VILLA.GERECORDo Ailewziesioca OP., , Friday, Mappli 2/1;,18140. •:( Forever float that standard sheaf . Whine breathes the foe but fats before II!, With freedom's sbil beneath our f 'n ree Urn e )anner streaming e'er us! rir We invite special attention to the Bahl; in our_ ailvertising columns, to come off as follows .t , - - Geo. Steely, lklarch 24 John Middour, " 24 ' J. Sollenberger, " 25 Dr. J. Newcomer, li 2; S. S; Deerdorff, " 27 -3. Brambach, it 27 D. Newcomer, Sr. " 28 • Paxton Sr Welsh, " 29 . .Ikfartin Geiser, • " ' 29 Jacob Smith, 64 29 'l'. L. Budd, ~ 30 John Fisher, 14 43/ . PROFESSIONAL. We direct special attention to the card of Dr. John A. Royer, in to-day's paper. 'The Doctor has been practicing here for several months and has so far been very s uccessful in his treatment of .atients. RECEIVED.—We acknowledge the re• eel pt of $5 from David Riddlesharger, Frank lin Grove, 111., for subscription. Also $2 from Geo. L. Freet, Altoona, Pa. A PILEBENT.—Our clever friend, Mr. J. II °STETTER, of Greencastle, has again planed us under obligations to him fora mess of ftne fresh fish. Mr. 11 1 s. wagon reaches this place about noon on Saturday of each week Orders for fish may be left by persons in the country with E. W. Washabaugh. BOUNTY —We 'understand our Borough Council have decided to appropriate the sum the ;ast call for troops. This will be good news to "conscripts," some of their families especially IIRST AMIN Amberson, iet 0., at wi be seen 'yr re. to our advertising columns, are now receiv- ing their first supply of new dry goods, po se; ceries, etc. Being liberal advertisers they will of course deal generously with their pa trons. Call and examine the new stock. DRUGS, ETC.—Our friend Fourthman, druzgist, has just received a full assortment of fresh drugs, medicines, oils, paints, no. tioni, (f7c. Call and examine bis stock. COURT.—The following jurors for Wash. ing sad Quincy townships have besn drawn for the April Court, 'commencing on Monday the 10th:—Grand Juror, David Miller.— Travers Jurors.:-:-Ahrm, Baker, Geo. Car baugh, Wm. Harshman imon Leekron Samuel Secrist, Christian Shoekey, EM=I!!IMII ROTEL CHANGES.—V. B. GIIZERT Or this place having sometime since purchas ed of Francis Bowden his Hotel property took possession of the house yesterday. Mr. Gilbert is a. worthy citizen and of an aceom. wasting disposition, and will doubtless be liberally patronized by the public. H. M. SITSBETT, Esq., who leased his Ho tel property a couple of years since has a• gaim taken possession of the property. Mr. S. is an experienCed business man and a clo ver landlord. We .understand that Major Kuturz's no te/is-to-be closed after - die first of April, to continue so, we presume, until the Major re turns from the war. • THE ELECTION.—At the election held in this place on Friday last for Borough and Township officers, the following individuals were chosen : Borough—Justice. of the Peace, George Bender. Constable, W. F. Homer.' As- sessor, Geo. XI organ thall. School Directors, John Bell, D. B. Russell, David Hahn. Au ditor, Geo. Ports, Township—Judge, John 'VV. Coati. lnspector , —Henr y —Walter. As sessor, Geo. W. .Foltz. School Directors,. Simon Leckrone, Joseph-Ripple, Wm, John son. Supervisors, Jacob Hartman, „ George Sarbaugh, Sen., Matthias Doatrich. ' Audi tor, Matthew Gordon. Constable, Jamb H. ' Hoover. • D.—Our-friend-G - . - S%-Mong, neutioneer, who was tauong those drafted fiotn this township; repertea on Monday last,' and was excused Mtn the performance of military duty. He is therefore enabled to fulfill his engagements previously made. SITE:BMA ?I CAPTURED.-.-A report has. been in circulation for 6 everal days that Gen Sherman, with his forces, had,been eiarraun deci and eapturod in North Carolina. It ap dears that the report originated =ln the ••copperhead" tweaks of ilagerstomi: As a 'mates of course the copperheads :hero would 5000 b 3 'boakcd,' and the . eonelusion isi that Sherman is captured, sure, ' We . await fur ther news, of course, pith .more than ordina ry interest, tioi~uirtb;_—~lie 5r rof Aprilii Slutv-poyiug pa,troris are" fat* 4,Lieir dues. .ANPTHEIVIAITRAGE.