The daily Pittsburgh gazette. (Pittsburgh [Pa.]) 1863-1866, March 28, 1865, Image 1
VOLUME -LXXVIII---NO. 'he Wittoburgh Cade. VERY LATEST NEWS • BY TELEGRAPH. 1 IatTEST FROM- GRANT. I DETAILS OF DATUM, .FIGHTING, The Battie at Pti Steadman. SIiELI3 SEVERAL TINES 'REMISED Lirke•of 'Rifle( Pits Carried. INGAGEIM MIWOILIat'S RIJN. ,Rebel General Terry Reported Killed. "THE ortomr rzatri.” The Battle VritneeKd by the President . New TOnk, March TL—A oorreepondent gives the le lowing details of tho fight on Saturday, at . Fort Steadman i - . , . The rebels formal la line of battle, with a and _ brigade in front, d whlie`cine portion advaneed oldie fort. the - other swept the right-toward' the Appomattox, expecting to flank and capture the whole line to the river. The 'latter Tarty were ant by the 17th Michigan and drive n back ~ after some hard lighting. The form that , at tniced the fart were.repulsed by, the gm/risen smell times , but their numbers belog so superior to cure they finally overpowered and took prig. ours neatly alltrlici'veze la it. : - ' They A once*ftille captured over the works into their lines,: and many got away, as the . . • gnard 'maims& Gee. Wilcox moved part of his command . from the right to the scene of action, .and soon _ I drove thinereany from Online on the right of the • N. 13E41. . ilartilliro::-41111110, . lying , pertiy la N reseree and partly on the line: to the lett, was ,---• itukkly on the ground, with reintreements, and .. •`,. at _Once ' assaulted - the fort , In - tiirn, from the - liar, which the rebels seemed determined to old at all lizards. , Three .repeated charges were made, and after that the fighting here was oeer,the Joimnies laying down their 'arna end . . . . . To the left or TOrtikesibrian b•siocatell Bat . tery No: 11;which the enemy , " manegedlto get passage's 0f,;W.4111 no t kiwi it long.' and at-- ~_ . though the Yinetny"finttOliard they were famed ;-* to relinquish It.'. - , - :- . _ .-i, .1 Colonel kl'Latigidli;" Commanding a brigade occupying lids part of the , line, was among the 1 - Our loss in killed, ' Seineill:A and `prisoners is believed to - beat about five hundMili over ono ". third are probably prisoness. , . 4 It was Mat reported that the rebels carried off throsineitini; hat - that hi a odstidos.•..:Theilliole: . one over the side of the fort, but la theft haste 41, to get back to 'hairlines, they dropped it within a kw' yards of Ow-breastwork% from which , - ', l place it will be brought's' to-ntght. . -.-- - 'Thelon of the enemy is mush , heavier than orire. -Theft-dead and wounded . nsimber more - . eotible ours, while we have over 1800 prisoners. arming them about forty officers. The rebel ,' Gen. Terry who commanded the expedition, Ls' ireported killed, . General Hartsuff was repeated teielly`WOUnded, .. - but he is unhurt.. Ila. Was . on: thoilleld at one o'clock, arranging a flag of truce at the request of Gen. Gordon; to bury: the dead- and care :: the Wounded: - ft seems that the enemy believed 1 . Grant had sent - aware portion of his - army_ to aid Sherman ;' and that In ticemegnence of lids .--;•-, I our lines Were very weak. , In this they have ~ found's/a,: to theft cost, that they were badly, • • The Illnlii mfataken - bMis Lave in thu affair' aid the • ..l rebels back fen their defeat at the explosion of .18 the Peteritinrir• lathe. Henceforth .they will be ;". held in as much esteem by them as any other In the army. ~.„- , ;•44Crnr. .P otier,' 'T•o.,, Merck 25.—After the en .l gegement between the enemy and the 9th corps, ; 1 1 This mornlrg, orders 1,1711 given for the Ifth ' corps to make an item-too the lett of the line .t.„ in f r ont of Fort Tither. The 3d division; Under •4 Gen. - Seymour.; was - selected as the ass aulting • ' - 4.-4 column, and shoitly after noon the line of bat ie "le 11.168f011:004. 1441110 order to advsnce glom. • mil n a .1 abort time our men had possession id the entire line of rifle-pita of the enemy, nearly all 4, she occupants having been made prisoners. • Oar . I lets in the affair was very trifling. Over COO 1 .-.: prlioners were brought in- as the result of the • eagagenicht." • -n• Still -another light took place at Hatcher's ..". Ron, in which the Second corps was tolled. - 1 The attack was made about dark .`. 'Oren stir • hundred prisoners fell into - our hands on this ground, making in ill to-day, about o,B7stamoke whom are nearly onto hundred eommlasioned .., .ollicenctho blithest In rank beteg coloned• : This - ' does not include the rebel wenn red la hospitals, wham numbers are imiolderable4 These men seemed, as they passed along. completely 'stab f . ; fled with their petition' no. ; doubt enticdpating a I larger 'supply el rations than they have been ' • getting for some time part._:: - .ii ,- ; i M. la reported that Gen. Gordon was seen eig --, ".- leg hl Ina to , 14h1 Mid- at times - swearing. at -r . them for cowardice. ending with the exclania •:. Gm% "Ily .God,..Jost. as I. thought. .The men... wenn fight," afteiWhiehluf.,was not aeon. ':. Lient. Nye, of the 14th Massachusetts bat • t myiwiiikilled while fightleg Magnet., ii 111143 ..: .ordered to surrender but refused, and six bullets .;: were found to have entered hhi bode. . . - - Col. Pentecost, of the 100th: Peonsylvaela, was also klftetLi • ' ' . - , • NOr roux, March 27.—The rribiess'' a army of the Potomad. conmpondent says the rebel I General Gordon is reported kilted in the battle -- .1 - . of the 25tb. He was. directing the attack upon IFort Steadman. ': • As noon as our forces bad retaken Fort Stead ' : man a molter attack was made by theleft otter Line upon the enemy. It ,being thought they had ::• ' weakened their line there in cmder to mess their ' • trootaln linnt;•their chosen mile" of attack.. ' : • t This idea was correct, for the enemy had massed, ;, , but one or their corps to these left in the _ : :it; 4sarly . part of the day. • ;... The Second Carps, en attack by ad d venee the left of 11.8 line formed 04 the First and 'Third Divisions, with the Second in the .1-. metre: -lifter some - sharp fighting the left of - , the line gained three miles of ground, the broke:a ' ,- • line of the enemy falling back upon some rear defenses. This movement now brings the line --'•- of the Second .Corps not fir from Iloydtown • Plata road; but , the road Is still in the-hands r ' of the rebels. The forces pitted against this ~;. advance was at grit very small, Dm the In haste morel back their Third Corps to their -'• - right, and threw It into action., In the mean time therftlxth - Corps was alsrepitthlng its liae ~ forward so - that the strength-of the enemy's 'lines was hilly tested along its cella and right; ''.:./ The darrilish line of the rebels fell hacks the .."• • : corps went on an? their batteries opined sharpie ,- • ewe if, but In epitis.q this we went over their -'• lines until elm:enemy were forced into their de ' The corpit ' eami to a halt and kick Steps to - bold this. ground gained by thisadvancei Tho 71. - eth corps has th egreened until keday held by :- t-i' the rebel pickets. ,Ti P) results of goiters fidh:- e. leg am that the rebels were badly repulsed in 0 1 their attack, bbd the left of our Line has gained another step towards the South-Side Etaikoad.. About noon. the President, with Grant and e" legalls;Mille "is from City Point, by spieled 7-_, train. They were on the field, and the attacks of tke "d aid,Gbh corps were made under tee eyes of the President. • .•• , r; ICI, reported thet Gen:Lee was on the grouind ',• and Arecte4 the attacks of Ms army:, ''LATE FROM OHERMAN. FIGIMEG. INVO DAYS' SEVERE DESPERATE CniEGES" ON ' ,110T11_ SIDES: iamb 17.—The Worldis dia . raielifrom Kingston on the 2.111, says of net min's fighting on tail on _ and ' Monday: • them was severe and continuous fighting be - wenn Ebtinnan'and Johnston., but, nOt.:a grand hattle,Jobiston declining& generalmigagement. ilk The battle ,was tet in array upon the two opyro g site ratiges of hills on the south side 'of the - liense, our troop facing westward, and both ar p, tam defended bycorthwinicr; those of Sher man's being hastily constructed. , . . Tho fighting tasted two'.4ays, during which • desperatirtharges were made on both sides, the • ,b,,t s cursing our lines"three times, and five • timc4-04r.usen madticofinteicliargel: — ' • Tbe figbgg ,on firtado taws. mostly done by At• he ilOth„artd. 14th ; corer ,. and on Monday Cho , . • 15th and .17th Mune up. and partially relieved E. All along the Mule from Fayettovlllo Sheimaa Li Las had motepr Ippy!gtillps eyed day, M====M=EM=MM THE DAILY OFFICIALIVAR GAMTE. DISPATCHS,FIR GENIAL GRANT. NO NNW 110TEME3171 - 01 NITRE& EIDE. LOSSES .0 SATURDAY'S SATTLA Rebels Collect Their Dead. REPORT OF SHERMAN'S OPERATIONS Sara Iflightlxis Jellacroo-xi. TliE. ABUT AT GOLDSIIOIIO .