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CARLISLE,-PA.
Frid l ly,,l,lpril 18, 1862.
PEOPLES' STATE COMMITTEE.
The members of the Peoples' State Central
Committee will meet at. the Continental Hotel
in"tho oily of Philadelphia, on Thursday, May
let, 1802, at three o'clock, P. IC, to determine
upon the time and place for holding a State
Convention to nominate candidates for Audi
tor General and Surveyor General, and to
transact such other business as may be pre
sented for consideration.
A. K. M'CLURE, Chairman,
JoHN M. SULLIVAN , Secretaries.
1:1E0. SV HAMMERSLY,
• ADJOURNMENT OF TIM LEGISLATURE. — The
ofviiB - - - StatEluijetirtred - SiTEE ziie , -
on Friday. Among the last acts were the
Anal passage of the apportionment and
appropriation bills. • The Senate refused to
concur in the House bill repealing the repeal
of the-tonnage tax. The act legalizing the
bank suspensions until February next, and
authorizing them to issue small notes to the
amount of 30 instead of 40 per cent of their
capital stock paid in, was passed. The
House bill granting a separate representa
tion to the counties of Bedford, Somerset,
Cumberland and Perry, was passed. Senator
Lawrence, of Washington County, was
elected speaker of the Senate for the recess.
Later from Europe
We have again later news from Europe.
Engliifid still continues excited over the naval
revolution, and it is proposed to stop all work
on fortifications or naval vessels, and to ap
ply the money to building iron-sheathed ves
sels. The Amerman improvements in ord
nance are attrakling attention. France and
Spain disapprove of the tomponry treaty made
in Mexico by their respresenatives.
:dr The HoN. THEODORE FRELIStIIIUYFEN
died on Saturday lost at his residence in New
Brunawick, aged 76 years. He was the
Whig candidate for the Vice Presidency on the
ticket with Henry Clay in 1814, but had also
been Attorney General of Now Jersey, United
States Senator, Chancellor of the University
of Now York, President of the American Sun
day School Union.
rebel commander at
"No. 10" was placed in a very humiliating
position, being compelled to take his choice
between receiving a parting kick from Uncle
Sam's Foote, to kizs the United States /Ipe's
toe, or to surrender at discretion. We think
he wisely choose the latter.
THE LIBERATION of the colonies from the tyr•
anny of King, George the Third was Jonsum.
mated at Yorktown ; and it looks now as if
the liberation of Virginia from the tyranny
of Jeff. Davis the Last, will be ccnsinn mated
on the scene of, Wt stlingtun's last great
military triumph.
JOHN BELL, a plank in whose platform
used to be "the enforcement or the laws,"
is urging the Southern churches to give
their bells to be cast into cannon. Ile had
better be careful. One of these days Uncle
Sam will convert this Tennessee Bell to a
canon mounted on a platform without a
carriage.:
SIGN OF A GOOD Ox.—You should stand he•
fors him, and be sure he has a tine hazle
large nostrils, broad at and above the eyes,
rather slim horns, toes straight out. .bcfore
him, straight in the knees, bosom lull, hack
straight, and wide hips. If you find these
points, you need not ask of what bred he is ;
but if you want one, buy him. A black eyed
oz is not to be depended on, us be will kick
and be ugly, white a short•headed ox will
start from the whip, but will soon forget it.
ENTRENCHED POSITIONS.—It is a little re
markable that the Rebels ht,vo never succeed
ectin deriving any particular advantage from
the great entrenched positions which they
have been so fond of holding. Their fondness
for depending upon these, rather than move
ments in the open field, is no do\ubt due, at
least in part, to the fact that their movements
have been guided to so groat an extent by
Beauregard, who is an engineer and not a
tactician. Napier makes some remarks upon
this line of policy, which seem to 'bear very
dirmStly upon the course pursued by the Re•
bels so far, and which they are still following
at Chattanooga and Corinth. Declaring that
is the defeat of the French on the Nivello
Soulti fared as most Generals will who seek
by extensive lines to supply the want of num
bers or of hardinesd in the troops." Napier
adds :
; It is not meant by this to decry ,entrenched
camps within compass, and around which an
active army moves as on a pivot, delivering
or Avoiding battle according to circumstances.
The objection applies only to those extensive
covering lines by which soldiers are taught to
consider themselves inferior in strength and
courage to their enemies. A General is thus
precluded from showing himself at important
points and at critical periods; he i s unable to
eneourake his troops or to correct errors; his
sudden resources and the combinations of ge
nius are excluded by the necessity of adhering
to the works while the assailants may make
whatever dispositions they like,. menace every
pohlt. and select where to break through.—
The defenders; seeing largo masses directed
against them, and unable to draw confidence
from a like display of numbers, become fear
ful,-knowing there must be some weak point
which is the measure of strength for• the whole.
The assailants fall on with that heat each. ve•
Immense which belongs to those who- act vol.
untarily on the offensive ; each mass strives
to outdo those on its right find loft, and fail
ure is only a repulse; whereas the assailed,
baying no resource but victory, look to their
flanks, and are more anxious about their
;104:there' fighting than their own."
A40140-THE CHEERING SIGNS or the times .
is :the annOtincemeht that more than two
:millions - Of dollars.were received from cud
lomn last week. —Thai in the midst of war,
commerce remains. -not only in an uninter•
rupted . but in a flourishing condition. The
exports : during.the' last year were, as is wall
/Anown; unusually large . ; „arid.riow the influx
of ,foreign. eopiroddities is sufficient to yield
a ietir handsome revenue. It was one of the
fatrorite fallacies of the Southern statesmen
that 'nearly' the, - whole foreign trade of the
country Was founded on the productions , and
the' consumption of the South—an:idea - i.'"ery
ooFapletely exploded by the receipts referred
to above at a time when trade with most of
thn -slave States is suspended, and by the
enormous list Of.'experts from New York
ans'atfltirP, porti. It would- be
oileionii 3 t6 - see ia'fitliteinent of the receipts of
"Southern Confederacy" from the Secession
tariff !: that ,was',„ ostantationaly, 'established
somir tatinths - ago. .1t is deubtful whether
a single rebel .onstonfeltnufni•':bes' Collected
enough 4:1.13ay . the, enemies of .suataining
wliic anthhti'aed: while :the authority,
- of the'Vnien was'achnblivlddeed;, iiothwith
standing :;the • assertion -. - of lfasory Slitlelh
ya t icog, Co., that our blochade
five, and the shallow 'pretence that the'Souta
fbraleilfeensumed the chief Portion of the
exports of the country; • - ;-, ,
The Allttiy,ettitit..M!opr,Tc?,,Sunater...
