%\t lima; SATURDAY, APRIL 1, 1865. 49“ We can take no' notloe of anonymous commu nications. We do not letnra rejected manuscripts. 49“ Voluntary qqrrespohdenoels solicited from all parts of tile world, and especially from our different military and naval departments. Wien used, it will be paid fair.,-' »?. ■. ? - . ? : The Combination against Richmond. The despatches we print this morning Teveal clearly enough to unmilitary eyes the fact that Richmond and Petersburg must fall or Lee fight—and fight hard, with a prospect of overwhelming defeat—or both. The expedition from was strong enough to drive? the' rebelsrbt'eadily before, it until it confronted them on the South side. Sheridan's expedition departed, in spite of Lee, and without doubt, the first knowledge he had of-the.terrible., 'blow in store for him was when it was struck. Both these expeditions, so well planned, so well directed, and so strong, have a most important part to play, for on their entire success depends the capture of 'Richmond and perhaps of Lkk’s army. There are two railroads which Lee’s army, iiiow use—one at each ; flank—at Richmond, and Petersburg. These railroads cross each other at Burksville Station, about 103 miles from? Petersburg, and 110 from Rich mond. The presence- of a laTge force' at the very side of the road running to Peters burg renders it totally useless; and, even if that were not the case,' Sheridan and his troopers at Burksville destroy both. ; Such are the developments of this morn ing’s news. Communications, without whichXEii’s army is "the greatest enemy to itself, arc destroyed. Still his rear is threatened by Sherman and his whole front by the Army of the James; and that part of the Army of the Potomac which still re main s in' the fortifications.. The corfion is : gradually drawn around him—his time for ; escape isnow. Even if ; SHEßiDANa,ndtlie expedition from the left should fail,his tenure is quite as weak and uncertain. Thomas when last heard from, some six days ago, was hut 120 miles from Lynchburg—six days’ march for his cavalry. But there is no likelihood of a failure. We are too strong —Lee is too weak, and his soldiers too unreliable. A. little while, and the sought-for prize of so many campaigns will at last be ours, and with it will cease the life of the Confederacy. ? .; Tlie I>aßt Chapter in European History. As all tie world knows, there was a great deal of fighting, last year, about the semi-German Duchies, of Schleswig and Holstein, which had long formed a consi . derahle part of the territory of the King dom of Denmark. Several persons claimed to be rulers of this disputed territory, but the Prince of Augustenburg, cousin.of the present King of Denmark, who is him- - self of German birth and blood, was the favorite candidate, and, in : nominal nsser- - tion and support of his claims,' Prussia went to war; with D enmark, contriving, •with great adroitness, to engage Austria on, i the same side, ; ,After, much fighting, Den mark, unable to resist the combined Antago nism of Prussia and Austria, which really meant of united Germany, had to sue for peace, England and Prance coldly with holding any active sympathy, and the war ended with the severance of the Duchies of: Schleswig, Holstein, and Laueaburg from Denmark proper, whereby the said Denmark lost one-third of its entire area and two-fifths of its popnlation. And, in truth, things were carried with such a high hand by the heavy sergeant-major who now unworthily occupies the throne of the great Frederick, and by his catepaw, the amiable autocrat of Austria, that, all cir cumstances considered, poor King Chris tian ought to deem himself fortunate that he was not deprived of all his domi nions, and that Denmark was not divided between its invaders; after the . fashion of Poland, in 1773, when Catharine of Rus sia, Frederick of Prussia, and Jo3Efh of Germany coolly robbed Stanislaus Au gustus of the greater part of his kingdom, absorbing the remainder twenty-three years later. .' \ .. ' - The Duchies surrendered by Denmark, Europe making a point of not interfering with or protesting. against this flagrant - wrong, this royal brigandage, the question arose —to whom and how soon should they he transferred? Their geographical situa tion makes them highly desirable for Prus sia, which has only a few small ports on the Baltic Sea, and desires to possess, for . the purposes of commerce and war, one or more ports on the German Ocean. For several months in each year there can be no navigation of the Baltic, an enclosed sea, which gets frozen up in the winter, whilst the navigation of the German Ocean, an open sea, is not interrupted. llQßt,,probably influenced by a "dislike to•: surrender a territory with such peculiar, advantages for himself, the King of Prussia has contrived, under one pretext or another, not to 'give up the disputed Duchies to any claimant. ‘ The war ended on the first of last August, when the preliminaries of peace were signed, but Prussia still retains occupation of the Duchies: like the lawyer in the story, the King of Prussia swallows the oyster, and hands' the empty shells to the King of Denmark and the Prince of Augustenburg.. • Meantime, Austria, which is very jealous Of any increase of power or territory on the part "of Prussia, has vainly made repeated efforts to have this matter wound up by transferring the Duchies to the Prince of ' Augustenburg. Prussia gives the cold shoulder to all such efforts, and is now said to have accepted a plan suggested by Na poleon—to restoreto Denmark the northern or Danish part of Schleswig, and to con vert the remainder of Schleswig, with the whole of Holstein and Lauenburg, into Prussian territory. If this be done, it will be of enormous advantage to Prussia, and go far to counterbalance the strength of Austria in the South and West of Europe. But, what a dreadful condition of affairs— Denmark robbed, and Prussia enriched, in order that, to suit the views of Napoleon, Austria may he lowered ! Napoleon’s Caesar. It'is insinuated, in some foreign journals, that the Emperor Napoleon's history of Junius CiESAK is not exactly so original as it pretends to be. The declaration is that. ■during the first Napoleon’s captivity in ■Bt. Helena, he dictated to Mf Mabchand, •his first valet-de-chambre, a history of JuiiTOS the manuscript of which remained in the hands of Marshal Ber trand, has lately turned up, and will be published at Augsburg, in one small vo lume, by M. ICbansfeodbk. Of course, it is meant to convey the idea that Nafo iEoH 111- is a plagiarist from his uncle plagiarist of a work which, it is said, was in the hands of another person until no w. IWAbchakd was a very trust worthy man. ZNafomukn bequeathed him 400,000 francs, ■saving “the services he has rendered me W those of a friend.” There is a full and accurate catalogue of ai ■the works dictated at SU Helena, by Na poleon 1., and among these is “ A