VILLA.GERECORDo
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Friday, Mappli 2/1;,18140. •:(
Forever float that standard sheaf .
Whine breathes the foe but fats before II!,
With freedom's sbil beneath our f
'n ree Urn e )anner streaming e'er us!
rir We invite special attention to the Bahl;
in our_ ailvertising columns, to come off as
follows .t , - -
Geo. Steely, lklarch 24
John Middour, " 24
' J. Sollenberger, " 25
Dr. J. Newcomer, li 2;
S. S; Deerdorff, " 27
-3. Brambach, it 27
D. Newcomer, Sr. " 28
•
Paxton Sr Welsh, " 29 .
.Ikfartin Geiser, • " ' 29
Jacob Smith, 64 29
'l'. L. Budd, ~ 30
John Fisher, 14 43/ .
PROFESSIONAL. We direct special
attention to the card of Dr. John A. Royer,
in to-day's paper. 'The Doctor has been
practicing here for several months and has
so far been very s uccessful in his treatment
of .atients.
RECEIVED.—We acknowledge the re•
eel pt of $5 from David Riddlesharger, Frank
lin Grove, 111., for subscription. Also $2
from Geo. L. Freet, Altoona, Pa.
A PILEBENT.—Our clever friend, Mr. J.
II °STETTER, of Greencastle, has again planed
us under obligations to him fora mess of ftne
fresh fish. Mr. 11 1 s. wagon reaches this
place about noon on Saturday of each week
Orders for fish may be left by persons in the
country with E. W. Washabaugh.
BOUNTY —We 'understand our Borough
Council have decided to appropriate the sum
the ;ast call for troops. This will be good
news to "conscripts," some of their families
especially
IIRST AMIN Amberson,
iet 0., at wi be seen 'yr re.
to our advertising columns, are now receiv-
ing their first supply of new dry goods, po
se; ceries, etc. Being liberal advertisers they
will of course deal generously with their pa
trons. Call and examine the new stock.
DRUGS, ETC.—Our friend Fourthman,
druzgist, has just received a full assortment
of fresh drugs, medicines, oils, paints, no.
tioni, (f7c. Call and examine bis stock.
COURT.—The following jurors for Wash.
ing sad Quincy townships have besn drawn
for the April Court, 'commencing on Monday
the 10th:—Grand Juror, David Miller.—
Travers Jurors.:-:-Ahrm, Baker, Geo. Car
baugh, Wm. Harshman imon Leekron
Samuel Secrist, Christian Shoekey,
EM=I!!IMII
ROTEL CHANGES.—V. B. GIIZERT
Or this place having sometime since purchas
ed of Francis Bowden his Hotel property
took possession of the house yesterday. Mr.
Gilbert is a. worthy citizen and of an aceom.
wasting disposition, and will doubtless be
liberally patronized by the public.
H. M. SITSBETT, Esq., who leased his Ho
tel property a couple of years since has a•
gaim taken possession of the property. Mr.
S. is an experienCed business man and a clo
ver landlord.
We .understand that Major Kuturz's no
te/is-to-be closed after - die first of April, to
continue so, we presume, until the Major re
turns from the war. •
THE ELECTION.—At the election held
in this place on Friday last for Borough and
Township officers, the following individuals
were chosen :
Borough—Justice. of the Peace, George
Bender. Constable, W. F. Homer.' As-
sessor, Geo. XI organ thall. School Directors,
John Bell, D. B. Russell, David Hahn. Au
ditor, Geo. Ports, Township—Judge, John
'VV. Coati. lnspector , —Henr y —Walter. As
sessor, Geo. W. .Foltz. School Directors,.
Simon Leckrone, Joseph-Ripple, Wm, John
son. Supervisors, Jacob Hartman, „ George
Sarbaugh, Sen., Matthias Doatrich. ' Audi
tor, Matthew Gordon. Constable, Jamb H.
' Hoover.
• D.—Our-friend-G - . - S%-Mong,
neutioneer, who was tauong those drafted
fiotn this township; repertea on Monday last,'
and was excused Mtn the performance of
military duty. He is therefore enabled to
fulfill his engagements previously made.
