allVErtiztr. ' l llPal3l noteciuno huNcipcxs CEA7I TO LIAD, WI cuss 0 QLLO i WIC. tr. BRESLIN, Editor sad Proprietor LEBANON, PA. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5, 1861 DEATH OF SENATOR DOUGLAS Camtoo, June 3.—Senator Douglas expired at 9 o'clock, this morning, at the Tremont House, in this city, where 'he had been lying ill for over a week. This city is in a state of most pro. found sorrow for the death of Sena. tor Douglas. Republicans join with Democrats in lamenting it. 'From Springfield•aa other important pla.: ces in the State we learn by tele graph that there is a universal ex• ,pression of grief. The funeral will be one of the most solemn and posing demonstrations over seen in , this. State. .I;iliglas'ivas born at Brandon, `Rutland county,. Vermont, April 23d, 1813, so that his age was only a little over forty-eight years. His father dying wlidh ho was only two months old, his mother had but limited means of providing for her son, and a daugh ter eighteen months older. Ile re• waived a commmon school education, and .at the age of fifteen, was appren, titled to a cabinet-maker. At thi: trade he worked, at Middlebury and Brandon, for a year and a half, when failing health obliged him to give it np. His mother marrying again, he was, enabled to begin the study of the law in the office of Messrs. Hubbell, at Canandaigua, N. Y. In 1834, having finished h sstudi es, he won't westward,: with scarcely airy money in his ;pod:- ot. After a series of trials and adven. turns, and after teaching school for a living at Jacksonville, Illinois, fort some time, ho opened a law offiees, there in March, 1835. He immediately entered upon a lu.- erratic.° practice, and within a year was chosen by the Legislature of 16 linuis Attorney• General of the State.: Afterwards he was elected to the Leg-'., isluture and served with distinction.i , In 1837 President Van Buren appoint ed him Register of the Land Office at ; Springfield, 111., arid in the same year,', the Democrats of Illinois nomiaate.V biro 'fur 'Governor, but being under', %twenty-ft-0 years of ago, he was de clared inelligible. Nevertheless, .as : be attained the desired age before the' election day, he was voted for, and , was debuted by only 5 votes where; over 36,000 were cast. In 1840 Mr. Douglas entered heart. , ' lily 'into the 6 Presidential campaig n, . . 'and 'to him mainly was it tine thatll.;,; Uaois remained then faithful to the Democratic party. In December of - that year he was appointed Secretary:: of Illinois. In 1841 he was elected Judge of Supreme Court of that State. In 1848 he was elected to Congress,: and re.elected in 1844 and 1846. In 1847 he was chosen United States'; Senator, and he continued to be member of that body to the time of• bis death, having been last chosen inf . : the autumn of' 1858, when Abrahan“ -Lincoln, now President, of the United :States, was his competitor. In 1860 he was the candidate of a portion of the Democratic party for., the Presidency. As that contest is familiar to our render it is annecessa• ry to allude to it further at present. Mr. Douglas was twice married first in 1847 to Miss Martin, of North! Carolina, who died in 1853, leaving; two children ; and secondly in 1858 to Miss Cutts, of Washington, who survives him, with one living child.—'° Tile fleeted widow has the sympa•Ti thy of the nation in her bereavement.' THE FRAUDS UPON THE STATE. The Governor has appointed JACOB Fay, Jr., of Montgomery county; . ENJASII:4 llAvwoon, of Schuylkill county, and CIiAttLES . R. ABBOT, of Philadelphia, .Commissioners to investigate the facts -connected with the furnishing of sup tplies of every kiwi, including cloth ing, dm., to the. State troops. The appointment of these persons is a guarantee that the investigation will be thorough and searching. Mr.- „Fry has the entire confidence of the people of this State. During his term of public service as Auditor General,. he proved himself fearless and incor• ruptiblo. Mr. Ilaywood also sustains. the highest character. We should have liked to have had Jacob Weidlo, Esq., of this borough, also on that committee. As vie have a deep in 'Wrest in the sth Regiment, upon whom most of the frauds were perpu. - *rated, Ole appointment of Mr. Wei: dig, would be very vippropriate. llu would assist in seeing justice done Ao the traitorous scamps who have cheat ed the volunteers and defrauded the. government. i A volunteer in the army writ ing to the Now York Times, after spe oifying tho rations they get daily, in nocontly and coolly winds up as fol lows "At slipper we have about one-half a plat o settee, if we save any bread from our breakfast, well and goon, if not we go without That is what we get for our training for fighting•men.--- Ilttsh training fur fighters I never herad of." We must not omit to mention, to eve ourselves from the imputation of Treason by publishing seditious mat ter, that the Timo is line of the lead ing Republican journals in the country. EDITORIAL SUM IViAItY. The Demociatios6tadai 4 Office at Pottsville is closed op for theitresent l , the editor, devil, and ail haviatiolunteered and gone to the Finj.Slade, of the New Yutk Seventh Regiment, has been appointed Colonel of the Regiment of . Fire Zouaves vice Ellsworth, deceased.