Pennsylvania telegraph. (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1864-1864, April 22, 1864, Image 2
pail v EttegraA TEE PEOPLE'S CHOKE FOR PRESIDENT, A.BRAHANI LINCOLN. HARRISBURG, PA FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 21, 1864. Who Should be Taxed In looking around for individuals and in terests from whom and from which to derive resources by taxation, it is almost fair to be lieve that the tax levying authority has pur posely passed over those who contribute most to the embarrassment and "perplexities of business, and thus of course, to the harassing dangers of government. We allude to the Stock brokers and money venders of the large cities—to the miserable gamblers and cheats, who lie and steal daily without ever being held, accountable for their crimes. Combina tions of these men operating in the commer cial cities, have been able to inflict heavier blows on the prosperity, of the laboring and producing classes of the free States, than the same classes have suffered from the direct ef fects of the rebellion. Without any cause, and for no other purpose but to rob the peo ple, the brokers of the country managed to raise the price of gold until the fluctuations in that article have confused the markets of the whole country; tempting the petty retailer alike with the immense•wholesaler of all }rinds of merchandise, to engage in the . wildest kinds of speculation, by which the thrifty and industrious masses of the loyal States have to3n driven to the verge of obsolute banlirapt cy. And just in propoition as there was no cause for the first sudden rise in, gold and stocks, so is there no reason forth° sudden decline which has lately taken place. The whole operation; is a.swindle of the villains who control the stock boards of the iountry. It is a bold, bare faced and audacious ar rangement to enrich themselves, by a system of falsehoods which would disgrace Old Nick. And yet, it seems that there is no present re dress for these outrageous speculation& —What we want and what Congress should at once provide for, is the levying of a just tax upon all who deal in the fancy operations in gold and stocks, which have already entailed so much misery upon-the people. The men who profess to make. millions by the magical operations only known to themselves, should be taxed. in proportion as are those who em ploy vast, machinery, large numbers of men, and immense buildings, to accomplish the same accumulation. For 'every imaginary sale of gold or stocks, reported with such dis plays in the commercial journals of the coun try, those engaging in them should be made to pay a tax which would at least dignify their business by assisting to aid the• Govern ment in the hour of 'its peril. By this means Many of the frauds practiced on Ate public might be prevented. Indeed, the prospect of being compelled to pay a tax will have a more healthful influence than the danger of being punished severely for the same practice. A rogue would much rather run the risk of being hung or imprisoned, than yield to a compul sion to surrender a portion of his ill-gotten gains to relieve the burdens of the community which he curses with his presence. So' it is with the stock-brokers. They do not fear the prospect of the penitentiary half as much as they would the passage of a law taxing them for their frauds. The experiment of this taxa tion is at least worth testing, and we trust that Congress will provide for its immediate levy- • Burnt His Fingers. We omitted on several occasions, for want of room, (though we have pigeon -holed the record for future use,) to refer to the disgrace which the loyal men of this Congressional District suffer by their representative, Miller, He votes against the Government on all occa sions." Be sympathizes with the dirtiest trea son that can be couched, in cowardly language on the floor of Congress. He leaves no op- . , portunity pass to join in the insults which his copperhead colleagues offer to those engaged in the 'effort to put down rebellion. lbi!is the confidential friend and haut boy of such trai tors.ps Long and Harris. Indeed, there is not a district in the loyal States as illy represented, both as regards the, patriotism, purity and ability of the representative, and the : _loyalty and devotion of those represented, as-the-one with which Miller is identified. We ~write and print this declaration with no unlrindness for the man; but rather to subserve. •the truth of history, that its record may be a warning to the same people in the future. • Indeed, on all hands it is now conceded that Mr. Miller owes it to