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CARPENTERS AND BUILDERS!
ATT'EtiTION:
The undersigned have now on handi-at their
PLANING AND FLOORING
a large ripply of Sash, Shutters, Doors and Blinds for sale,
or made to order:
, Mouldings of all deseriptions,•from half inch to 8 inches,
on hand.
Plain and Ornamental Scroll San lag neatly executed.
Also—Wood Turning in all its branches. Newel Pasta,
Banisters, Bed Posts, &e„ on hand.
A large supply of Dres.e.l Flooring for wile.
Also—Window and Door Frames on band or made at
short notice: lIAZELET, VERNON & lio.,
febl tf Tlarxkon Avenue, Cluunlamslurg. Pa.
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A'. DEITZ'S
GRAIN AND AGRICULTURAL IVAREIIOUSI
Deitz is buyingyay
Delta is buying Wool.
Deitz is buyintFlour.
Deitz is buying Wheat and Rye
Deitz is buying Cats ansd Corn.
Deitz Is buying Clover and. Timothy Semi.
Doitzi;bxvingtlaxseed
Delft is buying Apple.; and Potatoes.
AND PATHiG THE HIGIIHST rmen,
AT DEITES
GRAIN AND AGRICULTURAL WAREHOUSE
North of 12ait Road Depot.
Deitz i, Nellingl'lNs,
Deitz iacoliiny C.rn shelters and Fold; Cutters
I /oitz I—‘elliror Pori Pliowhate or Fertilizer
Le Family Flour
DOIt7. i. ft '.•-•1•• • •f' F.:•••••1
Ue.tz6 FeiHrzn ,, Stove Coal.
Uaitzi :vl4l.
De.tr. t:.nb;et and. Cale:ne Plaster
I)eitz o 1,:mo Coal
Voltz is sellior; :Er b. -1 'flans:lllAl Coal
fh,ltz 1:3 ~ .11crl4 ?Jai r : r Pla,.ring.
Deitz is selling. roundcT Coal
Deitz is sellinc off at ,mail pn.fits
Deitz is selling-Pine and 'Hemlock Boards, Plank, Joist,
Scantling, Saved and Shaved Shingles., Plastering Laths,
Flooring, Palling, Rails, Sr
Be ntre and bay at
DEITZ'S WARE:n(II'SE
a
COAL ANL) LUMBER YARD,
wad. gat a good orticlo olotor
North of the Railroad Depot
LEO. EBERT Sr, SON,
Have constantly on bind, and will furnish
Er=l
SEASONED LUMBER,
such as
ld and 2 inch Plank,
'Roanls, worked Flooring,
Weatherboarding,
Joists and Smutting,
ran., auti,Shingles,
Laths, &c., Sc.,
all au the most relsanable tirms.t-
LThiE A2I3rSTOVE COAI
Wealso - keip mil hand a goo.linpply of Lime and Store
Coal, which we will tarnish at the lowmt Prices
Office in rear of the Jail, Chambensbarg. Pa.
oatTE LEO. EBERT & .SON
BUILD IN G•LUMB'ER.—TLe wider
signed leprepared to saw nil kinds of Building Lum
ber at the loweet market prioe. It. A. RENFREW,
' GREENWOOD MILLS. Fayetteville P;(1. decd.✓±-ly
U3I B E kinds of Lumber for
sale at,reasonable Wei at A. S. MONN'S MU near
Quincy. Pa. julyl94f
attorttrgo at Rata.
M. & W S. STENGER, ATTOR
. NETS AT LAW.—W. S. STEN6EIt, District At.
torney and Agent for procuring I. ,, tuttions, Bounty Money
and arrears of pay
gftlee in Junwsleld's dwelling, on the West side et
Second Street, between Queen and WaAtington Street,
nrikr24
QTUMBAUGH &:. GEHR. ATTORNEYS
AT LAW,--Uifice arrafite the Post Oti/ee. Will at•
tend promptly to all hustne , s entru.ted to their care.
P. S.—Authorizod A ge.ts f.,1. the collection of Pen9iml4,
MA:my. Back Pay - alul all other claims againA the govern.
meat. . gepl4
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TT S 1:1;F:1"1'. Attorney at La w.
v . rareo 31.,r.k0t titr. et, opptoote the Cour.
/foto., farm. rt:, t•ps,l l .) .J r. Cook, ,E,41. .111 Io wa
bt.,,ettiti en:n0...A.4 to 11, , , r,try w;ll re, do e prompt anon
Itoa r nalt7.tt.
1011 N SI'ENVAIVI - .. 11 - foRNEy AT LANV
— olllto Stro , t a few door,, S,,atb 1,1 the
110,e, and atherrla.ae.
promptly C'tal, I
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rnKm:NEJ) . A roitxEY AT Lt W
,wll,
11-1 attic ir,Uortzli.
G RAVESTONES ! GRAVESTONES!
GROVE'S STEAM MARBLE WORKS,
Mat Quren itrett, Chambersburff, Pa., '
is the place to go to buy MONUMENTS, HEAL
AND FOOT STONES, aw.
Having erected machinery to facilitate work, I DM Pre
piteEd to put up Monuments and Headstones at layer nri
cur than ant. other establilihinont in this part ,d th e cane
try, and wilt do it. All I scant in for you to all and
, uu l ne prices before purchtedng elscri here. Come, a u ,
you will. say it is well for tw to be here. o o will IW, Sol
our irraret.tones frlecn J. A. on(lvE.
FIN ROCK'S MARBLE WORKS
- SECOND STntrr, SOCT.O OF QUEEN.
CITAMBEnsnPRG, PA.
MONUMENTS, IILALYSTONES.
Zifegifitiellitiel4r,ohler in the best style tied of the Lates
jnlps fiat.
RE3IOVA.L OF B I.7<S H' S TOBACCO
AND SEGAR STORE.- 2 The molordgmed has r
moved his Tobsecimci* Segur Bt., to ltim: . ne t c room.
SECOND STREET, nal door to Mr Friendship Raga.,
House, where be will keep Ott hand to complete mock
TOBACCO AND,SEG ARS, anch Natund Leaf, dicl
lwatn and Smoking• Tobacco, Piper. &c.
npriki
A LARGE STOCK OF
New Stylel Goods, Just Received at
WHITE'S NEW STORE ROOM;
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BY FCLURE & STONER.
liat 05tate *ate.
VIRGINIA LANDS IN MARKET.--:-
ARTHUR L. ROGERS,
REAL ESTATE AGENT;
MIDDLEBURG, LOUDON COVN7'} - ,
liming, an extemive acquaintance with the people and the
Land of the Piedmont Section of Vtrpnia, so celebrated
as a fine "Grass Comrtq•. I w til pay partmutar attention
to the PURCHASE AND SALE OF REAL ESTATE,
in this region, brides practising law in the Conrts of Lon
don and Faquler.
r I am authorized to sell some of the most desirable
Farms in this part of the State. and will - correspond
promptly with persons wishing to purchase, or take pleas
ure lu showing these lands to them, if' they give no a
call.
