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Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-02-05
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No. 81.
AN ACT to ircreast. TIE cnnIpcnsaiija or rr:-
tam civil officers and employees in the Pro.
si1en!'s ttfcc. and III the Executive All
i.es's'a:ive departments at E,chma-t: iIr Il
limited pe-i6:.
lhe Congress OF the Confederate Sta.s -
America Do crn2s. Tia: thr Sais,:,, H:c eu.,.-
pensd'Ol ali civil iii ,nrS aal c.nrloye.s a
t5c f-csiIcD-', !t1o, anl in tho E-Gc,r..7a
aud L'gis!ati., departments er Richmond,
whcse rcmncnsit"a @. saiaT:c- 60 40. exa.ed
the sum OF Two Thousand tola,e Ter an;.,7,,
shall be increased :rcm ti.e r.ss:.cc Of dis
act to the fifteenth OF MAY eighteen lunIr,d
ana s;xtr-!"ur, IL tho rare of one hun3'rrti
per ca:t. rcr anrum: Provided. The snmn
shall not thereby hc increased havond the
rate OF three ;arusahd dollars per :nuiita:
and the Salaries ct ali said oitccrs, whose
compensation is above TWO thCusani drilc,f,
and does not nyctca tic sum cf tire, ,'.g..-
sand dollars per aHnun,, shall. for the rams
period OF time, pe increased at the rate Of iiiiv
per cent. rer aE2Gm III: X j. hereby eI-
pressly declared tl.ut The decreased cy.lncar..-
ton provided fnr in .h;s &c. sal aot by I'D
to any officer CT cn,nlOycc in AZ Ezgcrt,va
department. of the government who il laNlc
IL perform military du:y, cr Is; allie 10 bear
arms in TIE G.!!, i.lesi .ueb 81 or or c,a-
plnyrc :t'a! iirs, cltain ccrtif.a." ron, ;ir
head II tir den:rt:n IT IN l:i'rii &c is On.
gag1t that his rLiyiGGs are mbaglL, = ."'''-
sary 10 the government, AID That his place
canro le supplied by my one kaawll 10 the
head o. tho department %no Is Toj Whic 20
military igtv, ":,!ch s;i c-rt.:rato RI 1'. hc
iiel T.;h tie oacGcSarg C vhn Treasury la-
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duty cl the saiG Secretary, Z. th' Lcgr"iEs
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such CO. .'iSrl.of - Congress: pr1Ti&-i. 'ii..t
10 clerk, who, iy v:rtu2 Of military c.I,r;s-
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Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-02-05
BY AUTHORITY.

Acis and Resolutions passed at the foa1h
.ssssiaa oftAe Fixt Congress, le62-'Gl.
NG. IL.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1864-05-28
Another OmcinI nesnntch-

WAsHINeToN, May 22--10 p. M.-To
Major-G eneral Dix, New York.-On Friday
evening General Grant commenced move
ment for the purpose of compelling Lee to
abandon his position at Spottsylvania, the
details of which, for obvious reasons should
not be made public.
1t has thus far progressed successfully.
Longstreets Corps started south at one
o'clock on Friday night, an hour and half
after Hancock moved. Ewells Corps follow
ed Longstreet last night
This indicates that the Rebel army has
fallen back beyond the North Anna. Hokes
brigade has joined Lee. The movement OF
General Grant has thus far been accomplish
ed without any severe engagement or serious
engagement or serious interruption. We
now occupy Guinney's Station, Milford Sta.
ton, and South of the Mattapony in that
line.
A despatch received this morning, from
General Candy, dated May 14th, at the
mouth of Red River, says We have ru-
mors, to-day, from Rebel sources, that tn,
gun, boats, except two, succeeded in getting
over the falls, at Alexandria, on the day
mentioned in general Banks despatch"
No dispatches have been received to-day
from General Butler.
Dispatches from Kingston state that
General Shermans froces are resting and re-
plenishing their supplies.
EDWIN NJ. STANTON,
Secretary of War.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1864-05-28
OFFICIAL.
WASHINGTON, May 30, 1,35 p. NJ.