• Wax Dwarfism:re, LSO P. M., Watblngton, March 27th,1865. ltejorfiener#t Dix: The following official re- reports of the oweratioits of the Samr of the Po toniec on f3atntday, and Geri: Sherman's opera ratiowe.since he left Fayetteellie; was received tbli morning. Gen. Shennan area at Goldaboro on the: d of this nicinth. No zr.orements bare been made on Litter aide before Richmond or Peterstrtuly - since Saturday night. [Signed] R. M. eiturros, Secretary of War. Crry Pourr,lo:3oA. m. March 87,18 ' 05. 5 Bon. Y. btanko, "Seerefary bJ Warr--The, battle of the 25th resulted ht the following losses OD our side: Second corps—killed, 51, woun ded. 4112, Misslng,..3o2; 9th corps—killed, 63 . wounded, 338, missing, 506. Our captures by the 24 corps were 361, by the 6th corps, 460,and. by the 9th porps, 1,0119. The 2d and 6th corps pushed forward and captured the eirearrs strong entrenchments and turned his guns against him, and still held it. In trying to take this the bat tle was continued until eight o'clock at night, the enemy losing Tay - Ocdolymplireyri estimated the loss—of the enemy In his front at three times his own. and Gen. Wright, in his front, as donblethit of ours. Te enemy brought In a flag of forth, for per mission to collect his dead, whieNlrere between their pliket line and their main ae of_ fortifica tions. Permission was granted. - (Signed.) - U. S. GRAM; Lieut. Gen'l. CRT POECT, 11 A. March 27,1865. To Iron. B. AL &yam Ree'y - of War: - I am in missile — of Bherman's report or his operations- tromthe time he left Fayetteville up to the 22d test. It shows hard fighting, result ing in very heavy loss to the enemy In killedand wounded, Aid oeer 2800 prisoners In our hinds.. own / 1 4q4 ha sars..Yrtil be e-alfirP4 by ; 500 van since isslett Savatuth. Idany of them ens but dist* vpunged. . - • GHLirr, den. FROM MOBILE AND NEW ORLEANS. ReportidEiriseu . 'alien of Arobite. BENMMIN AND SLIDIILTPROPERTY CONDEMNED. OKIRMISHES:NEAR-CLIZITON, La Naw Tenn, Mani 97:-The Steamer Evening star, Ikon Hew Orleans on the 19th, yla Harlin& on the 293, has arrlied. The Evening Star arrived on the'llith trent .31obilelay. No news by ter Is furnielted. • =Tie New °finial Arlsiniferet of the 12th has the following: A lady, In whom Implicit vconfl deuce Is placed, and who arrived here last week from Mobile, states that . when she left that city all appearaniCes Indicated that It was being evac uated by the rebel troops. Information bas eline been ,recelved Jiem, 'which., could justify the correctness of this opinion. ' lie inch of Its evacuation it' also credited by the military Amthorities here. It mature Tent little whether Mobile be evacuated or not; whenever the Federalsvant the city they will march on It and take gossession... The property ofJ. P. Benjamin and John 811- dell !alley Orlepi had been condemned In the CCulted States District Court as forfeit to the Cab. led States. - The New Orleans dimes learn that .Gett., bury, with Omit 1.000 eavilry.: Made au ad vance Vern Baton Rouge through Clinton a few days since. He had several slight skirinishei with rebels thereahonte, and killed two and cap tured fear. In the meantime our forces lost, it is said, 113 wagons, when both belligerents sepa raterel,.each aide probably. being Battelle I. The New Orleans markets on the 18th were .olmcEt entirely nominal. From Wmhlngton. WASIIINGITGX, Hatch 27--Robert Molter publishes a earl In the Chronicle today; denying the story of the Montreal admits. that ho bad visited Canitda topropose annexation.. Re says hie visit was "tardy of a private nature, and that he does not know the Views of either Gov ernment on the ropier: of annexation. Beendtlng Is dell everywhesse, and drafting Rill ht.again resorted to, to obtain, men. It be. gee In_lialtlmorethis morning. 1 . • . Everything is going on well In the armies: • Wasurnavon, March S7.—lion. Wm. Whiting has resigned his position as Solicitor of the War Lk partment. Gen. Ibutstill; on the of Gen. . Grant, has been promoted to be ;Major General by. brevet, for conspicuous gallantry In pushing. the enemy from a lodgement made on our lines on last Saturday: - • • ThePresidentbas ordered Brevet Maj. Gen. Midmost to raise over Fort Sumter, at noon, on-the 14th of April, : the same „United States flag that floated over It at. the time of the rebel assault, and that it be sainted with one hundred - tuns. from Sumter anti from every fort and rebel battery that then flied upon 'Sumter. Also, thst suitable military ceremonies be performed - under the - direction of Maj. Gen. W. T. Sherman whose operations - compelled the evacntion Charleston, or in his absence, Maj. Gen. GA mere, end also that the naval forces at Charles fin pe directed to palm:pate In the ceremony, and Bev. Henry Ward Beecher - he invited to de- kret en addreee on thnomaslon, - • li'lerriscrnme Idarc3C27.—The cninerdat ia -14 re rikr sari, 356 rebel o caw who werecaptared 3n ,he fight before.- burg on Saturday; ar rived there to-day. y ray the war cannot te violonged,- ited*m yor them deserted to take the oath of allegiance. - '- . • • - Finance and. Trade In Few Tort. „ . Youx," - March 27.—Ratiwii speculation' ' ,opened steady st tbo Stock Euebenga. As the call progressed Ine market grew weaker:. The second board was generally dull' on tberalliray list, and lower prices were . mede bi - most In stances. ' There was ood' demand_ for government gold bonds; at fun 'but."trEctings Were limited. The public berg, and_ elsewhere have absorbed a large amount of these securities during the peat few dap., , e • - , There la thothiersOstal to' notice In !Bat& shares. State bonds and 'railway mortgage,, coal and miscellaneous Omni, are a.l iirmer, with no upward movement In Cumberland and There has been nothing Important In 'rid speculancur .to-dayl,the street Ina been quite free from rumors, and the marlin is very steady, with a moderate Inquiry for money, with an abundant ETAT. - The large advance In 'whiskey today Is due to tbs fact that two mr re illicit distilleries have been closed, one in this city and the other In Cincinnati: Pre omitilth nsmes,as It might de. feat the ends of justice. Petroleum Stocks more active and prices gen • erslly higher. 'Cherry Run, 70; Ecceislor, 500; Germania, SO; Oceanic, 247; Rynd Fenn, 895; Tack, 300 1 Buchanan Farm, 155; !Joplin City; 250; Highgate,Bo; Northern, 400; UnitedBtates, Bold Sauk liebbery . et Lenissille=-Sank. er /Settee ipto His Safe. Lowserua, March 27.—About 4 o'clock this afternoon, the office of 1.. Bland, franker, was entered by three men,' who proposed a negotia on. fbr ellter, In the progress whereof. one . 45f the men presented a pistol, droth.Blood into his cafe and locked the door upon him; the men then decamped with all the money outside the safe, estimated, according to some Accounts, at $45,000. Bland was released after nearly two hours ,- confinement, by a locksmith who cut the lock from thesafe door. - . Forreatfs Farces .predatorssea Cloth. lag for Eafittanted - Prisoners. New TorM.,-March 27.—The Ilersta's special from Gravelly Springs, Alabama, with Gamut Williams' commend, says: Atlhe Won". Mein r time from Forrest, he was encamped at West with eight regiments; roar of which were :agrees. The. same letter 6411 a train" of tilly "Aims, loaded with provisions sod clothing, were about stirtlog to meet morsexchacol pris onerson their way from TupelO, ' - 'Navigation betweea Cleveland and Detroit. CLEYELAICZN March ..3.,—Navlgatton la open between Cleveland and Detroit,: The slaw= Moran Star anived [rum Dotrolt tab IlVelddlb, SUPPLIES FOR SIAERMAR'S ARMY. REFUGEES FORRINO INTO HIS LLSES. THE EVACUATION OF KINGSTON BY THE REBELS A Rebel Brigade Atteiapts to Desert UPPOISTED BranDrli OP PAST OP LEE'S ARMY AdvanCe of a Portion of Grani•s Lines, BETWEEN 400 ANS 600 REBELS OAPTI7RED. General Crook Assigned a Command. NE4Ro TROOPS IN THE RICHMOND DEFENSES. New Irons, Marsh 27.