The Campaign Before Ui.
When our civil war commenced in earn
est, the rebellion was in practical, substan
tial command of the resources of the
slave States. Missouri had more men
fighting for it than Alabama and Florida
together; Kentucky covered her weakest
frontier for hundreds of miles by her neu
trality, and sent quite a number of regi
ments to the secession armies befere she
gave one to those of the Union. New
Orleans was its commercial and moneyed
metropolis; Norfolk, Nashville, Vicks
burg, Natchez, Knoxville, Little Rock,
Ac., were its inland forts, manufactories,
and recruiting stations.
The entire resources of over ten mil
lions of people, of whom nearly seven
millions were free whites, were at its com
mand ; while the three millions and over
of slaves were the docile, unquestioning
• instruments of its will. Why should they
have dared or suffered, hoped or prayed,
for thesuccess of the union ? The Union
did nothing, and proposed to do nothing
for them; while the proclamations and
orders of M'Clellan, Patterson, Halleck,
Sherman. &c., told them that we expected
nothing, wanted nothing at their hands,
and would not permit them to aid us.—
To "crush with an iron hand" any at#mpt
on their part to throw off the yoke of their
rebel masters was McClellan's threat;
and no one «an doubt that he would at
least have tried to be as bad as his word.
Wo are near the end of the third year
of the war; and a new and vigorous cam
paign is about to open. What docs it
promise? In how far does the experi
ence of the past warrant the hofe of suc
cess in the immediato future? We ans
wer
I. No man can now say that we have
made no progress. Of the region claimed
as belonging to the Southern Confederacy
wo firmly hold West Virginia, Kentucky,
nearly all of Tennessee. Missouri, most of
Arkansas, more than half of Louisiana, a
good part of Mississippi, with perilous of
old Virginia, North Carolina, South Car
olina, Florida, Texas, most of the Indian
Territory, New Mexico and Arizon-ia.
Nearly half the white population claim
ed as belonging to the Confederacy arc Uiis
day, under the Federal flag,and no longer
Subject to Conscription to fill the rebel
armies. Our gains within the past year
wore than half overthrow the Confederacy
as it stood when the Proclamation of Free
dom was issued. Give us one more year's
work as effective as the last, and the Con
federacy will be prosU-ate.
11. The slaves, at tirst a powerful ele
ment of strength to the Rebellion, are so
no longer. They now know that the Un
ion means freedom, and they are uneasy,
excited, anxious,vigilant, and insubordin
ate. It no longer, answers, as it once did.
to leave three or four hundred of them in
the care of a single overseer. They take
to our lines and our marcliingcolumns ex
actly as a duck takes to water.. The false
hoods that once repelled them keep them
back no longer. The Rebels dare not arm
because they cannot trust them. Thoy
work fitfully and need sharp watching.—
As a whole, they have gradually, and all
bnt -entirely ceased to be an element of
strength to tho Confederacy. .
111. There remain, then, but the whites
of the*disloyal region to overcome; and
their total number, less the fearful war
losses by disease and wounds since the Re
bellion broke out, are very nearly as fol
lows :
Alabama 600,000 I Smith Carolina 800,000
Arkansas 100,0(10 TemiOMce 100,000
Florida 70,000 I Ti-xw 41)0,000
tlcorgia. 000,000 I Virginia 800,000
I. iUH{ana 2011,000 Md. A Kv. «av liVI.OOO
MiaiiMlppl- 290,000 I
North Carolina 500,000 | Total 4,000,000
Such is, according to the censusof 1800
the white population, so nearly as may be,
of the entire area this day held by the
rebels; and it does not exceed the popula
tion of the single State of New York.
Out of this population, it is barely pos
sible that the rebels, by their merciless
and sweeping conscription, can have 400,
000 men on their muster rolls; bnt this
must include nearly every white male ca
pable cf bearing arms, including those
employed inGovernment foundries, manu
factories of "ammunition, operators of
railroads, &c., &c. If the rebels can actu
ally put 300.000 men into the field, they
can do what no other four millions ever
did on earth, after three years of bloody,
exhausting war.
We believe three hundred thousand to
be this day the extreme Jimit of the ef
fective, fighting force. And be it noted
that they are now at the end of their
chain. As a thousand fall, orarc disabled
by wounds or disease, there are no more
to take their places.
Believing that we see evidence that
some of our past errors are to be avoided,
nnd that energy, concentration and skil
ful generalship are to signalize the cam
paign about to open, we exhort every pat
riot to regard the future of our country
with hope and cheerful trust.—JV. Y.
Tribune. '
The jury in the case of the Com
• ru on wealth against Moore, indica
ted for the murder of Jordan Marbourg,
on Thursday, at 2 o'clock p. m., found a
verdict of murder in the second degtee.
