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RICHMOND L. JONES,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
OFFICE WITH J. GLANCY JONES, ESQ.,
LJ East Penn Square, 'oath side, Beading.
April IS, 1865-amo
JESSE G. HAWLEY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
HAS REMOVED HIS OFFICE TO NORTH
Sixth Street, opposite the Keystone HOUSE', Reading.
a wit 11, 1563-tf
NEWTON D. STRONG,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
OFFICE IN COURT STREET, NEAR FIFTH,
ilaading, Pa. [March 14, 1863-3 mo
ITOZEN RALSTON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
OPFICE WITH A. B. WANNER, NORTH
Sixth Street. (above the Conn Honee ; ) - Reading, Pa.
Febrnary 21,1563-ly
REMOVAL.
N j7 ILLIAM LIVINOOOD, ATTORNEY AT
LAW, LasOWNS& hie allies to tho north side of
Coart street first door below Sixth. [dee 22,41
Charles Davis,
ATTOR A TTORNEY AT LAW—HAS REMOVED HIS
°Mee to the Office lately occupied by the Hon. David
NEY
deceased, in Sixth street, opposite the Court
RAM. Mail 14
Daniel Ennentront,
ATTORNEY AT LAW—OFFICE IN NORTH
Sixth greet, corner of Court alley. [ang 13-ly
David Neff,
urHOLESA_LE AND RETAIL DEALER IN
.1' Foreign and Domestic DRY GOODS, No 25,11a5t
enn street, Beading, Pa. [March 10, 1800.
LIVINCOOD'S
United States Bounty, Back Pay and
Pension Office,
COURT STREET, NEAR SIXTH.
trAVING BEEN ENGAGED IN COLLECT
' ing claims against the Government, I feel confident
that all who have heretofore employed me will cheerfully
endorse my promptness and fidelity. My charges are
m..deraka,.od no charg6 made AMU obtained.
WILLIAM IL LIVINGOOD,
act IS-till Attorney at Law, Court St., Reading, Pa.
DISCHARGED SOLDIERS
C. 33 1 . NOW OBTAIN THEIR $lOO BOUNTY
from the U. B. Goverment, by applicetion to
ABNER S. STAUFFSR,
March 7-tf] Collection Office. Coup Street, Reading.
ASA M. HART,
(Late Hart & Mayer,)
DPALER IN FOREIGN AND AMERICAN
DRY t3OODS, CARPET/Egl i 4M, Wholesale and Ro
ad, at Philadelphia pewee. Sign of the Golden Bee Hive,
lie. 14 Eaet Penn Square. Lapin 17-tf
P. Bashong & Sons,
X-HeANUFACTURERS OF BURNING FLUID,
Absolute, Deodorized and Wadable' Alcohol; Oleo,
Oil, which they will sell at the lowest Wholesale
piens at Reading, Pa.
Sir: Orders reete3ettally solicited_
DR. T. YARDLEY BROWN,
SURGEON DENTIST.
GItADUATEOF PENNSYLVANIA
Dental College. Teeth extracted by Fran
ttil
a " al A fin is p ' r E oc e e tr inel ag Virli p t r l ' irs " ln s Zl i e t lt ger are
strutted with much less pain than the usual way. No
extra charge. 0111. in Fifth street, opposite the Presbyte
rian Church. Lapril 2-ly
CHARLES LANCASTER,
MEDICAL ELECTRICIAN,
Fourth. Street, =Love Penn, Reading.
January Z4.IWV
PENSIONS,
BOUNTIES & BACK PAY.
APPLICATIONS PROMPTLY ATTENDED
t o . Terms moderate and se aharge until obtained.
A. G. GREEN, Attorney at Law,
Tan 31-Blue] °nice in Court Street, Reading.
SOLDIERS'
notrarnr-moNay. RANIC-741.1r
AND PENSION CLAIMS
PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO BY
A. S. STAUFFER,
Attorney at Law, Office in ourt Street,
Jam 31-it] BEADING, PA.
LIQUOR STORE.
T HAVE OPENED A LIQUOR AND WINE
jSTORE, in the room formerly occupied by
JOHN GREEN, IN THE " SCHMUCKER HOUSE."
Sly friends are all Invited to call and examine for them
relies. All LIQUORS and WINES sold be me, ehall be as
represented.
April 4, 1863-tfj JEREMIAH D. BITTINU.
WATCHES. GOLD AND SILVER,
CLOCKS AND JEWELRY.
RELIABLE IN QUALITY AND AT LOW
Priem. WATCH REPALIHNO.—Watches put In ver
b,
ferct order and every one warranted for one year.
JACOB LIIDEN,
21North Fifth Street Reeding, Pa.
not 15-6mo]
F. P. HF.LLER,
WATCHMAKER, JEWELER,
AND DEALER IN
WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEWELRY,
QPOONS, SPECTACLES, GOLD PENS, &re.,
Sig,. of the it BIG IVAPPDH,D No. tag Ea Penn
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Every article warranted to be what it is sold for
Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, &c., repaired With particular
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NOTICE.
