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PRO6Ezs4 or THE NAB.
We give on the first page. of to-day's
, -
paper a map that will just now be scanned
i xith peculiar interest by all ou r rea d ers .
'tlt presents at a glance the whole theat re " l 'of the operations of Grant Sherman,
Th o m a s and Sheridan diuinothelast year,
and enables us to appreciate how trium
phantly the Union armies have been in
.the ever memorable campaigns of 1564.
One year ago Sherman was at Chattanoo
ga—not marked en the .map, but near to
the western, centre where Cleaveland ap
pears—while Johnston held Dalton and
all the country South of it with the second
strongest army that treason possessed, and
had the advantage of a mountainous coun
try naturally susceptible of easy defence.
Longetreet besieged Knoxville and for a
time seriously threatened otz forces in
that important position. Grant, after
maiming the grand campaign that Sher
man has so brilliantly executed, left his
trusted Lieutenant and assumed the im
mediate direction of the,Arrny of the yo:.
tomae. Simultaneously • the two great
columns moved against the foe, and the
paths from the Rapidan to the James, arid_
froth 'Chattanooga "to Atlanta, are deeply
crimsoned with our - noblest blood. But
treason inexorably, demaudeil the sacrifice,
and it had to be given as the price of the
preservation of our liberties='
Then the traitorls conspiracy could boast
of three strong, highly disciplined and he
roic arin - ies ; but the ethiipaign of 1864 has
literaUy exterminated two of them, and
that of Lee alone remains, broken and
to withstand the pending straggle
that. muist soon come for the rebel capital.
Johnston defended and retreated before
the consummate skill and prowess of Sher
man untithe was within the defences of
Atlanta. Then a fighting soldier supplan
ted him, and lie hurled'his army against
the invincible hosts of Sherman until half
his warriors were dead or disabled, 'and
was comPelled to abandon the prize at
last. It was confessedly a staggering bloke
to treason, and Davis, resolved that it 'mud
be recovered. He visited the army of
Hood in person, and tssured them that
they would soon revel in Tennessee and
lientneky again, and that Atlanta wonld
prove a Moscow to Sherman—that he must
'retreat and suffer total destruction in at-
tempting to get back to his starting point.
Hood attempted resolutely to fulfil th►e
prOmise of Davis; commenced an exhaust-
Mg march for Sherman's rear, and cut his
lines. Sherman followed with a portion
of his army as . far as. Kingston, as though
he had accepted Hood's policy for the new
campaign, and when he had Hood beyond
reach, he - soddenly turned his face to the
south-east, the column at Atlanta moving
simultaneously with him, and before Hood
knew wherehis subtle adversary was, he
had swept into` the very heart of Georgia,
and was marching unopposed for Savan
nah. Hood.inortified at the rendre of his
strategy; reselved to retrieve himself by
the destTetion of Thomas, and he was
encouraged to 'boldness-by Schofield's re
treat after the battle of Franklin. Bat
when all things were in readiness, the old
warrior of the Army of the Cumberland
moved out to deliver battle, and the army
of Hood 'ceased to be an army. Thomas
is now master of the South-west, and is
unopposed by any. considerable body of
the enemy. 'Whither he will direct his
steps, we must wait to see.
• After Grant tad Itunledhis army on the
James and laid siege to Richmond, Lee •
wellunderstood what it meant. He loieW
of Vicksburg. and felt that unless he could
raise the siege, the fall of his capital was
but a question of time. He therefore de
tached Early with a strong army to move
Northwitid and threaten Washington.—
Sigel had been defeated at Cedar Creek s ;
- Hunter at Lynchburg, and the force de
signed to hold the Shenandoah was com
paled to retreat to Parkersburg. The
Valley was thus open, and Early advane
edirdo Maryland, and !went the State from
Hancock to the very gates of WaShing
ton. ' The Ninth Corps marched to the
front just in time to meet him, and he
•, - was driven back beyond Winchester again.
Soon after, the Ninth Corps having been
withdrawn, he turned upon Crooks, and
defeated him, and again occupied Wes
tern Marylath and - penetrated to Chau' :
bemburg, which was burned by his order.
The sacking and - destruction of this dace
was the last achievement of Early. Since
then he has never encountered the Union
troops but to meet with discomfiture, and
the column of the vandal M.'CanslandAms
never since won distinction save as cow
- ands and plimderers. After meeting Sher
idan on three fields, losing all his artillery
and . material of war, he was last heard
from hiding in the pines North of Rich
mond accompanii4 rby one soldier and
an ) t
ordfrly—Phil. Sheridan - having dis
posedof the balance of his once powerful
and defiant army.
in the mean time, Grant has been con
tent to' hold gichmond as with hooks of
triple steel. and- await the falTntent of
hift plans entrusted to his Lieutenants.—
Sherman started from Charleston and
Se l liofield from Wilmington, both looking
tO. Richmond as their objective point.
JUst what route they would take, or where
they would strike when united, opened a
wide field for conjecture. For nearly a
month there was no definite information
from either, but enough is now known to
satisfy the loyal hearts that all goes well,
Sherman moved from Charleston to Co-
lumbia, the capital of South Carolina,!and
from thence toward Saulisbury, as is
marked on the map; but he 'turned off
North-eastwerd at Winnsboro to 'Fayette
ville, where be united his 'different col
umn,. The united columns then moved
upon Raleigh, the capital of South oar
olina, and according to the rebel papers,
General Johnston fought and repulsed
one wing on the 19th 'inst. at Benton
ville, about midway between Goldsboro
apd Raleigh, and General Hardee fought
and. repulsed'Sherman on the 16th inst. at
Averysboro, 'alxiizt:ruidway between Fay
etteville and Weight We have no de
tails of thew *dons. and to account of
them whatever excepting the rebate' -
ports; but it is ' evident that they are
greatly overrated by - the 'rebel papers.
