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
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'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
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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.