th 4 iatld
CARLISLE, PA..
Friday, December 4, 1863.,
S.M. PETTESGILL az, CO.,
O. 37 Park Row, New York, and 6
State St. Boston, are our Agents for the HERALD
In those cities, and are authorized to take Advertise
ments and Subscriptions for us nt our lowetit, rates.
Tue EXCHANGE OF PRISONERB.—Many in
quiries are being made as to the reasons why
there is no exchange of prisoners with the
rebels. Two chief causes are assigned for
the fact ; the rebel Government has put into
the Geld many thousands of their men, parol
ed by us at Vicksburg and other places ; and
they refuse, in pursuance of their declared
policy of enslaving the men and hanging the
officers to exchange, either officers or men
of colored regiments upon any terms at all•
Of course, the Government is bound to pro
tect all her demnders, and she is determin
Ed to do so. For the present th. refore, all
exchanges are suspended, and though we
all deeply regret the sufferings of our brave
men in the hands of the enemy, all will rec
ognize the plain duty of the emergency to
stand up to our resolutions, and require re
spect for every man who wears the untforn
of the United States
IDENTITY Aio IN ED.—The identity of
the dead soldier who was fi.und on the hi ,ody
field of Gettysburg, with the picture of his
three pretty little children tightly clasped in
his hands, his been ascertained within a day
or two. The wide publicity given to the
touching circumstance through the medium
of the press produced the desired Jesuit.—
The name of the deceased was LI ummerton,
and his widow and three children reside at
Portville, Catteraugus county, New York.—
Large numbers of photographic copies of the
picture, upon which the dying eyes of the
warrior-father closed, have been sold, and
the profits realized from their sale will be
appropriated for the benefit of the children.
It is hoped a sufficient sum may he realized
in this way, and by futur.• sales, to aid ma
terially in the education of the little ones who
were made orphans at Gettysburg.
AND:rumt. SteJErT FOR Lt.:W.SI.ATI E Ac-
TION.—We find the following, in the West
Chester Id laile Record, and give our voice
in urging the subject upon the consi leration
of the Legislature: If Wed esday he deemed
too little time to allow the ILdurn Judges to
assemble at the county scat of justice,
Thursday, at least, is not open to that ob
jection. We trust the Legislature will es
tablish this much-nee led re!oral:
Under the pre ent election law, the Judge.
of the General EiLittitin in Penits)l.ania
make their return on the Friday follow!).
the ohm ion. We hope the next. Legislature
will make the return day from Friday t(
Wednesday to.lowing the election. The!),
is now no reason, whatever there may•havr
been, forty or fifty years ago, for post,ponin•
the meeting of the Return Judges severe
days. To meet the next day alter the clue
tion is held, will prevent many frauds o
attempts at fraud, and will enahle the resul
of the election to be ascertained in ever)
county and district throughout the bate
within twenty-four hours of the closing o
the polls.
The National Cemetery
_.4.,..ceteninumher= of the Ilaitrish-urg .14/4.-/"!
cf• Union taus describes the location of the
National Cemetery, at Gettysburg : The
cemetery is located on a commanding cm
fleece, about half a mile southwest of Get
tysburg, between the Baltimore and Taney
town roads, and adjoins on the west the old
Gettysburg cemetery. It was there th;it, on
the 2d and 3d of July, the battle was fieree,t
and the invasion beaten back. Not. rto tie
old cemetery were planted the Union batter
ies, commanding the country for miles in
every direction. The '• National • Burying
Ground . ' consists of about ten acres ul land.
gently sloping toward the west, the highest
point being nearly adjacent to the old ceme
tery.
The ground laid out for burials comprises
only about one half of the bit purchased I, y
Pennsylvania, and was plotted by Mr. Saun
ders in-the form of a regular semi -circle,
having one main avenue across the base line
of its daimeter, next the old cemetery ;
another also surrounds its circumference on
the outer edge, and one of a similar width is
laid out about halt-way between the two for
mer and concentric with the outer one
throughout its whole extent. Across these
avenues the smaller paths are arranged as
radii of the circle, all tending up to a com
mon centre, where will probably be located
the commemorative monument, and around
which the lots are laid out in regular and
tasteful forms.
The simplicity of this arrangement can be
seen at a glance. Each State has its sepa
rate lot, of size proportioned to the number
of its dead soldiers, coming in the following
order of proportion : New York, Perin,ylva
nia, Mas,achusetts, Ohio, Mi, higan, Maine,
Indiana, Maryland, Connecticut, ‘Visconsin.
Illinois, Minnesota, Now .L.r.scy, Vermont,
Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Delaware,
and Virginia. But because the number of
the slain whose names and regiments could
not be ascertained, is very large, two large
lots have been placed for these nameless
soldiers, upon whose monument will be the
simple inscription, " Unknown." The buri
als are in trenches, parallel with the main
avenues. It is intended to place at the bond
of the trenches a plain granite or marble
curb, running the entire length of the lot,
upon which will be cut the names of the sol
diers, with their regiment, company, &c.—
This will obviate the ueces ity of private
monuments, and will place the memory of
all who are buried there upon an equal toot
ing.
'The contract burials are• still progressing
at the rate of fatty or sixty a day, but it is
doubtful if the •whop are 'completed this
mason.
gla,.lt is announced, under date of Louie
villa, December 2, thnt Major J F. Farris'
detective,. police
(ins,
that evening, two
of Morgan's Cap ' R. Sheldon and R. B.
Taylor, who esoaitia^with him from Colum
bus. They were found abbot Ida miles east
of Louisville, on the /Kentucky side.