SITE:BMA ?I CAPTURED.-.-A report has.
been in circulation for 6 everal days that Gen
Sherman, with his forces, had,been eiarraun
deci and eapturod in North Carolina. It ap
dears that the report originated =ln the
••copperhead" tweaks of ilagerstomi: As a
'mates of course the copperheads :hero would
5000 b 3 'boakcd,' and the . eonelusion isi that
Sherman is captured, sure, ' We . await fur
ther news, of course, pith .more than ordina
ry interest,
tioi~uirtb;_—~lie 5r rof Aprilii
Slutv-poyiug pa,troris are" fat*
4,Lieir dues.
.ANPTHEIVIAITRAGE.--4he Felton
iteputifielut set tbat)er dullest two or three
weeks a gent of t Ookierheads from Bedford
any Uultua have', congregated in
Whip l ,P3 dap, in that county, from which they
have Mealy sallied forth, stealing ' " and de ,
stroying tite prOPPrfs, of -1.19914. men 7!!ffe:
ever they tame across it. On Saturday night
last, between 9 and 10 o'clock,. a party tlf
these home rebels made a. descent upon the
premises of Mr. Henry Anil, in Brush Omp
township, a well known' talon Mati,And an
der the cover of.darkness, carried straw sof;
ficient to surround all the doors of the barn,
after which they set fire thereto.' As a mat.
ter of course; the. barn, and all . its contents;
including seven head of cattle, two horses
and thirty sheep were totally destroyed.-
owing to the terror of the Union iehabi,
tants of the Cove, (some tensor twelve farni,
Hos in all) each and all of Whom have been
repeatedly notified that they would be burn,
ed out, no one of them would venture to the
scene of conflagration, each feeling that by
careful watching only could he proteot his
premises from the incendiary hands of these
rebel Vandals. During the fire the voices
of these incarnate fiends were heard in mer
ry jubilation over the dastardly work of their
hands. We can conceive of no, act of more
devilish malignity toward a defenceless old
man, nor of more fiendish cruelty toward
poor dumb brutes, than the above, Mr.
Hull is over T 2 years old, and after giving
one son a sacrifice to Slave-breeding Treason,
is thus stripped, with a worse than Sepoy
fiendishness, of the accumulations of long
years of- weary toil.-- These- acts- call aloud
for vengeance. How long must these peo•
pie suffer for the want of adequate military
protection'
TRIAL FOR MURDER:—Our readers
will remember that during the excitement oc
casioned by the Rebels last August a stran
ger was overtaken on the turnpike •between
this place and Leitersburg by several indi
viduals claiming to belong to General Aver
ills command, and thcle robbed and murder
ed. The , guilty pAties—Abrro. Coon, Lind
sey Forney and John Riley—were prOmpt
ly arrested, and last week were tried by the
Court sitting at Hagerstowe. Forney and
Riley to the Penitentiary for 18 years ) The
deceased was named Gladfelter, a harmless
young man only 20 years old, and was on
his way to his home at Hanover Junction,
leading_s_overal horses, the property of an of
ficer in the army.
erence
BILL DBFEATED. I --The bill to com
pensate citizens of the border counties for
losses sustained by the- rebels and by the
militia, in 1862.3 was defeated in the Penn- .
sylvania Legislature on Thursday evening
last by nine majority. Nothing further is
likely to be done in regard to 'the matter un
til the conclusion of the war. Those of our
citizens who were stripped of their property
during the invasion and subsequent raids by
the rebels, need, we think, have no fears but
what justice will yet be done them. We ob
serve that Messrs. McClure and Sharpe of
this county voted for the bill, the former
e i ttnakitrguareloquect and forcible appeal
in its behalf.
