come of the war, what would you
do? You woul d not surely ne
gotiate with traitors wslOa
„par . is
their hands?" X;
I would, assuredly, if by that ne
getiation I could get then) to lay
down their arms an‘Lograo on some
reasonable terms on which they and
we could live for the future in peace.
(Continued applause.)
Irma sure Meat there aro numbers
of moderate and honest men still in I
thik liliathcrn States. who are sick
said OfilM of this war.
The Southern States have fought
earoaderfal 604, Against numbers,
wealth, manufacturing skill, against
the '•heayiest odds they have con
tended with a courage and fortitude ,
soiree equalled in the history of hu
man endurance; but they must know
that they are outnumbered, over
weighed, tired out, and in spite of
,all their brave words it cannot be
,but that they would gladly accept
any reasonable terms by which their
lives, their rights, and their honor
should •be guaranteed them --
(4Thetw)
liar& this Union is restored it
will surely be by some compromise.
(Renewed cheers.)
.
fitus war must end some time.—
POMO is the only legitimate end and
purpose of war. Peace on some
Wets must comust last. What bet ;
ter4iay could there be to speak of
rose then on. this day, sacred to the
:/110111101 1 7 of Weallington 7 What fit
ter place than the city of Philadel
phia ? Nay, there are some reasons,
lio, why a man from the Island on
wideb.l.was barn is not less fitted on
.thataccanint to utter the word. I
will tell you why.
'
In the year 1775, when the strog- 1
gle between Great Britain and her
revolted colonies was just conimenc
iag, when from end to end of Eng
land ran one try of indignation at
'the audacity of their treason, even in
ahe British Senate, a voice was raised
j their behalf. That voice was an
Atisisman'e--Edmund Burke. Oth-
PM 'were for war, subjugation, de
emalption. lie weaseled concilia
tion, redress of grievances, conces
aim, forgiveness, peeve, his voice
was then unheeded. Great Britain
jai her Arrogance would listen to no
concession, and drew the sword.—
The (*lentos resisted. Perpetually
defeated, broken ,up fly .the British
arm.-sit oneltirne their whole army
did •ziutt souther. 8,000 Jaen—their
laid sabiagation was promised from
moo* toventh, and seemed only a
guestiou of time. Yet they were not
subdued. A hundred opportunities
1.4 w
conciliation were wasted. They
tiollite free States, and were lost to
u forever.
And Could - Bilmund , 13 urk e, under 1
*0 eye of a haughty and insulted
1;, stemming the fierce cur-
rout 4 popular preiudice; . with the
frown of angry Zwlancl . upon him
,-could rho dare to excuse the revolt
4,41410, American people, and pray
PA to the spirit, by which they
were. maivs, something might be par
doned, and I, in this republic, that
hat yesterday free, in the city where
Washington presided—within sight
of the ,eciem -where the Declaration
• et lurierican Independence was
sigued, r is it unbecoming in me to en
treat the American people to think of
11 1 4 aI rA awnhistary, their own origin
front sueoesiVal revolt—to take warn
-4.4 t,411, errors of their former
,to tomcat/4er that it was the
. a end o*inacy of Great Bri
-044 and, hardened the.
wavering policy of their forefathers'
Into a unity of resiatance that no
.Ear. or on earth could, break, and to
irtre lest by following the same
ta path, they, too, create and con
tr.?' among the people .of the South-
States, the power of cohesion,
whiCh, I' am ,persuaded, oven still
' , 404714ke1t„,#01 . so 'rander their re
tro to theatinat con,federaPy on
i y terms Tii alrable or impossible.
Po.fPlaus,),
am • see more emboldened to
speak thus because I know that my
words ea4,elaim no forne from the
IftsAiOn or authority of the speak
tl,r,-tnd carry with them only such
wesght*,iiii their own inherent justice
cut ebounand. Por I . do not speak
for any party or any men, but only
far myself.' I am no politician. 1
lire to lead no fuel-ion. I would
ne Consent to be its slave. But
atefht to this republic that has
'veil me a welcome and a home—
it for the sake of my cfi
•ll
foo
mlvheite
4si birthplace it is—hoping
IN' thetesteration of its integrity,
with all anxiety whie'l is perhaps in
teesified by the conviction of the
sinwrior blessings of its institutions,
AS compared with those of other
biniis--bound to it by every strong
tie that loyalty can weave between
OA citizens and, the State, I shudder
at the idea that in the fanaticism of
Manic, the apathy of others, in ob
stinacy, dishonesty, selfishness, reek
,liniscess, and folly, the golden hours
IPPPOPtunity are flying by, and
Bata eize inexorable logic of events
lOU !pronounce the fatal words "too
14/0 In ono word, lam for recon-
ailiatim egad peat*. Peace, pan) and
=l4ac.. Peace to be obtained by
tialassiraa may beat befit the
Moor eik4a ''cation toe great to be
o udiotive ' too o powerful to ho soh.
