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TILE MILITARY CLAIM BELL.
.The bill for. iho', payntent .of military
damages in the border counties, was nom
inally before the House on Thursday ev
'ening.again, but . did not receive a: mo
inent's consideration. For some reason"
- Altogether novel in parliamentary prac
-tice, whenever several riolitici,nns want
to get off stump speeches, they'select the
j l oe - easion fixed for the consi eration of the
'bill - relathig to military ages; and
l am
while theliill receives - nod d word from
'any one during such discussion, it is made
iesponSildefor every folly committed in
the heat of politiCal debate, and could not
well, in running such a gauntlet, escape
tleatli. 'When it is considered that the
'bill has nothing'whateVer tS do with p 6 1 .-
- iticsLcan have no political bearing in its
application if successful, and will fall with
equal hiudship, upon all parties if ,
defeat
ed the propriety of making it ever re,
spcnsilde for a political debate which has
benefitted nobody, would be difficult to
explain to any interested constituency.
And when Mr. Sharpe reported in the bill
a testoath; reldting to loyalty, that met
Bvery'requireinent of Mr. lielly's'resolu
tions,-,it does seem most remarkable - that
the resolutions should • still be discussed
as if they were really in dispute. In any
clever debating society such proceedings
would not be deenied appropriate ; but
. the liOnse lias,a right - to originate novel
ties in its management of public affairs.
• _and it seems' that the sufferers of the bor
- sler have to dance- as they play on the po
litical harp of a thousand strings until po
litical orators are exhausted. - We submit
to candid legislators—to Messrs. Watson.
Niiiiiiii,r, -Xelly, Smith, Myers and oth
ers, who have participated hi this debate,
iiiiethei it is fait thus to complicate and
hliperil a queStion that involves but a
single practical, proposition, and will up
pjly7ith exact justice to men of all:polit
guilt faith f' . - ,
We - are glad- that 'the bill was finally
refetred to the committee on Federal Re-
In.tions, although it:is clearly not within
the legitiniate province of that commit:
Ape; but any place was a refuge from. the
phreistent p,olitic,al strife that aimed at
its vitais. The committee: in question is
oomposed - ofintelligent men, and we hope
tlnit•the bill will receive an early and•dis- ,
passionate consideration at their 'hands.
li . the bill - is defective in any material re
6edt,,they can funetklit ; and if the test
of i loyAlty proposed by Mr. Sharpe is want
ing in anything that patriotism—not pai
tisanship—would suggest, let it be cor
. meted; but we do ask in behalf of the
stOlering people of the border, that the
igsne shall be fairly and honestly Whet and
dispiosed'oPon its own merits. If then it
falls; the responsibility will be just in the
right place.
'Tt Is urged by some, who maybe friend-.
ly,to the measure, but who do not fully
' , understand the circumstances surround
. • •
idg these claims, : that the present legisla - :
tatrii shduld only provide for their ad
judication and leave it for a future legis-
Witie to. Provide for' payment. This
wilidd'be a Cruel trifling with •the rights
lof the devastated counties. Two previ
ous legislatures .have exhausted our peo
ple by like words of promise to the ear
and brdaking them to the hope; and our
:citizens have borne heavy expenses to
have their accounts adjusted under vari
oustribpnals, during the last two years.
• and not one of the claims so adjudiCated
has been paid. The losses sustaiuedt by
the .occupation of our lands by the three
months? men have all been ascertained
/- -- nearly two years ago., Appraisers mere
appointed by our conrit, in accordance
with an: act of the legislature, and ; the
claimants had to employ counsel and pay
the costs of the proceedings. The court
confirmed the clairns as, adjudicated, and
to this day they 're:tnain. unpaid. The
Widen by the militia in 1862 - were no
tified to appear before Commissioners and
establish their losses, and another cora
missionadjudicated the lossei bs reason
ofthe Anipressment of horses the same
ry our. Au this was done at a'considera
yle expense to the already Plundered
people, and'their elairashave never been
paid' During the last,yearimpirsuance
,of another act of the' legi;datare, Rom
reissioneys were appointed .to ;:nscertain
the inises growing out of the rebel raid
!off 862, and again our people liAve /Nen
in 4ottrt; as ,required the jaw; and
borne .the exPellEo- of
.establishing *their
claims. We submit, therefore, whether
it would — not be but. a . mockery to again, ,
for the third time, propose adjudication
without payment? -
If-the legislature recognizes the faith of
the Commonwealth to its,. people - and
mean to vindicate it, there should be pro
vision for payment -in connection with
the authority to adjudicate. It is not
reasonable to allege that the claims may
he too large to be paid by the State, for if
too'large for the State how must such loss
fall upon individuals? Now is it fair to
reject . payment' on the ground that far-,
ther losses might , be sustained which
would empoverish the State to meet. It
Would `not be deemed either honest or
logical for a debtor to refuse paying ajust
claim because he might the next year be
so much in debt that he couldn't pay at
all, nor is such an argument becoming
the guardians:of the credit and tame of a
great State. There is no such uncertainty
as to the amount of these claims as should
- make the legislature hesitate. Most of
them-have already been ascertained offi
cially, and the aggregate amount of them
can- be apprbximated with reasonable ac
curacy. But if even the legislature were
iit 4- I.lr;tlark. as to the amount they might
reach, there is a constitutional prohibition
which expreSsly limits the ability of the
State to 'pay • one class—and by far the
larger class—of these claims to $750,000.
