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Where bibath'es the foe but falls before lA,
With Freedom's soil beneath our feet,
And Freedom's harmer straining o'er Mid
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LAST NOTICE..—The subscriber being
about to (cave Waynesboro' requests all per
sons indebted to hiin to make immediate pay-,
inent, otherwise his accounts will be placed
in the hands of a dollector.
RECEIVED.--We acknowledge the re-
ceipt, of $2 from GEO. B. *JOHNSON, Pitts:
burg, for subscription.
SEED ONIONS.—D..e. MowEN has now
for sale several bushels of *hire onions'for
planting. They can be had at. Welter & El-,
den's provison store.
NEW FIRM.;---Tito young men', sons of
l‘lt. JOSEPII ELDER, of this vicinity, have
Purchased of J. Beaver his stock "Of goods,
and have opened a "variety stein" in the
room formerly oecttpied by Joseph Price, on
the northeast Corner of the Diattond. They
*ill shortly teceile a stock of new goods
*hen their advertisement Will appear.
WASTERN MARYLAND RAILROAD:
*e must bbnfess that We never had mush'
borfidenee in the extentioft of the Western
Maryland Raitread into this Talley until fo.
eentlyi and this want of faith id the Met.;
prise was based upon the assurances of those
well aCquatated With engineering and &Mil
iar with thb'conntry that it Would be ifepos
sible to cross the Maintain on the Margland
side of the line; but the Legislature bf this
State has granted the Company the p - fililege
of locating the road through portictli of Ad.
ems and Franklin coin:ides: tria
ble 'the company, according to Mr. Gift's
survey, to get off th e mountain on an
easy grade, and veey materially changes the
prospe s i 'a • • i •II • •••
of the read. The opinion expressed gener
ally is, that the road will n'oPt be built. This
being the case, WoCild it lig he , advisable for
business men here to take tome actien id re
gard to the matter before the route is !vatted
into this vali s es. If the road should be ex
tended we, as a matter of t.olirse, Would de
sire that Waynesboro' should be ffitdc a
point. With ihis end itt View the moneyed
men of our section Would dotihtl'ess invest lib
erally in the Steek of the toMpady. •
QUINCt ELP,dTION.—At the election
held in Quin3y on the 17th lost., the follott.
, ing individuals were chosen for the Sett rril
offices :
Justice of tli6 4- Pbabe. Imanuel• Stover;
Constable; JaColi Mono; Inspectors, Wm. O
gle,' Jacob, B.' Cook; Jodge, John Bush-
, man; Assessor, J. R. Smith; Auditors, John
Clark, Geo. N. MCClcary; Sirpervisors, Wm.
Rock, John Dceker, Jacob Roller; School
Directors, Wiltl [layman, Jas. A; Cook, Wm.
Slaughenhaup; To*ngliip Clerk; PetCr Crir
hitt.
CANCER RE NOTI;31).--Oli Mtintin
Drs. FRANTZ and Saft.FlT removed a cati
ber'turnore from the breast of an old colored
woman named Terry Ablb r in this ithbo, sev
eral inches in birbuttifbrenbe. Thb opera
uion was performed *bile the patient was
under the influenbe of bhlorolorw. She has
since been doing well And thti cide,*ill doubt
less proirelpertunaent. •
•
DESERTERS.-2 ghntiontan itifortris tig
that a-gturg of deb
iefuso to report, sonni2t or 2 , - orb idrkink
io the Bot►th Mountain; near Qtiiney, and
that they Mt armed and slid to havnfortified
thmipselves. A couplb of the party were re
ebntly conviiyitt ationatiitiou to the
mountain and dclvtired to Capt. Eyster.—
So our informant stated..
THIEVES ABOUT.—W butt a nuts;
bor of •petty thefts havii ration* btien cotn:
n►itted in this Once; such as Stealing chick;
ens, bacon, bread, etc. Citizens Should guard
agsiiiet thui!ar intrusions ffoin. thosts night
visitant's in the future.
