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And yet, to-day, from many a dizzy bight, our flag floats in the bright sunlight over Richmond and Petersburg ; the long lines of earthworks around those cities, a few days ago bristling with guns and seemingly so impregnable, are silent and tenantless now ; our advance is marching on, and to-day the streets of Richmond and Petersburg are trod by the soldiers of the Union, and, mark it, by men in uniform whose skin nature made dark —men whom the boasted chivalry of the South call slaves, whose toil receives only the remuneration of the lash, but who are men nevertheless, and who have made valid their claim to the title by their deeds. I saw the colored troops inarch up Washington street, this morning in steady column, and I witness ed the delight which beamed in the faces of the native black population when they reali zed that the links which had bound them in Slavery were broken and nad fallen at their feet ; and I saw also the curl of wounded pride which told on the lip of many a long haired patron of the lash as he too became sensible of the fact that his human chattels were free forever. I propose to give some what in extenso an account of the operations of the five days campaign which compelled these radical changes in the military situa tion. PREPARATIONS FOR THE OPENING OK THE CAM PAIGX. As the mariner reads in the sky evidence of the approachiug storm, so may we discover in the military horizon sure indications of the coming of active operations. For some time beforethelate campaign preparations for work might be seen going forward on all sides. A week of beautiful weather, as warm, balmy and breezy as May days, ushered in the fourth month. The roads had become hard, and it was evident that tne campaign was about to Commence. From their scouts, or from some other soui ■, the enemy had obtained infor mation of the intended movement, and were growing uneasy. On -Saturday night. Fort Stead man, on the line of the Ninth Corps, was attacked by the enemy—with what result is now well known to the public, and several other miuor demonstrations made along our line. On Saturday, the 25th of March, Turner's Division of Gibbon's Corps, Army of the James, was dispatched to the Chickahominy for the purpose of supporting Sheridan in his crossing in case of an attack by the enemy. On the same night, Sheridan's forces quietly crossed the Chickahominy at Jone's Bridge, meeting with no resistance, and on Sunday crossed the James and Appomattox at Yarina and Broadway Landings, bivouacing a short distance South of the last mentioned stream. On Sunday, the 2Gth, the Array of the James was honored by a visit from the Presi dent, the Lieutenant General, Admiral Por ter, and several other civil and military offi cials of note. The coming of the President always but briefly preceded activity in the ar my. He apparently desires to see the troops for himself, to examine into their discipline and general efficiency and to judge of their. capabilities as soldiers for the performance of the work before them. At Gen. "Ord's head quarters everything was unusually active, and OD Monday it was known that a portion of his army, afterward found to be Turner's and Foster's Divisions of the Twenty-fourth and and Birney's Colored Division of the Twenty fifth, the whole commanded by Gen. Ord, would soon join the Army of the Potomac south of the James. On Mouday, the 27th, in company with another knight of the quill, I left Gen. Ord's headquarters for the Army of the Potomac, remarking to "Uncle Wil liam," our ancient colored cook, just previ vious to starting. "Well, William, take good care of yourself, and in case the Johnnies break through our lines, as I think they will, make good your retreat across the river." The remark was made to ascertain hisstate of mind under the circumstances. With aston ishment depicted on his countenances on dis covering that I believed such a thing possible, he replied. "What, froo de coons, I No, sar ; dcy may take all de troops away de please, if dey or any leave a line o' de coons (colored soldiers) in front, I feels safe, yes, indeed, sar. Yon alls may laugh, but I tell you, de coons will be de fast to get to Richmond, I feels it in my bones." Uncle William's pre diction was nearly correct, as proved by sub sequent events. On Monday, Sheridan's long column of troopers filed down to the vicinity of Hancock Station, keeping well to the rear of our works, to shield his movements from the enemy. Sherman was welcomed to City Point with the thuuder of cannou, where he met in council the President and the Lieutenant-General, and the troops were being rationed for the campaign. Meanwhile the air was full of reports with reference to the movement about to commence