Plots and Sun eys furnished !aum
Addreis, AUTIIt:I2 L. ROGERS,
Attontey at Law, Middleburg, Loudon Co., Va
Janney, 'Pm , 'Leesburg, "Va.;
Gen. A. Rogers, Ikliddleburg, Va.; Jorift A. Splimn, Emil ,
James V. Brooke, Esq . Warrenton. Faqmer county; Va.;
A. R. Phillips, Fredericksburg Va , Francis L. Smith,
Alexandria. Vu.; Ur, Beverly R. Wellford, Wm. H.
Macfarland, Esq.. Riehmond, Va.; MerArs. L. P. Bayne
& Co., lqleesrs. Hamilton, Easter do Co.. I. Nevett Steele,
Dal:ln/ore Md. (Middleburg, Tu.. Qet. 11,
RF.1 . 0,11 , MV, Chambershurg,yopy ; send bill to this
cake for eolleetion, and one eopOf paper to Maj. A. L.
Roger,. Middlelimg. Ca.—/Impr-sicum
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VA L Al 3 L E • • - 11.10N.: INTIZRS FOR
s.u.E.—Tbe undersigned,-Xrustee appointed by
the Orphans Court of Fmn will otter at Pub.
lie 'Sale, on the premise's, off.^ . l cedursday, the L'Orlz day. of
Proradinert. the one undivided half of property lowa 71
as PRA. KILN IRON WORKS situate in Sr. Thomas
township, Entukhn comity afeere,,,od, late the Estate of
Dr: Benjamin Phreaner. dee d. nu.; property is situate
3 miles north of town of St Thom., and contains
ACRES AND GO PERCHER, and an o wa,,,, Th e re iv
two-stun - STONE EINELLI NO lIOCSE. a FER-
N CE, Casting. 'Levee, Coal Shed. 11 - heel House,
TWELVE LOG TENANT HOI'SES, and tether im
provements thereon. There is also abundance of ;tilla
ble brown hematite IRON 0111: / Upon thee premises, and
most of the land in well-am - wilted with thriving. young.
Chestnut anti Oak Titnbrr.amPeonveuitent to otheLavail
able timber laud. The Ilurnao is now in eonditioa to be
put in 131.14 t.
AI-v,--Another tract of F . R3I LAND, - partly lime
stone. immediately adjoadne. the aleose, containme 110
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ACRES and 5I PERCHES, neat mentally, with. Bank
Barn and other improvement, thereon erected.
The other undivided half of Furnace Tract is owned
by Wilhatu Phreaner, and will he sold at the aatae time
It trill be otTcrediindl.oldas- one Tract.
Sale to commerce at I o'clock, P. M.. when tern], trill
be made known- WM. D. DIXON, Truslee.
L. , (3 . 5t PIIREANER.
pUBLIC SALV.,.—the luidersigned will
offer for cafe on tlie premises, in Wiley township,
Franklin county, on Thorday,the2Nth of December. A. D.
1E455. the folloning 11e.enbed real Estate .
A TRACT of LAND containing_l2 ACRES, adjoining
Mt. Alto Furnace on the Ent= - i'tizabeth Lane. on the
South. being within a quarter mile of the Furnace.
whereon are erected. an excellent FLOURING MILL
with three ran of .-itinies. a SAW MILL, and Dwelling
house.
Alen-1:25 ACRES more or lying elo6e. the Fur
nace, adjoining the aimve de,eribed property. ott which
are ereeted n trood DWELLING HOUSE, Barn and other
budditurs. Land nearly all cleared and udder Cool aut.
tivation A ,tre,,ln ut never Maine mountain alter stow.
through the land rod th• - • ilou.n t, applied with ti run
ning stream of Sprzur, w ater,
'file al>, e property will tn. add , eparan , ly or in the
,bol , to.nit purOnts,c.
tilt 11111,1
Sale to eolonn ne , .tt I of still I.ly.
thelern, nil: i.e made known.
11,6 J. MILKER HUGHES.
ATALUAB FA.131 Al' I'RIVATE
SAI.II-1 nwler , ',;ned ..nor: at Prlvato Sate a
TiACT 01' I. %ND. tr!tord tonl.hip,
Franklin I , lllll' tsteven,
Henry orz .. d other, 1; A('REs.
Thnre an ~er I , n) At ry s red .I.‘d in tr , ,,d, EirmnlK Or
der, it ear . • l n it I a tb. ;,..t A •nlall
pn - tion t' 1. Li•uf,:,rae 1.,,n d, r“.. bat: .• Sand Canna
The n•. are a oest e•d ERICK
DWELLIN , ; 1lOL:1.E, 0c...d Fran.• Book Hare, IVtron
Shed wall . 242,rn Cribs, Carr:tr , • Itou.e and all nee ~ a •
ry out buddmizs. There ore W 0U N It-
CHARDS ..I'lossl Fruit on the pine, al..th n elLot ties er
fdlinc Water near the Item-e. a o.4lC:4ot:oat The Li,u.so,
and also .rite sear, the hasp,, are ..bout 201 l Acre, of
eveellent—PlNE -TIM-RER LAND on tie• plar• , amont
the best Timber to be 1000.1 In the county. and there is
good IRON ORE on a eousnlerable port on of the form,
netiS am JAMES M. RENFREW.
[Lam-aster Examiner insert 3 moe and send ball to this
office.)
13.ENANDOAll VALLEY FARMS
KJ 'FOR EALE.—Pennsylvania farmers desinng to bay
gl.od LIMESTONE FARMS in the Shenandoah
well watered and in ninny cases with 14,0i1 unpros ...meats
upon them, can do so of the subscriber. ut very low rates.
No better opportunities for but bug good farms at low rates
will ever again occur in this Valle.). Beini a Pentis Ca
&AA; c.r.1`,..m.A 5,4., 1 w•I , fla, KrOe
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furnish such nformation us persons al/siting to bay may
deeire, upon their addressing me by letter.
RF.FEREISCEs LN FRANKLIN COI XTY r—Achisonititobey,
Mercensburg ; Jacob Shook, Greencastle; Jacob Hatchet
rode, Scotland 1 - Daulel Trostle John B. M Lanahan, Wm.
IFLellan. (API. F. S. Stuudiaugh, and many other citizens
of Clumnbereburg. WILLIAM IL BECK,
Attorney at-1.4.5v and Rent Estate Agent,
Winchester, Virginia.
BM
PCBLIC SALE.Tliere will exposed
to Public Sale, on Thursday, the 121st of Dererlibtr.
1T63, on the preuures of Jacob Kurtz, deed. in Antrim
tocenkhip. on the road leading Mon Chambersburg to
Caroiincaritle. about two note. from Marion and three miles
iron, Cireet oindle. all the following PEIISO /NAL PROP
ER-I In : Fit e head of lirillsl2.B. Nine bead of Hor
ned Cattle, lingo and Slu,teo. Sheep Buggy,
\Vagoni, Wagon Red Wegon Ladder,, Plough, Har
rows. Cultivator, Thre,hing Machine, Wheat Fan, Corn
Shelter, Mu, Gear, and Llari,R., Fallen Cane!, Sleigh,
Cro-s-c it Saw, mild Irma Clod Roller. Wheelbarrow.
Saddle, Rolling Screen at d a variety of Other
ito9iti3ltg 1:101:SEI1111../.1 AND
'11:11E, totitotmrron4 to Inonli..n. • - _
Bale to ,tmttnerteo at 10 fieloek Sc lam the terms still he
yule Anunn Icy FANS . * KURTZ.
tleett - .Athnittistr.ttric.
