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A. W. BATEMAN. Editor.,v f 4 r " 1

B ErL AIR, Ml).,

Friday, August 19, ISG4.hn* a more eitended ciiculoiion t

among thu itiicllijreni tanners mid biii*in<?a mcu t !ifnctml, than y other inp*r in the county- No

14 Ij'H'K (focpitnP* mi t(hef olMPcne or “ l.oiiery’*dver. 1i H.-mviiiHwill appear in our columns at any price. Ai.<ri!a ntMnhff m mrr i*mwcrH*i> pay for thetr paper.ln dvapec, and consequently arc Just che digs advertiser* do jsie io rM(‘h.

The Rtteiuion of n-*pectat>le and iogitiinnte advertisersIf directed in the above faCU.

To Correspondents.II Allcoinoiurilcuuon** lor publication lr( hr eccr-m !pninu'l wall the ten I name of the author, or no alientinn will be pAid to them. The real.inmic of the huilio 'Mili i'Oi h; puWislicd unions dcairnd. hot wn ennnotrniMint to upon coniiiiuuicatiuiui unices we know ihe 1

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TO OUR SUBSCRIBERS.. .Tbc great increase in the price of all printing Imaterial, ns well ns the labor about the pub- 'lishing of a newspaper, compels us to adoptthe course l.ieh nil our cotenipornrics have oflafe indicated, us <lte oflly safe one for the con-ductors of a newspaper. We, like the rest ofthe community, are bnrthcned with an unusual

expense, owing to circumstances over which we |have no control. In view of this state of things, ‘wo are reluctantly compelled to say to one sub |ecribers, th;'t from ami after this date we shallcharge One Dollar ami Fifty celts a year for lire

A'ejit .j' htitlUgencer— invariably in advance; \and Two Dollars ifnot paid until the end of the jyear.

Those persons now indebted to ns for snbscrip--1ioi(, who settle their bills before the first of Oc-tober, will only be charged sl, but after thatdate $1.50 will in all eases be demanded. Onedollar nnd fifty cents has always been the priceof the paper w hen not paid in advance, but wehave never demanded it, and would not now, if jcircumstances did not peremptorily require such in course. The enlargement ofoitr paper has im-posed upon os tin additional expense, and cer- jtainiy made the paper that much more valuable jto onr readers.

We feel that i; adopting this course we arc ionly taking such steps ns every judicious man, \in the present condition of affairs, finds himselfcompelled to adopt; and without saying more, jwe return our thanks to' the public for the verv Sliberal support ol the last two years, and pt'om- jise, that to the extent of our feeble abilities, the !¦ F.r/is .j- Intelligencer shall he a welcome visitor. [

In this connection, We refer our readers to thefollowing well-timed article, from the BaltimoreSun of the 15th instant;

Increase in the Price or Newspapers.—Theextraordinary increase in the price of paper andevery other material connected with the printingbusiness, has forced almost every newspaper inthe country to advance its subscription price.The Washington Daily Chronicle lias raised itsprice to thirty cents per week to city subscribers,nnd leu dollars a year, in advance, by mail.—The Washington Star and Xuional Republicanof the same city, will hereafter charge twelve anda half cents per week to city subscribers, andthree cents a copy at the counter. The Bostondaily papers also announce that an increase ofprice is agreed upon in that city. The Journal, jTraveller, Transcript, Advertiser nnd Post will jhereafter sell for live cents, and the Herald for'three cents. We have heretofore staled that all [the daily journals of New Voik, Philadelphia !..n.J other vit.rs, had increased their prices. —

Most of our Maryland country exchanges havealso advanced their rates. The Alexandria Oa- \retie, in an article on the shove subject, makesthe following remarks ;

“Even at the increased rates, newspapers con-tinue to bo tire cheapest of commodities, givingmore in return for the stipulated price, than anyother article offered to the public. The advancelias been made, in most instances, too late doprevent heavy loss, and even at the advancedprices tlie enterprises arc far from remunerative,so that many of ilia best know n and most ageea-ble caterers at the daily' banquet of the people,have been compelled to seek in oilier avocations,the support denied them in their legitimatesphere.

