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. fTA?. 7. fACOBY, EDITOR.
CUAS.Q. BJRKLEY, Assistant Editor.
JB10C.HSBCB5, WEDNESDAY, H1RCII I51S65.
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-History, .
On the 4th day of March 1865, Washing
ton exhibited a scene which will cast shame
upon the' United States till time ends, and
biight the pages of history in relating the
disgrace thrown upon the nation by the
drunkenness of Andrew Johnson, the Vice
President chosen by Abolitionsts assisted
by the bayonet. The scene as described by
the loyal papers is giren in lie following
report of his speech :
"It was not only a ninety-ninth ra'e stamp
speech, but disgraceful in the extrome. He
had not proceeded far when Senators on
the Republican side began to hang their
.bead, sink down in their seats,, look at
each other with significance, as much as to
say; "la be crazy, or what is the matter'"'
Tbry exhibited tn every feature great un
easiness. There was no mistaking the fact
that the senators were mortified in the ex
treme. The Democratic senators leaned
forward and appeared to be chuckling with
, each other over the figure trade by the Re
publican pary through their Vice-President
elect. The foreign ministers showed un.
inistakable signs of amazement as the inco
herent sentences come from Johnson's lips.
Republican senators moved around in their
seats unable to sit still node the exhibition
before them. Some of the senators sat side
ways, others turned their backs, as if anx
ious to bide themselves. Luckily for the
members of the House of Representatives,
they did not reach the Senate until severa'
minutes after twelve, and they were not,
subjected to but a small portion ot this
scene. J he speech was disconnected, the
sentences so incoherent that it is impossi
ble to give an accurate report of his speech.
A bis sentences came np in the reporters'
gallery, the statements that your President
is a plebeian I am a plebeian, glory i.i it
Tennessee has never gone out rf the
Union I am going to talk two minutes
and a half on that point I want you to hear
me. Tennessee always was loyal we all
derive our power from the people Chief
Jnstice Chase is but a creatnre of the people
yoo, Mr. Stanton, Secretary of War, de
rive your authority and power from the
people. (' Who is Secretary of the Navy?"
'was then heard, in a voice of less volume
Some one responded Mr. Welles.) You,
Mr. Welles, Secretary of the Navy, get the
power from the people. This was (he strain
-and tone of the whole speech, mixed with
.a lecture in the Senate on the action of the
Senate on the rebellious Srates.
" It was impossible to give a foil report
sitting in the nailery. The constant clatter
of voices in the rear, declaring. What a
shame " "II at he friends " "Is there no
person uho will have mercy on him?" i'Teti
him. to stop and save the count) y further d'u:
grace." were so numerous that .it entirely
prevented a full report beinz made.
Mr. Johnson finally concluded his speech
whereupon Vice President Hamlin admin
istered to him the oath of office. Mr. Ham
lin read the oath by sentences, and Mr.
Johnson repealing it after him. The effort
of the Vice President elsct to go through
with the form of repeating the sentence as
read by Mr. Hamlin, was painful in the ex
treme. He stumbled, repeated seven! por
tions of it several times over.
' The Inaugural Address.
Mr. Lincoln's inaugural address which
we publish to-day is noted only for being
void of interest, yet the loyal devotees of
oar town pronounce it an "able document."
We con not find a sing'e sentence in which
:be ability is shown and we toiok tbe- "in
. coherence" ol Andrew Johnson's speech is
only equalled by the coherence of Lincoln's
address. He says, "to strengthen, perpet
uate and extend this (slave) interest was tbe
. object for which the insurgents would rend
, the Union even by war," but he fails to
announce that be- has taken the ex
tieme ground in epposttioa to the insur
gents, and intends not only to prevent the
extension of slave interest, but blot out
slavery even at the sacrifice of the Con
stitution and "the last man and last dol
lar." That he would depopulate the whole
, country in a war for emancipation. He
"says, 'it may seem strange that any men
should dare to-ak a just God's assistance
"in wringing their bread from the sweat of
other men's faces." Does he not think
"It qtr.te as strange (hat men should ask a
j'isi God to assist them in conducting a war
oneqoallfd in barbarism? A waf suppress
ing Xhe freedom of. patriots in. trie North
and murdering ibem in loatbesomu don
georjs, and robbing, and burning the dwell
ings of defenseless old men wmn and
children of the South, yes even worre tha"h
murder by vioiatiiig the persons of" chaste
women.
lij the recent death ol Govenor Cannon, of
Delaware, hi oflice will devolve upon the
Speaker of tbe Hou3e of Representatives, in
that state, Mr . . Sau'sbory. . He is a Dem-
ccrif. Cannon was a nepobl'caa, attd was
j . Auditor General.