Some pretended to know that Goldsborough would be our objective point; some that the whole affair was to be only a raid by Sheridan to Burkesville, the intersection of the South side and Danville Railroads ; some that the whole army, with the exception of a sufficient force left to garrison the City Point defenses, would abandon the works in front of Peters burg and swing off to some point on the rail roads mentioned ; but no one knew the real intentions of the Lieutenant-General but the favored few justly entitled to his confidence. THE ADVANCE. On Tuesday, the 28th, Major-Gen. E. 0. C. Ord, with the portion of the Army of the James before mentioned, arrived on our left and encamped behind the lines of the Second Corps, which rested its left on Hatcher's Run. At night Sheridan and the Second and Fifth A LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWSPAPER, DEVOTED TO POLITICS, EDUCATION. LITERATURE AND MORALS. Corps received orders to march in the morn ing—she cavalry and Humphey at six, and th* command of Warren at three o'clock. The Fifth, which had been quartered in the rear of the Second, was ordered to move thus ear ly, as the position which had been assigned them in the new line to be former was further from the starting point than that of the Sec ond, which was directed to move across the Run and form a line nearly parallel with the Vaughn road. The interval between the Sec ond and Sixth Corps, caused by the left flank movement of the former, was to be filled by Gen. Ord's forces. The Sixth and Ninth Corps, received no orders to march, but were simply to be in readiness to move at a mo ment's notice. THE BALL OPENS. On Wednesday the forces mentioned took their lines of march. Gen. Meade's head quarters, near the Aikin House at Park Sta tion, were broken up at 6 o'clock, and at 11 Gen. Grant, accompanied by Gens. Williams and Ingalls, a number of his staff and several civilians, arrived on a special train at Hum phrey Station, the terminus of the railroad, within a mile of Hatcher's Run on the Vaughn road. Here Grant and his modest cortege mounted their horses, and after visiting the headquarters of Gen. Ord, near by, moved >down to the new line which had been formed, in compliance with orders, south of Hatcher s Run. Gen. Meade and staff had already pre ceded him by several hours, and was super intending the formation of the Second Corps line, which in the afternoon was advanced over a mile northward. The Rebel pickets across the Run fell back before the advance of the Second Corps, and the new line was assumed without any opposi tion. Intrenching tools were brought into requisition, and in a short time the position was rendered secure against any attack. Du ring this time the Fifth Corps was moving" down the Goshen Road, a little west of south and several miles east of the Vaughn. Five miles from the point of starting, the Corps struck another road, known as the Old Stage Road, leading west to the Vaughn, which it crossed on a by-road to the Quaker or milita ry Road, leading nortn to the Boydtown Plank. Meanwhile, Sheridan was moving still further to the left, in the direction of Dinwiddie Court House, which he did not enter until the next morning, owing to the unavoidable delay at Rowanty, over which he constructed a bridge. Moving up the Quaker Road, thr< ugh a wooded country, with occasional clearings and small streams, the Fifth crossed Gravelly Run at 2J p. M., and on arriving at May's farm, a short distance beyond, found a line of Rebel earthworks and a number of huts deserted by the enemy's pickets. A few hundred yards beyond this point the Rebel skirmishers were encountered by our flankers, who gradually advanced, followed by the column, pushing the eneuiy tiefOre tliesu, until they another clearing. Here the Brigade of Gen. Chamberlain, which had led the column, was disposed in line of battle, and advanced across the clearing. When well in the clearing the enemy opened from the woods beyond, driv ing back our skirmishers upon thelineof bat tle, wnich now became hotly engaged. A sharp engagement lasted for fifteen minutes, when the enemy, who had used no artillery, showing no disposition to retire, Battery B of the 4th United States Artillery was brought up and posted on the right of the road, to compel a retrograde movement on their part. A few rounds, well directed, and the fire of the enemy slackened. Chamberlain's Brigade was then directed to charge, which it gallant ly did, the enemy falling back hastily up the Quaker toward the Boydtown Plank-road. Gen. Warren then foimed his Corps in line of battle, placing the left and in reserve, and moved up to the Raine House, at the junc tion of the Quaker and Boydtown Roads. Our loss in the engagen|pnt was from three to four hundred