Profitable Investments
The Philadelphia North American gives
some excellent advice to those who wish to
invest money. It is well for all who are in
funds to heed the council:—"Though money
has been temporarily scarce, capita] oontin.
ucs abundant ; and the recent, tumble in the
stock market has brought capitalists to a re
alizing sense of the unreliable character of
many of the securities dealt in It is greatly
to the credit of the Government that its loans.
of all the securities:daily dealt in on the mar
ket, have maintained their integrity of price
better - than almost anything else. Its Five-
Twenty year six per cent. loan, the interest
on which is promptly paid in gold, has been
subscribed to, all through the pressure in the
money market, at an average of more than
two millions per day. And what is the least
gratifying fact in connection with the daily
large subscription to I his popular loan, scarce
ly any of it is returned to the market for sale
It is taken for investment, ant is held with
unfa tering confidence in its reliability. And ,
why should it not be! It is seen that the
Government now, after two years of the most
gigantic war that the world has ever known.
experiences no difficulty in commanding the
necessary means to prosecute it. or in pay
tug regularly the interest in gold as it falls
due. If this can be done while the war is
being waged, who can anticipate any difficul
ty in readily accomplishing it when the war
shall he ended ? What better investment then,
for capiral, titan the — Fire Twenty" Ciovern•
meat loan ? But if any doubt, let him refer
to the statistics furnished by the census tables
of the various nations of the world. The
facto which they present will prove the most
satisfactory mode of dispelling the number
leos gloomy apprehensions which are being
continually conjured up by those who are dis
posed to exaggerate the extent of the calami
ty occasioned by our rebellion. A reference
to the state of most of the pro perous nations
of the old world clearly disproves such a posi
Liar], and shows that the highest conditions of
nation al advancement h ve cot been mate
rially affected by the extended wars in which
those nations have been immemorially en
gaged, and that a henvy national indebetd
tiesi has nut pro , ed an unmitigated evil.
'• Por instance, Great Britain, Prance and
the Netherlands will undoubtedly be conced
ed to represent the highest prosperity that
has been attained by any of the European
nations. And yet no nations have been
called upon to endure fiercer or m ire prq ;.
longed wars domestic and foreign, than they
The effect has been, unquestionably, to incur
an enormous national indebtedness; but ueith
er - their wary not their indebtedness lave
had the effect to destroy their elasticity, nor
to check the progress of their general pros
pet by The result would have been different
probably, if these n itions had been ['tiling
into decay, iustea I of being, as they real y
were, in a state of development and in this
respect their case resembles our own, with
enormous advantages in our favor These
nations, while undergoing the trials of war,
were oppressed by the evils of an immense
exodus of their people, caused by the density
of their population, the impossibility to pro
vide occupation for them, the low price of la
bor, and the scarcity of territory. Compared
with our own country, they possessed slight
room fur future development ; they were set•
[led in every part, and no vast territory lay
invitingly open to encourage enterprise and
settlement. Their great problem ha, ever
been what to do with their surplu — s — population,
which, in its tutu, has sought new fields fur
- triVetirtrWanil — stiff suppoi'Fin countries
our own, where an illimitable territory waits
to be developed, and where incalculable re
sources invite industry' and energy. The en
cuuragetnent to be derived from these facts
and comparisons of circumstances is very
great, and to the ailed of any -dispassionate
reasoner is conclusive that the course of this
Brett country Is onward and upward, and
that its credit will live unimpaired to the
en.l."
Why Fuel is so Dear -The Copper
heads the Cause.
.A great de id of Heedless newspaper dis
cussion is now going on to prove that the
price of coal is exhorbitantly high, and that
the coal dealers are deriving enormous pro
fits al the expo se of the public. And the
m tjority of tho,o who protest against those
high prices point triumphantly to the bn
inense increase in the product of the mines
as conclusive reasu why coal shou:d be as
cheap now as it was before the war. Now,
these poople forget that there hre great in
dustrial enterprises requiring large supplies
of fuel, which have sprung up since the war
began. Amoi•g these may be mentioned
our new extensive steam-marine, our vast
iron worts, an I other a; encies n•contly de
veloped to an unprecedented extent, which
consume very large quantities of coal, and
keep the markets from being overstocked.
We do not mean to say, however, that
coal is not too high. We believa that it is
at least one-third too dear, taking into con
sideration the depreciation of the currency,
the scarcity and appreci,tion of lab a., and
the increase! demand for consumption. But
this state of things is not the legitimate ef
fect of the war, nor due to the overcharge of
dealers here, so much as to the Copperheads
friends of J'eff. Davis in this North. When
Lee railed into Pennsylvania it was given
out at Richmond that he would fire the coal
mines, and freeza the N.H. h into submission.
Failing at that scheme, the Rebel emissaries
among us are endeavoring indirectly to ac
complish the seine purpose, by spreading
sed don among the miners, nil inciti g them
to almost prohibitory combinations, whereof
the moral fruits are riot, arson and murder.
The following article from The Pottsville
Miners'. Journal affordi a curious and in
structive insight into the nature of the 'roub
les in the coal regions, and the reason for
(he excessive advance in the price of fuel :
Trade shows the extraordinary increase of
50.921 tuns this week over the corresponding
week last year. Every department of the
business is pushed to its utmost capacity in
order to supply the demand, which has far
exceeded the most extravagant calcul .lions
made in the early part of the season. The
increase required by the Government for the
army and navy this yner over last, will not
exceed 300, 0 00 tons, if i• reaches that quan
tity, while the increase thrown into the mar
ket so far this year reaches 1,665,119 tons.
No other period in the history of the trade
shows so large an increase. In 1851 it was
1,008,394 tone, and in 1869. 992,678 tons,
but the prices ruled low, and coal penetrated
far. bite the interior where it never. reached
before, in consequence of the low rates: This
year the prices have 'ruled higher for the
last five months than were over known. be
fore, and the increase thrown into the mar
ket will reach about 1,800,000 tons, with no
surplus stocks at any point so far.
There are various specu.ations in the press
abroad as to the cause,of the present high
prices of coal. Everything that enters into
the mining of coal has nearly doubled in
price; such as powder, oil, timber, horse feed,
&c The wages of labor have doubled over
the prices paid in the early part ut 1862.
