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Wklneliday. September 6, MS.
UNION STATE TWEET.
FOR AUDITOR GENERAL,
GM ZAHN F. IIARTBANIFT, onroutgompty
FOR SURVEYOR GRNERAL,
COL. JrAtXtß R. CAMPBELL. 4 Crobria.
UNION DISTRICT TICKET.
FOR STATE SKNATon,
D. 4 ID 2 trobNArGrar. of Maui
FOR ASSEALRLF, •
° COL. E. S. STURBAEGIII. or Franklin.
'APT. GEORGE A. SIFURANoIf Perry
UNION COUNTY TICKET.
FOR SHERIF."
CAPT. JOHN DiEBLER, Cliamben=brirz
FoR TREASURER,
W. JOHN JUSSLER. St Thomnir
FOR DISTRICT ATTORNTS
COL.. D. WATSON ROWS. Antrim
FOR MI YE YOR.
EMANUEL Kril.N. Cluntlembruz.
"FOR COMMISSION R,
DA:II.IFIL Sli/NNER. FannetZ
FOR DIRECTOR OF TILE POOR,
JAMES IL CLAYTON. Washington
FOR AURITOR,
&MEM W. NEVIi , Routhrtmpton.
FOR FORONFR,
DR. CITA:ALES T. MACLAY. Green
ENION COENTT COMMITTEE
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A meeting of the Union County Committee of Frin ; klin
County will be held at the chive of the Chairman ; in Cham
bersburg, on Thursday, ,Qrptrmber 7, 18.65, at 1 o'clock. to
tube measures for the perfect organization of the Union
party in the County. A full attendance is earnestly re
quested. T. JEFFERSON NILL. Chaliman.
The following named gentlemen entapa.e the (..inimitt et.
'f. JETT - far:ON NAL, Chairman : North .Ward. A. D.•
Catlin:4n: South Ward, S.-F Greenawalt; Antrim, John
Wilhelm; Washington fivjult F. Kurtz; Quincy, Wan
if.., , iiraer; Fayetteville. John Crnivford : Creenviliage
Ow. T. Maelay : Mt Reek, Thomas E. Fuller; Lurgan,
Jan M.lialtzninn: Sulphur Spring. Capt. W. A. Shields:
Concord - Rocker:berry: Dry Run. William A.
Mackeyl; Metal. Capt. John A. Wittier; Loudon, Lieut.
Wlll.Barges4; St Thomas. J. R. Tankemlity ; Hamilton
lungs Palmer; Warren, John Thomas : Petem. Samuel
i loot!; Meroarshurg, Thos. C. Croce: Welsh Ran,' Wm,
Larkins; fitallord, Abraham Lehnum ;- Ormtotra Saral
D. Knizely.
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HON. DAVID VC°risr - Grri was Unani
mously nominated as the Union candidate
fOr Senator by the district conference on
Saturday last,- without the formality of a
_ballot. The Union State, district and
county tickets are now complete..and the
Union men of Franklin county should at
once commence the work of thorough or
ganization.. The success of the Union tick
et depends wholly n i non the fidelity of Union
men to their cause. lf they are faithful.
our succesS must be complete. If they
are sluggin and fail to poll their full vote,
all may belost. Union men Ibe forewarn
ed and forearmed against disa:ster ! Let
each man seelor himself that every soldier
and 'citizen Union voter in his district is
assessed in due time, and that every vote
is ready to be polled on the second Tues
day of October next.
ME Union Men of Ilerry county - have
nominated Capt. George Shuman, of
Madison township, forL'AsSembly. He is:
a gentleman of blameless character, intel
ligent, and proved his devotion to the
Union cause by enlisting as a private in
1861, and fighting the battles of the Re
public. until treason surrendered the con
flict. He was promoted in the-9th Penn . -
sylvania Cavalry for meritcirSins conduct
on the field. and served with gallantry
until peace was restored through the vie
tory of the Union armies. The Union
men of Franklin county will crirdiailly ral
ly-to his support. and give him the entire
Union vote_ulthe county. We have now
two soldiers on the ticket for Assembly.—
Will people. for whose cause They
fought, falter in their support at tire polls -?
TIM SORROWS OF BLAIR.
Soul grief Alum s much of love
But much of grief shows still some want of wit."
Hon. Montgomery Blair of Maryland,
is iiman of sorrows. He is supposed to
be the son of his father, and-therein lies
the unseen fountain that has _flooded him
with grief. He has had much grid; in sea
son and out of season ; timely and untime
ly ; secret griefs and Mlle griefs ; grief
for a conntry imperiled; grief for acoun
try saved ; grief in the cabinet ; grief out
of the cabinet, and grief for which there
has been no solace for being compelled 6,
go out of it. He grieves that he was born
—so at least his mournful sentences would
indicate ; and superlative in&d must be
his-grief that he is the son of his father.
if he had only been nobody's child, the
sun might have smiled as sweetly, the
birds sang as merrily, the flowers bloomed"
_as bewitchingly and fragrantly for him as
for any other man ; hut it is his mountain
of sorrow that he was born the son of old
Mr. Blair. Had he been Montgomery
JoneA. orPeter Smith, or Obediah Brown,
with a .paternal ancestor unknown to
fame, and unskilled in the management
of better men than himself, he could have
been happy. lie might, have can a
hod in peace, or waxed his ends in bliss.
or guided the deep furrows for the coming
crop. Or even dispensed law and equity
as a respectable township Justice of the
Peace—all or either in the possession of
that, Jewel which no chemic art can
counteffeit"—
much is :11 I.aught—contrni !"
But the fates would not have it. so. The
son of his father be undoubtedly is. and
from a tolerable tit i rd- rat e lawyer he found
himself flung, like a qray comet warring
with the sphere„.rititutlu Lincoln cabinet.
The country was amazed and anxiously
ask who was Mr Illair. the Post Master
General, and the jolly Lincoln could Only
reply that he we. the son or his father, and
iris fliTlier would suns tip hi, history forty
times' a day with pathetic, parental pride,
by thrtie portcntions words —‘ttic son,
air !”