truth and justice at once to resign. But alas for his constituency, these are debts which such men never honor. . In the course of a debate the other day, Judge Kelley, a Republican from this State, in making some statements in referenee to the ancestry of Miller, mistook one man for an other. The.speech of the Judge excited his wrath and he accused him of-'fe sehood. Mr. Kelley acknowledged his mistake, and proved that. Miller's father was an ~ anti=slavery man and a patriot, closing in this cutting language: "My colleague proves the fact that other hereditary qualities than gout skip, a genera tion in the line of descent descent..,,His father was a man of intellect and principle, and would have been on the side of his country in this season of her trial had he lived." THE PEOPLE op MlityLearro -are burning in effigy, Harris, who so disgraced that State by his utterances on the floor of Oongrese. If Harris is worthy of being consumed in effigy, what does Miller, of this District, deserve?. Miller approved and sustained Harris in all he said, which 'amounted . in reality to anen dorsement of the cause of .treason. PAYMENT OF VIZ STATE MILITIA.—We un derstand from unofficial sources, that the Pay masters detailed to initairse the amount due the. State Militia, have been ordered to, not pay t:iem for the present.. If.: this report proves to be true, it will have a tendency to - create greatdissati.'sfaaticin among thosayi terested. PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE. '~ t Y ~ :~'t '~ ~ Y t i SENATE. AFTERNOON SESSION. THITRSD/Y, April 21, 1864 The Senate met at 3 o'clock A message was received from the House of Representatives announcing that the House had non-concurred in the Senate amendments to an act relative to the payment of the inter est on the State debt. On motion of Mr. CONNELL, the Senate insisted and ordered a committee of confer ence. Mr. WILSON called up a supplement to an act revising the municipal corporation of Reading. The first section was negatived and the bill therefore falls. Mr. WORTHINGTON called up an act authorizing the Governor to appoint additional notaries public in Lebanon, Chester, Ly coming. Venango, Delaware and Mercer coun ties. Passed finally. Mr. GRAHAM called up an act authorizing a per capita tax in Allegheny county for the payment of bounties. Passed finally, Mr. BUCHER called up an act to incorpo rate the South Mountain iron company. Pas sed finally. Mr. LATTA called up an act to extend the charter of the Monongahela Bank of Browns ville, Fayette county. Passed finally—yeas 18, nays 12. Mr. CHAMPNEZS called up a supplement to an act incorporating the Big Spring and Beaver Valley turnpike company. Passed finally. TURRELL called up an act to incor porate the Lackawanna Valley coal company. Passed finally. Mr. CONNELL called up an act to open Lehigh avenue and Fourth street, in the city of Philadelphia. Passed finally. Mr. DONQVAN called up an act, to .open Franklin street,.iii the city of Philadelphia. Passed finally. th4e. FLEMNG, on leave, read in place a er supplement to an act incorporating city of Harrisburg--granting:the city poWer, to borrow money. On motion the rules were suspended and the bill passed finally. Mr. CONNELL called up a supplement to an act incorporating the city of Philadelphia —providing for the manner of filling vacaul cies in the councils of said city. Passed finally. Mr,. JOEINEON. called up•an act to incor porate the Centre coal, iron and lumber manufacturing company. Laid aver on third reading. : Adjourned until this evening at 71 o'clock. EVENING- SESSION The Senate .met at 7 . Mr. LOWRY called up Senate bill to pro tect creditors from bank frauds. Passed finally.. _ _ Mr. M'CANDLESS . called up Senate bill No. 904, to revive and 'continue in force the law relative to graduating public , lands, ctc. Passed finally., • - . • The - bill relative to losses, Sustained by .the citizens of the border"counties by the rebel in vasion wia'taken'trii and diec - ussed until the hour of adjournment, ' HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. AFTERNOON ,S.ESSION.