i THE »BEjMffiß; AROHS. ft'. |;j Aprifl2fli; 196S V r * i'~~ r . ~ j; »y.' T j ~ T|jß FIVB Bays;-’ SATaitBS; $e had expected to be ( able s t 3 pre« , seroost leaders this week with; a'mtalp of in* field of Grant's recent operations inlYont of Petersburg!], but it has hot ypyireachfdus_as we go to press.— T|f dailies of Now YoA and , "¥hila» _ icreportq of the fightV'from tbeir ar- Tny| cbrre«pondenU, frou» them confused and as they soinetimis are, we condense itbefbl lowing - account of the. battles snd> ma noeuvres which resultedyn the jeap ture of Peteraburgh and. EiChnidnd, anp the discomfiture of;the rebelarroy ■ of|Jorthei n yirgima. i>|:r J ■ fßefbre the recent movement bur lines pppn the North side ot, the James Riper were held Army of the James, commanded, by Maj. Gen. Ord, . composed ot the 24tband 25tb corps. This’Unejwas strongly fortified and at some'points approached within five or sir miles of Kichmondj Sheri da i lay at W<hite House onAthe Pa ; inuhkey, resting from his,late raid— Ot the South side of the river lay the army of the Potomac, the 2di sth, tith ap|d 9th army corps’. These trodps wcrein position in the ordor|h which webave namcd them from left to right. .-; *] ■£•. ’’ • ’ - '] ; I \ [ w - Alirjjorlificationa on-this sidd stretch* od; around PeteYshurgh, frOra the Apt* ppmattox or the right,! to a point a tojie orrpOre beyond ,the Weldon rail road ofiiihe left, and et'this point de flected tp ihe„;S_pulhlward and toward our : roar', /tb! protect the left j flank against-a movement of the enemy ,jr. that direction- The lebol wprks con fronted ours at all points pkcept on opr extreme left j in addition their in: terior lines encompassed Pcte-sburgh fi’pm the Appomattox above to that rlppr below the city, and they had strongly fortified upon our lajTb all' the leading,toward the Appomattox prf the South Side railroad. P L ’ f /iTbese being? the positions,lsbjwidant his entire force, and (Jrd with I ope half of the army of the James were ' bi'ought to the South side of riba .river' atjd united to the army of the Potomao, Sjld that ariny at once beganj its ip campaign against Eichmpnd. .; l|On Wednesday, March 2&th, Shori-. (||n with t he cavalry was detached to tOrsechQit'.wilh the .Richmond &A)an* ydle railroad. 2d and ;stli corps Wore moy|d out of our works tand their . place* were occupied by the ‘ijltii corps hj the army the James | ojnd the ffoops first' named march* d'to the pprth weaC'inthe direction of the South Side railroad, the sth corps being up pn the loft.’ On this day there was (Sharp skirmishing at various points or. tpe line of our advance, but lio engage! { ’ ent of importance. ' A hliivy rain ade the roads almost impassable and 'ipfantry and cavalry, were sltuck in the Ipud. During the night the enemy lilt that part of the lin<|wh|ch the" 2d -and sth bad left ascertained to their satisfaction that it was strong . ppough to defend itself. | j __JM\ Thursday, March 3Q'. Tile advance ~|jbf the sth and. 2d corps was! continued ,r’Tbe 2d corps connected upon; its xight lyith the 24th and the whole line of I -the sth and 2d was executing a right IJ jpheel in the direction of -i’etersburgh .. tipon the left of -the | corps 'as a piyot. Some two miles of ground were gained upon, this day on our left, after ■harp fighting, though- the rebels yrero not mot in great forca or strong ly intrenched. The sth icoips reached > 1 land held the Boydtown Blank road, {jlheridan’s entire train on this iday was sticking in the mud, strung ont from Beam’s Station to Dinwjddie O. H., and the greater part of his fprco was required to protect it- from Fits tee’s “rebel cavalry, who were hovering on fais flank. His headquarlenTthis night jware at. Dinwiddle C. Hi anil he bad j thus far accomplished nothing. J Friday, March 31. Thej IRh corps I advanced its 2d and Sd divisions a mile | outward, which were auajeked by : Johnston’s and Picket’s divisions of lioogslrest’s corps, and driyen back ! with considerable Joss beyond Ihp ; Boydtown pjank road. IHpre thpy | were roinforced by thje Ist dikision and ( rallied and repulsed the eneiny. At ■ • Tip- m. the entire.corps advanced up* : on the front of the enemy, vypile Mites’ ■. of the 2d corps attacked them ■ I in flank, Up then line south- : ward acd driving them fri im the Arid. | This part of the line had; been weak j: ensd by the ‘withdrawal ipf a part of ■ ; the force which lougbt the sth corps . ; in tbq morning, to confront Sheridan. : a few miles to'the Southward, i ; Oen. Sheridan