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FLOODS.
The valley of the Susquehanna, in common with
o th ers , m used through by broad, shallow Dm% has
sabred at differant'Periods from disastrous meads-.
Dona. In January, 17e4, snow fell In Wyoming arid
the surrounding country to the depth of four feet..
cutting offall communication between the Slate au
thorities et Ebibelleillbia , and theFFennamite garrison
In the valley, The soldiers at Fort Dickinson, so
called by the Pennamitas, er, by the Yankees, Fort
Wyoming, were compelled to keep close quarters,
and for some time were unable to visit the surround
ing forest for feel. The scattered lahabibuns of the
nay-Vett barricaded in their &tailings, and could'
net call upon or. be called upon by their neighbor'.
In tlinfollowing: March the snow passed off with
rain; producing what - is known in the tradition of
the country as , the great Ice Flood. The - Stages
henna 41M Its tributaries were covered with thick
for the winter's cold had been unuanally severe.
Itbroke up` isnddenly In the spring; and the water
ma with alarming rapidity. •It Is related that the
- ice In the regions)f the present Nanticoke dam re
mained Arm- and unbroken, while Immense muses
of loose tee from above were swept down, and lodg
ed in the lower part of the valley, piling up In vast
heaps, and formlng a barrier to the free progress of
the water. "One general Inundation overspread
the plains of. Wyoming. The Inhabitants took ref
uge on thesurrormding heights, many being rescued
from the roofs of their floating houses." When the
accumulating pressure the good broke through
the Icy barrier, houses and barna, stacks of grain and
bay, tortes; cattle, and swine were swept from the
face of the Mirth. .' Major James Moore, writing un
der dateef March 30th, 1784, from the fort at Wilkes.
Bate, to Mr.lDlckinson, president of the Supreme
Executive Cobra, says: The people in thts-coun
tn suffered exceedingly from the late freahet.
riot Jess than 150 houses bare been carried away.
The grain is principally lost, and a very considerable
part of the cattle drowned . The water was SO feet
above low water mark. The water was so high in
- the canteen that some of the ammunition was tn.
Jared." ' The huge blocks of Ice which- were left on
the plains after the Inundation had subilded, remain
ed unmelted by the sun's rays during the greater
part of the Minting summer.
Jo October, 1788, occurred what Is called the
"Pumpkin Flood," from the vast quantities et that
vegetable which were carried down and strewn over
the lower plains of the Susquehanna. In a letter,
dated at W ilk November 7th, 1788, written
to Dr. Joseph Ilamlllon, the flood Is thus described:
I expect you have heard of the late deluge. The
tabs on the sth of October, which fell in about twen
ty-four hours, raised the river about nix feet, and in
the narrows ten feet deeper than ever before known.
The twill streams became mighty rivers. The mills
are mostly swept off and one-half of all kind of food
for man and beast is for ever last. Even the roots
in the earth, such as potatoes, turn ips , parsnips,
&c., are mostly rotten In the earth. The greatest
put of the rain MI In the *acumen and evening of
%KM. The Susquehanna river, that was foldable
at four of the clock in the afternoon, was over the
face of the earth, from mountain to mountain, at six
o'clock the morning of the Bth. It la surprising to
see the mountains in the smallest runs of water.—
You may see stones, from three pounds to three tons
weight, drove to a grew dialer-cc, and hove up In
heap.. A stone, Judged to weigh two tons, lies
mouthed on two stumps, pear Toby's Creek, that
Was drove for a rwnsldembla distance. A number of
cattle were drowned. Oar fences are all tune. One
man was drowned attempting to save some effects."
From the statements we have, it would appear
that the pumpkin flood was higher than the ice flood
by six or eight feet. or that it rose forty feet above
low water mark. But the former seems not to have
been so disastrous as the latter, for the reason that
there was no bearing up and sudden rush of the
flood, producing a current of Irresistible force. In
the pumpkin flood men were seen padding their
canoes through-the swelling tide. and rescuing wom
en and children from houses hair filled with water.
A few horses, held by the head by men In canoes,
swam to shore, while others, with most of the horn
ed cattle, sheep, and swine, were swept away and
lost.
The incidents and hairbreadth escapes of the
two floods, °runnings° near together, have likely
become mixed, and those of the ice assignol to the
pumpkin flood, and vice versa.
It is related that the late Rev. Benjamin Bidlack,
then a powerful muscular man, Was swept down the
river in his dwelling-house, in the lee flood, during
the night. The house started from Plymouth, and
was followed by people along the shore, by torch
light& Sometimes the Lease would lodge on an
obstnrchon, and alter a short pause would be car
ried forward. On these occasions the stentorian
voice of the sailor was beard above the lend roar of
the waters and the crashing of the Ice,Now I nm
standing still."—" Now lam going forward" The
building was permanently lodged among the trees,
Mr. Blalock, thanks to his groat end - omm and
strength, made a happy escape.
The widow Jameson, whose house stood near the
residence of the late James Lea, E.q., in Hanover,
with her small rhildren, was taken from the second
story of the building into a canoe.
At horse was drowned lo a stable, near the present
residence of the Bev. John Dorrance, in NViikes-
Barre. The late Mrs. Myers, with her father's family,
escaped from their dwelling in Kingston, during the
ice flood, In a canoe, soon after which the house
Was carried away, and the spot where it stood cov
ered by an immense pile of lee.
Persons familiar with the localities referred to in
the foregoing statements may form a pretty correct
idea of the extent of these floods. •
It is said the Indians informed the whites that
they had no tradition respecting any flood having
swept over the plains of Wyoming. This may be
doubted, but If true, it may be an Interesting gees- '
non how far the clearing oat of the country, and the
removal of the forests, have affected the river, by
allowing the snow to melt more rapidly, and afford
ing a freer passage fur the waters of the tributary
streams. The channel of the Susquehanna is wider
and deeper nnw than it was a hundred years ago,
though hearing no greater volume of water to the
Ocean, and since the ice and pumpkin floods-the
valley bat been aevenn times more or less In
undated.
In July, 1809, the Susquehanna rose 16 reit above
low-water mark, and Inundating the low flats, de.
stroyed the grain. In - January, 1831, the fliem were
again inundated; and again, in May, 10-13, the low
lands were flooded by the high water, Ark. and
rafts, torn from their moorings in the smaller
streams, cline floating down the swollen flood,with.
out men to guide them. Stacks of bay floated by
covered with living poultry. As they passed Wilkes-
Barre the cocks crowed lustily, intimating to their
brethren in the borough that their heads were still
above water. 3u January, 1811, the weather sud
denly changed from cold to warm, accompanied
With rain, which rapidly melted the snow, and pro
ducal an Inundation of the low' country along the
Susquehanna and the Lackawanna. Buns effects on
the Lehigh were of the moat terrible and destructive
character. The water rushed into the cellars and
first stories of the stores and dwellings in Mauch
Chinch in the night Several buildings were swept
away, and the streets were tilled with logs and trees,
washed dawn from the surrounding mountains.
The whole population, roused from the': beds, fled,
in the utmost alarm, to the high grounds above the
village. Bridges, saw-mills, grist-mills, dwellings,
barns, household furniture, canal, boats, horses,
rattle, and human beings were hurried prom's
culonsly away on the bosom of the angry waters.
The works of the Lehigh Navigation Cn., the
t Beaver Meadow Company. and Schuylkill Nasiga.
\ non Company, sustained great injury ; and the vii
la--u of Lehighton and Welssport shared the fate of
Minch Cgaink. In this dreadful eitastrophe 13 per
sons, principally women. and children lost their
lives
' In 1812, and 1813, extraordinary floods again cc
. caned in the Susquehanna and ite tributaries; and
in the spring of 1846, the water stood 33. c, feet deep
on the river bank opposite the Phoenix Motel, in
Wilkes-Barre. This was the highest flood known
since the pumpkin freshet of libn- It, indeed,cante
ed much more damage, reckoned In dollars and
cents, bat the awnatry was math better able-to bear
the loss then than in the last century. The flood
of 1840 canted away a number of costly bridges on
the gasquchanna, and greatly - damaged the public
Improvements of the Commonwealth. For many
week• after the fl ood had tahalded, the flats were
covered which. Ice.
In duly, 1830, a dam on Racket's Creek was
swept away by the high water, and Carbondale was
Inundated. At the loot of Plane No. 1, cars, build
ings, and driftwood were heaped together in a pro
miscuous mass of ruins, The Lackawanna flooded
several of - the mines, but the workmen, with the
exception of two, who were drowned, escapers.
