Dathj, titgrap+
Forever. float that standard sheet I
Whereibreathes the foe but falls before us,
With Freedom's soil beneath our feet, , '
And Freedom's banner streaming o'er us.
HARRISBURG, PA.
Wednesday Morning, February 26, 1862.
TIM Dratomtarto (I) Passe Of PRINSYLVAIIIA
are engaged in a most delectable work. They
seem. to act in concert, and are undoubtedly
controlled by a full understanding of the ob
jects they have in view. For instance, the
old Breckinridge organ in this locality, prints
some stale slander on Republicanism, or con
cocts a wholesale falsehood in regard to' the re•
mulls of the present strrigale';'and immediately
the cry is re iterated at Erie, taken up at Pills
burg,' echoed along the shores of the Alle
gheny, until it its borne over the hills and
mountains to the waters of the Susquehanna,
and thence it is circulated through all the
country around. It is sent flying through
York," Lancaater, Berke, Lebanon, Lehigh,,:
Cumberland, Bradford, Susquehanna, the •
north and the south, the east and the west,
until the people are unconsciously deluded by
such hold fabrications. They exchange these
falsehoods to influence localities. As prophets are
not respected in their own countries, so' are
liars despised •at, home. Knowing this, 'these
Democratic organs copy each other's tabrica
tione,:in order to give them force and effect.
Thus, for instance,the Patriot copies the con
coctions of the Jourital'of oonaneree, while some
lesser light in locofocoisno borrows the scintil-
Wiens of our neighbor, in the vain hope that
they will. assist in misleading the people, and
thus promote die aim of. the Dernecratic party
of the north to get poseesion of the power of
the government. If .this scheme succeeds, the
escape of those who are now' engautti as the
leaders of rebellion will be ensured. This is
the main object of the Democratic ' leaders of
the north. Save the organisation of the Democratic
party first, after which, awe the Union. When this
is accomplished, ,sre-ergitnizatien of .the influ
ences which. are now at work to destroy the
government, will be effected. so that in ten- or
twenty' ,years hence rebellion can be precipi
tated again, with more prospect of success.
Our Republican cotemporaries throughout
Bennsylvenlit. r should narrowly watch and
promptly. expose all these plans of the
Democtraty to procure power. They should
warn the people to be on their guard. in
the Miura as to any support they may, con
template bestowing on these who were the
first to encourage the spirit of rebellion in the
south, and the last to render any aid for Its
suppreesion. While we are engaged infighting
the rebels of the south, there must be no heel
tation in accepting the issues which these sym
pathisers in the north desire to create; because
there is no difference in crushing oat those who
are armed for , the overthrow of the govern
ment, and those who' deetre to aid that armed
rebellion through the force and influence of the
ballot box. Let the Republican press warn the
people in time; and let there be no hesitation
in denouncing and exposing these plans, as we
have described them, through the medium of
independent Republican journals of the country.
Thies RAE so TROPHIES to be won or to be
preserved in this contest. When we have con
quered rebellion and forced the traitors of the
south to submission, they will not dare to pre
serve any of the emblems or the representations
of the rebellion. All that they can perpetuate
is the infamy of the race of men in their own
midst who sought diabolically to destroy the
principle Of self-government. In a contest
with a people who possess a distinctive govern
ment and a position among nations tie a na
tion, there are noble and honorable' :trophies to
be won
. kci: vietory. The. banner for instance,
that can be wrested from the hands of such foes
h worth, preservation, because the same emblem
me, in defeat and when peace is declared .ba.
tween tbe.belligerents, remains the represent
ative of the party worsted in fight. But nut so,
with the rebels. When they are crushed, not
only thq,emblebi of the counterfeit govern
ment will-perish, but their own names . and
deeds must go down to the latest posterity with
&grace, The flag , under which they fight,
cannot occupy a place among the trophies of
an honorable contest. It is sufficient. thatit
exists to disgrace the present. In the future
it must (ph reuiembered in listory, as the
emblem of a cause) the most ,dishonorable and
outrageous that ever animated men to deeds of
blood and aeteof treeson.
OCOMIONALLT we find a locofoco journal boast
lug that, while the Itepublioans.originated this
war, the Democracy are fighting its battles.—
As a boast, y e are willing that locofoooism
should have this falsehood to swell its'stock of
this description of egotism. But how 'will they
relish the estimation of Governor Letcher, the
rebel Dem - hor,tic governor of Virginia, who
classifies the +loyal army as "the reckless and aban
kid, the dissolute and depreued." If the boast
true, the ameititurof the rebel governor meat
sound harshly in the ears of his old allies.
