Atrall --- CARLISLETVA.T . Friday,. April 25, 1862. PEOPLES' STATE COMMITTEE. The members of the Peoples' State Central Committee will meet at the Continental Hotel in the oily of Philadelphia, on Thursday. May let, 1862, at throe o'clock, r. nt., to determine upon the time and place for holding a State Convention to nominate candidates for Audi tor General and Surveyor General, and to transact such other business as may be pre sented for consideration. A. K. M'CLURE, Chairman, n j°"N M. SeCrelariCB .AlO. w • ....AMMERSLY, Tire are in receipt of a communica• tion from Newton township, complaining in novere.,terms of the prevalence in Newville, of the practice of gaining for drinks, and kindred vices. Our correspondent indidges in some severe strictures upon the late grand jury, and other perscms, for their ac tion in the premises of a recent prosecution from that plebe, which, while we are led to believe contain too much truth,nre so objet. tionable t on account of the personalities therein crntained, that we must decline to publish the letter. We hope our reasons will prove as obvious to "Justice' as to our . selves. Stir The Volunteer this week, in its char acteristic spirit of venom, makes a - covert at tempt to injure this paper, by the announce meht that Wm. M. Porter, Esq., has " aban doned his connection with the Herald." A more impudent and gratuitous falsehood can not be imagined. While Rig true that Mr. Porter is at present in Philadelphia at the U. S. Hotel, it is an unmitigated falsehood that ho has "abandoned" this paper ; for the evidence of which fact we would recommend a careful perusal of our correspondence from that oity which will be regularly kept up du• ring his stay. '' THE RUMORED DEFALCATION. —The Demo cratic press of the north is teeming with an accolint of an alleged defalcation in the War Department. Their pet traitor Vallandigham started the howl, ail tho disunionists, even down to the Volunteer, have caught up the welcome sound, and are echoing it with their usual gusto. Now, how many of them will have the decency to publish the following nu thoratative denial of the libel "The'rumor or accusation that defalca tion had been discovered in the Department of War, during the administration of that office by Secretary Cameron, is contradicted by a distinguished member of Congress, who says that he has his authority directly from headquarters." Gov. CURTIN. has appointed l\lajor Lemuel Todd, of the Pennsylvania Reserve Volunteer Corps, Colonel of the Eighty-fourth Pennsyl ktania, in the place of Col. Murray, killed at the battle of Winchester.—Gerinanfown 751. The flarrisburg Telegraph says authorized to state that no appointment has been made to fill the vacancy created in the Eighty-fourth regiment, by the fall of the•la mented Col. Murray. The regiment does not now number four hundred men, having not been up to the maximum when it left .Penn sylvania, and having also suffered severely in the battles in which it participated. RETIRING SENATORS--The terms of the lapwing State Senators expire this year. to wit: Geo. Connel and Geo. R. Smith, of Philadelphia; W. W. Ketcham, of Lazerne ; G. A. Landon, of BrAdford ; L of Blair; Isaac Benson, of Potter ; A. IC. McClure, of Franklin , of Beaver ; E. M, Irish, of Allegheny ; 11. Meredith, of Indiana, and Dr. Crawford, cif Juniata. All of these arc Republicans cx cept the last ramed. RHCILUITINO STOPPED.—,aiI officers enga ged in the recruting service have been order ed to their regiments and notice given to the Governors of States that no new onirstments nor new levies will be received until further orders from the War Department. The force now in the field is deemed amply auffioient for the suppression of the Rebel lion and the speedy termination of the war. This ordor however is only intended fur the volunteers. •nra., The old charter of Connecticut, gran. ted by Charles 11, end which was hidden in the Charter Oak, at Hartford, was two hun dred years old the 23d instant. The original parohme4 hangs in the office of the Secretary of State, at. Hartford. Abi centennial cele bration is talked of. That charter furnished the basis of government in Connecticut until the year 1819, and relics of it are interwoven with the present State Constitution. THE BRECKINRIDGE DEMOCRATS and BCCCS• sion sympathizers with the South, who still abound throughout the North, are busily at work in an attempt to poison the public mind,, embarrass the Administration, and Weaken the Union cause, preparatory to the re-organization of their party for future po litical contests. The plan they have adopt ed is to circulate unfounded rumors of frauds and speculations on the part of those having the disbursement of the public mon eye, as well as rumors of disagreements between the President and the members of his Cabinet, and to incite jealousies among the commanding Generals. Encouraged by partial success, they are getting bolder and bolder every. day, and more clearly showing their hands in the treasonable game cf crea• ting divisions among the Unio . 4 men in the Cabinet; in Congress and in the field. Al most, every day we have rumors from Wash ingtou that certain Cabinet officers have resigned, or are about/ to be dismissed-that tad feeling exists between certain members of the Cabinet and certain leading officers °Utile army—all of which have their origin in'the machinations of the, pro-slavery lead ere. One of their last dodges was an a,t. teralitelliirrest - lif Gen. Ca:Moron, In Philit= delphia, a few days ago, on a 'Civil process, instituted by, the notorious Slave Fancier, Pierce . Butler, on a charge of having been illegally - incarcerated in Fort Warren at the outset of the war, From what has trans- . pKirifiet - evident that the conspiracy. ex• tends throughout the North, and' is really beconsing' more datigerous to the Union *tie than the urrneof the open enemies of the Republic. It is meet that real Union men nt'albtiarties should keep a watchful eye Upon theati eecret traitors. .Tt is proper 'to a.dd„ iii this connexion, that the-latest a l acciuritsfromVashington, furnish sUlthei4a4VO,contradictiOns of any. disson-, tionif iitt . he Cal4no •ini the field. President Lilitioln'a - administration continuos to 'have the support of his constitutional advisers, rind, of : all truly loyal . meisof, paitie t4 t4oughout the , length and 'breadth - 1 of the land:—Reading fonhiat.