'f’HEWAR FOE THE OffSOSf TTTE INVASION OF KENTUCKY. Warcuaß —Keports were circulated this the rebels, under Forrest, attacked jßOtning ltia * ntnclly , fltty . miles above here, burned part of tbe town, but as the Segr apWo communication-was out off no suthen Tbs TWs roormng, and tbe Paducah at five o c OCX passed two hours steamerJosepn Pearce, w nt ofthe affair. Jeter, brings tbe follow! g or s>ouome n, Forrest, with an estimn. e yesterdayafter eapturedOieplace_attwo o 1 com _ noon, sacked and fired tbe the city mending the post, oconpie ma dofour assaults vt ith about SOO men. The r™ CIE “™y,”“ Three P l marine railway and the Bteamer Arizona. 6 The -wharf boat and about 3,000 inbabi tente of the city moved across tbe river upon learn toe tne approach of tbe rebels 'When the Pearce passed at seven o’ clock this ™ornine, ibeenemy hac left ana tbe people were Stnrniug to the city. The fires were dying out The amount of public and private property cap tured is unknown at present, but is supposed to e OnAosB was twelve killed and forty wounded. Prom one hundred and fifty to three hundredrebels are reported killed, and among them General Thompson. ' _ , * Twenty-five houses around the fort were ae *tro* ed by our troops, they being used as a screen for the rebel sharpshooters A A The Headquarters and Government storehouses were burned by the enemy. A reporter has gone to Paducah, and will furnish correct information as soon as possible. FUBTHEB FROM PADUCAH. Cairo March 27 —A despatch from Columbus, Kentucky, says that Forre6t and Faulkner are be tween thatplu* e and Mayfield. Their forces %ire to a crippled condition, but their strength is much greater than was at first estimated. Mayfleid is filled with rebel wounded from Pa ducah. From 1,200 to 1,5'.0 sre said to have arrived •mere. Due regiment lost 100, and one company had 50 killed. The rebels were marching towards Clinton at the j®Bt accounts. Should they attack Columbus they will receivea still warmer reception than at Pad ueah. The steamer Perry was fired into while passing Hickman yesterday. A large number of rebels were m the town, and a great number of shots were fired,'but nobody was hurt. The steamer Graham brought up 600 men from Hew Madrid* who charged through the town, but the re els had fled. They belonged to Faulkner’s rebels were killed at Paducah and over 1,000 were wounded. .... . . Several citizens of the place were* killed during the figt t and tde city is nearly in ruins. THE REBEL ATI ACK ON USIOH CITY, TENN. Cairo, March 25 The enemy being reported in force near Union City, Tenn., yesterday morning. Gen. Brayman, with a force of 2,000 men and a battery of artillery, proceeded byjrailroad to with in six miles of that place, when they learned that •Colonel Hawkins, with 40u of the 7th Tennessee Cavalry, had surrendered at II A. M., afterre pulsing the rebels, who mustered; 2,000 men, three times. ' The men were all armed and equipped, and had recently been paid lor over a yea T’s service. The enemy burned all that was combustible about the fortifications, and marched off with their pri soners. Gen. Brayman proposes the abandonment of such outposts as Hickman and Union City, as they are ot no use to the Federals, and of no value at present to the enemy as a means of obtaining supplies. THE CAPTURE OF FORT DE BUSSEY. St. Loris. March 26 —Our losses at the capture of Fort De Bussey, on the Red river, were seven killed, two mortally wounded, twelve severely wounded, twenty-seven slightly wounded, and six not specified. The rebel loss wasfiTe killed and four wounded. About a thousand men composed the garrison of the fort, but more than one-half had been with drawn to defend Alexandria (which, according to the latent advices from New Orleans, had also been captured by our troops. — Rep. ) The credit of the capture of Fort De Russey be longs to the army entirely, the gunboats not having participated in the engagement. Fort De Russey is 70 miles from the mouth of the Bed river. 