Mbx4 •g itt Froth Gen. Banks' DivitiOn! Battle near Winchester—The Oombiaed Foroee of Jaokeon—Bmitk and Long street Boated. WINCHESTER, March 23-8 o'clock, P. M.—l have just come in from the Wry front of the battle, three miles out. We have gained a complete vigtory over Jackson, taken two guns tRiSSIORS, and killed at least 100, and wounded twice as many. Our loss is not-over 150 killed and wound ed. Our men did well; they took a sroiat,many muskets. The enemy is in full retreat. LATER 10 o'clock, P. M.—We have 'this day achieved a glorious victory over the combined forces of Jackson, Smith and Longstreet. The battle was fought within four miles of this place. It raged from half past ten o'clock this morning until dark.— The enemy's strength was about 15,- 000. The strength of our division was not over 8,000. The loss of the enemy in killed and wounded is not ascertained, but it is double that of ours. We have captured a large number of prisoners and some of their guns. The ground is strewn with the arms they have thrown away in their flight. The Cavalry is still in pursuit of the retreating ene my. The particulars cannot be ac curately- ascertained until daylight. WASHINGTON, March 23.—Tele graphic dispatches received here from Winchester, dated last night, at 10} o'clock, say : A slight skirmish occurred this af ternoon, a short distance from Win chester, on the Strasburg road, be tween a portion of General Shields' *coop& and the rebel cavalry, with four pieces of artillery. The enemy retreated with a loss, as soon as our guns opened fire. One man was killed on our side, and Gen. Shields' suffered a slight in jury on the left arm, above the elbow, from a fragment of a shell which burst near him. A prisoner brought in to-night, says that the enemy were under the impression that our troops had left Winchester, and Jackson's forces were on the road from Strasburg, un der the same impression. Our Loss at Winohester, WINCHESTER, 11 P. m.,March In consequence of the forward move of our forces, the reports of killed, wounded, and missing could not be ascertained, but our loss is from eigh ty to one hundred killed, among whome are one colonel, and fourteen captains and lieutenants; two hun dred wounded among whom are ten officers. The enemy lost nearly five hundred killed and wounded, and three hundred prisoners. he Enemy Retreating Towards Stras burg. WASAINOTON, March 24.-12:20 P. N. —A dispatch from Winchester says : Our forces to-day pursued the Rebels with extraordinary courage towards Strasburg, driving them like frightened sheep. Prom Gen. Burnside's Com mand ! Beaufort Evacuated—Fort Macon Destroy- ed--The Pirate Nashville Burnt. FORTRESS MONROE, March 23.—The Steamer Chancellor Livingston ar rived last night. Immediately after the occupation of Newbern, North Carolina, Gener al Burnside started an expedition to Beaufort, but the place was evacua ted before our troops approached.— Fort Macon was blown up_ by the rebels, and the steamer Nashville burned. On the day that General Burnside occupied Newbern, sixteen thousand rebel troops were on the road be tween Goldsboro and Newbern. The steamer Suwanee sailed for Hatteras yesterday with mails and passengers. The steamer Illinois returned to New York this morning. The steamer Vanderbilt arrived to-day. The new gunboat Chocura arrived from Boston last night. The Bombardment at Number Ten--Up per Battery Silenced--Rebel Transports Burned, &o. CHICAGO, March 24.—The following is a special dispatch to the Tribune of this city : OFF ISLAND No. 10, SUNDAY, 9 F. N. The firing continues steady both day and night, at intervals of half an hour. Oar fire is mostly concentrat ed upon the upper battery, which is now falling to pieces. The battery has not replied for two days. Only one gun can be seen in position, and that is probably a Quaker. The batteries on the main shore are Mysteriously silent, and the en campments grow less day by day.— The rebel transports continue flying about, apparently carrying a wa y troops. The river is still rising, and every thing is overflowed. The rebels were driven out of one of their bat tahies, and had' been seen attempting tooroot new ones, but the well direct fire of our mortars prevented than. special to the Times,, from Cairo, slays thaethe officers of the steamer Lem Brie No. 2, which left Island Mb. 10, at eleven o'clock last night, slit a large fire near the Kentucky silo* *Mob kept increasing as they got up the river. It wail supposed to be the rebel transports had igilitfted - by the bursting of the GOterel Banks Adoenfin4 on Staseburg. .WatennteTow, March 25.