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He - was horn ill Easton, but his 'father and faMily,haVing soon after 4eincived to this place, his parly associations and education were formed here. tie read medicine with Dr. A. H. Sefiseny, and graduated withihigh honor at Jeffers miNtedical Collegein 1i354.] Soon niter he removed to the Place of his birth for th . e: Arpose -of practicing bisprothssion, but after a roomonths he determined , to enter the Navy - , :lad :attended another 'course of lectdres to more thoroughly gnalify hiinSelf. .-in the sue - eeeding Spring he presented himself before the Navy Nedical Examining Board, and was passed with the rank of Assistant,;Mrgeon. A leave cif absence having been granted him ,he visited , 1 blutTipe, returning in the (10/1115e of the Summer. , At this *Tied the .yellow fever, in its most „malignant fornr,Z ed in` various Southern Mies. Surgeons ' .edy - lit once voliinteered ,his services, to iiudical aid , to the suf _ ferers, and proc - ' - veltbout,`dohlY to Isiorf6lk. * mg -humane 7ntioni'dni s ing the distressing season wei._. my acknowledged, but before the - diseuse iifikr . d , :litliimself licca,me a Victim and for a tinuN lily was despaired of. He rc turned to thi4ht.se to aivait orders, sabring intensely from this labors and the sickness Which he had: undergone. For a number of years succeeding, be PerOmed,dutfon one' of the principal, vessels 40* Pacific- At the break ing out of the -li ;ar trSurgeon Kennedy stood tirmlbille flaer,), assigned to duty in the Gulf of Aleaktor l teveral brilliant incidents of bravery and skill with which his name is Connected while in the service, must recut. to the minds of our readers. At this time he was appointed tiiithe rank of foil Surgeon; aposition ,deservedly Conti.rred from his previonS long and aisiduons duty. He was ordered -to report at New Y(0, but asked permission to join the tbiet of Admiral Furragut, then, preparing for operations before New Orleans. When Farris gut attack and captured Forts St. Philip and Jackson,A*eon Kennedy was on his flag ship, the "Hartlird," and remained with the Admi ral untitNew Orleans was secarelY in our hands At the titneof the Rebel inyasiou - into Maryland in September, 18p2, he was in Philadelphia, but . oliniteered his services, auilwas on the field of Antietam, renderingassistanco to our Wound ell on theday of battle. Last May he was ap pointed to the " Ticonderagci." In 'January lnst this, with a number , of, other vessels, was sent out in pursuit of the " Chesapeake," which had been captured and taken possession of by Rebel pirates. Iu February 'he returned to 'Yhiladolphia, suffoting from a, severe attack of disease of the throat, Hp partially- recovered and %talon his way to this place, when he was soddenly Seized with congestion of the lungs, in Harrisburg, which terthinafed his life. Frew earlyi,childhotid Surgeon kennedy evin ePti surpassing talent;' and the high position • which he attained bespoke the industry with which he 'cultivated his manyglflS.,ln social life he wai gentle, gener t tfus and manly, and. al -1 Ways an especial favorite . witlithOse he claimed as his friends., it is sad to ,think that one so Lind and gifted . should be: called so soon front ' earth ; but though the - mandate has heen,execn ted. his memory will remaingreen in the hearts of the many who knew him but: 4 o3lore him. The'remains ; of Surgeon KeWdy were inter red in the Ceindfery of the Presbyterianyhureh, in this place ; on Thursday last. Cot. DAVLGREN, whom the R'chtnonO En- _ /rarer justly ' styled" " one of the brivest sons of I America,"ie well and gratefully remembered - by the 'citizens of the southern portion of Frilnklin county. 