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are appropriated for this year; House bill
for the relief Of the Treasurer Of Fayette
county.
Mr. Gunckel's bill for the relief &c the
Soldiers Home, was reported back by
the Military Committee, with recommen-
doiion that II be postponed TO next scs-
sion. After brief discussion, II was
ordered TO be read third tune to-mor-
row.
The House refused to agree 10 the Sem
ate amendment TO the adjournment. Res
olution TO commence the next session in
January, 1865.
MIR. Harrison offered series Of resolu-
tions condcmnipg mobs, and also Cop
pcrbead papers for melting them. Laid
over.
A resolution asking Congress TO re.
move the exemption from the taxation of
Government bonds, was offered aud laid
on the table.
Mr.. Stanton offered n substitute 10 the
mob resolutions, which condemns mobs
against the enforcement Of the cOnscrip-
ton as well rs against ncwspapcrs.-
These resolutions gre being discussed this
evening.
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The Late Fight at Yazoo City.

CAmo, March 17.-Thc hospital sterm-
CT r. C. Wood, from VicksburG and
Memphis, alriv,dwit three hundred and
forty nine sick aud wounded troops, and
left this morning for st. Louis. Eight
died on the wGy up nmong them Julius
R"mus, of the S5ih New Jcrsy, buried at
Helena.
The estimated force OF the enemy at
the recent FIGHT at Y,zOo City was five
thousani. Four piecrs of artillery and
two stcrn-whcel guubouts were there,
but could render no assistance without en-
dangering cur forces. The 9Th Louisiana
(colorcdl lost eighty killed wounded, and
missing. The LIST Mississippi Cavalry
lost fifty wounded, and the nth from
twenty five to thirty in all. Nine out of
the eighteen officers OF the sth Lcuisiana
were wounded.
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General Rosecrans.

A Chattanooga correspondent Of the
st. Louis Republican writing under date
Of the l3lh inst, from Chattanooga says:
The oil absorbing sul ct of convcrsa-
ton nmong the private. soldiers Of the
" Army OF the Cumberland" is the pro
bnblc success Of Gen, Grsut in compari-
son to that of Gen. Rosccrans. The
marked activity with which the many
pamphlet editions of the lives of both
named Generals are purchased and rcud
by the" boys shows that while they ap.
PROBATE the one who has lcft them, they
desire 10 become us familiar with their
new commander Ds their fighting inter
course mhdc them with "old Rosy"
II there lives, to-day, GcncrpIABborc
genius, clcqucucc, Iu'lic WORTH aud pri.
yute virtues have made him the pride Of
aud boast of veteran ormy7SGL Losc
mcmory will live long after the ss\dppf
death has closed his lips--whd r
turned deaf ear to the tale orpit
suffering, whether soldier or tn'zcn,
friend or zoe, that General is sold
Rosy" and Ia the hearts ofthe "Army
of the Cumberland" are accredited all
these virtues.
But few hours pass in the day or night
but " cd Rosy" il mentioned by some
tried veteran, and u single incident re-
counted through which the speaker
elected reply from his own t4Shi, h
10 him, was n grcut,r incCntivcsts Action
than " full ra,ions aud aimulanls. By
day, by night, toasts are drank and songs
sung to Gen. Rose Grams, tie hero OF
Stone river aud Missionary Ridge. and OF
him in the Army of The Cumbcrland, ii
can be truly said
Nonc knew i'm Lu, tn love him,
None name him but IL praise
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A Soldiers Letter,

