Fro if. Rebel l*i»|»ers. Feb. 18. Richmond -papers, of the 10th. state that the enemy arc quiet in theirentreuc h uients ou Hun. i hrougbout Tuesday night the rumbling of wiigous nod artillery-was heard on Grant* lines in tho neighborhood of Deep Bottom. It wa-; supposed (irant was transferring a ♦teavytody of troops to the north .side. This'may be simply the return of the troops so'iit over to Petersburg (r> partici pate in the Hatcjier's Hun affair last Monday. 1* was reported yesterduy our troops flvere evacuating Wilmington. The re port is not confirmed, however, by official dispatches. Tho Yankee papers Btate that (Jen. Terry is still in tho -vicinity of Fort Fisher, and awaiting for Gen. Hoke. Hitherto tho Yankee .press represented Tc»ty about to march towards Wilming ton, with confident expectation of taking it. but Fort Anderson has proved a more effectual obstruction than they had antic ipated. General Baker is in command of our forces at Goldsborough, and reports to pile War Department, he has iea»on to Relieve the enemy are concentrating at Newberu, and they have with them ma terial for repairing tbe railroad, from New born to Kingston. Scouts who came in to Kingston, iti the night oi tho 11th Inst., »oj>orts General Foster is in com maud at Newbern, and that two thousand of the 18th army corps have arrived there. . making the number of troops at the post ; fifty thousand, It is reported Mid believed in Kings- j ton that tbe enemy have landed two loco motives an 1 two cargoes of railroad iron at Moorhead city. It is not apprehended in Kingston that the enemy design an early movement in that direction. No official messages were received < trim-any part ol South Carolina yester-i day. At last accounts the enemy held! Orangeburg, on tho railroad, and ;<ur for ces falling back towards Columbia. Our | Troops nbandonc I Branchvillc last Sunday j night. Wheeler, last Friday, attacked and j whipped Killpatrick, at Aiken, fifteen j iniles northeast of Augusta, and drove him ! Hack five miles iu the direction of Brauch rille. The Augusta papers of last Wednes day state that at that time Slocuni was at Windsor, ten miles East of Aiken, ad vancing on Augusta, his right fiauk bo ing protected by the .South Ed sto, and his left.by Kilpntrick's cavalry. Two days after this. Kilpatrick was whipped by Wheeler. Sloeuui has with him the loth and 10th corps. The 1 -Ith audliUth corps compromise the fordo operating agiiiiHt Columbia and Charleston. This leaves one corps of Sherman's unaccoun ted for. We presume it has been left at Savannah. By the latest advices through Yankee papers, we lcnrn that Sherman was still at his headquarters at Bcatfort. Gens. S. D. l.cc and Wade Hampton, recently appointed Lieutenant Generals, have been confirmed by Confederate Hen ate Tho promotion of Gen. Hampton makes him rank General Wheeler, and •pits him in command of our cavalry now operating against Sherman. Tho best events may be expected from this ap pointment. Hampton's presemse w ill not tail to inspire confidence and cnfiiusi ssiu. The Richmond Kxaminer of the 10th says: At Kiuusville Sherman w >uld be able to destroy the Columbia it Cearlotte and Wilmington & Manchester rail roads. The U7nV/of tho 10th states that Sherman has gone somew hat the start of their forces, and apprehension is felt at Columbus that lie would be there before ho could he overtaken. General Echols has succeeded Brick enridge in command iu Fast Tennessee. The following is a copy of Gen. Lee's general order on assuming command of the forces of the Confederate States: Headquarters Confederacy, February ■ 7th. General Order No. I.—hi obedi ence to general order number Febru ary 6tli, 1 assume command of the mili tary forces of the Confederate States. I am deeply impressed with the difficulties of the position, and humbly invoking the of Almighty God I rely for success upon tho courage and fortitude m' the army, sustained by the patriotism aud firmness of the people, confiding that there united efforts under the blessing of heaven will secure peace and independ ence. The headquarters of the army to which all special rc|>orts and communications will be addressed, will for the present be with the army of Northern Virginia. The stated and regular returns aud re ports of each army and department will be forwarded as heretofore to tho office of the Adjutant and Inspector General. It. E. LEE, General. A Horrible Murder. On Monday night of last week, at Woodstock, a-village nine miles from Hudson, Mioh., one of the most horrid crimes that we have ever been called up on to record was perpetrated. The facts as narrated to us by a person who heard the murderer recite the circumstances,are as follows: David F. Bivens, a young man of ordi nary good character, enlisted in the ar my, leaving his young wife residing at IS oodstock. After remaniiug in the ar my lor some mouths, he became