--4he Felton iteputifielut set tbat)er dullest two or three weeks a gent of t Ookierheads from Bedford any Uultua have', congregated in Whip l ,P3 dap, in that county, from which they have Mealy sallied forth, stealing ' " and de , stroying tite prOPPrfs, of -1.19914. men 7!!ffe: ever they tame across it. On Saturday night last, between 9 and 10 o'clock,. a party tlf these home rebels made a. descent upon the premises of Mr. Henry Anil, in Brush Omp township, a well known' talon Mati,And an der the cover of.darkness, carried straw sof; ficient to surround all the doors of the barn, after which they set fire thereto.' As a mat. ter of course; the. barn, and all . its contents; including seven head of cattle, two horses and thirty sheep were totally destroyed.- owing to the terror of the Union iehabi, tants of the Cove, (some tensor twelve farni, Hos in all) each and all of Whom have been repeatedly notified that they would be burn, ed out, no one of them would venture to the scene of conflagration, each feeling that by careful watching only could he proteot his premises from the incendiary hands of these rebel Vandals. During the fire the voices of these incarnate fiends were heard in mer ry jubilation over the dastardly work of their hands. We can conceive of no, act of more devilish malignity toward a defenceless old man, nor of more fiendish cruelty toward poor dumb brutes, than the above, Mr. Hull is over T 2 years old, and after giving one son a sacrifice to Slave-breeding Treason, is thus stripped, with a worse than Sepoy fiendishness, of the accumulations of long years of- weary toil.-- These- acts- call aloud for vengeance. How long must these peo• pie suffer for the want of adequate military protection' TRIAL FOR MURDER:—Our readers will remember that during the excitement oc casioned by the Rebels last August a stran ger was overtaken on the turnpike •between this place and Leitersburg by several indi viduals claiming to belong to General Aver ills command, and thcle robbed and murder ed. The , guilty pAties—Abrro. Coon, Lind sey Forney and John Riley—were prOmpt ly arrested, and last week were tried by the Court sitting at Hagerstowe. Forney and Riley to the Penitentiary for 18 years ) The deceased was named Gladfelter, a harmless young man only 20 years old, and was on his way to his home at Hanover Junction, leading_s_overal horses, the property of an of ficer in the army. erence BILL DBFEATED. I --The bill to com pensate citizens of the border counties for losses sustained by the- rebels and by the militia, in 1862.3 was defeated in the Penn- . sylvania Legislature on Thursday evening last by nine majority. Nothing further is likely to be done in regard to 'the matter un til the conclusion of the war. Those of our citizens who were stripped of their property during the invasion and subsequent raids by the rebels, need, we think, have no fears but what justice will yet be done them. We ob serve that Messrs. McClure and Sharpe of this county voted for the bill, the former e i ttnakitrguareloquect and forcible appeal in its behalf. WIDOWS AND ORPHANS.—A high ly respectable committee of the City of New York have made an apptatto the public 'for aid to the widows and orphans of deceased soldiers, now suffering in . that city. It is estimated, they say, that over 25,000 soldi ers' widows are •now there, many of them sick and unable to work, and suffering in garrets and cellars. They appeal to the sym pathies of the people for their aid. Any subscriptions may be sent to Rev. C. G°Qoss, General Superintendent, or to Charles Fan ning, Treaau rer, No. 4 awl 6, Burling Ship, Governor Bramtette, in a message to the Kentucky Legislature, has expressed his regret at the action of its members in not ratifying the constitutional amendment to a bolish slavery. fie thinks it would have been much more politic for them to have ap proved it, instead of leaving the question o , pen to be passed upon by their successors, thmkkeeping up the agitation of the matter; 1 for he believes that slavery is irrevocably doome4,and - tbarii - o - otie •can - entertain - thc - 1 faintest hope of its continuance. • StirA hill allowing the Western Maryland railroad company t h e privilege to r through a,ppition of Adams and Franklin counties, has p_assed_both_branelles_oth- Legislature. marlhe excitement in commercial and speculative circles continuos unabated. The :cadency of gold and. everyting else. is down ward. Gold fall to 58 premium, but after wards struggled up to 63. Its footing, how eve, is precarious, and all the, probabilities are tbat it will take 'another slide downward 'Pt educe, stocks and drygoods also went down. Stewart c of N. Y., was retailing cotton goods at .eighteen ets., per yard. - -- PHILADELPIXIA, A arch o. ay Cook reports sales of 740's to day amounting to 65,084,000. 