A CHRISTIAN PATRIOT AND MARTYR.
Chaplain Twichell gives the Inde
pendent the following account of an
interview with the lamented General
Nice, a few days before ho fell in one of
the battles of the Wilderness. General
Bice was a member,of Madison Square
Presbyterian Church, Rev. Dr. Adams’,
New York:
When the orderly admitted mo,at the
time appointed, the General was givinw
audience to three private soldiers of his
command, who had come for counsel
in some matter. It was delightful to
witness the spirit that presided at the
interview. The grace with .which hrn
kindness met their confidence showed
that kindness and confidence were the
law and custom of the place ; yet, no
onecouldhave failed to perceive that the
proprieties of rank were not, in the
least article, violated. That he was
their commander appeared as plain as
that ho was not their tyrant. When
finally he dismissed them, satisfaction
and gratitude shone in all thoir faces,
and I comprehended, why it was that
once (as I- hoard himself tell,) during
the “ Seven Days” in the summer of
'62, when ho was colonel, the remnant j
of his wasted regiment, ordered in as a
forlorn hope to save a battle welt-nigh
lost, followed him steadily up, strug
gling through the refluent tide of our
own broken line—tmtil it dashed, bay
onet to bayonet against that of the ene
my, sweeping down fifty to one, and
stopped it at the fearful cost of nearly
half that'started. Thesmiloof encou
ragement by which ho lighted the hearts
of his men, and more than that, the
frequent prayers he offered, kneelingin
their midst, boded ill to the foe against
which he led them. Thus was my fore
noon with Gen. Rice introduced. Be
fore it ended I. hoard him say many,
many things, that I wish might be told
in his own noble words—it would honor
his memory so much more than can any
representation of mine. But the long
intervening agony of this campaign,
whose battles have almost jostled each
other—the echoes of one scarcely dying
out before the thunders of the next have
begun—makes that quiet Aprilday seem
a great way back, and I cannot recall
it as I would. His words, as he uttered
them, are for the most part gone from
me, but their substance and manner,
and the impression they mado on me,
are vivid as yesterday. His country
was theone engrossing theme with him.
He did not much discuss parties, or
campaigns. Though he gave his opinion
freely of both, neither political aspects
nor alone themilitary situation appeared
uppermost in his thought; but rather
the true goal of our legislation and our
arms—the advancement Ait T.ihoi>hy
That it was tbo duty and privilege of
the nation to be free was a truth that,
on this day at least, possessed him ut
terly. He betrayed little interest in
other things. We walked out, looked
at his horses, talked somewhat of men
and books,remembered our Alma Mater,
touched on a variety of topics, and oc
casionally a Btaff officer came with
business ; 'but whatever the diversion,
the General each time Boon returned
from it to the cause for which, soul and
body, be was in arms; and, listening, I
felt the charm that dwells in consecra
tion. I wish again that I could repeat
all the strong words his loyalty chose;
but these Ido remember: As wo strolled
through an orchard tha,t adjoined his
quarters, he slopped me by the shoulder,
and, turning . so that we faced each
other, said, with a great weight of
earnestness on every syllable, and his
eye burning: “ Why, I have thought
this over so much, and have lain awake
so many nights in anxiety for the coun
try, and have grown to love her so
He did not conclude the sentence j but
the intensity of his expression, and
especially on the last clause, though it
was tenderly spoken, was such that to
have added, “ That I offer her my life,”
would have weakened the sense. After
a Bilence,.he continued, “If we should
fail in this war, and I survive it, my
course is determined. I shall never
leave off fighting for Liberty—if not in
this country, in some other—if not with
my sword, with my pen—to tbo end of
my life.” And so the General went on,
as long as I remained his guest, break
ing out his passionate devotion to the
truth, for which, in a few days, he was
to Bpillthe bloqdbf his bravo heart ; and
knowing how many times his knight
hood had bhen proven in the fires of
conflictj he; to me, whilespeak
ing, as grand as man could be.
Of the Christiah piety' thatwas Gen.
