The Beaver Argus. (Beaver, Pa.) 1862-1873, April 20, 1864, Image 2
ARGUfiv <■■ ■*-"■■■-■ ■■'' , f |i~ V ■" | Wednesday, April 20,5& P.j t IMBRIE, EdlttTrfc "Proprietor. i f F6r in 18ft BfRAHAIk LIHC • ; j- " j OP ILLINOIS', f Won President, ANDfcSW H. CUR T IK "j : ! ' 6» PENSMT.YANIA.. ■ jf.p I;notice. 1 HAVING. sold to D L. Imbrie, present Editor i Proprietor of tbe Bearer Argus, jaj accounts for Advertising, &c., itll those -indebted will please call 1 and set-, i tie with hijn. ' T. C. NICHOLSON. REMOVAL.-- -The Aeous . Office •has been removfed [to;the room over Or. Cummins’ Orug Store, nearly opposite our old office, where we may bo lcjaiid ftt all limes, ready to attend to the wants of our friends* and pa Irons, Entrance at the/ North side of the building. || j U NION COUNTY CONVEN^ON: A|l , those who are i« filvof of the preservation ftri'cl pfer|ietuilyol the TJhioili at every hn£ard,- Ihe tfoh&tl ta-l)pn^hdstho Laws, and thosnpprtesi of Rebellion, are requested: to meet jat their places of holding tioris/on 23d, at 5j p’dpck;, p. m., in the country districts, I hnd 7 c’clock, p. nu in the borough**, tjp appoint the usual number of Dele gates to, the County to be ffielij in the Court Jlocsk, on Monday, April 25th, 1864, at 11, a. m., forjthe purpose of electing delegates to the State and National Conventions. t By . order df County .ConSrnittee. j.i D. L. IspaiE, Ch’n, T lie UopperheA d 'Platform Set I ' Ixtrfch iii Congress. j the Bth Jhst., a man named Al exander .Long, elected-by thecopper beads in :1862 id ijOp'fcsenit the.Cinciu liaji district in Corigrefes, belchel forth tbo treason of this {jarty which elects ed Jiini. in rongh. but plain and dhe qu vical language Thi§ (ellmv. Long is p. coarse, vulgar, illiterate and in tqmdus exponent of,tbe party which ip alselv called Democratic, lie' is a nh n. of no standing, r.d character or ab lity, buti is one, of those, reckless and unprincipled demagogues, who are OeiaBidn»l|y.'elected by the lowest . and most degraded beings Who sOrn'os tiipealmsittp t»j? '■■'’S' mnKniij rrr OUT' grpat cities. He is one',of those men wlio may s6me'[fhiVs .be found, who ore wiUiiVg to be in.lamous that they Jiigbo themselves j fpmpns In the speech winch he made in Congiess be declared that tbo war for the Un ion, wrong—t hat t,he Sou therm Sljavelioldipg Slates hadn right to se -o,p|le, and that he was in*fayor of ree onjnizing the independence :of the Southern Confederacy. , This treason able doctrine was,promptly 'anil !do ni|lediy endorsed by the ruffia Jdlar rip, Qf Maryland, and that infernal ficWndrel and traitor,Fernando Wood, of, Hew r fwo’ Worse men do | npt exret prt the earth; yat they aVo ' t|jo leaderp of the so-called; DbuVoci'at re party in CongrpSß, and express the Sentiments’Of the whole party in the rTJnited Stklos. i • | ‘ •; ’This Fernando Wood, ihe trflc r6p» resentatfvo'of the' blackguards, and rqfHanaof New York,* some time ago p|fered ip resolution in Congress for (be appointment of" Commissionors tg go ; to Richmond to negotiate } b a| peace'Upon any terms with the rebr elf leaders now in arms for the dS struetion of our .Republican Govcrn ipcDU— that in this leader of the Democracy who' Was willing a|>on; his'belly through the raud' of Virginia to kiss the feet of the men Whp have’ repeatedly proclaimed their/ fixed and unalterable doternsihaticn to agree upon, no terms yhntbver, exr _ c|pt upon the unconditional recogni tion of their . slav“eholdipg- govoin . n|enl. They treat with . s'Cotn* and contempt every offer made to' them,; and they despise the miserable cop perheads of the'North, who wllti the most dastardly and disgusting niearii’- fnpßS, make any offers of compromise. ace the offers of peace and com promise; so often made and advocated j itf our State Legislatures. Iby copperhead members? Because it ipf .the the plan adopted by tbe lead e^ 1 of giving encouragement .to. the j saying to thera holdj on. and vdpntinue to destroy the lives of oof -.brave and patriotic' soldiers anddo ajl yon- can to destroy the hopes'of ‘ fipwn-trodden everywhere, and we with the aid af‘ foreign .powers,' spon be able to give yoit such assist* apee as will enable yon to dU (ate your oyn terms of separation at Washing; j {tipn. We 1 will