At our-next General Election the people
of this Cotnmon wealth will choose an Audi
tor General as successor to the present able,
and worthy iucombent, Mr. Slssker. The
time is rapidly approaching when both, the
Democratic and Republican party, will be
.required to make nominations and place
them before the people for the'r considera
tion. The time fixed for the holding of tbe
Democratic Convention is the month of
June next; 6ometbiog less than three
months. It stands, us in hand to survey the
whole field and select as our nominee one
of the most available and influential men in
our ranks A judioious and careful nomi-
fnatton will insure success to the whole
Democratic ticket throughout- the Stale' at
our next election. There is no doubting
this bnad assertion ; the hand writing is
plain to be read on the wall ; and nil the
people are wailing for an opportunity to
over turn the present party in power, 'from
the highest to the lowest. A yet we have
expressed no choice for this office in ques
tion ; and did vie-now do so, we would ask
the' Democratic parly to not look upon us
as dictating to them or making primary se
lections for their guidance. We take the
ground that every man is entitled to his
choice, and should enjoy the right to ex
press that choice both privately and pub
licly. Bat as a humble member of the
Democratic press and party of the Sate of
Pennsylvania we shall not, so early in the
campaign, atempt to assert our preference
for any man. We will suffice by stating at
this time, that, so far a pur means of know,
ing and becoming acquainted with the ac
tions and choice of the Democratic party,
the finger seems to point to Hon. A. D.
Mikklet, an intelligent, energetio and able
member .of the present Legislature from
Montgomery co. Should he be the nomi
nee. we would have no ' hesitation in say
ing, that the Democratic parly have made as
wise and judicious a choice as they have
made in many, years. He is a man of deci
ded abilities and ranks among the most ar
dent and earnest workers of the Democratic
party.
Arrest of an Editor.
On last Thurtday P Gray Meek, Esq. ed
Hor of the Bellefont Watchmin, was ar
rested by the military authorities and drag
ged from bis home in Centre county to
Harrisborg, where be has been thrust into
the common guard house amon&st disor
derly soldiers and deserters without even
the common comforts of a bed to lie upon.
What are the charges againsr Mr. Meek
we know not. We presume however he
has offended some of tbe minion of the
despotism that now rules with a rod of
iron over what was once a free people'
That his entire innocence of any crime
will be made to appear we have not tbe
sliijhiest doubt. We know him well. And
a purer nature, or a braver spirit than that
of P. Gray Meek is not to be found in the
State. He is one of the ablest and most
fearless writers in Pennsylvania. We are
sure he cannot long be kept in custody.
The day for such infamous outrages must
speedily pass away. The sentiment ol the
more decent men even of the Republican
party is turning against it. There wi!l
come a time when snch oatrae shall not
only be no longer committed, but w hen the
condemnation of ail right thinking men
shall rest upon all who are engaged in them
lu the meantime it is the duty of every
Democratic editor in the country to speak
out boldly and fearlessly, as P. Gray Maek
has done. If arretted he can show the
minion? of despotism how a brave can en
dare wrongs and. outrages for the sake ot
principle, as we know Mr. Meek will do.
Lancaitet Intelligencer March 6'h.
Since the above has been put in type,
we have received information, that Mr. P
G. Meek was released on tbe morning of
March.8ih, on parole to report when re
quired by order ol Maj Gen. Cadwa'ader.
''Competent military authority has pro
nounced the charges against turn to be of a
very trivial character, and not sufficient to
warrant either his arrest or detention." It
is nearly time such unwarrantable military
arrests are closed. How long will the peo
ple consent to surrender their liberties and
privileges to the will of tyrants and not be
allowed to protest or offer opposition 1
Taz River The great depth of snow on
the mountains and tbe ice ott the river have
been the topic of mncb interest among per
sons situated, on the Susquehanna. They
feared a euddeti breaking and a destructive
flood. In our vicinity the ice. has passed
off without any destruction. At Pttts on,
we have been informed there is a large
body of ice from fifteen to twenty feet in
thickness, which has cot yet broken Dp.
Tbe York Gazette, speaking of the river in
that vicinity says :
The ice, as it moved, came in contact
with the piers of (he Colombia bridge, jam
med toge:her and piled up over tben to
such a height that, had the bridge been
standing, it would undoubtedly have been
forced from its supports and carried away.
Considerable damage was done at Eip's
Landing and the Got, such as "overturning
and moving houses bams, &c." The in-'
mates of the bouses had abandoned them in
time to save themselves. The Gut Island
bridge was swpet away, and the bridge
over the Codorus, near its mouth, was part
ly submerged and ihe'pianking carried
away. Not a foot of Col. Hough 's farm, on
which he has a saw mill, was to be seen,
and ether farms in the neighborhood were
likewise covered with ice. The Lancaster
Intelligencer, of yesterday, says the ice at
Sale Harbor, which, tn Monday evening,
had been piled op seventeen feet hih in
front of the Madison Huse, moved off dur
ing the night in great quantities, doing no
damage.
Tne eagerness with which men and wo
men adopt the sayings ot Lincoln reminds
us of a digusting picture, painted by Gala
ton, which represented Homer vomiting
precious stones, and the other poets stand
ing around swallowing what came oat of
his moo. Not that Old Abe vomits pre
cious stones ; but, whatever he does tbrow
op, the dirty LoyaKLeagoers swallow with
ft-., ,-!.. ,. I'.r.nir f-i. " '
, Threatened ittaekoa.Tiie. Daily Xewj..