There was, however, no necessity for so large
au advance in the whges at the mines, wbidh
are Crum 40 to 50 per cent higher than is
paid in other departments of trade iu the re
gion, if it had not been for the combi.tations
formed at a large number of the collieries,
by a minority of the men, generally the most
reckless and turbulent portion. These cow
bivations have virtually taken possession of
the collieries, and die ate their own terms in
wages and in the hiring of bosses, &c., who
will make the returns to suit the committee
men. The operator is virtually ignored ii)
the nianiweinent of this property, and must
either sub unit to the terms proposed, or have
his colliery stopped, his life threatened, a id
his property probably destroyed. At first
some of the operators felt disposed to resist
these combinations, and stopped their col
lieries for weeks at a heavy loss, but in the
end were forced to yield to the demands, be
cause others, who did not desire to encoun
ter these losses, yielded at mice, and added
additional price to the coal. These demands
have been continued once or twice a month
for the last six mouths, until good miners at
several places can and are making from $5
to $6 a day, working by contract. To pay
he •e prices the operator, of course, has add
ed to the price of coal, and has taken care
to add a good profit also, so long as he fin Is
a brisk demand for all the coal he
,produces
The carrying companies and boatmen, know
ing also that all that could be produced
would be required, stepped in for a slice of
the profits, and increased their rates higher
than they ever were before. Hence the high
price of coal at which it is now selhieg .
These are the causes which have produced
the present high price of coal, and so long
as there is a good demand these high prices
will continue. Nothing but'the breaking up
of th ere combinations, or an overstocked
market, or an increase in the number of
miners and laborers sufficient to Create com
petition, will affect the present prices of coal
t any extent.
While all the miners and lab)rers do not
object to receiving the present high wages,
dad in ny of them do not condition very
strongly the measures taboo to produce it.
unless they become sufferers themselves by
threats and intimidation, still it is only a
email minority io all the regions that have
gotten up and sustain these c imbinations iu
their turbulent, unlawful and murderous
acts. In every inatance, as far as we can
learn, the leaders in these coulhinatio , s are
Copperheads opposed to LiPJ government.
They received their tutelage from the
LI , Copperhead speakers and their papers,
and alter finding that they could cowl°. the
coal operators so easily, they :opposed that
they could control the Government also, and
eet themselves up in opposition to Om en-
foreeineut of the laws, and would have resist
ed these laws if the military had not been
stafioned in the diairent coal regions to
overawe them.
The consumers of coal have been taxe(
extra not less than from six to right million
of dollars this year, in consrquenee of thesi
combinations which exist in the co Ll regions
At present the anal trade is so situated tha
it is receiving more than its proporti n 0
profits, at the expense of every other branch
of business.
Mr. Murdoch, the Actor
We are pleased to chronicle. says the Louis
ville Journal, of Nov 17, the arrival of this
tiis:inguished gentleman, to the airy It will
be remembered that Mr. Murdoch went to
Chattanooga to try to recover the body of his
gallant sou. - rifling in this, and ever ready
to render aid to the cause of the Union, he ae
cepted the appointment. of Volunteer Aol on
the staff of Gen. Rousseau, and, on that gen
tleman's assuming a new department, he has
taken the 01 portunity to revisit his family, in
tending to return and resume his place on the
General's staff
While with the army, Mr. Murdoch put his
great elocuti nary talent to admirable use
lie read, on Sunday, (he Holy Scriptures to
the men, and accompanied his reading with
lessons of advice, while ou other days he re
cited patriotic odes and songs to immense
crowds of suidiers, and, like the bards of elder
days, inspired his hearers with the, ardor of
battle and nerved them to deeds of noble &tr.
iog This novel experiment was eminently
successful, and both officers and turn were
eager fir constant repetitions of those admire
ble exercises. We understand that Mr. M
will resume his readings on his return to the
army, whenever his duties will allow lu corn
man with every love of his country, we thank
Mr. M. for his noble efforts in behalf of our
gallant soldiers.
The Crops in 1862 and 1803
The following is a rummary statement of
the amount of tho crops of 1862 and 1863
both summer and tall, of the loyal states,
a 4 returned to and estimated by the Agri
ou tural Department
The summer crops of wheat, rye, barley
and oats, for 1862 and 1863, are as follows :
Total, 1863.
Wheat, bu. Rye, bu. Barley, ' bu. Oats, bu.
191,068,234 20,138,287 16,760,597 174,858,167
Tot 11, 1864
189,903,500 21.254,959
17,78t,4(11 172 520,917
•1,u74 739 1' 459,6 . 9 1 - 1, 029,80 i, 3.7,17'.}
ucreaso• }Decrease.
The full orops of coin, buck wheat and po.
tatoes, tor 1862 and. 186 d, are as follows:
Corn. Potatoes.
Total, 1802, bus., 076,7 , 4,474 18,722,095 113,5.1.2.118
Total, 1863, bus,, 419,163094 17,153,233 57,8,5,037
137,640,:m0 4:529,752
Docreaso,
The monthly report of iiie department iu
S.•piember shows tun• the amount, of wheat
and flour exported to all 001111 ries, in the year
euduig Sept. 1, 1663, is 40,696 806 bushels.
The domestic consumption, thou is as fol
lows :
Wheat erops for 1802
Exported.
Dotuostic consumption
Oorn crop .or 1862.
