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Correspondence of the Franklin Repository. • HARtilSilitti.G,' March 7, The Senate session oflaSt Monday night was - one of unusual interest, and a large attendance of ladies and gentlethun atteifed , ,the anxiety that prevailed to see fhe Senate nil/pelted. - 13 e. - fore the hour of meeting, agentleman of medium height,- strongly Wit,' with brown hair, cuuly. whiskeri, an intelligent 'and Pieftiant face and keen eye, nicalestly walked into the 'senate, and • was pointed to the:vacant:seat in 'the centre of the front row on the left of,the Speaker. The eyes Of th 6 crowd were all turned in that dime ' 'Nan, and he was the centre of attraction. The - union Senators were ikt turn presented to him, and shook him by the hand with a warmth that indicated a cordial welcome, and sonic of the Deinocratic Senators( were also introduced, but they did notmanifest any unusual delightut the advent of the stranger. : He carte us the "man of destiny" to block the Senate, in obedience to tne overwhelming'vote of the people of Indi „tine and Armstrong counties, -who had become arbiters between the Unionisti.and the Itevolu tioulats of the Senate. I need not say that the urnu of whom I speak is DR.TIRIS. ST. CLAIR, the new Union Senator from Indiana... • - , eXt'the' appointed hour for the Meeting; .Speaker Fenny took the cbdir and called the Senate to order. The Secretary of the Com tsionwealth was on hand and presented the re turns Celle. special 'election, . and after they - Clad beestirad, Dr. St. Clair was called Upou by - the Speakei to preSent himself to be sworn. •liettid'ati, - and was qualified without question on-the-Democratic aide( _although if, as they. allege„ Penny is not speaker, then was his writ illegal; the election A, - 3.=!. a farce; the return a • fraud, and Dr. St”. Clair a usurper in taking his: Beat; but the revolutinuiSts all 'sat silent during the proceedings: Soon after, senator Johnston - atikildleave to read a bill in place providing for taking:the rote of - the soldiers, when Clymtir -objected, and , declarexl. the Senate still an un goniZed lituly; but a vote was had on the stipu, and-for the first time since the opening of e session there were 37 Votes on the right - aide to If/ on the wrong side. A motion follow ed to proceed to the election of 4 Clerk, which the Ilinorptaccra mow-d to amend by electinga Speaker; but the Union men, decided against the election of Speaker, inasmuch as they hare one who is,entirelysatisfactory; and Hen, Geo. ittuuerisly was elected Clerk; G. S. Berry Assiataritt:O. N. Worden,.l. Et..l3utterffoldatal, i'LlV4minerimut Transcribing Clerks; ; and John Z. Martin Sergeant-at-Arens, with all the other subordinate (ANlS—till by strict party, votes. Lowery offered a resolution that the clergy ;of Harrisbuig open the sessions with prayers. This broke the phalanx of,the revor T , lutionists: Hopkins' piety yielded to 'party policy and he voted against it With 13 others; InteSenator Starke, of Lazerne, prefered piety to polities, :and voted with the Union inert for thoxesolution. ' . ' On Wednesday morning the Senate met and this Ellicm - _lnen hoped to proceed to business; but tbe - liemograts interposed ;every possible oidectimt tollegislatio.. They would niakeev try possible -dilatory motion—such as,to post pone for the present—to postpone indefinitely-1 • to adjoarn&c., and call the yeas. and nays on every motion. Clymer, usually amiable and philoarrpbii•al; seemed ruffled in temper and was fearfally.savage on his tobacco. He started the ball by Calling the Yeas and nays, and kept it ( uppretty much all the time. When lie tired of it...the lesser lights would fall in, and thus all legislation Was practically arrested. Finally , Lowrey's patience gave out. He is an earnest also; with an immense coat of - sandy hair-8;16 tor the -Irishman says they call "rid"' in -big' country, and it stands pretty mach perpendien lar all over his head.' With 'so tinny points of attracticni;it'is natural that he should be elec- I trifled frequently, and he deals some terribly blows in,his_blunt way when ife gets his wrath up.' 