GENERAL NEWS .‘ITEMS. —the rebel pirate JSemmes hae 1 ben made n Bear Admiral, and is to, take' ooml >apd of the James river squadron, j ' ■ —Ret. H. W. Beecher recently gave as a reason for not belonging to the Democratic party that he was a Democrat. —Gen. Grant reports that since the begin ning of the campaign last May, 17.000 deser ters have come into onr lines from, rt*ee smarmy alone. hundred and ninety mils have been brought against the city of No.iv 1 York for damages done during the riots-of 1803. The amount claimed is about $2,500,000.- —A Rebel lady in Newtown, Virginia, boasts of having made money enough by sell ing pies to Union soldiers, last summer, to pa per her kitchen with greenbacks. - '- . 1 Congress has passed a bill declaring free the wives and children of colored men serving in the army. The democrats in befb Houses voted against it, the bright this District being among them. —Minirf Journal. ' —General Winder, the notorious - beast and keeper* of rebel prison, died in Eic-utipnd a few days since. He was the fit tool of a; -Total con spiracy treating the Union prisoners jike dogs, and will ever be remembered as, the most beast ly development of the slave-holderis Rebellion. —The Secretary of the Treasury has com" mended paying the troops. Gen. Schofield’s army bas already been provided for, and the Secretary commenced signing the. warrants for the pay of the Army of the Potomac. It is expected that all the other armies will be-paid as rapidly as it can be done wita safety. The Government is investigating the man ner in which New York City has filed its-quo tas heretofore, and it turns out principally through forged papers and bounty jumping. Vet that is the city whose press has so frequent ly oast reflections on the patriotism of Penn sylvania. , —A lady in Charleston, Mass., left her bed and started for Boston in a fit of Somnabulism, a few nights since, and did not wake till a man on the Warren bridge spoke taler. She was so overcome by the sense of her" condition that she fainted, and had to be carried.', home by the police. —The Penobscot Indians .number 166 males and 234 females. More ibad one-fifth of their voting population have go'-ie ttf the war,and consumption, a disease formerly, unknown, is now carrying off many of the tribe yearly Those that remain gain a sustenance' by hnn ■ ting and fishing, and also by the', less primi tive occupations of farming and basket-making. —At Chatanooga, Tenn., the o{ ier day Gen eral Steedman punished a merchant, who disre garded the challenge of a negro soldier by con fiscating his store and its contents placing a negro guard over it; remarking,, “if Mr. Crntchfield will not respect the .negro soldiers, he shall respect the authority,'that made the negro a soldier, and puts him ( ( n guard as such. —The first strawberries oft' je season were received a few days since at PoVell'a, fruit store, No. 147 Fulton-st. Brooklyn..', They were in number six, filled one basket, ijndlwere sold for a largo dinner-party at t!io '.jderate sum of two dollars and a half. The, fruit was raised in Fetohbnrg, Mass., where th(y never use their snow till it is a year old. A remarkable case of honesty was mani fested in Louisville last week; The Board of Enrollment of that district received a notice from Jacob Schuster, a grocer of that city, sta ting that ho had been exempted from a former draft on account of alienage, but that- since having taken steps to become a citizen, be de sired his name to be placed on the enrollment list. This i§on example worthy of imitation. —Governor Low, of Oalii Irnia, baa by far the largest salary of any of’ our State Gover nors. .He bas $7,000 a yefr in gold. The next highest salaries for Gov mors are in New York and Pennsylvania—s4‘( 00-in currency.— W'hile of DeJhware, gets only $1383, Governor Buckingham >#f Connecticut, $l,lOO, and Governors J.,Gregory Smith of Vermont, Gilmore of New, Hampshire, and James Y. -Smith, of Rhode Inland, only $l,OOO each. ' —lt seems that the solid opposition with which the Democratic mend era of onr Legis lature doggedly confronted ,ihe’ Constitutional Amendment to abolish slavery was the result of a solemn cancup, in which tf ey deliberately resolved that the party of-CopJerhead Democ racy should stick by slavery* tilt the last and go down with the black flag .flying. Perhaps they ate right. If they mult be infamous, there is some satisfaction' f trbaps in making their infamy heroic. —Harruburg Telegraph. —A voracious army corro ip’oadent,- id a long acount of the peace conference —at which it must be remembered that nqoo but the princi pals were present,—says that the first question asked by Mr. Stephens aud?bis companions was whether we had any