ghl:t 4eraid. CARLISLE, PA. Friday, January 15, 1864. S. 211. PETTENGILI. & No. 37 Park Row, New York, and 6 State St. Boston, are our Agents for the Mauro in thee. oaten, and are autrised to take Advertise. *tents and Subscriptions for u ho s at our loareSt rates. Governor's Message. . The annual message of Gov. Curtin will be found on our first page to day. It is what we all looked for a clear, concise statement of the financial and military condition of the Commonwealth. It contains earnest recom mendations for such legislation as the ex igencies of the times demand, and a bounds in patriotic appeals to our citizens to fill up our armies, and in all things strengthen and up hold the arm of the government, in its pres• ent endeavors to overwhelm treason and re volt. It. is a question for serious considera tion as to whether the Governor's suggestion recommending the payment of the interest on our State securities in greenbacks instead of gold, as formerly, is a wise one. Our no• tion is that while our credit can be main tained at home and abroad, it should be done at almost any sacrifice, and from the present and prospective condition of our treasury we apprehend little difficulty will be experienced In paying our interest in gold. However, the question is one that will receive the most searching investigation by our legislature.— We oommend the message to the attention of our readers. c The Government at Washington will not permit Gen. Butler to be outlawed by Ju dah P. Benjamin. The exchange of prison ers, committed solely to him, will be contin ued in his hands. Secretary Stanton deter mined to enlarge his powers and confirm his agency, by putting all the rebel prisoners in United States under his care. There will be thirty thousand of them at Point Lookout within three weeks. The policy is resolutely decided on of insisting that the exchanges shall take place through Gen. Butler, and that riffersta% 3 lll,talte place, exeept,through . Day was in favor of recognizing him, as Commissioner Ould had already done.— Benjamin, who wrote the proclamation out lawing Butler, effected a majority vote in the Cabinet against dealing with him, on the ground that he was an outlaw. President Lincoln's last proclamation outlawed the whole Richmond Government, and through this equality in disability, there is no doubt that tho exchanges will again be re-estab lished. The fact that all the rebel prisoners, about 88,000 in number, aro to be transmitted to his Department, is true, and retaliatory meas ures, to a proper and legitimate extent, have been determined upon. There is also em• braced in Gen. Butler's scheme a more in the genie which the rebels little think of, and which cannot fail to bring them to terms He has prepaied a counter move to every poe sible contingency, and whether thef refuse to bold commt , nioation with him or not, the re cult will be the same. Progress in Virginia and Maryland Western Virginia has, by her new coneti lotion, plaoed herself in the ranks of the Free States, her people voting almost unanimously for the emancipation clause in that instru ment. In Eastern Virginia the progress of events is almost equally encouraging. The Senate of the " reconstructed" State, in ses sion at Alexandria, has passed a bill to pro• ride for the election of delegates by the peo ple to a Convention, to assemble in that city, on the 25th of January, to alter and amend the State Constitution so as to abolish sla very in the counties of 000 mac, Northamp ton, Princess Anne, Elizabeth City and York, including the cities of Norfolk and Ports. mouth, the President's Proclamation of Jan uory last having declared all the slaves of the State free. No ono can vote on this question who has faded the rebellion, or who cannot give satisfactory evidence of his loy ally. This, of course, ensures the success of the measure and will hasten the disenthral. ment of the eastern counties from the "relic of barbarism." In Maryland, events are hastening rapidly along in the right direction. The able•bod led slaves are being enlisted in the army by whole regiments, and the loyalists of the Commonwealth are beginning to act in har mony with each other in reference to the great question. Led by the Baltimore Amer ican, the citizens of Maryland now see that the death of slavery must be hastened. In Saturday's American the subject is ably set forth, and we make the following extracts: " In regard to the latest aspect of the case —the fact is at last fully and broadly recog nized by our leading and most deserved in fluential citizens—that Slavery is only a bur den upon the State, to be thrown off with as little needful delay as possible. Whatever scepticism has been indulged in hitherto by any as to the ability of Slavery to survive even in a crippled condition the infinitude of assaults upon it, conviction has come upon • the most obstinately incredulous that its fate here, at least, is sealed, and could the con flict end at once, and the slave•owners of the State be told to restore if possible the 'pecu liar institution' to. %Kking order, all would feel convinced that'll"; task would be one ut terly impossible of performance—that with its old associations and character broken in upon and measurably destroyed, it could nev er be made available, or at least, prefitable, again. The great thing then for all oon cerned=for all who have the prosperity of the State-aLkeart—to do is to lose not a mo ment in uniting in measures suited to the great changes in progress and sensimont." The American urges that anoient feuds should be buried, and that an united front should be presented by all who love Mary land, and whose interests, are bound up in her prosperity. It says : ‘‘ bet us note as an encouraging fact, how ever, that in what is happening at present in the State, the west deeps' of bitter preju• dies ream tci be 'broken up.' Necessity is a stern teacher, and - we And those at last roc ognizing the changed aspect of affairs from whom but a brief while since little was to be hoped or 'expected. In certain districts of the State where but a few months ago no. more unwelcome topio could he Introduced than the question of