We shell be 64' 1 ' 1 841f, when - the facts
become fully laiown, More ,thin the fid-- ,
Vance of both Sherman and Schofield:
were engaged. tnid we look with entire
confidence for Sherri:um to advance suc
cessfully whenever he is able to concen
trate, and we doubt not that be is now in
possession of I:Weigh.
From Raleigh he can move when and
where he chooses. The rebels can-throw
no army in his front to oppose , him sue
cessfnlly: He will be syenger Alm Lee's
entire army, while . *Grant: Im:s7-twice the
same niunber, and .the:*rebel capital is
doomed. It is more than probable that
Sherman will strike directly for Lee's line
of communication and supplies at Burks
vile and Lynchburg, the possession of,
which will compel the immediate evacua
tion of Richmond, and we shall be greatly
disappointed if before the fir of May,
Grant and Sherman do not plan the nett
campaign in the rebel.capital.
LEGISLATIVE•CORRUPTIGIN.
An official investigation is now in pro
gress that will probably demonstrate how
the vocation of rotunda viunpyres is plied
about the legislature, and how parties de
siring legislation are swindled while leg
islators get the credit of . having extorted
money as a' consideration for their votes.
The Atlantic and Great Western Railroad
Company desired the passage of a bill to
which no legislator could-possibly take
exception It was in accordance with the
settled polie.Y \ of the State, and but a rep
etition of acts — astly_ on our statute
books. It was proposed in the House and
passed unanimously without even a refer
ence to the committee on Railroads:and
there is no pretence that any member- re
ceived, or wits to receive, any compensa
tion therefor. ,But the bill seems to have
been important to certain European cred
itors of the Atlantic and Great Western
Railroad Company; and a few outsiders
resolved that they would extort - liberally
from the agent of -these creditors. They
,accordingly represented' thatthat - they had
raid, or agreed to pay, five thousand dol
lars to procure the passage of bill in
the House, and t that it could not be passed
in the Senate for less than twenty thous ;
sand dollars;-
Any man of average.sense should have
at least suspected thf Whole thing to be a
mere black-man operation ; but city at
torneysand business agents are not always
wisest as to the practical management of
their own affairs when they expand be
yond the walls bf - their offices. They had
doubtless read in the Columns of journals
'which revel in defamation to divert atteni
tion from their . own extortions, that the
legislature passed bills only for pay, and
they were therefore made eavy - v" ictitus to
the villiany.of the third-house sharpers.
How a bill could 'haVeil . passed the Hou'se
on the promise of an unauthorized and
certainly not eminently reliable party,
that money would be paid`for the votes,
would have staggered any one who had
the least knowledge of mankind, honest
or dishonest ; but it seems that the story
was told, persisted in, and finally the mo
ney was handed over to be distributed
when the bill should pass finally: Fortu
nately the transaction became known lit
tle by little, until the main facts were as
certained, and a committe of the Senate
preceded to investigate it, when it was
established beyond doubt that had the
discovery not been made, third parties
would have Pocketed the neat little sum
of twenty-five thousand dollars as soon as
the bill became a law, and the parties pay
ing it would probably never have doubted
that the money extorted from them Ivas
"distributed to satisfy the venality of the
legislature.
—We are not of those who regard the
Pennsylvania legislature as above suspi
cion. —lf doubtleashas,more or less of bad
men in at aft the time ; but to the well in
formed it is - equally certain that scarcely
a tithe of the money extorted ostensibly
to. secure favorable action in the legisla
ture on bills, ever reaches the pockets
of members. Repeated instances have
come to light, years after legislation had
been procured, of members reported by
the lobby sharpers to corporations or .in
dividuals for. Whom they acted, as having
received. money for their votes when they
were as innocent and ignorant of corrup
tion as a child unborn ; and so it ever will
be until honest men learn that however
corrupt may be a portion of the legisla
ture, there - are always upright and faith
ful men there who are ready to do justice
to all without fear or favor. fio it' was in
the case of the bill for Which the sum of
twenty-five thousand dollars was deposi
ted. The Senate committee saw the mon
ey refunded to the proper owner; and the,
bill was then passed by a very. large ma
jority and signed by the Governor. Had
a majority of the Senate been corrupt, a
good pretext was at 'hand to defeat the
bill ; but that body declared to the people
of the State that, however an agent might
be misled by sWindlers as to the integrity
of its own members, they would do right
for the sake of the right, and the bill be
came a law. , ,
—As the investigation was but hasty
and partial at the close of Ate legislature,
we have given no names as connected with
this transaction, lest injustice might be
done. We shall Soon have a thorough
ventilation of the whole transaction, and
the proper parties held responsible for
the attempted. fraud.
TIM RETIRING SENATORS.
The terms of the following Senators ex
pired with the late legislature : _ •
2. Jacob E. Ridgeway, Union, Philadelphia. •
4. George Connell, Union, Philadelphia.
11. William J. `Farrell, Union, Susquehanna.
12. J. B. Stark, Dew., Lucerne.
13. S.,P. Wilson, Union, Tioga.
18. George H. Bucher, Dew., Cumberlami..
19. William bl'Sherry, Dom., Adams.
22. Thomas St. Clair, Union, Indiana.
23. William A. Wallace, Dew., Clearfield.
25. J. L. Graham, Union, Allegheny.
27. C. MYCandleseUuron, Butler.
The Senate now stands 19,Union to 14
Demociate• Of the, retiring member 7
are Union and 4 Deninerats; leaving 12
Union and 10 Democrats holding over.