The following is an ubslroct ofa Letter
from soldier Of the Potomac Army, who
has sEcnt Eve months az a prisoner on
Bell Isle. The statcmcnis made IN II
may be implicitly relied on. We ask
Norlhern copperhcads, in Vi W of these
aud other similar statements, they still
claim that the rebels arc their "Souihern
Breihren,"-tbata ia war with thom "fs q
uar pih hemeiUes."
Cant PAROLE, March ~, 81.
Nv DEAR FArHrR:
thank God that | am permitted to
breathe the mir of freedom again. fthcrc
is hell on co-lb, Richmond is the place.
Alter our capture by the gallant Wo'by
on the 10th Of October, we began to re-
nlizo the kindness OF the bonst"d chynl-
~, by being asked, "hove ycunny grccn-
backsln Tho stand aud deliver opera
ton through, we were mounted on horses
pnd mules for Richmond, via under
ground rairond. Riding oil day AID night
ul the 10Th, and I'LL noon of the l7th, W.
were dismounicd and allowed half an
hours rest. We were then marched to
Warrcntou aud lodged in ilil over night,
aud then started for Culpcppcr, reaching
there the next day, aud staying over night.
There they issued rotiors tn W, We bav-
ing been four days without anything 20
cat.
Our rniions consisted of f,nr or OK r.
aud pi, &c Of rol.cn bncon, which had
To last us To Richmond. Aacr arriving
there, we were put on Belle Isle, and
compelled To lie out in rain aud mud for
three weeks, without the least bit of
shelter, aud the greatest part of US net
even having an ovcrcoaL Our rWiuns
consisted of eight ounces of bread. two
ounces Of beef and half rint of wurmy
rice soup, day--thnt is when wc get il.
A great muny days we received not n
moulhful, For tho last two months corn
bread, ihrcc.lourihs Of q pound, nnd two
table spoonslul Of raw beans, which We
had to cook ourselves, have been our ra.
tions--no meat at all being given out
We had lice us big M bcd.bugs, to keep
Us awake aud remind us OF our misery
Take the whole thing together It is II
disgrace to humanity aud civilization.
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The New Call for Troops.

The New York Times, Of "Wednesday,
gives the following explanation of the
new call for troops;
TuE New CALL ron Two IIuNrRrp
TuousANn SoLnIrRs.-- Tho President
yesterday issued q cell for two hundred
thousand more troops, to be enforced by
drnlt on the 18th of April, IL MT sooner
dllcd by voluntary enlislmcnts. This
call is not entirely unexpected. II mny
not be generally known, hut it ia never.
thclcss strictly true, that under tho Inst
call for two hundred thousand additional
mon in February, the Government las
actually received far less number Of
men than Il called for, though most OF
the States have filled their quotis. The
reason Is plain. II was ann, unccd that
the last call waa for the urposc OF squar.
ing up accounts, and thcr, upon nm extern
sivc system OF research md figuring wus
begun IN every State; all loosc accounts
of Provost Mnrshals aud Sntc Huthori.
ties were balanced up; old credits, not
before allowed, were hrt ught forward aud
allowed on the new quota; scattering
mcr, Mo hud enlisted and urvcr bcvn
credited, were counted for the first time;
culistmcnts IL the naval service have been
credited as recently allowed by Law; tn
veteran cnlisimcnts, which came IN large.
~, we're credited, aud nidcd many locU,.
ties to escape the drOn; every oSrrlion,
and many systems Of figuring, some 4
which We fear were not Us strnightfor'
ward MS they ought TO have been, were
used, until many OF the States have an
uounccd that their quotas were iull under
all calls, wjh sGrplw We have in
memory ut present, NCw Hampshire,
Vermont, Rhode Island, Connecticut, In.
diana, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, aud
Kansas, aud many parts Of Michigan,
New York and Massachusetts,, all of
which have filled their quotas under all
calls, and most Of them have u surplus
left, which is being constantly increased
by veteran aud volunteer cnlstmcnts not
before credited The army has, notwih.
st'nding, been largely aud eratiyingy
augmented, but not, by any means, to the
extent of the last cali. That call, as We
have said, has been largely Exhausted by
the credits for old cnlisimcrts never be.
fore counted, Hence, this new cu!l,
though succeeding so rapidly Ia that OF
February, eau aud will be promptly met
in most of the States, " ithoul any hard
ship whatever, Many localities have u
surplus already To be credited on the new
quota " lille the necessities of tho naval
service, Including the Marine Corps, offer
larger field than heretofore Tor the
choice OF the volunteer, Only in those
localities which have hccn habitually be.
hhd ~ v'srr quota, win the new osll h."
considered as u haroe,ir, This quota
tillcd promptly and honestly, aud the ar.
my will be 80 strengthened that We think
all future calls can be dispensed with,
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House Bill--To authorize Commission.
crs ot Franklin county Ia levy tax Of
ihree.iuurths OF mill, for the erection
Ola county jail.
Senate Bill-To provide for the clcc-
tion of an ddiliouNl judi Z, in the Tolc.
do sub. division OF the fourth Judicial dis
trict
Senate Dil,-To allow Street Railroad
companies to condemn land for the pur-
pose ol extending their roads This bill
has special rcicrcnce to a street railroad
from Cincinnati to Walnut Hills.
Senate Bill-To repeal the Law 10 pr, :
vent the shooting Of geese and ducks in
Eric, Sandusky, Lucas and ouowa oouu-
ties.
I Senate Dill-To authorize the Com.
missioners of Lawrence to levy u road
tax.
Senate Bill-ro provide for the per
mSncnt establishment of the asylum for
lois aud imbecile youth. This bill pass
ed by a vote Of 81 to s. II appropriates
$4,000 for that purpose.
The House then took a recess.
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MCCooK's BRIGADE,

