THE BEAVER ARGUS V-’w- nor, ,iW f : a»i»aV vao'fri&oia, :-Mr .. ■ -J'"- ' :. ’■ 'f 1 ■“ ' jj .■ , NoVeihbbr 30th, 1864. ; I 1 SUBSCRIPTION TBlufcs. . possible to continue the'publlea- Uln of Tksluut under the old srtsngemeat ■ j»f tending the paper to subscribers who m*/ not psy within fire « ten yesrs. .Printing tbre*4r four times »s much as it did in 1860, and besides we must hsre the money toget . ifsren st that price, i brinters’ wxpenses sreveiymuch greater, which most ba equalised by an increase of their wages. To meet the Se. demands, and so continue the - publication of Ton Anous, its subscriptions ..’9ust be-paid invariably Jllub . rates have also been established by which Are expect to farnUbTaa Andes somewhat cheap er to its snbscriben. and, their number tobe .• largely increased., ■ ■ '7, -I'. . One eofr, one year 2 00 Five copies, one yesr,’to one address.!. <- 050 Ten"! copies, 18 00 Twenty i “ •• ... 85 00 ’. ■ t ■' : I ■flkAny larger number; slj?s each. 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' ! i eeeding 10 1ine5............ .......i_. i 8 00 ' Sxeantors, Administrators and Auditor’s Ketices, each .i.A .•!••• 3 00 local notices, dOcents per line each insertion. .Deaths' and Marriages .will be .published ' gratia.‘•there the same does not exceed five Uhes; -for each additional line 5 cents; will be charged—excepting in the notices of deceased soldiers, which will be published ftee.j ■ transient advertisements must be ' paid in advance. Address, always .postpaid, ;■ ’ , ” • r D. W. SCOTT,“tin;, ' r Heaver C. H., Pa. . Sherman's Great Advance. ‘ Sherman’s insane move tarnsout to be an act of superior wisdom, j When - It >as discovered that ho had left At i lanta, turning hie back upon the rebel riiKey under Hood feebly endeavoring tip injdrionsiyl operateupon his lines of communication leading North from fho lately captured stronghold|of the rebellion in lb|e South-west,'every one 'jraa filled with mysterious wonder.— can he be going ? was the prevailing inquiry. Soineeaid he was * ■ iinpi isonuronTTF - —i —7 .nerc.-r others said be was on the way to take i f^ an . nfc k‘ Others, to overthrow that dpomod city i— Charleston, ‘ Every place .of importance in tho South-east T** upon as the object; of his inarch. How w,ell- he kept his own epuissols! , More than a week had transpired since be | started on his jphrney, yet ho one could tell whither his journey V was to be, Gen. Barry, V*? Chief of -Anillory, addressed the fo] |q jv|«igletter t> the|editor of fdie Buf fab Courier; iha’t gives ns the first re » liable intelligence of|Sberraan*i eitu alipnu : . i j j - - . I 'I ~ • Buffalo, Nov. 20. 1865. | I/have been deeply liacftified-, by reading in The Buffalo Courier’, of Sat the opinion of eorn© (indiscreet Ifriend that I had been, sent tio the. • Npfth by Maj. Gen. Sherman; in con . neotion with peace ’ propositions from the State of Georgia, f I beg to Bay -that ! came North for ’no JuohT par* ppi«i *1 arrived at: niy borne late fast seriously ill from ari~ attack of erysipelas in the face and.head, which Utterly prevented me fronTaccompany. In 'o sGen. Shcrqian-in his present expedition. ; As,.l am the'last Officer wpo left Maj -Gen.' Sherman rhitving bijdden him goodwby.e at Kingst"bn,Ga • on tbe 12th inst: at 9 o’clock a. m„ te.byn he turned his horse’s head in the direction of his proposed operations!)' **** two as to the : condition of* his prmy may be of interest". .j ; Gpn. Sherman his every infahtry; cavalry and aitilfery soldier that be wants; they have all received eight pay; Ibeir outfit has been es tßually adapted to a hard and »apid pnper campaign ; and the • morale of the troops is unequaled. Our friends at the North, must exercise patience with regard to