Rice'S eminent trait, though it was man
ifest In ibis ■ whole conversation, I have
not spoken distinctively, because I had
yet something to relate - that will set it
clearly forth! ,My. desire tQ tell this
moved mo - more than anything else,
to write a sketch of the visit-
As the day advanced to noon, and we
returned from our walk to his room, we
fell talking of what would follow if our
cause should be lost. The strain grew
more and more sombre, till it dropped
iiflto silence—a silence which the Gene
ral broke by saying, as one proposing
the solution of a difficulty, “ Suppose we
praV 1” So rose, and taking-the Bible
from the shelf, opened it and read the
4th ohapterof 2d Corinthians—“ There
fore, seeing we have the ministry,” etc.
after a manner ' that showed how
deeply he-felt that a ministry had been
lo liiffi. At the Bth verse he
paused to look up and smile; and when
the reading was ended, we kneeled,
down. I would the whole natron could
have lißtened to his prayer, as a lesson
of trust, and hope, and courage, it:
drew vary near cbe,.;
how“ct&ely“ a Christilh -soldmr may
walk wrth Gbd'. ’-it; is hot- often that
any single passage Of a life oan be taken
as a specimen of the whole, and espc-,
cially the ordinary, every-day expres- j
sion of a great.and useful career is not
PP ;of it? grand significance;
.butl think that this prayer of General
•Rico, written over his tomb, might stand
as a just monumont and record, to tell
the true story of what he was. It was
tho last of earth between the General
and mo. As we rose from our knees,
he remarked in a cheerful tone, “It
looks brighter; doesn’t it?” and:l, feel
ing that tho visit was complete) soon
took my leave. I saw him once more.
He lay in a tent—doad. A wounded
soldier, with his face buried in his
bands sat beside the body. I lifted the
hat that covered his, features. They
were calm as the slumber of pcaeo. I
remembered how he once said to a
friend of mine, who told it to me, “Give
my life for the country ! I have given
it many a time.” The sacrifice was often
carried to the altar; at last, the flame
had touched it, and it was consumed.
The sound of cannon at the front, where
the battle yet raged, was born back on
the trembling air, but his sword reposed
quietly beside the still hand that two
hours before had grasped it in God’s
name. It was a pleasure then, as it has
been through the six weeks of fiery toil
and tempest that have since worn wea
rily by, to think that the General was at
rest.
'?■ C(' \ ’’i
HOW THE COLORED TROOPS TOOK THE
PETERSBURG- PORDS.
The following letter from Rev. H. M.
Turner, chaplain of the Ist Regiment
U. S. Colored troops, will be read with
interest. It graphically describes the
brilliant achievement of the colored
troops, including his own regiment, be
fore Petersburg. Surely the rebels
when they beheld that irresistible
column of swarthy forms pouring over
ditch and abattis into their elaborate
fortifications, slaughtering their defend
ers and capturing their artillery, must
have felt that Remesis herself was upon
them, flashing from the black thunder
clouds of her wrath, her long-accumu
latjpg stores of revenge. The letter,
written,by a colored man, and published
in a paper conducted by colored men,
as the organ of the African M. E. Church
—the Christian Eecorder of this city,
proves that the African race can not
only furnish brave and gallant soldiers,
but is competent to treasure their illus
trious deeds. The events spoken of
took place June 15th. The chaplain
says:
“ The prosecution of my journey soon
led me to where the first conflict had
taken place. The rebels had a line of
rifle-pits and. embrasures) thrown up
across the road-which Jaad to - Peters
]niP£f, .and intehdftd——
way if we attempted to cross; but the
colored troops told- the rebels, that it
was top early in the morning for such
fan as that. Consequently, they charged
upon the rebel works, took all their
cannon (four pieces) and flayed the
scoundrels as they would a set. of mad
dogs. Those of them who escaped the
death-pills of our boys, played - a most
successful game of skedaddling, many of
whom won their life by it. My regi
ment then led the . advance, drove the
rebelssome five or six miles, keeping up
a continual skirmish all the time.
Our gallant and efficient Colonel, John
H. Holman, having been placed in com
mand of a brigade by General Hinks,
the Division Commander, the duty of
leading our regiment devolved upon
Lieutenant-Colonel Elias Wright, whose
military genius and strategetieal’skill in
manceuvering his regiment to save his
men, and at the same time evincing the
most surprising bravery himßelf, and
inspiring his command with the same
spirit, purchased for him a place in the
affections of the regiment, that I doubt
whether time, circumstances or events
will ever obliterate. With this noble
officer in front, our regiment followed
the rebels in hot pursuit, until they
came in front of the five forts on the
heights around Petersburg. Tbese forfs
ana fortifications were considered im
pregnable by the rebels. Here my re
giment, in the advance,and thereat of the
colored troops lay under the galling
fire of the rebel forts and sharp-shooters
for nearly : eight.t hours, part, of which :
timed was with the advance skirmish-;
ers, and the only chance a man had for
his life was to lie as flat on the grmnd
as a leech upon his prey.
A shell would often burst in the midst
of the ranks, and sever arms and legs
from the bodies of, our brave soldiers
with as much ease, apparently, as if they
had dropped off themselves. , Some
times the rebel forts would be playing
on us and over ns in the front, and onr
bfi‘ira (not- know
ingly) in the rear. Several of onr men
were killed by our own shells that day.