supplying the State withAfres la bor,' that matter is now under deep considers. tion and discussion ; and the citizens there counselling together may bring about fortur Mite results beyond all that the most sanguine - might have - anticipated." - The'citizens of Maryland, in thus accept iits_the great changes forced upon them by. the rebellion, 'are displaying sound common ttense•ati well as patriotism, .and it will not be long ere every men who treads her soil will be einem/a. The Pennsylvania Senate This body is still unorganized. Ten days have passed since its meeting which have been consumed in fruitless efforts to elect a Speaker and complete its organization. This has been owing to the determination of the Democratic members to take advantage of every accident which can enable them to embarrass the GOT.' eminent and prepare the way for its destruc tion. In order to ape l feciate their conduct with regard to this particular case it is neces sary to look at the condition of affairs in the Senate. The Senate is composed of thirty three members The result of our last elect Lion gave the Republicans seventeen and the Democracy sixteen, thus indicating the desire of the people that this branch . of our Legisla ture as well as the lower House should be un der the control of the friends of the Govern ment. In addition to this, two or three Dis tricts now represented by Democrats who hold over, have Republican majorities, leaving just so many Senators- to represent constitu encies which have shown their disapproval of them. One of the Republicans Senators, however, has been in the service of his coun try, was taken prisoner at. Winchester last Summer and has been held by the Rebels ever since in spite of all the efforts of the Admin• istration to have him exchanged. His absence has given our Democracy a chance of exhibit ing their true character and they are certain ly determined not to let it pass until they have fully shown that selfishness greed for offioe and indifference to the interests of the State, which have always characterized them. Ell Last year a similar case occurred in Now York. By the absence of a Democratic mem ber there was a tie and the Republicans obuld have prevented an organization. They scorned to take any such advantage. But our Democratic legislators are troubled with no such delicate sense of honor or conscien. tiousness. If the fortunes of war plaoe one of their fellow Senators, who is absent defen• lag their property and homes from the devas tation of rebel invaders, in the hands of that distinguished Democrat who holds his court in Richmond, they aro not the men to cast aside the nice little advantage Which this cir• cumstance gives them. Tho honors and in ilueuce of the Speaker's office, the emoluments of the clerkships, the pomp and ciroutnstanoo of the positions of Sargeantrat•-arms and door keeper are much higher considerations, in Democratic estimation, than are the obliga tions of generosity, patriotism or respect for the clearly indicated will of the majority.— To men who have any respect for honorable conduot, the proceedings at Harrisburg must be disgusting in the very highest degree.— That the business of the country should be considered of less oonsequeooe than the polit• cal organization of the Senate, and that im portant- legielatiot-ehould• be delayed -because accident has given the minority the power to thw art the wishes of the majority, is a disgrace and a stigma upon our form of Government.— And all this too without one word of rebuke. We have waited anxiously to hear some remon strance at this delay from our Democratic brethren of the Press, but in vain. -They si• lently rejoice over the disgraceful conduct of their representatives. But what right have We to expect any thing else from the present Democratic party. In Congress in 1864, a minority delayed the or ganization for three months and received the commendations of their Democratic support ers. In 1868, they did the same thing without receiving a single rebuke from those who have such special regard for the will of the peo ple. At our last election for U. S. Senator, Democratic politicians packed our legislative halls with bullies, armed to the teeth, to pre vent any of their party, forgetting that his obligations to his party were paramount to his duty to his country, and their whole party exulted over the result as a triumph for "eon stitutionalliberty." With these antecedents we have no right to expect that any thing will be done by their journals to induce the min • 'ority to allow the Senate to organize. The party that has never indulged in one genuine, unqualified denunciation of the Shareholders' rebellion cannot ho expected to reprove any efforts on the part of its sympathizers to en• courage it. We expect therefore to see this struggle for the Speakerahip continued for a very considerable time. Of course the Union members will not yield. While they are not disposed to delay legislation merely for the purpose of obtaining the control of the Senate, they know that any yielding On their part would be a concession that a 'factious minority has the right to set at defiance the will of the people as often as accident enables them to do eo To make such an admission would be disgraceful and prove that men who yielded a matter of such vital importance wore unworthy to, represent the interests of our State. But there need be no fears that such a disgrace will be incurred. Our Senators are men worthy of the high position they hold and we are sure that not one of them will be trite), the trust reposed in him. As for our opponents we have nothing to expect from them. No considerations of duty, patriotism or manliness could induce them to cease their opposition or do any thing that would lower their standing at the Capital of the Southern Confederacy. They will only yield when they find that the people of Pennsylvania, who have so long Buffered from their factions op position to the Government, will no longer, tolerate their treasonable practices. We can assure them it will be many years before the absence of one patriot Senator will enable copperheads to prevent an organization. ger The