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FOR TBESIUEST
ABRAHAM LINCOLN, of Illinois.
Tlie Verdict.
Elsewhere in to-day's paper we print a
couple of criticisms concerning the verdict
in the lateKMoore-Marbourg murder case
'one from the - Philadelphia Sunday
Mercury, and the other from the Harris
burg Telegraph. ' Wc do so, Dot that we
endorse either of the criticisms, but to
show our readers the wonderful difference
of opinion prevalent throughout the State
with regard to that verdict. Very many
papers " have given expression to their
views touching this subject. Some of
these have been favorable to the prisoner
some have been adverse. A strict
regard for truth compels us to admit that
the former have greatly preponderated the
latter. The two journals we have quoted
from are representative papers of these
respective classes. Reading first the re
marks of the one, and then of the other,
some idea can be attained of the extent to
which doctors disagree. .
.. We introduce the. article from the
Mercury, furthermore, to say that, in so
far as it relates to Judge Taylor, it is
bigoted, intolerant, false, and malicious.
Judge Taylor needs no defence at our
hands. He is a gentleman and a scholar,
and probably knows more about the law
in a day than the Mercury' man does in a
year. Performing his official duties un
der the solemn obligations of an oath, it
is also presumable he would have more
regard for the law and its! technicalities
than one who suffers his judgment to be
swayed by indiscriminate passion or emo
tion. The Mercury commits a great mis
take in attacking Aim. It is true we do
not endorse all his rulings and opinions in
the matter, still, entertaining great faith
in his legal knowledge, and knowing his
virtue to be .incorruptible and beyond
reproach, we cheerfully defer to his supe
rior judgment. The man who, in Cambria
county, dared attempt an impeachment of
Judge Taylor as a just administerer of the
law, would pay dearly for his temerity.
Ho would bo kicked, with hearty good
will, from every honest man's sight.
We have no hesitancy in saying that
Judge Taylor performed his whole duty,
as he understood it. He may have been
ultra in eome of the positions assumed by
him, and we honestly think he teas,
yet, upon the Tvhole, we believe his course
throughout the trial will commend itself
to every unbiased mfu'd as that of an
upright and impartial expou7.11" f tne
law as laid down in the books. - 75 a
Mercury contented itseii with ridicuh?5
the verdict, we might have endorsed its
course. YV c, with it, and in common with
all who have given the matter the slight
.est consideration, heartily write it down a
"singular one." .The learned Judge ex
press.y charged -the jury that, if they
found the prisoner sane at the date of the
occurrence of the homicide, they should
bring him in guilty of murder in the first
degree- that the crime of which he stood
charged undoubtedly constituted "a will
ful, deliberate, aud premeditated killing;"
finding him insane, they should bring him
in not guilty. The jury certainly found
him sane, otherwise they must have ac
quitted him at once. There can be no
two, ways to that question. How, then,
can we account for the verdict guilty of
murder in the second degree? We do
not go' the length to say that the jury
were "puppet" at d "knee-bowing slaves,"
for we do not believe it, but, if the Judge's
charge was law,- and who will deny it?
they most wofully mistook their duty in
the premises when they returned the ver
dict they did. It should have been "guilty
of. murder in the first degree," or else
'acquittal on tie ground of insanity."
The "miserable half apology" for a ver
dict does vol satisfy the public.
Tho. Telegraph takes its cue from ex
actly the opposite stand-point. It regards
the verdict as emioently righteous and
wholesome, and gives several cogent rea
sons for' this conclusion arrived at. We
cannot resist the" temptation here offered
,of saying that it is a comparatively easy
matter to stand off at a safe distance and
preach orthodox moderation and Christi
anity. Professions are cheap. It costs
nothing to give advice, and to say what a
man ought and ought not to do under
such- and such circumstances. Unfortu
nately, however, these men who moralize
so glibly, and deploro so pathetically the
degeneration of the age, are about the
first to depart from the line of policy laid
down by themselves when occasion seems
to demand it. They are good at preach
ing, but in practising what they preach
they not infrequently fall behind. Not
withstanding all the "unco guid" homilies
which have been ventilated in this con
nection, wc venture the suggestion that
not one man out of a thousand, under like
circumstances, would have don3 otherwise
than Moore did shot the destroyer of his
home's Happiness. Theological precepts
on a sunshiny day are a something differ
ent from theological precepts in a storm.