moved Din : widdie C. H. in the morrii g driving ‘ back the cavalry of. the sremy with .. iMuofor some three or four miles, un* . til he naobed the neigbboi h yoi of the .it Fiw|;F° r^a > * cross road, where, be V atcong intrenehmenla checking Herb Uo wai liimsolf at ; 'kongatreeU infantry, that day brought from the front of the sth and 2d corps', and jwas driven hack ..with severe loss to 1 a point a miledastr pf the c!.H., whejre ififl troops Ibivdano ed for the ' • .1 r On'ibiadaysomej severe skirnjish ing occurred in front of th e 24th corps, yrhich hhld the centre; formerly the left Of our line. The rebel pickets were driven in and the lino held by them taken by onr troops who entrenched themselves upon itj A line of sharp* shooters was pushed close up to the rebel works, their Skirmishers driven inside, and their driven ftom'the guns, which remained silent most ot the day. > There was compare.- tiverqni.et along the right of ({mr line ; Saturday, April 1. Before daylight thd enemy assaulted. Foster’s division of the 24th corps, and jearried a part Ot his line, driving back the IQOth N. Yi, but were charged and driven oat Lby the 200 th 1 Pa: Sheridan j attacked and drove the enemy in his front, and the sth corps marched southward to his assistance—tho 2d corps extending its line to. connect with the latter. At 5i p. m. whilst Sheridan engaged the enemy in front tpe sth jeorps. attacked him in flank and ; reari^. The battle which lasted until dark in Longetroot’s complete jrout the two commands capturing prisoners and three batteries mf,! artillery, and the road to the South Side railroad was open and: defenceless.l (This .success also placed Sheridan add add the sth corps between this portionojr the reb el army and thencefor ward Longstreet was outof [the fight* Some accounts represent him as be* treating With-tho remnant ofhia coin* maud South ward,|, to join Johnston; others as making {Northward toward Lynchburg; certain it is that none oi his men were .met] in the engagement of the next day, the two corns of Hilt and Gordon hbldibg l the' entire rebel' lino. There was sparp firing along the line of thb 2d and 24 th corps, without decisive tha former {firmly {es tablishing itself in its hew position.r- The 6th and -9 th bur right' still lay quietly in their works in front of Petersburgh. ■ Their turn was 1 to come on the morrow. | . j : On Saturday night a fierc 3 artillery fir»was maintained along orr linoand .orders | were isjsnpd fj>£a general as sault orl Sabbath Imorning, ayltbe 2d, 24th, 6th and 9th corpsupon the works in their front. To prevent the nfsiss* ingof troops by Lsie apotf his right, - -Ati wnrps, ca tU ,- T «-'t of his 1 line, it was ordered that the jut ; tack should open upon his 1« ft. i j, Sunday,/Ipril 2. Under cover! of, [ the darkness the troops of the Ninth corps wore moved up close to the reb el line, at 4 a, ra., it a given signal tlloir entire lino dashed with a .thout upon •tho rebel The ensmy were completely surprised. | and wore oyei whelmed before t;heyhad ti ne to lOrm. Tor resistance. TlieTruits of the charge of the 9th corps were five forts, thirty one guns, and many hundreds of pris« onais. The rebel fort on the Appo mattox in s front jol Wilcox’s division, ■ J . 1 ’• 1 1 was of great strength, and it is said his attack was to bo bnt li feint, jbnt his men away jand stormed it in’spite ofbim. Thaguns of the rebel torts' were at once turned upon tho flying dneray. At daylight the 9th corps; held the entire.hostile line in their front, and had sustained scaicely any Iqss. Simultaneously with the advance of. the.9th the!6th j’ i ] j I corps and. with the same Suc cess. In five minutes after /the signal waslgiven, they were into and over the rebel were pouring grape I tnto’thn relreatingibo, frpm their own gnns, many of which, and biany priso ners were takeuj The 87th and ©lst Penna. Eeg’u. aio mentioned, as hav ing particularly! distinguished thorn, selves'in _ the charge, As{ a piobfof the confidence of the commanding, of- Accra in their success it is istated that *a detachment of Artillerists accompa nied each charging column to work the captured pieces.. } Amopg the pris. oners of the 6th rwas ailisn issippi brig-; ado almost composed of the 2d I.oth, lllh, 12th, 16th, ISth, and42d Mississippi Keg’ts. / At 5 o’clock A. M. we, and posses-, sionof.miles'pf the enemy a line on his left, and he had! been- driven into his | interior defences close to Petersburgh. "Thbre wsa a pause ic tho fighting un til 7 a. m., wheri tho 24th and 2d corps assaulted the rebel right. {.The ground jon whfeftt they charged w L as veryjdiffi cult being hilly and! rendered almost impassable by slashed timber, bnt|they went over it an|l over Hilt’s fortifica tions' at the dpnble-qnick.l They cap, tured their full Share of pnsoners and artillery, and niet withcomparalively small loan - ~ Among .the organisations taken .entire by the 2dcorpawerb the /sth, 7th, I3th,l4th and 17th Tennes see; the24td captured (be|3d,4th|l2th 2jstand23d Georgia, and! the 33d Ni Carolina. . j. •- •' .