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DLETELARD LEiDEB, TOSUSEID xt irv. m Buriaioa bt, COWLES CO. 0.t, tr0 EDiTKHIS, IICRNIHI 1RD MIRIM, (mi nw ooaieieat in hmli Ae an Mwtinw aMatoie uw Ijjubbi oPmt rnl iKlocBata tint any oUiur joaroaJ pot ibleraed Id t rolamn. rrwlm. matter, ead IU Tf4erahto (bet hf our ow Special Oorrwapopdrnt, tit fork a u Wtm iMtciiUsl Pri) m prt mnd b core tntIlijobte ttou mag oumv Bait Mcnitat XTeainc try &, fr rttMrf. 8P " " io 3 90 I mo , i no TMi-ff iwm .per y .r. b on intLT mr. too iii7, dHlrsml bf C&rriBf, (ttoraiiLg or Kvealns) SaSWEJHi J PROCLAMATION. 1 ACCORDANCE With thb Pro- JL rimkm of the fcond wcUoi oT ftn act pd Anil II, 1657, rappleeentary to a met entited Ab Act to provtdtt for tb Orpinftkn off ittai ad lncarpoiAlad YIH-giV (a"" May 3. 1862, 1, Daoawa B. 6wTtt, Mayor of I tat City of CleTe laad do hereby atrti't and require tfaa vH4d lectori of aaia city tt aaemb ooa ttoe flnt M -4.y of Airil next, b-inR iba third day of aatd ioab,aior oeiore in ao.r 01 ln e c oct i. H. of aaid day, at the following places in the wreral warns in Mia city, yix.: la the 1st Warn, at tha Engine Boom on Cham pi tun atrvt. In the id. Ward, at the Bocawell Street School jioin. In the 3d Ward, at (he School Room in Baaeneat ml the Btbfll Church. Water street. In the 4th Ward, at the Engine Houw Ko. 8, Buntington street Id the 6th Ward, at the School Honse, 8L Clatr trtet, east of Mniraoftetreat. la the 6th Ward, at th " Wigwam," (so called) WM wo iu Tru. Id the 7' h ard, at the Engine House Ko. 8, Phillip street. La the th Ward, at the Sutton House on Ver moat street. la the tn Ward, at the Engine House oa Church la the 10th Ward, at the Basemnt of the Ken tiKAy Street Cibooi Boom. la tbellth Ward, at the Eunice House Ko. 10, vd Lorain street. And Mid electors will then and there, before the itoortf six o'clock P. M. of Mid day, proceed to lect one Mayor, one Commissioner of Water Works, on Police Judge, one Clerk of the Folios ( uit,oM City Attorney, ono City Marshal, one City Commissioner, oae I)' rector ot Inhrmary, one ur frextoo, om City Treasurer, on tMter of Weights and Meamirea, two J as tires of tb Peace, land eight Constables, from the City at large, and nne Trustee forth First W.inL on Trustee lir Ue Second Ward, one Trostee for the Third Ward, ns Trustee lor tue r ounn ara, one i ruizee for the Filth Ward, one Trustee for the Sixth Ward, ne Trustee lor the Seventh Ward, on Trustee for the Eighth Ward, one Trantee for the Ninth Ward, one irustee lor tne lenin ward, one trustee lor he Eleventh ard, who reside in their rejeetiv W ards ; and also one A sseesor for eat h Ward ; and one member of th Board of Kdncation from the Firt W ard, one fm the Second Ward, one from hebixtb Ward, from the fcihth ward, one rom the Moth ard, one from the Tenth ward Jn testimony whereof I have hereunto Mt sny band, 1 and affixed the seal of Mid city, this 2UUt ' -' day ol March, A. v. mch 20:198 GEO. B. fcENTEB, Mayor, MILLINERY GOODS At Wholesale. Horgan, Root & Go. Bare In Store a Freth Ajiortment of BONNET BILKS, KlBBONt, CK4PS, FLO WEES, RUCHES, FRAMES, Straw Bonnets and Hats! In et'.Tj Y.rktT, an) .11 h MATERIALS ucd tin kwji Lai g Stock of th. Choi.i and Jiiwsji titua of Biljr, Lsce, Oraps & StrawTrim'd BONNETS tl OCB OWN NANCFAOrnBE, and Hillintn can i iui and th. JeweU Bljlet and Best Assortment riSM wklch U Select PATTERN BONNETS. If yon would knve COOS EII1YB, GOOD S1TIKI1L8, at CEC1P FSICKS, - ; CALL AI M0BG1N, BOOT & CO.'S, hx rs COB. BVPSBWS etNXCA tTP. N EW SfRIKQ GOODS I H, T. Hower & Co. Bare jut receiied a Frt.h Block of DOMESTIC GifiGHAMS, PRINTS AND DELAINES, Bletched and Brown COTTON CLOTHS AT Bednced Prices, 1T1TM ALL KIKD8 OF EST GOODS CHEAP I II. T. 1I0WEB & CO., Z30 BbppHm B(ret, gPECIAL BALES OF EoaBekeeplng Goods. E. I. BALDWIN & CO, WIN off -r, on HONDA T, the Stoth iut., a meat tx- teneive line ot Linen Dauaek, linen Clothe, Linen Sheeting, Linen Doylfcs, Linee Kapkins, Ft'lov Cealnja, A tnea loweliflg., Linen In.pere, lrien Llnena, Plane A Table coreri, Qtlflta, Btank.U Aleo, DOMESTIC CUT TO H GUOMJ AT VERT LOW PRICESI he Orrics BucKern Mutual Ifternivoe Co., Cmiunn. March 1-V1M6. I A DIVIDEND OF TH1BTY PEE A CENT. In ceih noon theeamed premium for ib .ear 1S64 has hern dec. ares coon all par- t'cipetiag poUcioe, payable on er after May let, 185. The f.UowIng Statement shew the condition of the Coatnaai : CAPITAL. ttfo.eco co A8C-ET8. Caih on b.nd and on d portt.... - 35,648 18 Lp-ne oa amncat b-rea Beat KeUte, "oith at lend lll,OU0. ST.OTO fO T. r. i - lo.ODO 00 BU 6tLCle... K0,0to 00 Other Block., par raise 114, OX) 00 Xne th. Cotppan for premium, ard other Utm. 1,694 M , Tctal iawta.-.. iS,113 10 LIABILITIES Kona. WL HART, Prea't. I. D. HnnaOH, Bec'r. ahl6:196 JLOTJB AND FEED. The wait known Whol-eale and Betel! Dealer la FLOCK AMD ESD, haa alwaya oa hand N.w Hornier, White Oraeked tifceat, erbaia floor. Fartna, Pp'H Pfaa, Barley, t Mai. hev Corn Meal. Frrh nGk.heaA Flonr. e., at itreatlT reduced price.. SJBlWrl HILLI, DhUil - Cor. Oauvto and froepect sta, on u. the one nati the to it, with age, the fj of thai as ance Now, sary the oniy the no to you the the put to Ad eral and tbe go we J. me a l'Jltpl.lllllIIWlll IMJIISMIJMII4I IIS VOL. XIX. CLEVELAND, MONDAY MORNING, MARCH 20, 1865. flier NO. 68. DAILY LEADER. l O.I DAT, MARCH SO, 1SSS The Great Freshet. Out telegraphic and local columna furnish oor readers y'h 1 jbrv greatest and most wl-ieiOed freshet oa record in this couotrr. Wo hare no room this morning to comment upon them, and merely dee ire to congratulate oar readen that ita evil effects have been so far overcome that we are able to present them with oar asaal amount and Tarietj of telegraphic njWj this morning. The energy qT the "Western Union Telegraph Company in thus speedily repairing the enormous damage done to its line, and re suming business in so short a time after an interruption that would hare paralyzed many companies, cannot be too highly commended. The Enoxville Whig says Est Tennes see will present Hon. Horace Maynard to the Legislature as her choice for one of the Senators from that State. Ko better man could be elected. J. Bundy, editor-in chief of the Hil waukee Sentinel, has accepted a positicn General l'ope's staff. He is pie dged to settle the question whether the sword mightier than the pen. The Great Freshet. The Biters Bit---A Singular and Very Foolish Transaction. A firm of Tennessee secessionists, doinsr business in Nashville under the style o! J. jrrencn a uo lately matia a maliirnant marvelousty loolua enort to discredit national currenry by protesting some coupons, it appoars mat tnese parties had hundred and twenty-three United States bonds, the coupons of which, worth $1.83 each, had just fallen due. The course pursued by them is thus narrated by the wasnmeton correspondent ol the Cincin Galctte .