Printed handbills were posted through the
city yesterday,1 calling on Union men to as
semble at three o'clock at the offices of the
Day Book and of The Daily -News. The
wording of the handbill runs as follows :
RALLY.
All frienUs of the Union are requesied to
meet in front of The Daily News, No. 19
Chatham street, and The Day ' Book office
No 162 Nassau street, at 3 o'clock P. M.,
this day, io assist in raising- the flag of our
cooa'ry over those offices, those journals
having, as yet, failed :o do so in comTiem
oration of the recent victories of the Union
armies over the heart of the. rebellion. -
Thejpurpose of the assemblage was pre
tended to be the compulsion of these two
journals to participate in the Black Repub
lican advertising show, by unfurling flgs
from their naked flagstaff. Tne real inten
tion of the call was evidently one of riot
and bloodshed. Those bills were posted
on the bulletin boards of the newspapers,
but were in every instance torn down im
mediately by our cotemporaries wita the
exception ol The Sun and Trie Herald. ,
Incendiary articles in the latter paper
have frequently pointed to tbe same pur
pose a that of the handbills, and while (hat
fact gives an ugly signficance to the failure
of The Herald io have removed that placed
on its buileiin, we mul do it the justice lo
say that it did so, in a somewhat ungracious
manner it is true, when its attention was
called expressly to the presence of the bill
upon its bulletin.
The Herald may, or may rot, deserve a
lesson in relation to its course in the case,
but if it do, ihen we read it that lesson in
reminding that journal that revolutions come
op with all their crimes fnr judgment be
fore that' always fierce and sometimes
bioody judge, Reaction. N. Y. Sews.
Terrible Tragedy.
Cameron, March 7th. 1865.
J Editors DraiocRAT: Last evening the
people of this place were startled by a
frightful tragedy. About 8 o'clock in the
evening a man by' tbe name of. John
Thompson, forcibly attempted to 'enter the
house of a lady by the name of -Martha'
Fuller, some three mile below Emporium.
He came to the door and demanded ad
mission. She told him she was alor.e and
ordered bim awa. He then proceeded to
break in tbe door; which being accomplish
ed be was about to enter the hnuse,wben she
drew a musket and shot, killiig him in
stantly. Tbe charge taking effect in the
upper part of bis chest. The house was
considerable distance from any other resi
dence, The lady's husband is in the Army.
Liquor was the cause of ihe man's conduct.
Thompson was from Maine, and formerly
a sailor. Wesf Branch Dtnocrat.
Tbe Inaugural with the Bark Off.
Feeow Countrymen : I made an inau
gural address lour years ago ; there is no
particular occasion for another.
The public knows as much as I do about
the progres of our arms.
Wehavegreat hopes but we make no
predictions. Sewardrs department 3
Four years ago we all tried to avert war.
Both parties hated to fight. War came.
The slaves are one eight of ihe popula
tion, and a "peculiar and powerful1' insti
tution. "Somehow" they caused the war.
' All pray to the same God. He don t ap
pear to be on either side When Ha makes
up His mind wc will have to stand it.
Meanwhile, whhout malice, let us char
itably and firmly coaiinue to cut each oth
er's throats ; taking care of such unfortu
nate people B4 may be widowed and or
phaned ; in order that we may not injure
or harm one another, but maintain j ist
and lasting peace among ourselves and
other ualious.
TtE Poor "Lotal League." Oar read
ets may if they ever peruse that masterly
sheet have observed at sundry ' time-, un.
der the dates of the editorial and local beads
of the postal organ, a line like tbe following,
composed of dashes and ateri.ks :
Before the elections last fall tnis caoalu--!ic
device might have been frequently ob
served. For several months it has teen
quietly at rest on the galleys, but last Wed
nesday and Saturday brought it oat again.
It is the signal ol the poor, forlorn, coward
ly, dark-lantern, "Union League" leader to
tfceir doped followers to assemble in secret
conclave ! Poor fellows ! The reception
of a fire company and the nomination of a
city municipal ticket must be arranged and
discussed in secret and in whispers, and
even the announcement of a meeting must
be made by signs, as if these brave and pa
triotic ''loyalists" were as much ashamed
of theif acts as they deserve to be. What
an exalted opinion they must have of Amer
ican nationality! What patriotic souls they
must have, to worship Freedom only by
night in secret, and by stealth ! Ilanis
burg Patriot.
A Provost Marshal in a Bad Fix The
Tuscarawas (Ohio) Advocate relates the fol
lowing incident :
'About two .weeks ago. two- deserters
named De Laney and Cunningham, made
their appearance in Wayne township in this
county. They openly admitted that, they
were deserters from the army, and defied
the authorities to arrest them. The Pro
vost Marshal al Alliance, sent a deputy af
ter them, who had orders to take them dead
or alive. He was well provided with hand
cuffs and hobbles to place upon the wrists
and ankles of the deserters. At the Falls
of Segar Creek, De Laney and Cunning
ham found tbe Deputy Marshal in a room
at ihefbotel somewhat iovoxicated. They
handcuffed and hobbled bim took his
money, revolver and knife put him in a
wagon and exhibited him through the coun
try as a horse thief. Aftr keeping the
Deputy Marshal as a prisoner a day and
night and showed him in the public street
De Laney would sing a song, and compel
the Marshal to keep time wiih his chains.
