Ii A ‘A Blundering Berth -- -i Ever since Geol B. iMcClellancdb sen led to place hirahelfbtbbe disposal of the leaders of the copperhead ‘ fac. lion in this country,bis has been ! ope of bladders. | tte may be. said tblj have first aerioiisly entertained tbie i. designs of-making .himself President! about the list! of • November,; 'lB6i.il / [v. .! i. „/ ■ ’ i 1 j when he\baving b,een received by | the President add People with open | arms, and placed ini a ‘position ,of, greater responsibility! than any map j bad for years enjoyed, was irpmedis i litely beset!by those political harpies | who linger; arounid the reputation of a military min tyr the baseatand most! selfish purposes, and seduced .by theiri flattery ho | allowed himself to be lent to their purpose, j•• ' ,-V | From th;M time to the present,. the [‘•Yofirig Napoleok'has been guilty,!' of the grossest blunders in both a 'military, and political sense. Every; I one recollects n & the mismanage*) ment, durifig the long delay in| front of Mannassu, and tbfei quaker the Yorktbwn episode; how a most j valient siege wals laid tothat place, j and We were told that the nocdnd; aeigo of Yorkrov'n was to be more complete ii its elects than even the ’first had been. And we all recollect very wbll how that the rebellion, was’nt at all crashed by the st igo of Yorktown. The i fbb. Cbickalominy: swamps, and the thousands 01 brave boys wboie bones lie bleaching in those marches, not struck dojffn by shot or shell, not the victims of war, bulof tbeiblundering generalship,that lead the fldwer of the Potomac Army into a dea[b poisoned climate—to die 1 with fevbri ’ Add right well does the eonniryrernSmber thjc time whom 'this army*-, thinnled and wasted as.ijt was by sickness, jhad fought* its way most manfully and. bravely up to ;lhb 'Very gates of Richmond, when lj>ut another step and the Capitol would have beori ouri, when our victorious legions cduld see throngh the smokp j of battle |he tall, spires of that rebel: lions prison and ,- lazar house lor jthoueabdspf Union soldiery. Right well we say tiers' the country remember bow the bl linden ng her jo gave the jjommand to it should live been advance, anckhowf, instead offi doing what every one, eVim the rebolsj in. Richmond, supposed, do-' stroy thojcity, he marched bis army back again* without having sb mu'eb as harmed a .single 1 building. Then there was the 1 blundering in l-hOj sec ond bailie of Bull Run 1 , where tope wasj allowed to bb• defeated,—j-. The blunder at Antietam, where Leo w}a« allowed very leisurely to wijlb-1 draw his forces,; when he should have j been cap Urbd;^and hundreds of .oth ers too numerous ?to bo mentioned within tble limits of this short article’. I But cvcri one of thorn, written in the ■ •’i 1 ' I , | blood.anq groans and dying agonies, of Loyal jUnibn Patriots.' Wo plight go on, w<| say. with numerous other blender^.pf this great Military Hero, bPt we qball lot them suffice for bis military fame. , i j . Furr, wjs now to, his.othor field of tac tion, oiyil| life, and here the. first r act of his must bo regarded as a com plete blunder. • allude to the fact of bis allj’ing himself to the copper | head faetjonl We think our . General' j will, aftetf his Presidential contest |is lover, find that ibis was the great blunder of his life. The blunder par excellence,beside which alljolher futile efforts sink into insignificance. How bo must have felt this when ho beard the mob» of.Ncw York" crying out down with the- nigger, and huzzaing: for Jeff! Daws and McClellan. Ono;| might’have supposed that ho would! have been deterred ,by their unfdrtnw hate movements, from any. farther at tempts iu the Hue of Presidential as piration., But.alas. not content \yith ; his, past experience, ho essays to write! his \famous Woodward letter. This i- **■ w<mr «rußni aamirers werq compelled to iTdraitas a most, damaging; blunder. It was a blunder of that peculiar kind which will ad miCbf no palliation. A blunder not: of the hcadPtmt, of the heart, a pat ent'blunder, that every voter in Penn •ylvania could see and understand; and one, too, which from the very ekeninstances of tbp case, every vioter-in Pennsylvania must tee a, r.d un derstand, ; Tp cure, in same measure’ the damaging effects of this\s»d- dis astrous, patent blunder, his friends conceive. the novel and brilliant idci | Of getting np his report of his cam paign as an- electioneering document, which was at the outset a decided blunder. No other man ' would, nnj der any 'pretence, have scattered bis report broadcast among the people,— Fancy j such a thing coming from Grant, or Freemont, or pope, or Buell!, r - jor .Hooker, or 'Burnside, indeedany*. ... —-j '■ ■■ ~ body buttho“LitlleNapoleds.” .Why . . ''T 10 Colnm. the very idea is ridiculous. ! i mlZ n /L^T o*''T 0 *''T- ‘ ’ l * fc mu hA,i ' Wo then - ' b * very " dLk fionoeption of each a thing wins A ; • aTc ’ b ®’ ■ 'f f - >r r bI {r>r >‘t immediately put peo.. ,-df Slate on tbeliwf ! upon their - r/ : th ! Mn(pr«at.o»^con ] [:k,..