then shary with; yon 1 fi lor Y °f kaviog : destroyed the best Government that ever existed Opthceartfa. /' •- ’ j|Tbe members of the fionpe of:'fiep 3W|fRU» permit Long d,;H«*A’;lo’ retain their seats and r it proelahn their [ioft and ' ttfoff treason, but many «if them advocated the right of any member" to speitk forth his -sentiments, however treason, able ar.d repulsive to the patriotic hen ti menu of the country. They say Ihat tho fi'ee&dip. |of speech is not to Upon the iaJfhe ground freedom df acVidn re-j strained, and every platant, copper* hpadbas A right to take up arms for the overthrow l of the- Government;, without molestation. I If! freedom ot speech is allowed at al time when, the life of our Government is imperiled at Jbe hands of trhjiors, then truly are the bands of| national authorities paralized, | add the enemies of; oar. cause strergthed and encouraged.—' Under the Administration of the ira» becilo Buchacan,iLe Southern traitors: in Congress were permitted’ with im punity, tojutier boldly and fearlessly their disunion eentimenta, eyen {while: they sat and fdeliberated in thej halls; .of " Congress, under tne 1 flag of-our country, andbonnd byj the soleipn ob ligation df ah oath to be faithful to 0 , . (■ • j v.- i ■ • .i • [ the Constitution:. and 1 Gpyerpmeat.— Yet what did: the . hiorpise, d! , this privilege clainied by them dead ltd?— #hy il lehd! td arnle|d teSlstence 4- gainSt COnStitatidn and laWs, ahdtd. the jjfeSeht; attempts to overthrow, the Government Eat it IS Wholly unnecessary to argue this point td in telligent and lt is clearly the duty df Congress to purge itself| of j every disloyal 'mem ber, to expel- every reckless and unt principled demagogue, vjhoi utter treason, whether bn the floor or { 7 ( ► • I I; I *i. in- the streets, and if Congress ftjils from the 1 fact that more ( thad 6'ne thlrd of ita| nunb'or is composed of traitors andj sympathizers of, treason to do ipi dpty, then jit certainly’be comes the duty of the Executive to bavethe traitors arrested and pirn. | ashed for their wicked and flagitious conduct ': |;•!' ■ • . 1 ■j; 1 Whatoyop may bo done by r Con gress or the Executive, the country will hold the lekders of the Democrat-; ic p'ariy responsible fpi tho speeches of , these men. jin Congress.;They have refusejd, by their votes, to expel them, under Che resolution of Mij| Colfax, offered | for .hat purpose; or even to censure thim, add the renif son is. that I they but fepfesd’nted-the views of the leaders in 1 the North, al l though' they Ware considered by some df the'm as promaturo; They consid er that tho|cor.9plracy to operate in "favor tbe' rebels 7 fibouTcf not have been divulged until the Chicagd Con: vonlipn,'wlien tho w iiple party in the North could he united against the Government, afidthey could have tho power to' say in the j language of the Pennsylvania: Woodward * “Withdraw our armies North of Mason and Di x• .j.r v . j on’s line,; aud recall our blockading fleets.” Then the Northern fanatic aboljtiohists will be under dm heels, v The,leaders of the party, or rather ■the members of jtlie copperhead party hb Congress, bad bettor go South, and join their | friends at Richmond!, for they entirely agree with Jeff. Davis and his friends.) They have all [altkW violated their duty Ito their country i and their G(>d, have ail alike been' guilty of the dVi-t: damnable perjury, j' ’ \V ,;. ■ I ■ For Jeif. Davis and many of his do cdn.spiralcrs violated’, tdjeir oaths; by trampling'Untiler foot the Constitution Whitth-tHby iiadiwornto support, and the present mo Tiber s',, when taking their sbats; swot s that they had not and WbtiVd nbl do or say anything that would* gibe aid and, 'encourage ment to the rebels, and 1 that they had not been and wo>u)d.not he concerned 'in rebellion against.,the Government. This they; have jalready yibliiled; for o\;ery day they manifest their bktrod of the Gpvoinment of the United States and; their Ipyje of the cause of treason— ft is certainly fortunate for the cause pf freedom, that these .men in their wild and 7 savage ravings have {ventilated {the sentiments of the; great leaders of the copperhead We. now.know where to find them.