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Where breathes the the but falls bdore
With - Freedom's soil beneath our feet,
And Freedom's banner streaming o'er nal
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W. BLAIR,
Zditor and Proprietor.
FARM FOR SALE.--The heirs of Is
rael Senger, dilied, offer a valuable farm for
bale. See Ithittisement,
CIIA&C • FOR A FARM.—The mill
farm, containing 131 acres, will be okarit at
public safe, in this place, by 6. W. Walkir,
agent, on Saturday nest.. See adver se-
FARM SOLD.—Jacob Hess recently dis
posed of his farm near this place containing
11 acres, a pnva e•sn e, or e sum ..raty,
`OOO. Purchaser, Alex. HamittOh:•
FARM SOLD.—Geo. • Jacobs Boll- his
farm near this place, containing 145' acres,.
privately on Wednesday last for the' . strm of
$lB,OOO. Purchaser, Henry Good.
ADJOURNED SALE.-11 *ill 13 1 6' geed
by referonce to our advertiiing columnS that
Jacob Beaver will again offaer fcer sale ote the'
\l4th of January the Ilarbauth property;
situated on Lei`fersburg stre'e't;-in—this Bor.
ough.
, LADIES' FAIR.—The fiddles' Fair hag
been in progreso since Moreday evening; add
nothwithstanding the weather has preVed
unfavorable, we learn that the patronage he . -
stowed has mote than'realited their expecta
tions. The Fair will elose tti-dight d
grand entertainment. Called "The Old Folk's
Concert." All shottid attend as el Mr° trait'
may be expected.
THE WEATIMR.—The Weattei
*in the past few days hrts assumed a Much
milder foie and ttnder th more genial rays
of old Sol the snow and ice are 'tepidly dis
appearing. The most ample preparations'
had been made fora protraeted sleighing sea
son the refilling of km. houses, 6te.i but the
eletk of in w6atlier lids brought disappoint
metit alike to all."`"lidt-pots" and "tom-in
jerry" are ih conseque'ned at d slight die
HIGH SClldtni.—:-Ire tave a sigh
School among its? We arc plcased'to know
thni tin effort it that effect is now being
Inge. Rev. IJ. Stine—a gentletaan with
whein most of oni lending citizens are Im
i:it:tainted—proposes; ff 'stifficent encourage- ,
Ment is given, to opetviiich tt athod, On Tues.
day,.Jantiaty 10. ,
Mi. Stine comes to us Weil tleotottientleB,
'tins With; an ekperionce of, wa belie;e; shine
ten years in teaching both in the )Free Schools
Hid in High &AIM'S and Academies.
was one 'of the first, it we tecolleet aright,
who received the Teaclibt's Ptofessitmal Cer
tificate hinder the Scholl La* of 1854; and
his iibiliticA aid ekperience aS a
Teacher should secure for him
_ft libefal pat.
iotiage;
Aptolibation for aditiiitunee df PttpilS alit j
be left at otir office.
.. . ,
CAR.RIEWS. ADDRESS.—Lobt: ofil ftlr
- the Carrier oti Monday next. - He Will be a:
round with hia anthial address. He is sadly
In wont of a stoiit pair Of "brogans" and we
ask a liberal cotatitinitatibil for kitl for past
DON'T FORGET.—Therb are two tilittgs
whi;•h fee Would itapiebs upon. the minds of
our guod patrons, that our stibacription is
n0*,52 its advance, and that all advertise
meats tnt;st be paid for ai the eitpiration of
the dee fOr which they **orb to bb inserted.
The iudividat.l who looks for long credits
just now iusf ho an "old fogy" and a very
unreasonable one; at that.
FOOT TTTE IILLL.-Tbe todaincs§ hien
of this place are inciObtad to tis Co' the it
im.iiot of $B.OO rot, prtetiog cards sod tdir'er,
tisinr, August ithif September last.
tortes sic 'cask!
. & Stoner, Druggist's
of this;plaikr, hatig for 66Ni an article Alkali,
which is something lit is , Wig is highly room
mended for soap makiiifr,. tic© pound used
..lions will alike 10 pounds
of excellene;haril soap, or half a barrel of
good:soft soap. It is much cluiiiibilthoin
!eslard Wpw in nonillion use.