After the deserters had all the fan they de
sired, they left the Deputy at ihe hotel and
Earl Rnsseil Opens a Correspondence With
tbe Confederate Commissioners An .Ad
vance towards Eccegaitiuu.
Correspondence N. Y. Ihwi. J
London, Feb. 22. I have just Teceived
some most iiu portajil information, of which
I am permit ed to give you the substance.
Earl Russell h is opened a diplomatic corres
pondence wilk the Confederate Commissioners
in Europe.
At any moment such a proceeding would
be significant, but at this juncture it must
be regarded as a positive -advance towards
recognition.
At the end of last week the Briti-h Sec
retary for Foreign Affairs addressed an
identical dispatch to the Hon. J, M. Mason,
the Hon. J. Slidell and the Hon.. Dudley
Mann. The dispatch is most corteous in
it tone, and is a long string of complaints
about Confederate breaches of neutrality,
and winds up by requesting the Commis
sioners lo bring the matter before their goo
err.menl. Why Earl Russell addressed the threu
Commissioners I do not know. It is r-aid
that it uke. nine tailors to make a man,
and perhaps his Lcrd.-fiip thinks it takes
three Coinmisionner to make an Embas
sador. As jou are aware, Mr. iMa-o.i is
supposed lo have withdrawn from England,
though be stillresides in London. Oti Sun
day night Mr. Mason, accompanied by his
secretary, left London foe Paris, so that his
rep y to Earl Russell may be dated from
the latter capital.
So much for facts. My informant sur
mises thai Earl Russell will claim credit
with the North for making ihe?e Hdranees
to the Sou h. Mr. Adams is always com
plaining ol the South. How can Ihe Brit
ish Peiliament control a power they do not
recognize?
On Monday nighl. Earl Russell came out
strongly on the negro question. He al
ways does so when he is doing something
particularly unfriendly tn the United States.
He supposes thai the North will condone
any ofTeiue for the take of a little Abolition
talk. I must close this hurried note to save
the mail.
ANOTHER IMPORTANT PROCEEDING BT EARL
kUrSELL
Among the papers submitted to Parlia
ment on the" 15th nit., was the following
highly important letter ot Earl Russell to
Mr. Adams with respect to the seizure of
ihe passenger steamer Roanoke by Lieut.
Braiue and his associates, a ca-e similar tn
the seizure o! a Federal vessel on Lake
Erie by Bnrley and his companions. It
will be seen that Earl Russell lays do xn a
different rule than that adopted by the Ca
nadian courts, and recognizes a Confeder
ate commission as entitling the parties to
all the rights of belligerent.
EARL RUSSELL TO MRV AD IMS.
Foreign Office, Jan. 21, 1865 Sir: I
have had the honor to receive your letter of
the 21st ult, protesting against the pro
te.-ting againeit the proceedings of her Mji
esty's colo iia! actbouties at Bermuda in
ihe cho of the steamer Roanoke, end en
closing copies of various decumants relat
ing thereto.
Thed papers refer to two diflerent com
plaints. The one complaint is, that per
sons were enlisted at Bermuda with a view
to make war on a state in amity with- ber
Majeity. The other complaint is, that cer
tain passengers proceeding from Havana
on their voyage, rose o-i the .captain, mad
themselves masters of (Le vessel, de'.ro)ed
her, and were afterwards parmitie-i to land
on the i!and of Bermuda. The aiinwet to
ihe first complaint is, that sufficient evi
dence to convict the Dersons ac?u.'ed was
not produced and consequently they could
not be convicted. The answer to the sec
ond complaint is, that the person arrested
for a sopposed piratical act produced a
commission authorizing mat act as an op
eration of war, from tbe government of the
(io-caled Confederate State which ar ac
kt.owledged by her Majesty's Government
to pose3 all betltgereut rights, I am etc ,
Rl'SSKLL.
Petersons' Cccnterfeit bnk sots de
tfctor This admirable publicu'ion is the
test of its kind published in ihi country.
The quotations ure reliable and the decnp
liot.s of spurious and bogus no'es are arran
ged in such a manner that they can be easi
ly understood. The Financial News, which
is given wiih eai li number is valuable, it
comprises full information npon trade and
produce in general, Commerce. Monev,
Specie, Stocks, Bo di, Banks, Railroads,
Insurance, etc.
Each number of the Detector contains
the latest inteligence In relation to all vari
ous failures of Banks and Banking Institu
tions, anc" ol various New Counterfeits and
Altered Notes since the publication ol the
fast Detector. Also a complete list of all
the Broken, Failed, Closed, Fraudulent and
Worthless Banks in the Country. The only
cff.cial f,ist of the National Banks published
is in Ptersons' Detector.