— It needs |no argument now to. com vtoice the | loyal men of. the count! y that the leaders of the Democratic party are §t:tihg id harmony and sym_ path'y. with thd southern traitors. But W%|than6?jGhp'lhat there is yet a large nutriber’ who have heretofore acted with them'ap’a party, who are at heart true to theiV cOdtitry, and who when they find, that thhjf art in bad company will join themselve£rt(f the, friends cfj thje ,',lTmoii. I ’ The ihaane ravings |of the men who have uttered* foulest ’treason and disgdatedltbfe whole; nation will; driVe from their rtibks tbettsands of good in'dn whojhafre heretofore been misled, ar.dthefrfendi off the'Union 1 will stand firm” togdlhdTf’ abdjbattle.w'e have no 1 " doubtj arnlcfefo'fuliy. for the life ofittm nWirmj' aad when oßr'hrrave and soldiers, - now in the field; orhsbingi out Southern trepan; th'd copperheads of the North mdjs t\SSil hie, for. a terrible fh « awaita'th'Mff 1 ilf ; tb'c witheringWpr i of all good’dilß.' ' ' "j > .1" i ) ■ JLN, t • ' : V:' • v'iie gi eat extent to which this spec* nlktiugirtania ss| carried in New York 'rooklcsß, speculators, : has ciiused £re at. amongst meuof Bob who arenot influenc ' jsd by jnc: feverish fluctuations to wh bleed subjected hjr thbse mdimplations iyho arc interested in alternately inflating and depressing lhe[ price. What do our readers think bl anch a transaction's ifay last week the fericei of gqld .started lit V I . V*-' Ua * «i*»t H*' V a/vs ton minutes oefbre ten o clock at 1,801. •5 .1] f S.. : ' 1 t. i.t-i' In three minutes it nad, fmvanpepto 1,81; thirteen mine tea still later it had run cp to 1,85, land twenty minStps later it had got up to the figure bf 1.88,. Thus, in lless than an hour, gold bad advanced nine I per cent. Tbifj was atj 1 twelve, minhtes past ten o’clock, but in sixteen njinntes more, or tWen ty-eigbt minutes past ten it bad de clined to 1|,82, a;nd at night it cjosed at 1,74, or fifteen per cent, less than it had attained at twelve minute* past ten o’clock. . ; Now, this is nothing more than the imost shameless; gambling. It iShu miliaUtig ilnd disgraceful in tbej ex tferib: ißd frbefi it is known that, all i , j LI "*:* thistlme, the Government was offer ing gold at iM it becomes ridiculous, add ' frightfpllyi so. It is stated that the paperaCare conniving at the-decep tion, and tjbat whUe gold is puilicly Stttthd to nav| gone up- to 1,89, it is only at 1,65. Thus a monstrous lie is palmed off upon the unsuspecting onii's, while thelclever managers who are operating in the market, have on ly to 1 purchase at li>s, and immediate ly sell iU at Such bare-faefed SM iridlingfone would think impossible, even in NeW- York. But it is [there practiced openly, and thousands of poor dnpgs are [fleeced as coolly and as completely as at any gambling hell in San 1 FranCisco. 1 - ThesUrde feyerisli spocclatiori la’ -Si-, so manifested in stocks o l f all descrip tions, railroad ’corporations, vbjjse Bonds are hot worth fifty cents on the dollar, are run up to twenty, thirty and sixty cents premium, and, find ready sal? at Oven these fig tores. The obvious result of. ell wild and, inordinate desire fdrj gain, cannot but [be manifest toj. any one who will pause long enough toj consider* a moment. Ruin--com plele, desolating ruin and banbniptcy _—cannot many who are now y'orththousgjids. i . jVYfI-Ji!i>|« Congraaft—grill ac>s f-idSto ’ measures !to [stop this gigatftfi; gam bl|ng,for it isj Khtbrng less, and so put an end to a coprse which mustienevi tably ruin thousands of unsuspecting fools, who, in their insane efforts to become rich, are made the sport or Clever gamblers and who, when once .they have, plucked their unfortunate geese, will tun them off with cjontCmpt. I: ' r— — 7* Meeting; in Behalf of the Pltts , | burg Sanitary Pair. We invite .the special attention of the people o ' this county, to the call for a"public meeting, at the Court House, in Braver, on the 28th inst.in behalf 6f flip most laudable, humane and patriotic object. The care of the mtel? and wopiided men who are now, and .have been, engaged in battle, per iling theii tijves, and forsaking! all th i com forts arid happiness of holtae aim demands at oar hands every sacriflceTn-dar power. Forty thous. .Ana of our b rpVo soldiery are now lan guishing in ,be hospitals, and gs soon as