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COUNTY COn HI TTKE.
V. S. N00, Chairman,
Gaorge Dehmy. J. S. MarrfU, George C.
K. Zahm, FeUr Iluber, Philip Miller. John
K. McKenzie, Joseph Behe. John Durbin,
David Farner, Henry Friedthoof. John
Stoueh, Klisha I'lunirner. Lewis Rodger,
George Gurley, John McDermit. Simon
Dunmyer, W. A. Krise. Thos. F. McGmiuh.
Jacob Fronhoiser. J. F. Conden. John Ham
llton, F. O'Frifl. Michael Dohlin. Wni.C,
Diver, John White, Henry Topper. Niclio
las Cannan, M J. Plott, J. V. Onndon.
Daniel Confair, Wm. McCioskey. Dmiel II
Donnelly. Anthony Lod, John Mar eh,
John Ryan.
Th PrcRldcuU Mcmage.
We decline publishing the message of
Our worthy President for the reason that
it it too lengthy for our columns and is
throughout an uninteresting account. In
our outside is a review of it from the New
York World which covers the whole
ground. On the whole it is the poorest
State paper ever issued by a chief rnngis
Irate of this republic.
Ile begins by saying that the blessings
of health and an abundant harvest de
mand our profound gratitude and then im
mediately launches into foreign relations.
He however thrown no new light on these
subjects. He speaks of the raids from Can
ada and the difficulty in Brazil, the former
he thinks will be stopped, aud the latter
adjusted before long.
Ho goes in for encouraging imigration
and says that is the source we must look
to during the war for keeping up our
wealth and population, and that there
ought to be a law passed to prevent them
from being imposed on when they land on
our shores and not be forced into the army
if it was not their free choice.
The financial affairs of the country are
in a flourishing condition, and quotes
largely from the report of the Secretary of
the Treasury.
The public debt on the first of July last
was one billion seven hundred and forty
millions, six hundred and ninety thousand
four hundred and eighty-nine dollars and
forty-nine cents, aad will be increased
five hundred millions at the end of the
year. He advises Congress to pass an act
exempting government securities in the
bands of individuals, from taxation, ami
prevent them from execution for the pay
ment of debts. lie recommends that
there should be no State banks of issue in
the country, they should all be regulated
by act of Coi:grc?9, He then branches
out on the army and navy, he does not
ay much about the array but he is par
ticularly delighted with the navy.
He hurries over the l'ostcfiice Depart
ment, new States and territories, Indians,
pensions, &c and finally lights on his favo
rite theme the negro.
He seems delighted with the success
had in Maryland. He says she is se
cured to liberty and union for the future.
The genius of rebellion will no more
claim Maryland. Like another foul
pirit it has been driven out. It may seek
to tear her but it will woo her no more."
He wishes Congress to pass an act by a
two-third vote, abolishing slavery in the
United States. It passed the Senate last
winter but was lost in the House for want
of the requisite majority. They are
nearly the sarao men there this winter
that was there before, but he thinks the
eooner they pass that the better. The
new Congress will ur.qtipptionably pas it.
He thinks this election ought to aatisfy
very one that a vast majority of the peo
ple arc for the abolition of slavery.
He proves by the election returns that
there arc more men in the country now
than were before the war commenced.
Tbaf th country i, inexhaustible in men
jrnJ arir That this War n,H b
carried on for ages. From theory we
might readily conclude that the longer we
fight tho richer we get, and the more men
we get killed, the larger will be our popu
lation. This can be easily proved at the
vote given at the Presidential election.
In sneakinz about peace he eays
he does not think they would ac
cept any terms short of separation, and
he docs not think there is any use in talk
ing about negotiations. He says the door
is still open for them to get a pardon ex
cept some specified classed of them, but
the loor may be shortly fehut forever
against them. They can have peace
whenever they lay down their arms, and
give up their negroes, for ho retrncts
nothing he heretofore said about the negro.
This is a synopsis of the message and
is exactly what we expected it to be, and
what the Democratic party taid would
happen on the re-election of Mr. Lincoln.
He wishes to raise a shoddy aristocracy
by giving them an opportunity to get gov
ernment stocks and keep them secure
from paying debts or taxes.
He proves conclusively from the number
of votes polled, that notwithstanding some
few of our men have been killed, the
population is still greater than formerly.
He docs not take into account, that many
of Lis voters voted five or six times, and
that all description of men in tho army
and navy voted. If he were getting in
his harvest, he would find whether the
men were as plenty as they used to be.