—A ntdzin '. ) :Nwbern dispatch of the 20th, says: Supplies are being rapidly forirarded to Shermani:. army. Trans portation is abundant. The Sanitary Coinmis slim agents ara also actively at work. The number of refugees attaching themselves to DOCIZMILD'e army is enormous. The people of 'Huth Carolina almostunanimomly welcome his hpyearance. All that reached Fayetteville with bin: were sent to Wilmington. It apicars the evacuation of Kingston by the rheis was a mistake. Bragg denies having or dered it. Hoke produces a telegram sustaining his action. 'The telegraph operator escaped. and 'igenow in Neither:2. ( in Macedon in says an entire brigade .of rebels attempted to desert between Kingston and Goldsboro, atorhad a fight with other rebel troOps. The Tribunes Washington sneclal Siys tha city was full of rumors that the whole. right v lug of Lee's army has surrendered, but the War Department has no such information. A Herald's dispatch, speakingof these rumors, says they are simply premature. The President telegraphed from the front, at 11 a. in. yesterday, that our lines had been ad vanced on the ao as to Include those preyl muly occupied by the enemy's akirodshere. and that. in this movement; between four and dye hundred rebels were-captured. The Tribins's Kingston correspondent-says It is reported that at knit two brlgadm of rebel troops are secreted In the swamps along the Ness river, awaiting an opportunity to eater our lines. The Tribune's Washirgton special says Gen. Crock has been assigned to a command la the Alm. of thePotomse. Gem Singleton, whole Just from Richmond, ridicules the Idea of a re newal of peace negotiations, and is certain neither Lee nor'Daris boo any.intention of sub mitting. , Eiheridenes men are bele; remounted, and will won be again In the saddle. Theinerald'r Army' i the-James correspond. Out says the rebels have succeeded In getting about six hundred negro troops In Richmond de fences. The white rebel troops doi . notlike their new issockfes. ` 'The thrald's correspondent off Galveston, -Feb. PAM, says the rebel eehooner'Xrtna tfale, -of titans, fitted out for a privateer and about to call the next day, wee cut loose,frota under two rebel batteries; in latagOrda Bay: Texas, on the 10th, by two boat'a mews from the gunboat Pl nols, under command of Ensign , Brown. Alter securing bornmander and - crew, they clotted for the national fleet, ?but the vessel grounded and had to be burned- : Decline and Fall of the Confederacy. zw YOBS., March-.27.—The World Saki more eorntspondent says: In a fe.r •weeica the Southern Confederacy will be numbered with the things of the past, and the rebels will bare utither army, capital nor government. • The news from the rebel dondelori . hat Pro. — dead a feeling of deeper depression among Southern sympathisers than any Kerbing events ' The Southern army Is 93,0ttestrong. - No more men can no raised. lUchmond 4wlll to beld no long as the rebel ar my consists 'of 80,000' land. One•haif of the rebel army has deserted since the fall of Wllmington'and Charleston. The rain of their railroads renders it impassi ble for the South to make use of Its resources, and the closing of the last port eats of supplies from England. They hate fear munitions of tear andlimited-end reduced mesas •of menu fazturingthem. and'an hone of fortdga inter line has been finally dispelled. Seven-Thirty Loan—The First Issue Ab- Ptrusntroutra4Marelt 27,—‘The subserlptions to the term-thirty • loan-•reoelvedyaterdaybt the Government Subscription Agency, and that In transitu to. the (Ace, will absorb all of the tint lame. - In forty-three days ono hundred and sixty-one millions have been disposed of to the people. The sale of the second series des ignated as that of Jane 15th, will co right on ithont interruption. Tits rules are In all re spects precisely like the others. save In their :date. The agents of the loan throughout the country hare. been instructed on and after to moirow to calculate the Interest at the Jett, of 7 310 per cent. on all ante= pitons from their date up to June 15th next, and to pay back the amount In money to purchasers at the time they buy. The delivery of the new notes will be an lotyrrnpted. The public *Ell not have to Walt fur them. From mexieo-4The French Reported =73 WASHINGTON; March 29.—Sentl-olliclal advis ee from Chihuahua, Mexico, to the ad of Febru rt,,have been-received here. An • extra of the r tlicial paper rontains the toll swing news of the Froth defeat. The goyarnment has just re celted authentic Intelogence that General Co rolla, after having caused the French force which marched from Borg° to Mazatlan, through , Blerra Nevada, some ',Jos% de feated it ',entirely In the tillage of VCrallaa. Other ,idt.ceis elate that the French fattest at .Brr. neq adtanctd to Chihuahua, and on he of January they were at Rio Florida. Next day, however, they .retumed to Bump, the lltzirans Wog prepared to receive them. Gen. Nrunte bad left Eh heatna with all the available force there, to meet the Freasb, • • Flom Fortress Monroe. FOIITRICES MOICROE, March 27.--The steamer Wtheter hes jot arrived from the front. She Nivea the intelligence ofa general eattaircouset all altar our lints to-day. This doubtless re f. re to Saturday.- • - - Cue - hundred and - dre rebel officers captured yu ierday afterooon, came down on the steamer WI hider. Gt rend Sheridan. withhis entire cayalry force, had reached Graut's army in satrap A nutaber or front Shaidan'redmmand" arrived it City Poict from the White Muse; they brought their caddies and equipments • with them; and trW rtmaln there until freshly mounted. ,Tbe Seven...TWO' 'Habactiptloni I'fiILAIAL7III4I, March 28.—The subscriptions today to the fievenahirty Loan In all parts of the linion, ea telegraphed to Jay Cooke; --att scription agent s amount to $2,175,900.- The buten single western subscription wee $200,000 from Chicago. The largest tangle eastern sub sctiption was :#150,000 from Byractias, Now York. The number oC individual subscriptions by, working men and women making portions of the above aggregatd was 1,525 of #5O and $lOO cash. • Yriatee , , crusade into Malleo Predietel. Naw 3bsic, March 27.—}'he 2lntes' rays: In all probabilitylpur future rehilloas with Mexico will be . determined - ,mairily by air cutostatccs quite beyond our control'. Whatever may lie the pollens! our government, sixty days -will not elapse - arta the disbandm ent. of our armlets, before Maximillinn will leo tho gleam of American bayonets. maity.soldiers eau 'Ma dhbaudment of our armies will doubtless go lb Maims and Join Juarez's forces. Gift Enterpt hest loved—CounterfelPAJte. Dostow,_March 28.—The police to-day eLysod two gift enterprise establittneMs, ono at IQ3 Washington .street, and Menthe: as Sunbury strut, and arreated all the parties. some twenty In number. 'These arrests were made under the Law prohibiting lotteries: .11 ell ciecuted cOunterfelt .50s oaths Pawtucket Bank,. Cone ., and also counterfeit 11500 bills on the Haverhill Bank, Mass., are In circulation. Parolul, Prltoneri.-Cotton from Yazoo Cain°, March 27.—Clarkaborg .adricea of the 4.^d ray . that 1,550 of our paroled prisoaers ar rived at Camp Flak; four toles from that city, where they avealt exchange. Everything Ls be ing donnfor 'their condom The steamer ifellues, reported captured rip Yezois rivel.;ierlied . at Vicksburg With a big load . of cOtton Cram Yazoo city. ' -.• From. New orleaus. . . . . Ntie Ont.e.aere, 'Hardt 21; via . Cairo, March 27.-7hartcen thousand-Bartle of ..flour word dee/ade./ Nl* New York and Boston. 'II ateinteldp -Rein:dog Btar lett , via Havana on B uda) alga...._ .- ' sight cheeks of NnW . York were At one-half ==lM2 , creat Portral!-Priec . Nan "(pun, Muth 27.—An animal from Port. an-Prinee Mogi drtaJny of a great 'Ane' at that pane. ' Four hundred building were burned, and tho loots estimated" , Vont pay to fifty Ilona edllaytlea dame. Trio moat active but, nets pan of lbe city was destroyed. . . . PITTSBURGH GAZETTE. PITTSBURGH, TUESDAY. MARCH 28, 1865. NEWS FROM REBEL SOURCES. EKTETTETILLEIRONOUNCED BURNED Sherman's Novemenia in North Carolina. New Youx, March 21.