i) GAZETTE. I
EYERS, EDITOR.
- ; : : APKIL U, 1663. j
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Huntingdon & Broad Top Rail Road.
DEPARTURE OF TRAILS
Mil train, northward, leaves Mi. Dalias station
at 3.40 p. m., arrives at Huntingdon at 6.88 p. rn. ,
Accommodation, northward, leaves Mt. D illas at ,
9.23 a. m., arrives at Huntingdon at 1'd.35 p. m.
Mail train, southward, leaves Huntingdon, et S
s, rrs., arrives at Mt. Dallas at 11.10 a. m.
Accommodation, southward. leaves Huntingdon
at 4 p. m., arrives at Mt. Dallas at 7.10 p. m.
A line of coaches from Bedford, connects with
the trains at Mt. Dallas, leaving Bedford at b a. m.
sad r p. m.
Allegheny Male -tad Female Seminary,
KAINSBURG, Bedford Co., Pa.
The Second Quarter of the Spring Session of
this Institution commences APRIL 12. The
rates are reasonable. Ail branches, useful and
ornamental, taught.
J. VV. HUGHES, Principal.
Miss E. M. CKESSWKLL, Preceptress.
Surrender of G-en. Lee.
Sunday night last was made memorable in
the history of cur country, by the public an
nouncement of the surrender of the A rrny of
Northern Virginia, aider Gen. Robert E. Lee,
to the U. S. forces commanded by Lieut. Gen.
•U. S. Grant. It seems that Gen. Grant pro
posed terms of surrender to Gen. Lee and that
the hitter accepted them. The conditions of
fered by the commander of the U. S. forces,
do credit to bis understanding, as tveii as to his
humanity. They are such as an honorable
soldier might well accept, after vainly battling
against the tremendous odds which Gen. Lee
was compelled to encounter. They art just the
term tc'iirh Gen. JWcCletlnn, if elected Presi
dent, would hive proposed to the Southern ar
mies, viz ; L-.y JJV> your ARM:, fo YOUR'
homes and vou shiil remin there undisturbed.
Th t peace can now be made with the South
er-. people, ;f a policy of conciliation and kind
ness be adopted by the Administration, is scarce- J
ly to oe doubted. £ul we can hardly hope j
that this will bo the case. Radicalism is al
ready clamoring against the terms granted to
Lee's army by Gen. Grant. The demon which
possesses the hearts of the ultra faction iu the
North, is not yet glutted with fraternal blood. I
It is in Mr. Lincoln's power to cast out this
devil, but we tear he will not have the courage
to do it. The question is now between a bloody
prolongation of the strife, rendered inevitable I
by a vindictive course toward the Soutbeia
people, and a speedy and honorable peace by j
magnanimous and friendly treatment of these j
well-nigh conquered people. Let the President
3o as Gen. Grunt has done; let him act gener
uimly toward those whom he would have the j
soilling of the government; and there
can be no great difficulty in the way of an ear
ly aud lasting peace. But let him listen to the
howl for blood set up by the purblind fanatics
and office-holders fearful of losing their voca
tion; let him undertake indiscriminate confis
cation and promiscuous banging; and we shall
net have an er.d to this bloody strife in a de
cade. Meanwhile, let us hope for the best,
and let us thank God that Peace seems so near
at hand, praying, at tho same time, that it may
not be, as often before, only an empty illusion.
A Compromise At Laat.
The Democratic party has always contended
for compromise as the basis of the settlement st
our national troubles. The cry of our politi
cal opponents, oa the other hand, has always
been, "No compromise with traitors!" New,
it has at last come to this, that Gen. Lee, the
mightiest of all "traitors," and Gen. Grant
the representative of the Federal Government,
have made a compromise. Grant proposing the
terms and Lee accepting them. Had there
been no such compromise, there would have
been another bloody battle, or perhaps several
battles, thousands of lives would have been
lost, many families clad in mourning and the
war no nearer at an end than it is now, through
this compromise. What has become of the
old motto of the jacobins, "No compromise
with T.aitors?" Ah 1 its authors have had to
rwa'low it at last.
As Honest Thief.—A certain light-fingered
gentleman broke into a store one night, and
stole a quantity of goods, but returned them
to the owner next morning, asserting they were
marked so high he could make nothing on them.