Exportril. _ _
Domentle toneutuptlon
Toe expar,s and domestic consumption ex
hibit the relative magnitude of the brigs
and domestic markets
The report examines the probable foreign
demand tor breadstuffs during 1864, and
shows that the principal portion of our ex
ports of'bleadsiuffs are purchased in the En
glish markets; that tho average annual im
portations of al, grains With Groat Britain
and Ireland are 94.278,84 h Awe: lean bushels
but tu 1850 the importation was 135.386,439
American bushels, and in 1861, 142 529,106
Ntheritnin that it, was as great, In
1862 but not so large in 1863; that from
the present condition of the crops in England,
the demand for 1864 would return to the gen
eral average, rather than to the great amount
sitice - 1860; that the home demandfor 1864
would be-at least equal to that for 1863, and
that the condition of the currency wound re
wain as favorable as it now is; that hence
the amount of wheat and ohms for 1864 would
be as follows:
Whont crop of 1863.
flomestle consumption
Leaving for export
Corn crop of 1863
DomOStic consumption
Leaving a deficiency of
which, thus( be provided for by greater econr
tny in feeding, and a greater proportional con •
surnption of wheat.
The number of stook hogs is about the same
as in 1862, and about live per cent. below a
general average in condition. These were
early turned on the t rosted corn
The buckwheat orop is not as much injured
as was generally supposed because most of
it is produced in the States of New York, New
Jersey, and Pennsylvania, where the frosts
of August 30th and September 18th did not
injure the crops materially.
The tobacho crop of 1863 is larger than
that of lust year by nearly fifty millions of
pounds, although the frosts in the western
Ste es were very injurious to it. But. about
one-half of the crop inere had been gathered
befo o the frost of September 18th, and sev
nty five per cent wore ground hal been
planted than in 1862.
The hay crop of 1862 is estimated at 21.-
603 645 tons; that of 1863 at 19.840 482 tons,
a decrease of 1,633,163. Its quality is goof.
WAR NEWS.
TituasDAY Nov. 26.—We have real Thans
givin news this morning from Tennessee.
Olhcial despatches from Generals Grant and
Thomas, received at Washington, represent
the army of Bragg in full retreat, and Look
nut Mountain and Missionary Ridge—two
very important positions—in our possession.
Over two thousand prisoners have fallen into
our hands. The behavior of our troops is
said to have been admirable. The despatch
es state that Grant expected to be in Atlan
ta, Georgia, in five days. This may be re
garded, we hope, as the beginning of the
end ; tor, with the rout of the present Rebel
army in that seed' n, while our forces are
pursuing, soon the war in Tennessee and
Georgia will, be virtually at an end.
The situation at Knoxville is said to be
satisfactory, Burnside, being not only able to
hold his position without loss, but to keep
open all his corninnnications. Ere this , rai i,-
f weements (ruin Grant have undoubtedly
re.tei.e.l him.
Rebel accounts from Missionary H (km up
to Monday say that on that day the. Uni.m
forces advanced and iltove in the Rebel pick
ets, but it was not kno n whether an 1 tusk
in twee was eontemplated.—A despatch
from Bragg state, that he then held all the
leading to Knoxville excepting . one.
"fliere were rumors in Richmond o! the 00-
copation of Knoxville, but the news received
from ihßt neighborhoo I by this time has no
doubt dissipated thew.
Snutherii pap rs received et Fortrcsi :11011-
n/e Antal II aI muem front ChttlieSti,ll ti)
day last. _ lire Lai been kept up
bet m•uti our \i Ur. 8 amid thiise of the Rebels
all day, but no shells bad been thrown into
the
From tho Army of the Putnam° we lelru
hAt, -everal t..t the carps h ive changed posh
Leu nrmy
MEI
Court Mouse to the hue of H.e, ItichinJud and
F..oderick , burg railroad. One di~i•ion of
ENeTs corps eccupieJ Fredericksburg. Lee
is 'said to be preparing ro go into winter guar
sera. A party of guerillas in - L ou courtly,
Virginia, had been attacked by eome of our
cavalry itud a large number of prisoners,
horses aocieutretnenis captured. lieu, Meade
and stall. with ilicers of the army, on Sat
urday dined with ll.ut John Minor Botts.
SATURDAY, Nev. 28 —Our victoty at
ant oga Is complete and decisive. Ou Wud
nesday night M tj. Gou. Grant modestly tele.
graphed to the thivernment "I b here I um
not pennature in announcing a complete victory
over G 1"... Bragg." and yesterday he tele
gr.tphed, ant ju,t trom the front. The
rout of the enemy is must complete," which
leaves not n douot that that he 'as w the
greatest victory of the vv,r All hi, previous
laurels fade in the magnitiocue of Ins present
' trchtercment: - - Thu - grandeur - of ' Voku
tkes de.ails alnwst. impertinent Sn,ty piec
es of artillery, between nye and ten thous:tad
priconers a huge quantity of swill arms,
catup and garrison equipage,
stores tutu battle itigs, are some of the ire
pines of the fight winch felt into the pusses:-
tun of our MI oriouB army, white the enemy,
in lull and panic stricken retreat, is shall.
dulling or destroying everything ilia can
possibly impede its bight. Tennessee re
deendd Geu. Burnside sale, the late Rohe'
army ul Bragg demoralized beyond nil hope
"U'f• forilnr restoration, and the Rebel G.,veru
'neat itself reels under such a blow as it h ‘el
never before received ; the prelude, we hope,
,to one that will soon crush it to atoms.
LLi er dispatches state tout Bragg, in his
ru teat, attempted to make a stand at Chick
amauga Station, but was lug tia forced back
by our torsos
Toe Latest news from Bur . :l9ide reports him
as iu a perfectly' safe pusitiun. A tula.nu
woe in inJtitiu Rum Ch.thannogi lur his
R is conjectured that Longstieet will ut
tempt to jam Bragg, but titaph3 provision
11,18 been made to prevent it, and he will
therefore have to ret eat tutu Virginia, if he
tlhuuld get away at all.