In this precarious predicament we had
to gain foot by foot and inch'by inch
toward-the rebel forts, till late in the
afternoon, when Colonel Holman re
solved that he would keep his men
under fire no longer, unless it was to
accomplish Borne end'more than had
been achieved for several hours. So he
rode down the line of his brigade, and
told the men to get ready to take the
forts, which wah glorious nows to the
boys. A few moments only intervened
before the bayonets were fixed, and
away went Uncle Sam’s; -sable sons
across an old field nearly ,three-quarters
of a mile widej in the fabe of rebel grape
and canister and the un ; brqken clatter
of thousands of inuskeits. v • =iNothing, less
than tho pen of horror could begin to
describe the terrific 7 roar and dying
yells'of that awful yet masterly charge
arid daring feat!.-. ’ , , ; ,
The rebel -balls would 7 .tear up the
ground at times, and create such a
heavy 7 dust -in front -of oUr -charging
army, that they could scarcely seethe
♦h-ta for which they were making.
But onward they went, through dust
PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 1864
an every impediment, while they and
the rebels were both crying out—“ Port
Pillow !” This seems to be the battle
cry on both sides. But onward they
went, waxing strongor and mightier
every time Fort Pillow was mentioned.
Soon the boys were at the base of the
Fort, climbing [over abattis, and jump
ing the deep ditches, ravines, &c. The
last load fired by the rebel battery, was
a cartridge of powder, not having time
to put the ball in, which flashed and did
no injury.
The next place we saw the rebels, was
going out the rear of the forts with
their coat-tails sticking straight oat be
hind. Some few held up their hands
and pleaded for mercy, but our boys
thought that oyer Jordan would be the
best place for them, and sent them there
with a very few exceptions.
Thus ended the great battle for that
day, after driving the rebels' six miles,
taking their fortifications, killing many,
and capturing five fortß that were con
sidered impregnable, all their cannons,
wagons, amunition &c., &c.
It is my intention to send you a list
of the killed and wounded as soon as I :
get time to prepare it, which I have not
time to prepare now, as there is not a
minute, from one week’s end to another,
bnt what a gun is firing. Whether it
be night or day, all you hear is bang !
bang! either with muskets, cannons,
mortars, or shells. I would - remark,
however, that the loss in our regiment,
amounts to one hundred and fifty-six
killed and wounded, one hundred and
forty-six soldiers, and ton officers. I
am sorry to mention that Orderly-Ser-,
geant George W. Hatton was shot
through the leg near the knee. Sergeant
Hatton was widely known for his use
fulness in the Israel Lyceum, in Wash
ington, I). O. Wnen he was shot, he
fell and exclaimed to Bro. Hunter jvho
was near by, “ Chaplain, I am shot, and
am dying for my rights." But, thank
God, .he was not dying, though he
thought so then; I wish I had time to
mention dying expressions made by
those who did die and those who. thought
they were dying. Some of the senten
ces were too sublime for earthly beings
to utter, and every one highly patriotic.
I mustrefor, however, to one man
whose arm was blown off by a shell
near his shoulder. In his helpless con
dition he begged another soldidr to load
hiß gun while he fired, and was only
got off the field by persistent measures.
There is one thing, though, which is
highly endorsed by an immense number
of both white and colored people, which
I am sternly opposed to, and that is,
the killing of all the rebel prisoners
taken by our soldiers. True, the rebels
have set the example, particularly in
killing the colored soldiers; but it is a
cruel one, and two cruel acts never
make one human act. Such a course
of warfare is an outrage upon civiliza-
and-..mominaL„Chriatianity And
.inasmuch as it was presumed that we
would brutal warfare, let
us disappoint our malicious Srnxnrrp'al-ofS,
by showing the world that 'Higher sen
timents not only prevail, but actually
predominate.
Before closing I would say that the
brilliant achievements of our boys in
front of Petersburg, was more than
timed and did more to conquer the pre
judice of the army of the Potomac than
a thousand newspaper puffs. Provi
dentially the most of that immense
army had to pass right by the forts taken
by the colored soldiers. Every soldier
with whom I came in contact had but
little to say, except to pay the most
flattering compliments to the brave
colored men of our division. After that
the:wbite and' colored soldiers talked,
laughed, and eat together with a friend
ly regard, not surpassed by any pre
vious occasion. Let the Forts of Peters
burg add new stars to the glorious
constellation, which are glittering with
untarnished brilliancy above the hori
zon of the black man’s elevation. Let
th em stand .a monument to his bravery,
heroism, and daring.
GO TO THE PEIMAET ASSEMBLIES.