Aiwa, too generous to care to crush
aid trample on a foe. (The tap
planes bare was one of the most op-
Sas*** description ' and it was soy
sal minutes before . the speaker
could proceed.) But mon say "we
211.14. 4moish the South. lierciful
Owens l have they not been pun-,
Wood ? Their :cities pillaged and
ruined, their faelds wasted, their,
best blood poured mit like water,
shut in from amerce with the
World, their wealthiest rechux4d to
poverty, *Or y
proudest humbled—
what have the to depend c in their
Coate t. wallet our ismer bat Abe
grire giant energy ofd elleary ar" lt
that may still •be ,pxoof
be now.
it; it has offeeted wondsre
Wage now. Against kindness Wow*
not avail; it will thaw ana melt lib*
/4_•L11. ,
the snow of to-day before the sun of
spring.
41.ew can this. kindness be shown ?
HOw elan the nation testify its will
ingness to welcome the wanderers
back ?
The COW SC is simple. Retrace our
steps. Return to the Constitution
and the laws. (Loud and contirued
cheering.) B) that great charter
the confederacy, was formed. I3y
that, and by that alone, it can be re
stored-. Return to it, letter and
spirit. Whatever we have done in
consistent with its letter or spirit, let
us undo as far as we can.
Whatever errors we have commit
ted that cannot. be undone, let us re
pent. It was a compromise of con
flicting interests, prejudices, and pas
sions.
By that compromise the Union
was formed. By that compromise
alone the Union can be restored.
But I think I hear some indignant
Abolitionist cry out: "Make peace
with slaveholders! A Union with
negro slavery tolerated! Never,
never! War rather—war to the
knife!" Well, 1 have but little ob
jection, if they will agree to carry it
on altogether by themselves. But
1 differ from the Abolitionists in this :
They don't seem inclined to consent
to a Union in which 'slavehold ers are
allowed to exist. lam for Union at
any price, with slavery or without
slavery, so that it be a real Union—
sincere, cordial, permanent, an d
stable. (Applause.).
As to this strange and peculiar race
of men - which Providence seams to
have specially marked for physical
labor under e. tropical sun, I claim to
entertain toward them as sincere an
interest and pity as the most eager
advocate for their emancipation.
But I baffle learned to distrust the
theories of philosophers and philan
thropists.
The experiment now being made
with the negro is a terrible experi
ment. The civilized world will hold
us responsible for his fate. His
condition under his southern wasters
may have been bad—let us beware
lest in our ignorant and headlong
philanthropy we make it worse. We
have enough to apswer. for. History
will hold the American nation to ac
ccunt for the lives of the red men, the
aboriginal inhabitants of this con
tinent, who have been mercilessly de
stroyed.
I considered that a great crime. The
negro, in a condition of fixed and ac
knowledged inferiority, may have suffered
much. • But elevated suddenly to the level
of Anglo Saxon civilization, and summon
ed to perform itti duties, I greatly fear
lest his lot will turn out far worse. The
sudden glare will be too dazzling. It may
bewilder and blind him; and on the whole
the worst ills of his former condition, to
which habit had in a degree - reconciled
him, maysoon seem to him light and.easv
as compared with the vicissitudes of his
new freedom. But however that may be,
is it not clear that we•are paying for this
experiment, of at best but doubtful result,
a terrible price?
Not alone treasurr, That a nation can
I labor to replace. Not lives alone, though
those are a more bitten loss. But reputa
tion, liberty, law, principles of govern
ment, the mystic bond by which the in
tegrity of the nation was secured.
These are the-blessings that we have
put in peril or lost. As a means of weak
ening the 'southern arms the policy of ne
gro emancipation has signally failed.—
The President never said a wiser word
than when he compared it to the Pope's
bull against the comet, a vain attempt to
subject the immutable laws of nature to
the petty projects of man, and for this the
nation has wandered from the safe road
on which, for seventy years of prosperity,
power, and happiness, it has walked.
For this it has taken the first steps on the
fatal path that leads to unknown dangers, per
, haps to anarchy or despotism. Let it draw
back white it is time.
But to whatever course it may be impelled,
whatever errors it may commit, whatever dis
asters may be before it, the great mass of the
AmeriCan people are, 1 believe, sensible, wise,
moderate, and true. In the midst of the storm
that has burst upon us their loyalty is still, I
think, pure and &unshaken—loyalty not to a
traction whose policies may change with the
men who lead or desert it—loyalty nor to an
office nor to a person who may err through ig
[ nprance of bad advice, but loyalty to a princi
ple—the principe of national union, of 'rational
honor, of national life, and to the charter in
which that principle is embodied—the Consti
tution of the United fitates. (Loud and pro
tracted applause-)
What is that principle, diversity and unity ?
The principle by whoSe light the states were
led into union without surrendering their sov
ereignty—like stars, each revolving round the
van, each having its orbit, its own diurnal rev
olutions— forming one glorious constellation,
within which are all united and each is free.
