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HUNTINGDON, PA.
Tuesday Afternoon; June 25, 11361
The Star-Spangled Banner.
Ohl say, can you see, by the dawn's early light,
Mac so proudly we hatrd at the twilight's last gleam
ing/
Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous
tight,
O'er the ramparts we watch'd, were so gallantly stream
ing'
And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in
Gave proof through the night that our nag was still there!
Olaf say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave,
O'er the land of the free, and the home of the brave?
On the Bison', dimly seen through the mists of the deep,
Where the foes haughty host in dread silence reposes,
What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep,
As it fitfully blows, half concrete, ball diecloses?
blow it catches the gleam of the morning'. first beam;
In full glory reflected, now shines on the stream—
Ms the star spangled ban nerl Oh, long may It wave,
O'er the land of the free, and the home of the brave I
And where is that band who so vauntingly swore
That the havoc of war, and the battle's confusion,
A borne and a Country should leave us no more?
Their blood has wasted out their foul footstep', pollution I
No refuge could save the libeling and slave,
Prim the terror of flight or the gloom the gravel -
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave,
O'er the land of tho free, and the home of the brava I
Ohl thns be it ever, wben freemen obeli stand
Between their loved home and ware desolation!
Blessed with victory and peace, may the lleavenlescued
"land
Praise the Power that bath made and preserved v a pc
' ,Uonl •
Tom conquer we must, 'when our Mae it II just,
And this be our motto—' , ln God is our trust I" -
And the star-spangled banner in triumph ebrill Irate,
O'er this land of no free, and thehomeof the brave!
get-In our absence a communication
appeared in the, Globe slightly reflect
ing, upon the pa.trititisin of our Htin
tingdon ladies. ,We regret that any
thing of the kind should have appeared
in our coluthns, for we know that Hun
tingdon has been very liberal towards
the -soldiers, as -much so as any other
town in the State. During eight days,
lately, we were in the camps of some
thirty thousand soldiers, and nothing
gave us as Much pleasure as to hear
strangers speak of the fine treatment
they had received from our citizens on
their way through this place to the seat
of war. The fact that we hailed from
the " ancient borough" of Huntingdon
was sufficient " pass" for us to travel
through any Union camp, for the
" boys" who had enjoyed the liberality
ofHuntingdon, appeared tohave spoken
of it to their less fortunate companions.
Th . ousands of the brave "boys" will
long . remember the good people of
Huntingdon.
THE HERO Or FORT §TJMPTER.—GeII
oraI Anderson, the Hero of Fort Sump
ter, arrived at Altoona yesterday after
. 4 I ob'eet of his visit to the
mountains of the old Keystone is toie
emit his health.
Our army,
We have heard much, and have
seen much, of the weakness of our
army. It is strong in numbers, but
whole regiments are weak for the
want of e:cperienced officers. In sev
eral skirmishes which have already
taken place, our brave men have suf
fered defeat through ignorance of the
commanding officers. The' refusal of
the three month men to enter the
army for a longer, period, is because
of their dissatisfaction with their com
manding officers, many of them, hav
ing entered the army and taken com
mand, totally ignorant of their duties,
and-taking no prid,e
,or pleasure in in
forming thernselveS of those duties.—
Of the_7s,oop three month-volunteers,
'we shall be snrprised if a single Regi
ment, as a whole, can be mustered
into, seviee for three years. To secure
the'serVices of the three month privates,
the company, commissioned and un
commissioned officers, a reorganiza
tion of the Regimenti must take place,
that better officers may be selected.
The following, article from The
Pennsylvania Piftit, a paper published
at 'Alexandria, :Va.,' by our soldier
Icboyi - ," speaks triiths which must; be
corrected before , thousands of our
bravo soldiers again be induced to
three months. --
', 'frog sNocAmoktv AT Gar.krth-iii
r.L.—Wiaile the result. of the attack
upon this .point, is to be regretted, we
trust the-lesson to be learned,from its
mismanagement will not be lost,•
without its, beneficial advantages in
the future. There is no disguising the
faet,—and we Speak respectfully of
those at the head of our military af
fairs—that there is-something wrong
in the selection of men to command
oar brave volunteers. Instead of mil
itary'..ability being the', basis upon
- -
,Appointments
should be ests.bliShed, we fear there is
too much dependence placed upon the
recommendation of influential politi
cians, and that favoritism- is the rule,
by, which too many of 'these 'appoint
ments are-made.,
Against - this:Sytem _We protest, and
as We: Irmciw and share 'the dangers -of
the VolUnteer's life, we appeal to those
high in power; whether our lives, and
the great cause in which we- are en
gaged, are to be sacrificed in the hands
of incompetent officers? It is bad
enough to commission such men in
time of peace,, to. play soldiers through
the streets, but in times like the pres
ent, -Are want - serviceable, efficient-ma
terial, and-of -this, there is enough to
be - foand in the ranks of, our volun
teers, without hunting among the
rubbish of worn out politicians, bank-
rupt mercha'nts—hunthag for pelf,—
and pettifogging lawyers, some of
whom never shouldered a 'musket,
much less are they competent - to direct
thiimbiemenii regiment or brigJ
ade in time of battle • but we fear, like
Geri. Pierce, would sit upon their sad
dle, speechless, while the poor troops
would be cut to pieces. In view of
thig, would it not be better, and en
couraging to the volunteers, if the
policy of Napoleon the First was inaug
urated, and none called to command
but those who have been tried, or aro
able to stand a military examination•
In uttering these sentiments, we are
discharging a high sacred duty, and
are prepared to enter upon its per
formance without fear or favor, feeling
at the same time a lively conscientious
ness that every volunteer•in the ranks
will sustain us, and to strengthen our
position still further, we clip the fol
lowing from one of our Philadelphia
exchanges:
We say most emphatically that any man who will ac
cept a commjeaion under the Government to take command
of a regiment, who does not suppose himself fully compe
tent, is nothing more than a murderer, and in future they
should be held up to public ridiculo and despised by tho
whole community. We say with as much force as we can
muster for the occasion to all those who muy hereafter
form remittent, to look Well to the qualifications of all
those whom they place in command of their live., as ail
depeude on the knowledge of the men who direct the
movements, and who have the absolute power to load
wlalthereoever they will.
