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HARRISBURG, PA
TUESDAY EVENING, NAY 3, 1864
THE PEOPLE'S CHOICE FOR PRESIDENT,
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
Union County Convention.
The citizens of the county of - Dauphin favor-
able to the Union and State and National Ad
ministration, are requested to meet in*
Convention on Monday, the sixteenth day
of May, at` - two o'clock, p. M., at the Court
House, in the city of Harrisburg„ for the pur
pose of selecting three conferees to meet sim
ilar conferees from the counties of Northum
berland, Union, Snyder and Juniata, whose
duty it will be to select a delegate to repreient
the 14th Congressional District in the Na
tional Convention at Baltimore, to be held in
June next, for the purpose of nominating a
candidate for President and Vice President.
Meetings for the election of delegates will
be held in the various townships of the county,
at the usual place_of holding said elections,
between the hours of five and seven, r.
and in the several ,wards and boroughs be
tween the hours of seven and nine, P. m., on
Saturday, the 14th instant.
H. THOMAS, Chairman
Dauphin county Union Committee.
Attest : S. S. CHILD, Secretary.
The Sanitary and the Christian Cora
missions.
We have been a iatient observer of the ope
rations of the Sanitary •and the Christian
Commissions, and have frequently been con
strained to admire the zeal with which the
representatives of both organizations have
pursued their pectiliar objects. But, of late,
we are sorry to confess a spirit of rivalry has
sprung up between these organizations, out of
which evil must accrue to one or both, as no
rivalry can be conducted. without injury really
to one of the contesting parties. EivaTly in
its broadest or most contracted sense, means a
contest with an opponent, a contest which is
not a success until that opponent is defeated,
injured or destroyed.
which
the public to infer,
then, that , the rivalry which begins to crop out
in the operations of the, Christian and
_the
Sanitary Commissions, is to result in--the de
,
struction of one or both of thes6 associations?
Ar_e—WO--ter actept the. jealousy which
marks the intercourse of the members of these
orders, as the evidence that the efforts of both
are directed to the achievement of other pur 7
poses than the holy work of ministering to the
comforts of the body and the great needs of
the soul of the soldier? There is room enough
for both societies to test to the utmost, their
capacities for good. There is work abundant
for the active men and women in both' Com-.
missions, and if all concerned, are conscien
tious in the duty which they have imposed
upon themselves, there will be no time left
for rivalry or the cultivation of jealousy. No
one will for a moment question the herculean
task undertaken by the Sanitary, or refuse to
respect the holy mission of those engaged in
the Christian Commission. But all good men
should and will frown upon any attempt at a
rivalry which must result in injury to either
commissions. The representatives of both
commissions are merely the disbursers of the
funds afforded by the liberality of the people to
relieve the sick and the dying soldier. They
are supposed to meet on the battle field and
in the hospitals—where the soldier is found
mangled and bleeding. Would it be well for
the agents of the public to show their spile
to each other in such a locality and before our
heroes as they are gasping in the agonies of
death? We think not, and we still believe
that the good sense of the members of both
the Sanitary and Christian Commissions will
impel them to put an end to the rivalry which
must injure one or both, if not induce the
public to disburse the money through other
agents!
—We make these obiervations on our own
responsibility; and we feel that the great pub
lic will bear us out in the declaration that the
spirit of rivalry to which we allude, has a
tendency rather to degrade than, to elevate
the objects of the men and women who thus
allow their jealousy to control their feelings.
The sick and wounded soldier needs all the
"creature comforts" and all the prayers that
both commissions can bestow. Before an
other moon can wax and wane, in all proba
bility a wail will come from the Potomac for
succor to the body and prayer to the soul.
And when these appeals do rouse us for ac
tion, will we be better fitted for the labor—
will the members of the Sanitary and Chris
tian Commissions be better fitted for their
work, if their hearts Fare filled with bitter
jealousies of each other? We frankly submit
these questions to the generous men and wo
men concerned, and leave the subject entirely
for their consideration, with the simple re
mark that no work of good was ever accom
plished unless its labor was controlled by a
spirit of love and forbearance.
Grant and Lee.
The two great opposing leaders, with their
immense forces, Grant and Lee, cannot be
held at bay much longer, if they have not al
ready actually encountered. Whether they
will meet in the open field, there to decide
the existence of the confederacy, or whether
Grant will be compelled to batter down the
fortifications behind which the rebels are
crouching like wild beasts, is no longer a
question of doubt. It is settled, so far as all
the information we can receive ou the subject
goes, that Lee will not trust his army in an
open fair fight with Grant. The question
then arises whether Grant really intends to
attack the Rebels behind their intrenchments.