The people's voice must be spoken and it
must be heard , for when the heart of the peo
pleis stirred it speaks in thunder: Their will
ntust be obeyed. The desire to silence it on
any pretext is a sympton of incapacity or evil
dsajgA art the part of f.hosd who. express it.—
These three states, at least—New-York, New
Jersey, Pennsylvania—iv:mad mg - pate by
common interests, traditions, and hopes, bp
their geoeraphical position marked out for
peacemakers between the warring elements
that fret against their borders—these in which
Washington found his trials, his reverses, his
sufferings, and his triumph—these at least will
be true to his teaching, will respect what he
respected, love what he loved. and be guided
by his spirit to the last, and even if the worst
4:tepid come on us—if the tide of fanaticism
and folly should rise still higher, if the pillars
of liberty should one by one be sapped and
overwhelmed, even amid the waves of anarchy
or despotism, still brgasting the flood, the peo
ple will lift their eyes to the memory of Wash,
ington as the bright partiCalar star at their de
votion, and holding aloft the Constitution he
revered, cry to the last with unfailing hope:
God save the Union—Long live the Republic.
The conclusion of the address was received
with great applause.
A Little Traveler.-4 Rae girl
about twelve years of age, named
Annie Morley, Arriypd in Wheeling,
Virginia, on Thursday last, 'rpm. the
interior ot Xinnesota. She had trav
eled all the way from Minnesota
alone. She - vas a witness to one of
the inhuman maseaeres which lately
took place in that State, arid saw
her father murdered by a set of sav
ages.
Sor Reader, if you want a mild
purgative for children, or one pow
erful for adults, take Ayer's Pills.
They are sugar-coated and pleasant
to We and are well enough known to
be good, without our recommenda
tion.
inirPaok your oases in as small a
awe as yea•can, so that you sal
eam them mum** : and not let
them annoy others.
CM
FMB
aintsbieg.ifttsunger.
WEDIVEDAY, MAROCEI IS, 1563.
The Iland-Writing on the Wall.
—New York Municipal Elec..
nous.
The town elections for local of cers in
the State of New York, as far as we have
seen, show surprising Democratic gains.—
The New York Herald, basing its calcula
tion on the returns received up to Satur
day last, thinks the combined Democratic
majorities will not. fall short of ft h f undred
thousand. We have gained in almost ev
ery town over the v9te of Qovernor Sey
mour, and in several Cases the change has
been almost too extraordinary for belief.
In Oswegatchie, for instance where the
Republicans had 637 majority in 1861, the
Democrats have carried their ticket by
an average majority of 80. In Chemung
county, the Democratic majority is 700,
while Gov,. Seymour's was forty-two. In
Delaware the Democrats elect eight super
visions where they only had three la_et
year. These are but samples of the gen
eral returns, and our readers may depend
upon it that the great Empire State is
strongly and reliably Democratic. The
Abolition organs attempt to deceive their
readers by copying pretended victories
where there were no partizan issues made,
but they will not, and dare not, without
convicting themselves of falsehood, pub
lish the returns.
The Democracy of the North-
west.
Have the Democracy of the North-west
changed their position on the war? says
the Detroit Free Press, the Democratic
organ of Michigan. This question ie fre
quently asked, and we answer they have
not changed. We are, to use the strong
and pertiLent language of the Illinoisses
olutions, "unalterably opposed to any sev
erance of the Union, and never can con
sent that the great North-west shall be
severed from the Southern States com
prising the Mississippi Valley. That riv
er shall never water the soil of two na
tions, but from its source to its confluence
with the Gulf, shall belong to one great
and united people." This declaration, in
various forms and under various circum
stances, has been reiterated and confirmed
by the Democracy of the entire North
west. It is their platform, their creed.—
In laying down this as a position from
which they could not deviate, they fully
comprehended its import and meaning,
and considered iiie consequences in all
their bearings ; and wt are gratified in be
ing able to state that in this resolution the
Democracy of the North-west stand shout _
der to shoulder with the Democracy of New
York and Pennsylvania.
MOB VIOLENCE
It is very evident, we think, that the
meanest of the Abolition press—those
which were the loudest for "free speech
and free men"-.----would, if they dared, like
to Visit their opponents with the terrors
of mob violence. These poor fanatics are
not at all dangerous themselves, nor
would they desire to be held responsible
for the consequences of their suggestions,
becausb the game hinted at by them is
like any other amusement, more than one
can play at, it. When they, therefore,
succeed in creating a spirit which they
cannot exactly control, it may, when aug
mented, turn upon themselves. A party
which has shown itself in a majority of
the loyal States, and which is every day
increasing, is not likely to be either alarm
ed or intimidated by the obscure hints of
a few profligate opponents. fhe other
day, one of the crowd who valiantly broke
into the sanctum of the Crisis, at Colum
bus, Ohio, bad his face slapped by the edi
tor's son, and the cowardly assassin took
it. He with a crowd of ruffians, was quite
valiant in destroying unprotected•private
property in the dark, but there his valor
ended. He is a fair specimen of those who
are cowardly enough to either counsel or
practice such outrages. But had young
bledary gone to the ruffian's house and de
stroyed all it contained, the champion of
mob violence might have changed his
mind, in regard to the propriety of such
proceedings. As it was be was simply let
of personal chastisement.—Pita.
IMM;EI
For the Messenger
TO THE PUBL.IO.