“The consideration of these things should in-duce communities to give a generous support tothose local papers which being established intheir midst, have become household words—-which have been the chronicles of home life inshadow and sunshine—which are the record ofthe marriages, deaths, and the thousand otherincidents which make up the history ofcommu-nities—which are endeared to the public heart bymany ties, none the Jess so, because they' havesupported local interests equally when such sup-port was pleasant and profitable, nnd when itentailed personal inis.ortune or private loss.

‘'When a local journ il, honored for years be-cause honorable in all its dealings with men andmeasures, deprived of its accustomed resources,is still maintained, under the most adverse cir-cumstances, by the energy of its conductors, andsometimes without remuneration, it establishes aclaim upon the community to whose interests itis devoted, which a discerning public will free-ly acknowledge, by lending it a cordial, hear-ty and generous support.”

WAR NEWS.Admiral Farragut’s official report of the first

days’s operations in Mobile Bay confirms the intel-ligence received through unofficial sources of thecapture of two Confederate gunboats, the Selmaand the Tennessee, but says Ihe gunboat Gaines,ns well as ihe Morgan, succeeded in getting backto the protection cf Fort Morgan. All the fleethad passed Forts Gaines and Morgan at 8.30 A."M. on the 3th hist, when it was discovered thatthe ram Tennessee was still in their rear anduninjured. Admiral Furragut gave orders forthe entire fleet to turn back at once and beardown upon the ram. After being run into twoor three times, and broadsides ofheavy shot firedinto her, the Tennessee sur end-red at teno’clock, with twenty office is", including AdmiralBuchanan, who was wounded, and one hundredand seventy men. The casualties of the Unionforces in this day's engagement was forty-onekilled and eighty-eight wounded.

An Associated Press telegram says the Cincin-nati papers have received advices from Atlantawhich report that on the Ctb hist, a partially un-successful assault was made on the enemy's lines,in which the 33d corps lost over 500 men.

The latest, intelligence from the Army of thePotomac indicates that important movements areI cing made on ihe north side of the James riveragainst Richmond. 'I he correspondence of theAssociated Press'says that (he Second and TenthCorps were landed on Ihe north hunk of the !James river, about twelve miles from Riehmond, !nt an early hour on Sunday morning last, andtlmt during the day they succeeded in carryingtwo lines of the enemy’s earthworks—the centreone being about nine miles from Riehmond. Inaddition to this, the Union troops are reported tohate captured one of the butteries that boro uponGen. Butler’s men who were digging a canal.

Major General Burnside was relieved of hiscommand on .Saturday, an 1 passed through Bal-timore on MondiW, 1 with his stall- , oh his way u,hij tejidencc in Rhode island. Ocn. Wilcox is ¦

temporarily in command of the Ninth Army iCorps. ---i.

i Tho steamer Empress, from New Orleans onthe Clh instant, was attacked on the 10th by aConfederate masked battery near Gaines’s Land-

j ihg, on the Mississippi tiver. Sixty |I shot and shell struck the steamer, killing the cap-

tain nnd four others, and wounding eleven per-

sons. The Empress was finally lowed to a plaieof saft-ty by a gunboat which arrived althatcrlti-

| cal moment.A despatch from Boston gives some further ac-

I count ol the depredations by the privateer -Talla-hassee. The captain of one of the capturedschooners, who was on board the Tallahassee for

six hours, represents her to be 800 to 1,000 tons

burden nnd very fast.Secretary Stanton announces in an official bul-

letin that be has received from Major General

1 Cnnby an officialreport, dated on the9th instant,of the unconditional surrender of Fort Gaines,with fifty six commissioned officers, eight him- I

: died and eighteen enlisted men, twenty-six guns, ’

I and provisions for twelve mouths. This fort, to- ]: gether with Fort Powell, which was abandoned I

w ith an armament ofeighteen guns, has been oc-

i enpied by Union troops.—¦ -

i The Draft. —We call the especial attention, of all enrolled men in Bel Air District who hivefailed to contribute to tbe furnishing of substi-

j tales to exempt this District, to tbe importanceI of meeting here on Saturday, the 2dlh inst., andcontributing at once for the purposes above

