Zhil *taut+ CARLISLE, PA. , - Friday, January 23, 1863. S. M. PETTifairGILL & _ 0 - . - 37 - Piiießarikratv -- YotkTtard'6' Stab St. Boston, tiro our Agents for the !Wisp a those catch; and are authorized to take.Advertise moats and Subscriptions for no at our lowest rotas. Tl. Our thanks aro duo to Iho Hon. A. G. Cunm, and Hon. Josr•,rir BAILY, M. C. for valutiblo_pu.blio_documents. --Kir—We_have_justreceived_PEnnsWs most excolleilt Counterfeit Detector, published by I'. B .Peterson, 306 . Chestnut St Philadol phis. Terms $1 Per year for the monthly issue, two dollars for the eemi•monthly, in ad• vanoo, single numbers ten cents. HENRYIF WARD Bn EC 11Elt did say it, there's some trail in the- ' remark—"lf- any_man_is ashamed of New England, let him-be assured .that New England had occasion first to be ashamed of him." earA Western exchange has the following: "THE EDITOR" is absent, the foreman has the toothache, the "devjl" is drunk, and trying - to drink lager boor out of a bootjack, the press is out, of order, and we ain't well ourselves : so please excuse a poor paper this week. IVe-learn—from---the—BreCkinridge,_or gans that . '" udder' deinocratio Arninistrations •ilefalciations seldetn . occurred.!''—of course not,---why should there have been, when in the same article the reason. fs — gravely `giv . eir , that . "t ,, he democrats as a par!y recognize the tChlistnan religion " That is the difference between . the two parties," illustrated, of course, by the vote of the Five Points,'Cor laer's Hook, Maokerelville, and other elibiee aoonlities in New York, and the Fourth Ward .of Philadelphia. ter ARTILLERY PnAcsucu.-,-Last Tuesday -evening-the quiet of onr borough was -dis turbed by the firing of cannon. Upon inqui ry we, were told that it was JEFF. DAvLs's Ar tillery practicinglyi honor of .the victory at - Harrisburg,- where Fourth-warders and other mobs eleoted a-H._a,Senater. Utiles° artil-. lerists would be aa . exp,ert on the battle•tiold as they were on the Court House hill, they would be valuable reinferceinefit - to JEFF DA• vie and would play great havoc ill the Union ug aft-en the manner of fire alarms.on this occasion by ':yolDorascyl: Did Weeltinritlgers---build the Court House, and do they pow paint.* ? -It seems to us Pennsylvania has not se reeled yet.—Noi•rislown Iferalcf. CORRUPTION--SCOFIELD 4 lt is 'a fact, patent' to all, that there --is :scarcely a department of the government in which there is not .corruption. It hits be-. ..cuthe such-a_zeneral thing,Ahat the excep - titan' but: - proves -- the — rale: —.. Measures ISTC • pressed through Congress, not because . of :their merits, but by the amount-of-money : which is brought to bear upon the question. 'Contracts are obtained "for . n.conside'ration," :Etna he who ctinueomntancl the greatest num tbay, of dollars, -correspondingly commands ilho, greatest influento?" Men are elected to kl y+ iresionsibie positiond mill by the votes ey ,can buy, withput -regard 'to fitness, t ' ithose With' proper qualifications, but Is as Tmoney ) are-thrust aside. - 7 .4 But amidst all this corruption it is eel -lying to‘find some men who cannot be bought from Abe interests of their constituents, and „the 'convictions of duty, even though the atnonia reaches thousands of dollars. Pore mdst among the latter class is Mr. Sc..omm.n ulWiitugus, unpurchasable Scoria.D—.Who, :''since-11M- after of $lOO,OOO was s of no ac -count," voted . . for Mr . : Buox.m..cw. What a \ paragon of .modesty must he he, who thus publicly proclaims l:kis.owii incorruptibility 1 - Dies .116' cherish the deluSion that he can lips easily hpod-wink the people of Pehn•, is.ilvania? Does this Davis•Vallandigham -disciple think that they believe hews fered, one hundred thousand dollars, or the' tentialmrt of it; .to Otto for Mr. Cameron, And refused the. offer? If so, he ~eonsiders the peeple of Pennsylvinio low sunk in 'nor: ale that\ they are willing to believe suck fla grant falsehoods. What a bright page for the historian! He can record in brilliant letters the Moble reply of this modest, uneor.. rupt, patriotte, finpurchasoblo, modern de mocrat. Sir, your offer is large-iny duty to 'my constituents is more to me than _money ;. therefore I spurn your offer, and toll you, sir, that such as \I am, there is not money enough in the Abolition party to buy me Immaculate Scortstn I !I Dar COVNTgIIFEIT POSTAGE atitliENOT.—We take the following description of now counter feit Postage Currency from Istruky & BICK NELL'S Thank Note Repprter. of January 15: • "-The oountorfeit 50 cents are of a bluish shade of green, while the genuine are a bright deep green. ' The heads of Washington on the counterfeit aro not alike, as they are on the genuine—the right hand head looks fierce and-determined, -the left hand heads look sleepy and imbecile. " The counterfeit 25 ciente are poorly en graVedArd on poor paper.