Once in - the cabinet hi, graver griefs
began. Till then he had but common sor
rows—sorrows incident to the commonal
ity ; but when clad irr ministerial robes,
great grief preyed upon him; haunted his
dreams; shadowed his waking hours, and
made his garments most uncomfortably
sinfilL The bull had been in the china
shop before, and history must repeat it
self—so failing to gild and enrich theework
before him, he resolved to he eminent in
something, and at once Net about to smash
the ;machine. He had been transferred.
from Montgomety,Blair,•Esq., rural bar
lister, to . Hon. Illoutgomery Stair, P. M.
General, and the Esquire was d ro pp e d
en the principle that tail frometadpole
leaves the frog. But there the trans
formation ended—its work was finished.
True, the wriggling tadpole of the shallow
eddies no longer lived ; the full-blown frog
was basking on green banks ancrdrinking
in the breezes cooled by the placid waters:
but when danger or tumult came, he
-would plunge, as he wriggled of yore, in
the deep mire in which none could follow
him.- Sadly for Blair, there were other
cabinet ministers. Like Blair they had
portfolios of their own .— bad flesh, blood,
muscle and bones, and . rather unlike him
him were honored by their countrymen
for their endowments. Patiently did the
Nation wait and hope fora change. In
this they harmonized with Blair on the
abstract principle: but as to the details
they differed only in this :—:the people
with one accord wanted Blair, out, while
Blair wanted the others out. Various and
protracted efforts were made by the pro
eiltially Executive to reconcile Ihe
-mere formal differences between the son
of 3W Blair {and the people : but the peo
ple Were obstinate, stiff-necked, unrelent
ing, and finally the National Convention
that accepted the President for another
term; declared—three Pennsylvania Post
masters dissenting—that the son of his
father should resume his tadpoleon
habil
aments and cease to make his petty, hut dy
gorily discord in the councils of state. In,
the tallness of days, Mr. Lincoln said io
the P. M. General—" that time has now
cmite.!" and the people rejoiced thereat.
As it is fair to presume that a cabinet
minister should be able to make a speech.
Mr. Blair tunied his attention in that di
rection. His first effort was made in Rock
ville before he had obeyed the inexorable
summons of the people to retire from the
cabinet, and it was worthy of the man.
.He proved practically that treason is a
clime and therefore it should not be pun
ished; that as it was in violation of all law,
organic and statutory, it could therefore
work no forfeiture of individual rights or
organic privileges. and that the war must
be prosecuted until rebellion is overthrown
and treason reinstated in its power in the
revolted States. This lucid exposition of
the policy of the administration front a
cabinet officer. naturally excited -some con
troversy: too the principal point to which
all such :Mini:mt.:visions centered was that
as Mr. Blair should never have been put
in the cabinet. it was about time that he
should go out of it, and Blair went nut.
But Blair out and Blair in. made a differ
ence with a distinction.. While in lie
could only lampoon his fellow cabinet of
fiverseers around lamp-posts, on street cornet s,
in the avenues of the public buildings. and
in the social circle. His superlative and
inexhaustible stock of dirty= linen was
flaunted onlyC;jn individual faces; but
when his grief ealminated in the migrate
fulylaudits of a Nation at his retirement,
he resoli-rd to wash his varied assortment
of dirty linen before anybody and every
body. and keep washing and wringing and
splashing until some one should get soiled
as much as himself. He therefore sorrow
ed and splashed, .and splashed and sor
rowed_nntil now. and still will continue
to east up mire and' dirt as long as any
one will dignify the performance with at
- endlnice and hpproval. Poi:tutlately he,
is, not without auditors and sympathisers.
:lie can find ingress to newspayersl'he can
alwat s meet listeners—rather more since
Lee's army is disbanded than before—and
therefore the good work may be regarded
as likelyto progress indefinitely: There
are others who with him bear:let:tit:lolly
that }rememberinghappier dips_ is “sof'."
rows crowning sorrow:' They rejoiced
in the hour of the Nation's deepest
and humiliation; abetted and secreted tlic
murderers of our gallant soldiers in M -
ryland; binned bridges: severed thetH
it al from a loyal people, and many sat
ll
ed the ranks-of the traitor legions which
ravaged Maryland front Hancock to the
gates of Washington. These men are
now companions in grief with every pet
tarbed spirit that seeks congenial associt
linn, and they welcome the speeches Of
I -Blair. 'They grieve wish him—
" How beit o'chiels are whyles in want,
bile cools on countless thousands rant
And ken nti how to wair't!'
They greeted Min in Hagerstown when
he proved that the Administration should
enforce the Monroe Doctrine that it
SeWard . g_ faith it was not enforced, aMI
that the President should be suported
because he don't enforce it. He-impaltd
his old colleague (Anise by showing that,
as the war had been brought to a triumph
ant close, it was the fault of Chase and
his sympashizers-that the War had nOt
succeeded. - The coppery journals pub
lished it from advance sheets. and the
whole coppery tribe of despairing politic- 1 .
ians`'peeted the etibrt with applause. -
Encouraged by the hope that he Inid
wounded his friends and made his etty
wies rejoice. he bore the full measure of
his grief to Clarksville reccntly z and
pun ed tiro as the rebels refused to e.x
change nun prisoners. it MLR alhlistering
shame upon :Stanton that the'y had not
been exchanged ; and he then hurled a fa
tal shaft at Stevens, for asking the Union
State Convention of Pennsylvania to de
clare that thole bad been a war: that it
wvs ended: that it had tangibly issttes
and must have' accepted results, as have
had ail other peat wars of history—
Strangely enough the truth written iin
letters of indellible gore dictated the Penn
sylvania resolutions, and the lesid Men
of the Convention and of the State with
one voice atilrm it. and will maintain it
with patriotic zeal while they' labor for
the hopeful living, or 'revere the memory
of the martyred dead. The faithless,
who hate their country for its trium plis; the
arousing Mourners who grieve over, the
miseries of unworthy ambition , and the
discomfited traitors who have dotted the
land with untimely graves to win the
'scorn of the world and of history, will ap
plaud the wandering ex-minister in his
defamation of altmore gifted and faith
ful than himself ; butsin congenial nothing
ness, the charity of fOrgetfulness, will all
his labois and sorrows ends. r
TEE Pekin: " Republican has again chang4
hail& having been puretlase4_by Messrs. D. K.
