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. at tkio teralr - ls prosecuted for
Of Os and the
' • aid of rear nationality aid
as citizens: ,
GSM INIcCIMLLAN.
"iriaComertieplion soldt tile Velem
li flcee le hlWititer.ebeild,
rani( , sithe It they fall. they
Alight IlMteftWer"..Daniet Webster.
Ito Last Notice
P kw. ~ umber 4 sebseibers
th ous the comity who have had
:`S gar" .four or tae yuwa.and
aarise wean $e to $lO. .M 1 such are
W gist If their somata are not set
illidahr the la of April, they will be
IWO% ed fiArcer's heads for collection
zit • v-4 ,
iipitioutiorsapeat to persons. This is
Wititivtg-the at notice we shall give
44100111,veramar
(,4 1 1 Witk the usages of the
rielhokitietrerty, a Convention will be
1411 4 6 5 .4vc0urt Howe, at Waynes
qn
4 .ltioclity silming, March 22, 1864,
iNift s gt in the fret week of Court, for the
lime of eah)ctim a Chairman and
4061111 Committee for the awning year,
s4ll , ,p_ooneider upon the propriety of
ampsising Demixwatio Chubs in the
townships of the County, And
I* a Yiiiw to the lamination of sorb
41loahleM as may be deemed of in
litletkio the party.
lt,iiirpeotad that-G .B. B. Wu-
V!' Beaver county, and several other
diitirolkelm will address the conven
go,f 15. CRAWFORD,
. Akio= .Of the Centrt4 Committee.
CONVENTION.
A C• 11 1 411 0 04 of *a Democracy of
GsasaMaasaY, wiUltlei4 at the Court
posits. is Waynesburg, on MUM
DATITHI!
,12711 po OF MARCH
N, the:i . purpose of Meeting a
destatato *end the State Convention
vial
will convene at Philadelphia, on
the 24th of March, at 12 o'clock ? of
•
1 41 IV;
is dogma necessary to call a ape-
aialoikowrastion file said purpose, prior
***hick Coed, in order to give the
itlivpdx ample time to attend the Con
vention. And we reeieetfully urge a
full attandanee from all parts of the
county. P. CRAWFORD,
Clain= of the Central Committee
Defeated.
proposition of Gen. Lamar, to credit
coolies: the approaching Draft with mon
seat hate service -in other States since the
War
her carat ap again in the liouse the
ogierilly, while the Oonsoription bill was
sailer comedelationi when the following pro
cee*lis were
DA.WSON—I move to add the folio*.
ing _
Pllwasniollait in assigning the quotas of
troops hereafter to be raised by conscription,
creak shall be glien to States and counties
for widief dish citizenses may have enliSted
in the , military organizations of other' States
for a ileriod of three years or dining the war,
the same to be oleoresins& and determined
WA. Seevan,ME of War.
Win, this provides that the coon
*s sad-States furnishing troops which have
of into the military service from other
Magee Alkali be credited to the States and
rloOthil frOM w,hiett they went and enlisted
NOM.gptlra cu * War.
On wog there were---ayes 50, nays
64
iIItAWSOIT demanded tellers.
Tellers wore ordered; and Messrs. Dawson
Alta Oath were appointed.
The amendment was disagreed to ; the
tellers halting reportees 6ft, nays 71.
-Evans publishes Gen. McDew
gaslistcostradietion of his connection
the order of the "Golden Circle."
frlil is a good symptom, and show our
nbt toholly bad, after all if he
iv Orno vl ieoord Gen. McClean the
pilikkeAlviCrAtrifitic snd pliant sol
delaste hope of his bt)-
jug Amiga. semovi these days, to dad
jurn: irl*.v.it Iy,1 y, with
bie r
opponese — -
Apn.. party, against
radical end. iniantkinunis pniects and :law
of the Abolitionists: ? President Lincoln did
Ulf,s 1 4 11 4 t thapo it is trite, overnilnid . ,
se
stepia t4eln, bitthey soon beconie too M.-
midable to be resisted. He quashed Camer
on's report, and Fremont and Hunter's
Proclamations, and ridiculed the Chicago, po
&hal preachers, as making a request which
would be equal in efficiency to a' "hull of the
Pope against-the comet," or he might have
added, an act of Assembly providing for or
against a rain. But they persevered and he
backed water. The Republicans and Aboli
tionists alike use the Negro as an instrumen
tality for attaining political power and Shod
dy contracts. It is, indeed, difficult for a
casual observer to distinguish between these I
parties, and they may be truly said now, at
least, to be identical.
