I LI Terms; ‘ Tb. Coxrnn in published every Monday Earning. by Hunt J. Snug. “$2 00 per Lnnum if pdd strictly in AbVAICI-42 50‘ per “mum if not. paid in advance. No bescrlption discontinnqd, unless M the option of the publisher, imtil-all arrange. “° W" A it. ' ‘ Anvnnnnx-n lnsc at t uul mm. Jot Puxrixa d’onp with neatneu and displtch- » ‘ ‘ V Omen in South Baltimore streetynesrly .ppbsito anplers’ winning Fatabflahment _ V» prnnaniN-rma Orucn" on the 5i . PRM‘ESSMEAL QARBSS D. McConaughy, TTORNEY AT LAW, (office one docu- west of Buehler’s drug and book stare,Chum ersburg "teem A'r'ronxn um Soucn'on to! I’M-urn no Psnsxoxa. Bou‘ngy Land Wu nnts, Back-pay suspended 611 mm, Ind ll“ other claims against. theéGoyetfi'fiwnt “Wash fig'on, D. 0.; MsoAmJaricny (gum. in Engl‘nnd. Land Warrantslocmed and s Id,or bonght,and highest prices given. Agenlsgengnged in 10- cstiniflwnrmnta in lowa, llinoia and other weate Staten .fi‘Apply lo him personally or by letter. , Gehylbnrg, Nov. 21, ’53. ’ ' ~A. J. Cover, 3‘ . TTORNEY AT LAWJHLpromptly attend A m Collections and all othu bniinesa en trusted to him. Office between Fnhneatocks’ sud Danna: Jt‘Zieglor'a Stores. Baltimowstreet Gettysburg, Pa. ‘ [Sept._s‘, 1859. Edward B. Buehler, 7101 mm AT LAW, will,!aith!ufly and A promptly uttcnd to a" busi’neanntrusted to him. ;He speaks the German language.— Oflice st the nme place, in South Baltimore Itreet, near Forney’s drug store, Ind nearly oppos‘te Dunner & Ziegler’a Itorc. . Gettysburg, March 20. J. C. Neely, TTOBNEY AT LAW.-—-Pnrticnlwr alien‘- A tionV paid to pollectiou 'of Pensions, ounLy, and Bnyk-pay. Otficekin the S. E.’ corner of the Diamond. K Gettysburg, ApciL 6, 1863. if \ . Wm. A; Duncan, K V TTOTQEY AT LA W.—mfice ig‘flle North mast cot/nex- of Centre Square, Gettysburg, 31’: ' ' ' [Uct‘253,1859. tf Dr. J. W. C. O’Neal’s FFICE and Dwelling. N, E. corner of Bul timnrc and Hugh succumb-ru- Presbyterian ()hu rth, Gettysburg, Pun wow. so, 1863. u“ . ~ ..x / - “ vA v —’-—~4‘ _ Dr. D: S."Pefi'er, . BBOTTSTOWN, Adams cnumy, continues A the pnlrliue of hi: profession in all in; branches. and would 'rcapoclfully iflfiitc nll persons ngfllictwl mu: an) old standing dis eases to cull'nnd consu'll. lnm. , on. 3, “up. u’ g...» X v ~- .- $l.. ._. #— J. ALawrence Hlll, M. 'D. AS his-,omre one ‘3 ii door was; onhe 9‘ M3llB. Lutheran aimrch in _ , Chumbershfi'g street. nnd opposite Picking’s atore,‘wh 're:£}|osc wishing to have any Dental Opern'ion pédorrhcd are respectfully invited to‘ can. “mutual-:3. hrs. Hmner,’ Rev. C. I‘. Hr. nth. IV. 1)., llnv. n. L. Bzuxglmert D., Rév. Pxof. )l. .hcahs, froth]. L.Stwvcr. .4... (neflyslmrg, Ayn] 1y1,'53. Adams County UTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY.-: Incorporated Marci] 18, ,1851. ‘ OPPICERB Prtxidlnl—fieorge Swope. ' '_ 53“):er I‘rrsz'rlmt—S. R. Russell ' Sv'crrlvlry/an. A. Hpoi‘ivr. ‘. z Trenmrcr—Llhviti .\i'Grc‘nry. . . ' i Hutu/Ive Goumnln—Rdi'rfirt McCurdy, Jacob , King, \n'iro'w Hoinlm-Imnn. “ ‘ ' i .illum‘r/rri-erhorqe Swnpc, D. A: But-MM, R‘.‘ i M'Uurlly, J‘vmh King, .\.’H(‘intzr*lumn,‘ DrSic- ‘ Urutry, S. R. .Ruwii, J. R. dersh, Samuel i Durhnmw‘, E. G. Fnhucatnck, Wm. B. Wihon, ', [li .\-. Picking,, \Vm; Hr. \IcC-lellnn, John W.ol-“ lord. n. (LL Vii-,CnI-ziry. John Picking, Ahel'l‘. “Wight, John Cunningiilm, Airdiel E. Gilt, Jame: H. \[girsiL-iliY .\l. Eirluflberger. 5' i ml‘his Company is limiiedjri its ome lions to theficouuty'of .\dnms. It. [ms been in ‘ succesafni Q'pemtiqn for more than six years, ‘ and in thin. fperiod has Inlilirll‘ll losses and ex penses,wilhogiyng:usmmmt,lmvingnlso aim-gs i surplus cnpitul'in‘tlie Trensfry. TlieiConi- ‘ {any-:glnplays n 9 Agbnts—nli businesslieing done by thveaungen, Mm are annually elebi- { ‘ed by the Stnl'liholdcrs.’ Any persdn desiring - nn‘lusumnce cxtn'nppiy to nnyiof the abovoi unme‘d Managers for iiihiierinfomalion. i . @The Executive Comm ttee’mcers at the . office of the Company on the last Wédnesdny in every mgnth, at, Z, P. AI. 5ept.27,"185.‘1.. , , . . , . Removals. _ HE mglersignodseingum authorized person T to make removals inp Ex'etgh-eeu Cemeu tory, hopes ghat. suchjis contemplate the removal ofthe remains 'of deceased, relatives or friends will avail themselves of thig’seneon oftheyenr to have i}. dong‘g’. ker‘uovals made with promptness .._terms 19d, and no effurt spared to plane. ~ ’ PETER THORN', Keeper of the Cemetery. March 1z,"60 The Great Dlscovery g F THE AGE—lnflammatory and Chronic- O Rheumatism can be cur‘ed by \‘i‘ng H. L. MILLER’S CELEBRATE!) RHEUMA JG MIX TURE. Many, prominent citizens of this, up the adjoining counties, have testified to its great ntilitfr. Resumes: in Rheumatic ufl'cc t‘mns, has been hitherto unparalleled by any specifiC, introduced to the“ public. Price 50 cents per bottle. . For sale by all druggists sud storekcepers. Prepared only By B. L. MILLER, Wholesale and Retail. Druggist, East Berlin, Adams county, Pan, dealer in“Drngs, Chemicals, Oils, Varnish, Spirits, Paints, Dye-stuffs, bot: sledt Oils, Essences and Tinctures, Window Glass, Perfumery, Betent Medicines, kci, he. m. D. Buehler is the Agent in Gettys- Eurg for “ B. L. Miller’s Celebrated Rheumatic Mixture." , [line 3, test. :1 ~ The Gropery Store \ N THE HILL—The undersigned would 0; respectfully inform the citizens of Getty;- burg and Vicinity, that he has taken the old Bland “ on‘the Hill," in Baltimore street, Get tysburg, where he intends to keep constantly on hand all kinds of %ROCERIES—-Sugnrs, Dofl‘ees, Syrups of all 'nds, Tobacco, Fish, 831:, '&c., Earthenware of all kinds, Fruits, Oils, and in fact everything usually found but Grocery. Also, FLOUR «it FEED of all kmds’; all of which he intends to sell low as'thé low est. Goulin'y produce taken in exchange for goods and the highest price given. Hesflxtters' himself that, by strict attention and an honesti desire to please, to merit a share of public pa tronage. TRY Hut. 3 J. M. ROWE. f ’Feb. 23, 1863. if ‘4‘ - \ ‘Gram and“ Prpduce. ' . AYIHG taken the largetand commodious H Warehouse recently oecupied.by Frank! Hersthsq" _ ' 1N fiEW Q§FORD, we no prepared to [my 0 highest prices for all kinds 0f PRODUCE. Also, sell at {be low; est prices, LUMBER, COAL and. GROCRRIES, of every description. J... ‘ , A. P. MYERS .WXERXAN. ' New Oxford, Aug. i0,1863.