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ILUNTiNGDON,PA:
Webeaday mornirig,-Moh. 1864.
W. Lewis, Editor anti Proprieior.
rib, Forever
" knOti, fOf 1/0. mode in which a loyal citi-
" zen naky so well. &maw/rate hit devotion - to
his country as by sustaining the Flag the
t Onlii/utian and the. Union, anderancirputa
signets,
and impia EXERT' ADYINIBTRATION
fIEOARJ4BB9F AI3eINST
43.,;SAILAtiri!, AT 110,1EAiqDALIROAD."—STEPLIEll
`A: T3buc~,s
,11,V0r.11, taid.be
The late demonstration in this bor
ough, and throughout Vhe-connly, by
the ;begin; ..Dentoeratt!,_ to defeat the
,Union-tiek4s and give suee?ssto their
is nu apt prelude as to the man
,Rerthey- intend- working throughout
the i ,N,orth? in tho coming. campaign,
wlspu offices (4f:higher:am:l greater ea
,-paeity. lasi to. and questions
of greater moment and in4rest aro- to
ibe settled. •_.: !
Haile, On Friday •last, ito bogus .ne
mocrata gave full evidence of the seca
iiing.dispogitiom.they pilMesti..• They
-v.vorked. - elamdeatinely, but nicely,: and
• :ifutior:.: elbse - 1 scrAtiny: their . purposes
would have been accomplished, and
"Mei r. ticketsuceessf carried. But
oife their:gamo...'.ofseeming .. iiidiffefenco
and disintbrestedness ::in the issue: of
'the eon teat, they woo discovered, and
'the :.Union - ,.men were ' accordingly
Ilibused to the imporiance of this elec
tion:, The' - Vidlandighanis,' no doubt,
diieetfraged-fat their :plot- being
• discCivered'- ; but; is titueb = ais -they val
ue the success of their dtallish - designs,
, theynWill ifot yiela,*and' will soon find
JanotiTr• - inerigue
_or- stratagem, by
‘Ntlielv'theit:will attempt to 'accomplish
tbeir '
secret meetings' are% not al
helcCwithent ifoinetliiing being
- TE , n‘rned or gained.:' They bavo eon-
Vfe* so tno ov il' and de
btrueiVe intention j 'and':hre forever
seeking tc; enidhgle Union !nen in their
coils, while they (the Union men) are
lOtcilly'uncoriselons of the fact.' 'They.
"seek Vot friend:s for- friendship's sake,
:bat merely to eira* and join them to
OemsolVest!ind eve fear that man.) ,
-ifins"been-etitrapped; who feel
too much disgraced to review their
;retiurs' e:a'Ed lire Coo ebwardly to return
_
`lThat'i flii.:Unlen men'to 'do'?
c llfil'a r nsvifer,.stan '12.14, idle. Shun.
the' ictiuttilifitrio of men wbo arose- - WieitY cozchieli.titifig, to destroy the Go
ypratuent end wreck the country ;
nso yonrinfluence wherever and upon
svhorneoever you can; alid'reason kith
those who havq been blindly into
thii ;- ranlcit the - rebel`•syrepnth zing
=organization. Show loyal party
keep arwaYs in niind that we
are noW..fighting, foi., the country or
against of t . soldierS or for the
.rebels.
Do not thinli'it: is too early to' pro
_
~ p are.for the fall: contest at
. the ballot.
-hex, fOr you cannot 1;o too soon. The
.traitors working, in our midst arc and
;have_ long Veen secretly . a
?.guinst.the Government, but let every
Union'inart openly strive for the good
o4he country in winning numbers to
nu aide; a Ad•iireparOltlie.•Avay for tho
'election of" a prudent; Union-loving
President, and we Blinn be amply re
•warded• I?y•witne.ssing
. the.tojal over
.
throw of the rebels in armq -and-tbe
'complete and irretrievable disgrace of
_,the traitors: in .c.nr, midst.
lire say commence the work nozo!
•and be ever y,igilant I - •
. d
the loading' r Dbinoorats
the Noa , tzirk Leeelatni.o present-
.ed to that body a day or taro, ago,
iirea . m - tile had resOlution :instructing
our Senators in Congress and request
'llepro,ientati;i3 to prepare
And 'aubmit'fbr agoption by' the Leg-
Watiiret4'ofitte'64 4 ireral States such just
and proper adriondnients to . the 'Con
tbe,United Statesas shall
forever prohibit ,fmcf.t&iniitat'the4slein
of African Slavery fnilltd United States.
QUOTAS
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IL . ~ . ,
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W., OF TAE STATtS.—The whew.
niii.• a re the. quotas._ of ..the:differ ent •Sates undez the -last.,,Wo.calla „,of tlo
President: - , - .:.,, 'ri,s; ~ ,_....
5 1 .34
New York-.Bl,99B'llaliiivi . 10,794
.I"epuz ;. , --,.t..65;752 ilesonri i .--.' 9 4 813
Ohio ; .; ;
~ T 1 5-145 qnntiecticse.77)9l9
ili qnois _.__.56,309 N. liamp,_ ' 6,469
aridiana ‘c : 32,5211 Vermont ' '5,781
:31a144.- - - - 26;597 Minfiesoka . " -5,455
Wisconsin ! 19,852 V. yjrginia 5,127
-Ilachigan .
