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Friday, April 22, 1864.
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The People's Choice for President,
AI3RAHAM LINCOLN.
Our Country
History teaches that the horrors of a civil
war are intensified by its duration. While
the blood and trelsure expended in a conflict
between foreign states apparently clots as a
palliative to the animosities of the bolligor•
eats, it seems to he but fuel to internal feuds.
While time diminishes or removes the causes of
national contests, it but adds additional eel
um and momentum to the blood•orested naves
of civil strife.
We have waged three years of earnest, sac
gunary war, in our efforts to crush a foul re
hellion. The tiny plant that might have
been plucked up by an infant, has grown to
be the mighty oak talking to its utmost the
herculean effects of a nation to eradicate it
Each day it horrifios the world anew by the
blaokness of its crimes. Humanity calls a•
loud that the war be speedily ended and the
majesty of the government be vindicated
Additional vigor is required to be infused in
to every department, while rebels must bo
made - to cease committing the most flagrant
violations of the rules which regulate modern
ME!
They must realise that tho most malignant
crimes deserve the moat severe punishment.
All the better feelings of our nature revolt
et the idea of adopting 'retaliatory measures
Yet juatioo and our honor demand it. Sill
such soeues as the massacres of Fort Pillow
and Lawrence be enacted with impunity?—
Shall rebel have au immunity for orimee tb t
would be denied any nation on the face of the
earth ? Shall traitors prescribe who shall
- obeepOsh `the - natletral -armies'? •-She -the
blood of our murdered prisoners cry in vain
for vengeance? Shalt their wrongs be unheed
ed? Must loyal white troops of rebellious
states seal their devotion td the Union by tan
ignominious death on the scaffold, while their
executioners were-treated with leniency?
What incentive thus exists for men to de
sert the traitor standard and rally around
our own ?
The great loyal heart of the North demands
thatan-nye - he - -taken for-an-eye-and-4- tooth--
for a tooth. Forbearance has ceased to he a
virtue and become culpable. Men must not
be deterred from rushing to the defense of
our nationality by the dread of a barbarous
death. When soldiers go forth bearing our
banners, whether those soldiers are white or
blank,' , Whettier the collier's of a loyal or se
ceded state, they should have the assurance
that though their enemy is one who sets' at
defiance the laws of civilized warfare. his un
relenting barbarity shall be rigidly repaid
in kind. - -They must have the assurance that
if Union prisoners are starved, Rebels
shall not be fed, That for every one inhu
manly butchered, a traitor's life shall pay the
penalty of the deed It Is idle to shudder at
the horrors It would entail The same might
be urged with equal potency if we wet e en
gaged in a war with any foreign power.—
We have already heeu too long lenient. The
lex talionia must be put in operation. The
world will regarl us as poet lie and effeminate
if we hesitate. The cries for bread of our fam
ishing lathers and brothers as they ascend
from Libby and Belle Island prisons, appeal to
us not to falter in our duty. The bodies of
the loyal men of North Carolina as they dau
gle on the gibbet and the ashes of our
murdered brethren in Kentucky, demand
'trumpet tongues that retributive jostle be toe
led out to Southern friends.
Speech by President Lincoln
At the opening of the Sanitary Fair in sal•
timore on Tuesday last, President Lincoln
made the anneT l ed speech.
Ladies and Gentlemen—Calling it to mind
that we are in Baltimore, we cannot fall to
note that the world moves [Applause.,]
Looking upon the many people see asset::
bled here to serve as they beet may the soldiers
of the Union, it occurs to me that three years
ago those soldiers could not puss through Bat
titnure. I would say, blessings upon the men
who have wrought these changes. and the
ladies who have assisted them [Applause ]
This change which has taken place in Bahl
more is part only of a tar wider (mango that
Is taking place all over the country
When the war commenced, three years ago,
no one expected that it would last this long,
Lnd no one supposed that the institution ut
Slavery would be materially affected by it.
But here we are. [Applause.) The war is not
yet ended, and Slavery has been very nuveri
ally affected or interfered whit. [Loud Ap
please) Su true is it (bat man propo , ses and
God disposes
The world is in want of a good deflnition of
the word liberty, We all declare ourselv,s
to be for lirty, but we do not all mean the
same thin Some mean that a man can do
as he pleases with himself and his property.
[Applause.] With others it means that some
men can do as they please with other men and
other men's labor. Each of these things are
called liberty, although they are entirely dif
ferent. Tu give an illustration : A shepherd
drives the wolf from the throat of his sheep
when attacked by him, and the sheep of course
thanks the slit pherd for the preservation of
his life; but the wolf denounces him as de ,
spoiling the sheep of his liberty : especi illy if
it he a black sheep. [Acylause
This same difference of opinion prevails
among some of the people of the North But
the people of Maryland have recently been
doing something to properly define the mean
ing of the word, and I thank them from the
bottom of my heart for what they have done
and are doing. [Applause.]
It is not very - becoming for a President to'
make a speech at groat length, but there is a
painful rumor afloat in the country in refer
ence to which a few words shall be said. It
is reperA., that there has been a wanton
inatoutorif,'of some hundreds of colored soldiers
a Fort Pillow; Mississippi, during a recent
cogagement there, and he thought it tit to ex
plain some facts in relation to the affair. It
is said by some persons that tlie Government
is not in this matter doing its duty. At
the commencement of the war it was
doubtful whether blitek men would be
used as soldiers or not. The , matter
was examined into very. ca , °fully, and after
mature deliberation, the whole matter rest
jog as it were with . himself, he in his judg
ment decided that they 'should. [Applause.]
lie 'was responsible for the act to the Anieri-
Can people: to it Christian nation, to the fu
turehistorian; and, above all, to his God,' to
whom he would havebne day to render an ao
•aount- of his stewardship. [Applause.] • Ile
would now- limy that in his ()pinion the 'we,*
soldier should have the came prat - crawl' as the
white soldier, and he would have it. [Ap
plause.] It was an error to say that the Gov•
ernment was not acting in the matter. The
Government line no direct evidence to confirm
the reports in existence relative ot this masse
ere, but he himself believed the facts in rela
tion to it to be as stated. .When the Govern
ment does know the facts from official sources.
and they prove to substantiate the re; orts.
retribution will he surely given. [Applause.]