Among the incidental lessons which
we ought to learn, and are likely to
learn, from this terrible war, not the
least valuable is the lesson, that our
government and our free Institutions
are too precious a treasure to be en
trusted to the care of incompetent or
unprincipled men. They have cost us
oceans of money and rivers of blood;
and we shall be dull scholars indeed in
the school of adversity, in which Provi
dence is now manifestly educating us as
a nation, if we do not learn to guard
with sleepless jealousy at home','and in
pc'ace, those institutions which we have
defended at the expense of the choicest
treasures and the best blood of the
country on so many fields of battle.
It is not worth while to fight for the
country, a,nd then let knaves or fools
rule over it. .
Under these circumstances, duty to
our brave soldiers, too many of tb em,
alas! already fallen on the bloody field,
duty to our imperiled country, duty to
mankind, for whose rights and interests
we are struggling, and duty to God, all
unite and demand of every patriot,
every philanthropist, every ChristuM,-
that he go to the polls, and cast his
vote for good men and true, and no
others, to fill ail the offices of the toiwnj
the county, the State and the nation.
The polls are every citizen’s post of duty,
andhe has no right to be absent from them
—no more right .than the sentinel has
to leave his post,Or the soldier his place
in the ranks, or the officer his command
in the army—no more right than our
civil rulers have to neglect ontirely the
duties of their respective offices. The
people are the rulers of our great re
public, and the polls are the tribunals
thorn which they administer the gov
ernment. Shame on the man who is
perpetually censuring the delinquencies
of our civil rulers, and our .military
officers, and yet does not even pretend
to perform his own duty as a
He is condemned ontof his own mouth.
The vices, follies and crimes of the
ruleip all come home, like curses, to his
own'door. Bad men would mot have
been entrusted with the management of
publici affairs, if good men had done
their whole duty as citizens. And .if
our iberties are subverted, our govern
ment destroyed, and our country ruined,
the responsibility will rest on the heads
of good men who have failed to exert
the influence, to wield the controlling
power, which God has given them as
citizens of this great republic.
Bat it is not enough to go to the polls.
We 'must go to the primary assemblies,
where candidates are nominated, and
thus virtually elected to all our import
&nt pffices. It may be of no use to go
to the polls, unless you go to the primary
assemblies. There is the root of all
our political troubles, and there- alone
the evil can be cured. You have no
right 1 to complain that incompetent
and men are put forward
and (elected to office, while you make
no effort to secure the nomination of
bettermen. Goto the primary assemblies.
Insist on, the nomination of honest and
capable men, true patriots, genuine re
publicans, unswerving friends of liberty
and humanity, for every office. Treach
ery, cowardice, weakness, want of back
bone in any office now may strike to the
very heart of the republic. Go to the
PRIMARY assemblies. And take your
neighbors and friends, who love their
country and love universal liberty, along
with you. And vote for none but men
of undoubted patriotism and integrity.
Then if you fail to secure the nomina
tion and election of such men, you will
have the satisfaction of having done
your duty. '
But you will not fail. You will find
intrigue and management and selfish
ness there. Perhaps you will even find
bribery and corruption. But beard the
monster in his very den, and" slay him
or drag him to the light. You will be
tried, perchance disgusted, and tempted
to renounce all participation in politics
henceforth and forever. But it is-just
because good men have wanted the
manliness and the moral courage to
persevere in standing up for the right,
that so much that is wrong and-disgust
ing has become so prominent in polities.
Perseverance will rarely fail to ; conquer
and win the day. Go to the primary
assemblies and secure the nomination
of the right men. Then go to the polls
and elect them. And may God go with
you, and thus save the Commonwealth
and the United States of America.
U. S. CHRISTIAN COMMISSION.
Cash acknowledgments for the week end
ing July 21,1864:
Contributions received at the Washington
agency during the month of May, as fol
lows: ladies’ Pair, Washington, I) C, $12,-
586: Ypsilanti Mich, 400 ; Mags, ..