General Scott and the Campaign
[Correspondence of the N. Y. Tribune.]
WASHINGTON, June recent
conversations General Scott has said,
not only that the evacuation of Har
per's Ferry was in perfect conformity
with his plans and expectations, but
that nothing which the rebels have
done has interfered in the slightest
with his grand plan of the campaign,
or with the several steps which he has
proposed to take.
Everything is in the best condition
for an advance upon Richmond, for
which the preparations were makin g .
The approach of Gens. Patterson's and
McClellan's columns, and the concen
tration of troops from, the east, would
seem to foretell this. Army officers
prophesy that the forward movement
hence, southerly, and from Fortress
Monroe towards Richmond, will begin
within a fortnight., and that, when
once begun, it will not halt until the
rebel capitol is taken. It is believed
that the capture will be made before
the day fixed for the meeting of the
Davis Congress. •
An-intelligent traveller, whose busi
ness took him to Richmond, returned
to-day by way of Manassas Junction.
He confirms the statement of your spe
cial correspondent, an account of whose
jOvney appeared in yesterday's Tri
bune, as respects the number of troops
at Richmond—not over 4,500. He
saw Jeff. Davis reading a special des
patch, affirming the death of Gen. Scott.
Pryor has been made Special Aid to
Gen. Lee.
The troops at Manassas he estimates
at 22,000. All the Harper's Ferry
force, except the rear guard, which
was said to be 1,500 strong, had ar
rived. The rear guard had advanced
as far as Winchester. Messrs. Miles
and Preston are among Beauregard's
aids. The entrenchments at Manassas
are very strong, r The condition of the
Rebels there is as bad as heretofore
represented. They expect an at
tack from the Federal forces here on
or before Thursday, and swear, that
they will repulse them with great
slaughter, and drive them across the
Potomac. They do not say what they
will do in ease, no attack is made upon
them from this direction.
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The Pay and Pension of Our Volunteers
- The folloi*ing recapitulation afrords
useful information to volunteers and
their families:
let, After being mustered into the
service of the United States, volun
teers are entitled to pay the same as
regular troops.
2d. If disabled by wounds received
in service or disease contracted in ser
vice, they are entitled to an invalid pen
sion during life, or as long as the dis
ability. continues.
3d. If any are killed or die in the
service of the United States, leaving a
widow, she is entitled to what pay is
due to her husband, and a pension.
If there is no widow the child or chil
dren of such volunteers is entitled to
the pay and pension until they are
sixteen years of age.
4th. If there is no widow or child
under sixteen years of age, the other
heirs, of decedent are entitled to the
pay due the volunteer—no pension.
At this time, neither the volunteers
nor any heir is entitled to land war
rants, but there is no doubt an act of
Congress will be passed early in July,
granting one hundred and sixty acres
to every volunteer who shall serve
fourteen days, or engage in battle and
be honorably discharged—first to the
widow, second to the children,thirci to
the mother, fourth to the father; and
if all the foregoing heirs be dead, fifth
to the brothers and sisters of those who
may so serve and die without so re
ceivina'' a warrant, in like manner as
the volunteers who served in Mexico
are now rewarded; Seamen and oth
ers who take prizes, and those perform
ing meritorious feats, will undoubtedly
be rewarded with the fruits of their
Valor: Those. patriotic men and wo
men who suffer ,from, robbery in the
slavcAates underthe name of confis
cation, will almost certainly be reward
ed, according to the scripture rule,
foUrfold from the property of the reb
els—all State confiscations being illegal
and mere orga,riizedpiracy will be pun
ished, and Congress will undoubtedly
pass a proper and effectual act whei•e
by the United States courts will take
from the unfaithful and unjust stewards
whist property they, may have, and
give it to the faithful and true•servants.
sth. In addition to what' the volun
teers and heirs are entitled. to, and
may become entitled to from the
United-States, the Several Stttes have
passed, and will pass, acts granting
pay from the State treasury. -
BErrza - Threseoz.uxo.--=--The Doyles
toWli.-Petocrat Says:: "In the
of many- gaga`cibuspeeple, buisness will
take an improved turn after the extra
session of Congress. The immense
amount of money expended by' the
government among the people is grad
ually quickening our industrial inter
ests. Though southern debts are reJ
pudiated, the old fOgy credit S;steMis
destroyed at the same time, The
medicine may be bitter, but its effect
will be 'salutary. In the opinion of
good business men, the North will re,
gain all the proSperity it has lost, be
fore the channels of trade for the s:tuth
are even opened:
_ seir Pieces of
_the planlting_of_ the
stairway of the Marshall.House,Alex
andria, are selling in Chicago, 111., at
one dollar por square inch.
WAR NEWS.
Important and Interesting from Harper's
Ferry.
