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THE PEOPLE REJOICING
On • Monday morning, after the telegraph
had announced the gloriotia news of the
surrender of General LEE and his army, the
Chief Burgess of Carlisle, JOHN CA,striHer , L,
called a meeting of the citizens of
town and vicinity, at Rheem's Hall, at 11
o'clock, for the purpose of rejoicing together
and to make arrangements for celebrating
the great event. Mr. CAMBELL briefly sta
ted the object of the meeting, after which it
was organized by the selection of the follow
ing named gentleman us officers :
President—WlLLlAM 11. MILLER, Esq.
Vise Presidents—W m. B. Mullin, Jabob
Rhoads, John McGinnis, John B. Bretton,
and Hon. Hugh Stuart.
Secretaries—Copt. E. Beatty, J. W. Ogilby.
After being thus organized, Mr. MILLER
delivered short, but eloquent and patriotic
address, which was loudly applauded by the
large assemblage. lie was followed by
Messrs. TODD, HENDERSON and SHARPE, all
of whom delivered stirring speeches, short
but pithy, and well suited for the occasion.
After the speaking had been concluded, it
was suggested that the crowd should join in
a l'iational song, and GEORGE ZINN, Esq.,
was appointed to lead the singing. Mr. Z..
assisted by Messrs. John Rheern, Kieffer,
Masonheimer, Turner and Willliams, then
sang the "Star Spangled Banner" with most,
excellent effect, and to the great gratifica
tion of the meeting.
A motion was then made by Capt. BEATTY,
that a Committee of nine citizens be appoint
ed to make arranzements for celebrating our
recent victories and the surrender of LEE'S
army. The chair, in compliance with the
motion, appointed Messrs. E. Beatty, John
Campbell, John B. Brat ton, E. Corn to an,
Gen. (4. W. Bowman, Rev. F. J. Clerc, K
M. Biddle, J. W. Ogilbv, and S. D. Hill
man said Committee.
The meeting th en gave throe rou:ing c h e e rs
for General GRANT, three for his army of
braves, and three for the Union, and dis
persed in the very best possible humor. A
good feeling prevailed throughout ; men of
both parties shook hands cordially as the hear
of joy stood trembling in their eyes. Every
ono once more felt that, to be an
Amyrican citizen was something to he proud
i‘f, and lie felt too that this Government is
to stand and its sacred name preserved to
generatiom yet tinhorn.
ge-A M,,s V.I.:A e,,tcRE,uosDENT of the
Now York Tftbune, writing on the St. Al
bans ra den, says: "Perhaps no prisoners
in any eva.ntry ever received such privileges,
comforts and luxuries as they daily enjoy.
They feast on the hest viand , , make nuq-ry
over the bt st wines, carouse and gamble, re
ceive scores of friends every day male and
female—several of the latter being harlots—
as if at a hotel. But il4 addition to this, in
credible as it may appear, they are daily
instructed in the manual of arms and mili
tary evolutions by a British sergeant." It
9 hoped that the removal of the rastitls to
Toronto will bring about a speedy change in
their condition.
The Resources of the South
The waste of life and material caused by
the war is immense on both sides. But it is
one of the strongest evidences of the vitality
of the North, that by means of immigration
and other reperative forces, she is steadily
increasing in population and wealth, in spite
of the war. Over and above the army and
those who are engaged in supplying its wants,
there is a great and increasing . multitude of
laborers engaged in developing the national
resources, clearing new lands, working
opening new sources of wealth, and thus not
only meeting the waste of war, buteonstant
ly adding to the national capital.
In the South it is not so. All the ener
gies of the entire people are absorbed in the
work of feeding and clothing the army, and
keeping themselves alive. There is no pow•
er to make up fur the terrible ruin• wrought
by the war, the desolation that broods over
seaports and plantations, the evidences of
decay visible on every side, the poverty and
suffering among those who never knew what
want was before. Nothing has been done to
repair the destruction of rail roads and ma
chinery, the ruinous loss of capital by the
Abandonment of the culture of cotton, and
the labor and money expended on munitions
of war, that has been going on Over since
1861. Slave labor, never worth much, has
been greatly reduced by the war, and what
remains of it has become 'so demoralized by
the rumors of emancipation that for four
years have floated south ward on every breeze,
that it is to-dayof littleeffeetive value And
if the rebellion were successful, the most dis
mal apprehensions would he realized in years
of stagnation and poverty throughout the
South.
Still the real source of wealth in the South
is the fertility of her soil and the mildness of
her climate, and these are things on' which
war can leave no truce. And with a restora
tion of the Union, the immigration of free
white labor, the resumption of,-. amicable
traffic with the North and with'Europo, we
may in a few years see the South more smil
ing and prosperotis than in tho , palmiest days
of the slaveocracy.
CONNECTICUT.
Tho additional election returns from Con
._,...taectieut show that thu defeat of the Demoe-
racy was ascomplete as that of Lee at Peters
t:burg. In comparing tho returns for 1864
and 1865, it will be found that there are
bardly halt a dozen towns in the entire State
where th'o Democrats have .not lost ground.
'''rheCnopilblicans have elected not only each
?I' the four Members of Congress, but each
'leithe2t State Senators. They have about
1 2,600 MaSority in New- London County, 2,100
An 'Windham, 1,900 in Hartford, 1,760 in
• Tolland 1,010 , in New-Haven, 800 in Mid
,dlesex, total about 9,600 majority in six coun
ties, which Fairfield and Litchfield swill to
- nearly 10,800.
The ccimploteness of the Republican vie
lory, will best appear if we compare the elec.
jtiori of last, Monday with.thoso of the
.pre-
ceding years., ' , ln 1804 Gov. Buckingham
'had a`majority of 6,658; in 1868, 2,601 ;
1862 . ; : 9;148 ;" in ' 1861; 2,086. In 1860 Lin
-ooln•earried. this r3tats,by. a. majority of 10,.
24 over the comhMesivote of the three rival
MfrMi4idate s ; '
,Thosecon ongressionsil - District, which
tito,years ago elected a Dertiocrat (English),
Majority, now givca Darning, Be
\reriterip,irt majority_of,2,449..
rlrodoriek Bruce, the new British Min.
in 'New-York yesterday, and
7 7t. Clarendon.
'tnt-HAt3 SURRENDERED
Victory follows victory in mostrapid suc
cession. The cheers that greeted the nn
neuncetnent of the capture of the rebel Cap- r
ital had scarcely died away, until-they were
brought forth again with redoubled poWer
by the news of Lee's surrender. Was ever
triumph more complete ? - Did such glorious
victories ever before reward the endurance
and valor of bravo men? Treason's proud-
est host : one of the bravest and mightiest
armies ever marshalled on Earth, led by a
chieftain whose genius was regarded with
a dmiration by the entire world has surrender
ed to the armies of the Government. Surely
there need be no limit to the rejoicing over
this complete triumph of our arms and the
certainty it brings of rest from war and
bloodshed.
