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THE' PEOPLE'S CHOICE FOR PRESIDENT,
ABJLAHAM LINCOLN.
HARRISBURG, PA
TUESDAY EVENING, 1
. GOCII - 46, 18G4.
Notice to CitY„P.4kacribor,s.
Those of our citriWisqiikem:=who intend
mo - ring this spring, - arse' f!re. - spd to - notify
our carriers of the fact: beforehand: in - order
the papers may-be "served_propeily. Timely
notice will prefient ninch'eoqusion.
The COnr:UlEtirt of the Armtes—liintiportaiit
Changes.
We i,nbliah iriapdibint•
military l order,•dated on .Saturdaylast, : gthe
WarliepartMent. The Main provisioirtrfAhe
order, and . the only one which is of national
scope, and importance, is that whichrelieVes .
Gen.-VAXJ.IE6K from the position . of General
in. -Chief of the Army, and assigns Lieut.-Gen-
GRANT to the ‘‘command of the 'Armies of the
United States." We presunte this order'con_
fers - upon .the new Lieutenant-General ple
nary powers as acting Chief of the National
forces, subject .of Course, to the approval of .
the President If so it be, we are confident
that it will give great and general satisfaction
throughout the country.
As a corollary "suppoSe, to this order,
changes in , the command of :;one, and in the ,
organization of the , other, of our.two greater
mies have been made or are in progress. The
Army of the Potomac, we learn unofficially, is
being reorganized into three corps, which
shall be commanded respectively by Gens.
Warren, Sedgwick and Hancock. The late
command of Lieut. Gen. Grant, designated as
the "Military Division of the Mississippi and
the armies therein," has been assigned to
Gen. Sherman, (W. T.) and it has been en
larg i a by the addition of Arkansas to . its for
.
mei .. limits, Still greaier unity of action would
be seemed were it extended southward to the
Gulf of Mexico.
The country will look anxiously for speedy
and happy results as the consequenee of these
fundamental changes in command.
Desertions from.the
A day never passes that the telegraph does
get inform us of desertions - from the rebel
itkray, while not a word is said about deser
tions from ` our own ranks. We doubt whether
'Se rebel desertions amount in the aggregate
to half the number of those from the Federal
army. According to the official reports, de
sertions from our army, previous to April,
1862, amounted to 78,454, and the aggregate
since the war broke out down to .the latest
report, is 12'7,157, au average of .nearly 4,000
per nionth.—Tory 00gan.
This is a specimen paragraph of copperhead
meanness; lying, and sly sympathy for trea
son. It is intended to assure the rebels, that
the desertions from our armies far. exceed
those from the traitor hordes; by which means
the rebels are to be encouraged to fight on, as,
eventually, if the hopes of those who control
the Tory Organ are realized, there will be no
soldiers left to defend the flag, the honor, or
the authority of the Government.. If it is
really true, that desertions are so numerous
from the armies, the deserters are those who
follow the teachings of the Tory Orgy, and
hence must be copperheads. Those who•lus.e
the Government and stand by the policy of ,
the Administration to crash rebellion, do not
nor will not desert. - - • - '
—But the real fact is, that just such para
graphs as the above are fabricated for effect
only upon the rebel armies. We do not be
lieve that desertions average Oar' thousand,
per month—we do not,believe that the itg,gre-'
gate is what is .stated, _simply because those
who control the Tory Organ are so given to
lying in eider to injure the Provernment, that
no reliance caicbe placed in a single word
which appears in its ecannnas *heie the au
thorities are interested. • ,
"A NEW WAY TO PAY OLD DII.IITS."-.13y un
act of the rebel Congress one-third of Mr.
Memminger's promiseito pay will be "repudi
ated" on the Ist of April. It is hoped by.this
expedient that the reniainder of the' elm:6110y
will depreciate in valnein the same 'ratio of
that repudiated_ But it must_ be apparent
that this is a desperate expedient, for what
assurance will the. people have that another
third will not be repudiated a few months
hence ? The effect, therefore, will be to de
preciate the value of-rebel currency .by still
further Undermining confidence in either :the
ability or disposition f of.t,he rebel Govern
ment to redeem it at - last; rather-=than other
wise. This act is another instance of the bad
faith which has characterized the ,course of
the rebel leaders towards their Own people no
less than towards the Government. With this
casebefore them . , the takers of the rebel cot
ton loan in England, who were so buoyant
a few months ago, are beginning to see their
anticipated profits vanithing in'thin air, and
but a few months wilLiranspire before "eon
,federate stocks" will be about as valuable as
shares in the "South Sea Dibble." Yet in
the face of this striking s instance of bad faith,
the rebels have the sublime impudence to talk
of "Northern Bankruptcy."
Tan Copperheads, having discovered a cop
pery female orator in the person of a third
rate theatre girl, Emma Webb, have suddenly
modified their views of petticoat speechmak
ifig, The young woman was trotted out upon
the stump in New York last week. with great
eolat awl. enthusiasm, Sam. Cox having been
imported from Washington to bow her to the
stand. She said that her friendship was so
evenly divided between the parties in :this
War, that triumph eithei side would equal
.ly grieve her. &elk
.