tired of the service and deserted, but did uot dare •o remain at homo as the officers would jpe likely to get hint. He therefore ob tained employment at Grafton, in this State, at the junction of the Cleveland k Toledo and Cleveland & Columbus rail roads, where he became enamored of the -charms of some female whom he desired to marry. Ilia jrife and his poverty were iu the way. The iin-mer could be remov ed by taking her life, and he could pos sess property if his father and mother were out of the way; so lie determined to remove every obstacle to the gratifica tion of his one absorbing desire by the murder of the whole family. Thrqe times he visitod the house of his parents and wife for the purpose of executing his purpose, but his heart failed liim. On Monday ol last week Jie again .went out there with his jiirpose-well lived in his mind acd heart. Jle hired a horse and buggy at Hudson and drove over to his father's after uight. 'On qgfchins the hi u o.he hiUityd bin horse and entered, immediately proecediug to tlic perform ance of his fi#udis)i purpose On the tiiHt ejort to shoot his father*lhe pistol lifted fire, hut .the next effort sueoeeded and his father fell dead at his feet, lie then cliot his mother, who wits fitting in a chair, and by this time his wife had got to him and implored him to spare her life. She seized the pistol and finally succeeded in 'jetting it into her posses sion. hut Bivens in getting the pistol again and shot her through the heart. To conceal the horrid crime tho murderer then set lire to the house and took his de parture. Suspicion at once rested upon the guilty wretili, and <>n Thursday lust officers were sent after him, and bo was arrested at Grafton. At first he affected great astonishment at thereportel mur der of his parents and wife, and feigned deep sorrow, hut when the officers express ed their conviction that he was the guilty murderer, 'he seemed at once impressed with rile belief that his guilt was known. -rc*s 4iia*lc a full confession embracing the foregoing facts. — 'J'n/ei/o Zircon I. OllU'lul Troiii lien. lira lit. WAK DEPARTMENT, \ WASHINGTON, Feb. 18. I To Mnj. Gen. Dix : The announce ment of the occupation of Columbia, S. ('., bv Gen Sherman, anil the pro bable evacuation of Charleston, has been cominunioted to the Depart ment in tho following telegrams, just received from Lt. Gen. Grant, signed E. M. Stanton Secretary of H nr. CITY POINT, 4: 4~> p. m. Feb. 18. —E. M. Stanton War Department. —The Richmond Dispatch of this tnornining says: Sherman entered Columbia yesterday morning, and its fall necessitates it presumes, tiio fall •of -Charleston, which it thinks is be ing evacuated. (Signed) U. S. GRANT, Lt. Gerv. CITY POINT, Feb. 18.—lion. E. M. Stanton, War Department. Tho following is taken from Friday's Rich mond JUipaU'h : 41 TUB FALL OF COLUMBlA.—Col umbia has fallen ; Sherman marched into and took possession of the city yesterday morning. The intel ligence was communicated yesterday .by Gen. Beauregard in an official dispatch. Columbia is situated on the North hank of the Congarcc riv er , just below the confluence of tho Saluda and Broad rivers. From Gen. Beauregard's dispatch it ap pears that on Thursday evening the enemy approached the South bank of the Congarcc an 1 threw a number .ol'Shells into the city. During the night they moved up the rivet* and yesterday morning forded the Saluda and Broad rivers. Whilst they w-orc .crossing these rivers, our troops under Gen. Beau regard, evacuated Columbia, and the enemy soon after took possession. Through private sources we learn that two days ago. when it was deci ded not to attoir.pt the defense of -Columbia, a large quantity of medi cal stores, which it was thought im possible to remove, were destroyed. The female employees of the treasu ry department had previously been sent off to Charlotte, one hundred miles South of Columbia. We pre sume the Treasury lithographic es tablishment was also removed, altho' as to this we have no positive infor mation. The fall of Columbia neces sitates, we presume, the evacuation of Charleston, which we think likely is already in process of evacuation. It is impossible to say w here Sher man will next directs his columns. The General opinion is that he will goto Charleston and establish a base there, but we confess we do not see what weed he has of a base. It is to be presumed he is subsisting on the country and he has had no battle to exhaust his ammunition. Before leaving Savannah he declared his in tention to march to Columbia, thence to Augusta, and thence to -Charles ton. This was uttered as a boast, and to hide his disigns. We are dis posed to believe that he will next strike at Charlotte, which is one hun dred miles north of Co'umbia, on the Charlotte and Columbia Railroad, or at Florence, S. C., the junction of the Columbia and Wilmington railroad some ninety miles east