Were he to travel through the country, he
would find that a great part of the agri
cultural labor of the country was perform
ed by women and loys.
He says the country is inexhaustible in
material, he will live likely to find out his
mistake. No couutry on the face of the
! globe could very long survive the extrava
gant expenditures of such a war as we
have. Every night the sun sets we are
two millions more in debt. Nor is there
the slightest gleam of hoje left for the
next four years. Continual war, enor
mous taxation, a draft that will sweep
away all the able bodied men of the coun
try if not into the army, away to some
j other country where they will have a
! better govern men t. He talks about keep-
nig up the population by imigration, no,
that imigration can't be depended on
much longer. Hereafter there will be
moreieople leaving the United States than
come into it. At what time does Mr.
Lincoln think this war will end. He
says when they lay down their arms r.nd
give up. We think that wont be
for a few years yet. lie talks also of soon
shutting the door against them and not
even giving them that chance long. He
may shut the door and bolt it they will
never knock at it under his plan.
The At.mt vote ok this Coi-ntt. It
is proper to date, that the army vote at
Hancock Station, Virginia, and which
amounted to twenty-one votes for Lincoln,
was twice counted by the Return Judges.
There were two returns sent from that
Station, only one of which should have
been counted. There was but one return
from the same place sent to Ilarrisburg.
The correct majority therefore for McCIel
Ian in this county was nine hundred and
thirteen, and not eight hundred and
ninety-two as officially announced.
A Calamitous Fikk We regret to
learn that on last Friday night, the dwell
ing house of Mrs. Charlotte Yager, in
Chest Township was entirely destroyed by
fire. A by only three years old was
consumed in the flames. The rest of the
family, consisting of four persons, had
barely time to make their escape in their
night clothes, and without their shoes.
Our informant states that about four hun
dred bushels of grain were consumed ;
indeed nothing was saved. The fire is
supposed to have originated from a de
tective stove pipe.
TIie Freest Count rj on Earth."
On Monday last, five conscripts from
Carroll township, were brought to this
piacc through "military necessity." A
very worthy citizen of that Township,
Mr. Henry Hopple, charged with some
ofFence against this free and en lightened
republic, was aleo in durance vile, un
der a Equadron of mounted infantry,
commanded by Provost Marshall Jim
Burke, nnd his man Friday, Enos C. Mc
Mnllon. Strohccier was not alang. Ve
are compelled to leave for Pittsburgh to
day (Tuesday) to purchase paper for our
press, but will enter into the merits of
hwjlank movement in our next issue.
CJ Snow I i . T. .
deprti often Inch,.
Thanksgiving Discourse.
A Sermon Delivered en Thanksgiving
Day, November 24th 1S64, by Jcrn
Salem Mellon.
CO RRESPONDENCE.
Rev. J. S. Maws: Dear Sir:
Havin" had the tileamirv if liMnmr vour
- - . . . . . j
discourse on the 24th instant, and believe-
irg that the cause of "Shoddy" and
Abolitionism wiu be promoted by its pub
lication, respectfully request a copy for
publication. Very Respectfully,
Richard Johannes, E. Saw Mills, E.
Bobbs, D. II. Bobbs, D. J. Johannes,
Thos. Alloyed, Geo. McKeadi, John
P. Master, John Dills. Samuel Davey,
E. Hugus, Georgia Rodger, Daniel
Ob Evens.
Gentlemen : Your note has been re
ceived : and I herewith transmit a conv
cf my speech. If you think the cause of
our very common sort ot Uhristiauity
would be promoted by publishing it, it is
at your service. Yours,
J. S. Meuos.
To Geo. McReadi, John P. Matter, J.
Dills, and others too tedious to uitn-
tion.
3fy Dear Brethren: I dispense with
the usual formality of a text, f r the Bible
furnishes no political texts ; consequently,
I should not be able to stick to it if I did.
God made the world in the space of six
days likewise Massachusetts. lie also
made man m his own inianc also I Ion
ness Toal Dabe, (surnamed Lincoln.)
with a siilit variation.
T "- a .
righting has been ordered by Heaven
from the creation of the world down to
the present day. Nay. before thu crea-
i tion nihil Jit, and the people have been
lighting for nothing ever since. God
buckled on his sword," and in person
commanded the Israelites.
How woudcrlul our history I A nation
under a hundred jeai s of age. born in one
day ! Our God delivered us from the
hierarchy of the Church of England, and
I in company with the Goddess of liberty,
placed us under the loicerarchy of New
England. Finally, our country was set-
I tied, including Boston. Afterwards.