They were out just three hours and twen
ty miuuts. The Judge's charge was very
severe on the prisoner. It is rumored that,
when the jury retired, they stood one for
lindiug a verdict of murder in the first de
gree, six for mtirder in the second degree,
aud five for acquittal. Ii is also rumored
Unit the entire jury have signed a petition
to the Governor praying for the pardon of
the prisoner. It is supposed that the
Judge will also sign the petition. The
sentence of the Court has not yet been
pronounced. The prisoner exhibited but
littls emotion when the verdict of the jury
was announced.
LATER. —Marburg has been sentenced
six years to the Penitentiary. .
NOT HARRY WHITE, THE SENATOR.—
The statement has been made that Maj.
Harry White, elected to the State Senate
from the Indiana and Armstrong District,
was among the exchanged Union officers
released from Libby prison last week.
Maj. W. B. Neeper states that such is not
the case, Maj. Harry White is held as a
hostage in the Penitentiary at Sailsbury,
North Carolina. Another officer of the
same name and rank, belonging to a Penn
sylvania cavalry regiment, was exchanged
and accompanied Maj. Neeplr and other
exchanged prisoners on the flag of truce
boat from Richmond to Fortress Monroe
| ' Thf Gold Bill.
Most heartily do we congratulate the
country on the passage through both hous
es of Congress of the bill giving the Se
cretary of the Treasury authority to sell
gold that he may from time to time have on
hand, after satisfying all demands for the
payment of current interest and to form a
sinking fund of ono percent, on the prin
cipal of the National debt. We wish the
Secretary had been entrusted with greater
freedom of action ; but the provision, re
tricted as it is, will prove most salutary.
The Shylocks who have been specula
ting in National disastersandbettingdown
the public credit, will henceforth navigate
a sea beset with reefs and tornadoes.—
They will know that the Treasury, which
is their natural enemy, is armed with pow
er to give blows where it formerly could
but passively receive them; they will
feel that they play a hazardous game, and
will study caution or be taught it. He
who needs gold will buy it, as he who has
it to'spare will sell it for jt* current mar
ket price , but he who seeks gain through
the depression of the National credit—tor
this is exactly the sum »nd substance of a
sale of gold that the seller does not own,
deliverable 30 or 00 days hence at a stipu
lated price—will be very likely to come
to grief. So we hope and believe.
We know very well that this measure
will not alone prevent the depreciation of
our currency. It is but a beginning.—
Now let Congress promptly double the
impost duty on every luxury, and increase
the excise on every home-made superfluity
highest rate that it will endure.—
Het the penalties for each evasion of the
income and other internal taxes be sig
nallv increased, so that no man can afford
to undertake his indebtedness to the
Treasury. •
We do not believe the Income Tax col
lected in 1803 was.oqp-half what it should
have been. There are hundreds who
made large sums in our city notyCt on the
tax list, Let them be hunted up, and let
the penalty for making an inadequate or
no return of income or other dues to the
Government be so heavy that no prudent
thrifty person will venture to incur it.—
Let ail legacias and inheritances be heavi
ly taxed, but especially those accruing to
others then the lineal heirs.. Do let us
see some evidence that Congress realizes
the greatness of the National peril, and
the shame and mischief of having our
currency sixty oddpar cent, below par.
As many suppose there will be no gold
to sell under this bill, we append the fol
lowing remarks of Mr. Sherman of Ohio,
in Senate on the 10th instant:—
Mr. subject of the dis
position of the accumulated gold in the
Treasuaylias been sofrcqOently discussed
in conversation that I did not desire tooc
cupy the time of the Senate in makingany
statement in regard to it junless required
to do so by some Seuator for his informa
tion. «
The .difficulty grows out of the law of
1802, which requires all duties on impor
ted goods to be paid in gold, and that the
interest on the bonded debt should be paid
in coin. Under"this process there has ac
cumulated in the Treasury of the United
States upward of twenty million dollars in
gold. There is no proper mode in which
it can be paid out under existing law ex
cept in payment of the intereston the
public debt. I have a itatement before
me now showing the amount in the Treas
ury, over and above all outstanding debts
for coin to be to-day 819,070,479,91.
