NEWS FROM ALL NATIONS.
—Advices from Hong Kong to .Tan 25
siiy that the authorities at Canton have prohibited
the exportation of rice. This news has caused that
article to go up in San Francisco, where there are
many Chinese consumers.
At a meeting of the Ohio State Board
of Agriculture, on Tuesday week, it was decided
that the next State Fair should be held at Colum
bus on the l'2th, 13th, 14th, and 15th of September
next.
—ln the Liberator of the current week,
Mr. William Lloyd Garrison, the editor, announces
that he has concluded to discontinue the publica
tion of that paper after the present year.
—At a public meeting held at Toronto
on last Tuesday evening, by requisition of the
Mayor, it was resolved that traders and others
should coutinne to take American silver at par.
—The losses in the main street of Koch
ester by the recent flood already foot up *400,000.
This is exclusive of large amounts of damage else
where in the same city.
—All the cotton captured at Savannah
has now been shipped, and amounts to 38,075
bales. Nearly all of it has already reached New
York.
—The annual parade of the Fire Depart
ment of New Orleans took place on March 4, when
there was a very imposing display.
—There is a movement on foot in New
York to celebrate the 12th of April, the amiiversary
of the fall of Sumpter.
—The California mines are yielding heav
ily since the rains. Receipts of the treasure for
ten days $2,100,000.
—On the 2d inst., the United States
schooner Fox captured the Rob Roy of Balize, en
gaged in blockade-running. She was set on fire by
her crew and burned to the water's edge.
—lt has been ascertained that Mosby has
now six hundred men under his command, divi
ded into two gangs of three hundred ui Loudon
County and the same number in Prince William.
—The fight between 20 Union soldiers
and 70 guerril las occurred at Padueah, Ky., on
Wednesday night last. Twenty guerrillas was
killed, including Capt. McDougal.
—A new enrollment lias just been made j
in Cliieago, and it appears there are 24,021 males
there between eighteen and forty-five years of age,
without exemptions.
—A fearful conflagration occurred at
Port au Prince, Haiti, on the 28th ult. The fire
started in the theatre, just previous to an evening
performance, reducing the building to ashes, and
spreading on all sides until 400 houses were
burned. The loss will amount to from 40,000 to
50,000 Haytien dollars.
—The Rocky Mountain News of March 1
says that freight keeps moving out, notwithstand
ing the Indian troubles. About 40 mule teams,
carrying about 35,000 lbs. each, had been loaded
for the plains, chiefly with merchandise in Denver
City within the six days proceeding.
—A man in Boston had the curiosity on
Wednesday lust to note the names of 25 of the gold
speculators at a certain board, and on referring to
the tax list he found two of them assessed—one on
870 and the other on $164 income.
Telegraph communication between
New York and Washington, which has been great
ly impeded for the last few days, owing to the ca
bles being carried away in the Susquehanna at
Havre de Grace, is now fully restored.
—lt has been ascertained beyond doubt
that "Hill Davidson," heretofore a most notorious
and desperate guerrilla leader on the Kentucky
frontier, has died in consequence of wounds re
ceived during the late skirmish with the Kentucky
troops near Cloverport.
—Two persons have been convicted in
Montreal of inducing soldiers to desert for service
in the United States army. The frontier is closely
watched to stop recruiting from this source.
—A sub committee from the Committee
on the Conduct of the War, consisting of Represen
tatives Julian and Gooch is to visit Fort Fisher
this week, to make examinations on the spot about
disputed points concerning Gen. Butler's move
ment.
Gen. Singleton, on his return on Satur
day morning from his late speculative mission to
Richmond, ridiculed the renewal of peace rumors,
and was very certain that neither Davis nor Lee
had any intention of submitting.
—The recent call of Mr. Pennington,Sec
retary of Legation of our French mission, created
a vacancy which had been only filled by a tempo
rary appointment made in Paris under the late
tender of the position to Major Hay, Assistant Pri
vate Secretary to the President.
—The statement in Southern papers that
Secretary Welles is to go South in tune to assist
Gen. Anderson in hoisting the old flag over Sum
ter, on the first anniversary of its surrender, is in
correct.
—Considering the fate of the Rebellion
and of Slavery practically settled, and having se
riously impaired his health by his gratuitous ser
vices to the Government, Solicitor Whiting has re
signed his position in the War Department and re
turns to the practice of bis profession in Boston.
—The Stockbridge Indians have recently
laid claims to lands in three towns in Berkshire
County, Mass. So far as has yet been discovered,
their titles, once valid, have never been extin
guished. The Massachusetts Legislature is inves
tigating the matter.
—The New York State Agricultural Fair
for 1865, will occur at Utica, September 12, 13, 14,
15. Hugh Crooker of Utica, has been appointed a
member of the Executive Board, vice Elon Corn
stock, deceased.
—The water in Onondaga Lake was
higher last Wednesday week than it has been be
fore within the memory of man. The salt works
are damaged to the extent of fully 8200,000.
—The Baptist Theological Institution fur
colored preachers will soon be established in Wash
ington, under the supervision of the Rev. Dr. Tur
ney, lately of Cincinnati.
—Gen. Hooker is to be the recipient of a
cane costing $5,000, the same to be presented to
him by Senator Conness of California, on behalf of
friends in California.
_•
—Jacob Little, one of the most widely
known among the moneyed men of Wall-st., died j
in New York on Monday evening.
—A horrible scene occurred in St. Louis ;
on the 24tli inst. As Wm. J. Harris, tried and sen
tenced as a guerrilla or bushwhacker, was being exe- !
cuted, the rope broke, and the culprit fell his full
length upon the ground. The spectators fled pan
ic-stricken, supposing the hanging would have to !
be repeated. In less than five minutes, however,
Harris was pronounced dead by the medical atten- j
dant.
—A letter from Galveston states that
that city will be defended to the last The garri
son is composed of veteran troops under the com- j
mand of General Harms.