the spring campaign opens.thous ands wjll be added to theirinnmber. - Every patriotic and humaue|feeline will prompt those who arc Hv-ing in comparative comfort and prosperity at hhfribj tO' iwake to thej necessity©! prompt" dnd _ liberal action. ! Every part 1 of the STofth' se'etHs -to be arous ed in'this gt od’eahso,' aiSa it behooves Bearer cptin'ly, which basPlready iddrie. sb much to support the govern men I and toenconrageour brave ar tniea, find jbas contributed so many of pur best men in the glorious' cahsb, to be up and ’doingt ■ . _ 1 | : | Let every! ra’ah atfondand givoyms. aid and counsel. Our own soldiers in the field wilkfeelitbat they hive kind friends, at homo who take a deep in terest in their Welfare and *nfdty. {Their arras; will be' strengthened ihe hour of mortal conflict, by\tl knowledge that' their noble effort* their country is appreciated. | j The pity ijf Pillsbtirg, and [the snr irbunding counties, are moving in-this piatler vfgoro usly. tetithe peo ple of Beavpr cofinty, show, too, that jthey are awake tif the importance of this great matter' - f /■ j; Come all,|and show* youfgpod trill and determination tokrdad flip aayou pan.in supporting thekrafe r who kfjß suffering for your”liieyiy,. your safftty and all you hold deceit earth. j ifeaA Tt) ti* TAXM).--Tbe domiriil tee of Waysand Means j rejtortW a bill taxing thef ownersof all dogs'in" ttrt State, afj the rat? of ope d ollar fof ith'e first, and two'dollars per annum ‘ f breach adiptioiia! dag. ; The springcampaign, Bo far as we are able to jndgefrompresont appear* ances,' prpmiseato be another great struggle for tb« poi|«w»h»n of thie Cap itol- (tf the Southern ■ 6en. Grant is eVideijjtlypreparing for; a 'simultaneous movement upon the enemy by the armieejßast-and West. We ore to'bave what we bare long wished for, a definite plan with the co operation ofttUho foreesio the field in ita execution. - What ; that' plan j|( erectly, we cannot Of course pretend to say; but judging fooih present indi. c&tions, the capture of Richmond is |>art of the programme. . ; Richmond may be fallen eithariby way of Fred* jericksblurgv.. the or North Carolina. Two; of theito/rbutes, via: by. way. of .the Pemnwia apd Freder : jcksburgjhave in^fectnallyf heretofore, I when, there boena cp operalipn from diner quarters, success mjgbt. have crowned I the . efforts.— WhenM’Clellan rootle bis advance-by way the Ppninspla, hhd there been a force advancing Freder ‘icksbnrg.'and anotber by way of North Carolina, the rebel array mnstneCessa riiy have been divided, and the cap ture of the city withstand j ir.g M’Clel lan ’a d clay sand indifference. Gen.' Grant disposing of the forces tinder hisWmmaud wiih,p vlewj as we believe and trust, taconlrol ana advance by each of these’appr caches We heap.”o! activity apd preparation in Gen. Rutter's; Department looking to offensive operations bn the Pehin/ sulft. again Geh. Bjurnside iamassing his +roops at Annapolis,, with, the evi dent intention bfstriking soraje where,’ i most probably in North Carolina, flie Army bt the Potomac is Ireportod ready for aforward movement, o'dly waiting good[rpadsi and other sary arrangements. • j ■ . In'the West, Gen j Sherman is hold ing bis forces in readiness for the tor ward movement. indi cates' a united effort and; an active campaign. Let out armies all move forward at once, pressing cjose to the enemy in every quarter, thus prevent idg their wilhijrawingfrom or.e place to relieve another, pod with pur supe riority of numbers, |i equipbients, and endurance, the resujt canaot, fail to be advantages, victories, alncf triumphs for ns.. We Sep more to encourage us now than'at itly tTiym.nef^tofbice, |and soon wo hopo |,q : ch|;oiuelej the .fall of , Rfohmbii'd, -tip; of -Lee’s nimVi »«<f| t li iißatirii ij'il'r aSirf m 11 ill/ Me cVertMow/df the rebellion ’ Gen Grant is pursuing the right blsin,'and wo confidently trust the icxeculifihj will be all tbat'is desired aiid unlicipa- 1 ted. Four Generals have failed iri this i “ . • ■ „ ii f .. 