-[ -/ | By Ba. in., the entire pentre fide of tho enemy wa»| in Anr possession! the 6th dorps had| swung around! and was facing and tho j-tth add 2d corps were marching east ward'in side !I . I. : '■ ' CM the enemy’s lice, and Sheridan wifli his cavalry and the sth was swinging; around-ioward - the p^pp^dippbuiat* of Say ! at defenses. ThrWdotaobed, sefiespf forts on this line vwjere carried daring the forenpbo, by the Sixth andjTwenty-fourth Corps, and atj noon the j left of the 24th'lay upon the Appomattox above burgh', two ■ divisions of hold! fig thejjna' between tbe 24£hand 9 th, tv bile athird wesTeaiingfip the Soul if Side railroad, . Onr line now stretched half-way around the city, from (the river above to the river ,be low, and Leel jwos driven to hie last and strongest | entrenobmente, Avhich lay in a continuous chain immediate ly aiband it. Just then a desperate assa fit" was upon the 9th corps, upon jour extreme right. , Hartrairft's divinion wm driven-out of the works the; i had' captured i- in I the morning,. and dut line wa» broken] at that point. N 6 ) ■einforcoments were at ry available man ia oar army .being! already engaged. In,, this extremity! the Eroyost Guard Brigade of Collia’ wasjprought upi from a •nhraber of-SheridanV dismounted! cavalry. Those charged upon and: drove out the ohomy. '» Til. was now 2. r. m., and the evacua tion |< )f Potersburgh - had.commenced, Lee’i men could be'seen from pur sig-f ual stations defiling across the pontoon bridges on the j Appomattox, and con-j flagrations , began to be observed in the town. Accordingly the 2d“porps, which had marished up the Boydtown road to within four-miles of the City,: filed off to the left to intercept the an ticipated' relredt, while Sheridan with his jfivalry and the sth corps-moved in t i|e same diitection, upon a line far-; ther southward. The, fighting for the day (was over. HThopgh Jjee still held : his i!nner line,J Petemburgh was burs; “an 1-fairly won.” At 5} a. M., of the ! 3d,the city- wtjsPccupied by Wilcox’s division, of thei 9tb corps. j midnight'on the night of the 2d| a deserter informed Gen, Weitzel,com manding our few troops left north of the! James, that the picket line in front of him had been withdrawn, and tha t the icibelj army was in retreat.—] A cavalry rocor.bisanoe at daylight] confirmed bis t tatement. Weitzel adj- i vancod immediately, and by 8 a. m., bis negro trod os were matching down 'thestreets of Richmond,' tothe tune cf “Old John Brown." If our.read ers have preserved the map published a few weeks ajbi in the Argus f they cap! trace tbc positions and move meats doscribCdi . with tolerable accu racy. V.]: • - Tjhpl^°^]* f ny, the only condition made being it his men jand officers should be ijoled on th<| ground, and that ih|o yato property and sjde>arms of thio ter should |bo retained. We givio ?. corresponijlonco , between, the two nerals elsewhere. ; 1 [ j Our loss, up to the evacuation, is, ;imated by Gen. Grant at 7,000 kill-) J wounded and some two nusand being prisoners, and an un ially Jarge proportion ■ slightly mndod. Our total casualties inchi ng.those of the pursuit, cannot ex ed 10,000. Tho Confederacy loses i| best aruiy.oslimated'at 65,000 men, ijlh its artillery trains and . materiel , ijd the best Generals and officers in i 'service; .i h I - ’J • •:' est ed, the U3l A- Word to Democrats. | : Now that Rebellion has been virtual ly subdued, jour armies 'everywhere mtorioafe, the authority of the Cov er imenc of ttie United States respect ed, j and her laws enfeirced and obeyed, wolmay say throughout the length ahd breadth of the land : and in this hour I ! ’ 'i of general joyand thanksgiving; whpn pa triple, their hearts aglow with the en tihUsiaam of the hour, are shouting htsannaivlb Godfor the success of our cadse/wp tako the time to say a weird to jour Democratic friends. I We fear there are Democrats who dolnot rejoicie how, judging from tapir previous.reeprd, and their unilluraina f countenances and want ol entbnsi ■ i. Wehirdiy expect it ol some.