The St. Albans raiders have been dis- '
i
charged from custody and rearrested on n freßh
warrant. The grounds of the discharge are not
stated.
—There was quite an uprising in the :
garrison at Galveston on the night of the 26th ul- j
limo., resulting in several killed and wounded.
IBtadfotd Importer.
Towanda, Thursday, April 6, 1865.
SCHEME TO PAY OFF OUR !* ATIO\YL I>K IST. !
A project has been proposed in the finan-1
cial circles of our large cities to pay oil' our
national debt—now over two thousand mil
lion of dollars—by voluntary subscriptions
of our richest men. This would require ten
thousand dollars each from two hundred |
thousand men ; and there are more than
that number of men who can spare the ten
thousand dollars, but will they do it? There
are doubtless many who would do this |
cheerfully, but the majority will not. When
we remember that in about seventeen years
ttie interest on our national debt will equal
the principal, the economy of paying all ofl'
now becomes quite manifest ; and it would i
certainly be a grand scheme, and worthy
the patriotism of our great republic. If men
of large means, and heavy business would
compute how much they could afford to pay j
to rid their estates, and their business, of j
all future taxation, enough might find it I
profitable to invest ten thousand dollars in j
a free gift to the government. One gentle- :
man in Boston, a warm advocate of the ■
measure, has offered to give two hundred
thousand dollars. The difficulty however,
about all projects depending upon the lib
erality of men is, that as a rule, those who
are the best able to give are the least wil
ling, and the "willing horse is rode down."
Some paper has proposed, we think it was :
the N. Y. Herald, that the government
should donate an acre of the government
land for every two dollars paid into this
fund, as an inducement to men to invest in
this gift to the government ; and we will
add, that if such land was freed from tax
ation, it would add very materially to the
temptation. In less than twenty years,
each acre of land so taken would be trebled,
if not quadrupled in value, thus making
the investment a good one. This scheme '
ought to be carried out, if for no other
reason than to give the world, and especial
ly England and France, another example of
American liberality, of American power,
and of American patriotism. If done, it
would make those who are envious and
j jealous "f us, and who take advantage of
1 all opportunities to jibe and hurt us, trem
! ble in their shoes, and forever after make
, them careful about treading on our toes.
Our Christian and Sanitary Commissions
have presented sights that have amazed the
old world ; and if we should now, in a sin
gle day, pay ofl' the entire expenses of our
fearful war of four years' duration, one of
the most terrible, and exhausting, in the
world's history, while the monarchial gov
i ernments of Europe, still groan under war
i debts centuries old, and to groan under
j still centuries longer, would startle them
I with wild astonishment, and we would no
| longer have cause to complain of them. -
I They would respect all our rights with ter
| ible fear, forever afterwards ; and what a
i proof it would afford of the permancy of
j our institutions !
There are some however, who distrust
i the expediency of paying oft' in full our
public debt, contending that where the
I debt of a Government is due to its own
j people, there are advantages enough in the
I aggregate, sufficient to overcome all its
disadvantages, and to make it a blessing,
j It is true that such a debt is only due in
' form by the Government, and is really ow
| ing from one class of citizens to another.
It is due from the property holders to the
1 bond holders, for the Government tax of
the former is the interest of the latter. It
is therefore, in the form of surplus capital,
and if paid off, it will be surplus capital,
still, and in this form will seek other secu
rities. Men of means can buy Government
Bonds enough to make the interest thereon
j equal to the tax due to the Government on
their property. This will balance the ac
count,and to those who do this the national
debt will be the same as paid off; and as
the interest on Government securities is
i much higher than the tax on property, men
generally, who have the ready money, will
do this, especially as these Bunds are al
ways convertible, and therefore make ready
cash for emergencies.
j If it was to the interest of the Govern
ment bond-holders to invest their money in
these loans, it is quite probable, it will be
equally to their interest to keep it there.
If the Government debt is paid oft", two
| thousand millions of surplus capital no
longer paying interest, will be thrown on
the owner's hands, willing or unwilling, for
which they must seek new investment.
When they have loaned this large sum out
again, on bonds and mortgages, or pur
chased real estate for rent, the country
will be in the same condition as before, in
its aggregate indebtedness, as one class of
citizens, the borrowers, the tenants or the
mortgagers, will be owing another class,
the owners of the surplus capital, the same
two thousand million dollars, and will be
paying interest thereon, as now. It is held
therefore, that the country needs, for its
surplus capital, just such a mode of invest
ment as the National Securities afford, as
it tends to mobilize capital, and to facili
tate changes of investment.
The Chicago Tribune, urging the advan
tages of a National Debt, both to the peo
ple and the Government, illustrates thus
forcibly the subject :
"Suppose, for instance, a farmer in New Jersey
wishes to emigrate to Illinois or California. Under 1
the old system he would sell his farm for part cur
rency and part bonds and mortgages. His cur
rency he could only use in Illinois at a shave, and
his mortgages he must spend weeks in getting j
cashed there, involving a search of his title and a
shave to everybody concerned in the transaction, j
Now, however, he sells his farm for United States
securities, which his purchaser can as easily oh- [
tain as anything else, carries them with hi™ bear
ing interest as he goes, fruitful even upon the de
sert plains of Utah or the mountains of Idaho. '
and as readily convertible into a farm in California
as in New Jersey. Nay he can return with them
to the land of his fathers, and convert them into
a farm on the Rhine or the Danube as readily as
on the Mississippi. Under the old State currency
system the New Jersey fanner might never sell his
farm, because of the difficulty of mobilizing its
value at all, and the impossibility of doing so with
out loss. In short we need for the financial pros
perity of our country a kind of security so sure
and safe, bo universal in its credit and so desirable ;
in its rate of interest as to enable any business
man at any time to invest in it whatever property
he cannot better invest elsewhere. It guards
against stagnation of capital and cheapens the rate
of interest by preventing a higher rate of interest
prevailing on private loans than that paid by the j
government.
