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. De down trodden am free at last.
Respecy ully inscribed to President Lincoln
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De fust Of January brought igaio1q baa 3i,s
a Wild it proclamation, loai rsyon vea 81
BY which de colored race am taught s7sm
4 De importane of dere station; odl var o.,
A nigger's as good as any man,
: A niger wench am better; oHq Hi" otf1
q Now slabery's in de fryin' pan, q s' 1L .'zar
An loose is ebry fetter. l'''H@ nogI ''eitp
y o! Lincum, bress yer good old sole,
. ! lubs, yer berry picture; s'A'ii s"''eF'E aR
hope defeat will sonthward roll mo- q. !
, An you will be de victor, 'Tos l.,r, s.
De proclamatin's welcome guest,
3 It losened all my fetters; ;1oioo 15gT1W
Now, rs as good as all de rest, o. 2aga@1 ~
AN no one is my betters. "''NNs' DO sHHs
May freedom roll fruout de souf,
An crumble down Secession nroT ,fr
Each ribber's body, foot an mouf, rofI l
Soon fall in our possession. 10 anoiI 9dt
Soon may de eagle scream on high q yll@
IT Der Norf an Soufern steeple; '".'' ''' /, (
Worship togedder you and / .llaJ lief gos
And all free colored people. oai va i5s
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ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.

Letters Of administration on the estate of Dan.
. isl B. Long, late Of Liberty tp., decd, having
been granted to the subscriber all persons in.
debted to said estate, are hereby notified "a
make immediate payment, and those having
claims will present them duly authenticated
for settlement. ="
2 8N.agae JOSEPH E. LONG, h4 =
April 10, 1868. .-etss q 7 90 & Admir-. =
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"GRow MORE Wool. This cry. is heard
throughout the land. A gentleman writes from
New York to the Cleveland Wool srotcer and
Manu- jacturer as follows: t'fea229 soa i Il
The manufacturers Of wool in this country
require more of the raw material grown here
than is done. Is il not a singular fact that
while we are exporting food 10 all quarters Of the
globe, produced in the West and brought here
for shipment at great expense, we are importing
wool fourteen thousand miles transportation as
well as from Great Britain, where the annual
rent ofIland is as much as freehold per acre in
Wisconsin and many other great States. We
shall consume this year sixty million pounds Of
foreign wool ; at the same time the home grow.
er never prospered as highly and bis prospects
for the coming crop are brilliant Good farm
ing requires an abundance of sheep, and in
my observation Of too long q period to be
written, have never known skillful wool
grower whodid not make it profitable. an
Mutton is as dear in this market as 1t Is in
London. Cannot you stir the great farming
interest Of this country to give double the at
tention to sheep husbandry, and relieve ourselves
of the burden Of paying 50 many millions away
for an article we can SO well supply A@
y lr7I Hlst
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when It was to late TOO expore or copnteract, s

when It was to late TOO expose or counteract II.
Brigadier GenernI Ripley. of the Ordnance De-
partment, was sent on from Washington, and
he called together all the contractors in Colts
factory. last evening. and expressed the HisRof
.'the Government as to fhe wav their work.
men should vote. II being understood that
this is general organizad dproceeding through
out all the factories IL Connecticut. in which
Government work is lore, and also that afiil- :
ure to comply involves tfc fnss Of work. theex-
tent to which the party Of Free Speech are to
be benefited by this proceedinem be inferred
In Rockville some sixty workmen, with fami-
lies dependent on their labor, have been coerced
into voting contrary to their wishes by their
Republican EMPLOYERS without the stia.ulus OF q
command from WASHINGTON to that effect, So
of several other towns that might he, named &
It was said bv leading Republican in this
city on Friday. that they; had resolved to 'use'
dny means to heat Sevmnnr,. and that at the
last hour the Democrats would iiscoverthat
they were ,gl1pped, and that hepa,ticnlar means
to be used for this purpose would not be known
until exhibited. % aaau ssasa saf IA .s,..,
Coercion of operatives is. it appears. that cx''
pedient on which thew relied eHles q
81 II
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FASHION AND FAMINE.-We read side By,
side with the heart-rending accounts Of distress
among the Englsh operatives and famihe a.
mong the Irish peasantry, statements 70 the
effects that 'sthe royal plate on the Prince OF
Wales marriage breakfaststable will bs Of the
value of ten millions of dollars" and that ''the
Prince Of Wales supply Of plate fol-, Marlbor.
oueh House will cost nearly fifty thousand
pounds" No wonder that "poof Jos in.Dick-
ens' book, thought the why's Of the world were
as'all a muddle."le saidfus bee yab sdt %
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"AsrouNprNG RoBBEEy. ."--Prentice laughs
at the heading .Astounding Robbery, ,"which'
frequently appears in connection witheofne fraud
Of, the Government. Ajlitlo houesy would b.
astounding; hot freud, hol says. 20 longer as
tounds,ii3 rs8,r4e 6,sti,g, ..s...a .srr
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1sswacome little stranger" as the man said
when ie found three cent pieee among lot
of sshi.plasters'
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h srIhose who look into everything are apt I
see inte nothing. !"
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A STRANGE STORY.

