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ly. lion. L. Myers and Hon. A. H. Coffroth for pub
he dooumont:s .
Tn. Democratic State Convention will
meet in Philadelphia to-morrow. Dele
gates to the, Chicago Convention will be
-chosen with instructions to support Gen.
McClellan for the Presidency. '
. Otrß. latest adviees' from Washington
indicate that Gen. Meade will rethin the
immediate - egmmand of the Army of the
Potomac under - Lieut.' G en. Grant. Gens.
sedgwielr, Ilanobek and Warrea will com
mand the corps.
LIEUT. GEN. GuANT arrived in Wash
ington yesterday, and is about tutalte . the
field with the Army of the Potomac. Gen.
paruside will doubtlesS co-operate with
Gen. Grant in the advance upon Rich
*ond, bat his field will probably be south
of the James River.
TILE allegation made recently by Mr.
F. Waldron, of Md., that Gen. McClellan
had a_personal interview with Gen..1.10 - e
- .
_after the battle of Antietam, turns out to
be wholly false.. Mr: - Waldron. it-seems,
was either drunk or 'insane, and has pro
bably been . used by some Over-zealous
correspondents to get up a sensation,—
We are glad to Make the correction.
How. HEWril - , D. MooriE was elected
State 'Treasurer . onWednesday evening
last by a vote of 66 to 56 for Hon. Win.
V. M'Grath, the present Democratic in
cumbent. Mr. Moore was :Treasurer
dur44 . 18612 and part of 1863, andprov
ed himself a most competent arid faithful
,officer;-and his election now is the very
best guarantee ...that our finances will be
skilfully and honestly managed in this
trying crisis of State and National credit.
- Mr. it is but just to - say, will
retire respected 'by all.parties as an-up
right and obliging officer.
VARIOUS startling rumors have been
passed around among our people within
the last few days, fixing the rebels in force
in the Shenandoah and about to make a
raid into the - Cumberland Valley. We
haye at timesbeen sadly exposed to raids ;
bat just now Gen. Lee is about aslikely
to attempt a raid upon the Moon as into
Pennsylvania. Gen. Grant has served a
notice upon him by his late order issued
At Nashville, in which he says that his
beadqUarters " will be in the field, and
until further orders, with the Army of the
Potomac," which Gen. Lee will respect
most profoundly; ,and he will not amuse
hintself, at least ," until further orders,"
by detaching any of his force in doultiful
enterprises. Gen. Longetreet may be
Passing through the head of the Valley
to join Lee, and from this fact probably
has arisen the rumors of rebel forces in the
Shenandoah.
, TARES. GEL GRANT has assumed the
command of the armies of the United
States, and his orders are supreme in all
the Military Departments. It is under
stood that his forces are about to take the
offensive at all important points, and the
plan of the campaign 'of course contem
plates The occupation of various portions
of ocart(tbrnot now, and never as yet, he
by our forces. It is duet° the sacred Na
tionality for which we are struggling, that
the wanton destruction of the private pro.
perty of the enemy be arrested ; and it
would commend the new Chieftain and
his holy cause were he to declare to the
world by an order, that this war is not
urged against private citizens, non-com
batants or private, property. We know
thatpch is the tl+ary: on which the war
hiis thus far been-conducted; but it has
been sbamefully violated in various in
stances by subordinate commanders. The
destruction of private property may be
necessary . at times- to coerce treacherous
!citizensinto decency, but the burning of
hotrieS, mills, and other property simply
tketanse they, below to the enemy, is _un-_
warranted by any Ole of civilized warfare;
And ive cannot afford to be responSible for
it..Tice, the enemy may provoke it by
similar acts of barbarity, or by the brutal
itreofitlit a our living prisoners and the
xporikOrlible atrocities committed upon
.our lierjle dead ; but this will not justify
are almcifitlaithrieed license given to our
Jaen in 'several in,tances recently, to_de
.Bpr,?yyriy.ate propeNV.
, Litt-T2GiN. tl. S. GsAvr.
Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant was born
in Mount Pleasant, Ohio,. in 1822, and is
now 42 years of age. Ile entered West
Point in 1839, and graduated in 1843,
when he entered-, the ariny . as a brevet
2inl Lieutenant-in the 4th Infantry. He
received his full commission at Corpus
Christi in 1845, and with that rank par
ticipated in the.Metican campaign under
Geus. Taylor and Scott.. He was brevet
ed Ist Lieutenant, ; September Bth, 1847,
for heraism at Molina del Roy, and Cap
tain at Chaindtapec..` -In 1E3.52 he ) was or
.de,red. to Oregon, and in 1853 was made a
fall Captain. In 1854 he resigned his po
sititin in 'the army, and flist settled in
Missouri, but afterwards moved to Gale . -
na t illinois, where he embarked, n mer
cantile pursuits. The , rebellion called
hiriCagain into active service, and he was
commissioned as Colonel of the 21st, BE
nois volunteers in June, 1861, and in Jilly
of the same year he was appointed Brig
adier General of volunteers and -placed in
command at Cairo. In NoveMber, 1861,
,be fought the battle of Belmont, and in
January, 1862, conducted the famous re
connoissance to the rear of Columbus.
On the 6th of February Fort Henry capit
ulated to Comniodore Foote before Gen.
Grant's land ferce had reached the scene : ;
of - action; and- ten days, later Fort Donel
son surrendered after a sanguinary battle.
He was then made' commander of the Mil
itary District of West Tennessee, and his
forces were adVanced up that liver t
Pittsburg Landing. On the 6th of
,April
he was attacted there by Gen. - Johnston
with greatly superior 'numbers, before
Gen. Buell had joined the Union army,
and after a most desperate struggle Gen.
Grant was compelled to fall back upon
the river. Gen. Buell arriving that night,
the Union forces assumed the offensive
the next inorning
,and defeated the rebel
army with the leas of General' -A. Sydney
Johnston and many- other officers killed.
He. was second in, command to Gen. Hal=
leek dining the siege Of Coriiith, and when
the latter was ordered to Washington, he
was appointed to take command of the
Departnient of Tennessee. His troops
fought at Inka and. Corinth under Gen.
Rosecraus, and in December, 1862, he
concentrated the 13th, 15th, 16th and 17th
army corps for the capture of Vicksburg
and the,opening of the Mississippi. Af
ter several unsnccessful:efforts to flank
the position, he ran 'the gauntlet of the
rebel batteries and landed below to - attack
Vicksburg.- On the Ist of May he defeat=
ed the rebels at Fort Gibson; on the 12th
at Raymond; on-the 14th at Jackson ;on
the 16th at Champion Hill ; on the 17th
at Black River Bridge. and- - on . the 18th
invested Vicksburg:in the rear... The siege
was most obstinately resisted; and two
attempts to carry the works by - assault
were repulsed by the rebels: On the 4th
of July, 1863, the rebel commander Gen.
Pemberton, capitulated, and Gen. Grant
tookpossession. Soon after Port Hudson
eapitUlated to Gen. Banks,- and the Mis
sissippi has Since been open to trade.
In September, 1863, Gen. Rosecrans
ivas defeated at Chickamauga, and the
condition Of the Union army in East Ten
nesseebecame most critical. Knoxville
was soon thereafter besieged by Gen.
Longstreeti, and:the rebels made exhaust
ing efforts -to recover the lost ground in
that State., from which they drew largely
of their supplies. -Gen. Rosecrans was
relieved, and Gen. Grant's command was
enlarged to embrace the Army. of the
Cumberland, while Gen. Thomas had the
immediate command Of .the army. Two
corps from the Army of the Potomac, un
der Gen. Hooker, were sent to reinforce
the arnlY in Tennessee, :and Gen.- Grant
devote 4 his efforts . to deliver battle for .
the
„relief of Chattanooga and Knoxville.