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—AND—
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G. W. GOODRICH,
READING, Pa.
August 10, 1861-ui
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GEORGE SEIZING,
SOUTH SIXTH STREET, DIRECTLY OPPO
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ders for House and Sign Painting in all their branches, to
gether with Painting and Graining in perfect imitation of
all kinds of Wood and Marble, in a style that cannot he
surpassed, and at the lowest prices.
He also pays particular attention to - Fresco Painting, real
and imitative, for Churches, Halls, Parlors, Drawing-
Rooms, Public Buildings, etc., and can refer to numerous
buildings in this city, and other cities and towns in Penn
sylvania, for specimens of his work. A practical experi
ence of twenty-five years as a Painter, warrants him in
saying that his work cannot be excelled in beauty of de-
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Kr- He will take orders for work in ant , part of this or
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TO TEE PUBLIC.
OWING TO THE WONDERFUL INCREASE
in our business, and the want of suflicientroom to ac
commodate the saute, we have found it neeessaryto extend
the boundaries of our yard, and have accordingly leased
the LUMBER YARD, situated OD THIRD STREET BELOW PIES
Stumm which will be used exclusively for piling HEM
LOCK and WHITE PINE JOIST, SCANTLING, RAFTERS,
sad DILL TIMBER, of all tines and lengths. In our old
yard, on the north side of Pine street, extending from
Third to Fourth street, will at ell times be found to con
tain a foil assortment of seasoned BOARDS, PLANK,
SHINGLES, Ac.
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Our facilities for supplying Lumber hereafter, will be
nab that they cannot be surpassed in this or any other
market In the Mate, mad our prices wilt be Maud to be
lower than at any other yard in this city. It is our pur•
pose to keep on band every article that should be kept in a
FIRBT CLASS LUMBER YARD, and any article that may not
be on hand when called for, will be procured at short
notice.
Sgi- The palate are invited to give us a called.
bane 7-0) KRELL Reading, Pa
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FRENCH'S HOTEL.
ON TEE 331ELOPEAN MAN,
CITY OF NEW YORK.
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City Hall Square, corner Frankfort St.,
(OPPoniFE CITY litax.)
MEALS AS THEY MAY BE ORDERED IN
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Jan 17-131 R. FRENCH, Proprietor.
NATIONAL HOTEL,
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Race Street, above Third, Philadelphia.
rvillt ESTABLISHMENT OFFERS GREAT
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board, but from its central location to the avenues of trade,
as well AB the convenience. afforded by the eeverat
Passenger Railways running past and contiguous to it, by
which nests can pass to and from the notch shwithl they
be preferred to the regular Omnibus connected with the
Rouse- lam determined to devote my whole attention to
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I®' Terms, Si :as per day.
D C. SIEGRIST, Proprietor,
Formerly from Eagle Hotel, Lebanon, Pa
T. V. Rao...ne,Clerk. (march 10-ti
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READING, PA.
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± the public that he has recently enlarged hie BREWE
RS to S considerable extent, and introduced steain-pow
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godoti.
THE THREE ELECTORS.
Three princes at the Diet met ;
The one was Pfalzgratre of the Rhine,
The second, Lord of Saxony,
The third was of the Nassau line;
And at the twelfth hoar of the night,
When deepest grew the revelry,
Oent , the glneese And the diet,
They came to words both load and high
First leaped the Pfalzgrave up, and said,
"Yon see my country on the Rhine,
Its castled crags, its miles on miles
0( previa§ purple-14;1ov vine,
Its eloping meadows, seas of corn,
Its mills, its orchards on each band,
Its clustered villages and spires!—
Say, is not reins the fairest land?
But then the Lord of Simony
Bose end - rebuked his brother knight,
And cried, " My brother, bout not so!
Au sunshine is to the dark night,
So are our Saxon hills to yours;
. For ours with silver caverns shine,
While your mere slopes of stone and clay
Glow only with the peasants' vine."
Then Nassau, last, so calm and grave,
Stirred not, bat said, "I boast no mine,
My bills know but the berdsman's hate,
And wear no crown of trailed vinej
Bat where I dwell, I dwell at peace,
In loneliest cabins dare to sleep;
lily crown, bung on a tree, is safe,
Por me no trembling children weep."
The nobles elite with bonnets slouched,
A golden medal bound each plume,
The flagons shone beneath the lights
In that old paneled tavern-room;
And when Nassau had ceased to speak,
The °there rose with enema glee,
And clasping hands cried out aloud,
Ills is the best of all the three!.
THE RAIN.
