4C«tfA«a AMERICAN VOLUNTEER. OHNB. BRATTON, Bailor & Piopflttorr- CARLISLE, PA., MARCH 30, 1865, April Settlements. —The first of ‘April, ’Which is general pay day with our country soon bo hero. While making their other payments, ire hope they will not forgot to pay the printer.. Although many of our subscribers.have settled up since the first of January, thorp is a large number yet in arrears, upon whom we must ..depond for meetingbur own'engagements this Spring.— foe mast-paycash now, at the highest prices, for everything, and cannot get along in busi ness unless our receipts aro cash. There is a largo amount upon our books, all of which might as well bo paid in oii'sh, as to stand unpaid for six mouths to a year, as is too of ten tho'oaso. Town'Council.— Tho new Town Council met apd organized on the Slat inst. J. W. D. Gtllelen, Esq., was elected ,President, end Jameb.M. MaBoNHßiuer Secretary. The following appointments were then made for the ensuing-year: Borough Treasurer —David .Common. .Sigh Constable —Emanuel Swartz. 1 Clerk'of Market —A. S. Dyne. - Collector of Borough and Bounty Tastes — Andrew Kerr. Lamplights f and Night Policeman for East Ward —A. F.Meok, . Lamplighter, tic., jor West Ward —Levi Albert.- - . Street .Comitiissioner— Patrick Madden. Street Regulators —Geo. S. Beetem, Jesse D. Bhinehaft, John Heck, These are judicious appointments, and we hope that hereafter we shall have no negli-' genoo on the part of our Borough For the last couple peats our town affairs ’have been most shamefully neglected, and- Borough ordinances utterly disregarded. Wo Jiope, now that the Democrats are in power, to see a change for the better. If Borough offi cers fail to do their duty, they should at once be dismissed, and others appointed in their places. ; . Death or a Veteran. —Major George Mi chael Sanno, one of oar oldest and most re . spected citizens, departed this life on Mon ■ day, the 20th inst, at Bis residence, in this , -borough; in the 89 th year of his age. ’ his country gallantly in the last war with Great Britain, he being a member'of Capt. Hekdel’s oorfipany. Du ring his term of service he won for himself the approbation and esteem of his officers and fellow-soldiers, among whom he was always regarded as .a.gollant soldier, an honest man and a 5 faithful friend. For his services in that war, thelate Gen. Jessup, under whose immediate command he was, and who knew him well and esteemed him much, promoted i him to the responsiblo station of keeper of the . Carlisle Barracks,’a position ho retained for ' topre than twenty-five years. Through life, : he was universally respected as a good .oiti ' Zeh, an upright man, and a sincere friend,— ' ” Farewell; honest soldier,” , r On Friday last, his remains were consigned to their final resting place, with appropriate military and mhsonic honors., A large con course of citizens also attended t his body to the grave, who, knowing him in life, mourn him in death. ■- O’ The ■ Abolitionists' of Meohanicsburg elected-their Borough ticket oh the 17th inst., by less ■ than their usual majority. Our neighbors of the Herald thus cackloover this little circumstance.-, • ‘ " “ Meohanicsburg ’ stands firm and, true : to the faith, and the election furnishes ’ ing illustration of ’.the fact, that ■wherever a community can bo found in which like that bf Meohanicsburg, a high moral toco: per vades the people; the places of dericing energy, enterprise and thrift; the political sentiment wilLbe found to.be unmis . tfljkahly on tho side of freedom and good gov ernment, The gin-mill is made to stand aside fob the school-house, and the gambling house: makes wayyfor the National Banjt.— Oh l that we h*®more such towns in Cum berland county.” That’s very complimentary to Mechanics burg, but is rather a hard dig at our own town,' Carlisle, where the Democrats wore successful, According to the Herald’a rea soning, our people lack “ moral tone; energy, enterprise and thrift;” wedhsve ho school houses, no national Bank here, but plenty of gin-mills and gambling, hells. • And.-worse than all, we are (so the Herald concludes,) hostile to “ freedom and good government." Really, we never supposed our people and,' our town were quite as bad as da hero r.epre , sen ted. If we have any philanthropists- $ Our midst we hope they will,go to work and rescue our people from impending ruin, and, as fa* as possible, lift them up to-the stand ard: of excellence possessed by our neighbors .Of MPPhanioehurg—to the high and lofty at , titudo attiinCd by the men of that town who dared to'- groan, and hiss, and insult one Of the purest and most eminent statesmen of America, and Governor of the largest State in the Union, Gov. Seymour. ■ .Lot some “ high ■ moral toned” Abolitionist attend to this at once,, and. by way of assisting him in his arduous undertaking, we would suggest that the speech delivered by Vice President Johnson on itbe day of his inauguration,and the polite and. moral sayings of ” Governor” . Brownlow, of Tennessee; be extensively read and circulated. The “ high moral tone” that pervades these, productions inoy possibly in duce our people to favor freedom—tc ouffy.' #®* Tho New York' tribune publishes the following; Among mercantile houses there is a grow ling complaint of want of customers. In the* ~ retail trade the stagnation's yery apparent, Vpottß.uiaars are acting upon the theory that price* wllLhe much. lower at an early day, und buy ..in, the smallest way. ‘‘‘There,is ho