Au. accounts agree that the captured rebels
freely admit two things: That, they are disap
pointed as to the valor of northern troops.—
Second, they doubt the ability of, their.political
leaders to establish and conduct a goyemment,
They inighCl4l,4lii.at.their leaeltine lin; nimble
to break down so good a government es`that'of
the United B* ll ,- 1 ,;,... :;;;;.‘
BRITISH NEUTRALITY.
We have always been among those who have
regarded the British nation and government
as the representative of a falsehood and the
embodiment of cowardice. We never had any
faith either in the professions of the one or the
representatives of the other, simply because
the false at heart are false in speech, as the
csheard is even prone to show his bullying pro
pensity when he:. believes hia- victim to be
powerless for resentment. In this manner the
British government has been acting towards
the government ' of•ther United States: From I
the war of 1812, England has been watching
the progress of thie government with a jealous
.eye. Our territorial development in the north
west was made the subject of a diplomatic nor
respondence, the moment the. government of
Great 'Britain imagined we had our hands full
in a war with. Mexico,-but-when : that war was
gloriously ended, England ingloriously receded
from her original .claim, and was. willing to,
ecceptlnycompromise which then could be
proposed, as the basis of a -settlement of the
territorial dispute between.. the two govern
ment& From. our connneets in Mexico, adding
Ito our domain new states• and territories, and
to our wealth inexhaustible mineral and agri-I
cultpral elements, the diepoeition of the British
government. was to .pay. the most profound
respect-to the .people and the interests of the
United States,. claiming the -former as their
common kinsmen, and the latter as the an
cient influences and incentives of good to both
nations: But while thus professing a profound
regard for the American people, the jealousy of
the Ihitish govetament.shened itself in more
phases thanwe.cOuld than:discover, but which
have educe become distinguishable es part of
the characteristics of a people who are them
selves the dupes and the subjects of fraud in
government and •corruption, in business. For
along time while the British government was
professing a holy horror for slavery, and
shaking'the world with its protests against the
slave trade, that same government, was doing
all in its power to build up and strengthen sla
very in the southerd American states, by using
,the Demeeracy in the north. as 'the advocates
and upholders ai free trade. It was the agents
of the British-government, through the influ
eneeof hired-press In this country, that broke
down the old whig policy of protection, while
the favorite :cry with: which this same influ
ence stimulated the opposition to Henry Clay,
VMS in hollow charges to prove that the whig
leaders, in advocating; Crotection, werennly, it&
tiating the manufacturers of England. whohad
made themselves millionaires by means of the
prOtection afforded by the British government.,
In this manner' England has becn interfering
with:the:people and ..progress of this govern-
Men*, the while professing to be' our friends
while we were at peace with the world, or, as
suming-a false nentrality , when we became em
be:rimmed by foreign difficulty or domestic
broils.
As. Great Britain has-.been fulsome in her
praise of, and. fawningin her position towards
this governruent, in times past, when we were
in a ;condition to require neither aid or.syni
pathi limn any Nation,. so-have the. people
of ibat government become audaciously over
bearing in every respect in their attitude to
wards the Amerierm,people, we are suppos e d
to be in ; a . state of ,dissolution as a free people.
That supposition gladdens•the heart of Chris
tian England l We are presumed to be inca
pable of self-government. That presumption
realizes the anticipations of Constitutional Eng
land, .while. her aristocracy toss up their jewel_
led caps, and clap their rubied hands with de
light at thia supposed .discovery of pemocratic
weakness. We are in trouble, and England
believes that the traitors who have raised their
hands to destroy this ,goysrnment are equal to
the task, and ,therefors sae wells her neutral
ity. She maintains that •neutrality'as long as
she believes that the national authority is the
weaker rattyin the 'contest, but as Soon as the
ministry,Ot England tieoome impressed with the
great fact that the power of this government is
equal !not only to its own preservation but suf
ficient to' crush out its domestia enemies, that.
.
moment England ; forgets, her' neutrality in her
illy concealed-hastetto aid the ,. rebels, by every
act and accommodation within her power. She
protects traitors :who go, sbroad ,for recogat,l
tion. ;ghe fernishes ships to-run. thehlockade
of rebel ports. She concocts libels and false
hood in regard to - the true condition of. sitsirs,
and the true bogies o the ielogliOn.. She. gives
circulation to these .falsehoods ,. and - slanders
through her local prom and governmeatorgans.