GIiORMITS Aermad ta
ifiiiis to' ihe: loytil People of the 'Wilted Sttites'
tile City of Sava'nnah as a Christmas gift.:--
dens. Sherinafes . and P'oster's despatches
state that the city was oeciipittl by oni fey-
Ces on Wednesday of kat Week. tied. Sher
man ha' inade preparations for !at' asinult,
tiotl Gen. Hardee foreseeing his utter inabil
ity to hold , the eitY, Made -his escape the
night previous with the major portion of his
infantry and, light artillery by crossing the
Savannah river oppoiitti the city. Before
leaving he bleW iYp the rebel yotclads, and.
burnt the navy yard. The . fruits of this
grand Captire; the crowning triumph of S her
itian's'rriarel through. tinorgia, as enumcia-
Lid by GCUeral Foster, are:—One hun — dced
fifty heavy guns, a. large supply of am =
muifitbn and materials of war, eight hun
dred Prisoners of war, three steamers, thir
teen-locomotives; one hundred and. ninety
~.O'.
cars, and thirty-three thousand bales' of cot
ton. This is as enormous balance sheet a . -
.minst the debit side of the rebellion to close
the year with. The loss in guns, materm
of war, and in locomotive stock is irrepara
ble, and joined_with_the'_mortifination of
losing one of their principal °idea, Will-deep
en to utter despondency the gloom already
prevailing at Richmond.
Beyond the destruction of the iron-ctads
and• navy yard, the city was uninjured
Over twenty thousand citizens remained in
it, and by their quiet and orderly behavior
gave evidence that the change of rulers was
gracefully it not willingly submitted to.—
The cotton Ika's found stored in warehouses.
Its value at present prices is not 'far froM
twelve - milliobs3if it amounts to twenty-five
thousand bales, according to 4 §c'e. Sherman's
estimate, and about fifteen millions if Gen.
Foster's estimate is correct. General Sher
man's future movements may be easily di
vined. CharleitOn is too near and foe. cov
eted a prize to long escape his grasp. Ly
inf* at the end of a .eninsula between two
rivers, General Bierman has only to place
his Ott in fron't of it to insure its.surren
der. We have no doubt' when the time
conies it will be given• up as quietly as Stir
vannala has been, and that the citizens will
emulate those of Savannah in the good or
der and quietness with which they will sub-
Mit to in irreversible fate:
FAREWELL TO 1864.—Like - travelers
tiptin the dusty road, foot sore and weary
White have reached a mountain top, and pause
to le'ok back over the pathway they, have trav
eled., so we stand on the verge eof the old
year 1864, and teview its past and varied es
peri6tices.
Another year freighted with hopes and
fears, with joys arid sorrows, has been added
to the 'number of those that are gone. How
Many, Many flowers have faded from life's
green pathway; how many weary ones have
Stink to rest since the first day of 1864 was
Ash'ered
.Often in light and often in shadoW, often
With a happy hart and often with weary feet
has the pathway been trod. Onwatd have
we hastened, sometimes beneath sunshine,
and sometimes beneath shadoWs and storms;
sometimes fortified with high hopes and as
pirations and sometimes burdened almost, to
the earth w►t ►sappo►n ns.
Th 6 new volume 1865; lies open to our
view; its Mates yet are purely white, unstain
ed by teats; siddatir,' sorrow or• death.
shall we, Mader, till its pages—with high and
generous deeds, with noble acts, or with deeds
such as will be mourned over and with a de
sire td blot them from memory when the
scenes of 1865 like those of 1864 shall be re
viewed..
LOCAL MATTERS.-.--If the readers of
country papers generally would furnish pub
lishers With events of interest which occur
in their respective tillages and neighbor
hoods from time to tithe they would thus
dontribute much to the interest of local pa
pert For our part we are always willing
and atikions to publish such notices, but of
tan times fail to do so for the Want of infor
frition. There have been those in this sec
tion itrivi have married and those whe have
died, dhd peril n pllt few persons if any otltSide
of their own neighborhoods have any kirotbl
edge of the occurrances. Out of respect fdt
thbir deebased friends,if from no other consid
eratitt, persdris should furnish . editors with
sheb hotietS. There are many other matters
which itrottld be of general interest could the
fhet§ fbr u "local" be had. Who will be the
first titer' td i;end us a list of items, no mat•
ter 'whether important or iinimpottant. We
*ill dispose df them aebordkagly, and foot all
Hills for pen, ink, paper, etc.