in killed and wounded, while the casualties of the enemy might have been fewer, owing to his sheltered position. The capture of 140 prisoners, however, probably made his loss greater than our own. And thus ends the history of the first day. Sheri dan was near Dinwiddie, Warren at the junc tion of the Quaker and Boydtown Roads, in connection with the Second, whose line ex tended from his right nearly eastward past Dahney's Mills to the vicinity of Hatcher's Run. The new line had been formed, and with the exception of a little skirmishing along portions of the front, and the fight of the Fifth Corps, all had been quiet during the day. At night the headquarters of Generals Grant and Meade were near Gravelly Run on the Vaughn Road. THURSDAY'S OPERATIONS. On Wednesday night a heavy rain storm set in continueing until Thursday night, and mak ing the treacherous soil one vast slough all along and in the rear of our works. Through the woods leading to the front, caissons, guns wagons and ambulances might be seen at short intervals mired in mud and it at once became evident that no advance would be made from the fact that no artillery could be thrown forward through the woods until the roads were corduroyed. Large detai s were called out and by nightfall the rear was thor oughly corduroyed for the passage of trains and artillery. Along Gen. Ord's front, notwithstanding the disadvantage of mud, an advance of sev eral hundred yards was made by Turnei's West Virginians and Foster's Division, sup ported by Birney's colored command of the Twenty-fifth Corps. Sheridan also pushed forward on Thursday, and night found him in the vicinity of Sutherland's Station, on the Southside Railroad. FRIDAY'S WORK. Not relishing Sheridan's alarming proximi ty to the Southside Railroad, the enemy, hav ing been reenforced by Pickett's Division, made an impetuous attack upon him in front and on the flank, and at night had pushed hack our troops after heavy fighting, compell ing us to leave behind in the enemy's hands many of our dead and wounded. As before stated, the fifth Corps had, on the night pre vious, assumed a line stretching nearly west ward from the Boydtown Plank, where, its right connected with tfce left of the Second, BEDFORD. Pa- FRIDAY, APRIL 14. 1865. By the repulse of Sheridan, and his retire ment through Diuwiddie Court-House on Fri day afternoon, it was at once seen that a change of front of at least the Fifth Corps would be necessary, in order to meet any at tack by a large force of the enemy on its left and rear. Accordingly) at midnight on Fri day, the Fifth, leaving an interval to be sup plied by Mile's Division of the Second, left its position, and, moving down the Boydtown Plank toward Dinwiddie, massed at the Butler House for the purpose of seizing the White Oak Road, which, several miles above the junction of the Quaker and Boydtown, runs west from the latter until it strikes the Clai borne Road leading to Sutherland Station. Early in the morning the Fifth moved for ward, while the Second commenced demon strating its front for the purpose of masking our real intention, viz : the possession of the White Oak Road. The charge of the Fiith was temporarily successful, the enemy being pushed back to a point near the coveted road when he rallied, and in turn assaulted the Fifth, which retired somewhat hastily to the vicinity of the Boydtown Road, where it took shelter behind a line oftemporary works. At this'juncture tte division of Mills was direc ted to strike the victorious enemy on the flank and massing his brigades in echelon, he began moving to the left and west from his position on the Boy Itown Plank. The remainder of the Second was meanwhile engaged in heavy skirmishing across the Boydtown Plank.— Gen. Humphreys moved his headquarters to theßainie House, at the junction of the Boyd town and Quaker Roads, and it was near this point that his A. A. G., Major Mills, was killed by a round shot from one of the enemy's batteries. About 103 o'clock in the forenoon, the col umn of Miles struck the Rebel left in front of Warren, surprised it, and moving rapidly for ward, drove the enemy like frightened sheep down Warren's front, capturing prisoners, guns, and colors, and then wheeling to the right, still pursning the flying enemy, estab lished himself on the White Oak Road, across which Warren afterward formed his command facing north-east, and connecting with Mile's Division of the Second. Thus, after a severe engagement of several hours, we had, at the cost of several hundred lives, coui| assed our original intention. During the day, Sheridan confronted by sup> rior numbers, was again forced to retire, ai d it became necessary to confront the masse> of the enemy which had gathered on our lei., to protect the Southside Railroad, with larg :r numbers. With the ex ception of an irreg ilar artillery fire on the Twenty-fourth and Sixth Corps front, all had been quiet along tl e right during the day.