143 miles from Alexandria, and 450 miles from Shreveport. SFBOH ST. LOUIS. St. Louis, March 27. —The circulation of the Metropolitan published in New York, has been suppressed m this Department by order of General hosecrans. Well executed counterfeit $lOO Treasury notes have been passed on several parties here within a day or two. and notes of the same character haye appeared at St. Josephs and other points West FROM MEMPHIS. Memphis, March 24 —Major William P. Norris, Paymaster of the army, a native of Philadelphia, died here on the 22d Advices from Vicksburg to the l?th furnish nothing of special interest. The brick railroad depot at Vicksburg was entirely destroyed by Are a few days since. A large portion of the cotton it contained was saved. The Memphis cotton market is dull at fifty-eight cents for good middlings. PROCLAM ATION BY THE PRESIDENT. Washimgtok, March *26, 1664. — Whereas, it has become necessary to define the cases in which in surgent enemies are entitled to the benefits of the Proclamation of the President of the United States, which was made on th» 6th day of December, 1663, and ihe manner in which they shall proceed to avail themselves of these benefits: ; And whereas i The objects of that proclamation has been to suppress the insurrection and to restore the authority ol the United States*,; And whereas, The amnesty therein proposed by the President-was offered with reference to these objects alone. i A r ow, ihtTtfort, I, Abraham. liincoln, President of the United States, do hereby proclaim and de clare that the said proclamation does not apply to the cases of persons who, at the time when they seek to obtain the benefits thereof, by taking the oath thereby prescribed, are in military, naval or civil confinement or custody, or under bonds or on parole of the civil, military or naval authorities or agents of the United States, as prisoners of war, or persons detained for offences of any kind, either before or after conviction, and that, on the con trary, it does apply only to those persons who, being at large and free from any arrest, confine* mentor duress, shall voluntarily come forward and take the said oath, with the purpose of re storing peace and establishing the National au thority. Prisoners excluded trom the amnesty offered in the said proclamation may apply to the President for clemency, like all other offenders, and their applications will receive due consideration. Ido further declare and proclaim that the oath, prescribed in the aforesaid prQclamation, of the feth of December, 1863, may be taken and sub Bcrifced to before any commanding officer, civil, military or naval, in the service of the United States, or any civil or military officer of a State or Territory notin insurrection, who, by the laws thereof, may he qualified for administering oaths. All officers who receive such oaths are hereby au thorized to give certificates thereon to the persons respectively by whom they are made, and such offi cers are hereby required to transmit the original records of such oaths at as early a day as may be convenient to the Department of State, where they will be deposited and remained in the archives of the Government. The Secretary