ef Columbia. There was a report yesterday that Augusta had.also been taken by the enemy. This we do not believe. We have reason to feel assured that nearly the whole of Sherman's army is at Columbia, and that the report that Schoficld was advancing on Au gusta WHS .untrue. The Richmond Whig says : The Charleston Mercury of Saturday an nounces a brief suspension of that pa per with a view to its temporary re moval to another point. This is ren- by the progress of military events. Cutting it off fro:n the mail facilities for distributing its paper to a large portion of its sub scribers, while the lack of transport ation renders its supply of piper pre carious. Semmes has been made a Rear Admiral and will take command of the James .River squadron." (Signed) U. S GRANT, Lieutenant General. —Charles 11. Dyer, late clerk iu tbe Bank of Crawford, w is brought into court, in Meadville. on Tuesday last', on the charge of embezzling S2i>,Uoo of the funds of tho bank, lie pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to imprisonment in th.<« Westerp Penitentiary, Allegheny City, for four years and six moutlus. The news froic all parts of.the army is decidedly enciAjraging. The end i of the rebellion is at baud. (The American <£ittecn. THOMAS ROBINSON. - - Editor. Jl. W. SPEAR, Publisher. BIiTTLER PA. WEDIKEBUAY FKB.iiS. I*«s. Bjs- " Liberty and Union. Now and Forever, One and •ns»»p«r3ble. , '--D. W«b®ter. \re Your l>ee(ls on llceord? While property holders still design re taining their bonds, it is net so important whether their title papers are on roecrd or not, although they nnquestiouably should under nil circumstances be recor ded, but when property begins to change hands it is quite important —indeed we might almost say indispeusiblc, that titles be put ou record. l'arties purchasing property for the purpose of disposing ol it for OU or Coal purposes, usually pro cure briefs of title, to have to show to those desiring to purchase. This a Law yer cannot make out unless tho whole chain of title from patent down is on record. We would advise all, therefore, to have their titles at once put upon rec ord. There is a brisk time coining we believe, for our county, lot us prepare for it. JBisT' There seems to ho a misunderstan ding ou (lie part of some as to tlio char acter, or interest which is attached to a sluiro in"The Union Cherry Hun Hasin Oil aud Mining Company." Some per sons seem to tliink that this share is only u beginning, and that tlicy may ho ca'led upon, to pay assessment:, at any time, to develop the property, which swell the interest taken indefinitely—this is a mistake. The fifty thousand dollars which is to he sot apart for working stock, will doubtless cover all contingencies. The dollar invested, therefore, in a share is just HO much money put on interest, as it were. It in confidently expected that the stock will soon be above par, probobly fifty or soventy-fivo per. cent , and some think even much more, llut suppose that one share was taken and the stock should pay 'olio hundred per cent, all that would be realized, would be one dol !ar as tike yearly interest of said •invest ment ! While this would bo a good thing, it would still scarcely be worth following up receipting for &c. Mr Me •ftinkill we believe has received some let ters authorizing him to ■take stock for the parties some as low as one dollar. We would advise all those who wish to take an interest in this company to not ta';e 1c33 than twenty-five dollars; and if it was convenient for them, one hundred would be much nicer.—there is going to be a good deal of stock taken here, judg ing from present appearances. Let all who wish to procure any, send in (heir re mittances by Saturday evening, as there is little probability that any will remain in the market after that date. The Till within a low days, theie has been j nothing said or done, with reference to | who .-(hall he the occnjient of tlrj Post j Office lor the next four years. The peo I pie have been much more exercised an to who shall represent thin vicinity in the army, under tho present call for three hundred thousand men. Within a few days past howe'ver, the subject has been brought to_the attention of the people by a couple of aspirants, presenting their petitions for signers—this brings tho sub ! jeet fairly forward. Uoth the gentlemen are respectable citizens, and it is there fore. (juite unpleasant for their neighbors to take part publicly. Ore of the recog nized principles of our Government is, that the people have a right—secretly, to express their will in reference to who shall occupy the places of honor and j profit iu the Government. A portion of 1 them at least, intend to .claim that right :in this case. Our present Post Master, i Mr. Sedwick, was so chosen. We would ■ therefore, advise aspirant* to refrain from ! pressing their petitions for signers, aud await the action of