And-to 'crown . all Ettore :acts of neutrality,
which in the eyes.of honest men ~ a ssume • the
appearance of barbarity,. the :DOA government
is.coW ! Cadually engaged in protemin piracy on the
high seas, by affording .harbors and signals to the
freebooters! This .18 ; neutrality I . This is the
neutrality which the free masses of the-United
States, now struggling in bloOdy con taste with
traitors, are forced to adrait, simply because
they have.not the power promptly to resist the
presumption of those who insist upon its re
cognition.
The detention of an American man of war in
a British harbor, while a rebel pirate steamer
•
was permitted to escape and put itself * entirely
out of reach, is the last act of neutrality on the
part. of the British government. •Ic did not need
this additional evidence - to prove that the gov
ernment of ereat Britain was in sympathy with.
the
,rabei ;slave , drivere of the i sontic ; • but since
that government bas been So anxiously desircirts
of exhibiting its neutrality in this particular,
we are boulid.to accept tin Act as another of
those grOsa outrages which now. swell the. En
glish calendar of crimeagaiiiistthis government.
It must .be• impressed on the' hearts of the
American people,' and' preserved for that future
resentment which`We will sooner or later be
able to visit on the . Brltidh government and
people. ,And - then, with lire and sword, Great
Britain may learn that the unsullied' people of
the United States have the courage to resent a
they once had the caution , to overlook an
insult. "
4 fls's an ill wind , that-blows , nobody good."
The late rains that have so seriously diliturbed
the equatiimity,ofotir arhajelll4o Osen.elbow
room to 01/x on_the,,ljamberlatia and
rata:maim; Fivers ~1
pennovinattia edegraptv itbruarp 26, 18b2
Pennsylvania Legislature.
TuarmAr, Feb. 25, 1862.
The Senate met at eleven o'clock A. N., and
was called to order by Speaker HALL.
Player by Rev. J. Gregg, pastor of the Ridge
Avenue: Methodist Episcopal Church of Harris
burg.
The Journal of yesterday (Monday) was partly
read, when ‘
On motion of Mr: . 1 , 1101:1OLS, the further
reading of the same was dispensed with.
The Speaker laid before the Senate the an
nual report of the Norristown insurance com
pany-
Laid upon the table.
Mr. FrTESTAND moved that the Senate pro
ceed to, the consideration IA Howie an4endinent
to Senate bill No. 100, entitled An Actin rela
tion to public printing, approved April 9th,
1856.
Agreed to.
Aud the amendment of the Howe wa s read
as followks
"In. section fourth, first ;line; strike out the
words "tienly-fifty day of February" and in
sert in lieu thereof "eighteenth of March."
lifr. NICHOLS presented - a remonstrance of
citizens of rhiladelphiaLzwdrist th.i.,titinsage of
the supplement to an act to incorporate the
North rbilaclelphia plank road company.
Referred to the Col3iwittee on Railroads.
Air. SKITS, (Philadelphia,) presented , & re
monstrance of similar import.
Mr. SMITH, (Montgomery;): presented a re-
monstrance of citizens of Montgomery county
against the repeal ot an act abolishingthe office
of sealer , of . weights and., meaaures. in said
Mr. STEIN presented a petition•of the school
directors of the borough of tdiderstown,•Lehigh
county, prayiug for tee Talmage of an act * , air
thorizing them to build • or purchase a school
house, either within.said borough or not further
than three-fourtlacof a mile therefrom. •
Referred.to the Committee on. the -judiciary.
Mr. OLYDIER presented a petition of. John
Banks, Jeremiah liagenruan, Matthias Mengel,'
John Messersmith, Oharlesßreneiser and others,
resident arid property owners on Penn street,
between Sixth add Sevdrith streets, in the 'city
of, Reading, praying for the ';passage of an act
prohibi the erection of - -frame 'or, Wooden•
buildings on said part of renn street, in said
'city of Reading, jerks county.
Referred to the Cononittenon the Judiciary.
Mr. KETCHAM. presented seven remon
strances of citizens of Luzerne county against
the, repeal of the act relating to_ pedlars in said
county., ,
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Mr. JOHNSON piesenMd., ! a petition of citi
zens of Loyalsuck township, Lycoming county,
praying for the passage of an act to change the
place of holding elections in said county.
Referred,tntlie.Compittesmi„Mlectinn Die-
,
Mr. HAMILTON presented . a petition of citi
tens of Brecknock township, Lancaster county
asking for the abolishment of the present sohoo
law and the re-enactment of the law 1842.
Referred,i to the denunittetion.Education.
Mt'. CRAWFORD, froni . the Committee on
Financo, ypportediu amendedajlonse bilh .25();
an act to stay proceedings against the sureties
of Niettolas 8.nyder,.144, Treasurer of home;-
set cqunty. - .‘• - - •
Mr. PENNEY, (Judiciary,) u committed,
House bill N0.;.1.92,e0 , act to authorise. thubcir
()ugh of WelleborO% Tioga aunty, to borrow
money.