'When Gen. Lee was here With the entire - army; Col. (then Capt.) Dahlgren commanded a picked body of about an hundreVcavalry, and was ever on the rear or flanks of the enemy, ',rind performed some most gallant and daring Aleedg. •Re it was who intercepted Jeff, Davis' .despatches to Gen. Lee, by routing a 'greatly superior force and capturing the rebel mail in Greencastle, and he brought to Gen. Meade's tioadquarters,just bare tke decisive battle of I Gettysburg'`, !the instruetions which had been sent from Daviii to the rebeleonimander. When Leo retreated, he commanded in;the advance upon Hagerstown; and was wounded in the leg so severely that it had to be,amputated; and so dangerous did the limb liecome that some sic inrgical operations_ had to be performed before it healed. He had just -recover(' and' re .,ported for duty again, althorigh still feeble =when the Richmond raid was under considera lion. Ho entered into it with all the ardor of his patriotic heart, and ,was, regarded by Gen. Kilpatrick as his main reliance in executing the fearful and 'desperate' task - befOreqhem. The,, result of that expedition, ,and the sad fate oft the heroic Dahlgren, arenew kroN6 to all. He, ,was killed while gallantly leading his men, anit • his body was treated with the most revolting "brutality; It Was stripped naked, his finger severed from his hand to obtain a valuable ring, - and his remains , left lying in the. üblic road:, kilbiequently, as, the Richmond Examiner in forms 115,' it was taken to Richmond and ex pose-4140 the fiendish attire of hisbarbarous foes, and then given '.`a loo's burial, without teinding.sheet or scrrice,""and ' " wkiere the spot is no'One but those concerned in italmrialknow or care - to tell."- Such is the fateof one' of the, noblest and bravest of out' young cOmtnanders. He was 4 filVOrite:dll military leireles—has 11111 served on the staff of Gen& Seigel, PriAnontand Hooker, aud' alth'ongli the bud searcely nt tabled his majority, he had . won for himself a Coloneley of Cavalry,` and _,ivell vindicated his ,right to the_honor. - ‘-:as -a son of Admiral Dahlgren -a the Nary. When his command, shall4igairi go forth to battle, 'woe" to the hap: less enemy that is .assailed . with the cry of: " Remember Dalt/pv . .10" - CONE ,. TTIn 7 1 cCE ArPott:TATEivrs. , —The Ens , Baltimore Conference of the Methodist - E Minreh met at Altoona recently. The fellow 'jug appointments were" made for this section : rm de, /:. ist rie t- Hit Cat • E.— Stnith , l3urg, Jolin L. Lloyd; Shnlpshurg and Cl ear sorban: .T. Benson Akers, one to ho supplied: Hagers town, G. Wat.4on Ileyde; Waynesboro', A Mliest - er, quiney, J. 11. S. Clarke t-Mereersbura, John \V Buckley John U. Marsh. DixtPict—S MelNlnrry. P - E. Carlisle,' Thomas Sherlock; - Ilinor.o.; Church, S L Bowman Carlisle Cicruit, John Iloorbond, B. F. Pitcher: Meclianicsbarg. Junes -C. Clarice ; Mount Holly W M FrYting.er-t- Shltmensburg, John A. Dixon; Shippensborz (-Inched:lon, quo tO be supplied; Chambeisl. ure, Thomas Barnhart t NOW Bloomfield. FlMllddle: DA,lgenburg: 8 LI C qmith Circuit. 4.learre W T • 3larsha L li West. Alam' Britton), Chnpiniu U S A, member or Carlisle Circuit. Qnarterly Conference. ' .Itrnieta Divtrirt—Oco D Chenoweth, PE. Bed ford, Edward IV Bedford Circuj i lbJ B' Pols -grove, W B WhiLney Raimburg, Georffßelkstres ser ; :%leC(muellsburec, .M Luther Smith. _SlinAl Chilcout ; Concord, Jon M. Clark,-11' I{ ?Ilnswelt. SERIOUS ACCIDENT.—Wo 1. a - r 1 from the Waynesboro. • Ricoiti 1 imt Beni. ,F. B Arr, - a lad about 16 years of age, son 'cif 31r. Abrin. Burr, of that vicinity, was atuidently shot on Satiirday week. It appears that them w'as in the hands of a younger brother who, notthinking it loaded, playfully Pointed it at his.,hrother and pulled the trigger to explode the t ap, 'tithing the cen teas, several buck ho% in his' lima, destroying the sight of the left eye and.very - seriously shat tering one cheeck bone. At last accounts ho Was lying in a critical situation, but his physi cians, Drs. Brotherton and 'Frantz, ent.rtain hopes of hi i recovery. ACCIDENT.—We : regret - 6 learn, says the Shippemburg -Ntlcs,:that on Monday the 7th inst.; Jaeob, See 'of bir 'Jacob Wise, near Orrs- , town, met with a setere accident, while enga ged in working at a: th'reshing ma 'chine. The _account which We have, is,that the young mao's arm was •caugifby s Oily; winding it cornple- - -lv around it,,and of course fracturing it in a . I most distressmg' - manner. Drs. Kell, Hayes r and Kennedy, were called, and amputation was ; pronounced necessary, which was executed in a _most skillful manner: They youngivauisdoing as Sri Ii ha could be expected. SFRIOUS AC( IDENT.