whit-key on our side. They received an affirmative reply, and drank, not once,but several times, when for the time all their hostilities were buriitl, and they at once proposed an interview with Mr. Lincoln and Mr, Seward. -Msj-Gen. George Crook and Brig-Gen. Ben jamin F. Kelly, commanding in the Depart ment of West-Virginia, were recently surprised in their beds at Cumberland, the headquar ter, of their department, by t< band of sixty or seventy mounted Rebels, w*ho came forty or fifty miles through Union f /rritory, surprised and Ojaptured first a cavalry picket, then an in fantry post, then dashed aeksfss the Potomac into the city, woke up the twt Generals, togeth- er with Kelley’s adjutant, tJaJe them dress in a hurry, mounted them *on Msh horses, and, supplying themselves with Other such, made , .away into Dixie uncaught and unharmed. —-A-Sibangeb Killed’at-.tse Depot.— On Thursday evening last a jetringer stepped off the Express train, boundwest, at the station, went across to tbs Irish A jierican House to fill a canteen with water for a «ick soldier; and on returning found the train in motion, ran to get aboard, slipped from the icy platform near the water-tank, was crushed by the mov ing train and killed, having the ' crown of his head cut completely off. Tickets from Hoston to Cincinnatv, j, card upon which ■was the name of a Cunningham, and some $4,50 in money wo .j.'rmnd in his pockets : 'but nothing was discove!ed to fhow who be . was or where he was fi.Sm: although we un derstand it is stated by , Ipme ohb that there is , in Cincinnati a substitatt broker by the name' of Cunningham. ’ An ipqoest held by Dr. Armstrong resulted in a'verddct in accordance with the foregoing facts ,~~OvUgo Times. • - J THE AGITATOR. M. H.COBB, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR, WEDNESDAY, ; ; Editorial Correspondence of The Agitator] i Washington, March 1, 1865. "j Few who were present in the Senate near the olqse of the last session of the 37th Congress, will forget the scenes enacted daily on the floor during an - extraordinary session of five days duration.. For five days and nights-the Senate refused to adjourn, only taking a recess at 7 a. m.,’ for breakfast, and another at 5 p. m., for dinner. Everybody—Senators, clerks, door- | keepers, and reporters, were completely ex- j hausted. > This extraordinary session was the result of j the introduction of a new element into Senate-! rial proceedings. The Confiscation bill was i before the -Senate ; also, the internal revenue ; bill. A faction, composed of Bayard and Sauls- { bury, of Delaware, Kennedy, of Maryland, ■ Powell, of Kentucky, Garble of Virginia, and , Wall, of New Jersey, determined to prevent i the passage of these measures by a resort to j parliamentary, gymnastics known by the name I of “ filibustering.” It consists in motions to j adjourn, talking against time, and various dodges, practiced, generally, in bodies' which { do -not lay claim to dignity.. It was never done in the U. S. Senate before that time. Leaning upon its traditional sense of hoiror and propri ety, the Senate has no rule by which debate may be out off by the “previous question” being ordered. It is, therefore, at the meroy of every gabbling fool who may succeed in get ting a seat on the floor. Now, when this shameful conduct was being persisted in by Bayard & Co., no man was more severs upon the perpetrators of the outrage than Mr. Sumner, He denounced it as un worthy the dignity of an American Senator.— Everybody who wished the country well agreed with Mr. Sumner. But time and cimcumstan ces, set the world face to face with itse) f.— Never was the fact more clearly demonstrated than it has been during the' htstfive days. The occasion was the discussion of the resolution introduced by Mr. Trnmbnll, to recognize the State government of Louisiana. Mr. Sumner offered an amendment, conditioning the recog nition upon the admission of all persons, with out regard to color, to the right of suffrage.— He. took his stand upon this condition and re fused to let the resolution come to a final vote after the rejection of bis amendment. With him stood four other Republicans—Wade, of Ohio, firown, of Mo., Chandler and Howard, of Michigan ; and against them stood eignteen Republicans, whose fidelity to freedom has never been questioned. . With them, too, stood the entire Copperhead force of the Senate.— For once, there was a thorough amalgamation of the radicals on both sides of the-house. Sumner and Saulsbury ran lashed. It was a humiliating spectacle—snob an one as I never desire to look upon again. To carry his ends, Charles Sumner resorted to filibustering—just as Bayard & Co., did in 1863. He moved to adjourn ; demanded the yeas and nays ; offered .new amendments to which be spoke, without other object than the prevention of a final vote. Mr. Trumbull administered to him a cutting rebuke, reminding him of a similar scene in which he, Sumner, was the censor, in place of the offender, Mr.