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BEDFORD, PA., FRIDAY, JAN. 211. 1865.
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Slavery Abolished in Tenneßsee--ProKres of
Emancipation.
A Union State Convention in Tennessee has
unanimously decreed the immediate abolition of
rlavery throughout State and its prohibition foi
ever; and it was futfher decreed that there should
be no compensation to slave owners. The propo
sitions are to be submitted for the ratification of
the people on the 22d of Febuary, when, doubtless
the same popular elements which brought togeth
er this Convention will establish its work as the
future organic law of the Coramowealth.
Missouri was not far behind Marylaud in her
resolution of emancipation, and now Tennessee,
close upon the heels of Missouri, has, in/ a mo
ment, been added to the list of free Status. Such
are the results of that insane enterprise of narrow
sighted, self conceited and reckless Southern poli
ticians to break up the Union and found an inde
• pendent Southern confederacy by war on the
"corner stone"' of slavery. Thus this troublesome
institution, which otherwise might have survived
in this country, under a reign of peace, for a cen-
tury to come, may be pronounced as as already de
stroyed. Before the end of five years from the
bombardment of Fort Sumptcr, we may hazard
the prediction that there will be "neither sla
very nor involuntary servitude, except in the pun
ishment of crimes," in any hole or corner of the
Unit :d States, from the British possessions to
the Mexican boundary. It will have ceased to
even in the prolific swamps of South Carolina. A
constitutional amendment covering the whole U
nion as it was and as it will be, is the thing which
will setitle this business.
Snch are the fruits of this momentous and rev
olutionizing war. plunged far into the perpetuation
and expanlion of Slavery. It seems to us that it
was but the other day that President Lincoln sub
mitted his original plan of emancipation to Con
gress, whereby slavery would be removed from
the country by the year of grace 1900. We have
just entered the year 1565, and we find slavery a
boiishad in West Virginia, Maryland. Missouri
and Tennessee, enveloped beyond any chance of
escape in Delaware and Kentucky, overthrown
in Arkansas and Louisiana, nearly swept away by
the fixes of war from old Virginia, and so serious
ly cut up, crippled and demoralzed in all the rest
of the South that its absolute extinction is threat
by Jeff. Davis as the la <, chance for saving a rem
nant of his ' 'confederacy.''
The work which, through a hundred years of
domestic peace we had xrdly approached, is thus
substantially accompli ed within four years of
tremendous and resistless civil war. Let the
friends of the constitutional amendment we have
indicated wait in paitence a little longer, and we
guess that they will yet find, even in the present
House of Representatives, the two-thirds vote re
quired to carxy rhe proposition to the several
States. Before the end of the year 1865 we antic
ipate the complete extinction of slavery, and a re
construction of States and parties upon different
principles than those of Northern abolitionists
and Southern fire-eaters. The revolution must
finish its course, and wise men will not stand in
its way.
Death of Edward Everett.
We are startled by the announcement of the
sudden death ot Edward Everett. He died of ap
oplexy Sunday morning, at his residence in Bos
ton. Mr. Everett has latterly held no public po
sition, but his death will create as much deep and
respectful regret as if he had held the highest of
fice in the land. His accomplishment as a schol
ar, his eloquence as ah orator, his public services
as a patriot and his personal qualities as a man,
have commanded for him the universal respect
and esteem of his countrymen. No young man
ever entered more briiliantly or with more deserv
ed applause than he upon the public career which
was so long and so honorable —no were the prom
ises of youth ever more completely fulfilled than
in his instance. Mr. Everett was almost the last
of the great orators of this country. He had cul
tivated eloquence as an art. Everything he said,
whether the occation was great or trivial, was the
best, and was said in the best style and manner,
which the most careful and conscientious prepara
tion could devise. All the resourses of his splen
did scholarship were made tributary to the com
pleteness and effect of his public speeches. Some
of his orations will stand permanently as the very
best productions of American eloquence, not mere
ly in a single department, but on all the various
topics, of which he seemed to be equally master;
and all his writings arc characterized >by eminent
clearness and purity of style, and the utmost grace
and felicity of language. But Mr. Everett's
strongest claim upon the affectionate gratitnde of
the American people, lies in the compete and ab
solute consecration of the last years of his life to
the cause of his country. Previous to the out
break of tne rebellion, forseeing its imminence,
and despairing of the ability of any party or poli- i
tical successes to avert it, he devoted himself,
with all his heart and strength, to a systematic ap
peal to the patriotism of the people, as embodied
in their love for the memory of Washington; and
from the moment the existence of the Govern
ment was threatened by armed insurrection, he
brought every faculty of his mind, and every en
ergy of his soul to its defence. With a degree of
laborious industry which find few parallels, he
has used his voice and his pen upon every oppor
tune occasion, and with eminentability, in support
of the Government, and in aid of every move
ment to increase its energy, or supply the necessi
ties and relieve the suffering of those engaged in
its defence. It would not be easy to name any
man to whose labors, within his proper sphere,
the country is more largely indebted than to Mr.
Everett. He has spent a long and laborious life
in the service of the public ; he had reached a ripe
age before his labors wereinterrupted, andhismem
ory will be held in lasting honor by his grateful
countrymen.—W K Tina* uf Monday.