'Also, (same,) as committed, Senate bill, en
titled' joint resolutions proposing amendments
to the State constitution. . ,
Mr, BOUND, (same,) with a negative recom
mendation, a further supplement to an act re
gulating boroughs, approved April 13,1861.
Mr. swam, (Philadelphia,) (same,) with a
negative recommendation, .House bill - No. 65, a
supplement to an act relative to executions,
approved June 16,,1856.
Mr:CLYMER, (same,) as committed, Senate
bill, a supplement to an act relative to the
courts of Delaware county.
Also, (same,) as committed, Senate bill No.
267, an act fixing , the timeof holding court in
Lehigh county.
Mr. 'KEECHAM, (same,) as committed,
House bill No. 193, an act to authorize 'the
school directors of the, borough of. Bethany,
Wayne county, to borrow money. -
Also, (same,) as committed, House bill No.
179, ab act to authorize the borough of Susque
henna' depot, Susquehanna county, to increase
their taxation for borough purposes.
Mr. tA.W.RENCE„(Agriculture and Domestio
Manufactuies,) as, committed, an act for—the
britterlprcitection of partridges and. quaihrin
Dauphin. county. . .
Mr. HAMILTON, (same,) as committed,-
House bill No; 206, an act to prevent- the de
str'uction.of game in Northumberland, county.
Mr. KINSEY, (same) as committed,; House
bill NO. 204;, an act repealing an act making an
apiiropriation out of county funds to agricultu
ral societies, so far as the game relates to Greene
county: •
Mr. SERRILL, (same,) as committed, House
bill No. 210, an act to prevent the hunting of
rabbits with ferrets in Allegheny, Lancaster
and Dauphin counties.
Mr. RE1i2 , 1",, (seine,) as committed, House
bill No. 205, an act to prevent the destruction
of fish in; the Toby humes . und Lehigh - rivers,. in
Luzerne and Monroe,counties..
Mr. 'KINSEY . , (Compare Bills,) presented a
report of - a number of bills transmitted to the
Governor for his" approval or rejection, which
was read' and journalized. ..•
Mr. 111.3LLER, 4 (same,) submitted a report
which was read and recorded On the journal. •
Mr. CONNELL..(ElectionDistricts,) as amen
ded, House bill No. 124, ,an act fixing the place
of helding eledstions in Miles township,.Centre
; and Loyalsock Lycowing
county.
Mr. SERRILL read in place'an, act for the re
lief of the sureties of Stephen E. Drake, late
Treasurer of. Pike county." •
Referred to the Committee on the Tudiektry. -
Mr. CLYMER., an act to restrain and'prohibit
the construction of wooden and frame building's
in certain• parts of the city of Reeding, Berk
Referred to the Committee on the JUdiciary.
Mr. IRISH, joint resolutions relative to the
abolition:of slavery in the District of Colin:Utile.
Referred to the Committee on Federal Rela
tions. '
Mr. BOUGHTER, an act . to extend the act
rclative to sheriffs' 'and prothonotarics in
Luzern() county, approved February le, - 1869,
to the counties of Dauphin'and: Northampton: -
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary:
' HOUSE OF REPRESRNI'A'ITVES..
EsD Feb. 26;1862.
The House was called to Order at -10 o'Clo'Ck
A. N., and opened with prayer by the Rey. Idr.
Steele. • '
The House proceeded to the o? n elORNA9p, pf .
bills on ciknOictiy,,,,74lll a J a i n
12X111b4r. #,r4
edoxeid
11.10 0 01LTED EXPRIMILY PDX THE MEGILIMI
SENATE
EPEAKBB'S TABLE
ItBLIO PRINTINCIr
The amendment was concurred in
- • PETITiON9, &04
Referred to the Committee on Railroads
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
REPORTS. OP *rrANDING: OON
BILLS BEAD, IN P,U.0011
TM Parcels •ctimNDER
TIEE PUBLIC PRINTLNII-JOINT CONY ELATION
This being the day fixed for the re-assem
bling of the two houses in joint convention
to allot the public printing, at twelve o'clock nt
the members of the were introduced into the
hall of the House, and Mr. Hatt, Speaker of
the Senate, took his seat as President of the
Convention.
On motions of Mr. REMAND, of the Senate,
the Convention adjourned until 12 o'clock IL
on the 18th of March.