-Doolittle followed with a brief eketoh of Mr. Sumner’s course, and made an excellent point on the Massachusetts Sena tor. He reminded him that the spectacle pre sented was that of five Republican Senators arrogating to themselves greater sagacity than that possessed by eigbteeen other Republican [Senators. Mr. Sumner showed considerable temper in his reply to Mr. Doolittle ; »nd in conclusion declared that the bill should never pass. Of course six men can defeat a measure in the Senate if they are willing to usurp the rights of tbe majority. Mr. Sumner has now put himself upon the record with a few mal contents who deny, in action, that the majori ty ought to rule. It is to be regretted. And the country will one day call Mr. Sumner and his four colleague filibusters to account. Even the devotion of his lifetime cannot cover up or excuse such a breach of good faith and Senato rial measures. It is one thing to be radical, another to be utterly impracticable. M. H. C. The following is President Lincoln’s Inau gural Address; Fellow Cochtbthen— At this second ap pearance to take the oath of the President’s office there is less occasion for an extended ad dress than there was at the first. Then a state ment, somewhat in detail of a course td be pur sued seemed very fitting and proper. Now, at the, expiration of four years, during which public declarations have been constantly called for, every point and phase of the great contest which still attracts the attention and engroses the enemies of the nation, little that is new could be presented. The progress of our arms upon which all else depends is as well known to the public as as to myself, and it is I trust reasonably satis factory and encouraging to all. With high, hope for the future, no prediction in regard to it is ventured. On the occasion corresponding to this four years ago, all thoughts were anxiouslv directed to an impending civil war. All dreaded it; all sought to avoid It. While the inaugural ad dress was being delivered from this place, devoted altogether Jto saving the Union without war, insurgent agents were in the city plotting to destroy it without war, seeking to destroy the Union. Both parties deprecated war, but one part of them wonld make war rather than let the nation survive, and the other would ae oept war rather than let ifperish. And the war came. One-eighth of the whole WEX.X.SBOROVCB, PENN’A. FROM WASHINGTON- THE INAUGURATION. THE-iTIO'UA COUNTY AGITATOR. population wire colored slaves, not distribu ted generally over the Union, but localized in the'Southern part of it. These slaves, const! tuted a peculiar and powerful interest, although all know that this interest was somehow the cause of the war. To strengthen, perpetuate, and extend this interest, was the object for which the insur gents would rend the Union by war, while the government claimed no right to do more than to restrict the territorial enlargement of it. Neither party expected for the war the mag nitude or the duration which it has already at tained. Neither anticipated that the cause of the conflict might cease before the conflict itself ehoold cease. Each looked for an easier tri umph, and a result less fundamental and as tounding. Both read the same Bible, and pray to the same God ; And each invokes his aid against the other. It may seem strange that any man should-ask a just God’s assistance in wringing their bread from the sweat olj other men’s faces ;■ bat let us judge not, that |we be not judged.- The progress of both could not be answered ; that of neither hns been an swered folly.' The Almighty has his own purposes. “ Woe unto the World because of offenses, for it must needs be that offense come ; but woe to that man by whom the-offense cometb.” . If we shall suppose that American Slavery is one of these offenses, which in the Providence of God must needs come, but which having continued through His appointed time, He now wills to remove, and he gives to both North and South this terrible war, as the “ wo” due to those by ! whom the offense came. MAR. 8, 1865. Shall we discern that there is any departure from those Divine attribute which-the believers in a living God always ascribe to Him. Fond ly do we hope, fervently do we pray that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet if God will that it continue until nil the wealth piled by the bondman’s two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn by the lash shall be paid by