gitiobt.
HUNTINGDON;:
Wednesday morning, May 24, 1865.
W. Lewis, Editor end Proprietor.
Hugh Lindsay, Associate Editor.
thir ,Fla 6 Forever.
"I know - of no mode in which a loyal Ma
xon may so well demonstrate his devotion to
Ate country as by sustaining the Flag. the
Constitution and the Union i under all circum-,
stances,,and UNDER EVERY. AnistnisrstAxton
REGARDLESS 91 , 7A517 TOLIRICS, AGAINST ALL
SBAILAWiS, AT ninur,ANEl ABROAD."-STEITEN
Dozi4)4..
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Our Soldiers Coming Home.
Tbo din of war has almost if not
quite ended, and . our heroes, made don.
bly glad by the contemplation of their
triumphant achievements, are await
ing tilS conclusion of the preparations
nocessgry to their disbandment. Ere
another month elapses, the greater por.
‘tion of oar. large army will have re.
•ceived their.discharges and be dwell
ing beneath the roofs of their former
itomee, now made more pleasant and
inviting by the long separation. The
.change can scarcely be realized, and
we must linger upon the recollections
of our recent eventful history and
wonderingly inquire Where are the
marshalled battalions of the enemy so
bold to resist us? Ah f we know full
well. Their day of annihilation has
come - 40 gone. . No longer do we find
the frantic host ready to draw the life
blood of our Nation's defenders, but
the rebel rank and file have been scat
tered, and with their confederacy dead
many of them have buried their ani
mosities, and aro ready to come under
the Union fold as law•abiding citizens.
' For our braves who have toiled and
fought till the advent of this auspicious
hour; what a swell ofthanks and grate
fulnesS.niiist be raised. Having risked
their lilies in many a battle, they now
see their efforts crowned with all tri
umphant success, and are saved to
"enjoy the ponce their valor won."
Let the homes from which they have
been separated be prepared to receive
the warrior so anxiously awaited, and
let those who loie the soldier keep
him in remembrance at the day when
his services Will be openly rewarded.
But there are many of the heroes
who left our midst who will never re
turn. For them the tear has already
been shed, the weeds of mourning put
on, but the popular token of gratitude
is yet required. While their tames
will be honored, a public testimonial
should be erected, which when looked
. upon will recur the mind of the patriot
mere frequently to their manly. and
patriotic deeds. Th.y.poor families of
the soldiers who have died, more espe
cially, should be provided for, the wid
ow comforted, and orphan educated.
Then will we . be doing a useful: service
in memory'-of the departed braves,
and one. which is prompted by love,
duty and gratitude.
Tho soldiers who are. returning,
having been accustomed to the stirring ;
and exciting events Of camp'and battle,
will, perhaps, find it difficult to love
home on account of its monotony, and
may indulge in those spertive habits
that only force excitement: To obvi
ate this the soldier must 'accept em
ployment:. This we believe the true
eoldier- will do. He will thus merit
the•iitle of a good citizen.
HO'Nzsr.—The "Democracy" of Alle
gheny county met in county convention
on the 17th, - in Pittsburg, and after
organization, the following remarks
were made and resolution offered:
B. H. Kerr, Esq, stated that he had
the
_melancholy duty to perform of
'announcing; the death of Abraham
Lincoln, the President of the United.
States. None sympathized more than
the- Democratic party in this great
loss to the country. Ho was not only
the President of those who elected,
hhn, but our President. Ho was strick
en down by the hand elan assassin
-murdered. With the- permission of
the- Convention he would, offer the
following resolution, upon the adop-
tion of which he hoped all the members
of the Convention would rise to their
feet. The feeolation was as follows:
Besoked. That as men prodd of our
country,-iti institutions, and our pub
we deeply deplore the
.ead
fate of the late President. He enter
tint Chnionl as a conqueror; but he
launched no decree of proscription
against theiSoritty for the fight ap
peared to him to be over, and it
we, not in his heart to bear malice
against a, fallen foe; and that' same
mght, that he pleaded for mercy and
for peace, with malice toward none
and with charity for all,, a godless
vliretcfi killed him. We honor him
dead; who saved the nation. while liv•
lag. Ho is embalmed in the tears of
alree people.
The resolution was, adopted by a
mnanimbus vote. .
VC. prejudice of the Philadelphia
-city passenger railway companies
.against colored parsecs _riding in,their
oars, it appears, cannot be sqplanted
or removed. Exciting' disturbances,
and almost general riots have been oc
caeloned'by the obstinacy. of the con
&toter& On several occasions last
weak colored "persons. got into the car,
and teeexise they did not get out when
'ordered, the car wa& taken_ o$ the,
track' and the horses detached. Should
any riot occur the car ZOmpanie% *ill
have totake the responsibility,
Editorial Miscellany
Steps are in progress at Harrisburg
to muster out and pay the Pariniylva
ilia troops to be disbanded in the cen
tral part of the State,. in a..'estap to bo
located somewhere in York or'
borland counties, near the Northern
Central Railroad. The reaions for
this disposition is to compel the offi
cers to be with their men, and thus
effect a speedier perfection of the rolls;
to prevent an epidemic disease . that.
might be engendered from Camp Cur
tin; and to protect the men from the
liquor and lager beer influence so all
Pervading in Harrishurg: These are
very good reasons, and should caase.a
change.