In, a Late No, of the Messenger u
Card appeared from the officers of
Company A. 18th Penna. Cavalry,
stating that I had deserted while on
picket duty, and came home and•re
ported that my officers had advised
me to desert. Both of these state
ments are untrue. I was taken pris
oner by a squad of 8 or 10 Rebels be
longing to Capt. Moseley's command
about o'clock, on the morning of
the sth of Februayr, and was carried
to A.ldey, some 20 miles from where
I was taken, and there paroled Be
low is a copy of my parole, which
has been seen and examined by sev
eral eitixens of Waynesburg. 1 waa
told by the Rebels that unless re
turned to my home and not 49 the
cuing of my Regiment, I would not
be paroled until I ivas sent to Rich
mond. For this reason I came home
direct. As soon as echanged, I
shall return to my Company. My
officers never advised me to desert,
and I never said so to any body
. . JOHN FRY.
Below is my parole :
"I have thisday paroled John Fry,
a private of Company A., 18th Regi
ment Pennsylvania Vols., not :to
ewe tleo United States daring the
promo war wilco exchanged. Fab.
Bth, 1863. Jot Itosarmr,
Captain commanding.
Xtits tb's flag. -
Federal Disaster in Tennessee
--A Desperate Fight.
A Nashville dispatch states that
there was fighting all day on the sth,
between Van Dorn's command and a
Federal force of three regiments of
infantry and about five hundred eav
airy and one battery, at Spring Hill,
thirteen miles South of Franklin.—
Colonel Colburn's three regiments of
infantry were cut to pieces or cap
tured by the rebel force. They
fought desperately, hut their ammu
nition became .exhausted, and over
powered by superior numbers, were
either killed or captured. The caval
ry and artillery got off safely. No
reinforcements from General Gilbert,
at Franklin, reached the scene of ac
tion. There are seven regiments of
Federal troops at that place. Van
Dorn is reported to have eighteen
thousand men in his command.
A latter dispatch gives the follow
ing details of the fight: Five regi
ments of infantry, one battery of the
18th Ohio, with the 9th Pennsylvania
and 2nd Michigan Cavalry, all under
command of Colonel Colbuim, of the
23d Indiana, advanced on Spring
Hill, on the 4th inst. Several spirit
ed skirmishes .occurred during the
day, our troops camping four miles
distant. On the sth the movement
was renewed, the rebels falling back
in apparent. disorder on Thompson's
Station ; here they suddenly opened
on our men with three batteries, on
different points, and at the same
time they appeared on each flank in
great superior force.
Au unequal conflict was maintain
ed with great determination and
heavy los§ on both sides, but finally
resulted unfortunately to our troops.
The largest part of the 23d Indiana,
19th Michigan, 22nd Wisconsin, and
85th Indiana, with most of their coin,
missioned officers, were captured by
the enemy. Our artillery and caval
ry were successfully withdrawn. One
hundred of
.the 24th Ohio were out,
but returned without loss. All w,t 44 8
quiet Friday. The rebels have fallen
hack. Their fered' 2 Was infantry with
heavier artillery than we had. Gen
eral Gilbert's non-action, in fading to
reinforce Colonel Colburns, is severe
ly censured by the officers and men.
Fight at Thotnpson's Station.
CINCINNATI, March 9.—A special
Murfreesboro dispatch to the Gazette
gives additional particulars of the
fight at Thompson's Station. There
is no evidence that our forces were
surprised. Van born was known
to be in force ahead, and our brigade
was slowly advancing, and conse
quently skirmishing, when the reb
els with their superior force engaged
us in front and on both flanks. The
124th Ohio Ns hick was in the rear
with wagon train at the time the
rebel flank movement was made,
were cut off from the main body
and escaped. The 22nd Wisconsin,
19th Michigan, 23rd and 35th In
diana were completely surrounded
after exhausting their ammunition,
having inflicted severe loss on the
rebels, were forced to surrender.
A flag of truce sent to the rebel
lines to obtain information of our
losses was prohibited approaching
the battle-field. The hovers of the
truce were told by the rebel officers
that they had buried eighty Federal
privates, killed outright, and twen
ty who afterwards died of wounds;
and from two hundred -and fifty to
three hundred Federals were *mind
ed. No Federal. officers were killed,
and but one wounded, Col. Baird, of
the 85th Indiana, and he but slight
ly. Rebels .had a force of 12000 en-.
gaged. They lost one Colonel, sev
eral line officers, one hundred and
eighty killed, and a proportionate
number wounded.
The Seventh Pennsylvania and
Fourth Michigan Cavalry attacked
Russel's rebel Cavalry at Unionville,
ten miles from Murfreesboro, on Sat
urday, and cut thorn to pieces. The
rebels lost fifty killed and one hun
dred and eighty wounded,all by saber
strokes. Two Captains, three Lieu
tenants and fifty-three privates were
taken prisoners. All their camp
equipage was captured.
The Gazette correspondent says :
Look out forstirriug dispatches from
this varter within throe days, if
the rebels stand their ground.
The Gazette has news from Vicks
burg to Tuesday. ;Everything was
working well. It was thought that
all the canals would be successful,
and the gunboats would soon be
able to pass through them. We
wohhi soon be able to pass through
the canal opposite Vicksburg, when,
with one ghuboat up at Yazoo City,
no doubt is entertained of our ability
to get our forces in the rear of Vicks
burg and cut off their oothmhuica
tious with j'ackson.