• • THURSDAY, April 21, 1864. The House was called to order at 3 o'clock, and resumed the consideration of au act to in corporate the Connelsville and Southern Penn sylvania railroad company. The bill passed to third reading and was laid over. Mr. BURG-WIN called up an act to incorpo rate the Oil City Bank. The passage of the bill was favored by Mr. BURG'WIN and others, and opposed by Messrs. PERSHING, COCHRAN (Erie) and BROWN. On the motion to suspend the rules, and read the bill a third time, the yeas were 57, nays 34—not agreed to, two-thirds being re quired. Mr. HORTON called up an act relative to the Pittsburg and Connelsville railroad com pany. A lengthy and spirited debate ensued upon the merits of the bill, participated in by• Messrs.. BIGHAM, SHARPE, SMITH, (Ches ter,) OLMSTED,- SCHOFIELD and others. This act repeals that part of the act in corporating the Pitttsburg and Connellsville railroad company as authorizes them to con struct a road southwardly or eastwardly from Connellsville. Various amendments were offered to the, bill, all of which were negatived, and the bill . passed finally—yeas 68, nays 23. Adjourned until this evening at 7i oclock. EVENING. SESSION. The session was taken up exclusively With the consideration of the apportionment The Democrats offered a large number of amendments, sonie.of. which" were adopted, and the bill passed 'second reading. SENATE Fam&y, April 22, 1864. The Senate met at 10i A.. M. A number of private bills were reported and read in place. The bill relative to the losses sustained dur ing the rebel invasion, was taken up and dis cussed until the hour of adjournment withmit coming to a vote. Adjourned. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FaroAlc Anril 22, 1861. The House met at the usual - hour. REMOVAL OF THE CAPITAL. Mr. SMITH, (Chester,) from the specie committee on the subject of the extension o the capital buildings, etc.,, presented the fol 16wing report and accompanying joinfiesolu tion: The committee appointed 'to inquire what measures, if any, should be adopted, in refer ence to enlarging the pulie buildings of the Common Wealth, or erecting iiew buildings, re- That having met iii pursuance to their ap,', pointment, and organized, they proceeded to inquire of the matter submitted to them . 'ln looking to - the . increitie of the public business, not only liyeason of the war in which the . nation is now inverved, but also by the great augmentation of business from- the great prosperity of the State and from natural causes and industrial progress, the committee came at once to the conclusion that to aCcom modate the State and military departments and the Legislature, there would be required a great enlargement of the ;buildings now erected, and also the erection of new buildings. The committee did not deem it within the scope of the l flutyassigned them to procure plans or estimates for the buildings spoken of, but from the eiperience of some of their number, and the opinions of other gentlemen of experience in building, the"committee be lieve that such inaiiiiivements would involve an expense much greater than should be im posed upon the Commonwealth bathe present condition' of her finances. Whilst the subject was under consideration, a committee of the councils of theo:eity of Philadelphia had a conference with-the committeee, and informed them;that the!bouncils of that city were about to adopt measures looking to the removal of the seat of Government there. After - some delay, there was', on the Pith init.,- laid before the_ corn reittee a certified.copy of an ordinance, pledging the faith of said-city to the extent of one mil lion of dollars, for the erection of :suitable buildings for the" Legislature, the several :de ;partimlnts, and for the residence of the eruor, provided the Legislature shall, at this session, pass a law declaring the city of Phila delphia the seat of Government of the Com monwealth, and also pledging the said city to provide buildings for the aforesaid, purposes, until such buildings shall be permanently erected. In view of the great saving of expense which would be effected, and the many advantages not necessary here to detail, which it is at leged would result from the change of the seat of Government. The committee have deemed it proper to report, for the consideration of the Legislature, "a joint resolution in the rela tion to the removal of the seat of Government," but do not commit themselves to the same. P. FRAZER SMITH, •EDWARD G. LEE, JOHN B. BECK, R. R. REED, ' W. F. SMITH, • . JOSEPH REX. GEORGE D. WATSON WHEREAS, The city of Philadelphia has pledged the sum of one million dollars "for the erection of the capitol buildings of the State, Governor's house, buildings tor the va rious departments and purchasing the neces sary lands," on condition that the Legislature 4,ha11, at its present session, declare said city Go be the seat of Government, and has further pledged that the said city will "furnish said Legislature with a suitable place to meet in, until such time as appropriate buildings shall be erected for that purpose, and