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THE BEAVER I ARGUS.
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March" Ist, 186$.
Facts About the . Ad
i vantage* tkaj o®sr.
TjlKtft AbsOlUte Security.—Near
'■’'ly »U active credits are bow based on
Governmont twcurities, and banks hold
them-as the . very best ,ind strongest
in vest moot tljey can make. If it were
possible to Contemplate the financial
failure of the Government, no jbank
would beany; lf money isjloan-,
ed on imiiridaat notes or bond and
mortgage, it will bp payable jin the
Same currency . as the government,
pays with, and tip bettor. The Gov
. ernment never has failed to most its
engagements, aiad the .national' ijpbt is
a.first mortgage; upon the %hole pro
; perity of the country, ij While other
stocks fluctuate from iton to fifty, oi
even a greater per cept., Government
slocks are always comparatively firm.
Their value is fixed abdjreliablo, be.
ypnd all other securities;' for while a
I thousand speculative bubbles ipso and
' ’burst, as a rule they are never below
are often above. ‘
f Its Liberal Interest.—' Tbp general
rate ofintereat is sixtier cent., paya
,.[ big annually. TTiis is seven ab Jthree
~ tenths, payable j If you
lend on mortgage, phero must bo a
searching of titfes, lawyers’ foeSiStamp
duties and delays, and you will final
jy have returned to you duly the same
Miid of mobey you,, ! would receive
from, the governmeht.iand less of it.*— I
Ifyou in thialoab.ybu no'
trouble. Any bank or banker will ob- ;
tain it for* you without change: \ Toi
each'notc or bond are.' affixed five
'‘coupons” 6i-interest ticAefs.-duo at the
expiration of each 'successive half
year. The holder ot a noto has sim
. ' ply to cut off one of i these j coupons,
present it lo the nearest bank or Gov
ernment Agency, and get his interest;
-thonbte itself need not be presented at
■\ all.- Or a coupon thus payable will
’ everywhere be equivalent, ivbon due,
to paoney. If you wish Ito borrow
; .ninety..cents on the dollar: upjou the
notes, you have (.be highest: adourity
,;v in.the market todo ijt :wilh. ; |lf you
wish to self, it wfllfbrijtgiiwijthia a
.. fraction of cost and ; interest iat any
i, moment. .It..will boi very! bandy to
: have in the house.. " i *|i
It is convertible into a six per
1 cent, gold-bearing bond. ’ At, the ox
; piratiori of thipe years a holder of the
notes of the-7.30 Loan has the option
j of accepting payment ini full,or of
funding his notes in a. six per cent.
’ ? gold-iiiterest-bond, the principal pay
‘ able in, not less than five, nor more
than twenty- years from , its date, as
• the Governor may elect. These bonds
j are held\aC sucfi premium' as to make
this privilege now worth two or three
P er cent, per annum,and adds so much
'■ do the ,interest. Notes of the same
- cliassj issued three years ago, are now
selling at the rate- proves
the correctness oHbis staleiddnt.
Its Exemption; from Stateor Mu
nicipal Taxation —But/ aside from
all the advantages we have enumerated
a special act of Congress eiempts all
bonds and Treasury note from local lax*
ation On the average this,exemption
, . isworth ajpout two per! cent, per an«
? hum, according to tho rito of taxation
in various partsrof the counliy.
Ins a Nationaii SAyiNoj Bank.—
' While this loan presents-gfeat advabo
tages to large capitalists, it offers
special inducements jto? those who
wish to make a safe and profitable in'.
. vestment oir small- 'savings; It is in
, . every way the best Savings’ Bank;
for every institution of 'this kind must
somehow ir.vestits deposits profitably
iii in' order to pay interest and expenses.
They will invest largely in this loan,
as the best investment, i But from
~ the gross interest which they receive,
they most deduct largely ,fo£ the ex*
- of the Bank. Their usual rate
■of interest allowed'to depositors is-5
per toent. upon sums oyer ssoo.i'Tho
person who invests directly with Gov
eminent will receive almost 50 .per
moie. Thus the men who de
posits $lOOO in a. private Sayings’
Bank receives a year inter
est;" if be deposits thesame sum in,this
' . ”, • National Savings’-Bank helrocives 73
dollars. For those'who wish to find a
_ safe, convenient, and profitable means
of investing, the surplus 'earnings
, v; which they have resei ved for thelr old
; ego or for the benefit c f their children,
there is nothing. wt ich, presents, so
5 many advantages as this National
■- ; ; Loan.