On the 23d of November the action con-.:
menced, and continu&l during the 24th,.:
25th and 26th, ending in the complete:
route of Gen. Bragg's army ; the capture
of many prisoners, and at once relieving
Knoxville and all important points in
EaSeTennessee from danger of rebel oc
cupation. On the 25th of February last
the Senate pasSed the bill creating the
office of Lieutenant General of the Army
of the United States, by a vote of 31 to 6
. e latter all Democrats; and on the
following-day it p timed finally in the House
by 73 t0...47: The President ,promptly
signed the bill; nominated Gen. Grant to
; Cie Senate for theposition, andhc was con-
Ifirmed without 'reference by a unanimous
vote. On the 9th inst. the President de
livered his commission to him in person
in presence of the cabinet and other prom-i
inent military and civil functionarks, and
he was at once appointed, by a general
order from the President, Coinmander-in-
Chief of the Armies of the United States.
President Lincoln, in delivering his com
mission, truly and 'eloquently said to Gen.
Grant—"As the Country herein trusts you,
so under God, it-will sustain you!"—and
the great Chieftain went forth to marshal
his for.-s_ for the decisive struggle with'
Treason- His first order, given in another
column, Was issued from Nashville, and
gives notice that his headquarters will be
in the field with the Army of the Potomac;
and he is today about to .assume the im
mediate command Of that bran but hith
erto-ill-starred army and ;tad it Against
the foe.
Propriotors.
—Gen. Grant is about to bring this
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gigantic struggle to, a' crisis. We will
have no whining complaints—no hesita
tion; no political disquisitions; but•he
evidently means to mass his forces at the
points to be assailed at once, and then to
strike with the energy that knows no such
word as fail. The two most honored, sue
eessfal and trusted conimanders of both
sids, are about to hurl the best armies of
the continent against each other, and the
issue of Order or Anarchy trembles in the
balance. ' May the God of Battles give
decisive victory to Freedom, Humanity
and Law t
:LETTER. FROM MR. SMITH.
HOVSE OF RF:PB£SEJSTITIvEB,
Harrisburg, March 16, 1864..
T. the Editors of the Franklin Repoeitorw:
Your correapondeut "Horace," as well zas
the Reporter of. the Legislative ROord, has
fallen into an error in reporting my remarks, as
to the character of the claims of the citizens of
Cumberland Valley, for damages occasioned
by the rebel raid, &c. I said that - I had been
informed by one of the appraisers, that there
were not many of the claims which were grasp
ing or immoderate. Such was the information
I had received. The error arose by the omis-
sion in the report of the word not. In your
editorial of the 16th, you state that I- disclaini
having used the expression; but still I with to
deny it explicitly. The distdaimeris containedt
in a leiter addressed to the senior Editorryo
bably on the 11th inst. In the same letter I
speak of the other ground of complaint, called
"an ungenerous fling," against citizens who are.
'named in your editorial land who, I believe to
be gentleman of great respectability and worth
I know not why what • I said in that letter•of
those gentleman, was not spoken of as well as
the disclaimer on the other point. I think that
it would havobeen 110'inime than just to myself
as well as to them, if it had, been. This would
have probably shown that I made' "no ungen
erous fling" at them or said anything unkind
or disparaging of them: - •
So fur us I recollect, the other subjects _re
ferred to in the editorial, they are fair matters
for comment, and I will neither complain of the
spirit in which they are criticised nor enter into
a defence of the acts themselves.
I write this note with the desire that it may
be published in the REiosiTonv.
• VerT*espeetfully Yours;
P.
FRAZER SMITH,
Remarks
- We publish Mr... l St:aide's letter with
pleasure, and accept his statements as
true, as his high character clearly demands.
As a matter of, justice to all sides, we quote
the portions of his speech, to which we
felt bound to take exception, from the
official Record of thedebates of the House
On the 3d inst., when the bill relating to
military damages was before the_House,
Mr. Smith made a speech in support of
the motion to refer the bill to the com'..
mittee on Federal Relations, of which he
is chairinan. On page 200 of 4e Record
he is thus reported—we quote the whole
paragraph :
"There is another re tison, a nd the great reason,
why I desire this bill to be put into a proper
shapein some other place than in this House. I
hare Veen about this House, and in the outer
chamber, men who have no right ,hcre, and who
cannot-speak here, who have manifested a great
interest this bill, although they have impersonal
interest in it. Now I desire to have this meas
ure shaped in a committee, that' it may come
before the House hereafter."
