THE PILOT. GREENCASTLE Tuesday Morning, August 25,1863 - THE NEWS. The following is the language of Maj-Gen. llalleck to the agent for the exchange of pri- SOD CrB :- "It is directed that immediately on receiving official or othe'r authentic information of the execution of Capts. Sawyer and Flynn, you will proceed to hang W. H. Lee and the other Rebel officers designated as herein above direc ted, and that you notify Robert Ould, Esq., of the said proceedings, and assure him that the Government of the United States will proceed to retaliate for every similar barbarous viola tion of the laws of civilized war." Instructions were issued by the Post Office Department that all mail matter deposited in any post office and addressed to any officer therein, on which the postage is ,unpaid and which is tint properly franked, must be for-, warded to the dead letter office. Admiral Porter notifies the captains of steam boats on the Mississippi, that at all points where there might, be danger of attack Srom guerril• las, he lasstationed armed vessels. Wending station, under cover of gun boats, will soon be in operation along the river: A special dispatch from Washington, to the Philadelphia ' Idquirer, under date of AUgust 19th, says On Saturday night, Moseby, with about fifty men encamped or bivouacked on the farm of Ni-. Fitzhuge, two and one-half miles from Upton's Hill, and within gun-shot of our forti• fications. The same evening he sent out a Picket guard of four men to Fort Buffalo, one of our old .unoccupied works, near Bailey's Cross Roads, and within sight of the road lead• ing to Long Bridge; from whence they could observe any movement of our troops that might be sent out to intercept them. On Sunday .Moseby dined with ..a citizen,.near Falls Church. and the same day he paraded through the vil lage with thirteen of his men, well mounted and armed, dressed in neat grey uniforms, and all wearing black feathers in their hats. On the same day, part of his gang encountered a funeral procession,' near Lewinsv'ille, which had come out from Washington, to bury a child akLewinsville. The guerrillas took the horses from, the hearse and carriages, leavinvthe funeral party and the vehicles standing in the road. On Sunday night, Moseby in person reconnoitred one of our camps of contrabands working the farm near Arlington, bailed the guard, and after representing himself as an officer of one of' the regiments stationed in the neighborhood withdrew. 'These facts were ob tained from a prisoner captured by the gang, and who escaped:- -On Sunday evening pursuit was made after Moseby, by a detachment of the Second Massachusetts "'Cavalry, from the neighborhood of Chain Bridge, who succeeded in coming up with the guerrillas near Fairfax Court House, and, recapturing two or three prisoners and some horses, but the guerrillas escaped. PHYSIOGNOMY. To judge of the disposition and qualities of a man by the indeic,of the countenance, is we believe, a universal propensity. Children man. ifest it at a very early period, and the mature adult, indulges in it even sometimes at the ex pense of his better juegruent. That the fea tures of the fabe indicate the prevailing senti meats of the mind, and exhibit to the eye, the general disposition of the, heart, we, have not the slightest doubt. Some faces we say, • are good and others bad, meaning thereby to ex press that the amiable and benevolent affections predominate iu one heart, while the reverse ob tains itrahother. Every day's experience con vinces us, that there is "truth in the face," and however great the effort to conceal the rul ing passions of the soul, the expression of the features will, to the practiced eye, indicate the virtues or vices of the individual. We have in our eye now, a man, whose whole conduct evinces a total disregard to the lairs of honor, honesty and jastice—he is a vain, vindictive, malicious, revengeful, ungrateful, dishonest, a downright cheat—boasts of independence, and is the most abject wretch living—declares he is free, and is the vilest slave to his own pas sions imaginable--talk of poetry, love, friend ship, benevolence, &c., 'and never felt an int pulse from either of them. In a word, he is a disgusting and a revolting monster of moral coyruption,and . a foul being of wickedness and iniquity. And what does his countenance say' It declares that he is the wretch we have dis cribed him, every, boy in the street if they looked at his mouth, would 'start at its malig pant and fendish expression. Nature has-marked the Mau, like Cain of old She has set her seal on him, and go