— er supporting a party that peace and union could never come through war; after asserting lor four years,; upon the stump, on, the and at Lome that we could never sul§ ? due rebellion ; that the policy of the administration only insured the suc cess of the Confederates, we can hard lylexpbot theih now to give expression to; their gladness, even if indeed they feel any. We want to ask these lights ofj Democracy how they liko now to sjandupon |a platform that proclaim B Mihat after four years of lailari' to restore the | Union by; war.” That was rather premature, wap it not ? tey should have consultedold ancon, ional U. S. Grant as. to time before rnkking such declarations- Toe four years are about up now, and itjis not much of a failure is it? We us sorry so 'rnany prophets should be without honor in' their, own country, but really we profer tha restoration of the Government to the fulfillment of thel^.prophecies, and most therefore rejoice while Belial’s: prophets weep. But we hav|e a word of #dvico toj offer to our‘ Democratic friends. j We do not feel vindictive. Not 4t In this hpnr of our country’s glory, nowjtbat succees baa crowned odr efforts, we feel forgiving. , I To most of those who turn- pd gave their yoice hpd ij^uerae 1 onjthe eido. oitrea son; emhi£ihwed the j Government in every itseffortsto subdue treiaon, ngjJeffor t to, cripple thejdmiaistration We are wiUingtd extend hand of fellowship; provided they acknowledge!' their er ror and.slatorely repent ;> come back prodigals, confessing land asking par don., - i ■' \■;" l • • i v ■' “WtUeihe lamp hold* oatto fcorn ; The vfisit' steasr may return.” Fbr'the sake of ypnr children we would recoftunend all’snob as we have referred to; to come put' like men and 1 leave the loathing concern of so-called Democracy |to perish vnth its more aasociate—slavery. We have saved ihe'Gpvernment by; wkf, palri fied.it froflfaiavory, audit will ienddrc for ages, the light and glory foil the whole partb.;. ■ i Twenty yean from this and any man who is [known have-opposed i the Administration lit its efforts to sun dae;-treason, I will be more infamous than the Hartford Conventiomsls of 1812 are npw. Save yourself by qui etly sUppiagpnt of the ranks you.have been marching in Join the Union army. < Tfijow some joy into your countenance; appear glad : Throw, npjreur bat and shout every where, letwsg all the world know how ice did it. The Union jwill be rjosWed —rebellion is subdued—treason de | throned by the triumph pf our armies. ;■ Glory be toGod! -j ‘i. J t3e EtsTD! StirrfendLer of Lee ! flEADa’asl Army United States, ) ! . ApritOth, 1865;' 4:30 p. m: ‘! | Hon.E..M~Sianton i | V; - GeucralLee surrendered the Army of Koriben Virginia;, this afternoon, apoQ teriulproppsedibyimyself., The accompanying additional correspond* ence will show, the conditions folly* " 111 S.(jrRANT, Lieuti General. , ■ ;|Ai>eil 7,: 1865. Gen. M. Commanding C. S, A l . General: —The result of the last week most convinceiyou of the. hope* lessnogs Jfe further resistance on the 1 pari of army of Northern Virgin* ] ta in thisstruggle. il feel that it is sc, andregaSi it as myjduty to shift from mysptt ibßjreapon^iliiy. of any lur* j .ther-Sffumn of bldod, jby asking of ] you tlie Sfrcnder of that portion of; the Oonftderato'Stalaai army, known j as the of Northern Virginia. Ve‘fy ' "ipectfully] y'onr ob’t eerv’t, ' j: . . U. jS. Grant, ; Jen. Commanding U. SI A. General: I have weiivod l ypurnote of this,date. Though! notenlirely of the opinion "you express of the hope lessndss of : the further resistance On the part of the of Northern Virginia, -lj reciprocate your. desiro to avoid useless offus|on pof biood, and therefore,,, j| before considering your proposition, ask thdrte -ms you will of fer or;condition df?its surrender.- ; ; j General. Tb Ll. Gen. U. Si . 