— Foster, of the Twe ity-fourth Corps had again advanced his pickets so near to the guns of the enemy, that the gunners were finally un-- able to work them, and thus the night of Fri day closed upon the two armies. SATURDAY. Saturday was All Fool's Day, and Sheridan having as yet met with no important success, determined to honor the day by victimizing the elated Johnnies in his front. Again War ren moved rearward from the White Oak Road to report to Sheridan, and Mills like wise fell back and extended his Division along the Boydtown plank facing north west ward. Sheridan who in the morning was east of a point known as the Five Forks, commenced moving west and north-west in several columns later in the day, and meet ing the enemy there in large force, a fight was at once inaugurated. The Fifth Corps meanwhile had moved south-west toward the Five Forks, and the enemy struck in front and on both flanks 30on wavered and fell back. Charges, such as have never before been ex ceeded for valor and impetuosity during the war, were now made by both infantry and cavalry, and the glorious result has already been told, the Rebel hosts were rolled up in confusion and made captives, not by regi ments but by brigade. Four thousand pris oners and a number of guns and colors are re ported as the result of this well-fought fight. It is also currently reported by officers and men that apartion of Warren's command be haved badly; that Sheridan, with his usual impetuosity, endeavored to advance that por tion by bearing his colors along their front in the face of a murderous fire, and ordering them forward; and that, in refusing to obey, they were guilty of criminal insubordination, defying his authority to command them. Time will tell how much of these reports are true. At night Warren was relieved, and ordered to report to Lieut. Gen. Grant, ru mor says for refusing to obey Sheridan's com mands. During the engagement of the cav alry and the Fifth Corps, the enemy demon strated in front of the Second Corps, but met with no success. Refore daylight ih the morning they had also attacked Foster's advanced position of the day previous, charging and capturing a portion of his line, held by the 100 th N. V., and 30 prisoners. The enemy was in turn as saulted by the 206 th Pennsylvania, and driv en from our works, and our original line re sumed. SUNDAY AND VICTORY. Sunday, that gl irious day, canie, bringing with it a sun di .umed only by the battle smoke of the fou days preceding, and the Indian Summery 1 azc which for a week had hung over the two armies. Sheridan's legion of prisoners begin to arrive at Humphrey Station on their way to City Point, seemingly well-pleased with he change in ;heir condi tion. A grand rij ht wheel of the whole line south of the Aptomattox had been decided upen by Gen. Grant The Sixth and Ninth Corps, the latter east and the former south east and south of Petersburg, had been order ed to make a grand and combined assault up on the enemy's works in their front, while the command of Gen. Ord on both sides ot Hatcher's Run moved to their support, fol lowed by the Second, which was to connect ou the left of the Sixth, southwest of the town. Early in the morning Turner's and Foster's Divisions of Ord's command, moved to the support of the Sixth Corps, leaving Birney of the Colored Division to charge the enemy simultaneously with the Second on its left. TJie charge pf the Second Corpa and of Bir. ney'B Division of the Twenty-fourth was al most a bloodless one; no enemy bat a few pickets were found in their frxmt, and the Birney and the Second and T1 lird Divisions of Humphrey's Corps continue d their grand right wheel, and at or about 3 o'clock a. m. were on the line of the Sixth, south west of Petersburg. But the gallant old Sixth ami Ninth had al ready accomplished the work assigned them. The Sixth, supported by Or wall of bayonets, firm ly grasped by masses of determined men. nn daunted by the dea'h dealing fire from, the enemy's forts, which were actually obtjcured by the volumes of smoke which were vomited forth by a huudred cannon, was a sight once seen never to be forgotten. Moving through this murderous fire to tie attack, with a lit;* of white smoke puffs telling where the *beli of the enemy were bursting, the charging coi utnns still advanced, and were soon under the guns of the Rebels, who now almost ceased their fire of artillery and o; erted with muske:- n. But the doom of the rebels was sealed from all sides our columns were bearing down upon them. Two unsuccessful assaults were noi.de to capture the enemy's forts, wheu the 1 ..