The only persons, present, either Onthe
floor or in the outer chamber, who had
taken any interest in the passage of the
bill, were several , gentlemen from this
county, whom Mr. Smith frankly exempts
from 'the insinuation of corruption. We
did not accept. his private" disclaimer to .
-us by letter, for the reason that thewrong
Was a public act, and the cori*tion could
not be otherwise. - Whatever. Mr. Smith
intended by his remarks; the fact—which
must -now be well known to him as it is
to all interested—that no lobbyists of any
grade haVe been acting with the friends
of the bill, points conclusively to one cf
two convictions-4-either that Mr. Smith
was utterly mistaken in the i nsinuation,
or that be meant to reflect upon citizens
he pronounces "gentlemen of great re
spectability and worth." '
He has now expressly acquitted all who
are personally, or by reason of theirproni
inence citizens Publicly interested in
the bill; and we. call upon him to vindi
cate the integrity of the border people by
stating on the floor of the House,-that he
erred in imputing improper influences,'or
the, use of improper persons, to effect the
action of the legislature; We assure Mr.
Smilla that such is the fact; he bits been
sued by Mr. Sharpe on the floor ; he •
hafflieen so-assured by Mr. M'Lellan and
other reputable men ; and his sense, of jus
tice must,we think, concede that he owes it.
as much to himself, as to our people, to
make the correction in the „same public
manner be made the charge. "
We do not doubt Mr. Smith's integrity ;
but we beg to remind him- that ha fling
ing the insinuation of venality upon the
friends of this measure, he• has employed
the common weapon of the most scienced
corruptionists of the legislature. It is the
most effectual plan that could be devised,'
to keep 'every honestman away from the
legislature who desires fair enactments;
and it is by, just such imputations habit
ually made—sometimes by honest men as
in this case, but usually •by rogues—that
thieving lobbyists have the whole ground
to themselves, and create
.an atmosphere
of pollution oftentimes in the very temple
of power. _ _
Mr. Smith's remarks touching exorbi ;
Cant claims, are reported as follows:
"Those gentlemen (the Commissioners) say
that.the clauns , were (not) in manysiustances
of an immoderate or grasping character. I my
self heard one of them make this declaration.
Now, sir, this shows how important it is that he-
fore any proriiion be inade for payment, these
claims should be adjusted."
Smith says the word "not" is omit
ted by the reporter or printer where we
embrace it in parenthesis. We submit
to him whether he likes' the sense Of the'
paragraph after the omitted word is in
serted. If the claims were not immode
rate or grasping, does •that show "how
important it•is" not to ,pay them . ? We
think that the lOgic needs amendment
now more than the phraseology did before.
Be that as it may, however,we accept
Mr. Smith's correction; as true, and so
much of the ,speech must go for nonsense.
—We have but a word in conclusion.
Mr. Smith is opposed to what we believe
to be a just claim :of the border counties
for spoliation by friend andfoe. There
is force in some of his, reasons, and we
respect him in acting. in obedience to-his
convictions ; but let him not crowd us
down in unmerited Olionor., We ask
him to show his appreciation of integrity
by conceding to the friends of theimeas:
ure that high standard of honesty they so
richly. merit, and, they Will abide the is
,
sue t without complaint.
THE NEW CALL FOR TROOPS.
-President Lincoln ,has wisely issued a
call for 200,000 additional troops. At
first blush this new demand upon. the
country will startle loyal hearts; but a
little reflection will demonstrate its Wis
dom. The late call f0r.500,000 - is nearly
if not quite filled in all , the' Northern
States, and it embraces' n the men credit
ed upon the quotas, perhaps one-half or
the vets now in the 'service. The
remai c ,T , Are new recruits ; and distribut
ed amon g Le old regiments as'they have
been, they have made the armies stronger
than ever before for the earlyeperations
of the Spring campaign.-
It must be borne in - mind hevieVer, that
in June theterias Ofithe three years' vol
unteers commence to expire ; and
there Must be ample prOvision for keeping
up the armies to' the strongest possible
point until the depisiie 'struggle is over.
