il)aitp . Ctlegrapt,
Forever float that standard sheet 1
Where breathes the foe but falls before us,
With Freedom's soil beneath our feet,
An% Freedom's banner streaming o'er us.
OUO. PLATFORM
THE UNION-THE CONSTITUTION-AND
THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAW.
PEOPLES' STATE COMMITTEE.
The members of ,the Peoples' State Central
Committee will meet at the Continental Hotel,
in the city of rbiladelphia, on Thursday, May
Ist, 1862, at three o'clock, P. M., to determine
upon the time and place for holding a State
Convention to nominate candidates for Auditor
General and Surveyor General, and to transact
such other business as may be presented for
consideration.
A. K. M'CLUIt E, Chairman.
JOHN M. SULLIVAN, t secretaries.
GEO. W. HAMMENSLY,
HARRISBURG, PA
Wednesday Afternoon, April 16, 1862
Tea PRESENT PROPRIETOR 3 of the Patriot are
determined to perpetrate all the mischief in
their power during the brief time they are to hold
and ct4utrol the columns of that sheet. They
feel that their hours are numbered. They have
assailed the Union to the full extent of their
ability, both as orators and writers, politieans
and traitors. As the supporters of Breckinridge,
with the knowledge that his nomination was
the initial step in the development of the re
bellion, they established their political infamy-
As the opponents of the war to suppress this
rebellion, they gave public proof of their trea
sonable tendencies, and were only deterred from
increasing that evidence by the threats of the
indignant masses of the state capitol, and the
fear of a halter constantly dangling in their
'sision. One year ago, they were the undecided
and unwilling supporters of the force then and
now in use to crush treason. Before Sumter
was fired on, the Patriot was the apologist of
Breckenridge and Davis. After our flag Was
insulted on its walls, it gave the cause of the
Union a weak support, but left no pretext un
used to assail those whose lives and fortunes
were invested in the preservation of the Union.
It has either been the garrulous villifier of Re
puolicanism or the unblushing advocate of
those who gave treason its first force ; and
now, as if to increase its audacity and enlarge
its insolence, it seeks the disgrace of those
who are anxious to bind themselves in simple
pledges for the support and defence of the Union.
With a bitterness at once fearful and shame
less, it declares that there is no necessity for
such unions as are proposed by loyal men to
strengthen the defences of the nation. In the
same sprit, a little over a year ago, the same
sheet maintained that there was no necessity
in the attempt to re-inforce Fort Sumter, and
that the armed preparations of the government
were illegal, impolitic, and the evidence of a
design to coerce "the free and gallant south."
Such was its spirit and language then employed,
because itssympathies were all with the traitors.
Such are its language and spirit now, because its
sympathies are still with the rebels. It fears
and denounces every movement that is designed
to secure the complete overthrow of the rebel
lion. If this were not tue fact, it would not
be able to discover a wrong in the disposition
of men to associate for loyal, patriotio and
Christian objects. If it was not the fear of
being * themselves narrowly watched by the
vigilance of those who are pledged to the
Union, they would urge no objection to such
associations, but being themselves members of
or in symillithy with the Knights of the Golden
Circle, worto prevent the subjugation of the
traitors, siv nto compromise our difficulties,
if it should be at the expense of justice and
l i
liberty; their opposition to all efforts for the de
fence of the Union, becomes as ridiculous as the
burglar's opposition to the watchman's rattle,
because its tones are calculated to interrupt
the repOse of sucklings and nervous nurses
Let the pro * ietors of the Patriot purge them
selves of t ason—let them repent of their
compliciki i the present effort to subvert the
natio24as ant rity—let them give up their blind
attacliment to a besotted, corrupt and corrupt
ing organization, and then the light of truth
may penetrate their minds, and instead of dis
coverg wrong in those who emulate each
other n devotion to the Union, their own temu
lation will be aroused, and they may perhaps
themselves become loyal and honest American
citizens.
st
Tft OTORIOUS PIERCE Bums., who assisted
in dri 'i
lag ministers from the pulpit because
they d ed to denounce slavery, and persecuted
them td the grave, and who was also arrested
on the strotgest suspicion as having been in
sympathy and in concert with-the slave-holding
rebels, yesterday caused a warrant to be issued
i n the i city of Philladelphia, far the arrest
do
of • Simon Cameron. It will he re
memb d that Gen. Cameron sent Butler
to For e l
Warren, and for this he sued out
a warn t on the plea of having been falsely
imprisoned. The whole affair is one of those
ridiculous attempts of such northern traitors to
prove tdi, their southern friends that they are
still devr o ed to their alliance, and will of course
amount a failure when properly brought be.
fore the - -
amts. The ith aof holding aea bine
dicially responsible for the arrest o
reants as Pierce Butler, is simply ridi
f Gen. Cameron deserves censure, i
officer
such mi
calous.
he ever permitted Butler to leave
is beca
en. If there is a man in the country
treason, that man is Pierce Butler.