- They carried the coupons to a National bank, threw them down, and demanded payment. The bank said, "certainly, but there seems to be quite a quantity of them ; please to make up a schedule of number and amounts." The holders refused, gathered up the coupons in great wram, started straicntwav to a notary public, and had a separate notice of pro test made out for each one of the hun and twenty-three coupons; affixed these, one hundred and twenty-three notarial papers, as many twenty-five internal revenue stamps ; tied up the whole package, and sent it by mail, placing several dollars' worth of postage stamps on wnen it was entitled to come tree ; and modestly demanding the Treasurer of the United estates the puyment of the coupons. the notarial fees, costs of stamps, post &o, amounting in all to over double value of the coupons themselves." Mr. United States Treasurer Spinner re- lied to this surprising missive in the fol owing terse and vigorous manner: Tbeasury or the Usnra Statis, 1 "Washihgton, Feb. 25, 1865. f Gentlemen: Your extraordinary letter the 16th inst, the very extraordinary papers that were attached to tbe coupons came inclosed with the letter, as well the very extraordinary other one hun dred and twenty-three missives that pre ceded the letter, are all before me- You say " they were protested in accord with law as we fvoul understand it." it is very evident that you do not understand law at alL You should have consulted a eood lawyer. It is not neces that a maker of a commercial or other pecuniary obligaton should have notice of non-payment of his own paper. It is necessary inai indorse rs ot sucn paper should be notified of the noh payment of obligation of their principals. It should have occurred lo you that there was lnderser to tnese cases; mat me United States was the principal, and that a gov ernment cannot be sued. Then why at tempt to protest at all ? Xnen. too, you torget mat me debt was entitled to grace. You, in your eagerness do a "right smart thing," jumped on the instant that the day of payment came in and, to cap the climax of absurdities, presented the papers for payment to a party mat was under no legal or outer ob ligations to make such payments. I should certainly be led to think that you were se cessionists of the most malignant kind that isgrowing at the North, and had done this thing with a view to bring tbe credit of United States into bad repute, were idea not precluded by the fact that you a neap ot postage gratuitously and unnecessarily on the package addressed me, which by law, as I understand it, might as well nave come tree ot postage. dh then, too, your unnecessarily lib expenditure of one hundred and twenty-three one quarter of a dollar re venue stamps, proves mat you are really anxious to aid the Government in its en deavors to crush the rebels. The amount of the coupons you state correctly at $279.22. I will send you this amount, wun n nail cent additional, oy my draft on New York, or return you all me papers, as yon may elect. As to the other larger claim that you make for costs, less said about it, and the sooner you charge it to "profit and Iocs," the better. - Hespecuuliy yowrs, ex., F. E. &PINNER, Treasurer United States. Messrs. J. C. French & Co., Nashville, Tenn. Lord Jeffrey and Edward Everett. Mr. J. K. Tefll gives the following as the remarks of Lord Jeffrey, in reference to hit visit to Boston, and his first meeting with Edward Everett: "On our arrival in Boston we went to the Marlborough Hotel, and while in me omos engaging rooms. I was accosted by that prince of merchants, Colonel Tom Jerkin a, thus: u ily dear friend, yourself and wi fe must at once to my house." To which I re plied we could not. That we had just ar rived from Albany, covered with dust, bat would come and see bim as soon as Mrs. could change her. dress. "Ah I" he ei claimed, "you are obliged to go home with bow. I seized your baggage me mo ment you left tbe coach and entered tbe hotel, and it is now in my house in a room prepared for your reception, and my car riage is waiting for you.1 So we were ob liged to accept the kind hospitality of that prince of merchants. The next day the Colonel took me to Cambridge, to visit Harvard University. On entering me building I was so struck with the appearance of a youth that I made note of it at the time. I put some ques tions to bim which he answered so prompt ly that I ventured to say to the President, "That youth deserves to be in a higher place." The reply was, that "he would be there soon enougn ; nothing but his age prevented it now ;" and he continued, with considerable emphasis: "I subsequently met that youth as the representative of your great country at the Court of Saint James." I replied, "Mr. Everett?" "Yes, sir, .Edward Jivemw . The Very Latest BY TELEGRAPH. BY TELEGRAPH. Last Night's Report. The Great Freshet. Fall Details of Its Devastation. I Boehester, Syracuse, Utlca and Albany Under Water. Immense Destruction of Prop erty. Sheridan Lost Again Tbe BIcnmond Papers Full hla tTYnlnlta I I Tbe WhereabontS Of Sherman. I NEWS FROM REBEL PAPERS FROM MEADVILLE. [Special Dispatch to the Cleveland Leader] [BY UNITED STATES TELEGRAPH.] MEADVILLE, March 19—9 P. M. The water is falling fast. Trains wil1 be running regularly through to Salaman ca probably by Tuesday. The town is in a shabby condition after such high water. The damage is immense. Associated Press Report. THE FRESHET. ROCHESTER, March 19. At eight o'clock on Friday nicht the water in me river, wnicn nad been rising rapidly for some days, commenced pourine over tag west ena ot main street Dnage, rushing down Front and Buffalo streets. filling all the cellars, and stopping all pas sage iroro Dtate street across to Mam street bridge. Ahe water continued rising rap idly ail nient, and at day-break on Satur day morning had arisen to such Height as to pour over the low- half of Main street