ghit.,:trald.
CARLISLE, PA.
Friday, March 3, 1865.
8.. U. PETTENGILIs £ CO.,
NO. '37 Park Row, New York, and 6
State St. Huston, are our Ageuts for the HIIIALD
elt lee, and are authorized to take Advertise
e ate and Subscriptions for us at our lowest rates.
THoS. ALLEN, a citizen of St. Louis, now
at Pittsfield, Mass., has sent a circular to the
press, urging on the project of a combina
tion of rich men to pay off the National debt.
lie thinks it can be done, and'insists that
some of the wealthiest citizens can better af
ford $500,000 than to pay taxes indefinitely.
Mr. Allen is an extensive real estato owner
in the West.
DR. LI,VINGSTONE, it is understood, is de
termined'ugain to devote himself to African
discovery, and lie is now planning an explor
ing expedition from the cast coast of Africa
to the district lying between his most north
ern point on Lake Nyassa, and Burton and
Speke's southern-most on Lake. Tauganyka.
ENotasEr jewelers are now doing a con
siderable trade in Brazilian beetles by set
ting them in gold or silver, to form brace
lets, necklets, brooches, &c. The beetles
chiefly used are found in immense numbers
at Bahia, and thelt are brought to England
in the Brazilian mail packets. The beetles
are of small size, and their colors are green
and gold. They are caught in nets to pre
vent their mutilation, and are sold at about
lb. each in that country.
TNERIL are in Philadelphia 63 Protestant
Episcopal churches, 59 Methodist Episcopal,
37 Old pchool Presbyterian, 34 Babtit, 83
Roman Catholic, 21 New School Presbyte
rian, 16 Lutheran, 15 Friends, 10 United
Presbyterian, ".8 Reformed Presbyterian, 8
Reformed Presbyterian, 8 German Reform
ed Presbyterian, 8 German Reformed, 7
Synagogues, 5 New Jerusalem, 4 Dutch Re
formed, 2 Congregationalist, 3 Universalist,
It egems'to be accorded by the universal
consent of mankind that Dr. J. C. Ayer &
Co.'s Sarsap_arilla,_ rectorial and Pills aro
the greatest remedies yet discovered for the
treatment of disease ; that Ayer's Sarsaparil
la is the great Elixir of life, which Philoso
phers have sought for purifying the blood.
Try it and judge for yourselves.
A REBEL GENERAL TO BE EXCUABOED.-
Major General Ed. Johnson has been releas
ed from Fort Warren and has gone to Fort
ress - Monroe, where he expects to be exchang
ed. He is nearly blind, and can be of no
service in the field.
ILLINOIS is getting to be a cosmopolitan
State. The Governor's message is to be print
ed for distribution as follows: English 50,000;
German, 20,000; Swedish, 1,000; Norwegi
an, 1,000; Danish, 500; French, 500.
"General Beauregard has arrived at Au
gusta and taken charge of the military oiler-
ationa there. We presume the forces at
Branchville are also under his control."
.A friend in New York City sends
the following :
Curt F ER41.1 Commission
ers, iteport, contains a star,men I. of the con
dition an 1 tomint , ss of all the G•cries or New
York during tht years ihO.. We extract
from it-some i'acis in relation to the Brooklyn
ferries, which have not been before published.
The Union Ferry Company employed seven
teen boats, whose total tonnage was 8,204
tone, and transported 31,500,000 passengers.
Nine boats were run on the Pock Slip and
Grand street ferries, of 3,778 tons, and carry
ing 3,250,000 passengers.
The business of theother ferries was: Hous
ton Street Ferry, three boats, 998 tons, 1,600,-
000 passengers; Greenpoint Ferry, boats, 1,-
484 tons, 900,000 passengers; Jackson Street
Ferry, two boats, 487 tons, 1,700,000 passen
gers.
In all, thirty-four boats, of 15,011 tons,
were employed in the transportation of 48,-
900,000 passengers between New York and
Brooklyn.
The total number of passengers carried on
all the ferries running from New York to
Long Island, Staten Island, and New Jersey,
was 60,646,770, of which more than one-half,
or 31,600,000, travelled on the boats of the
Union Ferry Company.
Big Fishing Creek Oil Regions.
A gentleman recently arrived from Big
Fishing Creek, Wetzel county. West Virgin
ia, reports the liveliest activity throughout
the whole territory in boring for oil, prepar
ing for mining and prospecting, and a large
influx of enterprising people from all quar
ters. There, are very large and rich coal
fields in the section to which we allude, and
active preparations are being made fora thor
ough development of the resources of the
country. The Virginia and Ohio Petroleum
Mining. Company, and the Pittsburgh and
and West Virginia Company, have their
lands located along the Creek. The latter
company have discovered very large coal
fields, and are now engaged in building a
railroad from the river to the lands, only a
half a mile distant. Both of the companies
are boring for oil, with favorable prospects
of success. It is predicted that as soon as
the weather will permit, very heavy opera
tions in the mining way will commence.—
The rush has been so great that the lands are
already taken. A New York company a
few days ago, offered $120,000 for a small
tract of land near New Martinsville, but the
holders refused, as they design undertaking
the development of the treasures of the earth
themselves. A large company are now boring
for oil at a point on the north fork of Big
Fishing creek, eleven , miles from Manning
ton, where they have discovered .a vein of
the finest kind of bituminous coal, fifteen feot
thick, and fifty-five feet from the surface. A
farm which waspurchased some time agr , in
the vicinity for $B,OOO was sold a few days
ago for $68,000 in cash. Lands which used
to sell for $lO per acre now sell for $6O and
$7O. There appears to be little doubt but
that when the spring opens, operations of
great extent and importance will commence
in this section of the Country.—Pitts. Ga
zette; Jan. 26, 1865.
We understand that a number of our citi
zens have formed an association for the pur
pose of developing the oil and.coul on a largo
tract of land lying in the midst of the val
ley above described.
GOLD AT RICIIMOND.—On the 7th inst, the
day on which the Richmond war meeting
was held, gold, we learn from the Richmond
papers, Wits inactive demand, going tip from
4700 to 4800 per cent. In other words every
dollar of Confederate money fell from two
cents more or less to about two cents. These
spasms in. Confederate money are like the
galvanic kicks which n dead body can be
made to exhibit under the influence of the
shock—they confirm the evidence of
death instead of proving the existence of life.
Yet, notwithstanding Confederate money is
worth but two cents on the dollar, a call for
meeting in favor of the rebellion, and a
speech from Jeff. Davis, makes it worth 100
per cent; less, in the estimation of those same
Itiohmond'brokers and bankers. We have
croakers. among us who complain because
Marinas , is'lit 200. What would they say
ir it Imo, at 4800. The figure shows that
theitidgment of the moneyed men of, the
Confederacy_, ; there are
~just ..twenty-four
chances that --we will - overcome the . Confed
eracy to One-that it will maintain itself and
redeerh Its currericey.-97rizago - Trib..
_LAlnrs!..,Fußs l =l.urclitanerg_may_relyia
getting. the best Mire at Charles Oakford &
SOZCI; Continentatilotel, Philadelphia." 8m
WM. C. WILSON, A. M., Professor
of Natural Science in Dickinson College,
died yesterday morning, the 2d inst., at
tho age of thirty-eight years.
Re entered Dickinson College as a
member of the - Junior class in the year
1848 ; and graduated in the class of 1850.
