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ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
110 V -A Washington dispatch states that
the Ways and Means Committee of the
house have prepared a bill authorizing Sec
retary Chase to sell $12,000,000 in gold.
The Secretary thinks he will have that much
to spare at the close of the fiscal year.
Se' The citizens of Philadelphia have
subscribed $l3, 155 for the relief of East
Tennessee. The Philadelphia Bank gave
$l,OOO, and the Delaware and N. A. Insur
ance Companies, $5OO each, and N. W.
Clark & Co. subscribed $2,000.
Stir Th o Supreme Court of the United
States on Monday refused the application for
a writ of certiorari in the case of Mr. Vallan
digham, on the ground of want of jurisdic
tion.
BEAUUEGABD PAYING UNITED STATES TAX.
148.—0 n the 6th inst., Gen. P: G. T. Benure
gard, through his agent, paid his United
States tax, on property in Memphis, amount
ing to over one hundred dollars. This clear
ly indicates that, evrn if he has faith in the
establishment of a Southern Confederacy, he
has no hopes that Tennessee will constitute
a portion thereof.
PAYMENT or 7-30 TREASURY NOT ES.—Under
a decision of Secretary Chase, the payment
of the 7.30 Treasury notes will be made in
legal currency of the United States, unless
the resumption of specie payment takes place
before that time. Should holders desire, they
can convert the notes into six per cent. twen
ty year bonds, interest and principal of which
are payable in coin.
A BIG BLow.--The Lewistown Suspension
Bridge across the Niagara river was blown a
way by a severe gale of wind on Monday
week. This bridge was 1,045 feet in length
and was suspended by ten massive .cables
which passed over stone towers, arid were
fastened to anchors imbedded in the solid
rook.
ler Congress is maturing a bill to define
the position, duties and pay of chaplains
Why not add, as a specific duty, that each
chaplain of a regiment shall keep a full and
correct record for the Government of,the rise,
movements, fights, casualities, &c., in which
such regiment may share ? Such records
would be of great value, and the s chaplains are
just the men to keep them.
1i Peace resolutions, which The Rich
mond Examiner calls "extraordinary," were
offered in the Rebel House of Representa
tives, Feb. 7. They propose that represen
tatives of each Government shall meet at
some place and time not specified, to consid
er:
"First: Whether they cannot agree upon
the recognition of the Confederate States of
America.
"Soond: In the event of - such recognition,
whether they cannot agree upon the forma
tion of a new Government, founded upon the
equality and sovereignty of the Stites; but
if this cannot be done, to consider :
"Third: Whether they cannot agree upon
treaties, offensive, defensive, and commer
cial."
The noticeable feature of these is, that
while they set out, in deference to the reiter
ated declaration of Rebel sentiment, wilt' a
proposition for the recognition of the Con
federate States, they proceed to instruct Com
missioners further to agree upon a recon
struction on the basis of equality and State
rights. Those are the fundamental heresies
of secession and will never be considered on
our side, as the Rebels well know, but they
can't be expected to back down all at once,
and we regard this as a good beginning.
The mover of the resc,lutions is Mr. Wright
of Georgia, once a Henry Clay Whig, then
Democrat, and never heartily a Rebel.
The House seems to have thought them im
portant enough to be considered in secret
session.
Sir In consequence of the obstinate refu
sal of the Democrats of the legislature to afford
relief to the treasury, by an enactment au
thorizing the payment of the interest on our
debt in currency instead of coin, the Gov
ernor was compelled to draw his warrant en
the let inst., for an acme of over five hun3ed
thousand dollars. This aunt is literally plun
dered from the taxpayers, by the determined
purpose of the Democratic legislators to de.
stroy our currency and impair our credit ;
and, had they the power, they would exact
another half million or more to meet the in
tereet duo in August next.
Thelailure to organize the Senate did not
subatantially effect the- result of legislation.
Had the Union members yielded a legal or
pulsation to the insolent revolutionist on the
Democratic side of the Senate, still no relief
souldthave been. afforded the treasury while
the Senate remained a tie, for the Democrats
would have reeolutely'refused to pass the bill.
In the House they united as one man , to de
feat it, and even fillibustered to exhaust the
session; and in the Senate they have square
ly voted down the proposition to pay in our
.renoy half a dozen times. In order to , obviate
this and obtain substantial relief to the State,-
Senator Lowrey repeated'' , offered to yield
. the question of organisation and divide the
offices, or even to vote for the Demooratio
..candidate for Speaker, If any one Democrat
would pair off with Senator White on ques
tions of legislation until his place should be
filled liy himself or his successor ; but as this
would
, have preserved - our finances and re
-Hoofed the people of wanton burdens, they re
fused to accept IL They seem to have had
but one purpose from the beginning—to strike
the deadlieet blows at the government, and in
iAtiatibli of their settled determination, they
have refused to take any' steps which prom
ised, to preserve our finances from embarrass•
twit, maintain the, credit of the govern•
pout, aml spare„ the people from needless
taxes. So far they have outmoded ;Int the
day of reckoning is high at hand!
THE MODERN MOKANNA.
Jefferson Davis has now some two or three
hundred thousand American 'Unisons in his
various armies. A largb tbajority of them
are there beoanse they !ore consoripted, and
had no choice but to serve or to be shot.—
Some thousands were accepted by him as
substitutes for conscripts whom he-has, in
spite of such purchased substitution, ordered
to be again conscripted and to serve exactly
as though they had never hired substitutes
whom ho has accepted Many of the residue
have long siooe served out the full terms of
their enlistment, and have solicited the die
charge to which they were entitled by the
universal laws of War; whereupon, this arch
repudiator has had them all conscripted to
serve to the end of the War 1 Finally, his
puppet Congress has just passed an act con
scripting every one to serve to the end of the
War, regardless of substitution, term of en
listment, special contract, or anything else.