The proprietor of "QJje'ap # Corner" is marking
down every urtichi in bis line, to correspond
with the grent decline in the cast, and all who
want to get the worth of their money, had bet
ter call at Farquhar's.
Qazhay's Pacific Mosthlt. —The April
cumber of this periodical is before us. It is
iwpkie wub iutereeting and instructive matter.
A portrait of Geo- McDowell embellishes the
tint page and tha number contains several oth
er Sue advertisement
EDITORIAL MELANGE.
SaTSoft—the weather.
(arSofter—the Abolitionists who imagine !
heir troubles at an end. r
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53"G00d —the signs of an end of the war. j
©"Better—the prospect of endless and griud-. J
ng taxation.
C 3* Judge Hale, member of the last Congress
from the Centre district, is dead.
CP*Abe Lincoln has held a levee in Jeff Da-:
vis' house, in Richmond. A magnanimous j
lonqueror!
©-The rebels found the last atUck uoon
Eon Fisher Tcrry-ble..'
©-The Americans resident in Rome, lately
interlaced Gen. McClellan at a public ban
quet.
£3-1) emocrats have always been in favor of;'
: eace. The sooner the war closes, the belter 1
tbey will be satisfied. ! 1
©■lion. A. H. Coffroth will please accept j
our thanks for valuable public Documents. j
CarDubuque, lowa, Schenectady (N. Y )and i
Louisville, Ky., have elected Democratic may- j
ors by large majorities.
CsrGen. A. P- Hill, next to Lee, the ablest j
general in the Army of Northern Virginia, j i
was killed in the recent battles in front of l'e- j
tersburg. He was aged 37.
©-Some of the Administration papers ad'
vocate the establishment of a national religion.
After awhile people can't grto heaven, except
by Abe Lincoln's route, and many persons',
think that leads the other diirection.
©•Our enterprising young friend, J. Henry
Hutton, two doors south of the Post Office, j j
has opened a Periodical and News Depot. Mag- j,
azines, Dime Novels, "Daily Age," &C-, can !
be had at his place. Call and see.
©-Said an anxious Republican, the other j
day, when the rejoicing over the iail of Rich- [
n.ond was at its height, "Well we have won !
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the 'elephant,' but what will we do with him?'
tarH cw they growl! the petty office-holders, j
at Grant's terms to Lee. They are not satisfi
ed because Grant did not continue to Ji<jht t.i! .
every man in Lee's army was killed. They
don't want the war to cease, for, in that case
tbey would lose their little offices. The glori
otis pay-l riots!
©"Messrs. J. A. Henderson and J. J. Cess- ■
r.;; have purchased the livery stock of Mr. V. j
btetkmau and have opened stables immediately |
in the rear of the Bedford Hotel. They are ..-
L„jt making considerable additions to their
stock, and are ready to accommodate custo
mers on the shortest notice.
For the Gazette.
The Poor House Keport.
Mr.. EDITOR:
SIR: —I observe in the last issue of the Bed
ford "Inquirer" an article under the above cap- !
lion. The writer of it evidently had a motive
besides his interest in the public welfare. He
professes to be very much exorcised about the
Poor funds of the county. He seems to think
that every item of expenditure should beset out
with the date, price and all included. His mo
tives for this, one might be led to think, arc en
tirely disinterested. But, if the reader of that
article will tern to the "Inquirer's" terms for
advertising, the motive will be discovered with
out much difficulty. If the report was made !
oat to his satisfaction, it would swell the amount j
of printing for that establishment of iiis. not
less than 50 dollars per annum—which would,
of course, swell the public expenditures in pro
portion. This supplies one of the motives for I
: the article in question. Another is, that, by ;
misrepresentation and insinuation lie hopes to
1 make a little capital for the forth-coming Abo- \
I .ition uoniir.ee for Boor Director. But the trick
I is too transparent and wiii not work.
It has never been the custom to set out the
day and date, or even the price per pound, or
j dozen, of articles bought for the use of the Boor
House. The rule is to put all the articles bought
from one person together, as well a* all the i
j charges and checks for the same individual of ;
different dates. The reason is obvious. If this .
were not done, tlie report instead of taking up :
i two columns in the "Inquirer,'' would take one
j entire page, and, of course, would cost more :
■ than double for printing it. Besides this, it is j
i scarcely to be presumes] that the Directors are j
) dishonest. The presumption, according to all j
I rules, ought to be the other way. They may j
I safely be put down as being as honest as the j
| writer of the article in question, to say the least j
!of it. Their books are always open for the in- j
j ppcction of tiie public. The Report does not ,
j pretend that there are no old debts. It simply ;
! says nothing about them, because it L> impossi- .
ble to tell the exact amount of them.