another, drawn with the sword, as was said -three thou sand years ago, so still must it be said, that the judgment of the Lord are righteous alto* gather: With, malice towards none, with charity, for all, with firmness for the right, as God gives os to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind np the nation’s wounds, and care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for bis widow and his orphans, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among our selves and with all nations. War Department, Washington, Mar. 5, ’65. To Major Qen’l. D«: The following dis patches in relation to the reported defeat and capture of Gen. Early by Sheridan, and the capture of Cburlottsville, have been received by this Department. Gen. Sheridan and bis force commenced their movement last Monday, and were at Staunton when last beard from.— Maj. Gen. Hancock was placed in charge of the Middle MilitaryjDivision during the absence of Gen. Sheridan, headquarters at Winchester. E. M. Stanton. Seo’v. of War. City Point, Va., March S—IX n. m. “ Hon. E. M. Stanton, Seo’y of War: De serters in this morning report that Sheridan had rooted Early and captured Cburlottsville. They report four regiments having gone from here (Richmond) to re-enforce Early. ‘ Hon. E. M. Stanton, Sec’y War : Desert ers from every point of the enemy’s line con firm (be capture of Cbarlottaville by Oen. Sher idan. They say he captured Gen. Early and nearly his entire force, consisting of 1,800 men. Four brigades were reported as being sent to Lynchburg, to get there before Oen. Sheridan, if possible. D. S. Grant, Lieu't Qen’l. • Hon. E. M. Stanton, Sec,y of War; Refu gees confirm the statement of deserters as to the capture of Gen. Early and nearly bis en tire force, They say it took place on Thurs day last, between Stannton and Cbarlottsville, and that the defeat was total. . D. S. Grant. Lieu't Genera). Tacts about the 7-30’s—tho Advantages Their Absolute Security. Nearly all act ive credits are now based on government secu rities, and banks bold them as the very best and strongest investment they can make. If it were possible to contemplate the financial fail ure of the Government, no bank would be any safer. If money is loaned on individual notes or bond and mortgage, it will be payable in the same currency as the Government pays with, and no better. The Government never has failed to meet its engagements, and the national debt is a first mortgage upon the whole property of the country. While other stocks fluctuate from ten to fifty, or even a greater per cent., government stocks are always comparatively firm. Their value is fixed and reliable, beycind all other securities ; for while a thousand spec ulative bubbles rise and burst, as a rule they are never below par, and are often above.’ Its Liberal Interest.— -The general rate of interest is six per cent., payable annually,— This is seven and three-tenths, payable semi annually. If you lend on mortgage, there must be a searching of titles, lawyers’ fees, stamp duties and delays, and you will finally have re turned to you only the same kind of money you would receive from the Government, and less of it. If you invest iu-this loan, you have no trouble. Any bank or banker will obtain it for yon without charge. To each note or bond are affixed five “ coupons,’’ or interest tickets, duo at the expiration of each successive half year. The bolder of a note has simply to cut off one of these coupons, present it to the nea rest bank or government agency, and receive his interest ? the note itself need not be presen ted at all. Or a coupon thus payable will eve rywhere be equivalent, when due, to money. If you wish to borrow ninety cents on the dol lar upon the notes, you have the "highest secu rity in the market to do it with. If you wish to sell it, it will bring within a fraction of cost and interest at any moment. It will be very handy to have in the house. 1 It 13 convertible into a six per cent, gold bearing bond. At the expiration of three years, a holder of the notes of the 7-30 loan has the option of accepting payment in full or of fund ing his notes in a six per cent, gold interest bond, the principal payable in not less than five, nor more than twenty years from its date, as the Government may elect. These bonds are held at snob a premium as to make this privi lege now, worth two or three per cent, per an num, and adds so mnch to the interest. Notes of the same class, issued three years ago, are WAR NEWS. D. S. Grant, Lieu’t. Gen. “ City, Point, Va., March 5 — 2 a. m. they Offer. now selling at a rate that fully proves the cor rectness of this statement. Its Exemption from State ok Municipal Taxation. —Bat aside from all the advantages wo have onsmernted. a special net of Congress exempts all bonds and Treasury notes from lo cal taxation. On the-average, this exemption is worth about two pet cent, per annum, accor ding to the rate of taxation *in various parts of the country. It is a National Savings Bank. — While this loan presents great advantages to large 1 capitalists, it offers special inducements to those who wish to make a safe and profitable invest ment of small savings. It is in every way the best Savings’ Bank; for every institution of this kind most somehow invest its deposits pro fitably in order to pay interest and expenses.