of State will keep a register meTeof, and will, on application, in proper cases, certificates of such records in the customary form of official certificates. r — . in testimony whereof, I have hereunto set i • b.j my hand and caused the seal of the United hfme affixed. sixth oaj oma«h y ff Washington, t}ie twenty, thousand PiffKTv , J intbe year of our Lord one Ind6pendenle t oi' l th T (. ed T? n ? s i x l y ‘ fonr ’ and ofthe eighth 01 the -United States the eighty- By the President, ABEAH “ LIN COLN. W*. H. Sewabd, Secretary of State. FBOH WASHINGTou. Washington, March 27, ism m. , test authority tor saying that no Nati ls , tbe Association has yet receded receive subscriptions on account of ,ht national ten-forty loan. Letters are in Mena ration, however, and will be immediately warded to ail the Nationa l Banking Associations ■which have been qualmed and designated as dene sitories and; financial agents, authorizing them. tS subscriptions ior the ten- The compensation aliowed is one-fourth of one percent., oufot which the'cost of. advertising and be defr e ytd PenEeS °* obtainln & subsirriplions must Eene-al order was issued to-day r Mmch» ifM ES s^7 H ? AEMY > Washington, : Army Co™ wiTT AU A clrloushetl m S n of the 9th rendeT™n?l,i e expiration of their fnr partment and other Cnmm» a s olis,l^, aryla,l MEDIUM; OKP and CROWN MAN LLA, on hand, or mane to order. Highest price paid tor Rope in large or small quantities. mh2-3ms SPRING, 1864. SPRING 1864 EDMUND YARD & Co., 617 CHESTNUT STREET, AND 614 JAYNE STREET, PHILADELPHIA. Have now in sure tneir SPRING IMPORTATION OP Silk and Fancy Dry Goods, Consisting of DRE SS GOODS of all kinds,' Black and Fane; Silks, Satins,. Gloves, Mitts, Ribbon and Dress Trim, mugs. I ALSO, White Goods, Linens, Embroideries and Laoes. A large and handsome assortment ol Sommer Shawls, BALMORAL SKIRTS, OF ALL GRADES, Which we offer to the trade at the lowest pnoas ja3o-3m4 IT for SALE. fl The Three-Story Brick Dwelling, No. 510 SOUTH TENTH STREET Has THREE-STORY BACK BUILDINGS. MODERN IMPROVEMENTS. Lot 18 by 87 Feet WOnly a small part of Cash required. tar INQUIRE ON THE PREMISES. fcls-tt> I 1084, CHESTNUT ST. SPRING E. M. NEEDLES Is now receiving, and offers for sale below present market rates, many novelties in LACE AND WHITE G/BUS. I He would call “special attention'* tohts assortment of over gy rifD*rent new fabrics and styles of White Goods, suitable for Bocies and Dresses,*' In stripes, plaids and flgured,puiTed and tucked mus tins. too pieces of figured and plain Buff and White Piques, bought before the recent ad vance. New invoices of Guipure and Thread Laces, Thread and Grenadine Veils, Edgings, Insertings, Flouncing*. &c. Broad hemstitched HANDKERCHIEFS all linen, good quality, from 25 cents up. 1024 ALEX. WRaY & CO., 239 CHESTNUT STREET, Importers ol British Dry Goods, and British and German Hosiery, Gloves, Undershirts and Drawers, 4c., 4c. A fnll stock for Spring Sales jnst opened. mhs-lm CELEBRATED REEVE SDALE COAL. T. W. NEILL & CO., S. E. corner Broad and Callowhill St* mh‘2*2-3mv FURLOUGHS. Officers and Soldiers, visiting the City on Fv lough, needing SWORDS, AND OTHER MiUTaRT EQUIPMENTS an invited to the very extensive Manufacturing E*. tabdshment of GEO, W. SIMONS & BR0„ SANSOM STREET HALL, Sansom Street, above Sixth. PRESENTATION SWORDS Made to order at the shortest notice, which fo. richness and magnificence challenge competition no other honse in the country combining the Ma NUFaUTURING jeweler with thj PRACTICAL SWORD MAKER. mhB-lms EEMOVAL. A. N. ATWOOD, FORMERLY OF No. 42 NORTH SECOND