A certain amount of human infirmity is
implanted in every breast, which, on occa
sions similar to the one confronting Mooro
on that fatal February morning, will
manifest itself.
"Deal kindly with the erring: ye know not
all the power . ,
With which the dark temptation came, in
some unguarded hour
Ye may not know how earnestly he strug
gled, or how well,
Until the hour of weakness came, and sadly
then he fell."
We are no advocate of the idea that
a man, generally speaking, is at liberty to
"take the law into his own hands." We
hold, however,, that occasions may arise
when a man, the victim ot circumstances
aggravating and harrowing in the extreme,
and calculated to render him for the tune
being a creature of intense and ungover
nable mental excitement, may commit a
deed which, although inexcusable in the
eyes of the law, may yet meet with a more
charitable construction at the hands of
those who, looking at the motive of the
thing, are in the habit of judging less
harshly. If this view of the case be
correct, then is Moore a fit subject for the
exercise of Executive clemency. His
provocation for the commission of the
crime was great very great. We are
only surprised that he did not commit a
double, instead of a single murder. Here,
where the facts are known and understood,
the prevailing impression is that he has
already fully atoned for, through, extreme
suffering, the crime of which he stands
convicted..
.The man who opposes immediate
emancipation, and who professes to iavor
gradual emancipation, we suppose, would
oppose the immediate suppression of the
rebellion ana aesire 10 cave it none
gradually. If he is consistent with his
principles, this must be the case. He
admits slavery to be the cause of the
rebellion, and therefore favors its removal.
But if the cause is to be removed only by
slow degrees if it is wrong or impolitic
to strike it down at a blow, by what pro
cess of reasoning can the more rapid over
throw of the effect be urged? Slavery is
one arm of the rebellion her army in;
the field is the other. The two together
make the war. They both oppose the
Federal Government and seek the destruc
tion of the Union'. Why, then, should a
different species of warfare be pursued
against them ? If it is right and wise to.
des.07 one as speedily as possible,
why not otber in likc manner ? The
gradual Urnc'110 admit that both
ought to bo deatroyecT, and ?et ih? f
., . c ,,. -nies should be
that one of these public enei. ,
spared for a certain number of yt '
then be put to death, meanwhile beu
allowed to do all the mischief it can.
Suppose that our armies, in the prosecution
.of the war against the Rebel armies, should
adopt the philosophy of the Gradualists,
what would be the result ? Suppose Gen.
Grant had been a gradual fighter, and
when he had the rebels cooped up in the
works of Fort Donelson, had concluded
to follow the principles of the gradual
emancipation ordinance adopted by the
old State Convention of Missouri, and
instead of replying to the rebel General
that he" .proposed to move upon his works
immediately, had ordered him to surrender
ou the condition that he was to stop
fighting the Union troops at the end of
seven years he would in that case have
jroven himself a good gradual Unionist,
bllowing. the favorite doctrine of the
Gradual Emancipationists.
t& President Lincoln on Saturdav
issued his Proclamation srjecifvincr the
persons to whom the benefits of the Am
nesty Proclamation of December last are
intended to apply. He also authorizes
every commissioned officer in tho United
States servipe, either naval or military, to
administer the oath of allegiance, and
imposes rules for their government in the
premises. .
The Moore-Marbourg Murder
Trial
TBJC TXBOICT A WAT FHOM HOME.
From the Phila. Sunday Mercury.
By reference to" our report of the Mar-bourg-Moore
trial, it wiil be seen that the
jury havejeturned their verdict that of
murder in the second degree. The ver
dict a singular one creates a deal of
surprise. If Moore was deemed guilty,
then the verdict should have been for the
full offence. This miserable half apology
will not satisfy the public. The trial, so
far as- we witnessed it, was a inockery.