Richmond Whig Is very amiable towards Gen. Butler, in the following upon the exchange of prisoners : The Yankee Government have deputized Butler, the Beast, to negotiate a new cartel, giving him, it is understood, plenary powers in the matter. A preliminary question to be considered by our authorities is whether they Will treat with a person ivlti - arthey hove mally outlawed. If this difficulty can be got over, we dare say Butler may be dealt with on as good terms as any one Lincoln well se leot. Hitchoook and Meredith both proved themselves very scurvy fellows—falsifiore and tricksters. They are well `got rid of. It, is known that Butler disapproved Their conduot, and that ho has all along favored, or preten ded to favor, a just_ and liberal plan of ex• change. The first ourtel that Was entered in to negotiated, if we remember aright, be tween him and Gen. D. H. Hill. Upon the' wholeond in the view of the accomplishment of so desirable an end as the liberation of so many of our noble _fellows, now the tenants of Yankee prisons, we hope-the .President may not find it incompatible with the dignity and duty of the government to waive the out lawry and recognize the Beast. It will be nee canary for Col, Onld though to be wide awako when they get to, arranging the terms of 'ex change, for this cross.eyed Yankee he's in him the cunning of Ihe Evil One. THE EXEMPTION CLAUSE. We hope we are not too late to any a few words more on the alterations proposed to be made in the Enrolment law. The main object of Congress must be to frame a law which will yield the largest number of troops with the least amount of discomfort to the people. Private interests must suffer—that cannot bo helped ; to equalize the chances, to distribute fairly the burden, and to make it bear most heavily upon these vrlio are etrong est, is the lash of Congress. If there are to bo two closses subject to draft, some change should be made, we think, in the present rule defining these classes.— All the unmarried men between twenty and forty five years should constitute the first class, together with those married but child less. This part of the community can go to the war with the least inconvenience and suf fering to those dependent upon them. But we believe that a better way would be to make but one class, and let the enrolment include all within the military ages in that We reiterate that the three hundred dollar exemption clause should be retained. Sub stitute brokers nod copperheads ore its prin cipal opponents, the first named because they see that its abrogation will indict on addi tional hardship upon the people, and make a draft, and the Administration which orders it, still more unpopular. The Dilaters oppose the exemption clause, of course, because while it is retained their profits are but moderate. If Congress will pass one amendment—which we shall presently suggest—the business of the brokers wi,ll be entirely broken up; while, if the exemption clause is repealed, they count upon making their fortunes. The question is, whether enlistments shall be kept in the hands of the State and general government, or whether they shall fall into the hands of unprincipled middlemen, whose interest it is to rob the recruits. In France, where both pAkns have been tried, it was found that the broker system grew rapidly iniquity LOU great to VI librne ; the brokers retained the lion's share of the boun ties, and furnished to the government the poorest class of men. Our experience, du ring the late draft, was similar. In France the brokers were after a fair trial abolished ; and under the system now in use there the conscript either serves in person or pays an established price. If he chooses to furnish a substitute rather than pay the exemption money to the government, he is at liberty to do tlint, - .blit 1M - ii'held.'iespalattible for that: substitute; and if the latter deserts, his prin cipal is taken to serve the remainder of the term. If Congress were to enact a similar rule, the result would be that very fow would procure substitutes themselves; those who could not servo in person would pay the ex emption fee to the government, in whose hands the recruiting would thus remain, to the exclusion of landeharks, bounty thieves and brokers. It, is urged by some that the three hundred dollar exemption clause favors the rich at the expense of the poor. Nothing can be more wide of the-truth than this idea; on the con trary, this (Amuse is the only protection of the man of moderate means, and it was intended for this very purpose by the French govern ment, who adopted it after trying various ex periments which we ought not to blunder into again. One of these was to have no exemp tion, but to leave the conscript himself to buy his substitute. A very high pi ice for substi tutes followed, which price was chiefly ab sorbed by a class of brokers or sharks who were created by this system. The same re sult would follow here. During the State draft is Alaesachusetts in IBG2, when no cx. empties clause was in force, the price of sub stitutes rose at once to $5OO. The draft was then suspended to try the bounty system, du ring which, writes a correspondent, " with bounties at $2OO, some of these same sharks, who brought me a few men. assured me that they had a much larger number laid up await lug the resumption of the draft, whom they could control, and for wlibta they would not take $500. 