Another Fight bn the Bi*ckwa-
ME
FORTRESS MONROE, March 4th,186.3
—At a late hour last aiget, General
Peck, commanding our fosses at Suf
folk, sent out a force under command
of Col. Samuel P. Spear, of the 11th
Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry, to
attack the enemy, who was reported
to have crossed the Blackwater, and
commenced .to throw up entrench
ments. Col. Spear advanced cau
tiously, and
.found the enemy at
Franklin, drawn.. up in • line. His
regiment charged the rebels, and suc
ceeded in capturing a number of
prisoners, and dispersing the enemy.
The rebels are under command of
General Colson, who succeeded Rog
er A. Pryor, and number at present,
probably, twenty thousand men. It
is very probable that the rebels
merely made another excursion
across the Blackwater to obtain for
age, and bad no jauntiest to attack
the Union lines. Doubtless :some.
guerrillas residing Am: the road to
acranklin, en,ooiks ag spew. sto
vanes, hurriedly leis their 'bowl' to
apprise Genus' Colson of oar • sp•
proach. Notwithstanding the ene
my was prepared, and out numbered
Col Speer's command, our men de
feated and drove the* across the
Blackwater. I have not obtained
the list of casualties, but understand
that we did not lose a man.
Disgraceful Affair.---Another
surprise.
Information was received in Wash
ington yesterday, of another oft hose
raids of the enemy which have been
so frequent and successful in that
locality, and which. are a burning
disgrace upon our arms. The dis
patch announcing the fact states
that the rebel Captain Mosely, with
his command, stealthily entered the
town of Fairfax Court House on
Monday morning at 2 o'clock. They
captured the Provcst Marshal, the
patrol, a number of horses, etc., to
gether with Gen. Stoughton, r.nd all
the men detached from his 'brigade.
They also took every horse that
could be found, public and private
The commanding officer of the post,
Col. Johnston, of the Fifth New York
Cavalry, made his escape. The reb
els searched for men in every direc
tion. .M 1 our available Cavalry
force were, at the latest accounts, in
pursuit of the rebels.
A later dispatch states that the
enemy appeared suddenly during a
rain storm. Gen. Stoughton had es
tablished his headquarters some dis
tance from his brigade. The rebels
captured 110 horses. They went in
search of General Wyndham, but
that gentleman happened to be in
Washington. They however search
ed his trunk and took his papers.—
The telegraph operator, it is said,
was taken' prisoner by the raiders.
At last accounts the cavalry were
chasing the rebels, and gaining on
them so rapidly as to pick up thirty
horses which they were obliged to
lease behind. A strong force of
rebels were at Luray recently ' and
military authorities at Winchester
are of opinion they are moving upon
upon that place.
Federal' Troubles with the Mor-
MODS
SALT LAKE CITY, March 9.—A col
lision between the military and the
Mormon citizens is imminent. Gov
ernor Harding and Associate Justices
Waite and Drake, it is understood,
have called upon Col. Conner to ar,
rest Brigham Young and his coun
sellors Kimball and Wells. The
Judge of the District Court cannot
serve any civil process, but the citi
zens are in arms, determined to pre
vent the arrest of their leaders.—
Other Federal officers and the Mor
mon citizens have telegraphed Gen
eral Wright to restrain Col. Conner
till an investigation can be had.
A Colonel of the U S. army, who
left for Washington, has been arrest
ed by Col. Conner and brought back.
It is presumed that his intentions
were unfavorable to Col. Conner's
military interference.
Skirmish in Tennessee and Ken-
tuck,'
CINCINNATI, March 10th.—Tennes
see dispatches state that Gen. J. J.
Reynolds' expedition had returned
from Readyville, Wood berry, &c.—
At the latter town they had a sharp
skirmish with the enemy, capturing
seventeen and driving off the rest.—
A small detachment went to Auburn
and routed a body of rebels, killing
three and wounding eight. Among
the killed was a Lieutenant Colonel
of Johnson's rebel cavalry.
A Succelgsful Cavalry Attack..
CINCINNATI. March 9.—A Division
of Cavalry under aettng Brig. Gen.
Minty, attacked Russell's rebel Cav
alry at Unionville, 10 miles south-east
of Murfreesboro, on the 7th instant.
They captured 21 wagons, 25 tents,
85 mules, 5 horses and all their camp
equipage and uniforms, Col. Russell,
together with a Captain, 3 Lieuten
ants and 53 privates. Two Federals
were slightly wounded, the rebels
lost 50 killed, and 180 wounded, all
by sabre strokes. The 7th Pennsyl
vania and 9th Michigan did the work.
The Cherokees.
ST. Lours, March 9. The Camp
Blunt, Arkansas, correspondent of
the Democrat under date of the 26th
ult., says, the Cherokee National
Council has just adjourned. This was
the same council that was coerced
into the passage of the ordinance of
secession by the rebel army. Their
first act was to repeal said ordinance
unanimously —they then passed an
act depriving of office in the Nation,
and disqualifying all who continue
disloyal to the United States Gov
ernment. They also passed an act
abolishing slavery.
