tlje Eartutota Intelligenter I 4 S.r : SON, EDITOR.. LANCASTER, PA., MARCH - 1, 1864 Oar B. M. Parma:at oo.'s AMASISING hamar, 87 Park Bow, New York City, and 10 State street, Boston. B. M. Pamir= .6 Oa., are 4•=b for The Zonoruter hatiNwelecer, aad the . most thUrn and lamest drools. Nwirmi sln the Vatted Bartel and the Cansdas.— Ykay kor ft.fted to contract for tw at our lowest rata 616 p. Mous k MOM% No. 836 Broadwa New it aro authorised to mein advertlawneste f or The Z gamer, afds lowest rates. Sr Jane Mama% davairromo AMtar to located at N 0.50 North 6th street, Philadelphia. Nets authorized to bSPIITO adrarttaratatota and subscriptions for The Lancaster h*U r aCer. fiL NIIAS, No.l &oilers Building, Court St., Barton, our authorised Agent for receiving advertisements, &a. 0 T.. 7 FL FLACK_ flag Let ft float o'er oar father hind, And the guard of Its spotless fame shall be Columbia's chosen band. " CLING TO TUE CONSTITUTION, AS THE SHIPWRECKED MARINER CLINGS Iso THE LAST PLANK, WHEN NIGHT AND THE TEMPEST CLOSE AROUND HIM."—DANIEL WEBSTER. TO THE DEMOCRACY OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF LANCASTER. In pursuance of authority given the undersigned, by a resolution of the County Com:cities, adopted at a meeting held on Thursday, February 24th, you are requested to assemble In the several wards of the City, Boroughs and Townships of the County, en SATURDAY, 12th day of MARCH, to elect not less than THEME nor more than LIVE delegates, to represent such district in a general Comity Convention, to be held on IVEDNESDAY, 16th day of MARCH, at 11 o'clock, A. M , at Fulton Hall, in the City of Lancaster, for the purpose of eleothig SIX DELEGATES to represent the Democracy of the County of Lancaster In the coming State Convention, to be held at Philadelphia on Thursday, 24th day of March, 1864. The several districts will each nominate sue person to serve as member of the County Committee for the ensuing political year, and also nominate Ward, Borough and Township Committees, being particular to designate their names In their respective credentials to the coming County Convention. The Chairman would also respectfully call attention to the fact, that by put roles and usages of the party, dole• gates are elected from Wards, Boroughs and Townships only, arm Not from election districts. The Township Committees will please give early notice the time and place of meeting for election of delegates. R. R. THIUDY, Chairman. A. 3. liTalattatt, Saoretary. LANCISSIda, March Ist, 1884 Col. Hambright's Regiment. It was expected that Col. HAM BRIGHT and his gallant Regiment, all of whom have re-enlisted for three years, would be home on furlough sometime during the present week. But such, we presume, will not be the case ; for, according to the latest news from the Army of Tennessee, we perceive that the 79th Regiment is actively engaged, in the forward movement of the army, and was near Dalton, Georgia, on the 24th ult., participating in the constant skirm ishing which was going on at that point with the enemy. The Colonel was in command of the Brigade to which his Regiment is attached, and occupied the extreme right wing of General GRANT'S army. . The AbolitionistsAmve suc ceeded in electing Dr. ST. CLAIR to the Senate in the Indiana district (to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Maj. White,) about 1500 majority. As the usual Abolition majority there is from 1500 to 2000, we did not look for any other result, and therefore are not disappointed. We presume the Senate will now soon be organized —after a fashion. As to the Con stitutionality of the election and or ganization, that is another question. ve The Abolition National Con vention is to meet at Baltimore on the 7th of June, for the purpose of nominating ABRAHAM LINCOLN for a second term—that is, provided the friends of Secretary CHASE, who are working like beavers, don . t get ahead of him. Prothonotaryship of the Supreme Coirt. We are pleased to notice that the Judges of the Supreme Court have appointed WALLACE DEWITT. Esq., of Erie county, to fill the va canc y i n the Prothonotaryship of that Court, for the Middle District, occasioned by the death of R. E. Ferguson, Esq. Mr.' DeWitt is a son of one of the paOgi venerable and highly esteemed Presbyterian clergymen in the coun try, and is a young man of excellent abilities, and a Democrat of the staunchest laud. He received the votes of Judges Woodward, Thomp son and Agnew. Judge Agnew having voted on this occasion with his Democratic brethren. One of the best proofs that the appointment is a good oue is the fact that it has elicited a half column of abuse from that scurrilous little sheet, the Har risburg Telegraph. Greenbacks not a Legal Tender. Judge SIIARSWOOD, of the District Court, Philadelphia, one of the most able jurists of the day, has dissented from the opinion of his colleagues, Judges HARE and STROUD, in a case where legal tender notes had been refused in payment of a claim, and pronounced the act of Congress es tablishing a paper legal tender, as unconstitutional. The opinion, though a dissenting'voice, will have its influence on the minds of those who read it. The Draft Postponed. The Federal House of Representa tives has passed a joint resolution, in which it is said the Senate will concur, extending the payment of the three hundred_ dollars bounty to veterans and volunteers to the Ist of April. This, if enlisting should go on as rapidly as it has been going for some time past, may obviate the necessity for a draft, unless the Presi dent should make a call for " 300,- 000 more," as rumor asserts he will. ser The Reading Adler newspaper 'lamb— lishment.for many years under the control of CHARLES KESSLER, Esq , and now in the 68th year of its existence, has been sold to Messrs. WILLIAM ROSE:gTHAL, JESSE G. HAW LEY' and WILLIAM S. RITTER, by whom it will in the future be conducted. The Adler is a sound demooratio journal, and we wish it confirmed euooess. • AS MICK FOR TeX-Pnyttits. The estimates of our naval expenditures are said to exceed, by four millions, those of all Europe. We cannot vouch.for the correct ness of the statement, but if the appropria tion of one hundred and forty millions, which the Secretary of the Navy asked for in his last report, be granted, we shall certainly ex ceed any naval appropriation ever made by any government in a single bill, or during one year. It is not questioned that we require a large naval force to maintain our blockade, but it is questioned whether there is now a necessity for such enormous expenditures in the construction of., new iron-clads. The frauds, peculation and jobbing in the Naval Department are now in coarse of examina tion, and they will help to explain the dis proportion between the size of our navy and the cost of its maintenance. It is plain that there is an immense disproportion in this re spect, and it would be criminal in Cingress to grant the Secretary the appropriations he asks until he accounts satisfactorily for the vast expenditures of the department hitherto. Late experiments in England with steel shot have proved the policy of waiting further trials and developments before incurring ad ditional expense in building ordinary iron clad,. If this were not so,.and the reports of those experiments should prove incorrect and indecisive as to the facts they now seem to establish, our navy is large enough for present needs, and we are now miserably prepared to expend hundreds of millions to increase its strength. TROUBLE IN THE WIGWAM We find in the Constitutional Union, under the head of " The first Manifesto of the Chase men," a circular dated at