—Tho Richmond Er am iner of!the 24th has ailetter from Fayetteville which says_that Fayettesillle Is - ruined. All the Arsenal buildings, .the Market Rouse, Court Rouse, printing office, both foundries, all the mills, the cotton factories and all the oil works were burned. They robbed the people of every thing in the way of food. The destruction in Clittsw m said to have been very extensive. The Raleigh Democrat says: Judging from. what we bear of operatiens in eastern and mid dle North Carolina, we consider the,algns more encouraging,if not decidedly cheering. Sherman. will be prevented from emssing the North Caro-. line railroad. Sherman and the Yankee nation will soon learn that marching through* country is not conquering it. The Raleigh Progras says much unjust abase ban been heaped upon the cavalry under Gee. Wheeler. Much of the marauding and plunder ing charged to them, has been perpetrated by others. Several Of them have been at the house of the editor of this paper for nearly a week past, and we can with troth say, we have never seen a more orderly or well-behaved set Of men, The .4'zonstner, of the 24th, says Along our lines before Richmond and Petersburg there is unbroken quiet . Our troops, within the last few days have been addressed by various speak ers, though politicians have more need Who en couraged by the army, than the Army by pollti- CiI7PF. ' • There is an Impression that Grant is sending, mvpremirlon to send,.a portion of lily troops lor North , _Carolina — to help Sherman out of bis troubles. The latter gentleman Is decidedly brought to a stand. Thaw wonderful maraca of • his, in which the Yankees so much exult, seem to be over for the present. Instead of burning towns and robbing people, he finds armed men In hla front. The F,aminer abuses Foote foible published address to Southerners abroad, sad hopes he will remain sequestered for the remainder of his ex- Istenee. • • . ... • The Dbpsilch, of the 94t1s, nape the mails for the South, which should hay° been forwarded. this morning, were not prepared for transmis sion, in consequence of the clerks being ordered out to perform guard duty. The Dispatch appeals to deserters to return to their commands, and says the war will soon be ended if the solders will make earnest and combined efforts. The Sentinel calls for a generous support of the policy of putting negroes Into the army, and requests those who are not favorable to with hold all advene criticism. INTERESTING FROM HAVANA. The Pirate Steamer Owl. MAXIMILIAN TO RECOGNIZE TEE CONFEDERACY. Ns* Yost-; Muth steamer ntlYaillil t Nan Ratans on the 2nd; has arrival. .The pirate _steamer Owl, ntle.h cleared for Mataccons, sailed on the gist, preceded by half an boor by the gun-boat Cherokee, and followed by a Spats man-of-war. Bator& corning to Harana from Nieman, the Owl landed at lane Meer. North Carolina. An Irish member of the British-. Parliament, and the rebel General Preston was ' mon& to liacana by the Owl, who is said -to bare been sat to circulate the report -that Maxlmillian is to recognize the Confederacy, open•Tatoplco as a pert, to adjudicate maritime eaptlres, and-a grandalmultaneona aortic bye swarm of pirates, Is to,be The Owl la under the command of the 'notorious aneakldaMitt, la known wham cannot) sod sin- Munition inter hold, ands probably intones a pirate. Several of her crew deserted at Ha vana, and went to Naval, probably intending to end New 'fix*. Adrieei from the United E3tates had depressed sugar and molasses at Harins. The Fight at Beatonaville, Tonic, March 27.—The Charlotte Singh C.l'diy,frat bays, in the fight at Ilentonsvllie two corps under Slocum and Kilpatrick's cavalry wcre held in check by a brigade under commend of Col. Alfred Rhett, for five home, and then hang reinforced by another brigade, the Yaiikeee were repulsed. Col. Rhett wee minding; and their loss wee about fire hundred, while curs was th. et thousand. A-dispatctrfrom Augusta, dated the Mitta, says one thousand of the old Arniy of Tennessee and Army of SiMinia ecnuinumed In thatuity during the past ten days, and, being supplied, will start:- at oneesfor a long march. Thuse are said to hn returned. (I - Meet of Lee's Late Attack. Nsw•lforrx; Mare 27.—The nary' Washing ton special says, the general accepted egillana tint, of Lee's attack is, that It was made trader a spur of desperate necessity, and having, failed, the t vacuadon of the Petersburg liars and Rich mond Itself CAIIIIOI long be postponed. Military men - look upon it as a mask to cover the retreat or the rebel army. • IhitieVa Fort _Fisher Movement. Nan Tonx, Marck2s.—The Tilton', [nom special says kf.The Sub-Committee from • the Committee on the Conduct or the War, con sisting of Representatives Julian and Gooch, is in visit. Fort Fisher this week to make examina tion' on the spot about the disputed points C3O - Butler's movement. • New York Geld Market :Cm Tons, Ifarcbl37..told is steadier. Tho op , eulatire openstors appear to bare come to the conclusion that at present public opinion reeirds 150 aa about the price required by the . conf Ititoti of affairs. Oultf opened at 1553 i, fell to 153; and then ildvanced to 1.5.1,,1." remain tieddesn , Destroyed by Flre. : UTICA, N: Ye March 2L—The Utica Famito Seminary wail deetroyed at four o'clock tali rooming , by arc. The loss Is heavy. AU the townies, nearly 100 Is number. escaped. Advice to the South. Ntw Yon, Marcia 27.—The World editorial ly aqtaes the Booth to law down Its arms at urxe; and trust to chanecw. _ Alwevere Wlntir In Runde. The riger , of the past winter In Raub' was almost unrnredented. The Telegragh, of KWH; rays: "The villages are literally hurled in st.i.tr, and the kcal is becoming • daily more =- till, The celebrated fair., which lasts a fort vicit. and the meeting of the landowners-et' the mut'nets of Volbynia, Podolia, and the Ukraine, nose taking place, are completely wanting -In animation—first. because specie Is rare, and, es zr, Ncause long journeys are almost lamas !ale in .conscquence of the state of the' roads feem the deep snow. The thermometer marks twynty-elx degrees below zero, Fahreahelt; for the last sixty years it tins not 141100• BO low. From the scarcity of coin. travellers at the end of each stage are obliged to receive from the postmaster paper money with his signa'ure, and whirli la naturally current only 'ln alimited.dis. trim. • • • TIE California papers describe a remarkable accident in a gold mine. The timbers stipport big one of the galled:agave Way, and thu roof fell In; the miner i escaping. The."carc," as It Isla:tad, was one hundred feet long, sixty feet wide and three hundred and aerenty-deu tuuE deep. The concussion - of the air instantly, ex. tingubshed the lights . throughout She mincer the. workmen who wero standing up were thrown down. In soma of the tunnels She, care were thrown from the track; and the chambers, tun. eels and galleries were arcryythere with eutfocating clouds of dust. Tao air was forced south Into the Savage mine eo strongly that ev ery light in the mine' was extinguished, cars blown oil their tracks...and the rash of air up the Savage hoisting shaft (nearly four hundred feet deep.) caused' nil the lights in the hoisting house to he blown out. • „ Altana. OF TOO MAYOR OF AlatiNT TOR FILM:DI:LENT RIFITHIMOF 11.100111L—iY41104 the . following item in this momlog'a Albany Sr • 'Upon the complaint of Messrs. Weed and. Kingsley, attorneys and counsellors; Mr. Ell Perry was yesterday arraated on - a warrant Is vued by United States Commissioner-Frothing , ham, charging him with making fraudulent re-. turza of DU-Income. for the yoar , tBdB. Mr. P. put In a denial, and filed a recognizance to ap• pear at a future day fur so! examination of 'the' charge." Mr. Perry bas been Mayor of Albany !be orori eleven yew, and Is reputed to be a very wealthy. man.—Tray Tuna. A wrrrre sLavilately in alit° ilea: Vrian's lines. lila name Is James Lo Roach, or fioneh decent by his father. ll d grout-grandmother was a pretty Indian nirl, awl was reared by a Mr. TorrenP; by whose eon abelhad a daughter, who was sold to a Mr. Westorr{ of. Charleston, who hod a daughter by her. The latter Was a mother Of this gave, and kept, la jservitude by her halt . sister, a Mrs, Smith, who afterwards Bold : both "mother and cbildras to heartless traders, who traced them' over the co a ntry. This man was ahoutTorty . years or ago; slightly built, long sandy halr and whishers,jand evidently Without. a particle of Africati bloodin Ids. Total; yet its was the bondsman of his kinsman.- , NEWS ITEMS 'smoltTAUT To Ilmmrots or Miscount Lamm —By advides from the Auditor of Public nc counts of Ale Btote of Missouri, we are informed that the taxes on all lands In Missouri, owned by citizens of ;other States. should be paid until June, this Current year, or at any rate before the end of September. All lands noon which no taxes are paid op to that time, are liable to be sold, and can he redeemed only at a heavy ex pense. Many of our readers, we presume, are owners of . inch lands. They should not delay preserving their titles by, paying up promptly. All siecessmy information can, we expect, be ob tained by applyirg to the Auditor, at Jefferson City, Missouri. On. IN STEDICOMON COURT; 112.