FOR SALE. We are compelled, on account of impaired bealtb, to oter for Aal , :t this office. THE PILOT Im saw in its 4th year. It has enjoyed a con siderable degree of patronage. A good paying salaseriptiou list Sias been secured. Airy ea septic person would be able to isierease it rapidly. A weekly journal can and will be supported by a wealthy oottiniunity like ours The business of tho town and neighborhood is t+eftag,..conotnalkLenlarged. The material in this office is,,etiod. The office enjoys a good . . run of Jon WORK. Fur to . nos and other particulars, Addrear J. W. wer,orty, THE PILOT. GREENCASTLE Tuesday Morning; Dec.-29:1863 O r SAVE TWEN*-Fl i krE CENTS. We are compelled again to, urge upon all persons knowing themselves indebted , to us for subscription, job•work or advertising, to pay up at their earliest convenience. If we ever needed money badly, we do now, and we trust those who know themselves to be indebted, will Lome, and settle without delay. Subscribers can save TWENTY-FIVE CENTS by paying up within the next ten days. After that date full rates ($2) will be 'DRAFT NOTICE The Provost .Narshal of this district gives' notice that the time for hearing claims for ex eruption has been extended to January 5.1864. The Board of Enrollment will be in session daily until that time. from nine to twelve o'clock in the morning, and from two to four in the afternoon. Aliens must some prepared with an affidavit, according to prescribed form and two witnesses to vouch for the integrity of their application. Non-Residents who have left the district • since the Enrollment, must satisfy the Board by,affidsvits of .a bona fide change of domicil, and that they have been enrolled where they claim to reside. Persons who have become' respectively thirty five and forty-five, accord ing tn their class, since .July Ist, should not appear. Only persons manifestly sand perma nently disabled . ate ,wanted. now. Physiciap s eartifieates are useless in these preliminary ex anlinkrions. Persons drafted in August last, seed not appear. A WORD IN'SEASbN The knowledgepf kindred, friends, perhaps a wife and children, will be stung to the quick by his degradation and ruin, ought to rule any man front drinking oughtto impel him to look igen oathe first glass with alarm. But the moderate drinker—who has just started on the downhill road, and whose progress is yet smooth , and easy—will not believe the peril ahead so 'riaus, or trusts to the firmness and self corn mend for its avoidance. The stage of temper ace drinking passed—the social dinner and sparkling champagne, succeeded by the even• ing toddy and morning dram—the victim still flatters himself that he shall not stop short c.f wclual 'drunkennesst.--at least he will never be some a habitual drunkard. Yet, one by one. the barriers are gradually broken doe-R.—the consciousness of the night's debauch, followed by the morning headache. is drowned in the ob nylons bowl-,—the wile's or mother's tears no longer harrow up the heart, hut are braved with frowns or harsh •words—and the accost] plished, graduate at the dining-table, the even ing party, the social bar romn, and the solita ry tipple, sinks at lastinto the gutter and dies. 'i shame and burthen to all who love hue; au object of disgust even to himself in his less beclouded moments, and a nuisance which the earth hastens to bury out of sight.. • If the truth were only known with regard to the ravages of Intemperance--if it was cos tomary instead of disguising the fact by the terms consumption, dropsy; appoplexy, inflame Con ; '&e., to say, "Died, last night, Mr. —, from the effects of , drunken excess ," or . "ot ten years ins moderate drinking," or "of di sease brought on by the use of intoxicating liquors,"—we might hope that. adequated atten tion would be drawn to this subject. But most of the young begin their career utterly uncon scions that a very surge proportion of all who die are hurried to their graves by intoxicating liquors,. sometimes combined with excess in eating also, and that the earth is thickly over spread- with disease and woes, having the same 'prolific and fearful origin. What shall be done? Ought there not to be some more specific exhibition, by filets and Agures. of the reality and extent of the general danger. For the victim of appetite, Ileaven help him. He'oftens knows all that can be said of the na litre and consequences - of his debasing iodul Greencastle., Franklin county. Pa THE / 4 .1.L0T:-GREENO..AST.LE, FEANKEIN CO., PA., ./..)EGE-N1i31;11,%;t9, Itl6B. hence ; but what can he do ? A terrible fire consumes hint, and so long as the poison is at minable he will clutch and swallow it, though he knows it is destroying him. But what shall we think of him who; laboring under no such fierce goadinga of a depraved appetite, deliber ately devotes his best energeis to the wands° ture or dispensation of this deadliest enemy of the human race—who makes the creating. feed ing, inflaming of this dreadful propensity to the chief business of his life, the means of his subsistence, and the source of his wealth and enjoyments? Can language adequately por• tray the horrors of this manufacture and traffic ? We know there are some Who feel and say that tl air rule is to " look out for number one," and that others must take care of themselves or meet the consequences. Alas! the consequen ces are net confined to those who refuse to take care of themselies, but wives, children, friends, are involved in the general devastation. Bat- if the sale of liquors fur profit to those in whose welfare we feel no special interest is dreadful, what shall we say of the universal practice, of pressing it upon our friends and relatives on occasions of festiiity and. social enjoyment. When the young, thoughtless and gay, are passing from fireside, unsuspicious of evil, how deplorable the thought that they are liable to encounter at every turn salutations to partake of the intoxicating cup—not the gross beverage of the grog-shop, but the reduc tive•goblet of the drawing room, brimmed with excitement and pleasure? Who can suspect the serpent that lurks in the hospitality, profered by the fairest hands? Who can realize that smiles so fascinating way light the path to perdition ?. And yet scores will on Friday next take their first decided step on the road to ruin in sipping wine or punch at the house of their fair friends' And who shall say to the woman who deals out the poison on New Year's Day, if her husband or son or brother; is brought home to her at :night a helpless mass of degradation and loath 'somenesa—whether it be that night, or any night thereafter—" your suffering is,undeserv :ed ?" What shall comfort. her in that hour of heart breaking anguish and despair ? NVoutan, set :no bottles on your sideboard on Friday next. Young man, if you are not already the slave of. a fatal appetite, taste not, touch not. aught that can iutoxicate, but resolve to com mence the New Year, with a deliberately form ed resolution to live henceforth a life of Tem perance and Virtue. THE NEWS. Gen. McCellan's Report on the Peninsular Campaign is Dot yet in the hands of the Super intendent of Public •I"rinting, and will not be fur a, week or ten days. It is now being copied, by order of .the Seeretary, of War, in order that the original copy inay -mot 'be suffered •th go out of the ,poasession or the War Depart went. It makes over four thousand pages,- and will take several mouths to print. - The steamer Chesapeake was re capture&on the 17 inst., in Sambro harbor, N S., by atea niers Ella and Anna. All but three of the crew,got ,en shore before the arrival of the latter vessel, +lnd escaped. Soon after the cap ture the U S. steamer Dacotah arrived at Sawbro, and three vessels are now in that port The Nova Scotian authorities have, given orders fur the arrest of the pirates. We have a startling piece of news from Nova Scotia, being nothing less, than the.res cue of the pirates of the Chesapeake by a mob' of citizens at Halifax. N. S. The prisoners were lauded from the Ella and Anna. when • the government officials were seized and held till the pirates had been sent off in a.boat, pro. bably to some vessel laying in - .the harbor. The . United States gunboats, of which there were five lying at Halifax, immediately left fur Portland and Boston. 1 ive deserters were executed a few days ago, ia the Artny of the Potomac. Gen. Sciudield has been removed fromhis catualand in Missouri, and ordered to report ac Washington. Gen. John LI. Morgan has been heard from sale in Dixie, hiving crossed the Otaio River near Ashland,. andwade his way into the con federate lines. Fort Smith, Ark., Dec. 25 —The Choctaw Chieftain MoCastin, - with other Rebel Indian leaders, came into our lines to day and sur rendered themselves to General McNeil. They hive abandoned the Confederate alliance, and profess a desire to avail themselves 'of, the am nesty per the President's Amnesty Proclawa tion. Their example will have a powerful it.