Fort W
guilty
CONTEMPTIBLE BUSINESS.
The people of New York are as jealous of the
people of all the other commonwealths, as they
are mercenary and selfish in the pursuit of their
own prosperity and elevation. In this respect,
too, the press of New York indulges its spleen
and misrepresentation of any locality and every
individual that may compete with or rival the in
terests or the efforts of the citizens of New York.
As an instance of this jealousy and contempti
ble depreciation on the part of the press of New
York city, of all other localities, we refer the
readers of the TELEGRAPH to Sapper's Weekly for
April 19. That sheet, which is at best a gross
insult to the artistic taste and historical reputa-
tion of the American people, contains what pur
ports to be an illustration of the uprising of the
north, immediately after the rebel attack on
Fort Sumter. In the rough and unsightly lines
of its rude wood cuts, it seeks to give a picture
representing the people of the different states
rushing to the defence of the national capital.
In this illustration, New York is made the most
prominent, while the other states come in for a
shareof the Harper's commendation as the jeal
ousy and envy of the people of New York
will permit these publishers to extend. The I
flag of the glorious old state of Pennsylvania is
concealed in one corner in the shape of a num..
her of faint lines, New York the while, as
we have written above, glaring out in all the
boldness and audacity with which it usually ap
propriates the honor or the profits of other
people's labors.
We have no disposition to quarrel with the
Harpers or any other New York publishers, but
we will not permit any of them thus wilfully
to misrepresent' the state of Pennsylvania, nor
should our people patronize a journal that thus
attempts to depreciate their fame and their
valor. It is a historical fact that Pennsylvania
had troops in Washington city while the mem
bers of the New York Seventh Regiment were
making their toilet in the saloons of the New
York Hotels ; and it is also known that Penn
sylvania has even now more troops in the ser
vice of the nation than New York or any of
loyal states. But Harper's Weekly does not ap-
pear to*uriderstand this fact, and therefore the
sheet is a most miserable historical record ; and
if it does know the truth of this portion of the
history of the rebellion, it shows how meanly
anxious its proprietors are to insult and injure
the people of Pennsylvania. Oar people should
spurn such a publication from their house
holds, as too mean for recognition, and too par
tial and unreliable for safe or instructive peru
sal or contemplation of its illustrations. If
New York publishers are determined to indulge
their talent in landing the state and people of
New York, they should be compelled to find a
market at home for their artful and contempti
ble misrepresentation.
WHAT 18 A BILL OF ATTAINDER?
The measure proposed for the confiscation of
rebel property are met by the objection, that
they are unconstitutional. They are said to be
"bills of attainder," and so prohibited by the
clause which declares that 'ono bill of attainder
or aped facto law shall be passed."
We have been accustomed to suppose that a
bill of attainder was a law declaring a man
guilty of treason, and fixing upon him the
effects of a judicial conviction. In the clause
quoted, bill 3 of attainder are classed with export
facto laws, both being upon the same principle,
in violation of all rules of rightful legislative
proceedings.
It never could have been the intent of the
Constitution to prohibit such effective legisla
tion as should prescribe just punishment for
the highest crime. But the barbarism of de
claring a specific person guilty by enactment,
might well be prohibited; and so, of the cor
ruption of the blood of the person attainted.
One of the consequences of attainder, either
by bill or by judicial conviction in England,
was to render the heirs incapable of any inheri
tance through the attainted ancestor. No
descent could be traced through him, and when
he was tenant in tail, the entailed estates were
absolutely forfeit to the Crown.
Injustice like this to persons presumably in
nocent, is, of course, contrary to the spirit of
all law predicated upon morality and right.
A bill of attainder contained a finding and
verdict of guilt, and sentence of attainder 'and
outlawry, against a specific person. Nothing of
that nature has ever been proposed in Congress,
and the bills for confiscating rebel property
have no more analogy to bills of attainder than
they have to bills of excommunication.
GEN. Btraionna and Staff have quartered them
selves in a very comfortable and elegant style,
In their new Department. The Petersburg (Va.)