Washington and signed "S. C. Pomeroy, Chairman of " the National Executive Committee." This Pomeroy is au Abolition• Republican member of Congress, and the circular shows that the Chase men are at work to head off the efforts of the shoddy Leaguers to secure Lincoln's renomination. It commences by saying : " The movements recently made through— out the country to secure the renomination of President Lincoln render necessary aurae counteraction on the part of those uncon— ditional friends of the Union who differ from the policy of his Administration. " So long as no efforts were made to fore— stall the political action of the people, it was both wise and patriotic for all true friends of the government to devote their influence to the suppression of the rebellion. But when it becomes evident that party machinery and official influence are being used to perpetuate the present Administration, those who con— scientiously believe that the interests of the country and of freedom demand a change in favor of vigor and purity and nationality, have no choice but to appeal at once to the people before it shall be too late to secure a fair discussion of principles." The circular goes on to state that those in whose behalf it is issued, have, after a thoughtful survey of the political field, con cluded, among other things, that even if Mr. Lincoln's re-election were desirable, " it is " practically impossible against the union of " influences which shall oppose him," and that the " one term principle " is absolutely essential, since the patronage of the Govern ment has so much increased, to the certain "safety of our Republican institutions." It then adds: For this reason the friends of CHASE have determined on measures which shall present his claims fairly and at once to the country. A central organization has been eff icted, which already has its connections in all the States, and the object of which is to enable his friends everywhere most effectually to promote his elevation to the Presidency-" M'CLELLAN A.DIONG THE SOLDIERS Gen. M ' CLELLAN was present at the recep• tion of the First New York cavalry on the 18th ult., and was received by his old com rades-in-arms with the most lively demonstra tions of respect and affection After the shouts of welcome had soon . :I at subsided he addressed thorn 1 , f !• " hfy ~id Comrades : I came here not to mak, to you, but welcome you home, and express to you the pride I have al ways felt in watching your career, not only when you were with me, but since I left the Army of the Potomac, while you have been fighting battles under others, and your old comm,ander. I can tell you now, conscientious ly and truly, I am proud of you in every re spect. There is not one page of your record —not a line of it—of which you, your State and your country may not be proud. I con gratulate you on the patriotism that so many of you have evinced in your desire to re enter the service. I hope, I pray and I k tow that your future career will be as glorious as your past. I have one hope, and that is that we may yet serve together some day again." At the conclusion of Gen. M'CLELLAN's speech, the enthusiasm of the military pres ent became very demonstrative. They crowd ed around him eagerly, endeavorin g to grasp his hands, and to salute hits, and only by the utmost exertions of himself and of some per sonal triends..,-- was he enabled to depart front the rHURLUNV WEED iu a recent letter to Senator Morgan says that the war will have cost at its termination at least four thousand millions dollars, and that three-fourths of this amount will remain as a national debt. Here is a sum almost fabulous and equivalent to one thousand dollars for every slave in the United States at the commencement of the war. Add to this the hundred thousand slain —the hosts of brave and strong unfortunates shuttered by disease—the whole districts of country ruined and homes made desolate—a country crippled and seething with passions that will n•.it and cannot be allayed, and you have an approximate estimate of what it will oust this nation to learn the important lesson that our Government was formed in a spirit of ;liberality and compromise, and that only by on exercise of the same spirit can it be maintained ? Happily for the authors of tiui tl.ulflict , the graves that will cover them cann,a be penetrated by the curses of pos terity. It appears that the late occupation of Flori da by Gen. Gilmore's forces was intended to accomplish a political rather than a military olject, General Gilmore's orders expressly stating that au opportunity will be extended ta the citizens of the State to avail themselves of the benefit of the President's proclamation of amne,t). The Tribune says that if Florida shall Leecme a loyal State, her people will prgtlmbly vote for such candidate for the next Pry sideuey as shall please them best. As Florida at the last presidential election polled only len th.ntsand three hundred and fifty. nine v,te it follows that under the terms of the amnesty proclamation but 1,036 votes in that Stale will give its three electoral ballots to Mr. Lincoln next November. SUPREME COURT DECISION The Abolition papers with their usual im l A:der:ea assert that the United States Supreme Court has 'decided that Vallandigham was justly treated by Gen. Burnside and his mili tary tribunal, when the fact is that the Court gave no decision or opinion upon the legality or justice of Mr. Vallandigham's arrest. It decided only one point, that no case could be appealed or carried up on a writ of certiorari, from a court martial to the Supreme Court of the United States. The decision is in fact a non recogniticin of the military tribunals in the peaceful States of the Nofth. • TH• CONSIDELIPriiChN BM?, The followiiig are the principal points of the Cortsc,ription till: The qdotd of each city, town, - district, &c., is to be in proportion to the number of men resident _therein subject to draft; and in as certaining the quota, the number already in the naval eervice is to be taken into' account. Any person enrolled may furnish, previous ly to the draft, a substitute not liable to the draft, and shall be exempt daring the time for which his substitute shall be exempt. - Previous enrollments are to be rectified by including those improperly returned as liable. Any person drafted may furnish a substi tute, and if the latter is not liable to draft, shell be exempt daring the time the substi tute is exempt, but not exceeding the term br which he was drafted. If the substitute is liable, the principal shall be liable in fill ing future quotas. If the drafted person pay commutation, such payment shall relieve him Only for that quota, and in no case shall his exemption extend beyond one year. Members of religious denominations con scientiously opposed to bearing arms, and so declaring by oath or affirmation, may be as signed, when drafted, to hospitals, or may pay $3OO for the benefit of sick and wounded sol diers. Aliens -who have voted or held office shall be liable to draft. Mariners or able seamen drafted may within eight days enlist in the naval service for a period not less than the term of the draft ; the whole number of such transfer enlistments not to exceed 10,000. Districts to be credited with such enlistments miff the drafted men had entered the military service. No pilot, engineer, master at-arms, acting master, acting ensign, or acting mas ter's mate is liable to draft. Persons physically or mentally unfit, per eons actually in the military or naval service, and persons who have served two years during the war and have been honorably discharged' are exempt. The two " classes " in the old act are con solidated. Persons resisting the enrollment, or aiding and abetting resistance, or resisting any offi cer charged with duties under these acts, shall be punished by fine not exceeding $5,000 or by imprisonment not exceeding five years, or both. Persons procuring exemption by fraud shall be deemed deserters, and punished as such, and held to service for the full term of draft. Whoever procures or attempts to procure a false report from the surgeon as to his physical condition, shall be imprisoned for the period of the draft. Surgeons guilty of misfeasance shall be punished by fine and imprisonment. No member of the Board of Enrollment or other officer shall be concerned in procuring substitutes on penalty of fin e and imprisonment. The 26th section is Mr. Stevens' amended amendment, providing for the enrollment of all able bodied male persons of African de scent between 20 and 45 ; loyal masters of slaves to receive the bounty of $lOO due to the slaves, the Secretary of War to appoint a Commission in each slave State represented in Congress to award compensation, not ex ceeding $320, to the masters of colored volun teers. DISLOYAL WOMEN It is very well known that the interesting and dashing lady of the White House has several relations in the rebel service ; and it was charged, in the early stages of the re bellion, that she used to give them important information, which led to serious disastere to our cause. We were among the many admirers of Mrs. Lincoln who never, for a moment, doubted her loyalty ; but we confess to having our doubts upon the subject now. Every one has heard of Fernando Wood, a most inveterate copperhead, and withal " as mild a mannered man as ever scuttled ship or cut a throat." Well, this " sympathiser with treason " gave a party the other evening in Washington, which the lady of the President attended and was one of the most gay and festive persons in attendance. Not only this, but her Excellency actually sent to Mrs. Wood, from the White House Conservatory, the flowers used to make joyous and fragrant that interesting occasion. What do the Abo lition papers of this city think of this ? Is it not enough to make an Abolitionist's blood boil, to think of Mrs. Lincoln not only asso ciating with sympathisers with treason, bet strewing our national posies at their feet.— Senator Sumner should see to this ; let him introduce a hundred and fifty resolutions, full of Latin and classic quotations, and investi gate this business. Or let the next Abolition Congressional caucus inquire into it, aid appoint a special committee to thoroughly investigate and expose this semi-treason.— Persons are generally judged by the company they keep, and thiy connection between Mrs. Fernando Wood and the charming lady of the President, is enough to arouse the apprehen sions of all truly loyal men. Where is the President's dog," and why did he not bark when this spoliation of our loyal roses was going on ?—Pittsburg Post. THE 'FIGHT PROGRESSING The contest for the Abolition-Republican nomination is assuming, a triangular form.— Thus. the New York Tribune, of Wednesday, announces that: " A Fremont Campaign Club is about to be formed in this city, for the purpose of bringing the name of John C. Fremont before the National Convention, as a candidate for the Presidency." The nibitue also, in an article on the " Chase Circular," extracts from which are published by us elsewhere, discredits the state ments made by the Washington Republican that the circular was " a hoax." It thinks the telegraph was used unwarrantably to convey the impression that the circular had been repudiated, and it takes the occasion to give Secretary Chase a strong puff looking to his nomination. FOREIGN NEWS By the Hibernian, at Portland, we have advices from Europe one day later. In the British Parliament the Earl of Derby had at tacked the government policy in regard to the Alabama and Laird's rams, and insinuated that the latter were seized under American menaces. Earl Russell defended the govern ment. From Schleswig the dates are to 11th ult. The Danes, it is stated, have evacuated their works at Duppell, and embarked their stores and war material. The English Gov ernment according to the London Post, has proposed an armistice on the basis of the evacuation of Schleswig, with the exception of the Island of Aslen, by the Danes, and the proposition is said to meet with the sup port of France, Russia and Sweden. THE DEBT OF GREAT BRITAIN It should be borne in mind that while Eng land is carrying a debt of four thousand millions, it is at three per cent. per annum, while ours is six per cent. in gold, and that we are increasing it with a terrible rapidity when we pay sixty per eent. advance on nearly everything the Government requires, on account of the steadily depreciating currency. If England had not collected in taxes-while her ware were going on, more than double the amount of that raised by loans, her debt wuuld have been three times what it is. Official documents show that during the year 1862, thirteen thousand five hundred claims of deceased and discharged . , soldiers were settled at the Treasury Depai:tment.— The number settled during 1863 was 45,700 ; and there remained on hand unsettled, on the first of January last, 74,600. se- The Philadelphia Age gives notice, that after the let of March the subscription price to the Daily, will be increased to eight dollars per annum ; four dollars for six months. This is still too little in comparison to the increased cost of publishing. The friends of the paper will not object to the increase. NEW HAMPSHIRE ELECTION The New Hampshire office-holders at Washington are raising funds to carry the State for the Lincolnooracy in March. Prepa rations are made to send home all soldiers, nurses, hangers. on, etc., to vote. The De mocracy of that State are making a great effort to defeat these machinations, but it will require tremendous exertions 10 overcome the frandalent and corrupt means resorted 'to by the Abolitionists. TRIG hist HAN LSD THE LAST DOL.. The Republican party is pledged to saori flce " the last man and the last dollar," in the effort to abolish slavery—for that is now the avowed end and aim of the war. By this we suppose they mean all the fighting men and all the means of the country. We will not atop here to ask whether this object is worth this sacrifice; but we ask our readers to con sider with as a moment how long it will take, under present management, to use- up all the men and all the means of the country. They will be surprised to find that, at the rate we are going on, it will take but a shoit time.— Let us first look at the matter of men, and see how many have been taken and how many are left to be sacrificed to the Moloch of Abo lition and Mammon. The population of the " loyal " States is about twenty millions, of whom only about one-seventh are of the " military age." be— tween 20 and 45 ; that is, about 3,000,000. Now the Government has already " taken " or demanded about 2,000,000, under its several calls, as follows : April 16. 1861, 75,900 May 4, 1861, 64,748 From July to December, 1861, 500,000;,2 July 1, 1862, 300,000 August 4, 1863, 300,000 Draft, summer of 1863, 300,000 February 1, 1864, 500,000 To this is to be added the enlistments in the navy, am minting to 30,000 or 40,000 more. Here then we have about two-thirds of the whole number of men of the " military age," already called into service,—leaving but 1.000,000 to answer future "requisitions.