Beyond that they cannot go,,atid beyond
that the people cannot claim without in
fraction of the Organic law, and they ask
no such legislation from the State. The
other class of claims—those treated by
our own troops—having been incurred for
the defence of the State, are not within .
the constitutional restriction, and no leg
islature can justify a negative voteon the
proposition to pay our own people for
damages done to his property by our own
militia. There isnouther source tO which
the people can look, tinder any circum
stances, for compensation for these losse s
and they confidently appeal to the
legis
lature for that simple justice that is.due
from the • Commonwealth to individuals;
when they sufferfor the c,ominondefenee.
Proprietors
THE TOWNSHIP ELECTIONS
,The 'township elections for. election
and other loCal officers will -take place on
Friday-of next week, the 18th inst., and
the Union men should be on their giiard
against surprise -by the- well organized
Democritcy. Last Spring the Democrats
elected every Judge of election in the
,county but two, while thirteen of the
twenty-two electioti districts gave Gov.
Curtin a majority last fall. The North
Ward and Greenvillage were:Alm only
districts in whichwe had Union election
boards—all thereat, even 3lcreersburg,
the'Old Gibmlter, chose Democratic of
ficers. We doubt not; that very many
Union votes were lost to the party last
fall by these adverse boards, and it is the
imperative duty of Union nun to give
timely attention to the elect ions now near
at hand.
The coming Presidential elekion will
be the most important in the history of
the government, and the friends of the
administration cannot prepare for action
too' soon; It is of the first importance
that the local elections should he carried
Wherever it is in the power of the Union
voters to do so; and we appeal to them
to commencelhe work of organization tit
once. Guilford, • Antrhu, Fayetteville,
Washington, Peters, Montgomery, Lou
den., Fannettsburg, : Dry Run, Sulphur
Spring, Mount. Rock, Warren and the
South Ward, should each reverse their
present electicai boards and carry their
local tickets. It can be done if the Union
meri resolve , to do it, and the time to
begin the work is sow. It would be
discreditable to our organization, and
fearfully peril ourcause, if by our remis
ness we surrender to the foes of-the gov
ernment the control of our election boards
and the district offices. - Union men! the
-place to begin the good work for the
great struggle of 1864 is at the township
elections on Friday of next- week!
DR. THOMAS ST. Ci nt is chosen to the .
Senate by. a larger popular Majority, in.
proportion to the vote polled, than that
given .for Gov. Curtin last fall. It will
not be assumed that Dr. St. Clair is a
stronger man than Gov. Curtin, nor that
Mr. Douglas is a weaker man'than Judge
Woodward—why then this overwhelming
discomfiture of theDemocracyl Can the
revolutionary SenatOrs read the.purpose
of the people in this verdiet3 Need they
be told that their candidate was borne
down to the dust and crushed outby the
factious madness of his friends in the
Senate 4 There is a part& France whose
history is that they learn nothing—forget
nothing. Until now they have been with-.
out imitators in their folly ; but-they have
'been redeemed from their isolated suicide
by the Democratic Senators of PernisYl
vault).- 'We give the official vote for Sen
ator compared with the vote for Gover
nor in 1863.
coves:lam—lSM smorrott-1864
Curtin Wooltrard St. Chili' Douglas
Annstrong 3146 2977 2208 , 2137
Indiana.— 3961 1955 , 3082 1159
Tim total vote for Governor wag 1,i139,
of AlicA gjurtin ha a, maim* of 2,175.
7107
4932
5'290
,Jt* *iittkitii- - - : tr*iii4 - i;: . gi r ik , ' ; , - 04,,: - * 4.
..,,
The total vote-for Senator was 9,216
nearly one-fourth less, of Which St. Clair
had a majority of 1,944: £We 'submit to
the leaders of the Senate ort_the disorgan
ized side, how long it will take them, ae!.