We hare had other victories over which
we rejoiced but none before which relieved
us of further anxiety and care. The details
of former victories brought sorrow to many
families whose members had helped to buy
a nation's triumph at the cost of their oWn
lives. The fear of future battles that until
now were certain to come has always damp
ened the joy we felt when we heard that we
were victorious. But now we have nothing
to lesson our joys. Our victory has been
bloodless and brings with it no sorrows for
those who have fallen to achieve it. It has
not only broken the rebellion but has de
stroyed it. Its power for evil is ended for-
ever. The power and ability of our Govern
ment to crush out resistance to its rightful
authority is now admitted by the most des
perate rebel in the confederacy. The strug
gle is now ended and all that is left to wait
for is the formal declaration of Peace.
And now should not our Nation unite in
a common thanksgiving to Almighty God
for completedeliverance from treasonand the
establishment of its Government on a limner
and froer than beforr. To our rill
tars who bnvo borne the cares of the peo
ple (luring tln.s,r, long years of comrn,,tion
and civil strife: to our military chief
tains whu have guided our urloi,s to victors
arid ti) nvdLlo toddi.•rs braveyy arid
enclunawc rocs 110 , 1 Ow Ciovernmont
and saved u., Ir un anareliy :Ind ruin, IrlAut .
tlianks nnd ble•sing, crt,l3 - given. Ant
auttlly as we tv w rt'i , rl(•o over a victory that
Itrittgs itottt, tttpt .ottt..ty to tts 1,11, It.t it- l'or;_r,ut
our pa-t enmities and differences: let the
11:1,St 0011,r , ` nevds f,,r
given and throughout the future lit u , ro-
i,nulivr only that we are citizen.; of a glorious
country wliosc oxi , tenco ha; Leon
at' much too grcat t cu l to he again oilitan-
ME
WHIT NEXT?
The fall of Richmond and the defeat Lee's
army appears to convince even our Demo
cratic friends, that tren , turs days are ov e r.
They admit now that the rebellion is practi
cally crushed, but tiny manifest great con
cern about the proper settlement of future
affairs. The l'u/uateer thus expresses its
opinion with regard to the management of
matters yet to come.
We can now say with truth, and for the
first time, tt the back-bone of the. rebellion i s
broken." The rebel armies arc demoral
ized, defeated and scattered. We hold the
rebellion by the throat, and down it must
go, with all its sins and blood. Let our wise
men, our statesmen, now step in, post the
books, and settle up the difficulties. We are
aware that we have few great men to apiteel
ti t this appears to be the age of pigmie..—
Bat yet, it We have no intellectual giants to
look up to, \‘,e have many good men, who
with Cod's ttitl, will be equal to the crisis
that is now upon us. To their hands let
our do-tinies be committed, and for the pres
ent let mouthing politicians, moutite-banks,
low t. plebeians," selfish office-holders and
swaggering contractors stand aside. They
have lied their day—their ‘• good time ;" now
let honest, patriotic, wise men step in and
save the country and the people.
We would like pretty well to know who
are the honest, patriotic, wise men who are
thus called upon to take the place of the
aforesaid "mouthing politicians" selfish of
fice holders," &c., who are peremptorily or
dered to stand aside. Does our neighbor
mean those paragons of political excellence,
who met last summer at Chicago, and con
structed a platform just wise, patriotic and
honest enough to send their party to perdi
tion—Such honest, true and patriotic fel
lows as Vallandigharn, Seymour,,thq Woods
and while we think of, it,,liifr Witte and
George Northrop. 'We have no doubt
that these gentlemen, reluctant as they usu
ally are to hold office, might be induced to
serve their distressed and bleeding country,
for a short time, but we fear the people would'
feel a delicacy in imposing any official bur
dens on them just now. The grief which
they must doubtless feel at seeing the Con
federacy they had so often pronounced un
conquerable now subjugated and forced to
acknowledge the power and authority of the
Government ; and the institution to which
they had bound their party destroyed and
eradicated, must be quite enough for them
to bear. The people will not consent that in
their hour of grief they 'shall be forced into
the service of a sometimes ungrateful coun
try. , Then, too, the associations in the po
litical arena, are sometimes of a demoraliz
ing charactv. Office holders are exposed to
many temptations which are occasionally
sufficient to overcome their conscientious
scruples, and make them dishonest, and it
would be a pity to subject the honest, patri
otic, wise leaders of the Democracy to an
ordeal which possibly might sully oven their
immaculate reputation. We suggest to our
respected opponents norto bo in any haste
to quit any lucrative private business they
may be engaged in with the expectation that
they will be invited " to post the books and
settle up the difficulties." These "states
men" whom the Volunteer would like to see
employed, will henceforth be in as little de
mand !is any-other commodity we can think
of at present.
We confess that We are sometimes amused
at the impudence of the opposition in speak
ng of the mon who havo been for the last
four years managing tlio affairs of tho na-
Won. "Pigmies" are they'? will yott just
please tell uo,to" what height "your giantt
growl :Since , . nations were first formed
I when had rulersoversuph responsibilities cest
upon them as those which this rebellion forced
upon our Government.? The organization
,of,the largest, befit appointed and bravest
Mies the world ever saw from, a people-ma
us%
ed to war and unaccustomed to its exile
tlano-; the construction of a navy vast enough
.teLengirdle - half- a -cdillinent, and strong .
enough to defy the world ; the providing of
means for carrying on. a war whose daily de
mands wore counted.by the com
plete subjugation of A people Whom the
world regarded as- invincible ; the mainte
nance of a Government against the most fog.
midablo combinations ever made by tiaitors;
the extinction of awinstitutioo which our
greatest statesmen heretofore feared even to
touch—all this isn't a work that " pigmies"
generally undertake or frequently accom
plish. To administer a Government under
the circumstances which have surrounded our
rulers during the last four years requires the
most commanding abilities and the most ex..'
sited patriotism. Theirsuccess or failure de
termine s whether or not they possessed these
qualities. Let those who doubt that they
have succeeded listen to the shouts of joy
that rise to-day from a rescued Nation, and
be convinced that doubting now should
cease. Desperate politicians and disappoint
ed office hunters may snarl at those who
have saved their country, but the people re r ;
joice in the wisdom of their rulers, and con
fldently trust themselves and their interests
in the hands of the men who have thus far
so nobly sustained their parts in this mighty
struggle.
The Jury Qudation
We have taken occasion, a few weeks since,
briefly to refer to the manner in which juries
are drawn in our County. It looks as if it
was done by adroit management, or else it
would sometimes happen that Union men
would be drawn. We aro intensely interest
ed in this question. Indeed the purity of the
jury-box is one of the most, if not. the most
important, things which concern the people.