per WWM'Green,YOo; Rev 0 P Pitcher,
83.33; Pres cli, OgdensbCirg, N Y, 56 01;
Marfcinsburg and Lowvilie, N Y, 52; Rev
David Terry, 50; Donations at Chris Com
stations, 46 05; Chaplain Proudfit, Ports
mouth-Grove,R. I, 15 ; Dr L A Edwards, do
do, 5 ; Mrs X A Edwards, do do, 5; Dr
Parker, Peacliem, Yt, 10; Pulaski, Oswego
co, NY, 20 80; Commodore John Rodgers,
Washington, 15; Miss Mary C Moore, do,
5 : A Friend, do, 3 ; Isaac Hann, Montgom
ery co, Ind, 10 ; M E ch, Weedsport, IST Y,
per Rev Q P Pitcher, 21; Bap ch, Dover, Me,
11; Miss Helen Griggs, 50—513,748 65 ; Con
tributions received at the Washington agen
cy daring the month of April, as. follows :
Citizens of New Castle'and Damariscotta,
Me, 216 69; Citizens of Webster, N H, per
Rev A Little, 100; 2d F Y mounted Rifles, :
per Major Cady, 100; Adams, Jefferson co,
N Y, 92; Ladies Sanitary Fair, Washington,
500; Congress St'-M E ch, 'Troy, N Y, 50;
Albion M E ch, N Y, 20 50; Nassau, N. Y,
20 50; Arsenal St M E ch, Watertown, NY,
25 17; State St, do do do, 26 16; Bap eh,
Watertown, N Y, 20 44 ; Add’l from ,do do,
j 4 72; H C Wilson & Co, do do, 11; Mrs
Sheppard, Arkport, N Y, 5 ; Pres ch, do do,
2 50; Thomas Black, do do, 5 ; Bridge St
Pres, ch, Georgetown, D C, 68 97; ladies’;
Benevolent Soc; Webster, N 11, per Rev A .
Little, 17—51,285 65 ; Branch Chris Com,
Cleveland, Ohio, per Rev L F Mellen, Sec,'
1,000. -
Philadelphia—Penna R R Co, $5,000 : Mrs .
Jane Perrine, per J S Davison, 100; collect-.
ed from ladies, of Western Presbyterian
Church, per Mrs Tenbrook 100 ; Chas F
Hazeltine, add’l,so; J G Steen, 20 50 •; W
S Steen, 10 50—$31;,Ladies’ Chris Com, per
Union Pres ch, per Mrs Gamble, 10 ; Pro
ceeds of the sale of an Affghan, through
Mrs A, 40; Young Men’s Chris Ass’a, West
Phils, 25; A Lady, 10; A Friend, 25; Ch of
the Intercessor, per Mrs R O Lowry, 27 50 :
Sab-Bch Hit Ger Pres ch, 5 ; A Widowy2 ! ;
“L S C,” 1; Cash 1.
Pennsylvania—Ladies’ Chris Com, Chance
ford Manse, per John Farquhar, §100; Per
Rev C E Taylor, Abington, 48, Per Rev R
Wan Vallcenburg, Hyde Park, 56, Per Rev
T D Swartz, Northumberland, 25 55—129 55;
Per Rev Y .C Smith, Trees Wyoming Dist
Wyoming Conf M E ch; Citizens of Harris
burg, 40; do MilleTsburg, 55 40; GM_ Ben
baker, d 0,50 ; Paxton Sabrsch,.lo:7^ll65 40;
Per*R A Lafdbertdh,' Treas; Goll’n at "Jack
son, per Rev J M Slaysman, 20 95; liith
Gong, Lewisburg, Per L Sterner, 13; Ref
Prot Dutch chs of Manheim and Indian
Castle, 30;' Geo Marsh, York, 940 ; Ladies
of Luth ch, York, 2—sll 40, per Samuel
Small; CatawissaH R Arch Chapter A Y
Masons, Nol7B, per John Sharpless, Treas,
50 - Aid Soc of Athens, Bradford co, per
Miss S' P Perkins, Sec, 68; Upper Chest
'Bap'cHj 3 60; Miss Clara Allen, jl—s4 60 ;; A
few -girls of the First ;Pres ch,Easton,
per Miss S J Davies, Treas, 4 ; Cash/Potte
ville, 50c; St James’ eh, West Marlborough,
per Rey.GeoKirke, 1 40; Proceeds of a fair
held by fpur sinali girls at Easton, per, Jas W
Long, 7 44; Mrs M! Horner, Bath, 5.
New.Jersey—M E ch, Red Bank, 'per Isai
ah' D King,' $260; Proceeds of a celebration
held on July 4th, at Pleasantville Grove,
Atlantic co, per Rev J 1’ Wilson, 822; Coll’n
at Peapack, per Rev Wm Anderson, 12 60;
Christ Epis.bh,,Allentown, per Bennington
Gill 18 '6O;- Children’s fair, New Brunswick,
5; Mrs J A.Reilley, Blairstown, 1 50; Eliza P
Corson, Trenton, $5.
Delaware— Dr Hamilton Odessa, per Rev
J L Landis; 5. . .
