tsuntilin ', ii4pooitovt,
Wednesday, February IS, 1883.
TELE LATE PEACE 310NrEBEITS%
At length we have the officialstatements
on both sides'relative to the origin, pro
press:anfl results of the peace conference
between Messrs. Lincoln and Seward-and
Stephens, - Hunter 'and Campbell. Prom
these messages we gather nothing: else
than that Mr. Blair. ent to Richmond in
accordance withhis owninelination; with
out any instructions from President Lin
coln or authority to make any propositions
whatever. When he reached Richmond
he callers upon Jefferson Davis and con
ferred with him as to the best means to
close'the terrible war now waged against
the . government. When he was about to
return Mr. Davis gave him a letter de
signed to be shown to President Lincoln,
in which he professedauardent desire for
peace, and proposed to send or receive any
sort of agents, formally informally, "with
a view to secure peace to the two coin
frieß.,' When the letter was shown to
Mr. Lincoln he authorized the return of
Mr. Blair to Richmond, bearing a letter
from Mr. Lincoln addressed to Mr. Blair,
which was to be shown to Davis, in which
Mr. Lincoln says that he is " now and shall
continue ready to receive any agent whom
he (Davis) or any other, influential, man
now resisting the national authority, may
informally send me with a view of secur
ing peace to the people of our common
country." It will be seen that Davis
wanted peace for "two countries," while
Lincoln wanted peace for "the people of
our common country "—a distinction with
a most material difference. This was the
rock on which all effort ate megociation
split, and it stood squarely in the way of
all adjustment from the start. Davifand
his commissioners stated oat to establish
" two countries," while Mr. Lincoln can
recognize and must maintain that there is
but one " common country," and it must
• be preserved with unfaltering fidelity.
it will be observed that notwithstand
ing theiclearly defined purpose of Presi
dent Lincoln to maintain the integrity of
the Union, Davis appointed and forwer-
Aedtairanissione,ss to represent inform*
the bogus confederacy and insist upon its
recognition. Mr. Blair called the atten
tion of Davis to the concluding portion of
Mr. Lincoln's letter, to which he replied
that he understood it. But with thisi un
derstanding he selected commissioners,
doubtless with the view of getting them
into Washington for several days to con , .
fei With alishades of traitors, and report
the power . of treason rin the North. He
.evidently did not mean peace ; but hoped
by sending the ablest of his -diplomatists
to throNy the responsibility of future war
upon Mr. Lincoln and , at the same time
gather all the information essential to the
rebel cause from their 'sympathisers in the
Union capital. But Hr. Lincoln defeated
the cherishedlopes of the rebel leaders.
He did not allow the 4 to come to Wash
ington, and he did not allow them to leave
the conference in) any better position to
command the favorable judgment of the
donntiyaridthewctrld than theyhadbefore.
Mr. Seward was dispittched to meet the
rebel commissioners at Fortress Monroe,
with a letter from Mr. Lincoln stating
frankly the terms on which the war could
be arrested. In that letter the President
saidto Mr. Seward :
"Yon will make known to them that three things
- areindispensable, to wit:—
Mist. The restoration of the national authority
thtonghout all the States.
" Second. No receding by the Executive of the
United States on the slavery question from the
position assumed therein in the late annual mes
sage to Congress and in preceding documents.
"Third. No cessation of hostilities short of an
cud of the war and the disbanding of all the for
'ces hostile to the Government. Yon will inform
them that all propositions of theirs not ineonsni,
tent with the above will be considered and passed
upon in a spirit of sincere liberality. Yon will
hear all they may choose to say and report it• to
me. You will not assume to definitely consum•
mate anything"
- The rebel commissioners demured to
the Meeting at Fortress Monroe, and claim
edthat they should confer with Mr. Lin-
"ooln.at Washington. Mr. Lincoln being
advised that they wished to have an in
terVieiv with him, waived all dignity and
,-txTommy, and proceeded to Fortress Mon
roe, where a conference was had. What
transpired there is best stated by Mr. Lin
himself in his message to Congress.
He says: •
."On the morning of February 3 the three gen
tlemen, Messrs, Stephens, Hunter and Campbell,
came aboard of our steamer and had an interview
with the Secretary of State and myself of several
hour's duration. No question of preliminaries to
the meeting was then and there made or mention.
ed. No other person 'was present. No papers
were exchanged or produced, and it was in nil
vance agreed that the conversation was to be in
formal and verbal merely. 011 our part the whole
substance of the instructions to the Secretary of
State hereinhefore recited was stated and insisted
upon, and nothing was said inconsistent there
with; while by the other party it was not said that
in any event or on any condition they el er wont,,
• consent to reunion, and yet they equally omitted
to declare that they would not consent. Tii )
seemed to desire a postponement of that quest ion
and the adoption or some other course first, which,
as some of them seemed to argue, might or might
not lead to reunion, but which coupe e, thought
would amount to du indefinite postponement
' The conference ended without result."
—Thus ended the first formal 'ellint to
effect an adjustment of our national (Mil- ,
citifies and the termination of this bloody
war. Mr. Lincoln did all that he could
do.' lie cotdd not surrender the Union—
he could not set aside the laws enacted
since the outbreak of the rebellion—be
could not assume any, other position than
• that the Union must be maintained at-all
haiarda, and US supremacy unqualifiedly
recognized. This was, of -course, not ac
ceptable to the and again the sword
becomes the arbiter between the al
people and . the insurgents. What the
real purpose of the Stephens' mission u as,
is left to conjecture. They certainly knew
that, with our armies triumphant iu every
theatre of the war, and with an o verw hel •
ing declaration of the people just
at the late election, in favor of the plow
cution of the war until treason skull to:
to the authority of the governinetit, they
could not have the remotest hope of tuty
surrender of the national authority as the
pr i ce of peace. They evidently had some
other pospoo in view. Just what it was,
we are not clear; but we infer that it had
refeience to ittopition by England and
France after the 4th of March next. They
are exciting almost snperlininitn efforts
to induce 4014 and Prance to recog
nize the :rebel - confederacy by declaring
that the' States only participated
in the late Presidential election shall be
treated as subject to the authority of the
United Sates. This is their last hope
their earnest aim, and they probably ex
pected to turn a sham peace conference
to aid this desperate project: But in this
they have signally failed, as,theconference
affords no pretext for foreign recognition,
and it =mot come unless it was pre-de
termined, and of that we See; no indica
tions.
