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' OUR Washington correspondent refers
to the generally received' opinion in well
informed circles, that Major General D.
N. COtfelt ; now Commander of the De
partment of the Susquehanna, will be
called to take an important' command in
:the Army of the Potomac this spring, if
so, Gen. Couch will leave us as widely
regretted as he is either personally or of
--..ficially known; but his conceded abilities
as a field commander would make all rec.,
i iognize the fitness of Such a change, now
that the final struggle for the overthrow
of Treason is nigh at hand._ , With no aim
but to be faithful to his Country's cause,
ho has won greatness by that fidelity the,
is a strmager'to self,', and the unobtrusive
exercise of that high measure __of, Wl*
.
. that stamps, im as one, of our first field
, .
officers.
XILISTARY DAMAGES.
We earnestly appeal to the Union mem
bers of the legislature togive the bill pro
viding for the adjudication and payment of
miliffxy ;damages, a candid, dispassionate
consideration, unprejudiced by any polit
iOid complicatiOns which may have' been
•
"thrown around it by violent partizans.
'lle - test oath reported in the bill, and
which was unanimously accepted by the
committee, is a• fair one—just to the State
°and just to the loyal. people ; and to seek
• to impose needlc*and humiliating tests,
Striking at the metre political belief of the
citizens on the one hand, or striving to
• •
.exempt all from %wing evidence of loyal
ty, so that Rebel and Union men could
claim alike; on the other hand, make the
sufferings of a despoiled people rt, mere
• political foot-ballfor the amusement of
ambitious legislative orators ;
The 'measure is free' from' all political
bearings. It applies to men of all parties:
• for all have suffered alike under rebel in
. vasion; and if there,be,exceptions to the
fidelity of our people during rebel rule in
OUT midst, no fears need be apprehended,
under Mr. Sharpe's restrictions, that such
men can profit by it. The bill is urged
with uncmmuon earnestness bythe entire
press and Members Of both parties, of
.York, Adams, Franklin, Cumberland, Ful
ton and Bedford; and they are not seek
ing charity from the State, nor are they'
*siring that the highest just standard of
loyalty shall be, lowered. 'They have
given their fathers, sons and brother's
to preserve our, Nationality ; they have
, promptly berne — their full share of the
burdens of the gOvernment, and they feel
that they can justly demand that the
great Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
sludl.not be unmixidful sof her highest du
ty to her_ citizens, and forgetful of her first
prerogative as a sovereign State,
..." But it cost a million dollars or
•More!" exclaim those who `ever hesitate
between expediency and right. True, it
may costa million or a million and a guar
ter; 'but flit should cost five millions in
stead of,one, the, necessity for compensa
.
tiou would only be the more imperative ;
*cense the more grievous - would be the
„. burden,upon individual citizens. Penn
. - 'Rlvinia has five millions due her for years
€ t
Ireton persons who hold oppatented ands
' - --4hree times the amount necea yto
vindicate het fame as a prOtecting over
, eignty in this instance ; and will th leg
islature allow the just claims 'of the state
upon her debtors, who have been forgiven
„interest for a time whereof. the memory
of, man rut:meth not to' the contrary, to
- lel;utbm undemanded, and at the same
, withhold compensation to citizens
svho 'have suffered by invasion? Must
onenolasAof our people reeeivi3 gifts froni
, thestate, and another be refused protee
, tion.andJuanY left to bankruptcy? If
AO, Our .boa.ste4l COMISIONWEALTEI is a fie
- -and -a fraud,' and our pride in thege
;ftius`of our,goverranent a delusion: Let
the kgislature.be Jusr—the people of the
border wantnathinganore. Let the rev
' anis of the State begathered and bins.-
banded—let just claims,be .culleeted and
jtist debts be ,paid, and - we' are ,Content;
bud it is not justice to practically give
sway five millions to owner of lands, and
declar4l the State too:poor und powerless
, to give security tithe pirsons and prop
erty of her citizens.