— Now this 1,000,000 includes all the disabled, the lame, halt and blind, out of the whole 3,000,000, as the able-bodied alone have been taken to make up the 2,000,000 called into service. How many able-bodied men are to be found among this 1,000,000, it is impossi ble to estimate ; but the results of the draft indicate that not more than half of them are such. Hence we see that another call for 500,000 more would literally " sweep the board "—take every able-bodied =man of the " military age " who can be induoed or forced to enter the service! Such a call must be made before the 4th of July next, if the present policy and present management are persisted in ; and therefore we see thitt " the last man" must soon be taken. Now let us see how it will be with the dol lore, and how near we are to expending the last one. The property of the "loyal" States, by the census of 1860, was valued at less than $11,000,000,000, eleven thousand millions of dollars. NEARLY HALF OF THIS AMOUNT HAS ALREADY BEEN SPENT! The loans and paper money issued, up to the beginning of this year, amount to over TWENTY-SEVEN HUNDRED THOUSAND pintails, being about one-quarter of the whole amount of the property-of the " loyal" States in 18601 These loans and issues are stated as follows : Loan of 1861, 50,000,000 Three Years' Treasury Notes, 139,609,000 Loan of August, 1861, 320,000 Five Twenty Loans, 400,000,000 Temporary Loans, 104,933,103 Certificates of Indebtedness, 156,918,437 Unclaimed Dividends, 1'14,115 Demand Treasury Notes, 500,000 Legal Tenders, 1862, 397,767,114 Legal Tenders, 1863, 394,969 937 Postal and Fractional Currency, 50,000,000 Old Treasury Notes, outstanding, 118,000 Ten-Forty Bonds, 900,000,000 Interest Bearing Treasury Notes, 500,000,000 Total, $2,704,419,704 But this does not begin to cover the whole cost of the war up to the opening of this year. It is estimated that the cost has been full FOUR THOUSAND MILLIONS of dollars.— This embraces only what the Government bas paid or is liable to pay. Another THOUS AND MILLION will be appropriated and bor rowed during the present session of Congress ; which will make the war expens's full FITE HUNDRED THOUSAND MILLIONS, even if the war should be brought to a close this year. But in addition to all this vast amount, there is no doubt that another thousand millions have been expended, wasted. or lust by private in dividuala i in and about and in consequence of the war. Thus we have this enormous sum of not less than Mx THOUSAND MILLIONS of dollars, as the cost of the war, even if it closes this year ; being more than half of the whole value of the property of the " loyal " States! How much longer, at this rate, will it take to spend the balance? How soon indeed we may see " the last dollar " taken to be expended in this crusade for the aboli tion of slavery and the enrichment oFihieves, plunderers and shoddy " patriots !"—.New Hampshire Patriot. ANOTHER DRAFT COMING! .- 11.011. FRANCIS KERNAN, of the Oneida (N. Y.) District, writes to one of his constituents, Deacon Doolittle, as follows: WASHINGTON, Feb. 18, 1864. Your telegraph of the 16th reached me only last evening, after the !Var• Department was closed. Have just returned from seeing Col. Fry.— He directed me to telegraph you that the mon drafted in Augu it last, and the commutations then paid, would be credited on our quota under the call for 500,000 more men, but that you had better continue to raise men while government paid bounty, as there might be ANOTHER CALL. I have just so tele— graphed you. - As I understand him, they mean to credit, on the call for 500,000 men, all the men raised in a district since June or July last, by draft, by substitutes, by volunteers _or commuta tions. Thus the quota of each district, under the call for 500,000, will be credited with the above-mentioned. In doing this, they, will bring the various States and Districts to an equality under the present call; and if any district has raised in the above ways more than its quota under the present call, the ex cess will be credited to it on the next call, which Col. Fry thinks MAY BE SOON. Yours truly, WENDELL PHILLIPS ON RECONSTRUCTION.— Wendell Phillips, the notorious Abolitionist, lectured last evening at Cooper Institute. The apostle of abolitionism was conducted to the platform by Mies Susan B. Anthony and Oli ver Johnson of the Anti-Slavery Standard. The lecturer said he would speak of recon struction—the way out of the war. He be lieved that the civilization of the North will supercede that of the South. When slavery will die out no living man can tell. The States may be brought back conciliated into Congress, but that alone will not end the epoch of rebellion. Grant will make many a field red with blood before he reaches the Gulf. The South can never be fully converted so that permanent reconstruction can take place, until men like Andy Johnson can see a John Hancock under black skin. The two races must be placed side by side on terms of perfect equality—both with ballots in their hands bud school houses at their backs—before Alabama can be permanently brought back into the Union. The States should not be permitted to come back until they have agreed to make no laws drawing distinctions between men on account of color. When they do that they should be permitted to return when they please. The lecturer spoke for an hour in his usual carping and cynical manner, and was occasionally applauded during the deliv ery of his epeech.—N. Y. Daily News. THE TRAITOR (JANTT.-Mr. Richardson, of Illinois, in the U. S. Senate recently said : " While speaking of this subject of amnesty there was one point I had almost forgotten. Senators say they do not want to forgive the leaders in this rebellion. There was flourish ing around here the other day a man by the name of Gantt, from Arkansas. When a portion of the convention in Arkansas refused to sign the ordinance of secession this Gantt and Hindman, as I have heard, with violence and threats forced gthem all to sign it except one man who had the courage to refuse. You have forgiven him, and yet you tell me that you will not forgive the men who, under his influence, were driven uut of the Union." kir Governor SEYMOUR, of New York, has signed the bill passed by the Legislature of that State, providing for extending the right of voting to soldiers in the field ; and has ap pointed the second Tuesday in March for holding an election by the people to decide the question of its adoption. jitir Spring Dry Goode now opening—large assortment—new detsigne—at the Old &tab liehed Dry Goode House of Eyre & Landell, 4th & Arch Ste, Philadelphia. Read adver tieement. RECEPTION or THE 79T11.-- . The Committee appointed - by the City Councils for the perucee of making arrangementa fora public reception of the gel ant 79th Regiment, Col. a: A. Hambright, who have re enlisted, and are expected home on furlough before long, you'd respectfully invite the officers and members of the 77th Regiment and all other Military that may be here at the time of their arrival, the Clergy, Judges of the Court end Members of the Bar, the School Baud. the Faculty and litudentsof Franklin and Marshall College. the Fire De partment, the various Lodges and Safeties of the City and County, with the citizen of the City and County gen. erally, to rarlicipate Ina general reception, without ilia Unction of party, so as to give a cordial welcome to the brave men of the regiment on their return to their homes. The time of their arrival is not yet definitely known' but will be announced as soon as information of the same is received. Be Can= or vice Coma:rms. HON. SAMUEL S. Cos ON THE " LESSONS OF HISIGHT LS IV CIVIL WARS."