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THE BURLINGTON VT., FREE PRESS FRIDAY MORNING. MARCH Gl 1865. GEO. V. St G. C. BENEDICT. Editors aat Proprietors. HORXIXCTOX FaiUAT MORNING MARCH C1.18C5 TIIK WEEKLY Fit EE PHESS It published every Friday morning, containing he news of the week from ill parte, interesting correspondence from the army, and local and general intelligence. TERMS. Two Dollars per year if paid absolutely in advance, otherwise 2.50 per year. Single co pies 6 cents. For rates of Advertising, &c, inquire at the Feee Press OrricE, No. C College St, Burling ton, Vt. CEO. W. & G. G. BENEDICT, Editors & Proprietors Fnntral at St. Paul's Church. Wednesday at 3 V South Carolina's I'uni'hmeiit. The reeling lias long since become deep and wide-spread in the loyal States, that upon South Carolina in large measure rested the responsibility of having begun 'ho pres ent rebellion. That State wa? the first to declare openly its secession, and was furious to have aetoal hostilities commenced, so that by sprinkling blood in the faces of the South ern people, they might all be hurried into secession. A curious exhibition of bow this feeling has taken hold of the army :s evi denced in the account of Sherman's inarch from Savannah northward. On the march from Atlanta to Savannah, order watt kept ; and in contradiction' of the fearful tales the rebel papers at first spread, ot fire and ra pine, tbey were compelled to admit that the people of Georgia bad been well-treted by Sherman's men. And so on his present march, until they reached the South Caroli na border, the soldiers behaved as well as could expected. But immediately upon crossing that line, plundering and burning begin ; and tin track of the army across South Carolina if said to have been a black one. A desire foi vengeance upon the State that caused the re bellion thovird itself H strongly, tout ap parently the officers hardly attempted to re strain it, at least within the lines of advance on which the columns traveki. On crossing into North Carolina, the sol diers again became peaceable. A correspon dent o! the New York Pott, describing tin mar:h says, when tle array had marched fur thirteen miles through splendidly managed North Carolina (arms, "the conduct of the soldiers is changed. I have teen no evidence ol plundering : tlie men keep their ranks closely, and more remarkable vet, not a tin gle column ol fire or smoke, which a few days ago marked the position ol heads of columns, could be seen upon the horizon. Our men 6cctn to understand that they arc entering a State which has suffered for its Union sentiment, and whose inbabi tants would gladly einlirace the old lla again oould they have the opportunity." The devastation visited upon. Sou thCarolina is a terrible retribution fur hei share in the great iniquity of the Kebellioo. Charleston hcronly soaport,is ruined, :ad the interior of the State ravaged. It might have been suit posed that the terrible Palmetto chivalry. enraged by such scourging, would fiercely battle with Sherman's armies ; but no, not a State has so tamely curled down and with outa struggle seen the Union forcoi occupy it cities and devastate its territory. For al their previous bragging and Sre-eating blus ter, not a fight was. bad m the State after tbe crusting of the SalkenatCBte near Savannah They have "eaten the leek" and even dared not swear. Hardee'e great victory over Sherman, as ndced everyone supposed, turns out to have been a defeat. Despatches published to-day show that in the fight at A veryrboro, Hardee was routed and lelt all his dead in Sherman'! hands ; and at KenCemville, three days' later, though at fiist the rebels doubled up and badly bandied one division of the 14th corps they were soon driven back and torccd tu fall back acn.t the Neose. The rebel pa pers claimed to have killed 3000 Yankees t Averysboro ; Sherman report to Gen. Gran that he hps lost but 2,500 since leaving vannah and many of them lwt slighth wounded. Sherjian, Seho6cld and Terry have joined forces west of Goldsboro, and will, no doubt advance together on Kaleigh, where n gen eral battle may be looked for. That is it th rebels stand their graunds. The N. Y. World advises the rebels to submit, and disband their armies. The contest has become on their side liopclese even foreign intervention cannot save them and three victories over the Union armie would ruin them outright, much more three defeats. And hard as are the terms offered by the North, the Wtrld thinks thens is nothing better for the South than to accept them. But what reason docs the Wurld assign for such advice? that the rebellion is un justifiable, that the authority of the United States must be maintained and our nation ality preserved 1 Not at all. It is only that the Democratic party may by help of its o.d allies return to power ; it is only that if the South persists in her rebellion to ut ter destruction, " tho Democratic policy has little chance of success." Tho rebels will hardly fail, on receipt of such adrice, to remind the World and the Democratic party that it was on assurance of all possible help from thcra here at the North that the rebellion was begun ; and to ask with what face, after so failing them as the history of the year 1861 showB tbey did, the Democracy can now advise submission for Democracy's sake. If the Southern States do submit, it will be from no' such motive, but from exhaus tion, discouragement and defeat ; it will be from necessity not from policy. .Manv Soldiers," to Jeff. Davis. Not long since, mention was made of a paper which was found by our soldiers in the camp of the rebel General Early, signed by "many soldiers," which bad been ad . dressed to Jcfl. Davis, and returned to Early with the endorsement, "jt is tube hoped this is not a fair sample of tbc feeling or the 'Army ol the Valley.' ' An extract from tbat address is as follows - 'We deplore, and know that you deplore the leaf and Buffering entailed upon us by this war. Therefore, we prayyou strive every way in your power to settle our trouble by arbitration. Let the sword have no more bloody work to do. If rcthirg ont reunion ca be had, let it corre, lest t worse Sets befal ex. It is clesr tltt Eoglsnd ai France from the first till row havre held a hand upon the fates of the contendisg parties, and stimulated the weaker by turns. They now wonder that we should hesitate to make soldiers of our slaves. This i to strengthen us for an other year or two for resistance They hope by this means to weaken both sections, and then they will divide the spoil. Is this a better (ate man re-umon I remaps we can get better terms, but if not, let us ac cept them; build up our own factories, have our own shipping, and thus secure the only true in dependence wc ever can have. Most of us have . . ... ..i i i. -ii fought our last name, uur propeny u a liecn lost us, our wives and children are bound to tuner, if not starve, in the next six or eight months, and we beg you to enable us to quit this war with honor. The odds to us ts too great to fight the world; we can't resist with any show of success in another campaign. Tis fully to trv. Then strive, honored sir.throueh commis sioners to settle speedily this horrid war. God Almighty aid you in tms gooa wori:. The story that there were no torpedoes ol any account in Charleston Harbor by the Confederates, and that the report that they were so placed was set afloat to frighten the Union fleet, proves to be false. They mve been discovered in numbers iu the harbor and in Cooper and Ashley rivers. Sixty or more have been already taken up. On the 17tn inst., one exploded under the bow of a U. Survey steamer, sounding near Sullivan's Island. Though the bow of the vessel was lifted out of the water by the explosion, do rent damage was done. It is reported tbat Maj. Gen. Robert An derson is appointed to raise on Fort Sumter, on the 14th of April, the identieal United States flag which be saluted, lowered and brought away with him on his capitulation, April 11. 