-8t Division was formed in front with the (.kcuuQ, audi a Uilt-4 okavgc cotmjcJi wUini proved more successful: Fort Gregg (in which fell the Rebel Gen. A. P. Hill, pierced by three bullets), Battery 40, and the whole line in front of the Sixth and Twenty-fourth Corps falling into our hands. In carrying the works the Third Division of the Sixth Corps formed to assault the enemy's works on their left flank, taking them without any considerable opposition. At 11 o'clock the engagement ceased, and the Southside Railroad within three miles of the town was in our possession. The opera tions of the Ninth Corps, although gratifying, were not equally successful with those of the Sixth and Twenty-fourth. The active parti cipants in the assault of the Ninth Corps were Harriman'B Brigade of Wilcox's Division and the Divisions of Gens. Potter and Hartranft. The main attack was to be made by the two Divisions last named, supported on their by Harriman's Brigade upon the earthworks in front of Forts Hell and Rice, the most for midable of which was Fort Mahone confront ing Fort Hell. Now every one has heard of Fort Hell —has read of the fierce artillery duels which have occurred between it and its antagonist, Fort Mahone, during the Winter. It was this same Fort Mahone, with its labyrinth of moats and abatis, that was assaulted by the left of the Ninth Corps on Sunday morning, and which ultimately fell in our possession after fighting of the most desperate character. At an early hour, Wilcox, in obedience to orders, had made a strong demonstration in front of his position on the Appomattox, while on the left, Potter and Hart ranft had at the same time charged, carried and held Fort Mahone and two other earthworks on its left, against the repeated attempts of the enemy to repos sess it. At Fort Mahone, the struggle wes longer and more determined on both sides. Carried at about 8 o'clock a. ni., it was found neces sary to abandon its northern face as the ene my had, on being driven out of it, retired a short distance to the rear or inner work, from which they swept with cannon-shot and mus ketry the locality mentioned. The main part, however, was still in our possession. At about 11 a. m. the enemy made a most furi ous sortie to retake it, and for a time our chances of retaining it s< emed dubious. The enemy assaulted in o\e -whelming numbers, and it was plainly evidet t nad received re-in foreements. Fortunaiely a portion of the Sixth Corps and the prcvi ional Brigade, un der the command of Brig.-Gen. C. H. T. Col lis, arrived in the nick of time, and again charging the enemy, they were again driven i from the fort, which he made no further at t, mpt to re-occupy during the day. Previously I have stated that the Second Corps had carried the works in its front with but trifling opposition, and was wheeled to the north to co-operate in the attack of the Sixth, Ninth and Twenty-fourth Corps. It was too late, however, to participate in the glories of the assault, arriving up the Boyd town Road in the afternoon, when the enemy had retired into his inner defenses near the city. The Division of Gen. Miles had been sent to the left to join Sheridan in the morn ing, and having heard no intelligence from it, the command of Gen. Mottwas sent to join it. And thus affairs stood on Sunday night. Sheridan was somewhere on the left with the Fifth Corps endeavoring to intercept the re- Vol 88: No. 16 treat of the Rebel forces, cnt off from Peters burg by the advance of the Sixth and Twen ty-fourth Corps. Our line was within a mile and a half of the city, and our left rested west, of it, on the Appomattox. The headquarters of Gens. Grant and Meade at night were established at the Ritchie House, on the Boydtown Road, three miles from the town, and within easy shelling range of the enemy's batteries. But the ene my was content to rest quietly in his works, sending over a shell occasionally to remind us that he was still there. As before stated, the battle ended at about 11a. m. From noon until nightfall the enemy exhibited unusual inactivity, and many began making inquiries as to what it boded. Some, with a wise look, believed that Lee was only maneuvering, in order to attack us in some unexpected quar ter. Every one said, "This lull means some thing' Most assuredly it did mean eome thing, and that something the retreat of the major part of Lee's forces across the river north of the town. All the afternoon three or four dense columns of smoke were seen ascending from the city, and it was evident that extensive fires were raging. At dusk a pontoon train, under the gui dance of Major Paine of the Topographical Engineers, at Gen. Meade's headquarters, was sent out to span the Appomattox for the crossing of troops to the west and northwest