- " Union for the-sake of the Union.'" Mr. Forney wrote it letter to his Phjladel• phla Press, a-few days since, in which he traced the disintegration _iknd destruction of the'Democraireparty to the servility of its loaders to slavery, in a very graphic andfor manner,-concluding with this striking .declaration', At this moment, there is not an old democracic'-statesman, at least among the survivors of the Jackson school, in the loyal states, who is not the conscientious foe of the slave oligarchy " ' And ho refers to such famil liar names as Bancroft, Dickinson, Tod, Ken dall and Blair, in illustration of this fact.— lie might also have demonstrated with equal conclusivenes that the men now attempting to reorganize the democratic party in renewed alliance with the slave oligarchy, are the old parasites of the Calhoun party, with whom the Jackson democracy have never had any real sympathy—a fact which shows how help less the effort must prove, unless it gains a temporary advantage through some radical mistake of the republicans and progressive democrats. But the very attempt to revive a pro-slavery party at the North will naturally consolidate the friends of freedon in one party - It is easy to see whore the Calhoun (temp crats rest that hope of success. Their harp has been a single string, and they play coa -1 slant ly and vigorously upon that one string. Their great and violent effort from Clay to day is to throw upon the republican party the re sponsibility of the ultraisms of the abolition ists. They thus keep alive the prejudices of the people, and attempt to make it appear that to themselves alone can the country look with confidence for the restoration of the Union without any violation of the constitu• tion or damage to state rights. The Republi can pat:ty is made more responsible for doe- trines and measures it has never accepted, and is nut likely to accept. The hunker dem ocrats judge that it is their only available means of growth at present. It is of the utmost consequence, if we would not see this war end in new and more humili ating concessions to slavery, that there should be a real union of all loyal men against thiit attempted pro-slavery reaction in the free states. From this party of progress let not the people be repelled by any false movement of its friends. There is a substantial agree ment in the purpose to limit the institution of slavery, and to strip it of all political power. BUNKER HILL Toombs, whose appeal to the women and children of Georgia, to burn the bonses - over their heads whenever the Union army enter (heir territory, will be_remembered_b:y. our readers ifs the same bragadoein,,whe . pro - - tnised that the victori 4ts legions Of the Rebels should enter Boston, where he intended "to cull the roll of his slaves in the shatieW•Of Bunker Hill," As the mountain wouldn't go to Mahomet, the prophet has gone, to the moun,ain ; the Boston boys have gone to Geor gia to t'elch the traitor to the site of Bunker Hill, and Col. Dimmick is preparing comfort able quarters for him at Fort Warren. "Tis possible that he may call his roll as promised but Gime will be another reeponse Than'that of the slave to his master, which will salute his ears An evil day has this war been to the slaveholder, for which he has to thank such miscreant Toombs. MERE Congressional In the U. S. Ilouse of Represenatives on Tuesday, .Mr. s Edwards introduced a bill malt ing appropriations for the pay of bounties to the heirs of volunteers, which was referred. A resolution of inquiry respecting the mili tary expendityres in the Department, of the West was adnOted, as also was a resolution of inquiry respecting the list of brigadiers, and another directing the War Department to fur nish printed blanks to the sick and wounded soldiers or their relatives, to enable them to obtain their back pay and bounty. Mr. Cox offered a resolution of inquiry respecting the contrabands, fugitive slaves, &c., which was laid on the table r. Dunn offered a resolu tion, which was referred, directing the War Department to print 25,000 copies of the rem ord of the army. A resolution was adopted instructing the Committee on invalid Pensions Lo report a bill providing pensions for disa bled soldiers during the present war. The Ilouse reconsidered and rejected the resolu tion about military expenditures in the De partment of the West. Mr. Diven, of New York, offered a resolution. requesting the At torney-General to commenoce stilt against Fre mont and Beard for the recovery of a suns of money referred to in the report of the investi gating Committee. In the Senate Mr. Powell, of Kentucky, of_ fered a resolution, which was laid over, call ing on the State Department for a full report of all the persons arrested by his order in Kentucky, with the names of those released, &c. Mr. Hale introduced a bill relating to the selection of jurors in the District of Co lumbia. The debate on the case of Gen. Stone was resumed, and after a long debate and seine personalities between McDougal and Chandler, the Senate passed Mr. Wilson'A sub stitute for the original resolution. After au executive session the Senate adjourned. PENNSYLVANIA RESERVES OUT WEST. I will be gratifying to Pennsylvanians to ktasw that the Union gunboat Carondolet, which recently made the gallant dlish of run ning the blockade by the rebel batteries at Island No. 10, on the Mississippi, getting safe ly into her desired position under a fire of forty shots, is manned entirely by volunteers froth the Pennsylvania , Reserve corps, Mc• Call's division. This