—We mnsit therefore - accept war—hitter,
relentless. desperate *re for another sea- .
son, unless the military power of treason
shall sooner be destroyed. There is but one
road to Peace, and that is over Nictorions
battle-fields. Treason-is still not content.
It has surrendered more than half its ter
ritory—has lost every important port—has
its armies all shattered but that of Lee,
and that is wasting and dispirited by the
fearful tide of disaster that has befallen
the rebel cause; but it will make one more
death-straggle, and for that we ,must he
prepared. Let every loyal man stand
firmly by the government, confident that
with ajust cause and a heroic army, all
must soon be-well.
MDT. COPFBOTIPS SPEECH
We give in to-day's paper the speech
deliveredby Gen. Co.ffrqh in Congress, in
explanation of his vote for the resolutions
proposing amendments to the Constitu
tion for the abolition of Slavery. As his
vote has been -- aierely criticised, it is but
just to him that he be heard in vindica
tion of his act. During the previous ses
sion, when the same resolutions were be
fore Congress, Gen. Coffroth opposed
them with considerable earnestness, and
voted against them, Now, howeVer, he
has seen fit to change his position, and
eminently for the better in our judgment,
and we give him the benefit of the wid
est publicity for his remarks
It was once well said by an old judge
to his son, who was about to assume the
ermine, Olathe should decide as he thought
just, but to be extremely careful not to
give reasons therilord unnecessarily.—
This admonition would have been of ines
timable value to Gen. Coffroth, if accep
ted by him. Hitherto lc has almost in
varibly voted wrong, and when he blun
dered on the light, he gave nearly every
possible reason for it - but a rational one.
Had he said when he cast his vote—.l
voted against these resolations before in
obedience to my own convictions and the
teachings of my party ; but since then the
Nation has decided by an
vote that Slavery must cease to curse this
fair land with discord and death. and I
bow to that verdict of the sovereign peo
ple," he would have been understood, and
whatever might be the judgment of the
politicians of the day, his record would
have been one of consistency and in har
mony with the inevitable progress of the
•
age.
. But Gen. Coffroth vainly endeavors to
explain that' in voting for the constitu
tional abolition - of slavery, be' diin't mean
anything—he is merely experimenting and
don't seem to care lunch whether the thing
hits or misses, so his status in the Demo
cratic party is preserved. This is a weak
ness worthy of Gen. Coffroth„ Any aver
age fooLwould have known that to vote
at this time for so wise and patriotic a
measure as the constitutional extinction
of slavery, would alienate him from the
confidence and support of every molar
Democrat in this congressional district,
and front nine-tenths of the 'same party
throughout the State. The Democracy
of this district will , stand a great deal with
most amazing patience, as they have de
monstrated during the last two congres
sional contests; but they will not tolerate
a desertion-of the doctrines of," the parry
ag they understand and teach them; and
one of those doctrines is fidelity to Sla--
-ery regardless of its persistent aggres
sions and final war upon the government.
Gen. Coffroth is therefore outside the pale
of the Democratic faith, and it was the
sheerest folly for him to attempt to prove
the contrary. He might have argaid. with
. some plausibility that the MOOD'
he annexed to the 'United States or that
there should be au air-line railroad through
to China. but to pretend to be Democratic
and vote to drive the last nail into the
coffin- of the first. the last and only love
of the Democracy. is a refinement of non
sense in which none but himself could be
iva part4lel.
'We rejoice that Gen. Coffroth has cast
the vote in question. True, taking him
at his word, he did not seem to know ex
uctly why he did it, for every reason given
is only an argument against the act; but
he has neivertheless cast a most righteous,
patriotic and cluistian vote—one of which
he may well be proud and for which his
children will bless his memory. That lie
is not awarded the credit for the rote that
its high morality and patriotism merit. is
not to be disguised; but, as his successor
is chosen, he can now retire to enjoy, jhe,
sweet fragrance of the flowers loved one:
will cause to bloom over his politica I grave.
der reroir, Coffrotli
STEVtNS. CLAY AND wfassrEst
We give in to-day's paper a communZ:
ration' vindicating Henry Clay' from the
generally accepted conviction that he in
crpotied to defeat the appointment of
Maddens Stevens to a position in the
Harrison cabinet., Prom - the general tone
of the article and the initials appended
t hereto. any one conversant with our public
men and their relations to each other in
the past, will readily recognize Thomas
11. Burrows aith.e author, and the late
(lades B. Penrose as the competitor of
llr. Stevens for a seat in the minist of
Mr. Burrows was thede voted per
sonal and political friend of Mr. Stevens.
and at that time had been fur some years
conspicuous as a sagacious and snecessful
patted leader. He gives, in the brief
chapter he has added to the unpublished
history of political movements in the State
when the Whips first attained power, au
interesting accouni'ufAhe and& currents
whose results - oi4 have hiti4rto b een
known to the pnblie.
Weprestune ninety-nine hundredths
in this State Who hive any opinion on the
subject, believe that Mr. Clay defeated
the appointment 4:4 . Mr. Stevens to the
cabinet under Gen. Harrison. Until we
perused Mr. Burrows' article. we never
doubted it; and knowing as we did that
Gen. Harrison had, before the election of
1840, voluntarily tendered Mr. Stevens a
place in his' cabinet in the event of • his
election, we stated in - a recent article
that the real author of. Gen. Harrison's
violated faith probably sleeps beneath the
shades of Ashland. Mr. Clay and Mr.
