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THE PEOPLE'S CHOICE TOR PRESIDENT,
ABRAHAM LINCOLN•
HARRISBURG, PA
THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 5,1854.
The 'Fifty-fifth Regiment P. V.
This regiment is now aWsiting marching or
ders, having filled its quota, with as fine a
body of recruits as ever donned. a uniform, or
shouldered a musket. The Fifty-fifth is corn
mended by Col..Diek White, than whom there
is no braver man or better officer of the same
rank in the service. He is eminently a Soli
dier and a leader—emulous for duty where
the highest interests of the cause he has so
gallantly espoused can be promoted. It is
not positively known where Col. White will
be ordered to report. His friends hope,
and he is anxious that he will be detailed with
that army which is to take a leading part in
the coming great and final struggle for the
overthrow of the rebellion. At the same time,
Col. White can strike a blow in revenge of the
wrongs heaped upon his brother, Major Har
ry White, who, by the inhumanity of the re
bels, and the machinations of their sympa
thizers in the State Senate, has so long been
a prisoner in rebeldom.
Let it Be Changed
In a certain publication entitled the "Na
tional Portrait Gallery of Eminent Ameri
cans," we notice that a full length portrait
of James Buchanan is placed so as to be in
juxtaposition with that of a spiedid picture of
Lafayette—a portrait of the gallant French.
man as he was when he espoused the cause
of American Colonial Independence. This is
decidedly the coolest insult yet offered to the
lovers of the Union and the supporters of the
Government. Lafayette, the pure, the good,
the noble, the generous, the valiant, the vir
tuous, placed in history, side by side with Bu
chanan, the base, the selfish, the sordid, the
traitorous, the inhuman and the parasitical ! It
is enough to arouse the indignation of a saint.
No publisher should be patronized by the grate
ful and the loyal people of the land who thus
outrages history and insults decency.. We
know of several young men, subscribers to the
work, who at once tore Buchanan's portrait from
the book, because it was a 'wrong to the glorious
memory of the blood which flowed at Brandy
wine, and the heroes who fought with Lafay
ette through the Revolutionary war.
Speech of Hon. H. C. Allemma..
We print to-day the speech of Hon: H. C.
Allsman, of Dauphin county, on the resolu
tion proposing to require proof of loyalty from
persons claiming payment for damages by
the rebel raids;' delivered in the House of
Representatives, February 24, 1864. The
unusual length of the speech should not pre
vent the constituents of Mr. Alleman from
giving it a_ careful perusal, as it discusses a
subject in which they are largely interested.
We have only room to add that it is a clear
and an 'eloquent defence of the loyalty of the
people of Dauphin county.
A Good Appointment
We see it stated that T. Jefferson Jackson,
a native son of Philadelphia, but for several
years past a citizen of Indiana, has been ap
pointed Lieut. Colonel of the First Alabama
(colored) Siege Artillery. He has earned this
appointment by the gallantry of his actions
in the field, and the experience he has de
tilted from a long service in the Volunteer
ranks. Among the Indiana troops, Lieut.
Col. Jackson is known and respected as an
earnest, ardent and undaunted soldier. He
is, we believe, a brother of ReV. J. Walker
Jackson, pastor of the Locust Street M. E.
church.
The Soldiers• XPranchise.
Now that the Legislature is . organized and
ready for business, we trust that the proposi
tion to amend the Constitution so as to en
franchise the defenders of the nation, will at
once take a practical legislative shape. It is
not only necessary that this proposition should
be acted upon, but it is due to the valor of
the men who are thus to be righted, that
the measure be passed with alacrity, in order
to show our contempt for those who have la
bored for the degradation of the soldier, and
our high respect for the soldiers themselves.
The honor of the Commonwealth is invested
in the enfranchisement of its fighting men.
Hall! all Hail to Louisiana!
The news of the election in. Louisiana is
indeed glorious. Once the mot perverse and
unrelenting slave State in the Union--about
as imperious Is Virginia and South Carolina—
she now wheels into the Union ranks, not
only proclaiming her loyalty, , but announcing
that she will henceforth live only as a free
State. Thus it will be with all the States.
Their annunciation of loyalty will be coupled
with declarations in favor of freedom! South
ward the cause of abolitionism takes its way !