—An oR company, under the title of the "Rock Run 011 'Company" has been organized In this city, to bore for 01l ht Rock Run, Lancaster and other places In the county ,where algae of oil have been ahmoyered. ' The canltaletoek of the company Is $150,000, shares SIO each, not liable to assess ment.. Quite a number of oil springs have been dis covered in the county, on the surface of which genuine petroleum is found, and In several pla ces Jets ofgaa appear, which is indicatory of oil cavities lidnualiately underneath.—Tmeport lour- - Tax -New York :Post has intelligence from. Nassau that: the merchants and citizens of that place have 42ddenlydlecoveredthat.they aranow and 'always have been good Union- men, and in several instances the scales have fallen from the eyes of rebel officers In full uniform. These men bare, with their usual modesty, applied to the consul to take the oath and get passport' for the Bourbon Mites. The villains are leaving by hundreds. The rebel pirate Ajar arrived at Nes sari on the Mth. The blockade running business is-ruined, - and dotard countenances are every 'lt here semi-' ..; ~. . . : Lonoirrm--.& Quebec. journal.mentions the case of a wbtnan named Madame Fier» Dayer • i l residing Ire chmond street, Bt. John's suburbs of that cli, Who has reached the respeetable age of one hurl red and thirteen years. Her Child ren; grandchildreO and great -grandchildren amount to tire patriarchal'number of tiro Iran , ' drcd and Neutrals. ' The old lady rttalni all fumbles, Sad readapt with her son, who has himself attained the very fair age of serenty. A Chautanque county IL D., who owns land on Cassadaga creek, near where •an oil spting has been d h covered, visiting the spring the other dayin company with Ida daughter, and finding no difficulty In both smelling and tast ing the real petroleum, appealed to her to know what success She was meeting 'with', to which thelonng lady 'replied: Yes, tattier, I thlok Ido taste and smell the oil, but I don't think I could if you did net own lands on the creek."—Buffefo Courier. FORZION lIMPORTATIONS.—A letter from New York says; 'The foreign importations show .a sudden and steady Increase. As the goods were ordered some three months ago, when gold was fifty per cent. higher than it is to-day, the Im porters must be -heavy losers, If this merchan dise 440 bethrown on the market. The Borus sia. from Ilamburg, brings a valuable cargo, while there are others from Marseilles and ports In the East Indies, China, &c. Trre Winona LMIIIIICSOta) RepuNtean of tho 16th, says the, ice was wind on the river. teams were crossing, and the sleighing good, four in ches of snow baying fallen the night previous. The river boatmen predict abeavy spring freshel this spring,.their theory being that every seventh year produces• very high water. Tho prediction will no doubt prove true this spring as the depth of snow is unprecedented. ' Ins steady stream of reinforcements la begin ning to tellmatexially upon the army in front . of Richmond. Recruits hare been leering the general randetrous at New York at the rate of stout Ofteen hundred per day; for .the last teti days, and gentlemen! who hare jatit returned fret; an unofficial 'tour of luspectloti ,through the greater part of Gen. Meude's army, say that it was .tearer better ctmdltion. dOa m ter Cowgirls—Major General Crook, basing bier exchanged. tuts been restored to his former-command. In the absence of ~Geaerel Sheridan, who is wilt Grant, General Crook will assume tomumaiftt by department Crook ought to be compelled to /deep to somemore so. core place than his headquarters. or' he will be carved off again, some dark night, big:erring& Aft army °fats Potomac commpendent says "It Is &moth:cable fact that since Gen Sherd:tin took Savannah, the treat majority of the deser ter* here ball from &WA Carettes. Assam as the rebel soldiers asseriala that their houses are within our Hoes, .1/ey are salad with an sinews troloble {lRA's:non •to aucrt, &bowleg- palpably thsttbeirratentkm la the rebel ranks is coin. ',abort." Tun London Thus of the nth, says the Union hav,-In Grant and Sherman, "two Generals of a eery oVeread stamp/tont these to tehetet• its armies sere ono throated.:, Sherman Is enterprising and sagaellons,and hie blthertos been accessful. Greet hex been unsuceessful,lnt be has Ala& beraty talwed to recognize &Pal, roof Am proved itiltie of this tenacity of papaw." " Vino was the executioner of Charles the Fleet V' is a question newly revived by the dis covery at the Island of liarbadoes. of the deposi tion of a man named Pechell, or Noche% taken down on his death-bed, to the etket that he was the vitored beadsman. The documents have gore to England. Art extraordinary Instance of determined en durance has Jost occurred In the prison of Ales to, in Spain. A man named Puebla, condemned to death for murder, In his dread of the garotte, deto mined to starve himself to death. Ile res olutely reefed all foOd, and on the twelfth day est bed`from exhaustlen. MAI flit, assist:Mt private secretary of the Prtaident, says the Washington correspondent •of the PhDladelphia ledger. will be the secretary of Mr. Bigelow, the hew United &met Minister at the Court of St: Cloud, and will leave for Paris, In company with Mr. Nichols', the new cuesni. Toe Boston Board of Alderman has voted to .discoullune the ringing of the church hells at 8 o'clock in the morning, 1 o'clock In the after. noon, and 9 o'clock Its the evening. Tho ens-. tam has exiced at the nub from time Emma.. 4norlal, , and there is great grambllng at the change. i 1 wiz ha Boston had the curiosity, ottWel nudity last, to note the names of twenty-flee of the gold speculators at a certain board : and on referring to the tax Bet be found two of .them only assessed—one on $7O and tho on ter $1164 la-come. . Aminceile recent reinforcements to tine Aral of the Potomac Is a, heavy artillery regiment, numbering 1600 . man; 1000 of whom received 61060 each as'bountyfor ono year's service. • It. Is known at Vie front as "the million dollar mg ,lment." . Ir is thought that tto United States Sonata will refuse a seat to John P. Btoekton, assumed to he elected Senator from New Jersey. Ile had only forty votes, while there were forty-one against him.. Such a ease has never risen before. • Is ten years before the war—from 1850 to 1860 :—Tebtiessees lost list twentpaltie runaway starer, according to accurate ,statistics. How ninny she has lost since Is an unpleasant subject of contemplation to her pro slam eitlsvms: Th.vveu. Calm, the Georgia rthel, saps: "Pat mete the grave, but never. , pot on me the ter mini of e submissionlat." Bhernaan's soldiers are almost certain to with hlareigionisble request—lf Cobb don't run away. • • E. B. &runtime, E. 5.4., of Susquehanna county, Vas been appointed Prealdent Judge of the Bed ford Judicial District, In this State, Judge Met eor having resigned In consequence of We deo- MOUT or errrnAor..—Tile. teglelature of blithigau ties pulled a Joint resolution to submit to the people, al the fall election of lend, . an amendment to the cottailtulloi to• alloW colored people to vote. AncrrOra notorions . guerrilla, known 118 .White Colton, was killed.ncar lluptiville, Alabama, on the 15th.. The gnerrWas appear , to have, a se , rem time Of it, just now. - Tun Philadelphia coal-dealers are delivering coal to constituent irt - isumare lron,bozes holding seventy-flee pounds, whleh are emptied into the cellars without dirt or contusion. ... Musses... Brawrzi, Taxon . and. Potter, New York . dry goods ;merchants, have suspended • They bud made a quarter , of a million, bat the shrinkage In values loft theta stranded. Tutus are now four medical colleges for wo men In operatlon,having been opened In Beaton In 1648, in Philadelphla In 1850; la Now York In 'lBB3, and in London in 18 6 ,4. - 6, pe il 6statz, Dancyr.—The Iscrepancy between the estimates and the ex dames of the rebel' treasury, during the poet car, was on'y four handn.d.milliona ofdollate,' Gouiltas been found in liarlsMreciunty, West Virginia, samples. :of-which, alit ,exhiblted - 111 .Wheeling.: In what'quant.tics It exists is yet to be developedi . - , ~ „ . Tni Empress Eugenie la emieskvorinn to effect, a restoration or thelely sePulehre it Jo 'astern. She sails - upon in tho crowned female Loads to _ , . 