tho peopl<, which wdl j be «oon after the inauguration, if not be j fore. We would suggest to tho people that they consider the nutter in tl\s mean I time, an J act npon their owu convictions of right. And should any aspirants feci ■•strong enough to repudiate such action, | aud refuse to let their claims be subrait j ted in this wjy, to their neighbors, we would suggest that their names be not used at said election. We don't believe however, that there are any such—we have no doubt all will feel willing to sub mit to the will of the minority; if there are, they are not good Republicans. J There might bo some reasons urged, why Democrats should bo invited to par ticipate in said election ; but as we have no knowledge that they would in good faith accept tlie invitation—and as it would give room for complaint on the part of some who-inight be injured by allowing outside influence Jo interfere, -we think, upon tho whole, that it should jbe confined to Jiepublicans. W-e have i heard friends *'f botlj flentlfiluen whoseuatne* lisrve bcun put forward,' claim that Mr. Wifliains is in (fttCr favor res pectively—to all wo would sqv, tliat we have not heard from Mi. Will isms 011 this subject; but still we know liim to be u faithful rrpretn ilalivc —such aie always willing to bo instructed as to the wants, iiilircst.i ami tcithct of his constituents. We have no doubt the wliulo matter will be in Mr. Williams' Jiands. so far as the Post Office Department is eonccrnod. ami we have as little doulit that lie will be f/overenetl by the fairly expressed will of those interested iu this matter. Let UP, therefore, nil have patience, let nothing like bad feeling be ingendered, let the people express their will, and let ail cheer fully acquiesce. Oil! onil (Ml !!! i Tlicre has.been a conviction, on the j part of many, that our county would fi | nally become the great central oil basin lof western Pennsylvania. Recent devel opments K'OIII to justify this belief. In various parts of (he county, "surface in dications" arc being heard of; leases are being t' ten, and doubtless there will, du ring the coming season, be such arange mcnts made us will thoroughly develop the Petroleum wealth of this county. — Recent developments on iSlipperyrock. have ret the north-west partof the county in a bUwe. We BIKI tlie following iullic Pittsburgh j Commcrrfal: "The *c*ci foment in both Butler ami i Lawrence enmities is on the increase, and lands are rapidly changing bunds, par ticularly in the first named county. The cx< ilmneut is tnost intent, however, on Slip)oryroek creek, where I'r. Egbert, the oil millionaire, has leased thousands nt' acres of lands. On Thursday, the 2d instant, a well was s'rusk near Harlans burg, on this creek, on the Butler and Lawrence county line, whicltyicldcd with the pump a barrel of oil every thirty minutes. It has been reported since as having yielded more largely. Some I practical geologists hold that the greatest oil basin in Pennsylvania is in Butler county, and although t lie latest to come forward as an oil producing territory, it would not be surprising if that county proved to be rich in theoleaginous wealth, j The lands on Hlipperyrock creek hate nearly all been leased for oil purposes, and leases air daily being transferred at advanced rates. A railroad is to be im mediately built from New Castle up Big run to Slipveryrock. and up 'Wolf creek ! to the coalfie+ds of Isntlci / 'tnunty, which will render this oil territory easily acres sible and largely increase its Valiw." If oil in large quantifiers is found on | Slipperyrock, why riot on other streams? We hope before the close of the present, ye i.to realize the full verifications of our hopes and expectations. "The Herald." Our neighbor of the Ihralil and bio worthy Lieutenants seem to be bent on our extermination. When a few week's since, the present Editor assumed control of that paper, we noticed him favorably alleging that he was a worthy citizen whose private character was uniinproach able, and unimpenched ; and expressed the hope that his accession to bis present position was the harbinger of better feel ing in the community. How this concil iatory a .vance was received by him, those who have perused that sheet, can best judge. Nit only lias he a.