• GUERILLAS Will hereafter know their
fate, The - war departinent has de
clared that from and after ; the Ist day.
of July, 1865, any and all porsons
found in arms.. against the IThited
States, who.-may , commit acts of hos
tility against it east , of the Mississippi ,
river, will be regarded as guerillas,
and punished with death - . This order
acknowledges
. 430 the war is practi
cally ended ; and those who do- hereaf
ter resist U. S.- authority are citizens
who have banded together for -the
purpose of plunder and destruction.
All found engaged in endeavoring to
protraCt the war should be hung with
out trial orjuiy, because it is a civil as
well as military crime. .
"Jim DAVIS should be hanged," is
the expressed 'sentiment of the loyal
journals and the loyal masses. Smite
even think banging too good; but the
ackpowledged disgrace of this :node of
ending criminals is more 'poignant to
those who may desire - to follow in'his
train than any novel torture. As a
cotemporary remarkS: "Jeff. Davis
is already as good as dead." -We shall
await tho opinion of the tribunal that
will bo inimediately inaugurated • for
-his trial:
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GEN. SHERMAN has been accused of
discourteous 'conduCt to Gen. 'fetlock
at - Richmond. The tattier had secured .
rosidonee for Geo. Shernian's use in
Richmond, : bat Sherman refused to ac
cept the proffered courtesy, and added
that he could not recognize Gon. 'fet
lock. 'Sherman would not permit his
troops to pass in review before Hal
lock. This unploasantry is said to
have been occasioned by the orders
which Halle& was obl;ged to promul
gate, when Sherman "gave in" to the
rebel Johnston.
. Tun beaten rebels, it is said, are go
ing to Mexico. This is tho best place
for them. If they are ashamed'of the
land for which they .so obstinately
fought, they can leave it, and others
not treasonable will occupy and fruc
tify it. As the tido of emigration is
now tending southward wo may soon
expect to see this land of desolation a
land of promise.
THE news of the assassination of
President _Lincoln created great sym
pathy •throughout the countries of
Europo. They knew his virtues, and
whore is the nation knowing him that
will not mourn his sorrowful death. •
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PRESIDENT JOIINSON is causing to 1 1.0
gathered in, not slowly but surely, the
ring-lefiders of the Iteboilion. Hunter,
of Virginia, Brown, of Georgia, and
some othera,'are already in confine.
meat and puriiiit is being made after
Vance, of North Carolina, Magrath, of
south Carolina, and others still who
have been most conspicuous in civil
positions in the attempt to overthrow
the Government. Let the traitors all
be gathered in, and receive the full
punishment that their crimes demand.
The rebel hordes and dupes having
received part punishment in the dis-
grace of defeat, the ringleaders of the
rebellion must now receive their meri
ted final doom. If we were magnani
mous enough to allow the rebels to go
quietly home, we must be severe
enough to inflict the punishment of
treason upon the leaders. We will
thereby make our Government feared
as well as.respected.
1r the cause of the would-be Confed
eracy has been found to be bootless,
that of Jeff. Davis in escaping vigilance
was not quite so much so. The beauty
of the whole affair rested in the petti
coats and boot—y.
The Grand Review.
By command of Lieutenant General
Grant, a review, with marching silute,
of the Army of the Potomac, the Army
of the Tennessee, the Army of Georgia,
and General Sheridan's Cavalry will
take place on Tuesday and Wednesday
the 23d and 24th instants. On Tues
day will be reviewed the Army of the
Potomac, General Sheridan's Cavalry,
and the Ninth:: Corps, all under the
command of Major General George G.
Meade, commanding the Army of the
Potomac. On "Wednesday will be re
viewed the Army of . the Tennessee,
Major General 0.. 0. Howard comman
ding, and the Army of Georgia, Major
General H. W. Slocum Commanding •
the whole under command of Major.
General W. T. Sherman.
TIIE,ONE.YEAA. MEN.—A Washing
ton telegram to the Nov . York Tribune
states that an order from the War
Department was read on Monday to
the troops stationed at Fairfax, an
nouncing that the, names of all one
year men ; were to bo reported within
ton days, to be returned to-their. State
Capitals' and mustered . out of,service.
The order is supposed to be general.
The Third Series of Seven-Thirties.
