TERMS OE PEBUCATION. THE PIiANELDI REPOSITORY is published •every Wednesday rooming by "TEE REPOSITORY ASSOCIATION," at $2 SO per annum, &ADVANCE, or SR if not paid within the year. in subscription ac counts 341.7 r be scaled 'annualiy. No paper will be sent out of the State toles% paid for in amine, and all such subscriptions will Invariably, be disocnltinned at the expi ration of the time for whicii they are paid. ADVERTISEMENTS are inserted at In- t LEN CEEI per line for find insertion, and TEN CElad per line for sub- eequent insertions. A liberal discOunt is lade to persons advertising by the quarter, half-year or year. Special no tires charged oneltalf snore than regular advanisements. All resolutions of Associations; communications of limited or individual interest, and notices of Marriages and Deaths exceeding five lines, are chargedfifteencent° per line. :eV .1/1 Legal Notices of every kind, and alt Orphans' Court and other Judicial Saks, are required by Imo to be advertised in the REPOstioni—it haring the LOWEST CIR. erugtiost of arty paperpubtished in the comity of Franklin. • JOB PRINTING of every kind in Plain and Fancy col ors, done with neatness and dispatch. Rand-bills, Blanks, Cards, Pamphlets', SLc., of every variety and style, printed at the shortest notice. The REODsfrOltY OFFICE has just been re-fitted with Steam Power and three Presses, and every thing la the Printing line can be executed in the most artistic manner and at the loeest rates. TERMS IN. VARIABLY ,0 0 ' Mr. If tin ShryOck 1 our authorized Agent to 'twelve Subscriptions abd Adve ism: nests, and receipt for the same. All letters &rad bo addressed to M'CLURE di,. STONER, Publishers. Coal, Lumber, %tr. CAITENTERS AND B U ILDERS ! ATTENTION! Thq- undersigned have now on hand, at their PLANING AND FLOORING MILL, a large supply of Sash. Shutters, Doors and Blinds for sale, or made to order. Mouldings of all descriptions, from half inch to 8 inches, on hand. Plain and Ornamental Scroll Sawing neatly executed. Also—Wood Turning in all its branches. Newel Posts, Banisters, Bed Poits, &c„ on band. A large supply of Dressed Flooring for sale. Also—Window and Door Frames on hand or lade at short notice. HAZELET, VERNON & CO., febi tf Harrison Avenue, Chambersburg. Pa. NO TI.CE : TO FARMERS 100 TONS OP.TI3IOtHY HAY Wanted by GEO. A. DEITZ. :CO WALNUT LOGS Wanted by GEO. A. DEM_ 100 ASH LOGS Wanted by GEO. A.-DEFth 100 LARGE CVLERRY: LOGS . Wanted by GEO. A.• DEnz. •„ WHEAT, RYE, CORN, OATS, sad all kinds of Produce bought by GEO. A. •DErtz, at his Warehouse above the Railroad Depot. STOVE AND LDIE COAL for eels by the ton or half ton. OAK AND HICKORY WOOD by the cord or ball cord. OAS. AND HICKORY WOOD, sawed and split for stare use, by the eord or half cord. WINDOW AND DOOR SILLS, ' of Oak, Walnut and Pine, always on hand. WINDOW AND DOORFRAME STUFF, and all kinds of LUMBER, such as Oak and Pine Plank ; Oak,Wabint,PiheandElenalock Boards ; Flooring Boards, Joists, Scantlinp, Shingles, Paling, Laths, dm ' HEST OF ROOFMG SLATE 'always reflood, and roofs put on by the best Slaters, who have dratuppedals for their superior workmanship. s tk. CALL AT HEITZ'S WAREHOUSE, above the Railroad Depot, aed bey cheap. (deal LEONARD EBERT 6z SON, COAL AND LUMBER MERCK-ANTS. We have on band all kinds of Coal and Lumber, and are prepared to furnish Bill Lumber to order at short no tice, all at the most reasonable terms. Our stock of Lum ber consists of White Pine 2 inch Plank, " " select Plank. " " " Plank. " " I select and Calling Boards, " Boards, 11.-" Siding (6 inch,) " " -Best River Shingles, " Worked. Flaring, •'' " " Siding, " "- Joist and Scanting, all sizes, Hemlockioist and Scantling, • Boards, Yellow Pine Boards. Joist and Scantling, Palling and Plastering Laths: We have also always on hand a good supply_ of all kinds of Coal for Estrus and lime-hurning. Also a supe rior article of Broadtop Coal for blacksmiths. The pub lb.? are Invited to give us a call, as we will endeavor to - give satisfaction to all that call. Coal and LuMber furnished on the cars to any station on the Franklin Railroad. (Office on Second St., in the rear of the Jail Yard, Chambersburg, Pa. LEO. EBERT is SON. july27-tf. STEAM SAW MILL.—The undersign ed have erected and in operation a Steam Saw Mill at the South Mountain, near Gratlenbarg Springs, and are prepared to saw to order Bills, of WRITE OAK PINE, HEMLOCK or any kind of timber desired, at the short est-notice and allow rates. One of the firm will be at the Hotel of Sam? Greenawalt, in Chambersburg, on Satur day the 24th inst. and on-each alternate Saturday thereaf ter for the purpose of contracting for the delivery of lim ber: LUMBER DELIVERED at any point at the LOW EST RATEs: All letters shonld be addre.v.ed to them at Graffenburg P. 0., Adams Co., Pa. deel4-ly MILTENBERGER L BRADY. Small lots of Lumber; Shingles, &c., from our mills can be procured at any time at W. F. EYSTER S. BRQ'S, - Market Street, Chambershurg. SMALL', BENDER & York and Goldsborough, Pa., LUMBER DEALERS .LIZ 31.\.1 I:Faun:Timis OP SASkT, DOORS, SHUTTERS, BLINDS, DOOR AND WINDOW FRAMES, 4c., Seep constantly on band'a well selected stock of seas onabieLumber, vizi—Joist and Scantling, Weatherboard ing, dressed Flooring, Siding, Laths, Shingles, Palings and Fencing. White line and Oak Bills, sawed to order at the shortest notice. All communications shonld be addressed to YORK, PA. BUILDING LUMBER.t—The under signed. is prelstredto saw all kinds of Building Dam ber at the lowest market price. R. A. REN - FREW, GREENWOOD MILLS, Fayetteville P.O. dem-ly LTJAEB E -All kinds of Lumber for LA sale at reasonable rates at A! S. MONK'S MB, near Quincy., julyl9.lf 'Rats, anb (Cap. FRESH AItRIVAL.—INow is the- time to buy your . Fall and Winter Gooas. and 'eV. PAXTON 8, m the Market House, is the plaee, to get them cheap and good. A very Sue assortment of Mew' One and coarse Boots, Salmorals and Gaiters, - Ladies' Glove Kid, Morocco and . Coarse Shoes and Gaiters, Mimes' and Children' Shoes and Galleys of every style. Also HENS' A-ND BOYS' FIATS AND CAPS at prices to suit aIL The best Home-make of Hats to be bad. A Eno assortment of Trunks, Carpet Bags: - Valises, Canes. • Umbrellas, &a., • constantly on hand. Call and examine Our stock before purchasing. In the Market House, ou Second street. MEN'S BDY'S AND CHILDREN'S HATS or every style to be bad cheap at PAXTON'S. THE “SHERIDAN RESORTE HAT," a nice article. at PAXTON'S. Mutational. rfIECE.HAGERSI'OWN FEMALE SEM ISARF.—The next Session of this Institution will edintnenee on the First 'Wednesday (6th day) of Septc7O- Imr nett, under Miss Mack, as Principal. assisted by Mrs. Halm, and Miss Doolittle in the departments of Mimic, Latin, Drawing, &. A. liberal patrepage is solicited.— Terms the same as last year. By ovar of the Trustees, D. WEISEL, President. Mail, Hagerstown, Odd Fellow, Bounsborce, REPoerro• Cluunbersburg, Union, Martinsburg, Herald, Cumberland, Lutheran Observer, Baltimore, Er. aminer, Frederick, copy 3 times weekly and once every two weeks to lint of September, and send bill to Judge Weisel, Hagerstown. . aug2-4t CU3IBERLAND VALLEY INSTITUTE, FOR YOUNG GENTLEMEN, MEcrlatiatnnutta, P.A. REY. O. Ear. Jr. Soy. Efaties Reamed September Ist. ' Charges, SUL.' 50 per. 5 months session, in tAtiore. Scarf - for a circular. jolyakitt. TT. ABLACROI - X, .„N0.37.80ntb SECOND Street, above Chestnut. PHILADELPHIA. CARPETINGS ! CARPETINGS flaying reeelved by late arrivals, all the newest and most attractive Styles of Carpetings,—f AM ITEPARED TO OFFER at the LOWEST PRICES, WHOLESALE & HETAIL.— John Crossley & Son's English Tapestry Brussels ; Lov ell &Hartford Three-Ply and Extra Super Ingrain Cur pets, with-a-large assortment of mediam and tow priced cAmeratia% :WINDOW SHADES, OIL CLOTHS, J. T. DELACROIX. o37Bontb SECOND Sueet, between Chestnut 16an Market PHILADELPHIA an; • VOR SALE.