In 1854 he was elected to the honorable
position in his Alma Mater which he
held at the time of his death. In him,
cut down in the very prime of 'his man
hood, his country mourns a padiot, sci
ence one of its ablest friends, his Society
an ornament and his friends " a loss for-
ever new
—"Sed onines una ruanet nos
Et ealcanda sernel via loci.'"
THE FALL OF WILMINGTON
. The official announcement of the capture
of Wilmington was quietly received by the
public. Since Fort Fisher was so gallantly
stormed, we have regarded Wilmington as
virtually taken, and when Fort Anderson
was evacuated, it was understood that the
city would be abandoned. But though there
is so little exciterneht ovor this victory, the
appreciation of its vahie is profound and uni
versal.
The assertion attributed to General LEE
that the South should long ago have given
up the defer ce of the, coast cannot be his,
for no one knows better than ho the impor
tance Wilmington has been to the rebellion.
It could not have been defended if Charles
ton and Savannah had been in our possession,
and that those cities were so long garrisoned
after their ports were effectually blockaded,
was simply because they were indispensable
to the safety of Wilmington. This port the
rebellion could not have given up earlier
without wantonly striking at its own life. It
is yielded to us now without much fighting,
because SHERMAN'S power, going forth thir
ty leagues before his van, wrested it from the
reluctant foes. They dared not defend Wil
mington, and, true to the desperate policy
they have chosen, they have thrown it, back
to the Union, as they threw Charleston end
Savannah. Still they concentrate. HARDEE,
BEAUREGARD, and BRACK) combine their
scattered troops, and gradually an army is
forming in front of SHERMAN, on which al
most the last hope of the enemy is staked,
That he will defeat this army we do not
doubt. There is no better fighting material
in the world than SHERMAN boasts in his
four veteran corps.
Through Wilmington the rebellion drew
three fourths of its European supplies. It
was a port impossible to blockade. Though
we captured many cargoes of immense value,
the blockade runners unceasingly ran the
gauntlet of our fleet, and so immensely was
the rebellion benefltted by the goods they
brought that the expense of defending the
whole coast for the sake of Wilmington was
econon ical. It is probable that Europe has
sent through - Wilmington more guns and
powder than the entire South has manufac
tured. in losing that port the enemy must
now depend upon the meagre resources of a
few non-manufacturing and exhausted States
for material to repair the waste of war.
Philadelp hen Prem.
Clearfield County Conspirators.
Implication of the Denn,crat‘c Ltmlers.— Thc
Unmasking of Weal, kn,e,l Hal Blair-1.-
7%1e Speeches of T o
Prevent Men or ,honey being Pnrnislnq to
flee Government
The trial of the Clearfield county conspir
ators has already attracted much attention,
from the Copperhead organs, to show that
the investigations attending such trials were
unjustifiable and tyrannical, and from the
loyal press, insisting that the testimony,
sooner or later, would implicate men in high
places—men who, under the cover of their
secrecy and their cowardice, were using the
poor, ignorant woodsmen of Clearfield coon
ty, to satisfy their political spites and aid
their political friends in treason. At length
has the testimony of one of these dupes real
ized our most confident expectations in this
connection, so that we now have the confes
sion of one of the miserable neon who has
been engaged in the plot to defeat the law
in Clearfield county, that he was encouraged
in his rebellion by the treachery of Ex-Gov
ernor Bigler and Senator Wallace. This
fact needs nu further comment at our hands,
and we•therefore submit it to the calm con
sideration of the people for judgment. The
following charge, specifications and confes
sion establish the facts to which we. allude:
Charges and Specifications preferred against
Patrick Curley, a citizen of Clearfield coun
ty, State of Pennsylvania.
CHARGE I. Entering into, confederating
and assisting in forming combinations to re
sist the execution of certain provisions of an
act of Congress approved the 3d day of
March, 1863, entitled An act fur enrolling
and calling out the national forces, and the
several supplements thereto.
Specification Ist. In this : that he, the
said Patrick Curley, a citizen of Clearfield
county, State of Pennsylvania, did unite,
confederate and combine with Jacob Hubler,
Jacob IVillhelin, and many other disloyal
persons, whose names are unknown, ut or
near the county of Clearfield, State of Penn
sylvania, to resist the draft and prevent per
sons who had been drafted under the provi
sions of the said act of Congress, approved
March 3d, 1863, and the several supplements
thereto, from entering the military service
of the United States, and the said Patrick
Curley, did resist and evade and counsel and
advise others to resist and evade the execu
tion of certain provisions of the said act of
Congress and the several supplements there
to. All this in or near the county of Clear=
field, State of Pennsylvania, on or aboutthe
3d day of October, 1864, and at divers times
and places before and after said mentioned
day.
Specification 2d. In this : that lie, the
said Patrick Curley, a citizen of Clearfield
county, State of Pennsylvania, did unite,
confederate and combine with Jacob ilubler,
Jacob Willhelm, and many other disloyal
persons whose names are unknown, and form
or unite with a society or organization, com
monly known and called by the name of the
"Democratic Castle," the object of which
• society or organization was and is to resist
the execution of the draft, and prevent per
sons who have been drafted under the pro
visions of the said act of Congress, approved
March ad, 1863, and the several supplements
thereto, from entering the military service
of the United States. - This done in or near
Clearfield county, State of Pennsylvania, on
or about the 8d day of October, 1864, and at
divers-times and places before and after said
mentioned day.
CHARGE H. The commission of acts of
disloyalty against the Government of the
United States, and uttering disloyal senti
ments and opinions, with the object of de
renting and weakening the power of the Gov
ernment in its efforts to suppress the unlaw
ful rebellion now existing in the United
States.
Sp!cifieation., In this: that he, the said
Patrick Curley, a citizen of Clearfield coun
ty, state of Pennsylvania, did by words, in
substance, threaten and declare that he would
resist by force all the offiqprs and others in
aid of the Ooveriiinentbr-flie Unit Aid States,
concerned in enforcing the laws of the United
States for onrelling an& draftingany and all
pereons subject to.military 'duty under the
laWs thereof,"and counseled and advised oth
ers to resist byy - force all officers and °there
in aid of the Government of the United
States, and prevent the arrest of deserters
from the military ~service of the United
State's, and of persons drafted, into the mili
tary-servicel:tvie-unite-a-stii6-3ti:Thli done
at orinear Clearfield county, State of Penn=
sylvania, on or about the-3d day of October;
1864, and at divers times and places befoic;
and . after said 'mentioned day.
FRANCIS WESSELS,
Captain and Acting judge Advocate, De
partment Pennsylvania. • -
In reply to the charge and .speeificatiOni
above, the prisoner submitted the' follewirig
written statment. We ask for this statement
a calm consideration. It fixes thPguilt on
the proper persons, and exhibits to the Gov
ernment the folly of Pursuing the ignorant
man blindly combating its authoity, while
the enlightened malignant is allowed to run
loose in the community
To Me honorable Commission:
Now, the 20th February, 1865, I, Patrick
Curley, waive my right to a trial on the
charge and specifications pending against
me and plead guilty, but beg leave to submit
the following statement: I was a member
of the Democratic party of Clearfield county,
and Governor William Bigler and Senator
Wallace were its acknowledged leaders. On
the 18th day of August, 1864, they held a
large meeting in the town of Clearfield; some
three thousand people being present, at which ,
these gentlemen made speeches, the tenor
and effect of which was that no more men
or money should be furnished for the prosecu
tion of the war. I was present at that mee
ting, and with others was taught to believe
that it was the purpose and intent of our
party to entirely withhold its support from
the Government in carrying on the war. I
WAS informed by Samuel Lownsberry and
others that a secret society was bring organ
ized for that purpose, and was induced to
attend a meeting at Jacop Hubler's where I
was sworn into the society by John J Kyler.