There is ftiore in the Treasury, but it is
either drawn against or set apart for spec
ial purposes under the law. The estima
ted receipts of coin from thip date to July
1,1804, upon the basis of the receipts of
the last month.or two, is 822,272,175, ma
king an aggregate of golden hand and to
be received of 841,042,059.91. The
whole amount that will be paid undftr ex
isting laws for interest on the public debts
cluing that time, and including the Ist of
July, is 820,849,190-92. Here is the
statement as made at the Department:—
Treasury Department. March 19, 1804
—Statement of outstanding loans, interest
upon which is payable in coin dusing the
current six months, ending July 1,1804 :
Ihterest Amount
Principle. liue o! Interest
7-20 note*, dtd Ortl, $8<J,375.660,00Ap. 1, $3,152,711,22
5-2n«, Pob. 25, •82' 510,776,4.60 May 1, 14,245,141.33
fjMftU of IH4J, ttffct. 330.920,75 Julv 1, 7.089,02
Loan of 1547, t. 1,415,250,00 July 1, 252.457.50
l/MUi of lH4s, O'fVt. 5,90H,341,80 July 1, 2«'>7.250,25
Loan of 1850, f»Yct. 3,461,000,00 Julv 1, 82,525,00
I>»an of 1858, hjfrt. 20,000,000,00 Julv 1, 600,000,00
lxM»n of 1860, sftot. 7,022,000,00 July 1, 175.550,00
Ft«b'y 8, IMJI, 6|ict. *.415,000,00 Julv 1, • 558,450,00
Mar. 2, 1861, T«>16,«I00,00 Julv 1, 30.380,00
July 17, 1801, 6"Hct. 61,651,50000 July 1, 1,549.646.00
Total 1717,277,512,65 $20,849,189,92
Most of this, it will seen, is payable on
the first of May. The effect of this ac
cumulation of gold in the Treasury is.
that the Government hoards the gold,
while at the same time it requires mer
chants importing goods into this ccuntry
togo into the market and buy gold at the
enhanced prices caused in a great meas
ure by "1110 accumulation 8f gold in the
Treasury.
.As an important fact bearing on the
measure, I will remark th# there is now
in the banks in the City of New York, an
accumulation of 821,183,024 in gold.—
Fo price that can be put upon gold would
withdraw this re#rve from the banks.—
They kept it as a reserve. The conse
quences is that 840,000,000 in gold is
now hoarded in the city of New York,
withdrawn from the ordinary channels of
commerce and trade, while at the same
time the United States demands of its
customers the payment of not less than
8300,000 a day in gold.
We do not know how much gold Mr.
Chase may be obliged to retain to meet the
requirements of Mr. Hurlburt's amend
ment, but we will roughly estimate it at
ten millions; and then we judge that
he may safely sell ten millions between
this and the first of July, at such sums
as he shall judge expedient. And that,
we trust, will pjpve a terror to evil-doers
in Wall street and elsewhere.— N. Y
Tribune.
THE CONDITION OF CHARLESTON.—
General Gilmore's Chief of Staff, who
arrived in Washington on Thursday,
states that the city of Charleston is
nearly all demolished. But one por
tion of it is occupied, and that only
by troops.
#«i,There is a rumor in Washington
to the effect that Gen. Kilpatric will soon
be aransferrcd to another Department, and
will have an important command.
She CCitiscit.
THOMAS ROBINSON, 1
CYRUS E. ANDERSON, J*- 41 " 0 "-
M. W. NPKAR, PubllMlicr.
•
BUTLER PA.
WF, l>\l-'MOAVsiMAK. 23 IMOI.
H9" " Liberty and Union, Now and Forever. One
and'nteparable. ' D. Webster.
FOR .PRESIDENT IN 1804 :
Alt KA II A.TI LIXTOLJr.
<»overniiieiit ItomiticH.
It will be seen from the following arti
cle from the Pittsburgh Gazette , of the
21st inst., and from the Circular issued
by the Hoard of Enrollment, 23d Dis
trict, that the Government bounties of
8300 and 8400 will cease after the first of
April, as fixed by act of Congress, unless
• the same should be extended by future
legislation.
Hy some unfortunate blunder of the
telegraph, the President was made to say
in his late call for 200,000 men, that the
time for the payment of (Jovcr>iuMt boun
ties of 8300 and 3400 was to
the fijteenth of April; tke of
ficial copies received by the Enrollment
Boards, it appears that those additional
bounties cease after the first of April, as
fixed by Congress. This gives but about
ten days to those who wish to fill their
quotasVlth volunteers, instead of twenty
five. Probably Congress might be indu
ced to extend the time to the date fixed
—not by the President—for really lie has
no authority to change the time—but by
the telegraph operator. The spirit of vol
unteering and payinglocal bounties is good
yet ; but the time is too short.
Government Bounties to Cease April 1.
BOARD OF ENROLLMENT, 23D DISTRICT.
March 19, 1864.