SECOND READING AND CONSIDERATION OF BILLS
After the adjournment of the convention,the
House resumed the consideration of. bills on the
private calender, on second readivg, when the
following were disposed of as stated :
House bill No. 228 An act supplementary
to an act to change the mode of criminal pro
ceedings in Erie and Union counties.
Passed with amendments including Crawford
and Wyoming counties.
Senate bill No. 163. An act relating to the
courts of Sullivan county.
• Passed finally.
Senate bill No. 92. An act relative to the
distribution of the proceeds of sheriff's sales on
real, estate in the county of Allegheny. •
Amen by making the act a general law,
and laid tfifide.
-• Senate bill No. 66$An act for the relief of
Charles Johnson, late Treasurer of Delaware
county. ,
Passed finally.
House bill No. 233. A further supplement to
an act relating to the lien of Mechanics and
othere upon buildings,approved the 16th day of
June, a. D. 1836, so far as relates to certain
counties.
Amended by making the act a general law,
and laid aside.
. .
Se)iste bill No, 93. An; act to provide for the
more correct and faithful assessment of real
estate in the city of Philadelphia.
Postponed.
House bill No. 243. An act to change the
place of holding the generia, special and bor-.
'ough elections in the borough of Millersburg,
Dauphin county.
Passed finally.
House bill No. 241. Supplement to an act,
entitled "An Act authorizing an. independent
school district out of parts of Union and Snyder
counties," passed ths first day of May, 1861.
Passed finally.
Henna bill No. 245. An act to repeal the act
of May . 1, 1961, entitled "An Acktepealing the
act of 13th of April, 1868, repealing an act ap
pointing commissioners to review and lay out a
State road from Waynesburg, 'Greene county,
to Benjamin Covert'ii, in Fayette county, and
reviving the act of 12th April, 1856."
Passed finally.
House bill No. 256, a supplement to an act,
entitled "An Act to Incorporate the Bethlehem
railniad company," approved May let, 1861.
Passed,finally.'
Senate bill No. 71, an act to enable Edwin
W. Lehman,
executor - and -- trustee named in
the last will and testament of James A. Leh
man; deceased, to sell real estate.
Peened finally-.
. House bill No. 256, an act to authorize the
arrest of professional thieves, burglars, &c., in
the city of Philadelphia.
Passed finally.
House bill No 268, an ant to authorize the
president and directors of the Black Rock bridge
company to borrow money."
Passed finally.
HdO, se bill No. 260, a supplement to an act,
entitled "An Act to incorporate the Marietta
and Mount Joy turnpike company, authorizing
the board of managers of
,the Marietta and
Mount Joy turnpike road company to borrow
money, and to collect the same rates of
tolls as the Columbia and Marietta road corn
:"
PariT
t amassed finally.
Seriate bill No. 188.. A further supplement
to the act, entitled. "An Act to authorize: the
Goveinor to incorporate a company to erect a
toll bridge over the West 13,ranch of the river
Sitiquiehanna. at' Walton's landing," approved
March 'the 18th, 1.885. •
Passed finally.
House bill No. 268. An act to establish a
rope ferry across the Susquehanna river at La
cyville, Wyoming county. •
Passed finally.
House bill No. 264. An act to repeal= act
'relating to roads in West Goshen township,
Chester county.
gassod finally. •
House bill to: 265 - . - `An - act 'to prdtect a cer
tain bridge over the Conemaugh river at John
stown.
Passed finally. •
Senate bill No. 155. A further supPlemetit
to an act apOinting commissioners , to repair
and kki in order the East and. West. State
road in Warren•county. •
• , Nssed
House bill No. 267. An , act authorising the
qualified voters of •Hempfield township, West
moreland.county, to• elect two additional super
..
visors. •
Pissed" finally, With amendment districting
the township for said elections. ,
House bill No. 268. Au act to incorporate
the Eighth United :Presbyterian congregation,
of the city of Philadelphia.
• _Passed finally.
House bill 569, a supplement to an act to set
off a pintion of the borough of Wilkesbarre, in
the , county of Lucerne, into a separate ward,
approved April 2, 1860.
Filmed finally.
House bill No. 270, an act to extend the lim
its of the borough of- lirConnellsburg, Fulton
countY.
Pissed finally.
House bill No. 271, supplement to an act in
corporating the city of Erie.
Pabied finally. •
.
Spate bill No. 149, an act to extend the lim
its of the borough of Mechanicsburg, in the
county 'of Indiana.
Passed finally
'penaie bill No. 165, a supplement to the
eliarter of the borough of Newton, Bucke
county.
Passed finally.
llour,i3 bill No. 276, an act to incorporate the
Union df the German LutLeran and German
Reformed church of St. John, Tamaqua.
Passed finally.
