:FOR SALE. We are compelled, on account of impaired Wealth, to offer fir sale this office. THE PILOT is mew in its 4th year. It has enjoyed a con iriderable degree of patronage. A good paying sabseription list has been secured. Any en ergetic person would be able to increase it tnridly. A weekly journal can and will be supported by a wealthy community like (airs. The business of the town and neighborhood is being constantly etildfged. The material in this office is good. The office enjoys a good fan of JOB WORK. For terms and other particulara, Address J. W. M'CRORT, rieu east] e, T H P 1., 0 . GRE'FINCAST.LE: Tuesday Morning, Jan. 12, 1564 f`;,' r, , • , THE GOVERNOR, AND TILE LEGIS- LATURE. The Levislature of Pennsylvania eonvenril en the 541 inst., that heitlij the day fixed by law. There WWI no difficulty in the orDtniza Con of the llouse—the Republicans being. in the majority, and Mr. Johnston. of CrltWfill ellUnty. we elected Speaker. Mr. Sharpe. the member for this county, wag present and totAt his neat. The Senate has up to this time failed to or ganize, there being a tie. 16 Repuldieans and 16 Democrats. The Senate is composed of 33 members, but Major White. the Senator from Indiana county. is . a prisoner in Richmond. having-been -captured at Winchester last sum suer when Milroy was driven from that place. Major White is. a Republican. and if in his seat, an organization favorable to the Republi• cans would be effected. Although very little progress has been made so far towards an or gunizatioti, and it may be a good while before one is effected, still there seems to be no doubt that, at last, after every species of parliamentary tactics has been. resorted to by both sides. and every one becomes tired of the farce they are now enacting, a presiding .officer will be stleet ed from the Republican side ; for. judging from the proposition made by Mr. Clymer, of Berks, a Democrat of course, the question seems to - be. how many, if any. of the miner officers shall be conceded to the Democratic side. Om the 7th inst.,' the Governor, without waiting for the regular organization , of the Senate, seat in to - the Legislature his Annual , 11tettsage It le mit' Very long,' diies it' con tain much of importaree or general interest.• The finances nt' - th - e'Sfiteire represented in ociivecoddition% there'fieing . a balance in the State TreasurY l 4f Over '2;000,000, and the public debt has Ulu reduced during the year t,t 'the 'amount of $954,000'1 The Governor declarei%it Pennsylvania 'haS sent 'the aid of the Govern Ment 'the nation 277,409 men TO the call made by hint •in Jthe, When Lee was marching into the giate'it the head the Rebel army, fur volunteers to repel invasion, 36,588 of the men Of Pennsylvania responded. The special points made in the.measage. re late to the payment of the interest on the pub lic debt, and to the necessity of a revision of the militia laws. The Governor advocates strongly the payment of the interest on the public debt, nut in coin, but in the uatimal currency, and this on the ground of economy, the heavy premium on gold being thereby saved—a very large item. As to the 'militia laws, he asserts that we have none. Ile was compelled to call out the militia in each of the last two years, but those ,who came were not militiamen but volunteers. In truth it is shameful that we have no better Military sys tent. If our legislature haven't brains enough to desire a good militia law, why don't they. then; adopt Miller that ot Massachusetts or that of Ohio. But h are said to be admirable Ohio's militia law caught John Morgan. So long as the rebellion is not crushed, we on the borders of' Pennsylvania, are in constant danger, and even if' the great armies of the South were destroyed as such, innumerable guerrilla bands would sptiig, up, composed of the ele mews of those armies, to harrass and alarm' us. We have a deep interest in a revision of the militia laws of the State and the adoption of .a wise military code. The Governor also recommends a general revision of the Revenue laws of the Common wealth. In a period or. twenty years hardly any change has been wade in them. We appeal earnestly in behalf of the pen ple of East Tennessee. This whole