—There is no one grain so well suited for hens as barley. Barley when fed with oats and earn, will often be gathered first by the fowls, and bens fed with more or less barley are said to lay more freely.--We learn that the Confederates, at last accounts, bad t Norfolk 20,000 troops, at Richmond 15,000 making at these places alone 35,000 men.— They have at least from 35,000 to 45,000 more troops at other points in Virginia.—Andrew Jackson Donelson, of Tennessee, has gone into service in the rebel ranks. The sword which Gen. Jackson gave him to draw only in defence of the Union, he will probably now use ttidestroy it.—Gen. WOO', as honest a man as lives, aad lyitsteifered with the projects of the plunderers r at New York, who are carrying on as high hand• ed a game of cheating and robbing as their broth. ran in this state. The first thing, however, he knew was an ardor from Washington removing him back to the obscurity of Troy.--Tai rives. —An exchange in publishing one of the govern , meet advertisements far sealed proposals for sup. plies, got a t mixed in at the word "sealed," and has it "steal-ed proposals." Certain peoples' minds mill run in one direction l----Lieut. Os kat , of the Myerstown Rifles, recruited 18 men in the city of Reading, last week, to fill the ranks of that company, and , which is now encamped ; at Camp Curtin.—Sixteen brothers, by the name of Fitch, of Dayton, Ohio, are in one of the cont ponies from that State, on their way to the war. They are Germans..---A mad dog was killed in Robesonia twp., Becks county, last week.— Capt. Cooley, a republican, of the sth Penosylva. nia Regiment, in a recent letter to Roister Cly , mar, Esq., says, "the volunteers say they expec ted 50 per cent. of the money that was appropri ated by state for their benefit would be stolen, but sot 100 per cent."--John C. Myers, editor of the Barks County Press was, last week, appointed an Inspector of Customs. for the Port s of Philadel. phia, at a salary of 31095 per year----The crops in Georgia are represented as being very good; in some portions the wheat harvest has already commenced, and the papers think that a two year's supply will be the result.—Georgia, raised, in 1850, 1,000,000 bushels of beans ; 7,000,000 bush. els of sweet potatoes ; 1,000,000 bushels of wheat; 30,000,000 bushels of corn; 4,000,000 bushels of outs; 39,000,000 pounds of rice; and 4,640,000 pounds of butter. The population is about 1,000,- 000. Can we stares them out?—Richard Iles ' risen, the Union candidate, has been elected to 'fill Tom Corwin's vacancy.s—The REPUBLICANS at 43earer county have no:ninated a full REPUB -LICAN county ticket to be voted for at the October election. This is fully in harmony with the as sertions ortbeltztsetiotesst prints, that there is "no party now"—but their own-?—Gen. Will. bridge is at Washington and urging the adutinis. istrotion to crush out the rebellion at ouee by en ! rolling from five buudred thousand to seven bun. dred thousand men—a force large enough to ren s der resistance useless or thelfight short.—Sev seral of Mir war vessels bud an engagement on `Friday last svith the rebel batteries at Acquia creek. It is supposed that about a dozon of the confederates 'were killed, but our vessels had to retire..--le is said that one tenth of the Vermont regiment, at Minim:, are on the sick-list, most. ty with the measles.---William M. Meredith, of Philadelphia, has been appointed Attorney Gem 'al of this State in place of Mr. Purriance, re signed.---Captain Engle, of the Navy, has just returned frstm a survey of Sewell's Point. He " says that it is held by 4,000 rebel troops, and that a powerful battery is erected on the shore.— ;' Gen. Sam. Ilenstonshas joined the secessionists. S. Lindetnuth, sr., the newly appointed wail carrier on the route between Missimer's Sta. tion and Stouahsburg, has provided himself with a new mail coach, with which he conveys pas sengers between the two points. He meets all the regular passenger trains excepting the P. M. 'down train.—Col. John C. Fremont has been 'offered a Major-Goneraley by the Government.— :.Ile is now on his way home from France, and if be accepts will be assigned a Department in the West.—llon. David Taggart, of Pennsylvania, has been appointed a paymaster in the army.— Gem James Watson Webb, of New York, has been :appointed Minister to Brazil.—At the entrance of the Federal troops into Virginia, all the out posts of the Federal army Were instructed to an ;ewer the challenge of the rebel pickets, "Who 'goes there?" with "The Advance guard of the Grabs] Army of the United Slates." This an !ewer in all instances made the rebels beat en im mediate retreat.—The 14th Regiment left Camp Johnson, near LABCI2B/01`, on Sunday morning.