‘ u’ ‘ Young Men - , ND OLD MEN, do not snow your not“; [A and your wives 'to wear out ‘bqir precious ives over the old Wash—tub longer, but like "no men and benefilctorsupresgnt fithem with an EXCEL SIOB WASHER, 9nd instead of frowns and cross words on wash days, depedd upon it, cheerful face: will graet you. TYSON BROTHERS, Gettysburg, PA. pee. 15:353.? _ . . . Corn Wanted. ‘~ . OR.“ IN THE EAR mulled alt bnr‘Jnre- Q ban”. for which the highest. market price wilbeg‘nid. _ lit-Gunny a 913 m.“ Yum?) awry, April 18, 1863. , 3 SI By 113 J. STABLE. 47th Year- . , g Public Sale ' F VALUABLE PERSONAL PROPERTY. Q —.—On THURSDAY, the mu: dsy of FEB ;R ARY, 1865, the subscribers, intending to ‘ remove East, will sell htpublic sale, at their 1 regidencngFreedom township, Adums coun ty, near the road lending,r from Gettysburg to Emmilsburg, about half a mile.lrom Green ~mount" Post Olfice, the following personal property, vls: ‘ , z QOLTS, (1 three years old and 1 two years old,g‘4 Milch Cows, 1 head of Young Cattle, 22 end of fine Sheep, 2 good Shouts, One horse .ngon with bed, Carriage and Hnrhcss, Hay Carriage, Rail Carriage, Manny’s Reaper and flower, 2 Bleighs shd Bells,e~first-rate Cumberland Grain Fan, (new?) 4%r-shear Ploughs, tv'vo‘nearly new, a oub ewhovel Ploughs, 2 single Shovel Ploughs, 2 Hsrrows, 3 Cultivators, Qorn Goverer, Three-horse-trce, Double and Single-trees, Spreaders, 3 set of good _ngon Gears, Collars sud Bridles, Wheelbarrow, Grindstone. 2 set Dung Bonrdl, lot of Ground Plaster; Work Bench and Vice, Mnttocks, Shovels, Forks, Rakes, Revolv'ing illorse Rake, 1 set Sle‘d Runner's} 2 Scythe: and Snnths, 2 Grain Cradles; lot of Carpenter Too "May by the ton, Corn Fodder by the bumlile, Potftoes and Thrnips by the bushel, Soup of Bees.‘ Also, Household and Kitchen Furniturefiait: ,7 l} dsteads, large (Lee of Drawers, lflesk End 1530‘ Case, Cupboard, 5 Tables, 4 sets Chnlrs, 4 llockipg Chairs, Rock ing Cradle, Wood Chest, zlhour Clock, Look ing Glasses; Quee’nsw'ure, Tin-ware, Crockery wnre, 2 Cook Slovesqaud Pipe, Ten-plate Stove and Pipe, Pots,'Pnns, Tubs, Churn, Iron Ket tl_e‘, Boxes, Barrels, Benches, Meat Vessels Pot lint-ks, Peach-butter, Books, Straight-cut éifle, Axes, and n great mimy other Articles, -too liumernus to menuon; mSak to coinmence nt 9 o'clock, A. BL, on s'nid «my, when attendance will be given and terms made known by : ‘ J. 8. WILSON, , ~ _ . J. W. BROWN. ‘ Reuben Golden, Auctiop'ber. .Jnu. 30, 1865. ts Executor’s Sale I F PERSONAL PROPERTY—On THURS -0 DAY, m. 13:11 day of FEBRUARY next, the subsc’rilydr, .xeculor of Samuel Harman, dqcmsedh will sell at qulic Sale, at the-lnl'e residencg of said deéedent, in Striban town ship, fAdnms ' county, rthe following personal properly, viz: ‘ ~ , 2 FINE HROOD MAKES, 2 Colts, (1 three years old land the other two years 0111,) 1 Bull. Three-horse Wagon, (as good as new) Wagon Bed, n Wagon ior one or :wo horses, Carriage and ilnrhcss.‘Sleigh and Bells, Ploughs, Eer-‘ rows, Single .encl Double Shovel Ploughs, Cbrn Forks, large pultivntor, Land Roller, Bey Carriages, Threshing Machine, Grain Fen, Quuing Box, 2 sets of Breechbnnds, 2 sets of Front Gehrsfl. Saddles, (one as good as new,) Check Lines. Collars, .Bridles,H>nllors, Jack screw, Log Chains, Butt (liming/Breast Chains, Cow Qliuins, Single and Double-trees, Three horse-tree. Spreaders, Crowburs, Grindstone, (imin and Clover Craclles, Shovels, Perks, linkes, Maul; hid Wedges; lot. of Carpenter Tools; with Household and Kitchen Furniture, such as Comer cupboard, Kitchen C/upbomd, Clock nod Case, Bedsteads, Wool Wheel, and a great. many other m’ticlcs,too'numerons to mention. “SM! 3983 M to commence ’m , o’cl- A, ‘_', on said gay, when attendance will be gii'en and terms made known by | ' “ ISAAC F. BRINKERHOFF, Jnn. 23, 1852 ts Executor.& A Auctxoneermg. . 3 ICHARD 'l‘nnumn, ofStmban townshi‘ , A'dams county, PL, has comm‘enpgg bALE CRYING, and will be happy to attend to: all calls that may be made. He will do his best. to render satisfizctioh in all cases, and will be \mode‘lfn‘te in his charggs. Thankful 'fur the patronage already h‘esjgwed upon him, he asks thut the public generaliy give him A trial. ’1 . 80m. 26. Sui ‘ ‘ :Eresh Annual '1“ WINTEIR GOODS AT A. SCOTT .- ‘EON’S.—~We invite the nttentim of buf ers t Jour stock of Winter Goods, whieh Trill be sold cheny, consisting of '7‘ \ " LADIES‘ DRESS GOODS, Shawls, Cloaking Gloths, eta, etc. For Men’s and Boy-3' wear we fiave Cloths, Cusimefea, Coatings, Vestings, with a variety of Cotton sdes, &C., &c. ‘Call and see. , ‘ NOV. 28,1864. ' .A. SWTT & SON. Join L.«Holtzwr;rth, N "addfition to his Bogt and Shoe Store, h: : ' eggnged the 'séryhes “of an- exp_erience Shoemaker, and islnow prepared to manufnc tux-é wqu 11) order and to attend to all kinds 70f repairing promptly. [Jam 2, 1865. ‘ , New Bakery ! 