WASHINGTON, May 20, 1876 p. NJ.
Aaj. Gen. Dir, Ne,c York:
Dispatches from Major, Gen. Cahby dated
at the mouth of the Red river at midnight,
May Is, state that Admiral Porter has lust
arrived and that the remainder of the gun
boats will arrive tonight
Gen. Banks will probably reach Semms-
port on the Atchatalaya tomorrow.
n dispatch from Admiral Porter dated on
board the flagship Black Hawk, mt the
mouth of the Red River, May 10TH states
that the portion of the squadron above the
falls at Alexandria have been released from
their unpleasant position, owing to the in
detatigable cXertions of Lieutenant Colonel
Bailey, acting engineer of the Nineteenth
Army Corps, who proposed and built the
dam of six hundred feet across the river at
the lower falls, which enabled all the YES
sells to pass in safety the back water of the
Mississippi reaching Alexandria, and allow
ed them to pass over all the shoals and the
distractions planted by the enemy, to q
point of safety.
Lieutenant Colonel Bailey will be immedi-
atcly nominated for promotion fer distin'
guished and meritorious services.
An unofficial report from Cairo dated May
22d, states that The army and gunboats were
all safe at the mouth of the Red river and
| at SemmspOrt.
Major General Sherman, by a dispatch
datsd Mt $50 L. ~, last night, reports that
he will be ready by morning to resume hi.
operations.
Returned veterans and regiments, he says
have more than replaced all losses and de
! tachments.
| We have no official reports, since my last
tplp t-nr pruI
| Butler
Official reports of this department show
| that within eight days after the great battle
at Spottsylvania Court House, many thou
sands veteran troops have been forwarded
to General Grant.
The whole army has been amply supplied
with full rations OF subsistence.
Upward of 90. 600 sick and wounded hav,
been transported from the field of battle tC
the Washington hospitals and placed under
surgical care.
! Over eight thousand prisoners have beer
transported from the field to prison depots
and large amount of artillery and othel
| impediments of an active campaign brought
away.
Several thousand fresh cavalry horses
! have been forwarded to the army, and the
| grand army of the Potomac is now flly as
strong in numbers and better equipped, sup
| piled and furnished than when the cam
paign opened.
| Several thousand reinforcements have alsC
been forwarded to other armies in the iiild
and ample supplies to all.
! During the same time over 10000 yolun
teers for one hundred days have been mus
tered into the service, clothed, armed, equip
ped and transported to their respective posi-
! tions.
This statement is due to the Chiefs of Tho
Staiis and Bureaus and their respective
| Corps 10 whom the credit belongs.
(Signed) EDWIN VI. STANTON,
Secretary of War.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1864-05-28

Hancock are pushing forward after the re-
treating army. Gen. Warren captured &
good number of prisoners last evening, but
has not had time TO count them or ascertain
his loss.
Gen. Hancock, in storming the rife pits
this side of the river, last evening, took be.
tween 100 and 200 prisoners, ard drove
many rebels into the river where they were
drowned.
General Warren captured some official pa
pers, and among them an order calling out
all the boys, IL years of age, to garrison
Richmond. The ambulacne men and musi-
clans are also ordered into the ranks.
General Sheridan was at Dunkirk this
morning, and will be at Milford tonight.
No dispatches have been received from
General Sherman to-day, and none are ex-
pected for several days.
Dispatches from General Butler have been
received to-day, relating chiefly to the re-
pective forces.
Admiral Lee, in a telegram dated the Esd.
to the Secretary of the Navy, states that
last Saturday night The enemy attacked the
army, and were handsomely repulsed.
A despatch from Major General Candy,
dated the 18th, at the mouth of the Red
river. states that Gen. Banks troops had
arrived at Semmesport yesterday, anti would
be at MOrganza to-day.
The army is in better condition than was
| expected, and will soon be ready to assume
offensive operations.
EDWIN NJ STANTON,
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Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1864-05-28

~" TIE ATLANTIC FOR JUSE.-The At
7antic MoHtlly for June rs in all respects ex-
cellent. In poetry it is particularly rich,
having two contributions from Robert
Browning, one from Longfellow, one from
DR.. Holmes and one from Bayard Taylor,
Miss Prescott's story of "The rim" is con.
tinued, and Mrs. Stowe contributes another
of her excellent blouse and Home Papers"
There is a pleasant article about the famous
english low comedian, Robson, by ,G. A.
Sala. In "A Talk about Guides" Miss Cum
Minis, author of "The Lamplighter," gives
some agreeable "reminiscences of foreign ira
vel Donald G. Mitchell elk. MarycrD
furnishes a good article on Irving. Pro-
fcssor Agassiz, Fitz Hugh Ludlow and
other popular writers are also among the
contributors. The number is for sale by
Messrs. T. B. Peterson & Brothers.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1864-05-28