—A die -4 pekeollmeeivetteet -nighe tkom Win doolitarAmportbeit %aim Imo iharartwo nibs bs* St g, be intended toleke The Battle at Winchester, EMI"810118 1,600 riwfD AND WOITIMED. Great inasightes on Beth Wes—Gallant Merge d the 84th Pennsylvania—The Irish Refuse to Fire on Our Troops. WASHINGTON, March 26 —Tile fol lowing dispatch from General Shieids to Senator Rice dated Winchester to-day, was read in the Senate this afternoon : On the morning of the 53d, my command, 7000 to 8000 strong was attacked near this place by Jackson with eleven regiments of Infantry and the Irish battallion, and about 1,500 Cavalry and 28 pieces of artil lery. After a severe fight the ene my was put in complete rout ; caval ry behind. Two pieces of cannon, four caissons and a large number of small arms, besides about three hun dred prisoners. Our loss is 150 kill ed and 300 wounded. The enemy's loss is 500 killed and 1,000 wounded. A committee of citizens, Mayor and Provost Marshal have buried all the Confederate dead which have been brought to town. 85 were buried On the battle field, 123 buried on the roadside, between here and Strasburg. 235 prisoners were sent to Baltimore, and others are on their way here. Our loss was heavy. • Out of three hundred men engaged in the Eighty-fourth Pennsylvania, twenty-six were killed and eighty three wounded. Col. Murray fell while leading this gallant corps for ward, and many other dashing offi cers were killed or wounded. The Fifth and Eighth - Ohio shared in the glory and losses, and the Third Virginia also suffered. Lieut. Col. Thoburn, commanding his corps, was severely wounded while leading it forward to the last charge. The enemy's killed and wounded strewed the ground in profusion, and their left wing was utterly broken and their centre wavering. On their side the 4th and sth Virginia regi ments suffered most. The former was terribly decimated. Several attempts to rally the right wing failed, and, to add to the confu sion, the Irish battalion of a hundred and fifty men, when brought forward and ordered to fire upon Union troops, refused, and the rebel regi ment drove this gallant little band forward, but could not compel them to fire upon the Union army. Forty corpses of the one hundred and fifty afterwards strewed the field. Meanwhile the rebels gave way on their left and centre, with a loss of seven hundred killed and wounded, and two hundred and thirty-six taken prisoners. Besides these, about fifteen hundred muskets were taken and many other valuable trophies. Our loss does not exceed one hundred killed, and three hundred wounded. The roar of musketry and cannon was incessant for several hours, and particularly between two and six p. m. The rebels withdrew under cover of night in some confusion, and retreated about four miles toward Strasburg. Yesterday, Gen. Banks, at the head of a large force, pursued them, and at last accounts they were at Stras burg, losing everything in their flight. Death from Intemperance. Coroner - McClung was king enough to-day to give us the particulars of an inquest held this morning on the body of a woman named Margaret Patterson, who died last night, at her residence in the Eighth Ward. The husband of deceased went to his work yesterday morning, and on his return last night found his wife lying on the floor dead, and her three little children sitting beside her.— The testimony went to show that deceased was addicted to the use of liquor, and had been in delicate heath for some time. The jury found a verdict of death from intemperance. —Pitts. Post. Breach of Promise. The Ohio Patriot, at New Lisbon, Ohio, contains an account of a trial for breach of promise. The defend ant was a Rev. E. R McGregor, a Presbyterian clergyman. The jury returned a verdict for Helen Bell, the injured fair one, for $lO,OOO. We hope she may get it. The Patriot contains twenty-four letters from the McGregor, the publication of which might make a fortune for the sensa tion press. The Promotion of Gen. Sigel. We are glad to announce the nom ination and confirmation of Gen. Sigel to a Major Generalship. It is a promotion well earned, and which the country will most heartily en dorse. Sigel has won his way to the list of Major Generals by a series of hard fought battles, in which he dis played not only great generalship, but the most irresistible pluck and determination. kir Lieutenant Werden, the gal lant commander of the Monitor, is still very ill. A letter from one of his friends, dated at Washington, Monday, says : "Erysipelas has broken out, and for two or three days we feared for his life. He is rallying a little now, and with my wife and his wife, and three surgeons, we hope to bring him round, though he will be awfully scared. But he will have the consolation of knowing that he is the first man who ever had a score of ten-inch shells burst with in ten inches of his head and live to to tell it, sar-At the rate things are going on, there will soon be a dearth of leaders in the rebel service. Since the war began no less than seventeen Generals have died, committed sui cide, resigned, been killed, eaPtur ed or pppended 1 In the latter cat egory most be 'ranked ?Orb the thief, and Pillow, the ditch-digger. Dig* ft A epeeist dispatch from Cairo to the Cincinnati Ommercial gives the following news, received direct from Memphis :---Memphis is in a state of agitation and terror. The fair grounds are used for a camp. Every one capable of bearing arms is be ing impressed into the service. Men are even dragged from - their beds.