bridire. it rusned around r root street in a periect torrent, tearing up everything in its course. Abe water in iront ot lleynold s Arcade and on Buffalo street was from live to seven feet deep. The whole length of btate and .bake streets are covered to the depth of from four to five feet. Front street was a perfect river, as that war the main channel of the water that came over me bridge. .business, in mo whole city, was entirely suspended. At about 1&30 o clock the eastern corner of Dr. Barton's brick building gave way ana tumoiea into me river. At 1:30 p. ic. the store of C. H. Hart- well, on Msin-etreet bridge, went down, and was soon followed by others, leaving nothing but the front walls standing. rr. L v 1 . n . l t -1 . . . - Anexvew a wit ueuuBi xtatiroaa bridge was carried ou about one o'clock Fndav night. ihe report that three men were taken over with it has been contradicted. At 3 o'clock Saturday aflernoot Long Bridge, on the Genesseo Valley Boad, was swept off, and part ol it lodged on the Aque duct. The water this morning has fallen six or seven feet. The destruction on Front street is very great. The water gullied out a channel six or seven ieet deep, its entire length. Families residing on this street, and others In the vicinity, were compelled to remain in their houses from Friday night till this morning. Ihe back part of Uviatt s mill, on water street, was washed away. The damage to the mill is said to be $10,000. A tobacco firm lost some 500 bbls of tobacco, which was washed out of their cellar. A groat many merchants who were in their stores on Friday night packing their goods, were unable to get out on account of the sudden rise, and were compelled to re main over nignt. xney were taken oil in boats me next day. iieport says mat over nan a mile of trestle werk on the Canandaigua road, across the Gen esse river, was swept away. The dam at Mt MorriB is also gone. Scotts ville is submerged and the large warehouse there swept away. to in to as 7-30's, ALBANY, Feb 19. The river has between four and five feet from its highest point, and as a boat has arrived from Catekill, coming through the main channel, it is believed that navigation is fairly open between New ork and Albany, and a passenger boat is expected to-morrow morn in 2. Two trains from beyond Fonda breach, on me .New xork Uentral road, have ar rived, and, for the first time since Thurs day, the regular 11 p.m. train for the Wert will be sent out lo-mgnt. SYRACUSE March 19. The freshet Thursday and Friday was very severe in this region, me water in the Onandaea and other creeks having been higher man was ever known. In the south and east parts ot me city several streets were flooded so as to be passable only by boats, and over 300 dwellings were flooded more or less, xne salt wonts on the reservation suffered severely. The loss in the city and country, caused by the flood, will not be less man nan a million ROCHESTER, March 19—P. M. greatest ever known here. About two hundred feet of the Valley Railroad track has been washed away, and over a mile of it was submerged. The front walls are all thatareleitof the stores on Main street bridge. The banks of the canal are burrt in several places, ana nearly vne wnoie ot the Second Ward, together with parts of 1st and 9th wards, are flooded, several buildings have been undermined and have fallen and others are considered unsafe. The water swept like a mill-race through Front, State and Fitanugn streets, and me Arcade. The gas works are flooded, and some of the main pipes destroyed, so that at nicht tbe city is in total darkness. Tbe papers have suspended publication, their pressrooms pcing iuuoi water, 10 me depth of ten or twelve feet. It is not cer that lives have been FROM BUFFALO. BUFFALO. March 19. The New York Central trains commence rannine to-morrow morning, passengers being transferred via Andrew-street bridge in Rochester. The road is but slightly damaged. Freight trains will be sent via the Batavia and Canandaigua line, which is bat slightly injured. It will be all right to-morrow. BREAK IN THE TELEGRAPH. BALTIMORE March 19. The break in the telegrapn at Susque hannah is not "yet repaired and all mes sages have to be sent across the river by boat This causes considerable delay, bat it will be remedied in the course of to morrow. FROM THE POTOMAC ARMY. WASHINGTON, March 18. ofpromPt'rrePlie110- Information from the army of the Poto mac shows that our troops are in the best possible condition, and are ready to move at any time inat occasion may require. Rumors prevail in camp that the rebel i contemplate mo evacuation ot i etersourg. fe.JeL" MlVUk XSVUMV Vl UV SUIB n ua w I wa J busy throwing troops from point to point r' 0M ti t one place, and in a snore time at auubuur uiua utxvai- taiine the utmost watchfulnesss on our en tire line. Another account says: All day "Wed. nesday and Thursday the rebels were in active motion in front of the 9th corps. The camps were struck wllnin ineir lines, and large bodies of troops could be seen from oar signal station moving to and fro. They kepf up an unusually bold front, at times completely swarming Cemetery Hill with men, and frequently opening unm our lrnoris witn cannon, wnicn was x oeiievou may wore nuturiug to hide tbe evacuation or retoisourg, irom away, for the purpose of falling back to their new une of works on tne norm side ot the Appom&tox river, with their right resting on tne iiyncnourg itaiirooa. A number ot men oi me juui i uoonsin were killed and crushed by falling trees during a storm en Thursday night. A heaw explosion took place on Thurs day, which shook me boats on me dames and Appom&tox riveis. It appeared to be in the direction of Petersburg, and it was reported at Citv Point that it was occa sioned by an attempt of the rebels to blow up Fort Hill, which had been previously evacuated by our troops, knowing that the rebels had undermined it, FROM SHERIDAN. NEW YORK March 19. Sheridan Is lost sight of again. Last Wednesday he was at a crossing of the South Anna river by the Richmond and Fredericksburg Kauroad, and expected to turn up at the White House for supplies, but the Heralds City Point correspondent says a dispatch from that Point, on Friday, states that he had not made his appear ance. Scouts were sent out and the people in that vicinity i aid he had an engagement with Picket s rebel division, in wnicn me latter was