VOLUME 1. The American Citizen. fS puMiihcl pvtry We.lnwUv In of Butler, }iy KOII.xsoxAC. K. ASDKKSQ* «n MAttt ITI-wt, typonlte tn jAOk « !! »t«l—up ituir* in the »«rick ormcrlv occupied by Eli Yettw, its ft ■tpre T|RNI:-$| 50 «' YOTR, if n\M in Advance, or within thn jTlrnt nvmthn; or |2 if not pftld until flftor the aspira tion of the flrnt six i*u*t|iK RATKS or A One tqtiare non., (ten Hoc* r>r leHi.) thr«»; ifsnrtl ■<«« . .. #IOO Every •iobweftcAt n«r . ....... ?5 t«li of lu lino* or Icis 112 r one voar, iticlu- Htn* juper, ft 00 Curd of tOlinfi or Ip** 1 v i*ir without p..per 4 00 Vi column f<»r aix months 7 00 '/{column f<»r one ywr .12 !t, to lay a tax on capital equal, and j and in many cases superior, to its probable ! income, and to repudiate a currency of! which ?700,000,li';)0 arc in the hands of j the people, is about as near the-bottom as I it can be before the final crash comes. We state the provisions of the-0 acts | generally in a single sentence, but there : is not much qulification to be made by a I more exact summary. The Conscription | bill with its lew exemptions from univer sal levy has been in substance understood , before, though the rebel papers have not, , until litcly, been permitted to print it— j Nobody is exempted unless in the judg- i men! of the rebel loaders ho can do bet- ' tor service elsewhere th ;ii in the field.— ! All men whom the South ran put into the , field, or whom her present masters can 112 irco into the ranks of their armies, will 1 bu there tli.s spring. There is no doubt whatever that the coming campaign, if' disastorous to them, will be the last they I can attempt to carry on in considerable force. The t IX bill puts live per cent, OH all pr portv in "Addition to the heavy texts ' previously imposed. On many description of personal estate the tax is much henvi- j er. Oil I. silver, an 1 exchange, pay tax- ! es on their market value in Confederate i paper—that is, every four or five dollars of specie is taxed as 1100. Tho'ineome j tax is ten per cent; additional, like the, rest; and all taxes arc payable on or be fore J ttnc 1. The currency bill is a modification of Mcmtuingcr's scheme. Treasury notes are to be fundc 1 in twenty year four per cent, bonds within six weeks, or must be thereafter surrendered for new issues, at the rate of three of the old fortwo of the new. The §IOO notes, if not funded, | will bo .taxed 33 per cent., and ten perl cent, a jAontli subsequently! All notes j outstanding at the end of the year are i taxed lUO per cent.—which is a very neat method indeed of repudiation, and shows j how far Mr. Jufferson'Davis' genius has' developed since the days when he swind- j led the creditors of Mississippi. New six ! per cent, bonds at thirty years are to be j issue ! to the amouut of 8500,000,000, in- i tcrest on which is secured by pledge of the customs receipts—a security which, ; considering the present condition of the ! blockade, will scarcely be very tempting I to capitalists. Yet this is the financial ! basis on which the leaders of the rebel j Confederacy would persuade their sub- i jects that they mean to carry on a war for j independence till the resources of the j United States are exhausted. Who does j not see the inevitable and near result. OMISSIONS IN M'CLKLLAN'S REPORT. General McClellan's official report omits j all those dispatches that he sent to Wash ington, and which were published during j his pursuit of the enemy from Yorktowu. j One dated May 4th declared with beam ing confidence : "I kliall push the enemy ; to the wall." Another to Mr. Stanton, same date, declares " the enemy's rear 1 is strong, but I have forces enough up I there to insure all purposes." Mo com- i plaint here about want of troops. The i very next dispatch, however, dated j the next day, when it was apparent he 1 had lost his opportunity, declared that Johnson's army had made a stand, that his force was iut'erior, that he would -hold them in cheek until he could resume his original plan." Hie dispatch immediate- j ly prior to this says nothing about the original plan, and declares: "I am now satisfied of the correctness of the pourse I have pursued. The success was brilliant, and you may rest assured that its effect will be of the greatest impor tance. There will be no delay in fol/oic- ' iwj the enemy." Quite a different thing from holding them in ''cheek." RMA, " MR. TIMES, how do you keep your books?" '*J3y double entry." "Double entry; how's that?" "Easy enough. I make one entry and father makes another." AMERICAN CITIZEN. J From the Pittsburgh OomUc. The Crisis and the Chango. . | It i- more than gratifying to all whobe ■ i lieve that in tracing the cause of tb'.sWar < wc find »".:ler various pretexts it originat ed in the curse of slavery, to see thcread > iness with which so many of our political opponents now admit that the peculiar in ' stitution is at the bottom of all our trou- J blcs. Within the past six months we have \ found very many, who were wont to hint ) ; at the abolition tendencies of the North ■ j as justification for Southern outrages, cx j pressing a very different belief. Tbous ; and- upon thousands have overcome their prejudices, buried their partisanship be | neath their patriotic impulses, and are now | unmindful of slavery and indifferent to its I fate. Others go a step farther and express ; the hope that slavery will be wiped out. — They sec, as the war has developed the skeleton, that, sad and painful as have been tho results of the strife, thoday of rebell- j j ion could only have been postponed, whore j men became tainted, corrupt, and over-1 1 reaching by their connection with a sys- : i temof involuntary, labor, which implanted i j in their hearts a contempt fir honest in | dustry, and a hatred for a race of men who I developed a new country, and added new j States so rapidly to tho Union, that they i ' saw the power, which they had wrongfully j I exerted, slipping so rapidly from their ] I irrasp that they read the handwriting on | i the wall-which predicted their fate. The i j Southerns arc better politicians than the J | Northerners, for they make politics a pro- j i lesion, and they knew before wcwereawaro ) if it tho inevitable tendency of our sur- ( prising growth. The day for threatening the North had pas-od. A new race of unterrifiod states- , men had come forward. The game of ras- ' eality which bad been attempted in Kan sas. failed, and, unwilling to sec their in- j 1 stitutioii decay unwilling to admit that the time had come for the North to offer no I more guarantees to a corrupt system, they ! attempted to develop the grand hope which had for years been so carefully nurtured at the South as the dernier resort, and sought to weaken the Union by dividing | ■ its territory and creating for themselves a J confederacy in name, but in reality a do- ! main whore there should be a privileged i class, which would soon have ripened into j a despotism. i It is gratifying to hear of the indiffer ence which is felt by those, who have all i their lives been members of the great •'con servative" parties in regard to this dispu ted point. It is more than gratifying to : hear tho outspoken words of men who | have been slow to see the truth, but, hav ing found it. now express, regardless of j I the sneers of those «ho arc still blind, I their candid convictions that no permanent i peace can be secured, no glorious future of j this country can be expected, until there j is no task-maker holding the whip over a i single human being on the soil which is i i protected by ouv flag. This harmony of thought is worth, in j its moral effect, almost an army of men. I j The leaders at the South know this change \ jin public opinion. A year ago there was I a diversity of opinion, and men who to day endorse the Emancipation Proclama- J tion of President Lincoln were then openly opposed to it. They adopt it, in one sense, | as a war measure, but the justice of this j decree is, in reality, chief element ! which is appealing to the understanding i of the thinkingmen of all political creeds. | j The negroes have shown themselves wor ! thy of our sympathy, and they have sac- | ; rificed their lives willingly that their race I might be elevated, and hence it is that thousands, who thought them fit to i be boot-blacks, now readily recognize in j them the germs which are capable of de- ! | vclopmcnt. It is an inherent trait in the j | American character that, as a people, we | are ready to give everybody what we call I "'a fair show." We sympathise with for eign nations which are oppressed, because ! they are not having a ' fair show," and to- ! | day we are forgetting the color of men in ! j our respect for their deeds. The proclamation which gave freedom \ to four millions of slaves, and dignity to j \ every white man in this country, has pass- ! jed its first birthday. The eveuts of the 1 year have given it a significance which is 1 felt moreTieavily at Richmond than at j Washington. It has been endorsed by : million-, and it cannot be protested while jwe exist as a nation. It is the harpoon which has buried itself in the leviathan, j and must prove fatal. We only require 1 men enough toman the rope,sailors enough toman the boats till the monster, rising ! and falling, spouting blood and creating an ocean of foam, as if life was inex haustible, shall at last float lifeless along- : side of the old Ship of