doubt , that,,such will be. the policy of consumers everywhere, until prices decline to "a Standard equivalent to. tho price - of gold.' ' • ,; v Arp IDIOT SOLDIER BOY SHOT! In tho Army of the Pofcojnao there ’is a atookad<*of logs, twenty feothigh, and sharp ened at the “-fedll Pen/' uj-wbloh'capturod deserters are fcou fined:hof(sre execution. In it there are abbilt siity w*&6hed inen, dwaifcing their Henry Ciay Trumbull,' Chaplain of the Con necticut 10th, thus'writes pjf A VERT SAD CASE. But the saddest case was the latest. A boy not yet sixteen, born and brought up.in the upper part of New York city, was mot in tho street by a hellish broker, and enticed away to Connecticut to be sold as & substi tute. He wps far from being a bright boy, seemingly not full witted, but bis childish ways were touchingly attractive. Ho said —and probably .with until the broker fed him off be had never passed a night away from his parents, Like a tired homesick school boy determined to play tru ant, he started to run home. Being arrest ed, he again slipped off; but was once more caught, as he exercised no shrewdness In his flight. Being tried and sentenced to death, he was put into the condemned bell in ’the evening to.be shot the following mdrning.- His boyish grief when told ho was to die was heart-rending. . - • unaffected naturalness he sobbed out bis lament over his own hard lot, and for the dear ones at home. “ Mo, so: young, tu go outside the breastworks and see the coffin and grave there; and then be shotl I don't want to be killed. Wont the general parole me ?” Onbeingassured that his execution was a certainty, ho urged the chaplain not to-let his friends know how he died, “for they'd feel so bad about it,” ho said. “I suppose' it would kill my father” (for some reason his father seemed closer to his heart than his mother,) “ I suppose it would kill 'em all.— They'd be thinking of it ut Boat toll 'em about it.'* Once convinced-that it was too late to ob tain a lopriovo—no .official short of -the de partment commander having tho power to grant it, and there being no time to obtain it , from him, and having cried his cry out—ho . quieted like a weary child, and listened to all tho chaplain could say to aid in prepar- ; ing him for tho eternal future. Kneeling m tho soaked, swampy ground, under theldrip- , ping roofiof that gloomy cabin, ih the dark and stormy night, he, folded - ■■his fettered hands, and meekly said his little evening prayer, and committed himself in seeming c confidence to his Heavenly Father's care.— , Ho could not read, but ho had been taught , in one of the blessed mission schools of New York, and seemed to have-a simple, child like-faith in God. Probably he had not been j addicted to vicious habits. Ho said, when ; asked about tho way ho-spent his evenings, , that ho a “ always worked in the factory day times, and when evening came was tired, and went to bed early.”- 1 His father-and mother 1 prayed with him, and tauglit-him todb right. “If your life should bo spared,’’ asked the chaplain, “would you love God and try to serve, him ?” “ Why, , yes,” ho answered, “ I always did love Him,” as though', in his child-like trust, he hod -no cause of enmity with the Father to whom-he hadjbeeg drawn in grateful confidence,; After his first hard Cry tho thought of death did not seem to cc ■ ■ copy him. . • . He was too much of a child to fully real-' izb it.’, Just before ho wontout to bo shot he] turned to the chaplain and asked, 1 as in boy - ish curiosity,lf I, die to-day t will my soul go right to - heaven to-day ?” Arriving at the field of execution ho was not at all dis turbed by the terrific preparations. He walked up to the open grave and looked in quiringly into it without a shudder, and then he turned to geze at the firing party as though :bo saw only kindhearted comrades there. . Ha kneeled again to pray as calmly as if he wero-to lie, .down iu hip own -little crib at home. . Just as Bis arms-were_ being bound a bird flew by, and he twisted his head around to follow With his gaze the bird in its flight as though he iheuld like; to chase it; then he looked back again at the brightmus kets with soft- and steady eye ,as before.—■ . “rLet mo kueeloh the ground: and rest-on the coffin,V he said, as. they fixed him in po sition.No, kneel oni;tha coffin,’.’was the order. Bo kneeling there he settled ihimsolt down'-into’ A weary,:-crouching. posture as , .though -he. were to wait’ thus a long.and tire-j some time. He ; had'hardly taken this 1 place before Be fell back dead, with-every bullet 1 of the j’dijjpg. platoon directly through his chest—three through his heart; He; uttered never a.groan nor didhis'frame quiver. _ I Even such boys as that are'hero shot if they desert. But are they guilty above those who send them here? ■ ■- H. C. T. ; Can' any one read’the: aboyo shrieking mar-: rative without tears'in'his eyes? God or our fathera, what arc we coming to ? . A poor little “ not full-witted” boy—perhaps an idi ot—dm ere -helpless Child—who had been en ticed; and soM into tho.afiriy to some Burly! brute, attempts to run home Jurhis parents,: and for this his young quivering .heart is. blown info atoms, and his soul seat to Eter-: hity! This simple child had-no mom idea' of responsibility than a sucking babe. Ho was half-witted, and had never: in his short: life passed a single night away from his pa rents. Ho-wanted to go home, and "like a ■tired homesick Sohool-boy, determined to play 1 truant.”