- fluence over all the Rebel tribes. The apprehensions held for the safety of th Immense supply train which is on its way ffont Fort Smith, accounts -for the presence of S.au. Waite and Qoantrell in that direction. CORRESPONDENCE HEADQUARTERS. IST BRIGADE HAWKINI DIV , 22ND ARMT CORPS. I DEPARTMENT OF WASIIINOTON, Fowl! BUNKER HILL. D. (1, I. December 15, 1863. J Dear Pilot :—A mid the arduous duties of rny position I will try and squeeze out euough of time to send you a counnunication, which may interest your readers, and it' it (loci, my object • e attained. By invitation of Major General Christopher Col urebus A ugur commanding t his T/epartm en t. Admiral Lisoviski, commanding the Russian fleet now lying on the Potomac, near Washing ton, with about thirty of' his officers. accoin panied by Major-General s Augur, paid a visit to Fort Toilet), D. C.—one of the finest and largest Forts in our Britrade—on Friday, the 11th inst. They were received with a salute of thirteen guns by us—i. e., the Brigadier. General commanding this Brigade, and his Staff, who, by the way, made three trips from headquarters to Fort Tolten on horseback. and in full dress, before the arrival of our distin eishcd guests. We expected them in the morning, but some other engagement. prevented their arrival until Sf o'clock, P. M. They made a thorough examination of the work. magazines, Bomb. Proof's, Officers Quarters. Barrack, Kitchen and Mess Rooms, &c., and expressed themselves agreeably surprised at the impregnability of air fortifications. and the extraordinary care taken of our soldiers.— And just here let . ma'` ask what nation pays, clothes, feeds and looks more after' the wants and comforts of her soldiers than the United States ? If any treat them better 1 am not aware of it. We accompanied them from Fort Tuber] CO the " Soldier's Home," about half mile distant, that 'imminent to the genius and philanthrophy of Lt. Gen Winfield Scott, who was the projector of the institution, which in stitution is self supporting, or at least, has not . cost the Government a dollar since founded ; hundreds of old and disabled soldiers of the "Regular Army," are here kept in the most eMnfotable manner during the balance of their 1 1 life; and when the grim monster reieves them of their mortal cares, they are decently interred in a handsome, cemetery near by—the num ber of graves in which attests the humanity and liberality of the institution towards the de fenders of our great nation. The commandant of the "Soldier's Home" is Lt...C01. Thomas L. Alexander, sth U. S. Infantry, whose gen tlemanly and dignified manners were suited to receive and show around our distinguished Russian guests, who were delighted with the Home" and ire beautifully arranged walks and gardens. We here bid the Russians good . bye, and when doing so we could not avoid feeling that we were parting with friends May ;our relations with that powerful coun try eontioue to be of the most intimate and friendly kind. They are generally low in statue, and what we term " heavy set," with broad but pleasant' faces, and with much less hair on their faces than is generally worn by Americans—whether they shave often, or their physioguoitical' crops are less abundant than ours I ani` not able to say. Their names pee take largely of the Slavonic, and are unpro ,nounteable,Mad `cannot be remembered by us. They converse quite fluently in English—the learning of that language bring part of their travel education, - and, like all well informed fOreigners, are very. inquisitive. The Admiral is a Man sbotit fifty-five years of age, with "a small, keen gray 'eye, bandsothe black moustache See Batchelor's - flair Dy'e"—';'ated - with manners of the most courtly kind : although not distinguished iMpersoi, though a physi• ognmny peculiarly expressive of common 'sense and nmeral - fact sentiMent, yet, as.theimmor runs, there is a romanee attached 'to his his turf which may interest the fair portion of yekr`readers—and iu thia'wise:LadY Lisiivis ki,.of the , nobility, and abounding in the priv ilegei of 'her caste, was his' patroness while a poor and undistitigiushed seamen, and by her influence was the means of Ma elevation