The right of trial by jury is mentioned in
our Constitution as one of the inalienable
rights to which every man is entitled, and it
may be found in most, if not all, of our State
Constitutions. But how can we expect fair
ness in the jury box, if we have not a fair
and impartial manner in which a jury can
be impanneled ? And if only a certain class
of men are to be privileged to act in the
characters of jurymen, who can be satisfied
that anything like justice will be clone? We
all knoW that a "packed" caucus is never
satisfactory, and it only assumes to decide on,
and dispose of the candidates for office. How
vastly more satisfactory must be the action
of a "packed" jury ? In fact, such things
are palpable violations of the clearest right
of freemen. To meddle with, tamper, or in
tine manner, to interfere with the fair and
honest drawing of juries, is an infringement
upon the rights of all classes. The Statute
under which juries are drawn, (and a portion
of which we published some time since),
would certainly, if properly complied with,
live entire satisfaction. The Statute pro
vide- GIN the Sheriff and at least two of the
Cou tt ty _Commissioners shall proceed to select
from the taxable citizens of the county, "so
ber, intelligent and judicious persons," to
servo ILS each jurors. It would seem that
none but -democrats," so-called, were com
prehended in Lids definition of the person,
qualified to act as jurors. None are drawn
but the faithful, except it may be seine
"shaky" whom they seek to se
duce from his party, by the bribe of beim;
a juryman. The oath which they are requir
ed by law to take, is a stringent one, and it
would seem, that acting under such a solemn
affirmation, that we 'night expect impartial
ity and fairness. But we do net srrm tt, re
alize any difference. Its drawing after draw
ing takes place with precisely - the same re
sults. And vet, "n fair ballot or a free
fight', was One Of their oft-quoted mottoes
in the late Presidential canvass. The fair
ness of the ballot is not, more important than
the purity of the jury box, and if this be a
specimen of their idea of fairness, we have
no desire to have them exercise more power
than they at present wield. And the very
action of some of these juries show of what
material they are composed. When a poor
colored man, who had wronged no one, was
cowardly and brutally murdered, and the
coroner's inquest so found, the Grand Jury
of York County ignored the whole transac
tion, and no action has been taken in this
matter yet! If the safety of life, and the
security of property, are to depend upon the
political creed that at man may believe, where
is our boasted freedom, our desires of justice,
nor cundoi• and liberality as freemen? It is
the merest nonsense to say that we have any
justice, or any laws fairly and nonestly ad
ministered.
It is not long since a man was afraid of
being tried before one of our prominent
judges. He was fearful that before a parti
san judiciary and a packed jury, be could
not obtain justice. Shall such things contin
ue without our protesting against them 7 We
say no. I , VI, mean to call the attention of
the community to these glaring frauds upon
their most sacred rights, and to appeal to the
candid judgment of all fa•r-minded men to
assist us-in working a reform against this fla
grant injustice. Let the voice of the freemen
of York county be heard, and in thunder
tones let them proclaim, that right shall rule,
and that justice shall be done to all classes
and conditions.—York True Democrat.
Now Let us Pay the Soldiers
We never can pay the debt of gratitude
and honor wo owe the soldiers who have sup
pressed the rebellion and restored the Re
public. That obligation, in part, has got to
run over the life time of these demigods
and accrue to their descendants. Bet there
is n debt long duo to these heroes, which we
can pay immediately, and which it will be
a burning shame if we don't pay immediate
ly. And that is their buck pay.
Now, let all cif us, men and women,.
throughout the United States, see to it per
sonally that this debt is paid right off. The
process issimple. Put the Treanzry in. lunch,
by subscribing to the Seven-Thirty Loan.
Lot everybody who can spare fifty or a hun
dred dollars from their business—all who
have either of those sums laid by from their
savings, struightway lend to the Govern
ment. The investment will be the securest
and most profitable on the earth—it will at
the same timete the most dutiful and pari
otic. Tho rich who have thousands which
they can thus lend to their country with pro
fit to themselves, surely should not need urg
ing to do the only practicable thing which
can immediately be done, to testify their
gratitude to the brave men who have con
quered peace for us all, and restored the
Union, and given now life, character,, and
power to the,Nation. ,
Men and women throughout the United
States, let us make this our flrst,business, not
to be laid aside until complete—to raise right
off the money to pay every dollar duo to our
soldiers.
And may God Almighty bless them
aIH
SIIR9CRIDE TO TRH LOAN. V. Trib.
war Tim Baltimore American gives the
following parting salute to the rebel "Gov
ernment" and its aleachea
"Good-bye, rebel capital. Richmond, is
restored to the Union. Good-bye, rebel
Congress, you are scattered .broadcast Bever
to. bo reunited. Good7bye, JetrDavis, year
bogus Government is burst, and your occu
imition's gone. Good-bye; rebel Cabinet,
your despotic rule is ended. Good-bye,
Libby., the day of redemption has broken
'your bonds and 'let - the oppressed go frcie.
Good-bye, Southern Confederacy, you were
never recognized as a nationality, but sim
ply at a. myth, and now you can go glim
mering into outer-darkness."
GEN. Tuottes has abolished the pass aye.
tern in East Tennessee, leaving the people
free to go and come as they please.
OFFICIAL WAR GAZETTE
LEE SURRENDERS !
:FIRST BUI,itsETIN
'WAIL DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON D.
April 9, 1865-9 P. M.—Maj.-Gen. J ohn A.
Dit, - New York :—This Department has
Just received an - official repoirt ofthe surren
der; this day, of Gen. Lee and his army, to
Lieutenant-General Grant, on the terms pro
posed by'General Grant. The details will
be given as elieedlly as j? . ossible.
E. M. Sivavrog,
Secretary of War.
HEAD-QUARTERS ARMIES OF 'UNITED
STATES, April 9th-4:3U P. M.—Hon. E. M.
Stanton, Secretary of War:—Gun. Lee sur
rendered the Army of Northern Virginia;
this afternoon, upon terms proposed by my
self. The accompanying additional corres
pondence will show the conditions fully.
' (Signed) U. S. GRANT,
Lieutenant-General,
April 9, 1865.—General:—I received your
note of this morning on the picket line,
whither I had ccme to meet you and ascertain
definitely what terms wereombraced in your
proposition of yesterday with reference to
the surrender of this army.
I now request an interview in accordance
with the ant: contained in your letter of yes
terday, for that purpose.
Very respectfully your obd't serv't
It. E. Lee, General.
To Lieutenant-General U. S. Grant, Com
manding United States Armies.
April 9th, 1865.—General R. E. Leo,
Commanding Confederate States Armies :
Your note of this ditto is but this moment
(11:50) eleven fifty A. M. received.
In consequence of my having passed from
the Richmond and Lynchburg road to the
Farm ville and Lynchburg road, 1 am at this
writing about four miles west of Waller's
Church, and will push forward to the front
for the purpose of meeting you. Notice sent
to me on this road where you wish the inter
view to take place will meet me.
Very respectfully, your obd't serv't.
U. S. GRANT,
Lieutenant-General.
APPOMATTOX COURT HovsE, April 9th,
18Gb.—General I{. E. Lee, commanding O.