WIDOWS AND ORPHANS.—A high
ly respectable committee of the City of New
York have made an apptatto the public 'for
aid to the widows and orphans of deceased
soldiers, now suffering in . that city. It is
estimated, they say, that over 25,000 soldi
ers' widows are •now there, many of them
sick and unable to work, and suffering in
garrets and cellars. They appeal to the sym
pathies of the people for their aid. Any
subscriptions may be sent to Rev. C. G°Qoss,
General Superintendent, or to Charles Fan
ning, Treaau rer, No. 4 awl 6, Burling Ship,
Governor Bramtette, in a message to
the Kentucky Legislature, has expressed his
regret at the action of its members in not
ratifying the constitutional amendment to a
bolish slavery. fie thinks it would have
been much more politic for them to have ap
proved it, instead of leaving the question o
, pen to be passed upon by their successors,
thmkkeeping up the agitation of the matter;
1 for he believes that slavery is irrevocably
doome4,and - tbarii - o - otie •can - entertain - thc - 1
faintest hope of its continuance. •
StirA hill allowing the Western Maryland
railroad company t h e privilege to r
through a,ppition of Adams and Franklin
counties, has p_assed_both_branelles_oth-
Legislature.
marlhe excitement in commercial and
speculative circles continuos unabated. The
:cadency of gold and. everyting else. is down
ward. Gold fall to 58 premium, but after
wards struggled up to 63. Its footing, how
eve, is precarious, and all the, probabilities
are tbat it will take 'another slide downward
'Pt educe, stocks and drygoods also went down.
Stewart c of N. Y., was retailing cotton goods
at .eighteen ets., per yard.
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PHILADELPIXIA, A arch o. ay Cook
reports sales of 740's to day amounting to
65,084,000. 'Tbo largest western subscrip
tion was 150,000 from, Pprtlanct, Me,. there
were over ate tflousatit fiirOluti4ied indi
vidual subscriptions of s6o . and $lOO each.
;'The subseriptions to the National loan
now arcrage fire tuillions of dollars a.day.
NESsAGE.—delf. Davis' Nes;
sage to 'the Rebel-Congress Is published in
the city pipers. Its tone is anything bnt en
couraging for the - .rebel cause. N. Y.
Biraid says:
"The two, Houses of the rebel' Congreis
have made short work of the late special mos
sago'of Jett. Davis. Of all his budget ,of
proposed absolute powers, they have granted
him only the anipeption"of• the 'habeas nor.
pus, and have made baste to adjourn. They
are no longer in the mood forthe discussion
of iMpritotioable schemes end empty abstrac
tions. Di any event, we 'think it most prat),
Able that Richmond and the Confederacy
Will go by the board without another great
battle. ' ' • •
And the 1 1 ) ibutie puts a very tight clinch,
er to the screw, as follows:
"If Mr. Jefferson Davis had been bribed
to deliver a message to depress to the ne.most
the spitits of his to:lowers and to fill with ex
ultation the heart of every lover of the Un
ion, he could scarcely have published a doc
ument more ingeniously adapted to. those
ends than that which we print this evening.
Beretofore Mr. DaVie has seldom forgaten
that he had to speak to two audiences and
hie harangues to the Richmond cabal were
delivered always in a tone that was meant for
the ear of the rest of mankind, But be has
grown reckless as misfortunes accumulated,
and he, now , presents what is probably his
last message to a so-called Congress, as ii it
were his last speech and dying confession."
STAMP DUT.1.49.-:--All business men
should have'an official schedule of Stamp du
ties; but for the benest•of persons who have
little occasion to use stamps we append a list
of those most commonly used:
4greenzents or 4ppraisemen6, Ove Cents,
each sheet of paper to be stamped.
4eaver, five cents, for all rents not over
three hundred-dollars,
Arotes, five cents, if not over one hundred
dollars, and five cents for each additional one
hundred dollars or any fraction thereof.
Orders; for the payment of money, two
cents, if the sum he over ten dollars.
• Receipts, fur money received, if over twen
ty dollars, or for delivery of any property,
two cents.
Peed, or other conveyance, whereby lands
are sold the actual value of which - does not
exceed $5OO. 50 cents; for every additional
$5OO or fractional part thereof 50 cents.
A judgment note, of $lOO or over, requires
a 50 cent stamp, which may be put on at any
time below entering the note.
THE F1 i 001) OF 1863.
• • : larch 17. , -
henna river is now the scene of a great and
destructive freshet. Three bridges up the
stream are reported to be carried away, and
coming down this way. A number of fami
lies who reside on the island in front of this
city have been forced to leave their homwt.