.Ivo 04119(anOTAlici!.12*9cAptit. f or p i pe.
away, aaft:y& - le Nor't4
withoutfindillgiiig reflections .upon'
the state of affairs' s :how existing on that.
daiin the jeer 1862, as corneal:ld Av!th' that
Which existed on the same day in the year
1861. What a Minditieri . of excitement were
we 1n then - How oomparately, calm we are
now ! With what. difficulty did we then realize
the fact of there being a rebellion in our help
py country ! 'Who among us elan -forget.- the
silent of indignation and the cry for vengeance
that rang out throughciut the indignant north
when the incredible tidings of merciless bom
bardment of a half starved, exhausted band
of seventy men for thirty-six hours arrived? ,
and when it was told us that there was rejoio•
ing throughout the south over the dastardly
achievement ? Well, the 12th of April has,
come around again and Sumter still remains
in the hands of its captors. Anderson, - the
hero of the scene, has retired from the active
duties of the profession ho so nobly adorned,
being disabled by sickness. For the present,
amid the din of war all over the land,
the memory of his unobtrusive heroism
is in abeyance, and will probably remain
so until the roar of conflict shall be heard as
more, and the impartial historian shall record
for a grateful nation the exploits of its noblest,
defenders. The name of Anderson will then
assume its right place in the temple of fame,
by the side of so many ethers who have since
earned for themselves undying remembrance.
What transitions of despondency and of
hope, of anger and joy, have we gone through
since the memorable 12th of April, 1861.
Big Bethel, Bull-l i tun and Ball's Bluff, a sad
alliteration, have Since been entirely scored
off, and more than repaid by Mill Spring, Pea
Ridge and Pittsburg Landing ; the loss of
Lyon and Baker has been compensated by
the 'death of Albert S. Johnston and the"dis
abling of Beauregard. But a still more strik
ing subject for reflection is the sudden devel
opment of the power of this nation. Truly
we have cause to be thankful to Sumter for.
something. Who this time last year dreamed
that the country contained such an amount of
military genius as now appears? Who ever
thought that before a year should pass the
skill of our naval architects would have
brought about a trial between two extraordi
nary engines of destruction which should re•
auk in entirely changing the system of mari
time warfare throughout the world? The
Merrimac and the Monitor are directly due to
the bombardment ef Suader,,althongh, doubt-.
loss in the course of time our architects would
have framed such vessels: still the spur of
sharp necessity has brought them out in time
to make the nations of the nations of the old
wet LI pause, if they have any intention of in
terfering with us. We may thank the born
. baedinent of Fort Sumter for having raised us
to the rank of the first military and the first
naval Power in the world.
There are yet: other things for which we may
thank it, and they are not small ones. It has
supplied us with a new stock of ideas, opened
our eyes to the real merits of the political
parties wile, earl; iiriCerivWC — p - rtirairie - nt
at Washington, and relieved us from the un
pleasant necessity of listening to tho ever re
con•ing speeches of noisy partisan demagogues.
What a lhes,ing it is that such men as John
C. Dreckinridge, MIII3OII, Slidell, Toombs Hun
ter and lVigfall have sunk itito the disgrace
from which henceforth they will never emerge.
Fur all purposes of future political promotion
Fort Sumter has wiped them out as completely
as if they had never existed; and their sup
porters cannot but take shame to themselves
when they reflect un what might have befal
len us loud they, or others like theta, been
placed at the head of the Executive. Let us
bear all these things in mind and hearts When,
in ci)ropliance with the President'srecommen
dation, we repair to church " to render thanks
to our Heavenly Fat-her for these inestimable
blessings." While thanking Him foe the vic
tories lie has vouchsafed to our arms, let us
also thank Him for having cleared our nation
al eouneils of traitors and obstructions, and
raised up another and a far higher class of
men to aid us in fufilling the groat destiny s'et
before us.
Doctrines and Objects of the
Republican Party.
So much is said by Democratic pints in
misrepresentation of I hedoctrines and objects
of the Republican party, that we deem it a
duty, from time to time, to re-iterate them in
Our columns by such authorities as may be
within our reach. The following extract
from a speech recently delivered in the U.S.
by Mr.' FESSENDEN, of Maine, is in point,
and we commend . it to all our renders as
faithfully reflecting the spirit of those doc
trines and the nature of those objects:
"i\ r• Pr - resident, that the party
would rejoice to see slavery abolished every
where, that they would rejoice if it no longer
existed, that they feel it to be a blot upon
our fair institutions and a curse to the
country, there is no doubt. I can answer,
for one, that has been my opinion always,
and I have expressed it here and elsewhere.;
but, sir, I have held, and I hold to day, and
I say to-day what I have said in my place
hofiu e, that the Congress of the United
States, or the people of the United States
through the Congress, under the Constitution
as it exists now, have no right whatever, to
touch, by legislation, the institution of sla
very in the States where it exists by low.
I have said that, and I say it again boldly;
for my position never has been misunderstood
on this subject. But, air, I say further, that
so far as the people of this country have the
power, under the Constitution, to weaken the
institution of slavery.; to deprive it of
force ; to subject it, as an institution, to the
laws of the laud.; to take away the political
influence which it has wielded in this country,
.and' to render it, fie far,as they can, a nullity,
they have the right to do so, and it is their
solemn duty to exercise- it. And I say,
'moreover, flint honorable Senators naistate
in endeavoring to excite the sensibilities of
their people by complaining of any consti
tutional action of ours upon this subject, and
,chargingiiS with_ a breath of our plighted
faith,'
. The following. front an editorial' inn rate
kips of the Buffalti Commercial alio states,:
briefly and clearly, the positie r n of the- Re.