S. accordance. with the bstance of
my lotter to you of the Bth inst., I propose
to receive the surrender of 'the Army of
Northern Virginia on the following terms to
wit;—
Bolls of all the officers and men to be mado
in duplicate. One copy to bo given to an
officer designated by me, the other to be re
tained by such officer or officers as you may
designate. The officers togive their individ
ual paroles nut to take arms against the
Government of the United States until prop
erly exchanged, and each company or regi
mental commander sign a like parole for the
men of their commands.
The arms, artillery and public property to
be packed and stacked, and turned over to
the officers appointed by roe to receive them.
This will not embrace the side-arms of the
officers, nor their private horses or baggage.
This done, each officer arid man will be
ellmved to return tai their homes, not to be
disturbed by United States authority so long
its they observe their parole and the laws in
force where they may reside.
Very respectfully,
s. GRANT, Lima-Gem
116 AD-QUA altas, A 1011" NORTH EaN VI R
tith April, 18.6.—Ideut. - Gen. U. S.
Grant, Commanding U oiled States Army—
General have received cool letter of this
date containing the terms ot surrender of the
Army of Northern Virginia as proposed by
you. r As they are substantially the same as
expressed in your letter of the Bth iust., they
ace secepted.
I will proceed to designate the proper
officers to carry the stipulations into effect.
Very respeeteully your obart, serv't,
B. E. LEE, Gelleral.
The, following is the previous correspon
dence between Lietnenunt-Ooneral Grant
and General Lee, referred Loin the foregoing
telegram to tho Secretary of War :
CLIFTON llousE, Va., April fith,lB6sl'
Hon. Edwin M. -Stanton, Secretary of
War following correspondence' pas
taken place between General Lee and myself.
There has been no relaxation in the pursuit.
during its pendeney.:—
(Signed) U. S. GILANT,
April 7, 1865.—Gi'meral It. E. LF.E, ()um:.
mending C. S. A. General :—The results of
the last week must convince you of the hope
lessno,s or further resistance on the part of
the Army of Northern Virginia in this
struggle. 1 feel that it is so, rind regard it
as lily duty to shift from myself the respon
sibility of any further effusion of blood by
asking of you the surrender of that portion
or on, Lunf•derate States Army known Ile
the Army of rt hern irgin ia.
Very respectfully, y,..ur old tberv't,
iI.S. GuANT,
Lieutenant-General Commanding Armies of
the United *States,
April 7th, have re
ceived your note of this date. Though not
entirely of the opinion you express of the
hopelessness of further resistance on the pert
of the Army of Northern Virginia, I recip
rocate your desire tu•avoid useless effusion of
blood, and therefore before considering your
proposition, ask the terms you will offer on
condition of its surrender.
- -
(Signed) R. E. Las, General.
To Lt.-Gen. Grant, Commanding Armies of
the United Stitte.6
April Bth, 1865.—General R. E. Leo, Com
manding C. h. A. :—General :—Your note
of last evening, in reply to mine of same
date, asking conditions on which I will ac
cept the surrender the Army of Northern
Virginia is just received.
In reply, I would say, that peace being
my first desire, there is but one condition I
insist upon, viz : That the men surrendered
shall he disqualified for taking up arms again
against the Uovernmentof the United States
until properly exchanged.
I Will meet you, or designate officers to
meet any officers you may name, for the same
purpose, at any point agreeable to you, for
the arranging definitely the terms upon
which the surrender of the Army of North
ern Virginia will be received.
Very respectfully, your obd't serv't,
U. S. GRANT, Lieut.-Gen.
Armies United States.
April Rth, 1865. General : I received at
a late hour your note of to-day in answer to
mine of yesterday. I did not intend to pro
pose the surrender of the Army of Northern
Virginia, but to ask the terms of your prop
ositions.
• To be frank with you, I do not think the
emergency has arisen to call for the surreit
der of this army, but as the restoration of
pence should be the sole object of all, I de
sire to knoty„ whether your proposals would
tend to that end. I cannot, therefore, meet
you with a view to surrender the Army of
Northern Virginia, but us far as your prop
ositiun may affect the Confederate States
forces under my command, and tend to the
restoration of peace, I should be pleased to
meet you at ten A. M. ,to-morrow, on the
Old Stage road to Richmond, between the
picket lines of the Live armies.
Very respectfully, your obd't sorv't.
(Signed) It. E. LEE, Gen, C. S. A.
April 9, 1805.—General R. E. LEE, Com
mending C. S. A., General :—Your note of
yesierday,is received. As I have no authority
to treat on the subject of peace the meeting
proposed for ton A. M. to-day could have no
' good, effect.
I 'will state, however, General, that I am
;equally anxious for peace with yourself,' and
I the wliOle,norkh_entertain-;the:saino - foolinv
- The terma Upon lich peace can be bad 'pre
-well understood',, • • - '''' ' • '' '' ' • ' ' 1 .
* -- Ily.the South 1
,ying down, their arnifi,
N.l
'they will hestan iat most*desirable event;
save thousands Of union lives and'hundreds
,of millions of dollars," .worth of property not
yet destroyed.. Sincerely
, hoping that all out
difficulties may be settViVithoUt the loss'of
anotherlifti,.‘l eubscribelmyself; :.... .::. .1-. , '
..
. Very respoctfully, i y , pur obd't sery 't, ,
'''• ' (Signed)" ' ''- ' " • '' ' Tr. S. Gisrm '‘ -
• . , . ~ , L ieutenent-Gcneralll.,S. Al! ~
SECOND OFEICIAT:i'EXTLLEI 4 IN,
WAR DEPARThIENT, Washington, D. 0.,
April 9th, 1805, 9:30 P. M.-,- ieutenant-
General Grant:—Thanks bo to Ahnighty
God for,the.great victory with which' ho has
this day'crowned you and the gallant ar:i'yy.
under your command. Tho thanks of this
Department, and of the Government, and of
the people of .the United States, their rever
ence and honor have boon deserved and will
be rendered to you and the brave and gallant
officent and soldiers of your army, for all
time.
E. M. STANTON,
Secretary of War
(Signed)
THIRD BILLtETIN
WAR, DEPARTMENT, WASMINGTON i .D. C.,
April 9th lu , P. M. 1865.—Ordered '.t„hat a.
salute of two huncfred . gUtis be tred• at the
Head-quarters 'of every 'Army and Depart
ment, and at every Post and Arsenal in the
United States, and at the Military Academy
at West Point, on the day of the receipt of
this order, in commemoration of the surren
der of General R. E. Lee and the Army of
Northern Virginia :to Lieutenant-General
Grant and the army under his command.—
Report of the receipt and execution of this
order to be made to the Adjutant-General,
Washington. E. M. STANTON,
, , .
' Secretary of War.
Our Armies Again Victorious
General Sheridan Fights a Battle Near
Burkesville—He Captures Six Gene
rals, Several Thousand Prisoners, and
14 t annon—Prospects of Lee's Sur
render—Reports of Gens. Humphreys,
Meade, and Wright—Successful Move
ments of the Different Cops—Raped
Marching of the Union Forces—The
Occupation of Richmond.
