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.
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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
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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 <fc Smith on Friday, the 24th
day of March, A. D. 1865, at 1 o'clock P. M., at which
thno and place all persona interested in tho distribu
tion of said funds, are invited to present their claims,
or bo forever barred from aqy claims upon said fund.
W. H. SMITH, Auditor.
Wellsboro, March 1,1866-4 t.
k JOHIf I. MITCHELL,
Attorney and counsellor at. law.
Tioga Village, Tioga County, Penn'a.
Prompt attention to Collections.
March 1, 1866,-ly.
U. S. 7*Bo Loan.
By authority of the Secretory of the Treasury, th,
undersigned has assumed the General Subscription
Agency for the sale of Dnited States Treasury J,- ote ,
bearing seven and throe-tenths per cent, interest, ns
annum, known as the ’ P<r
SEVEN-THIRTY LOAN.
These Notes are issued under date of August, 15th
1864, and are payable three jrenrs from that time, i a
currency, or ore convertible at the option of the bo).,
der into
K, S. 5-80 Six per cent
6OIID-BEABIH6 BOUDs
These bonds are now worth a premium of nine p er
cent, including gold interest from November, which
makes the actual profit on the T-30 lr,« D at <rarre flt
rates, including internet, about ten per cent. pw
annum, besides its exemption from Stale andmemci
pal taxation, which aide from one to three per rent
more, according to the rate levied on other propertv.
The interest is payable semi-annually by coupons at
tached to each note, which may be cut off and sold
to any bank or banker,
1 The interest amounts to
Oae cent per clay on (t $5O note. !
Two cents u u
Ten “
20
„ $1
“ “ « S3OO «
“ * » “ « siooo “
“ “ “ $5OOO
Notes of all the denominations named will be
promptly furnished npnn receipt of subscriptions.
This is
THE ONLY LOAN IN MARKET
now offered by the Government, and it is confidently
expected that Us superior advantages will make it the
Great Popular Z»oan of the People.
Less than $2011,000,000 remain unsold, which will
probably be disposed of within the next 60 or 90
days, when the notes will undoubtedly command a
premium, oj has uniformly bean the case on closing
the subscriptions to other Loans. ,
In order that citisens of every town sod section of
the country may bo afforded facilities for taking the
loan, the National Banks, State Banks, Private
Bankers throughout the country bare generally agreed
to receive subscriptions at par. Subscribers will se
lect their own agents, in whom they have confidence,
and who only are to be responsible for the delivery of
the notes for which they receive orders.
_ , JAY COOEE,
ScBSCRIPTIos Aoest, Philadelphia.
Subscriptions will be received by the FIRST
NATIONAL BANK of Wellsboro.
March 5, 1365.
THE IfllfTH ffATIOffAL BANK
OP TBB CITY OP SEW YORK.
CAPITAL, $1,000,000, Paid in.
Fiscal Apfinhcf the United States , and Special
Agent far Jay Cooke , Subscription Agent,
WILL DELIVER 7-30 NOTES, free of charge,
by express, in all parts of the country, and receive in
payment checks on New York, Philadelphia and Bos
ton, current bills, and all five per cent, interest notes,
with interest to date of subscription. Orders isstby
mail will be promptly filled.
This Bank receives the accounts of Banks and
Bankers on favorable terms: also of individuals keep
ing New York accounts..
J. T. HILL, Cashier, J. U. ORVLS, President.
Mar S-3ms
AUCTION SALE of Valuable Real Estate—situ
ated in Ward, Union, Liberty and Blosa town
ships, in_the County of Tioga and State of Pennsyl
vania.
The subscribers will offer at Public Sole at Blosi
burg in Tioga County on Thursday, the 16th day of
March next, at 1 o'clock, P. M., the following lots or
tracts of land situated as aforesaid, to wit;
lot No. 1, iu Warrant No. 5972, containing 105
acres, in Ward.
Lot No. 6, In warrant No. 5972, containing 49|
acres In Ward.
East half of lots Nos. 9 and 10, in warrant *No.
5972,49| acres. ,
Lots Nos. 4, 6 and 7, in warrant No. 1, containing
132 acres and 158 perches each, in Bloss and Union.