The water is so deep that the Harrisburg
Water Works cannot pump the banks front
ing on the river. The streets are filled with
citizens and strangers. 'The Pennsylvania
Railroad track near Middletown and Colum
bia is under water, and many other roads are
in the same condition. The damage to prop-
erty is very great, but no lives have been
lost as far as known. It is the greatest rise
in the river that has taken place since 1847.
The water is now beating against the timber
of the Cumberland Valley Railroad bridge,
which is usually fifteen fe.et above the level
of the river.
Various household objects, and even hou
ses, have been floating down. tho stream all
day.
All telegraphic communication with Har
risburg ceased about midnight, the line be
ing-probaMy-carrice-away-by-the-fro-d7Tlre
last despatch received was to the effect that
the water in the Sasquehanna river was thir
teen inches higher than during the great
freshet of 1846.
FRANKLIN, Penna., March 17.-We are
having the greatest flood ever knoWn in this
region. The bridge at Oil City, and the
Preneh.Creek bridge at Franklin ; are swept
away. Miles of railroad track are gone, and
the telegraph lines are washed away. louses,
tanks, and barrels, full and empty, cover the
river. The loss is estimated by millions.
UTICA, N. Y., March 17►—The water in
this vicinity is three feet higher than ever
before. The gas works are effectually stop.
ped, their fit.es Vein put out, and no gas can
be furnished for days to come. The iron
bridge across the river, built by the Utica
and Buffalo Railroad Company, was carried
away about 1 o'clock. " l ittle Palls was the
farthest point reached to-day. There are a
bout two miles of telegraph poles and wire
down. The extent of the damage east of
Little Falls is unknown.
/imamTga, N. Y., March 17.—There is
the greatest flood in Rochester and its' vicin
ity ever known. The water in the river fills
all the arches under the aqueduct, and over
flows the railroad bridge. It is several feet
deep, and flows across Buffalo street near
Arcade, filling all the cellars, and covering
the ground floors of many or the principal
stores.
D ANN' rax, March lb.—The most desttuc
_ .
tive 'flood over heard of is now raging on the
aorth.west branch. The railroad is submer
ged and all travel suspended. All 'the biid
ges on the West Branch as far as Williams
port are gone.
The Lackawanna and Bloomsburg railroad
is under water in some 'laces ten - feet. The
cans in many places is completely destroyed.
flair of Danville is under water, and the ri
ver is rapidly rising.
The bill to establish a home for disabled
soldiers has passed' both Houses of Congress
It incorporates Lieut. Geo. Great and 90
.otheis, The capital is to be $1,000,000; and
is to be made up of militarylines, deductions
from pa,yand donations.. No dirept expense
is to bp incurred by, the government, no
small recommendation in these days'of large
expenses.
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P0T0314,0 FlMElEB.TES.—Preparations on a
large sca/e Atro making to work the several
landiegs this spring on the river; although
the water is high awl turbulent, anti' the
weather is still unfavorable for hauling, yet
the suctess 80 2 far, it is stated, promises to
make the yield this , season far beyond that
of severallormer years. '
,Gans. Crook and Kelley, recently cap ured
at Cumberland, I‘laraland, have bocu ex
ehaeg,..d.
FROM GEI/.4 1 ' ; ' 1811611ID*11.
TOR GMT ILIDIZIDII -r th OF RICHMOND.
- .oe James Rit 'attiat Aiitroyed to within
28 Mei of .Ri'eOnand.
OFFICIAZ WAR GAZETTE.
WASHINGTON, March 17. •
Major, Goaeral Dix, New York
Major Gen. Sheridan reports', on the 15th
instant, from the bridge of the Richmond
and Fredricksburg Railroad, across the Soutk
Anna River '
,that having destroyed the Jiffies
River Coma as far' to the eastss Gooohland,
he marched up to the Virginia. Central' Rail
road 4 . Tolersville and destroyed it down to
Rtarior Dam Statio - n, totally
teen miles of the road
.General Custer was then sent, to Ashland
and 'General Dived to the South Anna Brid
ges, all of which have been destroyed..