1 ,s I attempts horetoforoj made tp ca^lprej ’Ritfofopod* we hope a 'fifth, profiting : by. their experience! may hemore sue Cesslul. Mors thaq Sfoui’ Generals fail' ed to conquer flanmbal, but at last a' Scipio whs found, to fend the. Roman ai my. to viofory. ILpt us hope wi have found aßcipfo.' whose' effortb,, like that great General's, indy all be croyfjwd.Withjlsucccai—who w|lli relieve uS in.pQi' |eatpre 4 tby freedom of the' Republic, and Wv throurand sdbduV atl ils-enemies. \ / \ / BeaVer County: f “ Zeisberger and: other Moraviaosj who established a Mission to. 1770,' were the first white settlers in B caver ■» l■■ 1 i -w ' 1 1- county. Tbp Indians who then fre quented this Region were the Six Nai tions, the Shawnee), and Delawares! The same year Washington examined it to select fond for the soldiers of the French war.' In 1 i7B, Ft. Mclntosh, near the present site of Beaver, was built. During the | next seventeen years the country was so much infested by the Indians, ~ as to be incapable of habitation. This state of things-was ended by'Wayne’s 1 reaty, in 1795/ A rush of settlers tbeil occurred, but the land titles of the North-west corner of the State bad bf ’*»nde v id so tricate by pre' the ccnflictity dies and of ii a 1! yoaS-is its i ally retaVdei wad separate) naibe'from tl previously ci . In 1805, the in terminated b; He pieme Cpnrt L to since which been steady.”—[SnW Book. V, yon want the Ladies’ Bep&i Lady BqdayLadie*’ National Magazine, Ar tpar's Home magazim, Ladies’ Friend, Ballon’s I Dollar Monthly, the Moun talnPrince*s\Madam Demoroat’sMirror of Fasjtnop*; Frank! Leslie’s Monthly, Knickerbocker and Atlantic Month ly, gW to the Literary Depot of JaneCL Rohingaon. .' -. ‘ Sukn.^—Some six! supposed to have’ the recent sheaiingl eying of Eliza Stei Ifosaj in Young* to been summoned by ewerfon s saitfor frpi Pf| COB the * febji foqi is In fmia kille oen gredtly indejitsd. to . the gallant com manlier of the Second Brigade. Geo. GJ Heado,who rendered \ me i efficient aid [until his wounds compelled him to lea\|e the field -..Jljvthar.lcs are; like" wieji dui> to Colonelßoberls, command inglEirstEegirnenU Col. Sickles, com manding Third jkeglmont; Colonel Hava, commanding Eighth Regirfieftt; Colonel [Jackson and Captain Oath bortson. of Ninth Begirejeol, and oth er birave officers not commanding reg- imejits, of whom, Lieutehant-Golonel McLitire ■ and' Major Wdllerton 'are «mong the many wounded. I must alsojname as entitled to favorable nptice Acting Division Surgeon Stoicker,wbo accompanied me in early part of the day and assisted i n communicating my untir slightly wounded in the wrist' by the (fragment of a shell. Indeed to all are ray bo3t thanks and praises due .for bravely contributing lA;tpe important results, |iiamely, the 4efepce pT,|lie immense Supply train wbilp paasiug.tlyil point aiid holding th|e| pnemy in. -upon i ibs JpArjtfl.t road, wheferhe strove desper ately to cut in two the-retiring- column of the Army of the Pbto'mac. ir : M * i Ijiave stated that both my I flanks .were, .unavoidably?, moire, oi: less that pn ihe I'ejh I have already described. -On f| /rigbt, , i# tndii.one.bour later in the daJI s Battery wgs charged upon, by thejenemy ib great! forcpji! tpij. with a reckless, impetuosity If: equaled), they advanced oyer a space of sixj hundred yards .Of dpen-ground.' Tb<s guns’of the battery Jm.o.wed them down at every discharge, iyet ] they V #SF f» f .tnqaketry was,poured into - -them a|i short, disr, tance, by the Fourth Regiment, in buppoit of the battery, but it did not fornn'instant; they dash-* ed jon and bayoneted oi pistoled, the caponiers at their guns; l ' Part of the Fourth gave way; thef remainder, however, : t with part of the Seventh id -their riear (then coming forward) stood their ground: like heroes. I. was with 1 the battery at.thetime, ana it was my fortune to witness, in the! bayonet fight ■ that there look, place, such a display of ; reckless dar iiid .on the part of the Alabalnriians, and of unflinching courage on the' part of the Fennsylyanias, as is (rarely j beheld. My men were; j however, overpowered byinumbers and borne, .offjtlioi ground, j’ The battery vfnS; ta-f E‘et';,bii immediately abandoned; by thej, enen\y, ‘ who rapidly *etired. These reverses, on the'flanks were the only seripus.discomfitures during tlie day. s§|e report of Assists ni--Ad] nla tit- GenoraliCllarke, Captain Ciithbertson, Cdlonel Roberts, Lieutenant Wat mpdgh, A.[ Di C , .