WAR DEPARTMENT,
WARIIINOTON, Friday, April 7-10 a. m.
Major-Gee. Dix: Gen. Sheridan attacked
and routed Lee's army, capturing Gens. Ew
ell, Kershaw, Button, Corse, and many other
general officers, several thousand prisoners,
and a large number of cannon, and expects
to force Lee to surrender all that is left of his
army.
Details will be given as speedily as possi
ble, bat the telegraphs is working badly.
EDWIN M. STANTON, Sec. of War.
SECOND DISPATCH.
WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, }
Friday, April 7-11 R. w.
Major-Gen. Dix: The following telegrams,
announcing the victory - won yesterday by
Major-General Shet'idan over Lee's army,
have just been received by this department.
EowIN M. STANTON, Sec. Of War.
Crrt.PuiNT,Friday;-April . B-L9f35 - p:in.
HON. SECRETARY OP WAR: At 11:15 p. m.
yesterday, at Burkesville Station, Gen. Grant
sent mo the following from Gen. Sheridan.
A. LINCOLN.
Thursday, April 6-11:15 p. m.
Lieut.-Gen. Grant: .I. have the honor to
report that the enemy made a stand at the
intersection of the Burke's Station Road in
the road upon which they were retreating.
1 attacked them with two divisions of the
Sixth Army Corps, and routed them hand
somely, making a connection with the caval
ry. 1 rim still pressing on with both cavalry
and infantry. Up to the present time we
have captured Generals Ewell, Kershaw,
Button, Corse, De Sarre arid Custis Leo,
several thousand prisoners, 14 pieces of ar
tillery, with caissons and a large number of
prisoners. If the thing is pressed I think
Lee will surrender. P. 11. Snit:HU/AN,
Major-Gen. Command lag
CITY POINT, Fridaiy, April 7-11 u. m
'HON. SgrfpCll; . ARY OF ' WAR: Tile following
further intvlligvneo is just rucci v,(l.
LiNcoLN,
VI,
To A. LI SCO3 The following telograin
k respectfully - forwarth;il for you.r infoi
tion. U. S. GRANT, Lie..it.-Gen.
SECOND A . RNIY ColtPs, April 6-7:30 1:. m.
Afqjor-Geft. A. S. Webb: Our la s t light
just before dark at Sailor's Crock gave us
two guns, (Jinx Ilagsbnd a considerable• num
ber of prisoners, 21),, wagons, 70 ambulances,
With mules and horses to about one half the
wagons and ambulances. There are between
30 and 50 wagons in add itaon abandoned ;did
destroyed along the road. some haute: y wag
ons, forges and limbers.
I have already reported to you tit, capture
of one gun twu tlagm and tkituo prueiners and
the fact that the road for over t wii uu 1.-. 16
strewed with tents bag ate, einiking
Bunitl ammunition and nutuiriak nil kind,.
The wa,/..,tins are strew ed aerie. , the al ,
preach to the bridges, and it will Ink,. some
turtle to clear it. Thit enemy is iu toisition
on the high's beyond with artillery. The
bridge is partially destroyed and the ap
proaches on the other side are of soft bottom
land: We cannot advance to-morrow in
the 6111110 Manlier we haunt 1.1) -day. As soon
as 1 get any troop: up a little (We are con
kiderably mixed), 1 might push a column
down the read to deploy, it, but it is t`Vldvllt,
I cannot follow rapidly during the night.
A. A. 11.1_1 101 . 1.1 Kys,
Vt:nv•s Ii KAM/I:AK k: April 6-10 p.
bient-Gen GRANT: At daylight this !mim
ing I Inured the :mold, Filth and Sis.th
Army -Ci/rps along the railroad
in the du ec
tem of Amelia Court Soon after
inuring trustworthy intelligence was risco/ y
ed that thuttuviny was rum lug toward
vine.
The direction of the Second and Fifth
Army Corps was immediately Changed Ir,in
a northerly to a orthwesterly direction and
the directing Paris, the Second, moving on
Iteatonville, and the frith heretofore in the
center, moved on the right of the Second
and the Sixth, facing about and moving by
the left dank, taking position on the ICU
of the Second. It was undt3rstood the cavalry
would operate on the extreme left.
The changes promptly made, rho Second
Army Corps soon becoming engaged With
the enemy near Deatonville, drawmg him by
the rightacrossSailor'sCreekto the Appuni
trimx. Tho Fifth Army Corps made a long
march, but its position prevented its striking
the enemy's catutuu before it had passed.
The Sixth Army Corps came up with the
enemy about 4 p. tn. and, in conjunction
with the Second Corps on its right and cav
alry on its left attacked and routed the ene
my capturing many prisoners, among thorn
Lieut.-Gem Ewell and Gen. Custie Lee,
I transmit dispatches both from Gene
Humphreys and Wright, which in justice
to these distinguished officers and the gallant
corps they command, I beg may be sent to
the War Department for immediate publi
cation. It is impossible at this moment to
give any estimate of the casualties on either
side, or of number of prisoners taken, but
it is es. Went to-day's work is going to be
one of the most important of the recent
brilliant operations.
The pursuit will be continued as soon as
the men have a little rest.
Griffin with the Fifth Army Corps, will bo
moved by the left, and Wright and Ltumph
reys continue the direct pursuit es long as
it promises success.
G EURO F. G. MEADE, Major-Gen.
InOs. SIXTH AeMY CORPS, }
Thursday, April 6.-10 p. m.
Major:Gen. Webb, Chief of Staff Army
of the Potomac;
In pursuance of instructions of this morn.
ing from Maj-Gen. Meade, I n oved to Jet
tersvillo by the shortest practicable road to
the left of Deatonville with the object of
there taking position on the left of the'Sec.
ond Army Corps, striking the road running
from Beaton ville to Burkes Station at a point
a little to the southward of, the former place
I found OA the Second Army Corps was
engaged at the front and right, and the
cavalry, heavily to my loft. Moving down
the road toward Burk's Station, perhaps. a
mile, and turning sharp to the right, I pro
ceeded across toward a nearly parallel road
on which the enemy was moving and along
which he had thrown up a line of intrench
ments.
As soon as the lending Division (Gen. Soy
-1 moues) could be formed it was moved up on
the roied_holdLby__th n e eneniy, which -Was
1 carried. Taen, turning. -to the left, it was
advanced down the road against, a pretty,
atro'ng resistance. ' By this tiro° Wheaton's
liiviston was put inopositioni' as 'rapidly as,
possible, on't3eymout,'s, left. ,_ ;„., :, - ~
• The lines word again advanced, and - we
swept downihe road for it'distancebf • r tibeht
two miles. Arriving at a,deep and difficult,
Oreek we fOund the onetny had reformed
his" line ottlifel OpPosite aide, 'Wilde - we': ut•;
:tackqd apd dpvg hind to a pointot distance
Of half a mile further. . ,
• > •
In , .the flistattack a portion of tho cavalry
operated odour right flank. •In its subse
quent attack the mass - of cavalry, operated
on' our 'ght - and - left flank' of the 'enemy.