The great success of the 7.30 Loan
must always . bi 'looked upon as oue
of the most powerful * evidences of the
strength ;of the United States Govern
nietit, and of its strong hold upon the
confidence and affections of the people.
On Saturday, May 13th, the subscrip
tions were over thirty million dollars,
and for the week ending on that day,
over ninety: eight million dollars, and
in: the three months that the Loan has
been in charge of Mr. Jay Cooke,
over five hundi•ed million dollars. These
largo receipts wiil enable the Treasu
ry to pay off our armies as they are
disbanded, and . to rapidly ; discharge
the various obligations that have been
incurred during the war. lliStory
will show that a great war-debt to
indiyiddals haa'neyer.before , been so
promptly paiti; - 'arid we think all ivill
agree , :that Secretary -McCullOch; do.
serves great credit foi. the ability he,
has manifesionot only inf. Securing
the meann,-blitlor the financial skill
he' has displayed in so directing these
vast receipts and disbursements as
not for a moment to disturb the egad ibriuna of corameree, embarrass indi
viduals, or in any way tighten the
money market. It is' doubtless true
that the Secretary of the Treasury
night have negotiated the remander
of his loans at six per cent. interest
instead of 7-30, but so much valnable
time would necessarily have been lost
in popularizing a new loan that the
great object of the Government, viz.,
an immediate supply of money Bain- -
cient to pay all the debts incident to
the war, would have
_been defeated;
and besides, the difference of interest
would not have been equal to three
days expenses. The policy may have
looked "penny,wise," but the best fl•
nancial authorities, as • well as corn
men sense, pronounced it "pound fool . .
ish." Asit is—and will be, no soldier
will go home without his greenbacks,
and the floating debt in the shape of
,vouchers, requisitions, &c., will be
wiped out as rapidly as the, proper
officers eqn audit and adjust the :16
counts.
The Second Series of the 7.30 Loan
Was exhausted on Saturday, May 13th.
Otf Monday,j tho Secretary. Of the
Treasury autherized Jay Cooke, the.
general Subscription Agent for U. S.
Securities, to receive subscriptions
for $230.000,000 of a Third Series,
which is all that is authorized by
Congress, and is without, doubt the
last loan at this high rate
that will be offered by the Govern
ruent.
There is no change in the terms or
conditions of this Third Series, except
that tho . i Government reserves the
right of paying interest at six per
cent. in gold instead of seven and
three-tenths in currency—a . right
which would pre.euppose n return to
specie payments, and matte six per
cent. in gold'evenbottor thhn the high
er rate in currency . —a consummation
most devoutly to be wished.
The privilege of converting the
notes into 5.?,9 six per cent. gold bonds
at the end orthren years;_er r4i4tOving
payment at maturity, at the Folder's
option, is retained. •
Tise first day of the Third Series
Opened with subscription within a
fraction of five millions, and the Month
Of Juno will certainly:seo the last of
the 7.30 S out of market. How early
in Jurio we cannot predict, btit par
ties who wish to make,sure of 'a por
tion Would do well to be in time.
Full particulars may bo found in
our a&Nrtising columns.
PRESIDENT JOHNSON'S CREED.—"Trea•
son must bo made odious and Traitors
punished." "The- time has come for
us to understand that treason is a
crime, the highest of - crimes; in other
words, that all crimes aro submerged
in treason, and that he who has com
mitted treason has committed all
crimes.." - "The people must understand
that treason is the blackest of crimes
and•will be surely punished." "Public
morals and opinion should be estab
lished upon the mire and inflexible
principles of justice." "We must not
forget that what may be mercy to the
individual is cruelty to the ,Stato.",
JEFF'S LAST PEAT.—Those who ex•
petted the "stern statesman," Jeff., to
pass through on" Abe PennsylVania
road, Wore. disappointed . on finding
that ho bad arrived at Fokress
roe from Hilton Head,Wo think if he
had passed through we wet:lidhave
been disappointed, anyhow, as Jeff.
would not have been made Visible.
The last visible, feat of the notorious
individual was made at Irwinaville,
but the last fent he will perform may
be 'at Washington, when he and his
boots will be "suspended. Such feat
will be worthy of his boots. •
GRAND REVIEW.—A despatch from
Secretary-Stanton states that: a' re
view of the gallant armies assembled
around Washington .place
there to-day, (Tuesday) and to.mor
row:. This will be the' last, vast assem
blage ofourarmiesthat will occurfor thi's
war, and it is expected that immedi
ately after the review the troops will
return Mato to hoar of war no more.
Let us" be . prepared to receive our
braves.' . .
rtgt...lt is said the rebel 'Gov. - Mag.
rath, of South Crolina, 'and 'Wade
Hampton, are hokli nt Coluiripia, en
gaged in conscripting all the males
for continuation of the war.
JEFF. DAVIS MAKES A LANDING.