will at the same time provide a suitable house for the Governor, and buildings for the several depart , merits;" therefore, be it Resolved, That, relying upon said pledge, the seat of Government of this Commonwealth shall be removed to the city of Philadelphia, aiad_the•sessions of the Legislature shall be held in said city, and all the departments of the State Governnierit heretofore located in the city of Harrisburg shall be removed to the said city and pernumently located there, from and after the fourth day of July next: Provided, That on or before t l4 tenth day of June next, the" said City, iti acerdanc'e with their pledgc, shall have provided suitable buildings for the. Legislature, the several departments of the Government and the Governor.. 2. That the Governor, . Attorney General, Secretary of the Comnionwealth, Auditor Gen eral, State Treasurer, five members of the Senate and five meinbers of the House of Rep resentatives, to-be , appointed by the : respective Speakers, be commissioners tc superintend the removal of the seat "Of "GoVernment in pur suance of the foregoing resolution, and to se lect the grounds for the buildings, to adopt the necessary measures for.their erection and direct and supervise the erecticin. I 1 3. That when the said commissioners shall be satisfied that suitable buildings for the tem porary occupancy of the Legislature, ; the sev eral departpaents - and the Governor have been provided, the Govenior shall lame his procla mation declaring that on and- after the fourth darof July next, the seat of Government of this Commonwealth shall be in the city. of !PhiltidelPhia, and the said commissioners sliall,thereupon cause 'such of. the moveable property, books and papers of the Common wealth as they_ may deem...proper, to be re moved to said buildings.; 4. 4. That all, puita or ottug, proceedings in which the Commonwealth May be a party, and Which are now by law;to be, commenced and proiecuted in the cbiirt of common pleas of Dauphin county or other court, shall hereafter be commenced and prosecuted fn the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania for the Eastern District and tried at niSt prius ; and all appeals from the settlement of accounts by the Auditor and State Treasurer, or either of them, which now by law are to be made by the court of common pleas of the county in which the seat of Government shall be, or other court, shall be made to the Supreme Court, and tried at nisi prius as aforesaid; and such cases, in which the Commonwealth is a party, as are now pending in the court of common pleas of Dau phin county, as the Attorney General may deem proper, shall, nponhis order, and when he may deem expedient, may be certified and re moved to the : upreme-Court as aforesaid, and proceeded in as if' they had been originally commenced in said court. Mr. SMITH (Chester) moved that the subject be made the special order for Monday afternoon.next. Mr. ALLE.MAN moved that it be laid_on the table. The motion of Mr. Am.rarew was not agreed to, and the motion of Mr. Swam, (Chester) was adopted. APPORTIOMII:MT BILL. The bill to apportion the State into Sena torial and Representative districts was again taken up. A large number of amendments were offered, several of which were adopted, and the bill was passed finally. It will now •go back to the. Senate, in order to obtain the concurrence of that body, but the differences will no doubt be settled by.a committee of conference of both houses. The vote on the final passage of the bill was as follows: Yeas—Messrs. Alleman, Barnett, Bigham, Billingfelt, Bowman, (Lancaster,) Brown, Burgwin, Cochran, (Erie,) Cochran, (Phila delphia,) Coleman, Denniston, Etnier, Foster, Glass, Guernsey, Henry. Herron, Hill, Huston, Kaiser, Kelley, Kerns, (Philadelphia,) Koonce, Lee, Lilly, M'Clellan, M'Kee, M'Murtrie,May er, Marsh, Miller, Mussehrian, O'Harra, Olin sted, Orwig, Pancoast, Reed, Slack, Smith, , (Chester,) Smith, (Lancaster,) Smith, (Phila delphia,) Sutphin, Watt, Watson, Wells, White, ,Windle and Johnson, rpeaker-48. NAYS—Messrs. Alexander, (Centre,) Alex ander; (Clarcon,) Balsbacla; Barger, Beck, Boileau, Bowman, (Cumberland,) Ellis, Gil bert, Graberi. Flakes; ilargnett, Haslett, Hop kins, Hoover,Horton . - Jackson, Josephs, Kerns; (Selinykill,) Kim, Leber, Long, M'- Manus, Marshall, Missiuner, Meyers, Negley, Nelson, Patton ; Pershing, Potteiger, Purdy, Quigley, Reiff, Rex, Riddle, Robinson, Scho field, Sharp, Spangler, Stanberger, Walsh, Weaver, Weiser and Wimley-45. So the question was determined the af . firmativab; AI TUDICATION OF..3UUTAXX CT.A This • On