But time will probably create radical dif
ferences of opinion and action, when it comes
to the practical application of the dogmas of
the Abolitionist, to. the .future relations of
the Negro to the white man. The. honest
Alationiet intends to place the negro upon
an equality, social and political, with the
white man. This is what he is working for.
He frankly avows this upon all occasions.—
His purpose is to meet his "brother" upon an
equality at the ballot be; in the offices and
social positions of the country. His motto is
"Equality and Fraternity" between the
white man and the negro, and he will be
satisfied with nothing short of this.
Won't there be a nice time of it, when
this millenium of the Abolitionists comes
round ?
Abolition Philanthropy--An Astound-
ing Statement.
We have all seen the statements from
members of the Sanitary Committee of the
West, which the newspapers published a few
weeks ago, of the terrible mortality among
the poor negroes—victims of Abolition phi
lanthropy—at and near Vicksburg, by which
It was shown that these poor creatures se
duced from their masters by their friends,
the Abolitionists, were so shamefully neglect
ed that they died off like sheep, being found
dead in the woods, in the grass, an 4 in al
most every conceivable place.
We have to add to these horrors, similar
facts derived from an investigation into the
mode of working the confiscated plantations
around New Orleans, under government
agents. These men have no interest in the
preservation of the health or lives of the ne
groee they work. It was the interest of the
owner of a slave to preserve his health and
life. The interest of these government agents
is, to draw the salary allowed to them by the
government., regardless of the fate of the poor
victimized negro.
The fallowing is copied from the accurate
and reliable correspondent of the New York
World, in New Orleans, as the result of in
vestigations made by the public authorities :
"Some of these have been made known
before—not here, indeed, but northward.—
On the Old Hickory plantation were placed,
on JUDO Bd, four hundred and thirteen ne
groes, with but two days' provisions, and on
the lilh of SepteMber two hundred and
foUrteen of these had died,• On White Castle
were placed three hundred, and on the 16th
et Sep tendber but forty-two were found liv
ing. On the Andier's place, out of four hun
dred but one hundred and seventy-eight were
left; and the lilee proportionate mortality
was found on the Vintress, Griot, Magnolia,
Richland and Miles Taylor plantations."
Gen. McClellan's Report.
We have received a copy of this in
teresting document from Gen. LAZEAR,
and append the note accompanying it :
WesumaroN Ca; Feb. 5 ; '64
Messrs. Jones 4. Jennings:Hl this day
mail to your address, a copy of the re
port of 0-en. McClellan. lam sorry
that it is not in my power to comply
with the request of hundreds in the 24th
Congressional pistriet, who have writ
ten to me on the subject. Under the
present direction of Congress, each mem
ber receives about forty copies ; not siif
ficient to furnish one to each township
in the district. I have already received
application for 4110 copies, and hundreds
will eXpeet to receive a copy at ley
hands.
I make this statement in order that
my constituents may not censure me for
inattention to their requests. If I bad
it in my power, I would gladly furnish
every person in the district with a copy
of this report.
Very respectfully, your obed'nt serv't,
J. LAZEAR.
Conscription Bill Passed.
The House passed the Conscription Bill
list week. The bill of course goes back to
the &date for concurrence in amendments,
and it is not impossible that a Committee et
Conference may yet be needed to settle some
of the differences.
The following are the principal features of
the bill: 1. Both classes are consolidated;
ExeuaptiOn is only granted on payment of
three hundred dollars, until all names put in
the box are drafted, when those who have
Previously paid are again put in the box ; 8.
All other exemptions are only confined to
the Vice President, Governors of States, and
11. S. Judges; 4. All slaves between eigh
teen and forty-five am liable to be drafted,
sal loyal owners are to be compensated
akerister. Only i tw,o Dememats, Allison and
Odell, voted far the bill. 7¢# 4 n) were •fifty
eight votes against it.
Fi=Wing a subatitute exempts only for
the time the substitute is not liable to ~draft.
War on the Banks.