'As I have said his =infinity gave out; and he railed ,the previous question, on the revolu . tionists, and thus cut off all debate, ill dilatory motioni and brought- the. Senate to a direct vote on - the . main, question. This fluttered the Dem aorrats' considerabjy, as _the previous question not been called and sustained in the Senate Alain the just six years. Another bill came 'ttp, and the Same game was pliiyed. Clymer • 'enured - to _ameud, and Umberto(' moved to • amend the amendment; when both voted against their own amendments. Clymer then so far forgot •Ininself as to move to postpone the bill. tda giien day when it should be the special or der, thus by his own motion distinctly reeogni zhig the Senate as competent to legislate. How' a disorganized Senator in a disorganized Senate 000ld make such a motion puzzled- 'even Lam berton; but consistency, self respect and every duty -of a sworn legislator seem to be forgotten iu the.phrenzy that hue Seized. the Democrats. • If they had been consistent froin 'the' first in - • tbei t i folly, they could at least say that they pro Ted their belief hi their doctrine; but every dayitheyrecognize the organization of the Sen ate itn sonic way or other. • How long this condition of things, trill last, is - - a qUestion of moment. If the Democrats, ad here to their position, they cannot present ape titi k in,.rea a a lullin place,-vote for any measure whittiver, or allow any legislation that they can arrest.. Yet they call it the Senate,: address "Mr: Speaker" regularly and plead the rules rigidly,- If the Senate is not regularly organ; izedthen it is a mere town.meetia4, , , or a mod.' erately respeetabledebating Socief4 . - - ,.and "any --- other man" has just as - much - right to speak . I will•havn and Tote, there . asMr. blynier. personal etinsidt*Ott with Lambertort on the constitutional ictOtion, involved as aeon" as I ciit fin tifitite - , audit he eonvinces me from his vastifore conititutionnOaw !hitt . lir. Penny -is a dis,orgatitser, dud n ; usurper,- shall_ insist uPPti'the chief editor of'the li - EPosriortY ad dressing theSenat3fewit meeting the next time' h .- moo - mei dewy- ;xt - ,w4ga_doutitlesi be . inest agreeable to the tevolutionists to hear him; and the next time thtif Finney &mos - along with a *mini! assortment 4t, gout on hand, it Wohld be delightful to bear his Otniablerittetehtssicel :tenon ponied forth Iron:his old chair. -If the 'razor-strop man favors es with - a visit, be too shitil entertain:us - I :011 see no reason Svhy San ford Might:Mot e. 0,..* in,With his whole troupe some session and carp thb - performance. A creel teat applied to the disorg niters, nn Thursday. The, bill iti'structingCOngresS,td, ;increase the ,pay- of ioinnteers 'ANfla Called up, and there 'wain ferritimftuttering:on the Dem twilit:lc side: Mit vote forit,for that NvoOdeonfesS, tlictViror—they • dare not Vote itgainsfit, - ter thittwould-cipose their tiniterena sympathies, so they with • orm -fieecird began to make excuses. Clymer had paired off find Wes' fortunately en abledtt;"4;l4dire. Hopki atteMpt ed to explain, but betikre' he had got anything intelligible uttered, he pronounced out of, Order - mad :had to set - aibwM. - Landiertott by saying in substance that be - was in thvoruf increasing the ,pay 'of soldiers and'he. would therefore vote against the•bill. Wallace also explained. All seemed to feel that genie excuse was neeesSary for, their conduct. So they go, entangling thetnitelves deeper . daily, Unfit theyr will, have' such In record-that they wound Weleotue forgetililnesta,"when they leave the Senate." , • The bill for the adjudiction and pay-merit o military -dama'ges' ,*vats". discussed againi, on• irhuriday night; but the old politimil fight mnii pletoly enveloped the bill. Watson spoke Se,n: siblyr'iin the political ,j'lnestion aMI indicated friendship for the measure., .110 was followed by Myers, of- Bedford,-Whoisimply proved hiin self a most violent copperhead: ' The billwas then referred to' the-committee On Federal Relltionsovhere it is hoped it will be severed from the