«sni ed us him self, but he has opened hi.s columns to an onymous writers, the more effectually, as would seem, to complete their work of defamation ! And why is all this? Sim ply because we happened to incidentally mention that at the outbreak id' the rebel lion, he belonged to that class of politi cians who attempted to " coerce the Na tional Administration into an anti coer cion policy ! If this was not true we done a great wrong in stating it: if it was true why should it not be said ? And it is worthy of remark here, that the gentle man has never r/mtraduteil it nor can lie ever successfully do so. He has, there fore, thought best to sing dumb on this point, and, for the purpose of evading the question, has thought best (assisted by his Lieutenants,) to make a personal as sault upon us, hoping thereby to put us on the defensive, and avoid the dan ger of any future assaults upon bis vul nerable point; his undisguised sympathy for the energicsof his country. As to the personal attacks made u;mii us through that paper, we will not notice them until he sees proper to make them in such a form, as will leave no room for his avoid ing the responsiblity of the utterance of nmliciou-i falsehoods. As to the frequent reference to our per sonal appearance that ha* been made. ve feel quite indifferent. Our market being made, an tlie saying is, in this we have the advantage ot our neighbor. We will not therefore resort to that stern law of warfare, retaliation, as it might damage the Jlerultl man materially with the other sex —the only class likely W' be ef fected by this class of charges. But on the contrary we are willing to admit (for his benefit, with the afore mentioned class of our fellow citizeu-i ) that he is a hand some younggentleman, eaty in his manners, polite, affable, agreeable, itc. Ac. Our only wonder is. that all these fasci nating qualities, have not long since ena bled him to captivate some one of the daughters of the republic, whose genial influences, -w.ould buoy liini up in bis many trials through the great jbjiruey «112 life. Uor 4o we feel .much injured by the tfre^jientreference which 4ins.beeu made to our adaptation, to the •whoelbnr row servio. Hum and raised in a lab(V- ] ing community, we hawc no repnginuife to being assigned to that ( lass, nor do we feci either elated or much elevated in the chair Editorial. AVe have;never anoyed the world with our private history, we have neither felt proud nor ashamed of uur origiu. f-luti/ I|llired us to spend our youthful days at labor, we were therefore unaided to procure even a primary educa tion, uutil reaching maturity. We well remember when lifting some money from the docket of a Justice of the Peace iu this borough, of having to make our uiark to a receipt for tlio saino ; ho looked at <us with iifitcmislnneut, as we placed our mark on the docket ! We will never for get the emotions we then felt. While we were thus unfortunate in the loss of an early education, all desire for knowledge hud not fled. As soon ns duty permitted, we made a break from home, for the pur pose of obtaining Home means with which to commence our education.— " T" it-k •iuiiti- brother <>{ the earth To give tin lerrth) to toll." "Oilr first introduction was to the soak lieap (in a brick yard!) from that we were soon '• promoted" to the veritable wheel barrow. (doubtless the identical utensil which so annoys the worthy Lieutenants of the : Ihinil men,") and finally grad uated atthcendof the season s operations, as first of our class at the moulding ta ble. From the means thus acquired wo commenced, though late, to obtain aif ed ucation ; and if we have not acquired so liberal a one, as some of our very refined neighbors, wo are still thankful that we have accomplished what we have. While this is anunvnriiishod statement as to us, wc !fro free to aduilt that it was quite different with our neighbor of the fl riihl, who to flur knowledge has noverl ymtuiual labor been identified with •Northern mudsils"—with "small listed fanners," or 11 greasy mechanics." If he was not born in affluence, be was incase; and should lie ever be thrown in immedi ate contact with his " southern brethren," he could claim as one evidence of hlsnglit to their recognition, that he had never be longed to any of those various casts of northern society, whjfh are so offensive to them, lie would still lack one requisite, however, of being entitled to admittance to their social circle—a plautlfliou and about five liundred "niggers" In con clusion, if the I'Mi tor of the Ihralil be lieves his readers gratified by hij repeated assaults on us, let him continue his course of vilification, ail iiifinafum AV r e beg leave to as-urehini that all such assaults will prove insufficient to dislodge u« from our present impregnable position, from which we intend as occasion serves, ito throw an occasional shell into the camji ol the enemy. If for nothing es •. for the purpose of reuiiudiug them that we are still in a state of war—as also to remind all those who feci malicious to wards us that, wc are utterly indifferent to their malice. "I'omaono nil : tbU r<'«:k shall fiy, From Its tlx :n IJ MU 9<KJII HI i!" tfai" Bemarks of Mr Ncgley, lately delivered in tlio House on the passage of the Constitutional amendment. Mil. N KIII.KY. Mr. Speaker, when this subject was before the House ti«c other day,l contented myself by casting a sileut vote iu its favor. I'nder (be cir cumstances, I thought th-at was the bc-jt and most eloquent speech I could make. The matterof amending the Constitution, so as to abolish slavery in this while land, had been pending beforeCongresssolong, and had been there discussed so fully, that I suppose every one had his mind fully made up and was prepared to act without debate. I also desired that Penn sylvania, being the first among the old States that abolished slavery for her elf, should be the first, if possible, to ratify ■ the action of Congress abolishing it iu I the nation. I desire that we should move | wit!