1861. Robert C. Kennedy, a captain in the rebel service convicted b u military court of being a rebel spy and also of having set fire to Ikrnum's Museum and same of the Now York Hotels, was hung in Fort Ufivyil oq Saturday hut. City Council. Monday. .March 277 P. Jl. Board or Aldebmen. The Board assembled aeeordiirg to adjoummeBt, Mayer CatEs in the Chair. Present Aldermen Appkten, Baraes, Taft, Underwood. The ordinance in relation to sateen ws rwd the third time and passed. Alderman Underwood called the attention of the Board to the manner in which the Street Com-mis-joeers were deaninc Church Mreet. He re cruited it as a nuisance, and moved that th Mayor suggest to those officiate some H hex meth od. The motion was carried. The wiut resolution in relation to the Street Department was taken up, and the board on mo tion of Alderman Underwood, insisted oo their disagreement to the amendment proposed by the Common Council. The Board adjourned until Saturday, April 1st, at 9 A. M Common Council. The Common Council as sembled at 7 P. 1.. pursuant to adjournment. Present Messrs. Balkm, Brink, Leomis.Wor cester. Wires, Beekwith and Arthur. On motion, Messrs. Worcester and Arthur, as Committee, were appointed to act under the resolution passed at the his' meeting, ooooetu ing the examination of ordinances passed. The committee on ordinances reported mvor abty en the ordinance relating to weights and measures, with verbal amendateot. The re port was accepted and ordered to be laid on the table. The Committee also reported favorably on the ordiaabce relating to city soaVss, with a verbal amendment. Their report was accepted and laid oo the table. The Special Commitee to which were referred the amendment: proposed by the Board of Al dermen to the ordiance establiahinc a Fire Be partme t, reported in lavor of most of the a mend meets, and added further aawadaients forbidding engines to leave tae eity without leave of the Board of Engineers, and tbc keeping of fireworks f any kind agaiatt the reoonstaarjce of adjoining property owners. A message was received fiom the Board of Aldermen tbat tbey bad passed an ordinance in relation to Saloons. (The ordinance provides that no person shall keen a saloon or vitualing shep without a license from the Mayor, recorded in the City Clerk's office, and paying S'J5 therefor. Every saloon hall be closed from 10 P. M. until daylight fhe penalty is 550 fine.) The ordinance establishing a system of ac countability in the expenditure! of the City.was adopted, and the ordinance nlered engrossed. A message from the Board of Aldermen an nounced tbat they insisted on their amendment to the Joint Ueselution relating to the Street Department. A committee of conferenoe was appointed consisting of Messrs. Arthur and Loorais. The report of tbc Committee on Weights and Measures was taken up; the amendments adopt ed and the bill ordered engrossed. Also the report on City Scales ; amendments adopted and ordered engrossed A resolution was introduced by Councilman Arthur, relative to fire alarms and compensation therefor.which was withdrawn.and the ordinance on Fire Department was recommitted to Com mittee on Ordinances, with instructions to re port an additional section on Fire Alarms. The Board then adjourned to Saturday A. M., at U o'clock. Casualties In YatifONT Taoors ot tbc engagements before Petersburg. March 25tb. 0th Corps, Hi Division, 2d Brigade. WOCXDED. P II Kinsbury, K, 1st Vermont artillery, se verely. Corp Stephen Berry, D,4th Vermont artilley. slightly. Joseph Lapaigne, C, oth ermont, severely. Andrew Wheeler, K, 1st Vermont artillery. slightly. Augustus 15 rulliton, If, 1st t ermont artil lery, severely. Kobert apenccr, G, 4th ermont, slightly. George B Lawrence, D.2d Vermont, slightly. Chas R Plumb, JC, 3d Vt, slightly. Joseph Lessour, G, 5th Vt, severely. Joseph Ainsworth, L: 1st Vermont artillery. slightly. T Judowtn, C, 1st Vt art'llery, severely. Luther Wilson. 1st Vt artillery, sprain. JA Bateraan. B. 2d Vt. sliehtlv. Corp Joseph Baily, G, Vt, severely. Joseph Caraway, L, 1st Vermont artillery. slightly. Corp b Yi Cableicb, A, 1st Vt artillery, se verely. Henry Uowns, A, 1M Vt. slightly. Ephraim Clougb, F, 2d Vt, slightly. H J Widewake. 1st Vt artillery, slightly. Sergt Chas E Turner, D, 2d Vt, severely. Geo G Bailey, I, 3d Vt. slightly. James McGinnis, A, Cth Vt, slightly. II E Laufhlin, C, 4th Vt. slightly. Henry Guymond, K. Cth Vt, slightly. James H Balch. F, 1st Vt artillery, slightly. Jason Powers, E, 4th Vt.slightl. Third Division. Judsonpofford, K, 10th Vt, severely. Orrin lliggtns.C, 10th Vt, slightly. G W Monlith. F. 10th Vt, seeerely. The Boston Traveler's "Washington corre spondent says : "A friend ot one of the most influential men- bert of tbe Cabinet applied to him two or three I oavs ago tor assistance m reference to a trade permit which Grant's orde: madeof nonse. The reply or tbe member or tbe Cabinet was in sub- a prohibitory convention and elected almost stance as follows:-" If Grant's order were rs- , UMB:n0OJ,y. why Hon't the Time, cms ont iu vokei yaur permit vrould be worth very little to . , :' . yos, sa.ica fer Trceka core tie cadre rebel , a leader tad let its readers knotr hotr Tjry pep cccttry'wni be ttrctm ones ta the trade cf all 1 lar tie protib;tcr7 law is 7 It il c p-:r rzfc the world!" TMsVu a very -galzt view of won.t .. the situation, certainly. 