pally Etitgrapt
THE PEOPLE'S CHOWS FOR PRESIDENT,
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
HARRISBURG , PA
THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 7, 1864.
Union State . Convention.
The loyal men of Pennsylvania, comprising
the National Union party, will meet in State
Convention, in the Hall of the House of Rep
resentatives, at Hansisstrao, at neon,
ON THURSDAY, APRIL 28TH, 1864.
Each district will. be entitled to the same
representation ik=now has in the State Legis
lature, and the delegates will be chosen at
such times and in such manner as shall be
directed by the respective county committees.
The State Convention is called for the pur
pose of placing in nomination an Electoral
Ticket, selecting delegates at largeto the Na
tional Convention of the Union Party, to be
held at Baltimore on the 7th of June next,
and taking such action as it may deem proper
in reference to the approaching Presidential
canvass.
The selection of the district delegates from
Pennsylvania to the National Convention is
left, where it properly belongs, to the people
assembled in their county conventions; but
the different county committees are earnestly
requested to adopt such pleasures as will pro
cure a full attendance at their:respective con
ventions, and thereby secure, in the choice
of delegates, a full and fair expression of the
will of the people. •
The committee cannot forbear to congratu
late all lovers of liberty and the Union upon
the recent triumphs of the good cause in
New Hampshire and Connecticut, and to ex
press the hope, shared:by ail loyal men, that
they are only the forerunners of more splen
did victories soon to be won in the same cause
alike by the bullet and the ballot.
In behalf of the Union State Central Coin
mittee.
WA.TNE MoVEAGH, Chairman
Gro. W. HANIERSLY,.. Secretaries.
W. W. H&YEI,
The Ileettng of the tlition State central
Committee.
The meeting of the Union State Central
Committee, yesterday, referred to briefly in
our morning edition, was one of the fullest'
and most harmonious ever held of a similar
body. The discussion of the various subjects
broached was at once able and 'thorough,
showing that the members of the committee
were anxious not only to arrive at just conclu
sions, but that they are conscious of the re
sponsibility resting upon them, and emulous
to respond to what they know to be the well
established wishes of the people on the mat
ters involved. The action of the Committee
in reference to the selection of delegates to
the National Convention, can only be charac
terized as eminently judicious. However it
is well understood that we suggestedjust such
a course of action in selecting delegates, we
claim no credit now that the people in each
district have been left to select their own rep
resentatives. Henceforth this custom will be
recognized as established ; and henceforth,
too, it will put an end to the, connivance and
the corruption which not only defeated the
preferences of the people with regard to can
didates for responsible positions, but which
will havea tendency to purify politics and keep
politicians within bounds whihey are la
boring for 'the success of their' own interests.
All that the people now have to do is to see
that no man is elected a representative dele
gate to the National Convention, who is not
an avowed, earnest and honorable friend of
the re-election of Abraham Lincoln. The
time fixed for holding the State Convention-;
to select Senatorial delegates; wks also decided
upon after the most thorough discussion. It
is a day which will enable all interests in the
Commonwealth to be represented, which is of
course a great object in the deliberations of
a Convention which is fairly to be conducted.
—We repeat, that the action of the Union
State Central Committee may be fairly re
garded as a response to the suety declared
wishes of the people, in reference to the busi
ness deliberated and decided. ' And when it
is thus regarded, it constitutes the evidence
that there is a unanimity and a harmony
among Union men destined to triumph over
all opposition.
The Operations of ihe . pomeatead Law in
the Revolted States
A proposition is before the Committee on.
Public Lands, in Congress, to extend the pri
vileges of the. Homestead. law to the revolted
States, giving soldiers and sailors the right to
enter such domain, select homesteads and at
once settle down and become citizens of such
localities. Whatever may be UM' fate of this
proposition, one thing is. certain, namely,
that the old system of a few men controlling•
the possession-of the land in the South; must
be abolished; before we dare even hope to find
allegiance to the Government in that region
a practical, heart-felt and patriotic prin
ciple. Aristocracies of large landed pos
sessions are the most dangerous to free
Government. Men in * possession of im
mense tracts of land, are generally res
tive under the control of Government.. Thus
possessing the soil, and owning . the la
bor which makes the landvaluable, rendered
the men who are now in rebellion arrogant
and treasonable. By wresting these large
possessions from the hands of their present
owners, as penalties of their treason, and,
dividing them among the men whose valor
won them, all future fear of rebellion will .be
abolished. By such a division, too, the re
sources of the Southern States, for good, will
be increased—the wealth of those States will
be augmented—and thus the Government
will be benefitted by. revenues, which under
the old system, it never derived from the
South.