motion of Mr. GLASS the House went into conaideration of the bill, entitled An act, a further, supplement to the act to provide for the adjudication and payment of certain mili tary claims, approved the ,16th day of April, 1862. The bill passed . finally. ,On motion of Tiff:, SHOOFTRID, the bill relative to notaries public passed.ftnallY: Mr. JOSEPHS read in place and presented to the chair' a bill incorPorating the Delaware Avenue railroad company.. . . On motion of Mr. WATSON, the bili„a fur ther supplement to the aot relating tolimited partnership,: approved March 21, 1836, was considered. and.under consideration when the Huse adjourned,till 3 o'clock this afternoon. d'eX of the" New Militia. ALBA: 1 ' 1 ; April 22.. E ittggerated rumors prevail in reference to a calf of •the War Departmentyipon Governor Seympur for the State militia; These rumors grow out of inthlligende reC,eived here friar the War Department that the State troops will:le received by General Dix for guard and other special duty in. , and: BXOIIIICI the harbor forts of New. York, during the absence ot the volunteer force recently stationed there. • The OUvernor has .tendered tolhe War De partment-the-use-oflihe militia regiments for the defence of the forts- mound New YOrk and elsewhere on frontiers. He thinks this .desirable as well .to relieve the troops de. ck tainewithin .the'State for such'purpose, as to afford tile National guard desirable oPPor tanitifor drill u4 d - PraPtige , • 33g klefegrapt). From North Carolina The Governor's Council Fears an Up rising of the People. The People Advised to Remain Out of the Rebel Army'. Great Scarcity of Food. SPRINGFIELD RIFLES FOR THE REBELS. Confirmation of the Attack on Plymouth. NEW Yoax, April 22. Advices from North Carolina to the 17th inst., have been received. The Governor's council, convened at Ra leigh, declined calling the Legislature to gether in extra session, fearing it would array the State against the confederacy. The Henderson (N. C.) Times, published in the western part of the State, advises the peo ple to keep out of the Confederate army, and to stay at home and defend themselves. The Raleigh Progress says the people are starving in the hotels at fifty dollars a day, and that many of the best families are oh half rations. The Wilmington Journal is gloomy at the prospect of affairs in the confederacy, and de plores the said lack of food and the bad con dition of the coming crop. The Fayetteville Carolinianlaments the high prices and lack of food, but takes comfort in the announcement of several hundred Spring field riflet manufactured daily in the armory theire for the confederate service. The rebel attack on Plymouth is confirmed but no particulars are received.. Important from . North Car olina. Attack on Plymouth by - Ten Thousand Rebels. The Enemy itepulised Attempt of the Rebels to Take Fort Gray Gallant Conduct of Captain Brown, of the ' Eighty-fifth New York. Four Rebel Gunboats and a Rain Moving Down the River to Co-operate. lioarour ' Va., April 19. Refugees from Plymouth, N. C.; report that fighting commenced there on Sunday after noon. The rebels in force attacked Fort Gray, which is about a mile from, the town, on the Roanoke river. They planted a heavybattery on Polk's Island, about a half a mile distant, and kept up a continuous fire, during which they succeeded in Cutting away the flagetaff at the fort. This was repladed,- and the stars and stripes again float defiantly in the , face of the foe. The rebels then advanced slowly forward, up to within , a short distance of the fort, when they made an impetuous charge. They were received with a galling firq* which thinned their ranks, and caused the to fall back. Again and again they rallied to the' charge, and endeavored to take the citadel, but to no purpose. Each time they were repulsed with fearful slaughter. They retired with their artillery, still keeping up a fire. Their iron ram and four rebel gunboats had moved, down the river to the obstructions, within da miles of the town, to co-operate with the land forces. . The rebel force is from ten thousand to fifteen thousand strong. The rebel cavalry are under command of General Ransom.