-' Both are easily detected by those familiar with, the-genuine ; but where the genuine are not yet introduced, the counterfeits will pass' freely. 6 • V ALLANDIGIWI, AT HOME .—O ne of our sub scribers in-Lancaster, Ohio, in remitting us Ova 'dollars on'accoant of subscription to •the Express, says: "I would like very much 'paced to remit the, whole amount - duo,. but times are hard hsre as at other _places. __Tills (Fairfteld,county) being the hot bed of access- Lou sympathizers, there are but few to help _in rulleying the-families of the arolunteers, as thuTallundigtiamites have no money to spare etteuptfor, political purposes I" This neeotyla wittt';atu tests Cony furnished us some time since by..e,ua of our 'lady subscribers in Mr, - Valandietnui t ti dietriCt. Ile and men of his ilk 'are very liberal in subscribing 'for party, purposes, but have nothing to epare to alle viate tho distress `of'a war invigorated by them selves and 'other rebel symputhizers.-- I .Lancas. ler (Pa.).R.zpress.: • REVOLUTION. PROCLAIMED The true character of the -Democracy in the West is being revealed.. We see by a• compilation in the. Pittsburg Gazette, that. the. Democrats of Ohio in 'October last, elected L.' IL Critohfield, Attorney General of the State. At the Bth of January festival at. Columbus, he made a speech, of which the correspon dent of the Cincinnati Commercial peaks as_ follows lie came down on the "Government savage ly, and if ever any of its minions attempted to carry out, their unlawful measures in his sacred locniity, , he- was ready , for armed re• sistance to them. Ile didn't believe one-half of the people of the North.eared whether Abe Li ncol n—or—Je is—ocoupi ed—the—Whitei House in gashington..: During this strainmf remark, Mr. Flagg left the hall shaking his head, as some who observed him thought, at the rank treason of this man whom the people of Ohio have placed in one of the most, impor tant official positions in the State: Judge Thurman offered ti few remarks, deprecia• Ling ,auch sentiments. In Indiana the Copperheads are inAlte 'jority in the Legislature, but happily Gov. ernor Morton is as bold and able as lie is true,' and they ,can do nothing while he holds the power: in his hands. An attempt was made to seize the State Arsenal/and thus preelpitrite a revolution : but. the Goiernor was on the alert, and defeated that scheme. Threats to assassinate'him have been uttered.; but of what, we think there is liot , very much danger. -- He MIS recently received letters warning him of a plot to assassinate him.-- ,One was in female hand viriting - and. purport ed to bo -written hy the wile of a man engaged in the plot. It contained a correct 'plan of the Governor's house, and of the room in which he slept, with all the approaches to it. The writer said her husband had been led itto the tinatter by ,wicked men: and she wanted to frUbtrate. the design, to save him fiom its con sequences. The democrats in the Legislature are de: • termined, if possible, to - lake from the Gov ernorthlre-o-ntrol-of-tire-mi Mary - power of - the State, and vest it in a military,Board of their own creation. Still it is hopecdthat thcreeim some democrats - who are not Copperheads; and that they and the,ltepublicans . may corn binn on some course that will prevent the im- pendihg revolution._ Fn Illinois the work of putting the State in conflict 'with the general' Glover'nrnOnt further advanced -than in-Indiana. The rieg- islature is stretly. emocra ic, an as just elected_ W. A... Richardson _ to, : the Senate_ of_ the United States, man• - whose' , sympa; "shies have ever been intensely Southern, and eltietly—noted _among the prominent politicians of the - country for his .coarseness, and gross profanity. The course of the mem= bers - up to 'the' present moment . 'exhibits an utter contempt of all censideretious of patri otism and duty, and is conclusive. that they either mean-to take a desperate leap in the dark; or feel that througli . some organization - within and above the- partyrthey are , strong enough' tP•defy the loyal people. That these -remarks are well-founded-the-following-ste • ment On Monday the "Democratic" . 'menabers of the Legislature of Illinois met in caucus to nominate senatorial and other candidates.