The proposition thus to extend the privi
leges of the homestead to the revolted States,
giving to soldiers and sailori the right to en
ter on the lands of traitors and • make
the soil thsir home, is an approximation
to a result never dreamed of by the lead
ers of the slaveholders' rebellion. - Those
men imagined,- urhen they concocted the
scheme of diAding and destroying the Amer
ican Union, that the failure of their-effort
woad end all reoposiiibiliV on' the part: of
those engaged in rebellion ; and that there
would be compensations of glory instead of
penalties, for the bold, badmen, who engaged
in that horrible work. These delusions are
fast being dissipated. Justice to traitors is
only now being contemplated, and when each
rebel land owner finds himself stripped of his
estates, he will realiie what it cost to defy
the national authority by conspiring against
liberty. The land that - is purified of treason
by the blood of .the soldiers of the republic,
belongs of right to those heroes, as homes of
peace and rest.
A Fact for the Taxpayers
Our copperhead cotemporacies are con
stantly howling about the expenses of the
iriovisniment, leaving no_ opportunity pass to
excite the apprehensions of the people on the
subject of the extravagance of the antlibri
ties. Of course -those - who know the disposi
tion of the copperhead leaders, understand
that this bluster about extravagance and waste
is indulged in alone to make political capitaL
As an instance of thesh facts, we need only
refer to two cases, occurring, respectively,
in Congress and in the State Legislatures. In
Congress, recently, a proposition was made to
reduce, or entirely refuse to pay the Generals
and their Staffs, now unemployed. The reso
lution on this subject had scarcely been
read, when a storm, of opposition arose
froin the copperhead benches. Every Con
gressman who had indulged his spite in
charging extravagance on those in authority,
vehemently opposed the proposition, declar
ing that such men-as brOlellan and other
idle officers who imitate his , exrunple, were
entitled to full pay. Indeed, it was warningly
threatened, that if the proposition to, pt
down the pay of idle 'officers was pressed to' a •
passage, the copperheads. would :fillibuster,
and thus defeat the scheme. So much for
the practical economy of the copperheads in
Clongress. ' This is but an isolated case Of the
great waste encouraged by the copperheads
in that body. In the Legislature, the dispo
sition is similar among the same men. In
' deed, it is the avowed policy of the copper
heads in this Legislature to encourage every
notion of extravagance manifested in that
body. What these men aim at, is an aggregate
of enormous appropriations, that they may be
able to charge extravagance on . the majority
in the Legislature during the coming Presi
dential canvass. The trick is worthy of the
tricksters, but we hope our' friends in the
Legislature will defeat' `theirgames, not by
any mean refusal to supply the necessary
revenue to carry on the Goverinnont, and
sustain those in the public employment, but
by rejecting all the 'extravagant propositions
of the base demagogues who seek to plunge
the finances•of the Commonwealth into con
fusion, that they may be able to create
sources of trade for a faction of miserable pol
iticians.
Paying the Soldiers in Gold
We, will publish in our morning edition, a
debate recently had in the Senate, on the
proposition to pay the'soldiers in gold. At first
glance, the unsophisticated observer would
be led to believe that those from whom this
proposition emanates are actuated! in'mak.-
ing it by considerations of great regard for
the soldier. But on careful scrutiny, the in
telligent reader cannot fail to discover that
the real motive is to plunge the Government
into bankruptcy, a condition of affairs, which
would entirelydeprive the scold* of all pay,
beggar his family 'and enslave the nation.
Oat friends in the Senate' have managed most
sucoessfUlly to uncover the designs of the
copperhead leaders on thiS sUbject. It is ones
of the mo - st wieked - schemea' eVer devised by;
the copperhead leaders to'impair the integrity
and ruin the credit of. the Government; and
iu its enormity is only equalled by the
open, armed treason of the slave-holders.-
We trust that when the debate Yeferred to is
prin?d, it will be carefully perused by every
mart in the Commonwealth.
PEpSYLVANIA.'LEQISLATURE
BEPOSTED zm.wsza Rqß, TEE
SENATE
THIIISDA.Y, April 7, 1864'.
A number of petitions were presented and
bills read baplace; one by
Mr. CONNELL to incorporate the Grant
land and-improvement company.. •
Mr. GRAHAM;:anact to increase the capi
tal stock of the Eagle cotton worki;'of 'Alle
gheny city. • - • •
GENEILLL APPOIeirON3M3MT BILL
Mr. CONNELL, 'chairman of the select
, cotataittee'appointed for the ..purirse, report
ed &hill to apportion the state into. Itepre
sentative.and Senatorial distriCts, as follows:
AN ACT to fLx•the number of Senators' -and.
resentatives, andtto form the State into
lifetricto in pursuance of the prcivisions. of
the Constitution:
Sr.cmint. 1. Be it enacted, etc., That until the
next septennial enumeration of the taiables
inhabitants and an apportionment thereon,
the Senate shall consist of .thirty three mem
bers, and-be apportiOned as follows, to wit: ,
1.- The first s second,,third, fourth, seventh,
eighth and twenty-sixth wards of the city-of
Philadelphia shall compose the First district,
and elect one
_Senator.
