tienerai who had bombarded. 110 W 4ere us its waster. I reached the same parapi young officer, - looking niusingly and lont, toward Morris Island--titting there, the old flag floating over his head., appantly unconscious of - everything arou him.. 1-10 walked away at last'—ratherfialtingly, for he was lame and wounded still gaz. ing toward Wagner. It wasl,i l ieut James, -(a son of the distinguishe# Author,) who was wounded in that celtirated .assault on Fort Wagner in wh.reli S law lost his liferand, gained hisfinniort lity. Heise on Gen, Gillmore's/staff now, his wound baying unfittedlru for active service in 111 tbelfield. - / I Our flag was hoisted at Port Sumpter I on• Satuailast, by Capt. Thiagg, a young I at :er; of/Gen Giilmore's -Istaff: . Long :,- In iy it / Wave. there ! ( IYASIINdi6SZ'S BIRTIFIDAY. '-St I nn early hour, this 'morning all the f teajuers; blockatie-ruuners, and supply 1 chips in the harbor preluded a brilliant arid beautiful appearance. They had ail their flags displayed;.and at 12 o'clock a salute,•in honor of The Father, was - , tired from every vessel. . The •negroes, men, 1 women, and boys, crowded the wharf and tuanifested,as usual, the sincerest delight; .'When I seed.all dem flags" said one of them, "I say 'ts riw tisd for .de 'labs to' fight de Yankees." Mr. Getty, the agent of the Philadel-, phis bounty to Savannah, invited a large party to dinner to conimembrate the day. Gen. Webster presided; The dinner was I held at the house of a colored Man, noted' for being the chief of the class of ca•-1 tererers in Charleston. I After the dinner (probably the best that has been. eaten in this lean and I eMpty•bellied City since the blockade I began), the following toasts • were , pro. I posed, respodded to, and drunk with the customary honors • .. I , "The Memory of Washington—Fire. in l peace, first in war, first in the hearts !of his conntrymen." "The President of the United States-Lere, j 1 in the 'fast ditch' of the Rebellion,, we lovei him for his ficelity, honor him for his l integ!l rity; and praise him tor hiS steadfastCess tol our cause and principles '' s I Response by Mr. Coffin of,The Bo.'on'Jarti , 1 Nal, who made a 'speech eulogistic of the I President. . "The . Army ofthe taited States l —'o2; To - RICHMOND r " • 1 . • Gen. Webster replied to this tdast - and is the course of his reinartis sated hew .accu eately Gen. Sherman had predictedfall of Savannah and Charleston, no: as there possibilities, but as to enact dates_ lie dwelt, also, on the fact that this war differed from all others recrird,ed by history, as it vs pe etiliarly and wholly at People's war. "The Navy of The United States—Coluni bia ruleg the was-cs." Reply- t hy Capt. Hunt of th'e Shenandoah. "Peace—Not that' peace' which passeth Understanding, of Which we hear as-we sit by the murmur thy Brooks a nil ii`he copperhead haunted Woods of New York, but a, peace founded on Liberty - and Justice,, which . shall revive commerce, trade and the arts, and give us full indemnity for the past and secu rity for the futaYe. • Response by 3 1 ir. Getty, in a patriotic en logy of Hie Army alid Navy as the beiit. Peace. .Couituissioners. Tae Ladies of the States—They have 'shown themselves worthy desecadauts of the daughters 'of '76. Respon.e. by Kane O'Donnell; of Tlir -PLiterdelphia Press. The Mail Service. Response by Col. Marv.land, United States Tnspector of the military mails. The "'resit. Response by James Redpath of Boston. . The Poor of Charleston—Wherer we find the traitor we strikeitim down; wherever we find his victim we lift hint up. Response be Capt. Fowler, Chief -Crimmis sary of the District. When the 115lielS evac uated Charleston they left 509,00 u ld:sheis of •rice, which had been captured, 5:J.000 of. which were cleaned. It had been determined to distribute thiS,large supply (2,0u0,000 of rations) to the prior Of Charlston teithoitt Alitinction of color. Capt. Fowler the distributiod - of these stores, and thet.i , facts furnished him with' the materials of his speech in response. lle.)offered as af . volun teer toast— Our COlured Soldiers—Which vr,is enthu siastically received. Col. Markland gave as a volunteer toast: The Loyal Nen of the Soulti__which w -, 1 4 respouded to by Messrs. Roo and Daley,' SO citizens of Charlesuln who have, been faithful to their country. . Our Staff Officer The right baud of our gods of war. Response by Gcn. Tuttle of Gen. Webster's staff. The entertainment passed off very pleasantly and concluded by a comic song (of genuine negro bumor) by a party of colored men. It was one of the f::•T corn is songs that are of negro origin, for most of their songs are sad and pi.aintiv. colored band (Robert Lord's) ,wati in at tendanee, and did crAit to thblnse.ives as well a' added much to the fe;itivity the occasion RAisrid. Triz FLAG The baud, after the g.uests . :disperscd; went up to the post office, which is kept in a "Waysino Flow ,- --Rebel Imme"—;and played Yankee Doodle roil Columbia, and other iiopular and/patri otic airs.. A large crowd of colmved peo ple and soldiers attended, any eren l ihe white Itebels of the fmnale/persoa,ion peeked thron , ,zli their window buds to witness the ceremony. TILEACILERY AND RETRIBCTION.