,: 19,552 Kansas , 3,623
lowa 16,097 IC -n island- ' • 3,469
-Kentuptcy
.14,471 Delaware • 2,463
. ; Il4lne --, 1 2 ,503 '. -- • •
. . ,
TitaisuiiatEL—licie. l Henry B.
`ltioore; cif was ' elected
State Treltsurer on Wetltteedity might
-I.4att '. 81 ;ce4;..4 * 1 „ .4 7. -- • Vi r c.q.:
G 4 1 4 ifi;-: th .0 iPt m 9 Mr.
llooie:Ite-inealeeted-. State Treasu
' liettet 3 niati in' " 1 the
g o :f e ;:i ,:/ I. • . . i.
ll= gg ;FMI_
trteIIL..•ICEwCA:.:L.:•L:,-Tbe callbew for'
s t'l -1111-VentiiitGant,s
*lial7,T - g , . T or jargo-; araSqq,'Wit
is expette4 ; thatt b e war (Ii beielbsed
... •
this yeAi.:',.,
Who began the War ?
The editor of the Religious Telescope
has received from a southern friend a
copy of a secesh almanac for 1862,
printed in Nashville just before Buell's
advance upon that city. In a table of
remarkable events which transpired
in connection -with the organization of .
the ' , southern Confederacy," a-num
ber of facts are given which are some
what damaging to the usual copper- .
head - slang abont . Mr. Lincoln begin
ning 'the , war; -and we advise their
preservation by our readers for the
benefit of their copperhead friends.—
Their Southern allies have no hesitau-
Cy iii:-riesurning-e
-thresponsibility, and
glory over their ects.of violence which
brought on the. conflict:
Doc. 20, 1860—Sudden evacuation
ofrrort - Moultrie, by,Major Anderson,
- United States Army. lie spikes the
grins, burns 'the gun‘caVriages ' and re
treats to Fort Sumter, which ho Occu
pies.
D ee, 27--Captuto of Vert Moultrie
and Castle Pinckney. by the South Ca
rolina troops. Captain" Costo suiTen•
derS'the rovethie cutter Aiken:
- Jan. 4;lB6l—Capture of Fort Pulas
ki by the Savannah troops.. -
'Jan. 3--r The arsonal at Mount Ver.
hon, Ala., \Vial '200,000 stain:l.°f arms,
.
seized by the troops.
Jan. 4—Fort Moi gan in Mobile bay,
taken by the Alabama troops.
Jan. 9—The steamship Star of the
West fired into and driven off by the
South Carolina battories on Minis Isl
and., Failure of the attempt to rein
force Flirt Suinter.
Jan. 9—Mississippi liecociod ; Tote of
the Cdnvention, 84 to 39.
• San. 10--Fort Jackson, St. Phillips,
and Pike, near iCCe‘v . Qi•lGans, captured
by the Louisiana troops. • .
Jan. 11Alabuirna seceded; vote of
Convention 62 to 29.
San; • 11—Florida seceded; vote of
Convonaoo 62 tu 29. •
1-I—(.;:kuturo of Pensacola Na-
vy . Yard, and FoiL Rarancas and Mc-
Rae. Major chase shoftly afterward
takeS command, and the . siee , of Fort
Pickens commences.
Jan. 18—Surrender of 'Baton Rouge
arsenal to Louisiana troops.
Jan, ~19—Georgia, seceded; vote of
Convention, 203 to 87.
Jan. 26--Louisiana seceded; vote of
Convention, 113 to 19.
New Orleans Mint and Custom
House taken.
Feb. I—Texas seceded; vote of
Convention, 166' to
.7—submitted to
the'vote . of the people February 23d;
the act took effect March 2.
Feb, 2 7 —Seizure of Little Rock ar
senal by Arkansas troops.
Feb. 4.=Burrender of.
.the revenue
cutter Cass to - theAlabaina authorities.
Feb. 7—Southern Congress met at
Montgomery, Ala. . .
Feb._B—Provisional Constitution a
dopted..
Feb. 9—Jefferson DaVis,.of Missis
sippi, and Ales. Stephens, of Ga., elec
ted President and Vice President.
I Feb. 16—Geueral.T wigg's transfers
Rublic,property in Texas to the State
authorities. - Colonel Waite, U. S. A.,
surrenders Antonia to Col. Ben Mc-
Culloch and his Texan rangers.
Feb. JB—lnauguration of President
Davis at Montgomery, Ala.
Feb. 27—Peace Congress adjourned
st Washiifo-ton havin‘r. accomplished o
nothing. • • •
March 2—The revenue Mater Dodge
seized by the Texas authorities...i •
Now oiisere, every-one of these acts
of treason, and war occurred, under Jas:
Buchanan's administration, , and:before
- Mr. Lincoln went to Washington; yet
fools and' traitors say Mr. Lincoln be
-gan -the:war l .
But we quote another batch Of facts
as found in this secesh almanac, begin
ning with the day ,after Mr. Lincoln's
administration. • '
. 'March; s—General
.Beauregard as
sumes command of the troops besieg
ing Fort Sumter..
March 12--Fort Brown, Texas, sur
rendei-ed brOaptain 11311 to the' Texas
Comthissioners. • ' 7 . '
Mire" 13—Alabama ratified the
Constitution of the confederate States;
vote of Conven+ ion, 87 to G.
March 1 1 3—Georgia: ratified the con
stitution of the Confederate States;
vete'of Convention, 9 . 6 to 5:
' .March 21—Louisiana Tatified the
constitution .of the. confederate states'
voted Convention, 101 to 7.