-and Jolliers) here with). Just [before sunset, about 7 o’clock P. M.j at least two hours after. Hooker reported my whole tHvsion, i;9.ropletejiy pouted, Copper's battery/ n fyorit dhthdeentre was, gfter sever-: iljcharges dad been re|mlBed|ifinaliy aken by the enemy, but .oufyi tp be otaben by flhe Ninth in a, ripflt. .glorious’ charge, ;i(seg ..Captain; Juthbertson’s report),: Wherein the tatidard of, the Tenth Alabama was aplured by private W’illiqm,J Galla-, 1 er, of company" F, who. kilted the color bearer" gnit, oejited Vl .the iindard, which\ho> preienled to me the. ground,- ‘ " J "I : * •• ■.*’* •>- " *• \ I'/ '' ’ptmt John Cutkberison.Qth Rig. Fa. Reserve*, to General McCdll. • ,U.- [Extract]. j.' : - “Washington, Not. 4,13621-rrGen-, eraj:—ln answer .to gaesstipnaj bjKydo relative, to’ xipi .conduct of: the; Ninth Eegimem at too battle Icf NaW Mar ket: Cross Bonds, June j 30th, J would rCspectfuly reply, this, at comniencenr,|ti% of actjbo id Battery. The dpemj consamed a couple of h/pirf jp# Inis Jiattery, sewi«r’times charging up within i a few yards of the: guns, but ouch timodriven back with slaugh ter. About six o’clock this rbgimeht • Wjas ordered to the left, thej enemy apparently making headway i in that direction, and moved to the position assigned, leaving other troops to sup port the battery. "When thej enemy on the left was repulsed, wo 'ynoved to the reai of the battery which had just been taken by the enemy.. The regiment was ordered to. retake the battery, and the knen Advanced, cheer ing lustily, to the attack,although itr possession oi > aba peri or force, anu;t|je enemy defended it) With great wgbr. A hand to band struggle cri sped,. muskets Olubbkd and bayonets were used, the'enemy djriyen from the.,;, guns, "fleping tl in' great confusion, our men afted tid'd, to the road leading to Kiehrnond, —; Here opr men were with difficulty hailed, I haying to catch hold' of the cploi bearer to stop him. : The legi meat then fell. Ijack. ; Soon | after, .a body of the enemy, several times our number, caiTTp ,tfp and' were once, odgaged, oprfmen behaving with a vaU. or and heroism that could not be sur passed. Although not over fifty” us, from thel enerpy, an<f officers and'tnen felliapidly nnder the terrible fire* not a man faftetm). Iwf few rpinates a musket bail passed through my thighs; it: was.thW near ly dark, as I was carried off I uhld see gallant comrades were ill msintainihg. ihp unequal contest dth a recklessness of life that ao mishes me npw,' when |; oalmty/rei > set on it. lAs nearly as 1 ciur etti ■ ’ 1 . li'l! ky. of-the persons been concerned |n | tarring and featp am, and Emma O! |n, Ohio, Jjfceri thcjSbenff'ioaVi 25^00i; ; „v~ ■ knots from Qen. M*Osll’s *•- t of the Peninsula Campaign. re nuke the following extracjta pi J ;tl»0 report oi (ten. M’GaU.Vji«i ■5 papt.; Cnthbertson a veryhlgh ipliment for, his good oondnpt in' jseveral battles on ■ tbePeniosnlsi bre 1 krb sure was. not unde irods ■■ ; . 'V • • kff •’* ■ ' The conduct of the vcsylvania Beaerves on' this ’fc ard ;ht field la worthy of all praise i,: as ally /abated by their stubborn itance r tind their heavyjiloeal.ip d and Iwdiinded. Besides the loffi. I hay«t, ntuned Ham mate ft wa« netr elght o’cl I WM-woonded. ’’ • - T-T- . JOn : -.1 \ - i' Iwast&nior C«pt*in,ternpor cominandyOfthe regiment at tjfc •Thi* regiment, ■ during the: notatanytime in the rear of th battle adopted iy'idu.' •” ■" | r JOHN CGIffIBBBTSO {junior Captain 9th Beg. £a. F ■ i 1 ’ ■ . v . Co uhty ti i ' 1 \ W 11HAJJ AKDAItOF TH« MmTBßUßGtUsA*rjifi|ißy Theundereigned'Kaviug.beenT squeal ed by the Executive Committee of., the “Pittsburg Sanitary Fair/’ .to| a public, meeting.to interest the ci liens’’ of Beaver county, pin the most earnestly invito the of Beaver county to meet. injCOCNTT CON VENTIONr .<»>& Cdr/rt| j&use; in'Beuwr, on Thursday tke'%9tk <k April, 1864, at. 10; o'clockpA. Uu-to appoint an Excniiv'e Conpty .Cpmrbvttlee, apd also a committee-fin. eftefeutownship, and to take- such .other ■ measures as may be deemed [best calculated ‘ to ef fectively carry oiit, eo far county is concerned, the humane, praise worthy and prtriotic objects of the “Pi ttsburg Sanitary Pair/’ .