"heavy duties, pressing taxation, disre
garded petitions ;" nearly as bad as at
present, made wise men mad." But
the eop!e took no part in the matter.
However a Union meeting was held:
Rocky Mountain, Esq was called to the
chair; Mrs. Sippi, (though very much
down in the mouth,) " made, the motion,
the Alleghaniaii' " seconded it; and it
was passed by acclamation, that " all
men are created equal," or, in other
words, one man created just as much as
' any other man."
God moved the hearts of the people to
Strike! for tl.iir alters and fires,
St:ikte! f -r the grot-n graves of their aires,
God ai d Li Let i y
You will observe I have misquoted the
poet; but as I frequently mutilate the
Scriptures, 1 don't see why llalleck should
claim any immunity
" The fathers of this Republic institu
ted the best government the world ever
saw." "Our Constitution is the embodi
ment of the wisdom of all past apes, and
reflects the lustre of them ail. Since the
days of the Jewish law-giver unto the
present, every thing jrreat in government
or wise in legislation lias been subservient
to its formation, and it is wise enough,
ami good enough, and great enough to
govern the world." But recollect mil
give you a better one before I am done !
" It was Gd who guided our Pilgrim
Fathers across the stormy deep, 'and
planted their feet securely on Plymouth
rock." True, the first settlement"' of this
country was in Virginia, and Pennsylva-
ma was semen oy the peaceful Quakers,
and not by witch and papist burning Yan-
Kces; yci as we are under a lankee dis
pensation, " to them Iw all th. umi f
" Our President btyins to omi his na to
ilk: i.ici mai ne is a child, (a very homely
baby at that,) of destiny." Of course he
has been going it b!ind heretofore.
" We assemble to-day, in response to
" a double barreled call of our rail-split-tinj
President and a shoddy Governor!
" What a spectacle;" or rather as there
are two of them, " w,at a pair of spec
tacles!" A nation which has for some
time been " on its last legs," is now " on
its knees returning thanks!" And in
" returning thanks' wc can thank G-d
we are not as the publicans, who are
given to Democracy and "dram-di ink
ing. " Altho' we are m the midst of
tlie most gigantic nnd bloody war that ever
shook the earth yet our hearts bound with
" God has lie s fed us icith enerrni and en-
..t7,.-. uur manufacturers, commerce
and agriculture have flourished, " t!iouh
it must lie admitted our manufacturers
are confined to instruments of death, our
commerce is in shoddy, and our agricul
ture mainly carried on by nejrroes in the
Stmt h and women in the North. "Our
inventive genius and mechanical skill vie
with tho proudest discoveries of ancient
or modern times." We can kill ten men
now as easily as one could have been
slaughtered a few years since.
He thank God for the freedom of tJte
Pulpit r It is true Bishop Elder was
prohibited from exercising his duties as a
Catholic Bishop, because he refused to
pray for Lincoln. It is truft, Episcopa
. n Wt vro vm beyor-j mr line for 1
refusing to cive Lincoln responses in
Church ; it is true the voice of the pure
and eloquent M'Michael is silent in the
Presbyterian Church ; but he is a Demo
crat! Notwithstanding all this, we have
. -
freedom of tln nnlnit " and all that the
clergy have to do is to preach Abraham
i-mioiu, ana him re-elected, and they are
perfectly safe !
1 es I " we thank God for the freedom
of the pulpit!" Wc thank Him that we
are free to make the pulpit the vehicle of
political speeches. We thank Him that
instead of being narrowed down to the
doctrines of the Prince of Peace, we can
now preach murder and bloodshed : That
instead of thanks for his continued mer
cies to us we have the " freedom of the
pulpit" to thank him for election returns,
and the success of shoddy. Oh ! how
grateful to the ear of Deity; how befit
ting the attributes of the Great Jehovah !
when his messengers to a dying world de
vote His IIou.su and His pulpit, to return
ing thanks for political victories : to in
forming Omniscience of the last news
from the Hustings!
".'e 'UIjk OotI for the freedom of the
pulpit. Time was when we were required
to attribute equal power and glory to His
Divine Son! But we have freedom now
to deny the Sonship of the Saviour of
mankind : Ami a " Loyal Congress have
elected for their Chaplain, Dr. Channing,
a Kevereitd Yankee, who denies that
Christ is God who rcnndi:ites tl.p -it., tu
rnout of Jesus Christ and denounces the
doctrine of the Adorable Trinity as " be
hind the aire " and a heresy, and super
stition! What amazing libertv! Oh!
how lost the christian is in the contempla-
tion ot it. the chosen vessel to repre
sent the naion and the people at the
throne of Grace, a disbeliever ia the
atonement of Jesus Cl.rirt !