IMPORTANT NOTICE.—The Board of
Burchlmcnt for this district will it for the
correction dr the enrollthent listh iti Chum
bersburg tin the 30th and 81st of January.
All persons elaiming exemption should ap
pear'porsonally if tiossible, and committees
far each district shoUld be selected to see
that all improper enrollments should - be strick
en from the lists, so that the quotas tor the
now call may be justly detertnined.
.I The United States Satiate has passed
the bill from the Howe atheoding the inter
est! toventte law so as to maltlS the tax on
whistoy two dollars per gallooz=to take ef
fent 1513 the first obanuary, 1865
SibillES.—"The Christmas Holy-dap,"
and "Broth& Tom's wife," on first page, are
pleatant stones 'end convey excellent morals
TUE DRAFT.—The. President's call for
three hundred thousand men should be re
garded, not as an absolute demand for that,
number of soldiers, but as what might. be
considered a deficiency'eall. The operation ,
of the last draft was imperfect. Insteadi of
obtaining our full quota, by reason of 'some
derangement the real results are far below
what were expected. At no tituerhaEr there
been a more imperative necessity fbr soldiers
than now. Ali the signs indicate the speedy
suppression of the rebellion; , at every point
our armies are Victorious - . Thomas is crum
bling upliood; Sherman' hes shattered the
rebel - poWer in Georgia; Sheridan bas clean
ed the valley;.Butlit is - about to reorganize
the Carolinas; Canby is quietly extermina
ting the rebel power in the mins-Mississippi
regions; while Grant holds Lee at bay, ready,
when the mement comes,. te. end the rebel
lion by tailing Richmond.. We have now
reathed-ivhat_mi(.ht cello the high ago
id offer'
effort in the proseetttibn
If we 'fail ncrw;hen all that we hate
e • r e will bt vain; anctour labors will
be like those of Sisyphus, for the stone w. to
itr now near the top of the hilt will roll down
,agairt. W - therefore would press_npon the
bifida of oar readers the greet necessity of
making every of to raise Pennsylvania's
quota for this draft. There ib no time to be
lost. Every man should be enrolled; and in
order that we should have a just quota,- eve-.
ry man• wheis exempt by reason of age or
infirmity should have his mane stricken• from
enrolment-books. By energy and, hammy
now, by throwing ourselves upon the South
in this period of its despair and desolation i
we n3y so utterly crush it before spring that
the war will be over: Is it not better to make
a sacrifice DOW of time and purpose, and s thus
end• this thing at once?—.Press.
ViiirTHE PENNSYLVANIA IMPERIAL Om
COMPANY is oue of the most substantially
organized Oil corporations now in the mar
et. It has energetic, compereTitwd — i — etiti
ble business men managing it, anti it is their
'purpose to prosecute the development of the
vast wealth of the Company's lands promptly
and thoroughly. ,
It is organized on a certain basis to pay
dividends from the start. Its revenues from
the Oil atone are more than twelve per cent.
per annum on the entire capital; and new
wells are about to be sunk on lease, without
cost to the Company, and one-half the pro
ceeds will belong to the Company:
In addition the valuable Real Estate own
dd by the Company immediately opposite Oil
City will be put in market at once, reserving
the Oil right, and a revenue of 43100 ) 000 will
be derived from that Sotirce the first year—
ten pet' cent, on the entire capital stock.
The Company has $250,000 of its own
capital in reserve belonging to the Stockhol
ders s and taking it altogether as resources for
certain divulends are not approached by any
other Oil stock now in the market at even
double the original cost.
subscriptions will be' tedeived. for a few
days by M'Clure & Stoner, M'Lellan & Kim
melt, Geo. R. Messersmith, J. M'D. Sharpe,
Geo. W. Brewer, D. 0. Gehr, John Stew
art, T. Jeff. Nill, Wm. S. Everett and Wm.
0. Reed.
ee-ad-vertisement in nnother_column.