Stevens were never devoiedfriends. The
one was a Mason and the foe of Arti-Ma
senry, of .which Mr. Stevens was confes
sedly the life and leader in this State, and
coutribnted moro perhaps than any other
man of that day, to give vitality and power
to that organization in the several States
where it was formidable. He - was not,
therefore. in sympathy or in co-operation
with Mr. Clay, and it is well known that
the Anti-Masonic element prevailed in the -
Harrisburg Convention of 18*, and set
aide Clay for Harrison. To thisend Mr.
Webster contributed indirectly. lie was
in harmony with the Anti-Masons, and
when his nomination could not be com
passed, his friends naturally joined the
friends of Harrison. Mr. Stevens and Mr.
Webster were thus contributing to' the
same end, and the friends of Mr. Stevens
coufidoutly expected the'prompt and cor
dial sanction of Mr. Stevens' appointment
iu the cabinet: Front Mr. Clay they ex
pected opposition ; but Mr. Webster was
approached by Mr. Burrows, the represen
'tative of Mr; Stevens, with entire confi
dence, and was chilled by the Websteriau
reserve that foreboded disaster, and in the
end Mr. Stevens was sacrificed. _
Mr: Burrows makes out a very plain
case. Gen. Harrison had committed him
self without solicitation to call lir. Stevens
- L
to;the - cabinet 'even before the election.
The oiler was certainly made in good in ith,
and the appointment would have been one
of eminent Illness but some potential
voice interposed, and it seems that it u - us
not Mr. Clay; while Webster. a ho.should
have been friendly, winsed to emoperate.
He was the Premier of the administration;
none could have, been More powerful in
dictating the cast of the remainder of the
ministry; and he doubtless made thli. fatal
thrust at Mr: Stevens. W hether he feared
the obscure sou of NA- England who had
risen to rival his_ tittne, or simply hated
him for his geld us and power, are tjuestions
not now to be answered; but he exidently
was the author of Geo. Harrisou's viola
ted faith and Mr. Stevens diseounitute
in 1641. -
We thank .fir. 13ttrrow for his article.
lind regret that he hazinot given us a more
thorough insight to the polieal movements
which followed the Whig triumph of 1840.
TOE DRAFT
The draft under the President's call of
December 19th,,fiir this district, will very
shortly take place, probably be commenc
ed this week. Last week we published
the quotas assigned to the several town
ships. The proportipe .of men required
is large—about two men in seven of those
liable to be pat in the wheel. We under
stand
that since the quotas were assigned
at Washingbiu, a large reduction has beer
made in the enrohnent of this and other
districts of the State. If ,this - reduction
has been in the same proportion over the
whole country and the government must
have the additional three hundred thou
sand men, of course there is no equitable
ground for the reduction of the quota of
'it his district, but if a greater reduction has
been made here than in other localities,
owing to the more diligent attention of
the people to their own interests. some
abatement is due to their faithfulness and
industry. We think it the duty of the
board of enrolment to present the case of
this
on,
to the- authorities at Wash
ington, and see that the people are requir
ed to furnish no greater proportion of men
than is their due.
As we saw from the beginning, the coun
ties that have furnished their quotas with
out a draft, or whose citizens have res
ponded at once when drafted, are now
reaping the fruits of their promptitude
and loyalty. A great number of persons
drafted from Bedford and Fulton who
failed to report and who are yet at large,
being considt;red in the service by the fact
of the draft. had to be stricken from the
rolls. The enrolment of those counties
has et;iisequently - been reduced largely.
whilst that of Franklin and Adams having
been but moderately curtailed atli2rds the
basis for the exhausting quotas now de
manded of them.
llgt. notwithstanding these local Me
qualities, the responsibilities of the hour.
must be met. Every person liable to draft
should look the fact in the face that within
It few days his services may Ie required,
against the rebels in mans. And it is well
enough, too, to reniember the fact that
substitutes are very difficult to. obtain.
The probability is that of the nine hun
dred men wanted out of Franklin county.
not one hundred, even it' they desire it,
Will be able to obtain substitutes, for the
reason that the substitutes areatot to be
bad and none are fottlicoming.
Notwithstanding, under whatever cir
eurnstauces,, we doul4 not the people of
this county will acquit filmset Ves credit
ably and fill the requisition made upon
them at any sacrifice of mere personal
considerations. The people of this section
have passed through too kern a school of
adversary to balk at giving theit pemmal
services in the field against a foe that.has
visited them more than once with such
relentless savagery. - More than once it
has been predicted that the last call rid
men bad come, and that no‘ more would
Le required. It really sedms now as if we
had reached that stage. At all events the
government, us well ,as the most compe
tent military men, cherish the Lelia that
.with our armies replenished to the extent
that the late call will allow, the nation'
will shortly be in a condition to dictate
'terms to an arrogant rebellion and restore
the people of all sections to a state of hap
piness and peace.
—Hon. Geo. Sanderson, Dern., has, h, en re
oleeted Mayor of Lanoostor eity
icanklin ftrptifitorn, ihanbtubuq, pa.
THE Denaieratie‘pitpers of this'distriet,
excepting the Spirit rind Somerset.Denio
°rat, are silent ; in reference to Gen.- Cog
frotkvote for the conAtipttiOnal abolition
of Slavery. The Spirit 'reads hinvontof
the party, and the Democrat. among other
unkind thimrs slay :
"Mr. Cot:froth', assumed the responsibility t o
misrepresent his party - and, his constituents, and
we 110 W assume the responsibility to tell him
plainly in his -own classic language . that 'he is
doomed to the fweter euningniment among the
(Abolition) cohorts of niachinations.','"
—Wiitthe f.,entocrat S.Pirifbekind
enough to inforrn us who was honeitly
elected to Cong,ress in thin distriet last
fall? i
llL't'ZW\G the laMt session of Congress A. IL cot
froth made a speech against. the Constitutional
amenament for which he this sVFINiOII ham ♦oted.
