anxiety to protect men wh
may have given aid, comfort and infornii
tion to - the rebels, and they will probabl
pass the bill in spite of its command t,
defeat " it.
Tur, conscription bill passed bath branches
of COngress on Friday last, and has doubt
less been apProved by the President. Our
Washington correspondent_ gives an intelli- .
gent synopsis of the lull. passed the
Senate by 26 to 16—Mr. Buekalew voting
against it aud Mr.-Covian absent or not vo
ting. In the House it was gassed by_7l to
23—the Pennsylvania e ati n voting as
follows: •
YEAS.--Messrs. BroOmal, Uale, Belly,
Moorhead, Amos Myers, Leonard Myers,
O'Neill, Schofield and -Williams-9
14AYS:—Messrs. Dawson and Randall-2
NOT VOTIIi a.—Messrs.
\ Alic - ona, Bally,
Coffroth, bennison, Johnso n , Lazear,
Miller, Stevens, Strousey Stiles, ,Thay
er and Tracy-13
LOCAL ITEMS.
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I see)." "Oh, ' &and-mother r " Sarqivas funny,
but; very inconsiderate. -Itia.she who put his little
brotheenp to walking into the parlor with his sis
ter's old hoopson o u t s id e hi s punts; where she had a
tete-a-tete wit her beau. On a rainy day, when the
hocipsivere drawn in tight behind to the calves"—
"Oh, grand-mother!" l -and the mass stuck out above,
the, view was. : to say theleast, ridiculous. 0, Icould
talk toson all night about the monstrous fashion.
and could tell you what would - make you blush and
laugh and cry, b'ut thank gOodness hoops have bud
i
.their day, and we'll drop the subj t." . ' '
Thus the old lady might 'mound r on, as old ladies
will, and we ncidtmtd, will be w l abused for men
tioning whit we hear and see ar and us every day.
Ladies; you who laugh at this', 0 kiss your hands,
you who' turn up your nOetty or tgly, long or short,
,pug or Roman or aulttitinb, red r pink noses at our
'humble pen, let us ask You one anestiori—whieb is
thoworse, - to commit murder,. or to bear witness of
it? =Oh fair miss, or dear madtim, take your chance
now that hoops are- going out of fashion, and dis
pense with the ;vile things, or our friend Mrs. G will
decide that you cannot do without them. Should
we be sent forth as a prophet to denouncci-hoops,
and should the people repent and be pardoned, we
really think we would bo as mad as Jonah, for they
who are such fools as to have worn hoops are scarcely
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fit subjects for mercy. .
The fashionable lady-of Hindoostaia throws her
baby into the jaws of the - crocodile because other hi.-
dies of India's coral strands do it; While we write
Sunday school Books, and send out Mr. Judson and
his three wives to put a stop to it.. The christian
ladyl knoWs better than to pitch her blessed darling
so she does, to a big, uglyomsty crocodile—ugh! to
be ce,ten all up, but she nuts hoops on her pet, pre-
Parifq her for the sierifice, and says, "'my
don'f go near the fire."- Don't this remind you of
The celebrated song;
1 "Mother, may I go out to swim?
• Yes, my darling daughter. .
You-may -go out-to swim. -
But—don:t go near the water`.".
NO=the Christian mother knows the danger. Mrs.
A's little girl wears hoops, and what is Mrs. E to do?
Poor:heathen, poor cluistian 1 The heathen widow
burns herself uponthe funeral pyre of her dead hus
band. Not so the Christian reliot. She " spreads,
herself " before an open fire, gives a scream, some:
thing like, a war w-hoop, die:+, is canonized, is put
into a new New England primer alongside of John
Rodgers—and sings:
" (live ear my children ton** words—
Experience dearly bought-,- , ;,
m , ar h00p5. ,, b4 dop7, rar r rlon4Ac fire,
!Whlch nie . to etc,
- there be many a moloch, and there be also thous
ands of worshippers. Every where arc his.fires to
be traCed—apillag fire by night, a cloud of smoke
by day,-to guide —where?.ns
We venture theso.fiery remarks because we know
hoops to bßing out of fashion, and because it is so
natural to - tvant to have a kick at any poor devil,
even bough it boa tuition, whorl he or it is going
down hill.
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Before closing, dear sisters, let us "take one last
linger* look at our fading -(not hopes) hoops, the
short 060 P-S the long hoops, the croaked hoops; the
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bisAten li9ops, the dirty hoops, the slatternly hoops,
thesiliare hoops. the hexagon hoops, the dodecagon
'hoops, the cart-wheel hoops, the chandelier hoops.