— General Weasels is in command of, the Union Forces. He has Plymouth well fortified, and pronotumes it impregnable. In front of the town are stationed several of our : . gunboats. They have done good ser vice, and. , will continue to do more. The gunboats have had to stand already much of the brunt of the engagement. The fire of the rebel artillery has been directed on them, and it is said that on the gunboat Bombshell sev eral have been killed and wounded.. All the citizens of Plymouth have left the place. and most of them are quartered on Roanoke Island.: Several of, the shelldhad fallen in the town. During the engagement the rebels captured a member of the Second North Carolina loyal regiment, who formerly deserted, they allege, from the Seventh North Carolina rebel regi ment, and it is reported-that he was hung on the spot, without even-so much as the.form of a trial . • ' It is rumored that the rebels have also Made a demonstration simultaneous with this in the vicinity of Newbern. The rebels have a great anxiety to redeem 111:e State, as they see that it is fast receding fromttheir grasp. Though they may use exertions almost su perhumm,.they will find that the Union ands can cope successfullywith any force that they may bring.. ANOTHER ACCOUNT WASHINGTON, April 20, 1864.—The following account of the recent attack on Plymouth, N. O. ' may be relied' on: On Sunday last a huge body of rebels moved down the Roanoke river upon Plymouth, ac companied by a flotilla consisting of a ram and four other gunboats. Of these, two were river boats, which 'escaped our forces when Plymouth was ,talren. The rest have been built since. The rebel force is variously es timated at from three to five brigades, consist ing of between . fifteen -and twenty-five thou ..- sand, Men. - • As the fleet came, to the line of obstructions which forms a part of the protection of PO month, it engaged,the Union gunboat White head, and, it is said, sunk her. At the same time a land attack was made on Fort Gray, oar farthest defensive work, about a mile above tire, towns. This fort is under the command of Captain Brown, of the Eighty fifth New York, ' flis force is one company of that regiment and one of Massachusetts heavy artillery.: The enemy attacked him three times, and were replied with loss on each oc casion. The • Bombshell, 'Union gruilvat, which was in communication with. hi m , was fired on as. she brought down his last dispatch to Plymouth, and had three men wounded. General Wessell, an experienced officer, is in command at Plymouth. He was not taken by surprise, having been informed of the pro bable attack for some days, and, with General Peck, the commander of that departments having taken Measures to resist it. He had sent non-combatants aWay, and was apprised of the enemy's advance by his cavalry, - who lost several men, in killed and brought in ten wounded_in their skirmishing with the One my's advance. • Our force on the water consisted of the Whitehead (tin.elad), four guns ; Miami and Eutaw; each eight guns, Bombshell four, and the Lockwoed three. The rebels were said to have thirty pieces of artillery, including a battery of t'lirty two pounders from Lee's army. The List advices are to eleven o'clock on Sunday night. No fears were entertained from the land attack. If our gunboats were driven off by the rebel iron-clads the rebel flotilla would command the town from the river. But it will be seen that our naval force in guns is superior to the enemy's. Sajli.dll The above news states that during the rebel attack upon Sunday last the United States gunboat Whliehead, Acttng Ensign G. IV. Barrett commanding, was sunk. The gun boat Whitehead was a screw steamer, mount ing three guns, and was 136 tons register. LAZIER. ATTACK ON THE FLEET NEAR PLYMOUTH. A Rebel Ram Sinks Three Gunboats. Plymouth Expected to be Evacuated. Gen. Peck Able to Hold Newbern The American has special advices from Nor folk, that the steamer Eliza Hancock arrived there yesterday from. New Orleans via Moor head, where she was taken VI bring important dispatches to General Butler. The captain reported that a rebel ram came down to within a few miles of Plymouth, N. C., and, on the 18th inst,, attacked our fleet, and sunk the gunboat Bombshell, and two others, names unknown. Great anxiety pre vailed at Plymouth, and it was generally ex pected the'place would be evacuated. It was thought that General Peck would be fully able to hold Newbern. SIGNS OF THE COMING CONTEST Movements of Gen. Grant and Gen. Burnside. Significant Preparations of the Army o A Swarm of Sutlers:and Camp-Followers Sen REP OR7 SBESPECTING THESTRENOTH 01 , THE REBEL ARMY. Lee Said to be Moving Troops into the Simian • - nandoah Valley. A. Call for Two Hundred Thousand Six Months' Men Suggested. WASEMICITON, April 21. Gen. Grant left here for the front to-day, and Gen_ Burnside went by special boat to Fortress Monroe. It is understood .that the recent development of the intentions of the rebels renders an early movement of