Cording - to the : forgoing figures, to get
through with what little is left of the De
mocratic party/ It's- their own nose,
however, is the boy said on.thelbusth of
July, and they can blow thunder out of
it if they like I
The (*organizers of the Senate are ma
king a fearful record for themselves and
for their party. On Thursday last a res.- .
olutien was before the Senate, instructing
our Senators and Representatives to ".use
their influence for the passage of a law
increasing the pay of private soldiers and
non-commissioned officers in the army of
the United States." The yeas and nays
were called by. Beardslee and Clymer,
and were as follows :
YEAs.—Messrs. Champneys, Connell, Dun
lap, Fleming, Graham, Hoge, Householder,
Johnson, Kinsey, Lowry, M'Candless, Nichols,
Ridgway, St. Clair, Turrell, Wilson, Worthing
ton and Penny, Speither--,18. '
NaYs.—Messrs. Beardslee, Buchor..Clymer '
Donovan, Glatz, Hopkins, Lamberton, Latta,
M'Sherry, Montgomery, illy,_ Smith, Stark,
Stein and Virallaee-1 .
During the 'same session. the amend
ments to the Constitution authorizingsol
diers to vote, were considered, and on pasr
sage, the vote was as,follpws :
YEAS—Meaars; Champneys, Connell, Dunlap:
Fleming, Graham, Hoge, Householder, Johi -
son, Kinsey, Lowry, M'Candless, Nichols, Ridg
way,
St. Clair, Turrell, Wilson, Worthington
and Penny, Speaktr-18.
NAYS --Messrs. Beardslee, Donovan, Glatz,
Hopkins, Lamberton, Latta, Montgomery,
Smith, Stark, Stein and Wallace-11
. -
Senator liinsey, of Bucks, was the only
Democrat who voted to increase the pay
of soldiers, or to. allow soldiers to vote.
:On the vote adopting the amendments to
'the Constitution, Messrs.- Clymer, Mc-
Sherry, Bucher and Reilly- dodged the
record. '
VALLANDIGH AM. has appealed in vain to
ahnost every tribunal known to our laws.
The people decided againsfhim s twice ; it
military court decided that he Was a trai
tor and must' leave his country for his
country's good; the Supreme Court of the
United States \ next decided that he had
been justly banished, and finally his friends
appealed to Congress. Mr.. Pendleton, of
Ohio, offered a resolution in the House
last week declaring that Vallandighiun's
arrest and banishment "were acts of mere
arbitrarwer, in palpable violence of
the ConStitt(tion and laws of the United.
Stag b).it 'the resolution was rejected,
by a vote of 76 to 47. •Where Val,. will
appeal to next, we can't pretend to guess,
unless it be to the next Democratic State
convention of Pennsylvania; bat< even
they will touch him tenderly While recol-:
lecting the mill-stone he was about their
necks last fall. Coffroth, of course, voted
'for Vallandigham. We apPend the vote
of Pennsylvania: -
YEAS-3fessra: Ancona, COFFROTII, Paw
son, Miller, Randall, Stiles and
Sl:rouse-8.
NaYs—Messra. Bailey, Hale, Kelly.,l.lore
head, Amos . Myera, O'Neill, Schofield, Stevens,
Thayer and 'Williams-10.
NOT 'VoTmG---Messrs. Broomal; Johnson,
.TJaiear Me Allister, Leonard Myers and Tracy
- -6.• •
Pun Spirit of the 17th nit. protested
against any oath. being applied to claim
ants for ,military damages. Mr. Kelly
had offered a resolution instructing,the
committee to require parties to "furnish
positive proofs of their loyalty," and The
Spirit called upon the Democratic mem
bersto "oppose all amendments to the bill,
and defeat the bill itself, rather than have
this odious provision_ in it." Mr. Sharpe
did amend the bill so as to require claim
ants to furnish "positive proofs" of loy
alty by solemn oath, and now the Spirit
says "there is not a Democrat in the
county that objects to taking the oath
prescribed by the bill as reported by the
committee." What side of the question
'it will take in its next issue, we couldn't
guess. As it has already been on both
sides, it will have the merit of consistency
let it go ai it may hereafter._
LOUISIANA has declared for' Imn
Enumcipation,and will at once tak,
position as ono of the Free States of
Union. The late election' for Governor
resulted in the election of Rou.• Michael
Halm,- and the entire Free State ticket,
by a majority of 3600 votes. The total
vote polled is about 10,000—nearly one
fourth the entire vote of the State before
the war. The- contest' was between the
Free State men , and the Conservatives—
the latter favoring the gradual abolition
Of Slavery . Thus is another State united
with Maryland, Delaware, Missouri, Ar
kansas and Tennessee, in the declaration
that tire crowning - crime of Slavery, the
fruitful parent of discord and death, shall
die that the Republic may live.