-4 fall course 'Scholarship Lathe Quaker City Basilicas College of Philadelphia Apply at tia etbre. berg. ).:11,,tr ;_fraitlititt.. .W1)/t1;--4.0ttt BY M' CLURE & STONER. Veroonat Prom%) *ales. GREAT SALE OF GOVERNMENT HORSES AND MULES. _ 2, 000 A NIM ALS TO BE SOLD DURING THE MONTH OF AUGUST, in the States of New York, Pennsylvania. Ohio, - Indiana. Delaware, Maryland, and New Jersey, and the District of *, Colombia. QIIARTF.II3LASTEII GViEI7.IL'S OFFICE, WASIIDIGTON, D. C., July _4,1863. Will be sold at public auction, to the highest bidder, at the time and places named below, viz : E1271/123 New York city, Tuesday and Friday of each week, 200 Horses each day. New York city, Wednesday of each week, DX Mules each day. Elmira, Tuesday, August 8, 200 Morsels. Elmira, Tuesday, August 15, 500 Males. Albany, Friday, August 25, 500 Mules. Buffalo, Wednesday, August 30, 500 Mules. PENNSYLVANIA. - Philadelphia, Thursday of each week, 200 Horses each day. Philadelphia, Wednesday tied Saturday of each week. 100 Mules each day. Pittsburgh, Thursday of each week, 150 Mules each day. l'ottsyille, Tuesday, August 1, .00 Mules. Idiftlintown, Friday, August 4, IMO Mules. York, Friday, August 4, 200 Horses.. Netrville, Wednesday, August U. 100 Horses. Newyille, Thursday, August 10, 100 Mules. Reading, Friday, August 11, 200 Horses. Shippensburg, 'Wednesday, August 16, 100 Horses. Erie, Thursday. August 17, 200 Horses. Shippensburg, Thursday, August 17, 100 Mules. Williamsport, Friday. August 1 6, 2.0* Horses. -Indiana, Monday. August 21, 200 Horses. - Chambersbarg, Wednesday, August 23 100 Hdrses. Chandiershurg, Thursday, August 24, 100 Mules. Milton, Friday, August 25, 200 Horses. Carlisle, Wednesday, August 30, 100 Horses. Carlisle, Thursday, August 31. 100 Mules. 01110. Columbiana, Tuesday, August I, 100 Horses. Salem, Wednesday, August 2. 100 Horses. Alliance, Thursday, August 3, 200 Horses. Canton, Saturday, August 5, 200 Horses. Cleveland, Tuesday, August 8, 1000 Mules. Massillon. Tuesday, August 15, aIK) HOrses. Crest Due, Thursday, August 17, 500 Mules. Cleveland, Monday, August 21, 200 Horses. INDIANA. Fort Way - he, Thursday,. ei r m t i -1.• 4, 11000 Moles. Wilmington, Tuesday, of each week,'2oo Horses each day. Wilmington, Friday, of each week, `2OO Mules each day. IS'EIV JERSEY. . _ Trenton. Thursday, August 10, '2OO Mules. Trenton, 'Thursday, August 24, 1200 Males. MARYLAND . Baltimore, \Wednesday, August 9. and Wednesday of eseb week thereafter. 20) Horses each day. WASHINGTON, D. C. Each week day, 9.00 3lnles. GIESBORO, D. C. Each week day except Wednesday. `2.00 Horses. An opportunity to purchase a superior class of saddle and draft animals, at far less than theh• true value, is now offered to the public. Though the majority of there are sound and serviceable they are no longer required in the , army, and must be sol Many of the mules were bought in the beginning of the war t when young. accompanied the armies in all their marches and camps, and are thoroughly broken, hardened by exercise, gentle and familiar from being so long our roupded by the soldiers.. Animals will he sold singly. Sales to commence at I 0 A. M. Terriush, in 'United States currency. JAMES A. EKIN. , Brec. Brtir. Gen. in charge, augQ-11 Ist Div. Q.ll. G. 0. SPECIAL S I A L E OF GOVERNMENT MULES AT PHILADELPAIA. • The 'United Stales will bell at Public Auctlim, CHAMPIPN'S.CITY BAZAAR & TATTERSALLS, Race st., between 11th and 12th, Pkiliutelphia, During the Month of August, .1.5€45, ' 900 MULES. These Males are all serviceable, and sold only for want of use. Buy ern are invited to examine them at any time, and every facility will be given for a thorough inspection. Roomy sheds are provided for protection from sun and rain. 100 Mums Will be Sold on EACH WEDNESDAY and SATUR DAY THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF AUGUST, commencing at 10 . o'clock, A. M. TERMS CASH, 3 _\ GOVER2MENT FUNDS. By Order of Brig . . Gen. ERIN. ALBERT S. ASHMEAD. Captain and A. Q. M. ang2-st] Office:*No. 721 Market St., Philacea: QALE OF GOVERNMENT HORSES.- ASST. QCARTEIL3i:t.STEIFS OFFICE. Cluanbersburg, Pa.. Atige<t L 5, 1565 By direction of the Quartermaster General, will be sold, at Public Auction, to the highest bidder, at the Governwent Corral, at this place, on Man they, the lhth day of dugast, Ih6 i. 102 SERVICEABLE HORSES. 21 CaNDESINED RORSES. An opportunity is now offered to the public to pytrebase' a supenut clam of Saddle and Draft Horses, at far less than their true value. A large'nninber of these horses have been in use at this place for two years or more, and are known to be entirely sound. Hones sold singly. Sate to commence at 9 o'clock, A. TERMS CASE!, in United States currency. augl6-fit W. M. WOODS, Capt. A. Q. M. T .00K HERE.—The BOOK AND PE RIODICAL STOKE at GREENCASTLE, Pa., whieb is doing a good business, is offered for sale. For address july I:.ktf FETTERHOFP d ATHERTON. HAY P RES SE S.—Three Hand Hay Presses, in good order, for Sale cheap. pds-19411 (iEO. A. DMZ, Chartibersburg, Pa. Ilageratomn Herald copy gt, charge REPOSITORY. Cobarro aub *rgaro. TACOBS' TOBACCO AND CIGAR STORE.—Having redutilt mY,Tobaceo and cigar Store on South Main street, (corner of Washington &Main trafinares from the Diamond,r ronld incite all to call tw-c' anAl examine my stock, consisting of . . CHEWING TOBACCO Congress, all kinds ' Cavendish_ Twist, all kinds, , • Rose Twist, - Flounder, Old Virginia, ,--- • Navy, • Honey Dew, ~ Michigan Fine Cut, Eke. dm , Andersea: Shorts Solace, - _ Talisman, Hart's Delight, Plantation, Sunny Side, &c SNIFFS: ' Rappee, Scotch ' Comae. 8310BESV: Large Hand, Big Lick, Cut and Dry. Danville, Lynchburg. Garabaldi, James Ricer, grant, Mead, . Sigel rep 21 J. A. JACOBS. REIIOVA_L OF BUSH'S TOBACCO AND SEGAR STORE.—The undersigned has re. moved his Tobacco and Sega!' Store to his new room, on SECOND STREET, next door to the Friendship Engine House, where he will beep on hand a eel: s om e stock of TOBACCO AND SEGARS, such MS Natural Leaf, Mich igan and Smoking Tobacco, Pipes, Sc. april.l C. H. BUSH. Zook attb „Statitturtg. THE OLD BOOK. S.T AND OF S. S. SERYOCS, Has been removed to the new banding opposite the Poe 01410 E, whoTe.h full assortment of SCHOOL AND MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS. STATIONERY, PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS, ETC Can be had at esee :2/Jingly L w Prices. WALL PAPER and WINDOW 'SHADES, a bug and new !Stock. - - Fairchild's Celebrated Cola Pens, ruilly warranted. Orders taken to goods, no hick n ill ho. Erpressed in RI shortest possible time_ The New York and Philadelphia Papers received ann for which weekly subscriptions will be takes. First Class Nia - els, Magazines and Peelicals receive( as d soon an published. We eon sell Photograph Albums cheaper hart they cal lie bad elsewhere. Music sent free of portage to any part of the county. - Gilt Frames, Woroteds and Fancy Goods constantly on hand. Our arrangements are finch that we can supply any or ders satie.factorily and with dispatch. Mit J. K. Stlat OCK, is now located in New York, which enables us to undertake the most complex commissions. Oki Books or particular etlittonn, dates or ntyle, hunted trAat a reasonable commission. 