THESE woman of. the con t emplated ab
-4444i0n of Qneeen Vietplia; . and 'that the
-i-q:bine.of Wales is to ascend the_ throne of
TaighinaiS King ' AwardVll
GEN. Sarauster; <by his late.raiffiainisslai
sissippi, brought off 8,000 negroes, and, as
General Grant thinks, struck a heavy blow by
destroying the railroads.
Wl4 Began the War'
The Editor-of the Religtmis "Telescope has
received from a SOntheyn friend a oopypf a
Secesh A r linanac for 1862, printed in Nash : -
vi le ittat before twill's advance upon that
city. In a table of remarkable events Nritich
transpired in connection with the organiza
tion of the "Southern Confederacy," a num
ber of facts are given which are somewhat
damaging to the_nsual copperhead slang about
Mr. Lincoln beginning the war;
,and we ad.
vise their preservation by-our readers for the
-beriefrotztheirs l oopp..friends...lTlieir.
SoutherneEs :Arnie „no hesitancy in as!rwing
the resticOibilityliiiii, glory p,tepthelFaCiliot
violen*whicii Vrougierin
_Dec. 20, 1860,Sudden - evacuation of Fort
.Moultrie, by Major Anderson, United States
Arrdy. He .spikes the guns; burns _the gun
carriages; and retreats to Fort Sumter, which
he occuptes.
: - 27--C4ture of 'Port" Moultrie and
oastle Pinekney by the South Carolina troops.
Captain Coste - surrenders the' revenue cutter
Jan. 3, 1862—Capture of Fort _Fulaski z by
the Savannah troops.
Sam", 3„-The, arsenal 'at Mount *4i:ion,
Ala.,„Twitli '200;000 stand 'of ruins, seized by
•
the Alabama troops. . •
Jan. 4---Fort Morgan in Mobile Bay, taken
by the Alabama troops.
Jan. 9—The steamshiri-Ster of the West
fired into and driven offb±. the South Carolim
batteries on Morris Island. Failure of the at
tempt to reinforce Fort Sumter.
Jan. 9—Mississippi seceded; vote of the
Convention; 81..t0 39.
Jan. 10--Fort.JacksoniSt. IVlips and Pike,
near New Orleass, captured by the, Louisan&
troops.
Jan. 11—Alabama seceded; vote of Conven
tion, 62 to 29.
Jan. 11—Florida seceded; vote, of Conven
tion 62 to 29. •
Jam 14—CnPture of Pensacola Navy Yard,
and Fort Bareness and Masi?. , Major Chase
ahortly afterward takes command„, and the
siege of Fort-Pickens commences.
Jan. 18—Surrender of Baton Bongo arsenfd
to Loui.sianittrooks. ,
Jan..10,--Georgia, seceded; vote cif Conven
tion, 203 to 87. •
jam 28—Louisiana seceded; vote of Con
tion, 113 to 19.
New Orleans Mint and Custom House ta
-ken. , , •
Feb. 1--Texas seceded; vote of Convention,
166 to 7—submitted to the vote of the people
February 23; the act took effect March 2.'
Feb. 2—Seizure of Little Rock arsenal by
Arkansas troops.
I Feb. 4—Surrender of, the revenue cutter
Cass to the Alabama authorities. •
!Feb. 7—Southern.COngreas, met. ,at. Mont
gemery, Ala.
Feb. B—Provisional Constitution adopted:'
Feb. 9—Jefferson Davis, of Mississippi,
and Alex. Stephens, of Ga., elected President
and Vice President -
Feb. 16—Gen. Twigis transfers public pro
perty in Texas to the State authontiea. Col.
Waite, D. S. A., surrenders Antonia to Col.
Ben. M'Culloch and his Texas Rangers.
Feb. 18—Inauguration of President Davis
at Montgomery,
Feb. 27—Peace Congress adjourned at Wash
ington, having accomplished'nothing.
M.aroh 2--The revenue cutter Dodge seized
by the Texas authorities.
Now observe, every one.of these acts of trea7
son and ioar - occurred, ander7*Tnes Buchkinan'S
AdminiStraffok and ihefore Mr:' Lincoln.went
to Washington; yet fools and traitors say Mr.
Lincoln began the war!
But we quote another batch of facts, as
found in this secesh almanac, beginning with
the day after Mr. Lincoln's AdmirdOration:
March s—Gen. Beauregard assumes com
mand of the trqops besieging Fort Sumter.
Mar& 12—FortBrewn, Texas, Eiarr . eidiired
by Captain Hill to the Texas Commissioners.
March -13Alabaraa ratified the Constitu
tion tif • the, Confellera.te States, veto of Con
ventiot, .87 t 0.6.
March 16- : -Georgin - ,ratifiecl the Constitu
tion of the Confederate States; :v6te- Con.-
vention 96 to 5.
March. 21--Louisiana ratified the Constitu
, i tion ef 'the-Confederate States; vote of Con
vention; 1:01 to 7: -
March 25--Teitts ratified the Constitution
of the Confederate state; vote of Convention,
68 to 2. ' - • -
' March 30—Mississippi ratified the Consti
tutionof' the Confederate States; vote of Con
vention, 78 to 7: -
3--South Carolina ratified the ,Con
stitution of the Confederate States; vote of
Convention, 149 to 29.
