The Franklin repository. (Chambersburg, Pa.) 1863-1931, December 14, 1864, Image 2
0 XDpozitivrzf. it io i n estliar, December 14, 1944. gir Any of out patrons having copies of the fast and second numbers of THE OLD FLAG will confer a great favor upon the imblisktars by sending them to this office. They are wanted to complete our files. All /nir copies on hand of those mambos, were burned by the rebels. TIENCEFOBTH 'the -subscription price of the FRAIiKLIN REPOSITORY will.be $2.50 - pey annum in advance. and all accounts in. arrears will be charged at the same rate. This increase is rendered imperatively ne cessary- by the steady advance of labor,' materials and everthing used _in the pub lication of a newspaper; and we confi dently rely upon the patrons of this jour nal to sustain it with, the same generous fidelity they have hitherto given to its supptirt. We spare no expense to 'Make it in all respects worthy of an intelligent and faithful people, atul. we • need hardly say that in the future, as in the past, it will be second to none in completeness as a public journal and in devotion to the cause of Union arid Freedom. SALMON P. CHASE was norainated. by the President as Chief Justice of the Uni ted Statei on Tuesday of last week. and confirmed by the Senate without a refer- ence. Mr. Chase is confessedly one of the ablest of our living jurists and statesmen. and-has filled various most responsible trusts with a reputation unspotted. He has been twice chosen IT• S. Senator by the legislature of Ohio; twice elected Go, vernor , of the same State. and was the Sec- retary of Treasury during more than three years of Hr. Lincoln's administration,when - our finances were subjected to the severest trial known in history. His long and faith -ful public services and eminent ability are .intw fitly. rewarded by being clothed with the most responsible position in the gov ernment -excepting only , the Presidenhy ; and whatever may be the biased judgment of rancorous partizanship now, the ap pointment will be vindicated by the whole Nation as passion subsides, and the peo ple turn to their court of last resort with that reverence it must ever command to fill its full measure of usefulness. PRESIDENT LINCOLN'S fourth annual - message needs no comment. It is brief, practical, free from all ambiguities, and - shOws a7singleness of purpose to maintain our sacred Nationality, from the first to _ the last paragraph. It meets the just es pectations of a loyal people by proposing a solution of the Shivery questidn by con-. stitutional amendment„ and the flood of vituperation charging that,the war is pros tituted_to a mere struggle for the status -of the Negro race.-i,s - most pointedly ans - wered by Mr. Lincoln when he says that the rebels "can at any monietit have peace simply by laying down theiriarms and "submitting to the national authority un ;‘ der the constitution. After sol much the " government could not, if it would, maize tain war again"st them. The loyal people 1 "would not sustain or allow it. If ques " tions should, remain we would adjust-them "by the - peaceful means of legislation, con - "lerences, courts and votes, operating only "in constitutional and lawful channels." Had hE said less he would have fallen short of his holiest duty to the loyal peo ple of the Nation: had he said more be would have - given renewed hope to des pairing traitors. • Equall3-* pointed, and in _harmony with'the deliberately expressed • verdict of the people, is his declaration ' that if the people make it a duty to re • enslave the negro now free, "another. and "not I, must be their instrmnent to per form it." ,H ox. Jon!: Fon= is.strongly urged for a Tosition in Presidenf - Lineoln's cabinet by the Ines , . of this State. regal B less of internal divisions in the Union par - - ty. and also by vatioM; prominent politi- clans who could not e•a>ily be concentrated on any other Man. We most cordially join in commending the movement to the favorable consideration of the President, and earnestly holie, that the great Key stone State NN ill not tie disregarded in the selection of the constitutional advisers for the new administration. , Pennsylvania .Ijas borne a most conspicuous part in the _great struggle for the maintenance of otn• Nationality. She J,a.• met every requisi tion with pat rii,tie promptness and pride, — and in every struggle involving the mo mentous issues of; liiyalty or syfiniatlry with the enemies our COIIIIIIOII couutrv, -hog voice ha, ever ►mcn given in vindica tion of- her unfaltering fidelity. Next tx those clothed with .official power by thy_ state. and charged with the preservation of her honor, no one man has been mote untiring, efficient and commanding in 'every contest than John W. Forne c y, and he would fitly represent our mightytom monwealth in the highest councihi of the 'Nation. It is a compliment of the rarest character that the discord of faction pales before the movement to place Mr. Forney in the cabinet, and, with Pennsylvania thus presenting the' name of one of her honored sons, NNe look with confidence for His appointment. CONcatEss AND GOLD We,had hoped that Congress hadilearii ed wisdom from thevarious efforts here tofore made to fix the price of Old by stat •Several lawfi have been passed de signed to lessen the nominal Value of that commodity, but each lies given bountiful fruits in its enhanced price ;r and be last effort made to depress gold by legislation so promptly-and fearfully inflated it, that Congress hastened to retrace its steps by repeal. There i;ehoped the farce wonlil end; but Mr. Stevens prop s o - s - ed A new bill, with most stringent movisiOns, the first Working dity of the present session, and ran gold up twelve per cent. in five hours. The result was. that in opposition to the -. earnest protest of the honored Chairman of Ways arioeans, the bill was strangled In its swaddling clothes. is the most foolish of all financial fol 'lies to attempt to. regulate the price of gold by congressional enactment. It will bring just what it is worth i4,deliancenf all laws designed to deptess it. Men will want it and will have it;-,aint as Congress cannot