I=
ME MI El
We knew It would rain, for alt the morn
A spirit on deader ropes of rend
Wee lowering Ike golden bneleate down
Into the vapory amethyst
Of marshes, and swamps, and dismal fens—
Scooping the dew that lay in the flowers,
Dipping the jewels out of the sea,
To eprinkle there eyes the land In sit/Mete
We knew it would rain, fur the poplars showed
The white of their leaves, the amber grain
Shrunk in the wind—and the lightning now
Is tangled in tremulous skein of rain I
AFTER.
The rain has ceased, and in my room
The sunshine poars an airy flood;
And on the church's dizzy vane
The ancient cross is bathed in blood
From oat the dripping ivy leaves,
Antiquely carved, and gray and high
A dormer, facing westward, looks '
Upon the village like an eye.
And now it glimmers in the sun—
A globe of gold, a din, a speak ;
And in the belfry sits a dove,
With purple ripples on her neck.
ROBIN MERRYMAN.
MT/TED PROM BRI/210ELCO MOIR BONTEMPS."
By way of good example,
To all the gloomy olau,
There came into existence
Good Robin Merryman.
To laugh at those who grumble,
And be jolly as ho can
-0 that's the only system
Of Robin Merryman I
A bat so very ancient
It might have covered Motes;
Adorned, on great occasion,
With ivy leaves or roses;
A coat the very coarsest
Since tailoring began
-0 that's the gay apparel
Of Robin Merryman!
Within his cottage, Robin
With joyfal eye regards
A table and a bedstead,
A Bate, a pack of cards,
A chest—with nothing in it,
An earthen water-can
-0 these are all the riches
Of Robin 'Merryman!
To teach the village children,
The funniest kind of plays
To tell a clever story;
To dance on holidays;
To puzzle through the almanac ;
A merry song to man—
O that is all the learning
Of Robin Merryman!
To drink his mug of cider,
And never sigh for wine ;
To look at courtly ladies,
Yet think his Mak divine;
To lake the good that's going,
Content with nature's plan
-0 that is the philosophy
Of Robin Merryman I
To say, "06, gracious Father I
Excuse my merry pranks;
For all Thy loving kindness,
I give Thee hearty thanks;
And may I still be jolly,
Through life's remaining span "
Oh that's the style of praying
With Robin Merryman !
Now, all ye wretched mortals
Aspiring to be rich;
And ye whose glided mambos
Have tumbled In the ditch;
Leave off your eilly whining,
Adopt a better plan ;
Go follow the example
Of Robin Merryman I
estos sub Writs.
MAY.
The outbreak into beauty which Nature makes
at the end of April and beginning of May excites
so joyful and admiring a feeling in the human
breast, that there is no wonder the event should
have, at all times,.been celebrated in some way.
The first emotion is a desire to seize some part
of that profusion of flower and blossom which
spreads around us, to get it up in !homily/
fashion, pay it a sort of homage, and let the
pleasure it excites find expression in dance and
song. A mad happiness goes abroad over the
earth, that Nature, long dead and (told, lives and
smiles again. Doubtless there is mingled with
this, too, in bosoms of any reflection, a grateful
sense of the Divine goodness, which makes the
promise of seasons so stable and so sure.
Amongst the Itomans, the feeling of the time
found vent in their Floralia, or Floral Games,
which began on the 28th of April, and lasted a
few days. Nations taking more or less their
origin from Rome have settled upon the first of
May as the special time for fetes of the same
kind. With ancients and moderns alike it was
One instinctive rush to the fields, to revel in the
SATURDAY MORNING, :MAY 16, 1863.
bloom which was newly presented on the mead
owsand the trees; the more city-pent the popu
lation, the more eager apparently the desire to
get among the flowers, and bring away samples
of them; the more sordidly drudging the life,
the more hearty the relish for this one day of
communion with things pure and beautiful.
Among the barbarous Celtic populations of Eu
rope there was a heathen festival on the same
day, but it, does not seem to have been connected
with flowers. It was called Beltein, and found
expression in the kindling of fires on hill-tops
by night. Amongst the peasantry of Ireland,
of the Isle of Man, and of the Scottish Highlands,
such doings were kept up till within the recol
!Wien of living people, We can see no identity
of character in the two festivals ; but the subject
is an obscure one, and we must not speak on this
point with too much confidence.
In England we have to go back several gener
ations to dad the observances of Mayday in
their fullest development In the sixteenth
century it was still customary fr,r themiddle and
humbler classes to so forth at an early hour in
the mornieg, in order to gather flowers and haw
thorn branches, which they brought home about
sunrise, with accompaniments of horn and tabor,
and all possible signs of joy and merriment.
With these spoils they would decorate every door
and window in the village. By a natural transi
tion of ideas, they gave to the hawthorn bloom
the name of the May ; they called this ceremony
(( the bringing home the May ;" they spoke of
the expedition to the woods as "going a-Maying."
