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LOVA I, ITE,II,S.
- _-. - DE - yrn or . SURGEON STEWART KENYEIA" -
1 '74 17. S. - N.--With sincere grief We annennee Bees
- ' - death of Surgeon Stewart. Kennedy, U. S. N.
i The ead.event occurred at the united States
k. Hotel, Harrisburg, on Tuesday evening the eth
141 4. - 'Surgeon Kennedy at the - dine of his de
e.easo.had entered'upOri, his thirty-tirst year and
, was the youngest foil Surgeon in the United.
SlatesNav,y. 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.
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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
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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 ,.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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,
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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.
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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. -- •
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