The Highest Moti vz. — The war is.
evidently drawing to i; close, bat while
6 H lasts thoTraaSary must have money
to meet its cost, and every motive that i
patriotisra'can inspire, should induce,
the people to supply ils wants (without
delay.- The government can buy
cl”’" ~\VM. i 5. BAKccd.then oncred
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Colombia! Charleston! Wil*
' mington! -
We announced last week the cap*,
lure of Columbia and
we this week grCetlonr readers -with
the glorious 'news of the
Wilmington. Fprt Anderson (next
to FortFvsher in' strength) was cap
tured by the combined attack of our
land and nasal forces, and its capture
necessitated the/_ evacuation of WU
ininglon. Our troops, now hold and
occupy the city. Its capture is more
important than, either; Savannah Or
Charleston. For years it haa beon
the only . port of “egress and ingress
for blockade runneys, and it proved
impossible to effectually ( blockade it.
Tbpre the South shipped cotton to Eu
rope, and.there her vessels returned
loaded with necessaries.and munitions
of war. This jtrade is"now cut off,
and the South must,depend upon its
own resources. In addition /to this,.
Wilmington will furnish a now and
safe, base for Sherman, oh his North
ern march, and allow him to cut loose
from Savannah and Charleston. ' It is,
Then, a place of vast importance, an|l
ita capturo insures the success of SheF
plans. The capture of Ch
ton and Wilmingtongave us over two
hundred and fifty pieces of artillery,
a large quantity of military stores
and cotton; and the occupation of Co*
lumbia causedVtbe partial destruction
of the offices and works of the Treks-
Department oHho Rebel Govern
ment. , Chaileston was set bn fire'by
the rebels and more than two-thirds
pf the city consumed before our troops
pbuld check-the flames. Its destruc
tion is a matter of congratulation
rather; than regret. Charleston was
the hot-bed of sbceshioii, the homo of
treason and oppression. There first
the old- flag was dishonored, tha first
gun fired, and the first victory of- the
South wo|rt Sfirco the capture of Fort
Sumter;-charleston [has beer, doomed.
The people of the North, almost with
out regard to party, had sworn ven
geance,and every battle,every reverse,
and every victory alike only strength-,
oned the (jeep seated determination to'
humble Charleston. A number of ex
peditions failed; yet discouragement
only fanned the flame. „ At/last we
are successful, and the | city ours.
The old flag'; again waves from the
Post office in Charleston, and, l.joy
of joys, again the stars and stripes
.float over the walls, or "rather ruins,
of" Fort Surtvtor., The''determination
of the North succeeded. Charleston
is ours—but in ruins ! /Ttsj beauty has
b&en turned into'Ashcs/and its^nhab-,
itauts either,scattered or homeless.—!
What a \comment! what, a : fearful 1
punishment of treason I Its crumb
ling walla and'lniQuldering ruins—the
work of its own friends —is, a fair ex
hibit of the result of treason, and
proclaims,'forcibly the speedy pver
lh*ow. of rebellion.- - Charleston, like
Sodom, ishould never be Rebuilt. Let
a lino;be di‘a4vn around it and two pil
lars erected. On one write “Ichabod,”
on. the other “lts glory
bas'd eparled because, of Abo tripisen
of the inhabitants thereof” The.last
few weeks 1 been fruitful of vic
tories. “ThoTebel ki|igdotp is falling,
falling, falling.” Our ’ victorious ar
mies are marching on, and
to conquer. Wc have cvlry city of
jmpbttance except EichitiO.nd, and
that will.soon fall. A few more march
es, a few more captures, few mjore
victories, and the work li done—le
bollion subdued,. ..peace : restored, and
the national unity preserved; i.
Auditor General.
■ Col.; R. ft. 51’Cotnbay of Lawrence
county, basboen named as the U nion
candidaleforAudilorGeneral, and a
number of papers, botfal east and west
are out in favor of- htej nomination. —
He is the only one we have heatdl
s . r if--- jfe - ■ i
named for the pbsitibn. Col. Mu-
Gombajs well and favorably known in
this - county, - He at 'pnejtirao repre-j
eentcd this Oistrictilvrtho Legislature;
and earned lor himself an enviable
reputation as : a Legislator.' Ho was
Chairman of the Committee of Ways
and Means, one session,-and was rbL
garded as an able and reliable' leader,
-Wo heard a- gentleman- who-served
with him say that .die generally foN
lo,vved M'Combs, because al
most certain Ito be right" on every
question. He has twice been pressed
to run for Governor, but both times
declined. Col. M'Combs is a self-made
man, having worked bis way up, 'un
aided, by his own-talents, industry
aud application. ‘He commanded a
Regiment of miijtia in the emergency
of 1862, and : many m Beaver comity
who served upder.j him remember liis
coolness and courage in the hour of
danger,, and his kind treatment of bis
men. - H® also commanded a Regi
ment of moi'iths’ men in,1863L—
-Ho would make ain excellent Auditor
General and we would support no man
more heartily.