2 : EWPOET t. ZIEG'L‘ER, Mechanical Bak- N.’ers, South Washingmu street, halt aqua ~ from the Eagle Hotel, GETTYSBURG, Pa. Cdné‘nntl .on hand, lye best of BREAD, CIIACKEiS, CAKES, .RRETZELS, 35c. Per' sons wishing freah,Bx-ead will be sen-ad even-5.7] morning. by leanng their name! and residences. at the Bakery. Every efl‘ort made to pleaseé Give us ”all! [April 20, ’63. cf 1 Lands! Lands! ' APT. H. CHRITZMAN, havingjnst return-l ed from strip v. 6 tlie West and all thaw LAND region: ln God’s great lébyrinth, 114 would inform the citizens of Gettylburg and; its vicinity, that. he is prepared, not only to ‘ 03¢: 01:. LANDS, but LANDS OF EVERY‘ DESCRIPTION” Pergpna visiting Harrisburg 3 would do well to call, as he will furnish all mf- ; formation. H. CHRITZMAN., ‘ ‘ Jan. 2, 1865. tf. .' ~ H Howard Assoclatlon, 1 ’ HIL‘ADELPHIA, PA.— Diseases of the Nervous, Seminal, qunry and Sexual Systems—new and reliable treatment—in re:- porLg of the HOWARD ASSOCIATION—seut .by line“ in sealed leper envelopes, free of ehnrge. Address, Dr.J. SKILLIN HOUGHé 'l'QN,;Howm-d Association, N 0.3 Santh Ninth “Mt. Philadelphigl’n. .. i 8, 1864. 1y 2 , ‘ , Battle-field Vl6“. 1 FULL awof our Photographic View: 0} ‘ , the Battle-field o’LGenyaburg form t, Plendid (in for the Holidays. Th 9 finest yet pdbliahed can beseen anhe Excelsior Gallery; ‘7 .‘TYSON BROTHERS, Ge‘ltysbnrz.‘ ' XCELSIOR l L j ‘ EXCEPSIOR ; - , . - A ExcsLsmmg; Tie Excelsior Washing Machme is Hie he's; in #e World. Call and exummc it at once T—f OCA at. the Excelsior Sky-light Gallery. { TYSON BROTHERS. MBACTING ATTENTlON—Thesuperio‘r AflPlc‘turen taken, at “UMPEB’S ,SKE mu T_6ALLE’RY, on West Middle 51., a nun-suing pniverul inelziou. Good judgeh pronounce them superior to any ever taken ”1 this place. Call and examine fol-'yOmselws'.‘E “Jan. 16,1866. ‘ k IGKINQ has the finest monmgnt‘of Sprin Pmg Sum-m- Glolhing in town. ’ ' SAGO, ~lsl-four Root, Corn Burch, Rice-flu w " mg; Gel-Min, for sale as DnaBOBNEBH Drug yon. _ - " A _ ‘ A D H A GRAND on) Donal. ‘ ‘ Who shill jndp I m'lmm mun 1’ 1 Who shall know him by hi: dnu‘! ; Pmpon my be M (or prim, ‘ . frinéu‘l In for numbing lan. { Crumplod shirt And dirtlllfl't , ‘ ~ In, boelotho the golden on ‘ 0! tbs du light: Ind (091 th ‘ Elfin do no mom. ' - ; Than upswing: n! cum] ”on! Ever walling an: of mm; Then in pnrplo bud: lad golden, Bud", cracked, and ovum-urn; ‘ God, who mm- by null, 'not arc-u, 1' Lou: And fimpen you and mo, } - wun. 11'".qu lhronu m. high-t ‘ 1 Bay. u 110 be. in m 111. ‘ ; Han, «pulled Above his hum, § 1 On target: bil'lellm than, ‘s' Intern, rulers, lordl, numb-r , l . Thu your mm M a. man. L Men by labor, mby rmV H Men by Magnum] nun by“, ‘ Chiming equal right: «a nun-hm, l / II: n man's cumming mun. ‘ } Thorn no (can engbroidand nee-u, ‘ ' I'an an lmla weodfclnd rim, _ - Thu-e m (ethic, inch high nplln'l, Than m cegm on the hill}; God, who coun- by not", in! static”, Lou: Ind prdopen you and I'll; A ' For to film I" vain diluncliom ] .. Are u pebblal in tye In. |1 Toiling mm. mm m builder! ‘ or n mtibn‘a wealth or rum; 1 Imm Imm ;. pemxom, i ha m 1 rm‘opod on the an...) ‘ By the "ea: or Bthan’ fox-chum, } ‘ ' Living only to eroico, } \ When the poor man’} ulngod {tendon 1 V-inly linod up mix“- Truth Invdjanlce are mn‘hg, , no’m with lovelinm .nd hghc, Secret Hung: and! non! prosper; ‘ While men is q Innny right ; God, v-heu world mm mm I slaw; ° . Boundlw lon to you Ind IL, ‘~ Einh emu-union with H: tiniest, , ' ‘A: “I: pebbtefln tho so; ‘ MISGEX,E4Mt. THE CON SCRIPTION LAWS. Latin from the Governor ‘of Pennsylvania to the Sm: The Act of the" 3d of March, 1865, commonly called the , Enrollment Act, provided (section 4) that} for the purposes of the Act, each Congressional Djtrict of the respective Stat 8 sh old, for '3 Dis trict, and-(sec. 11));mt a lpersoni enrolled should be subject to be c Lled into the Mil-l itary Service of the Uni edStates,mud to‘l continue in service duri, g the presentmq bellion, not however ex 'eding the term of" three years, and furtheurl‘j (sec. 12) that in assigning to the Districts the numberof men to be furnished therefrom, the Presi dent shouhl take into consideration the number of Volunteers and‘Militia by and from the several States inwbich said Dis tricts were situated, and theperiod of their service since the commdncement of the re— bellion, and should sodmake said assign- l ments ai to equalize t 6 numbers among l the Districts of the severial States, consider- 1 ing and allowing for the numbers already ‘ furnished as aforesaid and the time of their 1 ‘service. i The time of actual se vice which by this l Act you were directed to consider and al low. for, could not, wi out. impracticable labor, (or indeed at all, be fixed with ex- 1 actitude for each District, but it could easi- l ly have been so approximated by averages ‘ that little if~anypracticaltinjustice would havebeen done. Thelcommencement of the third year of the war was close at hand 1 at the time of the pass'age of the Act. It would not have been difficult to ascertain, i of one thousand mtsm enlisted for three years, what-was the average number that remained actually in the service at the end of the first and second years respectively, and thus the Act could have been substam tially complied with. For instance, sup pose it to have been. found that of one thousand men enlisted for three years, i there remained in the service ._an average\. of forty per cent. at the close 'of the first year, an twenty per cent. at the close of the second year. The result would have been, under the provisions of the Act, that { sixteen hundred one-year’s men would have been taken as therequivalent of one thou sand three years’ men. , Unfortunately the Heads of Bureaus. to whoin the matter seems to have