I have told you that " our Constitu
tion was the embodiment of the wisdom
of all past ages." Still its framers made,
blunders, and we their wiser and more
patriotic decendants should correct them.
Washington was a slaveholder, and Jef
ferson a Democrat and what could we
exjK-ct ?
Now, inasmuch as our Constitution
tolerates slavery I go in for having a now
Constitution, and a new Government!
SI avery should never have been in our
Constitution, and wc must wipe, it out.
Our people have spoken ; and all the
"champions of freedom" abroad are
with us. And while Bishop Pure-ell and
Garabaldi, Rosecrantz and Kossuth,
Orestes A. lSrownson and Mazzini, Bar
nnm and Victor Hugo, George Francis
Train and John Bright, Frederick Doug
lass and Anna S. Dickinson are all
S"iiiul on the ffoosr, let us in view of fra
tornizing with our colored brethren,
sing in conclusion that " gay and feg
tive ' song of Gere al Morris :
A Union of hikes and a Union of lauds,
A Union which no o-ver can i-cver.
A Uuii.n of hearts ami a Union of hands,
Tl.e African Union forever P'
With the doxology :
John B.owu's soul is marching on, c.
Cor:;r Wj.es. There has beendurin
this court a pretty good attendance, and
from that fact we presume that a great
many suits were deposed of, but whether
every one has been suited or not we can
not say, hut, if there are any persons in
town wliu are not exactly suited let them
go to E. J. Mills & Co.'s cheap cash
store and try on one of their surfs, imd
they will be sure to be suited in quality
and in price.
They have a large stock of clothing,
as well as all kinds of dry gmuls. People
in need of goods should give them a call,
before purchasing elsewhere.
CJ" We call tha special attention of
those who are competent to superintend the
running of Blandys circular saw mill, to
the advertisement of James Stewart of
I-mcaster, which will be found in another
column.
Mittox vs. Pouk Physicians recom
mend mutton as the most wholesome
meatthe easisst digested, and the best
suited to invalids, while pork, as every
body knows, is the most unwholesome
meat extern In England mutton is a fa
vorite dish, anJ we anr)r,.ieil,i is to u,;.
rather than to roast beef, that the Eng
lishman owes hi robllsf t1P:lllh sul(i roev
complexion. Our ,,.!., too m.,ol,
prk and too littlo A.,.1 v.t
a contemporary well remarks, "mutton
?er),'(,uwd lound for pound at less
than half the price of pork, vidds more
nourishment when " i i
sheep dm-s not exhaust a farm to the ex
tent feed.ng hogs does. Sheep can k kept
during the winter i ..- ...-.,:..
mangle wurtzel. or sngnr beets, while hogs
..... .... ,wiout, hi joayt pome cm."
ve would hke to R. :,. .i .... r.
accounts of bi" iwc i r . i
r'ts and more fat sheep.
The soldiers of n ,- ormv n
order to supply themselves with water,
have dug wells from twenty to thirty feet
-P- .c numoer or well., about Peters
burg is said to be aUcast five hundred.
The navy department has received
the treasure box taken from the Florida,
upon her arrival io ,wc,
thousand doUnr in goM.
The War.
The damage which has been done to
the Dutch Gap Canal, by the conlin
ued shelling of the Confederate batteries
on the south side of the James, has at
length compelled a Federal movement.
On Wednesday last a brigade of negro
troops was sent up the James a short dis
tance above the canal, and embarked on
pontoons. They crossed over and march
ed down the southern bank until a point
opposite the canal was reached. The
Confederate sharpshooters were driven off
and the negroes began entrenching. Du
ring the night a rifle pit was dug, and on
Thursday morning the position was secure.