State. '• Irrevocable Iho mighty urorUa, B« FILIL'. Th» lami Hhaktw with them, and tho bIAVC'm dull ear Turn* from (ho rice snump stealthily to bcur. W ho wou'd recall them BOW muat first arrest Tho wiudri that blow down from the free Northwest." JMF'Over 12,000 negroes have alrcndy j enlisted in Tennessee. Kulistmeuts in ' the middle district average perweek " Let us have Faith that Right makes Might; and in that Faith let us, to the end,dare to do our duty as we understand it"— A - LINCOLN BUTLER', BUTLER COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 1364. Trie War in the Duchies. It i3 Fully confirmed that the. Danes had retreated from Schleswig, evacuated the Dannewerke, and blown up the works at Missunde. A Copenhagen telegram say«: " The news that the Danish army, by order of the Commander-in-Chief, had evacuated the Dannewerke; leaving behind them the material of war, and retreated to Duppel, has aroused indescribable indig nation and excitement in this city. Pub lic feeling is very much depressed and great indignation prevails against tho Comman der-in-Chief." The Danes, in evacuating the Danne werke, left sixty heavy pieces of artillery behind them ; and after evacuating Schles wig retreated towards Flensburg, the Aus trians following in pursuit. On the 6th instant an engagement took place near Overdo® between tho Danish and Austrian troops. The Austrian^,com manded by General Gabion?,, completely defeated the Danes after a desperate resist ance. Col. Prince William of Wurtem berg and a Lieutenant Colonel were se verely wounded. Two hundred prisoners and six guns of heavy calibre, with a por tion of the ammunition ond baggage trains, were taken by the Austriaus.— Overseer, near which place the battle was fought, is situated between Schleswig and Flensburg, but nearer to tho latter town. A telegram from Kiel, dated on the night of tho 7th,says: "The Danes are evacuating the Duchy of Schleswig,and arc retreating in f'nll haste to Jutland. An armistice is expected daily." The following is the Danish account of tho retreat: " Overcome by the fatigue of five days' constant duty, the Danish army, giving way to superior force, retreated to Duppel, on reaching which place the cavalry took a northerly direction, the enemy bcing'con tinualy in pursuit. Several engagements took place, and the Danish losses were con siderable. It was the intention of the Danish commanded before evacuating S. hie wig to blow up the cai*leof Gottarp ami set fire to the magazine—but having received orders to spare the King's birth place, neither were carried into execu tion." The excitement in Copenhagen continued on the 7th and Bth, ami the Danish Com linndci -in-('hief. General de Mcfta.and the chief of the staff, had been recalled. At an extraordinary sitting of the Danish Uigsraad. the President of the Council said that the Kingwasnot instrumental in the retreat of the army;that the proceedings of the Commandcr-in Chief were inexpli cable, and that he bad therefore been re called. The Paris France says : "Great excitement cxistsat Copenhagen among the maritime population and the workmen at tho arsenal, all of whom de mand to lie led to bat tle. A powerful squad ron is fittiugout. Two screw frigates have left Copenhagen for tho island of Alsen to support the movements of the Danish army." THE UNION REACTION* IN* NORTH CAROLINA. —From late Southern papers it appears that the Union movements in North Carolina are rapidly spreading.— The Wilmington .four/nil of tho 15th. treats at length on the agitation in North Carolina. It says : ' The agitation com menced as soon as the State of North Carolina seceded—but we say here that we only state what we know, when wc af firm that the movements now endeavor ing to be made in North Carolina, are the cause of the deepest apprehension, not simply in Richmond, but throughout the Confederacy—not simply in official cir cles, but in the army and among the peo ple. They discourage our brave defen ders ; they encourage our ruthless assail ants." The Raleigh Standard of the 12th the proceedings of meetings held in Johnston, llutherford, Chatham, Wake Cabarras, Moore, Revard, Transylvania, Rockingham counties. Resolutions were passed at the meetings, calling upon the Legislature to submit the question of a convention to the people. The Govern or is also called upon to take measures to have a convention called. The meetings all breathe a spirit of defiance toward the Davis Government, and are decidedly in earnest in asserting their State rights. BQf The schooner Kent was seized one day #*t week in the Chesapeake Bay,and a large mail taken from her. Reside the mail, a lot of goods was found on board for Dixie, among which