Dail)) iteitgrapo.
Forever float that standard Sheet l
Where breathes the foe but falls before us,
With Freedom's soil beneath our feet,
And Freedom's banner streaming o'er us.
OUR PLATFORM.
THE UNION—THE cONsirruIION—AND
THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAW.
HAtRIBBURG, PA
*Mai Afternoon, February 28; 1882,
lioublican Editorial State Convention
In order to procure more concert of action, a
More perfect understanding in regard to t h e
best
,course to sustain the national clime, and
prevent a division of strength , on minor issues,
the REPUBLICAN EDITORS of the State of
Pennsylvania are requested to meet in the city
of Harrisburg, on Wednesday,„ the 12th day of
March next, for general conference and consul
;Minn. The necessity , of a mutual understand
ing at this juncture of our national affairs,
makes such a meeting- of the utmost import
ance, and we trust the attendance will be full
•
from all . parts of theßtate.
E. W. CAPRON,
W. T. &wants,
Gm. tiguaNza,
E. COWAN,
PROMPT 4021011.
TER WNW AND WOUNDED TO BE MOORED
We yesterday alluded to the fact that a 'great
battle was impending on the Potomac, and that
in the encounter which would eagle, at least
My thousand Pennsylvanians would pe engaged. In
view of that important factfwe suggested to the
Legislature the propriety of empowering Gov.
Curtin to provide such means as he mightdeem
expedient and necessary, for the care, succor
and medical attendance of our troops in that
great battle, who might be wounded or maimed.
With a promptness worthy of the highest com
mendation, and which will elicit sentiments; of
gratitude from the soldier and applause from
the people, the Legislature this morning unani
mously authorized the Governor to provide
every means at once for the full success of the
purpose to be. promoted. In thus empowering
Curtin, the ;Legislature and; the people
Will both be satbfted, as no Man ` more' keenly
feels for the soldier both. while he is preparing
for, and when he is actually in battle ; and at
ready we have the strongest assurances that
preparations are in progress, and that every
comfort for transportion, medical attendance
while on the way here, and ample awommoda
* Mon when the soldier arrives home, will at
once be provided by the state authorities, at
inch points on our raili:oad lines as will be
moat convenient.
In• this connection, we deem it not. out of
place to state, that telegraphic despatches have
xeached the Executive Department from Phila
delphia, from a large number of medical gentle
men.of the highest repute and respectability,
signifying their willingness to go to any point
the Governor may indicate, to assist in the care
0f: the soldiers from this state, who may be
!rounded in the impending battle. Other ser
vices hive also been offered looking to the same
object, so that there will be no impediment in
the way of the success of thismost humane and
Christian work.
lifa,y we not claim that the glorione old Key
stone State is again in advance of her sisters.—
This last act of our Legislature is an honor to that
body and a credit to its individual'. nieixibers.
In war, the most powerful and formidable—in
humanity, the most liberal and prompt---the
people of our gloriou3 old Commonwealth seem
determined to make such a recori for them
eared will render them First in Peace, Alit in
War, and First in the Harris of their Countrymen !
BORN AGAIN.
Gov. litmus, of Tennessee, has evidently
ben. born again. To President Liocoln's cal
for troops he insolently replied: " Tennessee
'will not furnish a stogie man for coercion, but
fifty thousand, if necessary, for the defence of
ate tight:lg or those of our southern brethren I"
lie now says to Gen. Grant, up the Cumberland
with his gunboat persuaders: " Allow me an
armistice and cessation of hostilities for three
days, and the stars and stripes shall float over
every fortified point in Tennessee." How mag
nanimous 1
Tsui KING ON Stem, in a letter to the Presi
dent of the United States, offered to send to
this country a number of elephants, that they
might increase and multiply. His Royal High
pees was induced to make this, generous offer
on, learning that the animal was a great curiosi
ty In this , latitude; but however that may be
with the quadruped, we have a biped here which
sometimes represents the elephant in a manner
that would astonish even the King of Siam.
We recommend that President Liucoln recipro
cate I he kindness of. his royal friend, by offering
to send him rare specimens of our elephants.
They would astonish the Siamese.
Szoarraay &Amos's order, placing the tele
graph under a certain degree.of censorship,and
enjoining the press from the publication
of - news relating to the position and move
ments. of the army, has not been understood.—
It was not desiged to inaugurate any.perma
nemt policy, but simply to provide for an esi•
gooey of the moment. Our troops, as every
body knows, will sourer or later begin several
effective onslaughts upon the enemy, and it is
not desirable that these should be made known
to the enemy before he learns them from
o . hal collision. A great de4 of mischief has
.1100,darke at the West, by a preMsture•expo
sure of the object of the griefiiviitiot JAM! El i ;
Pedltions.