where he will but one chafacter will he create, and that a bad one. It may be said that this is a strong case. We acknowledge it is, and we are glad that these - eases are oomparatively,rare. if it THE PILOT :--GREENCASTLE, FRANKLIN CO., PA., AUGUST 5,1863. was not so. society could not exist ; the etablish ed order of things would be reversed, and mor al degaration, diabolical confusion and distruc tion, would speedily ensue. The passions of a man, declare themselves through the medium of the countenance, and it is the look of the countenance which calls into activity the pa§. sion of love. A glance of the eye awakens the imagination to elysium felicity, or sinks it to the abyss of inexpressible dispair. A look of love from the sanctuary of the soul, uttered in the silent, but intelligible language of the eye, fills the heart with the overflowing of joy, and produces the highest degree of pleasurable emotion. So in the expressions of revenge and malignity, we read the purposes of an enemy. The look of kindness and benevolence tell us without any assistance from the tongue, the de signs of a friend, and bid us approach in confi deuce, and repose in faith. The look of chari ty who has not felt the glance of malicious envy, who has not shrunk from In early life the features are remarkably , flexible, and by a proper mode of education, that is a system wht3h promotes the development of the good and suppresses the bad passions, the countenance can be.naoulded to the general expression of goodness, thus corresponding in its features to the predominance and activity of the attributes of amiability and benevolence. Terrible Calamity at Cohoes. The Albany Argus, publishes the following account of a terrible calamity, which took place at Cohoes, one day last week:-- About half-past ten o'clock in the morn ing the shoddy mill of Mr. Richard Hurst, at Dittoes, was discovered to be on fire, and in a few minutes the greatest consternation prevail ed throughout the village. The mill was a large five-story brick building, on. each side of which were extensive wooden structures. One of these, whi,„7.h was used as an elevator, reached to the 'top of the main building. The fire, it is said, origindted on the lower floor of the main building, and the oily aim bustible material with which it was covered fed the flames with fearful rapidity. Most of the operatives were engaged on the upper floors. and the flames made such rapid headivay that the ordinary means of'• egress were cut off from most of them before they were apprised of their danger.' • When notified by the ascending smoke and flames of their imminent peril, it is said by those who escaped that the scenes on the up per floor were most heart-rending. The wild est excitement prevailel and all rushed for the windows. But it was impossible for those gathered on the outside to reach them. Some become perfectly terror-stricken, sank down and resigned themselves to their-terrible fate without making even an effort to escape. Others jumped from the windows upon the adjoining wooden bnilding, and, reeling off, •fell to the ground, sustianing very serious, if not fatal in juries. Others, it is reported, jumping upon the same structure a few minutes later, fell in the flames below, the roof giving away under their weight, while others, it is feared, fell in the narrow space between the two buildings and so perished. We understand that some twenty-five girls are missing, fifteen of whom are known to have been destroyed by the fire. • The mill was entirety consumed, and the loss to the owner is estimated at thirty thousand dollars. The Troy Times says :-- In the knitting-room in the fourth story forty girls were 'employed, under charge of Peter McHugh. Before intelligence could be con vied to them they were entirely hemmed in, and none of them could escape by the stairs. It therefore became necessary for them to es cape by the windows. Mr. McHugh remained as long as it was possible for him to do so, and then escaped by jumping out. The spectacle presented at this time was perfectly horrible, and made more so by the importance of those who saw it to render any help. Some of the poor creatures accepted the alternative of their fate, and dashed frantically from the windows. One struck upon her head; her neck was broken, and she died instantly. Others bad limbs broken by the concussion of their fails. One, a young woman named Donnelly, in her decent was caught by her hoops upon a ladder, and in full sight of the screaming, hor ror-stricken spectators, roasted to death, her blackened body fa!ling to the