As to the Clerk's salary, I have but to say .
that four years ago it was only 25 dollars per
rear, but since that time it has been increased
to 45, being only 20 dollars more —a great dif
ference between it and the increased pay of the
"Inquirer" for printing Door House Report,
that paper having charged 50 dollars for pub- ■
; bailing the same Report, ia 1861, that it now
, chaiges 109 dollars for. This hypocritical ed-
J itor can't see how the Directors can increase
| the salary of their Clerk, which is now less i
! than that paid to any of my predecessor.-, but j
' he 13 very conscientious about his own pay and |
modestly demands and receives 59 dollars more !
I for printing the Boor House Report for the last ;
j year, than was paid for the same Report in 1861. ]
i Again, he shows his long ears wneu lie says that
the Auditors' pay i> $1.50 per day and the
Clerk's for the same time is s2l. I would ask
any sane man, would he allow his clerk s2l
per day, when he himself is only allowed SLSU
per day? Jlow absurd the idea! One of the in
sane paupers might reason thus, but surely au
editor is expected to have better sense. Now,
the fact is, each of the Auditors received for
settling the accounts of the Boor House for
1864, $7 50, and their clerk the same. There
fore, of Hie S3O that looks so large in the eyes
of the Inquirer man (?) the clerk received but
$7 50. If the Points in this matter cannot now
be recn, it is certainly not because 1 hare not
exposed a sufficient amount of the awkwardness
of the conceited blockhead who wrote the arti
cle referred to. T. R. GETTYS,
Cltrk tO Poor Directors.
| Bedford, April 8, 7865.
IOREM OF LEE'S IKMV! |
Grant and Lee Mutually Desire Peace!
The Confederate Army to go Home on Parole. |
Thy are not to be diiturbed by the U. S. authorities • j
—
THE OFFICERS TO RETAIN THEIR SIDE-ARMS AND J
PRIVATE HORSES AND BAGGAGE.
The Terms of the Surrender
Conditional.
J[ay Speedy Peace and Re-union be the '
Result!
HEADQUARTERS ARMIES OK THE IT. S. I
April 9—4:30 P. M. I j
Hon. E. M Stanton, Sec'y. of War ;
Geu. Lee surrendered the Army of Northern |
Virginia this afternoon, upon the terms propoa* :
ED by myself. The accompanying additional ;
correspondence will show the conditions fully- j
(SIGNED) U- S. GRANT, Lieut. Gen. i
CLIFTON HOUSE, Va. f \
April 9. J j
Hon. E. M. Stanton, Sec'ij. of li'ar:
The following correspondence I ins taken place ;
between General Lee and myself. There has j
been no relaxation in the pursuit during its
pendency.
U. S. GRANT, Lieut. Gen.
Geu. Grant to Gen. Lee.
April 7.
Gen: R E. Lcc, Commander C. S. J}.
GENERAL: The result of the last week must |
convince you of the hopelessness of further re- ;
distance on the part of the Army of No them
Virginia in this struggle. I feel that it is so, and !
regard it as my duty to shift from myself tie
responsibility of any further effusion of blood,
by asking of you the surrender of that portion
of the C. S. army, known as the Army of
Northern Virginia. Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant, U. .S. GRANT,
Lieut. Gen. Commanding Armies of the U. S.
11.
Gen. Lee to Gen Grant,
April 7.
GENERAL : I have received your note of this I
date. Though not entirely of the opinion you
express of the hopelessness of further resistance
on the part of the Army of Northern Virginia
I reciprocate your desire to avoid useless effu
sion of blood, and therefore, before considering
your proposition, ask the terms you will offer, on
condition of its surrender. ii. E. LEE, Gen.
To -Lieut. Gen. U. S. Grant, Commanding Arm
ies Ol' the U. S.
in-
Gon, Grant- to Gen. Lee.
April S.