In the of the President's last call
for two hundred thousand men, as trans
mitted by telegraph and published in all
the' papers of this region,it was stated that
the Government bounties,as now paid, will
continueuntil April fifteenth 186+;' where
as, by thooffieial copy just received at this
office, the closing paragraph is in these
word* :
" The Government bounties, as now
paid continue until April Ist, {first) 1804,
at which time additional bounties cease.
On and alter that date, one hundred dol
lajrs only will bo paid, as provided by the
act approved July 22d, 1801."
Inthc Eastern papers the call is publish
ed correctly. JOSIAII COPLEY,
Commissioner of Hoard.
The Font's Ha)'.
The Post yesterday says editorily, "We
can heartily second the action of the
Tammany Hall Democracy." All right!
If the Post believes what it says, it is in
favor of the following plank in the Tam
many platform:
4. We believe that slavery, as a subject
of political agitation has passed from the
politics of this country, and' that there
should be but one of the patriotic
men of the land, (flbted wholly to the
restoration of the Union and the suprem
acy of the Constitution, surrendering
all subordinate issues. If the Union is
saved every wrong can be righted; if the
Union is lost, all is lost.
We want to know why, if slavery, " as
a subject of politicaf agitation, has pass
ed froui the politics of this country," the
Post is always prating of Abolitionism ?
If the Abolitionists are only amusing
themselves by talking about a dead issue,
why should the Post be so ungracious as
to interfere with their amusement, and
threaten the " utter demolition of Aboli
tionism ? It's unkind in you. neighbor.
—Pittsburgh Gazette..
Fatal Aeeident at Freedom.
The following account of a most dis
tressing and fatal accident, is taken from
the Pittsburgh Gazette, of the 14th and
15th inst. This account states that " Ed
ward Haigh, and a deck hand whose name
was unknown, were instantly killed; while
a third named Johnny Mackey, was bad
ly injured. We have been informed by
Wm. 11. Patterson, who is a relative of
the -'unknown man," that his name is
Mathew Patterson, and son of George
Patterson of Forward township, liutlcr
county. The body of the deceased lias
been recovered by his relatives. This is
the second son of this family that. has
lost his life on the river. The deceased
has a brother in Co. H. of the 78th Regt.
Pa. Vol.
On Saturday evening last, a most dis
tressing accident occurred on board the
tow-boad Panther, at Freedom, resulting
in the death of two men. and the serious
injury of a third. The Panther had a
fleet of coal barges in tow, for Cincinnati,
and in attempting to land, opposite Free
don),it was ascertained that the after check
post of one of the barges was insufficient.
The line was phieed around this check
post, with'one turn, and then carried over
to another check post or timber-head.—
The strain was so great that the timber
head gave way and the line straightened
so suddenly that Edwgrd Haigh, Jahnny
Mackey, and a deck hand whose name we
have been unable to learn, were struck.
Haigh and the deck hand were instantly
"killed aud thrown into the river. Mackey
was badly crushed about the breast, and
it is doubtful whether he will recover.
Edward Haigh was the only son of
Joseph llaigh, Esq., of the old firm of
Haigh. Hartupce & Co., and was about
eighteen years of age. He was well knwwn
in this city, and was highly esteemed.
His father is greatly distressed in conse
quence of his untjuiely death The tow
boat Hornet was started down on Sunday
morning, to bring up Mr. Mackcy, and
assist in for the bodies of young
llaigh and tnWeck hand.
Johnny Mackey is well known to many
of our citizens, having kept the "Sports
niati's Hall" in this city for some time
past, which was headquarters for the sport
ing fraternity _of the two cities and vicin
ity. He was removing'toCinoHnati, hav
ing sent his family by railroad. lie was
brought up to (he city during the day, and
at last accounts was lying in a very pre
carious condition.
Wc have already given an account of
the accident 011 the coal tug Panther,
which resulted in the killing of young
llaigh, ami a man belonging to Mercer
county, and the serious injury of .Johnny
Mackcy, the "champion of the light
weights." We learn to-day that Mackey
was not so dangerously injured as at first
reported, and that with proper treatment
he will recover. 11c was standing close
to the line, when the timcrhead started,
and A'as carried with it (as it were) in"
stead of being struck, as the bthcr jnen
were. This accounts for the fact that he
was not instantly killed, lie was thrown
from the barge, across the bow of the Pan
ther. a distance of twenty-two feet, and so
rapid was his flight that the fireman, who
stood close by, did not notice him until
fell upon the deck. lie was struck, by
the line, near the knees, and the skin was
torn from the bones, but the bones were
not broken.' His face was considerably
cot and bruised, and his left arm, from the
elbow to the shoulder blade, was severely
injured. A watch,-which he had in his
pocket, was literally turned inside out—
the works could not be found, and the case 1
only remained.
The body of Young llaigh, wc under
stand. has not yet been recovered, although
diligent search has been made for it.