Tarn Surge i gn General of 'Pennsylvania
has given notice that the State Medical
Board will meet in Philadelphia on Thurs-;
day the 10th inst;, and continue in sess
ion eight days, to examine candidates for
commissions, .n 8 Assistant Surgeons in
pennsylvania reign:tents: 'Physicians ap-
PlYinggoF eland fion must fundsh sat
isfactoiy testimonials as to sobriety, in
dustry and loyalty.
_
WE give on the:second page'of to-day's
paper, the Speech of Hon. J.ll l DOwell‘
Sharpe; delivered in the House' recently,
in support of the- bill providing for the
settlement of military damages in the
border couutks. It is an able, eloquent
and in 'ail respects a judiciou's argument
on the question so vital our peoideiand
is eminently worthy of the subject and
the occasion.
MAJ. GEN. ME DE was iii 'Washington
on Saturday in consultation with the au
thorities, and left to join the army. on
Monday. An' effoit has been made to,
deptive him of his command; but it is not
likely to succeed.
WE have received a manuscript copy
Of a Sermon ,delivered On the - 6th ult. in
the Methodist Church,, in Little COve,
by Rev. J. Montgomery, with the request
to publish it. We shall do so in a short
time. - '
LIEUT. GEI.: GRANT was in Louisville
on:Alonday, on his Nl* 'Or Washington.
This looks like re-Organization in iho
armies.
TIRE PRESS
Capt. Linn has enlarged and :otherwise im
proved the NewYille Star, and changed its fiVe
to The Star of the Valley. He makes it a vig
orous and' spleAmper, and maid secure for it a
liberal patronage,
Dr. Brower & S on have commenced the pi&
lication of The State Joi
. tritai at, Harrisburg—a
neat and vigorous 4,veekl pledged to a cordial
rapport o fthe National a nd State administrations.
Price sl'so per anum. I -. •
The NorristqWn Ilera/d, and Free Press is
now published by -M. R.; Wills and R. Iredell,
Jr.—Robort Iredell having retired. Tne paper
has beenxerytuaterially enlarged, and gives ev
idence of increased vigor" and ability in support
of the UnionAcause.
J. R. Durborrow, Dui., will retire from the
Bedford Inquirer on tho Ist of,April, and will
be'succeeded by B. F. 3i'Neil,' Esq., formerly
one of the editoni of the North American. - The
Inquirer Will be enlarged and clothed in new
type when the change is Made. k,141. 7 Dilrborrow
has conducted the- piper 'very creditably for
several years past. -
. The Pittsburg Gazette is now owned and pub . -
lished by " The'Gazette Pnblishing Association ,!'
in whieh we notice the nave of our old Sena
torial chum Hon. Elias H. Irishi It announces
that "some changes have been made in the
Editorial taff,"—which means, we presulne,
that Mr. Williams has beett Withdrawn as the
"reserve,corps," and that he , will cease to
glorify himself and vilify his betters, in the
editorial colUms of . the Gazette. The Gazette is
an earnestandable papal, and evinces increased
vigor under the new organization.
The Philadelphia Daily -Age, has been com
pelled to increase its rates, midis now furnished
daily at ss, in advance; $4 for six months and
$2 for three motiths. The Weekly is furnished
at $2 per annum; ten - copies for $l7 Wand
twenty copies for $3O, with an extra copy to
the person 'Jraising the' club. It is a radical,
manly DeMocratic jOutnal—:able and frank in
the advocac, of the, doctrines of its,party, and Is
not surpassed by any of !its. city eotemporarles
as a live nelvspaper.' Vre commend it to those
who Iv:4'o rdad thp'.4roug side . of ,; the..ques
tions of the; day': .GlotiSbrener & Welsh, nib
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Address, Jus. Redpath, publisher, Boston. .
THE DESCENDENTS OF HAIL
Some Weeks ago the Spirit, in an elaborate
article, attempted to demonstrate' that the
Negroes are the descendents of gam,. and that
they are by God accused to perpetual Slavery.
To Ibis an intelligent tcoriespondent replied'
over the kignature of " C "—Rev. Joseph Clark,
we presdpe—exposing the common error as to
e ‘rigin and status of the colored race. To
t•• he Spirit replied, in its issue of fast week,
to the citent of three ci)lumus, the only intell
igible part of which is,the bold assertion that
"'the enslavement Of the, black race is one of
the Almighty's great parposes, whereby out of
evil he educks good:" 'Ye subjoin the material
portion Of C's communication:
ediate
her
" I detiire simply to discuss h question of
interpretation and history, fur the sake, ifpossi
ble of dlisipating a groundless and vulgar error.