General Sheridan says that the amount of
public property destroyed in his March is e
normous. The enemy attempted to prevent
his burning the Central Railroad bridges o•
ver the South 'Anna, but the Fifth United
States Cavalry charged up to the bridge, and
about thirty men dashed across on foot, dri
ving of the enemy and capturing three pie
ces of artillery, 20.pottrider Parrots.
C.'A. DANA,
Assistant Secretary of' War: - '
NORTH CAROLINA.
SHERMAN MARCHING ON GOLDSRORO
FonTangs MONROE, MarchlB.--;-The stea
mer Nevada arrived here this afternoon from
Morehead City, N. C.; bringing still later ad
vices from Gen. Sherman's army, which is
marching on Goldsboro, having crossed the
Cape Fear river at Fayetteville.
. 'Communication between Schofield's army
and that under- Sherman- has been opened,-
but no junction of the two forces has yet ta,
ken place, each army for the present' acting ,
independently of the other.
Wholesale Desertion or North Carolina
Troops.
NEwsEart, N. C., March 16-10 A. M.—
Oar forcet now occupy Kinston, and are re
pairing the railroad bridge across the Neuse
river, which will be finished in a few days.
The enemy where much demoralized on leav
ing Kinston for Goldsboro. Most of the
North Carolina troops belonging in the eas
tern part of the State took "French leave"
of General Bragg, and returned to their
homes.
There has been - no fighting since Friday
last. The result of the battle in front Kins
ton last week will not be fur from 2,000 k►ll
- wounded and captured on our aide, u lid.
ISID ,•11 II II 'l' 11 ` : ; 1: , "1 1I It,
outnumbered ours five to one, owing to tb.eir
reckless assaults - upon our works.
Refugees report that general Robert E_
Lee is in command of the enemy's force;; iii
this State, whose, headquarters are at _Ra
leigh. He has brought quite a strong fore e
with him from Richmond. These refugees
and deserters also state that 3ohnstoo. an d
Beauregard aro in command at Richmond,
and the fortifications there are being was ned
by the new negro troops, who relieve the
force which accompanies .t..ee to North Car
olina.
The Goldsboro Journal, of March 7th,
States that a council of war was lrekii not
more than three hundred miles from tha t ci
ty, on March 4th, consisting of their lending
generals, among whom was their great lewder,
Lee.
The weather is very warm and show ery,
the mercury standing at seventy-five deg tees
in the.shade. A celonel,belonging to Sher
man's army has just arrived here item 'Wil
mington, and states that Sherman will ;be in
Goldsboro on the 20th instant. The et.em
send in,no rumors or reports of bad news
from Sherman, which is conclusive evidence
'that lie is ull right. The treasury and mili
tary authorities are in favor of, having ew
bern and Morehead City declared. por is of
entry, which will save the people nearly 200
per cent. on their imports and exports., and
will relieve much distress noir, existi9.g on
account of the blockade.
Official War Gazette I
AVews from Richmond Papers of .Baew..day.
WASHINGTON, March 18, 180.
Major Gemini' Dix :
The subjoined dispatches have been receiv
ed at this Departuient. _
C. A. DANA
Assistant Secretary of War.
CITY POINT, Va., March 18.— To Hon!
C. A. Dana; Assistant Secretary of War :
--The Richmond papers of to-day are re
ceived,
' The Confederate Congress adjourned at 3
o'clock today, sine <4 ie.
The President of the James _Rivet Canal
calls on. the farmers of Virginia to aid iu re
pairing_the canal.
The Augusta (Ga.) papers say that Alex
ander Stephens has been in Georgia for,ten
days or more, that he has not been heard
from, land that they hope his silenee will not
continue,----
Vigorous efforts are being made at Rich.
mood for the organization of colored troops.
The Toltec...lug- paragraphs -are taken frim
the Richmond Whig : .
MoBILE, March 4.—The city is strongly
menaced. General Maury has Issued a cir.
cular, advising the people to prepare for the
expected attack. He urges the non-combat.
ants to leave. The Exchange Conuaission
iu
yest ta4 — tteting receive tutormatton tit
the arrival in the bay of a large number •of
prisoners from Ship Island and New Orleans.