Draft of 200.000 Men.
VA» IUPAKTMIST, AwmvTOmnArtOrncU
WAtHINdTON, Marrli 16,1564- J
GENERAL ORDERS NO. 100. —The fol
lowing is an order by the President oft.be
United States:
I'JXFCUTIVF. MANSION, WASHINGTON,
March 15, 1804.—1n order to supply the
force required to be drafted for the Navy
and to provide an adequate reserve force
for al' contingencies, in addition to'the
5011,000 men called for Feb. 1, 1861, the
call is hereby made and a draft ordered for
200,000 men for the military service—
Army, Navy and Marine Corps of the
United States.
The proportional quotas for the different
wards, towns, townships, precincts, or elec
tion districts, or cuuntics, will be made
known through the Provost-Marshal-Oen
cral's Bureau, and account will be taken of
the credits and deficiencies of former quo
tas.
The* loth day of April. 1861, is desig
nated as the time upto which the numbers
required from each ward of a city, town,
&c., may be raised by voluntary enlist
ment, and draftswill.be made, in each
Ward of a city,.town, &c., which shall not
have filled the quota •signed to it within
the time designated for the number re
quired to fill said quotes.
The drafts will as soon
after the loth of April as practicable.
The (jovciiimqpt bounties, as now paid,
continue until April Ist, 1864, at which
time the additional Lountics cease. On
and-after that date, 8100 bounty will only
be paid, as provided by the act approved
July 11, 1861.* A. LINCOLN.
Official. E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant
Adjutant General.
The Reciprocity Treaty.
WASHINGTON, March 18. —The House
Committee on Commerce has agreed upon
and 'ifuthorized to be reported when that
shall be ag >in called up, a joint resolution
authorizing and requiring the President
to give notice to the Government of Great
Britain for the British provinces. At the
termination of ten rears from the time the
treaty went into operation, viz. 1854 to
the end, the treaty may be abrogated as
soon as it can be done under the provisions
thereof unless a new convention shall be
fore that time be concluded between the
two governments, by which the provisions
shall be abrogated or so modified as to be
mutually satisfactory to both governments,
and the President is also authorized to ap
point three commissioners, by and with the
advice and consent of the Senate, for the
revision of the treaty, and to confer with
other commissioners duly authorised tliey
for. whenever it sfiall appear to be the
wish of the Government of Great Britain
to negotiate a new treaty between the two
governments and the people of both coun
tries, based upon the true principles of
reciprocity and for the r niqval of cxi.-st
ingdifficulties.
AND BRAGG. —The New
York Times institutes a comparison
between the*respective Commanding
Genets, Grant and Bragg:
Bragg's name i%synonymous with
disaster—Grant's with victory. The
Richmond Examiner says that Gen.
Bragg's "career has been a long, un
varied and complete failure," the very
reverse of which statement would be
nearly the truth concerning Grant.
Bragg's first undertaking of Impor
tance resulted in his failure at Pen
sacoia; Grant's- first large action was
his triumph at Donelson. Bragg's
last battle was at Chattanooga, where
his whole army was routed by Grant.
Against Grant's. Vicksburg, we have
Bragg's Murfreesboro; against Gen.
Grant's Champion Hills we have
Bragg's Perryville. Grant flanked
the rebels at Bowling Green and Col
umbus, and Bragg got flanked at Tull
ahoma and Shelbyville. Grant be
gan operations at Cairo, and the
sweep of his successive victories, as
he marched onward, extended a thous
and miles. Bragg once had his army
on the Ohio, anuTsuccessive retreats
from their covered several hundred
miles. So we mighfrgo on, contrast
ing in still other respects the history
of the two Generals, who are now the
ranking officers of the two armies.
Army Correspondence.
CAMP NEAR HAM.TOW.V,
Marfli 11, 1864.
MESSRS. EDITORS : —A youngman who
has been in the service of his country for
the past two years and a half, wishes to
open a correspondence with some of lie
fair readers of the Citizen, for the sake of
improvement, and to drive away the todi
umof Winter quarters. Now ladies, please
dash off a spirited, spicy, saucy, sarcastic,
sensible, social sincere, sentimental, sanc
timonious, substantial, sublime, stylish, or
splendid epistleto oneofUucle Sam's Vet
erans. Photograph's exchanged at the6y>-
tion of the lady.
Address, _ PALMER HERVEY,
Co." If, 102 d Regt. P. V.,
Harpers Fcrrry Va.
CAMP NEAR HKALTOM STATIOX,
March 12, IMV4.
MESSRS. EDITORS: —It is with pleasure
I write you. To-day the sun shines beau
tiful und warm, and makes it look like a
May day, when all around is cheerful and
spiing like, and the boys are enjoying it,
participating in a social game of foot ball.