• The exult has been a complete success.
They. nxbined forces captured five General
oftleors among there Gens. EWell and Coatis
Lee, and large numbers of other prisoners.
I shall go in camp about two miles bnd
this point arid await instructions. The Lirst
and Third Divisions Wheaton's and' Soy
'moues, and the artillery engaged, to-day,
behavediplendialy. .
A return of casualties will be forwarded
as,soon as possible.
The'Corps has nobly sustained the repu
tation it earned on the 2d inst, as well, as
upon its many previous hard fought battle
H. G. Writorrr,
Major-Gen. Commanding
Rebel- Senator Foote's Return &brit
Europe.
Arrested 'it - ;'d in Jail—Tobacco Specala
tors' Passes for Ricirmovd-41idell's
New 01 leans Property.
NEW YORK. April 7.—Henry S. Foote,
Into rebel Senator, arrived in the Etna yes
terday and landed at Castle Garden. He
took a steerage passage in order to avoid Mr.
SeWard's pass Port regulations, but the ruse
did not avail him. He was sent up to Dix's
Headquarters, and is now in .Eldridge street
jail.
The Herald's Washington special says the
War Department has been literally besieged
by tobacco speculators to obtain passes to
Richmond. It is asserted that some special
trade permits aregranted, but most applicants
will have to wait till the sick and wounded
soldiers in the recent battles have been prop
erly cared for.
The samespecial says, sometime ago Slidell,
the rebel representative in Paris, gave a
mortgage to a French banker for $6OOOO
upon his property in New Orleans. The
banker now claims the property under the
laws of Louisiana, and suit will be instituted
in the United States Court. It will be made
a test case.
NEWS AND MISCELLANY
AT TFI E opening of the April term of the
United States Court at Cincinnati, all the
lawyers practicing therein wer'o required to
take the oath of loyalty prescribed in the act
of 3 uly, 1862. Nineteen in all took the
oath, two of them making some technical
protests, George E. Pugh declined to take it
immediately, stating that he believed it:un
constitutional, and desired time to consider
the subject. Win. M. Corry refused entire
ly, and immediately surrendered up the busi
ness which he had in hand in the court,
THE Libby Prison, in. Richmond, is now
'filled With . retiellprisoners. The change of
occupants there was about as sudden as the
change ht 'the Richmond " White HOUA."
The present ccupants of Libby will fare in
finitely I etter then its late inhabitants. The
Union cause is not disgraced by cruelty or bar
bark tn. Justice anifinunanity are its guid
ing principles. Heavy blows to burly trai
tors in arms, kindness and consideration for
a Callen foe.—Ph ii. Ledger.
THE freedmen of Charleston celebrated
their emancipation by a procession, on the
21st tilt. The 21st C. ffif colored regiment
formed the military escort, the repesenfa
vcs of the different trdes, 1800 school chil
dren, seven lire companies, and other color
ed persons formed a procession about two
miles and a half long.
Must W”NDICRFUL FALLS OUT.—
TLr
Fans of Ningant are not halt so inter
e:,:tisg 111111 11Oport1111t to tho A 11),Vionfl pOo-
OP 116 till• Hells Or Sll.Vallilllll. (1111rIelitOn,
Wilmington, Potershurg and Richmond,
and the still groater fell of the roil ConfNl
eracy.
WI S In origi nail soers=ioni=t, tl. it
milt' from li.. ii Davis; ;int] in
his priva(o di,(•,,‘..nd lit
Cbarli•Aon Icr ~ penits of Dnvis a- "It
n pig-he,icied. - and held grrat con
tempt" Clitirlo,l.dl.
TIIF: DIY VERENCE --Nearly overy nogro
in Richmond is now seen with a cigar in his
mouth. Last week it would have cost hire
fifteen lash,: on the back to indulge in that
iNew masters make new manners.
Tun New York, from Fortress Monroe,
arrivt.d at this p , rt yt-Ak!rday with 1,3 , 41 ro
-1 el The NVeybo, , et
from \V ilmington with 10!) refugees aml
rebel pri=oner:i. N. Y. Trib. •
Is It True
We have alwars inclined to the opinion
that Gen. ens in the main a wan
of good intentions. That Ito ,Ilirk!rint hint
WIC tho tnol of ltente,,e4iies, end
held the de! , rading !elation of a - re p res , n .
tOIIVe 111 811" IO senii-sece,lioni!, , t,, ma y } lave
argued rather want of !wire! ,taniiiitt than
want of principle. Butt if the story that
come, to Its (runt the other side of the At
lantic has Ain y truth to it, he if po, , i hie, a
worse patriot then be it ageneral. The talt•
run; shirt an Anieriean gentleintto of high
standing strolling int., a col 1 . , I' 11.,11,` its
Queen•town, Ireland, overheard a conver4a
tion het •n it West Point °nicer pill of the
cern i( I. and an Englishmen:in which the
former state , } that' he hind rocently paid it
visit to the "Voting Napoleon, - et London,
in uhieh the g ra \ • tligv;e of the Chielot
limn iny Swamps expressed 16111,1 f the
lowing effoei : • •You did right to resign.
i- n disgrace lo belong to the American
army. "The country has gone to rum. 1
staid in it as 'lung as 1 could, and hate left
it in di,glist.' "
Did McClellan gine utterance to Cht , e
Wl11.1S? For the humor of the F., I'V k•e, Gtr the
honor of the American MUM", fer the honor
of our common manheed, w trie-t. not,
Much may be pardoned in n man smarting
tinder the sting or personal def( at and pro
fessional humiliatbm, but thepersen capable
of using such words as the above, is nothing
better than a black hearted renegade. If
McClellan said what is charged, we can only
pray that he will not still further disgrace
the land of his birth by returning to it.—
Alimny Erriiing Journal,
f Per the ''llerald."j
VIRGINIA.
Richmond has fallen. Our conquering
armies have, after four years struggle ut last
entered the capital of the rebel government.
As the glorious nos comes flashing over
the wires sending joy to the heart of every
byal citizen, our thoughts naturally turn
to the contemplation of the ruins of what
was °Lee the proud and happy. Old Do.
minion."
For a generation past the rl.icf source of
wealth to Virginia has been the sale of her
children. and the supply of Southern rice and
cane-fields, with prime laborers warranted
all the better for a dash of the best blood of
the " Old Dominion." Her sons discovered
the art of malting concubinage profitable,
and her patriarchs only sent away their lsh
meals for a round price paid down on the
nail. Hagar stayed behind to further help
the profits of the estate. The young heir
paid his debts with his yellow brothers and
cream colored sisters, unless the latter were
held for further involution of relationship,
The widow dried her oyes, and turned over
to the hammer the rest of the harem.