quota of volunteers from the division, for the gunboat service, was six• l.y men, ton from each regiment, and they left Gen. M'Call's headquarters ou the Potomac, afterinspection of the detachmenbby the Gen eral himself, on Monday morning, the Pith of February. They are a fine body of men, and nobly are they sustaining the reputation of Pennsylvania. JUST TESTIMONIAL TO PRESIDENT LINCOLN, —The General Assembly of lowa, has passed, the following resolution, which was - approved- by Goy. Kirkwood' on the - 29th - nit.: Resolved; That we tend to4Abraharn coin the expression of our cordial approval and thanks for the manner in which, amidst unparalleled difficulties and embarrassments, he has administered gm Government of the United States from his inauguration to the present time, and that, -- as we have given to him an uhwavering support in the past, so forthe future', retaining an abiding-confi dence in his ability, integrity and patriotism, we pledge to him our earnest ,ce:operation, in all Mich measures - as,he shall deem me t a( Bite and just,_to utterly and forever •tramsh the rebellion of the South, and restore once more to the-unbroken .American.U,nion the' unquestioned'supeetuacy of the laws , and:the onstitution. The. BREMegvninoe Looofocos bavo Cire'ulated a roport to the effect that tho Na tional Tax bill, now before Congress oreated 26,006 Itiffi , o94l4, IL , is stated, however, , on much better authority, that the number of new officers ereateo by. the bill will, not be 3, 603 fat' the wholo Union, , • Ending -Agitation in the Right Way. In reading over, in the Congressional Globe the record of the Holm debate upon the die: triet eroanolpation-bill,-welind-striking-evi , dances in the remarks of Mr. Diven, of New York, and of Mr. Dunn, of Indiana, (both gentlemen distinguished by extremely conser vative tendencies,) of the general acknowledg ment of the truth, that the end of national agitation of questions of slavery is to be found, not in patch- work compromises, but by exer cising on the side of freedom all the power which Congress has, and thus leaving nothing to be the subject matter of debate. Mr, Diven said:— "I wish to say to those who regard this, [the bill to abolish slavery in the District of Columbia,] as but the first link in the chain that is to extend to the interference by the General Government with shivery in the States, that I think they are mistaken. I be lieve they could not do more towards quiet. -ing the-agitation-of-the-slavery-question-than by voting for a bill like this, and by-carrying the same principle to the extent given to Con gress by the Constitution. The power given to Congress will then have been spent, and there will be no more right claimed for Con gress on the subject." Mr. Dunn said : " It igia-doctrine of the Republican -party that Congress has the right, the constitutional power, to inhibit slavery in the Territories,' and abolish it in the District of Columbia, I believe that the present troubles that afflict, the nation have come upon us because we ceased to follow the footsteps of our fathers with reference to slavery. They evidently regarded slavery as inconsistent with our theory of Government, and expected it grad ually Jo be removed under the beneficent in fluences of our free institutions. They en deavored, as best they could, to found this Government on the broad principles of man's natural riglds. Their early policy was against slavery. One of their first great acts was to exclude it by ordinance from the great North western . Territory. They did not regard slavery as an institution to be cherished and strengthened, but as an evil, to be tolerated where it wag protected by State jurisdiction. "Sir, let us return to the policy of our fa thers, and then we shall have peace. Let the nation he divorced from slavery. Let slavery cease wherever the national authority is ex clusive. _Leaye it in the slave_ States to be managed solely by those who are responsible for its continuance there, and then we may hope that this unhappy agitation in the public councils of the nation will cease. And, sir, I must say that in my judgment, in no way could the representatives of the slave Stat vs do a greater service to their people than by aiding to restore the policy of this Govern. meat to I hat established by Washington and Adams, Jefferson and Franklin." These are words of wisdom, and, coining from such sources, may command art attention at the S-iuth'whizh may result in an eventual -acceptance of their teachings. Lincoln, in his debate with Judge Dou glas, in 1858, well said that, when the pub lic mind rested in the belief" that slavery was in the course of gradual extinction, there was no agitation, but that when this "belief" was shaken by aggressive movements tending to the eternal perpetuation of slavery, agitation became inevitable, and would continue so long as this cause for it continued. If slaveholders have now learnt wisdom— even if tardily—they will rejoice rather than complain, if Congress shall follow up the Rho iition of slavery here, by interdicting it in all, the Territories, organized and unorgabized, acquired and to be aeguiretl, and shall repeal all laws authorizing the recapture, within the Territories, of fugitive slaves. This is the EiIIbSiILEICO of one of the sections of the bill organizing At izona, introduced by Gen. Ash ley, of Ohio, and of the bill to make freedom national, introduced by Mr. Arnold, of Illi nois. Slaveholders have really little or nothing to hope, in the actual condition of things, in the way of extending their institution over new areas, and their best chance to enjoy whatever of it — may survive this war, is to submit with grace to such a legal declaration of a fact, as will take the whole subject out of the arena of national pohlies. This is the true wisdom, from the point of view of th, interests of slaveholders them selves. "Peace" for them, who, of all others, should desire peace, connected, as they