of the city during the night, from which the inference may reasonably be drawn that Grant knew of the retreat of Lee, or that, not aware of it, he was drawing a circle about them from which it would be impossible to escape. At any rate the city was virtually in our possession, and. should Lee fail in all of his saoaults to break our lines, the retreat of his army would inevitably follow. And then arce the question,"''Where will he go?" Of ficers high in authority said to Richmond, and on referring to that pointas no longer tenable, I admitted Lee's inability to hold it over a few days at most, but stated that now that he had been thoroughly defeated, he would fight only for effect; that the rebel authorities would en deavor to make known to the world the fact hat they were battling in a holy and right eous cause, and that, should they fail, they •vouli with their expiring breath, announce the ii.tentiou 01 the comiag generation to ac •ompli.sh the work which they had left un done. SIGHT. Night came, and with it our troops reposed ; >ll their laurels. Bright columns of light rose from the Cockade City, and until one o'clock on Sunday morning occasional shots were in terchanged between ours and the Rebel line. *'rom that time until morning silence reigned over both lines. At 4J o'clock on the morn ing of Monday four reports of cavalry from Birney's front were heard, and four shells following one another in rapid succession sped, with a holbw, rushing sound, towards Petersburg. The recorts awakened our wea ry men, and after an interval of perhaps a minute, loud and prolonged cheers were heard from one end of the line to the other, bands commenced playing patriotic airs, and every one was wide awake aud sensible of the fact that Petersburg had been evacuated. CoL Ralph Ely, commanding the Second Brigade of the First Division of the Ninth Corps, is credited with the honor of being the first to enter the city. There are several oth er claimants to the honor, among them a Brigade of the Sixth Corps and the colored Division of Gen. Birney of the Twenty-fifth. The latter claims that at an early hour on the morning of Monday a Rebel deserter came into our lines and reported that the Rebel picket-line had just been withdrawn; that he immediately advanced his skirmish-line, which entered the town at daybreak, meeting with no opposition; and that Lieut West of his staff was the first to set free 400 prisoners, white and colored, from the city jail. Be this di it may, Col. Ely of the Ninth Corps haß the official credit of being the first to enter the town, and has therefor received its Provost-Marshalship. When I entered the town at daylight men in blue were clambering up public buildings to display their respective flags, and the city resounded with the tramp of armed men in every direction. The coming of the colored troops was the signal for the greatest enthusiasm amoDg the native black population of the city. All sorts of demonstrations of pleasure were indulged in, and, when a regiment of blacks advanced up Washington st. singing, "Say, darkies, hab you seen de m ass a Wid de mufstash on his face, Go down de road some time dis mornin' Like he gwioe to leab de place," their delight knew no bounds, and they gave vent to their feeling in ail kinds ot actionsaud words. But the most noticeable of their move ments was their congregation in large squads on the street corners, where a score or more seemed absorbed in lighting Confederate ci gars. This was subsequently explained by my colored barber in this wise: "Last week," said he "any colored man found smoking on the street was punished with fifteen lashes, and now dat you all hab come, me can smoke as much as me please." At the Court House, Col. Ely's Headquar ters. crowds of native, graybacas were throng ing with requests for "ge-ards," which were judiciously posted in every part of the city. DESTRUCTION OP PUBLIC PROPERTY. On entering the town the tobacco and cpt ton warehouses were found smouldering heaps of ruins. They had been fired soon after we gained the Soutbside Road on Sunday, and it was this conflagration which was observable on the afternoon ot that day. About SII,OOO worth of cotton and 1600 hogsheads of tobac co were destroyed by the fire kindled by Lee on his exit from the city. Nevertheless, in numerable bales of tobacco were found in the different stores and were appropriated by our soldiers, to whom that article has become as. necessary as it is oxious. PRESIDENT LINCOLN ARRIVES. In the afternoon, President Lincoln, accom panied by Admiral Porter, arrived from City Point; but so quiet was their arrival and de parture that but few knew of their movements until the evening. ' THE PETERSBURG EXPRESS. Those who were with the army last summer have undoubtedly