Major Correll will effect such. arrangements
as will embrace all prisoners captured in this
department.'
blonnw, March 11.—Fuurteeen Tessels
wore added to the flees to-day, making twen
ty-one in sight of the city.
•Great activity prevails with the enemy in
the lower bay. There is every indication of
an early atiupk. The enemy have fired a
few shots from both sides.
DI/m.ON, March 4.—The nous° of Del
ogates have adopted a resolution requesting
tigress to repeal the cooseripl law, uud ac
cept men from . the States, under officers oil
their own choice, b a vote 'of 61 yeas a- 1
oldest. 46 nays.
'ln Charleston the Provost 'Marshal's once
is daily thronged with the inhabitants, aux?
iou4 to take the oath of allegiance: There
is great scarcity of food' in that city, and
greet numbers of tio poor aro threatened
with starvation.
Goon NEWS FROM BORMAN. _
Ifilepioged OCellpatibitoirayettaviqp
,
fieserof Distraction or Capture of Everything
• . of 'Mlle j olt the March'
Excitement in Aschme*l-1, 'veryboi:ly Con-
scripted-fir Imm64iate 'Rery lce.
WAR. DEI'AI<TMENT,
WASHINGTON ' March 16-9 80 P. M.
The following despatch has this evening
been received At this Departrnentr
' CITY Pon v, Va• i March 16,1865.
Hon. C. A. Dana, Astiiintro
I am just in receipt of a letter from Geo.
Shermau, of the 12th; --- from --- Fasettrvill
He describes his army as in line healitli and
spirits, having met with ,no' serious epposi-'
tion. •. I
-
Hardee keeps in hie front at a respectful'
distunee. At ColUmbia he destroyed jib
men.se arsenals and railroad establishments,
and ..fory ! •three cannon. At Cheraw he found
much machinery and War material. including
twetrty,five cannon and thirty-six huudred
barrels of powder. In Fayetteville he found
twenty pieces.of artillery, and much 'other
mate real.
roytng
Ile.says nothing about Kilpatrick's defeat
by Hampton, but the officer who brought b ie
letter says that; before daylight on the 10th,
flam;pton got two 'brigades in the rear o.f
KilpatriclesjleadqUarters, and surprised and.
captured . all the staff but . two officers. Kil
patrie:k escaped, formed his men, *and drove
the
. e nemy with great loss, recapturing about
all that he had lost. - Hampton lost eighty
six, left dead on the field,
IJ. S. GRAZIV, Lieutenant General.
An other telegram from General Grant's
beadoruarters reports that the Dagy. Dis
patch is the only paper issued today iii Rich
mond. It says: "The Dispatch is published
this morning on a half sheet only, because of
the fa .... et that all our employees=printers,.
portef a, iiiireterks—are members of military
organizations, and were called out yesterday
morninsg by the Governor to perform special
service for a short time, But for the kind
, nests of a few friends who ale exempt from
service, and who volunteered their aid, the
half loaf presented would of necessity have
been withheld. •
"In a few days, at farthest, our forces will
return to their posts, when we hope to re
sume and continue uninterruptedly our full
sized sheet." •
There is no other news of moment from
any quarter. C. A. DANA,
Assistant Secretary of War. • '
The Capture of Fayetteville
Following is the official despatch from
Generalllowani announcio the occa .ation
of that city:
FAYETTEVILLE, N. C., Mar. 10-7.30 P. ➢I
To Major General Terry, Wilmington N. C.:
To-day we have added Fayetteville to the
list of the cities that have fallen into our
hands.
Hardee, who is said to have 20,000 men,
withdrew across the river yesterday and last
night. Ho is reported to be en rout for
Raleigh. The rebels skirmished in the town,
and fired upon the houses occupied by wo
men and children.
'.hey burnt the bridge at this place, and
removed all the public stores up the railroad
they could.
General Sherman is here and well. Ma.
ny men are wanting shoes and clothing, yet
the army never 'was in better condition.
0. 0. HOWARD, Major General.