— In this caucus speecheS were made indicating the party" policy. " Dick" Richardson, leading off, said boldly that he did not be lieve.that the rebels could be subdued, " and if they could ke, he did notdhink they ought, to be." Another Richard—one Meiriiiii - Jamous among Illinois. " copperlicada"-,said Ile: did_ not know " which was the greatest treason, the Government at Washington or -the Gov ernment at Richmond." The country said he, will never be reunirml until every North ern fanatic is Lung. from Charles Summer down. But lie was very careful not to inti mate that it would be proper to punish the rebels—in fact he objected altogether to any such - process, condemning all the .meastires Molting in that -direction. • Merrick closed, - of course, by denouncing New England,and advocating a separation. front it, and the ere' ation of a Western Republic. Another speaker---.one Goudy, from Chico,' go—declared himself unequivobally in: favor 'Of revolation—whereat the caucus applauded with tremendous. satisfaction., The -caucus throughout was characterized by a revolution ary spirit,-and great excitement has natural ly resulted, ,extending to all parts of the State.. Subsequently to this- caucus, a meet ing pf a popmittee appointed by it, was held, and, in Which, groural was taken in favor of demanding'the Governorto - huntediately with. draw the troops from Illinois from the field. They say the troops were enlisted by the. Ad ministration• on a "fraudulent pretence, and justice demands that they should -be with drawn. If the Governor refuseo.to do so, he is to be compelled to - do it., _ , A Million and a Billion. We are perpetually hearing of millions, and of how mony millions-it would require to do av_7l-id -this-or-thittr—We-h ' • co— what c rail - ion of dollars will do, bu WO very much doubt whother_one person in n ii thousand has a eor rest idea of the quitntit, ~ornuMber contained in a million. For instance, if you would ask a person flow long it would ocetipy him to , put clown a million - dotnThvith . a pen _upon a sheet of, paper, he will generally tell ion Something so far froth the fact as to be laugha ble. .Permit us therefore to say, for we have tried the oxperimemt morn than once, that it would oeoupy an expert pensman -about 14 'daya.supposing him. to work bank hours, (that is six.) incessantly,. doing nothing, but putting dots on the paper or dipping his pen in the ink. Thii.wkgive our readers some idea of the quantity -or number_eontained in a million. Let ono try it, by laying his watch on the table close to the paper, and .work for tenor twenty minutes, then add and multiply. But. what is a million atlparedto'a ?, It is a mere nothing. Vara, then, is a billion? - A:very - abort answer willtpfficefor a very long. But Who could cotaieit?, No man ! A quick bank teller can count one hundred and sixty . and `seventy a minute ;, but let us ouppose ho could 'go as,far as 200. Then one hOur will pro duce 12;.000, a day 288,001); and a year or 865 (rays 105,120,000. Lot us suppose, now, that Adam at the beginning . of his existence . had begun to count, had, contlauctdto do so, and - "was counting still, ho would not now accord,. ing to the usually supposed ago of our globe„ have counteercear enough. For, to count a billion be would require 0620 years,'34 days, 5 hours and twenty minutes. Now suPpos lug we were to allow poor Adam 12 hours daily for rest, eating and sleeping, he would need 10,024 years, 60 days, 10 hours and.4o minutes. We believe' common , water pail would O - ,1 - d — a:billititi - graitis - sand' - front — the - sett- -- sho're. This sand is the debris of rocks and stones. How many millions of years, then, were those rocks and stones rolling the ocean to produce. them ? •Whaft, then, is' the age . of the globe we inhabit ? It is as much -beyond-hunian coMprehension as is the speed of comets through immeasurable space I—ln vestigator.' ' THE DUTY ON PAPER. Since Congress has tabled Mr. Colfax's motion to discharge the Continittee .on gays and Means from further consideration of the petitions to reduce the duty on'pher, ye-may expect another rise in paper :This action gives the. paper-makers •prolongation 'ell the . 'monopoly they have eStablished, and they aro drawing Still tighterihe bonds of the com bination by which they hold it. The price of paper is likely to go up again. ,For the last few Weeks it has been stationary with a down ward tendency. The New York; Times • wants to _know: what valid reason Morrill and his associate - sit:l%o°n , gress can give for retaining the present etior mous rates of duty on paper. We cannotitn agine. --It-yields-uo-revenue, for it isabsolute ly prohibitory. With exchange, at 60 and the duty at. 35 per cent:, it is impossible_to import paper even to compete with the enormous price fixed - V the paper - makers' combination. Reduce the duty t 6-10 or 15 per cont., and the a overnment-could derive a revenue from .its • Mr. Morrill prefers, apparently, to forego revenue . from imposts,•and saddle publishers with these ruinous prices, and Hien tax them in every possible way to make up the deticien= cy. This may' be statesmanship, bUt it looks a good deal more like stupidity. ' The paper makers demand protection Their - business will be • ruined, they say, if fOreigh paper is admitted at lower