— The proclamation of the Mayor in regard to burning the city has no influence. A majority of Aldermen, in convention with leading military officers, decided at a meeting, held a fortnight ago, to burn the city when they evacuate, in spite of the Mayor. Tiler. are no fortifications at Mem phis. The news of the battle of Pea Ridge caused great depression. The Federal gunboats were expected daily. Two hundred and five Union prisoners are in the city, who are m ade the victims of much abuse at the hands of the guards. One of them was shot at for looking out of a window. Three gunboats are on their way at Memphis, but it will take a long time to finish them. At Fort Ran dolph only four guns are mounted.— At Fort Pillow, however, there is a strong fortification, mounting twen ty-five sixty-four's and thirty-two's. There are about 7,000 troops there. At Union city there are only 450 troops. Generals Beauregard, Cheat ham, Polk and Clark went to Cor inth, Miss., a fortnight ago. The rebels have a force of 38,000 there and expect to make a stand either at Corinth or Bethel. It was the general impression that this battle would be the decisive one of the cam paign, and that the fortunes of the South would hinge upon its results. At Memphis and at other large points, even at New Orleans, there was considerable Union feeling. Southern papers do not represent the feelings of the mass of people They, as well as everything else, are under control of politicians and the military. At New Orleans there are thirteen gunboats on the ways, to be plated with railroad Iron. Fort Pike is reputed to be in our posses sion. It was a mere temporary struc ture, mounting only three or four guns. - The report that the South is well supplied with provisions, is absurd. They have not stock enough on hand to last six months Clothing, shoes, etc., are also very difficult to obtain. No confidence is felt in Southern cur rency, or Southern military leaders Jeff. Davis was universally denoun ced as incompetent. Floyd isevery where considered an arrant knave. Mrs. Buckner had arrived at Mem phis. She complained of not being allowed to go fhrther North than Cairo. In the parlor of the Gayosa House she attracted universal atten tion, by her bitter denunciation of Pillow and Floyd. The former is re ported to have said that be would shoot Floyd whenever he met him. It was the general impression at Memphis that no stand would be made at Island No. 10, but that a battle would be risked at Fort Pil low. At the latter place, however, retreat is cut oft by land, as the coun try in the rear is inundated and swampy. The above facts are relia ble, as I have them from a Northern man, of old acquaintance, whose word may bo relied upon. Further Advance into Tennessee—Rebels Concentrating at Corinth—Alarm at Memphis. Cam, March 24.—An arrival from Tennessee river says that eight thou sand men, under Gen. Wallace, had visited Adamsville, eight miles from the Pittsburgh landing, where there was understood to be a large force. On arriving there they found that the rebels had gone. Armed rebels are concentrating at Corinth, Miss., where a stand will be made. All their unarmed recruits are being sent to Decatur, Ala. At Memphis, all the rebel stores are being removed to place of safety in the event of an attack by the Union forces. There is but little known at Memphis of movements at Island No. 10 outside of military circles. The Superintendent of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad bad placed four teen locomotives and two hundred ears at the disposal of Gen. Polk for the transportation of troops to Cor rinth. Beauregard is at Jackson, Tenn. On Tuesday the bridge across Turkey creek, on the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, was burnt by Union troops. How Gen. HoCullooh was Killed. A Pea Ridge correspondent to the Missouri Democrat writes as follows : —We killed General Slack and young Clark, son of Merriweather Clark, of St. Louis; who had his head taken off by a cannon ball. He commanded a battery gallantly, and had just given the order to retreat, when a ball struck him on his horse. Lieut. Colonel McCulloch ; son of the Gen eral, was also found among the dead, with his commission in his pocket, near Elkhorn Tavern. McCulloch was killed in the brush on a slight elevation on the opposite side of the field, by Peter Pelican, a private in Company B, 36th Illinois. The at tack in which the übiquitous Ben was taken off, was led by Capt. Mil ler. McCulloch wore a dress of black velvet, patent leather high-top boots, and he had on a light-colored, broad brimmed Texan hat. He was on a light bay horse. Pellican went up and took a good watch, now in possession of Col. Grensel. STILL SAUCY.