1 ' Santa a, short time. Wee bonafide German CoimM; oii6 Irlsh Baronet...two Greeks of 'Mei degree, and one Turk hue been enlisted In New York. Tat'maple Inge In Vermont lest 'year, was worth 13,2.10,000, 6D tithe Amami ire determined -to make It worth , A good. deal 'more this Tut Legielatgre ofTenaeeeee ; will meet on.the idol May to start the Cornmourreulthimdm the new:policy Lf freedom. •• I . - Tim priieleeets for large' F o il Itinerate , / CrfiP? thle country during the ming:,fiellaen ..rere never morn flattering::: • - • .airreunevr.was gang* in Vermont, ea the :2514 ult.,. alma the thermometer was ten der• UT! AND SUBURBAN, Meeting of City Councils. A regular meeting of the City Omega wss held last night, commencing at the rtenal In CC)711710/1 Council: Present—Messrs. Ards ry, Armstrong, Beck, gown, awls, Dickson,' Deckers. Frederick, Hare, Harris. - Hunnicutt, Ring, Leonard, Ilawhinncy,.Mish, M'Candleso, M'Clelkmd, M'Quewan O'Neill, Reese; neh men, SniTely, and Tomlinson. In the absence of the President Mr. If'Cand. less was called to the chair. The minutes of the preceding meeting were read and approved. air. Drown offered a resolution Instructing the Street Commissioner to have so much of Virgin alley paved - as ,is necessary, from the corner of Wood to the lot of the Third National Rack, the ex - pewee of the unto to be p,ald by the: contractor.buildluz said bank. Referred to Committee on Streets. Mr. King presented a petition from Mews. M'lntosh, Hemphill; t Co., asking.permission to lay wplpe along Pipe street,. a distance of. twenty-dYe feet, for' a blast (enlace. Referred to the Committee on Street% with power to act Mr. O'Neill presented ispetation from the. Al legheny Steam Fire Engine Company, asking for repairs of the Injury done to their engine.- house by the falling of the will at the fire of Wilson, Hass & Co. Referred to CoMinittee on lire Engines and Hose. Mr.. O'Neill introduited an ordinance granting to 2.tz power to erect a wooden building On the d t grounds of the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne a Chicago Railway Company. 11r. A, strong moved to amend, that M. Shultz be 'required to sheet the building with iton. - The amendment was.accepted by Mr. CPNclil... Objections were made, and the ordinance was -laid user, by a vote of area 12, nays 10, aa fol lows t — ., - Ares—llessrs. A rdavy,. Armstrong, Makers; Dickson, Barris, Lconard;',Mairhinney, Mish, lieenndless, A. B. M'Qeowan, O'Neil ea Bab man—Ll. - Hare—ldelanpeek, Dast‘Fredortalt, Hun, linnacni. King, li'Clellind, Bnialoy and Tomlinson--10. ' • ' ' Mr. -bleQuewan introduced an ordinance, In creasing the salaries of the Monongahela and Al'egheny Wharfmasters to s9ooa year each. Mr. O'Neill offered art amendment, Which -was accepted, that the salaries of the clerks of both breeches - of Councils be increased' from 1.3(41 to $lOO per. year. Mr. &bitten offered. a 'farther aMendment.. Which' was accepted, incteasing the, salary of. City Areersor from 14100 to $?00 a year. Mr. Rare objected to the 'passage of the ordl narce: The motion to suspend the rules was lost by a vote or yeas 8, nays 12, as followso- digs—Messrs. Armstrong, Dalt!. Hunnicutt, McCandless, A. B. Mequewan, O'Neill, Rahman and BMTely. /tip—Messrs. Beck, Deakers;ltlckson, Fred. erlch, Hare, Harris, King, Leonard, Mawhin ney, Sibsb, , McClelland, Reese, and Tomlinson. Mr. Dicker, offered a resolution authorizing: the Committee on Gas Lighting to erect a gas. lamp on the corner of Townsend and Decatur structs. Referred to Committee on Gea Light*. •f T has Connell, after a concturenee In all action of the Select branch. Adjourned. ' &lid r Prewmt, Minas, Brown, Coffin; touifin, - Hindman; MXlllntoek, .14%anuitilu; M'btillau,_ Morrow, Ph illi ps, Qrdnn, . Yonug and Pro dent 11'nuler. The minutes of last - regular meeting, and of Amial mesting,Arere rend' and Sknned.' The President 'steepled a petition from prop , erty holders on SA, Chdr street asking for an Im prOVCMCDt to the sewet , ern that street. - Referred to.bueet Committee. Mr. Thompson preaentoi a petition from Messrs. M'lntash, Hemphill do co.; Per minion to lay a blast .pipe along Piltiratreet. Referred to the Street Committee with power to Mr. Merin* - presented a petition from citizens residing on Boyd's mu, asking for the erection of neo.stepil at the head of Boyd street, the old ones havirighicome lei use. Referred to the Strect Committee. •. , Mr. Bream presented the annual report of the . Water Committee, which vasaccepted and or dered to be pbblished week' the officLsl papers. Mr. J.E. Reed-presented-the report -of the &net Committco, in .reiation to the claim of Josrph Pennock for. csatlngs ft:imbibed the city, with a resolution authorising Its payment. Re port accepted and resolution adopted. Mr. McLaughlin; from the Committee on City Property,'reported that the Neptune Engine IL AN required a new roof, and that the floor needed repairing. Report accepted. Mr. Cohn offered a resolution to reimburse Ur. .NleClintock for expenses Inetirred in clean ing nut the sewenon ataeet. Real three tin LT end punted. .. 3 r. l'hiff ps presented a communication from the City P.dinber, 'in- response' to a resolution askir g GL oplaten an. the point, whether COW:t ell. Lave the power tondopt the grade of Penn atrAt, between Steveneon's alley and the rail road etosalhg, as nowpared, ' ana which differs from the grade as fixed In the ordinance direct ing the paving to be done. The Solicitor states that he has no doubt whatever, on this po'uti that Councils may 'sanction and adopt the pres ent erode and make their assessmeta accordingly. Sir. Phillips then presented a reanlntinn In etrurtiogthe Street Committee to prepare an ordimmee, fixing the grade •on Penn street, he- Ott en Stevamon's alley and the railroad mois ten, es It now stauda. Read and adopted. Mr. M'Sfillan presented a resolution author's- Inc the Committee on Fire Engines and Rose to have a new roqf pat upon the Neptune Fire En- gine lipase, and oleo to have the floor of said building repaired. Read three times and Mr. Quinn offered a resolution remiestVit Water Committee to have a water pipe laid on the exteneton of l'en asylrania avenue. Referred to the Water Committee. Mr: Phillips submitted a memorial of the Trustees of the Pittsburgh Gu Company; set ting forth that in consequence of the great In crease In the price of labor, coal, etc., they had beta compelled to ask the ogialatere for power to increase the pricenf gee to private consumers to two dollara . per thousand cubic feet, for. the period of two yews. The Legislature hadgranted them this power, provided the consent of Coen elle could be obtained. The petitioners there- - fore ask that - Councils will give the !anent re quired. The memorial We r ceepted, whereupon 3fr. Phillips offered a resolution granting the eon= sent of Councils to the Pittsburgh Gas Company' rn adrance the price of gas .to two 'dollars per tb.onsand 'feet for the period of two years, as au thorized by act of Aseembfy, The resolution was discussed, and dually re ferred to the City Bollettor for his opinion on the pain as to whether tk assent of Councils, to the proposed increase for two years would not be vlnnally giving assent to such increase for all time to come. Mr. Brown called up the ordinance increasing the water assessments for the Present year, pcstnoned at last meeting. The question reenr.- ring on the third reading and final passage of the. ordinance, the yes and nays Neronnlled, when the ordinance was hist by a.tle vote. .. . la all final • action of the Common Council ittrred the Select eon . - . Mr.-McC took called up the ordinance lu crenslocr.the ary of the Superintendent.of the Water Works,. An animated disensalon ensued, pending which the Council adjourned. A Brave giddier Gone. Michael Myslek died on Monday morning at ale o'clock. Re was shot • through the liver at the battle of Tab* Oaks, and consumption set In, Which was the immediate cause of his death. The First Ward Mission and Sabbath School at tendcd and cared for - him during his lost Illness. Thersvirers three sons, pno of -whom,' Manua; now In the Invalid corps, was shot in the neck, end Frac/Mk; shot twice in the arm, end who is now 111, and Micha4L -The funeral .will take , plakwatthree - o'clock this afternoon, front Ms mother's house on Killback street: near Corry, 4.llegbeny. Re belonged to Co. • E, 105th Pena- Rev, , Dn. JAS., PROSALTIT AT CLEVELAND.