Cal. Sl'Clure is of the opinion that his “animad
veNions" upon tliat speech may have eoutribUted
to change Colfroth', views. There are obter ver
sions about this conversion, but they do not, as
sume the shape "animadversious," although the
relation of timid would make. the Democracy
"mad" enough tO hear them and thus know how
badly they wert- tiold;---Patriot and Union.
IT IS most cowardly to. stab by inuendo.
If the Patriot: and Union has any charge
to prefer against Uren. Coffrotb it should
do so with some_ degree of • manliness.
What "other 'versions" has , the - Patriot
and Maul 1 Let us have . them.
SEVERAL etirrespoudents have inquired
of ns whether it is true, as has been Bt!.-
Yeti in the AVirit and other Democratic
journals, that a tax of five per tent on
real estate hat' , bvnimposed by emigre:sr:.
It is not true, Congress has nut imposa
any tax whatever on real estate.
I,DEROCR:ACY CROPPING; OM
We'copy the fidlowing account of a email cop:
perhead revolution in Somerset county from the
Somerset Herald. The moermuent force
played in the hunt of the skulking conscripts con
sisted of twenty-five men under Lieut. Anthony
Ev. Mu, of Capt, Weaver's Independent company.
The young nuasaid to be mortally wo.mded is
one of the heidi soldiers in the company, and a
woman at the notese tried to cut his head off with
an axe atter he had been shot.- The fidlowing s is
the account of the Herald :
" It- being kriown to Deputy Provoa. Marshal
Cunningham 10! 5010 e time past, that u number
of Aulker , froth the dratt and deserters from‘the
ranks. were se noted in Lower Turkeyfoot town-
Otip; and had been concocting measures of resis
tance. be, (counting on the bitter cold weather of
last week to driye them into their houses)otecont
pained by a squad of cavalry, under command of
Lieut Ewing, started on Thunglay afternoon last
on a raid, to heat up their quarters. Arriving in
the neighborbued shed night he proceeded from
house to house that he had Spotted," and suc
ceeded in I.rresting no 15 , 4 , thou seven of thetit
" At the house of Thomas A. Murray, that gen
tleman attemptied to secrete himself in the 9rret,
and when diseot;ered, fired upon me party infliet
ing nu ugly and painful wound upon, the bead of
pm ate Franeil noice et the cavalry. So murder
ous was the intent of his family, that after the
poor; fellow vin'; prostrated by the shot, from the
husband, theLo;ife rushed upon hint and inflicter!
a couple of bleupe upon hint with the poll of an
axe. before he co uld be stayed. Happily: neither
the shot nor lbe blow, proved mortal and the
wounded olan.'who was brought to town is doing
well.
" At the lionlo! of Aaron Heider resistance was
also tuet with.: He had tied to the loft of kis house,
and Oil the soldiers attempting to follow ,he hujtled
down at thcaz,m heavy shoe last, striking private
Geo. B. Grout km the temple knocking hint sent.
less, and inflicting so severe an injury upon him
that his physician thinks that it may yet result in
death. Encouraged by his success , Heider Main.
Mined hi. pmition with a club at the trap, to
which only a ladder led, and notwithstanding a
unther ut iiii4to were tired at bitit in the dart.,
could not be dhitodged. At last Marshal Cunning
ham gave orders to fire the house, which after
combustibles had been gathered and ignited;
brought him to terms, when he surrendered, and
the fire was extinguished. We are sor4,that
these miserable-men through evil counsels have
been induced to thus resist the law, and jeopar
dise their ownlliv.es."
THE Philadelphia Errning Bulidin has appear
a new and; beautiful dress. It is .now disem
thrilled from Slivided counsels in the ovvuership,
and exhibits increased energy and ability, in its
management. I It is one of" the most reliable Union
juntiuds of the State, and well deserves its liberal
patfonage.
RICHMOND ' papers of Saturday confirm the re
port that I3rttnchcill ise occupied by our troops
under Sherman.
The Itatillt4tion of the Amendment of the
Constitution Abolishing. Min very—Ln•
teretiting: Debate—Local Bills—The
Bounty ftnestion—The River Beds in
the OIL Region.
Corrp.pondence,of the Frunklin Repository.
The great ktruggle of the present legislature
was had on-the ratification of the proposed amend
ment to the eonAitution almlishiag slavery% In
the Senate the amendment was ratified without
debate on Bolquelition, although ,there was eon
siik.rable skirmishing on side ssues; imt, in the
House there was a protracted and eart'dstdebate.,,
It commenced On Friday of last week, when the
House resolution was under consideratien.---
Messrs. Brovfm Wells, Manly, Shenk, Cochran,
of Erie, Guernsey, ArClure and Alleinan advoca
ted the adoption of the, resolution, and Messrs.
Searight, Purdy, Pershing, Rice, Alexander and
Rose opposed it. The debate took a decided par
tizan shape after the speech of Mr M'Clure, who
took the po4tiott that lillavery and Democracy
had ever been united in litc a and in death they
should tent be ported. ,This brought Pershing to
the defence Of the Democracy, in an elaborate
and able spcieli. The vote was then taken and
the resolution adopted 'by 'u
strict party vote.
The twabruliclws of the legislature on the same
day ratified the proposed amendment to the con
iition,•leuf, sash had adopted its own resolution
and neither had been concurrently - adopted. Thu
House, therefore took up the Senate resolution on
Tuesday eviaing last, and the delude Was re
newed: Mebsrs..llakes and Boyer w ere the main
advocates seen the Democratic side„ and Messrs:
Kelly, Marsh, Ruddimum Sturdevant and Dennd
'spoke in supicort of the amendment.