If it were manifest that onr ranks must
be largely depleted in June and July, the
rebels , Ayoub], resort to every conceivable
strategy to _avoid ' decisive engagements
until that time, as they did in 1863' when
the nine months' and . two years' rued
were discharged; , but if it is evident that
our ranks will not be allowed to be thinned
out, delay in. meeting the final issue can
be of no advantage to otu• adversary.
DoUbtless one of the strongest reasons
for the new call is -the fact that there are
but little if any less than 200,000 veterans
still iu the service who have: not re
enlisted. Many of them are not yet with
in three months 'of the termination .of
their service ; and they have been slow to
re-enter -the army Until they can see
clearly that the government will be strong
enough to give positive and decisiVe vic
tory to the Union arms. The new.call
will engble those veterans to re-eidistand
receiveqhe liberal j-hounties paid by_the
government and s!-I-Ar districts; and we
doubt hot that tit? I will in a great meal
' u,re fill the . new ;: The - governMent
cannot spare veteran troops ; and
with such a; flood neW recruits as has
just been sent to the armies under-the late
call, they, will not desire to leave the
service until the.rebellion is utterly over
thrown. .-
As a means of securing the re-en_
Inca of veterans still remaining, ,ano
paying them the bounties to which they
are so' eminently entitlet we rejoice that
this 'call has been made ; and "it must
strengthen the already - strong conviction
of every loyal man, that -the rebellion
will be closed out the present season.
The larger our armies are made the'actft
speedy will We .attain honorable and en
during Peace, and the less will be 'the sa
crifice, of both men and money in preser
ving our sacred Nationality. ,We honor
the administration for every measure that
promis'eS decisive' and early victories, and
cheers the hearts of our brave soldier& in
the field. The call will be- condemned,
of cotirse, - every copperhead who is
ever ready for a cowardly stab at the
government, and it will strike despair
deep into the.heart of every traitor ;_ biit
as the rayS 'of light breaking upon the
morning, it 'gives assurance to the, patri
otic of an earlinoon-tide of triumph. '
Otlt RAILROAD CONNECTIONS.
Various.movements are now on foot to.
connect_ the Cumberland Valley with the -
Connelsville Railroad and the Broad Top
Coal region but we fear that' the enter
prise.muSt fail unless there can be some
concentration of our energies and capital.
ThaSouthern Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany,' forme - 11y; known as the Sher Man's
Valley, is new making an effort to reach
the East Broad Top coal lands, and , we
learn that at a meeting, .cif the Directors
held on the 10th ult., it was resolved to
locate the: road through PultOit county
before the,first of May next: - Thia : road,
as at present managed,. cannot mate its
way to the point proposed. If it is taken
hold of by'Netv York, as its present oWn
ers_contemplate, it bay become a through
route to • the •Ohio, • and' thug reach • the
Bread 'rep ; but as a local effort. it cannot
succeed. Jt has.a feasible ,route, and it
1 .,-,
_.,
IliaY 1 . 341 dispe of, as a speculation and
be made by 1\ y o ' r k, - , - ' -
The Pittsbnpeople are moving toes
tend the Co Bi
1
llie through Cowan's ,
Gap and Gree stle tO i join'the Western
Afaryland; :anuiother project propoies
the extension. i.,he Coltuulda Railroad
13; t1
through Gettys , and Cha Thersburg to
Broad Top. !II should the accept
able measure Vie people of
.Southern
Pennsylvania, tit, offets the very best
connections,- anti once sh rtens the dia. ,
tame to Baltin4 and p is 'gain direct
communication li : the Bioad Top Coal
lands: _The roanont Reading to Coltun-,
hia was cempletelast•week, and is now
.sinning trains tidally; and . the new;
'route proposed Ald put this point „in'
the very best posSe position forreceiv
ing and shipping tile, ; , 1
,
, The Cumberlan4olley mustget direct
communication iviOroad Top at an early
day.
~It has becona necessity ; and the
kthwing trade of thbuntry clearly points
to another great Ihwa3,- to the West
through this Tegion;The Southern coun
ties should Ilse 4o
,fie, in making cola
mon cause in this', iportant movement.
and secure the' priless advantages , it
offers us.