> V ;dWy rest assured ibit-Li. bobk -■ t : -' . I \ 1 - : - 'Vi J V! J=: i 1 B E VER S Wedne6flay, D> L. IMfeRnE, E'dltor & Pr^rietor. ‘ Fof , 1864,. , I ABRAHAM tIIIJCOLNV ■ j qr Illinois, - ■ For Vice President, l Atf£R,EW G . 0 URTI U . OF fessstivanw..’ .) ; J ■. REIV .lias bn X>r. C . «i v r 0f ‘ 5 . , Job jbun 10VAL. r i'-iji remi - -The v An ccs SOrncz >\?ed id thd room over Drug Store, nearly c our old office, where wo may id at aU| times, [ready tofaitpudi -wants of oar frieiida, and pa- Entrance jaf .the JTqrtK ' side building. ■ i . iblhe <r '•. Irons. of the ——— —— r Dr. Thoa. Donehpo, late of ille. Ohio, having located in •, will receive callajit his 1 office Southern . extremity of Hotel, in tbis place. :: ear. Heave 1 tn "the. fioral The attention of our readers is nd 10. the card ofT)p. 'B. B. g, -of' Freedom,, which will be in another column. 'direct! Yoani found, ' Als( Merce Tertis »to the adverliaeitijnt of Mr. r’s Semiimry, found )n! our ad ng columns in thia days’ i»suc. Sir. Long, editor of the S(dr t in, 't iesce. says, in consequence of 'ge in .his arrangements i paper, it will remain bis a par' rolati his cort- umior Tbe ti latum, aken wore i- Legit-1 .■ been whi'oh i paign ; : the es now pense of the Stale. Wo! would a that if they have anything todbs they now go tq work and gel j jjhwith their business, andi go ithat; the people may breathe once,more. - There-is not one in '•i ; I i.tand reads their balderdash.— only ;rais-spent tiino add mia tnoney. v okd Yodr Deeds;—Many, pef irc doubtless, ignorant -of the squiring deedj for la nr}/, made r the State, to "be recorded with raonths, or they will to declared gainst subsequent purchasers or ag«s foi value., Ignorance of! w excisetb no man, ;.nj there-1 r.era of property Vpo'lild do; o 'notice itie lequiremauldof the f atal ate. ’ j ■ ■ adyis that : tto-011 \ freely a then ‘lt is spent Ee( sons 7 law i ■witbli . :i ri six , void i vnort£ fore 7 -"Well t : pruse '-Bit mien Death]— Wo loi i.pendent that Mr,; J. Sali’ee, in-this,count j i nly ,at Pittsburgh, on r.vg last. Ho lett Newt freryng train, rippat'cn 3. We havernot,lean a rs of his'dealth, but n disease n{ the hoar :i hy oiiizcta; and for i trs'has been'Ppsimas ieo.; His loi-Vie deepl; knew Ihim. r ' . ... , enrroi 2s ew sndd« ever,! the 4 heaft ticnl; U.iva a. wo; of ye Gad wbf> ■SS'Tho trial of the ca*i of Jacob J. iNpss vs ;Comnencedk>h Ualst Monday week ard ’iaye or) triads wo, write (Tuesday aftGriioon).V TBit is the third time i I • < 1 \ ' . ■ i t i this;caso'baa beoin tried in this court.! . and -jit' is to bp hoped iit will be the last that thp . people I of Beaver ' conn ty- will ho 'burthened.. With its ; trial 1 . 1 '' ' - '-t •' W o learn tbatabont : sixiv hilts wore" .*- • * •fdnnd by tbe_ Grand Jury: last week; ‘principally'all for violating theiiquor davy-', ard nfpally from New Brighton.; We presume that quite a number of these oases must necessarily bo con- UnnecKo next term. rw to; Procure Credits tor Re sted, Veterans.— Write to A. L. sell, Adjutant General ofPertnsyN ia, Harriaburg. -Tririrur-hlm er! iMufjwny, regiment and .date : o enlistment, (a$ near asypu can} h% will send yon copies of, orex sfrom, the master i-oll*. If'the! ajo already credited to your par lav sub-district, all bright—yon nothing more' to do; bnt.if ho), send the copies or o:ttracis to the' 3 of the Provost Marshal of yonr ict, with proof ot residenceof the dieted men, for correction. That the credit |ivil| be giver. E ENLI Rum vani ottt and tree men tidnl, havtj 'office dfstr ro-er done Sft-A prominent offlcei - to fnem , ln xMtnoii Logat. is unwilling to !boi -didaio for Governor* of tri J .