a p moseißl•ll a •QUirik.
VIES llllll-WEEKLY P1M099,
riziloario tioleonfooro out of the dry as Yon. Dommasi.
1,3
SELL AND pair-Goons JOBBERS.
864. SPRING 1864.
DRY GOODS
ILIEGEL,
WIEST, &
IMPONTRUB AND JOBBM OF
1r Gr CO CF
n) 47 F. THIRD STREET. PEIMADELPHM.
vs now in store•and are daily in receipt of, all bands of
FRESH SPRING DRY GOODS.
OE THE VERY LATEST STYLES.
Litre a Fun Stock of all the different kinds of
pSILADELPHLAAVIA.DD GOODS
l oatkonts I,lllllnd It to thotr Interest tR ...II and ex
-itte OUT stoat. as WO can offer them (Ifigat 7
DtICEBIENTS. ninlo-2m
ITST RECEIVED,
IN CHOICE AND ELEGANT DESIGNS,
FRENCH ORGANDIES,
JACONETS, AND
PERCALES.
RICH AND HANDSOME
NEW STYLES
SPRING AND SUMMER
03331E.E!LIMiTZaffi.
M. L. HALLOWELL & CO.,
615 CHESTNUT STREET.
ASLIgs WATBON. F.P.AIIIBLIN XLNNHT
TEW BIER HOUSE
WATSON & JANNEY,
NO. 333 MAR STSB3Z
WHOLEULLE DEALBER IA
~][L~t~,
•BESS 000DS, SHAWLS,_ WHITE
GOODS, EMBROT.DERIkk'ac
EDMUND YAM) t CO.,
. ORESITETIT AND No. 614 JAY'S STRUT&
?► nox ie Store their SPRING IMPORTATION of
HU AND FANCI DDT GOODS,
OONIOBTINO OH
.LTMOSS CICINCOMFreIs
OF ALL KUMS;
LACK AND FANOY &MSS,
TINS . , GLOVES, MITTS, RIBBONS,
AND
DI Eggii TRIMMINGS.
lC GOODS, MEN% EKBROIDI
AND MACES.
hale and Mame assortment of
I . BING AND SUMMER SHAWLS.
BALMORAL. SKIRTS;
An maws, ace. Which they offer to the Trade at the
LOIN NSW f•L‘ii.taie. lei-
SPEIN G
DRY GOODS.
' , RUT IIiDIIOBBONTS TO OMB BUM&
lIUOI, BONBRIGHT, & CO.,
Wholesale Dealers in
VORRION JIND DOMESTIC
DRY GOODS,
lOW LOMA' Street. and 526 COMMERCE Street.
PHTLADELPELIA.
Would reopostfully invite attention to LLRGE
CS of leading
DOMESTICS,
DRESS GOODS,
MEN'S AND BOYS' WEAR,
=any popular goods of
lIIL3-2mPHILADELPHIA MADDFLGTIIIIII.
1864.
DAWSON, BRANSON, a Co.,
501 MARKET' STREET,
CORNER OF FIFTH
tvo now In More. and will be constantlyavoeivilli.
daring the season. an attractive line of
PARIS, GERMAN, AND BRITISH
DRESS GOODS,
BJ.ACH 13ILSB,
NrIPLD AND TANGY SHAWLS. dra.. &a.
of which will be sold at the
HOTELS.
AVI.NUE HOUSE,"
WASHINGTON. D. G.
ne undersigned having' leaned the above Honee.
'tamed un the earner of adIVSNTH Street ...a
FL` *1) AN) Avenne. for a term of yeare z eoiletta th e
niter I)9l76bege and the travelling priollrreerally.
EItYU,
1864.
LOWEST MARKET PRICES
-71 Pr
- .
0. . _•
(74 r vk._
A
..-;;- ,• PP
sit - t
"‘ / 0' \- ' o
"' • • ,i - T s k• ' ~ 4 4 7;/./
- .:= 7 lllk' •
lOW • rie oil. . • L k:
•
- -11."
VOL. 7.-NO. 211.
COMMISSION HOUSES.
lIF. ATTENTION OF
THE TRADE
eaned to
OUR STOOK OF
'ARMY WOOLIN to. all-wool Plain Flannel&
FIiVILLSD naratiSLS.
Varlona males in Gray. Scarlet. and Dark Bins.
fItEHTED SHIRTING FL ADIFFHLS.
PLAIN OPRRA morons.
SLACK COTTOSI WARP CLOTHS,
15. 16. 17, 18. IL 20. 31. ti at_
rANCT GAWKIER% AND SATINISTTS.
BALMORAL SKIRTS. all Grades.
3OTTOS GOODS, DENIM, TICKS, STRIPES, SHIRT.
IRGR. Age.. from varlons Mills.
W COUBSEY, HAMILTON, EVANS,
13 LETITIA Street. and
fe27-weintteB 3g South FRONT Streak
HoBAcE 33. SOULE,
commiSSION MS ROB taTT.,
agi Noir 11 FRONT STREET
PHILADELPHIA,
Agent for the
SAXONVILLE MILLS, •
BALDWIN COMPANY.
WILTON MAAUFACTURINO CO..
ABBOT WOhSrED COMPAAY.
CARPET WORSTED AND YARNe.
Fine Worsted. in colors; Noe 12e and 26 , 3, Jets Yarns.
COTTON YARNS,
in Warp and Bundle, Milllttfachired by
Z SBRISKIE,
YRALL.
OAKMAN.
and other Well-known Mille.
CARPETS.
CONTINENTAL MILLS, INGRAIN. AND VENETIAN
CARPETS.
LINEN MIRE A.D.
SAMPAON't3 ARCVILL
VIDIOINT MILLS.
McDONALD'S.
SATIN-F THREADOKBINDERS'.
CARPET
for Hale by
BAGS! BAGS! BAGS 1
NEW
SRAML A ESS. BURL 4P. AND ND SECON A
D-
GUNN YHND.
BAGS,
FLOUR AND SALT ORDERLL SIZE%
PRINTED TO BY
JOHN T. BAILEY a; CO.
1 . 017 tf 3
No. 113 NOTEL PONTR STREZE
GRAIN BAGS.—A LARGE ASSORT
MENT OF GRAIN BAGS.
In various sizes. for sae by
BARCROFT & CO..
jag Nu Nos. 405 and 407 MARKET Street.
SHIPLEY, HAZARD, & HIJTCHIN
BON,
No. 112 OHESTNUF STREET,
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
FOR THE SALE OF
PHILADELPHIA-MADE GOODS.
ar,26-8m
IDJUEtPIETIIiGS.
A_RCH-STREET
CARPET WAREHOUSE.
no subscriber has just received a well-selected stock of
ENGLISH AND AMERICAN
C A.TtPETIN GSA
708 SPRllfla TRADB
JOS. _BLACKWOOD,
tohlB-2m SIM ARCH STREET. BELOW METH
SPRING, 1864.
1864.
GLEN ECHO
GERMANTOWN, PA.
WIC CALLI-MTIVE eft
MANUFACTURERS. IMPORTERS. AND WHOLESALE
DEALERS IN
CARPETING - S.
on CLOTHS, &c.
Warehouse-509 Chestnut Street,
OPPOSITE INDEPENDENCE HALL. feltf
SPECIAL , NOTICE_
RETAIL DEPARTMENT.
McCALLIIM & CO.
Beg leave to inform the public that they have leased
the old- eanfilisbed Carpet Store,
No. 519 CHESTNUT STREET,
OPPOsite Independence Ball. for
A RETAIL DEPARTMENT.
Where they are now opening a NEW STOCK of
Imported and Amerieen Carpet!,
, Embracing the choicest pattern! of
EXMINSTER TAPESTRY CARPETS,
ROYAL WILTON. BRUSSELS CARPETS,
VELVET. VENETIANS.
Together with a fall assortment of everything pertain
ing, to the Carpet Business. fel-tf
gNTRIRPMBI6 MILLS
ATWOOD, RALSTON, & t4:-5
LANCTIAWOBILI4' .95,D WIIOL.IILL.. DIALERS IN
CA,RPETINGE,
Oth)CLOTHS,
BATTINGS, d4c.
Vik.l4lMotsf, Olt CHEST/MT STEBV7t
4.44 a 83.4 JA.IIII STREW!
BASKETS AND _WILLOW WARE.
LARGEST AND BEST ASSORTED
I=l
WOODEN-NV - ARE
COTTON GOODS
LS THIS COUNTRY
A. H. FRANCISCVS,
513 MARKET AND 510 COMNIERCIS STN.,
WHOLESALE DULLER IN
WADDING, BATTING S TWINES,
WICKING, CORDS, CORDAGE,
BUCKETS, BROOMS, BRUSHES, BASKETS,
TUBS, CHURNS, MATS, WHIPS,
TABLE AND FLOOR OIL CLOTHS,
BIRD-CAGES, JAPAN WARE,
WINDOW PAPER AND SHADES,
PUTNAM'S CLOTHES-WRINGER,
LOOKING GLASSES, CLOCKS,
FLY-NETS, FANCY BASKETS, ka., ha.
mh29•lm
FANCY BASKETS.