'Tbo largest western subscrip tion was 150,000 from, Pprtlanct, Me,. there were over ate tflousatit fiirOluti4ied indi vidual subscriptions of s6o . and $lOO each. ;'The subseriptions to the National loan now arcrage fire tuillions of dollars a.day. NESsAGE.—delf. Davis' Nes; sage to 'the Rebel-Congress Is published in the city pipers. Its tone is anything bnt en couraging for the - .rebel cause. N. Y. Biraid says: "The two, Houses of the rebel' Congreis have made short work of the late special mos sago'of Jett. Davis. Of all his budget ,of proposed absolute powers, they have granted him only the anipeption"of• the 'habeas nor. pus, and have made baste to adjourn. They are no longer in the mood forthe discussion of iMpritotioable schemes end empty abstrac tions. Di any event, we 'think it most prat), Able that Richmond and the Confederacy Will go by the board without another great battle. ' ' • • And the 1 1 ) ibutie puts a very tight clinch, er to the screw, as follows: "If Mr. Jefferson Davis had been bribed to deliver a message to depress to the ne.most the spitits of his to:lowers and to fill with ex ultation the heart of every lover of the Un ion, he could scarcely have published a doc ument more ingeniously adapted to. those ends than that which we print this evening. Beretofore Mr. DaVie has seldom forgaten that he had to speak to two audiences and hie harangues to the Richmond cabal were delivered always in a tone that was meant for the ear of the rest of mankind, But be has grown reckless as misfortunes accumulated, and he, now , presents what is probably his last message to a so-called Congress, as ii it were his last speech and dying confession." STAMP DUT.1.49.-:--All business men should have'an official schedule of Stamp du ties; but for the benest•of persons who have little occasion to use stamps we append a list of those most commonly used: 4greenzents or 4ppraisemen6, Ove Cents, each sheet of paper to be stamped. 4eaver, five cents, for all rents not over three hundred-dollars, Arotes, five cents, if not over one hundred dollars, and five cents for each additional one hundred dollars or any fraction thereof. Orders; for the payment of money, two cents, if the sum he over ten dollars. • Receipts, fur money received, if over twen ty dollars, or for delivery of any property, two cents. Peed, or other conveyance, whereby lands are sold the actual value of which - does not exceed $5OO. 50 cents; for every additional $5OO or fractional part thereof 50 cents. A judgment note, of $lOO or over, requires a 50 cent stamp, which may be put on at any time below entering the note. THE F1 i 001) OF 1863. • • : larch 17. , - henna river is now the scene of a great and destructive freshet. Three bridges up the stream are reported to be carried away, and coming down this way. A number of fami lies who reside on the island in front of this city have been forced to leave their homwt. The water is so deep that the Harrisburg Water Works cannot pump the banks front ing on the river. The streets are filled with citizens and strangers. 'The Pennsylvania Railroad track near Middletown and Colum bia is under water, and many other roads are in the same condition. The damage to prop- erty is very great, but no lives have been lost as far as known. It is the greatest rise in the river that has taken place since 1847. The water is now beating against the timber of the Cumberland Valley Railroad bridge, which is usually fifteen fe.et above the level of the river. Various household objects, and even hou ses, have been floating down. tho stream all day. All telegraphic communication with Har risburg ceased about midnight, the line be ing-probaMy-carrice-away-by-the-fro-d7Tlre last despatch received was to the effect that the water in the Sasquehanna river was thir teen inches higher than during the great freshet of 1846. FRANKLIN, Penna., March 17.