All is going on harmoniously, but this is
the style among the 62d boys; of course
there is some difference of opinion politi
cally, but it is astonishing the f'oolimy lint
prevails here among the soldiers iiWavor
of honest old Abe for the next President;
and this feeling is not confined to con
scripts alone, but old soldjcrs that have
been warm friends of little Mac—and ma-
the President's Emancipation
Proclamation now, who did not feel friend
ly toward it at first. The reason of this
is, they begin to see the degrading effect
the institution of slavery has had on the
Country. Even I'R this fair soil of the
old dominion, where it has not been carri
ed on in its worst form, are traces of its
degrading effects, which cause men to
change their opinions in regard to it.and
as'thc pgrty in power is striking at the
root or cause of the present rebe lion, men
bc;;in to feci that it is just and right; and
they feel that, our country should be
reality what it is m name—l» free country.
We are glad to learn that there is more
of that unanimity existing at,homc. than :
there was at first. This 1s as it should be, I
and unholy rebellion is cfush
ed restored, and when one State
after another to the Union, and
star after to its banner, then the
American will be deeply impressed with
the i/rnnrlritr and glory of the Nation, and
you, Messrs. Editors, though proud of the
old Key Stojie State, will ever be ready
to extend the right hand of fellowship to j
those of our sister States, when once they
ore brought back, and they to you, and
each and all will be proud to say, I am an
American citizen.
Yours with respect, w.
iminrow STATION, V*. 1 lih liog. I'. 11. V.< 7
March 11, 1864. #
MESSRS EDlTOßS: —Thinking you
would probably like to hear how this gal
lant old Regiment is progressing, I will
just drop you a few lines informing you
where and how wc arc. At present we
are encamped upon the ground where the
trallant army corps fliugiit the battle of
Bristow Station, under the command gf
Maj. General Warren. AVe have a VIMV
pleasant camp, our shanties, (as wc
them) are'very comfortable indeed; they
are built of logs about six fecf high, and
covered with shelter tents; we have good
fire places and chimneys, and we cannot
complain for the wantof wood, as wc hav,
been well supplied with it this winter.—
But during that cold freezing weather,
we were rather scarce of water—but since
the weather has become more moderate,
and kind Providence has blessed us with
rain, we have water in abundance.
Uncle Sam has supplied us with plenty
of the very belt of rations ever since wc
have been encamped here, we have not
known w.hat it is to eat hard tac< this
winter—having always been supplied
with soft bread, fresh from the Alexan
dria Bakery, and very often it come to
the Divison Commissary warm And if we
are only allowed the privilege of guarding
this Railroad until the division's term of
service expires", we might then cafl our
selves some of the -chosen few; but there
is such a variety of opinion as to when
our term of service expires ; some think
in the montlf of May, others contend that
we will be held until June, but I think
that this Regimfcnt will not bo mustered
out of service until the*t!!tth of July,
which will make it three years from the
date of muster into U. S service, but
enough of this for the present. •
Our Brigade was the recipient of a
few compliments in the shape of Minnie
Balls, from Maj. Mosbey's (' S A., on
last Wednesday, the Dthinst, a portion of
his command made their appearance upon
the hills in sight of some of our camps,
the 13th Pa. cavelry attacked* them, bad
a sharp skirmish but did not last long,
the Confederates captured 39 of the 13th
Pa cavalry, horses and all. The gallant
fighting Bucktails, the 2nd and 6th Regs.
Pa. eavalry, but when the Johny's saw
the Infantry approaching they quickly
beat a hasty retreat with what prisoners
and booty they had taken. The gallant
Bucktails who are always eager, and ready
to have a brush with Mosbey and his nfen
pursued them. but. being on foot conld not
overuikethtm, they le urnedto.-ainp e erv
one of -the opinion that bushwhackers will j
not fight a fair opeu fight
Now I have a few words to say to a
certain gentleman living ' n '' lß neighbor
hood of .Muddy Creek bottom, Uutler
county, Pa., who, we understand, has as
serted that th« 11th Reg. P. H. V. C. lost
it? colors, and with its colors its honor, at
the battle of Gaine s llill, in trout ol
Richmond. on the 27th of June, 18G2,
and from that time it could not be trusted
That no ('ommanding General would trust
it. Fie, for shame! you cowardly sneak
ing Copperhead. Do you for a moment
suppose that any person in Uutler county,
who is acquainted with the history of this
battle scarred Regt. would believe that ?
Would you dare asjert that, to any mem
ber of this Regiment ? .Me thinks I hear
vou say no ! you cowardly whelp. We
leave it to our • 'ommanding Generals, and
to history, whether we ever lost our honor.