7 '! Commanding Armies oUU. S. To, General It. E. Lem i General, l your note cf last evening, in reply to mineof the eamo dato, ask ing conditions on which I wij 1 accept the-surrender, of ibolArmy ipt Nor thern! Virginia, is jjtstjrecoiced In reply, I would, eaj- that peace be. ing ray first desire,i‘ there is but one condilion i insist upon, viz; That the men■surrhnderod snail be disqualified from takipg up armsf again " against the Government ofttbe Uhi ted Stales, jUDtil Pprtjperly ? exchanged :J1 will meet you 1! or destgpate officcrs to meet any officers you may name, for ,the I sameipurpose, at any point agreeable to you fot the puiposc of arranging definatelolhe term's upon which the surrender of the Army of Northerly Virginia Will bo received. Very re spectfully, your obedient servant, :!! ’j: ■’■ -; U. 55- Grant, " Lt. Gan. Commanding U, S. A. I)’’’ jf '• | April Btb, 1865. General : at a. late hour, yonrnoteofto day.ih answer to mine •Of yesterday. I-I did not intend to propose t£o sufrehdtet of the Army of j Northern\TirgiOTB, but to ask the proposition.; To be | frank, I think theemergency has ariech to call fbrtho surrender of this'army, but .aa the .; restoration of peace should be the solo object of all,, Jt r desire to know whether your pro* WMais wohld tend to lhat ondr I can jfjffljiihjßrefore, inert you with avKn trnfijwpcnder the Army of. Northern Virginia, bat so far! as your proposi tion m&v effect thy Confederate States forces under my command, ! and tend to the restoration of peace, I should be pleased to meet you at. ten a. ja. to«morrow, bn the (DU Stage; Bead to Biphmbnd, between the picket'lines of the two armies.. ; v J Very respectfully, serv’t, !' ! : il , B. Lee, Gen. C. S. A. Zt. Gen. Grant, Commanding l U. S. A: [ i ■]. ;■ Jf • ■ r . j ; | April 9, 1865. lifiFshl- JR. E.Lee, Commanding C. S. A: I : Your note of yesterday is received. ' As 1 have no author! tyto treat on the 1 subject of-poace, ‘the meeting propoa ed for ten’a. m. tb-day could lead to no hoodl' T will state, ho wever, Gen* that I am! equally desirous for peafie with yourself, and l 'the Whole North entbrlain tbe same feeling.— The terms upon j which peace can be had arejweU undei stood by the South. Laying : down their, arms they will basten that most desirable event, save thohsards of human . lives and hut* dreds of millions of property not yet destroyed. Sincerely hoping that all pnrjdimcnltios mayi M settled without the loss 1 of another life, I subscribe j 1 -' ti ; ; / I' ■- '■ j Very respectfully, yoor ob’dt serv't, i ! -- ■ ti. Gk OftAiiri L- Gee. U. B. j- 1 ’■ ; ■ ■■ ■•; April 9th,1 1865/ j General: il received |your note ; of; this.morning.onthe picketlino whith er;! hu come tomeet you, and ascer tain defipately what' terms wereem -brsoed in year proposition pr'yester dßjrwith reterence to the surrender of 1 this army.; Inowrequest an inter view in accordance with moffer con tained in yonr letter of yesterday for that, purpose. Very respectfully, E. E, L'kb, General. To Lieut Gen. Grant, | ■; j| , ; ■l' I Commanding V. Ef. Armies. j I. '■ April 9. 1865. ' Gen. JR. E. Lee, CommandingG. S-A-. | note of this date is bat ; this morning (11:&0a. received, in cpn ! sequence of my having passed from the Bicbmohd and Lynohburg road to the Farmville. and Lynchburg road/ f am, at this time of waiting, 9 about font miles wjestj of Walt'erls Church, and will pash forward to the front for the purpose of meeting you Notice "sent to .melon this road where you wish , the interview to take place, will meet me.: Very respectfully, Tour obedient servant/. ' ■ ! • XJ.S. Grant, Lt, Gin. Appomattox CJ H., April 9.1 Gen, B. E. Lee, Commanding C. S. A. In accordance ihe substance Of my letter to you of the Bth. inst, I propose to receive the surrender of tbe Army of Northern Virginia, bn the following terms, viz : Bolls of offi cers and men to be mado in duplicate, one copy to be given an officerassiga : ed by me, the other to) bo retained by such officer or officers As you may des ignate. The officers to give their In dividual paroles not to take up arras against the Gpvei'ntnentiof the Uni ted State's until exchanged, and bach company or regiment! ,1 commander sign a like parole'for th j men !pf their commands. ! The arms, artillery and ; public property to bo stacked; and- JJS QTIGE. i turned over id the officers appointed who tfave not paid thei r by mo to receive them." This Will not subscriptions to,the stock of the Smith’s Otpbrnce the ' side arras of tholjoffiojen Bad) Little Beaver Petroleum Company, nor their private h'orsob or baggage. P^Sl, 080 ! Thjs done, each officer and-.raaa will “I*l- s < c . y^ d jLL. . D© allowed to return.!, to theitj homed, subscribers cimpayto John not to bo disturbed; by .the TJnitfcd x Caugh'cy & Co. '' States authority. Be long as'they ob- —■’ —■' serve their parole and the |awa in'CHARLES B, HUKST, force yhere they may reside. | > i > j , • ■1 Very respectfully, NOTARY PUBLIC. ■| . S. Grant,. Lieut. General. J .I J J' . '* Heai>q‘rB Arms dp |T. Yiboinia, 1 •' •!. ’ J,. ’• April 9th. 1865. [ 