FORT. MONROE lIIS DESTINATION
A, H. Stephens,
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„Play, Gen,
Wheeler, and Others,in To*,
Arrangements for their Keeping
FORT MoNaoE' May 19
Jefferson Dallis; late of the so-called
Southern Confederacy, with his family
and staff offwers,'Consisting of his wile,
a small son, two? daughters, Alexander
H. Stephens; o.'o. Clay, Col; Wm. Re
gan, Gen. Wheeler and 15 or 16 other
officers, captured by Gen. Wilson's com
mand, arrived here today at twelve
o' clock, from llilton Head, S. C., on
board the stertmer•Wm. ll.. Clyde, con
voyed by - the U S. gunboat Tuscarora,
Commodore Frailey.
Col. Pritchard, of the Michigan cav
alry, who made the capture of the
important prisoners, with a strong
guard of his men, accompanied the
rebel party on the steamer Clyde north
ward to this place; and on reaching
here immediately telegraphed • to
Washington for instructions regarding
the disposal of his charge.
At this writing, - such is the strict
seereay observed, not only as to the
presence of the prisoners, but also as
to their future movements, that it is
impossible to form even an opinion
regarding the intentions of the Gov
ernment. The steamer Clyde still re
mains away out More than three miles
from here, seemingly . anchored, and
Colonel Pritchard is probably the only
one who has as yet come ashore from
her
The gunboat Tuscarora anohored in
the Read about 2 o'clock this afternoon,
but nothing can be gleaned from the
officers in relation to the party on the
Clyde. Rumors have been continually
flying about thisafternoon, to the effect
that the steamer Clyde ran in close to
the beach about 4 o'clook, P. M.., and
landed Davis and others on the beach,
about one mile from the fort, and
from there were marched into the
sally•port of the • water battery, in
order to escape the gaze of the curious.
4 P. m..—Theiiehmer Clyde has just
shipped her apehor in the Road, and
there now .
, SOOMBA:10 doubt but that
Jeff. Davis must have been landed
somewhere along the bead). No
communication whateer is allowed
with the steamer; and it is mcro than
probable that l the larger portion of the
party still: remain on board. The
officer in charge awaits instructions
from Washington:
About a week since Col. Brewer ton;
of the Eagineer Corps, received orders
by telegraph, from Major General
Barnard,. to immediately have vacated
a row of casomates inside the fort for
the accommodation of prisoners of
state. The work on the casemates,
transforming them into cells, for
which they are admirably adapted,
was at once commenced, and are so
far completed as to render entirely
futile 'any ratelnpt at escupb Or r e scue,
if such a thing as the latter be thought
of.
Who Have been Captured.
A despatch from Fortress Monroe
states the fellOWing as the names of
the illustrious prisoners brAght by
the Clyde -to Fortress Monroe: Jeff.
Davis, Mrs. Jeff: Davis, four children,
mother and sisters; Alexander 11. Ste
phens, 'who surrendered himself to our
cavalry while at hie home near Atkin
ta, and who is 'in extremely feeble
health; Clement C. Clay and wife, Gen.
Wheeler and staff, Col.. Johnston, Col.
William Reagan, the rebql PostmaAter
General; and many others of import
an* though' of lessor note:
THE MEXICAN WAR.
.
St. M
St.. Louis, a,y H.—Despatches
from Cairo say tat General Melia,
with 4,500 Liberal 'troops, appeared
before Mtitatriores'on tho 20th ultimO,
and demanded its: surrender, which
was refused.,. The, Imperialists march
ed out to moot thetn,, and a cavalry
and artillery "fight occurred . .
Blisinesstras Suspended at Mata
moros, anti the- streots• were barrica
ded iu expectation of an attack,
but all was quiet, up - to the evening of
ths 2d.
The custom-house officers - fled to
Brownsville, and the wealthy citizens
moved all their valuables to the same
place: -
Eight hundi4d troops arrived at the
Mouth of theitio'Grande - on the 2d,
and left for the interior the next day.
A report reached Bagdad on the
4th that the Liberals were in full re•
treat.
Mg - csivtlit Clasiarcatiact.
Consternation Over the Emancipa
tion Order--The Slaves to be Ooli-
- - -
ged to Work. 1 • -
Greonsboro,'May.4.—General Scho
field's order,. declaring the slaves of
this State free, created great conster
nation, as the labor of the-slaves was
wanted to put in the spring crops,
and the Awes 'Waked to work, declar
ing that theit; • former masters owed
them a living.
Major General cox, of the Twenty.
third Corps, has - relieved the anxiety
of the peopfe'by telling them that the
slaves will be obliged to. w.ork and
support themselves. .
lion. John A. Gilmer has commen
ced dividing his lands among his
slaves, furnishing them with - facilitieS
to work with. Other masters will
follow the exainple. .