publican party on the Slavery question :
"We believe that Slavery is - a great
wrong that it is a stenchlp the nostrils of
the Deity and, of all good men ; that it
shouldnot be allowed another inch of Ameri
eau soil upon which to fasten itself; that all
Men:Sures which Jooltio its peaceful and just
abolishMentllliould bewelcomed and put in
piactiee'; but-that, at the - smite tone, it has
'certain Joni' rights • ahfr- privileges, with
Which it is neither, proper, nor politic to-in
terfere, and that any .fOraible attempt •
.to,
altolish it is unjustifiable,'"
' Letno one, then, in this County.lie deceived
-into the belief thatthe PepublOus Contem
plate any rash extremen'er,anjuit - , and 'Ata.
constitutional measures.. They stand:-cam ,
mitted to' the restrkation - ofthe 'Union ' at all
. , . .
m
, liaZards,-,nd
alo the 'adoption any me-
Ares,indigpensible.to this end.; put in regard
tb , SlaVerir'' 'While 'decidedly iopPoSed to
t' 7 9.4ansiOn. - beyond' its :present limits, they
. propose no 'interference with it in 4tny of the
Statps its which it exists otherwise. than, in,
the form pf gradual Emancipation through
the action'of the Legislatures of the same ;
ri l .4 ll3' ittv,o ' .
:.:We'ol, close this 'article with et.,...hrief.
extract•,froin a late speech by EVO:'.
BliSitstex; 'of Ohio, in favor of the: , Presi 7 _
dent's Emancipation policy and - Of' the .at
pursitit of the declared objects of .thp Repub ,
. „. •
Bean party: .
"NOW, sir, I have no right to complain of
the reorganization ot the Democratic party,
or anything that helongs_to.it. It—is very
well known that I never belonged to the
Democratic party, and have no sympathy
with it. Although some 'of its members are
my personal frionda, Tet I have no faith in
it. All the' Disunionists, so far as I knew,
all the then' who are now fighting against
the Government—or thogreat body of them ;
I will not say all—werdeertainly" members
of that party. Ido not know 'that a single
-member of the- Republican partf—the' or.
_gaaizatien_te_Avhich_Late_proudda.b eking=
ever took up arms against his Government.
I have shown you, sir, bq. facts that no man
can ( controvert, — that there net'er was a party
more liberal and generous to open enemies
and manly foes, or to politital-adversaries.
Indeed, we have surrendered them every
thing; we have given them offices, honor,
power,'-patronage, in a seltsacrilicing spirit
without example. I do not care how soon
they reorganize the old Democratic party.
I wish they would. But does it not show to
us, Republican Senators, that it is necessary
if that is done, that we should have a party
organization ; that ine:ead of wandering
some here, some there, some everywhere,
we should say what we will stand upon, and
what we ought to do on various questions
growing out of the prosecution of this war?
I am willing, on those positions, to co-oper
ate with any one without reviving old party
ties."
The New Apportionment.
The following are the Congressional dis
tricts under the new apportionment:
1. Second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth and
eleventh wards in the city of Philadelphia.
11. First, seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth
wards in the city of Philadelphia.
111. Twelfth, thirteenth, sixteenth, sigh.
teehth and nineteenth wards in, the city of
Philadelphia.
IV. Fourteenth, fifteenth, twentieth, Conn
ty-first and twenty-fourth wards in the city of
Philadelphia,
V. Twenty-second, twenty third and twen
ty-fifth wards in the city of Philadelphia and
the county of Bucks.
VI. Montgomery and Lehigh counties.
VII. Chester and Delaware counties.
VIII. Berks county.
IX. Lancaster county.
X. Schuylkill and Lebanon counties.
XI. Northampton, Carbon, Monroe, Pike
and Wayne counties.
- • XII. Lucerne and Susquehanna counties: -
XIII. Bradford, Wyoming, Sullivan, Colum
bia and Montour counties.
XIV. Northumberland, Union, Snyder, Ju
niata and Dauphin counties.
XV. Cumberland, - Fork and Perry counties.
XVI. Adams, Franklin, Fulton, Bedford and
Somerset counties.
XVII. Cambria, Blair, Huntington and Mif
flin counties.
XVIII. Centre, Clinton, LYcoming, Tioga
and Potter counties.
XIX. Erie, Warren, McKean, Forest, Elk,
Cameron, Jefferson and Clearfield counties.
XX. Crawford, Vcnango, Mercer, and Clar
ion counties.
XXI. I,ndiana, Westmoreland and Fayette
counties. - - .
XXI[ Allegheny county south of the Ohio
and Allegheny rivers, including Nevil Island.
XX[II. Allegheny county north of the Ohio
and Allegheny river, and Butler and Arm
strong counties.
XXIV. Lawrence, Beaver, Washington and
Greene counties.
An Appeal for Bella
[From the Norfolk Day Book, April 2.]
The ordnance bureau of the Confederate ,
States ft,plieits the use of such hells• as can I
be spared during the war, for, the puypose of
providing
light artillery for the public de
fense. While copper is abundant, the
supply of tin is deficient to convert tbs cop•
per into _bronze. Bells contain so tnuclll
that 2,100 pounds weight of hell metal,
mixed with the proper quantity of copper,
will suffice for a field battery of •six pieces.
Those who are willing to devote their bells
to this patriotic purpose will receive receipts
for them, and the hells will, be replaced, if
required at the close of the war, or they will
be purchased at fair prices.
CANNON ' , Rom CHURCH BELLS
The Richmond Dispatch says the congre
gation of the Second Baptist Church in
that city, have by a unariim,owi vote given
their church beU to be cast into cannon to
be used in the public dc'ense. To show
that this was not an empty promise made
for effect, they immediately had it taken
down to be put to the use indicated. At the
same meeting at which the res.dution above
stated was passed, it- was determined to
subscribe a sum sufficient to purchase enough
metal to add to that in the bell to form into
a battery to be called the Second Baptist
Church battery. Mr, John F. Tanner, an
influential member of the church, and large
ly engaged in the foundery business, prom
ised on behalf of himself and his associates
that the battery should be ready at an early
day, and without cost to those who furnished
the materials. The- churches in Now Orleans
(a large preportion of them being Catholic)
have with the sanction of their• Bishop,
adopted the same course.