March 25 . —Texas ratified the Con
stitution of the Confederate States;
vote of convention, 68 to 2.
March 30—Mississippi ratified the
Constitution, of the Confederate States;
vote . olConVention, 78 to 7.
April 3—South Carolina ratified tho
;constitution of the eonfedorate States;
vote of Conventiop,
.149 to 29. .
•A1ri11271.3H-Battio of Fort Sumter,
After 34 hem's' bombardment the fort
surrendered to the confederate States,'
April "14—Evacuation of Foil. Sum
ter by Major Andeno:l. . .
On this day, the 14th of April, Pres
ident Lincoln called out 75,000 men
for the purpose of- putting'down the
, Observe though, the long
list of acts of perfidieits and damning
,treason that wore first committed by
the rebels. 14. Lincoln's forbearance
ceased to be a virtue, and had almost
become a; crime, yet the followers of
this infamous V's.—Vallandiolam and
,Irderhees---go ..around the country
:complaining, that ho began the war
and, forced it upon. the South. They
know bettor, yet with brazen offrontc
.ry, expeetto reiterate the lie until the
people-believe it. The only : remedy
le' to , circulate the
. facts,:that 'the lie
may he c:rammed , down theirthroats.
Let - the.docutnentige round from hand
to hand until every' honest man in 'the
land hadseen them, and ig.prepaid to
turn lipon the, apoldgizing minions'of
traitor's whenever.. theY open their
poutins, to spew out the usual copper
head: slant? •
I V-AiximnionAti; sTitt, ATi WORK:-
-The notoilous C. L,Vallancligtiaia has
• Written a lettei from his Canada.re
lieat,'"itconirnending civil war in We
loyal Stat i cs In order to help his friend
Jefrjhuos. :
HIGHLY IMPORTANT !
ANOTHER DRAFT ORDERED!
200,000 MORE MEN CALLED FOR
Volunteers Received up to April 15th.—
Government. Bounties Continued.
GENERAL ORbER, No. 100
Washington,` March 15.—Tho fol
lowing special order has just been is
sued by the President:
U. S. EXECUTIVE MANSION,}
Washington, March 14, 1864.
Grades to .supply the force required
to be drafted for the navy, and to pro
vide an adequate reserve force, all
contingencies in addition to the five
hundred thousand :Men called for on
February Ist, 1861; the call is hereby
made and a draft,orderedfor 200,000
men for the military service of the
army, navy and marine • carpi of the
United States. , -
The proportional quotas for the dif
ferent _wards; towns, townships, pre
cincts, election .distriets and counties
will be made known through the-Pro
vost Marshal General's Bureau, and
account will be taken- of the credits:
and deficiencies:ma former quotas.---'
The 15th:daTof is desig
nated as thetime up to-which the nem
bora required in' each ward-of a
town, &c.; may be raised: Voluntary
enlistments 'and drafts will be made in
each ward of a ei63r, town, etc., which
shall not ,have fdled.the quota assign:
ed to it within the time designated-for
'the number required to fill said quota.
The draft will be commenced 'au
soon after the 15th of April as practi-;
cable: The Government botinties;na's
now paid, will be continued until April
15, 1864; at which time the additional.
bounties 'cease. On and after that
date ono hUndrcd.dollars bounty only
will be paid as provided by the act ap
proved Slily 22, 1861. • A. LINCOLN.
E D Townsend, A A G
A New Dodge.to nefeat the Amendment
of the Constitution Allowing Soldiers
to Vote.
The amendnient to the Cotistittition
allowing the soldiers to vote, passed
OK House of Representatives, on -Wed
nesday, finally. The so•called Demo
crats, with but . two exceptiens—lfes
srs. Boyer and Ricevoted for the
first amendment, but when the second
athendment came up on final passage,.
every so-called Democrnt, except M.r.
Marshal, voted against enfranchise-
Mont of the Soldier,
jiff() second amendment had been
defeated, the whole p , oposition would
have been lest. The Constitution
plainly provides that in order to am
end that instrument, such amendments
must pass the Legislature at two
secutive sessions Without amendment
orthe least alteration. H the amend
ments bad boon changed or abridged,
the whole scheme would have failed,
and the soldierwould not haVe . been
allowed to voie We append the yeas
and nays on the final passage .Of the
second article, which will shoW con
cluSively where the socalled Demo
brats stand. '.PreserVe this record, so
that you edn eon Viet them when they
deny that they aie the enemies of the
' . The yeas and nays were required
and ware as follows, viz:
YEAs---Mossrs Allenilin, Ba
Barnett, Biglsam, Billifigfelt, Bowinith
(Laneaster) Brown, Burgwin,' Coch
ran, (Erie,) Cochran,
(Philadelphia,)
Deuniston,: Etnier, Foster,
Glass, Guernsey, Haslett,Heery, Her
ron,- Hill, Huston;' Kaiser, Kelley,
Kerns, (Philadelphia) Koonce, Lee,
McClellan, McKee, 141!Murtrie, Mayer,
Marsh, Marshall, (Dam.) Miller, Keg
ley, Otitarra, Olmstead, - Orwig, Pan
codst, Price, need, Slack, Smith,
(Chester,) Smith, (Lancaster,) Smith,
(Philadelphia) Stanberger,' Sutphin,
Watt; 'Watson, Wells, White, Windle,
and Johnson—Spcalcer-52. •
NAYS—Messrs. Alexander, (Clarion,
Barger ; Beck, Bow man, (Cumberland,.