General Schofield's course giVes
universal satisfaction.
Order of the War Department—Punish.
meat of Guerillas.
&general order has been issued from
the. War Department as follows:
All the forces of the enemy east of
the Mississippi river having been duly
surrendered by their proper command
lag Officers to the armies of the United
States, under an agreement of parole
and disbandment, and there being now
no authorized troops oast of the Mis
sissippi- river, it is ordered that from
and 'after the lst , day of July, 1865,
any band all persons found in arms
against the United States, who may
commit acts of hostility against it east
of the Mississippi river, will be regard
'ad _as guerillas, and. punished • with
death. Thu strict enforcement and ex
ecution of this order is especially en
joined upon the commanding officers
of. all United States forces within:the
territorial lirnifs.te iyhich it applies:
NEWS SUMMARY.
.
ke-Bazil Duke and 'several of his
Add officers have surrendered to Our
forces at Augusta.
Gev. Bro W-n, Of Georgia, was ar
:res-ted on the night of 9th inst., at his
mansion, in Milledgeville, by Capt.
Kneeland and Lieut. Bayard, and
proceeds to Washington under charge
of the latter.
Ths_lt is reported that a de
tachment of cavalry is in pursuit of
Governor Magrath, of this State ; who
Was last heard from whop about lofty,
ing Spartansburg;
InforMation has been received
at Washington ' leading to the behalf
that MaXimilian and Kirby Smith
have entered into some - understanding
with each other..
Jcr`• Governor Brown of Georgia,
arrived at Washington on the evening
of tbo 18th, and was placed in the Old
Capitol prison.
ma. Gov. Vance, of North Carolina,
arrived at Fortress Monroe from New
born,. N . : C. via Norfolk, Va., , under
guard. He is now in the fortress and
will doubtless Meet the fate destined
for prisoners on the Clyde.
Da.The Nashville Union says the
rebel Gen. Ben. Hill has. turned over
all his men, some 700, with their arms
and horses, to the United States.
The men wore paroled. "
ger Thu Sixth Army Corps, Major
General Wright, is still at; banville,
Virginia, but it is expected that the
greater part of it will shortly return
to the North, as . soon as order
,shall
have been fully restored in that vicini
ty.
. ra.,The Arago arrived at NeW
York, May , 2o, from Chaileston, S. C.
Among her passengers are fifty parole
ed prisoners including Basil Duke.
te,. The Memphis Antos has relia
ble information that the rebel General
Forrest was Wed at Parkville; Ala.,
by four of his own man, to avenge the
death of six of their comradeS i ordered
to, be shot the day before, for exulting
over the news of Johnston's surrender,
which Forrest did not believe.
/165 - According to an order of the
War Department, the Adjutant Gen.
oral has been directed to commence
mustering honorably out of service, all
general, field and staff officers who are
unemployed, or whose service is no
longer needed.
/Ca' Diepatellos: from Nashville .say
the rebel leaders Gatewood and Champ
Ferguson are committing great depre
dations on the defenceless people of
East Tennessee. Large numbers of
paroled prisoners from Leo and John
ston's army are traveling through the
country Dobbin and plundering gen
erally.
ugt., General Weitzel's Twenty-fifth
Corps, composed chiefly of colored
troeps,has been designated to form the
expedition to Texas. The command
will rendezvous at Alexandria, and
will start . from , there: as soon as the
necessary transportation can he got
ready. •
ne_The Cavalry Corps under com
mand of Major Gen. Crook, which
left Petersburg and Richmond on the
10th, arrived at their camp, on the
road from Washington to Alextindrai
on Wednesday last. The. march was
made in easy stages. The rrien:And
horses are in fine condition.
iA despatch froin Fortress MouL
roc says: The farmers are returning
to their plantations; now•that the war
is over, and are making strenuous
efforts - to produce good harvests.
Large numbers of contrabands are
being thrown out of employment by
the order of retrenchment in the Gov
ernment expenditure. Many Northern
farmers, tomptedby the liberal induce.
merits of the government, have pur r
chased tracts , of land iu this neghbor
,
hood:
The prdelamation of President
Lincoln to deserters and draft
skedadlers,• giving 'them sixty days
to return to ,heir duty,. has ; lately
brought large numbers back , with ~a
view of becoming good loyal eitiions
henceforth. The office of the'PrOVOst
Marshal at Detreit is thronged with
these men. Some. hree . hundred were
.unable to report in proper form, and
aro compelled to return to Canada.