worsted. This report was con firmed by deserters and exchanged prison ers, who say Picket's division was hurried out of Richmond last Sunday to meet Sheridan. Though not reaching White House at the time expected, no fears are felt for his safety. Khe robel fconate, on tne i nn, passed bills for the impressment of slaves : to diminish the number of exemptions, and regulato the business of conscription. The Herald prints a large number of letters captured in rebel mails during Sher man's march. They all show me utmost discouragement on the part of the writers, who were principally officers and enlisted men of the rebel army. at ORDER RECEIVED. PHILADELPHIA, March 19. The order of the War Department of April 22, 1864, directing all officers of the Commissary and Quartermasters' Depart ment having public money in their charge the cities of Boston, New York, Phila delphia, Baltimore and San Francisco not deposit in National Banks, but solely witn Assistant Treasurers and Collectors, has been rescinded by Secretary Stanton upon the request of Secretary McCulloch, except so far as it applies to New York and San Francisco, and a new order has been issued giving sucn ouicers permission to de posit with any of the National Banks in Bos ton, Philadelphia and Baltimore designated depositories under the law. This is done that the large payments into the De pository Banks on account of me sales of which the Secretary of the Treasury desires to have disbursed as speedily as possible may not embarrass and dis turb tbe ordinary course of the money market The checks drawn ' upon the Depository National Bank will pass through the Exchanges without disturbing the money market , The measure is very satisfactory to the banks that receive these deposits, and it is hoped here that it will be applied to .New York where the bulk of the money is re ceived and disbursed. to FINANCIAL. WASHINGTON, March 19. The popular appreciation and rapid absorption of the 7-30 loan under the man agement of Jay Cooke, General Agen has determined Secretary McCulloch to make no change in the character of the loan to be placed on the market after the present one shall be disposed of. The ar rangement heretofore existing between the department and the subscription agent will be continued, and the new series of 7-30s will date from June lath next, and will consist of an issue of $300,000,000, paya ble three years after date and convertible at maturity in 6-20 bonds at the option of the holder. Excepting in the dates of issue and maturity the new series will be, all respects, the same as the current series, which, at the present rate of subscription will be takon up during the coming weok. In addition to the arrangements which have been made by a subscription agent wun wens, jargo Si Co., for placing loans through their offi ces in Caifornia, Oregon, Nevada and Col orado, special agents are being despatched to the Pacific coast, and to the South At lantic and Gulf cities, including Beaufort, Newbern, Charleston, Savannab. and IS oft Orleans, to prevent a stringency in me monov market, arising from the withdraw al of tbe lares sums realized by subscriD' tiens to tbe 7:30 loan, through National Banks and other agencies, and the locking uo ot me same in tne BUD-iroaeunes. An order has been issued by the War Department at the instance of the Treas ury Uepartmeni, rescmiing ma oruer 01 last year wnicn proniciia aisoarsiug ouicers from depositing without drawing direct upon the National Depository Banks in the cities of Boston, Philadelphia and Balti more. By this means the violent contrac tions and fluctuations in the money mar ket so far as Government operations are concerned, will be avoided and increased. Ease in meeting Treasury payments will hn attained without material disturbance to other commercial demands for currency. TEXAS NEWS. NEW YORK March 19. The steamer City of Cork, from Liver pool. March 4th, has arrived. A letter from Texas says that two thous and netrroes captured at Berwick Cay were mostly taken to Houston and sold at auc tion by Colonol Sydner, he knowing that they had been legally emancipated by the United States, and were only liable to be treated as prisoners of war. Letters from Dauphin Island state that oar flag of truce boat Nassau, which went within 2 miles of Mobile to exchange pris oners on the 2d, was fired on by a rebel battery and compelled to retreat She was not injured. The rebels subsequently de clared that they did not see the flag of trace until they had fired fourteen shots. Our fleet is reported to have croned tbe Dog irver DM. FROM REBEL PAPERS. War Department, Washington, March 18, 1865, To General Dix: The subjoined dispatches have been re- k-oiveu a. uus C. A. DANA, Asst becretarvof War. City Point, March 18. Richmond pa pers of to-dajr have been received. The Confederate Congress adjourned tine die at three o'clock to-day. The President ot the James river canal calls on the farmers of Virginia to aid in repairing the canal. Augusta (Ga.) papers say that A. H. Stephens has been in Georgia for the past two uayi, ana nas not yet been Heard trom. and that they hope this silence will not continue. Vigorous efforts are making inRichmond for the organization of colored troops. The following paragraphs are from the Richmond Whig: mobile, d'.ii. This city is menaced strongly. Gen Maury issued circular advising people to prepare for me expect ed attack. He urges me non-combattants to leave. The Exchange Commission yes terday evening received information of the arrival in the bay of a large number of prisoners from Ship Island and New Or leans, xney are expected Here to-day. Mat. Caswell will effect such arrangements as will embrace all prisoners captured in this department - Mobile, March 6th. One hundred and seventy-six navy and army exchanged prisoners arrived here last night - JuoniLB, Jiarcfl 9. Transports contain ing 2000 troop?, entered the bay yesterday inrouga urants pass. .mobile, Marcn 1L. f ourteen vessels more were added to the fleet to-day. mak ing twenty-one in sight of the city. Great activity pruvails with the enemy in me lower bay. , There is every indica tion of an early attack. Macon, March 4. The House of Dele gates has adopted a resolution requesting Congress to repeal the conscription law and accept men from the State under offi cers of their own choice, by yeas 61, nays 46. Lynchburg papers of Monday and