The loss' euatalaed by the Delaware and Hudson
Canal Company exceeded •175 000. The Susquehan
na overflowed its banks, and, It being the midst of
harvest, the river was covered with sheaves ant)
shocks of grain. Bridges were carried away and no
mails reached Pittston, Wilkes-Barre, or Scranton
for several dare.
But the most destructive flood that ever occurred
In Lamm andadjoining Counties, was occasioned
by a continued heavy rain, 'which fell in the early
wt. of September, 184. In our county. the loss of
/ 161 and property was latest on the small streaxos.
8010131012 . 1 i Creek rushed down the mountidn's tide
with feudal impeltiosity, destroying the pnbUc high
way sad the Improvements of the Lehigffrand Bra
g _Wows Company at the foot of tire pLme. The
-Wadsvallopen, with its increased volume, slaabed
madly over the country, sweeping away two of th e
VOlrlier - nate of liessra. Knapp and Parish. The
-14 'undermining the dam above the forge of
S. F. eadlyiesq., bore off to the finaduehanna on
ita turbulent flood :the Urethra bodies of tweaty-twO
men, women, and children.
These unfortunate people had assembled in one
house near the forge. The house atood upon eleva
ted mound, end was sapposed to be the beat place .
for Ufa". One man, farthgto trust to the stabili
ty of the house, took up his child in his arms, and
- calling to his wife, who refused to fellow, rushed
'the & the Thing waters, and gained! the hill-elde.
When he tamed to look behind Itim' t hoagie, wife,
smffidenda, had disappeared. _
;.All the lowlands along the Susqueluants Were cow-
seed - with water, sad es usual on such occasions the
asmunualeation between Wilkszane and Kingston
Was carried on -by MUMS Of boats. .
At Tamaqua forty dwellings' were swept away,
aud.thirtythree persons were drowned sixteen be.
hutembers of obe family ;and damage sustai ne d et
place WAS eatimatednt ;500,000. At Port Clin
ton twenty-4z persona -were drowned, - itlevenfor
whom constituted a family of' father, mother, and
nixie cblidren.—Wilimßarrs Bernet or the Taws.
.
' Zap mine New Yeas VounizzmanniThrPAßl%
- b anereilo the Volunteer Fire Depart-
- Arent rwerem_or New York. The Senate 1411, auk
artry4lll"--01
leffiltaffiCN TAM& - .•=.
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Odeptudets! ppublion.
"Albion of lakes and a 'Union ottani*
A Onion *Miele, none can sever;
A %Talon of heaths, and a 'Union of tusruls,
,tindtho Flag of oul. Onion forever."
CIRCULATION 3,100.
H. H. FRAZIER, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
Haptrose, Pa,, Taosday, Apr. 4, 1865.
mar TAR conspiracy is nor krunen, Armieshatebren
raised, easr is /ivied to accomplah it. There are Cab boo
tidy to the qukslkm. Evert/ man oust befbr the United
States, or against it. Than can be no neutrals in Chia
war—only patriots ortiationt.-Bnrwm DOuoirs,
ar.Chleago, April 11,1861_
OLOlllOl7$ NEWS.
Inn dispatch dated Washington, April 3d,
1885, at 11:30 a. , ro., President Lincoln tele-
graphs that Richmond and Petersburg are aura /
A FACT.
The Editor who listens to all the suggestions
of his wise neighbors, will either edit no paper
at all or so edit it as to give offence to all his
imbscribers. The more minds there are dabbling
in the editorial columns, the more briars there
will be to scratch the hand that would pluck
the fruit designed for it.
GOVEIpMLIPP SECIIEU'IIES.
There was a peculiar grin upon the faces of
the Copperheads and a poorly disguised tone of
exultation in their voices as they recounted, a
few days since, that Government securities had
gone below par. The news of this depression
was manna to.thelr stomachs, and they feasted
on it luxuriously. Nothing . pleases a Copper
head so much as an injury to the Government
cr.edit, except the news of a rebel victory.—
Them are the two things Lila soul delights in.
Fortuoately,however, the depression lasted only
fur a day. Notwithstanding the steady decline
in gold, government bonds have recovered what
they temporarily lost, and are again above par,
Providence vouchsafes us these little reverses to
teach us that the Copperheads are as venomous
as ever.
COPPERHEAD CONSISTEP7OV.
A anemiorary, in speaking of those tory pa
pers throughout the country which have so
much to say concerning Lincoln a despotism,but
not one harsh word against the rebels, caps the
article in the following style:—
"And yet we notice that ; every one of these
exceedingly patriotic papers, which are so anx
ious about the rights of the people being crushed
by the iron heel of this "Abolition despotism,"
publish the advertisement of the Seven Thirty
Bonds, with editorials from other papers urging
the pPople to invest in them How is this ? If
they are so very jealous about "ursurpations"
and "tyranny" on the part of the government,
why do tkey,assist in furthering schemes of that
"tyranny" on the war? Because they are paid
for it—there's the secret. Give each howling
denouncer of "shoddy contracts" a tat contract
for himself; and we will guarantee that nothing
more will be beard about "shoddy."
FOREIGN NEWS.
By the arrival of the Damascus at Portland
and the Asia at Halifax, we have four days later
news from Europe. The comment of the Eng
lish press on the inaugural of President Lincoln
is, in general, favorable. Even 47re Times Ands
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 Rebel sympathi
zers In England, although 174 e lades assures
them,that if Lee retreats to the Mountains of
Northern Georgia and Socithern Tennessee,
he can prolong the war for at least twenty
years.:
The Memorial Diptomatigue, which is regarded
sa a semi-official organ of Mexico, pretends to
know that the United States will soon recognize
the Imperial Government.
It is repotted that France encourages the an
nexation of the Duchies of Schleswig-Holstlen
to Prussia; that Austria will consent to It if In re
turn the German Confederation will guarantee
to her the possession of Venetia, bat that Russia
opposes it. England demands that the rights of
the Diets of the two Duchies and the rights of
the Federal Diet of Germany be respected.
BEVEL DEVELOPMENT&
According to a published statement, which
professes to hive been derived from alcial reb
el-records, the present available strength of the
rebel army is only 153,000 men, distributed as
follows.
Lee's army 64,000
Bragg, Including Hoke's division 9.000
Brauregard and Hardee '2 0 ,000
Dick Taylor, D. H. MI, and Horvell Conn 7,000
West of hilmlistappl 50,000
On the same authority, we have a report of
certain testimony given by Oen. Lee betmg
committee of the rebel Senate last January, from
which tlefollowing Is an interesting extract:
•
Question. by gcnalorML—What is the sentiment
of the army in relation to peace?
dower. —lt is almost unanimous for peace. The
men will fight longer if necessary, but they believe
wo cannot continue the war through another cam
paign.
gown= by Senator Graharn.—What is your Indi
vidual opinion on the subject of peace?
ditar,r.—l think the best policy is to make mace
on the plan proposed by Mr. i2.tepheas. The people
and the country malt to be saved further sacrifice.
thristfon by'Saatfor Watlrr.4lt peace be not made
benne spring, will you consent to take command
of ail the army of the Confederacy, with unlimited
powers?
alesteer.—l will take any position to which my
country assigns me, and do the bat I can; but i do
not think lean cave the cansenow. No human pow
er cab save it. Had I been assigned inch a place
one year ego I think I could have made our condi
tion better than it now is.
ctuutiaurroar auto TO GET BACK.
Very, one is aware of the fact that it was
'lCharleston—the hot bed city.-that began the
*an Those who now visit the city are convin
imd that Charleston is satisfied with it It is
''ally convinced Of the error of its recent ways.
Resolute as that' city was to be out'of the Caen,
bitterly and ,eitravagantly as it talked and
wrote, ay, and lied and fought to accomplish
;that kesult, it is just now 4 resolutely and
`;tenninedly decided to he w in the Union. No
body is so absolutely convinced that, the rebel'•
ion is entirely 'gone up' as the Chariestonlas are,
nails any. One so apparently glad of it. Charles
ton goes further"than any other district through.
out the tionthern fiUtto3ln eaganers to reclaim
Its political easociation, with "the ,late United
Swear The place at which the 'citizens are
received to take the *Oh of 104'utee is amok
al ail bows 1/ ea OW sums - et wen, sad
presents the appearance of a polling place at the
time or a mane election ; ,-aqd gem Aliniore
can find' o one in theadjacent pcMptriici enter
tain a flag of truce or receive , ,communications
for the enemy.''.'Moreover eel Synth Carolina
negroes aro determined not tolled for Jeff, and
not less than a hundred a - day volunteer in our
6114)%
"Druid" Depressed.