- For' this the tender body of the idiot boy was-trirn *to'pieces by the bullets from a dozeri muskets 1 : . . Is it possible that military law requires ah hot like this ? ‘.'We are .aware that a soldier who deserts, violates military discipline, and makes himself amenable to the law which de-j dares desertion death.; But then, justice and! humanity should govern in all caries—both' before oivil"and military, courts; and,vve think ■ the facts above recited,, would have justified the military court: that fried the idi- pt'Boy, in’ acquitting himlv It should have declared him guilty of ‘desertion, but nenepm posmeniie, and therefore not responsible. A finding like this would have been right; and even “ loyal,” in the sight of a just God arid the people. ;• ' ‘This-little boy, like thousands of others of the same age and mental caliber, had, been seduced from his home and his parents by one of those devils:incarnate,, a substitute broker.’' By false promises and the ezhibi tion*of greenbacks, he was enticed into Con necticut, 1 and 'there bold as i Nocoubt this idiot .boy, after he - bad been sold, was robbed of his money; add no doubt he was to tako'the' place and stand in the shoes of some intensely “loyal”: Connecticut Abolitionist,,who was subject to draft.’ Ah, burly: Abolitipff brawler, had voted for Lincoln; andsduring’the last Presidential contest had made himself hoarse in shouting for war, and far “the last man and the last dollar.", But when the ; draft i.came, he bought the idiot boy to take his plaoei and he remained, at home, no fill pon. tracts for the Government and fo, shout for Lincoln and freo negroos; It.thofo is such a thing as spirits, wo,hope .tho ghost of the departed idiot boy, whose blohdy body now “ lies mouldering in .the grave," may haunt himpnd the wre&li'wha* o^ him'/fo,the’Jast hour of their exiatence. . : In view of tho sad fate of tbO soldier idiot boy, would’U’not bo well forsoiuo New Eng-' land fanatic—some puritanical xealot—to wnto a book, making the showing of this oiiUd’thetheme? Mrs. Stowe,the writer of *‘Tem’a Cabin,” could '/spread, herself” 6n ii- aul jiot Uko this. Let heir think of the matter,! and her yearning heart wiljf in duce her -to. pick up pea 'and scratch down “ words that,burn.” ■** Undo Tom” and “ Topsey” wore her boros in her former book of lies ; now let her make the idiot sol dier boy her hero, find "let his last words on earth be her text. “ Lot me kneel on the ground and rest on the coffin," was his, last request, his last words j hut even that request was answered by a gruff “ no I” by the officer , who commanded • the shooting party. Lot Mrs. Stowe, we say, ponder'theso things, and write a book. Ip’her “Tom’s'tiabin” sho makes frequent reference to the slave pens and the blocks used by tho slave 1 auctioneer. Let her now give us n, chapter or. two op the pens ef Connecticut, inhere ; white ,boya— mere children—are huddled together, prepar atory to being sold to the army, that “ loy rl’^‘Abolitionists may escape the draft. ’ If sensitive old maids and crack-brained fools shed tears over the devilish lies contained in “ Tofu’s Cabin,’* they will certainly again be melted, should ,the angelic Mrs. Stowe write a work" on the Idiot Soldier Bov. ANOTHER HEAVY DEFALCATION. Mi!> John M. Bilev, the oolleotor of Inter nal Bevenue for the 4th District, Philadel phia,is a defaulter, it seems, to the amount l of four -hundred thousand .dollars ! John' is n very “ loyal” young man—ip a member of the oity “ Loyal League, ’’ and of oourse took -the loath that all leaguers take; and that oath is this—" I do swear to keep, everything sicrcl relative to frauds on 'the Government.” This, wo repeat, is tho V Loyal League”oath, and, ns was proved in court, recently, is ta ken by every man who joins that villainous organization. The defalcation of .BiLET-is. but onepf thousands, of the same magnitude. At no time since the format! >n of the Gov ernment has official corruption been carried on so extensively, or hayo our .public treasu ries been .robbed with such a high hand.— While tho eyes of the people have been turn ed towards tho scones of battle, and their nerves agitated by blood and desolation, and general, oarnange, homo plunderers, .who have been conspicuous in- their declarations of “loyalty,” and in their, threats against the peace and odtplorl and safety of the rebels, have, at the same time been engaged in perfect ing their schemes for plunder, and in weaken ing the efficiency of the army, l)y extracting the necessary material for carrying on the war so ardently advocated, plover belore on this , continent has oorruptj|p been’ so, general, as has been brought to since the first in ] auguration ,df AbrahamXiNCOLN. ; Sincahis ; election, ofime has .held its jubilee. From the highest to the lowest officer, with but few bxooptiphs, charges of’corruption can he ful ly substaniiated, -and. yet, while they .are found connected with de’eds-of the blackest infamy; we find their journals smoothing over tho charges; apologizing for the same, and vainly endeaypring. to shield the actors,, in. Jbe disgraceful scenes, from censure and public scorn. Bobbery and’plunder' appear fo have full countenance not only in the field, where our. brave men are pouring out their life’s blood, but in the - various depart ments of ouf Nali mnl and State Governments. Defalcation's pf the most enormous character are frequently brought to light, butiwe look , in vain to the parity newspapers of the day, for censure; ■ Blit, on the other hand; wWfte-' : quentjyj find these papers engaged lit defend ing . the, individuals in their, infamy, as it | -might injure “ the fiarty”-should their deeds' be fully’ ventilated foy'tho benefitpf the pub ! Tic eyei; We admit,thaf any Administration is liable to be .imposediupon by dishonest •men, and have thrust upon it public servants whose character will become tarnished by the inducement ofgold.! •'With all due allow aiioo for such oases, can wo justify such gen era) corruption as is-now found in high pla nes? ! Look at .the/highesf heads of our : .Na- tional Departments?" Cast'an eye over/lhe: reports of those, who,have examined into the affairs of persons who. have ~been .entrusted with furnishing l bur armies with supplies.