New York—Proceeds of a fair held by
“The Girl I Lelt Behind Me Society” at
Cazenovia.foOO; Coll’ns at Groton: Congrega
tional Sewing-Circle, 58 80 Concert by three ,
choirs of the yillage, 57 56, Exhibition by
students of Academy, 46,20, other contribu
tors 62 9i—5226‘47, per Mrs M J Jacobs; A
Union Festival held at Rome on the Kb of
July, per Rev J Erwin, 669; Proceeds of
Amateur Concert, given in Aurora, Cayuga
co, per Edwin B Morgan, 161 51; Ladies
Chris Com, Adams, Jeff co per Miss Susan
Allen, See’y, 168; Coll’n at Colton, per Rev
H 0 Medlington, 21; First, Ref Dutch ch at
Fort Plain, 86 15; M E Cong, East ]lorn,
-o 25; Ladies’Fourtb of July Festival,Morris-,,
ville, per R S Williams, Treas Army Com Y
M C A, Utica, 72; Soldiers’ Aid Soc, Water-'
vleit,C W Lawson, Sec’y, 13; Cong at White
Creek, per Rev T A Gardner, 40 85; R e f
Dutch eh, North Easton, per Rev T A Gard
ner, 24 33. Ch at Johnsonville.per Rev T A
Gardner. 2051—§4184; Army Com.Utica,per
S R Williams,Treas,2o; Welsh Congregational
church, Utica, per it S. Williams, Treas
urer, §2l; Mrs Mary* K Wheeler, Ma
lone, 10; Ladies Aid Soc, Manlius, per J C
Sasey,Bs;United.Pres eh,LisbonCentre,3o 76;
First Pres ch, Port Henry, per O Ransom, 20;
Epis ch,Brockport,7,Methch,do,3—lo;Goll’n
taken up at a Union meeting of the Bap and
Westminster churches, Utica, per R S
Williams, Treas, 47 47; M A B, Cooperstown,
2; Mrs Geo Hubbell Phelps; 5. Mies May,per
Rev John W Armstrong, Watertown,3; A W
Chamberlain, Angelica, 5; Edwin N Hail,
Hall’s Corners, 5; United Pres Congregations
ot Burlington and Garretsyille, per BO Wal
lace, 25. -
Ohio—Salem Evan Luth ch, at Evans
Creek, Tuscarawas co, per Rev D Sparks,
§2160; Mrs A M Morrison,Gambier, 10; Two
Ridges Presb ch, Steubenville, 5 50.
Connecticut—Proceeds of Children’s Fair
at Miss C:R Churchill’s school, New Haven,
§3O; A member of Cong’.l ch at East Glaston
bury, per Israel Carleton, for Cherokee fund,
10; Coll’n at church concert at Terry ville,per
Milo Blakesly, 10; Miss Julia C Dudly, North
.Guilford, 8.. .
Vermont—Con g’l oh, Pultney, §26. 51, M
E, do, do, 19 25,8ap do, do, 29 92-§75 08,per
M Clarke.
Michigan—Reading Soldier’s Aid Soc, per
Rev A D Abbott, 40, Friends in Marshall,
per Rev Dr S H Hall, 34 85.
Oregon—S Sof Corvallis, per R M Thomp
son, §B6.
Wisconsin—Plymouth ch and S S at Mil
waukee,per’J A Dutcher,§l7; U P ch,Dover,
Racine co 34; M L A, Baraboo, 5.
Illinois—J M and M J O,of La Prarie,s2,
Canada West—C Manson, Camden,§l.
Soldiers—A soldier at Fredricksburg, per
Rev A G McAulev, 1 50; Thomas Kerr, CoF,-
N Y Mounted Rifles 5.
Virginia—D U G, Wheeling, §2 50.
§25,659 66
Amount previouly acknowledged, 671,916 58
In the. acknowledgments for the week
ending June 20th, “R B Weyton, Hunting
don, Penna, proceeds of Broad Top Coal,
§700,” should have been “ R B Wigton, Esq.”
In the acknowledgments for laßt week,
“ Ladies’ Christion Commission Presbyterian
church, per Mary Colwell,. §183,” should
have been “ Ladies’ Christian Commission
Central Presbyierian church" of Philadel
phia.
JOS. PATTERSON, Treasurer.
Th'e United States Christian Commission
begs leave to acknowledge the receipt 6f the
following additional stores up to July 21,
1864:
Pennsylvania-—Philadelphia, 1 pkg, St
Jude’s ch; 9 bottles of wine, a Lady; 1 pltg,
North Broad st ch; 1 box, Ch of the Epiph
any; 1 box, Hedding M E ch; 1 box. Bethel
African M E eb; 1 pkg, Ist Pres ch; Daily
pkg Philadelphia Daily News; 1 pkg, W P
tT-okneon;—KWwitv©fc*«»bi**»g t . -1 -hoy r>l raea^
burg, 1 box, Mrs R Patterson. PoUsvilTe, 2
boxes, Mrs Beni Bannan. Lebanon, 1 box,
Ir-'VT'Vr YV®nramown, 1 box, St
Michael’s Evan Luth ch. -4-
boxes. Ladies ChrmCorn. Wesrcnester, 1
box, Ladies' Aid Soc. Easton, 1 box, A.few
school girls of Presb ch. New Philadelphia,
1 box, Juvenile Sol Aid Soc. New,German
town, 1 box, 1 bbl, Ladies of Luth ch.