It enables the whole country to become the bank- !
er of the humblest citizen at any moment, for any j
required length of time, and for whatever amount.
Apart from its value us a basis for a regular Nation
al Banking system and a uniform currency, the
only one which should be tolerated in our country, !
a considerable amount of Government stocks fa- S
cilitate commerce and every operation of capital. |
It is this which has kept the rate of interest so j
low. and thereby built up manufacturing and com- i
mercial industry in Great Britain. With every in- j
crease of her national debt, her rate of interest has !
fallen, her industries have multiplied, and her
population and prosperity been increased. Why
will it not confer like advantages here ?
But above all a large national debt should be
sacredly preserved as one of the guarantees of our
continued unity. The people which has no pecu
niary interest in the Government will invest their !
pecuniary interests elsewhere, as the South did in i
its slaves. When the interest of that in which !
they have invested their capital, whatever it be, is !
supposed to come to conflict with the Government j
in which they have not, they are already ripe for j
rebellion. Great Britain is held together by her j
national debt. The policy of those of our states- ;
men who desired secession has always been to pay
oft' our uatioual debts, break down our national j
banks, build up State banks on a basis of State j
debts, and so render the State superior to the Fed- !
end power. Let us never again imitate the states- j
manship which has once aided to destroy us."
JEFFERSOX DAVIS.
This arch traitor is beginning to receive
the rewards due to the folly of becoming j
the leader of the mad enterprise of rebellion
against our government. Had that scheme
of the southern conspirators been success
ful, Davis would have been eulogised to the
skies by his partizans ; but now that its
failure is becoming manifest, the curses of
the disappointed aspirants, fall thick and
fast on his bewildered bead. Whilst this
is not fair, it is nevertheless a faithful ex
emplification of human nature in respect to
all enterprises, great and small. The suc
cessful man is lauded, the unsuccessful one
is condemned, and it is easy to see mistakes
after enterprises have failed through them.
But there is one consideration which per
tains to the condemnation of the arch rebel
Davis, that does not apply to all other fail
ures, and that is, that he merits all he is
getting, and more too. When we remem
ber that Davis, before he rebelled, was one
of the favored of the land, that he had held
for many years the highest positions of hon
or and trust under our government, that he
was rich, and as high in social as in polit
ical position ; and more than all, there was
every prospect of a continuation of this
distinction. This all fell to the lot of a man
who started poor in life, and who owed all
he enjoyed to the benefactions of the best
government on the earth. Yet, Beelzebub
like, he east gratitude to the dogs, his com
forts and enjoyments to the winds, and
; struck a deadly blow at the vitals of bis
benefactor. Had lie only injured himself
and bis followers in this atrocious assault
| upon the government, there need be no
; complaint ; but the untold sufferings, sor
rows, sacrifices, and deaths which have fid
lowed in the wake of his infernal work, call
for more punishment than the scoundrel can
bear. There is another view of the ease
which adds materially to his criminality ;
and that is tlie fact, that he went into the
rebellion fully comprehending the enormity
j ot the act, and he should have known the
| power he undertook to resist. He had
every opportunity of understanding fully
the resources and the spirit of the free
; states If he did not understand them, if
! he was deceived in both, he has neither in-
I telligence equal to his opportunities, or the
sagacity he has credit for ; and the folly of
throwing himself headlong into the rebell
ion is not the least mitigated by bis ignor
ance. That he was not knowing and wise
when he went into the mad scheme of a
southern confederacy, nay, that he was a
foolish man for daring this wickedness, no
: one sees more plainly, and feels more sen
sibly, than does Davis himself at this
time, and he has now grief proportioned
to his wicked folly. The passion of ambi
tion blinded him to the truth and the right,
as other passion too often do other men,and
bitterness comes to usurp the place where
joy and gladness reigned.
The newspaper editors, other writers, and
orators of rebellion who are blaimng Davis
for all their mishaps are not dealing justly
by liiin, but this is the fruit of their com
mon folly. Those who are now blaming,
were as furious, and rushed as blindly, as
confidently, into the vortex of rebellion as
did Davis himself. They boasted as much
of their prowess, they were as indifferent
j to the obligations they owed to the Govern
ment, as destitute of gratitude for favors
enjoyed, and as villainously bent on our
ruin, the destruction of our property, and
! the butchery of our people, as ho. It was
an easy matter to accomplish all they un
dertook. No trouble could come to them.
J And now in their sore disappointment, they
i pitch on Davis. It was not his fault that
, they failed. They would have failed as
j certainly with any other leader ; but the
! same blindness which led them into this
, folly, hinders them from seeing the cause
iof its failure. If they had been as smart
' as they claim to be, as wise as they ought
1 to have been, they could have seen the doom
'of rebellion before they went into it. But
" those whom the gods would destroy, they
first make mad."
FOREIGN* NEWS.-— By the arrival of the
Damascus at Portland and the Asia at Hal
ifax, we have four days later news from
Europe. The comment of the English press
on the inaugural of President Lincoln is, in
general, favorable. Even the Times finds
something to praise both in the inaugural
and in the past policy of the President. The
Army and Navy Gazette is of opinion that
the end of the war is drawing near, and
this opinion seems gradually to obtain
among the Hebel sympathizers in England,
although the Index assures them, that if
Lee retreats to the mountains of Northern j
Georgia and Southern Tennessee, he can
prolong the war for at least twenty years.
The Memorial Diplomatque, which is re
garded as a semi-official organ of Mexico,
pretends to know that the United States
will soon recognize the Imperial Govern
ment.
PKTROL.KUM.