TEE NORRISTOW2,T Arai TX) AND FREE PRESS,
the able and the old organ of the Republican
party in Montgomery county, comes to us
this week, enlarged and much improved. It
now presents an appearance, equal in dimen
sions and typographical beauty,. with any heb
domidal in the State. Robert Iredell, Sr.,
the former editor and publisher, retires from
the control of the Free Press, and is succeeded
by Robert Iredell, Jr., and Morgan R. Wells.
If the assuming proprietors aro as faithful to
their business and their principles,
_as the re
tiring publisher, they will earn, as he did, the
confidence and the respect of their cotempo
raries. •
THE PROVOST lireiRWAL GENF-RAM has deci
ded that all volunteers who may enlist before
the draft is actually made will be deducted
from the quotas by the )36ard of Enrollment,
in, accordance with orders to be given in each
case, by the A. A. Provost Marshals Generals
of the State.
IPhiladelphia—Her Glories and Grabbing,
Our rural cotemporaries are amusing their
readers with humerous allusions to the proposi_
tion to remove the State capitol to Philadel
phia." It is an old joke, certainly, which the
Quakers delight in repeating, merely to show
their "possessions." It reminds us of a certain
money greed in one of the central bounties of
Pennsylvania, who, to advertise his wealth to
his neighbors, was in the habit of occasionally
offering his property for sale, by large "posters"
upon which he gave a detailed account of
what he was worth, which amount, as heimag,-
ined, elicted the wonder and the envy of
his neighbors. But it did not. It only in
vited curious inquiry as to how he managed
to accumulate such wealth, leaving the deep
impression that it was illy gotten. Thus with
our prosperous friends of the Quaker City.
When they desire to impress the people of
other portions of the State, with their great
ness, they advertise their institutions, print
tabular statements of their business, and
talk largely of whit they contribute to the sup
part of the Commonwealth. Brit they never
candidly admit the lavish liberality with
which the State of Pennsylvania contributes
to their glory, their greatness, their progress
and their prosperity. There is not a chartered
institution of learning, in the arts or sciences,
in the city, of Philadelphia, but which owes its
fostering care to the people at large of the
Commonwealth, in the shape of annual
.appro
priation's from the Legislature. And yet these
institutions are claimed as the evidences of
the special merit of Philadelphia. They are
exhibited to strangers as the sign of Phila
delphia's glory—and pointed to as the monu
ments of her munificence. Again, what
would the city of Brotherly. Love amount to,
were it not for the iron tracks which connect
her with the rural districts of the State?
Without these railroads, those districts could
get all that they now receive from Philadel
phia, just as cheap, and on time just as ac
commodating, .from either New York or
Baltimore—but where could Philadelphia
make hp for her loss of trade and communica
tion with the rural districts of this and the
Western States? These are points which our
imperious neighbors never allow to come up
for contemplation. Grown to collossal pro
portions on the patronage of others; petted
and pampered by the bounties of the State at
large, our friends on the Delaware are now
actually showing a disposition to ignore all
the other portions of the Comnionwealth, and,
as itWore, with one voracious gulph, consume
and digest at their pleasure the interests of
the entire State. Indeed, we would not be
surprised if the Quakers would offer to relieve
the State of all responsibility of government,
by proposing not merely to receive the capitol
in their midst, but to invest their worthy
Mayor with executive functions, to enfranchise
the city and common council with general
legialative powers, and use the city police as
a standing army to keep in subjection to Phila
delphia's greed and glory, the barbarians who
now inhabit the fertile valleys, the popu
lous inland towns and cities, and the grand
old hills of the State at large.
—lt is time that our cotemporaries of the
rural districts pay some attention to this dis
position of the greeds and the cormorants of
the Quaker City, to control the legislative
branch of the Government. We do not de
sire to create jealousies between sections—we
have no inclination, either, to arouse rivalries,
out of which only bitter animosities can grow;
but we do want to remind our friends on the
Delaware that they are overstepping the bounds
of decency in their demands; and our friends
on the Susquehaina, the Moriongsahela, the
Allegheny, the Juniata, Lake Erie, and all
other portions of the Commonwealth beyond
the corporate limits of Philadelphia, that they
are neglecting their own most vital interests by
encouraging the pretensions of an overgrown,
petted and spoiled commercial emporium.
