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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1864-03-12
PUBLISHED [DAILY) BY
EDGAR SNOWDEN, JR.
OFFICE--No. l04 King street, over
ones formerly French s) Book Store.

r s. CONGRESS, In the Senate of the
United States yesterday. Mr., Foot OF Yer
mont was elected President pro tenn. The
i,ot resolution from the House authorizing
the Secretary Of the Treasury to anticipate the
uavuent of interest On the public debt, BY
reriod not exceeding one year, from time to
time either with or without 8 rebate OF inter
terest upon the coupons, as to him may seem
cxpedept, with an amendment further author
izj1g the Secretary to dispose Of any gold IN
the Treasury Of tie United States not necessa-
rv for the payment of interest on the public
debt was passed by vote Of yeas 80 nays s.
L will have to be returned to the House for
its concuryencein in the amendment, While the
bill was pending Mr.. Hendricks offered an
amenlnent authorizing the Secretary in stead
Of selling the gold, 70 pay it out for purchases
By the Government at the rate Of the differ
ence between paper and gold. This amend
ment was rejected. La some remarks made on
this bill by Mr.. Sherman he stated, reference
to the commission received by Jay Cooke &
Co. from the Government for their agency in
the negotiation Of the $500, 900, 900 loan, that
the commission allowed the said firm was
three. .eighths Of one per cent; Of which one
fourth Of one per cent. was paid by tt en- to the
bankers who, 10 distant cities, acted as their
agents, leaving to the WASHINGTON firm IN real
ity but one ighth Of one per cent tor their
commission, and that this amount was largely
absorbed by the necessary advertising expen-
ses, &c. Mr. Clark introduced joint reso-
luton repeating so much Of the amendatory
internal revenue act as imposes an additional
duty on foreign spirits on hand, which was
referred to the Finance COMMITTEE. The bill
making appropriation for the Post Office De-
partment for the fiscal year ending on the Both
Of June, 1865, was passed. The committee
on the disasreeing votes Of the two Houses on
the deficiency bill made a report, which was
concurred in add the bill is therefore finally
passed President Lincoln sent a message to
the Senate enclosing an order fixing the point
Of commencement Of the lower branch Of the
Pacific road on the boundary Of State Of Iowa,
east Of and opposite to the east line OF section
ten, township fifteen, north of range thirteen,
east Of the sixth principal meridian, IN the
Territory of Nebraska.
The House Of Representatives passed the
bill making appropriations for the legislative,
judicial, and executive service of the Govern
ment for the fiscal year ending the 30th Of
June, 1865; also, the Senate bill amendatory
Of the act regulating trade and intercourse
with the Indian tribes The latter bill has
reference TO excluding spirits and wines from
the tribes under penaty The greater part OF
the sitting was occupied in the consideration
OF private business.
The silver ware taken from the residence Of
alr Morson, during Kilpatrick's raid, has all
been recovered, and sent to Richmond.
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Legal Decision.

court, suit Was brought Tor INC payment o.
$772, The amount Of three pronrissory notes
given in purchase Of q piece Of land. The
notes had been made payable in gold aud si}
yer or its equivalent" The defendant offered
to pay the amount Of the notes in legal lender
i. S. Treasury notes, which was refused. and
he therefore claimed exemption from the pay,
meut Of the notes. Oa this state Of facts
Chancellor Pistle decided that W here
"A party has made special contracS to pay
what should be equal TO gold and silver, al the
time OF payment, no matter What the payment
was made in, whether IN one currency or anotll-
er, it must come UP 10 that point, just as If the
contract had been to make payment IN gold
of an amount to be equal to the rate OF sterling
exchange Judgment was accordingly render
notes and interest, and the costs OF the suit
were thrown upon the defendant
In the above decision no reference was made
as to what was legal tender, the Court not
thinking any snch question involved in the
suit.
The Nashville correspondent of the Phla.
delphia Inquirer 'explodes the starvation the
ory,' so far as Central Mississippi is concern
cernad ALI that region Of country tho pubic
have been led to believe Was one vast wilder
ness, the State having been cleaned out to
supply the Confederate Comnlssarlat. But
General Sherman scouts report just the con-
trary. They say the country aboGnds in every
thing necessary FOR the sustenance OF man and
beast. AS to the Confederate troops N the
field, the Inquirer writer undertakes to demon
strate that they are nearly as numerous as the
Federal. On this point he submits statistics,
derived, he says, from perfectly reliable sources.
The Mississippi papers make light OF the
DAMAGES done by Sherman to the railroads in
that State. The Chattanooga Advertiser pub
Gshed at Ouitman was destroyed by special Or
ders from General Sherman. The publishers
of the Southern Republic at Columbus, Miss,
sh;nped their press and materials on raft at
Shermans approach, and Aoated down the
Tomhgbee. Governor Brown, of Georgia,
telegraphed to the Confederate Secretary OF
War. requesting him to furlough the members
&c the Legislature now serving as officers In
the army, as he Gas called a meeting OF the
Legislature for the 10th Of March. The Sec
retary replied by positive refusal 70 aecede to
the request
Marcus Du Val, esq. Of Prince George $
county, Md, was liberated Yesterday from the
Old Capitol prison, Washington, where Ne
has been confined over two months. Over
twenty Virginans from border counties nave
also been released. !,
The Northern papers are denying that the
address and orders published IN the Rlchmo &C
naners. and which, they assert, were founa Oh
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1864-03-12