Their families are starving, while the $ll per
month he pays them is worth loos than $1 in
coin, and a year's pay of a soldier will not
buy a barrel of flour in his capital, and will
hardly buy it in any part of his remaining
dothinions. His soldier dupes or victims aro
mainly ragged, shoeless, blariketless, and half
famished; if they attempt to leave the ser
vice into which they have been forced, they
are mercilessly shot if *aught ; and, since he
cannot or will not feed, clothe, shoe, pay, or
keep faith with them, he favors them with a
Proclamation.
In this document, he thanks them for their
alacrity in re enlisting, when ho has allowed
them no alternative. They may re enlist or
not; but in either case they must serve to
the end of the war or be shot as deserters.—
Of course, be twits the Union soldiers with
being mercenary, because ninety nine in
every hundred of them aro in arms in obedi•
ence to their own free contract to serve their
country. Don't he wish he could twit them
with having to serve in vile of their contracts
and with not half enough to wear or to eat?
Jeff. tells his soldiers that they won the
battles of Shiloh, Perryville, Murfreesboro.
It they did, why were they racing south
ward at the close of each of these battles,
with their Union foes hard on their heels ?
That they did so leave those battle-fields, we
prove by the official bulletins of Beaurugard
and Bragg. Why not as well claim victo•
ries at Antietam, Gettysburg, Vicksburg,
and Missionary Ridge
Jeff. boasts of the devotion of his men
compared with ",the halting and reluctant
service" of ours. Yet he knows that not
less than twenty thousand of his soldiers
have deserted since last October, and that
at least five thousand have come over to us.
We prove this by the complaints of his own
leading journals, who intimate that not more
than half the number whom his Congress
have ordered into his ranks can be found
there to day. From the beginning of the
struggle, at least ten have deserted from his
armies to ours for every one who has de.
serted from our to his. Is there no sense of
shah e in this desperate traitor?
Jeff. talks of our" overstrained resources,"
" debt," " repetitions of heavy drafts," "con
sciousness of a bad cause," &e., &e., and as
sures his dupes that our armies must be less
formidable in 1864 than they were in 1862
1863 I Ile knows better ; but his remain
ing dupes will be sadly undeceived before
the.4th of July. We appeal from prophecy
to history. So says the N. .I`. Tribune.
MEN ENLISTED INTO THE REUELAjt ARMY
The Secretary of War has informed the Go•-
ernors of the loyal States that all men enlist
ed into the regular army since September 3,
1862, will be credited upon the quota of the
State in which they were enlisted. The su•
perintendents of regimental recruiting service
have been directed to forward to the different
State capitals, as soon as possible, a list of all
men enlisted into the regular army by re.
cruiting officers under their commands from
September 3, 1862, to January 1, 1864, giving
the names of the men, and whenever they can
do so, the districts in which they were enlist•
ed. Hereafter, also, tri monthly reports of
men thus enlisted will be forwarded to the
several Governors, giving the names of the
men, State, district of enrollment, town and
county in which they were enlisted, such re
ports to. commence from Yanuary 1, 1864.
HELD AS A HOSTAGE —From a paragraph
iu the Richmond Examiner, we learn that
Major White, late a member cf the State Sen
ate, has been placed in solitary confinement
in Salisbury prison, N. C , for the humane
treatment of Major Weber, of Gen Morgan's
command, who was, it is charged, placed in a
dark cell for writing a letter to some person
in the confederacy, in which he took the high
ground that no matter whether they suffered
a lifelong imprisonment or die in prison, the
confederate government should preserve its
integrity of principle, and never recognize ne
groee as soldiers and prisoners of war.
Xte„„ The copperheads- in the Ohio Legisla.
ture are trying to secure the release of George
W. Biek/ey, the found.•r of the treasonable ur.
der of "Knights of the Golden Cirole," wh;
was arrested. in Kentucky a few nights ago,
and has since been• imprisoned• in• the Ohio .
Penitentiary. They threaten that, undoes he
is released peaceably, they will release Lion
forcibly. By their interest in the behalf of
an original traitor, they give unmistakable
(
evidence that they belong to his traitorous
secret organization.
WEBEL•CA*ALRYBIEN KILLED BY YANKEE
NEGROES.—The Examiner of February Bth
learns that on Friday, February sth two mem
bers of the Prince William Cavalry, named
Davis _and Reynolds, succeeded in capturing
four negroes in the Yerilree service, belong
ing to the "Home Guard" of Fairfax county.
The cavalrymen took the negroes to Dum-,
fries and, on Friday night, placed them in.
an unoccupied house. Having imprudently
fallen to sleep, the cavalrymen were attack
ed and overpowered by the negroes, their'
skulls cleft by some sharp instrument, and
their bodies mutilated in the most horrible
manner. They were foun 1 next morning
weltering in their blood, and lived only
long enough to relate the circumstances of
the'terrible tragedy which had befallen them.
&Amens and Orruperts in the Army, being
exposed to Budded changes, should always
be supplied with "Brown's Bionchial Proches,"
as they . give prompt•reliet in a cold, Cough,
or Irritated Throat. •
The Draft as it is' to.be
The enrollment, bill, as ,it paned the House
retains the $3OO oommutation clause, but lim
its the term of exemption only until the names
then in the wheel are exhausted.
Enrolled men, who escape the draft, and
go in as substitutes, only free their princi
pals until the next - draft, that is, they and
their principals merely change places. Aliens,
who are not subject to draft, if they go as
substitutes, freo their principals for the full
term of serveco.