: House bill No. 278, an act to incorporate the
Westmoreland college, at Mount Pie:leant, in
Weitmoreland county. -
Passed finally.
House bill No. 179, a supplement to an act
for the establishment of a college
.at Union
*ina.,l4 the county of Fayette.
Pisbed finally.
Senate bill No. 112, an act to incorporate the
Hyde Park cemetery company.
Passed finally._
Housci bill No. 281, an act to Incorporate the
Pennsylvania Lying-hi and Foundling hoepital.
Pasied finally.
House bill No. 163. A supplement to an act,
approied the 9th day of April, A. D. 1869, en
titled " An Act hi • ittatirporate the Pittsburg
and East' Liberty:, passenger railway company."
' Postponed.
House bill No. 204. An . Act to authOrite
the extinguishment of certain ground 'rents.
'Passed finally.
House bill No. 217. Supplement to an act
appointing commissioners to lay out and open
a State road in the counties of M'Kean and
Elk, passed the 21st day of March, A. D. 1859.
Postponed. •
THE REBEL OFFICIKELS SIIR.Piti9BD . AT Tit RICIRMIT
or Zorsactravea's' Itiinx . ,—=the Louisville. Journal
says that:the Federal officers recently tachaog
ed at Nashville unite : in Aeoliring 'that 'a most
salOaryihripression was produced ;on tliereVelti
: by..Oenrssuell's ionlentary,'retfirn of `theebody
of Gen. Zollieoffek.
BY TELECIAPII.
from our Evening Edition of Yesterday.
Important from Nashville.
The Capital of Tennessee Evacuated
by the Rebels.
The City Occupied by Gen. Buell's Forces.
All the Rebel Tennessee Troops Called in by
Governor Harris.
A special despatch from Cairo to the Demo
crat says, the latest intelligence from the Cum
berland furnishes glorious news to the ; effect
that General Briers forces occupy Nashville ;
that Governor Harris has called in all the Ten
nesdee troops, and that a Strong reaction In
favor of the Union has occurred among the
Pe9ple.
Lousy - me, Feb. 24.--Reliable private infor
mation received here to-night, assures ns that
Nashville is virtually in the possetaion of the
United States forces.
FROM TENNESSEE
Position of the Rebels Near Nashville
The Reported Occupation of Nashville
by Gen. Buell Untrue.
No Change in the Position of our Troops
An arrival - frorn Fort Doneliftin reports that
the enemy has strong fortifications on Pine
Bluffs, twelve miles this side of Nashville, and
was concentrating a large force there and would
make a desperate stand.
The report that Gen. Buiell occupied Nash
ville, on Saturday night, was untrue, as he
could not have reached that city by forced
marches before to-day.
There is no change in the position of our
troops on the Cumberland river.
From Fortress Monroe
Later from the Burnside Expedition.
THE, BURNING OF WINTON CONFIRMED
The North Carolina Provisional Election
Re-Election of Mr. Foster to Congress
The steamer Baltimore which left here save
,
ral days since with ammunition for the Burn
side expedition, returned from Hatteras about
noon - to-day having left yesterday noon. The
newels not of special interest.
The burning of Winton is confirmed.
The 9th New York regiment .had made an
expediiion up the Chovran river with three
gunboats, but having found:the: enemy in full
force returned without making an attack.
Among the passengers by the Baltimore is
Mai& Henry Foster, who was yesterday re
parted kill by the rebel papers at Winton.
The election ordered by the proviiional gov
erninent of North Carolina, took place on Sat
urday. and resulted as far as fhe returns had
been received in the re-election'of Air. Foster.
The ordinances of the convention were also
ratified.
• The object of the expglition of the 9th New
York regiment was to destroy the railroad
bridge ou Blackwater and Chowan rivers. The
enemy was discovered in large force at Winton
and no landing was made. -
The; rebels fired at our gunboats and in retal
iation:the town was shelled.
the greater part of the expedition was still
•at Roanoke Island and-Gen. Wit brigade
at Hatteras had received orders to proceed
theie.
The steamer S. R: Spaulding left'llOanoke
Island on Friday for Elisibeth .city. with ,the
'prisoners taken by' Gen. Burr:faille. ' They were
'parolled for exchange. The Spaulding had left
Roanok, Island for Fortress Irlenroe i and would
'be - due here to-morrow.
Capt. Howard's battery went to Newport
News to day.
The: U. S. steamer Mississippi from
,Boston,
arrived about nonn tb-day. ' - -•--
A fire broke out in the old building occupied
by thensgroes, opposite the hotel, about half
past fohr o'clock this afternoon. U.ll the build
ings were entirely'destroyed, they were of little
value, and the loss is probably covered by in
suraoce.