rates. If it is necessary that they should be protected at the expense of everybody else, •and even at the expense of the Government itself, their 'claim may be valid. nitberto the principle asserted has been that the,tarilr wdsintendbd for reveMlC and that it ought incidentally to protect hotne industry, for the benefit, not of the manufacturers alone but of the: whole community. But-now revenue is to be sac rificed, not a dollar of - duty is to he collected, publishers of all classes are to be itnpover ished,•and everybody Whoyeads_anything is to be taxed enormously for the privilege; in °Mei• oattlicinitko - rg tif - piirm3y - be "pro, tected. • : p,retbice_th.at_they require and such - extravngant protection. we believe to be ut -terly groundless. Why 'should they? Rags itre-admitted-free-cif , duty,and. their price-has : not yisen to any4g,reatextent abroad. Their advance here was Mainly the consegnence, net the cause, of the forced advance in the 'vice of paper.-I.Ami mmease.quakity of raw material has been-brought into use within the Met few: months, and this, is still going -on ; and, very heavy cargoes are on their way :from abroad. , The paper-inaliers, . through their combination, will keep prices at ,the .higheatpossible point—which - will be a trifle above the price,at which it can hi) imported. ,Paper . such as -we are compelled to-pay 18 and 20 Cents a pound for here, can-be bought in--Belgium and eve,, London for 9 or 10. Why - should it be - produced--so-much more cheaply there thanhere, when rags can be imported free of duty? . What is wanted is such a reduction of the duty on Joreign paper as will suljeet our pa per-Makers to -a.:.conzpetition,.faiy. du..itsclf and which they cannot control by combina tions among themselves. A-duty of 10 or 15 per cent, will give them all the protection they-aqually-need-or-cau-reasonably-ask— while it will yield a revenue to the Govern ment and break up a, combination whieh weighs most, oppressively not only on the whole publishing interest, but also on the whole retiding,community. There is in this nothing unreasonable,—nothing which is not for the interest of the .Government and the country, nothing which Congress should hes itate for a- moment to grant. As a matter of. Course the -paper-makers , will struggle against it; and we learn, - .en good authority; that that they have raised - a large sum of money to be used in defeating it.- We can only ap Peal to she good sense of Congress, on the, basis of the public gaol: The .Shinplaster Nuisance Under this caption the New York Daily Times remarks, that— • "The "postal currenoy,". as, it is celled, issued :by_the General Government, is .very abundant, and makes change more abundant than it has been for a long limo• If any one has doubts on this subject,. we shall be glad . 'to supply him ivith such fraciional currency 'as he may require.:, There is net the slightest necessity or excuse for shinplasters, either of corporations or individuals. And yet,-- they are becoming mono and more abundant every day. -] "Every person ought to refuse peremptorily to lake these shinplaSters; uo.matter by whom they may be issued. They are utterly-illegal ; and if our District-Attornys !Old do their duty, they Would bo at once suppressed. The w_of Congress explicitly hrbi the issut such notes either by individuals,or corpora tions. We have for a long time refused to re: ceive - them -at the Mies Office; and advise everybody else to imitate the example," . , • The remarks of the Times apply to, this 11- cality with still greater force, the issue of shin plasters being_asniuch a_violation of thelats of this State as of the law of Congress.. TIMPENNeYLVANIA. isEavzs.—The follow. ing'is a copy of the le tars addressed by the War Department to We erhor Ctin'rlN, ref using lo allow the Pennsylvania Iteserves to return to Pennsylvania to recruit: . WAR DEPARTMANT, JadUary 12:11362. Hon., A. G. CURT IN, Governer of Pennsylvania. The Secretary of War directs mete ackervi• edge the 'receipt of your letter of the 2d inst., euologing a coprohone from Gen.:Meade to. Gen. Franklin, relative, to" recruiting the reg : iments constituting the Pennsylvania Re,. serves, and asking that the remnant of That gallant body of men be ordered to Harris burg in - order to fill its ranks. ~. In reply, the Secretary directs me to say that there are numerous applications of this Jana 00 file, in regard to regiments from other States; which - have been greatly - reduced-in recent - battles. If - one such-request-be-acced ed to, all similar applications must be grant. .ed. . This would so reduce the armies in the . fluid .not only to 'prevent any further opera tions for the . next three or folir months, bUt to endanger important positions now held by us. The War Department has uniforinly refesed appVeations