Dec. 22-2 w
tar The Pine Grove Iron Works, situated
in Penn totthship, Cumberland county, have
been sold to the "South Mountain Iron Com
pany" for a million and a half of dollars.—
The same property was sold less than a year
ago to Jay Cooke & Co., for $225,000. It
is an extensive and valuable estate, well
wooded and watered, and contains inexhaus
tible supplies of the purest iron ore.
Atir Hon. W. L. Dayton our minister to
France, died in Paris on the first of the pres•
cut month.
AINT GOT NO TIME TO SE&
,Fort A
WHITE Mati.—A Nashville correspondent
of a Cincinnati paper relates the following
good thing :
During the skirmish in the little rceon
nlisance made by Gen. Steadman on our
left, a Couple of soldier's .of the Colored bri
gade came upon three rebs whose guns were
unlobded and demanded their surrender.- - -
One - of the Johnnies indignantly refused to
surrendar to a "d—d ttig,ger," "Berry sor
ry, massu," said Sambo, bringing his pieez
tb a "ready." "But we's in a great, hurry,
and hain't got no' time to send for a white
Huth." The mlinous click that accompanied
this remark broaght the scion of Chivalry to
time, and he was brought in crying and swear
ing all the way that his father would kill
him if he
. ever heard that he had surrender
ed to a nigger. '
OMINO ALONG.—AIIer more than twen
ty years' steady opposition' to slavery, as an
institution subversive of the best interest of
the country and designed. ullmattly to bring
upon us untold evils, we have a right to re
joice to see such venerable advocates of op
pression as the lictisville Jour al and Na
tional Intelligences wheeling into , the anti
slavery ranks. Wd have no idea but that
both would have remained as pro-slavery as
ever; but for the &Cr, that - they saw the peo
ple running away froth them; that it is a hope
ful sign when these lbstil remains awaken to
the fad that the would moves, whether they
do or not.
A serious entounter occurred in Clear
field county, Pa., on Monday a week between
the United States
,forees and a number of
deserters and bounty jumpers. The latter
took range in a house; and when demanded
to surrender fired upon the thops. They
were finally routed the ringioaddr killed and
19 captured, the rest escaping.
General Thomas has been making quite, a
(L;rely ilor , d) in Tenneseite.
VICTORY!
CAPTI4M.OF SAVANNAH.
DESPATCH FROM GENERAL. SHERMAN
His• Christmas Present to the Nation.
33,000 Bales.of Cotton Taken,
LARGE- CAPTURES OF CAIVIVO.I I 6 LOCOMO
TIVES, CARS, AAIY AMMUNITIOM
WASEINC.I I OI 4 7, Dec; 251-4. M.-14 de
;spatoli has• been received , this•evening 14 the•
President from Gen. Sherman. is dated
-At Savannah, on Thursday, the 22d inst.,
,and announces hie occupation of the city of
Savannah and the capture of ISO heavy guns.
.plenty of ammunition, and about 25,000
bales of. cotton. No other pairtieulars are giv
en. .
An official despatch from' General Foster
to General. Grunt, dated nn the 22d inst., at
7 P. M., states that the city ot Savannah was
occupied by General Sherman , the morn
_ll3 of the nat. inst., and that ett the prece•
ding afternoon an night—Hardee—escaped
with the main• body of - his infantry anti light
artillery, blowing up the ironclads *end the'
J I • , ` ` numerates-as-cmptu-red--801
prisoners, 15 4 ' guns, 13 locomotives in good
order, 190 cars, a large supply - of ammuni
tion and materials of war &steamers and 33
000 bales of cotton, No mention is made of
the present position of Hardee's force, which•
had been estimated at about 15;000.
The despatches of General Sherman and -
Gummi Foster are as follow: •
"SAVANNAH, GA., Dec. 22, 1864
"To His Excellency Prelident Lincoln:.
"I beg to present as a IThristalas gift the
city of Savannah,. with 150 heavy guns and;
plenty of uturnnnition, and also about 25,0011;
bales of cotton.
"W. T. BnEumAN, Major General."
I'EAMEIt OLDEN
"SAVANNAH RIVER, Dec. 22-7 P. M.
" , To Lieut. Gen. U. S. Grunt and Major General H
W. Halleck
,'-I'have the honor to report that I have
just returned from General Sherman's head
quarters in Savannah. I send Major Gen.