2. The ninth, : tenth, thirteenth, fourteenth
andfifteetith _wards of the city of ,Phihtdel
phis shall,cempose the Second clistrict, and
elect one ! Senator. • _
The fifth, sixth, eleventh, twelfth, six,
teenth, seventeenth and 'eighteenth;: wards of
the city of Philadelphia shall compose the
Third district, and shall elect one Senator.
4. The nineteenth, , twentieth, twenty-first,
twenty-second, twenty-third; twenty-four.
and twenty-fifth wards of the city of Philadel
phia shall compose the Fourth district, and
elect4me. Senator.
5: The counties of Chester, Delaware and
Montgomery ,shall compose the. Fifth district,
and elect two Senators.
6. The county of Bucks shall compose the
Sixth district, and elect one Senator..:
7. The counties of Lehigh and Northampton
shall compose the. Seventh district, and elect
p. The county of Berks shall _compose the
Eighth district, and elect one Senatot..
9. The county of Schuylkill shall.coinpose
the Ninth district, and elect one. Senator.
10. The counties of Carbon, Monroe, Pike
and Wayne shall oompose the Tenth-district,
and 'elect _mie..senator. • • •
11. - I The&Oludiies of Bradford,.Susquehamia
undWyck*Woshan compose theiEleventh
t r i c it t t ind4.lot one. senator.
12. The county of Luzern shall. compose - The counties .of Tioga and Potter to two
the Twelfth district, and elect one enator. 1 members, and te return judges shall meet at
13. The counties of Potter, Tioga, 31'lieart the borough of Wellsboro', in the county of
and Clinton shall compose the Thirteenth Tioga.
district, and elect one Senator. Tate cOunties of Clinton,...Cameron and M - -
14. The counties of Lycoming, Union and Kean iiinies member, and the return judges
Snyder shall compose the Fourteenth district, I shall me et at the Court house in thp borough
and elect one Senator. of Lock Raven, hi.the county tiktlinton:
16. The counties of Northumberland:Mon- ; The county of Centre to;onelpsembek.
tour, Columbia and Sullivan shall compose The countiesMifflin *4,
the Fifteenth district, and elect one Senator. I Au:Aida : to twcmentbers, and the reittrijudges ,
16. The counties of Dimphin and Lebanon I shall ritittkat the edurt horise`in the, bortnigh
d tdeet -- 9f4 the r4e4evidW ectu' - Lewistown,
olSe th li e uy co lk un ill tY to o t f la idiffi ee members. il
shall compose the Sixteenth district, an
One Senator.
17. The county of Lancaster shall compose The county of Berke to three members.
the Seventeenth district, and elect two Sena- I The county of Lancaster to three members.
tors. The county of Lebanon to one member.'
The county of Dauphin two members.
The-county of York to two memlYers.
• The county of Cumberland to o•nikmember.-
- The county of Perry to one memtibr.
,Thoesunty of Atituns , tezone-member. -
The county of Frankli to one Member.
The counties of Someniet, Bedford and Ful
ton to two members, and the return judges
shallaneet at the court house in the borough
of Bedford, in the county of Bedford.
The county of )31air, to, one member.
The county of:thimbria to tine nreMber.
The counties of Clearfield and Elk to one
Member, and the return jtidgeri shall meet at
tho court house in the borough . of Clearfield,
in the conicity of ,Clearfield.;•• =.
The
The counties of Jefferson and Forest to one
member, and the return judges shall meet at
the court house in the borough orßrookville,
in the county of Jefferson.
The county of Clarion to one member.
The county of Armstrong to one. member.
' The counties of Indiana and Westmoreland
to 'three members, and the retrunjudgesithall
meet It the court house , in the borough of .
Greensburg, in the county of =Westmoreland.'
The county of Fayette to one member.
The county of " Greene "to one lifiniker. l
' The county of Washington to two mem
bers.
The county of Allegheny to five members*:
The counties of Lawrence•and Butler to
three members, and the return - judges shall
meet at the court hpuse blithe 'lx7.),ush of,
Butler, in the county of Butler.
The county of Beaver to one member.
The counties of Veriango, Mercer and War
ren,to three members, and the return judges
shallf,tneet at the court house in the borough
of Wartklin, in the conntrof iretiango. L
The county of Crawford to two members.
The eounty.of Erie to two members:
BOITSITEB TO VOLUNTEERS.
•
Senate No. 04, tilt authorize the Gov=
bounties t volunteers , ernor to pay_ came up
in.order,was discussed e:tlength- and laid over
untilalext Tuesday. . ,
k •
.022 motion of Mr . STEIN, an' evening see
sion was provided for.
The Sethi& 'refined to -re=consider the vote
passing the Reading and Columbia railroad
company's supplement, a nititidn tolhat effect
havmg been made some days since by Mr.
RIEUZY.
18. The counties of York and Cumberland
shall compose— the -Eighteenth -district-and
elect one Senator.
19. The counties of Adams and Franklin
shall compose the Nitte.tefMth district, and .
elect one Senator.