A. 11. FRINCISCIIS,
513 MARKET. AND 510 COMMERCE STS.,
Have just opened a large and well assorted stock offing
GERMAN AND FRENCH
FANCY BASKETS
OF HIS OWN IMPORTATION.
GREAT INDDOBBIESTS OPFRIORD TO THE TRADE.
nah29lm
GREAT OPENING OF
CEDAR AND WILLOW WARE,.
THE LARGEST STOCK IN THE CITY.
NOW SELLING AT BARGAINS.
&WO D 02.. CORN BROOMS.
%COO DOZ. FANCY PAINTED BUCKETS.
1,000 NESTS CEDAR WASH TUBS.
1.000 CEDAR STAFF AND BARREL CHURNS.
La) DOZ. WILLOW MARKET BASKETS.
moo DALES COTTON-WICK AND TIE TARN.
2.000 BALES BATS AND WADDING.
RETICULE BASKETS. OIL CLOTHS.
LOOKING GLASSES. CORDAGE. dre., ass.
AMOoods are sold at the Manufacturer's Lowest Cash
Prices.
orders promptly filled. -
ROWE & EUSTON,
157 and 159 710$TH THLUD BTRISZT.
Threa Doors Wow Ems
"BEDFORb WATER"—INDIVIDII-
Ms and dealers will be supplied with " Bedford
Water." fresh from the Spring. at the shortest notice, at
the following rates :
POT Larrol, 40 gallons (oak) $3 00
Halt do do. Z 00
Half do ( mulberry )
500
The barrels are well steamed, so that purchasers man'
depend upon receiving the Water as pure and fresh as at
the Spring. All orders addressed to 'F.': -VE
/0- 1 -17 Ilia IL 11, LADZIAOIS.BscIford, ra..
HORACE EL SOULR.
32 H.rth FRONT Street.
MILLINERY GOODS.
TEE NEW YORK STORE
GEO. W. MILES,
Nos. 35 and 37 South Tenth Street,
ABOVE CHESTNUT,
IS NOW PREPARED TO SHOW HIS SPRANG IN-
I' ORTATIO .5 OF
FRENCH FLOWERS,
STRAW GOODS,
PARIS•TRIMMED HITS,
FRENCH AND NEW YORK Bdx-
NETS, FRAMES, and other
MILLINERY GOODS.
apa-et
P. A. HARDING & CO.,
IMPORTERS AMR JOBBERS OP
STRAW AND MILLINERY GOODS,
No. :*l3 AREULE STIRICEPR.
---
Mh3-2M.
1864. 1864.
WOOD & CARY,
726 CHESTNUT STREET,
STRAW AND MILLINERY
GOODS.
P. IS. —ATBROHANTS AND MILAINDSEI are Invited to
examine before purehrosing, as our STOCK 1.2 PULL
mid "PRIM LOW.
mhB.2m WOOD & OAR"
SPRING. 1864.
BROOKS & ROSENELEIM,
131 MARKET STREET,
WHOLESALE DEALER'S IN
RIBBONS,
SONNETS,
LADIES' AND CHILDREN'S HATS,
FLOWERS,
AND
MILLINERY GOODS GENERALLY.
mh23.lm
WE RESPECTFULLY
CALL THE ATTENTION OP
THE TRAD E
TO OUR STOCK OF
SPELNG MILLINERY GOODS.
WE HAVE NOW OPEN
A. BEAUTIFUL ASSORTMENT OF
FRENCH FLOWERS,
RIBBONS, SILKS, LEWES, VEILS, etc
BERNHEIM,
726 CHESTNUT STREET.
mh29-1m
sip)MRS. J. HAMBURGER, 25
South SECOND Street, will open on WEDNES
DAY, April 6th a handsome assortment of Spring
Frenchummer MILLINERY. Aho, Aire iselestion of
Pattern Donnete of the latest styles. ap6-St*
spMRS. M. A. KING} WILL OPEN
03 THURSDAY. April 7th, a handsome assort
ment of Spring and Summer MILLINERY. Also.
a few cases of French Bonnets, at 1020 OELESTNEPA
iltrest. apt 4t•
43)MILLINERY OPENING.-S. T.
MORGAN, No. 408 ARM. Street, will open this
I
day, a large and splendid assortment of Fancy
and Trimmed Bonnets, Dress Caps. Cep Crown Bonnet
Frames and Ruches. Also. a frill line of straw Bonnets.
Ribbons. bilks, French Flowers. and Millinery Goods
generally. for the wholesale Miltinery trade. ap4 61*
11111011.
---
ROBERT SHOEMAKER 8.3 CO.,
Northeast Corner of FOURTH and NAOS Streets,
PHILADELPHIA,
Wi14201..E3 tk:r F Mloit.T.JlG-G-lEirr€4,
IMPORTERS AND DEALERS FO IN
REIGN AND DOMESTIC
WINDOW AND PLATE GLASS,
MASEUFACTUREAS OF
WHITE LEAD AND ZING PAINTS, PUTTY, 4c
.AGEtTIi FOR THE CELEBRATED
FRENCH ZINO PAINTS.
Dealers and consumer. supplied at
7a7•Bni VERIt Lo W PRICES FOR C
1864. PHILADELPHIA 1864.
PAPER HANGINGS.
HOWELL & BOURKE,
HAISUFACTUREES 07
WALL PAPER S
AND
WINDOW CURTAIN PAPERS,
COR. FOURTH AND MARKET STS.,
PHILADELPHIA.
H. B. — A Ane stock of LINEN SHADES constantly on
Wad. fe27lm fp
OIL CLOTHS, &c.
G . w. BLA-Bow-db Co,
MANUNACTUREED OF
OIL CLOTHE,
10. I%* NORTH THIRD STRUT, PHILADBLPHIW,
fifer to the Trade a full Stock of
FLOOR, TABLE, AND CARRIAGE
OIL OLOTIA.S.
GIIBISN-OLAZED OIL CLOTHS AND WINDOW
-91111-2 m SHADES.
GEORGE W.
Mannfacturar and Wholesale Dealer in
CARPETINGS, MANTLNGS, RUGS.
ALSO,
COTTON ♦ND. WOOLEN YARNS.
At very Low Prices.
No. 1 NORTH THIRD STREIT. ASOVR • ARCH
mhl-21n Philadelphia.
PAIIPITIWGS AND 1111GRAVING111.
ELEGANT MIRRORS.
LAI GE AISSORTMIINT
NEW ENGRAVINGS,
FINE OIL PAINTINGS,
JUST REORPTED
EARLE'S GALLERIES.
3)021-n 810 CHESTNUT STREET
GAS FIXTURES, &C.
407:1ARyES PAGE,
Favorably known for the last twenty years as Prlnel
oat Designer of GAS FIXTURES for
MESSRS. CORNELIUS & BAKER.
is this day admitted a Partner in our firm.
We wll I continue the sale and manufacture of
OAS FIXTURES
.nder the firm. name of
TAN KIRK & CO..
HANTIFACTORY AT FRANRFORD_
SALEBROOI4B-91% ARCH STREET•
February 1. 1864. fel9-finw2ul
LONDON BROWN STOUT,
SCOTCH ALE,
BI THE CASE OR DOZEN.
• ALBERT C.; ROBERTS.
DEALER IN FINE GRoosanis;
RLIVRNTR and VINE fareelii.
PHRENOLOGICAL EX &MIN A-
TlOllB. with fall deocriptlons of oit exacter. eyes
DAT cod EVENINO. by J L. OARS , -
sohB-W2ffib6ia
Q. 4* 8. UNTIL Mit.
PIIILADELPLIIA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 1864.
CURTAIN GOODS.
SJI - niNck EPA.HIAI3I3.B.
VESTIBULE
1,4 4 9.VJE
t AND A LARGE INVOICE OR
BROWN SHADES,
OF ENTIRELY NEW DESIGNS.
I. E. WALRAVEN,
481700E650R TO W. W. OARKIL.I
MASONIC HALL.
719 CHESTNUT STREET.
WATCHES AND JEWELRY.
WATCHES;
WATCHES!! e." 1:
WATCHES FOR $6. WITC"n"
WATcHEs FOR $4,
WATCHES FOR $lO.
WATCHES FoR
WATCHER FOR $l4.
WATCHES FOR $lO.
WATC HER 3 , OR VS
WINCHES FOR CO.
WATCHES FOR *2l.
WATCHES FOR $22.
weroins FOR M.