RECOGNITION OP THE SOUTH.—A letter to the
the New York Triimne from Canada professes to
give the origin of the rumor concerning the recog
nition of the South by England and France, on the
4th of March next. The writer says:
"Dudley Mann, it seems, has written to San
ders that Slidell told him (Mann) that he (Slidell)
had learned from Drouyn de Lhuys that it was
the Emperor's intention to recognue the Confed
eracy in the spring, but, that there was little or no
hope of England's uniting in this scheme. Oat
of this on cUt of M&nn's a Confederate manufac
tured the story of the positive determination of
the two powers to coma to the help of the rebels.''
WE are obliged to Messrs. Householder ancl
Armstrong and C. R. Coburn, State Superinten
dents for public documents.
J. Steese has been re-elected Superintendent pf
Public buildings, tpad Gitjuude at Hprrisburg-
This Impending Collapse.
The experiment of Federal Government, based
on an extreme interpretation of ,ihe doctrine of
State rights, which the rebels are making, is like
ly to come speedily to a disastrous close. The
muti -rings of a serious approaching conflict be
tween the anthorities of several of the seceded
States and those at. Richmond are becoming very
distinct and portentous, and it require* no special
gift of prescience to forsee that when the contest
once fairly begins in earnest, as it inevitably must
sooner or later, the central power must go down,
and the flimy fabric of the Confederacy be broken
to pieces, and dissolved into nonentity.
The result of the experiment, however, when
ever it arrives, wi'l be of inestimable value to the
whole nation in the impressive warning it will give
against the fatal political heresy that any federal
system can possibly endure, of which the several
constituent members are allowed to have, or are
recognised as having, a jurisdiction superior to, or
even equal with that of the General Government
intended to unite them all, and therefore to be
necessarily sovereign over them all.
It is well, perhaps, that the ultra State-rights
politicians of the South have had an opportunity
to tost their favorite and cherished theory under
circumstances fLved to try it severely, though the
Southern people will have paid most dearly for
the overthrow of the absurd dogma* by which a
set of insane and wicked demagogues in that sec
tion have led them almost to the verge of utter
ruin. Even Jefferson Davis himself, whose offi
cial authority is now being open'y defied by the
Governors of certain States, must begin to have
his eyes opened to the frail and precarious founda
tion on which his power rests, and to deplore the
evil hour fn which he gave himself over to the
maddest enterprise in which intelligent men ever
engaged. He must see that even if it were pos
sible for the militaiy forces of the rebellion to
succeed finally in conquering the independence of
the Confederate States, their peace would soon be
disturbed, not only bv conflicts between the States
themselves, but between the States and the Fed
eral Government, and that the certain issue would
be in the end a total failure of the one great ob
ject for which the war was undertaken.
It is morally impossible that a number of States
which respectively claim to be intergral and sov
ereign, and which are controlled by a centrifugal
tendency stronger than any which operates to bold
them in steady and orde.ly revolution around a
common central Government, cannot long hold
together; and hence all that the leaders and par
tisans of the war for a Southern Confederacy will
achieve must aLimately be found to be but
"Dead Sea fruits, which turn to |ashes on our lips''
The Governors of Mississippi and Alabama are
denying Davis' authoritv over the militia of their
respective Commonwealths, and the Alabama
Legislature has adjourned without having so a
mended the militia law as to meet the requisitions
of the War Department at Richmond. Another
subject of disagreement is the right to declare who
shall he exempted from military service—Gover
nor Watts, of Alabama, asserting that the whole
ma! er is within his discretion, and positively re
fusing to give up the point. Moreover, we per
cieve that while the citizens of Savannah are re
joicing in their deliverance by Sherman, and eag
erly engaging to renew their allegiance to the U
nited Staies, the press of Georgia are already dis
cussing the question whether it will be treason io
the rebel Government to secede from it. On the
heels of all this the rebel Congress, in debating a
plan for the consolidation of the regiments in the
insurgent army, are disputing whether the ap
pointment of the officers shall be given to the men
or to General-Lee; and Mr. Miles, of South Car
olina, is reported to have favored a proposition to
make General Lee an all-powerful dictator, by en
trusting him absolutely with all military authority
over the rebel forces.
We confess that these and like events in the
South seem to us to be unmistakabc indications of
a rapidly approaching collapse of the Rebellion
and the re-establishment of peace and union with
the cheerful consent rnd co-operation of a large
majority of the Southern people. Th*s consuma
tion, of course may be delayed by various unfore
seen contingencies, but it cannot bo postponed for
any great length of time. Even if dissensions
were not brewing in the Confederate States which
promise to destroy both the civil and military
power of the Richmond Government, it is quite
certain that the rebels cannot much longer prose
cute the war, in view of the rapid exhaustion of
their resources. On the whole, therefore, the
prospect is encouraging to the Union cause.—
Phila. Evening Telegraph.
PENNSYLVANIA QUOTA TO BE REDUCED.— The
Legislative Committee returned from their visit
to Washington on Thursday the 14th inst. The
Committee had an interview with Provost Marshal
General Fry, who informed them that a new assign
ment of quotas will be made in a few days, and
that the quota of Pennsylvania will be reduced.
Men who have deserted after being mustered in
will be credited to the districts for which they
volunteer, and naval enlistments for uuknown
terms will be accounted as for three years. The
quota of New York will be increased. General Fry
says that the Government is determined this time
to have the men. and will arrange accordingly.