political issucl.tvhich complicate it, and come forth again under Moth favorable alispi „ ees. I think if Will eventuallY pass. WASHINGTON. Officers for Colored - Regimen ts—Exion• siert of..l3ountics and. Postponement of the Dr a f t—Admlral Dahlgren—Mrs. ' Gen. litnart—ldaho'rerrltory—Veteran ' Volu n teers=-Oen aI I ;Po*—latedleal In spector ties teral—commission • ender , the Amnesty; Proelnuaatton—Veteran enlistments—T e Artily of th e retool a e correspondence of 'pp Repositery. WAsuts6T - tis 9 . Tyk3farch-4, 2864, Vctrigktko has 'llery little' tida week-but carry, on discussions and appoint, committees of conference on tbe Whiskey tax. The specula tors,. who are here by.the hundred, are growing rather desperate over the prospect that Cong ress will pass a bill to tax to some extent the atoeron hand and thus replenish the Treasury smnefive millions Of tiollari. Senator Stirman, states that the amount in store - was estimated at forty millions of gallons. Nearly all the I:Ye mocratssvote against a tax. - This, Considering the quantity they will need during the coming campaign, is not to be, wondered at, but how feivubleSenators and members of the Repul Henn stamp have been persuaded to vote against filling up the Treasury with this five millions of dollars; is a mystery. • • The Board of Examiners have; d uting the past week, examined seventy-6e applicants, of wl de h forty-five have been recommended for commis sion, as fellows One Colonel, two Lieutenant Colonels, ten Captains, eleven First Lieuten ants and twenty-one Seecind Lieutenants. The whole untidier examined thds far has been fif teen hundred and nitiety-twO. The Board are very strict, allowing no one to pass unless thor oughly acquainted with -military tactics, N ia well versed in mathematic-8, grantmar, geogn-- phy, history &c. The negro troops will there fore have good officers: • The Senate has the bill extending the time for payment`of bounties until the Ist of April. It was done at the request of the Sec retary of War, for the following very satisfac tory reasons,'whieh the Secretary communica ted to the Senate: WA: DEPLUTAF.NT, March 2. 1861. Ben: Your note of this date requesting my views regardingyeint resolution No. 41. of the House of Representatives, to continue the payment of beau ties, ice., has justtbeen receive&and in reply I have the honor to First. That, in mropinion',llle requisite troops can be initted more expeditiously by continuing-the payment - of bounties to the Ist of-April than:by any titherrn eons. - - Setiontl..That, nt present, great exertions arc be ing made in the several States to raise their quotas by volunteers.. so us to avoid a draft, the people pre ferring that method of furnishing troops. Third.-That Gen. Burnside. Gen. Hancock and State Legislatures and Executives are eat-11011y re ctor:Aim/111e continuance of- the bounties until the let of Apiil. Fourth... That, in my opinion. the joint resolution of thenciVie of Representatives is wise and judicious. and that Sts .speedy passage by the Senate would greatly promote the public welfare, and strengthen the military force more quickly and effectually than can be accomplished by any other mode. • Your obedient servant. Eoirm M. STAxi.oN , To lion. Henry Wilson. Provost Marshal General Fry has suspended the rules requiring the draft to take place on the 10th inst. The day on Which it“ is to take place,will be announced in time to make all necessary preparation:, Of course it will not beb'efore the Ist of April, • On: lust Wednesday cVening the Harvest Moon arrived at the Navy Yard; direct from Charleston, lorVing onboard Adtairal Dahlgren and staff, relieved from duty iu.the South At lantic Squadron. Commander Rowan wns left in command of the fleet. It is believed that Admiral Farragut has , been ordered to the command of the iron-cads off Charleston. When the Harvest Moon left everything. was The Eveningßepztblican of Thursday nays ; It may beof intereOtoggme of oaT readers to reitro that Mrs, Stuart, the wife of the famhua Oen, ~'~:Aii~tle__ r~~? J. E. B. Stuart, is living - quietly in George town, Where she enjibys quietly