Hut one thing you live until
this lieg. is disbanded, you wi 1 have to
acknowledge that what you asserted was
a hflfe lie, and that you wcrS the father
of ifTor qlsc aljide by the conscqueneo. —
Rut it is mail time and I must close.
Yours truly, ■
A VETERN VOLUNTEER.
CAMP AT HAI.LTOWN, Va.,
March 1, 1801.
MESSRS. KDITOIIS :—Allow me to in
form your readers that Co. 11. 102 d P.
V., have reached their destination in safe
ty, near Harper's Ferry, Va. We will
ever remember our short visit to llutler co.
All agree that we bad a litter time than
we had anticipated—our friends used ov
ary effort to make our short stay as pleas
ant as possible; and on every occasion we
tried to take advantage of their hospitali
ty. The people of Puller county hawe
our most sincere thanks fortheir kindness
to us. In passing through Ilarrisburgh,
we met your fellow townsmen, Messrs.
McCandless, Negley. HasleU and /jim
■nerman, who used us very well, and, with
whom we had a very pleasant time, for
which we will ever remember them. On
returning to camp, we found every thing
much as usual—nothing of special int,cr
'l est having transpired durijig our absence.
| Cut things are now bearing a more active
! aspect —reviews and are not
j uncommon, and they tire notgencfßilly pre
cursors of idleness—but whatever order
may come, we will try and obey with alac
rity. It is rumored itf camp, that Gener
al Kelley has been relieved, and that Gen.
Sigcl is his successor—if so, we are per
fectly willing to fight '• mit Sigel."
! o-day the snow is falling thiok, and
fast, and this afternoon there is sufficient
for good sleighing—and wore we in Loy
al Pennsylvania, instead of dilapidated
Virginia, wo could.enjoy ourselves much
better. More anon.
SELDOM.
IIALLTOWN VA., March 11, 1804.
Ethlort Amvrirnn Citizen : —As the ex-'
citcmcut incidental to a Presidential cam
paign is already developing, 1 said you
the following result of a vote taken in the
I 102 d I'enna. Vols. As there were a num
ber of candidates, every man was allow-'
cd his free selection.
Presidential vote of the 102 d Pennsyl
vania Vols, for 1804.
Lincoln. 383; Seward, 5; Grant, 4 ;
■ Fremont, 1 ; K'hase, 1 ; number of votes
' cast, iJ94.
Respectfully yours,
D. C. AYRES,
Co. I. 102 d Keg. P. V.
General <>ranl*H Hovemenls.
Gen. Grant reached Cincinnati Sat
urday night from Washington, and
* Sunday morning paid a short visit to
his fatlicr inCovington. Gen. Grant
left the same day direct for Nashville.
The Columbus Journal says:
We are indebted to the politeness
of Hon. Eben Newton, Senator from
tho 23d District, for much interesting
and valuable information touching
Gen. Grant's views in relation to the
recent military movements. Senator
Newton has an old and intimate ac
quaintance with Gen". Grant's father
and family, and joined the General in
his recent visit to his father in Co
vington.
Mr. Newton having alluded to his
appointment as Lieutenant-General,
Grant remarked that while it lessened
his labors it greatly increased his re
sponsibi'ities ; saying, at the same
time, "well, I am ready for them."
Gen. Grant said he was going direct
to Nashville, and would return thence
to Washington next week,intending to
pass through Columbus next Monday
—that he wouldgo direct to the
of the Potomac; and when there, he
would, at least , be within ten miles (!)
of Lee's army—that he would remain
at Washington, but would have his
headquarters in the field, and go from
army to army and from department
to department as circumstances may
require. m
We also learn from Senator' Ne
wton that Gen. Grant, during this in
terview, remarked that it would be of
no use to merely take Richmond un
less we could also destroy Lee's army.
He utterly and absolutely abjures
all- meddling with polities; declares
that he will have nothing to do with
politics -till the rebellion is crushed.
He affirms most positively that he
will not even ask a question about
political matters until the war is over.
And Senator Newton assures us
that Gen. Grant's \\4iole mind and
soul are absorbed in the great work
now entrusted to his guidance.; and
that .nothing can draw him aside from
j the'vigorous prosecution of the war
I which he will now supervise and di
| rect. <£
XKWM BYTELEtiHAI'II.
LITTLE ROCK, ARK., March 18.—-
Partial election returns from eleven
couuties give more votrs than the
whole number required bv tne Presi-'
dent's Proclamation, to replace Ar
kansas into the Union. Other eoun-'
ties tV>bo heard from day to-day, three
in number, will give five thousand!
more votes.