ground. Another sprang through the flames and as she descend ed, her 'gartadnt took fire and she was burned to death' up'on the ground before it was possible to reach her: Others ran to the windows and stood there wildly calling for help, until the wild sea ot flame behind swept upon and wrapped them it, its shroud of death arid they dropped out of sight. The number of the killed is variously report ed in the excitement. Its lowest estimate is fifteen, the highest twenty five. In addition to these, a number were very badly Jinn 13 . jumping from the windows, and some of thou will, no doubt, die. i• Lee s Plans for a Fall Campaign—Pro- posed Invasion of Maryland Washington, August 19, 186.3.—Although there is at present no evidence of an aggressive movement on the part of General Lee, still all the information received directly from Rich mond, and corroborated by the statements of deserters and exchanged prisoners, tends to show that a long time will not elapse before the Rebel commander, who is now getting ready for the fall campaign, will take the ioi tiative and push his columns forward. A gentleman of forei: n birth, and holding an official position in Richmond, writes to his friend in this city that the report is current that, General Lee will shortly offer battle to General Meade, and if that General refuse to accept it, and falls back under the Protection of the fortifications of Washington, General Lee will then invade Maryland, where prepara tions have been made by the Secessionists of that State to receive him, and give him all the assistance in men, money, arms and provision' that they can procure. This time Gen. Lee will avoid Pennsylva , ia• upon which the Richmonders look as a North ern State hostile in Principles and in feeling to the South, while Maryland, they ho'd, belongs to the south. General Lee's invasion will rt , t have, however the permanent occupation of that State for its object, but simply the selec tion of a field of battle vhere he can ivait the approach of' the'Union army. His aim is not to carry operations Northward, but, as' Wore, to take possession of WashitOon, if the for tunes of war are in his favor; if 'not, he will fall back on Richmond, and will wait for the Unionists behind the fortifications ofthat place. Notwithstanding his presence on• the Rap pahanock, General' Lee is said to be organizing secretly an army - of reserve, 'the location of which will be either Winchester or some other place in the 'Shenandoah !Valley. This army, to which all the 'conscripts' passing through • Richmond are directed, will be forty thousand strong. The mission is not yet known, although it is generally believed that-it will have an:in dependant organizetibn , and a particular task perform. Genearl Longstreet, is talked of as its most probable leader. . All the Rebel officers who were at RiChniond on leave of absence have gone back , to their, r. gimerits. The city, which was full-of them a week agb, contains now no other persons thati civilians and invalids. It is also reported that a whole division supposed to have been detach ed from' the Army of the West, passed through Richmond during the night of the 12th inst., to take part in the operations of the fall .cam paign, whose opening will take place., accord. ing to public rumor, in the earlier part of Sep tember.—N. Y. Tribune. , PASSING EVENTS, &C• Wit would be pleased if those of our subscribers who are in arrears to us for Subscription, would call and settle, as we need money badly. IF you, want job work done, neatly and cheaply or if you want:to subscribe fora good paper, come at once to TUE, PILOT office. SCUOOL BOOKS and the different Denominational Hymn Books and Bibles, can be had at Mr. JACOB HOSTETTLRS. Let the People See.—Wm. M'CaonY has just opened, at his Clock and Jewelry Store, on South Carlisle street, a large and elegant assort ment. of Gold, Silver and Steel Spectacles. • • A REMEDY for hard tiMes, where people have been thrown out of business, and possess some little means or small incomes, is to make themselves a home. See advertisement in another column of the Settlement of Vineland. ==l2 Another Barn Burnt.—During the heavy storm on last. Friday evening the barn of Mr. PLubt, residing near Upton, was struck by lightning, and with its, contents, consisting of his crop of wheat, oats and hay. All his agricultural implements, two horses and two cows, were burnt. Into the Cavelry.—Several young men from this place have enlisted in Capt. CAFFERTY'S cavalry company. They are both brave and intelligent; we are confident their wok!) will be properly appre ciated. 