Our Late Reverse In Tennessee,
NiSIIVILLE, March B.—Late news
from Franklin state that our troops
fought with great valor until their
Ammunition was exhausted. Our
loss in killed and wounded is about
three hundred, and one thousand
prisoners. The report about the
rebel negrn regiments proves to be
untrue. The rebel loss, according to
their statement, is double what ours
WP have DO officers killed.
Skirmish Near Paris, Kentucky
CINCINNATI, March 13.-4 skir
mish took place yasterday twelve
miles front Paris, Iy. A. forage train
was attacked by about fifty guerillas,
who were beaten off by the team
sters and guard. Reinforcements
were sent forward.
Destination Breadatsdfs,
The Great Elevator of the Michi
gan Southern Railroad, at Toledo,
with 120,000 bushels of grain, and
20,000 barrels of flow, was destroy
ed, by fire on Wednesday morning
11.44. Una $200,000.
Write. IL I. Mem, Main sUsis,
WlWlmaw& 11 1 0 4 114 kt P4ltbkki***9 l
the Dental prop,
Operations Before Vicksburg.
Late arrivals at Cairo bring ad
vices fr.>m Vicksburg to Thursday
last. The rebels were throwing GO
casional shells at our workmen rn
the canal opposite Vicksburg doing
no damage. The dredging machines
are still working. A transport from
the Yazoo Pass reports the contin
ued progress of the expedition. It
is rumored that the railroad between
Jackson and Columbus is to be aban
doned. The troops now guarding
It are to he sent to Vicksburg. The
Ohio and Mississippi rivers are still
rising.
Skirmish Near Columbia, Tennessee
NEW YORK, March 12.—A special
to the Herald—dated Rutherford's
Creek, four miles North of Columbia,
Tennessee, Atarch llth,—says : Gen
eral Granger came up with the ene
my at this place yesterday afternoon.
The advance guard had a skirmish
yesterday, and lost two killed and
several wounded. Several of the en
emy- were captured, and one reports
that Col. Colburn and two thousand
men were making their way to our
Distress in Ireland
Again the cry of distress comes from
Ireland. So lively an interest has been
excited in behalf of Lancashire that the
Emerald Isle almost passed out of mind ;
but according to representations made in
the British Parliament on the 20th ult.,
the suffering which which now prevails
there in many counties, chiefly for want of
food, has no parallel since the memorable
year of famine. Mr. Maguire, Cie mem
ber for Dungarvon, went so far as to assert
that, should hostilities now cease in the
United States, half the'population in cer
tain counties in Ireland would cross the
Atlantic in a few months.
New Law Upon Specie Transactions.
The following regulations contain
the substance of the recent act of
Congress in relation to the purchaso
of gold and silver coin: First—All
contracts for the purchase and sale of
gold and silver coin, or bullion, and
all contracts for loan of money or
currency, secured by the pledge or
deposit, or other disposition,
of gold
and silver coin of the United States,
if to be after a period of three days,
must be in writing. Second.—Such
contracts must bear adhesive stamps
equal in amount to one-half of one
per cent. of the amount named in
the contract, and in addition thereto
a stamp equal to the amount of inter
est at six per cent. on the amoentof
the contract for the time specified.—
Third—A renewal of the contract
would be subject to the same condi
tion Fourth—No loan of currency or
money on security of gold or silver
coin of the United States, or upon
any certificate or other evidence of
deposit, payable in gold or silver
coin, can be made for an amount ex
ceeding the par value of the coin
pledge or deposit. Fifth—Gold and
silver coin :oaned at par value is
subject only to duty imposed on these
loans. .
The Territory of Idaho.—The ter
ritory of Idaho, which was formed
at the last session of Congress, is
made up of the portion of Washing
ton territory which lies east of Ore
gon, and all of Nebraska and 1,/eco
tah West of the 104th line of longi
tude, and between the 41st ane 45th
parallels of latitude. This is substan
tially its position. It is more than
twice the size of Oregon, and three
times that of Virgioia. The West
ern part, or the valleys of the Snake
river and its affluents, is gold and sil
ver bearing, and it is here that the
nucleus of population and govern
mental control must first get foot
hold. The South Pass is within the
limits of the Territory. `I he reports
of overland expeditions state that
the valley is fertile,
The Cotton Distress.
Statistics of cotton distress, gath
ered by the Manchester central com
mittee, show that 456,786 persons, or
rather more than one in five of the
whole population, are dependent up
on some tbrm of public charity,
which supplies. something above
$375,000 to fill up the gap made by
the loss of $850,000. The usual av
erage of persons dependent in Eng
laAd upon public charity, in the best
or times, is one to twenty. In 1807
there were so dependent one in seven
of the entire population, which was
the highest ever reached until the
present experience. The average at
this time, as stated above, is one in
five of the whole population.
A Penitent—On Wednesday the
President received by Adams & Cu's.
Express, a package of "greenbacks,"
amounting to eight hundred and six
ty-eight dollars, which sum the wri
ter of an accompanying letter says
he obtained from the government
dishonestly, and which he therefore
returns. The letter is dated Brook
lyn March 2d, 1803, and sigtied Can
dids; Secure.