You any that it is there e. in the
Scriptures.—' thilt, the enslavement of the black
race is one of the Almighty's great purposes,
whereby out of, evil he;
,educes good,' anti you
then' refer the curse upon Canaan to 'the
descendants of Ham, the Africa race.' Now
vault are the facts in the case
"First as to the Pass4'o itself. The terms of
the passage clearly limits the ciirse to the de..
scendants of Canaan, the youngest son of Ham.
Three distinct times is the curse repeated and
exclusively referred tai' Canaan. And when
'Ham is first spoken of as seeing the nakedne'ss
of his father, he is spoken of as Ham the
father of Canaan' So that clearly Canaan is
the obnoxious person in the mind of the burl.
red writer. I need not refer to the difficulties •
'with which this passage has puzzled all inter
preters.` Suffice it to say that no true solution
can be attained without a carefu' consideration
'of the relations of enmity existing between 'the.
people' of Israel and the Canaanites when this
Scripture was written, and that no interp,reta.
tion can be admitted by reflecting men, which
,makea l the curie ii)ton'Canttan to be the. iamb.
~, `,. --
diate consequence if the' 'Conduct of Ham. It is
rather to be regarded as a prophesy of a fact
foreseen to be realized in the future, and uttered
as a humiliating rebuke 14:lithe irreverent Hium
Limiting then, as the terms of the passage do,
the curse to the descendents of Canaan, let us
inquire who were they i All the information
respecting them which we have, we get from
the Scriptures themselves. B Ad Canaan be
gat Sidon his first born land eth, and the
Jebusite and the Amorite and the Girgasite,
and the Hivite and the - Arkite a d the • Sinite,
and the Aiiadite and the Ze ratite and -the
Hamuthite, and afterwards. We the families
of the Canaanites spread abroinL. And the bor
der of the eanaanitea was from Sidon as, thou
comest to Genii ' unto Gaza: as thou great
,unto Sodom and Giimorrah; and Admah, .and
Zeboin, even untoiasha ' Here the tribes and
boundarieS of the Cantianites are clearlyf laid
down. They occupied what is now known as
the land of Palestine; Rota - which thisy were
driven, being destroyed, enslaved and scattered
abroad by the victorious Israelites. And in
the history of the wars of Israel for the, posses
sion of the promised land the above names
continually occur. There - is not one particle
of evidence that any African tribe descended
from Canaan; but conclusive evidence
.of the'
contrary is found in the fact. that • the perfect,
type of the negro head, unchanged in .a single'
peculiarity in the lapse of. centuries, is ftiund.
Rm, the Egyptian monuments of a date
contemporaneons with, or prior to, the con
quest of Canaan by the children of Israel.' ,
If for the sake of covering the case it is in
sisted that the curse extends to all the descen
dents .of Hum, we are ledinto difficulties and
absurdities equally great. The four sons of
Ham were .Cush, Alizraftn, Phut and Canaan.
The family of Cush- appeals- to` have divided.,
part of it going eastward - where Nimrod found
,' - _ed' the great Babylonian' einiiire, and into Ara
.bia, and 'part going southward to. Ethiopia.—
The ii . art,of the family of Cush which remained
in Asia became the !Teat conquerors and em
pire builders of antiquity. Mizraim is the an
cestor of the Egyptians. The common Hebrew
word for Egypt or the Egyptians is Mizraim,
i. e. the two Egypte. And no one need be told
that the ancient Egyptians were not a nation
of slates, but a highly'cultivated, civilized and
powerful nation. The valley of the Nile is in
deed the cradle of ,the world's art,•seience,
learning and law. It witnessed the most won
derful neVelopment of human history and civil
ization, considering all the circumstances*hich
the world has even' seen. - To this day her
achievements are a marvel and mystery. Like
her mysterious sphinx she stands dark and
solemn in the desert twilight of the mighty
past.
.-
Tho burnt out torch within, her mouldering hands.
That once lit all thii, East." • "
" Of the descendants Of Phut' we have scarce
ly- Piny mention in Scripture. The points of
their migration are wholly conjectural. It is
surmised by some that they moved southward
and peopled various parts of Africa. By oth
ers it is-supposed from Certain radical elements
of language that they moved to the extreme
north of Asia, peopling the vast steppe's of Si
beria, and pouring forth in subsequent times
those great tides of barbarian life which repeat
edly overrun Europe. .