The Collector of lutepal Rev
has heated an order that the notes or
cheeks of4ate batiks shall not be teeekv
ed for, national taxes. Nb 'paper but
that of the National banks is to be taken.
heiEvnes).4loes,—tisai weare not mem
bees.* it and are entirely ignorant of
its objicts aM chamfer, only in' so far
as we have gathered them from Repub
lican and other newspapers, and that
we are consequently tillable, from actual
personal knowledge of the organization
to say how "base" or disreputable it
would be to be connected with it, or to
be charged with belonging to it. But
this we will and do say ; that if it be a
treasonable organization, in sympathy
with Jeff. Davis and the Rebellion, and
against the restoration of the Union and
the preservation of our present admira
ble system of Government, it is a "base
slander" to charge Gen. McClellan or
any patriotic soldier or true and faithful
Democrat with membership in it. Or
if it is an organization intended to resist
the enforcement of the laws, it is equal
ly as gross a calumny to charge Gen.
McClellan with connection with it, or
"any other man" who loves his country
and discharges his duty as a good citizen.
If this not a clear and "explicit," as it is
certainly a candid and tnithful answer to
our neighbor's question, we despair of
giving one. We trust, however, it will
prove satisfactory, and that the Lieuten
ant will breathe freer and sleep easier on
account of it.
Will neighbor Evans now answer us
a question or two :
I. Are you not a member of the
so-called "Union" or "Loyal" League I
2. Are you not against the Restora
tion of "the Union as it was under the
Constitution as it is ?" and are not the
self-styled "Loyal" Leaguers ?
We want plain, frank and truthful
answers,—no dodgings, or evasions, or
mental reservations, or "heavenly hue
of words." Show some manliness, Lieu
tenant, by coming "square up" to the
mark.
A Muoh Needed Reform--A Nuisance
Quashed.
The Legislature eiffansas has just elected
Governor Carney of thit State, United States
Senator in place of that notorious black
guard and ruffian, Jim Lana. This credita
ble act of the Legislature of Kansas, will
agreeably surprise the country.
That amiable sheet, the "Leavenworth
Conservative," in speaking of the prospect of
this election says; "It will be the death of
the man thus fraudulently elected. Carney
cannot gethis seat in Washington. He can
never again appear before the people. Mon
ey can buy the Legislature, but it cannot buy
the people."
Gen. McDowell.
Gen. isfcDowell thus summarily disposes
of the charge made against him of belonging
to the Order of the Golden Circle :
"I desire to state that I do not now belong,
nor have I ever belonged, to the order of the
Golden Circle, nor do I kdow of any such
organizatioo, or of any one belonging to it,
or to anything of the kind. That Ido not
belong, nor have I ever belonged, to any se
cret society for any political, social or other
urpose . whatever, nor have I ever had any
•n
, ng to do with anything of the kind."
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Recruits.
, Provost Marshal's Office, 24th District, Pa.
1
New Brighton, Feb. Bth, 1864. J
1 EDITORS WAYNESBURG MESSENGER :--SIRS :
The Enlistment fee of $l5 for New Re
cruits and $25 for Veterans, will be paid to
any non-commissioned officer, private, or
citizen, who presents an acceptable recruit
at this office. I am Sirs, very respuctfully,
Your obedient. servant,
JOHN CIITHBERTSON
Captain and Provost Marshal
Writ came out of the House recent
ly, in debate, that the result of the draft
last summer was as follows :—Exempt
ed for disability, seventy-five thousand;
'exempted for other causes, seventy-four
thousand ; paid commutation, forty-one
thousand; procure substitutes, thirty
four thousand; "tufted and served,
eleven thousand.
To the Point,
The New York Church Journal (Episcopal)
sums up the duties of clergymen in this parr
tinent sentence :
"Sound divinity is better material fgr ser
mons titian poor politics."
sir "A double minded man is unstable
in all his ways," is the best application of a
'Able text, used in reference to Mr. Lincoln,
that pas lately appeared. It occurs in an ed
itorial in the "World."
Stir Insangi, induced by exposure, is
prevalent in do Western armies. Twen
ty-five insane soldiers were sent to Oin
ciunati a few days since.
gii!r-Once an editor, always an editor, says
the Louisville Democrat. There is no fever
so lingering as the typhus.
DIED,
• At his residence in Cedar - co., lowa, on the
26th of January, of disease of the heart,
Mr. JOHN SHWYER, aged about 60 years.
Mr. &river was **rally a citizen of this
county.
At his residence in Waynesburg, on Sun
day morning Lot, 4 Consumption, Mr.