Subaitutes.—The Confederates in
Richmond are offering most liberal
prices for substitutes. One, in the
Dispatch, offers to pay $l,BOO each
for two substitutes, and another of
fers $2,000 for an acceptable substi
tute over 45 years of age.
Acquittal of DlcDowell.—ln pur
suance of general order No. 88, from
headquarters of the army, .Maj. Gen.
McDowell is acquitted of all charges,
and the recent court of inquiry up
on bis case is dissolved.
THE OP-TOWN GROCERY.
GREEN & smosursDas.
AVING purchased the stock of Gmceries lately
Lg. belonging to William Cotterel. will coatinue
the business at the old stand. They will In a few days
be la receipt efa large eitsmummt of
•
Prime and Grocerlia and Provisions,
Frairk4oadbedowariee, Notioar. fro., which
*ova*/ Oahe lomat prima for
Cora Plower, awe; Woo, and Country Pro
duce goa always as Mad.
Min* 411
Ayer's Compound Extzao .
Sa,rsaparilla.
N. one remedy is More ueed ed in this country thaq
a reliable ALTER/11.FM but the sick Lave been sit
tremendously cheated by the worthless preparations
of Sarsaparilla abroad that they aro disgusted even with
the name. Yet the drug Cannot he blamed for the
posittons from which they have suffered. Most of the
so-called Sarsaparillas in the market contain little of
the virtues of Sarsaparilla or anything else. They are
mere slops—inert mid worthless. while a concentrated
extract of die active variety of Sarsaparilla conipound
ed write Dock, Stillingia, lodine, etc., is, as it waif ever
he, a powerful alterative and an effectual remedy. Such
is Ayer's Extract of Sarsaparilla, as its truly wonder
ful eures of the great variety of complaints which re.
quire an alterative niedicino have abundantly shown ;
Ito not, therel,,re, discard this in valm.ble medicine be
cause you have been impostal upon by something pm
tending to ha Sarsaparilla, while it Was not. When•
you have used Avtle"—tlien. and not till tjleii, Whhl
you know the virtues 01 Sarsaparilla. For minute Phi
4iculars of tin liseases it cures, we refer you to Ayer's
American Alm anac,which the agents below named
will furnish gratis to al who call for it.
AYER'S GATHARTIC PILLS, for the cure of Costive.,
ness, Jauneice, Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Dysentavy,
Foul Stomach, Ileadach.:, Piles, Rheumatism, Herat
burn arising rrotu Disordered Stomach, Pain, or Mor
bid Inaction of the Bowels, Flatulency, Loss of appe
ite, Liver Complaint, Dropsy, VV.onns, Gout, Nem*,
gia, and for a Dinner Pit/.
They are saga -coated. so that the most sensitive cau,
take them pleesantly, and they are the best Asperient in
the world for all the purposes of a family physic.
Price '25 Cents per Box ; Five Boxes for 51.
Do tint be put off by unprincipled dealers with some .
Other toll they make more profit on. Ask for AM'S ;
and take nothing else. No other they can give
you compares with this in its intrinsic value or curative
powers. The sick want the best aid Lhere Is for them,.
and they should have it.
Prepared by Dr. J. C. A YER 4 CO., Lowell, Mass
BOLD BY
WM. L. Cumin, Wm. A. PORTER and M. A. HAR-
I/Ey, Waynesburg, and one trader in every town in
tie country. Jan. 21,'63.
ptutotratic a 4 ;)rintar g election,
Terms of Announcing Candidates.
Senator and I'rothonotary, S 5 ;—Register and Re ,
corder. Commissioner, Treasurer and assembly, $4;
—Auditor and Poor Douse Director 52,00. To be paid
in advance.
Ottuess for announcing candidates and printing tick.
eta Must Ile ACCOMPANIED 'WITH TILE CASH
ASSEMBLY
We are authorized to announce Dr. ALEXANDER
P ATTON, of Morgan township, as a ,:andidate for As-
Fonbly, subject to the decision V the Democratic prin.
wary election.
PROTHONOTARY.
Democrats of Greene County, I offer myself a candi
date for the office of Prothouotar•, subject to the de.:
cision of the Democratic Primary Election, to be held
in May next. Strould Ibe your choice, and be elected,
I promise to make you ar attent ye and faithful off:wee.
JUSTUS F. TEMPLE.
EDITORS MESSLNDER I—Please announce ELLJAII
CHALFANT, Esti., of Whiteley tp., as a candidate
for Prothonotary at our next Primary Election, subieet
to the decision of the Democratic party.
MANY DEMOCRATS OF WHITELY,
TREASURER.
To the Democracy of Greene County:
Al the urgent solicitation of many friends in different
portions of the County, I • Wet myself as a candidate
for TREASURER, subject to the result of the Primary
election Should Ibe so fortunate as to be II Orni11111.11(a
and elected, I shall discharge the duties of the othe*
with strict fidelity and impartiality.
JAS. S. JENNINGS,
[[fetter known as "MG JIM."]
We are authorized to announce WM. LANG, as
Richhill township. as a candidate for Treasurer, subject
to the decision of toe Democratic Primary Election-7,
We are authorized to announce JEREMIAD
STEWART, Esq„ of Greene tp., as a candidate for
Treasurer. subject to the decision of the Democratic
Primary Election.