We took occasion in our last to give
some account of the oil region in Western
Pennsylvania, but we had not time to al
lude to the oil region discovered in the state
of New York on the Fishkill creek, a small
stream emptying into the Hudson River
about one hundred miles above New York
City. There has not been a well sunk as
yet in this latter region ; but the real pe
troleum oil lias been found for miles around
on the surface of the ground, and indeed,
along the whole valley of the Fishkill. An
other valley, five iniles further in the inte
rior, called Shenandoah, presents the same
strong indications of the presence of oil, as
does the whole mountain region in the vicin
ity ; and strong marks of Bituminous coal
are also visible in every pa it. Gas springs
—an almost certain index of oil—have been
discovered, and oil exudes from the crevices
of rocks, as in the Pennsylvania and Wes
tern Virginia regions. It is said that over
five thousand acres of the farming lands in
the Fishkill valley, have been bought up by
oil companies during the present winter, i
The land is held at from three to eight
thousand dollars per acre, but the land hol
dcrs invariably reserve an interest in the
profits of the oil. Should this region yield
as much oil as the oil creek country, so near
New York City, where every facility for
machinery, and freightage are at hand, it
will make many more people rich, will vex
the New Yorkers that they have laid out so
much to develope Pennsylvania oil, and it
will probably reduce very much the price
of Kerosene, which consumers will not ob
ject to.
The expense of sinking an oil well to the
depth of five hundred feet has greatly in
creased since the first operations, and is
now estimated to be about as follows ;
One engine, ten horse power $2,100
Derrick 100
Walking-beam, santson-post, Ac 50
One set of drilling tools 300
One and a half inch hawser and sand pump. 100
Five hundred feet of fulling 450
Fifty feet of drawing-pipe 350
Two engines at three dollars per diem 360
Contractors for bearing five hundred feet at
$2,50 1,250
Miscellaneous tools 50
Contingent expenses 350
Total $5,460
This is probably a moderate estimate of
the expense of putting down a well in re
gions comparatively remote, as those of
Pennsylvania and Western Virginia are,
from manufacturing facilities. It would be
, reduced when operations had fairly com
| menced in this region, the proximity of
1 which to facilities of all kinds would lesson
j the delay and cost of transportation.
Gum, at New York, on Thursday, opened
at 150,}, sold as high as 151}, and closed at
I 151 J.
LATEST WAR NEWS.
ASSAULT ON FORT STEADMAN—CAP
TURE & RECAPTURE-BRILLIANT
1 UNION SUCCESS !
CITY POINT, Saturday, March 25, 1865.
j News has just reached here of an attack
i on our lines this morning at daylight by
| the enemy at Fort Steadman, near the Ap
! pornattox River, capturing the fort and tak
j ing prisoners nearly all its garrison.
They sent these prisoners over the works
! toward their line ; but on their way they
broke from the guard, and nearly all es
' caped back to our line on each side of the
' works.
The line each side of the fort was taken
and held for a short time by the Rebels but
! reenforeements arriving, they were driven
| back, losing heavily in killed and wounded
i as they ran between the line.
Our loss is not known at this hour but is
! believed to be small.
The line is now reported to be reestab
! lished, as formerly.
At the point where the enemy charged,
j the main line are only 150 yards apart, the
ground between being level and free from
j obstructions, except the abattis in front of
j the works on each side.
; At this place firing between the pickets
j lias been almost continuous, and scarcely a
day passes without two or three being
: wounded on our side at least.
This part of the line has been occupied
by the Third Brigade of the First Division
of the Ninth Corps, Gen. McLaughlin cotn
| manding.
He has often expressed his ability to
break through the enemy's lines here, and
| only yesterday he showed how it could be
J done to some visitors who were inspecting
j the works.
This morning four Divisions of the ene
i my were massed in the rear of their line,
under the command of Gen. Terry, who
was appointed to lead the charge. These
troops consisted of Bushrod Johnson's,
Walker's, Evans's and Grier's Divisions,
of Gen. Gordon's Corps.
At 5 a. in. the charge was made, and the
time occupied in crossing the space between
the lines, cutting down the abatis, and get
ting to the rear of the fort, was the work
of only a few minutes. Here they formed
in line of battle—brigade front—and while
one portion advanced on the fort, the other
swept the right in toward the Appomattox,
expecting to flank and capture the whole
line to the river. The latter party were
met by the 17th Michigan and driven back,
after some hard fighting. The force that
attacked the fort were repulsed by the gar
rison several times, but their numbers be
ing so superior to ours they finally over
powered and took prisoners nearly all who
were in it. They at once sent the captured
over the works to their line, and many suc
ceeded in getting atoay and running back,
the guard being very small that had charge
of them.
Gen. Wilcox moved up part of his com
mand from the sight to the scene of action,
and soon drove the enemy from the line on
the right of the fort. Gen. Hartranft's Di
vision, lying partly in reserve and partly
on the line, to the left, was quickly on the
ground with reenforcements, and at once
assaulted the fort in turn from the rear,
which the Rebels seemed determined to
hold at all hazards. Three repeated char
ges were made, and, after that, the fight
ing here was over, the Johnies laying down
their arms and surrendering
To the left of Fort Steadman is located
Battery No. 11, which the enemy also man
aged to get possession of, but did not keep
it long ; and although they fought hard,
they were forced to relinquish it.}
Col. McLaughlin Cowdy, of the brigade
occupying this part of the line, was among
the captured. Our loss in killed, wounded
and prisoners is believed to be about five
hundred, over one-third of whom are prob
ably prisoners.
It was at first reported that the Rebels
had carried off three mortars, but this j
to have been a mistake. They took one
over the side of the fort, but in their haste
to get back to their lines they dropped it
within a few yards of the breast-works from
which place it will he brought in to-night.
The loss of the enemy is much heavier
than ours, Their dead and wounded number
more than double ours ; while we have
over I,Bob prisoners, among them about 40
officers.
The Rebel Gen. Terry, who commanded |
the assault, is reported by prisoners to have j
been killed in the hottest part of the fight, j
ami to this they attribute the failure of the ,
movement.
Gen. Hartrauft was reported badly wouu-;
ded ; but he is entirely unhurt. He was on
the field at one o'clock arranging a flag of
truce at the request of Gen. Gordon, to j
bury the dead and care for the wounded.—
The time agred upon for this was to be from
two to four p. rn.