To PERSONS VINO EAT,-Some of our CO.
temporaries are beginning to be seriously
exercised in mind upon the subject of beef
| They declare that The present high prices
demanded for that article offood are beyond
every necessity, and the result ofspeculation
and combination among few persons who
have control of the Eastern markets, and
complete command over the graziers. They
can, by their heavy operations, keep back
the number of cattle coming 20 market,
compel the butchers to pay whatever they
choose 20 ask, and the public suffers in the
end by the imposition of inordinate prices.
These men are the STEENBERGENs of 1864.
They obtain their faculties in the same man
ner that SrEEYBERGEN did when the Bank
of the United States was in hourishing oper-
alton, and they may, by public resolution,
be broken down as thoroughly as he was.
SO long as the public is determined to buy
beef, whatever the price. the schemes OF
these intriguers will succeed.
But let there be q concert of action on
the subject among housekeepers, and the
monopoly can be broken down so dlsas-
trously to those who sustain it, that the
lesson will be remembered for years. II
is simple resolution not to buy beef until
it comes down to a reasonable price. Two
or three weeks general agreement upon this
point would bring as much confusion to the
spectators as murrain. They cannot
hold their stocks if there is suspension
Of the consumption of meat; their cattle
would soon "eat their heads Oft, and bank
ruptcys would menace them so closely that
they would have to give in. Another bene-
fit would also be attained. Beef is to other
meats a regulation. Mutton, veal ard pork
are going up with the ad vance in beef, and
l.,- ,ipl ip
nous. Reduce the price of beef and all
other fresh provisions must come down also.
| The subject is really one which appeals to
the pockets of every one. An anti-beef eat
ing league is as necessary as the covenant
against importations which the ladies are
endeavoring to establish.
| The butchers, who suffer all the blame
| from immediate consumers, are not so much
| to blame. 1t is true that they have not
stood out against the monopoly as they
should have done. They held National
Convention some months since, with the
design of remedying this very evil. But fol
some reason the movement came to nothing
and the butchers are to-day as much i'll the
power of the cattle monopoists as they ever
were. The butchers must have their owr
profits upon slaughtered cattle, and those
profits are nearly the same whether beef j:
dear or cheap. 1t is to their interest to at
tract customers, and they can command
them more readily when they can sell theil
meats at low prices than when they mus
charge great ones. They would sell mucl
more if they could sell cheaply, and the!
would make more money. Beet-eaters, upor
you rests the responsibility of the imposi
ton to which you have so long submitted
Resolve to forego your self qualification fol
a few weeks and you will do service tc
yourselves and to every one who suffers b,
the monopolies Of the .markets.-I'hi'd
dclphia Inquirer.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1864-05-28
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Reading Railroad.
SUMMER ARRANGEMENT.

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Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1864-05-28
Louisiana state Convention.

NAlib, MdN -.
Fourteen delegates to represent Louisiana
in the Baltimore Convention were elected
by the Louisiana State Convention.
The Delta of the 10th says: The action of
the Conversation was harmonious. every
member endorsing the general policy, civil
and military, of the administration. and also
heartily approving the civil and military Ca
reer of General Banks and the policy of Gov
ernor Hahn, as tending to put down the re-
beliiOn and restore the Union.
The steamer Cassandra, from Boston had
arrived with 3lS men of the Thirtieth MaSsa-
chusetts and 9i recruits for other COM
mands.
Late intelligence from Matamoras repre-
sents things as very unsettled, and that the
bad feeling existing between the native and
French residents had ripened into an actual
/ outbreak.
Gen. Cortinas and staff. while riding
/ through the streets, were insulted by French
men and Il general quarrel ensucd Wea-
| pons were drawn and freely used by both
! parties Cortinas' Adjutant General, during
the melee, shot one Frenchmen dead, ana
another was arrested and subsequently exc.
cuted by Cortinas Much excitement pre-
vailed and many o.the French residents wcr,
leaving the city,
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1864-05-28