The fairest maid of the village was crowned with
flowers, as the " Queen of the May ;" the lads
and lasses met, danced and sang together, with
a freedom which we would fain think of as be ,
speaking comparative innocence as well as sim
plicity. In a somewhat earlier age, ladies and
gentlemen were accustomed to join in the May
tag festivities, Even the king and queen con
descended to mingle on this occasion with their
subjects. Ia Chaucer's " Court of Love," we
read that early on May-day "forth goeth all the
court, both most and least, to fetch the flowers
fresh." And we know, as one illustrative fact,
that, in the reign of Henry VIII, the heads of
the corporation of London went out into the high
grounds of Kent to gather the May, the king and
his queen, Catharine of Arragon, coming from
their palace of Greenwich, and meeting these
respected dignitaries on Shooter's Hill. Such
festal doings we cannot look back upon without
a regret that they are no more. They give us
the notion that our ancestors, while wanting
many advantages which an advanced civilization
has given to us, were freer from monotonous
drudgeries, and more open to pleasurable im
pressions from outward nature. They seem
somehow to have been more ready than we to
allow themselves to be happy, and to have often
been merrier upon little than we can be upon
mach.—Chambers.
MAY-DAY FESTIVITIES IN FRANCE.
When I was quite a child, I went with my mo-
ther to visit her relatives at a small town in the
South of France. We arrived about the end of
April, when the spring had fully burst forth,
with its deep blue sky, its balmy air, its grassy
meadows, its flowering hedges and trees already
green. One morning I went out with my moth—
er to call upon a friend; when we had taken a
few steps, she said :
"To day is the first of May ; if the customs
of my childhood are still preserved here, we
shall see some ' Mays' on our road."
" Mays," I said, repeating a word I heard for
the first time ; "what are they ?"
My mother replied by pointing to the opposite
side of the place we were crossing
" Stop, look there," she said : " that is a
May."
Under the Gothic arch of an old church porch,
a narrow step was raised, covered with palms,
A living being, or a statue—l could not discern
at the distance—dressed in a white robe, crown
ed with flowers, was seated upon it; in her
right hand she held a leafy branch ; a canopy
above her head was formed of garlands of boa,
and ample draperies which fell on each aide en—
circled her in their snowy folds. No doubt the
novelty of the sight caused my childish imagina
tion much surprise; my eyes were captivated,
and I scarcely listened to my mother, who gave
me her ideas on this local custom ; ideas, the
simple and sweet poetry of which I prefer to ac
eept instead of discussing their original value.
"Because the month of May is the month of
spring," said she, "the month of flowers, the
month consecrated to the Virgin, the young
girls of each patter unite to celebrate its return,
They choose a pretty child, and dress her as you
see ; they seat her on a throne of foliage, they
crown her and make her a sort of goddess ; she
is May, the Virgin of May, the Virgin of lovely
days, flowers, and green branches. See, they
beg of the passers by, saying, ' For the May.'
People give, and their offerings will be used
some of these days for a joyous festivaL"
When we came near, I recognized in the May
a lovely little zirl I had played with on the pre
vious day. At a distance I thought she was a
statue. Even close at hand the illusion was still
possible ; she seemed to me like a goddess on her
pedestal, who neither distinguished nor recog
nized the profane crowd passing beneath her feet.
Her only care was to wear a serene aspect under
her crown of periwinkle and narcissus, laying
her band on her olive sceptre. She had, it is
true a gracious smile on her lips, a sweet ex
pression in her eyes; but these, though charm
ing all, did not seem to seek or speak to any in
particular; they served as an adornment to her
motionless physiognomy, lending life to the statue
but neither voice or affections. Was it coquetry
in so young a child, thus studying to gain ad
miration? I know not, but to this day I can only
thick of the onohlttitmout I fell ig "May." My
mother stopped, and drawing some money from
her purse,. laid it on the china saucer that was
presented ; as for myself, I tooka handful of sous,
all that I could find in my pocket, and gave them
with transport; I was too young to appreciate
the value of my gift, but I felt the exquisite
pleasure of giving.
In passing through the town we met with sev
eral other "Mays," pretty little girls, perhaps,
but not understanding their part ; always rest
less, arranging their veils, touching their crowns,
talking, eating sweetmeats, or weary, stiff, half
asleep, with an awkward, unpleasing attitude.
None was the May, the representative of the joy
ous season of sweet and lovely flowers, but my
first little friend.
THE PREACHER'S WIFE
Another little hint (says the Pittaburgh Chris
tian Advocate) for young preachers. Young la
dies can do as they choose about reading it.
Perhaps they might as well keep their eyes off
it. The happiness and success of every man who
marries depend very largely upon the kind of
wife be gets. This is emphatically true of a
preacher. Hence ho should be exceedingly care
ful in selecting her—should see to it that she
has all the qualifications needful for a minister's
wife. What some of these are may be indicated.