"The fredericksburg correspondent of the
Tallahassee Fiordian and Sentinel tells the fol-
lowing strange story: "While speaking OF
peace. there IS legend connected with spring
at fredericksburg, which will relate for the
benefit of the curious: According to tradition,
this spring was discovered running three months
before the re, olutionary war. Three months
before treaty of peace it dried up and ceased
TO run. It commenced running again three
months before the war of 1912, and months
before its close, as in the revolutionary war, it
again dried up, and SO with the Mexican war.
Three months before the fall of Fort Sumter 1t
again commenced running, and a short time
since dried up. give as my author for this
an aged man who was born and living near the
spring. and who has considerable property, and
offers to bet it all that we will have peace in
three months from the drying up Of the spring.
s<Miss Jameson, a beautiful young lady in
New York, by accident had a leg broken last
spring. Dr. ,Grayson attended the patient, and
another accident worse than the first occurred
the patient and physician fell in love witch
each other Naturally his visits were frequent
and when the patient was well, DIR. Grayson
asked Mr. Jameson for his daughter. jamie
son refused, and Dr. Grayson brought in a bill
for two hundred and eighteen visits at two dol
lars cath. As the saying is DIR. Grayson had
him there and Mr.. Jameson, disposed to get
out Of the business as cheaply as possible, gave
his daughter. and took a receipt. rp 81. iuss
4ef fTstnla 4------------- --7------------
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A. H.dCOFFROTH. I.
I'm BIO RIDE J.
'77sAMbELioKETTERMANs

BEDFURN, Pa, l1lI78n unT
w-Would hereby notify the citizens Of sedlord
county, that he has moved 70 the Borosgp o. n.a'
wishing to see him, unless absent upoL business
pertaining to his office. '"9
Bedford, Avg. LIST. ~. 4f9aHtfi
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Waivers.

qe A man without a mind of his own is fheg -
most helpless and shiffless of social beings, ],
His brain is n mere receptacle. for. shreds and
patches of opinion picked up in the streets, and -
the same infrmity which leads him to lbsk to'0sa
everybody save himself for guidance. Irendersolx
him incapable Of selecting from nthe mYlt'fri-n.,
ous counsel he rectivss + at which is best adapt.
ed to his exigencies. Nay, in his weak bewil-
derment, he fails to make any selection at all, ,'g
and while he wavers and hesiiates the godenisa
opportunity for decisive action slips by, and az
leaves him foundering in sea of trouble from q
which one manly stride in almost any direction :,
would have extricated him. 81 =
But let the weak of purpose take heart. This =
unfortunate propensity to vaciate may no o-nsa
vercome. Habits Of selfdepeulence may be-
acquired Cowards byinaturc have reasoned
themselves ere now, into philosophic inliifer-
enee to danger; and even the chameleon man,
whose mind has in measure lost its indentityb D
and is accustomed TO take, for the time being,s5
the hue Of every mind with which it comes inss
contact may learn 10 resolve and execute on
his own responsibility. 1t must not be sup
posed that we would dissuade any ona from fol-
lowing it in preference to his own impulses.o
The very fac. Of a man seeking counsel in the;
right quarter and promptly adopting i, is Pa-n
ma face evidence that he has q aud Of hfs oivn,
that his judgement is sound. that his reason is
stronger than his vanity. II is not With those
who brace themselves against a rock in time OF
difficulty that we would remonsts.te, but with
the lealiers on reeds, the eatchers at straws,
the charless, point no-point voyagers OF the
ocean of life, who are pntfed hither and shither,
by every idle breeze. OF all i:npediments to
success instability is the aost fatal II is e-
ven better to be sententous ass like BunsbY
than sWalter the Doubter' s.a N slgaeI sa.f
Every Young man on entering the business
world, should form for himself, or adopt at the
suggestion of competent advisors a ptaa Of
life based upon sound morality, and shaved 50
as to accord with the bent and scope Of his mem
tai capacity. His course cla.lked out, let him
take the indomitabe hero Of Pilgrims Progress
for his model, and with a stont heart amid all
temptations, and clear headami all perplexi-
ties, push forward with hope and confidence,
leaving the issue to Providence, and repembering
for his consolation that God never neglects to
help those who have the manlinessto help them
selves R9s9@ gh'qqils
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Al the following terms, ID wHhisitHt 7df .ilin
50 90 per shdum, II paid within sheyear. 1lad
$3.50 aas n not paid within the yssr.i
rvNo subscription taken for less than six months.
n3-No paper diseopsinued until all arrearages are
paid snless a. the option Of the publisher. y has
stoppage Of . newspaper without the payment Of
arreariges, is psis acis evidence Of fraud and ~
\ criminal ohencs.ag a8y iagm.aygi aiii ipH
n3-The, courts have decided that persons are ae.
eountabie for the subscription price Of newspspers,
il they take them from the post office, whether they
snbscribe for them, or not. ~
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ss-od 'h'I" ss4eA ioodp-i l.scs. o. bar
s.'d ga6'rT aei -, ces1 rA.y = e-vss s.
The New York herald., 1863-12-29
CITY COMMERCIAL REPORT.