—A letter from Charlestown, Virginia, says that many of the rebels exhibit the same rude and hostile spirit as when Charlestown was occupied by Gen. Patterson, and in one case one of the ladies of the town spat in the face of a Federal soldier, notwithstanding she was protected in (*edam& to or ders, in the house she occupied. Horrible Murder. Friday morning about daylight, the be iir of i t runs , urn .named Hopkins was found on' the river bank, below a house of ill-repute kept by a Mrs. Walker, in Parkers burg: His brains had been blown out, and his head and face were shockingly mutilated. The coroner was sumnaoned i and Mrs. Walker and two of her girls arrested. Circum stances go to show that the murder was committed at her house. The floor had been newly scrubbed, and the yard covered with cinders to con ceal what appeared to be traces of blood. The deceased, it appears, was at Mrs. Walker's about midnight with some friends, and left ;there 4 in their company. It is believed that be returned afterward alone, and crettinc , into some difficulty with the inmates was brutally murdered in cold blood. The affair is being in vestigated. A Noble Son of a Noble Sire. We printed yesterday morning a communication, describing the effort of Commodore Joseph Smith to hur ry forward and assist in the work of the Monitor. The son of this veter an officer was in command of the Congress, and lost his life on that fatal Saturday. When the elder Smith saw the first dispatch from Fortress Monroe that the Congress had raised the white flag, he only remarked quietly "Joe's dead 1" No Roman father ever paid a no bler or more emphatic tribute of con fidence to a gallant son, than is con tained in the words so uttered, nor ever gave that son to his country with more cheerful and entire devo tion. And the sad assurance was well founded. The flag was not struck until his son had fallen.— Boston Advertiser. Rebelling Against the Rebel Cause— Jeff Davis' Cause Hopeless. WASHINGTON, March 26.—A man name(rPollock reached here to-day from Culpepper county, near the rebel army. lie is known at Washington as a reliable and intelligent man, and says that there is a local insur rection among the white people against Davis' rule, they fearing that their ease is hopeless since the retreat from :Manassas and the rebel defeat at Winchester. Every effort has been made to con ceal all bad news from the people.— lie doubts if the rebels will make a full stand at Gordonsville. Whereabouts of Rebel Generals—Doings at Island No. 10 ST. Louis, March 26.—A Repub lican's Cairo dispatch says: Persons who left Memphis report Beaure gard, Polk, Cheatham and Clark at or near Corinth, Miss. where it is ex pected a great battle will soon be fought. The rebels at Island No. 10 have not burned their transports and barg es as previously reported, but were transporting cannon, ammunition, &c., from the island to the main land. They communicated by signal lights with their forces at Union City night before last. The Effect of our Gunboats. CHICAGO, March 24th.—On Sunday our mortars fired with considerable regularity, but the result was not ascertained Owing to the unfavora ble weather, the baloon reconnois sance did not take place. A special dispatch from Cairo to the Chicago Tribune, dated Saturday night, says that the gunboat Mound City fired twenty shots at the mid dle batteries, with considerable effect. Our officers, with a glass, counted five rebels killed at a single shot. Beaufort, North Carolina, Gen. occupation of this place by Gen. Burnside, places the whole of the coast of North Carolina within the waters of Pamlico Sound in our hands. The only places now occu pied by the rebels of any importance on the Southern Atlantic Coast, are the cities of Wilmington, North Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina. and Savannah, Georgia. We pre sume the Government will lose no time in subduing these cities, as it will be dangerous for our troops on the coast, as soon as summer com mences. Those places should be oc cupied by garrisons, and our armies would be able to fall back into the interior before hot weather comes Killed on the Railroad, A train on the Branch Road, while passing near the residence of Jacob Cassell, on its way into Cadiz, Ohio, on last Monday evening, ran over a man named Elisha Lewis, killing him instantly. At the place where the accident occurred, the road passes over a ditch some two or three feet deep, and it is supposed that he had fallen into it, and being in a state of intoxication, was unable to get out of the way of the train. His body was terribly mangled. General Shields. The victory gained by General Shields' column is what might have been anticipated of that gallant officer. Ex-President Pierce, who served with him in Mexico, often spoke of Shields as a man whose powers never developed themselves except amid the great excitement of the battle field. Such a man was Massena, whom Bonaparte denomi nated the "spoiled child of victory." BULL RUN AND BALL'S BLUFF.