THE UhriON A,S 1T WAS.':
A phrase is in current Ilse seems - to As
somewhat -ambiguities. teoplti Say, " are
anxious to see the Union it*as a again estab.
lished." "The Union as ii wall" What dike
the expression mean Y Under the administra
tion of Pierce and Buchanan we had what was
called' "Union." the
price of Union and the condition of its continu•
ante, the entire powers of the general govern
ment were weilded in the interests of slavery.
There was no limit to the demands of , the
slaveholding oligarchy, and scarcely any to the
readynoneessiolur of' alltinilitliarthern Demob
racy. That interest was, supreme in the coun
cils and actions of the government. There are
not a few among us whose loyalty has, not been
even pronounced;' bit 4ho would be glad to see
that Union rereetablished, and whose ate' is
moat ardentior a Union of that kind and no
.
other: '' Indeed *, ire %tit Sure the Confederate
Congress 'woidd not readily accept that as a
" comProniire." 'lt •was not' agitinst that--a
government which they controlled, and in
which slavery was the paramount interesi.:—
that.,they rebelled. If by," .the Union as it
was" is meant a state of, things where the exe
cutlye•pcwers of the government are for the
sake V .the Union, to be placed in the bands of
such men as Buchanan, with such counsellors
as' Cobb, Floyd; Toucey'and Thompion4.Af such
men as Haim and Toombs, and Davis, and
Hunter, are again to lordit buolently`in the
Senate chamber—or the House of Representa
tives hvto be kept in uproarinifdlinirginisaticin
for two months by' factions" slaielieddews--it
that be the Unite' which men desire to see
restored, it is well to understand it beforehand.
The Union which we desire to see, is that cor
dial one. whtal> Witi,iiitieVilid by the Constitu
tion, in which.. the just rightret all 'sections
shall be .respected; and the laws shall be
obeyed,; in which the powers ( the, govern
ment shall justly exercised,
and not. 'perVerQ"to :the support of slavery.
Cavil "warle . indeed' a terrible evil, and - no
good man can desire to. see it needlessly pro.
tong.* But since/t" has been set on foot in
behalf of an interest demanding exclusive con
trol, and by men resolved to rule.or ruin, the
sacrifices it has alteady'rioit will less than
in vain, if the loyal people; under
, the 'name
of " metering 'the Union," are to conceide to
the audacious traitors, .all which they mena
cingly clamored - for in the outset. ,To.declaie
that their cause was juat,' , ind thd•rebellion on
their part rightfulwould not be more absurd
than now to t yield them, again that onpremacy
in the government which they had in "the
Union as it was." , • ,
J.No. A. HINETAND,
J. H. RosumoN,
JAMES C. BRown,
8.. H. RAIJOH
The Washington correspondent of - the New
York .Evening Post writing - from the federal
metropolis on the 28tlanstant, says that those
members of Congress who favor each a policy
against the rebellion as will make another im-,
possible in this
,country for at, least another'
half century; are 'conferring tcstather, so' that
some sort nf • orgtniasd a ction may b 3 had, in
and orteof Congreee, , in fav oorof rigorous =ensures
against the caw of the great, rebellion. ' The
Dernocratic Members Of Congiess; With here
and the* a , notable -- exception; are striking
hands with the border idave-state men and the
so•called conservative &publicans, to defeat
every bill reported to the senate or House affect
ing the institution of slavery. This formidable
combination threatens to defeat the bill for the
emancipation of the slaves within this District,
the territorial bill, as it is oalled—the bill from
the Territorial. Dommittee of both houses pro
vidifig for tiin'ticciaptitan and4C.Vernment of
the disloyal . states—and even the'Oonfiecation
bill of
.Senator Trumbull, which is now under
discussion inthe Senate. .
It, the press and , thirpeople do not keep a
watchful eye'On the proceedings of Congress,
every one of these important measures will be
defeated by this new coalition.:•. It is composed
of some of the best talent In the House, and it
feels strong because; on several small occasions
in the 'House, it has already succeeded in
carrying its point. Mr. Diven, of New York,
is one of the leaders of the coalition, and sev
eral of the Perinsylsiania and New Jersey mem
hers font:lir:his lead., The importance of passing
some of the measures alluded to above is so
great that not even thee financial measures
of the Waits and Means `Committee; or M.
Chase, will be permitted wbolly to push them
aside. The debate on 'tire to bills will not
consume the, entire' time' of the House, but
these other measures will claim eoine atten
tion.
TEE collarrriuTlONOT WEST VIEWELI,
The convention which has been in session for
some weeks , at Wheeling has . completed its la
bors, and eubittittal otinstituilon to : theiteople
of the proposed.new,state of "West Virginia."