The hand:%vilitingon the wall relative
to Shivery, hal, at lust been_ read by the
Democratic leaders, and they are about
to declare thatiit has been "weighed in
the balance and found wanting." For
years they Have been , the main depend
ence of Slavery. It was by' their aid
it was emboldened to aggression upon
the genius Of our government, until it
became imperial in its demands, and '
proclaimed itself master' of the conti
nent. It was by their, aid that it revers:
ed the doctrine of the fathers of the
Republic, declaring the Territories free
by their aid that -it was enbled to defy
the solemnly plighted faith, oft& Nation
by the repeal of the Missouri restriction ;
'by their aid that Kansas was over-run by
brutal ruffians, usurping the power of
government, and impexilinglife: and pro
perty unless devoted to the cause 'of
bondage; by their aid that the highest
judicial tribunal:of the Nation was made
to confront the common law of the civil
ized world, by declaring that Slavery
could exist in Territories without munici
pal regulations giving it life; and itlsvas by
their aid that Treason was at last strength
`ened for, its crowning crime in seeking to
destroy the great Republic of the world
by wanton war. But three years of ap
palling conflict have written in letters of
flame upon the Nation's'pathway,,as did
Jefferson in the earlier and better days of
our fathers, that God is just; that His
justice will not sleep forever; and He
proclaims in His own good time—"Ven
veance is` Mine—l will repay !"
Proprif4 , iiire
Slavery is doomed!' The earnest and
faithful have so declared it for years past ;
but the hesitating, the timid, the tempor
izing, the faithless struggled for its exist
pace' for me - till's after it had become the .
giant suicide of the world's history. But`
slowly and surely they are awakened to
the fact now patent as the sun at noon
(lake that it has staked its, existence in a
war f against—Sus" ace' and Huinanity
-against Order and Government against
Man 'and God, and ithasilost in the strag
gle.- Still the weak tremble lest its death
throes shall be too violent; lest it: Isbell.
rend a government from centre to circum
ference hilts- dying convulsions ; but the
overruling hand that "shapes ,our ends,
rough-hew them as we will," is a stranger
to the expedients Which would stand be
tween the triumph of Right when its day
has come, and the morn of universal Free
dom dfiwns brightly upon the Western
World.'
There are still ‘ thousands who are blind ;
who would follow Slavery upon the altar
of suicide, and wreck political fortune with
it, and its dishonored grave. But the
world moves; and Demoaracy Moves with
it. It is slow to surrender its early and
constant love ; it is sluggish in apprecia-.
Ling 'manifest truth, and reluctantly ad
mits that there is a present whose new
duties have been created by the chequer
ed and :crimsoned past; but it is coming
it is seeing; it is acting, and it will soon
champion Emancipation with all the ardor
of a modern convert. It loves Slavery
none the less; but it loves Power more; -
and it will not war against - destiny. It
has tried it, and lost; it will now ruititrl
new banners with strange devices, and
Slavery mayif thereby Democracy
lives.. So it faltered in 184 D; when the
Democracy of every -Free State but lowa
\declared for the Wilmot Proviso; but its
master re-asserted its power, and with re
lentless vengeance Slavery bid Democra
cy atone for its perfidy by new evidences
Of affection. But now Slavery has passed
the boundaries of hope,-- : the decree is in
exorable that it must die, and again` Dem
ocracy; after fruitless efforts to preserve
its'life, pronounces it dead and entombs
it under the epitaph of retributive justice !
He who, supposes that the Democracy
are going to venture upon a Presidential
,contest with banners streaming for the
dead, reads the signs of the times Jo little
purpose. The humble followerstlito but
re-echo the dictates of leaders, may still
be for Slavery ; -bat they will be schooled
in tinie; and will follow the new path with
that confidence in masters that has ever
made Democracy formidable. The Work/
declares that Slavery's " downfall' is the:
natural result of the war and the-Demo
cratic party cannot interpose to save 4,t ;
Its destruction is a risk which the South
voluntarily incurred when they resorted
to arms, and it would be great inconsis
tency for us' to intervene in-favor of 'an
institution which we disapprove." The
New York Express says that "all feel that
Slavery has gone by the
.board. Politi
cally it was dead before the war - began.
Physically it is now dead, and ought not
for one moment enter into any discus
:+ on relating to the war, any more than
anything else that is dead beyond all- hOpe
of resurrection." The Chicago Post, the
. leading Democratic organ 'of the West,
S i as% it has frobythe first declared that
"rebellion - Would-be the natural destruc
tion; of Slavery." The Pittsburg Post de
clares that "the future.peace of this now
dist:Faded and bleeding - country, requires
the total extinction of Slavery among us:"
The New York Herald, daily declares Sli
very dead beyond the hope (X ininxis life,
and the Catholic organs-of Cincinnati;and
Philadelphia have both pronoun Ced the
doom.' of human bondage as inevitable:
Hon. James Brooks. Democratic M. C.!