[Speciel Dispatch to the Waehintoia stsr.]
FREDERICK, MD., Thursday, Stine 20
—6 P. M. Editor Star :—I have just
returned from carrying out your direc
tions to see for myself and report the
actual state 'of things at Harper's
Ferry.
Yesterday (Wednesday) afternoon,
at 3 o'clock, I crossed over to Harper's
Ferry, and found everything pretty
much as the Secessionist troops had
left it. Such a scene of utter desola
tion and destruction never before met
my eyes. I returned back to Sandy
Hook, one mile below Harper's Ferry,
on the Maryland side of the Potomac,
to rest for the night. After an early
breakfast I returned to the Maryland
end of the late Harper's Ferry bridge
over the Potomac, and ascended the
mountain heights there, to look at the
condition of the works on that side
that the enemy had abandoned. At
6 A. M. I discovered a picket or ad
vance mounted guard of about a dozen
wending theis way into 'Harper's Fer
ry down the Charlestown road.
After making a circle through town,
they returned out upon the Charles
town road; and in an hour afterwards
I saw a force about three hundred foot
and sixty horses enter the town by the
same road. On their appearance on
the outskirts of the town there was a
general stampede of the citizens that
had remained there after its evacuation
by General Johnson's army. They
mostly rushed into the river and made
for the Maryland shore by wading and
swimming. Some put off in small
boats. The Secession troops hurried
to the water's edge after them, and
fired at the poor defenceless creatures
so long hs any of them were in range
of their pieces. Not one of them,
(about fifty in number,) however, was
either killed or wounded.
The disunion troops immediately af
terwards re-commenced the work of
destruction. I saw them set fire to
the fine bridge over the Shenandoah—
a costly uncovered structure, built
about two years ago. •They complete
ly destroyed it, though it was all on
Virginia soil. Theynext went to the Po
tomac (Baltimore and Ohio Railroad)
bridge and threw off a fine and very
large locomotive, that had been left
(because too large to be carried off
upon the Winchester Railroad,) when
Johnson's army retreated on the only
span of the bridge work that was not
burned on the morning of the evacua
tion—it being an iron span, it will be
recollected. They accomplished that
work of destruction—throwing the lo
comotive into the river—by the use of
crowbars, &c. They next arrested Mr.
E. H. Chambers, surrounding his house
and ordering him to surrender; which
he refused to do. An order was then
given to shoot him; and then he sur
rendered 'and was then taken off on
horseback without even permitting
him to get his hat.
They next went to the residence of
Nat Allison, and arrested him, pretty
much in the same way,oand afterwards
Mr. John Chatman, Armslead Roder
ick, Adam Ruleman, and Mr, Abram
Herr, who owns and carries on the
great flouring mills there. All these
gentlemen are highly respectable citi
zens and strong Unionists. In all,
they arrested and hurried off about
twelve. They next went to Hall's
Ride Works and removed the gun
stocks that had been left there uncle
stroyed ; they were worth about $25,-
000, and it was understood they were
preparing to send them to Richmond
via the Winchester Railroad. I re
mained watching them, from the moun
tain, until 1 P. M., up to which time
they were engaged in securing the
gunstocks and had fired one of the rifle
shops before I left my position.
. .
From some of the citizens who es
caped their clutches by swimming the
Potomac I learned that they avowed
that they had orders to burn every
house in the town on which a Union
flag was found hoistOd ; and also to
burn the bridge, and all the remaining
rifle and arm works.
I learned from the swimmer, that
Johnson's army is understood at Har
per's Ferry to have gone in different
directions; a portion remaining at
Bunker's Hill, eighteen miles from
Harper's Ferry and nine miles from
Charlestown; some going further down
towards Manassas; some stretching
along between Charlestown, Winches
ter, and in the direction of Martins
burg; another portion was said to have
crone to Romney.
News from the Rebel Camp at Manassas
Lomsvmx, June 22.—The Manassas
correspondent of the Charleston Mer
cury, dated the' 18th, writes that the
people-about the rebel camp are -hos
tile, and that it is dangerous for the
soldiers to leave the camp alone. Gen
tlemen come into camp daily, who fear
their own slaves will murder them.
,The lower classes of the whites are
inciting the slaves to such a degree
that civil war is on the point of being
inaugurated, and then' our people are
hostile in their rear. The latter apply
for passports hourly, which Gen. Beau
regard grants provided that no horses,
wagons, &c., are taken from the State.
Sharp Shooting at the Rebels—Sisty or
Seventy Killed.
(From the ,
A private letter *Om a member of
the Seventeenth Pennsylvania , Reg
iment, (Col. Frank Pattersonls) has
been politely placed at our disposal,
from which we copy the following:—
"PooLsvILLE, Illd., Juno 20.—Our
object in ,marchingtteie' seems to be
aceomplished—TfarpertiTerry is aban
doned. Gen. Pattereon.from Freder
ick, Cad - Wahl:der from Williamsport,
and our division threatening Leesburg
in the rear, Were too much for them.
"The enemy attempted to hold Ed
ward's Ferry, about four miles front
this place. Three companies of our
regiment hold this ,Side of the Ferry,
with a howitzer belonging to tin, West
Point battery. A number of officers
attempted to cross Goose Creek, on
the opposite side, in a scow. The how
itzer was trailed on the scow and the
spherical 'case-shot struck it in the cen
tre, only two out of fifteen going out
side of it. 'Three other shots were
fired into their column, killing sixty or
seventy men. They all soon disap
peered. .