The spectators were more anxious to hear
the charge of the Presiding Judge than
they were to listen to the evidence. We
eay the Presiding Judge, as we feel no
hesitancy in saying that the associates
were not in sympathy with his views. We
wish to express our contempt here for
those who eneeringly threw ridicule upon
the charges of Judges Allison and Craw
ford in similar cases. Verily professional
courtesy should have restrained the Judge.
As for the individual on the Common
wealth, who manufactured or originated
the insinuations we have named, we feel
only pity.. . The individual's conceit was
mock heroic and amazingly funny. The
ruling idea in the minds of the Common
wealth's counsel was a veneration for the
English law, which was simply a piece of
toadyism to the known views or hobby of
the Judge. The idea of the counsel for
the Commonwealth appealing to the Judge
to restrain the defendant's counsel while
addressing the jury, was a piece of pre
sumption we never saw exercised save in
Cambria county. Mr. Johnston, one of
the counsel for the defence, expressed bis
surprise at the latter proceeding, but not
so with the Court. The reports of it we
have published have excited nothing bat
surprise, and that of to-day will be read
with still greater surprise and indignation.
Of one fact we feel certain, and that is,
the jury neither knew their duties," posi
tion or rights. They acted as puppets,
bowing o'beisance to the mandates of the
Court. They should feel ashamed of
their manhood. No doubt they.are. They
were told there was an increase of crime,
directly chargeable to the Sickles' verdict.
This was an assertion as basely false as it
was malignant, J. hat, coupled with tne
Smith and Shurlock verdicts, has done
more to prevent iniquity and suppress
rape than any verdict ever recorded.
e always thought tne duties oi a
Judge was to hear the evidence, define it
and the law. But it appears we were
wrong. The jury are only such in name
and law ; not distinguishing the offence,
they render such a verdict as the Court
orders and commands.
Hoary-headed, lecherous villains like
Marbourg, have full sway given their
lustful propensities. Soldiers, in camp
and hospital, may well tremble for the
sanctity of their household. Glad and
full permission is given by this verdict to
the wealthy, lecherous-eyed nabob, like
Marbourg, to ravish the wife and daugh
ters of the absent soldier.- When indeed
the soldier takes the only remedy given
mm, a jury no, not a jury, Dut a com-
panv of acquiescing, knee-bowing slaves
return a verdict of guilty of Murder.
We learn that Judge and jury express a
hope that the Governor will pardon Moore.
We hope the Supreme Court will set
aside the verdict, and in the interim let
us feel thankful that we have no such
juries; and though wiseacres decry our
Judges, they are at least merciful, which
is a component unknown to those serving
in poor Moore's trial. Their decisions
have received the approval of their fellow
citizens, their own consciences, and of the
civilized world. This is-more than we
can say of Cambria's J ustices.
Mr. Robert L. Johnston, forthedefenccj
conducted it with signal ability. He
brought his vast abilities to his support in
this case, conducted it manly,' and openly;
squarely aud justly the blame does not
lay with him. His conscience will bear
him witness that he did all that could
be expected, or was possible forjnan to
do. He exhausted the law in search of
citation, and when it was possible to ben
efit his client by precedent, the Judge
overruled him. Such is the brief history
of this remarkable trial, but more remar
kable verdict.
om the Harrisburg Telegraph.
t but regard this verdict
as
, v e cannw
1
that we condemn the
wnoiesome, not -band caused by the
indignation of the hu. ffaat wo seek to
infidelity of his wife, or . "-?uated para
palliate Ihe crime of the assa&s. - jaw
mour. But the considerations v ge
and justice aro of a character whicO -
higer than the mere vindication, on hi
own responsibility, ef an individual'3 wrongs.