country. he says, has been laid waste by the contending armies. All that had been gathered for the approaching winter, has been destroyed or car ried off, and now the women and children are starving. calla attention to the fact that the agents of ailier States are seducing our citizens into Franklin county, Pa WHE FLLOT CASTLE, KLAN CO., ki their service by large bounties and promises, and lie recommends the passage of a law int posing the penalty of fine and imprisonment. on such persons. ARE WE A DRINKING NATION? A Frenchman once said the Americans were a " nation of one gravy." Would he not have been nearer the mark if he had called us a nation of drinkers? We drink upon every anti all occasions. Nut water. As a contin tmuslieverage, water is not remarkably popular. Not water, but sundry and various spirituous and vinpus fluids, whereof the custom house officials have toyer, within the memory of nieu quw liYing. had official knowletipm. But we drink notwithstanding. We drink morning, noon and night. We drink between times We drink when we don't want it. and when we don't need it, in order to have a cargo on board when we do need and want it. -The American drinks his cocktails to drown his . sorrows; he Shallows them because he is joyfnl ; he poUrs them down his throat. when disappointed iu businesi, and gorges upenili t ein because be is prosperous. Friend-hip etennien ces over a julip and ends in a sin.sh. Jealou sy broods: darkly over the absorption of runt punch. tied meditates suicide, murder or di vorce, over the last lingering drop of a brandy plain. [lime buhbles eternal in sherry cob biers: 'and wit efferi.esces in champagne With us—for are he not a nation of drinkers? —a bargain cannot be settled unless it is set tied over gin and sugar. No President, no Governor, no offieial can be nominated. much less elected, without the bar feastof crackers. and cheese, and the flow of whiskey. The wel lace of the nation, the stability of the govern merit, cannot be maintained without morn ing eye-openers, noonday nips and midnight nightcaps The goddess of liberty could. not stand au hour without her "smile." The great bird can't fly without the benefit of a tod. We drink to get rid of' the blues, and drink when we haven't them, to keep them off. We drink when we are dry. and get dry in order to drink when we are not dry. We drink to the mem ory of the departed at funerals, anti drink con solation to dui griestricken mourner. The mourners drink to the health of those that do . not mourn, and those who do not mourn drink because—they must drink. Drink is the fun damental law of our social system, a part and parcel of our Declaration of Independence. and the bulwark of our nation's greatness Take a drink !" will soon usurp the place of Plitribus Ilium," and a bottle and glass occupy the hands of Justice in lieu of the gmeery scales and regulation sword. Schemes of gigantic importiare concocted, war is de clared and peace is made, by power of states manlike brandy and wire working whiskey Our ,horn of plenty resolves itself into a horn of "red eye." We drink. fast—Americana, We drink often and then drink again, that we way have an appetite for, more drink.. The inventive genius of the publican is continual. ly;striving to produce new fluidical combine does with which to astonish and delight the nation of drinkers. .The first greeting of a friend to one who has just returned after a year's absence—" take drink ?" and the reply inevitably is—"well I don't care if And drink they do. One sociable drink I givee conversation a start; the second round brings up old4itties ; the third, prospects of business; the, tourth,.sundry anecdotes; fifth, more anec dotes ; sixth, maudlin declarations .of eternal friendship; seventh, a desire to drink again"; eighth, and up to the twentieth—a flow of spirits, and we'll—hic—make—hic—'er, night of it, iii boys-- 7 ho, boys—hie." Birth, marriage and death, all come anti go with a drink. Surely, surely—are we no,ta nation of drinkers? We guzzle and swill, and absorb and soak ; we brandy it. gin it, wine, it, punch it, smash it, whiskey skin it, and rum it, and rarely water it. The American drinker is copper fastened, boiled with water tight compartments The drinks he swallows iu a year would kill buru up, eat up, and cousumw a. score of En glislimen. Verily, we say unto you, Oh ! dis ciplcs of freedom and apostles of the star spangled evle—you are a nation of drinkers You punctuate ;our speeches, Oh! orator of the people, with a comma cocktail, a semi colon brandy, a colon w;:iskey, and a period of high old time." THE NEWS. Cincinnati, Jan. 7.