%TALUAIILE MILL PROPERTY AT
PP,IVATE SALE.-The Undersigned. agent for the
heirs of Matthew McKee deed, oiler, at Prtvate Sale.
the • WOODSTOCK sttuatodto Green tone
ship, Franklin comity. Pa. The property contains about
15 ACRES of land, bona too %tory Stone and Weather
hoarded GRIST MILL. SAW MILL. an excellent two
story BRICK HOUSE. twostory Weatiterboarded House,
Hon, nod other Improvement., lb, reon ere, red.
The Mill in good repair. The water power one ”r the
be,t on the creek.
on immediately. Tenet easy.
sepl:3•tt - JOHN It: ORR, Agent for Heir s.
TWO FARMS FOR SALE.—I will sell,
at Private Sale, (INC OR TWO FARMS in ',organ
township. They are both produitive and dpirable prop
ortion. Persons a lolling to view the premises can do so
by gallica. on 1110 undersigned in Llantiltou township. or
John E Marlay, Ildjoining the farms.
, JOHN ZOOK.
THE SUBSCRIBEIZ WILL OFFER AT
p„.14. Snip. on the prontib,., on Saturdau. the t; id
mar., at I a" ,the k, r.A tAtT (tltttl-Nit. tint
a1eh1...2. - A; w:th Rlid STA m<..-....,
the eilrber of tier ,0111 and \Vasil:noon Ste. ets .A6rp
fret hp 251.. ,ev.il . bear Witst
in).non Stunt: [.14.,131 'l'. J.
MWO FARMS FOR SALE.—TIte
suL
.t eir,rs at Private Sale TWO FARMS and a
Lr el OF 310UNTAIN LAND. Per Staid di.,i4/ned to par
f+.L.e it ill pl. MAC C:di .111 the re.ating On the
Tyaet 4.a the lialt , inore larapike. one , atle
fFt-t•eur.' JOHN hi BIGIIAM.
k SMALL FAl{:%l FOIL SAL E. -Thi!
kri,ate naa.. by, l'AI:11 and a
Lan.b diNrn-pit purelia,e
n 4,11 on lb, under+ivnt.a. rt•niihni; m Fityl tb"..
.b FUNK.
FOR 1 wo BRICK
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a, 1 a K, , ,11.11,J1n I , t With g.,11 rereP,
111 Ilimmtgli td l'llaudoer)our,
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41) . ' . 'r AGES I'o]t SALE
1'it.1311.: l ‘,l At:l. , virur3,”
1... nt Pro A].1 , 1) to
A.
MOUSE AND LOT FOR SA L E.-A
lhave and Lot in a wood location on North Main
ntmet for bale. Inquire at the REP0.7,11 ,, n0 f non
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Sfl R 0 C K ' S .
I CHRISTMAS 1 , :65.
1:i65 1:43(1
ISGG. NEW:I - EARS. 1-6 G.
BOOKS, FANCY,' STATIONERY,
PHOTOGRAPHS, PHOTOGRAPHIC MW:IM
and every thing belonging to 0,,,11..k.1111 , 1 Taney
Go.AI I,ll,llenx
SUITABLE FON
_PRESENTS
HoLIDAY GIFTS
For Boys, for liirls,kr Ladies, for Gontletooo
PRESENTS forol! ago trod inxte.c.
We loot hotted to receive our customers, durik tin
t 0 our new WPM but have beet? disappointed
however we will do our best to xeconunotlide our friend
and customers if they will give Ili a rail ut our OM Multi
((tore fkr frit
OPPOSITE THE PO. • T ormer..
ii~ria.fit S. SHRYOCK.
BEDDING AND FEA ER WARE
ROUSE!—No.44 North Tem Sr, r, nlwe Market
MEE=
BEDS,
FEATHERS,
3IATTIIA SSES,
BLANKETS,
BED QUILTS, &c., Zee.
rrr TUCKERS' Celebrated SPRING BED. 1:‘.. ) .
article in the Bedding line, at the Idave. market pr.. e,
aep2o.3la AMOS HILLIM UN.
I . lllL.tbr.LviiiA
Ergat jlotireo..
/VT- - AN, ORPHANS' COURT, HELD
Chambersburg. for Pranklin county, Pa.. on the
30th day of October, 1i65, Wore the lion. Alexander
King, Esq., l'resideat, mid- James 0. Carson and W. W.
Paxton Esq's, Associate Judges of our said Court :
tin motion ofF. S. Stmnbaugh, Esq , the Court grAnt a
rule on the heirs and legal representatives of Jacob Mee
soy. Ilecemed, to appear at the Orphans' Court, to be held
at Chambersburg. for said county. on tilt/ 13th day of Jam
nary next. to take or refuse to take the rout estate of said
dei,f.“ 4 ,ed at the appraisement valuation thereof, or to show
canoe Will . the same should not he sold, according to law.
nos 29 • JOHN DCEBLER. Sheriff.
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE,-No
tire is hereby . given that Letters of Administration
on the Estate of ltijatnin Miller, late of Guilford town
ship dee'd, have been granted to the undersigned.
All persons knowing themselves indebtedlo said 'Estate
will please make immediate payment ; and those having
Oahu; present them mperly authenticated fur settlement.
deeti ' JOHN BENDER, Adm'r.
AMIINISTRA'rOWS NOTlCE.—Xo
tiee is hereby given that Letferg of Adhonbtration
in! the ti :ale of Jaroh Frey, late of Quism* tort ndliP
deed, have been granted to the anden.inged.
.1 II persons knowing themselves indebted to said Estate
will plea, make immediate payment nod am, having
claims present them properly authenticated for settlement
not aosontAN JACOB V. Arlin r.
DMINISTIIITORS' NOTICE.-Xo-
F tiro to hereby given that Letters of Aihnixd,tration
In the Estate of Ether Long. late Of Greeti tocrubhip,
toed have been grauted to tint undercigued.
All persons keening tliernselvea indebted to said Estate
vtll please !sake immediate payment, and those having
laiincl , kee.eut them fully authenticated for iegletnent.
ma 2:2 CHRISTIAN l'111;Y, Adirrr
A D.MINISTRATORS'
is hereby given that Letters of Admini•tratlon
on the Ettak: , of James Palmer, lobe of finulthrti tot‘usitip,
e Beenhav granted to the undksignej. •
Allperoltorknowing them.elves indebted w ..aid Estate
w , dtPimt , ' maks immediate payment. Etna those having
presentthem duly authenticated for •ettlenient
m JESSE KEAN, AdtiCr.
I)MINISTJIATOR'S NOTICE.-No
ti. tire is hereby given that Letters of Administrntion
on the Estate of Adam Smith, of F.. late of - lontgotnery
township, dee'd, have been granted to the undershined.
All peNons knowing themselves indebted to cunt Estate
will please make immediate payment; and these having
claims present them properly anthentiented f.a.settlament.
not 15 MANDILILLA Adm'rv. '
DMINISTRATOR'S
tier 1, hereby given that Letter, of- - -A-khnini,tration
on the ll,tate or Jewpi C.`Shieldi, lat. of Funnett rust n
ship, dyed. have Lee - ngranteil to the timirr , zgnekl.