—We arc pained to an minnee that Di. Samuel P. Scott, ..of Licking Creek Township, Fulton county, on last Wed nesday morning a !week, when -nhout to Mount Iris horse was throWn viiilently over the animal, alighting on his,Vd, The rr,sulkwas, moan sion 'or the brain which leaves him - in a eondi timL,from which serious apprehensions. are enter taided. FARM/NEM—The soldier Isaac Fj hel. con fined in Carlisle -Barrack s , and who was to be shot to death by musketry on 'Fri(' iy nest, has been' pardoned by the President, satisfactory evidence being presented that the man is insane. The partieubirs of Fishel's etisf have appeared in these columns. . , GREENVILLAGE DISTRIcT.—The following is the Union ticket in the Greenvillage !district: - Judge, Jacob Glass; Inspeptor, N. K. Mahan; Aeseetor, S !mud Garver : • A.Rststant Assessors, John Leh:nun, Jacob" Plough; Direet o r.4 - , charte d W. Lego. Jr., Jno. L. LeEher; Auditors, Jno. Y oust, 13 yours,' John Thompson. (1 year:) Supervisors, Win. Berry. Henry Lutz: Clerk, Geo. Dice. WASIIINGToN TOIt'NSILLP.—Th; Union men have nominated the:.fullowing ticket, and we hope to reeord its elet.tion Judge, Henry X. Stoner: Tweeter, Benjamin F. Funk: Assessor, Geo. Summers; Akst. A,sesvors.. Henry Bear. Nicholas Bonebrake: School Directors. Daniel Putter, Abraham Fra Abditor, Jacob S. Good: Supervisors. D. B. Reel, Henry Shiink,..lohn Stouffer. .. • PAFronAi.—ltev. Ge:o. F. Cuin, formeily member of the ChamberAurg bar, has rerigned his charge at Strondskurg. and accepted a call from the Presbyterian Church in Erie city. TURNPIKE MEETING.-4, public meeting will be held in Shippensburgito-morrow r at 1 P. M., to make arrangements for the construction of a turnpike road from Shippensbhrg to Mix bury. , - GliAnuATED.—,—Among tne graduates of- the St. Louis Medical College a few weeks ago, was B. Rush Senseny, R(711 of A. H. 6enseny, M. 1)., of this place. _ PROMOTED.-Mr. C. Martin, Co. H, Penna. Reserves, formerly of Waynesboro, has been promoted to Hospital Stewart, U. S.- Army. LIEVT. GEN. GRANT greatly disappointed the politicians by his sudden depqt, ire for the Army of the Cumberland:, but white. Washington hie , been much unsettled by his visit, W. 1111% con tinues in the even, tenor of his way, to furnish all suits of Fashii.ntable Clothing at the lowest cash prices at his New Store. Give him a e 11, TIMER & CRESSLER, offer a large assort ment of Pocket Books and Wallets. Pomades, Hair Oil. Extract for the Handkerchief, Soap and Brushes as well as the most desirable stock ofDrugS in town. Call and See. ' IF YOU wish to impart vigor .and eleante,as lto the voice.-relieve hoarseness Ate., go at once to 'A. J. Miller's Drug Store .and get n box of Bann-- vart's Bronchial Troches, the only effectual rem edy in the market. mar 2 CPUNTItY people look to yonr interests.— If you have' anything Cisell, call at Gelwicks' where you will always get? the highest price, and find the largest stock of goods in town, at very low figures Gra.wicKs bas . just received a large lot of Fish, and otters them. cheat). Call and see thembe-- fore buying elsewhere. • AT the otieali wholesale and retail store of W. Gerwielts' is the place to get the best Kerosene Oil for the least money, wholesale or retail. - . HEYSER &,. CREISLER wish to close out their Present stock of Kerosene Lauips. They have beau tiful Lamps which they will sell low. ... - ... - . . _ , . . . . - - , 1" .t ,,, •1 t ' ..:__ •,• ~:.,.. 5. tf. ,- - ; 0.2 ,:: '-'' ‘...,- .:., - t'' .. i t t -0 -1 ".....' , ' - '-: ; , '''' --- ''''''' 4 i r -ti" - i= l 4 Y-N 'lt 1',."