Lota Nog. 4 and S, in warrant No. 2, containing
133 acres and 58 perches each, in Union.
Lots Nos. 1, 5 and 7, in warrant No. 3, containing
181 acres and 100 perches each, in Union.
Lot No. 5, in warrant No. 4, containing 129 acres
and 24 perches, in Union.
Lots Nos. 1, 2 and 3. in warrant No. 5, containing
145 acres and 83 perches each, in Union.
Lots Nos. 1 and 3, in warrant No. 6, containing
127 acres and 50 perches each, in Union. [
North part of Lot No. 6, warrant No. 6, containing
67 acres,'in Union.
Lot No. 3, in warrant No. 7, containing 150 acres
and 94 perches. Also 84 acres thc scalh part of Lot
No. 5, warrant No. 7, in Union.
664 acres in warrant No. 5980, in Liberty..
364 acres in warrant No, 5950, in Bioas.
700 acres, south part of warrant No. 5955, in Blos%
526 acres, south part of warrant No. 5970,in Blow.
400 acres, north part of warrant No. 5977, in Bloss-
The above lands are well covered with Beech, Ma
ple, Birch and Hemlock timber. Iron ore and Bila
minons Coal have been found on parts of the lands
above described.
The above lands will be sold at the time and place
above mentioned without reserve. Terms of Sale—
Cash on the day of sale when good and sufficient deed*
will be given. J. H. GDLICK, ]
G. R. WILSON. } Anu
Bloasburg, March 1, 18fl5-3t.
Pennsylvania State Normal School,
MANSFIELD, TIOGA CO., PA,
THE SPRING TERM will commence on Mon
day, March 13, 1866,
Prop. P. A. ALLEN, for the past six years m
charge of the Chester County (Pa.) Normal Scbool,
has been elected Principal, and Prof. Frank Crosby,
recently of the same institution, has been appointed
to the Professorship bf Languages and Literature-
Prof, Allen is well known throughout the State as a
gentleman of accurate scholarship, possessing & prac
tical experience of fifteen years as an educator of
teachers. Prof. Crosby possesses the advantage of a
rare and successful experience as a teacher of the va
rious branches which aro pursued in schools of (£*
higher grade.
Excellent Chemical and Philosophical apparatus
will be in readiness at the opening of the Scbool.
A Gymnasium will he erected, for which a valuable
apparatus baa already been secured.
Tuition, in advance, per term, $6.00. No extra
charges for the languages or mathematics. Bonding
iu the hall, or in private families, from $2.50 to $3.9d
por week. W, C, RIPLEY,
Albert Clarx, Sec'y. Prea't Board of Trustees.
Mansfield, July 20, 1864-ly.
LIST OF LETTERS remaining in the Post
Office at Tioga, March 1, 1865 :
Barbar Frank, Bodino H. L. <t Co., Battersten Vsr
nam, Baker Mrs. Lucy, Cummings Belfldoa, Cargat
John, Crittenden Samuel IV., Chapman Mrs.
Jane, Deabner Biobard L., Denveirx John, Encsnw
Miss Hannah, Fuller H. 8., Harris Miss Adelu. Ha
ner Miss Lizzie. Kingsley Miss E. N., Little Jobp»
Mead John, Niven Daniel, Ogburn Miss Mary
Qorrin Charles, Rowo John, Schoonover Miss LjW‘ ci ‘
Shallten Miss Frances, Suekscn J. S., Liviogstoa
Phebe Ann, Thomas Miss Mary Ann, Tremaine E®**
line, Vaughan Mr?. Rifts el, Vanciso Mri. Eai^ 3 '
Watson George, Walden David, White W., Wallmg
John, Whitcomb Mrs. Almira, Wilson John.
To obtain any of these letters, the appho* 3 *
roust call for “advertised letter?," give the
this list, and pay one cent for advertising. L* not
called for within one month they will be sent to ta*
Dead Letter Office. LEWIS DAGGETT, P- H.
JEROME B. HILES,
ATTORNEY & COUNSELLOR AT LAV,
Niles Vailoy, Tioffa Coantv, Pa-,
Haring bean specially licensed bj the United Sul e>
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»
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