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lestey, Mar.
10
I. L. |MBBIE, E<HW *
rfwtdeni in 1864, k V ,
j, oftiiUsoTß, : -
(For; Vice Presi^erA,
3tsW ■ O JJR T tK,
: “of p<S«*riLTAiiiiij . i (
Wm
an d-
ioyM..*-The AftqOß Ovnotf
L n : removed to ‘tbe room over
mins’ Drug Store, nearly
I tfur old office, we may
Jd;St all times. ready to Attend
fronts of our friends and |>£-
Entrance at the Korlh/side
building.
has bet
Dr.i Co|
t>Pl»o«U
ije tauiti
*O, th«'
trofas.j
of ibe
A. good Adams printing press
Dr. Ttdsr Dpne^, , ''!ite w
Ohio, hairing located in
r, willreceive calls at his office.
Southern extremity of the Ka'
Hotel, in this place.' ! %
Wells’
Heave
is the
tionSi
The United States’ Sanitary
ission purpose holding “in Phil-
Comi
lia, in | the early part of Jane
i ‘.‘Grand Central Fair " for tbi
t of the sick and wounded sof
diers.i The success, of the undertak
ing will greatly depend upon local as
sociation.l), having for -their object to
secore| contributions torlhejjFair.
Will Beaver county ncft dp^sprnothing
ip assist in the matter ? ; ,
■T- - [ - - - -*rt
jade! pi
next,
bencfi
lis Advancing: —The type fopri
navo issued a circular to’ all
? Pric
deV" 1
priritei
price c
rs that they have raised the
if printing material 25pei cent,?
1 I makers have raised the price of
one hundred pier cent. The
s will see 'that | publishers of
apers. are not likely to become
lafries in a hurry under this’
off affairs. only way ,to
long at all lie to insist upon
[it settlement of accounts. {7
Paper
paper
jreadei
nowsf
taillioi
state
get al
prom]
v;
;LROAd Changes.— J. N. M’Cuk
Esq , has been appointed Gen
upcrintendent of‘the Pittsburg,
'syne & Chicago Railroad, .in
v. • Rai;
loughi
eral Si
Ft. M
jof John B. Morris, Esq ,rcBign
ifr. Jervis’ hast been appointed
Engineer of the road.' , Persons;
!' frnerneas wftfirthe above dojmrt-,|
'place
J
-Chief
IfalvftH
meats' of the Company, will address
the officers named above. [ i 1
-j .-i- UI 1116
in the Boavef Seminary and Instigate,
will tilkojdace Wednesday and Tburs-i
dky afterpoons, Mar. 9th, and 10th,
and lie Closing Exercises Thursday j
evening, iMar. 10th, ■: Prizes,. will be
awarded for the best Essay; and besi
Reading. Prof. Cole’s Seminary Class
will perform a Cantata, entitled Music;
amusing Colloquy will also be per-,
formed. 1 ■'( -;> A ;L. .
,yfE learn that the friends of
tey. Mr. Burt, of this town, con
d the idea 1 of .surprising him on
Thursday evening.- This they
by _ the large ‘ n'utnber which,
n dropping iri, one after another,
:he house waafilled, arid by the*
presentation, through j Eev.- Dr. .Cox,
of a purse containing Eighty Dollars,
i. token of their esteem and gboii
will. 1 After spending; an hour or two
very pleasantly and.socially, tbe com
panVleft, impressed- that turf rises are
Bom-etiraes pleasant affairs. ,
the
cem
: lint
did
canv
till t
a caucus of Uuion men at
Columbus/Ohio, ohj Friday n|ight last t
tfcoj folloteigg resolution was unani
mously, adopted: , i j J
.. J kesoived, Tha't in the opinion pi this
Conventiontbe people of Ohio, and
ih'or soldiers in the army, demand the
remomiration of Abraham Lincoln to
the Presidency: of States.
- i The members spontaneously arose
ito their . feet, and gave cheer upon
cheer at the commencement of the
passage ot (be resolution.
soldiers in the\ariny, by
«t rrespondenee, ate ; calling
flppn the people to 'supply them with
Material for bandages for the coming
Conflict Thonsaads of pair brave men
Will wounded in those I dread fa)
■VI- H r-—T—-- f
cftnflicta, and provision. in this way
•bonki be qnde. “We trust this Ladies*
Ald'SheTMies will take tb» matter in
babuls. > ! ; /
I A Niw Gwdktt.—- A n .appli cat ion
att< the ereotjnnj of' to
neVcalled ijionesta; apt of parte of
Venango, Clarion and Warren, wi|l
be presented to the LegieiatajfoaviU
present session- i if ■ ■ <Vy •
Tbs GirrtsßPßO CxMirrar.—Tb/
bodies of about 3,100 federal eoldier
have Been re buried id National
Qmsjey. Several hundreds are yet
to be removed, the work upon ifjhioh
;• eteadilygoiog forward,:and will
doobtldw be completed by the first <>f
ji. v vT f
5
!
LM
lnk.Stifpllie#.