— Their destination we have not learned , but sup spose it is Harper's Ferry. A CoTEstroamty, in speaking of 'Secretary. Seward's promise last December,. at the Astor Rouse, New I York, that peace would be obtained in sixty days, says, "that instead of Congress sitting as an inquest upon 'the dead body, of the eruslied-out Re on the Fourth of July the cwar will only have begun. Neither in fact, nor in theory, nor according to the forms of the Constitution, is it yet begun. Instead of dealing with subjugated provinces, Congress, when it meets, will have to Organize the war, by the levy of two hundred thou sand troops and the issue of two hun dred millions of dollars in Treasury tiotes." tel.. A despatch from Washington anticipation of the open ing of Congress, the Chairman of the Senate And% number of the protni flout members of the House, will be ' ! here some time about the 20th of June, to consult upon the business of the session. It is believe that after ses :ion has begun, all may b4ansneted Lin two days; only three bills will be required, an Army bill, a Navy and a Loan bill, and, if the project of disposing of the whole in secret ses• slot) is adopted, as most probably it will be, the members need not be -de tained here longer thau the time spe cified. • [We are of the opinion that the peo• igeare looking for more from Congress than the. mere passage of the three bills indicated. It is expected that Con gress will take into serious considera !tion the state of the country.] Iteu Last week a large body of troops, under Gen'l McClelland, were ordered to advance on Harper's. Ferry from the West, by way of Wheeling. But the secessionists at Harper's Fer ry, having discovered the movement, proceeded beyond Graft. b railroad and destroyed threa:•fi,-;:„;.,:"..ween that point and W ..:there is little doubt that' or bldivn up all the'iirtages between Grafton and Harper's Ferry. The distance between these two points is one hundred miles. ONE Or TUE BILLS The Governor, itt - a late day of the session of the Legislature, by request, sent in bills of supplies furnished the volunteers amounting to $108,250. It is unnecessary to say what the character br theitipplies were, suffice that they consisted of the thost ficient kind, and that the `prices charg ed were outrageous. The uniforms, were chargedat4lo, which any cloth ing house ‘WC, 1 614 be glad to furnish, of gond.Wrid substantial Material at 'tve - ry other article of the same char acter, bad and high priced: Our pur pose at present is only to give one of the bills, so that the tax payers may see how the Government is cheated, and also what, care is taken by the government officials of the tax payers interest. When such .a bill is rendered, approved of arid'paid by the government officials we must believe .that either the government officers are unfit for the positions they occu py or that they are a party in the fraud. The bill alluded to is as fol. tows Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 186t To ALFRED SLADE .4 Co., April 20. For cosh. 33 bolos 64 twilled blue flannel. 9 pieces 294 6 pieces 29t 6 do 234 6 do 270 6 do 279 6 do 272 6 do 277 6 do 268 6, do 275 6 do 267 6 do 275 6 do 297 6 do 273 6 do 284 6 do 271 6 do 280 9 do 270 6 do 276 6 do 276 6 do 272 6 do .273 6 do 266 6 do 271 6 do 272 6 do 271 6 do 271 6 do 268 6 do 246 6 do 296 5 do 180 8,942 yds,li $8,345,98 6 do 275 5 eases Canton ilanueL Net 6,144, 884 45, 892 46, 888 6,147, 880 3,544, 9} 336 68 C...t t. 2,611, 932, 9 83 88 This bill is a rather careful repeti tion of items, but that is only done to confuse. Had it been stated in one lino as might have been done, viz 8,942 yards of blue twilled canton flannel, at 9-3. cents per yard, the fraud could 'have been detected at once.— Well, so many yards of flannel, at so many cents per yard, and the result will be, as any school boy would tell us, $834 59. But the bill calla for $8,345 96. This is a trifling mistake of about $7,500. The blankets tar nished were purchased from the irn; porters by the contractors the same day they were delivered, at . 51,70 per pair. .The State was charged and paid $3.50 per pair. We subjoin the amounts of three bills. as paid by the government, and also the cash price for which the same goods, of a much better quality, can be bought : .Am't Part Cad. Price. Uniform! and NadaLamm, 'plan no $8,991 00 ninnyls, 8,766 52 1,292 40 Diesuketr o 19,912 20 10.758 10 Total Those three bill afforded stealings for somebody of over $30,000. Is a committee of investigation necessary? Ma The Annual Session of the . Evangelical Lutheran Synod was held in Philadelphia, last week. The fol lowing resolutions, ite., concerning the volunteers, we extract from the proceedings of Tuesday. They will be of interest to the many Lutherans in this section : The Comm itteee appointed to prepare resolu tions in reference to the wants of the many vol unteers connected with our Lutheran Church, for the consideration of the Gorman Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Pennsylvania, has the honor to report I That with all true friends of our hitherto favored country, we earnestly deplore the present melancholy condition of the Union. 2 That in firm reliance in the infinite mercy, wisdom. And fathfulness of Almighty God, we trustfully hope that the bright sunshine of day will again rise forth out of the present dark night of gloom. 3 That we especially keep in view the duty of nnalterable fidelity to the Union, and of conscien. tious obedience to the lawfully constituted au• thurities of our country ; and that we Cheerfully do all in our power to promote and to secure the perpetuity of our Union. 