All person, knowing thetneelves indebted to i.aid Estate
will plent•e make immediate pat meat; tint tho,e - h.“ mg
preuent them properly tolthent , ent.qlfor settlement.
novls Aklin r.
A DIINISTR-ITOR'S
i_ tree i; hereby tm•eu that Letien of 14w aii.tr.ttum
E•tate lieury F. SliiVPr '1 , 4 , of Nr[t Lesl,.*.
die d. have-been gib - Anted to tht• 11 , a1t.r.1,11,t1
All rer,a, kmarinu-, thoth6t ts r, in,letaott to E.tate
pleme make immedime paymeat fie,. Imvam
pro,,tst them pnperiv male a: tit.
11E\1:1 - Wr0NE11,,1"...41:
1 4 1 XECUTOR'S N() T I E.—Notice
Li hen ht :icon that I,..tter, 'l . l— , t.ttnoniary to the
tate iit rblin, late or lat, s 511.5'11, 11.., 4.
been arantel to the nniiers.nmeaL
All person. know 2,fthenstneirez .liici Esttao
15 ill make itotionliate payment anti Ono, baviti,
ttioni prorerl
nut_ t WILLI \ 11••:.
ITNEct - To.R . s N TIC E.—Notice
Y;,/ 11,..112 4i% vrt L. tz•r- E-4,1••
of of 1,1111, d. 11,
14., tz, the ~ L411.1271.0(1.
%nt, _tt itterit-.
eke tti..ttedt.ot Lining(
chttio- t titt,tl Dtlly
t titttt,, t,ety,Prot -4 qt.
ntt,:tt .1111:N B. 1;.A1 r.
XECI•TOWS N U'l' 1 C E.—Notice is
g iv,. that I.eit , r, T.....tamentary the Er•
tale ;ate o.4ai, ,le• n,lane
been ¢ranted to the I.,..itlinct in totcn
,.il.
.1!1 ititiebtod i. <a a i
Will pie,, o.a ittimealiate payment. laid bar nit
pre,enfra•taaiain
Iptioatett for.ettittntion.
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in this county, reducing the price by une•halt, and placing
teellt Is . Min the'reach of the poor as well to the etch, ho
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CHILMBERSBURG. PA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20 1 1865.
tradliu gq;uitig4.
GENERAL GRAN T S REPORT
This report begins with the date at which Gen
eral Grant took command of nll the armies, and
ends with the close of the rebelling. It occupies
only forty-four pages, and is as modest, concise
and clear as all that the General has done or
written. We hare space only for a• few ex
tracts :
"From an early period in the rebellion I had
been impressed with the idea that active and
continuous operations of all the troops thattould
be brought into the field, regardless of season
and weather, were necessary to a speedy termi
nation of the war. The resources of the t.netny
zuld his numerical sit crel+ were far inferior to
ours; but as au offset to this vie had a vast terri
tory with a population hostile to the G o vernment
to garrison, and long lines of river and railroad
communications to protect to enable us to supply
the operating armies. -
"The armies in the Fast and West acted inde
pendently and without concert, like a balk) team,
no two ever pulling together, euabling the enemy
to use to great, :oh +image his interior lines of
- Comnomieat ion for transporting troops front east
to west, reinforcing the army most vigorously
pressed, and to fhrlough large numbers during
seasons of inactivity on our part to go to their
homes and to do the work of producing fin+ the
support of their armies. It was a question
whether our numerical strength and resources
were not more than balanced by these disadvan
tages and the enemy's superior:position..
"From the first 1 was firuiria the conviction
that no peace could be had that would he stable
and conducive to the happiness of the people.
both North and South, until the military-pow et
of the rebellion was entirely broken.
"I therefore determined, first, to use the great
est number of troops practicable against the
armed force of the enemy; preventing hint from
using the same force at different seasons against.
first one and then another of our armies, and' the
repose for refitting and producing
necessary supplies for carrying on resistance.—
f.3econd, to hammer continuously against the
armed Mrce of the enemy and his resources, un
til by mere attrition, it in no other way, there
should be nothing left to him but an equal sub
mission with the loyal section of our 60MR/ft
country to the Constitution mid laws of the land.
"Maj. Gen. \V. T. Shermatiosho was appoin
ted to the command of the milit,ry di r h,h, li pf
the Missisiiippi, embracing all The armies and ter
ritory net of the .Nlississippi river to the Alle
ghenies. and the department of Arkansas %test of
the 3lis•iisiiippl. hail the immediate command of
the arum., operating against Johnston.
"Maj. (ten. George i:. Meade had the immedi•
ate command of the Army of the llotounse, from
lire I exercised general supervision of the
movements ..f all our armies.
-Gen. Sherman h...trUet.:(l to move against
Johnston's arm% , u. break it up, and to go into
the interior of the country as far as
could, intlictne.; all the damage he ctiuld upon
their mar resom ye. It the enem y in his front
iit joining Lee. to billow him up to
the full extent of his ZillihtV. s‘hill, I would pre.
the concentration of Lee upon him it was
in the povier ot the Army-ot - the Bitola:to to do
.0. Mere specific written instructions %%ere not
given, for the reason that Iliad talked over oiith
him the plans of the campaign, and was satisfied
that ho understood them and would execute them
to the tullest extent possible."
Elsew here he adds:
- I may state that, commanding all the arthies
as I (lid, I tried, as far as possible, to leave Lien.
Me id in independent command, of the Arm) of
the Potomac. My instructions for that urn
were all through bin; and were general in their
nature, leaving all the detail and the exueutiMi
to hon. The campaigns that followed proved
Mtn to be the right man in the right place. Ills
coininanding always in the presence of an otlicer
sup•nor to him in rank, has drawn frimi him
w.....,, .1f that public attention flint his zeal and
gbilay entitle miai to, sun Nuulu ue N kraal tniAer
‘l Ise hate received.
=I
"My idea, (tom the start, had been to beat
Lee's army north of Richmond if possible. Then,
after destroying his lines ofcommunication north',
of the James river, to tiansfer the army to the
south side and besiege Lee in Richmond. or fol-
low hint south if he should retreat. After the
battle of the Wilderness it was evident that the
enemy deemed it of the first importance to run
no risks with the army he then had. lie acted
purely on the defensive behind breastworks, or
feebly on the offensive immediately in front of
them, and %%here, in ease of repulse, he could eas
ily retire belontrthem. Without a greater sac-
I dice of hfit than I was IA illing to make, all could
not lat accomplished that 1 haul designed north of
Richmond I therefore determined to eontinue
to hold substantially the ground we then occu
pied, taking ads autage of any favorable eirenin
stances that might present themselves, until the
caialry could be sent to Charlottes i Me and Gor
donsville, to eflectually break up the railroad
,inneetion between Richmond is. the Shenandoah
Valley and Lynchburg; and, xi hen the can alry
got ss ell ill, to move the army to the smith side
of the James ricer. by the enemy's right flank,
mitten. I- lilt 1 could cut off all hls tiources 01.,sdp
ply except by the canal.