~lusuAr, Nov. • , u —.News front the Army
of toe Putcinao at ibis writidg is good On
Friday our forces advanced fl•utn ILO told at
which they in ossed the 11.,pid.in, and turned
lieu of battle. At 1 u chuck p. to a unifies',
begun un the rued leading toward Orange
Court House, but the enemy did not reply
with artillery. AL 4 p in.. Corps up
proached our center, and at 4,1 ! Leavy it ticket
ry was heard playing that. out• Third Corp,
wa. engaged. Up to 6 u cluck our CaSallilLlels
IL the center were few. Oa Thursday utter
- noon lieu. Uregg 8 u-tvalry deuce 11111 Rebel
cavalry back on their supports, and their him
ecif retired —his toss to 8.1111 to be 230, which
is very large. But then our Eith Corps caul
up and faked the enemy haus. lii the mean
tune, lieu French, wit the 3.1 Corps had a
(maim with Ewell (On our ri lit ) Ile held
1114 position, tuuugn fusing se nerd , and re
1101'10 the unpin e 01 itUd Itcbels. - 0 t libly
morning it was found thin the. Rebels had
back two miles trues our center tuwattl
Orange Gunn house Thin dry
upeur•d widi cou'lleraide nrl.ll,ry
li~hiwg ulna: cur whole tine up to 1 p w ,
wile it bSC/I.IIIA secede WI built 01 tes, aid 'u
continued until dark. seems certain that
Meade deceived Leo As to the point 01 cross
t u g and that Lee uhannoned all his strong
es.rtbwwks only to let our men ialte thew.-
0o Saturday cpintions began at daybreak,
Geu, Meade advancing to the front. Pieket
tieing continued until noon, and it was
10,6t12,11b3
thought that Lim euetuy wou d alowly retrert
and ddeline any genoral engagement. Tnue
Bußholg
189,0A,00
4U,U 8
far our losses are Hot heavy, and the Rebels
seem to unable or unwilling to make a de.
termitic(' stand ; but it is gu .esed they. will do
so at at':near 'Orange Court House.
Corpus Christa, Aransas City. Texas, were
captured by Gans Banks and Dana, who
marched upon that place overland from
Brownsville
1 8 487 S lu2
Lad 783.474
11 648,1112
676,u '
John Morgan and six of his odioers es
capod from ttio Ohio Penitentiary on Stour
day - morning, between two o'clock and day
light.
[From cho Richmond Hroluirer]
Repel Terms of Peace
Save on our terms, we can accept no'Peace
&lawyer, and must light till doomsday rash
or than yield an iota of them ; and our Lentil
are :
Recognition by the enemy of the indepen
once of the Confederate States.
Withdrawal of the Yankee forces from
every fait at Confederate ground, including
lientucky,and Missouri.
Withdawtil of the Yankee soldiers from
Maryland, until that State &Ault. deci..e by a
Bush°ln.
191,098,239
150,307,192
41,761,047
449,163,894
575,024 13
125,800,238
~tretelieB from - Aladison
free vote whether she shall remain in the old
Union or ask admission into the Confederacy.
Consent on the part of the Federal gov
ernment to give up to the Confederacy. its
proportion of the navy as it stood as the time
of secession, or to pay for the same.
Yielding up. ot all pretensions on the part
of the Federal government to t at portion of
the old territories which lies west of the Con•
federate States.
An equitable settlement, on the basis of
our absolute ilidependence and equal rights,
of all accounts of the public debt and public
lands, and the advantages accruing from
foreign treatieA.
These provisions, we apprehend, compro
mise the minimum of what we must require
before we lay down our. arITH j that is to say,
the North must yield all—we nothing.
Our Book Table
The EDINBURG REVIEW has been upon our
table for some days The fdlowing is the table
of Contents ;—Queensland ; Grogorovious'
Mediaeval Rome ; Cadastral Survey of
Great Britain ; Macknight's Life of Lord
Bolingbroke ; Austin on Jurisprudence ; The
Royal Academy ; Chincona Cultivation in In
dia ; Phillimore's Reign of George ILI; Fara;
Mahratia Tale; The Colonial Episcopate.
The above presents a repast of no ordinary
character. Some of the articles are full of
interest, and will amply repay the reader for
the time spent upon them. Taere is nothing
flimsy, nothing trilling. The Reviewer of
M (ckoight's Life of Lord Bolingbroke traces
his career from early childhood to ripened
age, giving many items of interest in his per
sonal and political history. He endeavors to
acoount for the noble "Lecretary's" aversion
to the Bible, lo) charging it upon the severe
training of his Puritanical grandmother, who
((ften required him to read large volumes of
controversial divinity, before he was old en
ouch to understand them No trace is given
of his mother, and the significant record is
made of his father, that he (lied at ninety, an
“unreclaimed rake." Is it n - ,t probable that
the intolerable wickedness of the father had
more to do with the son's infidelity, than the
rigid precepts of his venerable grandmother
Many who have admired the talents of Boling
broke, have been shocked at his derision of
Divine Revelation ; whilst others with brains
scarcely capable of retaining an idea have'
plunged into the same lurk abyss of infidel
ty. .% las ! pour h uman nature"
ARTHUR'S HONE MAU IZIN. tor December is
upon our table, enriched with two engravings
—"Winter" end "Snow Birds"—besides
number of beautiful fashion plates. Such
cloaks, such exquisite [Darning robes, such
lovely walking dres ,, es, such fancy aprons,
such charming head-dresses, why, en•
ough to make a young la lys heed reel with
delight, and her feet trip nimbly to the grand
emporium of fashion, to relieve herself of the
plentiful green backs that swell her purse.—
What would woman do without the fashions!
What a blessed thing her tocakne.ra can be
fully gratified by that interesting class whose
business it is to cater fur her vain nature !
The Table of Comeots:—Caristmas, A
Proyer ; Our Shadows; The Story of J met
Strong-Part 3d ; Unknown ; Kings and Qiceos
of Eughtul; The Life Immortal ; Out iu the
World; Watching and W citing ; Bitter %Voids;
llov Scenes ; Fashion; and other articles, .