?.. CIIAMBERSBURG, PA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 1864, Route taken by Kilpatrick in his Grand Dash on Richmond—Scene of Custer's Adroit Diversion in Kilpatrick's favor—Roads and. Riiers between the Ranidan. and Richmond. / - erN . „5. MADISON -,, GEN. KILPATRICK'S RAID. some twoty miles. The destruction of these two railrads cut off Leo's commnnication; with In last week's REPostrony we gave the de- Richman On, 'anything like a direct line, and tails-of Gen. Kilpatrick's brilliant dash against cut off Fadericksburg`froth Richmond entirely. Richmond, for the purpose of capturing the One ohimn, commandegibY Col Dahlgren, ty, and releasing the Union prisoners long con- moved own to the right of Richmond, while fined there in a half starving condition. To-tiny 1 Gen. liVairick was, to attack simultaneouily we present a map showing the country bet Ween on the ther side. A negro guide misled Col. Warrenton and Richmond. Gen. Kilpatrick. Dahlgra, and threw him' ofrhis course sods to destroyed a large portion of the Virginia Cen- defeat to movement, and when the discovery, tra I Railroad: ;This will prove a most damag- wasmae he was immediately hung; General ing blow to the rebel army on the Rapidan, as Kilpatrk however made the attack alone,.and , it is over this railroad they draw their supplies carried he outer line' of rebel intrenchments; from Richmond. This road 'runs from Gordons- but waagoon compelled- to withdraw owing to ville to Richmond, crossing the Richmond and the thilie of Col. Dahlgren to attack on' the Fredericksburg Railroad at Hanover Junction. ! other de,' Gen. Kilpatrick Shelled the city The Virginia Central Road is said to have been considtably however, but with little damage, destroyed by General Kilpatrick friAn Beaver On theetreat Col. Dahlgren was 7 inticepted Dainto'Hanover Junction, a distance of 'some by the ebels in ambush 'on the MattapTny riv ten / Miles. He also destroyed the Richmond er, attehe was shot dead at the first fire.: A and "Fredericksburg railroad from Mattoony numbe of his, men were killed'and some sixty Bridge to the Pamunkey river, a distance of were cptured. His body was ruthlessly strip- YOUNG NIEN.—We would call the attentioh of young men. who•desire a thorough preParation for the active duties of business life, to- the advan ta.res now afforded them at the QI7A-eltili CITY BUgI- Nk..IS Col.r.mm, N. E., corner of Tenth and Chestnut Streets,N-Philadelphia. This institution ITII-`4 opened November 2d. 1863, and in four months' time has achieved: a success unprecedented in the histgry of commercial schools. Nearly two hundred nigh fifty students have entered since that time, a patronage whiehl speaks for itself. and shows conclusively that the 'enterprise is appreciated by the l public. The institution is in many of its essential, features dif ferent from ordinary "Commercial Colleges." It is upon a new system of acttutl business training, the student being taught not by mero the ory, but through a regular routine of business cal •cnhsted to make him at the same time a thorough pracitcal accountant and fit him for any sphere of usefulness in the world of business. - • Those who design entering upon a course of corn mereial studies anywhere, will find everything at this institution they can possibly ask for, and many Advantage* nut attainable elswhere. Av UNVELCONIE STRANGER.—Mr. Itch, commonly known as the Itch, haK•made its appear ance in town and in various places throughout the county. It May be a source of relief to persons so afflicted to know that they can get a sure cure for this"troublesome disease at Miller's Drug Store Lotion 'so afflicted send immediately to their Drug Stoic and get a box of Terrors Itch Ointment. Price 25 centi. It is it'speedy cure. • VALUABLE FOR THE SOLDlER.—Brown's Bronchia/ Proehes will be found invaluable to the Elohlicr in Camp, 'exposed to sudden. changes,af fording prompt relief in cases of ctingh, colds, etc. For Officers and those who over-tax the voice, they arc useful in rflieving Irritated Throats,. and will render articulation easy. As there are iinntitutiolts, be Rare to obtain the genuine. ' - GELIViCKS, of the 'cheap wholeitale and re tail Grocery and variety store, sells goods whole sale and retail aichenp es' y hotts ein Philadel+4lVia," IF you want' a, cheap Kerosene Lamp nud the best Oil in the market, call at HEYS,ER,& t. ANOTHER lot , of the best Perfitmerx sod sov