C. Wagner, both of whom are good practi
cal printers, and old hands in the newspaper bus
iness. _
4t)g Iranian of on, • itAnibtrobwg,
THE DEHOtatATIC TICKET.
We give elsewhere in to-day's paper the
proceedings of the Democratic County
Convention which met here on Mondity of
last week, and nominated a ticket. The
Chambersbnrg patriots bore off every
nomination for offices of honor and pro
fit, and the rural districts were left to
gather up the odds and ends at the tale
end of the ticket. The town has the nom
inees for Senator, Assembly, Sheriff, and
District Attorney—the entire oyster, and
the shell goes to their Democratic breth
ren of the country persuasion. For peo
ple who like such tickets, they are, we
presume, just' the kind that such people
like, and if the Democracy is content, we
shan't complain Considering that Cham
bersburg, where all the honors are crowd
ed. will give from two hundred and fifty
to three hundred against the entire list,
the compliment to the Concords, Letter
kennys. "Qnineys, &c., which_ are to give
the majorities, can be fully appreciated.
—The nomination of C. 31. Duncan for
Senator was a grave political blunder,
looking alike to the immediate and ulti
mate interests of the party, and to the
momentous interests of the border people
in case the Democratic nominations should
be ratified by the people. - Mr. Duncan is
young, inexperienced, and without claims
to the position other than as a mere par
tizan of the most ultra school. He secured
his nomination solely by untiring effort,
and as the manifest wish of the par
ty': but as he had the field to himself un
til ten days before the Sonvention, while
Mr. Sharpe made no personal exertions at
any time to procure delegates, the result
is not surprising. In the North Ward,
Miele both reside, a fair contest was had
for the delegates. and Sharpe defeated
Duncan by two to one, and yet Duncan
is made the .nominee against - the over
whelming protest of his own ward and
immediate neighbors. There are men whp
would have declined a farther contest af
ter such a verdict from his own immedi
ate constituents ; but Mr. Duncan is of
the holder class and does not become ap
palled at little conventionalities-of: that
sort. Politically speaking we should not
complain of the nomination of Mr. Dun
can:4s it will chill the ardor of many Of
the best men in the party, who feel that
the wishes of the Democracy were delib
erately defied by the Convention. ,
- Mr. WLellan was nominated for Assem
bly without the formality of .a
the party taking to the, new convert with
the tenderest evidences of affection. He
made a speech accepting_thenomination,
in which he expressly disclaimed any par
tizan purpose, and stated that the interests
of the plundered border only compelled
him to accept. Whether his manliest re
luctance related• to the company he was in.
or the position for which he was nominated,
we are not advised ; but inasmuch as he an
nounced his purpose to support President
Johnson's policy, we infer that he meant
to make his own platform in advance
within the folds of his new circle of asso
ciates. Many years of intimate personal
and professional association with Mr. Mc.
Lellan could not but make us testify to -
his - blameless character, and his unusual
candor and integrity as a politician ; and
we are anxious to see whether lie will ad
vocate the destructive measures of the
Democratic party. and if so, how he will
undertake to do it. He may prove how
far a man may lean toward the wrong
and yi.t escape it, or he may demonstrate
how a fair man may be Mastered by the
wrong and scarcely know it: We part
tcgretfully with him in our political strug
gles. but our paths of duty diverge and the
i.,,ttes at stake rise above all personal con
siderations in the pending conflict.
_ Mr.-Stenger is re-nominated for . Dis
trict Attorney, and. with Duncan, will be
-the master spirit of the contest. He won
his -commission, three years ago, in defi
ance of the arniy vote which defeated him,
as the constitution did not then confer the
right of suffrage upon our soldiers; but
now there will, be a fair poll and a foil
vote, of soldiers and citizens, and hiscom
petitor is one of our most gallant vete
rans whii is morally certain to conduct
the prosecutions of the county, during the
next three years. The rest of the ticket
is of little moment. The election of Cap
Dcebler for-Sheriff is conceded on all bands
and Mr. Boyd won a barren honor without
a serious contest. The resolutions reaf
firm the 'Democratic State platform and
demand restitution for military damages.
ADAMS COtTNTY
The Mon men of Adams county held
their County Convention on Monday of
last week, and nominated a ticket of pe
culiar personal and political strength.
The candidates for Prothonotary, Assem
bly and Treasurer are veteran soldiers.
who have won their scars and fame on the
sanguinary field, and David M'Conaughy,
Esq.. the nominee for Senator, has been
tireless in his devotion to the Union cause.
He is a gentleman of rare accomplish
ments, of blameless integrity; an able and
eloquent speaker, and if chosen to the
Senate, as we earnestly trust he will be,
he will do credit alike to himself and his
district in the first legislative tribunal `of
the State. The Star thus speaks of his
nomination :
l)urid M'Conaughy, Esq., was unanimously de
clared the nominee for State Senator. He has
been a citizen of Gettysburg from childhood, and
his interests hav always been identified with the
people of Adams county. A lawyer of large prac
, tics, of more than ordinary ability, and much
practical experience, he is eminently fitted for
the position for which he has been selected. Al.
ways faithful to his party, and the best interests
'of his country, be is vow before the people for
the first time to claim their suffrage. Being a
fine declaimer, ready in debate and apt in argu
ment, he will represent the district with credit
.upon the ;floor of the Senate. The interests of
the people of the Border counties demand that
he should be elected. If the farmers and otfiers
would be indemnified for the losses they have
sustained by the War, then they should ail vote
fo; geonanghy.