Bus OUGHT TO BE OF A GOOD FAMILY. There
is such a thing as family nobility. The nobility,
not of wealth nor position, but of goodness—the
nobility of intellectual and moral worth. Such
nobility is hereditary ; when found in the pa
rents is seldom, if ever, wanting in the children.
It is a household heritage. From a family thus
endowed a pee:teller's wife ought always to
come. Coming thence, she brings with her a
warranty of true nobility—of i possessing intel
lectual and moral worth, rendering her worthy
of the heart and hand of any man,
Sun OUGHT TO BE GOOD LOOKING. Indeed she
ought. You need not smile, young gentlemen.
I tell you, beauty in a woman is never to be
laughed at. Never. It is one of her charms—
ono of the things for which she has ever been
admired and loved. To the true woman, beauty
is like "apples of gold in pictures of silver."
Very comely, indeed. She may pass at par
without it, but with it she will, always and
everywhere, command a premium. That pre
mium man pays in love. Each man's wife ought,
therefore, to be to him the most beautiful wo
in the world. Then all comparisons with other
women would be but contrasts in her favor—
contrasts by which his admiration and love of
her would be constantly augmented.
SHE 011011 T TO BE EDUCATED. Not superficial
ly, but thoroughly. Both nt home and in the
schools. At home, to filial duties, reverence
and obedience. The girl who has never been
trained to these will not make a pleasant wife.
The girl who disregards the feeling 3 and author
ity of her parents will be very likely to have her
own way when married. She ought to be prac
tically educated in domestic matters. Know
how to keep house in all its departments. A
young preacher ought never to think of marry
ing a girl whose mother has had so little sense
as to raise her without training her to work.
Such a girl ought never to be any man's wife.
She is not fit.. A preacher's wife ought to be a
good scholar. Have a mind well trained, and
stored with useful knowledge. This for three
reasons: First, That she may feel at home and
appear to advantage in any society into which
she may chance to be thrown; second, That she
may be useful; third, That she may perform for
her husband the double office of counsellor and
critic. It is of untold advantage to a preacher
to have a wife capable of criticising his perform
ances. She is more sensitive to his failures than
any one else can be, and more anxious he should
correct them. She can be perfectly frank and
candid—tell him all his deficiencies.
SHE OUGHT TO RE RELIGIOUS. Last named,
but first in importance. She ought to be truly
religious—having not simply the form of godli
ness, but the power also. Thus she may be a
co•laborer with her husband in the Master's
vineyard. Preaching by her example contin
ually and powerfully.
PRESIDENT'S PROCLAMATION.
Enrollment In the ALilitia of persons of
Foreign Birth.
By the President cy" the United States of America:
A PROCLAMATION.
Wuintais, The Congress of the United States,
at its last session, enacted a law entitled, " An
act for enrolling and calling out the national for
ces, and for other purposes," which was approv
ed on the od day of March last ;
And whereas it is recited in the said act that
there now exists in the United States an insur
rection and rebellion against the authority there
of, and it is, under the Constitution of the United
States, the duty of the Government to suppress
insurrection and rebellion, to guarantee to each
State a republican form of government, and to
preserve the public tranquillity;
And whereas for these high purposes a milita
ry force is indispensable, to raise and support
which all persons ought willingly to contribute ;
And whereas, no service can be more praise
worthy and honorable than that which is rendered
for the maintenance of the Constitution and the
Union, and the consequent preservation of free
government ;
And whereas, for the reasons thus recited, it
was enacted by the said statute that all able
bodied male citizens of the United States, and
persons of foreign birth who shall have declared
on oath their intention to become citizens under
and in pursuance of the laws thereof, between
the ages of twenty and forty-five years (with cer
tain exceptions not necessary to be mentioned),
are declared to constitute the national forces,
and shall be liable to perform military duty in
the service of the United States when called out
by the President for that purpose ;
And whereas, it is claimed by and in behalf
of persons of foreign birth within the ages
specified in the said act, who have heretofore
declared on oath their intentions to become chi-
Zena wider, and in pursuance of the laws of the
United States, and who have not exercised the
right of suffrage, or any other political franchise,
under the laws of the United States, or of the
States thereof, are not absolutely precluded by
1 their aforesaid declaration of intention from re
nouncing their purpose to become c iti zen s, an d
that on the contrary such persons under the
treaties or laws of nations, retain a right to re—
nounce that purpose, and to forego the privileges
of citizenship and residence within the United
States, under the obligations imposed by the
aforesaid act of Congress;
Now, therefore, to avoid all misapprehensions
concerning the liability of persons concerned to
perform the service required by such enactment,
and to give it full effect, I do hereby order and
preelaim that ne plea of alienage will be received
or allowed to exempt from the operations impos
ed by the.a.foresaid act of Congress, any person
of foreign birth who shall have declared on oath
his intention to become a citizen of the United
States under the laws thereof, and who shall be
finp,4 within the United States at any time du
ring the commencement of the present insurrec
tion and rebellion, at or after the expiration of
the period of sixty-five days from the date of this
proclamation. Nor shall any such plea of alien
age be allowed in favor of any such person who
has so, as aforesaid, declared his intention to
become a citizen of the United States, and shall
have exercised at any time the right of suffrage
or any other political franchise within the
United States under the laws thereof or under
the laws of any of the several States."