4 ' There Is reason to believe that much of the pressure for removing the three hundred dollar commutation clause comes from these brokers and this pressure is one of the causes of the dullness of reer..iting at our present high bounties. No doubt many mon who in tend to enlist are holding back in the hope of a draft without commutation. A gentleman who has had much practical experience in the management of the draft, under both State and federal governments, sends us the following suggestions, which we reprint hero ae worthy of the attention of Congress: " Raise the price of commutation somewhat. In France I think it is usually three thou sand five hundred francs (about seven hun dred dollars,) but as largo numbers of ex empts are made also to pay, the whole burden should not be thrown upon those between eighteen and forty-five years old. The com mutation, therolore, should not be raised much—say not over four hundred dollars— and should all be used as a bonus to induce the re enlistment of old suldiersunder the di rection of government, upon such a scale as may be from time to time expedient. The present bounty should be continued out of the common purse —say three hundred del lars, and fifteen to twenty•five dollars bro kerage to all recruits, old or new. The vet eran is worth a groat deal more than the raw recruit, aid it is to be hoped that the commu tation fund would afford him a large bonus over the raw recruit, and in some degree compensate him for the inequality he has of late been subject to, of seeing the new men come in on mu' i better terms than ha, has had. We ought to discourage the procurement of substitutes by the conscripts and their brolcers, so as to keep the whole control of recruiting in the hands of the general and State governments. To do this wo „should again take a hint front Frarice, where. be• sides using other devices, they make the con script responsible for the desertion of hie substitute duriig the whole term for which he is drafted. This plan would, in our coun try, induce all who are al)le to get atsubsti• tote to do it through thetovernment agency, or, in. other words, .to pay the commutation fee, which should be an entire protection from draft into the army, but not for militia ser• • •vice. "The French, after practically preventing conscripts from - procuring substitutes, use the fund almost entirely for getting old sol diers, and pay Lo these a bounty, somewhat in proportion to the time each man has made.— To sum up ° " Let us have the throe hundred dollar clause, or raise it to not over four 'hundred dollars, and make it pur protection for three years, using it.for veteran recruits. Pay in addition $BOO bounty to all, and a brokerage. " Lot the conscript get a substitute if he chooses, taking the risk of his desertion du ring the whole term. " If you want to 'try any new experiment, extend•the age to fifty years; Men of fifty beiorbett er'than youthit of twenty and under. " After the enrolment, give thirty days no tice of the draft, and let every married man have a right before the draft to pay a smaller amount, pertuips one-third or ono half of the full commutation; but let all the names be drawn, so that theee commuters shall not di minish the chance of escape of those unable to pay in advance."—N. Y. Post. French Liberals to American -Re publicans, A very eloquent letter from four distin guished Frenchmen, Gasparin, Cochin La baulaye and Martin, to the Loyal League of New York, is just published. The Count de Gasparin is well known in this country as the author of the great work—" The Upris ing of a Free People." Augustin Cochin is a clergyman and an accomplished scholar. These both are Protestants. Henri Marlin, the historian, is a moderate Catholic and Republican. Edouard Laboulaye is ono of the most liberal statesmen, one of the ripest scholars and one of the most graceful writers in France. He, too, is a moderate Catholic and a member of the Institute of France. We have room for only portions of the letter. If we vvere to criticise anything in it, it would be the declaration that an amendment to the Constitution is necessary to give us the power to destroy slavery, Admitting it to be true, it is impossible to pass the a mendment in the constitutional way in time to save the life of the nation ; and therefore we are thrown back upon the law of self-pre servation. This law has dictated the de struction of slavery in the rebel States; its destruction in the loyal slave States will be found to be equally necessary and then the same law will be found to justify the act of death. We believe that the Constitution, in giving to Congress the right to guarantee to every State a constitution Republican in form, gives the right to abolish Slavery in time of peace ; President Lincoln believes that this clause gives the right to do it in time of war. We shall abolish slavery nni• vernally under the present constitution. But we are keeping our readers from the letter: Bievoiy must die, We hold it to be of the first importrtnee that the cause of the war shall not survive the war ; that your real foe, Slavery, shall not remain upon the field. We have often asked ourselves these last three years, why God permitted the prolongation of this bloody struggle. Was it not that the , real issue might present itself with perfect clearness. Conquering earlier,,,the Federal Government would, perhaps, have been led to make con- cession, to enter anew upcn the fatal path of compromise. To-day all eyes, not willing ly blind, see, clearly. The New York riot, breaking out at an appointed day, to aid the invasion of Lee, and falling instantly upon the negro in a way to show to every witness of its cowardly ferocity what kind of spirit animated certain friends of the South— the New York riot was a supreme warning to your country. Your lino f action is clear ly traced. So long as anything of Slavery remain, there will he a cause of antago,:ism in the bosom of the Union. There must be no longer any question of Slavery. It must be so ordered and settled as never to return. An amendment o the Constitution to this end must be prGher,ed and adopted before the return of the .'fates. The condition of the free blacks must also be secured against the iniquities which they have so long endured. No more plans of colonization abroad, no more disabling laws, no more inequality. These whom you have armed, who fought so bravely before the walls of port Hudson and Fort Wagner, can never be other than citizens. Leave the problem of the race.; to its own solution—the most natural solutions are always the best. Under the rule of the common law, ihe free blacks of the South and of the North will find their legitimate place in your society, of which they will become useless members, honorable and honored. In thus ord..ring in a secure manner all that relates to Slavery awl the ignored race, you will have dune inure than is generally imaginedqur the