1I'N''Fff fN's NJ
AsHss.--Beceipts 90 bols. MARKET Inactive and nomi.
nay unchanged. We quote pote - so and pearls 50 "a
BsHipsrrrrs Receipts, s,oep bb. eour sl2 bbl. and
3565 sacks corn meal 81 sacks bucsvheat four d.oe
bushes corn, 10 do. oats llo do rye and $50 do
barley malt The prevailing storm. in connection with
the holiday season, bad the effect TO restrict business
materially 10 state and western -four, and buyers had
the advantage The variation 10 prices unnpor,ant
but holders could realize any considerable quaint
ties except at decline Western brands The days
transactions foot up 100 bbls the market leaving very
tame. southern -four ruled steady, with limited 10.
qury and ssles Of 600 bbls al quotations. Canadian
-four was very dun and the market heavy. Small sales
within the suhioued range In rye -four, corn meal and
buckwhea, nour business very moderate and prices
we're without decided change. We quote
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SPORTING.

M B-Bs Al rHB MCCLELLAN HoP, AT err As
Nl. semblr Ro0mA January s. lo~A r. C.
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FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.

MONDAY, Dec. 2s-6 p. NJ.
There was an increase in the business at the
Stock Exchange to-day, and the market was more
bueyant than at the close of last week. Erie
Railroad shares were active at an advance of n;
New York Central went up "a. Hudson River %,
Harlem 4, Erie preferred q and Reading Il.
There was speculative movement in some of the
Western railroad shares. and Rock Island was
eent up per cent, Cleveland and Toledo ~,
Cleveland and Pittsburg ~, Pittsburg and Fort
Wayne ~ Michigan Central "A and Galena and
Chicago d. Pacific Mail advanced u, Delaware
and Hudson and Quicksilver l%. The specula-
tion in the stocks of Western railroads continued
in the afternoon, and Rock Island was sold at
120-one per cent advance on the sales of the
morning. The usual street operations in the
evening were restricted on account of the storm.
1t will be seen by reference to the reported
sales at the Stock Exchange that government
securities are firm, and that the ive-twenty bonds
which but a few weeks since were offered at .
discount, are now selling at 1919. State stocks
are not in demand. Missouri 6's rose "a, and Ten
nessees were x lower.
Sterling exchange was quoted to-day at 1867,
which is "a up since Saturday.
No perceptble change has taken place in the
money market. both lenders and borrowers con.
tributng the necessary supply and demand.
The gold exchange was more animated to-day,
and the premium went up. The following were
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Colemans San Francisco circular of December