WIIY THE MONITOR. DID NOT PURSUE; THE
Mennudno.—Since the success of the Monitor
in her encounter with the Merrimac, on the
9th of March, many persons have expressed
their astonishment that the "cheese box" did
norpursue the retreating Merrimac and sink
her before she arrived at Norfolk. We have
no doubt that such a consummation would
have caused intense. rejoicing through the
country. It was a very feasible theory, but
unfortunately there was an insurmountable
obstacle to its being put into practice.
/ The rebels have exorcised the same patient
qdre in the preparation-of .their-defences at
Norfolk that they manifested in watching.the
Merrimac grow from '• a sunken frigate to a
formidable iron.olad leviathan. Tho labor of
months and the expendittife of hundreds of
thousands of dollars upon their pet scheme
was no trifle for them,,and every precautien
was taken to prevent a failure. .They .con
structed a trap at the mouth of the Elizabeth
river, so that in ease the Merrimao should he
oompelled•to floe Mina an attacking force the
pursuing-ships-might - be ensnared, and nom.
pelted to surrender. ' •
The channel of - the Elizabeth 'rlyer......Wae
staked :out With, piles so that a 'clear olannel
of from seventy to ninety feet only was fatly
which Norfolk could be approached. Just be.'
yond the mouth of the riyer'the 'Germantown
was meered;ivith airings upon her cable and
ready for instant Movement: .'The ship, was
also prepared, by boring, so that she Could be
sunk in fife minutes after,the valve'repes were
drawn. The plan was, in case the Merrimaa
-was pursued, to iet: her and her pursuers pats .
,in, and then swing - the" 'l3lerraltntown across
the channel and sinkher; thus -Placiag'an
it:usable barrier to' the. eseap,e .of,the pursuing
vessels... •
the prlopiplo upon-which ri
rat-ia trappeit op° may readily see whitt would
litivo :been the poeVlon of, our, !'ehiepe ,
the 'Elizabeth river williAlieliars put up. All
our efforts to release her - would have proven
-futile, eta Veit 0 . 4 ONO' een compolloctao
• ,
reboil]. a far greater initiator - . flan the.lohs• of
our two noble 'frigate's,
,I,t.nnuai lie . borne hi
;:igind.that our eueollea ire' pe feittlelo
lion, 08 oureelvos,
For the herald
OUR • COUNTRY.
Oh;;;great Amerclan people—favored of all
—pillar. of the' liberty.-senile of mankind—
remember
. 661..intrY to preserve
and cherish in thiunity and
that abbid." Man since Adam, has abtfsed all
.
daw—battling against his interests, '
temporal
and external.' See it in the disobeying
of the laws given upon Mount Slate. See it
in the downfall of nations—as from genera
tion to generation the mighty of earth have
striven for power, might and strength. See.
it in you, not neatens With a beautiful coun
try, a desirable climate, national glory and
happiness. Onward with tour destiny—
sustain the Union: and Constitution, that your
children's children, in coming ages may call
.you bjessed,
You battle for , a future. The South is
wrong. The Union must be sustained. God
and-erian-proclainy-that—the.rebellion—muSt be.
crushed. How prophotio Jackson, load the
first man who said secession—been hung, no
national cloud world now e:erspread the hori
zon of our country - .
Oh, ye of the North, onward with a firm,
decided purpose,-and in-conquering,.show the
South that you/ are their benefactors, in re
lieving them* of viper traitors, who lead thorn
in an unholy cause.
Rise, then,ln the majesty of your strength
—yet yours is an unsulied ConstitutiN and
unimpaired Union. Lot blood and treasure
Row—with him who "sacrifices all things for
the thing loved,"—sacrificing all.for country.
Washington and the host of depleted—
builders of your grandedifice, who proclaimed
liberty and Union -in life—have in solemn
tones called upon you to falter not, or merit
the name of worse titan traitors—for that you
could, but would not hand down to posterity
the most perfect form of government.
Webster, in life, - thus spoilt - of V;rarren at
Bunker hill.—Meer the echo—in-death of
Washington.
"How shall f struggle with the emotions
that stifle th6 4 utteranee of , thy name. Our
poor Work may perish, but thine shill' endure.
This monument may moulder away and the
solid ground'it Teats upon may sink to a level
with the sert...but thy memory shall never fail.
Wherever among men shall be found a heart
that beats to the transports of patriatism and
liberty—its nspirati ns shall be to claim kin•
dred with tit - I - spirit. ° COLORADO.
WAR NEWS
We hare a very bad report from New Mex
ico, through rebel sources, to the etfect"that
Col. Canby Sias unconditionally surrendered
the fort and his command to the Texans.
The rebel accounts of the great battle at
Pittsburg only cover the first day, but they
officially confirm the death of Johnston. Our
own =counts allege that Gen: Prentiss esca
ped in the confusion of the rebel retreat
Gen. C. F. Smith was •not in the battle, nor
near it. Ile was sick at Savannah, from the
effects of a wound. General Grant was not
there at the time the battle began, but five
miles off, and did not arrive until a great deal
of the damage had Leen done. The army
was under the command of Gen. Wallace. A
cavalry ((Moe of the enemy had been near our
lines for siveral days prior to the battle, and
it Was known to our generals. Beauregard is
now in command of the rebel army.
All the Pennsylvania volunteers wounded in
action eltrrlog - the war ore to be - brought to
Philadelphia for hospital cure.
The rebel steamer Nashville, on escaping
from Beaufort, was run out to sea and taken
to Charleston.
A body of 2400 United States troops, with
fourteen fuur-pouud howitzers, after shelling
Pass Christian on the 4th, landed and took
possession. The rebel garrison escaped.
The Richmond Whig says that in the groat
bathle at *taburg landfall, the rebel General
nu.artu.
Oui - qro4pß al` Island No. 10 have found and
captured two mul, splendid batteries of rifled
guns left itt the woods below tile bland by the
'faers.
Generalfilchell's division of Buell's corps
has captured the city of Huntsville, Ala., with
two hundred prisoners, fifteen locomotives,
many cars, &c. This is one of the main sta
tions on the Memphis and Charleston railway.
General' Sigel has left Curtis' army and
gone to St. Louis sick. The advance guard
of Curtis' army, under Gen. Steele, is near
the Arkansas line. The rebels are reported
to be transferring their forces to Pocahontas,
in northeastern Atkiinsas, to check Pope's
victorious arm v. .