'ij Lieutenant General ■ Grant i |jt 1 J General—t have 'received yonr let ter of this date, containing the'terms of surrender ot the Anr y of Northern Virginia 1 , as proposed by. you. As they are substantially the same sis those, expressed in your "letter of the Bth insf., they-are accepted. I will proceed to designate the proper ; ,Sffi,» cerd to carry the stipul itionsj into* ef fect.' Tour obedient servant, 1 -, B. E-liEE', General. WarDep’t, iVAsuiNoroN, 1) CLi)‘ ,i- April 9, 1803.9 30 p. m. J jrXu.f yj.n IX. S. Gram : L ••"rsT- Thanks be teAlmighly Gcd fo r the great victory with which Ho has this 1 Say crowned you and the gallant ar* | my under your comma ad. The thanks ) of this si)d the;Govern-.j ment, ind of the people, of the United | States,their reverence arid hbror have i been deserved, and iwilli'beiroifSerod to you and, the braye hhd gallant offi cers and soldiers 1 pi jour army, for lall/timo. E. M. Stanton," ! Secretary of War. War DePa htmknt, • ) - ! Washinoton, Apnl 1),-10 p/m. j, j Ordered— a sal itje ot two bun-, drediguns be fired at t ie headquarters* of.itovery army and dbpartraenf-jand i at every'post add arsenal, in thb’Uni ted States, and at ]th,o military acade my a!t West Point, Jot the day of the receipt .of this order, in cornmemora tion of the surrender of GbnJ R. E. Lee and hif army of Northern Vir ginia to Lieutl Gen. C rant and tho ar my under'his command. Boport of ■the receipt' find execution ‘of this dr- \ der to be mat]|e to the Adjutant ,Gen eral a,t Washington:*: [E. M. tetANTdd, ; 1 i ' . ; Secr.etaby ,oi War^ Melancholy Death.— Vi e are pain i od to state that on Saturday last,Mrs. Margaret Witherspoon, of North Bea ver township, was accidently killed by being thrown from a ■ horse, while on her way from her t other's residency, (Ex-Sheriff Gailey,) to the Moravia rail road station. ? It appears that Mr> Withersppon>'ahi 1 his lady, who' had been married only a lew days, intended to visit their friends in New Castle, over Sabbath; started pd SaU nrday morning;- the distance and rood being unfavorable foi| her to walk, she rode bn horseback; her husband; and Mr. Dungan .going,' ojyor the fields to the station. ... They , reached 1 the place —the cars came, but she did not.— They went immediately in search of her, and found her! a corpse on the road. It is supposed that the' horse took fright at the whistle of the motive,; turned suddenly, „threw her off and. dragged hdr pome distance by the stirrup. The horse returned home with the saddle turned to oiie side, with one horn broken off. Coroner Barker held an inquest oyer the body, and the jury gave a yei dicjt, in-accord-! ancq with the above facts. Her body Was first discovered on d.he road by Mr. M’Hinley, who [resides ih the vi cinity. She was |. an amiable young woman.and had many personal! friends in and /about New Castle, who wilt mourn: her melancholy death. Wo camtrnly sympathize with her parents land friends in their bereavement.—. , (Lamence Journal, April 1. 11 TO FARMERS. I Will elhr at private sale, for| a' few months. one 8-hone power thresher and separator, good an new and in perfect order ; one-half •• Bnc»ye” Mower and Beaper; "Ereelsisr” Mower and Beaper, patent drop deliver;;— Wagon*'. Plow*; Harrows! wheeled Hors e-rake, Grain Brill to. The anove are all nearly and of the latest improvement. *'! 'y f ’ Also, a largo lot of. Salem Cook and Parlor Stoves,' the heel in use and warranted in every respect!' t , ■ B! O. COOK, nearDsrlipgten, Beaver eo!. Pa. mar.S9,’sj. •; •[ V j.j . Quarterly Statement of The Na tional Bank jifirs Beaver County ! ' Nsw BataHios, April Sd, 1865. ■ I'' •-i i - - *’■ " '* - jl' C- LlAiltlTUtS. ] . , i.. ', • Capital stoak- Sa Nationslcircnln'ioni 63.780 00. CironlaMoaß’k Bearer Co. ' 285 Op Da* depositors.].....i 1»,0I2 & Diridends pnpaid...!........ >718,81 Prolfts and earning*..; 1=.274f38 Surplusjfudds.'....]. , 3,015 ‘9]2 . , . - ' , - ; 1 - * •• • • !. ASSETS. ' Notes and bills discounted,,. $110,357 51 U. S. Bondi And 7-30 160.00Q 00 Due tipsh ftcnkfl and bankas 20,819 66 Cturent expense*.....-.^.2,483 !R Furniture and office fixtures....... 1 I,w 95 C0in...!...'..:. .2,447 58 Legal Tenders, Nat. Currency, - Notes ajid cheeks of Oliver banks _y 34,320 48 . >5328,387 93 I cer ify-thatthe above statement U trueand correct according to the beat of my knowledge and belief. ! ,I V Edwabd Hpoea, Cash'r. I led and subscribed before me,- this 3d| iprilA. 