'•Christmas" is a pleasant story, with a
beautiful mural lesson. o;her articles pos
sess considerable interest for children, as well
as those of mot e m ure years.
Tlle ATLANTIC MONTHLY for DOCOMbOr
Contents : —The M w verliout a Country ;
Tun Ilfids of hillnig word' ; Lderary Lute in
Parrs; Grou - Air 'Engine ; 'A - Lnymt
Ulan s No; E t2.eue ll:lacroix : Symp•tbetic
Lying; Souie:hing about lid4es ; luterna
Structure and Prugre,stun of the Glacier; lu
an .1. ; Longfellow ; Letter to a Peace Dem
ourat ; Review:: and Literary Notinee ; Recent
merican Publications.
A 3 will he seen from the above, this p pu
hir Monthly comes freighted with an abun
dance of choice and delicious thing -4, to be
served up during the frosty evening-5 of Win
ter a fir>t month. E abracing a great variety
of topics, from the pens of sum of the most
gifted writers in the circle of literature, this
number will compare favorably with any du
ring the pas y ar. Inspired with the deter
munition to matte the Atlantic's future his
tory more litildant titan the past, the enter.
pitstug publishers promise a grand treat for
its readers the coining y ear. By referring to
their Advertisement, which we publish in this
iso e of our piper, it will be seen that they
have a lung list of accomplished writers. As
fed.ures of spool t 1 interelt, they promise sev
erti poems from Robert Browning, a new
malice from the graceful pen of Hawthorne, a
number of the Cantos of Longfellow 's
translation of I) Lute's " Diving Gdinalielt4,"
..11,tu:to and Rowe Papers," by Mrs. Stowe,
beside., various aritt!les on N 'tuna Science,
by Agassiz With such n golden harvest ris
ing before the reapers vision, be way well
sharpen his sickle, to gather the precious
grain Wu hope our readers-,will avail thein
Helves of the opportunity to subiairtbe fur th s
valuable Monthly, at the beginning of the
New Year.
LETTER FROM THE ARMY
Orange & Alexandria Railroad, Va., t
November 2'Jth, 1663. I
DEAR 11ERALD-111111gs military remain
in a queseen slam in and urousd Alexan
dria ; the war inachui. ry ill Government
works with its USUlti reguiarity and precision,
autl the parapheralia of the ' lLD 111211 Se depot
is unchanged. Lung trains, laden with stores
and munitions of war, hourly leave the city
lug the Army of the Potomac, and returning,
bring back worn out horses and mules, and
damaged wagons, to be recuperated and re
paired, and again tali . , ii buck to whence they
came, us good as when originally issued from
the department. The Gruverninent, having
learned Lim principles of econun.y through
long and costly experience, is evidently de
teranned to profit thereby, and is general re
form in the system of transportation is ob
servable. The 0. and 4. Railroad is the
principal source of communication with
the army in front : and being , well guarded
by troops who havebecutne inured to danger,
the attempts of guert i.las to burn the bridges
and dear up the track, aril rendered puerile,
and the transit is comparatively sale. Tu
watch the intiumerabie trains constantly
passing with their precious freight, one can
not help wondering where a.l the supplies
come from, and when the vast resources ill
,our country will negin to wax low. Certain
ly Providence stilited spun the Government
'in its her Mean efforts to overthrow the
would be destroyers of the Unifun. and viudi
cute the cause of Justice, and Nature con
firms it by the liberal supply of sustenance
she furnishes to the brave souls in the field.
It would take nut a little dalleulty to tits
cover the exact location of,the 7th ltegtoset4
proper at preaeut. A lurge purtiou is ou
dt tached duty in the city, while a still greater
portion guard the bridges and illations along
the railroad. The nucleus, however, re
mains at the old encampment near the sub
urbs of town, and with 'great labor perform
the many duties incident to their lot, and
which have not been materially lessened by
the recent dispositions. The regimental
quarters, having commended to show unmis
takable signs of the weather, and wear and
tear of constant use, it has been deemed
proper to erect others, and consequently a
large detail of eoldier-mechanics from the
Regiment was made for that purpose, some
time since, and the quarters now show some
signs of completion. They consist of frame
buildings, one for each company, very taste
fully laid off and skilfully put up. To Corp.
Samuel Site,, of this company, was given
the superintendence of the work, and the re
sult shows that he is not deficient in tne-
chemical ability. These comfortable quar
ters is the work of Brig. GOO. Slough. Mt iit
ry Governor of Alexadrts, who by many acts
of kindness and forethought. for the comfort
of the men under his command has become a
universal favorite.
A great many of this command after due
consideration have joined the " Veteran
Corps" for three more years, and thus shown
tom the patriotism which they imbibed at the
commencement of the war has not yet fa.
dud. The bounty offered by Government
actionats in the ageregate to $402, which
very handsome consideration is notches t att
est. item in the reckoning. Of course some
of the " eels," have naturally incurred a few
incidental expenses" and this "pile" will
come very handy in liquidating theta liar
lag a peculiar penchant for good clothes, they
immediately equip themselves with a coal
plete outfit—front cap to high top boots —and
like '• heroes all so bold" as they are, o ep
around with an air of conscious ti , igni,y that
would vie favorably with some of our Briga
dier Generals. Vive la ith Regiment " boys"
of the Veteran Corps.
Thanksgiving (fay was kept in Alexandria
and the surrounding camps with all due re
gard for the solemnities of the occasion The
different churches of tbe city held itvine set'
vice, and the principal places of business were
closed—with the exception of those of the
Jewish di-pensition, whose avarimoua pro.
pensitie.s prompted thorn ter tempt. the tin
sophisticated with their worthless goo Is e•en'i
on Ibis day The regular routine of camp
duties was not infringed upon, but evidently
those " oil'' were furnished with a general
carte blanche, for these seemed no particular
re•trand had upon them and the town W,29
thronged. The crowning feature of the day
was the address delivered by Gov. Piot pont,
Whin') was listened 10 with great attention by
both the military and civil. The distinguished
orator closed with the suggestion that o viol
notary subscription be raised for the relief of
stir starmeg priseners al Richmond, which
was responded to most. nobly, and elicited a
very flattering result.