Boyer, Graber, Hakes, Hargfiett,
'Hopkins, Hoover,' Horton, Josephs,
Kerns, [Schuylkill,' :Kline, Long, AP-
Missimer, Meyers, Noyes, Per
shing, Potteiger, Purdy, Quigley; Reiff
Rex, Riddle, Robinson 'Schofield,
Sharpe; Shit-nor ; Spangler, Walsh,
Weaver; Weiser and Wimley.---:35. •
So the question was determined in
the affirmative.:
PARTICULARS 02 COL. j)4llLaltEti ' S
DEATH.—CoI. .Dahlgren's body ser
vant, an intelligent colored man, who
has arrived in Washington, communi
cates additional particulars of his mas
ter's death. With his.command of a
bout eighty 1110, ho. was making his
.way, between ten, and eleven in . the
evening, towards King and Queen's
bourtl4 - onso,. on-his ivoy to Yorktown
when a volley from some two hundred
rifles - in ambneh brought them to
sudden bait. - 4 number fell, . about
balfwere taken prisoners, and the re
mainder followed•tbe orders of.
,their
officers to save themselves as they best
Could; Col.: Dahlgren's servant re
'thained'in tbe vicinity till '.sunrise,
when ho found. the Colonel's body' Ty
ing by theroad side completely strip
ped, and with the finger on whichle
wore 'a ring cut off, but he was not
otherwise mutilated.. The servant
.made, his. *ape with the_the help of slaves
:who fed him and passed him from ea
bin to cabin in safety. They, told him
thatPahlgi.en'S - assailants were citi
.zen
.., s
of the neighborhood.`.r' To'. an in
.v.itation to, escape they,replied that
they virould gladly do SO, but.they wen 3
-UnWilling.to leaVe their fandilles
1 44". F . (4. neat' JOB PRINTING,' call at
the "OLOBE JOB PRINTING OFFICE,"
tingdon,
Front the ANIS , of the Potomac.
Rebel Demonstrations—The Rappahan
• noel( Crossed on Wednesday—The
Rebels Driven Baelc.—Capture of
Prisoners: • - - •
NEW YORKi March 20.
The Times' special dispatch from. .the
Army of the Potomac says that the
excitement about a , threatened raitl
by Stuart has subsided. , t,A detach-
ment of the rebel army crossed the
Rappahannock at Fredmicksburg, on
Wednesday night ! , and the following
day, Col. i3ryan of the 18th Pennsyl
vania cavalry captured twenty of the
party.
On Thursday morning adetachment
of the enemy crossed at Morton's Ford
and drove in the 7th Michigan pickets
bUt were subsequently repulsed and
forced to re-cross the river. The See
ond Corps wore discharging their pie
ces•all Saturday forenoon which: may,
perhaps, account for the firing heard
in the direction . of DuinfricS. There
are other indieations of rebel "-demen
otrations which arc not proper to be
published.
General Stuart is massing his eaval•
ry at Charloysville, where he has three
brigades, and at Fredericksburg, Where
he has two brigadeS.
The reported attempt of the enemy
to cross at Raccoon ford was not aor•
rect. The Ist Michigan cavalry, 1200
strong, went to the front on Saturday.
Twelve deserters froM the 10th
Louisiana rebel regiment, arrived in
our lines within three • days. They
are the first deserters that have come
in from that regiment. They got hold
of ; the President's proclamation, which
was distributed by Rilpatriek's raid
ers:
GENER'AL 6EfERM'a REPORT
Washington, Marchl6.-L-Major Gen.
W P Sherman, in a despatch• dated
Vicksburg,- Miss., Feb: 27th, by way
'of Cairo;'March- 10th, has addressed
the following -to Lieutenant General
Grant, care of General lfalleek :
General: I got in.thiS Morning from
Canton, where I left thy army in
splendid heart and condition. 'We
reached Jackson, February. Pith; cros
sed Pearl. river, and passed through
Brandon to Morton, whore the enemy
made dispositions for battle, but fled
in the night. rested on over all ob
stacles, and reached Meridian Febraa ,
ry 14th. General Polk, haying a rail
road to assist him in his retreat, es
caped across the Tombigbee on the
17th. Wo stayed at Meridian a week,
and made the most complete destruc
tion of railroads ever beheld. South
from Quittna.n,East Cuba station, two
miles north to Louderdalo Springs,
and went all the NV:ay back to Jackson.
I could hear nothing, of - the cavalry
force of General -William Sniith, order
ed-to be there by. FebrUary-Ioth. I
eholose by mail, with this a copyTof
his instructions. I then began to give
buck slowly, making a circuit by. the
north to Canton; where I loft the array
yesterday. Twill leave it there five
days; in hopes the cavalry will turn up
from M
Major General Butterfield Writes
from Cairo, on March 11, to Lietiten.
itnt Genera! Grant or General lilaHeck
that he left General Sherman the day
previous Mempliii4 and that his
con nand was-all safe,. The total loss
in,killed and wounded, was 110. - The
general result of his ; -63 . ipediling,
ding the Smith and Yazoo Diver move
ments, is about as follow:s . i 150 miles
of railroad, 67 bridges e 7,ooo trestle,' 20
locomotives, 28 cafe, 10,000 bales of
cotton, several steam mills, .and . over
two millions biisbelj of corn word de
stroyed. Tho railroad destruction was
complete and thorough. Tho capture
of:prisoncrs exceeds our loss. .Up.
wards 08,000 contrabands and refu
gees eame.in with the various columns.