at II P. rsts FiCasssLies.. GREAT THE NI ftEPPI CAVALRY - RAIDS. - ':, HARRISBURG The ilitary Claim Bill—ltfi Referem Smith's Reason's Therefor—Gen. Gritt in Rarrisburg—Mr. Penny Eleted Speaker—Election of State Tresurer. Corresindenee of the Franklin Repository. s' RARRISITUAG, March 14 Thebill providing for the , payment of mili tary images in the border counties receiveda seversset:back last week. Mr. Watson, of Phila.lphia, who had been classed as for the bill, ode a speech in which he departed from the r ival routine of discussion when that measre is \before the House—that is ha Actu ally sieted,the first paragraph of hie reautrks to-thquestion before the House. , He deelsr edligelf friendly to compeusation,',but utged the rerenceto correct imperfections.: ; ' He then devod himself to politics, and Was followed' by 31 Myers, of - Bedford, who justified the Nework riots, and denounced everythingbut the Imocratic party and Jeff. Davis. Hon. R. Fzer Smith, of Chester, the chairman of the eami4ee on Federal Relations' spported Mr. IMurtrie'a motion - to refer in a few re markwhich startled the House. He demand. , ed a ference because there were persons on, the 6r of the House urging the passage of the bill •so had no right to , . speak there—clearly conning the impression, whether intentionally or n<that corrupt means were eni'ploycd to proca its passage. Another reason he gave was ohe had been informed by one of the Conissioners that the people of the border in presting.their claims had attempted-extor tion,ad therefore the bill should be snamend ed an ascertain damages without providing , for t payment, so as to- compel Your 'people to hesty by the uncertainty of appropriations';' and Other reason he assigned was that Phila delli might be destroyed, 'or such other ex tens.cianiage (lone by the enemy as to render' privet by the, State impossible. Gellrhos. B. Kennedy and F. S. Stambaugh efy4plade, happened to We in the Hall atthe ei r e mfri k .„.., l' 7 f _ I \ \ -,.. \ \' - ----.--r - .2 , -----, - , 'S - - - .. _ AW- . . . 1 ...... s•.. / 1 i 5,,, ,, %, ~~! acEancted SURRY.C, ped and his finger cut off to obtain a ring on it. The. Richmond Whig sayti that "the body of Colonel Ulric Dahlgren, killed in the swamps of King and Queen,, by the Ninth Vitinia Airy, was brought to the city Sunday night and laid at tbe r York river depot during the greater part of the day yesterday, where large numbers of * persons rent to see it. It was in a pine box,:clothed in a Confederate shirt .and pants, and shroudedin a Confederate blanket. The, wooden leg;had been removed by one of the soldiers. It was also noticeable' that the little fin ger of the left hand had been cut off. - Dahigren was a small man, thin pale, and w i th red hair and a goatee of the same color: His thee wore an expression of agony. About 2 o'clock - P. M., the corpse was removed from the depot and buried—no one knows, or is to know, where." Gen. Kilpatrick reached Gen. Butler's lines Safely—the entire loss in the expedition being abont 150 men. It was altogether the boldest rud of the. war. thine, and they had the benefit of sfr._ Smith's ,insinuation as to improper means b \ ekng usedto pass the bill. How they will appr\.eiate the new; position of borers imputed to them, you can tell better than I can. It is ,Understood that the bill will be reported BMW, so emascu lated as to provide for adjudication without payment." It is said that 3lr Stirpo will ask that the defelited unless th proposition to ascertain the damages is accompanied with some guarantee of payment. On Tuesday morning of last week Lieutenant General, U. S. Grant passed through here on .his way to Washington., A joint committee of the legislature waited en hitn;niel an immense and most enthusiastie,crowd of people attended and made the air re-echo with their cheers. After breakfast lie received the congratulations of such as could get near him, and conversed freely upon the war. He has unbounded con fidence in-its early and complete success. He left the same day for the National tapital. On the Bth roil., the disorganizers of the Sen ate attempted a new dodge. 