TEE END Or ITIE =ELME AT 'SAND-CONCEDED
uoystressesa OP RIM CAVBE.
"Druid," the titouthem sympathising' correspond
ent of the Now York Wmfa, Is evidently greatly de
pressed, and.. has written a letter Width appealed In
a late issue of that jourzial, acknowledging the
hopeloomesapf themhel cause. We make some
extracts:
Paranlcat,t!,,ldarcb 1835.
STLIMJHO NEWS TEO)! TliG SOUTH.
• Some intelligence of a highly- important nature
has jest been received from the South. The readers
of the World will see from this news that It is now
within the power of the Governtnent to conclude
with the Southern people an immediately honorable
and durable peace; because, in all probability, in a
Jew days, or weeks et most, the Southern Confede
racy will be numbered with the things of the past,
and the rebels will have neither= army, nor a cap',
tai, nor a government. This IN Indeed, startling
name; but your readers will not forget thatfor more
than four years the Southern people have maintained
the struggle with a gallantry and devotion to their
cause which has won tor them not only the admira
tion of the world at large, but the respect of the
°Mem of our own army. They! have not yielded
pt,• and will not yield as long as Richmond can be
held, nor as long as they have an army 0180.000 men
in the field. But when they succumb it will be be
cause their resources are exhausted or unavailable,
and because they will have been convinced of the
hopelessness of contending longer against the supe
riorpower and unbounded resourcea of the North.
RAP/D DEPLETION 01 , TEE CONTEDEFWE ARMIES.
Strong and numerically large as the Southern ar
mies may have been up to the time of the fall of
Savannah, they have been rapidly melting away ever
since that period, but more especially since the evacu
ation of Wilmington and Charleston, and the retreat
of Johnston's army u from Charlotte. According to
this authorityf y one-half of the Confederate
troops have deserted and have either passed Into
our 'lnes or returned to their own homes. There is
no authority on the part of the Confrderate Govern
ment to force the latter class back Into the ranks.
This fact Is plainly admitted In the address of the
Confederate Congress to the Southern people, Is
sued it the dose or the session.. So terrible has been
the effect of this depletion - upon the rebel armies
that the entire force under General Ler, at Rich
mond and Petersburg, is said to be only 50,000
troops, and that Johnston's whole army embraces
only 42,000 troops, made up as follows: Hardee's
fitorera, ls , ooo ; Hampton's cavalry, 5,000; eheatham's
10.000 and Br egg's troops, 12,000 This
Making only itaooo men, and this, It said, is the en
tire tome that General Leas can command for the
defense of Richmond, and to oppose Grant and
Sherman.
ivs REZMISCES or rue sot= rat EXIIAMITED ; nur
=I
It la true that the material resources of the South
are not yet exhausted. Bat those resources are mot
available. There is now, as always, the means of
raising abundant crops at the tooth, but there are
no means of getting those crops to market. ikelr
railroads, in constant um for four years, are worn
out; to repair them they have neither the materisis
nor the skilled labor necessary. Their transporta-
tion has been either captured or destroyed, or
abandoned or worn out; They did manufacture
several hundred cass, and a large number of loco
motives, in 1843 and 1883, at Savannah, Macon,
Augusta. Atlanta, Fayetteville, and Charleston.
But all their most valuable machinery for this pur
pose has now been either captured or destroyed,
except what is at Richmond and one or two other
points.
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GOODS.
They have not succeeded very well in other
branches of manufactures, except in the constnic
tion of muskets, swords, gunpowder, and
Some manufactories of ,thoes, bats, leather, and
cloth, were established at an early period of the war,
but they never prospered, and none of them are
now to operation. Tbe business of blockadequaning
was attended with such success, until the fall of
Wilmington, that the Booth depended entirely upon
Europe for their supplies of shoes, clothing, cloth,
are., as well as for the almost equally necessary ar
ticles of coffee, tea, sugar, liquors, &c, These sup.
piles, and many others, are now cut off, and the
South, as a nation, cannot exist without them.:
DEEP DEPRESSION AMONG TEE FRIENDS 09 TILE
Bach is the substance of the news and of the views
that prevail hers. They are entitled to,weight and
considerationnd yet they may have an erroneous
foundation. Time alone can test their soundness.
They have produced, however, a feeling of deeper
depression among the Southern sympathizers here
than any previous events of the war. Daum.
"Soldiers' Refreshment Saloon•"
Mr. Ediler:—DusuSitt:--Allow ma through the
columns of your paper, to say to the citizens of Sus
quehanna. and adjoining counties, in behalf of the
Union Volunteer Deft. -vhment Saloon and Com
mittee" of Philadelphia. This Institution was or
ganized May nth, 1801; and Its being the that or
ganization of the kind In the world's history makes
it worthy of the public attention. Men first organ
ized, its success was doubled by many, but perse
verance and labor, sustained by a generous and loy
al people, have surmounted the many diftioullies and
enabled the Committee to give cheer and comfort
to hundreds sod thousands of Union aoldiers ais they
was through the city, to and from the seat of war.
Over 1,300,000 men have been well provided for gm
tnitonsly by the eltizems of Philadelphia and stir
rounding country. The committee have never yet
received any ald from the Cit,y, State, or Govern
ment, but have depended solely on the voluntary
contributions of the people The time and labor of
the Committee is all volunteered. Everything need
neon the tables is of the beat quality, and a strict
eye to cleanliness observed for the comfort of the
soldier. The Saloon covers an area of one hundred
and fifty feet square, with the capacity to teed from
laiO to 1500 soldiers at one time; and II necessary
could feed 15,000 per day. The Institution is well
furnished with a never haling supply of Fairmount
water, which is used for drinking, cooking, washing
and bathing purposes. Also, reading and wilting
rooms, committee rooms, coo king apartments, pro
vision and store rooms, besides two Hospitals con
taining forty beds, and a Drug Store, all under one
roof. In the Hospitals are received any passing sick
or wounded soldiers. This was the first Hospital in
the country, and was established before the Govern
ment had made preparations for the sick and wound
ed soldiers. Thousands can testify to the care and
and attention received there.
I would here state that I have been stopping at
the U. V. It. 8. for the last seven months, attending.
Commercial College a portion of the time, can cer
tify to every word of the above. Daring my stay
there I was confined to my bed lorover three weeks,
which time I was watched over with a parents' care,
for which I now impart to the Committee my most
sincere thanh.,for to offer more Is beyond my reach.
Their reward is higher than I or the world can give.
Reaten alone can render them a worthy recompense.
Within the past seven months, I saw thousands and
thousands of soldiers led there, and hundreds more
sick and wounded received in their Hospitals and
placed in good beds, watched and cared for with the
moat remarkable attention, and untied with hands
as affectionate as a mother's or slater's. Daring the
past fall and winter thousands of paroled prisoners,
while on their way home, and returning from tar
loughs, have been compelled to atop there, their
health preventing them from getting Nether, and
with the most affectionate care and attention have
been received by the Committee and wellprdvided
for until sufficiently able to continue their journey.
Never slum the creation of man has the noble and
sympathizing spirit of humanity been,more shown
than by this Committee in laboring for the benefit
of our countn's brave and noble defenders. It
would seem that they had been Inspired with that
noble spirit bythe hand of Providence. For four
long and wearisome scars, they have entirely do
privets themselves of ordinary pleasnres„ and are
Mill Pushing onward through the noble course or
duties which they have undertaken.
Any persons wishing to 'contribute to the support
of tide Institution can do so by sending thelr mitt
to B. 8. Brown, Treasurer "Union Volunteer Re
freshment Saloon," Philadelphia, Pa.
G. R. IL.
Late of CO. I, P. V.