---Af. ter Sherman had captured d z ioluttibia,S.o , i t, and whilerSloautu's orps was on its way through the stre et to its temporary bar racks, the citize s poured a deadly fire upon it from the houses, killing and wounding many of our soldiers. The troops retired a short distance and then , returned and , laurned , the city to ashes.: This was most unparalleled treachery,but it met with an immediate and just re trard., If the Rebels court retribution t Shermati's hands, they are pretty sure . a get welt. pay an sight. It is so :ovg, l 7: E INAEU ~ 411 L G APDPESS. 1 - . FELLOW COUSTRIi3ILN—At ; this see. t. I sawa 'coad appealing to take the oatP of the 1, Presidential of there is „less; occasion I for an extended address thEin -there was (at the first. Then a'statecnlnt s'iimewhat lin detail of a course td be - wirsuediSeetn. led very fitting oud at the' (expiration . of feur d ,:y l ears r , cluritig public declarations !live , bepo'.constantly called forth every point andlphase.'of the great contest which lstill ai>rorhs the te,ntion-and engroseeS the energies of the nation, little that is new maid be pre: Isented. ' The proz ress of on re t;ar.s.:—' upon which 1 - all else chiefly depends—is ips well known Ito the public us to i myselfj; and tit is. J. trust, reasonably satisfactory and encour -I,agiag to all: •Withf high hope for the 'future, no FE.O.ictionl in regard to it is ventured. ° i • ' On the occasion •correspOnding to this four years ago all thoughts were aniously :directed to an impending evil war. All dreaded it all sought to:fat:old it; while d • d • ) the inaugural addresS sr .s elive:ed from this place, detfuted,laltogether s to, saving the, Union withotit'par, inSurgent 'agents were in the city seeking to destroy it without war--seeking to dissolve the Union acid divide the e'reets - :by.negotta • • ties. • , Both parties deprecated), war; !but one of them•would tuake i war Maier thad let • the nati-m survive, and the other would accept war ra'.herl thau let it ,perish, and the war came. • i One•erghth of the tvb!ole population were colored slaves:, not diitributed glener• ally over the Union,' but localized in the Southern part ofit, Thee slavesconsti tuted a peculiar atidlppw4ftil interest-- All knew that this ietere,t was somehow the cause of the :iwar. To str'engtheit, perpetuate. and es.senet interest wai. the object for whitih ‘ the ilisurgetlits would rend the 'Union war e While the govern went claimed no rig h t to l i do'l'more than to restrlct the territorial etilarginent of it. Neither party ph , .ettci i tri for the war the a2mitude or t urationi which it has al. ready attained., ei t her ;ant icipated ihat t the cause of the conflict cease,even before the conAtct iistlf should cease.— Each looked.ijr i t a.iier triuntßit and a re.i:tult less funP,utct i ital tinti aznteonding Both read tile sante Bible and pray to the same God,i and each ovokbs tiffs aid against the other. It way se4n strange that any men should dare to ipsti a. just God's assistance,in icriit ing their bread froin the sweat of oOlet• men's faces; but let Us judge not, that We! be. roe judged. The prayers of both! 114( be ams wered., Phut of neither been answered , fully. The Almighty ht Hi§.own pur poses. Woo unto the world !because tf offenses, for it : must needs he that offens es come; but Woe fo th4t man by whom the offense corneth. If—we shall suppose that American slavOy 11 one, of these offeuses—which, feuses—which, in the providence of God, must needs come, but w),lie,h, having con• tinued "through . gliS.appointed ;time,. Re now wills to' remove, and that 41e gives both North au South this terrible war as the woe due to those liy whom the offenses carne--shall we discern i there' is any de parture from those Liiyine attributes which the belie?ers in liviti4, - Goa always s cribe to Him? Fondly .