—By reference to our SClVer tieing columns it will be seen that this distinguished gen tleman, the representative In Congress from the Columbus district of Ohic, will deliver a lecture before the Young Men's Democratic AIIBOCLIVIOII of this city, on Thursday evening' next, March 3d, at Fulton Hall. The subject chosen, "Lessons of History as to Civil Wars," will give full scope to his brilliant powers as a reasoner, debater and orator. Mr. Cox ranks among the foremost men of the country, and we have every reason to believe that Fulton Hall will be crowded with en appreciating audi ence of ladies and gentlemen to enjoy the rich intellectual feast which will be spread before them REv. I. S. DERUND, the esteemed Pastor of Bt. Paul's German Reformed Church, in this city, for the last eight years, has resigned his charge to take effect on the let of April Mr. D. by his high•toned Christian de. portment and suavity of manner bad won upon the hearts. not only of hie own congregation, but commanded the esteem and respect of this entire comm un Ity. In common with the rest of our fellow citizens we regret his depar ture; but are gratified to know that he goes to take charge of a Pastorate In the vicinity bi New York, among his early .•tends and acqciaintancee, where the labors will not be se severe, and where he can enjoy some respite from the severe toll of nearly forty years active service in the min istry. We wish him every success. 2,039,748 THE SOLDIERS' FAIR, ID Fulton Hall, last week, was a complete success—the receipts running up, we understand, to over $1.2,000. We think we are within bounds when we say that one-half of the whole amount was received from Demccrats, although they were almost entirely excluded from any participation in the manage ment of the concern. NEW PROVOST MARSHAL.—Mai. THADDEUS Smarts, Jr., of this city, nephew of Hon. Thaddeus Ste yens, has been appointed Provost Marshal of this district, in place of Capt. Bolol3ioll, who has been ordered to report for duty in the Invalid Corps. MESSRS. COLEMAN & BROTHER, late of No. 41%, have removed to No. 57 North Queen street, M. W. Shindel'a old stand. They have now decidedly one of the finest Clothing Houses in the city, and are fully prepared to meet the wants of their numerous friends and custom ers, and all others who favor them with their patronage. See their advertisement in today's Luenigeocor. THE PRISON IMBROGLIO still continues. Dr. COMPTON, after a hearing of the case, was held In $lOOO for his appearance at Court, on the charge of having insti gated Goon, one of the prisoners, to escape. Next day, Dr. Cameros preferred a charge of Adultery with PENDLETON Goon, a relative of the prisoner, against Mr. Gaon, one of the Prison Inspectors, the same who made oath against him, and he was held in $lOOO for his appearance at Court. The next day, PNIIDLNCE Goon made oath before the same Magistrate against Dr 01MPTON. charging him with forni cation with her in the month of December last. This last suit, after a hearing, was dismissed by the Alderman.— What the next move will be we cannot divine. One thing is certain, that If the one-half that is alleged against the Prison officials be true, they are as unmitigated a set of scamps as could be found anywhere In the County of Lan caster. But they are all men, and devoted ad mirers of Old Abe, and therefore Copperheads have no right to say aught against them. RECRUITS WANTED.—Read Captain o'- 101:Jags's advertisement in to-days Intelligencer. Pee the bounties he offers to man who enlist In the Pennsylvania Reserves. POLITICAL—THE DEMOCRACY OF CAMDEN, N. J., CONORATULATZ THLIR BRIIIIRIN OF LANCLBTER CITY ON THEIR RECENT Vlcroay.—At the stated meeting of the Young Men's Democratic Association of this city, on Thursday evening last, the following preamble and rem lotions from the Democratic Association of Camden, N. J., were read by the Secretary: Caunsts, N. J., February 15th, 1864. At a stated meeting of the Democratic Association of the City of Camden, held this evening, Professor BURNB offered the following preamble and resolutions, which were unanimously adopted: - - WEISS-619, The circumstances and prospects of our court. try are such as to demand the exercise of unusual courage and energy on the part f the people to resist the tyranny which has destroyed our once Free Republic, and erected a despotism upon the ruins of Constitutional Liberty, de. priving us of all the most sacred rights and franchisee of citizens, and reducing us to the condition of abject serfs of a barbarous monarchy which respects no law, and at a time when a morbid apathy appears to pervade the land, and men forget that it is only there who practically value their freedom more than life, property or the enjoyment of indolent ease. To those who hope to preserve their lib erties the necessity arises for an exhibition of exalted and unselfish virtues: Ann WHZREAN, It is becoming in us as members of a political organization to recognize and show that we ap preciate every manifestation of manly devotion to the in stitutions under which our country an long prospered and gained so elevated a position amongst the nations of the earth; therefore be it Resolved, That we tender our sincere and hearty con. gratulations to the Democracy of Lancaster City. Pa . no account of the victory achieved by them in then - rein •m au icipal election; that the victories of peace are mien of much more value toe community than any conqueats Cf the sword; and that the condition of things, of which the Democrats of Lancaster City have shown their determina tion to oppose the illegal arts and usurpations of the wretched cabal which manages public affairs at Washing ton, make it apparent that they deserve the respect and veneration of every one who values national liberty and the fundamental principles upon which our gre*ltaptablic has been founded. Surround, , d as they are by a vast ma jority of men so cowardly, or so careless of their rights, as to uphold the miserable faction of fanatics, cormorants anti plunderers who are drenching the land with blood, and wasting its treasures, to gratify their dishonest cu pidity and malignant spite, and to reduce the free people of America to the level of negro slaves. Denounced, bul lied and browbeaten by the insolent hirelings of the Lin , coin despotism, threatened by armed parasites, sod &red and insulted by a prostituted and mercenary parti zan press, they have 3er, by their votes, 'Sedated that they know their rights and have the courage to maintain them.. Resolved, That the example of the Democrats of Lancas ter City should be followed by their brethren in every part of the Union, and that by efficient organization they should practically demoustrate their determination to resist by all the means with which God and nature have endowed thorn the MO.llles which have by the leaders of the Black Reno!.lieu., party to prevent the choice of a President by the people at the neat elec. Lion—so that the bad men who contemplate the enormous criro+ Which their acts and declarations too plainly Indi cate may be warned in time of the C011.