After occupyin g Decatur, General
Dodge pushed west to Cenrtland, and
thence to Mindtor, driving the enemy
and capturing. many prisoners: and
much ammunition. :•
The Campaign Before us.
[From Om New York Tribune.] •
When our civil war commenced in
earnest, the rebellion was in Practical,
substantial command' of the resources
of the slave states; Missoori had more
men, fighting for it than Alabama and
Florida together; Kentucky covered.
her weakest frontier. for hundreds of
Miles by . her neutrality, and-Sent quite
a number of regiments to the secession
armies before she gave ono to those of
the Union.. New Orleans wasits mo
neyed and commercial metropolis;
Norfolk, Nnshville,ltemphis; Natchez;
Vicksburg, Knoxville, Little Reek, &c.,
were its inland forts, manufactories,
and reeruiting.stations.
The entire resources of over ten
millions or 'people, Of whom nearly
seven millions Were free whiteS,.were
at its command; while the three Mil
lions .and over of slaves wore the docile
unquestioning instruments uf.its will.
Why should they have dared or suffer-!
ed, hoped or prayed, for the sUecass of
the Union ? The Union did nothing,
and proposed to do nothing for them;
while the proclamations and orders of
McClellan, Patterson, Uttlleck, Sher
man, &e,, told-them that wo expected
nothing, wanted nothing at their
hands, and woUld not permit them to
.aid TO - "crush with an iron hand":
any attempt on their part: to throw off
the yoke of their rebel masters was Mc-
Clellan's threat; and no one can doubt
that hb would at leaSt have tried to bp
as bad as his word.
We are, near -the end of the third
year of the war.; and a now and vigo
rous campaign is about to open*. What
does it proMise ? In how far does the
experiende of the past warrant the
hope of success in the immediate fu
iture 'We answer: , . :
No man eau, now say that we
hai'o made progress Of the region
elairned us belonging' to the Southern
ConfederaCy, wo firmly hold West
Virginia, Rentuelty, nearly all Ten
nessee, ; Missouri, most of Arkansas,
more than half of Louisiana, a good
part of MisSisippi,' with portions of
or th' 'Carolina, South
Carblina; Texas; most of.the
Indian ..Torritory, New Mexico, and
Arizona.
•
Nearly. half the, white population
claimed as belonging
.te the confoder
'ney are this day. under the Yederal
gag, and ne 'anger subject to• al - merit).
tion te , llll the rebbl armies: - Our gains
within the pait yekr , :moro' than half
overthrow the Confederacy.as it stood
when the final proclamation of freedom
was issued. Give Us ono more year's
work so ell'eetive as the last, and the
Confederacy will be prostrate.
11. the slaves, at first a powerful
element of strength to the rebellion;
are 86 no- longer, Thoy now know
that . the Union means freedorii, and
they are uneasy; excited, anxious, vig
ilant; and insubordinate. It no longer
answers, as it once did, to leave three
or four hundred of them in the care of
a single overseer. They take to our
lines and our marching columns ex
actly as a duck takes to Water. The
falsehoods that once repelled them.
keep them back no longer. The reb
els dare not and because they Cannot
trust them. They work fitfully, and
need sharp watching. As a whole,
they have gradually; and all but en
tirely, ceased to be an clement or
strength to the Confederacy. -
111. There remain, then, but the
whites Of - the disloyal region •to over
come; and their total number, less the
fearful war losses by wounds, and dis
ease since the rebellion broke out, are
very nearly as folloWs: • •
Alabama, '500,000 S. Carolina 300,000
Arkmisa6 100,000 Tennessee 100 ; 000
Florida 70,000 Texas' 400,000
Georgia . 000,000 Virginia 800,000
Louisiana 200,000 Maryland's. • „
Mississippi 280,000 Ky., say 7 150,000
N Carolina 500,000
Total
• Such is, according to . the census of
1860, the white population, so netrey
as may be, of the entire area thiS day
held by the robehl; arid it does not es
coed the population of tho single State
of Now. York. • _
Out of this population, it is.barely
possible that, the rebels; by their mer
ciless- and sweeping 'conscription, can
have 400,000 men on their muster-rolls;
but this must includo nearly every
white male capable of bearing, arms,
including those employed in Govern-
Mont foundries, manufactories of am
munition, operatora of railroads, etc.
If tho rebels can actually put 300,00 Q
men into the field, they can do what
no other four millions cvor did on
earth, after three yearS of bloody, ex
.
hausting, war.
We believe three hundred thofisand
to be this day the extreme limit of the
effective, fighting force.: And bo it
noted that they are now at the end of
theit' chain. As a thoueand: fall, .or
are disabled by wounds or - disease,
there , are no more to take their places.
Believing that we ice evidence that
sonic of our past errors' are to be a
voided, and that--energy, Concentra,
tion, and shillitd generalship are to
signalize the cathpaign about to open,
we exhort every patriot tO regard the
future of our country With hope and
cheerful . trust. - •
McClellan and tee.
We hare published a report that
just after the battle :.of Antietam a
clandestine meeting took place be
tween Gen. Lee and Gen. McClellan.
A certain Francis Waldron was the
author of the story. A letter from
Washington to the New Yorl • t Com
mercial disposes of it as follows:.