- Gen. Cadwallader has returned to Philadelphia, having added his page to the testimony in the Bull Run affair. It is said that the committee will make a report, speaking of it and the Ball's Bluff disaster, in a few weeks. Gen. Stone is held responsi ble for the Ball's Bluff affair in a great measure. It charges Stone with treason. Generals Scott &ad McDowell are vindicated of man: ligament at Bull 'Ann. The Advance Upon Newham A letter from on board the gun boat Chasseur, (fated Monk 15th, off Newbern, North Carolina, says: The day before yesterday, March 13th, we landed all our troops, (about nine thousand) fifteen •miles below Newbern, and, as they marched up, we sailed up, and shelled the woods as we went. Now and then we came across a stubborn fort, when we would have to stop and give them a few extra "pills." The fight did not commence in real earnest until yester day morning about daylight. The min my had one thousand three hundred in the field. It has been the hardest fight we have had. Our troops have suffered severely, and we have lost some of our best officers. We have taken about five hundred prisoners, over fifty pieces of cannon, and large quantities of arms and ammunition. A large part of our troops are at Newborn, in good quarters. The rebels, upon leaving the town, set fire to the splendid railroad bridge, which was soon destroyed. They then set fire to the city in three dif ferent places and retired. This all took place before we reached the town. The negroes extinguished two of the fires, but they were una ble to suppress the third, which burned one or two hotels, and a lot of restaurants. It is true that the people, on leaving the town, set jugs of poisoned rum and whiskey out on their counters, so that our troops would get hold of the liquor. For tunately some of our officers visited the city early in the afternoon, and discovered the attempt, but not un til two of them had partaken of the mixture. One of them died last night in fits, and the other is not ex pected to live. The troops emptied the jugs in the gutters. "The city now contains one hun dred people, male and female, of the old population. This does not in clude negroes. Only three stores are open. Newbern originally con tained twelve hundred people, and contains many excellent houses, churches, &c. We have captured two nice little light-draught steam boats and several schooners, and the crew of the (Masseur have also seized a regular White Hall boat, sails and all. The barracks of the Secession ists present a sorrowful sight. Any quantity of clothing, Email arms, ammunition, and cooking utensils were thrown around. At the time of the capture they were cooking dinner, and the tables were set out. The barracks consisted ofo tie hundred clapboard buildings. Among the arti cles found on the premises was a lady's watch. The rebel blockade was two two miles below the city,and consisted of a line of brigs and schooners. We found a channel, however, at the east end of the blockade, and quietly pass ed all of the obstructions. Gen. Samuel R. Curtis. Samuel R. Curtis, 54 years of age, is a native of Ohio, his parents hav ing emigrated from Connecticut ; was a resident of New York when, as a cadet, he, in 1826, entered West Point ; he was brevetted second lieu tenant Seventh Infantry July 1,1831; resigned June 30,1832. He devoted himself to the law and to civil engin eering, and from April, 1837, to May, 1839, was chief engineer of the Mus kingum Improvement for slack water navigation. He was Adjutant Gen eral of Ohio for 1846. In June of that year, having prepared the mili tary outfit of the Ohio forces, the vol unteer contributions of Ohio, he took the field himself as Colonel of the Third Ohio regiment twelve months' volunteers; after the close of the war he acted as Assistant Adjt. to Gen. Wool; he was also civil and military Governor of Saltillo, Mexico ; also of Matamoros, Camargo and Monterey, in 1847. When lowa determined on the project to remove the obstruction at the Des Moines rapids of the Mis sissippi river, he was chosen chief en gineer, and took up his residence at Keokuk. He was several years in Congress from lowa, and resigned to accept a commission as Brigadier General. John Cl. Breokinridge. A letter dated Columbus, Ken tucky, March 7th, to the Cincinnati Times, says: "John C. Breckinridge, I now