(111511Cee of their nefarious outrage upon public rights Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be engrossed by the Secretary and sent to the Young Men's Democratic Association of Lancaster City, and that the President be requested to present them to the of 2 he Aye and the Camden Democrat, and nob for their publication. Upon the conclusion of the reading of the above, the following resolution wee unanimously adopted by the Association: Resolved, That the Young Men's Democratic Asspciation of the City of LancaMer highly appreciate the warm feel ings entertained for the Democracy of Lancaster by their brethren of Camden, N. J., and that the resolutions just read be entered upon the minutes of thin Association, be published in The Lancaster Intelligences', and that a copy of the same be forwarded to the Democratic Association of the City of Camden; and further, that the Corresponding Secretary be requested to reply to the reeolutionn in a suitable manner. THE LADY'S FRIEND for March maintains, we think, the high reputation of thlanew periodical. It opens with a beautiful steel engraving called ••The Pet Bird." Then we have a handsome double Fashion Plate— such as the public are not accustomed to expect In a two dollar magazine—and a fine piece of music, called the "Chattanooga Grand March." Among the letter-press we notice two more flue engravings, illustrative of 'The False Arrest" and "The Transformed Village;" and a large number of engravings illustrative of Novelties and Fash ions. Among the stories are "Less and Gain," by Virginia F. Townsend; "The False Arrest," by Miss Donnelly; "Ma bel's .Mission;" "At Last," by Mary J. Allen ; ••The Trans formed Village," dm. We also notice two articles treating pro and con the idea which some adventurous New York ladles have started, of riding horseback en cavalier. The Zintor, In a sensible, well-written article in her depart ment, takes strong ground against any such innovation. Published by Deacon & Peterson, Philadelphia. Price $2. —The March number of Godey's Lady's Book has coins to hand, and looks an bright and beautiful as the first flowers of May. Thedllustrations will do no discredit to Guar —and that is saying a good deal—and the entire contents are fresh and sparkling as dew drops. We need not particularize, for to be appreciated the Book must be seen. Success to GODICI, the prince of magazine publish ere, and to his elegant monthly. —Peterson's Magazine for March lea capital ;number.— The engraving, representing "Morning," is a beautiful one, sod the Fashion Plate is mapalficent. It is also brimfull of interesting reading matter. Price $2 a year, in advance. F. KERNAN The German Republicans of Detroit, Michi gan, have passed resolutions' in which they deolare that they will not vote for Mr. Lin coln, if he should receive again the nomina tion of the Republican party. They say that Fremont or Butler is their first choice, but that they will unite on Chase or Murton, if the nomination of either of them should ap• pear necessary. The Executive State Com— mittee of the New Jersey German organize. tion has also passed a series of resolutions, protesting against the nomination of Mr. Lincoln in bitter terms. 'This gentleman, who so ably edits that excellent Democratic journal, the Lancaster Intelligencer, has been re elected Mayor of that city ; and, on the 9;li inst., was inaugurated for the sixth time. Mr. Sanderson is a high. toned gentleman, and an efficient officer. We rejoice at his success, both in a personal and political point of view.—Kittaning Mentor. Vir Au election for Mayor was held a few days since, in Lancaster, Pa , the home of Thad. Stevens, and resulted in the election of Hon. George Sanderson, the democratic can didate, by 127 majority. The telegraph was very careful not to tell us anything about it. —Burlington (Iowa) Argus. PRESERVE YOUR VOICE.—Colds injure the voice and lunge of course ; try a few of Bry— an's Pulmonia Wafers, 25 cents a box ; cure a cough or sore throat in a very short time. Sold by Kaufman & Co., East Orange Street, Latwaster, Pa. Se'' Coughs, Hoarseness, and the various Throat affections to which Public Speakers, Military Officers, and Singers are liable, re— lieved by "Brown's Bronchial Troches." Having a direct influence to the affected parts, they allay Pulmonary Irritation. DEMOCRATIC Ttuumfm. 7 ,At the town elec tion at Altoona, Blair county, Pa., the Demo orate carried their entire election, to the sur prise and motli4ution ,of the ,Etbolitioaistu who have heretofore held the sway. SPEAKING OUT t ll= MISCEGENATION. The latest doctrine of Abolitionism Miscege nation, progresses. The following is the opinion of a " loyal" citizen—Wu. WELLS Baows "-This rebellion will extinguish slavery in our land, and the negro is Ilene .forth and f tr. ever to be a part of the nation. His blood is to mingle with that of, his former oppressor, and the two races, blended in one, will make a more peaceful, hardy, powerful, and intel lectual race than America has ever seen before." The women, too, are taking the matter up, pd giving it the might of their opinion in some cases, and in others their example, as in the case of the immortal si4ty-feut school teachers at Port Royal. ANGELINA G. WELD and SARAH M. GRINEJL thus agree with the author of miscegenation : "We are wholly one with you in opinion as to the result and desirableness of the result which is inevitably before our country." As the "result" thus spoken of is the inter mingling of black and white, it will be Been that these women are impressed with the " desirableness " of such a consummation• Doubtless they will not hesitate to test in practice the " desirableness " of what they so cordially endorse in theory, and thus substan tially aid the great, " inevitable " work which is before us. In fine, the new doctrine seems to meet with rapid favor, and faith in its teachings will doubtless be a prominent plank in the Republican Presidential platform of 1864 Chicago Times. HOW GANTT ~ iDI.O A WHINING YANICEE.” In 1860, the renegade rebel Gantt was active in urging the people of the South into rebellion. In one of his speeches in Georgia, published in the Atlanta Confederacy at the time, this present political tutor of Yankees said : I can tell you how we did a whining Yankee out in Arkansas a few days ago. He got to making too free use of incendiary language. Our boys took him in hand. They carried him where a convenient and friendly limb protruded from the body of a sturdy oak They fastened one end of the rope to the limb and the other around his neck and elevated him. It certainly requires no ordinary amount of " oheek " for the fellow who could thus publicly gloat over the lynching of a North ern man for exercising freedom of speech, to go among the neighbors of that mur dered man and lecture them in regari to their political rights and duties. The shame less and bloody.handed vagabond deserves-to be elevated as that " whining Yankee " was. "SLAVERY IS DEAD." The Albany Argus, commenting dport the oft-repeated assertion of the Administration press that " slavery is dead," and the " back bone of the rebellion broken," very truly ob serves : " The Abolition leaders have proclaimed that the war should be prosecuted until sla very was destroyed. If that result has been accomplished, why is it prolonged I' In the same strain that the above announcement is made, we are told that the ' backbone of the rebellion is broken,' that thousands of the people of the rebel States are returning to the Union,' and great numbers of their armies are ready to desert to our lines as Soon as the op. portnnity occurs; and yet the President has just issued a proclamation for a draft for five hundred thousand more men I If slavery is dead,' and the backbone of the rebellion is broken,' as is asserted by ' all the Union pa pers in the loyal States,' where is the neces sity for this extraordinary demand for men ? Is it to pile up the national debt another thou• sand million of dollars to enrich shoddy con tractors and accommodate place-hunters, or is it to perpetuate the present imbecile and cor rupt administration ?' " TREASURY ROBBERS. The Albany Statesman, a Republican pa per, tays " . Uniess Secretary CHASE makes it a rltint to select pll his asssistants from the Peniten— tiary, we eannot possibly account for the vast number ~f unmitigated rascals which we find in the Treasury and Revenue Depart— ments. Almost every day some pet of the Secretary is arrested either for grand larceny or fraud." liee" Why is it, pray, Mr. Statesman, that not one in a hundred of these " unmitigated rascals". are ever made to disgorge their tiaudulenc. acquisitions? Some of them are occasionally arrested, it is true, but that is toe end of it. They - hold on to their plunder, and go about seeking chances tar acquiring more. NEW COIINTERFEITS.