"The charge . that 'General McClel
lan had a secret interview with Gen
eral Tice after the battle of Atitietarn,
has proved to be a fiction of a • disor
dered brain. Tho person who made
the astounding . statement is a Mr.
Francis Waldron, -a Marylander,' who
-48-a-sehoolmaster by : prefoesion,. and
who has, in yerii's past, been some
what addicted to drink: lie has been
in custody of the Sergeant-nt:ArMs
since Wednesday afternoon; but refu
ses to make under oath the statement
which.he has furnished for publica
tion. Ile has also other stories of a
marV r elotis nature,One of which is that
he was for some time employed 'night
and day by Secretary Chase in aiding
in the preparation of a. new • financial
scheme, which has no foundation in
faet."
-The - Now Dirk Tribune; Mile!) first
publishedWaldron's story, now an
nounces that Waldron confesses that
ho Was drunk when , he told it:
The Alleged Interview between. Gen.
McClellan and Gen, Lee,
The Washington - correspondent of
the Chicago 'Tribune makes the follow
ing circumstantial statement, concer
ning the alledged interview between
Gcn. MaClellap and Gen. Lee.:
"I happen to know something of
this - reported interview between Gen.
McClellan and Gen. Lee; having learn
ed the following particulars from
prominent gentleman of, Illinois, who
accompanied the President to the bat
tle field of Antiettiiii; after - the' notion
had taken place. The facts;as I lear
ned, them, shortly after :they had,ta
ken
,place, are these: Mr.. Lincoln
went to the battle field, had an inter,
view With General McClellan, slept in
a tent prepared for him at the Goner ,
al's headquarters, rode ; over the' field
next day, .&c. While the President
was at the General's headquarters; a
flag of truce conveyed a Brigadier Gen.
oral' and another officer in the rebel at:-
my into General MoOlellan's presence,
They brought a letter. from General
Lee desiring an interview with Gener
al which : contained. : the
statement,•[or this might have been.
Conveyed by the officer,] that Gener
als McClellan and Leo could settle the
matter Of . the rebellion at a priVate , in ,
,terview, and thus stop any, furthor ef
fusion of blood. General McClellan
shovied the letter to President Lib
colri• and asked the latter' if ho might
be allowed, orlf it would be advisable,
I forget which ) to accord Lee the- in
terview. The President said certain
ly not; that, he Was the person 10 whom
the letter should be: properly referfod,
and who by his position• was qualified
to accept or reject the proposal.
REEInt. SV -r.
Friday, the 11th, Liout.. Black, of
the 2d Corps Provoqt Guard, captured
a rebel spy,.inside our 'lines, in the
neighborhood of B:elley's Ford. In
formation.had been rooeived Weeks a
go that our army was honored with
such a visitor, who Araveled incognito
and by night for the purpose of gaining
new and Valuable information for" his
iebel friends over the riVor: One
eight; - positive - informationi. dame 'to
heddquarters. that this individual was
then lodging in,A large _frame. house
near the ford.. Lieutenunt Black was
ordei•ed tO" take a file `of rineti; . seareh
the premises, add' eanture the noctur,
nal visitor. 'Ho reached the house.in
good time, and found an old man, old
lady;, and young lady, all of whom
faithfully, in One Vole°, denied the pre
of any other person than them
Solir6g in the house: Of course, their
Word,Wita not taken until the premises
had bWen searcled.. The house was
scrlltiniz . eil front garret to collar. All
the beds'. iimre. investigated and the
closets peepal ifito, but the man could
not - be foUnd: , Aft due place remained
to be:examined. When the Lieuten
ant stepped toward it high narrow
clothes-press, commit to all Virginia
houses, the three inmates of the house
begged lie would spare thitt place;the
keys were lost, and, "anyway, iere
'was nothing inside."-. • They were po
litely ;nformed that . tho inside of that
clothes-press must lie seen; and the or
--
der was given to break open the door.
Here the lost keye were produced, and
one fitted into the lock. As soon as
the door was opened, the man they
had so long looked for was seen stand
ing inside the closet. lie was dressed
in the uniform of a rebel officer, and
looked—very pale. Lieutenant .Black
seized him by tile breast, drew him
forth, and 7exciaimed;" ,
.are just
the man we are looking for!" The
penalty affixed to this rebel officer's
crime is batwing. • •
The Present Aspect of the War--
• Causes for Hope.
4,000 ; 000
yrom Ufa Yorl Tinlo
The futureue Student of history,s ris he
ponders upon the events of this re
markable revolution, will be especially
struck with the Binomial!. ebb and flow
at almost regular- intervals,, of the pop
ular feeling. At one time rwe are on
the heights of confidence and h r ope,
having no doubt of the speedy close-of
the Rebellion, and seeing everything
in the most rose colored hues. .At an
other, without any. especial change in
the conditions—after perhaps,-a feW
misfortunes and biunders—we are
plunged'in des'pohdency and gloom,
and are ready to believe that nothing
has been accomplished, or is likely to °
be. , •
. .