learn, was one of the evacuators of Columbus and, it is said, he was so much inebriated at the time of the rebel hegira, that it was necessary to carry him from the town in one of the transportation wagons. "The ex-Vice President of the United States has become almost a common drunkard within the past three months, I am informed, and is now rarely sober enough to be of any service to the traitorous cause he espoused. So much has he trans cended even the broad limits allowed to Secessionists, in the way of imbiba tions, that ho has lost the respect and confidence of his fellow conspi rators. At present, I learn, he is in Jackson, Tenn., suffering from the delirium tremeds, caused by his ex cesses—a sad commentary upon one who, a few years ago, was regarded as one of the ablest and most prom ising of all the politicians in the self gloryfying South." • Burnside' Tribute to M oQlellan. Gen. Burnside's generous tribute to Gen. McClellan, in his official re port of the capture of Newbern, is, says a 7 imes' special, universally no ted and Commented upon. It gives great satisfaction to Gen.McClellan's friends, coming at this time from one so able and popular as General Burnside, This tribute of Burnside runs thus : "I beg leave to say that General commanding the army that I have endeavored to carry out the very minute instructions given me by him before leaving Annapolis, and thus far events have been singularly coincident with his anticipations."— From this brief statement of preg nant import it is clear that not only_ tine *he* enterprise *as plitenecM Gen. McClellan, hut the moot minute 0bt;;A040_1M11014,M..4- details of it, and so sure was his cal culations, that they were verified in the most singular manner by the events. It is useless to deny that the masses of the people have deep-seated and settled confidence in "Sarsaparilla," as an altera tive remedy. Notwithstanding this confi dence has of late years been abused by many preparations claiming to possess its virtues but really with none at all, still the people believe in its intrinsic value as a remedy, because they have known of its cures. The rage for large bottles at low prices, has called into market many com pounds of Sarsaparilla which contain scarcely any of it, or even any medical vir tues whatever. Yet everybody knows that Sarsaparilla is the great staple antidote for Scrofula, Eruptions and cutaneous dis eases, and for the purification of the blood, when they can get the real article, or an actual extract of it. Such we are now able to inform theta they can obtain. Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co, the celebrated chemist of the East, whose reputation assures us they do well whatever they undertake, are sell ing a compound Extract of Sarsaparilla, which, although the bottles do not contain quarts, for a dollar, do contain more actu al curative power than whole gallons of the stuffs which have been in use. it Is asserted that one bottle of Ayer's Sarsapa rilla contains more than double the amount of medicinal virtue, which is af forded by any other., The fact is not only apparent to the taste, but its effects and cures afford incontestible proof that it is true. - Such a remedy htts been long sought for, and is everywhere needed by all classes of our community.—["Age," Cynthiana, Ky.] font enttroinntlantto. INDIGNATION MEETING Held at Fort Good Hope, by the Greene County Soldiers of the 85th Regiment Penn 9 a. Volunteers. The meeting was organized by calling Capt John Morris to the chair. The following preamble and resolutions were read and unanimously adopted : WHEREAS, The Commonwealth or' Pennsyl vanii. , so patriotically responding to our coun try's call, by furnishing and equipping more men than any other State in the Union, and by providing in a most liberal manner for their physical wants, and the wants of the broken families of those who, quitting their respective occupations, dropping their business. and forsa king all the comforts and enjoyments of home, families and friends, rallied to the defence of the '`Stars and Stripes," to offer to their coun try their time, their labor, and if needs oe, their lives, in defence of that Constitution and liberty purchased by the blond of our Revolutionary ancestry, did with their legislative enactments, authorize and direct the Commissioners of each county in the State to collect and pay to the families of those now in the service, and who depended upon them for their physical wants, and the possession of their homes, and which being deprived of, did enact the above in good faith, and as an inducement and encour agement to those who could not, but for the provision, have tolerated the idea of leaving their wives and little ones without some ade quate provision for their sustenance during their separation from then.; and, whereas, the Commissioners