Express of the 27th, complains that Gen. Burn
side occupies " the palatial residence of the
president of the Bank of Commerce ;" that
Gen. Foster " has taken possession of another
'handsome dwelling," while Gen. Reno occu
pies the Bank of Newbern.' To these com
plaints the Newbern Progress observes
" Well, what of it? The proprietors of the
property were rank secessionists, and after
plunging their fellow citizens into the horrors
of a civil war, fled and left them to their fate.
The houses of the refugees alluded to above,
are occupied by better and more loyal men." .
Tau New Orleans Delta compares the Southern
rebellion to Animus, who, as often as Hercules
felled him to the earth, gathered strength from
his contract with it and sprang up refreshed for
the encounter. But the Delta should remem
ber that Hercules, after discovering his enemy's
secret, ceased to knock him down, and, hold
ing him up in the air, choked him to death.
And thus we may.have to treat the rebel cause
in the person of its champions—elevate them
between heaven and earth and choke the breath
out of them.
Orr or TEM Comm facts of taxation is ex-
hibited in the fact, that in 1840, the British
excise duty on soaps amounted to more than
the entire funded debt of Great Britain in 1689,
viz: •
Excise duty on soaps, 5,806,704
Funded debt, •1689 . 664,263
Tan fall of Port Pulaski gives to our arms
once more another of the fortifications which
wastetrayed into the hands of the secession
ists last spring.
penneplrania Welt) (telegraph. itlebneettan 'Afternoon. "iprill 16, 1862
EL T A'
THE GREAT BATTLE AT PITTS-
THE OFFICIAL DISPATCHES.
UNION LOSS ESTIMATED AT 1,500 KILLED
AND 3,500 WOUNDED.
The LOEIN of the Enemy Much
Correspondence Between Gens. Grant and
Beauregard.
To Carr. N. H. 141cLAvE, A. A. General Depart
ment of Mississippi, St. Louis:
CAPTAIN:-It becomes my duty again to re
port another battle fought between two great
armies, one contending for the maintenance of
the best Government ever devised and the other
for its destruction. It is pleasant to record the
success of the army contending for the former
principle.
On Sunday morning our pickets were at
tacked and driven in by the enemy. Immedi
ately the divisions stationed at this place were
drawn up fa line of battle to meet them. The
battle soon waxed warm on the left and centre,
varying at times to all parts of the line. The
most continuous firing of musketry and-artil
lery ever heard on this continent was kept up
until night fall.
The enemy having forced the entire line to
fall back nearly half from their camps- to the
landing at a late hour in the afternoon, a des
perate effort was made by the enemy to turn
our left and t possession of the landing, tran
sports, &c. This point was guarded by the
gunboats Tyler and Lexington, Capts. Groynn
and Shirk, U. S. N., commanding, with tour
20-pounder Parrott guns, and a battery of rifled
guns.
As there is a deep and impassable ravine for
artillery or cavalry, and very difficult for in
fantry at this point, no troops were stationed,
except the necessary artillerists and a small
Infantry force for their support. Just at the
moment of the advance of Maj. Gen. Buell's
column, a part of the division of Gen. Nelson
arrived, and the two generals named both
being present, an advance was immediately
made upon the point of attack, and the
enemy were soon driven back. In this re
pulse much is due to the presence of the gun
boats Tyler and Lexington, and their able
commanders, Capts. Gwynn and Shirk, 11. S.
Navy.
During the night Generals Crittenden and
M'Cook arrived.
Gen. Law Wallace, at Crump's landing, six
miles below, was ordered at an early hour in
the morning, to hold- his division in readiness
to be moved in any direction to which it might
be ordered.
About 11 o'clock an order was delivered to
move it up to Pittsburg, but owing to its being
led by a circuitous route did not arrive in time
to take part in Sunday's action.
During the night all was quiet and feeling
that a great moral advantage would be gained
by becoming the attacking party, an advance
was ordered as soon as day dawned. The re
sult was a gradual repulse of the enemy at all
points of the line from nine o'clock until pro
bably five in the afternoon when it became ev
ident the enemy was retreating.
the close of the action, the advance of Gen. T.
T. Wood's division arrived in time to take
part in the action. My force was too much fa
tigued from two days hard fighting and exposure
in the open air, to a drenching rain, during the
intervening night to pursue immediately. The
night closed in cloudy and with heavy rain
making the roads impracticable for artillery.