hN'Nhh y bhlbAbts
GoHpoS's MILL, Ga, March II,
have rebel papers to date Of the 18Th
Federal prisoners on the OH, were de-
tsetcd at Atlanta, in digging tunnel
oat Of the prison. They had been de-
tectcd, says the Inieiigencor, in three
previous tunncling operations.
Mrs. White, of Selma, Alabama, sistc r
ur Mrs. Lincoln, he's arrived from Wash
ington having smuegIcd through. rebel
uniform the buttons of which were OF
gold, worth forty thousand dollars.
General llindmnn has resigned
Lieutenant General Hood command his
corps.
General Breckenridge takes command
in Southwestern Vlrginin.
Rebel reports say that Longstrcet hns
mounted his men on mules and is proba-
by going to Dalton.
David M,Gibbon,u lawyer Of st. Lou.
is, was hung ut DcmopoIis, on the llth,
charged as spy.
The Federal prisoners in Columbia,
North Carolina, were detected, few
days since, in tunncling out Of prison.
A Florida correspondent Of u Charles
ton paper says that in tie rrccnt battle
the Yarkce durkcys fought like devils.
Governor Brown, in his address to the
Legislature Of Georgia, dcntunccs the
Currency and Conseriplion Bills, al the
suspension of the habcas eorus, as un.
constitutional, aud declares in favor Of
ofIrrirg trlms Of peace to cur Govern
mcnt.
l., a. tho
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Fire in Elmira New York.

ELMlRA, March lS.-The new Prcsby-
terian Church, in which the Sanitary
Commission were holding their fair,
caught fire this evening, at 6:3O, aud in
short time was consumed, together with
its contcn;s,
Owing TO the cXertions Of the Fire
Department, the surrounding buildings
will be saved. 1t is feared that some Of
the visitors to the tsir perished in the
building, The church was valued at
ST., 900 and insured for $40 900.
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Union National Convention.

