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HUNTINGDON;;:PA
-Tuesday afternoon, Sep.-10, 1861
llldon Ooderenoe.
"'TEO D'emo'cratic and Republican
Corranittees.pf ,Conferenee appointed
by Cour4
,lielegatO !ConVentions'of
,theLparties; inet' in ,the Court House
on Tuesday afternaon August 27th,
arid put in :nornination the following
Union ticket :.
- • ASSEMLY,
•
JOHN SCOTT, df Huntingdon
ASSOCIATE JUDUE,
BENTE'. PATTON, of )Irarriorsmark
C6IISTY CO3IMISSIONER
JOHN S. v ISETT; of Franklin
• L" COUNTY TREASURER,
JOHN A. YASH•; Of Huntingdon.,
DIRECTOJIUF urn POOR, •!,
JAMI§ iIt.NIAR§ON, of Casille
ADIJITOft,
.4ILTON SA'NGIZEF,,of Walker. •
fine folloNiinresolutionsNrore road
and unanimously:o4TO 1?y : tho Con-
ference
Raolad, 'Mitt it behnotieS every true pat
riot in this important crisis in our Country, to
lay mile party trammels and sustain the Na
tional and State' Governments=in supporting
the Certstitutioil : afl preserving the Union of
the Statei.
,/ks 3 1%4 we :should use every effort
to foster and keep alive the re of patr iotism
now.filling thelireaisti of rill true and loyal
American e:tizens.,
Resolved, That th is Convention, represent
ing both the political 'parties of the County,
have the fullest confidence in the integrity
and capacity of Hon. GEORGE TAvt.ort, and
they commend him to the support of the peo
ple-for President Judge of this Judicial Dis
trict, believing him to be a pure and upright
citizen and a learned and able Jurist.
The Pennsylvania Troops.
, We find the following iteni of impdr
tat-It news among the Washington spe
cial-despatches to The Press of Satin--
'clay :
"Hon. John Covode arrived here to
day, and-effected an arrangement so
as to prevent any conflict between the
Federal and Pennsylvania State Gov
ernments. Governor Curtin will ,be
-instructed to'commission all regiments
now in the field, and those authorized
to be raised in
,Pennsylvania by the
War DepariniencgiVing all volunteers
the benefit of the State appropriation,
while the United States will clothe
and . organize them."
This arrangement mill be satkfaelo
ry to thousapds of men who have vol
unteered in Regiments authorized to
eY . NV; reeeive N
State appropriation the same as if they
had been called into service by Gov.
Curtin.
Zir * 1311;611TANT TO THE DI ES
-Such' `.old Berens' will make us hia
accustomed visitation, and our lady
friends will be devising ways and means
for the protection of their forms front
the penetratiVe assaults of his chilling
breath. Nov every lady will bear us
out in the assertion that nothing is
more conducive to the comfort and
fine appearance of a female in cold
weather than a substanaial and fash
ionable set of Furs.
This being an admitted fact, it is
with pleasure that we direct the at
tention of those interested to the in
ducements offered by John Fareira,
the favorite furrier of 718 Arch-Street
Philada. llis . card appears in this, is
sue. •
The Ladies of Huntingdon coun
ty.will please read the article headed
" - To the Ladies of Pennsylvania, New
Jersey and Delaware." We feel very
confident that the ladies of this county
will not be behind those of any other
county in:the State.
Camp Huntingdon has been uuited
with the Mountain Encampment—the
men joining Col. Hamilton's Regiment
to form a part of Gen. James' Brigade.
The horses for the cavalry and artil
lery will be purchased in this and ad
joining counties. - •
fie' Colon and Porter have a con
tract to purchase horses_for the Gov
ernment. They will buy in Hunting
don, September 12th; in Petersburg,
Septembei.l3th. Those having horses
for salo should bring them in on those
days; as . it will be. the last oppoi•tunity
to sell to the Government.
ger We call attention: to " The
Union" Hotel card of Upton S. New
comer, of Philadelphia. Our friends
visiting the city will find this Hotel
the place to stop at.