Only sons of widows - or of aged and infirm
parents, only brothers of children under
twelve years of age, fathers of motherless
children, sons elected by aged and infirm
parents, and indeed all who, on socount of
peculiar family relations and conditions, were
entitled to exempt ion under the former draft,
are now just as liable to draft, and to service
as others. Enrolled men who have been elect
ed by parents, whether their names have been
stricken from the rolls, or their papers en
dorsed by the board of enrollment, will bo re
stored to the rolls as before.
The Army Appropriation Bill
The bill reported to the House, on Thurs
day last, by Mr. Stevens, from the Commitee
of Ways and Moans, for the support of the
army fur the year ending with June, 1865,
appropriates $529,500,000. Of this amount
$5,00J,000 are for advance bounties to volun
teers ; $5,000,000 for raising and organising
volunteers ; $2,000,000 for the pay of the
army; $177,500,000 for the pay of volunteers;
$60,000,000 for quartermaster supplies $13,-
000,000 for incidentals ; $21,800,000 for
the navy and artillery forces; $40,000 for
transportation ; $5,000,000 for commissary
quarters for officers; $58,000,000 for clothing,
equipage, &c ; $9,000,000 for the medical and
hospital departments ; $2,000,000 for the
armament of fortifications; $20,000,000 for
ordnance stores ; $2,500,00 for the manufao
tors of arms, and for the purchase of gun
powder and lead ; $2,1. 00,000 for repairs to
arsenals
The new call for troops will neoessitate the
appropriation of two hundred millions more,
of money.
The Depravity of the Times
The old Dragon has certainly been 1005. , d
and left to run uncurbed on earth. Every
day seems to prove that some evil influence
is at work on the heads and the hearts of
men and women. Theft, Intemperance, Ly
ing, Lust, Seduction and Murder
.stalk
through the streets at noon-day, intrude
themselves at the family altar, set in bro
cade and broadcloth in the temples of God,
go forth iri pride to the sacrament table, ca
joling themselves that an exhibition of piety
like a display of wealth, is a sure road to
credit on earth as well as in Heaven. Only
a few days since a peaceful town iu the ru
ral districts was startled with the perpetra
tion of a most terrible murder. The person
assassinated was respectable—he was opu
lent, a merchant doing a prosperous busi
ness—with u large family looking up to him
for support and counsel—with years suffi
cient on his head to have kept his passions
cool—and yet he was hurried out of the
world by a frenzied man, charging him with
having been the seducer of his wife. The
injured man hud 'been absent from home,
perilling his life in defence of the laws—
and yet the laws for which he was ready to
die, had not sufficient influence over one
man, a leader in society, influential in busi
ness, to restrain him - from ruining the peace
and pulling down to destruction, the house
hold idols of his country's defender I Hor
rible, indeed, is the influence which produ
ces these more horrible results. There is
something wrong in the organization of so
ciety, when the libertine thus oils his lips
with his lusts, and gives his passions full
vent on the bosom of one who belongs to
another. There is someting, too, frightfully
devilish, where jealously is thus engendered
—where the resentments of men drive theni
mad, and lArry them on to imbrue their
hands in the blood of their fellows I Lonk
to it, therefore, men and women in all local
ities I Look to it, before the domestic cir
cle becomes a peat house, and society a hot
bed of crimes more apalling than hell itself.
—Han Tel.
THE WAR IN THE SOUTH
WEST.
Occupation of Jackson, Afississippi.—A Fight
at Clinton.—Engagement at Lebanon, Al
abama.- O'en Logan's Corps in Motion,—
Grierson's and Smith's Cavalry Operating.—
A Flank Movement on Johnston.—general
Thomas Moving , on Dalton.—Entire Line of
the Memphis- and Charleston Railroad Aban.
doned.
CINCINNATI, Peb. 115 e—A despatch from
Nashvile, to the Gazette, gives ollitiaF news
that Gen Sherman entered Jackson, Alias ,
on the 6th. The enemy offered bur little re
eisiance and was eupposed to be falling back
over the Perl river, It is believed that the
rebele are receiving reinforcements from Del
ton.
There is no news from Geo. Thomas' front.
The veterans are rapidly returning to the
army.
THE FIGHT AT CLINTON
CAIRO, Feb. 16.—Tho roports from the
rebel papers of a fight with a part of Sher.
man's forces near Clinton lies , on the 4th
just:, are confirmed by officers who have just
arrived from that point.
Our troops charged; on a rsellelbattery, and
oet 15 killed and 80 wounded. Aknong the
atLer was Col. Rogers, of Illinois.
ALABAMA
New Vontr, Feb. 15.—A fight occurred at
Lebanon, Alabama, on Wednesday last be
tweeu Lewis's squadron and our troops.—
According to the Selma Reporter, "The enemy
(Federals) 9,000 strong, subsequiently aban
doned Lebanon, and retreated toward the
Tennessee river. The 'ebel force is said to
have numbered 400 only."
[Clinton is on the line of'tho railroad from
Vicksburg to Jackson, nine and a half 'miles
directly west of the latter place. Jackson is
distant. from Mobile, by way of Meriden, 229}
miles.]
LATER
In connection with the above, the following
despatch, 12th,lrom Chattanooga, is interest
!inv.
' "General Logan left Huntsville, Alabama,
sonic days ago, with the 16th Army Corps,
to eat iti•conjunotion with Gen. Sherman.
"The cavalry expedition under Grierson
and Smith crossed the country from Corinth,
moving southwardly.
"it is understood' that these columns are
intended to not in conjunction—the one to at
tack, and the other out off Polk's retreat and'
disperse the cavalry of Forrest, reported as
scouring Central and Northern Mississippi;
"There is no reason to doubt, though be.
yond this enterprise the .combioutions are
merely conjecitital, but that a geeat flank
movement: on Johnson's army is intended.
"The army at Chattanooga is by. thin time
in motion for. Tunnel Hill and Dalton. Its
movements may have been .delayed by cir
cumstances. unknown to us, but it is under
marching orders."