The undersigned, who by original ap-
rointmtnt, or Subsequent designation to
fi vacancies. constitute the Executive
Committee created by the Nstiunal con-
ventiun held at Chicago on the 10Th day
Of May, 1860, do htr, by call upon oil
qualified voters Nho Il, sire the uucond.
tonal muintainhi &C. Of the Union, the
tul ttmacy OF the COr,ttution, aud the
complete suprrc ssion of the exiting re-
bcllion, with The cause thereof ny vigur-
uus war, and oil apt and efficient means,
tu send delegates 10 a convention to as
scmhlc Nt BGLTfN ne. on TUESDAY, THE
Tth pay or JuNr, 1864. nt - o'clcck,
noon, for the purpose VI prcscnting canri-
dates Tor The offices ot President aud Vice
President Of the uLitcd States. Each
State having representative IN Congress
will be- entitled to ~ many Il lcgut us
will be equal 10 tive the nun bcr of elcc.
tore TO which such State is entitled In the
Electoral college Of The United Stutcs.
EDwiN u. MoRGAN. n. Y. Chairman.
CHARLES ]. GILMAN, Main.
l.. BRAINABp, VcrmOnt
=. Il. GcopRicu. Massachusetts,.
T. q. TrRNrB. Rhode Island.
GInEON NtLLrs, Connecticut.
DESMNG DuRF, New J rscy.
n. y. SmTUrEs, Delaware.
EpwlHD McrHrWsoS Pennsylvania.
]. +. WAGNER, M"yland.
TnuNAs SlUlNrR. Ohio.
~ :. Lam, lnd ano.
$. l.. CASEY, Kentucky,
T.. Puck, Illinois.
II. VI |, NrE, Iowa.
ArsriN BLAIR, Michigan.
CARL SunuR2, Wisconsin.
W. ID. WAsuBuRN. Minnesota.
CuRNILirs toLE, California.
WM A puLruS Kansas.
q. II. lWsm Nebraska,
Us. GERuARpT Dist. OF Columbia.
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PRISONERS IN RICHMOND,

WASHINGTON, MARCH lS.
The statement published that Colonel
l.. c. Baker has authority to raise n bri-
gudc, is authotitativcly denied.
Captain Sawyer, recently returned
from Richmond, states that he saw Lieut..
Coz. LitcEfcld, Major Cock, DR.. Knston
and three officers Of a negro regiment,
in one cell chained to six negroes, and
fed on bread aud water, and little Of
that.
The Secretary of War has rcscindcd
the authority 10 Governors to appoint
commandants for rendezvous for drafted
men.
II is rumored that General Fitzpatrick
will be appointed to another department
and an important command.
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From Columbus.

A dispatch dated March 18th, to the
Gin, GdEetie, states that Governor
RRouCu, received dispatch from the
War department this evening, informing
him that from February ls' To FEBRUARY
29,h, the State of Ohio has been credited
with lO,267 volunteers Tor three years
service, and also " ith 9S7 cnl.simcnts in
the regular army, rrom September 81, up
10 date, so far as reported, Veteran re-.
anlistments are not included IN the fore.
going The records in the Executive
Department show thsl the number Of We.
terans reported up to this date !, H.,
Ooo, This leaves the State 5000 shor
on the call for 100000 men. In othcl
words, we now have to raise about 2s, ,0Ol
men BY the 18th of Aprili either by vol
untecring or drafting. Itisprobsblc thai
this will be reduced 70 s5,Oco by veteran
enlslments, but the puhlic ongh, no
even TO. calculate on tha, rcsalt but re
solve TO all this last quota a; once.
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BUTLER AND WALLACE.

WAsHrSGToN, March II.
Adyicts fem Gen. Butler indicate
that he will be able TO continue the CX.
change Of prisoners.
Gen. Wallace takes command Of the
Middle Department on Saturday. Col.
Don. Piutt r,muins the shicr of Staff.
An average of rwsnly refugees arrive
daily at Baltimore lrom the South. There
were twenty vest rday direct from Rich
mond.
The Justices aud ,fliccrs Of the Su
prtmc Court called on Chief Justice
Tancy to-day, aud puid their respects,
this being his eighiy-scycnth birthday
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NEWS FROM FORT SMITH.
Arkansas Election Address Of General
Price to His Troops, &c.
Special Dispatch to the CHM, G,n,ue !
All is quiet ut the front.