Forty-four counitesitre to be included in the
limits of the state, as folkiwe: ' •
Hancock,' Brooke,' Ohio, Marshall, Wetzel,
Marion, M.onongalia, Preston, Taylor, , Pleiasants,
Tyler, Ritchie,oddridge, Harrison, / Wood,
Jackson, Wirt, toane, Calhoun, Gilmer, Barbour,
Tucker, Lewis, Braxton, Upgitur, Randolph,
Mason, Putnam, Kanawha, Clay, Nicholas, Ca
-60.1. Wayne, Boone, Logan, Wyoming, Mercer,
M'Dowell, Webster, Pocahontas, Fayette; Ra
leigh, Greenbrier and Monroe,
&sides this, four counties, Pendleton, Hardy,
Hampshire abd' Morgan, are to' be admitted, or
not as they may vote, and three other comities,
Berkley; Jeff: son and Frederick, are to be re
ceived if the other four join. • •
The Constitution pro'vidot free : schools, a free
press, equal taxation and election by ballot. It
prohibits banks of issue tal "public improve
ments" by the statee end all special `- privileges.
It proposes that the new state assume a fair pro
portion of the debt of Virginia before the war
makes Wheeling the seat of government for the
present ; and lastly, hives the state a. slave
state. The following provision, under the head
of "Miscellaneous," is the•onlY mention made
of the subject • •
"7. NO slave shall be brought, or free per
son of color be permitted to, come, into this
state for peribitnent residence."
The provislopthat rageh parteuf the con]:
mon law of Virgh4Plare Pulipfflonsistent'with
this constitution" -shall iemain in forett.coveri
'the whole slave code of old Virginia, AV/thing
is said against it. It is right to add that the
pmneipania Dale stet rap IT-ittap 'Afternoon, iibutarg 28, 1862:
A NEW co,4wrox
Wheeling Inter&sewer, which ably urged the
convention to give the new state a free consti
tution, believes that the first Legislature to be
chosen will do this. But it is scarcely likely
that Congress will take such a matter on trust.
The constitution is to be voted fol. on the 3d of
April next.
TAX ON SPIRIIOUS LIQUORS.
Mace we suggested the policy of levying a
tax on spiritons liquors as a means of revenue
to assist in defraying the expenses of the war
for the Union,'some of our cotemporaries have
also engaged in the same arguments lor...the
same purpose, and now from all over the coun
try we receive the urgent appeals of the press
in favor of levying such a tax on all descrip:
tions of intoxicating liquors. One of these
cotemporaries is of the opinion that no tait'iorO
posed by Congresi will yield as steady and
large a revenue, es that on ardent spirits ;
at the same time, none can be levied which the'
community will feel so lightly, Being altno4
exclusively used , as a luxury, scar* the
slightest hardships will be impoiied upon-.the
people. At present, 'duties are levied !von
imported spirits ; but all that is manufactured
in the country, is sold and consumed, without
yielding a dollar to the general government.
Great Britain, which is supported, in a:great
measure, by direct taxation, long since airailell
itself of this source of revenue ; and the result
is a yield of nearly $100,000,000 annu
while.we receive a tritle.over $8,000,000 from
the same source. Impost and excise duties are
likewise levied on'tobacco by:itte Bmtisli Par- .
Bement, and $26,000,000 is realized, frOticit;
„while - ;,the ;duties .upon cigars ° and ,Anuff, im
ported into (hp United States, is less than, one
fifteenth of that suin. .
The following figures are taken from the e
English financial report for 1857, and ~the,
American for 1860, and may be taken as:a fair
average for the two countries.
INGLLND
Duty.
:$8,025,700
7,116 890
44 087;276
28,454 740
......... . 8.656.710
:;10;,082,740
26,047;68g
. .
Foreign spirits
Ruin
British spirits
Halt
Hops
Wino
Tobacco
Total duty
MUTED STATES •
Tobacco, cigars and snuff 61,823,972
Beer, ale, sto 237 231,
Spirits, cordials, &c . 1,700.602
'Alcohol. , 1,482,678
Total duty 55,194,833
Upon no article of rnerchanlise are; the Pre'''
fits of - the retail dealer so - great; as those reali
tied from the sale of ardent spirits ; /In few
cases does it fall short of one hundred and
fifty per cent.; and it frequently exceeds five
hundred. A gallon of rectified whistry, Whole
saled at fifty cents per gallon, will retail at two
dollars; and the best quality of copper-distilled
Beurbon,:whioh will cost," by the' b.drel,: from
sixty to seventy-fivecsnts retidl
for nearly five times that sum. A tax, then,
of even twenty cents per gallon, , on all spirits
manufactured will not materially diniiiiish the
profit, reedited from their sale. There are' tin
nually, Produced in the United, States about
600,000,000 of gallons of . whisky, and Other
distilled spirits, and a' specific 'excise 'tax of
twenty cents on each, would yield the hand= 7
some sum $120,000,000, at least one-third more
than the entire revenue has ever yet been ; and
more =than enough to pay the expenses of the
Government, though our Navy were incre44l
to 'four hundred vessels, as it should be. A
light tax of two or three cents per gallon , on „
beer and ale, and the same per pound upon,
manufactured tobacco, would add •sso,ooti,opo
more to the sum already named ; and, whir the
other direct and indirect taxes proposed, and
an eoonomical administration f3f the Eicivere
went, the national debt can soon be extin
guished. Such a tax would not diminish,, the
amount of liquors consumed in the country.