Tuesday bring us some of the details of the raid through the upper country, which, in view of the fact that Sheridan has com municated with Grant from Columbia, we conceive to be puerile to withhold, and therefore lay before our readers. The Virginian says that me Yankee di vision sent in that direction followed the Orange and Alexandria Railroad as far as Buffalo river, burning the railroad bridge that place. Every bridge between Char lottesvill and Buffalo, a distance of more than forty miles, has been destroyed, and much of the track torn up, though me ex tent of the damage haa not been ascer tained. The nearest approach to Lynchburg was New Glasgow, sevonteen miles distant, where a small party of them burned the railroad depot on Wednesday a party, estimated at from three to lour thousand, appeared at Bent Creek, supposed to be making for the south side of James River. The fine bridge on me river, being burnt on their approach, they contented themselves with curses upon our reserves, who were stationed on me other side of the river. They burned a boat of a James river com pany, at -Bent creek, xney bad captured four of our scouts that were left in me hands of an equal number of their troops, who being cut off from the main force by the burning of the Tye river bridge, gave themselves up to their prisoners, and they were brougnt to tnis city, xne raiders burned every mill they could find along the James river, destroyed all tobacco, and carried away all horses and negroes they could lay their hand3 on. They shot about 300 of their broken dowi horses on the plantation of w. it. Uabe.l, below New Market, and took off all the horses belonging to that gentleman they could And. It is said that about 300 Yankees crossed the river opposite Columbia, on Friday, but retreated to the north side. The Republican, of tc-day, says the raid ers commenced, at Bent Creek, the work of destruction to the canal which is reported be very badly damaged trom about twenty-five miles below here to Colum bia and further down towards Rich mond. Every lock on the canal are said to have been destroyed. In seve ral places me banks have been blown away, xne aqueduct at uoiumoia is said be badly damaged, xne destruction 01 private property along the route of tbe raiders is represented to be immense. The people were stripped of horses, negroes, and meat and bread, and many left with out a morsel of food. Danville and North Carolina exchanges received yesterday throw some light on the situation in Norh Carolina. The follow ing are extracts. The Danville Register of Tuesday says : Our forces have probably wilndrawn from Kinston, and may be preparing to evacuate Golds boro and Raleigh. The Standard, ot the same date, says : Fayetteville was occupied several days ago by me enemy in lores, it is reported me cotton factories were burned. Kinston is now in possession of the ene my, and Golds boro is seriously threatened. Our troops have contested the ground at various points witn tneir accustomed cour age and endurance. We believe the forces of the enemy will be met at some point south of Raleigh. Tho Danville Register 01 Wednesday says : The recent movements of Sherman and Sheridan have greatly decreased the number of newspapers publisned in me oonntry. In Virginia we have daily pa pers issued from four points, Richmond, Lynchburg, Danville and Petersburg, and one weekly at Clarksville. The number nas been largely curtailed in JNonn Caro lina. Wilmington, Fayetteville and Goldsboro are in the hands of the enemy. Some think that Raleigh may go. then Greenboro and Unarlotte and some smaller places will be alone left in South Carolina. It is even worse. The Mercury was re moved from Charleston some time before the occupation of the city by the enemy, and me Centner, wnicn remained, was ta ken in charge by tbe xankees, notwith standing it opposed the nullification in '32, and is now issued as a lankee newspaper. All the papers in Columbia have been dis continued. The Sonth Carolinian is now published in Charlotte, N. C. x AYETTIVIM.B, n. u- marcn iu i:ju A. M. To-day we have added Fayettevillo to the list of cities that have fallen into our hands. Hardee, who is said to have had 20,000 men, witndrew across the river yesterday and last night He is reported en route for Raleigh. Tbe rebels skirmished in me town, and flrod upon houses occupied by women and children. They burned a bridge at this place, and removed all the public stores they could up to me railroad depot bherman is Here, and well, many men are wanting shoes and clothing, yet the army was never in better condition. O. HOWARD, Major General. THE 7-30 LOAN. PHILADELPHIA, March 19. Jay Cooke, the subscription agent re ports sales of 7-30's to-day at over $2,600, 000. The largest Eastern subscription was $200,000 from Boston; 1700 individual subscriptions of $ o0 to f UK) each. FROM NEW ORLEANS. NEW YORK March 19. The steamer George Cromwell from New Orleans 12th, has arrived. The draft was progressing. A slight break had occurred in me levee on tne west bank 01 me jius sissippl, six miles below Baton Rouge. CAIRO, March 19. New Orleans dates to the 12th have been received. Steamship Evening Star from new I ork nad arrived. I be 'limes cor respondent at Mobile bay communicates report that our fleet has crossed Dog River bar. U. S, transport Washington, having on board Col. Dought, Commissioner of exenange, and about 200 coniederate pris oners, while under flag of truce, and lying at ancnor in Mobile bay, witnin two and a half miles of Mobile, was fired upon by rebel batteries, and driven back, notwith standing her arrival and mission had been Known two flours previous. After firing fourteen shots and our boat was out of range the firing ceased, and the rebel authorities made overtures of peace, dec'aring they did not see our rfig-of-truce wnicn nad been in full view. The rebels authorities are unusually strict in guarding tneir lines. A copy ol me 'Iribune. obtained, con tained a report mat tbe commanding uen eral had ordered all able-bodied men into the ranks, and all others, with the women and children to be sent out of the citv. The steamer Marble City, from Mem phis on the 16th, passed up with 4,000 bales oi cotton, and cthor freight, for St Louis. Seventy-seven bales and seventy- four sacks of cotton have come into M em- phis through the lines since they were opened. dix guerrillas were