! mentioned, as we are informed that it is in con-! tempiation at the War Department to relieveonly those from draft who contribute to the pur-

i pose, and that those who fail to do so, will stillI remain subject to the draft of tbe Stb September

( next. *

We have ourselves but little interest in thedraft, other than such interest which every manshould have for his neighbor. We have there-

! fore chosen to call the especial attention of tbe. enrolled men of this District to the subject.—-¦ 10ur information is such that we think there is

ittlc doubt that the facts stated above are literal-ly Iruu, and lienee tbe necessity of at once giv-

j giving attention to them.

Festival. —Wo see by a published handbill,j that the Mount Tabor Methodist Protestant

j Church is to bold a Festival, on Thursday next,| the 2olh of August, in Iho grove of J. Alexan-

! der, Esq., one mile east of tbe Hickory, and nearj the Cunowingo Road. It promises to be a fine

i affair, and as tbc object is to complete their! church edifice, we bespeak for them a liberal pa-

tronage, at the bands of a generous public.

Opinion of Judge RussellIhe people vs. John. A. Dix and oth

era. —lt is unnecessary for me, in decidingthis matter, to rehearse the facts ot thiscase. The defendants, through theircounsel, place* themselves under the pro-tection of section 4, of the Act of Con-gress of March 3, 18C3, entitled “An actrelating to habeas corpus and regulatingjudicial proceedings in certain cases ” Ifthat provision is constitutional, it assimi-lates the President of the United Statesduring the existence of the present rebel-lion to au absolute monarch, cldthus him

I with all the imaginary perfection of thatI monarch, and makes him incapable of do-ing any wrong. This is a very novel andslat thug doctrine to advance under a republican form of government. I hove ¦*

given the case a most careful considera-tion, on the one hand seeking to avoid anundue interference with the agents of thegeneral government in the performanceof their duty, and, on the other, keep-ing before me my own obligation to up-hold aud enforce the laws of the state. Ido not deem it proper to state in detailthe view 1 i u ertain upon the legal prin-ciple so ably discussed before me by thecounsel on both sides. Such an exposi-tion of the law would be more appropriateshould this case come before the court fortrial. It str kes me, however, as a fit oc-casion to enable the great questions involv-ed in it to be brought up iu such a shapeus to admit of their being absolutely andfinally settled. If the ao. of Congress inquesion is constitutional in the particularcontended for by the defense, it does lookas though it imparted to the Presidentpowers raising him above the instrumentwhich creates bis office, and giving him theright, in his discretion, to obey that in-ftrument or not.

Thu principle is not mooted for decis-ion in this case as to bow far the Presi-dent can act upon a state in which insur-rection or rebellion prevails, nnd wherethe power of the civil authorities havebeen suspended, aud the civil law substan-tially explokd. In such a condition ofthings he must and ought to have verygreat powers iu order to restore and main-tain the laws. In this stole the civilpow-er is and has always been, in the ascendant.Our citizens arc supposed to enjoy theblessings of tbe federal Constitution, andrepose under the benign operations of theirowu immediate legislation. Ifa rebellionin tiny of the insurrectionary slates can de-prive*tbem ot this, then the governmentof every state iu the Union is at the mercyof every other state. It cannot be possi-ble that any effort to suppress an insur-rection in a seceding state iu tbe Unisn re-quires any disturbance ¦ f the institutions oftoe loyal states. Ifthe President can directanything to bo dune in this state be pleas-es, and fits order is a perfect shield tothose who obey bis commands, be becomesa despot, and is no longer tho chief mag-istrate of a free people. The distinc-tion, then, is between wbat he can orderto be done in a loyal state and one whichis rebellious, and claims to have retiredfrom our confederacy.