• •,
terThe Legiislatarb of Pennagiviiniii ad-
jf.up•4lo , d on, Friday Thoo Ivan but lir
, 'tlelkwinotis GE geterni intnitsi done doling
6. 1 . 6.
it II
W. H. BaOrffERTON,
I - GOLD AND: Bt.iBi§ ` S'S:=—There 11113
• •
taiOn qo decline in . gold its yeti Says the Law'
'barter Whieh has net been fcirseen
and proviaed for by our business Inen.
Sinew; wit):tl i the' cenhilnlitiOn
, of Eredlts, was
"Safer in a healthier conditio n, and 'the re
dundancy of the currency Will prb 4 ocnt any
*ei.Y serious fan is prices: White - the pros=
peat of a hirther decline in geld will , prevent
the CsAcntion of business and check Wild
Speedlntibae: Diubli depends upon keeping
ui a healthy retail trade, and these who haVe
goods to huy Should not allow- the — fallacious
idea that a piinib will bring doWn; prieeg -to
enter In their calculations. There is pore .
tir6sPeCt of a reaction and aw advance in
ptiels.s.' it is for the interest of everybddy
that the ordinary family 'Wants should be.
supplied as they arise. Thus the wheels of*
business will' be kept habritated . , And's. gen-:
eral depression, which will affect the manu
facturing interettsas : well. as traders, will be
prevented:
RMSNG THE• FLAG UN SUMPTER.
—The President has ordered Brevet Major
General Anderson• to raise Over Fort Stump. ,
ter, at the-hour-of-noon ort thel4hof April,
the same United , States flag that floated over
it at the time of the rein.' assault,•and that
it be saluted with .one hundred guns from
Sumpter; and also from every fort and rebel
battery that fired upon Sumpter3, that suite ,
ble military cerernotiierte - performedrunder
the direction of Major Gera %V, T. Sherman,
I whose operations compelled. the evacuation
of Charleston ; or, in his absence ; under the
direction of Gen. Gilmore, commanding that
military department;• that the naval force at
Charleston be directed- to participate in• the.,
ceremonies, and that the Rev.- Henry Ward
Beecher be invited• to deliver a public ad-
dress-ma-the-oceasiom
ger The authorities tit Washinp,ton have
not yet decided whether meu who wore drat
ted and paid commutation' in 1864, are liable
to be held• to service under the present draft,
We learn that both Major Dodge, lute As
sistant Provoit Marshal General of this state,
and Gene Rinks,- his successor, have decided
that such men are liable to be held under
the present draft; and, acting under official
orders to that effect, Capt. Eyster has mus
tered into . the service and-Sent to the. froi+t
some fbrty or fifty' from• this distriet. who
paid commutation lust year.,
The injustice of holding men Who paid
$BOO last year, and e x empting those who paid
in 1863, is so palpable that the Provost Mar
shal a tow days ago issued an order to his
subordinates to „furlough such men for a
short period until the question could be pi- -
perly considered and determined, and Capt.-
Eyster now furloughs them for two weeks
when they report. We feel reasonably con 7
filient that they will be discharged in the
end, and if so, those ttho have been nstrster:
ed and forwarded to the front ivill be' allow=
ed to return to their homes, or to enlist as
volunteers and receive the usual government
and local bounties.—Repository.
,Both brandies of the Pennsylvania
Legislature have passed an act declaring that
• • ad corn .an shall
vitiate ally rule of stth company, and injury
or loss df iffe shall thereby result, the offemz
dor shall be immediately arrested by the pro
•secttting. attorney of the city ar county where
the accident happens, and, if found .guilty,
shall be convicted of miscienreanor, and 'pun:
ished at the discretion of the court with im
prisonment in the State penitentiary for five
years, and a fine of ($5,000) five thousand
dollars.. In addition to this din:libel prose
cation the offendbr and the railroad company
shall be alike liable for civil damages.
1111113
8131PLE REMEDIES —A correspon••
dent of the Boston Journal communicates
the folleyfing: •
Burns,—Dip the effected cart in told wv
ter, then into common wheat flour, and.so on
alternately, until a thick coating is formed
ao as to exclude the air, then bind tigliCwith
a cloth and wet with cold water.