'The names are: M D. DETRICK, HARRY DAVISON, GEO: F. BREWER, E. C. HAWBECKER, and DAVID GAFF. A Long Bean.—One of the most remarkable vegetables it has ever been oar pleasure to see, is a bean left at our office by Dr E. B. HAMMIL, It is two teat five inches in length. Being a rather in different botanist we are unable to give its nomen clatural speeles. We think we are safe in saying, however, that it is worth cultivating. Horses.—For several weeks after the rebels left. here, horse flesh was rather scarce. A farmer thought himself very fortunate if, by chance or cunning, he was enabled to eap:ure an old cripple that could scarcely hobble along. But the farmers are now becoming pretty well supplied. Ahnost every day we notice small droves of these animals passing our office--many of them very fine looking. Most of them are purchased in Bedford county. Hu'kraus has to apoligize toile readers of THE PIZ .1T for the discontinuation of his "Incittettie of the Invasion." Slight business occasions de7 manded his, presence abroad almost every day of the past week, and hence he was disenabled to prepare a canto for this issue of THE PILOT. Unless some thing unforseen unexpectedly occurs, however, the epic will be resumed next week. He has already bad one'•interview with his _Muse, and the conse quence is fifty verses or lines. - ' Interesting Fact. -- The Summer sun is scorching; ye loving herds du seek the shade ; and ye human species are untiring in their efforts to find some cool place. But amidst all, we desire to make known to the public, that the SeCO7l(l supply of Summer Goods has just been received by S. H. PRATHER & Co. Ladies' Dress Goods of all the most fashionable styles, Domestics in any quantity. In HOOP SKIRTS, they defey competition, having brought on a stock never surpassed in quantity and quality, by any house in the connty. Prices range for Ladies size, from 621_;c to $2.00. They sell a magnificent Woien rape Skirt, of 25 bars, for $l. 30 bars, $1.25; 35 bars, $1.50: 40 bars, $2.00. Have extra wide woven tapes at proportionately low prices. New style Trail Skirts, which defy competition. American and French Corsets, Hair Nets, Dress Trimmings, and a thousand other things which want of space forbids mentioning. Adver tisement next week. Extravagant Living.—We hear a great deal about the extravagance of the rich. If the ques tion be closely examined,.it will be found that the greatest extravagance is exhibited by the poor.— Extravagance is a relative term, and depends on three facts, viz: A man's income: his necessary expenses ; and the amount he expends for luxuries or things not necessary.. A men whose income is but ten dollars a week„ and whose necessary expen ses are nine dollars, would . • be extravagant should he expend a dime for an unnecessary article; while amen with an income of twenty dollars a week, and only ten dollars expenses, might indulge iu several dollar's worth of luxuries, without rendering him self obnexioua to the"charge of extravagance: . and a millionaire, with an income of a hundred thous and a year, might economically revel in luxury.— The test.of frugality is: Does a man life within his income? Does he save something every week? Is he better off every year than he was the year be fore? If he can answer these questions' in'the af firmative, he is an economical and thriving mari, however small or large his 'income may be.. , Of course, there are -degrees in thrift land.economy, in expenditurelnd extravagance; and Ate wise man is he, who, awhile eagerly providing- for the future, with enlightened forsight and amiaiale prudence. does not permit selfish parsimony and brutal avar ice, to murder the enjoyment of the present. 'Conversation.—We speak in terms of high commendation of the pulpit and, of the press se ex ercising extensive usefulness. The power vested in these agencies is beyond computation. They open , py the first place of honor and . usefulness in carry ing forward the world's prc;gress:"On the BOOM of conversation we see little written, and seldom hear anything said ; yet, in point of power as well as general influence, everywhere diffused and diffus ing, it is, perhaps, second to no other. . Often on matters of common concern, we conduct our business through agents, or by correspondence; but if we feel a deeli interest.in the matter, we wilipress it by personal influence, which is generally meant the pow er of conversation. It is the last resort in extreme cases, where it is found that other. means have.fail ed, or may fail. Conversation calls out into light