WATCHES FOR 24.
WATCHES FOR $55
AT,CLABK'S, 1024 MARKET STRUT.
-
. . .
Composition Watches .
tor ES; Silver Watches for NS:
Myer iliPstchss for CO; Ituctilet- (lace Watches for *V;
Fine Silver linnting-Case Watches [es 0114; rise Silver
Etuiting C CLA RKS. eIed MARKETches. f,r $l6.
.AT 102$ STREET.
AMERICAN WATCHES.
in 2, S. 4, and 5-oz. coin Silver Hunting Oases for $A No.
$34. and S AT CLARK'S, 1025 MARKET STREET.
A genuine Sandoz fine Silver Hunting Caee: fall jew
eled. Lever Watch, for *2O. A genuine Robert Ruskell
English Patent Lever. Chronometer balance, fall jew
eled. Dinkel movement. Sterling Silver, Hunting-Caw%
015. Fine Geneva Watchee beautifully enamelled cases,
*25. A great variety of fancy Watches, fancy move
ments, fancy cases. fancy dial , duplex- doable-time,
aid other styles, which we will sell at the lowest whole.
sale Mice, by the case or sit gle one. A hundred differ
ent kyles of gold and plated Vest Chains, Gold Pins,
Gold Rings, Pine, Studs, Buttons, and. in fact, every
article usually found in a first class jewelry store.
Don't make a mistake, and buy before examining our
stock. Comparison is the only test, and that is all we
ask atW L. CLARK'S.
whl2-emw.lar fp 10215 MAILItIrEr Street.
CLOTHING.
CLo , THING-.
SPRING OF 1864.
EXTENSIVE CLOTHING HOUSE,
Hon 3oa and aos CHESTNUT STREET,
PHILADELPHIA
E. The facilitins of this house for (loins business
, 0 are Each that Choy can confidently claim for it
111 the leading , xeition among the Tailoring Er-
tabliehments of Philadelphia. Then, therefore.
; invite the attention of gentlemen of taste to their
at
Is superb stock of
c 9 BEADY-MADE CLOTHING,"
rsl
m cat by the best artists, trimmed and made equal
0 to Customer Worlfr-AND AT
er
4 - P4I33PTJI-ak]Et. PRICES.
They have also lately added a CUSTOM DE-
PARTDISNT. where the latest novelties may be
1-4
I> found, embracing some fresh from London and
GS
Yule
W
PERRT & CO.,
303 and 305 CHESTNUT STREET.
CUSTOM DEPtAiTMENT, 303 MISS= fIT STREET
apl-tf
GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS.
R GRANT,
No. 610 CBESTIIIIT STREET
Rae now renal'
2. LARGE AND COMPLETE TOOK OF
GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHING GOODS,
Of his own importation and. manufacture.
His celebrated
"PRIZE. MEDAL SHIRTS,"
Manufactured under the superintendence of
JOHN F. TaGGERT.
(Formerly of Oldenberg & Taggert,)
Are the moat perfeet-thting Shirts of the age
aka- &dem promptly attended to. lal3-wfm•6m
JOUN C. ARRISON,
Nos. 1 AND 3 NORTH SIXTH STREET,
MANUFACTURER OF
THE IMPROVED PATTERN SHIRT
FIRST OUT BY J. BURR MOORE,
WARRANTED TO FIT AND OWE SATISFACTiON
Importer and Manufacturer of
GENTLEMEN'S
FICTUNI.SEICING GOODS
N. 11.—All articles made in a superior manner by hand
and from the beet Materials. jal4
FINE SHIRT MANUFACTORY.
The eulorcribers would invite attention to their
IMPROVED CUT OF SHIRTS.
which they make a speciality in their badness. Also.
conetantl , LreoeiNing
NOYEVIN 4 FOR GIINTLRMEIPS WEAR.
J SODT'r eia CO.,
mareriamisni•s FDRIVISHIaIe riTORS.
No. SIM CHESTNUT ST.,
jal64f Four doors below the Continental.
GRAY'S PATENT
MOLDED COLLARS
Have now been before the public for nearly a year.
They are universally pronounced the neatest and beet
fitting collars extant.
The upper edge presents a perfect cure, free from th e
angles noticed in all other collars.
The cravat causes no puckers on the inside of the turn
down collar —they are AS SMOOTH INSIDE AS OUT
SIDE —and therefore perfectly free and easy to the neck-
The Garotte Collar has a smooth and evenly-finished
edge on BOTH SIDES.
These Coilars are nut strop - y flat pieces of paper ant in
the form of a collar, but are MOLDED AND SHAPED
TO FIT THE NECK,
They are made In " Novelty" (or turn-down style), in
every half size from 12 to 17 Inches, and in " Eureka"
(or Garotte), from 13 to 17 Inches, and paned in "solid
sizes," In neat blue carton., containing 100 each; also,
In en aller ones of 10 each- the lattera vary handy pack
age for Travellers, Army and Wavy Officers.
Jar EVERY COLL AR is stamped
• . CRAY 'S PATENT MOLDED COLLAR."
Sold by all dealers in Men's Furnishing Goods. The
Trade am plied by
VAN DUSEN, BOEHME% & °a s
Importers and Wholesale Dealers in Men's Furnishing
Oocds. 627 CEIBSTNIIT Street.
• uth3o-wim 3m Philadelphia.
NOTICE OF REMOVAL.
The undersigned would inform their friends and the
pablic Izataialtaix
to ha ve from their Old
stand, 817
SPLENDID NEW WABEROOMS,
No. 912 ARCH smtuicirm,
where they will continue the sale of
(JAB FIXTURES, CHANDELIERS,
COAL-OIL BURNERS, &C.
Having associated with our house Mr. CHARLES
PAGE. wee(forly the Principal Designer for Cornelius
Baker.) are now prepared to execute orders for Gas
Fixtures of an grades and designs, from the vicsitteet to
the most maestros and elaborate.
VAN KIRK db CO.
Ao. els ARCH STREIT.
60 BARBELS YOUN GER' S ALE,
EL Anne's Brewery. In 9n113.
In More, and for Tale by
WILLIAM H. YEA TON 4 CO..
4EI gel butial449/1 Matt,
Ett Vrtss+
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 1864
The American Conflict.
Ender the above title, Horace Greeley has an.
flounced a work to be completed in two octavo vo.
lumes, with portraits, maps, and diagrams, one of
which volumes will be published immediately in
Hartford and Chicago, the other to appear as soon
as practicable after the close of the War, The con
flict of opinions, Mr. Greeley says, has caused the
civil strife and upheaving of society which now
troubles the land, and his intention is to note and
record the progress of Opinion, prior to and during
the War for the Union—and, in doing so, to render
justice to those who have assailed as well as those
who have supported the Republic in its struggle for
integrity and freedom. 01 his ability as a writer,
there is no doubt, and his extensive political
knowledge is equally unquestionable. An honest
book may be expected from him. About 140
specimen pages hsve been placed in our hands,
sufficient to show what the book will be
and bow its subject will be treated. This sam
ple contains engravings on wood of Harper's
Ferry and of the Shenandoah Valley, and a group,
engraved on steel, of the twelve eminent opponents
of the Slave Power, viz ; John Quincy Adams;
Benjamin Lundy, H. W. Beecher, Wendell Phillips'
William Cullen Bryant, John G. Whittier, Cassius
IW. Clay. Joshua R. Giddings, W. L. Garrison, Ger
rit Smith, Owen Lovejoy, and Charles Sumner.
The portion of the letter press which we have pa
rused treats of Texas and Per Annexation, the
Mte
efon of Samuel Hoar to Charleston, the Wilmot
Proviso, r the Compromise of 1850, the Era or Slave
hunting, tie Nebrseka•Kansas struggle, the Bred-
Scott case, and our policy towards that case. The
style is plain and clear, the statements &remade
dispassionately, end the author largely refers, in
foot.notes, to' his authorities. What we have seen
of the work and our knowledge of its writer's abili
ty, industry, and extended information, impress us
with the conviction that is The American Conilict, ,,
sui generic in some respects, will and ought to have
a very wide circulation.
HARRISBURG.
[Correspondence of The Prene.]
HARRISBURG, April 4,1864.
The course pursued by the Democracy in relation
to the amendments to the Constitution is rather a
novel one. They may be able to make it appear
consistent; an outside observer cannot. They are
now struggling wish might and main to place them.
salvos upon the record as the friends of the soldiers.
Ail ,sorts, of resolutions are offered to excite their
is) mpathy. Any quantity of speeches are made for
home circulation, which are full of touching pathos,
for those of our men who are periling their lives
for their country, and urging an increase of their
pay by the General Government.
THB BOLDIBRB' VOTE.