AYirill2 of Fort Saniter, After"
34 hours' bombardment.the fort surrendered
to the Confederate States. ,
April 1.1.4-,-.-Evachation• of bit Sumter by
MaAr'Anderson. ' • ' •
•
.:On this. day,. the )14thof
Lincoln called out 75,000 men : for i the.pnr
pose of ottliag Ow 4 the rebellion Qtaierve
though, the Jong list of acts of perfidioui and
damning: treason that were first committed by
the rebels. lb: Lincoln's :forbearance ceased
to be a virtue, rind had tihnost become a crime,
yet the followers of the infamous V's—Vallan
digham and Yoorhees—go around the country
complaining that he began_the war and forced
it upon the South._ They know better, yet
with brazeii effrontery, .e4pect to reiterate the
lie-until the people believe pit. The only rem
edy is to circulate the facts, that the lie may
. •
he-Ciammed down their threats. Let the doe:
um.ents go around from hand to hand till every
honest Man in the land has seen them, and is
prepared to turnupon the apologizing minions
of traitors whenever they open their mouths
tb spew out the usual copperhead slang.
Quores of mix Rixrzs.—The' following are
he quotas of the different States under the
ast two calls_of the-President:
New York 81,993 -
Pennsylvania... 65,752'
Ohio 51,455
Illinois... ....56,309
Indhtna, 32,521
Massachusetts. 26,597
Wisconsin. 19,852
Miohigin y .19,552
/O.Wa. 16,097
)lAntnoky :..,14',471
... —11,3'03
Tomo Emu ni 14ra Itsnamant.--.There is
no more striking proof of the failure of the re
bellion thin the fall of the so-called '" Con
federate loan." Starting out a few ,months
ego at twenty-five to thirty per cent. premium,
it lies been steadily declining until, according . '
to latest advices„. llb now se* at 4716'49
cents. It will: undtkulkie(PY mAgnue - La; go
down until it reaches zero. The prospect of
raising funds in England to sustain the rebel
lion just now is not very Pattering.
For.the Telegraph : _
,
Oar Conionaton Nothbols.--INto. - 3.
It-is the misfortuni:of rural distriets and
of midi ' , villages that there can be rigigrading
of the sehools, but that the children= of sill
ages must be thrown -togetheronalting:theL
labor of the teacher far more oneroti arid
allowing but little of his time and ritteritien
to be given'to any one portion of his pupils.
The same difficulty _is encountered in select
schools where pupils of all ages are received.
Hipost,the framers of our excellent common '
school - lawy avrare Onto adviitilii - fa
bi de
• . .
rived from a Dion:nigh grs4ing of the schools,
where the population was kfliciently ntuntr
ausiiii•airtiffi-oflit; gladly ittailest _themselves
of the opportunity of establishing- a system
which should give the eidlUen of our larger.
towns and cities the fall :benefit. •of such an
arrangement. And they, therefore, made it
obligatory upon the-various: school boards of
towns and cities to act In concert, as a board
of controllers, for this reason, among others,'
that they might so divide and arrange' the,'
whole mass of - the youth:fel population placedi,
under their care, as to secure, to the greatest
possible extent,' the above4neritioned advan, ,
tages. I quote froth the deciflions of the -
School Department, as follows, Number 338' ; :_
"The linty of grsdirig the Schools is as obliga
tory upon directoribi. distiints Adinittbig of
this arrangement as it is to establish them in
sufficient. numbers to educate all, of proper
age, who may apply," Anifium - ber 333: "lan
towns and densely populated districts, the
grading of thincheals not only secures the
better and more speedy nisituctioii of the pu
pils, and, if properly airanged, decreasis the
expenses-of the district in proportion to the
amount of instruction imparted, but it ele
vates the common school plan oVeducation,
by enabling it to impart all the instruction
the pupil requires, till of 'sufficient age to
leave home in pursuit of higher ;attainments.
Ungraded common schools are imperfect
common schools ; and should only be tole
rated while the circumstances of the district
tenaer gradiejimpesSible:" --
Now, what has been hitherto-, done in our
city, to carry out these admirable provisions?
Up to this.clay, Market 'street cats our city in
twain, and we are treated as t*o districts, in
these respects, instead of one; as the law pro
vides. And even in the two 'distriets, thnsly
ing side by side, the system followed. hereto-,
fore has deserved the name of cramming rather.
than of grading the schools. Primary schools
overflow, and the-finiplteitige is crammed into
the room where children of a somewhat larger
growth are congregated, and so the processes'
repeated until the so-called high school is
reached, which is thus:itifuidated and sunk.
Instead of increasing the number of primary
schools and,poinotillg thOuPils accordinq to
merit, preserving cliatuict grades, and ending
with one mate and one feritaie high school for
the whole city, as is cont4mplated by the law,
and as is done in. OftieltOwns and cities where
the system is fairly tried, we have thus far
been acting,oq mach_aa if wfi wire two towns
instead of otiereity, 4 and As if=tlie classification
of the pupils were to be regulated by the ca
pacity of the buildings, rather than the build
ings to be-adapted to, the schools., -
-A CHRISTIAN r.AIIENT.
PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE
RXPOBIEek •
...TERBE 3BII2 :TS&. -.1 1 3 . 3 F 6( . 1314 3 1C. ,
SENATE,-
-EvErTra sitis -
Monier, March 14, 1864.