REVOLT IN JOHNSTON'S ARMY.
•A dispatch from Chattanooga, dated 12th
inst., to the.Cineinnati Gazeuee_says
"There was a great affray in Johnstoes
army on the 9th. The 2d Kentucky regiment
refused, in a body, to be conscripted, and
wore placed under guard of the 3d Alabama.
Col. Woodward, Major Lewis, and throe
oartains. of the 2d Kentucky, fired revolvers
into the Alabama men, killing and wounding
forty-two. Both regiments broke in disor
der.
"Thirteen deserters arrived yesterday, in
cluding Lieut. Charles Allen, formerly of
Stonewall Jackson's staff Ten hundred and
twenty seven deserters came into our lines
during January.
"Cheatham's Tennessee Division has gone
South to keep the men from deserting."
Cain% Feb. lb.—Gen. W. S. Smith's cav
alry expedition left Memphis on the I lilt ins.,
in the direction of Collieraville.
The entire line of the Memphis and Char
leston Railroad was evacuated by our forces
on the 13th, it having been held for the past
six months mew to aid Smith's cavalry ex
pedition in getting a good start.
Gen. Sherman considers that the holding
and garrisoning of the road has been a source
of 'weakness to us. He does not favor the
guarding of railroads, unless they are of vital
importance.
The steamer Mill Boy was sunk on the Ist
inst., when eight miles of Jacksonport, on the
White river. She was laden with Govern •
moot stores, for onr troops at Batesville. A
portion sf the cargo was saved. The boat
was valued at $15,000.
The Duvall's Bluff dtailroad prohibits the
transportation of private property for the
present.
Thu steamer-Lady Franklin paused here to
day, from Memphis, for Cincinnati, with
nearly 800 bales of cotton.
CAIRO, Feb. 15.—General Shearman's head
quarters are reported to ha•e been at Jack
son, Mies , on the ith inst. He has since been
heard of at Brandon.
The Escape of Union Officers from
Libby Prison Confirmed.
COLONEL STILEIGIIT SAFE.
DESPATCH FRO\I OEN. BUTLER
Fowraees MaNaoE, Feb. 15. I have rd •
ceived a telegram, under date of February 14,
from General Wistar, which states that Cul.
Streight, with one hundred and ten other
Union ctl oere, escaped4l-0m prison at Rich
mond by digging a tunnel.
Colonel Streight with seventeen others have
come in. Colonel Streight is safe
I.3E.NJ F. BUTLER Maj. Gen. Com'd
=I
The following is published in the Richmond
Examiner of Thursday, Feb: II :
"'Fite following is a list of the principal
officers who escaped from the Libby Prison,
with their rank.
"_Among them we regret to have . to class
the notorious Streight, Cols. J. F Boyd. 20 , It
Army Corps; W. G. Ely, 18th Connecticut ;
H. C. Hobart, 21st Wisconsin ; W. P Heo
drink, 3d Wes, Tennessee Csvalry ; tti. 1S
McCreary, 214 f Michigan; Thos
77th Pennsylvania; J Ii Spofford, 97,11 New
York; C. W.lden. 16th Maine; T. S. Wes'
24th Wisconsi n A. 1..) Streight, 51st Indiana,
D. Miles, 79th Pennsylvania
" Majors J. P. Collins. 29th Indiana ; G.
VT Fitzsimmons, 13th Indiana; J. 11. Hoop
or. 15th Massachusetts ; B. B. McDonald,
100th Ohio ; A. Von Witzel, 71th Pennsylva—
nia ; J N. Walker, 73d Indiana ; J. lleury,
sth Ohio. There were besides thirty-two
Captains and 6Fty•nine lieutenants, making in
all 109 who gained their liberty without the
preliminaries or parole or exchange.
'• Of this number, four onl. have been re
turned to the prison, up to last evening, re.
captured. These were two captains and two
captains Sind .`wo lieutenants. Two were
overtaken near llanover Court - House, and
the. others about twentty miles below Rich
mond, on the Williamsburg route. Brigadier
General Neal Dow did not attempt the pas
sage of the tunnel, for the reason that lie
was afraid his strength would tail him him in
Bight tu the embrace of Butler the beset."
THE PRISONERS RECAPTEIIED
The Richmond Examiner, of the 12th in
stant, has the following:
The following are the names of those re
taken up to last night:
Col. J P. Spofford. 97th New York ; Cap
Min J. Yates, 3J Ohio; Captain G. Stair,
104th New York; Captain F. Frank, 45th
New York; Lieut. II Hanks, 57th Pennsyl
•ania; Lieut.. W. N. Dailey, Bth Penusylva
nit Cavalry ; Lieut. A. B. White, 4th l'eun
sylvauia Cavalry; Lieut. E. Schroder, 74th
Pennsylvania; Lieut. W. S. Watson, 21st
Wisconsin ; Lieut. F. Morgan, 73.1 New York
Lieut. C. If. Morgan, Lieut. II Schwester,
82d lilinois ; Lieut. W. II Pearce, 11th Ken
tucky cavalry ; Lieut. A, Moore. 4th Ken
Lucky ; I'. S. Edmonds. 6701 Pennsylvania ;
2.1 Lieut. P. lE — Whtte, 83d Pennsylvania; 2J
Lieut. J. M. 'Wasson, 40th Ohio; 2d Lieut S
P. Oartnble, 63d Pennsylvania ; 2nd Lieut
G. S. Gord, 84th Pennsylvania ; 2d Lieut. S.
P. Brown, 15th U. S. cavalry ; Adjt, M It.
Small, 6th Maryland; Isaac Johnson, engin
eer steamer Satellite.