.
na.. A. despatch of Kilpateriek's
cavalry, tinder command of a' staff of
ficer; Capt. Hayes ,'proceeded to' Bun
combo county, IV. C. and arrested
Governor Vance, at the house of his
father-in-law.. It is understood that
Vance was arrested in aceordance
with orders received froth Washing
ton, and that he will be: taken to the
last named place and tried, for trea
son.
ra_Secretary Stanton publishes a
communication from Gen. Canby, sta
ting that the pirate Stonewall left
Havana on the 11th inst., ostensibly
for Galveston, andthat our commander
on the coast had been warned of the
fact. The Stonewall is commanded
by Cap. Malt, late of the pirate Owl,
which bad arrived at Havana. from
Galvestbn on the oth inst. The Uni
ted States steamer Powhattan loft
Key West on learning of the whei•ea
bout of the Stonewall.
BTho Ralei g h Standard 1 of 11th,
says:. It is probablei,' stops will soon
be taken to call a convention :to con
struct a loyal. State Government in
North. Carolina. A letter dated .Fay
etteville, says: An agent was ap
pointed by the Major of that place to
welcome homo and procure food' for
tho inhabitants. The result . was that
25,000 or 30,000 rations were at once
forwarded, and though the secesh
swore they would not `oat anything
from the Yankees, thOy were the very
first to rush in with bags and bus:
kots. Government' horses and mules
are also furnished the formers to work
with,
Iler The pirate Stonewall,it appears,
left Tcncriffe on April Ist, arrived at
Bermuda on the 26th, and thence -pro
ceeded to Nassau, but was unable to
go over the bar, owing to her drawing
over 16 feet of water, and then occu
pied three days in the passage to Ha
vana. She was not saluted at Havana,
but the Spanish General Don Marina,
under pretence of showing the pirate
to his daughter, paid a visit to the
Stonewall. Ono of the Captain Gen
erals aids, and several Government
officers also visited the pirate. The
United States Consul at Havana re
porta that the ram Stonewall left that
port on the 11th inst., ostensibly, for
Galveston.
THE FREEMEN OF N. CAROLINA,
A Petition front Them to the President.—
"Those Good EnougVto fight, Good
Enough k jrote.7 _
NEWBERN, May 10.
• For the purpose . of encouraging
emigration to the South. and restor
ing the lost dignity to labor, which
has been the chief obstacle in the way,
and for other reasons, the following
important-petition is being extensive
ly circulated in this State:
To 1 . 71 s
.. .Excellen Andrew cy, Anew Johnson,
President of the• United States:
We, the undersigned, your petition
ers, are colored men of the State of
North Carolina, of the . ago of twen'ty- .
one years and upwards; and,we hum- .
bly come to you with.our request, and
yet in great Confidence, bocausayOu
are occupying a place recnetly filled
by-n. man who: had provocl!7himself
indeed our friend;,and . it must, be that
some of his . great and good spiritlinL
gers to bleSs his successor; and then
we nre•assured that yen are a man
who gives kind attention to all peti 7
tions, never, turns a deaf ear .to
ono because he, may be in poor or hum
ble circumstances. In many respectis
we aro poor, and greatly . , despised . by
our felloW-Men; but we are rich in the
possession' of the liberty brought us,
and our wives and our little, - ones,
by your noble predecessor, secured to
us by the armies of the' United States,
and promised to be permanent by
that victorious flag which now flies
in triumph in every State of the Un
ion. ,
We accept this great boon of freedOifn .
with truly thankful hearts, and shall
try by our lives to prove our worthi
ness.
We always loved ,the old.flag, and.
we have stood by it, and- tried to help
those who upheld it throu'gh this
rebellion; and now that it has brought
us liberty we love it more than over;
and in all fatifro time. wo and our sons
will be ready to defend it by our blood,
and we may be permitted to say that
such blood as that Shed at`Fort Wag
ner and Port Hudson is not altogether
unworthy of such a service. •
Some of us.aro are. and have
had the privilege of. fighting for pur .
country in this war. Since we have
.become freemen, and been permitted
the honor of being sOldiers, we begin
to feel that we are men, and - are anx
ious to show our countrymen that we .
can and will fit ourselves for the cred
itable discharge of the duties of
zenship; We want the privilege of
voting. It seems to us that men who
are willing on the field of, danger, te:.
carry tho_inusket of Republics, in the
Mays of peace ought to be .permitted
to carry its ballots; and certainly we
cannot understand the justice of deny
ing the elective franchise to men who
have been fighting for the country
while it is freely
given to men who
have just returned froth four years
fighting against it. As you were once
citiz.ou of North Carolina, we ; need
not remind you that up to,the year. of
1855, free colored men voted in the
State, and never, as No have board;
with any detriment to its inter - ests.
What we desire is, that preliminary to
elections in the returning States -3-eu,
would order the enrolment of alt joy-
al men Without regard to, color - . But
the whole question we humbly submit
to your better judgment, and we sub- 1
mit it in full- belief in your ,partial in
tegrity-, and in the fond : hope that . the
mantle of our murdered .friend anti
father may have fallons.upon your.
shoulders.