SUBSCRIBERS who iend to change their
residences on theist! April, should gOe
notice at this . office 8 that ' their payers
may be sent preropti to their new ad-
Mess.
DIE Gold Bill was Ally passed by both
Houses , of Congress on it 15th, and has been
approved bi i the Pres Mt. As passed iit
authorizes the Secretary ;the Treasury to nSe ,
Surplus gold in. anticipaig the; payment
,'of
interest on the public del or :to sell it frcim
time to time as'• he may eem it necessary forj
the _ public interests—prided that nothing,
contained in this authorizion shall impair the`
obligation to establish asking, fund 'foi pre'
sOribed by the net of Fetawy 12th, 1862. The:
operation of the !Mt is lifted to one year.
There is no requirement untamed in the bill
that gold alone shall. be -- tig in the establish-
Meat of the sinking tiind. '
THE President has sento the Senate the'
nomination of, 'Gen. W. , Smith, known as
"Belay Smith," as Mor Generallin,the
Regular Army, to fill the vancy caused by the
promotion of Gen. Grant. This is undetvtood'
to be at the request of tbelatter General, and
looks to the assignment' ; Gen. Smith to an
important command. Gen Smith commanded
the division of the Militia tlt occupied Carlisle
when Gen. Lee bombard' it, and led the
advance that joined Gen. Mode at Hagerstown.
He is a gallant and superir officer. It is not
improbable that.he may eon:mina the Army of
the Potomac.
Ttia President spoleathe Sanitary Fair in
Washington, on Fri 4 .last, 'and among other
things uttered the foowing: " This war falls
"heavily upon all class, of the people, but the
mist so upon the toldits. JAM that a man hath
will he give for his lif‘' and. though all have
Contributed of their sastanee, yet the soldier
perils and often'yie'lds p his life for his coup•
trv's cause."
Tut Whisky Bill, . as`t has at length passed
both Houses of Congrea places a tax of sixty
cents on all spirts to be tanufactured until the
first of July, and for the ime thereafter, future
legislation must provide. A tax of forty cents
on foreign liquors is, hwever, added; but
there is no fax of the stoc on hand of domestic
liquors. •
Onkforce in the field enceds that of o neyear
ago by ever two hundrnd tousand men ; this is
shown by official records in the War Depart-
went
uij
,§6-,
0
0,000 MORE ROOFS.
The Puf 'ent I - - t issnedthe following call for
..,
200,000 at, - ,3-te - r •
,uvaps: -
& - - - Eaverriv F. MANSION. }- '
§ . 1i: 7ashinitin, March D. Visit.
In ordeto si i pp ly
. the Force required 0 be
drafted-fol ie nave -y, and 6provide an adequate
reserve r*-. fur a Al contitgencies, in addition
to' the fiN,hundr-, ed thousand men - called for
Febraarylit, 186 4, the Celt is hereby Made and
a draft tamd, l'i .n* 20,000 men .for the mili
tary servi l of thcl :. arnrymavy,andmarine'corps
of the UnildStat es. The proportional quotas
for the di rent i Nerds, towns, townships; pre
cincts, eletion d istriets, Air - counties will be .
made knoin tine' nigh the Provost Marshal Gen
eraPs buniu, ant', accountwill he taken of the
credits anedefieiiqvies on former quotis. The
15th day al April b 1864, is designated as the
time up towhieh • e numbers required in each
.ward of a !ity, to 13, &c, may ,be raised by
voluntary t inlistrg nt, and drafts will be made
in eaeh w,rd of a. city, town,. &e.; - which shall
not haveolled tilt quota assigned to it-within
E t
the time !esignat d for the number required to
fill the sad quota . The draft will be com
menced ai soon ut er the -15th of April as prac
ticable. The zGo eminent bountiesi_ as. now
paid, wili be conflined until April 15th, 1864,
ut which time tLe additional bounties cease.
On and - after tiO . date_ onehuudred dollars
bounty duly will 1.0 paid, as provided by the id
approved July 22,1861
LIEUT. GEN. GRANT'S FIRST ORDER.
