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CARLISLE, PA.
Friday, January 15, 1864.
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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.
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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.
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