What is reported, he thought, would make a
clear ease. If it is not true, then all such
stories are to be considered as false. If proved
true, when the matter is thoroughly examined.
what shape is to be given to the retribution ?
Can we take the man who was captured at
Vicksburg and abort him for the victim ot
this massacre ? It it should happen that it
was the act of only roe man, what course is
to be pursued then ? It was a matter re
quiring careful examination and deliberation,
and if it should be sustained by sufficient
evidence all mUht 1.e.( assured that retribu
tion would be had [Applause ]
At the conclusiou of the address of the
President. some enthusiastic individual pro
posed "three cheers for the neat President of
United - StateS," whiCh were given with zest.
Frequently during his remarks be was inter
rupted by the applause of the audience, par.
licularly when he enunciated the policy of
the Government to retaliate fur the brutal
and cowardly murder of any of its soldiers—
white or black
0 ounty Convention.
rl7An,
t's•
In pursuance of public notice, the Con
vention to select delegates to the Union State
Convention, at Harrisburg, met at Rheem's
Hall, in the Borough of Carlisle, ou Monday
the 18th inst., at 11 o'clock, A. M.
The Convention was organized by the ap
pointment of JOHN T. GREEN President,
and GEORGE Zp.i Secretary. "'-
The townships were then called, and del
egates handed in their credentials. The
following is the
LIST OF DELEGATE&
Carlisle, E. W.—Geo. Zinn, John Hutton.
" W. W.—Geo. Weise, A. K. Rh eern.
Lower Allen—C. Eberly.
East Pennsbara . —Daniel G. May, William
Sadler.
eanody, E..A/ es an de r.
Ilampden—John Mumma, Samuel Shoop.
Mechanicsburg—R. H.Thomas, J. A. Swartz.
Monroe—Henry Bowman, E. Eslini - er.
Neu , Cumberland—John C. Kirk. B. F. Lee.
New:4ll6.—W. IL Woodburn.
South Middleton—Mode Griffith, William
L. Craighead.
Penn—John T. Green, W. F. Sadler.
Shippensburg—D. W. Thrush.
Silver Sprints—John. C. Sample, Williams
_ _
Southampton Clark, Jas. Clark.
Tres/ Pennsboro . -- Thomas Greason, Win
ME
Upper ,4ticn---D. K. Stiner, J. L. Bide
On'motion, the Convention then proceeded
to nominate and elect a Representative Del
egate to the Harrisburg Convention on the
2tith of April.
JAMES A. DrNBAR, Esq., having received
the majority offhe votes polled, was declared
the duly elected delegate.
On motion, it was
Resolved, That John S. Davidson,'Charlen
H. Mullin, and R. 11. Thomas, are hereby ap
pointed Congre,4sional Conferees, to meet
tie Conferees of York and Perry counties,
at Bridgeport, on a day to be designated by
York county, to choose delegate; to the Na
tional Convention, nt Baltimore, on the 7th
of June.
On motion. it wits
Resolved, That J. A. Kunkle, 11. E. Brech
bill and J. C. Sample, are hereby appointed
Senatorial Conferees, to meet similar con
ferees of Perry, Juniata and Mifflin counties,
to send a Senatorial Delegate to the St.tte
Convention.'
MI motion, the Chair appointed George
Zinn, 11Iilde Griffith, IL 11. Thom., an: ft.
W. Thrush a committee to draft resolutions
expressive of the sense of the Convention,
who reported the following, which wet e
unanimously adopted :
WucacAs, in the providence of God—the
great King and Ruler of the Nations—and in
obedience to the Constitution and Laws of
the land, the people of the United States will
be egret' upon, in the 88th year of our na
tional existence, to elect a Chief Magistrate,
charged with the execution of the laws, in
the room of ABRAHAM LINCOLN, whose term
of office will expire on the fib of March next.
Never, before, in the history of the Republic,
were hiller responsibilities committed to
the arbitrament of a tree people, than those,
which will arise in the exercise of this choice.
Heretofore, the question was, whether this
or that party candidate should be chosen.
no one doubting that the integrity of the
Republic is as secure, whosoever might be
chosen. Not so now. Issues involving noth
ing less than national existence—anarchy,
insecurity of life and property, it is our so
lemn conviction, are at stake, and will lie
determined by the choice then to be made.
A rebellion, unparalleled in the annals of the
world for its power and numbers, and for the
atrocity of its aims, has convulsed the coun
try for three lung years, and tasked all the
powers of the Government for its suppres
sion. It yet lingers unsubdued in spirit, it
is true, but, thanks be to God, vastly shorn
of its original power and domain, affording
hopeful promise of its speedy end, and the
restoration of our glorious• Union to its place
among the uatioi,s. Everything valuable in
the inheritance of our fathers may be regard
ed as lost, unless this is done. Inanimate
nature, speaking through mountains and
rivers, dc , dares, there can be no divided em
pire. National honor forbids compromise
or concession with traitors in arms, and for
mer association warns us there can be no
peace, until the authority of law and lawful
magistracy is fully recognized. Peace, on
any other basis, would prove to be a snare
and a cheat.
Bearing in mind, then, fellow-citizens,
that however the questions involved in the
ensuing election are obscured or misrepre
stnted by political sophists, or needy party
adventurers, there lies at the bottom of them
all, the issue, whether t:eason or loyalty
shall prevail. We invoke for them the so
lemn consideration of all who love their
country and enjoy its blessings, and, in giv
ing their votes discarding paqy tics and
prejudices, we ask that they will obey the
voice of reason and conscience, moralitrand
religion, rather than the dictates 9f party
leaders. That being done, the, Republic is
safe.
AND WHEREAS, The members of this Con
vention, representing the loyal sentiment of
the people of Cumberland county, are deeply
impressed the belief that a change of,
men in' the Administration of the Govern
ment,'at this time, would be inexpedient,—
Be it therefore
Resolved, That having undiminished con
fidence in the integrity and capacity of AB
RAIIAM LINCOLN, the lelegates selected
to represent us in the National Convention,
to,lie held 4,Ta Baltimore ou the-7th of June
next, :are hereby instructed to cast their vote
for , the nomination. of the said ABRAHAM
l o mpomf, as President'of the Unitod'litates
fronl,the 4th of March hest. • ,
Resolved That the thanks of this Conven
tion be tendered to our Representative, Hon.