The length of time required to batter down
and carry fortifications, however much of an
adept in that line -the Lieutenant-General has
proven himself, renders it a somewhat tedious
matter. He may not be as strongly in _ favor
of that mode of warfare as his feYerish activi
ty would , indicate. Another pject .might,
perhaps, in this view of affairs, be advanced
with considerable plaiipibility, Grant's line
may be intended only as a force to prevent
any possibility of the advance of the rebels
beyond their defences, while the Army °Me
Cumberland, moving with heavy force O'n a
line .sonth of . the Virgielit'and `TeuneeSee
Railway, would; soon convnicelhe rebels that
-their entrenchments kwere '.poorly calculated
:to protect them froin the attack of ail
Generaljn the rear. ThiS view of the matter
is only one of conjecture, and incidental
among the-scores of speculations relative to
the opening campaign.
Xction
There is a deep - feeling n,pw pervading the
public mind, which folds expression in the
demands on all sides, for action, prompt an&
decisive ACTION on. the'part of Congress 'and
those in command of our armies. Much Cam
plaint has been made against the Administra
tion for allowing itself to drift, in which Com : .
plaint members of Congress have freely joined.
IS not Congress at least equally open to the
charge of wasting time, and drifting along
waiting for some external impetus to decide
its coursenpein man, grave questions ? It is
now in the fifth Month of the session, and the
"heated term," both of the political campaign
and of the siunmer sun, is near at hand—a
season net favorable for deliberate legislation.
It is time for Congress to act ! It has been
drifting too long! Let the press, the organ
of the people, rain snch a.storm as shall drive
it rapidly in the right direction. The finances
of .the country demand taxation without stint
and without delay. The honor of the country
demands justice for its colored soldiers, and
organized protection for the, four millions' of
Freedmen. True economy calls for every
practical means to fill up and keep full our
armies, during the approitehing active season.
One soldier ; now. is worth three next Deceic
bar! A prudent forecast requires such provi
sion for the continued increase: of our navy,
as will best secure us against foreign interven
tion. The amendments to our Constitution,
giving freedom to the slave and making our
Declaration of Independence complete, effec
tive and vital, remains, to be passed. Mea
sures for effecting all these and other pressing
objects are before Congress; some ;have lain
dormant in one or the other House, after'
having been
_fully discussed and 'perfected.
a
Caution is good quality ; but after five
months' consideration it ie 'time to act, and
it is better to make some mistakes than to
hesitate longer. .
. . The voice of the people,. and the necessities
of the hour, demand prompt, vigorous action
Now, before we approach too near the vortex
of the Presidential Campaign.
Shifting the Responsibility.
We find the following embreced . in a special
dispatch - from Washington to the Philadelphia
Evening 'Telegraph. It is in 'reference to the
Pennsylvania Resertie Corps:
But they [the Reserves] did deliberately con
tract with the Government for three years'
service, and it would seem as if there was
nothing for them to do butto stick-to the bar
gatn manfully, 'and to look to theii State au
thorities and their own officers for any satis
faction they may crave for not having the two
months they had served in Pennsylvania al
lowed upon and deducted from the time for
which it was notorious that the United States
alone made contracts with soldiers.
—What we particularly desire to notice in
the above is the studied effort to hold the
State authorities responsible for a condition
of affairs, in the muster of the Reserves„
which, while they existed, Gov. Curtin was
using every effort to have changed. The Re
serves DID NOT DELIBERATELY enter the service
for VII= YEARS when they consented to leave
the service of the State and enter that of the
National authorities. They merely entered
the service of the National authorities, with
out any deliberate understanding on the sub
ject, because it was at a period when there
was little time for deliberation. But it is now
settled that the original muster of the=-Re
serves is to be reeognized, and the term ;of
three years'• service computed from the time
of the State muster. And as those who . are
opposed to the State Administration attempted
to hold Gov. Curtin responsible for this act of
injustice threatened the Reserves, it would be
only fair for the same parties to publish the
fact that the BeseiTes Were righted on the
subject alone by his efforts.
Were Negroes and Othersl_ Massacred .at
Fort Pillow'
The Richmond papers boasted of the mas
sacre of negroes and others at Fort Pillow, but
as for Plymouth they speak 'regretfully that;
the soene after the surrender was less san
guinary. Tae Ataminer refers to the failure to
massacre the garrison at Plymouth as evincing
less "thorough work" than at Fort Pillow,
from which we conclude that there was no in
discriminate massacre. We quote the amt.
stee s language :,
General Hoke, judging from the large num
ber of his prisoners, does not seem to have
made such thorough work as that, by which
Forrest has so shocked the tender souls and
frozen the warm blood of the Yankees; The
resistance he encountered was,. probably, not
so desperate, and the blood of the victors
was not so heated ; though a fortification ctn.ried by storm, the loss of the garrison must
inevitably be large.
The strict laws of civilized warfare acknow
ledge the poWer of the victor, to put all to the
sword in such cases. However severe such an
example might seem, it would strike a salutary
terror in the Yankees, which will be usesful to
them iii the end, and their melancholy whine
at meeting a part of the punishment their
barbarities merit is absurd.