Sum mary of the Wars of Julius Csesar.” Bo far, however, from this being unknown, it was published, in Bv°., at Pans, in 1838, by M- Gosseljn, under the title of 4es Guerres de-Jules Cesar, ecnt P“- M. %«axchand a l’ile Sainte Hdlene, sous la PEmpereur.” _lt is extremely the present! Napoleon • probably used his Ancle’s ' en g fl|>hed nearly thirty years srk»-g *» ** v - ■<* person who mcywas w callcd JIUHIgfe. V-; >l O' *•* '* t A , ■ **f „ ? The Merchants’ Fund Movement. ■ We are glad that a- movement' has been set on foot to place tho “ Merchants’Fund” on abasia worthy of the scope and aim of this noble charity. Its operations hitherto, though admirable in kind, have been cir cumscribed for the want of adequate means to carry out its beneficent, purposes,'viz: “To furaish relief to indigent merchants of Philadelphia, especially such as are aged and infirm.” . The fiscal resources of the society have heretofore depended almost wholly upon the annual contri butions of members and the proceeds of life memberships. -It is now pro posed to raise a permanent fund of $200,- 000 (two hundred thousand dollars), and several committees,- composed of gentle men well known in this community, have been appointed to represent the various' de partments of our mercantile interests , and receive subscriptions. Our banking, in surance, and other institutions depending largely, upon the merchants for their ex istence and support, will be called upon immediately, and we doubt not, from indi cations already received, that their re sponse will be prompt and generous. Upon the merchants themselves we need hardly urge the propriety of consummating this laudable enterprise, and if each will con tribute his proportionate share of thg: amount required, but a few days will be necessary to raise the proposed sum. Let the amount be contributed at once. Such a thing as a cessation of hostili ties, either to wait for terms from the re bels, or while discussing what they might have to offer, has never been tolerated or entertained by the President., All his re cord is the other way. ■ There is, indeed, a contingency when the Union army will stand silent and withhold their fire; and that is, when the enemy yields. But even then there will probably be no withdrawal of a single soldier of the Union forces until all the just demands of the conqueror are flßomplied with; and their steady observ ance clinched: by first-class collateral secu rities. The restrictions concerning, enlist-: meats in the United States Marine Corps, which have somewhat retarded recruiting at this station, have been removed. Now, all old soldiers from the Marine Corps, army and volunteers, will be received, pro vided they, have an honorable discharge in their possession. Of course, none but first class men will be enlisted. See advertise ment of Captain James Forney, command in g rendezvous, 311 South Front street, Philadelphia. - At no one time has the Executive ever recognized Jefferson Davis as the head of a Government; and therefore it is easy to infer that no such idea as conferring with that traitor in-chief has ever been con templated.- • There is no doubt in the minds of many Joyai Southern refugees that cotton; has been planted in the cotton region from the beginning of the w.ar, and that there is a vast amount of it on hand. We gladly call the attention of the pub lie to the statement of the services of the Sanitary Commission to our sick and wounded at Wilmington, It will be seen that, far from neglecting the wants of our ! suffering heroes, the * Commission has, with -its usual promptness and ability, faithfully j distributed the supplies; to furnish which our citizens have so liberally contributed. To the kind attention of the officers and agents of this noble association all of our returned prisoners hear willing testimony. The United States will'hot complete a cen tury of organized political existence until the ITtli day of September, 1887. During the seventy-eight' years,that'have,elapsed since thatrimmortal day, the Republic has grown in population, in territory, in all the arts of peace, and all the elements of war. The American people, haying vanquished and expelled an ungrateful foreign oppressor, laid the foundations of their upon the rock of principle, and marched, with uhfaltering.step,.pvef all- obstacles,-up to the year 1860, when they were suddenly arrested by an unprovoked rebellion, which continued to increase in magnitude until it taxed the best energies of the Government itself, and; awoke the sympathy and at tracted the aid of foreign despots, who hailed it as the sure precursor of the de struction of republican liberty. This gigantic assault upon ~ the unity of the States-and the rights of the people •is the only instance of the kind that has marred ouf: national experience, and yet, during its bloody and exciting progress, we have had none of those excesses and atrocities which excited the horror of the civilized world during the terrible uprisings of the populace in other countries; France, for example, has been torn, trampled, and desolated by a series of revolutions since the beginning, of our own armed protest against Great Britain. As we prospered in the establishment of and respect for law and order, and regulated freedom, France, seeking to imitate what we were realizing, alternated between the rule of the throne and the rule of the mob, until, wasted, impoverished, and utterly de moralized and despondent, she resigned herself to. a military domination, and exchanged her manhood for the poor pri vilege of a transient repose. War had i made of her ■ territory a battle-field and a barrack; and the, violence of insane dema gogues and lcvclers, who sought human perfectibility by shedding innocent human blood, made her people sick of the name of freedom,- and ready for the gyves of any tyrant. But, what is the sequel of the great rebellion, now trembling over the precipice from which it is soon to "be precipitated into eternal oblivion ? More than three-fourths of the national domain have been undisturbed by the accidents and the calamities of the conflict; and, save ■ in the loss of those who went out to fight for the Government, these three-fourth* are now more prosperous than when the re - hellion commenced, while the States that “ shot madly from their sphere” are on the eve of voluntarily returning, or of being compelled to return, to their allegiance. We have had no military commander in|hchour . of power and of victory attempting to oyer- - V V LETTEK FROM “ OCCASIOSAI.” Washington,, March 31,1805, rule tire civil magistrates, or to exercise civil prerogatives, or make opportunities for a grand, coup d’etat, The chiefs of our armies have not only been subordinate to the Executive and to Congress, but have shaped their policy according to the suggestions of the one and the restrictions and requirements of the other. Wherever the public exigencies