jgyJudgo il’CuUougb, J Controls
of Currency, has been, appointed Se
retary.ot Treasury in plaice of Wm, ]
Pesseßden, resigned., : ‘
Harrisburg Correspondence- ,
•. -» ' >x \ . Habbisburo, Feb. 25?
Mr. EmTOHiDoring tbe last twt>
Weeks the equanimity of the Logisla--
tare b is been disturbed by complaint!
of the official misconduct of Major
E. I Dodge, Assistant ProvostMnr
sbai G eneral of the Western District
oi Pennsylvania. It is alleged that
be evinced, at all tiraSs, anunwilling
ness to co-operate iWith the State au
thorities in in their .efforts to develope
the military strongthof the Common
wealth and correct too errors of his
department in regard to the pending
and past drafts, 'though ready enough
to embarrass their action when oppor
tunity afforded, nod also that he or bis
subordinates bod ; neglected to make
provision at the; Camp here for the ac
commodation _of the volunteers nojv
being recruited.' I regret to say that
an investigation by the military coth
milthes of the Legislature proved that'
tbe jatter* charge was not without
foundation. It disclosed that.duritig
the most inclement weather of the
( present winter recruits bad been al
io we|i to lie in Camp Curtin in sbeltjer
tents \yithout fires, and, in some in
stances) without | blankets; and that
there were oases amongst them of ex
treme'suffering. jj£r. Kelly, of Wash
ington, after report of Committees, of
fered a joint resolution requesting the
President to remove Major Dodge,
passed- the House by a votpof
62 yeas to 13- nays—nine Democrats
and four Republicans voting
negative.’ The resolution went to the
Senate, whjoro it has no*, yet been dis
posed of. V *. ! '
• Ypu correspondent has hnd froquent
official communication with Major
Dodge, upon the;military-business of!
,the)Stalej, since ie was ordered to this I
Post, and has always found him
prompt, courteo is and obliging. Buti
whether be is in fault in tbe matters
laid tb bis charge at present or not, it
is evident that! his usefulness in bis
-present position is at an end, and be
should bo relieved. | - I
l *The bill to which I-Bonded* in my
last, proposlnguo lay epen to location
and survey thaj bods of the rivers of
thej State, haaragain been before the
Hopso., The/vote referring it to the
Committee pf-|Vays and Means was
rcconsideied, and the bill-was!then
postponed to enable that committee to
mature a diScicnt. bill, which jtheir
Chairman stated was in process of
preparation. At a subsequent session
their, substitute was .adopted. It pro-
that the ■beds shall bo dividod_
in.fjb five acre tracts and that a twenty
years’ lease of leach tract shall bp dis-.
posed ’ of at public sale, receiving a
royalty in gross of twenty per cent. to_
tbe Commonwealth. -It purchasers
can bo found (upon these terras the
substitute will! bo much better- for tbe
State than the originallbill, and it will
probably pass r The Board of Trade
of the city of (Pittsburg, howovjer, re
monstrated against any, legislation up
oh Jbo subject objecting ibat the struc
tures necessary to protect oil wells in
the (Allegheny will obevrnct the navi
gation of the river, and that the oil
itself will pollute the water to such a
degree as to render it unfit for use.—
As the Ai egheny supplies the water
leßervoifS' of both of the cities) at its
month, thleir citizens are gravely inter
ested in this legislation, if their fears
arp well founded. • , . .
(The House has passed to third rend
ing a bill to-prevent frauds upopyol
unteers. It aims to prevent bounty
jumping and substitute brokerage. Its
provisions iri brief-jreyent rllio pay>
meat of bounties by local aulhoiitics,
filling the queta of their distjriqts, of
by persons putting i n substitutes, to
r any.otLer thjfita the volunteers and tmb-
I stilules ihotifselves.* I
{A bill hast also : pawed aut
soldiers | lo vote by proxy, at)
and township-elections.