JAMES GANEAR,, in the oth year of his
age.
Of Croup,. in Franklin tp., on Thursday,
Fab. 4th, 1864 MARY A daughter .of
JIMA and Nancy Ana lAcparit, awl about
4 months.
lE=:=l
parity Superb
te •
Mr.
n ' who holt ,
pointme '„! 4our,
eral CurraktA7 . bas
cular to tits ,„....,Agm-ers,of the two itindret)
t.
; new Naftoti c st Banks organized under
Chase's system. We copy from, it the
following earnest words of caution :
..“ ; 13e4r 'co n stantly in mind, a/dough
loyal States appear superficially to be in a,
' pro.sperous condition, that SUCH 18 NOT THE
FACT. That while the government is ,
engaged in the suppression of a rebellion
of unexampled fierceness and magni
tude, s and is cotstantly draining the
country of its laboring and productive
population, and diverting its mechani
cal industry from works of permanent
value to the construction of implements ,
of warfare ; while cities are crowded,
and the country is to the same-extent de
pleted,
and waste and extravagance
prevail as they never before prevailed
in the United States, the nation, whatev- •
er may be the external indications, is
not prospering.
"The war in which we are involved
is a stern necessity, and must be prose
cuted for the preservation of the Gov
ernment, no matter what may be its
cost ; but the country will unquestionably be
the poorer EVERY DAY if IS CONTINUED.-
The seeming prosperity of the loyal !
States is owing mainly to the large ex- .
penditures of the Government and the ;
redundant currency which the expendi
tures seem to render necessary.
"Keep these facts constantly in mind, ;
and manage the affairs of your respec- ;
tive banks with a perfect consciousness '
that the apparent properly qf the country
will be proved to be uNuem., when the war
isslosed, if not before ; and be prepared,
by careful management of the trust
committed to you, to help to save the I
nation from.a financial collapse, instead of
lending your influence to make it more
certain and more severe."
There is an amount of wisdom in the
above, which is rarely to be found in a
document coming from a similar quar
ter. It is the fashion of many to say
that while the South is being impover
ished, the North is growing richer by
the war. Thousands of unreflecting
Republicans have been induced by
their selfish leaders to believe this.—
The day will surely come when these
men will see differently. They will
then feel the wickedness of prolonging
the war with its immense expenditures,
for the purpose of forcing the people of
the Siftith to take an oath to Abolition
ism before hostilities should be allowed
to close.—Neuxirk (0.) Advertiser.
The Purity of the Administration.
It was stated lately by Senator Hale, the
well known Republican Senator from New
Hampshire, from his place in the Senate,
that from official documents that had . come
under his notice, advertised articles in the
Navy Department had been offered at one
hundred to ten hundred per cent. above the
market price. He added :
. "For instance, an article costing twelve
dollars has beer. furnished at one hundred
and fifty dollars. That I have seen in
official statements.
Mr. Wilson—Did the Government take it
at that price
Mr. Hale—The Government took it ; the
market price being twelve dollars and the
contract price one hundred and fifty dollars.
I will mention another article that I have
seen in the same list: Cotton waste, the
market price of which was twenty-nine cents
has been furnished by contract on advertise d
proposals at eighty cents. Things of that
sort I have seen from the official records of
the Department."
An Even Thing.
The Louisville Journal says of the "ri►n
proved class of population" which the aboli
tion leaders want introduced at the South,
"there is to be substituted a hybrid race—an
amalgifmation cross between the Abolitionist
and the negro. Such crosses usually re
sult in a deterioration of both the original
stocks. Whether in this instance it would be
likely to improve the Abolitionists we are not
prepared to say, but all men of observation
will agree that it must materially injure the
negro,"
term the grand amalgamation meeting,
the Rev. Dr. Bellows, a Unitarian minister,
said :
"He hoped the time would come when
the black people would dignify themselves
by calling themselves black people. He,
the speaker, was a colored man, although
not a black man. [Laughter and much
whispering.] It was time to despise the
vile distinction of color."
Wonder if this divine is the author of a
book just published in that city, to show
that AMALGAMATION would result in a more
vigorous and intellectual race than our pres
ent white population ?