to his present official rank--the . ediet of the "Czar" which enfranchised the Serfs, was the ruin of' herself and family to . which she belonged. The noble Admiral, with a soul full of the chivalry of the profesSion, reinstated 'her in wealth' and 'position by a union of their for tunes as well as their hearts. A word - about the old " 2nd Pa. Artillery." We are rapidly filling up to the maximum of 1768 enlisted men ; and if any of our Frank lin county friends wish to join us they must make application soon to the Provost Marshal at Chambersburg, for that purpose. We are having Battalion and Brigade drills and re views, and with a splendid band attached to etch regiment ; they are no small part of our amusement 'as well as our instruction. The health of our troops is tip-top, though I con• Tess I like the ablypi:4re of Greencastle quite a 4 well. Yours, truly, F. Mysterious Abduction of a Young Lady The Springfield (III.) Journal gives the fullititing particulars of a singular affair : " A private letter from a lady at Richview, Washington county, in this State gives the yar- Honiara of a most mysterious outresce which was perpetrated at the residence of Mr. M . A Linton, residing about four miles from Rich view on the night of the sth instant. " The writer says that a party of thirteen men disguised by handkerchiefs tied over the lower partof their faces, and armed with navy revokers, presented themselves to Mr. Liu ton's about half past two o'clock at night, and demanded admittance. When refused they tEre:itined to break down the door. Thettpokee- man of the pally was recognized as a smut who had taken supper at Mr. Linton's the same evening, under pretense of having lost his way to Hayleton, the next town. "When admitted the party demanded Gin evra, a daughter of Mr. Linton's by a former marriage, a beautiful and amiable girl of six teen years of age, who just returned home from a boarding school in Ohio. She having just run down stairs to see what was the matter. was seized by three ruffians and told she must go with them, dead or alive. Her father was totally unarmed and powerless to defend her. The girl was dragged to her room, and after having been allowed to dress herself, was for cibly carried to a buggy and driven off. As she was borne out at the door, she turned toward:, her father, raised her hands and exclaimed. Oh God !" "A party of eight men were left to guard the house till daylight, to prevent any alarm being given. During the night they paced around the house, knocking at the duor, look ing in at the windows, rattling the glass, and taunting the wretehed inmates by asking how they liked evening calls, &c. No clue has been obtained to the , abductors, or to the course taken by them, although a stranger whom Mr Linton met at a store in Riehview the. same day, is suspected to have been one of them Anothee statement is to the effect that a wo sham who 'had been powliog around the neigh hood lor some time past was one of the abduct ing party. '"3.lr. Linton is a Quaker by profession, and it was well known that ho was unmarried. "For some time past a perfect reign of ter ror has prevailed in the region referred to above It was within a few wiles - of the same neigh hood (at Ashley) that a number of robberies were perpetrated recently, of which we gave some accounts a couple of weeks ago. The vicinity is overrun by deserters and Rebel sympathizers, readers and admirers of the Chi °ago Times, who are undoubtly the - perpetra tors of the outrage." PASSING EVENTS, &C• Acknowledgment —The Treasurer of the Christian Commission in his report, acknowledges the receipt of one hundred and fourteen 'dollars, being the amount of a collection , at a Union meet ing held in the Presbyterian church of this place. Cavalry.—A cavalry company raised in Adams county, and commanded by Capt. ROBEET BELL. came over here from Gettysburg on Christmas day and encamped in this vicinity This company be longs to the 21at Pa. Cavalry. (Col. Born). Wm, not the people living along the Hagerstown road, go to work, and try to get a turnpike road from Ibis place to. the State Line. It ought to M. done. It can be done, if energetic action is taken. Money is plenty. Now is the time. Mr. R. A. M'CLuas, for the accommodation of his class in vocal music, has left a number of sing ing books for sale at 8. H. PRATHICX Si CO 's The books far juveniles east 35 cents; the large work VO cents. VOl.U.nteers.