compel Men to • what jgold they own, it will b;hig between man and man just what it is deemed to be worth. To say therefore that one,dollar of gold Shall be Fold no higher than one dollar of cur:- rency that is depreciated - over one hind= red per cent:. as is evidenced to the hum blest comprehension when the necessaries of life - are priced, is to attempt an utter impossibility, and bring Congress mid the laws into utter contempt. Congress has by its own acts—wrong and even suicidal we must confess, as' ever insisted by" Mr. Stevens—created a demand for gold. It has recognized the distinction imtween a dollar in gold and a dollar in currency, by providing for the payment of the interest on the public debt in gold, as well as the principal at maturity, and also in requir ing gold to he paid for custom duties. The merchants must therefore have gold to pay the government for its tax on im portations, and the government must also have it to pay its interest. This distinc tion and these necessities have been.cre ated by Congress; and now when it has made an imperative demand for gold, and failed to provide ample revenues to sus tain the debt and currency, it is proposed to legislate the price of gold down to the standard of a dollar iu currency. suppose it were done, we understand exactly that very many would be willing and glad to buy gold. but who would sell ? Certainly not a member of Congress, awl there are still some men out of Congress who know something of simple addition. Mr. Stevens has been right in his theory touching our finances from the start. He insisted that no distinction should -be made between gold and currency by the government. and wanted our bolds, in= terest and customs paid in our national currency. Had he succeeded in establish ing our finances on that basis, then he might by legislation interdict the sale of gold entirely if he preferred to do so, for it would not how be needed in the every day business transactions of life; but as Congress kept wrong in the face of his earnest warnings, he should bear in mind that the acts of Congress confront every measure to depress gold by penal statute. Until we come to - a currency standard, gold is recognized by the government as a me dium of different value from our own cur rency; and the Olrnui faith of the Nation stands in the Iry of such a reformation. There is now inst. one remedy for the inflation Of gold, , Our currency is depre, elated solely because our revenues are, in adequate to our wants. - Every school -boy 'knows that we are daily expending in- this war for the National life twice or thrice our reventies, and is it rational to expect the public,eredit thus to be' maintained ? The people are now paying fromine to three hundred per cent. indirect tux to the government for every necessary of life, solellv because Congress has failed to tax the people directly one-tenth the anionnt . they pay indirectly. Let Congress laik squarely in the face the necessities of the Nation. Our credit can be maintained only by increased taxation, and the people « ill save millions of money by paying increased tifxes and thus sustaining our credit. -No individual can maintain his credit without , Visible means of payment. and govern ments are not exceptions to the rule. Give us ample revenues, and gold will recede and with it the prices of all the neeessa -ries of life: • MILITARY DAMAGES The Piftliurg Ggzette in a late iSsue took occasion to-caution the legislature in advance, that -certain schemes of plun der were to be presSied this winter. among which it named the claims of the border people for the spoliation they have miter ed from both the Union and Rebel armies. It objected to the reeoguition of the bor der claims because many of them Were trumped up and all of them exagern ted," and also because, as it stated— " The principal parties of theme claimsclaims are men who have bought them np at a nominal price, and ran afford to allow a wide margin for the contin gencies of legislation at FlArrishlue Knowing as we do the utter falsity of the foregoing imputations against our people, we asked the Gazette to do them the justice - to correct its damaging accusti; tions. In a later - issue it gradgingly ac cepts our correction of its eroneous and sweeping elarge of fraud, in the alleged assignments of claims, but still insists that in the adjudication of the value of out losses. we have been our On judges. and 'therefore have greatly exagerated our claims. - In this the Gazette also The people of the border have never asked the government to accept their own esti mate of their losses. Part of the claims have been examined :1101 appraised by sworu officers appointed by the emu ts, and their report eolith - Wed by the same tribunals—the Comminonwealth having notice according to the pro / visions of ;the law. Another portion Of 'diem were "ap prai.ed by mint:Try officers appointed by the general government, and still another class. was adjudicated .by COM 111 iS:4(;11(.1 • selected by the legislature, eminent for their intelligence and integrity, and stran gers to ottr people. Theirreport was also approved by the court of Dauphin coun ty. All these commissioners or qpprais ers bore concurrent testimony that instan ces of attempts at extortion- were most rare. Indeed so impressed was each hoard with Ile integrity of the sufferers, that they all hook ormatsion_ in their repo' b to commend the honesty 'of our yeople. Will the Gazette. in the face of such a tee. ord, still insist that the border sufferers have assumed to be the judges of the ex tent of their losses ? So far from that each will be gladto know that " his neigh bOr cometh and searched' him !" The Gc:ctte then proceeds to more ion- triable warfare and objects on general Principles. It says: "What we object to in this whole business Is the claim that the State is bound to make good the losses of these people, any more than it is hound to make good the losses of any one MITI or any community by flood, fire, or other cause of devas ,tation. Whether these claims are large or small, qr held by speculators or not, are minor and inci dental questions; the crave question