=!= iiiie-ii'iiiiiiiiii' iiiii6itott; , Attitrill 2;064.. : 'i,
.
from New. York, said, in Congress a few
days ago that rasa Roman is the days
- of Cresar,'Or a Frenchman in the days of
Napoleon, I must cease protesting and re
iristing. Hence I recognize the abolition
of Slavery; hence I intend to - act hereof--
, ter upon that recognition, because it is,
inevitable." Hon. Cyrus a.. Pershing,
leading Democrat in the Pennsylvania
'legislature, in a carefully prepared polit
ical speech in the Rouse last week,. de
clared that " Slavery had stabbed itself
to death—it must die;" and a convention
of the Democratic Editors of this State,
in secret session in Harrisbyrrg on the 24th
ult., resolved informally that their cher
ished idol should be mourned as a thing
of the past; that all their hopes of success
demanded but few tears and moderate
sorrow fdr their departed ally. ' True, one
of the journals there represented declared
but a week ago that " the enslavement of
the- black - race is one of the Almighty's
great purposes, whereby out of evi • e
`educes good," but "the Almight - rs great
purposes" will be reversed in theory any
day that the interests of Democracy in
tervene... •
—What means this re' olntionl It is
not accident, or impulae, or any new
born love for humanity, -on the part of
Democratic leaders., It means that the
Democratic party regard the success of
the war and the overthrow of the rebellion
and Slayery as inevitable, and they seek,
to reap the fruits of "this great victory
over themselves by electing the next
President. of the _United, States. • They
are - .low silent as to 3P \ Clellam save_in a
few localities where tho know no better.
In the great centres of iiemocratic power,
where the 'Seymoura,. the Woods.Woods. the
Richmonds rule, no *follies as to platforms
or "Little Napoleons": are committed.
The delegates chosen are silent as to their
choice; the declaration of principles allows
the widest latitude
,fOr " the mutations of
ninety days stilt in the womb of the
future; and if the Union armies are crown
ed with fresh victerks in the West this
spring, : they will 'ac4i their last linger
ing hope of success—take Gen. Grant for
the Presidency if they can -get hint, and
declare for the abolition of Slavery? in all
the States of the Union. Gen. M'Clellan
will have, , served his purpose.. His letter
to the President pleadint for the -life of
Slavery will be assigned with hini among
the relics of the past, and Democracy w
champion War; Abolition, Corifisea:on,
and summary executions if need be, to cow
pass the next Chief Magistracy of .the
government. Such is the manifest drift
of DemoCracy. In despair it turns from •
the Slavery it loved and cherited to flak
Freedom it has hated and maligned, and
bringing gifts to the Repablic and its
noblest chieftains, it Will seek to regain
power over the Nation ,just rescued from
the bloody fruits of its perfidy.
THE COIFING DICALFT.
The President signed the amended Con
scription bill on Thursday last, and it is
now the kW. The time fixed for the draft
is the 10th or March; now but eight days
distant ; and we regard it as impossible
for the government to be prepared for it
before thirty days at least. The enrof
meats are required to be perfected - by
the addition of all -who have not been hi
service two years—pus embracing our
nine nicintink volunteers and :the drafted
men of 1862 in Pennsylvanja ; also all who
have arrived at the age of twenty -ears
since the last enrolment, and all - who - have
declared their intentions to become citi
zens of the -United States. This will re
quire nearly as much labor as the orighial
enrolment,and it anmot be done in less Gum'.
three weeks if even so soon. In addition
to this, the proper credits cannotbePre
pared for several weeks, a s - volunteering
continued until Monday last, and it *ill
require considerable time for therolls to
be all forwarded and the -credits aker=
tamped. - We look therefore for the post
ponement of the draft as inevitable; and
most likely the quotas willbe entirely full
by the time the government can be ready.