I was misled into joining the organization
and pursuing the course I did by the counsel
of Governor Bigler and. Senator Wallace as
given at the meeting I have mentioned.
After I was arrested and learned all the
circumstances, I voluntarily stated to Major
Gable, the officer who first had charge of
me, all the circumstances and facts within
my knowledge, giving him the constitution
and forms of the organization. I was paroled
and while I was at home devoted my time
to assisting the officers of the Government
in the execution of„ .. * ,their duties. It is my
purpose and desireyo ilustain the Government
and to discharge my whole duty as a - loyal
citizen. The services I have rendered are
within the knowledge of Major Gable, and
of several loyal citizens of Clearfield county.
P. CURLEY.
(A true copy. )
The Execution of Capt. Beall the
Rebel Spy.
Preparation for the Execution—. Scenes of the
Scaffold—the Death of Beall.
The execution of the sentence of death
upon John Y. Beall, the Rebel spy, recently
convicted by court-martial, duly took place
on Governor's Island on Tuesday, the 24th of
February, to which day he had been respited
from Saturd-y previous which had been orig
inally fixed as the day of execution.
PREPARATIONS FOR THE EXECUTION
Although, according to the terms of the
sentence, it was not to be carried into effect
until between the hours of 12 and 2 o'clock
p. in., the sight-seers, who were so fortunate
as to procure passes, began to arrive in large
numbers at C4overnor's Island at an early
hour in the morning, and there wan also a
considerable throng, who, to judge by their
appearance, Lad inannged to pass the guards
without ciedentials. 12 o'clock upward
of 500 ;T eem/ors had assembled, without in
eluding soldiers, of whom there were several
hundred. Between the. hours Of 11 and 12
o'clock, United States Marshal Murray pro
ceeded, with a tile of soldiers, to the cell of
the condemned, in order to convey hint to
att apartny2nt less reroute from the scaffold,
preparatory to the execution, which, it had
determinedrveas to take place shortly after
I o'clock.
I=
Maj. Cogswell and other officers testified
to the:courageous bearing of Capt. Beall ever
since his continement on the Wand. A, we
entered the cell of the prisoner, in company
with Marshal Murray, a Deputy Sheriff and
another gentleman, we were struck by his
singularly cool and confident mien. He was
sitting on a chair by a little table which stood
in the middle of the cell, with the black cap
of death already upon his head. Seeing us
enter, he immediately arose, and said to the
Marshal:
"lam at your service. You will oblige
me by making this thing as short as possible."
The Marshal, who had seen him frequent
ly before, dill not at first recognize him, us
the black turban-like night-cap, with its
long tasseled overlap, somewhat altered his
appearance. lie knew him to he the same,
howevi r, as soon as he spoke, and promised
to comply with his request.
Capt. Belli' was a handsome loan About
five feet nine inches in height, a strong, com
pactly built form. light heard and moustache
and yellowish hair, regular lature.s indica
tive of culture and intellectual 11141111PS:4, and
a clear, brilliant gray se were the
physical characteristics of the Rebel spy.
There was also a singular freedom and scif
possession in his manner of movement and
address.
Following Marshal Murray to the door of
his cell, ho matched between the guards, who
were awaiting him, toward the designated
apartment, heedless of the curious gent of
knots of loungers who had gathered to wit
ness the scene. \VC forgot to mention that
ho was also accompanied by the Rev. S. 11.
Weston, Chaplain of the Seventh Regiment,
Nationill Guard, who had been his constant
companion for several hours previous.
I=l
The gallows was erected on a pleasant lit
tle knoll of ground, which sloped gently to
the waters of the bay on the extremity of the
Island fronting the Narrows. The structure
itself was simple enough. There was no
drop; but u chair was placed directly under
the rope, which ran through an aperture and
along a groove, or series of pullies in the
beam above, the other end frilling into a rude
box, or shanty, where it had connection with
a heavy weight, which the severing of n
subordinate line would bring the noose up,
with a swift jerk, to the top of the gallows
tree. Up and down, in the interior of the
inclosuro containing the weight, paced the
man whose business it was to cut the short
line at the signal, and•by the action of the
tithing weight, run up the outer cord, with
its dangling burden of flesh and blood. Ho
was in fact the hangman of the occasion, a
deserter long confined on the island, but who,
we understood, was extemporized into nn
executioner, on the condition that thereafter
his own past sins were to be forgiven.
By noon there was a large crowd collected
around this spot, eying the structure with a
morbid curiosity, and several platoons pf
troops were marching and counter-marching
around it, with a full band playing at their
head. Nearly all the press were represented
and stood very near the scaffold, with Maj.
Bumford, the commandant of the post, and
several other officers belonging on the
As the fatal hour drew near, the crowds of
spectators, became so pressing that a guard
was detailed, which quickly drove them back,
while the troops were formed in a hollow
square around the gallows, to keep outsiders
at a distance.
=3
Just about 1 o'clock the guard, with the
prisoner and Mr. Weston in their midst, came
filing down the slope, and tho crowd respect
fully opened to let them through.
The prisoner walked swiftly and evidently
without fear. His arms were pinioned.by the
elbows, .behind his' back; which induced a
slight 'forward stoop as ho walked, but there.
was something—doliant - and - free — hrhis — gait
and bearing. Thad 'was something grace
fully romantie,inbjp attire, especially in the
short black cloak which ho wore, failing
theatrically dawn' to his waist' and Conceal
trig. the 'hempen twist round his neck, and
even.his black cap added to this dramatic
effect; being rolled.up, turban-like, above his
brows, the baggy end falling on one side and
fluttering in the fresh wind that blew in from
the sea. Otherwise the; prisoner was attired
in. a gray suit, somewhat tarnished frbm his
long confinement,. additional evidence of
which Was also'pordeptible - in his pallid and
somewhat emenciated features. '
READINO THE SENTENCE
Wo learn, and it Es very probable ' Ant the
prisoner entertained, almost up - to the hour
ImmOiatelyprec9ding hist. death, _conitdent
hopes that the execution would not be car
ried into effect. The hopes probably,,Vanish
ed'before bo started on his last' brief journey.
to ,the gallows; indeed, they niust have done
so, for, otrtho way, he looked up, gazedstead-
Hy the which was shining fnii: clear
blue sky,. ,and pouring a flood of effulgence
over his' , patbway to the grave, and. said to
Mr. Weston: .
• - ..How beautiful the sunlight is I I never
:knew what its splendor was till now, when
I look upon it for the hist time;"
Arriving at the gallows, theprisoner threw
'a quick, curious glance upWard, as though
ho had never seen the structure before, al
though itlay-fully exposed to his eyes during
the several moments' march If f rorallis place ,
of confinement. Neverthelesst c.he 4 seemed
perfectly satisfied with it, on closer • inspec
tion, and quietly stepped forward under the
rope, while the Adjutant proceeded to read
the various findings pf the Court, the order
accompanying it, and the death-sentence.