been en trusted, began by falling into a strange misconstruction of the Act. They did in effect strike tram the 12th section the phrases “period of their. service” and "time of their service,” and insert in lieu thereof the phrase “term of their en listment," and then proceeded toapportion credits by multiplying the number of men furnished from a‘district by the number of years for which ohéy were enlisted. Calcu lations made on this basis were of course most extravagant, and the people every where felt that somehow injustice was be in done. In the attempt to soften this, néierous and contradictory ordersahave been issued from the Provost Marshal Gen eral’s Office, and long essays by himself and others have been in vain published to explain and justify their action. In fact, as soon as they get beyond the morally certain limit of the actual service of the man, their calculation has no longer a practical basis. its principle, carried to a legitimate extreme, would Justify the en listment of one man for 50,000 years, and crediting him as the whole quota of the State, with a small excess. l Surely every reasonable man can say for himself whether he has found that getting l one pair of boots for three years is practi cally equivalent to getting three pairs of boots iOr one year. » The visionary character of the system on i which they have proceeded cannot be bet ter illustrated than by the result at which , they have arrived on the present occasion. { The quota of Pennsylvania on this.“ call ‘ was announced to be 66,999 men. 0n the 24th inst., it was announced that thequo: ta of the Western District had, on revrsron, been fixed at 22,543, which would make[ that ol the whole State about 44.000 3 and late on the same day it was further an nounced that the quota of the Western Dis trict was 25,512, and that on the whole State 49,583; all these changes being caus ed by no intervening circumstances that I am aware of. In fact our quota on the last‘csll was filled, and there can be no dc ficiency to be now supplied. ’clock, A}?! tlO * ©©RATH© EAND mmuw J©URNAL GETTYSBURG-J PA., MONDAY, FEB; 1:3, 1865. POETRY. ' President of the I/niled Slam - Exzcr‘mvn Cnunln. “} Hunrsnuxo, 26th Jmunry, 1865. at 1 ' _ JV ’ ;\ r r , my»; ~ Q ‘ / “Ann“ is man" AKILVILI. Puma." Their plitn is unjust to the districts end to the’Gofiernment. It wholly‘ignores the louse of men by deaertiou, sickness, death. end «vanities. The losses from most of these cauges are greater during the first year of se vice t?“ afterwards. A town which hleur-nis ed three thousand men for one year. has robnbly lost three-fifths of them fr n) thong causes before the expi ration of he term. ~Another equal town which has furnished one thousand men for three yea . any before the expiration of that term "hive lost seventeen-twentieth of them. The first town will have thus given sixt zn hundred men to the country '—the :: md but eight hundred and fifty. There is . - equality in this? The exhaus tion of th = industrial population of the two town. is i very unequal proportions. As to the Go ernment—the Government has in the firs cue the actual service. during the whole ear. of fourteenv-lmndred men : in the send case the actual service, if say !our undred men, during the who 3 first year, of probably not more than tw hundred "in/during the whole second year, and any one hundred and ‘fifty men at most d ring the whole third year. Be sides, the amount of servicethat many he required mptly is to be considered, and not mere) the agreed term of service. At ’the late 3 -rm of Fort Fisher; one at. least of the Pia nsylvania one year regiments was engagd, and behaved most gallantly. Who will my that if one-third of their num ber had . :‘n enlisted for fihree year‘s, it would on hat account have been able to Ezrform : : much service as the whole mim r aid in that unsurpassed exploit? But thre ig even more ’se’rious erron than has - -eu above e‘posed. The clause of the act cf 3d March, 1863, under whlch {gr ojfic-rs profess to be acting, has not 1 62 in fw ce since the 24th of February, 8 . ‘ Wheth'e induced thereto by the strange ness of the system which had been adopted under it” qr for whatever reasons, Congress thought ii to pass the act 24th February, 1864, (am led, “An Act to amend the act of 3d Mn , 1863,”) which provides (sec tion 2) tli t the quota of each Ward of a city, town &c., shall be as nearly aspossif ble in pro ortion to the numbe‘r of men resident t erein liable to render military service, ta ing into account as far as prac ticable th number which had been previ ousiy furn shed therefrom. It Thus t a former act was amended by giving cre its, not to districts but to small er localiti . and by omitting the provision for consid ring and allowing for the time of service in estimating credits ; they were directed in future to be giveaas far a; pruc ticable on the basis of the number of men previously furnished, Without reference to the time fservicé. . And thi- was followed up the not of.4th July, 186 . (passed at the same session,)' which‘ pr ides (section 1) that the Presi dent may at his discretion, call for any .number -f -volunteers for the respective terms of me, two and~three years, with bounlies r-gulated according to their term of enlistmnt, and (section 2) that in-case the quota of any town, &c., shall not be filled wit in the s ace of sixty days after such call, hen the gresident shall immedi ately ord r a draft for one year to fill such quota. These re the clauses which now regu llate the s bject. It is not for me or you, sir, to dis use the question of their proprie ty. The are to be obeyed. . It woul be