#e iieeJfrj|n mfmmation derived
frAfe ironrcesltjnat ban be relied JttjWt,.
OAc every effprt.whiob can bo made,
byJWnhn ibgindity aod
power, is to be made iti the ebmifcg
1 spring to increaso tbe rebel armies and
to increase thWr tbo ne
cessaries ot lito. The leader jof the
rebellion 5 ftbe. different States, In
arms against' the authority; pf Ah*
government, express the highest
hopes for the future lof their fraudu
lent confederacy, but at the same
time admit thai lheipresent
their affairs is of the moat felooriiy
character.. Thc great compklat a
mongst the rebelaulhoritiesand lead
ers hAhat their citiaens notjyet in
their army, are making every effort
in their power to keep ant, and th
rebel Congress and Legislatures o
the States are constantly .
abolish ail exemption and substitute,
and Wnphli every man old and young,
enief the amy^and
, cause. They do not attei&pt to pro*
( ivido any-miansof furnishing pupplies,
, or n ake any effort to feed and clothe
the men already in the field; and who
are inhering apd enduring Unbdard of
hardships. very effort; to ftfce
the whole male population into their
armies witt put regarding the .means
of their support ispf itself oiie strong
and overwhelming evidence of the
; desperation of thpir cause. They are.
convinced that inj the ape
preaching spring campaign their fate
is th be decided,and hence their migh
ty {efforts ;■ to fill' up their arrtxies,
already; reduced to meio- skele
tons, by death, starvation and deser
tion. They often threaten ito make
of I their slaves, and compel
theU for theiricause, but they
know wpljjthey dare not do it. But
they arb in 'reality pursuing another
course with | their negroes. 1 - They
are making teamstersmnd laborers of
them; and thus they pre enabled to
compel all their white men who are
engaged in profitable business oh
their own account, exempted
from, or a'roid militarys'service npon
one preter I. or another, and thousands
of {them a'u. nGW . driving teams and
cattle for a jontsimf theiij government,
and for contractors. men are
abo.ut to l e compelled; to shoulder
their mus!tots, and their places sup
plied by negroes. In tips matter the
Government of the ijnited Slates
might tabsia profitable lesBon,.and
compel all jibe bangersion about onr
i-.-T -•• £— i
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111
with those who are not [able to fight.
It appiitts that the rebel.'impress
ment la 1 ? is not considered quite
stringent c hough,l and | some, ot, the
States Lc gislatures are; passing laws
loanable their Governors to do more
for their cause. In soirieof the South
ern States - where supplies cannot be
had. for the army at leasonableratea.
lljeir Governors. are 4rafiowered to
tp order mipressments of]sapplica of
food and clothing—an authority with
out any, limit, and -to impress slaves
for the', public service. .Thus
they leave their helpless women and
children tv suffer all the |horrors"ef
starvation They have also directed
that all nlt yes shall -be impressed, so
far as they are needed, and have gone
a-stop fail.her than any civilized na
tion, in directing that all
in the limits of robejdom; shalhdpe en
rolled and compelled to enter'their
armies. There seems to ho no blanks
iobe ; in their sweeping cons
scriptioa lottery. i, j
11 The of the Union every,,
where if the rebel States, are pcrSe
dated in tne mdst vindictive r aml mer
ciless spirit’. Wo already know to
some extent what they and their;
martyred companions have suffered—j
Thousands of themhaye been driven;
from heir hotrieS,—their properly]
has been destroyed Or carried away/
and many of.tbem and their inno
cent and helpless familes murdered
with the most hellish cruelty,, f6r no
other crimo‘thaii loving the glorious
old flajj of their country. I The' bones
ofithese patriots whiten the-soil of
every State in rebellion-, and yet one
of their: Governors in the spirit of a
demon, says, “We have dealt too leni
ently wiyh those whirsticlf'j’to the old
Unionl The time has anriycd when:
loryism i hould .and must; no longer be
toleraied. Thus it ia meant that/the.;
i brave |an l loyal men, who yet remain |
I where the rebellion has uncontrolled)
sway I are to be utterly, external
io'ated. !■ • ‘ , i .. V’> ' < •’|
All these] facts go to show that the
jebellioniis about to close. The lead
ers are growing desperate in view of
the punishment , which awaits them
at'th'3 hands of an injured and, op
pressed : people. • The; Administration
jofftasidlent liinoolc Ispteparing for a
: vj£or Jtrf campaign 5 as soonas pur ar
’ miss' cap’ rdovis, and we have! hopes
,'ftioii all the aijphU-wbteb now -*°
'.cileii'.y Appear, thAf-sur country wiQ
the atUttmer closes,
‘ -toredl to peace and prosperity.—
I /
t
I r-
May God ape
which marcbet
the Southern £
bauds ot th«' present pb
have 1 conspired igainat human
dopt imd rigbi- j
V' ■- Jud(» ;; L
Daring two dkyk last week, the
Hon.l L- L. 14’Guffih presided ft W
adjourned meeting .of oar Courts, Jo
ing fais first appearance hero wjbss
judicial cap* dty since his | appoint
mend. His c icons and gentlem|in.