Gray, of my staff, as bearer of despatches
from General Sherman to you, and also a tiles
: 2- o_th e_Pres id en t—The_city_ r of 'lvan -
'nth was occupied on the morning of the 21st.
General Hardee, anticipating the contempla
ted assatilt, escaped with the main body of
his infantry and light artillery on the after
noon and night of the 20th, by crossing the
river to the Union causeway opposite the ci
ty. The rebel iron-clads were blow* up and
the navy yard burned. All the rest of the
city is intact, anti contains 20,000 citizens,
who are quiet mid well-disposed.
"The captures include 800 prisoners, 150
guns, 13 locomotives in (rood order, 190 cars,
a large supply of ammunition and materials
of war, 3 steamers, and 33,000 bales of, cot
ton, safely stored In warehouses. All these
valuable fruits or an almost bloodless victo
ry have been, like Atlanta, fairly won.
"I opened communication with the city,
with my steamers, to-day, taking up what tor
pedoes we could see s and passing safely - over
others. Arrangements aro being made to
clear the channel of all obstructions.
"Yours, etc
OFFICIAL GAZETTE.
ATTACK ON PORT FISHES. BY PORTER'S FtBBT
WASHINGTON, Dec. 27—P. M.—The fal
lowing extracts Mint the Richmond papers
of to-day relate to the expedition against
mington, N. th, and hate been forwarded to
•the Department by Gen. Grant:
,"An official despatch from .Gen. Beanre
gard, dated Dec. 25th, and received yester
day, states that Gen. Hardee reports that a
force of the enemy's infantry. artillery, and
cavalry had moved from Savannah—towards
the Altamaha river. Gen. Hardee has m-ifd-e
-the proper dispositions to check the column.
Its object is, probably, to destroy the Savan
nah, -Albany, and Gulf Railroads, its depots,
&c.
"No report bas been received from
.Gen.
Hood since Nov. 25th."
WILMINGTON, N. ; Dec 25.—The ene
my's fleet of over fifty vessels, including two
monitors, several armed vessels, and many
heatily armed frigates and sloops-of-war,
.made a furious attack on Fort Fisher; about
one o'clock yesterday, and kept up an aver
age fire of about thirty shots per minute un
til night. Our loss is twenty-three woun
ded..
"The attack was renewed st ten o'clock
this morning, and has been very furious and.
Continuous. . There is no report of casualties
to-day. Colonel Lamb, who is in command
of the fort, replied to the enemy's fire slow
ly and deliberately
"The enemy,'under cover of the heavy fire,
landed about three brigades two-and-a-half
`nines above . Fort Fisher. They were imme
diately engaged by a small force. The, ene
my held his ground at night." , -i
"WILMINGTON, N. C.'Dee. 26.—The en
emy's infantry attacked Fort Fisher late last
night. They were repulsed with considera
ble loss. There was a heavy rain and wind
through the night. Prisoners report that the
24th Corps of the Yankee army are present
under Butler.
"From our Wilmington despatches it will
be seen that the Yankee fleet attacked Fort
Fisher about 1 P M. on Saturday and bom
barded it heavily till nightfall, renewing the
bombardment at 10 o'clock on Sunday morn
ing and continuing it throughout the day;
that under cover of the fleet the enemy lan
ded an infantry force' above Fort Fisher,
which attacked this fort on Supday night,
and was repulsed. Fort Fisher is situated
on a sandspit of the right bank of the Cape
Fear 'tier, at its mouth, 20 miles below Wil
mington.
"The enemy are presumed to have reach
ed their position above the fort, not by pass
ing up the river, where they would have been
obliged to run the gauntlet of the guns, -both
of Forts Fisher and Caswell on the left bank,
but by landing on the beach Mt or the mouth
of Cape Fear river. The enemy having ef
fected a lodgment above the fort is a' serious
matter. It - will cost double the force to dis
lodge him that would have prevented his
hieing." EDWIN STANTON.
Secretary of War.
Sherman 's fulure Movements.
It is asserted in Washington that Sher
man intends to move immediately up the ,
Savannah river and capture Augusta. The
news to-day is that he has already moved.—
Wterman aloe says that after .this he will
-is-now-commanded - b - y - StevThe reb
els have lost eighteen' generalskillett wow:ti
ed, and captured since they started nor th. s
:They acknowledge - sixty - eight pieees , of ar
tillery lost. JosErn. H. WILBON, ,
• - "'Brevet Major General.'