heard of what was face tiously termed the "Petersburg Express"— a certain gun in a battery near the Friend House, opposite the city, which for a time fa vored it with a daily instalment of Union shells. It must also be known that with our occupation of the city, ended the career of a daily newspaper 0 f that name. It was resur rected, however, under the name of Grant's Petersburg Express, on Monday p. m., by a party of enterprising Yankees of the Ninth Corps, and will be continued, so the editor, Major Eden, says in his first issue, as long as circumstances will permit. It will doubtless prove as interesting to the inhabitants of the city as its unfortunate predecessor. SCARCITY OF PROVISIONS. If one believes the stories of destitution told by the inhabitants, he must be convinced that they can only be saved from absolute sturva tion by the interposition of our Commissary Department Of the hotels the Jarrat House alone is open, and at the price of $1 25 per meal, is endeavoring with bacon and "corn dodgers" to reap a harvest of greenbacks from those who are compelled by necessity to patronize it. VTOTICE OF INQUISITION. —Whereas, i_\ James 8. Lane, a nephew of John N. Lane, late of the City of Lancaster, PeDn'a., deceased, presented a petition to the Orphan*' Court for the County of Bedford. State of Pennsylvania, on the 13th day of February, 1896, setting forth, That the said John N. Lane died intestate unmarried and without issue on the 30th day of January, A. D. 1859, and that the parties interested in the par tition and valuation of the real estate of the said deceased are as follows: Alice T. Taylor, of Pine Grove, Clark County, Kentucky; William N Lane, of Irvine, Estell county, Kentucky; James 8. Lone, of Pine Grove, Clark county, Kentucky; Madison T. Ritchie, Alexander H. Ritchie, and Rebecca C. Ritchie, (a minor whose guardian is Jtuner S. Lane,) of Winchester. Clark county, Kentucky „'and Polly Ritchie, of Maysvillej Be Kalb county, Mis souri, [the said Alfee T. Taylor, William X. Lane and James S. Lane being children of William X. Lane, who was a brother of said intestate; and Madison T. Ritchie, Alexander tf. Ritchie and Rebecca 8. Ritchie being children of Clarissa N. Ritchie, deceased, who was a daughter of said Win. N. Lane; and Polly Ritchie being the widow of Wn. 8. Ritchie, a son of said Clarissa N. Ritch ie, deceased, who died intestate, since petitioners intestate, leaving issue William T. Ritchie and Sterling P. Ritchie, both of whom are since de ceased, intestate, unmarried and without issue:] George W. Webb, and Edwin B. Webb, of Oarmi, White county, Illinois; WiJlougbhy L. Webb of the city of Philadelphia; Susan Webb, of Canni, Illinois, and George W. Webb (a minor whose guardian is Henry E. Lemae, of said eity of Lan caster,) [the said George W. Webb, Edwin B. Webb, and Willoughby L. Webb being sons of Martha C.Webb deceased, who was a sister of said intestate, and Susan Webb, and George W. Webb, the younger, being children of John L. Webb, who was a son of said .Martha C. Webb,]: Mary Ann Kennedy and Rebecca Hunter of Charleatcwn, Jefferson county, Virginia, [children of Willuugh by W. Lane deceased, who was a brother of said intestate]: Isaac N Carter, of (,'harlestown, Jef rerson county, Virginia, and Mary F. Martin, of Mount Sterling, Montgomery County, Kentucky, [children of Sarah Ann Carter., deceased, who was a sister of said intestate]: Mary S. Nicklin, of Charlestown. Jefferson county, Virginia, [a child of George 8. Lane, deceased, who was a brother of intestate]: John N. Lane, James B. l.ane and El liott E. Lane (minors whose guardian is Richard S. Jenkins, of the City of Phi'odclpbia,) and Har riett R. Lime of the City of Lancaster, aforesaid, [the said Harriett R. Lane being a child of Elliott T. Lane, deceased, who was a brother of intestate, and John N. Lai.e, James 11. Lane, and Elliott E. Lane, being children of James B. Lane, who died intestate, who was a son of said Elliott T. Lane]: that the said John X. Lane died seized in his de mesne, as of ee, (inter alia,) in nine pieces or tracts of lar-ituute in said Bedford county, in Broad Top township, as follows, viz: 1. The on- thereof adjoining the John Chev ington tract. i illiam Lane, Isaac Grove, Michael Sipes, Williii Bunn, and others, containing four hundred and ' ! irty-one acres and one hundred and thirty perch' and allowance of land, surveyed on warrant pi llth April, A. 1). 