captured by citizens on the 13th outside the lines, and brought in and lodged in Irvinz Prison. The Vicksburg Herald has information, derived from persons lately arrived in that city, to the effect that a few days ago a regiment of Texans moved on the prison at Jackson and literally demolished it, telling tbe prisoners confined there to go home that they themselves had enough of war and were going to Texas. This story was also vouched for by a rebel officer, who stated that he was in Jackson on the day the stockade was de stroyed. Xne Herald also learns from parties who ran the gauntlet, and came in from beyond the Big Black, that the lines of communi cation between the United States are closed by order of Forrest, and no cotton or people are allowed to come within the Dnion lines. Also, that a goodly num ber ol the late General Hood's com mand are scattered through the country, from Radway to Yazoo City, and that they are levying black mail upon all cotton coming or other property going out of our lines. This is d.ne in violation of For rest's order, who does not intend that any sort of trade shall go on. Xne guerrillas declare no cotton shall be raised in that part of the country; that they will kill indiscriminately all the Yan kees who attempt to work the plantations and r 11 Southern men who remain at home. PROCLAMATION BY THE PRESIDENT. BEIT. By tho President of the United States A Proclamation. Whebeas, Reliable information has been received that hostile Indians, within the limits of the United States, - have been furnished with arms and munitions of war, by persons dwelling in foreign territory, and are thereby enabled to prosecute their savage warfare upon the exposed and sparse settlements of the frontier, Now, merelore, be it known that I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States ot America, do hereby proclaim and direct that all persons engaged in that ne farious traffic shall be arrested and tried by court martial, at the nearest military post, and if convicted shall receive punishment due to their deserts. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my l. s.j nana, ana caused me seal of me United States to be affixed. Done at the city of Washington this 17m day of March, in the year of our Lord 1865, and of me Independence of the Uni ted SUtea the 89th. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. By the President ABRAHAM LINCOLN. WM, H. SEWARD, Sec. of State. Special Report. NEW YORK March 19. FINANCIAL. During the last three days there has been great excitement in commercial cir cles, and a panic in gold, caused by favor able military news and by the news of the reception in Europe of the announcement of the capture of Charlotte and Columbia. Sales of 6 -20s in Germany have been very great and turned exchange in favor of America. The steamship Africa brought $18,000 in specie, and the steamers following her were expected to bring large amounts. Many parties who have been speculating for a rise are ruined, and with them seve ral dealers in produce. Several dry goods houses have reduced their prices 20 per cent, and o'hers offer and demand payment in coin or its equiv especially on cotton fabrics. Saturday Night's Report. FROM PROVIDENCE F. I. PROVIDENCE R. I. March 18. The burning of the Arctic Mills last night involved a loss 01 jju,uuv, wnicn insured for $225,000, as follows: $60,000 in Boston, $20,000 in Worcester, and tbe re mainder in this city. The mill was of stone, five stories high and three hundred and twelve feet long. Its capacity was 24 000 spindles, employing 400 bands. The Knode island ueneral Assembly ad journed sine die last night, after a session of ten weeds. FROM BOSTON. BOSTON, March 18. The steamship Africa brought $13,000 specie to mis port Saturday Evening's Edition. THE FRESHET. BUFFALO, March 18. We learn this morning, from Rochoetor, that the New York Central Railroad bridge was swept away at twelvo o'clock last night It is reported that four men were drowned with it The water is three feet deep in the arcade building, prevent ing all ingress or egress. All the lower portion of the city is under water. The damage will be enormous. No communi cation exists from one part of the city the other. The newspapers are unable to publish, the water extinguished the fires of their engines. No telegraph communication east Utica as yet The Western Union Com pany are, however, making herculean ef forts to have the lines working by to-night We are info-med that the injuries to the Erie railway extend over a distance of one hundred miles, mostly east of Hornells- ville. There are several breaks between EpraeilsvUle and Dunkirk. SYRACUSE, March 18. a The low lands in the 4m Ward are again overflowed; basements and cellars are deluded, and there is much suffering among the people of that Ward. A small river is rushing through Mulberry and Ononda ga streets. A slide has occurred on Bicghamton railroad, near Whitney's Point demolish- ing the track between Tully and Preble. a LiurDLk Rk ajiuu. WU1UQ HAS CaVSU 111, tends to the complete disablement of this a n.l.rf ., t A n .. 1 : -- i , 1 1 road. An interruption to the Oswego road has occared at xime Mile creek, by me de struction of a bridge, but a temporary structure has been improvised, so that by transfer of passengers, the connection of me road is kept up, with but siignt delay. xne Oneida and Seneca rivers, me bsaa eatelas Outlet, and Nine Mile Creek are higher than ever known before, and much damage to property will follow. The dam at the flouring mills cf Burdick & Co, at Amooy, was carnel away yesterday, and me loss is about S5.U0O. In the Central Railroad Depot at Utica, yesterday evening, there was three ieet of water, owing to me Mohawk nver Having overflowed its banks, and the fiats were one vast sheet ot water for miles. I UTICA, March 18. The discoveries of this morning with re gard to the flood, were anything out pleas ant The lumber of Raad's yard was rushing down the stream at a rapid rate, and a good deal of it had gone down. xne iron bridge over me Mobawfc, of me Black River Railroad, had been swept away ; also the wooden bridge of the same road this side. Information was brought to the city that the bridge over the Oriskany Creek, at Clark's mills, had been swept away on Thursday evening, and carried with it three men. It lodged against a tree some distance below. . . The other two