is, shall the State Treasury be emptied and the people taxed enormously to pay the losses of men who happen to live on the border and to have suffered from the.enemy I -We say no. moat emphatically: and wrisay it because the principle upon which the claims are basedist wrong one. Hurricanes and. tornadaes'have laid whole sections waste: floods have swept away in an hourthe entire property of thousands upon thousands of industrious men and fires have laid desolate entire towns. In ail these cases the de,olation has been as Treat as that ef fected by the raid of the Rebel, into the CuMber land Valley. Yet the legislature liar not felt call ed upon to make ally appropriationllk the relief of sufferers by fire, flood and storm : why should it in any other ease r • We do not now choose to discu&s the liability of the State to ailbrd protection to the people from whom it exacts ohedi encti and tribute. On that point the Ga ! - :ette haii a right to differ with us ; hut it is not fortunate in its logic.. It is not very many years since Pittsburg was but par tially desolated by a fire. and the legisla- titre .with corhmendable humanity and promptness made a- liberal appropriation to the sufferers. It was done. too, when the insurances were binding and colleeta 7 ble in most cases. thus diminishing, the loss in a very great degree. clad the in— surance policies held I):% the people of Chambersburg been valid to coverless in flicted by the torch of a public enemy. our town would have been abundantly able to care for itself: but it is lion- one mass of rains in its heart of wealth. and all precautions against loss fail because it was the work of a recognized tin•. Will the GirMte hißist that it adheres to the golden rule in its argument: ‘se have quoted ? It errs again in assuming that any loyal section has been desolated as has been ours. All its limited elements of destruc tion eon/bitted have not, in any instance in this itluntry. so crushed a faithful peo ple as bawl the repeated military opera tions in our midst—•alike of friend and foe. 'There are hundreds of: our vitizens now Itouseless and bankrupt by the sad ravages of this war, and have they no claim upon the might and fostering rare of a great State':. If not. d he taise troops at an ex- pease equal to our losses: to &feud them ? If the State has no resjimNibility: why should several millions he now expended to.raise - a State Guard If the Stale is bound to prOtect, is it not bound to com pensate We insist' the Gazette sommum or other get within the range of consistency N‘ ith itself ! OM IN vOirum Evrs Just now the Oil fever rage-1. It rages every whine—infects all atmospherei.jind has'ilrawn nl elassess into its dazzling whirl Of speculat hob IfitJbmtoithasbci , n confined mainly to the great cities and other centres of trade but it lids non ramified into every, rural district in the State, and all want tTli, take a chance in the brilliant lottery of tickle Fortune. I n view of the fact that Franklin comity is likely to invest half a million or toot e in these stocks. we vpiitnre a few , f.oggestions for the consideration of our reader, 1. Never invest in non-producing oil lands more than you can afford to lose en timely. We do not mean hi this that ;itch investments inti,t always prove a los.s: hitt v.e do say that they \Val prove a total loss nine times out °f ren. and profit less Tortv-nine out of tift. -two hundred and fifteen oil companies now organized in this State. not tlll,l . th:in twenty of them are paying 'llona tide divi dends out of the revenues front' their wells. Three-fourts of the remainder will prove dividetulless or a total loss to the ...tuck holders. 2.. Never invest in anY . Oil stock. ;rood, Lad or indifferent. moo- money than ott i call spare from your legitimate busine , ;s without embarassment. It is ne% et wise to do so. for even with the Ite,t prospects loss is possible. Wells 'may fail to pro j ltuLe.-4 may fall in price titles may prove ( defective, and scoundielsmay plun der r the management of these aswell other eorporations,and it is best to be safe against all-such contingencies. 3. Make such investments entirely in cidental to your regular businesson which you depend for a livelihood ; It will prove a costly appreeibtion of wealth if it diverts farmers, tradesmen and other business men from their daily pursuits, while if they operate with their span capital only, and ever bear in mind that it is a tid e of speculation only that >in II , t - ebb and flow with the haft ions surd depressions of trade. most judiciOns men may profit - by it - as it, passes, and it will leave them richer in purse and no poorer in fitness for indus try when it fags away. Be ever careful that the substance is not abandoned for the shadow. The slog tried that when crossing the stream with the meat in his mouth, and lost both. Many men will he MEM 4. Invest_to the extent of y our surplu , 1111!:1111S in companies with certain leve- Imes. There are tqlch on the market, and it wants but a little cm c and discrimina tion to dktingnish them. If it is an aseer tabled hut that a company lets a positive yield of oil ' , quid to ten Or twenty'per cent. on the cash capital, with good lands and ample reserved capital fordevehy !tient. it is fair to conclude -that capital is. not likely lo Lt .1o.:t in that compan:, It is remmnably certain to pay good inter pit. and the stock Will have a steadymar -ket value equal to its miginal cost. %%Idle ettbrtB tin' development all in swot of the holders. Ti tic e'.ll ant 11 companies may tail but _the chance, ate largely in favor of divide-aids. 5. It is not best to invet, all in any one company. While it is the: most profit - aide of inrcstments when priditable - at all. it is at, the sante time the most precarious and it is but the part of discretion totry' two or three good "teompanies instead of on.e. If Other developes he others may fail and the operation still prove profitable on the whole. Make such invlstmeuts through some tellable person at home. In the cities the' business of selling such stocks to rural friends is a profession,-and men arc expec ted to take ath : ice and - at the same rime I responsible for reshlts. Most, of our leading business men in the centres 1)f trade throughout the cinfut, either are operating in such stocks. or are tt ell in formed on finsubject. and as a rule. they cannot afford deliberately to mislead those who counsel with them. They May err in judgment but generally they will add vastly to the safety of such inresturt-tnts. frattistin epasitarn, tl)ambcrobing; pa. • THE LADY'S Putt: D.