The now State Constitution,framed 1
by the late Convention is almost unan
imously ratified, there being so far
only one hundred and thirty-seven
votes against it. . Arkansas is thus
declared a free State in the Union,-
by a voluntary action of its own citi
zens.
Gov. Isnrc Murphy, nnd the who'e
State ticket it elected.
Guerilla bands made violent threats,
notwithstanding which citizens were
enthusiastic in their determination to*
vote the State back into tho Union,
many going to the pofls at the ifnmi-*
nent risk of their lives to protect vo
ters.
CAIRO, March 17.—The hospital
steamer R. C. Moore, from Vicksburg
and Memphis,arrived with three hun
dred and forty-nine sick and wounded
troops, nnd left this morning for St.
Louis. Eight died on the way up,
among them Julius Romus, of the
Thirty-fifth New Jersey, who was hur
ried at Helena.
The estimated force of the enemy
at the recent fight, in Yazoo City, was
five thousand, and four pieces of ar
tillery. There were two stern wheel
gunboats there, but they could render
no service without endangering our »
forces. The Eighth Lousinna(colo
red) lost eighty killed, wounded and
missing. The First Mississippi cav
alry lost fifty wounded, and the Elev
enth twenty-five to thirty in all.
Nine out of the eighteen officers of
the Eighth Lousiuna were wounded.
NEW YORK, March IK.—The Paris
letter to the New York Times says:
'file American Minister at Paris has
collected the evidence in regard to the
rebel steamer Rappahannock, and he
has therefore given written notice to
the French Government that, it will
be held responsible for all the damage
i she may do to American commerce.
AKHIIIIM'N fomiiiiiml.
NASHVILLE. March 17.— Gen. Grant
formally assumed command of the armies
gf the IJ. S. to-day. The following is the
order on the subject :
| HEADQUARTERS ARMIES OF THE U.S.
I NASHVILLE TK.NN..'March 17. 1804.
GENERAL ORDERS NO. I —ln pnrsu
j anccof the following or !cr of the Presi
dent :
EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON,
I), C. March 10, 1804.—Under authority
of the act of Congress to revive the grade
■ of Lieut. General in the United States
Army, approved Feb. 29th, 1804, Lieut,
j General Ulysses S. Grant of the U. S.
I Army is appointed to the command of tho
Armies of the United Sratcs.
• [Signed,] ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
I AN,MI; cjiu.ITML of tho aiinioi of
the I uited States. My Headquarters will
be on the field, and until further orders,
! will be with the Army of the Potomac-
There will be an official headquarters in
Washington, D. C., to which all official
communications will be sent except those
from the army, where headquarters are at
the date of our address.
U. S GRANT,
Lieut. General. U. S. A.
Gen. Grant. leaves for Washington on
Saturday and repairs immediately to the
front. His stafl is composed of officers
formerly* with him in the military Divis
ion of Mississippi. Among them are
Prig. General fowling*, chief of staff;
Lieut. Colonel Bowers, Capt. G. K. I.ect,
Capt. E. S. Parker, Assistant Adjutant
General, Captain 11. "W. Jones; A. Q.
M., Captain Bodvaii. Lt. Col. Duff, late
Chief of Artillery, goes as sctrior Aid
DO Camp. General Sherman was due
to-night; but will immediately assume
command of the military Division. Gen.
Dodge is in the city.
W ASHINOTON, March2l. —A committee
of twenty-six, on behalf of the Working
Men's Democratic Cepublicalf Association
of New York City, to-day presented an
address to the President, informing him
that lie bad been elected an honorary
inetnberof theaasociation. The President
made a lengthy reyly. and gratefully ac
cepted the election. On the conclusion
of the adifress. the chairman of the com
mittee said they had (inly one more thing
to add, and that is, then- earnest wish that
the next President may fee from Spring
field, Illinois. and that* Ll's name may be.
Abraham Lincoln.
TXIR The Emperor of Austria, who has
been so anxious to invade the Danish
duchies, has trouble nearer home. Great
excitement prevails in Hungary and Ga
licia, and the latter province has been de
clared in a state of seige on account of the •
insurrectionary movements which have be- .
gun there.
T&7" There were just eighteen votes in
the House on Thursday in support of Mr.
Mallory's motion to strike out of the act
enabling the Territory of Colorado to form
a State Government the clause prohibit
ing slavery theriu. Ihe world </O«* move!
CHATTANOOGA, March 18, 1804. —The
leader of the band of guerrillas which
committed the outrage near Tuiiahouia is
named Hughes, and is an old offender
from the vicinity of Sparta, Teao. A
detachment of*the 50th New York ran
the rebels off. while plundering, fired into
them, and it is said killed two of them.