152,000
Sherman's System of Foraging
The winter. campaign,from Atlanta to this point,
has deuttrostmtvd to mymind that the whet system
of foraging, inaugurated by Sherman, has been a ma
terial clement or emcees". While the main columns
of the army have been moving quietly through the
enemy's country, the foraging panics have overrun
the country in all directions, front, lank and rrar,
dotting the plantations for miles with blue mamma
This has materially mystified the enemy, who lice
before them, and never know where the main army
j'hiler where to direct their columns to strike IL
passing through South Carolina, the foragers
formed a complete -and efficient, line of flankers,
who, encamping ten, twenty and fOrtstailles ha built '
theiron the Hanks, threw out their pickets !and built
their Ores in the pine wonds, - :.d -ivlng -the -twiny
into the belief that these camp-, liner. were the
bivouacs of the main arum when, Verbalmir 410
cnpanta - of the forest were a part* of only ten or
twenty. When the blab:fry of the. 'ear Cornea to be
written, the foragers—or " hummers," as they , are
vulgarly termed—it'll form an interesting clang=
In this campaign they have . drmonatratrA that they
are of more service than cavalry tuckering the front
nd flanks of the enemy. Everttown occupied,
was captured by the "bummers' +Da indisputable
evidence of the demoralization and weakness of , the
enemy.—Cor. lir, Y: Iferakt.
—A correspondent of the London rimer, writing
from Charleston, says that Port Fist= fell became
"its garrison was inexperienced, incoherent, and
loosely coupled, and dually, be t xtuto rha orpfdenzget
180.5 do tutfiglit ten tote daor and den of Mt end
1863." - Ia otter words, this rebel sympathizer ad
mits that the Bout=whikt6l are Wo.( tto war
Anther Porward.,llaireimmtm-Gen. Grant's
Entire Verve Lauiseklit Against. the South-
Ode Road.:Giriu LAOs Lass Lies is be Sever.
ed--ThailLebella ktosittpil finAttiack:—Aloce.
meet of be Army . . • '•
BprcialPiriateA ta . a2v: '
, . .
- ,‘, :Mrastristrron, Tim ,
rsday; March 30,. 18135.
annoncement having been made that the Army
of the Potomac bad again assumed the offensive, it
vciU not be improper to state that= the white troops
of the Army of the James on Monday and 'Tneaday
crossed the James River and , Joined Grant on his
new movement. Gen. Grunt himself left City Point
for the front on Tuesdey afternoon. Sheridan with
his cavalry led the adiance, and by this time bee
probably cut the only remaining line of communica
tion trlttailchmond, somewhere between Berkea
villa and Danville.
The rebels on Sunday and Monday had elEv . bulk
of their army massed on their right, either in =Mi•
potion of an attack in that direction or preparatory
to an evacuation of Richmond.
The telegraph betweeti; bete and City Point has
not been. working for five or six hours and if there
bias been any fighting It Is unknown here. It is
believed, however, that a heavy battle took place
to-day.
1113
Axmy of thin Potonmo.
Latest From the Front
Progress Of the Grand Advanee—A Battle on
Wednesday-81r Thousand Rebels Engag
ed—Thetr Dead and' Wounded Len on ate
Pleld—The Gnat Struggle Yet to comae-_'
Vigtittng hemmed on Thursdair.
Special thipatch tog. Nno
sYuck
Is ins FIELD Whit TEE PIPEU COUPS,
Merck 200 i, 1863-0 p. m. I
At to'clnek a. m., this day, the Fifth and Second
Corps were put In march upon the right of the ene
my's line, the Filth moving by the Quaker road.—
On coming to a point called Skunk's Hollow, and
mounting the brow cd the opposite slope, a breast
work was found abandoned by the enemy. Passing
about three fourths of a mile beyond this, the bead of
the column, at 3:30, meta line of the enemy paged
on the edge of a thick pine-wood belting or clearing.
Here a sudden and beavyl Me was opened upon our
skirmish line, and it was driven back upon a line
formed of the First. brigade, First Division which ,
at Snit fell hack, but, on being supported' by the
Second Brigade, rallied, and drove back tho enemy,
with some lone In prisoners.
In -the meantime, Gen. Warren drew up the test
of the flint and the Third Dielsiona of the Fifth
Corps in order to support the attack.
After an action of about three-quarters of an hoar,
the enemy retreatedin haste, leaving his dead and
most of his wounded on the field. The Fifth Corps
now lice upon the ground won.
The force of the enemy engaged was one division
of their Fourth Corps, under Gen. B. Johnson, its
strength being about 6,000 men.
Our loss may reach 300 to 400. men killed and
wounded. That of the enemy, la killed and wonnd
ed, appears to be about the same, but the number
of prisoners—some 150 to I.oo=renders their total
loss greater than oars.
The Fifth Corps was handled by Gen. Warren
with his "anal ability.
From North Carolina.
Statement, and Opinions of a Member at the
Leglabitata...Wcakneas of the Rebel As.
mica—The Peopled.=lone for Peace and Re
cintom-Liavie lllmseif nail Give lip Slavery, '
and Go la for Porelgo War, If Lincoln
will Grant a General Amnesty-.lllovements
of General Sherman.
YOSEILZAD CITT, N C., March W, 1865
The member of the North Carolina Lislatnre
from Prequotank County, Mr. Grundy, has just
reached his home from Raleigh, for the purpose of
taking the oath of allegiance to the United States.
Ile says that Johnston a force all told will not num
ber more than one-half of Sizes man's army, and that
the combined armies of Lee and Johstort will not
outnumber the joint armies of Sherman and Bch°.
field. De also states that the present Legislature of
the State openly admit that there is no possible
hope for the Confederacy to succeed, and that they
have met under rebel auspices for the last time.
lie thinks that if Johnston makes a stand It will be
at Rnlesville, siz miles northeast of Raleigh, as that
place, though it does not cover Raleigh, is a posi
tion of great natural strength. The people from ail
sections of North Carolina were briuging a great
pressure to bear upon the State authorities, In favor
of kautediata submission and rebate to the Union,
whi c h a majority of the Legislature assent to. 11
Governor Vance can be brought over, who now
manifests a disposition to yielt , Raleigh is to be
surrendered to Sherman with this understanding.
Mr. Grundy says the Legislature and the people ere
reconciled to the abandonment 01 slavery, and that
the first act of the Legislature will be to ratify the
Constitutional Ameudn'ent abolishing that institu
tion. The proposition of Lee and Davis to arm the
slaves, thereby demoralizing them, and making
them a dangerous element, has made slavery odious
to its former supporters, woo generally concede that
they must be made free in order to be made soldiers.
It now appears that the rebel President endeav
leg to obtain peace through the State authorities of
North Carolina. A general pardon and restoration
of property by President Lincoln is the offset Davis
requires for the abandonment of slavery. Oo these
~,i , t ‘o tis,s . h e is willing to unite with the North in
a foreign war, under one Sag.
The Raleigh (N. C.),Standard Intimates that terms
will be offered, which both parties can accept with
honor, which will bring them under one flag to a
foreign war of conquest, avenging the joint injuries
both cartes have received.
Most of Sherman's men ern each in possession of
a captured horse, which makes this material very
cheap at Goldsborough, where the great army is
DOW resting for a short time, in strong positions,
well fortified- The country Is very !len, and sup
plies are abundant.
Gen. Sherman came through from Goldsborough
to Newbern yesterday' In four hours, on his way to
Fortress Monroe. When he comes back, which will
be before the enemy miss him, Goy. Vance and Jeff
Davis will ascertain what kind of a peace they are to
have.
The trains are running through from Newborn to
Goldsborough.
Shsrman'a men, who consider him the greatest
man in the world, say they intend to have the honor
of taking Richmond themselves. There never was an
army so proud of their lamder, or so h'ppy and con
fident. Terry's and Scholleld's men claim that they
are also members of Sherman's grand army, and that
the armies of England and France combined would
be powerless against them. The chief topic of con
versation in Sherman's army is In regard to a
foreign war. Tice rebel prisoners also say that their
armies are equally desirous of such au event as
our armies. They readily shake hands and cheer each
other over this mode of settling their grievances.
They have it all planned out that Sherman and Lee
are 'So lead the two armies, with Grant for their
Lieutenant-General.
Grant's Late Battle
The Attack on Fort Eiteadnusa....Counter At
utek.e.Defent of the Rebels—.Prestalent
Ltn
coin, Gen. Orient, and Gen. Lee on the Field
of Battle.
HEADQIItirrr,LS Awry OP Tm Parasite, t
March 25, 1865.
At 0, A. st., the enemy massed two Divbions of
of their Second Co under Gen. Gordon, in front
of the point of our line rps,
held by the First laividen of
the Ninth Corps. By a bold and rapid advance one
Division got over the ground in our Front, and
made a rush at Fort Steadman, capturing four guns,
and &Witte Nos. 9 and 10, mounting two guns.
into the Fort and Battery No. 10 they swarmed,
took or shot down the gunners, and, for a time, the
works were theirs. They at once turned the gnus
upon our men as they tell back, and fired canister
Into their ranks; but their success did not last long.