It is said that the interpretation put upou Pro
vost Marshal General Fry's recent order in refer
ence to credits under former ealls for troops was
wrong and unjust to that officer. Every district
is fully credited with the number of men it has
furnished. The details were such as to satisfy
entirely the Committee of the Legislature of this
State who recently went to Washington in refer
ence to the matter.
GEN. BUTLER, who stopped at Fortress Monroe
several days, on his way home, has been summon
ed to Washington by the congressional war com
mittee, to testify as to the Fort Fisher fiasco. The
promotion of Gen. Weitzel to a full major-gener
alship, at the suggestion of Gen. Grant, would
seem to show that he comes out of the affair with
honor. The effect of the investigation by the con
gressional committee will be to keep an agitation,
while it is very doubtful if all the facts upon which
Gen. Grant and the President acted in the case
will be disclosed.
A correspondent of a Boston paper writes from
New York that General McCleilan leaves for his Eu
ropean tour the first week in February. He has de
clined the offer of the private vessel tendered by his
friends. He leaves in tho steamer China, and will
be gone a couple of years. He is made perfectly
easy in pecuniary matters. He will make a thor
ough study of the military science in Europe.
In the beginning of the month of September last
Sheridan was simply a cap tain in the Thirteenth In
fantry. Twenty days later he became a Brigadier,
and in less than two months time a Major General
in the regular service, are the rewards.of gal
lantry and skill.
The 8. P. & C. It. R.
Our article of last week in regard to th( ; . P. &
C. K. R., has given rise to considerable renrk. and
calls forth a denial ot the. rumor alluded ? iron;
Senator Householder. The statement in ou*rticle,
that the Company designed to abandon of
the routes east of Bloody Run. was made |i good
authority, and we are cf the notwijstand
ing Mr. Hooseholders's disclaimer, that aucia pur
pose is or baa been contemplated by the
most influential members of the company.
SENATE CHAMBER. Harrisbig. >
January 16, 1865. /
B. F. MCNEII, Esq..
I)tor sir: —From your last week's issue, J-egret
to learn that a report is current, that the Sqthern
Penna. and Conneßaville It. It. Company d4s not
intend constructing their road farther east thn Mt.
Dallas, the terminus of the Bedford R. R.
I would say, from my intimate knowledge f the
designs of the Company, that such report, n my
opinion, is without the shadow of truth to susiin it.
In an interview with Col. Wright, the Prddent.
of the Company, a few days ago, I received thonost
positive assurance to the contrary. It mint so
happen that that portion of the road lying wst of
Mt. Dallas may be completed first, for local resons,
but that the Company intends abandoning thipnain
idea —the construction of a grand trunk ro-jf—has
never been contemplated, even for a moment.
Youus truly,
GEO. W. HOUSEHOLDER.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL
The Washington correspondent of the Baton Ad
vertiser says : "As some papers or persot i appear
to believe that Mr. Fe.senden is or will be i candi
date for the French Mission, it seems pro pr to sa.v
that the President intimated to him some weks ago
that he should have the appointment if lu : ijslred it
and that Mr. Fessenden then answered th if his
people should re.um him io the Senate, h would
not exchange his seat there for any office inthe gift
of the Government There is no reason tr sup
posing that he is of any different opin ion it>w that
he is elected.
The Tennessee State Convention has unajimous
ly adopted resolutions abolishing and forev)r pro
hibiting slavery within that State, and abrogating the
secession ordinance and all the laws pas sed n pur
suance thereof. These are to be voted on by the
people on the 22nd of February, and if they ire a
dopted, an election for Governor and members of
Legislature will he held on the 4th day of March,
next.
Hon. James Guthrie has been elected United
States Senator for Kentucky, in place of Lazarus W.
Powell, whose term expires with the present session
of Congress. Mr. Guthrie was chosen on the first
ballot, receiving sixty-five votes to fifty-six for Geo.
Rousseau.
Richmond papers of the 13th inst., chronicle the
arrival of Hon. S. P. Blair in that city, bnt witbold
the particulars of his visit. They profess to regard
his mission as an attempt on the part of M % Lin
coln to set the Rebel Government wrong be' jre the
world, by proposidg terms of peace which h< -jtnows
they cannot accept.
The Pennsylvania Congressmen are naug Hy fel
lows to joke so wi.h gray-haired and veneral ilj Thad
Stevens. They have been talking with hit n about
urging him as a candidate for Mr. Fessendet i"r place
and he thought they were in earnest and sai die was
too old and not well enough to attend to th e aities.
Thad Stevens as Secretary of the treasury is t very
great and wicked joke.— Spring/field, (Ma ss. Re
publican.
Representative Washburne of Illinois in digiantly
denies a report that he has been concerned in ivhis
ky speculations. He says he never drank, 1 loujjbt or
sold a drop of whisky in his life.
Aaron H. Cragvn, the newly elected United States
Senator from New Hampshire, for the ten n of ax
years from the 4th of March next, was bore in Ver
mont in 1821. He is a lawyer by profession, was a
member of the New Hampshire Legislature fran
1852 to 1855, and was a member of Congress from
1857 to 1859.