The works on both sides were lined with
soldiers watching the proceedings.
OFFICIAL DISPATCH.
WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, I
Monday, March 27—1:30 p. in, f
To Mitjor-Gtn. JOHN A. Dix :
The following official report of the ope
rations of the Army of the Potomac on
Saturday has been received this morning :
No movements have been made on either
side before Richmond or Petersburg since
Saturday night.
E. M. STANTON, Sec. of War.
CITY POINT, 10:30 a. ni., March 27, 1865.
"Jloit. E. M. STANTON, Secretory of War:
"The battle of the 25th resulted in the j
following losses on our side :
"SECOND CORPS —Killed, 51 ; wounded, I
462 ; missing, 177.
"SIXTH CORPS —Killed, 47 ; wounded, 4ol;
missing, HO.
"NINTH CORPS —Killed 68 ; wounded, 33B:
missing, 506.
"Our captures by the Second Corps were
365 ; by the Sixth Corps, 469 ; and by the
Ninth Corps, 1,049.
"The Second and sixth corps pushed tor
ward and captured the enemy's strong in
trenchment and turned it against him, and
still held it. In trying to retake this the
battle was continued until 8 o'clock at
night—the enemy losing very heavily.
"Humphreys estimates the loss of the en
emy in his front at three times his own,and
; Gen. Wright in his front, as double that of
| ours.
"The enemy brought in a flag of truce
| for permission to collect his dead which
were between their picket line and their
| main line of fortifications. Permission was
granted.
"U. S. GRANT, Lieut-Gen."
GEN. MEADE'S CONGRATULATORY
ORDER.
HDQKS. ARMY OF THE POTOMAC, March 27, 1865.
The General Commanding lias issued the
following Order, in which the merits of the
action on the 25th are fairly stated,
HDQRS. ARMY OF THE POTOMAC, March, 26, 1865.
GENERAL ORDERS, No. 13 —The Major-Gen.
Commanding announces to the Army the
| success of the operations of yesterday.
The enemy,with a temerity lor which lie
has paid dearly, massed his forces, and suc
ceeded, through the reprehensible want of
vigilance of the Third Brigade First Divis
j ion, Ninth Corps, in breaking through our
I lilies, capturing Fort Steadman, and Bat
' teries 9, 10 and 11.
The prompt measures taken by Major-Gen.
i Parke, the firm bearing of the troops of the
' Ninth Corps in the adjacent portions of the
j line held by the enemy, and the conspicuous
! gallantry of the Third Division of this Corps,
' for the first time under fire, together with
'[ the energy and skill displayed by Biig.-Gen.
llartranft, its leader, quickly repaired this
disaster; and the enemy were driven from
| Fort Steadman and our lines, with heavy
losses in killed and wounded, leaving in our
hands eight battle-Hags and over 1,900
| prisoners.
The enemy being driven from the front
|of the Ninth Corps, the offensive was as
■ sumed by the Sixth and Second Corps ; the
| enemy by night was driven from bis in
trenched picket line, and all his efforts to
recover the same, which were particularly
determined and persistent on the Second
Corps's front, were resisted and repulsed
| with heavy losses, leaving with the Sixth
' Corps over 400 prisoners, and with the
I Second Corps two battle-flags and over 300
I prisoners.
The troops of the Sixth Corps, reported
by Major-Gen.Wright as engaged in these
operations, were Getty's Division, Keifers
| Brigade of Seymour's Division, and Ilani
j lin's and Edward's Brigade of Whcaton.s
l Division.
Of the Second Corps ofMajor-Gen. Hum
! phrej-s mentions Mile's and Mott's Divisions,
Srnythe's Brigade of Hays's Division, sup
ported by Griffin's Division, Fifth Corps.
The result of the day was the thorough
I defeat of the enemy's plans, the capture of
] his strongly intrenched picket-line under
j the artilery fire of his main works, and the
j capture of ten battle-flags and about 2,800
I prisoners—a result on which the Major-
I General commanding heartily congratu
lates the Army.
| Two lessons can be learned from these op
j erations: One, that 110 fortified line, how
j ever strong, will protect an army from an
| intrepid and audacious enemy, unless vigi
i lantly guarded ; the other, that 110 disaster
! or misfortune is irreparable, where energy
! and bravery are displayed in the determiu
j ation to recover what is lost and to prompt
j ly assume the offensive.
The Major-General commanding trusts
| these lessons will not be lost on this Army.
In conclusion, the Major-General Com
manding desires to return his thanks to
j those commands of the Army not specially
! mentioned in this order, for the prompti
j tude displayed by all in their movements
1 to different parts of the lines, under the ex
! igencies of the hour. In connection with
this subject, the promptitude ofMajor-Gen.
| Warren, and of Brevet Major-Gen. Hunt,
, Chief of Artilery, in the early part of the
operations, during the accidental absence
of the Major-General Commanding, deserve
commendation and thanks.
t GEO. G. MEADE,
Major-Gen. Commanding.
MOVEMENT OF THE ARMY.
WASHINGTON, Thursday, March 30, 1805.
An announcement having been made that
1 the Army of the Potomac had again assum
ed the offensive, it will not be improper to
state that the white troops of the Army of
the James on Monday and Tuesday crossed
j the James River and joined Grant 011 his
new movement. Gen. Grant himself left
City Point for the front Tuesday afternoon.
Sheridan with his cavalry led the advance,
and by this time has probably cut the only
remaining line of communication with Rich
mond, somewhere between Burkesville and
Danville.
The Rebels 011 Sunday and Monday had
the bulk of their army massed on their
right, either in anticipation of an attack in
that direction or preparatory to an evacua
tion of Richmond.
The telegraph between here and City
Point has not been working for five or six
hours and if there has been any fighting it
is unknown here. It is believed, however,
that a heavy battle took place to day.
GRANT VICTORIOUS !
12,000 Prisoners and 50 Pieces
of Artillery Captured /
Reported Evacuation of Richmond !