of - this kind, and' cannot, at the present time4itdopt a different; polio. :GEORGE - D. RUGGLES, • . • . Aisiatant Adjutant General. Elcidtion of Statoiprottsuror Both Houses met yesterday at 12 o'clock, in the Mollie of Representatives, for the pur pose of electing a Btate Treasurer in place of 1-Isnirr D. Mouttn, Esq.; the present efficient occupant. Wililam V. M'arath, of Philadel phia, being the nominee of the Domoortits, received the votes of that , party, and was there fore elected. • , Henry 'b. Moore received the support of the Republicans.. - TheTStille — ef Pennsylvania -- had-never- u- more "efficient officer than Mr... Moore, and wo hope that its citizens will have, no cause to regret the change. . Mr. Benedict, member of the House, had paired off with„Mr. Wallace, Member of the Senate, and Mr Warner of - the House had _pairedolf with Mr. Horton of the same body. Their absence did not affect the result ; each _eatailidato_received_a_strict,party veto:—Har risburg Telegraph. • WAR NEWS. EROM THE ARMY OF THE PO-. -TOMAC A Terrible Battle Progressing ! Gen. Hooket. Mortally Woundeq • A. late 'dispatch from Washington says that Gen. Burnside, has again _crcssed the RaPPahn.nnock, and that a terrible battle is progressing. .Our forces had outflanked the enemy, and the advantage was on our side. Gen. Hooker is reported as mortally woun ded. Geu. hitz John Porter has been cashiered. • THE CAPTURE OF ARKANSAS POST FULLY CONFIRMED. A BRILLIANI` .VICTOII.Y Eight ,Rebel Regiments Captured 17.—The ram, Storm, whigli lett Arkansas 'Poston Monday, arrived here today.- She fully confirms the reported cap ture of that post. The attack was made ,en Friday evening by the gunboats, the laud fOrees - dcbarking.two mile.% below, and marching tortho4ear olthe fortifications. - -The rebel's -had-earthworks two miles-below the main fort, which we shelled and captured, not, hoivever, before they ditrsome damage to the gunboats. Three halls entered the port hole of.the gunboat Lexington, killing four men. The main lefft,whicli is represented as hav• ing been very strong, snrreudered - on Sun , The officers of the rain,Storm, say that wo - 6tifffured - sbi'regitnents - of rebel trOcipsill the works, anti that at daylight on Monday two leN_Rn.Agiments , not aware that, the place had surrendered, came iu to reinforee them, and were also captura.. - --IsTearly_alLthe_niumunitien taken by „the rebels front the steamer Blue-Wing, some days since, has been recaptured. - • • A. reconnoitring - miry which was sent up the river.had not returned when the. Storm Our loSs in ..the . engagement was 'not so Leavy as'first Keported. Vlatory rat Arlmnse*Post Oicial:_Dispiteh-7;000 to ilo,ooo Prisoners Captured—The Victory Complete.- Washington, Jan. 18.—The following- has been received at -headquarters : - Jan. 14, 1863.—T0 Major Gene'rtil - falFowing desptitclt is just received : lleadgitarters,Armg of the Mississippi, l'ost of Arkansas, Jan. 11,1863," To,Major Gen. U. S. Grant, Commanding Department of ithe Tennessee—l have the honor to report that tGc forces under my Commanliatitick•ed the' post of Arkansas today, at and having stormed the enemy's works, took a large number Of prisoners, variously estinia ffd at frora - 7000 -- to - 10,600together'vri his stores,.animals„ and munitions of Wa. , t Rear Admil•sl Davidp: P,brter, command :Mg the Mississippi sqatidron, effectively and brilliantly co-operated inaccomplishing this complete success. JOHN MCOLERNAND, • Major General Comaindingl" U. S. GRANT, Major General, Dlepttlett from Admiral Porter Washington, Jan. , 10;—The folldwing dis patch was received at the Navy Department, to-day, daled:GairoJan. 18, 10 30 P. M. : U. S. Mississippi Squadron, Arkansas Poit, Jan. 15.—Hon. Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy : Sir—The gunboats Louisville; De Kalb, Cincinnati and Lexington attacked the heavy fort at the 'Post, on the Arkansas, last night, and silenced the battery, killing twenty of the enemy. The, gunboats attacked it this morning, and disthounted every, gun, eleven in all. Colonel Dimraington, late of the United States.navy, commondant..of the fort, request: ed to surrender to the navy. I recOved his sword. .The army co operated on tWe land_ side. The forts were completely silenced, and the guns, eleven in number, were all dis• mounted in three heurs. The action was at close quarters on the part of the, three iron clads, and tho firing splendid. The list, of killed and wounded is small: The Louisville lost 12, men, the peKalb 17, the Cinoinati none, the Lexington none, the Rattler 2. The 'vessels, although much cut up, were ready for (Lotion in half an hour af ter—the—battle • 1 t • • Lieut. Commander Wilson, and other light draughts, joined in the.action when it became general, as did the Black Hawk, Lieut. Com mander 