-These changes of the feeling of the
people come almost in regular periods,
until thorseern ;like a kind of tidal
wave of emotion; to which our excita
ble people are subject.,. Just now there
is a -manifest ebb of popular feeling
through the Wholc,ctiuntry.: We have
reached our regular period of &spell.
deney. It is • worth—while at such
times to examine calmly. and ration
ally what are the causes of this decay
of confidence, ,
and bow ive really stand
in the progress of the war. :-
The fact that probably gives rise to
the most wide Spread despondency is,
that we have as.yet accomplished' no
thing in our Spring operations. The
Florida expedition ended in a disaster
the grand cavalry raid in Alabama,
under General Smith, was interrupted
by apparently a. very, inferior force;
the
.mysterious invasion of ; General
Sherman's flying column : brought back
only a feW thousittd mules and DC
groes, and wasted the enemy's territo•
ry. -We see nothing of the haute strat
agie in all this .which was expected,
Charleston, too, is as far : from our
grasp as ever. Mobile has hardly been
attacked. We hear nothing of any
success in • Teias. General*, Meade's
great army lies inactive in Virginia.
Behind all these unfavorable as
poets—as they seem to the popular
imagination—loems up the_ perilous:
question otatr,G.iiii - 6, - ' , Vhs - vticht-teltoon
to be, increasing enormously every day
while Congress is not awake to the
duty pf correspondingly inereasing the
taXation.. The currency, beside its
apparent expansion, is believed to be
expanding in modes which are not seen
by the constant paying out of "certifi
cates of indebtedness" and "five per
cent notes." And, worst sign of all,
the extravagance of the people is
growin g at a frightfUl rate:
These, we beliere, are all the glee
my aspects-of our struggle which can
be taken at the present time by the
most deSpondent; and we
: propose to
offset against theth the inspiring facts
which have not changed - since' the '
hopeful period of a few months ago. •
And first and foremost, our ftrndos
aro beim , ' filled up in-the most . cheer
ing Way by veterans and recruits,
Mingled with 'old soldiers; so that, in
-
the opinion of many We shall be more
than one hundred thousand stronger
than we were a year ago -at this time.
Still more, we have gained 'possession
after a severe contest - of, the most stra
getic *point' - t'uo Confederacy—East
Tennessem—aud we - live encamped
on themlopes of the Tennessee moun
tains an army, at least . ono hundred
thousand strong, and able to strike at
either Virginia or,Georgia.
If it advance on Atlanta, the great
officina of -the. Confederacy, and the,
chain which binds the Galt* States to
the Atlantic, wo. know that there is
nothing in all. Rebeldoni which can
hold it' back for a Week; and : the
session of that place at once cuts off
the Virginia army froM the supplies
of Georgia and the Gulf States, and
breaks up their
greatest manufactory
of arms. With occupation'thet of
Georgia Alio Richmond Whig acknowl
edges that they cannot keep a great
army in the field in Tirginja. Why
may not this most important event
happen before the end of May, chang
ing* the aspect of the War as much as
did the capture of• Vicksburg ? -
We know,,fu rthermore, that the Re
bels have made their Jest desperate
draft of Men .and supplies for an im
poverished and, unwilling country. A
single campaign may yam, thorn:
en a few drawn battleS on the'Beale of
Gettysburg or. Chickamauga, would
drain them of men and 'means which
they could never replace. A victory
would be almost as ban to -thorn as a
defeat, 'With-General Grant down in
Georgia, Savannah -and. -Charleston
would fall almost as a matter of course.
Of General Sherman's expedition, tho
non-military observerS 'do' not' know
enough to be competent judges. Wo
cannot, say how far ithas tended tow
ard the furtherance of Grant's ultimate
plans in 'Georgia. At all events, it has
cost but little andheen a great darn. ,
ago to the enemy. •
. • It is a matter also, of great, encour
agement that our best military:head
will now direct all out various' opera.
tions. - •
Our finance depends entirely.on our
armies andat prnper common sense ip
the pcop'e. Any. debt,that ;wo are
likely to incur is as nolhing, compar
ed. with the immense productive pow
ers of the 'country; and can easily - be
tnetfif o:ingress will but tax, and the
people economize..
Victories-in the field and saving at
home will carry us through this, finan
cial 4fitigniire, as easily as wo.once
bore the small expenditures of Ivaco.
Pn the whole, surveying the entire
field, we have no reason for. the sligh
test despondency, but oVefy ground
for a rational !mix,:
Our Army Correspondence:
Hospital, 3d Division,lst A. a' ,
Culpepper, March 15, 1864. C
DEAR GLOBE :—A moment ago,,
heard a Dutchman express his idea of
his colonel. A very nice maii,"if so
ber, he said ; but seldom fbund in that
condition, iven ho can get commissa
ry. Sometimes he get no cornrnissary;"
den ho is one very nice mau."
.
Illustrative of this description is an
anecdote Vrilich I heard recently of
the same officer: Ono of his men got
drunk and becarno disorderly, which
misconduct so offended the strict-mili
tary taste of the colonel; that Be eir
dered the culprit to bo "thielied mid
gagged." • The Whole.- scene Was ten
dered disgusting by the fact thilt the
colonel himself was obviously very
drunk.
I was ono day at the quarters of a
general officer, where it was matter of
common remark that he had been at:
tacked by the uman.witli•thelZkorfJ
delirium tremens, the day previons.--=
He had menaced the life of 4suldiefi
who prudently avoided hith. Such
was the statement tnzac ttj - rue, adtl
never, to tny.knowied . ge44;nied.
Corning*doWn tiro Btrucf,'qne day, I
met two on horseback, reeling
in thcir siiddies, and talking 'the idiot - -
ic. twaddle of di , unkontioss, while I ex
pected every moment to see them tum
ble down into the mud.