," Can we then in this total uncertainty as to
thb origin of the African tribes, presume to fix
npon them the chrse upon Canaan T And even
conceding that Africa was peopled by certain
brunches of the family of Ham, on what prin
ciple do we concentrate the curse upon them
and not on the conquering people of the plain
of Shinar, 'and on the wise sages of Egypt 7
" But'as we said at the outset the=curse is
limited in its own terms -to the descendants of
Canaan, and its significance was fully exhaust
ed in the history of that ,people. The attempt
to fasten it upon the itcgro because' of the in
cidental circumstances of his present history is
a singular instance Of the tendency of mankind
to make the conclusions of tbeirjudgment min
ister to'their prejudices."
MARRIED.
SELLERS—REAMER.—On the 6th inst., at the
house of J3lr. Daniel Coble, by Rev. R. P. Thomas,
Mr. James A. Sellers. of the 20th Penna. Cavalry t , to
Miss Charlotte C. Reamer, of Peters township.
MORRISON—BRANTHAVER.--On the 3d inst.,
ih Mereersburg, by the Rev. Thomas Creigh. Mr.
Hans Morrison. of Mifflin county, to Miss Sarah Jane
Braethaver, of Mercersburg.
CRILLY--SNIDER.—On the&l lost., by the Rev.
11, P. Thomas, Mr. Daniell'. Crilly, of Chicago, to
,Miss Elizabeth Snyder, of Loudon. -
011111.—ALLEMA.N.—On the .25th ult., by the
Rev. E. Dreidehbaugh, Mr. John Q. A. Orth, of
.Mereersburg, to Miss Lizzie C. Alleman. of Mont-,
'gonicry township.--
CAMPBELL—ArLD.—On the Bth inst., by the
Rev. S. J. Niceolts.nt - the residence of Mr. Auld,
of this place, Dr. Campbell, to Miss Auld, both of
'Dark Co., Ohio.
DIED.
• BOWMAN.—On the 6th inst., in Antrim township,
of Catarrh Fever, Sarah, Jane, infant daughter .of •
Maly E. aud Jacob Bowman, aged 11 months and 22,
days.
BATNES.—On- the f3l ult.. at Spring Run, Laura
Elizabeth, infant daughter of Jacob and Isabella-
Haynes, aged 8 weeks and 2 days,
LOIIII.---(1u-the 26th ult. '
near this 'place,•Anna
.M.,„ daughter • of Mr. John Lohr, aged. 3 Years, 4
months and 26 days. •
1101t61'.—On the &th ult.. in Southampton • own
ship,lMr. Henry Horst, aged 71 years. 6 month, and
27 days ~._-
BElnhlEß.—On the 24th ult., near Mt. Hope, of,
Lung Fever, Mrs. Susannu,.consart of Daniel Lieek
nero.leed, aged 74 years, Billionths and 4 days„
ROOK.—on the sth ult., at the same', place; of
Spotted Fever, Emma Rebecca, daughter of David
and UhrLstiana /took. aged 10 years, 10 months and
6 days.
SIGEDDES.—On the 20th till,nt the residence of he
on-in-law, Win. Noonan. Esq., Mrs.'-Elisabeth
Geddes., aged 74•yea'rs and 'J months.
PETEltti:—On the Ist inst, in Green Wood; Elmer
Ellsworth, son of Samuel B. and Margaret E. Peters.
aged.' years S months and 18 days. •
:Farewell Elmer thou host left us:
And gone to thy quiet rest; • • c •
• And evening shadows linger
-, • Upon thy grave's eold breaSt.
Thou -hest gone to juin that angel band,
Whose golden harps forever ring, -
• In tuneful ehorns,to the_praise,
Of.lieaven's Almighty King.
• Our Fathey gently called thee,-
Front this world of pain
'And vie so sadly -miss thee, ".
But 'we shall meet again.
• M'ELTtOY.—On Thursday, the With ult.. in Fay
etteville, Mrs. glizabeth Beatty, wife of -Kev.