was a small package for Gen. Winder, Provost Marshal Gener al, Richmond, with a number of excel lent luatps of tho harbor of Charleston, and other important points of military in terest. Reside the above, the captors dis covered a deposit of gun caps, mil'tary braid, drugs, &c., which had been left on the roadside by a blockade runner. The lot of goods that were packed consisted of the Rlue Book and a number of copies of The Army and Kav;/ Gazette of theUnitcd States. Yesterday afternoon the Presi dent issued an order assigning Gen Sigel to the command in West Vir ginia, and relieving Gen. Kelly. It is hoped *hat hereafter we shall have fewer of tho guerrilla raids in that Department, which have been lately harrassing th** border. I ivm the New Yuik Pott. BATTLE WORN BANNERS BY BLfJAMtX. I taw th« aoMlcri come today From Imttle-ftuhl nffir; No conqueror rode before tlielr way On 111* ti huuj.hal car. Bui captains, like U)»ms»lvQ«, on foot And banners sadly turn, All grandly eloquent, though uiuto, In prido and Ktory l orue. Tho*e banners, soiled with dirt and smoke, And rent by shot and shell, That through the sen led phalanx broke— What terrors thny could tell! What tales of sudden pain and death In every cannon's boon, Wlieu even the bravest held his breath And waited fjt his doom. By hands of steel these flags were waved Abuve the carnage dire. Almost destroyed, yet always saved, 'Mid battlo clouds and lire. Though down at times, still up they rose And kissed the breeze again, Dread tokens to the lebel toes Of true and loyal men. And here the true and loyal still Those fatuous banners bear i. The bugles Wind, the ftfes blow shrill, And chub tile cymbals, where With decimated ranks they coirfe, And through the crowded stroet March to the beating of the drum With nrm though weary feet. God bless the soldiers! cry the folk Whose rlieorof welcome swell; God bless the banners, black with smoka And torn bv shot and shell! They shoqid he hung on sacred sl.ap, Baptised with grateful teat s. And live embalmed til poalry a * lines Through all succeeding years. No grander trophies could ho brought Bv patriot aire to son, 01 glorious battles nobly fought, llrave dee-is sublimely done. And so.lu day, I chanced with pride And solemn joy to SCO Those remnants from the bloody tido pi victory! WIT WIBDOI. MODESTY and- talents make a slim cap ital on which to make a fortune. THE three greatest conquorers in the world are Love, Death, and Fashion. A nil EN I) that you buy with presents, will be bought from you. 1/ KINDNESS to otlieyi, generally insures kindness in return. IT is not easy to straighten in the oak the crook that grew in the sapling. WHY is a vine like a soldier ? ' Kasc it is trained—has tendrils—and it shoots. THE more wo help others to hear their burdens the lighter our own will be. '• OVERCOME evil with good," as the Lgeinleman said when lie knocked down a burglar with the family Bible. IN the opinion of too many, a mean man is one who has a small income and lives within it. THE man who " kept his word," gave K-rioii offence to Webster, who wauled it for his dictionary. AUK there any madmen among the Arabs? Of coursft not; they all lead a no-mud ic life. WllY are hoops like obstinate men? Because tlicy often stand out about tri fles. " 31 v * *s. but IM like to make a at some nice gill in thi*§ anil her. The scene would be without a ||." 1 DON'T bluine "Prince Alfred," said Mrs. Partington, "for not wanting to take the Throne of Greece; he'd slip off as sure as you live." WHY is a newspaper like a tooth brush? D'ye give it up ? Because everybody should have one of his own and not bor row his neighbor's. IF a man who makes a deposition is a depositor, does it necessarily follow that the man who makes an allegation is an alligator ? THE editor of the Albany Transcript, says that the New York Day Book, is set up entirely by girls, and adds that he should like to set up with them. AUTEMDS WARD has turned out poet Hear him : * Uncle Jim he-climb a tree For to see What ho could *ce." THE following is said to be a true copy of a shoemaker's bill, received by a gen tlemAn in a neighboring town, whose fam ily consists of four or five daughters. Mr. , Dr. to J. S . To souling Mis Mary, 81 22 To stamping and welting Susan, 25 To binding and closing Ellen, 13 To putting a few stitches in Jane, 6 A RECIIUTTINO officer whispered to a sweet rosy-checked damsel, as she was put ting on her bonnet at the close of a quilt ing party : —'• Will you allow me, Miss to accompany you home ?" "No sir, I'm eugaged," said she in a loud tone, so as to give notoriety to the transaction. " You miss it most prodigiously," said the military wag, '■ for I have got both p«kets chock full of gingerbread." A LONG NAME. —" I wantsch to scbip in the Lucilla," said a Dutchman to the clerk in a shipping office. '■ Well," said the clerk, pen in hand, " what's your name ?" " It is Hans Vanansmahanderdannsev aneymenßeymitcniensrhieupklutmitdeseh upvilhdayomp !" said Dutehy gravely spit ting out his old quid, and taking in a fiesh oue. "Heavens!" said the astonished clerk, " I can't write that. Look here, mister, what is it in English—do you know ?" " Yaer Ich dtxjs. It is von Smidt!" Clerk fainted • War News. St. JOHN, Feb. 24.