MOUNTAIN - ExcAmpluENT.—Two ear
loads of tents, etc., arrived for this en
campment on, yesterday. We have
been assured that a full regiment will
be in the field within a week.
MILITARY BOOKS.—The various kinds
now on hand at Lewis' Book Store.—
See advertisement in another column.
Dar. The portrait of ex-President Ty
ler, which had heretofore been in plain
sight in the Department of the Assis
tant Secretary of State, was taken
down on Friday and transfemd to the
rubbish room in the garret.
Our Army Correspondence.
CAMP . TENEkgept. 5;1861.
DEAR GyYRE postponed
writing to Yeftfbr: several days on,ac-,
count of not having much news to give
you; well, in fact, I have not much
now of any importance to give you,
but what I can. In the first
placti-the news came here that old .
Jeff was, dead; this .is causing great
rejoicing among the boys. Last night
the cry - .of. War ragedlbrOughout th'e'
camp;" we
n were, .ordered to draw ra
tios for one day, paelilnapsacks and
ho'rdady to marelv,iiway: The even
ing passed off andThed time came; we
- Were ordered to retire until the long
roll of the drum Was heard, or the
booming of cannon, then to be ready
at a, minute's warning. All passed off
quietly the' remainder of the night,
with -the exception of the noise of
Artillery marching about one mile off
from us, the sound of the-bugle was
distinctly heard and this itself cheers
the soldier up. The soldiers crawled
out,of their tents, and listened very
attentively to the rumbling of the Ar
tillery wheels . ; sonic were 'beard ex
pressing themselves by, saying, they
wished to God they could go. 1
thbught, but not saying it, you will
get the ehaned before very long. - As
I ani writing, the long roll is beating
in another camp west of us; the boys
can be .seen, double-quielting and form
ing up. I tell you the boyS in our
camp are eagerly watching and seeing
them leave and expecting the orders
to march, ourselves. ,
We have every reason to think that
a - haTtlels not far_ off, 5 Perhaps some
of us "OOrd, lint what
matters.that, it is 'Dir. our, country we
Came for, and if we set half a chance,
I think we will do our duty, particu
larly the, Pa. boys.
I am glad to hear of the Huntingdon
county boys enlisting and offering
themselves for the service of their
country. There never was a time Our
country stood in need of men more
than it does now. Yesj say now is
the time; there - is no'excuses now say
ing we have to wait too long before
we can march. By what I, can learn
I the government accepts them as quick
show their to,ge:
Camp Tenely is not quite so health
' thy as it:Was, ;..There is'a groat many
in the ifospital, but none dangerously
ill. I think ail will get well in a few
weeks. I must close my writing for
this time. with a promise to write of
tener and give more news. Yon will
please look over all imperfections, and
consider me your ob't servant,
CUBA.
OUR CORRESPONDENCE.
NORTH ITENDERSON ; 111., }
, Sept. 2, 1801.
DEAR GLOBE :—I tul.o this opportu
nity of dropping you a few items from
Prairie land. Since I last wrote, I
was sick for about a week with some
thing like fever, but am again able to
work, fur \ditch blessing, health. I am
truly very thankful, for. The health
of this section of country is very good.
I beard-of no fume at all yet, Last
,Tuesday the good ° people of this vicin
ity, gave a public dinner to a new
company of infantry lately raised in
Aledo, Mercer county, for the defence
of our flag—in less than ten days.—
Nevins, the recruiting officer for Mer-
men of the bone and sinew ofr — tTie
county, and had them accepted and on
their way-. They are now at Jackson
ville, Morgan county, 111., at a camp
of instruction. Their captain is a
graduate of West Point, and ought to
know how to drill them. Ho was
treasurer of the county, but at his
country's call, resigned that office, and
better still 'he is a Democrat, though
Mercer is strongly Republican. Mr.
Shedd was a popular man, and I know
he will make an excellent captain.