We are satisfied that Philadelphia should be
adorned at the expense of the State with in
stitution s—we are contented that the authori
ties should.spend a large share of the resour
ces of the people at large, to tickle the vanity
and inflate the pride of the metropolitans—but
we protest against any attempt to place the
integrity and the independence of the Gov
ernment within the control of an influence
which esteems mere money making as the
highest success in life. Philadelphia already
possesses more influence in the lobbies of the
Legislature than she should be allowed to
wield by those who have at heart the real
prosperity of the Commonwealth. What
would that influence amount to, were the halls
of legislation moved -to to that city? Just to
making Philadelphia, to all intents and pur
poses, the State, the mistress and the dictator to
all the other counties, whose labor and enter
prise, and natural resources would be monopo
lized to adorn and enrich the People thereof.
Philadelphia would love to play the part of
Rome; live in riotous splendor at the ex
pense of the outside savages; corrupt those
who come to her midst to legislate for the
"remote provinces," and eventually saeriiice
the Commonwealth, with all its labor and its
virtue, to appease her lusts andlicentiortsness.
Will Pennsylvania allow her to do so?
Amos Icatipam., In his letter which the cOp..
perhead papers are quoting, assigns a most
equivocal reason for his disposition to favor
M'elellan's nomination for the Presidency.
"I think," he says "the wrongs tchich - the coun
try has steered through him can be most ap
propriately redressed by placing hini -at the
head,of its government." We suspect the
venerable Amo of "sarkizsm," and its cruel of
hint.
A C 1117.0 portrait of 'the Saviour, existing
in the time of the Emperor Tiberias, and given
to Pope Innocent the Eighth, has come to
light in Rome. it is pronounced authentic,
and has been copied by a Parisian sculptor.
Goon financiers assure the Government that
since Congress has absolutely provided that
the principal-es well as the interest of the two
hundred million loan shall be paid in coin, it
will readily be disposed of at five per cent. in
fea*L
PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE.
REPORTED EXPRESSLY POE THB TELEGRAPH.
SENATE.
TnUBSDAY, March 3, 1864.
The Senate met at 11 o'clock, A. u.
The Journal was read and approved.
PETITION PRESENTED.
Mr. CONNELL presented the memorial of
James Thomson and Geo. Sharswood, judges
of tie court for the Eastern district, and nu
merous other citizens of Philadelphia, in favor
of an act to provide for old and faithful teirch
ere of the public schools. _
Referred to the Committee onr Education.
REPORIE OF COMMITTEES.
Mr. CONNELL, chairman of the Commit
tee on Finance, reported, as amended, House
bill No. 121, a further supplement to an act
to provide for the payment of the interest on
the State debt.
Also, (Sarne,) as committed, House bill No.
02, an act to provide for the payment of the
expenses of the Transportation and Tele
graphic Department.
Mr. WILSON, (same,) as committed, House
bill No. 32, an act relative to the payment of
the interest on the public. debt.
Mr. GRAHAM, (saine,) as committed;
House bill No. 25, an act to repeal so much
of the twenty-ninth section of "an act to pro
vide for the ordinary expenses of the govern
ment and other general and specific appro
priations," approved April 14, 1863, as makes
the number of pupils in attendance on the
schools in the various districts 'the basis of
the distribution of the school fund.
Mr. TURRELL, (Jucliciary,) as committed,
House bill No. 18, an act to authorize the
Governor to appoint five additional notaries
public in the county of Allegheny.
Mr. 'WILSON, (Accounts,) presented the
account of. George Bergner, postmaster at Har
risburg, accompanied by a resolution that it
be paid. •
The resolution was adopted—yeas 16, nays
15.
DILLS IN PLA.OE.
Mr. CONNELL read in place a further sup
plement to an act relating to limited partner
ships, approved March 31, 1856.
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Also, a further supplement to an act to en
courage the manufacture of iron with coke or
mineral coal, and for other purposes, approved
April 16, 1861.
Referred to the Committee on Corpora
tions.
Mr. LOWRY, an act to authorize the Gov
ernor to appoint a pension commissioner for
the State of Pennsylvania, to reside in the city
of Washington.
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
ORDERS OF THE DAT
House bill, entitled An act to authorize the
appointment of two additional notaries public
for the city of Philadelphia, came up in order
and was postponed for the present—yeas 16,
nays 15.