Gen. Suerman’s move menw, bat must never fora-singlbnio-' mqQt'lose confidence lu his final [suc cess. , His genius and vigor will carry the ai my triumphantly throaghi gthe work which be has to do. - J ' I may add that on Monday bight last, HOpd’s entire force, including Forrests cavalry, were in the imme drate neighborhood of Tuscambia and Fiorance, Alabama, watched -b!y a body of of Msj.»Goc. of such •trtngtb as will render, the invasion at - Tefanesaee an impossibility, land ovep the withdrawal of Hood for ser ticp elsewhere, an operation' ofiexi I .WiimaM F. Baekt,!Brig.»6en'. Chief of Artillery of Gen. Shoripah. Tbf next reports we have of Sber ; nmo’e progress were,from rebel sour v ces * hi sl >J r • satisfactory. Thus* frt’Oi to tiie iollcwing effect-'; . "’.as appi caching Macon op oW*; Wth. th»y lr» fo. Within thirty i V i'f: ; .; • P ; (• mlieai ot tLatcity, an important place ' to tbe Confederacy, as It contained ; Ibrgo manufactories b( armor, small;, arms, powder, locomotives, &o t The [ -Richmond papers ofilfd 22deontaih dispatches from Macon'that Shjsrmac • was w ithiinl S miles of tha t place. On the, 25th the yeport reached us that captured with many prisoner*: Jt «
also reported that
Milledgeville, the Capitol of the State;
had been taken; and there seems to be
no donbt of the truth ot thereport;
since the last telegraphie dispatches
from Augusta admit tbatl there, 's' no
communication wuhMillcdgoville.
Tbe following is a synopsiaof Gen.
Shermanfs order before 1 marching: ;
Gen. Howard to command the
right wing, viz: the 15th and 17th
corps; Gen. Sloeum-tbelefl wing, viz:
the I4lh.and 20th corps. The order
Of march will be, whenever practica
ble, irrfour parallel roads, converging
at points hereafter indicated: the cay.
airy, tfen.: Kilpatrick commanding
will receive special orders. Thesep
arate columns will start habitually at
seven a,' m., and -.snake about fifteen,
miles per day. Horaea, mules, Wag
ons, etc.; tO: ha freely appropriated,
and forage pot ties to be regularly or
ganized. Negroes who are üble-bo*
died, and ean be of service to the sev«
era! Columns,; may be taken along;
each army commander will, bear:-in
mind that the. of supplies is a
very important one, and,his first duty
,is to see those who! are iii arms, / ,
This has thjus far beei>| a victorious
march, and ; will surely continue id be
sd,. if whatwe bear tjfi the rebel situ,
ation be trne. Grant has Lee so
tightly by tbe throat that be has not
breath enough to bid any come to the
assistance of Georgia,, even if sjtf«s
wished for it—of which there is much
reason for doubt. Indeed, it is ru
mored that Gov. Brown; has notrfidd
Gen. Sherman that Georgia, Alabama
and another State had determined to
• return to the Union.;! I .
Gen. Earlj* musi-stand upon the
order of his going as given.,by Gen.
Sheridan.', Hood | with -what con
tempt he has been treated; but, we
dure say, Le deserves it .for being so
unmannerly as to to attempt holering
into Sherman's, household by the back i
door, Beauregard and Hood, ' like
Dop, Quixote and his>Squire, when ai
the command of the former they charg|
ed upon a flock, of sheep, must now
feel decidedly sheepish. Perhaps they
are more like a young lad wbo.ved'i
lurea far bst on the limb of a cherry
tree, when a.smart breeze, sprung'.-.np
that made limb shako, sothat be
, could not get back, and hostcod there
hallowing with all bis might for-helpj.
So tiny stand iu Northern Alabama
-Wj xTiTa will 'b
e to.make devastation
more desolate. ■ The longer the armv
is-delayed in its mirth, the-more will
it be exasperated, and the more proi
Visions and forage it will take,frbrn
the country. iieporU.'ofhis further
progress will be waited for anlread
with'thrilling, trai not pair.fuljntereat.