easy to show that they form as reasons is and intelligible system. For merly w 11 calls were made 3f men for military ervic they were mu e~by requi sitionson the governors of the respective States, w o the proceeded to draft the rev quired n mber to fill the quota of the State. In this drpft, men from any State’or locality who had lalglnutarily entered the service of the Uni States, by enlisting in the army or other 'ise, were not taken into account. lflo credi were given for them on the quo ta, any in re than for men who had of their own new engaged themselves in any oth er lawful employment. The system .how ever of ' ing very large bodies of men as voluntem under the act of Congress of , 1861, had; drawn upon the military po uls— tion of th respective States and loca’hties very hea iiy, and not quite equably, and thereto: when the enrollment act of 1863 was pass . it was thought best to provide for equalizing the exhaustion, by allowing" credits to localities -for the volunteers fur ‘ nished by them. But the government had ‘ accepted? volunteers for various terms of servtce, alnd hence the effort to render the i equalization more perfect by considering l and allowing for the time of their service as a well as the number of men. The acts of ‘ 1864, above recited, have modified this sys tem, by fixing a definite term of service gone year) for which men are to be drafted. ’olunteers for not less than that term are to be credited to their localities on the quo ta and receive a certain bounty from the government. Such of them as choose to enlist for longer terms receive further bonnties from the government, but so far as regards the increased term beyond one year, are not to ,be credited on the quota, b tare to be left on the same footing that aii volunteers were on be fore the act of 1863. That is to say, the government announces that it will take by its authority arcertain number airmen from a locality for military service for one year. That is the lawful de mand which it will enforce. It pays boun ties in case of localities to facilitate them in complyin with this demand without a compulsOry (giraftr But it has made no de mand farmer: to serve for two or three years. The government receives and pays addition -81 bounties to volunteers for these terms, but, in that, deals with men only, and, as the increased term of service beyond one year is not agreed to be rendered in pom pliance with any demand of the government it gives the locality no credit on quota for it. The government requires 100,000 men {or one year, not a less number of men for a longer term. For a deficiency in the ‘ number ofvolunteers forthat term it makes a draft for one year. This is tofid the quo ta—not more nor less—when the draft has been effected the quote is full—there is neither excess or deficiency. You £9B that the system thus established by law is not witbaut foundation in reason, and can be readily understood. \ - ; Sll‘, you may not have been heretofore apprised of the fact that your lubordmntes are whq‘lly disregarding the act of 24th February. 1864. hey are proceeding in qpen and direct violation of it, and are thus creating: naturally. great cofi'fuaion and un certaimg among the people. They ‘nn nounca n the one hand that. although a. three-yqsrs’ man counts only an a one-year man towards the quota on which he vol uriheersv yet that. he shall be counted in three oileyears’ men. towards the quot. on n futurican. This is directly in die teeth of the law. ~On the other hand, they are ciphering out a deficiency on the‘ last call, by countmg three one-year’s men he o'nly equivalent to one threeyeare’ man, which is equally against law; - Thus the quote of Pennsylvania under the call of 18“] July last was filled in accord ance with the law by men ,to'serve for not less than one yearl The term 01 service 0! these men is not yet half expired, and yet your subordinates are threatening a draft to fill an alleged deficient: on that very call, the existencg of which they attempt to make out by persisting in' their un lawful and unsubstantinl theories and calcu letions. Ou'r people know that the government requires more men. They are willing to furnish them—heavy as the burden has be come on the industrial population. Let the requirement be made in the clear and definite shape which the law provides for, and it will be cheerfully complied with.— But it is hardlyto be tolerated that your subordinates should be permitted longer to flursue the system of substituting, tor the Wren eccentric tplan of their own. Sir, on behalfo the freemeu ofthis Com monwealth, who haveelweys given a cheer ful and hearty support to your government in the prosecution of this war, it is my duty to insist—and i do insist-«that you enforce upon your subordinates that obedience to the law, which you OWe, aswell as they and all of us. It is of evil example—it tends to enfeehle—nafio dcsiroy—thejust power of the governments—that you should uli'er your officers to tr‘eat with open cont%mpt any acts of Congress, and especially Vhose‘ which you have yourself approved end which regulate a matter of such (1e and delicate momentas the enforcing admit for the military service. ? Relying heartily on your wisdom and jus tice to set right what has thus been oing wrong, and to compel henceforth 0% the part of all, a proper respect for and §bedi ence to the laws ofthe land, 1‘ I am, sir, very respectfully, g A. G. Genius. l THE GRUELTY or ABOLITIONSM.. ‘ Were the fanaticism of the rsdicalilfibo litionists not completely blind and unt’ ink ing; the events occurring around the; ev ery day would be sufficient to induczghem to pause in their career of undue: land folly. _They have precipitated th 3nost leppnlling and wide-spread mister; fipon the white race of this country, withogt, in any way, henefitting the negro. By‘ ‘ esk ing up the social relations which existed between the two races in the South.