While this was going on, the quiet, alihost
cheerful, courage of the prisoner, won the
respect of all who saw him. His demeanor
was, however, anything but that of a bravo:
it 'evinced a pure moral oourage, an intel
lectual contempt for death. is face was
pale, but not sorrowful, and frequent smiles
played across his lips as lie listened to the
reliding of the different specifications of
which ho had been found guilty, and for
which he was there to meet his death. Es
pecially at the reading of that specification,
respecting the Lake Erie piracy, where ho
had placed the innocent passengers of the
captured steamer under durance by force of
arms, he almost laughed, as if the reading
recalled some incident which had once par
ticularly amused him. In all of this care
lessness, however, there was only contempt
and hardihood—nothing like contrition for
the crimes which he had attempted, and no
thing like a conviction of the fanaticism or
spirit of revenge which had impelled him.
THE EXECUTION
Immediately after the reading of the sen
tence, the prisoner stood up, and the noose
round his neck was fastened to the suspended
cord above, leaving a slack of about two feet.
He faced the sea. On his right stood Mar
shal Murray, Maj. Cogiiwell, and another of
ficial. On his left stood Mr. Weston, who
produced a copy of the Episcopal liturgy an&
read the commendatory prayer therefrom in
solemn tones, the 'prisoner bending his head
reverently, and evidently listening with pro
found attention.
At the conclusion of this ceremony, the
Deputy-Marshal approached the prisoner,
adjusted the rope, and asked him if ho had
anything to say. The prisoner replied:
"Yes: I protest against the execution of
this sentence! It is absolute murder—bru
tal murder! I die in the defense and service
of my country!"
Before the cap was drawn over his eyes,
on being asked if he wished to say anything
further, he said :
" No; I beg you to make haste!"
The signal was then given; the weight was
heard to fall; the rope was seen to spring
high up; and John Y. Beall was in eternity;
for his neck was immediately broken and he
probably died in a second. There was a
slight convulsion of the legs and all motion
ceased. The execution took place at four
teen minutes past one o'clock precisely.
DISPOSAL OF THE BODY
The body was suffered to hang just twenty
minutes. It was then cut down, and, upon
examination, the surgeon in attendance pro
nounced life extinct. It was then placed in
the coffin awaiting it and borne away, when
the crowd dispersed.
We understand that the corpse was to have
been brought to the city, and there deliver
ed to some friends for interment.
Two gentlemen from Baltimore, friends of
the deceased, were with him in the morning,
and witnessecrhis execution. Although there
was a natural feeling of eommisseration for
the youth, and respect for the valorous bear
ing of the prisoner among the spectators,
the general and profounder sentiment was
that he richly deserved the death he received.
A few days before his death the prisoner
wrote a sketch of his life, and, during the
morning preceding his execution, at his own
request, had a photographic likeness taken
of himself.
Interesting - Questions and Answers
relative to the 7.30 U. S. Loan.
MR. JAY COOKE, of Philadelphia, who for
so long a time had the management of the
popular 500 million 5.20 Loan, has just been
appointed by SECRETARY FEMENDEN, the
GENERAL AGENT to dispoSe of TILE ONLY
POP R LoAN now Offered for sale by the
Government, viz.: the SE V EN-TH RT Y."
I n entering upon his duties he desires to
answer plainly the large number of questions
daily and hourly propounded to him; so that
his fellow-countrymen may all understand
what this "Seven-Thirty Loan" is—what are
its peculiar merits,—how they can subscribe
for or obtain the notes, 455 c.
ls/. Question. Why is this Loan called
the -Seven-Thirty" Loan ?
Ansther. It bears Interest, in currency,
at the rate of Seven Dolhirs and thirty cents,
each year. on every hundred dollars ; mak
ing the interest as follows;
One cent per day on each $ 50 note.
Two cents " 109 "
Ten " " " 500 "
'Twenty " " 1,009 "
One dollar " " 5,000 "
2d Question. When and how can they be
obtained ?
Answer. They are for sale, at par, and
accrued interact, by all Sub-Treasuries,
National and other Banks, and all Bankers
and Brokers.
3d Question. When is the interest paya
ble and how can it be collected?
Answer. The Coupons or Interest Tick
ets are due 15th of February and 15th of
August in each year, and can be cut otlfrorn
the ante, and will be cashed by any Sub-
Treasurer, U. S. Depository, National or
other Bank or Banker.
4th Question. When must the Govern
ment pay off these 7.30 s ?
Answer. They are due in two years and
a-half from the 15th of February, 1865; viz.:
on the 15th of August, 1867.
sth Question. Must I receive buck my
money so soon as 1867 7
Answer. No! not unless you yourself
prefer to do so—the Law gives you the right
to demand from the Government, at that
time, either your money or an equal amount
at par, of the famous and popular 6.20 Gold
Bearing 6 per cent. Loan.
6th Question. How much do you consid
er this privilege of conversion, into 5.20 Lean
to be worth 7
Answer. 5.20 s bearing Gold Interest from
Ist of November, are to-day worth 9 per cent.
premium. If they are worth no more at the
end of the two years and a half, when you
have a right to thorn, then they now are, this
premium added to the interest you receive,
will give you at least 10 percent. per annum
for your money—but the opinion is thv : they
will be worth more than 9 percent. preinium
at that time.
7th Question. What other advantage is
there in investing in the 7.30 Loan?
Answer. It cannot be taxed by States.
Counties, or Cities, and this adds from one
to three per cent. per annum to the net in.:
come of the holder, according to the rate of
taxation in various localities. All bonds and
stocks, except those of the United States,
and all mortgages, ac., 'are taxed, not only
by the Government, but by States, Counties
and Cities.
Bth Question. How does the Government
raise the money to pay the interest, and is it
safe and-sure 7 --
Answer. The Government collects, by
taxes, internal revenue, and duties on im
ports, fully three hundred millions each year.
This is nearly three times as , much us is need-,.
ed to pay the interest on all the debt, and us
soon as the. War' is ended, the amount not
needed to pay the interest will be used in
paying off the debt. Our Government has,
_tunee_paict oftall_tis_ deld,JuuLcan_easily_do
so again. The interest is sure to bo paid
promptly, and the debt itself is the very
safest investment in the world. It is as sate
as a mortgage on a good ferrls, and pays a
better interest. It is, in fact, a First Mort
gage on all lands, all, incomes, all railroad
and.canal bonds, and bank or other, stocks,
mortgages, &c.
Nothing can bo safer, for.we are all bound
for it, and all that we have is firmly held for
the paymelt of principal and interest. Hoiv
foolish those people are; who keep their gold
and greenbocktldlo. and locked up, or -pur
chase mortgages or railroad stocks .and bonds,
which pay only 6 Or 6 per cent interest; when
these Seven-Thirties pay (counting the pre
mium on Fh;e-Tworities,) over ten per cent,
and are so much'llafer and surer.
.-9th-Questien--How-many-Sevenqhirties-
are there; and how - much remains unsold ?
Answer. There are only 'about three hun
dred ,and twenty:flrO millions authorized 1.)7.:
law, and only about one hundred and ninety
millions remain unsold.
10th Question. ' How long will it take you
to sell the balance ? •
Answer. There are about 800 National
'Banks all engaged in selling them ; also a
large number of the old banks, and at least
three-thousand private bankers and brokers,
and special agents will be engaged in all
parts of the country in disposing of them to
the people.
11th Question. How long will it take to
sell the whole ?
Answer. In less than three months they
will bo all sold, and will no doubt then sell
at a premium, as was the case with the old
Seven-Thirties, the first Twenty-Year Loan,
and the Five-Twenties.