the society of her friends for the last year." , • , From this information daily - receive& by, the Commissioner of the General Laud Office . an immense emigration is -Wending its way to Idaho, As mans tbonsand perions frequently leave from points on.the Missouri river and St. Paul's. in a body. Settlements are daily springing up, large cities are being laid - Ont and buildings erected. The , gold discoveries •nre rither 'and more extensive than in - any other portion of-the Union. The climate is excellent, and thein ducements for emigration - ark: nowhere surpassed: A.few days since the limase - rtssed . a• resolu tion requesting information from, the President ,us to the number of veterans re-enlisting; &c. The President, on TneAday, enclosed to Bent a report front the Secretary of War, Whe says that; in his, opinion it would be prejudicial to the publie.nervice to transmit to the House, at the present time, the informittion requested. A resolution was passed tendering -the thank of Congress to the noble soldiers, who -after two years of gallant service Y 4 present : the subliine' spectuelepf again' voluntarily :enrolling - them- . selreitn'tldnrtriy of the Union." ' An idea may be formed of the reason why the small , pox raged so fearfully a short time. since in this eity. Officers of the Metrojiolitan police. were &tailed to ascertain how many persons reside in the District of Columbia who have not been vaccinated. They report as fiillohs let euh . -district. Georgetown:. 2d sub-district,Geortretorirn.. 3d sub-dietriet.Yirst Ward sub-district, Second ,Ward, 6th sub!-distriet, Third Ward - .. ith sali-district s Fourth Vnrd Bth sUb-ilistriet, Fifth Bth sub-district; half of Sixth Ward...... ... 9th eub,clietrit, Seventh Ward IWO ....... 13,137 o report arum the 4ttr sell- district, the count*. Surgefon. Juieph E. Barnealias been confant- - ed by the Senate as Medical Inspector General_ with the rank of Colonel the l anny IV the U. States. lie has been performing the dutiei of Surgeon General ever since Surgeon General Hammond was relieved. ' The latter is - on• trial for Various :Misdemeanors while in office. A Commission has been appointed-by the ..,ecretitry of War to visit 'all camps where rebel prisoneis are confined and administer the. oathtvall wilo.are willing to take it under-the late proelaMation < , Hon: John devede,' Hon. GeOrge Lawrence aita Geri. 'IC; P. 3latitkof'Western re,Diisylvania are here in consultation With :the ,President, Secretary of War ails' Provost Marshal General Fry, to see it some . arrangement cannot be made by which veterans could be credited to districts,in which they belong, and,not to those districts offering the most money. As yet they have not with 'much success; in their mis sion. • The army has not moved, nor, is there any immediate prospects. The late rains have made Lad roadi. and raised every stream bank fixll. We anxiously waiting to learn the result - of Gen. - Kilpatrick's cavalry expedition. S. c. POLITICAtiNTELLIGENCE. The:Democrats of Connecticut have nomin 7 Origen S. Seymour for' Governor, and selected delegates . to the Democratic 'National Conven tion without instruction. The New York Tribune says : "The resolu tions submitted to the Missouri Hoire ofßep resentatives nominating Mr. Lincoln ftir re-elec tion have been tabled by 45 to 37. The 'Democratic Convention of Cumderland County have eleced Thifus E. Shadley, Esq., rep resentative delegate to , the State Convention, 'and instructed in favor' of - Gen. McClellan for President. The Democrats of New York have selected' delegatea to the National Conventioh, with in structions to vote'as a unit as the majority may determine. Not a word for " Little Mae." Gov. Seymour ,and Dean Richmond lead the delegation.. The Democracy of Washington county held a convention recently, and abopted a resolution instructing their delegate to the State convention to vote "first, last and all the time," for dele: gates to the National convention, in faior ofthe nomination of Gen. M'Clellan for the Presi denCv. The Slave State Freedom convention,' which met at Louisville, Ky., on the 