JOSEPH BAILY, for his votes in Congress . on
the resolution to expel and censure the trai
tors in that body who have openly avowed
their sympathy with the rebellion and its
authors.
HER°led, That we heartily approve of the
policy of President LINCOLN and his Cabinet,
in their efforts to restore pence to Ibis coun
try; and call upon the unconditional Union
men. North and South—Republicans and
Douglas Democrats—to rally to , the support
of the Federal Government in its efforts to
save the Union, and put down the wicked
rebellion ; believilg with the late Senator
Douglas, that there is no middle ground, and
" that all who are not for the Union are
against it," and in this struggle there can
only be " Patriots and Traitors."
Resolved, That whilst the brave soldiers of
this county are enduring the fatigues of the
march, braving the diseases of the camp, and
battling with the enemies of our Union on
the field, we will most heartily submit to
every measure of taxation necessary to the
support of their wives and little ones at
home, and will cheerfully continue to do' so
until our brave soldCers shall carry the
of the Union into every seceded State, and
see its Monitors meet a traitor's doom.
motion, the Convention adjourned.
[Signed by the Officers
The Red River Expedi-
ti on.
Serious engagement Between the Union and Re
Gel troops at pleasant !fill. Defeat of our
farces by Or•erwhel.ming Natnb,Ts. The Union
loss two thousand General Ransoni again
wounded Brief Review of the Recent Usual
ry Operations South and West of the Red Rio
er. Pleasant Hal and where et is situated
CHICAGO, April IS), 18134.
The Eveniug Journal publishes letters from
the Red river expedition, giving the details of
a so ere Unioh disaster at Pleasant Hill, De
Site parish, Louisiana.
Our cavalry of the Third and Fourth divisions.
of the Thirteen 'truly corps, after a hard fought
hattle, were put to rout by a largely superior
rebel force.
doubtless. should be the Third and
Fount, brigades of ortt•alry, under Colonels
Robio-ou and Dudley, who had been engaged
in reconu•dtering this region or country in
advance of the main column.—En HERALD.]
General Charles P. Stone was in command
of the movement.
The Nineteenth army corps finally came up
and checked the enemy,
Our loss was over two thousand.
The eneruLatse_los_t. Jew-Ay_
Ge - rreriil Rausonf, who commanded the Third
and Fourth diviSions, was wounded in the
earlier part of the tight.
Tao 'Union Cavalry , Movements in
Louisiana
On the 30ih of March, Colonel Robinson,
with a force of ‘ cavalry selected from the Third
brigade commanded by himself, and Colonel
Dudley's Fourth brigade, left the ferry on
Cane river, to make a reconnoissance m.f the
stage roads between Alexandria and Sabine
Front this expedition he returned to the ferry
the next day, having loomd all the surround
iu aounh• - (0 hei! ),, J ) aluKc of desolation and
destitution. Ile penetrated to within twenty.
five miles of Fort Jessup. The command next
lett the f-rry by a northern route, to join
General A L Lee's cavalry division at Nat
chitoches, which bad been occupied on the
afternoon of the dist.
On the morning of the 21 of April. the
_whole oaaalry division Under gene - rat Lee left
Natchitoches by the western toad, and was
engaged in a cominuous skirmish Irmo that
time until he reached Croup's Corners or (till.
twenty•two in les. distant. Ai that point Hie
road forked, one branch lea•ling mu Fort- Jed
sup and Maury, the oilier to Pleasant — The positton at the fires was Itch) by a force
of Union cavalry, which was simile,' by the
rebel field piece- , tram I nth roads, but with
out effecting their dislodgment A Union
battery was brought up, and, replying to the
eu , -toy's tire with gripe and canister, th • at
ter %vs.- , slimmed and tell back, Cal. Dudley's
brigade then ativano,•al tor lode miles tinting
the Pleasant Hill road, skirmishing the whole
w ty the rebels billing back hetire Ute Union
ists• -
Our con espoutlent, Mr. 4 4 1,n Young, who
accompanies this expeluunt, writ tog from
Ciump's 11111 on April 2, states as fotlows
'The rebels are earii . ealralitlg. at Pleasant
Hill, about twetve wiles from here, where it
is expectel will make a vigorous stand,
anti ilia( there will lie a heavy bode." Tois
fie( would give some coloring of truth to the
reports pilhllsbed above
int Hill is a small past village of
S' 1.1 parish, Li , arid is ul little importance
i i itself It is midway bet weer] Crump s Cam
bers and litinSfieid, wench is on the LW tiptoe
read to tiiireveport.—A. Y. lienald.
Wild Rebel Stories
NIEIIIVEN, April 14, 1861
Ativices from heyoul our lines confirm the
rep in ut the Conle , ler.ito victory in the trans
Missi.o.iipt Dept!. went 'Ph, wouoiled are
arriving at B kiwi fouls in I,irgo nu.n , ers.
MuniLE, April 15, 1864
Ali-sis-ippi river advieus from different
ikuus report great buttes hriveen litroy
Smith and Batas, near Snrevourt, In which
lianas was ‘Jefeated with the los 8 of foorteen
thoussnd wen, killed, woutithol snd captured
Boot' Rouge and other hospitals are lull ut
the Ystikee, wounded
THE LATEST NEWS
Details of the Battle—Overwhelming Superi
ority of the Eueray a Force, &c., etc..
etilCAGo. —Eveffing
The Journals lei ter !rota Urand Eoure,
lOcki s.ye : . .
Our cavalry bud been driving the enemy
fur two days, but 111 the iol'ollol.lll Or I he 8,11
sent nick word tur infantry suppor , s GOllOl
al Ransom, in cucutto,nd of iheThird and
Fourth divisions , 1 the Thirteenth curl 5, wee
01 , 101'011 10 end torward a brigade, and he
did so At noon he followed , with the Fourth
division, Atter advaucin about five miles
from where the Third division of his command
and the Nineteenth corps were encamped, the
rebels made a stand, and our line, ouii-istiug
of only two thousand tour hundred infantry,
formed iu a belt of WOO,IA, wnh an upon field
in front, and the enemy iu the wood, on the
other side. General Stone, of Ball's Bluff
fame, Chief of General Banks' :Ala was on
the fiel I, and took direction of the movement
General Ransom was iu favor of wlvan
clog only iu lorce; but his wish was disre
garded.