It be is empowered to bring back thelatter to its allegiance, and to force it tosubmit to tbe federal Constitution and thelaws enacted iu pursuance of it, is he em-powered to obliterate, and, for the timebeing, to wipe out all constitutional guar-antees in favor of the former? It ought tobe the law, if it is not, that the willof

| *he President is not supreme in a loyal, State. To a certain extent, the federal¦ government, like tin individual, is protec-

ted by State laws, and iu return is to re-spect aud obey them. Those suggestionswould appear to bo fairly deduciblo fromthe healthful principles established by the iSupremo Con it of the United States inJ.ittlc vs. llaireme 2, Ctance 170, andB tiller vs, liar on 7, flow id U. S. Up.I. 'lhey certainly sanction' the doctrine I

i hut governments, like individuals, must 1

! not only enforce but obey (lie laws.— 'jTUe provisions if (bo act of, Congress ;

i relied upon upon by the defense, lias;come under review by the Supreme Court |of rbo Stale of Indiana in OriO'en v. Wil-,

I efts, 21 Indiana R 37(5, which court pro-!I nouneed against itsconslituiionnlity in ref-erence to the rights of its citizens as se-cured and exercised under its own laws.The prize-cases, 2 Black, United Slates I!.(535, do not conflict with the greunds ta-¦ken for the prosecution in this ease.

Tito {xisiliun of this Slate, in my viewis this—internally, we are enjoyintr ourcivil government, us though no other Slatehad repudiated its allegiance to the Union

externally, wc arc participating in uneffort to subdue a number of refractoryStares, In reference to the point of in-tent, which was so zealously discussed bytf>e defendants’ counsel, the law is veryplain. If the defendants’ nets were un-lawful, and they wore sane when theycommuted them, they are presumed Inhave intended the necessary const quen-oes of those acts. Every intelligent, mor-al agent is supposed to design every con-st queuce inevitably flowing from his eon-duct. Intention, which is said to bo thesoul of crime, eati never bo made outbut by and from external conduct. —

And, if it should pr-.ve in this case thatthe defendants have no legal justificationfor their acts, the same presumption willreach them which would attach to auy oth-er violation of the law.

The complaints will, therefore, pass tothe grand jury iu the usual way for itsactiou.

The defendants %rced not enter intoany written recognizance with sureties.—Having submitted themselves to the juris-diction of the lows of this S'ate, and, withthe consent of the district attorney, beenenlarged on their verbal recognizance, itit is reasonable to suppose that the samewill be ample security fur their futureappearance—especially as, during the ar-

gument before me, asnne of their learnedcounsel expressly ratified the same.

from the National Intelligencer.The Reaction.

In the great political reaction uponwhich the country has entered during thelast month or two, it is gratifying to ob-serve a revision and modification of cer-tain extreme opinions iu quarters whichwe might have supposed would bo amongthe last to confess the meliorating influen-ces under which the public judgment isgradually but surely regaining the bal-ance it bad lost. Every student of histo-ry has lived, of course, during the last twoor three years, in the sure expectation andforesight that a rebound from the modesof thought and action into which the peo-ple have been plunged by a spirit ofphrenzy, was inevitable in the course ofevents. Its coming’ was a question oftime, dependent in part upon the pru-dence with which cxtieine measures shouldbe pressed by tbeir patrons, and in partupon the greater or less degree of successwhich should attend the operatious ftfour armies.

If I lie bplrlt. uf ililiutoiiuil Qini <P oocidl

reform had graduated its measures accord-ing to the exigencies of the crisis throughwhich we were passing, and had nut soughtto build anew the foundations of the He-ublio at a time when the ground was

quaking beneath our feet, we might havewitnessed such a wise adaptation of meansto ends, as would have carried us throughthe arduous struggle without spasmodictits and starts, and therefore without therevulsions of feeling by which they neverfail, soouer or later, to bo followed.

And so, ifwe could have bad an unbro-ken succession of military successes, (omit-ting from our view for the moment thefact that such successes were rendered im-possible by the policy into which we drifted under the sway of our passions,) therewould have been little inducement to re-vise the theory on which the war was con-ducted. .And accordingly we obsei ve thatit is in the shadows of military disappoint-ment that the national conscience hascome to be quickened and the national in-telligence eulighteued with regard to thetrue ends and objects of the war.