lusting pacification of the South. What remains (or you to do on this point may be stated in three words—Moder ation, Generosity, Liberty. Be of Good Cheor You will crush the revolt gentlemen. You will succeed—such is our belief—in re estab lishing the Union. It will emerge from the bloody trial stronger, inure free, more worthy of the noble destiny to which God summons it. It has been demonstrated to us, it is true, that the re•establiAmeat of the Union was Um possible ; but was it not also demonstrated to us, an I by irrefutableargument, thatyou would be always and of necessity defeated ; that you would never know how to handle a musket; that recruiting would become impracticable ; that your finances would be exhausted ; that your loans would not be taken ; that you would become bankrupt ; that riots would ravage your cities ; that your Government would be overthrown. You have given to all these oracles the simplest and best answer.-- You will reply in the same manner to those who assert that the reestablishment of the Union is impossible. What seems really impossible is not to re store the Union. Where ; „ilraw the line be• tween North and South ? How maintain be tween them a state of peace, or even of truce ? How shall Slavery and Liberty live side by side How, moreover, restrain the South from European protectorates, and by what means arrest the frightful consequences of such protectorates? Geographically, mor ally, politically, separation would create an unnatural situation, a situation violent and hazardous where each would live, al ma in hand, waiting fur the hour of coufliot. We have full faith, gentlemen, that such a trial will be spared to you. It is not that we overlook the difficulties which still remain for you to overcome ; they are great—greater, perhaps, than we imagine. War has its vi cissitudes, ,and you may, perhaps, be yet called upon to pass through periods of ill-for tune'. Yet one fact always remains, and shows on which aide the final triumph will be found, supposing that there be no foreign in tervention. The flag of the Union has now, for two years, never paused in its advance.— ItiloaCs to.day over the soil of every revolted 'State "without exception. 4 1 . 110 - Soutit Ints - litvd its victories ; it has never gained an inch of 'ground.. The Nortblas had its defeats, it has never fallen back. Master to-day of the en tire course of the Mississippi, master of the Border Htettut and of Louisiana, all that re mains is to stifle the revolt in the 'narrow territory where it, twat buret forth and back to which it has beep driven. We believe that you will succeed in.this ; for Europe, the only hope of the'South,seeps now little disposed to give her aid. ' Courage l You have before you ono of the most noble works, the moat sublime which can be.aocomplished ,here below—a work in tho success of which we, are asinterested as your• solves—a work the Success of which will bo the honor and The coueolatioa of our time. ; This generation will have Seen nothing more grand than the abolition of Slavery (in destroy intrit.with .you,,you destroy it every where) and •the energetic uprising of a people which in the midst of its growing prosperity, visibly sinking under tho weight of the tyr anny of the South, the complicity of the North, odious laws and compromises. Now, at the cost of immense sacrifices, you have stood up against the evil; you have chosen rather to pour out your Wood and your dollars than to descend further the slope of degradation, where rich, united, powerful, you were sure to lose that which is far nobler than Wealth, or union, or power. Well I Europe begins to understand, will ingly or unwillingly, what you have done.— In France, in England,'every where your cause gains ground, and be it said for the honor of the nineteenth century, the obstacle which our ill will and our evil passions could not overcome, the obstacle which the intrigues of the South could not surmount, is an idea, a principle. Hatred of Slavery has been your champion in the Old World. A poor champ ion seemingly. Laughed at, scorned, it seems weak and lonely. But what matters it, ere the account be closed principles will stand for something, and conscience, in all human alr.tirs will have the last word. This, gentleman, is what we would say to you in the name of all who with us, and bet ter than ourselves, defend your cause in Europe. Your words have cheered us; may ours in turn cheer you ! You have yet to cross many a dark valley. More than once the itnpessibility„of success will be demon strated to you; more than once, in the face of some military check or political difficulty, the cry will be raised that all is lost. What matters it to you ? S rengthen your cause daily by daily hulking it more just, and fear not ; there is a God above. We love to contemplate in hope the noble future which seems to stretch itself before yom The day you emerge at last. from the anguish of civil war, and you will surely come out freed from the odious institutions which corrupted your public manners, and degrad ed your domestic ns well no your foreign pol icy, that day yoor whole country, South as well as North, and the South perhaps more fully than the North, will enter upon a wholly new prosperity. European emigration will hasten toward your ports, and will learn the road to those whom until now it has feared to approach. Cultivation, now abandoned, will renew its yield. Liberty—for these are her miracles—will revivify by her touch the soil which Slavery had rendered barren. Then there will be born unto yoo a great ness nobler and more sta9ler than the old, for in this greatness there will be no sacrifice of justice. AOEDIOR DE GASPAILIN AUOUSTIN CuCIIIN, EI , OUARD LAII4MLATE, Mem ber of the institute of France, ns - Ri NIARVIN: Poole, October 31, 1863. New Hampshire Republican Con- vention. The 'Seer Ilipmshire Republican State Con vention adopted a eeriea of resolutions sus taining the Administration, urging n vigorons prosecution of the war, expressing confidence iiithe integrity and financial fidelity of Scare tary Chase ; and-recognizing patriots and traitors as the only two parties. The follow ing was also adapted Jitsolreci, That Abraham Lincoln, by the exercise during the dangerous crisis in the nation's him toy , of.