what has been lodged in all the recesses and secret chambers of the soul. By occasional hints and in cidents it brings old useful notions" into remember. ance; it unfolds and displays the hidden treasure of knowledge, with which reading, obsersation and study, had before furnished the mind. By mutual discourse the soul is awakened and allured to bring forth its hordes of knowledge, and it. learns how to render them most useful to tnaukind. Aman of vast reading, without conversation, is like a miser Who lives only to himself. I'et he who Sedulously listens, pointedly 'asks, calmly speaks, coolly answers, and ceases when he has no more to say to the point., evinces most common sense and promptness of character, and shows that he is fitted for business, and likely to succeed in it. Death.—Much sickness prevails at present in this community, and we have lost many of our most useful citizens during the last few months. - Since the Ist day of January one.firmin this town alone, has made over one hundred coffins. Not only the gray haired father and mother, but the light, the gay, the young and beautiful, have left us forever. Day after day are we called upon chronicle the death of one or more, who have passed away never more to return. As we arise in the morning the first sound that attracts our ears, is the tolling of the church bells— somebody's dead. Slow ions the sounds, aid they resound, reaching clear into the heart of the thoughtful; as we pass along the street we hear the'busy tap of the coffin maker's ham Mer. Later in the - day and again the bell is tolling;' and as we push open the blinds of our sanctum window we see the hearse followed . by its slow mourning procession. That's the last ride, and the passenger will not come back, the stay away is eternal. It is a solemn thought that 'Time M wringing us away To our eternal home." And we little think how swiftly. As the waters of a rapid river hastening towards the ocean—as a cloud floating across the sky—as the passing of the rushing wind, are we hurried down the stream of time into the vast ocean of, eternity. And thus it is With all. It is a rule from which there is no ex ceptions. All must be borne along the stream, and shoot at last into that boundtess and bottomless deep. Sin has brought death into the world, and so death has passed upon all men, that is, all men are made subject to death, and must in their turn pass to the grave and turn to tLe` dust from whence tltey were taken. None of the living know what it•is to die. We see our friends die, but we know not their feelings, their thoughts, their views, nor can we know ; and when we die, our friends will he as ig norant of these things in is as we were of them in others. None of the dead have ever come back 'to tell us what it is to die. This is well. God has given us to know our mortality, andme should take ittivantage of it, and studiously make preparation for our latter end. Court Prooeedings.—Court commenced on M inday morning, 10th inst., at 10 o'clock, a. 31., Hon. Judge Nil presiding, with his associates, James 0. Carson 'and W. tV. Paxton, ENS , on the Bench. The Constables in the different districts Ihrougliout the county made their returns to the Court. The list of Attorneys was called, during which each Rented his petitions and made his motions. were no civil causes ready for trial, and th e L., net's of this term was limited to the Oyer ft.e.l miner, Quarter Sessions and Orphans' Court. 1,1 following prosecutions were disposed of: OYER AND TERMINER Commonwealth vs Joshua Morgan — Pape . true bill. Defendant arrainged and plea 11 , 4 guilty. Verdict, not guilty. Com. vs Daniel M'Cormick—Robbery. A , rue bill. Defendant arrainged and pleaded not g t .;;, y Verdict, guilty; whereupon the Court sentenced him to restore the money stden, (aptly It fine of 0 , cent to the Commonwealth. and that he undergo en imprisonment in the Penitentiary for the Eastern district of Penna , by separate or solitary confite, meat at labor, for the period of three years, that h pay the cost of proseention, and be in c•istodV of the Sheriff until this sentence is complied with. QUARTER SESSIONR Com. •s Mary Hawkins—Larceny. A true Defendant arrainged ..nd plead guilty. Sentene by the Court to undergo an imprisonment in in t County Jail for the period of three months. par to. cost of prosecution and one cent fine to the Coinam. wealth Com. vs George Washington—Assault and Bat t ery. A true bill. Verdict gnilty„—Sentenced to pas , fine of one cent to the CoMmonwealth and to dergo an imprisonment of one calender month in the County Jail. Corn. vs Lewis Beard—Assault and Battery. A true bill. Defendant arraigned and pleaded guilt. Verdict guilty. Senteneed to pay a fine of slo.to the Commonwealth, or find good security for the sum within ten days and be in custody until tie sentence is complied Tidal. Corn. vs John Reasoner, jr.