After a skirmish across this open field for
about an hour the enemy advanced upon us
in overwhelming numbers, estimated at
about ten thousand strong. General Rau
sum got all the a, ailuble troops to the front
and opened on them. The enemy lost heav
ily, but advanced steadily.
Soon all of the cavalry gave way, and the
infantry fell back. In a few moments the
enemy pressed up closely. The panic of : the
cavalry so demoralized the army that the
retreat became a rout. The General did all
in hie power to rally the men, but, finding
it impossible without reinforembents made
every effort to save the artillery. P
While endeavoring to get the Chicago
Mercantile battery off safely General Ran-
Limn was severely wound , d in the leg. Cap
tain Cyrus E. Dickey, his Adjutant, was in
stantly killed.
Our loss was large, probably two thousand.
The AL:I-inutile - battery lost all its guns.
Captain White is a prisoner. Lieutenants
'l'hroop and Mcßride are killed. The !clue
of the battery in killed and captured is t hirty
one. One hundred and tenor them rettirneti
to camp atter the disaster.
While the Fourth_ division was falling
back ,in disorder, the Third
. divisiett, num
.bering one thousand eight hundred men,
.came up and were immediately routed.
I - Finally the Nineteenth artuy corps; with
7.000 men, came up and formed in line.
They check,ed the enemy and held them un
til wq , , got all the trains off except that of
the cavalry.
The whole army is falling back here, whern
it must wait to reorganize, before proceeitig
further. towards Shreveport. •
ST Loins, April 19, 1864.
Banks' army left Grand Ecore on the 6th,
and the bouts last out of Red river, reported
the fleet within one hundred miles of Shreve
port, and the men expected to reach there
on the Isth.
Several hundre I rebel prisoners reached
our fleet from N..w Orleans to be exchanged
for a like number of our soldiers.
Hundreds were taking the amnesty oath
It was reporkod ihar.Captain t!arth wait,
of the gunboat Chillicothe, was killed on the
4th instailt by a shot trout the shore.
SOUTHERN NEWS
Reported Defeat at shreveport A
Rebel Canard
_
Great Flood - in the James River
Richmond paper of the 12th inst have been
recieved. There had been a great food'in the
James and Appomattox rivers; _and cot ions .
accounts are given in the papers of the dam
age to public and private property. The fit
lowing in relation to a defeat of General hanks
at 81"evePort, ha„ might be highly torpor
tart if we did not know it to he entirely un
true We have dates from New Orleans to
the 101 h just from Alexandria, on the
Red liver to the GAL No such light had then
taken place, uvi^ had General Rinks' forces
reached SlireverapKt. According to the Rebel
report Ede news of the battle and defeat ot
our forces reached 13alou Rouge on the 3.1
inst. Gen. Maury has been badly hoaxed by
a ''First of April - story which prevai.ed at
New Orleans but found no believers there ex
cep( among the dismy .1, including the corres
pondent of the New York World, who in his
last letter admits t ha. he had been fooled :
The Yadlteee Raptilsod at Shreveport
T., General. S. Cooper, Adjutant and in.splctor
Uener,tl:
MoaniE, April 11 —The following report was
received in BiJou Rouge on the the 4,1 last ,
from the Surgeon General of Banks' Army :
W met the enemy near Shreveport Union
forces repulsed with great buss. How many
can you ace.dnuiodate in hospitals at Baton
Rouge? Steamer E-sex or Benton, destroyed
by torpedoes to the Red lt.ver, and a trans
port captured by Coqederates.
Farragurreported preparing to attack Mo
bile. Six Monitors o.oning to him , Td. gar
11,011,5 Of New Orleans and Baton Rouge w e r e
very much reduced for the purpose of 'permit,
fuzee. '
H MAURY,
Alaj4 r General Commanding,
Comments on the Above.
[Prom the Petersburg Express ]
In our telegraphic column this mottling will
be found an .official dispatch from Gee ,\lau
ry, counnauding at Mobile, to the War De
partment,„aunouncing another brilliant sue
mesa of the Confederate armS. The recently
touch boasted Yankee expedition up Red riv
er, after calif uriug Alexandria and Natchito
ohes, pushed ou, it seems, and made on at
tack in lull force upon the Confederate army
near Shreveport, the present seat of the Gov
ernmetit in Louisiana, and very near Pre Tex
as border. The recent . Northcro papers_ex,
IfiteStffitTilrelopitikn very conord•zr ly that this
t wn Would be captured without resistance.
But Batiks' has now to tell them a very dit
ferent tale. ilia own Sorgeoti General, in all
official dispatch to the commandant at Baton
Rouge, gives him the information that the
Yankee army had been repulsed in the view:- I
ty of Shreveport by the-Confederates "with
great loss." The admission of a defeat in
such terms as these, can only leave the infer
ence that it was a very disastrous one. It
will be some dills before we receive the Con II
federate atcna:s r ls Irf the battle, but it can''
scarcely be doubted that it will min out to lie t
a signal victory, as the farces must have been
large on both sides---Otose of flanks of course
outnumbered the Conferler its
k rom Northern Georgia.
11.\1:roN, April 11 —Tae enemy were pray,
icing with their artillery to day at, Ringgold
Uctteral John.ton, Hardee and others re
viewed Gen Wheeler's cavalry corps to day
The weather in clear and pleasant.
SECONDDESPATCH.