1n01421 libpsictano. J. C. RICHARDS, M. D. ; SSD. MONTGOMERY, M. D. R'CHARDS & NIONTGONIERY have associated themsels es in . the Practice of Medicine, and have opened an office in Dr.l Richanini new building, on Main street, a few doors South of the Diamond. All persona indebted to Ohara( the above, will phifule make early settlement of the same. fati44-tli DR. J. S. .MAIT RER OFFERS HIS services as a Phyoician and Surgeon to the citizens of l4t. Thomas and vicinity. Prumptness at all boars. Ri•zidenr e apposite thirPost Office. • oiltrlll9.6m DR -w. H. BOYLE will attend prompt ly to all profentlocul calls. Office in the Vestibule, of the New School House near the Jail. (aug29. - Drntioto. DR. H. R. FETTERROFF, SURGEON DENTIsr. Office one door West of the Telegraph Office, Greencastle, Pa. All work entrusted to him will be promptly attended to and warranted. mayl7.6m* DR. N. SCHLOSSEWS DENTAL OF VICE on Second Ktreet, one square Sarah of the Market Ileum aug2l Legal Retires. ARTI PIO N.—John Slichter vs. ISusan Sahm, widow, and Jacob Rife. Guardian, of Abraham Satan, Anna Arnry Sahm, Susan E. Satn. and Jonathan Sahm, heirs at law, of Abraham Satan, deed. In the court of Common Pleas of Franklin county, Pa. No. '2l, April T, 1864. Breve de partitiane faxiencra. Jane 6, 1865. The court order and decree a sale of the Real Es tate. Notice is therefore given by the undersigned, that in pursuance of said order and decree, he will expose to Pub lic Sale, on the premises, on Saturday, sic 2d day of Sep tember next, the following described real estate, v i z: A TRACT OF LAND, situate in Letterkenny township, in said county, containing 249 ACRES and 115 PER CHES neat measure, bounded by lands of Jacob Rife, Michael Dice, Daniel Slichter, John Brake. Frederick Deck, Jiglin Deck and others. The improvements are a two stori'6d LOG DWELLING HOUSE, a Stone Bank Barn and other necessary outbuildings. TERNS. - -The sum of one thousand dollars to be paid at the titne of sale, and the balance . on the Ist day of Au• gust, 1866. [aitg2j SAMUEL BRANDT, Sheriff. ADMINISTRATORS' NOTICE.-No- UNe is herebyy , given that Letters of Administration, on the Estate of Mani Mumert, late of Peters township, dee'd, have been granted to the undersigned. All persons knowing - themselves indebted to said Estate will please make immediate payment ; and those haying claims presetdthem properly authenticated for settlement. WILMA-1i MVIVIERT, 2 „ augl6 SAMIEL SIUMERT. `-'""'rs* ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.—No tire is hereby , given that Letters of Administration on the Estate of jaeob Hollinger, late of Washington township, deold, have been granted to the undersigned. All persons knowing themselves indebted to said Estate Mill please make immediate payment; and those having claims present them property authenticated for settlement. aug2.6t CONRAD RUTH'S, Adar. ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTlCE.—No tics is hereby given that Letters of Administration on the Estate of Samuel Lenherr, late of Greencastle, deed. have been granted to the undersigned. Mt persons knowing themselves indebted to said Estate will please make immediate payment; and those having claims present tfiem properly authenticated for settlement. ang2 E. D. RANKIN, Adner. /A.A DELIUSTRATOR'S NOTICE.--No tice is hereby.given that Letters of Administration on the-Estate of Win. H. Sharer, late. of Montgomery township, have been granted to the undersigned. All persons knowing ‘ themselves indebted to said Estate will please snake immediate' payment; and those having claims present them properly authenticated for settlement Accounts to be presented to Abraham Whitmore, residing in mat township. nue. ANNA M. SHATZER, Admr'x. ADMINISTRATOR'S - tice is hereby E wen that Letters of Adtninistration on the Estate of Samuel H. King, late of Montgomery township. deo'd, have been granted to the undersigned. All persons knowing themselves indebted to said Estate will please make immediate payment; and those having claims present them properly authenticated for settlement. julyir6 WM. ADAMS, Adm'r. ADMINISTRATOR'S tice is hereby given that Letters of Administration, on the Estate of Magdalena Rider, late of Letterkenny township, deed, have been granted to the undersigned. All persons knowing themselves indebted to said Estate, will please make &mediate payment; and those having claims present them properly authenticated for settlement. P 2 926 .TNO. B. SALTFMAN. Adm'r. AA DSITNISTRA.TOR'S tice is hereby given that Letters of Administration on the Estate of Jeremiah - Startiu. bite of St. Thomas township, dee'd, have been granted to the nudersigned. All persons knowing themselves indebted to said Estate will please make immediate payment. and those having claims presentthem properly authenticatetrfor settlement, jniy‘26 • JOSEPH MARTIN, Adm'r. ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.--No tice is hereby wren that Letters of Administration on the Estate of Andrew H H'elnre, late of Pannett township.'deed, have been granted to the undersigned. All Rerans knowing themselves indebted to said Estate will please make immediate payment; and three having claims present them properly authenticated Hr setttlement. julyl9 JOSEPH M. DOYLE, Adm'r. 'CIiTORS' NOTIC E.—Notice is E hereby given that Letters Testamentary to the Es tate of George Briggs. late of Peters township, have been granted to the undersigned All persons knowing themselves indebted to said Estate will please male immediate payment; and those having claims present them properly authenticated for settlement. angl.6 JOHN HOLLAR, Her. E:KECUTOR'S NOTIC E.—Notice is hereby given, that Letters Testamentary to the Es tate of Fred'k A. Scholl, late of Greeue.astle, deed, have been granted to the undersigned. All persons knowing themselves iadebted to said Estate will please make immediate payment, and those having Claims present them properly authenticated for settlement. Julys REBECCA APLA.NT/A SHULL: Ex'rx. DI SS OL U T I ON.—Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has d isposed of his inter. est in and withdrawn from the partnership of SIMPLER., CLARK & CO., conducting the Plaining Mill, &c., in Chambersbmg. The business will be conducted for the present in the name of Shepley, Clark & Cu.. who Will close up the accounts of the fu-m. jelly 1918f:15-6t X\°, P. orLatirrsts.:. Matrbes anti *Wart). WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEWELRY, &c Having just opened a well selected assortment of goods a My line, directly Opposite the Post, Office. on Second Street, where my old and I hope many new Customers will find me during business hours. Sly old stock having been re duced very suddenly - on the 3Uth of July last, I was com pelled tqbny an • Entire A'cin Stock of Goods, which are of the latest styles and patterns. consisting of Gold and Silver (Imported and American) Gent's and Ladies' Watches, Jewelry of fine and medium qualities, Sliver Thimbles, Napkin Rings, Fruit and Butter Knives. Gold Pens of fine quality, Pocket Cutlery, Razors, Strops and Brushes, Silver Plated Spoons, Forks and Butter Knives, . Jett Coxithr,_ Pocket Books, Ladles' Purnes, ' Nail and Tooth Brushes, Redding and'Poaret Combs, Lead Pencils, . Morocco Satchels, Large and Small Willow Baskets, MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, Violins, Flutes, Fifes, Banjos, Tamborines, Accorderins, Flutings, &e. The assortment of CLOCKS is-large and of every en. rlety. fhave on hand the HENRY REPEATING RIFLE, which ran be fired fifteen times in that irony seconds. Everybody shonld have one for self defence. The public are invited to call and examine them. PISTOLS on hand and orders filled for any kind that may be wanted. Cartridges of all sizes kept on hand. From long experience I can adapt Spectacles to the sight of the old as well as middle aged. SPECTACLES AND EYE GLASSES in Gold, Silver and Steel Frames al- Ways on hand. Having the agency for the sale of the celebrated BUR GLAR AND FIRE-PROOF SAFE, manufactured by Farrell. Herring & Co., I will , filleorders at the ttuieufac. • tures