—The January nurnljet, of the Lady . , , Friend is already on our table. and ; fully bear out the high reptit:;:ioti of this ne - y; monthly. which 1, now entnring_tipon the secapd year of its exwenee. ‘rhe in ‘. bein:itul and will doiiiillesN go right to„ ttie . ilieare. of 5 - be Indies. The Faghion Plate—a doubt,. usual—is very liandFoine indeed. adiniii.t - , 1 ) gra)«ql on :no! 1'444 roiorod. i , a colored do;o:u of a Work 'raid, a very ii-end Lady, as she geenn:, in i:ed and )i , 116)1 and bite ; and 1A117114.1%,ii..- uthrr tngral iag.. of FaNilion , . 1\ in wtineet. &•i•. 3111.,10 01 !hill 1111111111.1' in 11 piece entitled -1 Within our Cottage $2,50; '2. copies $16,1o; nurnberq will Itr sent - to flirt-44 tlC , it•fiq of staking up club , tor 15 el , . Wheeler &IVilgoWa celebrated Soo n g Maciliiivs. o CuLisio,l 4 1 9 \\ hint Streei. Tor. Eleetf.ral of thi , s.'tate wet fleecril inff to kw: on NVedne , day hod in Itarri‘lotr4lo ear; the yore tor Pro,ident. lion, ..Morton ,01, of tine Electors' at I !rf...e. clidien Pi ,idvnt. fir. Winter beitez tdvsent. C4.lf, of Perry count), was chosen to the -vacancy, 'n!fita' the went) Pot:. of the :24:1,.te t•re:(t.st nc Abrilll3lllLinen)n for l'resident, and Andtewdfflin son for Viee l'resident. of the Laiouster Examiner. was Cilf , Pll to eiitr the retail, to IVashington. The Inenll.ol , te L • railed in a body on gm. Curtin ;it.L',fife Exeentivo ClizooLr and conifratolitiioßs wereex ehanaed an the.re.lllt of tie , election. .I.lter the adjournnient. tilt member. partook of a collation at lien. Cameron'. residence, aud 10 he eve)fing they were entertained In Goc. C'ort:d.ar tii !;lix ecidive Tint I'ittsburg Dhpatrh r Heider. di ri.•tluU th, Letter part of valor. e n d ili.K. II :IPt•- Inlh than have Oat our ttreat 1 , hare the Harli...btu-z 77h ; fraph oti It • •• Al - Clore InIIV I . oll=l,lvr it= ns lthciinr tyith draN% it. under:- iire,,,itre thi , ino , t whtiied. threat, uti)thinl. we ton:. h,ttr .aid per,niatiri or. politivaly oth.n.ile' to Inn. Atitint thei{ltß frieudlc of Ihe roles are :tinned in proof—'thrice is he armed that quarrel ‘‘ho or IN Lest % ,- ,:14 . 1 - 1 , 1. oliinjurrti: the •nood opinion' of tln. • For toll info. onttiot, upon this point ill, hoinni.r uouLieon-ult I lift I•:‘,4lenev.Andin•v. or ant other mon in pnlrlir life ra116,t.,1 for ;heir thi , ftil.onte , noth.ry. tine, wil! let ht. ,lien t • tale flint aiiiird to 1.0 stßftpepienl or hiettr ntoz the opinion of the I inn i.hor2 1 , 1 torn - The 7,b 5 .,r,,p1, ha , the duot r L tote , ;1 .in e edifieftiou of tin , Clnailher.burn inpo,itory - :that 'apt, (:of fee's- Conlin:tc ha. heen Oat the traitor. it p•oin'e!ed title to their and gate ,ni f in! _ Shippenshrtrif Srallna. 1;1 r It, .y 1•,•,... 1 fire ijr;:b.- frmit, 4.r •.‘ , ollf'l.•t !1:1%, t,,heil a hand lir, in re.l.•!, It. , no •141.1411,i) `:lt Nation, at inUzi• ddilrrd •11:1.1111 It it i.• 11:1‘ , • ...1 a . prtito4l coltnio ,00r the ,;f-rtt.• ~ a -v..or v..or ;on I‘"iitheiot 11:oico( k, thr diNtin , ,zoofo•.l I-ow:antler t.t :la •21til pi , . It 111 J.• It. uhtl It ha , a portrait o! hop Ilattoork. an‘tttlto lio:r 1 , a ottrnctlio in,..trticti% 3 oidwok tor tuutlt & GEN. : .4 11 , order ,4(o'pping_ the tray, i m r ittzens between I 1 - ageriao - O zind M:trtin,l,l,,g. :mall.) one not etkaph/3 ed. Lr 11111111 , I'loll With the arno i= permitted to pross. are infornted, !nose er, that travel uninterrnpted liy wa.3 of Frederick and from' there to ,Nlartilis• hurt! person: pas= fresh over the litilnatd. coßtrabaml- trade front the direction Of llMzors•- toan it .t. 132 . • c . 4111 -, t "1 the Weekill,ie, Tlu: 11,1; viial)(4 into n A ,, iii . 4111,11, 1..1' the 0111 wider the lams fit will herezitt-e Ph.• i t ev. burg Nalithi.,l Contiri,mt.l Jfontldg f,,,- ij, 11,nal ar<mirtioviit ut a;,le ecooributio:lN ofi F of eorrent imert , t. It 100 , tturl with the foremoQt of litir Job. F. TNiw, New York Congr~ Con•ened—The Amendment to the Comantation Abotbating Stx► ery— The Tax on Secar.--Invest iumion the Red River Expedition—Arrival of Futon Prittoners—lien. lAnzan—lton. of W. Forney and the het rentry.ltip of the Interior. Phiii.:ll I . Iht • ii.l//kltn :61. , •,11/Ty, NN (' ibi'. C'ongrt- , , hLe qui.4l) :;nor to n „ r k with n tirtPrtninatiou to tunkr a;• ble out 01,a hurt vrti , ion. Tlu• work lwfori. it large and will require extra labor by mittee and member in order to get thyounik. JtaleitiE from present appearances. it . is (Lime probable that the amendment to the eonstitation abolishing slavery %s ill .12.ceis'e 41 t. , A ti-tkih:il rote at Hits thus save the neee,,,ity of the •dter neNt Ith of .11-am•h: , Situ' , the a;_ilation tliat tin t•,•1 tax on stlii , k) on hand. lonl.l4,llini , and f0r, , 0, aro. 11,,k% :t nurrl or hut toll-iitdilig :ffia in ilalgo to talo• a hokilo, and tiring th, r ti l ion.l, iu Tor 03,4t,.rii colfee. tbtit,•aonarulo /1, 1- 'awl). taisen 1,18 c ,• an,on!• panty iottritor 4 ,amilto: that a noilora o*. ,111,.1 ,41 all ..toek nn lattol, Tto• in , ont law of taxation 'oil 1• ha• 1•n -tUrelt fillf'd of inTolneinas tho uii':n Hor it, and Iran ,. . dour for rep . al,d at o n1..4 adoptinl—in.Than;, tin• ol ',Lipp 1111131119E1S I'b Sitprona. ('on,t mot join no,l iu IVAIIITt to the 110•1111)1!, of irt chi„r tin .1111b.' and Attorne`3S I{t ttrd} ;1"1.11 , 0n iu hi , -aid thlov-n, :11114 , 11;4 that tio• of 1:41. that m'tfro... 4 and u.. rieit.t - a Mutt nuut tta laattol to nopoat," 41i,1 not art'or to tla pr•••.nil hat In tL. dirr (Jim,: trill tak , ,liin nna , 'telt lloudity. I,a4t Tites.tay the• ila:.f.ll a r. ,, opition for Con , ,Atti, oti tills Cotifillet it tills War to in- N.,tilfah• di,a,trov t.en.li.tithrl. The [wirer taken up, bat NN ill r.'qui•e ex :tritilie ti , the,‘ ii nmv ~e.,4ttred throughout the 1V,` , 1 1111 , 1 SOlith. The (11.11., it 111 Le .f../1,11 nl once. —At the thine tills r..olutpoi -jilt') 1-Inil , (•. ;11)4 durinu the dAal.., thet,'enn, )Ir,. 