Joseph Chamberlain, Esq., formerly a resident t>f
Johnstown, and twice a Representative from Can
bria and Somerset counties in the Penn.sylrada
Legislature, died at Cleveland, Ohio, a few weeks
since.
Gen. Sickles sailed in the Costa Rica for A spin
wall, on Thursday the 12th inst. It is rumored that
he goes to look into the intrigues supposed to e
carried on in Central America and Mexico.
Application will be made to the British pari iamoit
at the next session to give the Prince of Wales $l5O
000 more anual income. If he can't support his
wife and child on his present income, $200,000 he
had better go to work.
H. M. Flint, the "Druid" of the N. Y. World, is
reported to carry on correspondence with the rebels
by carrier pigeons. One of the birds was shot near
Point Lookout, and several communications found
on it written in cipher on fine tissue paper.
TheN. Y. Times correspondent says the removal
of Gen. Butler developed a surprisingly small amount
os feeling at Washington.
General Joe Lane, of Kansas, was re-elected to
the United States Senate, for the term of six yeare,
on the 13thinst.
WAR SUMMARY.
The Fortress Monroe correspondent of the Nor
folk Old Dominion, gives the following intelligence
about Sherman s operations, which we find nowhere
else: "I learn that the expedition which went up
the Savannah River the other day, met with great
success. When about sixty miles up the river, a
large force was landed, which was inarch to the
Columbia and South Carolina road, when about ten
miles of the road was completely destroyed. The
expedition met with little or no opposition. Gen.
Foster's forces captured a company of South Caro
lina militia in the vicinity of Hardeeville. They had
been in the field but two weeks, and did not seem
to relish hard fighting overmuch. This successful
expedition is a part of the grand project which has
for its object the complete isolation of Richmond.
And not many weeks will pass before Sherman will
have entire possession of all the railroads connecting
Virginia with the cotton States."
General Sherman is moving in earnest either upon
Charleston or Branchville, and perhaps on both.—
The Richmond papers announce that he crossed a
considerable portion of his army over the Savannah
river on the Cth inst., and that at the date of latest
accounts he was marching towards and was near
Grahamsville, South Carolina, on the railroad run
ning from Savannah to Charleston, thirty-four miles
from the former and seventy from the latter place.
The Rebels are unable to determine, though, wheth
er he is moving on Charleston or Branchville, sixty
two miles north of it, and on the railroad running
from that city to Augusta, Ga. This road they ex
pect Kilpatrick'a cavalry will cut. Grahamsville is
about the same distance from Charleston and Branch
ville, and the Rebels are thus rendered doubtful ns
to which point he will attack. . An arrival from Port
Royal confirms the Rebel report that Gen. Sherman
had sent the Seventeenth Corps to Beaufort to co
operate with Gen. Foster.
We have some particulars of the Rebel atttack at
Beverly-Court, West Virginia, Wednesday morning,
nth. The attacking force was commanded by Gen.
Wiekham. ot Bosser's division, and the Union troops
at ihc post, consisting of the Thirty-fourth Ohio In
fantry and the Eighth Ohio Cavalry, under Col. Fer
ney, were taken by aurprse, as well as out-number
ed, the Rebels rushing in upou them suddenly about
diiy-break. Sharp skirmishing ensued: but we have
no report of the casualties. Cols. Forney and Ymmt
and about four hundred of their men, it is said, were
taken prisoners: but the two Colonels and aboift two
hundred men soon after succeeded in esayawjg and
regaining the Union lines. The Rebels Wtwrtti
toward Lewisburg.
The Southern papers mention a report &&t during
the storm on Tuesday night the UnioM army advan
ced their picket line on their left, and state that vast
amoants of stores are being transported in that di
rection by Gen. Grant's railroad, over which trains
are constantly running night and day. They appre
hend that Gen. Grant will long march
from that point.
A Halifax. N. S.. despatch states that the late reb
el pirate Tallahassee, now changed to a blockade
runner, and cuMed the '.Chameleon, is under arrest
at Bermuda. The blockade runnera Owl, Stagg,
Charlotte. Maria Campbell, Whisper, Susan. Bierue
Dieppe, are also at Bermuda, and the Colonel Lamb
ifi at Nassau. Forty-three blockade runners have
been lost out of seventy-one which have visited Ber
muda during the pas„ year.
GENERAL NEWS
DISTRESSING CASE OK HYDROPHOBIA. —A son of
Mr. John P. Grabbill, living near Marietta, and a
bou. 14 yt airs of age, died of Hydrophobia on Thurs
day morni .sg las,. He was bitten by a strange dog
some few weeks since but as the wound was trifling
nothing serious was apprehended. A few days be
fore he died - however, unpleasant symptoms set in
and doc.or .ilinkle being called, found at once that
the boy wa snffe.in'j from that most dreadful of all
diseases- liyb opaobta. ALe. suffering for two days
wi. the most violent, spasms death bame io his relief
on Thursday movai.ig.— Luneasiar Fxami.ier, Sat
urday 14 th i ml.
PETRIFACTION. —-A remarkable petrifaction of an
entire tree, i f is said, was lately discovered in the
Baltimore mi ne on the Mnnongahela river, by the
miners, whil o blasting for c<>al. The piece of the
trunk taken out weighs neatly four thonsand'pounds
and siill ther remains the root of the tree imbedded
in the coal. I'here are a'so to be found in the same
mine petrifaction of the cactus and Other plants pe
culiar to trip ical climates.— Pittsburg Post.