To General R. E. Lee, commanding Confederate
; States.
\ GENERAL: Your note of !. J t evening, in re
[ ply to mine of same date, asking the conditions
I on which I will accept the surrender of the
' Army of Northern Virginia, is just received.
; In reply, I would say that peace being my first
; desire, there is but one condition that I iu-ist
i upon, viz ;
That thp men surrendered shall be disquali-
J fled for taking up arms again against the govern-
I mer.T of the U. S. until properly exchanged.
I will meet you, or designate officers to meet
! any officers you may name for the .same purpose,
at any point agreeably to you, for the purpose
of arranging definitely the terms upon which
the surrender ot :he Army of Northern Virgin
i ia will be received. Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant, U. S. GRANT,
Lieut. Gea. Commanding Armies of the U- S.
IV.
Gen. Lee to Gen. Grant.
April 8.
GENERAL: I received at a late hour your note
of to-day in answer to mine of yesterday,
I I did not intend to propose the surrender of
I the Army of Northern Virginia, but to ask the
terms of vnur proposition. To be frank, Ido
not think the emergency has arisen to call for
the surrender. Hut as the restoration of peace
i should be the sole object of ail, I desire to know
whether your proposals would tend to that end.
I cannot, therefore, meet yon with a view to
i surrender the Army of Northern Virginia, but
as far as your proposition may effect the Con
| federate States forces under my command, and
lead to the restoration of peace. I should be
pleased to meet you at 10 A. M. to-morrow, on
I the old stage road to Richmond, between the piek
etlines of the two armies. Very respectfully,
j Your obedient servant, R. E LEE,
Gen. Confederate States Annies.
! To Lieut. Gen. Grant, Commanding Armies of
the U. S.
V.
Gen. Grant to Gen. Let.
April 9.
Gen. R. E. Communing C. S. A :
GENERAL: YOUR note of yesterday is receiv
ed. As I have no authority to treat on the
subject of peace, the meeting proposed for ten
IA. it. to-day could lead to no good. I will state,
. however, general, that I am equally anxious for
peace with yourself; and the whole North en
tertain the same feeling. The terms upon which
' peace can be had are well understood. By the
! South laying down their arms they will hasten
that most desirable event, save thousands of hu
| man lives, and hundreds of millions of proper
! ty not yet destroyed.
Sincerely hoping that all our difficulties may
be settled without the loss of another life, I
: subscribe myself. Very respectfully,
I Your obedient servant, U. S. GRANT,
Lieut. Gen. U. S. A.
VI.
Gin. Lee to Gen. Grant.
April 9. 1865.
GENERAL : I received your note of this morn
ing on the picket line, whither I had come to
| meet you and ascertain definitely what terms
were embraced in your proposition of yesterday
with reference to the surrender of llii* army.
I now request an interview in accordance
with the .iffer contained in your tetter of yes
terday for that purpose. Very respectfully,
Your obe't servant, K. E LEE, Gen.
To Lieut. Gen. Grant commanding U.S. Armies.
VII.
Gen. Grant to Gcit. Lee.
April 9.
Gen. R. E. Lee, Commanding C. S. A. :
Your note of this date is but this moment
(11:50 A. M ) received.
In consequence of my having passed from
the Richmond and Lynchburg road to the Farm
ville end Lynchburg road, 1 ata at this writing
; about four miles wefct of Walter's church, and
vill push forward to the front for t'oe purpose
if meeting you. ;
Notice sent to me on this road where you wish ! ,
he interview to take place will meet n:c.
Very respectfully, Your obe't servant,
U. S. GRANT, Lieut. Gen. j
THE TERMS.
APPOMATTOX COURT HOUSE, April 9.
Gen. R. E. Lee, commanding C. S. Ji.
In accordance with the substance of my letter .
Lo you, of the Sth instant, I propose to receive 1 j
the surrender of the Army of Northern Virgin-
ia, on the following terms, to wit :
Rolls of all the officers and men lo be made I
in duplicate, one copy to be given to an officer (
designated by me, the other to be retained by
such officers as you may designate. j
'Hie officers to give their individual paroles
not to take arms against the U. S. until proper- .
ly exchanged, and each company or regimental- J '
commander sign a like parole for the inen of
their commands, i j
The arms, artillery, and public properly to i
be packed and stacked, and tnrn-d over to the .
officers appointed by me to receive them. TL/S
will nut embrace the side-arms of the officers, j j
nor their private horses or baugage.