"The 'NOW HampShire boys held
Conrad's Ferry; but as their guns
would not carry, a sufficient distance
to do the enemy any harm, a detach
ment of twenty men was sent from
our regiment to act as sharp shooters.
They picked off eight or ten of the
rebels. The New Hmpshiro men had
been firing pistols and guns that did
not reach half way, acoss the river.
The enemy's six-pound balls came
thick and fast among our boys, but,
luckily, none were hit. When grape
shot were fired, they all squatted, and
the shot passed over them. So soon
as a six-pound ball would strike the
ground, the boys would make a
dash and dig it out. They got six of
these trophies. The New Hampshire
boys got the others.
" One trick of the New Hampshire
fellows was to get one of their men to
mount on horseback, as a mark for
their fieldpiece. As soon as they fired,
he would drop from his horse, and the
enemy would set up a shout of triumph.
The horseman would then get up, and
placing his fingers at his nose, would
poke fun at them.
"This morning the _enemy have
evacuated the Ferries. How long we
are to remain here,, and what is our
destination, we do not know."
Repudiation of the War Debt by the Leg
islature of Maryland,
FREDERICK, Md., June 20.—1 n the
Legislature to-day, Mr. Gordon sub
mitted a resolution declaring that the
debt now being incurred by the Gen
eral Government, in prosecuting the
war, is unconstitutional, and of no
binding force upon the States which
do not consent thereto, and that Ma
ryland will not hold itself bound for
any portion of its payment. Adopted.
Mr. Briscoe submitted a report re
pealing those sections of the code giv
ing to the Governor any power over
the disposal of the 'Arms of the State,
and suspending the enforcement of any
bond for the return of the State arms
heretofore loaned to military organiza
tions. Adopted.
The object of this measure is to pre
vent the Governor from reclaiming the
arms now in the possession of the Se
cession portion of the State military.
The taking of the disposition of the
arms out of his hands was one feature
of the public safety bill which was at
tempted to be passed some weeks ago,
and which raised such a storm of in
dignation throughout the State.
A resolution was submitted by Mr.
Dennis, of Somerset, declaring that the
acts of the General Government are
unconstitutional and tyrannical, and in
favor of the immediate recognition of
the Southern Confederacy. This was
adopted—yeas 47, nays 4.
Our S6utbern "Brethren."
This is the very pathetic and touching
phrase by which persons of doubtful
patriotism at home are pleased to desig
nate the rebels in arms against the Gov
ernment of the United States. On this
subject the Civilian and Telegraph, a
newspaper published in Maryland,
says:
Brethren who make large appropri
ations to purchase arms and call out
large armies to overthrow our govern
ment, the best and wisest the world
ever saw, and to involve us all in one
common ruin. Brethren, indeed—our
Southren brethern! Men who rob our
government of its arsenals and mints,
and seize its revenue cutters. They
our brethren—our Southren brethren l
Men who fire upon the flag of ourcoun
try the flag under which our fathers
and brothers fought, bled and died.
They our brethren—our Southern
brethren! Men whO starve out a small
garrison of less than one hundred
troops and then with merciless malice
fire upon that garrison, and when its
barracks were on fire, instead of render
ing them assistence, ignoring humani
ty by increasing their fire upon that
garrison. They our brethren—our
Southern brethren! Men who threaten
to drive from the capital of the country
the legally elected officers of the gov
ernment. These are our Southern
Brethren, are they? If they be breth
ren good Lord deliver us from our
enemies! Whatever they once were,
they are no longer our brethren but our
enemies; enemies, of our country—en
enemies of our peace—enemies of our
welfare, enemies, whose sole object is
the destruction of our government and
the ruin, wretchedness and misery of
our people, and as such we will have
to treat them until they acknowledge
their wrong doing, change their course,
and submit to the peacefhl execution
of the laws. When they do this, and
not before, we may be pleased to call
them our brethren ; but, till then they
are our enemies, and the more so as
they were once our brethren, sharing
with us all the inestimable blessings of
this great paternal government.
A Gay Soldier
The following is an extract from a
private letter, dated. " United States
steamer Harriet Lane, James River,
June 10, 1861," and sent by a young
man in the naval service, to his sister,
who resides in Hartford, Conn. It is
an exceedingly graphic and playful de
scription of the action off Pig's Point,
and shows that ,the writer is of the
right sort of stuff for the place :
" Pig's Point Battery is six miles
distant, and was the star of attraction
and interest of this ship one day last
week, when wo drew the masks from
this hornet's nest by a 'shot from' our
thirty:two pounder, and they replied
with the warmest expressions of friend
ship from:a:forty-four-pounder. Stood
upon our dignity and, sent them two
shells--right into their front room—
silence Tor a short time,-which l was
again broke by_our bow gun—tipped
us the wink b'y sending us a good one
that hit us—grand display of splinters,
mixed with cries of first blood, ,
' pass him 'below men,' where's the
handspike? who's afrad ? rip, slap, set
him up again, stand by—fire,' and so
on fOr about half an hour or more,
when we hauled off with five men
wounded and a shot through the hull.
We have since learned that we have
put 'thirty of the F. F. V.'s' 'on the
sick list.
" But the cream of the joke, was,
that ihe same day we ran under the
the same guns, and captured a sloop
of the enemy bound for Norfolk, loaded
with hams, brandy and other stores;
fairly towing it out, as it were, from
under their noses—not a shot was sent
after us as we bore it off to Camp But
ler, where the admiring soldiers greeted
us with three cheers and a terrific ti
ger, and we have ham for breakfast, to
the tune of Dixie's Land."