We ask the Register to say explicitly
what Gen. M'Olellan is ?—Palladium.
lle is" at present a much abused Major
General in the array of the United States--
was SiiPsFe4doil from jealousy—got nearer to
Ricamond than any other General has, and
would have been there a year ago bad his
• .
efforts been seconded properly by the War
Department ; he is an honest, patriotic arid
capable man, who would, we believe, end the
rebellion in six months if he had the charge
of its sappreesion.—New Haven Begist4tr.
........
Lincoln's Poor Relative!
The widow of the rebel Gen. Helm, who
was killed at Chickamauga, is a sister of Mrs.
Abraham Lincoln. So says an exchange pa
per. Mrs. Lincoln must be disloyal, for ac
cording to Abolition logic "loyal" people
don't have relatives in the rebel army.
*Ph a late speech, Fred Douglas said
'This couati7 will have no true dignity till
the colored man Is fillowed to vote and hold
dace." The President, a majority of Con
gress, and all the leaders of the Republican
party believe the same thing.
ti-The SwotAU of Wai Imo given
full and formal authority to the Ameri
can Home Mission Society to take pos
session of every abandoned Baptist
meeting home wiiiiiktbeinsurrectionary.
district, and Email/04er Baptist cliurch
now in hand of 'the -rebels.
,110 k,
.
of abodt sixteen t in ed
strong, four hundred of whour
,were
mounted, without artillery, under the
commanclof Col. Love, of the Eleventh
Kentucky, skirmished with the rebels
tinder .Gen. Tones on the Virginia road,
thirteen miles from °timberland Gap,
foisting three houri We held our po
sition until dark, although attacked by
a superior force. We withdrew our
camps three miles in the rear. At sun
rise, Saturday morning, Loves pickets
were attacked, - when Love•moved to the
front to meet the enemy advancing in
battle line, with 4000 infantry, cavalry
and three pieces of artillery. Col. Love
then fell back three miles, skirmishing
all the away, when the enemy ceased
following, and Love encamped three
miles from the Gap. The next morn
ing Love seat all his availably force two
miles in the front, and had a lively skir
mish with the enemy, twice charging the
rebels and driving them back with a hen
vy loss, since which, up to the afternoon of
sth, the rebels have not appeared in any
force on our front. Our loss in these
skirmishes was five killed, eight woun
ded and three missing. Capt. New
port, of the Eighth lowa, was killed,
from fifteen to twenty-five wounded.—
It resulted in an unsuccessful rebel at
tempt to take Cumberland Gap. Sim
ultaneously slight demonstrations were
made from the Jonesboro and Tazewell
roads. All is quiet now in the neigh
borhood. Gen. Garrard, new command
er of this post, is determined to hold
the Gap at all hazards.
Nothing definite is recently received
from Knoxville.
Gen. Mead's Late Movements.
A dispatch from Washington of the
Bth, says : The following is believed
to be about as correct a version of the
news from the Potomac army as can yet
be obtained: A portion of the army
was recently engaged in a demonstration
in the front of the enemy, on the south
side of the Rapidan, and returned to
their late quarters, between the Rapidan
and Rappahanock, on Saturday night
last, after having accomplished what
was believed to be the design of the
movement, viz : having ascertained that
the enemy still remains in his usaal
force in positions in front of Orange
Court House which he has occupied for
some time past, and from which there
had been some reasons to believe he had
retired. •In the course of movements,
Gen. Hays' division of our_ forces be
came engaged with the enemy in air
overwhelmning force, and in a strongly
fortified position, in the vicinity of
Morton's Ford. Gen. Hayes ordered
their works to be carried by storm,
which was found to be impracticable
without too great loss. .
The condition of the roads would not
admit of pushing to a legitimate result
any advantage the heavy sacrifice of
men might secure.. He accordingly
withdrew his attacking force, with a loss
on qur part of between two and three
hundred men, wounded and missing.—
The loss on the part of the enemy in
this engagement is not known, A con
siderable portion of our army, all of
of which had re-crossed to this side of
the Rapidan, were in line of battle last
night, owing to a report that Lee had
crossed, or was crossing the river in
force, which report turns out to have
been untrue. We lost no pontoons, as
the rumor had it.
Scarcity ofFood and Clothing.