Dealers have been able to defy all prohibitory
laws, thus far, and it is not to be supposed for
a moment that iv trifling duty will materially;'
affect either the wholesale or retail trade,!after
the new order of things was once established.
If it does, the community will , not. suffer in
consequence.
tillk/NTLIZE bash TIRRITORT is closest
Not an escape is afforded at a single point, ex.-
cept it is at the point of the bayonet and bowie
knives of the traitors themselves. The stars and
stripes float in every rebel state—float- even in
South Carolina,where they were repudiated, and ,
where they should be made to wave a terror to
the traitors who have cursed that state from the
hour that a white man put his hand on the Af
rican and claimed' hilt as a slave. Let us re
joice, then, that the rebel territory is thug - sur
rounded, and when the command , is given to ,
"close in," we may confidently expect to lieu
less of southern chivalry
_and more of respect'
for the federal authority than. has ever beennt
tared or entertained in the rebel states.
GEL Comm, the Minister Plenipotentiary
to Russia, received his final instructions at the
State Department yesterday, and will now sail
for his deatination in a very few days. ; Ed
ward H. House has been appointed Secretisy s itii
Legation of the embassy.
Markets by Telegraph.
NEW YORK, Feb. 28
Flour has declined six cents. Sake Of 9,000
barrels at $6 40®fi 60 for State, $5 95®6 05
for Ohio, and 6646 30 for Southern. Wheat
dull ; sales of 5,000 thousand bushels at a de
cline of one cent.; red $1 41. Corn htu3 de
clined one cent; sales of 20,000 bushels at 60
®63c. for mixed. Pork firm ; lard is buoyan't
ut 7i481c. Whisky firm at 27®271 cents.—
Receipts of flour 13,684 bbls ; wheat 8,636
bushels ; corn 12,923 bushels.
T• .... - .
HE MONEY MARKET....
.
New YORK, Zeb. 28.
The money market is easy, sterling e. eh angi,
dull, but unchanged stocks are bettei, Chica
go and Rock Island
. 564. Cumberland coal
company 71. Illinois Central Railroad 581
Michigan southern 474. New Yolk Central
881. Milwaukee and ktiasiiisippi 861. yligiu
la OA ®694. Missouri 6.3.®521. ' tiold '2l per
oeut. - preminin. Tenneskee 6s. 59k. ',Kidd.
ganbonds 88. Ohio 6a. 98. California,7 4881.
United States bonds 7. threehtentbsoB 001 47,'
pon 6a. 1881, 921. Ditto registered 9 . , Dit-
to 1868 98.
BY TELEGRAPH.
FROM FORTRESS MONROR.
LATE SOUTHE R N NEWS
Meeting of Cotton and Tobacco Plan
. Jers in Richmond.
ildirrtittit•feWeiffeSittris - , Ito
".13E EXCHANGED.
PROCESIIIIII6B Ol THE BBBBG CONORKRI
• • • 1 , , -
The Union Prisoners Taken at Ithatoke
Idantl Released, Parole.
11(4tTitIOAlt01:1111.1. CALLS FOR'
TEE 'fIaIiSPORT R. B.' FOIU3EB.
THIC , CREir,IIiGGAG* AND 81 . 01411 BAYED
a.• r-fir.—.-,. r •
The vessel, buxned to prevent a fall
ing into the Enemy's hands. "
ZEMEin
CONFIRILMOS OFx THER , TBIR OFILIIVEd
The NM& if Rebels Killed and Wounded
at Fort nelson.
GENERAL " - FLOYD - AND MS' COMMAND
siritipaiioN j Warraißli cgirosr
Communication Between Fort Palask
12413
,
Price and BrOulloch's .Armies Preparing
for Battle.
Destraction. of' = Fayetteville, Arkansas, by
•x,the..Rekels.
Egpeoted Battle at . Cun:kberburd Gap,
Tennessee. .
.. $125;421,185
Foals= Moisraos, Feb. 27.