In the meantime Cob Fry, the Provost
Marshal General, has' learned another,
lessen as to the rights of the People, and
- has recinded his oMer refusing to credit
veterans properly. As the- enlistments
in-the field have been made, incorrectly
in most instances in the matter of credits,
many oft the old rolls will have to be re
vised, and it will require vast labor and
much time. But whether another draft
is probable or not, it is'ilue to the soldiers
and to the people that the credits for re
enlisted, veterans be Made as, nearly cor
rect as possible. There is neither pro
priety 13r justice in Pennsylvanians re
maining on the records of theyar De
paitment for all time, as belonging te
Chattanooga; Vicksburg, -New Orleans,
- 1 1P4 1 0or, or r 9tho Places. in - the - South,
and our' great State, ever
_Willing to do
more-than her - whole duty in - preserving
the Republic, be thus defrauded of her
just honors in furnishing men.. Col. Fry
should go further than merely allowing
corrections -to be made where veterans
aPply for permission to be 'credited prop=
erlyi in order to - 1111:the quotas of their
districts and receive ml bonnties.. He
should direct the officers, to correct their ,
inaceOrtlance with the 'reguiaticate,'
and enter the re-enlisted men to the lo
j
calities.where they belong), If otlierparts
of. Pennsylvania have . fare4 as has Frank
lin county. in
.credits forsveterans, the
State Wifi , be entirely witiont credit for
our 'brave Men who, have rOnlisted ; and
the records of the War . Department--the
official evidence of the action of the
States—world declare that of all the
thonsands Of veterans in the twice from
Pennsylvania; but few if any responded
to the call for men, in 1864. Vould - this
be a just record for a State ;hat twice,
interposed to save the Nationd Capital
from the grasp of Treason I W . , submit
to the authorities that full justice should
be done to the States in this mater, and
we insist that the devastated cattsties
the border at least shall not be rquired
to furnish an excess of men because of
official blunders at Washington. Yeare
prepared to do our whole duty o the
guirernment; to fill our quotas to tin last
man, and - to furnish as many mire if
needed;. but let the demand full jtstly
upon sal sections; and especially should
the government be careful notto discim-
Mate against the districts where invasion
has
. imposed peduliar burdens upon tae
people.
—Since the above was intYpe we hale
received information of the action of Cot
gress, extending the period for enlistments
until the first Of April, thus postponingl
the draft until that period. We may safe
ly assume, therefore, that there 'will be
no draft in Frank - 'n county, for frith the
volunteers enlisted daring the next month,
and the credits • we hope to see given us
for veterans, our county will stand upon
the official records as having nobly done
her whole duty in furnishing men to:, de
fend our common Nationality. -
VALLANDWITAM.
~_ Vallandighant has come to grief again.
He entered Congress, and betrayed his
people in his effOrts to betray his Coun
try, and ,they , '; repudiated him by. the
election of a lOyal representative to his
place. lie then undertook to avenge him
self for his defeat by denouncing the gov
ernment and its laws in most' -anti:Marr
ed-terms. A'draft was soon to be made;
reverses had lie,fallenthe Nationalrarins;
the loyal hearte.were bowed in 'sorrow;
and he commenced a series of liarratiges
designed to stir the people up to revolu
tion ; for the benefit of ' his -treasonable
-.---,- s' in the South. Gen. Burnside was
called to comniandin the Department of
Ohio, and his : honest devotion to his coun
try could not tolerate open, unblushing,
active treason. He issued his famous
i l
Order N '. 38, in. Which he declared that
," treuso ," expressed or implied, would
not lie lerated in that Department," and
.that, e* would not hold guiltless those who
publicly declared their sympathy with the
enemy. Val. took _np the gauntlet, and
a public speech declared the order "a
base usurpatioti of arbitrary power;" that
he " despised,ft, ?pit upon it, trampled !it
under his feet," and that he had "resolv
ed never to submit to it." • Gen. Burn-
side issued the order for - his arrest three
days thereafter, and the day following he'
was arraigned before a' military court
composed of eight Military , officers. Ite
was convicted and sentenced to confine
ment in Fort Warren through the war,
which sentence' the; - President commuted,
to banishment beyond our lines. The is
:
tate Was' clearly made by Vallandigham,
and the work was as clearly done by the'
president. It was ' effectual. ' Faction.
raged furiously for a while, but it soon
i began to lower its crest, and to take bet-,
ter - care to keep within bounds. It for the
first time realized that :there was anthor
ity at Washington which it was net pru-,
I
,L a
ent.to contend against From that time
iCopperheadisni Languished. It did not,
lase, perhapi, any of its malignity; -but
1 its courage oozed out in spite of - itself.,
'Without its audacity, faction is nothing.