SNAKE STO'RY. —The Gettysburg Star furnishes us
the following snake story: Mr Levi Gulden, of M 4..
Joy township . exhibited at our office, on Saturdf.y
last a curiosi iv in the shape of a black snake, which
lie found the day previous lying on the snow, grace
fully coiled np and frozen as "stiff as a poker."—
His snake ship measured four feet and three inc hos
in length' ana was of what is known as the "Run
ner" speci'es. A few weeks ago he found a garter
snake near the same spot in the same uncomfortable
condition.
PETROLEUM IK RUSSIA.— -European papers state
that the Pet tinsula of Saukoran (Asiatic Russia) con
tains numerous springs of petroleum. No fewer
than 100 are now worked and yield annnally about
4,000 tons of petroleum, similar to that brought from
America. T nere are also many springs in the isle
of Taman.
Bio Pr.K'E.—The Llwellyn well, situated on forty
feel square of lhe one acre owned by the Rath bone
Company, was sold last weuk fur $150,000 cash. —
The Llwellyn well produced 1,400 bbls daily before
it was stopped up by the rebel Gnu. Jones.
A BIG HAUL. —Mi. G. Cornelius Hartzell, of
Highland township, one day last week, captured
nine full grown coons at one haul. He tracked them
to a large hollow tree where the, whole family had
evidently taken op winter quarters.— Adams Sentinel
9th inst.
A dress pa'ade of bounty jumpers took place at
Indianapolis, Ind., a few days since. Over oae.kan
dred of them were lashed two-and-two to a Jong rope
witn a hurculean african leading thecoluranthrough
the principal streets leading a bell.
The oil excitement in the Dunkard, or Greene co.
Pa., regions is increasing. Large transactions in
the oil lands are frequent, and ihe greatest eager
ness is exhibited, it is believed by experienced oil
men that this regton is equal to Oil Creek or West
Virginia.
THE WAR FOR THE UNION.
LATEST BY TELEGRAPH!
Special Dispatch to the Bedford Inqxierer.-
PnTsm-Rc, Thursday, Jan. 19, '65 11 o'clock, A. M.
The attack on Fort Fisher was made Sunday P.
M. First assault was repulsed : the second assault
was made by a part of the 10th Corps. The enenay
3000 strong was driven from the fort about 12 mid
night. Whiting, rebel Gen., and about 2800 men
surrendered. Our loss 7 to 800. Early Monday
Morning the enemy's Magazine exploded killing and
wounding over 200. Sherman moved his troops
from Savannah last week, 17th and 12th Corps went
by transports to Beaufort.
In House of Representatives yesterday Thad. Ste
vens endeavored to prevent an investigation into the
arrest and confinements in Old Capitol. Five votes
with Stevens' werein favor ofsuspendginvestigntions
Gen, Butler was before war committee again yester
day. He claims that the Fort Fisher attack was the
occasion and not the cause of his removal. He says
he should have the right to enter into full particulars
before the war committe. and define his conduct
since he assumed command of the Va. & N. C. Dept.
Gen. Terry has been promoted to a full Maj. Genera!
Deserters from Lee's army say that 45 miles of the
Danville R. R., was destroyed by recent heavy rains.
Every bridge and culvert is carried away. They re
port Lee's army likely to be entirely out of ratioos
soon.
FULWELL.
VICTORY!!
Fort Fisher, the key to Wilmington, is ours !
By a series of daring assaults, with a courage
and ability almost unprecedented in the history
of ware fare, our forces succeeded in capturing a
fort declared inaccessible by one of the ablest en
gineers in our service.
What will be the sentiments of the Richmond
Dispatch, now, which only two days since declared
that "Fort Fisher was stronger than ever'/''
The importance of the victory cannot he over-es
timated. The system of blockade-running is for
ever stopped. Not a port remains into which
they can gain entrance. The effect in Europe will
be immense. Savannah and Wilmington will bo
followed by Charleston and Richmond. The poli
ticians of the Continent will appreciate the impor
tance of the great successes thus achieved, and no
further fears need be entertained of foreign inter
vention.—Even in g Telegrgph.
FORT MOKROE, Jan. 16.
Hon. Gideon Wells. Secretary of the Navy:
The Atlantic isjust in from Wilmington.
Fort Fisher and the works on Federal Point are
in our possession.
The assault was made by the army and sailors
on Sunday afternoon, and by 11 l\ M., the works
were ours. The losses are heavy. Lieuts. S. W.
Preston and B. 11. Porter, of the Navy, are killed.
Our captures were 72 guns and about 2500 pris
oners.
General Whiting and Colonel Lamb, rebels, are
prisoners and wounded. The Vanderbilt is on her
way north with dispatehes. Two 15-inch guns
were burst on the Monitors. (Signed)
E. T. NICHOCS,
Commanding.
ULORIOOS NEWS.
The IfthMfre <*arri*on Prison era.
('ator oiGeneral H biting and Col. Lamb.
The i'ort Captured by Assault.