ly mannerand familiarity with legal
proceedings, made a most Wbie
impression' t poid xthp minds of, t^ Q
Lmkbers of he Bar and others who,
were in attendance.; Thciro being .no
trial of causes, bat dry arguments up
on legal qrfei tions brought before tho
the J’ idga had hot°PP° r ‘
tunity of dii playing his legal boapng
and! ability is a lawyer. Judge Me-
Guffin has bad long experience, , and
a most extensile practice in bis|pro-j
t?4°V" d dekeryedly stand®
pleasureof hip acquaintance, ntMM
him j highly f for bis many . exccfllent
qualities of mind and heart; and we
have no donbtj he jwill be able
entirs satisfiction to thq people ol this
Judicial Du trict. ~
1 Onj Wed ie4day evening, the [24th
hit., the ntombers of the Bat and offi«
fcera of; the - Courts of this county;
gave the Judge a supper,, at the Bop- j
vier ttdtel in dhfa place. The Judge,!
with tbel gentlemen; who accompanied
him froir pen| Castle,.appeared toon*j
joy the -gathering with their
friends a legal
lire .connected with! httr
gother, we can sayitbat
e present upon any occa
nd, wnen there was man.
ih .desire on the partof
make off
! possible. All wemhneb
he courtesy and.kindneas
s'and fats friends, from
mty. | If the gentlemen
fair specimen of the lo
op r sister ooUntyi
1 Lawrence county [rot
irable [place of residence
social qualities,' and v |n
»y appeared to great >■
| social]
jof ihi
&l
Altoj
those W
Coufts.;
we neVei
sion of t
ifested si
each ooi
as agrees
pleated i
of the
Lawren<
present ar
habitaiitsV
most say, 1
i , 3/ ,
be a very
for in all 1
telligencel
vantage. /
Our host;,
mostjexcellen
pll the credii
splendid man
tain meat. |wa
fairly ground
, please the ap
done up in|aj
passed. Mr.
not large, is
and is worll
desire a
living. . !i ' -
These re-i
most happy
men- bet roc
•. all that is sd<
j ture, and in
i and asperi lie
, ly is to a ;n
Homicide
j We learn
icl'e that a
died h few days ago in
from Injuries received a
before attDobapdsof bis
deeeased.it appears, went homcl inv
icated, and bis wife, Mary Dunn,
ing the sane condition, fell on’li
with a club, and jbeat biin severely
the righj, /side and arm /.Eryttipe
[of a malignant character took { pin
in the bruised side and arm, causin
bis deatl in a .fejw days. , An inqn
was he! i, and idhe jury_rendered a
verdict that became to bis death V
erysipelas, induced by blows indict
rby bis w ife.'Maty Dunn, and a ppis
ied state of the system' from bin ihal
of intenr penance. .
- [V i
Election «>f Dr. St. Clhir
’ The olffiqial retains .of the late, i
cial election; held Friday. 19 th j
in the Indiana; and Armstrong
triiJt,-fdr Stats Senator, 1 show * a
jority of 2(906- for the Union ca
dale, Dr. Thos. St. Clair. Tlio’j Ii
aha American says “the major! ty gj
for the jUnion candidate is mi re t
the moat sanguine expected Fhe
jority is withinafew rotes of the!
jority givin lost fall for Gov. jpui
and plainly shows, that we wore n
in judging that the good Bop iblit
of this ephnty; were fully a rak'<
the importance of. the conn st. 1
hair the gkriohs yeomanry of Indj
county- Ttyflare ever awake to t
trueinterista.” •. v ' T : \ ,;j ;
: D*a-
JUtoit.-
on 7ti<
•ighty-
at the Residence of her «on, tho
J. Bco« Harrison, near Nort h|-B»
sfso, -ftaMral took i6n Sop>
wanting, from the reaideno s of
•OB'in-law, Colonel Taylw,- at Gh
our giftint ufiAtwl
the doHveruncu pf]
from Ihi uccutrta
'''wow- Wl»»>
.—The bio
family, atjffd
dina, ;e on [Friday |MW
*Pb« ,re,had recent
ly cffort to starve
hii was s» weak
and k he was unable to
stand, and be carried to' the
scaffold.. i previous tb his
execution. dote, the 1 father , of.
Mrs. M’( Introduced intahis
Cell, whei oner asked, “Is this
Mrs.- M her 1” addwhen an
affirmative ' whs given, added,
“As thore 5 - in .heaveji, 1 am
innocent ol daughter’s murder.”
On the . bore himself with
extraordin »rtitude. He too
weak to el sit or stand, abd lay
down whi final arrangement* for
hisezr ' being I made, j Be
fore thi it around his neck
he, ' to his feet] by a
grand v jasir.g the audi
eneei sat . crime for which I
am abou 1 km entirelyinnp
cent. Ttffgive all those who
hare \ i" Ai brute in the
crowd. ‘Blayedi, ibatt," an#-a
horror '.hriff wdnt through
, $9 * Wtfo by
isl the v though convinced [of
v -its.notrnU finalscenb nowi took!