The editor of the Atlanta (Ga.) Con
federacy, thus laments the scarcity of
food and 'raiment : To go to market in
our city at present is to express a deter
mination to spend all the loose change
you have about you. Beef at one dol
lar and a half, and pork at two dollars
and a half, are high living sure. And
yet these prices are demanded at the
market stalls. Meal is now held at
twenty dollars per bushel,
.and flour at
seventy dollars per hundred weight, and
other things in proportion. As for the
minor articles of dry goods, the fiwn
ces of few men will sustain the articles
as a luxury, and not many can indulge
it even as a necessity. We have not
had a suit of new clothes in so long
time that we have a partial recollection
of having indulged such things when
we were younger; but, alas! in these
latter days only a vision and a memory
of new clothes crosses our mind. But
we sometimes suffer ourselves to dream
of such things, and imagine ourselves
rigged out in a bran new suit, and we
feel as proud as any other man. But it
all ends in dreams, and we awake to the
sad reality that the old coat clings to us
yet. As for the article of boots, and
other articles of minor importance in
our wardrobe, we find they stand in the
same category with our coat—all worn
and seedy, and yet too well loved to be
cast aside.
The Fighting in West Virginia
—Signal and Brilliant Success.
NEW YORK, Feb. s.—The Herald re
ceived the following dispatches this
morning :
In thi field Feb. 4, 6 o'clock, p. —Af
ter six hours of hard fighting, Col: Mil
ligan drove Gen. Early from Moorfield,
and then enga g ed Gen. Rosser on the
South Fork. Ve have met with signal
4.nri brilliant success.
Ileadquartertein eie field, ){rest Va., Feb.
s.—Gen. 4arly has been compelled to
retreat up the south fork of the South
Branch towards the Shenandoah Valley,
in consequence of the vigorous manner
in which he has been attacked and pur
sued by Gen. Kelley's forces. Our
combinations have proved suocmsful in
defeating the enemy's designs.
We have taken a number of prisoners
and captured many that were taken
from us. Our forces drove the enemy
out of Petersburg .
, The enemy have
lost a larke number of 'men by deser
tion, and deserters continue to come in.
The reoccupation of the wires with
military business, prdeludes the possi
bility of sending a long! . .ilspatoh at this
time.
Failure th o pedltlon to.
Reiser mead Pris
oners. betrayed by
Nxw 41,
Y special from
. ; (ArtreElS Moiroe, dited yesterday to the
Tribwie, informi as of the return of
i t% expediliOn sent by Gen. Butler, urt:
der the command of Gen. Wistar with
the object of making a sudden dash into
Richmond, and releasing our prisoners.
This force left Yorktown on Saturday
morning.; and the cavalry reached Bot
. tqm's Bridge, on the Chickahominy,
10 miles from Richmond, on Saturday
afternoon. They found the enemy had
been informed of the expedition and
obstructed the ford by felling trees.—
Unable to cross, they awaited the arri
val of the infantry and the whole force
subsequently returned. The betrayal of
the plan is attributed to a deserter.—
But a small force was in or near Rich
mond, while Lee's army was held on o
the Rapidan by the demonstration of .
Gen. Sedgwick.
The War In Mexico—Traitors
. Executed.
4 S.tx Frtvxcisco, February 8. —The
steamer Sierra Nevada has arrived from
Mexican ports with $250,000 in tFeas
ure and two hundred passengers. The
Mexican General Leon, who left Mau
zanilla on the first inst., has arrived
here on his way to Washington with
instructions from Juarez to the Mexican
Minister. He reports that Ne 7., eite,
who was repulsed at San. Louis Potosi
on December 27th with a loss of 2000
men afterwards formed a junction with
Gonzales Ortega and Doblada, and on
January the sth again attacked that
place, carrying it by assault after a strug
gle of twenty-four hoars. They cap
tured most of the garrison and a large
quanity of arms and munitions. The
traitor General Mapia and his staff es
caped. All of the traitors that were
captured, comprising both commissioned
and non-commissioned officers were shot
The traitor Miramai occupied a position
between Guadalajara and the city ofMex
ico.
Gen. Bazaine had marched with the
French army from Guadalagasa toward
Mexico, leaving a guard of 2,000 men
at Gaudalagasa. The Mexican General
Usaja had advanced from the vicinity
of Colima with 9,000 men, and was ex
pected to attempt the re-capture of
Guadalagas a.
The latest news received at Manza
nilla was . that Ortega and Doblado had
been largely reinforced from Zocatreas,
and after leaving a large garrison at San
Louis Potosi had started to interrupt the
communications of Bazaine, the latter
making forced marches towards Lab's.
The Great Battle Ground.