Gen. Pope's official report of the capture of
Island No. 10 says that the enemy sunk the
gunboat Grampus and six of (heir transports,
but in a few days they will be raised and
ready for service. The famous floating bat
tory was scuttled and turned adrift with all
her guns :aboard, but she was captured and
run aground-. in shoal water 'fiy our forces at
New Madrid, so we have got all their vessels,
batteries and troops. The men taken consist
ed of three generals, seven colonels, seven
.entire regiments and several independent bat
talions of infantry, and five companies of ar
tillery.
Our troops before Yorktown had two skir
mishes with the enemy on Friday. In one, a
New Yorkcregiment drove off the rebels, and'
several men were wounded on each side. In
the other,lhe Fifty-seventh and Sixty-third
Pennsylvahia regiments were engaged, and
lost t 79 men killed and four wounded.
Presidei.t Lincoln hag nominated Briga
dier Geneial Mitchell to be a Major General
for gallant, services at Huntsville ) and other
'places.in4l..labama.
The enlistment of loyal regiments in
Tennesserf has been commenced, under the
auspices Of Governor Johnson.
Our last advices from Staunton leaves'
Gen. Banks' column a long distance from
Wincliestrr-en the road towards Staunton,
and' Gena GenMilroy in the opposite direction
from western to central Virginia. General
M. has advancedhver Rich Mountain, Cheat
Mountain, Greenbrier Mountain, and other '
spars of the .great Apalauhian range, and
over the Main Alleghany into the Highland
county. lie. has occupied. Monterey, a little.
villago','Welt is the seat of justice in High
land county, also a village in the 'same
county, but further north, called Crablißot•
tern; which the telegraph has refined to
;Ciabbolten. In front of him, fifteen miles
distant r 4es, the Shenandoah mountain an
- 7tax;tetiltioml'of - the North mountain of ..the- 1
tOun'tlerlt#d valley-Pennsylvania. The reb.
els'afe 'reperted to be 'fortifying themselves
bast of this ..rangei At Monterey, Gen.„
111iIro9,; asabout thirty.five miles from
the ; thive , !'' of.`• Staunton;--the--capital of
AuguSto, county, and not, more than twenty.
five miles from. t he Virginia Central railway,-
which.ruto to: Staunton, and - connects with
all the otlier,railways of-the southeastern
part.of dill Stale, 'His nievelnents are
-portant,. :Saturday*, it' will be remembered,
the dotifederates, two thousand ins nitinber,
with 'cavalry and .artilloryi altaelced and
drove iettbe. piskets 'of 'Gon..-.4itroy, bear'
`Monterey t „ A. sharp skirmish ensuedovhieh
resulted in,thp
. flight of tho insurgents,
Ftotn the rebel newspapers we have the
intelliget!tee that.Fert attire mouth
aftlie patfaAriall river, has been captured by
the 'United States-forbes.... It :'ettriendered
- nricOtiditientillyi afters. bombard denO?ftwo
.days,dri which - severr breachos.avere'inado, in
the 'walls', all the berbette guns .faciiig'eur
licittery, disintinnted. as well ad:three - of --the
.easbiriate..gunsi and three halls 'enetrated
the,rotig4tne... The',eyenitig. previotia to the
..Surre`rider; the rebel' commander, telegaphert
'that miefire. was so. terrible • that no' human
being could stand non. the ramparts. Our
battery of eight guns was at ICing s Landing,
and the balls went through'ilie walls of the
fort.
Tlie full extent of our loss at the great-,
battle of Pittsburg. Landing is at length be
ginning to be known—h is, killed 1450 ;
wounded 2500; missing 2500 ; total, 6450.
We captured 201 Y rebel prisoners, and bur.
ied 2200 rebel aead, making their loss 4400,
exclusive of the Wounded who - were carried .
off in the retreat. We retook all the batter
ies lost on Sunday, and captured 'twelve
pieces from the enemy. On Tuesday Gen.
Beauregard sent a flag of truce, asking per
mission to bury.birdead, but it was refused.
The latest accotinta from Pittsburg Land•
ing say that on Tuesday, after the battle, at
strong reconnoisancp was made by our troops
who found the enemy distant at least fifteen
miles. The impression was that an advance
would soon be made by our troops. Our
troops are stretched over a space eight miles
in extent, so that there was only a .distance
of two miles between the
_pickets of the two
armies.
A force of 400015. S. troops, in five trans.
ports, left Pittsburg Landing on Saturday
ui ht, accompanied by two gunboats, .and
went up the Tennessee river to Eastbort,
Miss., where they- landed, marched inland,
destroyed two great bridges on the Mobile'
and Ohio railroad, and thus cut off the main
rebel army at Corinth from communication
with Alabama. A rebel cavalry force there
was routed, with the doss ()flour killed.
Deatire,gard's account of the second, day's
fight at Pittsburg Landing claims a complete
victory; Ile says that he captured thirty.
six guns and eight thousand prisoners.
The reported death of Beauregard is
generally believed to be a canard.
The rebels seem to have everywhere
changed their defensive policy and assumed
the offensive ; attacking our columns when
ever a chance of a collision occurs and
charging furiously.
The main body of the rebels in Arktinsaii
has marched to Pocahontas, and proposes a
raid'into Missouri, toward Rolla. Price's
rebels have retreated to Van Buren.
A dispatch is. said to have been received
at the Navy Department, saying that Pope's
army and Foote's fleet h4ve gone to Fort
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Highly Important from the South
VA -
UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER
OF FORT PULASKI,
B I.TINUME, April 15
The Savtotnah RepuNieivt of the 12th
in , t., announces the unconditional surrender
of Fort Pulaki upon the proceding day.
Seven large breaches wero ntade in the
walls by our batteries of Parrott Funs at
Kings landing, and all the harhette gone on
that side and three casemate guns were die
moonted.
''Three halls en'ered the, tnagazine.
Col. Olmstead, the rebel commander, sig
nalled the day previous to surrender, that
our tire Was so to that no human being
could stand upon the parapet t a or even a MU .
Went.
LATER
Confirmation of the News by South
ern Papers.
Fificriti:ss Roy, April 15
A 11.i . g of ti lice went up to Crane}• Island
this afternoon and brought back two Norfolk
papers.