price. All information irEtifi. -7 ard to them git en. The publiC are invited to call and examine the sheik. Watches, Clocks and Jewelry -repaired at low rates to stilt the times. deol4 EDWARD AUGHLNBAUGH. G OLD, SILVER & PLATED WARE - *F. G. DITMAN. - Second Street, in Washington Hotel Building, Has just returned from the city with a large nud cheap stock of goods, to which he invites all to come arid examp sue before purchasing elsewhere. His stock consists of GOLD AND SILVER WATCHES. of the latest styles, Gold and Silver Chains, Breast-Tins, Ear and Finger Ring•, Sleeve Buttong, Stud:, etc., SILVER WARE, `UAW and Tea Spoons, Forks, Napkin Rings, Butter halves, Cullum &e. 1.7.t,"r • I have added to my stock a large assortment of thirty hour and eight day CLOCKS, all of which n in be sold low. {Raids warranted as represented. ar Thankful to my ninny friends and mistomerefor their liberal patronage, would' most respectfully oak of them a continuance of the some. atiglectf F. Cr. DITMAN. A R S H A L L & C 0., (BUCCESSOILS TO F.. 1, 1'0:5E1'0 IiAtiERSTOWN, MD., - _ Would respectfully inform their friendß and the IMAM generally that they have not returned from the eitieA with a large stook of New and Beautiful Goad..--eonsisting of FYNE GOLD AND SILVER WATCHES AND JEWELRY OF EVERY DESCRII'TION ' SILVER and PLATED WARE, SPOONS. FORKS, LADLES, KNIVES and CASTORS ;—Seissors, Pocket Knives, Razors, Razor-Strata,—Hair, Tooth, and Nod Brusbes,—Pocket Books, Combo of every kind, Leather Satchels, and a Geneml Variety of FANCY 6001)5. A Large Assortment of SPECTACLES TO SUIT ALL EYES. ang9.Gm ELI HOLDEN, ovrrgs THE AT tendon of every reader of this paper, which ineludel many thousand of his old patrons and acquaintances, to his unusually tar g e une beautiful variety of AMERICAN Imported WATCHES, CLOCKS, and elegant designs of JEWELRY, SILVER. WARE, An. ELI HOLDEN, oct.%-ly 708 Market Street, Philadelphia. QTRAY gATTLE.—Strayed front the i s j premises of the subscriber. uerir Now Guilford, about the lath of June last, THREE READ OF CATTLE,- one a Spotted Steer, the others Red Heifers, each +Monte year old. A liberal reward will be paid fur the return-of the cattle, or for such information as will lead to their re. Wm . ?. laUßs3ll 8. W. 80/AWBERGER. CHARBERSBURG, PA., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23, 1865, Strouts. GEN. 111UNTER'S CADEP.4IGN When rebel sympathisers and other coppery grumblers are reminded of the burning of Chain bersbnrg, they invariably refer to the previous campaign of Gen. Hunter in the valley as a par tial justification for ll'eauslarars brutality. Lit tle by little, however, the truth of history is vin dicating itself, and Hunter's campaign will stand the test of all rules of war relative to the burning of Gov. Letcher's house and the Lexington Mili tary Institute. It will be - remembered that Gen. Rhodes had burned a somewhat similar Institute at Carlisle the year before, and the fact that Mc- Causland persisted in using the Lexington Insti tute as a fortress from which to fireon our troops fully warranted Gen. Hunter in burning it to the ground. 'Col. Halpineles O'Riley) who was an offi cer under Gen. Hunter, gives the following ac count of the burning of Letcher's house and the Lexington Institute in a late number of his spicy paper, The Citizen. We commend it to the con-, sideration of those who have labored industrious ly to find some excnso for the atrocities of '3lc- Causiand HERISING OF EX-GOV. LETCHER'S HOUSE. The West Virginia troops, forming, with some regiments from Maryland, the elite of our little army, were furious beyond measure against John Letcher. - He had been a Union man, they said, who had sold his principles forpromotion in the rebel service ; and, as was the case with all apos tates of this kind, had then signalized his devotion to his new faith by unheard-of oppressions and cruelties against all of his 'former associates who persisted in remaining faithful to their creed of loyalty. They charged against him gross and wanton outrages upon the liberties, lives and property of all the loyal men within his reach; and so strongly was their desire for retaliation manifested, that Gen. Hunter, in order to pro tect the family of the fugitive ex-Governor, who bad only fled the night before, directed that a guard of tvih companies from some Ohio regi ment—the 116th, if we remember rightly—should be detailed for the security of Mr. Letcher's resi dence. Several officers of Gen. Hunter's staff also—of whom Capt. Towne, Chief Signal officer was one, and - Capt. Pendergast, since killed, another—took up their quarters with the Letch ers,—partly as it was a pleasant, though small and rather modest mansion; and partly to give additional protection to the frightened family of females--exi , Governor Letcher having fled the night previous to our entrance. Thus matters stood until next day - when some soldiers of the 9th West Virginia, under Colonel -now General- - Durall, happened to find in an abandoned printing office, already half set up in type—the manuscript in John Letcher's hand and over his siguraure of a proclamation to the Citi zens`of " Rockbridge and other Counties," calling upon them to " arise and slay the foul Yankee in vader ;" and, if unable to.offer any organized re sistance, then from behind every tree and stone in the valley to kill us as they could. It was, in other words, a'direct incitation to bush-whack ing and murder; and. if Mr. John Letcher had been caught, not only would his - house have been burn:Ed—as the houses of four other bushwhack ers, and only , four. bad previously been—but he would have been hung on the first tree With a little paper pinned on his breast bearidg this brief but pregnant legend: "Bung for organizing bushwhacking. "By command of Maj. Gen. Ilunter:" What folly and something worse it is while Gen. Sherman goes blameless for having burned down whole towns and cities that offered any re sistance---to censure Hunter for his course in this valley campaign, wherein—at lest, while we were with him—he only caused five private dwellings to be destroyed, and these on conviction that the proprietors were assassins and bushwhackers ! - - ' IN" NG THE VIRGIN 9 111 IT. t ' As to the cry raised against " Uncle David" for, the destruction of the Virginia Military Institute, that is still, if possible, more senseless and un just. Gen. Smith, commanding the Institute, as we have good evidence, protested to Gen. Mc, causland against defending Lexington, and more especially against using the Institute as one of the points of defence stating the town to be whol ly indefensible, in his judgment, and that it would be made liable to bombardment and destruction by such a course; and specially pleading that to fire from the windows of the Institute on our troops, or to use it in manner as a military point, would likewise and still more strongly necessitate its destruction.... To this McCausland replied by showing his -or ders from Gen. Lee, which were to contest every mile of our advance with the utmost obstinacy,. every hour gained against us being important, 118 . the Division of Breckinridge and Corps of Ewell, wader Gen. Jubal - Early, were then hastening for ward by rail from Richbaond to his relief. Gen. Smith, as we have heard, still maintained that using the Military Institute (of which, by the way; Vaughan, Imboden, M'Causland and nearly all the other Virginia leaders of prominence had been graduates,) could do no good, but would cer tainly result m its destruction ; and finally - , when McCausland persisted in his course, Gen. Smith asked to be relieved from service under him, and marched away with his cadets down the canal tow-path to Lynchburg. As to the order of