the Army of the Potomac highly probable. Such au event will be in accordance with the expressed desires of Mr. Lincoln and other leading men here. Without going into detaita, it is enough to say that the Spring has not been idled away, and that preparations for the impending cam paign have been equal to the importance of the work to be accomplished. There is little doubt that the next thirty days will bring about a great change of some kind in military affairs. The recent order of General Grant, ba•nish ing sugars from the army, rids it of over twenty-dght hundred supernumeraries. The War Department has given orders for an addition'ot 15,000 beds to the present hos pital accommodations here. All patients able to bear removal are to be sent North at once. The report gains credence here among mil itary men that Lee has sent part of his army into the Shenandoah Valley, with a view of compelling Grant to divide his army, by send ing aforce in pursuit. VONbST4EET AT 013.AGIP COURT ROUSE, The following information' was received from the Army of the Potomac to-night: • FiVe deserters from the 48th. Virginia came into our lines yesterday. They positively as sert that Longstreet'B army is at Orange Court House, and that Lee's entire force is not more than 45;000 to 50,000 strong. The rebels' are very vigilluit, and have strictly forbidden their pickets to hold communication 'with our own. A deserter from the 45th North Carolina also came in yesterday. He claims to be a good Union man, and says he was conscripted three weeks ago, and, being put on picket yester day for the first time, made up his mind to desert, and swam the river during the night. The artillery of the 2d Corp;sltas reviewed yesterday by Gen. Hancock, a number of offi cers being present as spectators. A soldier named Giley, of Company A; Ist Connecticut Cavalry, while on picket .near 01We Church, was captured by guerrillas on Tuesday. Pursuit was made but without aval. Upwards of 1,500 sick have beau sent to Washington during the past two days. TWO HUNDRED Taws/am sxx MONTHS' MEN Tike presence hare, of the Governors" of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, IllinOis, forwa and Wisconsin, has reference to the defence of those States against rebel raids. They are urging upon the President the necessity for a call of. two hiumdied ihonsand six months' volunteers for special service. Four of the above-named Western States propose to fur nish one. half. These., troops, if raised, are to be placed along the Ohio river, and will be used to perform duties which are now per formed by efficient and experienced regiments. The President has expressed himself favors to the proposition. , DEPARTMENT. OF THE GULF TWO. DAYS' BATTLE ON THE RED RIVER The Rebel Defeat Confirmed The Enemy Routed With Heavy Loss Gus. tortoni' Parsons and Greene' 'Killed A VICTORY BY OUR GUNBOATS Coo, 4141 21. • • Advices from &rand Ecore, Red river, to the morning of the 15th, have been received. The battle on the 17th was fought at the Sa bine Cross Roads. The, rebels were com manded by Generals Magruder, Holmes and Taylor, all under General Kirby Smith, The rebel' loss in the first day's fight is placed at 1,500 The second day's fight was at eu ant Hi ll, when, as previously stated, the enemy was most glonotaity:ieuted,- and driven:from the =MEI BALTIhrOItE, April 22 the Potomac. to the Rear. field by our forces under General A d. Smith, General Banks commanding in chief. The enemy's loss is heavy, and at least two to our one. Among their killed were Gen. - ti:l Morgan and Parsons. After the first day's fight, Gen. Banks bein, short of rations, sent word to the Admiral of return with the fleet, which had advanced to within eighty miles of Shreveport, and wts preparing to blow up the steamboat Falls City, which the rebels had sank in the channel. On the reception of Gen. D„ uk dispatch the fleet turned back, and ca the way down was attacked by large minibeo„: o f the enemy on both side of the river. who at , tempted to capture the transports. A fight ensued between the gunboat and the rebels, in which the latterwere splendidly repulsed, with 500 or GOO killed, and a laric number Wounded, while none of our gruilort-i, were injured. General Greene, commanding, the r,1:1-: this action, had his head blown off by shell. • A naval dispatch steamer from tlte of Rea liver has arrived, with Sire litin,h..l bales of cotton. The steamer Golden Eagle, from 11,:tiphi, has six hundred bales of Cotton for Ev:!, Title, and the remainder of her cargo f cirmati: FIRE IN DEINEIIII AIZ. A Loss $2,000 5 000 to $3,000,000 The