House bill No. 117, joint resolution repeat
ing Congress to increase the pay of privates
and non-commissioned officers of the army,
Came up in order on second reading, was
passed to third reading, and laid over on the
orders.
House bill No. 237, an act to legalize ,he
levy and collection of taxes to pay bounties to
volunteers in Bradford county,
Came up on the orders, on second reading.
The copperheads, with groat persistency,
tried to stave off legislation on this and all
other bills, but after numerous votes - being
taken on dilatory motions, this was pesseci
to third reading, and went over on the orders.
The joint resolutions, proposing certain
amendments to the Constitution; came up and
were postponed , there not being a sufficient
number present to pass it constitutionally.
The Senate bill, to compel the Erie canal
company to build and keep in repair their
bridges,
Came up in order, and here the copperheads
again exhibited their virulence, as the bill
was in charge of Mr. LOWRY, the able Sena
tor from Erie; but it was got through to third
reading, went over.
The our of one having arrived, the senate
then Adjourned.
HOUSE OF. REPRESENTATIVES.
TILTTBSDAT, Mareh• 3, Mt
The House met at the usual hour.
Various bills were reported from commit
e es.
BILLS IN PLACE.
Mr. ALLEMAN read in place an act to settle
he,claim of John Loban.
Referred to the Committee on Claims.
Also, a supplement' to an act to change the
place of holding the elections in certain
townships in Dauphin county, approved April
22, 1863.
Referred to the Committoe on Election Dis
tricts.
Mr. SEARIGHT, an act to authorize the
election of four supervisors iniVharton town
ship, Fayette county.
Referred to the Committee on Roads,
Bridges and Canals.
Mr. ETNTER, an act to authorize the board
of school directors &the township of Shirley,
in the county of Huntingdon, to levy and col
lect a tax for the relief of subscribers to the
bounty fund in said township.
Referred to, the Committee on the Military
Affairs.
Also, an act relating to public roads in the
township of Clay, county of Huntingdon.
Referred to the Committee on Roads,
Bridges and Canals.
Mr. BALSBACH, an act to attach Juniata
county to the Twentieth Judicial district.
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
(local.)
Mr. SMITH, (Lancaster,) an act relative to
the pay and compensation of the , directors of
the poor of Lancaster county.
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
(Weal.) -
Also, an act relative to the Columbia and
Marietta turnpike road company.
Referred to the Committee on Corpora
tions.
Mr. COLEMAN, an act relating to railroads
and Canal companies.
Referred to the Committee on Railroads.
Mr. KOONCE, an act - to extend"' the provi
sions Of an act, passed the 16th day of April,
1862, and the supplement thereto, passed. the
22d of April, 1863, for the adjudication and.
judgment of certain military claims to certain
military claims not therein provided for,
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
(local.)
Kr. NOYES, au act authorizing the town
ship of Allison, Clinton county, to raise a
bounty for coltultpers.
Referred to the` Committee on Military Af
fairs.
Mr. WALSH, a supplement to an act rela
lug to costs in Luzerne county.
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciar
(local.)
it4so, a supplement to an act to incorporate
the Hyde Park cemetery company.
Referred to the Committee - on Corporatintis.
Mr. BECK, an act to confer on Edward
M'-
Gargle, adopted son of Williaiu Fowler and
Elizabeth Fowler, his wife, the rights of a
child born of their bodies. •
Referred to the Cominittee on the Judiciary
(local)
Also, an act to change the place of holding
the elections in Woodward township, Lycom
in.
ite7 uilt l Y d .
errE to the Committee on Zlection
triote.
Mr. BARGER, a supplement to an act to
provide for the taxation of non-resident vend
ers of merchandise in the city and county of
Philadelphia, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
(local.)
Mr. BARNETT, an act to authorize the
school directors of Juniata township, Perry
c ounty, to levy and collect a tax for the pur
pose of paying bounties to volunteers.
Referred to the Committee on Military Af
fairs. ,
Also, an act to enable the citizens of Madi
son township, Perry county, to levy and col
lect a tax for the purpose of paying bounties
to volunteers•
Referred to the Committee on -Military Af-
I g=3
2ea. BROWN, an act to supply the loss of
certain records - in the. State department. -
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
(local.)
Mr. BURGWIN, an act to incorporate the
New Castle and. Franklin railroad company.