The Third Milton of the Ninth Corps was quickly
moved to the point of danger, and made a charge
upon the rear of the captured works, which they
gallantly retook, with all the rebels who were in
them at the time. This turned the tide of success,
and the enemy fell back to their lines.
In this action we lost about 400 men killed and
wounded, and from 1100 to 400 who were taken pris
oners.
The enemy lost about COO men in killed and
wounded, and shout 1,600 taken prisoners, many of
whom were nothing loth to fall Into our bands.
Among the prb• - onera 'bs Geo. E. Johnson of the
Second Mahlon (Evans's), Second Corps ; and 1 learn
that Gen. Gordon, the Corps commander, was Mikal.
(Whim the rebels speak with great feeling, as ) big
ho was a man of rare courage, and was at all times
at the front, sharing the dangers of hla men.
I. do not hear of any officer r.f rank on our side be
ing on the list of killed and wounded.
AS soon as the attack was disposed of, a counter
attack was .made by the lett of our line upon the
enemy, it being thought that they bad weakened
their line there to order to mass troops in front of
their chosen point of attack. This Idea was correct,
for the enemy had massed the bulk of their Third
Corps to theirlettln the early part of the day.
Tun Second Corps made an attack by advancing
the left of its line, formed of the First and Thin/
Divisions, with the Second in reserve. Alter some
sharp fighting, the left of the Sue gained about three
miles of ground, the broken line of the enemy fail
ing buck upon sonic rear defenses. This more now
brings the line of the Second Corps not far from the
Bdydton plunk read, bat the road is still in the
hands of the rebels. The force pitted against this
advance was at Snit very small, but the enemy to
lento moved back their Third Corps (formerly 11111's)
td the sight, sod Mum It lota action. The loss of
the Second Corps was trilling, not more, I halm,
than SO men. !
• ito the mean thus the Sixth Corps was also push
lug its, lino form% ab that the strength of the •
enemy's line was fairly:tested along its center and
right. Theskintish line of therebels felt back as The
Corps went on, and - their batteries opened sharply
upon It, but, in spite of this on went our Due, until
the enemy was forced into their defenses. Then
the Corps came toot's% and took steps to bold the
ground maned. By this advance the Sixth Corps
now Ms the ground until to-day hold by the rebel
Pickets. The loss of the Corps, lam told, does not
exceed 100 men killed and wounded.
The results of the day's lighting ate that the rebels
were badly repulsed in their attack, and thatthe le ft
of our line hesstained another step toward th •
Sontheide Railroad. '
.
Tee loss of 0.6 Army at - the three points of at
tack will net, 1 think, exceed 1,000 men to all. As
to the losses of tke rebels, they Will, It Is likely,
mach. 1,000 to 1200 In killed and wounded, and the
prisoners from 0.200 to 8.000 woo—total loss VD°
tollaoo men. Brom this it WiU be seen t the
ad=was with us very deeldedi . '
noon. ExedleruN the tofith
•
1,
Elam (3rtuatinellngslls, cone rip from City Polntby
• special train. They went into the field, and the
attacks of the Second and Sixths Corps were, In
some degree, made under the eye of the President,
who thus. to-day was on his first field of battle.
though • I do not henry that any rebel shell was
wicked enough toleome near.tris person.
General Lee wae, I learn , also on the , ground, and
directed the attack and defense of his desperate
army, the first of which was, I must say, ably made.
In his object thls day Leo was tolled, but the point
chosen by blm for hie attack, and the vigor and
ability with which he made Rostlii stamp him as a
very able genera 1116 object taday is not yet known,
but I have en idea that, It was to break our lino near
Its base and appal, and destroy the stores of all
sorts thorn gathered. -.
- -
At night all firing ceased, and a calm came after
the din of the day. As I write only the tweet pat
tering along the picket line Is heard.
In the camp there is the flush of success, and
every one 'seems well pleased with the day's work.
01 course, about• the snug tires every one has some
thing that he did to tell of, and brag and mirth are
the order of the night. The small loss Met with by
ns casts no shade over the spirits of the boys, who
only think of the glory of the day and hope that
any missing comrade la only taken, and will turn up
again.
All our generals did well, as fares I can see. If
the Prat nivlsion of the Meth Corps gave way,, be
fore the charge of the rebel Second Corps, it was be
cause the attack of the enemy took -It by surprise.
In fact, the men did not look for such a nal at the
break of day, and were In a drowsy state when put
under arms. ' I
All the corps commanders showed Witty, and I
lash the army was well handled bynert.
From Gen. Sherman.
Details of His Fights Irlgoronsly.
and Captains to 000,Frhoners after leaving
Fayettevillo..Union loss Only 2,500 from
h to Goldsbormigh.-.lEteal Chemise.
ter or the lithe .VLetorrea".-41eci. Sherman
Keeps Ills Word.
PIIILADELPIIIA, Monday, March 27, 1865.
A special dispatch to the FhiladelPhla Bulletin
from Washington, says:
A special messenger who left Goldnboinugh, N.C.,
on thn 22d, arrived hero to-dey, and reports the oc•
cupation of that place by Gen. Schofield'n forces.
Ho also brings the highly Important information
that Gem Sherman formed a junction with Schofield
and Terry at Coxe's Bridge on the Noise River, a
few miles west of Goldsborough, on the 21st.
The Fourteenth Corps or Siserman's army had a
fight with Hardee. at Averysborongh, ou the 16th
inst., in whirls the latter was handsomely defeated,
leaving all his dead in Gen. Davis's hands, and re
treating to Bentonville.
At Bentonville on Sunday, the lfith lint, one di
vision of the 14th Corps was attacked by Johnston,
and for a while turned hack, but on being re-enforced
by t h e rest of the divisions drove the enemy back,
and during Sunday night be abandoned Bentonville
and fell back across the Noise River to -Smithfield
some ten miles west of Goldsborongh. I
It is the merely temporary seems to the first part
of the fight which the rebels are hooding over as a
great victory. Sherman's loss will not exceed 1,000.
The army is in excellent condition.
Detailed accounts of the foregoing, dated at Golds,
borough, March 91st, have also been received.
Oa the 22.1, Schofield moved oat to Coxe's Bridge
on the Nense River, six miles beyond Holdsborongh,
where Gen. Terry's forces were discovered laying
pontoons across the river, having marched all the
way front Wilmington In a few moments some of
Sherman's trains of the Twentieth Corps were dis
covered mnving from Bentonville to Ones Bridge,
and the junction of the right wing of Sherman's
army with Terry's and Sehoileld's torten was perma
nently made.
Gen. Sherman bad notified Schofield that he would
be at Goldshorougn on the 22d of March, and he
kept his word. Some of lily staff were there during
the day.
Atter his repulse at Bentonville Joe Johnston fell
back to Smithfield, to corer Raleigh. Desertions
o! North Carolina troops from Lis army were numer
on..
Using up a Rebel Army.
The complaint against Jeff. Davis, freely tattered
a short time ago in consequence of the non-employ
ment of the • great soldier," Joseph E. Johnston,
in the rebel army, haying been quieted by hie assign
ment of the latter to the chief command in North
Carolina, Biennia been little said about him for
some time, ereept to represent hi® as a "lion" In
the path of Sherman, and similar nonsense. But the
recent publication of Hood's account of his wafer
tonere Tennessee Tampaign will arouse criticism
once more. Poor flood, so badly out-generated by
Sherman, and badly whipped by Thomas, has con
sidered it to be necessary to apologize for his own
failure by showing up the miserable failure of his
predecessor. We do not intend to take any side in
this miserable quarrel between two miserable trai
tors._ We merely desire to adduce Borne figures
which are to be found in Hood's statement. Ile says
that in May, 186 r, the rebel army i n Tennessee, un
der the command of Johnston, was composed of
70,000 effective men. In twenty-forir days, by de
limns and retreats, Johnston had lost 2:2,500 men
from his ranks by death, wounds and desertions.
Of this number the great Johnston himself endeav
ored to palliate the severity of the loss by stating
that 6 , 000 were absent without Iwo.