22d, ndjonined on the 23d, after adopting a series of anti-slavery 'resolutions condemning the Piesideut's iuunesty proclamation as injurious to the Union cause, and affirming the one term principle for tha Presidency. The-copperhead Legislature of Delaware has voted down, by 14 to 7, the bill for the relief of families of volunteers.. Resolutions in favor of z vigorons prosecution of the war, of thanks to the army, and sympathy with the wounded- - and the families of soldiers slain or disabled, shared the seine fate. The Indiana Union State Convention nnan • fmonsly passed resolutions endorsing the Admin istration, renominating President Lincoln, and d einandiug - the abolition of Slavery as the cause of the war and the reason of its continuance.— Governor Morton was unanimously renominated for elaction as Governor of-the State. .The York Gazette Publishes a communication frOm Perry connty urging Hon. A. J,Glossbrener as the Democratic candidate for Congress in that district. Couldn't - a remMunendation,betM had nearer, home? Considering that Pew. to tettagainst him the last time over two to one, the suggestion conies with, a' bad grace from that quarter. The Washington correspondent ,of the Can, cinnati Commercial states, upon the very high est authority, that Gen. Grant has ) within a few days, formally, peremptorily, aud,in, Most decis sire terms, rejected direct offers irtade to him lately by leading, Democratic peliticani tosecure his nominatioo for the ]?residency hi their timid Convention, " ^'s`; ) : - s ' ~., . ..' 1 •-• ,•:,-,': --, 4, -1. ::::..* • ~.,—,,, 4 - ••• • •• :K., Cffillipl,EßSßUO,- • t`41..; . . IVIONFSPAY, :,,MARCH . ..4, 064. ' '741 , • - ENE The ralfels have..inne, tbrotigh the !notion of choosing metnbers'of Congress i for Kentucky—, the •vothigheing 'confined entirely to the rebel army,- 'palm rebel election could he beld'in the, State:. :there pre hut pOS: votes, 'polled, that, number Of,Noteti electing twelve Congressmen. Among the_ ,successful: candidates are the and Marshall, formerly members of the United States Qiiigrdss. - 'The Vidor! Convention of ; Maryland met in Ealtmiorit on the 29t1i, ult., and elected dele gates to the National Union Convention. Res olutions Zeclaritig Mr. Lincoln their' first and only choide fofthe Presidency, and in ftivor of immediati; and universal Emancipation were adopted vitlt . great unanimity. 'Frederick A- Sahley;* Predeijck, and-Isaac Nesbitt, of Hagersto, are the delegates fiom the Wash higtort disrriet. ' • , The 'noel, approach of the National -Union Coitientikiti ; natnrullp excited interest in the varionit'-inatiifestations of :sentiment •on the Iresideficy. New Hampshire, Connecticut, arylb t aVioika and Indiana - hate already se leeteeetegatesr instructed thr the reLnomina- Hort - Of president Lincoln. - The Union mem here of. the legislature of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Idinneaota,Kansas and. California, have also' exprissed a preference! for . Mr. Lincoln ivitligreat unanimity. 'Missouri has voted down resolutions 'in , favor of Mr. - Lincoln, and the Freepien Convention of the Border States have declared in favor of the one term -principle. The NeW york, Tribune aid Evening post have both expressed ea preferenee for a new man. • Philud,erphitr,the North Aniericeete k; Buletio, Press and News. favor Mr. Lincoln, and the Inquire and Chronicle favor Mr., Chase. • - 1.723 1,68 D 4.... 2,172 1,431 try _1,51 `2,452 , TIM NtitZonal llepublican CoMmittee Met, in Washingtdibon the 22d ult.