.u.ElrOy t 'aged el years. The deceased embraced
religion in her yonth, and spent nearly her whole
life in the service.of her Divine Master, and died a
consistent member of the connection of her -early
choice—the Methodist Npiseetini Qhurch. She wits
,a warp -hearted christiau • having been blest with
the spirit which ices in Christ- united; with natur
ally :strong feelings, she sympathized with the afflict
ed and toot; delight gently turning the erring to the
path of rectitude. To the poor she was kind: in her
o wn peculiar: quiet way she relieved their wants,
her left bond scarcely knowing the acts of Charity
the right was doing; In her own family sh e showed
her ehristian virtues more brightly, as a wife and a
Mother. As she lived, so she died—happy in the
Lord—without a struggle or, a groan, with her face
lit up with the Divine tilory she gently breathed her
last breath, and sweetly fell'uslcep in Jeans. 11:
UNWELCriME STRANGER.-Mr. 104
commonly known as the Itch, has made its appeat 7
arm° in tovin and in various places throughout-the
county. It may be a . source- of relief to perions so
afflicted to know that they can get a sure cure for
this troublesome disease at Miller's Drug-Store
Let all so afflicted send immediately to their Drug
Store and get a box of TerrePs Itch Ointment.
Price 25 cents. It is a speedy care. •
•
)IA.I. GEN. &TAM, has arrived and assmned
tie command of the cavalry force in this Depart,
ment. He is now in camp preparing the troops for
the field. It is confidently expected that, before
leaving for that point, himself and staff will procure
their outfits it Winn's, where the best assortment
of Clothilig can always be had to order. and: satis
faction warranted in quality. fit and Price'
Ie you • want rarni,te and cheap Rocket
',Book; call at lisissa CuEsstsn's.
MI
LATENT .11EVVNI
FY ROUTE TELEGRAPII
EXCLOSWay FOR THE_ ,
FRANKLIN Rtr6SITONT,
•
By the Obb and Atlantic TelegraPh Li n ‘•-kitrain
• - at Shriook's Book Store and It. It.:Dcpat; - •
Reported - heath of Col. tialqgrem
NEAv YoRK, March.B;lB94.,
The iltrald's army • dispatch sayil
Richmond Spatinel of the sth stack MANI.
Dahlgren waa killed in an, encounterwitFtlifl
9th Vinginia,lin King 'mad Queens counthisita
70. or 80 of 14s mencoptud. ,
• 2flosiments of Oen. Grant.
- I BALTIMORE, March 8, le41:
Lieut. Gen. Grant and his Son arrived here -
_at 11,35 , this morning and are now at Ham m e s
Hotel. He proceed -to Waelingte n
afternoon at 'N2O.
By TUESDAY'S MILS, : -i:
Gen. IttendOs Orders to Retreat from Get
tysbneg—The Statement .
PRILADE?IItA, March -7.—Gen r - Gibbons
publishes th following:
There is no truth in the statement recently
published in; the New York. Tribune. Oaf one of
the corps commanders at the battle , of Getty 4.
burg,had iii his pocket, tiu the 2d of 414, tin
order from Gen. _Meade directing the army to
`retreat. ".1 am, sir, very respectfully,' _
• [ -- Your obedient servant,', '
Joint - Ginnorm Brig. Gcn.,Aroh
111Oess of Feririondo WOod. •
NEW YORK, March 7.
- FernandoiWood is lying at the pointoMath.„
with an attabk of pneumonia, at higi`risidenmi
in this city..-
MORTON'S GOLD PENS are now saki at- the
same prices ab before the commencement of did war.
This is entirely owing -to the m.inufaettirer* im
provements in machinery, his - present large Retail
business and plash-in-Advance 53stout::: , for, until he
commenced advertising, his businm was AlPite
Credit, and R 6 with the trade. -,e -.),
The Morton Gold Pens are the only ones sbld
old - twines, e l s the makers of all other - Gold &BIT
charge the Premium on Gold, ahveritnienti r nliAe4
but Morton has in rio ease changedhis pricesovla4-
sale or retail; 1
Of the great numbers sent by mail to all Parts .95
the world dating the past few, years, net one in
thousand bastfriiled to reach ifs destinaticui in'safe
tY, showing that the Morton - Gold Pen can bc, ob.
tained byany one, in every part of the world, at ilia
same Price, Swage only excepted.
Raider. you can have an enduring, almiqs retedri. -
and f reliable '-Gold . Pen, exactly adapted to your
hand and style of writing, which will do your wri
ting vastly cheaper than Steel Pens and a the pre
sent almost Universal High-Presspre Price' of ei -
cry thing, yoil can have a Morton Gold Pen -cheaper
iriproPortior(to the labor spent upon it rind mate;
vial used; than any other Gold Pen in the world. If
you want one:, call on A. Macros, No. :5 Ai a idea
Lane, New rork, or inclose a stamp for circular,.
•
dee.-fan.