Hood says that when the army was turned over to
him it was composed of 48,750 men. He says that
his whole toes during all his campaign from Atlanta
to Nashville and in retreat was but 10,000 men. In
rflund numbers this would hare been irresistible,
but Hood unfortunately speaks of a few losses which
are included in the above, which tenders it certain
that he must have forgotten several others. For in
stance he puts down the losses at Atlanta and Jones
borough at 5,247, which , says the Richmond En
quirer' (Johnston's organ,) would make his loss at
the battle of Nashville but 253—although be lost 54
gnus there, and Thomas says he took 12,000 prison.
ers at that battle, without taking into considera
tion the killed and wonnded, which must have been
8.000 more. From these figures and facts it is
doubtful whether flood, when he got back Into-Ala.
barna, had more than 18,000 men, a clear loss of
5200 men to that army in the operations of the
preceding nine months mider himself and the great
Joseph E. Johnston.—Ptlita. Inquirer.
Gathering at City Point
WABIIINOTON, March 30,1&'x.
The rumor which is retailed by the gossips of the
town of the meetinw of President Lincoln and Gens.
Grant, Sherman, Meade, Ord and Sheridan on board
the River Queen, Is undoubtedly correct; but we
can assure our readers that the result Is not known.
The statement that Gen. Lee had asked for a con
ference with Gen. Grant Is entirely without founda
tion. •
The steam revenue cutter Northerner left the Navy
Yard yesterday afternoon, having on board Secreta
ry Seward and daughter, Senor Don Gab Mel Garcia.
Tassaro, the Snanisb Minister; Joseph Burnley, the
English Minister ad interim, and lady, and severs]
other invited lady guests, bound down to Fortress
Monroe on a pleasure trip. Thu party will be ab
sent from Washington three or tour days, and du
ring that time may pay a visit to Gen. Grant at City
Point.
in view of the early addition of General Sherman'•
army to those of 'General Meade and General Ord un
der the administration of Provost Marshal General
Patrick, it has been found necessary to relieve Gen.
Patrick of the details of the Marshal's office con
nected with the Army of the Potomac by trans
ferring them to Brevet Brigadier General Marc,
sometime ago appointed Provost Marshal of Mead a
army. General Patrick has had charge of these
duties since September, 1862, and to him 15 due,
more than any other gentleman, the admirable dis
cipline and esprit du corps of the army during the
campaign through the Wilderness and the long-sea
son of comparative Inactivity at Petersburg. All the
business of trade permits, transportation for goods,
dm, connected with the armies operating against
Richmond, Is made subject to his approval at Gen.
Grant's headquarters, and with the addition of the
armies now in North Carolina, the Provost Marshal's
department becomes second to none of the organ
ization's created by the necessities of the war.
The President and bts family are still at City
Point, where they will be joined to-day by the
Secretory of State and his party. Theisudden de
parture of Mr. Seward has occasioned much specu
lation, the question being whether he has been sent
fur by the President to aid him in determining
about the terms of setlemeut or whether be has gone
of his own accord to be in readiness for consultation
If needed.
GOOD von BENNE77.—An evacuation in search of
supplies may be precipitated upon Leo at any mo
ment by some new movement of hheridau's cavalry
—otherwise, with the resistless approach of Sher*
man, a capitulation Is Inevitable. Gen. Grant 14 a
fisherof armies. With one end of his m fgh ty seine fixed
ut Richmond, he sweeps around with the other end
from the Bilsgssippl river to the Atlantic coast, and
up the coast to the Richmond landing. There,
where the two ends et the seine meet, we Abell have
a greed haul of all sort of fish—thadmnd herring,
sturgeons and suckers, catfish mid eels, crabs...drum.
fish, swordfish, gudgeons and porpoises, ad the
draft may possibly include that regular old hammer
headed shark, dvff. Davis. The seine 14 coming
ashore, and we can see from the fluttering on t the
surface inside that the haul will exhaust the . 4 Con
federacy."—N. Y. Herald of Tutaday,
CUISIOITS PLACARD.—Largo placards had been
stuck about Liverpool, England, giving the follow
leg from the 19th chapter Revelations, aPropoa of
the fall of Charleston : -
"Babylon the Great Js fallen I Is. fallen I for her
alas have natetted unto Heaven, and God bath 63•
membered her iniquities; and the merchants of the
earth shall weep and mourn over her, for no one
buyeth their :merchandise. anymore.. Merchandise
of gold and sliver, and precious stones, and of
pearls, and fine linen, and tylno,nnd 011, and fine
dour, and stheat, and beasts, , and sheep, and horses,
and chariots, and slaves, and souls of non; and we
ary ship master, and all the company in shi and
as many as trade by sea, (blockade runners?) spa,
tood
afar off, and cried when they saw the smoke of her
burning, saying, What city Is like unto this great
city." ' . .
-4 - Advices from Richmond state that the gold and
geocial assets of the Merchant's and Mechanic's Bank
of that city have been sent away, and that two per•
ensalon ca p manufactories have also been removed,
either to Danville or Lyelaburg. Leo's army is said
ttf bevel Supplies on bseskfortsudiys' 4 ,
News Items.
....General ;Sheridan with his entke cavalry furui
bas reached prant's army na safety.,
•
The Cleiretand i'tabrdeake. the onlY*noeratie
daily in Northern Ohlo, has truapendedynblicatiomil
- •- •
It la alto teat Shermin has captureA clowncotton,
cotton, turpamtine, pitch, and Milo to pay the em
pauses cif his campaign, Z
The iniple . semis in Ver mont lint year, was
worth $2,250,000, and the farmers me determined to
make it wort h A good .dealincrro this year
-It was stated in debate in the North Camila*
Legislature a few week's since, that the entire efreet,
lye forma of the Confederacy comprised 0n1y.121,000
men.
.—Ex-GoV. Aiken of South Carolina. one of the
wealthiest and loyal men of the State, has recently
presented cagy); his 750 slaved with their freedom
and a farm. -
—The President has ordered that on the 13th of
Aprit,, the Reath anniversary of the rail of Sumter,
Ma) Gen. Anderson shall raise the national emblem
on that fortification.
• The State authorities of North Carolina are re•
ported as harlot repbatedly remonstrated with the
Richmond Government on its inhuman treatment
of prisoners of war.
—There are now four medical eolle4ea for women
In operation, lmb= been opened la Boston In 1848,
in Philadelphia in 1850, in New York in 1863, and in
London In 1604.
—Upon the authority of various correspondents
at Washington, we have It stated that the President
has made np his naiad to make very few changes
among the Incumbents of the offices In his,glft.
—lt is said by refugee Georgians that ViceTreat
dent Stephens left for his home Immediately on his
return from the Peace Conference, and will have
nothing more to do with the Confederacy.
Information has been received in New• Orleans
of a movement in Texas to send a force of a thou
sand men to bold Arizona, for the purpose of open
ing a Mute to California. to permit the rebel
sympathizers in the latter State to join their friends
in Texas.
—The Rebel Congress, among its very last sets
was the passage of the bill empowering Jeff. Davis
to seize the gold in the banks, for the purchase of
supplies. This uses up everything in the State of
Virginia, and will put into Davis's hands about two
millions of gold, equivalent to one hundred and fifty
millions of rebel currency.
The rebel robbers who plundered St. Albans,
and whose trial at Montreal has attracted so large a
share of public attention, have been fully discharged
by Judge Smith, who recognizes them as belliger
ents, and entitled to protection as such. The men
were immediately re arrested on chargers of assault
with intent to kill and violating the neutrality laws.
Net long since a married couple in Fsrmlngten,
Van Buren county, lowa, early one morning found
a cow and calf in their lot; the cow had a collar on
with a note attached,' requesting that she should be
taken care or until called for. Some nights after
wards a basket was found at their door containing
an infant, about a week old, and a note saying the
baby was the owner of the cow. •
—Hancock's Corps is beginning to fill up rapidly.
The 24 regiment left Wasbing'ton op Thursday fee
the Shenandoah Valley. This is the second lull re
giment sent-to that destination, although there are
now In the valley two partially organized regiments,
rapidly tilling up, and which, with the Ist and 2nd,
now complete, will in a few days be formed Into a
brigade.
A Chantanque county H. D., who owns land
on Crussadaga creek, near where an oil spring has
been discovered, visiting the spring the other day
in company with his daughter, and finding no diffi
culty in both smelling and tasting the real petrole
um, appealed to her to know what' success she was
meeting with, to which the young lady replied
" Well, yes, father 1 thick I do tsete and smell the
oil, but I don't think I could If you did not own
lands on the creek."—lturee ._
—The wealthiest revenue distikt in the Union,
according to the report of Commissioner Lewis, is
the Mat district of Illinois, composed of Chicago
and the county of Cook. From September, 1869,
to June 30th. 1564, the first district of lilhiois, paid
$4 471 503 69. The next wealthiest district is the
fourth New-York, which paid for the same time $4
421 674 16. •
During the late freshet and breaking up of the
Ice in the Susquehanna river, the water rose so high
on the banks in the lumber districts in this State as
to float off shoot five or six million feet of pine tim
ber in logs, they were borne with the rapid current
I and parsed Havre-de-Grace into the Chesapeake bay
I Parties are engaged to - capturing logs, and five or
six hundred have been secured, the owners paying
one dollar for each log brought to the shore.