2,500 Prisoners and 72 Gtmn Captured.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 17. )
\ia FORTRESS MONROE J a u. 15. j
Brigadier General J, J. tfatvlins:
GENERAL: —I have the honor to report that
Fort Fisher was vjsrricd by assault this afternoon
and evening by assault this afternoon and evening
by General Division of the Second brigade
of the First division of the 29th Army Corps, ai<b
ed by a battalion of marines and seamen from the
navy.
Washington, Jan. 17, 10.40 A. m.
Muj. Gen. Dtx, New York:
The following official dispatches have.beeu re
ceived at this depart menu
H eaikjuaHOTßrsSlJ. S. FORCES, )
ON FEBKRAL POINT, N. C. J
The assault was preceded by a heavy bombard
mint from the Federal fleet, and was made at 3.-10
l. St. when the iirst brigade. Gen. Curtis, of
Ames' division, effected a lodgement upon the
parapet, but i'B possession of the work was not
obtained until 50 o'clock. P. si.
The behfitkir of both officers and men was
most adurmble; all the works south of Fort
Fisher anemow occupied by our troops.
We haw no less than 1200 prisoners, including
General Whiting and Colonel Lauib, the Coui
niaad*t of the fort.
I regret to say that our loss is severe, especial
ly in officers.
1 *xn not yet able to form any estimate of the
■amber of casualties.
(Signed) ALFRED 11. TERRY.
Commanding Expedition.
FORT FISHER, Jan. 16.— 2 A. M —Hon. C. A.
.Dana. Asxietant Scretary af War: After a
careful reconnoissance on the 14ih. it was decided
to risk an assault on Fort Fisher. Paine's divis
ion, with Col. Abbott s brigade, were to hold our
l>ne, already strung across the Peninsula and fa
cing Wilmington, against Hoke, while Ames' di
vision should assault on the west end of the land
front, and 400 marines and 1,600 sailors on the
east end. After three hours of a heavy navy fire,
the assault was made at 3 p M., on the 15th.—
General Curtis' brigade led. and as soon as h got
on the west end of the la::d front, was followed by
Pennybacker's and later by Bell's. After des
perate fighting, gaining foot by foot, and with
severe loss, at 5 P. M., we had possession of about
half the land front. Abbott's brigade was then
Liken from our line facing Wilmington, and put
into Fort Fisher, and on pushing it forward, at 10
P. M., it took the rest of the work, with little re
sistance.
The garrison fell back to the extreme point of
the Peninsula, where they were followed and cap
tured : among others Gen. Whiting and Col.
I jamb, both wounded.
I think we have have captured 1,000 prisoners.
I hope our own low may not exceed 500, but it is
impossible to in the nhht. Among the
wounded are the commanders ot the leading brig
ades, Gen. Curtis being wounded, not severely,
but Colonels Pennypacker and Bell dangerously.
The land point was a formidable one, the para
pet in places fifteen to twenty feet high, but the
men went at it nobly and under a severe musket
ry iire. The marines and sailors went up gallant
ly, but the musketry fire from the east end of the
land point was so severe that they did not succeed
in entering the work.
The navy tire on the work, judging fiom the
holes, must have been terrific. Many of the guns
were injured. How many there were on the point
I cannot say, perhaps 30 or 40.
(Signed) C. B. CONESTOCK,
Lieut. Col. A. D. C., Chief Engineer.
Another dispatch estimates the number of pris
oners captured at 2,500 and the number of guns
at 72. Gen. Grant telegraphs, in honor of the
great triumph achieved by the united valor of the
army and ncvy. that he has ordered a salute of
100 guns to be tired by each of the armies opera
ting against Richmond.
C. A. DANA,
Assistant Secretary of War.
CONGRESS.
TUESDAY Jan. 10.
SENATE. — A resolution was passed calling upon
the Adjutant General for a list of the nii\jor and
brigadier generals in the army on the Ist of Janua
ry. Mr. Ruckalew introduced a bill to repeal the
act to authorize recruiting for the U. 8. army in the
rebel Siates. Mr. Saulsbury offered a resolution
asking the secretary of War by what authority vol
unteers for thirty and ninety days were called in.o
service. The finance Commi'uee reported the
House bill to supply deficiencies in last year's ap-
Cropriations, and also the Consular Appropriation
ill. The la,ter was taken up, but,, ai.er some dis
cussion. was postponed until Friday. The Deficien
cy bill was taken up, and after considerable debate
and unsuccessful attempts to amend it, was passed.
Mr. \V ilson introduced a bill authorizing the ap
pointment of a Second Assistant Secretary of War.
Referred to the Military Committee. Alter an Ex
ecutive session, adjourned.
HOUSE. — Engaged in the discussion of the Sen
ate's resolution to amend the Constitution of ,he
Listed States so as to abolish slavery throughout
the country. A vote was not reached oti the reso
iiftion.
WEDSDSDAY Jan. 11.
petition was presented from citizens
ot V irginia asking that a Territorial government be
substituted in place of the present State govern
me ill, and was relerred to the Committee on Terri
toties. A bill was passed authorizing the appoint
ment of a Second secretary of War. It provides
for such appointment from officers now connected
wuh the At ar Depaitment, for the term of one year,
at a salary of !*G,OOO per year, The resolution to
repeal the Reciprocity treaty was called up and oc
cupied the attention of the Senate until the adjourn
ment. No action was taken on the resolution.