The Slate Central Committee
We note with great satisfaction, says the
Pittsburg Gazette, the - appointment of Hon.
Simon Cameron as Chairman of the State
Central Committee. It was an appointment
eminently fit:to be made, and the President
of the .Convention, Hon. G. V. Lawrence, de
serves the thanks of the friends of freedom
for having made it. Gen. Cameron• is 'well
known throughout the State as a warm per
sonal friend of President Lincoln,. and his
energy, zeal and influence will come well into
play -in the position to which he has been as
signed. He is the right man - in the right place;
and ka hiS 'ftkiohitment we - have the venni
ty that the campaign will.be an active, vigor-.
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0118 audiuccessful one..
Pennsylvania Legbaature.
REPOIII,IW 'Ere irEsszy FOB THE TELEGIIAMI
SENATE.
TUESDAY, May 3, 1354.
The Senate met at ten o'clock
Mr. JOHNSON, (Judiciary,) y e p or t gf i,
amended, the bill declaring Washingto_i's
birthday a public holiday.
Called up by Mr. CONNELL and pfts-(1.
Mr. CONNELL offered resolutions, al. ch
were adopted, to print 500 copies of the 131.11 c
report for 1863, and 1,000 copies of the raiir • al
railroad reports for the next Legislatme.
Mr:- GRAHAM called-up-the bill to provide
for the appointment of trustees of the Western
Pennsylvania penitentiary, and it passed by a
party ypte ofl7 . yeas to 16 nays.
Mr. TURRELL . called up House till No.
518 , to.ticie.pt :the :donation of $50,00 from
the Perihsylvaniaf railroad company, and it
Passed•t&third-reading. •
Mr. M'SHERRY called up House bill No.
417, providing for the adjudication.of damages
caused in the border - counties by the rebel
raid of 1863.
The bill was vehemently opposed by Mr.
LOWRY, but passed to second reading.
Mr. GRAHAM called up House bill No. 915,
an act relating to Allegheny county. Passed.
Mr: CHAMPNRYB called up House bill for
the relief of Levi hZ Ireishwancler, a ;disabled
militiamen of 1863: " Passed, Adjourned at
Tefrompij.
From Washington.
HE ARMY MOVEMENTS A MYSTR;y.
Ilresamurox, May 3.
The-counsels of the military authorities are
kept remarkably - secret. , Heretofore on the
eve of a battle some idea could be formed of
the contemplated movements, but 'now they
are matters of mere speculation, both among
prominent civilians and even army .officers
The utmost confidence, however, is reposed in
those having the direct conduct of affairs, and
due credit is' given them for their wisdom .
preventing premature disclosure.
Arrival Hof Prisoneri from Richmond
THEIR GONEITION MISERABLE!
MANY OF THEM BEYOND. RECOVERY
Stariration the Cause!
The American's special Annapolis letter
says the flag, of truce boat New York arrived
it the naval acadeMy wharf yesterday morn
ing, from City Point, with 34 paroled officers
and 364. men.' Such was the condition of the
latter that every man of them were admitted
to the hospital.
bin hundred and fifty had to be carried
froim the boat on stretchers and cars. Their
loOks and words abimdantlylestify that their
miserable condition has been Prnaticed' bY
starvation, and many are iindbubtedly peg
the reach of medicine or nourishment.
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Among the *officers is Colonel Ito`se, of -the
77th Pennsyl*ania regiment, who was the
chief engineer of the tunnel by wldelilsonmaity
of our officers escaped in February last,_he
haying been-recaptured.
THE \VAR IN THE SOUTH-WEST
Paducah Reported in Danger
FORREST REPORTED - NEAR MEMPHIS
Gen. Sturgis. in Pursuit of Him.
GENERAL HURLBUT RELIEVED OF CO4MAND
lk.timmay:efq
MEateras, April 29, via Cairo, May 1.
Martin Smith - vas executed to-day, in Fort
Pickering, for the crime of smuggling percus
sion-caps to the enemy and violating his oath
of allegiance. He stated at the gallows that
he was -guilty and that his sentence was just.
Two other men are now in the Irwin prison
for ':the 'same crime and will probably suffer
the same-penalty.
G . r enpral Washburn is very actively prepar
ing his forces for active duty in the field.
General Sturges has assumed command o
the cavalry, here and is remounting and equip
ping them.
NEW ORLEAI'iS
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CAIRO, May 1.--BY the arrival of the steamer
Mollie Able, we ha:ve New Orleans dates to
the 26th, via Memphis on the. 29th. The
steamer Morning Star, from New York on the
/00:4 Anived on the ev.ening of the 25th.