1 1 Vermont Items. Satl'ord Farnian'a house at Wcstfield was burned on the 18th with ntarly all its con tents. Loss $1500, fully insured. Three men in jail at Faycttcvillc for js ing counterfeit money attempted to escape lately, but were detected ; they then tried to bribe the jailor, but to no purpose. Hon. E. D. Mason of Richmond, who is one of tho most extensive elicesomakcrs in Vermont, delivered en address at Baptist Corners, Charlotte, on Friday afternoon, i upon the "Benefits arising from Associations for Manufacturing Cheese."' The Lyndon Union says two car loads of lumber shiped by a dealer at that place were one day measured by tlse railroad oom pnny on suspicion ; they then delivered the amount billed, and bad 5,500 icet left. Tho night express oo tho Vt. Central R. II. was thrown off a wile from St. Albans Sunday morning by a broken rail. It was going slowly and no one was hurt. Ninety men unaligned of the 1st Veteran Reserve corps reached St. Albans Friday evening, where tbey are to be stationed for tlse psescnt. Peter Fuller of Pomfret has recently sold twelve Spanish merino ewee to three Bridg water gentlemen for $2,400. A Barton man named FMda, for enticing Canadiana to enlist in the U. S. army, waa aires tod last week at Stamtead and taken to Sherbrook jail. A patent waa waned March 21 to A. Put nam of Cheater for tobacco hooka. Scbool District McctfHg; DisnucrKo 9. Moderator L B. En- gkfcby. Clerk A. G. Loom. Prudential CtmtUeeJohn W. Carpen ter. i t - L. It. Eights. Colkctor John K. Gray. Auditor Mial Davis . Tax, 20 cents on the dollar. Diotbict No 11 Moderator Jeremiah French. Cfcri C. W. Drew. Vrudintial CommuUetii. X. Wilkrd. Trtasurcr L. F. Truman. Collector U. G. Willard. Tax, 30 cents on the dollar. Distkkt No. 12. Nodrrotvr James lewia. Clerk and Treasure J. R. ilickok. Prudential ComatttteeU. H. Langdoo. II. Wood, and Franklin Wight. Collator IiConard Johonnott. Auditor T. E. Walea. Tax, 25 cents on the dollar. Djstuct No. 13. Moderator J. . Ilickok. Clerk Dm rfyon. Prudential Committee L. W. Page, E. It. Hard, and E. A. Fuller. TmuareV C. V. Woodboewe. Collector Hiram S. White. Auditor J. V. Ilickok. Tax, 20 cents on the dollar. Tbe Prudential Committee reported toe debt for the new acbool house entirely paid. DiSTiicT No. 15. Moderator George U. liostwick. Clerk Carlo Wainwright. Prudential Committee G. II. Buatwick, James Zottman, C. Wainwright. Treasurer Geo. II. Bostweck A tax of 40 cents on tbe dollar waa voted . The District voted t-i employ at Collector whoever shall be eboaea as Collector for th City. Diztbct Ko. 16. Prudential Commsitft Wm. Zottman, Geo. L. ReynoMa, H. S. Ful ler. Clerk and Treasurer C. A. Sumner. Collector Wm. Mead. Voted a tax of 50 crate on tbe dollar on tbe Grand list. ltcaiistrros Mcsical Ukiojs. At the meeting for organization on Monday evening, the following officers were choaen : President Wm 11. Hoyt. Musical Director I. X. Camp. Pianut-U I. Proctor. Secretary and Treasurer Henry C. Ten riant. Prudential Commit tee 1 . X. Camp. Chair; man ex-oeio, 11. L. Story, Edward Lyman. Wc hate received a copy of a report of the Committee on Public Health, relative to Small-p 'X, transmitted to the Legislature of New York, Feb. 10. 1SC5. Tbe chairman of tbe committee is Dr. Wm. II. Kicbardaon, a prominent member of toe X. Y. Assembly, "form' rly a Montpelter boy" says a corres pondent or Walton's Journal. The report is a brier one, less than fifteen pages Svo but one of groat value for tbc information it contains on the extent to wbicb Small-pox and Varioloid yet preraila, both in this coon try and Europo ; tbe mortality caused thereby, and tbo means by which these dan gerous diseases aro kept aliro and propagat ed ; and also tbe means by which a com munity can lie thoroughly protected from them. The sutject is one of importance wherever any considerable population exists, and should receive tbe strict attention of all municipal authorities. A (jKniink John lieu.. A story is told of a gniffEnglishinan who frequented one of the churches in New lcrk and showed his i i pj Pi. i i i dogged confidence in the rebel cause by gularly refusing to join in the prayer for the i . . . .. .. . tc;tnt nf tho T7.,.tt Stt. - ..;h.. , . ' ' ; in the service. So, whenever tbat prayer ic utmca States as prescribed I occurred up he would get tnd staDd bolt uu- J ..,. . r . .i. i right till it was over But tbc evacuation gat till it was over But tec evacuation of Charleston was too much for him. John caved when that took place ; and determined to be on the winning sidc.be alter that event kept bis kneeling position and looked as de vout when the President was prayed for. as if he had always been the heartiest Union man alive. Ont next Governor. The St. Albans Messenger some days since urged tho re-nomination of Gov. Smith for another term. The Mcntpelier Freeman of Tuesday says Lieut. Gov. Dillingham will be brought forward as a candidate, and thinks Gov. Smith will not let his own name bcised against him. A friend in a neighboring town writes us as follows : "You know the Tiaet last year claimed tbe County for alicense system, because Mason, was elected when he had been nominated in a license coaveriticn. Thu year. Mason is nominated in An Advance into Wwbb Virginia. The Fouttli Army Corp-, under the com- , , ., maDd or Maj. Gen Stanley, is on its way from Niishville, north, -v truy of Knoxvillc. Gen. Stanley's Tories are estimated at 15,000 I x . .... r r mm ! mca. A cavalry cxi-eelition of 5,000 men has started from Knoxville under command of Gen. Stoneman, and may soon be heard from in south-western Virginia. The rebel forces in that part of the country are said to be but a few thousands. Opinion. Arroairv GEXsaut's Crncc, March 13, 1835. Hon. sidunn M. Session, Scc'yof Il'or- Sir la year letter of thellth of inarch you ask me whether, under the Act af Congress en titled "An Act to amend the several Acts heie- torbre passed to provide for the enrolling and eaiiiogoei me imii lorces. ai nr atatr iiuiuwea. aiwrovea oa .iiarcn. icoo. ine rro- vest Marahal General is required to change the present Uotaa in the pending draft by reason of correction in the enrolment, made since their argument. In tbe lUth section of tbe Act, it is enacted, "Tbat where any revised enrolment in any Con gressional nr dratt district has been obtained or made, prior to any actual drawing of names from the enrolment lists, the quota of such dis trict may l adjusted and apportioned to such revised enrolment, instead ot bring applied to or Da' ed upon the enrolment, a it may hate stood before tbe revision. ' ' It will be perceived that ike language of this section is in the past tense, and properly so, tho gh relernng to future and existing enrol ments : An enrol ox ot most ever precede any action under the section. It was, therefore, right to apeak of tbe enrolmen' as a put fact, a something that had been done. Regarding the sectKiu by itself, and as uuauected by other clauses io tbe statute, it applied as well tc any future, as to an existing enrolment But, at the time of the enactment, there was an enrolment and pending draft under a call for additional troops, and tbu appears from tbe pro visos to (be loth and 27lh sections. It iiprovideil in tbe 15ih section, tbat the rule of credits fixed therein shall not apply to the pending call ; and in the 27th section, itts"rorud.