Dip(lteria. : —lf you wish to save your loved
ones from this dreadful disease, use alcohol,
gargle with it, and perhaps dtink a moderate
quantity. It wilt cure as 'surd as water Will
put out firs.
rjrlVe learn (says the - Repository) that
in attBtvor to a letter addressed to the Preii
*dent by GoV. Curtin some weeks ago, the
commander of the Middle Department has
assured the Government that hd is abundant
ly able to protect the border without the aid
of a State force, and none will be tailed out
at present.
Pa ILAnErairA, March 27.—the sub
riptioa to-day to ti.e----Seiettrirty-loan—i
all parts of the Union, as telegraphed to Jay
Ceeke, subseriistien agent, amount to $2,
176,900,
serThe property of Judah P. Benjamin
and John Slidell in Welt Orleans has been
condemned in the United State:i District
Court as forfeit tti the United States.
thb Louisville Jou rna I aitys : "We tinder
stand that Governor Braullettu e luel furnish
eid all his slaves with free papers.
A.' pretty girl was arrested at New York,
'thVothbr 'day, for being a pick - -peeket. She
said'abe bud been in the business since - she
11. year's old, and had • realited $35,000.
Gen. Grant has made a special requisition
for More money to buy muskets. from the rt.
bel,de_bertersi who and allowed'B2l fur . 'their
gotta on COlttibig.into'our
TERMS TO- THE REIBELS.-To - tl4 -
, proposition proposine; terms to the robela as
! suggested by the New :York Toikite and
other papers, there has been a general
,pro
test, by nearly all the loyal press of the min-
The'Albany. 'Evening donritca sap
A "general amnesty" would enthesen!for ,
giveness for all the' oriintes against the
publio.lt would restore to Jeff Davis his
forfeited citizenship; it Would bring Hunter
land Slidell and Toombs upon the carpet as
candidates for tile I.Trated State Senate; it
would avert from the authors uf the'rebel
lion and! retwon_
lible • creators of its untold
!miseries, all the consequences of their wick
edness. Bq the help of God, iva would fight
until the year 1900, sooner than concede
A nation deluged in blood and draped
with mourning ha's no! mercy to show the
distards who sharpened the poigntird for its
heart: Our honor demands ; our liberties de
mand,. our hope of future! peace and welfare
demands that they shall ha broken, humilia
ted, crushed—dragged in the very mire of
defeat, and left to the black infamy which
shall afford their only escape from oblivion.
By the blood of the martyred brave—by the
tears of the weepin ,, widows and the sighs of
helpless orphans; by the grim recollection of
every sorrow and every trial this war has
brought, we are commanded to punish the
traitors to: tile uttermost. .'they must lose
their right to office; they must kin their ne
groes; they must lose their landed estates;
they must lose their social positions—and if
we grant them the miserable boon of their
miserable lives, ib will be that they may wan.'
- deT - ., - outeast-and-con_temptible a standing
warning to all generations agalikth - e - crtine
which involved their &oat, For the masses
ITehl - 3 - litTe - beeti - made-to swell the. ranks, ei
ther by enforced conscription, or by assidu
ous delusion on the part of their leaders, we
may have sympathy, tenderues, forgiveness
—for the black -hearted and r e d handed
wretches who. htt3briii td - thiw
dreadful pass, nothing but overthrow, eonfu.
sion, annihilation.
LADY'S FRIEND —"Grandmoth'er's Ste ,
ry" is the significant title of the handsome'
and expressive steel engraving of the APRIL
number of the LADY'S FRIEND. The story
attached to it, by Bella Z. Spencer, explains
'the significance of the engraving. Then we
have the usual richly colored double steel
Fashion Plate. Then a variety of otter'en
gravings of the fashions,. workztable, &e.—
Then - for music, a song, "T. Built a Bridge of
Fancies." 'Then the usual amount of litera
ry matter, including "Lavinia's Education,"
by Julia Gi11! "A sttity of a Household," by
Mrs. Rosner; "Larry O'Leary's Ghost," by
Emma 1.1. Johnston; "Two Kisses," by Ida
Mason; "An Everyday Story," by Leslie
Walter; "Four Birthdays," by Frances Lee• ;
"The Statue in the Block," by Beatrice CoJ
Lonna; Novelties for April, Editor's Depart=
merit, New Books, Receipts, Fashions, &e.