May God bless and over proteet you
and our .beloved country, fronrall as!
sassins, shall be the constant prayer
of,yOnr faithful friends and EL - ample pe
titioners. " '
Russian Condolence.
WASHINGTON, May I.9.—De Stdockl,
the Russian Minister hero, recently
read to, the President the eloquent in
structions ofPrince Gortchakow, the
Minister of poreign: Affairs at 'St. Pe
tersburg, of which the .subjoined 'is
tranSlatioU
"Pt PiTERSI3UII6, April 16, 1865.
Stu':--The telegraph has brought us
the news of the double crime by which
the President of the: nited States:ms
fallen a_victim, and Mr. Seward. barely
escaped. ; The blow which has struck
Mr. Lincoln at the very moment when
hesoemed about - to harvest the fruits
of his energy: and perseverance, has
been deeply felt in Russia. Because of
the absence of the Emperor, I em not
in a pOsition to receive and transmit to
yoit the expression of the sentiments of
Ilis . lrivertal Majesty. Being acquain
ted, nevertheless, with those which our
august Master entertains towards the
United States of . America; it is easy
fur me to realize in advance the im
pression which the .news of this odious
crime will cause His imperial Majesty
to experience. I have hastened to tes
tify to. Gen. Clay the earnest and cor
dial sympathy of the'lmperial Cabinet
with the Federal Government. Please
to express this in the Warmest terms to
President Johnson, adding thereunto
our most sincere wishes that this new
and grievous trial may not impede the
onward - march of the American people
toward the re-establishment. of -.the
Union and of that concord. which are
the. sources of its power and of its
prosperity.
"Receive', sir, the assurance of my
very distinguished consideration.
"GottroneKow. •
"To His Excellency M. Stoocki."
te—A. correspondent of the New
York Tribune gives the whole number
of officers and men of the rebel John
ston's army that were paroled. at 29,
924. Tno number of Johnston's ar
my at the time hostilities were termi
nated, on the 17th and 18th" of April,
is ()etiolated by Gen. ITarteuff at 50,
000 men 'of all arms. -*-The delay -in
concluding negotiations produced the
belief that the war would be renewed,
and a large niimber availed thonnielves
of the interlude to make good'
escape. ' • : •
0gA,..1t is said that Maj. Gen. Sheri
dan has boon assigned to the com
mand of all the forces west of the
Mississippi, and soon after the review
of out...forces in Washington he will
be sent there to wipe out Kirby Smith
(cold. Pens & Pencils,
The .best .assortment of the hand
somest and beat skyles l for sale,
Lewis'l3ook Store. "
NEW ADVERTISEK,NTt.
E. S. 7-30 LOR
11033C.1E;3FILMIt amnn.t36l4,
$230 000 000,
ISY authority of the Secretaty of the 'l`roaauty, the US.
dorstiood,tho General Subscription AiSlit !Si' the . Sate ot'•
united States geserttles,,ofters tcr'the Tobllc.the• third
series 44 Treasury Notes, beating B . ovon ntid threo-tentba
percent. intereet per annum, hewn na the
'7.80 XAC:SALMW.
Those notes are Issued under:data of July 15, 180$, and
• .
are payablethrep yoare from that date 14 curreacy,.orere•
eenvertlble . at• the option of the holder lntu
SIX PER CENT GOLD=
BE4iIING .pON,DE.
These Bonds are now Worth a handsiUna' mundane, and
are exempt, as are alVthe Government Bonds, from. Matt,
ebuntgi-unti:;,ltunierpar kmirtion,, sckiela ailds
three per cent. per annum to their ratite, accord'inigtethc:
rate !eried upon other property,' 'TIT 4.tfreatts psylelo•
aeml-annually by coupon(' attachadto each note, which'
may to cutoff and sOldli) an'p , Bata d franker...'
The interest at 130 , per cent; amouhts
One cent per day 'on a' $5O 'note:
Two cents " slooi
Ten ‘' " 8500'
20 " "‘ $lO6O
Sl " " " 65000 "
Notes atoll tin denominations named will berroMptly
furnished upon recolPi of subiOriptions. ' •
Tho Notee of tho Third iorlea are - prectsoly elmlfor in
form and privileges — to tho Boven-Tblrties already oold r
. .
except that the floiernrinent reeerrei to itnelf . .the Option.
of paying Interest In . 'gold coin at 6 per rent.i'inetead of
7 3 10ths currency. - Subieribere nlli dedtict the interest
in currency up to July - 16th,: at the Sinn.' whine they aub•,
scribe.
Tho dellrory of the notes of this third series of the
Soven•lllyties wilt commence on the let ofJuno, anfl will
•
be made promptly Enid contlutiously.