- That noth ing herein cot ' uned ah all operate to postpone the pending draft or mterfen with the quotas assigned therefor." Neither of these provisos can be regarded as repugnant to the 1 3lh aection. Tbey do nothing more than prevent a construction of the Art that would change tbe rule of credits as to tbe pending draft, or that wuold postpone it, or that would interfere with the quotas assigned there for. Indeed. Congreaa has. by implication, de clared that the quote assigned for the present or pending draft shall not be interfered with. Thu could have been done in the enacting parts of tbe statute, but may be at well and aptly done by proviso. Now, if tbe corrections provided for in tbe I3th eectioo are made to apply to the present draft, tbe quotas as assigned therefor, will be interfered lb. This ia what I on tn ess has said shall not be done. After the peodiog draft, the proveaos will nave performed their omoe, and alt future drafts must be made subject to the rulea prescribed iu tbe Act I am, tbereiixT, of the opinion that the Pro vost Marshal General ia oot required to change tbe present quotas in the pending draft by ret son of corrections in the enrolment, made since tneir assignment. I am, air, very res pert futer. Tour obedient servant, JAMES SPKBIp, Attorney Owaarai Official copy : William Acanaa, Maj. U. 8. Army. A. A. P. il. Gen. of Vt. Opinion. AnoBxcY Gduxai's Orncr, ) March U, 1865. diria AT. Stanton, Hon. Secretary of War; Sir Tbe trst qoeatioa propounded in your letter of the 10th inst , ia, whether tbe 23d section of the Act of March 3d. 1865. "so. peratdea" the 4th section of the Act of February 24th, im. Tbe 4th seenon of the Act of February 24th, 1804. enables any enrolled person, before a draft, to furnish an "acceptable substitute who ia not HaMe to draft, nor, at the time, in tbe mihtaij or naval serrioe of the United sute," and provides tbat tbe person to furnishing such sub stitute "shall be nempt from draft durinj the Ume for srhtch inch mbttilule shall not be habit to draft, not ezctfltrg tf time for which such substitute shall hare betn accepted." Under this enactment, any person enrolled and liable to dratt, may obtain exemption from the draft daring tbe whole period ot time for which e shall prueure a substitute to be enlisted, pro vided the substitute shall be so long net liable to draft. It is not a mere crcitit fat a particular draft which such person obtains by tarn tailing a substitute before the anticipated draft, but it w an absolute exenstiofi which be acquires from liability to be drawn at any and every draft which may occur during the entire time for which hia substitute has been accepted by the Government, provsled tbe substitute be so long net liable to draft. If for example, his substitute is accepted as a three-years' volunteer, and re mains so long not liable to draft, tbe prinepal, by the provision ot tbe law of lei4, jast referred t, is insured against I be risk of being drafted during tlse whole perssl f r which bwsubsttute enlisted, no matter bow many drafts may oxur between tbe enlistment of the substitute assi the expiratiua of his term of service. But the 'gov ernment, umler this provision is to be at m ex pense in consequence of tbe authorised substitu tion of one individual for another in toe draft. The party who desires to avail him-elf of tbe privilege conferred by the law, is properly and justly required to compensate the substitute. Such being the proti-ion ot the law of IS. too tbe subject ol "substitutes" turn abed in anna pation or a dratt, the law of March 3d. lS, provides (in its 23d aection) ss follows: " That any person or persona enrolled in e :y tub-district may, after notice of a draft, aad before the same shall have taken place, cause tu be mustered into the service of the United Sta es such number of rtrruils not subject to draft, is they mav deem expedient, which recruits shall i (u t'.r crt lu uf the persons thus causinr t.ro to be mustered iu, and shall be taken as substitutes for inch persons, or so many of then as may I ilrified. to tbe extent of the number ' of such recruits, a id in the order designated bf tbe principals at tbe time such recruits are tbtii i ss aiorrsatd mustered in.' It is clear that this enactment provides fo quite another case than tbat contemplated b tbe provuion to which I have been adverting ia the statute of 1 6 1 , and confers upon an eurolM person a privilege entirely distinct from that giten to him by that statute, of which he mar avail himself at his option, iu preference to tbe privilege conferred by the Act of 1S61. Under the provision of the 23d sevt'on of the Act of 3d March, 1865, be may, in advance of a draft, "fmif to le muttered into the service" a "rerrsit not subject to draft," which "recruit" will "stand to the credit " ot tbe enrolled person, causing him to be mustered iu, in tbe event of tbe principal being drafted, and besrea,ae ' happennyof that continyency, at a substitute for surb. principal. But trie "credit shall avail hint only for tbc particular draft in advance 1 nd anticipation of which he may have secured j 'be "recruit." There is no provision id the Act of loY.5 that ,,, farlniihin. nU" un,,rth section, shall be "exempt from draft" dur- n tk- r,. u;..u .k-:. l b lclc wtu "g the time for which tbe recruit may have been aooepted and enlisted. But the only benedt hieh a person so fttrnishiBg a recruit derives. under ,h Mt of 1S65, is the securing, in the event of his being dratted, of a "credit" on the ri jf, ; .,Ji, , .7 particular draft in anticipation of which the "recruit" may have Oreo turnishct. The "re- I emit my be murterwl into tlie ser. ee for three j ye.rs.and yet as. substitute, he can only aeail toe person wno caoseu mm io oe mustered in, for and with reict to tbe one draft before, and in anticipation of which be was obtained. The I liability of the principal to be drafted at any V'" bL',1',."J 1,1 ,nun "notber, a por , other drafts occurring after tbe mustering in of j "" r "hicti, with the engine, also ran in tbe "recruit," and during tbe term of his serv- V ,,,eHUI ' bit all the persons on board ' ice, is not at all effected. There is manifestly, ! f " coail I therefore, no conflict between the respective ' sections of the Acts of 1&04 and IbOo, to which ' vou have called my attention One aoes not I The First Disthict has filled its quota impinge upon, nor even eras the path of. tbe other. Tbey sive different and dis nn .1 ift-r.H., -... I .1: tinct rights and privileges to the citiien I liabU to draft. He has tbe alternative course j to pursue before any draft, either to buy a "tub- ' stitute," and secure him to be mustered in, ami thus obtain exemption from the draft during tbe ' entire term of enlistment of tbe substitute, if the latter be so long nit liable to draft, or he may , procure for tbe Government a "recruit" not lil able to draft, and obtain credit tor such re cruit iu case he should be drafted, subjecting himself, however, to tbe liibdity of being com pelled to repeat tbe operation at every succeed ing draft that rniy be ordered by the President Cbhrly. I suppose, tbe desicn of the provis ion of the Act of 18SA, under consideration, was to otfer inducement and present a stimulus to numbers or associations of individuals in any subditret, heti.re tbe liability of any of thra bsice fired by a draft, to obtain volunteer ne crunt Sir the my Ong-ci -r. 'er, - r r a -l ;r-. - rsw f ; v .- ertions to 11 up the armies. It says to th rej- dents of the multitudinous counties, townships, ' a.n'1 precincts, throughout the country, , Urganite yourself into re-crm'tino societies; in- . Juce voIunttCT!1 ,0 mli,t ;, the JKiee Mo the dratt; pay them such amouuts of bounty as.. , J00""? be able to raise by your contribution 10 he rfcruiiiyr funds of vourseveral districts; j i anj, hen tbty h4Te enisItJ int0 ,hf Mrfjcf; ! me volunteers you may have raised will stand to the credit of as many of you as may happen to be drafted, to the extent of the number of re ! cruits. 