Hon. E. M'Pherson was appointed Chair
man of the County Committee, an assur
ance that there will be a thorough organ
ization and a full poll of the .Union vote
of the county, and Maj. Robert Bell, Alex.
S. AIM' eg,Aud Wm. S. Cart were appoint
; _IA, .
.aSertatorml Conferees. Among the res
at tions adopted were following :
Resolved, That the. Conspiracy formed after
last October's election by the Democratic lenders
in Gettysburg and other neighboring towns and
the Democratic majority of the return Judges of
this' and-other counties, to throw out, on mean
and miserable pretext, enough Tatum - from the
army to affect the result of the vote on Congress
men from this District ; and the subsequent throw
ingont, in-this county, of certain army returns
giving Union majorities, and the counting of others
giving Dethocratie majorities, although both were
exactly alike as to alletted informality, were acts
worthy only of the men and party who resisted
the patriotic effort to give the soldier in camp his
vote tne same as if at home, were bold and bare
attempts to override the legally expressed will of
the majority of the qualified voters and were de
liberate and shameful-perversions of justice by the
mere power of numbers. And that this conspir
acy, though denied at the time, but since confes
sal under oath, before a legislative inquiry, by one
acquainted with the facts, reveals a shameful
plot against the rights and privileges of loyal citi
zens who were risking their lives for the defence
of the public liberties.
Resolved, That we hereby instrnct our Sena - -
torial, and Representative candidates to make the
most earnest exertions to procure legislation to
indemnify:the suffering people of this county, for
the injuries sustained both from Rebel raids, and
during the battle, and the progress of the armies
in their midst. That the people of -the Border
having faithfully and promptly met all the exac
tions of the war, with their fellow citizens or the
State, and in addition the fearful consequences of
Rebel raids, of sanguinary battles, and the march
ing of great armies, have irresistible claims for
restitution upon both the State and - National gov
ernments to which they have ever proved faith
ful.
THE Richmond letter of "Trater"
(Asst. Surgeon Gen . .. Lane) on our first
age will be read with unnsal interest.
Be was a Surgeon in the Re9rves during
the memorable campaigns against Rich
mond
,under -M'Clelland, Hooker, and
Meade, and he most graphically and touch
ingly describes the matchless heroiim and
sad sacrifices of our brave veterans in
their sanguinary efforts to possess the
citadel of rebel power. Our readers will
share our regrets that " Frater" has clos
ed the present series of his letters. We
hope soon to have him on the war path
again, and to persuade or provoke him to
display the:gift of continuance.
- JAY COOKE, THE
AGENT.qI:IO4CRIPTION
•
Mr. Jay Cooke, an enterprising and successful
Philadelphia banker, has always been one of the
most 'efficient negotiators of public securities.
Four years ago, when Pennsylvania stocks were
down to 85, he worked and brought, them up to
par, and at that rate he obtained three million
dollars for the State, for raising and equipping
her troops. When the Secretary of the Treasury
gave various bankers throughout the countfy com
missions to negotiate his first loans, Mr. Cooke
was always among the most suerwestifl. He in
fused a portion of his own great energy into his
sub-age.e3, and :-.e,fieed to best imderstand how
to present the claim of the Government to the
people. When the 5-20 loatswas authorized, it
Was before the public many months without at
tracting any attention, and the total sales by the
Government were onTfi . bout eighteed
The war expenses were so cast that banks-and
baukers were no longer able to supply money in
sufficient amounts, and the,Seeretary of the Trea-_
sury was compelled to adopt some plan for ap
pealing directly to the people to supply the means
fur sustaining the Government Popular loans
had never been tried, and their nature was not
generally understood. Capital is always sensitive,
and capitalists, large and small, were not only to
be told that there was a 5-20 loan on the market,
but were to be convinced that it was the best
as well as the most patriOtic Investment. Mr.
Cooke's high character and previous successes in
duced the Secretary to appoint him General Sub
scription Agent. The press and the telegraph
were immediately put in motion. A large 'sum
was spe'rit is advertising, the distribution of a
great variety of circulars and handbills, tkc., the
employment of travelers, and in establishing sub.
navies throughout theloyal States. 'lt has al
wsys been Mr. Cooke's policy to have our loans
taken at bonne, and he has Beyer solicited sub
scriptions abroad, believing that our own people
should have the advantage of 'the interest. The
result of Mr. C'ooke'r efforts for the 5.20 s is well
known. Under hie agency, dating about Febru
ary Ist, 1863, and closing January 22, 1864, the
loan was sold up to $514,780,500. - '
-As great success always occasions jealously,
complaints of favortiam towards Mr. Cooke were
made against the Treasury Department, which a
special report to Congress proved to be without
the slighest foundation.
About this time the National Banking System
was established, and it was a part of the plan
that the National Banks should be the financial
agents of the Government. While publicly ex
pressing the warmest gratitude to Mr. Cooke for
his past great and successful efforts, the Secreta
ry of the Treasury determined to try the'experi
meat of placiiig the 10-40 loan—through their
agency. In four months but eighty Millions were
sold. On July2sth, 1864, the First Series of 7-
30s was offered through the same channel, but,
up to Feb. Ist, 186,i, a period of six months, the
sales and payments to soldiers amounted to only
about one hundred and twer.ty millions. 'This
rate of subscription not being sufficient to meet
the public wants, it was determined to ) return to
the agency of Mr. Cooke, uncU4 wheal manage
ment the sales began to show an increase the first
week, and in less than twoweeks averaged two
millions a day. During the first thirty dayi they
reached ,one hundred millions—an average of
about four millions for every working day. The
first series was exhausted on the 30th of March,
when the sale of the Second Series of three hun
dred millions ivas begun. This series was all
sold on the 13th of May, deducting Sundays and
holidays, in the wonderfully short space of thirty
six working days—making .an average of eight
and one-third millions' per day. The sale of the
Third Series then-conimenced, but, owing to the
fact that the Treasurer was unable to deliver the
notes, comparatively little effort was made to in.
fluence subscriptions until June let, when delive
ries were advertised to begin.