In the fifteen months comprised be
tween September, 1862, and December,
1863, sick and wounded rebel soldiers
numbering 293,165 were received into
the rebel hospitals in the Department of
Virginia, according to the Director's re
port. Of these 127,530, probably be
longing to other States than the Old
Dominion, were transfered to other
hospitals, while. the rest either died in
the Virginia hospitals or were discharg
ed, furloughed or returned to duty.—
Such an appalling list shows how terri
bly Virginia has suffered in seeking for
her "rights" under the banner of treason,
and IndTv woefully she was mistaken in
thinking that after Virginia was "pre
cipitated" into the arms of the Cotton
States fire-eaters peace would follow.—
Then, too, when we add to this physical
suffering the destruction of property,
the severance of family ties, the whole
sale loss of slaves and the terrible de
moralization caused by the war, poor
Virginia stands forth a monument of
misery and a fearful evidence that soon
er or later crime must be followed by
adequate punishment.
A Successful Little Raid
NEW YORK, February 9.—The New
bern, North Carolina, Times of the 6th
inst., says an expedition left Newport
on Wednesday, for White Run, under
the command of Col. Jordon. The
party was composed of Vermont and
New York troops and a part of the Sec
ond North Carolina Regiment, who
rendered efficient service as guides. On
Thursday evening they came on a body
of cavalry about five miles from Young's
cross Roads, and captured the entire par
ty of twenty-eight men and thirty hors
es, arms accoutrements, &c. A quan
ity of corn was also captured and
brought in. The command returned to
Newport on Friday in fine spirits, some
what fittigued after their march of sev
enty miles. And they did not lose a
man.
Dispatch from Gen. Grant
NNsuvud.E, Feb. B—Maj. Gen. Hal
leck, General-in-ale': General Foster
telegraphs from Knoxville, under date
of yesterday, that our expedition sent
against Thomas and his bands of Indi
ans and whites at Quallatown, has re
turned completely successful. They
surprised the town, killed and wounded
two hundred and fifteen, took fifty pris
oners, and dispersed the remainder of
them in the mountains. Our loss was
two killed and six wounded.
[Signed,] U. S. Gamily, Maj Gen
Railroad to Brownsville.
A bill has passed the House which
provides "that the Pittsburgh and Con
nellsville Railroad Company be author
ized to construct a branch railroad from
McKeesport in Allegheny county alma
the Monongahela River to Brownsville
in Fayette County, and that the said
Pittsburgh and Connellsville Railroad
Company are hereby authorized to
issue their bonds for five hundred thou
sand dollars to be appropriated exclu
sively toward the construction of the
said branch railroad."
Nearly all East Tennessee In Posses-
sion of the Rebels.
Cixenecurr, Feb. 11.—Persons from
Knoxville arrived at Nashville yesterday
report communication with Cumberland
Gap cut off, and nearly all of East Ten
nessee in possession of the rebels.
The smallpox prevails to an alarming
extent in Knoxville.
Ptorm.
The z Courier of Jan.
:••••4114, are having the big-.
xestr Mid of • snow It Ns.
snowed, up to lib%tim a o'clock,A.
M. Saturday) fortwen4!-eight hours cW'
intbrepersed occasionally with
fine hail, and is now snowing "big
guns." We saw snow drifts this morn
ing from fi ft een to forty feet high.—
Some may think this a pretty bigatory o ..
but it is true nevertheless.. The boys
just down froin, the pinery report any
amount of snow iu the woo ds, and hinds.
busy as bees getting in logs. The prices
of logs will be pretty steep next spring
owin,, to the high price that has to be :
paid f or' labor and all kinds of supplies.
neededin the woods.
Colt's Pistol Factor% , Burned.;
Half of Colt's Pistol Factory, at Ilartford,
Conn., was destroyed by fire on the morning.
Ike sth inst. In the buildings destroyed
Colt's pistols and revolting rifles were made;
in the building saved the manufacture of
S. rifles is carried on, and the company have a.
large contract from the government for the
manufacture of these weapons. This por
tion of the work will continue in operation,.
giving employment to 800 men. The stock
of pistols and rifles completed, and In Coarse
ofimanufacture, and which was destroyed by
this fire is valued at $1,000,000. The ma
chinery destroyed cost more than $500,000
and the whole loss is computed at $2,000, 1 ,
000, and the total insurance on the property
is $66,000, of which about 60 per cent was
on the property destroyed. The fire broke out
in the drying room, and spread with great
rapidity. The origin of the fire is a mystery.