I:100-'00,0OP 1-
BILI, FOR MILITARY,PAMAGES.—Xr.
Sharp o, chairinanpf the special committee appointed
for the purpose, has reported the following bill to
the House providing for the adjudication and pay
ment of all military damages. 'lt will be seen that
ho provides for a fair testof loyalty, and the bill is
in all respects unobjectionable. special session
has been fixed 'for this evening at 7% o'clock, for its
consideration in the Hoitse, anti' we trust thatit will
receive an! overwhelming vote and be, sent td , . the
Senate at an early day :
SacTuml. Be it enacted, ex.: That the powers.
authorities and duties conterredubon the appraisers,
appointed 1))' the court of common pleas of Dauphin
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17.0. unty, pursuant to the provisions of th act of
1 Assembly passed the twenty-seeoral day •April,
1 1863,,fa,,which.:this' act is a sUppleurdiat, b nd the
same areibreby enlarged ,do as to emb ho as
' certaint by them of all damages and lo occa
sioned tb the-persorrcend real and personal perty,
Of the citizens of Peunsyl vents, within th mlts of
I said state, by the insurgent threes in rebellio against
the government of the •United -States since the com
mencement of the war; and also the ascertainment
of the losses and damages sustained by the citizens
of said state in their real or personal prioperty, or
othetivise, from the militia forces in therservice of
the State of Pennsylvania or caused by the erection
of defensive works by the militia or volunteer forces
and also from the troops in the service of the United
States nithin the limits of this Commonwealth, since
the beginning of the war; and after ascertaining tlre
losses and damages sustained by the citizens of
Pennsylvania and within its limits in each of the
Cases above designated, the said appraisers shall
report the same with all the testimony to the said
. court.
Sxer iox 2. That said appraisers are hereby author
ized to adopt in whole gran - part, and return as part
of their report to the said court of common pleas of
Dauphin county, the assessinentS and appraisements
of losses and damages occasioned by troops in the
service of this Commouwealth, or of the United
States, to the property of citizens of Pennsylvania
and within the limits of said state, which have here
tofore been made by any commissioner or commis
sioners, appointed for that purpose by the Governor
of this Commonwealth, or by any of the courts
thereof; and such assessments and appraisements of
losses and damages made as aforesaid, when eon
finned by the said court of common pleas of Dauphin
county, shall ,be paid in like manner as shall here
inafter he previded for the payment of losses and
damages, ascertained by the appraisers, appointed
by virtue of the act of twenty-second of April, 1863,
to which this ect is a supplement. ,
SEcritis 3. provides tbr paying the Commissioners
$4 per day for their services for six months, and if
they fail to complete the appraisement within that
time, they are to receive only necessary expenses
thereafter. •
SECTIONS 4 and 6,provide for a clerk to the Board
at $3 per day, and for the payment of Commissioners
heretofore appointed to appraise damages at the rate
of u 4 for each day necessarily employed.
tincriceit tit-,That any two of said appraisers shall
constitute a ittueritm for the hearing of claims, but
not for determining the amount thereof; and all
claims heretofore heard and examined by a less
number of said appraisers than the full number shall
not on that account be invalidated. •
Seems 7. That the Attorapy General of the Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania is hereby authorized to
depute an attorney of each of the counties to which
the „. avisions of the act of 'Lid day of April, 1863,
and Of this act may apply, to appear' before said board
of appraisers as counsel for the Commonwealth, and
said attorneys shall receive as a compensation for
their services the sum of four dollars per diem for
each and every day actually and necessarily employ
ed by them for the
_purposes aforesaid, out of any
money in the State 'Treasury not otherwise appro
priated,
SECTION 8. That the, court of common pleas afore
said, in the receipt'of ihe report of said appraisers
is hereby authorized to review, affirm, revise or set
aside, the same in whole or ha 'part, as to such court
may seem just and legal.
SgerioN 9. That said appraisers shall have power
to administer oaths and affirmations, and shall be
required to reduce all- testimony taken by them to
writing, and return the_siune along with their reports
to the court aforesaid, •
Suerms 10. When the said claimishall hare been
adjudicated by the said appraisers, and - their reports
shall bane been Confirmed by the said court of com
mon pleas of Dauphin county, the State of Ponnsyl
vaniashall issue] to the claiinants who have sustaid
ad losses and damages resulting from the occupation
of their lands, or the use and destruction of their
property, or for lirtiel es furnished to the troops in the
Service of the State of Pennsylvania, or of thus United
States, coupon certificates of indebtednesa;bearing
five-per centum,payable at the State Treasury semi
annually, and redeemable in'twentS years, or soon
er at the option of the State • and such certificates
shall set forth on their face that they are issued in
liquidation of debts contracted to repel inylisicin,
suppress insurrection, and defend the state in war.