The Senate met at half-past seven o'clock,
for the purpose of considering pdvatstbills., ;
Mr. C.R.aWNEYS offered thenfollowing:
Wnwar.ea, the gallant 79th' regiment
of Lancaster county, has arrived i
:n Harris
burg under command of their .brave leader,
Colonel • Hambright, after three years of ar
duous and'patriotic service;
_And whereas, This regiment basis:ten re
duced by the men lost in battle, dud dis
ease more than one-half of theirs original
number; therefore,
Resolved, That the . Senate ,of PanusAvania
unanimously tender to Colonel .Hambright
and his comanand,their warilioappreoiation of
their gallant and _devoted services to _their
country; and in. the _name of the people of
Pcrintillyania we give them a cordial welcome
to offeilhem the lionitte of
OurgratitUde`for their gallant 4iiia inelitorions
'services which, they have-sol nobly and de
vbtedly gi+erriia3bricause..offtheir cotititay.
Resolved, That Geo. W.,Themersly, Rug-,
'Clerk of the Siiiiltie,'bEl'iequeitifid to iaresent
CoLlianibright and tha...men. s under his cum
*and aCrilay Offtliese resolutions. •
Mr. CHAMTNEYS.nuide a few eloquent, re
marks 6onaplimentary. to ' the.79th, when ,the
resolutions, passed unanimously.
A supplement to the not incorporating the
tanoaster. Home, 'AT- Passed finally.
An 'act relative to the orphans' court of
'Perks county. Passed finally.
An act to incorporate the Cliestont Hill
boarding house. -.P001e.).
• An ItOi_to'Clnintalhe place of holding-the
elections in cestain . townships in - Thilifirin
Committee discharged from the considera
titiiZotthe bill„whigh passed finally,
Aact supplementary to the act meiairii
i v nitt.'
ing the•borott# of" South Pittsburg. , Passa
An act ralative,to the capital stock of the
Veining° bank. Passed finally,
Ali act ,relative to sales of unseated lands
for taxes, in the colgic3' , . of 11 orkhlebeilatid.
A supplement to an act' o nnthbrize the ret
liew of a Staie road, friara Nekir castle,.l.,aw
rendi3 'county, to Emlinton, yanango eouiref.
Passed finally. , L',• •
- An act declaring Oyster Run, Elk countY,i,
public highway. Passed finally. '
An act to incorporate the Paulin institution
for the.benefit of ebildreiCof Wean. and In
di= descent. Passed finally. -
An act to increase_ the:pay of the coininis
sioners of-Westmorland county. Passed
finally.
An act to authorize :the , ..uppoiniment of a
notary public in. Mill Crick township, Erie
county. Passed finally„
An act to authbrize Saninel and Robert s
ham, committee of Waiter .Graham, a lunatic,
to sell certain real estate. Passed.finally.•
An act to repeal the 4.th section of an aetTor
th e r elief of the faniiliea of ffiifted men and
volunteers in Erie county, and lo - extend the
provisions of 'said - act to 'Erie city. Passed
An act authorizing the court of common
pleas of Philadelphiato appoint two additional
commissioners to take testimony. Pairte d
finally.
A supplement to the,apt, incorporating: the
Cooper tire arnia Marrafaitiiririg company,—
Passed third reading
A supplement to the act tricurpoistir'g" the
, borough of York.• Passed to third readimg.
An act to incotorate the Anthracite coal
and iron. company. Paatied finally, with an
amendment making4he,atoekholders
ually•liable Sol. the payment -of worknieni, ma
teriala furnished, ike. • - •
An act to.ineorporate th4Soldiers' Orphan
Home-of-,Allegheny county:. Passed to third
reading- Adjourned:
Maryland 794
Mictsouri ..-..... 9,813
Connetieut. .... 7,919.
New Hampshire.6;469
Vermont. 5,781
Minne50ta......5;455
West Virginia —5,127
. . .3,523
Ithode 151and...3,469
Delaware 2,463
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SENATE,
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_
EsnAY~arch Ib, Is 4
~,The Senate; •met•••at_ 11 -
Spefrkiii ENNZY iikhe chair.:• a '
Several petitions were presented of a local
character, among them one by
Mr. FLEMING, from citizens of Halifax,
.••13, , u .ir
D au,... A r i ft _cdarity;Aisking for the repeal of an
4814 -14g#31.14°110,51-4n taTnAlik,V4
• or coititOigt;
BLr 01,11 as , conimitteA 1 till
No 0
118 'll,ll.lgit - to *lige the e thinffia.' -
cxiTyrtekiti. : 11 K ati
„;., • lykcis k i.disfriep 64d '•
committed, Senate bill, en
-titled A: ' , er-kupplement to an act to en
courage the .manufacture of iron with coke
or mineral coal, and for other purposes, ap
proved June 16, 1836. •
Mr. WORTHINGTON', (Agriculture and
Domestic Mani:tfactures,) as committed, -House
bill No. 183, en act to regulate the, standard
weight of grap!s, • . 4,1 • ,
11r:110P S, -- eraue re trve tolre Chief
Clerk, Assistant Clem ;Abel, officers of
the Senate and Rowe of Representatives.