-We are having the greatest flood ever knoWn in this region. The bridge at Oil City, and the Preneh.Creek bridge at Franklin ; are swept away. Miles of railroad track are gone, and the telegraph lines are washed away. louses, tanks, and barrels, full and empty, cover the river. The loss is estimated by millions. UTICA, N. Y., March 17►—The water in this vicinity is three feet higher than ever before. The gas works are effectually stop. ped, their fit.es Vein put out, and no gas can be furnished for days to come. The iron bridge across the river, built by the Utica and Buffalo Railroad Company, was carried away about 1 o'clock. " l ittle Palls was the farthest point reached to-day. There are a bout two miles of telegraph poles and wire down. The extent of the damage east of Little Falls is unknown. /imamTga, N. Y., March 17.—There is the greatest flood in Rochester and its' vicin ity ever known. The water in the river fills all the arches under the aqueduct, and over flows the railroad bridge. It is several feet deep, and flows across Buffalo street near Arcade, filling all the cellars, and covering the ground floors of many or the principal stores. D ANN' rax, March lb.—The most desttuc _ . tive 'flood over heard of is now raging on the aorth.west branch. The railroad is submer ged and all travel suspended. All 'the biid ges on the West Branch as far as Williams port are gone. The Lackawanna and Bloomsburg railroad is under water in some 'laces ten - feet. The cans in many places is completely destroyed. flair of Danville is under water, and the ri ver is rapidly rising. The bill to establish a home for disabled soldiers has passed' both Houses of Congress It incorporates Lieut. Geo. Great and 90 .otheis, The capital is to be $1,000,000; and is to be made up of militarylines, deductions from pa,yand donations.. No dirept expense is to bp incurred by, the government, no small recommendation in these days'of large expenses. t0 ,0 4 ,,-.---. -...--..=. P0T0314,0 FlMElEB.TES.—Preparations on a large sca/e Atro making to work the several landiegs this spring on the river; although the water is high awl turbulent, anti' the weather is still unfavorable for hauling, yet the suctess 80 2 far, it is stated, promises to make the yield this , season far beyond that of severallormer years. ' ,Gans. Crook and Kelley, recently cap ured at Cumberland, I‘laraland, have bocu ex ehaeg,..d. FROM GEI/.4 1 ' ; ' 1811611ID*11. TOR GMT ILIDIZIDII -r th OF RICHMOND. - .oe James Rit 'attiat Aiitroyed to within 28 Mei of .Ri'eOnand. OFFICIAZ WAR GAZETTE. WASHINGTON, March 17. • Major, Goaeral Dix, New York Major Gen. Sheridan reports', on the 15th instant, from the bridge of the Richmond and Fredricksburg Railroad, across the Soutk Anna River ' ,that having destroyed the Jiffies River Coma as far' to the eastss Gooohland, he marched up to the Virginia. Central' Rail road 4 . Tolersville and destroyed it down to Rtarior Dam Statio - n, totally teen miles of the road .General Custer was then sent, to Ashland and 'General Dived to the South Anna Brid ges, all of which have been destroyed.. General Sheridan says that the amount of public property destroyed in his March is e normous. The enemy attempted to prevent his burning the Central Railroad bridges o• ver the South 'Anna, but the Fifth United States Cavalry charged up to the bridge, and about thirty men dashed across on foot, dri ving of the enemy and capturing three pie ces of artillery, 20.pottrider Parrots. C.'A. DANA, Assistant Secretary of' War: - ' NORTH CAROLINA. SHERMAN MARCHING ON GOLDSRORO FonTangs MONROE, MarchlB.--;-The stea mer Nevada arrived here this afternoon from Morehead City, N. C.; bringing still later ad vices from Gen. Sherman's army, which is marching on Goldsboro, having crossed the Cape Fear river at Fayetteville. . 'Communication between Schofield's army and that under- Sherman- has been opened,- but no junction of the two forces has yet ta, ken place, each army for the present' acting , independently of the other. Wholesale Desertion or North Carolina Troops. NEwsEart, N. C., March 16-10 A. M.