z thus speaks Of monetary affairs in that city
Our money market presents feature worthy Of
oial comment There is fair legitimate demand with
good class OF securities Offering at the old raes-lK
per cont Lenders perhaps little more cautious %
the close OF the approaches but upon the whole
capital s quite easy or and as yet we perceive
none OF that sringsncy which has been usual at this
period in former seasons aa .rf
The branch mint In this city will be closed for annual
settlement tho 6th inst. Deposits OF refined bullion
for coinage will however be received until the 18th inst
Tho supply Of bNntehis moderate, demand for China
having prevailed for some days past. The Eastern
qurement promises 70 be active and already sales OF
gold reported ut $40 840 the latter figure China
men. About the usual amount OF silver has been re
ceived from the Gould and Curry and 0phr mnes but
the demand seems likely 20 exceed IT, and from other
sources arrivals less sbandaot Tho rate will not
varv materially from that OF last steamer day.
Exchange is rather more Arm than at the date Of
last The rate for currency bills the Atlantic
cities not yet axed For coin payment bankers bills
are held at So per cent premium: teisgraphic trans
fers at AZ cent premium bankers sterling a asa
4SKd.; commercial sterling at 40 4okd., 90 days;
49hd, 90 days: francs, 500.
Legal tenders have improved and selling moderately
at II 72h, chiefly for freight payments and taxes
few purchases however are being made In expectation
OF q rise.
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Police Intelligence.

A BOLD GANG OF BURGLARs.-The residence OF Mr..
Ncholas Fisher No las East Nineteenth street,
tered by a gang OF burglars between two and three
O'Clock yesterday morning and nearly hundred
lars In wearing apparel taken The burglars
detected during their operations by grandson OF
Mr. Fisher who alarmed the inmates Of the house. One
of the burglars discharged the contents OF pistol
young Fisher without, however, iufictng any injuries
upon him. The singular part Of the affair that.
moi outstanding the whole house awakened and the
police Justify called for. the burglars cooy pro-
ceeded with their work. and did not retreat until they got
what they wanted.
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ItANTED-BY Young MAN WHO HAS RECENT
w ~ landed, situA ion clerk tmekeeper IN any
respectabls esiabhshmcni Address W n, 26s West uss
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Colonel Ciaasseu, or the One Hundred
and Thirty second Regiment.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD


HEADQUARTERS, 0urPosrs FORCES AND DgTESCks I
Os NEwBKRs, n. G. CAMP 132D N. Y. Vol. NF'Y,
BAoHELoRs CKkEK. Nov. 81, 1868. J
Upon reporting for duty TO my commanding offcer, and
tracing tho OF my capture by the enemy
youd these iines in July last hud that the fault
wholly with myself Colonel Ciaassen, comm snding
these outoss had epestedy sued orders against
any oacer soldier going beyond these lines except
upon duty" when sufficient guard escort would be
furnished and having been several times by Colonel
Caassen sent beyond these lines with armed escort
aud not seeing any foe became rather careless, ana
leaving the Colonel Commanding under the impression
that his permission within the lines, msde sudden
detour aud boy 0nd Tho consequence WAS my cap
ture by rebels ambush make this statement in JUS
tice TO Colonel Caassen, whose orders OF having me
reported "absent without eave" justified by the
facts Trusting that you will give the same publicity to
this you did to the article setting forth the contrary
am, sir, respectfully yours,
MAJOR One Hundred and Thirty second New York.
Witness-Wa W. WELLS
First Lieutenant Fifty eighth Psnnsy Volunteers,
Special Aid to Colonel Claassen.
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AT PRIVATE SALE-A SUPERB SET OF ARTISTIC
"A Dresden Porcelain. comprising Dinner and Desseg
Service over 2O pe being an elaborate wos!
Curtaann
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into the treasury Of that State on the 2fd inst.
1854 ,344. being seven per cent on the gross earn
ings of the road for the year ending on the S0th
of April, 1863 The earnings during the year
amounted to tS TIC $3.50, which was an increase Of
nearly one hundred thousand dollars over the
earnings of the previous year.
The earnings of the Galena and Chicago Rail
road during the week ending on the 22d inst were
as follows:-
Week ending Dec. .$38 ,19l
Same time In 1852. 1920
Increase. "a, ,s92
The exports Of specie from California this year
up to the 23d of November amounted to the fol-
lowing sum-
This year. to November % .$< 800 ,0s9
Same time In 1902. a1s%6.63l
Excess this year S3.s6S O6s
Coleman a San Fran oacO circulAr Of December
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There was nothing doing after the time Of our
last quotation, and l52Hs was the best that was
offered.
The bank statement Of Saturday last is less sat-
fsfactory than the one Of the previous week; but
the exhibit is not calculated to create any serious
alarm. The following shows the aggregates of
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XNANrEp-pY AN NExPERIENcEp pouRLR ENrRi