—The Police Magistrate delivere ljudgment to-day in tho Chesapeake case, ordering that the prisoners be committed _io jail for surrender to the United States authorities. lie said that tho evi dence for the prosecution discloses that the prisoners and other parties captured the steamer Chesapeake. It was the work of cowards and vil lains. The master of a vessel must have unfettered authority, and obedi ence from his crew and passengers. The evidence on tho part of the de fense discloses the fact that there is a terrible civil war raging in the United States. The only authority given for the seizure of the Chesa peake is that given by John Parker, and he had no power to give commis sions to other parties. There was no authority given in tho letter of marquo to Parker to transfer his power to another. The magistrate would find nojustifieation for the seiz ure of the Chesapeake. It was ani mo furandi non furie belli. It was piracy, robbery and murder. It was justifiable by the United Stats courts, and a case within the Extradition Treaty. Application will be made for a writ of habeas corpus, so as to bring the case before the Supreme Court. PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 2G.—Tho In quirer has tho following special, da ted Nashville, Feb. 25th: Our army is now in front of Dalton, Oa, and will probably occupy the town to-night, Tunnel Hill was car ried this morning, after considerable skirmishing. Scouts who arrived at Gen. Grant's headquarters this morning, say that Gen. Sherman has struck tho Mobile and Ohio railroad. Gen. Sherman has cut the rebel Polk's nrmy in the centre,and both wings aro running away indifferent directions. There is a tremendous rebel caval .ry force in Gen. Sherman's rear, but no apprehensions are 112 It for a Feder al disaster. Gen. Sherman lives upon thecoun try, which it is stated abounds in stores of all kinds. There is a great excitement in Montgomery, Ala., and the people are much frightened at the approach of Sherman's force. Gen. Grant's scouts also report that a heavy attack on the forts at Mobile was in full operation, but with what success could not be leared. Gen. Longstreet's forces are back again at their*old quarters. NASHVILLE, Feb. 27, 1804. —The following news from rebel papers of the 17th to the 22d inst. have just been received. The Sclina reporter says: Stone man was on tho Railroad 30 miles east of Meridian, on the 17th. Polk has retreated across the river at Demopolis, to decoy Sherman ac cross, when he would offer battle. The Atlanta Appeal says: Sher man's purposes are still a mystery as to whether he will move against Mo bile, or turn eastward. Sherman is in the very Egypt of the Confederacy, where, if not ejected, ho can sub sist till Spring, and do more damage than by winning a pitched battle, lie is making war on our subsistence and resources, which to destroy, is to defeat us. It further says: Sherman marches in a solid body, with artillery in his front and rear, and on his flanks, and his cavalry is elose under his guns. Not a man is allowed to leave far enough to steal a chicken or pig. The rebel cavalry are hovering around him, but are unable »to harrass him greatly. The utmost consternation prevails,, ami citizens are invoked to arms to repel invasions. The recent fire at Dalton. destoved considerable commissary goods. Tho rebel Congress "suspended the writ of habeas corpus. RE-ENLISTMENT OF VETERANS IN* THE POTOMAC ARMY.—TheWashing ton Star says: We hear that out of thirty thousand veterans of our Army of the Potomac whose term of service «ill expire within the next nine months, at least twenty five thousand have already re-enlisted, with a fair prospect that nearly all the rest will do so before the periods for their dis charge under their present enlist ments shall arrive. We further learn that of the six thousand veterans of this same army who have of late gone home on fur lough, five thousand live hundred have already returned to duty, their fur loughs having expired. There is no reason to doubt that the remainder will be quite as prompt to return. We mention those facts as illustra tive of the capital spirit that