Referred to the Committee on Railroads.
Mr. COCHRAN, (Philadelphia,) an editor
the promotion of anatomical science.
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
(general.)
Also, an act relative to apprentices.
Referred to the• Committee on the Judiciary
(general.)
Mr. COCHRAN, (Philadelphia,) a supple
ment to an act entitled An act concerning the
sale of railroads, bridges, canals, turnpikes,
bridges and plank roads, approved April 8,
1861.
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
(general.)
Also, an act in relation to estates tail.
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
(general.)
Mr. GRA33ER, an act relative to Good
Spring railroad company.
Referred to the Committee on Railroads.
Also, an act relative to Northern Liberties
and Penn township railroad company.
Apferred to the Committee on Railroads.
Mr. GUERNSEY, a supplement to an act
entitled An act to incorporate the Tioga im
provement company, approved April 7, 1849.
Referred to the Committee on Corporations.
Mr. HOPKINS, a supplement to the penal
code of this Commonwealth.
Referred to the Committee on the Jidiciary
(general.)
Also, an act to incorporate the Northern
mining company.
_ .
Referred to the Committee on Corporations.
Mr. JACKSON, an , act relative to appropria
tions out of county funds to agricultural so
cieties.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture.
Mr. LEE, an act to incorporate the soldiers'
national cemetery.
Referred to the Committee on Corporations.
Mr. M'MANUS, an act to incorporate the
General Taylor steam forcing hose company,
No. 85, of the city of Philadelphia.
Referred to the Committee on Corporations.
Mr. O'HARRA, an act to incorporate the
Pioneer mining company of Colorado.
Referred to the Committee on Corporations.
Mr. PURDY, an act for the removal of the
Northumberland.bank, in the county of North
umberland.
Referred to the Committee on Banks.
Mr. RICE, a supplement to an act author
izing, the citizens of Palmer township, North
ampton county . , to issue bonds and disburse
the proceeds of the sale thereof as bounties to
volunteers..
Referred to the Committee on Military Af
fairs.
Also, an act to incorporate the New Street
bridge company of Bethlehem.
Referred to the Committee on Roads,
bridges and Canals.
• Mr. REED, an act to exempt the Monon
gahela City temetery from taxation, except
for State pixrposes.
Referreii to the Committee on the Judiciary
(local.)
Mr. RIDDLE, an act to incorporate the
Penn Gas coal company, in the county of
Westmoreland.
Referred to the Committee on Corporations.
Mr. SPANGTN.R, an act for the. relief of
Sarah Arm Purnell, widow of an old soldier.
Referred to the Committee qn Pensions and
Gratuities.
Mr. SIJTP.EaIi, an act to, change the width
of Wildey street, in the Eighteenth ward,
Philadelphia.
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
(local!)
Mr. WATSON, an act to reduce the num
ber of directors of the Harrisburg, Ports
mouth, Mount Joy and Lancaster railroad
company.
Referred to the Committee on Railroads.
Also, a further supplement to the act rela
ting to limited partnerships. -
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
(general.) - •
Mr. WELLS, an act to authorize the town
ship of Horford, Susquehanna county, to elect
overseers of the poor.
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
(local.)
Mr. BOILEAU, an act supplementary to an
act 'relating to the collecting of State and
county taxes in the county of Bucks.
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
(local.)
Mr. M'MURTIE, an act for the relief of
Charles Hughes, a citizen of Blair county.
Referred to the Coinmittee -on Claims.
Mr. BOYER, a supplement to an act en
titled An act to incorporate the Mahoning and
Susquehanna railroad company, approved
April 19, 1854.
Referred to the Committee on Railroads.
Also, an act to appoint a road commis
sioner to take charge of the Warren and
Brookville and of the Warren and Stratton
vile State roadi in Forest county.
Referred to the Comniittee on Roads,
Bridges and Canals.
M'l Fl', , an act to incorporate the city
of Kittanning, in the county of Armstrong.
Referred to the Committee on Corporations.
Also, an act to grant relief to the families
of drafted men in Armstrong county,
Referred to the Committee on Military Af
fairs.
Mr. NOYES, an act to lay ont a State road
iu Cameron and Clinton counties. •
Referred to the Committee on Roads,
Bridges and Carials.