As a single illustration of the amendtdthought which is now pervading all class-es of the the people at the present time,inducing them to revise opinions adoptedunder tire promptings of revenge, mistakenfor the instigation of patriotism, we citethe significant fact that the New YorkTribune , within the last two or threeweeks, has formally renounced the policyof confiscation, to which it once looked asa thunderbolt of war. In bis celebrated“prater of twenty millions” addressed tothe President Mr. Greeley wrote :

“We think you are strangely and disas-trously remiss iu the discharge of your of-ficial and imperative duly with regard to

the emancipating provisions of the confis-cation act.” “We complain that the con-fiscation act which you approved is habit-ually disregarded by your Generals, andthat no word of rebuke for them from youhas yet reached the public ear.” “Werequire of you, as the first servant ofthe republic, charged especially and pre-eminently with the duty, that you ex-ecute the laws. Most emphatically do wedemaud that such laws as have been re-cently enacted, which therefore may fair-ly bo presumed to embody the presentwill and to bo dictated by the presentneeds of the republic, shall be carried intofull effect, and that you shall publiclyand decisively instruct your subordinatesthat such laws exist, that they are bindingon all functionaries and citizens, and thatthey are to be obeyed to the letter.”

“This demonT’ we thought misplacedand inapplicable at the time, but everyreader will perceive the higher and wiserinspiration under whieh the Tribune nowwrites, when it holds the following lan-guage ;

‘.‘The zauies in the Loyal States whotalk as though a broad empire could be'subjected to military execute.o supply thevenomous, desperate traitors in Dixie withthe very aliment they u.ed; and wo deeplyregret that one of the resolves of the laic

: Baltimore Convention scorns calculated toigivo them a lift. Gen. Fremont did a! wise, generous, manly act, iu stamping iu-

j stead of standing on the wholesale conlis- |i cation plauk of tiro Cleveland platform,

thereby aiding to smooth the puth to; peace.”

Weighed and Found Wanting. t ;Where there is smoke there is lire, it is 1

said; and where the universal voice of a'free people charges an individual or anadministration Willi crimes or reprehensi-ble errors, we may assume, without hesi-tation, that there are substantial reasonsfor the general clamor. Arguing hence,

’ the incumbent Administration at Wnsb-

I iugtou stands convicted of cirois so grave, ,and unconstitutional acts so numerous anddespotic, that its eviction from fdliee atthe coming election is ardently desiredby those who would preserve ouv nationalpurity and tho republican form of gov- |eminent of our freedom-loving forefathers.From East and West alike come the sumo

, reiterations of charge upon charge, and| the same earn st murmurs of disappruba- ;

• don. Weakness, vacillation, tho debauch- IClient of every true and Constitutional

- principle iu po ilies, and a thorough d< -

• basement of sub-nfll- iais to the intrigues ,! | of those who hold the ruins of power, aro

II pronounced characteristics of those very¦ j men who are now straining every nerve to

secure n re-election, by means whieh as-i i suri-dly will not stand the test of correct 1I and upright principles.¦j Mr. Lincoln and his associates have

bem weighed in the balance, and found• wanting in those qualities which should

i 1 be con-picuous iu those who assume to

govern a republic. Led on by an insa-• liable thirst for the spoils, and ignoring :¦ j tho rights of the citizen, they yet present¦ | their stained record as a certificate enti- !• tliug them to a monopoly ot toe Govern-

i inent, as though it were a legacy —a po-t liticui residuum to their heirs and assigns¦ forever. Were the general dissulisfic- |

J i turn of the people based only upon parti- 1¦ san feeling, the case would be intrinsi--1 cully different, although it would not

j negative that wholesome one-term priuci-j pie which is one of the fundamentals of !

| the true republican theory. But eventhis poor excuse cannot be alleged. Tho [Administration stands convicted upon |

i facts, not upon inferences; upon patriotic i> | not upon party feeling. In every true

. essential it has lacked, while in vicious-. ness it has abounded; and it is the duty

i of the people to relegate it to that obscu-I rity front which, to the misfortune of the

. country, it was heedlessly emancipated.—i iV. Y Mercury.