, jTho Colleges of (Washington and
Jefferson, asyou pro awaj-0; Have been
fo)r sonib time negotiating for) A unidn
jot their cprporatiofis. They have
finally* i greed uppft.p plan of consoli
dation, ih'd a bill to incorporate -the
new organization jbas passed, the
House. The Preparatory Departraeut
and Freshman Clara ,are roainedby
Washingtoh, While Jefferson takes the
the Sophomore, Junior and Senior
Classes. ■ I , J
j After a Warm poljtieal debate, a bill
I both branches of tho Le
gislature, by a stifict party vote, to
annex (Washington to Allegheny coan-,i
ty for Judicial purposes. By aclanso |
of the jbill,((however, -the question of
annexation is to bp submitted to the
people] of Washington county at the
coming Spring election. ’I ,
| The! Hojiise has also passed a bill to
revive) and reinstate the the
Rochester j Manufacturing (Company,
and tb authorize the Directors of tbe
Company*{ Ip dispose of its real es
tate. j - ( '• j [ _ X;.
The People’s Union Holiday.
' , . iJnw York, |Feb. 23.
At a meeting of merchants of this
city, io-day, in Collector draper’s of
fice, ilosbs Taylojr, President, it was
resolved that ~ measures bp; taken Ito
duly polebrato/the recentvictories; in
a. mannoy yommjbnantate with the
grandeur of the victories Jof the Un
ion'Armies, oyer [the Rebel hordes.—
And that the appreciation j felt by the
people of this city; and the country,
of the fact oftbere-oequpatjon of
Charleston by our loyal brethren in
arms', together with the fact that the
flpg [of our country again! floats over,
too walls of Sumfcr, . should be made
apparent in a fittjng manpor.
■ It (Was voted to suspend all business
on the 4th of MArcir next, and that
the business communities nnd the peo
ple of the whole Ijpoantry, from Maine
to San I Frahcispb, be requested to
unitc in fitting demonstrations of joy
on thalday. The Boards of Trade
and | Chambers-bf Commerce' of ih.e
principhl cities of the Unibn,ityJading
, gan | Prpncitcoi -Jb£ve signified thejr
>r hearty in this patriotic!
B movement, And tbe 4th of iliych will
undoubtedly bo observed throughout
*• I the land as a da rof ioblificatiop, and
|as the People's [\aibn-Hbhday. |
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.[From fhi Uoaoßgahela Kapubllciui.]
Encase from Dixie— Southern
PrCbna—Swamps, Negroes,
etc,—Arrival Homo- } I
■ . f .1 . ' 1 ■ ‘ • I . •
Lieut, Frank A. M. Kreps, 77th Fa.
Yola. arrived at his home in West
Newton.ashon time sinco,haying es
caped from Southern Prisons, five dif
ferent timies before he succeeded in
reaching oar iln'ea. Frank was! captur
ed. at Cnickamaugna, Sept. jlfitlh, 1863,
and takop to [Libby prison.. FromV
this notorious hole be made bis escape
on the night of the 9th of February,
by that well-known tunnel throughj
which 109 of our men escaped, 54 of
whom Point. I This tun-1
riel was opened^through the hospital j
wall, its entrance Being! concjealcd by ,
a pile of those straw thrown in a cor- <
ner by the rebels and III their
cot*beds. '; In company with twp oth
ers,' Kreps.crawled through (his hole
and walked rapidly towards the centre
of the city, here a consultation was
held, and as most of the .prisoners
would mbst njjturally. go north of the
James river,- toward while House, it
was decided by this party j to I take the
| Weldon Railroad. This was [wise, for
as soon as the escape was discovod,
cavalry wassjsnt after those who took
the other remit capturing nearly half
of them./ Nofpursaers however fol
lowed this patty who: safely rcatbed.
17 Milepost. [Hero they struck to tho
left, leaving the railroad and reaching
the Appomatpx, about two j miles bo-,
low Petersburg. Here they procured
a boat from the negroes, add, although
the night wajt biting cold, resolved to
float towaid City Point. All! was 'well!
out pickets'voniy a few miles distant,
the cnrrentapift,and the opat though
: frail, was carrying those byavo boys
: out of Dixie.and away frpiri the hor
| ribie filth; disease and vorrtun of Lib
by. Filled with these thoughts, they
were happy,and home scompdto reach
forward its living arms 16>| their wel
come. But Bptesh! bubble" bubble, and
their canoe overturned, paying, fouled
an obstruction. It was a cold bath. I
and when they, finally [struggled to J
the shore, their garments wore frozen.