Whatever such wrongs may be, we care
not how they may affect a sufferer, there
is power and influence in tbe law to right
a man. lie who goes beyond this, to
right himself, becomes an offender and a
criminal, equally dangerous in the com
munity with the unscrupulous libertine.
Added to these facts: the practice of hus
bands shooting the seducers of their wives
has become a sort of heroism which mor
bid men deemed popular. ' Those who
have engaged in it, after having imbrued
their hands in the blood of their fellows,
thought it right and respectable to take
back to their bosoms the wives who had
forfeited all love and all confidence.
More than once have communities been
horrified and disgusted by such transac
tions ; and doubtless if the assassin to whom
we now allude naa ocen acquitted, the
first one to receive hia caresses after his
release would have been his faithless wife.
Hence we cannot but applaud the action
of the Court and jury in convicting' this
man of murder in the second degree. It
was due to the majesty and force of the
law. It" was necessary to the safety of
human life. All the faithless wives that
ever lived, are not worth the hazard of a
human soul ; the risk of. hell, in imbruing
men's hands iu; the life of a fellow being.
And when this romance oi shooting is
thus ended by similar calm and impartial
verdicts, we have a notion that women
will.be more virtuous, husbands less given
to blood, and paramours less reckless.
Tlie Campaign Before Us.
When our civil war commenced in
earnest, the rebellion was in practical,
substantial command of the resources of
the slave States. Missouri had more men
fighting for it than Alabama and Florida
together : Kentucky covered her weakest
frontier for hundreds of miles by her
neutrality! and sent quite H number of
regiments to the Secession armies before
she gave one to those of the Union.
New Orleans was """ commercial aud
moneyed metropolis ;wurfolk, Nashville,
Memphis, Vicksburg, Natchez, Knoxville,
Little Bock, &c, were its inland forts,
manufactories, and recruiting stations.
Tbe entire resources of over ten millions
of people, of whom nearly seven millions
were free whites, were at its command;
while the three millions and over of slaves
were the docile unquestioning instruments
of its will. Why sJiould they have dared
or suffered, hoped or prayed, for the
success of tne Union ? The Union did
rpothing, and proposed to do nothing for
them; while the proclamations and orders
of M'Clellan, Patterson, Halleck, Sherman,
&c, told them that we expected nothing,
I wanted nothing at their hands, and would
uui permit mem 10 aia us. xo "crusn
with an iron hand" any attempt on their
part to throw off the yoke of their rebel
masters was.M'CIellan's threat; and no
one can doubt that he would at least have
tried to be as bad as his word.
We are near the end of the third year
oi the war ; and a new and vigorous cam
paign is about to open. What does it
promise ?. In how far does the experience
of the past warrant the hope of success in
the immediate future ? We answer.
I. No man can now say that we have
made no progress. Of the region claimed
as belonging to the Southern Confederacy,
we firmly hold West Virginia, Kentucky,
nearly all of Tennessee, Missouri, most cf
Arkansas, more than half of Louisana,
good pare of Mississippi, with portions of
old V lrginia, North Carolina, South Caro
lina, Uorida, Texas, most of the Indian
Territory, New Mexico and Arizona.
Nearly half the white population claim
ea as Dciongmg to tne uoniederacy are
this day under the Federal flag, and no
longer subject to conscription to fill the
rebel armies. Our gains within the past
vear more than half overthrow the Con
federacy as it s'topd when the Proclamation
of Freedom was issued. Give us one
more year's work so effective as the last,
and the Confederacy will be prostrate.
II. The slaves,. at first a powerful ele
ment of strength to the llebellion, are so
no longer. They now know that the
Union means feedom, and they are uneasy,
excited, anxious, vigilant, and insubordin
ate. It no longer answers, as it once did,
to leave three or four hundred of them in
the care of a single overseer. They take
to our lines and our marching columns
exactly as a duck takes to water. The
falsehoods that once repelled them keep
th'em back no-longer. The ltebels dare
not arm because'they cannot trust them.