' place. Th( was adjusted round
the neck'' mlprifc, and Suiting on
’’a chair ho v daced onljithe drop
The (rap #lu. then sprung, and the
body of the wretched man hung dang
* ling in the' gfr. fU execution' wai
■ witnessed bylfifteen thousand persons
9 including* Hjjire ■ nuirtbet of ft rngleii
■ and several '' i ; | r ‘..
a corps from imputations cast upon
ir them in Gen. McClellan’s report,! foi*
! alleged bad conduct at tbe be ttlU oif
l e Glendale. It contains Gen. McCall’s
report of thekbaltle, togelherwiih I the
reports of the subordinate coinmanL
s 'ders, and the following slktel :
j ment: . .#] ■■ j. / I
• We, the nnifcrslgned, officersrof the
, - in K Pennsylvania Reservtt, who fdught if.'
-K" •? out ' the battle of (he 80lh of June, 1862,
n ofr nai variouslyeailel'the batUWof Nel«iU’i
■oup hri’ess Farm, - Glendale and •jSewj Maijke[t
nan lami Cross Koads.ido hereby distinctly
. ' stale-tha£ ourdyision was not routed
j ! : in that battle,* d. although tepippnl
-1 rj- reversewaajsistainedby Seymour’s
>7j brigadeearly•inthe dayi the aivisioii
was at .no time bated. | j
j. [Signed] Gbo.G Meads, Maj. Gen.,
Inn and lhirt|peven other officeis.i
'.le, ■‘ 1 ■
en
kil
mcl
1681
bb r
, the
lr. Joseph Haiti and
t family, richly descry
t they received for tl
| her in which the enter
|s got ifp. Jfaa J ablet
1 with the ereat ibou*
| C- \r w
{•s , • 1
petite was there, an l m
Style that cannot bo. sui
Hall’s house, ;altl ijufj
’kept|in a superior sty’*
iy the patronage if
pleasant hoitie and
inions seem to
■ , inflnenoe—by
acquainted, bri
cfol and. kindly'
1 softening the
3 wliiehlhebu
iat extent afflic
in Lawreno
fromthe'P’ltsb
man named Tbo
rg Chr<
nns Bn
pw Oast
hopf ti
wife
ir MEi GEii. Wm. EL I
aia lady departed .his
the advance d ;ag
hi year* and seven mop
MEE
The
su
»!’•
86Ct>
fortt
tho«
tainlbe .
wilbtbet
bis name
The U
stricken -
penn<u>env
residence,
or wheel,
were
who.]
Mibell
of
those
VidOs
order
ofth'
*ll>
in the
gooi
hiiivo|
mjaki
•I i ■
Count;
me | REBEL PERSfERASCE AT CHARLES
ijj e ton . —'A corresondent .of Mho Boato-n
)X , Traveler, speajng of the: per»eVei
anco of the mis at Charleston, ip
j m their effoits tojestroy the flpc t guard*
on mg that post, lys fcurtorpe loboatk
j as are now readyhr use, have bepnjlrij
‘ ’ ed imd found njonlycompletely man
ageable, but vcr efficient; twenty-five
. more torpedo (sscls are -in
- ,| construction bllhemin the City, and
are in variouajtages of com pie lion.
The iron-cladaave all jbeerf provided'
with outrigger spars and networks
to ward off U attacks from these
vessels: The >rrespondent thinks
that if the reb bat had cpmmarid df
the resources iicb We have,; they
would ere this We raised ilhe blbck
[ ade by abw^pWfjjisnce.;; ■, i. ■[
ion*
ipe The Rebel
ji| t ' One of the ,lfew
1. ’’ dispatch from W*
u,9 ‘ leges that impor|
ma- paring at
ndi- campaign. Konln
ndi- Pennsylvania, the!
lven again to be invad
L' ' s will be rapidly red
f A ate rtrtggle.f ii
ma " are to be putibtp
ma- Immense
:tin, constructed‘along'!
I wdrks on that Bn
1 i- a very formidably
!SDB ever, of a snffictead
ii to tract oiir advam
All and render the
iana dangerous to oar'ti
■The IJraf)
' ■ W *f?
AR . The drift hi* bfcn
Ufa firBt of
*" new enhatmenlsjof
call ofiwtjNoveh
the, thousand men.
lon. an** thirty; nhc*
B rd armyrcoinprW;
. *. regimental orf
lda y expire on or/
nary, one kt
eaiiated.-.