The above questions and 'answers, it is be
lieved, will give full information to all. If
not, the General Subscription Agent, or any
of the Banks or Bankers employed to sell the
Loan, will be glad to answer all questions,
and tO furnish the Seven-Thirties in small
or large sums (as the notes are issued in de
nominations of $5O, $lOO, $6OO, $l,OOO and
$5,900,) and to render it easy for all to sub
scribe—thus fulfilling the instructions of Mr.
FEssErrnEN, who earnestly desires thartlfi
people ,of the whole land, (as well as the
capitalists,) shall have every opportunity af
forded them of obtaining a portion of this
most desirable investment._
LET NONE DELAY, BUT SUBSCRIBE AT
ONCE, TUROUOTI TITE NEAREST RESPONSI
BLE BANK OR BANKERS.
CON MBES'S
SENATE.—BiII to grant lands toMinnesota
for railway from Mississippi River north
passed. Bill to give $3OO each to five Revo
lutionary survivors passed. Resolution a
dopted calling on President for information
how much of Louisiana was controlled by
our arm;es Dec. 1, 1864. Tho Fortification
bill was discussed, and, on motion of Mr.
Wilson, was amended by reducing the origi
nal appropriations one-half and retaining the
provisions for expenditures for the forts of
North Atlantic and Pacific coast, which the
Finance Committee of the Senate had struck
out. Adjourned.
HOUSE.—The House considered several
private bills and the new Enrollment bill.
Mr. Stevens's motion to strike out the sec
ond section, requiring rill recruits to be cred
ited to their actual residences, was rejected.
The section making a principal liable if his
substitute desert, &c., was struck out by 105
to 34. and by 77 to 45. The House adopted
a new section that the mustering in of a sub
stitute shall exempt the principal for the
whole time for which he was drafted. With
out finishing the bill—adjourned.
SENATE CONFI RMAT lONS—The Senate has
confirmed the nomination of Brigadier Gen
eral Robert Anderson to be major general by
brevet in the regular army; also Brigadier
Generals Chas. J. Paine and Ed ward Hatch,
United States Volunteers, to be major gen
erals by brevet.
The Senate has alsocontirmed the following
to he brigadier generals in the volunteer
forces: Colonel Powel Claylon , 4th Aarkansas
Cavalry; Brevet Brigadier General George
L Beale, colonel 4th Maine; Colonel henry
G. Thomas. 10th IT. S. Colored Troops;
Brevet •Brigadier General G. A. Penny
packer, U. S. Volunteers, and colonel of
the 97th Pennsylvania Volunteers Brevet :
Brigadier General Greene B. Baum, U. S.
Volunteers, and colonel of the 56th
vier , Wistnr, resigried.
Viso the following, to he brigadier gene
rals by brevet: Col. James F. Wade. (it h
U. S. Colored Troops; NT 11 jOr Verpiarrek
Van Antwerp, Col. Thos Moonlight, I Ith
Kansas Cavalry Col. Thomas M. B .wen.
13th Kanstig; Col. Charles W. Blair. 14;11
K.811.511S: Col. George P. Este, 14th Ohio:
Col..JohU W. Ames, 64th U. S. Colored
Tr;rops. Col. J. S. Lyttell, 76th PI - 4111.M van ' s.
Major Alexander B. Dyer. to be chief
ordnance, with the rank of brigadier gen
rid. Freeman C. Blake of Kansas, to h
consul at Fort Erie, Canada. Edward H.
Ropes, of Massachusetts, eonsu at Zanzibar.
Ira hart let; of Ohio, Chief Justice, awl
William E. Gleason and John Y. Kidder to
be Associate Justices of the Supreme Court
of Dakota Lathan 11. Litchfield to be
Marshal of Dakota. David I', Vinton, of
JuStice of the Suprethe
Court of New Mexico.
SENATE - A bill was passed to create a
Naval Solicitor and Judge-Advocate Gen
eral. A motion to make the Bankrupt bill
the -Special order for tha evening was defeated
by 17 toll. Mr. Sumner offered seven reso
lution:3, declaring that it is the eonstitutioual
duty of Congress to reestablish republican
government in the revolted States, and of
Congress alone; that the term republican
government is to be interpreted by the Dec
laration of Independence; that no loyal people
should be disfranchised; that Culigress ought
to see that the rights of all citizens are pro
tected; arid that a State Government based
on military law ought not to be recognized.
Ordered to be printed. At the evening session,
the Louisiana question again came up. and
Mr. Sumner moved an aniend men t providing
that there shall be no denial of the elective
franchise in Louisiana on account of color,
which the Senate rejected by 12 to 18. After
further debateand dilatory motions adjourn
ed.
HOUSE.—A resolution was passed to print
140,009 copies of the Agricultural Report.
Senate bill appropriating S1,90:),030 to reim
burse Missouri war expenses was referred to
Committee on tho Whole. Resolution of
inquiry as to enlistment of Rebel prisoners
into our army and payment of bounties to
them was passed. Resolution adopted of
inquiry into order of War Department re
quiring passes from colored persons leaving
District of Columbia. The Enrollment bill
was discussed. An amendment to base enroll
ments on population was voted down by 51
to 91. Amendinen exempting for threeyears
principal furnishing substitute for three years
was adopted. Amendment adopted that
principal shall ba held liable for non compos
or otherwise incompetent substitute, if notice
within thirty days. Adjourned.
From, The Richmond Sentinel.
Gen. Lee on Arming Slaves
The following letter from the Commander
in-Chief is published because the importance
and urgency of the question which it discuss
esoverrule all theconsiderutions which might
prompt a Jess public use of it. With the
great mass of our people, nothing more than
this letter is needed to settle every doubt or
silence every objection. The few civilians
who may insist on opposing their opinion,
whether as to military necessity or military
expediency, to that of Gen. Leo, will incur
not only the imputation of presumption, but
a responsibility to the country which no man
could support. The opinion of Gen. Lee
may be repudiated, or it may be adopted—
it is too clear and unequivocal to be compro
mised or evaded:
HEADQUARTERS C. S. ARMIES, 1
February 18, 1865.
Hon. E. D. BARKSDALE, House of Represen
tatives, Richmond.
Sin: I have the honor to acknowledge the
receipt of your letter, of the 12th inst., with
reference to the employment of negroes as
soldiers. I think the measure not only ex
pedient, but necessary. The enemy will cer
tainly use them against us if he can get pos
session of them., and as his present numerical
superiority will enable him to penetrate many
parts of the country, I cannot see the wisdom
of the policy of holding them to await his
arrival, when we-may,-by timely-aetion-and
judicious management, use them to arrest his
progress. I do not think that our white pop
ulation can supply the necessities of a long
war without overtaxing its capacity and im
posing great suffering upon our people; and
I believe we should provide resources for a
protracted struggle, not merely for a battle
or a campaign.
In answer to your" 'second question, I can:
only_say_ .
opinion,_the_fiegroes,_
under proper circumstances,, will make effi
cient soldiers. I think we-could at least do
as well with them as - the enemy, and he at
taches great importance to their. assistance.