Rumors are rife in respect to the future
movements of our Brigade and Division One
marches us to the front to rejoin 'the other
Brigades another very generou.dy conveys
the whole Division-to
another Iran-ports us to Texas. We see no
positive indications of a " ' move " ns yet., nor
can the various reports be traced to any Tell
able or authentic source, so we are inclined
to believe them camp canardB and certainly
will wait " to see what we shall see."
EoiDn and iountn4tiattzrs.
r ittANKsGiviNo [)AY.—Thursday last,
the.26th ult., was generally observed by our
cniz.ens as a day of Thanksgiving and Praise.
',Ube stores and shops were all closed, divine
8 rviees were held in most of the churches,
and the day wore the aspect of a Sabbath
stillness.
DEAD.—Tim youpg woman, Miss AN
NIE JAI'ESUS, Noticed in our lust issue as
having beet' so severely bunted, died from
the effects on Friday tuoroing last.
.IJer,
sufferings are derribed us being most ex
cruciating. She was about twenty-two yei.rs
of age
glee" Citizens of Carlisle, if you want
your Photographs colored in Is, artistic style
in Oil and t\ user color, lirmg them to Sites
I'veLTU.B, first' door above Shriner's Hotel,
North Hanover s.. A lbain pictures colored
fur 2O cents. Also Sign painting and Gild
ing on glass done in the latest city style.
ROTATION IN OFFICE.—On Tuesday
last, the oil county officers, 'Messrs. Duke,
Floyd and Brady, took leave of the people of
" Old Mother Cumberland," in a very grace
ful manner. Their successors for the next
three p ars, Messrs Shireinatt, Corntnan and
North, male their beet bow, and entered in
to possession of their " honors and emoln
menti." The retiring officers were univer
sally conceded to be competent and faithlul
public servants, and from Oa- ut
the new incumbents, we think that they will
tultil their duties according to law.
COAL, COMtvlt DOWN. --Everybody
(except coal speculators,) will be glad to
learn that the price of coal is on the decline.
At a great sale of 23,000 tons of different
qiialities, held in New York a few days ago,
it was sold at an average decline of sixty to
sixty five cents per tun compared with pre
vious wholes..le prices. This coal was mostly
bought by buna-lide dealers. The cause of,
the decline is owing to the heavy quantity
sent to market, which is largely in excess of
former years. Instead of there being a great
scarcity of the article in the large cities dur
i g the winter, as was appiehended, the Buti
ply is Lkely to be wore than usually plenty.
VUBLICI OPINION —llas quietly set
tled down in favor of the WHEELER & WIL
SON irstrutuent. This is fairly attested in
the fact t l hat although the double thread chain
ditch has been clamorously recommended
to the public for nearly ten years as far
superior to the lock stitch, yet of the 41,243
machines returned to Mr. Howe as sold in
1859, nearly 40,000 make the lock
showing the verdict of file public in this
matter.
The Committee of the American Institute
New York, appointed to examine sewing ma
chines, made a long, elaborate, and able re
port ol much interest to the public, in which
the Wheeler cf• Wilsonpachine is given the
pre-eminence beyond a peradventure. The
report says :
• Clads Ist includes 'the Shuttle or Loch-
Satoh ilue;tines for family use,.and for man
ufacturers in the salt e range of purpose and
material.. The committee has assigned this
class the highest rank, on account of the
"elasticity, permanetce, beauty. and general.
desirableness of the stitching when done,"
and the wide range of its application Ao
the head of ibis class they place the Whe'eler
Wilson machine, and award it ,he highest.
premium. This has been the ithilornrawaril
for this machine throughout the country for
several years, and we think , no disinterested
person will dispute its juAiee and propriety.
THANKSGIVING AT CARLISLE BAR
RACKS. Oao of the neatest and bost arranged
affairs of the season took place in the new
Hospital at Carlisle Barracks on Thanksgiv
ing Day. For some time previous, a number of
the ladies of Carlisle ad been at work, heart
and hand, preparing a surprise for the sick
and wounded at the poet. Where "the ladies"
are interested in any undertaking, success is
proverbially certain; but in ibis instance they
exceeded the most extravagant expectati— s
of all interested, and almost excelled Ili, •.a.
elves in their laudable desire to make bap y
those i our midst who have been disabled by
the viciseitudes and hardships of war. To
I hoeet the hare remembrance of the ofmasions
will be a source of enjoyment for a long
time to come Although the fair origitiaters
simply intended to get up a dinner for the
sufferers, and to drive away the natural long.
log fur borne and the customary observance
of the day as it OC(1111 . 13 at home, their efforts
re ulted in a festival, which we guarantee
was not sarraosed in plentitude, ornament,
or keenness of enjoyment, by any in the
MEI
The cerenemirce, which to , ok pl+ace in the
north ward of the ILispiiiel,wher e all who were
to partake lutclu•ling n few invited guests),
were assembled, were appropriate and to the•
point. The Rev Mr li•oss, chaplain of the made an appropriate prayer, fol
lowing it with a short a i•lress, in which he
aptly tend clrariecteriatictjly condewee L l in e,
few vrorde all that nace.,sery fur the oe
easion.