—Thos* coutentplating Volunteer ing lixd better s duit before the of January, else they may not get aty of the liberal bounties now offered to volunteers. Any. iPersou will now get more liberal bounties than they will a week or month after this. Think of it. , • = . Special Notice.— There will be a special meeting of the Ladies' Aid Society of Greencastle and vicinity, at'the house of Dr. Abelian., on New Year s day, at 3 o'clock, P. M. The soliciting com mittees are requested to hand in their reports at ssidrneeting. By order of the Society. • Skylight—Tlie picture Gallery has been im proved by the additioit of an immense skylight.— We are certain that lionswrs can now take photo graphs or other pictures better than most country operators. and to equal many taken in the eastern Our.people have found that it is uneless io go away from home to get a good likeness, so that the gallery is daily crowded. Dramatie.—Two of the Dramatic entertain ments came off as advertised—one on Christmas night,` and the other on the following evening.— They were both very well attended. Receipts for the first night amounted to over rim dollars. The programmes were very creditable. The company had but. a very short time in which to make prepar ation, yet they got along well. Our limited space prevents us from saying more at this time. Exhibitions on Evenings of January Ist and 2nd Godey.—The January number of the Lady's Book, has reached us. The steel engraving, "A Tableau Picture," is useful for the present season. The title page for 1864, is handsomely engraved, and contains sevea distinct subjects. There are about eighty other largeand small illustrations.-:, "Nobody to Blame," is the title of a new novel began in this number. The popular writer, MARI ON HARLAND, is the authoress. Other writers, of ability contribute to this magaiine. The terms have been reduced, to the old standard, $3 per year, in advilte. Grocery Store. &c.—J. 1108TETTSR &r. CO. leave opened a large stock of Gro.oeries and Queens_ ware(in the store not long since occupied by bt- BRIE &L Co., as:a Dry Goods Store) This his been something much needed here. Business ought to be divided more. The time was when it was neces_ vary to have country stores like a kind of Noah's ark, containing everything wanted - or not not want ed. We live in a different age now. The town is large enough to support shoe stores, hat stores book stores, hardware stores, grocery stores, dry good stores, clothing' storm, tinware and stove es tab'ishmcnte, &e., &c. I:== E. N. APPLE. Sec Christmas --Places of businetoe leere G eneral_ ly closed here on that day. Great numbers of p ee _ ple from the surrounding country came to town 411 ,1 vied to feel as happy as t buy could Some of thsts, we dare say, hardly felt quite et) gay the nail lag. In the morning services connected with the Ger man Reformed Sabbath School, were held in that church. The Pastor examined the classes, and at. terward made a brief but interesting address to the School. The examination showed that the pupils have been well trained, and that they take a great interest in the School. The ter centenary collection was taken up. Oita Merceraburg neighbors are not only deter mined to do their share towards putting down the rebellion, but they have gone a step further, ma they are now using their best energies towards put ting down another evil intemperance. Town meetings have been held, and the dame of temper unce reform has been kindled. The evil here exists t• an alarming extont. Ca n . uot something be done to roll back the tide of drunkenness and rowdyism Let the people speak. Let the ladies use their influence and take a strong stand in favor of temperance. They can do a great deal, and they should try to do it. Let the public sentiment set in strongly against fashionable drink-. ing, and reform will follow The Lady's Friend.—A new literary and fashionable visitress, with. this title, is on our table. This magazine is published by DEACON & TZTERSON and from a cursory glance at it■ contents, we are prepared to say from this first nurnber,.t hat its sub ject matter is unexceptionable, and its general ten dencies as it should be. The plate of Lea Hake Parisiennst is every thing that a lady of fashion could desire: and under the head of new styles, is contained en illustration and description of all the latest styles of dress in the fashionable world. We have nu hesitancy in recommending this Mag azine to the female readers of Tnz PILOT, as a very superior magazine - of its kind. Gen. James Allen.