Peace Suggestions and Specula-

, tiOns—The New York correspondent ofI the Philadelphia Ledger writes :

, The sudden conversion of two of themost clamorous war journals, here, to¦ “peace’’ as soon as possible, if not, peace

f on any terms, to which attention has been[¦ called in this correspondence, as one of

the must curious signs of tho times, con-linucs to excite universal remark. Inthe case of the “Herald" it excites in- i

, ; quiry, as well as curiosity, and the inquiry 1• j is, has the editor any assurance from pri- j

1 vatc (Southern) sources, that the rebel[ gOVPim Mintil -*•r,. :y to .tup tl.o 1 p:as the Herald of this morning recom-

mends, three peace commissioners are sent:to Hichuiond, with these several proposi-; lions:

i ] “First, for an armistice for six months; .land, second, for a convention id' all tho j

. 1 Stales, to ccnsist of one delegate from eachi Congressional district, and two additional

, delegates fit large from each State, and. said convention thus constituted shall meet,

. say iu Baltimore, on the first Monday inDecember next, to consider the ways andmeans of peace.”

There arc many strange whisperings in, the air, iu connection w ith this suggestion,

. which may mean something or mean noth-ing. If your correspondent belonged to

, the sensation school, he would put them. in print, and send them to tho Ledger,. but ns it is, he can only advise tho reader

¦ to keep a close eye to movements in this. \ quarter between now and the time for

s the meeting of the Chicago Couveh-. tion, if he would discern queer things,, which, just now, can only bo “seen as

through a glass, darkly."

What the Democrats mean to no.—lt is often asked, (says the Old Guard,')

| what tho Democrats mean to do ?

{ They mean, as. a first step, to fill the, Executive chair with patriotism, and to

banish faction and despotism from tho, Administration of the Genual Govern-

, inent.What next they will do, depends upon

I what they can do to restore peace and( prosperity to our country.

The Democrats are in the condition ofa skillful surgeon who is called to a man ,who fell into tho hands of assassins. Jfhis wounds are not mortal, he w illrestore

| him.if Abolition has not killed the Union,

tho democrats willrestore it. But, at anyI rate, they will save Constitutional Libetty

[ from going entirely down in tho whirlpool, of blood.

Petition for Suspension of the Draft.Mr. Vernon, ()., Aug. ti, 1864.

, Editors of the Age, Philadelphia:. j Gentlemen—Petitions similar to the ,• enclosed are being generally signed in j

0 io and other States. Many llopubli- !. cans sign them who will vote with us thisi.fall. Respectfully, G. W. M.| "To the President uj the United Slates:

“The undersigned, citizens of the State j:i of Ohio, without regard to party, and in |¦' sentiment devoted to the Constitution and |

i the Union, respectfully petition and ro- iquest that the draft for half a million more .;

i men, oirtered to take place on tho sth day |[of September next, may ho postponed un- i| til an attempt has been made by negolia-

¦ lion to secure peace, based on the Consli-, tutlun and Union.

• j “August, 1864.”

Qjr- A substitute broker in Poiighkoep;sie got rightly served a few days since.— I

; In trying to gel a eojin try mail drunk he! took too much himself) and was enlisted

1 by the individual whom he h qjvd to sell.1 lie did not find out his mis! Jio uu'd the

, next morning. 1

j The Burning of Chambersburg Explain- jed.