Wheat was only 45 cents per bushel
last week. I threshed out my crop.
and sold it at 50 cents per bushel. I
sold 224 bushels at that price. .I am
building a liciuse with the proceeds.—
Perhaps I may be getting a house
keeper yet, - who knows. We all know
that is an indispensible article of fur
niture in any house. Corn is still only
a dime per bushel shelled. A great
deal of corn is still to sell in the coun
try. I have 300 bushels of old corn
yet, myself, and I will have to take
that low price, and having no team I
will have to pay out 4 cents per bush
el, to get it to market; this will leave
me six cents nett and then it costs an
other cent a bushel to shell it. Had
corn been the price it was last year,
about 35 cents, I would have made 25
dollars per month, where I will make
about 8 or hardly that on last year's
farming. My letter perhaps is too
long already.
ours,
A COMPARISON.--Two States, New
Toile and Illinois, alone, contain a lar
ger free population than the whole of
the deren States now embraced in the
Southern Confederacy! In consider
ing the enormous amount which will
he required by direct taxation to sup
port the Confederacy, if it ever should
be a recognized fact, this table will
suggest some important suggestions.—
Here are the exact statistics from the
census:
Stare States. 'WE Top.'
Alabama
Arbansaa 3'14.32,11
Free States. Free P.p.
Florida 78.686
Georgia - 595.007
Louisiana 316.013
.
854.690
n g l o 4 ;tr tn e ' a P ialitin 241.622
South Carolina 201.271
Tennessee ' 034063
Team 420 251
Virginia 1.105.100,
New Yolk 3.887.642
Illinois 1711.753
EOM
I=
EC=
The above shows an excess of free
population in the two free States named
over that of the eleven Confederate
States of about 18,000 souls. These
States have three and a half millions
of slaves, which, in a long war, will
not prove an element of strength.
A PATRIOTIJI SWEDE.—Baron E. Von
Vegcsank - ,a Swedish officer, who dis
tinguished himself in the war of
Sehlesivig-Holstein, has offered his. ,
sword to the Government. Ire brings
letters from the King of' Sweden, re
commending hint to its fhvorublecon
sideration, '
The Latest News.
,Proan Washington and Vicinity,
WAsnixaToN, Sept. 6.-9 P. M.—A
reconnoisanee was made to-day along
the whole frontier of the Federal army,
in Virginia, from a point opposite the
chain bridge to Alexandria. The con
dition of all the camps is excellent, and
strict military discipline everywhere
enforced. The soldiers arc anxious to
meet 'the enemy, however large may
be the three.
The heavy tiring this, morning was
from battery practice, which persons
a mile distant construed into an en
gagement, a battle having from day to
day been predicted by many, owing to
the near approach of the two armies.
The, confederates
,liave taken pos
session of and erected earthworks on a
bill about a mile south of and COM
manding the residences of Gilbert,Va»-
derwecker, and Gilbert 'Vanderberger,
four miles from the Chain Bridge,
Both of these are occupied by our pick
ets, while the pickets of the enemy are
clearly within sight: The firing .be
tween them freqUent, oath • party
availing 'themselves'of -every opportu
nity'for a shot. It is feared that the
confederates intend shelling these hou
ses, which belong to well known Union
men. „
Last night, while on picket duty in
the neighbbrhood of the residence of
•Mr. Vanderweeker;Sergeant Ivens and
private William Fogerty, of, company
E, oth Massachusetts ,Peginiont, were
taken prisoners. ,
Gen. McClellan crossed the Long
Bridge last night, and passed along
the outposts of the army, returning by
of the Chain: Br,idge; tcppersonal
ly satisfy.limself of the condition of
affairs,,and arrived in Washington be
fore !midnight. His own habits of
watchfulness and industry have a most
excellent effect on the entire army or
ganization.
Manson's heights are still occupied
by the enemy, who have planted two
heavy pieces - of ordnance at their
earthwork's.
The Confederate pickets continue to
fire at the house of Mary Hall, on .the
right of Ball's cross roads, where our
pickets are sheltered. ,
An order was- issued-to-day for the
shooting of a soldier on next Monday,
for sleeping at his post.