Special Dispatch to the CHM, G,zcltc
FvRr SMITH, March IS.
The Arkansas election for officers un.
der the Union State Government, has
been progressing Tor three days, aud
closes tonight. 1t Is h,ld under the
old State iows, the votirg being viva
vocc. All the counties north, and ub ut
twenty couu'ics south Of the Arkansas
river are voting. Feom ten to fifteen
thousand votes will be pollcd. There is
no opposition to the Murphy State tick
ct. Issues urc pending between local
candidates. Two Cougrcssmcn will be
elected.
The weather is extremely cold. The
river is low, aud the fleet of boats from
Little Rock are on dry ground twenty
miles below here.
Everything is quiet in the Indian
county. General Price has issued hls
order rcmming command of the rebel
Department Of Arkansas, as follows
l llEAnoUARTERs nEpT. OF ARKANsAs,l
IoSGwo,D, March ;, 1864,
| Soldiers--Allcr the absence of few
weeks, | have returned to YOU, aud am
/ directed to assImc the com mand of the
Confederate troops of this Department.
You have madc for yourselves u mcmor-
able aud glorious name by your cnGur-
arcc, y.ur courage, and your undying dc.
votion to the cause Of our Independence.
expect soon to lead you against our
cowardly foes. We will retrieve our re-
verses, reoccupy our territory, and estab-
lish the pcrpeiuity Of our Government.
SrERLIsG PRicE, Maj. Gen. C. 5, A.
General Cooper is at Old Fort Thomp.
son, with about 200 men, the remains
Of his Indian army. General MSxey has
his headquarters at Fort Judson.
The Union men OF Texas arc concen.
trating, aud are preparing to claim the
protection of General Heron and Of the
Onion column expected from tbs direc-
ton.
II enow definitely settled that the
{ troops comprising the Army of the From.
! tier will remain ander command Of Gen
,, eral Thayer, reporting to General Gran,
through General Steele This leave:
Gcns'al Blupt wi,hVst soy command
{ unless provision is made FOR him by the
Secretary Of War
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NEWS ITdMS.

OF Chief Justice Taney hopes soon to
resume his dnties on the bench Of the
Supreme Court,
FiTTEES State Legislatures and Cor
ventons have declared their preference
for Mr.. Lincoln as the next Hresiden..
0TThe robels are to have a large
force in North Carolina. distributed along
the railroad from Petersburg to Whining
ton.
OF Longstreet il is said, will be APP
pointed to command in South Virginia,
and Kirby Smith take his place in East
Tennessee.
0JThcre have been rumors Of rebel
raid by Stuart, in direction of Fredericks-
burg, but nothing Of a reliable character
is known concerning it.
6TGeneral G Gillmore's Chief of Staff
states that The lower part Of Charleston is
nearly destroyed, that only the upcr part
is now cccspied by troops.
0cTA Chulcston paper proposes offer
ing full amnesty TO all negroes in United
States army, providing they return at
once to slavery. This is big joke,
A. II. SrEwARr is not the man that
gave 100000 10 Yale College, and tho
man who ever he is, threatened 10 with.
draw his donation il his name is given
to the public.
0JA sepcial to the Commercial states
that all officers OF the Army ofthc Poto-
mac, now absent must return before Cen
cral Grant commences its rcorganiza-
ton.
0cy"A letter received at the Indian of
flee from 81. Louis, says General Sully,
who is there, states that large Lumber
Of Sioux, go lodges, have come into Fort
St. Pierre to lay down their arms.
6TJErF. DAVIS has been IN. The
Richmond papers say that his illness has
"assumed more favorable aspect"
More favorable to whom! To jeff him.
self or to mankind?
OVER three hundred wagons have al
ready passed through st. Joseph, Mo-, on
their way to the gold regions oe Ilaho
All were heavily laden with mcrchan.
disc for market.
0STA bill was passed ly the House
to-day, providing for facilitating entries by
soldiers, under the Homestead Law
which enables them TO take the oath be.
fore military ,iliccrs instead of before
land officers, &c. -. .-....
EKnoxvillc dispatches says Long.
streets army is gettirg ready FOR n rapid
movement in some direction; but the Ia.
test impression is that Il will be south.
ward, instead of into Kentucky. The
threatened Kentucky raid will be under
Breckenridge and Morgan, aud may be
expected 10 enter through the Eastern
UuDs
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0SyThe rebels in Virginia are actively
preparing for a movement OF some sor', 4,
hut what they propose to do, seems not
To be understood. In some quarters, it is
supposed that the grand movement will
be made down the Shenandoah Valley,
with view to invade Maryland, or at
tack Washington, but We should think
they have had enough of the invasion cx.
pcrnrnls. 1t is natural, however that
tcy should, at this junction, Try to 20
something, knowing, as they do, that the
army is in an unsettled condition, grow
ing ont OF impending rc.organiG ,tion +,
Ger. Grant arrived at Washington last
evening,
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A Runor.