Looking to the pOlitical complexion of the
districts as shownhy the elections 0f1863-
4. we do not see where any political change
is likely to be effected= in the senate by
the next election.', Unless Mere &Mild be
a political whirlwind on one side' or the
other, the new Senators to be chosen well
be of the same complexion as their-prede
cessors. Messrs.
-,Ridgeway and Connell,
of Philadelphia, will be-re-nominated and
re-elected, , The 2d dikrict is the strong
est Union district in the city, and the 4th
.has twice-chosen Mr. Connell, and will do
'so again by a majority larger than he has
heretofore obtained,if the last election in
Philadelphia, is any - criterion by which to
judge future results. Both are practical,
efficient and faithful Senators, and Mr-
Council, although paralyzed for five years
past So. that he has never stood upon the
floor of the Senate to make a motion, is
second to none in . -usefulness to his con
stituents. Mr. Turrell was Speaker dur
ing the - late session, and will probably be
returned as Bradford has the Congress
man. He has served with peculiarcreditc
f
and should be retained. Stark will be a ,
'candidate for re-nomination with fair
-prospects of success, and if nominated will
of confie be elected. Wilson, of thel3th,
is Congressman elect. and -Olmstead, of
Potter, Speaker of the late House, will
probably succeed him. If so: neither the
credit nor the interests of the district will
suffer by the chauge. 'Yak is now added
to Cumberland, and A. Heistand GNU. of
York. who retired from the Senate one
year ago, will likely succeed Bucher.—
M*Sherry, of this district will not; we in e
sume, be a candid*. as Franklin' will
claim the man. - differing with
him in his political faith. it must be con
fessed that he has been faithp in his de
votion to the interests of his, district, and
few will retire more widely respected by
their associates. "Shatpe and C': M. Dun
can cue named by the Democracy for the
succession, and the Union nomination
seems to be conceded to Adams. Dr: St.
flair will have a formidable competitor
for the nomination in Col/Harry White,
whose place he filled while White was a
prisoner hi the South". One of the two
will he chosen. Wallace, of the 2:3a, dis
trict, will be le/elected, and s ince a Dem
ocrat lutist be chosen, we shall not regret
his success.. He is an able, fair and use
,ful.Senatof. Mr. Graham, Of Allegheny.
will of course be returued wi: bout set ion's
opposition. He is one of the most atttl-
Tire, laborious and efficient iuMnbers of
the Senate; blameless in reputation and
in all respects worthy of lib; faithful con
-stitnency. Venni - Hess, oC' the 27th. will
retire under party rules, amilris stweessor
isnot indicated by ally. concentration of
pnhlic sentimeut.
- -In any ordinary- contest none-of the
districts to elect next fall could be classed
as doubtful, and we therefore look fAi- the
next Senate to stand as did the last-19
Unionists to 14 Democrats- -
TILE authorities at Washington have
not yet decided whether ..n.cen 34 1 ,, wale
firal,V mid paid commutation in 1t 4 64, are
Habit , to be held fo service under the pre
sent dmft. We learn that- boili Major
Dodge, late. A. , ,ji - stunt. I'vevost Marshal
General of this State, and Gen. links, his
successor, have decided that such men are
liable to he held:under the present draft;
and, acting under othcial orders to that
,effect, Capt. Eyster has mustered into the
service and sent to the front some forty
oft - fifty from -this : district who paid com
mutation last year.
The injustice of holding men who paid
300 last year. and exempting those, who
paid in. - 18133, is so palpable that the'Pro
voss Marshal a few days ago issued an or
men for a short period until the question
could be properly considered and deter
mined, and Capt. Eviller now' furlong,hs
them for two weeks when they report.
We feel reasonably conSflent that they
will be discharged in the end, and if so,
those who haVe been mustered and for
warded to the front will be allowed to
ie
tnrn to their homes, or to enlist as volun
teers and receive the _usual
_government
and local bounties. - - e
IT is not our habit to partiejpate iu
'purely ornamental features of an adjourn
ment of the legislature, which resolve the
House into a mutual tultuir:ation. c sißtiet,y ;
but in these columns where such formali
ties do not olotain, we deem it but just to
bear our humble testimony to the digni
ty, _courtesy and strict impartiality with
which lion. A. G, Olmstead discharged his
duties as Speaker of the late House. • oth
er presiding officers may have been more
expert id advancing pat tizan or perNonal
interests; but•no Man within our recollee
dot; has brought to the chair sip high a
measure'of all the qualities essential to a
fair and successful, Speaker•. The dignity
and decorum whirl marked the . proceed
ings of the last House have never been ex
celled and rarely equalled ; and it is a
compliment of no common character, in
times of intense political feeling like the
present, that Mr. - Olmstead received the
cordial and. tmqualified endorsement of
the minority for his uniform sense of kis
lice, iwhilethe majority felt that he had
in no degree denied them what they could
justly claim at his hands. We hope to re 7
cord his election to the Senate next fall.
SENA .7 Oa, Fix:um; of Dauphin, was
choien Speaker of the Senate at the efose
of the session. The distinction was most
justly conferred. Mr. Fleming has won a
high position as an upright, intelligent and
efficient Senator, and he will discharge the
responsible duties of the chair with credit
alike to himself and to the Senate., •
THE Democratic_State Convention fin•
the nomination of candidates for Auditor -
Geneill and Surveyor Qeneral will be held
at Harrisburg on the 21st of June. The
Union Committee has not yet, issued a call.