The flag of truce to-day took over more than
ififtylie2pie io Craney
We learn the following Southern news: .
meeting of cotton-and tobacco planters was
held at the city.hall, Richmond, on Wednesday
evetiirig,..to take into consideration the volun
tamdtttruction of the cotton and tobacco crops,
in view of the ?ant that :the enemy's efforts were
mainly directed, tiriwardaliobbing the,Stiuth of
an acenuinlaiiminf,thetie two great
Speethes'irere • made, and a cOmmittee was ap
pointed to Prepare
. beginetts for an adjourned
meeting this eirening.. ,
' The Richmond Dierfeh, of to-day says
one htiddred : . Prisoners at ColuMbia,
Were expected with yesterday even
ing... 'three inetallmenta of equal number will
be brought here from that city whet the whole
the" ; kal e sen t „to Newport ;NIS on
parole.'
In Otingrese on Wedtiesday, 8 natorpimms,
of 'Mos - ntu - cky, - offered' resell:dila that tile peo
ple of the Confederate States will; ; to the last
extremity maintain and defend their right to
self-governinent ; and the government eetati
by theta, end to . thie end do pledge the last
i man and . ;thelast,Anilarifor the , ptoeecution of
I& "War, until - their liZepefidenee is acktiowl
edgedTicataltio!that 'they will submit to any
•aeloritiee*AdieiNttrp however, severe;
finallf relying - ttpini'the justice 'of their
cause, and, humbly,: t rusting in divine .provi--
deuce, will Maintedn, , their poslion before the
•world 'and high . heaven, while they_ helm a
tittles to - raise.or-an arm to -defend.' Referred
"to.the cOttimitte tin military affairs. • '
A resolntion was o ere ,providing for the'
"compensation by,government for cotton and to-
Itedoo-bnined to prevent their falling into the
Vuited.§taties,
a '
he nateigh'nueist of tbe26th says two-men
were brought as prisoners to this city on Mon
day;on '''cb'arge of having piloted the' Yankees
to Taaiiiike- island. They--were arrested on
noardni.sche , ,i ., ser. a short di tans from plym
oilth. 'They were , committed Co jail.
• The Same:paper •in an - editorial., begins by
saying that.,"it would, be criminal as well' as,
idleto delay that the present is the moat gloomy
period the south has witnessed since - the com
mencement of the war," "
and gnes on Ina most
earnest Mallner , to , call upon the people to re
main by their colors and fight to ttie last.
All the prisoner's taken at Roanoke Island
have - been released on. parole. Quite a number
arrived-"t Raleigh on Monday and-stated that
one hundred:and fifty were left , at Welden to
come on Thel3a4Y.,
Five regiments of 'voltinteers for the war are
Wanted telneke 'up" the North Carolina ..quote,
and Gov: Clark:has issued' ; a proclathatibn ap
pealing to thispattiotism of the claims of the
State to fill tip the regiments.
The steam ,teg Young American went to the
assistance of the R. B. Forbes, before refeirted
ashore above Nags Head, yesterday. morning.
Toe crew were:aillaken off and brought here,
together with the' officer's baggage and'e large
portionjot. gores. , The B Forbes , was, set on
fire at 9 o'clock in the mortdeg and was totally
tiestroyed. The rebels had threatened to take
- tier; b ut the *captain showed - the greet:eat Cool-
Dees ia,danger,amideservea great praiee.
The Not folk Day Book, of yesterday, had the
following telegraphs: •• - .
• ,
. -.lhotimosin, - Feb.-26th.—The Lynchburg Re
publican has a "special" diet:latch. from Bristol,
fennessee, dated to-day, stating tfi'at the enemy
;tiailspectipled Nfiibvilte ert Sunday: s
The number of confederate prisoners taken
at Fort Dont' son are about - seven thousand—
killed five hundred, wounded fifteen hundred.
The ,enemy admit a loss of from six to` ten
thousand killed and wounded.
Gen. Floyd has saved all his command ex
cept the Twentieth Mississippi regiment and
Guy'S and JacksOa's batteries, which were
taken
- RICHMOND', Fek..-27:--Schley', s new exterisive
lacroryAeliClugusta,
was.hafned To s esdaz i , „njght. A hotly loss.
' 'Tht sh fribb`ries at Colunibilaiid'Au
guihir have temporarily, in conse
quence of the material. injury to their dams
and canals,by • recent freshets..
AUGURTA, Feb: 26.-The Savannah Rivaglidern
of this roornirigsays, communication with Fort
Pulaski - has been effectually closed by the
havh, erected threb batteries," with
heavz.gons; , at commandlng point,.
llimtpins, Feb. .24.,-"Our latest advises from
Nashville that. the federal troops have not
,yet},oiNopted that city: Scouts of Gen. Buell's
fecleril army have apppared on the northside
cethe biimbei•land river, and it is supposed
their agrearanke irs preparatory of an early ad
vents-of, the.main trolumn. 3 • - t
MoOnllbch'areltifeth'pre-
DatintfoniEffle. The former is this side of
Fayetteville, and the latter atßoston Mountain
=I
MORE TROOPS.