The cotton raarketas too:unsettled for quo
tations. A small lot of strict low middling
sold at 80c. Sugar and molasses firm; Sales
of 600 blids. sugar at 24. c. for good fair, and
24.1®25Ac. for fully fair; 500 bbls. molasses
sold at 95c. for new. The Mollie Able brought
up 200' bhds. - Sugar 'and' few bbls. of mo
lasses. •
TIM gunboat Petrel was suddenly boarded,
captured and burned - by Wirt Adams' cavalry
on the 23d; two miles above Yazoncity. A
number on the boat were killed. Capt, Mc-
Elroy and his, crew are among the missing,and
are supposed to be prisoners.
The executive officer, pilot, engineer, and
an ensign escaped. The Petrel was a sin;fl
sized gunboat, armed with four or five guns.
The following Sunday a 'Federal officer
named Wooster formerly command comand of a
colored tiegiment, was , executed in the same
vicinity. •
The steamer Tydoon, - .from White river, has
arrived at Memphis, [and reports a skirmish
between cavalry- and guerrillas near Duvall's
Bluff. The enemy were routed and a num
ber of pidsners taken.
The icIaIISELS river is falling very rapidly.
The steamer Progress was recently. fired into
near Concordia, Miss., and a deck hand was
wounded. A.nother attack was made neer
Grand Lake. One guerrilla was killed and ten
taken prisoners by a company of marines.
The Progress was attacked a third time near
Island No. 70, but sustained no injury.
The military authorities are pressing horses
from citizens, for the purpose of mounting a
body of cavalry on duty at that place.
The Memphis cotton market was active and
firm, all offering being readily taken. Receipts
small. -Middling to strict do. 66Q07c.; good.
do. 68(g.09e.; fair 72c.
.It is reported•that Paducah' `isagain threat
ened, 'and rne,asuret‘iire being taken to prevent
Governmiint property from falling into the en
emy'ethauds, should they advance on the
-place.. Itis said 1,000 people from the coun
try'aboutPadimah,-and contrabands, are en
camped within a.raclius of ten miles on the
opposite side.of the river from that City.
Osborn, who was on the
27th; has •
C.A.rao, 31a3 2 .—Generals Ransom and Stone
are passengers by the steamer Memphis,
from New Orleans. The former is rapidly
recovering from his wound. His Statement ,
gods to exonerate - General Stone from the re
sponsibility' of the disaster resulting from the
disposition of our Ames .at Sabine Cross, :
Roads. He further shdes that. General . Stone
has endeared himself to the' Army of the Gulf
by his gallant conduct in the battles of_: the
Bth and Uth.
The party who captured the gunboat Petrel
are represented to number about 300 men,
with two pieces of artillery, which, with mus
ketry, suddenly opened on the boat. The
crew, though taken by surprise, quickly re-,
sponded,and quite a brilc fire - was kept up for
Some minutes, when a ball _ trona the enemy
pierced the boilers of the Petrel, filling the
boat - with scalding steam, compelling the crew
to leave her. What damage was inflicted on
the enemy is unknown.
The steamer Wilson, from Red river, ar
rived at MemphiS 3 - ,Fsterday, with 2,100 bales
cotton.
General Sturges had started on the 30th,
with a large fbrce, on an expedition after For
rest, but there is nothing reliable concerning
the latter. It is rumored that he was within
a few miles of Memphis with a large force, and
intended capturing that place.
"The state of preparation of the army in
General Johnston's front, the removal of a
great body of troops from Knoxville and Cleve
land to Chattanooga, and the facility with
which reinforcements can be thrown from
Tennessee and, Kentucky, warn us that we
need not be suptibed at - any time to hear that
an earnest attempt is being made to break our
lines at Dalton, and that a great battle is going
on."
The Memphis cotton market is still active
and firm, and all offering is taken at advanced
rates. Middling ; 69, good 73, fair 75. Ship
ments-875 baleh for Cincinnati, and a few
bales for St. Louis. A flag of truce was sent
to Paducah this porning, requesting an et=
'change 4:aurgegins,heldaii ~ipilsoriers. Col.
Hicks replied that "he only had power to ex
change bullets," which offer, at the latest ad
vices, had beeu t egligcl; hy the rebels. Gen.
Hurlbut is relieved of command of the 16th
Army Corps. Brig. Gen. Price commands the
District of Cairo, vice Geu..VrapiXtan•
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great 'Destruction of •Cotton
Rebel papers published in Richmond on
the 30th ult. have been received. A •Wilruing
ton dispatch of the 27th says a fire occurred
the previous night; which consumed the
offices of the Wilmington and Manchester
railroad, thirty-four
.cars belonging to the
Georgia Central railroad, and every building
south of the depot, including the Confederate
cotton press, Berry's Marine railway, and all
the cotton stored West of the * ferry, being
about 6,000 bales.