By the next morning, Gen. Sherman, however,
followed the enemy, finding that the main part
of the army had retreated in good order. The
hospitals of the enemy, filled with wounded,
were found all along the road as far as the pur
suit was made. Dead bodies of the enemy and
many graves were also found.
I enclose herewith the report of Gen. Sher
man which will explain more fully the result
of the pursuit, and of the part taken by each
separate command.
I cannot take special notice in this report,
but will do so more folly when the reports of
divisions commanders are handed in.
Gen. Buell, commanding in the field with
a distinct army long' under his command, and
which did much efficient service, commanded
by himself in person, will be niuch better able
to notice those of his command who particu
larly distinguished themselves, than I possibly
can.
I feel it a duty, however, toa gallant and able
officer, Brig. Gen. T. W. Sherman, to make
special mention that he not only was with his
command during the entire of two days' action,
but displayed great judgment and skill, in the
encouragement of his men. Although he was se
verely wounded in the hand on the first day, his
place was never vacant. He was again wounded
and had three horses killed under him. In
making this mention of a gallant officer no
disparagement is intended to the other divis
ion commanders, Major Generals John A.
MeClernand and Lew Wallace, and Brigadier
Generals S. A. Hurlbut, B. M.Pentiss and W.
H. L. Wallace, all of whom maintained
their places with credit to themselves
and the cause. Gen. Prentiss was taken pris
oner in the first days action and Gen. W. H. L.
Wallace was severely and probably mortally
wounded. His Assistant Adjutant General,
Capt. Wm. McMichael, is missing, and was
probably taken prisoner. My personal staff are
all deserving of particular mention, they
having been engaged during the entire two
days in carrying orders to every part of
the field. It consists of Colonel J. D. Web-
Webster, chief of the staff ; Lieutenant-Colonel
J. B. M'Pherson, chief of engineers, assisted
by W. L. B. Jeremy and William Kassac, Capt.
J. A. Rawlings, Assistant Adjutant General W.
S. llillyer, W. R. Rawley and C. B. Lagow,
Aid-de-camps • Colonel G. Pride, volunteer aid,
and Captain J. P. Hawkins chief of the com
missary, who accompanied me upon the field.
The medical department under the direction
I of Surgeon Hewitt, medical director, showed
great energy in providing for the wounded, and
in getting them from the field regardless of
danger.
Col. Webster was placed in special charge of
all the artillery, and was constantly upon the
Be displayed, as he always has hereto
fore, both skill and bravery. At least in one
instance he was the means of placing an entire
regiment in a position for doing the most val
uable savice, and where it could not have
been but for his exertions.
Lieut-Col. McPherson, attached to my staff
as thief of Engineers, deserves more than a
passing notice fur his activity and courage. An
the grounds around our camps for miles has
been reconnoitered by him, and plans have been
c irefully prepared under his supervision ' giving
'emirate information of the nature of the ap
aroaches to our lines. During the two days'
battle he was constantly in the saddle leading
troops as they arrrived, to points where their
services were required. During the engage
ment he had one horse shot under him.
BURG LANDING,
I=l
Greater.
HEAD QUARTERS DISTRICT OT TENYRNEE,
Pittsburg, April 9, 1862.
The country will have to mourn the low o
many brave men who fell at the battle of Pitts
burg, or Shiloah, more properly. The exact
loss in killed and wounded will be known in a
day or two. At present I can only give it ap
proximately at 1,600 killed, and 8,500 wounded.
The loss of artillery was great, many pieces
being disabled by the enemy's shots, and some
losing all their horses and many men. Not
less than two hundred horses were killed.
The loss Of the enemy in killed and left upon
the field was greater than ours
In wounded the estimate cannot be made as
many of them must have been sent to Corinth
and other points.
The enemy suffered terribly from demoraliza
tion and desertion.
A flag of truce was seat in to-day from Gen.
Besuregard. I enclose herewith a copy of the
correspondence.
Your obedient servant,
U. S. GRANT.
Major• General Commanding.
HEAD QUARTERS OF THE
DEPARTMENT OP THE MISSISSIPPI,
.Monday, April 8, 1862.
SIR:-At the close of the conflict of yester
day, my forces, being exhausted by the extra
ordinary length of time during which they
were engaged with guns on that and the pre
ceding day, and it being apparent that you
had received and were still receiving rein
forcements, I felt it my duty to withdraw my
troops from the immediate scene of the con•
flict. tinder these circumstances, in accordance
with the usages of war, I shall transmit this
under a flag of truce, to ask permission to send
a mounted party to the battle field of Shiloah,
for the purpose of giving a decent interment to
my dead. Certain gentlemen wishing to avail
themselves of this opportunity to remove the
remains of Eons and friends, I must request for
them the privilege of accompanying the burial
party, and in this connection I deem it proper
to say that I am asking only what I have ex
tended to your own countrymen under similar
circumstances.