But oho course now rempipedr—to find
a fire, and that in “short metre," or
freeze to death. The short was lined
with tho enpmyV and our .be
numbed and frozen soldiers were com i
polled to saiflsnder theihsejves. Poor,'
fellows, in pfew days they were tell
ing their adventures to fellow prison
ers once raopSt in LihbyJ ■ ‘
Kreps was afterwards sent from
Richmond-tp Macon, and from thence,
jOiv the 291 h day of Tulyj wilh a =qUad
"of men towards Chai leston. When
near_Port Royal Ferry, he jumped
from the train, followed ’ by two offi
cer >, and sfrpck out toward -Port Roy
al Ferry; o i tbe'-Ooosabhtchle, • hiding
in the salt marshes, and carie brakes:
1 But grub v'iaScarce, arid the negroes
i baying .been serit away on ; account 6f
j the proximity of pur troiops,nonc could
bo procure 1. 1 They rpachud the river
after gicat difficulty, ttnly to find it
I lined with Bapcl pickets on one side,
[and U. S.'kferedf Troops on the oth
er. How r to pass the lines;; was \he
ucxt qu cs dpnjthey wap suffering from
hunger , pnd so nciirly ireo! Finally
Lieut. Monday, one of the party, Saidj
he would go boldly foaward, and .cn-
I gage the picket in conversation W|hiio
the other two should make an attempt
to cross the river.' It was the.hpldcst
of dcsponiltion, but it was tried, rind,
so nearly! accomplished that Kreps
and his cjompariion got lo the bank.'
roUed tt log into tho water, arid were
pushing-out. ..! Now they .were free, a
few ; bold strokes and-—'-‘Halt 1 !: you
d—cL Yanks, come buck or'fore God,
I’ll shoot you.” The game was up.
Kreps was among! the. prisoners;
kept under fire a t Charleston’. Few
of our -shot aver, eamo haar them, as
U n;on m6u in the city! throw up rock
ets from jthe vicinity of I the prisons as
signals to Gen. Gilmore; the city has
a Union League, and [Kreps says ho
knows this to bo a fact; the streets are'
grown up with grass [qnd weodsi and
the houses wherever ho.could see were
honey-combed with; shot and shell.—
On the 6th of October, on the road to
Columbia, bo made another escape. A
hole was cut in. the bottom of the car,|
and with the aid of four compan?ons,all
of whpni dropped though arid laid down
On the track when,lhp train came, to a
halt at Orangeburgbi Tho attention
was to dllow the, train pass over them. 1
But it commenced to, , move backwards !
the.ash-pan would catch them. 1 Horn
rorijd' It seems . almost incredible,
but thpso men actually jumped Be
tween the trucka. while ihe train was
in motion knd . escaped. Betaking
themselves in the swamps,-travelling
at night, they headed, toward East
Tennessee, hoping;- to join the Refugee
Kirk. jThe\. swamps are .deep, apd
they, swam for miles; from tree to trep,
dragging' along one jbf • the party who,
could pot swim. sl After traveling four
days through these swamps they found
them impassable and came all the way
hack io the railroad. During' this
time they hail nothing to cat butgreen
pumpkin, .and - persimmons,—not it
mouthful else. Becoming'desperate,one
day ,the others took'Frank,as nn escap
ed Yank, representing themselves tp
be Confederate soldiers, to' a flue old
mansion, and telling; some, plausable
story [about not, haying guns, easily
piocnred a good night’s rest and plen
ty to eat.T They thhn determined to
get oh the (next train and take a ride,
for they‘could walk ni further. This
was a ! bold step, but thoy followed the
chance, and jumped into an empty
box-car on the train! going directly in
to Columbia—and stayed in % going
rightlinto the heart of the cRy;. By
good cbabco. 1 th.® (train was switched
off on the Greenville road, andstartod
in the desired direction. Oncoin Ten-!
nesseje they were! free! At a wo~od
station i- some employees > chanced to
observe them, apd—the next .day they
were in the Columbia jail.