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my
hand, and caused the seal of the United States
to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington, this the Bth
day of May, in the year of our Lord, one thou
sand eight hundred and sixty-three, and of the
Independence of the United States the eighty
seventh. ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
By the President—Wm. H. Smweno.
[VOL. XXIV.-NO. 4.-WHOLE NO. 1968.
WAR NEWS!
ARMY OF TILE POTOMAC.
General Stonentan , a Expedition—Colonel
ii../Elapavrick's Olhoiwl Rcpert.
WASI I / 2 10T931, Mayll.
The following was received at headquarters
today :
YORKTOWN, Vs., May 8, 1863.
Major General li. W. Ifalleck, Connnander•in-Chief
United States Army :
Getsenkr.! I have the pleasure to report that
by direction from Major General Stoneman I left
Louisa C. H. on the morning of the 3d inst. with
one regiment—the Harris Light Cavalry of my
brigade—and reached Hungary, on the Freder
icksburg Railroad, at daylight on the morning of
the 4th, destroyed the depot, telegraph wires,
and railroad for several miles; passed over to
the Broad turnpike and drove in the rebel pick
ets down the turnpike across the Break, charged
a battery and forced it to retire to within two
miles of the city of Richmond; captured Lieut
enant Brown, aid-decamp to General Winder,
and eleven men, within the fortifications. I then
passed down to the left to the Meadow bridge, on
the Chickahominy, which I burned, and ran a
train of cars into the river ; I retired to Hanover
town on the reninuula i crossed and destroyed
the ferry just in time to check the advance of a
pursuing cavalry force. Burned a train of thirty
wagons loaded with bacon, captured 13 prisoners,
and encamped for the night, five miles from the
river.
I resumed my march at I A. bL of the 6th,
surprised a force of three hundred cavalry at
Aylett's, captured two officers and thirty-three
men, burned fifty-six wagons, the depot contain
ing upwards of twenty thousand barrels of corn
and wheat, quantities of clothing, and commissa
ry stores, and safely crossed the Mattapony, and
destroyed the ferry again, just in time to escape
the advance of the rebel cavalry pursuing. Late
in the evening I destroyed a third wagon train
and depot a few miles above and west of Tappa
hannock, on the Rappahannock, and from that
point made a forced march of twenty miles, be—
ing closely followed by a superior force of caval
ry, supposed to be a portion of "Stuart's," from
the fact that we captured prisonere from the Ist,
sth, and 10th Virginia Cavalry. At sundown
we discovered a force of cavalry drawn in line of
battle above King and Queen C. K. Their
strength was unknown, but I advanced at once
to the attack, only however to discover that they
were friends, being a portion of the 12th Illinois
Cavalry, who had become separated from the
command of Lieut. Col. Davis, of the same regi
ment. At 10 A. Id., on the 7th, I found safety
and rest under our own brave flag within our
lines at Gloucester Point. This raid and march
about the entire rebel army—a march nearly two
hundred miles—has been made in less than five
days, with a loss of one officer and thirty-seven
men, while we captured and paroled upwards of
three hundred men.
I take pleasure in bringing to your notice the
officers of my staff, Captain P. Owen Jones, Cap
tain Armstrong, Captain Mclrvin, Dr. Mickley,
Lieut. Estis, especially the latter, who volunteer
ed to carry a dispatch to Major General Hooker.
He failed in the attempt; but, with his escort
of ten men, he captured and paroled one major,
two captains, a lieutenant, and fifteen men; but
was afterwards captured himself, with his escort,
and was subsequently recaptured by our own
forces, and arrived here this morning. I cannot
praise too highly the bravery, fortitude, and un
tiring energy displayed throughout the march
by Lieut. Col. Davies, and the officers and men
of the Harris Light Cavalry, not one of whom
but was willing to lose his liberty or his life, if
he could but aid in the great battle going on,
and win for himself the approbation of his ohief.
Respectfully submitted, J. KILPATRICK.
Colonel Com'g Ist Brig. 3d Div. Cavalry Corps
REBEL ACCOUNT OF THE RECENT
BATTLES.
Gen. Lees Official Despatch.
Museum, May 3, 1863.
To PRESIDENT DAVIS :—Yesterday Gen. Jack
son penetrated to the rear of the enemy, and
drove him fito'lm all his positions from the Wilder
ness to within one mile of Chancellorsville.
He was engaged at the same time in front by
two of Longatreet's divisions.