The sales of Grovernment Loans, under Mr.:
Cooke's management as General Subscription
Agent, have been about thus :
5-20 Bonds ......... ... —.5514,000,000
7-30 Notes 1..... 760,000,000
• . $1,274,000,000
to say nothing of turearlier undertakings, or the
large amount of bonds taken by his firm at the let
tings to the highest bidder. Although other causes
than imperfect agencies retarded the subscripticins
in the summer and autumn of 1864, it cannot be
denied that their subsequent success was chiefly
from Mr. Cooke's energetic direction. His efforts
hare certainly been as unceasing, and his wisdom;
skill and energies have certainly been taxed as
much, as those of any commander in the field, and
with results not less important{ He has been
ably assisted by his brother Henry D. Cooke, and
H. C. Fahnestock—both partners in the firm of
Jay Cooke & Co.
THE actual product of oil in Pennsylvania is
set down at 3,500,000 barrels of crude oil for the
year 1865,and worth, taking an average of pri
ces, $24,000,000 at the: mouth of the wells. The
process of refining increases its value to over
$60,000,000, or half as much as the wheat crop.
The consumption ofthis newly discovered illumina
tor and lubricator is increasing very rapidly, both
to home and abroad.. In 1862, Eurtipe consumed
10,000,000 of gallons; in 1864, the importation
bad increased three hundred per cent., 30,000,000
of gallons being consumed there, and in 1866 it is
estimated that 90,0017,000 will be required. There
is is brisk market foe it the world ovei—Aula; Af
rica, South America; and the Ida* of the_ sea
all calling for it. The beit authorities on the sub
ject consider eighteen months the life of an oil
well.' Some hist longer than this, but the great
majority give out before they are iyear old. But
experience shows that oil may be struck and
good yields obtained in close proximity to exhaust
ed wells. - Some wells that refuse, under the most
vigorous pumping, to yield a barrel more are
made productive by
_boring them deeper. The
deepest wells in operation are but 500 to 600 feet.
Scientific men contend that the greatest ' oil de
posits underlie the earth's surface 1.000 to 1,200
feet. Considerable oil is produced in Canada and
West Waginia,- hut-the product is small compared
with that of Pennsylvania.
ANOTHER history of the Rebellion is about to
be issued by Mr. Stebbins of Hartford, Connec
ticut, With Thos. P.- Kettell, Esq., as author.
The whole will be embraced in a single volume
of 500 closely printed octavo pages, illustrated
with numerous steel plate engravings and plate,
maps. The brevity of the space allotted to the
causes of the rebellion. only fourteen pages. while
many similar works, undertaken soon after the
commencement of the war, devoted nearly a vol
ume to the explanation of antecedent controver
sies, enables the publisher to present all the
events of the conflict in a book of convenient use
and agreeable appearance. Mr. Kettell is a
well known writer, and is particularly noted fey
research and accuracy. He is ainan of statis
tics—of facts and figures—who always aims to
fortify his tenclusions by an irresistible array of
authorities, His studies peculiarly fit him for an
undertaking -.of this kind, because devoted fur
many years to subjects connected with the pow
er,ltrowth and resources of the United States.
He is rot a writer to sacrifice sense to sound, or
trail to dramatic effect. The price of the work
-is $4, making it very cheap considering the
amount of matter and the high price of material.
Those who wish to procure at small expense a
readable had trustworthy history of the rebellion.
will be pleased with the volume of Mr. Kettell.
ASSESS THE SOLVERS.—Ono of the most im
portant defies devolving upon the different ward,
township and county committees, throughout the
State, is thatof properly and fully assessing the
soldiers in each of their election districts. The
absence of the soldier from his howl, and his ac
quired right in the meantime "to vote in the field,
rendered it unnecessary -to embrace his name in
the new assessments made ducting the war. In
addition to this, many of the soldiers have chang
ed their residences, by which re-assessment be.
comes also necessary. The 30th of September,
ensuing, to the limit of the time appointed for
these assessments. This is a very short period
for such an important duty, and we therefore
earnestly urge our friends in'the various election
districts at once to collect a list of all nnassessed
soldiers as well as citizens and have their names
placed on the proper duplicates. Erery'return
cd soldier must be assessed, or he will forfeit his
vote •
TEre President has issued another pmehuna
tion. removing every restriction upon internal do
mestic and coastwise intercourse and trade with
the south, from and after September Ist, subject
only to the regulations of the Secretary of the
Treasury.
• LIE Philadelphia Volunteer Refreshment Sa
loons dosed last week, after having, during four
years and three months, entertained all soldiers
passing through the city,. numbering 1200,000,
without expense to the soldiers or the Govern
ment. - ,
WE would again call attention to the valuable
Planing and Saw Mill and desirable residence,
with other properties, to be sold to-morrow
.by A. K. McClure, Aciminfatrator of Rev. Joseph
r rClark. dee'd. It is a rare chance for business
men.
PHILADELPHIA
The Season—The Volunteer Refreshment
Saloons—The Philadelphia Theatres—
Nomnig Home.
Correspondence of the Fmoktin Repository.
PintAna.rmA. September 4, IES6S.
When I wrote you last week d thought the
heat and the dullness of a summer in the city had
passed away and hoped ere this.to have hada Lull
supply of interesting items for this week'sßeroa•
rrotty. But every day since that time bas wit
nessed a new ascension of the thermometrical
mercury and we have been scorching and wilting
to such an extent that neither the fashionable, the
poldical,or the criminal world, has been able to
bear any excitement whatever. • The pavements
seem almost to seethe beneath our feet and it is
only wonderful that life in the Quaker City is 'at
all endurable. We have only to look forward
with hopeful anticipations to possible Divine in
terpositions in behalf of our comfort.