* liope, ventlydo we pray that thil mighty scour L re of war may speedily pa 4 5 11 assay Yet, if 'God wi]ls that it contihue until all the wrath piled by.the an's:two idred and, fifty year:i of I.lnregliitted toil lihalk be sunk and unoi every crop . of' blooa drawn with the la-11 shall .be paid' ;by abother drawn with the scvdrd, as Was I said three,tiv'iusand ye4rs ago so still .it be said that the ilicl , mehts of the Lord are true and rightdons altogether. With malice toward hone, with charity rpr yell, with firmness {lie right , , as God / ;.-,itves us to see the riglit let IA strive 2,t1 to finish the Work we are 'to bind/up r the nation7s\Tounil, to care ifor him who shall have the battle_ and / for his widow•and hi,siorpilans; do all which may achievel and cherisli a :Tait and a lasting peace atneng cui - acives,4n4 with all nations. . •I Frezu the 1, - ew York I'qlbene. The inauguration ,Of the Presideot pro . . voices compatlisons/lw,liich may not be witout value. TVe ,Captal of the United. States witnesses l a speOtaele full of Moral ;grandeur, vpheniatter four years of civil : „.war, the fotf4c3aoons di the ''Govertiment remain un4ml;vn, and ail its maahienery gout on wall iead reuntarity. The Cult •ioti has,b4n tested as fundamental sted 8nIt• in extfaordibary times, as prOved in its beautiful simplie• enogq.ll ler :the salvation of the The fi;eld of wpr tromples bpneath the tread of retreating qr .cvflipti ng hosts ; but in the serenity nnn the security of the law' and with the quiet; Fauctions of re liaeon' the )'resident [ he hired State; a.sunic-s oncei mo . re tti t e robes and -rite re.' sponsil:ilities+of his t4reitt otriee. As he !advanees to\ft•e , li (414(.4 all E reild omens. atte'gd him, and his iOltguratiort l is illus trat*2l py reopot vietoi(o over fae:ion and treachery. , The rejoicings of hundred • , . 11. . rclttes UrC,t.llClOntilelllS ‘yntch women - 14nm `to his toil. iFront s.eAoard and from prairie, from the pier„fron i from young mothers-and child rc n,core, inent and gr lowered uVon i and we see on of peace andl Look now to igoomiulo' legiAators pe i farui. the workshop and milold men in their. wisdom, luri in their strength, troth Ifrein wires and from 'little 1p the glad cries of encourage. atitude. The clouds which the It r ePublic has been lifted lee thore?lio glorious Summer prosperity ;advancing. ' at . that other CApital doom - ed us surre.nder, fzoin which mock e frdm zelf assumed !duties, and abandoning with the timidity lof guilt their usurped pesitions Remon strances-are in vain---appeals to manhood. are disregarded -- threats are as impotent 'as perstmsioas to arrest the 'disreputable stampede of Confederate law-givers. Lee sees the moral ruin of the panic, but he Hprotests against without effect. He is eft a general without a ministry to sane tion tn, and wirh t a greatly r4nced artny Ito foil w him. No conduct in the field can !'compensate for such cowardice at home. There hay be courage left for fight, but there is nothing Left to tight fpr. Our anniversary orators have sometimes ventnred upon the assertion that "the . eyes of; the word are . upon us 1" which way have been hyperbole inhappier times but is now hardly more than the. literal truth. There is nothing in our present position which should wove us to shrink from thesherpest and most general scruti• ny. We can afford to invite it, god we ,can put our prospects and chances and certainties in two words—l - Vashington and Richmond ! Rebellion, Causless and criminal, the basely-begotten son. of Pas sion rnd Ambition, ceases to be respect able, when it ceases to be Successful. our ye a rs have clapsedsinee eoln enteraupon the Presidential .ofEce, cud how great is the difference twist then and now Thep State after State joined in the unnatural and wicked enterprise— the chief lities of the South were in pos session oftraitors—our armies and navies ' had not yet recovered frdtu the shock of treason "within and sudden emergency without—Washington itself was threat ened—the President himself was held to Fe in personal danger—the Rebellion was confidant, and we did not know in how many channels its poison was running. Now—but why rehearse the glad story of high courage', of resolute endeavor, of un shrinking per,4steuce, and of measureless success ? Upon a day like this, we can well afford to be cheerful, for there is a record indelibly stamped upon the: pages of history, of which we H heed nut be ashamed.: The people .hav6 earned the light to rejoice s for the 4 have saved a na-, ;ion to bag their inheritance of thir ren--sav'ed it alike by valor is tl:d by Christian justice in law-making, by noble persis - tenee under discouragement by ao open handed generosity, almost without precedent, and at a cost of count-1 less private agonies patiently suffered for the sake