—Keeping fereeinui dogs. Net a true bill, and Nicholas Uglow the pro secutor to pay the cost of prosecution. Com. vs Adam George—Rape. Assault with inten to ravish, Fornication and Bastardy. A true bill. Defendant arraigned and pleaded guilty. Sentenced to pay a fine Of one cent to the Commonwealth, that he pay for laying in expenses $l5 the sum of $0.75 now due, that he pay in quarterly payments at the rate of 75 cents_ per week for the support of the child, until it is 7 years of age, that be enter into* bond with`the .Director 'of the Nor in, $3OO, one good security to indemnify the County of Frank• lin against maintaining said ebtid. That IT enter into recognilanee with at leortt one good security in the sum of $3OO for the - performance of this sen. once, that he pay the mist of prosecution and be in custody until this sentence is-complied with. Corn. vs John Myers—Assault and Battery. A true bill. Defendant. - arrainged and pleaded ant guilty. Verdict guilty. Sentencod.to,pay a fine of $lO to the Commonwealth, the cost of prosecution and be in custody, &c. Com. vs George Nave and Michael Nave—Larce ny. A true bill. Defendant arrainged and.pleld ed not guilty. - Verdict guilty. Sentence to pay fine of one cent to the Commonwealth. undergo ae imprisonment in the County. Jail for the period of one day, pay cost of prosecution, &o. The Court sentenced Michael Nave to pay a tine of one cent to the Commonwealth, Undergo au imprisonment in in the County Jail for three mouths, pay the eot of prosecution, &c. Corn. vs George Nave and Michael Nave—Lar ceny. A f rue bill.. Defendants arraigned and plead ed not guilty. Sentenced that George Naveundergo an imprisonment in the Eastern Penitentiary fur the period of two years hy separate and Solitary con. finement at labor, ihat 'he pay °Oita of prosecution andibe in' custody, &c. Com. vs John A. Cramer, John. Gel wicks, George Gelvricks, Robert. V. Jones, Peter Gray and Thotuas L. Fletcher. Riot, Assault and Battery and false imprisonment. Not. a true bill, as to the first and third counts, but a true bill for assault, against John Cramer, John Gelwicks, George Gelwicks and R. V. .Tones. De fendants arraigned and pleaded not guilty. Verdict not guilty but the Defendants Cramer, John Gel• wicks. George Gelwicks and Jones pay seven-eighth , of the costs and. Henry Holby the, one-eighth of the costs of prosecution. Core. vs Anil "M. &Tail . --4.nreeny. A true bill.— Defendant ;Itrraigned and' pleaded guilty. Ver. diet not guilty. Corn. vs Alexander Barr—Assadlt and Battery.— A true bill. Defendant arraigned and pleaded guilty. Sentenced to an imprisonment in the county jail for the period of day and to pay the costs of proecn tion; Corn. vs Edwin P. Byers—Aiding a prisoner to escape. A true bill. Defendant arraigned and pleaded not guilty. Verdict guilty.. Sentenced to underp an imprisonment. in the county jail for three months, pay costs of prosecution and one cent ta 'the Comfoonwealth: Com. vs John Robinson—Keeping a disorderly house. A true bill. Defendant arraigned and pleaded not guilty:: Verdict guilty. No sentence. Com. vs Vim. Young—As..a.ult and Battery A true bill. Defendant arraigned and pleaded net guilty. Verdict not . guilty, and prosecutor to pay costs. Repository and Transcript. T HE 04113'. DlED.—Near this place, August 17, 1863, Mary Catharine, daughter of Mr. Frank Gearhart. aged 4 tears, 10 months and `1 day. In Montgomery township, August 19, 1863, Mr. Samuel Smith, Jr., in the 48rd :year of his age. Few men have passed from amongst us_ whose memory produces a more tenler sadness than tho of Mr. Bmrial. 'ln all his intercourse with his fel ., lows he evinced the true spirit of a gentleman, for his' hand was • against no Mali and no man's hand against him. His eyeiWas•quick-to detect misery or -want. his heart- to sympathise with it and his hand no less prompt to relieve it. • - . • In the varied relations—of husband, father end wife, he sustained a character which will forever co• dear his memory to the bereaved. "Green be the turf above him." We sincerely sympathise with his sorrowing falia Near Grindstone Hill Church, August 20, 1 868 1 Mr. John Trifle, in the 76th year of his age. Near Upton, August 22,1863;Mr. Thane Hp/0P aged 80 years, 10 months and , 14 days. MI