The lose is estimated at from six to seven
and a half millions of dollars. A second dis
patch of the same date says, at the fire to-day
about 4,400 bales of-cotton, 25 freight cars'
the railroad offices, rosin and oil works, cot
ton, press, Berry's ship-yard, shed, &c. were
burned. The . loss is estimated at five Million
dollars. The Confederate Government lose
about one million. The balance falls on in
dividuals, who, are insured only for about ten
thousand dollars.
BiLTI*ORE, May 3
Late Rebell flews.
EXTENSIVE FIRE AT WILMINGTON. N. C
WASHWGTON, May 2
The Richinowl Examiner, of April 29th
says:
"We "have again rumors of an impending
battle on the Georgia and .Tennessee lines.
The opinion in that part of the Confederacy
appears to be that the enemy is to make a
grand effort for a successful campaign in that
quarter, but while there is much stronger ev
idence that an effort is to be made in the di
rection of Richmond, it must be recollected
that this theory by 'no means excludes the
probability that an important issue is also to
be tried in North Georgia. The enemy has
no army there which is formidable,iii numbers
and discipline. It-possesses one great advan
tage which the. enemy has not in Virginia—
the impregnable fortifications of Chattanooga
upon which to fall back. in case of disaster.
XXVIEttli Congress---First SCSSiOR
HOUSE OF E.E.P.RESENTATITES
EVENING SESSION. •
WASVINGTON, May 2
The bill to guarantee a republican govern
ment to States subverted or overthrown by.
the rebellion was under consideration.
Mr. Dennison (Pennsylvania) was opposed
to the bill under consideration. It was pro
posed at a time wheri we have not the power,
even if we had the right, to re-organize a sin
gle State. The States had been treated as if
they had no reserved rights. All State con
stitutions had been trampled upon and placed
at the mercy of the war power. A solemn act
had been passed to protect military agents
against any crimes they may think proper to
commit. The last vestige'of the State rights
and the protection of the citizens, together
with all other powers, are sought to be cen
tralized in the General Government. This he
was not prepared to sanction by his vote.—
The bill was intended to legalize and perpet
uate, the Constitutional proclamations of the
President. It had been said that slavery
must be eradicated in order to preserve per
manent peaces but this was'the cry of unre
lenting and cruel fanaticism; it was an effort
on the part of the strong to justify their attack
on the weak. ' - ;
Mr. Stevens (Penna.) . repeated the points
heretofore made by him, namely: That the
rebels were entitled to no rights under the
Constitution and laws, and could invoke the
aid of neither in their behalf—that they were
to be treated during the war as belligerents
according to the laws of war of nations—that
they could claim.no other right than those of
foreign nations with whom we are at war, and
are subject to all the liabilities of loreign bel
ligerents—that their real and personal proper
ty may be taken to pay the expenses of the
war, and to relieve the wounded soldiers and
the families of the fallen; while the innocent
should be spared, the naorallyaitd emphatical
1y guilty should be punished.
He proceeded to reply.to the attacks which
have been made
,upon these positions, argrdng
from the crimes of the belligerents, that we
are justified in exacting the extreme demands
of war. The people are the absolute sover
eigns. There isno government independent
of these sovereigns, when• they make an un
just war. All their property, both public and
private, is subjected to forfeiture. The con
federate States are a republic, however bad
may be the sovereigns, and speak for the
tire people. This view he illustrated, • and
said to allow them to return with their pro
perty untouched would be rank injustice to
loyal men. If, as has been contended, they
are in the Union, where are their ; represents-
tivee ? We are Making. war upon them for
going out of the Union without law; and they
should never ttgttin be received, until they re
pent and re-baptized into the National
UniOn. . :
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S.ENATE - - -
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.Mr. essen' gn'reliafe - d'friini.eo v4 'tte " 3- " - ''
army approriation bill -'44 e•t•m6
SS amended by the
House aud askcd. for a committee of confer
ence. which was agreed to.
Kr. Harlan. from the committee on public
repentLA a bill to dispose of coal Ends
and town property in the public domain.
.11i..Slieriu4n: called up the resolution that a
Tiernan of the Senate shall cons!itntz
a ma
joritfef,theSenators present and duly quali
'ed.- Mic - Ksome debate the subject was mule
fi b. ord..r for Ti: rter past 12 u - cl. - ,:k
to-morrow.
HOUSE OE EEPEESENTATEVES.
IV...:IaxGToN, 1E0.3-3
Mr. Schenck - , 01, ) from the Committee on
Military Affairs, reported a bill providing that
on and after the Ist of May next, the pay of
privates in, the army, shall be increased from
thirteen to sixteen dollars a month, and that
often-commissioned officers as follows: Cor
porals, eighteen. dollars; Sergeants, twenty
dollars; Orderly Sergeant, twenty-four dol
lars; Sergeant Major, twenty-six dollars per
month. Clerks, and paymasters, salaries,
twelve hundred dollars per annum, etc..