of Greene County, on numerous occasions pledged themselves to carry out said law to its full extent s and that no soldier's fam ily should be in want if in their power to relieve them. And whereas, we have been pained to learn that said C o mmissioners, since we have been mustered into the service, and our return to the support of our families thereby rendered impos sible, have eradually r=educed the amount of such pay, and placed such incumbrances and unnessary formalities in the way of its recep tion by the proper ones, that its advantages to our families is practically annihilated; whereby we do feel ourselves aggrieved, and There fore, Resolved. That we do most earnestly protest against the actions et the relief court in arraign ing our wives and mothers before the inquisi tions, and compelling them to answer degra ding, insulting, and humiliating questions, in order that they might receive the small portion that belongs to them by an act of the Legisla ture. Resolved, That the Commissioners of Greene County, by fear of, and courting favor of, rich tax payers andf stare voters, have allowed them selves to break their word, and forfeit their hon or, in practically refusing to give tha. aid, and by dividing nearly one-tenth part of the whole amount levied among themselves. they have proved that their strongest sympathies are not with the South and its rebels [as many persons have told usl but rests on the mighty dollar. Resolved, Tha while we duly appreciate the burthen of the tax payers. and fully sympathize with them, [being many of us tai payers our selves,] we know that the burden borne by them in our country's life struggle, is but very small compared with that of those who, dropping ev erything, forsaking all that is near and dear to them, and having taken up arms and gone into the tented field to defend the rights and homes of those who remain at home, as well as our own; and that we believe that it is just and right that those enjoying the comforts and luxuries of home, and having the chance of attending personally to their domestic and pecuniary af fairs, should give the small amount authorized by law, to the helpless and unassisted families of those now in the service, as we have unex pectedly found it impossible most of the time to send any considerable amount of our wages home, without suffering such privations, for want of such necessaries as are not furnished by the Government, as would often cause suf fering, or endanger our health and lives. Resolved. That the foregoing preamble and resolution: , be published in the county papers. ('apt. JOHN Mona is. Pre.vident. Lieut. .1. .11. CEAwroftn, Vice Pres . ,. Ord. zierg . t. L. M. Rouses, Ste.' y. COMMITTEE ON RE301.1 - TION R.—First Lieut. N. Hager; Lieut. R. O. Phillips,Corporal Thos. Huge, Private Isaac Teegarden, Prtvate Joseph Fannehill. Signed by J. M. Roach and one hundred and thirty others. REPLY TO THE ABOVE. • A publication which appeared in the last "Republican," purporting to be the pro ceedings of a meeting held at "Camp Good Hope," near Washington City, and com posed mainly of Capt. Morris' company of volunteers, would seem to demand some attention at our hands. We shall not stop to notice the terms of ill temper in which some of the complaints made by the mili tary are couched, but our aim will be to satisfy them and their friends that they are undeserved. No persons appreciate more highly than we do the sacrifices which the soldier makes in leaving his home and family attachments to defend the coun try, and none would t,e more unwilling to do either them or their families injustice. Our duty as a Relief Board is both to those who pay and those who receive this relief—to the tax—payer as well as the sol dier. That the families of the soldier as well as the tax-payers of the county, may have some idea of the duties intended to be re quired of us, we make the following ex tract from the law of the last session of the Legislature, under which we act as a Board of Relief. The, 14th section reads as follows : "That the associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, and the County Come miesioners of the several counties of this Commonwealth, shall constitio-- COMPARISONS. For the Messenger of Relief, to meet monthly, or as often as they find necessary; at the office of the Commissioners, and upon recommendation or suggestion furnish such amount of support or relief in each individual case, as they may deem equitable and proper for the fami lies, or for persons resident in their respec tive counties, heretofore in any degree de pendent upon such volunteers as have been enrolled and mustered into the service from their several counties, under orders from the Governor of the Commonwealth, during the existence of the present exigen cies of the General Government ; the claims or suggestions for