. - Mr. Sharpe
Was, not preient at this discussion ilt consecpwnee
of the illnesq of his Child. It was understoodthat
he would have spoken in reply to his colleague,
ArClurd, had' Lr been in his seat Onthiei
return he recorded hislote 'against the resolution,
und i proeureil the 'plasma the House tel print
inthArgisiatirr 'H teen! the remarks he' had pre
pared to delfver in the .license. There was much
disappeintnicat that be la as not able to participate
iu tVe debate. if as by mineral consent of his
party in tligAiouse. assigned the task of yeplying
toXr. APCbere, and all tidt that he would have
dal: it us eteditAly r as his more than dnubtAll
cause ivould alloW; and; it w ',mid probably have
led to an animated - ,disenssion between' the teen
Franklin !Mutters.' Mr. Ml.:lure's sweet' was
greeted with hearty applause, which the Speaker
endeavoredito suppress. I, have never befiere
witnessed qte ilten.s'e so forget its propriety. The
galleries wore ciiewded and heartily responded
to the applause ',of the House. A number of
copies of 14. MClute's speech have been ordered
io paliphle fortufor circulation by the members.
Thus end; the =action of Pennsylvanna an the
vital questiien, of the constitutional abolition of Sla
very. It was a strictly party vote—every Dem
ocrat maintaining • Slavery to the lust. In other
States that nearly every in
stance a portion jet* the Demmer:tee
,throriac the
HARRISBURG
/lAfteluuLl4:, February= 10, 1865
amendment; but in Pennsylvania . Dgmocrst
ic member 'Owe his van to Irroiract* life of the
Imstitittion that hai.given us perpetual *discord,
and at last the most bloody awl desperate war of
history. can they taaintaina party with such a
iveorti t Let those who hope' or
they can, turn to the verdict Of the Nation last
fall, and let them also him to the record wade by
the legislators of 'Pennsylvania year ago on this;
question. - If that party is to have a future, thei
greatest millstone about_ its neck will be the re-:
eordonide in he legislature of . this State r on the,
constitutional abolition of Slavery. •
- Mr. McClure has read a bill in place providing
for the appropiation of certain tines and forfeit.,l
ores in Franklin county to the purchaseand main.:
tenanee of a Law Library in Chambershurg; ;Ma
another prohibiting cattle, hogs, sheep, horses &c:
from running at large in your ("panty. This law' ,
is now in force in most of the eastern conuties4
and has proved most salutary in protecting prop
erty from the ravages of stock of
The feeling. of the legislature is averse to tint
encouragemant of large bouutie; , under the petal;
iu call Ihr troops. The gettral law now author
rizee $3OO to be collected by taxation and paid
to'eacli'recruit, and the feeling is very strongly
against legalizing the collection of taxes fur ally
larger Rum. The stupendous frauds developed in
the recruiting of men, which were stimulated bY
the high bounties paid and the consequent coal- -
petition for men, clearly demands that there should
be unitiirmity in the payment of bount* ;Tla.
payment of $5OO last year will be legalized in all
cases, and the additional VW authorized to ta•
- collected by taxation; but it will requite a pecu
liar care to procure legislation to authorize ijosoo
to be paid now.' There is a prevailing conviction
`it the legislitture that this; immense indebtedneSs
`41,98t be arrested. Some of the districts have /d
-`featly ; procured the legislative authority to pay
$3OO to men who may be dratted to fill thd peud
mg call as well as to volunteers. This b5llB to
be just, and Wenables districts to primeed at once
to put in recruits, with the assurance that if they
don't fill their- quotas entirely by volunteers. the
conscripts*ll he paid the same bounty
The river,beds in the-oil reinius are now the
bone of coutfantion in the legislature, and all sorts
of apectilatisi schemes are on foot to control the
action of thekkishiture thereon. One bill beliire
the legislature proposed to organize a company
with the axelasive right to patent the beds and
develope' them by paying a certain per centitge
as royalty to the State. Another pr 3 t;
thorizes the Beds to be taken up by any permin in
plots of one hundred acres, and npre-fifth of the
gross revenues thersfrom.to be paid to the State.
This bill led to a warn& dhicussion, during uhich
Mr. Cochran, of Erie, proposed to, pay line million
for the lands and one-sixth of the proceeds, as
royalty. As he, could not-stake ;itch a contract
with the State,zand could not fulfill it if it were
made, it was accepted as afieof the follies of u
weak brother in search of some sort of distinction
under' diticulties. Mr. M'Cture supported i the
; bill before the House and defended it on the
grtiniail that if the beds are halt ss valuable at} its
‘dpponents alleged, the State would thereby', re
'ceive the largest revenue. q'tte bill was :fatally
referred-to the committee of jays and Means
for consideration. liouaeg.
LOCAL ITEMS
GOSSIP Wrrn Ona FatENDs.—Sunday. Feb
ruary sth, 1865-INe* York—smoking 'moth of
a large Hotel, where no one cares for any one or
anything but himself; where, on an alarm of fire,
each would save himself and let his neighbor burn.
What a contrast to our dear old charred town! ,
It is a painful change , from Thursday last, When
among old and valued friends greetings and,good
wishes were interchanged with a cordiality that
New Fork opt, gkenrovly upptrointr. But u truce ,
to such thoughts, they do not become a news
letter._ - •
What makes the C. V. R. R. so rough ? I felt
every minute as though our train was about to
pitch into or down a bank. But we sustained
the old reputation, for We didn't pitch , into auk r
thing hut .Harrisburg, and that at the regular
thug. It is unnecessary to say that we all put up
at Hutchison's, or that we lc , -ere well treated.