Price $2 50; 2 copies $4.00; 9 copies $l9.
01 - --21----co r d : es—sas_.oo. Specimen num
ber's will bti sent to those desirous of making
up chibs !Ur 15 cents. Wheeler & Wilson's
celebrated &S'etcing Allachtines are, urn lilted d 9
Preminans. Address Deacon & Peterson,
319 Walnut street, Philadelphia.
PATRIOTIC.—''f h e religious Society
known as the "Menonites," at their annual
Conference held at Germantown, March 6th
and 7th, passed a series of resolutions sus.:
taining the Government in its efforts to crush
the present wicked rebellion. Among them
are the following:
Resc7 --- xc a iesi
Sea and land during the last year; calls aloud
for thanks-giving and praise to Almighty God,
who alone is the giver of victory, and in
whose hands are the destinies amen and na
tions,
Resolved, That the present war is n strug
gle batweert truth and error, right and wrong,
treeciom and bondage. .
Resolved, That we have unfaltering confi
dence in the Chief Executive of our nation;
in the honest purposes of his heart; in his
fidelity to God and the best interests of the
whole people, and to the sublicae principles
of freedom and justice the •vide world over.
Resolved, That we pledge him our undi
vided support and most ardent prayers in his
efforts to maintain our national honor untar
nished, and crush out the 'last vestige of this
slaveholders' foul rebellion.
Resolved, That it is the duty of every
Christian patriot to pray for the President
and all that are high in authority; for our
soldiers and seamen, and for the success of
our arms; and ,that he who in the hour of
his country's travail sand not up manfully
to vindicate her cause, or witholds his sup
port from the government whose fostering
care has guaranteed him all the rights and
immunities of citizenship, is recreant to God
and false to the highest principles of truth
and justice, and unworthy the name of an
American citizen.
FORTRESS MONROE, March 24.—His Ex
cellency Abrahan Lincoln, accompanied by
his wile, Mrs. Lincoln, and a few Govern
ment officials, arrived here this morning from
Washington on the special despatch steamer
River Queen, and; after a short stay, prece
ded up the James River, to Lieut. General
Grant's headquarters, with the intention of
making a tour of inspection of our threes in
rontof—Ricirmon .
A BET ON THE NEXT PaEsimm—On
the 16th of March, 1861, or twelve days al
ter the first inauguration of Abraham Lin
coln, Colonel Swain, now on Gov. Fenton's
Staff, made a bet of one !Mocked dollars that
Mr. Lincoln would be again' elected Presi
dent in 1864., The money was paid over on
the 4th inst., the day of .Ir. Lincoln's sec
ond inauguratioh. On the following day Mr.
Swain proposed to the same party to bet one
hundred dollars that Mr. Lincoln would be
elected for the third term in 1865. The
wager, was taken as before. Since then two
or three other bets of the same nature have
been made.
•
• Itikestimated that two square mile of
the city uf Rochester were under Water Te
ring tht recent flood. It is thought that the
nity wan datulged to the amount of $2,000
000.
THE WAR. :
GREAT BATTLE BEFORE PETERSBURG .
bite. Thontdd Rebels. Killed and Wounded—
tar toss but Elea lltuldred.
BRII4IAMIT VICTORY FOR THE UNION
'Sherman eadilg A&vanoing
OFFICIAL GAZETTE.
WASHINGTON, March 25 —This morning
at 41 o'clock the enemy, by a strong and sud
den assault,. captured Fort
,Steadtuan, but,.
after a v4. , ,0r0us contest, the fort was' recap
tured;ltithtooo prisoners, two battfe flags,.
‘2:irtd• all the guns ; which were uninjured
General Mciatighlin was taken prisoner by
the rebels, who' also assaulted Port Haskell,
but were repulseill with gat loss. .
The official report is, subjoined.
E. M. STANTON )
. • Secretary of war.
CITY POINT, it2t.,• L3O P. M. March 23.
Tollon. E. M. Stanton, Secretory of Warq.
. Fhe following despatch of General Parke
is received from• General Meade.