11.. - 11. Breese, with her rifle guns. - Particulars Will be given hereafter. Very respectfully, your oh't serv't, , (Signed) DAVID D. PORTER, \ Acting Rear Admiral. Letter from the Reserires CAMP NEAR BELLE-PLAINS VA., Jan. 11th 1862. Dear fiero/d:—My last havingtmen indited. under rather peculiar circumstances—during a pause in the ever memorable conflict .of Fredericksburg, with ever and anon a shell or solid shot ricocheting in its vagaries, 'un pleasantly close, reminding us that we were still contiguous to the enemy's immediate front. - I will now. in a more' peaceful. locale endeavor to enlighten your understanding - with a few items concerning - this — Division, with which I am cognizant and the greater por tion of your community is more or less inter'. ested. Notwithstanding the. flaming editori als of sensation papers relating to [Wive winter campaign; " onward to Richmond" Sze -,-(said-editorials,no doubt _written_ under. the influence of-hot-coal-stoves -and-high Ail/- dorsi) one still remains as onnfortable ad circumstances will permit, and seated in our little log huts, around the .extemporized Ore plaee expatiate'ou the:various subjeets.of the day. That particularly of the topics at pres ent, is,tho contemplated retrograde movement to Pennsylvania to reorganize." ' The story has been agitated se frequently 4owever that it - excites but a, moAiount of interest—the more sensible ones belieVing it to ho.a mere camp canard,. relinquisk the ides. ..altometh- et. , That the commanding' officer did make the request there is not the' slightest doubt, but on the ncore that it will be answered af firmatively none, seem to be enlightened, and therefore, - acting under' the belief that hope deferred maketh the heart 'sick," we will, pa tiently Wait, ready and 'willing: to obey any, Orders. Major General Meade in consider mtion of his•valnable services ; and superior generalship displayed in Many a' hard. fought contest has•bean appointed to the. command of the 6th army corps and departed to as, sutno he 11 - uties o that poSitinn. — The a-rii,T ,ion is consequently left without a commander, and in our-dearth of Brigadier . Generals, is under , the coutrOlof Col. Eloratio Sickles of the 3d regiment, and: senior officer'. The ranks were so fearfully , dechninatett in the last "responsibility" that the whole Division :in,untobers' will not - approach - the maximum of a Brigade. Our time has beerrliept busily -occu'pled-since-our-arrivali-bY-the-ereation-ol huts, cabins and other non-descript habita -tions-whereimbilive.--They are_ tiow.. about completed and we will soon relapsni into the old routine. Every five days however, the monotony is disturbed by a call for, picket,- which means a walk of about ttvo miles over 'rough , roads'and standing picket in the cold for twenty four hour's with no blanket and little fire. Christmas and New Years have both passed .and " - nary" chicken or turkey graced our table._ Our rations,- though aim-. 'pie, were 4 , done up" in every imaginable, style-Pork-raw, fried and boiled U,. S.' crackers (put up expressly' for the army and baked particularly hard to exempt gents with false teeth froth the draft) were dished up as suited the various tastes. ' I consider'. the "I.!o`sting cracker" (made by -spreading a U. S. with sugar and toasting over the'fire).not easily excelled.. These formed our holiday dinners, and many, very meek, were .the 'thoughts of home and loved ones there. . 7----Iteading'inatter-isTparticularly-sperce.- n camp ; true, we have the. daily -papers, from which we gait] much valuable (!) information "l'iciory Murfreesboro"--Treagizdaus fighting'-'-,",' 11atipy of the . Anderson. Troop" &c.; 'The Pursuer-snake-our-hearts leap with, joy, while at the latter wo blush for shame to think that of nine hundreil ofPennsylvanies sons-t‘ three hundred went into battle, two hun dred missing; and fouilniudred are in camp at Nastrt;illo, destitute oh' the heoessarics of life," of these nine :hundred, turning whom were many "who fronclarth, education and wealth, are peers in the service" (ride edito- , rial' in -Inquirer . of Jan 7th) flizq hundred should in the face of the enemy, wheat every 7 arm Was neededto strike, assume that 'Gil* , - had:enlisted - as:tut escort - of - honor - to-a --- Major General, and not tbfighl, and tislc tol e dis banded. What an everlasting stigma on the fair fame of Penlisyfvailitt's . sons l; : All hon. or to the bravo " Three.llundrcd" but for'the :remainder we Oh shame where is thy Large,oavalry °Searle may be a "big.. thing'. with 4 some Generals. but Itosecrans .' could not see Freya the same - paper wo learn-," The close of the War Is at",kand." - God grant the sago editor may not r aMista• ken to his predictions. _T fj.) o s_rind_p_a c_ha gcLi_c niftp_ed • from Carlisle. to friondsin this Company some time in last. August and known as the liar:, _rison Landing_boxes," - arrived here last week, ,Botnerthat Oie worse for the wear and tear, but the contents generally exceeding' all.ex.