Letter from the President- i
. .^ rs ; %*by >- 8 the recipient of the
following jotter .from President Lin-1
eoln- is a!pqor widow; Jiving li
the Eleventh \yurd of Boston. Her
sjxtk son, who. was severely wounded
I" “ J r ?:: un . t battle, is now lying : Q
Rsadvillo hospital, ' -b
r Executive )
'2l }
Dear Maaam ; '■ .
f Jja vo "been shown in the files of
the War Department! a statement! of
the Adjutant General of i
setts that Jolt .are the mother of five
sons who f ave;died gloriously 0n
field of battle. I feel how weak and
fruitless mtist ho any i words of mind,'
whtch should ntrdrr.pt to begudo vou
froni grief ol a -.loss so overwhelming,!
but I cannot refrain from tenderingto 1
yon the consolation that may, he found 1
in tho thanks of the! republic they:
dl , 1 PW that -out- HeaV.
only father may ; assuage the anguish
of jour bereavement leave you only
the cherished mcrr-.ry of the. loved
and lost, and the solemn pride that
must be y&ura, to have laid so costly 1 a
•jac-hfice upon the altar of freedom.
Yours.vory sincerely and/feaper-in’lly,
j A. Likcolw.
Railroad Traveling at tete South*
-A refugee, whose -story the'New
York World telle, gives the following
account of railroad travel at the South-
From Mobile to Richmond the trio
is made in. five or «i x days if ~o am 5 -
dents happen; 8250 will cover all ex
penses. Wei bought peaches on the
road at thefate.of three to four dol
lars a dozep* 'One .of: the distinctive
features in the South was, in past days
cotton fields spreading out over hiitii
dreds df afcres their mass dl, green gli't,
termg leaves whereupon myriads of
uolcs hke so raanyi flakes of snow gen.
tly cradled by tho.pa&eing breeze. No
such sight greeted oaf eyes.. Corn
field after cornfield streached over hill
and plain. The corn crop is good
throughout the Soutjh, and there is no
fear of starvatioa. One car!only is
allowed fop passengers; blessed is'the
man who has a lady in charge, for he
is admitted into that car.- The bach-
Biorgoes into tbejsoldiefls cars, there
to stand or sit op the floor, for they
are * nearly always overcrowded.
There is so much traveiing for the sake
ofvisitmg wounded .soldiers or seeW
relatives long>bsent. that ladids have
to stand up for hours in the passenger
car. t Trams connect with a - certain
regularity not always
upon. • r
f
General Grant Is Nrw York and
; T 7; •. Philadelphia-- '
. Ob tbt 17'.h General Grant
leK |be afmV' lbr .Washington, when,
afterabrief [visit toahe R esident end
the Secrotiirjr of War, he departed for
jiia bom* liU New Jersey, where he
was; recelrfcd with every dep%atra» -
lion of delight; : G«f Saturday thoGen
oral, acbompbnkd bjr l»l» ftamily
ved in NewjYiirk, andv quiotiy pro
ceedcd to jins. hotel. During i the day,,
with bis littlo son; and daughter, he
spent, an hnnr or moieat a noted place
of amusement. The fajct of his arrival
became konyrp to a number of promi
nent citizen*! land these he entertained
fora short tj|rhe, when he attended a ’
grand reception 1 , given! nt the Astor
House, to governor elect.
Numerous effort* were made, to induce
the General! to make a speech, but
without | avail. He- ijemarlied to a
friend, that bifall the imaginary gold,
which exchanged bands, in V7all street
every twenty-four bbuija could be,con
verted into solid material, arid ail off
ered to hiui for a speech on that occo-.
sion, he Would, not mukeit; that it was
not the purpose of his mission to make
speeches.’’ Voices in the crowd
Ibere assera iled, called uponthe Gen
eral Ip “rise up, we want.to'seeyou.”