1), 1866. ‘ i T. M. M’CORD, Notary public. ' day of FOE SjVLE ! rpHE (subscriber offers at private sale the J_ brick boose formerly occupied by him in the borough of Rochester. : . ~ It is!one of the largest and most commodi ous private residences in the county, with ex cellent! staining u.nd out-buildings, fruit trees and shrubbery. ‘| I S ' S&~ For further,} particulars apply to ffm. PORTER, Esq., on! the premises-or to the un dersigned corner'of Penn and Hand'Streets, Pittsburgh, Pa. ■' apr.12,‘05.] J; H. DICKSON. FOR SALE. r ANew Solid’Rosow oood round corner.Sev !eh Octave Pianpr ' Harp pedals and over ttrong Bass. ’ All the modern improvements. Only one year in use. . .Will be sold cheap, as the owner is going away. . Inquire of T. M. Taylor,-itochester. P. 0. faprl2,Bt ' ‘.&i " ! ; •. .■. IN THE DIAMOND, ffOCSIESTER;, P 1.1,, In the. Room Lately Occupied by F.A.Forluns. V “ i WIIfiBBAS, Utters testamentary on the estate of WA. SsAßir.ur. jr., late of In dependence tp, Beaver county, dec'd., having been granted to 1 tie undersigned, all persons knowing themselves indebted .to said fatale are requested to made immediate payment, and those having claims againstithe same will present them properly authenticated for .sol ' **»• ! TBOSi STASDISH, |Ex’r„ Independence tp. NOTICE. ' apro Smith** |perry -and Little Bedyer Pe troleum Company. V TIIE subscribers to the capital stock of the ' “Smith's Ferryand Little Beaver Fetro leum Company,” are hereby notified to meet at the office of Chaa. B. Hurst, Rochester, on Saturday, April-2Sth\ 1865, at 1C a- m., for the purpose of electing Direc tors »nd other officers, adoption of By-Laws,, and organizing under the General Manufac ture g ahd Mining Laws of PennsylTania. CHAS. B. HURST, .1! Secretary ai ichetler, Aprl’6s. •LIST OP LETTERS EEMAiNIKG in He Post Office at Roches-] terJ Pa.. April Ist,. 1805: . Anderson Mijrtha, Ammon Minerva, Beard Richard, Blake A I) & Co, Parr Miss Ann, Jeremiah,/Bowers Charlie, Rradley Clarrissa, Burke/Williah/ Cochran Richard jdemiht William 2, Cnbhage,Catha rine! Clarke ITeher R, Dorling Wm 1 A. Doutt Miss' Anna, Day : William', Fitzsimmonds Wm, Findlay Fisher Ann E,'Gray J W, Heincr Ann. Jaoksbn Mollio, Lewis Harriet A,nn!2, Massey Capl, McDonald Maria, Mellon Mr, Mountain John J, Reddick Harriet, Smith ‘fsadpre. Smith Perry, Temple & Dean, Whit comb Adeline/ .Wilson Mrs. Ann. Winter Charles/ / ’ • > j / T. M. TAYLOR, P.M. hours, during the winter, from to 7p.m. . , , / 7a.- in. ' k .•ORPHANS’ COURT SALE.",. ! XJjF virtue 1 of'an order of Orphans’ Court, I~V of the oounty of Braver, to me directed, Lwill expose id public 'Sale at the Sheriff’s office, id B?aver, on ; Monday, May Ist, 1863, at 10 o’clock, a. m., the following' described real} estate, late .of Ootlcib _ Michaels, dec’d., to vpt: A certain piece or parcel of land situ ate in North Sewickly tp., Beavercounty, Pa., bounded and 'jlescribed as follws: On the norih by land qf—- Zimmers and Richmond Haijt, on the east by. land, of Thomas C. Mc- Donald',] on the south by land of Robt. Fer guson, and on the west by land of Richmond Hart; containing 18} acres, all Under fence, with about 15 acres cleared—on which* is erected la two story frame house, containing four rojoms,,with cellar, underneath. Also, 1 a double log'bam.. The above described property is Underlaid with a vein of good ceal three and half feet thick, ' I fe.TEEMS—CASH. . '' ! JOSEPH LEDLIK, Sheriff. ahOriff’s Office,! apro'Gll | ORPHANS’ COUiIT SALE OR | VALUBLE REAL ESTATE. BX virtue of an, order issued out of the Or phans’ Court of Beaver county, the under signed frill expose? to sale by Public Vendue or but-cry, on the premises,! on '■ [ Monday , May BfA, 18G5, at 10. o’clock a. m., the, following described rent estate, of John H. May, late of the coun ty jof Bearer, deo’d., situate in BoreugH town ship, Beaver bounty. Pa., being the undivided onf-sixth interest in that certain lot of ground bomided. North- by Old Alley. Bast by Water tot of the town of Beaver r South by lots of John Barclay, and'West by ah alley, oontaini ing about six aeres and seventy perches ; ; also, the undivided One.sixth of all that bartgin oth er lot situate as aforesaid, and bounded on the North by Old Alley, on the Bast by an Alley; bathe South by an AJley, or lot of ■ '■--Boies, ana lot of John , May, and on the West by pub (road containing about twelve and. ode-half of the purchase money hand on the confirmation of the sale by the lurt, And the balance 'in one year, frith in pest from that ‘time, and'to bo secured by nd and