CIIAMBERSDURG COMMERCIAL COLLEGE:—
This Institution is permanently located in the ,Bor
ough of Cbadrbersbnrg, Franklin County. Pa. The
great d emend for competent and responalblduccouni:
tants throughout the land, makes it rtecessarY;to -
increase the facilities for .acqtririnx a practical Bo's
hrers Education. With this view,' the uudersigmal
has opened the above Institution. therclurgivink'
the YOting 4ea and others of the country &Iran i
portunity of Preparing themselves forhonorabl4aSid
profitable pothtions in life. Each department is UII.
der the chaige of an experienced and competent:
instructor. he Coarse of Instruction is thorough
and practical. Students aro taught to originate and
~
conduct all the Books and Forms pertaining to tw
tual IMsines's, thus bringing theory into practiotr.
• and thereby 'enabling them to realism'and'practke
tVe Regular !Routine of the Counting Rootn-,The:
Course of Instruction includes Double-EntrY Bdok -
keeping, in all its most approved forms, CommerZinl
Calculntions Mercantile Law. Practical and Pin--
mental Penmanship, &c. Students cull enter at any
time. as there are no vacations to interrupt the reg-'
War exercises. Time required to complete the,
course is froth Bto 10 {seeks. Clergymen's stilts Can
enter the School at half the regular rates: Rerimin
ber $55 pays all expenses for a full course, boarding"
included. - Night Session from 7to 9 o'clock. 'Send'
for a Circular. - A. M. TRIMMER, ,
3a13-3m. E Prtraidebt. :
PrrY FOR THE MISERABLES!
Pity for tho Mmerables;
Pity for the Miserablml
• HOPE IS LEFT FOE THE MISEILIBLEA.
Disease-eaten victims of Scrofula, Favor Seim"
Sore Legs, Running Sores, Salt Rheunkiti
titans, SwollCn cilands, Nodes, &c. These pilifalc,
obieots'of disease, whose infirmities keep diem out
of society and imprison them in solitude,aria-vane
rapid deliverance from disease by the usti Mc;
RAD WAY'S CLEANSING SYRUP, called R2EN..
OVATING hESOLVENT.' A few doses rill prove
its matehleis superiority to all sarsaparillss:.and
from one to Six bottles periVet a cure. This remedy
will restore the sufferer to health and society,invc.i l•
him with a Sound and healthy body, rieh and Pap.
blood. one dollar Perbottic. Sold bidtugL
gists every Ititere.
i AN OFFICER IN THE ARMY WRITES: " - At'
inspection T noticed that a, large proportion of the
men's knaracks contained - a box of Troches, being
generally used by them for colds, etc.!' "ihrtrafit
//eoachnri Trachea." should be in every soldier's
knapsack (n. poeket, to be used upon tlio first 014,
pearanee of a cold or Cough.
_ .
,• EMPLiEfttEXTAr-AGENT WANTIIO.I 7 --,Wa
rill pay frofn $2.5 to s7,s,p'er month, and'all oxprtti
des, to dative Agents, or giro acommission, ' Perth
ulars sent tree. Address Ertzr. Styria BtAgi4x-
COMPAI'iT, It. JAMES, General Agent, Milan, bolos
•
COLGATE's IiONEY SOAP.—Thig Celebritteli
TOILET _SOAP, in.such universal demi:aid:la - Madre:
from the etimcr.sr materials, is mum and SICCOLLtrIfi
in its nature, rn.Aniusrty SCNiCTED, and extrctaaly
81..Kixtei.iLlin-its — action up - on {buskin. For sale I.y ,
all I)ruFgists:and Fancy GoodsPealcrs. ia27-Iy.
ir YOLiwish to impart_ vigor and clearneeso
to the voice, relieve hoarseness .te., go' at bnee to• •
Miller .it afenshey's .Druir Store and - get a "bpx,o
Ilannvaresi Bronchia/ _Trochee, the onlyelicetaut
remedy in market. • , .mar 11-
COI rYntY 'people look to your intoresta."—,'
If you have anything to sell, call at Golivioks" wiiero
you will alivays get the highest price, and find the
largest stock of goods in town, at very low: figure*
,
GELWICKS has just received a large la It
Pilli, and ogers them cheap. Call and see theta be
-
fore,busing elsewhere. • .
AT the cheap wheleaale and retail at:welt&
IV. Go'wicks' is the place to get the best gor9Senk
Oil fortho toast money, 'wholesale or retail:7._ -
IF you
the bestOi
ixn's.
ant a cheap 'Kerosenn Lariat' infT`
in the inarkat, call at HET BM ct, tagao
s, of the cheap IN:holesaio
and variety store, sells noodsr 'MO'
aaehesp nanny honso in Philadelphia,
GELIVI t
tail Grace
salq and re
.it lot of the beat Perfumery andflosp
commixes.
ANOTii
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