They work fitfully and need sharp watch
ing. As a whole, they have gradually,
and all but entirely ceased to be an ele
ment of strength to the Confederacy. '
IIL There remain then, but the white3
of the disloyal region to overcome ;: and
their total number, less the fearful war
losses by disease and wounds since the
Rebellion broke out, are very nearly as
follows :
Alabama,
.500,000
100,000
0,000
600,000
S. Carolina, 300,000
Tennessee, 100,000
Texas, 400,000
Virginia, 800,000
Md. & Ky. say 150,000
Arkansas,
Floridaj
Georgia,
Louisiana,
200,000
280,000
"Mississippi
North Carlina, 500,000
Total. 4,000,000
Such is, according to the census of 1860,
the white population, so nearly as may be.
of the entire area this day held by the
rebels ; and it does not exceed the popula
tion of the single State of New York.
Out oi this population, it is barely possi
ble that the rebels, by their merciless and
sweeping conscription, can have 400,000
men on their muster rolls ; but this must
include nearly every white male capable
of bearing arms, including those employed
in Government foundries, manufactories
of ammunition, operators of railroads, &c,
(i.e It the rebels can actually put 300,
nnri nei" into the field thev caQ do what
w foaf millions ever did on earth,
no other ou . vi? v
after three ysars of lood exbauatIDS
WaWe believe three hu jdreu thousand to
be this day the extreme Jimit nf
effective, fighting force. And t xtno
that they are now.at the end of their ciiitn.
As a thousand fall, or are disabled by
wounds or disease, thcro are no more to
take their places.
Believing at we 'see evidence that
gome of 6ur past errors are to be avoided,
and that energy ,concentrationand skill
ful generalship arc to signalize the cam
paign about to o7en, we exhort every
patriot to regard tht future of our country
with hope and cheerfu.l trust.
8, Hoc. Owen Lovcjoy member of
Congress from Illinois, died Brooklyn,
N. Y., on last Friday night, la Jhis death,
the country has lost a faithful patriot, and
an honest man. ,
Tbe Real and the Counterfeit.
There is a real and a counterfeit view
of affairs in the South, says the Pittsburg
Commercial. The real is obtained from
the private letters which, though not
written for publication and ail the more
reliable for that reason nevertheless are
an unreserved representation of the true
state of the case. The letters of a domes
tic character, which occasionally reach the
public, are the best reflex of the internal
condition of the South, and the real feel
ing of the people. Many such were taken
during Sherman's recent expedition into
the heart of the Confederacy. . There is
in them a remarkable similarity tf tone
and language the tone and language of
long suffering, despondency and hopeless
ness. w They contain the universal confes
sion of the complete disruption of the
once happy state of things ; of the cost
liness and scarcity of everything; of tho
loss of dear friends and relatives ; of tho
grinding hardships imposed ; and, last
and worst, the rigors and merciless cruel
ty of conscription. These are the heart
felt confessions of wives to their husbands,
of fathers to their sons all going to show
what is the real temper and condition of
the Southern people.
There is another claES of letters, con
firmatory of all this, which in some
respects constitute a higher class of evi
dence. , We allude to those written by
men of public standing, frequently hold
ing important positions, therefore well
acquainted with the real state of the case
in official and influential circles. Of this
class is, for instance, the letter of a mem
ber of the Confederate Congress, in which
is disclosed the fact that the final struggle
is at hand; and the ' slender thread on
which hangs the only hope of tho rebel
lion, that this and that portion of the
South is "eaten out ;" that in North
Carolina and elsewhere defection exists of
an alarming character; and that, while
there remains nowhere a real bright spot,
gloom and discouragement is the ruling
condition. v
This is the real : the counterfeit is to be
found in the rebel newspapers, and in the
speeches ot the leaders. jSo man ever
yet undertook to play the fftlse part with
out over-acting ajid thereby betraying
himself as a counterfeit. In the swagger,
the inflated tone, tho general unnatural
ness of the attitude of defiance, and the
downright falsehoods of the Southern
press and leaders, these are too manifest
to deceive any one. From the outset of
the rebellion, the sagacious man has never
doubted that the time would come when
there would be nothing left of it but the
desperation of the leaders and the absolute
tyranny with which they would exercise
the usurped power. That time has come.