— Examine the record of disbursements of mon- ies'contributed by the people iq aid of.the Sanitary Fund. ,'.Opeh the doors of kho’ vari ous Custom Houses of our land; and in many oases the■ stench that-* will, arise therefrom will ovoroonfo entirely the fine sensibilities of the man of.honqr. Ydolleotprs in , various departments, may join in the general jubilee of corrupt officials and squander the funds Which 'Belong; to "loyal”.,press will cbnjo.-to the rescue, and proclaim- them'! :good and 1 faithful servants, Voll'worthy of the full' confidence of Unolo: AbbahamT Yet, in’the fade of all-this,‘We fim) some of . the blapkejsl-teaflljd scoundrels to be. found running at largo—men who have been employed to do the dirty work'of “ the party”—placed in " high' positions such' tts should certainly be fillo'd' With men of. Bon,bp and where integrity ; is ~one: of. the :greatest importance. l Is this not- shameful:? ■■ 'Are not the American people openly insulted?— llaye not all the laws of God and man! been put atdefianco ? Has not loyalty and robbe ry gone hand in hand?j/Itisenough to make ope blush who has at least at heart the com- mon interests of 1 liisopujafry. . Point put ibese^ imperfections' in tho,, management of oar pablio:.affairs—hold .responsible those who have been entrusted-with the adminis tratibn of the affaire 6f our you are palled a traitor 1 A thousand, yes ten thousand tongues.can prdolaim us, trai tor, bpt we would rather spend'out ing days an bhinble member of thb minbrity, than ride in .the gilded ohario.t’dfawh by in-* fern’al imps, fot although treasures, may Sparkle in the highway, the destination will soon be the gates of eternal infamy. ■V. ’, , « . - 1: ~ 1 -'' ■', ~ ' PifcTa;— Wo find the follojvihgflqating pound: s.-l If, before the war, it had been curtain that all who’ might; favor the war,;would have been compelled toshoulder the musket, there Wdiiild'have been no war.' P-,:. ’ ■ If now, all who areinfavor m a “ vigorous prosecution of,the war," were to be compell ed to join l in the ranks,-the war would come to a spoedy end. ; ~! ■ v . —Jf no money could bo made o'iit of the it would stop very suddenly. : ■: >u r„—•. ■ • —, ———. Markotipricepf gold,’ $154. , . DAVIS’ BPECM MBSSAB&: v ■■'Climr Davis haifreoently tent aepfto&l sagpof considerable imporlance.to.theßeb ol Congress, iq whioh hb states Somefabta qoij heretofore known to the public. Ha frankly acknowledge that the Confederate States axe surrounded by perils and that Eiohmondi* in greater danger than at any previous time, lie appeals* to Congress to adopt measures to •fill up the ranks of their armies and to im prove their, currency, which has become al most worthless for tho purchase of supplies. The thing chiefly Insisted on by the rebel President, is tbe-imposslbility of obtaining, from our government any terms of peace which tho SoutUpan honorably ln; this connection ho says that during tho con ference between and the South ern commissioners, the latter, proposed that the adjustment bf-'bnpAiffloultios. should be loft tb a Rlilitar/ponvhntioO.' W.hat pbcurr- o ed,,ih : reference to this; proposition can be ■ best told in , Mr. Davis’, own : language. — Here is what he says: ■ 1 It has become certain beyond .oil doubt or question that wo must continue this stnig glo. tO a successful issue or must make abject and unconditional submission to such terms as it shall please the obnqubror to impose upon us after our surrbndSrr. If q possible doubt could exist after the conference be tween bur commissioners' and Mr. Lincoln, ns recently reported tb yob, it-would he dis pelled by a recent occurrence, of which, it is proper that you should be informed. : Congress will remember that in tho,con ference above referred to, our commissioners were informed that the government of tho United States wbuld.not enter into any agree-’ ment or .treaty whatever with the Confoder ato Stales,’her \vith any single’_ state; and thq only possible mode of obtaining peace was by laying downburarmsi disbanding pur forces .and yielding unoonditionnl obedi ence to the laws’of tho United State*, inolud ing those passed for the confiscation of bur property, and the, constitutional amendment for the abolition of lt will further , be remembered, that Mr. Lincoln declared that the only terms bn which hoatilities could cease were those stated in his message of,De cember last, in’which we were informed that iu the event of onr penitent submission ho w.ouldtemper justice with meroy, and that the question wh'ether we would be governed as dependent territories or permitted to have , a representation in their Congress was ope on which be oould promise nothing, hut which would■ de" decided by their