Such factS might be multiplied in
definitely. They sug-gest interesting
reflections.. ' '
Do - those who control -the army
think that the efficiency of adders is
promoted by 'inordinate drinking,
downright sottisliness? If Yon say
no, tell me, also, why it is allowed: . --
Produce a few examples of the dismis
sal of officers, for the crime of drunk
mnes% -There have been a few, a
preejons.few,.consideri ng the utter un
fitness of an intemperate man fop. the
untold responSibilities-of militarycom-
Mand.
Do those who contra/ the dtiny
derstand the ruinous densdtjudiMes Of
drunkenness? I think they dot. They
have taken °Very, posiible pains to
exclude into:do:aim* drink from the
army, except that kept by commissa
ries, and sold only to officers, on,
dors certifying that it is for their own
use. True, it is often brought by pH:.
vates ' on orders given by officers who
seta low piico on their word; but that
is not the design. If these regulations
are founded on anything, it must be
an impression that whiskey is ruinous
to privates, but necessary and benefiz
cial to officers.,'
But, perhaps, all this is none of my
business? lam an officious - intermed ,
dler, and should be punished 1 - Let
me tell you what it is that makes me
feel so strongly on this subject; for it
does - stir my soul to its deepest depths.
In those moments of deep, silent
thought which precede the opening
of a,battie, when men speak in the low
solemn tones that make one think Of
graves, as they give to each. other
messages for their, friends should they
a—. I herro4reard
them say to each other' how hard it
was that they must go into battle, feel
ing thattheir lives would be'perhaps
blindly and uselessly sacrificed, at the
caprice of a drunken madman. I have
thought, then ' of the sacrifices those
men bad made for their country's
sake, and; -the noble spirit which
prompted them to leave all the joys
of home—one of thorn-Was.: your bro
ther, maybe—and to offer up their
lives for the causesof human freedom;
and I thought it was. bard. I say now
it is bard. God knows it is, that such
men should breathe out their lives on
a field of carnage, feeling that they
have been murdered, that the life-blood
oozing from their ghastly wounds has
been poured out to no purpose.
I am utterly confounded at the
stolid indifference of the. Government
and the people to this monstrous evil:
Its' existence need not be proveds it is
notorious to all who know the army:
It is on record that we have lost bat-
ties, lost Limo, lost property, lost pre
cious patriot lives, through the misz
conduct of somebody who was drunk.
Wis known to every rational human
being that nothing is safe In the hands
of a man whOgets drunk. Why theii,
in God's name,
do you send forth your
sons• and brothers with tears and pray- ,
ors and blessings, extol their patriotic
devotion,-
honor them in your heart 4
as of the earth's noblest, and-r-give .
them over tho tender-mercies -of lead
ers Who, in the hour of-trial, suck,ceiV
rage from a whisky-bottle 1 ,
I told you I was going to
Tam persuaded that if you think over'
this matter, you will bo diSposed to
find. fatilt,• too. I bade ; . holtever i
touched only one point. :I have some=
thing
,more td tell yoxr'p ,something
which; I think ; will interest "you,' if
this should not. •
If souroalizo how, a:0 evil of which
1. hays spoken is .cursing our causo
and country, then raise•your yoico
against iL . T. S.
TAVERN LICENSES.=
The following persons have filed in the Office of
the Clerk of the Court of Quarter Sessions of Huntingdon
aiuntY, their petitione for • licensee to keep ; Inns or Tay ,
erns in said county and which will be presented to the
Judge of :said Court on the second Ilduday of. April next
for allowance::, • . • '
John 31c3ionigel, Petersburg borough . : . ; . •
James Pleaming, do
Ocorgo J. Little, 31cAleirjos fort. • • • -
Bumuel &eft. Jackson township. • „ • •
Alevander S. Seeds, Morris " • ' "
John S. Miller, Huntingdon-borough:....
'- •do • = • -
Robert A. ltatmey, Matter
Samuel Coen, Saulabrirg. • - •
Thomas McGarvey i ll 11l Ctreek
Samuel o.•Siinp-ion, Brady townsbili.
• Templeton, Orbisonia boraugb. ••
Salami( M. Aultz, Mount Union. • '' •• -
S. Bryson Shaver, • • di: • •
John ft SuAvitrt, ' do • • •• • • '
.'John Dean, •Iltintingdon borough. • ' -••
Abraham A. Jacobi, do • - -' •
James Clonberlidu, War . riormark., •
.71fortIti - Mara,Surnot. - • - - -
James Gleas on , do , •
Susan Mon tgoitiery; MaNctork
r Doei
Itobirt Morrow, Slr.dro dap,'
31argaret Jamisin, , do•
Perry Morris, Shlrleyeburg hoe.
Henry Chanlberiin, Morris tp. •
Jesse Mitspet- & J. A. Bell, R out .
Juges E. lords,. du
cWilleirrl.Jonroon, 31.trklesburg. , •
bernard O'rarrel, McConnolimoccif.
. Tlierbak Cook, Brood Top city. • . •
Mary M'Ootran, Dublin tp. •
Sleety S. Donberg;poalmout. ' . •
It. F. Ilmlett,,Morrts tp. •'. •
WM. H. Mirror, (Retail I.llla9rd) Ennisvilib
. W. C. WAGONER, Oletl6
Clerk's Office, • •
Iluutingdon, Mar, 23, 1510 f . •