At about 2 P. ;11. the party proceeded te•
the mess room, wheru the tables, arranged by
n number of the ladies themselves, vitro graced,
the entert aill!Ilt . tit by their cheering presence,
were growing ()odor the weight of a bounti
ful supply of till that the must epicurean taste
might desire and all I but the sympathetic gen
erosity of the gentle portion of humanity eouldi
suggest. Thu tintiles were arrdnged with snob
exquisite more Hilt the pl t n textural of the
room were re . ), , le.,Fe invisible by the supexior
attractions of lila W - while table cloths and
the substautials nu l ilahoactes with which.
they were covered. After the blessing of Al
mighty God waq invoke 1 by Lie chaplain, the
dinner was tosted by thosc for whom it was
provided, au I tiro tilantiL,r in (chinch (Ito pro
rj81011.9 disappeared• waa proof suit/meta that. ,
the generosity of thu lal Qi was provirly ap
preciated.
Incidents of this kin Ido n of en occur is
the life of a 'S'oldier, aml conseq,zently are
seldom, if ever, forgotten. Those who have
for mouths braved Hie dangers of to war with,
a vindictive and - revengCful enemy, and have
been subjected LJ tri tie and hardships which
our nation, since the Revolution, did not know
its suns could undergo, cto and do appreci•
ate the disinterested kindness and liberality
which characterized those who, wisb heart and•
might lab- red for their comfort and endeai
ored to cheer their drooping spirits. l'Jo
much praise canto it be awardel,to those la
dies who have labored so tissidnonsly for the
comfort of our die tiled soldiers; and we have
been especially reci tested by the recipients of
the favor to express their heartfelt thanks to-
Miss Baird, Mrs. J Rheem, Mrs, T. Coo•
lyn x Miss L. Zig, Mrs. J. Irvin, Miss L.
13idd.e, Mrs. A B Sharp, and Mrs. C. Imhoff,
whit rendered by their presence and strenuous
efforts a cheerful and home like air to their
wool acceptable repast, and to the following
ladies, and the gentlemen ivlio assisted them,
and whose Jou itions. so ma:srially aided them
in rendering many, wlt ise thoughts would oth
erwise-have-Non w with perhaps
emotions of regret, to firesides far away,
perfectly happy fur a time;
M lj. tli,llllo, Mr , . U n. Elliott,
Mrs. T. Conlyn. Mrs. Blaney, Miss Corn
bell. ‘lra. W. Watts, Mrs. Ju Ige Watts, NESS
hid Ile, Mrs Sr ap, Nits , M. Loudon, Mrs.
Chamberlin, Miss S E Miller, Mrs. Bialer,
Mrs. 11. Saxton, Miss M Ling, Mrs. E. Gav
in, Mrs. Judge tlroll 1.111, Mrs II Burkholder,
Mrs Dr AI Ilion, Mrs. MeG'iure, Mrs. J.
Irvin, Mrs It C. Woo lwarl, Mrs. Dr. Zig
ler, Mrs. F. A Kennody, Miss. MoElbenny,
Mrs. Baughman, Miss. C MJore, \IBB. Stahl„
Mrs. Alexander, Mrs. tn;iutr, Mrs. W. M.
Beet ern, M . BB R. Il.tird , Mrs Itheetn, Miss
F. Graham Mrs. Euy, Miss L. Zug, Miss
Julia A S lowers, 1..7 EAbort. Mr. W. Mar
tin, J. Dyer, J Ogdby. W J Shearer, J.
Noirsinger, A Lluilsey, U Zinn, ii. Basler, G.
D Craighead, 11. Sivart, .B IV Woodward,
J. Noffsioger, Jr., S Lee. G. S Clark, J. D.
Gorges, C Rcicb or , J It. Eicock, 11.. Owen,
(1 Miller, A 11 Blair, A. Bentz, O. Winters,
A Spites, .1. Fishburn, P. & J. Louck, J-
Sehruitll, Roe. It. Block, W. Bentz, F Diller,
P Quigley, J. Ahl, A L Hid in, J Ritner , W.
Craighead, J. Craighead, J. Stuart, W. Egolf,
I'. Ilutnerieh.
,LETTERS FUR THE SOUTII—As some
of our readers may have friends in the pris
ons of reheldom, the following directions for
sending letters to them may be of interest :
The letters roust not exceed in length on&
page of a letter sheet, awl ° must relate to
merely personal and domestic matters. They
must be signed with .the writer's name in
;ell. They enlist be sent with five cents en
closed (in coin) if to go to Richmond, and
ten cents if they arc to go beyond that point.
They must be sent enclosed to the Com
mandbig General of the Department of Vir
ginia, at b . ', rtress Monroe, If not so direct•
ed, they will be returned to the dead letter
office. The letter for the prisoner must not
be sealed.
South TlCiddieton Institute
The Institute met iki Springville School
house on Saturday, Novernber_2Bth 18(13, and
was epened . with prayer, by M. S H Kauff
man. The minutes of last meeting wore road
and adopted The roll being called, Miss,
Clara K Culver was absent. The first burn
t-tea-I in - order, was the reading of selections
by Miss Lyde C. Fleming and Mr. A. la
Myers, Miss, Anderson was not prepared to
re td an Ese, y, on aeeount of not being aware,
that she wits to do so The subject of Pen
man hip was then taken up by Mr. S IL
Kauffman, and discussed by all the teachers,
Dr. ji N. Kauffman, being present, favored
thti Institute with a few, instructive remarks
tit on the subject. Adjourned to meet at I co-'
clock.
AFTZRNOON SMSSWN
The President in the chair. Toaohere all
present On motion of Wm, B. Butler,. it
was resolved that the thanks of the members
of the Institute, - be tendered to the pupils of
Springville School, for the hoisting- of tho
"Stars and•Stripee," the emblem of our Na
tionality, over the schoolhouse bribe 000 a.
bleu Oo motion of Miss. Lytle C. Fleming,
it was resolved, that Miss L'lzie B K.Ol/yOD,
e invited to rend, an Essay before the Instil".
to Uat the next Meeting,. As 111ias. Culver
'MIS absent, the president appointed %Vm. .B.