Gen. Lee, we are certain— the original telegram having been captured next day in the house of Gen. Smith, at which McCaus land and the other generals had stopped over night ; and as to Gen. Smith's protest and subse quent action in the matter,-they were related to us next ruorning.by a very intelligent and respect able old- black man—Gen. Smith's butler or stew ard—to whom we are indebted for many comfort able meals during the next two days. It was from him, also, that our orderly purchased a set of billiard-balls, now in possession of Chris. O'Con nor, of the billiard saloon in Fourteenth street, and we believe never since played with, on which Gees. McCausland, Imboden, Vaughan and Ech olls had sought to amuse -their distracted minds on the night before our entrance by playing sev eral games. - This Institute—at the burning of which the writer looked with feelings of inexpressible regret, though fully satisfied of the justice of the act— N% as an exact copy of the West PointAcadeiny in architecture, and perhaps more handsmue—cer thinly more modern, elegant and commodious in the houses of its professors, of whom the great Stonewall Jackson had been one. The more val uable books of its library, however, and instru ments of its scientific, astronomical and chemical departments, had been removed before our advent. It contained large quantities of arms and ordnance stores, and it must be remembered that its stu dents had been organized into a battalion of in fantry and had fought against us not many weeks before at New Market. On its roll of graduates, too, could be found the names of hundreds of prominent rebel officers; and this—cg parenthese —opened our eyes to comprehend how it came to pass that the South had such good officers uni formly on the breaking out of the war, while ours, except the regulars from West Point, were then so ignorant,—nearly all the young aristocracy of the South having been trained to arms in such in stitutions as this of Lexington, Baton Rouge and so forth. This burning took place on the 12th of June, 1864. STONEWALL lACItSON'S GRAVE And now for a visit to Stonewall Jackson's grave—Jackson who has always impressed us as one of the most veritable heroes of these degener ate days. We know not who wrote that magni ficent soldier•lyric in his honor, entitled " Stone wall Jackson's Way;" but do know, despite its roughness, that it is one of the grandest tributes ever paid by the Muse to the character of a Hero. It is fiery, and loving, and droll, and full of pathos ---a song for the full appreciation of which, per haps, one should have made a campaign or two in the Shenandoah, and beheld all the monuments of his' genius. " Ali," said an old rebel prisOner to us once, when we asked him which or their gen erals he had most faith in : "Ah, Colonel! John sing we guess to be the retreatin'est general we ever had; but the grittiest and the flankin'est was Stonewall Jackson.;' The church-yard in which poor Stonewall lies is just on the borders of the town, and must have been a pretty and neat little place of burial before the war. It has heavy borders of moss roses and the dark roses of the South along its walks, and these were in richest bloom when 'we paid our visit. Beautiful white marble monuments are scattered around in profusion; but looking at their dates it will be seep that few of these boo been erected since the breaking out of the Death has been since then too busy in the South to receive such honors: and the long, close rows of freshly made graves—More especially those of a dozen young cadets lulled as Newmarket—had no other trophy or memorial than a snail shingle at the head of each, bearing a brief and rudely painted inscription. Exactly in the centre of the church-yard is the grave of the great rebel leader—a little bank of earth sodded with green clover; and with two lit tle dark boards (now probably , chipped away by relic hunters,) at its head and foot. Near to its head, also, a tall pine flag staff sprang nakedly up into the air; and on this; until carried away by McCausland in his retreat, had Waved a Confed erate battle-flag, worked in threads of silk, and gold, and silver, by certain secession sympathizing peeresses of England—the Countess of Arundel and Surrey, if we remember rightly, having been prominent in the work. This battle-flag,‘with a sentry in gray walking np and down beneath it, had formed Stonewall Jackson's only monument, and now both had disappeared. Suppose blcCausland had left both sentry and flag on guard by that solitary grave, who believes that either would have been disturbed? Would not both have been held sacred as portions of the tomb of a good and gallant soldier? At any rate this thing is very sure: that, if either or both had to be taken away, the writer would have striven hard to shirk in his own person that peculiar tour of duty; and this feeling, so far as lie could ascer tain, was unanimous amongst all his younger as sociates. Just in rear of the flag staff were two hand some white marble tombs enclosed within an iron railing—one sacred to the memory of the wife, and the other to that of the beloved, child, of "Professor T. T. Jackson of the Virginia Military Institute."' Doubtless had the rebellion prosper ed, a splendid tomb would'in time have arisen to Jackson's memory; and even as things are—so Catholic is the admiration which valor rouses— we would gladly contribute our mite towards the erection of some substantial memento to the great Genius—as General Lee was the great Respecta bility—of the Southern war. Let it not harm us in the esteem of our friends of the Loyal League if we confess the weakness of having pulled some dark roses of the South and strewed them on Jackson's grave, taking away in return—reverently and with uncovered heads —some few blades of clover which we have still. preserved in a locket as one of the war's most precious relics,—our fl =t "treason" in this act having been shared a e e time by an officer of far higher position, • ,me name as a cavalry leader on the Union side , - then a terror through out the Shenandoah an Kanawha valleys. :srrxyr:TvvvA a:Tv A correspondent of the NeW York Wort(' gives. a graphic account of Gen. Lee's list great battles, and the parting scene between the rebel Chieftain and his men. The account is written by one of. Lee's officers, and due allowance must therefore be made for the rebel proclivities of the writer ; but it is nevertheless an interesting chapter in the thrilling history of the Into war: Gen. Lee had given orders for the evacuation of Petersburg six weeks before Grant broke through` ; the Confederate lines, but the authorities at Rich-: mond demanded that he should hold his positron,' though prominent generals declared if Grant once broke through their lines, we might as well 'go to Father Abraham, and any father, we have sinned.' " Lee awaited his fate. Reinforcements pured into Grant. None c,aine to the Army of Virginia. Then came Grant's bold push. Meade fell 140,000 strong on Lee's right near- Burgess' Mill ; his most efficient corp ot infantry and ca valry were thrown forward; and a desperate at tack was made upon the Confederate works on the White Oak road. A bloody repulse awaited the first assault, but the second was successful. At the same time the lines near Petersburg were broken by a great force, and the affair was deci ded. The Confederate army was cut in two; the enemy held the Southside railroad, intercepting the line of retreat; and what Lee's clear military judgment had foreseen, had come to pass. =I The writer then . detaila the seem*, of the retreat. Gen. Lee, in fulliiniform, erect as an arrow, riding his well-known iron gray, led his army in person. The Southern army had been eo long cooped ap in