"A lately despatch of.& P. M., Dee: 25th,.
states that in pressing the enemy Harrison's
brigade came upon the enemy's infantry
strongly posted in rail breastworks, and so
closely did ho push up, that, in being. elm
pelled to full back,. the loss of one gun was
involved. The position waS, however, taken
-ten-minutes afterwarcis, butt the enemy had
run the gun off., .
"The rebel force is eight brigades, of RIO
to 600 men. Geo:. Ward,. commanding the
44th Corps, is in support often. Wilson, and
both will continue the pursuit zealously. I
have heard from Steadman to day Ide dais
his troops from. cars at kina`estone
Creek, seven miles from Decatur and was
mareh:no. on that ;lace at 7 A. M. toda..
J. G. FOSTER ;
"Major General"
The merchants and other citizens of Now
tork held a meeting on Saturday last and
resolved to present a testimonial to Commo
dore Varragut, to consist of $lOO,OOO. A
large sum was subscribed on the spot.,
At the 28th anniversary of the marriage
of the fey. L. Thompson and wife, celebra
ted at West Amesbury, Mass., on the 9th
ult. gifts were sent in from friends abroad
and in the parish amounting to $17,500.
Sipco Admiral Po er assumed command
of the North .A.t n is •
blockading squadron,
(in September last) his share of prize mon
ey, it is said, will amount to nearly $200,-
000.
A duel was fought in Greenbriar-county,
Va. on the Ist inst. between Gus Tyree and
John Levisay, of the Greenbriar Cavalry, in
Which both were killed at the first fire.
The National Intelligencer sage that the
oil wells in Western Virginia are of the es
timated value of 820,000,000
A Wedding occurred at Altoona a couple
of, Sundays -ago, and two days after being
"hitched," the bride ran away with another ,
know I
Joseph Segar and J. C. Underwood• have
been elected T.J. S. Senators for Virginia by
the legislature at 41csandri4.
swing oround upon the roar of Charleston,
destroying all the eutions
a
railroad • oommui
. ).
on•his way. • .
OFFICIAL GAZETTE.
The Position of Thoniia• and iloOcr.
- WAsinNereim,. Deo: 21, P. M.—Des . pateh.
es from Genera ! Thomas represent hitm still
in. pursuit eel broitian and disorganized'
foresp.
.
"IfeatlqaMtferk Pillaslii , Temt,.
"December 28. 1864.
ilieMejor Generaf fl. I,V. Halteek, Chief of staiV
"''Headquarters•Cavalry Corps, beyOnd
. Vaiiiski, Dec, 25, 1864.
"''Phere seems to be' littfe doubt that the
rebels have gone to Bainbridge, eight Miles
above Florence, fearing tr flank, movement
from Stevenson. Two corps of Stuart and
Lee went by this road, the Florence road, to
Lexington. Cheatham's went towards 'Lau
renceburg, striking the old military road
eight miles below Laurenceburg.
"'The . people say the rebels are suffering
immensely. Buford's wound is said to be
quite severe. A Mr. Cater sus the colonel
commanding the pontoot ansportation told
him ho • was going to Bainbridge, and left
here - on - Thursday-morbing. Cheatham's am
munition transportation. train of fifteen or
tweet • wac.rons• was_abandened here. .The
mules were put in to• help) the 'pontoons a
long General Lee was severely weended in
the foot in the fight at Nashville.. His car •
".4EGRORII. Tnom i ts,
"Major General Commanding."
The Department has not receives from Sa
vannah any report exeept the telegrams of
Gen , : Sheaman and General Foster,. already.
publl eS. EDWIN M, STANTON S
Secretary of War.
NEW Youg,.Pec. 27,—The news from
General Thomas is glorious. He has brought
Hood to a stand on the north side of the
Tennessee river, which is impassable. Flood
is without artillery or pontoons, and Thom
as proposes . to move upon Hood and force
him to fight or. Surrender.
Five Millions worth of Property Destroyed
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.—Rear Admiral
Portet, under date of the 15th inst., informs
the Navy Department of the destruction of
the blockade runner Petrel, driven ashore by
the gunboats at New Inlet, Cape Fear river.