Messes EDITORS :—Please announce the name of
THOS. lAMS of Morris township, as a candidate for
County Trytsurer, at our next Primary election, sub
ject to the decision of the Democratic party.
MA NY DEMOCRATS of Greene County.
• We are authorized to announce WILLIAM REY
NOLDS, of Morgan township, as a candidate foe
County Treasurer, subject to the decision of the Dem
ocratic Primary election
We are authorized to announce ABRAM KENT, of
Centre township, as a candidate rm. Treasurer, subject
to the decision of thy? Democratic Primary election,
commissiorilM,
To the Detnocr.icy of Greene County
At the request id many ()tiny Iriendsiattiflerent parts
of the County, I offer myself as a Candidate for CouN
ty t;onintissiorier, subject to the result of the Primary
Election, and if so fortunate as to be noininati d and slee
ted, I pledge myself to take strict care of the interests
of the tax-payers, and to discharge the duties of dilr
office to the best of my ability.
JACOB SHRIVEL
We are authorized to announce JOHN G. DINS.
MORE, Esq ,of Richtiiii township, as a candidate for
Cminty Commissioner, subject to the decision of the
Democratic Primary election.
We are authorized to announce - DANIEL DONLEY,
Esq , of Dunkard township, an a candidate for County
commissioner, subject to the ddcision of the Demo
cratic Primary E!ection.
REGISTER & RECORDER,
We me authorized to announce NORMAN WOW..
LEV, of Marion township, as a r andidate fur Register
& Recorder, suhject to the insult of the Dtmocratic
Ptimary Election.
IVe art. , liihortzetl:. - hoottoce WM. 11. SUTTON,
01 wowhicomo a cal:did:tie for Regime,
and Recorder, subject to the lietiSioll of the Democrat
ic Ptiniary Elei
Vle arc authorized to annociance PETER illtoWN.
I . Marion tow eship as a candidate for Register and
Recorder, s ubject to the decision of the Deir.oesalle.
Primacy Election.
A UDITOIR
Mesas Eurroas :—Please announce JOIIN CLAY
TON, Esq. of Morgan township, as a suitable candi
date for Uounly Auditor, I.tibjtct to the decision of
the Dentocraey at their Primary election.
We are authorized to announce WM. GWYN, of
Jetli-rson township, as a candidate for Comity Auditor,
•object to the decision (tithe Deinocratic l'xiLtary elec
tion.
POOR HOUSE DIRECTOR
We are air Inni7rd to announce DANIEL FULLER,
Esq , of Whitely tp., as a cantthlste for Poor House
D.reoor subject to the decision of the Demorcatie,
party at the Primal.) elections.
We sie authorized to announce WALTER L. BAT
EVM;, Esq.. of Harris tp , as a cPinlidate for Poor
House Director. subject to the decision of the Demo
c.utic Primary Election.
c II33ARkS_I4
CLOAE AIVD ivEAXTZLLA
Ismrt:› rt. 311 :
73 Market St., Pittsburgh, Pa.
WE have a full line of CLOAK made of the hest
material to be found in the Eastern Market.
such as Velvet, Tricot, Frosted Beaver'
and Sealskin Cloth,
We nave the following elegant styles, for Winter
Marchioness, nia 'e, of Velvet, elegant,
Eamititintux, made of Plush,
Napolitan. made of Doeskin, elegant in style,
Mathilday, made of Tricot, in great demand,
Cardinal, made of Nleitolt, a very prPtiy style,
Cattle, made of Frosted Braver, Superb,
Pamela, made of Ondulla. Deservedly popular,
Riehlieti, made of Beaver, Extremely
Horne, made ofFitot, Excellent in . deelgu,
Marietta, made of Sealskin, Excels all others.
N.J. SPENCE,
No. 73, Market Street
Jan. 7, 1863,
I lk.sll§)
Cloak, Mantilla and Shawl
MItiTP"C2O3EI.II:734L,
No. 6S Market Street,
PITTSBURGH, PA.
FIIIIE subscribers would call olfrogjon of
_I. dies of Waynesburg and its vicinity to their ilWe
Varied and Elegant stock of Stalk
Cloaks, Mantillas and Shawls,
AI'rHEIR
New Store, No. G 8 Market St., Pittsburgh.
Having 111111$110 facilities for manufacturing these
goods, both in selection of Iliateriul and Styles, it will
always afford them Pleasure to exhibit, to all who may
favor them witli.their patronage, a Stock of Goods un
surpassed by any similar establishment in the United
States.
To their friends, and the Trade generally, they would
also beg leave to say that they may at all times theyend
upon selecting, from their stock, such articles as, they
trust, may prove satisfactory in all respects.
Very restore*
SAW= & CO.
To Courses /I=llollll4 &11110.- special Manion 01
Consist libt_lrehilate *Abseiled to Ma 111.1/OLBLILE
DEit&lll.u.nm, hi whkk an ritles
&Met ilidlnetasitins in Cloaks, Olean aid
Oct. 1,1914.—1 y,
tillei
MANY FRIENDS.