Jnt bcl’iirc leading Williamsport, Gen.Early made some .pbbliu remarks iu re- jgurd to the burning i f Cbambersburg, {

: which are of inti rest, lie said that lie or- jdend one hundred thousand dollars in igold to bo demanded of the town, and (hat ¦ ’

,it the demand was not complied with in 1three hours the town was to be burned ; iand the sum of money demanded was in- |tended to reimburse Andrew Hunter, (Wm. Lucas, Edmund L. Lee and Hon. \Alexander R. Bolder, for their losses j I

i caused io the destruction of their proper-I •ty by order of General Hunter, and that 1ne felt perfectly justified in the course he 1 jhad pursued. ,

He explained how General Hunter had Mburned tlio h use of h's (Hunter’s) cousin !'iu J ffeismi county, Virginia, and taken ]

; that c main (Andrew Hunter) offas priso-i oat, and said that iho act was a brutal one, 1| because the iumales of the house were notallowed time to save even a portion of their ,do king. In concluding be said it would 'he the future policy of the Rebel Govern- :mein to retaliate iu Iho severest manner 'tor nil the barbarities practiced againstthem, lie delivered these remarks in acalm, firm manner. In a private conver-

jsatiou he said that no man more than him ].'df deprecated the uects-ity of such an iactus the me committed at Chambers-i •burg, hut that ho sanctioued it, believing |he was only doing his duty to those pen- i'pie w ho had suffered by General Hunter’s jorders, and again because ho believed that .by retaliation such barbarous practices |would be sooner discontinued than in anyother way. Ho was particularly severe!

lon General Hunter, and said that, should jlie fill a prisoner into their hands, his lot [would be a bard one.

Increase of the Pennsylvania ;' Coal Trade. —The Pennsylvania coal |trade, so far this season, shows an increase ¦

!of 706, 6lit) tons over the, correspondingpen d of last year. Tho Philadelphia

! Ledger, referring to this important subject,remarks :

The supply of coal continues largo, butj would be much heavier if transportation

I were equal to the production. The de-! mand and prices of coal was such as to iu-j fuse the utmost energy at the mines, andthe carrying companies abate nothing intbftir efforts to swell their tonnage to thelargest possible portions with limited}means. High tolls are influencing them jas much us high prices of eoal stimulate jproduction. Everything in the shape ofa car and eyery description of motive pow-er that can be made available is pressed

. into the service. The trade is unusuallyspirited. In this connection we may men-tion the fact that the American Govern-jinent has consented to permit anthracite Icoal to he exported from the United States :into Canada on tho condition that the jCanadian government would forbid its ex- ¦porta lion from Canada. A cabinet coun-I

| cil was therefore held at Quebec oh Thurs-j day, and a proclamation issued forbidding

| the exportation of anthracite coal fromthe province. That description of coaltun inetcfoic now be imported into Cana-da.

Shoddy Dash.In noticing instances of foolish estrav-

| agance, so prevalent at this time iu the Ij great metropolis, tho New Yotk Tribunalrelates the following;

We heard the other day of a most ridic- julous “dash’ 1 made by a New Yorker of|

' reported wealth now, but who was not [1 long ago a citizen of Rochester in very |moderate circumstances. The distinguish-1(¦¦l gentleman made his appearance inBroadway in a coach and four, with as

many servants in livery as could be ac-

commodated. Close by was bis wife, ina separate carriage drawu by two horses — j

1 with servants in livery as above. Next jciinio another carriage with like appoint-]inent, containing the children of the very jdistingu sited couple ! Could a more lu- \diorous or a more melancholy spectacle be !presented fur the contemplation of men

of sense ?

DIED ,

At ber lute resilience in Harford county, on• Saturday, August 13th, 1864, CLARA H, wife J

of Benjamin K. Carroll) aged 42 years.She leaves a husband ard six children, be-

-1 sides a large circle of relatives and friends, to

i mourn tbiir irreparable loss. A kind, nffection-! ate wile, a devoted mother and true friend, her

loss is deeply felt ; yet their loss is her eternal 1gain.

“None knew her but to love her,None named her hut to praise.”

A faiEKO.

NOTICE.TO THE TAX PAYERS OF THE

6TH ELECTION DISTRICT.