- earnestly hopes that the | 6f Jllinoi«\will unite, with* ;to former party ties, ul tnade up-’ of Uncondition whojfHVor the prosocutio , final overthrow of I . i ' if' 16,18C4 ania ij&lly ■;hcs, cabl ed ai ifn from a l.fWpir, of t died; very v Thursday Galilee bn tly'yfe good led the par understand i. Ho was j a number aer of New fjr felt bji all 4' t '■ ■- ■| jn the armj' that Gen’l icome a can al State.'anJ ||loyal voters ijput reference ijion a ticket lal unionists, i of j the war treason and jy riddled! dnriog the jti.' A great- many itiratita have . killed coming catnpaig Presidential asp Itbcmselvep off'by a single lettoi or I two;- but-liere have 'the spectacle j of a manlatteinp ting a political Je. V& *f,'witb'l whole octave: 1 It fcjiice a I man blowing pi t his brains. Wi :h a ]64|poundfr, when a email pocket pistol jfwpuld have been amply sufficient. I Already his nutnerons blan I have to. to criticized and ' ; poßed. .We have only spade for or ! two, ..which ■ we clip frond the ] iYorlt Tinles, promising. o|ur. retw ! however,’ that. s s theidkmpaign presses they Wilt have plenty thoi |tb|c same sort;, .'; J}■ |The period of [three months, du ' which Gen. McClellan, hccordijv his own slatemjent, was bngagei the army,haying pm —the the .Nalioi Jbdmc naturally anxious that thb sj 'did army,of over a and , thousand men. [which bad . by time grown upon the banks of Pdtomac should be turned, to accn Our foreign rolatipus, our. doim interests,-oitr national, honor—e 1 j conßiderallon cohepired to; urge a 1 1 tank on the insolent foe who held Capita) in eiege.-But wo shall that during no period otf the months succeeding the Ist pf Nc her—and during all of which p< the, motives for an -advance be< progressively mbre and more imj tivi-did, or Would Gen. McCL consent to move,! his army -,\| j We shall now)proceed to sot forth what aria Gen. j McClellan's explana tions of this delay, and weshall enter into sgmo analysis thereof.- If we are successful in this, wb shall depion.- slrato that his reasonings are wholly j inadequate to justify a delay that had Well nigh proved) fatal to the nation. Gen. McClellan’S explanation of hi« inactivity during the Fall and Winter of 1861-62 are well summed up bribe following paragraph, we find on pnge So of his llieport : [ “The recocdn of .the War Dcpar|t mCiit i-how my anxiety and efforts to assume active offensive ppeiations in the Fall and daily Winter, i It is only just to say, 'however (hat jt he wiprece-. dented'condition of the r'odds And ] Vir ginia soil would have tlelaycd’an. ad vance till February, had the discipline, organizalipuja id ■'equipment .ofj the army been as-complcto at the dose of the Fallas was,necessary. and as 1 desired and lalored against every im •pediment to tna <e them.”-, [. , - . The first element enumerated ps the' roads nnd the' weather, the condition, of whichjjen McClellan tails us were “unfrccedeuiec|l lf tljerexhe any Inference to, he drawn from this ex prdMiQft.andltk context, ‘.t is that they were rqnpreccddntedly” bad, fin this reason iVgivon in excuse, for rtot mov ing. NoWiUis. truolhatitheebn lition of roads of Virginia during the .Fall, oi.a Wiinm er f Jam-2 was “unbroco dented,” bu t gr.precedcntedly jcod ; and this, happily, is tvqt i a mat er in 1 I regard to whiph aroTdt to tn; ,uiv I • sure testimony.oPmemoryXwe have| | eotomporary . evidence which-, estab lishes the Ifac't by an pceuim'lajjort perfectly irrefragable. Gen. Ifrahk « llin, testifying under oath to this spo— *cific point, on [the 261 h pf December, 1861, Bays:i“the condition of roads is good.”! [Ge f n. Wadsworth on the same day "sajis: • “The, beads are ro markablj- gopd — perhaps, not once .in twenty years have the roads at Christmas been in 'as good condition as they gre-noA' Having - had phis long period \f : dry weather., the foad_s are very gf od So Gen.; Fizt-jjoha Porter, in-riply to a query as to the condition of tlio roads, says: '-iiLs far us I know, they | arc in excellent condition, ej eellent j traveling- condition." Ip hike manner testified a! spore of officers: wo need . not cite tlieirj evidence, but Wtjl limit j ourselves to‘ the testimony of a rebel J witness. iPollard, in his Hr it Year j Of the War, says: “A long', lingering ! Indian Summery with roads more hard, : and skies mol’d beautiful than Virgin ia had.seen for many a! year, invited, the eacmy tii advance.j lie. utcadily . refused the invitation tp generaljiclion. [ ■ The advortno of our ‘ lines was tolera' j :to j to Munson’s Hill, -within a few ; miles of [Alexandria, and op ipfluni [i ties were sought in vain by the Donfcds ! erates, in.hoayy skirmishing,, to engage the lines.pf tpotwp ar.mios.’T i . The nation) has Ipnglsihf-o felt the ! slinging justice of this] reproach; .and i i will not find {much consolation in the j ; false pretences under whiclrGeh Mc- j Glellan takes refuge. ; [Wo copies* our | -iw to account for the] com-1 plot© discrepancy of his statement with the of the case. We shall find his olher arguments for delay) drawn Jfrpfn the strength arid [disci-! pline offojur i.rmy and the strength of the enemy equally' baselesiL | But these cohsidci aliens must form the subject of a future article. I j #®*Treswt|rer’a Deport of, dicra’ Aid Society, in District (Smart’s) Darlington jp.l Bei Penna: J ; Seceipk^-^i mes Smarter, 111; Jus. Smart, jrl t.OfipThos. SrnJrt. >rj 5,00: 'flips; Smart,j jr, 1,00; .W/m I%ff.' 7,60; Washington llartaliofn/ 2.00; James P. Dilwokb, 1,00,-Thos M’LeinJ 2,00; Thomas Bo ward, 1.00;; George Scott, 2,00; James Ne»ill. 60 cts;! .4. D. Vaughaiv, SOcts; Mrs Mary Diiifcrthi 1,50; Mrs. fSancy R Forbes. 