, A MASS MEETING was held at Wilmington, N.
on the 19th, to pass resolutions recognizing
the authtrity of the Federal Government. It was.
attended by thil most prominent and 'respectable
eitizetai,and a Union,address by the Mayor was.
heartily applauded.-
- —lt is said that Sherman has captured enough
cotton, turpentine, pitch, and rosin to pay.the
pews of his campaign. •
itanittiu ,REpu.stitTED, etjambrtgaitg, pa:
V WASHING-TON
Ayini ti Sears—What Lee Do—Rebel be.
se oas—The President Gone Ao the
.frOnt—Airests for Frauds—Money Sent
•--Some by Ohio Volunteers—Gen. Han
- ,eoeles C0r0.4--noseby—ltefuveti from
the South—Severe Gale.
emesp od er w,, of file rraultllla Repository - •
The week closes without important news from
any of our armies excepting Shermaws. He,
when last heard from, was still marching - onward
toWird Richmond without - Meeting May serious.
opposition. The enemy flee before him from
place to place. and it is not believed that be will
fight Sherman, or has' courage enough lt;tt to risk
it. though be hug meifut
Ther l e is much spccuhtion as to Ivhot Lee's in.
tentions are. Should thisfine weather continne
and Sherman advance as rapidly as . he htn been
doing,for ten days more, and Le.• his present
position, it will be alono3t an implbsibiiity to evae
vat... Richmond without a die:WWI series oNights
TM re in good t;dindation for the belio thatlol
- Ns ill he evacuated within a feWdays. Our
troops have generally broken camp:and packed
up ready for the grand movements about to com
mence. The Rebel hattet les on • our right have
been doing a heavy ennonading during the last
few days.: Pick 4 firing has been
_kept up con
stantly especially at night. which is mainly inten
ded to prevent rebel desertions. Despite all
their watchfulneni4 they come in in - , droves ev
ery night. Yesterday over two bandred were
marched, up the avenue in a body. These all
cants info Uen. Ord's lines near Bermuda Hun
dreds, bringing their muskets, for which they re
ceived a liberal pri e r in money,
'President Lino,ld loft yesterday M : l4Le steamer
River Queen for Ito...hunt. Street rumors are
afloat that his %ieir, is occasioned by further_inti
otatiOns &en& too rebel authorities Of a desire for
p e lkek -LyLere is no truth iu the isuidor. The
trip is to tvemperate hie health, 4ich for some
time , ,has h e m, h„,.j.-
Eight persons have hen arrested and bentlo
the old capitol pri-on no the eltarge;of fraudulent
i-stte and sale of, government transportation tick
ets over the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. TLe
amount 01 ‘iekets purloined and:sold it is said
annulate to tens of thou andsof dollars. All the
men but one or two _had . t.oute edimection with
the ticket aim, at the depot in this city, or em
ployed on the road.
Within the lust three weeks C. Vhitmore,
Ohio State Agent, has sent to the families of Ohio
soldiers over i,p'206,000 in exchange furnished at
par by Jay Cook, without cost to eft herthe soldier
or his family.
I ' ro hill rCgllll4 . iltS of General Hancock's new
corps left to-day for Winchester.. They paraded
through :once of the principal streets and made'a
splendid dprea ranee.
It has been ascertained that SloAy has over
sir hundred then prowling in gangs through Lott
don 'a int Pritiet% iliiato counties. Great watch
haa to he exercised by our outer piekete,
south of the defenees of this city, to keep from
bring surf) iz+M awl captured. :1
. .
The propeller Ajax arrived up and anchored
off Alexandria tecauon,frorn
ton, has lag on retu4Ces, who were W
hin s-I to ‘.o.iir 11,rothih from Fayetteville by per:
of Gen. Saeinian. They were brought
up to the Gth street n hurl' last evening in a tug
boat, aid s,-nt to 11, s,ultary Home, near the de,
pot. Thi , pally consists of =norms from the
Fayettes ili at,enal and their families, allof whom
are in a eestitute condition. - Neiuly nil of them
nacre retoierly employees at Harpers Perty", hav
mg' na,s , d to F.,y4:ttoille iu 166 . 1, tthrn the ma
erdnery ofthe Harper's Ferry arsenal 'rag. taken
to that pluscs• by the rebels. They Yeport that
General glerruan's army is mutly encumbered
with rein;; es. t'.e•re being some six hundred with
turn no , ,s , nsi,o l'ollowed him tbropgb from Cohn/P r
The. gale Whieh passed over this city yesterday
was very severe. Several hoti,7eg were blowed
down, and a large number unroofed. Many'res
.+, were blown ashore, and it io feared that the
d.ana g e down the liver nmong, the vessels was
very exten.ive. S. C.
A Leuislathe Senwition-9415,000 on hand
to Pas% a Bill—The Le4-ittbfturecounted
out in the Tranmetionz- the 'honey He.
. funded—The Adjournment.
•
'ConeYpoodenco of the Franklin Rep4ltory.
Ilaimbordi.,, ?darn 25, MIS.