Waynesburg, 1 box, 1 bbl, Ladies Aid Soc.
Erie, 2 boxes; Sol Aid Soc.
New Jersey—Lambertville, 1 box, -Jas H
Deacon, do, 5 boxes, Ladies Aid Soc. Col
umbus, 1 bag, A Starkey. Blairstown, 1 box,
Ladies’ Aid Society. Delaware North, lpkg.
Salem, 1 box, Ibbl.
New York—Albany, 4 barrels, State st
Pres SS; do, 1 box of crackers. Cambell, 4
boxes. Buffalo, 19 boxes, Ladies’ Chris Com;
do/sljSirelis, Branch of U SC G. ‘ Buskirks
Bridge, 1 obis, Sol Ref Soc. Groten, 2 boxes,,
bbl. Ladies; ’ Saratoga Springs, X
pkg, Presb chS S. Cer. tre Cambridge, 1 bbl,
Citizens. Burlington, 2 bbls, Women’s Sol
Aid Soc. New York 10 pels, Com USC C.
Apolachin, 1 b.ox. Ladies. West Troy; 0
boxes, Army Aid Society.
Massachusetts— Boston, 99 boxes, 5 pels,
Army Com YMC A. Middleboro’, 1 box,
Sol Aid Soc.: Lee, 2 boxes,' Ladies’ Chris
Com.
. Maine—Portland, 2 boxes, Branch of U S
C C, Gorham, 2'bbl;
Connecticut—Hartford,l bbl,Sol Aid Asso.
New Haven, 1-box, Sol Belief Asso. Wind
sor, 1 bbl..
1 Ohio—--Cincinnati,-5 pels, Com U S C C.
Akron; lbbl, T Schumacher.
Unknown—B pkgs of Papers; 1 box.
The continuance of the campaign in Vir
ginia, the active movements of our Western:
armies, arid the need there ison every hand
; for renewed and unflagging exertion ,urge the
Commission to continue unabat-edly its work.;
A,large shipment of ice and vegetables has
been made to Gen. Grant s army during the;
week, from Boston . The Army of the Cum
berland is being supplied with onions in
large quantities. The wounded at Frederick
City are still being succored by the delegates
and storesof the Commission. So, atevery
point where need is apparent, all that can he
done is being effected.; Let there be no want
of money or stores for this great-work.
GEOIIGE H. STUABT, Chairman,
11 Bank street, Phila.
gUmtiscmfnfs.
628 HOOP .. SKmTS - 028
THE' moßt complete assortment of all the new and
desirable styles, length and sizes of Ladies’, .Misses* and
Children’s HOOP SKIRTS to be found in the city, are
manufactured and sold, Wholesale and Retail, at
■■ No. 628 Arcli Street.. ’
For .finish, durability;and cheapness, they are. une.
' oualled in the market. Also constantly on hand, a full
lue of Eastern made SKIRTS, from 15 to 40 Springs, at
WM. T. HOPKINS.
MEXODEOIVS I MAJUMOIVH7MS !
nONSTANTLV ON. HAND, A STOCK OF MELG
. v/DEONS. of .my own make, which cannot be excelled.
: I am sole agent for - GARHaRT’S SPLENDID
HARMONIUMS, possessing unequaled powerß, variety
and beautv of tone.
T*e be«t instrument for etrareb#* <w fntrMneed,
H.M.MORRISS,
728 Market.street
M’INTIRE & BROTHER.
McINTIRE & BROTHER,
McINTIRE & BROTHER,
McINTIRE &, BROTHER,
FORMERLY HILL & EVANS,
FORMERLY HILL k EVANS,
FORMERLY HILL k EVANS,
FORMERLY HILL k EVANS*
Gentlemen's Furnishing House,
Gentlemen’s Furnishing House,
Gentlemen’s Furnishing House,
Gentlemen’s Furnishing House,
1035 Chestnut Street
1035 Chestnut Street.
1035 Chestnut Street.
1035 Chestnut Street.
RUN 2>T,O HIS K.
We refund the money, if desired, for every lot of
Shirts which fail in any respeefc.
. FINE SHIRTS,
CUT LENGTHWISE OF MUSLIN,
Hade of Hew York Mills Muslin, and
very fine Linen Bosoms,
ORHLV $3 SO.