Prom July Ist, 1864. to March 25th, 1805, the
Income of the National Government from Internal
revenue alone amounted to $159,661,&16. The re
ceipts from this source for the balance of the current
year, (especially under the amendmed tax law, which
went into operation on Saturday, April lat,) will to
aufficiently liberal to run the aggregate income for
the year above 03X1.000,000, or something over the
amount realized in Great &Quin in.lllll,from excise
duties, stamps, taxes, and property and income
taxes.
—Officers who accompanied Sheridan on his grand
raid, 13.11, that his troops are in splendid condition,
having
_suffered but a mere trifle in their rapid march
from Winchester to Whits House. At the latter
place there are about 300 hundred rebel
- prisoners
and 3.000 negroca, who meowed our troops to A
great many more prisoners were taken on the mute,
but were let off or camped. Sheridan's men are
now on the south bank of the Pamunkey, resting
and preparing for another spell of rough riding. It
is suspected that Longstreet is somewhere near
White Howe, watching Sheridan's movements.
In a recent letter to his father at Coventon, Ky.,
Gen. Grant says "We are now having fine weath
er, and I think will be able to wind up matters
about Richmond soon. ' I am anxious to have Lee
hold on where he Is for a short time longer, so that
I can get him Into a position where he araust lose a
great portion of his army. The rebellion has lost its
vitality, and tf lam not mistaken, there will be no
rebel army of any great dimensions a few weeks
hence. Any great catastrophe to our armies would I
of coarse, revive the enemy for a short time, but
expect no such thing to happen."
Robert Cobb Kennedy, convicted and sentenc
ed as a rebel spy and Incendiary,who fired Barnum's
Museum In November last, was hung at Fort Lafay
ette Saturday afternoon, March 25th. He protested
against the exeentiorhelaimlng that he was a regular
confederate soldier. He bad prepared himself for
the occasion with strong stimulants and indulged In
some profanity towards the bated "Yankees,' and
wound up his career by singing an Irish song. He
said he left a letter for Marshal Murry in which be
make° a full disclosure of the part he took In at
tempting to burn New York.
—From statements made by refugees, ankothers
from the South, It appears that there is an immense
quantity of cotton there, safe from the torches of
the cotton Learners. This, within • few months,
will flat its way to the northern factories and be
manufactured, will be thrown Into the market to
the great satisfaction of those whose abeetafaid cot
ton garments are somewhat the worse for wear, and
who have waited long for a decline In the price of
the needed fabrics. With the fall of cotton goods
there will come a decrease in the value of woolen
cloths so that by the autumn the wear your old mat
societies may he dissolved.
•
Popular confidence in the National Govern
ment is conclusively demonstrated by the rapidity
with which the new series of the 7-30 National Cur
rency Loan is being absorbed. The first two days'
subscriptions to the new eerie* were about S 5 500
000. At even this average rate the whole series (of
$3OO 000 000) will be marketed before close of the
coming month of July, From August 15th, 1861, to
February let, 16415, (169 days all told,) the amount
of the first aeries of the 740 Loan marketed under
the direct supervision of the Seretary of the Treasu
ry was *133 000 000, or at the daily average rate of
only about 5771 000. Fram February Ist to March
27th, 1805, (fifty live days all told,) under the Imme
diate direction of Mr. Jay Cooke, General subscrip
tion Agent, the sales of the Loan reached $167 000
100, or a daily- average into of as much as 53,030
303.
—Mai..Gen. Robert Anderson has been directed
by the President to repair to Fort Sumter, and to
raise on the 13th of April the Identical Sag which hu
was forced to lower four years ago on that historic
spot. We aro happy to inform oar readenthat Mr.
Beecher lla.‘ accepted the invitation of Secretary
Stanton to accompany the General, and to deliver
an oration to commemorate the thrilling event, We
could wish, for ourselves and our readers', that we
might be there to see; but since that Is Impractica
ble, we have done the next best thing—have arrang
ed that our speelal reporter shall accompany Mr. Beecher and return to us the words as they were
spoken, with. the Flag overhead;• and prostrate
Charleston In sight, amid. the ruins not so much of
a fortress es of the Confederacy itself.—New Yoh
Independent.
The - Battle of Bentonville
limiting, Friday, March 24,
.0u Sunday Last the Twentieth Corps of Oen. Sher
man*e Army met the enemy at Dimmer!lie, instead
of Mount. Olive, as at firm reported, 2t3 miles south.
west of Gouldaborongb, where our' advance was
ebeeked unit the arrival of the Fourteenth Corps,
which held the enemy at hay, when the Seventeenth
Coro& arrived and !looked tho enemy, who left in
contusion for Raleigh. Sherman's force. entering
Smithfield, which is half way between Raleigh and
Goidaborougb.
The citizens of Goldsborotigh gave oar troop* a
hearty welcome. .
The enemy captured threp of our gnus and IL few
prisoners on the fret day, brit on the antral of the
Seventeenth and- Fourteenth Corps the, roes were
driven In all directions, leaving three guns cap
tured from us and• seven additional ones in our
bands, besides 7,000 prisoners and their killed and
wounded. Deserters aro coming into fihermsn'a
lines in great numbers, who confess that they , were
badly whipped.
Sherman, With the Junction of Teriyzind Schofield,
is now very strung, and will sweep everythingbefore
him.
eherman's wagon .tram bas arrived at Kinston for
supplies. He will refit his murky, atter which. ha will
bo ready to move agate. The delight of our troops in
meeting each other In victory is beyond description.
Ooldsborough will donbUese tie thtt bud uutU sU fa
to telketsll4o49 U/Srig'
CstaxteissentlilieenitT.—/‘ ref.
nee from the interim ot eolith Carolina. has riven
to the Charleilion COurier--trulafOrmed into ib r a
paper—the hat eerie in the death of that pioneer
organ of **rebellion, the Charleston /Amoy. fie
rays *alibi train of cars In which were the presses.
types, and:other materials, and the hooka and pd.
Tam men oi thenillee and of its proprietor, Yr.
littett„ Ass -Overhaued And burned by Sherman's
troops at a railroad Junction between Columbia and
Cheraw.' Caught as a higlllire from Joliet* and
burned in the- woods. Butt has been the fate of the
Charleston 'Miran establishment; after thhty years
_of agitation fora Southern Coutedenre7.
cifiNA - Lin
A LA Bas AND ABSORTIMIT OF CROCK
ERIEJFit reatrol and tar Ws cheep fa, •
LATIUM*.• • -Dwelt
'ltostraic Aon 8.1865,74," - RriXl"s.
. •
Adatintsirilors Notice:
Tic lIIMIEBT GIVEN to oil persons lwlet.diatiadt
.111 Nadas! lie eau. of Vary 8. Godie-41Mo otitookly. took.
et% deed. that tOo two =alba tad Sotto, mdtWored tor
onsottaxesd, and allotment t dabtsa to said easiest* r
mate Immediate rutin. • IC , 11cPrO.W.
lag Silt 11: • AMA.
mr, E. Sutton, Auctioneer.
ratecither bite; thcao, nitre horn the Illtnetiale be*
"OIL Win Oeftf itt PtICO3 ale, Oa 11d0.4.0 the WO_ &yore 9 11 1
Twirl alga of floods. Colobttordl! put Of pt 7 0 0.04 &aro
Notion. quit desulptaget. Iteaclpx. (Agitate, Mop Sad Me&
kites. Hsu ecd el" SI Sgoa..7. , I'OdLeTY. G WS. Wat.. a mina
Lamp. iiavitwere. Itoiloo , reze. Boole aid laces. Site Cot estt
emoting 'Totem.. Timing Toole, cad tote of other tires too
entatious to torniko. •
Palo to bike plate et the rotations, torztertio=pl.4 errettio
4 Platt, to Fitratlnt etootetittnot oottoy.
Salo to coo:mesa at 11 Volute q. snit to adulate ham day Is
day self all ts sold or the tele oblicli stgotunixt.
enas—ese 05 delivery of goo*. _
BENZ. PLATT.