The Prison at Cpmmbia J was an;
open] field;: no tents, no; shelter, no
clothing,, with a pint of corn meal and
halfkiU of*Borghnm per day; half\a
pint pf rice for five days, tablespopnfhl
of salt and nothips-nise. Not one»t
of meat from the STth day of SapleiSi-
ihoriaing
borough
her untiltho Ist day of November.—
Standing one day la this field j Frank
determined be would travel' iiorhia
health, andjnSt then seeing Adjutant
Brooks, oneof bis former companions',
he slapped him bn the shoulder with
—“olafellow, t am going oikoflthis
place, will you go along?” Brooks saw
it. |At two o’clock P. M., on the first
day.of November, they ran past the
guard, who fired at them, and*fled for
three miles to,a s.wampin which they
bid themselves until dark- They then
adopted the design o s t following trie-
Congaree river to the coast.:. V?e have
not time to detail the many aijd thrill
adventures,. bnty they made the .400
miles in. 13 nights, in a boat, aided by
the negroes—noble, .gqnoronsjr'failh
i ful negroes—reaching , the coast*, in
i safety* Here they saw a gunboat;
the old flag waved in its majestic beau
ty before homo, 1 with, its loved
ones, was almost within their reach.- s —i
They signalled with their caps land
joy! joy! the ship nnswerod-i A boat
was lowered; they were* Raved! !br
would "have been if a Squadl of rebel
-cavalry had not just then J pounced
down upon them, and took them hack
to tho_rcbel prison at Georgetown. /
There they were handcuffed! like
convicts, notwithstanding ahotp ad
dressed to the Adjutant of j-General
Trapier, commanding post, protesting
in strong terms againetsnch barbarity
Froth tnonce they were ' taken fin a
wagon, tied like felons, for4|o miles to
KingstroeStation, on the road load
ing from.Chafleaton to Wilmington, —
There the party was nnbound and!
placed do a! 1 train for Florence, but at
ISS.o’clock on the night of the 10th . of
December, at Ramsey Station, Kreps
and his - companion, having! removed
the caps from the gunsmf the guard,
quietly walked Off the platform - just
as the cars started. The Santeo' river '
was ahead of them, and. through | the
•kindness of the negrdes thby reached
its -banks. It was bard traveling,
j however, for the ice on the swamps
i wasan eighth otjan inch thicks et they
j waded through it for miles, breaking
.the ice before them wll’lrja stick as
they walked: along, waist deep in wa
ter, ice and mad. In, one of these
j ponds, Kreps - lost his. shoos | [ When
they reached the Santee, a negrp fer-
I ried-them over, although he was to be
whipped for a similiar act porfiiirmed
the day before; indeed he came to
them the next dry. as they lay hidden
in the swamps and showed, the'marks
lof 200 lashes,arid fold the refngeejs that
;he -'would die sooner thab betray, a
Union •soldier.” .They ritruck! the
( Congaree river at Web Door L'aiiding.
Hero thriy found,their old;friends, the [
negroes, and soon had a Palmetto dug
out and were floating dovj’n- jthg fiver
onco more towards the copsti Wher
evei’ they found negroes! theyjfound
friends, looking iye, looking,
for and expecting them,. Hoy did
they know Frank and his companions
were coining? Many a one h'asjasked
the same-question. Once mdro
bine ocean was reached,-lint this time
they stood, out to sea. not oarihg to
trust themselves again tbj the shore.—
| This was Brook’s seventh escape and
i the fifth- for Kreps. So to soa tbey
went in a.dug-out, canoe, towat’d tno
gun boat Nipsic, and : paddled .tdoven
.miles into the ocean. * They wore bos'
pitably received, and wo do hot dis
pute the, words of our friend who foils
us;—*•! was glad ■ to see* the -faces o|
fribndi, arid to bo' once.) more| wher#
men loved the old flag; ftndiwhpro the
bill of fare was not rhwjpuriipkiri and
green persimmons. I j whs glad to
bear the signal gun Nvliich. life Cap 7
tain firlitl to let the negroes on shore
know thatavo were safe; knowing' as’ I
did tpaf when its reverberations reach
ed their lowly cabinetj bundreds of
knees would bow down and ' thank
God for the safety of_ Massa Frank
and Massa Brooks !” • | v '! ■
is abiavo soldier,; and is one
: of five brothers who 1 | have gone to
fight the dmttles.of liiberfy. | Ho -has
been piomotted arid .vc-comuliasioncd
and will go back again in a few weeks.
All- honor to Captain Frank Kreps;
may Glory and Success castj wreaths
at bis feet. ... i t ..
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Capture of Wilmington.
War Department, Washington
Feb., 24— Midnight —pToj Major Gen- 1
eral Zf>:r:—The following official re-'
port of ftho capture {of Wilmington;
has been forwarded to this
moht byG c n oral, G ran t, signed p
Stanton, Secretary ofj Wjar: j ~
Fortress Monroe, Feb- 21—10 p, M.