Under good officers and good instruction, I
do not see why they should not become sol
diers. They possess all the physical qualifi
cations, and their habits of obedience consti
tute n good foundation for discipline. They
furnish a more promising material than many
armies of which' we read in history, which
owed their efficiency to discipline alone. It
would be neither. just nor wise, in my opin
ion,' to require them to•serve as slaves. The
best course to pursue, it seems to ine, would
be to call for. such as are willing to come
with the consent of their owners. An im
pressment or draft would not be likely to
bring Mit - the - best - classrand - theitse of-coor
chin waiild make the measure distasteful to
them and to their, owners. • . •
I 4nye..no . dou/it thryt if. Congress would
authoize their reception into service, and
empower the President to - call upon individ—
uals or States for such as they are willing'to
contribute, with the condition of emancipa
tion to all enrolled, a sufficient numbeiNbuid
be Tortheorning to enable us to try the exper
iment. If it prove successful, most of the
objectipns to the measure would disappear,
and if individuals still remained .unwilling
to send their negrocs to the army, the force
of public opinion in the States would soon
bring about such legislation as would remove
all obstacles. I think the matter should be
left, as far as possible to the people and the
States, which alone can legislate as the ne
cessities of this particular service may require.
As to the mode of organizing them, it should
be left as free from restraint as possible.—
Experience will suggest the best course, and
it would be inexpedient to trammel the sub
ject with provisions that might, in the end,
prevent the adoption of reforms suggested
by actual trial.
With great respect, your obedient servant,
It. E. LEE.
WILMINGTON.
The details of its capture:—How our army
celebrated Washington's birthday.—Seven
hundred rebels and thirty guns captured.
General Terry in pursuit of ...Hoke.
OFFICIAL GAZETTE
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24, 9.45 A. M.—Des
patches just received announce that Wilming
ton, N. C.,is in possession of our troops.
E. t. STANTON, Secretary of war.
WASHINGTON, Feb . . 24.—The following
has just been received at the Navy Depart
ment:
FORT MONROE, Feb. 24.
Hon. G. iVelles, Secretary of the Navy:
The Cuyler has just arrived from Cape
Fear, and reports our forces as having taken
possession of Wilmington on the morning of
the 22d, Washington's birthday.
The rebels retreated, leaving a large-num
ber of prisoners in our hands.
STEPHEN D. TRENCIIARD, Commander.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.—The Navy De
partment has received the following.
UNITED STATES FLAG SHIP MALVERN,
CAPErLrpnLER, Feb. 22d,
FORTRESSiFORTRESSFet:-24, 9 A. M.
Hon. G. Nell*ftlF,.slrry of the,Noxy :
I have the-IMeup.:to intormyckilint 'Wil
mington is in possession of our troops,
DAVID D. PORTER, Rear Admiral.
BALTIMORE, Feb. 24. P. M.--A despatch
from Fort Monroe, this morning, find which
has just come to hand, says the U. S. Steam
er R. R. Cutler had arrived from Fort Fish
er, N. C., with news of the evacuation of
Wilmington, N. C., on the night of the 21st
inst. Major General Terry, with his army,
entered and took possession of the city at 9
A. M. on the 22d, capturing a large amount
of supplies and stores of aekinds, which the
rebels, in their haste, neglected to destroy.
I=
WASIIINOTON, Feb. 24, 1.865-11.30 P. 3f
The following official report of the cap
ture of Wilmington 'has been forwarded to
this Department by General Grant.
E. M. STANTON,
Secretary of War.
FORTRESS MONROE, Feb. t 4. 1805-101'. U.
General U. S. Grant, Cay Point:
Our troops entered Wilmington on the
morning of the '2.2.d in-q. A ft,:r the evacu
ation of Fort Anderson. General Schofield
directed Cox to follow its garrison towards
Wilmington, while Terry followed Hoke on
the east side of the river.
Tim latter took up a new line, four miles
from Wihnington, but wa, so closely pressed
by Terry that he could send no troops to the
On that side the rebels made a
stand behind Town
,Creek, but On the 2)h
It
ht
rossed his troops holow them in tin
and routed them, taking two giins and
three hundred prisono s. (hi the 21st Cox
pushed to the Brunswick river, upposit,t
Wilmington, where the bridges were on tire,
and on his arrival the rebels bee-an burning
1.7 eh it and rosin in the city, and left it that
our t_ltitt uros, inrludinu Fort. A ntlerson,
amount to about 70) priPoners. and guni.
Citiz”ns state• that the rebels burn ,, d over
1,91'0 bales of cotton, and 15,0u0 barrel.; of
flour.
The Union feeling hh , )wed it=elf quite
string in the eity.
Terry fdlowed Enke northwitrd.
C. B. ComsTocE,
Lieut. Cul., A. D. C., and Brevet Brig. Gen.
Tho Capture of Wilmington
R , port .!1' Rear Admiral Porter.—Gallant
conduct of the Nary. Two ;gunboats dam
aged.—a salute in honor ry . the victor,.
UNITED STATES FLAOSIIIP MALVERN, I
CAPE FEAR RIVER, Feb. 22, 18135. f
Sts: I have the honor to inform you that
Wilmington has been evacuated and is in
the possession of our troops. After the evac
uation of Fort Anderson, I pushed forward
the gunboats up as far as the water would
permit. The army pushed up at the same
time as the right and left banks of the river.
After sounding and buoying out the middle
ground at Rig Island, I succeeded in getting
the gunboats over, and opened tire on Fort
Strong, th e work conlinanding the principal
obstructions, where the Rebels had also sunk
a large steamer, the North Eastern. Our
lire soon drove the Rebels away from the
fort. Now and then they would fire a shot,
one of which struck the Sassacu- ladow the
water-mark, and set her leaking badly.
She was struck once or twice more, but met
with no loss of men, That night (the '-lt/th)
the Rebels sent down 200 limiting torpedoes,
but I had a strong force of picket boats
and the torpedoes were sunk with musketry.
One got in the wheel of the Osceola, and
blew her wheel-house to pieces, and knocked
down her bulkhead in -board, but there was
no damage_to the hull. Some of the vessels
picked up the torpedoes with their torpedo
nets.
The next morning I spread two fishing
nets across the river. Yesterday evening,
Gen. Ames, 'with his division, moved with
in a short distance of the fort, and had a
sharp encounter with the Rebels. On hear
ing the musketry and seeing where our
troops were 1 opened a rapid fire on the fort,
and all along the enemy's line. The fort
responded with three or four shots, but was
soon silenced. This morning wo heard that
Gen. Terry was within their works, and the
road was clear to Wilmington. The Mon
tauk could not get across the shoals without
lightening, which was a work of some labor.
I had the pleasure of placing the flag on
Fort Strong, and at 12 o'clock noon to-day,
we all fire a salute of thirty-five guns, this
being the anniversary of Washington'sbirtt
day.
I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedion
servant,
D. D. PORTER, Rear Admiral
GIDEON WELLES, Sect. of the Navy.
Probable Union of Sehofteld's For
ces with Sherman's Army.
NEW Yonn, Feb. 28.
We are informed that private letters have
been received in this city, announcing as
probable the union of Gen. Schofield's for
ces with Gen. Sherman's army on Monday
the 27th inst. The point is not stated.
Grant's Army Under Marching Orders
A Heavy Engagement ._Expeated
- -NEW YORK, Feb. 28. -
The Commercial has a letter from Hatch
er's Run, dated the 25th instant, which states
that our army is under marching orders, to
bo ready, to move at a moments notice, and
that a heavy engagement is expected for the
possession of the South Side railroad,
A LONDON letter to the New York Her
ald, dated _February-3 r says-:
"It is rather amusing for an American
just'now to be in LOndon.. That insolent,
crowning swagger that was so much in vogue
with a certain class of 'hold Briton's' a year
or two ago has all departed. Like Bob
Acres' valor, it has gone of their finger ends.