—A despatch, dated Cum land Gap, January 6th, says an overwhelming force, under Sam. Jones, wade a descent., lasi Sunday, upon a small body of our troops sta tiqued near Jonesville, Va.. consisting of about two hundred and eighty of an Illinois RPgi went, commanded b, Major Biers, and eigh teen men of Neill's Ohio Battery. A . desper ate resistance was made, continuing from seven A. M. to three P. M , and was followed by casualities on the field • amounting to thirty killed and a like number wounded. We aLs lost one er..un belonging to Neill's battery and two small howitzers. The attacking tore numbered .about four, thou Sand men. The force captured were guarding the key to a re. ;;ion of country which was our wain reliance for forage. Harper's Ferry, Jan. B.—Col. Boyd, who with a force of about eight hundred cavalry has been on a scouting expedition up the Shenandoah Valley, returned last evening.— tle past through Winchester, and advanced as far as Newtown, where he met a small semi itig party of the enemy, under the notorious Guer rilla Ciiptain Blackl.rd, on their way towards Winchester. Blackford, whii was found at a house in the village, was shot dead by one of our men, whom he had fired at and slightly wounded. A few prisoners were captured.— Papers found on Blackford confirm previous infortuationin regard to the number and posi tion•of the enemy, and it is thought that the -rebels have given up any design of making ofkrisive demonstrations in this or any other quarter for the present. Nerenheless, we watch them closely and keop.well prepared-to give thew a proper reception. New York, Jan. 8 —Special despatch.th: the New York Herald, dated Cumberland. Jan 8. says :—The :garrison at Petershuin We.4tern Virginia, was surrounded to day. Fi:-zhugh Lee and Rosser were moving betweetrfNew Creek and Petersburg. The enemy drove our forces out of. Boding tuu, to day. Cumberlaud, Md., was threatened, and much excitement prevails here to nizlit It seems probable that we will be attacked here about to morrow morning;. Passenger trains on the railroad have been stopped from running, the other trains, never_ thelees, are moving The enemy .yesterday captured a train of thirty six wagons. The rebels are reported to be moving in three main columns. Imboden hi been attacked at Winchester and driven back. So far everything is in our favor. It has been snowing heavily all day. -- Message of the President The fellowine: is the nieFsage seta to Con :gess on the sth, by the President of the United States:— Gentlemmi of the Senate and Hipise of Represenoth:s :—By a joint resolution of your honorable bodies, approved December 23;18,63, the paying of bounties to veteran volunteers. as now practiced by the War Department, is to the extent of three hundred dollars in each case, provided that after the fifth day of the present month it shall terminate. I transmit for your consideration a communication from the Secretary of War accompanied by one from the Provost Marshal General to him, both relating to the subject above mentioned. I earnestly recommend that the law be so modified as to allow bounties to be paid, as they now 'are, at least until the ensuing; first day of February. .1 . am not without anxiety lest I appear to be importunate in thus recal ling your attention to a subject upon which you have so recently acted ; and nothing but a deep conviction that the public interest de mands it could induce sue to incur :the hazard of being understood on this point. Tim Execu tive approval was given by me to the reSolu tion mentioned, and it is new by a close atten lion and 'a fuller knowledge of the faets,that feel constrained torecommend•a reconsideration the subject. Proposed Amendments of the -Enroll- mant Act The Washington correspondent of the New Viirk Post, 'gives