In view of the political contest which is close upon
us, it may not be uninteresting to place a fen , facts
in ;relation to this matter before the public. Fasts
are better than long-toinded and high-sounding
speeches. The decision of 2dr. Justice Woodward
rendered an amendment to the Constitution neoes
eery in order that soldiers might vote while in
actual service. Consequently, at the last fission
of the Legislature, senator Johnson introduced
an amendment quite early in the winter for
the purpose of extending to them the privilege of the
elective franchise. This amendment, which related
only to this one subject, passed the Senate ou the
nth of February, and was sent to the House for its
concurrence. It will be remembered that the House
was then Democratic. The amendment slept in
committee until the 11th day of April, just four days
before the close of the session, and when reported it
had two new amendments to it—one to prevent the
passage of omnibus bills, and another to prevent the
Legislatuze from passing any bills upon Subjects
over which the courts have jurisdiction. They were
called the Cessna amendments, and received the
unanimous support of the Democratic party. It
Will be noticed that this Senate amendment was
held in committee for two months, and then reported
at the last hour, and, having a majority in the
House, they were able to dictate terms. The Union
men had a consultation, and concluded that they had
better receive the amendments, hampered down as
the Democrats presented them, than have none at
all. The original bill passed the House as amended,
and was sent to the Senate, which body refused to
concur in the amendments. A committee of confe
rence was appointed, and the Democrats refusing
to re cede, the Sec ate was compelled to secede to their
terms. And upon April 14, the day before the final
adjournment, the report of the committee of confe
rence was adopted by both Houses. The Democracy
of the House stood by their amendments, and would
agree upon nothiog else. Now, what do they do
this winter I It is well known thit the Constitu
tion can only be amended by the action of two sue
ceasive aesaions of the Legislature, and then by
being ratified by the action oi the people.
At an early day in this session a joint resolution
was latmlassil Sato the /bum which was a perfect
copy of the one of last winter. The amendment re
lating to the soldiers was quietly allowed to pass,
but when the others were reached the Democracy,
in a body, was found fiercely opposing them. The
very men who favored them at the last session now
were found voting against them. They were repu•
dieting their children, and why? Why did they in
sist so earnestly upon the adoption of these amend
ments then, and fight them now as a party? There
must have been a reason, and it is found
in the following : There are the best of
reasons for believing that they have no affec
tion for the soldier vote. They would not ob
ject to their being excused. The best lawyers of the
State (and among them the Attorney General) had
given their opinion that these three amendments
must stand or ;all together; that they must pass
this House precisely as they did the last before they
could legally be submitted to the people for ratifica
tion or rejection. Hence, all at once, a "change
comes over the spirit of their dream? and we find
them trying to slay the creatures of their own
brain.
A majority of the whole number of members
elected are necessary to secure the passage of amend
ments to the Constitution, and upon the call of the
yeas and nave several Union members were found to
be absent, and the Democracy voting solid against
it, the bill was lost, no constitutional majority
having voted in the affirmative.
In due time another bill was introduced into the
Senate, and passed by only one Democratic Senator
voting for it, Ruisey, of Bucks, who has too much
soul to allow party to step between himself and his
country. Wallace, of Clearfield, made a fierce
speech against the soldier amendment upon princi
ples which evidently was sanctioned by his Demo
cratic friends, The Senate bill was sent to the
House, and was suffered to remain until more than
tiny of the Union men were present, when it passed
without the aid of a single Democratic vote ; thirty
seven voting against it, and the rest dodging the
question. Such are the facts. Beautiful sentences
and finely-turned periods cannot takeaway the great
fact that they, as a party, from the beginning to end,
have persistently opposed the soldier amendment,
The record is against them ; will they please tell us
why they insisted upon the two additional amend
ments at the last session, and why they so bitterly
opposed them at the present? Why did they last
winter insist upon them in the committee of confe
rence, and this session voted solid against them?
There can be but one answer. They tacked on their
amendments at the last session, hoping to be able to
defeat them at this ; thereby indirectly but effectu
ally killing the one extending the elective franchise
to our volunteer armies. They have had a resolu
tion before the House, relating to the increase of
pay for the soldiers, but more about this hereafter.
SEVEN HEROIC BROTHERS.
Lieutenant John Irvin, of Tioga county, has just
called upon me, and, during our conversation, made
the following statement, the truth of which I am
Willing to vouch for, having been well . acquainted
with him before he entered the service. Re is now
but thirty.four years of age, and belongs to thelo6th
Pennsylvania Volunteers. At the breaking out of
the war, he had six brothers (seven in all), the
youngest only fifteen years of age, all of whom catered
the service. One was killed at Fort Dennison, and the
remaining six are today in the service. Four of the
brothers are in the 106th ; have been in thirteen re
gular battles; most of them have been 'severely
wounded, but not disabled the service. Olin this be
equalled I I merely mention this in order that 11 an
other family of seven brothers have entered the velum,
teer service, the country may know who they are.
FRANS.
PROPHETIC FORBSIGHT OP DOUGLAS.-1R A TO
cent speech in the Rouse of Representatives,
Arnold, of Illinois, made there interesting state
meet.:
Here I will plume a moment to state a most re.
m.rhable prediction made by Douglas in January,
1861. Toe statement is furnished to me by General
C B. Stewart, of New York, a gentleman of the
highest respectability. Douglas was asked by Gen.
Stewart, (who was making a New Year's call on
Mr. Douglas,) " What will be the result of the
effects of Jefferson Davis and his associates to
vide the Union 7" Douglas replied: "The Cotton
States are making an effort to draw in the border
States to their schemes of Secession, and I am too
fearful they will succeed. If they do succeed there will
be the mustier] able elVil war the world has ever lean,
for years. Virginia will become a charnel house ;
but the end will be the triumph of the Union cause.
One of their first efforts will be to take possession of
this capital to give them prestige abroad, but they
will nevertsusseed in taking it ; the North will rise
en Inane to defend it ; but it will become a city of
hospitals ; the churches will be used for the sick and
wounded, and even the Minnesota block (now the
Douglas Hospital) may be devoted to that purpose
before the end of the war." Gen. Stewart inquired,
tt What justification is there for all thisi" Douglas
replied, "There is no justification, nor any pretense
Of any. If they will remain in the Union I will go
as far as the Constitution will permit to maintain
their just rights, and I do not doubt but a majority
of Congress will do the same. But," said he, rising
on his feet, and extending his arm, "It the Southern
Stan a attempt to secede from this Union without
further cause, I am in favor of their having just so
many slaves, and just so much slave territory as
they can hold at the point of the bayonet, and no
mole i"
The Government Bounty.
To the Editor of The Press:
SIR : There ie considerable dieegreement in this
pelt of the country in regard to the Government
bounty or $3OO or $4OO. When did or when will
the Government discontinue to pay the Barnet A
totice in the editorial of your Press would give great
satisfaction in thte part of the country.
A SUBSCRIBER.
LBI3 LORTON, Pa., Aorll 2, 1864.
[The Government bounty imaged on the let or
Alagv — riße ntigel .
Gen. Meade and the Battle of Gettysburg.
General MBADshas submitted a written statement
to the War Committee, giving a detailed account of
the battle of Gettysburg, together with en explana
tion of his eanduct on that oeeasion. H e etate meats
are corroborated by the te.timony of Generals
RANGOON, WARREN, GIBBONS, and others, and
triumphantly vindicate him front the accusations
made before the committee by his enemies. General
riaBADE denies, in the most positive manner, the
Statement that he issued, or directed to be issued, an
Order on the Ed of July, or at any time, ordering are
treat to Taneytown, which is fourteen miles south of
Gettysburg. He says he had resolved, from the ant,
to hold the position there, and to fight the battle
Which be knew was impending. He bad no bias
of falling back, as he well knew, as everybody
knows, that a retreat at that time would have in
volved pursuit by the enemy, and, perhaps. resulted
in a rout of our army. He denies positively ever
seeing any such order ; and Oates that if the order
was written it was without his knowledge or author"
rity. The first intimation he had of its existence
was received from General GIBBONS, who told him,
on the evening of the second of July, that he had
seen it in the hands of General BUTTERFIELD. He
promptly denied
at
on this point General &RADE surmises is this : Upon
assuming command of the army he foand himself
without a chief of staff acquainted with the routine
of business at headquarters. He requested General
BuTreitentro to retain his position as chief
of staff until the crisis had passed. Gen. BUTTER.
',MIX consented, and was at once ordered to survey
the position, and make himself acqUainted with the
rear lines of communication. This, Gen. MEADS
contend., was what any prudent General would
have done under *the circumstance?, and especially
Mime our army bad been defeated the first day, and
had only partially succeeded hi Anilsing the attack
of the enemy on the second day. He declared that
the purport of the order he directed to be issued was
this, and nothing more. Gen. MEADS also states,
that when he learned that den. SiCKLESS had be
come ergased at Little Round Top, he immediately
ordered Gen. SYKES, with the sth Corps, to his sup
port. Gen. GIBBONS was also examined before the
committee on Saturday, and corroborates Gen.