The children of one mother went to the
hulls of 'legislation, and filled posts of honor
among men, while yellow Michael-mourned
her sons and daughters of the same paternity
sold at the shambles, and ticketed at it higher
price because their Afrie blood was warmed
by Anglo-Saxon fire. Over this land of
crime the doom has long been gathering.
Men shut their eyes to Providence, not to see
the pent up lightnings, of retribution that
only waited the signal to full. What wonder
darkness sat upon n people who only needed
cannibalism to complete their barbaric
graces. Blind to their coming . day, they
drew its wrath down upon them in the great
revolt. ,
And sorely has Virginia suffered. Her
homes aro laid 'Waste and throughout broad
regions.her pleasant places are destroyed.—
. The blood of her White sons has fearfully
avenged the -wrongs of her duskier children.
• Untold;millions have gone down in'the great
vortex - of Virginia's ruin, and .all this for
'slavery. All this that Virginia masters
might retain. the rightto breed and sell their
.ownolfspring. All this for the institution that
denies marriage to human Mothers, and assorts
young. chi'dron with tho;Durhitins 'and Al
derneya of oho estate. He who troweled for
bis CountrY When he remeinberect that God
, was, just, loOked out over the "Old Dornin
ion and his' words wore those of a sad seer.
Richmond the invincible has fallen. The
tread'of, armies has Made its suburbs &lit,
and• desolate heaps.
But where is the babel of a rebel Congress,
a fierce babble among men given up to their
own devices ; the intensified passions of de
bates,whose solo purpose is to save man sell
ing ; the' rancor and rows that once disgraced
our
,rescued Washington, swept as the - re
jected sediment of our civilization to be
fought over in the last arena' of human
claattelism. . •
. The. rebelliUn will presently die raving
mad, and - in the "Old Dominion," tearing'
its own flesh in its demoniac rage.
Abetter day will rise in Virginia when
liberty reigns throughout •ill her borders,
but it ill be above her buried pest, as vine
yards have smiled and homes of men multi
plied aboi , e where old time cities lie buried.
The "Old Dominion," of slavery will be
extinct save in history, accursed of God, and
a-watr4e . rtnuing men, that the cries of God's
children do not WI on dull ears.
"ON TO iliblimoisu."—The war Depart
ment has been perfectly inundated with ap
plications for passes to visit Richmond from
parties having friends or .property there,
curiosity seekers and tobacco or cotton spec
ulators, It is stated that passes have been
forged by parties assuming the character of
Representatives of the press. To such an
extent has the-Government transportation
been monopolized that to-day Secretary Sta
tion issued orders that no more passes are to
be granted to persons hut in the military ser
vice.
WILN/INGTON (N. C.) paper says:
"Some of our soldiers driving in the swamps
back of the town, have struck a mine, from
which have been taken several hundred bar
rels of turpentine and a quantity of rosin.
Thesuperiority of these mines over the Penn
sylvania oil wells is that the product here is
found in barrels all ready for market, the on
ly expense neuessury in working them being
the cost of labor in rolling the barrels out.
Further explorations are being Elude."
COLORED TROOPS IN lilellMOND.—Strange
as it may seem at. this time, some of the cat
ered troops who marched through the streets
of Richmond on Monday last arc the same
who were prohibited marching through the
streets of Philadelphia on their departure
from here, a few months ago, for fear of
creating a disturbance, No doubt the may
or of Richmond 'night make the same objec
tion to their marching into that, city : JOwing
to this restriction It was necessary, in trans
porting the regiments from Camp William
Penn to the seat of war, to have them quiet
ly put on board of steamers at the upper part
of the city. It was doing great injustice to
the loyal city of Philadelphia at that time
to ear that Union soldiers would "create a
disturbance" by marching through our city
on their way t the seat of war.—Pliihr.
Mr. Green, who was-banished from Rich
mond for Union sentiments, returns there to
morrow as United States Postmaster. Mails
will be regularly- forwarded from Washing
toll.
Brig.-Gen. F. Winthrop was killed on
Saturday in the notion at Fier, Forks. He
had been in the war from the commence
ment of time Rebellion, and wasonly 23 years
of age.
Lruin anb (Atuttg elettrs
A P.PItENTICE WA NTEI) —A stout boy
Nvith a 2 -4 .attaaktioi. and a pond moral eliar
actor, will be taken at lhiy office to learn th,
l'rinting Nunn - other. need apply
AN 01;TIIA6E.-11 . 4.. chronicle the f.,1
lowing ln,l/11' ,. )1C0 Wll.ll 11 . 1•111.1gi of Alain(
find t Hit our c•uniuniuty lute'
liven cowlwlb.l Lu blu•li Ireeuli, of it.
Ev4.r capture of I{iclim.prid /11111
F111 1, , , f11t . 111 I' , 111, 1 ;limy, our pad
lillve their joy by it
our 1, , x,•,1 colurq. !Old .11
i 1 ,1 1,1 11f our • , t the bunt itiu; muc hr coon
tio:tting from vvt•ry Arno l ig the 11 1 ,,t
to unfurl Ow rver•ption thr
snrnl nix o.itr usettlirmnnly 111,1 patri
otic f4.11(,w F. CLEttc,
tutsco•nloti u Luntltiful ot)sign cnom his Nvitl
dr,,v, whki , it rimliw,l until 1114
night, when nbt,irt lance o'clock two :stu
d •nts of 1)1,1;in-on c‘.11,• , :y nI rri(k thin
sotve , , , lll 'Wing wort. plts,i no; \
11, , tivot.1 the thy,;:. Actor g
short 1.-on:tiltntion in which WaA eXra - 0--,1
111 , hr ,1:11'1:1 that 01 , 1 r
Una-,o of troloon had c, ano to grief thoy ngrucsi
that qonicthing aftor the gnorilla ,tylo of op
eration, inh4lit uiictly 4h,5,, in the por
formancc of which their VOVJNI vanity might
lie in liliorl. Those cowardly villains then
prooendod dollhoratcl• to pull down the flog
and lt•ar it to awl attach the l'rag
meat= to the ft ont doors of hmaorii i II the vi-
IMIMI
NVe think our readers will agree with us
that eonduct exhibit.• 4 a germ of deviltry
w Hell but for the unmistakable cowardice
whit h keeps it dawn woul d :squire but little
cultivation to make it Hoorn. Information
wic. lodged againq these culprits whope
name.; are Joules Norris and Alburtus
ler, they were arrested awl taken before
Jit,tice I,on,lrr who required them to give
security for their appearance at his office for
a further hearing.
Gout) A DVIcE n exchange justly
sugges.e: This is the season t clean up the
streets, Inns and remove all the rub
and deposit it in sonic out of the way
plaoe. Clean up your houses and cellars,
and prepare for the coming warm weather.
In this way you will save lima annoyance,
trouble, and in many cases, remove that
which may cause disease and breed pesti
lence. Let the borough authorities make up
their minds to have dean gutters, and they
will secure the health of the borough and se
cure the blessings of the citizens.