bookkecpcr quick aud correct OF large business
city some position IN house Of standing has besn ihe
financial manager OF large house is fully competent en-.
ycctaons moderate salary a. the discretion of employer
fot reference address %. r. box 10 Herald once
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Each item shows falling on as compared with
the last report. The loans have decreased
sl,Oe4,723, the specie $24s.257, the circulation
4l4, ,l2s, and the deposits 81 1888 ,652. The de.
crease in the deposits is owing mainly to the
absorption of the ave-twenty loan, and the money
xhrough that agency goes into the United States
6ub- Treasury instead of into the banks.
Tho Assistant Treasurer reports the transactions
of the Sub-Treasury as follows-
tuym0nt8. o,oA1,UlS
cAsnce'..s. 'oV'oo4''os
The receipts from customs were $l51 900.
The following was the amount of subscriptions
to-day 70 the government loan
For eos (direct) .............. ...... s425, $50
Deposited By agents o133O50
Total 81 55S 400
Temporary loan 81 $50
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The Chicago aud Great Eastern Railroad Com.
pauy advertise tho sale OF two million dollars Of
joint NOR gage bonds. This road, which is now IN
course OF construction, will oasterly from Chi.
cago about sixty miles and will form connections
with the Baltimore and Ohio and other roads, ex-
tending to all the principal cities in the Northern
Btatcs. 4, will reduce the railroad distance be-
tween Cincinnati aud Chicago about forty miles.
The Illinois Central Railroad Company paid
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Governor Letcher, Of Virginia. sent his last mes
sage to the Legislature Of that State the sth of
Che present month. He represents the finances
of the Commonwealth being in a most prosper
Gus condition, and he informs the people that the
whole public debt, which now amounts 20
335, ,l45,79s, will be paid of in thirty four years.
He does not say, however, how it is to be done,
but refers to the fact that the constitution demands
It, and that, Of course, puts end TO al
Enquiry. The interest on that portion of the State
debt which is held in England Mr.. Letcher says,
cannot be paid because OF the impossibility TO
make remittances through the paper blockade"
and that the interest due upon her liabilities
which are held in the Northern States cannot be
paid without contravening the laws Of the rebel
confcderacy. Under this state of things she is
pretty safe so far as the interest her indebted.
ness is concerned, because comparatively few
of the bonds are held south of Mason
and Dixon's line. The Governor makes it appear
that on the lst of October there was a balance in
che treasury Of 81 OO4; but the estimates for
Shs next years receipts amount TO only tlo,665,532
aud the expenses to $l2 80 1885, the treasury will
be short on the s0th Of September 1864 g. 24i 26l
Tho Governor gives the receipts aud expenditures
Gor the past year in tabular form, which we copy
below; but II must be recollecte that the figures
represent the deprecated rebel currency, by the
side Of which we have placed the money value
Rebel Cuusney. Aon~y Vdlu>.
StA n a ma n N Inn
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-04-09
Interesting from ,he sourh.

HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE PoroMAc, April
8-Richmond papers Of the 7ih are received
The burthen of the sentiment expressed is an
exhortation TO the people OF the South to raise
articles for food, instead of cotton. They coz
tain the following telegrams:-
CHATTANOOGA, April 4.-Skirmishes with the
enemy's pickets are Of daily occurrence but a
general engagement Is not considered immi-
nent.
CHAnLEsroN, April 5.-Important movements
are taking place here, but for military reasons
no particulars can yet be telegraphed.
Ia the Examiner Of the 9Th is leader settinp Q
forth the obstacles in the way of opening q route
inland 70 the Yazoo above Haine's bluff.
JACKSON, Aptil 4--The reports from Por
Hudson state Banks has fallen back. One diyis
ion Of his army is at Baton Rouge, and the res
down the river. Ma l.a
The Richmond Sentinel of the 7th has th,
following significant, paragraph "Yesterda,
morning eight Monitors and iron clsds wer
off the bar ct Charleston. This brief bu
significant telegram, which was received ear.
| ly In the day and published elsewhere, tell
that the long expected collision has proba.
bly, come OF befoere this. The storm
go long prepared for Charleston has burst al
last. We shall publish the results az We learl
them. We awaitthe issue with sbuoyant hope
but not without solicitude due to the import