-T-Hon. Edwin, D. Morgan In the chair. • Hon. Edward .11P.Pher son Was attest 4 Secretary in pilice of Hon. Geo, S. Pogg, now absent. The following call • for a NationarUnion Convention was adopted: , "The undersigned, who by original appnint ment or subsequent designation to fill - Vacancies, constitute the Eiecutive ComMittee created by the National Convention held at Chicageon.the 16th,day OfAluy, 1860, do hereby call upon all qualified veters who desire' the unconditional maintenanee of the Union; the snpremacy uf the Comititutinn and ,the complete suppression of the rebellion, aiththe cause thereof, by, vigorous war 'and all and. efficient means, to send delegates to a Convention to ' , assemble at Haiti mere on,Tuesday, the' th day ofJune, 1864, at 12 o i clock: noon, for the purpose ofjSresenting candidates:for the offices of President and Vice President",of the United States. Each State having &representation in Congress willheenti tled to - nOnanx: delegates as, shall be egtuil to twice the: number of elect Ors to which such State V. entitled in .the ElecturMl Cellege of ,the United . States." mg The total pnmber of Notional Books now authorized is 269, and their-total ertidtal $32,- 352409. Itis a popular 'error thot pronlis'Sork note's under $2O do not reOire an excise stump. ; All .notes, however small the amount, niust bear - stamp. Seieral new National Banhs kave been•au thorizel in this State. The Third , National Bank ofßhiladelAia; First National Bank of Lebanon; First National Bank . of Wrightsville, and First National Bank of Altoona. 1 • A counterfeit bill on the bank of Gettymbnrg has just been issued. 'lt is of the denomination ofs2o. It is so well executed. that the best judges are apt to be taken in by it, the vig nette being pasted on the centre of the note. This signatures 'on the counterfeit are W. G. M' hersou,' cashier, and H. Smith, President, dated 1845; while the genuine are signed by G. St rope, President, and T. D. Carson, cashier. the district- court of Philadelphia recently decided , that a bond, covenanted fOr the pay: ment of - "the kilt sum of twelve thohsand.dol lars lawful silvpr money of 'the United Staimr," is canceled by paying the' sum in legal *der notes of the government. ' Judges Stroud - and Hare declared opinions for the majm : ity of - the court, and Judge Sharswood dissent i ed, , This is the firstdeeision in this State on the constitu tionality of the,legal tender currency, , - Free Banks hive, been pat in operationin.this, State under our State Free Banking law. The Farrnera Bank of Mount Joy has $35,000 capi tal paid in. The Government Bank 'of Potts rifle has $59,000; the Petroleum BMA, Titus ville, has $100,000; the Clearfield Connt,y Bank has - sso,ooo;_tbe.Downingtown Bank has $50,- 000; the ;Mechanicsburg Bank has $25,530; the Milton Flank has $54,860 and the Venango Bank has $lOO,OOO. TheMifflin County Bank, Lewistown, has a cash capital of $25,000, and has a special charter. making - real 'estate the basis of security. There are no other Banks in this State under the Free Bankingolnw. They -are all regarded as solvent, as State and govern- Mont stocks are pledged for the redemption of the notes, ' / ' The seventeenth Annual Report ofthe Penn Railroad COfeatly, presents the financial Condi tion of the corporation in, a niostl flattering aspect. The'total earnings ofi• the road during the last year were $11,891,492 ! 9 . 5; . three times the kntire revenues of the State.i and `the ordin ary expenditures amounted, to $8,789,000 21.—z. leaving a balaneo 'net earnings =o# $5,114,-„ 412 74, The company is making hea;ty expert , 'altUres to complete • its donNie track, erect buildings, and Constrict roadii.. ;lend of five per cent:was deelared last fall, and an extra steel dividend of :fifteen dollars per share was declared a , few wicks: ago. +lithe gross earnings of the canals owned llYthfi'c r emptiny were $287,156 52, and the apiMditUres $362,- 374 32—Ieaving a deficit ofnvers7s,9oo. Un der the bill by which the Blain •Lice Was sold to the company, they` are' regtfred to - iberi them epen perpetually,mtd thby will be,a steady lose to the corporation, . „ '• ' ME FINANCIAL. ME , Si:MARY .o* l WAR', If • pespitches from', Newbern, N. C., state that the Rebela are making pieparationa .ranottier attempt -to repossess themeekes - a Easter* North Cprplina. Capt., Sawyer and Flynn, who were senten ced to death by the Rehel authorities at, Rich mond, in retaliation for the hanging of two spies by Gen:Burnside, have been exchanged. The Opoits as to Gon. Sherman's movements are still; contradictory.. One despatch reports that den. hiePherson's Corps had. arrived at Jackson; kisiissippi, and. that the whole of the