U. S. GRANT, Lieut. Genera}
The enemy attacked my front this morn.
ing, at about 4.30 o'clock, with three• divis.
ions under command of Gen. Gordon,
By a sudden rush they seized the line held
by the 3d Brigade, let Division, at the foot
of the hill to the right of Fort Steadman,
wheeled, and overpowering the garrison, took
possession of the fort. They estabiishfd
- themselves en the hill, turning our guns up.
on us. thrr troops on either flank stood
firm,
Soon after a determined attack was made
on Fort Haskell, held by Ipart of illeLaugh
lin's brigade, Wilcox's division, and was it=
pulsed, with great loss to the enemy.
The let -Brigade of Hartranft's
held in reserve, was brought up anti a check
Igiven to any further advance. pne or two
' attempts to retake the hill were made and
were only temporatily successful, until the
arrival of the 2d Brigade. when a charge was
made by that Brigade, aided. by the troops
of the Ist Division on either flank, and the
enemy were dr . iven out of the fort wits the
loss of a number of prisoners, estimated at
about 1,600. Two battle flags have also been
brought in The enemy also lost heavily in
killed outside of our lines.
The Whole line was immediately rebeeupi
ed, hud the guns retaken uninjured.
I regret to add that General McLaughlin
was captured in • Fort Steadman. Our loss
writ otherwise not heavy.
Great praise is due to Hartranft for the
igAlklntry displayed in handling his .division,
which bitEitved with great skill in this, its
first engagement. J. G. PARKE,
Major General.
SECOND
A Brilliant Success-2,700 Prisoners Talieit
WASIIINOTON, March 25-9.30 P.* - M.-4-:
Later reports from General Grant, which are
subjoined, show that the operations ()f i lm
forces this morning were brilliantly success
ful. The rebel prisoners already secured
number 2;700: The rebel killed and woun
ded General Grant estimates at "probably
not less than 8,000." Our loss is estimated
at 800, but may prove less:
EDWIN M. STANTON, -
Secretary of War.
CITY POINT, 8 P. M. March 25.
Hon. H. M. Stanton, Secretary of Wars
The number of prisoners reported by the
provost marshel is 2,200 taken by the 9th
Corps, and 500 by the 2d Corps. There may
be still some more to be brought in.
U. S. GRANT.
CITY POINT, Va 7.30 P. M.
March 25, 1865.
Hon. E. M. Stanton, Sectetary of Wari
day accurately, but the numberof prisoners
captured proves larger than at first repor
ted.
The slaUghtef of the enemy at the point
where they entered our lines, and in front of
it, was probably pot less than • 3,000. Our
loss is estimated at 800, but may prove less.
General Ijumphreys attacked on the left
with great promptness, capturing 100 men,
and causing the enemy to return troops to
that part of his line rapidly.
U. S. GRANT, Lieutenant fleneral:
THIRD GAZETTE.
WASMNOTON., 10 o'clock P. M:, March
25.—The following despatch from General
Schofield reports his arrival at and °coup.
'lion Of Goldsboro, on Tuesday s March 21St,
with butt slight opposition.
EDWIN M. STANTON,
Secretary of War
CiOrmston.o, N; C., Match 21 ;
Via Fortress Meanie, 7 P. M., March 25
Lieutenant General U. S. Grant, Gity Point; Va
I. have the honor to report that I occupied
Goldsboro this afternoon with but blight op
position.
General Terry's column, from Wilmington,
was at l+ayson's• depot last night, and should
be near this place to-might.
General Sherman's left was engaged with
the enemy near Bentonville on Sunday. The
artillery firing Was quite rapid during the
day, and for a short time on Monday morn
ing.
Sherman's right, the 17th Corps, was bear
Mount Olive on Sunday night.
There has been some artillery firing du
ring to-day, which indicates a gradual ap
proach of Sherman's army towards this place.
All this being strictly in accordance With
Sherman's plans, I have no doubt all is well.
I hope to have more definite and later
_
urd-
ma — ton
it to you without delay.
• I find the bridges burned; but otherwise
the road is not injured, and the depot facil
ities are very fine. captured here seven
cars, and• General Terry has captured 'two
locomotives and two. cars, which he is now
using. JOBN SCROFIELD,
Major General.