The leaders know well enough that for
them there is nothing left, and that.it will
be no worse for them to keep on fighting
again&t hope than to yield and bo thrown
on the fate which would overtake them.
For them there is no future in which they
can perceive anything to be ffesired in
preference to the desperate chances of
continuing the contest. The desperado,
pursued and outrun, will fight, and fight
hardest, when all hopo is gono and he
knows that his moments are numbered.
To yield would be only to exchange the
form of his end not to avert it. That
ho fights and still deals heavy blows',
argues neither the hope nor the ability to
escape his fate it only insures the abso
lute certainty of it.
So it is now, in a large degrea, with the
leaders of the rebellion. They may de
lude some of their followers into the belief
that there is yet a chance to overcome the
Federal Government. They may think,
even, that their attitude of defiance, and
their falsehoods, may have some effect on
the North ; and that by gathering all the
muscle and blood, and every resource
remaining in the South, for another effort,
they may protract tho struggle. It is
within the range of possibility that this
last they may do. But that they can
cause the people of the North to relinquish
the purpose on which they arc now re
solved, to fight tlie tear through to the end,
there is no more possibility than that they
can translate themselves at will to the
regions of the blest.
Bgk,The Jakey sheet up-street preteuds
to have discovered that the administration
at Washington has under its special care
and protection a scheme to compel
the daughters of the "citizens of the
North" to marry buck niggers. The
editor of the Jakey is so much negrofied
as to be utterly .unable to pronounce the
Pre-rident's name other than "Massa
Lincum" -for proof consult his paper for
months back. The question, therefore,
arises, will the provisions of the "scheme"
include such American citizens of African
descent as the aforesaid editor? If so.
we sincerely pity the "daughters," for one
of them will surely be just so unlucky as
-raw, in this compulsory lottery matri-
mj-iial, t13 Bamc IlbeI on humanity this
social excresceuf e this thing hooted at
and soorned tllis cmoin pest and
nuisance this bached ei-tor, James
Snipe Todd !
6rB. L. Johnston, Esq., of cns- j
burg, and lucuara V aus, oi rmiaaeipnia,
have been chosen electors at large on the
Democratic Electoral ticket of iulS State.
SrMr. Pershing, representative from
Cambria, has introduced into the State
Legislature a bill increasing the pay of
jurors and witnesses.
Communication.
Obey God Rather than Man,
God has pronounced wo against the 1"
makers, because thej obey man rather th"
God. Adam's crime may appear small h"1
it was very great, because he broke G0r '
command. God cursed the groncd for t
crime. God has pronounced murder
adultery to be alike, in that lie has pronou
ced death as tbe penalty.in both cases -lie
has never modified the punishent r
adultery, no more than He has modified th
of murder. Then we ask, why have the 1
makers modified it? It appears they con-Z
er sodomy to be a greater crime than adli
tery, which destroys the peace of a family
not much 6hort of murdering it ! The la
of the lani ought to correspond with thel'
of God. He has given us His laws in th
Scriptures. It is- no use to Bay that law
the Jewish law, for it is for the EQvernmfn!
of mankiud. It is true part of it was' for th
Jews, but only till the Messiah should come9
When He came, His office was to forgive th
penitent. "When the woman taken in the ct
of adultery was brought into the temple H
said to her, ''Go and sin no more." But jf
she did not-repent, but still went oa breakin?