3,00; Mrs Martha J. Hur*Mhorn, l,09; Mrs/Mar Duff, 1,50; .Mrs. Nancy sowil|; 5 cut; Miss Ann ilnUshofn, 1,00; [Miss torn W. J Scptt, 1,00; persons outside the district, 18*38. Total, s6B,ijs. .Expenditiires —F dr; muslin, 50.00 For Flannel, [yarn.! thread &c., ; 17,63 i ■' i- Bolance in Treasury, , ! ; . ’ 'i H 67 ,68 SO Ite.is p«ctfally :- XI ! -i j -'>;;. -1 >i \. ha»: wri|tten ale ter | to ol the Ohio Legjsia | tore, declining to allow-the nie ofbts rsmeasacandidsle for theJPreeidency. I In ddlc|f.Wuu we think WWted. wise ly. ; WbilaUt has beeniaaijli with s|lW degree of froth at leaBt, |that all] I the, | bruins and the capital Withe cotujtry was OhaseJyeVlitls equally true that the people hrefor Mr.; iiin. coin, and V. their will governs, j’plr.i Lincoln bold.. upon.the ftffect|ons ot the people that no other manjhaS or can "have for the present.,' T'hey recoginzelh him a kind-bi juried, H<fe - est, \good, man, ic^l. views,; souhd jndgiherit atra Unsyerving pa l ” tiOitam, jpv3 believe that Jistico to ’ and Wdntry-,requires his. re* 'lion; Oujr pablic men justly ; rej iHr.. Chasias tbe mWtcr njind pfj Admji.ists£Hon,of clear, comprel »i ve,s tat os man- like vic|p.|cnpaljl leading and mouldirig- pujblic opii). It. bim thjWW c °2 n,2e a anperiorJanu long for Bp,ch"at the he!n| pf With we hkW alfrhyS pte-- i’erfed Itr; Lincoln, believing lha|,no hettermaji-cknbe found ih the nation,' or no oneon whom we can mcire safe-; ly rely- Ho possesses, in] a remarks-1 tie degree, a peculiar fitness-ton. theij position .^e : occupies. 'j|o man cistild bo'bctter adapted to «,tee| clear ofjeon tending parties and political influen ces, and yetj retain the rospkct!an<* ' ’l|r' lew leor lew lew.' 1 pro* to of iriri|f k 10 d in see SIX' rcm rio'd rame jera ellan , -..and; operation of all. Our danger in the divisions and animosities of! the fiiends of the Govarnmdat. To-re-: concile their hnd their support is all. thatdii now irejquir ed to complete the work of restora' tion. ana Sir. Lincoln, is the miin for the work. -! ' 1", j- 'j! ”• VTT© see in Ur. Chpse a man who has done -tfa much to save the! Government i s . | • >. i- 4 : • i . an any man in l 11. Upon* the success: ir/his department-de pendcd_tbo me of death pf tbcnatiop- He has au ;cecd- 1 od.coitrary to the prediction i| t|ie | hopes and foars of the World, aid|.|y j that * recess saved the Patton., TV'c| -- owe 1 rnr. a'debt of gratii Ude .tfiul; we T*. evr tin iniver fully repay. r le is 4rt rihy ’ i ; of any position intheGc vprmnWnt lie nieitts have been made;; . , has so signally upheld ard saved? yet |._,Fir*t. Bv order of the Prebldoni, ~'• „ v-,, Lieutenant-General Grant is assigned we ca mot spare him from h.s p r isoni j ;to t^nvl J a ‘, d of th<! ar3lies <;f tbd position. • Who could take !>i-* p'ace Suites: I . . | i If thei'S Wi% no etheri.jreason ft rop jj Second Major'Geiierijd-Hajlepk is], posing his’praniotiuii,tbi| alone should;; relieved froiti duty ns General in Chief.; prerelt it. Tlie ouht& rimst assigned to at^VVash; f; . ij -Mr .i *, A iUntjton asC.liict ot *Stair ot the bis. services In her financial d(psrt ; | , Tpjjjjj ' Major Gcnjefal Sherman is; rnoht. . The nation acknowledge t berj to command ;tbe Military Di ifraGtiidft. tii.him- bt ip I vision ijOf ttoj» Missi>4ft>pi, lateli com doingLim honor. In,pisirit of Joan niiinded by. General jjGrairt and com-' cial abiiitv, business capacity, ah roWtl-! of ll.e Ohio, I ‘ .If <■ i 1 .■: i Gambleiland, Tennessee uVdArkan j ness of Judgment, comptehc rsivo,j j a# V.;=t , • e -'i | statesmpii ; lika views, e|ij|d knowledgej *[ Fodrth., | Major GencraJ M'Diierson of the nation’*'wants and- reni3dips,]i|i assigned, o t-pmmand the Depart-; die stands wHbout a superior, aid 1 al-j ment of Tciinossee, recently coin most without an equal.] Coijld ! the .Sbermani; .• s- \., i ..\M i • , IrrentoiTAnt NGcneral’flranl Pres’dcpcy add pore i;t j- | ! 