Mr. GLASS, an act for the incorporafion., of
the Kielaminitis and Clarion railroad com
pany.
Referred to the Conimittee on Railroads.
MISSIMER, an act to incorporate the
Bucks and Chester railrOad company.
Referred to the Committee on Railroads.
Mr. ALEXANDER, an act for the relief of
James T. Burns, formerly treasurer of Clarion
county.
Referred to the Committee on Claims.
Mr. HEBRON, an act supplementaiy to the
act of April 22, 1863, relative to the Western
yonnsylvama • hospital.
Referred to the I:inkraittee on Corporations.
Mr. HENRY, an act to incorporate the New
Brighton Retreat, an asylum for the recep
tion, care and treatment of mental alienation
qr disqrder, and other nervous and. chronic
diseasesexcluaively for females. •
Referred to the Committee on Corporations.
Mr. ALEXANDER, a supplement to an act
entitled An act authorizing the Governor to
incorporate the Bald Eagle and Spring Creek
navigatiop company, approved April 14, 1834.
Referred tq the Committee on Covoratons.
The remainder of the morning session was
spent in the consideration of the.bounty bill
• Adjourned.
330 TeCenrapQ.
LATER FROM GEN, SHERMAN'S COMMAND.
OCCUPATION OF SELMA.
Five Gunboats Captured.
I=l
M , TPHIS, Feb. 29.
A. private letter from -an officer-- at Vicks
burg dated the 23d ult., says:
"We hear nothing of a definite character
from Sherman, but no doubt he has taken
possession of Selma, .Ala. It is said Sherinan
captured five gunboats at Selma."
Washington's birthday was celebrated at
Vicksburg in a splendid manner, and all the
troops were reviewed by Gen. cArthur.
A rebel brigade was between Vicksburg and
Jackson.
FROM CAIRO.
A Company of Colored Troops Murdered
by Guerrillas.
Retaliation by Our Troops.
Destruction of Rebel Property.
The clerk of the steamer Pringle informs
me that while that steamer was on a foraging
expedition to Johnson's plantation, Tecum
seh Landing, five miles above Grand Lake,
Mississippi, on the 14th, was attacked
by a band of sixty well mounted guer
rillas dressed iu Federal uniforms, surprised
a company of the Ist Mississippi infantry
(colored) who were standing guard about a
mile and half from the main body of
the foraging party, capturing and disarm
ing them before assistance could be rendered.
All were killed or mortally wounded except
• o who feigned death.
Lieut. Cox and Sergt. Spencer were ordered
to strip them, and they state that some of the
negroes were pinned to the wound with bayo
nets, others had their ,brains knocked out,
others shot through the head while on their
knees begging for quarters.
The guerrillas , escaped without losing a
man.
After our dead were bunied, the princely
mansion around which the guard was posted
and nq one allowed to enter previous to the
slaughter of our troops, was fired and the
building with its magnificent furniture was
consumed. Four thousands bushels of corn
were taken from the crib containing about
15,000 bushels(when the foraging party re
turned to Vicksburg.
THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC.
SUCCESS OE GENERAL CUSTER'S
CAVALRY MOVEMENT.
Our Force Advances to Charlottesville.
Brilliant Cavalry Charge en a
Rebel Camp.
;•-•-••
netur-n of the. Expedition.
Without Lions.
RUMORS FROMGEN, KILPATRICK'S COLUMN
HIS FORCE SUPPOSED TO BR IN TEE VICIN
ITY OF RICHMOD.
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OP TEE POTOMAC,
March 2.
Gen. Custer started with a force or cavalry,
on Sunday, to make a reconnoissance toward
Gordonsville, the Sixth Corps, under Gen.
Sedgwick, following in support. He passed
through Madison Court House on Monday
morning, and reached Wolfton, a few miles
beyond, encountered a rebel picket, which he
captured. Passing across the Rapidan and
Ravenna rivers in the direction of Clharlotts
ville, he met the enemy within three miles of
the latter place, where he charged a body of
cavalry under Gen. Stuart, driving them a
considerable distance. Capt. Ash, of the
Fifth United States Cavalry, (Regulars,)
charged on a rebel camp near this place, with
sixty men, drove the enemy, burned their
tents, six caissons and two barges, and re
treated without the loss of a man. This was
one of the boldest fights our cavalry has made
during the war.