One man is killed, and another is missing.
The War Calla.
There is some difference of opinion as to
the aggregate of the ca Is for troops, but the
Fact of the call.: is correctly set down as id
lows, year' and date being given :
April 16, 1881., 1 / 1 5,000
May J
4 1861; • 84,T48
From July to December, 1861 600,000
July 1, 1868, 800,000
August 4, 1862, 800,111
Draft, summer of 1868, 800, i 1 1
February 1, 1864, 600,000
Total,
This is the aggregate of the galls for men
in the army alone, while the naval service
foots up 83,000 men.
:Air Some days since a lady cialed at a
daguerrean establishment in Oxford,
New York, to have a photograph taken
of her niece, a little child then with her.
The photograph was •taken, and while•
the lady was waiting to have it finished,
the little girl strayed into the larboratary;
and swallowed some - kind of paten
which she found there. When xabsed
and looked for she was found in the Iv
boratory dead having expired almoes
immediately. The aunt has sines be
come insane.
Se-The New HavenPhilaffinixt re
lates that a couple of strarvtlovers met
in that city the other night, Hie name
was Toole, hers not given. She invited
him to call at her residence, tea ke
didn't call. So sbe went to ftis board
ing house, and greeted him with a dash
of vitriol in his face, which, catieedl43„
errible agony, and injured his eye-sight.,
THR Lams SOLDIRR. —Little Jno.
Clem, the youngest soldier in the Army ,
of the Cumberland, promoted by bravery.
by Gen. Rosecrans, to a Se.rgency, hes,
been further promoted by General;
Thomas to a Lieutenancy and placed on
his staff. He is but twelve years old.
A soldier writes from Cliarleston,
that our men are so muoh at home, that
many of them will settle in the, &aura,
doah Valley after the war ia.
Some thirty of them have married, and.
from the courting going on amfzu44le
country girls, many more will
follow their example.
OgrA man purchased a military over-.
coat from one of the second-hand-cloth
ing stores in Detroit, sewed inside the
lining of which was in the neighborhood
of 45150 in United. States money. He
paid $lO for the coat, and made a thee
little speculation by the purchase.
SOU •11ERN NEwscirmns.—The Rich;
mond Enquirer says there is a great
probability that all the newspapers in
the Confedercy, except a few doing gov
ernment work, will be obliged to sus
pend.
ea - Twelve thousand Poles have been
either executed or killed in battle dur- .
ing the present insurrection, and eight
'thousand have been sent into exile.
Se - Rev. Frederick Monod of Paris,
well known in this country, died in that
city, December, 31st, 1863 He was
the oldest Protestant minister in Paris.
PITTS BURG II GENERAL DI AR.
BETS.
Prrrsurracm, Feb. 13,1864.
Grain—Wheat is quiet and rather dull
but unchanged : sales of prime Red froM
wagon at $1,40 and white ranges from $1,45
to 1,48. Corn is apparently a little firmer,
owing to the falling off in receipts, but pri
ces are unchanged ; sale from wharf of
4,700 bushel, iu ears, $1,15 and one car do
on track at same figure. Oats steady but
unchanged; sale on track of of e car at 81.
Barley may be quoted at $1,25 for Spring
and $l, 50 for Fall.
Provisions—There is a fair local demand
for Bacon, and the market is firm but un
changed; small sales at, 9} for Shoulders,
11} for Sides, 19a13} figi Plain /lams and
14} for Sugar Oared. nerd is quiet but
firm, at 14c for prime city rendered. Meer
Pork is selling in the small way at s9llan ;
50.
Seeds--The receipts of Clover Seed Ina
improving, and the marker, in consequence,
is a shade easier. QuotlitionkeleY be given
at from $B,OO to $8,50. A sale of 65 sacks
was made on Tuesday at $B,OO. Timothy
Seed is selling at from $3,25 to $3,50. Flax
Seed is held at from $2,70 to $2,80.
Hay—Was in better supply at the scales
to-day, and prices declinW materially; sales
of 15 loads at $30a35. Baled Hay is dull at
former rates. `•
Green Apples—Conlions in fair demand.
but there is a wide margitia prices--gang ,
ing from $1,50 to 2,25 bbl, at to quality.
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