They were taken to Head Quarters, and
th.tud containing the important information
of the uncontlitiomil suriender of Fort Pit
T:isk i tan 'brill iiceoi•dmi ee with
the policy that. prevails here., to keep even
good hews from the representatives of the
press..
I am, however, enabled to give you the
subst:inee of the glorious ne , is as published
in the Savannah Republican.
• It says substantially that it learns with
deep regret that after a gallant defence
against guns mostly superior, Fort Puluski
:surrendered unconditionally at 2 o'clock
P. M. yesterday, the 11th inst.
Corporal Law, of the Pulaski Guard, who
did not leave Thunderbolt 'until altef the
flag was hauled down brings the intelligence
of the event•
The surrender was unconditional
Seven large breaches were made in the
smith wall by the leder 1 batteri - es of eight
Pariott guns, at King's Landing
All the barbettg o uns on that side were
dismounted and also three of the casemate
guns, leaving but one gent hearing on that
point.
The halls entered the magazine, and a
clean• breach was made in it.
Tlm halls used wore conical, and were
propelled with such force that they went
clear through the walls at nearly every tine.
Colonel ttlinstead, ‘,lto was in command,
telegraphed the previous evening that no
human being could stand upon the ramparts
for event CI single moment, and that, over
1,000 large shells had exploded within the
fort.
The Republican publishes the above as a
postscript to a part of its edition, and makes
no comment nor gives !inn particulars as to
the number of men :Lod officers in the fort
at the time of its surrender. It says, how
ever, that none of its defenders were killed,
and but four wounded.
Occupation of Huntsville, Alabama,
Cienr . ral IEOOI in I'n:session—Fifteen
Locomolice.v Ad Torn Hundred Prisoners.
following Dispatch has been received
by the Secretary of IVar :
Hin LIU A icr nas OF Till RD DIVISION,
Huntsville, Ala , April 11.
After a forced march of incredible diffi
culty, leaving Fayetteville yesterday at 12
M., my advanced guard, consisting of Fur•
coin's brigade, Kennett's cavalry and Sim
son's battery, entered Huntsville this morn
ing at Ii o'clock.
The city was taken completely by sur
prise, not one having considered the marel
practicable in the time. We have captured
about 200 prisoners, fifteen locomotives, a
large amount of passenger and box and
platform cars. Uri: telegraph aparatus and
office, and two southern mails.
We have at, last 'succeeded in cutting the
great artery of railway communication
between the southern States.
(Signed,) 0. M. MITCHELL,
Brig. Gen Com'ding
[Huntsville is the shire town of Madison
sunlit v, Alabama. It is on the Memphis
and Charleston Railroad, 150 miles N. N.
front Tusealuosa, and 116 miles in a
southeasterly direction from Nashville.
The town contains many handsome buil
and'a courthouse which cost $l5,
000 and a bank buildMg which cost $BO,-
000. The town contains six churches, a
United Stales laud office. three newspaper
offices, and two lemale.seminaries It is in
the midst of a fine farming, region, and
among the southwesteru spurs of the 411 e.
gheny range.
WAR - BULLETIN
DEATH OP BEALIREOARD REPORTED DISPATCH
rnom GEN. BANKS.
IVoodstocic, Vit.,. April 13.—T0 the Hon.
Edwin M. Stanton, Secretory of War.—We
learn from Jackson's camp, this morning, that
Gen. Beauregard is dead. The : report cornea
direct from rebel souroes, near ..iount 'Jack
eon.
Impressive services were hold to day in all
the brigades. -
Nothibg, now to report in regard to tho ene
my. *(Signed,)'
N. P. ljAmcs, Major General.
. .
Tun 'tiepins 'LEAVING FREDERIOSOURG ron
' Itrenmosn AND YORKTOWN.,--:PISPATOR FROM
GEE. MoDawn4.
• To the lion. I.lll,Win M. Stanton, Secretary
of. War.--zCattlet's Strition, , April 18.—An in
telligent negro has jtist, come in from Stafford
county, and
,says that. his master returned this
.morning' from Erederickorg to his home in
Itichmend, and told his'wife, in thoMegro'it
presence, that, till We oneritys troops had loft
iFroderioksbnrg for r ltiolunond and Yorktown, -
t,ho laSt of them /eavirtgort,Saturday inbrning.
~! T his ;line .jtist hewn ':conftrmed another
negro, (Signed,) .. . •
inwls MCDoWOLL, Major General:
FROM NORTHERN ALABAMA.
Gen. Mitchell following up his achtevenienl•
the Churleston . and MCorpleis Railroad.—+Ad.
•i)ance to Decdtier, at the West and.Sievenson
function on the East.—The Eneing , "retrcat
without firing a shot. „
WASHINGTON,
portant despatch was imeeiv,ed.by the Seoreta
rymf _Warpto day
NASHVILLE, April, 14. On Saturday morn
ing two expeditious were started from Hunts
ville, Alabama, with the captured cars. One
under Col. Sill, of the Thirty•third Ohio, went
east to Stevenson's Junction of the Chatta
nooga Railroad with the Memphis and Charles
ton Road, which point they seised, a force of
2,000 of the enemy retreating without firing
a shot. Rove they captured five locomotives
and a large amount of rolling stock. The oth
er expedition under Col. Turchiu, of the Nine
teenth Illinois, went west and arrived at De
catur in time to save the railroad bridge, which
was in flames as- they approached
Gen. Mitchell now holds about one hundred
_miles of Iti_Q_Marophis _ancL_Charleston
road.
From the Mountain Department
General 111itroy's Official Dispatch—Skil . -
, mike and iqight of theßebeld.
To the 'lon. Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary
at War :
Wheeling, Aprill3.—A. dispatch just re•
ceived from General Milroy . at Monterey,
under date of yesterday, states asfollows:
"The rebels, about 1000 strong, with two
cavalry companies and two pieess of artil
lery attacked my pickets this morning about
I 0 o'clock and drove them. some two miles.
sent out reinforcements, consisting of
two companies of the 75th Ohio, two corn.
panics of the second Virginia, two comps.
tries of the 32d Ohio, one gun of Capt.
llymen's battery and one company of canal
ry, all under Major Webster. The skirm
ishing was brisk for a short time, but the
rebels were put to fl•tght with considerable
loss. The casualties on our side were three
men of the 75th bluo badly wounded. The
men behaved nobly.