On Monday night last the world-renowned Vol
unteer Refreshuient Saloons of Philadelphia-, on
whom blessings innumerable have showered
in diStant towns all over' this broad land, were
fottnally closed with imposing ceremonies at the
Academy :of Music. Gov. Curtin and Daniel
Dougherty were expected to be the orators of the
evening, but the_former being at Bethlehem and
the latter at Newport, Hon. James M. Score!, of
Njw Jersey, was invited to deliver an address,
which he did in a most eloquent and satisfactory
way. It is unnecessary to detail 'the history of
these great Institutions but the subjoined fact
may not be uninteresting.
Oh the !iith of May, 1861, the first telegraphic
despatch was received at the Union: Volunteer
Refreshment Saloon to the effect that a Regiment,
the Eigkth New York, was coining through Phila
delphia, and the news made a busy time at the
saloon_preparing for their reception. Just four
yeais and three months afterwards, the 27th-of
August, 1865, the last despatch that will be receiv
cd came, informing the managers that the One
hundred-and-fourth Pennsylvania, Lieutenant
lonel Kephart, would arrive. The great work
done betbveen thosetlates will be seen from the
following 'schedule :
Total amount of cash Twelve,' sing Mai• 27,
1861
Donations Of provisions, stores, 6ic
Caah expenges during whole period $9.2.079 43
Balance on hand . 419-733
[EAU rtamstiEn.
Passing troops WO,OOO
Soldiers from camps and hospitals near di. city. ::.165,000
Refctgees. freedmen and Relitel deserte . ' 137.869
1 ....._
' 'Whole amount of meals 802,5e1l
The itsitisties of the work done, and the means'
with whih it was done, by the Cooper Shop, are
as follows:
Soldiers ted during the first year.... 87,523
Contributides during the first year_ .. $13.167 FO
Soldiers fed during the second year-- 87,435
Contributions during the second year. 15,137 49
Soldiers fed during the third year... 97,30 n
Contributions during the third year„ ' 1j , 393 49
Soldiers fed during the fourth year.. 44.745
Contributions duntig the fourth year.. - 14,06.'5 01
Total ' 116,991 657,781 78
Showing an average cost per man of eighteen.
cents, notwithstanding the high price of provisions
during the past two; years. As very sunny of the
men took more than one meal, the average cost
of a meal' cannot be!placed' higher than thirteen
or fourteen cents. Tt is estimated thatdiiring the
four years ten thoutiand meals were furnished to
soldiers singly or in squads of two or three, sunny
of them maimed or invalids on a visitfroni the mil
itary hospitals There was no record kept of
these odd' meals.
The heat has temporarily postponed theropen
ing of the political campaign but steps are being
taken which indicate lively work during the next
four weeks. ' Majer Gen. Ben Butler, Brig. Gen.
J. T. Owen, Gen. S. F. Cary of Ohio, Hon. S.M.
Htirrm,gton, Jr., of Delaware and., Hon. Henry
Winter Davis of Maryland•are inentilitied among
the speakers secirred_sliOdt in Pennsylvania.—
With the gallant Hartranftu oar standard bear
er, oar ticket is bound to have a 'glorious majori-
IT in Philadelphia,...despite„Bte - dxawbaik o f a
poor city ticket. The Union State - Central Com
mittee met here a dhy or two since and chose A.
W. Benedict and Geo. WAfamersley as Secreta
ries and -William Kemble as Treasdrer.—
With John p Cessna as its -chairman, -a vigorous
campaign Imay be confidently expected., -
The thiltres here are - all doing a henry busi
ness. Jo S. arke, thi great comic actor,
closes an engage ent this evening atthe Walnut,
where sts ding oom has hardly been obtainable
during th past eek: Tho stoek company will
run thet eatre is week to be followed on Mon
day next by Mi. D. P. Bowers. At the Chest
nut Missi t Kate Beignolds and Mr. D. H. Sedley
Smith pi y this week to be followed by Helen
Westecn. The Arch opened on Saturday even
ing and will run its stock company for ten days,
to be- followed by Edwin Adams.
James E. Murdoch the well known elocution
ist has determined to retain to the stage and will
appear at the Arch St. Theatre in this'eity during
the coining winter. The clergy who have() en
thusiastically backed him. up during the war are
rather shocked at the idea.
Despite theintense heat every day brings home
crowds of city thshionables returning from the va
rious resorts of the past Summer. It is to be
earnestly hoped Pat they will bring with them
something to Jelreve the universal dullness which
now prevails in the State metropolis.. it
WASHINGTON
The Bent and Mosquitoes—llithy Condi.
lion of the City—The Trial of Werze—
Horrors of Addeesonville.
Correspondence of the Franklin I{Pporsitors.
NVASMN6TOX CITY, September 31 156.1.
During the past week we have hid such a spell
of warm-sultry weather-that all sorts of news or
gossip has been dried up, We hays tried every
thing lagers ice, whiskey and fans to keep cool.
and still find ourselves
. builing-red.hot. To add
to all this misery we are being nightly devoured
with mosquitoes. No one knows what a mosqui
to is until he passes a few nights in the month of
September in this great city amidst its dirt-, filth
and stink. Living in this city at oresent is like
living on the border -of a hugh swamps—filled
•ith dead horses, rotten Codfish and dutch cheese.
one liking to hays iu such aiplace;please
come to Washington without delay. Only bear
one thing in mind, the cholera is traveling West
ward with great rapidity, so swiftly—that ere
this it has reached London and unless checked
will be in the United States during the present
month. .A.re people preparing for it? Here they
are. Our city fathers are taking every_ precau
tion to have the city in such condition as to snake
a welcome abode for disease, pestilence and
death. If cholera comes here,--woe, , woe to our
magnificent city of distances. She is doomed.