- -We find the following complimentary notice in the Cleveland Leaden of, a lecture recently deliv ered in that city by this distingulahed, lecturer: "Saargeand intelligent audience greeted Rev. Jame* Preetley, .D., •of Pittsburgh, on. his embed - appearance, last night, and his leetnreon tho above subject was no less fascinating than the Ten. graphic description of a :tour "Front the Red BY to Mount Sinai," given the evening previous; ' By them two : very successful efforts, Dr. PresUey hoe established for himself here a brilliant rcputetion.as a writer and speaker. and be will be warmly welcomed by Cleveland audi ence, wheneter he may choise or belnvited to address them." , . . •, Cnartim.eg..Aniwnotrultar,—The Kayoed Police, on ea [lnlay, retested a man named Law react-waike. who was charged with abandon; lag his wife se.d family contrary to the law In Fuch ettreeia as and provided. It appears that the atiaidontaeut cilmplainedof took placo three years ago; elate which time Liwrence has man-. aged to keep himself out of the ..wei. Yeater day, bestial; that he was In the city; s sister of his wile made information .ageless bite; and he . was arrested el stated. Ile wee hold to hall fat Lid ippett!ance accourt.,. • - . FAWN'S STERMPTICON AT CONCIIRTHALL.— An wins base witneseed the trilliatit effects its prnduccd by this wonderful application of science land tut Desist:wen delighted. is an 'exhibition of tine arts; which produces in an hour's recren. tide, moral effects upon the mind and heart, rams zaLs of good furniture, carpets and housekeeping articles generally; Oils Usondat at len tee-leek, No. 71 Founts si met,. between Wood at.'d klarktt etrtxda (kleulaulm' Bank). T. WOClellaud, anctibier,r; • ' • • Court of Quarter Seqsions. Before Judges Mellott and }lrma. ',ol k The Court opened at 9 o'clock on Monday morning. The Grand Jury was elrolll In and the charge delivered by the lion. Thomas Itel lon. The Constables were also swam and re turn/ made. Commonwealth vs. Mary Dietrich, surety of the peace, on oath of William Ellis. Case dis miesed and prosecutor ordered to pay costs. Commonwealth vs. Frederick Fritz, surety on oath of William Ellis. Defendant ordered to pay costa and give recognizance in the 14=13f $lOO, to keep the peace, Commonwealth vs. W. P.Fostei, illegal lotte ry; Flea not guilty. This case came up In a new trial, it having been decided against the de fendant, the Court having charged the Jury to at effect, reserving to itself adeds onfl f l P i so flawhibenraitertardi :avor defendant,of anew.t lalwas The jury now render a verdict of not guilty. In the case of the Commonwealth vs. Bridget Henning, convicted of larceny, the Court sen tenced the.defendant to pay a fine of six.and a quarter cents and costs, to restore the:property stolen, or pay the owner thereof,' and undergo an imprisonment in the meaty • Jail .for:,two months. e Court adJounked at noon, to *meet ;thls ornLeg at 9 o'clock. The German Opera. 'The opening nlgbt of tte opera was a - great success. Not only was the hectic an overflow tog one, but the curbstone audience was quite taripi.. The beauty and fashion of Pittsburgh was exceedingly well represented at the opera, and it most be admitted the City is endowed with; both of these elements in a large degree. Of the performance we hays not space to speak but • in a general way,but our selects one of commen dation. It exceeded our experience of operas in the great number of singers, and in the excel lent character of the entertainment. We only needed a full understanding of "the sweet' Ger man'accent" to apPreciate ft thoroughly, but the acting develop ed Ulf tenor of the plot , axed, was of itself ade ded merit.. - • To wilt be presented Gotmod'a immortal prodection, 'Fang:" This opera stands. and-. Tailed for Gs lyrie and dramatic beauties. and : p roduces a sensaUtin : wherever performed, - Tim 'Horn .Tnterrits.—The two colored men Heed and Wright, 'Them we' noticed, yesterday asdurrlng been placed ,ln' limbo for robbery at the iiicinongthela House. have beiin held to ball In the sum of $BOO each', for tbeir appearance at • Cong.: ,Mayarlowry Axed the ball at thin high kr' irp, for the'reason that the men were not to he trestri if they were Once Idealled on ball. As hide tbleilng is of such llequdist and con tinued ekicurrnice, his Honor gspressea a desire that may at once be put a dap to by a 'summa ry Infliction of punishment on such offenders. Arrsurnon Is called 'to the advertisement of the New York and Liverpool Petroleum Com ,y. The Prospectus, which will be 'sent to 'y address, on application, gives a fall account of Ha operations, with Charter and ByLLatva. A Molted number of shares are offered at the subT, scription price of fiVe dollars . per share, - within further tai or astessment;. can be bad by ad dressing the Company, 71 Broadway,- •New York city, or on application to any of Its agea4. ANNLAI RILPOII2 OT TUE COVNTr CONTROLLER. —We turns reedved, in pamphlet farm, the Con n report of the Baud affairs of All teeny county for the sear ending January Ist; 1865. As we have airemly_given the mein features of the report. we need not refer to it farther at Cotor. mix ArrOrimirsorrs.—Wm.. hreCitire bu been appointed Constable of Elisabeth town ship; 1* Iles of. Jobn Rankin, Jr., resigned. James IfiLeel has resigned his .pooltioh as Constable of ticott township.pilis successor has not yet been appointed by the Court. . FALLON'S STEREOPTIOON Oonceirr The expectations of those who ant . tclinte She roost in this ofttool eshiblikes are toore,thon teasel Noth in g so ran:4.mA vronderibly and beantlfol, hos ever been seen hare— . . . . Ta=Gasmen conarniusication Is now min rained batmen India and (treat Britain in the brief space of eight hears and - 'a half, and al , blame, .Fcdd peso and diaries at can t - received at SPECIAL LOCAL. NOTICES. 'Primal W. Pandit, potctical !Nate Itoolhir, an. Dealer' in - American . Slate„ of ' Tatiana orders. (lace at Alexander Laughlin's, near the 'Mates Waits, Pittatangb, Pa: Residence, No. 75 Pike swot. Orders promptly attended to. All work warranted water .proof. Repairing done at the shortest twice. No chargefor metre, provided the roof is mot *tuned after it is put on.. EXACILL—An exchange, speaking' of an old gentleman living In Its vicinity, aged 87yeara, ho wan shill an active, bale and hearty as moat men of fifty, rays: He invariably takes a glass of Pinkerton's Wahoo and calla:Lye Bitters with his meals. Be also rides a great deal, and to the above popular beverage and healthful exec clan be attributes Ida vi,evirrus health. On a re.: eine occasion ; when asked by a medical friend • hat physician and apothecary he employed, to Which ho replied: "My physician has always been a horse and my apothecary an ass!" R. E. Sellers, Agent for Pittsburgh..' liguout. Noncm—flte attention of our read ers li directed to the, suastment of. Fall and Winter °odds just received by our. friend Mr. John Weter, No. 126 Federal street Allegheny: stock comprises a great variety of Yancylfreneh,E,ngiteh, Scotch and American Cassbneres and Cloths, and tins Silk and Cud mare Veltinp, all of which will be made up to order in the 1464 - styles and in the best manner. & choice selection of Furnishing Goods also of Shand and for sale, together with • full stock of Ready Made Clothing, well and fashionably nide. Twinsm , rtms good men wanted for the Mb sissippi Gunboat Squadron. Bounty $700.. Pay per month from $17.20 to .231.50. Call at No. 12 Market street, Pittsburgh, immediately. - Sub. Mantes foraished for one, two or three years. H. O. Erma, - Late Quartemaster 2,llssissippit3quadron. FALLON'S - BTRal:winosCON,CBll2 n&LL.I3 one or the highest triumphs otart we hareem seen. There are single pieces of statuary re produced, Welt are worth , the price of ideals; aloe. Yoga FOULS, tna APRIL.- , Neighbor Pittock bee just received the "Young FoUm." It eon. tains the usual variety orgood thing& this month. ATLANTIC; TOR APHIL.—TbIi excellent month ly boa come to hand. Though late you can fled a supply at Plttock,o. Esoon Aamea.—Coples of this poem at Pit tack's.- Exothz Amm.—CoPies of Ms poem 14 Pit lock's. FOitrr - brats per dingu—photograpbs at Pit- 'Aat;iir.