(Signed) J. C. FRP:MONT,
Major General Commanding.
Reinforcements for the Mountain
Department.
117i ,,, titw, April 13.—Intelligence re
c . [ Will _Washington-tit ales-tha,
transportation fur this department bee been
ordered, and that reinforcements are to be
sent forward by Gen. Ifienker.
A telegram from Gen. Schenck,. district
of Cumberland, gives a rumor. that the rebel
Gen. Jackson Las ordered his Greenbrier
force, -1000 strong,, to Moorfield. They are
not yet in sight.
General Milroy, at Monterey, reports or
ganized bands of thieves a.,a murderers,
under commissions from ex Governor ketch
er, iu that., vicinity, and Lis prompt-measures
to restrain them.
General Cox sends encouraging news
from the Kanawha, but speaks of it. week 'ol
terrific stortn, buttumlcss roads, and rivers
over the banks.
THE GREAT TENNESSEE
BATTLE.
VURTIIER PAR ricur,Ans
Sr. Louts. April 12. —Mqjor McDonald, of
the Eighth Miss ,nri, arrived 14./ night, direct
from Pittsburg Liudtug. lie confirms the
loath or A. S. Johnson, and was told by a
prisoner, a Lieu!, n tat, that liushrod Johnson,
who escaped from Fort. Donelsoh, was also
lle thinks all the repo is about
Lit.uregtiard Wounded unreliable
An onimr of the New Orleans Creole Bat
talion, who wag taken prisoner, says Beau
regard made a speech on Saturday, the day
before the battle, in which he told the troops
that the result was a sure thing, and they
could not, fad to capture Grant's army and
'then Whip Buell, and thus hold their railioads.
If they lost the day, he said they might as
well lay down their arms and go home.
The story of the escape of General Prentiss
it nut believed. The greater part of his bri
gade were taken prisuuers early in the tight
of Sunday.
The beginiug of the light on that day was a
total surprise, many officers and soldiers
ovurtnketi iu their tents and slaughtered
or taken prisoners. Gen Smith was not in
the -fight. but lying sick at Savannah, nut
being :Otte to get out of bed.
slur forces on Sunday were not over 35,(100
The enemy's lurce was not less shan 00,000,
The Rebel Quartermaster says ¶30.000 rations
were issued before they left Cornish.
The secon I day's fight was not half as des
perate as I lie first. The rebels soon gar° way
befot e fresh troop.
Maj,gr McDonald thinit.s our killed was at
team 1,000, and wounded 3.000. Ile says
foutteen or sixteen hundred of the Rebel
wounded were lea On the field, and thinks
their killed auieunt to 3,000, besides the
wounded. We did not take inure 500 prison-
The rintly offten. Wslinee—The Report
ed,ieseape or Gen. Prentiss 'Untrue.
CAIRO, April 13 —Tito body of General Wal
lace, killed in the battle of Pittsburg Landing,
has ari Trod here. Also, nearly three hundred
pri,oners.
Tho twice repeated report of the escape of
General Prentiss. from the enemy is now con
tiailicted ; it is no do.ibt untrue.
Death of n oat Governor" John-
Don If.ento.cley.
Loutsvimm, April 13 —A wounded Rebel
officer from Pittsburg Landing reports. drat
the Rebel Jro veso ,1 Governor Johnson, of
Kentucky, was killed on Monday. It, had
previously been reported that he was wound•
ed
The Attack on Fort Pillow..
COMMODORE FOOTE'S FLEET SUFLLING
THE FORT.
=3
GEN. POPE'S COMMAND ON THE AR .
KANSAS SIDE OF THE RIVER.
WASIIINOTON, April 1.13,
The Secretary of the Navy has received the
following :
CAIRO, ILL., April 15—The flotilla hoe been
within three quarters of a mile of Fort Pillow,
and then returning, took up position two
miles further up
The rebel gunboats escaped, below the fort.
Ten mortar boats had opened fire.
This is up to Ms o'clock last evening.
General Pope's command occupied the Ar
kansas side of the river.
FROM NEW MEXICO
Another F‘glit 'cab the•Rebel4.—The Enemy
Routed—The Rebel Supply Train Captured
and burned.--Union Lass 3 Officers and 20
Privates Killed and 40 to 50 Wounded
DENVER, CITY, April 7, Via JuLEsnung,
April O.—lnformation received from Now
Mexico states that on the 2Gth ult. „Col.
Hough, with thirteen hundred men, reached
the Apache pass. His advance, consisting
of three companies of cavalry, had an en
gagement some distance beyond this placd.
.mith two-hundred_ and fifty rebel cavalry,
and took fifty prisoners.
was fuur killed and eleven wounded.
At Pigeon ratiehe, fifteen miles from
Santa Fc, on the 28th, Col: . Hough met a
force of 1,000 Texans, strongly pested'at the
mouth of a canon.
The fight began about noon. Col. Hough
engaged them in front with seven compa
nies, while Muj,, Cherrington, with four
companies, engaged thith ifiT thifrear. The
latter force succeeded in driving the rebel
guard away from the supplyirain, which
was 'captured and burned.
..They also captured one cannon and spiked
it. •
•
The fight continued desperately till 4
o'cleck, when it ceased by. mutual consent.
Col. Heugh withdrew his forces to a. creek
four miles distant. Theloss on the United
StateS side was three officers and twenty
privates killed, and from forty to fifty Wound ;
ed, The rebel lose is *known. = Connu,
nication between, COI. Hough and Cion:Can by
is continually kept up. . • ;
Diarviter tin tixp-D0iw4i . 540, anti Ariaiiiin
•-
-SpnArrox, Pa., April dttim.noar
Carbondale, on tho Delawaro, and . iniattwi
Railroad Works, broke last night, sWe'etring
away a number of iaborers d • i!ellings. Nine
persons drowned. The water filled tiie mines
in the vicinity and did other damage.