Every storekeeper and person engaged in
buaiuess ought to become a regular subscri
ber to Petersons' Detector. The subscrip
tion price is only one dollar and filly " Cents
for the monthly issue, or Three Dollars lor
the semi-monthly, sent to any address.
The Semi monthly Number is the most
desirable, as each fubcri5er has the advan
tage of getting descriptions of New Counter
feit Note Two Weeks in advance o: the month
ly sutcribers.
Subscriptions may commence with any
month. Terms always cash in advance.
All letters must b3 directed SO T. B. PiTEa
so & Bbothers, 306 Chestnut St., Phila.
The editor ol a western Democratic pa
per on account ot the high -prices of paper
labor and other articles connected witfi the
business resolved to discontinue the publi
cation of his paper. His subsciters who
were indignant at this, immediately called a
meeting, resolved that he should not stop,
told him to raise the price of bis paper to
three dollars, paid him in advance and tolj
him to go on as they were not going to do
without a newspaper. This is the right J
knid of spirit If all Democrats would sup
port their local press, tbe country would be
" Appointments.
The M. E. Conference; in session at Dan-
) ville lavt week made the following an
pointmeuts for this district :
John Guyer, Presiding El ler.
Williamsport, Pine Street S. W. Price.
" " Mulburry St E. J. Gray.
- Mpntoursville A. M. Creighton.
Muncy D. Caslleman, VV. Case.
M ilton G. W." Cooper.
Milton Circuit J. W. Haughawout, E.
Shoemaker.
Lewisbnrg W. L. Spotlswood.
Mitlfinburg N. W.Colburn.
Northumberland H. G. Dill.
Shamokin J E Potter.
Sunbury B. P. King, W. H. Norcross.
CsltawWsa F. Gearbart, one to be sup
plied. Ashland B. F. Stephens.
Danville A. M. Barnitz.
Bloomsburg R. . Wilton, one to be
supplied.
E"py and Light Street T M Reese.
Jersey town A Hartman.
Jean-villa J Forrest, J C Hagey.
Beaver Meadow E T Swartz.
White Haven S Shannon.
Berwick M P Crosthwaile, S C Swal
low. Bloomingdale C Cleaver, one lo.be sup
plied Orangeville G H Day, Elias M Chil
coat. Liporte J M Akers.
Mount Carmel Jimes Mullin.
T Mitchell, President, W II Dill, Pro
fessor, Williamsport Dickinson Seminafy,
members of Mulberry Street Quarterly Con
ference. I H Torrence, Secretary Pennsylvania
Bible" S ciety, member of Danville Quarter
ly Conference.
Released. We have just learned from
Senator Stark, savs tl.e Luzerne Union, that
(be Rev. A. L. Rutan and Conrad Horn,
who have been confined in basliles the
one for some two years, and the other for
several mouths past were last week re
leased from their imprisonment and allow
ed to go to their homes. What a benig
nant administration truly ! To confine men
for years and months in-fiTihy loathesome
dungeons for no crime save that of adher
ing to the Constitution and the laws, and
then graciously (?) unlocking the prison
doors and turning them free. We will ven
ture a prediction, namely : that long after
this abolition adrnmintra'.ion will have pass
ed into history as tbe one under which the
downfall ot American liberty commenced,
the names ot Horn. Rutan, ' Cl.apin, the
Mcllen ry's and their confrerees, will be re
vered as patriots who rather than yield
their cherished principles and iheir devo
tion to American inetitutions, as (he found
ers of the government made ihem, scif-red
almost martyrdom at the beck of the tyrant.
The following receipts are said to be ex
cellent : To make a President take two
grams of sene, fitteen grains of nonsense,
eignt grains of smut, eleven graim of mirili,
and twenty pounds of lamp black, mix well
together, aud pack looaely on the skin of a
gorilla.
For making a Secretary of State : take
of fustian seventeen grains, of dup'icity
twenty grains, of bravade twenty grains, of
falsehood twenty-two grains, mix well in
whiskey, and ue on ill occasions for both
foreign and domestic consumption.
To make a Secretary o! War : take equal
parts ol the biggest liar, and of the most
impudent rascal you can fi id, am roll them
well together, until they are of one sub
stance. This fellow is not to be teat.
For making a United States Senator :
take the carcase of one negro, one bushel o
lies, a gallon of .creosote, and filty poind
of bombast; simmer until they are com
pletely mixed. Then, if you value your
own peace, stop your ears, or gel out of the
wayas soon as psib!a. And be sure to
keep awsay fron Boston when the U. S.
Senate isnot in sesion.
.Tenne-sek has been holding a S:a'e
' election'"! In the city of Memphis P.ir
son Brownlow, for Governor, received 1,185
votes ! scattering 111. This is the amount
of the vote in a city which, five years ao,
in 1S60. numbered a population of 22. COO ;
Without allowing for any increase of popu
lation since that lime, the vote doe. not
show that more than one-fourth or one fi.'th
of ihe voting population took part in ihe
Johnson Browu.'bw test oath-bayonet "elec
tion." The Lul'.etin ays that the resul;
proves that a large majjri-y of the people
are opposed to the proceedings of ihe ''Statd
Con ventioti" that Abolition horse-jockay ,
cot'.on-thie ving arrangement whicti called
the "election1' and set up the old reprobate
Browulow as a candidate.