expeditionary force would soon return there President : Lincoln directs that deserters con. denied to death - by courts-martial; and whose sentences have not been otherwise acted upon, by himself, shall be sent to the Dry Tortuga& Floridajo -remain iiiprisoncd. until the close of the war,, • The Rebel Govermentignares the WitofFeb; `it - only Washington's b - thid,sy,'and celebratet it - only an "the anniversary} of inauguration of the Confederiite Gewerment under the per manent Constitution " , So . ,says the, Richmond' Enquirer. . , • The Washington - Republiedn states that a let. ter regarding the Florida revers?, froni Major John Hey, has been reeeiVed, • from which it ap, pears that our total loss in killed and wounded' was eight hundred,•instead oftwelve hundred. Gen. Seymour acted contrary to orders, or at least without orders, in pushing his advance so' and , npon him the respongbility for the dis as ter mainly rests. • An arrival at INew York from New Orleans announces that :AdmiralFarragut was operating actively 'against Mobile, The mortar and gun boat fleet were bombarding Fort Powell, atthe eptranceto Grant's Puri,' and it was believed that it would not holdout long. The Rebel ram Tennessee was inside Mobile. Bay, near Fort Morgan, Troops, were being. forwarded from New °dew to take part in the attackon Mo . bile. Col. Streight says that the country lying be tween Richmond and the - Potomaelsfilledwith a class of persons who are eithertrying to escape Rebel conscription, or endeavoring to come within Or The Colonel passed all the fortifications of Richmond, and states that they are almost - entirely, n.nmanned. ; - :But tiro thous and soldiers are located in andaround Richmond, and the Majority of these are employed inguar& duty over Union prisoners. The borne guard of Rithinond• numbers between two 'and-three thousand' soldiers. Some fifteen thousand pris oners **now Confined in and around Richnwnd, ' - • Mr. 'Joseph -C. Holier has been appointed cashier of the First National Bank of Carlisle, io'place,bf Mr. Hepburn-, dee'd. • the Onvernor ,has aPpointed Richard Perry chief flour inspector, and. Jacoil Zeigler deputy inspector, for Allegheny county. Wallace De Witi; Esq.,' of Harraisburg,. ha been appointed Prothonotary of the Supreme Court, in place of Hon. Win. H. Miler. John D. Burns, of Geity - spurg,- whojoined the Union army and fought in the: great•dattle at that place, is to have a pension of eight dollar's a month,bY special act of Congress. ‘ Rev.- Dr. Sehmncter, for over thirty years a ProfesSoi of the . Theological Seminary 4-Gret tysbUrg, Pa., has annonnced his intention 'to re sign his position in August next. Col. Pulesion recently gave Gov. Curtin a brilliant party at his residence in Washington, which was attended, by several cabinet officers, Speaker Colfax and many other high dignataries in Washington. , (}EN. 4ILPATRILCIVS The recent raid of General Kilpatrick upon Richmond, was the boldest of the war, and would doubtless have succeeded in releasing our prisc,Ters - but for two fatal but Unavoidable ac cide►► s. We givb the- following detailed ac count of it from the Tribune's correspondent. " Col. Dahlgren has since come into our lines with NO men, so that the number missing but about fifty: , The much talked of raid by Gen. trick has ended with success in cutting the railroads between Lee's army and Riclunonilthe destruc lion of much property, - stores, &c., and the no.: bad shelling of Richmond. Starting on Sunday, at 3 A. M., from camp withi five thohsand cavalry, picked fromhis own and Ge.m, Merritt's and Gregg's diyisiims, he Froceeded to the, Rapidan Crossing, at Ely's ord. From thence the column marched to Spottsvlvania Court 'Rouse, which place be reached' without encountering any of the en emy. From Spottsylvania Court Rouse to the end of his daring journey he was more or less har 'rassed by the rebels, and frequently found that his lines had fallen in very unpleasant places. At the place last named the command was divi ded,into different parties, who were to scour the country, as they proceeded -toward a com mon centre Richmond. Every road was to be carofally scouted.tlutt no concealed foes, even ih small numbers. should be left behind, so as to concentrate and worry. him. On Monday then reached the Virginia Cen tral Railroad, and tore up the track iu fourpla "ces, destroying whatever property would ren der 'the , road useless. At rederick's Ball, on tbe •Central Railroad, they came Upon, a court martial peacefully holding itisessious, and dap tared a colonel, five captamS, and two lieuten ants.