ST. . HAYING REMOVED TO THE ELEGANT AND COMMODIOUS STORE No. 45 South Seeond Street, Respectfully invites the trade and the public to call and examine his extensive stock of SUPERIOR MATRESSES, BEDDING AND SPRING BED 3. Also, a choice assortment of all kinds of UPHOLSTERED FURNITURE. mhi9-tf BRAIDING,- EM an(l Tambonrlnk done at CAMERON’S, 228 North EIGHTH street and . ... , 508 South SIXTH street. Ladles’ under-clothing in stock made - to order. Tucking neatly don . to order. lfeS-Stm* OFFER FOB SALE, , 1 ON FAVORABLE TERMS. $350,000 FIRST MORTGAGE 6 PER CENT. BONDS OF THE Testers Pennsylvania Railroad Com’y. n ? a P erfect, y safe investment, will please call and. examine the Bonds aud the evi deuce as to theii security, B. W, CLARK & CO., mhs-lm} 35 SOUTH THIRD ST gTOOKS BOUGHT AND SOLD ON COMMISSION, BY GEO. HENDERSON, JR., a!8-3m* No. 223 DOCK BTRKBT COOPER & GRAEF, „ Stock Brokers, NO. 11 EXCHANGE, PHILADELPHIA. LEWIS COOPER. OHAS H. GRAFF. mhSI-lm^ U. S. COUPONS BOUGHT AT HIGH - PBEMIUM, DE HAVEN &BRO, 20 South Third Street. mh27-tm;lo{ COOK & BROTHER, Hosiery and Gloves, Tiimmings and Fancy Goods, Wholesale and Retail, No. 53 North. Eighth st, Phila. mil-3m J TBE GEITYSBURO BATTLE' FIELD MEMORIAL. / AN APPEAL TO LOYAL PENNSYLVANIANS. The “GETTYSBURG BATTLE-FIELD ME MORIAL ASSOCIATION** was instituted forthe purpose of securing, ferever, the principal points upon the great bat’le-fleldof the war, in the exact condition in which they were leltin July, is 63 when the rebel hordes of the Invader Lzswere driven back from the free soil of Pennsylvania, and when the gallant soldiers of Gxhxral Mr a ns remained in possession of the Ilf Id which they had won by their valor. The Association havealready secured the purchase of Cscstbby Hill, Culp s Hit-L, Grasttb Stub and Bound Top, with the entrenchments thrown up just upon the eve of the great conflict which was the turning point in the career of the rebellion. The field, with its redoubts, wonderful stone defences, Its timber breast- w orks, itsforest heights, with the trees torn by shells and countless bullets, and its long lines of earthwork defences, have all been preserved intact, and to so continue to preserve them, as to be a monument forever of the greatest of American Battle-fields, is the object of the formation of the Association. To enable a large number of persons to join in this patriotic work, the projectors of the plan placed the subscriptions at ten doll&rse&ch. The payment Of this sum MAKES EACH SUBSCRIBES A MEKBEB OP THE ASSOCIATION, AND PART OWNER OP THB Glorious Field op Gettysburg. Wfcat Loyal and Patriotic Citizen of Pennsylva nia would not gladly embrace the privilege of re cording his name upon this ro 1 of honor, and ol ticking himself directly with the field where me loftj* heroism of his countrymen vindicated the integrity of the Union and the principie> of Free dom 7 And who would not desire to hand down as a precious heir-loom to his children the evidence of At* part in the good work, bearing, as the certi ficate will, a view of the field which will rank in history with Thkhmofyl.b, Marathon and Wa terloo 7 There are no salaried officers in’this Association, noi are there any objects in view in its creation other than those already stated. The grounds were purchased from their original owners at the exac price to be paid for them by the Association, ana the points selected, and the prices to be paid for them, met the unqualified approval of a comantte* of the Historical cocibty op Pennsylvania. appointed for the purpose of visiting the field. The following are the names of