To Gen. £7. S.- Grant, City Point: (
Our troops entered Wilmington on
tHe morning of, the [,224. [Afterthe.
evacuation of Fort Anderson, Goner*,
hi Schofield ordered Gen. Cox; to fol
low 'its garrison towards Wilmington,
while Terry followed Hoke; On• the
east side of the rivet', the latter tock",
up a now lino four miles from Wil- j
mington, bntv.wos Hotly* pressed by
Terry,So that ho could Send no troops
to the west side. On that side the
rebels| madq. a stand behind Townj
Creekj, but,- on the 2Qth,’ Gem Coxi
I crossed his troops below them on a'
flat hojit, ) and attacked them; in the j
rear, renting theml and t.afcing;twoi
gups and three hundred-prisoners' ’ I
■j Omlth'd 21st General CoS pushed lo |
Brunswick river, opposite Wilming-j
ion, where the bridges we\-o on .fire.;'
On his arrival the,rjeoels, began bnrn--
ing cotton and rosin in the city, and
101 l it that night. Our captures, in-,
eluding Fort Anderson, amounted to
about seven-hundred prisoners and
thirty guns. 'jj- ■. : i'• '
, The citizens state that the rebels;
burned one thousand bale's. of cotton |
and fifteen thousand barrels, of rosin.
The Xinion feeling’ phoned itself quite
strongly -in the'citjy. : General Terry
followed,Moke northward.- ;I
. Cj. B. COSISTOCK^
Lieut. A,,IX G., brevet BrigiGep;
John P. Stockton has received the
Democratic caucus nomination for
United.,States Senator front New Jer
sey;., Nine Democrats say
they will preyen tj his election. ,
TJ.S. TBOI.O^ISF.
I By authority Secretary of the 1 Treaa
g|y t tbeondergigncdhaa aanmned the Gcuer
pi Subscription Agency for the saicof United
States Treasury TfotriV bearing 7f S-lOths per
cent, interest, ;per annum, knotfn the
SEVEN-THIBTY LOAN.
These Notes ore issuisd undef dilte of August
15th, 1864, and arepayable three years from
that time,, in or are convertible a*
the option of -the hbldpr into - m t , *
- US. 5-20ISix pr cent.
G BLONDS.
■ •' These hoods -aro'now worth a premium of
nine pc? cent.,' including gold interest ' from
Not., whichmakca the actual profit, on the
7-30 loan, at current rates, including interest,
about ten per cent, per annum, besides Il>
Exemption front State or Municipal Taxa ft on
which addifrom'one-to three per cent ; more < act
cording to the rate levied ’ on other property
The interest is payable semi-annually by couj
pons attached to each njotc, uhich maybe cut
off and sold to any bank or I anker. -1
; •: ’ I ■' ...
The interest amounts to 1
' •' ■ 'i-\ ’
. One cent ’ per dap on a $5O note.
Tteo cent! ' “ $lOO “
io .“ ■ |, “ . Sspo“
20 ’ “ “ ' “ . “
$1 'i* |*• Ssop6 ••
■, Notes of all the 1 ' denominations, named will
be promptly furnished upon receipt of.subscrip,-
tions. This is |, "f I ■
THEONLY LOAN IN MAKKET
nowbffered by the Goverhmehand it ia
denlly expected that its superior advantages
will make it the . . , '
Great Popular Loan of] the People.
Less than $2b0,b00,000 jreinain unsold,
which will probably be disposed of within the
next GO or 'JO' daysJ when the notes will jih
doubtedly Command a premium,, os .has uni
formly been the case on closing the subscrip
tions’lo.dther L.oans. W I
In order thatcilizeiMuf every town and sec
tion of the country ntny be t ffordod-facilities
fortaking-the Ipan, National Banks, State,
Banks, and Private Bankers throughout the
country hare generally agre id to receive fmb
scriptions.at pari Subscribers will select tiheir
own agents, in jvhom they have <;onftdcnee,j
! and who only ire to be responsible for the de- 1 ,
livery of'the noics for - which they receive;
orders; "' ■ ■ ■ j :
‘ JAY COOKE, I■ •;
Sl Dii itirrioN Ace it, I’hilaJelfhiii,
by the
National Bank - of. Beaver Cotjntyt
mapehl, in;
/
drug s^roiiEi
■ •■'i.r i ■. • /■ ” _*• i ; •_r ■ .. . i
D.S* MARQUIS, tfU
* -?i- * I'-' f. »** "* '
Co*. Bridge at. an#tlie Diamond,
' vi ‘
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KEEVS CONSTANTLY ■-UN HAND A
FULL ASSOimiENT OF ~ >*J,.
ipxtie?/ DB'ln^GLGh:S.