Many prisoners were taken, and the enemy's
loss in killed and wounded is large.
This morning the battle was renewed.
He was dislodged from all his positions around
Chancellorsville, and driven back tcwards the
Rappahannock, over which he is now retreating.
We have again to thank Illmighty God for a
great victory.
I regret to state that Gen. Paxton was killed,
Gen. Jackson severely, and Glen. Heth and A. P.
Hill slightly wounded. ROBERT E. LEE,
General Commanding.
Official Report of the Capture of
Grand Gulf.
WASHINGTON, May 8.
The Secretary of the Navy has rewired the
following despatch :
FLAG-SHIP BENTON, BELOW GRAND GULF,
MISSISSIPPI, April 29, 1863.
Via Memphis, 9 P. M., May 4.
lion. Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Raw
I have the honor to inform you that, by an
arrangement with General Grant, I attacked the
batteries at Grand Gulf, this morning, which
were very formidable. After a fight of five
hours and a half we ellenced the lower batteries,
but failed to silence the upper one, which was
high and strongly built, and had guns of very
heavy calibre.
The vessels were unmanageable in the heavy
current. It fired but feebly towards the last,
and the vessels all laid by and enfiladed it, while
I went up a short distance to communicate with
General Grant, who concluded to land the troops
and march over to a point two miles below Grand
Gulf.
I sent the Lafayette back to engage the upper
battery, which she did, and drove the persons
out of it, as it did not respond after a few fires.
At six o'clock, P. M., we attacked the batteries
again, and under cover of the fire, all the trans
ports passed by in good condition.
The Benton, Tueemnbia and Pittsburg, were
much cut up, having 24 killed and 56 wounded,
but they are all ready for service. We land the
army in the morning on the other side, and
march on Vicksburg.
DAvln P. PcatTHR, Acting Rear Admiral.
WASHINGTON, May 8.
The Navy Department received to-day the fol
lowing :
FLACI.SHIP BENTON, GRAND GULF, MIN., I
May 3, 1863.
_
Hon. Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy :
Sin :—I have the honor to report that I got
under way this morning, with the Lafayette,
Carondelet, Mound City and Pittsburg, and pro
ceeded up to the forts at Grand Gulf, for the
purpose of attacking them again ? if they had not
been abandoned_
The enemy left before we got up, blowing up
their ammunition, spiking their large guns and
burying or taking away the light ones. The
armament consisted of thirteen guns in all. The
works are of the most extensive kind, and would
seem to defy the effort of a much heavier fleet
than the one which silenced them. The forts
were literally torn to pieces by the accuracy of
our fire. Col. Wade, the commandant of the
batteries, was killed; also his chief of staff.
Eleven men were killed that we know of, and our
informant says many wounded, and that no one
was permitted to go inside the forts after the
action except those belonging. We had a hard
fight for these forts, and it is with great pleasure
that I report that the navy holds the door to
Vicksburg. Grand Gulf is the strongest place
on the Mississippi. Had the enemy succeeded
in finishing the fortifications, no fleet would have
taken them. I have been all over the works and
found them as follows ! One fort on Point bf
Rocks, seventy five feet high, calculated for six
teen guns, mounting two seven-inch rifles, and
one eight inch and one Parrot gun on wheels,
carried off. On the left of these works is a tri
angular work, calculated to mount heavy guns.
These works connected with artothe* fott by
covered way, and double rifle pits, extending
one quarter of a mile, constructed with much
labor, and showing great skill on the part of the
constructor. The third fort commands the river
in all directions. It. mounted one splendid
Blakeley one hundred pounder, and one eight•
inch and two thirty pounders. The latter were
lying bursted or broken on the ground. The
gunboats had eo covered up everything with
earth, that it was impossible to see at first what
was there with the exception of the guns that
were dismounted or broken. Every gun that
fell into our hands was in good condition, with a
large quantity of ammunition.
This is by far the most extensively built works,
with the exception of those at Vicksburg, I have
yet seen, and I am happy to say that we hold
them. I am dismounting the guns and getting
on board the ammunition.
Since making the above examination, new forte
have been passed, nearly finished. They had
no guns, but were complete of the kind, as re
gards position, and had Leavy field pieces in
them. DAVID D. PORTER.
Admiral Com'ding the Mississippi Squadron.
CAPTURE OF GRAND GULF AND
PORT GIBSON,
CINCINNATI, May 9.—A special dispatch to
the Gazelle, dated Memphis, the 7th inst., states
that General Grant has captured Grand Gulf,
Port Gibson, and Willard Valley, and on Wed
nesday was 30 miles up the Big Black River,
marching on the rear of Vicksburg. The army
was enthusiastic at the speedy prospect of a
victory.