—The American Bank Note Reporter informs U 8 of two new counter feits, put in circulation. Being upon Pennsyl vania Banks, the public should be careful, viz : 20's, Bank of Gettysburg, Pa. Well exe cuted, the vignette being pasted on. The signatures on counterfeit are R. Smith, Presi dent ; W. G. McPherson, Cashier, ,while the genuine are signed G. Swope, President ; T. D. Carson, Cashier. 2's, Stroudsburg Bank. Description not received. Better refuse all 2's for the present. The public are also cautioned against a dangerous counterfeit note, well calculated to deceive, on the Bank of North America, Philadelphia. It is a ten dollar note altered from a genuine $l, with a vignette of Wash— ington surrounded by soldiers. Twenty dollar notes of the Pottstown Bank, Pa., and five dollar notes of the Union Bank of Philadelphia are in circulation. Both are eo well done that they are considered very dangerous counterfeits. DISAPPOINTED IN PARSON BROWNLOW.—The Meriden Recorder, a Republican paper, is dis appointed in the Reverend Parson Brownluw and his much puffed paper. It is disgusted at the vulgar, profane and vindictive fellow, who like a coward ran away from Knoxville on the approach of the rebels, leaving his wife to their tender mercies. The Recorder says : "We have been sadly disappointed in Parson Brownlow's Knoxville Whig a , ,d Rebel Ventilator. We deem it calculated to do more injury than good to the cause of the Union ; and are surprised to see respectable family newspapers quoting from its columns such paragraphs as those headed " Gone to Hell !" " Three Infernal Lies I" " The Villianous Clergy !" " Hell Fire for the Rebels !" &o, The general tone of the Ventilator is repug nant—almost disgusting—to readers of refine ment and delicate sensibilities ; while its boasting and braggart ill accords with the legs do your duty performance of the editor, on the occasion of Longstreet's recent advance upon Knoxville." A TRAGEDY.-A settlement in Canada West was recently the scene of a horrid spectacle. At a place called Sandwich" East there lived a poor widowed woman named Rice, with five children, 'the eldest of thema girl nine years. The unfortunate woman was seized with small-pox, from the effects of which ebe became totally blind. Her neighbors at once ceased to visit her, and left both her and her little ones to provide for themselves during the intensely cold weather as best they might. On New Year's eve from some unexplained cause, the shanty caught fire, and although the neighbors saw it burning, their humanity did not overrule their dread of the small-pox and they left the unfortunate inmates to their fate. The woman and two of the young children were burned to death, two others froze to death at the reins of their house, while the eldest girl escaped from the burn— ing shanty and ran to a neighbor's house, but before she could reach any place of refuge sbe sank under the influence of the cold and froze to death." When her body was found she was perfectly naked. A TERRIBLE PLIINGE.—A freight train on the Grand Trunk Railway in Canada met with a fearful accident at the bridge over Credit river, a short distance west of George town, on the 9th ult. The bi idge over this river is one hundred and twenty-five feet above the water, which is only three or four feet in depth, and is now frozen. As the train approached the bridge at speed, the truck of the last oar but one gave way throw ing the two back cars off the track, and as they entered the bridge the coupling gave way and the two ears plunged through the side of the bridge, and fell 125 feet upon the ice.— They were smashed to atoms ; and three employees of the road, one of them conductor of the train, were killed, their bodies being ea amtilated . that iwoogaition was hardly. pos eible. TIIIRTY•EIORTII CONGRESS-FIRST IESSION. TUESDAY February 23. In the Senate to-day, after vitrious. bills and memorials had been presented, the- bill equalising the pay of soldiers was taken up. An amendment proposing to disarm negro soldiers was rejected by a vote of twenty to seven, and further consideration of the bill postponed. After agreeing to the report of the Committee of Conference on the itevenue bill the Senate went into executive session. The Mouse resumed the consideration of the bill establishing a bureau of freedrnenbs affairs, Mr. Kelly advocating its immediate passage. The re port of the Oommitteeef Conference on the whisky tax being taken up, Mr. Washbarne opposed con currence. Mr. - Wood explained that, though op posed to the report, he felt bound t aoquiesoein the decision of the majority of the committee. After some further discussion the report was non-conour red in by a vote of fifty-seven to eighty-six, and the House went into committee of me wools. Mr -- Blow made a speech defending Secretary Ohase's trade regulations, and the Souse adjourned. WEDNESDAY, February 24. in the Senate to-day various matters of ashlar ILE paeans° were considered. A Mil—was introduced amending the Pacific Railway bill, and that rawly- Mg the grade of lieutenant-general in tail army was passed, toe Senate striking out the clause recom mending general Grant for the position. The bill thus goes back to the Rouse for its amieptance of this modification. In the House, objection being made to the Intro duction of a resolution suspending the collection of internal revenue in the town of Gloucester, Massa ohusetui, the bureau of freedmen's affairs was Con sidered till the expiration of the morning hour. The bill placing the appointment of the warden of the jail of the District of Columbia in the hands of the President was passed, and the House went into Com mittee of the Whole on the Naval Appropriation bill. The amendment proposing to pay seamen in gold was lost, and the House adjourned without final action on the bill. THUBSDA.Y, February 2 la the Senate to-day, atter the presentation of a number of. petitions, the vote adopting the report of the Conference Committee on the Revenue bill was reconsidered and a new committee appointed. The bill relative to assistant pay-masters in the navy was passed. The bill relative to naval appointments was also passed after being amended. The bill equalising pay of soldiers was amended so as to give all persons enlisted under the aot of 1861 the, bounty promised in that statute, and further action post poned. in the 11.011130j.the Freedmen's Bureau being under consideration, Mr. Davis spoke at length, opposing the colonisation of the negroes. The bill relative to the issue of ten-forties being reported, tuition was postponed until it could be printed, after which the House went into Committee of the Whole on the Naval Appropriation bill, which was passed, as was also the bill relative to goods in public stores. Fainsoc, February 26. In the Senate to-day bills were introduced relative to public lands; equalising the grade of line officers is the navy; regulating enlistments in the regular army; and relative to landlords and tenants in the district. The latter was discussed at length, and