I. I ALT , s. April 12 MISS Mary E Walker.
Stir.!ti of Ito. 531 Ohio. was captured by
pi , kets )tutl hroug .t, here
. ‘esler I.ty She
is quite sprightly, converses fluently, and
says that she only wished 10 deliver letters to
the pickets
[ \V e hope the Rebels will hold on to
Mio
llr Walker. She - is a decided hi:ul:mg.--
Edo. h II I A ta,
It is repidled upon good authority that
arierson attanked Forrein, Suminervide
on the (Alt lust , and was handmotnely to
The Freshet .t Richmond
The river continued to rise all Sunday
night, and on Monday mornit.g at ten o'clock
was fie• or -ix inches above the high watt r
mark of the great food of 1847. All the
islands in Jalllo4 river below the Petersburt ,
bri ige, says Richmond Whig of Tuesday,
and a portion of lower Main street and a
part of Cary Street were submerged. The
water of the river and dock were merged
into one. The Gas Works were so inuntla
ted as to he obliged to stop work. There
were several leet of watt r in the Commissar, 's
storehouse, on 17th street, near the Dock
(Devenpiito's) where were stored over a hun
dred tons ot bacon. lilvett the enclosure of
the Navy Yard at Rocketts was lar under
water, and much valuable lumber and un
completed work was considered In great
danger.
Upw rds of a thousand people in Rocketts
nod B thher FM were driven from their
homes during Friday night by the invading
element,. Fortunately there seems to have
been no loss of life. The loss of property
be the flood cannot now be estimated. In
this city :deny it must be considerable by
the wetting of goods in cellars, all the cellars
between I,sth And 19th streets being filled
with water. .r
At twelve o'Clock a nice observation was
believed to he aide to detect a slight decline
in the food.
Foom ten o'clock, A. M., till dark on
Monday night, the waters continued to re
cede slowly, .and in that time tell about
twelve or fourteen inches.
The Black Flag.
Horrible Massacre by the Rebels—Fort Pil
low Captured after a Desperate Fight—
Four hundred of the Garrison Brutally
Murdered—Wounded and Unarmed Men
Bayoneted & their bodies burned— White
and Black indiscriminately butchered—:,
Devilish Atrocities of the Insatiate Fiends,
OA'no, Thursday, April 14,
On Tuesday- morning the rebel Gen. For
rest attacked Port Pillow. Soon after the
attack Forrest sent a flag of trace demanding
the surrender of the fort and garrison, mean
while disposing of his force so as to gain
the advantage. Our forces were under com
mand of Major Booth, of the Thirteenth Teri.
c,..§.gee ... (U. S.) - Ileavy Artillery, formerly of
the Fii:At.,Alabania Cavalry.
The
. fia g '•of truce was refused, and fight
ing resumed.' Afterward a second flag came
hi, which was also refused.
Both flagil, gave the . rebels advantage of
gaining neW, positions.
The ba.iN ivas kept up until 3 I'. M, when
Major Booth:ivas killed, and Major BMdford
took. coniOttio.
The r 0440. now came in swarms over our'
troonOman
them to surrender.
Immediately upon the surrender ensued a
scene which utterly baffles description. Up
to that time, comparatively few of our men
had been killed ; but, insatiate as fiends,
bloodthirsty flB devils incarnate, the Confed
erates commenced an indiscriminate butch
ery of the whites and blacks,
including those
of both colors who had been previously
wounded. it
The black soldiers, becoming demoralized
rushed to the rear, the white officers having
thrown down their arms.
Both white and black were bayoneted, shot
or sabred ; even dead bodies were horribly
mutilated, and children of seven and eight
years and several negro women killed in cold
blood. Soldiers unable to speak from
wounds were shot dead, rind their bodies
rolled down the flanks into the river. The
dead and wounded negroes Were piled in
heaps and burned, and several citizens who
had joined our forces for protection were
killed or wounded.
Out of the .rarris:m of six hundred, only
two hundred remained alive.
Among- our dead officers are Capt. Brad
ford, !Aunts. Barr, Ackersstrnm,AV-Ilttun, Be
vel and Major Booth, all of the thirteenth
Tennessee Cavalry.
Capt. Poston stip). Lieol. Lyon, Thirteenth
TennOSSVe Cavalry, und Captain Young,
Twenty-font tit Missouri, Acting Pr.. vost
Marshal, were taken prisoners.
Nkj. Bradford was Also cl+pturntl, but is
said to have escaped ; it is feared, however,
that he has been killed.
The steamer Platte Valley earns up at
about holfpast 3 o'clock, andwas hailed by
the rebels under a flag. or truce. Men were
sent ashore to bury the dead i.nd takeitboard
such of the wounded as the enemy had al
lowed to live. Fifty seven were taken
aboard, including seven or eight colored.—
Eight diin on the way op. The steamer
arrived here this evening, and was immedi
ately sent to the Mound City Hospital, to
discharge her suffering cargo.
AlllOll , our wounded officers of colored
troops are Capt. Porter, Lieut. Libberts and
A,lt.d Lent in g . -
Six guns were captured by the rebels, and
carried MT, including two ten pound l'ar
rotts and two twelve pound howitzers. A
large amount of stores was destroyed or car
ried away.
The intention of the rebels seemed to be
to eyaeuate the place, and more on toward
Memphis.
LATER
CA IRO, Thurs., April-IS
Two negro soldiers, wounded at Fort Pil
low, were buried by the rebels, but after
ward worked themselves out of their graves
They were among those brought up in the
Platte rallry, and are now in hospital at
Mound City.
The ()Ricers of the Platte Fallen receive
great credit from the military authorities for
landing at Fort Pillow, at eminent risk, and
taking our wounded on huard„and for their
kind attention, urn the way up.
=I
Sr. Louts, Friday, April 15
The correspondent of the ('loon, who %Va.,
on hoard the strainer Plulle Valley at Fort
Pillow, gives even a more appuhng descrip
tion of liendishrirss of 'the rebels than our
Cairo di: patches.
}lane of our wounded were shot in the
hospital. The remainder wri dri.ven out,
and the hospital was burned.
On the n.orniiig after the battle the rebels
went over the held. and shut the negroes
who had not died front their wounds.
- Several - Of the - gun - 1 - captured
at Fort Pillow were spiked before falling into
his hands. Others were turned ikon gun_,
hunt No. 7, which, having tired some 300
rounds and exhausted her ammunition, was
compelled to s‘ithdraw, Although a Un
clad. she received but slight injury.
Gen. Lee ,arrived and ii:sumed the emu
!nand at the beginning of the battle. Pre
vious to which Gen. Chalmers directed the
movements. Forrest, with the main force,
retired after the light, to Brownsville, tak
ing with him the captured fowls.