4r. Connell be: ing absent on account of illness, the Dethocratic Senators all left their seats, and the Senate was without a qnorum. When Mr. Connell return ed the next day they returned also, and exhaus ted the rules to defeat legislation. On Wed nesday Mr. Penny resigned the chair, and was immediately re-elected. .He gave his reasons-- therefor in a pointed and dignified address i . in which he vindicated his own action, 'and de clared himself nwilling t 9 afford - the PM*. crate a pretext' for revolution. He and his friends' felt that their positiorrwas fully vindi sated,, and they could not longer allow the mad- • mess of the minority to arrest the public, bu siness,. ; • , • On Thursday the revolutionists were repent-i ant. Thei hid slept a night upon their follies, after'the e:soitement of. the Struggle-was:over, and they begged to be allowed. o correct their records. 4. , nuinber asked the , privilege dear, I VOL 71.. - fi.VIOW-NO, i 001. •'i li NEV. V , . \.. i f\ OE 4 reefing their -votes ; on_ the , bill extending right to vote 'to soldiers; but the - Senntcrverot p'ioperly refused: to they have made•their bee so shall they lie in it. , =- • On motion of 'Mr.' Cochran, gm House tea: . passed a bill to 'go into an 'erection of State•-, Treasurer on Wednesday thel6th inst., Tier •-• Senate concurred, and Hon. Henry 11. Moore will be chosen. . „ Mr: Smith, of Chester, has'intr‘oduced authorizing the purchase or erection of a- suits.' ble Executive mansion. The preaentione is din -g-racefnl to the State: There, are mbre thate'o'; hundred better private, dwelling houses in this. place, and yet the Governor is expected to seer . everybody and entertain in a style Decomia4 the chief magistrate of a gretit State. The Democrats of thid'county have eTeet4.,:, their delegates to the State Convention and is structed for Gen. McClellan for the Prilsidonty.: • They should take Gen. Lee ;for Vice Pregidetit' - ' He comes from the old mother of Presidents' s ,: and he would be valuable in counsel With MC? Clellan as the latex clearly admitted by hitr 'protracted private conference -with him afbeir the battle of Antietam. l'fortcy....' WASHINGTON. t. Arrival o f - Lieut. Gen. Grant-A. New Kind of Coin-Presentation of, Gen, Grant's Cnrainission as Lieut. Oett.,-, The Gold Bill-Extension of theilonper , . stead Bill-Rnktk for Clerkships-C*11.4 , - lineation of Rebel Property. , • Correspondence of The Franklin Repository., WASILINGTOI.4, March 12, 1864. r- The most important events of the past weer have been the' arrival of Lieut. G'en. Grant. ( who has alrendy set himself about to r4j organize the Army of the ,Potomac) and the. raid of Gen. Kilpatrick. Of this raid we as yet know very little of what was really accotnplish ed. One brave officer atie'ast has given up hie. life ; CoL Ulric Dahlgren, as brave and as much lamented as any officer that has yet falb4a in this war. He had scarcely recovered from the amputation _of a leg, which he lost at thO battle - of Hagerstown. He was however, .4- - 'tenttined to go and help' make an effort to re lease our famished prisoners about Richmond, and in canying out that determination, lost his life. The rebels are rejoicing over his death e i s savages and not as Civilized beings if warmly. ; judge from the following extract which I quake , from the Richmond Examiner - of March Bth. [See extract in Editorial in another column-= En.) A bill will be.soon introduced into Congress! making a new fractional currency, to be coin posed of Bronze slightly alloyed with silver; ' The, Dies are already, made, and specimen& will accompany the bill in its introduction to • Congress: It is a capital idea,-and-no one calk but rejoice, if by any means we get rid of -this' miserable paper postage currency. - At one o'clock 'on Wednesday the 9thi'the President formallypresentod to Gen. Grant commission as Lieutenant General. This intd- resting ceremony took place at the Dzeentiiii Mansion and - in the Cabinet chamber, 'in thn' presence' of the whole Cabinet,Gen. Halleck, Hon. Owen Lovejoy, Geri." Rawlins, Col. Coni stock of G'en. Grant's staff, the' son of °merit Grant and - Mr.