required the arrest of - mischievousmalignants, and the suppres sion of treasonable newspapers (notwith standing, the party clamor which has been raised in consequence of this action), other nations have been astonished by the mode ration and the magnanimity of the Govern ment. Jfeyer'has the civil law been so potent and so universally obeyed as in this eventful exigency. As one favorite general after Another has failed to meet the.public expectation, and has retired to private life,. their more fortunate suocessors' have used their advantages with a modesty and a de corum which show how well they under stand the principles for which they are fighting and the people they represent. Aid here let me recall an incident of;re cent occurrence to illustrate the ever-pre- - sent influence of this principle, and to mark the broad distinction between the manner in which a great and. free Govern ment rebukes and crushes internal traitors, and the manner in which a mere dy nasty is' weakened and destroyed by its own factions., I refer, of course, to the reception by General Grant of General - fer on the subject between Lee’s proposition to conf< dier to swerve from the straight path. He felt his responsibility to his Government to be second only to his responsibility to his God. But- now,, that Presi dent Lincoln is at the side of Lieutenant General Grant, he does not, fail to counsel with the military leader. And when the great work is done by the army and the navy, and thjs flag of Freedom supplants the flag of Slavery, on every rood of South ern soil, and in every Southern bay, harbor, and port—when rebellion succumbs to the Government of the United States from the Potomac to the Gulf—the Federal Consti tution will have a new consecration in the fact that it was saved by the brave men who fought in the name of Liberty and of Law, and was never departed from by those to whom tho guardianship of the Government had been confided by the peo ple. . . - - Occasional. WASinNGTON. [Special Despatches to The Press. ] THE END APPROACHES. Since the war commenced there has not been until now so hopeful a feeling among all classes here that the rebellion is near Its enral, yesterday ordered the following appointments : Yassall, special agent of the Post Office Department, to open and, take' charge of the post office at Wilmington, North' Carolina. Mr.. V. will leave Immediately for the field of his new " fis - . Rqqqaqe Master.— Appoint S. -T. Vache baggage master in charge of express mails between Harris burg and Plttsbnrg, Penna, -. ■ ■ Route Agencies, —Appoint William: G-,. Wilcox route agent Detween New York and Greenport, vice W. H. Wilcox, resigned. Appoint F. D. Webster, as route ' agent between Corry, Pa., and. Titusville, vice Thomas Sill, resigned. D. lit. Curtis Is ap pointed route agent between Dubuque and Cedar Falls, lowa, vice Theodore Stftnmings, In the mili tary service. IBy Associated Press. 3 . THE OATH OF ALLEGIANCE. I have been Informed that some of the citizens In the Insurgent States contend that the oath of alle giance, as administered byour Government, is not binding upon: them, Inasmuch as it embraces the United States, and, as those of secession proclivities will not admit that the United States are in exist ence, they consider, that they can violate the oath without being held responsible lor the terrible crime of perjury. SENTENCES CONFIRMED. Tho finding 'and sentence m the Devlin and Oo hffi (New York bounty-broker) oases, tried before. General Bbasg’s military commission, of which Colonel Cm UMAX, of the War Department, Is judge advocate, have been confirmed by tho Secretary of War. Johh Dbvmh was sentenced toTen years in the Penitentiary and was fined $10,000; Jas. Dbvmn, seven years’lmprisonment and $5.000 fine; Joan CoHiLi, five years’ Imprisonment. , They are to be sent to Clinton Prison. They are the first instal ment of a large batch of similar oasos, and which bring to light the Immense frauds practiced on tho, Government. - Steps are being taken to bring to justice these offenders in other parts of tho country and to prevent a rocurrence of the frauds. The commission is going forward rapidly In the exami nation. During the last two months over 1,200 deserters from Due’s army have arrivedjjhero. In the month of March alone over 2,860 arrived. This is a con siderable increase over February, when there were only 1,239. THE QUARANTINE WAREHOUSE IN NEW Simeon DRArnk, Esq., collector of tho port of New York, left here for that city this evening, He Is authorised by the Secretary of the Treasury to proceed at once to Albany and confer with Governor Fenton :In relation to legislation connected with the Quarantine Warehouse authorleed to)be con structed by an act of tho last Congress, and for which the sum of $20,000 was appropriated. THE PRESIDENT STILL AT THE FROST. The President has not yet returned from Virginia. It Is said that on Wednesday he rode out to the front with’anumber of distinguished oEoefs. - ; Guerillas on • the Baltimore ana Ohli Baltimore, March 33 ,—~The Western mail train , for Wheeling, which left here yesterday morning at' nine o'clock, was captured by a baud of rebel guerli las, at Green Spring, about sixteen miles east of Cumberland, yesterday afternoon. The passengers were robbed of their watches, pocket-books, and other valuables, and 'the - train was set on lire and nearly destroyed ; but, after the robbers left, the fire was extinguished, and some of the cars were saved Respite of Guerillas In Sentacky, Eocisvillb, March 30.—Assuror and Nicholas, who were sentenced to be shot at I.exlngton on to morrow as guerillas, have been respited for thirty days. 1 .. ■ ■ ■■ 'V - A respite has also been granted to C. K. Johnson; who was to have boon hanged here to-morrow. Departure oit Oeni Banks. New York, March 31.—Gen. Banksleavesto morrowfor New O) leans, via ,Cairo and the Missis sippl river. A complimentary dinner is to be given him to-night by his friends in this city. Personal;. EILLMOB* WOT A PEACE COMHIBSIOKEK, Kuppalo, March 31.—The: report that Millard Fillmore had gone to City ’Point as a peace com missioner is incorrect. He is in this city. vlgration Reopened, I,a Crosse, wis., March 30.— Navigation is open to Lake Pepin, and steamers are running' to and from Winona. Sailing of tile Africa. . Halipax, N. S.,' March 31.— The steamship Af rioa arrived from Boston this morning, and sailed again for Liverpool at nine o’clock. John B. GotiaH.—This oelebrated orator will de liver two lectures:next week In the Academy, of MusiO. Hfs subject on Tuesday evening is f< The Great Metropolis,” to bo delivered for the first time in this city, and on Thursday evening “Fact and Fiction.” It was delivered in this city only on one occasion. It Is announced that these will bo the last opportunities of hearing this distinguished lec turer tfcisseaEon. . ■■ ~ ■ ■ . ■■ ■ , Peremptory Sale op CARFimtKJB, Caktok ABP Com MATTiKOS, CARPET Tl», WIKDOW ‘Jdadbs, &c, This Day.