bf our Path Arland! A good cause wellsped4---the• chrimicles of the ag • es have notciing brighter, nothing nobihr,j wither mbre beneficent than this I Wei thank Geld for our triumph, and we are not afrai4 to thank Him, for it 'is file Triumph dof the Truth • WAstil.NoToNs Binsti-DAY —Seldom if ever, has the birthday of Washington been celebrated with so much rejoicing i!and such earnest manifestations of patri otie feeling throughout the country, as o / d the occasion of the recent anniversary /-- lin some of the large cities the day was observed as a holiday. This was the case to's'orue extent, in Philadelphiadnd ihnore. Business, in the latteVplace,was !almost entirely suspended, and the sti pets I were gay withrilags. In al, the principal cities and tows Salutes w / ere fired, bells !rung, and bnildioc , s I.!sl4ping &c., deco. !rate`d . with flags. This was particular the lease in Boston and Wronghout NeW• Eng land The general / rejoicing was height ! coed by:the new/of our recent glorious vi,.,toilLs in Sotiai ,Carolina. KrNTUCXY.—Aent lleh V remains join - ,ecl to her idols . The prescint Legislatgre chosen zz a time when it was still•doubt wh&ter the State was secesh or only senii4e&h,lias rejected the Constitution. al An.4dinent for the, abolishment of ~s- K ivery,4hough both the Governor and 'l.,icut.(..ntint.Goverrior urged its adoption, as a measure of State policy. In the Senate' .be vote on rejection stood 21' yeas to 12 nays; and in the House 5S to! 23. This,,however is not a final disposal of the digestion; the nest. Legislature is expected to be composed Oa Majority holding (Efferent views,' and if so, this decision will be reversed, sand the State become ; by lierown action, free from the" / curse Which bus so long blighted her I prosperity. ! It was a well kept military secret, that gallant Phil. Sheridan• left .Winehes..ter 4 last. Monday week 011 an Gthen :expedition up the Shenandoah Valley. AlainFt the. first pnbile hint of it came from Gen.— Grant'' dispatches of Sonday,announcing the reported defeat and capture of the Rebel Geo. Early and . his. army; and the pos'seF , sion Shcridau's iilsa Sh. l eva)an's and unry another, was one of Those brerations to the heart of the t h e creasing the atumount of Oen - i2.''s territory, accouz,ts of bond to be issued prtTre4s of which could reach us at L firs't 'in aid of the the Construction of the • i Pa from rbel saurces only. Gen. C ri • an t . s .:eitio Railroad and branches to 8100,000- , di,. pate h es . „L ow t hi a h e expect ed Sh er i. 000. That is enough to build those roads dan to keedmplish something very t u o chlif economically cxnencleil. The measure ri like tt'e dashinf , . feat of arms attibuteci to , Is Llnlni-ollY I ' i • -I atrocious, and the Com/Atop him b - the . great number- of deserters` that reported it ought to be indicted.— that e., me into our lines on Sunday, and! i Th.; Pacific Road, carfully located and the cotreurrence of testimony is so strong 'frugally-built, will pay .a lair interest on that We wrestle there need be tin doubt', its construction, from the time it is - half of the fact that Sheridan has won a deci& t done ,andif CongreSs 'had - adhered to its ed success in The Valley, and that .he was 'iorriginal offer to aid it:by the loan of the still pushing on for Lynchburg. •iNminnal credit to; the, extent of ,S1.(3,000 important station l Per wile (say . Charlottesville is an1. 2 30,000;000 in all) to be on the great-nprthern railwdy line cori,-Isecured hy a first mortgage ou the road fleeting Richmond with West , .Ittrginia.; kind all its belongings, it woulddiave done With Gordonsville, it has been , made a !quite enough. We regard this new bill great depot 'of st?res and military materi.'; as naked robbery, and shall ass the next al atldifferent times, and was defended.bylCongress to repeal it.—Fribune, Mar,2d works of considerable strength. lf Sher-1 1 865. • ' • idan has taken it nt)w, it is partly because! Maj. MI Dode has been relieved from of, the suddenness .f his appearance, but ibis post as ..