Harrisburg has bad a sensat decided, pos.
refreshing sensation. The]legislature was
startled on Wednesday last the development
that chill had passed the Hou4 and was under
consideration in the Senate with livery probability
of its passige, for which the roult\d sum of $25,-
000 had been deposited by somebody to be paid
to some other body as coon as ttk biyl became a
law; and the startling, smtsatiomil feature of the
discovery sac that the legislature ilad not receiv
ed any part of it, and was not likely to have any
share in the distribution of the itintC. It:was all
blame and no game as far as the Members were
concerued, and rationally enough the virtuous in
dignation of every member of both branches was
aroused to the highest possible pitch'; That $25,-
InKr slienild be on hands to pass a bill wag probably
not in itself a discovery - at which the legislature
would have staggered; but that it should come
and go and leave no sign in the pockets - of the
members, was taxing their virtue to a degree be
yond forbearance, and everybody ineloinbly de
manded swift and relentless justice. Lowery,
frOln Erie, Mal proposed the bill in the Senate,
and he spoiled an extra ruffle of faultless linen
and unstarrbed a prodigious neck-tie the vio
lence of his declamation against anybody selling
him out in that sort (4'lton-reciprocal style. The
bill was postponed, a conunitto of investigation
ordered, and th ' e main facts ascertained in a few
hours, after which the bill passed on its merits.
It seem-, that the Atlantic adtit• Great Western
Railroad wanted a bill to t•nable'them, by similar
and corteurent legislation is Ohio and New York,
to mortgage their entire liar of road andfranchi
ses—a perfectly jut and proper law, and one
much needed to enable it to manage its debt with=
out embarrassment. The bill: e as proposed in
the Idousi.• by the members from Crawford and
pas...t•d ‘k it hout a disei—it ; but a bevy of rotun
da vampyi es concluded that it must be "pinched,' ,
tied they frightened the atterneys or representa
tives of the European creditors of the road into a
deposit of y25,000—t0 pay, , as they alleged the
iMin, of $5,1100 already promised in the Jionse,
and $ ,20 , 0 0e to pass the bill in the Senate. The
facts jerked but little by little, andthe cloud at
first no bigger than - a man's hand, grew into a
storm and the money was .promptly refunded, the
'bill passed, and a few thysters left Harrisburg
sadder if not wiser men. Lottery has , aereving
etnumissionto follow the tlAng up during the 're
cess, and while Dan Rice runs his circus,-Low
pry will rein his exhibition of legislative anacondas.
The legislature: adjourned yesterday at noon,
much to the satisfaction of pretty much every
body. It was a short session, and passed more
hills Chad that of last year. I do not regard this
as a particularly creditable feature of the lath
legislature, but such is its record; As Mr. Lee,
said in one of the usual closing harangues, it
shortened the session and lengthened the pay.
No public hills of ituportauee were considered,
while titivate , legislation was rushed through at
lightning speed How many anacondas, not to
speak of the little serpents, have been warmed in
to life thereby, the future must determine. •
The awing scene was eloquent and greeting
as usual. The speaker was caned; the chief
Clerk was pitehered; Smull was ringed, man reg
War mutial admiration society lavished its rich
est gifts upon pretty much everybody in and
C 1 TV, Murrli24.
HARRISBURG
about the legislature, after which Cochran, of
Erie; ant M'CinrC shook 'kW:lds, and Rai legisla
ture of 18W, belonged to Ikon,:
BOOK 'NOTtCES.
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fesse.r of Geography in the Univermty ot Sirlin.. Trsa.4-
lattirEfor the tree of Schools and Colleges by William it
Gage. Pitblisbed by J. lb Lippincott S. Gx. Pidlada.
—for sale by S. S. Shrywic: Chats bersbarg, Pa.
The school boy who lets gone through the ordi
nary school course of geography, invariably feela.
the want of a connection in the information he
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SENXIART OF WAR NEWS.
—Jeff. Davis' Arabian horse, presented to him
by the Viceroy of Egypt, bas been captured in
North Corolina by Sherman's scouts. ,-„ • ,
'—Gen. Sheridan's army is still at the White
House, mid the men are rapidly reedvering from
the fatigue of their recent brilliant raid.
—General'llomas, in, his official report of op
erations from September to January, - states that
13,153 prisoners, 72 pieces of.artilley and a num
ber of battle flags, were captured. -
—ln the Noith Carolina Legislature, recently,
it was stated that the entire effective force of the
confederacy is 121,000, and the statement )k , as,
verified by an official docuMent from, Richmond.
—Major Coragton, of Gen,Custer's staff, and
two other officers of Gen Sheridan's .eommand,
have arrived in Washington bringing about fifteen
rebel flags captured during their late proine#le,
which they brave presented to Secretary Stanton.
They also brought with them the recaptured head
quarters flags of Generals Crtiek and Kelley,
. —Gen..Gilletn, according' to Richmond papers
of Thursday, has been receiving reiaforcemeals of
cavalry at Knoxville. NariouitoWinfof strategic
importance in southern Tennessee, isortherniAJA- ,
barna and Georgia are tieing garrisoned, a•ar the
greater portion of General ThOnms' army is at
Huntsville and Decatur, Alabama, and Eastiort,'
-
--GeneralCanby, according to a New Ori l eans
dispatch of the 17th, wis near Mobile, and a giund
attack was expected to be made within five days.
General Granger was to command the troops.
Generals Canby, Granger and Baldy Smith and
Admiral Thatcher went within four miles off Mo
bile on a steamer the previous week, and drew a
heavy fire from the rebel batteries. ` • •
—A portion of Sherman's forces met tb ene
my on Tuesday, at Mount Olive, where quite an
engagement ensued. The rebels were ovexPow
ered, flanked, and retreated in confusion toward
Raleigh, while Sherman entered Smithfield) half
way between Goldsboro and Raleigh. Shetnan,
Schofield and Terry are in hourly communication.