4 That we gratefully remember the faithful defenders of our country, commending them in our earnest prayers to the rich and tender mer. ties of God, whilst at the same time we do our power to relieve and comfort the peculiar tiara of sick and suffering soldiers to whom our atten• then has been so specially called by our dear brother Passavant. In this connection the com mittee propose further, (A) That it be made the duty of all ministers in this body to lay before their congregations a statement of the suffering condition of our sick soldiers, and especially allot! entirely German portion of these. (8) To encourage the members by their volun tary and liberal contributions, to enable our Christian sisters as deaconesses, and who have undertaken the arderous duty of nursing . the sick soldiers. effectually to carry on their benevolent and self sacrificing labors—inasmuch as the Gov ernment in view often/tit udinous responsibilities, has not been able itself to make'provision for this branch of service. (C) That nil such contributions -be placed in the honda of our treasurer W. &Met ter to he by him trsinstnitted to Rev. W. A. Passe rant director of the deaconess. Inatitute, Pitts burg; the Executive Comm ittee of the Synod be ing authorized immediately to advance such ou.to as the tnissionnry treasury may warrant to be re placed out of the contributions which than be giv en for this object hereafter. Further, inasmuch no se greet a proportion of the volunteers from tho State of Ponnoylvan ,and other States, are known to belong to the Lu theran Church and realizing the responsibility of our Church faun especially to provide for the Ppiritual welfare of her members called froottheir homes - in defence of our country: Therefore; to it furthermore. Neff °bled, 1 That this Synod call and appoint our beloved and highly eateemej brother Rev. W. A. Passavant to ha the missionary chaplain of our Synod in the volunteer armies of the United State' , guarantying the 'minions support to sus tain him in Ibis field of useful labor. 2 That the Executive Committee be authoriz. ed, in connection with Brother Passavant to make such furtb.or arrangomen to for the spiritual wants of our soldiers as time and circumstances may render needful. - The report and resolutions were read and unanimously adopted by the Synod. NEW COUNTERFEIT.-A new coon. terfeit $lO bill on the Farmer's Bank of Lancaster, has made its appearance. It is described as follows :—The bill has no centre vignette—oval male por. trait, 10 above on right end---two In dians, one kneeling, 10 above on left end—female bathing between signa tures—name of bank in semicircle at the top of the note. Foraging in the enemy's country is sanctioned by the laws of war, but when men undertake to plunder their own friends. they assume a fearful re sponsibility. We copy the following from the LancaSter Express. of Mon. day:— On Saturday night last a man nam ed Robert Sleeper, a member of the Washington Rifles of Mount Joy, was shot dead' by ayoun'g man named An drew Brubaker, on the limn of John Denlinger about three miles from this city, to the left of the Harrisburg pike, under the following circumstan ces appears that the barn of Mr. Denlinger had been threatened with destruction by fire, and he had in con sequences placed a guard around it, composed of the sons of farmers in the neighborhood. On - Saturday night about twelve o'clock, three men came up to the road in front of the barn, got over the fence, and came to the pig pen, directly above which Mr. Bru baker and throe companies were sta tioned. Sleeper Wit into the pen,and took possession of a turkey, with which he waw'making off, when Bru baker called on him to stop, upon which he dropped the turkey but kept on. The warning- was repeated three times in English,and twice in German, upon which Brubaker fired, bilt not with the intention of killing him.— It happened, however, that he by some meansslipped or changed his position, and the load took effect in his left side, instead of. his lower limbs; killing him instantly. Brubaker came into the city shortly after and gave himself up to the authorities. An inquest was held over the body by Deputy.Coron. er Snyder, about 4 o'clock on Sunday morning, when a post mortem'exami nation of the body was mado by F. Huber, •w ho found that the toad, evidently buck shot, had entered tibe: posterior part of the chest, breaking' off three ribs, and lodging in the 'left lung. Sleeper lived about twenty! minutes, dying from the I:marriage of the wound, the principal arteries of the body being severed. Judging from the concentration of the shot; Brubak. er must have been !Mtn short distance off when he fired. The deceased is said to be from Dauphin county, but we have no reliable knowledge of his previous residence or character. Mr. Brubaker had a hearing before Judges Long and Brin ton, this after noon at halt'' past one o'clock. lion. Thos..E. Franklin appeared for the Commonwealth, •and Edward Reilly, Esq., for the defendant. The Court, after hearing the testimony, held him to bail in the sum of $lO,OOO. $B, - 16 52 um... It is said' that General Scott the other day, in answer to a refer. once by one in his 'company to his military policy, playfully remarked "When I am going to catch a -rat, 1 always sec to it that his holes are first stopped." That is certainly the way to prevent an escape, and to make a capture. A story is current that riot long ago two bishops fell into conver sation. The younger, whose tenure of the Episcopacy has not been long enough to . eheek his natural enthusi asm, was dilating upon the Merits of at. Spurgeon, on the benefits that would accrue to the Church if she numbered such men in her rankS, and on the happiness of the Dissenters in having such a preacher to listen to.