Finding his small force opposed by infan
try, Stuart's Cavalry and several batteries,
which opened upon him, and that a number
of trains had just' arrived with troops to op
pose' his advance, he determined to return,
After crossing the Ravenna river, he burned
the bridge, destroyed three
,fiouring mills
filled with grain, and fell back toward the
Rapidan, but his battery horses giving out,
he had to halt for the night. On nearing the
Rapidan, the next morning, he met a large
body of rebel cavalry on the road to Burton's
Ford, and skirmished with them for a time.
He found the rebels had concentrated their
force at this point, when he suddenly wheeled,
and taking the road to Banks' Ford, crossed
without opposition. The enemy followed
some distance, but` failed to . inflict any dam
age: •
General Custer and his force returned to
camp to-day with only four men wounded
slightly, and one rather badly: He captured
and brought in about fifty prisoners, a large
number of negroes, some three hundred
horses, and besides destroyed a large quantity
of valuable stores at StannardSville. A. num
ber of rebels were wounded in the skirmish at
the Rapidan..
GRN. 35:12E.PATBSIMEr:S . COLUMN
WASHDTGTON, March 2.—Nothing is officially
known of the whereabouts of Gen. Kilpatrick.
It is said in --well-informed, circles, that on
Monday he was in Spottsylvania. Court House,
which, according to the Gazette, is fifty-six
miles from Richmond. An officer who arrived
here to-night from the Army of the Potomac,
reports that when last heard from, he was
within eighteen miles of Riclunond.
This, however, may be mere surmris6, as
there is no communication by which such a
fact could be ascertained.. Custer's move
ment was to deceive or draw off the attention
of the enemy, while Kilpatrick journeved -in
another direction...
The enppositioa is he got tt fair start, with
no danger in hia rear.
He.has certainly had sufficient time to reach
Richmond if such was a part of the plan of
operations * •
•
Philadelphia Stock Beard-
Pimarnmesll4 March 3 -
Stock% steady. Pennsylvania se. 96a;
-Keating Railroad, 65a; TioNit . Canal, 73;
Long Via, 46; Peainaylyania Railroad, 704;
Sod, D M; eielionge on New York par.
.
IMPORTANT REBEL NEWS
BRAGG PLACED IN COMMAND OF
THE REBEL ARMIES,
General Lee His Subordival
HEAVY REBEL LOSS IN FL-Pi-.
Apprehensions Concerning Jolifito•i', Irn
COMMENTS ON THE PONERGT
W.A.S"n;;CITOS, AP. I .a
- A large batch of very late and
rebel papers has reached here. The new-.
very important and is in brief as follc.r.-3:
The Richmond papers announce, :vi:
hardly concealed regret, the appointmiht
General Braxton Bragg to the
in-chief of all the rebel armiti>, &yeti
head of the great General Lce hinist•if.
Examiner, which for some time past has
the hero of Chickamauga a setvccgcat ic•r
military sins of Davis, assails Bra with!.
bitterness. His appointment
unpopular, and Davis and himself share
odium.
The rebels boast a complete victory
ids, but, notwithstanding, admit huav, .
of officers and men.
Longstreet's falling back appcar. t..
mystery to the rebels themselves. 1: , )r
(lentil:II reasons the Enquirer does
his probable whereabouts. Great art.... ? . r
sions are expressed for the safety r t
in Georgia, and for the situation in_ILI
and Mississippi.
Captains Sawyer and Flynn, lately s(A,
to be martyrs to retaliation, are ah•
surrendered to exchange.
Deserters from the rebel army are tt.
fficted with terrible punishments, to -7 1
military powers of the Confederacy.
go through a fearful process of
which is described in the rebel papers.
many of them have been publicly
smaller towns.
Cerao, March 2.
The Enquirer again warns the fanner,
agricultural producta must be sel4 for
outer pnees
The salaries of Government employees liv.
been raised etre hundred per cent., to enahl.
them to procure the necessaries of life.
Great ado is made over the Copperhead 11.
affection in the North. Every attack ;Ape:.
President Lincoln's Administration is
with exaggerated comment. Senator
roy's circular is prominently copied I,y ti:-
Richmond press, and endorsed wit'a
satisfaction.
The Louisiana c t iz;i3
THE FREE-STATE TICKET srtcr,\l-i.