The laying of the telegraph cable was pro
gressing satisfactorily at the last accounts.
FROM NEW YORK
EFFECTS OF THE STORM
SHIP ISLAND NEWS
All OK and the Troops in Good Heatth
The steamer North Star, from Aspinwall, ar
rived at ten o'clock this morning. She brings
no news of importance from the Isthmus. She
passed the steamer Northern Light on the 18th
in:tant.
The gale last night was very severe. Several
vessels in the harbor dragged their anchors but
no serious damage occurred.
All the western telegraph communications
are still cut off, but it is expected the lines will
again be in operation by noon.
Five two-story buildings were blown down in
Brooklyn also th't two steeples on the Rev.
Mr. Farley's church. A. portion of the roof of
the Brooklyn city hospital, was also blown
away. Sign boards, awnings and other loose
appendages were very promiscously scattered
about the streets.
The steamship Constitutimbrings Ship Island
dates to the 18th inst. Everything was quiet
there,oand the troops were in good health.
The Uhited States steam frigate Niagara and
the sloop-of-war Hatford had arrived here.
TERRIBLE FIRE AT BOSTON.
BOSTON, Feb. 25.
The"fire last night was the most disastrous
we have ever bad in Boston. It lasted from 1
o'clock till 8 o'clock this morning, during a
gale from the north with blinding snow and
AdjotirnA.
Two firemen were killed and one badly in
tired. .
The'enlire range of buildipga oq Alm north
x
d la
_ astern Avenue from Commercial street
I to 'Water, including East Boston and old Ferry
slip, and the large six story building known
ST. Louie, Feb. 24
ANOTHER OWITEREULTIWI
STILL LAT .
Ofrno, Feb. 24
I=l
FORTHISS ISIONROB, Feb. 24
Nsw YORK, Feb. 24
tll3 the Eas:ern Exchal.ge Hotel, were among
the property destroyed.
The bui dings on the wharf and avenue were
occupiedy the Boston Liuse -d Mills, D. D
i y
eite Rice ills and a sugar mill. A portion of
Mae of e buildings was occupied for the
storage of flour, grain and pork. Eight hun
dred bales of cot.on were stored in Mathews'
Block, add destroyed.
Five vessels, which were lying at the wharf,
were towed out and saved.
low Am g
ong the occupants burnt out ate the fol
in
John Gore &Co , Bryan Rigger, John Bowen,Shipping office ; • G. F. Bi ice, Clothing ; Marsh
& Co's Liquor store ; the office of Nathan Mat
thews, the owner of two of the buildings, was
destroyed, Mr. Mathews estimates his loss at
176,000 dollars, which is fully insured.
The loss probably amounted to 600,000 dol
lars, although some estimate it a Irgher figure.
During the night the tower of a catholic
church in East Boston was blown down.
DISCOVERIE3 AT FORT HENRY.—A correspon
dent of the St Louis Reptit.limn, writing from
Henry, says:
Each day new objects of interest aro discov
ered; and every soldier is speedily supplied
with some relio, though it be nothing more
than an oyster can. Where the big rifled gun
burst, the noise as of a dozen anvils hting
smitten is constantly heard. Looking for the
cause, a half-dozen soldiers may be seen Gam
ering away, with crowbars or axes, nt the frag
ments of the huge piece, scattered around, to
obtain a relic. Although this scene had b, en
repeated DOW for three dais, not a particle
of the coveted article has been obli t i ne d ,
the metal stubbornly resisting every attack.
Other objects, of more similicant interest,
begin now to claim attention. They are the
da•ly discovery of oils and graves, where hu
man bodi e s, daring the battle, were hastily
thrown. 'this concealment of dead, by sink
lag them in ponde and then throwing ou bags
of dirt, or scooping out shallow graves, is a
butane= practice, and a noticeable evidence
of the deceit a sinking cans needs to pricrice.
One pond has been alrea ty made to give up its
dead, and:twenty mangled bodies drawn f..e. t n,
Just outside the palls of the fort was noticed a
Urge number of bags of dirt cast into a slough,
and spades thrown down where workmen bad
been hastily employed. On removing tnese the
bidden bodies were found. Thirty b trrels of
whisky were found this morning b ined s ehert
distance In the woods, and what more the earth
around here conceals may yet be wombed a so.