1411., wro• ,t , :tted in :111,1 expressed considerable eaaition. I'll to this morning 500 parolled prison , en has arrived at .'tunapiilis from SI ivtinah all of whom 11 ti t . ', rum nin-tuuret mid are nowreceiring pat, sonie‘of them have been nenrir three years I ,ua itlaatt re eviving . N 1 / 1 1ilt, ' !;‘ it pras. ..11 , CS have arriveiltiur several dens aq it it stip poaud that Sherman putt :istop ;to the ex change. by malting a mmlaulesale Camps at Andersonvilie and Millen Mid adding some twenty thousand soldiers tp his army.' Gem. John A. Logan is in toxi.n on his way to join Gen ShermaiLon the Atlantic Coast.' Mrs. WA:4IIINGTON Gen. Grant is alto in 'town on Inir way' to_City Point—viwther she goes this eren;ing on the die patch boat. 31. Martin. - 'More ig goine_ foundations for the report telo.- rni,11.41 this. morning from Philafielphin urging h , •:.alinin::neat of Jib.. W. Forni , v.to the See •etar:,Aip'of the• Interior or Navyi, Heis hack -41 up by a large number of intlnOtial men, not only' from Penni:lll - mila - hut frounther'States. Hon. Cameron it is said itrats his appnint -11. His elian - ceR lie first in the hi. ietior—ianilltiab will - depend inn , khetliv7 Eldt.4b %% ill upon the bench of liidiatia—whieli has 111. notion 4. If it is likely oer x ill .rmm - _(in. OF WAR NEWS. 3laj. 6ea. Gteaville M. Dodge; of lowa. sae ,lo Get]. 1:0.-ieentm a comthand h et of the Dc- parttilent Major . (ietiiTal I)nint in n •nieer:=sful sexprili len froto Viek , !atr:tileAroyetl the SNihadspippi Cen t/al railroad toy thirty toilet:, and 'S bridge. Ile' al'o foillidlh, 2- 4.iteite . ‘ and returned ivith LOUS hales of rotton. barhia tle:froyeti ipore Viana quarter ; ie walion.dollarp:' worth ot rebeP property. A -.Wainer froth Charle , Ton :has arriv..l at an(Vcitrt:t that thepoitit or exchange of iiriFoners ha it hceo cha to r'harleston, ithertual - Otnd Fo,terhavine ihteryupted.the iheit,c,s at Sam:mall. Op Wcanetilay haat heavy firing was heatit . iti the direciion oti Savannah. Gemi - Emory, of the Ninl•teenth Army Corpe.,has arriViolip WaAhhigton &inn Sheridan 's front. Evorriiinc ; t quirt v.sll he left.-- Earl) i, hOeveil. ittorent thrie divimons of Lis army to Gordon'y and KnrslurwrinisNing. behind only one infantry division einalr3. . i —t eer e,c,alcy eNpeitilion to Louden. Valhy, V.. , returned. hay ilty! heel: tintirely ucrrsl T 11,• / - 1:A e l,iuu Lt awny 4bunt uf rattle, .beep and hotn, and has cleft linie ii :jun nveC which they, paAsed without any kind.. Ail li:4n - it containing s he, burned, and the hail:int of Most)) tit thorintittlY cleaned pia. A.iew rebel 'i•oltel , Sill t . a ken. I=lll3 cu.q. h ago 9eyeplfitsse r wictii.,,,egunnand th, 0,4 of llarper*B Ferry, set t out a neout itte. earl t billy men in the direction "t.tf Wa ter fot d . 1, nilen .ettitaty, nik . watch Mott;eby.tn hn nat. rttportett tiiartet in be_ preparing for a raid into \l.•tr lota. Woterford, our'eavalry gtntek he marl of 31 trtejly force, and n skirmish imme- «hii•h Ire lost . .seven men 'in w., , f2tuote.!':ool captured. The rebel,, who thr to one , ,, lost Oqually as inn- Among their killed wits Ciiptzth Miajoy. one of Moseb) - 's a1,14t lilutPuants. A.l .. • _ _ =ZEE en tlieir return. the party gnlabled.n: i:!e'a i :.,:tet the rebel General Gordnn'tt staff, who lady an im•mlice of the popularity of the Ist ,•,..! ,i! t .rp, now being organized in Washing ton 1,2, Gen. liaticoi.k. the following Hill give 'o sooner - had General Hancock, on,:is a ill,oiliee , andhetidpia frerS than he recei- N,',l pile message from a diSehargi:ii vet mia d Chatfield, living at Oswego, N. Y.,fis tL!lom}; Lit r Grn. Hancoci: desire to have upim the rolls of the Ist-VetlFaa Corp.,. I will be in Washington to be mastered in a. !q.t.a as steam can bring me there. — A nor -1,1..11,101a S that the Corps will' he - filled, or gniiii,t,l and 'in the field inlets.- than'three months. V : •ter : ins are ponriug iit from all iluarters. Hall ooe i...„*Corps is a complete _ • —Lhte whet paperi• ,report that Sherman cap ttired.hll the powder or Geoi•gia and 3000 stand of arms thlii.Grart has been re iniored by from 6000 to 10.000 ftnen; that the "Mich tatttp eanal can he Madrrendy in a few hours: that the Union frdops have effected a lodgment bet \reel, Fort Darling: and the How lett House; that i one of our guriboats was sunk ou Monday ht an Iron bolt (rout one of the How lett Ihnow gums: that Gen. Sheridan and his eas alry appeared at Fredrieksburg on Wednesday; that resolutions in' favor otionding peace corn ink:totters io Wa - shington have been introduced into the North Carolina Legislature, and that in the Smith ,Carolina Legislature resolutions de precating peace negotiations until a dissolution of he Cnion.is conceded have been introduced. • is , reported direct - from Gen. Grunt's arms•, that ou Wedoesdal the Rebels had intbrufation 'that Sherman' , advance was within six miles of Stwanuali. Al this point he had halted and iivtts an ailing the arri%al of portions of his command a hitlf had been s,i , nt indifferent directions for the kris ise of misleading the enemy. Deserters who gave this infitruiation also state that there, is great di t tisfi.etioa in the Rebel ranks. because correct information of Sln.rmati:s movements is withheld from them. Elaieiall3 - is this so among the lit °raja troops, The also report that many of our prii!iiners have ei'wziped from their confi [lenient; ami joined Sherman, It was also evident from the eon ersation of the - s -e 'deserters, that Lee had tiiitaiied troop. from his army and sent them to Ceorgia to assist. in arresting - Sterman's advance. It is not too great an inference todraw from the eliot that ere this, Sherman has thunder ed ' g ates of Savannah, and most probably ith sUeeeSR _Arm) of the Tottanae advice,, state that Ott Weilue-ida3 morning, the Fifth Corps, a diiision ei tiotSeeinal Corps, anti two brigades,of