- " - During three long }ears the Armies
of the Potomac and Northern Virgnua had been
confronting each other. lti that time they had
fought more Ilespernte battles than it probably
ever before fell to tile but lit tuna, armies to ItOit ,
V. it Lout materially changing the vantage ground
of either. The Southern press and people, with
-nowt. shrewdness than was display ed in the Not th,
finding that they had failed to capture Washing
toil and march On to New York, as they had
boasted tint) . would Ito, assumed that they only
defended their capital and Southern territory.
Hence, Antietam; Gettysburg, and all dother
battles that had been fought, were by th e n sit
down as failures on our part, and s ietor e, for
ow., 'their army believed this. It produced a
morale %t Inch could only be "vet coine by desper
ate and contanturtftt hard fighting. The battles of
the Wilderness, Spottsy li mita, North Anna. and
I Cold hat lour, bloody , and terrible :10 hey o cry tin
I mil. , iik, were eVell nature damning to the eat ,
m}, an a l au crippled him as to Waite hi:it tt lll• VS'.
t'r utter of taking the offensive. alt, losses ia
men were probably not ~o great, toning to the
lict that is,. \titre, save in the Wilde' ne,s, al
into4 iniztriattly the attacking party: and when
he dad attack it way hi the open field. The de
tail, of the.'' battles, iv hich bir elititirance anti
bra \ ery till tile pal I of the soldiers hit‘o ia I VI)
liven t•lirliast,il, ate gis6ll in the ,report of Major
I ;eater:o )lead'', cud tii7 , subordinate ittpoit, act
I ompan) Mg it. .
• 'Hie too aruuoa [itl yan4,] lay in
po.ition—the neniu4,ltie bank of the M
inium] oreek, eo‘eriin7Y Winelie.eter, and lair tor
oes iu limit of I . .errysi could ;mat , :
on a battle at any tone. 'Defeat to to w mild lay
open to the elioin3. the tutee of Jlaryland and
p enns) tralqa thr loon• di.:tance, before another
- arm) could he niffnrpoqed to check !Inn. Vinler
those eireittin.tanceN, L hesitated about aflot% ing
the initiati% e to be taken
Finally, the ir-e ,it the Baltimote and ()lib, tail.
road and the Chesapeake 1,11.1 0111(J - el/Ilia. t 1 hick
were both obstructed by the enemy, beeann;.so
indispensably necessary to us, and the tuip noire
of reties lug Penusy kaput and Mary land frees 0111-
tit uousl) threatened invasion so great, that I de
termined th,• risk should be taken. But tearitc
to telegraph the order for an attack w afloat
know ing more than I dal of General l•lleridall'Y
freting us tow hat would he the probable result, I
lelt-City Point ou the I;itli of Septeu4r to trait
him at his hea,l4tuarters, tic decide, after vonfer
enee with hiul,nt hat should be done. Ptitet him
at Charlestown, and he pointed out so diet wetly
how each army lay ; w hat he could do the mom
ent he was authorized, and expressed such cold' -
deuce' of success. that 1 saw. there were but vo
words of matructiona necessary—Go Forth
eon enience of Mrage, the. teams for Kipp' mg
the lit my Were kept at Harper's Ferry. I a ked
lain if he could get out his teams and supplL:s in
time to make au attack on the ensuing Tuesday
morning. Ilia reply was, that he could before
daylight on Monday. He usas Or promptly to
time, and I may here add that the result was such
that I false never since deemed- it necessary to
%Nit General Sheridan before giving him orders.
Gen. Sherman's movements from Chattanooga
to Atlanta was prompt, skillful and brilliant.
The history of his flank movements and. battles
during that memorable campaign will ever he
=I
=1
MEE
read with an interest unsurpassed by anything vu
history. His own report, and those of his conli
manders accompanying it. give the details of th4t
most sucee-zsful campaign.
* Gen. Sherman, immediately after th 4
fall of Atlanta, put his armies in camp iu and
about the place, and wade all preparations ft
refitting and supplying them for future stri - icel.
The great length of road from Atlanta--to the
Cumberland river, however, which had' to lie
guarded, allowed the troops but little rest. -
During this time Jefferson Davismade a speech
in Macon, Georgia, which was reported in the
papers of the South, and soon became known to
the Whole country, disclosing the plans of the
enemy, thus enabling Geri. Sheilimn to fully I.IICO
them. He exhibited the weakness of supposing
that an army that had been beaten and fearfully
decimated in a vain attempt at the defensive could
successfully undertake the offensive against the
army that t had so often defeated it.
* Hood, instead of following Sherniati,
continued his move northward, which seemed to
me to be lending to his certain doom. At all
events, had-I had the power to command both
armies, T should not have changed the orders un
der which he seemed to be acting.
cr,x. TIIO3IA S
On the morning of the 75th of December Gen
Thomas attacked Hood in position, and, in a bat
tle last: tg two 'days, defeated and drove him from
the licit] in the utmost confusion, lea , Ling in our
hands most of his artillery and many thousand
_prisoners, including four general officers.
Before the battle of-Nashville Lgrew very im
patient over, as it appeared' to me, the unneci.s
,,ary delay. This impatience was increased upon
learning that the enemy had sent a force of ca
valry across the Cumberland into Kentucky. I
feared Hood would cross his whole army and give
us great trouble there. After urging upon Gen..
Thomas the necessity of immediately assuming
the offensive. I started west to superintend mat
ters there in person: Reaching Washington city,
I received Gen. Thomas' dispatch announcing Ins
attack upon the euemy,Atia the result as far as
the battle had progressed. I was delighted. All
fears and apprehensions were dispelled. lam
not yet satisfied but that Gen. Thomas, immedi
ately upon the appearance of Hood before Nash - -
. ville, and before he had time to fortify, should
have moved out with his, whole force and give
him battle, instead of waiting to remount his ca
s airy, which delayed him until the.inclemency of
the tieather made it impracticable to attack ear
lier than he did. But his final defeat of Hood
was sit complete that it will be accepted as a
vindication of that_ distinguished officer's judg
ment.
THE LAST DAYS REEDRE RICHMOND
I had spent days of anxiety lest each morning
should bring the report that the enemy had re
treated the night before. I was firmly convinced
that Sherman's crossing the Roanoak would be
the signal for Lee to leave. With Johnston and
him combined, a long, teldious and,expensive cant;
paign, consuming most of the summer, might bej
t ome necessary. By moving out I would put thei
army in better condition fur pursuit, and would
at Iraet by the destruction of the Danville road,
retard the coin...titration of the two armies of
Lee and Johnston. and cruse the enemy to ;khan
don much material that he might otherwise save
I therefore' determined not to delay the, move
meat ordered.
I=
Shadan advanced: and with a portion of hi
cavalry got possession of the Five Forks ; but the
eneinv,gifter the aflair with the Fifth corps, rein,
fiireed the rebel cavalry, defending that point
with infantry, and forced him back towards Din ,
ssiddic Court House. Here General Sheridan
diqdayed !mat ecneraship. Instead of retreat
ing witli his whole command on the main army.
to tell the story df superior forces encountered, he
deployedliis cavalry on foot, leaving only mouut
ed. men enough to take char, of the horses.
This compelled the enemy to deploy user a vast
ext,•nt of woods and broken country, and made
his - ,
progressslow. _
AN AFT OF ITEROINAL.