Toe General rose,'bowed, and, sat
down amid cheers fr Tin ail parts ot
the room! To General Sickles he del
egated the [honor of returning, his
thankii forj his .flattering reception
He receiyed very few visitors during
his' stay! in’ the city. On Sunday
evening be called nponjGetf.iScolt, at
the Hoffmab House. Whenthe Gen
eral was about’to leave, Gen.’Sco.t
presentc'4 him with a copy' of his Aii
tobioglraplm - oh the [blank leaf of
which he ha'd written, /From the old
est to-the 1 ablest General in the world ”
To those with whoin hej conversed, ho
spoke cheerful and hopeful of the sit
nation of affair-, -and! remarked that
“the Southern Confoddrticy is a mere
shell. I knipw it , It is a rotten shell,
and Sherman will prove it to you.*’ In
answer tp a [question whether ninety
days wbiild bring th«J end; he said,
“That be was not a niqptyday man,
but w® shall see what shall happen in
six months.!/' On Tuesday; morning
i bo arrived pt Phiiadeljiliia, Jutendiug
to proceed immediately to- ; tho front,
but miss|ed the .train and was obliged
co lay over a fei.v.houi*s. In passing
along pqe of- tile streets, although
plainlydfe-wed, with nothing about his
person tjo indicate his rank, be wut
“recognized by a - soldier,, who made
known tbeGenoral’s presence, and the
news sprjead like .wild fire V-and in' a
few tnonajenis he was safroanded by a
large crowd. He was grasped around
his neckj an 1 his coat-tail, bunds and
ariqs were seized by all -that could |
reach bun. . The police finally extri
cated the General from, the throng,
and conveyed him to llie Mayor's of
fice, wh ere ihe was Wui rnly welcomed
by the Mayor, and from thence ho Was.
escorted'to this hotel. - In a short time
i he quietly took«his departure from the
icily. Diiring his stay.in the -Mayor's
| office, Mavor-lionry made inquiries as
lM‘'b •\fnFrari^ir'sonie~oim at
f thb, GqnelraljS elbow ft.ii j;: I
/•How isypurorter family, General Y‘
' “What family ?” rcspdndetUbe Gen
era!. ’ „ - j ■ 5 . ;
“Your family in Virginia, General,”
was the reply. i 1
. The General, smiling;at this witti
cisni, answered: “Oh. [ they aro ul,
ways in of health.” ‘ ?
Salmon P Chase, late Set--
rafaFy of thp Treasury, [spoke inCin
cinatron tbs Monday following the
election, -osorae thousands of rcjoic
ine Unionists, .and thus outlined his
Views -of. t'Wnioe.ning of the great ver
dict of thj fJth of November “I do
not think ‘pipe of tiie men, wbohave sin
nod so deeply against the people; and
■ against ,tbe|nation, aniii against'God,
will be likely to receive :,mnch lenity
j from Mr. Lincoln. But toward those
who have) bqen drawn into rebellion
hy the overshadowing [influence of
leaders—who have cone into it unwii-
Jingly, or even-willinglyi under mis
taken apprehensions to all except
those who hbve formed] plotted, ar. ;
ranged, carried ou.t this febeilion—to
all except suppose a liber I
al spirit may' bo But upon
the essentiiaFtr-ondiiions there can be
no change, j -And those coixiitinns
aie the Unioh and freedom. The Un
iun embracing every foot of the old
republic—f Union under the flag, float.'
ii\g everywhere, and freedomW all
men, aa that wheresoever the flag
shall floaty it will didst oyer no mas-i
ter and no sl t ve." {.Applause.)
The Treasury Department
A enrrespoinileni of th[ e Philsdel
phia Bulletin protests against the ru-‘
inored , appointment' of 1 Bobert J.[
Walker .as Sccrelurj-ofihe Treasury.!