Congress! after our submission had .been accepted. , It has not,-however, been hitherto stated to you. that in the course of the conference fit Fortress' Moqros a suggestion .was made by, one of our obminissioners that the objection entertained by.JMtr. Lincoln to treating with, the' government' of the bonfederboy’ or .with any sbpdtato state might he'a’ypided by sub-, stituting for the usual mode of negotiating' through commissioners or other diplomatic agents the ibothod sometimes employed of a military convention, to be entefed.into by the commanding generals of the, two belligerents.; This, hp admitted, was a power pbsessed by! ,him,'though it was’ not thought oonimonaa rate with all thequpstiohs jnvolyed., As ho 'did not accept the suggestion when made.he’ was afterwards requostod to Consider his oop- : elusion upon the subject of the suspensiop bf hostilities, which hV agreed ;tb do, but‘said that he hadmatufely considered of the plan, l and had determined that it boUld hot be done. Subsequently, however, an intorviow with; General Longstreot was asked for-by General Ord, commanding the enemy’s. Army of the James, during which General Longstreot was informed by him that there was a possibility of their arriving at a satisfactory adjustment of the present unhappy difficulties by means of a military, convention, aud that if General Leo desired an interview on the subject it would not he declined, provided General Lee had authority: to nob This communication was, supposed to be the Consequence ottho; suggestion above referred to, and General Lee, according to instructions, wrote to Gen eral Grant on ,the 2d of this month propo’s-, ing to meet hito for conference, on the .sub ject, and statingithat he was vested .with the requisite authority. General Grant’s-reply' stated that be bad no authority to. accede to: the proposed conference ; that ox tenped only to making a convention on Sub-: jeots purely of a military character, and. that General Ord could only have meant that an i interview woufld not be refused on any.aub- Jeot ;OH whiohj he. (General Grant) had the right to not.;-'.v..i ; It thus appears that neither with the con federate authorities of any state, nor through the commanding, generals, will the govern ment of the Cpited States treat or make any .termsi .'or agreement whatever for .the cessa tion of hostilities. There remains then, for us no choice but to continue this contest to a'final issue ; fon the people of the . confed eracy can be > butlittje known 10.-him who supposes it possible, they-would over .consent Jto.purohase-, at the oost of degradation and slavery, permission to live'in a country gar risoned by their own negroes, and gov erned by officers sent by the conqueror,to rule over thorn,- vy! I If the etatoment made by, Mr. Davis is true, (and we have no reason todoubtit,): the rosponsibility ; for all the blood hereafter- 1 Shed will rest upon President Lincoln.—, There can be no solid reason given why the mode of negotiating, pointed ont by the- Pebel pommissioiiera should nothave been l accepted. Wo, believe , that ; this infamous war'conld be brought to an end and an boh prahle"peace obtained in thred monthsi'jf Jjindpin and’ his -advisors posssssed one Spark, of. patriotism or. the ability to comprehend the real situation of affairs and the wisdom properly to use the power ,ih their bands.— : Ji. proffer.qf liberal ioyms’of peace' would b'ei accepted-by the Southern people,' at (this time.' Bat this miserable[ .fanatical crew who have' unfdi-tuhately beoh’placed at the head ef our .public affairs, ore too intent 6ii tlie gratifioa- tion of their hellish ■ passions, too busy go'rp-i ingithemselves vvUfa government plunder, too full of the'etornal nigger, too shallow-pated to flo .■wjfiut is right, arid" we can expect rid good, generous, national aotionat their hands'. Oil 1 for a:-Jefferson or a', Jackson ;in .this hour 1 of ’ourcountry’a trials! Whatopity that the Olay’s arid Webster’s arc all dead. ■ 7 -Tu E ■' SaFETV' OFRaI LUO AD Tb AVEELEIis.— ► Both branches of the Sfdte iLogislatrire'haye passed an" pot. declaring Ibat'if any;employee of ; a railroad, company shall violate, any rule of such company, and injury ,orl lose of life, shall thereby result, Uhe ! ,offender shall be iriiiriodiatoiy arrostad' by th'e'prbbeoilping af jtorney of tbs city or county where the arici dent.happ'ens,and; if found guilty, shall be conyiotcd'.Of, misdemeanor,, and punished at the discretion of tbe conri with imprisonment: in the ;Stato/penitentiary. for five years apda fine of (5,000) five thousand dollars. In; nd-> dition to this criminal 'prosecution, 'tbe pffon-* dor grid the railroad‘rioinpany'shall be' alike liable for civil damages., , ‘ The Leqiblatuhe. adjourned’ tine I 'die op Friday last. ! Iri the Senate, just previoue to the adjournipepit, JJpn. David Foihino, bf-JDauphip,,was'eieotpd Speaker,: . , , I , WEmtOfiS iT TOE ItiAMDBiITION. < One marked feature of Inauguiation day pt was the multitudepf negroes ovartywherp present. They came fully, im pressed with tho truth of Abolition teaching, and tndm-fuli of importancp and inaolanpe.