FACTORIES.
with aforcfMr.cliyatY•reikl4) filatnine
federal".ghtiboatir tnufapirts were
seen on , Sundayi ;at eliA. No; 1m mediate
action is.* xpected..
MRIII , IM Feb:' , 2s, t —Th4.o.4;**:Payetteville,
Arkawas, baa buTfit 'to - the' gron. d by
order of Gen. M'Cuiloch. The military stores
were first burnt. The confederate army at Bos
ton Mountain are.prepar4g..for battle ,
- Late advice from Knoxville state ' "that the
confederates at Cumberland Gap expect an
early•engagement. Tue federals are frequently
in sight.
Lisonsuaa, Feb. 20.—A portion of the
bridge which connected the island on which
the South Side depot is situated of the north
Xirgipia4nd,..Tenneesetoilrued, was destroyed
yesterday by coals' falling from a locomotive.
Two sparas-3were burnt. The will prevent the
running of the Smith Side cars into the city.
FROV VI LOUIS
pirruppExpz,.
,
The ilemphili and 7 0hielaitroad to be
T Tarn up.
00,1,111R1U5,T0.41E RHUMB AY piyhippum
The Union': Sentiment' Strong in Nashville.
I Sr.' Ltans,lNt:2B.
The Memphis papers of the 19th say, that
Polklessue&Ordere tlaY previous,
directing that the track of the Memphis and
Ohio railroad a Jorild be torn - up h and the
'tirltiges destroYek Prepiiiitory to ilk, eVecoa
tion,of .Doloinimsooni.dernolition of thelforti
fications. The Columbus forces are to fall back
Ito Idand , .No. 10, , on the isaiseippi, abOut 46
miles, below Columbus, which , it is said • com.
plitely commands rim river, and can be'forti
fied with heavy guns, and made impregnable
;against aurlivPr att.4*•*' ;
The Clarkesville'Diriideinf 'the 26th irays:—
General Nelson is in command of Nashville,
General Buell still being' oil the north side of
the river. • The Union sentiment was strong,
and our troops were received With great cor
diality. -Great indignation was expressed
by the citizens of
,_Nashvile against
Governbr 'Berrie, Wile - was fairly driven
away by the,Union• men, the latter having be
come bold at the proximity of the Union troops
and dared 'to ' assert"theirilghts. Critten
den!a scomniand has .jojned Gen. Jonston at
Murfreesboro. The railroad bridge at Murfrees
boro' wait destroyed •by order , of Floyd.
I=
FROM .N.EW YORK.
'ARRIVAL OF A VALIWILE PRIZI STEAM
The prise steamer; Labnan British, captured
on the let bast, of Breeze Chicea, a small
village near the Rio Grande, has arrived in
charge of the offtgers.oCthe V. 8., sloop•of-war
Portsmouth, by irhichl.vessel she was taken in
custOdy.. • .
.The Labnart is an iron ,vessel, two hundred
and feet long; built in 1856, at a
cost of flaky -three thousand pounds. She had
been employed in the Baltic trade and was
chartered in November by the I Vejeiseys of
Manchester for six: months, .to run between
Hama and some part ,of the southern
coast. Hee'. otitWard air& consisted of
various articles, ~ijacloding a large quantity
of blankets. It is estimated that the charter
ers cleared 400,000 pounds in the cargo. When
she was captured, a ateAmar 10nd.1.1 with ohtton
was inside of the bar. waiting an opportunity to
come out to her, lint anrioon as the Porternonth
anchored, •she moored Up the river.
, The captain and snpercargo of the Labnan
Were on shore, and ,rematied there probably
for prudential rowans The Labnan wart sent
. •
to Ship island, and there ordered here by Com
modore McKean. libeluts aboard the crew of
the schooner Wave, of New Orleans, Which
was ,captured an hone . previous , while en
'route from New °dram; 'to Mataindies !with
a cargo of tobacco _and cotton. , 'The Littman
belongs io Hull.
ER ON SA. H ..,T 1 4,1 i CIS C 0
:COED WE A..17.1-1-ER
TRAVELERS FROZEN TO ,DEATH
Arrived, ship Charger, forty-nine days!from
Hong. Kiing ; steamer Cortea,. from Oregon and
British Columbia, bringing $120,000 in
. gold.
The weather thrpugheut the northern beast
hli been vetrl bold: ManY petsoini On the way
from Portland to the mines have frozen to
death. Thensands are' detained . at Portland
till spring opens, who recently left California'
for the new Eldorado.
The whale ship Joeeph Grimell.lum arrived
from Taitit, Peru, with - Atte= Srrels
of sperm.
FROM - WASHINGTON.
Beitstabliehment of the Post Offices
in .the South.
First Assistant Postmaster-General Hasson is
engaged In sending out instructions and Mak
ing arrangementefor re-establishing post offi-
C*3B and'post routes' as' onr armies advance into
,the so t called confederate States. A. H. Mari land
is following our forces into Tennasse, and J. J.