We join in Use ‘ protest heartily, f n
all this broadiiai.d there is certainly
iomt one wh-viti bcller filled for the
importantj pl'add that ihe| author of
the ruinous Tariff of, I&GJ The men
are not ailjdekdlyet who felt the woe
ful Weightj of, that' disastrous enact
ment; and fha country wants' no ex
iPeriiuent in f>ee , trade. now. 'We'do
[johjoct to the Prudent calling about
Ijhtm men of democratic antecedents-t
iwe have a right to insist that the hoaefi
pt the Treasury Department shall he
in sympathy with the on the I
Tariff question. Mr. Walker is all!
rjgbl on the War question; but he is.
wrpntf on the question that
the Treasury Department hasidnost to
do with.— Pittsburg Gazette. j !• *
I *®_Moi.tie«i
4enco of "tbo
marie CountyJ
auction in Rich
der the sequeii
thousand fi«e
min; F. Fu-kJin
woman a>ici iL Ji
the latter beinij
■age) brought t
dollars. A hog
Upward ofaovTi
Mil
I|>. • the former rest
as Jefferson, jj n Albe
! Virginia, was ; B 'old at
iraond on: Thu r«Juy un
‘■ration act, for eighty
iundrcd dollafy; Boi-ja.
}• J>ijreha9*r. A negro
Jr i>even child:-en (all of
b under sever years of
twanty«thiee thousand,
{roman was sold fbr
•i> thousand df >jlars. ' j
MEE
i ■ >'v' : j Tk»nOWMIUy ' j, .1, ■;
Wh’ieh him WjdiHet^ M th* bddf
politic.”-«a; njur ffokhandoccasional
cor i-espondent jnould say*,’ w
vepy.plj pporlydk»ok)S«efl ‘‘oUonthe
>t ;««r
thought-td be]a< BWVdjf epidemic, bat
if appwsneee
it uiay now be 'cohsideroda anivekat
infection.! Thetaver ttnolonger obn
finod to the “boBTeo", nor i* It limited
to ken. Wok®® *ad; children, kco,
huvp, to useaj comir»ppbraa#,‘‘gone 5
in,". .and- it U aot uncommon to hear
ono' Utly|a*k|ol another, * Harp '"yon
got; any ojl?” j : At theopera.while the
curtain itiidfmn, the >*cl»itohat" is no
longer of; Hrs, Bjaii/i lift party, or
Ihe'doibiM pi iuciuW club; the'
fashions ark slightly discuwed, .it ie
true, hub! thej atyleaare piwnred by
th'euirice of |‘Jtt»pla Shade," ‘;Bgber I,”
“Bull Creek/T or “Sailors’ Jersey
Farm,’’ iflhpre there is as much show
for oil, as ip many of the popular sites
oii jtbe; Allegheny, The recollection
“of the morns |niuit!caulna fever is be
ing; blnttea oujt by the grand ad fhrore,
and the Wonderful Mississippi hobble
of John law j is in danger-, off being
thrown away pack into the Shade by
the all poweifnl and absorbing influ
ence of! “sandstone rock’’ ami “boring
gioupd.” Bank clerks watch an op
portunity, whMt {the “Governor” j is
not about, to jjw the depositor on the
of
prrispectsjbf the last new company, or
tojantenp" on West The
counlinghouse# every where are flood
ed . with Ilfthogrhpbß representing•»
derrick. W-sl jam engine, .and a huge
tub!, and level i lira pulpit oas beep {in
vaded, and lit may be thatj ere long,
oil stock cCrti Scales will be found be*
tween thej lids of trod’a great book.!
: A. very nnbriunare circumstance
connects Witli this business is, that
our! lapgusge 'ails to furnish us a word
with which to dfstinguised the new ar
istocracy that has grown up among! us
from specula ton in oil. Broken dojvu
political hacko have. grown to be mil.