bEcriox 11. When the claims for damages and
losses sustained by the citizens of this Common
wealth, in their persons and propertyfrom the in
surgent forces in rebellion against the United States,
within the limits of this State. shall have been MUu
ilicated as hereinbcfore required, like certificates
shall be issued by the said Commonwealth to said
claimants, excepting that they shall not set forth on
their face that they were issued to liquidate DEBT,
contracted to retie' invasion et cetera, and for the
.redemption of all certificates ordered to be issued
by the,provisions of this act, a special tax of ono
fourth Pia mill on the dollar shall be levied and col
lected as Statd taxes are now by law levied and col
lected. and the - money so raised ,shall be applied
solely to the redemption of said certificate&
SECTION 12. That every claimant nndet the pro
visions of the act of 22c1 of April, 1863, and of this
act, shall file with his or her claim before said board
of commissioners; the following oath or affirmation:
*! 1, a citizen of county, in the State ,of Penn
sylvania, du solemnly swear or affirm that I have
never borne arms against the United., States or the
State of Penw(ylvania, since I have be, a citizen
thereof; that I have given no aid, counsel. counte-
nance, infetrietion or oneouragementto periona en- ",
Raged in aimed hostility to the United States . or the
btato of Pennsylvania; that I have not assisted or
advised others to gist id discouraging enlistments
in the armies of the United States; and I do furthc r
swear or affirm , that to the best of my knowledge
and I' will support and defend the Constitu
tion of the United, States, and of the State of Penn-
Virasia, against all enemies, foreign and domestic;
tnat I will bear true faith and allegiance tothe saute, ,
and that I will well and faithfnllY discharge the du- -
tics of a citizen ofthe United, States aad of the State
of Penn:y4 lvanias."
THE GALLANT 77TE1.--V} hat. remains -of
the gallant 7711 Regiment is now at home on fur...—.
lough. - This Regiment, as most of our readers know.
was organized in this town in September,lB6l. The
original commander was Col. F. S. Stumbaugh, and
it was mainly owing,to his effcirts that the Regiment
was speedily fitted omit for field operations. , When
Col. Sttunbatuch took command of a Brigade he was
succeed ea by Bien`. Col..Hotuinin, and upon thedoath
of•that brave man the command devolved nPon
Capt. Rose. The Regiment has participated in some
Of the hardeit fights and undergone some of the sTJ.--
, ierest marches in the history of the war. It was
conspicuous at Shiloh ; lost its commander at Stone
River; and covered itself `with glory at Chattanooga,
and Chickamauga, These, were leading en gag e.
ments, to speak ncithing,of the iihnost numberless
skirmishes and minoS contests in which it took im
active part. When the Regiment left Pittsburg to
join the armi in Kentucky, it numbered, inch:Ohm
the Battery attached,-,1,000 men; now it numbers
scarce 250. disease and death ha;ring thus decimated
its strength. ! Out of its piesent strength only eleven.
have refused:to re-enlist. 'lt is but just Co say how-
ever, that most of this number are suffering.from
disability, and are Fto some extent unfitted for Ser
vice. .1 -
We hail de retern of these brave soldiers with
inexpressible pleasure, and would add that no el i
deuces of respect can be tendered them but `chat
they richly merit. - •
OUR CREDITS. -It will be seen by the PfL
ficial table given on, the first page of to-day's paper.
that Greencastle is the only district, that was clear
of the draft by the official record at Washington ou
the ls Lof this month. Since then, however, quite a
number have filled their quotas. Both Wards or
Cliambersbnig are undoubtedly full; ie are
cersburg, Antrim, Peters, and perhaps St. The - Car.
Guilford put in 56 men when only Ati men were
needed, so that that district has with Greencastle a
clear excesslon the next call should one be made.
Our_ county !has suffered severely by, blunders in
Crediting veterans; -and with the men already en
listed here, and the veterans re-enlisted in the field.'
our county his certainly a considerable .eitess an
her entire ijuota. But-some districts have done
little or nothing: Fannettlas just started*out, and
Quincy is considerably behind. It would be mani
festly unfairlto give these districts the benlafit
excess furnished by other districts. If, that should
be done, in Case'of another call, the districts which
have honestly furnished the excess should have the
benefit of them. We hope to see mostof ear veterans
yet credited ;to the proper districts in the county.
DANTELIRANiouT, Esq.-- - -This talented
and distingtiished artist, .whose productions bare
received theihighest weed of praise from some of
the most' eminent critics of Europe and this CORTI
tiy, is uow on a short visit to this, bis native plitec.