are, with an institution most obnoxious to the ill will of mankind, is only to be found, as Mr Dunn, who is not their enemy, well says, in a "return to the polley of our fathers." Governor Curtin Notwithstanding the hue and cry raised against Gov. Curtin a year ago, on trumped up charges, which a special committee of the Legislature have since pronounced false_ in every particular, he has proved himself to be one of the best chief magistrates Pennsylva nia has ever had, and just the man for the crisis. He has exhibited a patriotism and energy in support of the Union cause, front the commencement of the war to the present, worthy of all praise. His activity in the raising of troops for the maintainance of the integrity of the Government, has raised Penn sylvania to the proudest position among the loyal States, and his care for the comfort of the troops, has been assiduous frost the start. One of his last good deeds is the promulgation of the following special order, which explains itself: Kx ECIITI TR CO A 11.titilasiiiiito, April .15, Ibtl2. [SPECIAL oaaea. I flaring learned that the bodies of tho Pennsylvanians who fell at the battle of Bull's Bluff, wore not. properly Interred, and that they aro now exposed, you will, wlth the utmost dispatch, proceed to the battle around and have the bodies either burled there, at Washington, or removed Into the .sente for Lentil. - 'Lis Just to the meinory of those bravo men, and to the feelings of their rolatiotb anti friends, that. thar remains should have the rites of Christian A. G. OURTIN, Governor and Commandeoin.Ohief. Surgeon General 5 , 311T11: • • • • Surgeon General Smith has already loft,' to execute this ordel•. tka„.lnterestiug questions of inquiry in the science of "Medicaf,Teriography" will grow out of the experiences of the war, and will chat; lenge the attention and. study of the Gains of the land. The ratio of constant sickness in the regiments varies widely , among the troops from the different States. The average num ber steadily on the sick list for every thou sand men is nearly as follows Mon. New York, (per thousand strong,( 66 Pennsylvania, al 67 • Massachusetts, •62 Connecticut, " , . 49 Vermont, ~, 89 Maine, - - , 1 • . 124 New Jersey. . 86 Wisconsin, •' "76 Indiana, _ " 42 Michigan,• 76 , Illinois, 166 , Ohio, 192 =IE2EI TABLE or DIBT/6KlEN.—Taking Richmond to be the cOntro, theefollowing table shows at•Ta• glance the distance of 'different points inlrir• ginhy from there' : • '-' From Norfolk to Richmond, is - "( - 106'Odl " Suffolk to'Richmond,, 85 " " •Cape Henry to Riolunond, 150 , ft " .Ilampton to,Riohtnond, . 96 '! "-• -Fortress Monroe to Riohntond, OD ~" " 8 .- Yorktown to ItiOhniond, i 0 " Pr Williamsburg to' Richmond, 'GO " " 'Fredericksburg . to Richmond , ' • 65' " " -Wazihington to Richmond,' 130' •"L Winohester to Richmond, 150 ," ' " Gordonsville to Riohmond, .70 " Staunton to' Richmond, 120 " . • Five liendred and' fifty thousand hogs have been packed ip Chicago duripg prennt Emmen. , ,•• ~• • • , Timby's Revolving Fort or Battery. This fOtiti-acireular structure of iron or steel of sufficient thickness to resist any pro_ may be usiiiragainst it. Its sides are pierced for as manyguns as may be requisite, arranged upon one, two or more decks,in regular succession, all point. Sing from . flie centre, anti so placed as to be discharged each' in their turn as the struc ture revolves. - Its dome is oval, in the top of which is a .eircular platform upon which the chief officer stands, and which is revolved by him at will , . independently of the . main structure. In ,the circle of this dome is a narrow horizOntal aperture, through which he looks upon - the object of attack, and with a telescope orindex directs the guns. Each gun being manned andloaded ns in ordina ry forts, is discharged in the act of passing the vertical line of' the index, and always witl unerring certainty--.the direct: in co,m, mend haviiig it in his power, by signal to the gunners, to cause the guns to be eleva ted or depressed at pleasure. 13y'each revo lution of the fort or battery, occupying not over one or two minutes, every gun . is 'dl6- shaiged at the.desired point. It is revolved by a steam engine located at any requisite distance entirely beneath the surface, and the magazine is also underground, if need be, in i n opposite direction, and secure from explosion. It is claimetl that we have here a combi nation of well established powers, about which there can be no mistake, and which, when brought into action, most, in the effect produced, be irresistable Whereas, in the old forts and vessels of war, not more prob ably, than one shut in fifty hits the mark. in this fort, with reasonitblc care, nearly if not quite, every shut is certain to take effect. These combined powers may be available equally on land and sea, except that when placed tipon 'a steamship, instehd of sixty or one hundred guns as onshore, the battery may consist of a much less number as a mattb - r - Of practical • necessity m paiht of space and weight, as we:l as of economy. The cost of a land fort on this principle, we are assured, will nut exceed two thirds that of a cosemated fortification mounting the same number or guns. EMANCIPATION IN THIS DIS TRICT. We subjoin an official copy of the act of Congress abolishing slavery in the District of Columbia. The bill was signed by the President 011 Wednessday, and retorted to Con gress accompanied by a special message from the President in the following words: Fellow of the SrnaP and Butt, , (' Reprc.s-entatives The. act entitled "An act for the release of certain persons held to service or hard Tabor in the District of Columbia" has this day been approved and signed. have never doubted the constitutional authiintv of Congress to aliolt-h slavery in this District, and I have ever-desired to see the national capital freed Iron the institution in some smiSlitctury way Hence there has never been, in my mind, any question upon the subject