'2O. The counties Of Somereet, Bedford and
Fulton shall - compose the Twentieth district,
and elect one Senator. -
• 2L The counties of Blair, Huntingdon, Cen-__
tre, Mifflin, Juniata and Perry. Wien compoie
the Twenty-first distiict, and elect two. Sena
tors. - •
22. The. counties of Cambria, Indiana and
Jefferson shall compose the, Twenty-second
district, and 'elect one Senator.
23. The counties of Clearfield, Cameron,
Clarion, Forest and Elk shall compose the
Twenty-third district, and elect one 'Senator.
24. The counties of Westmoreland, Fayette
and. Greene shalloonipose the' Twenty:fourth
distriet, and elect one Senator.
- 25. The county of Allegheny shall compodrP
the Twenty-fifth district, !lid . elect two Sena
-26. The counties of Washington and Beaver
shall compose the Twerity..slxth district, Arid
elect ono Senator. "
27. Tke counties. of Lawienee, Butler and
Ariastrong shall compose the Twenty-seventh
district; and elect one Senator. *
28. The counties of Mercer, Venango and-
Warren shall compose the Xvrenty-eiglith dis
trict, and elect one Senator.. •
/9. The counties-of Orawfordand Erie shall
compose the Twenty-ninth difitriet, and elect
one Senator.,
SEG. 3. That until the next -septennial enu
meration of taxables' and- -apportiOninent -
thereon made, the House of - Representatives
shall consist of one hundied'members,.and be
apportioned as . •
L The first ward and the twenty-eixth ward
(except the seventh and eighth election divi
sions) shall compose_ the - First district, and
elect one member.
E The second ward (except the tenth and
eleventh divisions, and they first, second and
third divisions of tlie:tliird ward)-Shall corn
ose the Second district, and elect one mem
ber..
3. The tenth and eleventh divisions of the
'second ward, the fourth, fdth,siith, seventh
and =eighth divisions of the third war., the
fourth ward, and the-first and third division 4
of the fifth ward, shall compose the Third
district, and elect one member.
4. The seventh and eighth divisions of the
twenty-sixth ward, and the seventh warli, shall
compose the Fourth .dietirict, and elect one
member.
5. The second, foliri,h, fifth, "sixth; seventh
and eighth - divisions of the:Fifth. ward, and
the eighth ward shalt compose, the Pith dis
trict, and elect one member. •
6. The first, fourth, fifth; sixth, 'seventh
and eighth divisions of the sixth ward, end
khe first, second, third; fourth, fifth, sixth and
seventh divisions of the ninth ward-sha ll pose the Sixth district, and elect one, r,
7. The thirteenth ward, thethird, fifth and
sixth divisions of the •fourteenth ward' and the
second division of the twelfth ward shall, ctim-'
pose one district, and elect`one member.
8. The tenth ward. the eighth division of
the ninth ward, and the first, second and
fourth divisions of the fourteenth ward shall
compoie the eighth district, and elect one
member.
9. The second 'and third divisions of the
sixth warirtheeleVerftlfitardilfitniet, fifth
and sixth divisions of thei WelfthAwaid,land
the first division of the sixteenth ward shall
compose the nintli s ldhiglpi atid4 eleet L
member.
10 The fifteeptht 131,193e1pt,.:the Tetlith
division, shall - compose the Tivath dist r i c t,
andilect One meraber. /.
,f,;14.. The second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth
'fitid'eigbth iliviskijnsZof WI; sitteeuth wgird,T.
- the third, fourth aid seventh clivisicais of the
twelfth ward, and the first; micflecoriatilivil
dons :of the twentieth ward, shall compose
the Eleventh district, and elect one member.
12,- The eightemiith ward,the first division,
seventeerith,fard",.thi:nixth 'end _elev
enth divisions of the ::nineteenth ward; and
the fourth division of the twenty-fifth ward,
shall compose the Twelfth dijitriqt, mid elect
one member.
13. The seventearithwarQ„exelitOe first
division, the seventh diiisionof the'Sixteenth
ward, and the second and-seventh divisions of
the nineteenth Ward' shall coil - Tose the thir
teenth district, and elect'one member.
14. The seventh and Altai division'. of the
fourteenth:ward, thefourthi.fifth, sixth, sev
enth, eighth, ninth and tenth, divisions of the
twentieth ward, and the iiglith'divisidn of the
fifteenth ward shall compose the fourteenth
district and elect one member.
15. The first, third, fourth, fifth, ninth and
tenth divisions of the niheteentht ward, the
third and eleventh divisions of the twentieth
ward, the first division, of the, twenty`-first
ward, and the fifth'and - sbith, divisions of the
twenty-fifth ward gorlipose the fifteenth
district and elect one member,
16. The twenty-second;l94. kind.the third,
fourth, fifth, sixth and setrentli 'diviaions of
the twenty-fast ward shall 'conipbse the, six-,
teenth district and elect one-inember.