• Sherman's wagon trains have arrived at Kins
ton.
General. Schofield reports having - occupied
Goldsboro', N. C., on the2let, with but slig:htop•
position. Sherman's left was engaged_ with the
enemy near Bentonville on last'Sunday, and the
artillery firing was quite rapid during the day
and for a short time on Monday morning. Scho
field has•no doubt that all itWell with Sherman.
A number of locomotives and cars were captured
ut Goldsboro'. ,
=llle Fourth Army Corps, under Gen. •D. S.
Stanley, is reported on its way to Knoxville to
join in the Western . Virginia campaign, and its
strength iP estimated at from 15,000 to. 18,000
men. A cavalry force, stated at 6,000, has left
Knoxville under Gen. Stoneman, and is moving
also toward West Virginia. It is evident Gen.
Grant does not propose that the Rebels shall find
u very quiet retreat among the mountain ranges
west of Lynchburg, should that be General 'Lee's
plan.
—The Western papers bring us news of the
starting of a great cavalry expedition under Gen.
J. H. Wilson for the destruction of the remaining
railways in Alabama and Mississippi. Fifteen
thousand cavalry ad mounted infantry were con,
centrated at Eastport, Mihs., a fortnight ,since
and, after some delay from rains, 10.000 of them
are Mien a gigantic raid, with Mobile an their ul
timate objective point. They will Meet little or
nothing to oppose their march, and will prObably
find. Mobile in pos'se,sion of Gen. Canby.
PERSONAL.
—liubett Cobb Kennedy, the relsd spy ...n“ in
cendiaiy, 'ells executed at Fort Lafayette ml Sat
urday.
Bramlette of Kentucky has supplied
each of his slaves with a set of free papers. He
is evidently a Progressive.
are pleased to learn that John H.
leA Esq., editor of the Perry County Advocate;
has been appointed U. S. Assessor in placeof
A. B. Anderaon; resigned.'
—Major. John H. Filler, 55th P. V., for a long
thee a prisoner ip the South, returned to Bedford
op Monday Week. He has been meritoriously
promoted to:Lieutenant. Colonel.
B: Streeter, Esq , of Susquehanna county,
has been appointed President Judge of the Brad
ford Judicial District, in this State, Judge Mercer
having resigned in consequenee of his. election to
Congress. r _ = --
--Genarg Banks has returned to his command
in Louisiana; invested, we are informed, with the
most abundant powers by the President. The
valley of the Mississipi is a great field 'for the
statesman and the warrior, and we are, there
fore, glad to see him back again , in his important
station.
is stated that Major General Emory, of the
19th Army Corps, has method command of the
Departme4 of 'the Middle -- Military Division,
known-as the Army of the Shenandoah. The
command comprises all the artillery, cavalry, i and
infantry in the angle, the points of which are Cam
berbind, Harper's Ferry, and Winchester:
The 'rebel General Hiudiriaa is teported to
have been oho!, by aurae eri;u?atialairown - while
en remit fur Mexico.' The toOtasaimailiapreuuoled
to hare bellinied to his old command.: He had a
nnuihnr of wagonsand ambalanetza loaded_ vvitli
tobueeo, plate arid, coin. *He wairtieitink feoni
the Confederaci in' goad eouditidn;?.::nnil u hen
;overtaken was riding, at the-head_of this valuable
train.-
, .. .. .
Gov., Curtin' gave a brilliant entertainment to
thaLegiglatare, beads of Depart rientsega., bei
.l
lore the close of the i session Allthe officers on
duly at Harriiburvere n attendance -in full
nuifonn, and nearly the_ e tire legislature, ant
many,: prominent inelt from different parts orthe
State thronged the Kxecuti e niancjon on the tie
casion. -However men may differ with Governor
Curtin politically, all appret ate ha eminent soda
and personal worth.
l ,
=Major General Crook, having been exchang
ed, has beep restored to his former ctimmand. In
the absehee of 'General Sheridan, tieho is iiitla
Grant. General Crookr - Will• agnate command of
bis . department, and General Hancock will remain
in temporary command of the department of Wes
tern Virginia: ' , General Kelley :not, basing been
exchanged, General Stevenson remains in , 4)
ttnp
rary possession of his (Kelley's) former command.
poixricAL INTELLIIIEN("E.
—The Democratic majority in Fulton county
at the late spring eloktion was 268.•
. Democratic State Convention of Rhode
Wand, has nominated Charles S. Bradley, t.if
North Providence, for Governor Henry Butler
of Warwick, tin. Kieutenant-Govehair Thomas
Steere of Smithfield. for seerefary of State, Gen
eral Nicholas Van Slyek of Providence for Attor
ney General, and Henry H. Cfmkse of Newport,
.for General Treasurer.