MICADIO9 statements in every particular.
Freed". oY General
General Dix opened the great Sanitary Fair of
New York, on Monday, with the following speech :
LADIES . AND GnNTlatllinn : We have assembled
p
for the urpose of inaugurating what, I do not
doubt, will prove to be the most munificent contribu
tion of the day to the noblest of all objects—to
Nereids for the relief of the gallant soldiers who
have become disabled by disease and wounds while
whiling their lives for the preservation of the
Union. [Cheers.] The civil war in which we are
engaged is, under all its aspect., the most extraordi.
nary the world has ever seen. The enthusiasm of the
Northern people in rushing to arms to save the go•
vernno-nt of their fathers from destruction, their in
domitable courage in battle, their patient endurance
of hardahip, their steadiness of purpose under all vi
eisituaes, the readiness with which the whole com
munity submits to pecuniary burdens, the elastic
hope and the unshaken confidence with which all
°lessee look forward to a coming tranquility under
the old inatitutions, are as realm, k.able as the mag
nitude of the contest itself. [Applause.] Our ene
mies abroad have said that the South are animated
by the highest enthusiasm, and teat we are com
paratively cold and unmoved by high motives of
action. It is precisely the reverse. The contribu
tions of the Northern people in treasure and bleed
have been voluntary ofterirge and sacrifice's, on the
alter or their country. On the other hand, the
people of the South. at least for the last year,
have contributed with reluctance to the cause
of treason under the exactions of a despotic govern
ment. Nothing marks more strongly the difference
between them and us than the widespread opera
tions of, the Sanitary Commission, and the earnest
and devoted efforts by which the ladies of the North
ate giving vigor and scope to its ministrations. [Re
newed applause.] In the South manifestations of
meal and devotion like these are almost unknown.
Thle is, indeed, ones of the distinguishing °erecter
istrea of the struggle on our side, and it snows with
what intensity the public feeling is enlisted in it. It
is a peculiarity which has marked no former con
test. And while States, counties, and towns, with
us, are imposing taxes enormous in amount to raise
troops, the rebel Government in Richmond is sup.
porting its armies through forced contributions from
the Southern people, under a system of tyranny
which has already become odious, and is every ma
'pent in danger of defeating itself by provoking
armed resistance.
Findings by General• Court...martial.
General Court-martial in the Army of the Foto•
mac have found the following :
Lieut. Col. Chas. Townsend, 106th New York,
guilty of disobedience to orders; 'suspended from
rank and pay for two months. Remitted by the Pre
old et; t
Lieut. Col. A. S. Austin, Chief Commleaary of
Subsistence Cavalry Corps, aunty of absence with
out leave ; dismissed the service. Approved.
Second Lieut. T. F. Null, 12th New Jersey, guilty
of violation of the 45th Article of War ; conduct un
becoming an officer and a gentleman, and conduct to
the prejucice of good order and military discipline;
cashiered. Approved. •
Disjor James F. Ryan, 63.1 Pennsylvania, guilty
of conduct prejudicial to good order and military dis
cipline ; dismissed the service. Approved.
Private A. Wilder Robinson, Co. H, 24th Michi
gan. guilt% of desertion, to forfeit all pay and allow-
MIMS, and to be confined at hard- labor for the re.
mainder of his enlistment. Disapproved
Private James Randolph, Co. R, 148th Pa., guilty
of desertion, to be shot to death with musketry.
Approved.
Private Williams Collins, Company B, 69th New
York, guilty or desertion. Sentenced to be shot to
death with natiiltatty. Approved.
Edward Sanders, a civilian, guilty of selling
whisky to soldiers on pioket. Sentence That he be
marched through the principal streets of Warrenton,
wearing a placard lettered, "I am the man that sold
whisky to soldiers," under charge of a guard accom
panied by music playing the Rogue% NEarels, and that
he be then confined at hard labor under charge of a
guard, While the army remains in this vicinity. DIM
approved.
In the ease of Private James Randolph and Pri
vate Wm. Collins. the sentence will be carried into
effect in presence of so much of the division to
which they belong as the division commander can
properly assemble on Friday, the 16th Indira, at
such hour after 12 as the commander may designate.
The Assertion of the Monroe Doctrine.
1 - ^:e following is the resolution which was unani•
mouldy adopted in the House of Representatives on
Monday, with the list of 109 members who voted on
the occasion:
Resolved, By the Senate and House of Representatives
in Congress assembled, That the Congress of the UM.
ted States are unwilling, by silence, to leave the na
tions of the world under the impression that trey
axe indifferent spectators of the deplorable events
now transpiring in the Republic of Mexico ; there.
fore, they think it fit to declare that it does not act.
cor d with the people of the United States to acknow
ledge a monarchical Government erected on the
ruins of any republican Government in America,
under the auspices of any Europ•asn Power.
YEAS.
Eldridge. :Nelson.
Eliot. , Norton.
English, • ' O'Neill (Pena).
Pinsk, I O'Neill (0),
Prank, ; Orih,
Glider. Patterson.
I
Grinnell, Perham.
Griswold.'Pike.
Herrick. :Pomeroy.
, HigbY.i Prise,
' Holman, I Prayn.
El (wiper, ;Randall (KY).
Hotchki se. !nice (Hass),
Hubbard (Iowa) Rogers.
I Jenks, Rollins (N H),
Julian, 3.10tt.
Kalbileissh Shannon,
Kellogg ((Nish), `Stevens. Spstuding,
Kellogg (N 'I ),
King, -- etrouse.
Law, 'Thayer,y
Lazear,
rip.ent
Long.
, V
Van alkenburg
I Longyear. Waehburne (Ill.)
!Mallory, West:Limns(Mass)
`Marcy. Whaley.
Mcßride, Wheeler
MO - 1111re, White CI A,
Men:lMM PVilliglllB.
Middleton. I Wilder,
Miller (N Y), !Wilson,
Moorhead, I Wind em.
Morris (Ohio). WinfleLd,
Morrison. Wood. 3
Myers A, Woodbridge.
Myers L. Yeaman.
Allen J C.
Allen W J.
Alley,
Allison,
Ames,
Ancona.
Al. &nor,
Arnold,
Ashley,
Baldwin. (Mich),
Baldwin (Mass),
Baxter.
Beaman,
Blaine.
Blair (Mo),
Bites.
Blow.
Boyd.
Brooks,
Broomall,
Brown (Wis)
Brown, W Vs
Chards?
Clark A'G,
&U.
Cole.
Cox,
Cl avenr.
Doyle (ita).
Dawson,
Dennison.
D xon.
Drigie,
Eckley,
Brion.
PRIZE-MONEY AND ITS DISTRIBUTION.—The busi
ness of distributing prize money to the navy has been
quite extensive during lastmonth. Nineteen hundred
and forty-four claims, calling for nearly s3oo.ooo,wera
settled in that time. Notwithstanding the attracs
tive bounties catered for enlistments in the army,
there is no branch of the service of the country that
presents such inducements to enterprising young
men as that of the navy. Common seamen and
landsmen,
in some eases, have already received
nearly $2OOO each as their share of prizes captured,
and still have Other sums duo them. The blockade
runner Memphis yielded to even the coal. passers of
her captor—the steamer Magnolia—sl,7oo apiece.
Now that j the navy has received a large accession
of the fastest ships on the seas, and the business of
blockade running is as active as ever, the prospect
Of further valuable captures is almost certain.
Complaints have been made by parties evidently
interested in making them, of the delays experienced
in obtaining prizomoney, and of the heavy shave
seamen must undergo in order to collect it. It should
be known that there is no difficulty in obtaining prize
money which may be ready for distribution. The
fourth auditor's office, which has the charge of the
settlement of these Claims, extends every facility to
enable claimants to obtain their money at the ear
liest moment. AU communications are answered
courteously, and the letter of a seaman receives the
same consideration as that of an admiral. The em
ployment of an agent to collect prize money is use
less in most oases. The office tells the seaman who is
out of the service how to fill out his papers correct
ly,-and sends him an order for the money on any
navy agent he may designate.
There have been delays in the settlement of prize
cases, which have given cause of complaint against
the Department ; but when it is understood that all
prizes must pass through the courts of Admiralty,
where the parties owning the captured vessel may
come forward apd defend the cue, and always resort
to. every quibble to insure delay, it is easily seen
how groundless such complaints are. After cases
pass the courts there is never any further delay in
the distribution of the money.