The riuly redeeming feature in Harrisburg (toms)
is that there is one Hotel at least that seettis like
Home. The very name is pleasantl—UltrrED
STATES. May Heaven . prosper the United States
as it has friend Hutchison!
I am expected toisay something of the C. &
A. co., of course; and for that reason must
mention that the only impediment this time was
that all the seats had backs ;" compensated; how
ever, by the windOw nearest me being glued shut,
tier fear (maybe) that I might get a little more
fresh air than the law 'of Jersey allows. Expe
rience is a great teacher. I managed to taste a
Trenton sandwich this time, by buying tr i o, and
eating them together, hot a stupendous underta
king, certainly, for the two made a very thin slice.
I overheard an Inshman declare that his teeth
ached froth corning together so quickly when he
bit into his sandwich.
Well, here I am, safe in the Rebel city,idready
longing for the time when I shall see tho REeol4-
nom' Office again. ' Our senior editor iS here
also, and, from the breakfast I saw: him eat cujus
7nagita pars fut, I can report-him sane meaa in
sane corpo're. The New York Herald reports of
us—[hero the writing of our gossip is entirely
legible,--ComPosrroß.]
I can't write about N+ York now, my mind
will return to, C g. Last Wednetday I
'visited Mr. McElwiline's school, and was very
muck gratified. I found one of the most orderly,
best conducted schools I ever saw. Mr:McEl
waine seemed much surprised to see a visitor, and
Indeed remarked that lie was not accustomed to
that kind of thing, I admit that I did not rOnsti
tate myself a 'committee of investigation frOm un
selfish motives, but that my having a child touter
the' gentleman's tare was the motive. 4h, my
dear gossips, would that you could wake up to the
appreciation of what you owe to an earnest, con
scientious teacher! How Many parents are with
their children :five hours a day ? and yet you en
trust one with this important responsibility and
never think so fir as to see whether he does his
duty; or if yon are satisfied you am so thought
less as not to thank or encourage him who acts
the parent to your Own children. I repeat It, I
was gratified with my visit, and here record mxy
testimony with a pleasure that I hope to Make us
public. as possible Them li;aaw bright eye's and
smooth faces that will take our places some day,
that will our day control the destinies of our min-
Inanity, and my word for it, Mr. McElwain and
his accomplished assistant will burn more to do
with the future of those pupils than you or 1.
Will the old Academy ever be re-built r Will
the fish* generation have the advantages we have
bad t - Or will the marvellous energy of our peo
ple lx• directed in every direction first; end after
we have exhausted Our money and zeal, Will we
then think that perhaps we may decide that the
Academy 'ought to be resuscitated? How grace:
fully might so prominent a citizen as Judge Clim
berit, fur instance, crown a long and honored and
useful christian life by suggestinglowe simple and
feasiblif plan for the resurrection of the titne-hO
noreil Academy 1 I hope that no, money will be
sent by 48 to 'China or New Zealand till We bare
made provision for a suitable building for a elm:
,fi c A' s 6y loo l in C. I•love China, and have'a warm
side for the South Sea Islanders, but'l love may
native town much more,
Tun Rev. Mr. Bridenbaugh, of Gretineastle,
has been :elected pastor of the &Joules CLutheru)
vim.vregation of 140ttpborg.
liworbutioN ABOUT . 7 DnArr.-We
has e *if' the trouble to collect/me iuffirinfs
thin on the subject of the draft which we present
for the,benefit of our render:..
Who ariErentpt.—lnaddition tiatbephysieally
and mentally disabled, persons under Wand over
45 years of age at the date of !raft are exempt.
Family bibles, baptismal certificates and church
registers, where these ire in existence, are used
in at librishing non-liability on account of age', and
should be offered in proof, together with the:nee
essary affidavit's.
Aliens are exempt An alien, in the meaning
of the law, lea perso horn tinder a foreign!gtiv
ernment who has chit led a declaration of ititen
lion to become a citizen, has never voted nor at
tempted to vote and who has not held art office,
civil or,military, in this contitri: ? The fact Of the
alienage must be made td , appear in due form,
supported by tiesworn certificate of two persons
not themselves aliens, who state that they Know
the party and be-lieve his statements to be trine.
Pe'rsans'who have been two years in service
are exenipt. The fact of having so served must
be• proven by the exhibition of a. discharge or
other satisfactory proof.
- -
Substitutes before Draft.—As the law now
stands, only'persons not themselves liable to draft
can become substitutes for enrolled men _before
draft. Of course fur such we must look to the
list of exempts—persons under 20 and over 45,
aliens and sueli as have served two years! since
the present war.
It should not be forgotten that the regulations
require that a man who offers himself as n sub
stitute for an enrolled man, must prove his DOD•
liahilit3 to draft in the same way that he would
K. required to do if he were drafted and claimed
exemption for the same reason.
It should he hor»e in mind that in all COBO6 of
furnishing substitutes in lieu of draft, the 'princi
pal is exempt only 60 long as the substitute idiot
liable, not exceeding the time for which the sub
stitute shall have been accepted. If the substi
tute entitle at nineteen years and fivemobths of
age, the principal is exempt her seven months.—
If the substitute be over tort}• the years of age at
enlistment, the principal is exempt for the term
of enlistment of the substitute of for a less peri
od it Congress should meanwhile make men over
liable tee draft. In the case of an alien
substitute the principal is exempt for his term of
enlistment, although the alien himself may deter
mine his•principals liability by filing a declaration
of intention to'becomfta citizen, voting at election
or holding an of*, civil or military.