1 will establish bis headquarters' in the “are glad ho has vritbd -awn, , field, jvitli the respective armies riper and bopoxhe will remain will., Mr.; his personal supervinion.- Lineolndohkyears longer,after''vbicb | ; L rt—- ' • lot him addi.bo shaffiroeoivo. \]■ 1 ■ a shington Items ,; ■ —' Geriofal Grant will j-cturn frpm the r , . ' The (i cand/1 tiqgeit fcol it i duty andj prewbhtfta the Court,, j that the AUo rn ey> James SJtli doscl'freß the thanks of 1 the Gfandjjjury nnd.the jComt, for the’ 1 ifbiHly and .promptness Which no lias j displayed lift the discharge of faU olH ]cial duties,: and for-lii.-. Wiforrnj kind -1 ness and attention to the Grand! ,Turv,l j bavins' presented Rorner fifty-hilt's oil indiotmentja majority of which,'they learn, had, Jo bo prepared during the suing ofi (he Inquest,rowing ip the, | late date i In which the returns wore ' j sent in; anil yet they had'nottp wait ‘.for businesi—everythindbeing nropar led and iniordcr, lt.i3o.wingjto hisj energy andnrjinptness that the Grand Jury is enibied lo clo3e|tboirbUsin|;ss so soon, thereby saving, a great ex* pense to.lho county; and L wliilst liis du tie-, were aduons and, difficult, fret ho has been 4 ton live and I obliging, and alwaysrealyand prompt ip -bis at tendance Utwn tho| Inquest, M W • 4. LALUJ), Forman. lli. Enitoßj We are indebted to the Clerk of garter Sessions jfor a copyi ot the foregoing very a|»propri«*feHßnd well deserving Testimonial, and know?, ing-yourj well established principles and fixed'purpose, alvynys toj ‘‘give honor tojwi.om honor is. doe," iwe.usk 'a small space in the AapUS lo jaldd our testimony »o.that of many gohtkiiuui who have (Vebly and .very, frankly ex pressed th« opinion, that, as Foreman of the Grand Inqhes't for dJeaver county, st Jhis, the jiareh seeslonjs, Wm jA. Gaihl has exhibited an untiring' energy and business qualifi cation.ihattruly entitles him to the very highest praise, *nnd that the thanks ql tbecrtieensof the; county are justly; due the members ifthat body-for theft indusi^y-and interest, t manifested’ on behalf laf ibe peopte.— Ih the short bpßCeofthJroo days and a half they .examined between eighty and one hundred wilnetiAes and passed upon' more than forty, [bills of indict ments—a work not •frequently sur passed in any county. - ; Witness. ■ thj Sol it No. 2, .vijr co., _ swamp, #arql» Puck has iMued au qrder prohibiting thd e/jncu ing of'information to the Northern pro9B,by apy person in jTorth Caroli. na, other tban.anthoriaed correspond. «nte. ; The armyjfunboat Poster,with a iletachm*nt ot Pcnnsjlva :>egiment., elqh&rlsiß<J *i itaerHla ■' . " i' ■ i ■f. ■■f'.'i ■’ :' i. from;a;Cklrpj (111.) paper, bosbeen banded as;fo* publication:, -' •;. u' "'r '} > i atoatnrmra| Avenger, which , bat! been I lying St mo havallwharf for' several pays,- awj|ct(jvconsiderable attention in nautical c3rols£. Shells a 1 Urge ndowboeler, reseittbirnethe boats of: the Hissisjgippji Marine Brigade 'map-. Marshes, ‘ bat! easily distinguished by her short stout chtlr.npy. j Her hull! is,of unique shape—tron the water line -up not unlikoonc'hull re versed .upon another—its .oGjeet tng. not to present atony points right angle to the t botpf thejenemy. She is as strong as wood and iron can make, her—her bow is verrsharp, and lor over twenty feet is solid timpei, whilst her sfd bs are four feet thick and jVery strongly braced. The machinery is jin, the ;.hbld, and entirely jbelow, roach of shot; Her - armament con sists of ode lot) pounder Parrott, and eleven l?and 124-pounder, howitzers. .Her engipes! are, of immense- power, and -her run ’.doftn.! the river proved 'her to" be ikn fastest boat afloat— ilis said thdt shp made the' run from MoundCilyto this place in 12 mini utos, or thirty miles an.hour! No yeasel afloat car. withstand the shock :ot thiB.rabnBt!or wlren. rushing 1 , ahead at full speed; | She will probably soon have an oppprturmj' to display her butting • propensities,.’as 4W>t,or {three rebel rpms ai;e up the Red river pa-1 tiently, awaiting. her. advent.,!. Thoj AvehgorVwasj built At .Hew Albany,;: Ihd., under directionofi 5 Gen. Pllet, | being prig nallyj intended.for the Ma- j rine. but befoije completion was jtrans-j ferred to t!he Navy. She arrived here; iu »n unfinished state, but is jbeing liitn alec-- jjapcl fife ihe'hA (e of io&.j •ca- fitted nr> as j rapidly as possible, a . heiaVy foMro.of workmen-being en>: ji ployed Upon ber day aiid nightl i f ’,.' j, -':r ( ' [officers; »yf ■ Chas A. Wtd«l>t,-A. Vv Lt. Cbm mantling; Jn'6. Gregg, ;Ensign Bjr; Officer; J;, W. Edgar, Ist Aes’t Engi neer Act. John Maloney, En- Wra. Xecly, Ensign;Jno Van Cleve,; Aj A.