-I..A.'P..M.Gen. of Pennsylva. still more from the fact that Lee no long-111'a, and Brig. Gen . Rinks has been ap. er fouud himself able to ieep a eorareient I pointed in his place. force detached trouti his main army fop," vairolifient Act) Ithe defense of the Lynchburg line. in- • stnntly upon the the news of Sheitdan's , WAR. DEPARTMiINT, approach, he had tot s hurry off foty brig- • PROVOST MARSHAL GENIS OFFICE, odes to Lynchburgand it is byrio means ,tasur.S - roli, - D. C., March 6,'65. sure that .Sheridan itnight not reach there ;CIRCULAR 1 . . ; first. Then if there were anything but a O. 5. j I handful of men in Lynchburg, they 'might -The following Act of Congress - His published for the information and guidance be able to - defend - the Hate till ,their re- tot 1 concerned: I enforcements net - iv i ed—but the chances LA3, Ct 10 1 alitOti the' several actsleret o• are even that SheOdan will either carry f tore passed to. proiide for the enroy?ty it. by assault, or will destroy the railroad an d ca lli ng , out 11w national forces, , and east. and south of it. for other purposes : . This movement.at this moment has a isiAnificance quite . 4part- from its intrinsic importance. Sheridan has been held in the leash till the hour came when his blow would fall l4aviest on an enemy 'Whose attention was already distracted by the rapid approach of Sherman from the South, the incursion of a strong force into wesiern_No'rthi Carolina, ,the operations Iffrontthe Atlantic coast upon the seaboard system of railways between Wilmington and RiclimOnd, and by the steadily-threat ening attitude of thri.Grant before Peters burg.. At such an hour, With a secrecy and swiftness all his own. Sheridan is lauaohed; against LychbUrg; and while !Lea is debating, in the trenches of Rich ' mond, whether he shall fall back this week or the nest to the positidn in Cen tral Virginia or North Carolina of which Lynchburg is the key, he sees one. rail way line otretreat to that point severed, and Lynchburg itself so closely - threatened that whether he can save it or not pre sents itself to hien as a question of hours. So much for having one head - direet, land one hand to wield' the armies of the ;Republic. And SP much, let us add With I all heartiness, for having subordioa \ te core !panders at once zealous and capable`to do !the work that is set them. Sherman and Sheridan, the idols of the hour,are equal ly \ the trusted . licutenants of Gen. Gritnt trig siielt asperities of fortune as prov ed thCiir utinc:it capacity. What they j tail to do, is nut likely to he done by any Isuccessor But they do nut propose an y I fail.—/adcpeudent Tit Cizcilv WiTm.:sz.zEs.—Luther tells ,a story of :lice:lain German wife, in his travels, fell among-thieves; ti'd they be. ingabant to cut his throatythe poor wan espied a)Eight of crow nd cried out, "Oh, crews : I n wy witness and arctigera' of ." About two or three days aft( ieves, drinking together at at inn, Jany of crows eaine and alightte',d upob the- 1 top of the house. At this the thieves began to laugh; aud r said one (AMictu. "Look ! : yonder are they - who tybst avenge his death whom we lately The tapster, overbearing this declaed / it to the magistrate, who caused thew ; to be apprylitindecl ; and in 'cense quedeo of their - contradictory statements and evasive r t•s , ters urged them so far ,that they confesed the truth, and receiv ed their dederved punish:neut. M 2.[•:XVICO. There is no longer. room for doubting the itnp . oi taut news of the capture of Oux ;lea by the French, and the unconditional surrender of Geu, Purlirio,Diaz and the garrison. The Mexican papers publish the the official disp'aich by which Gen. Bazaine announces his success Jo the Ein -1 peror. , znuce , the capture. of the cities of Pue bla and Meico, no greater misfortune has befallen, the National cause. Oaxaca was the- last treat Mexican stronghold which held the Imperial army at bay,and the force under-Gen. Diaz was the best and the largest body of troops which de fended the sinking fortunes of the Re pubjic. low both,are lo . st—the last stronm hold and the last. army. The Imperial rule extends from the Atlantic to the Pa- , cilia, and the llenublie can (July last till all resistance to the Empire shall be crush ed out in the southern half of Mexico. - Maximilian has met with another tri umph' which is' of some impOrtance to .1-To has been recognized by England •—with the exception of Prussia the only great Europern power which thus far had drglayed doing so. The monarchs of Eu rope are agreed in their satisfaction at! the reestablishment of European institu tions in a portion pf the American Con tinent. " in this cricis of the history of Mexico President Juarez acts wiOl'a ftrtnuess to which even the mercinary organs of the Emperor cannot deny their profound re spect. HO still holds out in the mount:- a ins of Chihuahua, unshaken in . hi.; hope Republican institutions will yet sur 'virO in his unfortunate country. He looks :'forward with no less anxiety than the :people of the United states to the end of 'our Rebellion, hoping that then the hour of deiiveiy will dtaW near. The Senate yesterday passed' a bill in *•* * * * Section 13. And be it further evader!, That 1 Where'any'revised enrolment in ani Conrei isioriat or 'Draft district, has been obtained or I made;,prior to any actual drawinglof names I from the enrolment lists, the quota: of such ' district may be adjusted and apportioned to such revised enrolment; instead of being ap- Plied:to or based i upon the enrolmenti as it May have stood before the revision. 