mea have not since been seen ; they are supposed to be drowned. The Oriskany Creek was much higher than it was ever known to be before. Its bridges at Peckville, Walesville, Man chester, Coleman Mills and Oriskany Val- ey are also carried away ; so also is me dam at Colemaan's Mills. Tnere is also a report in the city mat the mill near Clinton had been destroyed. THE GOLD MARKET. BUFFALO, (12M.) March 18. Private accounts from New York via Montreal state Gold to-day 164. PHILADELPHIA, March 19. Subscriptions to the 7 30 loan today, received by Jay Cooke & Co, amount to $2,537,100 including oue of $200,000 from Boston and one $50,000 from Providence, and 1,775 individual subscriptions. To tal for the week, $24,592,200. SHERMAN. Rebel Accounts—Occupation of Columbia and Winnsboro—A Graphic and Interesting Narrative. The Columbia South Carolinian, now published at Charlotte, North Carolina, gives the following description, more in teresting than reliable, of the occupation of Columbia by the Federal troops. All the accounts thus far received are from rebel sources, and this is the most detailed and interesting of any yet published in the North: As before stated, the departure of oar forces from Columbia took place on Fri day morning, the 16th of February. The noisy excitement which had marked the preceding three days, now gave way to those deeper emotions which found ex pression only in the heavy hearts and anxious faces of the people. Of the fate in store tor mem, all were alike ignorant; few were not fearful. .Whether bherman would carry out his threat to "burn the very stones'' of the obnoxious State, or, on the contrary, pursue a mild and lenient course, were doubts which were yet to be solved. The citizens had not long to wait The rear of our army having passed through between 10 and 11 o'clock, a white flag, displayed soon after from the steeple of the city hall, announced the sur render of the town. About 12 o'clock, the Federals entered. They had pontooned the river above or opposite Cottontown, and with bands playing, dram corps beat ing, flags flying, and their men in step, the army marched down Main street to the Capitol square. Here the ctlobrated "Star Spangled Banner" was once more, amid much vocal patriotism, placed on exhibi tion from the roof of both the old and new State Houses. For the purpose of enhanc ing the theatrical effect of the scene, or of "acama insult to injury, or of gratify ing some other curious fancy, the ceremony ol raising tbe flags was, we are assured, per formed by two negroes. The honor of first entering the city was claimed by the 15m Oorps. A singular feature ol me military procession and one of which we have heard no explanation, was me driving 01 a car riage profusely decorated with Northern flags in front ot me column. THE PILLAGE. to as of General good order and quiet attended the entry, but as the troops were halted for several hours on Main street, stores and dwellings soon became objects of much at tention, and the work of plunder com menced, r 10m this time, until me last Yankeeleft town, person nor property were safe from the impolite intrusions upon thoir welfare. Straggles, "bummers" pon toon men, and the riff-raff of tho army, were to be met in every street and almost every house. If they wanted a pair of boots they took mem from your feet Watches were in constant demand in several instances being snatched from the persons of the best ladies in the city. Gen' tlemen on the street quickly learned to ap preciate the old phrase "tempus fugrt:' Our cashier, tho well known notary public, P. S. Jacobs, Eq , was one of the pupils. Ho is said to have received two lessons; price a watch each. Ear and finger rings were takon by force, and, in isolated cases, the dreues of ladies were torn from their bodies by villains who expected to find jewels or plate concealed, oearcn for sil ver and provisions was made in every con ceivable place. Ramrods were used as probes to Indicate where boxes were buried, and gardens, out houses, cellars, garrets, chimneys, and nooks nover thought of bv anybody but a thief in soarch of plunder, were turned, so to speak, inside out In one instance, it reported that a box of valuables worth a large amount was found under a door step. we learn mat the estimates 01 tnis char acter of property stolen, is about two mil lions of dollars. Many of the robbers who perpetrated personal violence, were intox icated by liquor found In the city. Rev. Mr. Shsnd, the Episcopalian clergyman, while conveying a trunk, containing the communion service of silver, from me church to the South Carolina College, accosted by a Yankee and a negro, who lYimnAllerl him. nndar a threat of death, to give it up. which was done. While one of the cups was afterward being used for drinkintr whisky, a Federal soldier an Irishman recognized the sign of the cross nnon it took it from the fellow and carried it to Rov. Dr. O'Connell, the Catholic cler pvmiu. 1'V ,om it wa rtortd to tho owner, 'ihis deeoriplicu of p'.lWacontin, I ud until the troops leit THE CONFLAGRATION. In the afternoon, the column which had occupied Main street moved into quarter in the various public grounds and vacant lots. No fires occurred on Thursday, save such as ware ignited by our own officials. The first alarm on Friday was given toon after the entry of the enemy, and proceed ed from the burning of a row of cotton on Main street, between Washington and Lady streets. In fifteen or twenty minutes afterwards, the jail, which had been used as a Confederate prison, was set on fire. The bells rang, the engines promptly ral lied, and proceeded as usual to their work, which was uninterrupted except by drunken soldiers, who, here and there, cut the hose with their pocket knives; but all efforts to stay the flames were unavailing. Among me prisoners tpImmuI .k. murdered Hicks, several men confined on the charge of counterfeiting, and. it is said. Federal prisoner. Why he was not re moved wi bis comrades does not appear. It is reported' iat he subsequently married a lady in Columbia.' , The grand conflagration which destroyed thA ritv commenced about dusk. The firs started near the rear of the ja J- .A high; wind prevailed, and in a short ?m tho flames were in full and unconquerable pro gress, spreading rapidly in three direc tions up and down Main street and east- w&ruiy. X 11 a are department PKam 1 al lied, and