:<o of
her
'O, \
12,59
V. .I, 1 . !
H
bwa Ig
:.|l OHM
ft* the)
idittt Ibct
jl .be nni<i
color .with
tod will. Mti
A ibeperedn*
;h Is oppoeiU
ehtellineat
■hate for iCftCifest
•Usability end non
, placed in the hoik
imee ofthowWho
(•Id to •frricvj or;
ion or faipfobed a
preliminary part
The name* pi
receipt of tho
taohelcftoat
,e, names; of
, witi.be ' put
■ ' --.vj--! VTI.
linrsbal Gea’l. |
*0 • CioiipiioN.-l*
pirk papers] has: a
Icgton, which al
. plans are pro*
fiir the spring
fi Maryland, and
{patch says] are
ar.d' Lee’s army
ted for a deeper*
yj thousand men
Virginia lalone.-~
dries arebeing
Rapidan. The
tlthough Of
actor, are bow*
eiiglh tw.pdo
that direction
to Richmond
j ,fj - i )
dk, Pcb/28.
itponed till ill e
al number cf
le President's
s twohundre 1
lOnshundre i
bn now in tbe
fcbit&ry and
iwlmiu: terms
MEI
' _ , Latest firoi
BcjasAao Boom, Naaa Damps, > B * n ’ 1
J i Fmdat. FcJ). 2fi,.fi a- at, | -'i ..»»* Jtofi
* ■fliwi iDaviM ■ lorf,
•aldfit Ohehllhdredanfi fitly lb killed,
TiS* miaa&g. Crtflta and TfS,*
bad. sever*: engage
menl with, til* *nem| on th*e*tefe.ie
far e hough they fell back *
iTthS night to thhfleft of Tnnßpl £“® mbe V
Hill, to -which the centre and «jg ht ft* i,Sf
vHll; retire. Tha enemy opened, on r“2, •
Johnson's advance, withmuaketry
ebout i midnight, wounding Col. Mar
| litalsi, Of the 24tb Itlinpir, and ro JJC!f'
others. HattleoH add Brown’s R
cavalry got It. eight of an<l Sherman a
iSd iforSk fight with the enemy.- “ *Wg •
The ball Unot yet opened, at this a.
5... bdVwin, likely, do% When we * b «”J
tjdni.to Tiflnel Hill,' where we will ho, - ' , j
doablentrench ourselves and bold our; ll
fiosWOß.r. ;i , , - ;■ ‘U j At Jack]
, . ■.•,■: [eKCOiiDsDtshATOH.ji written to j
f 6 p. jj.—rThia morlning the.ball open- epeak in pj
ed at one o’clock, onomlle »h .advance, 1 onned on it
WGan.-McCook’si hrignde! on the wwh to.boj
|Ben,.|lll|orga | s ,^< on the thwi^wk
I Gen" McCook drove the enemy hall from Texas
t mile, assisted byHarris’ 11th Indi. Dndloy soj
-j-! J- - ■ T
■ JKskeV skirmishing cbntlnally al. hoe^aont^
Get i Hotchkiss drive the rebel bat th ere are I
ierviff. : it ■ M : ;fC '■ ' ments. j
Tt ; rebels Kneared or. the nghEMn Aldvicea j
rretty strong fince" 1 that S t «iD>
The rebels work twelve pieces ol ar- towns ot r
illery. . ' l', ! ' ! ; - two war a
Gen Morgan drove the enemy one ih ashesiw
.*eii {ja- . —_ —
iniloaod retired balfia mil®, i
The total lose waaabout seventy to
diiyv Hftostly^ouaded.
We' bold our ground to night.
Gen-Grcftljaa been fighting the
enemy on th® cast of Rocky- Face
Ridge all day, and pricing them. No
intelligence froiythem since. .
The resistance. 'pf the enemy was
found very atubborbi ■
Lieut -Gen. Grant- I
j; ! ii •p , ' > -..1 !'
A dispatch from
Feb. I 26tb, says:—The ( Conference
Committee, having agreed, Congress
vo day passed the bill creating the
rahkuof lieutenant ;{general. It fras
duly]'engrossed anil signed by the;
President, wild was |at the Capitol; at
the: time of itsipassage. To-night the
President issued the commission of
lienrnant : general to Dlysses S ’ Grant,
of Illinois. Bepresohtative Wash
bnrne will either leave to morrow or
Sunday for Chattanooga; bearing the
commisaion iniperaon to General Grant,
aho thus holds thoonly portion evey
conferred on liny-person in ,this conn
tiv except George Washington, Gen
eral Scott’s rank of lieutenant gener
al being merely that, of brevet j 'The
new law U so'worded that the heuten (
att general is only ex-Officio coramanr
doMn-chief. of -all tlfe ; armioh' and
: rteersfcte it doanwt distort* ]
of the Democrats, and most of the
border State { men i voted against the’
creation ,o( the neyr rank to-day. -. jp
WasbinOtos, Febaarj* 29.—The bill
revising tjbe grado of Lieutenant Gen
eral was aiglfcd by the presiding offi
cer of pf Congress to day.