01'B RELEASED POISONERS
The Willuiugton (ti. C.) correspondent of the
Press conf.rin flap tale of horrors sa often told it:
regurd to,the barbarous treatlitent;of our priuo.
ners by the rebel :Chthorilles. We wake a couple
of extracts:—
The condition of the prisoners, who, iv the re
cent jail delivery, consequent upon the exchange:
uow in operation, have been delivered into our
hands by the rebel authorities, is still th.' subject
of universal indignatiOn.' Even some•ot the ' citi
zens who make no secretor their-'Boutheru sym
pathies, freely express their surprise and, horror
'at the eight which everywhere meets their.eyes,
in the pale, emaciated forms of these men.- It has
already been stated that ten thousand of these
men were to have received at this point, On -
Saturday I lit we were notified that the last had
tree❑ :e: it Bat of the ten thou4nd , on ly eight
thou-and six hundred and eighty-four were receiv
ed, of Ix nom nine hundred and ninety-tote were
sis hundred and niw•-
tv-two were enlisted men. There are thiee cans--
es why we did not receive the fall number:
Firstly—Maus who were intended to be regular
ly exeftanged have escaped from the rebel ctutsh
re during the evacuation of and retreat from Wit:
[Morton. Secondly-4tany on their 'way from
the rebel priNons were so unable to bear the th
tignes of a journey that they sunk in a state of
exhaustion, and were thrown from the cars upon
the way down. ;Many of the bodies they cast
away as so much carrion, weir, of course, mere
lifeless elny ; but. others, horrible to tell, as our
forces in advaneinarbare since discovered, yet re
tained the vital spark- feebly burning in their bo
soms. drdly—Many died within the rebel lines
before the rolls were made out. Never were men
. . - .
in a eivilizesi country in a more destitute condi
tion than those we have received here. Two
thousand were unable to walk, and where what
is technically called" stretcher patients." There
was not a stoat, strong healthy man in the whole
-number we -have received. The two thousand
who -were most debilitated are in the General
Hospital. The others are scattered all over the
city in different buildings devoted to hospital pur
poses. Fifteen die every day, upon an average.
Half their names cannot be obtained, as they are
too weak to pronounce them, and have no papers
which can lead to their identification. Most of
them were, on their reception here, in a nearly
"asked-condition. Sonia were entirely so, and
the best clad had only rags for covering.
Everywhere in the lower part of the city the
eye is afflicted by the sight of 3kt-ideas of men
arrayed in every sort of uncooth garb. You look
at their strange, unnatural faces and wander
whether-these are the visages of living men or
,not rather parchment skins tightly - drawn over a
fleshless skull. Their eyes are sunken, and you
scarcely see that they have vision. They are of
ten hatless, and you will see the head of n young
man or ahoy bald us an old man's pate., A 'few,
weak, straggling hairs are all that suffering has
left, or that starved nature has been able to sue.:
fain. These poor beings, when they .are strong
enough to creep about, wander a little way from
their hospitals and sun themselves upon cellar
doors, and lie upon the brick pavements. In the
hospital's are men with wounds in which worms
breed and feed upOn the living flesh. You• see
men whose toes have been eaten into by disease
and maggots till the joints S -have dropped eff._
These men have their feet bound up in rags, and
they hobble slowly - about, supporting their falter
ing footsteps by rude sticks. You would suppose
that these men had reached the very pit of human
misery, but if you converse with them they will
tell you that they are happy. They have been
in the hands of inhuman creatures, men without
hearts, almost without souls; now they are with
their friends. and they are happy. They have
been foully maltreated and starved ; now they are
tenderly cared for and fed. Home is beckoning
to them. The liberated prisoner' only waits for
health-and strength, which hope will soon breathe
into his veins, and then he will be in an earthly
paradise—home
THE STATE BOUNTY LAW.
The Bounty law for Pennsylvania has passed
both houses, and been approved of by the Gover
nor. It will be found to be of general interest
Section 1. Be it enactedby the Senate and Mouse
of Representatives of the Commonwealth of- Penn
sylvania in General 2ssembly met, and is hereby
enacted by the authority of the same: That so much
of the sixth section of the acirelatingdo the pay
meat of bounties to volunteers, approved March
25, tritid, as limits the amount of bounty to be paid
to each and every non-commitsioued officer and
private , oldier who may hereafter volunteer and
enter the service of the United States to the stun
of three hundred dollars be and the same is hereby
repealed ; and that hereafter it shall and may be
laWful for the authorities mentioned in the act to
which tide is a supplement and the several supple
ments thereto, and in the mode therein prescibed,
or for any special commissioners appointed by any
of the courts of quarter sessions in this Comlnote
wealth by authority of existing laws, which com
missioner, are :deo hereby invested with all the
other powers not herein specially enumerated, con
ferred by the act to which this is a supplement, to
gether with the several supplements thereto, upon.
the authorities therein specially mentioned, to raise
a sufficieut sum to pay a bounty to each volunteer'
enlisted under the present call, or who may here
after be enlisted under the pending or futtre Calls,
not exceeding four hundred dollars :
That the authorities mentioned in the act to which
this is a supplement and the several supplements
hereto, are hereby authorized to levy and collect
a percapita tax not exceeding twenty dollars each
upon persons liable to military duty, and upon all
able-bodied male 'taxable inhabitants not liable
to military duty between the ages of twenty-one
and forty-five years: Provided further, That non
commissioned officers and privates now in actual
service of the United States or of thiaiState, and
persons who have been honorably discharged from
such service who were permanently disabled in
said servide, - shall be eximpt fr - Offi'the per capita
tax herein specified, and the property of widows
and minor ehildten and widowed mothers of non
commissioned officers, and privates who-died in
such service, is hereby exempt from the paylnent
-of a bounty tax : And - provided further, That it
'shall and may be lawful for the authorities men
tioned in the act to which this is a supplement, to
pay the amount of bounty herein prescribed to
any person drafted into the military service of the
United States, and serving therein, or to the fam
ilies of the same, at such time and in such sums
as the said authorities shall deem proper; or to
- any person furnishing asubstitute for said service
who may be credited to the quota of any county, ,
city, ward, borough, toWnship or enrolment dis
trict of this Counnonwealthe. Provided- further'
That any comity or district liming ti special boun
ty law, shall beentitled to the provisMigi of ' the
same or of this supplement.