1 Section 14. _lnd be st further enacted; That hereafter all persons mustered ir to the mili tary or naval service, whether as volunteers, Isubstaues, representatives or otherwise, shall be ,credited to tlie.state, and to the township, ward, precinct, or other enrolment shb-dis- Iti* where such persons belong by :ictual res i dence, (if such persons 'have an :lethal re sidence within the United. States) and Where i . sun persons sI eye or shall be enroted, if lia , blel tO enrolment,) and it is hereby ma le the dly. of the Provost Marshal General make Isu h rules and give such instructions Ito the sevLeral Provost Marshals., Boards of nurol- I India:and Mustering Officers, as shalle nec -11 I esAary fur the faithful enforc'ement if the Ipriwisions of this section, to the t end :fiat fair iand just credit shall be given to every sec-, I tion t,f the country Provided, That In any i cal for troops hereafter no county,l lown,l it+nship ward. precinct or election Ostriet, !shall have credit except for men aknally fulmished on said call, or the preceeditig c'all, ' by said county, town, township, ward. pre-; cinef, or cleetion district, and tans,•ere l it into) tee military' or naval service ref the (pieta I thereof. , 1 Sao. 15. Awl be it further enactcd, That in computing quotas hereafter,. ered4 stall be given to the several States, districts add sub- ' , 1 , districts, for all men furnished frinni them, respectively, and not: heretoftire cred)ted, i during the present flebelliOn, for any period of service of hot less that three mohihs, cal- ) culating the number Ofidays for which such service was furnished,!and'reducing the same toyars : Provided, That such credits shall not he applied to the call for add'itionai troops made by the President on the twenty-first day of- December, eighteen hundred , and sixly-1 four. . Sertidn 16, And be it further , rocif ed. That: i have . persons who been or . may hereafter be drafwd l under the provisiotiS of the ievetalj !acts 'to [which this is nit amendment, for the ! term ot one year, and who have at:ttially. far=. I nished, or maymctually, fitruiA, ,tfteeptahly. 1 I substittAs (not liable to draft),fot the term! ! of th re e years, shall be exempt front military 1 duty' during the time for which such substi i totes shallmot he liable to . draft, not exceed : tug th time for which such substitutes shall; have 1 een mustered into the scrVic(l, any-1 i this rn . i the act of February tweno,t,,nrih, ; ; '-' 1 1 .3 . e,;:, , ,it+ auty..re,.. and sixty-four, to 1.1. i? eon- I tru ry-not wit hstanding. - I ' I 1 ',,Scit M 17. ir,q hr it furg,er marled ; , That 1 1 ., any:reJ tuitiug .agent, substitute 1 r.ll,er, or , !other pigs on who, for par or ~ =hail 1 1 enlist, or cam-1e to be eniptiid, as a N c pro itquilreer or snbstitute. rt insane . person, or convict, or 1 - ,on. under indictment for a felMty, or ) ; who is held to hail to answer for a feltmy, or I person in it condition of intoxication, Or a deserter front the military or naval lervice. I or any minor between the tires of sixteen and I 1 eighteen years, without( the consetit I,of his I I parents or guardian, or any minor under titc:l I age it.f . sixteen years,' knowing him, in either I lease before ruentianed, to be. sti:th, or who 1 shall defraud or illegally deprive knyo - dlart• teer or Substitute. of any portion to' the State. I local. or United' States: Bounty, to' which he nay be entitled : shall. upon cOnviciceti in ally: court. of competent jurisdiction, he lined not! exceeding one thousand dollars, nor less thanl twoMundred doPays, dr imprisoned not exj ceeding two years and not less than three 1 months, or both, in the discretionl of the court ~foresail. - 1 ' SPtfion IS, And - 7,r if fur77,, , r eini47, - That ! any Otlieer who shall muster Ingo 010,71 - lint:try or naval service of ,the United Stajes,• any! 'deserter front said service, olr•ins'ane l person,! or person in a coqition of intoxication, or i, an!, , minor betweeui , the ages of sixteen. and 'eighteen years, without the qconsent of his! 