There never was a place so-filthy. Therenever
was a civilized people 'so filthy as are those
living here. Nobody pretends" to be clean or
have cleaners shout his house. Refuse food is
always thrown into the street, or let broiling in
backyards or narrow alleys.; Vast heaps of oyS
ter-shells are deposited here and there whero the
hot sun decomposing the flesh left upon theM fil-
ling the whole air with the - rook nauseous smell.
Sewers are choked up and the gutters reek with
decaying vegetable and animal matter. Eating
houses. underground salOplis and low groggeries
reeking,with poisonous odors, encumber almost
every block. If the cholera comes now—this is
the condition in which our city willmeet it. Any
other place wishing to have a cholerdvisit on a
large scale—please send a delegation here to take
patern from. Our worthy Mayor and city fath
ers will embrace the Opportunity to show you
round and give you instructions askew dirt, filth
and stink may be best accumulated and then "left
alone."
The Werze trial is progressing slowly. In all
probability more than 'a month will be regain d
to finish it up: Werze is beginning to look very
bad—almost as - if he were dead on his feet. He
sits most of the time with his head leaning on his
hand. If ever there was a person suffered the
pangs of despair and remorse it is this fiend Werze.
He has to he closely guarded to keep him froth
committing suicide. The details of the horror
and misery he caused at Andersonville, as daily
and truthfully narrated by prisoners, by rebel sol
diers who acted as guard, and bY civilians, are
ton awful for his conscience to stand. Murder
not only by his order was daily committed, but
he done it himself as a sort pf passtium. He has
drew his revolver and shot dead men nubble to
move from beds of sickness. He has shot down
soldiers hobbling on one!leg. He has inoculated
with small pox the prisoners snider him. One
witness yesterday stated that he had been-detailed
to haul the dead from the,stockwleto the grave
yard. Hauled some 75 every, day. Hauled 25
at a load, piled up on the wagon like wood.—
Hayed rations to the prisimers in the same wa
g( nho hauled the dead in. lien died often whilst
in the chain gang. Men were buried with large
'lion collars about their necks. They wek taken
out and dumped into a ditch, where sometimes
as )sigh as 150 lay in the trench uncovered for
hours Nine hounds and a bull tattier was used
to catch escaped prisoners. The dogs tore the
men dreadfully. One day Werze stated to the
soldier detailed to do the deed—that "he was
killing more darned Yankees there, than Lee was
at the front." . 3len were. starved to death mid
glad to pick up beans that had passed through
other wen. The goods that the Sanitary Com
mission forwarded to the prisoners ,were never
issued to the prisoners bUt cl4tributed among the
rebel soldiers. Werzo Was known to daily eat
things sent down by the Sanitary Commission.—
During the months of Julf ,m 1 August 1e64, 42,-
000 prisoners were in the stockade, and it was on
ly built to hold 1300, This symnopsis of the
testimony gives but a faint idea of what has al
ready been proved against him. Ulm is hung
will copperhead argans cry out as they did in re
gard to Mrs. Surnitt—"another tout murder by
the government minions?"
Pardon seekers, men and women, still continue
to come. Yesterday the President was - agaiti be
siege& There are soniC four-hundred guests: at
Williard's more than three-fourth of which, hail
from Dixie. s s. c._
$92,49P 76
:10,000 00
POLITICAL INTELLIGENCE.
—W. T. Remphrey is the Union candidate fur
Assembly in Tioga county. •
—John 0. Ault is the Democrat nominee for
Assembly in Luzerne county„
—The Democrats of ColUtabia have renomi
nated W. H. Jacoby for Assembly.
—The Democrats of Snyder county Imre nomi
nated Daniel S.. Boyer for Assembly.
—Hon. John S. Millon is a candidate for Con•
gress in the4'orfolk District of Virginia.
—John MlCaw is the tinitor candidate for-As
sembly in the 3rd district of Philadelphia. , 11
—Maj. Gen. Rousseau is said to be a candi
date for the United States Senate, to succeed
Garret Davis.
—John L. Sherman, a brother of the General,
has been nominated for State Senator 'm Perry
county, Ohio, by the Republicans.
—The Union men of Centre hale nominated
Gen. Ames A. Bearer fur Asseattly. Frederick
Kurtz is She Democratic nominee.
—lt is rumored that Col. H. C. Al/email (pres
ent member) will be an independent Union can
didate fur Assembly in Dauphin enmity.
—The Demoemta of Juniata have recommen-
S s eptember. 6, 1865.
ded Datidßanks for Assembly, and instructed
for Bon. Reisfer Clymer for Gos!....rnoi.
—Judge E. S. 'Fisher. the nansin ee for gover
nor of the recently-aajonthed Mississippi Cowen
tion, is in Washington, seeking pardon.
—The Demoelaim of Berka have re-ruminated
Frederick Harmer, Henry B.Hhodes and John
Missitner for Assembly, and instructed fot Hon.
Ileister Clymer for Governor
—Th e Union men of Perry have nominated
Capt George A. Shuman for Assembly, Lieut.
Juo. T. Miller for Sheriff, Too, Wright for Com
minnioner and Salmi Smith - fur Treniffier.
—The New-Jersey Democratic State CorweV
tion at Trenton on the 30th nit nominated Major-
Gen Runyon, of Essex, for Gov. and passed a se
ries of resolutions of the usualDemacratic stamp.
—The Union men of Adams have nominated
Hon. D. AteConaughy for Senator and Lieutenant
Philip L. Houck for Assembly. Every man on
the ticket for important offices excepting Senator,
is a wounded veteran soldier.
—The Union Men of Schuylkill have nominated
Gen. Wachington Reifsnyder, Cap!. inalea'K.
Helms, and Dr. Joe. C. M.Willianis for Assem
bly, and Col. Daniel Nagle for Treafmrer. Dele
gates were appointed 19 the 'Union State Cowen
bon of 1866 without instructions..:
—Geo. E. Senseny,• Esq., formerly Editor of
the Winchester (Va.) Republican a staunch Union
man, has been - nominated as the Union candidate
for Cengress in the Winchester district: Hon.