no tion finally postponed. The Senate agreed to the report of the Committee of Conference on the bill reviving the grade of lieutenant-general, and after a lengthy executive session adjourned. In the Rouse, the time for the payment of bounties was extended till April 1. A vote of thanks to Ad miral Porter and Commodore Ringgold was passed. The bill reported from the Military Committee, rela tive to enlistments in Virginia, North Carolina, was amended, so as to give credit to the State to which tho soldier belongs, and pasSed. A resolu tion was adopted calling on the President for the number of re-enlisting veterans. The bill revising the grade of lieutenant-general was passed, and the 1101180 adjourned. SATURDAY, February 27. The Senate was not in session to-day. In the House there was a general debate. Mr. Harding said the President's plan of reconstruction was mapped out by a master builder with a pencil dipped in blood." Frank Blair said the radioals "were in ttufpast pro-slavery ites, but now, like all renegades, they denounce tkige who have always been consistent On the,subjeet or emancipation." lie denounced Chase and the Treasury Department fiercely, and gave notice of a resolution of inquiry into its affairs. WAR NEWS. The Federal troops under tieneral Uilltuore have met with a disaster in Florida. ' Thu expedittuu sent recently to Jacksonville, after oapturing that place advanced into the interior of tho State. Jack sonville is near the northern boundary of Florida, and stands ou the border ut a bay f,ruding the mouth of St. John's River. This river flown north cud curves around to the east within a suurt dditaucu of Jacksonville. A railroad rued wart from Jauk,un villa to Tallatia:see, watch it aloud. two Ewa Jul miler tilr:Llt. Vas Federal uXpudltiutt WA , 001. along [Lid railroad Lu clpturc raliaLl.l.oo, %V 41: .1 LI tan capital of the state, with ties tutouthin of stab ilslliug a 1.. V litol:fli111011L there. For a low miles it kept along the border of the river, but as that river gradually curved to Lao southward, the expe dition,lowing the line of the railroad, reaoned into the interior. Tan supply boats and transports also sailed up the river to sue place where We rail road lust it, auuth, live (115100 IftoLLA J.146:6,./11V//111, and Were est:LULL:LA.I'a supply puss. Inn expedition under linnerAl SeywoUr was about Sly thoueaud strong, principally negroes. For two or three days it advanced Without Lading an enemy, and uu the 2,,th ulliwu (taw. Saturday weak) was near UillBLtd, a station on tile railroad lifty miles WOOL 01 Jacksonville. Liere ins enemy surprised it, and after a tierce contest ol three hours the Federal troops withdrew, leaving all their dead and a great part of their wounded in tea enemy's hands. Five guns wore captured arida large number of prisoners. file total loss wi.; reach Litwin, hundred. Being defeated, the expedition retreated a, quickly as pus id/kla to JAGlidUliVillo, the enemy pursuing., On reaching the St. John's river cue supply pest near Jacksonville was broken up, and the Federal force withdrew into the tuwu. A steam transport which was aground was burned to prevent her Billing into the enemy's hands. The Confederates at last ac counts were hut live miles from Jacksonville. The real extent of the disaster is not known, .the Steamer bringing the Intelligence having sailed toe noon to procure any details. lien. (thulium seized all the letters of passengers to prevent the news leaking out. lie also 'awed Lion. tioyniour under arrest tor his failure, though wily he should suffer we are at a loss to conceive. Three hundred wounded have beau taken to Hilton lead. This defeat has put un end to all hopes of overrunning Uraut's Department—tien. Sher man's r_ , xpedltion-Lteported Occupation Ala. Cemo, February 25. Prof. Wind:loll, who came a passenger od the steamer Fannie, from Vicksburg, informs me that the news of the capture et dolma, Ala., by Cieneral bherman, was brought to that place by a courier di rect from lieneral bnatman. Prof. Winohel derived his information from Capt. Finkler, Depot Quarter master at Vicksburg, and entire confidence is placed in it. SIEULPIUS, February 23. No reliable news has yet been received from Gen. Sherman or Gen. Smith's expedition. The report in the Evening. Bulletin of the capture of Selma, Ala., by Gen. Sherman is generally credited, although the news came from Vicksburg. A detaonwent of cavalry from Gen. Grierson'a oommand had arrived at Memphis with forty-five prisoners, among them a rebel captain. Important from R.stoxvltle-.The Report of the Retreat or l.ongetreet Continuant:l our cavalry In earalult of the Ilinemy, 4 / 1 .e., else. KNOXVLLLZ, February 24. A reconnoissance in force, in command of Gen. Stoneman, with the forces of Generals Unseal/ and Hazen, was made ou Monday night towards Bull Gap, which discovered that the rebel cavalry had retreated beyond the French broad. On Saturday, the 20th, General Longstreet began hie retreat from Strawberry Plains towards Bull (dap, first destroying the bridge, and reports say he has his camp equipage, 1643. Gen. Scofield moved to the Plains with the Union forces to-day, assigning the command of the post and defences of Knoxville to Brigadier-General klascall, who will send forward the army equipage and stores. Rumors of a raid by the Union forces in Long etreet's rear were current, which are supposed to ao count for the precipitate rebel retreat. All is quiet along the lines. The Army of the Potomac--Eieltement Lai:teed by Closing a Sutter's Tent-. 081- cern Dismissed the, service-.Leath Seu teneee (Or Desertion. WASHINGTON, Neb. :25. The Potomac, army oorreapondent sonde the fol lowing : BRANDY STATION, February 25. There was excitement yesterday in the 3d divisilrn of the Second corps, ocoesioned by Captain Madison, Division Provost Marshal, closing the tent of a cut ler who had been selling liquor to the soldiers. Much discontent was manifested among the men, and a Lieutenant and guard were detailed to pre serve order. At midnight three cavalrymen rode up to the guard before the sutler's tent and inquired for the Lieutenant. The guard replied that he Was busy writing and could not be disturbed. The cavalrymen fired two shots at the guard. The senti nel returned the fire when the rascals fled. M=2li;EMM= First Lieutenant T. Duffey, 28th Masa.; First Lieutenant Miles F. Rose, 115th Pa.; Second Lieu tenant Andrew Anderson, 98th Pa.; Major Joseph Peach, 1228 Pa., and Capt. James 0. Thompson, 17th Maine. Privates Charles Audler, 106th New York, and Joseph Baird, 72d Pa. volunteers have been -son canoed to be shot for desertion upon the 11th or March. Reconnollonance from Hinggold--Hardee to Reinforce POLK. liaNaaoLD, Ga., Feb. 2 A reconnoissauce of our forces has resulted in as certaining that liardee's corps has left to reinforce Polk in Mississippi. Stephenson's and ffindman's corps, of two divisions each, are in Thomas' front. Breckinridge has been ordered to take command in West Virginia. He will probably take with him his Kentucky brigade. News from Chattanooga--Three Hundred Prisoners Captured at Tunnel Hill.__ The Union Losses. OHATTLNOOIIII.,' Feb. 25. In the engagement at Tunnel Hill yesterday, General Palmer captured over three hundred prison ers, who have been brought in. We lost about seventy-flve killed and wounded. MISSOURI The New York Tribune says: " The reso lutions submitted to the Missouri Hone° of Representatives nominating Mr. Lincoln, for re-eleotion have been tabled by 45 to ,as was also--by 46 to 33—a Feaaltiaa inda;sin his administration."
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