This done, each officer ami man will he al- j
lowed to return to their homes, not to be dis
turbed by U. S. authority so long as they ob- '
serve their parole and the laws in force where j
they may reside. Very respectfully, ;
U. S. GRANT, Lieut. Gen. j
VIII
The Surrender,
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF j il
NORTHERN VIRGINIA, > 1
April 9, 1865. \ J S
Lieutenant-General U. S. Grant, commanding \ s
U. S. A.: I
GENERA i.: I have received your letter of this ' .
date containing the terms of the surrender of
the Army of Northern Virginia, as proposed by J{
you; a- they arc substantially the same as those S I
expressed in your letter of the BIH inst., they are j T
accepted. I will proceed to designate the prop- !;
er officers to carry the stipulations into effect. .
Very respectfully, your obedient servant, t
R. E. LEE, General. t
£)efeat of Genera! Lee. :
Capture of Ewell and Other Generals, >
with Several Thousand Prisoners, etc.
WASHINGTON, April 7, 10 A. M.— Maj. Gen.
DXX: General Sheridan attacked and routed 1
IJCO'S army yesterday, capturing Major Gener
als Ewell, Kershaw, Button, Curse and many J 1
other general officers, several THOUSAND prison- j
cis and a large number of cannon, and expects !
to force L-JC to surrender all that is left of his ?
army. _ J ;
DETAILS will be given nr. speedily AS possible, :
but the telegraph is working badly.
E. M. STANTON, Secretary of War. \
Second CScial Gazette,
WASHINGTON", April 7 — Major General Die: J
The following telegrams announcing the VIE lo- J,
ry won yesterday by Majcr General Sheridan j
over Lee's RU-my, have just been received by ;
this Department :
E M. STANTON, Secretary of War.
Cnrr POINT, April 7—B A. M.— -Hon. Sec - j
return of War : At 11.15 P. M., yesterday, at ;
Burkesvi'LE Station, Gen. Grant seud-I me the
following FROM General Sheridan:
(Signed) A- LINCOLN, J
AFRIL 6, 11.15 P. M— Lieut. Gen. Grant:
I have the honor to report that the enemy
made a stand at the intersection of the Burkes-
I ville station road with the road upon which
J they were retreating.
j 1 attacked them with divisions of the Sixth j
army corps, and -routed them handsomely, ma- J
, king a connection with :he cavalry,
I lam still pressing on with BOTH cavalry and J
! infantry.
! Up to this time we have captured Generals
j Ewell, Kershaw, Button, Corse, Deoarrc, Cos
j lis Lee, several thousand prisoners, 14 pieces,
j of artillery with caissons, and a large number
j of wagons.
IL the thing is pressed, I tliink Leo will -or-;
I render.
(Signed) P. H. SHERIDAN,
Major General Commanding.
CITT POINT. 9 A. M , A( ril 7.— Hon. See- j
! retai l/ of War: The following further just re- j
j ceived :
(Signed) A. LINCOLN.
BURKESVILLE, VA. —-rl Lincoln: The fol- j
lowing telegrams are respectfully forwarded for j
your information:
(Signed) U. S. GRANT,
Lieutenant General. .
General Meade's Despatch.
HEADQUARTERS, April 6.— Lieut. Gen. Grant: j
At daylight this morning I moved the Second, j
Fifth and Sixth army corps along the railroad!
in the direction of Amelia Court House. Soon
after moving, reliable intelligence was received
that the enemy was moving toward Karmville.
The direction of the Second and Fifth corps
was immediately changed from a northerly to
a northwesterly direction, and the directing
corps, the Second, moving on Deatonsville,
and the Fifth, heretofore in the centre, moving
on the right of the Second, and the Sixth, fa
cing about and moving by the left flank, taking
position on the left of the Second. It was un
derstood that the cavalry would operate on the
extreme left.
The changes were promptly made, the Sec
ond corps soon becoming engaged with the ene
i my near Deatonsville, driving him to the right,
| across Sailor's creek, to the Appomattox.