71r. Schenck moved the previous question,
and was about to explain the bill, when Mr.
Cox :Ohio) asked his colleague to withdraw
the demand so as to allow him to amend the
bill by increasing the pay of private soldiers
to eighteen dollars per month, and noh
commissioned officers to twenty dollars ; even
.hit would hardly be enough to keep pace
with the increase of the price of the necessa
ries of life for the families of the soldiers.—
His (Mr. Coi'S) friends on the other side of
the House offered this in good faith.
Mr. Schenck declined to comply, having
been instructed by his committee to urge the
present bill. -
Mr. Dawson (Pennsylvania) appealed to
Mr. :Schenck-. He was chairman of the Demo
cratic caucus, and desired to offer what that
caucus had agreed to offer for the soldiers.
Mr. Schenck replied, that if the Democratic
mittens were more, numerous than the Union
caucha they 'could' vote down the motion for
the previous question.
Mr. Schenck proceeded to explain the bill ;
both the Senate and House have acted upon
the propoaition to equalize the pay of the
white and eolored soldiers.
The committee on military affairs had prin.
cipally confined themselves to the increase of
pay.
In the course of his remarks, he said it was
proposed to amend a former law so that offi
cers- may have leavt of absence for causes
other than sickne - is or wounds, without de
duction of pay and allowances, and that the
absence shall not exceed thirty days in any
one year. The ration of 1861 is restored,
making a reduction of $139 a month. This
took away nothing essential to the soldier's
comfort and subsistence, tun' gave him sup
plies equal to those of any soldiers in the
world, and twice as much as those of Jeff. Da
vis. Ori' the aggregate, the Government will
save considerable, while the soldier is paid
five or six times aS much in cashes the deduc
tion in the increase of his pay.
The - bill was passed unanimously—yeas,
135; nays, none.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
EARRVIMINI 134151( r May 3, 3,861.
THE direct6r6 - ot this `bank declared, to-day,
1 a dividend of five per cent, for the Ja.t six months,
payable on demand. J. W. WEIR, Cashivr.
my 2-31 d
FOR SALE.
EE two-story flume bnildipg now used by
T
4.1 t. Biiyd & Son, as a furniture store, will be sold
a bargain to be removed In two weeks.
J. R. BOYD & SON,
triy3-3t 29 South Second street.
VOCAL INSTRUCTION.
T'
undersig,ned will open on Monday,
May Ct in the lecture room of the Baptist Courez,
corner Se co ut, and Flue s treets,dasses for roi al instruction
Persons desirous to join please notify me personally
or through mail by Saturday, May 7th.
The classes for boys and girls will open at. ~4 FL at
ladics and gentlemen n ill open M.... 8 P. M.
Terms, S 5 in a ivance for 12 weeks. There will be no
extra expense for books. HENRY C. ORTIL
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TSIGHLY TM - PORTA-NT TO WOUNDED
niOLDIERSA-.411 soldiers who hare been discharged
by reason of wounds received in any battle, and who have
not received the $lOO homily, can receive the same at
once by applybig, by letter or to person, at the Military
and Naval Agency, No. 427 Walnut street, Philadelphia,
my3-d&wlt . JOSEPH. E. DEVITT & COMPANY.
REMOVAL.
IREDERICK WEAVER, merchant tailor,
would in:brio his femnds cad the public generally,
that he has removed his establishment from Fourth street
to the stand lately oocupied by Theo. F. Scheirer, in Mar-'
ket streetoyhere he is prepared to supply all who may
favor hint with a cal!, with the best fitting clothing, in the
market.' liMne g ju‘t returned from the eastern cities
with a flue stock of French Cloths and Cassirueres and a
fresh supply of everything in his line; he would invite the
public to examine his stock before purchasing elsewhere.
Remember the place: Scheiler's old book stand, opposite
Cress 4; Co.'s drug store. met-2w*
A.TICENI'IOrf, rcucituiTs.
T ° persons desirous of enlering the army as
cavalrymen, and at the aline time to avoid the con
scription which in a few days will be made, a rare oppor
tunity is now OPred.
The 9th regiment of Pennsylvania cavalry bare returned
to their State to reorganize and recruit. The following
officers have been paced upon recruiting service:
Capt. John Boal, Bellefonte. Pa.
Maj. E. H. Savage, Lykenstown, Pa.
" D. H. Kimmel, Mechanicsbur , ' , Pa.
Capt R. A. Hancock, Wilkesbarre.Pa.
‘‘ J. Frank Miller, Pottsville, Pa
Recruits will receive local bounties of $3OO upon being
mustered into the service. All recruiting officers and pro
vost marshals in the State wilt recruit men for the regi
ment, and see that they receive their bounties.
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Journal, Mechanicsburg, Central Press, Bellefonte,
Miners' Journal, Pottsville, and ddwate, Wilkesbarre, in
sert three times and send bill to this office immedialey
for collection.