- Nicolay, the President's private, secretary'. _When Gen. Grant entered the roods the President rose and said: GENEP-iL GRJ.NT: ThC nation's appreciation of what you have done, and its reliance upon you - fot what remains to do, in the existing great strugglo, are now presented with this commission, constito-: ting you Lieutenant General in the Army of tko United States. With this high honor devolves upon yuu, also, a corresponding responsibility. As the country herein trusts you.; so, under God, it will sustain you. I scarcely needto add; that with what.: , I here speak for the nation goes my own hearty pet- • sonal concurrence. 'n To which Gen. Grant replied as follows : I Ma. PRIISIDENT: I accept this commission, wit#► gratitude fir the high honor conferred. With the aid of the'noble armies that have fought on so many fields for our common country, it will-be my earnest endeavor not to disappoint vour expo*. tations. I feel the - full weightof the responsibilitica now devolving on me, and I know that if they and met, it will be due to those armies, and above sato the favor of that Providence which leads both na tions and men. At the conclusion of these brief speeches, the • President introduced the General to all tbet, members of the Cabinet; after which the porn parry were seated, and about half an hour walk, , spent in pleasant social conversation. ; On Tuesday in the House, the Gold , bill. was amended on motion of Mr. Boutivell, BO aa authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to an- ticipate payment of interest on the public, debt. either with or withoutrebate of interest as be may deem it expedient. It provides that bo. may pay the interest payable in gold in advance,• which will enable him to throw a, large arne:ma of gold at any time 'on the market. This, die thought will to a ,considerable extent tend to , . check mere speculation. If the Secretary had been allowed to sep all the gold, it would Mk. doubtedly have caused an immediate and per; , haps large fall in that metal, but, it would only • , be temporary, and speculators would hereafter, raise the price to such an extent, that the Gov:., ernment would be compelled to purchase at ati enormous premitim, and thus boa loier,, - A bill has-been introduced by Mr. Julien &MI the Committee on Public Lands, which secures to persons in the Military, or Naval service of the United States homesteads,. on confisolittid, er forfeited estates in insurrectionary 'districts. ' Rumor has gone abroad, that Congress is , about to increase the clerical force in the De , partments .of Washingtern, , ,and that they are considering the appropriation bill to - meet this . new force. From these rumors almost every member of Congress is daily loaded down with • a_batch of applications fer.,aituatiens, and huat- dreds of young men have come on to procure place. ''his is a grand error. .No new clerk* are to be appointed. They have been appointed' as temporary clerks long since, and the awe, = priation is to provide means for their paymeil l t,,,, These temporary clerks are mostly the sea. ,• and Auditors and. Paymaster General's The applications for clerkships are so. numerous. ' that it would be impossible to employ: that an in the. next_ fifty years... , A petition_ him been presented iatbDE , enate.. • ,', asking,Cougresa to contiscato:utterlyandwith. ou t reserve the lands of rebels, and.to give the same without otherfornxiigy thau occupation,. one hividred and sixty ,aecea to eneh private the naval service, and to - eachman in the rut) , a nd e..of the Unioutoiy,,ipul of the rebel ar my who will take the oattkof allegianee,to,tk u x •u o it e d.States,• ; ao that tlp lands thereafter -mining, be open is settlemiant under the k cry stead law. - The weather is very damp, and roadsiiavei;.., along with oar streets,. - again' beeortnoilmeate impassible au account Of tlu nitaL, _Su nothing, _ need be,looked - for from the . Army . kf,the'Pottl.... nine foz•-sumetitue tontiMe. -- • El JERE DES , l
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