Steadfast Neutrality" Qneen Victo
ria has just announced to the world thai she
maintains, in reference to the conflict of the
sections, a "steadfast neutrality." Brigham
Young has made an announcement pre
cisely similar. '-The North," says that un
canonized saint, "prays that their swords
may strike into the heart of every rebel,
and I say amen ! The South prays that the
North may be cut down on a thousand battle-fields,
and again I say amen !"
"Lost or Stolen " The Senate Commit
tee of Finance are said to have made the
discovery that during the pat year ihere
were lo-t from the otfice ol the Register ol
the Treasury, on one occasion, public se
curities of the value of SI .200,000, and on
another of the value of 30,000. These are
in addition to a defalcation of 8100,000 pre
viously reported.
Could'wt be Floyd, the thief, as he is
dead.
A negro was married to a white woman
at St. - Paul Minnesota, a few days since
by a justice of tbe peace, Catholic and Pro
testant clergymen having refused to per
form the ceremony.
8000 persons received commnnion 1000
.were confirmed and 19 embraced the Cath-
c-lla-C-aij.'a djzzhl 3 .! h A , ,1 ' fj ' air jl Po ! 1 3
THE WAR NEWS.
Fi cm the Age of the 1 Ith inst
We have at length received accurate in
formation of General Shendan'n cavalry'
expedition, southwest along the Shenando
ah valley. Siienddti's torce consisted ot
five brigades
cavalry numbering about
nitiitfliopcdi'j i-ii mo mull ill ol reo. .
o-r.u "u . i . ,
27th. His roons marched southwest aba" ;
the turnpike ihut runs through the valley
On the 27th Sheridan passed through Kerns
to'An, Midd!e:owu and Sirastiurg, crossed
Cedar Creek, and at nightfall reached
Woodblock, thirty miles from Winchester.
Here the Federal troops bivouacked. On
the 28th they resumed, tiieirnarch. passing
through Edenburg and crossing the north
frrk of the Shenandoah, near New Market.
Nine Federal soldiers ' were drowned in
croKSinz the stream. At dusk the army
encam
ped at a point just south of New I
l and twenty teven miles from ;
Market
Woodstock. 0;i March 1. the Federal cav
airy marched through HarrissonOurg, cross
ing Middle river, and encamping four miles
northeast of Staunton, having marched
twenty six miles during the day. It was
here tt.at the Confederate pickets were first
discovered.
General F.arly had but a small force at
Staunton, his main body being at Char
lotesvi le, forty rai'es east of Siaonton.
The Virginia Central Railioad connects
Charlottesville and Staunton. This is not
the Richmond and Lynchburg railroad.
General Leo, upon hearing of Sheridairs
alvancH along the valley, relnlorced both
Lynchburg anJ Chariotiesviile, so as to
meet the Federal troops whichever way
they should turn. Early, upon Sheridan's
approach, abandoned Staunto i, having first
removed all the public properly. He re
treated ea.-t along the Central railroad to
wards Charlottesville After Sheridan's
troops had beeh in ca np four mile norlh
eaM of Staunton, fur three hours, he order
ed his army under arms, and at midnight
on March 1, attacked Maunton. The ene
my were gone, however and the few pick
et.H that had been left in Staunton were ea
sily driven out. Without any delay, a brig
ade ol Federal cavalry turned east Irom
Staunton and marched along the. railroad
towards Charlottesville. They advanced
seven miles; destroyed a railroad bridge
over Christian's creek, and then returned to
Staunton where Sheridan's main boJy was
bivou-toked.
On March 2d Sheridan ordered Cusler'n
two brigades of cavalry lo march from
Staunton towards Chariot esville. They
rnarch"d e.isi along the railroad and a com
mon road, and at Firhersville, seven miles
east ol Staunton, met the Confederate pick
ets. The pickets retreated six miles io
Waynesboro', where the main force of the
enemy was posted. -Early ordered a re
treat from Waynesboro' to Charlottesville.
It was not made quickly er.ougti, however.
Hy a hkuliul movemeut, Custer succeeded
in cutting oti a portion of tne Confederate
troops, and took tliem prisoners. The' con
ies: was hort and comparatively bloodies,
the Federal loss being very light .Twelve
hundred Confederate prisoners, seven
tf .
iiou, and one hundred wagons, were cap
tured. General Early was no1 taken, but
withdrew wiih the balance of his army in
i;ood order towards Charlottesville. The
roads being in a shocking condition, the
cannon and waon wer
destroyed by i
1 ibetr captors. Oti .March Sd, Gen. Cos er, 01 cariage. Cartage wid be charged on all
i with iho mom force ol .Sheridan's cavalry ! orJpr" of 6 barrels or less.