- unequalled sagacity and statesmanship, of a moderation and prudence which experience has shown to be the high est wisdom, by his spotless integrity of per sonal character, above reprt ado and above suspicion, and by his slowly formed yet on altered determination that the triumph of the Constitution and the Union over Secession and treason shall be the limit triumph of lib erty throughout the nation, has received anti merited the abiding contidpnce of the people to anmxtent never awarded to any other pub lic man sines Washington ; that the beet in terests of the country demand that the com plete destructiort of the rebellion, of tbo 71.5 toratinn of peace, prosperity and the Union, should he achieved under his administration of the Government, and that we therefore de • &are Abraham Linoln to be the people's choice for re-election to the Presidency in 18(34. This resolution was carried with thunders of applause, the delegates rising to their feet and waving their huts with the wildest en thusiasm. JANUARY 1864 The managers of the " Female Benevolent Society of Carlisle"' respeetfUlly submit the following report to subscribers anOfriends. There are thirty six names on their list, of Beneficiaries, Horns of which include families of several indiiduals. The majority have received aid regularly every morph during During the year 1863. Others occasionally, as their necessities required. Balance in Treasury from 1862, $5 51 Collection in North West Ward in 1863 .14 57 South West Ward, 34 135 South East Ward, 33 15 North Dant Word, 31 50 St John's Church, 36 51 Ist Presbyterian Church, 14 51) 2nd Presllyterian 10 78 Methodist, 5 00 Emory Chapel, 3 60 Interest on Rail Road Bond, (Legacy,) 38 80 IntereA on note in Bank, Premium on gold and silver, Donations, lines &o Total Receipts in 1863. $272 82 Disbursed in the several wards, 253 82 B Ounce, To THE EtnToa of Tae nEmocatcr.—There never was a period when the laws of God and man are so openly and shamefully violated, as they arc at this moment in our town. At any corner and street, spirituous liquors are dealt out like death, with and without license, to the youth and children. who are tempted into these dens of iniquity. Gambling houses and their keepers and frequenters aro con stantly pointed at in our streets, and their doings as freely discussed as any other occur rences of the town,•and yet there seems to be no one who has courage enough to grap ple with these scoundrels. Where are all those whose official duty it is to grapple with criminal vice? If our laws are insufficient, the citizens of the town, must take this sub ject up, and deal with it, as they would a pestilence, of which this is of the very worst character. It is in vain that our churches are open and that our pastors. labor zealous ly for the souls of men, if these dens of ini quity are tolerated. Our young men, with tastes and habits vitiated by gambling and drinking. will never submit their conscien ces to the operation of the church ; they will never be found' where good people assembl-t. We have made these remarks as introductory to the protest pronounced by the pastor of the Episcopal Church from his desk on Sun day last. A CITIZEN. PROTEST As a Christiam - minister - I feel myself con - - strained to enter this, my solemn Protest, a gainst a state of things which is said to ex ist among us. I am credibly informed, that there -are in this community, many open. and notorious violations of the laws of the Commonwealth, moat seriously affecting the good name and character of our town and of our people ; that there are many persons who, in viola tion of the laws, are setting before our young men the most danserous examples and temptations, to lure them into destruction. At every young man's side, there are said to lid temptPre offeritg Alm intoxicating cup, the gambler's dice and cards, and daring him with every kind of . invitation to do worse than has been done before. lam as sured that these accursed arts are plied in violation of law,. in iolation of decency, in defiant juxtaposition, yes, beneath the very shadow of our church and of the courts,of justice. lam told that offences which should be punished with the penitentiary are only thinly veiled, and perpetrated with al most undisguised boldness; that rooms are allowed and all the appliances of iniquity, and that nobody cares, or that nobody dares to grapple with this monstrous and growing evil. You must know far better than I whether these things exist, and must better know how to deal With them than I do ; but one thing I know, that within the post two weeks, I have been stopped half a dozen times, upon the street and asked what shall be the end of such a state of things. Better, my brethren, a million times be come the slaves of a southern confederacy, than bondmen to Satan ; better a thousand deaths, than the loss of our Christian liber ty. Shall men seize their muskets and rush put to fight the rebels, and sit supinely at home, while these invaders of our pence, these enemies of our dearest rights, of our fondest hopes, these assassins of our chil dren's happiness, of our country's and of the church's prosperity, lay waste the fair herit age which ought to descend unsullied to our posterity? They are rebels against God I They are violating the laws of the Common wealth. - And I call upon you as Christian men, as parents and sponsors, as neighbors unto every man, to awake from your silence or indifference, and if these things are true, or if any like them are true, and a remedy can be applied, to arise and drive such crying sins from our midst. FEED FOR HORSES As it is of very great importance to per solls having horses to feed, to know how to feed them beet and cheapest, particularly during such times as the present, when all feed stuffs are sold at high figures, and oats the universal feed for horses, is so light that double the usual quantity is not sufficient to keep working horses alive, the writer will give to the public the information he obtained of a gemlenfan in Virginia under circumstan ces somewhat peculiar, who had the best op portunitiee of obtaining correct information ut rufercnco to this matter. In the fall of the writer was travelling by stage from Fineastle to Staunton in Virginia, after pass lug Lexington the driver left the main road to take in a Lady passenger and on returning upset the stage, inning with the driver at the rinse was a gentleman by the name of Per kins, who got badly jammed against the fence, and was at the choking point until he was re lieved by the combined effort of the passen gers. The writer lifted with a will, arid by hie efforts brought. Mr Perk ins-under-partienitir obligations, as he thought and acknowledged. 