except the expo !limey, arising in view of all the circumstances. If there he matters within and about this act which might have taken a contse or shape more satisfactory to my judgment, I do not:meting to specify them luw g rwill,l that the two principles of compensation and culmination are both recognized and practically applied here. In the matter of compensation it is provi ded that elMms En ay be presented within ninety fru% the passage of Old' net, "hat not theheafie7. - nird thhre is no saving fur minors, fenfines covert, insane, ur absent persons. I presume this , is an omission by mere oversight, and I recommend that it be supplied Lc an amendatory or supple Mental act Aillt.tll AM LINCOLN. I G, 1863 The Tax Bill Among the provisions of the Tax bill which has just. passel the House of Repre sentatives, are the following: All dividends in script or money, or sums of money; thereafter declared to be due or payable to stockholders of any railroad coin• patty, as a Fart of the earning•n, profits or gains of the said companies, shall be subject and pay a duty of 3 per centum on the amount of all such interest or coupons or dividends, wherever the same shall be paid. Duties on dividends of li:e insurance coin parties shall not be dequed due or collected until such dividends shall be payable by such companies ; banks, trust companies, saving institutions and insurance.companies are authorized and required To deduct and withold from all payments made to any per son, persons or party, on account of any dividends or sums of ['limey that may be due and payable as aforesaid, after the first day of May next, the said duty of 3 per cen tom, Foreign bills of exchange or letters of credit, drawn in but parable out of the United States, if drawn singly,,or if drawn in a set of inure than one, according4o the custom of merchants and brokers, for,u .ery bill of each set, or drawn in any foreign country, but payable in the United States, where the slim made payable shall not exceed 1e , ..)00, or the equivalent thereof in any fur eign currency in which said b.lls may be expended—according to the standard value fixed by the United , States—n stamp duty of five cents. (Zit._ anifestToP a part of - the 'cargo of any vessel, or Custom - House clearance a duty of twenty five cents. On a manifest for Custom House entry or clearance of the cargo of any ship, vessel or steamer, if the registered- tonnage does not exceed 300 tons, $l. On the protest of every note bill of ex change, acceptance, check or draft, or any marine protest, whether protested by a notary public or any other officer who may be au. thorized by the law of any State •or States to make such protests, a duty of 25 cents. Any person who peddles jewelry is to pay $25 for each license. Photographers are to pay $lO for each license when their receipts do not exceed $5OO per annum,; when over $5OO and under $l,OOO per annum, $l5 for each license, and when $l,OOO per annum, $25 for each license. Pleasure or racingvessels, under the value of $600,' tss; not exceeding $l,OOO, $10 ; and for every additional • thousand dollars, ,$lO. Qrganl and Melodeons, kept - for use or hire, according -to value, from 50 cents to $6. 'The duties and taxes to be assessed in pursuance of.this act shall be alien upon the property, subject to the duty 'of tax, from _the time 'of its assessment antil'it • is fully• paid. - , H ' • • • • . There shall Un exempt from.. distraint' the :toolvor implements of a profession t ono cow, arms, household furniture, ,provis. ions kept for :use, and • apparel no_cessury fort "" Irrato's Drorm—At pm battle of Win . : cheater; among the acts of chivalry performed on the field was ono by privrate.Grahain, 84th' Pennsylvania, lie carried, tho •regimental 'standard. • 'The loft hand, whiChhold it, 'lvati shot 'olf bat before,the Star , Spangled ner fell to the l ground,ho grasped in the re= maining iutudtmd held it .triamphintly. 'The right arm - was next': disabled; but before Ott colors foil,.he was killed by a third' ball: • Ito was a native of the Emorald , fsle.- . - WAR' NEWS. The official account of the bombardment 'Fort - Pulaski itaiett That 'after thirty' hours continuous firing a practicable breach' was made, and preparations for-storming were about to commence when the rebel flag was struck. We have Captured forty-seven guns, seven thousand shot and shell, forty thou sand potinds of powder, three hundred and sixty prisoners, with their small arms and accoutrements, and a good supply of provis ions. One of our men was killed, none wounded. General Banks' army steadily continues its adrancethrough the Shenandoah valley, and has reached and occupied the town of New Market; From Cairo we " have a report that Corn modore Foote's flotilla had attacked and - captured - Fort - Wrightovhich must be on.tho Mississippi, though where we cannot say. The Norfolk Day Book says that in the fight at Yorktown the rebels had twenty-five killed and seventy-five wounded. There has been a very extensive fire at Norfolk, which burned a night and a day. Advi&s from Pensacola say that the rebels have not evacuated the place, but seem to be preparing to do so, From the army at Shiloh we learn that Ge neral Ilalleck has arrived there, assumed the command and has his headquarters in the centre of the army., Gen. Sherman's division hail advanced two miles further into the inte rior, after a smart skirmish; in which the enemy was defeated, with a loss of fifty to sixty killed and as many wounded. From the field of Shiloh the official report is that the dead have all been buried, and the wounded provided for. There were buried 3000 of Elie Nobel dead and 1600 of ours. •The rebel wounded number over ,7000. Gen. 