Gregg's eavalry, o ent south.. They Were subsequently heard frini, and had 'crossed the Nottaway river, on the Jerusalein road, -without opposition.: On Thursdii) afterfoua, a reconnoitring party of Cltl, airy wrist not on the left aud etuaiuntered the. Pieket, on the Vaughan road:, The rebels were di 1,. Hatcher's Kan, where they had liceasto irk `Alter Mtllm 8 kirmishing the party retni nth a loss -of seven men. It was re turned that firing- was heard - in the direction of i•tiiS Creek, Laitd Warren was &apposed to be frghling the eiaiini.s. 4AnothCr: reconnoissance to oio i Hawker\ Iron was blade on Friday tour tl;v fi t iniu , ting 'pf di tachtutints from al casalr) regiments: he enemy's viautiis oith• driven across the run,' and the rebel works ua I L, opposite side were carried. The enemy is 1sIi~•uvl to have fallen back to Armstrong's :still's. a stronger,Position a'tnile and a half we 4. PERSONAL. —Senator Sherman:, of Ohio, a brnthernfthe l;eneral. , —J4,1111 S. Evi ell, a telati%e of General Ewell of the Itela•ll.rin, is iinprii.oned• at Washington (.11 it :charge of being a spy... S‘‘ aiu,, Esq., for thirty - years pub,. of the Philadelphia - Ledger, has sold it to W. Child , . the known publisher. enend John 11. Logan on Tkurbday spent sere ral hours with the President. He is' route to join eucund With General - • Sheri tin —The ttreeii,l,ll4t intilfigetteer infor?is us that l: , liar Cowan viited for Lincoln, and : that he will he found, in the Senate, 'upon the side of the l're:idtinf‘i frienthi, , ' —Nt'ln. I'. Mliurhend, fitiq., hti reiigned hi po.hiten I'n;Alletit.of the Phihuleiphin at: Erie smitten & .(.oinp:tll3. Mr. F. F. Gay, Ilk+ Vivo siteeee4l4 him. - -ReN. Henry War'd 'Beecher, having nomina ted Gen. Butler for our next President, the'Full Ricer Nevi.; proposes the pastor of Plymouth Church.himsell as Vice President, on the grbund of the natural strength of a combination of the law-and the gospel. Lyle White, Esq., formerly of Erie, hay: aken ehiirge of the Meadville Repablican, ax edi-, or and proprietor. The paper appeared Mat week noel, Improyed typographically. —Gen. B. A. Shaffer, of Lancaster, died last u;•ek Ater a brief illness. He represented the "Old:Guard" in both branches of the legislahire, and acted on - the staff of Gen Reim in the early part of the war. was warmly appreciated by a lame circle of personal and political friends. —The 'Baltimore Clipper advocates the choice of Thomas Bollidny Bic - a as oat , of those to be honored by the pllteing t f a statue (two of which are to he eontriqnted b:t each State) in the Stat. Oar) Hall of theleaplui at Washington, anti fur thermore urges that the statue should be of gold. —Kwuth three ephews in the Union 'at.- :--Co.uiy IL. L. Zulavezky, who, when General Asboth wne:disable,d in the late severe engage- Ment at Mariana, Florida, took tbe command and brought the action to a NSlcegsful close; Major A. Ituttslagg, commanding the First Florid:Lear. nfay, and Lieutenant E. Zular4y, in his brother's. regiment. Legiblature of Virginia, us contra-distin gui,hed fr4llll that of West Virginia, now in se,- sion, at Alexandria, have elected Joseph Segar to fill the vacancy-in the U.S.Senate, occasioned by the death of Mr. Bowden, and.Tohu C. ruder-' Wod - , at present U. S. District Jude, in place of Mr. Carlile, whose term of office will expire on the 4th of March next. —The Panama Herold says that ifformation has been received in San Francisco lately, to the eft . eet that Dr. Wm. M. Gavin, formerly United States Senator from California, has obtained, through the influence - of the Emperor Napoleon, and in-his interest. a commission from Maximilian, aS Governor-General of the State bi Sonora, with authority to induce.emigration and settle the ebun try; and power to great lands. ' Clark, of New Hatupshire, President pro timpore of the United States Senate, is a na tive of New Hampshire, graduated at Dartmouth College, is a lawyer, and was for five years • a member of the Legislature of, the State. - He was elected to the United States Senate in 1557 and has served ever since. His present term ex pires March 4, 1867. —Major-General Alexander McDowell Cook received - orders last week to report to Major-Gen eral Sheridan, and left Dayton on Tne,,day to do so. General Sheridan was the eolumunder of a division iu MeCixik's Corps' during the Chick amauga campaign. Ae both are true soldiers the change in their relations will be a subject of less interest to them than to others. i —Lord Lyons, her Britannic Majesty's Minis ter took leave ot r the President and,Secretary of State on Monday week, and proceeded to New York on Thesday, in a special car provided by the Government for that purpose. His health is so seriously impaired as to require relaxation. He carries with him the respect, sympathy, and good wishes of the Government nod people of the Uni ted States. J. Hume Buruely, Esq., will have charge of the British legation during the absence of Lord Lyons. —Lieutenant Commanding James Parker,'Jr. of the rnited States gunboat Maumee, received. when a lad, the appointment of a cadet at West Mot, from the member of Congress from his dis trict in Ohio. Unfortmaately; Parker was too young' to enter the Academy, and his father, desi wins that some one in his town shoulff have the benefit of the appointment, cast about fora boy worthy of it. Li a dry-goods store was a lad, the sou of Irish parents, who, by - his salary as clerk, supported a widowed mother lad sister. - The place was offered to hint but was at first refused, as he disliked to - give up the clerkship. Upon being urged furthir the boy consented, and enter ed the. military academy. To-day he is in the Valley otithe Shenandoah, and his name is Philip Sheridan-. PENNSYLVANIA OFFICIAL The official vote of this State for President is now returned, •and taking the highest vote for Electors on each ticket, shows a majority for Lincoln of 20,081. There Were a few scattering votes for Electors, in consequence of the mis print of a portion of the Union tickets; but not to effect any results. Aaron Mull receiv ed 2,631 votes, by mistake. He was on the Union Electoral ticket originally, but died during the suumier and Wm. Taylor was substituted. Mr: Taylor's majority ii therefore 2,600 less than the other Union Electors, but he.has still enough and to spare. The folloWing is• the official rote by counties. 