General Ord advanced from Burkesville toward
Farmville, sending two regiments - of infantry and
a , quaiir4n of cavalrY, under Brevet Brigadier
(;,•Herat illet.d4re Read, to reach and destroy
the brides. 'This advance met the head of Lee's
column near t ammo, wawa a Heroically aT
tacked and detained until General Read was kilt
ed and his small force overpowered. This caused
a delay in the euem)'s movements, and enabled
uenewl Ord to get well up with the remainder of
his force; on meeting which the enemy atonedl
ateh• intienehed himself.
FIEZZEI:2
A force sufficient to insure an .easy triumph
over the enemy under Kirby Smith, west of the
Missi-sippi, was immediately put in motion for
Texas, and Maj. Gen. Sheridan designated for its
immediate command; but on the •26th day ofMav,
and before they reached their destination, Gen,
hirb3 smith surrendered his entire command to
Maj. Gen. Canby. This surrender did not take
place, - how ever, until after the capture of the reb
el President and Vice President ; sod the bad faith
was exhibited of first disbanding most of his army
and permitting au indiscriminate plunder of pub
lic property.
Owing to the report that many of those lately
in arms against the Government had token refuge
upon the soil of Mexico, carrying with'tlixfn arms
rightfully belonging to the United States, which
had bjen surrendered to us by agreement—among
them some of the, leaders who had surrendered in
person—and the 'disturbed Condition of affairs on
the Itio Grande, the orderi,foy troops to proceed
to Texas were not changed.
P11.11:•;E OF AI.I. TilE 11011 ES
With the following paragraph Gen. Grant c 1
'ser his report:
It has been toy t - ortune to see the armies of
both the West and East fight battles, and from
what I have seen I know there is nb ddlerenee in
their fighting qualities. All that it was possible
for men to do in battle they have done. The
western armies commenced their battles in the
Itli,itissippi valley, and received the final surren
der of the remnant of the principal army opposed
to them in North Carotins. The armies of the
East commenced their battles on the river from
which the Army of the Potomac derived its name,
and received the surrender of the old otitaMtiril,
at-Appomattox Court-house, Virginia. The splea
ilid ttchiet ements of each have nationalized our
victories, r;•tooted all sectional jealousies, (of
which . - 5 4 hate unfortunately- experienced too
mllOO aifirthd - ause of criminathin and recrimi
nation that might have followed had either sec
tion failed hi its duty. -
Ail have ft proud record, and all sections-can
well congtzatulate themselves- and each other MI
having done their full share in restoring the sus
preniaQ of the `law over eery foot of territory
belonging to the United States. Let them - hop.-
for perpetual pence and harmony with that elm
my whose manhood, however mistaken the cause
drew firth such herculean deed?. of alor.
COFPROTII EXPLAINING COEFROTII
Gen. Coffroth is now at Washington appealing
to Union members of Congress to sustain him in
his fraudulent attempt to gain his seat, because,
as be urges, lie sncriticed himself in. the Demo
cratic party by voting for ,the constitutional
amendment. Aside from the morality of asking
a seat on such grounds, we deem it but fair to
judge Gen. Coffroth by his own explanation and
detente of that vote. The following in his letter
to Mr \Vp and, one of his constituents, eaplain
in his and we commend it to the con
sideration of Congress:.
AVA,III:S“TON CITY, Feb, 6, 1563.
1H , ,m1 Sin :,,Yotir letter of the thl inst. was . re
ceived to-day, lau•ten to answer it.
It has atter mature deliberathin I . come to the
conclusiim to cote for the amendment of the COll7
kit talon to he submitted to the different States
for ratifieation. I knew•what, I would, have to
meet, or at leak - I thought I ' did, and eo far I
have tinf been disappointed. I was satisfied I
would be . denouneed and charged with corrupt
motives by over-zealous men and papers. That
betore I has !Ward, ninny would jump at conclo
shins. That instead of publishing thy defence and
criticising it with candor, 'nothing but denuncia
tion and abuse would be used. I knew also that
my political enemies, in order to exasperate Demo
crats. would be fulsome in their praise. I frond
more the praise of my political jots than I did The
roll, ism of my friends. There was another thing
that made me hesitate, that was I had a contest
for a seat in the next Congress. I lenew,iny mo
tives would be impugned and it be said 'toted as
I 'did because - I wanted to court opposition votes.
The viiteit' of the' opposition I never objected to,
provided I got them fairly': if they vote for me
now 1 trill enter no protest agiinst it. But, that
shall turn my hoick upon the glorious party ant
VOL, 72....WH0LE O. 3 5 737.
has rrcr sustained tor to get hint, I tater trill.
My contest will entirely rest pon the legality of
my election. i 7 assure Ithe litionists that are
now praising me, Ididnot rots for the amendment
on account of any lore I had for their party or
their principtis,but it iias to stab them, or in other
words to remove thati from the political arena
which brought them into power. I firmly be
lieve that having the slavery issue unt of the can
vass we can defeat them overwhelmingly, and
we will place in power the party that can bring
this country back to its palmy d a y n _m ve new
life and vigor to this distressed nation. With the
Democracy in power we will have hope of once
more being happy and prosperous. Fanaticism
if permitfCd to go longer unchecked v, ill not only
financially bankrupt the nation, but wilKind the
people in galling chains. Who dues not desire
peanN - Who would nut make great sacrifice to
stop this cursed war.
This amendment compels the Presklent to
meet the issue fairly; he must either declare the
seceded States out of the Vaien or sithchit it to
them, if he declares it 'carried vi ithout them,
then by every, principle of law they are indepen
dent,
if he 4ohmits it to them he- must recognize_
the orgionz,tioo which now exists. He cannot
make new org:fflizations after it is passed. The
State orgaLizations which now exist can defeat
it. If they are brought back by - a treaty of peace
this amendment will be drfeated, ' .
Do you doubt the power of Congress to submit
the amendment. Then you must doubt the Con
stitution itself. It expressly gives CougreVhe
power. The only question is what Coccaws
should submit. In my judgement any: eligi
which has excited the public mind like t - - 0, &-
thin of slavery should he submitted. But yi i siAll
say, the question of slavery is an exception, we ,
have uo right to legislate upon it, it is local and
the States must regulate it for themselves. This
is a good argument against Congress directly leg- '
ishiting upon shivery. - Congress has no power
either to abolish or establish it ; but Congress line '
a right to submit amendments either to abolish or
establish it to the, people in State Conventions or
to the Legislatures of the States. This doctrine
was held by Calhoun, by Clay, and in short by all'
that class of statesmen. When I come, home I
will show you plenty authority ,in this point.
Mr. Blair when in Richmond had -a conversation
with President Davis, of the Southern Confeder
acy on this subject; Davis admitting the power hi
Congress, and told him he had no objections to
the passage of it, that if the day ever came when
the two sections should conic together it would
relieve him of much trouble, for his people could
pass upon- this amendment. This I know to be
true so.flir as Mr. Blair has said so. Mr. Cox
With Much ability made a conclusive argument in
favor of the power of Congress .to submit this
amendment, but thought it was not judicious to
do - so at this Bine. - Mi. Pendleton denies the
power. But let me take you dolAn a little further
its the history of tins country,..iu before Lin
coln was inaugurated the honorable Crittenden
offered certain amendments relating to the ques
tion of slavery permitting it to exist., and also
prohibiting it. This received the voje of every
Democrat in Congress. Mr. Cori an afterwards
offered an amendment to the Constitution to pre
vent the interference with slavery in the States
where it existed, and this received the vote of
every Democrat in Congress. So you see that
heretofore ii was not to to submit
amendments on the question of .laver} - . I never
knew it to be a part of the Democratic creed to
declare the submitting amendments of the Con
stitution to the several States unconstitutional.