Respectfully your obedient servant,
P. G. T. BEAUREGARD.
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY,
IN THE FIELD, SL
Pittsburg, April 9th, 1862.
Gas. P. G. T. BEADREGARD, Commanding the Con
federate Army of Mississippi, Monterey, Tenn.
Your dispatch of yesterday is just received.
Owing to the warmth of the weather, I deemed
it advisable to have the dead of both parties
buried immediately. Heavy details were made
for this purpose, and it is now accomplished.—
There cannot, therefore, be any necessity of
admitting within our iines the parties you de
sired to send on the grounds asked.
I shall always be glad to extend any courtesy
consistent with duty and especially so when
dictated by humanity.
I am General, respectfully,
your obedient servant,
11. S. GRANT, Maj. Gen. Ocan.
FROM FORTRESS MONROE
VISIT OF THE !FRENCH MINISTER
TO NORFOLK.
Trial of the Union and Lincoln Guns
I=l
Death of General Buell Reported at Norfolk
-...-,...
THE MERRIMAC STILL INVISIBLE.
FORTRIB9 Ito Nam:, April 16
The French Minister at Washington, M. Mer
cier, arrived here from Annapolis this morning.
He was saluted by the French steamer Gas
sendi, and subsequently landed to pay a visit
to General Wool. He received a salute from
the water battery of the Fortress.
This afternoon the Gas.seudt steamed up to
Norfolk with the French Minister on board.
The Union and Lincoln guns were each fired
to-day to try their range. The shot from the
former tell a short distance off Sewell's Point.
The flag of truce from Norfolk to-day brought
dowu ladies and also the sword of the captain
of the French war vessel, the Praney, which
was wrecked on the North Carolina coast some
time since.
A rumor was brought from Norfolk which
was current there that General_Buell had been
killed.
Bauman, April 16.—The American's special
correspondent says, speaking of the visit of the
French steamer with the French minister to
Norfolk, come speculation was entertained here
in naval circles as tr what course the French
minister and the commander of the steamer
will pursue at Norfolk. Will he salute the re
bel flag and will the rebel guns salute the
French flag. It is a nice point of national eti
quette. No guns have yet been heard in the
direction of Norfolk, and the. Fiakch steamer
must have reached Norfolk long before the
time of closing this letter.
The flag of truce boat reports that the Mer
rimac was not in sight, and has evidently re
turned to Norf. lk.
The hands on board the flag of truce boat
had some talk but disclosed nothing as to the
movements of the Merrimac. I
Some of the rebels bantered our men on the
subject, saying that there was no use in wasting
coal ; that she could come into the Roads
whenever she choose to do so ; that our vessels
were afraid to come from under the guns of the
fort and meet her.
THE BATTLE OF APACHE PASS
NEW MEXICO.
CONFIRMATION OF PREVIOUS ACCOUNTS
UNION LOSS 150 KILLED, WOUNDED
AND MISSING.
REBEL LOSS 400 KILLED AND WOUNDED,
AND 93 PRISONERS, INCLUDING
THIRTEEN OFFICERS.
WASHINGTON, April, 16
Secretary Stanton received early this morn
ing the following despatch, dated Kansas city,
April 14.
The Fort Union mail brings, confirmation of
the 'battle of Apache Pass. Our loss is
150 killed, wounded and missing. The enemy
acknoweledged their loses to be from three to
four hundred killed and wounded. Ninety
three rebels were taken prisoners, thirteen of
whom were officers. Our forces captured and
burned sixty-four wagons laden with provisions
and ammunition, killing two hundred mules.
The Texans attacked our battery four times,
the last time c 'ming within forty feet of our
guns, but they were repulsed with heavy loss.
Cql. Slough is encamped at Bernal Springs,
forty miles from Fort Union. The Texans fell
back to Santa Fe.
Col. Canby, with 1,000 regulars and Kit Car
son's regiment, are reported to be within three
days march of Col. Slocum. Col. Slate is re
ported to be on the Jormda with reinforcements
for the enemy.
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.
NEw YoBE, April 16.