I The Fifth corps made a long march, but its
j position prevented its striking the enemy's col
! umn before it had passed. The Sixth corps
came up with the enemy about 4 P. M., and
in conjunction with the Second on its right and
cavalry on its left, attacked and routed the en
j etny, capturing many prisoners, among them
: Lieutenant General Ewell and General Guslis
j Lee.
I transmit despatches from General Hum
phreys and Wright, which, in justice to these ;
i distinguished officers and the gallant corps they :
commanded, I beg the War Department for iui- ;
mediate publication.
It is impossible at this moment t give any |
estimate of the casualties on either side, or of
the number of prisoners taken, but it is evi
dent to-day's work is going to lie one of the :
most important of the recent brilliant opera
tions.
The pursuit will be continued as soon as the
men have a little rest. Griffin with the Fifth
corps, will bo moved by the left, and Wright
and Humphreys continue the direct pursuit as
, it prouii.-es success.
(Sigtvad) GEU. G. MsAiHt, Major General. 1
Gen. Humphrey's Beport. I v .
SECOND ARMY Corp? 730 P. M. April C- — J J-.
Major General A■ S. Webb: Our la<t fight just
efore dark, at Sailor"? creek, gave us two gu: ,c , j| r
:I;ree Hags, considerable numbers of prisoner- __
.'OO wagon", 7 ! > ambulances, with mules and j r
lorses to about one-half the wagons and am
balances.
There are between thirty and fifty wagons
in addition abandoned and destroyed along the
road, and some battery wagons, forges and lim
hers. j t<
I have already reported to you the capture j
of one gun. two flags and some prisoners, and ' "
the fact that the road for over two miles is ; j
strewn with tents, baggage, cooking uDnsil?
some ammunition, and material of all kind?
The wagons ar& across the cpproacli tothc bridge,
and it will take some time to clear it.
The enemy is in position on the heights be- ■
yond with artillery. The bridge is partially des-! ,
troyed, and the approaches on either side arc |
of soft bottom land. We cannot advance to ,
morrow in the same manner its we have to day. ,
As soon a? I get my troops up a little nearer I I
might push a column down the road and deploy j (
it, but it is evident that 1 cannot follow rapidly j
during the night.
(Signed) A- A. HtMPuitEys, J *
Major General.
Gen. Wright's Eeport. ! r
11FA DQI." AISTKRS SIXTH Cottl'S, 10 P. M., A- j C
pril (>. — Major Gen. Wilde, Chief of Staff: In I I
pursuance of instructions this morning from j
Major Gen. Meade, I moved, \ia Jettersvtile, : r
by the short and practicable road to the left of j e
Deatonsville, with the object of retaking a po-j r
sition on the left of the Second army corps, j i
striking the road running from Deatonsville to j t
Burke's station, at a point a little to the south- j a
ward of the former place. j f
I found that the Second army corps was en- ' I
gaged to the (ront and the right, and the- eaval- j t
rv heavily to my left. Moving down the road j i
towards Uurke's station, for perhaps a mile, j v
and turning sharp to the right, 1 proceeded a- . e
cross towards a nearly parallel road in which | t
the enemy was moving, and along which lie Lad : I
thrown up a line of intrenclimeuts.
As Soon as the leading division, General j;i
Seymour's, could be formed it was moved up on ! 5
the road held by the enemy, which was ear- j 0
tied. Then turning to the left it was ad vane- j <
ed down the road against a pretty song re-sis- ; r
Uy this time Wi.eaton's division was put in j .
position as rapidly as possible on Seymour's left- i
'i ae lines were again advanced, and we swept j
down 11. road for adrstan eof about two miles. |
Arriving at a deep and ditncult creek we found :
the enemy had re-formed iino on the opposite '
side, where we attacked and drove him to a point -
a distance of half a mile further. In the first <
attack a portion of the cavalry operated on our
riekt flank ; tn its subsequent attack the mass 1
f the cavalry ojie-rat-.-d .<n our left and the tight
flank of the enemy. j '
The result has been a complete success. j
The cot bin-d 1 >rees capture! r general oTt- :
cars, among them Generals Ewell and Custis
Lee, and a large number of other prisoners.
I shall go in camp about two miles beyond ■
this j-.oinr, at:d await instrucriuns. j j
The Mist and Third divisions, Whiting's and . s
Seymour's, and the artillery-, engaged to day, 1
behaved splviididly. A return ot casualties ;
will be forwarded as soon as possible. The 1 '
corps l.as nobly sustained the reputation it earn- ' 1
cd 0:1 the 2d. as well as upon its many previous ' <
hard fought battle-fields.