GItiFTOI4, Juno 23.—A deserter from
the rebel camp at Romney, reports
their number to be 3500.
Idilitarp Punishment at . Fortress Mon:
From the Baltimore American.}
The following sentence was passed
by a court martial, at Fortress Mon=
roe, on three soldiers of a regiment of
New York volunteers:
To be drummed out of the regiment,
and through the entire brigade,stripped
of•his uniform, with a rope about his
neck, and a placard, with the word
" Thief," on his back. ,Further, that
he forfeit all pay and allowance now
due him, or to become due him at the
time of the promulgation of his sen
tence, and to be dishonorably dis
charged from the service of the United
States.
Gen. Butler approved the sentence..
Another volunteer of the sarhe regi
ment was sentenced to "three days'
hard labor, with ball and chain at
tached to the right log, the ball to
weigh twelve pounds." In approving
this sentence, Gen. Butler said :
The proceedings and sentence in the
case of Lawrence Merriman, Comp.
D, Second Regiment, New York vol
unteers, are hereby approved and are
to be carried into effect before the
general court martial' is dissolved—
While the severe and disgracinc , pun
ishment awarded may at first thought
seem too severe, for being a " mile
away from camp without written per
mission," it will be seen .by the evi
dence that he was so absent, aiding
and abetting a band of plunderers.
B. F. BUTLER,
'Maj. Gen. Commanding.
These sentences, it will be seen, are
for plundering, and aiding and abet
ting the plunderers. The Men were
sent to their homes with the following
fret passes on the steamboats and
railroads :
FORTRESS MONROE, June 12, '6l
The bay line steamers will pass D.
D. Cameron, and Patrick Thornton,
two thieves, company D, Second Regi
men t New York volunteers, discharged
by sentence of court martial, and drummed
out of camp.
Mos. A. SCOTT,
General Manager
By S. F. BARR.
WAR DEPARTMENT, •
FORTRESS MONROE, June 12, '6l.
Mr. Crawford, Agent Philadelphia, Bal
timore and Wilmington B. B. Co.,
Baltimore, Md. :
Please furnish D. D. Cameron, and
P. Thornton, of Comp. D, Second regi
ment Nrkw York volunteers, with pas
sage free of oharge to them, from Bal
timore to New York, on Government
account.
Relieved from duty upon sentence of
court martial; cause—theft,drummed out'
of camp.
By order of the Secretary of War.
THos. A. SCOTT,
Gen'l Man'r Gov't Railways and Tele
graps.
By S. F. BARR.
Wheeling Convention---New Governor
Blected and Inaugurated.
WnEELiNo, June 20.—The morning
session was occupied in signing the
declaration reconstructing the State
Government. It was an impressive
scene. The roll was called by counties.
Each member came forward to the
secretary's desk and signed the parch
ment.
In the afternoon session, Frank P.
Pierpont of Marion county, was unan
imously elected Provisional Governor;
Daniel Palisey, of Mason county,
Lieutenant Governor, and Messrs.
Lamb, Paxton,Van Winkle, Harrison,
and Lazear form the Governor's coun
cil. The election of Attorney General
was postponed till Saturday.
The Governor was formally inaug
urated this afternoon, taking, in ad
dition to the usual oath, one of the
strongest opposition to the usurpers at
Richmond. He then delivered an ad
dress to the members of the Conven
tion, urging a vigorous prosecution of
the work of redeeming the State from
the bands of the rebels.
A message from Governor Piermont,
favoring a strong military organiza
tion, is expected in a day or two.
To-night the city is in a blaze of ex
citement. Fireworks, bells, cannons
and music are combined to illustrate
the general joy. Everybody is rejoic
ing.
Searching for Contraband of War
A correspondent of the Boston jour
nal relates incidents attending the
search far contrabands at the Relay
House. We quote :
You hear the whistle of the train
bound for Harper's Ferry. As it conies
rounding the curve, the guard is drawn
up on each side of the track. Soon as
the train stops, a soldier steps on each
platform of every car, and sees that
no one gets off or on. The one, whose
business it is to "'develop" any con
traband articles or persons, enters the
forward passenger car. Ho looks on
and under the first seat and finds noth
ing but a very suspicious female...—
Her hoops are very large, and she
looks about the waist as though she
indulged in a free use of cotton, or
else is a walking freight train in the
service of the rebels. , The searcher
looks, but doesn't knoW what to do.—
He cannot,- of course, treat her as he
would a man, for .everybOdy, Would
call him a brute, and besides, he has
no taste for such things:, At last,,he
timidly requeSts that she, will rise, in
the hope that some treasonable article
may fall and discover her character.
Here is a man who looks a little
confused; or -elie, pita on a Stolid 'ex
pression, as though, he 'were utterly
indifferent. After having ,carefully
investigated thii seat, the searcher
.politely asks the individual to empty
hispOokets. .Mind you this is really
done politely, and while asking a
thousand pardons for the demand.—
All letters directed to individuals south
of the Potomac are oonfiscated. Often
times they have been found to contain
valuable information. If the than is
very suspicious the search is corres
pondingly rigid. The hands are
passed ever his coat, his vest, and woe
be to him if a.nything.. ,diseciVerecl
that stamps him as
,a spy. So the
cars are looked through ono by one.
Some of the passengers, laugh, some
grow mhd, and swear, some at 'once
see the reason of the thing and yield
at once, others bluster and threaten,
and have to be shut up by the fear' of
immediate arrest if they open their
mouths again.