/ alacrity to that end, and do | speedily what the public sentiment de ! mantled, and I congratulate myself that jit was my good fortune to be l*;re at this ! particular time and be able to give the | vote J did. But as we have thin important subject before us, I propose to make a few remarks. Congress has pursued one of the two modes required when amendments are to he made to the Federal ('(institu tion. By two-thirds of each branch of the National Legislature ail amendment to the Con-ititut on, is propped, which has to be ratified by the I .legislatures of tin ee-fourf lis of Mie States. This amend ment proposed is one brought about by reason of the civil war that has been r:i«jinj» amon<r us for nearly four years Its is plain and its object c ear. Speaking for onrfu'ure it says: "Xt-il/i --er thtC' r;f nor inrohmto rt/ K'irit r.r eept ait ii j>itai*hw:iit fur t rim', \rhrrrnf llir pnrt>/ fhull litire. kren I'l./y nnn ictrif, fhull eui<t wit kin the ['nilet/ S/'i/ix, or otti/ />/fice subject to their jurttflirfion." And that hereafter, " Hungrcss *h<iH h-tce I micrr tn enforce this tirfide ly njij>roj>r'i ate Injitint inn." Hy looking at words y*.u will see they are eaaefully selected. When incorporated into Uie National Constitu tion they will settle a long arid vexed question as to the powers of Congress, while at the same time they overthrow, and utterly abolish slavery in the United Stales. They settle all questions that can arise in the future : The question uf tfye effect of the emancipation proclama tion; the question of reconstruction with or without .slavery; the question ol' whether a State can re-establish slavery, and all other questions touching slavery The sha.'kels ot uU slmvs tail off by thie amendment, *nd no hunutii bcinir can set liisief t upon our shores hereafter v cejjt as a free mau. That slavery which, i iu it- -madness, thought to destroy cur dofrntxy, jjiiis itself btcu destroyed _Vot ; content >fi£h its old boundaries it (timed at'extenjisii; it demanded the territor ies of tlie Republic; it denmuded K'lat a slrfve Suite should l,u admitted lor every ! tree Stale; ft would I'feten to no ■proviso, i to no law that ktiim mtonded tu .protect tlie | virgin territories from its spread and pol- I lution. It is somewhat of a r murk able I fact thnt the words-rff fhts amendment, ' now about to take their place in the ('on j stitution, are nearly the same as those j used by David Wiluiot in his effort, near ' twenty years ago, to protect tbe territor \ ies only of tbe republic froui slavery. ' The words then intended to keep ft out 1 <f thr Janrih/rict only, now declare that it shall not criit in the States. Thus we j see the i»reat change that has taken pluco. Mr. Wihnot, .although his object met | wit la approval -from his party friends for a 1 while, jet HOC n ho was deserted and de- I noun cod, and that arrogant, wicked slave | power has gone from that day to thii in ; hostility to the paaoeand I'nion of thise j States, and in encroachments and de j muiids that were too freely allowed and uooianfully yielded. It repealed long established compro mise linos and .broke tbe coinpromr-cs. By fraud the most bold it sought li> fasten itself upon the unwilling people of Kan sas. It hid defiance to the will of the majority. It walked into the Senate chamber with its bludgeons, and it met you on the streets *>f the Capital with its doadly Weapons. It threatened violence to all who wrote, spoke orthought against it. And finally it rebelled, and leveled its guns against the old Hag and said it would rule or ruin. The rest is being told every day. We are making history of the greatest importance—history that will be read by future generations with wonder and deep interest. Great chan ges aro being made iu our day and land, and, like all great changes heretofore in the world, they are uiade through war and blood. .Tliero never was a great right obtained for thejpeople, a giseat re form effected, either iu government, re ligion or law, that was not obtained and secured by tho sword and through blood. Look back through English history for the proof of this. Every great right the people obtained was through war and contusion, and even sometimes at tho oxpente of the head of the ruling mon arch. i To tho people that tliis amendment j emancipates, sets froc foi.ever, wo will uoccssarily owe much care and attention, j They claim it at our hands. Long down | trodden and kept iu ignorance, they must ! bo so taught as to raise iu tlicm the prop jer spirit of manhood. Wo on our pint | have the prejudice of culm- against tliein. j Ifut it is hut a ]tn-ju</ici-. and is fast giv i ing way before that more liberal, e ligh | tene 112 and.christian feeling and principle j that teaches good will to ail men. Jie | cause they have a skin not colored H'ke our own, is'no reaKon, and never was a | reason, that they should be doomed asour j lawful prey, and made to do our labor without reward or wages, 'l'heir future then will ho closely connected with the | futuie of the Republic; and in view «112 ! 