The law requiring all persons in the service to re
(wive their prize money through their paymasters
alone works many hardships, and should receive the
attention of Congress. As it now stands, the money
due a seaman in the service can only be paid to him
self by his paymaster. If he is at sea, on duty, the
order must fled its way to hint before he can receive
his money, although his family may be suffering for
want of it in sight of the treasury. Now. it the law
was so amended as to permit what prize money is
due to the men in the service to be paid, upon their
or der, to whomsoever they may direst, for the benefit
of their families, a great evil would be remedied, and
the cause of the naval service much promoted. In
this case the order should bear the attest of the pay
master or commander, and they should withhold
their signatures unless fully satisfied that the pay
ment was intended for the benefit of the mailers'
families.
ENLISTMENT OF SLAVES IN MARYLAND. -- Gen •
tlemen from upper counties of Maryland say that
the disappearance of colored males progresses with
astonishing rapidity. Recruiting parties, with Soul.
stirring music and heating banners, have only to
march through a neighborhood to sweep it clean of
its black warriors. The war is so popular among
these loyal Marylanders that its termination will
ilnedietileti, hitherto dependent solely upon no
gross for their labor, left destitute of a laboring
populatiOn. Masters, as a general rule, inake but
feeble resistance to slaves enlisting, and in some
cases er courage them to do NO.
EW,HBA hag acquired the distinction of a city.
The Claity papers publish the provisions of the new
charter, from which it appears that the only sala
ried ()film . ' are the recorder. who is to receive $5OO ;
wo pollee constables, at $BOO each, and a city clerk
at $300; We imagine that offleial positions Under
tAlti tilugtg WW onto MI Vw sl;ss, 1004.4
THREE CKNTS.
Gen. Birney and the Battle or Pifede
rieksburg.
Plejor Gen. D B. Biruey has addressed the Tab ,
lotsing note to the editor of the Tribune:
Sfs..: The followir g paragraph, which appears In
your leaning eilitorisi of Semites , . 26th inst., I prr4
DOILUIS false in all that ri garde myself and my dint.
aloft :
• `He was defeated by generals who refused to obey
orders; 17 pen Franklin. who declined cypress the a..
tack en the lett, winch was meant to turn and crn.h the
emms 'a flank: and by pen. Billw. who etrifered Oen.
which bad e rabid the plateau to front
of him, to be halted. driven back, and nearly annihi
lated ht the raided and reinforced enemy. °es Hiroo!,
meanwhile, with a (refill division, looking ealwith
na
a:aturbed eousniudty.'
I contradicted, by a - card in December last, a simi
lar statement in your paper, and would now refer
you to my testimony, as to Prederielleblirg, before
the Committee on the Conduct of the War, which
is contained in their published report; to the testi
mony, alto, rd Major Generale Meade and Franklin,
and the published official report. of Major Generals
leynolds and Stoneman. I had reported to General
Rea &ilea' at Fredericksburg, wee immediately under
111. Oi dela, as he was with me on the field, and I Car
ried out promptly his wishes. In my repulse of
the enemy on that day, my command lost in twenty
minutes over nine hundred men killed and wound.
ed. Mine was the second line, and did not yield
an inch. I cannot be held responsible for the Bret
line, nor for the orders of Major General Rep:wide
to tre. to hold the position in the general limb I had,
without pursuing the repulsed enemy. I Wets a sub.
ordinate to General Reynolds, and. as he was on the
field superintencing the movement, and receiving
orders from superior headquarters, and expreised
himself on all subsequent occasions delighted with
the conduct of my command, I consider your state
ment as a very unjust charge against a divhion that
hat always done its duly.
Yours, respectfully,
D. B. BIRNEY, RN. Gen. Vole.
The Tribune puts General Birney'S case on the
testimony of Generals Meade and Reynolds, and
replies as follows
" There are two point.: first, that had General
Meadel attack been sustained, the battle of Frede.
ricksbuig might have been won; second, that Gene
re Birney failed to sustain it, though he had a suf.
flotent force within supporting distance. We call
General Meade to those points, and quote from his
testimony before the committee—pp. 691-2-3 of the
report:
Oneotion. And you finally failed in the object of the
attack ?
Answer. We were repulsed atter that success
Q. To what do you attribute that failure and your re
pt:use 7'
A. It was owing to the fact that from inferiority of
numbers we were unab e to hold what I hart gained. • •
Q. And 1f you had held your ground you would have
br,.ken their tines?
A. Yes, sir.
Q. And what would have been the effect of that upon
the enemy?
a. 1 shoald judgfithat the effect would have been to
have yroanced the emanation of the other line of their
works in rear of Akrtderichstnertt
To the tame point, Gen. Reynolds, p. 700:.
Q. Had that point been taken and held as contemplated
by the inner. What, in your opinion. WOILLII have been
the result ?
A. f=that olnt had been taken and held. theen Imo
?ovoid hare been obliged to 'moats their position. We
coma have thrown tee macs et on, weepe down below
and act in their rear, and reached their line of comm
canons. and they would have been unlined to fall
back.
lu other words, the Heights of St. Miry on the
right, which our troops vainly assaulted all day,
would have been turned, and the enemy forced to
sbanuon them; and Fredericksburg would have
been a glorious victory, instead of a calamitous de
fea%
liow, an to who is responeible for the failure to
support the attack of -General Meade.
neral Reynolds mays (p. 698)
111,atie's position war held fur some time. and sup•
nor, relit for. But thty did not arrive in tints, betore
tbe enemy had made a counter at - artic, and driven Meade
train the position be had gained "
Gemmel Illeade's testimony is (p. 802):
Q Did on request support Iron those who had not
crane up; and it so with What reßnitT
t. 1 61-91,t lock three diArent times to lien. iltrney, brf
tier to doff officers. Ely two of t nem 1 sent a rennet. t
he woulu advance to my support. On the third occaa.on
1 fiat tubed the rerPOnalbiiity, and rent him an order—
oiderea him to come up; and on sending back the third
time mendlng an cyder—he came up. To the two provi
ens mesa ages. which were reonsata, tl e F4C13190r wet that
General baney was, under tee order of Gen. Fievnolds
sintainiln Gen. Stoneman, and could not move wi;hout
their orders! after having received two mses‘ges of
that )ind I assumed the responsibility (at was alas
sumptirn on MY part) of ordering him up. and he dad
come up just in time to enable me to get my men out and
prevey t tb- q rattily from following an, farther than she
edge of the wooc a in front of oar batteries."
I hat testimony needs no comment. Gen. Rip
nay's excuse did not satisfy Cl-en. Meade, nor does it
contradict our statement, nor will it relieve him in
any measure from the responeibility charged upon
him for the lose of the battle.
PENNSYLVANIA.
A PENNSYLVANIA GENERAL IN TEXAS.—Wo
copy the following high compliment to a gallant
Pittsburgher nom the Brownsville correspondence
of the New Orleans Times!
General Heiron is more than popular. Every
man of hie army loves him. The loyal citizen, here
are coming to much the same state of mind.
Whether in the civil control of the community, the
improvements in the country made through hie ap
pointed officers, and under his control and supervi-
MOD, or in the military improvements and illapoin
lione to which his lint attention is given—in all
the duties of the soldier and civil ruler, General
Herron ha. ever been found the same cool, prompt,
earnest, inflexible, faithful soldier; the same just,
courteous, and Den ponied man.
The young warrior moves among um with a dignity
and affability which encourage the approach of
hoiest men, but with an intuitive judgment, an in.
flexible will, and a deeleiveneee of character which
prevent the boldest man from attempting to modify
any c.eeision dednelately taken. Though in years
the soused major general in the United Stites
army, contidence in his wisdom is unbounded. He
is emphatically the man for this frontier.
OBITUARY —Pennsylvania on Sunday lost two of
her mostestimable citizens. The Hon. John Banks,
some years *ince a member of Congress, subsequently
the president judge of the Serbs county courts, and
since that time an eminent lawyer of that county,
lie, within a brief period, attended the session of
the Supreme Court in Philadelphia, and soon after
his return contracted a severe cold, and at an early
hour on Sunday morning he breathed his last. His
fame as a lawyer was not confined to the district in
which he practised, and hundreds of friends through
out the State will read with morrow the notice of his
decease. The other, Mr, Edward U. Lytle, departed
this life at his residence in this city. An uncle of
the brave Gen. William H. Lytle, who fell at
Chickamauga, he was endowed with all the noble
traits which marked that lamented hero. In the
western part of Pennsylvania and Ohio, where,
from lor g residence, he was well known, the tidings
of his decease will be received with poignant grief.
DEATH OF THE LIBRARIAN OF THE STATE Se.
NATE.—We regret to announce, this morning, the
death of Captain William P. Brady, for many years
the Librarian of the State Senate. The decreased
bad, a few days since, injured one of his hands,
which resulted in an attack of the erysipelas, ter.
minating in his death. This announcement will cre
ate a wine-spread regret, as Captain B. was largely
acquainted with the politicians and legislators of
the Commonwealth, having been an officer of the
Senate for many years.