I havq looked into our, platform iu ruin if it has.
We have always held that Congress has no poi - -
er to Legislate it in or out of a State or territory.
And if the proposition had been to abolish it by
act of Congress I would have been as bitterly oft
posed to it as any one iu the House. Holding as
I do, Congress has the power- under tire constitu-
tion to submit the amendment, and bilieringl it to
be to the adrantaze of the Drmorrotic party to get
it out (Pile polit - teal arena. I voted for the amend
ment: if I am wrong it' is an error of me judg
ment.
Another motive for on doing, Mr. Blair said he
was satisfied it would hastCn peace. That if the
SO fa hens planters saw it would pass they would be
-anxious to gel &irk in time to thflat as ratifica
flog.
There are certain tights the States reserved
when they came into the Federal Union, whether
slavery was one of them has been a subject of
much discussion. It is true it is protected by lo
cal legislation. In my opinion they partially re
served it and partially dad not. They certainly
reserved the right to contfot it by State Legisla
tion, and gave to Congress the power of protec
tion over it at the same thue to a certain extent
—by requiring them to pass a fugitive slave law
for the rehtion of slaves, and sec. 2d of article
fourth of the Constitution refers to fugitii - e slaves.
'Congress had the power to return the property
by passing the necessary laws. It has no right
to take it away. It does not assume that now,
it gives it to the States. The States alone can
ratify this amendment. All the powers - reserved
-by the States on this question the . nosy have. It
is true three-fourths of them can destroy slavery
in the 'other foiirth. This is the fault of the
Constitution, and the remedy would he to amend
it. A majority of the t oters of Somerset bor
ough can rob you and I of our property. they
;can elect certain officers who will sqUander mo
ney and tax us until all is taken to pat the taxes.
Congress has the power to interfere with the
rights and property of individuals by the passage
of a bankrupt bill, a hich trill blot out indebted
-bees and taksi froth you that %% hi( h is tour prop
erty—cancel the notes you hold against the bank
rupt. I only refer to this for example. I claim
no jiPtice for tlus legislation. but only cite it to
show what can be done by Congre-(s.
This communication is already't(io long. I will
only add that %%hut 1 did was prompted by the
purest motives-. Tim South will ritlor gain Noir
tOprndencc or will demand new guorontits k
foke they come back. Subjugation is out of the
question,they ncrcr can be subjugated. I um ready
at anytime to rote for nn ono rt .- duo-la of the Con
stitution to girt them fzirthrr _qua ranters: this must
be done if we get them back.
When I get home 1 will meet the issue. I will
shrink from no responsibility. I °M% ask my
friends to hear Inc before 1 mu elonleumrd. I
may,told I have received 111 , 11 e eltliplllllVillary
letter!, from Wen ala, I know to he gold Demo
cents, for this Tote than 1 - Cur - received for any
other I cast.
The only denunciation I received ha. been
through the pres,,,and all started at Ino rishrirg.
I had handed over the - black-mail 1 pi eNunte I
is wild not have been abused froth that ~ mreis„
Truly ;ours, All. CtoTitcrrtt.
9u> Vim - usu.—An Illinois sucker took a great
ditihke to a foolish}ping Vicumi.oi
fellow passenger With hint on one of the Missis
sippi steamboats. I was on the boat, sahl Dea
con Doolittle, alid saw the; :whole atilur. The
Virginian was continually combing his hair. brush
ing his clothes, or dusting his boots—to all is Melt
movemNits the sticker took rxceptioti, as being
-what lie termed " a little ton darned nice 1). ban."
lie finalq - drew up his chair be•ade the Yu L:;Uilill
:end began :
Whar might you be from, - stranger
-- lam from Virginia, sir," answered. gent.
From old Virgiun), I s'pose," Ap:t s the sucker.
"Yes, sir, old Virginia." was the reply. -
• " You are ratty high tip in the pictures thar,
suppose?"
•• I don't know what you mean by that remark.
•
" Oh, flotilla'," says the sucker, " but tin you
are desp*ritte rich, and ha% e been brought up
right nice."
"If the information v, ill gratify you in any
way," said the gent patronizingly; "I belong to
one of the first families."
" Oh, in course," answered the seek r. ''Well,
stranger, twin' an you belong to the fast, I'll just
give you two of the fattest shoats in all Illinois
of ou'll only find me a feller th,it belongs to 011 e
of the second Virginny families.
." You want to gunrret with me, sir," said the
Vjrginiatt.
"No, stranger, not an atom," answered the
sucker. "but I never seed one of the second fam
ily, and I'd gin sutvin to git a sight at one orem.
I know you are obe of the fust, cause you look
just like John Randolph."
This mollified_the Virginian; the hint of a re.
sinnblage to the statesman cc.aa flattering to his
feelings, and be accordingly. acknowledged rela
tionship to the orator.
"Ile, you know, descended from the bight gal,
Pocahontas."
- "You ore right, sir," answered the other.
- "Well, ganger," said the sucker, "do on know•
thar is another queer thing alias puzzles me, and ,
it's this': I never seed, a Wirginyan that didn'
claim to be either descended Krum an Ingin, Juba
Randolph, or a 'nigger."
We need not add that the sucker rolled of his
chair4saddentyl They 'were separatedunfil tl4-
sucker got off at a longing near hia Nome: As
he stepped ashore. he caught sight of the Virgin
ian on the upper-deck, and hailed. Ilia at once
tvith"l say, old. Virginny . ,` remember---two tit
shoats for the fust feller you find belonging to the
second Virginny-famityr - •
Jowl. RESOLUTION TO AMEND THE CONSTi-
TuTlos.—Tlie following important joint resolu
tion; was offered by Hon. John A. Hingham, off
Ohio. - It 'contains propositions of great, general
interest, which will doubtless receive, ,as they
well deserve, the careful consideration of Con-
gress:
Resolred by the Senate and Muse of Representa.
tires of the United States ofAmerira in Congress
assembled, (two-thirds of both iiiitts - es Concurring.)
That the following articles be proposed to the
Legislatures of the several States as amendments
to the Constitution of the United States, alter any
of wbich articles, when ratified by three-fourths
of said Legislatures, shall be vtlid.tO all intents
and purposes as part of the said CoiNtitution, viz:
Att•rictx ----.—The fifth paragraph of the ninth
section of the firit article of the Constitution, to
•‘.n,' tax or duty shall be laid on articles
expnrted *inn any State," is hereby repealed and
declared of no effect. • -
. .
Artmbr. —.—No - part of anrdebe) or debts
contracted in aid of the late rebellion, or which
may hereafter he contracted in aid of any rebellion
against-the United Sham:, shall ever be assumed
or paid by they United States, nor shall any State
assume or pay any part thereof
ARTICLE Congresg Kull have power
to make all laws-neeesQary and proper to secure
to all persons., without div•thottion, in every State
of the I "orlon, 'equal protection in their rights of
life, liberty, and - property.