— His companion, one of the oldest and shrewdest merabersa the bench, qui etly observed, "Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's ass:!' Goon Humott:Many good people think that: in °Her to be good, they must be solemn: Yet the heart, es. pecially the loving and vigorous heart of young humanity, cries out against this doctrine as so unnatural, that it is repelled even from what would oth: erwise be attractive. Storms APO nee, essary parts of the machinery of no,- tare; the cloud, the snoW,"the bitter cold, the dull rain, all are useful—out of them all spring life and beauty— but there is more sunshine than tem pest after all, on the face of the earth. Rainy days are the exception, not the rule, and though the sky is brighter, the air fresher, and the flowers sweet er for the trial they have endured, yet they return to their pristine sun shine with a glow of delight; and if the storm were perpetual, all, color, bloom, and fragrance would be gone. As the valleys dimple with flowers, am; the i,ifl laugh in the very eyes of heaven, so should the cheeks of health dimple with mirth, And the heart of virtue smile in the presence of God. $51,263 72 $21,041 50 Not long since a man of Sank County, 'Wis., says an exchange pa per,rnarried for hissecond wife his own stepmother, who was sister to his wife. The lady is, therefore, step. mother and aunt to her husband's children,also their grand mother,while the husband is a step-father to his stepsisters. Her issue by this mar riage will not only be own cousins to their step.brother,but uncles and . aunts also. And the lady herself,being grand mother to her children and nephews, may be regarded as mother to her self, and child to herself, and there. fore her own grandinotlier. JOHN C. lIEENAN,:THE CHAMPION OF THE Wom,D.We had the pleasure of meeting this gentle Man the other day, ho having arrived thee day previous from New Orleans, and we are proud and happy to say that he is still strong and unswayed from that noble duty which constitutes the Man. his whole heart is in his flag—the Stars and the . Stripes—whose he so gallantly fought under, and is ready to fight for them again. Wo cherish John C. Heenan; he is a sound man, and wears a large and noble heart, and we aro sure ev ery true American will welcome his return.-Porter's Spirit of the Times. Stir By latd accounts from China we learn that the city of Nankin has been entirely destroyed. The rebell ion in China is not yet suppressed. Igs. The transmission of the U. S. Mails in the ten seceding States, ex cepting the Union counties of 'Vir. ginia, has been discontinued. A SOLDIER SHOT TifF STH PENNSYLVANIA REG- IMENT WAsiIINGTON, Saturday, May 31. The Fifth Pennsylvania regiment, encamped about two miles north of the Capitol building, had Gov. Cur tin's letter read to them by the ape. vial agent sent on to examine and re. port upon their condition. It is al ready receiving. new outfits, and every deficiency will be most scrupulously supplied. The Secretary of State, on Thurs. day, again dispensed his hospitalities to various military'offiders; including some from the 2d and 25t,1t New York, the 'sth Pennsylvania', and the New Jersey regiments, together with sun dry oificers of the District militia amid maritio' corps. Among- the .oth9r guests of, the'brilliant 'entertainment were the foreign ministers and CAW - - net officers. .The men of the Fifth Pennsylvania regiment were in great glee, yester day, because they had learned that new uniforms and proper under cloth ing were on the way for them. The ladies of the Rev. Mr. Butler's church had Supplied Company "G" Havelocks, and the old ones work:by this company were handed over to Company F. The other coMpanies would .be glad to. be similarly dealt with by their friends at home. The condition of thiS r.,l,riment has been sofa r very deplorabh.t. YeAerday afternoon, the Hon. W. D. Kelley ' and others, of Pennsylva: nia, visited Alexandria,•for the peso of noting the condition of the Pennsylvania troops now quartered there, and .of observing matters and things generally in that now desolate city. On arriving at the headquar, tore of the Fifth Pennsylvania Regi ment, the party were Cordially re ceived by Co!. McDowell, ; and the other officers of the rOgiMent,, and while there they were joined by oth ers of Philadelphia, who had been on :a tour of inspection among the troops on that side.of the river. The coin :Orly viited the several points of in terest -in and around the city,. and., on returning to headinarters, opposite the now famous Marshall House, where Col: E. llstvorth was brutally as. sassinated; the.regi mental band com plimented their visitors with the per formance