— The attention or pur chalers is requested to the desirable assortment of superfinb and fine Ingrain, list, and_T>utoh hemp castings, “manking” contract, and coir 1-4 to 4-4 mattings, two-ply cotton yam, plain and fancy window shades, &0., to be peremptorily sold by qa taloane, on four months' credit, commencing this morning, at 11 o'clock precisely, by .Tohu B Myers & Co., auctioneers, Nos. 252 and 234 Market street. With a . instinct stood' «his offer be ;o making of-amili tter be ties, FOE SALEH op Stocks a»d Beal Estate, see Thomas & Sons’ advertisements and pamphlet oata ioguoa. / THE PBESS.—PHILADELPHIA; SATURDAY, APRIL 1, 1866? Washington, March 31. DESERTERS. YORK HARBOR. Ballroad GRANT’S ARMY. Our Troops Before the Rebel Wi on the Southside. DETAILS OF THEIR PROGRESS AND Til A FIEECEGENEBAL BATTLE BEFOI B AGING OK THURSDAY. .. LEE SURPRISED—SHERIDAIPS CAVALRY AHEAD OF HIM. Probable Bcstriicllon of the Railroad at BnrKsTlile. More Rebel Attacks on Our line near FonScad man-Tlicir Constant Repulse, I ITJMOEED EVACUATION OF FETEESBJ Wabhikgton, March 31.—Information retrod from tho Army.of tho Potomac to the oveafe of Wednesday Is to tho following effect: g The route taken by a portion of the armyjithe game one which It has travelled several timesjfrre tofote—namely, the Vaughan and Halifax lads, running southwest aoross Hatcher’s Eun, I Tho column started at 3 o’clock on the morals of the S9th Inst. A large cavalry force, under Ggpral Sheridan, took the Halifax road toward Dlnf&dle , Court Houbo. The Infantry oolumn crossed Htch er’s Eun on the 'Vaughan road, but met no #asl tion until they reached .within a short dlstase of the Boydtown plank road,where tho enemy’s plkets were found and driven baok. | Griffin’s division was Bent np the Q.nake|p*a> and about three o’clook In tho artornoon a rij&ton of the enemy made Its appearance, and not kiffirtog the strength of our force, formed In line and charged, but the rebels were repulsed wlthjjiavy loss. A number of prisoners .were taken and brought In. I They said the movo had been a completo si&rlse to them, as they had expected an attack . 6 : tho vicinity of Fort Steadman, and that their troop had been massed there to meet it - I ' " - —their —ore hnn mu to- It is believed tbo rebels wei -Tying ward the Sonth-eldo Kailroad all the Hfterncfo, in. the Kdp® of being able to prevent Us destrtMlon, bnt great eonfiaenbe Is felt that Sheridan wb|i be a little ahead, and by thß next night wo wonUiavo nows of its destruotlon at some point near Buries vlile. If this should be accomplished, it is pftabd the evacnatlon of Petersburg and lilohmonSwill soon follow- ; |i ■ Information of the ndvanoe of Grant’s afiy to Ilatoher’E Run, Gated on Tbursday; morning,tows the looallty of our army at that time to he inttline parallel with and oast of the Boydtown planfi-oad, and west of Hatcher's Run. Tnese lmportantposl tionß had been gained with hut little resistafio by the enemy. ft.. The sth Corps had a sharp oneounter wltt the rebels on the ftuaber road, on Wednesday, but lost in the affair less than three hundred men, and drove the rebels nearly a mile, with serious loss, capturing also a number.of prisoners. | Richmond papers of Wednesday report that Sheridan.passed through Dinwiddle Court ttoueo on 'Wednesday morning, and they think hlff tostl hatlohlß the Southshle Railroad. The Si«r fays the negro oanal man was smashed hy Sheridan on his late raid, andwho was so lionised by the Richmond papers 5 as "firing joined the rebel colored reoruits in a fervorjtf In dignation against the Yankees, has deserted t° our lineß, and brings with him twenty-four-nowijebel uniforms. \ ' Information from City Point, dated Thursday, 2 A. HE., says : A very heavy cannonade commepoed. at 10 30 P. HI,, and was very furious till 1.30 AIM., in the direction of the Petersburg front, but no par ticulars were known at City I’olnt when boat left there yesterday morning. J REVOUTEI) EHPDI.BH 03? TAB REBELS HBARiTOBT STBADMJS. . . \ Washington, March 31. It Is reported, but not authentically, that the rebßls during Wednesday night made several attempts to break through,our lines, in the neighborhood of Fort Steadman; but our forts and artillery opened upon them; a terrific fire, which as often drove them back in confusion, until they abandoned the contest,; - BPMoSiBD EVACUATION OB PBTBKSBURn. Babtimobjs, Maroh 31.— The ftag-of truce steamer Manhattan arrived at Annapolis this afternoon, with 750 Union prisoners. . She brings a rumor that Petersburg had boon evacuated. ■ OtJE AEBLY CONFRONTING THIS BRBBL WORKS ON THK SOUTH SIX>B. [Speolsl Despatch to The Pjsss. 3 W asuihgtok, March 31,—The spring campaign lias opened with vigor. The combined Armies of tie potomao anfl'James are moving wltb irresisti ble force on tlio Southslde Railroad, tie only line of rail communication left to the rebel capital. Two divisions of Ithe sth. Corps, on Wednoailay, met the enemy and defeated him, with a loss of between four and five hundred in killed/and wounded, and one hundred and fifty prisoners. Our loss was about Tour hundred In killed and wounded, and no . prisoners. Our forces crossed Hatcher’s Run with out opposition, and drove 'the enemy steadily for more than five miles. Into his fortifications, on the line of the Southslde road. It Is believed here that Sheridan has ere this out the Southsido road at or ' ; near Bulksvllle. . , DKTAItS OV THE ATIVAKCH TO THB SOUTKSrDE— THE SIGHTING OV WEDNESDAY—THE KBHT S 3. EORTBD REHBWBD OH THURSDAY—A GilKiiltAL . ENGAGEMENT. [Special Despatch to The I’ress. 3 Washington, March 31.— The spring campaign ■has commenced with .significant earnestness. The', grand combination of the James and the Potomac armies Is effected, and this Invincible and irre sistible foroe Is moving onward to victory, safely and surely, in the direotion of the Scuthsido Rail road, the only unmolested line of rail communi cation leading to Richmond. On "Wednesday a part of the sth Corps had a spirited engagement with the enemy near Hatoher’s Run, in which the rebels were driven In confusion from tho - field, with a loss of between four and five hundred in killed and wounded, and about one hun dred and fifty prisoners. ■ We lost about four hundred Mn killed and wounded. Not a single prisoner was taken by the rebels from us. Our forces crossed Hatcher’s Run without meeting with any opposition, the rebels retiring before our advance. • On Wednesday evening our columns were within one mile and a half of the Southslde Railroad, and were making ; preparations to move upon the enemy’s works the next morning, which ran parallel with the railroad, towards Burksville. The 2d Corpß had not been engaged up till Wednesday OYOnIBK* Blent. Patterson, of the 7th Miohlgan, was killed by a rebel sharpshooter on Wednesday while on a reconnoitring expedition. This was