The searcher then says, all who
have baggage will please step into the
forward car. He then asks each man
to open his trunk, and passes his hand
as carefUlly as may be through the
bundles ofvarieties with which human
beings fill their traveling• apparatus.
One's luggage does not 'undergo ono
half the danger whiCh it is subjected
to in a Liverpool Custom House. I
have seen both - classes of operators,
and I would much prefer to go by the
Relay than to land in Liverpool.
Suddenly the Searcher comes across
a common looking,. red, wooden trunk.
It is marked Mary Birkett, Wheeling,
Va. There is nothing suspicious about
it. It looks in keeping with some
village aunt who had forsaken the
company of the coarser 'sex, and . had
just returned from a visit to some re
lations who had lately thrown them
selves away by swearing in the pres
ence of a parson to keep house, neatly
and economically, for some one of
those worthless creatures called men.
The searcher calls out for Mary to
come and display her dry goods; but
no Mary is to be found. Ho calls
again, but with the same result. The
conductor is questioned, but he knows
nothing about the matter. The thing
looks all right, but it won't do to let
even Mary Birkett's trunk go 614 with
out knowing what is in it. So after
having sounded another call for the
spinster to make her appearance, the
searcher calls for a hammer and chisel,
and opens the thing. Nothing alarm
ing is presented. On the top is a very
white, and nicely done up pair of
sleeves. Then comes a chemisette,
and then a dress, and then—two mil
lions of percussion caps. - Ah l Mary,
that was a - sorry dodge. ..No wonder
you didn't answer when your name
was called. Why, my dear Mary, you
have here more caps than you could
wear in a dozen lifetimes. The trunk
is confiscated.
Col, Jones was once going through
a train on the scent of suspicious ar
ticles. He saw between two seats a
small basket. The top was partly
raised and discovered some sandwich
es, gingerbread, &c. It was of course
nothing surprising to see a luncheon
basket in the cars. The conductor
came up and said : " Colonel, an old
woman owns that basket, I believe she•
has stepped into the forward car."—
Well, that was very reasonable. How
ever, just as he was going to leave it,
the Colonel put his little finger under
the handle, to see how much a basket
of luncheon weighs, you know. But
the thing didn't come up. Somehow
it stuck to the floor. He then applied
his whole hand, and after removing
the gingerbread, he discovered about
half a peck of bright brass buttons,
which were on their way - to adorn the
uniforms of
~Virginia rebels.
PIIILADELPIIIA !MARKETS
- - - .
' Juno 24.
Fancy and 'Extra Family Flour.. 55,0045,50
Common and Superfine $4,7545,1234
Rye Flour rs 25
Corn Meal-, $2,6234
Extra White Wheat 51,3041,40
Fair and Primo Red
Rye
Corn, - prime Yellow
Oats
Cleverseed,V 64 Et
Timothy
HUNTINGDON IVIARKETB
CORRECTED WEEKLY.
Extra Family Flour Vlbbl.
Extra do cwt
WM to Wheat
Red Wheat
Ry 0......
Corn
Oato
OEM
BM=
Dried Applee
butter.........
Eggs—
I rd
Ham..
Shoulder
Sults
Tallow.,.
SONGS AND BALLADS, &C.,
Yort EVERY7IODY
The Gentle Annie Melodist,
The Dime Melodist,
The Dime Song Book, No. 1,
The Dime Song Book, No. 2,
The Dime Song Book, No. 3,
The Dime Song Book, No. 4,
The Dime Song Book, No. 5,
The Dime Song Book, No. 6
The Dime Letter Writer,
The Dime Dream Book,
The Dime Dialogues,
The Dime Speaker,
The Dime Cook Book,
The Dime Recipe Book.
For sale at LZWIs' BODE. STAYIONZAT AND MOIC STORS.
BENJ. JACOBS
IS ON HAND
Nuvir GOODS,
FOR
SPRING AND SUMMER:
lie be received a tine assortment of DRY GOODS for
the Spring and Summer season, comprising a very ex
tensive assortment of
LADIES DRESS GOODS,
DRY GOODS in general, :
• READY•SIADE CLOTIMIG,
- For }fon and Ploys
GROCERIES, HATS A CAI'S,
BOOTS , AND SHOES, .Re. de
The public generally are requested to call and examine
the goods—and his puts.
As I am determined to sell tay Goods, all who call may
expect bargaind.. ,
, Country Pt educe taken In Exchange for Goods.
'I3ENJ. JACOBS, at the Cheap Cornee: •
INntingdon, April 2, 1811.
T ATEST WAR ,NEWS! ".,
j
- HIGH PRICES DEFEATED I
How is the Time to buy Cheap Clothing!
:• . MANUAL GuTvi AN, . •
Respectfully inform the; public generallylbat' be has
jup,t rewired es large and,Nrell selected stock of leehionable
SPRING AND' SUMMER •OLOTIIING;I
to which ho asha tbo attention of nil who are In 'rani of
a neat and comfortable Coat, a Vest or a pair of Pan ta—
Ills, Bloch will bear examination, and ho retipticthilly
req orate all' toicall and eta for themsolreii. • •i • • • •
• Should gentlemen do ire any particular kind or cut of
clothing not found in tho stock on hand, by leaving their
measure they cat be accombrimfated at short notice.
IA good rissortonent of
BOOTS AND SHOES, iIATS AND CAPS,
will also be found on hand. All of trilich will bo'sold tin
low, if not lower. than the name quality of goods can be
had in the county.