'in the order designated, at the time the recruits are mustered in." ( Such Is the declaration and promise of the Be i law Its policy is to encourage rerraifuj.nat . tire pleicaratiah or substitutes; to induce th'j eople to organiie asJocUticns for the advance j ment ofroranVr':nj;, rather than the purchase j 'cfl!ubs'jtu'ts. in enacting this new law, and inaugurating this new policy. Congress however, baa not ta ken away the right of the enrolled person, bc- fore the draft, to furnish a substitute, with the l qualification before stated, and thus secure his xcmptran from draft during the time for which , hL substitute shall have been accepted. Hestill ;n i. -. . : .l as it in his power to exercise that riehtin tiref- 3 face to therisr,ht conferred by the 2SJ section of the Act of 3d .March. 1 666. of obtaining a "recruit" previous to each draft, as it may oc cur, and securing thereby a credit in the event, on any occasion, of bis being drafted. am of opinion, therefore, that the 23d sec tion of tbe Act of March 3, 1365, dcte not su lrsele the 4 th section of the Act of February 23, 1S6S. The second question which you have referred to me, is. whether the "recruit," which are "to be taken a: sabstitutes," are to be considered and borne upon the niuster-rUs ami records of tbe office of the Provost Marshal Oereral, a i other volunteer recruits which are obtained at tbe expense of tbe United States, or as substi tutes which arc furnished at tue cost of the I priocil. I am of opinion that tbe " recruits" whom persons enrolled in any sub-district may "cause to be mustered into the service of the United States," in pursuance of tbe 23d section of the Act of 3d March, ltfV .are to be considered and treated as other volunteers who are obtained at the expense of tbe United States. It will be ob served, from the analysts of the law oouuined in the foregoin; remarks, that tbe idea luvoived in tbe law ot 1S61 is ii(itutio while the idea of the law of lbtio is crediting. The section of the Act of IS60 under eonsid era t ion, does not speak of the "recruits" in question as "substitutes," but declares that thry "shall te takm as substitutes" for the persons who ruiur them to ht mustered in. Tbey are not substitutes, but only of the nature of sub stitutes. Their primary and rssentialeharacter, under the Uw, i that ot credits for their procur ers or principtls; and this description i tae first description given of them in the section in ques tion, for. after saying "iraira recruits 'hall stand to the credit of the persons thus canting them to be mustered in." the eectioo proceeds. "and shall betaken as substitutes for such per sons, or to many of thtm at may be drafted, to Ike eitentofthe number of tuck recruits " A critical study of the words of tbe statute thus develops tbe fundamental idea which I have supposed, from other indications, was intended to be embodied ia tbe Lew The "recruits" who are to "stand to the credit" of tbe enrolled per sons, causing tbem to be mustered in lfore the occurrence of a dratt, I am of opinion, then, are to be considered as other volunteer recruits which are obtained at tbe expense of tae United Stater, and not at "so telltales," iu the ordinary swt-e of tint term, which are furnished at the cost of the principals. Very re-itfuliy, Your obedient servant, JAMES SPEED. Attorney General Omnal espy : William Abjilne, .Major U. S. A., Acting Assistant Pro. Mar. General of Vt. The Iiilrrnntiuiinl Inhibition in Prussia. No 36 Studio BctLuiac, ) llostcn, March 24. ltsfioj Editor Rutland Herald : Haviog received a large number of letters irom the sheep breed ers ia Vermont, making enquiries with regard to sen diss: sheep to the International Fair in Prus sia, allow me to answer the enquiries through the columns :.' your paper. The exhibition is to I held at Stettin, from tbe 16th day of May to the last of June. Stetria is on the Keltic, tbe chief seaport of Prussia. The premiums offared for Merinoeo are from thirty to forty-Hie dollars ia gold. Tbe num ber ot sheep to be taken in a lot should not be less than twelve. Ewes should be taken in lots of three, and should be two years old cr over. Bams can be taken either yearlings or as two years old or over. The sheep cu be shinned in the Hamburg steamer from New York as lata ss the ?.nh of April. The sheep should not be s bora. The length of tbe trip is about uftssn days. Parties taking sheep sawuld take hay Irom their om n tanas. llAMEL NlCOUAM. AsotrxT or Cotton Suzra at Savannah. U is stated that Mr. Draper, (iorernment Agent, has secured for the United States thirty-eigbt thousand five hundred bales of cotton, tbe greater part of which is known as "sea island cotton" tbe mo-t valuable quality. This cotton will be sold at auction on government account. The Richmond Eiaminer of tbe 2ii, in utriog the sending away of tbe families whose men bad gone North, said "Richmond has never before seen davs like these; and possibly worse are to come. The fate of the city, nay, of tbe whole country, is fast becoming a mere question of oommissariat. Tbe public charities of Richmond cannot now feed the deserted familix of traitors, without defrasding our (aitaful defenders and their child reu." President Lincoln wai with tbc Army of the Potomac during the late fight, and wit- nietl a larade of trt of tbe 5th oort while the battle was proceeding. It is said that ten tbou-and bales of cotton have Ken discovered in and around Charles ton. 'Inere was a great firo in Port au Prince, llayti, Feb. 20, originating in the theatre and spreading from bouse to house until Tour hundred bouse" wero destroyed, involv ing a loss of forty to fifty millions of Hayticn dollars, and depriving hundreds of persons ol their homes. Tho fire, tiiough lasting only six hours, destroyed the most active business: jnrt of tho citys A case! Ills be'en tried in P.rtgland , which turned upon the question whether the word "teuui" meant a wagon and horses or the liorses only. It was decided to mean the i Utter, and the Duke of Marlborough, who .i i .r.i . . ., . .. " ' nan mo pmiuiiu, iosi ino sun, Last week Fridajaon the New Jersey Cen tral Kailnad, while a cool tram was pass- mgutcr uioomsuury onagc, Dei ween tiin ton and Phillipshurg, the structure gave way. and the whole trai, was Trecipi&ted into the stmtn, beneati.. a d.stanL ..V.iv or setenty feet, and the engineer, Crcman anil two brafceine'ii were instantly killed. mHler the late call, .tirelv. rv,l tb,.ill ' ' " be no dratt in that district. Navigation lias been rrsumrd on the Hud sou l'iur. Thcro aro only five ne wspers now pub lished in Virginia and thu Richmond and Petersburg jajiers will stop soon. fbe N. V. Triiune says Jay Cooke and 1'... Iiaie already made arrangemeuU to oouimenco the sale or Seven-Thirty Bonds in Ilieliinoial as tss.n as uur armies enter. .g-iCts .ve bit: s-z,. eit."n u: x"i ti - - . k i .v. li I. aa.u ... l.nJ Oct. M4k -...1-3 already in our poaserBion. .Veir Publications. LirK and Death i.v Reihl Prisons. L. Stcb- hirs, Hnrtf..rd, Conn. The hornirs ot rebel stockades' and other prisons in which so many thousand Union prisoners