DESPATCH FROM THE PRESIDENT—
A FURIOUS BATTLE RAGING.
CITY POINT, April 2, 11 A. M.
A furious battle is now going on along j
the entire line.
Sheridan lias captured three entire bri
gades and several batteries.
Our entire army is pursuing the enemy
as closely as possible.
Despatches are coming in frequently. All
is going on finely.
(Jens. Parke, Wright and Old's lines are
extended from the Apomattox to Hatcher's j
Run. They have all broken through the j
enemy's lines, taking some 40 guns and j
many prisoners.
Sheridan with his cavalry, the sth Corps
and part of the Second, is coining in from
the west on the enemy's tlank.
A. LINCOLN.
THE VERY LATEST.
WAU DEL AUTMKNT, Washington, April 2 11 p. in.
Major-Gen. JOHN A. Dix, Neiv York-: The j
following telegrams from the President re-1
port the condition of alfairs at o'clock"
this afternoon.
E. M. STANTON, See. of War.
CITY POINT, Va., April 2—'2 p. in.
"lion. EN WIN M. STANTON, Secretory of I Vor :
At 10:45 a. m. Gen. Grant telegraphs as
follows :
" Everything has been carried from the j
left of the Ninth Corps. The Sixth Corps
alone captured more than 2,000 prisoners.
The Second and Twenty-Fourth Corps cap
tured forts, guns, and prisoners from the
enemy, but I cannot tell the numbers.
" We are now closing around the works
of the line immediately enveloping Peters
burg. All looks remarkably well. 1 have
not yet heard from Sheridan. His head
quarters have been moved up to Banks'
House, near the Boyd ton road, about three
miles south-west of Petersburg.
"A LIXCOJ.N."
SECOND DISPATCH.
CITY POINT, Va., April 2—8:20 p. m.
Hon. EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretory of M or:
At 4:30 p. in. to-day Gen. Grant tele
graphed as follows :
i "We are now up and have a continuous
line of troops, and in a few hours will be
intrenched from the Appomattox below Pe
tersburg to the river above. The whole
captures since the army started out will not
J amount to less than 12,000 men, and prob
j ably, fifty pieces of artillery. I do not
! know the number of men and guns, accur
; ately, however.
"A portion of Foster's Division, Twenty
fourth Corps, made a most gallant charge
this afternoon and captured a very impor
| tant fort from the enemy, with its entire
i garrison.
i " All seenis well with us and everything
' is quiet just now.
A. LINCOLN."
i
The Grand Movement of the Army which
commenced on the 29th ult., has resulted in
; a series of desperate engagements, continu
: ing up to our latest reports, (Sunday) and
in the glorious triumph of the Union arms.
| The reports above give a brief account of
Gen. Grant's successes.
There are repoi ts 'of the eradiation of Jti< h
mond, and the pursuit of the Ilehel army by
Grant's forces. We have no official confir
mation of the report, but are inclined to be
lieve that the stars and stripes now limit
over the Rebel capitol !
By the To ia a mlu Telegraph.
RICHMOND OURS!
OFFICIAL DESPATCHES.
War Department. April 8— 8.10. A. M.
To MA.I.GEN. DlX —The following telegram
from the President announcing the evacua
tion of Petersburg, and probably of Rich
mond, has just been received :
City Point, April :l—9, A. M.
Hon. E. M. STANTON :—This morning Lt.
I Gen. Grant reports Petersburg evacuated,
i and he is confident Richmond is also evac
| uated. He is pushing forward to cut off if
S possible, the retreating rebel army.
A. LINCOLN.
War Department, April 3—lo, A. 11.
MAJ. GEN. DIX : —lt appears from a des
! patch from Gen. Weitzel, just received by
this Department, that the forces under his
i command arc in Richmond, having taken it
j at 8.15 this morning. E. M. STANTON.
War Department, April 3—12, M.
! MAJ. GEN. DIX :—The following official
i confirmation of the capture of Richmond,
j and the announcement that the city is on
| fire, has been received. E. M. STANTON.
CITY POINT, April 3—ll a, m.
E. M. STANTON, Secretary of War.
Gen. Weitzel telegraphs as follows :
"We took Richmond at 8:15 this morn
ing. I captured many guns. The enemy
left in great baste. The city is on lire in
one place. Are making every effort to put
it out. The people received us with enthu
siastic expressions of joy. Gen. Grant
startod early this morning with the army
for the Danville road to cut oft' Lee's re
treating army if possible. President Lin
coln lias gone to the front.
T. G. BOWERS, A. A. (J.
The Evening Tribune of the 3d says:
We understand that a private dispatch
has been received in this city that 40,000
prisoners have been captured with the city.
Gold closed at 2 o'clock at 1,45*
MEETING OF THE PRESIDENT AND LEADING GEN
ERAI.S.
From the Washington Chronicle, March 30.
The rumor which is retailed by the gos
sips of the town of the meeting of Presi
dent Lincoln and Gens. Grant, Sherman,
Meade, Ord, and Sheridan on board the
steamer River Queen, is undoubtedly cor
rect ; but we can assure our readers that
the result of the conference is not known.
The statement that (Jen. Lee had asked for
a conference witli Gen. Grant is entirely
without foundation. That great events are
impending there can *be no doubt. The
rapid depletion of the Rebel arniv, the
closing of all the ports where blockaders
have been accustomed to enter, the lack of
spirit and vigor of the Rebel soldiers, the
despair of their officers, the declaration of
Gen. Lee that " the cause of the Re
hellion was hopeless," the rapid fall and
permanent depreciation of gold, and the
evident distrust of the strongest Secession
ists in Jell. Davis, all indicate that a crisis
is at hand. \\ hen it will come no one can
tell. Diplomacy and maneuvering may de
lay it for days, weeks, or months, but there
can be no doubt that we are soon to see the
end of the Rebellion. Fate decrees it, and
that the result may be accomplished as
possible, and without any more bloodshed,
is the prayer of all.
iXnu
T IST OF LETTERS REMAINING iv
AJ the Pout Office at Towanda, Pa., tor the wed- „
ing March 31, 1865 :
Avery John Hallet A Co
| Burlingauie EJ Hawking Martha
Brede Jane * Howell W I)
| Baity M J Horton W B
j Charley (ihe coalman.) Ingham Lydia 2
Chrispal Catbrine JrshlinM. 2
' Craron Conrtland Jordan Geo.