the only casu alty that occurred In the 2d Corps during the day. Our Infantry line on Wednesday evening extend ed to within two miles of Dinwiddle Court House, Which had probably been oooupled without opposi tion by Sheridan’s cavalry, which started out In that direction early In the morning. As our forces advanced the enemy fell back to their works on the line of the Southslde Railroad, skirmishing as they retreated. At the Boydton plank road, they made some slight show of resist ance, but were soon compelled to continue their retrograde movement, srlth a loss;of about fifty, killed and wounded. After this they did not stop until they reached their , entrenchments, one mile and a hair from the railroad. • General Grant, with a portion or his staff, arrived at Hatcher’s Run on Wednesday morning, and per sonally directed the movements of the troops. The army is In splendid condition and anxious and ready for the great conflict which is to decide tho fate of the rebel oapital. a It Is reported that the fight of Wednesday was re newed on Thursday morning, and at 10 o’clock A. M. the engagement was' becoming general. Wo were successful throughout. It Is reported that over two thousand prisoners wore captured from the ■rebels. ■ . -;■■■ SOUTH CAKOI.INA. BUrPIIBB FOB SHEBSia'S ASB SCHOFIELO’S ABJUBB—AN BAEDV MOVE. CBpeeJal Despatches to The Pre»s. V . - ■ Washington* Maroii 31.—Immense quantities of supplies or all kinds are being sent to Newborn foi; tbe use of Sherman’s and Schofield’s forces- Soto ral hundred wagons and ambulances were Bent from here to-day. Sufficient supplies of shoes and doth lug for both armies have already been sent, and In a few days the combined armies will he on the move again. >' GBNBBAjt, BHBBHAS’B HEADQIJAHTERB BBMOVBD to nbwbbbn—tub Essay quiKT—abbivai, of FBISOHEES. Nbwbbbn, N. C., March 58.~-The armies In North Carolina are taking a brief repose, Sherman’s men being in need of shoes, clothing, and other ne cessaries. All is quiet at the front, and the enemy show no signs where they are or what they aro about, which appears to be a matter of indifference just now. -General Sberman’s and Howard’s head quarters are to be removed to Newbern. “ Five hun dred and fourteen bags of mall matter arrived on Sunday and Monday for Sherman’s army. Another batch of 600: rebel prisoners arrived here frtfm Goldsboro on Sunday, and lett yesterday for the North. More than one half of them desire to take the oath of allegiance. » - POBIBESB nOh'BOE. BHBBMAN FAB ON Hia WAT TO OOLD3BOKO Baltimore, Mareli 31.—A. letter from Portress. Monroe, dated yesterday, says: The steamer Fairbanks arrived this morning from Newbern with. TOO rebel prisoners. The captain reports having ex perienced very stormy weather yesterday at noon off Cape Hatteras. He was brought to by a gun fired from the United States steamer Bat, having Major General Sherman on board, on his return to, Goldsboro, and was requested.to pilot her Into Hat. ttras Inlet on account of the stormy appoarancejof the weather. He accordingly piloted the Bat into the Inlet, and then proceeded to this port.” CAIRO ASI» MEMPHIS. Cairo, March 31,— Seventy-five bales of cotton for St. Bouls, and twenty-five bales for Cincinnati and Evansville, passed here to-day. General Washbume offers $5OO to $l,OOO reward: for the capture and oonvlotlon of guerillas within twenty mlleß of Memphis. The rebel deserters in the vicinity or Meridian, Mississippi, defy the authorities, and threaten to annihilate the mlUtla and burn their houses if they attempt to oppose them. On the other hand, Forrest declares that if the militia fail to arrest the doser tors, he will make a campaign in their locality and 1 hang every one br them. . The deserjers are;armed; and organized, and the Legislature fears their Influ ence. Forrest has appointed his brother Joe, to break up' the trade on the turnpike, bum-all the cotton Intended for Federal ports, and stop the traffic up the Mississippi river. SOUTHERN NEWS. Gen. Tbomas Advancing Unopposed into Southwestern Tifglnta. f, ; ife. IV bted DAITOS, 6EOBfiIA, BIJBNED BY UNION TBOOrS— THB POST EVACUATED. MOBILE TO BE DEFENDED WITH REBEL BEST ENDEAVOR. Progress of Hegro Becniiting—A Patriotic Vo- lunteer a Wholesale Thief. Wo havo received the Richmond journals of the 29th nit., ana make the followtrg extracts: The Dispatch gives the following general nows: THB MOVE OH THB “ 80UTH81DB." “ All Was quiet, as - usual, on: this aide or the J ames. On the south' side nothing of Importance has occurred since'tfce fight of last Saturday. In the vicinity of Hatcher’s Run there was a flying ru mor yesterday that the Yankees had made a move toward the Southstde Railroad, but we know that this was only a guess founded on the knowledge that Sheridan had joined Grant.” * THB ADVANCB ON MOBILB. 1 From Alabama advices have been received to March 2GLh. The preparations for the defence of Mobile are being completed. Provisions for a six months* siege have been accumulated. General] Taylor baa done everything for the defence of the city. The demonstration against Mobile and the, flank movements from Pensacola and Milton are; still threatened. GBEERAL THOMAS 1 ARMY. Thomas having transferred a portion of Ms .army) to Knoxville, ana united with Gillem, la said Co be; moving in the direction oi the Virginia line. At the last acoonnts the command had reaohod the vi* ( einltv of Greenville, a little over half way from.' Knoxville to Bristol. The expedition Is ao-\ companied by an engineer corps ot 2,006 men. who are engaged In rebnllding the railroad SB- tost -as - the enemy .-marches.* Opmmn. Meat,lons with the baso at Knoxville will thus be kept up. The object of this expedltlDn_ls, no doubt, to possess and Hold Southwestern Yir glnla, and, If practicable, to move oaptare Lynohburg, and thus with Grant in compelling the evacuation or Richmond. The scheme is well conceived and it willbc apttomts cairy in the execution jest as others have. ■ . • TRADB IK CHARLESTON. \ Augusta, March 26.—A very active trade Is "pro-, greesing in Charleston. There arc large s,oo& an* sales. Ex-Governor Aiken 16 claimed by the Mpim to have been a consistent Union man. Unalfe to. oppose the, Confederacy, he never used mea,Wes ; against the Yankee Government.... Negro/ i&lls,, older the auspioespf the military authoiities,Vad ; with guards furnished by them, are nighUSKn pounced. . \ 1 “BURNING OB daltow. V \ AttOtrSTAi March 25.