TAVERN LICENSE.
NOTICE is hereby given that the petition
or snivel W. Roberts for -tavern license in the 6th
ward, Harrisburg, has been Sled in the Court of Quarter
Sessions of Dauphin county - , and will be presented to said
Court on the 11th day of May, Inst., as required by law.
my2-3t J. C. YOUNG,
SJECOND A.]Et3RIITAJE.:
LATEST STYLES!
MRS. AL MYER, No. 11 Matt Street,
IS PLEASED to announce to the ladies of
Harrisburg , and vicinity, (who have so liberally patron
ized her since her arrival in this city,) that she has just
received, direct from , the manufacturers and importers, a
SECOND SUPPLY
of tho finest goods thetaarkef could afford to the lino of
FRENCH AND AMERICAN IRILLEERY
and is non - prepared. , to offer great inducements to Fir
chasers. Her stockeonsists in part of
BONNETS ? RIBBONS,
FLOWERS, HEAD DRESSES,
CAPS, ORNAMENTS, &C.
SILKS VELITETS, LACES, RUCHES,
Hoop SKIRTS pivissiTS,.. HOSIERY,
.. HANDKERCHIEFS, GLOVE , ,, COLLAR 3,
- - CUFFS, BELTS, NRIS FANCY GOODS, &C.
'po, a splendid assortment of
SULK WRAPPINGS, •
•
Shat, COATS
_CIRCULARS,
ANTILLAS,
LACE POINTS.
•
Also, Ties, Scarfs, Pocket Books, Porte Monnaies and
Purses, elegant Steel and Jet Pais and Brooches, Belts arid-
Belt Buckles; and ft full line or Trininting, and Fancy
Goods, as cheatpi'as the cheapest..
Special eare has been exec ised in the selection of these
sgoods, with a view to thoyants. Ofiltid-cOminunity, and
the ladies generally are invited to.tvillicllexatiaine theas
iortment.
Thankful for ttieliberal patronage heretofore received,
Mtinatightfullygolitit a continuance of the same.
DonVfoltet thetPtiteelrO. IS Market street,
MPS. U. MAIER.
WANTED—A good
ow .1 tr.-
11•4 N.!)
T ILLINE RV iANI
the Lest
iLiipisywe
MEM
WANTED—A good
good. meat CoQt:. Inqm: e t.
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WANTED—A situation, by a a
MAN. in a Store or Office, as CLT
&ea. Aqdreis
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WANTED.
21% ULTE GIRLS, 1 good
Chambermaid. App:y at the
apl.l-tr FRAN=7
A GENTS wanted to sell the
11 tory of the War. A roe chance
Agents are clearing from $l.OO
volumes already sold. Send for or,t , r..
de 30
NEW A DVERTISEM
Auction Sale ofEver,greeill.
THERE will be a large grvinti:;
GREENS, ORNAMENTAL HE ,IN.; ,
most superb quality. soli at .tuctio4
on WEDNESDAY MORNING, May 4 . !.,
MORNING, May 7th.
Also, a splendid lot of Fruit :Ind
offered. It is not too late fir plaza
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Ferry at Ct..l , yalF,ia
THE UN DERSIG NEI)
Ferry acr.s the Su.sr t
and Laving provided a ~, I
means. is now reaty to Fen} I,r r
Iron 6;4 A. M. to 8 P. M.. V:1: 1.1.3 t
safety, fai person', ,
fie:gat, &c., that may otr-r. Sur
pas.4enrr trains. Charzes Molt •
ap:3a- t
Dissolution of Pa..
NOTICE is hereby given IL::: 0 1 ,
thin hereto ere exisiMic bet- .t:.
muter the tins name of lititer
OISZOIVed by mutual con,iet. T..c t..
the late tins are in the h.unii a': .L
Clement, to whom payment "oil: 1:e I
April 30, 1864. 4iN
op3o-3t ELI
The business will I , e carriod on
subscrroor, at the old stan.l.
con'inue their pitronane.
ep 36-3 t.
Public Sale.
ATALITABLE CITY PROP :;
r LW SALE.—WiII be s ! :.••.:
Hall, Starke' street, Harm-0,-, ,
two o'dock in lite ie, boon. •
the cnruer of St .v.t st:,e: and iA.3 .1 .
Harrisburg, contaibing 11.0 re,t as
Fourth street, opposite the l' pitvi
in South street.
TERNIS.—Ten per emu. of t'). ,
sale, one-half within thirty
in one year from day oi witti a:. -
by bond and mortgage on the r: a „
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PHOTOS? iLiRSEAL - 3 0: - :ict D;
11.1..ttli1:11.1:KG, Pa
." : •
accordance with eii
1864, A A_ Provost Mar- 4 • ,
Li let Provost Alar.shols ate sire: ted to :
possible dispatch, what credos,
those already annouuced fom the id:. •
volt Marshal Genezal, Pa., may 1..11 t
sub-districts, under the Isar rail cr ••
700 1 00 b...