Frliontsqlle, prn 3. Ma --fit •
SOLID OUT.
PREPARING FOR THE DRAFT
HZ teders'reed but wad out Ms Store and 00c4 AT A
-LARZItED , 3C IoN Flinn COST PRI CES.
T. Ja I Jul Yo. O bete hem to eoteruend Mat to M l old Meads ta
etd
totem, kneeler. as be doe•thu nee will be ralLy and Ivor
dealt with. Vcry thankful to teem to* pave lam% he !Wm the,
they will be condoned to tee Wear. who wareoh, Mot.
JAM= MARTIN.
Fandale, Apaill ism—tr.
DOWN! DOWN! DOWN!
- lIAS GONE GOLD!
LOW! LOWER! LOWEST!
ABS OUR PRIM-FOE
. Prink!!
Delainesl-_
Sheetings
Dress Goods!
Boots and Shoes!
Gaiters_! Balmorals I
Graves and Hardware!
Ready-Made Clothing!
Hats Caps! Yankee Notions I
Ward all our ICYLININS VARIETY at stock. We moil ton
more room Orr our HBO/ 0000% and aro determtoed to ckalt ea
the old rtrzck. ElTOomeand not us befote_pro
nr e Ached plea IthrhYs pats 4 7 4 1 1 , WI P m
dote /101 l klads. J. JettaiSOS".
Fulrthle, tecs.—r.
DR. J. W. nil° DE s,
PHYSICAN AND SURGEON,
_ 4 Springville, Pa.,
fl t
YV day or etaaa.M2.7bra c'nswhhLilta.,..P .
pg. d. at the boom of fenter Illadah,kli ........
e~luaauylt
aprharltte. Muth 27. 1843.—me. . !'
. FARM FOR SALE,
crgm°s --Arztvar.:=o=-1.14,""16L4t
'Nolan liallrowa; "WA miles from biuwoettanziood right mai
from (hest Beak both import= • Ulan= the &Li Wilton.
Poreadon may be KIM AVIV /St. ISM
713. land lid ;cud quality. sad lbeiltie pared.. 1,. small famed
tom, army warm-bour., ice., and an apple ardsatd, are 03 es
premise'.
cr mate, of She prow tmos socney fa km,l;
the residua to four essal thrall:uses,vitt
For amber vartu.but, Ocala OIIABLEh AYBUY,
March lath. 1565. w. 8. • koaulne, Peat.
NEW GOODS.
AT REDUCED PRICES.
PRINTS,
DELA/SB,
DRESS GOODS,
GROCERIES,
CROCKeD4r,
BELT:,
EUCIE-COSIBS,
SIDS-COMBS I
BUTTONS, ETC.
WELSON; GIIIPTLS, WAILIZIL
Moltzase.ltsrehAtb,l933,3l
& NOM article at &RIND SWEET 00T:21 haad. sad fa
Jo& Sala by WILSON, pRLITLS, k WARN 68.
hineroae- March tOth, 1840.-y1
TIAILS! PAILS! DT Trig DOZES. or in ragalh, a raa h aphary
for Nola bp WILMA'S. 43/11.1118. VIA/MBES
MtmUree. lamb Wth. 463..-Y1
REDUCED PRICES.
D ELUSIVE!.
ALrAffoAs,
Z&011.7) LIM B SOWN SIIIATIMS.
AND AL KINDS OP DRY GOODS
At Greatly Reduced Prices.
ALSO.
AROAICS.
=AA,
MOLAESSA.
A3D ALL KININI or
=mums
ALSO,
BOOTS AND SHOES
•
HATS AND CAPS
fd. FIBS ASSOILIVENTJ
CROCKERY
Z o .
•
OTTLICRY,_
WuDEN , Welir,
COAR 0.1,1 AND 7.4.11.?3,t5.'..
AT TYE VERY LOWEST P2ZICES.
We wield to Mte:txcu r, to compue Prluet berby
tee ehoobere.
READ, WARTROUB & FOSTER.
...
•
FOR . SALE.
'VICE Finboorlber ortahtt i to thboao Ws Dodoes. ‘lll neb 13r ',4
U. .Oa .1 boot*, abots, hats and cops . of whlch ho boo. eols
We urartment. for both town sad country trod.. Btoro I, .betZ',
to mantrap; and well located tor bashloos. neat no soobb:e ..".
Inquire of L. C. Ig.t.IL3.EIL
Blow ruse. March 1:91b.1923 -11
FOR BALE.
CtZOCE RUM% 211MTIET SEED , ANT EIPLESDZ,';'
axgri. 'WHEAT t. UT •
aLDWZN Ir ALUM
GrAELIEWST. SEEDS,
FEW" 13 AED IN BUDSArt °mod wad for at bye
.1.11 0 21:1 Ag 805.
Aduilulitratoes Nonce.
frCT Is blebs Elm to el Dermas barta4 ataltals
Ig estate of Warrea:Wooties. law of tqatatstat to of
ed. tut tho slats :matt 60 parented to las salitsftoot st
ttagetata, ta4 all mom tudebted It iitl4 ogee Ito tt4t o4ol
auto ImmsditutO. It, athigas. Aaet
Human , . Mar= 2.p65 -47/t.
W113131745' INVENTORIES.
. P t alak rO j/U IK bt gc.4:o ali PeraCca InterianD
UMW cf go Ir Warner. L twocd
a. of Silver Late torrashtp, &eruct
.Iratato of 8. Ticbcro. Ists of Ur.al Bead rowastilcylccerat,
EMA 4.9 TdOIIIVI Burdick:Jr lrt a I*.M.-44 ) : V" .
Tint. the Arbutuhrratots of racked olive ICO Wei ro
la Cho Orphans' nate. of &uric/ell:ma Wanly. ttri I aVenicrier
appralartoacts of property elalrard eg Ms widow aad Vaulty ca d
of deccdentti aml art toj t brm uctltt 100 Act of riagrairr2
inch case made nod provided; and that Ms mum , a pa P 1 ±1 . 7,
to Oa Judo. cnclf foa m Wedaaatcy. Lba dc,f.f ••
for cotantuctlna
3.11. VMAIN.
lifentr.r,ll.l43. e. 1 - • .
1811SI1SS 1111110111111/ ~.:
mu tuutersloted . Wit proototlyatterat to all claim Cr re
I slow, I.ltrY PAT and Moot, that may to Wroth:a to t 13...-
Alt claims tarttolly torpartd an d promptly tortraxird to th• T.:
partotrot.
'I brat mWtha..ala Wootheand taw Mouths' Moira Ootretili_N ''..
bounty, ton ttol•abloi co thy). die to the arryhta Wry or Mo.. y:,• ,,
Una am m 11103.410 pension. Yetwar to lttr twat serOce so* ..,,,...
titled to pocalota nitric, Ito pm role aattmtulaticoa at art_ . 01 ;4),
latul toren. Otottudalloortl claws attmlitttO loptlatka• WV.:
,'
ttitottoty.
it te a net nit mairsark.ooo that tha War Drittrtratot 1123 . Y.:
Me of 104 PlCAragibl stikatill of 11 , 101dIer Or anicre hapa o; Az
and ATM] Inta.la &peados* or, trim tor support, or a toll
• ,t
destitute altromoanot s. dilators* totti entatara from Nit trwt•L'i' \
ttwheatkoo otthlt bad Wm:Wm mule oat wit (hit are trar•M , ~,
a.o„, tor,toor los on el wiliketa a:quo:Kai emu to l .
..,,,
cutworms. Ali WWl* soling torumallooproaptly ittooro••,
The relatives a soldiers who ale atter ehtlittatat NW tttoot., '.',•
Ing routtaraft lo are (Witted to Pesaitatehe wee es tt each ow. i. ,
Led died to the IleTtOgi '
fl.
'
H. U. . The W% sttigg attesee Nov the '
L u.nuatis t t .a t ? torter e e , :.1....
lionator •-:
Yr...omegas*: an. tala....lbit .. - , , 1
.oz . 0-1401(
Ajax uvsxsxs . to GRAM? ISOZIDOITY tin Po ol _,
and Mud. the Tbas.'l nd lindszdad
T but propmdion mad Yoe ale by
Mut% A lard. HAW, WATicous • MI.-
SPLENDID toVREPS,
Green and around Co,,
_ SUGAA, &a,
onstage,
BUT BUCKI23,
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