its hovels And casemates—moving only by stealth along S` covered ways"—that any move ment anywhere was a relief. In addition to this, they hid not had time to reflect. The sensation of being driven from their earthworksnow like home to therh—was stunning; and the men did not at once realize the tremendous change which had all at once takenplace in the aspect of af fairs. No man seemed yet to have persuaded himself of the feet that " Gen. Lee's army," 'Vlach only yesterday had held the long lines, in defiance of all corners, was to-day in fultretreat, and bent first of all upon "escaping from the enemy they had so often defeated. Gradually, however, the unhappy condition of affairs began to dawn upon the troops ; and all atonce they looked the terri ble fact in the face ; Gen. Lee was retreating from Virginia. Most depressing of events ! and. it was, e kven a matter of very extreme doubt whethlr he ,could accomplish even that much. No troops were ever better informed than those of the South; and the private soldiers discussed the chances witha topographical knowledge which could not have been surpassed by a general officer with a map before him. I heard one brave tatter demalion, evidently from the backwood 4 say, " GINA is trying to cut off old Uncle Robert at BurVesvilleJunetion ;" and another replied, Grant can get there first" These, in a few words, was the essence of the " situation." AT AMELLk COURT HOUSE. The scene at Amelia Court Souse on Wednes day was a carious one. The huge army trains were encamped in the suburbs of the pretty little tillage, and the travel-worn troops bivoutickeil in the fields. They were still in good spirits and seemed to have an abiding confidence in their great commander. The brigades, though thinned by their hem* losses at Petersburg, still presented a defiant front; and the long line of veterans with bristling bayonets, led by Longatreet, Gordon and Mahone, advanced as proudly as they had done in the hard conflict of the , past. The troops were still in excellent morale, and had never been readier for desperate fighting than at that mo ment. Men and officers were tired and hungry, but laughing; and nowhere could be seen a par ticle of gloom, or shirking, or ill-humor—sure symptom in the humah animal of a want of "heart of hope." I will add that I saw little of it to the end. _ _ r Gen. Lee left Amelia Court House on the eve ning of the sth, and from this time the army was incessantly engaged, particularly with the Federal cavalry. On the 6th the enemy was encountered in force, and line of battle was formed to repulse them if they advanced upon the trains then mov ing toward High Bridge. It was on this evening. that Gen. Ewell and Anderson were suddenly at tacked, and their commands thrown into great confusion, in rear of the wagon trains. These officers and others, including Gen. Curtis Lee, son of the General, were captured, and the drama seemed about to end here; but it did not. To the hostile fate which seemed to be pressing him to • his destruction Gen. Lee opposed a will as uncon querable as the Greek Necessity with her iron wedge. The terrible result of this disorganization of Ewell and Anderson were averted by a move ment of infantry. as rapid and unexpected as that of - the Federal cavalry. From the flanking col umn of Confederate infantry a brigade was push ed across at a double quick; and between the dis organized troops of Ewell and the victorious en emy arose a Wall of Confederate bayonets, flankod by cannon. From this human rock the wave went back; and though the lurid glare of the sig nals along the Federal lines in the gathering dark ness seemed the prelude to another attack, none was made. - "UNCLE ROBERT." have spoken briefly of this scene—it was one of gloomy picturesqueness and tragic interest. On a plateau raised above the forest from which they had emerged were the disorganized troops of Ewell and Anderson, gathered in groups, =of ficered and uttering turoultous ezclamations of rage or defiance. ,Eising above the weary groups which had thrown themselves upon the ground, were the grim barrels of cannon in battery to fire as soon as the enemy appeared. In front of all was the still line of battle just placed by Lee, and waiting calmly: General Lee had rushed his in fantry over just at sunset, leading - it•in person, his face animated. and his eye brilliant:with the soldier's spirit of "fight"—but his bearing =flur ried as before. An artist designing to paint his picture ought to have seen the old cavalier at this moment, sweeping on upon his large iron grey, •whose mane and tail floated in the wind, carrying his field glass half raised in hie right hand, with V 01; 72....WH0LE NO. 317t0' head erect, gestures animated, and in the whole fag and form the expression of the hunter close upgrr his game. The line once iliterpo.ad, he rode in the twilight among the disordered groups above mentioned, and the sight of him aroused a tumult. Fierce,cries resounded on all sides, and with hands clenched violently and raised aloft, the men called on him to lead them against the en. amp. "Its General Lte!"—"Uncle Robert!" "Where's the man who won't follow Uncle Ro• heft?" I heard on all sides—the swarthy faces, full of dirt and courage, lit up every instant by the glare of the Federal signals near. Altogether the scene was indescribable,. This took place on the - evening of the 6th of April. The main body of theEelleral army was now closing round Lee, and it was only by ob stinate and persistent fighting that he was able to continue - his retreat. Everywhere the Feder al forces were confronted by his excellently serv ed artille4 : and the thin lines of infantry march ing on the flank of the trains, met and repulsed every attack with the old spirit of the Army of Northern Virginia. In hunger and thirst and weariness and retreat these veteran troops stood by their colors without a murmer ; and fought as admirably as when carrying all before them and flushed with victory. Others, however, were less constant—rather, let us say, less physically competent. They fell out of the ranks by hun dreds, overcome by hunger and exhaustion; or what was equally bad, they dropped their heavy guns and cartridge boxes, and straggled along, a useless, cumbrous mob. On the morning of the 7th, beyond Farmville, the Federal cavalry made continuous and desperate onslaughts on the train, throwing everything into confusion. The team sters, always the least soldierly portion of an ar my, became panic-stricken, and the terrible roads increased a thogaand-fold the difficulties of the march. Wagons were captured and abandoned, all along, in spite of bard fighting, and from this time the retreat became a scene of disorder which no longer left any ground for hope. I in tended to describe it, but the subject is too disa greeable. Let soma other eye witness place upon record these last scenes of a great tragedy. THE SURRENDER On the 7th Gen. Grant opened hie correspon dence with Lee. This correspondence continued until the 9th. At first Lee recoiled from the idea of a surrender. He had fought as long as he could, and done all in his power to extricate his army from a position -in which it had been placed by no fault of his, but the current was too strong for him. He was everywhere surrounded, his provisions exhausted, his army rapidly weak ening in numbers— tTn \ der these circumstances Gen. Lee determined to surrender his army, and did so, on condition that the officers andmen should be paroled to go tetheir homes and remain undisturbed by " United .States authorities" as long as they remained quiet and peaceable citi zens. Officers and men were to retain their pri vate property and the former their side arms. - Such was the convention between