—. They forced themselves intO;thfl,most promi nent positions; They were perfect) yubiquU, tious and utterly irrepressible. There was a regiment of negro soldiers in uniform in the procession, and enough to make up several regiments not in uniform. They jostled White people'without compunction, and shov ed their way into the best positions for.cos ing. They crowded white ladies off tho plat form on which Mr. Lincoin stood to bo in augurated. It was a grand jubilee for Sam bo. The correspondent'of the ’New'York Herald following*! account; of .'tho scene during, the" delivery of the Inaiigiirt 1 ! Address:- ; , doliyory of . t.ha speech -Stan ton nnd’-Seward; wore remarkahly’attontive, rising and bonding forward to.listep. H.The crowd kept pushing noarpr and nearer, the platform. Spmfaer smiled superoilliousiy at the frequent scriptural quotations. Negroes ejaculated 1 brees de Lord,’ ,in a . low •mur mur,, at.tho end of almost. ; evory sentence- Beyond , this there .was no cheering of, any oonaequohoo. Even the soldiers did not bur-, rah much. . Tho statonicnt that ‘ tho progross of our arms is, I trust, reasonably satisfacto ry andofioouraging,to all,’met with no, re sponse, although the President paused, signi ficantly.” . , ! ■ Tho negroes seem to shave hoentho'only portion of the- assombly ; wliioh■,Was mu'oh niotfa'd bjjr®k' Splitter, U-', iflii'. ; ‘ I ■> :But,it was. nbtiin - the. streets,and'in' and about the Capitol aldnb,that tho“oomihg rain” mado his prepenpd' a f nd.bis. rising im- evening; there ,wop, a crushing jam, at; the White. House.-. Every body flocked there to shake bands with “ Old Abe.’''' '/There were High dignitiribb ( end .spbpe yo.rylpw people.;,.there were ipijiespf refinement attended by well dressed; gallants, and strapping negroi wenches-with l buck ne? negroes to beau • thom'r'ull in’ one confused, ‘ The darkies, mndb themsoivoa na much at homo, andiwore;fully as self-important osi any parti of the assem blage, - Throughout tke' doyj' in' all places 'and'i'nt all timed,’ 'tbe'negrd' was'ja prominent featuroof thooqcaßipn., Lot.purroaders.ro imember that.wo.are not. ootnplainiog. it Whs'” none.'of - bur fanbrol.” ’ We’/shQnJd 1 'have been/biirprised if’the .'Negroes hdd not ppt pn.airs, and made { rbbmaelrps opnepion-: puslyi iprotninenti „ Thoyhad a tight '.to; re gard the inauguration as a ; spodtaold ‘gotten iilp’ espboiallyifor their'pleiiadrb,Thoj war 1 parried pn , for,.aitii. i-vyliy ehhujd;they : ;notifeel:ithmr, importance,: ayo,', and show lt.' ;So sayd the TMhcdster Infelli gtiVcer.''. ! •'■i .1 ;:;(i »;■> trr.M ?; \,i ;; , ; ,Fofi Tees's lenpy,,'.Abraham tinpiilpi, agoompaiued ; by | Mrs. Linooln and a feW GoTbrnroont offioia)s,j thrived bero.sfy.iudrniii£ frpm.'Wasbinetohl jpn 'the special'dospplph’sUgmer, and after a short day prppeodpd, up, the (fames River ,tq,LieuVandnt,Gibnqral.' I Gra ! pt|s h.oa| u ott, millions.';, Of , course;.many in t^e/party were 'honorable men, but many .again .wore thb'se wbp hhd.pray'ed foif war fdt l the express puTpbse.of .enabling them/to ;' fldeoe'tha ; Gov ernment,, riruly, tvthepleijiane’ifdre pitting bn airs ; Jlhh.y'aro aping, aristoqraoy • tmt in doing this ’thdy Cdmpolpoor old Undo' Sam tq/pay their e^penab>. ,Ji 'They-Me ; bin%s bear ing the.peaepok’s ,'v ,l 'Hr ,S!! - n,: .. . ‘ f 1,,k J tiJi/IL-'i-ll: v'^ul;r v ' V.OIJII: ...I-,.,. , 1; - t Facts''About lliii ld; ■>''!■• -.J ■Tila Ndft- l '&)tk l !Ec4nt»nW gives thefoilow'- .V.TnßißijAnepnuTß active orfidi.taj arp.-now; based, qu; Government securities, and (banks -hold,, them as, the yery beat ftndstrpngestjnyestmontthoy.caqimiiko. JMfe were ipospible ite, jonntempjate the, finan cial failure of tbe'Goy.erameqt, no,fjanlr would -ba'aQy-.iPafeb-Hff ond;mortgaiw»'it wjl) be payable id tho;aanmionrre,noy ; aBtbe .Gov ernment pays with, npd no better,; The Gov ernment never.baa failed to meet its.pngage mebts.iand the national debt is. all rati mort gage upon the whole-property of the country. While other stpokeifjwctate . from ten tofifty, or even., a'., greater,iporiioent,iiGoyordment stocks are always competitively,firm, (Their value is fixed end reliable above all other se curities; for while a thousand speculative bubbles rise and,,burst,as arulo,,they are ; never below; par, and are-often aboye., - ■! . Its liißßitAn loTißpar,—The, yenerai, rate of interest js,sis per,,oe,nt.-;payable .annually.! .r/tfidsisevsn ahd ssmi-, anmtaUyt i Jf yoa.len.d. on,, mortgage,,, mustjbe a : searching of, titles,; lawyers’. ,jfees,i stamp duties apd.delays. and,yo.n will finally have returned, to you only the sains, money yon (would-receive Irom.lho..Qoyefh raept, and less,ofi it, ; . ; lf,you,,jnvest in-ttiia , loan, yop_ hayj,jiqgtro.ubiß. r ,4ny.,banfc,'or banker jviU Obtain It fey you without charge; To each note or bond are .affixed five cou pons”. or interest tickets, due at the expiration of. each successive ;ltalf-year,', i.The holder, of o.note.hos simply toout off .pons, present.itito the, pearest' bsnt ;br Govt „ ornment. Agenoy,,and. :repeive his t ,interest; ' the note itself npednot be presented stall.■ ,Or a; coupon;thns phyable ; will ; everywhere „ be equivalent, when due, to money.’, ,|lP,you ,i wish to bprrowininety opntd.pn. the dollar.up : on the 'nptes>.you.,have, the,highest!seourity ip tine,market to,dp. jt with,., If, yep. wish to sell,-it Will bring within a fraotionpf cost' , onddnltereßtat apy,mqment.; ft ft -yvilf.tie‘very , handy to havedn ,the ,hbu§o f . . li; is,.cpNvaßTionE-, intol.a’sisji.pbr .cent, gold-bearing jbond, , At the expiration of i three years p bolder,pf thqipotes ?f,thb ; ’7.liO Loan :has ; i.pption of (accepting 'payment in full or of fowling hia notes hi aajx percent gold-interest bond, the principal,-pjLyjabla in noteless than Are, nor twenty yeirt from Wtf ateot. [These ®pn,dB 'BiMeld at/aggh a.p*, mium ns to tn% tWa |ipilegd nayt.wortß! two or three (Sir -cent. 