— They will invest largely in this loan, as the best investment. -Bat from the gross interest which they receive, they must deduct largely for the expenses of the bonk. Their usual iste of interest allowed to depositors is five per cent, upon sums over §5OO. The person who invests directly with Government will receive almost fifty per cent. more. Thus the roan who depo sits §l,OOO in apiivate Sayings’ Bank, receives fifty dollars a year interest: if he deposits the same sum in this National Savings’ Bank, he receives seventy-three dollars. Fur those who wish to find a safe, convenient and profitable means of investing the surplus earnings which they have ressvered for their old age or for the benefit of their children, there is nothing which presents so many advantages as this national loan. , The Highest Motive. —The war is evidently drawing to a close ; but while it lasts the Trea sury must have money to meet its cost; and ev ery motive that patriotism can inspire, should induce the people lo supply its wants without delay. The Government can buy cheaper for cash iu band than on credit. Let us see that its wants are promptly and liberally satisfied. From the Soldier Boys. Military Prison, Portress Monroe, . February 24,1865. Editor of the Agitator: —l have lately got a number of copies of your last issues, by the way of one of my friends, who gets them sent from home. 1 saw that the boys from different parts of the army let themselves be known by writing to you. Now, being camp life is very lonesome, 1 have concluded to occupy a few moments in giving you a.little account of onr soldiery, although there are hot very few Tio gans here with us ; but I hope it will be none the less interesting to your readers. It is just about a year ago since I, with thousands of others, joined our brothers in arms, to help put down this bloodthirsty rebellion which has spread over bur land, and has caused a great many of our brave boys to bite the dust and go beneath the sod. I joined the third regiment of-heavy artillery, which is now stationed at Fortress Monroe, doing garrison duty. The company that I am in was detached from the regiment last spring and pot in charge of a mi litary prison and a camp of distribution. The occupants of the prison are composed of pris oners of war, bounty jumpers of the very worst class, also a good many civilians of southern chivalry, who have been put under arrest by 1 Oan. Butler, some for disloyalty, and others for aiding our men to desert, over into the rebel lines. But since Gen. Ord took command of the department, a good many ,of them have been released, because there could be no charges found against them. Besides all these, Butler bus put shoulder straps in close confinement, ns well us the private soldier.— Some of them were put in for cowardice in the face of the enemy, and others for defrauding the Government. Deserters ore coming in here most every day, by squads. They all tell the same old story; they are tired of fighting in a hopeless cause; and further, not only is there no prospect of gaining their independence, but they have scarcely anything to eat or to wear. A dis charged soldier, that stopped here in our camp, said that the other day a whole regiment.of Johnnies came over into Grant’s lines, and brought all their officers with them. All the soldiers here are confident that the Confederacy is going down fast; the old saying is, I believe, that “ the rats generally leave a ship before she sinks and I think their ship is .