‘§’3hey have failed to effect any good. The fdtlow ing appeal to the charity of the pe "“le of the North in behalf of the many games who followed Sherman’s army in its march through Georgia, will show to what ’vmis emble condition these poor creaturesfiiiave been suddenly reduced by those who‘ipro fees to be‘ their friends. With these facts 3 before him. it cannot take any man of or ;dmsry judgment long to determine how little the negro is benefitted by being torn from his home on the plantations of the South, to become a pensioner on the Gov ‘ ernment, or a wretched depondsnt'npon 'the precarious and uncertain charity of a ‘ people already sadly oppressed with pecu niary hufthens. The appeal, which follows, is published in the Washington National In lielligencei‘. While it exhibits a sad picture of desfitntion. and strongly appeals to the charitable, it furnishes an unsnswerable ar gument against the policy of the Abolition iste: . s I APPEAL FOR THE BLACKS LIBIBAI'ED BY BHIB nx’s Any 1N axonau “Good men and women of the North : We‘enrnesuy appeal to you in behalf of the thousands of suffering negroes which Gen. Sherman hqust liberated by his tri umphant march through Georgia. Wher ever Rhea box-m our flag they have has tened to follow it, with ample faith in the truth of the Government and the charity of the nation. They have arrived on the coast after long matches and severe privy, tions,d weary, furnished, sick, and almost mike . v “Seven hundred of these wretched peo ple arrived at Beaufort, Christmas night, in a state ‘of mine which would have mo ved the advance Oriya. host no less destitute. The stores of the Government already over tsxhd to supply: large army are not avail able to relieve their wants, and unless the charity of the North comes speedily to the rescue, they must die by hun mds from ex posure and. disease. . ~ “So extreme and entire is the poverty of these people, that nothing which you. can afi‘ord to give will come amiss. °Clothing is their most pressing need, especially for we men sud children, who cannot wear the cutoff garments of soldiers. Shoes and stockings, suspenders, hats, earl - under clothes of all kinds, are hardly less necessa ry in this climate than in the North. .U -tensile, medicine, money—anything you have to spare—will find its use among this wretched people. ' “The several Freedmen’s Aid Societies at the North are proper and sufficient chan nels for your benificence. For the sake of suffering humanity we pray you let them be (Erickly and abundantly filled. “ nus-oar, S. 0., Jan. 7. 1865.” B'l New Yorkxndministrntion journal having stated that General Dix. aided by the detectives, has tonnflevery incendiary engaged __in the attempt tenet fire to the hotels in that city, ”but that for purposes of public welfare no revelations q,’ thefucts m the case will 52 made until after the war,” the Bos ton Courier nthermildly observes; \ This is certainly an amazing disclosure, and if the statement be true; nothing can be more clear than that the fires were not kindled by Southern emmissnrles. Our readers can draw their own conclusions as, to the class of persons engaged in this stre ciously criminal sct,and perhap; can readi ly infer the reason why, after so.much ap parent preparation for a general conflsgrs tiotf, a. comparatively little mischiet to‘ok place. . Negro Sufrage.—-A nuinber of the radical republican Congressmen at Washington (including such prominent. men as (590. W. a} ulmn of Indiana; Wm. D. Kelley ol_ Pmlu dolphis, and Schuyler Colfax of-Indlann) favor negro suflrngo in the acceded smm. while not. advocating B in the loyal flortlon of the country. Se'x'n'tor B. Gnu: rowu, and Representative Henry I‘. Blow. of Mis souri. {not univenal anfl'nge throughout both Nonh Ind South. fiExtensive foundries are about to be erected in Cpmberhmd county, near Shi pensburg, PL, 3! the demand tar iron lug: rice {u exceeds the Windy. thuugh‘all we foundries are in lull maul. A, TWO DOLLARS A-YEAR; A Card from Lieutenant Governor Ja- cob, of-Kentucky. ‘ Wuuxscms, Jun. 19 T 0 the Editor (3/ (hr “'wh'J : : , I find the followmg m the (flatnll-“The Washington cnrrespnnd. m nt Ith "VJ/.1 says Lieutenut-Ilm'ernnr 16.-col), ui ls- Mm: lriyr who wtmus from Richmond with M r. Blisir, predicts that. there will be a (‘hliaflllllll of hostilities Within two monlhu, and n proposal of peace uhnn some tq-lnni ol re union from the Confederate government to ours." Your correspondent hm been mis informedf I never used such language, nor the reverse, thin I have heard as attributed to me, “that the rebellion could not be crushed." 1 will not attem t-at this time to state what I believe at large. ‘_‘At the. prnpet‘ time, over my own signature, I May give my impressions. I do not wish to be accountable otherwise. I have two famous for this. First, thnt ernonaous opinions, without being correctedlrmight prove detrimental to the puhlic interests. Secondly,,that I do not wish to do injustice to a brave, determined people, who. when base men in my 'own government, notwith standing th t I had fought and bled in de fense of myafisg end the unity of my coun try. hed me kidnefped and forced :within their lines, treate me with distinguished respect and kindness. Nor did laaocept their hospitality'with :1 lie upbn my lips, that Iwas not a Union men. I never push ed my opinionefixor did' 1 deny—my ‘princi plea when, incidentally} the conversation would take that direction. and I was ap plauded for my candor. I shall eier feel grateful for their kindness. A few words more: These people are fearfully in earri est ; they are not suffering for the necessai ries of lifepthey believe‘that they have nothing to hope from the present policy of Mr. Lincoln, and that to fight is gmn. Un less the present policy is materially c‘h‘anged, i I prediot a long, bloody, and fenrful war, to which theapsst is but child’s play.i With statesmanship and patriotism, under God’s blessing, we may yet restore that which is: dear to every at’riot’phcart, the unit; and happiness of'tiie American people. 