Notice is therefore given to the re-p- : • -
of the pith Congrersi nal distrb:t I IV, -1 ..
soon as practicable ber4 e the Sal or M.,.
of credits which may yet be dre
JOHN KAY iL
ap3o-6t Captain and Provost Harshal
OtiFI,E OF CO QU'...ET
PEPAETILEXT OF TUE :LSQLtU
einbatERSIICE::, Apr 1,23 d,
SEALED PROPosiLs r ,
this office until 11 Tue,day.
of Stay next, for the foilow,n , ; Luntly,r
rebuilding the I. a alrrack.., at
The Lumber to be delivered at sa, : ,
day of June nest—material 1f earn;._..:.:,
euality,.and subject io
the work.
146 Hemlock joie*, n fe - qhmg, 351 . 2
146 " 32 •• :;Xil "
211 " " 34 --
70 " " 16 " , 6 --
147 " o 22 I,
141 " " 32 - ..X1 r .-
70 " " ••
70 " " 16
516 Rafters, 18 feet lone, 3X6 .;; i• •
the other end.
70 Fait , ' re, 23 ;Vet • •
tiro other end.
18 Rafters, 21 feet long, 3X6 '•
the other end.
86 Wbi t e pine post',
scanning, 1.;
60 CC 4. it; •• ••
4,200 feet oC. Pinned alrhi
sear . 4..pine,
11 000 feet of st,t COlMll€4l..lry I'.r-•'
6.500 fee. o: dry tir,t caw n • • -
4,100 feet of dry scareiditei•bo, :
7.00 feet of common Pim.,
25_60014 of 1 Inch
26 Box - window frames,
36 " 12 •• .• i•
1:9 plain Plank " with j'a:u
Xl4 glass.
222 Doors and frames. Sizes
inches in heiiiht, by 2 • •
inOes in width.
2,500 feet Clown moti'ding•-:.
The window and door itnal,_ t. t . ..
wanted after Ist of June.
1 0,000 Bricks, to be deli , erel a, fast .__
after lot of June.
500 Bushels Lime, to be ddire: , .l :
for nee, after Ist of Jtme.
1,500 Bushels good, :Matp sand, to
wanted.
24,264 feet Tin rooting, painted en to!
as soouas the roofs ate toady.
14,760 square yards of plasterMT, to
mortar, and last one or w - e::• , , r.
fast as buildings are reedy.
6,700 pounds of nail, sires waiiteii from'
Proposals
Proposals will be received settan.tri.; r••
cla_ses of materials. 7 lie t;overnmunt
to reject any or all bids Peisului o:
will be required to enter tutu
ties, for the faithful i(erforreuive us' the 1.,
Proposals must be endorsed, "Pr0i,..,J.,
materials for Carlishi awl ,
G. Johnson, Chief Quarter:nu:4 , r, .I),Fartru,
Susquehanna, Chzuribursbu - g, I'a.
(Signed) J. G.
Capt. and Clued Q 11.17
GREASON SEMINARY.
A SELECT BOARDING SCHoot.
1 - 1.. pits of both sexes, located nido.r
lisle, on the Cumb. Valley E. K. Pupils '
time, and charged only from dare or enzr.,.. -
For circular call et IV. Knocbe's 310,ie 1 .
ket street, Harrisburg, or address
E. HUNIINGTON SAT
apl-1 dlm Plaintic: , l. 4 Si.
Contractora•
PROPOSALS are illVitai
l _37 ;1
tity of stone work in the S-41.,cr,' •
tery. For spec - Mentions COlita 'Mug ;Li -
tat at the office of the the ILL iziour.4 T:
undersigned. D. 1119
GEITYA3CRC, April 29, IS6I.
65 VsLinable
B il trth ear
ol D e I
road Shops. These lots are very '
purposes, as they are beat d vs .1
good opportunity for perduwital:ng -•
R N O G uad LO Hful a a r n ''.l '
-1,1;•':.:'.1.
For any information toneertimi
quire or JOH' It ILLEn. JR., at 1i
oulturdl Works, corner of Spruce au
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p4rs.T.Clp.ss Property .•-,• •
ANEW THREE-S TOR 1;1!..it
Corner of Second and
all the modern iimproreineni , ,
For further particulars' call at the
C. Zll..
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PUBLIC SALE.
Will be sold, at Public Sale. en
4th, 1864, at. the residence of ate
street, in the Sixth ward of the
-Kitchen Furniture, - Bees and Pee Co
FLAB, one Sail boat,, he &c.
9 o'clock d. 11, [0294,1 _
PARASOLS, &C
LOTS for sale an the etrser
Broad streets. Faso IVIL
marl-dif
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..7 at s a
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