'For the rent of the road the writer took an outside seat with Mr. Perkins, our acrtuain Lance being already made we entered into a free conversation in reference to the care and feeding of horses. Ile communicated senate facts that the reader will agree with me, give much importance to Me opinions. lie stat ed that all the stage routes in Virginia were run by one company, that they owned five hundred stages and over two thousand her see ; that the management of the whole was perfectly oyetematic-, that he was owner of part-of-its stock, and had been-in-the employ of the company for more than twenty years ; that his duties were restricted to a close ob servance of the effect of the different kinds of feed that it was his duty to try on the horses. lie told me that he travelled most of the time ou the different routes, passing from one to the other. Keeping his seat with the drivers, so as, to have the best opportunity of seeing the result of his experiments in feeding.— Anti after having so full an opportunity of knowidg, he was 'decidedly of the opinion that ground corn with hay or cornfodder is the best feed that can be given to horses eith er idle or working; the year round ; that no worse feed could be given than unground core, that the horse masticated poorly, that the rough corn hue gravel stones passing through the bowels kept rip a feverish, lama tiVe condition of the horse. Showing itself in weakness, ohortwindednese, disposition to perspire freely, and many other offensive, as %relies injurious effects. in no instance did he find it necessary to administer extra portions of salt as is the general custom where tin ground corn if fed, but placing salt where it would be convenient isr the borne left, it with to choose salt or refuse it according to his liking. Ile remarked that nothing wits more apparent than the good effect of the ground corn after using any other kind of feed. Now if the circutustauces under which the writer obtained the foregoing information are not sufficient to give importance to the opin torts of Mr. Perkins, he would further add that on arriving at Staunton he made the lLequain tar.ce of some of its most reliable citizens all of whom endorsed Mr Perkins as a man of veracity, close observation and inure than or dinary experience in the treatment of horses. Carlisle January 8i IL CttiMC is PAnis.—The Paris correspom dent of the London Times says that a crime similar to that committed by the notorious Palmer in England, is' the subject of judicial investlgation in that city. A physician in sured the life of his wife fur 500,0001' (20, 0001.) and shortly after the payment of the first premium the young woman died. The suddenness of the death and the large a ino unt for which the lite was insured, creat ed suspicion in the minds of the directors of insurance company, and they determined to make the case known to the highest law,au thority. An investigation was commenced under the direction of the Imperial Attor ney-General, in consequence of Which the physician was arrested and committed to the prison of Mesas. 0 81 6 8o KED SIJ 00 Eokin nib Gout! Matters. THANKS.—Our thanks are due to His Excellency, A. 0. Curtin, and the ❑on. Joe. Bally for valuable public documents. CLosING Ou'r.—This afternoon at half past three o'clocic the residue of the lot of oil, paintings, and engravings which has been offering, will be sold at auction in lheem's Hall. These pictures are re allylvaluable, and will be sold at low prices An opportunity like the present may not be offeredifor many years. EMeltY FEMALE COLLEGE.—By an ad vertiscinant in another column it will be seen that the second session of the above institu tion will open on February let, 1864. We have heretofore alluded to the high charaq ter of this college, and are happy to say that the patronage -- it - has received and - the -- cations of future additions to it leave no doubt of its ultimate success. ne... On the first of February next, the ensuing session of Rev. H. H. Nevin's school will commence. This school has been, very prosperous in its-previous sessions, and from the character and- attainments, of the Principal and Assistants we should say, deservedly so . The opening of the com ing session will, we are happy to say be attended with large aodessions of, now pupils. • FILL UP THE QUOTA. W© are author . . ized by Col. Efendergon, to state that the time hit. the payment of the large goyern : .. 'tntiut bounty ogered to volunteers, has been extended fur several weeks, at the end of which period the draft will certainly occur, This bounty together with that offered by the several boroughs and townships effete the most liberal inducements, and should unquestionably stimulate recruiting. Al ready several boroughs and townships have filled their quotas and it only requires the proper exertion to bo made to insure the ex emption of our county certainly, and proba bly the entire district from the coming draft. What laboring man can find more lucrative employment, than the generous bonus and monthly pay offered by his country, not , even taking into account the assurance that in the event of casualty to himself his fami ly will be provided for. We have faith that this matter only needs to be fairly present ed to insure its appreciation and acceptance by a large number of our citizens. GEN. WASHINGTON IN CARLISLE.