Hon. Michael Hahn Chasten Ga7c7,-;:r.
The election, yesterday, resulted in 111,
triumph of the Straight Free S.tatn 'll,l=e;
Hon. Micheal Hahn being elected G0v.:1:y..1
by about 3,000 majority, out of a vote , f evri
8,000. There is great rejoicing by the
State party. There were illumination;
cannon firing last night.
Louisiana is a free State !
CABIO, March 2.—By the arrival of th ,
steamer Empress, we have New Orleans ciatr
to the 23d ult.
The total vote of the State as far as recei7:-.4:i.
is 9,293. Hahn's majority over Fellows is 3,5 t ,,
over Flanders 3,595, over both 1,727. 'IL
other candidates of the Free State ticlz.c:
elected by about the same majority.
The Exchange of Prig Ont.-1-,
flighty Important Arranatments tifect
Correspondence Between Gen. Rut el - 11
Commissioner Ould.
Arrangements for the exchange of
have at length been effected. For some tln. •
past an unofficial correspondence bete. , , ..
General Butler and the rebel coramilr , •_
Onld has been carried on. This correl , _
ence has resulted in a declaration of explgul-.,
in which it is agreed that all prisoners de::; •
at City Point up to the 24th of January, 1 ,
are declared exchanged.
The radical German papers in this city, t
Weshliche Post and Neue Zeit, have hoist.
the name of General Fremont as the PecTi.
candidate for the Presidency.
General Steele issued an address
people. of Arkansas, in which he zi..
every facility will be offered for the exprc - -',
of their sentiments, uninfluenced by any c ,
siderations whatever aside from th,:s. ,
afflact their interests and the interest; of er.-
property. An election will be held
State forthwith.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
FOR SALE—A good BOAT end TE. I -31
For further information can at DAVID Div I r.
Ridge Avenue. ta.,2
For Rem.
T WO FRAME HOUSES.—Enquiry MURRAY, corner of Second and Pine.
maranain
25 REWARD.—StoIen, this - "norms:
from a room at the Buehler House, A M.l ,
SUIT OF BROAD CLOTH CLOTHES. The above retv , t:
will be paid for the recovery of the Clothes or detect . :
of the thief. G. L BOLTON.
March 2, 18111. mara-M:t
STRAYED AWAY.—Two fat COWS stray,..l
1,3 away from the premises of the subscriber, on Sate
day night, Feb. 28, 1864. One was Brown with Wt.,
Spots, and the other Brown with White Face. A fibers
reward will be paid for any information that will lea"
the recovery of them. GEORGE If_ NELTE
mat3-d3t* •
ORDER t
No. I. 1
GREFABLY to General Order No,
21.. War Department, G. 0., Jan. 12th. 156'..?, tie
detsigned hereby assumes command or this er:a
sues the following orders, for the information and ;Y.
awe or all concerned.
All Officers on duty at this Post are requir?d t)
port to these Headquarters, their rank, regtm , A d, nac
re' duty, and number and date of order r ,t,, ci az th,
On such duty.
- IL Officers arriving will report as specif i ed above
Officers on being relieved from dut- f, w ill report, p 7:
ViOUS to their departure, by what 'authority they aro r:
Deved, leaving a copy of the Orders at these DEsdit'.
tern
M. Officers hawing soldiers under their charge ra , •
quilted, in addition to the above, to mate a umorrc , ....;
port" by 9A. N., each day.
J. V. BOIEFORD, Lt. Col., 16th. t. S. L.
Commanding Pei , .
Orricui.•:—E. L. Baitym, Ist r. S. L C., Post
tent.
A.TTOOMINTE - Y" AT ',ANC
OPPOSITE THS STATE C•PITAL HOZZ
ILARRISIATEG, PA.
A LL business pertaining to the professi
.401., will receive Yds prompt and careftd attention.
MaredasidtaWlm4lara
_.-
3,300 31ajority.
POET HUDSON, Tuesday, Feb.
Via Como, Wednesday, March
SECOND
TVAIIINGTOS,
Prom St. Latti4
ST. Loris, March 3
Hs.►ngUAßT22q, lia.RiussvaG,
DECE24IIZR, 1€.1.1
JOSILI7A WEISTLING,
OPPICR WALNUT STREET,