Wm. Thomas, arrested as a political
prisoner, has been released on the
ground that he is a British subject and
committed no offence.
Prof. Lowe, from 13 is balloon, reports
the position of the Confederate army
about the same as it was three days
ago
An anonymous telegraphic despatch
to the reporter for the Associated*Press,
dated at Chain Bridge, says Captain
Strong, of the 2d regiment of Wisewi
sin volunteers, had a narrow escape
this morning. He was on picket duty
three miles iu front of our lines, on the
Virginia side of the river, opposite
Chain Bridge. Being mounted, and
in advance of his men, he was sudden
ly surrounded and taken prisoner by
six Secessionists, composed of four in
fantry and two cavalry,
After taking him a short distance to
the rear, they demanded his pistols.—
Thinking this was his only chance of
escape, he drew a revolver, fired, and
shot two of his captors. Then putting
the spurs to his horse he started for
.1-q-6.9,DA-Th9P ) l 444.lPLl,,,LT.hoJrulaiqsler
passing through his canteen, another
through his coat, grazinf , the skin,
and a third through his left cheek,
Passing out of his mouth. Neverthe
less he made good his escape, and
came into camp this afternoon, ready
again to enter upon duty. Captain
Strong fought bravely at Bull Ilan.
Glorious News from North Carolina,.
FORTRESS MONROE, Sept. 5, via Bal
timore.—The steamers Monticello and
Harriet Lane arrived from Hatteras
Inlet this morning and report the grat
ifying intelligence that the rebels have
abandoned their strong fortifications
at Ocracoke Inlet. Multitudes of North
Carolinians have demonstrated their
loyalty to the Government by coming
to Hatteras Inlet to take the oath of
allegiance. Col. Hawkins sends word
that he administered the oath to be
tween two and three hundred persons
in a single clay.
The steamer Pawnee still lies in the
Inlet and the Susquehanna on the out
side.
The Susquehanna ran down to OCER
coke Inlet and found the fortifications
were completely deserted. The rebels
bad carried away the guns, and the
white flag was everywhere exhibited.
FORTRESS lroNuom, Sept•. 7.—lt is
supposed that the secessionists will
make a stand at Fort Macon, a strong
castellated place, guarding the ap
proach to Beaufort.
The refugees from North Carolina
report that the lower counties of the
State are ready to hoist a Union flag
when assured of support. A perfect
" reign of terror" exists.
The State troops were in part re
turning from Virginia.
A prominent clergyman declared at
Hatteras Inlet that should a Federal
force invade the main land near Beau
fort, it would at once be joined by two
thousand North Carolina Unionists.
P. T. P
WASUTNGTON, * Sept. 7.—The follow
ing order has just been promulged :
HEADQUARTERS ARMY or TUE POTO
MAC. Washington, Sept. 6, 1861.
General Orders, No. 7: The Maj. Gcu.
Commanding desires and requests that
in future there may be a more perfect
respect for the Sabbath on the part of
his command. We' are fighting in a
holy cause, and.shonld endeavor to de
serve the benign favor of the Creator.
Unless in case of attack by the enemy,
or some,other extreme military neces
sity, it is commended to commanding
officers that work shall be suspended
on the Sabbath; that no unnecessary
movement shall be mado on that day;
that the men shall, as far as possible,
be permitted to rest from their labors;
that they shall attend divine service,
after the customary Sunday morning
inspection,
and that officers and men
alike use their influence to insure the
utmost decorunihnd quiet on that day.
The General Commanding regards this
as no idle form. One day's rest in
seven is necessary for man and ani
mals. More than this, the observance
of the holy day of the God of mercy
and of battles is our sacred duty.
GEO. B. AIeCLELLAN.
Major General Commanding.
Official : S. WITA,TAMS,,A, Adj't Gen.
!MEM
The name of the private who is to
be shot on Monday for having been
found guilty of sleeping at his post, is
William Scott; of 'Company K. 3d Reg
iment Vermont volunteers.