the' annexed "suMmary orthc different atneudniente of the 'conScriptiou law now under consideration. The most radical amendment cenres'frant the Military Coiumittee and proposes to Sifike oat the commutation ` clause altogether. r. llendr:cks, of Indiana, pro Poses ttrottneend um -nits. one dividing Persons liable to-draltqut two classes—the unmarried and Marriedand the other providing that in case the.cummata. Lion clause is struck nut, all married theirrenny pay the sunm of $3OO to the Secretary of War. no which situ they-shall be' exempt fromiser vice fcr the term of three years. It futrher provides that, if the persm drafted be a labia mg man, whose yearly income is less than $4OO per year, and it his unincumbered property be less than SIJO, he shall be permitted to commute for the sum $l5O. Senator Howe brings forward a novel pro position, which is, that iu any given district the commutation money shall be equally divid ed among those persons who are drafted and en ter the service, the money to be paid in three installments; at the end of each year's MUM Senator Wilson has offered an ammidtnent, providing that all persons in the rebel Slates who choose to volunteer into the service may lo so, being entitled to all the benefits and privileges of existing laws, selecting what re giments they will join. It is probable that the commutation feature 01 the existing law will be retained in seine nip. If it should be rejected, then it is pos sinle that one 01 Mr. Efeudrick's atneudinents would receive Consideration—that pertnitting married men to pay $3OO or ssao, receiving therefor a certificate of exweption for throe ABRAHAM LINCOLN JANUARY 11, 164 years. If the commutation clause of the en• rollment act is abolished, two more important aummitnents will be adopted, one giving the drafted persons thirty instead of ten days in which be may procure a substitute, if he is o disposed, and another providing that any drafted person may offer a colored man as a substitute. Losses and Captures During 1863 General Halleck's report furnishes the fol. lowing estimate of our losses and captures dur ing the year 1863 : During the year our losses were;: Killed 10,079 'Missing 20.676 Wounded. 51,718 Guns 42 Small arms 8,840 And 10,296 men reported under the heals of losses," killed and wounded," or "killed wounded and missing." Qur captures o were: Colors . ' Priminers.. 89 786 Guns . -.... 2.66 Small ..... . :....... 44,829 Boats, ,1 a 8 Cattle . 5,6}5, Horses 1.175 A" - .• Hesides in one place "large stores." in another tour thnusand tour hundred pounds 'pt' powder aml 150,d0b , rounds of and in an ut her, in the language of Generikl Grant,."artus and inn i niilons of Wiirfor . an artyir . Of 'silty • i t houl3and men." Front this it appears tliat our loss 'during the year in killed, viuunded and'inissing, was nine ty-two thousand and seven huutltnd and . seven ty men. If the rebel's "killed and wounded," of which we have no account in this report, bear the saute proportion to' "'prisoners" that ours do, their loss during , the year must have been enormous, reaching to over three hundred thousand men. PASSING EVENTS, &C. SOME of onr friends have been enjoying them selves hugely, in skating upon the 6ecomkt Dam. Our. enterprising friend A. •W. IVELsEt, has re ceived another lot of goods. Call At his new Hard- ware Store SAMUEL MYNAS, of Churnbersburg, offers at pri vate sale his Mrot on the Conococheugue Creek, now occupied by J. G. SHEIBLS. S . Ce advertisement. THE rabbits, poor souls, have a hard fine of it just now They are hunted up and chased by men, boys and dogs. Our sportsmen have got a great many within thespast two weeks. W E are prepared to prim. sale Bills in the neatest manner. We would be thankful for patronage of this kind. Will 1101 our friends exert themselves in our behalf. Rebs in G.—ti UDIBB AS hus egOn resumed his humorous sketches a the Rebel liayseton." It will be found on the first page of this week's Paper. The Nirt to he given ueitt will amuse And interest , inure t.hau one '•• iikedaddler.!' , • • =2: Sacramental.—Communion services were held in the Lutheruu Church on last Sabbath. Next Sabbath the Sacrament, of the Lord's Sup per will be dispe.u,se4 iu the German Reformed Church. Sleighing.