'air responsibilities to them, to the world, ! to our i.i view of the troubles I that surround us as a nation on all s : .des; in view of the fact, that civil war still lages. and may rage, and that peace may yet he far distant, an 1 that everything in our future is therefore uncertain; in view of ail tliesu things, we can only hope, we earnestly pray, (jotl keep this fairest, noblest land, That lies beneath the sun, ■ Our country, our whole country, j And our country, ever one." j I'KSPKUATK I'.NCOI. NT Kit- A DK3KRTKR MoIITAU.Y WoUNDKtJ-liAUIiK llAi l, Of | NUN-REPORTING DuArrKti MKN AND DK KEJITKRS. —For some time past a number of deserters and non-reporting diaftcd men have been loitering in and around Kitlanning and Burrcll townships, Arm -1 strong county, and although many at teiiipt-s had been made to arrest them, they always succeeded in evading the officcr iof the law. On Monday last ('apt. Buf fl'ngton, Deputy I'rovost Marshal of the j li-id District, at Kittanniiig. concluded to | make a final effort to capture some of ■ them, and requested Captain Kirker to ■ send a squad of soldiers to Kitlanning to ! assist him. At the request of I'rovost ; Mar.- ha I Kirker, Captain Davis, Command ant of the I'o.-t. detailed eight men, un der charge of Corporal /frown, to visit Kittauning for that purpose. The sol diers arrived at Kittaniiing on Tuesday. and at eight o'clock in the evening left, in company witJi several detectives, upon tlseir mission. They first went to the house of Michael Shaffer, in Kittanuing I township, where a dance was in progress, and after some resistance succeeded in ap prehending John Baker, a non-reporting drafted man, and I avid Fuller, a deser ter from the lii'Jth regiment. After pla cing the prisoners under guard the party proceeded to Squire Hugh .McDonald's iiou-e, in Burrell town hip, in search of his son Jauios, who had been drafted in Indiana couiry iu July. 1M153, gnd failed to report. 'I hey met with great, resis tance from Mrs. Mcllouald and her daughters, who threw boiling wa'er upon the soldiers, and it was with the greatest difficulty that all enrauce was eflected 'I bey searched the hut were una ble to find McL .li.ild. 112 hoy then went lo a ucighb iring h ui-o, occupied by ,\li thiel Davis, an l upon applying tor ad mi-sioii we.e |e.'u-el. wh n the', buist .u ihe dour and fouutl Mcl'otiahl n ef. who surrendered himself, saying that lie »»s alone and c- uld li. t make ;»ii} r'S'-lan'-e. ID was handcuffed, an I placed Wi h the other prisoners. Four of the tarty then visited the residem oof Absal< in Uu| ert, a deserter from the l.'J'.lth regiment, and ■met With no resistance, his mother show ing them to his bed room, where he was j found asleep.- Roth parties there met, ; and started for .John ijeffcittnger's house for the purpose of seeariog three deser ters named (leorge and Reuben Heflel •tinger and Solomon Shawl. I pon their arrival at the house, they were informed ..that the deserteis had Hot been there for ' two munth*. ') hey searched the house, and not finding them there, proceeded to -the barn, where a hole was discovered iu : the wall, against which a windmill had Lbeen placed. Detectivo Nelson I ed to explore the hole, and after going in tbe 'distaneo •»(' alxnit «eight feet., was wanted by soine One from tAie inside that if ho proceeded further he would be shot. This warning had the effect of making him retrace his steps, when private Wtr. Somor fixed his bayonet and advanced upon a " charge," untill sonic one seized his gen twid tried to pull him in. Somor culled for help, and <Corporal IHvown ovtfnt to his assistance, when a scuflleensued for tbe possession of the nimskot. Corporal Brown succeeded in catching the slock of the gun, and called upon those inside to snrrenderor he would fire. This they refused to do, when Brown fired. Thu ball poased -through private Soiuor's hand and stinck lteub»>n lleffellinger on tho left jaw, passing downward into the neck, and lodged in tbe shoulder. After bo rng shot Heffelfingor came out and sur rendered himself. Dr. Park who resid ed MI the vicinity, was ueut for and U|»OII bis arrival, pronounced thu wound to be J mortal. In the meantime the noldWs <ma«lc * survey