1 Very respecttiully, . ‘ RICHARD T. JAQOB. Loyal Merle—Wel have Abolitionistl in, this county who nffi only refuse to go to War themselves bu they are mean enough i to“ refuse to pay their Bounty tax that was l levied to keep the young men at home.— ‘ Some time ago the tax gatherer of Lower Nazareth township Was comfiPelled to levy on the horses and grain of ve suoh loyal chaps and actually wold them I“ at public vendue to realize the amount of‘hie plaims. They have since brought suit. to recover the value of the articles uold. We:lhould ‘ like to see the Jury that would give them a verdict. They were served exactly right. They voted for War and they should be made to shoulder a musket. md 30 intothe front runks.—-E¢u¢an Argus. . 1 Three Fuck—lf. ’before the war,“ had been certain that all wu‘) might favor war, would hove been compel ed to shoulder the musket, there would have been no war. . ‘1! now all who are in favor of a. “vigom prosecution of the war," were to be com pelledjo join the ranks, the war would come to u speedypn'd. [lf no money‘ could be made out of the war, it. would {op vol-y suddenly. . @lntriguea are on foot in Central Anio rica for the purpose of bringing about the absorption loe Spimieh American repub lics of that region by Meximillian’s Mexican empire. French agents are reported to have been for some time past negotiating for the consummation of this object with Car-rem, President of Guatemala, end ectuifi though not nominal, dictator of Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua. If Carrel-e can succeed in making these republics a. portion of the empire. he expects, in return 5» his cunning handiwork, to be made impel-id vieeroy over them. . RA fellow at sfnca course was ung gering nbout. the track with more liqt’ior than he could conveniently‘clrry. ‘Hallo! what’l the matter now l’ “if! a éhap whom the inebriatod individual had run against. . ' ‘Why—hio—why,’ aid the fellow l 0 drunk .he was hardly able‘m grticulnte ; ‘thq fact. is a lot of my friends hue been betting li quor 10—day, end they’ve got. me to hold the stakes l’ . Sold.—'Bob,‘thst s fine horse you have there ; what is be worth 1' , ’ 'Three hundred and fifty dollurq.’ » ’No, not so much as that. 1’ ‘Yes, every canto! it and another fifty on top A“ it]. 2’ ‘ re you sure ‘ v , ‘Yes, I’ll swear to it.’ 0 'AJLright.’ ‘ - ‘tht are you so dsrued inquisitive for 1' 'Merel for assessing purpose“ In!) the assessor {or this wsrd and only wanted to know what. you “(dd your nag st.’ ‘ ' mile day, as a witty son of the Emer aid Igle was standing upon the steps of a tavern. a finely-dressed, vain looking man aiigbted from a cab. His nose wauuch an uncommon size that Pat. stared at him with astonishment. “What. are you staring at, stupid 2” asked the man with the big nose, in a pompous tone. “Why, by jabersfi’ said Pat, “samg a nose comin, I was lookin 0 36:3 whether there was man behind it or not,’ > s» @A German doctor of Urbann, Ilii‘ nois, who manufacculed shake bite medi cine warranted to cure, caught. a Hulls-- snake which he offered tolet bite him for a dollar, every time a customvr bought a box’ of his medicine. One day the make did bite him, and he applled his remedy, with out effect. Becoming alannedphe‘ sent for a physician; but. too late. He giied the same day. - ‘ fiWestern paper! give cumuoy Jo a rumor that manage is. likely to Lakn giace between the Hon. Schuyhr Colfsx, pea ker of the House of Repre'senulivee, and Mrs. Douglas, the widow o! the lsmeuled minors Senator.’ . Ba-A man in New Jersey boughhfigcond hand overcoat from a denim- a little while. ago, and as it. didn’t. fit well over the buck, ripped og‘err die lining and lound $Wfi greenbpo a “mud away in it. The coat (its him how. ‘ fi'A despntch from Dubuque, (lowa,) undur date ofJnnA, mys: . , In some pun of the State the ,pmperty of dulled men who failed to report. bu been sewed and confiscated by Tum pro cess or other, an! uwu- families, en deni -lule. ' - ; ~. m mm§~ori3fiil€mfm _ At the hut nttleuent of- ‘he provino. (if Pennlylnniq, the” wax-abut flame coun ties in the satin territory now commit-d in tho sixty-six counties of (In: pm; Can;- monwealth. The counties mm: 1. Philadelpliia. \ 2. Bucky. 3. Chester. , - From these were (armed other! in the following order: ‘ ‘ , 4. Luncnsls-r. from I part of Chester. on fin 10th of Ml]. 1729. ‘ . 5. York fromn pan of ercgstor. August 10, 1749. ‘ ' . 6. Cumberlnnd, from :a part of uncut", Jmuu‘y 27,1750. ' 7. Beth; from parts of -Phil-dolphi|, Chteund Lancaster, Much fil, 1152; 8. Northnmgtpn, from 3’ of Bach, March 11. 175 - TE ‘ 9. Bedford. from a put otfimfiorllnd, March 9, 1771. ‘ 10. Northumberlnnd. from Edda of lan caater. Cumbeflnn‘d; Baku; ford, mg! Northampton. 11. Westmorelaud. ’from I put of-Beda ford, February 25. 1773. in 1785\pll’l of the pup-chm of 1734 was aflded tq West moreland. - c). 12. Mxmin; from part- of Gumbel-hm! and Nnrflmmbx-rlnnd, September, 19. 1780. I.