animates the veterans of tho armies of the Union in view of the work in hand for the now so rapidly approaching spring campaign. Iteir Lard from a hog not over a vaar old is the best and should be hard and white. Great Alarm of the Rebels. i The following is from tho Nashville ! Union of the 21st: "Mr Win. McGee, who resides in the vicinity of Montgomery, Ala., arrived in this city yesterday, having left home on the 12th inst. " lie repeats the story of alleged dis content, and avers that there exist thro'- I out Central Alabama, and he believes thro'- out the South, secret Union organizations, I which will be hoard from at the proper I time ; and tho voice raisod will be uo fee ble one. * " He represents that tho utmost eon i sternation prevails among leading seces sionists; they are between several fires; I they dread tho advance of the Union ar ■ mics, yet they distrust tho masses of the people, and are unwillingto rely upon theui j if the few who have escaped conscription I were called out. "It was impossible, Mr. McO.ee says, to ! ascertain the real whereabouts of tho ad | vancing columns of Sherman and Smith ; j the wildest imaginable rumors were rife, each gaining curreucy for the moment, but only to give place to others, of a contra dictory yet equally absurd character. " Stewart's division, which had been de i tnchod from Johnson's command, had been | sent to reinforce Mobile, making the gar | rison about 7,500 men. lireckenridgehad returned to within supporting distance of ; Johnston, as a sort of eorjw of obscrva- I tion, while Polk, with about 18,000 isstu | how to best escapo Sherman.— j Whether lie will retreat to Mobile, or to Sclma, was an unsettled question, so far I as the outside public is coflccrncd. " Tho only trouble Sherman need ap prehend, Mr. McGee thinks will be from guerrilla parties. As to supplies, green ! backs or government vouchers will bring I all that are needed ; there aro plenty of j provisions in tho country, but it is nearly all secreted from the rebel impressment parties; and the farmers are resolved to raise nothing more till the arrival of the j Union armies shall insure them protection I and a valuable consideration for their pro ( duce. A five dollar gold piece, our inform- I ant says, would purchase live hundred dol lars in Confederate currency, almost any- I where—so worthless has the latter become; j und leu dollars in greenbacks would do i iho same, despite legislation on the sub ! ject." DESKHTIONOI OKSEKAJ,LI K'SOHDKR- I.Y. —Among the deserters who came to our liner, on Wcdiu 'lay, wa: one of Gen eral Lee's orderlies, who has been on duty all winter with Lee. His statements are credited fit the War Department, and he has been given his liberty and transpor tation northward. lie sets down Lee's present force at from twenty to twenty five thousand men. Most ofjhig army is now home recruiting. Leo has notified his flicors that they must be ready in March to meet the Yankees, who will be filling up their armies by volunteers. Jeb. Stuart's cavalry arc about two miles from Lee's headquarters, and are com pletely used up. Horses have suffered during the winter for forage, and many hare been sent south to wifitcr. They do not anticipate any movement from Meade. The last movement which we made was communicated to Lee the day before it was commenced by sece-h citizens,and the next day additional evidences reached Lee that it was nothing but a feint, and Lee at once commenced sendingtroops by rail to Richmond to head off Gen- Butler before any of our men had cro -ed the Rapidan. He expects by March or April to have GO,OOO men, with whom he will hold in cheek any advance of our arinv, or drive it backward to Washington and again invade Pennsylvania. BOY AND GIRL RABIES.—A lady, who has made very close and laborious inves tigations in the matter, has ascertained (to her own satisfaction) that amongst good L'nion parents the births are mostly boys, while with secession parents the tendency is decidedly to girls. We know not how this may be. but the fact has heretofore been noticed that male births largely pre dominate in war times. Emerson (Ralph Waldo ) in a lecture at the Smithsonian, alluded incidentally to this fact: He said, "In times of war there is electricity in the air—male children are born."— \\\uh ington Star. I A RADICAL ORGANIZATION IN KEN TUCKY—A meeting of Kentucky radi ; cats was held in Louisville on the 9th in i slant, fur the purpose of organizing an • anti-slaverv party iu that State. Resolu tions weie adopted approving thu course of Messrs. Anderson. Clay, Randall and i Smith in Congress, and establishing reg i tilations foragraad State organization.