Gen. Lee and Gen. Grant. and such the terms upon which the army surrendered. The effect which it pro duced upon the troops is hard to describe. They seemed to be stupefied, and wholly unable to re alize the idea. For Lee, the invincible, to yield up his sword was an incredible thing and when the troops could no longer have any doubt, men who had fought- in twenty battles, and faced death with unshrinking nerve, cried - 11e children. To yield is a terrible thing—a bitter humiliation; and if the private soldiers felt it •go keenly, we may imagine the feelings of the leader who was thus called upon to write thatword "surrender" at the end of to great a career. He had said once that he " intended for himself to die sword in hand;" but now not even this was permitted him. He must sacrifice his men or surrender, and he decided without difficulty or hesitation. THE SCENES BETWEEN THE GENERAL AND HIS CM The scenes which took place between Gen. Lee and his men were indescribably pathetic. I shall not speak of them, except to say that the great heart of the soldier seemed moved to its depths. He who had so long looked unmoved upon good fortune and bad and kept, in the midst of disaster and impending ruin, the equanimity of a great and powerful soul, now shed tears like a child "I have done what I thought was best for you," he said to the men. "lify heart is too full to speak ; but I wish you all health and happiness," This retreat was a terrible episode of military life, unlike any Which the present writer ever saw; but he does not regret having borne his part in its hardships, and its sufferings, and its humilia tions. He is glad to Izaveireen the straggle out under Gen. Lee, and to have shared his fate. The greatness and nobility of soul which charac terize this 'eminent soldier, were all shown con spicuously in that short week succeeding the evac uation of Petersburg. He had done hie best, and accepted his fate, with manly ctLirrage, and that erect brow which dares destiny to do her worst: or rather, let us say, he had bowed submissively to the decree of that God on whom he lind ever placed his reliance. Lee the victor upon many hard-fought 'fields was a great Sgure ; but he is no less grand in defeat, poverty, and adversity. Mis fortune crowns a man in the eyes of his contem poraries and in history; and the South is prouder of Lee to-day, and loves him more than in his most splendid hours of victory. LETTER FROM JIJEI6E KELLY. In last weeks REPosrron v we gave Gen. Cam eron's Philadelphia speich assailing the Union Congressmen of that city; and it is but just that Judge Kelly should be heard in reply. It will be seen that he don't take to funeral ceremonies at all gracefully, especially when he is to play the part of the corpse. JUdge Kelly's letter is ad dressed,to the Union voters , of the Congressional district ho has so ably and acceptably represen ted since 1860, and is as follows: - A long and successful career in crime embold ens the guilty. A recent illustration of this law of human nature impels me to violate my life-long 'rule of conduct, and for once to - notice a political slanderer.' I do not, however, address you for the purpose of repelling his innuendoes or false hoods. My life has been passed amobg you, and if its record, familiar to you all, does not repel them, I have lived in vain. My purpose is sim ply to-pierce the mail of ill-gotten gold in which the slanderer has clothed himself, and give you a glimpse at the loathsome object it protects. The papers of Friday announce that Simon Cameron, of Dauphin county; was serenaded by his friends on the proceeding evening at the Gi rard House in `this city, and availed himself of the occasion to vilify my colleagues and myself; "the Congressmen of Philadelphia," in a speech to the assemblage. I was but -a youth when I first heard the name nt Simon Cameron, and it was as the perpetrator of a great crime. He had been made the : , agent of the Government to carry a large amount of money, due them, to the Winnebago Indians, and had taken advantage of their ignorance - and help lessness to enrich himself. Those of you who had then attained to manhood, though you may not, after the lapse of so many years, revive the burning indignation with which yon regarded the infamous swindler of the poor Indians, willdoubt less remember that instead. of „paying them the specie which the Government confided to him for that purpose, he retained it, and gave them the notes of the Middletown Bank, of which he was an owner. At their encampment in the remote wilderness these notes were utterly worthless.— The Indians could not use them for any purpose there, nor carry them to Middletown for redemp bon. But what was that to Simon Cameron I Was not their loss his gain, and was he not so much the richer by every note that failed to come home for redemption, though they did suffer and starve I And those of you who are not old enough to remember all this, now know why this bold, bad man is sometimes spoken of by your seniors as the "great Winnebago," and sometimes as "Old Kickapoo." For more than thirty years I have watched the tortuous career of this man, and have never seen a reason to abandon my first impression of his character. Whether acting with the Democrat ic, the Know Nothing, or the Republican party— for he has in turn'disgraced them all—he has nev er been false to his criminal instincts. He has endeavored totorn themall to profitable account. His ambition is *did and panders to his avarice, and he measures honors by the perquisitiefi they expose to his grasp. He has no confidence in th e people, and is aware that they distrust him. His speech of Thursday evening was not charac teristic of him, for ho is prone to the use of in struments. His habit is to point the stiletto, but to employ another hand to drive it home. Though an' active participant in the politics of his country and State - for more than half a cert. tory, during which long period he has pursued the profits of office, of obs, of Contracts, with eager and ceaseless assiduity, be baa never dared to permit his nannita he neee n ted to the people of his country or State as a candidatefor an elec tive office. He crawl's to the feet of the atipeint ing ',ever. He cares not who may be Krug, so that he may " be Vicar of Bray;" and to that end he chafes With and corraptsweak - and needy members of Conventions' and the Legislature of both parties. I need not recite the diagraceftaseta attending hie several canvasses for the United States Sen ate. Their nauseous odorlingers in your nostrils to this hour. In the first he bovght the votes of three Democratic members, and in the last bid twenty thousand dollars for the one vote which would have elected him. This last transaction was so flagrant that the Legislature was Compell ed to take cognizance of it, and, if justice be not lame as well as blind, the law and honor of our State Will yet be vindicated. The evil report of his deeds pervades the coun try as a reproach to our State. Ye, unhappily for Pennsylvania and her great interests, the buz zard-winged fame of Simon Cameron is national. By . months of abject solicitation and corrupt bar ,gaming he procured a mass of letters, certificates, and recantations, that imposed him upon Presi dent Lincoln as the representative man' of the Keystone State. That was an evil hour foi--Penn sylvania. You all remember how he organized the Navy Agency in this city, and feel the ineffa ble reproach he thus brought on our Navy Yard and commercial and other business men.' In the course of his imprudent and ill-judged harangue he said : "In the olden time a member of Congress from Philadelphia would have had sufficient influ ence to have carried his point (the establishment of a