Mr. Knight is quite a young man, but has exhibittd
most remarkable genius as an: artist His works io.
oil and crayon, give promise of his right to a posi
tion among the foremost, of American artists, at no
distant day. I- Tho last three years he has, spent in
Paris, and Not been most industrious in-acquiring a
correct knowldge of his profession from the various
galleries and studios of that city.* Wo trust that
kr. Knight 'will meet with the proper encourage
and that he May attain rewards commouhtrate
with his ambition and his merits. ,
BATTLE GETTYBBURCL.—Rev. John R.
Warner; of Gettysburg,- lectured in the Methodist '
Chureirin this place, on Thursday evening last, on
the Battle of Gettysburg, to a very large and aPPre
ciative audience.
,Mr, Warner witnessed the whole
battle. and he describes it most graphically andele
'quently. Re should devote his whole time to the
delivery of. this lecture for some months: An4,we
would advise the citizens of every prominent town
throughout the State to request its delivery for then!.
We have read every thing written on the subject of
the great battle that at once rescued' a State ai4d
Nation, and no one can form any just conception`iif
the great straggle without hearing Mr. Warner. We
learn that ho will lecture in Greencastle on Tuesday
the let of March.
THE 2211—Washington's Birth-day, was
not observed with that patriotic euthusiasm that
should have 'marked its recurrence. Capt. Piper's
Regular U. E. Battery fired n, salute of 32 - guns on
Yederal Hill;•and Capt. Ege's company of Infant -
paraded the ntreets; but beyond this there were no
demonstrations worthy of notice: We must giro
credit to these' two named organizations by saying
that the firing of the Battery was admirtible, and t bs
appearance and drill of Capt. Ege's company elici
ted much praise. Oar streets were crowded during
the day by citizens and soldiers; but there was no
disturbance of the peace requiring police or especial
Military interference that came to our notice.
13..tmc EtEcrioN.—At an'election recently
held by the guard of Directors of the first National
Bank of Waynesboro', Wm. S. Amberson.-Esq.,
elected President of the institution, vice GeOro 3i,
cobs, Esq., resigned. The election may be regarded
as.one highly appropriate. Mr. A. being one of the
most experienced and thorough-going business men
of the torvn.! , .
WE invite attention to : the adyeitisitrnent,
in another cniumn, giving notice of rkserica of Ser.
moos to be preached in tho Baptist Churutii in thi, -
place, by IleV. C. H. Forney,.
'REV. P. 'S. DAVIS, bf
expected to Breach in the.Germatt Rcformect,churdr
of this place; on next Sabbath morning and derliiir.
at the usual hours.
THE Democratic County CUrumit e.i cs)f
thil county will meet on FriSay..evening nowt, at
the office of C. 33. Duneam.Esq., Chairman, to eleet
a Delegate to the Democratic State Conventior.
REV. 5..1. NiceoLts, of hi piNCO, leo
'tu cd in Ilugerstown on Friday evening last;
• WE are indebted to John 1). Creigh ,Egq
for files of California papers.
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, AN 'UNWELCOME STRANGETL-31ri Itch,
Commonly known us theltch, has made its app?aratieo
In town and in various places thr'oughont th& county
It may be n source of relief to persona so affiletnit
knoW that they han get a sure cure for this troubletprest!
tliseiise at Miller tF. Handley's. Let all so afltietil tend
Immediately to their Drug Store and get a, bo*ri.if Ter
tel's Itch Ointment. Price 25 cents. It hi a spossOzute.
- LOOS TO YOUR INTEREST.—At
wholesale and retail store you can olitaiti the--1-41gbeat
prieC for dried flint and all kinds of country: irodnots
and also see the largest and finest stock of goods at ipw
rates: -
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BRONCILIALVROCHED, fOrOstitiglif,
Colds, Pulmonary and' Asthmatic Disorders, htiTif
their efficacy by a,test of many years, and have) . weived
testimonials from eminent men who have used teem
COI7XTEY PEOPLE, when; you visit: dnitOl
bensbargozall at Geloricla wholetate and retail atom
examine thelargo stock and get a bargain.
e Et:wick's expects to make his •btisineit
pay by'selling the largest quantity and not :by large
profits.
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ANOTHER lot, of the bestrerfumery and
Soap at HETega A Cansua's.
IV you want a fintrata and cheap Waist ;
Book, call at ar,rese. k Cansucit's. 4
Iv you want a cheap Kerosemi Lamp and
the best 011 In the nuirket, call at therm & Carietsi