TJERSONS desirous of availing them-J7 selves of the benefit of the deductionof 5 per cent, on their Taxes, will meet I

, me at Isaac W. Scarborough’s Store, onWEDNESDAY, August 24th; at Pyle’s!Mill, on THURSDAY, 25th; at Me ICana’s Hotel, Dublin, on MONDAY, 129th, and at B. H. Hanson Si Co’s Store. |Darlington, on TUESDA Y, 30th August,'

1 After the 31st of August no deductionJ will be inada, as the lime will then have

! expired.It will he well (or the lax-payers to

; bear this in mind. 1 have adopied thiscourse for the convenience of the peopl ,

and to relieve them as fur as I can fromthe burthens of taxation.

T. C. WORTHINGTON,anl9 Collector of stli District.

LOST. —In Bel Air or neighborhood, alew days since, a brown silk PARA- !

1 SOLv which the finder will please leaveat this office.

. A. PRESTON GILBERT,

AWW&MSJBf AW tkJLWfBel Air, J\ld.

Office witli 11. D. Farnamlis, Esq.au!9

WA NkTEl).—One or two JOURNEY-1MEN BLACKSMITHS.Enquire of MARTIN CAI.DER, !

010 Federal Hill, Harford Co., Md..

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REPORTOP THK

GRAND JURY.ON THR

CONDITION OP THE JAIL.AUGUST TERM, 1864.

To the Honorable JOHN II PRICK ,Judge, of the Circuit Court for Harfordcounty. i

The Grand Jury of August Term. 1864,respectfully report lo your Honor that wnvisited the Jail td'the county, on the Bthinstant; and we think the inmates are ascomfortably cared for us the keeper canhave them, the building being contractedand badly arranged for such a purpose.

The building is in a rather dilapidatedjcondition, and unsafe for the purpose ofsale-keeping 01 pri.ncrs, anil we recom-

: mend the building of a new jail,entire.We find confined at ibis lime seventeen

persons, for the following offences;Five while men lor robbery, 2 for ttfc-

: sank and battery, 1 for milrder, 3 insane;1 while woman for larceny ; 1 colored

man insane, I for assault with intent to

1kill, 1 for larceny, 1 for arson, and onewoman for larceny.

J. C. PARKER,| an 19 Foreman.

$5 REWARD.

STRAYED away from the subscriber,about the 3d of August, a dark red

STEER—horns turned in, lip of tail white,1 a small white spot in one of his flanks;

j no other marks remembered.The above rewaid will be paid for his

1 return to the subscriber, and any informa-j lion in regard lo bis whereabouts will bethankfully received.

JAMES BILIINGSLEA,an 19 Near the Hickory.

NOTICE.ATOTICE is hereby given that the

| J.M LAWS of the last Legislature havejbeen received at the Clerk’s Office, and areready for delivery to. those persons enti-tled to the same.

an 19 W.M. H. DALLAM, Clerk.

f LOST.'ON Friday evening, 12th inst., on the

mad leading fiom Bel Air to Wether-j ill’s Mill, a lady’s black silk C' i.\T

I Any person finding the above will j 1... u¦ leave it at Dallam’s Hotel.

COAL! COAL!

Baltimore company’s coal,of the various sizes, and the best

BLACKSMITH’S COAL, for sale ns lowas it ran be had in Harford county, andDELIVERED at low rales, if required.

R J. JACKSON,o 9 Deer Creek Landing.

FOR RENT.f|AHE subscriber will rent his LONGJL BAR FARM. Possession given inMarch. SEPTIMUS D. SEWELL.

Abingdon, Aug. 10th, 1564. anl2

wantedTA BOY from 12 to 20 years of age, to

whom the highest wages will be paid.Apply at this office, or to

Du. J. W. S. NORRIS,my 23 W'oodside, near Thomas’ Run.

O.MERRYMAX. B. P. KERCH, D. D. 8.

MERRYMAK & KERCH.DMTIBTB,

No, oJ North Calu rl Street ,

mh2s BALTIMORE.

HAY WANTED,JJRIME RAILED TIMOTHY HAY wanted at

I I I,APIDU M, llarli.nl county, Maryland, forI which the HIGHEST CASH PR IGF. will b¦paid. ANDREW ABELS, Agra;

8cp1.6. for Davii! A Pttglt.