—The Yankees bhtied vtid evacuated Dalton, Ga., several days a g°- one thousand of Woflerd’s cavalry moyod\ a ito eighteen miles above, on a tour of ° b3 s r vas!ools ■Wofford is supposed to have six thousand men under Ms command. V ASEV PIRATE. . . A t- The Banger, a new Confederate man-of-war,'fc cruising on tho ocean. Two Yankee /easels a Vs»| been despatched to watch her movements. . % rFrom the HiohiEond Eiqnlrev. March 25.1 The recruiting or colored troops has been .pro, d J S Un lFh| W wmk% 0 S BlHnge‘aa 8 lHng e ‘aa Goobs ' From personal observation we are enabled toFafy that a better satisfied set of men we havenot vet Been than'those In the bajraoks on Gary street. A gentleman from Fauquier oounty *‘“'T»n< ! ha?ed five, presented them with their freedom, aad they We mention this Instance to mrg gest to others to Mw Ms patriotic eM.mpto How many men in Blohmond, who. If oompeUM to do military service, and permitted to -purchase negto . substitutes, would F® “xertlng every energy to per shade the negro aed •> x large sums to their purchase, that are now doing nothing: but_ waving this important service to “S” i* T ® b The'negro substitute law In the P has given Mr. Lincoln hts two ttoousa^. Will not patriotism urge our people to do at toast. as much for the country as. they would do to help themselves out of the service! There are many free negroes who would enlist If they wste piald the sum that woula purchase a slave, and if the ex ample ©f the gentleman from Fauquier alJ ove Jilin I deo to was loliowed, and euros or money given to young officers to offer bounties to free negroes as well as purchase slaves, the work 01 veoroltlas would go rapidly forward.- The reward of commis sion Bhonld be offered to those who recruit compa nies. This: important arm of the service bids fair to be the most successful if only energy and- Industry axe exerted, and the War Department wilt bring to ltß management good, practical sense. Commls pious to raise companies, contingent upon the enlist !ng of Blxty-four , men, offer imincemenfcs to .young men now in the ranks whose friends would like,to see them in the line of promocion. be made up of companies raieed through tiio active ‘ aid andexertionof thefeiendsof the Compaq officers. But if it is expected that a recruitiog officer wUI ever enlist, by, his own exertion, even a£quad, thore 1 Will bo nothing but disappointment. Dot tM s ,i n' portant matter start fairly, and It will not fail. Everything depends on the exertion or the whites The blacks can be put in or kept ont,jnst as tao wMtes shall- decide. •• :■ [From the Kichmond Examiner, March 29 J A UISHOSBST KE»kO BXCBDIT. . ■ Some days stocegfree negro, named>fohn Scott,- applied at the recruiting refidezvousTor; negroes, corner ol Cary and Twenty-first streets, and asked to be enrolled. He said he had been doing well be fore ; was the owner of a boat on the canal, and was making money shipping supplies to Biohmonu, but, the Yankees, under Sheridan, came along .and rob bed Mm of hts entire cargo, and burned Ms boat. He had been told that thoy wouldn’t treat free ne groes so—now-he knew bettor., “And now,” con-. Stored the recruit, addressing Lieutenant Bossleurt, the officer In charge of the rendezvous, “now I wants to iine right away 5 I wants to fight dem damn Yankees dac had treato* me so bad, for I s_e got no nussln to the world hut jlst what I standß to, and I wants to fight dem dat robbed me.” , Wby, Scott.” said Lieutenant Bossleux, ,to; teat him, “you couldn’t fight; what do you know about a gun 1 ”’ “Oh,yes, Oapt’n,l knows a heapabout a gunand Scott threw hlmseli lnto the posture of 1 a-Zouave;EklrmißhlnK, and-puFnp -kto arms for an imaginary musket. “Jest let mo git ahead on cm, andf’ll bring ’em every pop.” Scott was enrolled a patriotic volunteer; seeking revenge for losses to iflioted on him by the enemy,* and, clad In. better clothes than He had sported for. many ft day, all ■ went on well for some time, Scott proving Himself a. good recruit, and apt to learn Hardee’s; tactics. But Scott Had learned the rogUe’S ; tactics entering' tHemilitary of the Confederate States, So, on Sunday last, an opportunity presenting. He bundled up about twenty-five. pair of soldiers’ drawers, pants, shoes, caps, and socks, and putting in brilliant practice one of the military movements, the “double quick,’?decamped. He was pursued to the vicinity of Howard Grove Hospital, but exe cuting another dexterous movement, tHe “right wheel,” eluded Hie pursuers and escaped. [Twin the Richmond Examiner, March 29,,3. BBBBL HATE, WBAK BUT BIERCa. ; Yesterday afternoon four Hundred and elghty geven Yankees, part of tie several tiousands taken by Gen. Johnston’s army in the successive blows struck Sherman’s horde In . South Carolina, by. Hampton and Wheeler, were received from Fay etteville, and the dirty Muo line crawled its way down Governor and Main streets, coiling itself up In ldbby; No description could oonvey the utter horror and loathing with which: their; appearance was regarded by the citizens. Dirty, begrimed, ragged, Bcores of them bare-footed and bare. Headed, with stolen toweling bandaged about their feet and Heads, limping, Hobbling, and cursing, they ap peared tHe scabs, scavengers, and goum of all ore ation. Not a face or feature on which was not written “thief,” "murderer,” “house-burner,” and. “woman - ravleher.” Never since the war began Has such a crew of Hell-born men, aconmed ana God-forsaken wretches, polluted the air and defiled... the Highways of Richmond with the concentrated essence of all that is lecherous,* Hateful, and despised. And these are a part and par cel of that human fungi Johnston’s ‘noble army is couftontlng. These are some of those who robbed, burned, plundered, and murdered in the fair homes of Georgia and South Carolina. If we cannot suc cessfully resist them, then God help Richmond and her citizens* Devils from hell would show mercy where these would strike and rob, murder, pillage, anddestroy. The only way that they, can be per mitted to come must be on the terms that tHose.e&me yesterday—as prisoners of war. „ The maiorlty of the horde received yesterday were captured from Kilpatrick’s thieves, and they may not be inaptly called devils. iTrom the Richmond Enquirer, Maroh 28 3 : FOUTBEE PARTICULARS OP THS RBOBNT BATTLES. The following official despatch was received yes terday :. - •: -!-■ ' HBADQTTABTEB6, BlftTOk'26, 1800. General J. C. Breckinridge, Secretary of,War: General Gordon Informs me that, In JUs report of the action at Hare’s Hill on the 25th instant, ho omitted to mention that Colonel H. F. Jones, com.-- manding the artillery on that' portion of tceliue3j was at the front superintending; In person-the ope rations of the artillery, and that a seleot body of officers and men, command of Lieutenant Colonel IStriWing, charged the enemy’s breast* works with the sharpshooters corps, and im mediately turned upon the enemy the capturnsd guns. ;•••_. H* E. Lsb. The Express Of yesterday, alluding tt) the affair on i the right on says that; G-racie’s old bri gade, stationed near Hatcher’s Kan, and now com manded by General Y. M. Moody, recently promo ted were hotly engaged for several hours, and acted a most gallant part- ;Major Stallworth, by a most dexterous movements captured one hundred, and fifty prisoners, and many ol the enemy were killed and wounded.