-17. J-The twenty-third ward, the,first, second
and third'diiisions of the twenty-fifth ward,
and the eighth diViSibn theriiriefeenthward
shalt Compose the seventh distriet,%and. elect
One member.
-"18. The twenty-fourth wan:land the second
and eightliiiliVisions of the twenty-first ward
shall, compose the eighteenth district andelliet
One member. • J-t " ,
2"
The comity of DelaiVata;sluill be entitled to
one: niember. ,
The county of Chester to three members.
The county of Mcintgiirrierito threJ mem
bers.
The county of Bricks to twO ..3aernAgre.
.The counties of Lehigh and NaillEoiPton
to 'three members; and the return jUdges shall
meet-at the, court house in the'
Easton; in the county of NOrthaniplon.
kThe'counties of Carbon:, knn.roe and Pike
to two members, and the return judges shall
meet at the court house in the borough of
Stroudsburg, in the county,of Itionroe.
The county of Wayne to; one member.
The county of Luzern to, three members.
• The•counties of Susquehanna. , and Wyoming
to two - •members, and tlierett* judges
meet at the court house in:the borough of
Montrose, in the comitiof Susquehanna..
The counties of. Bradford and Sullivan to
two members, and •the return judges shall
meet nt the court house in the borough of
Towanda, in the county of Bradford.%
..The counties of:Lyc l ifFifrig, Vnipti II gu y ;
der to three Members, and Viskreturn jams
shall meet at 4.Ceourt house in the borough
of Lerdsburg, in the county of ?Union.'
The counties of yLontoir, and
Northumberland to two me bet, and - the In c ,
4 111 ,-uages 1 1,4 M. 34,14 1, the pourkbouse
' tba S tiough of Danville, in the Collitt t
roftlifoli,
FINAL ADJOIIBINT
Mr. HOUSEHOLDER - called! up The -joint
providing for the final adjournment
of the Legislature * on the 28th April, at 12
m., and it was considered and . passed finally.
At IP. u. the Senate A. j )urtei. .
HOUSE OF REPMSENVVIIvES
Thunspe...Y .. April
7, 1864.
The House met at the uauelhoUr
Senate bill, an act to incorporate the Phil),
delPhia and Colorado gold =rung Coinpany,
was discussed and passed.
Senate Anna, tic) incovorate ‘
Home, in the city of Philadel
pliis, and House bill , entitled An act incor.
porate the Cooper Shori. Soldiers' .Home, in
'the city of Philadelphia, were passed.
Senate- amendments to an act relative to the
New York and• Biddle coalfield railroad com
pany were wad, and, after considerable dis
cuSsion, concurred in. subsequently the
vote to concur wad reconsidered, and.the sub
ject was postponed.
After some other business of no
‘ public in
terest;" the House_' 'Adjourned.
33 9 EtlegraPti•
ELECTION IN DENY - ER 'CITY
Success of the Union Candidates
Derrvss Qgt April .
• ,T4ort rauk•usiipai eigoßtop..took place here yes.
ter y. The , regular Union nominee for
Mayor was elected over the independent
Union ticket. There was no Democratic
ticket-in the field. The mining excitement is
increasing, and new , discoveries of gold are
reported daily. New York capitalists are ar
rivingby every ,ccah,.and.it reported that
thee is a large amount of .newiriuning ma
chinery coming out from the States.
The New MOXlCSlFl!'prifeirircif the 30th nit;
contain no news from Arizona. Governor
Connolly, opNewldexioo, has isiined'a prods
appOiiiting April, seventh as a thanks
giving day for the clofie„Onhe Indian liar.
FromzVitshington.
AddilionaiXl angea in. thi'Aim'y Cfmanauds
Wk•mjwatok;, A:pril s.
The folloyviug ii,3444:11
'issued: : • PIS t beep
WAR DEPABINENT ? Giam's Orlack, 1.
Wesinavirrow,MonditY, April
By direCtion Of the 'President of the United
States, therfallowing changes-and assitproents
are made in army corps comb:tends:
Major Gen: P. K Sheridan is assigned to
the command of the Cavalry. Corps - of 'the
Army of the Potomac;
The Eleventh - and Twelfth Army Cove are
consolidated and Will be called First , Army
:Corps. Major Gen. J. Hookeris assigned' to
command.
Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger is relieved from.
the command of the Fourth Armt Coini, 'end
Maj. Gen. O. 0. Hpwar, is assigned in his
Mai. Gen. Schofield is aisign - ed , ;to the -com
mand of the,Twentpthird•Army oc3rpsi-
Maj. GeM;Shienni will repdrt`to Maj. Gen.
Sherman, "ebmiliandifig,4B_. Divisioyi o f th e
Miisissiprii, and Maj.:G3n. Stonemanwill re
port to - Maj. Gen. Schofield, eoblminding the
Department of the Ohio;,fotaSsignmeni.
maj.,Gen„ Granger r W . ill report by letter to
the Adjutant General of:the Army, •
Capt. Horace Porter; Uhited States Ora:
nonce DePaiterit, iikit3riO4l*,.ed as ani
d e _Ciunp tient. Gen, Giant, with rank;of
Lieutenant-Colonel.