advanced along tt,e road lo Charlottesville j do,!ar per Tor. alio wance for cartag
j as iar a Greenwood, fit een miles from ' v.'" e ""'a'1 " aH sales delivered at the
Charlotte.-vil'el A tri-jada of Sheridan's i "0:t fif Company on Canal Wharf.
force br ight the prisoner to Winchester. Agricultu'al Chemical Company's Works,
' arriving tlir-re on Tuesday last. We have l Canrjf tfhtrf on the De'awjtre.
j no information of Sheridan's progress since t O'i 413, Arch Si. Pniladelpnia, Pa.
j Marcti 3d. The rumors, however, are that j , FITTS, General Ajent.
j he has w i:hdrawri from Greenwood and i The ('ornyany' Pamo ilet Circular, era
; gnr.p, westward towards Lynchburg. Whilst ; brai-.ing fjlJ directions fo u-ing the above
! the Federal guard with their prisoners were! Fertilizers, oent by mail, free, when re
returning to Winchester, they wera attack-1 quested,
j ed by tbe Confederate cavalry. The Con- Marco; 8 1865 6mb.
', federa'es were defeated., however with a! - ,
i loss of twenty seven prisoners 'wt "TOft t S a mr
j A brigade of three thousand negro troop ; U . O. imO3 JLl A. i
) has teen recruited in Charleston. There j - .'
are ten thoasmd teJeral troops in Charles- J u antnority of the Secretary ol the
ton. that have lately arrived. They are a Treasury, the undersigned has aeumed
reinforcement for Siierrnau. ! iK.fs,,.,.,! c,w
, . 0 . tne Ueneral fenb-cription Agency for the
Tne steamer Amazon, a Savannah river',. f .. . -r
boat, recently run the gauntlet ot the Con- ! e f Lml'd Treasnry Notes, bear-
federate pickets oti thai river amd came. l"g even and three tenths per cent, inter
down to Savaar.ab. Her captain volunta- ' est, per annum, known as tne
rily gave him:f and his boat to ihe Fed-1 oprn,T mIIT1,mtr ,
era,aVrr;s , ! SEVEN THIRTY LOAN.
llrom the Aeofthe 2lhmst -r, v
For some time pas. a Federal expedition K lNle9 ,MOed Cndef date f
has been concentrating at Newbern, North ' Au3usl ,5lfl 1864, and are payable three
Carol nti. It lett there afe days since and ' years from ihat time, in currency, or are
advanced a'ong the sou h bank o( the : con vertibla at the option of the hqlder into
.euse nvr towards Kjnston. Kinston i tt n
thirty miles nnrhwest of Newbern, and '. lJm S" 11 per CCtlt.
twenty mile south of Goldsboro'. The! OL.W-KEA BOXDS
expedition wa led by Generals Schofield -rt, v . i.
and Terry, and i . pljt was to get io ! bni1S ' nW WOrth Premiaia
G-i!d-boro', a.id destroy the railroad which of nine Per cen'- including gold interest
runs soat'.i from Weldon. The Confeder- from Nov., which makes lh6 actnal profit
ate. were at Kinston under Genera's Braag o , be 7-30 loan, at current rates, incla
anrt Hoke, and had been remlorced by A ,i; : , . u . .
P. Hill wi.li .mops from Richmond. On ' iMerest, about ten . per cent, per ao-Weitne-'ay
lat. the Federal advance was i nu m De-ldes its exemption from State and
intrenched within four mi'es of Kinston. ! municipal taxation, vhich adds from one to
T:ie Confederates attacked the intrenched thru per ceat mote, according to the rate lev
camp, atio alter an ob-ttnate contest drove ! . Z,
.he Federal troop, three miles towards i " ther PrPer,y- Th 'Merest is
Newbern. Fil eMi hundred Federal pris- i l'ayat,!e semi-annual ly by coupons attacb
oners and three cannon were captured. On j ed to each note, which may be cut off and
niursuay me two armies conlronted each
other twenty three miles from Newbern. It
oti
was liionaht ibat the Federal troops would
re. real to Newbern. This contest proves
conclusively that on Wednesday last, Sher
man was not at Go d-boro' ; nor at Ra'ei2h,
northwest of Gotdsboro ; nor at Fayette
ville, west of Goldsboro'. He could not
have been near any of ihess places, with- i
out making the retreat of the Confederates t
from Kinstol imperative.
A: Fort Pickering, a Federal work near
Memphis, a fight occurred on last Thurs-
day night. J he soldiers of a white and
black regiment quarreled with each other
about their ra'ions. Several negroes and
one white soldier were killed. The two
regiments were part of the garrison of the j
fort.
"MARK" I EI).
On the 12 h of March 1865 at the resi
dence of William McKelvy, in Bloomsburg,
by Rev J P.;Tusiin, Mr. E B. Yordy and
Mist. Jennie Snyder, both of Bloomsburg
IVnna.
On the 9;h inst , by the Rev. William J.
Ever, Mr. Wi',liam W. Helwig, of Locust
township, to Mis Frances C. Gerhart, of
Iloaringcreek township Col. co.
On the same day, by the same, Mr. Ren
ben Siller, of Lights'.reet, to Miss Sarah M.