Very few men were killed or wounded on
either side. As the Confederate force was
successful in stopping labor on the canal,
by breaking the drudging machines, it is
now to be seen whether Grant will re
place tho machines and renew the labor
free from molestation. The Confederate
iron clad moved down the James on
Thursday and came within range of
Dutch Gap. Up to Saturday, however,
no hostilities had occurred, and the Con
federates made no attempt to drive the ne
grot.8 away. The various reports of a
general advance of Grant's southern wing
toward Stony Creek Station, on the Wel
don Haiiroad, which have been prevalent
for some days are at length confirmed by
definite intelligence. Warren's Corps,
one division of Humphreys', and Gregg s
cavalry began a southern march on
Wednesday last. They marched down
the Jerusalem road, and :ros:ed the Not
taway River on a pontoon bri !ge. They
are now ut from communication with
Grant's army, and have not been heard
from for some days. This advance is di
rectly south. It object cannot yet be as
certained. We have some intelligence from the
Shenandoah Valley. General Sheridan
will attempt no movement south from
Winchester this season. Ha is now at
Winchester in his old camp. He has
about fifteen thousand men. Three of his
brigades were sent last week to reinforce
Grant. The Confederates squill of
W inchester made no demonstrations.
They have recently removed the rails from
the railroad between Manassas and Gor
donsville, in Northern Virginia, and car
ried them to Richmond.
At NathviUe the condition of aiT.urs is
the same as usual. Hood is still labor
ing on his earthworks. It ia reported
that reinforcements a:e being sent to
Tho mas. The detachment of Federal
.1. t .1 , T 1 .
uoop mai neui j onnsom me, hut were
forced to evacuate it and retreat into Ken
tucky, were terribly harrascd in th ir
march. Thirteen are reported killed ;,nl
wounlr l an 1 sixteen captured.
The latest report of the losses at the
recent battle of Franklin made the Fed
eral loss nearly twu:ty-two hundred.
There is nothing new from Sherman's
army. It id almost certain that he it-ma.rci.iii-
on Savannah, and that Foster's
advance up Broad Kier to Grahamsville,
which is very near the Savannah River,
was iateri h-d to make a junction with
Sherman. Sherman has not been heard
fiom since he moved fiom Millcn. Fos
ter is s'.il! near Grahamsville, protected by
his
gun .toais. ileavv cannonaduvj was
iiil-iu ai. mm accounis iiiiin nuton
Head, and the Confederates were thought
to have attacked Foster, and attempted to
drive him oil'. No result is known, how
ever. Iisl wt-tk several merchants of Provi
dence, Rhode Island, were arrested by
officers of General Dix, on ti e charge of
being engaged in blockade rnnr.i:. They
were sent to New York. Their couming
rooms and papers were seized and held bv
United States officers.
It is repotted that General Rosecrans
is to leae Si. Louis, and have an active
command.
The rcjK.rt that Semmes' new ship, the
Shenandoah, was wrecked is a canard.
Afje.
Implosion of the M earner .Maria.
St. Ix.iis, Dec. 11. The steamer
Maiia, from St. I.uis for Cairo, exploded
at Carondelet, six miles below St. Iuis,
early this morning. The pilots, clerks
and other employees of the boat say that
she was lying without steam in the boilers
when the explosion took place on the lar
board side-, the explosion goin upward,
and making a hole in the boiler deck,
through which several persons fell. They
say the explosion may have been caused
by a box ot amumtion in the hold.
Mheie were SO soldiers of the 3d and
4th Iowa and 10th Wisconsin cavalry,
with 187 horses and mules on board!
'I he soldiers positively say that the ex
plosion was caused by the insufficiency of
water in the liler which burst. The
boat was cast loose, grounded on the bar,
and was entirely consumed by fire All
the horses and mules were lost. It is re
ported that 25 men weie killed, 30
wounded and 12 missing. The soldiers
lost everything The boat was entirely
new and valued at $10,000.
REBEL BATTERY ON TENNESSEE
RIVER.
Caii:o, Dec. 7. A despatch from
Paducah states that a rqiort hud reached
there that the rebels had planted a bat
tery at the HariK-th Shoals, lcniicesee
river. A gunboat has been sent to that
locality, and transports are not lerniitted
to proceed above Smithland.
The steamer Bdle, of Memphis, brings
thirty Me .fool tun for Cfo,
Tbaddeai Stevens tfevr Project.
The New York Evening Post is inform,
ed that Mr. Stevens, "the great states
man of Pennsylvania," having lost it.
gold bin, is about to introduce another
for the regulation of th temperature of
this planet by means of the thermometer
The leading features of the new act ari
these :
Resolved, fust. That all the thernior:je.
ters hereafter to be made be of uiiif
length and bicadth.
Resolved, second, That the dtgrees cn
all thermometers be of equs.1 mtma!
whether the expansible l:quid be oil mer
cury, spirits, or dher.
Resolved, third, That all persona in
public office and all housekeepers, are or
dered to regulate their stoves and furnacrt
according t) the indications of one of
official thermometers, and that uuy rsoa
allowing a heat of more than sixtj-fivu
degrees shall be deemed guilty tt mis.
demeanor.