It has yet to be presented!© tbe Pres
lident’ for his approval before lit be-j
comes a Jaw. Therefore the announce
ment that General Grant has been ap
pointed to that offlso is premature. ;
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. Kew Yoek Feb: 27.—"th10 Expreis
says that an officdif who arrived in tile
llPulton furnished, the following in-,
jtoresting | particulars' concerning th|e
recent disaster in Florida: It was the
opinion of the Officers who took part in
the expedition that our losses ;h killed,
I wounded andJ missing are between
ijtwelve find fifteen hundred. General
Seymour is. severely' censured 'for not
throwing out scouts and! skirmishers
as our troops adydneed. As it was,
our men {were led iYitoja trap. [Hamil
ton’s, artillery led! the yah afid. suffered
severely,- the rebel sharp shooters
picking off their jb|orsca, so - th'at the
guns had abandoned. The 4Gth'
MassachneUsMounted Infantry"’also
suffered , In retreat
many of.dur wounded jvere left behind
within the eiicmy’slines. ; Qur troops,
were rightih front "of -Confederate
batteries in; a piece of woods before w» .
{wore awaie of their pftsence, and
when their guns opened a galling fire
j bur men were j driven panic stricken
[and jc disorder. The rebel three is not
known, but is supposed tb be largo;—
One prisoner who was taken says that
troops bad: recently been . sent down
from Charleston! { and; that .Beaure
gard Was in command there] Gen.
Seymour, who commanded the expedh
tipn, has been placed nhder arrest by’
prder jpf Get . Gillcaore,and issuccced-v
ed by Gen. rVodgbjs, who IcftHilton
Head on Tuesday] fast with A rein
forcement of onei entire divit
Jacksonville. ) -|
r. ! j! < •.
'Arrival of Refugees
j*. Washington, Feb. ‘ 27.— T0-day
forty-three reftgee|» from Richmond,
consisting ofmen, Women' and chil
dren', were taken'to the Provost
shal’s. office by Ui S. Detective Carter,
of the steamer Weldon/wbich were
nicked up at different points on the
Lower Potomac. I jThe personal effects
of the parties filled two large furni-
Itnre wagons, and many Of them had
iu{>«hi their person aconsiderahls a—
mount of monOy in gold and
Thesb refugees are principally Ger-
but are unwilling to reveal atiy
tbihgpjin'relation; to affairs tn l
mond. jPerhaps jit Is on account of
their ignorance Or Irons the fact that
the heal |of eaofal family has la pass
saying’the bcdWjtf’i has taken the oath
of - allegiance" t& the. Confederate
States, ;tebd' bifthgl pledged bet to ns
veai, eith'er direcUy or indirectly, any
Information that may benefit the
my, is permittod’to pass the limits of
tm Confederacy.
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a ’fhro’ Mfcaiidppi **d® 4 |
•‘ hM *g«hi.v ¥;i
ew.ot the m»>* h C6Mt. J«dg6
22 h- ■ —one for inciting and settle
n soldiers, named Welle*, B *d enjriiirfne In * rehemT™?
ate- 554®w«^ar;
Btb .llSoh thl'<Sh ftaawonji f o^frew<>^^,and^anriu« , •M
oft the 6th m \ Miag * r Mi ,t anC o totSJ2S»- h
MmcoiW. the third was, fo* conspiracy v 0 Sb*
w % »!»' Ugaiifcfc the Unite/ State,, «?
,li uf Wjhb Bistr ®tsAtiornaym«do »ne U B ;.l T i e "I
offlcer*,*|na patrol*, njlth 'b a | 9 |t^ o (}. on General XHx• f ol *. i* '.
>, were on)all the principal who is at present in Pon t o ' ■
C 1 1 ~J ' LL layettb. wili bi SJ?" ;
Tpaper*/ report General ;h £ •„ r few put W<f
iiarcb, tbjrougL .Mississippi > ————Ja , ■ ■ '
LTidmphartl affair, the. ieb- - Shsaoiaßj it taiiE..—the Lane«^
badly whipped to j every tor TVirmpet, .of Elisabethtown
jth sy attempted a stand. • i that after th#deatb, a few days s}w
■h* of loshee on either Bide ,oif a jodtlg at'the residence Af
d exceplthatAdams’ reb-| Martm Inly,>in Rapho township ,
* 2 1;ioo‘
tajriV
ll
/1b r'
•at 20d.i .
son, 2,000: citizens bad
|e[n. Banks asking him to'
bile onpolilics. ‘Hei dej
s groundthat he did l oot
sin. to thro# jmili tiry;: po|}
the pd’itical; balaOcje. j
no news of importance
; I;A repdrt says that Col
nplfy brigade afe'afbout to
?er contra, transports have
liPasS Cavalvo’ to bring
troopai Ati all events;
dicftlijlns of active movo
ngo state
kaKonj !tho
aided by
Whs weVe
* e / ed - V;;
ns the en
esident of
•i • i ■ i
bad an»-
vtford'
ika-|
[Tram Sati Dbmj
ijist troop# have '
Forva andßurra.j
learner#. |- The, to
■jhen the [troops Of
News f&U Corasco
try of Gen.! Falcon is P*
Veneseula. |''■ j 1 ■ | I
The transport Be’-videro
edatNew frorr
newel tha'
and other vessels wbre
there. • , [■'-
The 29th andSOlfi Mi
hart arrived, and left fr
pas count ry.