296,389 The total Vote of 1860 Wai+ag follows, Viz Abraham Lincoln .. J. C. Breekibridge.. Stephen A. Dinigla‘. John Bell A I..RTTER FROM MR. LINCOLN —Deacon John Phillips, of Sturbridge, Ilassaiphusetts, whose great "age—one hundred and four veanii,-- did not prevent him from doing his duty at the polls on the of Novemher, has received the following letter from the President : "ExcerncE MA24IOS, (! "WASHINdTON, Nov. 21. 1864.. y,. "ify Dear Sir :—Lhaxe heard of the incident at the polls in your town, in which you acted co honorable apart, and-I take the liberty of writing. to you to express my personal gratitude for tla min - 101.11 Kit paid me fly the suffrage of a eitizi.n so Tenerable. "The example of such deletion to civic duties in one whose days have already been extendedlin average lifetime beyond the Psalmist's limit elm sot but be valuable and fruitful. It' is not-fer meself, only, but for the country, which you have iu your sphere served so hing.and so well, that) I thank you. Your friend and servant. "A. Loscot.N.7 December 14: 1864. LATEST NEWS! 13 _MAGNETIC TELEGLfft EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE FRANKLIN REPOSITORY. By the We,t,rn-Union Telempll Line—Offiee tit tha O•om the Army' of the Potomae—itetitrai of the Sixth Corps—Their movement a Sneee‘q—Sivitruetion of Raullroods. De -1 pots...tr. • , nEADQVARTELLS AIIMY Or POTOMAC, DEO. 11, The movementn in this department which have bOu in the course of execution the past few days, have finally, been developed, and now the object* intended to be accomplished. may he given to the public, as well• as the, results attained. It was known that the enemy i - vere procuring large sup. plies for their, troops by way of the Weldon Rail Read to Stony Creek, - whence they were wagon-- ed to Peteridnirg. The cavalry force sent-them sdme ten days ago not being. able to effectually stop their operations, thesth Corps. with Gregg's cavalry tied the 3d division of the 2d Corps, were detriled to effiNqually pat a step to it by destroy ing the road as far South as Hicks Fprd, and if pesnible that Station also. TMc object of the movement - having been at tained, on Saturday- morning the troops started oh their return. reaching Sussex C. Hand halted there on Saturday 'debt. This afternoon theNot tewa3 river Wits reached and the entire command ciossed in sateq, where they found a part of the 9th Corpn, who had - started to their aid in case of an engagement. To-morrow they all will bebitek in their old position in front of Petersburg. , The move may be considered as one of the most simeess4bl of the campaign and reflects honor not only on the originator but on those to whom its execution was entrusted. A most effective blow liar been dealt the enemy by the destruction of same 15 miles of Rail Road, which they were us big extensively, some hundred ears passing over it every day loaded with supplies. The track N'l - 7L' , torn up, the ties piled witkdrywood from the adjacent fences and set fire ttewith the rails On top, the heat bending and - twisting them in every shape. All flue depots alongthe route were burned an well as numerous Mills, barns and dwel lugs from which the occupants had fled or from fatt cover of which guerrillas had fired, Op Urn troops. One was Taught with a gun,mear where a shot had just been fired and it is said the troops hang him near the Nottow ay river. Our loss in the entire hip la ill not excee4Ao or 50 in killed and wounded, besides a-few stragglers who were captured. The severit3'-of the Wei% er was the Principel diffienky the men had 'Wen collider, hut as there . wan much woad on - deli& of march and plenty of work for them to do,they managed to keep themselves from suffering: _Nothing has transpired in front of Petersburg - today of interest. CABINET ORG4Ns.—We are sure we are doing . _ a real service to _smaller churches and,Stuiday schools, as well as to lover. of musiegenerellym calling attention to the Cabinet Organs Manufite ;tared by Messrs. Mason & whose ware houses are at No. 7 Mercer street. No ono who hears these instruments will be surprised at the !very strong favor with which they are regarded ;by our leading organists. Their quality of tone ,is admirable, round, sonorous„pure, and sympa thetic: while they have abundant volume of tone Ifor any private house. and quite sufficient for ismaller churches rind for such halls as are .usia , Oly occupied by Sunday-schools. With all this, their capacity for expression is wonderful, ex ceeding an some respects even that of the largest ;and most costly church organ , . This is meanly !effected by thus introduation of a swell, operated upon an entirely new principle, which gives the Iperformer very efficient control of the notes he. produces. The moderate prices at which they_ are sold. and the little space they occupy, are important-practical advantages in these instrat ! ments.Netc Fork Commercial Advertiser, MUSICAL.—A Well Merited, Comptiment.- - - Mr. Wm. B. Bradbury of world wide musical renown has, within the past year brought that ntagnilleent musical In strument the Piano Forte, to SUM, a degree of perfection as to place him in the front rank of all the manufaCturers* As a proof of the superiority of his instruments he has re ceived testhnomals from all the principal pianists. com pusers and Musical critics of New Yuri:, such as we bo ltere nas never given to nor other manufacturer, (see his cant m other part of thin popery In a leading ediiorial of one of our mo.t widely-circulated rustocarperiodicafs he is thins spoken nf : " Vol. B. Bnulbary is eminently a suect.sful. matt.