[ Paymaster; • Johns . W. j ■Moses, A. A. SurgeonjS. 6$P atUTson, Act. 2nd" A^s!tiEngineer; Win Jaj-ries,! do 2nd do; Jerry Keller, A; M. Mate; I Jilo. M Ewing, do ; Henry. Walters, ! do; jno. D Moote, 'do;, 1 E,’ W: Perry,! ■ do; —r- —Hoitsn.an, Gunner; H<(raee K; King, igincer; W. 11. .Bolinger nk, Carpejner-' west an sooh as he has completed the .feccessary arrangements jfor the trins fer of commands in that motion 116 -\vill. iiojworer, remain in VVaahing l6n, but personally • supervise the operations!of our armies in the filld. [General Meade w'ill not be removea from the cwnmaiul of the Ariiiy of the Potomac. General VV. F.; Smith, who .will lie confirmed as Major General of Volunteers this woolvywill prubabiy be chief of stajffieithcr to Arcade, or. as is more; likely . to Grant.. ■ \ ;lt,is, estijiiated jft the War Depart ment'that the number of newf.enlist ments undaiv the. calls far five hundred thousand mcri> in all the flutes, up to the first of April, will -foot up two hundred thousand inch. A draft will certainly bje fill the quotas ofkentucky, Pennsylva ll ;a, Me w .l er aey and Mary land . The War lie partm.ent confeniplates a further call lor 200,000 men. ; •: " -\ . - ; Additional. Call for Troops.^ V Washington. March 14’ 181>4. Kt can'positively state that the addition al cull for,two Uandred thousand men iheiuiondd} as contemplated by the ,Wurj Deportment, in this correspon dende, some, days since, will be issued to-morrow or the day after. It is in tended to fill 1 the deficit under the funner cal Is that will arise in' the op eration of the ’ amendments to, Con scription net author izing llio i runsfer otonen from •■my to the navy ahdVyredits to differ ejnt States ipr(enlistments io { the navy and murine corps. I Bonaparte Refused a Crown. It is | stilted that Maximiilian still hesitates in his acceptance of the erown of Mexico.’ It is not the first lime, however, that 'bauble litis been refused. In 1820 while Joseph Bbna juirte~(Count de Snryiilem) was resid ing at Borden to 2?. J., a deputa tion; fromJ Jiexieo came there to offer bun the MexicatfiCrotVn. Bonaparte leplied: “I: have worn, two Crowns—* I would not teke a step to wear a third. Idp not think that the Throne Iron | wish to raise will njaku* you happy.— j Every day I pass in this hospitable land proves shore, clearly to me the j excellency of Republican• Institutions: fpr America. Keep them as a; precious gift from Heaven; settle year inter hat commotions; follow the example of the - Unit id s?fates and seek among your fellow-cititens a manmore Capa- We than lam of acting-the giant hart ofWashH.gtoo” j : ™ Arrangements (ary arrange- ,a~~. =I Shocking Accident* L, A shocking catastrophe, resulting in the death of two men and the se rous .injury of athird, occurred 1 nekfi Freedom pri Saturday evening, j li appears ihht about three o’clock; .on Saturday afternoon, flip tow bodt .‘•Panther," Captain Coc|hrpnin conii-i fnand, left this port for Cincinnati '-with'a heavy tow of coal, reaching Freedom shortly before, dark. Hero it was'resolved lo.pdll upfokthonighi, and the boat was bat such 'was the force of the currenUthat the timber, head around which the linek attachetUfeb the - barges wete coiled, gavowny; krocking a “young man, inamed Edward Haigh overboard,: in! stanliy killing a deck hand whose name is unknown, and dangerously! injuring Johnny Mackey, late, of ‘ Sportsmans' Hall "iThird street, who jwas a passenger on board. , Young: jllaigh, wasa soniofMr J, P. Haigh of. this city, nod ' a most worthy and Ipromising young man. -He; was-iii ■ the act of throwing a bucket of wal'ef lon the l>nc, Which'had taken, fire front jbome pause or other, when the timber ‘head gave way and he was precipita ted intothe river, alter which he wasi [not seeii> again. Therdeck 'band was ihorribiy mangled and died on the 'n* istaht. Mackey, who -vaS on hjis way |t ! d Cincinnati,-where he had made ap irangements for opening a (tousle,- w.ais by one of thc.Hncs and 1 overboard, faljgbting on ai barge <lis - sbfirie thirty-five feet. Both his j legs were badly Iterated,.' 1 'ul np bo ties were broken, ,'i'lie tow boat I’-"Hornet’*’ Visited this scene.of the|. bal ta&tropbc last’; evening, and ; prpbglil Mackey, up uTlhd. city. - Hi/ isjiidiv j-lying ot' his. Interlace 6t business ,pp ! Third atrco.t, and some days will elapse j before he will b&abletobe abomagaih. Search-Was made for young Haigh's body, but without avsdl. It was! car ried along by the .ebrront, and some time- may elapse before it.J will be found.