such relief to be made in writing, setting forth the facts of the case, with such proofs and verifications as the Board may require, and to he filed in the office as vouchers for any payments which may be made thereon," 4ic. Now although our soldier friends at "Good Hope" regard some of the questioner which we have thought it proper to re quire to he answered, to prevent imposi tion, as "degrading" and "insulting," they are certainly authorized by both the letter and spirit of the law. How else could we prevent imposition, and save the relief from being used in favor of unworthy or im- proper uersons? Many of the soldiers—no doubt a ma jority of those complaining in this instance, are unmarried men, without families of their own. Certainly no one should com plain if we refuse to take the unsupported word of every one who may apply for re lief, on the ground of their being "depen dent" on the soldier for support. Again, how can we know, intelligibly, how toap ply the relief provided by the law, without knowing the number, condition, and cir cumstances of the soldier's family, and how so readily can this be done as by requiring a few plain questions to be an_ swered ? We think it proper to state as a fact, that of the relief already furnished to the families of soldiers in the army from this county, nearly one-half has been furnish ed to the families of soldiers belonging to this company and those of the signers of the proceedings of the meeting referred to; and comparing their number with that of all the other companies which have gone from the county, if these persons have cause to complain, the others have much greater cause of complaint. While we are upon this subject, we think it proper to inform the families of soldiers who went into service in Virginia Regiments, that the Legislature has re cently passed a law embracing them (as the former law should have done) as prop er subjects of relief. and that hereafter the meetings of the Relief Board will be on the first Tuesday in each month, except next month, which will be the firs tMonday. JONATHAN GARARD, THOMAS P. POLLOCK, WM. BRADEN, ELIAL LONG, D. TIIROCKMORTON. MARCH, 28, 1862. For the Messenger. THE RESULT IN MORGAN. Moac,,ts TOWNSHIP, March 22, 1862 MESSRS. JONES & ENNIIsIGS : —The elec tion in this township, yesterday, resulted in the entire success of the Democratic ticket. For Constable and Assessor, Joint R. BELL was re-elected without opposition. WM. B. STEWART was elected Judge of elections ; STEPHEN ACKLIN and Richard Hawkins, Inspectors; Jon A. GREEN— LEE, Auditor ; JAMES NICHOLLS, Super— visors; L. D. INGHRAM and Dr. W. D. Rogers, School Directors ; Jacob Rush and Benjamin Way, Overseers of the Poor. Democrats in SMALL CAPS; Republicans in Roman. The test candidates of both par— ties were first-rate men, and the Republi— cans were defeated only because they were Republicans. In haste yours, A Rich Affair--A Man Draws on a Firm for a Wife. A few days since, says the Cleve land Herald, a respectable business firm on Water street received a letter from a customer near Youngstown, enclosing an order for—a Wife ! The customer was rich, middle aged, and a Dutchman, and a widower.— Tie said he wanted a wife right off, and had no time to look up one for himself, bat sitauld be in town in the course of a day or two to marry the woman which he depended on his city friends having ready for him. Such an order rather wok the merchant aback, but the man way too good a customer to disoblige.— As they had no supply of the arti cle on hand, for sale, one of the firm went out to hunt it up. and at an In telligence office got track of a girl who could speak German and Eng lish, was tolerably good looking, and very much wanted to find husband. A bargain was struck.— The Dutchman came in yesterday, found the article ready for him, ap. proved of it, got married, and toot his carious purchase home with him. We did not learn whether the firm charged a special fee, or a per tent age commission on the market value of the article. A Good One, Jim'M'Grew, son of Mrs. Maria M'Grew, of this place, has won the respect of General McClellan by his rough way of doing his duty. The General was lately riding along the lines, seeing how the boys were get ting along. Jim was on guard when McClellan rode up. He demanded the countersign. "I am the Com. maeder-in-chief, George B. McClellan, George B. McClellan, Commander in -Chief, got down from your horse and give the countersign, or I will see what kind of a hole the musket which J. K. Morehead procured for us will make in the body of the Com mander-in-chief, Georg B. McClellan." The General dismounted, gave the word, and praised Jim for a good and faithful soldier, and told him that whenever he *Wad a favor to et him know.--:iferiongeheis Berm*. 19
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