—He was born. in Mm bereburg in the year, A. D., 1860. Having learned printing in early life he became connected wit h the Ohio State Journal; and stood at the head of hie profeseien. Impelled by love of freedom and hatred of tyranny, he look part. with the Texans against Mexico. In the Mexican War he served under Generals TAYI.OB. and SCOTT. lie was among the foremost adventures in California, and became the pioneer of the press in that State. He filled im portant positions. A few years since, he Fame to Washoe city, in what is now linown as Nevado Ter ritory, and built up a solid, influential little pspir, called the Washoe Times. He died st his post en the 81st of October, 1868. Gen. E. B. Tyler.—lt may be of interest to Cue brave soldiers of the 126th Regiment, to know that the favorite commander of the brlgade to which toey belonged, is in command at . Baltimore. having: charge and direction of the defences of the City.. Gen. TYLER'S record bears date with the very begin ;ling of the war. and is of the most honorable char acter. lle originally commanded the 7th Ohio Itn gituent, a body of wen who have stood the bun-4. of several fights, and in late encounters lost the , . tirave Colonel, and Lieut. Colonel awl .Adjutant. The kind social qualities, gentlemanly demeanor, ti:td high military administrative, Sibilities of the Genernl, we notice by . the Baltimore journals, are properly appreciated-Repository. The American Agriculturist. —Titift. val uable work should not only be in the hande of every tiller of the soil, but find its place in every bou,e hold. ORANGE June, A. hi., hemline@ by a pzaolical corps of active workmen like himself, devote their entire energies towartla making the Astriciatarist worthy the position it occupies as the first work of its, character now issued in ttis country It is ie sued in quarto form; suitable for binding and af forded at the low price o f one dollar per year. The January number, 1864 commences a new velum.. allording a good opportunity to subscribe. This work contains within its closely printed pages a more extended variety of articles treating upon matters of practical interest than any publication now :issued in the country. We are glad to learn that lin circulation is rapidly increasing, encourag ing the Proprietor to prosecute his work with in creased vigor and spirit. Address O.IIAZWE Jvuc 41 Park stow, New 1 ork. Laugh and be Happy.—That is our snot. Den t go through lite wiiti a frown upon your face and a eigh ever heaving your breast, but learn t• look on the sunny side of life. Rebuff& and disap pointments will sometimes come over us; but don't court they company by vying half way to meet them; now, when they hare fiiirly come, welcome them by an embrace. Don't out your thrust, nor hang yourself, because Dame Fortune has _given yea the slip, sad the sky is cloudy. "Beware of desperate steps l—the darkest clay. Live till to-morrow, will have passed, avt.ty." Sit down to your dinner with a thankful heart— we mean the table of your life and fortune as well as that. at which you dine. "Cheerful looks make every dish a feast," says MASSINGER. The truth is, we can afford to lose almost anything better than good humor; and if we only take care that it ever shall be the spring time of the' year in our hearts, we shall find cheerfulness, peace and quiet enjoy ment; blossoming there with the freshness of the season of flowers. Everything in ttor° teaches us this beautiful lesson—the birds in the growl wood and the green herbage. ►fie shorten life, all philosophers say, by unneccessary anxiety "Care to our coffin adds a nail, no doubt, And every grin so merry, draws ono out." Cultivate cheerfulness, and the people will love you for the Sunshine that your presence will always bring with it. You will be better satisfied with yourself and everybody else, and time's wings will be gilded with happy rememherance of the merry faces and pleasant reflections that have crowded your pathway through life. THE ALTAR. . . . . MARRIED.—By tie Rev. E. Breideuhaugh. on the 22td just., Mr. Jacob G. Summers, of Antrim townahip, to Mibs Sarah A. Deatrieh, of Peters I ewabhip.
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