— A committee was appointed to prepare an j address to the people of the State, and , another to mak'c atrangernents for the : freedom Convention to be held in that | city cn the 22d intrant. BS~The report is confirmed that Gren. Sherman has taken Selma., Ala bama. It is supposed that Montcom , inery, the capital of Alabama, will b<- ' the next point attacked. Montgom ; mery, is about forty miles east of Sel tna; Mobile is one hundred and twen |ty miles south of it. Selma is a i large town, situated on the Alabama ! river and on a leading Southern rail road.' NUMBER 13. Rules for tho Preservation of Health. Wash yourself now and then. Change your inner garments occasion ally. Chew your moat; eschew greasy gra vies. Don't chew your tobacco. Drink as little as you choose. Don't cftt much more than your stom ach will hold. Keep your temper. If a soldier, don't rest upon your lau rels until they have been well aired. Avoid falling out about trifles. Fall out of windows as seldom as pos sible. If your constitution requires you to sleep during the sermon, sco that the sex ton has an aired uight cap for you and a hood of hot bricks to put to your foet. Kelp your mouth shut on dusty days. Never open your mouth on frosty weather. Close your mouth very tight when tho wind blows from the east. If your business eompellsyou to gootit before breakfast, have some breakfast first. If it is wot underfoot, house your poor feet. Beware of tho ice of Summer and tho snows of Winter. Do not swollow too mapy telegrams. Keep out of tho street when gold is fulling. If the silver of advancing years is on your head don't change it for pajxir. Don't let your circulation slacken, es pecially if you are a newspaper man Use tooth-powder instead of gunpow der. Neither sleep in hot rooms nor oat mush rooms. Live 011 ix nickel cents a day, but don't earn them as somo wretched speculators are doing now. Partake sparingly of wild fowl—par ticularly of the " canards" that come from the army. If you cannot account for tho milk in the cocoanut, do not hesitate to make free use of it. J cvor cat your own word.*, unless yon art madly desirous of giving an addition al flavor to the etip of l.ittcint . .Should your thermometer iuiicuU an extreme degree of eold or beat, immerse it in told or hot water, until it arrives at a proper sense of its duty. If you arc subject to swelling, wear kid gloves next to your skin. tyii" It H said that very nearly one hun dred arid ten thousand new recruits have '"■ en fomally mustered into tho servico since the Ist of November last, and many more thousaud are known to be enlisted, although not yet mustered in. The last two weeks the enlistments at the various points have averaged one thousand eight hundred a day. Of the number formally mustered into the service New York lias furnished about 16,000, Ohio 16,000 In diana and Illinois 12,000 each Missouri about7,ooo, and Pennsylvania tho name numbor. NASHVILLE, Feb, J4. —The following, frotn the Mobile expedition, c'/flies from official sources- (Jen. Shermrn entered Jackson. Miss., on the evening of the sth inst. The enemy offered but little resist ance, and is supposed to be falling back over Pearl river. It is believed the reb els are receiving reinforcements from their army at Dalton, Georgia. fife/'Tlic House passed an exceed ingly important bill to-day extend ing the bounties to the first of April to both veterans and volunteers. It issupposed to foreshadow the effort to dispense with the draft altogether. BaJ" The forts in and around Chatta nooga are nearly all finished, and thq city presents au animated and business like ap pearance. The river at that point is being spanned by a huge bridge, aud two steam boats will be ready for launching in two weeks. fi?*L.The Union members of the Ohio Legislature, to the number of sixty-three, had a caucus at Columbus on Friday evening, when they unani | monslv reccommended Mr. Lincoln for re-election. Mr. Chase's friends were not present. Legislature of Minnesota has [ passed a bill to raise the salary of the ! Governor' of the State from $1,400 to | 52.000.. It has also voted 8500 to the man that killed Little Crow. (bJ-Mrs. Lincoln has devoted the sup ply of flowers fr;m the conservatory of the White House to the use of the hospital and Sanitary Fairs. The proceeds of the sale of bouquets contributed by her 'have added largely to --he receipts of the Fairs. Taawiiaw uf-ha sLais. Major who was same tijße siaae hemrced. with, the titla and pay of a Major far ry of her husband has married in land, a pmate bekmging to tho Forty \ ninth Now York. General Park. General former Chief of Staff, is in coiuwaaU M Cumberland Gap with a sufficient foro*, it is s*id. to repel wiv fttrn Loag- S^T«x» , .