from ten until three o'clock in the morning the scene is described as ap palling. The sky was one broad sheet of flame, above which, amid the lurid smoke, drifted, in eddying circles, a myriad of sparks. These falling, scattered the seeds of conflagration on every side. The monoj tone of the roaring, leaping, hissing tongaea- of flame, as they careerea on their wild course, alone filled hearts with dismay. Tbe air was like that of a furnace. Many of the streets were impassable. Frighten ed men, women and children ran in all directions, some only to flee again from the fresh attacks of me destroying element Property thrown out of houses was either burned or stolen. Many of the Federal soldiers, maddened by liquor, . dashed through the city with lighted torches to inflame the dwellings untouched. Hell's furies appeared to have broken loose, and to be indulging in a diabolical reveL Morning revealed, to some extent, th broad sweep of destruction fcur thousacd or more citizens were houseless and homa- IrTOm the state house to Cotton Town, and an average of two or three squares on each side of Main street nomine but black ened ruins remained. Every vestige of the once busy street was gone. INCIDENTS, ETC. were the convent to the residence of General Preston during the conflagration, by order of General Sherman, who is reported to have been "burned out" no less than three times during the night If true, he cer tainly ought to be a purified man, Several xankees who were too mucn in toxicated to escape from tbe flames were burned to doath. One of these was found in the office of the South Carolinian by our foreman. Twenty-seven Yankees were instantly killed, and about twenty more dangerously wounded on Saturday, while moving am munition from the arsenal magazine, an event which, with others that had occurred, threw a gloom over the entire army. Une of their officers told our informant that they had lost more men in Columbia than during me entire campaign elsewhere. During me stay of the enemy m Colum bia there was little communion between them and the citizens. About four hun dred of the latter, mostly foreigners, are understood to have departed with them. The army left on Sunday evening, quietly and without demonstration of any kind, and with such secrecy that the soldiers themselves did not know their destination. A few stragglers remained behind, who were captured by the citizens. General shrman lft with the citizens between four and five hundred beef cattle for their THE OCCUPATION OF WINNSBORO. The editor of the Winnsboro iV'euu fur nishes the following incidents of the occu pation of that town: The main army was preceded by a body of " bummers," as the call themselves, who rode into town helter-skelter, and proceed ed to ransack public and private property. A few hours alter wards, me win corps, under General Geary made its appearance, stationed guards in and around the town, and re-established order, xne it in, uen eral Blair, followed and passed through, bands in full blast, colors flying and men cheering. Persons standing on the side walks were unmolested, and no personal insult was offered. This was on Tuesday. The other corps of the Federal army oc cupied positions to the right and left of. Winnsboro. Xhe burning oi stores ana the business portion of the town took place on Tuesday and wednesaay. .Be tween eight and ten stores were burned the first day, and on the second the torch was applied to several private dwelling houses on Main street probably ten or eleven in number. The pillage was done principally before the arrival of the main army, and was not authorized or permitted. As an instance of this, one soldier stole a half-baked loaf from the oven of our friend, the editor; but while making off with his pastry, me man was met by a General, who compelled him to return his plunder to the kitchen, which, he did. Spoons, money, provisions and clothing were all, to use an expressive but inelegant pnrase, incontinently goooiea up" by the "bummers," and personal prop erty disposed ot in that hasty manner which netOEenea pracucea auroiuia at me business. One of these gentry had the had taste to take a new winter bonnet from a lady and fill it with dried apples thsi sacreligious villain. May they swell on his cerulean stomacn. We congratulate our neighbor Britton that they merely "looked in" on him and his newspaper estatiiignment wiiuout uia turbing a single case or piaing a form. ATLANf IC & GREAT WESTERN BAILWAT. Spring and Summer Arrangement. Takes Effect Monday, March, V)tk, 1S65. Two Tarawa lima Trains (Call) between CLEVELAND and MBW YORK. Dat Exraaea. leaTee Uleeeiaad (Sudan eceeM. ad) at 9:60 a. ., arrires at Moadilllo at a.-WJ r. (Dinner) Salamanca at 6:64 r. ., (Si pUs Oaan) and New I ork at 1:10 r. . Niaar Kxrene," lea.ee Olmlaol (BeUrder excepted,) at :16 r. au, (Bleeping Carl attached, erriTea at MeadrUle at 1:40 a. a, Halaataana at 1:60 a. au, and g.w lock at 10:40 r. n. WESTWARD. Day Ixpnea Learm New York at TK A. m. ATTl.ee a. viemane ef : ' a. aw Hilht do Leaeea New York at. . :00 r. aw ArriTea at Clerelaad atSU0 r. sb MAIL TBAIN8. Train laTtn Cleveland (Eaat) at, :S0 A. . arnree at a ranaiia atWH. T:to p. a. Trala leering; Cleveland at (Eeet)...16 r. m. arriTea at Franklin at 10:10 a. a. Trala leering Clerelaad at (South) S4 r. m. arrtree at Konaauowa et T:SU r. M. Tra!a tearing Clereland at (South) 8:S0 a. m. entree at Youngetowa at.lftlS A. BU Trala leering clereland at (-toeth) : a. a. arrlree at Yoanntowa at. 1 30 r. a. trala leering Yonngetown et (North) :, a. M. antra, at Glerelead etltkSS a. all Train leering Y"ong.town at (North) 1:36 p. m. arrive, at Clereland at 6:30 r. a. M m Salaaunea at IWt)... 6:40 a. a. .reive, at MoadTille atM10:46 a. H. errieee at Akron at,.-,.. 4:40 r. H. u AAroa at (KMt)... T:10a. a. arrlree at MeadrUle at 190 p. a. antral at Salaaaanoa at. T:SD v. a LOCAL ACCOMMODATION. T BAINS. Trala leeartag Akroa at (Wt) - 10:00 A. a. entree at MaaaSeld at.. 6:16 p. av. aniree et Oellon at.MM 16 p. a. Gallon et (Eaat) tf a. a, arrtree at Maaaneld et IMP a. M. erriree at Akroa at . 4:15 p. H. " Gallon at (Waet) 7:14 a. K. arrlree at Urbane at 1:00 r. a. arrirM at Derton at 4:00 p. M. ei Uartoa at IKaatl T:O0 a au Biiirao at I7roanaat10-a0 a. ak arntt-n t C.ltnu at 4:40 P.M. y "-Nrou-h Tfuar. rl. "SftieniMce." .. r. KB-reiR,ea'iaet'- . J. O. .'V'-'OTrs treat Afew vahf)