- 'Gen. Leo had. passed over the railroad, on his 'Way to his army but about an hour before our liken reached it. As,the force ' s neared Richmond, the two Main parties began concentrating:. Col. , baliberen was to more down to the right of Riehtuotat 'destroying as -much of the James River Canal s pos4ible ; then taking the rivf , ,croad; was to cross opposite and enter the eity.fronithesorith Side, and-attempt. the. dogieranre of the pris oners on Belle Ado. Gen. Kilpatrick, with the, main, body,' WS. taattsek the citylay the Brooke turnpike , simultaneously; if possible, withAtto other me:cement. ipEnso.VAI,..; VA )t : 71;i!OCTOIX . NO. ':;647 . ,` : , 1 ~.c',„ f -It was hoped to_ reach: the city on Monday 1 night or early on the following-morning, when a partial if nut total surprise could be effected—: Two of those fatalities: which - more than once- , during this war have snatched success fromPle very ,grasp of those who, by_their valor and 1 &min* have richly deserved the victor's crown,. interposed to prevent the consummation of eno`.l. of the bestconceived and most brilliant planaof-., the whole war. . , ~ • . Col. Dahlgren had taken-n negro toplot him to - Richmond. The detachment 'bad, rapidly. , moved - -across ' the country, destroAng barns,; : forage, arid everything which coald4ossibly.he .. of service to the enemy... Pushing on so ria,to ~ reach Richmond as soon,ns passible; Col. Dahl. gren 'discovered 'that hii ' negroguide - badlo:: trsyed him, and led him titular& tletieblaiid ' instead of to Richmond, indnn Tnesclay,morit:•', ing he found himself - miles'in just the oppm:its ' directionlin,m that which he wlshed to Ake.. ' - The nevi) Was promptly 'linnet* his base. , ness. - Miasperated by this twachery;the'relerir -: burned:the barnaand • outebrdidingsef .TohnA4 1 Sedsbiif, rebel Secretary- of _War, • and it: is perhaps fortunate that • the' geintlema'n himself" was not present: ,• ~. _- _ _ . . ~. 1 , .-. `-.i • ,RetracingatepS, Col. Dahlgren marcheitv down the' river (road, destroying' the - Dover Flour Mills; several private flouring eitabtisli-.." meats and saw mills. His _force also did eon siderable injury to llte Janice riverganal, burn ing canal-boats, and seriously damagingoneor: two locks. Thy did not reupli thesnimediate vicinity of Richmond till afternoon, Whenevery- I body was on thealert;Kiliat*k 1/Fipg already $ made his attack.' , , Col. Dahigren's detachment 1110 diVid . ea 1140 several parties, for the aceomplislimeidef erent objects, keeping together, however: , One,; party attempted to; cross the river, - toiewOre,, repulsed: - A very sharp fight'edaned, and„'' finding the enemy, in - superior. numbers, confronting' them on evervcroa d the force Wee"' compelled to fall back. 'ln attempting to eut " their way out, Maj. Cook, of the 2d. Newiork; with about one hundred and fifty men, got sep- ended from the rest.- , • • Meanwhile, Gen. Kilpatrick had" advanced down the Brook's turnpike from Ashland, hair- - ' ing_torn up the rails at that point; ; destroying: the telegraph as he marched. At gte statien, however, an operator succededln sending a die- - • patch to-Richmond announcing that the 'Yen— kees were coming. • . He was a prisoner in less than .fifteen uteri, but that short time put Richmond on the:s qui ?rive, and'it has been ascertained that about a dozen pieces were , put in battery and new en-: trenchmenta thrown up while awaiting hisar-„.. rival.' ' The troops reached the outer fortifications early on Tuesday Morning,. and as the spires and. houses ,of the city,. carrai in view, cheer upon cheer went up from our men. , Riding rapidly forward, the onter line of works