of several patriotic The music attracted ,a crowd of about one thousand persons, residentS 'oi the city, and Judge Kelley was - loudly called for. He was introduced in an appropriate manner by Senator Smith. Judge Kelley indicated *the object of his visit to Afekandria, and thanked the band and the men of the Penn• sylvania Fifth for the compliment, arid proceeded to 'express the 'grati tude 'he, in Common with the penple of the State, owed their) fir the alac rity with which they -had abandoned their homes an'd' peaceful pursuits, and the cheerfulness with which they . endUred the more thamtiksual hard ships and depiiiiations . Of ,soldier's life. Iron. E. McPherson . and' G. M Smith,.,r 4 s4., also delivered. addresses The'bUilding occupied by the Fifth Regiment, and from which the speak ing Wa - s Made, was',,until Friday last, the headquailei% o f the Rebel troops —the Stars and Stripes waved majes tically where the Secession banner waved. The bnthnsiasru created : by the impromptu Union demonstration of yesterday will not, soon be forgot ten by the many who witnessed it. John Heisey, of Company G, acei• dentallysheterff the forefinger of his left hand, last week, with a revolver. Amputation of the rest of the finger was found necessary, but he will soon be fit for duty again. A the New York Deily News.] A FEW FIGURES. As we will probably have 100,000 men under arms before a month, their burden on our people, in a pecuniary sense, must be interesting and instruc tive. A soldier's-dailyprovision costs over 20 cents, when of the rough sort; his clothing, ambulance necessaries, and other requirements, over one dol. Lars. In a moveable state,then, every man in the country bearing a musket, costs us two 'dollars per day : Two dollars day lbr one man is $200,000 per day for 100,000 men ; $200,000 per day is $1,400,000 per week $1,400,000 per week is more than $5,600,000 per month ; • Or $11,200,000 for two months, Or $22,400,000 for four months; Or $33,600,000 for six months; Or $67,200,000 for one year. TILLS 38 the amity hone. N o ships—no sailors—no marines But it will cost twice this. For the mere support and traveling expenses only are counted. No figure for re era i ti ng, for Generals,ofliees, quarters, Government. Xo figures for replacing .dead men with live ones. No figures for burying the killed. The cost will beover three millionsa week. Ten weeks war capital would buy Cuba. Buchanan was. mad ,for asking thirty millions-to add a great -State to the county. . TABLE OF DISTANCES: The following table will be found interesting, showing as it does, the distance from Baltimore to many points to the seat of ♦var : Proin Baltimore. Miles. Miles. Baltimore to Relay House. 9 Relay 11 4 1UP123 t o Annapolis Junction. 8 ]7 Annapolis Junction to Washington. 21 38 Baltimore to Relay Hoag). 9 Relay House to Ellicott's Mills. 9 15 Ellieott's Mills to Monomicy. 43 58 Monoeney to Point of Rocks. II 69 Point of Rooks to Burper's Ferry: 12 Si Harper's Ferry to Martinsburg. 19 100 Martinsburg to Bannock. 22' 122 Hancock to. Cumberland. 56 178 Cumberland to Piedmont. 28 206 Piedmont to Cranberry Summit: .36 242 Cranberry Summit to Grafton/ 37 279 Grafton to Fairmount. 23 302 Fairmount to Moundsville, 66 368 Moundsville to Wheeling. ii 379 Baltimore to Grafton.. 279 Grafton to Clarksburg. 22 301 Clarks-burg to West Union, 28 329 West Union to Parkersburg, b 5 383 Baltimore to Harpers's Perry, 81 Harper's Ferry to Charlestown. 10 91 Charlestown to Winchester. . 22 'll3 Baltimore to Annapolis Junction, 17 Annapolis Junction to Annapolis, .18 35 Alexandria to Leseburg. 38 FIGHT AT FAIRFAX COURT HOUSE. WASHINGTON, June I. An engagement occurred in the vicinity of Fairfax Court House, in which Our of the United States troops were killed, and twenty.seven rebels killed and wounded, according to the official report. ALExAmmik, June I.—lt is reported that at day break this morning, company B of the 2d United States Dragoons t Lieu o t. Tompkins; While reconnoitering in the neighborhood: of Fairfax Court House, twelve miles from Alexttudria, were fired upon by the-sel9B. • - The dragOons charged` fiittrtiMes the village, and Were fired upon by the rebels concealed in the -houses. Lieut. Tompkins and Gordon both had , horses shot under them. Three other horses were wounded. Two men are Missing and three- Wounded. - It is estimated that the_ dragoons killed from fifteen to twenty rebels. The dra goons captured five'prisonersandleft them at the camp of the Twenty-eighth - New York regiment. These details are furnished by a crentlernan who arrived from the camp. CONTRABA4.:NE . GROE B - - General Butler seems to be equal to any emergency. Qp the 4th ult. alf, pieicet , guard at Fortress Monroe neoug,.. in three fugitive slaves, the property of Col. Mal lory commander' of the rebefforces in that vicinity. They represented that they were aboutto belsent South, and hence sought protection. Their owner very coolly 'sent a messenger to Gen. Butler under the pro tection of a flag of truce ; claiming the ren dition of his slaves ' under the' Fugitive Slave Law. He was politely nicotined by the General that so soon as he shold visit the fortress and take a solemn oath to obey the laws of. the