COI at the corner of the Diamond, Long's near building.
• . • M. OUTMAN.
Huntingdon, April 2,'1801.
. .
SOUND. ON THE
BOOT '& SHOE iQUESTION
LEVI IVESTB.GOOK
Has just "opened the best assort
ment of Goods in his lino, bier .brought to Huntingdon.
His stack of BOOTS and SHOES for 'Adios, Gentle)
men, Misses, Boys kohl Children, comprises all the p
latest fashions, and 'manufactured of the bestinta-,
torials,
. . ,
Also, a Gee /189oriMent of HATS for usee. Bore 11
and•Chlldren. lIOSE to great-earlety for Gentle
men, Lathes. Waxes and Childron. CARPETBAGS,
SUSPENDERS, GARTERS, PANS, 4e., 1, 4 . . ,
tAtSo, ". =
SOLE -LEATHER, CALF 'SIUNS, MOROCCO, ,LASTS
and SAGE-FINDINGS generally. " -
Thankful for poet limo, a. continuance of the opjne is
respectfully sollcitod. ,
p .
B.—Boole and Shoes' foi Ladies and Gentlemen, re
paired and made to order.
Huntingdon, April 21, Mil
NEW GOODS!
SELLING OFF FOR CASH!!
BARGAINS IN HARDWARE
As g the nhotile Denny Is better than thealoWidapsnM"
and smolt profits in cash, are better than vexing eirt•sorr
Look account:, JAMES A. BROWN is now detavmined.to -
sell off the large and splendid stock of Hardware, Paints,
Ac., which he beeline brought from the east, at such low
prices, es will Induce everybody to crowd in fdr tiehare of '
the bargain:.
,
His stock inclwies a complete "they or ,
BUILDING-HARDWARE, MECHANICS' TOOLS,
CUTLERY, IiOLLOVir-WARE, ' •
• OILS, PAINTS, , . • SADDLERY,
VARNISHES, GLASS. ' ' CARRTAGE ViIIiIMINGS,
STEEL, IRON, ,• CHAIN poMPS, LEAD PIPE,
MOROCCO; , LINING SKINS,
, COAL OIL LAMPS and COAL OIL. a0..Ac.,,
PATENT MICA LAMP CHIMNEYS, - "
Together with a tull assortment of,ererything pertaining
to hie line of business.
Aar All mime rdeire prompt attention. — iii
• JAB. A. BROWN.
Iluritingdon, April 10, 1861
ENVELOPES!
'Wholesale , and Retail:.
50.000,
WHITE,
. BUFF,
AND FANCY
Soot recairod and for solo at
LEWIS' BOOK STORE
PAPER ! PAPER! ! PAPER
Tracing Paper,
, Impreadion Paper,
Drawing Paper,
Deed Papot,
TiS3llO Paper,
• 511 k Paper for flower►,
Perforated Paper, -
. , Briatol Board,
Flat Cnp Paper,
Foolecap Papor, • •i
Letter Paper,
Commercial Note Paper, , r • •
Ladies' GM Edged Letter and Note Nee:, •
Indies' Plain and Haney Note Paper,
Mite and Colored Card Paper, in Pelee and Shaft;
For eala at LEWIS' Book, Stationery and Music Store.
N EW CIGAR AND TOBACCO,
STORE. J. A. ;11ANIOAR,
A practical tobsocoriist, line opened a'-new TOBACCO'
STORE AND CIGAR MANUFACTORY, on Allegheny. Bt.,
one door west of the Broad Top Railroad Office, where Ida'
has on hand a large anortment of prime Cigars and To ,
harm, which be will sell either wholesale or retail. Store.
keepers, shopkeepers, and all others who dealin tbe.weed.
should call. His prices are low.' Call and See. '
Huntingdon, Nov.?, 1860.
1861.
CLOTHING,
T_ ROMAN
IT
CLOTHING
SPRING AND SU:2II.3IER;
11. ROMAN'S
CHEAP CLOTHING STORE.
For Gentlemen's Clothing of thc; beat material, and made
in the beat workmanlike manner, call at •
H. ROMAN',S,
$1 20(g11,'2..3
opposite the Franklin 'louse in Market Square; UnritirigL
dun. (April 2, Taal.] •
.$3,5004,75
42,7542,87
SCHOOL BOOKS,
FOR SALE
AT LEWIS' DOOR, STATIONERY & MUSIC STO:LE,'
OSGOOD'S Speller. lot, 2d. 3d, 4th and sth Readers.'
M'GUFFES."IS Speller and Readers, (old and new editions.)
SANDER'S do do do
' '
SWAN'S do do .do .
,
COBB'S do do So
Webb's Normal Reader, No:1:
Emerson's Readers.
Town's Speller and Delincr,.(old and now oditiorsi)
Scholar's Companion.
Smith's, Bullion's, Brown's and Tower's Grammars. ,
Pitch's Ph) deal Geography.
Warren's Physical Geography, • • ,
Mitchell's, Monteith and Geogrtiphiss & Atlases !
Webster's and Worcester's Dietionnries.
Quad:coins' First Lessons in Composition.
Quarkenbo's Composition and Rhetoric.
Greenleaf's, Stoddard's, Emmerson's, Swon's,Colbura's and
. . i .
Ray's Arithmetic!.
Peterson's Familiar Science.
Greeniesf's and Steddesd's Keys to Arithmetic*.
Greenlenf's and Davies' Algebras.