Several (Alia bilk; were:, "end, luit's4l of a
local nature, and none referring to this dis
+Act. - • ,
ORDERS OF THE USX.
• The Senate bill: to incorporates the Preston
improvement company came up in order on
,
,third refi4 1 ,34 8 11 fin aPIAC ;
- The supp emu e borough of r
charter passed fondly. •
The act incomav" sting-the -So -Idlers' Orpha
.Trome of Alle lieny:canie up and,` at the in
stance of Mr.- ' • wailaid over. •
Senate . bill No. : 19, an .act,.to, extend the
charter of the bank of Germantown, came
twin -order-ern Anrdreading and,passed—yeas
nays,ll•.
Senate.bill, entitled An act for the sale of
seatedandunseated lands in county,
osme up in order and passed—yeas 16, nays
14.
Senate bill, 36$4'aii act to protect miners in
Ltizerne CountY, came up in-order and pass
ed finally.
House bill No. 169, an act to irmorporte the
Frankford and Falls of Schuylkill turnpike
road company, came up and was laid over.
Senate bill No. 101, an act prescribing the
time and manner of submitting the proposed
amendment to the' ' Oonstitntien of the State
to the• people; was , passed to second reading,
and went over
interest bill, [H. R No. 32,] providing
tluit hereafter.the State Treasurer shall pay
the interest accihing on the public debt in
the national currency, was taken up.
Messrs. CUAMPNEYS, CONNELL and
TURRELL -fa.vored ,and Messrs. CLIMES
and WAL.L4OE apposed the bill.
. The queadii. on an amendment'of Mr
BiAaosnins, placing the notes of Solvent
.State banks man equal footing with the na
tional currency, was pending wlen the Senate
Adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE.
Tffi!ithAY, March 15, 1864
.The House met at the =nal hour.
Mr. GLASS, from the committee appointed
toinquire into the authorship of certain articles
published in the &ening Bulletin and Pitts
burg ['came:rola,: made a report, stating in
substaneerthat the author of the article in the
Evening' Bulidinhad been discoverekhnt that
he was not a person_ entitled, tr:r,the.,privilefle
of the floor, and; in his ovnilanguage, did not
care to have it, consequently the House exer
cised no control of the - author. As regards
the author of the article in the Pittsburg
Gbmmercial, the committee stattAlint they had
been unable to discoN.'er him, and the whole
matter seemed to the committee a ridiculous
investigation.. Theyi : thereforef asked to be
discharged, which was agreed fo, rinallie in
Verdrigitioras. rairerid;
Muhl& the - dittoing - slow of....thetresolution.
I to - - -disoharge . Mr. BEI.
offered l - an w.:amendmenti , • :making-, it ui
dumbent upon the•,\Speaker to expel any,
reporter_ who,.-.may criticise or denounce ,
the proceedings. of the ; Horse. For - -.this
extraordinary proposition every Copp.er
head in the. House voted, whilst the Union
men !toted., it. down. -Had this_ .propositiOn
prevailed. none of the' House proceedings
would, _have been.commented, upon or
criti
cised. This ,iStrdy4ldatitifid comment upon
the conduct of ihos6 7licaalk so rduch about
the liberties - or the r . people.. They must re
zambei,howeV6,' that lir. `Rlmc was the mo
ver of fhe prbpositlon.
PRIVATE CALENDAR
The private calendar was then taken_ into
consideration,. and some forty purely" load
bills pawed Arai roadiug. • Adjourned.
330,41eijtaii.0
FROM WASHINGTON;
mportanf 'Order from the
Presidmit. ,
et, Grant - AvAigne4 as Gonimandepin-Ch
L...1-.4 . 46
Gen.lTiOlre4lll4l- . c . !ftStlfto r th)
- „ - Asnancrron, Marc :14.
The tiillbWhig important order has just been
published:
Wen Direarriantri,
Anrdriikt.-Gancza.uls Orsren,
WASHINGTON, March 12, 1864. •
• • . _
G EN -ptir: Oriniras No. 98 i; -
The. President of the United States 'orders
as follows . • • • -
First 2 -Majoi Genduil Halleck is, it his own
request, relieved from duty as General-in-Chief
of the Army, arid: DlentenantzGelferal U. B.
Grant is assigned' to.the .00ntinand of the ar
niies of - the United States. The headquarters
of the Army will be in Washington, and also
with Lieutenant General . Grant-in te field..
Seconti—Major-Genend Halleck: is assigned
to duty in Washington as Chief of Staff of
the Army, under the direction of the Secretary
of War; and , -the Lieutenant-General Com
amdingl'lne- 'orders will ;be obeyed• and re
spected accerciWri -
Third--MaV-Gerl. ,W.' gherinan is as
twt
l and uf• t l .4e
odurtiosedlif thede
partments of tiyoko,-tlic
,Cumberland, the
,Tennessee goad
_the .14rkansEis,
.Nourth--MaP - 4f3n. J :111 - MlPherien. is as
signed to 1,h0., command, of 'the .Department
•and Army of the Tennessee..
relieving Maj: Gen. Hilleek front
duty es General-ha-Chief, the President do
"sires to exritess his approbation and thanks
for the ableamizealous maruaer in which the
arduoue and responsible duties of that posi
tion have been performed.
By order of:the Secretary of ,War.