'Mitchell is now at Juka, a short dis tance in the rear of Corinth, having hurried the bridges across the Tennessee,nt Decatur and Florence. At Decatur he cut the tele graph wires and intercepted - Titne . FlSafeff6iii - Beauregard to Davis delnanding reinforce njj!,,!tt,4o Corinth, without which he could not bold his position. Mitchell answeted the dis patch and promised the reinforcements. At Savannah, Tenn., a cavalry skirmish took place on Wednesday. in which the rebels were driven off, with a loss of five killed and sixty five wounded. Sonic of the refugees report that the rebels are fortifying at Lick creek, half way to Corivh, strengthening their works at t.'orinth,•anti have been rein forced to about 100,000. Cul. Jennison, of the 7th Kansas regiment, has been aireuied and sent to Alton, Illinois, for insubordination. Gen Banks' army corps has reached Sparta, in its march southward through the Shenan doah valley. Owl troops drove the enemy from lhe hill with artillery and cavalry charges. Six thousand of Jackson's rebel army passed through Sparta iu retreat before his arrival. zl.,Mby's rebel cavalry seem to be always just near enough to our advance to skirmish and retreat. Gen. WDowell made a dashing and success ful advance, a portion of his army, from lfatrentou Junction•upon Fredericksburg, on Thursday, accomplishing a march of twenty mile, by Ten o'clock on Friday morning The rebels, consisting of a regiment of infan try, one of cavalry, and a battery, intercept ed their route, but were driven across the Rappahannock, and our troops occupied the suburbs of Fredericksburg, having pushed forward in spite of the successful efforts of the enemy to destroy the bridges, which re tarded though it did not prevent the pursuit of our troops. The Ira Harris cavalry played a conspicuous part in the action, and suffered considerably. Some hard fighting was done, but our Wit% wasmot very heavy. The rebels, however, at:e reported as having been pretty badly cut tip wherever they made a stand. Gen Fremont telegraphs to the '\Var De partment that the rebels, 3300 strong, driven out of western Virginia, are fortifying them selves on the crest of the Shenandoah moun tains. Gen. McDowell's corps is in full occupation of Fredericksburg. Brigadier General Shields has been nomina ted as a Major General for gallant services at Muchester. Affairs in Virginia appear to be rapidly drawing to a focus. hanks' corps has finally driven Jackson's rebel horde from the bhen andoah valley, and be has crossed the moan. 'tains by way of Stanuardsville to Gordons ville. Thus Banks hoe brilliantly accomplish. ed rho task allo'led to hint. The rebels front western Virginia, pursued by Gen ihilroy's brigade, have also fled east across the moun tains, and Milroy has no longer any enemy to contend with. How Lead and Brass aro Procured iu Rebeldom. I From the Mobile Itogltter of March 20J Munitin, March 19, 1862 Editors ol liar Adeerliser and Register: GEsirs: I send you, as a contribution to the Confederacy, the lead weight which was attached to the striking part or my clock with the hope that every one, not only in our city but in the whole Ccniederacy, who may have such within their reach, will do like wisp. [This is a capital suggestion, and will be apt to strike many of our readers favorably. —Ens.] MOBILE ; ➢larch 19, 1862 MESSRS, EDITORS: I - see a call made through your paper for the ladies of Mobile to-send their old brass to make cannon for the defence of our beloved city. I therefore. send you- my mite, hoping that small as it is, it may be of some use. With many prayers for the success of our beloved cause, I remain, yours respectfully. Besides a considerable quantity of old brass accompanying the above, a large lot of excellent . material was sent iu by Mrs Mirage. FATAL CASE OF STADDINO.—An affray took place in Dillsburg on last Friday afternoon, between two youths named Win. McKeever, and Frederick Pentz, which resulted in the death of Pentz from a stab inflicted in the left breast, by a knife.in the hands of MoKee• ver. At. appears that an ill feeling existed between the two boys, antla_fight:took between them on Friday morningwhen they were separated by a gentleman who happened to be near= byactliu time. In the afternoon they agaimeame in contact, when McKeever states that Peturragain made an attack upon him. Ile then pulled out his pocket knife the blade of which was two inches long, and stabbed Pentz, who expired twenty minutes after reoeiving the wound. " McKeever imme diately gave himself up; anti was taken before J.ustico Clark at Dillsburg, who committed hint to jail.to• answer the charge of murder. brought to -York on Saturday morn ing by Constable Deaidiff, and lodged in the county jail, l MOKeever is quite an intelligent lodking yotith, and is only "about 14 years of ago. _llia father and &other reside in Dills. burg, wlfore, the affray teek place. . ': Pentz was about 17 years of age, and was an ap prentice to `the shoemaking business. IDS funeral took, place; on- Sinday, and Was'Farge ly attended.— York.Rrytiblican. • , lam Thl3w . cetera rivora arc in high flood. Colarnbusorid ' Mound dity arc submerged Bolow t hionid CUy the Illinois Contra).- Rail rog trunk itS,tituvieci away. NEW CONGRESSIONAL APVOR-* TIONMENT. Under the Apportionment But recently passed, the Population and: the party. divisions aro exhibited in the. .follaivirrelable. For the Philadelphia Dietriate the vote given le that for Clerk of Oiphan'e. Court, October, 1861. but for all the other Districts WO hove taken the vote between COATIM end FOSTER, in October, 1.960, that being the latest available vote:—. FIRST DISTRICT—PHILADELPHIA. Second Ward - Rep. Dem. • 1,4 1,075 Third Ward 0 70 70 1,160 Fourth Ward _ . . 682 1.345 Fifth Ward - . 809 1,111 Sixth Ward 672 0:.1 Eleventh Ward 783 '675 Population, 130,329 SECOND DISTRICT-All ILA DELPHIA First Ward Seventh Ward Eighth Ward Ninth Ward- I=l Population, 129, 353. 