—Cpples of thli pocm at Et- A; WELD AND PEAR*UT. SCENE OCCURRED AT Syracuse depot oic Monday last. AL:the cars which made up the Oatrego' train were Standing In the Central Depet; a - k:emotive without en• ginner, or fireman, - came dashing In from the East and plungedluto the last car bt the train, driving the whole train' like lightning out of the depot, a distance of .twenty rods, wreaking the The mysteiloni appearance of: this wild en... gine was as follows: The engine had been dia. patched East, and on approaching the tunnel near Syracuse the engineer saw a,wood traln ap. . preaching from nib:East. Beth englneers re 7 versed their engines and - pumped from their machines. •A; tudillefen took place,,; smashing. Ebel locomotive coming. barn the East. The: • locemotlve going - East . had Da, bled ; track. thrown off, _ but ~ being; reversed, the_ angina, slatted back towards Syracuse ,y apeed re ced:an every foot, until it was .making a speed. of a mile a minute, .he bind truck gone, and the tender bounding fill the ale, It dashed Into the Oswego train, by wise, the escape valves were 'broken off', the steam rec..ted out and the tank being broken into, the water gushed out, 'and the phantom locomotive gave its last gasp. The crash, and atcam; and . cries of affrighted people made up a terrible scene, but, happily, without loss of life, and it Is a wonder as the escaped engine; lulls race, crossed eleven litmus, `aid dashed through a crowd of fear hundred . The catisa of all ibis was that the engine went Out on the wrong tnek, the right track beingout of repair owing to the flood.—Cleveland Herald. - Tan.Fnitamagic AND MIL - LniCOLI4.-32185 Bettey - Candy, of Pall River, - . Mau., who Is teaching a' edam! among the colored people of I.lorfolk, Vet.;.vnites that. she - had In her school room a BRAUN), head of the President. Bbe Called some colnred carpenters who were at work 'on the bulldlag,and showed It to them ' writing down their remarks, some of which wo re as fol low' Iles brought WI safe through the Red lies." ..Re looks deep. as the sea ItieselL" -"lle's ' Ringer the United States." “lic ought to be lane - of all the world." "We must all. pray to the Lord to carry him aalh-through, for it 'pears like he's gstecenthing hitched to hint,"' "There has been a right smart praylog for him; - end it.musn't stop „J. : Tants Are thirty•two oil companies at Clem; loud with• rep3rted capital or l'ins endowments gircli to American collegeii within two Mows =Mt 10 ' 1 4 57 4001 . . ESTABLISHED IN 1786. WARD—I¢ ,lefeßeeeport, Much 'Rah, Mn. ELIZABETH WARD. daughter of John Scully. deceased. MT:aerie of Fitteburgh. Puieral Iron the teddenee of.ligr. Phillip'. In Eecipoit, on Tuzartex, Micah 20, at 2 o•alooh, OBISITASTIN WILWOUTUAL thilirPBELL , -In the erath of our young friend, ' Sergeant HENRY R. CAMPBELL, of Co. B, 1650 Regiment P. Y., the servirdhulolt a braie • soldier and society a valuable citizen. He Was 11c. • nil the battles of the Army of the Potomac, Irma the tailed test until the battle of the Inldemess • where he was taken prisoner whileto thedischarat - of his duties in the ambulance Corps. He wasta cently exchanged and strived at Antispolle, ems. - elated end. feeble, a few days ago, where he died. • Wbere rebel bullets and the carnage of batch, failed, their, brutal and worse th an barbarian treatment made his noble spirit auccuinb. Starvation bra. taltty and savage cruelty' have done their work • with him as untc thousands of:others of our bravo young connisymen. - Bested 111 - Lenellee, of a del. Irate conaUtntion, asalablecniodest and retiring his disposition, he was a relined and accomplished young gentleman, In beholding all that remains • , him we cannot - but renew our devotions to our country, and swear anew onr everlasting hostility: - to this cursed rebellion and It...traitorous abettors. In the eight and with the aven g ing hand of God • on our aide, we may *ell cry out in bitterness and • agony to our bravo armies : burn, kill, destroy _and annihilate! Lay waste and spare not I On, shen man.' on I. They lure taken the flower of one YOuth from us, and by their. Inhumanity:have for. ' felted all claims to.the amenities of civilised war- •• tars.. We mourn with his bereaved friends for Henry's death; and vehliewe - may weep end strew ••• Bowers upon harp:eve, we may turn to his wkdoir.. , ed mother and ofer.the conbolation of friendship' ' to try to sooth the angulsh which w tingsrrhearL to = t he? tears in th e bright hope or gloriosa tea on for him. ' is a great satisfaction to •• know that ho died Is kis own country; that his , body could be laid away among his owri'lrYndred' and Wends. • • :. , • . , : XISCELL4XBOUS. GREAT PANIC 91TOTdEER TERII3K . X'FA4` , Boots Etnd Shcoo!, Some of iheLargest Musts ill the hut SOLD OUT"' DT ' till.,Dlloofr.!f,Y.:;, , • , - . Millions at Dollars worth of Penh laphailetoo&t,. - -,titowa „upon the market =el their anti toned rit;.' .gimiletwet value. Concert Hatt Shoe them•whea to thilast '- dlteh. L • Lut week we were lathe iasteia a►beu goods wer e s Croy Alt money . . •. With e.:Mb In a.. 4 an Immense stock of Sp* Goode were satio/A:eedfor half the Goat °" 4 we"iii° 4l, -frah sad i o ** watranteo ofanimate superior gwiliti la d for Half the Fries et Bubbtdiut OM 4i-oigivicat. ME=MTIMENI Concert Hal Shoe Store, 62 Frnir EtnMT, ABOVE WOOD STREET B. F QIRMBY & CO.; commissioN tingiturrs, No. 100 SOUTH WATER. ST., MlllO4llO, • Give iipeetal atteation to picrobooi Flour, Arlain, Provalon 6c. - , Tor Eastern account - • • B. F. COUJOIMBY • - GEO. T.• BEOW1T: mmu. . • - . • • Commission Meichant,_ AND PURCHASING AGENT,: PITTSBURGIi Dealer la Flouz, arab, Seeds, Butter. klbesm, Fruits, and all Yana Products. Best breads nun. , lIIRCIIIR NED earrauted) always has+ --dpos4 Prompt attention glrea to corultextments corresportdenee. Weekly Price Currants seat to , - ' ilossignont. Onlen and Consteruseats selkatid, WK. tr.:117111011.. -JAS. 4. W 111159114 ". .1 , Corner of Penn- and Wayne iti4 • .- . - (Watiaor. , a BUILDIN,O,)PI7I3I3I7RGH, GENERAL COMMISSION MERGRANtO : For the purehase of GRAM Of all kinds. MOO, wholesale dealers la - BALED HAY. Western dealers will find It to their advalttagefoeorrespona ll with our House, as we have greater battle. for Storage; and putting' goods. halo tide 'and Lastana - Markets than 11,40 et, of the dealers la this city. The, beat of city references ... given when required.• • plata= ALI= Y DAVE s^ l !. 'WM 'N s. 3 , 1 11/ AM ANJR. Commission'Merchants; /lour, Grain and Produce, , • - 127 SECOND ST., between WOOOl 114 y errrsntnlan. W. D. PATIERSOM , ADAM AMMON' JAMES JOHNSON. JOLINICIELEL*I2f.' PATTEESON, & CO. 1 Commission Merchants; Moser, - • ' GENERAL PRODUCE DEALERS, NO. c WOOD oramx,PrrrssuNaa T/106. AIESIt..6TE*IIIIII.A. StatiNUlD. ',OTTER, AIKEN as SHEPARD, • COMMISSION MERCHANTS;" ::`" AISD °SALIBA FOrelgru and Domestic Troller, Moir. Butter, Cheese; Esse, Irotateelti-' and Pr°dune g nner i2 l l ; ; No. ;0 LtßElrrir STREET, feis • Opposite Faunniter DePet:FltilibureL • :•• (Spcczesoli To.MACKEOWN LINILS 7 ITA3 .F.X.C)171 . L eft C4 - Xt3l3:=o ,Pr . viilsree mkt& "C. 012110111111011 Etelft*Miej relay Libertyst., 11. C. DOOLITTLE DOOLITTLE PECK, . . General-Commisaion Nerchinti, - roc is sari 70, Water street, Plttaboigh, Pa. foe the sale of. Flour , Grain, Cheese, Butter, • • ' Dried 'Fruits, Prelaloos led PrOduee of all All • orders fat. Carbon Oil filled at the lowest Moe. • let Cousignaients solicited.' . ft TAN 00141 Z. 1)A BLEF & VAN GOl - ID - Eit s - fiatiTel . '. and Commission 31,W:saute, Warehoine; 401 14bert7 It., PlUsbursti, Wholtaaterdearlaz - re e 'in Butter, Cheese, Dards r4g*, Fors, Ha Bean,rTallow,•Featters, Brooms, Potatoes, HO inn t,rled Ilona, Greco. Fruits, • Onions, Grath, tdoTel Seeds , Timothy Beads, Flax Game sad Poultry. Particular attention pt - S% Prodeee Gonslionescts • Aldit, T ITTLE, BAIRD 41a DATTOAC sale Grocers and Comudsston hie I . anita, deal: era in PRODUCE.- FLOUR, BILCON - .011.,E,„ FISH, CARBON AnD.LARD ram. runs, 01.Awf, CO"fTON YARNS, and Pitts. burgh tosnutheturits generally,lig and 114,gesond street Pittsburgh. JOHN B. CANFIELD, Comaiesion and. - -•Forwerillal Merchant arid 'whalesalb dealer ttI .WESTERN RESERVE fkatimizo:BUTT_Elß.; LARD, PORK, .BACON, FLOUR, FISH, POT AND PEARL -ASHES, SALERATUrt, SEED AND LARD OILS, DRIED FRUIT,- and Produce Tnerally,,DFos.:l4l arid HA Front . street.• orle orttrArro4" GULP ,SREPAV.D, _Commission Na ands sod dealers In VLOUB, °RAPT AND-, PRODUCE,IIO: 347 I.4berVy street , Pittobarsh. Oboloo brnods off, Moor 41 34 1133 x attention/.• em5t...44). baud . ?Articular pri' to fills4c ottertßit 1.134 0, •^ 41 ,1 genera/1y: , NMI=