lime died from starvation and ex posure, wantonly indicted upon them under the authority of reM .ir . i.:i ..til uuitvis, nuIv .... more thousands of rebel prisoners in our ' hands lnw hen fall fed, eorcfortably bous I ed arid kindly cared for when sick, can nev ' cr be fully told. The enormity has been one j of such vast proportions, the shocking de 1 tails arc so numerous) the whole ia so far I beyond anything ever before known in the world's history, that the imagination can not be wrought up to a full realization of it. A single narrative often shocks the reader almost beyond endurance ; and many sensi tive t'ersons are obliged to turn away 'from the nrnsal of narratives, the truth of fhich is beyond dispute, while yet the bar barities related seem almost incredible from their very enormity, as perpetrated bT per sons who have any claim to civilitcd beings. The author of the work before us is Robert H. Kcilojo;, who was sergeant-major of tbc 16th Connecticut regiment which rendez voused at Hartford. It was captured, ex cept a small jortion of it, at Plymouth, N. C, in Auril, lctH, and taken to the prion stockade at Andersonvillc, Ga. In tho nar row limit of that stockade were erowded that summer, thirty thousand prisoner?, ot whom some thtiteen thousand died of want and exjiOoure. Mr. Kcl!o relates with minuteness the capture, the passage through the south, tbe horrible life at Andersonvillc, the trao-fer to Charleston, and then to Florence, and fi nally the wvlul exchange of himsell and a lew of bis comrades at Savannah in Decern bcr bet. The sad talc is told with simplic ity, without exaggeration, and with every anpearunco of truth. Tho volume is illustrated by sketches of tbc stockade prison at Anderronville and Florence, and of scenes of prison life, and has n very full table of contents. The vol ume bound and full gilt is, sold, to the pub lisher states, only by traveling agents, at S 1 .75 per copy. Sec the pnWsshcr's adver-ti-cment in this paper. lUroRT or the; Adjutant and Issruroa' General or Virkont, from Oct. 1, lc?63, to Oct. 1, 1874 : Svo , pp. 960. The annual report Irom the Adjutant and Inspeetoi General of Vermont, made to the Governor at tbe opening of tbe annual October session of tbe Legislature ordinarily fills only a fair-sized pamphlet. This year it is swollen to the site of a large volume, which has just appeared. All tbe reports of Adj't and Ins p. Gen. Pnn T. W.;nsiaNr have been important documents of permanent historical value. Tho present one is pre 1 eminently so, and the thanks of tbe people of this State are due to tbat indefatigable and putnolie officer for its preparation, and to bis asivtants for their aid io it compila tion. The report it accessible to tbe people in every town each member of tbe Legisla ture being famished with a copy. By a reference to tbe report, every one in search of personal information can, in most cases, find there wbat he wants to know, and thus save the Adjutant General's Office from being ovrrburtbenrd with letters ol inquiry. To iaeilitate such researches Walton's Journal at which office tbe report was printed furnishes tbe following epitome Tbe report proper is a statement of tbe work of the omee for the year, embracing the recruit ing service n Vermont, and by her agents is the South, snowing the number of men raraubed in tbe year, arid the whole during tbe war New Organisations Re-enlistments Town Credits Naval Credits Substitutes Commutation of Sute Pay Troops in the field, their service and condition Previous campaigns Hospital Ar rangements Korollmeot of the Militia Ac counts against tbe United States Office Expenses. Appendix A gives the orders issued daring tbe year. Appendix D consists of correspoBdence with the W ar Department concerning military matters in Vermont Appendix C embraces the reports of otScers commanding in tbe field of marches, engage ments, casualties, &c the details of casualties not embraced, as these were earned into the roster, where the cams of each man killed, wounded or taken prisoner, apt-ears, with th date. Appendix I) is the Roster of Vermont Volun teers and drafted men, embracing all the regi ments, batteries, sharp-sbooten, andunassigncd recruits, with the officers, non-commissioeed officer, musicians and privates; giving name, age. date of enlistment and muster, and also date of discharge, desertion, death (hy disease), kill ed in battle, wounded, re-enlistment, promotion, reduction to ranks, sick in hospital, absent with out leave or missing in action. It will be ob served that this settles questions on which claims for State pay, pensions. 4c, materially depend. J Appendix E shows the credit given to each Town iu the State, giving the names of volun teers credited under different calls, and the time of service, and also of the men furnished by draft, and of pen on j who paid commutation or furnish ed a substitute. Appendix F gives the official reports of en gagements in which Vermont troops took part, from Sept. II, 1861, tothe battle of Gettysburzh in July, 1S63. The amount of labor bestowed on this report has been immense, ard we can certify tbat great pains have been taken to secure accuracy in names and dates; but we must add, from much experience in printing, that errors are unavoid able. There will be many variations undoubt edly between names in the roster aud names of tbe same persons in tbe report of town credits, because tbe names in the roster are those yirea iy the men themtelvet, as varied (bungled, per haps,) by returning officers, while the names in town credits were given by the Selectmen of the several Towns. Detween these two sources of information, embracing the names of more than 30,000 persons, we assume that there will be many discrepancies. We need hardly add that this work has involved heavy expense as well as immense labor, but we have been assured 'hat, aside from the historical interest and importance of this report, its publication is a measure of economy to the State. To furnish the same in formation from the office, in answer to applica tions in reference to soldiers' claims, town cred its, town histories, ic, that have been, and are, and long would be pressing for reply were not the report printed, would cost more than the ex penditure for preparing and printing the report. To Hocsixezpers. The Country Gen tleman gives the following method of ridding houses from the intrusion of Led bugs. It is not. expensive, and our good bousewites should give it a trial, unless tbey arc fond of the company of the aforesaid pests " Persems not desirous of being carried out of the world by bugs will bo glad to Icarn that they can't etand hot alum water. Take two pounds of alum, bruise it, and re duce is-to powder, dissolve it m three quarts of water: let it remain in a warm place till the alum is dissolved. Tbe alum water is to lie applied hot by means of a brush to every joint and crevice. Brush the crevices in the tloor of the places,- whitewash the ceiling, putting in plenty of alum, and there will be an end to their dropping thence. At a family gathering in Danbury, not long since, a great great-grandmother, Mrs. Irene Taylor, held in her lap a child, a grand-child, a great-great-child, and a grcat-grcat-grand-child in all, five generations ! That is not often lieat. A PaoLirtc Matron. Mr. Andrew Alli--u, residing in Beaver County. Ohio, last week, gave birth to four healthy children. Some twenty months ago, Mrs. Allison gave birth to thrcf daughters, whom she named Cevra, Dera and Nora. These .