Naval Station at League Island) without a dissenting voice." Is that the assertion of a so ber man 7 and did he who made it 'forget that our Congressmen in the olden time in proposbig to lo rate a government workshop at Philadelphia, had not the terrible repntationot Simon Cameron, the Fagan of the Harrisburg lobby and ex-Secretary of War to contend with, and, therefore, had some chance for success? My colleagues and I were less happy than they in this respect. As I have said, he begged and bargained for the influence which induced Mr. Lincoln to invite him to a seat in his Cabinet. It was now fondly hoped, by those who had not sounded the depths of his depravity, that, being old and rich, he would take advantage of so distinguished an opportunity to prove that he could be honest, and could ad minister a trust without turning it to his own pro fit, or handing the fund over to his creatures, to be used on joint account. How sadly these hopes were disappointed is attested by the brevity of his term of office, and the eireumstaaces under which it closed. - , In less than one year from the day on which Simon Cameron was installed as Secretary of War, Congress—though at that early day it bad before it but partial evidence of his crimes—indig nantly drove him from that high office. Two thirds of the members of tho Lower House were friends of the Administration, and would gladly have sustainen each member of it as therffid its distinguished head. You can imagine how painflit must have been to them to find themselves - constrained by duty to proclaim the fact that the first man the head of their - party had been induced to appoint as the successor of John B. Floyd had exhibited greater aptitude than he for his worst tricks.' But it be came inevitable, for this old man, notwithstanding his boasted and reputed millions, believes that one of his name is never rich enough until lie has a little more, and to save their party and the country, the friends of the Administration in the House bad to proclaim his infamy and denounce his crimes. Nor was the vote by which they did it a meagre one. His friends and those who would most gladly have averted this disgrace from our State, could rally but about one-third of the House against the resolution of condemnation. The vote was about two to one against him, though I, as a Pennsylvanian, not willing to bear witness against the representative of our State, but toe well sat • isfied of his guilt to vote against the resolution, failed to record my vote. In this fact, gentlemen, you have the secret of " this distinguished statesman's " hostility to me and my friends. Mr. Walborn, the Postmaster of Philadelphia, - and ether of his creatures, have offered me his friendship and support if I would endeavor to have that resolution expunged. My reply has invariably been that to stir foul matter would be to produce:a stench. I have never in this or aught else mndeavored to propitiate him gr his creatures. No stone may mark the spot where my poor remains may finally rest but I mean that my children shall be able to vindicate my name by pointing to the fact that Simon Cameron and his confidential friends were ever hostile to me. With grateful regards, yours, very truly. Was. D. KELLEY. BELIEVING BUT NOT UNDERSTANDING.—"I will not believe anything but whatl underetaad," said a self-confident young man in a hotel one day. " Nor will I," said another: "Neither will I," chimed in a third. "Gentlemen," said one well known to me, who was on ajourney, and who sat close by, " do I understand you correctly, that you will not be lieve anything that you don't understand?" "I will not," said one, and so said each one of the trio. " Well," said the stranger, "in my ride this morning I saw some geese in a field eating grass. do you believe that? " Certainly," said the three unbelievers. "I also saw pigs' eating grass; - do you believe that "Of Course," said the three. • "And I also saw sheep and cows eating grass, do you belieie that?" "Of course," it was again replied. "Well, but grass which they had formerly eat- en had, by digestion, turned to feather on the backs of the geese, to bristles on the backs of the swine, to wool on the sheep, and on the cows it had turned to hair; do : you believe that gentle men?" " Certainly," they replied. "Yes, you believe it," ho rejoined, " but do you understand it 7" They were confounded, and silent, and evi dently ashamed, as .they well might be. • HOW A TOAD PULLS OFF MS Pears.—A writer in the North Carolina Farmer tells tie the following: "About the middle of July I found a toad on a hill of melons, and not wanting him to leave, hoed around him. He appeared sluggish, and not in clined to move. Presently I observed him press ing his elbows against his sides, and rubbing downward. He appeared so singular that I watched to see what he was up to. After,a few smart rubs his skin began to burst open straight along his back Now, said I, old fellow, you have done it; but he appeared to be unconcerned, and kept on rubbing until he had worked down all his skin into folds on his sides and hips ; then grasp ing one hind leg with his hands, he hauled off one leg of his pants the same as any body would, then stripped the other leg the same way. He then took his cast-off cuticle forward, between his fore legs. into his mouth, and swallowed it ; then, by raising and lowering his head, swallowing as his head came down; he stripped off the skin under neath until it came to his forelegs, and grasping one of these with the opposite hand, by considera ble pulling stripped off the skin; changing hands, he stepped the other, and by a slight motion of the head he drew it from the throat and swal lowed the whole. The operation seemed to be an agreeable one, and occupied but a short time." • A VntctroA paper speaks of the startling fatal ity which has overtaken those who were the polit ical rebellions leaders of that State. At the be ginning of secession Virginia had one Cabinet Minister who was a Secessionist, the Secretary of War, John B. Floyd. lie is dead. She had two foreign Ministers who were Secessionists, Hon. R. K. Meade and John M. Daniel. Both are dead. Her two senators, Hunter and Mason, were Se cessionists—one is a prisoner, the other an exile. Her oldest and most prominent, and among her most influential citizens who supported secession, and the man who fired the first gun on Sumter, was Edmund Ruffin. He is dead. The recog nized lenders of the Secessionists in the State Con vention wers Geo. W. Randolph and Ex-President Tyler. Randolph is dying abroad, Tyler is dead. She had three newspapers conspicuously devoted to Secession, the Richmond Enquirer, the Rich mond Examiner, and the Norfolk Arrts. These journals are all extinct, and the leading spirits of all l rWise, Daniel and Lamb—are dead. In brief, we are told, there " are not ten men of conspicu ous prominence in the secession mffement of Jan uary, 1861, who remain to exercise—if they pos. sees the desire--their influence to thwart themove ment of the people toward loyalty and re-anion." Parfiles arriving in Raleigh from different parts of North -Carolina, state that there is a great change in the conduct of the rebel soldiers. Since th e great display of clemency to the Con federate leaders by the Government, the minds of the soldiers have been poisoned by these wretches, and they are now organizing for a political con test with the authorities, and war against the no groes. It is feared that unless the Government interferes, and exelades the leaders from.tbecon vention which They expect soon to be called, that Union men will have nothing to do with ita.dellb erations, which they claim will result in a, farm
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