—Sleighiag has been very - good on the t urnpike E0:08, and tolerably so onmud roads. during the past several days.' We hope our sub se ibers may all have many pleasant sleigh rides. even if printers are nut quite so fortunate. At Home.—The friends of. Lieut. W3I. STITT, f company'A, Ist Pa. Artillery, had the pie/tonie or meeting him last week. His company are ou duly at Portsmouth, Va.' Our old friend L. H. FLETCHER, cif 'Lancaster city, spent the hulidUys among his friend's aild ac quaintances in ibis place. Reserve 4 ,pa,.. - ps,..—.lh.„Etlitop,: r ln your last article upon the-" Drattnatic ., Entertainments," you condemned the, plan of selling "reserved sents.",. In jusifee to the Dramatic company, I would beg leave to state, that this plan was recommended by " outsiders" themselves. If it did not work favor ably the blame does not entirely rest upon one party. Z. Old Joke Versified. • says Tom to pray tell ple, sir, Why is it that the devil, • In spite` of - all his tianglity'ways, - • Catt never be uncivil? " Says Bill to Tom, the answer's plain To any 'minds 1 1 / 4 1's bright: BeciluNe the imp of darkness, sir, Can ne'er be imp o'• tight" sp. Horse on a Visit.—A spirited horse attached to a fine trotting buggy, came down town 'a few . days ago, on a tour of observation. After runnine about the streets awhile, and into - places not intend ed for animals of his kind, he succeeded in leaving a large part of the buggy behind him, and brought himself up in the yard in the rear of the PILOT' office. Our devil suggests that the horse being the. property of a qoundain Editor, was doubtless waiting for copy. =l= To ANY ONa who doubts whether the Southern Confederacy is designed by its architects, to be an aristocracy of the worst kind, , we commend the fol lowing passage from vie Richmond Whig: 'Speak ing of the proposed universal conscription there, it says:-- " The equality of every man," ergo, " all must. go to the field I" Is not our war based on the prin • ple and net, which alt history has dmouStrated as a truth—THE INEQUALITY OF SlAN—for poticy, If! Bay of races. Across the River.—Some tears were Enter tained several days since, that the rebels nutter Gen EARLY, would make a demonstration upon Martinsburg and the Baltimore and Ohio Railro a d . But they have not yet readied that vicinity, n e r even Winchester. Great preparations have been made by the Uni on Generals, and the host under Jubal, (not him that was " the father of such as handle the harp sa d the organ,") will find it impossible to overcom e the AVERILL ites who are mighty men of valor and of great renown. Military.—Most people seem to hare a taste for the military. The most sedate and venerable gentlemen ride at a gallop—in true army style._ They have army bits in their bridles, and spurs ea their boots, and ride upon cavalry saddles, or et least, with cavalry stirrups. Half of the men and. boys wear the army blue. an d gilt cord and seems on their hats. As to smoking, why everybody that is anybody, smokes the pipe, to be sure. In walk ing every one. too, keeps step by the left—left. Reader, do yuu object? No, nor we. ' Cold and the Soldiers.—The soldiers en camped at Moss Spring have experienced a geed deal of cold. in expectation of being ordered off at an early day, winter quarters have nut been put up, nor has sufficient preparation been made fur the severe weather of the beginning of January. Boone or the soldiers have !been tendered, and accepted lodging -at the farm houses in , the viiinity of the camp, while others have found quarters in the new school building in town; still there are souls, how ever, detailed every-evening to guard.the camp, The do not have so comfortable accommodations. The officers and men of tit is,cempany are perfect get:dictum We have not witnessed a single caps if disorder or insubordination among them since they have been bere. Our. eople,.We are, sure will not refuse them any, kindness., Whep Capt. .13.1xt's c'ompatiy'dtrs ;leave, it will bear' with it the respect of this*Colornuility. "" A Duty.