- We regret to learn that polonel" 1). S. Troy was wounded, and fell into the hands oi the enemy. Oapt. 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Eltokhbad, Jeweler, 1 -■, 1822 Chestnut street, \ Fine Gold Jewelry, Silverwai Platea and Fancy Goods.; Gbka.v Rhdtkstions in price of our ; of Curtains,' Curtain Materials, ai Thb following despatch was recelvoi Rim yesterday; i \'..“Mountain. Well, on lot Wo. 8, Doff producing three hundred and fifty (350) This Mountain Well is lot No. 8 on lease of the Philadelphia and Cherry leum Company, who own one-third lai one-sixth of all the oil, free ol i ' W, W. COOKKAW, Tl SttWalm FIBK CIOTBISO AMD MBKOBAKT K6TABX.ISHMMKT. Granville Stokes’ Old Stand, No. 609 Chestnut street, above Si: Every Article G ot up in tbo very beat style, _ and sold at prices to correspond-wit . the fall in gold. Offices or Oameboh : Fxntocßint Cl I’bki.sti.takia, No. 101 Walnut stret James, and southeast comer Seventh and t A. Douglas, wliero foil particulars can be and subsorlptloM received. Boohs open days longer. 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W L Lazear & wf, Balt M Tj Hykes, Jr, Chicago D H Kmg. Chicago CJH Victor, Hew York AF Duck wit*,'NY Geo Robarteon, SI B 8 Heiskell, Indiana - Herman Mather. West Troy Chas L Mather, West Troy • Xlae Hei toucan, WH Mayer, Look Haven Capt Dehias, Cincinnati F w Dorman fi lady L A Lace. Milford. Del Miss A R Budd, Hew Jersey Miss M Bndd, Hevr Jersey Miss 8. Wood ward, H J 0 P Cox, Hew Jersey C Gondv. Illinois T H Denkon. Baltimore ’ TBJT Adams.wßaUimore P Rogers, Morgantown. Va E W St Joha, West Troy W J Williams Mlsg A Miller W K Greenfield, OheKtereo I T A Richardson, Ba'tinioru Frank Stone, Hew York imercial* i) red Lockwood, Wilm’tn C F Themae. Wilmington JMBan'«y. Dnusaunon Cbss Buffington,Chester co Apollo William*. Penn a AChrisfitld, Maryland D Ge&dy. Roms, a Y fit O Wilbur, New Jersey M Hartwell, Penca >s Union. John Smith, Boston Peter Schwartz. Perry co J&» Antes. Centre county Thos Hand,Montgomery co John Bearing, New York Jos S Johnson, New YotSc Henry FeUheimer- Lairobe C&stner Hanway, Latroba lilEagle, Geo Jones., Bethlehem Mlps Brown, Bathiahem Fimonßitter, Penns B W Smith, Bucks co Peter Fishbarni Dauphin Carlile Smith, Penna H G Ahlum* Penna SPECIAL NOTICES. What is the Fashion ? BY THE BABB Of TOWER HALL. Quite resistless Is that passion Still to ask, *|wh*t is the iashion?’ 1 . And so it moves human pride. That, to please a fashion cruel, • - In the sanguinary duel, Many hapless wights have died! Obeying Fashion’s voice bo sweet, The Chinese dame cramps up her feet. Heedless of annoying pain; Bat oh, what language can express ■ The power of Fashion over dress. Where the widest is her reign ? How scorned andhowneglected 11 The pretty modes of days gone by How we run our merry rigs Upon what once charmed beauty’s eye, Aa gold laced coats,;.o? gaudy dye, Powder’d hair, 'and curling wigs. You, reader,"we may dare to say, Wish the last fashion to obey. And therefore as£k to know it; Hor need you that desire repress, : For, howe’er new the style of drear. Great Tower Ball can show it. * " TOWER HALL, Ho. 518 MARKET Street. BENNETT ft CO * 4 London Bair Color Restorer and Dressing. B * # * London Bair Color Restorer and Dressing. * 8 Ukfkecedkn'xed Success. U2?ION BUTTONHOLE SEWING MACHINES HOW EEADT. BBWIITG ICO BUTTON-HOLES AN HOHH. Hitching Warranted to be Superior to hand-work, in any Materiel} and Much More Durable! Salesrooms, 300 WASHINGTON Street, Boston. 74:7 BBOADWAY, New York. )S It* WOOD, . . . . Treasurer, übs2m . _ • * Itch, Tetter, ait, Eruptions. SWATHE'S AHi-HEALIffG OINTHBST." SWATHE'S ALL-HEARING OINTMENT.” sd so obstinate. or long-standing* it will not a short tim® All kinds of Tetter ara pe-ma red. Salt rheum, 'barber’s itch. dw. ; Pries 60 it by mail for 60 cents. Prepared by Dr. & fiOßf* 330 3T., SIXTH Street; j fl* *bil Fools.”—The benevolent ilfesteu hy javeniles in yonr torn. cldhing, • hankerchere 11 and lost pocket boricsi we it make you forget, whenever yon aeed it, ’air Hardware. Cothty, and tally for sale hy TETJMiN & SHIW, Ho. Thirty-five) HA&KET Street, 5 helow ~ \ u : Forks and Toasteb, of for sale by TKUMAIJ & SH AW. ft. 835 five) 23AEKBT Street, helow lt OTJ ThKEATEKED WITH feoN tcrafce Blood? .. | \t Sweats, Short Breatb? j xtltlß—any Pulmonary COTOpigat ? *S COMPOTJCiD • BTBTTP 01 WILD jld standard remedy always suable, by DK. SWAYAE & SON, GSfNerth —— 1 “ 7 s Clothing—Boys 7 , Oils’, MISSSS’ CLOTHING. Beautul now real variety. Call and examulat M. O; »B, No._4: N. EIGHTH St. <2B-Cs* ' b Incomparable BeSe.— Braces, Supporters, Blarif&oci variety, atC.H. NEED Lf/Corner AGE Streets: Ladies* poms on door below Race; lady bndants. Elions. ■ Siia-lm ob Db. S. M.landis’ te lecture on "PST®pGI3AL itut oat. Learn tfUmn yon lino win*. EendprioeSeenta.to ' Office, Ho. 1313 BESTIOT return mail. s3il9-26t* ,AXEK’S l - '• Inm, fi r'Btltci ul Lock-f*k ■ .0 HACHIKBS, -S -l&ts. » Ho. 130 CHBBWl»ml, § j&ants 1 * _I>AYIB.—On Wednesday, 29th inet , Captain K, .Davis, is the 65: ]i year of his ace. The relativesand friend* of the family are resnac Invited to attend the fanerat, from his late raid: ho. 2011 Wallace street, on Saiordsv mornrn?,! let. at io A, M. To Proceed to Haddonield, N J. BBOW.-On tlse 29.1 i Inst,, Benjsmia F. B? principal of the Camden colored school, in the S& of hisage. . : The relatives and friends of the family. ali-o re? of Aurora Lodgs 80. 9, A t. Jtf-, and the Graad of Bew Jersey, and the Mount Zion Tabernacle- L O, of B. end S. of L and G,. are reapecifaUy i: to attend Ms funeral on Sunday, Aprils, at XI o’ ; from hi* late residence,_Jso, 828 Soath Fourth, C« Bevr Jersey; t' Johnson’s Cemetery. rßaltlm'"*' -''ny.3 ■2Bfr“ In the northern part ot «uv. ... C_AMA.C Streetc near BsrrK » L M B f Ei will preack every SU2DAT, •*• M. and 4PM Sunday- School at 2K P- M AT THE UK! mbbtihg^AHEEICA.H he jaisicr hi '? r * GEOSGF "‘-its, 10-' |3§f“ .IlOTliEk. OF P&A7BK will be ae!d at THaBT nHraCH. oB FIFTH Street, below Gira. rue, on WEHN2SDAT. the 6th last , at 3o'clock, diet are all invited to attend. .. COHQREOATIOXV ®f~L - Gy. K CBBT HilL. —Public wor>= every SABBATH MjESIHO and tVBHING. Bst & * a M £ as £> r ' will preach-TO MOKBOWatIi a. jii. aait i% P. M. The pnblic are cordially invt l^ cißaiEwars €«ubch, awes > nl , ~ n t TMm F * n CSBKjBT: Street*/ Durian tbe a* l t nri™ * ? xr ,* *b* bltil 1 be service in this church cvr SR?SA T »?Si^S- a J“|teud of, the AFTBEHOOif. >« Tice TO-MOBBOW BYBBIBG at lii o’clock. H* KS”, SEKBHMS lOTOIISG MEK—RBI of BOKHAMttIU preach the Ural of aafii- Tounc lieu at tin CHTOCH" lATKBOKSSOB, TO MORROW EYEXIKfr, a" o clock. rYoung men cordially Invited. ‘h ISPr**,? A Y IS 81 O X CHAP# TinTJuf STREET, atioveTwelfsh—R v* E POHBIffQ will Breach: TO* MORRO W t^omftteif 1 at 4 ° ,c^oc * c ‘ Evening service wj |g*, yESTEBK .M.’B. -CHUKCB Street, below Walnut. F'eacc w f loW.Cmt£S£ rx p. » by. Rev. THBO. SjT-BTJBJSS. • j * GEOKGBO.JTOIUSS WI« SP* tor £* s S? G * w ; wm**t. PAS MORROW, at IQjf A. al and %ll pra *° k ,?