L-H JNDICIAI 7 Committee reported a
bill, which was passed, to amend the Civil Appro
priation act. by adding a proviso that in any action
by or against any executors, administrators or
guardians, in which judgement may have been ren
dered for or against them- neither party shall be al
lowed to testify against the oilier on any transaction,
unless called to testiiy by the opposite pav'tv or- by
the court. The House then resumed ihe considei
ation of the proposed amendment to the constitu
tion, which was debated at length, pendiii" which
the House adjourned.
THUCKHAT, Jan. 12.
SEXATE.—A message from the President was re
ceived, containing an agreement with Great britain
as to the naval force on the lakes. The Judiciary
Committee reported that the President might con
vene an extra cession without sixty days' notice—
Ihe petition to build a railway bridge across the
Ohio at Louisville was referred to ihe Post-office
committee. Ihe Senate discussed the repeal of the
reciprocity treaty. A recess was to receive Vice
"wragut, and a committee to inquire into
the failure at AA ilming.on, Mr. Howe, of AA'iscon
sin, and Mr. Hale, of New Hampshire, opposed the
re pern. Mr. Sumner, Mr. Morrill, Mr. Chandler,
Mr. root and Mr. Doolittle favored it. A motion
to refer to the Judiciary Committee was lost, and
the resolution passed by a vote of 31 to 8. The
Senate went into Executive session and adjourned.
HOUSE. —Mr. Eliot, of Massachusetts, introduced
fi substitute for the bill for the reorganization of
rebel Slates, which was ordered to be printed, and
the House considered the constitutional amend
ment. Mr. Smith, of Kentucky; Mr Cnv
Ohio ; Mr. AVoodbridge, of Vermont, and '.Mr
Thayer of Pennsylvania, discussed the matter, and
adjourned without action.
FRIDAT, Jan. 13.
SENATE. -A MESSAGE from the President was read,
and ordered to be printed, in relation to the a Ele
ment between the United Stale and Great fiS
concerning the naval force on the lakes. The com
luUon of inquiry into the cause of fkilure at VVil
tmngton tvu* adopted, fhe resolution to repeal
the Reciprocity 1 reuty was taken np and debated.
-aOMcr#. Howe of Wisconsin, Hale, of New Hamp.
shire. aud others spoke against, and Messrs. Mor
ril, Foot and Dophttle in favor of, the motion tn k><
peal. A motion to refer the matter tf) the •'ndiciatt
Committee was lost. The yp&a ami nays were calf
ed on the of the resolution, lvhit-k wag
adopted by K Vote of 31 to ft. A reeohttbri s g t
adopted to investigate charges against Vol
Cbivington, who is avWiisetl of extreme fera'eltty to
ward the Indiawk ht Colorado.
Hortith —A substitute for the bill to reorganize
the rebel States was introduced, and ordered Yo IV
printed. The House then resumed the dfirpVUKhM
of the proposed constitutional amendment. Hbhfeell
es m favor of the amendment uterehranc by Messrs.
Smith of Kentucky, WoodWdjfe of Vermont, and
Thayer of Pennsylvania. Mr. Cox argued against
making such a radietti amendment while the coun
try was in a Miilfc of war. although he did not ques
tion the ptt%er to make it
MONDAY, Jan. lt>.
SENATE. —Mr. Wade introduced a resolution di
recting that the same treatment be awarded to rebel
prisoners that our prisoners have received in the
South. After some discussion the resolntion was
referred to the Military Committee. The citizens
of Boston petitioned for the postponement of action
on the Bankrupt .bib- in order that its provisions
may not be extended to persons in States that have
been in rebellion. The bill authorizing railroad
companies to carry passengers, mails and troops
from one State to another was called up, but after
some discussion was postponed until Wednesday.—
The Military Committee reported several bills which
were ordered tr be printed. The Secretary of the
Interior replied tc a resolution that the number of
pension agents is not limited by law, and that they
are appointed by him. After an Executive session
adjourned.
House.—A bill proprosing to increase the duties
on spirits distilled after July next was referred to the
Committee on Ways and Means. Mr. Cox, of Ohio
offered a resolution declaring that it is the duty of
the President toadopt some means to secure a cessa
tion of hostilities and a Union of the States, which
was laid on the table. The Senate amendments to
the resolution relative to the termination of the re
ciprocity treaty were concurred in. Mr. Wilson in
troduced a bill abolishing the present district courts
establishing citcuit courts, etc., which wills referred
to the Committee on Judiciary. The Committee on
Ways and Means was instructed to inquire into the
expediency of so amending the Internal Revenue
law as will provide a tax, not exceeding one cent
per mile, on every passenger travelling by railroad,
steamboat orother public conveyance, in addition to
ihe present tax. The Navy Appropriation bill, for
the year ending June 1866, was reported. A Com
mittee of Conference was appointed on the amend
ments to the Deficiency Appropriation bill. The
bill to provide a Republican government for the re
bellious States was taken up, and after a speech
from M. Kelly, of Pennsylvania, the House ad
journed.
THE LEGISLATURE.
TUESDAY, Jan. 9.