E. D. TOWNSEND; Asst: Adjt. Gen.
'Probable lecop of an Italian. Mau&
of-War. - #
`,N; !Mix, March. 15.
The ship.Star-of-the-Wkat report's' hat on
the 7th of March, in lat. - 40 deg. 40 long.
64 deg.. 20 m., at 4 r. m., saw a large man-of
wax, with her main-top-masts gone, and col
orii at:masthead, 1 1 43 ...4.-they wished to,speak to
, Subsequently we were able,-utter' consid
erable ilifficultjclo speak -her WerfOn
kilned thay,ooMsisi'a sinking eenditilii,
with Tecipre bdard, aiid asked
ugnyreiliain by her during the night.. : ,.This
we did, firing rockets and burning blue light's
until 11 P. m. that night, when we ceased to
receive any reply. At 6 o'clock the next
mCiroing hauled by the mind, supposing the
-man-of,,war had kept away before the wind.—
At 79 fotelOok d that night a strong breeze
frtiii N. W. W. commenced* blowing,. and the
weather was moderatel3r, clear.. Nothing more
was seen Of thelriga, tekawldth was the Italian
man-of -far Regallaktuartio.•
BIC
East Tennessee.
THE posrrion or torownocer AND =MUM.
CIMEBEEMAND GAP, March 13.
Information deemed reliable says that Gen.
LOngstreet's headquarters are at Greenville,
Tenn., and Gen. Buelrner's at Bull's Gap.
Their main forces are between these two
pointspg4- - -_their-pie edght above
-
Morristown.
General Vaughn islet Rogersville, and Gen
eral Galttegi,tl,oeg's e, `e i ght' miles below
Jonesville,cre..r ; - 1 k '4
Arrival of the Ariel.
NEW Yora, March 15
The steamer Ariel, from Aspinwall, has
been signalleil :1244 Ertieiyilf inVve — , up at
2.30 this afternoon.
Army of the Potomac.
GEN. LE4DE'S .SIE COMMAND -St
. z.ots risertiTILdULGENTS,
to i
ELPADQOAP.TERS, AIDET or TEM POTOMAC,
March 14, 1864.
Ganeral Meade retained to the army y.
His health seems to be excellent, and the re
ports in regard to his resigning are said to be
without foundation.
An accident occurred to the mail train on
the Orange and Alexandria railroad, this even
ing, a few miles north of Brandy Station,
caused by the giving way of a brake on a
freight car, which threw the car from the
track, completely demolishing one and badly
damaging others.
There were so*lierses in the car whichwas
destroyed, but they escaped with slight bruis
es. The mail car was thrown down a slight
embankment,making a complete summersault,
and throwing the mail carriers and others in
the car into a pile from the front to the back
part. They fell fortunately on a large pile of
newspapers and mail bags, which saved them
from serious iry. Some of them bad
thought of jnmp ihg from the cars, but fortu
nately changed their minds, as if they had
done so some of them would surely have been.
killed. As it was they escaped with slight
bruises.
Several soldiers were more or less injured,
among whom wore S. J. Soughtalin, 20th
New York, one of the guard on the train, who
was badly wounded in the hand; James W.
Marsh, slightly; J. G. Cramp, slightly; Ser
geant Reed, slightly; John Mathews, slightly,
all of the 3d Indiana cavalry, and W. Ruhm,
4th New York cavalry, severely; also Little . -
field, in the hand. A negro, . named Dennis
Pare, belonging to the Commissary Depart
ment, was stiinding on a platform, it is said,
and falling between the' cars was instantly
killed, his head being severed from his body
and otherwise horribly mutilated. A number
of others received slight injuries; but the
above arc all who require medical aid.
Tho train at the time was going at a rather
slow rate of Speed, otherwise the consequen
ces would,have been more serious. .
An accident - occurred onSittarday to a freight
train near the same place; caused by a hand.
car being left on the track and the engineer
running into it, throwing some cars from the
track and injtairighalf a dozen soldiers, al
though none seriously.
A member of the Ninety-third, a sergeant
named RappeOviiii arrested today. for utter
ing disloyal sentiments and - will be tried by
court
From Vicksburg.
GREAT ID,IiaIANTI - FOZ STEA3II:BOATS-7-XBPEDITION
TO NORTHWEST Lo iarAliA.
ST. Loins, March lt.
Vicksburg advices of the 2d say that all the
boats- in . that'-place have been pressed into
the Government service, owing to tiliftpd,
movement to be made via' - 131ACIE - , Red and
Washita rivers, to Atonro44 thence -by land to
'Shreveport.
Gen. Steele- will. • co-operate from
Rock
City Elections.
BANGOR, Monday, March 15
Our city elections, to-day, resulted-in the
unanimous choice of Mr. Honesdale for Mayor,
and 'Samuel D. Hrunplirey for'Police Judge,
and 'the election of all the Union candidates
for Aldermen,: Councilmen and Ward officers
withOutopposition.
Neatik all:the towns in this part of the State
have been carried by the Union party by
overwhelming majorities.
The Sale of Surplus Gold.