Blockade runners have given up the ghost
in despair, and are going to turn virtuous.
Tom Bold, of Liverpool, cousin of the rebel
M. F. Maury, hiis had a big row with the
rebel leaders and GovernMent, and VOW'S'
eternal vengeance against the Whole lot..
He, you remember, fitted out the Rappahan
noek:- Buthe says the Southern rogues have
swindled him out of all the profits that le ,
expected to make, and seeing . the game all
up, he cannot restrain his temper. And, to .
the poor rebels, *Sorrows come not single.
spies, but in battallions.' The two hundred
and fifty, thousand Enfield rifles that - the re; .
bel Government contracted for last autumn
have gone the way of all the rebel hopes.
Beall, the Rebel Pirate- =Why he
was Mespited.
_
The preliminary preparations for the ex
ecution of Captain Beall wore all completed
on Friday before' the'President's respite ar
rived. The prisoner fully expected that the
sentence would be carried out on Saturday,
and lied already bade his counsel, James T.
Brady,.the final adieu. It is stated that the
respite was granted . by the President upon
the urgent solicitation of the prisoner's
mother, who came into our lines at Charles
ton, Va., on Wednesday last. In relation
to the strong attachment between the prison
er and his mother, Mr. Brady related an in
teresting incident on Saturday evening, in
his speech on behalf of the Patriot Orphan
Home. He stated that on the occasion of
his parting interview with Captain Beall,
which occurred on Friday afternoon, he ask
ed the condemned man if, he would favor him
with the address of his mother, in order that
he (Mr. Brady) might communicate with
her. Mr. Brady watched the countenance
of the prisoner closely as he asked this ques
tion to see what its effect would be; but
Beall exhibited no nervousness nor emotion.
Previous t 6 that, however, he had said to
Mr. Brady that he cared nothing for the
judgment of mankind, and nothing for the
punishment he was condemned to suffer; be
cause he knew his mother thought her son
was right, and his sister would honor his
memory. Mrs. Beall has arrived here,
and
is now with her son on Governor's Island.
It is not known just now when theexecution
will occur, but it is understood that it will
be deferred only a few days, as the sole ob
ject in postponing it was to enable Mrs. Beall
to be with her son in his last moments.
A Private Letter from Gen. Sherman.
The following letter. from Gen. Sherman
was addressed to a distinguished soldier and
an old friend, in this city. It shows that
the hero of Georgia has as much modesty as
helms merit:
"Colonel Ewing arrived to-day and bore
me many kind tokens from the North, but
none gave me more satisfaction than to know
that you watched with interest my efforts
in the National cause. Ide not think a hu
man being could feel more kindly towards
an enemy than I doto,the people of the South,
and I only pray to see the day when they
and their children will thank me, as one who
labored to secure and maintain a govern
ment worthy
,the land we have inherited,
and strong enough to secure our children
the peace and security denied us.
"Judging from the press, the world mag
nifies my deeds above their true value, and
I fear the future may not realize its judge
ment. But, Whatever fate may befal me, I
know that you will be a generous and char
itable critic, and will encourage one who
only hopes in this struggle to do a man's
share.
"With great respect your friend and ad
mirer, "W. I'. SAERMAN, Maj. Gen."
Cohni antt +fait Beim.
BOILING SPIIIGNS lloTEL.—For rent
Prmn tho Ist, April 1865. Apply to PETER
F. EuE, Carlisle Pa-3t.
Ex CIIA NUED.—We are glad to an
nounce the exchange of Col. T. Kauffman,
Major Martin Kuhn, and Capt. I ',Pe.
T,1,4` officers arc all at annapolis, and we
hope to see them at home in a few days.
th-.r. We are indebted to lion. Joseph
Bailey fir the C , ngressional (il,,be fur ISG3-4,
and al-o for 1111111 y other favors nut heretofore
acknowledged.
rNAt. , “ultATioN UN ung PRAYER MEET
INN. —ln compliance with a puldi , hed invi
tation from many roinistors of various (le
nomination.;, a Union prayer looting will
be held in the Lecture Room of the Fir.4t
Pre , ;byterian Church on Saturday nest,
(Ilareh •Ith), between the Lour: (11 . twelve
and one, in behalf of our Rulers, anti tho
welfare of our country in general.
PROCEEDINGS O THE PROVOST MAR
OFFICE.—Thc present is a season of
great activity in this Department, and the
Board of Enrolment are untiring in their
effort to get men into the service and till
the quotas of the respective localities. As
yet no draft has taken place in any part of
the loth District. The following deserters
have been arrested during the last two weeks:
Jolt N 11ERtl EY, drafted from North Co
don's Twp., York County, failed to report,
and was forwarded with charges and specifi
cations to Draft Rendezvous, Carlisle liar
racks.
Wm. HEADL EY, \V. T. JOHNSON and
Wit. 13. Tut:KEIL, were brought in charged
with being deserters. These men were in the
uniform of the U. S., but no evidence being
adduced that they were bone fide deserters,
they were sent under guard to the Post Pro
vost Marshal at Harrisburg for his disposal.
Brat. M MRS, Cu. "If 19th Pa, Cavalry,
was arrested and turned over to Carlisle Bar
racks to be sent to his Regiment. This man
dt•serted on the 27th of July 1893, and his
arrest at this late day but demonstrates the
utter impossibility of eluding the vigilance
of the Government, for sooner or later they
will all be detected and brought to punish
ment.
HANCOCK'S VETERAN CORPS.—Wo
would invite especial attention to the adver
tisement in another column of to-day's Her
ald of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Executive
officer of the committee for recruiting the
" Birney Brigade," to be attached to llan
cock's Corps.
Mr. FRANKLIN'S official position as the
head of the detective polite department, his
high character as a gentleman, and his well
known energy and intelligence, fit him pe
culiarly for the business of recruiting in these
bounty-jumping and substitute brokering
times. His appointment is a good earnest
that veterans who enlist in the " Birney Bri
gade" will not be swindled by anybody.
llancock's corps offers immense advanta
ges. Just think of it Veterans; $1,131 for
one year; $1,587 for two, and $2,043 for
three years. What veteran can do so well
in every respect than by re-joining his old
comrades ? See the advertisement.
BLAIR'S NEW ,GROCERY.—We call
special attention - to the advertisement of
Messrs. BLAIR & SON, in another column of
to-day's issue. They are receiving an im
mense stock of family groceries, which has'
been selected with great care, us toquality and
price. These gentlemen buying as jobbers
-have-peculiar advantages for getting goods
at the very lowest rates ; and they are do:'
tormined to leave no honorable effort untried
to build up a large and successful trade.
The one-price, cash system is the One they
have adopted; and our word for it, our citi
zens will be both surprised and delighted to
find how soon they will fall into this pleas
-antly-prompt-way-otmaking-purcbasei;=and-
how Charmingly it regulates the relations
between buyer and seller. •
Go and see the new store, if for nothing
else than to take a look through the.splendid
building and admire the excellent , arrange
ment of its different departments. The
architects and builders, Messrs. L.