United States. his proper ty would promptly be restored— but that until these terms were cornpliced ‘T.rith the fugitives would be treated as articles con traband of war, and be set to work inside the fortress. Cu!.Mallory did riot ven ture to comply with these conditions. As slaves are property and in some re spect s a very useful kind of property in time of war, the Gen. wasjuStified in treat ing, them as he , did. This Virginia Col onel'seerns to have presunied that becabse Gen. Butler returned' fugitive.s to.their loy al owners in Maryland, that he would be equally magnanimous towards _disloyal owners in. Virginia—But he eVidently mistook his man. The army is not In Virginia to interfere with slavery in any way either to incite servile insurrections,or to restore fugitives to masters who deny theirobligations to the laws of the Union. DA RKEy-VALOR —An exchange refer ring to the rumors concerning the employ ment of colored soldiers in this_ war re marks "We never heard of Nit One engage ment in which negroes took_ a part as sol. (Vers. and as their action in the present Campaign might prove a historic parallel re-rniplish the particulars : When Col, Dciniphan crossed the plains on his fa mous Calirornia expediton he, had in his train some2o negroes. mostly emplciyed as ServaintS,, When it was evident that a irtlileXicanS would follow, Col.Don iphan's servant Sam asked .permission to foim the darkteS into a company boast ingly declaring that they would make "hash of the greasers." He gratified Sam's whim, gave him an old sword, and supplied his command with arms. After the desperate battle at *Sacramento, Capt. Sam, and a feW of his darkey wariors, were found under the baggage wagons, and the remainder had fled ?" We have no doubt that our "darks" would make the same kind of a show ; if employed; butallowi ng such a thing likely how many white volunteers could the Government get to fight in the same army? REVIVAL or TEA DE.—There are un mistakable indications of revival of busi ness in our midst. Our merchants are launching out again with something akin to their old confidence and our city already feels the revivifying influence. This is right. We do not heAtate in saying that we have before us a season of unexam pled prosperity.--Reading Times. Some other folks, aside from the merchants, have recently had a "season of unexampled` prosperity," and the result is that they will soon have Jake Fry after them with . a sharp stick. Hoops CoyraAa tuo.:-An amusing inci dent is related in the St. Louis Democrat that happened in the expedition of Capt. Lyon against the Secessionist at Potosi.— The flag Was captured thus: The next move was to captured the rebel flag which was known to be in town and for this a greeable duty Capt. Cole detailed a guard of six meM . under command of Sergeant Walker, accompanied by Dr. Franklin, Surgeon of the fifth Regiment. The guard surrounded the house supposed to contain ii c' flag, and Dr. Franklin and Sergeant Walker entered. After searching in vain for sometime the Dootor thougtt he ob served thelady of the house sitting in rath er an uneasy position and he very politely asked her to rise. At first the lady hesi tated, but finding the Doctor's persuasive suavity irresistible, she rose slowly and lot the blood-red stripes of the rebel ensign appeared below the lady's hoops .The doo: tor, bowing a graceful "beg pardon, mad , am," stooped and coietly caldhitig hold of the gaudy color, carefully delvered the lady of a secession fiag, thirty feet long and nine feet wide. The Doctor bore off his`prizein triumph to the camp, where the troops greeted him with wild shouts, and characterized his feat as the crown= lug glory of the occasion. • . THE VERY MAN THEY WANT TO. SEM— The Southerns will be delighted to learn that the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, in the course of- a few days, will leave for .the seat of war as a chaplain, attached to a company of soldiers, now mtistering in Brooklyn, composed exclusively. of mem bers or ex-members of PlYmtkuth Church. If Beecher does dare to go he will show more pluck than Greeley, Raymond,. Gid dings, and the rest of them. floae - The people of Missouri have been assured that the President will not require that State to take sides in the present con flict No aggressions will be made on the rights or property of her people. At the same time the administration will of course permit none to be made on the property of the general government A fight oc curred at Savannah, Missouri, on the 22d inst., between parties of 'Union men and secessionists; in which one of the former and two of the latter .were killed. The occasion 'was an attempt of ex-Governor Stewart to deliver a Union speech. THE A.T,LEGED FRA CONTRACTS. B.A.Ratentgio, May 30.