Cullin E 2 Jackaon Isaac,
Cooney E Johnson J. H,
I Chaffee G Johnson Sophia,
> Curran Mary Kamhle C.,
| Carter M j Knapp David
1 Cross M Keyer J. B
! Culver Marv Mead Abijah
i Crone Sarah Mosier Frank
1 Conklin W H Matone J N
Dorsey A R McHenry Jno jr
DilsC Multany Thos.
| Dclorest C Manly Thos.
Duteher Emily Neal E W 1
Dcvisori J VV Nice John
I Drake M Shores A E
: Dayß H Cap't. Smith Almeda
Easter brooks A'hsah Smith Jennie
j Ellis Pisen Stratton J H
I Krister Ann (Sunderland N H
j Finis Bartholomew jSjlger Robert
• Furman James Sahford V
Frawley James Stannard Z
; Granger Adelia Lea tor Chan H
I Gard Fanny Tracy Ce lestia
Goft H M Thurston Jas
j Gorman John Tyrrel u D
: Guugens Martha Terry Uriah
! Griening M V Ulhich F S Rev
j Grace Philip Warner Betsy
: Gensit Rebecca 2 ; West Geo A
Hunt A E Wendal John
| Horton Renjamin Weston Maatha
j Horton C M Ward Martha
! Heffern Hannora 'Zona Sebastian.
Persons calling tor any of the above letters I
j please say "Advertised." S. W. ALVORD,
April 6,1865. Postmaster.
I IST OF THE NAMES OF PERSONS
1J drawn for Grand and Traverse Jurors, for Mv
I Court, 1865 :
OKASn jettons- FIRST WF.KK.
Asylum. Reuben fie Long, J. N. Arbuckle; Burlington
twp , If. R. Phelps; Canton twp., Jared S. Manley.Wm
Locke ; Canton boro' Lewis Sellard ; Granville. J. t
Burlingame; Orwell. Zebu lon Frisbee; Overton. Janv
Sheedy ; Kidgburry, Moses Soper ; Rome boro , p ;
Bliss ; Rome twp., E. W. Taylor ; South Creek. Hira
Harkness; Springfield. J. M.Bonloy ; Troy twp., San.
'lhoma.s, Ezra Loomis; Towanda tjoro', Isaac Lameraui
Terry. Franklin Strong ; Windham, Hezekiab Darling
, B.C. EDbree; Wilmot, A.J. Stone; Warren, Bela Ki, r
(child; Wells, Gideon Ingersoll; Wyalusing. H. S. Clan,
TKAVEBSE JfBOKS- -FIBST WEKK.
Asylum, James M. Darling ; Athens twp , Sqnir,
Northrop, Charles Westbrook, Moses W. Wheelock
Burlington twp., Barney Herron, Oscar F. Ayers ; re
urabia,James Wilson; Canton twp..Allen Tayloi: Frank
lilt, Mathew Marshall; Gruuville, Edwin Porter ; Her
rick. Wm. A. Whitmore: Litchfield, Cyrus 8100dg,.,;
Hemail Morse. Milo Merrill; Asa Nieb<
Monroe boro', O. P. Lyon; Orwell. G. W, Brown, Art t
Cook; Pike, C. W. Reynolds, laicey Stevens, Wm.
Davis; ltidgberry, Luther Gates; Rome boro' Pan.
Vought; She-bequiu, Charles Chaffee, G. Wayne K.
ney, lhom.is Mc.Mahon; Springfield, D vid Smith,
Sherman, Abram Westbrook; Smithfield, Miles Ra;,.
Gordon Wilcox; Standing Stone, Stephen T. Bish •
John Gordon; South frees, Dayton Sbepard; Tus „
W. H. Brown, Aaron Culver, VV m. Mahoney; Troy tv
Shepard N. Spalding: Towanda Worth, A". J Eaiv
brooks; Terry, Philander White; Troy boro', Wm. \j
gan; Wells, Charles Smith; Warren. N.N. Bovren. .
Dewing; Windham, Abraham Dunham ; Wyalann:
Julius Bragg, L. D. Chamberlain; Wilmot, Elmore H '
. ton.
TKAVEKS JfBOKS— SECOND WEEK.
Atliens twp.. Ezekiel Curry; Athens boro', Jofio p
Blood; Burlington twp., Robert M. Pruyue ; Coium:..-.
Cornelius II Mosher ; Canton twp.. Philander Cae"
" : Franklin, Ira Varney; Granville, Wm. Bunyan. Harri—:
Ross; Herrick, J.C. Barnes ; Leliiy, Lewis T.
Eugene VanDvke : Monroe twp., Hiram Northr.;. .1'
Woodruff; Pike, A. B. Bartlett ; Rome twp Iv
Barnes; ltidgberry, Mathew Fritcher; Springfield. Job;
. ( Parsons; South Creek. John F. Giiiett,James Burning.
Sylvania boro', L. N.Tinkham; Sbesbequin, U. E. H •
i ton ; Tuscarora, Wilmot Coburn, G. R. Johnson : Tr
- hoio', Andrus Case ; Troy twp , John V. Ballard ; I
wanda twp., Francis Gregg; Towauda North, Michit.
i White : Towanda boro", LeCompt Mundy, Wm. Mis
Charles Passage: Wells, S. R. Ayers, David Lewreu t
Wysox. Fred. Allen; Warren. G. W. Bowen. Harr::;
; ton Whitaker.