Val. was, sent south—was tenderly giv r
e - n - o - Ver to the rebels by flag of truce,d
immediately ,he was feted and feasf'o';
the Chattanooga Rebel nominated him for
Governor of Ohio, and gave a splendid
1 programme,, based, upon his election; of
his escape to Canada through the bhiek
ade and ltis triumphant return to Ohio
from British soil after the people had cal
led the exile to the first position of the
State by their. votes'. The Copperheads
of Ohio acted upon the Rebel's suggestion
and undertook -to carry it out; but it failed
only for want of an hundred and odd thoit 7:
sand votes.. Vol. ran the blockade, after'
having arranged with Jeff. Davis a defi
nite.plan fOr arresting .-the, war when he
should be elected, and reached Canada in
time to issue several proclamations to his
friends in Ohio before the election. 'But
the people were most obstinate in their
loyalty, and the largest:popular majority
ever - given in the State declared thatle
was ' justlylianished,und 04 Ohio was not:
the place fOr a traitor's home. He then
appealed to the ',Kupreinia Court ;:of the
United States; and that tribunal has just'
decided without a dissenting opinion ' , ihat
it E rr no relief to Men who defy
th avi it s`b* seeking to aid the enemies of
the gove
~ e nt, and ,are punished there 7
Rl' V, . must therefore remain in
,Can
ada a little longer. Twice has he appeal
, ed to the Peepleto meet with their signal
'rebuke; and now the hie, judieh4 tri
bunal of tho Nation deelaria:tlfak the - civil
law has no -remedy for ihe traitor. ' -,
:- , Shoiddn't'tlieliemlieracy Of Pennsyl
vania, in their nest State Convention,
deelatethe Supreme, Court of the United
States unconstitutional) It has differed
with their la.st platform relative to Val.
most shoelOxigly.
. .
THE ttitunphant election ofD.r. TnomAs
ST. CLAIR • by 2,0013 , majority, - is a most
withering rebuke to the Senatorial revc
lutionists who have bloc - ed legislation,
imposed needless taxes t pon the people,
and disgraced the Sta by holding its
i,
firstlegislative trib'unal petty,fruitless
conflict for nearly' tw months. Jeff.
Davis:having finally re used to yield the
'advantage he suppose he held for his
"friends," the people were at last appeal- '
ed to, and a majority , that has astounded
the revolutionias, and more than met the
highest expectations of the Union men,
bids the Senate be unlocked and proceed to
legislate for the preservation of our Nation
-Laity. In Indiana county, the candidate
of the revolutionists - is beaten 1.923, in it
poll of -4,209 votes—but one district
..t
Oving. him a majority. Saltsburg, gave
59 , fini liCouglas to 45 for St. Clair-- , t:all the
'other districts going against hit ft and
Armstrong, that was confidently relied
nyt4 to Ove Douglas a decided majority,
has given nearly 160 for- St. Clair. . The
Indiana, :Democrat philosophically says
that it. "is useless to enumerate" the
cause which Combined to defeat the Dela--
°crack, and adds that "it is sufficient to
know.that we are badly beaten !"
31ri.LAnn FILLMORE has made a des
irate bid forthe Democraticnomination
fir, the Presidency. , At a recent Sanitary
F'dr f . at which he .iircsided, he made :a
spiech, in which he' surpassed even. Per-.
naido Wood in concession - and corn
pronise. s He said that when the war is
ovet We must show our. ehristian forgive,
ne.ssty extending , to' the rebels "every
act of clemency and kindness in our power,
and l - q restoring them to a - ll'theirrights
underthe Constitution." Thiswooldmake
Davis,Toombs, Stephens,Wigfall, Mason,'
Slidell, Brown and- half a :score of others
full flaged United States Senators;" make
Lee a c)lonel in the regular army, 'with
Beattregtrd, Buckner, Stuart, Hill,-Long
street aryl many others who hive wan
tonly del g .d the land in .fraternalblond:,.
regular &Toy' odicers, and we presume
that Moseby and other guerilla leaders
would have to come in too. It washard
ly Worth - while for Fillniore 'to degrade
'himself in that style after many others
had tried it and lost at it. However, it's
his own affir and his folly will not so
much as crease a ripple on the'sea of po
litics. Helm; long si ce conserved him-1
self into the nl3bish-o - the past.