NVltile the strainer le Iry !bi
der of true, taking on hoard our
wounded, some of the rebel officers, and
among them (11.11, rhahner, went. OR hoard,
and some of our ollb•ers showed them great
deference, drinking, with them, and showing
them other marks of courtesy.
Many of those who had escaped from the
works and hospital, who desired to be treated
as prisoners of war, as the rebels said, were
ordered to fall into line, and when they hail
formed, were inhunurle ,hot down.
0t . :350 colored troops not inure than 50;
escaped the massacre, nod not title 011iCer
that commanded them survives. Only four
officers of the Thirteenth Tennessee es.aped
death
The loss of the Thirteenth Tennessee is
Biii) killed. 'rite remainder were wounded
and captured. •
( ~ 'en (Malin, told this eorre:pondent that
although it wa,agaimst the policy ul his Oov
erninoni to siffire negro soldiers or their ()Ili
errs, he had clone all in his potter to stop
the e•irnage. At the same time he believed
it was right.
.luothrr officer s.lid our vvhi e troop.;
would heen protected lind they not heed
found on duty with negroes.
While the rebels endeavored to ronceal
their loss, it was evident that they suffered
severely. Col. Reed, n nro,tnding a Ten
nesee regiment, was mor tally wounded.—
There were two or three well filled hospital ,
at a short distance in the country.
The inhumanity and brutality of the chiv
alry of the South, will call down upon them
a feat ful retribution. in which it is to be fear
ed the innocent will suffer with the guilty.
BRoWN . :4 BRONCHIAL TitoCHES " our no-
CVIEI ,11 . 0 It %VOA arid t ,v,rab y tutu vvti to
need cornmendation "
HMI CHAS A PHEW'S. Prcs Ma-s. Senate
fly communication wish the world haw
hens very much snlarge..l by tho L.ze...grs
which I now carry always in m. poclut that
trnuble in my Throat (bir which !be TROCHES
are .1 apecilic) baring made the a were wilts
peror. N. P
an Count g Batters.
Livingston has received his regular
spring invoices of New goods, and claims that
his assortment will please , the most fastidious
taste. It' you want a suit of oloihos go ko him
a tl,Zr Dont forget the sale of George' Cart's
Real Estate to day. The properties are among
the most desirable in town and eller a rare
opportunity for investment. J W. Eby
l e (he attorney of 1i r. Cart, and hitiadvertise .
merit can be anon in another port of this pa
per.
Clacus CoMitich•-*We see by an ad•
vertisernent in the Harrisburg Telegraph,
that Gardner & [Actualities Circus is to be
hero on Thursday. May sth.
ENORY FEMALE eOLLEGE.—thi, first
class Female College, is now in successful
operation. , The President, Mr. R D Cham
bars, has secured a large and commodiJus
house peace ly adapted to the acoommoda
Lion of boarders. We can assure our readers
that, young ladies sent to this institution will
enjoy the very best opportunities for acquir
ing an excellent intellectual and moral eduoa-•
See card in another column.
ne m oessrs. halbert 4 Fleming have
dissolved partnership. Mr. F. retiring 'from
the' firm, and Wm. Halbert jr., taking his
place The advertisement of the now firm
appears this week. They pdepose keeping a
number ono store, caulked with the best of
everything in their lino. • (iIVO them vt
THE UNIVERSAL CLOTHES WRINGER.
—We yould rafer our readers to tho adver
tisement in another column of this useful
invention, We have seen several clothes
wringers of other manfacturers in operation,
and can say conscientiously from our obser
vation that this one is far superior to all
others. The cog wheels which drive the
gum rollers effectually prevent their twisting
and tearing, which is the universal objection
to all others we have seen. We cheerfully
recomrhend it to all good housekeepers.
It is a fitting companion to the sewing inn-
Chine. Mr. Jno. t. ampbell, at the Cumber
land Valley Rail Read Office is the agent.
FINE FAMILY FLO ult =We received last
week from Mr. S. M. lloover, a seek contain
ing a quarter barrel of Family - flour from
the mills of Singizer 5t Manning, on th ,
Big Spring, near Newville. W have seen
bread and cakes made from this flour, and
can speak of it as the purest and best we
have tasted for mAny a day. It is undoubt
edly the best flour in the market. Mr
hoover has the agency for the above mills,
and keeps the flour constantly on hand put
up in quarter and half quarter barrel sacks
and lull barrels The price is two dollars
for quarter. four for half and eight dollars
for barrels We advise those of our rea hers
who are fond of immaculate bread to give
him a- call.
Aumn"rED.—On Thursday last, in
the Court of Common Pleas, IVitliam Kennedy
Esq , of the Chambershurg Bar, wee, on mo
Lion of William M Penrose Esq., admitted to
pramice law in the several Courts of Cumber
tmt County Mr. Kennedy has opened an
otlito Shippensburg, where lie may be con
sulted upon professional business.
CREDITS ON TO E DRAFT.—The follow
ing extra. t from General i ruler No. 56, con
tains the gratifyina assurance that credits
from all sub-districts will be received up un
til the time drafting commences:
Office Superintendent Vol. It. S.
Western Division of Penn'a.
Harrisburg, Pa., April 16, 1864.
Men enlisted alter April fifteenth (I 5)
from deficient sub districts, will bo deducted
from the number required at that. date.—
efure uns will be made up IA) la
test moment. I elure &alt."
(Signed) J. 13. FRY, -
Provost M,i,rshal General.
he following paper Was utiani
w., . dupied by the Priisbytery'a liar
ri,burg, at its recent mecting in the FIFA
Pregbyteriu.t church of Carlisle:
- 'called on c e again, ill the providence of
God to CO.iVelle while the civil war, caused
by an unholy rebellion is still raging in our
bemved country, this Frestrytery .deems it to
he eminently proper to review the expression
tit its sentiments in regard to matters that
virtu/Lily affect the Luterests of guvertrarent,
liberty and religion, put in peril by -the con
spirators against our liallolllll
d____tinitve_diuty not be misunderstood,
nor our position be in ally manner equivocal,
we do hereby solemnly reaffirm the testimon)
we have given on former occasions, so far its
t Lairs upon the wickemess-uf the rebel
lion, in its tuception, in its coldinuatice and
in its objects, and upon the duty of a.l citi
zees to sustain the government of the law
by every means in their power, till the rune-
lion he utterly suppressed. This duty of un
conditional, unreserved loyalty to the consti•
tut:mildly elected governtnent of the nation,
trk s tlestre distinctly to reaffirm as a principle
tit stir holy religion and a part of our alle
giance to God.