Flour has declined 5c.; 7,000 bbls. sold,
State $4 80®4 85, Ohio $5 30®5 40, South
ern $5 70. Wheat has a defining tendency ;
sales 7,600 bus ; Canadian wheat $1 15. Corn
dull ; 26,000 bus. sold at 58®59c. Beef quiet
Pork dull. Lard steady at 7-1.(3,81c. Whisky
nominal at 231®, 247ic.; receipts flour 9,868
bbls., wheat 25,126 bus., Corn 82,700 bua.
FROM - EDINBURG - , Va.
THE REBELS MIMED BY FIRING SAUTES.
EDLSBURO, Va. April 15
Our salute firing to-day caused some conster
nation among the rebels who, unaware of the
occasion of it, approached in some force, firing
a few shells from an Armstrong gun, one
of which fell among a number of men in camp
playing at cards, but did not explode and
caused no damage.
Several regiments were drawn in line as if
for an advance bat all was quiet again before
night.
A Secession Print in Baltimore Joyous
over Southern News.
BALTIMORE, April 16
The notorious secession print, the "Maryland
News Sheet," publishes this morning quite
boastfully, three columns of southern news,
which is taken from the Richmond Despatch
and Examiner, of the 7th and Bth inst., and
the Norfolk. Day Book of the 12th, received in
this city yesterday, whether by the under
ground railroad, or by some special facility
granted by some employee of the Government
steamboat line to Old Point, is not stated.
XXXVIIth Congress—First Session,
SENATE
WASHINGTON, April 16
Several petitions for emancipation were pre
sented. Memorials in favor of and against the
bankrupt law were presented.
Mr. WILMOT presented a petition in favor of
a National foundry in Pennsylvania. Referred
to the special committee.
Mr. Beams, (N. Y.,) presented petitions in
favor of the circulation of all newspapers
published in the loyal States through the
mails ; also, petitions in favor of a ship canal
from Lake Michigan to the Mississippi ; also,
several memorials in regard to various sections
of the tax bill.
Referred to the Committee on Finance.
Mr. HOWARD (Mich.) presented the memorial
of citizens of Michigan against the tax on loat
her. Referred to the Finance Committee.
Mr. Gams (Iowa) stated that it was the
unanimous wish of the members of Congress
on Naval affairs that Mr. Bale should withdraw
his resignation as chairman. The difficulty hav
ing arisen from a misapprehension known to
the Senator himself, he would add in contradic
tion of the public rumor that the Naval Com
mittee had always been harmonious in its action
since it was organized with its present mem
bars.
Mr. MIA (N. H ,) stated that he was willing
to and could now withdraw his resignation.
Mr. THII2O3I7LL, (Ill.,) from the Judiciary coal
mittee, reported a bill concerning the courts of
the United States in the district of Michigan,
which was passed; also, a bill for the better
enforcement of Vie laws of the United States.
Laid over.
A. large number of adverse reports of a pri
vate character were made.
Mr. HAsurs, (N. Y.,) on leave, introduced a
joint resolution in relation to the compensation
of Senators appointed to fill vacancies.
Mr. Pomeaor, (Kansas,) introduced a bill to
provide for the territorial Government of Lana
wha.
The resolution calling fo . r information re
lating to the arrest of General Stone was then
taken np.
ROUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Mr. SUMMON, from the Committee
on Ways and Means, reported ajoint resolution
amendatory of the act authorizing the Secrete
ry of the Treasury to issue certificates of in
debtedness. It requires such certificates to
bear date at the time the claims are audited
and settled.
Mr. Rica, (Mass.,) reported a joint resolution
authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to dis
charge contractors when they have fulfilled
their obligations with fifty per cent. additional.
It was passed after he had explained that con
tractors had continued to furnish supplies be
yond the terms of their contracts and after the
articles had advanced in price. The object of
the resolution was to enable a settlement with
out loss to them.
Lan HOLM ors Gszisass..—We can reflect,
without sadness, on t the closing moments of
the gallant Gen. Neil? His life-long dream
had been to obtain the light baton and ribbon
of Marshal of France. He could not sleep after
seeing it conferred on McMahon, as a reward
of valor in the battle of Magenta. Before the
next engagement, he told his friends that this
time he would win the prize he so much covet
ed. The conflict was over, and they sought
him anxiously upon the :gory field. They
found him almost crushed beneath his dying
war horse, and the practiced eye of the surgeon
told him that life would soon be over. Word
was sent to the Emperor, who quickly arrived,
and taking from his An breast the badge of
Marshall of France, he placed it above the
heart of his faithful follower. The life-long
dream was realized, and with a single throb of
exultant joy and gratitude, he threw his arms
about the neck of his sovereign—the next in
stant he fell back in the embrace of a stronger
hing.