God's command, this forgiveness was to b
noli and void. God has many ways of p.
iihing the nations besides by fire and brhnl
stone, as he punished Sodom, namelr hi
flood, dearth, pestilence, wars, Ac. He saii
that Xebuchadnezzer was His servant to pun.
ish the nations because they trttns-resd
His laws. Therefore, we are in dutybound
to say to our law-makers make the laws of
the land correspond with the law of God to
conform with tie Scriptures, for therein onW
ia God's law to be found. It is easy to dis
tinguish those laws which refer to the Jew
alone. In the New Testament:, the adulterer
and the murderer are ranked side by eide
where it is said the murderer and the adull
terer shall not inherit tbe kingdom of beaten
but shall be cast into hell. Yi'hat does a rich
man, having not the fear of God before his
eyes, care of paying $500 fine and undergoiii"
a few months imprisonment! the punish
ment for adultery. 'We say again, let our
law-makers make the law of the land against
adultery correspond with the law of God
Failing t do so, God saith ye have not Uii
fear before your eyes.
STEPHEN LLOYD.
Ebessblrg, March 28, 1B64.
Newspapers endorsing the foregoing
sentiments are requested to copy.
Circular. By request of the State
Superintendent of Common Schools, wo
insert the following :
circular. ,
Questions Ittrpeding the Edication of InJiytni,
Children made Orphans by the tear, to it
answered by Secretaries of School Boards.
The Governor, in his annual message,
urges upon the Legislature the claimi ot
"the poor orphans of our soldiers, whu
have given or shall give their lives to
their country in this crisis' and expresses
the opinion, "that their nsaintainancc and
education should be provide! for by the
State." Of tbe justice of this claim no'
one for an instant can doubt. Thefirststep
toward carrying out this humane suggestion
of hi3 Excellency, is to ascertain the num
ber of such children in the State.
lti is can best be accomplished by tne
officers of the school boards, in the several
counties and citiss. -It will be an act cf
benevolence th'at will result in good U
those who have been made widows and
orphans by the war. You are, therefore,
requested to forward to this Department,
answers to the following questions, viz:
1st. What is the number of indigent
children in your school district, whose
fathers have beea killed, or who hivo
died in the military or naval service of the
United States ?
2d. Are there any institutions of learn
ing in your county, that will undertake to
provide for the maintainancc and educa
tion of a number of said orphans if securi-
ftt rA fviirnn thttf All TAtctAn ohlA AwAr3a
shall be paid by the State ?
3d. If there are any such schools, hoir
many children will each take 'i
It is highly important that this circular,
with te questions answered, be ic turned
promptly by the fifteenth of April, if
possible. This Department cannot too
strongly urge upon the officers herein
addressed, the necessity of prompt action
in this matter. They may thereby bring
joy to mmy.a sorrow-stricken, desimuo
family. Charles R. Coburn,
Superintendent of Common Schools.
A telegram from Harrisborg gire
the gratifying information that an invest
igation of the official figures discloses the
fact that when credit is given to Pennsjl
vania for enlistments in tbe regular and
marine 'service and the navy, her quota
under the call for 500,000 men will be
nearly if not quite full. The statement
published a few days since that the defi
ciency of PelTnsylvauia was 74,000 men is
incorrect, that being the entire number of
men due from the State under all the call?,
allowing no credit for veteran volunteers
and new recruits since January 31st,-
Governor Curtin has despatched hi mili
tary secretary to Washington to prepay
an official correction of the misstatement
which has done much to discourage tha
people and retard recruiting
'6'
1 CP
DISSOLUTION.
The partnership heretofore exUtiDJ
between the undersigned, Lumber Dca!er
doing business at 223 & 231 North Broad st
Philadelphia, under the title of E. J- B:
Davis, has this day been dissolved by mutol
consent. The business of the firm wi
settled in Ebensburg, by E. "W. Davis, nd 18
Philadelphia by J. II. Davis.
E. W. DA wd,
' J. H. DAVIS.
The business will be continued tto
same stand by James II. Davis.
Iarch 31, 1864.-3V
INSUlv ANCE AGENCY.
James-Purse, gcnt for the Blair coanty
and Lycoming- Mutual Fire Insurance Com
panies, Johnstown, Fa: ... .j.,..
fi- Will attend promptly o making inia
rnce in any part of Cambria county upO
application hr letter or in person.