mortgage. apr.5,’64.] ml Ci te bo XJ.8.7-30L0A>s, ; By the SWmV, u»y, the undented hu aasnnfw .v Ir «s. el Subecriytio, Agency jK States Treasury Notes. Wi o „ - , cent, interest, per annum, too** SEVEN-THIRTY LOAR * Tht ” Not«* ere issued nt>d, r 4... ' r '- 15th, 1866, and an payable ihat time. in currency, or'*, the option of the holder into - ■ “ 8328,387 »3 U S 5 "20 Six,p r owt GOIsD-BEARIXQ Bo^ These bonds are porth j. prtß - • i Increases the actual' profit «, .fc,- J** ’ i and ita exemption from Stole o. I irAicA addtfrom one Id three fm- cording to the rate levied on aiinT''' *’ v the interest is payable iu nually by eojipons attached to, * b ,***■*•; ~ may be cut off and sold io snvU-iV ■ ' er > * ar 'b»a)t. The interest sraouutß io % ' jj I f id Treasurer pro tem. : I JOJJN MAY, Adm’r. qf s»id dee’d IWZMII One eenfipef day on -a'soo ,«i t Ticoxtnlt - •• , Jkx,; J i 10 I I'" i 7 $5OO- a. ’> <?» “ ,“| " $lOOO ;| - : ■ I . v " ,ssooo' 4 1 Notespf all the den'oraiaatiom B *«»l bo promptly furnished npon receipt uf suliou." tions. The interest to loth June no« wUH : paid in adviuice. J This is - * TH$ fcNLYLOAtf m HAREq now.offered by the Government, ahill U cmS . dently expected that its superior advaatepgi will make il the ' • • iii . * Greats Popular of theP People Less lii'an 's3oo,ouri,oot).of the Uin aaiw’. ized bylthe UsPtongrcss are now*ln tb, kct; This amount at the rate, »i| which hit bcin absorbed, will all be Subscribed 'f.ir iiik in thenext four months;’when tho'nol.i wilt undoubtedly command a premium, i»Wa»i.. formly been the case on closing the' tldns to other Loans, ;[ In,order that citizeWdf every .(own ami,,, •V on of llte country may be afforded facillij*, fortaklng ilie loan,’the National Banks,Sti) Banks, and Private • Bankers throughout Cis country have generally agreed to receive mV scrip (ions at par. Subscribers will select their own agents, in wliom they havol confldeew and who only are to he responsible fpr 'ho .lv livery of the ,notes for which they reoe orders. , JAY QOOK.E, Be Bscnirrioiij A tian," VUihtltlfh ir. ScßSCßa'Tioxs wi;li Bi jißcmiviu National Bank of. Beaver Co it apr 6 r ’Gs.—2m, fRESII Aiunm ; ' ;- : V/ of 'I ' SPRING • GOODS, ) AT- wm, :argfe; 7 s, MEECHANT TAILOS 1 BRIDGKAVATEU. I’A. sl'iiE.vpri) ASsouTMEsr- or Spring Ca^slmercs, comprising every stylo oil faahiomhle gw» Clothing made to order in {he M ' inost fnshiohdUe style. and see his goods' before tr( chasing elsewhere. \ |*. _ [«pi= NOTICE IN PARTITION IN the matter of the -panititfirV iJie estate of Robert Ritchie, T° heirs and legal representative? edit'd deed., fo wit; Jane McCormick, Franc^-R^j ander T. Ritchie, (the petitioner, *•• Ritchie, residing in the Siauj of tows,--Robert Ritchie, James C. Ritchie, .‘EliwVeth -Bren. Jonas 1). Ritchie, now - or, late,of ('iUrorruv and !. all others interested J— lo a • a ' each of you are hereby notified that « inquisition to.majeo partition or vaioattocM the real estate of deceased, win mM» on the pretnisos, on Friday ’the othjdif* May, 1865, at .which time sud plw# jouc«; attend, if you think proper.' - 1 .JOS.LEUUt,S!>*-. Sheriff's Orrn Beaver, apr.lf,’() TREASURY DEPARTMENT, P QMce.of the Co.nptrolleri of . ! WasiiinqT'jn. DecJ 20, WH >. mads to appear that “The Beaver county ”in the Borough of >? ( , on, in, the county of Beaver, ana, ■. Pennsylvania, his boon duly orgsau and according.to the requirements ?■ , of congress entitled “An - Ait-to i , ,■ National Currency, b f? ?. fj.iir United State* Bonds; and j.to pron , circulation and redemption thereol in June 3, 1864, and has complied provisions of said Act; required to with before comtaencing the buna?" inz under said,Act: : „• i.'gosf Now therefore, I Hugh M’t» ‘ trailer of the Currency,do hereby '*_' ■> it “ihe Natffinal Bank of Beaver- counq,^ the Borough of New Brighton,, in . (P . pf Beaver,-and Slate of Pennsyl thorised to eommepce the husines under the Act aforesaid , -v In testimony wh et^V fc hr : : - J&M'S&et' ljau<i /Vgeiicy:, BSTaTB, in. the CITT OF 800 CPOPER COUNTY, p e ,Wf, tention of his friends in Y BSi i r i c » for nlnto the unprecedented P . land, of the first quslity. c.n b? 5 present time. Persons ‘desire- i t u#®V, cheap. farms,will recsjvs calling at my office in Bdoneviß • . will find aH descriptions of er. with priee,ilocation,A?- TIOSS BROTHER, & <V’. J)WritmgFluid. thebes* >u if £ Bridgewater Drug Store. Try . M( is vineed. Manufactured by the • ■ ; | '
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