HEAVY ROBBERY Or A BANE .. . —A dar
ing robbery was perpetrated at the Central
National Bank, in New York, on Tuesday.
It appears that during the temporary ab
sence of Mr:• Foster, the cashier from his
desk, some thief stepped behind the •railia.,
and seizing ' two pawn's of ten-forty and
five-twenty bonds, ran off' with them. The
alarin'was promptly given, and the police
drily, notified, but no trace of the thief has
been discovered. The bonds amounted to
4t19,000.in :all. They belonged to private
inciir
Capture of Goldsboro and Smith•
ItkLTl3lOltE, March '26.;--The following
wee received this mining •front .1 1 :ortress
Monroe:
The followin' . g athiees froth' Welchem, T.
0.4 have justi•eaerreil here vile Albemar
le Canal: •
General SetioltAd's fore's, Oich moved
ou t from Kinston triumphantly, reached
Goldsboro on Tticiday evening; March 21st,
meeting with very' little resistance. They
catiluTed - a - large amain/ of property. inolu
ding forty railrOad cars, two locomotives,
eta.
A portion of Sherman's force,,vrliich most
ed from Fayetteville, met the enemy on the
same day (Tuesday) at Mount Olive, where
quite an engagement ensued. fhe enemy
being overpowered and flaulted, retreated in
confusion towards' Raleigh, while Sherman
entered Smithfield, half-way between golds:
horn and Raleigh. Generals Sherman, Scho
field, and Terry are in hourly communication
with each other, and are pressing the enemy
closely. The prisoners taken admit that they
are•unable successfully to resist this cambi
nation, and that Raleigh must certainly fall.
Sherman'S %Vagon trains have arrived at Kies=
ton, and the railroads and bridges will be re
paired so that cars will run through to Golds
boro/ and Raleigh in a few days.
The utmost enthusiasm prevails in our ar
my, and , the troops are sweeping all before
them in the shape of an enemy. Gen. Ter
ry's-fore d a number of ears at
Fayson's' Depot near Goldsboro. any pris
oners have been captured, emd numerous de=
serters are coming in.
NdRIU CARULIN
DETAILS OF THE BATTLE OF AFEII.YSBOBU,•
KINSTON (N. C.,) March 12-6 P. M.*.
Gen Sherman's supply train, which has just
come in,- in- charge- of- Colonel, Ottrtiu,_ his_
chief quartermaster at this point,. brings im
portant and stirring news. Prom this it seems
that Gen. Johnston has at last been able to
muster enough of army to offer some serious
resistance to Sherman's progress.
After leaving Fayetteville, General Sher—
man passed through Averysboro, on the
Cape Fear river s and then westernly to Ben,
touville. Below Bentonville he was encoun
tered by opposition. At this point was sta
tioned a detachment of artillery, from Char
leston under command of Captain Macbeth.
Our troops charged the battery, and, after
spirited fighting, captured a couple of guns
and put the detachment to flight. Captain
Macbeth was killed in the encounter. Our
loss was about six hundred.
After this fight there was severe and con-'
tinued skirmishing. The rebels constantly
gave ground, until they reached the Neuse
river,about seven miles west of Ooze's Bridge,
and about seventeen tidies west of Goldsbo
ro. Here the enemy was found posted in a
strong position upon a commanding hill, and
in powerful' force. Our advance reached
this position early on Sunday morning.—
There was very heavy fighting during the
day, without any decisive result. On Mon
day the fight was renewed.' Our troops
were posted upon one hill and the rebels up
on another, During the day we made five
assaults upon their works and they made
three upon oars. All these were repulsed,
and at the close of the day the p,osition of
affairs remained unchanged. Our loss in the
two-days fight is 'epode% at about two thou
sand. The rebel loss was probably about the
satbS.
The rebels seem disposed to make a seri
ous stand, and they" arc said to have about
fifty thousand men. The fighting, thus far,
has bean upon - the southern bank of the
Neuse river, but Johnston is believed to have
a heavy line of works upon the other side al
so, to which he will full should be be driven
fromhis present position. :-When the quar
termaster's train left, at eight cr'clook on
ues•ay,mortung, rn-i•
occurred, but a skirmish firing was heard du
ring the day, both by the train and at Golds
bOto. It is not supposed that and further
serious fighting has occurred.