A. H. H. Stuart, formerly of the Fillmore Cabi
net, is a candidate in the Stanton district.
—The Democracy of lowa got up a bogus
Soldiers' Convention to nominate CoL Thos., H.
Benton for Governor and - Col. S. G. Vanada for
Lieut. Governor, and then the cops. came in and
ratified the ticket. They are hard ap out.,-that
way, and have to fight ehy.—
- r •
—Quay, of the Beaver Argos,' saprthit e , the
Democrats nominated Colonel Davis , tikr Auditor
General out of pure love for his name; Whietv- ill a
tower of strength in the party. The Catholic
Irish in the mining regions, constituting the back
bone of the organization, who can't read" and
hate a soldier, are made to believe they are vo
ting for old Jeff., who is a great favorite amongst
them.
—The Union men of the Armstrong, Butler
and Lawrence Senatorial district held their third
conference on Friday of last week, and on the
'4slth ballot nominated Rev. Robert A. Browne,
of Lawrence, for Senator. Mr. Browne was for
merly pastor of the Second Associate Reformed
Congregation in Pittsburg, and during the war
was Chaplain of the 100th, (Roundhead) Regt.
Col. Wm. Sitwell, of Armstrong, is the Demo
cratic candidate.
—The Union State Executive Committee—
Hon. John Cessna. Chairman—met at Philadel
phia on Friday, and elected George W. Hamersly,
Reif., Secretary. The attenkance was large, and
all appeared confident ot success in October by an
overwhelming majority. Among those present
was Major General Hartrautt, the Union nominee
for Auditor General. Among other items of bus
iness tnmsacted was the passage of a -resolution
for a grand Mass Meeting at Williamsport during ,
the holding of the State Fair. -
—Excluding the new, thinly-peopled Wolfe
County—which is reported to have given a pro-
Slavery majority of 12—the total vote for State
Treasurer in Kentucky compares with that for
President last Fall as follows :
TB64—Presidear. 1865—Treasurer.
11 - Clellan 64,301 Total. Garrard 42,240 Total.
Lincoln 27.786'12,087 Neal 42,082 84,322
Pro-slavery majority in 1864, 36,81 Pro-sane'
very majority in 1865, 158.
Several counties made no return last Fall be
cause of the War, and " Little Tennessee" (that
portion of Kentucky westward of Tennessee Riv
er) gave but a light vote and a small pro-Slavery
majority, owing to the absence of* men in the
Rebel armies. Now, they are at home and vo
ted. in spite of the law, substituting " Conserv
ative" for a " Radical" Representative in Con
gress, and giving a heavy majority for Garrard—
innch heavier than the district gave M'Clellan.
But for this. the emancipation victory would have
been overwhelming.
PERSONAL.
—Gen. Grant - will remai,_,n in Galena two or
three weeks, occupying tho - 'beautiful house pre
wilted him by the citizens.
—Gov. John Brough, of Ohio, died atlis resi.
deuce in Cleveland on the 29th ult. He was
originally a Democrat, and editor of the Cincin
uatti Enquirer, and in 1863 was chosen Governor
over Vallandigham by 100,000 majority. His
term would have expired on the Ist of Jannary
next.
—Jo. Davis, it is now announced, will be tried
before a 'United States - Circuit_Court. The par
ticular one has not yet been designated, but it is
believed that it will be convened somewhere in
Virginia—probably Norfolk—with Chief Justice
Chase 4 the presiding judge. Indictments for
constructive treason 'have been already brought
against Davis by Grand Junes in the District of
Columbia, and at Knoxville.
—A correspondent of The Maine Democrat
says that the father of Jeff. - Davis was born in
Maine, and went South when he had nearly ar
rived at manhood. He was not afterward heard
of until Jeff. Davis visited Maine some years.ago,
when he stated in conversation with a fritiiid,
that his father was born in Buxton, and had ar
rived in Mississippi a poor boy. The writer says
Davis's parents were not married.
—Thomas M. Key, who has been nominated
by the Democrats of Ohio for the Supreme Court,
was formerly Niaj Key of M'Clellan's stag,-who,
it will be remembered, was ignominiously dismiss
ed the service by President Lincoln for asserting,
after the battle of Antietard, that it was not the
policy of the Govgrnruent to suppress the Rebel
lion. but to allowt to continue until the people
would he compelled to acknowledge the necessity
of its termination by compromise. He is a fit
representative of the Vallaudigham Democrats of
Ohio. --
—C l ot Charles Anderson, Lieutenant Gover-
Per of Ohio, who now becomes acting Governor,
is a brother of Gen. Robert - Anderson. He is a
gradute of Miami ,UniversifT, where he was a
classmate of Postmaster General Dennison. At
the breaking out of the rebellion he was residing
in Texas, but escaped to the North, and became
resident of Dayton. He was nominated for
Lieutenant Governor in the fall of 1863, and
stumped the State for the Unlon ticket. He is a
brilliant orator, an accomplished gentleman, and
an excellent executive officer. -
-Hon. Andrew G. Curtin, Governor Penn
sylvania, arrived in Easton, on Mond* week on
his way to the Delaware Water Gap. A large
number of citizens paid their respects to bim, and
late in the evening the Coronet Band serenaded
his Excellency at the American. Governor Cur
tin thanked the large assemblage, for the compli
ment, and congratulated them upon the happy is
sue of the rebellion. During his retarkshe paid
a glowing tribute to the soldiers, and alluded brief
ly to the claims this Commonwealth hadtpon the
general government for a protective tariff.
—Gen. Merrill's expedition arrived at San An:
tonia, Texas, on the let, the arsenal and. pubbc
buildiegesurrendored by Twiggs being occupied
as headquarters. The expedition accomplished
445 miles in 23 days, 80 horses and mules being
the entire loss. The division which Gen. Custer
commanding penetrated the State"l4 'tray of Na
cogdoches, and, traversing - different sections dl'
the country, Wiii probably read Eiouason before
many days.