GENERAL GRANT'S ARMY
A Forward Movement in Preparation
WASHINGTON, March 21.—Among the in-
dications w lc presage an earlyovcmen
of the Army of the Potomac, is the fact that
agents of the Sanitary Cotnmission at the
front have, for the past few days, been ma
king requisitions for stimulants, eic., on their
principal officer here It is said, on' the au
thority of a distinguished Senator here, that
Gen. Grant predicti the evacuation of Rich.
land within ten days.
Grant's Army Reaxly for.ts Nave.
N.pw YORK, March 21.—The Commer
cial Advertiser's Hatcher's Run correspon
dence of March 18 says our, troops there had
been under armsthirty-six hours, expecting
an attack from the enemy. The movements
for several days within the rebel lines gave
rise to this expectation.
Our troops are eager to have the attack
made. An early evacuation of Petersburg
is looked for.
It is reported that Sherman and Schofield
are moving up the Weldon Railroad. Our
troops were never in more magnifi6ent spir
its.
The Advertiser says: "A war clap will
soon be heard in a quarter least expected by
friend or foe."
A correspindent, writing from Savannah,
say's it is a sad sight to, look upon the South
ern women as they pass through the streets
with their pale countenances and deep mourn
ing garments. Terrible indeed has been'the
loss of Southern life, and especially ofyining
men of education and good social position.—
The awful slaughter in the fields of Virginia
and at the Southwest has carried desolation
to the homes of the 'South to a much greater
extent than at the North. The rebel gener
i als have often thrown their battalions upon
Federal batteries with a .7.
sequence that thade, on one occasion, even
such a veteran as General Phil. Kearney
shudder.
It was thus that Magruder's men, filled
with whiskey, advanced in the face of a 'Fed
eral battery. of forty or fifty guns to almost
; certain death. .
• A NEW . DgpiaioN.—Gen. Fry, in in
structions' to his subordinates concerning the
new enrollment act, clecid6 as follows :
"If a subiatitutp, by reason of any ailment
existing at the time of minter, and since
the passage - of thiS act, shall be found ineom
potent to perform the duties of a soldier, the
principal will be held to service as though,
he Jbsd furnished po substitute. if a man
furnishing a substitute shall in any way en•
courage the said substitute iu deserting, he
shall himself be placed in the ranks for the
ppriqd for which he was liable to draft,: da
-4,ll,g,froin the time of the - desertion of the
Substitute:". • '
— ,
Jahn:Brown's dauglit r is teaching Title
niggers in Gov. Wise's I»use. • •
I RICHMOND.
Late And 4atiottatit News.
An Evacuation of tlic),Cit,yrCopetantly Ex
pecitd.
WASHINGTON, March 21...—A former mem
berg the Virginia Legislature, who left the
rebetcapital on the 17th inst., arrived here,
to-day. He axis ifeirythlng has been made—A
ready for the impending evacuation of Riche
mond, which is continuity eipeetek that
the damage by Sheridan's raid is believed to
be considerable. Four divisions or Lee's
r -bad gone-to-North - Carolina, and • Lee ,
himself bad gone to RaWO. This gentle
man'-estimates-the-force-about, Richmond:7 -
and Petersburg at silty thousand, and there
tire about ten thonsiiild emergency men at
Richmond. The army in North Carolina he
says nowhere about fortY•five er fifty, thou
sand, wiarga proportion . undisciplined con
scripts. The Richmond &ideal:lf the 20th •
says: "A report, which is not Official, was
current yesterday, to the effect that on the
16th-four-divisions-of Sherman's army at
tacked Gee. Hardee sr sliort!distance north
of Fayetteville, and were repulsed with hea
vy loss. 'Although the report is unofficial,
we are inclined to believe it—at any rate,
we can assure our readers tha they will
hear good news in a very short time‘,"
The Waw nepartment has. later taxless •
which contradict the above report s and show
th,at at the time referred to Shartnatk bad not
Fe t ceived the slightest check.
OCCUPATION OE &OLPSEIIIRO)
WASHINGTON; March. 2E—Passengers,
who arrived to•day from City Point say that_
news from Gen, Sherman reached there on.
Sunday through two scouts attlm. Igft
last %weir. '
He hat occupied Goldsboro': without op-.
position, having connected with; GOk.Soho-..
field.