General Terry's column, which. marched
from Wilmington on 'Wednesday last, the
15th inst , has arrived at Everettsville, on
the douse river, about half way between
Sherman and Schofield, who is now at Golds
boro: When Col. Carter's train passed Ter
ry he was marching westward to join Sher
man, and the tsVo commands have probably
united ore this.
FROM. GENERAL SHERMAN.
OFFICIAL WAR GAZETTE!
IVAstmlaToN, March 27-I'3o P. M.
Major General , Dix:
'The following official reports of the Army
of the Potomac on Saturday, and of General
Sherman's operations since he left) Fayette
ville, have been received this morning.—
LI att, Sherman was at Goldsboro on the 22d
of this .month. No movements have been
made on either side before Richmond and
Petersburg since Saturday night.
EDWIN M. STANTON,
Secretary of War.
PrsiNT, Va. March 27,-10.30 A. M.
lion Edwin M. Stanton:
The battle of, the Ltsth resulted in the fol.
lowing losses on our, side : Second corps—
killed, 51; wounded, 462 ; missing, 177.
Sixth corps—killed. 47; wounded, 41; mis
sing, 30. Ninth corps—killed, 68; wound
ed, 3383 missing, 506- Our captures were:
Second corps, 365; Sixth corps, 469 ;Ninth
corps, 1,049.
and Sixth The Second and Sixth Corps pushed for
ward and captured the enemy's strong en
trenched sicket line and•turned it against
him, and Still o • it. n ryln
this the battle was continued until 8 o'clocik
at night, the enemy losing 'very heavily.—
Gen. Humphreys estimates the loss .uf the
enemy on his front at three times his own
and General 'Wright estimates their loss in
his front us double his own. .
The enemy sent a flagpf truce yesterday,
for permission to callesi pi 3 wounded and
bury his dead, which /were between what
had been their picket, ,line and their main
line. The permissiOniwuairunteil.
CITY POINT, 11 ... 11., &arch 25.
Hon. E. M.t.auton,...segratary of War: •
1 am in receipt ofiShermau's report of op
in
erations . from the ti 6 . be left Fayetteville
up to the 22d inst. It iihowa hard fighting,
resulting in very 4 eavs loss to the enemy
in killed and ,wouOded, and over 3,000 pria•
oncrs.in our ban -. .
.says will be covered by
c lctt Sur:malt. Most 01
His ovro loss
2,500 men siuee-
them are but stisittly wounded.
- MOW
t. GRANT.
, 'Lieutenant General.
GENERAL SIORMAN'S ARMY;
Seven Thousand IPrfsouets. Captured
at the. Battle of Bentonville,
SHERMAN ANO SCHOFIELD -11:t01413NGT16N:
NEW YORK,. March 28.- 7 ,1 A - ietto ft'Orn
Newbern, (N. C.,) dated the . 24th, Says 1 , --
The enemy captured three guns on ; the first
day of the battle at 13entonville,,bip on the
arrivel of the 17th, and Atli
,eorps . the' pre
my were driven in alldireetions,leaVing these
three guns and' seven others f besides 7,000
prisoners, and their dead and wounded,--Do ,
sorters are coming in in large numbers. Sher
man having formed a "junction with Terry
and Schofield, is now strong edough to sweep
everything before him. Sherman's.wagons
have arrived at Kinston for He
will refit and be reaciy•to move again soon,with
Goldsboro as his base. The wounded in ,
Sherman's army will be brought to Newborn'.
The _people along Sherman's - and Scho
field's routes gave the troops a -hearty wel ,
come.
tis repotted' that 20,000 of Shearnates
men were without shoes. Supplies have
been sent forward.
A large amount of cotton and other prop
erty has been captured.