Tho alight ahange nude in thocomptionsof th!a TIIIAD
SERIES affects only tlio matter of interpat. The pay
. _. .
mout in gold, if made, will l o equivalOut to the carrancr
, interest of thehigherinte
Tho return to eitecio iiyMatits; tn - the`epeut of nrkiCts,
only will the option to nay intereat In Gold bo a - Tailed of,.
.would so reduce and equalize prices that Purchaera . mad*
with six per cent.in iold,weuld ho fully* equal to those
made with 'emu and throwtonthis per cant. in currency.
OE
TEE ONLY LOAN-'IN PAARICET
Now offered by Government, and, ite Impeder ndron
tagos make ittho
Great Popular Loan"of the People
Ltma than $20,000,000 of the Dian - anthot4ze4 by 'pup
loot Cong-ress are now cori ltis market. Thii . amount, At
tha rate at which it : Ls tidniahrorbed, will allba sathcrib
ed for within sizty days, when the notes wilt nndonbt
edly commend e . premlum; as has uniteresty heeii the ease
on closing the eubscrlptious' to othei . Loans:
In ordor that citizens of every town and section of the•
country may be afforded facilities - for takiiii the loin
the National Banks, State Bank, and Private Bankere,
throughout the country, baud gonerallY ogreeil to receive
subscriptions at par. Snliscribers.wilt eoloct their own
. .
ogonto t In whonithoy Lava mnfldonco, owl whir only two
to be responsible for the delivery of the mites Per which
they/receive orders.
• TAY Cocixo; ,
SUBSCRIPTIM AoiNT,.Phitade:6oitt
Setbseriptions will bwrecolved by tb.
First National Bank of Iluntingdon.
First National Bank of Hollidaysburg
First _National Bank of Altoona. • -
First National Bank of Bellefonte.
First National Bank of liarrisbnrg.
my 24,1865
PIANOS & MELODIANS FOR. SALE
NO' CABINET ORGANS.
Not a EBlaolei AL/gel:it.
pROFEBSOR HUGH, COYLE of- .
fors for dale the'celebrated PIANOS
of STECK & CO, r;err York, which he con
eidere cannot be surpassed in touch or tons- I ' c -
bility by any instrument.fu. the market. -
Notwithetauding Steinway .4 Co's. Mitts:meats - aro
cOnsiderod superior. by certain agents, the Professor can
only pronounce them good, for thereli ara urictirtaifitY in
the tone which he will not regmmeud. , , As Steck to the
only manufacturer 'that - rives a PRINTED Ovesakiid (Sr.
the durability of his "
instrumont,A_ltave . healtatie r f
recommending the earn*.
Prof. Coyle in ajudge, from the, fact that be has.fied
.twenty yeah experience in teaching riuisic,irhich of itself
qualities him to recommend anylustramenti,but Stecles
in particular.
The community eau stss`their,discretiou in ptarchnaleg
ntatrvmonts,' but Profetsoi Coyle feel. himself njudge,
tut notwithstanding, ell • :fictitious - advertisements;
he
ould recommend Steck to Co's. in prefeinfiCa to all °tit-
Ilutitingdon,.Mey 24,1885-3 m ,
fpAs QUARTERS . :
NEW coops. - '
D. P. CWIN' .. .
LNFORMS THE PUBLIC'
THAT HE HAS
JUST OPENED
A , .
SPLENDID STOCK of NEW GOODS
THAT •
.. . •
. .
CAN'T BE BEAT
CHEAPNESS - AND QUALITY.
COME - AND spit.
D. P. civvr6r,. -
M. 23, 415. • • -
'NET CLOTHING •
- AT. LOW. PRIOR&
• *M. CUTMAN:--:-:.
lIAS,JUST OPENED. At FINS STOCK 27g7
SPRING AND SUMMER, ; OODS,,
Which ho. offers to all who :want' to lio
CMOTHED • -
AT PRICES TO SUIT THE TIDIES.:
• Mb Steck coallehi of headY-Mads dolling for
MEN AND `BOYS
A!" •
BOONS-AND smolgsoiale AND GAPS; SO., Sp..
Should gentlemen desire any particular kind or cuter
clothing not fonnd in the . atocla on hand, by leaving their
measure thoy can he afanntriodittod at abort notice.
Call at the oast Comer of the Diamond, over Lento
reharcrAL OntrAN. :
.aunitheml, WT. ir ' 4 ' 7 5 4 r . • •- -1 -
40. vA.T,
9 - 11 10 name of this fii•rivhaq bebnehving,
- ell from Saft•P & ititOWN, •
~. ; f
SCOTT, .BROWN & BAILEY, ,
ant,ler whlph wane they will hereafter conduct their
.ATTORNEYS AT AA% I.I7.7NTRAWDON;
l'El4S10118; and all claims oigoldloraind
against the GOVeynyneßt, will be promptly prosecatpll t
,Ray 17 k 1866-tf,' ' •
IMIEEM3