} \Vuhingmn. from n pal-“of West mnrelnud. M-nrch 28. 1781. H. Fuyrth‘,‘unu u purmi Westmorelnnd, .\‘u-plemM‘l 95, 1783 1.3. Fumk'm. Iron: .1 mrt ofUun‘xborlund, s§lpl9lflht l‘ 9, 17“]. ~ 10. Mumuuuxm’y, ' from n par! of l‘hili d. lplnin. .\'vpu‘mbtr 10, 175-}. " 17. lhuytuu, frqm pyurt of kgmtgomery, Much 4. 1785. ‘ ‘ 18. Lute-mo, from a part of Norlhumbor land, Septemlm 25. 1706. . 19. Huntingdnn, from a part of Bedford, 59' tembex 20, 1787. . £O. Allt‘gheny, from parts 61' Westmnre land and Washington,=Septembex-.24, 1788. 21. Delaware, from a pm of Lhestar, September ‘26, 1789. . ' 22. Somerset, from a part. 0! Bedoui, April 17. 1795‘ ~ . ' , 23. Gn-vhe. from a part of Washington, Fabrunry 0,1706. - , , . 24. Wayne. from a part. of Northampton; March 21. 1796. ' ' . 25. Lycoming, from a pan of Northam bej-land, April 13, 1796. ‘26. Adams, from n pg“ of Yonlg, January 22. 13cm. . ‘ ’ " 27. Centre, from parts of Mifilin, North _um'berlaud. Lycnmmg and. Huultngdou, February 13, 1800. - ‘ 28. Armatrougflrom purls of Afloghehy, {Westmmelandmnd Lycommg. Mulch ‘l2. 800.' u ‘ , f ‘ _ r 29. Beaver, from parts of Allegheny and Washington, March 12, 1800. » 39. Butler. from a part of Allegheny, March 12; 1800. . = 31. Crawford,‘from a part of Aliegheny, MOlll2, 1800'. ‘ ‘ .1 ‘l, .. 82. Erie, from a part ofAHegh'eny, March 12, 1800. 33. Mercer. from a part. of Allegheny, March ‘l2, 1800. ' 5 34. quren, from’parts ofAllvgheny and Lycomilgg. March {2, 1800. 85. Venango, from m-Ls oLAllegheny and Lyooming, March F 3, 1800. 36. Indianadxom parts of Weeynorqland and Lycdming, March 30, 1803. ’ , 37. Cambria, from arts of Uuntingdonk and Somexset, March 56, 1804. _ ‘x‘ 38s‘ClemfleXd from a part of Lycoming, March 26, 1804”; - . 39. Jefi'erson, ‘from I rt of L 00min March 26, 18041 pa; y ,5' 40. McKeanffroms pa‘rtof Lyoomiqg, March 26, 1804. . . . 41. Potter from a part of Lycoxmdg, March 26, 1804. 6 ’5 42. Tioga ‘from I. m" of Lyoomin , March 26, 13114. p 5 43. Bradford from Zputs of Lazarus Ind Lycoming, February 1, 1810. Jim: called when firsterecledjnw a county, Ontario, which name it bore until march 24, 1812, when it. was changed (.0 Bradford. , 44. Susquehanna, from a part. of L'uzerne. February 21, 1810. \ A 45. Schuylkill Jrom parts of Berks md Northampton, 11ml: 1, 1811. 40. Lehilgh, from a parsofiNortbampwn, March 6, 812. . .. 1 47. Lebanon, from inn-‘1- of Dauph'ln end Lancaster, February 6.11813.~ . -48. Columbia. from a part of Northumber land, March 22, 1813. ' 49. Union, from a part of Noflhnmbcrg land, March 22, 1813. ‘ ‘ 50. Pike, item a. part r! Wayne, March 26, 1814. ' 4 51. Perry, from a par; of Cumberlnnd, March 22, 1826. a 2 5128.311‘uninu, from apart of Mifllin, Enron 53. Monroe, from partlgof Nonhnmpton and Pike, April l, 1836. . " I 54. Clarion, from parts of Wuango end Armstrong, March 11. 1839‘. ‘ , . 55. Clinton, from parts 9f,Lyo,omin&"-nd Centre, June 21, 1839. . ‘ ' . y ; 56. Wyoming, from parts of Northam berlnnd and Luzerne, April 4, 1842’. 57. Carpon, from arts of Northampton and Monroe, March 13, 1843 , ‘ 6,8,. Elk, from part: of Jefferson, Clem 53111 and #Kan, April 18,1843. ‘ 59. 1313' from parts of Hummgdon and Bedford, February 26, 1846. 60. Sullivan, from a. part of Lyoorning, March 15, 1847. » , ’ 61. Forest, from a port ofJefleuon, April . 11, 18-18. ‘ . 62. Lawrence, from apart! of Beaver and Mercer, More!) 25. 185_. " 63. Fulton, from I part‘ofßegiford,April 19, 1850. . i 64. Montour, from a pm of Columbia, “2231“” .- ' .. ...... . nyder, rom A path: nion, 2, 1855; 66. Cameron, from fink of Clinton, Elk, MoKean and Potter,‘ arch 29, 1860. Philadelphia county ‘seemn to have ex tended over the territory cbmprised .1 pre sent. withiflher own limits, togethar with nIL of Montgomery, and Dauphin, and parts of Lebanon and Barks. ' ’ Bucks county included all of me territory extgnding along ‘the Delawagg river, from her own southern‘ boundary to the northern lino of the State, including vibe present. counties of Northampton, Lehxgh, Sonny]: kill, Carbon, Monroe, Pike and. Wayne, with parts of Northumbebland, Columbia. and Luzerne. Chester had the lion’s share of territory, including Lancaster, £lll3 of Berks, Leba non, Northumeerlan , Columbia and Lu zerne, and all that. part of the State which lies; west of the Susquehanna river and its northern branch. The ‘line of Cheater county extended from the Delaware river, below Philadelphia, to the western bounda ry of..whnt is'now Greene county; thence north to and embrucmgt what. is now Ens county; thence east to “bout the centre of the’ northern boundary of what is now Bradiord county; thence down the norm branch to the quuehunnn river; down the Susquehanna to n pomt on the nver neatly opposite York Haven. m York county ; thence in a direct line to the Schuylkill river nc Reading in Berks county; thence down thep‘chuylkdl to the prom-ntboundn-_ ry line between Chtster and Montgomery, and‘ between DeluWarO nnd Philadelphia counties tame place of beginning. A hue extensive enough to embrace many 1 prun cipality In Europe, the covet-sign lord of which imagines himself and'hie_lmeesslons ' no small .parnwof‘the 'gofldr-LAga. ‘ fiWby is: greenback more valuabl than 50M, even.“ in: pyesenc pncuf Be cause whgn you put. a greenback In your pocket. youdoubl‘e xt, and when you uh It outvyou findil. in cums, ‘ . _- fi'l‘he rebel pirate Shenandoah jg to: _ ‘porwd to‘have degu-nyed sevens! Amcnwdf . merchant vessels Hang the coast. of Bum}; ‘ ...,- -€_ A use» ->- ——-+—- ~ _ fibhin owes‘ 81 500.000; w r W“ her 50:11! she's. goo-fig: u. \ ' 4‘ ' ‘ = EMI
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