MOREITEAD CITY, N. C. March 25.---guar
master Generaleigs and staff arriv
ed here this morning from Washington.—
Vessels are rapidly arriving with supplies,•
which are being sent to the front by rail.—
Captain Anstin . is in charge-of bath railroad
and water • transportation. .lie is extending
the warf and making many other iruprole
rants,
. One steamer which sailed with three hub
dred and sixty wales lost ninety before rea
chino. here froni_want of air. All vessels
drawing less than nine feet should be sent
direct to bit wbern i . as railroad facilities are
very limited,'
A train will go through today to Golds
boro. The prisoners captured by Sherman
are arriving at Newbern; 500 arrived last
night, and 2,000 reached Kinston at the
-same-time.__The_r_est •
_will be forwarded as
fast as possible.
-- Reinforcements for Shaman are continu
ally arriving. Deserters and refugees con
tinue to come in in great numbers. Our
troop; will doubtless take a few days' rest,
and Shermarn may make a brief visit to• Gen.
Grant.
Arming Sla:teesi
"They whom the Gods wish to destroy
they, first make mad," is an old and trite ad
ado which is being verified in the ease of the
oligarchy. of theSuuth. Arming their slaves
is the last and grandest display of madness
yet made, min they have reached that point
of frenzy which leads them on to destruc
tion. , If they place hatutkets in the hands
of the thousands of slaves whom they have
called into their service, soot will their Cit
ies and towns he garrisoned with negroesould
they occupy the humiliating position of bi",
ing subject to their slaves. Many of them
will find our Hues ; greatly augment our for
ces, and aid in the burial of secession and
human bondage.
They hold ont no incentive—they offer no
reward to their slaves fur fighting their bat
tles. They fatter themselves .that theotela
tion which exists between master and slave
is all-sufficient to enforce their law. • 13114
that charm is broken. Force alone carrarm
them, but force will not induce those with,
lacerated backs and ' manacled limbs to fight
for those who inflict them. The absurd idea
that any men would assist in fastening the
gallinc , chains of slavery on his own limbs,
would never have entered the brain of any
man except that.,or a. Acnaddened, desperate,
and des I ondinat Southern slaveholder. Their
senses are deadened. They neither see nor
understand, and nothing will arouse them
from their lethargic slnmbers but the com
plete failure of their cherished schemes and
the downfall of their capitol. These events
are near at hand, and, soon the tocsins of a
devastating war will be heard no more, but
in its place will be heard the loud hosannas
of disenthrallel bondmen, and the sweet
sounds incident to a time f peace, industry
and general prosperity.
The arming of their slaves, by the rebels,
hai not only hastened the hour of our tri
umph, but it has done much toward assimi
lating the views and feelings, of our officers.
Already is its good effect on our service man
ifesting itself by a united effort to increase
the number of .our colored troops. Even
copperheads reluctantly acrylics° in the meas
ure,
DELUSIONS ABOUT CONQUESTS.—Anoth
er delusion belongs strictly to the Northern
prophets) it is that the South cannot be con
quered. The Southern people dein% believe
that) but it is a theory got up by Northern
men for their own benefit. A people can't
be conquered? Where is there a people on
earth which has not been conquered? What
was the conquest of England by William the
Norman? A whole people reduced to sla
very by one disciplined• army. What was
ihe conquest of Scotland by England? Of
Ireland? Of Gaul conquered by the Ro
mans? Of Romans conquered by Goths?—
Of Burgundy conquered by the .French?—
Of France built up and consolidated by per
petual internal- wars? • Every country has
been conquered i and conquers has been one
of the great instruments of civilization. The
South can be not only conquered,.but it can,
be ground into powder, if that be necessary.
But the rebels have no idea of 'dying iu the
last ditch, oo at ennesece, Milts -
Arkansas and Georgia.—Louisville Journal.
BALTIMORE, March 24.—The Maryland
Legislature, in thee- case of the contested ju
dicial election in Baltimore county, has de
dared the election of Grason to the office of
judge of the Eighth Circuit Court, null and
void, declaring hi, to have been disqualified
under the new Constitution, on the ground
of disloyalty, and having been a member of
military organization to resist the authority
of the United ,States at the commencement
of the rebellion. A *dew election has been.
ordered.
Buffalo aro becoming scarce in the West
ern hunting-grounds. They have been so
much disturbed of late, by roving Indiana,
that they are seeking more retired home
steads, far away; near the Rocky Mountains.