— From the New Orleans correspondence of the Now York Herald, we clip the followsog in- teresting item: Among the numerous incidents of the first day of the new year the most striking and appropriate occurred at the headquar ters of the Commanding General. General Banks was receiving the congratulations and good wishes of the paymasters of the depart-' ment, headed by Majors Brigham and Baker, and accompanied by fourteen others, and dui; ring this scene, while standing around a ta ble spread with some choice wines and re freshment, of which a I were freely partak ing, air elderly gentleman stepped up to the General and handed him a letter, which he wished him to receive as a testimonial of re spect and appreciation The General openel the letter, and, glancing over the page, fauna it was an autograph) letter from General Washington, dated at Carlisle, Pa. The let. ter treated upon tine whiskey insurrection, and contained many clear and striking sug gestions upon the subject of retrelTion. Be. applicable, indeed, were the opinions of that great man to the present troubles of the na tion that, seeing this, General Banks said he would read the letter aloud : which ho did. For tbo Tlorahl. to the great interest of every one present.— One of the opinions advanced by the letter MIS to thq tlutt _ v eTnatent_lilf, et_ ours it must not he presumed by any that the disapprobation of a minority should be eutE eient to nallify the acts of the majority. This is precisely the cause of the trouble now. liEcorto Moult DEu Ds.—Deeds for kind are required by the laws of Pennsylva nia to be rein - mkt - 1 within six months after their execution if made in the 3'troe, or with in twelve months if made t. ut of the State, or otherwise they are deemed in law fraud : . ulent awl void aga:rist subsequent purcha sers or mortgages fur value. If recorded before the deed tinder which subsequent purchasers claim, hum , rer, it will make the. deed geed in law. No title papers are. therefore perfected until they are recorded in the Recorder's office of the county. Per sons having unrecorded Deeds should pre sent them to the Recorder -without delay.. la the Common Pleas the following wen, disposed of : Henry Glass vs. Elizabeth Weise Co-prona ineor in a note with Jae. H. IYetoc. .Fntered No. 26, Jan. T 1863. Summons io debt by note in writing not exceeding $2OO. Settled by the parties. Watts, Parker and Todd. for Miller for Deft. Christian Long vs. John C. Walborn end Joel Shapley. No. 72, April T. 1861. Sum mons in debt on a joint and several promisso ry notes not exceeding slod. There had - been nn-agreement -between these-parties-to submit the matter in dispute to referees.—„ Rule wan aft cnrard moved to strike out tho agreement nit(' proceeded So trial,—but the Court discharged the rule, and referred to ref eree art per opinion filed. Watts & Perker for Piff., McClure for Daft's. James Mickey, and Augustus Carmony, assignees of ft li Carmody, vs earn©. No. 73, April T. DM. Summoas in dcht by note not exceeding :9114.25, same as above. Charles Brewster vs. Mary Chamberlain,. and Conrad Farrier. No, 47, Nov. T 1860. Summons in ejectment for a lot of ground' containing acre, in 0 tkvillc, Newton tows ship, this county. It had been sold on n, judgment against the husband of Mary Cham berlain, for $lOO, on the 6th Nov. 1857, nod the deed acknowledged to Piff. by Sheriff Bowman, on the 16th Nov. 1857. The hue band died iu Sept. 18110, and his widow re mained in possession This suit was for the. purpose of recovering possession and try the, title It was alleged by Deft , that certain. arrangements were made by Chamberlain, with the present l'lff , when he purchased the lot, and that he, Bowni.n, purchased it for. the use of Deft., which allegations were ad mitted, but contended Ilia the contract hall been broken by the non performance of Dart. and those under whom she claims. Court'di rected the Jizry to find for the Plff , Penrose , and Hepburn for Plff., 11ratti - and Shearer foe - Deft. In the Quarter Sessions the following cases' were disposed of : Cotnth., vs. John Krincr. Snrety of the Peace on oath of Mrs. Kriner, wife of Deft. These parties live in North Middleton hypo,. on the Waggoner's Gap road. Have lived to gether for 20 years, and have a family of five children living, and two dead, Proseoutrix charges her husband with keeping company with other women, refusing and neglecting to. provide for his family, sollitig her property to keep other women, striking t er, made it nec essary for her to do out door work, &0., itn order to maintain the family. Deft. charged prosecutrix with not minding her own busi ness, doing work for others when she should do for him and his family, and that she did'att give him any peace of mind but was all the time using very abusive language towards him. Court refused under the state of things to bind either over, but reprimanded both and sentenced them to pay Ite costs between them Gillelen and Shearer Comth., Hays for Deft. Comth vs. Dr. Henry Mower. This was also a "friendly" jubilee, the parties being brothers in law, and not on very good Lerma with each other. Deft, plead ' , guilty" of au assault and battery on the Prosecutor, on the 80th Deo. 1868, at the Soiling Springs fitted $5 and costs. Gillelen and Shearer for Comth. Penrose for Deft. Comth. vs Hiram Rhoads. Fornication an dilastardy,--14th -April,- -1863,--true -bill.— Information was made by the father of Mar garet Poele.Y, about two years after tlie,child a boy. had been born. Hediad beeh told they were married, but could not get nothing sat isfootory froin them on the subject. Found guilty - and sentenced to pay S4B, for expenses to Jan. 1, 1864. sft for lying in expenses and -board for 6 years and, eight mouths. Indem nify the °entity against maintainanoe of obijd pointed trustee to whom the money and costa of ProseoutiOn. D. 8. Croft, ap is to be paid. Gillelen and Penrose for Comth. ler and Newsham for Deft. Übe Grand Jury was here discharged, and eomplimented by the Court, for thp - speed and acquraey with Which it has transagted.the business before it.] . - • . • Comth. ve„ Same. False Pretence.; 15 April 1868, true bill. At the time this ogpace is said to . have boon committed, Deft.. was in partnership with Sterhen li - cooers, • Esq., of Court Proceedings. la