Gen. Sheridan is being swppliad,at the,
White Ironse with everything that he may
need for his future movements, The Allay;
is still idle.
New Jlawpahire Itle4ticgt
DOVER, N. H., March 14,10.30 P. M.—.
Returns from nineteen towns give Marston,_
Republican, fdr Congress, 4,607 ;apil,llarey,.
Democrat, 2,964. Marston's majority over
Marcy 1,643. This secures the election, of
three Republican members of Congressfrom,
New Hampshire—a gain of one.
General Marston is elected to Congress in
the First District by nearly 1,500 majority,
and in the other two districts' Rollins and
Patterson are re-elected by about 2,000 ma
jority_
The Repuhlicana have ro•elected all the
councillors, nine of the twelve Senators, and
-halve a majority of•abput 100 in the House.
• Davis' lagt. Message•
Jeff. Davis sent a special message to the
rebel congress on 11.ronday, ' night, the 13th
inst. The message -is gloomy in the extreme,
and calls upon congress to furnish at, once
material, men and money, to. relieve them from
their peril. Troops must be raised, he says,
by a more vigorous conscription, and every
means applied for increasing, their army.--
With meal at $5O per bushel. nod flour at
$7OO per barrel, they were floodingtho coun
try with currency which they could never
redeem, and distroying the confldecce of the
people, and he insists that congress must,
without delay, secure two millions in gold:—
In reference to the late peace conference at
Fortress Monroe, Davis says that after the
failure of negotiations there was a conference
between Generals Lee and Grant propos
ed, but in the correspondence General•:Grant.
stated that he had no authority to confer
in I he confederatelli - c'ers - ony subjeot
except military matters. The. question of
arming the negroes is briefly referred to, the
message simply statiog that the efficacy of
the message had been greatly impaired by
the delays of congress. Davis urged the sus
pension of the writ of habeas corpus; and
asked to be invested with absolute power,
claiming it to be au unavoidable necessity in.
order to, conduct the affairs of the coufedera
cy.—Herth American. • ,
Our Captives.
BALTIMORE, March 11.—Captain McDon
aid, of the light-ship at Smith's Point, and
who was captured nearly a year since by the
rebels, has just returned home after a Icing
imprisonment at Salisbury, N. C.
He fully confirms the previous accounts
of the horrora of that and other rebel pris
ons. He learned from one of the' corporals
who had charge ,of the matter that, from Oc
tober 10th, 1864, to January Ist, 1865, 3,-
875 of our men died out of -the 10,000 iiu
prisoned there. Ile says the physicians of
Salisbury volunteered their services to attend
the hospitals, and showed an evident sympa
thy for the sufferers,•doing what little they
could dropping occasional words of pity, in-'
dicating that they were at heart Union men,
! but the rebel officers would permit nothing
to be done to mitigate their sufferings.
Patients.with typhoid fever and other dis
eases, with searee r rag to cover their naked
ness,-were laid upon the bare gear of _soave
wretched workshop, which, were used as hos
pitals. .Sometimes a little straw or othet lit
ter was obtained for the sick, but such was
the accumulation of filth and the want of
nourishin ,, food, that death was the only re
-lief for tllsielsoustrad_of_olur_nleurd.y
-1 ing, of hunger, lay - out night after night with
! out shelter, and nearly naked through biting
frost and cold rains. In the language of
Captain McDonald: "The horiors of the
1 place can never be written, and would scarce
ly
be credited, when related."
The steamship Asia, arrived at Halifax,
brings, foreign advices to the sth inst. The
news of the capture of Charleston had crea
ted a great sensation in England., The Uni
'tbd States stook went up and the rebel loan
tleclined. The London Times says.that "the
South is now virtually• shut out from the
world," and the Post places "Sherman in tho \ ___ ,
foremost rank of military Generals. Tire
Pally News - anticipates that all shipments / of
told will soon be made to New York.
Senator 'Foote had delivered an address rel.,
pUdiating and denouncing the rebel Govern: -
Meta.
, . .
A Vidout of forty-one years has just , had
her broken heart healed by a. verdict of
. 82;000 from an, unfaithful rover. of 80, iu O
hio. ' •