The pn seice of, twi
federate gunboats -ii
shows .that the robel
Sod doihj; there, j
| Gen.Bick Taylor
Confederate] forces;
i fi>rm the'
is, Feb. 26,
g vonflrm ti
it Geu. Sbcr
Newt
Mxmph
Victabur
porU,'th)
Selnia.iA
~ Report
expeditic
struggle!
state tha
■Roddy hi
and succeed
[vrithrconsid
fight %
■birt Gen. S'mithja cavalry
reie: not so goodi. Several
vim .arrived here to-day,
orresf, Adams,l' Lee -and
loncectrated against him,
ed in forcing nim back,
>rable| low, , Hejbad a se^
; West Po'H|t, Miss,
movements of-Col. 1 War
on, "cbnsiiitiijrg mainly of
• and; Pennsylvania regi
•yed t!»i« .expedition /some
giving the enemy time to
agairlsttbem. ,o ; |\
ig back
ort is belie?-
ciedit cap be piaced lathe
of stragglers, j
; The si;
ring’s di i
Sew Jen
meats, d
eight dn
-
slowly f[
but the i
ed, as lit i
* tat erne;:
' Knox
last ’ at
|le, February, ‘26.—At the
jnts Longslreet ■ was still
J His headquarters’ being
me or, VVediibsday night,
upon their rehr
me'.vieinily of Bean’s Stal
l'd aj - A slight skirmish
4 the rebels gft’re| way.-t
-iold it pursuing with his
owing to ihe’rapid retreat
my no engagement is eJp
|side of the Virginia linjj.
pd j bridge at! Strawberry
{the track were jnjuied be
jssibiljty of present use.—’
s and ja number' Of men de
li Lorigstroet fell back, find
i the jamiiesty oath. The
te that Liongslreet is re-,
Hiehnfond with bjs original
ing Jobnuoii |and Buckner
.hoj iyirgihia border. , .
retreatii
at 6re<
r,
ik j
dur :cal
guard |
tion , yn
Goii. 'Sc 101
troops, 4ut
of the-ime
pectcd this
The ra Ire
Plains and
yood th» p
Pi\*e offll-ei
sorted who
hare; ta'
officers
treating
troops, I
to prote
ijkeri
Ist a I
; to ■
pavi
sbri,
General ShermanVforces
lied Selma, a.jyerjl import-;
iy position in Alabama!—
ip in Djil las coUntyl. situated
;bt bank- of the j Alabama
a population in 1861 >as
C town is laid out tfe an el
leau,,which' leriqihatcsab
u steep bluff, {bribing the
the river. PaPaorjgers as
. ascend; from and to steam
means jof long/ flights of
merchandise iis drawn up
!’ machinery, j Selma is the
lecininus of jthe Alabama
iSCe railroad,iand the Ala-
fail road enn
i h TJnijontown and {Marion,
had two iroh foundries! *1
ihufactory, ty?o banks, two
is, three daily newspapers,
ns andjja {number df public
n schools. In the printer of
exported nearly opej hnn
' -arid bales of cotton. .By
of the river, Se.lmajis eigh
!;s below. Montgomery, the
nt of the Confederate Gov-
J.- Selm.
hate oci
ant; mililar
The place i
on the [rig
fiver. Th<
3,177.
ovated plat
ruptly in i
bank of ■t
cend and d
boats by i
step!), and
tbe'iblaff bj
Southern !
bfuna and
n|cls it wii
Id 1860 ]it
cutriugoi m
public - iittll
six cburciii
and privati
1869-60 it
died thou<
the coarse
ty-onb mill
original jsei
eminent.
ion for
I I
r.-!
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Rebels pN Move- 1
■A j WasWogtondispiich -of
to] the Philadelphia Pres* has
wing. The Richmond! Ekqiii.
e 25th aaya that if Grant. de
natim, Georgia »nd Alabama’
tol -him, knd Mobile Will fall
t struggle Geo. R. Kdne, the
i Marshal Kano, of Baltimore,:
red ll in Richmond, ana. been
’olpjnel. ,The Examiner eaysj
oft Mobile is inevitable in the
Grantapd Johnston, and the
onldna to rail jra wait the re
>at|crisia ratUer than ihcur a
hazard in attacking Mobile
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■The
MfiNTß. .
the 26th
the folio (
rer of the
feats Joh
are open
without i
nptohoa i
bad arri i
made a <!
The fate
affair of '
enemy m
salt eff tl
needless
at t hia ti
•Rhode Island House of
lives declared withsgreat
for the reelection of Presi*
ln, on Thursday. ..j
Kcpreaan
unanimity
dent Lln<
beautiful white rose and fold nud.
theirappeafunce on bep\Jip*; said Bor!
licnltural phenomenon beidii hard
like ivory an.d continuing to grdw
til her| interment:, Skeptics sdid i tw ‘
a natural rose, placed on the f Ms
an ornament, but were convinced U
insf action that they were I mis take/
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: JiEE’a Army.—lnlormation teceii e j
at army headquarters is said to |
rant the belief that Lee haa no‘.o !t ., :
26,000. or 80,000 men), the reat haWi J
beet pent to different.qiiartere in cot 1 l :
sequence of the difficulty of getiiaj \
provisions. . Loosu reports of fightfi- i|
on Saturday are ic circulation, but
are/not known to have any foun
dation.