-going down to the very bottom of the ocean. I just a few days ago returned from the North qn a short furlough, and I saw that the people there were anxious to have this war pat down ; but when father Abraham calls for more men to fill up the ranks of our army, there are but very few that will respond to the call ; and a good many, rather than be drafted into uncle Sam's service,-start for parts unknown. I saw quite a number of young fellows, in every town I went through, that I thought would make pretty good soldiers if they would only come; but there is where the fault lies. I am sorry to say it, but I must confess that a soldier, in some of the towns North, is looked upon as an outcast, and os a low degraded be ing. Some of my friends have also told me that in some places, if a person would only speak to a soldier, be was considered ‘nobody,’ and was not recognized in society. I was sur prised to hear it. I always entertained the idea that the people of tbe North would respect a soldier. A Soldier. TO BUILDERS. —The Charleston School Direct ors will meet at tbe Round Top School House, Friday, 17th Inst., at 9 o’clock, A. M., to let the building of a School House in said neighborhood. Size of House 24 by 34. By order of the President, March 8,1865. J. L. KINGSBURY, Seo’y. ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTlCE.—Letters of ad ministration having been granted to tbe under signed on tbe estate of J. B. Cady, late of Nelson, deceased, notice is hereby given to those indebted to make immediate payment and those baring claims to present them properly authenticated for settlement to LUTHER H. BREWSTER, Adm’r. ALICE CADY, Administratrix. Feb. 28, 1865-61. REMEMBER— The place to gat best Green and Black Tea, Best Baking Soda, Best Indigo and other dyes. Best Cream of Tartar, Best Kerosine Oil, Best Soda Crackers. Best Washing Soap, Best and purest Medicines, superior envelopes and letter paper. 'Tie at KOY ’ S Drug and Chemical Store. mar 8 *65 CHURCH MUSIC All persons that play the Me lodcan or Cabinet Organ should be able to play Church Mnsie,by a New Method of Teaching Chords and Thorough Base. I guarantee the scholar to bo able to read and play at sight Ordinary Church Mu sic at tho end of twenty-four or thirty lessons, provi ded the person is familiar with tho Letters on tho Staff and Key Board., My scholars also* have the privilege of Practicing Chorus, Singing with a fine Vocal Society one evening each week. Instruments of all kinds for sale and to rent. Mansfield, Feb, 22. 1885-1 m. J. 0. WHITE. WBIISZBB I II— Those wishing a fine set of whiskers, a nice moustache, or • beautiful head of gloss; hair, wilt please read the card of THO 9. P, CHAPMAN In another part of tMa paper. pf#b. 22. 1806-Sm.j HAJOR GENERAL HANCOCK’S First Army Corps of Veterans. THE Full Bounties and no Commissions No Star on Oar Flag shall oyer be Dimmed. TO THE PEOPLE EVERYWHERE : 41 Rally round the Flag, boys,” and keep step to the mask of the Onion. BOUNTIES AND PAY. The net pay of a Veteran Volunteer is Hancock's corps is, viz: Par ono-year, Government Bounty... $ 400 City of Philadelphia . 400 Monthly pay fxoin.tJ.S, Gov't, £l6 permomb.,.. 102 Clothing account yearly ' ' 42 Ward Bounty (average) , 25 City-relief for families of vols., $C per month... 72 Total ; _si,m The net pay of a Veteran Volunteer for two years in Hancock's corps is, viz: Government Bounty $ 500 City of Philadelphia Bounty 450 Monthly pay from U. S. Gov't, $l6 per month... 334 clothing account, $42 per year..... 84 Ward Bounty (average)...,, 25 City relief fot family, $6 per month 144 ' Total $1,587 The net pay of a Veteran Volunteer lor three years in Hancock's corps is, viz: - Government Bounty .$ 600 City of Philadelphia 500 Monthly pay from IT. S. Gov't, $l6 per month... 576 Clothing account, $42 per year 126 Ward Bounty (average) ~ 25 City relief for family, $6 per month 216 Total $2 Oti ORGANIZATION TO RAISE THE BRIGADE.. The committee who have charge of the organiza tion of the brigade are: 1 0. W. DAVIS, HENRY C. HOWELL, GEORGE BULLOCK, DAVID FAUST, - JOHN W. EVERMAN, JOSEPH F. TOBIAS, D. 8. WINEBRENER. SETH B. STITT. executive Offices op committee, 1 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Chit/ of DtUctite -Police of (he City of Philadelphia. TOViaUttPD MORTON M’MICHAEL, Jb., Cashier of First National Rank. The, brigade will be composed of three regiments. One will be raised under the direction of the corpora tions of Philadelphia. From these corporations the oommittee will consist of— CoL THOMAS A. SCOTT, Vice President of the Pennsylvania Railroad Co, FREDERICK FRALEY, President of the Schuylkill Navigation Co. CHARLES E. SMITH, President of the Reading Railroad Co, THOMAS C. HAND, -President of the Velatcare Mutual Insurance Co. STEPHEN A. CALDWELL, President of the First National Bank of Philadelphia. The second regiment will be raised under the di rection of the mannfactnrers, merchants and brokers of Philadelphia. The committee will consist of— BARTON H. JENKS, LEMUEL COFFIN, HENRY LEWIS, Jb., CHAS. L. BORIE, JOHN W. SEXTON, qf Jag Cooke & Co. The third regiment will be raised under direction of the Corn Exchange. The committee appointed are CHARLES KNECHT, President of the Com Exchange. B. G. JAMES, JAMES L. WARD, JOSEPH W. MILLER, JAMES S. PEROT. TO VETERANS