J. Minims, refer- with commendable Pride
to the'redult ot their labors. 'The •building
is a large throe storied brick ediilde, beauti
•ful in its proportionti, and thoroughly An-.
shed' in. detail in the most workman7like
manner ;,everyappliancolhat artcould dic
tate or experience sugges't has.beon intro-
Aimed, and the -result is most 'flattering to
the enterprise' of the Messrs. :,13i.ant and the
mechanical genius and execution' Of-the
Messre v .: ;• • :
, 1:LIE MARTINETTI TROVP.E.—Our peol
-ple have-been - espe c ially, favored_this week .
by . manager Rouse, through . whose enter.
prise we have been favored with the engage..
went of the Martinetti Troupe which closes
with to-morrow evening's performance.'
This company comprises all of the renowned
Ravel troupe now performing, which with
the Martinetti family constitutes the great
est combination of pantomimiste, athletes
and dansueses in the world. Some of their
performances aro really wonderful: They
seem to have attained the very acme of
strength and agility, which is exhibited with
a graceful mobility of movement b'eautiful to
behold. Their fairy pantomimei at once
delight, astonish and owe the auditor, while
their Terpsichorean performance: are wed.
els of the art.
To-morrow afternoon they give a matinee,
for which the ladies and the little ones we
know will feel under lasting obligations.
Prof. Walker furnishes the very excel
lent music with which theso entertainments
have been enlivened. He plays the very
difficult repertoire which is arranged for
these pantomines and dances, with a master
ly
PIANO TIINING.—We announced last'
week that Prof. E. R. Walker, a son of one•
of our most respected fellow townsman, and;
a gentlemen of very high professional repu
tation, would be in town for a few days. At
the conclusion of Mr. Rouse's engagement.
Mr. W. was induced to prolong his stay
during the present week, and we would re--
mind those of our readers desiring his ser
vices that this is the last opportunity they'
. will have to avail themselves of them, as he
leaves for Lancaster early nest week.
Prestnitation of Flag to Company -
A., 2094 Regiment, P. V.
The ladies of South Middleton, as a token,
of their admiration for the bravery of the.
gallant boys who left that Township last Au
tumn and have since been in active service
in front of Petersburg, contributed generous
ly toward raising a fund to purchase a flag
to be presented to them, and also for the pur
pose of furnishing the Company with daily
local and religious newspapers. The amount
of the fund raised by them was seventy-four
dollars, which was placed in the hands of
W. L. Craighead, Esq., to be expended for
the purposes designed. Mr. Craighead pur
-1 chased a beautiful flag for $45 dollars, and
sends the Company two copies of the Phila.
Inquirer, one copy of the Weekly Age, one
copy of the. Evangelist, ono copy of the
Christian Advocate, one copy of the Herald
and one of the Democrat, which expenditures
exhausted the fund. The following interest
ing exercises connected with the flag presen
tation will be read with as much pleasure by
the brave men at the front as by their friends at
home who so kindly remember them•. The.
flag was presented by Mr. IL E. BrechbilL
with the following neat address by the ladies
S,,LDIERS OF COMPANY A : —ln behalf of
the ladies at home I have the honor to pre
sent to you this banner. It is an evidence.
of their p .triotism and confidence that you
will bear it with honor and bring it back
un-ullied. Remember that while you have
left your quiet homes and have gone forth
to battle, you are not forgotten. The good.
wishes of every citizen at home are with you,
and the' prayers of many are offered up in
v.air behalf. Some of you have for the first
time entered upon a life attedded by many
trials and (lan: erse To others it is but the
renewing of your former life, when you bore
your country's flag so bravely. Your bril
liant tehi.tvements at Gettysburg and else
where cannot so easily be forgotten. Be then
an example to your comrades as you have
been heretofore, and I trust ere long you can
return to enjoy those priviliges, for_ the just
and honorable maintenance of which you
have so nobly periled your lives. Receive
this testimonial of their regard, and may
God bless you.
The flag was received on the part of the
Company - by Capt. J. B. Landis, who ex
pressed his own and the Company's gratitude
as follows :
Through you, to the fair donors of this
beautiful banner, in behalf of the Company,
I scarcely know what to say.
If I could but gather the thanks and bless
ings that are risinL , to the lips of every one
o
nw present in the ' Company—if I could but
gather these into one choice gift, I would pre
sent it as our richest offering. I, then, as
the Company with one voice and one tongue,
say, "Thanks, thanks, to the Ladies! God
bless them.'
Soldiers, look at this Flag! To you it is
presented as an evidence of the confidence
reposed in you by your mothers, sisters, wives,
and fair friends at home; confidence that you
will protect and defend the "good old flag"
our fathers bore, that their blood may not
have been shed in vain, that the blood of
your own fallen comrades may not have been
shed in vain ; confidence that you will bear it,
bravely and stand byitin peril's darkesthour.
This confidence reposed in you, made mani
fest by the presentation of this flag, calls upon
you to act the part of zealous patriots, ever
to be careful of the precious charge received
at their hands.
Nothing can be more encouraging to us
than to know that the hearts of our friends
at home are with us. It fills the heart with
deepest feeling to know that whether we are•
lying on the quiet camping-ground, or wheth
er we are struggling on the sanguinary field,
the prayers and petitions of many aro being
offered in our behalf.
Duty will bo blessed. In future years,
when this cruel war will only be remember
ed as one of the dark volumes of the past,
when our country's flag will again float from
I the wild Atlantic to the broad Pacific, from
the bright lakes of our Northland to the
darkly-rolling Rio Grande, then the memory
of our country's defenders will be as grate
ful to every American heart as the memory
of our Revolutionary fathers has been to us.
Ever relying on the same strong arm of
Omnipotence that shielded them, may we be
enabled tu,,,p)ace all hope and trust in Him
who ruleth thd destinies of nations, remain- ,
boring that
" conquer we must when our cause It Wind,
And this bo our motto, In God is our trust:
And the Star Spangled Banner In triumph shall Wave
O'er the Land of the Free and the noose of the Brave'
(Cheers.)
Nothing is dearer to any one than friends,
home and country. But, to enjoy our friend
ships circled 'round our own firesides, wo
must have a co:entry to call our own. Then,
though war and desolation sweep like siroc
cos of death over our country, let us cling to
that banner which sooner or later will wit
ness and hail our nation's redemption. And
when the murky clouds of rebellion have
been dissipated by the bright Sun of Union,
we can again return to the homes and hearts
of those who now mourn our absence.
- To you, who have acted in behalf of the
ladies, our many thanks are due. This flag
shall not be dishonored. Wo will remember
our prisoner chieftain I (Cries of that's so.).
Heaven.protect him!
And now, on returning to your home, you
bear with you our warmest wishes and most
grateful thanks"to those who, in-presenting
this banner, have shown the noble interest
they-have-in-our cause.----As-they-joyin;oo:
SUCCNSCS, their cheering words will nerVe.us
in our-weary toil. As they remember;- us
they shall be remembered.; as they pray for
us we will protect them. Once more 'With"
full hearts we thank them.
Dkokinson Institute.
•
The Institute convened at Shady Grove
The meeting was called to or.
The minutes of the provious meeting' were
read. .and adopted. The members present
d o o n r 7 b o y b. th 2 9 sth' President.
were Mrs. Lizzie E. Kenyon, E. Griest, M.
0. Smith, B. C. Fleming, Sue E. Floreing,
Mr. F. Albert and T: K. Weller, Mr. X'
Albert read a selection of Scrip(tire; 3148
M. C. Smith took charge of o class in Reed.
ing; Suo E. Fleming road an Essay-Subject,,
Bad effects of indolence; Mr. F. Albert de.;
livered , an Oration. ,Subject 'trials of the -
Teacher. Adjourned Sine Die..
Buz E. FLEmrso, Sect,