We have no means of giving the age of the de.
ceased. A soldier of the war of 1812, he had, of
course, reached an age at which men look for death;
and yet, had the old hero not met with the accident
referred to, he might have lived for many years. He
was, we believe, a citizen of Mifflin county, to which
his remains are to be removed,—Harristwg• Tele
graph, oth.
PENNSYLVANIA TOBACCO.—One farmer in Lan
caster county, in this State, has sold the product of
three and a half acres planted with tobacco, for one
thousand dollars. This farming is profitable. The
crop in all that portion of the State has been large.
It is now coming into market, and commands from
thirteen to twenty cents a pound. It will be as pro
fitable, probably, or more to, the present year. The
old stocks are not cleared out, but they are reduced
and held for larger prices. The stock abroad, too,
has been decreasing, and none of the tobacco raised
in other countries has thus far equalled the Ameri
can. At three hundred dollars an acre, there are
few mops more valuable than tobacco. It is eatitna•
ted that $1.500,000 worth of tobacco was grown in
Lancaster county last year.
Tux OLDEST ARMY CONTRACTOR IN THE COUP ,
TRY. —The Harrisburg Telegraph says : u Our worthy
fellow. citizen, John Noble, Eitk, the present con
tractor for furnishing Carlisle Barracks with beef,
may be regarded as the oldest army contractor in
the country, or as coming from a family of men who
have filled contracts with the Government for many
years. The lather of Mr- Noble supplied Carlisle
Barracks with beef as early as 1811, and was the
contractor for making up that portion of the coin.
military stores for the troops which went to the aid
of the army then operating on the Canada border.
John Noble succeeded his father, and is now, as we
have mentioned, contractor at the barracks. These
facts indicate that the Noble family have been faith
ful in their dealings with the Government, or they
would not thus long have remained in its employ."
A RETURNED SOLDIER by the name of Chase, re•
siding near Centreville, Crawford county, was in
town on Monday, and, after getting pretty well
4. corned," pitched into :fir. Barnes Greeley, against
whom he (Chase) had a grudge, inflicting quite se.
vere injuries, knocking Mr. Ci-rceley into a pond of
water, where he was nearly drowned before he sue.
seeded in getting out. Tire officers caught the chap
on Monday evening. An examination was held on
Tuesday, resulting in a fine of $l5 (very low, we
tbmk) and costs. Mr. CFreeley is a brother of Horace
Greeley, of the Tribune.—Jameelown Journal.
Ormr. SHOT. —An otter, weighing 15 pounds, and
measuring three feet eight inches from his nose to
the tip of his tail, was shot in the Brandywine creek,
near Seeds' bridge, four miles west of West Chester,
by a young man named Isaac Taylor. The animal
bad just risen from the water with a large tine in his
mouth, when be attracted the attention of the
marksman, who fired and put an end to his career.
These animals are plenty in some parts of Pennsyl
vania ; but they are met with rarely in Chester
county. The tracks of this animal have been no
ticed in the snow during the past winter.
A QUEER CIISTOMBR.—One day, a week or two
ago, Dr. Wethezill, of Lower Providence, was some
what surprised and startled to find a man in his
woodland, slashing away with no mean woodcraft
on some of his most valuable trees. Upon protest
ing against such further proceedings, the woodcut
ter replied that the trees were old and rotten, and
ought to be out, and that, as he was out of work, he
had undertaken the job. He had cut and piled some
ten cords before be was discovered. Apprehending
that the man might do more mischief, and of a more
Belden' character, the Doctor had him taken into
custody.—Norris own Republican.
A Rine on A. HAIL.—The Reading Journal in
forms us that Philip Huber, of Golden Oiroie re
nown, was treated to a ride on a rail by some vete
ran soldiers in the vicinity of Reamstown, this
county, on last Monday. The afrair happened at a
vendue, and occasioned considerable excitement.
Except the indignity, and a little rough handling,
Huber was not injured.
GROWTH OF OIL GITY. — The number of taxable.
in Oil City is live. hundred and twenty•three i num
ber of permanent residents, two thousand live hurt.
dred and seventy-four; miscellaneous and floating
population,
five hundred, making the total popula
tion threrand sevent-four. The value..
tion of property in n
the borough is y set down in the as.
ressOOS books at $165,986.
HEAVY VBEDICT.—In the case of Barnes va, the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company, the jury found a
verdict for the plaintiff for S9A9B 20 This Wall an
action for damages sustained by the plaintiff in con
sequence of the neglect of the defendants to keep the
canal in proper repair.—Pittsburg Gazette.
A SOLDIRR, slightly inebriated, the other dav went
into a news depot to buy a paper, arid seeing the Age
bung upon the counter, inquired the coat; taking
t w o (all that there were) at the price, he walked
coolly back to the stove,.and (Mucked them io, say
ing, " I'll buy all that you have every night, so long
as my money lasts."— haute.
Ate effort is being made by parties interested to
have the Bank Of Northumberland moved to Run
bury. A bill for this purpose has been brought into
the House, at HarrlsbUtg.
Tarr smallpox has become so prevalent in the mi
ning districts or Northumberland county that tt was
deemed prudent to adjourn court, which met in Sun
bury last week. The juries were discharged, and
the civil suits continued until next term.
Tax Sunbury Gazelle lays that the foundations are
being dug for extensive coal chutes at the Pensyl
vania Railroad Oompanyos works at that plane.
They are intended to
expeditious manner to locomo
tives with coal in an .
Salim= WRIGHT, Esq., late editor of the Colum
bia (Ps.) Spy, has been appointed an asslgtant adjui•
tat pain/ Wt; tAis pr Q 104014
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Oa - To the getter•ap of the Clot, of ten or twenty, Olt
extra copy of the Paper will be given.
PERSONAL.
The New Orleans Era notices the arrival of a
di...banished French gentleman, Monsieur
who Intends to make New Orleans his residence
•' We apply to him the word distinguished,' be.
cause, apart from his learning and his Merely au.
quirerneuts, Monster Soil was the first writer la
Paris wh,o dared, at a time when all the newspapers
of France, without one exception, were opposed It
ths Nedth, rcx,d in favor of toe south, to sound the
key-note of lithertv in the columns of La Pram, aiuk
to boldly defend the righteous cause of the United
States, Now we have the Steele, the Journal deg
Debate, and the „Opinion Nationale, upholding ue
as
IltUrdE7 :RAM a. do the Delp MUM atii the Mew
in E ns ,And ; but when Monsieur Jut! took up the'
cudgel kr rut he stood alone, and the American peo
ple should not easily= forget what moral towage,
statesmanlike judgmett, and love ct justice, must
have influenced a man 8,, situated,
—Colonel Q. D. Milky and Greenceilmith, (am,
in.law and con of Gerritt Smith,) assisted by a narsi ,
her of ladies and gentlemeni lately gave three eater.
raiment' in PCterboro, Now York, for the hermit
of the Sanitm'y Commission. The church, says .
correepOhdent of the Tribune, was well filled by the
eitizens of the phiee on the flrst two evenings, to
witness thecharade" and beautiful tableaux which
•
had been prepared. Buchstone's comedy, "
Irish Lion," was finely performed each evening. Os
the third evening, March 22,1, the crowd tilled every
nook and corner, for, in addition to the other at.
traction', the lion. Oerdtt Smith appeared In Moots
lab costume and declaimed, in fine style, Othello's
address to the Senate, &o: His daughter, Krs.
ler, appeared as Desderriona. So grand a personation
of the brave but jealous Moor, say. the correspond.
ad. is pekloru seen. .
m l lO Webb bas repeated, in Cincinnati, her
reply to aTiss Dickinson, in which she made her
oehrit this city, 'roe Gazette'says of the effort :
.'s We think Talleyrand's criticism on the young oto,
thor's bank will apply most admirably to Kiss
Webb's lecture : 'lt bad some new things in lt and
sons good things; but tie new things were not
good, and the good things were not new.' The new
things were her own ; the good things were the ex
tracts she made from Miss Dickinson's address, and
the 'Song of the Shirt,' before mentioned." Kiss
Webb has not been fortunate enough in her new
rOle to secure either the approval of her friends or
the serious criticism of her opponents.
Hen, Judah P. Benjamin, who is now playing
a meet conspicuous part in the grand drams of the
rebellion, delivered a lecture in San Francisco, ba.
fore the war, in which he said, on the subject of dia.
union, that those who prate of and strive to dissolve
this glorious Confederacy of States are like those
silly savages who let fly their arrows at the BUN in
the vain hope of piercing it, and still the sun rolls
on, unheacing, in the eternal pathway, shedding
light and heat and animation upon all the world.