JTEW FIRM- GREAT INDUCEMENT
FELLOWS, CRANDALL A CO.,
Successors to Reynolds, Fellows A Co., are now offeriL;
and prepared to turnish on short notice. Wagons. U
riages and Sleighs, of all descriptions aud of the lite
and most approved style and of the best material, a: ti,
old stand opposite the Union House, in the centnipl
ot Alba Borough, Bradford County, Pa.
The public are assuted that the reputation the <
has acquired during the last six years under the saw
j intendence of J. H. Fellows, will be more than ma.
tained. as he will superintend the work as heret.
he having long been and having had much experien r.
a Carnage and Sleigh Builder, would assure the pu
that no pains will be spared by the above firm to mn
the establishment worthy of their patronage. Th-.v
ful as one of the old firm for the patronage thus U: ■
tended, we hope to merit a continuance of the same.
N. B.—We. the undeisigned. being pr. ctiealmen:
ics can manutacture and offer to the public at pr:-
that will detv competition.
1 JAMES H. FELLOWS
' D. W. C. CRAND U.L
(J G. MERITT.
Alba Borough, March 30,1 865.
REGISTER'S NOTlCE.—Notice is her
by given, that there has been filed and settled :
the office of the Register of Wills, in and for the e
of Bradford, accounts of Administration upon the :
lowing estates, viz :
Final account of Betsy and Charles H. Pays u ada:
istrotors of William Pavson, late of Litchfield.
Final account of John McKean, administratorol Wi
F. McKean, late of Burlington.
Final account ol E. C. Williams, idministrai r o:E
W. HiiDtington , late ol Troy.
Final account of 11. H, Adams, administrator ol Vf;
Jones, late of Springfield.
Final account ol Samuel Hartshorue, adminiarrj'
G. VV. Jakeway.late of Litchfield.
Final account of Smith Lent, administrator o! J. •
Reynolds, late of Windham.
Final account of M. F. Porter, administrator of A:
Ayers, late of Canton.
Final account of Mary Jane Sage executor of Phi!.--'
Sage, late ol Monroe.
Final account of F. Gregory, administrator of Al.t.
Light. late of Pike.
Pinal account of R. M. Ross, administrator ot F. '
Rice, late of Springfield.
Final account of J W. Decker, administrator of R •
Fox. late of Mouroeton.
Final account ot M. C. Coburn, administrator of He
well L. Coburn, late of Warren.
Final account of John McMahon, administra'
John Flynn, late of Wyalusing.
Final account of James and Austin Edsall,executor:
Jesse Eds.ill, late of Wells.
Partial account of M. T. Porter, administrator v -
Packard, late ot Granville.
Partial account of J. F. Chamberiaiu, guardian of
ver A. Gilbert.
Fiual account ot O.J. Cliubbuck, guardian of >b'- J
E. Hamilton.
Final account of S. H. Wilson, guardian of 1W
Dimon.
Final account of L. B. Paiu administrator of ID *
P. Shortell, late of Pike.
Final account ot T. S. Roberts, Guardian of I
Marsh.
Final account of John McMahon, Guardian of Mar'
Mary, David, Bridget and Catherine 0. Keefe.
Partial account ot P. H. Buck, administrator of P:
M. Baily, late ot Leßaysville.
Partial account of Joseph Hornet and Oliver Br
administrators of VV. H. H. Brown, late of Monroe
Fiual account of G. VV. Brink, administrator of thee
fate of George Harriugtou, late of Pike, dee'd.
Final account of'G.VV. Brink, administrator of the:
tate of Denison Gregory, late of Pike, dec d.
ALSO—The appraisment of property set off by'
) Executors or Administrators to widows or children
the following detedents :
Estate of O liver Bartlette.
'• Charles Hornet,
" Shepard Cosper,
"S.J.Gibson.
" " Wm. K. Sexton,
" Buckley Tracey,
" '■ Ebeuezer Horton,
'• George Nichols,
Joseph G. Spencer.
'• " Ira Forrest,
" '■ Chapel Light,
Isaac R. Horton.
•' " Samuel A. Warner,
" Philetus Van Dyke.
And the same will be presented to the Orphan's Co®'
of Bradford county, on Monday, the Ist day of ! !j .
next, for confirmation aud allowance.
April 6,1865. N. C. ELSBRKE,'Register
; SHERIFF'S SALE.—By virtue of ;v wr
1 of L' v. Vac. issued out of the Court of Con' ll
Pleas of Bradford county, to ine directed and deliverer
will be exposed at public sale at the Court House i" lst
Borough of Towanda, SATURDAY, APRIL
1 o'clock p. m., the following described lot, pifi'f,
I parcel of laud, situate in Franklin township, beajwp
a follows : A certain saw mill, and three acres o! &•
beginning at a black-oak on the bank of the Towi^ ;
Creek, thence north 4|° west 21 per. to a stone*' -
i centre of the public road, thence along the same n<-'V
-694° west 7 3-10 per. to a stone in said road, t' l '
south 6° west 15 3-10 per. to a stone corner, the'
south 7sJ° west 20 per. to the bank of the creek, t e:
: down the several courses thereof to the place of hep
uing. Containing three acres be the same more or
with two framed dwelling houses, one framed
barn, and a few fruit trees thereon. ir iiiii
Seized and taken into execution at the suit ot "'""1
Darling to use ol Nelson Gilbert vs. John Lauti J '
James Roof.
J. MONROE SMITH.
i April 6. 1-65.
TTALUABLE FARM FOR SALE!
The uudersigued offers his Farm for sale, L ' ont4 ! n!S '
about 110 acres: about 70 acres improved ; i;llJ (f
good state of cultivation; large Dwelling House.
teueuient houses ; hams, and outhouses oi
saw mill, wagon shop, tannery and tobacco (ac tor Jj
in good repair. Situate in Wyalusing township.
Wyalusing creek, one mile from the river. f the
i and schools close by. For terms, Ac., enquire J
I owner, J. T. STALFOKD. on the farm, or to _.
H. B. M'KEAN.
March 37, 1865. Towanda.' 4