Abolition of Sla7ery in the District
of Cotplitbia
Tin BILL SIONDD . ItY TILE ,BRESIDENT
The President has signed the bill for the
abolition of slavery in the District, and has
drawn up a special - message on the subject,
which was sent to Congress to-day. The
commissioners under the not, are ex•hfaycr
Barrett of Washingtim, Hon. S. F r Vinton,
of Ohio, and Dan'l H. Goodie°, formerly - of
North Carolina. whose duly is is to investigate
and determine the validity of claims pies'ett
ted.
tit aith Cent zdteti:
PUBLIC SALE.—On Tuesday, the 29th
A:lTtirgeon, in conse
quence of his intention to remove from this
place, will offer a large quanity of Personal
Property, composing his entire household . Mr+
nituro. Among the list-of articles are bed
steads, mattresses, bureaus, tables,chaire, &e.
A fine carriage 'will \ I/180 be sold. House
keepers. will find it to their advantage to be it
attendance.
SAVE YOUR GRAPES.—The following
precan'ion carefully observed,, will prevent
the ravages 'of those insects, which at this
season of the year are so des tractive to the
grapes ; In whitewashing grape trellises and
houses, mix with the whitewash, flour or
sulphur, in quantity so as not to affect the
color. There is nothing better to drive
away insects.
NEW Music.—Our enterprising friend,
Mr. A. LENiz, who has just established a mu
sic store in our town, is determined to furnish
our citizens with the very best articles in his
-line that the onuntry produces. In the mat
,' ter of sheet music, he is in constant corres
}l pondenee with the best publishers, and is
kuvertyrday , reettivitrptheilatestAlmvlztioutitroTre--- -
iAmong the newest and best pieces aro “Min
{ nie Clyde" and the "Captain with his Whis
kers," the ballads so charmingly rendered, a
short time since, by Mrs. Emit
" Marching. Along," is another favorite of the
same artiste "Monitor March," and "Burn
side March," aside from their names, aro in
strumental pieces of rare power and beauty.
air. Lena- has 'sold to Mr. Robert Irvine,
Br., for his.sons,-.three- of the elegant pianos
from his store, and has received another in
voice from the same popular manufacturer.
STH ARTITAEHY.—Battery " L," of
the sth U. S. Artillery, arrived at Carlisle
Barracks, on Wednesday last.
,This battery
his just been recruited in this State, and will
remain here some time for practice. Its offi
cers are Captain—Doll - Aar. Lieutenants—
RANDoi.rn and SPOONER.
PROMOTED.—We are pleased to learn
that Maj. L. TODD of the Ist Regiment P. R. V.
C has been appointed Colonel of the 89th
-Regiment P-. V. vice GoL.:-141-camr; killed- in
battle. -
CAPT. R DT. HcanEnsos, of Carlise Penni
hies, has been elected Lieut. Colonel of the
71h Regiment P. R. V. C , vice Lieut. Col.
TOTTEN, resigned on account of ill health.
--Democrat.
ne„,,At a meeting of the Faculty of
Teachers of the Common Schools of Carlisle,
held on Saturday April 12, 1862, the follow
ing officers were elected for the ensuing year:
President—Prof. D. Eckels.
Vice President —S D. Hampton.
Treasurer—R. D. Cameron
Secretary—Theo. Cornman.
Corresponding Secretary—J. M. Mason -
helm er.--Democra t.
MEDICAL TESTIMONY EXTRAORDINARY.
—Some years ago there lived in the lower end
of this county, one Dr. 13—. The Doctor
was a gentlemap of Teutonic descent, and
had a rather limited knowledge of the English
language. Where he received his diploma no
one knew, and the fact of his having been one
at all, was doubted by a few skeptics, who said
that the Doctor administered relief to horses
and cows, in his own country, instead of men.
During his .residence there, an old lady,
whom the Doctor was in the habit of attend
log, di e d. She was possessed of some pro
perty, and there wasp. dispute about her will.
In duo time the case came to court and the
Doctor was called to the stand to testify as to
the sanity of the testator. The counsel for
the plaintiff said: "Well Doctor 13 , -- you
attended the deceased I believe."
" Yeah."
"Well do you think her mind was affected?"
'Nell you see she yust carried de broof glass
in her sohpruken and yust put it into the
schpunk hole, und fer duyvel she trinkt und
she trinkt 'till she go) feverish unt
un I gif her flix oil wt t. flux oil, nut double
paregoric magnesia, and cured her up sohwint !
What's . that" said the Judge.
The Dbotor repeated.
" Sheriff put that man out lie's crazy."
The Doctor vvas hustled from the Court
room protesting that he was -all .right in • his
mind, but his English was so very bad 'that
no one understood hiL.
'We have taken the following
list of counterfeits of a number of Banks
in this State from Peterson's Counter-
feit Detector. Since the banks have been
permitted to issue small notes, we are flooded
with this kind of circulating medium, and
persons can't be too . careful. Preserve *tit
list for reference.
Alleghcity-Bank, Pittsburg, -l A ',
H. Hepburn, Pres. J. W. Cook, Cash.
2s, altered—vig. two females and money,
female, shield and 2 en right ; ship and 2 on
left.
Bank of Danville., Danville,
Edward 11. Baldy, Pros. ; Geo., A. Frick
Cash.
Is, spnr.—vig., an eagle poised on frame . ,
man each side; brig and 1 oc right, female
feeding eagle on left.
Bank of Middletoton, Middletown, 4.
- George-Sm -Cameron.
2s, relief notes, vig., female seated ort•
figure 2 ; farmers at work in back ground.
Columbia. Bank, Columbia, 1.
1)r. Barton Evans, Pres.,• • S awl Shoeb
Cash.
Don't issue any 3s.
ls, altered--vig., an eagle poised on a
shield, cars, etc ; on right end, .a girl glean ,
ing and fig. 1 ; on.left female seated near
grain, -holding an eagle and the stars and'
stripes. ' - •
4 25, imitation—vig., eagle on• shield, left
wing is blurred; locomotive, ear'-' Washing
ton on the left; female and child on the
right. • ".
3s, altered—vig., male and female seated:
under a• tree, 3 each side; female.
. - • .
-Easton Rank, Easton. .
par.•
David D. , Wagener, , ,Vres:; Win. Etaoliett,
s, 2s; as,_ Ge,vig; ; cars.; some' have Tug. ,
an bolding a how; others have for a vig...•
noarr plowing 'wan oxen. •
2s; altered•-vik,i wan in field cutting
grain; 'man plOughing On. l'eft• end; two
cupids, on right . • -
-28, train oi cars and Indian