■ In view pt the great and .1 causeforwhich the Fair it tp commencing in the City of-All on the Ist day of June next; gently appeal to thej citizens j county to come up’ to the Igi igency of the occasion/ and, that, Beaver county, whose sint-o the rebellion commenced mained brig! not, now suffer larnishrbr dan any indifference or neglect part of her citizens in c tihg relief and comfort-; tO}the wounds and Sufferings of [sot iftousand sick and wpund'ed now in the . hospitals of .the inent, and to the many tl jriflj-e who maybe ex peeled to fliero in a few weeks. Wo at there,be a tall tarn | oat on ti pf.this itapntb Corad up wj mane, zealous, patriotic- and foeliligS,; to assist. in comfort! soling and encouyagiji" jotftl brave sqldieis, whoj left, jibe comfort? and endearment ,of borne .to defend itlie life of ourrValion, our., own ljvt|s,our liberty, bur • our - firesides, and’all that is dear find sacred tlo lias man existence. 1 , THOMAS CUNN I* I EDWARD HOOPS, \ WM. P. TOWNSF.N : [ April 16,1864 i • ' \Cora I. ;■ . :i.' K :■ • - ■■■ - -v ’A J; t'. Examinatio i|.Tj?o(.ij6llowmg, appointtm mails by I the undersigned Igr airaination of | applicants for L Common Sjciiools, in Heaver /vizn J : \' ' \ Beaver .District—April ,I! School House.- , i. Gqprg'ptosyn ©istricjt— April Georgetown School House.- , ,| Big Hcayqr and Chippewa '-7T April, 25th, M’Kinley a House. X —■■ A’ A•- [ Ohjo l>isiriGfe-April 20 tb, view School -.-./mX | Hanover , Spril I Miller's Scht • o r N •*-. j Moon Dial 29ih, at Davis’ Sehool Jiou! il- , 1 South Bet Jt—Mt.y 3d,'r.t MTlhonny’s tse. 1 •; A,\ j New Brighton DUtricl—iiay 12th, at New Brighton School Horse. ’. j. Freedom Disi r i c t—May .1 oh, Free dom School House. ‘j v j The examinations will beWpiht 10 o’clock, am. .4 X -■ Teachers will procure therrvown Stationery and revenue Stamps. \ ■ - School directors are panic iisriy re quested to be present at the examina tidns. - '■/. . ‘ --.M | : | •.■ '■ | Parents/ also, should be present tp see the qualifications of those who are to instruct their children: : I !, J.; I. HEED, Col Supt, , . Enon Station, Apr! 15, ’€sl j | I’ ■j' ■ WABHiN(j;rQf*, April 16.—Testers day- afternoon ,abouts o’clock,' dis patches were recievcd here 1 "-of Gen. Shopman, confirming the surrender of Fort-Pillow;and the brutal bondnct of the rebels iminediatelyaflerwards, which bids fair to he amply retaliated in,.that quarter Tjho Star says awarding. t&i'Gen. Sherman’s re- Iport. our .losawae. 50 white troops killed and j 100 and 300 black troops murdered in opld .bipod after the surrender. •Fort, ;| ‘Pillow is an isolated post of no. 'valap- what - ever to the defence of Columbus, and utterly untenable by the rebjejs, who, have no doubt left the viptnjitjj ere. this; having been dissappoiDttjdiUwiiht [considerable loss, in the .-opte'ctlfr •■oft their raid, which was the camure of Columbus,, whence they werel prompt ly and repulsed witpj no loss ito us. t&i- the best authority for jdefcying .'uth ; of a mmo* current, in Washington that Gen. G tint had bad triable with theSecretar: Stanton respecting the movement cf troops, and that the President -bad sustained Gen. Grant. It is' averred, b owevor, that. Gen.Halleck bad .beea.nimiU in carrying oat. Gen. Grant’f"instruc tions. ■ - .i ;• 1 , - ' Apri l 1 >The bill to pay interest i State debtof Pennsylvania f< ture’in legal tender notes p«( Senate, after an exciting den ing all nigh t, and until 12 o’l morning. If otilyawaits tfal nor’a signature to become a will promptly. | tfew ■Orleans ‘‘Bei 7th inat a^ye : tbat the Frenel ed Maljpnoras .without a hi tljfat' two regiments had bet and all communication with) rior waa for the time being when ' 1' riljr ita 9 time. 'e, \ teas lineof *k- erves. r A!R.” * - iijdahle be. held, ifghenjr, we oir o{ our ■jftV ex resolve Tccbrd ha* re it, i age by on the : ntribu wants,; 0 forty 1 soldiera goyerii- Ousands te found l>i that i.e|.! 28tb itii h il liberal itf, con- jHam-, ><;r; littee. ‘I - it*, arc the ex* ‘edchrng county, SO.tti, a(L ,'rjV 23d. at District \School at | Fair !7th, at', 1 ,f " * 1,1864. V 1 ,1 V -■ upon the 1 the fn listed the :«te last- L'tjnck this io|t»ovsr, i llaw. ind ( jl of the ;hoccnpi-. ilow.and Sit landed the inte itoiT. -H: the matfS 1 Arrangements fdn thn tbePennsylvan^E^ergeKr^ caUed into service gZ tJOo P<. September, 1862, will = facilitate the wort' U a S e M the Stale into tl.re&,“ ie[a e ■) supervising pay master- fo f “4 First District,. Maidr t**; Philadelphia, era braces lhe^ att ’ at S t-Seebfid'District: Major; D ut ’ Pbaii, at Harrisburg; The cn3i ; Adams, \Blair, Bradford 0 f ?" t - le - ; °f Cumberland, Dauphin Frnr,M- atnl,ris i **"»«.