Substitutes after Draft.—Persons themselves
li
able to draft, may enlist eN substitutes for drafted
men, but in such case the name of the principal
shall again be placed oil the roll and be liable to
draft on balite calls, but not tudilthe present en
rollment shall be exhausted. If a drafbA man
furnishes a substitute not liable to drtit, he is
exempt for the length of time the substitUteis not
liable. A dratted matt furnishing a substitute can
under no circumstances be exempt fibs longer
period than the time for which he was drafted
, Neither substitutes for drafted or enrolled men,
nor dratted men themselves,: are allowed any
choice of 'regiments, but must go wherever they.
are assigned.
It should be stated that it is rarely that a boy
under eighteen is accepted into service by a pru
dent Surgeon, by far the larger number lof such
being too diminutive and immature. It frequently
happens that a man over forty-five Makes an
available substitute, but his acceptabilitydepends
upon a variety of circumstances and cannot be
absolutely determined until the man is offered.
It is useless in any case to offer a man ' l as a sub
stitute who is over fifty.
Substitutes are not allowed furloughsiafter en
listing. This remark applies to volunteer re.
eruits es well. •Men determining to enlist either
as substitute. or recruit.. should make! all their
arrangements before presenting themselves for
enlistment and not importune' officers to de that
which their instructions forbid. Coloked men
may be offered as gabatitutes for white men;
Persons who paid 'Commutation in 1893 are by
law exempt for three years from the day they
were drafted those that puid commutation since
Feb. 24,1394, are liable. to the draft abOut to be
made.
Any persons who furnished substitutes under
the draft of 1t62 for three years can have them
selves stricken from the lists before draft by pru•
ducing the certificate of the commissioner at that
time and foruishing their own affidavit to the facts
set forth in the certificate. The 1773/40 of the
substitute, the date of his enlistment, the;regiment
he'entered and the length of time for which he
enlisted must be shone.
Members of religious denominations who shall
by oath or affirmation declare that they are con
scientiously opposed to bearing arms,jand who
are - prohibited from doing so by the rules and ar
ticles of faith of their particular church, aro en
titled when drafted to be considered noncomba
tants. They may pay three .hundred dollars or
be assigned to duty in hospitals or.to the care of
freedmen, as they elect. Such drafted men must
show that their deportment haa . been uniformly
consistent with Such declaratiodt
Medical certificates are for the most:, part use
less, although where they come from alrespecta
-hle source and can in, any manner aid the Sur
geon of the board 3 due consideration is giyen them.
Physitians who give certificates for payare guilty
of a misdemeanor and liable to punishment,
Attorneys or agents who assist dratted men in
preparing papers to be used in support of claims
to exemption, are by laW restricted from I charg
ing more than five dollars in a single case.
The draft under the call of December 19th last
is for one year, although volunteers and substitutes
for enrolled men are received for one, two or
three years.
The 'quotas as announced are net, all credits
due localities having been computed and alloired
before 'their assignment. It is useless to apply to
the Board of pmrelluient for an abitemeqtof
quotas on account of men enlisted °lie, two' or;
three years ago, inasiuuch — as all credits have al;
ready been established; and whether properly or
improperly, they cannot now be revised. -
DUAL of A SUPPOSED Ser.—ln - June last we
gave in these columns an account of the capture
of a loan who gave his name as Lawson W. Lloyd,
in the South Mountain, near Cashtov/u, by Mr.
Latshaw, o»eof Capt. Eyster's offleerst He was
believed to be a spy; nod was severely wounded
by Mr. Latshuw before he was arrested He was
held here in the hospital until some time in De
cember, 'Mien Gen. Cadwallader ordered him to
he sent, to Fort Mifflin. The night before he was
to be removed he managed. to esaspi . from the
hospital but he was vigilantly- pursued, and in a
few days re-captured quite near to the 'pot where
he bad been arrei_ted before. He was still suf
fering from his wounds, but had managed to get
along on his crutches to the mountain, nd seeing
to have been very:solicitous to find something he
had lost or thrown away when he was Shot. He
had been at the very spot, and the snow had been
cleared away, showing unmistakeably that he had
gone there in search of something.
Last week he was arraigned for trial before a
court martial at Harrisburg, and Capt. Eyster
and some of his subordinates bane been them-to
testify. lie is defended by Messrs, Muench and
M'Alaraey, of the Harrisburg bar, and Lieut.
Ripley is Judge Advocate. A Correspondent
of the Inquirer gives the following ;interesti ng
developments made on the trial: 1-_h says that
Lieutenant Ripley, the Judge_ Advocate, has
called and examined seven witnesses, who testi
fied very positively in word to the defendant,
who now pleads not guilty of the charge. 'Sere
' rat witnesses testify that, to the best of their
February 15,
knowledge and belief, this man marched out of
Gettysburg with Lee's array during the invasion
of Pennsylvinia in teM, when Leeway defeated,
iindi*o the retreat to Williamsport, The defend--
ant was seen there several times while on asisit
to a house in the vicinity of Gettysburg, during
tne Rebel occupation of that place, and then he
was regarded with suspicion. It is known that
be had on his person the night . before his arrest,
papers and effects of a suspicious nature; which
were ,not on his person at the time of his second
capture,
: and the fact that after his escape from
the to:pit-al he was fowl-near the scene of his
first attempt of escape, apparently on the search
for something, puts this affair, in a very strong
light against him. -
On his person, however, was
- found a:later
from a Southern lady, with some information of
a domestic nature and requests for favomtogeth
er with a , memorandum for sewing machine-nee
dies, which are much in' request within the Re
bel dominions. He had in his possession a con
siderable amount of Confederate notes and a large
amount in gold coin biddenin t belt. There were
also memoranda on his person leading to the sup
position that he was here inquest of medicelsup
plies,and perhaps on an errand of house or bridge
burning. In these memoranda were the follow
ing chemical formats:— -.--• •
Formula A.—Rosin, 02. ; sulpha; 4 co,: tars,
regains antinomy. 1 oz.; mutton tallow, 1 es ; turpentine,
1 or.
Formula 11.-Bal ammoniac, Chromic of potash, mini.
sac acid sulphuric acid.
- _ .
Alfred E. Eyster, a chemist, of Harilabarg,
was called in by the - judge Advocate, and he tee
titled that the ingredients included in the first for
mula tbrut a very powerful combination, highly
inflammable, easily ignited. and capable of instaa
tammus combustion, being very diffictilt.te extin
guish when ignited; that the *curie rethink is quo
ted in the British Fiwyriopetlia,in the article on
Military Pyrotechnics, aid bus been used in the
English army for firing houses and towns. He
testified that the second formula embraced a new
ly-discovered powder, combustible in nature, and
capable of being ignited with muriatie or sulphu
ric neid.
Experintents'were made with, the ingredients L i
named, and - the result fully sustained the asser
thole of the4heutists.
- The defense have called no witnesses. The
chemical experiments have rather taken counsel
by surprise.
_The defense wai set up that the
chemical formulas were merely prescriptions for
salves; to which Mr. Eyster answered that the
find combination might possibly be used as a me
dical remedy, perhapsys a palliative for the itch,
but that such an application was scarcely admis
sible, certainly not in reference to the second for
mula.
Lloyd presents a very intelligent appearance.
He is still suffering from his wounds, and is oblig
ed to use crutches in locomotion. The defense
has been well Conducted. The determination of
the Court will not be known before the appear.
twee of the Commanding General's orders in tie
case. "
ESCAPED.—lnformation has been received by
the friends of our citizens confined in the Smith,
that several of them effected their escape from
Salisbury about a month since. The information
Cannot be doubted as it comes directly from one
who was confined in the same prison. • Nothing
has been heard from them since their escape,
and it is not known whether they are still
cauti
ously making their way North or whether they,
have been re-captured and - taken back to their
loathsome prison. The journey from Salisbury
to the Union lines is a long one, and for escaped
prisoners full of danger. But welrope that they
May ha4,lthe strength to accomplish it in safety,
and that f•efore long they
_may be 'restored to
their friends and homes. We have been shown a
letter from Mr William Clugaton, who for some
months past has Been in Tennessee in the employ
of the Government. His ,states, in his letter that
be litely met a g l ntleman who escaped from Sal 7
isbury in November. This gentleman during his
confinement there becarrie well acquainted with
our citizen prisoners.* He informed Mr. Clug
aton that when he left they were all in good
health and cheerful, and gave him many interest
ing particulars concerning their condition and
manner of living. When he left, each of our citi
zens had an employment. George Heck was
Commissary Sergeant, Canfman was Hospital
Steward; Biker, McGrath and Kinder were en
gaged 'in mannfactunng - - kings, and Brown and
McDowell were studying professions. They
were confined in a room with about one hundred
and sixty others. Their clothing was very poor,
but they were expecting better. Niftwithstand
ing all their sufferings and privations they remain
cheerful and are hopeful of soon being exchanged.
Cor&Emma): OF Quarks.—The following ta
ble exhibits the quotas of this county under the
present call f0r . 00,000 men as compared With
the quotas unde r the call for 500,000 men last
summer. If anything more is needed to show
the incompetency of the ProvoSt Marshal Gener
at, we don't understand either logic okfigure
work. Guilford, for instance filled her quota
last spring with three years men, and agam filler
her quota last fall of 49 with one year lain,: and
ffirnished au excess of nine. Now she is called
upon for 75 men. We presume that Gen. Pry
has just guessed at the quotas of the several die-
tricts, multiplied some of them by two, and then
made the official assignment of the quotas: We
Subjoin the tablet
Antrim township
Greencastle borough
Ward Chambersburi south... Ward
Pannett township
Green do
Guilford do
Hamilton do
Letterkenny 'township
Duga do
Metal n
do
Montgomery do
Mercersburg borough
Peters township
gutacy do
St. Thomas townshlP
Southampton do
Warren do
Washington do
Waynesboro` borough
Totals
CopPERUEADIsra will crop out occasksally in
Fulton county. The Rep/Rican -sayi tint on
MoOday evening, January 30th, whiluulrotract
ed meeting was in session at the Chrislial#trcli,
in Licking Creek township, that county, and while
the Rev. L N. McDaniel was preaching, a party
of that scam of earth, known as Fulton county
Copperheads, having taught a black sheep, the
property of Mr. Joseph Strait, brought it and
thrust it into OM midst of the assembled worship•
pen, with the evident intention of briaking up the
meeting.
Mr AcartiENv.—We learn from the Village
Record that on Friday week an accident happen
ed toe little 80n of Mr. David Shoop, by which
he narrowly escaped-with his life. It appears he ,
got on the lazy board ofa large wagon-which was
loaded with barrels, and in the act of getting off
fell, oue wheel passing over his arm andshoulder
breaking his ann and otherwise seriously Minting
him. Dr. I. N. Snively, was called to his relief,
tuad we are pleased to learn that the patient isdo :
iug we)l. ,
Wasn't:Gym—We understand that the Res.
Dr. Conrad has consented to lecture on the eve
ning of the 22d inst., in the Methodist church, on
Christianity the moulding power of the character
of Washington. A collection will be taken up for
the benefit of the poor: Dr. Conrad is an' earn
est and eloquent speaker, and • we, have no doubt
he will handle. this interettriSeinbaect with hie
usual ability. We bespeak fer-dim a fall house L.
and for tiT sntferinrt poor a liberal - rolleetion
1865.
Quotas for Quotas for
503000. 300,00 a
€3! 79
29
.. 51 77
.. 43 - 73
Ft- •70 •
:.. 49 75
50 28
.. 37 52
.. 15 17
14 12
... 13 .19
.. 45 50
.. 51 69
.. 33 46
.. 32- ' 40
.. 41 56
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