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March 29, !863
GOOD NEWS RON GEN. GNAW
A BriMain Affair au Saturday!
REBELS CAPTURE FORT STEADMAN !
It is Retaken by Gen.lartranft!
2,875 REBELS CAPTURED!'
HEAVY REBEL LOSS 111 KILLED & NORDEN
psioN LOSS LESS TIM SOO!
NEWS FROM GEN. SHERMAN!
SEVERE -FIGHTING!
CAPTURE OF OVER, 2,000 REBELS 1
Cur Porn, Va.. 1:30 P. M., March ,
To Holt. E. M. Stanton, Secretory of War :
The following despatch of General Parke is recei
ved from Gen. Meade.
IT. - S. T, - Lient. Lien
The - enemy attacked my - frcakt thin Inorniutodr
about 4:30 A.X., with tbree, divißiouu, under com
mand of General - Gordon: - ' •
By a sudden rush they seized the line held by
the Third,Brigtule, First Division; at the foot of
the hill, to the right of Fort Steadman, wheeled,
and, overpowering the garrison, took possession
of the tort. They estubbsbed themselves on the
hill, turning our gunsmpon us. Our troops On
either flank stood Arm.
Soon after a determined attaek was made cm
Fort Haskell, held by a, part of NPLaughlin's Bri
gade, Witebx a DiFigitiU, and was repulsed, with
great loss to the enemy. .
The First Brigade of Hartrauft's DivisiOn, held
in reserve, was brought up and a che e k giveu to
any further advauee. One or two attempts to re
take the bill were made, and were duly tempora
rily suec,;solll; until the
_arrival of the Second;
Brigade, when a charge Was made by that. Jan•
pa', a ided by the troop* of the First-Division on
either flank. and the enemy were driven out of
the tort with the loss of h number of prisoners;
• estimated at about sixteen hundred. Two battle
flags have also been brought in
The enemy also lost heavily in killed outside of
our lines
The whole line was munediktely reoccupied and
the guns retaken, uninjured.
I regret to add that General McLaughlin was
captured in Fort-Steadman. Our loss was other
wiscinot heavy.
Great praise is due to Hartranft for thigaliant
ry displayed in handling his division, which beha
ved with great skill in this, its first engagement.
.fritiN G. PARKE, Major-General.
CITY POUT, Va., March 7.
_ . .
lion. Edwin 111. Stanton:—The battle of the
. 25tli resulted in the tbilowing loves on our side :
Second e,, , rps—killed, 51 ; wounded, 46'2 ; miss
inc;, 177. Sixth corps—killed, 47; wounded, 41 ;
atibsing, Ninth corps—killed, 63; wounded,
pnissintJ - . 506. Oar eaptursa were : Second
corps, :36.7;; Sixth corps. 469; Ninth corps; 1,049:
The second and Sixth Corps pushed forward
and captured the enemy's strong entrenched, pick
et line and turned it against him, and still hold it.
'ln trying to retake this the battle was continued
until S o'clock at night, the enemy losing very
heavily. Get Humphreys estimates the loss of
the enemy on his front at three times his own
and Gen. Wright estimate& their ben in his trout
as doable his own.
The enemy seat u flue of truce yesterday,„for
perniiieion to collect hie wounded and bury hie
dead, which were between what had been their
picket line and their main line. The permission
was granted.,
Crrr PQM. 11 A. M. - March 2.5.
Hon. Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary-of War
:--
I am iu receipt of Sherman's report of operations
from the time ho left Fayetteville up . Mthe V. 4
inst. It shows hard fighting, resulting in very
heavy loss to the enemy.in killed and wounded,
and over 3,000 prisoners in oar hands.
His own loss he says will becovered by - 2,500
men since be left Savannah: Most of them em
but slightly wounded._
U. S. 'GRANT, Lied.. General.
Car Ponrr Meal,
After the engagement bet Ween the enemy and
Ninth corps, this morning,. orders were given for
the Sixth corps to make an attack on the left of
the line, in front of Fort Fisher. The third di
vision, Gen. Seymour commanding, was Selected .
as the assaulting colon], and shortly alter noon
the linef of battle was formed and the order to ad
vance given. In a short time our men had pos
session of the entire rifle pits of the enemy, nearly
all of the occupant being made priioners, Our
loss in the affair was very ssall. Over 800 pris
liners were brought in as thd result of the engage
ment.
- Still another fight took -.place near 'Hatcher's
Run, in which the Secontt
,corps Were engaged.
The attack was made about dark .and over 400
prisoners fell into our bands on this ground, mak
ing in all to-day abed. 2,875. among whom were
near 100 Commissioned officers, the highest rank
being a colonel.
This does not include the rebel wounded ialte
hospitals, which will be considerable. These men
seemed, as they passed along, perfectly' satisfied
with their position, no doubt anticipating a larger
supply of rations than-they have been getting for
some time back.
It is reported that Gen. Gordon was seen urg
ing his men to fight, and at times swearing at
them for their cowardice, ending with the each
"By God," just as the men went into the
fight, after which he left and was not afterward
seen.
-Lieut. Nye, of thel46 Massachusetts battery
was killed while lighting. He was ordered to
surrender his guns, but refused &Asia bullets
were found to have-entered his body. Elp . ivas a
gallant officer, and much esteemed by his Men:
Col. Penticost, of thd 100th Pa., was alsolill;
ed while gallantly leading his Men in the action.
This regiment is composed mostly of new rued,.
and are credited with having behaved 'like vete--
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