7,7C3 5,709 , THIRD DISTRICT—PIIILADELPIIIA. Twelfth iVardi SO7 99S Thirteenth Ward 1,351 1,140 Sixteenth Ward 1,078 1.181 _Seventeenth Ward7s4 1,547 _ ' " flighteenth - Ward' - " 1,9'61 ' 836 Nineteenth Wald 1,356 1,515 Population, 125,843 7,127 7,217 FOURTH DISTRICT—PIIILADELPIIIA. Fourteenth Ward Fifteenth Ward Twentieth ward Twenty first Ward Twenty-fourth Ward Population, 127,8114 7,490 9,741 PI ETII DISTRICT—PRILADELPIII A. Twenty-second Ward Twenty third Ward Twenly-fifth Ward iiucks county - Topulatlon, 119,058. SIXTH DISTRICT Montgomery county Lehigh county Population, 105,254. SEVENTH DISTRICT. Clu,ter county Delaware county Population, 11.1 3 656 MOUTH DISTRICT Burks county Population, ',.13,519 NINTH DISTRICT Lancaster county Population, 116,315 I= Schuylkill county Lobanon comity ELM' ENTII DISTRICT. Northampton county 3.:,07 5.2-19 Carbon county 1,722 1,93, Nlnnroe county 822 2,113 like ',minty 3:14 .1:1 Way n 0 county 2,610 2,537 Popula Lion, 12.'5,140. LSTII DISTRICT Lu romp county Susq uohnu oft county Populntlon, 1 _f,.510 10,772 TIHRTEENTii nisTiticT ti,,,trord COlllll V . ' 1; 1111 i 12.325 Wyoming county l,n 5 Sulltynn county ;51 6 .1 1',4:1 Col uml.la vounty 1. , -IS 2,T.tir, lontour county 98:1 1,221) Population, 10.",.0T".. ILI I FO URA PENT!! DISTRICT. Northurnhorland county :511 2.512 Union counts -6. 1.h.20 1.(1.) :•11,1er c•muty 1.701 1.124 .I”llintA roomy 1,503 1,4+:3 thutilllin county 4:535 3,21,2 Population, 121,815 = Cumborland county York rou n ) Perry county 3:11,n92 S I XITENTII DISTRICT. Adams county 2,773 2.849 Franklin aunty 4,0.53 - 33;9 Fult , n county 824 t, 1.157 10,11, d county :.I,lnerset county Population,l:l2,7', l 2 SF:VENTEENTII Cambria rounty 2,177 2,5,53 Blair couuty Huntingdon county Mifflin county Population, 101,127 EIUIITEENTII DISTRICT Tlogn county 4, Pot tor county Lvvoming coutlty Ciint.oll County Ceatro County l'opulatiun, I [4,017 m rrE Emil DISTRICT. Jeffo, , .ll 001111ty Erie county NV arr4.ll o+tinty Mritean enuncy Elk county CM1111 , 1,11 eouray Forest rolloty Clearfield isiunty l'opulittitln. 121.314. 12.693 TWI DISTIL] Cf. Crsvford motility Mirror re , unty V•lnango county Clarion you city Population, 1 3:01.50 TW ENTY•FIE.ST DisTrucT. Indlaun rounty 3,672 Westmorland i•uunly Fayette, county Population, 13;,352 I= Allegheny umrt) 12e,:16-1 =I rodlity (part): Butler ,unty Arm strong c,uuty Population, 123,AnT TIC 17-VOUIZTIL I I6FRTCT I,:klvronce county Ben vor county W/.11 In;; ton enanty Green° county Populnl ion, 3 2.3,f357 Congressional vote of October. 1.360. Also vote of October, 1860. G. W. C.oe got come votes In this district which are not Included. Correspondence Between Generale Beauregard and Grant. The following cOrreepondence took place between Gen. Ileauregard and Oen. Grant: Headquarter', Department of 21fiesislippi, Monterey, April Bth. f Stn:—At the close of the conflict yesterday, my forces being exhausted by the extraordi nary length of time during which they were Mr - OW - wit h yours - on that-and tlreipreceding day, and it being apparent that you had re• ceived and were still receiving reinforcements, I felt it my duty to withdraw my troops from the immediate Beene of conflict. Under these circumstances, in accordance with the usages of war, I shall transmit this under a flag of truce, to ask permission to send a mounted party to the battle field of Shiloh for the purpose of giving decent inter ment io my dead. Certain gentlemen wishing to avail themselves of this opportunity to re move the remains of sons and friends, I must request for them the privilege of accompany ing the burial party, and in this connection I deem it proper to say that I no asking only what I have extended to your own countrymen und6r similar circumstances. Respectfully, general, your obd't. servant, P. T. BISAIIREGARD. GENERAL GRANT'S REPLY I.lecttiquarters Army itt the Field, Pittsburg, April 9th. Gon. P. T. Beauregard, commanding Con federate" Army; Dept. Mississippi, Monterey, - Tenn.--;Your dii3patch or Yesterday hi juet re ceived. Owing to the warmth of the weather I deemed it advisable to have"all the dead of both parties buried immediately. Heavy do ; tails were made for this purpose, and it is now accomplished. There cannot, therefore, be any necessity of admitting within our lines 'the parties you designed to send, on the n grounds asked. I shall always_ be glad. to extend any courtesy consistent with duty; dad especially so when dictated by humanity. ti I am, General, respecifully, your obedient servant, ;, B. S. GRANT, Mijor Gen. Commanding • parlllr. KELLY, of 'Pennsylvania, stated that he had received a petition signed by over 16,000 women, citizens of one slave and eleven, Free States, representing that "believing the (must; of humanity, and virtue will be ad vatmed, and future diffct lties in the-National Go l ieritiiiiiarelfeetualli prevented - by the ex tinction of slavery "throughnut.our country,' respedtfullk and earnestly petition that you will'at au early day, adopt such nmaiures.as in yetr wisdonalou tort) , tbknkrui)per to ad.. complish (Ws . ' • • taltimare on Saturday last celebrated loy ally, in fine style, the annlys,reary of tho 'dreidful scene Which — took place — in that - city a year ago, when the troops from Massachu setts and Pennsylvania, hurrying to the res cue of the national capital, were attacked by a mob and obliged to fight for their lives. Ex-May9r Barrett, of Washitigtaiii D. C., has declineilto serve as one of the Enianuipa tion Commissioners. The navigation of the St. Lawrence is opened. The ice in Richelieu river has also brokedgup, sinking several steamers and do-' ing damage to the amount of $200,000. 5,268 2,004 1,09 0 1,779 - 1,08 8 1,149 99 8 1,185 971 1,040 902 Govenor Harney, of Wisconsin, Wag drowned at Savannah., Tenn., on Saturday, might, While stepping from one boat to anoth er. His body was not recovered. He had gone to Savannah in charge of hospital stores from Wisconsin for the wounded sol diers. The office of the Brooklyn White Lead Company, -in Fulton- Street, BtoOklyn, - was robbed on Saturday night of bonds to the amount of from $lO,OOO to $50,000. The New York city bank statement shows a decrease of $342,208 in loans, and an in, crease of $76,860 in . specie, $59,820 in cir culation, and $1,420,277 in deposits. 