She was fired upon and sunk, and was finally
totally destroyed by a northeast • gale. * She
.had on board a large cargo of arms and 'mu
nition of war. Atitairal Porter reports that
within the last Oft, days the fleet has cap
tured and destroyed $5,500,000 worth of the
enemy's property in blockade runners.
Execution of Deserter
INDIANAPOLIS: Dec. t a overt mar
tial recently convened ,ere. Charles taill
ingsley, John Murray, Thomas Ryan, and
Thomas Lenni were found guilty of deser
tion, and were sentenced to be shot 'To•day
the sentences were carried into effect at Camp
Burnside near this eit on the three first
named. The fourth has been respited . by the
President for, ten days.
RUE RIGHT OF SECESSION.—As a COM
ment on the right of secession as claimed by
the South, the following paragraph from the
Richmond Enquirer of the year 1814 is not
a little interesting : "No man, no associa
tion of men, no State, or set of States, has a
right to withdraw itself from this Union of
its own'accord. Only the power which knit
us together can unknit us. The same for
mality which formed the links of the Union
is necessary to dissolve it. The majority of
States. which formed the Union, must con
sent to the withdrawal of any branch of it.
Until that consent has been obtained, any
attempt to dissolve the Union, 'or obstruct
the efficacy of the constitutional laws, is
treason—treason to all intents and purpo-
A salute of gOO guns were tired In Frank
lin 'Square, Washingtoo, by order of Secre
tary Stanton, in honor of Gen. Thomas'
great victory over Hood in Tennessee. On
Monday a salute of 100 slotted guns was
fired from the batteries along the Union
lines in front of Petersburg, in honor of the'
aumc tiotory.
The New roris Herald of the 29th alt con
tained the following suggestion, and coining
from that source it it suggestive,' for rats do
not m strorzriiilyitnition a-sinking ship than
that paper'a losing cause: The advice is good
let whoever may give it. ,The entire disin
tegration of one of the great parties must al
so effect the disiolution 0 its opponent. So`
that the right prevails, let them "slide."—
"The democratic party has been totally de
molished. because it would not follow the ad
vice we gave it in 1862. Thelew democrats
who have eiscaped , the wreck and• are safe in
the next Congress will do well to take a sen
sible hint,..and vote for.* ainendnient to the
Constitution abolishing slavery.. We . have
had trouble - enough about slavery, and , 41
democrats kave been beaten often enough' by
their attempts to uphold this dooniedt huff , .
tution. Now -let rie all unite to get it Out of
the way, and so clear the field for new issues
in 1868. If the democrats in Congress per;
sist in fighting the pro-slavery battle over a ,
gain they can only expect another defeat.-- , ..-
It will be better for them and. the party to ,
acquiesce cheerfully in what is inevitable:"
FATAL ACCIDENT.-WO learn.from the'
Baltimore Sun that Mr. Jas. L. Flaharty,.
respected-and-well-known citizen_of_Meeharw
icstown, Md., met with a fatal accident on ,
the 15th inst., It appears heNis'oo' - wl
to , Hartford county to visit his brother and:
that on getting out of the train at Perry.:
mausville, he• watf — eaught between—the-cars•
and a shed or some timbera r and crushed. in.
a horrible. manner. He died a few days af—
terwards, aged 61 years.
SAD OCOURRENC'E.—.I Father Returns:
front the Amy, to Find his- three Children ,
Drowned—The Williamsport Bulletin says.
that a sad ease of. drowning: °evinced. in the
Loyalsook creek. near Newberry, on Sunday.
last. Three children—a boy and two girls •
—aged respectively eight, six, and four •
years, of George . Lloyd,. wont on the ice
near the retire:i .hridge and soon after it
was discovered that the ice had given way •
and they were all drowned. The father
who had been absent' three years in the ar
my arrived home that morning just in time
-to see the lifeless bodies of his children ta.
-ken from the water..
Messrs. John , Gibson,. Sons & Co., of Phihi
adelphie, on Monday deposited in . the First.