lionairea in miniature. fix-members
of the Legists lure, whose brains, when
in position] wore merely; sufficient | to
enable thrirrito find out “what is in it,"
have grown t< immense proportions,
an j seedyj pill brokers, who, a year ago
run the ipail betweon thb capil; list
aiid his. needy victims, revel in broWn
stone trutlts. srid drive tip-lop teams
with a is tbat aatonished.lheold
Cjodfish anstoc racy, and sets the shod
dyites all|a|goi. What is worse than
all, lhii<,“D«|w jeneraiious of upstarts”
is growing |im jertmcnl apace, and j is,
of eoursij illuuraling the adage of pa
beggar op hpr tsbavk.” They prill not
be criticised br the press. “We are.a
power” say's6no, wbor a khort tijmo
a;Dt e«.wa» glai to borrow fsniall sum*
in the prptty ownof We?tChe-tet‘;S‘a
powei ; that can crush the pres*;" abd
if.it interferes with our operations,”
qenth thii pe t ? tangled {president |of
i oil company, ; we will do it;” Bravo,
old fellow^lel - ) i beginpoil isgreasy.and
money, no in liter bow it is made] is
p >werful; hnt the brainaof the craft.
With printers’ ink:, will live when tbe
jrfe
cafeditor of which is extremely ihr
dn'striou* ji n ! je tbs area of ihe
, oil bouf.trV, pnys: ; r : !■ <■ , ! ! ■
The reader U of Tyrone oily. Blhir
county; have got the oil i fever badly,
from tenpin indications of the olta
!J’f ou-d.ijpi^i[, alleged to, hare . been
discovered ;h< re The indication* re
ferred to it ii alleged, Were found 5 sit
Grant MiM, in Bald Eagle:Y,«lley,own
ed by Mpr-r* Fruiter & Burley, of
,Tyroiie.,u|n'! a .practical zoologist bas
pronounced tl e indicaiions for oil fin
miHtukablp. j rhodLoovory. it is.said
has created c nisidorable excitement,
«nd i'ffbr*| lo 1 uy territory bave been
made and| refused. ‘ ' j''
Of epurso there is oil in Blair., Wi
• hnv.o seen jit fnertWscon it. burned f
lamps and , tfaed'tov greasing boo if
|&c.j ilmt Wo do not .know where
canie frhrrj—ppiopably from Yonar.
county, —J>/iitjcUlphia News. 1 ' (, ' -
4 i Washxsoton, Nov, 25.
Advieesfrom the Shenandoab and
the Army of the Potomac indicate
that; aivisijana'bave lett Early,aid
arrived at j !
made by thefcaV
alryjhi the; Valley,«hows conclusively
thatihe rorriaitider pflfcrlyV. forces
«r« between medstock ind;Harrmob.
hurg, and have; dot got dowrnaWfnritj;
Slnritoo. .] It is clearly evident tbit
1 llu >‘ , |) “ve abandoned -all offensive
movements forihe presept. [„j:
J 1 rs Sarah Kinchins, one of oar
fashionable Indies of;Baltimore, |
Maryland, .convicted by a military |
commission pf Attempting to Pend la
Mvord to the H-bel Colonel, Harry
Gilmore, iiip p( alleged correspond
ence’wiih the rebel States,! has been
sentenced jtoffive years labor in tht*
penitentiary, aid five
■fine,to bo iinprisoned after iftiSsxpiraU
ai/on of five years from thaSday if
bar arrest/omii the fine is paid. Ete
tprts|are bting bade to have the sepV
Uuce romiUod,|, . 1' 1|
-V,* ''l •
[ ( i . Forte ess Monroe, Jfov. 2&
I .‘W,^V Ue J d Stai* steamers, Atlan.
tin and Blaeksuhie. arrived tfiin morn
ini' from Savannab rivor.with 1500 reL
leased Union PrifoheN. TheremainL
dor of rhe fleet,) under Colonel Mull
lord, is on its wa|f to Annapolis, Md >
that) being the destined for dial
imbaekation. T»tfe total : fleet is entii
mated at Jadginjrlfrom api
pearance. those already received must
bo it, a deplorable condition, ‘ I
Major Qenrjral Selientlc Las arrived
on a visit to toe jfront. ■]
V including the beph*
I Seimiiea. er
i oa ihe night of tM
•onspinrg Ip releaaej
a Gamp Douglaicw
i of the great', ©bn w’
.eW, 'bud tbe Qraad
order baa confessed
it*alKando«po