[Grand Gulf is on the Mississippi, two miles
below the mouth of Black River_ Port Gibson
is six miles inland. It is a thriving town, in a
splendid rich country, and is connected by a
railroad with Grand Gulf. " Willard Valley,"
spoken of in the above despatch, should proba
bly be " Willow Springs," a post village about
eight miles northeast of Port Gibson. The Big
Black River is in fine navigable order, and the
fleet and transports may ascend it to within ten
or twelve miles of Vicksburg.—Rds. Bulletin.]
OFFICIAL DESPATCH FROM GEL
GRANT.
Wasnisoron, May 9, 1863.—The following
has been received at Headquarters:
GRAND Gur.r, May 3, 1863.—T0 Mc/or-General
H. W. Ilalleck„ General-in-Chi/':
We landed at boulinsburg April 30th, and
moved immediately on Port Gibson. We met the
enemy, eleven hundred strong, four miles south
of Port Gibson, at two o'clock in the morning
on the let, and engaged him all day, entirely
routing him with the less of many killed, find
about 500 prisoners besides the wounded. Our
loss is about 100 killed and 500 wounded.
The enemy retreated towards Vicksburg, de
stroying the bridges over the two forks of the
Bayou Pierre. These were rebuilt and the pur
suit continued until the present time.
Besides the heavy artillery at this place, four
tield pieces wore captured and some stores, and
the enemy was driven to destroy many more.
Tho country is the most broken and difficult
to operate in I ever saw.
Our vintory has been most complete, and the
enemy thoroughly demoralized.
Very Respectfully,
11. S. GRANT, Maj.-Gen. Com'nding.
• GRAND GUI', Miss., May 6, via gair9,
Major. Gee. //. W flalleck, General. in -Chief
I learn that Colonel Grierson, with his cavalry,
has been heard of—first, about ten days ago, in
Northern Mississippi. He moved thence and
struck the railroad, thirty miles east of Jackson
at a point called Newton's station. He then
moved southward towards Enterprise and de
manded the surrender of the place. He gave
them an hour's grace, during which General
Lormniey arrived. He left at once and moved
towards Hrtzlehurst, on the New Orleans and
Jackson railroad.
At this point he tore up the track, thence he
moved to Bahala, ten miles further south on the
same road; thence eastward on the Natchez road,
where he had a fight with Wirt Adams's cavalry.
From this point he wooed back tO tic Now
Orleans and Jackson Railroad to Brookhaven,
ten miles south of Bahala.
When last heard from he was three miles from
Summit, ten miles south of the last named point,
and was supposed to be making his way to Ba
ton Rouge.
lie had spread excitement throughout the
State, destroyed railroads, trestle-works and
bridges, burned locomotives and railway stook,
and destroyed stook of all kinds. He also took
many prisoners.
IT. S. GRANT, Major-General
What the Democrats Hope to Do
when they get Into rower.
1. They will restore the liberty of the press.
2. They will restore the freedom of speech.
3. They will restore personal liberty, by re—
storing the privilege of the writ of Hennas COE
PUB.
4. They will re-establish the supremacy of
the law, by subjecting the military to the civil
authority of the country.
5. They will dismiss the army of provost mar
ehalm in the loyal States,
6. They will not allow the military to be drawn
up in line at the polls, during a popular election.
7. They will not allow the voters to be bribed
or intimidated by Government officials.
8. They will call shoddy contractors, rascally
Government agents, and middle men to a strict
account, and perhaps make them disgorge some
of their profits.
9. They will stop all arbitrary arrests, and
hold the party who. caused them td be made, an
swerable for their Grime& notwithstanding the
unconstitutional bill of indemnity.
10. They will endeavor by these and all other
lawful means to restore the Constitution. And,
finally,
11. They will use all their power, and all the
statesmanship which they can muster to their
aid, to restore the Union as it was before an in
sane, fanatical, party endeavored to carry ont
the unconstitutional Chicago platform.
Now, we call on the Abolitionists to give us
their platform, Let us see whether they have
anything else in view than to prolong the wee
beyond the next Presidential election, and use
the military—to defeat the Democrats at the
ballot-box. Will the people submit to it ?—Age.
WASHINGTON A ' 0 COPPERHEAD.”
George Washington was a "Copperhead," ac
cording to the Republican definition of that
word. If the following extracts from hie rare-
Addroes are not "Copperhead sentiments,"
we know not what are. At any rate they are
Democratic sentiments :
"Indignant by frown upon the first dawning of
every attempt to alienate any portion of our
country from the rest, or to enfeeble the sacred
flee which now link together the various parts.
The Constitution which at any time exists, till
changed by an explicit and authentic act of the
people, is sacredly obligatory upon all.
Resist with care the spirit of innovation upon
,its principles, however specious the pretexts.
The spirit of encroachment tends to consoli—
date the powers of all departments in one, and
thus create, whatever the form of Government, a
real despotism,
Let there be no change by usurpation ; for though
this in one instance may be the instrument of
good, it is the customary weapon by which/roc you
verarnatt is destroyed."