Several of the cannon in Fort Henry are stamp
ed 1861, and others bear the mark of the ma
kers in Memphis. In the middle of the fortifi
cation are several graves, with a fence mescal,
made by weaving poles together.
fii a r r ieb
On the 21st of January, 1861, by Rev. Charles A. Hat
Mr . EPHRAIM N. Jos% of Beaver, Va., and IBM ANNA
M. :sore, of Harrisburg.
Also, on the 234 of Bebruary, by the I tree, Mr. HMI
BOAT and Miss Masers ALAN ALA MO; both of Lattoestet
any.
(Lancaster papers please copy.)
New f2thertistmellts
rll. it ' LET.—The commodious Store R.)om
on Market Square, adjacent to the "Jones "one,"
(Carriers Hotel) CERS. C. K
HAIULTIMIaIik, Neb. 24, 1862. feb2b nod
WANTED, by a young man, a clerkship
14 a groco.l store has loom! ex erieoc o of the
busman and would aii,n to learn IL thOro , gbly.
not so murh an object as employment Apply rt
THOM
feb2sd6l.• Walnut Meet between Fourth and Fifth.
PUBLIC SALE.
ILL sz SOLD at Public Sale on
SATURDAY, MARCH let, 1862,
at Hof man's Hotel, opposite the Court House, at Pt
O'Cludt. P. Y u all that Lot of Ground situate on Grail
'street, in the oity of Harrisburg it being twelve Let
inches on Grisod street, and extending be. k to Rote Ai
ley, fifty feet in depth, baying thereon erected
a IW') STORY Nct,tai G Hag, c.intAut.g
four r ems and basement. In (root of the aes•
door there ie a first rate well of water with a I!!!
,pump in good repair.
dijy- A o'ear title can heels's].
Any person desiring to purchase, win do Fo at Pricale
Salo, by calling on the subscriber, resides en toe
properly. Terme and conditions wit be made L'eire
by EHaNU&L M. MAIER.
W. BARR, Auctioneer. feb ats
FOR SALE,
.FRAME HOUSE and lot of ground
&nate on North street near second, In the city of
1 4 arrfratiurg. Ponatuiou given et any limo Enquire of
L. FAMING,
lebl4.doswawleY at LOW-
FOR SALE.
MACHINERY for making doors, auk
and blinds. Apply to J. EUNKI E,
febl7-dlw Third Watt Om State, Harrisburg.
JUST RECEiVED
A SECOND LOT of Comic and Seutimen
Int Valentines, at 'litre n prices.
, USA y BCH OVER'S Bookstore.
JUST - REOE.T.VED.
ALARG E A. 9.30 itTbf ENT of Family
Bibles of eiffereat styles of !Amnia, at 90G, 91
it 50, $2, $B, it, $5 audit°. Alen Po,:ket Bible , of dif
ferent styles and prices at SOBEEllat'S Bookstore.
febla y
AUGUSTINE L. CHA.YNE.
CARPENTER AND BUILDER.
Rakkoiai No. 27 North Second Street.
N. B—JOBBING ATTENDED TO.
HAY ! HAY ! I
A SUPERIOR article of Baled Bay, at
Ur 00 per toe for sale by
febll JAMES M. WHEELKE.
CEDAR TUBS, BASKETS, BROWIB
and everything in the line, just reuelval. In large
quantities and for sale ve, y low by
WM. nrCK, ir
CROSS & BLA.G.KWELL'S Celebrated
PIOUS* SAIRA3. PaESEII3II 4 , &r., ITC. A leg re '
supply or the above, embracing every varielyt pat •
cetved and for Bala by rA
110 WM. DOTZ Jr
WHOLESALE and RETAIL D EALER
tq Cionfeetionary, Foreign and Domestic Fruit.--
Fit,Oates, Prunes, Raisins and Nate of all kiaLle.-•
Fresh andeal Wish, Soap, Candles, Vinegar, Spit* s. T° -
balle°'
Segara and Country Produce in general, at tba
e r aser of Third and Walnut streets.
Jfhwe - WISE.
FAMILY WAL . MING BLUE, o n excel
lent enbelitute forindigo, for sa la at the wholesale
and retail grocery more of
NIOF{OLS & BOWMAN ,
corner or Front and Market streets.
F'
'll Choice Teas, Black and Green,
in. X, .34 and 1 pound papers. for sale at
NICHOLS & BOWMAN'S
COAL OIL, warranted non—explosive,
BMWs! brands fbr sale low by
NICH.)LaS Sr BOW.WAN.
febil MariU"tr".
N "Fruits, Currents, .6aisius,
and I emons, at the new Wholesale and Retail, Gro
cery and Provision Store, corner Front end hlarket
street, Harrisburg, Pa.
El°11""X)WMIN
CIDER 111 VINEGAR
MADE from choice and selected Apples,
and g uaranteed by ne to be atrlotly par
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