Netionalq3ank T to-the-creditrof-the 'Trusty:,
er of the United States,. the sum of 'one hun
Bred thousand seven hundred and eighty nine.
dollars { being the tax on distilled at
their works on the Menongahela river, for
the three months ending ht of October last,
A letter from China states that' when the;
imperialists took Nankin they out off tlur
heads of the rebels to the extent of nearly ;
ten thousand.
James Steel is 100 years old, and the old•.
est man in Wisconsin. lle was married,
lately to a young widow of 88 summers.
Lincoln's majority in the state of Allmon,.
ri will retteh forty thonstrutl,
ta"UPDEGRAFTS', Practical Hatters, have req
ceiveil an extensive assortment of SPRIN AN 1)
SUMMER Stock of Materials, HATS, OAPS, .
Wholesale and Retail ?
Opposite the "Washington House,"
Ap 45, 1864.] • Ha gerato n.
Or CANES, UMBRELLAS, Ladies' Stun Cm.
kenos, Pucket Books, Port Monolog, Gloves, dm.,
&c.,"eheoper than the cheapest,: at
UPDE(4IZAFFS' iIAT FACTORY, .
Ot.pogite the Washington tiouac, kiagerstosvn.
•
Ap. 15,• 186.
Ia — UPDEGRAFFS', Practical Hat Makers•,.
have ready the SPRING STYLES for 1864. Those ,
who would SAVE MONEY should buy at that
FOUNTAIN HEAD, where HATS and OAPS:r
are sold from fist bands at lowest rates,
Sign ot .tho"HED HAT."
Opposite Washington House, Hagerstown.
Ap. 15, 0164.
9V3EICIO ..a.IO3TZLZI...
On the 27th of October. by Rev. J. C..
Smith, Mr. JACOB' BRYSON, to Miss
MARGARET ZODY, both of Quincy town-.
ship.
le,this plnfre, on the 27th inst., by the
Rev. W. E. Krebs, Mr. SAMUEL M00R147,-
HEAD, to Miss AMANDA WILLIARD,
of Frederick county, Md.
Ser Aecompaning the above _notice we re
ceived a liberal share of delicacies prepared
for the occasion, fur which friend Sammy
and his fair partner will accept our thanks
and best wishes for a prosperous and happy
future.
IVIALMLIMESTO.
From the American of Tuesday last
.FLOUR.—Transactions on 'Change , this
morning were limited to small lots of How
ard Street Super at $11.121 and Extra do.
at $11.50 3 bbl. Market very dull at the.
close and prices nominal, viz; Howard Street
Super and Cut Extra 11®11.12i; Shipping
Shipping Extra do. 11 50; Retailing Extra
do. 11.621®11.75; Family do. 13.
GRAIN.—Some 8,000 bushels of Grain
was received at the Corn Exchange this morn•.
log, viz: 8,000 bushels W heat, 4,000 do.
Corn, and 1,000 do. Oats. Wheat brought
full prices, Maryland white, ordinary to prime
quality, selling at $2.75@52.85, and fair to
prime red at $2.05®52.73. Nothing trans
pirod in new Corn, and sales of old were con
fined to a small lot of yellow at $1.82. Oats
were quiet at 94®95 cents, weight, and Rye
dull at 81.75 '4p - bushel.
SEEDS.---Small lots of prime Clover are
in demand at 845 25®815.50. Nothing do
ing in other varieties.
PUBLIC SALE.
'FHB subscriber will exposo to Public Sale, on
the premises. on SATURDAY run 14Yil or JANU
ARY, 1865, the following described Real ,Estate, the
property of John W. Harbaugh, dec'd, to wit: LOT
No. 4 on Leitersburg street, in Waynesboro', front
ing 87 feet, with a story and a. half BRICK
DWELLINC HOUSE,
Frame• Wash House, Good LOG .WAGON-MA
KER SHOP, a good Frame Stable with Canine
Shed attached, Hog Pen, &c.. thereon.' There is a
good Cistern at the house and a variety of choice
fruit trees on the lot. The stand is, an excellent
one for's wagon-milker or other mechanic.
Bale to commence at 10 o'clock on said - dc7chen
terms will be made known by
JACOB BEAVER, Admsr,__
Dec 30—ta.
EV - SPRING STYLE OF HATS FOR 1884—
Now -ready at HP DEGRAFFS' Hat Factory,
4 Opposite Washington House, Hagerstown