—The icy hand of winter is upon u. But. ,meny-sittiria• by warm ...fire-sides, care little about the frost, , the snow, the shrill winds without ; and much less about. the sufferings which the.rigois of this season entail upon a certain class in every cemmunity., Ve mean, the poor. mho -suffer hunger and cold. If therwile still in'existence a society in this place Which ba:s"for its object the relief of the poor, there is a wide field open ftir active exertion. But wheth r er thereris such ti society or not, every person who possesses an ordinary part of this world's goods, should feel it his 'or her.duty, to re lieve some one who is less fortunate.' There are women in this town, who have families to provide for, &though they work industriously whenever they have bodily strength to do anything, yet are hardly able to make the poorest.kind of provision for those dependent upon them. Their neighbors should look after and help them. There are, too, some families left behind by those now in Ike mili tary service of our country, who need assistance. Shull the citizens of this prosperous !Own let them suffer? There are, doubtless. others who would highly appreciate a little help bestowed upon theta. .Thera are other means of accomplishing the de sired object than by contributing large amounts of money, to be paraded before' the community to show bow liberol we are. Some little.favor done, acme - article of- food or wearing apparel seat just.at the right time'td theele in need, Will' do a great deal towards relieving poverty of its worst pangs. Don't look to rich neighbors to continence first, for rich Peeple are generally' elowest in such mat ters; but, if you can do anything or give auythiag, no matter how small, to any suffering but deserv ing family or person, co at once. Your example will induce some one else to do likewise. • Ourremarks need not be confined to the town ; out in the country where are rich lands, full barns anti princely mansions, we doubt not that even there, in some out-of-the,way place or forsaken nook. there are some who need help. And shall no portion of lest years rich crops be devoted to this purpose? Or shall accumulating piles of money grew larger —and - the poor grow pourer; and Starve 'if they =A? No. It ought. not so to be. We like Mit that kind of 01U:11AM:spy which is exhibited in making large cmtributions to church or public porpeses, that vAll meet the public eye. for the purpose of creating a "'false reputation for liberality. - Tfiey`Who Bide quietly'but preraptly to their fellew-men in distress, deserve the" greater poise. Remember, "A cup of cold water," etc. If we succeed in getting a pioper interest in ..his matter, we have accomplished our purpose. 7 , 1 - .Let,each. one. ask, .What cam I do;?' TKO'. ALTAR. MAK ILIED.—At. the iesidende {A the bride's father, near Shady Grave, on the 3ist, ult., by the Rev. J. %V. Wigitiman, Mr. Daitd F. Stoner, of this vi cinity, to Miss Frances Mary, daughter of Mr. Jeremiah •Gordon. • - rt 1 , , 7 1,E. r ,r Co ALB-- DLED.—Nearthe Wrisit Run, January 6th, 1864, Mrs. Mary Ann Young, aged 81 years, 3 months and 18 day. , VARkiIiAT PRIVATE SALE.- 1 -I will sell lifylFarnfin Antrim tOwnship.ieranklin cauuty, ous the Conocecheague Creek, '8 Miles from Charobersburg; 8 -miles from Greendastle, contain ing Mt ACRES, (n) -Acres its ictLEA.DOY and about ZU Acres in _TIMBER. or in Biagi lota to suit pur chasers. One of the best Grazing farms in the county, and nearly all timbered over. If not sold by Monday, 18th of January. will be sold at 'Publics Sale. in Trout , of the Court:House. in Chumnersourg, between the hours of 18 and 1 o'clock. For par ticulars see baud bills, er enquire of J. G Shielne ou Farm, or SAMUEL MYERS, Chambersburg. Terms —i-One-fouith in hand and.balance in two or three payments, with interest. [Jan 12-It] OTICE.— Whereas, Letters ot Admittistraton , LI oc the Estate' of Henry Miller, late of Green castle, deceased, have been granted to the subseri bars, residing in Greencastle; all persons indebted to the said estate, are hereby requested to make im mediate payment, and those having claims or de mands against the estate of said decedont, will make known 'the Saute without delay. to MARY mILLER, AMIAND l T. MILLER, Greencastle, Jan. 12, 18154-6 t.
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