• _
Tice Age has cy6B but r it 'sees not, ears'
but it hears not. - It-won't see or believe
that Slavery is-.ead, and it will have a
Slavery Presideit •or mime. It
,nionrns
over the waywaniness of-its partYleaderi
in accepting the truth . that Slavery is a
suicide and. can thither be restored:to life
or, defended, and ieclaresthatif snehiiew
doctrine prevails, be election of a Demo
cratic President waild not be:a " source
of pleasure to it. It sorrowis i iii this wise:
'",lf a Democratic Iresidont is 'elected - , only
to foliow in the tortuous steps and pursue the
paths of lawlessness fiat have been trodden by
the present Administraion, his advent to power
will not be a source of pleasure to us.: If the
Democratic party caumt be victorious with the
banners and with tlie'pineiples under which it
has so often fought and conquered ; if its sacess
is to be purchased by anacceptance 011ie prin
ciples of its adversaries, 'Wen will the price of
its victory bp too dear—then, will its success
be a barren one."
THE Somerset Demurral is more candid
than most of its faith. Its Editor applied
and iva.sexempted from (he draft—whether
on the ground of manfest imbecili&v or,
physical causes, is not sttted—and ho ex.- 1 ,
plains his motive by saying that he be-, ,
lieu es "wear is disunimi," and, therefore
he cannot be " made-, at instrument to
such au ena," and adds----" we don't be
lieve in it and therefore . ' don't go." Cliil-'
dren and—eve'forgetwhe else, are given
to; telling the truth mint inepportimely
soMetimes.
1111
MARYLAND has deelaret by her late
Union Stato Convection fir immediate
Emancipation - without SW
,compensa
tion or ' negro apprenticedip. Thus do
the lOyot men of a Slave Sate deal with
this fruitful parent of rebellion and cause
less c.,ar. The Spirit is . probably netread
much over that :way, orfliey would not
have been so impious 'its thtis to interfere
with "one of the Almighty's gieat ptir
poses!" „ .
Tun report of the committee of confer
ence exempting whisky in. store froni tax,
was defeated in the House last week. y
the decisive vote of 86 to 57. Anewcom
mitteehfis been , appointed, 'mid fa cam
promise Will doubtless be effected:
„ .
Timeleetienfor' Dire Mars of the isio:rthern
Centralß4lroad took. place on ThursdaY last,
when Messrs John A. Wright E. Rapp, E.
C. Biddle`,l3:l o . Neweonter, Thomas A, Scott,
Jadob.P`7 ;YOU% 'Win. Colder, Gee. Jno.
M. Nennedy, Henry Welsh, Jas. li.'Potts and
'Vaster ilkorrits 'were chosen. ”
gsq.,lma been re-elected President;; The
total receipts for the last year were 0,122,-
084
,19 --:the , expenditures $lAB,Bt7! 41; net
revenue '045;216 78. To Ihiishimi* 'added
$185,364 11 due from the government. •
WiarerUdehted to lion. E.ld'Pherson,
fora copy of Gen. Velellan's Report ? , apd
to Messia.. Nfiaerry, Wilson. and Mai*,
of the legislature for documents, -
TUE United State; Sanitary Corninission will
hold a grand Central Fair in Philadelphia rt
Jane neat, and the citizens of the State are
earnestlyrequested to contribute liberally Wit.
Especially are the' local Union LortgueS urged
to forward contrihntions in any of the Depart
meats of Agrieult*, Mining, Mituufactnim
and tho' Mee;h4ie l - Arts', and generally inlny
other way whatever. The Union League of
Philadelphia can be addressed through C:
ESq.,• corresponding Seeretary, for any
inforination wanted. .
,
Further despatches from the West say that the
report of the capture' of Selma, ilabartia, by
some of Sherman 's forces is generally believed.
The; story is said to have been brought to Vick's ,
burg by a courier direct from Gen. Sherman:,
Gen. Gr- nt's scouts report that Gen. Sherman
had strueluthe Mobile_ and Ohio Railroad; and
had ent Gen.Polles Rebel army in two, ondbot h
vings were retreating. in different. directions.
Gi.mt excitement; existed, at Montgomery', the
Capital of Alabama, on account of Gen. Sher
man's approach. • . -
MARRIED.