•No Mcwwa.—The Pittsburg Chron-'
icle gives a statement of a homicide
raaraor of a soldier which should have
"taken place in this county/-Th*
dier 'was, not murdered, and the ac
count oftheaffair was rather preTni-'
turd on the part ot the Chronicle:' The ;■
idfldelity of the soldier’s wite as stated
in that paper, nja£ | have foundation
which gave rise to the reported mar
dtp.—Lawrence Jpnrnal. [ :
, Gen. SicrL*s.-prhe New York Etr.
aid's i*. Washington. di|patchcs of the
28th say that Geb; Sickles is expected i •
to start on Wednesday tor the West, '
ar.d Ihenco visit] Atlantic coait,-
Nashville, Chattanooga,' Arkiniii,
Hilton Head, Fortress Monroe, ic.,to
investigate, cobcprning tho rebel df.
setters, prisonera" cd'wur, and parties
taken within opr lines, the result pf
which is to be laid belora the Prtfj.
dent for guidance of hh future policy
in relation to Southerly dxsloyafiata.
Cod- 1
<ake
up
:t he
from
,re
ipied
bo Conference Uoaxuvvtt qnj • j
the Whisky Tax. ba* finally
-ask the Seriate and House
them to tax whisky on hand tsehtj* -
five cents a gallon,' and lo .raias M.-'
'sliding scale, to eighty cents ot\'vhii.;
ky -made after July 1, and a' handled
cents* after Jari. 1, 1865.' This is »
great deal better ihannC thing, and:
wobelieve (be <fo,untry , has to thank
for it the resolute integrity of ilr.,
W.t«bhnrna f>f TI1i".~_ t ~ - ’
Yokk, February 29.—Tk
Times e have information ! of‘
a.formidable offensive raovemtnt by i
very, large force, from the Army
of the Potomac; which, was initiated
on Saturday night, arid may possible
be heard from to day. Tim dslniJ *
stratum .is |a 'yoiy boll, one,' bat •it
in brave-,bands] and will besapportql
by a powerful force. : J
Sensible EditOr.-L-A jcojnicil sort
nf a newspaper editof rejects an offer
of a druggist- to advertise
and medicine, and take his piiy’oj' if
theshop. Ho says he, will take n'ei 'ri;
all sorts of produce in' 'payment 'iff i
papers and lidvcrtiding, “sucli.as'pus
nipSj Woodteii combs. old clothes, wil'
victuals,&o,”- —but “he won’t , uks*
physic.- -[ . ,
«erßy ,des patches from Geri. B»W
Department we learn that A'lniial
Farragut had six mortar bout- s'
cumpanyihg his flagship, the .flir*
ford, The fejbdls {are reported. toiian
twenty thousand troops in 'and i
•round Mobile,- and Jtwo« ironclads, lit
Tennessee apd} the 1 Nashville, aw?
ingin. the harbor. ’'f
"■’ Fall >in Gold.—
has commenced the; payment of tb*
semi-annual interest! on, the f-p L*.
S, Treasury notes.: Shine, . two mil-'
lions of gold ysri.ll be thrown ori'ikf
market by tbps payment Gold •*
consequently on the) fail, and i-’-likely.
to got a little lower.: 1
J®“A soldier writes'from CiisW 6 ?*,
town, Va, that pur memars *°i ™ B .,
at borne, that many of .them
in the Shenandoah- {Valley" afterdi"
wards over. JSome\thirty of thim)>»T e
married* and from the courting
on .among the {country girls;’. many
raprewill probably follow their et*
ample. " ;;[ i,-.' ,’' : ;
IguThe Richmond. Dispatch don’
tains an advertisement
Female College! announcing that-t*
price of hoard* for ; twenty ’weeks 11
$5OO, or five barrels of flour. ,
’’ ’ ■ - - -4. . .
VENKTJiy LiNIM*! 11
has givep universal satisfaction darirts
it he fourteen years it has been intw
duced inro the. United States.
[ being tried by miljiobß, it h*’
proclaimed the paid detroyer of
world. Pain cannot be where 1"'
liniment is applied, ilf ah!direct
ed it cannot and never has ‘failed*' 11 *
single instance! For cold*, f*fW'
and inflaenza, it ’caa t be beat-! y?
25 cent bottle Will cure ail ...
beside being , utofnl :in every f» ml - a
lor sodden accidents, such a*
cote, scalds, insect;-Sting*,.4° /• |f V
perfectly innocent .tip take 1 iilterp;;
bod can be given to the oldest
or youngest child. , jPriee;2s ss<* V)
cents a. bottle.' Office, 56 Mortis, ,
Street, New-Yoric. Sold by r*®*:
'*!•»* *' J ' ,y,
DIED—In Beaver, oo the I’^f
Wnyaa Qoemlt, spn of' Dr. ?■
S. G. Young, agad 6 rtfobibs »°,
days.. 'A J i-
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