'por r , annum, and odfjys eo muoh'to th* of; tl» samp class, issued ffihhoyoft'rs’sgo.'nve nbprsollißg at, i, rale that fully pfovdsithe oorraetnastfof this statement. . '-p. r ~ f ’ Ira Kxemption from ■ Sta te on Municip al Taxation.— But asiflo from all the ndvan tagos wo have ofiumcrfttQd, ft speoialj, Acfc of Congress exempts all bond Hold from local taxation. On the^ average thip flx-, ’omption ia worth about two per. cent,' per an nuln, according to'the rate'of Saltation in va-' rious ports of the country. . Ir is a National Savings Baklc.— /While this loan presents great ndvnntagcVto large .capitalists,.it offers,.Bpeqial-inducemejJ.ts..,to those, who wish to make .a safe and profitable intestamht ofamair tfiViDgtf.y It'tt in wery,; Way the pest Sayings’ 'Bank;;for, everyin stitutjph of this kind, mast,bomshbWj ifa'vjest > its deposits profitably in order to pay intoroet and eipenWt/ .'They will-inylast largelyjin > this loan','as the bpit 'investment; 'But front the gross interest ‘which they VreoeiVe, they must deduct’ largely for tho- oxpenaea of the Bant.' Their usual rate Of interest 'allowed to depositors , is,s‘per cent; boon sums oyer $500'.. The perSOn who invests dirtjotly with, Government will receive' almost 50 per cent, more. Thus the tpanrwho dopOeite'sloDo-in, a private Savings’ Bunk 4 receives 50 dollars, a year interest; if ho deposits the same sum imthis'National Savings' Bank he receives' 78 dbllarsi For " those' who : wish - to, find a safe, convenient,'and profitable Wepins of in vesting the surplus earnings which they ha ve reserved for their old "age or for thsj benefit of thfiir ohjldrOri, tpeife, s‘hpthihg.whioh'pre; 1 'sents so 7 many' advantages' ai''fpis 1 National Loan. 7 '- M.",; 1 ■'T; ■' ]"■' ’ 1 ’ 1 Tails' HfottEST wdf dseyi dently I .' drawing'tb'abloSOjbatwhiloitjasts the. Treasury t must. have money'tp.igieet’its bost,'abd'evory ’motive that’patriotism pan inspire should induce the jmople'toSypply its Wants withiut. 1 delay. I 'Tha; Government can buy cheaper for cash.in 'band 1 credit. Lot us sse that,its wants ore prompt: ly'ah’d'liberally“Solisfidd.!' 1 lIJ ' 7 * in MoCiikttatf .is receiving marked ( attention,, whoever .ho goes in' Europe.:. In,England; thfl Princo ei Wides in vited him to become his ' guest,' and not satisfied With' the apology he .‘,'vijki going immediately tp ~the. Continent; (I he .pressed-bis acceptance of the invitation oh his'return;-' unsolicited, hiB , in 'Oon'rt,' none him.pickets jfof tJie.gTapi, State,bail.— Thus,we go.j-.while at homo, wo have,a'drun -1 ken Vice President, who is viewed withroon-; tempt; llib defeated .okndidSjle' for the Preei-i dehoy js ,adhilred bother'wise,' good ‘andno ble abroad.' How iparkod the difference be* 'tween a gentleman and a boor 1 v ’ j '' ■'OC?” A poor family in' Cincinnati has- fal lon.hoir to aifortunp of aevdn milliolla dol '.II! u.i;:;n VJ<: I;: r.ni!■.l.-- ■VU--1 111 -■■■! THE WAB NEWS. Important fights ip Gin* Meade’s frOnt. ' . •j.*. i Tlip ENEMY .CAPTDRE FORT, STEADMAN, BUT . IT IS RETAKEN WITH l^pfijppßg, ■ " o ■ -fii*-i..‘V-i V ■ ! y T „- n;!1 UNSUCCESSFUL 7 ATTACK ON r,rv FORT IftASKBUL. .-.yii' :jii! Washington,' March-25.^Tbj8,morning pf Bneto3r, 'by a.strpng; arid .sud den. captured Fort Steadman,; - but,, after ’ii." , Vigorouß( ooqteetj the. fojt, wap. Rap tured •' witb~ 1,600- ,,a.nt(,’two,..battle' Bag's, and: all-,the,gups were McLaughlin’’W'aa taken hv .ths -rebels,! „whp ; also-assaulted,Fort were; repuls ed* with’ l gfeat dopp... ! jl'hd'offloial.repprt.is.,subjoined.:', • -IVI *« Secretary ; o£ \ypn iii r. ;«iTr'PoiK»(part of Molianghs lin'd Brigade, Witbbz's Division,land was pulsed with>greatlosstothe eUemyaa ojtb'oii '• ’ .The’Fifst Brigade of Hartranft’s iDivision, heldln feserv.e.iwab'bjought up bnd/a/isheokl given l to 'an jf fur ther indvance.oi Qfaeo or itwo' attCmpts-ta 'retake the: hilliwerntmaderand’ were only tenmorarily/saocesafabluntilo the hrfivol of the Seoqdd ®rigado,fwhen aohafge vtns. «ieidef(.%nthat'-Brigade,. aided: by/thd ttoopa Of iiha’First Diyi'siori oonl either flank,' and the enemy were driven out of the: fort with'the llosS of», pumbop of esti-’ mated 'at'hboutl,6oQ. i alho heen'btoUght:in,i • c. „1, .i, 0 1 i,i o.Thft in,killed put,-' aide Of our limes.. J n'vmf ■f.i.uuv);.]',; vr,i ! The whdlo.line was immediatoly reocoupied' and:the guns/retaken uninjured,,| vino bin. v id!'legret.to Odd-that:Gen. McLaughlin. was captured in' Port, Stoadman. .’ Our . loss .was qtherwiso.not,heavy,, 7 „„ ■, .Groatipfoise is due to-. Go n., Har tran ft, fop Iho gallantry displayed sin handling his:-.DU vision, which behaved with great skill in/this, its: first (engagement.,'. : -H i. in ‘ i j :''''J[ota»!(l,-P4Vnf.-,!i./ Major General..;, Qjtt Point, Vo., 7:30, P. M., Maroh'2s.-- ■'Uon. F-. M. Stanton, Seorotary of War: ; X om . not able -to give -the results of tbo day aociir rately, but (he number of prisoners : oapturpd ■proves larger.thamal-fiißfcirepoTtedfoiij.t,/:•' ! .lol'lie: (slaughter, of i the. enemy pb.tbeippint ■where itheyanterediourrUnes,.Sudan,front, of. it, was probably not less than three thousand.; ; Opr;dpss i* isstiinfttfsd fit, eight,, bund.re(l, bat! may prove ,)esp*,., ‘ General HumpEreysVitttapited 6n'pthe‘Jeft; Jpne/^un- 1 Qfe.d men,;an'd oausipgrflje, ,e‘p ( emjr,t'o return' troops to that, part dfj.his jino t n»pialy i .'. ! ; , .