Prez=Hui lately got into trouble with the Ye.
netians, for singing in opera after the national com
mittee bad warned her not to appear. She ran away
from the city, but was pursued, and captured at
Perchiers, and on returning informed the Venetians
she sang under Austrian pressure, and concluded her
engagement with three voluntary performances, the
&slier the benefit of the Infant Orphan Aty
the second for the chorus singers and orchestra, and
the third for an artist in want.
.Bey. Dr. J. J. Bullock, pastor Of the Preobp
terisn Church, corner of Franklin and. Osthedrai
streets, Baltimore, was arrested on Friday, by our
military authorities, charged with harboring a rebel
colonel at his house named Smith, a native of Ken.
tucky, sod a relative of the Doctor,
-- The Avurnal de Ramie., sonounees the death, ha
that city, at the ago of 71, of Mr. John JAMBI' Ap.
pleton, of Massachusetts, formerly charge d'Affaires
foa the United States at Madrid and Stcckholm, at
which latter city he negotiated our treaty of 00m.
werce. He was a Bostonian. A. daughter of nr.
Appleton is married to M. Eugene Pinagit, deputy
mayor of Benny!.
The city of Bergamo, in North Italy—a city
well known in musical annals as the birth-phtee of
Donizetti And Rubini, U about to publish a Ufa Of
Beltrami, dedicated to the Historical fiooietyr of
Minnesota. This Beltrami was a native of Ber..
gemo, who in 1823 explored the Upper Mississippi
in a canoe with an Indian guide, and went as far
north an Lake Itasca. He died at Florence in 1865,
aged *evenly-five years.
Lan Anderson, of Cincinnati, sends to the East
Tennessee refugee fund a bequest of five hundred
follsers from the late Nicholas Longworth, and adds
thereto a gift of two hundred and fifty dollars on hLs
o wit account.
-- We bave published a list of five Gen. Smiths.
One more is to be added, Brigadier General J. Rilby
Smith, of Ohio, who has proved his gallantry on
many battle.fielde.
—The late King of Bavaria was only slok four
days. A scratch on the breast from an order pia
caused the lockjaw,
The acting French minister at Washington, rd.
de eofirey, is said to be seriously ill with the email•
pox.
From a well written biography of Genera
Grant. in the Ohio State Journal, we taxa the 101101/•
lag account of General Grant's visit to his father's
house, about two weeks since
On his way from Washington, last Sabbath, he
called at the Spencer House, Cincinnati, about half:
past ten in the morning,, and sent his son giiyogis the
river to Covington to tell his rather to be at home,
for be would call as soon as he could take break.
tam In about half an hour he came up on foot, and
for the first time in nearly three years, found his
father and mother and three sisters at home. They
saluted each other very affectionately, and con
versed for a few moments. The neighbors aeon
gathered in, and children who knew his children
when last there, andsome soldiers also, who said to
him they 'knew him on the battle field. , He an.
swered all questions that were asked him in brief
sentences, as his manner is, and did not lead in any
conversation ; and, I think,,did not smile while in
the house. He pulled out his watch on coming
in and looked, Atli said he had only fifteen
minutes to stay ; looked again, and said he must
go, and started elf. I walked with him, and said to
him,' 'some call Sherman's last move a failure.' He
said, with some animation, It was an entire and
complete success, and aceomplishei according to his
instructions. , I made, in the convers'ttion, some
alight allusion to political subjects. He did not seem
to wish to talk about it—said 'he knew nothing
about it, and should have nothing to do with it.
While at the house of his lather, some one of the fa
mily brought a costly sword that had been presented
to him. He turned his eye to it, and said he had
enough mere better than that.' He did not teem to
think much of such things.
"IL has been said that he drank to intoxication.
It la, in my opinion, quite untrue. He has no such
appearance, and his father lay. he feel, very lure he
has not drank a drop of liquor in ten years, except a
small quantity on one occasion, by order of a phy.
aieisn.)s
GENERAL NEWS.
TREE COTTON.—A correspondent of the Prairie
Farmer, writing from Butler county, California,
says f am now engaged in raising tree cotton.
The first year, from seed, it grew four feet. It has
never been affected by frost. The second year it
bears a small quantity of cotton, but the cotton is
mixed with the seeds. The third year the cotton
and seeds are separated. After the third year the
yield Is one hundred pounds of cotton to each tree.
The tree grows as large as the peach tree."
THB losses of Gloucester, Mass u by fire and flood
within thirty•tive years have been very great. In
that time two terrible fires have completely swept
and desolated Front street, the business centre of
the town ; and the marine losses number hundreds
of vessels ; in moat capes all of the crews went
down with the vessels t leaving helpless and poor
families to be aided. Since February, 1862, seven
teen vessels with all their crews have been lost, and
seven vessels were captured last year and burnt by
pirates.
BALTIMOREANS SENT SOCTH.—D(Lre. C. AL Wit•
lett' and family, consisting of three children, who
were arrested at their dwelling on Eutaw Street,
neer Eutaw Place, some time since, upon the charge
of corresponding with persons in the South, and who
at the time were paroled to await further orders,
bad a final hearing yesterday before Gee, Wallace,
the result of which was that he ordered them all to
be sent South. They lett in the steamer for Fort
ress Monroe. Mrs. Willetts' husband is already in
the South.
Mn LINCOLN IN CALWORNJA.—With loyal men,
says the Sonora (Cal.) Flag, there appears to be but
one opinion in relation to the parson most (huffy
leg of Presidential election. That one is brave old
Abraham Lincoln, who has passed gloriously almost
through the most perilous Administration the coun
try ever knew, or ever will know. He stands in ex
altation before the nation and before the civilized
world, respected, honored, trusted in by all the
friends of freedom.
A GREAT CoMeer FlVEDluTlia—The following,
say's an English paper, is au extract of a letter just
received from Melbourne: "Professor Newmager,
on a three years' scientific visit from Bavaria, tells
us that in 1865 a comet shall come so close as to en
danger this our earth; and should it not attaah Melt
(es one globule of quicksilver to another) nor aunt.
bilate us, the sight will be molt beautiful to behold.
During three nights we shall have no darkness, but
be bathed in the brilliant light of the blazing train."
IT APPBAI7.I3 that personalities have been pretty
freely bandied in the New Brunswick Legislature.
The other day one of the Inembere denounced another
as "ignorant and impudent." and charged him with
having "fed on potatoes the most or his life.il One
of the local papers is very indignant at this depre.
elation of what it calla a" valuable esculent," ' and
thinks the difficulty of getting these nourishing
tubers greater than the disgrace of eating them.
A FEW days ago the steamer Missionary, on the
Cumberland river, bad her Beet blown out, and sus
picions led to the examination of toe wood, which.
resulted in the discovery of several pieces contain
ing infernal machines. Further investigations led
to the belief that there is a regularly organized band
of amnesty Federal oath.teacrs and rebel ;wawa
illizere, whose object is the destruction of boats anti
engines.
Alt unpleasant development was made in GMT
'Arnett' the other day concerning Catawba brandy.
Responsible vinters declared that the pure article•
would cost from five to eight dollars &gallon, adding ,
that there was no genuine article of the kind in the
Market—the quality generally cold consisting of
pomace, whisky, and fuse oil.
AN INTIOINSTING ROLlO.—Among the articles
rent to the hletropolitAn Fair, New York, from
Washington's headquarters at Newburg, is a sheet
of parchment with one of the stamps of ante-revolu
tionary memory littaehed-11 relic of the stamp act
Of nab.
Two monitors—the Etlah and Shiloh—now build•
ing at St. Louis. will be completed in .Tuiv. Each
has a turret with as internal diameter of 20 feat.
THIC fleripsus, for the first time in many years,
sent an Invoice to the Trade Sale, whioh just took
place in New York.
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How GEN. GRANT WAS NOT CAPTURED-^The
Violist)lDE correspondent of the St. LOUIS Repel/tic"
writing under date of Nana 20, says :
As a matter of history, and tq. inform the friends
or Geneva Grant how near hIF came to travelling
another route than the one which has v on m to goo
top Munn of the ladder of fame, I sen eopy
of a communication written by the adiutantseneral
of Van Dorn. which will explain itself:
HEADQUARTRRS DISTRICT Tnicensewen,
Turemo, August S.
CAPTAIN : The major general commanding climate
ma to say that be submits it altogether to your owe
discretion whether you make the attempt to °whirs
General Grant or not. While the exploit would be
very brilliant, if successful, you must remember that
failute might be disastrous to you ant your men.
The general commends your activity and energy.
soli OX_Peola you tO continue tfl aIIOW theme qualities .
Very respectfully, ea,,
THOMAS L. SNEAD, A. A. General ,
Ovule George Baxter, eommatulleg lieauregat d,
4g9lith