WASZLNGTON, March 15
It was asserted iii the debate yesterday, that
neither the President nor the Secretary of
War.hasreponimended that authority be given
to sell the aurplus, - gold„. This is a Mistake,
as it is known that' the See.retary, has riot only
asked for it in•aletterltathe Finance Cimmit,
tiiii; . l,ltl.l* . i:n s ged,', the -'passoi'ge`of„saffil for
that :puypose Arp9u,',Vair - Fidual *rebels of
Congress: •
The Neptune's Mails.
The steamer SA • • - n, from Port au Prince,
which arrived to-day, brought a mail from
the U. S. Steamer Neptune,. spoken off hit
ragoaue.
MVItRIED.
On Sunday, the' I.3th Inst„ at - the residence of D. G.
Bolts, Esq., by the Rev. E. L. Johnston, )11. Liu A. Ilan.
INOT, of Philadelphia, to 311 w isstGta G. Garrra ; of Har
risburg.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
- ILATANT:EttA: .GML to do Housework.—
' Atua be a. good - washer and Ironer an come well
recommended. Good wages given at H. BIESPER'S. Se
cond street, apposite the, Governor's. marls-dlto
TO MACILIMSTS.
THREE or four GOOD MACHINISTS are
wanted, to whom good' wages and steady employ
ment Win be given by applying, imme4lately, to
JOSEPH CAMPBELL & CO.,
at Middletown, Daaphln_county, Pa.
marls d t
,
TB:. max. WyE - 111 2 Surgeon; and Dr.
W.. MILTON CREAMER, , Electrieirm, would announce
to the public that they have this day entered into co
.partaership in the . practice of medicine, and that they
• treat disease by , the systems, of Eloctropathy and the
-Swedish method of LocalizedWovement Care.
Office, South Sccondstreet, below Cliestn Harrisburg,
Pa. , • ALEX: K
MILTON ,
March.l4th, 166 L
BAN , AWAY.
'DAN fr4ria„ tho, residence of his pa
.LL rents, =Monday morning, March 14th; EUGENE
A. GROVE, a lath years of age, light frame, light' hair
and blue eyes. He left home in company with two other
boys. Had on, when ho left home, a bring:dr:h i , lead col
ored hat, fine Wick cloth roundabout, . pants well
worn and darned at the knees. I hereby warn all persons
from employing or harboring him. Any information re
spectinghis whereabou, ritaill be kindly .received by his
parents...l • • . ,11. QROVE2._
marls43orlliy* . • Carte, ra.
DissoLtrnoN.
TABpartnership of J. PORTER & SON,
. the - carpenter begin' oes wee. OW:Lived An the 7th
of March; ism; by mutual content. - The books and so
-00114t..50t the late firm will be settled by J. Porter. Those
beecielaiiwMl - pleagetrdsOntatekallitthsLl4bdebt d
will please settle their accounts The slop vat bo car
ried on by J. Porter, as Usual. .T. PORTER,
toaa.s4.3t* B. G. POICTEB.
el in A RATS
"IP 11.11 V-- ROACHES,
COSTAR' i.;‘ EXTEEMENkTOP.S.
For Rats, Mice, Roaches, Ants, Bed Er.
Mosquitos, Moths in Furs, Woolens, etc.,
Insects on Plante; Fowls, Animals,
Avt-Sold by all Drziggists everywhere
jar: I Bzweas ! of all wontiless
jar- Costar's" Depot. No. 483 Ernadway, N. Y.
air Sold by D. VT. GROSS & CO ,
Wholeale end retail agents.
Raivisbarg.
inarle-daatm.
LOST—On Monday morning. a SE P of
usra, anon gold plate. The Seder wal iA
warded by leaving them at
marl6-dlts
WANTED -1 good BOY to run errand=
Enquire cf [=...r1.4-413t] JOE GLe:-.7.1:
filliAT VALUABLE PROPERTY, :50. 7,
this city, adjoining the Jones Home prcr.l. -
rronting twenty-fire feet..d.T. inches on. Mari:, r'
and extending back one hundred and
half feet to Itest-begy alley. Teems accomevrl r.
Harrisburg. Marebill, 1864. MIS'. C.
msrrL2-d2a-
FOR SALF..—That valuable Hotel pt(Tert7
known as the PARKE HOUSE, situate nu
street, near Third.
For terms inquire !I" JOHN
Harrisburg, Pa. - marhi
FOR SALE—A very handsome Two-ho:-:
PEDLER WAGON—cheap for caFh. Tyr-rt
BOX No. 31.; Harrisburg, Pa.
FOR RENT—About 16 ACRES of LAND.
belonging to the Potts' Estate, adjoining
A. K. Fahnestock and the Harrisburg Cern, , ter - :
quire of [mat9.d2ttwa2tnwl .ISO. fL Bit:ll,GS
MILLINERY AND STRAW"
Gr Co 0 3:30 ,
DT EVERY - VARIETY,
Of the hor.4 importations and of the 71,
fashionable styles.
Our . 'itra - Nry Ilvpartnte it
comprise every variety of Done-;
NiPHats and Trimmings to be found in
the latest and mast approved Autpes:and stvle
Soliciting an early call, I remain
Tours,' nspectfully, wAr.:!.
Nos.. 103, 105 and 10: North Second
mar 124134
EM:I
BALTIMORE, March 15
mkrlE-d2t*-hieth.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
As SPrine alolmxiches
ANTS and ROACHES
From their hots may out,
And MICE =1 RATS.