We desire further to put upon record that
three years of terrible strife and suffering
in the destruction of property, the loss of line,
the sorrows, the desolations, and the sad
moral influences of the war, have in no de
gree altered our conviction that our duty to
our country io posterity and to God demands
that we cmint the-e sacrifices cheap to gain
the grea. , end of exterintnat up treason, pre
serving the supremacy of law and saving
the country from anarchy and ruin; but on
the other hand have greatly deerned our
antler - acme of the principles, the spirit and
the t unduet of the leaders of the rebellion,
and of all wtio by word or deed ur by silence
show any sympathy for them or for their oh
ject.
Awl rising above the transient passions
and political excitements of the war to those
larger interests of human liberty, we return
thanksgiving to Uod that through his mighty
pro , itince that system of human bondage
which is the root of the whole insurrection
ary movenie t and whose permanence was
,the crowned object of its leasers, is melting
away—that by the powerful hand of war,
by the act on of disenthralled States tnti of
our National Legislature, we hope soon to see
the itst estiges of the great in.quity removed
from the country.
We would also exh.)rt our hrethern every
where and all who love our common country
to rebuke iltld cppose the spirit of disloyally,
to speak correct words of truth and sober
ness, to discountenance all lovers if sympa-
Ito with trea-on—to give a cordial support
to all who are eta, usted with civil or military
authot rity—to pray for our rulers, and iffe
officers and men of our army and navy, to
be, unremitting in kind attentions mud char
i•iCs to thus who toil or suffer for us in this
war—to stand by the country, patient, uncon
querable, hopefully waiting on God, till he
elves to a disciplined, purified and re-cemen
ted nation a peace based on principles of
everlasting righteousness.
We would also express the gratifieaton
we have felt to-day in being permitte.l to
visit the U. S. Barracks near this town, to
receive the attentions of the Commandant
and the worthy chaplain of the post, to speak
words of sympathy to the soldiers and to
see the flag of our country waving over the
ruins caused by the soldiers of treason.
COURT PROCEEDINOS —Court wet on
Monday morning, April 1 ltli, 1804, when the
following proceedings were had:
Williamson and : Hepburn e 3. Joel Shapley
VPIS an itotidn upon the following facts:
Oa the 8 , 1 of April, 1854, plaintiffs convoyed
to defendant, by deed with covenant of genet.
al warrantry, the undivided half of 88 acre,.
of land in Stiippensburg tp.. for $1,720, On
the same deft. executed two judgment bonds,
one for $520 and the other for $5OO. payable
Ist April, 1855, with interest from date, it be
ing for balance of purchase money. It wits
admitted that one of the bonds should have
been made payable April, '5B Detetichtut
had in his posses:dew the bond for $520; it
having been paid, as he alleged, in April or
May. 1854. The amount claimed w b $5OO,
with ittAerest from 8d of April, 1854. The
verdict of the Jury was iu favor of the plain
tiffs for $BB 00.
Penrose Hepburn & WilliamsOn for Plft.
Watts, McClure & Shapley for Deft.
Alexander Murdock and:others vs. Lewis
Steiner and others —On tbetth April, 180,
th - ere was an agreement signed by thirteen
creditors .of the defendants, including the
present. plaintiffs, allowing an. extension of
time to the defendants in orderthat they might
be tumbled to carryon their business , without
interruption. . The -,present plaintiffs affer
wards, and before the expiration ofjthe ox
tonsiori, cittnolied some bonds given, by the
pufohaser of real estate in Carlisle,:mtuated
on the north western corner of the publio
square It was contended on the part of the
defendant that the plaintiff's course of pro
endure wab a fraud upon the other creditors,
and the going behind the agreement was in
bad faith towards them, and therefore shots i
not recover. On the other hand, it was eon
tended' that the agreement, not having been
signed by all the ilefendant's creditors, that
the rest, that is those who had signed -it wore
liberated from the binding force of it.
Plaintiffs claimed $5OOO, and defendant's
admitted their right to receive S9JO and in
terest,. Verdict for plaintiffs by consent—
subject to exceptions for $lOB2 98
Warts, Parker & McGlaughlin"for Plft.
Penrose & Malcom for Deft
IN TILE QUARTER SESSIONS
Commonwealth vs, Joseph Valles.--Indict.
mem, for horse stealing Defect, was living
with Jacob Weast, in Hopewell tp., and ap
peared to bo a very religious man, attended
prayer meetings and made great professions.
On the 24th Deo. last, be wanted to borrow
a horse from Mr. W. to go to a Ms, Stouffer's
for his clothes. pregiising to bo back in the
evening, as he wanted to attend meeting. Ile
got the horse, and not returning next day,
search was nistituted. and on the following
Sunday lie was captured at Waterloo, near the
Miiryl.ind line, and acknoivledged that he in
tended to steel the horse Verdict, guilty.
Senieuced to the Eastern Penitentiary for 2
years, restore the property stolen, and pay a
fine of $1 and costs,
Gillelen & Smith for Comth Miller for Deft.
Corsi vg. James Sherman —Larceny. The
defendant was charged will] the larceny of an
ovfmcoat, the property of James 1t Smith,
Emq There being no identiticatiotrof the
coat, or that the coat he had 'was Mr. Smith's,
he was acquitted.
CdHelen & Smith fur Comth. M. C. Herman
for Deft
Commonwealth vs. Peter F. Ego. Assault
and battery on oa h of Peter Spahr. —The ae-
Hault was alleged to have been committed on
the Lilt of February last. The defendant, be
ing co surety with the plaintiff for a tax col•
lector who had come out short or fund., they
had to pay for his default. On the Jay of this
alleged assault, it is said that the prosecutor
was passing the,defendenCs house, an I defen
dant accosted him relative thereto, but did so In
rather an eccentric manner, striking him, &0.,
for which this prosecution was instituted.