9.z.:E - FLAo Now.—At a Ci;orgin theatre, a few
erCIIIIIV since, an actor alluded to the Flag, when
the Union soldiers cheered. This called the Con
t;!derdte ba•tle cheer and the Bonnie Blue Flag
to - the mind of an editor present. and
_he thus
mentions it: Wifb the thought came such a tides ,
of remembraure,4lmt, in its own despite, we
forced our Mind away. There is but one flag
now, said solemn duty, and you are sworn to sup
port it. These men love that flag—they have
fought for it, they cheer it: and they are right,
for ton know that )-ou loved your own gallant
banner ere Appomattox pulled it down. Look
ing at the matter in this light everY4 bitterness
evoked by that Shout exultant, passed away. It
is natural, is it not, that the North should love
that flag; and sufficient, is it not, that the South
should respect and support it! With this under
standing the flutter of its folds will awake no ran
car among , ns; the sound of its cheering stir up no
bitter blood. Sentiment is a Weak thing for na
tions to rely on, but principle can weld tighter
than steel. Afli•ctionate devotion we have not—.
lonic to some other - generation for that—but trust
us for the uttermost farthing of our sworn duty,
for respect in pence and maintenance in war.
THE WAY cr WORKED.HAt the recent session
of the Methodist Conference icWashington, Bish
op Simpson sea a colored preacher, the Rev.
Mr. Lawson, to Staunton, Va., to preach to the
blacks there. He preached one half day in the
Methodist Church vestry' to a black audience.
The next day the white Clergymen of Staunton
net INV meted that thereafter no colored loan
should - preach in that place, but that once in four
eeks one of their number should preach-exclu
sively to the blacks. The black members of the-
Methodist Church, three hundred in number, and
pa)ing nearly all the parish expenses, thereupon
seceded, leaving that chart-100 its eighteen white
members, and organized a flourishing church of
their oWn in the spacious rooms of a carriage
manufactory. The Baptist clergyman, seeing the
rui*of the Methodist Church, and conscious of
the inability of its own white flock to sustain him,
immediately sent an offer of his vestry to a color
ed Baptist clergyman. The offer was accepted,
and ever since that day the two most flourishing
churches in Staunton are the Black Methodist
and-the White-and-black Baptist.
Tile RIGHT SeuuT.—lf all the people of the
South held the same views as the editor of the Sa
vannah -Repubtiran, there would he less difficulty
in the way of reconstruction. In an article on
the sectional differences between North and South,
he says: We recognize no Southern race. The
idrlt is 'a myth—the contemptible creature of a .
class-,nurtured and kept alive to promote the in
terests of a small minority to the injury of all
others. Its very existence, real or imaginary, is
incompatible with the Democratic principles
which constitute the life-giving power of our
Goverdment. We are one people with a common
destiny—with no differences save such as are at
tributable to tho iatlne.nec.of:climatc, which are
in a great pleasure neutralized by our facilities
for communication and interchange ofsentiments.
No one is so blind to the changes which have ta
ken place, that he cannot read the doom of this
absurd fallacy. I(is beyond the power of legal
lation to resuscitate it—mu fact all attempts to that
end will only prolong the death struggle.
GEA:k;D LODGE. or PENS sYLv.v.stA.—The fol
lowing gentlemen have been chosen officers of the
Grand Masonic Lodge of Pennsylvania-:'
Grand Master, ',tidos H. Scott; Deputy Grand
Master, John L. Goddard; Senior Grand War
den, Richard Vain Surimr Grand Warden, Rob
ert A. Lumberton: Grand Treasurer, Peter Wil
liamson Grand Secretary, Wm. H. Adam& The
installation of these officers mill (take place on
Wednesday, Debember ;27th, being St. John's
Day. The following committees of the Grand
Lodge were al=u chosen : Tt ustees of Grand-Be
quest, Samuel H. Perkins; :lames Hutchinson,
David- Boyd. Doi id G.-orge Thompson;
Trustees of the Masonic Loan, Wm. Badger, Jas.
Burger, John IT 'Griller, A. Kirk
patrick; Trustees of Grand Lodge Charity Fund,
.Joseph S. Riley, .1. Loudenalager, George Grim
coin, .1.11. Boswell, John Wikon,
How Dolt: Yin !—An amusing little episode
recently occurred in a railroad car. Shortly af
ter the train had left the depot, an old lads-jump
ed ttp_and addressed a gentleman seated behind
her, with How dare you I What are Sun at ru
The astonished gentleman replied that he had
done 1114{1111g. The lad) again seated hers4r, hut
in a few moments arose, full of rage and terror,
and declared her neighbor nas a " villian," and
oil :aridly at the next station ttas hbout to have
hint :wrested, when, luckily, the came of her ag
itation was discovered—in the shape of u goose,
which, placed in a basket under the s.cat occupied
by the lady, had during the voyage, amused itself
hr peckingjat ler " understnudings." .The
covery of the criminal created great 'laughter
among the passengers.
RoMANTIC COURTSITIP,—I gave her u
nod igave her a ring, and asked her to marry um,
then :-but she scot them all back, insensible thing;
and said she'd no notioir.of men. I told herl had
oceans of money and goods. and tried to frighten
her with a growl: but she :twos errd she v.asn't
rought up in the ANoode to be seared by the
werceell of an los I. I called her a beggar and
everything that was had, I - slighted her features
and form, till at length I steceeded in getting hei•
toad, and she raged like a ship in a storm. And
then in a moment I - Mined and smiled, and called
her my angel and alr,.She fell into my arms like a
wearisome child,' and exclaimed, "We'll marry
this Fall."
A Secii.Nri noses.—When Gen. Sofly, last
summer. on his expedition to the Devil's lake,
passe&Fort Berthold, quite a number of Indians
had gathered there to see him and make peace.
They complained a peat deal of dry weather,
and wished the General would make rain the same
Father de :imet, the missionary who used to
see them, had dime. The General premised them
he would do the best he could. It happened that
shortly afters arils a ti . eav) thundershower passed,
flooding everything. The Indians. were greatly
pleased, and called the General
.a great medicine
man. But they said it iv as a little too much at
once. "Well," said the General, "I know it
but I couldn't help the thing atter it started !'
WI: learn that late information received by
Senor Romero, the Motkan Minister, states that
a decree has been issue ir by the Liberal Govern
ment to the effect that, ma, fug to thelfrench iusa
saut, it is impossible to hold anAdection for Presi
dent: therefore the present incumbent, Juarez, is
continued in office until such time as the difficul
ties in the way of a choice can be removed. 'A.
decree-has also been issued by the Liberal Gov
ernment stating that General_ Ortego, who has
been to this country for about six months, is, ou
his return to Mexico, to he tried for bong absent
without consent el hirgovernizent.--Washinton
Chronicle.
• A BLACK C-Loun.—A black cloud , makes the
traveller mend his pace, and mind his home, where
as a fair day and a pleasant way waste his thin.,
and that stealeth away his affections in the pros
pect of the country. However others may.think,
yet I take it a mercy that now and then some
clouds come both cen me and. my sun, and many
Imes some troubles do conceal our comfprts, for
I perceive, if I should find toe much friendship in
my inn, in pilgrimage, I should soon forget my
Vnther'shouse and my hiqltaze.
El