— Oar forcet now occupy Kinston, and are re pairing the railroad bridge across the Neuse river, which will be finished in a few days. The enemy where much demoralized on leav ing Kinston for Goldsboro. Most of the North Carolina troops belonging in the eas tern part of the State took "French leave" of General Bragg, and returned to their homes. There has been - no fighting since Friday last. The result of the battle in front Kins ton last week will not be fur from 2,000 k►ll - wounded and captured on our aide, u lid. ISID ,•11 II II 'l' 11 ` : ; 1: , "1 1I It, outnumbered ours five to one, owing to tb.eir reckless assaults - upon our works. Refugees report that general Robert E_ Lee is in command of the enemy's force;; iii this State, whose, headquarters are at _Ra leigh. He has brought quite a strong fore e with him from Richmond. These refugees and deserters also state that 3ohnstoo. an d Beauregard aro in command at Richmond, and the fortifications there are being was ned by the new negro troops, who relieve the force which accompanies .t..ee to North Car olina. The Goldsboro Journal, of March 7th, States that a council of war was lrekii not more than three hundred miles from tha t ci ty, on March 4th, consisting of their lending generals, among whom was their great lewder, Lee. The weather is very warm and show ery, the mercury standing at seventy-five deg tees in the.shade. A celonel,belonging to Sher man's army has just arrived here item 'Wil mington, and states that Sherman will ;be in Goldsboro on the 20th instant. The et.em send in,no rumors or reports of bad news from Sherman, which is conclusive evidence 'that lie is ull right. The treasury and mili tary authorities are in favor of, having ew bern and Morehead City declared. por is of entry, which will save the people nearly 200 per cent. on their imports and exports., and will relieve much distress noir, existi9.g on account of the blockade. Official War Gazette I AVews from Richmond Papers of .Baew..day. WASHINGTON, March 18, 180. Major Gemini' Dix : The subjoined dispatches have been receiv ed at this Departuient. _ C. A. DANA Assistant Secretary of War. CITY POINT, Va., March 18.— To Hon! C. A. Dana; Assistant Secretary of War : --The Richmond papers of to-day are re ceived, ' The Confederate Congress adjourned at 3 o'clock today, sine <4 ie. The President of the James _Rivet Canal calls on. the farmers of Virginia to aid iu re pairing_the canal. The Augusta (Ga.) papers say that Alex ander Stephens has been in Georgia for,ten days or more, that he has not been heard from, land that they hope his silenee will not continue,---- Vigorous efforts are being made at Rich. mood for the organization of colored troops. The Toltec...lug- paragraphs -are taken frim the Richmond Whig : . MoBILE, March 4.—The city is strongly menaced. General Maury has Issued a cir. cular, advising the people to prepare for the expected attack. He urges the non-combat. ants to leave. The Exchange Conuaission iu yest ta4 — tteting receive tutormatton tit the arrival in the bay of a large number •of prisoners from Ship Island and New Orleans. Major Correll will effect such. arrangements as will embrace all prisoners captured in this department.' blonnw, March 11.—Fuurteeen Tessels wore added to the flees to-day, making twen ty-one in sight of the city. •Great activity prevails with the enemy in the lower bay. There is every indication of an early atiupk. The enemy have fired a few shots from both sides. DI/m.ON, March 4.—The nous° of Del ogates have adopted a resolution requesting tigress to repeal the cooseripl law, uud ac cept men from . the States, under officers oil their own choice, b a vote 'of 61 yeas a- 1 oldest. 46 nays. 'ln Charleston the Provost 'Marshal's once is daily thronged with the inhabitants, aux? iou4 to take the oath of allegiance: There is great scarcity of food' in that city, and greet numbers of tio poor aro threatened with starvation. Goon NEWS FROM BORMAN. _ Ifilepioged OCellpatibitoirayettaviqp , fieserof Distraction or Capture of Everything • . of 'Mlle j olt the March' Excitement in Aschme*l-1, 'veryboi:ly Con- scripted-fir Imm64iate 'Rery lce. WAR. DEI'AI