-vcc children, :r v;:'i ftr; -. .' were, at last aonat6, doing well, vs. was. also their mother. iews ot the Week. TYae Departme-nt.-- 1.30 P. M. VAsnioTJN, Mareo 27. To (Sen. Jahn A. Dix Tbe following official reports ol tbe eipcra lion tf the Army of the Potomac on Satur- .1 . .. I ..T Ihli.nn t r ' nrmtinnM since he ' "" s..... - , I ., i-aTCtrrvilre.wcrr- received ttiisuiorning ' Gen. Sherman wan at Goldsboro on tho !j1 of this month No movements have ticcn made on cither side U-fore IJicb'uond or Petersburg since Saturday night, jjj, E. M.STANTON. Secretary of War. Cur Point 10,30 A. M. March 27. Tl. Hon. E. M. Stanton, See. of War: The battle of the 25th resulted in the fol lowing looses on our side : Second Corps", killed "51, wounde-i 462, missing 177 ; Sixth Corps, killed 47. wounded 401, missing 30 ; Ninth Corpn. killed 68, wounded 33S ; miss in" 505. Our captures by the Second Corps were 365, by the Sixth Corpn 4C0, and by the Ninth Corp 1049. The Second and Sixth Corps pushed lorward and captured tho encmyvi strong cntrenchme-nts, turn ed them against Mm and still hold them. In trying to retake this the laettle was continu ed until 8 o'clock at night, the enemy lusing very heavily. Humphrey estimates tho loss of the enemy in his trout at 3 times his own, and Gen. Wrisht in his front, at double tbat of ours. The enemy brought in a flag of truce hr permission tei collect hie dead, which were tjetween their picket line and their main I meat lortiseaitou. reruns ion was granted. U. S. GKANT Lieut. General. fur Point 11 A. M. ) .March 27. J To Hon. . M. Stanton, Set. o H'ar . I am in receipt uf SherraanV report of 0rations Irom the time tie leit rayeitevme up tu tho 22d in-t. It shows hard fighting resultimr in very hestvy lew to the enemy killed and wounded, and over 2000 prisoners in our bands. His own lo-s, he saye, will be covered by 2500 men since he left .VavaD- nai. Many of them are slightly wonded. U.S. GRANT. Lieut. Gen. The following acojuuts ot Ofierations amund Goldsboro, are luruisbed by corres pmdenW : A special messenger who left (Joldsboro, N. C, on the 23d, brin-s the highly impor tant information irate onermaa inrmea a jutction with Schofield and Terry, at Cox's bridge on -euse river, a icw inite s west ol Grhlsburo. on tbe 21st int. The 14th corps of Sherman's a nay bad a fight with Hardee at A rerysboro o n the ltiih, in which tbe latter was bandsorae'.y defeated. leaving all bis eleaa i u lien. L'mvis bars! aed retreating to lienlon ville. At Bentonville, on Sunday, the 19tb, one division ot the I4tb ouri waa attacked bv Johnston, and for a wbile tun ltd back, but m being reinforced by the rewt est tbe divis- 1roe tne enemy rjacC , ars t during aun- ht he abandoned lie ntonville, and fell halt- 2,., oss tbe Neose n ver to SiuilhtieU back sc. some 10 in. dss west of (iolt Mm ito. It is merc tetnporary su ca -s in the Drst ptrt ef the b" 'bat the n 4i Is are Isjusttng jier as a great "'ttorT- Sherman's loss will not exceee? 1000, v. bis an al " in eelknt iVaTaslalnTVn tin the !d.SeoiM mo Ted to Cox's bnehre, on tbe Neuse rh.r miles beyond (Mldaboro. where Gen. Te. TT " ' wer dbcovered, lavinc run toons v t T0PI? tot' Z?.T r having narrknl all ttu wav from II il rmngton. In a few moDtenti som. Stier- nun trnina of tb. ?ith isu-t UMTf dlsCOVer- K movins from Ilentemville to Cox a lt and a junction of tbe right winr -ber-mans army with Terry's and SchoJel J't' 'ur is was rs.rimnene2r tiuul (ten. Sherman heul nntt&si SeKfJt, 'hi he would be at Goldsboro on the 22d of 'aren and kept his word. Some of bis staff Tere there during the day After his repulst ' at Hen too ville, Joe Johnston fell back to Sat. 'h jeld to cover Ilaleigh. Desertions of Nor. h Corolina troois from bis army are Dnmrl " oets. On last Saturday and Monday there wa. ' severe and continuins nghting between Sbennan and Johnston, hut there was on grand battle. Johnston declined a generl engagement. Tbe battle was set in array uduo two ontsite ranees of lulls on tbe south side of the Neuse, our troops facing K westward and both the armies defended by earthworks, tbose of Sherman of course be ing hastily constructed. The fighting lasted two days during which some desperate charg es were made on lth sides. The rebels charged our linen lour times and five times our men made counter-charges. The fight ing n Irurjtlay was mostly done by the 20th and l ltli corps, and on Monday the 15tb and 17th corps came up nd partially reliev es! tbrtn. All along the route from Fayette ville suenmin has had more or less fighting every day. The following details of the fighting before Petersburg arc furnished. Af ter tho engagement between the enemy and the 9th corps Saturday morning, orders were given for the 6th corps to make an attack on the left of the line in front of Fort Fisher. Tbe 3d division, Seymour commanding, was selected as tbe assaulting column, and shortly after noou the line of battle was formed and the order to advance given. Iu a short time our men had posses sion of the entire line of rifle-pits or tbe ene my, nearly all tbe occupants having been made prisoners. Our loss in the affair was very trifling. Over 600 prisoners were brought in as the result or the engagement. Still another fight took place at Hatcher's Run. in which tbe 2d Corje was engaged, fbe attack was made about dark. Over 400 prisoners Tell inin our hand-, making in all to-day about 257, among whom arc nearly 100 otKnmissione'd officers, the highest in rank being a colonel. This does not include the rebel woureded in hospitals, whose num bers arc considerable. These men seemed as they passed along completely satisfied with their position, no douhtaniici'pating a larger supply of ratijns than they have been getting for somu time past. It is reported that Gen. Gordon wa seen urging his men to fight, and at times swearing at them for cowardice, ending witn the exclamation By G-d ' just as 1 thought ; the men won't "tight ;"' after which he left und was not afterwards seen. Lieut. Age of thu 14th Mass. llattery was killed while fighting his guns. He was or dered to surrender but refused, and six bul let were round to have entered his body. He was a gallant officer and much esteemed by his men. Col. Pentecost ol the 100th Pa. waa also killed, while gallantly leading his men into action. This regiment is compoeed or new men, and are credited with having behaved like veterans. A Newbern letter or the 2ltb says tho en emy captured three guns on tne drst day of tbe battle at Bentonville, but on the arrival of tbe 17th and 14th corps tbe enemy weie driven in all directions, leaving these three guns and seven others, besides seven thous and prisoners and their dead and wounded. Deserters arc coming in in large numbers In thu battle before Petersburg Saturday as soon as the rebels sue-cctded in gaining possession or Fort Steadman, they at once fell to plundering the bugoize in tbe tent. and all that their officers could do would not induce them to desist. Those who remained in line fought with notbimr like the enthusi asm they exhibited last summer, and many laid down their arms at the first opportunity or reaching tbe rear. On witneming, this, the rebel otEceni determined to return to their own lines as rapidly as possible, and .1.;- ....... ..... 