The following list of officers are reported as
having arrived at Williamsburg: Colonel
Streight. Colonel McCreary, 21st Michigan ;
Lieut. Col. Hobart, 'list Michigan; Cnittain
Wallack,slst Indiana; Lieutenant Harris,
9th Ohio.
'leen other officers have also arrived at
Williamsburg, but their names are not re
ported yet. Our cavalry are scouting the
country to the Cnickahocuiny, and the gun
boats have gone up the James river and
Chickahominy to give protection to Buell as
can be found.
From the Baltimore Sun of Setuaday
A Daring Raid on the Baltimore
Ohio Railroad
A PASSENGER TRAIN CAPTURED WITHIN
RICLIT 111FLES OF HA RPER'SFERRY.—The ex
press passenger train which left the Camden
street depot, on Thursday night, fur Wheel
ing and ititeroediate points, was captured
by a confpany of confederates, when near
Kearueysville depot, aboht eight miles west
of Harper's Ferry. It appears a switch had
been turned, and the usual signal (the wav
ing all lighted lamp) made by the raiders
as the train approached. The signal caused
the engineer to stop the engine. The train
was then surrounded by the raiders, and a
number of armed men entered the cars. The
passengers, agfong whom; or coasts, there
was great conaternation, were more or less
mulcted in the'Shape of ransom. Some pro
duced greenbacks, others watches, while
several reluctantly gave diamond rings or
breastpins, as an equivalent for their per
sonalliberty,-----We are informed- by one- of
the sufferers, _who returned to this city b,
the express. train that reached here from
Wheeling at, noon yesterday, that the aggre-
gate amount of money taken from the puss
engem was not less than $30,000, while the
value of jewelry, &c., was also considered
Cloiiductor Perry, who had charge of the
train, it was stated, was compelled to hand
over a check for $4500, the property of the
railroad company. This, hewe or, will
prove valueless. The fact of the cheek con
fiscation was denied yesterday afternoon.
A number of the passengers who arrived
here yesterday in the express train had in
terviews with some of the sufferers, and their
statements widely differed, both as to the
amount of money, itc., confiscated and the
character of the raiders. Of the former the
amounts ranged from $lOOO to $30,000,
while of the' latter some were certain that
they were persona residing in the heighbot
hood p while another party, a well-known
resident of . fhis city..declared that he con
versed with one of the mulcted passeng, rs,
who stated to him that Major Harry Gilmor,
of the confederate cavalry, was in command
of the expedition : and that ho knew and con
versed with him.
No one was injured, nor was there the
least disposition on the part of the raiders to
t.ke any prisoners. Several members of
the Maryland Stair - Legislature, delegates
from the western counties, were among the
passengers, but on the occasion are repro.
suited to have been quite taciturn as to their
official positions.' Their greenbacks, watch 6,
&c., are said to have formed a part of their
booty. It was also stated that several Fed
eral officers and soldiers were on the train,
but fared no worse than their fellow passen
gers. After the raiders accomplished their
purpose, (which was evidently only plunder)
they ran the locomotive and tender off the
track, causing some injury to the engine.
They then left the train, goinv. through the
fields in the direction of Smithfield. a small
village in Jefferson county, Virginia. Al
though a company of Federal troops were
stationed within a short distance of the point
where the train was stopped, none of the
passengers or employees of the road there en
abled to get any information to them until
all hope of capturing the raiders had vanish
ed.
The scene inside the train after the affair
is stated by an eye-witness to have been
mournfully ludicrous. As certain of the
passengers would bring forth from a hiding
place various amounts of greenbacks or
other valuables, which they saved from con
fiscation. congratulations and Merriment
would ensue, which, however, was from time
to time well balanced by imprecations and
mournful announcements of losses on the
part of others.
The whole affair, indeed, is a strange and
novel one ; the first time since the war, it is
alleged, that a passenger train has been
captured and not destroyed. As to who the
raiders really were, so many various opinions
have been expressed, that nothing definite
can vet be stated on that score. It was
thought by some that it was done by a local
predatory band, organized for the purpose of
plundering at every opportunity. The fact
that no prisoners were taken off, was regard
ed as arguing rather strongly that they were
not, regular confederates.
A report was in circulation y, sterday that
the Adams Express Company had sustained
some loss, which was during the evening
denied by Mr. Treg superintendent of the
company, who alleged that in the affairs- the
company had loft neither goods or funds.
The line or the railroad where the raid
took place is nut in the department under
Gen. Lockwood, bat in he departme n t
under command II Gen. Kelley.
fhe complete success of the darirrg affltir
created glide an excitignent it. nit Mary
circles, and IL Wilb stated last t'Vwllttl!t al/wt a
th(x,High inveNtNution wuuid be mod,- in
regar ; tii
As regards the injured engine and (coder,
th: radro.id eititopyees,
,witit their usual en
erg), repaired all 114111 , tg , 'd in about three
titters, a..(1 ihe detained train, with its Intilet•
etl passengers, arrived iu Cumberland
.)ester
da. lemming, :tiniest on tune.
All passe. ger atm Ireiglit trains were run
ning. as usual pint rd.ty afternoon, and it
was announced that a large Ft deral cavalry
loree had b en placed all Lung the line of
the road, whilst a similar force had been
sent out in search of the raiders.
Capture of Some of the Robbers.
DEA UQ RS Der T LOT Feb. 14
A portion or the guerilla party that stopped
the trait: on tile Baltimore and Ohio Railroad,
and rolth d the passengers, were overtaken
and captured.in a le VC hours after the robbery
had been committed Gen Sullivan was or
dered to and did dispatch it force of about
three thousand mounted men to overtake the
high way !nen.
This pursuing force divided and subdivided,
travelling on almost every by and mountain
road in the neighborhood of where the eat
bery took place. Besides these de:ours we
formed a, continuout line, stretching for sev
oral miles and somewhat to the form of a air
cle, to bent the rubbers in.
The thieves, on finding themselves thus
situated, recurred to many farm .gems to avoid
capture Some donned citizens clothes, hid
their military equipments, and, with their
horses hitched to ploughs. set up the a pear
nue,: of formers and lausbandmeu One por
twit of the thieves, finding, it was impossible
for them to escape undertook to play off the
flag of truce dodge, hoisting white flogs, nod
reportit.g that they had clique in to get the
body of a soldier who was killed at Antietam.
It is reported that others of the parry are hid
tug in trees and bushes in woody dis•rtct, and
secreted among the rocks. To catch theta all
it will require a regular ferret like hunt.
From the best information on the subject,
it does not seem that they numbered over
thirty eight We have got ten of them pris
oners. Ou one of the routs taken by our
troops, our cavalry are still on the hunt.
The feeling among the citizens against the
acts of these robbers is very strong. and even
vindictive. The Unionists and Rebel sympa
thizers alike agree iu this respect. Strong
requests are being made for the hanging of
every one of the robbers caught. In no sense
of the terms were their operations of a mili
tary character. They did no injury to the
road, mails, express or wires, but merely
robbed passengers.
The parties who committed this robbery
are sous of some of the chival•y and Rebel
sympathtbizing Baltimoreans. They cousti
Lute a portion of lithium's band. Beside Bal
timore horn rubbers, they were engaged some
of the sous of the wealthy and heretofore re•
nactable residents of Jefferson and Berkeley
cunties, Virginia It is said that there were
lathe party the sous of Marylanders and dis
tinguished gentlemen living ,in and in the
neighborhood of Cumberland.
iiiMili==l
No CONSOLIDATION.—Gover4r Andrew, of
Massachusetts, learns from official sourcee
chat there is no truth in the statement made
by several of the journals that all the infantry
volunteers are to be consolidated into regi
ments of 2,400 men each.
ttgl,„ Parson Brownlow's Knoxville Whig
and Rebel Ventilator, 01 January 25th, con
Caine the following plain talk:
" Small-pox is prevailing in Richmond,
and C. J. Bowden, a rebel Senator (rain
Virgini , has died. We have it here, and
find it rather on the increase. It was broughc
here during the siege by Longstrtiees army,
and is a fixed institution in the rebel army.
The personal filth and corruptions of the
whole gang—their lice. bed-bugs, old clothes,
poor diet, ant guilty conscience Mixed, as
they are,_ with mean whisky, and all that is
mean, dirty, and unpatriotic—are enough lo
flood the country where they go with every
hateful disease known to t lie human family.
rtex. The President's stable, located be
tween the Treasury Department and the Ea•
ecutive Man,sien, was destroyed by fire on the
night of the 10th. The carriages were saved,
but six horses perished in the flames. '‘
A FREEDOM Convention of the South and
Southwest is to assemble at Louisville, Ken
tucky, on the 22d inst. On the 9th inst., a
meeting was held in Louisville for the pur
pose of organizing an Anti:Slavery party in
that State. Resolutions were adopted ap
proving of the course of Messrs. Anderson,
Clay; Randall and Smith in Congress, and a
committee was appoitited to prepare an ad
dress.to the people of the State.
Letter from England.
LONDON, Jan. 20th, 1864
DEAR HERALD:—•' That blessed baby" id
the great sensation. The young prince is the
subject of conversation on all hands and
"Jenkins" has a grand time. Bulletins are
issued five or six times a day, to inform the
dympaillizing public that the mother and
child are as well as could be expected, and
that the little offshoot of royalty is the " im
age of its Pap." Such rampant snubbing is
rather sickening to some few of the sensible
part of the community, and I beard a loyal
citizen remark, alter reading the announce
meat, " there's another d pauper on the
community."
Tile gossips are very much troubled to tell
whether the oirth was or was not a prenia•
Lure one. The subject is discussed in many of
the parlors much to the discomfort of modest.
people.
Tue news from Germany smacks decidedly
of gun-powder, and we are looking every day
for a collision between the Germans and
Danbe. It the war once begins nearly all of
the powers of Europe will certainly be con.
corned in it. Should such be the case the
supplies must come lrom America, and then
down goes the price of gold and erthange.
I suppose you have read of the plot to de
stroy the life of Emperor Napoleon. The
whole affair is looked upon here as an inven
tion of the . French police, an enterprising
body rather celebrated for canards.
Crime seems to
, be increasing fearfully of
late, the papers are filled witu accounts of
brutal murders and incendiarism is common.
You have no doubt heard of the arrest of
certain parties in Liverpool, charged with en
listing crews for the Coniederato pirates, the
English have accused our government of eu
listing men in Ireland, and now they find
their friends the rebels caught almost in the
act. One of the head officials at one of the
navy yards, has been arrested for being en
gaged in the handing over of the Itappahan
nook (now tilting at a French port,) to the
rebels. lie has not been tried yet, and there
fore, we do not know whether the charge can
be sustained. Neutrality forever ! The
Christmas pieces are still going on at all the
theatres, the substance of most of them is rid.
mule of America, rejoicing over the defeat of
Heenan by King, and self glorification to an
extent that would throw a Yankee fourth of
July oration completely in the shade. The
victory of King in the prize ring is looked
upon as a National triumph, by the great and
enlightencl English people, the only civilized
nation ou the face of the earth that encour
ages such inhuman exhibitions.
1 went to see one of these plays one even
ing in company with a couple - a
-young lieu
tenants, lull of Briton's glory, and in 000 of
the acts a boa was brought in marked, •• The
way to settle the American war." Out of the
box came an lf.nglish soldier in full uniform,
and at the same time the scenery moved, rep•
resenting the march of a regiment. One of
my irtemis turned around to me and remarked
•• that s the way we will settle you Yanke'es
if you dont soon get quiet." My reply was
•- will you settte tie in the same way that you
did just I,,rty nine years go to day ; this is
yu armivermtvy which 1 imagine you don't
celebrate otteu 9 :"
Whatis wait the reply:
••The 16th ry.".
This quieted ady mend, us some how or
other, they-thiuk, they were badly used by
tt Oul limitary' on that oceusion.
Ynig e lesit press is silent au ths• subject
of the Citerkpe:the nttiir, they know that it in
a clear case of piracy, and don't like to any
anything agairpit their southern friends.
1 ourer,
Letter from Washington%
1Y ASIIINOTON, U. €. Feb. 18C4f.
DEAR HEIIALIJ :—Uougreas 117 tar during
the sessiou, has paid more attention toyathenti-
Mg the LIWS of the last session than olgitia-
Ling of new onus, and, with an occasional
rultiug of the surface, by the itidiscrelion of
esiremisis un bulb sides, the business ut
both Houses moves :110114 steadily. (.)a Fri.
day the !loose had under consideration the
E.irollment bill, as p seed by the Senate. to
which several amendtheuts were made iu
committee IA the whole, lucludiug the follow-
lug
"All able-bodied male persons of African de
scent, between the ages of twenty and turty
tive years ot age, whether citizen or not, res
deut in the United States, shall be enrolled
according to the provisions of the act to which
this is a supp.eineui, ami turn] part of the
National turces ; and when a slave of a loyal
citizen shall be dratted and mustered into
the service of the United States, his waster
01101 have a certificate thereof. The bounty
of one hundred dollars, now payable by law
for each dratted wan, shall be paid to the per
eon to whom such dratted person owes ser
vice or labor at tile time of his muster into
the service of the United States, ou freeing
the person The Secretary of War shall tip
point to CURIIIIISSIOLI in each ot the slave States
represented in Congress charged to award a
just compensation, not exceeding three hue
deed dollars, to each loyal person to % h um
the colored volunteer may owe service, w h o
may volunteer into the service of the United
States, payable out of the commutation mousy
upon the ma-tar freeing the slave."
This 'amendment was adopted by a vote of
84 to 67. Mr. Bailey voting in the negative.
A. substitute for the Senate bill, nearly simi
lar was submitted by Schenck- of Ohio, which
being agreed to by the committee of the
whole was subsequently passed by the House,
by a vote of 93 to 00 ; Mr. Bally voting in
the affirmative This bill reduces the corn
mutation money, again to 300 dollars. Draft •
ed men may procure substitutes, but are only
exempt, during the time for which such sub
stitutes are not liable to draft. Discharged
soldiers are also liable to draft, unless they
Irv(' served two years, during the present
war. By the former, as )ou are aware, nine
months teen, were exempt. The two classes
are also consolidated by this bill. It is pro
earned that it will pass the Senate without
alteration.
The numerous fairs now being held through
out the country, in behalf of the " U. S. San•
itary Commission," the "Ladies Aid Society "
and other similar institutions, for arneliora•
ting the condition of our soldiers affords grat
ifying evidence of the high appreciation which
the people, entertain of the services of
those who fili've dared the perils of the battle
field, and the rigors of camp life, in defence
of the Union. This rivalry in charity, is an
outgrowth of the patriotism' and benevolence
whioh has sent men to the conflict, and wo
men to the hospitals ; all, animated by the
same spirit of devotion to the cause of free
dom. lu 11119 good work, Washington is riSt
behind he. sister Cities. The Ladies Fair for
the benefit of the U. S. Sanitary Commission,
has been in progress for some weeks, in R
' , tree temporary building, at the intersection
ot 7th Bt„ and Penua. Avenue, and promi
ses to be very successful The opening cer
emonies were quite imposing, and the daily
attendance averages frotA 600 to 1000. This
fair will close with a greed ball on the 22d
inst., and on the same evening; a Fair in be
of the "Ladies' Soldier's - Relief- associa
tion" will open in one of' the wings of the
Patent Office., For the benefit of this latter
enterprise, an entertainment , was given lam:
Saturday night, at Willard Hall, in which
several ladies participated in the represen la
tion of Tableaux, Stet uary,,&o. It gave great
satisfaction to the audience, and is to be re
pealed. .Verily this war is making us a
"fast" people. We have grand balls for the
benefit. of ,Christian Commissions, and Model
Artiste, exhibitions by the elite, for the ben
efit of the soldiers, while society consoles it
self with the Jesuitical aphorism that " the
end justifies the means " '
Loot week, the let Minnesota regiment, on
their way home to recruit their ranks we're
entertained by a banquet 'at the National Ho
tel. 'Col Colville, who now commands the
regiment; is still disabled trom a wound, re
oeived at Gettysburg, and had to be carried
into the dining room by hie veteran ocimradeS
Gen. German, Geo Dana, and Gen. Sully,
were all of this regiment, as wail also Lieut.
Col. Miller, formerly of Harriaburgi inort,..
Governor of Minnesota, This reginnent,„ar.
rived in Washington in the spring of 1861,
1040 strong, and after participating in twenty
one battles, only 70 of the original memberd
are left to go home with the regimeni, thW
t glance being made up of recruits obtained
since. The Vie° President, Secretary of Wan;
and several Senators and Representatives
were present, and made effective and 'ooniPli
mentary speeches.
For some weeks the President has held pub- ,
lie Levees, every Tuesday evening. r at
tended the last one and found en imtnenee
orewd, completely filling up all tiro rooms
thrown open to visitors. In such a mixed as.
semblage there is of course, no ceremony ob
served, except the mere form of a passing In
tro.luction to the President, as you makes
your wee into the celebrated east roorn.-. 7 :
Every branch of the Government was repro.;
sented, and epaulets and shoulder strap, met,
the eye on all sides The President seemed'
to be in good spirits, and gave a cordial greet.'
ing to all who were presented. Among the gen"
tlemen, very little attention was paidlo"drese*
but most of the ladies were in full costume,
and looked magnificent. Mire. Lincoln weer'
the centre of tv brilliant circle. She is short
and fat, with , a. pleashut face and fair com
plexion. She watrattired with great-alepnce
in a silver-colored stilt; heavily draped weft
rich black lace, u neeklaoe of pearls, and her \
hair dressed in mit-18 with a wretith of white'
flowers. The Marine Band was in 'mum
dance and regaled the etanpany with choice
music.
The number of public amusements sustained!
here is astonishing ; besides threerregular
Theatres, three or tour public) obucert saloons,
the latter of very questionable morality; add'
to this the fairs for the bone it of the soldiers;
Poetic readings by Mr. Murdoch, two or'
three lectures weekly before as many Literary'
associations, and the ono horse side shows
with a band .organ accompaniment, and you•
have an extent and variety of public enter
tainments, sufficient to gratify all tastes, and'
engage the attention of the people, to the ei•
CilthiOU of every thing else. This week;.
three dwarfs are exhibiting at Odd Fellows'
Hall, who are travelling in company with!
Franklin St Smith, of the old •' Continental"
Troupe, so popular some years ago iu Carlisle•
Yours,
gain antr Etruntg glatttrs..
APPOINTED CASHIER..—It gives 119
pleasure to state that Mr. Jos. C. Horritn,.
has been appointed Cashier of'the First Na
tional Dank of Carlisle, in place of Mr. W.
El h;rn acs, dec'd. Front our kr.owledge of
Mr. 11OFF&n we have no hesitancy in saying
that he is competent for the task, and will
make an efficient and obliging officer.
FAIR.-Our citizens will please bear
in mind that the Fair of the " Little Help—
ers" commences on Tuesday evening next,.
the nd inst_ it is intended to make this
Fair the best cf th.e - season,: — EiMi as the
Sect is to relieve our sick and wounded sol
diers and their families, it is hoped and ex—
pected that eve7body will give something
and do something towards carrying out this
benevolent enterprise. The proceeds after
deducting expenses, will be divided equally
between the TJ. S. Christian Commission an&
the Soldier's Aid Society of Carlisle.
Co K.
SUCCEEDED AT lagsT.—The man WhCP
has been trying for some time pant to•""raise
the wind," succeeded most admiral 'y one
Tuesday and Wednesday last. Never, with—
in the recollection of the "oldest inhabi—
tant," did the wind blow stronger or colder
than on those two days. 48 a consequence,
butter sold in ou•r market tit forty cents per
pound, and every other luxury in the flame
propoi tiutt.
Ire - We received, yesterday from oar
young friend, NEwt.is' HARKNE99, some very
fine Apples, but being absent, they were
devoured by the hands in the office, (the
Devil is eluded.) They are represented as
being delicious, and if any of our friends
wish to purchase some they can do so by
calling at the store, corner of Hanover and
Pomfret. streets.
itcr The following exhibit gives the
quota of ach Sub-district on Ist Januarys
166.1, of Cumberland county, to fill the call
for 500,000 men and to make up deficiencies.
Credit has been allowed fur all drafted men
held to service, paid commutation and fur
nished substitutes, and also for all volun
teers up to January 31st, 18G4, as far as the
same has been reported :
Shippensburg Borough, 11
Township, 5
"
Southampton 37
Newburg Borough, 7
Hopewell township, 1,9
Malin 20
Newville Borough, 11
Newton township, 33
Westpennsborough township, 28
Frankturd township, 20
Penn / 4 22
Dickinson 0 26
North Middleton township, 3
Middlesex 7
Carlisle, East Ward, .- 25
" West Aard, 22
South Middleton township, 25
Silver Spring 41 28
111 (throe it 22
Upper Allen if 20
11.1eciainicsburg Borough, rr
Lower Allen township, 13
New Cumberland Borough, 11
Hampden township, 11
Eastpennsborough township, 26
Teachers' Institute.
The members of the Fraukford Teacher*"
Inatitutelectivened at Lrgau's. Jan. 28d,'64.
All the Members present Minutes of heat
meeting were read and adopted Mr. Plcryer
read an Essay, Subject, Evils of War. Mr.
Myers not being prepared to deliver an Ora.
tion, was excused. Geography was then to
ken up and discussed by the teachers present
who gave their various modes of teaching it,
Geography was thou closed, and a question
for debate was taken up, should males and fa.
males occupy the same play ground; questions
decided in the affirmative. Programme for.
next meeting, Myers to read au .Essay, Einer
to deliver an Oration : 1 iillor to conduet
a - elites in writing, and Grab - eta a Oleos tei
Mental Arithmetic. Question for debate, is
it proper for teachers to play with theirr. •
scholars. Adjourned to meet at Fairview, ou
Saturday, Feb. 6th, at 104 o'clock. •
R. N GuAnAth SgCrefarSk'
Tributo Q Rgspect
At a late meeting of tlo; Sigma Charge of
Theta Delta Chi, the death of D Gibson °Mu
of'Mount Holly Springs, was announced and
the follawitig preamble and resolutions unan
imously adopted.
Wusacas, Death luts a second Hate cast
his pail - over our hearts, and has borne away
front u.s, never to return, 'our beloved•brother
A Gibson Uivin', therefore be it . •
Resolved, That we have hoard with feelings Cc
of profound sorrow of the: untimely deeeatm
of one whose gentle, genial heart bad abed
its liunshine in our 'midst, and although tbo
gloom of death has enveloped our hearts, in
is our duty to bo thankful for him and to
profit by the remembrance of. what, he
PHILO