4 LECTURE BY II ENRY = I'D i5EECHIR -
Henry Ward Baechyr delivered ao address az
The Academy If Il usio Aee York, on Thurs
day evening, on the subject o. ''Our Message
to Great Britain =
I1 speaking ,,f the great n1an ot bath soc
tons, he admitted chat the South had de-
ycype0} better statesmen. and hetyer generals;
but avordup0ls would Ut last prevail against
good management. The North by IT'S power
Of endurance would eventually be successful
in the struggle.
Mr. Lincoln, be said, was not stoteman,
hut he has been uoder the instructions of JEFF.
Davis for the past three years, and he had 10
doubt lie learned a great deal from hat cult
ming leader Mr. Lincoln was the 'h0lney
President f boolely people" He was hon
est and had made great many mistakes. lie
the speaker had 10 idea that the North
would ever gain the cause they we're contendlDg
for by brilliant management Some people nad
al idea that D0t one man ~ ten thousand was
capable OF governing. 4 woman who knew
bow 10 bring 10 SIX boys, and bring them up
well, was t TO govern Dation.
H. referred 10 al idea which some people
had in relation to the seeming prosperity Of
the country. IF they supposed that war vas
profitable tIley mistook stjiuu;ants for food.-
The three 5housand millions Of dollars expend-
ed n the prosecution Of the war. was lost llsG
as much as il it had Eoeen burned, Tar as the
material substance Of the no"i7 ~ -
ed, and was mortgage upo;1 t!io l0So'ACc1 -
the country for that amount
The majority for Gilmore, Rep, fer govern.
or Of New Hampshire, will, i is said, be about
$500.
The steamship Western Metropolis, tronl
New Orleans february 29, arrived at New
York Yesterday The Era, Of the 2Sth con-
tans brief account Of the begnuing OF Ad-
miral Farl agut's operations against Moolle.--
The bombardment OF Fort Powell at Grant's
Pass Initiated on the Gath ult., by the mortar
Aotilla, assisted by several gunboats was
being prosecuted with vigor, The Conteder~
ates replied rapidly, and one Of the Federal YES
sells was injured The bay is reported to be
50 obstructed three miles below Mobile IS 10
compel vessels TO pass under the guns OF TWO
iron clad forts and battery The city is also
said to be very strongly fortified There IS
rutnor that one Of Farragut's steamers mad
passed Fort Morgan under a terrible fire, and
another that be had captured the works.
These rumors, however. are not credited.
The Bristol, Tenn, Gazette Of Saturday
states that I.ongstreet IS again Advancing TO-
ward Knoxville The same paper thinks
that within week '>the great battle for the
mastery Of Fast Tennessee will have been
fy7gft or the Yankees viii have Ietreated
Letters from Braxton county, in western
Virginia. report that Jackson and lm5oden,
with force Of several thousand Confedera.es,
are within a short distance OF Sutton, rrepar~
ing for raid
IL ! aCY,~61r,0U
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1864-03-12