WILLIAMSYILLE MILLS MUSLIN,
AND FINE LINEN BOSOMS.
ONE,IT S 3 89.
GENTS’ FURNISHING GOODS. -
SMITH & JACOBS,
' 912-054 No. laas CHESTNUT street.
CHARLES STOKES & CO.’S
FIRST-CLASS “ONE PRICE”
CLOTHING STORE,
§697,576 24
HfO. 824 CHESTMUPF STREET,
(Under the Continental Hotel^PMladelphia.)
DIAGRAM FOR SELF-MEASUREMENT
For Coat—
Length of back
from l to 2, and
TJvrf fromfctoa.
Length of
/yb % Sleeve (with
/ M W ana crooked,)
r±Mffl » from ito §,
l if and around the
\ \\ most promin
\ \jSsnBwaEijy ent part of the
“j cheat and waist
mjf t f State whether
W jJ preot or stoop
/\ § For Vest,—
‘‘s—same as coat.
I W . For Pants,—
As Inside seam,
Ik 9 and outside
If \ 1 from hip bone,
M ft M around the
|i A waist and hip.
- A good fit gua
ranteed.
Officers* Uniforms ready-made, always on hand,
made to order in the best manner, and on the most reg
scumble terms. Having finished many hundred Un.
year for Staff, Field
orders inthts&ifife willi'correctn ess and despatch.
The largest and most desirable stock of Ready-made
Clothing m Philadelphia always on hand. (The price
markeam plain figures on all of the goods.)
A department for Boys’ Clothing is also maintained
at this establishment, and superintended by experienced
hands; Parents and others will find here a most de
sirable assortment of Boys’ CJothingat low prices.
Sole Agent for the “Famous Ballet Proof vest.”
CISABI.ES STOKES & CO.
CHARLES STOKES,
E. T. TAYLOR,
W. J. STOKES.
TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY OF INFORMING
our friends and customers that we hate associated
ourselves with E. H. ELDRIDGrE,
No. 628 MARKET Street, below Seventh,
Where we would be pleased to ha7e you call. We
keep Always on hand a'ftrEt-dasß stock of
READY-MADE CLOTHING;
Also ; a stock of PIECE GOODS, which we will maket
order m the most fashionable style.
ISAAC LIPPINOOTT,
GEO. L. HAINES,
OKAS. C. OZIAS,
Late wi& E. Adame* Seventh and Markets
FASHIONABLE CLOTHING,
READY-MADE AND MADE TO ORDER.
-rpHE UNDERSIGNED DESIRE TO CALL THE
attention of the. public to their large and .varied assor*"
mentof
CLOTHING,
Made in the best manner by skfflkl and
hands, and offered for sale at the very lowest pric?
having unsnrpassed fecilities for purchasing goods
tho best rates, and being determined to secure th
favor of our patrons, we can guarantee to ail who bn
us entire satisfaction ia ever? respect.
PERRY & CO.,
Extensive Clothing House,
Nos. 303 and 305 Chestnut street
FINE CLOTHING
IffITABLISHMENT,
FOR MEN A BOTS
No 904 MARKET STREET,
1 PHILADELPHIA. &pZ»-Sm
MBLiERE Irffl M pfllY
WOLBEB.T & BBOTHEE,
waousiis is
1864. ' MBf . 1864 -
■ /NO. 20SSHIPPENSTREET,
obicob . | Na north IBth STREET.
; JOHN TAYLOR, Agent, 13S South Seventh «t.
;;'a^,TlCkEm; r .wlU fce fatnished to BuniHes for
EXTRA' 3CE when required. If not used, they will be
ireaeeihed-'atihWehasot tlieseason. - _
%Wi A-Bro. inform their friends apd the pnbhc gene
rally that'they have procured,a full supply of GOOD
CLEAR ICE, iuMare prepared : to receive Orders at the
'following REDUCED iatea tor theiyear 1864:
8 pounds a day, 75 cento a week.
. . 12 “ ■. , “ 87. “
16 •• “ *lOO ’ *"
J 20 - « : 110 . : e
BANKING HOUSE.
OSOBfIS. J. BOYD,
NO. IS SOUTH THIRD STREET,. PHILADELK
(Two doors (ihqvq.MechampsJ Bank.),
SIXEAIjER JN- BILLS
,Jj( and SpepiV- . Drafts, on;.,New. .York, Boston,. Bd»
'more 1 , etc., for sole- Stocks and Bonds nought tut Isold
on commission, »t- the Board ot Brokets. BumnecM
Paper.. caob on
received and interest allowed. }a&
READY-MADE
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