- By order of the'Seeieti - Ar
D. TOWNSEND,
.11Assistartt Adjutant General.
That portion4of .this `'order relatink •to the
consolidation 'of tßa'Ele*enth. and - Twelfth
Corps has been amended so as to denominate:
this consolidation the Twentieth, instead of
the Fix* Corps.
The-Rhode Wand •
-; 0 L - ;itommiroi, Apr il 6.
thatate.AeclionAocikPiace to-4g.
Itetautati frongaitiailt alikthe Stttte indicate
Agnes poi.*
efed GOTREIPA ^St " jagg-InutpifiritY over
•
merge
ENBrowne, Democrat, and Amos C.
Barstow, Independent Union.
In this city, Smith is in the minority by 100
votes.
There is no election of Assemblymen.
The Legislature will be strongly Union.
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'ft NALBE ARAANSAS .. ,
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IE Xii O alio il t 0 Mount Elba
*hid ' Longview.
DESTRUCTION OF A WAGON TRAIN, EVITP
RENTS, AMMUNITION, AND QUAR-
T-- TBRIADTBILV STORRS.
Capture of Three Hundred and
IttirieWltebas.
DEFEAT ANDADUT FJI PELMISION f
Additional Captures by Our Men.
Our Lois only Fifteen Killed, Wounded
and Mi.eing. . a -
EOM
WASHINGTON, April 6.
The following has been received at Head.
quarters of the army here:
4gelirric
hier-Gre.T. H. Harsr.cx, Chief of Staff:
The following telegram is just received:
Plane BLoyi., Ark., March 31
MAJOS Gags, A. A. G.: The expedition
to Mount Elba and Longview has just return
ed. We destroyed the- pontoon bridge at
Longview, burned a train of thirty-five wag
ons, loaded with camp and garrison equip
ments, ammunition, quartmaster stores, dc.,
and captured 320' Prisontrra.
Engaged in battle yesterday morning, Gen.
Docking's division, of about 1,200 men from
Monticello, routed him and pursued him ten
with a loss on his aide of over 100 kill
ed and wounded. We captured a large quan
tity of small-arms, two stands of colors, many
wagons and over 300 horses and mules.
Our loss will not exceed fifteen in killed,
founded and missing. We brought in sev
eriThundred contrabands.
The expedition was a complete success,
details of Which will be furnished in my
offkcild 'report,- which will be forwarded in a
feiv' days. POWELT.i• CLAYTON,
•
Colonel Commanding.
Sr. Lows, April 6.—Governor Murphy, of
Arkansas, issued an address to the people of
the counties of the State in which no elections
have• been held, and sent it out for distribu
'don 'with General Steele's Command. The
address reviews the condition of the State dur
ing the war, recites the action of the late
State Convention, and closes with a stirring
appeal to the people: of those counties in
which elections could not be held, 'in conse
quence of their allegianpe to the old:Govern
ment, recommending them, under the. ordi
nance passed by the State Conventionfor that
purpose, to hold elections as soon as they can
With Safety, for members of the Legislature,
take upon themselves the rights and duties of
freemen, and give their aid in the Union.
Br:g.-Gen. Nath. Kimball is assigned to the
command of all" the troops ' along the North
Arkansas river, 'With headquarters in Little
Rock. In circular to the citizens of his dis
trict, he says., the =loyal shall be protected,
wia sympathizers with the though
they : may have taken the oath of allegiance to
the Government, will be treated as rebels,
unless,they conforni in Word and act to the
spirit of that oath.
LXOTHE Aqcoula
ST. Loom, 'Wednesday, April 6.
The followingparticulars-of Col. Clayton's
recent raid in Atkansas, have been received
from Little Rock, lYfarch
.
Col. Clayton, with a sw an force of cavalry
and infantry and one battery, Went to Mount
Elba, ozi the,Salem river. Leaving theinfan
'try and- artillery . this° to guard the bridge
and cover Pine Bluff, he proceeded• with his
cavalry toward Langview; further down the
Salem, and twenty. miles
.sontliwest; Where
•the main body of the rebel army was sta
tioned, for the purpose of destroying the pon
.toon bridges and dreamy stores stthatplace.
Lient: Greathouse, of the let Indiana, and
Lient,lrciung of thelltif Kansas cavalry, sent
an adiance of 100" men, Jura,. arriving at the
bridge, saw a large folce of rebels opposite
preparing to cross. Our officers hailed the
enemy, told them they belonged to Shelby's
command (which dresses in - Union uidform,)
informed them that the Unionists were upon
them i and!begged them to•hiarry to their yes
.