S vcral days ago Information was sent
10 Washington by one of the bridge guard
IN the Virginia side, ,ho, rebel raid was
on our deicnccs, aud asking
what he should do. llc was promptly adj
Wis d by the military authorities to obey
former instructions. From this trilling
incident exaggerated rumors prevail. It
there is any excitement It is eoniiucd to
a very small circle.
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Notice.

TnE holders of the Interest bear
ing BCuSTr BoNDs Of Scnrct county. Ohio,
will tike notice that the funds Tor the re-.
dcmplon OF those Bonds, nre now in the
Treasury Of snid county, aud that the same
will he paid at sight before due aud that
the Treasurer is instructed hot to nay in.
tercst aecruing upon them aft'r maturity.
BY Oider OF the Commissioners
ISAAC KA3Y. County Auditor.
Auditors Office, TitIin, SENECA C..
March -, ls6I 25-2t
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MERRIAM, March 2.

MERIDIAN, March 2.
Sherman has gone Gown the Missis-
sippi with his troops, evidently destined
for Rcd RIVER.
Thirty.fvc Fcdcrals escaped from
prison ut Columbus, $. c., on Wedncs-
day.
A Houston, 7, xns, Dispatch says the
Yankees are at IudianUla, Drcrow's IS
Point, Malagorde Peninsula, Salicia,
Arkansas Pass aud Brownsville, 5000
strong. The Yankees shellcd the
woods at the mouth Of Concy River.
General Kirby Smith uLd Mtgrud,r
are at Houston.
All is quiet at our front. The rebels
nre in large force, but make no demon.
strations. On Monday and Tuesday
small squads crossed the road between
Rpssvillc and Gordon's Mills, evidently
to cut the railroad. Our forces asc cor.
stantly on the alert.
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New York, March rs

NLN \ INN h''iNh 80
A st. Louis letter to the Post reports
the capture Of Jocksonport by the rebels
who drove out two companies of the 4th
Missouri Cavalry, and came near captur.
ing the steamer Dove.
Report said that Quantrcl and Freo-
men would make various raids into Mis-
souri, this spring.
A Washington special to the Post
says the Government is cnlisting a small
number of black soldiers for cavalrymen,
and that there will be- a limited number
of places fer white flisers.
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Road Notice.

NorIoE is hereby given, that the
Commissioners of Senoca county, Ohio, did,
at their March Session thring the 9 h day ci
March, leGll, levyn Tax Tor Road purpo,es,
of FIVE Cents on each hundred dollars of the
taxable valuation of SENECA county, TO he
discharget 10y labor on the public high way,
under the directions IL the Supervisors Of
the several Road Districts Wit IN said un.
ty, between the first day Of Aprl aud the
first day of September, in the year A. d.
ls6l.
ISAAC KAGY, County Auditor.
March 81, 2SGi. 95--it