DESERTERS CAPTURED.—On last Sun
day morning JAMES Swoyeit, a deserter and
bounty-jumper, was arrested by officer
MAnTiti, of this place. This fellow, Swoic-
ER., has the reputation of being the worst
man of his class that has over been seen in
this region. It has been almost a year since
he deserted, during which time lie has baffled
all attempts made to capture him. He
made his' hiding place in the South Moun
tain, between Centerville and Pine Grove,
and kept'the people of that neighborhood in
constant .fear by threatening to burn out
all who objected to have him forage at will
through their barns and farm yards. Fre
quent attempts were made by Government
detectives te . iiiireitbi bn the
was smart enough hitherto to elude them all.
At the lime of his capture he'had in his pos
session a valuable horse stolen from a citizen
of the County. Mr. MARTIN certainly de.;
serves the thanks of thecommunity fur bring
ing this desperado to justice.
NEW MIMIO.--13rant Oliver Ditson &
Co., 277 'Washington St. Boston, we have
the following now and good music:
"Gen. Sherman's Grand March," an in
strumental piece fur the Piano, by J. Val
Hummel.
Voniewia Row," song by
N. J. Sporle.
,
"We will be Free," song by 130ner0 Cov
ert.
"Pp - Toy .innea," song and dance, words
an'd'inusie Fi'unk tiVildor. •
"Sunny Ditya-tilll'eonni• again," song by
Henry • • , 0".
!Heart Ja with ther,lortb, " song -by
Dr. J. Haynes, arranged by J. W., Turner.
!.Cend Milio Veulthe," song by T.' M.
liroviri. •
I.Ged Giant Oar goldiere' safe
words by kiss. 'Mary W. Richardson, nitieie
by Oilskin E. Dodge.
“Whippoorwill Polka," instrumental, by J.
F. Spaulding. e
"Slumbbr on ,Babrdeari" an pxquisite
song with English and Italian words, by . 1-1
M. Gottschalk, • •
Messrs. Ellison & Ca„ publish every thing
in • a mmo4l ,way worth -notice.
Int
SOCIETY.—The second Anniversary of the
Carlisle Soldiers' Aid Society was lield,.loeb.
28th, 1865, in the English Lutheran Church.
In his Report of the Board of Directors, the
President reviewed the operations of the So
ciety during the past year, and presented in
brief its peculiar organization. It was form
ed, for the promotion of the temporal and
spiritual welihre of the soldiers and their
families, especially such as are sick and
wounded, within the limits of Cumberland
County. Its Board of Management consists
of the President, Vice President, Treasurer,
Secretary, and sixteen or more Directors, to
be elected annually from the various congre
gations of 'the borough represented in the
Society. Its resources are the voluntary
contributions of its members and of the com
munity ; and its appropriations are made by
the vote of the Managers. There aro three
standing committees; one on Religious visi
tation, one on Organization, and the third on
Music. Its Quarterly meetings and Anni
versaries are aesigned to be public, for more
general information and interest in our work.
The Society has two associate Managers, as
media of communication with the Christian
and Sanitary Commissions, and has during
the last year contributed to their respective
Treasuries both money and comforts. This
Report of the President shows that the So,-
ciety has during the past year been faithful
to her mission, and done a noble work for
our soldiers abroad and for their families in
our midst.
From the Report of the Stewardess, Mrs.
M. E. Eby, it was found that a great amount
and variety of articles of food and clothing
were donated to the Society, and that articles
of food and clothing, amounting to $1,649 68,
were donated by the Society, and sent to the
following places: To the sick and wounded,
sold iers at Carlisle Barradisi to the Baltimore
Nat. Fair; to the Woman's Penna. Branch
of U. S. Sanitary Commission, , Phila. ; to
the Soldiers' Home, Piffle ; to the Ladies'
Aid Society, York, Pa.; for the sick and
wounded soldiers in York Hospital; to the
Christain Commission at Baltimore; for the
sick end wounded soldiers at Bermuda Hun
dred; and to the Great Sanitary Fair at
Phila. In closing her Report, the Steward
ess very truly remarks that the Society has
not been such in name only, but truly has
been all aid to the sick and wounded soldiers.
Now is the time for woman to exert a health
ful influence, to carry her sympathies and aid
to the homes of those who have gone in the
defence of their country."
The Report of the Relief Committee shows
t at gr ( (at and good work has been done among
the destitute families of soldiers in Carlisle.
During the last year the Committee afforded
relief to sixty such families which they found
in great extremities. The sum of $B4O 61
was distributed by the Commission to these
families of soldiers during the past year.
From the Report of the Purchasing Com
mittee we note the following items:—
Disbursed I,v the Commission during the inst
year. ter $295 84
distributed to sAdicrs families 340 61
Amount in band n 85
Ain't. rt•ceil od fn nn the Treasurer,
Mr'. Alexander 64910
The fo; lowi rig officers were elected for the
ri qtling ycar:—
Prosideat, Lice. F. J. Clerc ; Vice Presi
(low. Prof. S. I). Hillman; Secretary, Mriq.
IL. 'AL. Jeluisen Treasuror, Nlrs. Ann Alex
ander. Beiiru (.1 Man ,gers, Mrs. 11 M. John-
son, Mrs. A. S. Alexander, Mrs. G.
Sinning - , Mrs. J. S. Rixler, Mrs. J. P. Has
ler, Mr, J. V. Eby, Mrs. J. Rbeern,
B. Law, Mr-.. 1. \V. Patton, Rev. F. J.
Clerc, R,•v. S. Philips, Mr. NV. Blair, A.
Cathcart, 11. S. Ritter, E. A. Brady; J. B.
Parker. J. W. Eby, S. D. Hillman.
Thy f 11 wind resolution!, were adopted:
1. That the alterations and amendments to
the Constitution, as froposed at the last An
niversary, and approved by the Board of
Alanagoi s, be adopted.
2. That Sec. second, Art. 6, of the Consti
tution le antended, as approved by the Board.
3. That, as the sense of this meeting, the
removal of the Rev. J. Fry from this com
munity is a loss to the Soldiers' Aid Society,
a warm-hearted, energetic and steadfast
friend, whose counsel was valuable, as his
aid was ready in behalf of the cause; and
that the Secretary be instructed to convey to
him our regret for the loss, and the expres
sion of our kind remembrance and good wish
es ih his new home.
4. That the thanks of the Society be ten
dered to the Editors of the Carlisle Papers
for their needy and liberal aid in putting our
appeals and proceedings before the public.
5. That we hereby tender our thanks to
the etticers of the Lutheran Congregation for
the use of t heir Church, and also to the Choir
for their valuable services on this occasion.
Semum. Pandits,
Secretary of the Meeting.
s , paial Joticc.
The Brtdnl Chamber, an Essay of Warning
and Instruction for Young Dien—published by the
Howard Association. and Sept free of charge M sealed
enselonos. Address, Dr. J. SKILL.IN HOUGETTON,
Howard Association, YhUa. Yob. 10-17
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