---Governor Curtin has ordered that payment, on certain heavy - contracts for supplies to the volunteers be. suspended until the accottnts'ean be investigated by the. commissioners—kessrs. Ben jamin Haywood and Jacob Fry,lrl— who are directed - to examine all such contracts strictly. Good and substantial clothing, or the army 'standard, is to be - sent as , fast Its possible to Washington for' the Fourth `and Fifth regimente of thc Pennsylvania volunteers. Every suit will be carefillly. inspected by am experienced clothier. - ' The allepAtions of fraud in, the Gi-• card House, att 41etli establishments, are to be fully in‘kqit,t,igitted, anti 'ony violation of contracts , willbe prose cuted. . a ,cr FEDERAL `TROOPS IN tag. GINJA WAS IN Gir?; Pei iiforeeinen ts continuo ise, 440 from ; Washington across thePotoinkk., Since Saturday a :week the Fifth Maa inettaiett's regiment, the Eighth :14'w an'ti . the FirSt' :New '3ersey reg , :inients We're deSpitched over Long —" Mit44.teltuSett.'S toa K Br'icg& 'O-11v - up a position on.the -""aar dria, and the Eighth were -posted on Arlington Heights, near the residence of General; Leo.. All the!encappatents on the Virginia aide have been, phteed, in telegraphic communication witTi the headquarters or Gen. Scott. 4is confidently stated that no`lurther ad vance tfieVederal l i goi;pa *ill be tiiade into,Virginia :until the fortig* tions now going on are comphWed, and the army Of i nvasidn' has receiled the benetkt,q, the thafti,v., a n experienced incident to,a etinspeigrk. MORE MOVEMENit ()WARDS HARPER'S FERRY. WAsnitioros, MaY..3O: The Sixth Pennsylvania regiment, heretofore _stationed at. Perrysville, passed h rough - Bal ti in Ore, yesterday; and tonic: the ears northwards, in: the direcition - of hagerstown,Ht:,Wits posed for liarper's 'Ferry: The rev ment of*COI. Dare, from the .same point,. fbllowed soon after, in, ttAimilar direetien.' The Scott Le , iiq And three Other.sregim - ents E llflller General Pa tte rso n t morn_ i ng, also in the directiOU of.harPer's Ferry. 'The sudden movenientof,tha Ohio troops into Virginia, yesterday, taken in : connection.with theadvance of tlie.. forces *cup ;,; ger i nsy l vania, above referred.to,indicate a prebable collision with the &),e1 troops around Barper's Ferry. ,General.M•cCleihina Pushed the regiments from Ohio across the river—the Six.teenth tegitaent, from the camp at Bellair, Fourteenth, under Col. Stednian:The former moved ,on to .Graiton,.where the Virginia militia; coni.ifanded4by Colonel !telly, had prei:elltdlithent from IA heeling, and the Fourteenth took no a poSitiOn At• . Parkersbure,.— The re,bele had evacitated,.Grrafton, and the• Virginia iroops of COL' Kelly, together with the Ohio.regiment;. had possession ofthat Place. . • MANASSAS GAP JUNCTION'. Manassas Gap. Junction, on .4lie Orange and Alexandria Railroad, about 27 miles from Alexandria, ap pears to be an important point of concentration for the rebel . forces. They are pouring in there rapidly from- Richniond,- - and are fortifying the place strongly with earthworks, - fearing, it is said, an attack:from-the federal troops at Alexandria in their advance on Harper's Ferry by that road. It has been ascertained that there are over 5,000 troops now aCthe Manassae Gap Junction, and a fight in that quarter at au early day; ia•ticit _improbabie. The SeceSsion forces there' arann der command of 0-en. Ronhara of South Carolina, 'Col. .Magruder.-ag there in command of a battery;_;: - 1* was believed that Col. Krertiliwileti South Carolina Regiment initl moved up the road tow Centreville,. Fairfax county, to strengthen the position there, in view of the probability that the Federal troops would strike past that point to out off communication with .11arper's Ferry., • NEUTRALITY OF GREAT BRITAIN... --0 We have received highly important news,. Dearing upon the situation of affairs here, by the steame.r, Etna, ;from Liverpool on I,he 15th of Atty, The p elainat i o n, of 2iie git(leit' been issued by the Privy . leouneil at, Whitehall, warning all British ,sub , :wets from interfering, at • their.peril, with either party in the American. •eonflict r or giving. aid or coinfoit in any way, by personal seryip.e - *int supp!ying.mbnitions o f war, to either party., Tlit.; perielatnation announce& it as the intention of the British Gov, eminent 'to - preserve-Vic strictest.neu trality iax the contest, between the gov ernment of the United States and the government of those States calling them selves the' Confederate States of Amer.ica. Tar REREI, LEADERS AT RICIO(OND., —We have relialne information : Ogg, Mr. Davisiand his entire Cabinet totik formal leave of ,Montgomery oe..4san day last, and proeleded,to Itichmeei, where they are ne dotibt, iineiletfated. They brought .their families with them.. General Davis ins to.take com mand of the Confederate army in per son, and ex-Senator Wigfall, of Texas, has been appointed his chief Aid.de- Camp. THE NEUTRALITY oF KENTUcKy.— The neutrality Of Kentucky is becom ing every day more certain. Gov. McGoffin has just issued a proclama tion declaring the absolute neutrality of the State, and solemnly Ihrbidding any: movement of troops, either be longing to the' United States Govern. ment:or to. the Confederate States, across the soil of Kentucky. THE FLAG THAT WAS LOWEHEH AT Sume'rEa.—Cld. Anderson stated in, Cincinnati, on Saturday last, that the. flag lowered at Fort SU 111 WAS ; rIOt the National flag .of the Fort;, blit a storm flag—the regular flag- having been torn. by the Wind two oi,.thr.oo days before t 6 tgebels„ :corn tp.e need their attiXelt. El El IMI
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