(Signed) H. G. WRIGHT, :
Major General. I ]
I Treason in the White House Kitchen, !
The Washington EtjiuLhcun. an ardent Abo-j !
I iition pr.pct, thus discourses concerning an edi- j
tonal which recently appeared in the Chronicle, i
I of the same city, the kitchen organ of A tie j
Lincoln, edited by Forney, the lickcr of dirty j
: dinner-plates:
"We had charity enough for the responsible I
1 author to believe that, with all his faults, he j
was a loyalist to the Government upon which he j
j has fattened so long, and of which he is now a 1
| high salaried officer. But wo entertain that j
: belief no longer. The sequel to the proposition |
: to reward traitors at the expense of oar noble j
i Union soldiers, and to the deep dishonor of the j
i nation, may be found in an editorial derived j
| from a lower depth of infamy, in thi.-, morning's >
; Chronicle, in which the editor, in commenting j
! upon the rebel general, Robert E. Lee, says: j
j "80 long as the Confederacy had a chm&} of I
i success his (Lee's) resistance was excusable f j
If anything more treasonable than this has
j appeared in the columns of any one of liieiib-
I el papers of the South, since 1801, we have
j neither seen or heard of it. Robert E Lee, up
| to the time of the evacuation of Richmond, ac- !
j cording to this writer had a '■'■ chance of success"
| in iiis attempt to destroy our .armies and over
| throw the Government of the United States, and,
j in the opinion of the editor of the Washington
j Daily Morning Chronicle, "WAS KXCUSABI.K !"
| We leave this writer where he belongs—to
J the scorn and contempt of an indignant and
! just people."
More Peace Rumors.
1 With the tidings ot great Union successes
come also rumors of negotiations for peace. It
; is stated that Sir. Edward Stanley, of North
: Carolina, is on his way to Washington on an
; errand of peace, and ir. addition to this the N.
j York Herald, of April 7, contains the folluw
! ing, under its editorial head
Wo have the information direct from Rich
mond that President Lincoln is there actuallv
cngaged upon the business of peace; that on
Tuesday evening last he had a private confer
ence with Justice Campbell, one of the three
rebel commissioners in the famous Hampton
| Roads conference. Judge Campbell, it is un
derstood, by and with the advice and consent of
Jeff. Davis, with the rebel evacuation of Rich
mond, remained behind to see what could be
done in behalf of his despairing rebel associates
and followers in a treaty of peace. We are fur-
J ther informed that Wednesday last had beer. 1
: appointed us the day for a more formal meeting -
: between the President, Gen. Weitze! and or.e or |
j two others on the Union side, and Judge Camp- !
; bell and some other prominent rebel leaders on i
j their side, and that high expectations were en- !
tertained that peace would speedily follow. We |
; attach the highest importance to this intelli- I
gcnco; (or we accept it as substantially true. j
TLc New York Tiaws(un administration jour- '
nal) is out in an editorial arguing that tbo time !
has now come for the President to issue a proo-!
lamation to the great mass of the Southern poo- j
pie, offering them terms of peace, but it does
' not think that an amnesty should now, it ever, '
' be gfuntcd to 0* loadert of Mjc rebellion. The
World's Washington correspondent alleges thai
iic President is sb'ut to issue a proclamation
Tom Richmond, in accordance with the almost
ismnitiious wish of the. Nurt hern people, defin
oc the terms upon which the ie!iei must re
ume thr ir allegiance to the Union, and appeal
r;g to them to stop their now utterly suicidal
es.stmice to the, constituted authorities.
THE WAR.
On Wednesday evening, at six o'clock, Qerj.
Lee's army v.as at Amelia Court House, seven
locn miles northeast of Burkesville. He was
llmost surrounded. Shcri km, With histavwlry,
tnd the Second, Fifth, and Six; 1: c-of-ps. was at
J.-ttersville, eight miles southwest of Amelia,
'.rant, with the 1 wcnlyfourth corps, was at
Burkesville. Lv's position was a criiical one;
Grant bad passed him, and closed all the direct
roads of retreat to Lynchburg.