The rebels rushed forward, and as fast as
they crossed were captured, and their grins
thrown into the riven. '7u•tliis way 280 were
captuied, :and 35 wagong; laden with siipplies,
taken which,were destroyed;. also, 300 horses
and mules. A paymaster's safe, containing
$60,000 in confederate money, was also cap-
Iftlled. The bridge was afterward burned.
This and the march of 80' miles was act.
complisbed in 24 hours.
The prisoners Captured .during the expedi
tion, numbering 370, including many.ollicers,
reached Little Bock on the 2d. •
Thee is -nothing from. Gen:' Steele
'RE MARYLAND ELECTION.
THE STATE SWEPT BY THEE RADICALS
Large Majorities for Immediate and ilneompen
sated NinancipatfOn.
Maryland a Free State.
The Radicals have swept the State. The
great free counties of Cecil, Allegheny, Wash
uigtof; rrederick, Carroll, .fforford and Bahl
inore give majorities from Avo to three thou
sand each. The city gives nine thousand
majortity for immediate and tincompermateg,
emancipation. The conservatives took no
part in the election, many of them declining
'to vote.
,Maryland 'BYBEE.- - •
Baltimore city gives 9;021 for a convention,
-and 41 against.
- The unconditional, anti-compensation ticket
gets: the entire vote, coot. The vote is light,
there being no opposition.
PowiThoofscrr, April.6.—The Vlitludintrict
gives 126 majority for the Convention'and un
conditional emancipation: s' •
: Curnummeim,'April 6;--7CumberiEmd gives
470 xaojority for tunxmditinnal , emancipation.
BALIMICOBB, April ' Frederick ..dis
trict gives' the emancipation: dad and Con
vention• 480 mejoritY. . • ," -
The ballot-box of..the - Jackson district was
token posseiidonuf bythe'CoPPerheada about
2 eclock, and totally Detachments
of Col.' cavaht and the 7th-Maryland re-
QM'enkhave gone to arrestlhe parties.'
:,,•The_Yth district of Cecil county gives 305
for the Conventiori‘il `.
IlacotrD =PATEN.
,41 BiLTMMqBZApii1:6:--The . vote in the city
:st tc) s Pot t he 'CconiNin#a): and ei4c9riPh
tidn;-1•„
Theatinth.distriat id' Somerset aouniniiee.
1911 a Conventichn: - •
: _4119, fifth diiitri?Lof Y i ge ef.tte4. colllo3'giVes,
MajOzi4r theOtareriticva '
•
[Num.—This is the first election neon ; . 7 .
received 6om those counties by tel
Cumberland county will give not Ir,i tLln
1,200 majority for the Convention an , l EL11,1.-
cipation.
, Havre de Grace, Harford county, giv,.. s 1 51
majority for the Emancipation ticket.
The Convention is doubtless callt,l Lc a
large majority.
Returns thus far received indicate a , ea
jority of not less than 15,000 for the eenv, n
Lion in the State.
Newtown, Worcester county. Cistcn',
trict, gives 135 majority for the Conser.
Union ticket.
Annapolis gives 138 majority for the coz
vention and the Conservative ticket.
Washington county gives about 2,000 ts - -
jority for the convention and unconditi-, a i
emancipation.
.
The Baltimore American estimates
there will be a majority in the convention fif
at - least twenty for immediate and unconcli
,tioMil emancipation.
The convention is called for by a lanze
jority, and adacided majority has been Oceted
to it in favor of unconditional and innuediat,
emancipation.
From East Tennessee.
LONGSTREET'S RETREAT FROM BULL'S GAT-
llsoxvirs,r., E. T., March, 19.-
Positive information confirms reports for
merly made by scouts, that Longstreet's Army
has evacuated Bull's Gap and fallen Lael:.
The bulk of his force is now believed to
at donesbor. A single brigade, or as som,
report, only one regiment of infantry. now
occupies the works at Brill's Gap. Deserter,
are fast comming in, which is always con
clusive proof that the rebels are going th,,
other way.
These persons represent the rebel army a;
almost on the point of dissolution from ,ie
sertions. Perhaps the facts are ermggemted,
but there is no doubt that the number is very
large. The desire to get home and begin
planting before the spring time' passes inft
ences a great many to escape. The de:•erter-!
arriving here for the three months ending in
March number 1,100. •
- It is probable that our forces will soon mo‘r
forward' if rebels are found really to be on
the retreat. The weather, after a long and
severe spell, is mild again, and fruit trees and
shrubs are blossoming out.
On Thursday - morning, Trh tnst., JAME:: 11.0:kV. son of
J. IL and Anna J. Miller, aged 2 years and 3 da)::.
Funeral fnom their residence, on Itn-pberry alley, a few
doors sonth•of Market street, on Saturday morning, at 7
o'clock, to proceed to Newville, Pa apl-2t
On the 2d Inst., WILLIAM MOCHERNAN, formerly a mem
ber of the 18th P. V. Cavalry, cged 23 ) ears, 6 months
and 6 days.
The funeral will take place on Friday anernoen, Al 3
o'clock, from the residence of his falher. The relatives
and friends of tho deceased are invited to attend without
further notice.