In spit of CATS.
Gaily skip about.
"i 5 years mtablied in N. r_
"Qatar laral/Mle remedies krona"
tom Poisons."
"Not dangerous to the Him= rioti;F.
"Rids come out sir their holes to die
011. SALE.
VALUABLE PROPERTI
AT
TJ $l3 r_. I C SAL F .
WILL be sold at Public Sa!e,
ON SATURDAY, MARCH 1:). 2sr.l
at tho COURT HOUSE in this
o'clock, P. N., the
STEAM IVIELL PROPERTY,
LC HARRISBURG, PENN - A.,
Located car East State street is the n: • ca" c:
property in the city, either fora hotel or map facT ur
purposes_ It is located in the immediate ch - • y ei u -
lot on which the Pennsylvania Railroad Company
plate eventually to erecta new passenger depot. ands
one-half square of the qanal and railroad. The
feet, 4 inches, on State diem, 180 feet, 7 incher, i -
Lane, and 96 Met on North alley. The foundation cf
Mill, which was burned in 1860, is soil standtug,
contains nearly 200 perch of good building stone. The.: - .
is a brick Store house on the property, :It by 42 fret, thre_
stories high, in whiCh there is about 75,000 brick. On tLe
back part of: the property are two frame dwelling house -
and' srframe barn. This proportywill be sold in one block
or hI Mato suit purchasers. A map of the property mir,
be seen at the Exchange Office of S. I. IPCulloch, N0.12'1
Market street, Harrisburg. Pa. For further particular
-inquire of S. I, 11.'CULLOCII.
kfarch 11, 1864.—d1w A. J. JONES.
LECTURE ON THE
PENMSULA CAMPAIiiN
OF
ARMY OF THE POTOMAt,
BY AN,EYE-WITNES:I
A LECTURE will be delivered at the Cou
rll , House In Harrisburg, on may Ecerfttg. Ez
lA, 18 . by' HENRY IL FIJNT, E. Subject* -IT ,
insula • of the Artey_of Ute Fbfamac. "
To commence at hall-past given_ Tickets 25 -
be bakat the Bookstores; Post Office, Hotels and t.
door. mane It-
PROPOSALS
For the Erection of Fifty Dwelling lit,2
S3.P.P.ZSE:7I3G, March 11
PROPOSALS are invited for the build: t.
of five blocks of ten houses each, of wood Gr
to be located on the grounds of the Y
Co.
Plans and spettikations may he seen a:
William Colder.
Proposals wilt be received for one or r& •r,s °I
Apt - 1112th.
Address proposals to
marll-dtapl2
WILLIAM COLDER
Chainvian Building C. :mitt!!!
BIAILDING STONE FOR SALE, of
viably, delivered to any part of the city.
Apply to J . MISIL.
jarCEI Immediately below the cit.:.
Sixth Ward Election.
DROCTATTATION.— In compliance
the supplement of the charter of the city of Hat
risburg, passed on the 11th brat, by the Legh<latuta e.
Pennsylvania, and in consequence of the action at
Common Council at a special meeting held on the 1•3:_
inst., notice is hereby given to the qualified voter;
Sixth Ward of the city of Harrisburg, that at it.' ;cm.'
and place provided for the holding or the city elect
wit: .
OB THE THIRD FRIDAY Or .11.1itC H.
being the 18th day of the said month, the Ito..
of 9 o'clock, L M. and 7 o'clock. v., M.. 01 - L.! .Ity, the
will meet at the Market HOuse in t• - • rh,Lo sty,
and vote for one person for Member of Common Cvic.:
to serve for the unexpired term of William Siorr.F.,
place was vacated by act of the Common Court , :
12th of March, 1864. A. L ROCMFORT, Mai
lisrost's Opium; 1
Hanisbnrg, March 13, 1864.
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM S
ANOTHER LARGE ASSORTMENT
OF
Photograph A.lbiairiA
BOUND in FINE MOROCCO —panfI -
gilt and mounted with two heavy gilt clasp=
hil:liratZgElll4ll:4l
30 PictureS for
40 ti
together with crriotts other styles of binding.
prices, which will be soldcheap.
Soldiers you cannot buy a prettier, more
cheaper album anywhere.
Call and see at SCHEFFEII'P.
marlllalif
J OHN DOUGLASS.
[Late 107 Arch street,i
TATHOLESALE dealer in all kinds of F,l
etgn and Domestic Leaf and Manufactured
TOBACCO,
Also, Imported, Havanna, German and DOMCSitO t
Snuff, Smoking Tobacco, Pipes„ he, No. 13 North z•A
street corner of Commerce, Phihule.lphia. marl( !Is
DESIRABLE
SUBURBAN RESIDENC E
FOR. SALE.
aundersigned offers,' at private sal'
s great advantage
.to capitalists,
THEME ACES OF LAND,
sitaateen the Hammelatetrn turnpike, within the
limit!, whereon is erected a
TWO-EMMY FRAME DWELLING HOrs l
smo u angizther,out-hon.ses.
Ifit-FiiFfEnAlier particulars enquire of
JAMES R THONISu:S.
nanrlo-dtf Erna street, between Walnut and Illarktil.
864
Mis OFF:CZ
MEM
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