Ciawell of Catawissa Pa.
On the 2Mb. inst , at J. Goods Hotel, bv
Rev. W. Goodrich, Mr. Levi N. Cox, to
Miss Sarah E May, both of Bloomsburg.
At tbe same time and place, by the same,
Mr. Moe Slid", to Miss Susan E. Fauey,
both of IVoomsborg.
la Berwick, Feb. 21, by Rev. M. P.
Cros'.t waite, Daniel B-ader jr., and Miss
Sarah McGraw, all ol Beach Haven.
At tbe M. E. Parsonage in Berwick, on
t!,e 25tli, by the same, A. Clark Crosth
waite of Shamokin, and Miss H. Emma
Fisher, from near Elvsburg.
On the 11th day of February last, by J. M
Chamberlia. Esq., Mr Lafayette Foller, of
Illinois, to Mrs. Sarah A. Girton of Blooms
burg
At the M. E. Parsonage, in Catawissa, by
r " T?.G-firr'T-!..Vv taiah .Tobn to
Agricultural (faemical lo.'s
4S
THE Fertilizers -prepared by the Agri
cultural Chemical Co., (4 Company char
tered by the Legislature of Pennsylvania
. : .r....: 'i '
wnii a cdLHiiti oi ci3uuuu.j nave been
best, for the Fair S
j c ,;, . r ,, - -
dener and bruit grower, of all concentartftrt
Tr . viiteiiianea
manures now ottered in any market. Thh
Compauj 's list embraces the following
PABULETTE.
This Fertilizer is composed of night
soil and the fertilizing j gents of urine,
combined chemicmlj and mechanically
with other valuable fertilizing agents anfl
absorbents.
It is reduced to a DfilvarnUnt nni:.;. i.
ready for immediate use, and wrthont lo'
ot us nighly nttrogenou fertilizing propeV'
lis. "
us universal applicability to all crops
and soils, and us durability and ' active
qualities, are well known to he all that a"'
nciliurUts can desire .
Price 830 per Ton.
CIIEM1CAC03IP0ST.
The .Fertilizer is largely composed of
animal matter, such a meat, bone, fih
leather, and wool, together with chemicals
and inorganic fertilizers, wnich decompose
the mass, and retain the nitrogenous ele
ments. It is t very valuable fertilizer for field
crop generally, and especially for potatoes
and garden purposes. .
lis excellent qualities, strength and cheap
ness, have made it very popular witn al!
who have u-ed it.
Price, S40 per Ton.
COMPOSITE FERTILIZER.
This highly phosphate frtdizer is par
ticularly adapted for the cultivation of trees
fruits, Uwns and flowers. It will promote a
very vigorous and healthy g'owtb 0f v
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perfect the maturity of the Iruit. For hot-,
bos and household plants and flowers it
will be found an inuispensible article to se
cure their greatest perfection. Ii will pre
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peach and grape, and is excellent for grass
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It is composed of nch elements ai make
it adapted to the growth of all kinds of
crops in all kinds of soil .
The tonntila or method of combining its
constituent fertilizing ingredients has re.
ceived the highest approval of emiueuf
chemists and i-cientific agriculturists.
Price, 50 per Ton.
PHOSPHATE OF LIME
The Agricultural Cfaemical Company
manufacture a Phophale ol Lime in accor
dance with a new and valuable formula by
which a very superior article is produced,
as to be afforded at a le price than other
manufacturers charge. Practical lesis have
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Price, S35 per Ton.
TERMS CASH. All Orders of a Ton or
more, will be delivered at the Railroad
'iotn and the Wharves of Shipment, free
! sold to any bank or banker,
i Th :, ,
wo nun c?t aiijuuilts lu .
One cen'f per day on a S50 note.
Two cents ' " 44 $100
Teu " " ' " 500
20 " " " ' J1000
SI " " ' S5000
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Notes of all the denominations named
j wiU be promptly furnished upon recent of
j thp;,;. Tll- . lW
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LUAIN IIM MAKrVfcT
now offered by the Government, and it is
confidently expected that its superior ad'
vantages will make it the
Great Popular Loan of the People,
Less than 5200,000,000 remain unsold,
which will probably be dispossd of within
the next GO or SO.days, when the notes wilt
undoubtedly command a premium, as has
uniformly been the case ou closing tber
subscriptions to other Loans.
In order that citizens of every town mf
section of the country may be afforded fa
cilities fo r taking the loan, the National
Banks, State Banks, and Private Bankers
throughout the country have general)
agreed to receive subscriptions at par.-
Subscribers will sefect their own agents,
in whom they have confidence, and who1
only are to be responsible for the delivery
of the notes for which they receive orders.
JAY COOKE. .
Subscription Agent, Philadefpkiv.
Snbscriptio-ns will be received by the
FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF B LOOMS
BURG.
February 22, 1865 3mo.
WurKER9 ! ! ! Those wishing ft fine s
of w bilkers, a nice moustache, or a beau
tiful head of slo-tv'hair, will-please read!
the card of THOS. F CHAPMAN io artothsv
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