- KS“,*ET. AVI HUM s. PtrjitK, B S° MOBBOW (Sar.bath) IF aS?A ai 3Ji o clock, at the UNION HSErlci mwKm? .Mtehaaies’ Hall, comer of FOURTH an UhOßQß.Streets. All are invited. -„ : . is PBESBTTEBIA^ • • CHURCH. StXT'R Ftr**At. above Oman —?: »/bTOITS.VowiIISKtn f« at 7^o’rf and BVBS » ® 1» :C 'JBCJt JCB T —i«« «».< ■p~ CBBEDS. 80. 8), By T. H STOCK iW ™ hf the Chnrch of the Bow Teitamenh corner;’ KmX El, ?#,, aDd WOOD Streets. SABBITH aFC’S .""Y®* ?VB}£’o clock. All friends of Chrlitlan Ontt ane heartily inyited. Attentive sexton to show ttraas'” to seats.- I ' i* S WI»EIBORGIAl, COBI£S BRAHDIWiNB struts.—K«e £ |‘.*BABBETT TO-MOJtKOW;M»REIBG, 10J£ o’clo& s, a ivati°n thronih tee Suffermrs and Blood oi the Sew Church view of this subject. Fablic invited.^ SECOSD ABTENT SE&fufG ■"L Elder W. S. CAMPBELL will preach TO tfOK; Batl Horiheast corner of NINTH GALLOWHILI,. Streets. Mornus g at 10$£— 3asj^ cE Sin ard its Consequences. 1 * Evening at 7k—Gar - and ius Rule. 71 ]t* PHZLiBELPHH: TRACT 0* — The eigaiv- eighth rn— ing in behalf of the eoc err will be held in the TftWj Presbyterisn Church, corner of BißHTaEiSi'ii a»* CHRISTIAN Streets, on SABBATH XYENifIS, Si instant, at 1% o clock. . Geo. Vandevers, Rev Wm. BfcElvrae H e Tir B* Mala, D. D., will address the meet lll *' Public invited. n* Kgr"?. TOUTED - STATES CBDBISMAS COMMISSION. ' Amerttre will be held: TO-MOEROW (6abbtf« EVENING, in CONCERT. HALL. CHESTNUT Street* above Twelfth, at a qnart* r to eight o’clock , Rev. EDWARD HAWBS,Pastor of the Central Con* Church, will Bieahie. , PATTBRSOH, I>. u. . just from the let*: bat* ties in froitoi Petersburg 5 Bev. E P. ***£ tj* cmTTT^J? o -? 1111 * 8 * 0111 * 'a*»o from the front; &&d .1 H. RTTJART. Esq.y Chairman, will make addrasssa^, 1 IOESG MEH»B CHRISTIAN 4“ SOCIATIOa;—The reeular maeM'J will be held* a the rooms 1009 and 1011 on MOSTI) AT next, at 7\ o clock, an q Am erics n Indian wul be read by WH 3 *. « SPhECBB, Bag. : Mmic and debate. Allare inr-^d. |SP SOHCE.-THE AIVSIIAI *H?S r~\,,Tn)r of the StockboUers of the OIL COMPANY will beheld ml TUESDAY. Apiunf" at lo’eloekP. M.. ,t>h. Offles of the Decaux* pany. 14d Ssnth lODBTH Street, third ftorv • . GEORGE F. WIEhiS, apl 31* SecretafT- CiTHIDEAI OF St Pf r AND ST.' PAUL-.-—The OPENING or 'VnIT. THEDEALis Pa.tiM Su*v Ap*ll9th The' services .will begin at ID A * CTT , r vfSS v Pewa can be rented at the Cemetery Office. SU“ r ts. Street, brnow Eighteenth street. f*cm *r* '; f A 1-4 tvecy day, from 8 to 12 3£ .and from StoG on Sundays from & to 10 A. flf. : - JPBITATKI'EECTDBES' W -Pf CEMEALh liSC'i'DBS-EQOH, 9BST f by Br. LANPJS. • 7.. •• •••• «»* Itch. (Wheaton’s) salt eheuk. (oiktjibht) sa» WUI CUTS the Itch la 48 hoars. Also cars, o! Cleon. Chllblelr s, and all Anmtioj, .f Price 60 cent*.' By lending 60 cents to WRj TEE, BOSTON, Maes , will be forward,i b. Foi sale by aU DingrisU. ' sl Jones’, . , THE LOWEST BKLIINQ P&lcg l» marked In ftmrsj on each article, AND HEVBK VAm» ■ ' ' AT JONES' Crescent One-prise OtOTHIIfI HOt|j KABKET STEEET, ’ above Sixth, No 60*. Price* reduced toenlt tie time*. A dice assortment of EE 4BY -3IADS . suitable for all seasons, constantly on hand. Custom-work made to order at short notlss. Geob&r J3teck & Co.’s /'■ '■'MASoa' CABIBET OBfcAKS. PIABO . OTSt axi «oh rftUe«6 fiM Qj FORTES. lD»trnmB»t»J:aTelißeii «oMl>y m FIA9O Hr.G'» andtaeoemaadi* *oa- q, FORTES. stoutly iDoeaein*. PIABO For•aleonli _by - FOR’ ES _ E. OOtn,l> 0j PIABO BEYEM'Hand CHESTBBTSt. , 0i FORTES. - ■ - no3 °« lO] April Fools’ Day. , >Ti b Bays" We’ll h&TO soma fan. Inqnlttway, A* oft -we’to done. We’ll ask the folks Who pass along To crack some jokes And sins a song. The jokes we’ll crack Will he oa those Whoon their backs Wear seedy clothes. But who in store Hare fends enough To hoy some more Of better stuff. To rach ste’ll call, ” As is onr rale*- Here ’& treat Oak Ha u,. The eon* we sics We'll slug it well, . Of clothes for Spring, Asyott’veheaid tell;. * Forlean end fat. For short anf tail. And all of that, 2'fce great Oak Hsii Has'lo&s of clothes, • ...■ Of which weeing, .. For sale to those. ;. Who bay in Sprit*. J&S** Oar celebrated Clothing,at prices redoes sent state of affaire, it is & good time to hay. WAKAMAKEE & B 3( OtE H ALL, It r . S. B- eor. SIXTH and STAEKB: eeied; PBITCHABL—L AWS.—A fc ,the realdercs o" C SkiDuer.oc Deer Creek. on the 2d ah Bey. Stevenson Archer. Mr. James Loais, Mo., to Miss Gertrude ?. Laws, danehu, late Elijah Laws, of Philadelphia. fjft Boston papers pUasecopyO *■** LEE—iiiLEY.—-On tie 58th ult , fcy the Rs» 2i»xn Cathcart, John W- Lee and Mifg S. ittlev j this dty.... M *KBI8 —SINES —On the 23d nit., tv j>*t Coulcton, Mr. James Morris and fiii#»Clac4sb. ofJFraßkford. KI-GLK— WIXLIAMS.— On tie SOtli nit., hr Mr. Lanta Ernie and Miss Masdia Williams - boro. - '■ 1 UDXEIx HEEMAJT.—Oo the 3i-t inst. Joha H.. „• sad Mary Ain Herman, In the 2Sih • ear h: The reJattyes aadftifncsof She family s ra r«, \y lhvtt'd tojtUend she funeral, from the res his paiente, SSlflorth Eleven In street, on sis.;, ternoon At 2 o deck. Vo proceed to Mmamest t EHEKENZELLIsF. —On the 29ih.Inst„, Km Ha- aged 79 years. 8 ' Eer relative* and Mends are respectfully iar? attend the/oners?, from the resiaence of D L (!-, ter, Forty.first and Hatton streets, KantaiviUe.oa' 12_ecU‘Cfc. morning oftteSltiult, &. relict or the late John S. Brosnard k in th* ter age* 1 Dna not!c« will ie giren of tie funeral, v IHO Jf: AB oxl Sixih-©aymoreing the3lgt uU fcecca Ihom&s. in th& 75rTa. vear of her a.ge. iter relatives and frtenas ate invited toatt« lateral, on tecond-day TeMQCBce of her brother. Bobers Thomas, Barf-V, TX. J.i at3o’clock P/tf. ' " an -* i . .BAKShLL —On the rDorninr of the Slat alt.; Bausell, m the 74th year of hie age* - The relatives ard friends of the family are n fttHy invited to atteod his funeral, ftoia his hi. deuce. No. 1640Gr*ea etreei, on Tuesday mam?- 10 o’clock, without further notice. ‘_BATMO2fO.—Oh the nitfct of tha 30th nit Raymoud. in the 71st year of his age. Bii relatives and friends are invited to attend M neral. from his late residence, No. 1701 PilWt V on Honda?, at 10 o’clock A. M. y without farsk/ tiee. ■■ F/- ULKB.—'Third ffioath. SOtti, 1365, Tacpt Widow of the late Edward Foalke, ia tbo 7tth t ■hera*®. -• The relatives and friends are -rsfpeetfallyi&vfc attend the fnneral, from the residency ni is? 53- law. Br Hiram Corson, Plymouth, tfoatgomer? c ty. Pa. * on Seventh-day afternoon, at 1 o’clock proceed to Laurel Hill. PEILSOU.—On ThargdayafUrßro^.MatfchsxrTfel The male relatives and friends or the deceased at vited to attend his funeral, on Monday affcara-on at B o eloch, irom his late residence, I>s JRoith Six: street. -£UPIN’S PLAIN BLA.OK 4>wide B&rezes and Crape Harets. Thibet Bhawls» &c. BSB3ON *