- .pectatip4 Imperishable goods, such as-un der•g2Gthtng, stationary., cigars, tobacco etc:, mete even at this late day most acceptable; and more rralgile articles in Consideration. of their six months' tour.weio iu a passible and eatable condition. . Pcrhaps_the,only person extant who can fully appreciate-the comforts and enjOyments of civilized life is the volunteer soldier. To• ho siiddenly cast, from the associations which. to him were almost as dear as life, to be ex cluded in an instant from all the fitter feel ings- and._tentieremotions:embodied household,' and isolated as it were .from the inside world ; has its effect upon him and'hn, in a' measure beComes callous to all scenes with Which ho is not ithmediately .and personally connected. No note is taken of tints and days dawn..and. _disappear.. without,aktract ing the sit ght est attention. And so it was with out' Christmas, save the duties of 'the day were somewhat relaxed, and divine services held in nothing_w_guta_mept4_ol4iO4e pOinc camp it did exist. Some spent the greater part of the - day - in writhig. 'home, and Those wh,p were fortunate enough to receive lettere wcre rendered comparatively comfeTtable. If Our friends at lime only know the priceless value,of Such tokens of remembrance, ,They would write more frequently and oftener make us happy. New Years day was spent by this regiment on picket, where with a " set out" in readiness we spent the day 'and night in ccaseles:l watchfulness to:recive any " galls" that the enemy eight ciaose to Make. This makes the second annual' round of holidays which we have spent in the tented field—God 'grant that there be not a third like it;- but that before the dawnidg of another " merry. Christmas" war and rumors of war willidtve been. amen , * the things that were .and the white winged angel of peace hovering happi ly and foreVerin our midst, , Ectiva anb Cott): Matters. areziad to aritiounee that tire "Continental Old Folks," who gave such de lightful concerts here about c ,a year ago, will give two of, their unique entertainments in iflicom's Hall on the evenings of the 4th and 6th of February next.. Everybody. will go to hear then-." So soy we, all of us." LANuts' 'Celebrated Troupe of Ethio.eati Minstrels will _ire a short series of Concerts in Rheem's Hall, commencing this (Friday) evening. Go and hear them, if you want to hear good music and inimit able jokes. te—We are pleased to learn_ that our, friend RUFUS E. SHAPLEY Esq., who luta of ferod a partnership with a proqinent, mem ber of the . Philadelphia bai, hits decided to remain in Carlisle. :NEW MUSlO.—Messr. Oliver Ditson & Co., 277 'Washington st. Boston, are, we be lieve the must prominent and popular music publishers in this :country: We lieleive at last one-half of the _music which ever attains any eminence or character, emanates from their estahlishrnent. As an evidence of • this fact ; we give below a list of the last.batch re eeiVed froin that house. -Among these peices, will be foundorome of the most pleasing and brilliant gems of pathos arid peosy; as wall as the more solemn and sombre utterances of em- hoot composers.- - • Instnitnental="Bird Song"—J. W. Barm ston, "Buds from the.opera—idagie Flute" J' Blumenthal. The Brides Prayer on•her Wedding Div," T. °eaten.' . "Gen. Howard's Grand March, Thos. Illagoun. • Vocal—' Los Harcnonoinnes—No. 20, They Holliday," 'J. Conoono. "Only in .Jost, M. Endensslion," "Oome,-GOmo,:dway with me" miss 0. 0, I'. COURT PROOREpINGS.—We gave last week an account or the cases tried in the Court of Quarter Sessions. The listinelad- ed, we believe, all the-cases of any import. ance, except the trial of ABRAHAM BELL, for the murder of:RAYNOR CONKLIN, which trial was just commenced at the hour of o$ go ing to press. The particulars of that trage. dy, as developed by the evidence, were about ns follows I. On Fridaylnterning, November 14, about. 3 o'clock 'A. - M., three, soldiers:went to the house of Abraham Bell, a colored than, liv ing on North street, in this borough, and knocked_ 'several times., - Bell's -daughter - woke and asked who was there. - One of the soldiers--answered-.." two .soldiers who want something to cat." She told them they . had nOthing to eat. 