■ tfU,, Montour, Northumberland 0 ’ r>® ln ’ S, fc U i ion ’ Wyoniing i Third DistrttrtrAlaioiv o n s fett, aV RttsWrgW »&.. Allegheny, Arms Jong, Beav er u“ 6f ■ ©rawfordtvErie, dndiana Law" I '*’ ate aJUbe coar ties in wHch wcl ganized any oh the troops infel*- i Any, information desiredbvm , interested will promptly; .bd&ifff pn application, to thc-pniper mg’paymaster. -.. .■v ' f| - u Each.wftthe ■named snpskisiiJfJ , ; cere WiHwrrange the details his^ct|faoL^o; t b e ScnS of and fbe &fei% i £• \vork_ assigned- Mm,!witi» practicable delay He will feign ! the points and dates of rendelvcfa, and . thf -paymasters .to officiate each. These,at the proper time, be wilt L Where the officers br, needier canbo* be preeenfi.at hitfl designated nliee J rendezvous, toj sign the rbjls il )e pu- ’ ■mqijt may• bc| .made to* his, altorn*' upon power duly executed! ; ;■ I ; Forra; ; w.fH‘ ; riot irc’exieted. tbs' simple author! ,y. in few w'orde. sjign and receive, will be sufficient." Bittin nil t-esee tbe.fK.kvbr must-be- ackuowl. edged before la -notary, justice or other magistrate,;- If the ; first, bi» peal notarial jin fist-bo affixed. If the others, fhe exe nplifleiition ‘ under tliu scalof a court qf record. 1 ■ '" These conditions are .indispensable to protect the Government Waii.st fraudi-f ■ • ■ • - I ,i/ V ■' B l W : e t-?i-y/nssierj\ ' . A Candid procure of an; nndlvio'hity, D intyrt. It i.y asi sore - throat, v SXA7EME.VT.~F ou J wn " ■'. dniK^v w \\ii, G j tv ? i-.. Tobias ii '‘ft undJapeeik twc\tu beadaViio,' cbroic rbeumatispi, colic, crotuis, U 4 pains in ihe'limbs. \Vo advice one to ’give it a trial. 'The! exper.U W a m «:re trifle— 2s cents-r-and we m "confident no person will over bn Yah; oiit.it; ’ Every family should' hives Settle in thejiouse in casejof sudden uq cic cdi as cuts’; burns? scald iq. Its dfieveing qualifies are mira cu \s fvir icroap. it has Saved hi! we have the certificates tn pro . Office, 56 Ciprjtlanilt Street, Ndw-Tork. 'Sold byf Druggists. ■ 9*4-A story is ' related of.an enter prising editorih an interior tow-n.|*whd finding the, body of a man.luni;ir)£.! f ' alamp po»k ibne mght, after liej bad gone' to press, cut it down and j.-arrief it home, to prevent] his rival frotji publishing the news,, and was himself indicted fortpurder. ■> r; y - l@riFrank Blair,-is is snidv will re sign his seat inCongr'esH -on the 20th, and - immediately ' p r °ee&d,to jdu fit coijps.in the Southwest. \ ■ • ■, j \l®“ Dr. . Tijos. Donehbo.- I«:e oi Wellaville, 6hfo,. ; jhaying. Jocnhid -it Benverl will receive .calls at his offi« in thpSouthern extremity of tluXs -tional .iHotet.f in , . MARRIED: t On! the 15th of March, ns* idenbe of the bfhlei‘ father: j ny[ H eT - D. W. Carson, McHenry C r ’- 4MP " BSLii to Mias B.' Wtb <f Raccoon tp., BCrtvcreouhlv. p DIED: \ir-j April 7th, 1864, at the rrsi-ience bi^fatherrin' New Brighter., • WresoN, ;inltbo.2sth ybar ;:Hja illness was a lingeringpe. and ! ho profited t»y it, toprepare himsel/fop the realms of aierrml peace, i * I ..'Atsbi.vlato No. 483i8« T * enth morning, April. 1, 1864, Mr.'SiE'ty* l ■ S. Boyd. qgsM yekrs\ -j,,- *| t ~ The, 'was' Yorraerjy '* re» dent of-New Caatle.Lawreiici ««»s•’ .Pennay- ’fllaVing". long \been p “l ea(II | boat reap on the. Ohio and- rivers, he had acquired! a 'larg^* D extended’ acquaintance. pBS» .Sl'p social qualities were such as to m£ie him a favorite amongbi* • friends, Alike bdk>yje4ond admire- Dyingaway ftpja. home; ahp tboo? Absent frpjn’irelatives,.it is • ,0 “ of gratification to know that, bis briaf 'illneas, be was attended ; .warm and devoted Iricodp, tyhP, f . the last tribute id their departed® 0 panion. , 'i • '•r.; . “Gna he the turf abate it*** i; ’ 'Friend of .bur former d»j«.i ' None knew thee but io lore thec-^ • None nemtd thee but* to pt»> s * , J. H. »• On tbo 18tb inst., ilr. W«. ®r OAghp*', *1 Brighton townetoP: