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ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
Tens NOTlCE.—Persons indebted to the
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payment. H. C. SAWYER
itar 'The Delegates to the Union State
Convention from the IXth District in Indi
ana recently passed a resolution requesting
the Hon. SCHUYLER COLFAX to accept anoth
er nomination as the representative of that
District in Congress. Mr. Colfax has written
a letter in reply, expressing his willingness
ta,accept the nomination if it is thought best
he should serve again, but, at the same time,
avowing his readiness to give his hearty sup
port to any other nominee. The hearty sup.
port of the people of that District, however,
we venture to predict, will be given to
nobody else. Neither Indiana nor the coun
try can permit Mr. Colfax to retire at pro
sent from public life.
Tun New REVENUE arcs..—By the now
Revenue Bill before the Committee on Ways
and Means, a Tribune correspondent states
that tobacco is taxed twenty-five per cent. ad
valorem in the loaf, and forty cents a pound
manufactured. Petroleum five cents a gallon
on erode, and ten cents on refined, and die
tilled spirits a dollar n gallon. The great
difference in the qualities of our tobacco, (he
Connecticut River being about as good
as Cuba, and Michigan not a ill-tarter as
good, made the ad valorem tax inevitable.
Two of the sub-Conunittee are said to be op
posed to a high tax on tobacco; one of them
is said to be obstinate in his faith that a tax
of fifty cents a-gallon-on whisky-will produce
more revenue than a tax of to dollar. So the
taxes imposed in the bill prepared at the
Treasury on tobacco and whiskey may
go into the Ways awl Means Committee
reduced, and possibly, but not probably, go
into the House reduced.
It is estimated that the charge of ten cents
OD refined petroleum has been already raised
by the sub Committee. In addition to the a.
boys a very large increase of the revenue is
sought _to—lie .mada by—tha_new- don b
ling the price of stamps on notes, bonds, &c ,
and taxing instrument and forms not hereto
fore reached, such on letters patent, deeds
for conveyance of personal property, copies
of instruments and docunients read in court,
exeoutionB, processes from justices' courts,
t&e. There is no tax whatever on malt.—
Beer is taxed $1,50 a barrel; this includes
lager. Thn temper of the House and of the
Senate grows daily in favor of higher and
bolder taxation.
A REBEL CIRCULAR.— A private circular
was captured by one of our scouts in the
Army of the Cumberland, a few days ago.
It was issued from the headquarters - of Gen
eral Johnston, commanding the rebel de
partment, and was addressed to the people
north of the Coosa river. It notified all
persons who claimed allegiance to and pro
tection of the con federate government imme
diately to collect their property and remove
from their homes to the south bank of the
Coosa river. All of the male population
capable of bearing arms, or performing light
duty, were ordered to be enrolled for the
army and the defences of Georgia and
Alabama. The women and children were
to be provided with the means of support by
the confederate authorities ; those able to
labor were to be furnished work in arsenals
and factories. A camp was to be establish
ed at Cedartown or Bluff for the benefit of
the young, feeble and helpless, rations to be
issued to them by the government.
Those refusing to comply with the provi
sions of the circular were to be looked upon
and treated as enemies of the confederate
government. Their property would not be
respected, and no security granted for their
lives. The order is looked upon as a virtual
abandonment of the section of couutry along
the Tc nnessee river, north of the north boun
dary of the Coosa river. By referring to the
map, the reader will see that Rome, Ga,, is
the outer key to the protection of the country
south of the Coosa, The people are not
complying with the provisions of the circular,
which may be considered as an evidence
that they have net-the most implicit con
fidence in the ability of the rebel army to
protect them and successfully resist the
advance of the Federal legions.
THE NATIONAI. CEMETERY AT G ETTYSIMR.O.
—A let ter from Gettysburg, in the Baltimore
Sun, says:
"All the bodies of the Union soldiers have
now been disinterred from the pits, and
trenches, where they were hastily thrown
after the battle, and carefully buried in their
appropriate place in the cemetery.
The total number of bodies thus removed
and entombed is three thousand five hun
dred and twelve. About one thousand of
them are unknown, and deposited in that
part of the inclosuro set apart for those un
recognized. Nearly or quite a fourth of the
whole number of the slain belong to the
Statotof New York. Many of the unknown
bodies have since been recognized, their
names having been, discovered from letters,
photographs, medals, diaries, clothing, and
other things found upon their corpses.—
Quite an amount of money, in small sums,
ranging from the fractional part of a dollar
up to fifty dollars, was also found upon these
bodies, by- those who disinterred thorn.—.
-- "Th'itx — diMlars in gold were found in the
pocket of one, and thirty to forty dollars—
paper and gold—in the garments of others,
besides ninny relics, mementoes, &c. All
this money and-these relics have been taken
care Of .by the committee, properly labeled,
and 'held in safe keeping for'the relativos,
should they ever be discovered.. &n elegant
hunting case gold,watch and five or six ail.
ver watches were also found upon different
bodies.
"A &MIT Cova," Covaus —Few aro a
ware of the importance of checking a cough
O. "SMOLT COLD" in its first stage; that
which, in the beginning, would yeild to a
mild remedy, if neglected, soon attacks the
lulus. "Brown's Brtaichil:Trochea" give sure
nod almost immediate relief. Military Ofitfers
and Soldiers should halm them, as they can be
carried in the imc/rel, taken as occasion re.
quiree. •
Liberty of the Press
Since the suppression of the first newspa
per, whose teachings were calculated to make
dissensions and divisions among the people of
the loyal States, the Government has been
abused without stint for interfering with the
liberty of the Press " Copperhead orators
and journals have vied with each other in
their lamentations over the wrongs of those
whom the Government has been compelled to
silence. They have denounced the Adminis
tration as tyrannical, because it has impris
oned men who openly advocated the cause of
Rebellion and have predicted the total over.
throw of our liberties because some few ma
lignant creatures who wield the pen editorial,
have been .prevented from advoo..ting the
cause of the men who are fighting to over
throw our institutions. Ouo who depended,
for his political information, upon the wri•
tinge of Democratic journalists, would be
forced to believe that we were living, under a
Government that forbade any oritioism of its
actions or policy; that imprisoned men for
speaking the truth and exiled them for exer
cising their constitutional rights, were it not
that the appearance and general circulation
of the journals' proved conclusively that the
statements contained in them were falsehoods
of the most infamous character. We have
before us au extract from an editorial is
, the
Metropolitan Record, a paper that receives the
patronage of the Democratic Council of New
York City, which assuredly entitles the wri
ter to the gratitude of the Country for the
bold and manly, manner in which he exercises
his " oonsiitutional rights." Here it. is:
From the .Metropolitan (N. Y.) Record.
THE ADDRESS OF THE [REBEL] LEGISLATURE OF
MIME
We recommend to the earnest consideration
of those who still suppose that the South can
be conquered, the eloquent and thrilling ad
dress of the General Assembly of Virginia,
that grand and-gallant old commonwealth, t he
mother of States and of statesmen, the birth
place of Washington, of Lee, and of Jackson
The defiant tone in which it treats of the of
forts to enslave the people of the South, and
the eloquent language of denunciation in
which it relers to the barbarous system of
warfare pursued by the millions of the Wash
ington despot, will meet with as echo in the
heart of every man who loves justice and
hates -oppression We- trust in-God - we - shall
never see the day on which the glorious mild
commonwealth will be subdued and given over
to the spoiler and the plunderer; to the llut
fere and the Scheucks; to the licensed Her
glar, and incendiary, incited and encouraged
by " the best Government on the face of the
cart h."
As to the freedom and independence of the
South, who have no apprehensions. Jler pea
ple C , lll never be conquered, and, if that were
possible, Abraham. Li, cola is not the man to ac
complish that subjayation.
The address of the Virginia Assembly is a
Troof'thati Tesolutfcm - which - foritifftel Vie
ginia all through this war is as unbroken as
ever, that there is no faltering, no wavering.
In the eloquent w rds of this great document,
VIRGINIA TA tits NO STEP BACKWARD."
* * Grand old State, may we never
see the day when you shall have to bow be
neath the yoke of the oppressor. If that day
should ever Come, then will the friends of
freedom, the lovers of true heroism and man
hood, mourn over the 6111 fate of a great peo
ple, who fell while fighting for liberty and in
dependence, fe:l on the same soil that gaive
bich to Washington, 'to one whicie name
should have been sittliatent to save the great
commonwealth front Gm tread of Ili, heart
less invader.
If these are (1/.3 (mid of publications whieh
are allowed under the Lincoln despotism, we
would like to know what. our Democratic
friends would publish if their Constotutional
rights were restored. If Jeff Davie has au
emissary at any Foreign court, who advocates
the desperate cause of the Confederacy with
more ability or earnestness than dues stipen•
diary of the New York Council we would like
to have his name. Can it be possible, that a
loyal community aro to bo insulted by such
shameful expressions of sympathy and re
gard for traitors? Is every such act of do•
fiance to the Government to be eulogized by
men who enjoy its protection and every inso
lent expression of contempt for its authority
to be applauded by those who are striving to
obtain its offices end honore?
When we charge these eulogists of treason
with being Copperheads and traitors, (hey in
dignantly deny the charge and insist that
they alone, ate the loyal nice of the Country.
We now ask any twin of sense to read the ex
tract we have quoted, and then say whether
its expressions do not convict its author of
as much hostility to the Government, and
sympathy for the rebellion, as is manifested
by any Rebel in the South. " Grand old
State, may we never see the day when - you
shall have to bow beneath the yoke of the
oppressor." Had i'atmey himself, dictated
this sentence, we don't believe he would hive
made it stronger. If Lee wore to copy it in
to his next address to his soldiers, the ragged
traitors who compose his army, would cheer
it as lustily as they would if it announced a
victory. But how will it. be received by the
gallant mon, who have for three long yams,
been fighting to subdue a rebellion of which
this " grand old State" is and has been the
head and front? if a returning regiment,
from the army of the Potomac, infuriated by
this shameless eulogy of their traitor foes,
, ?vere to demolish the establishment from which
such treason emanated, would any patriot feel
like condemning the deed ? ,
But we hope that the B.ecord and all simi
lar publications, may be allowed to pursue
their course unmolested, either by the Gov
ernment or the loyal community. Our cause
is strong enough to tolerate the most unlim
ited liberty of expression,—The -" grand old
State" and all its Confederates in treason,
will have to bow to the authority of the Gov
ernment, in spite of the hopes of their friends
here that they may escape such a yoke of op.
pression." Copperhends may writhe and hiss
as much as is necessary, to show their morti
fication at such a re , tilt, but their host efforts
in that line cannot prevent it. They ore
making a record of infamy for themselves,
and we hope that the greatest liberty may be
flowed them to complete it. They have al
ready secured for themselves, the scorn and
contempt of all loyal men. Their open decla
rations of sympathy for the .rebellion have
destroyed their last chance for political sue
seas, and we sincerely trust, that they may
be unmolested until they have sunk their par
ty beyond any political resurrection.
" Rocauplruction" in Alabama
The name of JEREMIAH CLEMENS mast be
tolerably well to intelligent Democrats.
Ile has been a leading Democratic politician .
of Northern Alabama since Gen. Jackson's
day, when that section need to give Old Hiok
ory at least nine•tonths of ,its vote. Alabama,
since she became a State, ,has never support
ed any other than .the ,regular ,Detnooratio
candidate for President till she voted last, for
Breckinridge. Even then, her most, norther•
ly Counties, settled in good part by Poor
Whites and cultivated in small farms by Preei
Labor, gave a large vole to the !orlon hope
of Douglas. Madison County (including
Huntsville) gave Douglas 1,300 to 400 for
Bell and 691 for Breokinridge ; Lawrence,
Lauderdale, and Marshall—all old Jackson
strongholds—also gave large votes for Doug
las. This , section oarried the State for Van
Buren, for Cass i for Polk, vvlietylie southern
Counties gave majorities against them. And
it gave overwhelming majorities for the Union
in 1860, when the slaveholding region took
the State out dt the Uaion, „ but in opposition
to a majority of the legal voters of the entire
State.
Huntsville having been for some time under
Union rule, a large and zealous Union meet
ing was held there on the 18th inst., at 'which
Mr. Clemens spoke full) and fearlessly.
Having been in the U S Senate with Jeff.
Davie and his fellow conspirators, Mr. Clem .
ens knows Secession from the egg, and knows
that it was never deliberately indorsed by the
people of the South, but was imposed on
them by fraud and force. lle knows that
the. Ordinance of Secession was not submitted
to the People of Alabama (as of several other
States) because they were knovin to averse
to it., and would have voted it down if they
bed been accorded a chance. Dot here is
one statement made in his late speech which
lets in new light on that most atrocious bom•
bardment whereby the Rebel leaders com
menced the War:
" In 1.860,'.' said Mr. C. "shortly after the
Confederate Government was put in operation,
I was in the City of Montgomery. One day,
I stepped into the office of the Secretary of
War, Gen, Walker, and found there, engaged
in a very excited discussion, Mr. Jetlerson
Davis, Mr. Memtninger, Mr. Benjamin, Mr.
Gilchrist, a member of our Legislature from
Lowndes County, and a number of other
prominent gentlemen. They wen° discussing
the propriety of immediately opening fire on
Fort Sumter, to which Gen. Walker, the Sec.
rotary of War, appeared to be opposed. Mr.
Gilchrist said to bin : "Sir, unless you sprin
kle blood in the face of the peopie of Al
abama, they will be back in the old Union in
less than ten tins:" The next day, Gen.
Beauregard opened his batteries on Sunner,
and Alabama was saved to the Confederacy."
Does any one believe that a great nation is
to be torn to shreds by such men and such
means
Alabama we counted among the last States
to room t the Union. Take off the pressure
of the military despotism that now enthalls
her, and we believe she would return to mor-
The Copperhead Ticket--McClellan
And Vallandigham.
Thb Copperhead*DemOcritey — appr deM
nicely to have resolved upon a ticket for the
coining Presidential campaign, It is McClel
lan and Vallandigham, or Vallandighom and
MeC.lellan, for there in a difference of opiu•
ion—which we hope will not cause a split—
in the party as to who should be first on the
ticket. We, however, commend the window
of what arpears to be the stronger faction in
putting the 'lame' of the one they c - otsider
the weaker but noire popular man first.--
Popularity is everything in such a case, and
while it in well to recognize the ro,re emi
nent, tservices and gr.qater suffetings rn thq
cause of the great apostle, Vall.(ti tigham, it
would be impolitic to give the first place to
the man who hes only been defeated in a
civil contest, in preference to the general
who has had more distinguished reverses as'
commander of our armies. The experience
of the republic has been that military erlat
creates the most enthusiastic popularity, and
for a party which makes misfortunes result
ing from p-,rsonal misdemeanors or incom•
potency the test of merit, no one has so bril
liant a military record as General McClellan,
though if civil failures were of the same
consequence, Vallandigham might take the
preference.
The ticket settled. nothing remains bat to
drill the Copperhead forces and prepare for
battle. Already skirmish( ra have been
thrown out in Kentucky, led by ex• Secretary
Guthrie and G. D. Prentice. This is cer
tainly a skillful movement, and shows the
wisdom of the Copperhead leaders. It would
not be good strategy to attempt to push too
tar from their base of supplies. In the semi
secession States the Copperheads have not
only immediate friends and supporters, but
they believe that they can count upon the
assistance of their allies in rebeldoin itself,
which is so near at hand, and from which
they expect to draw supplies. It is unfortu
nate that their second in continent] is so far
removed from the seat of active operations,
and separated from it by the enemy's coun
try ; but, as he was placed there by "cir;muu
stances beyond ,his control," it is not his
fault, and his supporters !oust do the best
they can while deprived of his presence. lie
has the power to throw an accasional bomb
shell, in the shape of an incendiary letter,
into the enemy's camp, and can give advice
to his friends which they may find valuable.
The Copperhead campaign has fairly
opened, and while' our armies are busy in
the South, if the McClellanNallendighein
party employ their time well they may easily
accomplish all that they have any right to
expect. Let them not despair if they meet
with temporary reverses, for all cap gain the
glorious crown of martyrdom which adorns
the brow of their leader,Vallaudighana—and
which was first placed upon the brow of
Cain. Three howls for McClellan and Val
landigharn
Tho Kentucky Manifesto
Sometime during the sittings of the Thirty•
seventh Congress, being in IYashiugton, we
heard lion. Thaddeus Stevens declare, is the
House of Representatives, that be believed
thi) President's tardiness in ad - olitint - vigorous
anti-slavery measures was owing to "the
malign influence of Kentucky
This is the substance of the remark, though
as wo quote from memory instead of the
Congressional Globe, we cannot give the pre
cise words, except. in the last clause, which is
verbatim. Mr. Mallory, of Kentuoky, was
touched by this remark, and asked an e,xpla
nation, which when obtained, we judged to
bo not very satisfactory.
The "malign intluonce of' Kontuoky poli
ticians" seems to be again nt work, but this
limo it is attempted to b,o exorcised upon
the; people,..Prosident Lincoln having with.
out doubt, thoroughly emancipated him
self from it, for whAth wo , ant) the noun
try should return most devout thanks.—
We must at once explain that, we. .do not al
lude to the thousands of litYal.Unionists in
Kentucky, heißecl - by such :menus Andrew
Johson and Governor Branileitn i bUt to anoth
er semi-seeeSsion party, D. Pren
Liee, Hon. James Guthrie, aid others of like
stamp, are the representatives.,These indi
viduals, falsely styling themselves the true
Unionists of the State, have honied a call for
what they term a Democratic Convention, to
prepare for the coming elections.
This "call" seems to haie been sounded as
the first dote of the rally of the Democracy
to prepare for the coming Presidential cam
paign. It is highly proper that the peace
party should inaugurate their movement by
such a demonstration from those old fogy
politicians of the Kentucky-sohool. Whether
Hon Mr. Guthrie is to be the Presidtintial
candidate, or whether the Kentucky party
will niliite" - with.their . fri/nds in the North in
favor of McClellan add Vallandigham, re
mains to be seen. We should scarcely expect
that they would take the latter °ours°, con
sidering their opinion of themselves ; but
they may conclude to yield something of what
they think their just claims, for the sake of
the spoils.
Meanwhile, we havc_overy confidence that
their is sufficient pateditism among the people
of Kentucky, t'ittl sualtiierA intelligence among
the truly loyal to give Mr. Lincoln a good
majority from his native State. We are quite
sure that Messrs. liathrie, Prentice, Pope, et
al , have uo influence of consequence among
even the pretendedly loyal of that State
They are fossilized politicians, as every one
knows, and none are better aware' of the fact
than the people of the State of Kentucky.
Disposition of Rebel Property
Gen. Banks has made two very important
orders about rebel property in Louisiana :
the first., reciting that moontestible eviilenec
has been presented that great injustice has
been done lu tla , Government and the C:111411
of public order by the transfer, unilor judicial
forms, of prejlerty belonging to rebels, in
which the Government and the people have
an indirect, if not positive, interest, declares,
iu order that justice may be lone and the
rights of the Government and people protect
ed, that all transfers of real estate held by oe
belonging to etres-n.f the Govern
judicial decree, conveyance or otkerwise, be
suspended until the Government of the Stove
be re established upon a basis consistent with
the permanent peace of the country, or the
Congress of the United States shall establish
regulations for the final disposition of such
property. The .-eciivad order states th it all
suits or othei''rAgal proceedings in the State
Courts of Louisiana against the les-iee-i of
• P-iiPeVI:V from theiTriverninerif of the mitt 1
States, real or personal, for possession, Oe
cupation, rent, or trespass, ate hereby sus
penileil until further orders Any peisim ,
who may have claims against such lessees, or
who are tiggrttiveil by such occupation, will
present thedv..l*,4t, the Prevost Marshal
of the Department,
In all parts if the Soulh_whleh are (icon
pied by the Undon forces there ere very goner
operations g.i.einl on in telerenco to planta,
lions, Cowin cud other rriTerty,, and i•
be a I.,essa to le - ail - Jett at ;ay on . ; :vri NV:I` 71
If' N . ;1•111; .; %PS ...
ducemenls In i
.Such rebel goo,is awl le.!
in (heir power. ot
river it completely over Fon ‘rith all
of greedy Fpenulators, whose palrioti•rn con
Bids wholly . in love " gr,enl)lo: , ,"
many army officers hare been induced to nil
their project:, fur ) buying nut selling rebel
properly, waliout, the slightest w a rr an t o f
law.
Our Railroad Connections'
Various movements, says the Chambers
burg llepos:lrry (f. Transcript are now on foot
to connect the Cum'mrland Valley wlth the
Conuellsviile.Railroad, and the Broad Top
Coal region jlut we fear that the enterprise
must fail unless their cat be some concentra
tion of our energies ftwi capital.
The Southern PennAylvemia Railroad Com
pany, formerly ho wit as the Sherman's
Valley, is now making an elf frt"to reach the
East Broad Top coal lands, awl wo learn
that at.a meeting of the Directors held on
the 10th ult, it was resolved to locate the
road through Fulton county b :I. re the first
of' May next, This road, as at twesent man
aged, cannot make it..; wry t the p
posed. If i;.is taken hold of by New York,
as its present owners contemplate, it may
become a tirreugh route t the Ohio, and
thus reach the Broad Top ; but as a local
effort it cannot succeed. It has a feasible
route, and it may be disposed of its a spec
ulation and be made by New York.
The Pittsburg people are twitting to ex
tend the Cennellsville through Cowan'fi Gap
and Greencastle to join the Western M.Lry
land ; and another project proposes the ex
ten,,ion of the Columbia Railroad through
Gottysburg"awl Chambersburg to Broad Top
This should be the acceptable measure to
the people of Southern Pennsylvania, as it
offers the very best connection. and at once
shortens th i s distance to Baltimore and puts
us in direct communication with the Broad
Top Coal lands, - 'lbe road from Reading to
Columbia was completed last week, and is
now running trains regularly and the new
route proposed Y, 011111 put this point in the
very best possible position for receiving awl
shipping trade.
The Cumberland Valley must get direa
communication with Broad'Tap at an early
day. It has „,h ecome a necessity; and the
growing trade of the country cluttrly points
to another great.highway to the West through
this region. 'rho Southern counties should
lose no time in making commott- MOO in
this important mrlvit.,--and -- seTsUre the
piliceless a - Zviintages it offers us.
TILE ATTACK ON VAPUCAII
Tho Rebels Repulsed with Great
Slaughter.
Gallant Conduct of Colonel- Hicks
and Ills Comaud.
Cron°, Monday, March 28, 1804
Gon. Ferrost had about, 7,000 mein in the
on' Paducah. Ili line of battle was
two miles long. *'Phu tight lasted , nil the af
ternoon. l,Fottr. assaults were knado on the
fort en masse, - each -of which was repulsed
with great slaughter to the enemy. Thu gun
boots tired 000 ro nas
A large, portion of the town is in ruins.—
The Rebels plundered the stores and curried
off horses during the light. Forty oon Vides -
cents in the hospitals were captured. For
rest sent a flag of truce to exchange prisoners,
but Col. Hicks declined.
80J Rebels dead lie . in front of our fort.—
Generals Harris and Burbridge were with the
Rebels.
Boats from Puducall at noon yesterday, re
port all quiet, the citizens all returning to the
town. Several women were killed during the
fight. Our loss was 14 killed, and 45 wound•
ed.
The Poosta and , Pawpaw, iron clads, were
fife gunboats which participated in the late
battle at Paducah, opening fire simultaneously
with the fort on the enemy's advance into
the city, and rendering valuable service
throughout the engagement.
After being once repulsed in the assault on
the fort, Forrest sent a communication to
Col. Hicks demanding the surrender of the
fort, troops, and public stores promising that,
if the demand was complied with, out troops
should be treated as prisoners of war ; but if
he was compelled to storm the fort, they might
expect no quartet..
Col II eke replied that he was placed there
to defend the fort, which he should do, and
peremptorily declined to surrender.
The enemy (hen made a second and third
assault upon (he works, but were repulsed
each time with heavy losses.
Thu ldebels then broke lines, formed in
squads, eceuple I the house and kept up a
fire until We in the evening, when they were
driven away, our artillery - making (he build
ings too hot to hold them.
On.their way into the city the enemy fired
the railroad depot, which was consumed, and
toward evening they burned the Quartermas
ter's building, and the stormier llacolah (not
the Arizona). on the marine railway. They
plundered the stores of an immense amount
of goods, and took all the horses they could
find.
Som.! merchants have lost from $25,000 to
50 (M 0
ELrly the next morning the the Rebels a
gain appearing. Col. Ricks burned all the
houses within musket. range of the fort.
The enemy however, made no advance, and
after asking for an exchange of prisoners,
which was declined, they retired in the di
rection of Columbus.
Toward the end of the battle, it was dis
covered that our ammunition was nearly ex
!must ea
Col Hiel;3 then ()Here I that when it gave
out the bait woull be defen le I with the bty -
(met as long as a non reinainel alive, which
leterinin Ilion woe receivel with hearty cheers
by all the troops
The tegrues in front, 220 in v.ll, fought
with melt g t lontry.
w (Intel nt Pulucith yeeterilty, our
force+ living engage , ' in burying the ilea , "
• l'he enemy hal MI - sin ill cannon. About
50 tini'ilingo wore burne the hog
ptidd g is workq, and sumo or the finest resi
dence+ in the town 'rho l',a+loin House,
P,ist Office 'mil Continental were not injure , '
Our troops con-isted of the 401 h Illinois
Intaiitry, Col 'hobo, a botiollion -f negroe+,
and one regi iinent n It yet kit -wit).
(;:r11 , 1.• I lora Id,
LETTER FROM ENGLAND,
Siti.:vri ELI). :starch 11, 1861
/4- , / /Probi s—tioellield has been the
scene °La terrible.
itbout inolniAt tile dirailiTdd reservoir burst
and ricstrnved many lives and much valua
ble property. The reservoir is situated about.
MILS 14'0111 town, covers 70 acres, is 90
bmi deep, itad held 111,00,000 cubic feet of
water, About One hundred yards of the
embankment gave way and the water rushed
down the valley uh the Ilea, sweeping away
severa l small villag •s, rooting up trees, and
earrytm: of] Igen in headlong course.
The 1100,d c:nne so suddenly that numbers of
men wide dr ,wned in the forges and tniils,
I ,n Laving time to ege.i.pe. The policemen
mad•• tinrrnw escape,. Th o villages
td L ;wet. Oli•nldisli, Mahn Bridge,
(ter:teed an , l I) , vif,j - tall, almost alter
g. I der •l , stroved. lice lower end of Sheffield
p i - r.mass of b a lker, broken ma
ch; ,ei•••, :4k dS+, Ire.; r ins and mud. Dead
It cite, t.ave been ;Mind in ;lumbers in the
low to stares in Hat vest Litre, Corpdration
Street and rho Wicker, One farm horse
was washed away with all its outbuildings,
and its eleven initiates all drowned. Two
:ilea were at work in a forge, one went out
for a little fresh air, heard the flood corning
and went to tell his comrade to escape, but
befure he could return the forge was all gone
and the man drowned. At Hillsboro' the
mighty flood came like a thief in the night,
and the water mark shows that some houses
have been submerged nearly to the
The streets aro quagmires; the lower rooms
of the houses are ankle deep in wet, clay;
the furniture of the pour people is thorough
ly soaked and is the color ill clay; and the
tenants 'helpless and appalled by their mud
bound condition, seem at a loss what to du
to get rid of so great a quautity of filth.--
The side wall of one cottage has been wash
e,l away and the passengers on the road
above can see the upturned pallid faces of a
Mall and woman on one bed, and in the same
room, though in another bed are the bodies of
three children, all of whom deem to have
died without a struggle. The tilt and forge,
shops belonging to the well known firm of
\V. & S Butcher are a mass of ruins, and
their offices and warehouses are full of mud.
Numbers or the dead have been carried to
the workhouse, and the scene there is one
that no pen can_de. cribs, no imagination
picture. The bodies are packed itt rows to
the number of une hundred and tiny, laid on
str.iw and covered with sheets. To some a
label with re more and address was ap
pended • tit although' thc place was thrum , ' -
etl by an anxious -crowd seeking the loved
ones they had lust, a very few had at the
hour of my visit been rccog;;;zed. Some of
the dead have an expression ill fierce energy
on their faces, and their last act is expressed
its well as words could express it by the ex
pression of the face and the attitude of the
In one the teeth ere clenched and
the t ;gilt arm is thrown forward rut if strik
ing at something; in others both arms are
throivn forward in a swiminin,g attitude, and
have so st ilft-ned. In many cases the victims
have died in their beds without leaviug any
sign to show that the water had waked them,
;old many are bruised rind mangled to indi
cate that they were ec-cslied first by the fall
ing houses and then washed out from the
rules.
preflt'lll 111
inong the other things that came down
•the Liver entire, were two--the first a large
haystack, which after travelling a mile don
the boiling current, sailed ashore in perfect
Condition ; the second an entire bricf• house,
which left one of the lots near the river, and
moved on with its walls, its roof and' its
flooring complete, until it was stopped by
the Stone Bridge, where, on Saturday, it still
remained holding together ill spite of the
flood. From Hillsboro' bridge, and from
sundry other places, stone blocks of prodi
gious size may be seen, and, from several
stoam•worlts on the, route boilers and pen
derom4-pieces of machinery have been borne
fur nearly a mile. Bars of steel may be seen
twisted like corkscrews and one of the iron
bridges is rolled up like a shaving end thrown
cut on the bank.
Bodies hre still being found in all sorts of
out of the way places, and no ono can tell
the exact number of lives lost: . Much blame
is cast upun the engineer who built the - works;
he was the builder of a similar concern at
Holnifirth, which burst and killed some 80
or 90 people. The embankment appears to
have been bui t of loose gravel, and only a
thin wall inside. \V hat _Englishman can
talk about our disregard of life in America
now ?
A private meeting Was held to-day and
about $15,000 subscribed for the benefit of
the sufferers.
Thu young heir of the Prince of Wales,
Art's
_baptized on the 10th with as much
"fudge and fooster" as,is uqual on such oc
casions. The event was celebrated here by
ringing the changes on the Parish Church
bells, to my extreme annoyance, the bells
being very large and the Church close to my
office. R. M. S.
ri Few secrets would ever escape if
the following rule were complied with :
Never confide in the young ; new pails
leak. Never tell your secrets to the
aged; old doors seldom shut closely.
ge — However many counsellors thou
mayest have, yet forsake not the counsel
of thine own soul.
Eciimt an Count Matters.
THANKS —Our thankg are clue to the
Hon. Geo. H. Bucher, of the State Semite, for
interesting Public Documents.
page. We learn that the Cumberland
Valley Railroad Company will commence on
Nlonday morning next, the 4th April, to run
an additional passenger train between Carlisle
and Harrisburg.
This train will leave Carlisle at, five min
utes before 6 o'clock A. N. , and arrive at
Harrisburg in time to oonneot with the trains
leaving for Washington at 7 A. M. ; for Phil
adelphia at 7-30 A. M., and New York at 8
A, M In returning, it will leave Harrisburg
at 4 20 P. M., on the arrival of the train
starting from Philadelphia at noon, and reach
Carlisle early in the afternoon. Such an nr
rangement has long been desired and will
prove very advantageous to our business and
travelling community.
$3OO BOUNTY.—The local Bounty of
fered by this borough has been increased to
300 Dollars. A subscription paper has been
started end voluntary contributions by our
citizens hive been reordved to make up the
defiolemy between the amount paid by the
borough niahorities, and the present large a
mount paid.
10-40 LOAN OF Tat , . UNITED SFATES.
--Tho First National Bank of Carlisle, Pa,
has been authorized by the Secretary of the'
Treasury of the United States, to receive sub
scriptions for this loan, the principal and in
terest of which are payable in Gold, and the
interest commencing as soon as the money is
Maid into Dank. These bonds have the great
advantate not. only of being payable in geld,
but "exempt from ta,aion by or under State
-Municipal authority."
STREET C(»tNtissroNEn.—in our no
lice of the organization of the new town
'oohed, efitrthe 'election of bornu:tli oflidci•s,
we neglected to statelLat our excellent friend
AVont.r,r It NIAT - rucers. win re elected street
cominiioner. We are glad to ualko the oor
EMIIIIM
While about it, we will call Nir. atten
tion to the very hal condition of the street in
front-of our office --ext eading almost to M kin
street it is sadly in need of repair, and we
know the new corninis-d,rier only nerds to bo
reminded of it to secure 119 early repair,
SAI,E THE GROVE IRON
WintEs.—We learn -. that Wm. M. Watrirs,
Esq.. a few days ago, disposed of the Pine
Grove Iron Work-t. The purchasers, as we
understand it, compose a company, residing
in Phila. lelphia, the prominent members of
which are .lee CUOIC 'Cans. A. Scorr and
MARTIN DonnE. The amount paid for the
works is Two Hundred and Twenty Five
Thousand Dollars ($22:1,000) cash, or its
equivalent. The intention of the new com-
pany in addition to improving the present
works, to build a largo manufactory of rail
road iron i and it is also part of their plan
to make an outlet for the exhaustless ore
banks at Pine Grove, by building a railroad
from the-ice to Carlisle, coming by way of
Mt. 11011 y, and tapping the Cumberland Val
ley in the neighborhood of the Gas Works.
Success to thi.l new and important enter
prise.
Tug t. Dicsr .1101 a- CONTIt korna THE THE
Cot:silty —The Ihrrishary Telegraph says:
Our worthy follow citizen, John Noble, E•al ,
the present. Contractor for furnishing Ctr•
lisle Barracks with boef, may he regar led as
the oldest army contraotor in the country, or
as coming from a family of mon who have
filled contracts with the Government for
many years. The father of Mr. No:(le sup -
r,lied Carlisle Barracks with beef as early as
1811—and was the contractor for making up
that portion of the oommissary sores for the
troops which went.to the aid of the army then
operating on the Canaia border. JOllO No
Ida succeeded his father, and is now, as we
have mentiond contractor at, the barracks.—
These facts indicate that the Noble family
have been faithful in their dealings with the
Government, or" they would not thus long
hare remained in its employ.
In (addition to this, and out of the regular
course of business, Mr. Noble has fulfilled
contracts with the Government at heavy loss
es, when a small forfeiture would have re
leased him from his liability. We have
known him to raise funds to transport troops
from our Garrison ; when the Government
had no funds at tois p st, far which he askel
no compensation.
Election Iteturne of Cumberland County.
The following is the ollicial vote cast in
the several Boroughs and Townships, of
Cumberland county, on the 18th inst,;
DICKINSON TOWNSHIP
Judge, (Upper End,) George Martin 46;
Inspectors, (Upper End,) John Shenk 35,
F. M. Hutchinson. 7, Howard Rupert 3;
Judge, (Lower End,) Lafayette Peer 34,
John Fish burn 30 ; Inspectors,(Lower End,)
Wm. Klukaid 33, Daniel Shoemaker 27,
John E. Monroe 2;, School Directors B. K.
Peffer 108, "John Willhower 60, Samuel
Stuart 43, Auditor, Geo. Kissinger 86 ;
Constable, Geo. I'. March, 79, Win. Spang
ler 3 ; Assessor, Wm. Galbraith 85 ; Assis
tant Assessors, Samuel Spangler, 80, Eman
uel Line, 69, Wm. M'Laughlin 42 ; Super-
Y/sers, Peter Zinn 74, Henry Murray 85,
Jobn Swords 89; Collector, John Ziun 84;
Clerk, S. D. M'Kinuey 86.
EAST PIONNSIIOHOOOII TOWNSHIP
Justice of tho Peace, John Oldwino 170,
John Kiehl 110; Judge, Abraham Swartz
165, Franklin Koons 127 ; Inspector, John
F. Quigg 167, Benjamin Horn 124 ; School
Directors, Daniel. G. Mays 153, Michael F.
M'Cormick 171, Adam Eslingor 120, John
Bruce 128; Assessor, 11. D. Musser 168,
Joon Fake 124 ; Assistant Assessors, Sam
uel 'dutch 167, J. G. Rupp 168, Martin Ren
uinger 124, John,Bowtnan, son., 124 ; Su
pOrvisors, Daniel Mays 105, Joseph Rife,jr.,
`163, John Bachman 128, Goo. Longenecker
128 ; ColleetoOloury Books 185, Charles
Wibor 65, Simon Bretz 90; Constable, Ab
raham-Coble 120, John Wolf 170; Auditor,
Isaac Millard 166, Philip Boyer 125 ; Clerk,
Abraham Rupley 166, George Bidleman
125.
FRANKPORD TOWNSIIM
Constable, Barnet • Wolf 57, Frederick
Mentzer 100 ; Supervisors, Matthias Ka
mera 80, Francis Diller 69, WilliaMM'Crea
83, Jno. 0. Snyder, j 95 ; School Directors,
"John P. Nosey, 78, Peter Moser 76', John
Donor, 87, David Darr 71, Jam:4Y M. Burt
nett 86, Jacob Fry 90,. William Drawbaugh
100, John Yorlets 89; Assessor, William
Strome, 73, David Shively 91 ; Assistant
Assessors, Daniel Myers 68, George Praw
batigh 74, Jacob Nickey 90, James M. Wal
lace 97; Collector, William B. Blosor 70,
Levi Worst 91 ; Auditors, John M. Wagner
133, Philip Zeigler 65, Samuel Woods 93,
William PetTer 97, Peter Minich 95; Judges,
Jeremiah Finkenbindor 17, Abraham Flakes
60, Isaac Fry 48, John Riser 24, Joseph
Conner 22 ; Inspectors, Elias Alexander 62,
William Miller 21, Samuel Ernst 49,. Israel
Nickey 23, John G. Nickey 20; 01erk,,
Daniel W. Burlcholdor 61, John D. Graham
103.
iropEwELL TOWNSHIP
Judge, James Henderson, jr., 48, J. P.
Creamer 40; Inspectors, Wm. L. Keesaman
60, N. M. Laughlin .39 ; Assessor, W. C.
McElwain 60, John Mitchell 39; Assistant
Assessors, J. M. Miller, 46, C Chamberlain
49, Jacob Voglesonger 42, Godfrey Bricker
39; School Directors, J. F. Heberlig 50,
S. Christleib 46, J. M. Stouffer 42, E. Stro
man 39; Supervisors, D. Long 61, S. Hob
erlig 47, Joseph Pilgrim 38. Simon Movrer
40; Auditor, H. Baker 47, James Charlton
41; Clerk, W. P. Flefflehnger 60, J. A.
Quigley 39; Collector, Thos. Efeffiefinger,
,jr., 49, David Lesher 40 ; Constable, Henry
Welker 48, Jas. S. Runshaw 40,
El=
Judge, Wilson P. Walter 103, Samuel
Shopp,jr., 76; Inspectors, Samuel Shaef
fer 103, Lewis Wallet 77 ; Assessor, Chris
tian Deitz 104, Israel Kuster 76; Assistant
Assessors, Joseph Best 103, John Kreitzor
101, Samuel Eberly 78, James Martin 78;
Collector, George C. Sheerer 110, Amos
Ilicks 70; Auditor, Samuel Mumma 104,
Solomon Wertz 76; School Directors, Na
thaniel 11. Eckels 104, George Wilt 102,
Eli U. Shuman 77, George M. Rupp 77;
Justice of the Peace, John B. Bear 96,
John Sherban 83; Clerk, Abraham fleas
103, William Shopp 77; Supervisors, Jo
seph Waggoner 83, Simon Fisher 103,
Frederick Mumma 91, Solomon B. Reeser
77 ; Constable, Samuel Bowman 105, Jacob
Mater. 75.
I=
Judge, C Eberly 83, George Ernst &2; In•
specters, John Sheriok 37. Geo. Eichelberger
48. John Lewis ; Assessor, Henry Zeal.-
ing 75, Martin Best ; Assistant Assessors,
Robert Huston WI, John Sheeley 54, Daniel
Hart 71, John limberger 58; Supervisors,
Henry G. Bupp 81 David Krieger 75, George
Winentiller, 9, I'. M Row 51, John Strong
49 ; Collector, Win. Willis 133; School Hiroo.
tors . , El B. Brandt 79:Jacob Gniver 83, F. T,
Sheeloy 49. It G. Young 58 ; Auditor, Henry
Hupp 80 Junes Davis 55 ; Constable, Abetri
Shenk 7.5, John P. Young 64; Clerlt ! John
Eiohelberger 134.
MIFFLIN TOWNSHIP
Constable, James Watson 3. Wm. Landis
Souders 10; Collector, Robert
Boyl 51, George Landis 77, James Watsoq
6 ; Supervisor, Philip rinkenbinder -96, J.
Ramp 87. John Gooliananr 10: School Direc
tor, John Wi - go 95, Benjamin Whinier 95 ; As.
sessor, John Oiler 91. John Thomas 2 ; As
sisiant Assessor, William Ruth 35, Henry
Miller 62, Samuel Megav 80, Geo Henry 3 ;
Judge, Joseph Diehl 82, Charles G. Christ",
nib 15: Inspectors, Daniel Ginter 57, Scott.
Mega tv 29 John Burkhart 9 Jos Watson 2 ;
A iditor, John Jacobs 22, Geo. Jacoby 71
Clerk, John A. Rynard 96.
'MONROE TOWNSHIP
Aidge, William Itatnbert 149, George W,
Ringwalt 8 1 ; Inspector, Ilmanuel Kauffman
148. Samuel Beetem 80; Assessor, Benjamin
Gisler 147 ; Assishint A , sessors, John Belts
hoover 111, Mictiael Garver 119; John Paul
80, Jacob Bishop 87, Joshua Myers 85 ; Col
lector. John ic , ISSIIII 140, Isaac Miller 84
School Directors, Geo. W. Leidig 144, Wm
C. Bran It 141, Is 'no B. Mishler 89, Chris•
Han Gleim 88; Insilco of the Peace, Peter
Diller 142, Geo. W. Pressel 91; Supervisors,
David Darr 1413, Philip Landis 142, Samuel
Gellman 86. Jacob Greegor 91 ; Auditor, Hen
ry Btinholizer 158, Henry C Zerger 86;
Clerk, John NI. Bricker 141, Henry Soahr
90 ; Constable, Michael Longsdorf 137, John
E. Swunger 92.
MI Cll A NICSBURCI 11011011011
Burgess, Geo. Ilummell 165. Geo. Attic
88; Town Council, R. W. Oswald 150, S G.
Bowman 160, Wm Eckels 138. P. A. Marshal
166, 1) Neiswange4t 140 G Bubb 109, S. B.
Huston 98, 11. 11. Eberly 01, L. D. Keefer
80, T. J. Kerr 111 ; Judge. 11. C. Painter
156, Jos 'Cotton 107 ; Inspector, Jos Ritner
162, Jos 11.. Culp 102; Collector, John Quig
gle 103 • John Miller 72; Assessor,. Michael
Ituuver Samuel Eokels 100 ; Assi.4tant
Assessors, Milloisen 163, Jacob Sheaffer 159,
S. N...Etnininger 108, Geo. Duey 100 ; School
Director:, C Kauffman 154. 1). Eberly 165,
S I'. Gorgati'loB, .1 tech Emmiuger 100 ; Au.
ditor, M C Eberly 165, C F. Stoever 97;
Justice of the Peace, Jos. hens 187. Jacob
Dorshoimer 74 ; Supervisors, John E,berly
101, John Coorer 108. II Frymire 70, Jo
seph Black 1501 Constable .Ino. A. Swartz 121,
Divid Long 120, IVm. Mell 14.
FE=
Justice of the Peace, Robert &Ikels 122,
P C Williamson 4; Collector, Lewis Good
hart 122, Isaac) Peehart ; Assessor, David
P. ').'rift 12., Jac tb Ilemminger 55; Assist
ant A.450440r5, Smnuel Ruston 124, David
Caldwell 127, Jacob 13...ig10 61, J 11 Tritt
53: School Directors, Jumps L. Henry 142,
C. V. Kelley 120, J41110:3 Dunlap 67,
IVagner 31; Judge, William Harper. 126,
Alex. Bishop 56 ; Inspector. James NlcCul
loch 120, Conrad Johnston 60; Supervisors,
Christian Whsrley 124, Wm. Brandt 114,
Robert Felix 75 ; Au litors, Samuel Qreen
126, James Davis 125. D. j. Tritt 35. J. P.
Wise Ii); Clerk, Abraham Cloudy, sr., 126,
A M. H. Clan ly 43: Con itable, henry
Sprout 121, Daniel Wolf 61.
SVIPI'ENSIiIIII.(3 11011011 On
C,tief Burg:•ss, John Grabill 140, Wm.
Win Mloan 182: Assistant Burgess, James
Reeder 138, J. D. Goosaman 136; Tow!
Council, henry I.3.tughinan 187, Philip Duey,
139, George Fortney 140, Jacob P. Sterick
139, James E. McLean 141, J. Burr noddle
133, Win .N1:11. 142, Benjamin Biggs 129,
Samuel Dotin(lly 137, Henry Reichert 135;
Director of Poor, Augustus Reichert 264 ;
Judge C. B. Ruby 142; Inspector, Gillson
Smith. 111, H. C. Angle, 145; Assessor, Le•
vi K. Donavin 145, Jas M tokey }45 ; As-
Sistant Assessors, John Blair 141, Henry A.
Mackey 142, Henry Holler 145, John Gisb
139: School Direotors, David H. Rankin 144,
John Wouderlich 141, W. D B. Hayes 142,
W. %V. Nevin, 143; Collector, live . Trong
165, Jacob Jacoby 128; Consta e, Henry
Johnston 126, Israel rlykes 157
=1
Judge, John Craiv, 15 D.Lniel Line 24; In•
Spector. Philip Martin 15, Allen Brown 23 i
School Directors. Watson Graig 16, Joseph
Rautn 15. T. P. Blair 23; Hugh Craig 23;
Auditor, David Newtomer 38; Assessor, Je•
seph Rautn 38 ; Assistant Assessors,Philip
Martin 37, George Fleming 38; olleotor,
John Wingert 14, George Wonder 23 Super
visor, Philip Martin 15, Elias Hoeft 23 ; Clerk
Hugh Graig 35; Constable, Elias Hooh 8Q
Justice of the Peace, Swill Ultz I+, William.
Mellinger 8.
SOUTIIAMPTON TOIVNISITIC
Judge, (Upper,) J.mob Clippinger, 62,
(Lower,) Martin G. Bale 68; Inspeotors,
(Lower,) Jacob Foreinan 67, Saraucl Taylor
26, (Upper.) David Biker 63, Jacob Bomber
ger 81 ; School Direotora, William Hawk 110
Samuel M. Wherry 22 ; Juitioo of the Poaoo,