'Sire ciilLid her father. To him the request was repeated. The soldiers . were heard to repeat the request for some thing to eat, two or three thries-L,begging them to . open the door for God's sake and not keep _them out all night as-they were ne;:rly frozen. ' After waiting some time for the door to open or o.: for a further reply, one' of the soldiers said "give me a stone, and if they don't open the door I'll break it open." The door'was then struck a hard knock, but --- • not sufficiently hard to break it open,, and at the same time the report-of the pistol was heard, and one of the soldiers cried out "I'm shot," 'arid fell.. It appears Bell rose, search. ed for a candle and matcli,dit it, delib,erate .ly loaded his pistol - , went to the door, opened it about four inches and shot one soldier in the neck; the shot penetrating the jugular vein,.and the flash .of the powder burning the face-of his comrade. Bell then closed - and -locked .the: door, sat dawn 4 by - the llre— awhile and talked. and 'after a few 15iinutes got up and went out of. the hack door round the IMusi.;'to where the , de - ad body lay L loek, ed at it and came back.. Ile then, told his family not to say any thing.about - it.br about where bellied gcine, and. went dowa the baok way and out the Walnut_Bottom road_to.thci - cornfield of Mr.Noffsinger. Ile - huSkedieorti until breakfast time, when . be went info the house. and sat down at ibe table. When.Mrs‘ ANoffsi ng,erasked him why he was out so early t he told her that some soldiers 'broke his door open and he shot at them, but did not knoli Whether or not lcilled.a.ny one. He -- was loulid guilty of murder in the second-degree, and sentence , will be pifsiied upon---htm-to-day. . . et_J-°Ouy townsman, Lieut . .. J. W. PER 110'19 of .the 15th C. S. Artilery; is here-tin iviliort visit previons to his departure for the army. -Lieut. Piper was formely attached to the battery commanded by the lamented Capt. JNo. SMEAD, but has since organized a 'new one in the same regiment, and.will take com mand of it in a few days. Lient P. was smierely wounded in one of the Peninsular battles, but. has now quite re covered. Ile was spoken of by Gen, Seymour ; as one of the most efficient and accomplished young, officer in thartilerr service.. :=ll.tay-he , win the distinction Ilia merits deserve, STOVE CLINKERS.—A REMEDY.—• There icno piece of information about house hold I .. n . c.tter,s that yve .. .cangi L o . which he,, more acceptable to all consumers of anth= recite coal, than how to get rid of the clink ers that form upon the fire brick lining of stoves, and offM•to such an extent as to. fill .up the fire chamberof a small cylinder stove till it becomes 'nearly useless. We have known instances , where the family had -to suffer all thg inconvenience of having the stove taken down in. midwinter; to be sent to the shop for repairs, in consequence of these clinkers. There is an easier way to get. rid of them. • It is this': When a .chargo of coil haS been burned down . pretty well, and is all aglow, throw in a half dozen piecea of oyster shells and fill up with coal, and let it burn till very . hot, and you will And the clinkers in a - semi-fluid state, plastic and • adhesive as sticky daugb;and about as easily punched off with a ,poker.' The philosophy of the thing is that the liMe acts as a' flux to ° the matter composing the clinkers, and pro bably limestone will.answer where shells are not convenient. When the clinkersaccu inulate again, try the same process over again, and you will not have to_send-for-the-, - stove-maher • at some inconvenient season* UM SWEET. POTATO COrk'EE.—The present prodigious price of good coffee has suggested to lovereof the beverage an economical ar rangement by . which their i '-tastes may tie in• diilged and yet their purdes•not .'too heavily. • • • po a oes, cu 1u o pieces the size of coffee grains f - roasted in a slow oven for the same length of time that cOffee is, and then 'mixf d with an equal amount of coffee, will , it is asserted, produce a beverage fully as palatable as the genuine article. • - REFOII.2I OF THE FEMALE BENEVOLENT. SOMETT or CARLIEILE.—The Managers of. the "Female Benevolent Soolety of Carlisle," pre- - sent.their account for the past year. January Ist, 1861, in, the Treasury, $6B 08_ Church collection& in 1862, .76 75 Collections in the Wards, 00 05 Contributed for purchase of bond, by individuals, ' • - .7100 Received from F, Watts, for interest on - bond, - Cash for error in account, Disbursed in the several wards, Paid oh account of pur chasing bond, - - - - - •$2B 01 To exidain some items in the account, which might•otherwise be unintelliglble, it should be stated that Mrs. Isabella Carothers, by her will, 'bequeathed to the socioty,f•the sum of $600: and directed that they same should be invested, and the interest annually appropri ated to the 'hinds of the' Society. ' The best investment the SoOiety could make was the purchase of a bond of the CuMberland Volley It. R. Co., which pays eight per cont. To-enable them to de, this, it would have been neoessaryto add to the bequest, from thuir 10 00 1.00 $Bl6 85 $2lB 87 75 00 $2BB 87
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