'parents or guardianl,ortatty minor under the age of sixteen years, knowing him to be such, shall ttpOn conviction by ally 'Court Martial. I be dishonorably discharged the Service of! the .Puited States..) , • I r Stetion.l9. AndWe it further ruarfo,l. That in every case Wheritt substitute is fuished I to take the playa {,f an enrolled cr drafted': man, and it is slion by eVidenee that shall be satisfactory to'the Secretary of War, that( such substitute was, at the ?Ante of his en-I list meat, known by the pady furnishing him I to be non compos mould, or in a condition of intoxication, or under conviction or bullet.' meat for any offence of the grade of felony at the common law, or to hate been guilty-of a previous act of desertion unsatisfied by pard6n or punishment, orb ley reason of any existing infirmity or aihnent, physic:try in cii— pahle of performing the otdinary duties of a soldier in actual service. in the ranks, or Mi nor between the ages'of sixteen and eighteen years, without the , consent of his patents or guardian, or a miy.r under,:the age of six teen years, it shall he the duty of the Provost Marsbal General, Mt advice of the fart, to report. the same td the PrOvostplarshal dr; he proper District; and if stilt petson SD enlist ed and incapable ,hall bate In-..en, :duce the passage of this act!, muttered into the s e rvic e as a substitute forla person liable to •draft. and not actually drafted, the' name 'of the person so , liable who futuished such substi, tote shall be again placled on the list, and be shall be subject to draletheteafter, ns though no such substitute bad been. ftirnished by . him ; and if such substitute so enlisted, and *arable, as afores.tiid, shall have been since the passage of this act, mustered into tbe service as a substitute for. a person actu ally drafted, their it shill" be the duty of the Provost Marshia General fo dii•eet the .Pro- NMst Marshal of the bi.4rict immediately to notify the person who furnished , , such Sub, stitute that he is held to service in the place of such substitute, and 11 shall stand in the same relation and be subject to the same Na b-Pity as before the furnishing of such sub, stitute; Seeiion 20. And be itfurtlicr. enacted: That in, case any substitute desert from the army; and it shall appear 'ay evidence satis factory to the Secretary of War, that the party furnishing such substitute Oall have, in any way, dlrectly or. indirectly aided or abetted ;.tic.b desertion, :0r So hare been privy tr). any intention on the part. of such substitute (to desert, then such person shall-be immediately placed in *e army,, and shall aerie for tho period for which he was liable to draft, such service to commence rct the date of the de aertion :of the substitute, &then 21. And be it further inacted. Tbat in addition to the laWful penalties of, the crime of' desertion frcm the military or naval serVice all persons who ha* deserted from the miiitary or naval serviee of the United StAtesitlin shall not return(to Said service, or report themselves to t s .Provost 3larshal, with in;sixty days after the proclemation here inafter mentioned, shall ,be deemed and taken to have vollintarily relinquished and forfeited their rights of citizenship and their righti to become citizens; and snub deserters shall be forever incapable of holding nay office of trust or profit under the United States, or el exercising any rights of citizenship thereof; l aud all persons wtio shall hereafter desert the military or naval service, and all persons who, being duly enrolled', sbalhdepart theju risdiction of the district in which he is en rolled; or go 13..:y0ud the limits of the:United States, with intent to avoid any draft into the military or uaval service, duly ordered, shall be liable to: - the penalties of this section. And the President is hereby authorized and required forthwitb,on the passage of this act, to issue his proclamation sett'ng forth the provisions of this sceti:en, in woich:procia , !nation the President is requested to notify all deserters returning' within sixty: dayS as aforesaid, that they shall bp pardoned on condition of returning 'to their regiments and companies, or to such !other org.antrAtion as they way be nssigned • to. until they shill have Served fora period of time equal to their original terni,.of eniistinent. • Section 22. And LP it further enacted, That the third section of the act, entitled act (further) to regulate and provide tor the en rolling and. calling 'out the national forces, and other i s purpeses s " approved ;July fourth, eighteen!: btindred and sixty-four. be, and the same is heieby repealed. ' Sceft.on 2'3. And he it farther enacted . That !any person or; persons enroledi in a ny stb. : distriet may after notice of a draft and before the same shall haye taken place, cause to be mustered into the service of