EVERYWHERE. Come and join ns, whether yon live in Maine or Michigan, Now Jersey, Delaware, lowa, or any other loyal State. All who know the gallant Hancock, and all who ever served under the brave Birney, need no inducement to join ns after they have made up their minds to return to the front. Besides this, make your selves recruiting officers, and talk the matter over ■with the “ hoys.” Bring all you can with you, and yon shall bo put in the same company, and we will have a brigade without jealousies or strife. Think of this, and don't take much time to decide. We want to pat the thing through before the first of May. OFFICERS will ho appointed by Gen. Hancock. No one need apply to any one but him. The com mittees cannot take the time to decide upon saeh questions, or to answer letters. Wo want to get the soldiers and attend to their comforts. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Chief of Detective Police, Mayor's Office, Philad'a. From tbe great mass of official correspondence we select tbe following, as exhibiting the manner in which the Veteran Recruits have beon received and provided for. Circulars, giving fall particulars, may bo had at this office, oral recruiting stations (about to he organized) in different sections of the country : Washingtoß, D. C., Fob. 16, 1885. Benjamin Franklin, Esq., Chief of Detective Po lice, Philadelphia;—My Dear Sir: Year detachment of veterans for the lit corps arrived yesterday. The men, without exception, have been mastered into the service of the United States. lam very much obliged to you for the exertion yon have used toward filling np my corps, and I trnst that the success yon have thus far met with may be an earnest for greater suc cess in the future. I am, very respectfully, yonr obedient servant, WINFIELD S. HANCOCK, Major General U. S, Arr.ty, Commanding Corps, Washington, February 13, 1885, Headquart'a Ist Army Corps. Benjamin Franklin, Chief of Police, Corner Fifth and Cnestnut, Philadelphia;—Substitutes for enrolled men do not receive the Government Bounty. Prin cipals are exempted from draft. Representative re cruits receive tho Government bounty. Volunteers, substitutes and representative recruits residing in Philadelphia are credited to that city in coming drafts.” Pay commences from day the enlistment is perfected. Letter fay mail. W. 8. HANCOCK, Maj. Qen, It is to be expressly understood that veterans, ei ther of tho infantry service, cavalry, artillery, or na val, may be credited to the city, town, county or town ship where they reside. The following affidavit will exhibit at once the ad ■nimble demeanor of the recruits when they arrived at Washington, and how they were mustered in. Washington, D. C., Feb. 19, 1865. I hereby certify that as a Notary Public I was re quired to bo present at Gamp Stoncman, yesterday, the 18th, on the occasion of the mustering in of 28 men, recruited by Bonjaman Franklin, Esq., Chief of Detectives of Philadelphia. That they were all sworn in and uniformed In my presence, and they acknowl edged that they had been paid all of the bounties pro mised them by Mr. Franklin. I farther state, that ail of the above men expressed tfaemselses as satisfied with the condoctof Mr. Frank lin. I farther say, of my own knowledge, that efforts were made by persons about tho Baltimore depot in Washington to induce tbe men to violate theirengage meats with Mr. Franklin, bat to no effect. I say tbit for tbe credit of tbe men. A. G. LAWRENCE, Notary Public. CONCLUSION, All veterans -who desire to have theirinterestslook ed after without being swindled by sharpers, are .di rected to the Recruiting Agency, '-108 south SIXTH street, “Berry's Marquee," where the RIFLE is to be seen daily which tho veteran is entitled to keep at tbe expiration of bis term of service, which discharges sixteen shots per minute. j All communications on this subject after this expla nation, must be brief and to the point. They will be promptly answered by addressing BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Chief Detcctice Depa’nt Police, Mayor's Of ice, Phil’a. N. B.—No loafers, bounty jumpers or commission men need apply, as no dealing will be allowed with them. " - - JS#~ Remember that each veteran will be supplied with a patent breeoh-loading rifle, that can be fired off sixteen times per minute. AUDITOR'S NOTICE.—The undersigned having been appointed an Auditor to distribute the proceeds arising from the sale of real estate of A. GK Elliott, will attend to the duties of said appointment at the office of Williams for the Froieoution of Claims for Pensions, Esc* Pay and Bounties. Particular attention will bo given to that class of business. J. B. NILES. Niles Valley, Feb. 16,1866-ly» “ SlOO