CoNFERENCE.-Th Conferees from the
several counties of the 14th Congressional
District, met at the Central Hotel, in Sun
bury, on Wednesday evening last, to agree
upon delegates from this District to the
National Union Convention to meet at Bal
timore on the 9TH of June next.
The Confcrees were from Dauphin-H. j.
Meiley, George Bergner, and VI. Novingcr
Juniata-,Iohn Basbach w. w. Davis,
and j. J. Patterson.
northumberland George Wagenseller,
John Haas, and John loungman.
Snyder-A. c. Simpson, Moses Specht,
and John B. Stoll.
Uuion-Paul Geddes, C. Gudykunst, and
j. Il. Orwig.
c. Gudykunst, of Union county, was cho-
sen to act as President, and ii. j. Meiley, of
Dluphin, as Secretary.
The voting for delegates resulted in the
election of John b. Packer, Of Northumber-
land county, and George Bcrgner, of Dau-
phin county; with j. Sterret, of Juniata,
and J. II, Orwig, Of Union, as alternates.--
The Delegates were instructed TO vote at
Baltimore for Abraham Lincoln.
Resolutions were passed sustaining the
Administration, advocating the amendment
OF the Constitution, enabling soldiers to
vote, and endorsing Mr. Lincolns re-elec-
ton 10 the Presidency
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1864-05-28
OFFICIAL. GAZETTE.
Another Victory in Virginia.
LEE FALLING BACK TO RICHMOND
WASHINGTON, May 24-lO


WAsnINGTGN, May 24-l0 p. NJ.
To Agj0r GeHHrai Dir, Nec York:
\ despatch dated ut Ii O'Clock last night,
states that the army moved from its posi-
tion to the North Auna, following closely
Lees army. The 5th and 9th Corps march,
cd by way of Harris, store To Jerico Ford,
and the 9th Corp succeeded in eilecting u
crossing and getting into position without
much opposition. Shortly after, however,
they were violently attacked aud handsome
ly repnlsed the assault, which was without
much loss to us, We captured some pri.
soners. Everything looks exceedingly favor
able 10 us.
Another despatch, giving In detail the
movement OF our corps, and speaking of the
rebel assault ON Gen. WarTcns position,
says "he WAS attacked with great yehe
mency, and have never heard more rapid
OF massive hring, either OF artillery or mus
kerry The attack resulted IN destructive 10
repulse OF the enemy, Al the position at,
tackled by Gen. Hancock, tho Tvb,ls NeFr
entenehrd aud Ia considerable force be,
tween the creek ha had crossed and the
rlNer, and made peTtlnaelous resistance "a
his onset, but before dark he had forced
them nom their works, and driven them
WAioaa tue tlfrhui
II Is also said that la these engagements
the slaughter ot the enemy was very great
Our losses we're inconsiderahle. The Trhcls
charged against ouT artillery, aud sulisl,d
especially iTom canister
A despatch iiom GeneEal Grant this mora
ing a. > o'clock has also been received IA
states that ihV enemy have iallru back ffnu.
the North Anna, sud NC ags in punult
Aegfoss sho have come Ia ssy that Lse 10
lalhng haTk lo highmond
oihsg olhe,al dispatches ifom hsalq4al.
tee ssy ihsi Gene Maften hulnsids. aad
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1864-05-28

BANDAGEs FOR THE WoUNDED.-In con
sequence of the great number of soldiers
wounded in the late battles, the surgeons
are in immediate and urgent need of sup
ply of bandages. All the depots of the Eas
tern branches of the Sanitary Commission
have been emptied of these necessary articles
by the great demand which has been made
for them TO meet the .exigency at the front
The women's branch of the Sanitary Com
mission has received requistion from
Washington, which it Is impossible to fill
without the prompt assistance of the pub,
lie. Every one who feels an interest in the
salvation of the lives and the promotion OF
the comfort of our wounded heroes should
at once prepare rolls OF bandages, and send
them MS speedily rs possible to the office
No. 1907 Chestnut street. Philddelpha Press
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1864-05-28
From the James River.
FoRTREss MONROE. Nav %

fORIRESS MONROE, May Sj.
The steamer Thomas Howell. General But
ler's dispatch boat, has just arrived and re-
ports everything quiet. There has been no
lighting since last Saturday night, when
from the last accounts the enemy received
severe punishment for their attempted
night surprise. Ihey buried their dead under
a .fHg 81 truce.
Capt. George Emerson, of the 61th Ohio,
was shot through the body, and died last
night on the hospital transport.
Two hundred and forty-ninc wounded
men were brought to Hampton lIospita!
last evening all wounded since the tight OF
Monday, the 9th.
Thirty-iour hundred wounded men have
been brought down the James river since
the army first landed.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1864-05-28