The majority for Gilmore, Rep, fer govern
Or Of New Hampshire, will, Il is said, be about
$500.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1864-03-12

The silver ware taken from the residence 0
ar. Morson, during kilpatrick's raid, has al
been recovered, and sent to Richmond.
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GBNBRAL SWERNaN.
Latest Facts and Rumsrs

Redmond papers give information OF General
shcrmsn's movements down 10 Tuesday last, Dec
9Th. A. that date he was reported to be sl,rmlsh-
ing ~ :he outposts OF Savannah On tho ~ G.
left M!en, when he had occupied for some days
rest ng lis forces, or portion of them. lie then
took up the line Of march souihwsrd, and his cav
airy sk'rmishors are reported 10 have encountered
the enemy's outer line at Savannah, 70 many OF
General Shermsn's movements were evidently
mere felnts calcus ed 10 deceive and bah,e tue
enemy, that this appears to he about all shat is re-
Liable respecting his moro recent movements. So
OF RAILROADS. in the heart Of the State, a course
which must necessarily greatly enbarrass and
delay the movements n the enemy. A large
number oi Union prisoners had been confined at
n lien. and II Is hopcd that he has liberated
them, and that be has been Joined by
ten thousand Of them. HIS movements have 80
far been conducted on the striotest military prin
c'ples. He has severed the railroad communics-
tons of all the principal cities Of the Houth. Macon
has been cut of frcm Savannah and Milledgeville,
and Augusta has been isolated from Millen, Ma.
con, Mlledgeville and Savannah. The latter place
cut OIL from communications with every place
North Of it, except by way OF the Charleston Rail-
rosd Itsherman's objective point was Savannah,
IS stated he probably srrived st that place, with
the bulk Of his army, on Saturday or Sunday.
ssvannsh was admirably defended towards the seq
face, but inbld /, was HsAk thf snemy not hiv-
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by TELEGRAPH.
Heavy Firing Heard At savannah

An'1poIis Saturday, Dec 10 pm.-Tne steam
sr Vic'or has just arrived from Charleston, where
all Of Col Muliord's feet is now lying, the exchange
of prisoners being changed nom Savannah 10 Char
lesinn, Gems Sherman and Foster having inter
ruIsed ;he exchange at the former city, When the
Victor sAled, Con Wednesday last,l heavy firing
waa heard in the direction Of savannah. being either
an stack on that oitY or on the rAIold between
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GENERAL THOMAS.


Na'hrHe' De-. lo-The Federal loss IN Tho
battle OF Franklin s ascertained by ofhei-i ro-
poHA Ia greater than s hrst supposed In he
second DIVISION OF the rwensy-'hlrh Corps The loss
Was uiriy-'our officers and 6ss men killed, wound
ell and missing. la he second DIVISION of the
FOURTH Corpsthe loss WAS " officers and llvl men
Killed. wounded aud missing. In the Third Dt-
vision oi the Fourth Corps, " officers And ZIG men
"oie killed. wounded anu mlsalnB' Iarge pro-
portion oil tho slightly wounded are In The hospl-
Als' ibe loss 70 residents hving near the iine OF
inc two armies Is estimated o. over hall million
OF doIars
zen 'ooper's brigade In i' march from john
sonVile TO CIArksVille' was terribly harrassed by
Suerr'has' biSt"en men oi the Ihir'eenh indiana
"ore eAp'uiod' hr'oen kiiied ana 'hree wounded
ono ol ths latter leit Tor desd' escaped aud
reported tho above facts Tho weather Is very
ooih' About t~o inches OF snow Toll 81 Nashvil'o
yesterday and last Might The river Ia five feet
doep on tno shoals aud rising
The Latest from Nashville
k1shriiie, Dec. lO.-rhe situation a. affair, re-
mains unchanged. In front OF the Fourth Corp-
not ,ho, was fired up to O'Clock thu. afternoon.
Since then .nre slight diminishing h., occurred
Owing 70 the slppcry,s,a,o Of the ground, tho men
find I, impossible to move about. The rebel. can
10 plainly scen from tito front Of ,hc Fourth Corps
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1he NottowAy rvcr, crossed hy General War
reu, "wednesday evening, rises in the southeast
cru par, Of Virginia, and runs into the Chowan
river in North Carolina. II has a number OF tn
butsries in Nottoway and Dinwidd,o Counties, In
the secton Of country between weldon and tho
South Side Railroad. Bs'oher's Run. Rcwanty
Greek aud Stony Greek, are the more important of
these streams, between the Not.oway riyer which
may be traced in the map from pc Mt
brtween Burksvills and Ndtowsy, north Of Well
don, 70 the Chowsn nver at Ply mouth, n G. The
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Charleston and ssvsnuAh. All agree that Savannah
mus, fall
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ARMY OF THE POTOMAC.