of the premises nod 4'ouud that tbo deserters were bid in a small room con structed with plank and covered with hay, the only entrance to which was thro" the hole which they had first discovered. After a consultation, 'flhey concluded to. dip tbwn out, anil hud •conimenoed vmg the hay, when David linker, father in law of George llcft'olliiiger called upon those inside to come out. This they re fused to do until the hay was naorly alj removed .when George Hctieldingtr and Solomon Shawl, the inmates.come out and surrendered The ''Cave" was then searched and three loaded >evolves found in it. Hoffelfinger and Shawl were hand cuffed with the other prisoners, taken to Kittanning and lodged in jail. Yesterday they wore brought to Captain Kiiker '» office,in Allegheny,and transferred to the Commander of tbo I'ost. Tbo drafted uiku will lie tried by court martial, and ! (he deserters sont to their regiments. ; Thoic are a large number of deserters i in Armstrong county, arid from tho fact | that during the March on Tuesday night the country was •alarmed by the sounding I of horns and firing of guns, it is propu i l.le that there is a regular organization ] among them. 'I he brothers Hoffelfinger I have been arrested revoral times for dc ! scrtiim. ■but always managed to escape. David Taker. George's father-in-law, was ' indicted at the last session of the Inited ' States Court, ill this city, for hat boring ; them, and aiding ■hem to elude the mili tary authorities.— I'ilt*. Com. From Army of Ihe l'otoiimo. WASHINGTON, Feb. 2'i. IK»>5. Information from (hp Army ol the I'o t mine as lato as yesterday no.ning, ro | ■ 11 M all quiet. l/'escrtors aro constantly coming in,turd arc more numerous tliau lor a burg time. They liavc avcra;;ed over nwenfy n day for t-ho past week. Among them are .several officers. 'I he utmost desponden cy picvails through tlicir ranks since llio late fight, and they s;eem determined to keep the field no longer," as they claiw they ean never gain their indepeud»«ioe, v.'id fen no reason why llieysliouhl reinnin and ho ill killed, 'J hey u!:io fay that deserting is so general to the rear of tlicir own lines that J.ee has issued an order to arrest c-vcrj' man found half a miU | away from his eainp or post. One mail i said his company was thirty ><ro*ga weclk ago, hut that fifteen had disappeared since, ten to the I Hited States and five to their homes. Many of tho deserter* | bring in their arms with them, j A of truee appeared ill fiont of the Second Corps, on Saturday asking for j the "bodies of some rchel officer,*, kiil»<i nt the late battle of I (atelier's Run. | Their requts' was finally granted and I their bodies convoyed to tne rebel lines. 112 Rom .He\ico. N:,\v YORK. Fob. 20. The foreign mails had the following: The Wmihl nays there was a meeting of i 'lift I'rivy Council on the Ith instant, in I'avi is, and we are informed that tl e af fairs of America and tlioconnection thty j may have with the Mexican Kmpire, • f'ormcJ the principle object of the meet ing. France i; not without sonio,uneasi ness as to the attitnho the United States may assume towards i he new Kmpire when ' the conclusion of the war has placed at the disposal of the Republic a large and tried army witr, numerous and skilled of ficer* and a 112 >nr years' struggle has chan ged a country hitherto devoted to coin -1 men ial aod maritime interest?, into a mil itary State, disposing of immense forces . The recent resolution of the W'ashing'l4l Senate must have assisted in increasing : the uneasiness. may be recollected that a few months ago Ladv Florence Paget who was engaged to Mr. Chaplin, of the firm Chaplin & Home, the great carriys, eloped with the Marquis of Hast tigs. Recently the jilted one pur' h nod, at the largest price cvec given for twt> race horses of their age, Rro'iuiielaw and Breadalband, favorites for the Derby of 6.3.. " They say ' he want to bent the Mar quis of Hastings in wining "the blue ribbon of the turf" in revenge for the .flight put upon him by the la dy. 112 rom Orleans. N't.w Volt k Feb. 1!). The fl'ini<r.- New O . cans correspon ded there is in- i umji. u t,i the .mi i'i cl ient rhit lieu eh, he. g Ten jc'iee o e - ». ~le oil Mesi -ii< i.tfi. vers for al: refugee* ;froni Te*»j <«iurji eo tore el officers by ijic Mexican eeui uiaii ier at Metainoras. Sevcrale iuipauiesofjrucrrillas who had been infesting the district of Plaqtiemtne were badly deieated and dispersed, on tho •fth iost.,by a small fur<;e from plaque uiine. The rebels have two gunboats and a powerful iron-clad on Red i liver, some distance below Alexandria. TJie New Orleans Jin- sa 3 that Prince Polignac, Major (ieneral C. S. A., was •two weeks ago in Metainoras. He has obtained leave of absence to visit Franco. » . Why do hens always l,iv in the time? Because at night they become I roofers.
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