But Grant baited, his troops encamped, he
did not push forward and attack Lee. Tae
Confederates discovered that be had Lulled
L-e availed himself of the delay, and during
Wednesday t i 1:lit, abandoned Amelia Court
House, and inarched northwest towards the
Ajqiomattux river, to puss around Grant's
nouthern flank. The Appomattox is but a
sinail st: at ri.at point, and Lee passed the
greater part of his army to the north bank
The main body retreated westward along the
north side of the Appomattox; the rearguard,
commanded by Ewell, marched along the south
bank.
Ewell's rear guard was passing about three
miles north of Burkesville, when it was di-cov
ered at daylight on Thursday morning. Grant
roused his army, and the Second, Fifth, and
Sixth corps, with the cavalry, at once pursued
the Confederates, They came up with Ewell
at Sailor's creek, on the south side of the Ap
pomattox. five miles northwest of Burkesville.
Ewell made a desperate fight; kept the Federal
troops back until six o'clock on Thursday even
ing, and his small rear guard was finally over
whelmed by ten times its number. lie, and
every division ar.d brigade commander, Lis ar
tillery, and nearly all hi? men, were captured.
The battle was a desperate one, but it seems
to have ;>■ omiiplished its object, which was prob
ably to secure tlie retreat of Lee. Gen. Lee
gain d time, and his main body on Thursday
evening was again west of Grant. On Thurs
day night Grant's troops halted about seven
miles northwest of Burkesville. Lee, no doubt,
marched all night, to make good hi? retreat.—
Age.
-aiKRJEB—
SMITH—TOMLINSON—On Thursday,
the lotli ult., by the. Rev. G- Berkstresser. Mr.
Samuel Smiih and Miss Sarah Tomliuson, butb
of Bedford township
FAT LOR—HORN —On Thursday, theflth
inst., by the same, Mr. John B. Taylor, uf
B 1 uk Hawk county, lowa, and Miss Annie A
Horn, of ScheiLburg.
'CrfVfcltlA'lJrfA&ailflnpiPet \jfy~
RUSSELL—On Wednesday. iheothi' O,
Eiiza M . infant daughter of H u. Sunn I L.
and Emily R. Russell, ag> d 3 years, 4 month*
and lo days. -'My beloved has gone down :uio
his garden to gather lilies.''
STOUDENOUR.—In Sr. Clatrsville, on the
7th inst , of croup, E .ward Ambrose, only child
of John and Marlinah B. Stoudenour, aged 13
days.
SMITH.—In Islington Lane Hospital, Phil,
adelphia, Feb. 11, lSbn, William K. Smith, a
private in Co. D, 138 th Reg't., P. V., agcuiS
years, 2 months and 16 days.
brave youth has gone to his rest, but he
sleeps beneath the fold 3 of a flag which he new:
dishonored. May his slumber be peaceful.
RENFORD.—In Somerset, on the 2et!i ul; ,
Nnri.is.vi BeniorJ, wife of George W. Benfurd,
aged 35 years, 1 month and 27 days.
Mrs. Benford was one of nature's noble wo
men. She was universally esteemed and re
spected. Iler qualities of mind and heart
were such as to attract, and command respect.
She was a model woman, which was no where
more strikinklv manifest than in her family
government, Her little family group gives un
mi?." ah able evidence of the wholesome teachings
ot an intelligent, Christian mother.—ikm.
Bedford Markets.
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W heat, per bust. 2 00 I'cts, pei aeim, .15
Rye, per bush I. 150 I Buttr. per lb. .33
Corn, p-r bushel, I 25 1 Lard, per lb. 53
Oats, per bustn 1, 70 | Bacon, per lb. -3
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A Clergyman, whde residing in South .America
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Fkee of Charge.
P.ease ene ose a post-paid envelope, addressed t
yourself. Address, JOSEPH T. INMAN,
Station D, Bible House,
February 10, 18G5— ly New York.
lin por fa 2111 oF a roier^
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before the big advance made by th* mannfaet' 1 '"*
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ALSO,
C-ombifbed Sdf-Raldng Reapers
at less than present eost.
! E4Y, STRAW AND FODDER QUrTß**'
at winter rates.
Hardware cl all Kinds,
at reduced prices.
WM HARTLEY.
April 14, ID#. Bedford, Ps