Expedition 10 the Southwark.
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Probable Arrival at Savannah

HEAVY FIRING HEARD IN THAT
DIRECTION.
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NEWS FROM SHERMAN.
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THE ENEMY'S ENTRENCH.
MEWTS CAPTURED.

Rebels Expecting a Great Battle
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N0TT0WAY RIVER CROSSED.

Fighting At Stony Creek.
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The Latest News

by Telegraph 10 the n. v. Sun.
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Rebels Driven Across Hatcher Run.
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Details Of the Siege Operations.
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THE SITUATION BEFORE NASHVILLE.
The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1864-07-13

THIS LARGE AND SPLENDID ESTAB-
"A LlSHMENT is the most extensive and finest
Gallery in the city of Toledo. Its patrons en-
brace the elite and fashion of tie city; and Pho
tographs from this House are pronounced by ev-
erybody to be superior to any others ever made in
Toledo.
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selett S}listrllang.
PARSON DOVES STORY.

You must be lonely here, my dear
This is not very lively place, and you
have always lived III the city" said the old
minister of W, as stood at the gate Of
the parsonage.
confessed that he was right; and GER
tainly of all stupid places W was the
most stupid, though did not tell him that,
of course.
YOU'D like something to read, would
you not?" was the next query. "Ah!
thought so. Well, my dear, Ill lend you
one of my old sermons, on which l pride
myself. Quite doctrinal sermon on pre-
destination. I'll go and find it at once,
and away he trotted in his ministerial look
ing dressing gown up the parsonage stairs,
which might have been broader, and into
the little front study, which. had it been
more convenient and better furnished,
would have reflected more credit on the
congregation. He came down at once, with
paper parcel tied with tape, gave it to me,
and shook hands with me over the gate
with smile. But when, coming to the
head of the lane, tnrDed about for mo.
ment, saw him looking after mo, shaking
his head and wiping his glasses in the
most incomprehensble manner. conclu-
ded, after reflection, that he did not approve
Of pink dress, and thought that curs and
a round hat, with flowers in it, were vani-
ties, and beng of a mild and pitful, Instead
of vindctive nature, shook his head and
wept instead of scolding. He was very
old, you must remember-oyer seventy.
took the sermon home, and sitting down
by my chamber window, composed myself
to the task of reading it, though at that day
was by no means fond of sermons in any
form. united the red tape, unfolded the
envelope of tissue paper, and glanced at the
first sentence. 1t did not begin nrTch like
sermon. hope that did not encourages
me to proceed.
The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1864-07-13

Mrs 3. Cady Stanton prints note to the
central Fremont club of New York city.
explaining her reasons for attaehing her
name to their call for convention of the
radical men of the nation" She likes the
call because it demands negro suffrage,
without which emancipation is amockery,"
and because this principle lifts politics
into the sphere Of morals and religion and
makes it the duty of all true men and
women to go in and help build up the new
nation. But what most pleased Mrs Stah-
ton is that she feels able to take II for
granted that the call to radical men" uses
the word "mon'' in its largest sense. That
is to say. Mrs Stanton understands that
the radicals invite men of both sexes--or,
not to make an individious distinctions,
women of both sexes Ito their nominating
convention. Therefore did she sign their
call, as a radical man. rising above all such
material and trivial distinctions as those Of
gender and crinoline. We admire Mrs
Stantou's spunk. She is gentleman Of
genius; she is a lady of parts she has hon.
orably achieved wide influence among the
gentler sex of both genders. # is highly
proper that she should not only sign a res
idential call but go into the convention as
delegate, and take others OF her female
brethren with him. Perhaps we are get
ting the pronouns little mixed what we
mean to say is that this is free coantry
and is going to be freer, and that every
man and woman of either sex has perfect
right to speak her mind and follow the
lead of his own progressive ideas. and we
hope she win do it.-Springfsld { Mass
Republican. Nah. NNI.
The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1864-07-13