Verdict guilty, and sentenced to pay the costs.
for Comih. Todd & Smith for Deft
Cont. vs. Win. A. Lpidhurst and Charles
Lindhurst —Charged with selling liquor, &c,
without a license, on Sundays, to intempe
rate persons, and gambling. Charles Lind
burst, having been in the army, bad the mis
fortune to be wound( d in the service, lost his
leg, which disabled him from iirocuring his
livelihood by manual labor, and some of his
friends ftirnished him with domestic or white
Wine and beer. They believed that as they
hail taken out a U license, they had the
right to sell liquor, &c, , but the Court decided
that it cowers no such right. when regulated
by the State laws. They were too anxious to
get along and unconsciously exceeded their
limits Pleaded guilty. and submitted
to pay a fine of $lO each. 'be imprison
ed in the .County .Jail-for lb , days, and pay
the costs
Gillelen for Comth. Todd for Deft.
Coin. vs 3011, : n C rier.—Disorderly house,
selllng liquor to minors, and on Sunday.—
Bills ignored, .ml prosecrutris,
,Ittary .Rug
glee, to pay the costs
Cow is John Thompson.—Assault, with.
inlent to kill Simon Kline, on the 25th of ~Ant
rtry - True Ull. Defendant not appear
ing, his recognizance: Nathan [hutch, "we.*
in for it."
Cum to. Mary Ruggles. Assault and Bat
tery— On the 9th of ',larch. defendant threw
i.oine 'slop" on prosecruiris ADO E Harlan,
say you'll take that you'll take more."
Deft, plead guilty .indStllllHilted, but said that
it was a accident, end that the 'islop" Was
intended tip be thrown to the place they were
accustomed to throw it. Fined $1 and the
00q8
OiHelen for Cooich Shearer for Deft
Cont. vs. Soon Offert. Charged with at
assault upon Barbara Nole. Sarno of deft'&.
chickens got into the lot of the prosecuiria,
and defendant went to get them, when he was
ordered out with the threat that she would
break his head with a "clothes-prop." and
made at, him. Be defended himself, and she
prosecnted him, Ile was shown to be an an
usually quiet and inoffensive negro.—Verdict,
not guilty. and to pay the 00.318 of prosecu
tion, except the witnesses on t art of Com►
monwealth, which were to be paid by prose
crutrii.
Com. rs. Su4an Lehman, Idalina F
Mott,
Fanny A. Caster, and Laura MoLeester
Assault and 'Battery on the 11th of February,
on Jury Jane Ituggles. Prosecrutrix went
to the house of defendants, who live in Car
lisle, to bring her ••boy" home. A distur.
bailee was the result Guilty, and sentenced,
Nlrs F. A. Caster to pay the costs, and the
rest to be imprisoned in the county jail for a
months and pay a fine of l each.
Gillelen St. Shearer for Comtb Penrose for
Deft.
C'rn. rti. Catharine Garrett. Mary Mathias.
and Harriet Kanaga, Assault and Battery.
This was the same melee as that represent
ed. above, Tr. a Bill as to Catharine.—Ver
dict not guilty and proseerutrix to pay 'be
costs of prosecution, and defendant Catharine,
her own witnesses.
Gillelen I or Comth. Penrose for Deft
Corn. vs Pbi ip Reason.--Ilacking and Pod.
tiling without license, on oath of Joseph W.
Ugilby. True Bill Deft not appealing hie
recognizance, was forfeitd, Mr. 1. Livingstou
was his bail
Corn. VA John Ltvelle. Hacking and Ped
dling without a license Recognizance forfoit-
Com vs Wm. Connolly.—Forgery, False
Pr etence and passing counterfeit money
The counts in the indictment For Forgery and
Pursing counterfeit money. were abandoned
by District attorney and the trial proceeded
as to the Fake pretence. On the 31st of Jan.
'6l Wm. A. Dean and Def't. met, when they
struck up a bargain for a mare, saddle sod
bridle, Def . :. agreeing to give $65 in gold for
them, said that he had not the money with
him but would go and git it Upon their meet
itig again Dort said that he was short $6 but
would give his note for that. Handed the
prosecutor 12 pieces which he hastily put into
his pccket without examining it and started
to [l-,rrisbarg. While in the cars prosecutor
examined his pieces of, 1 , s he thought. gold,
and found them a base imposition; having on
one stile an eagle surrounded with stare like
$5 gold piece and on the reverse side a men
seated ate table apparently playing at. some
game and around the board the words "Keep
.your Temper," which was some what difficult
under the circumstance. The pieces had been
bought oy Deft in Harrisburg, fourteen for'
twenty cents, and did not upon their faces
purport to represent money, hence it wile con
tended that he had not passed counterfeit coin,
nor hut) he forged it. I
Verdict not Guilty but that earth pay half
the costs. Penrose & Gillelen for• Com. Chas: &
S ;Hoptitirn for Deft.
Corn. vs Oliver Brenixer.—Fornication and
Bastardy on oath of Theresa Downings—liot
Arrested.
Com. vs Wm. M. Kendig.—Fornication and
Bastard) , on oath of Margaret MoGlaughlin ;
N
Corn. vs A.brixt. Hostetter.—Soiling Liquor
t , i minors rinli , ol:l Sunday True Bill oontin•
ued. Gitlelen for Com POBI'O6IO for Deft.
Com. Henry Rub- and Henry Walters
charged , with - arson the 'tat at Feb The
The proPerty was Mary Al' Martin's, °optio
ned..
~Com. vs Frederick Cobler and Coth. Cobler;
Disorderly House, selling liquor without) a li
cease true Bill. Not arremte.t.
Com vs Samuel Shugart 'and Wm. Shuster.
Selling Liquor on Sundoy. True Bill contin
ued.
Com. vs John Shuster.—Selling Liquor on
Sunday. True Bill continued.
Com vs Jatues Busko.—Fornimtion and
Bastardy on oath of Calharino Jones ' a fa
malo child born, , True Bill, Non est limn-
Cam, ws Ai Von Hellen --Balling Liquor