the general offi cers of the Asso, i&tion, and of the Local Com mittee in Philadelphia: OFFICERS. Hon. JOSEPH R. INGERSOLL, Chairman pro visional Commutes. Rev.. Dr. S. &. SCHMUOKER, Vice Chairman. Bev. J. ZIEGLEK Vice Chairman. T. D. CARSON, Treasurer. D. McGONaUGHY, tecretary. LOCAL eOHMITTES —PHILADELPHIA. HENRY O. CAREY,'Chairman. Edmund A. Sender, Henry C. Baird, Treasurer. Secretary, S. A. Mercer, Prof. H. Coppee, N. B. Browne, Dr. D Gilberi, J. G. Ft 11, GeorgeH Bolter, « harles E. Smith, James L. Cia^horn, S. M. FeltOD, Edwd W. Clark, W H. Ashhurst, bev. E. W. Hatter, Jay Cooke, Chas. J S r ille, A. J.-Dresel, Oswald Thompson, George K. Ziegler, J. B. Lippincott, Will.am Bradford, Aubrey H. smith, John W. Forney, >olon on W. Roberts, Geo. F. Lee, Persons who axe desirous of aiding in this pa triotic work can send their subscriptions to either of the gentlemen named above, and they will re ceive their Certificates of Stock. BY ORDER OF THE PHILADELPHIA COM MITTEE. mh3 The Sunbeam Stories, Containing the charming, Might Stories of TRAP TO OATOH A SUNBEAM, CLOUD WITH SILVER LINING, HOUSE ON THE ROC K ONLY, OLD JOLLIFFE, MERRY Ohbistxa-. DREAM CHINTZ, STAR IN THE DESERT, Ac. Six beautiful volumeß, Illustrated, 82 50. W. P. HAZARD. Ja2l-t jyl 3i South SIXTH Street. LONDON STOUTj SCOTCH ALE, By the'Cat k" or Dozen. ALBERT C. ROBERTS, DEALER IN FINE GROCERIES, Corner Eleventh and Vine Streets, SAMUEL W. LAPSLEY* No. 40 SoutfrTMrd Streets °? Commission inPhiladel- fe26-2ms G. F WOBK & CO. P- F. KELLY, Hon. William strong, Ferdinand J Dreer, Jno.A McAllister, Geo. W. Childs, John H. Dohnert, Morton McMichael, W W. Harding, Gibson Peacock, John U James, Morton P. Henry, Dan i Dougherty. STOCK BROKER, P E. KELLY &CO„ Bankers and Exchange Brokers, NORTHWEST CORNER OF THIRD AND CHESTNUT STS,,' J a,,, Jffi( PHILADEL PHIA. EXCHANGE ON LONDON, FOR SALE In Sums to Suit, by MATTHEW T. MILLER A CO,. Third street; STOCKS Bought and Sold on Cenuniasiog, by Matthew T. Miller & Co., No. 4S Bonth Thl.H at. G. F. WORK & CO. JOHN C. UAPP & SON, STOCK AND NOTE BROKER!, No. 23 South Third Street, Directly opposite tbe MeGhanies’ Eank, Government Loans, Stocks and Bonds Bought and Sold on Commission at the Board o 3 Brokers. MONEY INVESTED AND * NOTES AND LOANS NEGOTIATED ON THE BEST TERMS, fell-3m JOHN HORN, JR., Stock Commission Broker 140 SOUTH THIRD ST. UP STAIRS, Philadelphia. REFERENCES—Messrs Thts A Biddles Co., E. S. Whelen ACo., Buxby&Co., Alexan der Biddle, Esq., G. M. Troutman, Esq., Messro G&w, MaalesterA Co ,Henry J. Williams,Esqj 1 P. Hutchinson, Esq.. D. B. Cummins, Esq., Drexel A Co., Jas. G- King A: Sons. N, Y. fe2s-2ms G. F. WORK & CO. MICHAEL JACOBS, BANKER, He. 40 South Third Street, Phils. OoTirnmeat Secnriti.*, Epectt and Usoarresi Money,Bonght and Sold. Slock. Bongbt and Sold on Oommmaos. t Particular atttntion paid to the n.goCatics time paper., Citr Warrant* Bongti. ocS-Ssjf KNOEK, & DAWSON STOCK BROKERS, No. 27 SOUTH THIRD STREET, PHILADELPHIA. FRFDFRIO E. KNORR, CHAS P.DAWSON. mbit lm* G, F. WORK & 00. GOLD, 3H.VER, AKB BANK NOTES WANTED. DI HAVEN & BRO, 20 SOUTH THIRD ST, G. F. WORK & CO., BANKERS AND STOCK COMMISSION BROKERS* 48 SOUTH THIRD STREET mhl2-6ms STOCKS AND SECURITIES BOUGHT and sold ON COMMISSION. VB HAVEN & BRO.O 20 SOUTH THIRD STREET. fe9 ■ Marten, leans, 'no. 402 chestnut Street. First Premium awarded by Franklin XoatUuto to MARTIN LEANS, Manufacturer of : MASONIC MARKS, PINS, EMBLEMS, 40. New. and original designs of Masonic Marks and Templars Medals, Army Medals and Corpo- Badges of svary description . mh3-4mo B. K. JAMISON.