THE STATE MILITIA-The Harrisburg
Telegraph of Monday says Already com
panics of organized militia are being report
ed to the Adjutant General, and if we may
judge from the manner in which the appeal
of Governor Curtin has been received, the
department will soon have upon its books
the record of force numbering many thou
sands, the whole of which will be made
available to the government in any emer-
gency which may grow out of the great
campaign that our armies are now fighting
in Virginia. But the object is not so much
to get record of these militia companies,
as it is to secure the thorough organization
and discipline of all the men capable of
bearing arms If thus organized and disci-
plined, a sudden call for troops to repel in
vasion or for relnforcements to enable Grant
to defeat Lee, can be responded to not by
mere raw militia, but by an army of soldiers
fit to meet any foe, capable of rendering the
most valuable services to the government.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1864-05-28

-" The managers of the Pittsburg Sani-
tary Fair-havc made arrangements for d
miniature lake, on which model iron-clad
navy will float, consisting of a monitor"
two mortar schooners and sloop- p-of-war,
all mounted with model guns, and propell-
cd by steam, together with water batteries
properly mounted, between which and the
iron-clads a mimic bombardment will be
kept up during the exhibition.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1864-05-28

A Nashville letter writer tells this story
IAN Episcopal clergyman who was elected
from his pulpit for disloyalty, last week
asked General Rousseau to replace him in
l.his parish, and his appeal was backed by an
earnest request to the General from Bishop
Smith, of Kentucky, who has taken tempo
rary supervision Of the Church in the state
The Bishop who is a loyal man, had obtained
promise from the clergyman that he would
read the prayer for the President, and he
thought he had better be allowed to go
back to his pulpit. But the General called
the clergyman into his office, and, after cate
chising him. and ascertalning that he was
rebel at heart, he positively refused to re-
verse the order of expulsion"
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1864-05-28

New PRoJECT.-We learn that the
charter of the Schuylkill Haven and Le-
high River Railroad was permitted to ex-
pire in March By an oversight, and that the
New York and Middle Coal Field, having
the right by charter to connect their Rail
road with the Lehigh Valley Railroad, and
also with the North Pennsylvania Railroad
have taken formal possession of the Schuyl
kill Haven and Lehigh River Railroad, put
up notices, &C., and placed an engineer or
the route. About Sl5O,OoO worth of work
had been done on this route when it wa:
stopped.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1864-05-28
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
PHILADELPHIA, May 25, 1864.


The operations of the army, under Gen
Grant, excites great interest among all
classes. There is not the will excitement
which pcrvaded the whole community dur
ing the late battles. There is, however, a
feeling of confidence that Grant will be as
lie always has been-victorious. Gen. Lee
is in Il straight which he has never ex-
pcyienced before. lie knows that he has n
lighting General, who has never been de-
feated, advancing upon him, with an army
that has never been eXcelod-superior to his
own in numbers and physical power, aud
equal in bravery and true courage.
General Buffers operations are watched
with special interest. Perhaps no man liv.
ing so nearly resembles Gen. Jackson in
firmncss, determination, and in administra-
tive ability. He is a great original charac-
ter, who will, by his talent and genius,
place himself high on the scroll of fame
Politicians are already looking up to him as
the peoples candidate for the Presidency.
The convention, which is to meet at Cleve-
land, Ohio, on the 31st, it is thought, will
select either Grant or Butler as the peoples
candidate The Baltimore Convention will,
of course, be made up of the friends OF
President Lincoln. Their actions will, nc
doubt, be governed to q great extent by the
Cleveland Convention. Unity of action
must be preserved if we expect to restore
this, our glorious Union.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1864-05-28

Our trophies may be summed up at one
stand of colors and seven pieces of artillery
unless the cavalry has since taken more, of
which there are some hopes.
We can doubtless pursue the enemy to
Etowah river with ease, as the cars came
down to Resaca to-day, the rebels not hav-
ing injured the railroad anywhere south of
Buzzard Roost. Our telegraphic communi-
cation Ia also Dprfpct IN Rnsoca