A. SMALL BLACK HORSE and WAGON.
without a top, were found at the west end of the
Harrisburg bridge on Sunday morning last, April 3d. Thr
owner - Wilt make application to John Quigg, the gatekeeper
of sink bridge:Prona property, pay charges and take them
[ap7.1.301 „ISO_ F. QUhC.
Bern*orm, April 6
.111ARRISBURG GAS STOCK ,
AT PRIVATE SALE.
HOUSE and LOT,lori Market street,
-1 411E 1Tween Fourth and -Flrth streeta, in the raj ° I
Harrisburg, known as Na 96 Martet street, and lamb' ac"
amied by Dr. Geo. Bayley, is offered at private sale, until
the Ist or Miy. The Lot is 29 feet on Market street, run
ning back 210 feet to Strawberry_ alley. The House is a
.1/IWW•Akape Mansion, With all th* modern iroproveinents.
..,,aLd9l HI; k - .'sbares of Harnsbura Gas S
Ytitterint and inforination apply to
• ' • ifr. JNO. -B. SIMON,
Harrisburg, or to
BAWL d• BoLBAN,
Altoona, Blair county, Puma
THIRD DISPATCH
DESEItTIONS TO, OUR LINES
The War in Tennessee.
MEMPHIS, April :1
Grierson's cavalry had a fight with forest
near Summerville yesterday. After skinaiiil
ing some time, the rebels being reinforeLd.
and Grierson's supports failing to come up,
the latter fell back before greatly superior
numbers, bringing with him seven pri.oners.
He will renew the attack to-day.
DIED.
NEW A_DVERTISEIVIENTS.
.ESTRAY.
FIRST IN FASHIONS,
CHEAPEST IN PR I C ES.
THE subscriber has the pleasure to inform
the ladies of Harrisburg ano vicinity that she I, COW
opening at
No. 13 Market street, between Second :Ind
Front, at Boger's Old Stand,
the most complete and fashionable stock of
FRENCH AND AMERICAN MILLINERY,
every exhibited in this city. Having been long corineiel
with and conducted one of the most eaten-ice hou,t,s ;a
this country, she flatters herself to enjoy advantage-.: out
facilities to carry on a first-class establishment mot Ane!
by many, Having bought front - Manufacturers and im
porters only, and intending to seam small prtatz, -he :5
confident to establish a reputation not only fur t:: t , and
fashion, but. also that of selling • at the most re J-ee,bl. ,
prices. In addition io a complete stock of Milinay.
em
bracing Hats, BonnetS, (made up in great ronly and
made to order at shorteit notice,)
MBA ,
VELVETS,
FLOWERS.
FEATHERS,
• LACES,
RUCHES. it:
she offers everything Pertaining to
LADIES' FURNISHING GOODS,
such as Hoop Skirts, Corsets, Hosiery, Handkervir,l
Cleves, Collars, Cuffs, Belts, rte., &c. •
syrA magnificent stock of Hair-nets and Head-divi - -Ee
from 25 cents- to $5 00.
- I most respectfully solicit a liberal patronage.
MRS. M. MATER,
apply No. 13 Market street.
' GRAND OPENING, Monday, April 11th, 1864
nIIARTERLY REPORT OF THE FIRST
yce, NATIONAL BANK OF ALLEGHENY, APRIL i
EA
Loans and discounts._ .....
Aniount due from directors..
Bonds deposited with Treasurer of
11. a to sreure circulation., .....ISO,OOO 00
Bonds deposited with Treasurer of
,U S. for other purposes 20,000 00
U. S. 6.20's on hand
Deal estate
3pecietind other - lawful money of 11. 3
Bills of solvent banks
Due from banks and bankers
Cash hems
Expense account
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Capital paid in...
Profit and loss
Circulating notes -
Doe deptisitors on dematvl . ...
. in 5,20 bonds
Miscellaneous
State of Aott!syloasiois, Copenty of Allegheny, sr:
Oa this sth day of April, A. D. 1864, personally aloe,
before oe, the u.r.Wsigtued allotary Public in and for
county, Theodore Nevi n, proiidenl, and John P. Era"
mer, cashier of the First National Bank of Allegheny ,
who being duly sworn, do say that the foregoing LS a True.
and', accurate statement of the affairs and condition ot.
- Ilaijaaank on the first day of April, 1864, to the beg of
.their knOwledge andlielief. T. H. liIHODT, Praia.
KitAmar., cashier.
Went and subscribed before sie the day and yearabw
*titter'. H. E. DAVIS, Notary Fbl..c.
Market Street. Property
g nii-dltw
MEM
..$57,90 33
.. 21,513 :3
8,,-173 41
200,000 05
... 9,300 DO
... 6,011 2.0
... 25692 60
8,159 50
14,654 70
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360,3:4 5%
$ 2 _00.00 0 00
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35,990 03
100,72. 0 9
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