'Luna oa Disreacas.--Taking Rthmond as the
center, the following table shows at a glance
the distance of different points in Virginia from.
there:
Miles.
From Norfolk to Richmond 106
From Suffolk to Richmond 85
From Cape Henry to Richmond 150
From Hampton to Richmond 96
From Fortress Monroe to Richmond 99
From Yorktown to Richmond 70
From Williamsburg to Richmond .„ . 60
From Fredericksburg to Richmond 65
From Washington to Richmond 130
From Winchester to Richmond 150
From Gordonsville to Richinond 70
From Staunton to Richmond 120
The rebel forces who make a pastime of
burning and destroying villages, cities, rail
roads and bridges, and stealing horses, cattle
and negroes, hold up their hands and roll their
eyes in horror if a Union soldier burns a fence
rail belonging to a man who has helped to
clothe and feed the rebel army.
AFRAID off num OWN WEAPONS.—It is ' a no
table circumstance that the rebel leaders are
now making prodigious efforts to disarm all
their own citizens, by a compulsory calling in
of all their firearms. Though the blind pat
forth is, that the measure is prorn i pted by the
scarcity of arms, and it is given.out that they
will be paid for (in Confedeiate scrip,) it is
very evident that it springs from a determina
tionail to render the people as hel less as possible
for the purpose of preventing t mfrom origi•
nating couuter-revulsions e Richmond
usurpers, while stoutly denying abroad the
existence of a spark of Unionism, either. latent
or patent, nevertheless take good care to act at
home on the very eound theory that a very
deadly hostility to them is rapidly developing,
and that the safe plan is to render this hostility
as inoperative as they can.
The Richmond Whig says that such Gen
erals as Floyd and Pillow are " sores upon the
fair body of the Southern Confederacy. A
loyal editor says : " Yes running sores, no
doubt.
Courrrmumr two dollar bills on the blanch
Chttnk Bank are in circulation. Vignettee :
farm scene covered wagons, mules and negroes
cotton wagons.
The Forces of Great Britain in
North America
The knowing statistics of the British Army
and Navy on our borders will be found very
interetiug, as a sample of English neutrality.
The laud forces consist of the following regi-
ments
Military train, first battalion.
Military train, third battalion.
Grenadier Guards, first battalion.
Scots Fusileer Guards, second battalion.
16th Infantry, first and second battalion.
17th "
60th Rifles, fourth battalion.
62d Infantry, first battalion.
63d Infantry first battalion.
Rifle Brigade, fourth battalion.
Royal Canadian Rifles, one regiment.
Royal Newfoundland Corps, one regiment--
together with the necessary complement of
cavalry, artillery—horse and foot—sappers and
miners.
The fleet consists of 31 ships, mounting 1,296
guns as follows :
Guns.
..101. ChoVerger
....91 Abonkir
....91 At iadne
....91 Jafoo
Donegal....
Agamemnon
Edgar
Hero
..90 Cadmus 21
.90 Orpheus. 20
—7O Rinaldo 17
.60 Greyhound l 7
.60 Racer 11
Nile
St. George.
Sanspareil.
Melpomene
Theaton
61 Bulldog
57 Hydra .
Liffey
Immortalitie
50 Nimbi:
Orlando
Mersey 40 Cygnet 6
Drcadem 32 Steady 6
Curacoa 31 Withal] 6
Meden .not stated.
Rather a respectable array of force for a neu
tral friendly (?) neighbor.
A NEW EVERGREEN. —A new and beautiful
evergreen is about being introduced. It is au
.rbrivatce, brought from Japan, the underside
of which is of a silver color. A number have
been started from cuttings, at the experimen
mental gardens of the Agricultural Depart
ment, and are now ready for planting out.
DieD.
On Wednesday the 16th inst , at 6 o'clock A. es., Miter
FLLEN, daughter of ANDR;W J. and ti'nsAN B. Jam, aged
4) ears and 6 month , .
[The funeral will take place from the residence of her
father, coiner of Third asd Market streets, Friday April
16th, at 2 o'o!ock, r x. The relatives and friends are
invited to attend
Non tabtertistmtrits
NO VICE TO ADVERTISERS.—AII Ad
vertisements, Business Notices, Mar
riages, Deaths, ecm., to secure insertion
in the TELEGRAPH, must invariably
be accompanied with the CASH.