‘'; ' • :•<>'( d :i.y^S.'G^ANrrtidut, Qenerpli i ; ; 3700 Prisi>nifr» Tnlibii. Marbli 25—9:30 V: M,t-j»Ma jpr General J, A, Dia, sew. York: Later W ports from ..General Gqant, u arWßubjom- that trie operations of bur 'forces tins mqrmpj|' ; were. '"’ Xha £eb»i, P r, ednere • '2,- j7Op,, .The. rebel billed arid wburidriil'Qdp'eral Grant, estimates at' " probably, biot letis tiiari ■3000.” Our idss.is estimated lit 800; but may prove less; ' ' 0 Ur.. ,'Edwik M. BtA’iitbHi Secretary of War. ‘ • Har0h,25,.8,.P. v .wm.'M. Secrbtary, 'of “Wdi'i TJio and 600. by the Second borpa. •toll, Boms more in, * y b ® U- s. Giuid,' i-| i THIBb dAZEIcIE. Am V nts from Shcrihan's Army. JVasiiinoton, 10 P. M., Mnroh 05 nr . ••' General A. Dix": The folI"i„„ from ocn. reports his arrival I 1 ! 1110 ! ooaupnWrpf,.Goldsboro’, on TuoJdav 1 “h d 21st lost.; with opposition V _ Edwin M. Stanton, C. 4 Munrnp. 7 P.M-, 25th._Eicutonant O. ? U, S, Grant City Boi U .t,- Vh, :: I !,nor to roport.that I occupied Goldhboro' ttii afternoon with hut plight opposition ' •Genorai Tprry’Biqdlunin.ffom .Wilmington was at son-8 depot ia,& nSgßt, and should 1 bo,.near this place to-night. u . waV Mgagod with thoeneniy near Bentonville oh SijtidaV Tt,„ artillery firing waaquito .rapid duriiig t ho day, and for a short time on Monday mirn ■lherinapV right,;,the “SeTonteonth . Ooiriw' was nejtr Mpiipt Olive, oh 1 - Sunday night Tnere his b ea some artillery firinc’daGn. to day, Which'indicated a gradual aVoaofi of Sherman's army towards this place All this being strictly:in accordance with Sher man's plans,'! hftTo. nd doubt’all is well I hope to .have mote definite and later, inform tion from Sherman soon, and will forward it' to yon without delays. !■ i■. > " the .bridges: burned, but .otherwise' the road is not mjured arid the depot facilities r nfe'very'fiiS6r- I'cantatAd.here several" oats : and General Terry has captured two locomo tives and two Which ho ip now using, John M.. Schofield, ... Major General. t'- 1 i• i - -i I! ■! ">t ; l/.’ 111 ■■ FOURTH GAZETTE. News frint'OraM and 'Bh&rman—the Losset in the n Fort SUitdinan.FigM—Sherman’s Operaiipnaaintx. .Leaving, Fayeiiville, Washington, March, 27; 1865,1:30, P. M' Major General Dix: The following official reports of Itlje .operations-of the Army of tho Po'tomao on Sat urday,spd, of General Sher man’s operations since h‘o r 'lert'Fayottyillo hare bean received this radrhirig. ’ General Sherman-WaS’at Goldsboro’oa the 22d of this month. v.’ilr • No movements-liave beeae mado on either side before Biohmond and Petersburg since Saturday night.-,, ..j> ••rOd /• BofhK.M, Stanton, " 1 Secretary of War. City Point, Ya., 10:30 A., M.,' Matob 1 27. —Hon. Edffin M. Stanton, Secretary of, War; The' battle of the 25th resulted in the follow ing losses on out side: 1 1 ! vt ■ V. 7 Kilied. i-Woundod.,, Missing. 2d Corps, 51 , ~ ,;462 ~ 177 6th Corps, 47 .. '* 461'" 30 9th Corps, i y 338 ,i 600. Our captures .were: , , " .By the 2d.Corps,’ 305‘. 6th Corps, 469. . "• : * 9th Corps, 1,049; :■ , * The Sco.jpd and Sixth corps pushed for* ward and'Crip tuvcdtho enepiy’s etrongly in trenched piokpt lip.O; and,, turned it against pirn and still hold it,Lee . trying to retake this the battle eras'continued until 8 o’clock ht night, the'enemy dobing very heavily. ! • 1 General Humphreys , estimates the loss of the enemy in liis front at three ' times’’his own, and Goneral Wright cstinjatcs in his front their loss,os double, i The’/enemy sent in a flag of truce yesterday, fpr,permission to oollcot his wounded, arid bury his dead, which were between e.vrhat chad' been ‘ thojr picket line and their- mail) lino pf .fortifications,— /Ac permission "was granted.. , ! City Point.H'A. M. ! March27,lB6s: Hod. Edwin-M.'- Sfantoh, Secretary of War : I am in receipt of .Sherman’s report of opor atians.from the -time he left Fayetteville up to the 22d inst.y i -jyi‘;i ,v; : i ; It allows hard- : figbHng; resulting in Tory heavy loss to theqnepiy|in.tilled and wound led, and over 2,000 I prieoherk' in ouriiands. His owbiJqs?, belays, r \vill be covered, by 3,500 men since he left ’ Savannah. Many ;of them are but slightly wdundod ; (Signed) i -U. - i . ? mi -i;liiautenant,GonerAl. I•; In;thili^oo;*aVthe Reformed-Parsonage, !on the 27tn inst., by the Eev. Samuel Phil line, Mr. DitiiEt BiTTINOEU, to. Miss Ltdia ,0. Mcßride,-• both .•! -il - _ ,PiiDOB/[Superfiho ( por hbi.>i.;,-.;n;-u)T i-hniajj} ! do.. Extra, • V?bS IjzffP't') £??» r. iA jiJ tefiioqi/.'i ; v-i <•-'<• tJ; 2SO ■oS&vol. :hi - 'Oats, - 1 do., iSmawOUmtolKiViil.Afes ylf«w«‘U '{’«« !?*Mo i d,9u • .ffifc* < ':-!i .•.•4im.-> :-u .8 mi L..il -400 Er.i>Dn ) puperanß>. l ,,, I L, ,S- 00 _ ■' -'7 00 Abb,Flour, - - - . ?.• -7: Ooilft tf&L; <■’ 'rj' ‘ -'T “ n SO Wheat,rod, ~ * «»*,«* *•' z*ti r whitoW’’ '- 1 -'-I' < * i K v • ,1 ‘ 1 ' ’ * j.jg , Rtß,”; •j.'V-.f.nffr- jii-.*■' v- r . i m " 1 j ji J.,- •„ .•■•B5 ' V ‘ -= IMJ, rip#'; Wn 1 *; Jt. torry,bountyWould J)e'|»pW,f? ° ,i t . pond with on^:nnUml(bu l nimbcb'';bi jo&g SJ nion, : with’ a view tO'/Hii a.udvnprovsw' l^' ■ ; - jii; ii'.-'i :=■»■' ; "1 GREAT ATTRACTION! ! - ,u ' ;,: Gß'^^;^Ttß i AeTlONj.i,V; ; - ;At 7 J«« f w JJ 0 bodn admittoi' AS tioinftth'o qhoajpest storo _ county. Wo bu« recently rcoolvod Eos torn - froi# W, yj^ JfOQD& at Bdqh-vcry M win^ r uio mohnii. ■ usual,rtpaV etook.wlth thd. moat, aeabomtb:lo K®,?.* Our oannotfttll to gratify'the jhdat i ß ’,ptlo‘. • - ; ; ioudcp . u t . '■ •" '' £ Oominon "» ** ’• fl ».-kan' IJ ;-zluii /; i.uiilllti HU'l ■7