, SENATE. —Among the bills introduced was one
authorizing the Governor to pay bounties to volun
teers anil |persons furnising substitutes. The Ju
dicial y Committee was instructed to inquire into
the expediency of expending the ten millions three
hundred thousand dollars secured for the public
works for the extinguishment of the State debt.—
The standing committees were announced, and
nominations were made for Slate Treasurer. A
number of bills of a private character was passed.
Adjourned.
House. —A petition contesting the seat of George
De Haven, of the Fifteenth dislric.. on the ground
that he bud not lived in the district one year, was
presented, and Thursday was fix ad for the drawing
of the committee. The seat oi Samuel Orwig. of
the Lycoming district, was also contested. The
difficulty arises out of the soldiers' vote. The com
mit,ee wili be drawn on Friday. Numerous bills
were introduced. They were generally of a privrte
naiure. One disfranchises persons escaping from
or avoiding military service. The Standing com
mittees were announced. Nominations were also
made for the State Treasurer. Adjourned.
§Uu' Slrerifeeauiite,
OFFICE HUNTINGDON AT BROAD TOP MOUNTAIN
R. It. CO. Philadelphia, Jua. 16, 1-64.
The annual meeting of the tockholders of this Company
will be held at their office, No. 258 South lid Street. I'hi'ia.,
on Tuesday, the 7th day of February. 1865, at 11 o'clock,
A. M., when an Election will be hold for a President and
Twelve Directors for the ensuing vear.
' J. P. AERTBEN,
Jan. 20-fit Secretary.
VTOTICE TO TRESPASSERS.
JIA I hereby caution all persons not to hunt, fish, de
stroyftiinber or trespass our our property,Jin any way what
ever, as we will prosecute any persun that disregards this
notice. LEVI SMITH. Monroe Tp.,
J. 11. SPARKS, E. Providence Tp.
Jan. 20, 1865-3t
T7l STRAY
JU Came to the subscriber's, living in Union township,
about harvest last, a red and white MULEY HEIFER,
supposed to be about one year old last spring. No ear
marks. The owner is requested to come forward, prove
property, pay charges and take her away.
Jan. 6, lS6j-."t. MOBES ALLISON.
EXECUTORS- NOTICE.
Letters testamentary having been granted by the Re
gister of Dedford Conntv to the undersigned. EN ecu tors of
the last will and testament of John Woisel, late St.
Clair Township, deceased, notice is hereby giien t ■ all
persons indebted to the estate of said deceased, to make
immediete payment and those having claims will pre- .ii
them properly authenticated for settlement.
JOHN W ELS EL.
Jan. 6, ISSo-fit. JOHN FICKES.
I EXECUTOR'S NOTICE.
u Letters testamentary upon the last will and testament
of Mary M. Ifaase, late of the Borough of Sehellsburg,
dcc'tl, having been issued t*> the subscriber the by Regis
ter of Bedford County, all persons having claims againt
the t state are notified to present the same for settlement,
and all persons indebted are requested to make payment
immediately. DUNCAN M'VICKER.
Sehellsburg, Jan. 6. 186i-6t.
VFOTICK.
X> All persons owing the late firm of J. M. Bamdollar
A Son, cither by note or Book account, are hereby no
tified to make Payment on orbefoie the first of next April.
After that time, all accounts and notes will be placed in
the hands of a proper officer for collection.
J. M. BARNDOLLAR.
J. J BARNDOLLAR.
Bloody Run. Jan. 6, 1865 St.
\ 1 11NISTRATOR'S N<>Tl< K.
ii Letters ~f Administration on the estate of George
Beisel, late of St Clair Township, deceased, having been
gtanted to the subscriber, living in said Township, all
persons indebted to said estate are hereby notified to
make payment immediately, and those having claims
against the same will present tbem properly authenticat
ed for settlement. MORRIS WALKER,
Nov. ."0, 1864-(janfi'Cs,2t) Administrator.
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.
Letters of administration having been granted to the
subscriber, residing in the Borough of Bedford, on the
estate of Margaret Bulger, late of Middle Woodbcrv Tp..
deceased, all persons knowing themselves indebted to
said estate will make payment without delay and those
having claims against the same, will present them pro
perly authenticated for settlement.
„ ,„ , *- J K - DUIIBORROVV.
Dec.l 6, 84-6 T.
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.
hereas letters of administration have been granted
| to the undersigned, on the estate of Joseph O. Blackburn,
lato of .Napier Township, deceased, persons knowing them
selves indebted to said estate will make immediate pay
ment and those having claims will present them for settle
m<r? EDMUND 8. BLACKBURN,
ec.lfi, 64-fit Administrator.
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.—
Letters of administration having been granted to the
undersigned upon the estate of Levi McGregor, lato of St.
tlair township, dee'd, by the Register of Bedford Co.,
all persons knowing themselves indebted to said estate will
muko immediate payment, and those having claims against
the same will present them properly authenticated for set
tie"t. JACOB BKCKLY,
Dec. 9, 1864-fit. Administrator.
EXECUTORS' NOTICE
Letters testamentary to the estate of William A. Mock,
lato of I nion township, deceased, having been granted by
the Register of Bedford County to the undersigned, all
persons having claims against said estate will" present
tbem for settlement, and those knowing themselves in
debted will be required to make immediate payni, nt.
.SAMUEL MOCK A
SAMUEL A. MOCK.
De0.16,64-bt Executors.
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