- Pitts. Chronicle. ' ■ Bfffeot ef Kilpatrick's Rita rßett&fcd EicbmonTpri,,,?!^ the following incidents connect pT * Kilpatrick's raid.: When info A* ,th reached , Richmond that tri ' Jft rlgorons orders werel i Ma( . d M ’ Bo » ing the prisoners.; Maj. Turner?.*?* keeper, had been ' severer ■ for/tbe escape,of Übj.: p»rty. and was told if] any t n „ ini caned he would bo sent tcJh, r H : theChiekarnaulrapri.oneS/ .also written the Major that if h ,' * • . treit the prisoners better, ' a , : , d vp | them to hare then ‘ Loses,. th ev him. _ ■ •- 9, “ I : Thcsedhreati, with the a.iL X j Kilpatrick', induced Turner t 0 S'! 6of J ‘be -itairs «f prison so as tS 1 vent communication with P r story;; and when the fact-' nek iyas really ap],rrmehi vyas established, theprison « a > ■}°4- 2qp kegs ° f ’pOjwdnr placed aind every preparation made j 0 kJi, the prisoners itito elehiiiv. Tfu . i is,established jriypnd question-- tljo ringing~pfj bells,. the , t/oops througfe. tf.o pity from . bprg and orders that „•> p & • should approach thf: windowsill-: to tbneh tl,*’ bar 0!1 \ iof being jiiir cap lives j Kilpatrick .whs.really aitemp . deliverance! • , • v ■ j igw>r?bt;that. the prison Vas m'in»a : j a plain wa« n,rmcl,U) auemnt to Hd ' jodr foiees j»h,ohld tbev-.6niSr\Ue cK |:Un Monday ndt even the sweeps we « ! |i,lo-\ynd lo ,er4cr Libby to ( clean ih s ifeame in, and they refused to converse 1 The %uaid; wdre increased, and ,tnV" i orders given to shoot any one who ap! proacheLthc Windows dr- slairwirg On-Tuesday night the ■cii.noi'Winj when Kilpatrick ,was.she;!iei] f.s , • ■ p ; camp near Mecbamckj*v|lle, was dis-‘ Important to Solditrs’* Heirk ; •.' 1 T , Y- J ■. •• a-- ... , . ■- Li.TI. |r during -the, excitement.'.oner.} th, . In. where- hpira of a spldtsr j Jiird3 , * ho j, ad! beer. ovirbcarJ t' k*** * la,med M } i say that, jic ‘‘would - shooi|on^f.fo’ ! ihero bo arrears doe->y *a«d «old.te|rt amn^'y ail kJeVdii on .nay.apcount. &c., u ;b:pt lbecn Mdv ; fired a tfip,taik Itsmmonil of tte-i cided. by Upu . »few . Y&'J dwilfv, : while --J .(,'1; ■there ,s nothing .n daw of July !sinks , t hljg ali | grazing fa m lbb,l, and ll 18b4' cnang.dg i pasBir ..g W.rouU. his cap. -. the, practice nnder. fonder tiouSljiy. 1 affair w.aif over, \ Jaws, to 1 the effect that due sold,iev * | £onimuiiipaiivis y ind tiutU:,. »j | indebtedness must be deduct®! l^t",! denunciations. Thrdcr.ifi.>r=.i n i C : . I hp* bounty: Under the system of 0.1 ijnundiWand fi'f-.yi rh.V.I S-AL- K 2' ! p-> j lotlilorits, soldiers send so large a ppiv .'.Hck’s 1 men Were 'dohflW;[ ' i-tion of, their-jjV.y to their,families lhat,4and fed Only or. co'rn ' j whei» they, did m Service, n Kiaall bal- i .\l ra ;.§eddop v 'wife! of ■ihe.f&T- « ■ iaiice or. account of jpay will often bo iarv fif : ‘ ; afar..yi du>d 'tlie--llwW .1 , ( ! due toj tho United States; which; jupf- Idchtifv''l -wbundCd nffibwi j ly; sho;u ld ■be deducted, for;|tho; c(j>n.i hti'ri.iftgVf ‘ i tract pf enlistment docs oot'jbtnd.tiiei She failed to do this ‘ibufaiAwi (.Government to give for-' thej solthmV ; hf TO ;jn ■an mease red ten'us, ad ‘r.il ■ -.services- monthly .pay and , rat.miU, ‘ aUjinght •to bo bunV end I: bounty, ich,ittn:er botany r&oulij use" every exVrfioii to d-W . (fpsrm the-soldier at his death, it balance.; n ro m- - hirng; :Duiilgfenls ibmlv Wn. ' frequently,, from buried in the.fieid road it, v iforAtm benertt ofdhe. parties, to wluira i p Y n e‘. box mads by ncgrdWVul of! j the ;b°unty descends. • . ; ; || 1 hoards torn from a barn: The antf.ori 1 1 | '.'f s ? -it-dag-up-tiU ; jfc says: Wadswoffl; Id'tjjiis H '• •. '; i city Tor Fortress. Muiirdte, ttcsier’diiiy, j - -- \■ y - ' / . ' j wi th orders from the Wup,-l)e'^iir{Qjpnl3 Twßias*' VesfiaiASLi.siMtst' jto “lop all.the exchanges of .prisoners, j hasgiveij sHViMa'itiou ilaris*i i upon the basis recently acted-.yn-by j the fourteen' .J'nars it ha«/b?cii 'i.jro -1 llie; rebels, by' which one hunclfeil rib-ij duvdd’. UwJ.Uaitdd { H'.atcs. f Afioi , iVI prisoners were ,cxdbanged:f<]i tvc ry being , tried by* mUlioos. it hu« (jitw j seventy five of oiliu; in jiosgcssion of i prdci-im.ed tfi.e [nifn dciroydr of the I the rebel"authorities.-Gen WadMvarUvj! world. Pabi[ :C>innot, bo -’.vhsr.>- "this j has been-.instructed 1 to-;slatii tliayiioji ijniment Is applied. ,-I’f nssd as direcw j more prisoners will be exchanged ex ifbd lb caniiot and neyer has fni’cd iifa ( t-ept u|jpn ,ilhc .principle of man t l‘nT--ta|>icc. ■ j!