Resolved, fourth, That the clerk of t!,j
weather be instructed to dispense v.hhtha
difference of climate and of season, until
the temperature of the globe has Uen abis
to adapt itself to the notions of the Cuu
mittee of Ways and Means.
Mr. Stevens (says the Post), in iiit,-
during his new bill, will make a speed
showing how it is in analogy with the
conduct of some of the most illustrious
statesmen of all ages. There was tLu
ancient Greek sag.-, who wanted to JHnk
up the river to get at the moon ; there
was that noble Chinese chief, who !xt
his gong during the eclipses, to L.ep the
dragon from swallowing the sun ; tl.ere
was Philip the Handsome of France,
who used to raise money for his plea turn
by mixing copjer with his gold, declari: .g
the pieces of undituini.-hed value ; th re
were the Puritans, of England, who in
creased the virtues of women b- shorten
ing their top knots; there was the gixvt
Mrs. Partington, who kept oil an ii ni,.iv
tion bv swabbing it with her broom; ther-j
were French kings who used to pr ser!:
how much each of their subjects shui;'d
eat and drink ; in short there are any
number of diftinguished precedent for
both the logic and the practice of tlj
great statesman of Pei nylvania.
Mr. Stevens, the R.'pul'ica:i Fremirr
of the House, enema jost now to receive
deeper wounds from his friends t'.aa lis
enemies and yet wo predict he will U
placed again at the head of a commitiev,
which is to originate, study, confide",
and report all the tax and money lil'.i
brought before Conrres. Phi'a
Agt
WHAT IS EXPECTED OF GEOR
GIA. 'I he Richmond 17iyuirtr of December
G'h says, we expect great things of tl.s
noble peop!, of Georgia. They have it
i:i their power to make their State, biihcr
to unharmed and unhurt by our ivl.-m'j
enemy, a truly bloody ground tor L:i
forces. If they but meet Sherman an i
his troops, cut oil' as they are from sup
port and succor, with a worthy iiml a li
quate spirit of resistance, they can vu.'m
their name famous in hi.-tory, mi J aci.i ".
more for the independence" of the S u.h
than all the victories of our Sou:li-.-:a
armies done heretofore. lx.t them re
memlKT the fate of Napoleon after t'-s
battle of Lcipsie, when he tried to o r
duct an army thrice as kire as Shi-rma!:'i
through Germany back to the Rhine. A
reat Genera!, of inexhaustible gen!--',
he was still at the head of nearly .:;.! 7
thousand hardened veterans with th :.'
own fair France beckoning tluui heme.
The authorities of Georgia have aetol
well in ordering a tree en ma.f. All
citizens ought not only to bo authorized
to take up arms, but required to do so;
to sound the alarm as so n as they !;a"
of ilw. enemy's approach, to asst lb, ti)
scour the woods, break down the bridg
intercept the reads, and fsdl on the flank
and rear of the enemy. We trust in the
justice of the Almighty, and cnceurageJ
by the teachings cf history, we tViI cer
tain that the day will come, ia His own
time, when our enemy also will be com
pelled to drain the bitter cup he now hiM
to our lips, and to pay the fearful but un
failing penalty for his atrocious criim,
and his disregard of human and diviisJ
laws.
- LATEST FROM CHAR LESTON'.
Baltimore, Dec. 10. The followir:
special has been recti ved at th AuuvieJ
Otfice: Annapolis, 10 P.M.: Tla
steamer Victor has just ' arrived fr"
Charleston, where all of Colonel M:ilf.n'.i
fleet is now lying. Tin? exchange of priso
ners Ining changed from Savannah to
Charleston, Generals Sherman and Fust
having in:erruptt d the exchange at t!
former city. When the Victor sailed oa
Wednesday, she heard heavy tiring in tl
direction of Savai:nah, Leinr eiiheran at
tack on that city or on the railroad be
tween Charleston and Savannah, all aree
that Savannah must fall.
A FIGHT WITH .THE INDIANS I
COLORADO.
Dknvkic City, C. T., Dec. 8 . P-f
patchesof tie 1st and 31 cavalrv, uvi
command of Colonel Chivenpton, bad
fipht with the Indians rear Fort L)vn'
and killed between 400 ami 500 oftl.,"1
and captured 500 ponies nnd mules. Tba
Chiefs Blackkettle, White Buffalo rJ
Little Bob were killed. Our lo 9
killed pod &8 vrouod4.