Medlolia©#,
i^ioyE v sTi?F:Fs, -- ‘
P i
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CHEAPEST OILS & PAINTS
IN THE VieiSiTY..! I
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'.indies* '
OlT:
FOR ME
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“FLORtIINE I"
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Usually Kept in a Drug Secret i
PHYSICIANS’ PRESCRI
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Rochester drug stork
®IN -TH r IpimNlO Nd .
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FOR SPRING
wall paper J;: -: | ■‘ADMnaa 7^ *? '*; d
• •-•■WDfDO#..SHADiSS,i ■ ' ; T eTTERS of admimstrAuoß “ .
:, ■; ■ BORDERS, AND e. askkst. £«•£.:
. > ■ • .... ■ -f! |co.;dica.*£ti«‘ o!
.: A SD EVERT? ARTICLE Ik THE PAPER. ! .mJer S igne^aUpeyon^ cjjat .^
. ; A P».-: 1 :
, -
Sale 6f ySnaUe Beal
x willof jAjraE*os, l at 6 l “ f i»;i
*e« »t Pub^Vcndu^''
the premises, ont , ,- ■ ''“““Vou
I ~, '- I •*»«*’ 17M..1805.'
at 11 o clock, o. m,, oj Valuable Fa— ,
the estate of said jlijmsjl. jit.,.,. iw «
Public Boadj J mite, north ;of Beaver t? l!le
co., Pa., lBl acre \B5 elea\v,d l* T * r
well timbered;
buildings,. a-good two ktorv brirt '? - •
Urge bant, corncrib, &c. ; ; fruit
tses. This fariu ia desirably
qienttoßallroads,, Mills School vcL^ T< ■
4f. and is one oftheTmWSt desirable,
i« and valuable; forms in the- county ■
i 1 Also two lots adjoining above farm *
taining 16 acres, one-half cleared and i^. C ° n '
cd, balance welt limbered. TON
saidfarm or separately to Su^urch&l WUh
' Also, on same day, at 3Vclock P \r
the premises, a house Jand lot in the'hA; r V
of Beaver; lot fr 9 ntu»g6o fdclon
•and extending back SOOf'fect to' ,„‘'^ ttl :
hpuse, two-story brick, With back build
the whble containing ? rooms and
underneath, a stable and fn^Et?.L’,
Terms at sale. I Further
had by inquiring of, the undersigned. mjl■
4 miles from Allegheny city.' m
0., Allegheny city,) of Daniel BcUinrW
ver, Pa., or of Jam**-., Eakin,-on ih.’h!*‘
aforesaid. i k • .... . *
' fcb2s’G3.
ADMINISTKATOUS KOTict* 7
Ilf HEREASletters ofadministration W ’
tf yigbcengrantedto the undersigned.
the estate of Jas. AV.M’Mahas, late ofiL?
m/tp,'Beavcr oounty, Pa, dec’d.. »U pefsssN
knowing Ihetnselyesjj indebted to said estm
are requested to make payment immedisiti, '•
andthose having claims against tbektmeeL ;
present them to thelsubscribec duly outhenti
dated for settlement. ” ' .
; maiTGo
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SHIRM, (iRAMF, Ilf
' RAlipT & TERM •
AS PEACE < COMMISSION BUS
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-ABRAHAM B. WOLF, Admr,
Bright mi Ip.
I OF THE HAMMER
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»T is our generals m .ihe. ficW 1 why or.y
|[ eon effect the'. price “of Domestic ft',
jooil, uml so tbej have during the Inst sr. I
icssftjl campaign -
ivEDUC ED' PIUCES
[food Calicoes for
ood Muslins for -6 mU -5 cewi,
ml all Cotton Good?* reduced o(rpw*c£nl.
AISO Til Eli ARRIVAL W
IfEW ' GOODS!!
‘ SPRING DELAINES,
DKESBGOO
Prints, Ciiiig-liams,
Muslins, Satinets, Cassimere
* bXLMORAL- SK t RTS,
Hoop '.'SKI:
BONDS'KT
FLOWERS ANDBUSW
•i ihisii
O-XjOVES,
Sblrt jprp»*
HOSI z KY, &9 ::& ;r •
I'ii '<• ' rv.
At prices as Low as can t*
1 : anywhere.
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i 4 Having all been
blast week, buyers will bare the ■
thc /eeent great .decline in 2 inft>J '
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