Miller, - also agent of the Department ini this
connection, is operating in the southerr4art
of Kentucky. The post office at Nashville,
and those in .the eastern part of North
Carolina, will soon be re-opened, the latter
State to .besupplied with mails by sea.
On Ttninday morning PoS. 27th., FARAH CRAMMER,
aged 18. years.:
The funeral will take place on Fator iay morning next
410 o'clock, ftoin the residence of Oliver 'Edwards in
Walnut stroll belay Tb!rd. feb2B
Nap 2lbuertistmenta.
A NOTHER lot of fine choice Apples;
at l3; o ft:t Orau a tee, sra temona,, New
. 7fiji m elli v arlen k
feb24.4180 , y corner Third and Walnut strels.
WANTED. -:-A ;white womanu cook.
Inquire at the WILLIAM TELL HOWE, Market
atrett, neat Iv the Dauphin Deposit peek. feb27-11t*
.
Building Stone , Building Stone.
FFIRST CLASS Lime Stone for building
- perptres: For iale at the first qearry below the
any. and will deliver them immediate .y the lowest'
sash pr.ce. —JACOB 888,
feb27-dlw Keystone Farm..
J! . .1.01 , REOBLVEID. 'i ' • i ,
Pe., I:BEXibibaSofiComio and Sonftew
4M
tat Italeoliaes, at different prices.
T BOBllffiltl Bookstore.
v 4,
Nsw Yoas, Feb: 28
I===l
Seemuse°, Feb. 27
Wmmeireori, Feb. 28
Mitb.
New 2briertistneuts
THE UNION AND CONS I'ITUTI I
"Oen GOVRBZIMENT : an explanatory statem ent ,
sydean of government of the coa ,, try, pr es , ti
doftiliewththa"eopfrtheeeofenFejUeruBenenveimenturrate :Svplateofi,ri.A.Onet'eiceaßlrftsunYeleit.npr:antrto.73l:te:n:t'4l,:flo;:',,
on a knowledge of o.r civil institu ions, ghouls be
Incandianduy%dne°uPebtlyvrittiedLe.teasallilligtiefte:teighlpliegpfr'iobat on ,f the tia ;me
principles of our government. Sort molten°. , s „
and general among all classes of I:ie p eople, ' 938
to the proadnane4 and pr o sperity of the govern,
this Is requisite wpecially from the eitrsorei
wants of the time, and the vastly important onenni
• witless' polity soon to be tweed. above ,s o .k
the 000s.ruction of the provisions or Me consiu ut ;
the Unttld. grates, an 4 0 : hose of t'e sev . •
determined by jedmial anibordy and settled pith derived from standard writers, m a 'alt. the:
views of constitution aw th• - s pre mins' on some
seta m thagrentest Importance which Carnal y
the time of the di et publication of the book wer:dan
et with much d dereuee or (110100 . 1 1 , v , b 0 , 0r,„,
Wastes settled doctrines'. to be awed on in resr.n,
the Wariest interests of tie n,t,on in this mon ;
period - .
,lor wileatby K. WICINSIEY at Harr:
Thosybrania, erd by bookst .res generally. f.mie
HEAtagrairrsns. P. M..
Harrisburg, Feb. 26, 1862,
GENERAL ORDERS, }
No. 17.
411 - promotions of officers in tegilbel
Pennsylvania volunteers, wherevet th e G o
nor has the power to appoint under the o ,
of the War Department of the 4th of
1861, and the act of Congress of the 22d
1861,ivill be made in the order of their sr,'
and all second lieutenants will be apoo
ed-from the non-commissioned officers and
Yates in the companies where the vacs'
occur.
This order only applies to officers b 10,7
rank of field officers, and will be ea foire I
ce pt is special cases, which may be
through the colonels of the re4icuenti.
By order of
A G. CIJRIIT,
Governor and Commas iei.in,i,i id
A. L. RIJi-ELL,
dBt Adjutant G p
PCfBLIC SALE,
WILL BE SOLD at Pubile
SATURDAY, MARCH Ist Fyi ,
zr. Hof man's Hotel, oppoilte tho Codr it
o'clock P. all tb.it Lot of around -it tee
street, in the city of Harrisburg it he
loans on Oraed street, and emending b, t z .
ley, Ofty feet in depto, having thereon Cr, ett.d
6 , IWO bTuRY PRAM S Hi U,E, n nud t c •
Mir rooms acd basement. In front ot
doer there is a first rate well of wat r with El !!!
pump good repair. 4
air A o:ear title can be given.
Any person ilmir.og to purchw4e, cm do so 1.