1. , i ""e"'is .e. mv nu.u "si" In art a ljr.. Mist!n,i nf tl.d . ..If tr... .! to get a large jortion of the assaulting col umns hack safely Hundreds, however, run and hid in the bombproof?, and waited there to be taken prisoners. The number brought in by the 9tn corps was reported yesterday correctly at 1800. The loss in the corps is not far from COO. An order has been issued to the army, congratulating the officers and men on tbe splendid victory achieved over the enemies of our esmutry, and thankuii; tletu fur tneir behavior on tne occasion. In Illinois a genius advertises on behalf nf .certain lamous accidental railway, thai v xper:rnoed cotonet and six practical jj-jMwill follow each regular train in special cars, together with a few surgeons and reporteri." Personal. Williiin Whitinir. Eso.. v,i:-. War department, has resigned to rM practice of the law at Bustnr. ill i charged tbe duties of Solicitor w-h pen-sitwn. Major John llav, the Presf.i se-cretary. lias lvn aprnintesl Legation at Paris. John WiUon. third Au-lit-r -.: . ury, is to N; appointed Sevond A,. rotary of the Tirasury. in pluv .p ' FieW, who has la-en tenderrd th. . . at Chieii Kiarif;, Clitn-.. M. Mnr.ttmlon, tbe new Inn t t to this country, is the prescn' r ranee? in .Mexico, and was l-.i , ;s, French Consul in New York. Geo. T. Morehous.-, E-...fM .; , has Iiccn appointed by the Presi i. s, lar Agent lor tho district of St T.n- Longucil. .Mr. Morehouse is s V- by birth, a native of Roches:.;. County. Railxoad AccinxNT a broken r an express tram on the New Virk i Railroad from the track, near Ori-x.-noon, Thursday. Two passengers . - t ed and twenty or thirty woundeo v barely cscapeel drowning, as tw.. over into the water which was se-..-i deep, besidi the embankment Tiis Stutterer in a Vnh, in jltt Tho chief performer, wbo rerr. -ent.-: t -tercr, was giving a piece of" mi ,riui Harleepjin to which no listenl w,' mark of eagerness. The unfnrf unav A-as striving to ttciiiaint the pat;,--where his mistress was exmrs.i, ; , unluckily stumbled on a w";rd if str. hies, which completely ohstr'i. ti 1 grcsa of the narrative. Hi utt r, again and again, hut always without -Ihough there were several r.thi r w would answer just as well, the stutt. -no more adopt another than a sait his religion. Harlequin presert.-l . with a dozen, but be jrsistisl !n . cessful attempt .in that which i,.; his way. At last, making a dei--. t the cruel word ceeme with its' r most, and stuck across the 'in-.r, windpij. He gaped andpanttti ,. ed; his face flushed, and his .s .., . ready to start from his heiid H -unbuttuned the stutterer's wai.t. ,at neck of his shirt ; he fanneo hn his cap; held a bottle ol hart-i ,r-, nose; at length, fearing his p,.., , . expire before he eonld gne tin i.-i igence.in a fit of despair he pit. :,. i . full in the dying man's st.,uiai word bolted out ot the dying man - . tbe most distant parts uf the n was performed in a manner i pe'i. .ind the expedseot, ceme on uie tally tbat my comnaniortsi and un into an excessive lit of laughter, n.s inuesi it so long tbat tne atte.,: i nuJieoce being turned frm th. -u bur, oemstoned a renewal oi : :. -over the pwy-buise. 'raeRaWjrb Standard of Mir n: ,t. ing of the occopeitioa of Fayettei i,,e .y . Sherman said : Our troops save cootestel ths ;r un u't ous points with tneir accustome-l frUr. endurarKe, W.t beskve the ( wUI be met at same point south i R i ; The rebels) Manifested great enjurat running awriy, that's abnut all in. t shown yet. It was r jcently stated in tne ,t y na Legislature that tbe enure fiv. : . of the re d Confederacy isonU ll.'" official uV niments from rtieh docesl to prove tbe statement Bl'1'.l.veiTO.s Mcsical I n n m"'Jg held last evening, a ,.,r- and 'jy-Io ws were ailopted and a appointed ta nominate officers and an adjor irned meeting to be held at t plars? or a Monday evening. 'tne Montgoasery. Ala prcesV m which is teyin w s9j,ipirtg its vitals ana ami '.n the amy. . , .Van g;i s hold ot" the power 'sit!' ,i Assaota, or wbat remains writ. is.i. i ed by a rebel force under Howell l'. !1' i he has his) headquarters there. The ml I bas been repaired, and is now running gukrly between Atlanta and Macm. Three men went into a banker's Louisville on the 27th. locked the . in bis safe, and went off with SS45.I"1" safe had to be out open to let the u.: The President lias ordered Brev. t M Gen. Anderson to raise over Frt s.pr-. -noon on tho 14th of April, the sum ' States tWg tint floated over it at tne r: the ribel as-ault, and that i" '. sa with 100 guns Irom Fort Sumter i" : every Fort and rebel Battery th.it ti . i -upen Sumter; also that suit.V'k n ccremoniesi he perrormed nnir .i .-' -Maj. Gen. W. T. Sherman, wh .se ipc-r compiled the evacuation ot ( h ir.i's in his absence, under dirwti n .1 '. r more, eomouinding tbat Miliun I' ment; and also that the nAal - Charleston be directed to parti. .r,v. -ceremonies ; and tbat Rev H. nry l ' IJeecher bo invited to delivers r.' dress on the occasion. A magnificent comet was dtseMVt r tie Janeiro, Jan. 22d Its length tween eight and nine degrees, its !ir- -' ty or fifty mmute-s. Tur. Post Orncr. iVe learn that M Huntington has received official notiSca' f bis appointment as Postmaster of ' Jity. U. V. M. The Society of Religious Inr t ieir regular meeting. Mar. 27th elected the 1 owng officers for the ensuing term President A. W. Clark. I'iee President V. S. Cilley. Cr. Sec. It Treas.IL Belknap. Rec. See.H. C Barnes. A Hanuigl of garden Violets Uei f- ' Jlossoined in the open air was hanuea Ust week. While Deacon George Memam s Ins -was catting hay on tbe second fljor J ' ' barn in Springfield, a few days ago. he b" i slight noise, and, looking "around, duo.' tred a cow, which he left " below, bat wh... .' lad quietly walked up stairs while be was & work. The cow evidently wanted ' i?" t die beet," and supposed that thatwasw t bey kept it. RoJrt Jameson of Rockland. Matt voun? man who bad inst nut a tuhetitut'' . - . J l- i u - .i e t ene army, was inrown irim a sict.i ! .1... . . I trit. I T. I . .... .1 . days ago and killed. Peace lias its iU: no less than war. Prof. Agaeeiz has gone to South Anier 1 n a recent lecture on Glaciers he expresse I a hope that he might some day tw' j tropical regions of America, compare trues ligations and coiihiin his theory lueue d.iy one of our B-iston lucrenants, inquire if Prof. Aga-six really wished f vi.it -"' An.eii, and tindnia tuc exj-nsc ot tSef1 peditiou would be Iwtween j;2,000 and 000 Tur each member, sent word "i"if your assistants organize vour expeditwa tnd send tbe bills tutne.'' Tl ev start -crdinpt. . -. i.nl . mra, txsid.s AgA-six antt another lady. The Pacific sa company have ouertd tbem a free ptussje " a new steamux.