the United SteteS, such .number et' recruits. hot - subject to draft, as . they May deem e t aMedient, which recruits shall (stand to the -credit of the persons thus causing, them SO be mustered in, and shall be taken as substitutes for such; persons, or so many of them as mac be drafted, to the extent of tht, number of such recruits; and in the or der deil. , ,nated by the principals at ti* time such recruits arc thus, as aforesaid, mustered in. . • Seetion 24. And he it firrther enacted, That . Secti Fit'pet] of the Act approved February twenty-fourt,eißitteen hundred and sixty-four, entit(ed "An Act fur eurohng and coiling out the national forces and ftir other purposes," be, and the same is hereby,. amended by in serting after the wprds "any civil magistrate" the words "or any per'son; authorized by law to aumiaister oaths." - Sefi , ,ins'..!):• And he 'if ..t . yri!hq• enacted, That the :• - •ecretary of War is hereby authorized to detail one or more of On employees of the W ar l'.}6 l ,arttr l erit for'thn purpose of adruiuls tering the oaths required by 14w in the settle -111,2111. of ()Ulcers' accounts for clothing, camp and garrison eqt?page, quartermasters stores, Ordinance, which oaths shah be adminis tered -,vithout expense to the parties taking them, and eball be as binding upon the Ter sunskaking- the same, and if falely taken, shall subject them t g _the tame penalties,' us if the fame wue administered by a magistrate or nijastice of the pe4ce. i:1/•.?? 26, =m/ L,fl it furtlicr - enacted, That A c tifigA.,i,istant :surgi;.o:l, ,, :etl7l:raet. Surgeons, ant . Sur!reirni: aroi Coului:ziducrs on the En ruling tai, military serripe of the Uoi tea zqates, shall here:tfter be exentpted front' all liability to - be.-arefLeil under thelpro visions ().f . any act for enrOlin'g anti calling out the national fo'rees. er in at this 'tiet . shall ;tithe nut alter its passace : Proride:d. 'That nothing bereineon taiht-d shall operate imstpOne . 11re podding if-aft or interfere with the quotas assigned thert-for. • - ~I,j)proved Marcll 3,, -; LSections from' One to.tweive, incinsire 7 do not relate to this Bureau, and are omitted.] •(.Signetl) JAMES B. PH.YI Prol'ost ,:1113,n;bal Genni!:ll: WM: 11. BLAIR; • . Capt. and Pr.)vost Marshal. pr 01.051, Mai 511p:17, , , Office, IStli Dist. Pa., 1 Williamsport, Much 11, 1865. To l'uorEssons or 111. - .IC, .!01.1.TECIIS, ANIS TEE 31usreAL l'ultmc GENERALLY. P. A. Viundermann, `l)ctßiie, Sl.-1 Having on hand the largest Stock of 'Foreign Music in New York, which he' imports from Europe expressly to Inca the baste and re quirements of the American lovers of. Music, ri4'rmlftilly culls attention to the fact, i.ll,at ho Music of Tvely,Style! at Ile r dtiction of twenty-live to fifty per cent, less auy other house in the-UnitedState;. private Families can besupplied (past free) h3lierwarding the cash to the ,above address. Should the amount of cash forwardedeXceed the cost of the Music, the balance *ll be prbinptly returned its postage currencY - . Deattrs and ProfeSsors should not neglect this opport.uuity ; they will be liberally( dealt with., N. ii.—Any and every pierce of Musie(vocal oy . instrumental) .published 'in EuropP :er i A meriert, will be supplied ,to order, if ~accdrap anied by the cash, ; , I 1 1 , Renlember the Address, P . A. .1V II DER3I 4 N FOrei,gn and American llasie Ware:Wisp, • 521 Broaduhly, tier - York. f 23°3 Administi - ator's . I Y virtue of an order of the Orphan's i court . Lie for the county! of Patter, the follotving estat 9 belonging to the estrtto of !ieorge . ingrah3nr, l4te of the of llebron,,,in'said county, dee'eased, will be sold to th6 i bighq(and h6sts bidder at thq Court House in the.l3oroth, of Coudersport iitt ',,,,S'ri"?4ri:loll the ., 2sth day of liczrch. Vne.'xr, at'], o'clock . One I,ot of land - situate it: the town of He brpn, Patter county, bounded and deieribed a 3, fbilow t : at a post the east ) n-trth-cast corner'. of lot No. 40, conviyed by lAdanis and Hunt, ;hence as and `,l-10ths I perches to a post;t:hence North by lint: of lot 86, 139 perche,i, to a post, thence West by of said lot No 1 . 8.6, 74 and 4-10ths perches to [a post, thence south by line of lot '..37a0w or'. late in possessio:n of George 139 pt.4.ches to a post, hence east by the 'line of aford•soid lot No. 40, 71 perches to the place of beginning) antaining Sixty-Orie and I Tlro-Ttultha acresniore or leSs, on which are aliout. Fifteen acres improved, with ajShatitY h4rn and a fritme house partly . enclosed, i A.tß. dooEsELL, Ad; • mr % Cottdersporl,l?F'T4:2l77.ll§lTl
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