L AMAST EIt—BRAVER.—On the 2j41 hy. the
Rev: A. M. Whetstone, Mr. 'Jacob ,Lamaster- of
Bridgeport, to Miss Mary Jane Reavet, of Lotidoli-
ORTIL--.ALLEMAN.T—On the 2lith of- JantuitY.
188 R
3, by the ev - :E. Breideubaugh t Mr. Job ptit. A.
'Orth, of Mercersburg 1
,to Miss .izzie C. Alb:mien. of
Montgomery township,
RIPPr-14811ER.--Ou the22d
burg, by the Rev. C. F. -Hoffineicr, Mr. Samuel 8.
Gioe to. Miss Lydia J. Fisher, both of Greencastle.
FLIGKINGRH—DOYLE.---Ou the 18th lilt:, by
the Rev. Win, A. IS Dr. John 11. Flickinger to
Miss Matilda C. Doyle, all of Dry Run.
ATHERTON--StGARS.--On the 23d ttlL, by the
Rev. Dr. Harper, Mr. James' Atherton. 'of the-21st
Cavalis, to Miss Laura Sugars of ShinPenaberu.
SHAFER--SPIDLE.--41n the 18th ult., by the
Rev. J. W. Wightman, Mr. George Shafer to Miss
Margaret C. Studio, both of Camp Hill. Pa. •
WATERS--GAFF.—On the 23d ult., by the Rev.
,W. H. I)eatrich, Mr. Richard Watl f ie, of Jennings
county: Indiana, to Miss 801 l Gaff, the yieinity, of
Scotland, this county.
ADAMS-1.11X.1i.---On the `sth tilt., by the Rev.
Thomasßarnhart - William Adams, ef-Mom
goinery township, to Miss Martha C. Meek, of This
Place._
KLEE—REEL—On the 25th ult., by the Rev. M.
Wolf, Mr. Ancircu Klee, to Mies Anna Elizabeth
Reel.
MYETtS—ROTS.--On the - `29th of Derembei. by
the_Rev. T. Crider, Mr. John Myers, to Miss Eliza
beth Roth, both of this county.
BRUBAKER-rOYLEII.--On the 4th ult. k bY the
same, Mr. John Brubaker, of Church Hill, to
gate Oyler of Fulton county.
WAGON.:—KRESS.—On the d lilt: by- the,.
same, Mr. Wm. Riley Wagoner, to Miss Kate kret,4,
both of Fulton county, • ,
WITHEROW—JONES.—On the 23c1 ult., by N.
M. - Witherow, Esq., Mr. William Witherort,
J. M. - Jones. both of the vicinity of Carrick Funmco.
KISECKER—WITHF,RSPOON.---On the4th
by the Rev. s: Niceolls, Mr. Walter M. Kiseeker.
to Miss Ellie A. Witherspoon, both of this county.
DIED.
BEAR.—On
_the 19th ult., near Monterey, ; ,slr.
Jacob T. Bear, aged 81 years and 3 months.
RUNE.—On the 18th ult., in Waynesboro', Mau
Ellen Lavinia Rune, aged 2 yours, Sinonths and 22
days. ' '
BESORE.—On the 34 ult., in Mt. Connell, 111..
Mrs. , Julia A. Besore, consort of the late G. W.
Mesons, Esq. -----
WEAGLY.—On the. 7th ult., near Frederick,
Jcanettte Eliza, infant daughter of the late James
R. and Yallietta S. T. Wcagly, aged 10 months and
17 days.
FR Y.—On the 17th ult.. John B. Fry, of C0..11107th
Re fit P. V. aged 20 years.
hEEFER.—On the 2d1,11i. in Shipnenibuig, , Liavid
'ion of Jacob and Sus - keefer, -aged;.,U years. 6
months and 23 days.
TAYLOR. -0 23d ult., near •Bridgeport,
lira ?
Aert Gregg Tay or. aged 6 months and 17 days.
ESFLLEMAN.---Ou the23thult, near Greenca.stle.
Jghn. son of Mr. John Eshleman, Sr. , aged' 1 years
and 'S months.
LENIIARR.-4)n the 22d ult., in Greeneastht.
infant child of Mr. - David Lenharr, ugcd4 mouths
and 27 days.
LESIIER.—On the 27th alt., near Greencastle.