Greenleaf'! Key to Algebra. • . .
Parker'! Jurenilo Philosophy.
Parker'! First Leeson! in Natural Philosophy. ,
Parker's Philosophy. , i
Upbam's Mental Philosophy. , • - • - •. '
Willard's !linters of the United State..
Berard's ', IA 40 . ' • -
.. . ,
Goodrich's
Vsyson,Punton and Scribner's Pencrarabip, in els'ren
•
number..
•
Academical, Centrollere' and other Copy' Books.
Elements of Map Drawing, with plan for sketching mop?
by tri-ongulation and improved methods of projoetlun.
Davies' Elementary Geometry and Trigonometry.
Davies' Legendre'e Geometry.
•
Fulton Si Eastman's Book-keeping. .
I3ook Keeping by Single F . atry, by 'flaniford it'P•syson
Book Keeping by Single and Double Entry, by Lianaford#
Payson.
Other books will be added and furniebed to order.
A full stock of School Stationery always unbend. '
Huntingdon, - Pa. .
WIIAT EVERYBODY WARTS
EVEgYIIODY'9 LAWYER
Lin) '•
COUNSELLOR IN BUSINESS
r
BY , FRANIceIIO . ABY,
07 1117
it Tells You 11021 to' draw up IPARINIRSEIr.-Y,SPERS 'and
gives general forms for AGREEMENTS of all
kinds, Innis of SALE, LEASES and PirSminci.
Tt Tells You now to draw up Boans and blourriamts,
• Ar
rmayus, Powens tit 'Arronnar, , rieres and
BILLS of EXCLIANOZ, Ram:tors and Raman.
It Tells You Tile Lawe for the COLLECTION Or DEBTS, 'with
the STA;I/11S of Limirartorh,und amount
and kind of property .11xxart ircini Exxon
-21W in esery State. -
It Tells You noir So make an LAssrOnni2o2 . l32operl'y, ivlth
forms for COMPOSITION with pRZDITO2d, and
• the INSOLVENT LAWS of ovary State. - •
It Teas -You The legal, relations existing between -tanal•
DIAN arid WARD, MAR= and APPRENTICE,
and LANDLORD and Taturrt.. . , • ,
It Tells You What constitutes Una bud Swims; and
tho Law as to klaanbtos DOWER, the WIPE'S
MOOT 10 PROPERTY, DIVORCE and,4xistottr.
It Tells You The Law for tdronmcs' Liens in avers' State,
and the Naronamgartos•Laws of this noun
' • ' tiy, and how to comply with tha Bahia. •
it Tells You The law concerning Pr:tisane andhow to.oh
lain One, and the Yfir4,strriON• LAWS to
• DODLIC. LANDS. ,
11 1 .112.1 s rod' ITlin Law .for Pei-virs, nioad' PreEe
,
duress obtaining ono, withltmsxmmitoss,
ASSIGNMENTS and TAM or 'FEES.. • '• •
IC Tells You i*ow maite,yOUT WILL, and how In Arnett
162ER :ON Are ESTATE, with. the law and the
• , • requirements thereof in ovary, State,
It Tells You' The Meaning 'Of Lew Tr.rols to kends' lino,
• ,
and exil ‘ ains to you the LEGISLATLVZ, EXE
CUTIVE lid` JUDICIAL Powers of both the
. • General and State
It Tells You How TO REED 002 01 1 EAST, by showing how to
• , do your busidesa raying
t vast amount p'roperly, mid vexatious
litigation,, by 03 timely, oprisullation, • •
tor Evorybody's Lawyer 15f - quail) at Lewis' Book Stain
" • ;;EJI,E; - •
,tiTsvr,
potrks '4.;snBtATlciAtAY
A 6,,icd:ialipt.ilcciOnV IrtiMilieltniqourr
ooks—Foolscap, Latter„pimoiercird , and, NotaPapan—
Plain rind Fancy En% elopes—Red; Blrio rind lila& Inks—
Blank „Molts of numerous etzes—rroct s, Pon ON Pocllo4 and
Desk Inkstands, and ovary Other naield'nbilally'fonrid
a Book and Stationery Stein, can, be hacPat fair prices, et
, - LEWIS' 800. E., STATIONERY & MIISIO STORE .'
NOTICE' TO AE ! I 4911,'
Tho subscriber, who has for ,morn,than ono year, carried
on business in company with-Messra'..F.lltiennt,
P. Irrusnsr, and Mr. Leona Brio; has this day diszolved
partnership with the above firm t All claims against the
old 'firm will bii'paidbi , tholiubsbribef," and 'all those in
debted to tha Arm will payibird.l ; . I i.
CLOCKS, Cif E S
and JEWELRY will always be. repaired. A.
good stock Or clout% filj riVArcnits and JiWiLRI
will boihopt .haul for customers vsho:may
favor blue with a call. ••••••-',--L-. . •
; Ilutingdon, Marob 3,1859.-
A] PET Sacls , arid Pa:ncy„l3.skets at
C• - P:
.
QCHOOL BOOKS
Generally In nee in the Sell:061e of the` Coniity, not on
,hived, will be furnished to order, on: application at' -
• LEWIS BOOK, AND STATIONERY STARE.
CI OA L B CK-TS an Sh avoid,
car saga by „ ~ 4 101 ES 4. AA(' w 2!
104 DOTS arid SHOES, taw : largest and
j chonrent areortmeni in town, at
D. P. (MIN'S
Mil
ME
BEST QUALITY
ORANGE, • .
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