-Foi ’.man, and, that tpo,’ witboiit regardi to infiuenka.jit jfar.'t be ber.,t.' Qns icolor.- j ' • y~ ■ I, .j£o, ,‘eeht b'eit-fe wip'-i-urc all tnejabevs i , t4.r-Thci“t:ite7^ csiU ® beih »- iiV j Vno’nt that the exchange 'of-‘.pris(|.n:t-rs tot sadden - .accidents-, yucb as b-rrjti*, I'Was tope siispenlod. the , tdmihisfr’ai! fyhlds; jinsect aling?t &<•-. J( h • j lion not agroeii g to Geb.j Butlefs’aJ.r 61 ’/' 5 tVinpcnnt to take. ii.torpJij, i phir. therefiif, as made in the-Wnsb-i j' !vU d sa “ P e giyv’p.ts luo olde«v iwison frigton [Chfanjsle today, is iutuoiita* I °‘'-T ,; | un fi 0! ‘. t . , tively,’denied, for, with the Icsceptfon a hoitljO. Oibco.yaCr C-j s -.t • of 1 the- jsjiigtc ■ fact that Goii. Winjls* | ■bJffiotJ N a.w-i o;-x. 3old jby.p. leti!- j worth pas left this city,There is ij j S 1 ' . Tf” ]- r . shndpiV.oi ibuiniatiftu tor- ithe Wtatp-}" I-• —r— -~ j-mgi)t-ob-any‘.poriioiij of it. ITbe Govi 1 Auiant. N. : Y.', Mnri-h i-i'.-.-'.U- Iky 1 crtimbiil biis'.nointention .adiateyer/of; aril, a , DeiituCriU ot/ Kew Y-'. k. to* | inlurfcrrihg ( jwil.h the bm-incss of r.‘g- l.lay introduced in thy a-wom-j!. a is-• nlatingj exchange entrusted tc> : Gen" j ribs of r'esolajtio.us.’declaring thstr’ilw Duller. I war.musl be phoiccinlod u-nti: _ ~, .T - , - , i - i h» anniliilaUidl andnliat tl>e <J .• spits* ; .TnK| Philadelphia Jaegrapk \ says, "fionai abrogation of MaverV ■'4ci.nJ*i ‘;thut a letter haiy been received Jiion (..loah the p «fh to our -icVtinv a tncnii of the lato. brave i t_ol..DdhL r and pfoddee if he Restoration «f « W gfen, who. served ..with that unfortup- t od nation, and' Requesting ate-‘ x offi"cer doling the rCcenf.raid tc submit to thdiSper, pie' the .domi'int about. Richmond; which. sUle«- cm- tinnal uinondrlicnt icmevOr probitit n,- phalicaily that thy bq called and'teriniWtSiig -v allowed to N n»vo been found u,pon |thpJ , * ;T" jj. j 1 ; _. bodv of was uJfnbricfttibn i ' ■ i ’i-v'.’- *7~ and* forgery 'in Wo. Xo ■ Sut-hi ordeal was ever.wnttdn, issued, printed;.or.j -.'‘ e '-'Uociaws Aavo eaiieu a ■. .even - considered-by the ® ' f°X fUplbnel, as I far as his fi-ioriils im' af u U G ° V °- rn ' n ?" ul pnacd. It is believed thatjlhis misei- Chief Jack .s actively Sblh> was gotten-up x fb| effi.ct, & the Ampesty cover the indigiiiires visileb upon the ,Tbe-Scimnoles a,nd j.Chtckasaws, rcnai'nsV - \ ’| J «><rid out, .under inflimno of) —s iT,«., i y . | j rebel GoneriiliCoopof, wbrp was fl - -- . , jX’ i ' [ i~ T 1 . ~‘P ‘> ‘ 7, - .. A severe loni> time Iniyuii: among ti a Wasbingtot^^&ispatclvj'li'aa pjeen j' • . ■ '—yHrf , made agalrfst -MrcJ)ah!el \Jf. YcrhieeS;; :, 4 JB*A, ,T/ Stewart, the Y the chief-Vallanmghalnitd, in Qon- merchant prince, [is tearing downl .-gross. upon' the .pomfcp kpawledgle of fdtnou I *Sarsanarii;l'aTownspi.d:ni* ,l j thtt-Cfemmeretdi newspaper of Gindin .on;'Pifih Avenue, New York, w hali,.which asserfs lha't Mr’' Vorh'ees, originally cost. ,8200,000. Slcwai With a ; . deputation; of Gofoerlteaqa going id build a bouse, at a 'cof trotn thd West, visited Go!v. 5300,000. \j' ■■■ *'• ‘‘to bntng a pressure upiinjhim toWke the lead in: a Northern ;ihsarrect]Wn, 'but was exceeding!} - disgusted boeause j he did not find Seymour ripefbi| re bellion." This charge Jaj inadc bold ly,! and is worthy <un answer. : lgt;Hon. Je'ro. Clerr ens. 'of Ilu nta yilje, Alabama, torniorly .UnitedStateM Senator, presided oyer and addressed x large. Union meeting at| tba,t place on the Highly lbyaf;retold-,, lions were passed, and Oohr|| vention was 'called. ' j. (■ 1 _ T-1 Pro. Marshal's Office 24tu ])iBt,Pa ; New Brighton/peb.dij 643 : Heitor Argils: Dear Sir:| The enlist, fnent fee of 815-for r.cw |eon>its| add 825 for veterans, will bo paid to ajny noncommissioned officer, / private or citizen, who presents jad accopla do iocru}t at thts office. | f k = 4 JOHN CUTH^ERTSON,. | : Captain and Marshal 9Sf\A British hiilijcct/roccnilj , ar ' rived 1 , at, Knoxville, Tenn , M ll '' ihij blockade intfif;tlie_ Con foil'- with 5,000 dols.lo speculate >, was'Cnuscriplod itilo the robidtaJ'O' pat lr several rl* am japed iuio-O'jtf llpp.-V wif. ;v,;> ; sa-Gen; ; jtoStmratrs has all orders heretofore issaea : Debat tm ?• the aale C **T\ * newspap cullone ' > Hcfc.Col; guerrilla, gradifatea lege, in the cjlosoof 1815. A / v , MARK I ED-Narch '1 JfJ: ;Wiil'or Brown, ’vlr. J ames iH*- jf Miss SaßAii '.M'UiltLOt'Oii. Beaver county! ~ •jv ' 1 > SE B ua';.. ilisf* i ion. I jtH P r * km.i. FMB notol 0 * Yalo P 1: Ell
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