7,478 002 1,848 1,728 1,702 1,810 1.107 080 1,284 1,225 Heavy freshets in Canada have flooded many villages, and caused great destruction of property. 1,307 870 1,234 1,104 51,1 1 3 , 2 6,383 6,1103 An unfortunale affray has occurred in an Illinois suburb of St. Louis, in consequence of a dispute between the people and the railroad authorities, as to the obstruction of a culvert to prevent the submerging of the town. The guard charged bayonets on the mob and wounded several. MI 9,4J5 5.812 7,392 4,166 4,568 9,973 11,958 The Connecticut river has flooded parts of Springfield, Hadley and Northampton, so dint the people have to go. about these towns in boats. 7.540 3 183 1.9110 MEI ME Dr. \V. H. Hammond has bpen nominated fur U. S. Surgeon General. He is of Penn sylvania. (,SB3 10,318 13,012 7,153 FROM THE RAPPAHANNOCK "or ITS SUCCESSFUL PASSAGE . _ Mr ATIIE 7,3 , 1 7,067 3,m47 .2,231 ig C 1 1 .60 NE R9AN) A--13T- WAsIIINGTON, April 23. The stomper King Phillip arrived at the Navy Yard this morning and reports that the steamer Yankee went. up the Rappahannock river to Fredericksburg yesterday, having cau tiously passed through the sunken obstruc tion; its the channel seven miles below that t own. 8,955 12,722 (3,111 r Ml,-110 Our flotilla has captured se.ven rebel schoon ers, one of which has a valtialde cargo of dry goods, medicines, and saltpetre. They have also taken two small steamers. It is further stated that the rebel pickets are occasionally seen on the south side of the river. Our troops still command the possession of Fredericksburg, the residents of which are en tirely free in their usual business pursuits. ATTEMPTED ESCAPEOFLIEUT. TROMAS, THE FRENCH LADY, FROM. FORT LA FAYETTE. MS DE9I Lieut. Thomas, the French lady, confined in Fort Lafayette, for transferring the steam er St Nicholas to the custody of the rebels at Baltimore, last summer, escaped ,from Fort Lafyette on Monday night. Ile had procured number of tin cans; which he corked tightly and tied shout his waist, when he took to the water and swain toward Long Island shore. lle'was discovered be the sentinel and a boat being put in requisition lie was brought back and cottyed to his old quarters. 11l I Eil II 1;1 BEM BEI EIIEIRMEIII '2.464 2,:051 2,980 U,OB 11,10 3,W0 2 121 3.1 , 45 217'3 1.723 1,271) FRANK Lcsrin's Mosrm.x.—Frank Leslie!s for May, is on our table and presents an un usually attractive appearance. Some of the engravings are cxsquisite, while the fashion plates for this month are unsufpassed. We have a correct pictures of Gen. U. S. Grant, the Union General who has so recently clistin guLffied himself at Fort Donelsom, Pittsburg landing &c. The Rebel Gen. Buckner. is also presented, in his livery of treason. On The whole we know of'no monthly, that is at once so entertaining and instructive as. Frank Leslie. Publication office, No 0 City Hall Square, N. Y. h I 0 ME ME 1,410 6 , 5 3,015 :10 31 1,750 3,1r.0 1, tiSti 1 103 L, lil3 t 2,112 1,172 1.018 700 421 033 100 I,J. 1.733 2,040 8,513 Gonv's LADY'S Boort, for May, has been on our table for several days, and a charming number it is in every respect. Its leading ar - t icle descriptive ofJerusalem in itself is worth the price of the number, to say nothing of the nuinerous other interesting literary pro ductions with which its pages abound. And then the ''May Flowers," the "Pashon Plate for May" containing no less than seven figu res, (he Riding Dresses, &c, &c, altogether form a list of beam iful steel and other engrav ings and other and illustrations vrhieli cannot' be surpassed, if equaled, in any other period ical. 5.277 3.179 341.1 2 794 2.981 2.192 2,191 9,2117 EMI CIEM= EM!EMI '„1„1.86i 10,718 10,507 6,131 4,4143 43S 3,52.6 '2.54R 3,474 2,10 b We would advise all our Lady friends to subscribe for Godey without, deloy. Only $2 MB! Ea lII= BEIEI MEI EM BEI 6 1 ,,0tim mar Countg utters. LEE MEM We learn that Bey. JACOB FRY pastor of the First Lutheran Church of this place, owing to his affection of the throat, has been released by his congregation from all ministerial duties for several months. Flis pulpit however will be .regularly supplied in the mean titne.43.ev. L A. GOTWALp of Ship• pensbnrg, will occupy the. pulpit on next Sun day morning and eveting. THE GA 111 LAWS.—SpOrt9IIIOII do well to bear in mind that it is against the law to kill blue birds, swallows, robins, or any other insectivorous birds at any sea son. The penalty for violating this law is five dollars for every offence. KEEP A LOOK OUT FOR THEW—Ono of the most deceptive counterfeits is the two dollar notes on the Columbia Banlc. They are very numerous—difficult to detect—and the safest plan is - to decline ell notes of that denomination. This is the advice of,the Collate )feit Detector. ThIPROVEAENT. — We are right glad to see that the building committee of the Epis copal congregation, after having finished their beautiful church, are going still further towards be-mtifying and improving the ap pearance of- our -town, by-filling- up, -and nicely sodding the square upon which their church is built. Those goritlenien certainly deserve great credit for their public spirit; but wo fear,. that unless they go still further, and enclose the square, that vagrant cows and dogi, will soon destroy what they have taken so much. pains to itnii.reve. per' J. W. SMILEY, has just • open6:l3. an unusually largeanddesirable tielsOrtment of Spring ;and. Summer Clothing, Boots, Shoes,. Hats and .all' other 'articles be longing to a ,Furnishing Establishment. Do not: fail to give him a call as be promises, to please you both in goods„and ,Prices. He will let no man undersell him. " You pan buy .i yith confidence that goods will prove tre3ii",as good as reeointhen,ded. You will find his now store roorn_betw'eert Herman's Hotel and'Huyett's corner,. Qar• : - NEWS ITEMS. STEAMER YANKEE = NEW YORK, April 23 OUR BOOK TABLE
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