1795, granted to John Chcving! ->n, and patented by the Common wealth by pa mt of 16th ot June, 1853, to Rich ard I). Wood and Lewis T. Watsou, who by Deed <,f InHontun* of the sth day of July, A. D. 1853, granted and conveyed to John P. Lane his heirs and assigns forever in fee. 2. Another thereof containing four hundred and two acres and three-quarters, *nd allowance, which the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania by warrant dated the 25th day of February, A. D. 1308, granted to William Bunn, and the same which Richard D. Wood rnd his wife, and Lewis T. Watson and his wife, by Deed of Indenture of the sth day of July, A. D. 1853, granted and conveyed to John N. Lane, in fee. 3. Another thereof containing one hundred and eight and three fourths, and allowance, of land, which the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania by pat ent dated October 26, A. D. 1829, granted and conveyed to John Tod; and the same which Rich j ard D. Wood and his wife, and Lewis T. Watson and his wife, by Deed of Indenture of the sth day of July, A. D. 1858, granted and conveyed to John N. Lane his heirs and assigns in fee. 4. Another thereof containing two hundred and twenty five acres and one fourth and allowance of land, which the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania by patent dated the 14th day of December, A. I>. 1798, granted and conveyed unto Leonard Sayre, and the same which Richard D. Wood and his wife, and Lewis T. Watson and his wife, by Deed of Indenture of the sth day of July, A. D. 1853, granted and conveyed unto John X. Lane, his heirs and assigns forever in fee. 5. Another thereof containing two hundred and ten acres and allowance of land which the Com monwealth of Pennsylvania, by patent dated the 28th day of October, A. D. 1529, granted and con veyed unto John Tod, and the same which Richard D. Wood and his wife, and Lewis T. Watson and his wife, by Deed of Indenture of the 6th of July, A. D. 1854, granted and conveyed unto John N. Lane, his heirs and assigns forever in fee. 6. Another tract adjoining land of Wm. T. Daugherty containing three hundred and sixty acres and thirty perches, and allowance of land, being the same, the undivided moiety or half part whereof, Samuel Pleasants and his wife, by Deed of Indenture of the 13th day of September. A. D. 1853, granted and oonveyed nnto John N. Lane, his heirs and assigns forever in fee, and the other undivided moiety or half part, whereof Lew is T. Watson and his wife, and Jerman Jacob and his wife, by Deed of Indenture of the 15th day of September, A. D. 1853, granted and conveyed to John N. Lane his heirs and assigns forever, in fee. 7. Another thereof, adjoining lands of Hopewell Farm and BalUer Swartz, containing one hund red suid sixty acres and ninety-six perches and allowance of land, which the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania by warrant dated the 9th day of June, A. D. 1853, granted to John McLain; and which the said John McLain and his wife, by deed of Indenture dated the 30th day of March. A. D. 1554, granted and conveyed to John X. Lane, his heirs and assigns forever, in fee. 8. Another thereof adjoining lands of (Rays town Branch of the Juniata River,) Hopewell Com pany. William Lowrv's improvement, and others, containing three hundred and forty two acres and one humlied and six porches unci allowance of land; being the same tract ol land which was or iginally surveyed on a warrant for four hundred acres to Daniel Kerr, dated 21st day of March, A. D. 1791, returned as containing three hundred and rixty-five acres and allowance, and accepted in the laud office of Pennsylvania on the 23d day of December, A. D. 1839, and for which a patent dated the 4th day o: October A. D. 1855, was issued by the Commonwealth to John lavage and his wife by deed of inamturc of the 17th day of November, A. D. 1855, grunted and conveyed to John Lone, his heirs and .ssigus forever, in fefe. 9. The ot • r thereof adjh.ning lands of John Zook and J -oh Myers, containing eleven acres and 16 per ■ s and allowance of land which the Common we of Pennsylvania by patent dated the 22d da of December, A- D. 1853, granted and convey to Thomas M. Long, and which the said Thcniae M. Long and his wife, by deed of Indenture dated tha llth day of April, A.D. 1854, granted and conveyed to John X. Lane, his heirs and assigns forever, in fee. And praying the Court to award an Inquest to make partition of the premises aforesaid t< and among the heirs and legal representatives of the said intestate; which said Inquest was upon motion of S. L. Russell, Esq., awarded according to the prayer of the pe tioner. .Notice Is therefore given to all parties inter ested, that in pursuance of a writ of partition or valuation to me directed, I will proceed to hold an inquisition on the premises, on MONDAY TEE 24th DAY OF APRIL. A. D. 1865, when and where they can attend if they see proper. JOIIN ALSTADT, Shiriff. Sheriff's Office, March 24, 1885.:4t • SALT. A LARGE quantity—in sacks and in barrels —wholesale and retail—at Bloody Run Station. TORN W. BARNDOLLAR (