greater portion of the bykin,..., 1 „„ ; Demarara was' destroyed. by fire O- inst. The loss tunounted to fr..in tug, t „ three millions of dollars. The long tinai lah , drought created a scarcity of wakr. it necessary to blow up the ATARRIEI). On Wednesday, 20th inst , in St. St. I.!wn HarrisburgAy the Reti. It. B. Leac.ke,r, D. F., SAY, S. A., to Kars ter of William Buehler, of this cite. DIED. April 21st, 1864, JOHN 11. I/ICI:F.I2Sr,-. aft painful illness, which ho bore with Ch.!. zt. Iu aged 52 years. His friends and acquaintanc,4 are reque : ! his funeral to-morrow afternoon, at :; late residence, in South street, near Fret.! NEW ADVE RT SE Ai EIN TS VALUABLE Sa. - vv -- Mill Pro]) . 1 .1L I= MICE subscriber offers at Private S.Ae, his Saw Mill Property, ndjoinin th • € - : 3- Mean the Pennsylvania Railroad and Cal:J. ; r [ran apply on the premises or to ,INO P. cox, ap22-dlw . . Just 'Received. Another kt of those CITRAP KID GLOVES only $1 per pair. A. LOCHNIAN, No. 15 Market Square, opposite tie. Barri burg Bank. a122-tittr' HAULING HAULING THE subscriber informs the citizces c Harrisburg , that he is prepared to do HAULING all kinds of Goods, Furniture, etc., in any part of city, on the shortest notice, and moat rea: , ....nable ter::.- My team can be found in front of the Court H ose be tween the hours of 7 and 32 o'clock in the forenoon, at , .between 1 and 6 in the afternoon. ap22-' d2ws WESTON BAILEY. SPRING AND SUMMER STYLES L. H. FAN NARD, MARKET STREET. 11 "AS now in store a large and well seleeted a stock of ATND CA l''P!;4, which he will offer at the FAIREST RATES to cash buyers. Call and see soinetb:a;; CANVAS. FOR Awnings or Wagon COVel .s, n r., tL best quality, at one-half the price it can I,e pure', anywhere. Samples can be seen at KEKELE'S ftiLt phia Shoo Store, opposite the Dauphin Dt.pozit- Li u apt'-dlw WANTS. WANTED—A GIRL in a fawilv of Vol Inquire 4th door above ill, a ! t'i °Mee, Third street. .1.22 '2% WANTED, "li A YOUNG MAN for the 1.1.,t, 1,11,,ipt7: , 5. the [ap2o-1;1] B1:1-1111.171111(WS1-:. ANTED—A situation a. 9 Cieri: in an kind of Mercantile BEISinC6i. A.l,:rt-- , A. B. a: aplS-dlw* 111.1 S oil ;Cr WANTED. 2 WHITE GIRLS, 1 good Cock v. ll t , Chambermaid. App:y at the apl4-tf FRANKTEC 1;.1)1-.-7 AGENTS wanted to sell the Standard if tory of the War. A rare chance to make a , Agents are clearing from $lOO to $2OO per mooir. volumes already .sold. Semi for circulars. Atkin, JONES BROS. .7: Publishers. Baltimore. Shy de 30 WANTED, HOR SES. For the qtl Ohio Veteran Volunteer Fa iii A MAXIMUM price of 5145 tone 13,1. , and forty-flee dollars) will be paid for gO,l suitable for the Cavalry service, if Quartermaster Refchenbach's stables, as the canal, during, this week. and tile soar Ili.. iWtc,r. AWN. B.—lmmediate Pay mere w l !! f,:r horses accepted. Horses mu,t F,,,:r10 iu “A reslwr: Only 5145 will be pal& A 1.1:L.T.T BARNIT7.. ap2l-2t* Capt. 2d O. V. V. C., ill:vailq. For Rent. ZWO ROOMS in the Second Str , ry of ca. Brick House in Third street, adjoinio.4 vv -, D '- Store, with the use of the Garret., Hydrant. "I" , a' I, Also, the Basement of said House. ross-s , i , D immediately. Apply at the SHERIFF'S ap2o-0.1 DEDICATION of the WESLEYAN UNION CM: Corner of South stre ciand Tanner's alley, Hari bONDAY morning, a ill) April 24th, 1..2.. Services in the afternoon, at 3 o'clock, will c ed by Rev. J. WALKER JACKSON, of the Lo. ' ,15, Ifethodist Episcopal Church, c f this city. rangements made for the acc,mmodatida ,‘ population Yon and family are especially incited to 170 pr ap2o-d4t • C. J. cAitrER. T.l BILADELPRIA. COT,TYGLI.TE INSTI JL TIPTE FOR , YOUNG LADIES, N.,. 15;6 street. Rev.CRARLES A. SMITH, D. P., E. SMITH, A_ M., Principals Ninth Year. Three departments: and. Collegiate. Full college course in MAT:. matical, higher Frigligh. and Natural Scieur ,- who graduate. Modern Languages. Mu-ir Elocution by the best mpsters. For ciircular, applS the Institute, or address BOX 2611 P. Fa. trio HEAVY HAULING. MOSES FLECK respectfully announces 10 the Public that he is prepared to do all 1:al! .1 HEAVY HAULThIa at reasonable rates. 1101';',e.i. arid CA , ' furnished by the day or single load. All order. , Second Ward House, denier of Chestnut and streets, will be promptly attended to. mar2.4-dlut V — MTE APPLE „Criv..-PRE_Noritne. eelc -L Waled" at - • pfuy.E.K. no2o rateCC."..otS Wm: Dock', jr., Co.) LOTS for sale on .fie corner of 'Third and Broad streets. &quire of W.I'L C. McF.A.DDVL inart4iit; F mt RENT—A Store Room. situated t 2 i trgi street, below Third. Ingira Zu the yievii-:e. aPr - Fr.u.iTAx, RE=