"SwoRD IN HAND" The Richmond papers
upbraid John Cochrane, the candidate for
the Presidency on the Fremont ticket,
with so soon forgetting the vow he utters
ed in speech at Richmond. that il the
Federal Government should attempt to
coerce the South, he (Cochrane) would be
found sword in hand on the side Of old vir-
ginia.
The Richmond papers should not ask
from General Cochrane literal compli-
! auce with his vow, when by so doing he
would expose General crchrane to pereon-
al danger General cochrape complies
with it as substantially and more safely
when he runs on the copperhead ticket
for Vice President. He does thereby pre-
sent himself sword in hand, though he
holds It by the blade instead Of the hiIE
land IN she attitude Of surrender. None
ean deny. however. that he is "found on
the sids Of Old Virginia"
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She was very beautiful girl. think
never saw lovelier creature in my life,
though know we are very apt to be msled
by our Imagination, and that the eye makes
it's own beauty. But no one could have
thought her anything but pretty, standing
by the garden gate with her apron full OF
wild flowers, and her curls, lifted by the
wind, dancing round her forehead like a
swarm Of golden bees.
MY daughter Rose" said her father
and she put her little white hand into mine
as child might have done, just as simply
and prsttiIy, SO that it was very hard FOL
me to shake it and let it go instead of keep
\ ing it. But there was somebody else tc
shake hands also. and he, standing on the
olher side of Deacon 0lmstead, put out his
long, lank fingers, in black silk gloves, ant
performed the ceremony which he alwayi
went through with when any one went t
shake hands with him, and which could no
have been agreeable to anything except tn
village pump
"Mr. Bitterworth," said Deacon Ohm
stead, waving his haud towards my com
Z panion with impressment, 4" Mr.. Dove,
and he glanced at me, as il to say he is 0
no Importance.
" Is tea ready my dear :"
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BUSINESS CARDS.

nR. r.. q, BECKWITH has permanently
il J located at Weston, Wood county, Ohio. VIII
attend promptly to all calls in his profession.
weston, June %, 1854. szz
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Thr Castaliau cfrmnt.
PADDLE YOUR OWN CANOE.


UF this world, and down this world,
And over this world and through,
Though drifted pbout,
And tossed without,
Why, paddle your own canoe.
What though the sky is heavy with clouds,
Or shining Geld Of blue;
If the bleak wind blows,
Or the sunshine glows,
Still paddle your own canoo.
What if breakers rise up ahead,
With dark waves rushing through,
Move steadily by
With st,adfast eye,
And paddle your ow II canoe.
Ifa hurricane rise in the midnight skies,
And the s;ars are lostto view,
Glide safely along,
With a smile and song,
Aud paddle your own canoe.
Up this world, and down this world,
And over this world and through,
Though weary and worn,
Bereft aud forlorn,
Still paddle your own canoe.
Never give up when trials come,
Never grow sad and blue;
Never sit down
With tear and frown,
But paddle your own canoe.
Theroare daisies springing along the shores,
Blooming and sweet FOR you;
There are rose-hued dyes
In the autumn skies,
Then paddle your own canoe.
The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1864-07-13
SUMMER.


LoNd grass swaying in the playing
Of the almost wearied breeze;
Flowers bowed beneath crowd
OF the yellow armor'd bees;
Sumptuous forests flll'd with twilight,
Like dreamy old romance,
Rivers falling, rivers calling,
In their indolent advance.
Crimson heath-bells making regal
All the solitary places;
Dominant light, that pierces down
Into the deep blue water spaces;
Sun-uprisings and sun-settings,
And intensities of noon;
Purple darkness of the midnight,
And the glory of the moon.
Rapid, rosy-tiTted lightnings,
Where the rocky clouds are riven,
Like the lifting of vail
Before the inner courts of Heaven;
Silver stars in azure evenings,
Slowly climbing up the steep;
Cornfelds ripening to the harvest,
And the wide seas smooth with sleep.