George son of Mr. Jacob Lecher, in the Bth year of
its age.
BUTLER.--On the 12th ult., at his 'residenee iu
Frederick, Md4ofeonsumption.3lr. Harman Butler,
aged 52 yeani, 11 months and 29 days.' - •
GA3lllLE.—Onthe 15th ult., near Dry Ran, Mrs.
Martha, Gamble, relict of Morrow Gamble, aged 63
years.
KRA.I4IEP..—On the 21st nit., in Green township' .
Mr. Philip Kramer, aged 56 years.
GROVE.—On the 27th ult., in this Place.„: 1611:
gestion of the brain, Jane S., daughter of naki
Elmira Grove, aged 1 year and 21 days.
McKEE.—On the oth ult., in Philadelphia, J.
Crawford McKee, only son of the late Matthew
McKee, of Green township, iu the 28th year of bis
age.
RHODES.—On the 16th ult., in Peters townShiii.
of billions fever, at the residence of Mr. Jeremiah
Keefer, Miss Mary Rhodes, aged 67 years, 0 inoutlis
and 14 'days.-
MORTON'S - GOLD PENS are now sold at, the
same prices as before the commencement of the war.
This is entirely owing, to the manufacturer's im
provements in machinery, his present largo Retail
business and Cash-in-Advance system ;'for, until he
commenced advertising, his business was done on
,
'Credit, and .9 tridly with the trage. -
The Morton Gold Pens are the only ones wa - tat
old • prices, as the makers of all other, Gold Psne
charge the Premium on Gold, GovertritentTakote.;
but Morton has in n o case changed his prices, whole
sale or retail. : • - - - ,
Of the great narribiis sent by mail to all'Parta of
the world during the past few years, not one in
thousand has failed to reach its destination in safe
ty, showing that the Morten Gold _Pork enn i be ob
tained by any one, in every p •the world, at the
same price, postage only:ca. ;40 10,
Reader, - you can have tin multi als ready.
and reliable Gold Pen, exactly 4 adapted to your
hand and style of writing,-whieh willdcyour wri
ting vastly cheaper than Steel Pens ; and at the pro. ,
sent alrnost uniiersul Righi , Pressure 'Price of et
etT thing, you can.have a Morton 00141 Pen-cheerer
in proportion to the labor Went upon it and tnate
rial used, than any other Gold Pen in the world.- If
You Want one, tall on A. Mott o, No, 2,5 Maiden
Lane, New York, or inclose a atrium for eirenlar.
dee24lm. -
CELMERSBURG COMIERCLIL COLLEGE.—
This Institution is permanently located in the
Bor
ough of - Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pa. The
great demand for competent antlmponsible#geoun -
tants throughout the land, makes it necessary to
increase the facilities for acquiring a _practical Bus
iness Education. With, this view, the undersigned
,
has oerre# ' the 'above' Institu • ii, hereby giving
the Young Men and others, tho ntiY an op
portunity of preparing themaves t'orbenorable and
profitable positions in life. ' Each dePartutctit la un
der lhe charge of an experienced and competent
instructor: The Course of Instruction is thorough
and practical. , Students arc taught tnoiriititiate end
Conduct all the Booksand Forms,portainift :to ac
tual-business, thus bringing - theery hito practice.
and thereby 'enabling them. to 'realise and practice
the Regular, Routine of the Counting , Room. The
Connie of instruction includes DoribleLEntry Beek
eeping, in all its most approved forms, Commercial
Calculations, Mercantile Laws Practical and Orna-'
mental 'Penmanship, &e. Students can enter at any
time, as there are no vacations to interrupt the reg
ular exercises . Time reitired to complete the
course is from 8 toll) weeks. Clergymen's sons can
enter the School at half the regular rates. Remem
ber OS nays all expenses fora felt course, boarding
included. Night Session from to 9 o'cloCk..7 Bella
for a; Circulir. 'A. M. TRIMMER,
ial3-3m. • - President.
CoLGATt'a. Hogsy 13ti11.-This,:o;elabrated
Vast Boat; in each • universal Armand,- is mad*
from the choicest Materials, is gild arnd ecrio' tient In
Ita nature, fragrantly scented, and extrePlelYhtUcA
eial# ita - action' upon the. akin. Mit isle , b all
Druggists and Fancy Goods Deakin. • Ja27-Iy.