A LARGE AND BETTER ASSORT
MENT OF TREES
THAN has ever been presented to the
public, will be offered for sale at the market house
on
SATURDAY MORNING at 10 o',lock,
Embracing Fvsrgreens, Fruit, Shade and Ornamental,
Vines, shrubbery, &c ,
FAVORABLE.
NO weather could be more favorable
than the present for
PLANTING TREES,
all kinds and sizes of which can be hal at the
KEYSTONE NURSERY,
Harrisburg, at prices to suit the times and within the
means of the poorest citizens. [aprl6y] J. MIMI.
DON'T DEFER
PLANTING Cherry Trees. The season
is advancing rapidly, and the time for succes fully
removing the Cherry will aeon be past. Other fruit
trees, such as Appl. , , Pear, Peach, Plum, Shade Treez, as
well as Grape Vines, Raseberri• s, Currants, Gob eber
ties, Strawberries, &c., may be planted later, while
EVERGREENS
mar he safely transplanted as late as the middle or lat
ter end of May. all, however, shout be rlanisd as early
as possible, and there is no Nursery where better ar
ticles can be hal for the same pr ce. or in better condi
tion thane the B•yst - tre. [apr 6y] JACJB MIS tl
LYKENS VALLEY NUT COAL.
Jusr received a full supply of Lykens
Valley Nut Coal, delivered by the patent weigh
Carta. For sale by JANIES NI. WHEELER.
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ADMINISTRATORS NO LICE.
NOTICE is hereby given that letters of
administration on the estate of George Pol Tan ber
ger, late gfi4fiddle Patten township, Dauphin county,
nave been granted to the undersigcet by the Regista of
Dauphin county. All persons indebted to said estate ;Ira
requested to make payment, and those haying Maims to
present them for settlement.
R WaEL P _TREND FRGER,
dminiaratel.
aprj6.dlt•wet
Miss HARRIET KAUFFMAN & CO.,
WOULD inf.rm their patrons and the
public in general that they
WILL OPEN ON THURSDAY
A flue Assortment of
SPRING AND SUMMER BONNETS
et t'"e OLD STAND, formerly ocenpied by 11 , s. A. B.
BICKER fuN, flrat millinery store from the Harrisbarg
bridge. als cat*
FRESH FISH.
FRESH Shad, Halibut, Herring and
Haddock, t be had fresh every Tne.,dat• and Fr
.; ay at the store of John Wise, In third street, next door
to Bradley's Barber shop. sp-14-dtw
THREE CENTS PER PAPER.
OUR fresh stock of Superior Flower
and Ga. den Seeds we have determined lo sell at
hree curs per pai.er. Call at go. hl. - arket street,
Keller's drug and fancy store, and you wili get to the
right place.
J. Wesley Jones' flue double Asters and ten week stocks
at same price.
HOUSE FOR RENT.
A BRICK HOUSE with six rooms, sit
ontoi on Sute Street between Front a..d second.
Posteßsio t given immediately. Enquire of
apr7-olw* J rSi_4E WINGERT.
HARRISBURG. COAL OIL DEPOT.
VOR the safety of eqnsumers, we have
establisted a Co 1 Oil Depot at the corner of Fran
ant Market streets. All our oils are tested and we posi
tively sell Loon except such as prove to be non-41410'A cc,
clear and free from oder as iar as practicable. we offer
at present the following justly celebrated b. ands. Slag-
BOOiCSOD, Nabroua and L leper , lower than can be
purebasei elP.ewhere .0 this place, either wholesale or
retail. Also an ax ensive assortment of lamps, Chim
neys, Shades., Glass Cones, Burners, &c. Wa will also
change fluid or campheue lamps, so as to be ueei for
coal oal. Call and satisfy yourselves, at
NICBOLS & BOWMAN,
Corner of Front and Market street.
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NOTICE TO BUILDING CONTRACTORS.
PROPOSALS will be received up until
the 20th of April, by the Outdoing Coreraito e of the
Lisydst Church, at the store room of ceo. Cookie. No.
6o Market street, where the plans specideations coo be
securer the completion of the Church eoifEe on the cor
ner of Pine and Second street . al2-dtd
20 BUILDING LOTS FOR SALE.
ASHORT distance west of the capitol,
from ing on Grand and Hammond Line. Prices
SIM to $2OO. Terms reasonable by GPO. CLNKLE.
mar2.l-d m No. 66 Market street
WANTED.—A well recommended col
ored woman to do the work of a email family.
Must be a good cook, washer and ironer.. Apply at
72% Chestnut Arta. sprl4
Guns
...20
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