On the 17th Lieut. Gen. Grant assumed thi3
important command assigned to him; awns
sued his first order at Nashville, as follows:
llainq'ns ARMIES O TOE UICITF.D STATES,
• Nashville, Tenn., March 17, 18d4,
• General Orders,No.l2.—ln pursuance of the
following order of the President, -
"ExEcrrrvE MaxstoN, March 10; 1864.
"Under the authority of the act of Congress
to revive the grade ofLienteriant General in the
United States army, approved. February 29,
1864, Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant
United States army; is appointed to the, com
mand of the armies of the-United States.
"AIMAILIAI LINCOLN."
I assume command ofthe armies ofthe United
States. Headquarters will be in the field, and,
until further orders, will be with the Army of
the POtomac. There will be an office of head
quarters in Washington, D. C., to which all
official. communications will be sent, except
those from the army here. Headquarters aro
at the date of their address..
U. S. GRANT, Lieut. Gen. U. S. A.
LATEST lIEWS!
A State Senator and a Delegate ,Carried
Off by Rebel Gnerlllaa—Capta re of Part -
of the Gaertna Band—Activity - of the
New Commander. • •
Sue dolftVs BUN, March 20.—Last evening a
detachment ofliebels r lyitorted to be Gilmore's
men made a raid into Bath, a villiatre of Mor
gan county West Virginia, two and ahalf milt*
from here { and succeeded in .captiring
'Bechtel, a West Virginia State Senator, and
Mr. Wheat a member of the West' Virginia
House of Delegates.
Gen. Sigal ordered. a 'force of Cavalry in'pne=
suit, with orders to attack them wherever
they foumlthem. The latest information here
- is that the pursuing force overtook ..;them and
:succeeded in taking some of them prisoners.
Gen. Arena!, who was lying dangerously ill
at Martinsburg last night, is recovering. •-•
'I Longstreet Itiountlng This ittrantm
CINCINNATI, March 21.—A despatch totem,
Commercial; dated Strawberry . Plains, - states
that the Rebels at Bull's Gap are in forge force,
probably. numberiug 20,000. -
The reports of Longstreet having,ieut away
post of his artillery and wagons by railroad,
ans mounted his men - mall theirdraught horses,
is confirmed. It is the general belief that the
:Redels will make a sudden movement into
Kentucky.
MORTON'S GOLD PENS are now EOM at tlw
• same prices as before the commencement of the
IThis is entirely owing to the manufacturer's
im
provements in machinery, his present large Retail
business and Cash-in-Advance system; for, untillie
commenced advertising, his busitiess was done on
Credit, and strictly ?via the tradi.
The Morton Gold Pons are the only ones sold at
old prices, as the makers of all other: Gold Pons
charge the Premium: on Gold, Govornnient Tax, Erc,
but Mortori-has in no case changed his price, whole
Sale or retail,
Of the great numbers aent by mail to all parts of
the World during the past few yenta, not owl' in . a
thousand has failed to reach its destination in safe
ty, showing that the Aforton Gold Pen can be oh
tainea by any one, in every part of theworld, at the
same price, postage only excepted.
. .
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you want one, call on A. Alumn i N 0.25 Maiden
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dee2-dm.
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This Institution is permanently located in the Bor
ough of Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pa. use
great demand for competent and responsible WU/ill/-
tants throughout the land; makes it necessary to
increase the faeilitics for acquiring a practiial Bus
iness Education. With this view, the undersigned
has opened the above _institution, thereby giving -
the Young Men and others of the cOuntry an op-
Portunity of preparing themselves for honorable sad
profitable positiOns in life. Each department is tin
der the charge of an experienced and competent
instructor., The Course of Instruction is thorough
'and 'practical, Students are taught Lb originite and
conduct all the Books and Forms pertaining to ac
tual business, thus bringing theory into practicl, -
and thereby enabling them to realise and practice
the Regular 'Routine Of - the Counting Room. The
Course of Jnstrection includes Double -Entry Doak -
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Calculations, Mercantile Law;',;Practleal and Orna
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timS,:as there are no vacations to Interrupt the reg
ular exercises. Time, required to ,complete the
course is from Bto 10 weeks. Clergymen's sons can
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her $5B pays all expenses for a fall course, boarding
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