— Not <ucee,ful because lucky. latt_Vlcause he unites with ambition and extraordinary talent the caution that pre vent, his nudertaking anything nrilem he can see from the 'tart that he can no combine the element of success ar to distance all competitors. Setting but in life as a poor boy, his history is marked by a stead) succession of triumphs. In no great undertaking bus he- ever yet made a mistake or suffered. defeat. " About two yearn ago, he started in the manufactnie of pianos bearing only his oxen name. He had accummu lated a fortune; could command The moil skillful workmen and the best marerialQ : could affont to try experiments— confident, in spite of the acknowledged excellence of Amer iron that he could, and determined that he would. sect them all. Chen Mr. Bradbury started in Mk entererise we bad known him too long and too intimately to sermosly doubt his ultimate sueees.. if Inn life and health were spared but we must confess that he has already come nearer to the nt.al'of his ambition thou we orpoetgd he would W y se. -short a time. We slake of them as 'm the maven:lent," earefrOat first not to chum that they were superior to all otheri.— Now. after having tested Bradbury'. pianos in every pos sible way bitside the best pianos of other makers for months past—tested them in reference to power, purity. evennes,. brilladey, sinamg and sympathetic qualities of tone, delicacy and ehmticity of touch, ease and rapidity of action. standing in tune, excellence of material, elegance of finish and cure in workmanship,—se have arrived, at the deliberAte conviction that—they are surpassed in not one respect by the best of other maim:, while in some res . . peet: they are superior to all otner. . Lincoln, MC!titan. 2.612 .3,016 21,519 12,914 1526 3,241 3,.V'"1 2,304 2.336 ,752'2 6,710 13.266 3,2922,6Q6 6,865 - 3.007, 6.436 7.135, 3,475 - 2,947, 2.244 3,036. A GRATIFYING FAIL - r.‘--That amid all therein and desololino in , arr town. cunrey and enterprise is :Neap parent on all aide:—lwta ern eirbly and one hundred building have been completed. or. are in course of (*in struction ; our men:hunts. not at all dishearented by their In-is. are amain driving ahead_ with large stooks ofgoods. EverEtt who ore dOwn among the rains in their warehoust. immediately- btu k of their old store room, are doing a rushing busine.s crowds are constantly coming and going from the Store. The fact of their- sentng their goods a little lower than their neighboro is said to- be the cause of this rash. We would advise all who waatio pur chase Dry Gaids to give them a call before purohating .elsewhere. They hove just rep eived anew Itseinimmt, being the third stock this MIL They are also in receipt of a good assortment of Fern; n high they are rushing off at low prices. 155 1,721 2.261 i 2.817 8,446 5,987! 1.786 • :2833 1.506 6017 1;666 - 1,914 6,441 -. 4;526 3,604 - 4,3.56 5,644 4,M) 3,664 • • ..-2441! , NATRutoxiAL.Lud i ies awl Gentlemen f • you wish to marry. address the undersigned, who will send you without money and w ithont prier, valuable infarma- Mai that will enable you marr) happy and speedily, Ire respective of age. wealth or beauty. Thisitiormatitra pin emit you nothing, and if you arbai to marry. I will cheer fully nssixt you. All letter: .trietly confidential.' The de sired information sent be return mail. and ma queptions eked. Addre,s ZiARAn It. LAMBEIti, Greenpoint,kliinga Cu. I , letv York. oetl2-2m 835 3 7,29 12t 348 6,911 3,221 3.86" 1,563 3,321 4,320 1.22.2 1,437 14,46'0 3,408 3,720 3 906 62 3 Crfi 2,477 21711 1.86 S 1.Z53 ?,43F 1.1'4 L "17 TILE CM:FES:4ONi; AM) EXPEPIENEE Or AN INVAI.IM—PnbIi , III.4I for the benefit. and ma CAUTION TO YOUNG BEN and ethe r. who uff,r fora flervous Premature ..1 31andood..k.c., supplying at the same time Tut mr 01' By . one who bits cured hinveilf after undergoing', sUitslderjblo quackery. By enclusiair a pot paid addressed envelops, single copies mar be bid of the author NATHANIEL MAY PALE Eiq., Brooklyn, Kim CO., deck-3m al 20 11J 04., 4.207 6.0 3. 70 MU 7ta 4.220 ogra 6 e 72 9,0* 7.943 1.496 f t!, 1,140 A SUFEIUOR REMEDY.—We can conscien tiously ret;oraineutl to those suffering from a distressing cote:l4l)r. Strinkland's Mellifluous Cough Balsam. It gho. relief almost instant...lms, and is withul,not greetthlo to the taste. There is no ttenht hut the Melliflu ous Cough Bahian is roe t f the bestzprepurations in We, and is RH th.it it, proprietor claims fur it. We hove tried it doting the past week, and fonnd relief from a most die tresstog rough. It is prepared by Dr. Strickland's, No. 6, Fast Fourth street. Cineinonti, and for sale hydrne , gists, DEM EMI BM ERB IMM i."bo I 390 ,vli) 13211 BEM Ma 30(1 4.x03 6710 1,11 1,.^.39 1 3 341 1,5115 4.579 2,9r19 Bnows's llnoNcin.%l. TROCHE: 4 , when NI to tli,,olve in the month, have a dirtctintlueutoo at the affected part.; the soothing effect to the muocas lining of the windpipe,'alla . t s Pahnonary irritation and. givok relief. in Caught. Colds. and the carious, Thror.4 affections to which public speakers and stagers are lttble. MEM MEI ECM BM ECM EMI MS ANODYNE CORDIAL, the 3.l,uthees „Vrirttui Snit Relief.—This valuable medicine fgr salty at MILLER'S NEW DRUG STONE. neat doer *est of Boram's Hotel. It Is far suprrior to all Soothing Syrrtps, or any other preparation for children in Teething. Chalk., phi rears, or or cord pains. EIEM MI 2.0 370. 17. kg., 17.:1:10 SALMOK F. CHASE has 4,:en appointed Chiet Justiee by Pre-ident Lineoln, and cuntirtned.by the Sen ate anomalously. while the people of Chamberabstrg and vicinity. receive credit .ter their jt,t appreriatioa of C. H. Cres.ler', elegant assortment of I.)rogs, 'Medicines, 'Perfu mery. Se. GULIFICKS & BURKHART have opened out in their nee. 11 - NNW on Second Street. They sell wholesale and retail. Country merehnnts look to your interest.— Yon run hay no hop from them Its you can in the city. GELIVILTKS & BURKHART Sell the best Kero sene Od. wholesale and retail. Also, Lamps, Wiaks and Globes. ery cheap. To-Gelwicks & Burkhart for pure home gwand Pepper, pare gpittes. fresh Tea•, fine Cheese and the twit Crackers of all kind.. We. call - the attention of buninem men to the valimble lot of ground on the Diamond, offered for sale by A.. 1. Miller. CuEssLeo has all the spices requisite to make sausages palamble and wholesome. Warranted pare and GELWICKS & BURKHART keep the largest_ Stook of goods in town, and sell cheap wholensileanA I