Sal:, by ostillog on the suo,c iher, vat rest 1, •
property. terms end coadeloai wi be tn•de
by ' ENANUEL H. NIA ,
W. BARR, Auctioneer.
COAL OIL, Natrona, Klgtiulia,
sad Other non explosive brauus, f r a.ie
Bo w.ll t
Griller Fr ntnul M,r
tb2
YktUP, Lovering's and :•tew
sale by NiCHuLS
b2l
Corner Front 4e I M ir e
UGARa Gruahoti, Polveriz-i ;1114
fined, for sale by NICHO S .5: 13 w'i
feb2l Corner I ,rset
AA P. &W. C. TAY LOR'zi i.W 6i)
jy• It is economical alai highly .1.t.! , -. 3ove t
as no Nash and wt. n t wa.o. It i; /
to tojurethe hinds. It wdt impart as o.yo 11. o
and is Ibenaors suitabte for
sate by tc g. D
Fg'H Choice Teas, Black an I jr i
th E° 3IG % mna 1 pound paper.;
NICFIOI...st titYvq:l
16 rorner Fr. , til Ii st - •
OUAIi . OIL, warrauted u,m-explAr
genre! brand; for 1.,
NI1:11. 1, d 1
COroer l•rut
febll
NEW Fruits, Currents, f‘al,iiiN, 01,
sod lemons st the new Whole 1: loci
eery azmi Pro',%sem Store, corner 7r.oa
street, Harriabarg, P.
•jl. Nl[ll •,t
CEDAR TUBS, BASKET,, ET , JU
and everything in the line, Jul reCdive .1
4/usuUdes and for sate ve , y lOW b+
CR r C
CROSS & BLA) WE..L'S ceiebra ,
PIOICLE3, SAUCIFI, sc
supply of the above ' embracing every variety, jaa
Calved and for sale by
.110 Wit. PON Jr.:.C
1 4 EXTRA FAMILY FLOUR in fourth
. ..CAI hall bbl. saks, also, wholcsav sad nail I At
Near Grocery and Pruvisani Sore. rrollt sad
NICHOLS' .+4 i t
PRESH Oranges, Lemons, Cocoa Nu
di; . Radio, Carraus, kc. fir s.le wht
MUMS BOWSIA
feb2l Comer Fr tt and Mar. et stree
SUGAR CURED HAMS.
DRIED BEEF,
SHOULDERS,
BOLGNA SAUSAGE.
A large and fresh s7pply Just way, d by
leb2O wd. ld),:K Tr.. iC
f ri.• LET.—The commodious .`'tore 1
(00 .11_ 013uss o r ni w ifir Rali k ot e: ye Ellts .
24 ne :l indj sc oentt tcL i tt"ton v es .w .l , o , n
feb2.s
WANTED, by a young man, a clolks.
a graft. T r tore bas sow. , ex. erieve
of
business and would wi,ti to It arn t thorn 'gbly• ‘`
not kio allkh an object as employme dpinY t
THOM
feb2sd6to Walnut street between Fourth and 14
CHOICE Teas, Green and Black, for
1.1! by NlClnhab& BOIVVAN,
Corner era tarvi
AA LOT of prime Cheese just received a
for Bole by - NICIDLAS B MAAS.
lobl/ Corner Prom awl SLr. t
IDOWDER, Shot and Caps for sale
Nic-ous & efivm.o,
Cornt.r Front and
FRESH : Lemons, Apples, Cr.'ni,erri;
fcr.salp 6r NioHOLs & Bcorg.a ,
J2l cernet±_, str Front nil 51Jr;"gre
DANDELION COFFEE I—A Frrsh
largo Bop* of this Celebrated CoPepL re..e!
by (Pal 1-C:)0 .
C
BLACKING !
MASON'S "CHALLENGE BLAGgiNG
100 Grime, assorted sizes,just. received. d
sale at Murkiest° prices,
7 dell
ROME-BRUSHES, Door at at,
C. bing aM Blackening Brn her, for sale by
Ditet.d. As B OBA I .
Corner Front
FAMILY WASHING BLU ,mope sce
lent substitute for badlifli, for sale ttt olas!
and retail grocery gore of
NICIROLS &BOWMAN,
corner of grunt and Market strata
OFIONBr Quite a variety. ot fr
` and entertaining articles—cheap at
MO
811R.FTR'S HO
COAL OIL lower than any Haub')
Harrisburg, for sale by
corner kIiFrorCHOLS BOWtSltrN;et.
feb 14-y
AUGUSTIiTE L. CHAISE.
CARPENTER ANb BUILDS
Residence .Ni. 27 North Second Street•
N. B—JOBBING
HAY! HAY!!
ASUPEBiOR article of Baled [NY'
817 00 per ton for sale by
DAMES M. WMEELER.
r.lebn J
11317AMIK—Three igvndred Writ bug'
IL.-
wad
Bain" recelo WY DfXg. Jjg C
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