Tho War Department received a de
spatch from Gcn. Rosencrans, in camp
near Sutton, Virginia, dated yesterday,
from which it is inferable that all is
well with his command.
FRANKFORT, Ky., Sept. Sen
ate appointed Messrs. .To!mewl), Reed
and Thornton Marshall, a committee
to visit Western Kentucky and inquire
of the Federal and Confederate milita
ry authorities by whose direction and
for what reasons they are occupying
certain portions of our soil.
Rouse.—Tho United States flag was
hoisted over the capital, to-day, by a
vote of 77 against 2:0. Mr. Deshea
subsequently moved 'to hoist the State
flag. Referred to the Committee on
Federal Relations.
The Senate is composed of 27 Union
ists
and 11 Southern-Rightists; the
House of 76 Unionists and 24 South
ern-Rightists.
Frustration of an Attempt at Spring
Poisoning.
The following letter from a member
of Small's Regiment, appears in the
Norristown Register:
" CAmr UasoN , Bladensburg, Aug.
29, 1801.—Dear fot :—Lasi Thurs
day night I was on the second relief'
guard, and while I was silently tread
ing my beat, guarding two springs, I
thought I saw something moving near
me; I stopped, and it stood still while
I looked at it ; and as soon as I turned
to walk it would move again; I chal
lenged, but received no answer; I chal
lenged again, and was about to call
the third time, when the man (for such
'it proved to be,) appeared to sink to
the ground, and began to move off,
and I fired about six rods from where
1 stood. Ile fell with a loud groan,
and I went up to see whete he was
hurt, and with the help of my neigh
boring sentry, carried, him to the guard
house.
"Ou searching him we found a
pound and a halt of arsenic on his per
son with which he was about to sweet
en our springsj„ A further search was
made alter bringing him ti the hospi
tal, and a revolver found upon him.—
Why he did not use it upon me I dO
not know, as he was not much hurt,
only a wound in the thigh. lam glad
he was not killed, as he deserves a
worse death than a shot from a sol
dier.
" From your affectionate son,
"Ptinar F. MatAsys."
THE LATEST NEWS.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 9.--The Presi
dent has respited private Scott, the
"sleepy sentinel" of the 3d Vermont
R w egiment, eras ; to be shot for
slumbering on his post ; by sentence of
a Court Martial. ,
The Sanitary Commission . have re
commended the War Department to
increase the Hospital' accomodations
here, by adding fifteen thousand beds
to the number already prepared.
Everything is very' quiethere and
along the river to-day, so ihr as we
can hear.
CAMP S:thrlT, Va. ; Sept. B.—General
Rosencraus left our previous camp
yesterday, and swept - over the moun
tain in full force. The rebels are re
ported as befug strong a few miles
ahead. Our advance pickets were
fired upon at four miles beyond us this
morning. There will be a fight soon,
are runnangaway.
Sr. Louis, Sept. B.—The Postmaster
of Osceola, St. Clair county, reports
that Whea he left, news had just
reached there of a fight between Gen.
Lane's Kansas regiment and a body
of rebels under Gen. Rains, in which
the latter were completely routed with
a heavy loss, and Gen. Rains was ta
ken psisoner.
Gen. 'Price, who was at Osceola,
credited the report.
BALTIMORE, Sept. 9—Yesterday af
ternoon two or three rear cars of a
train containing a detachment of the
Harris Cavalry, of New York, and
Col. Kilpatrick's regiment, was thrown
front the track on the Northern Cen
tral Railroad, near Cockeysville,
through the criminal. carelessness of
the engineer. Four soldiers were in
stantly killed and several wounded—
three mortally—and the engineer, on
seeing the result of his recklessness,
detached his locomotive and hastened
to the city, -r•lhere be was arrested.—
He was fired upon by some soldiers,
but they _tidied to detain him.
Johnson
Andrew Johnson on the War.
Senator Johnson, of Tennessee, made
a patriotic speech at Cincinnati on
Saturday evening. lie spoke warmly
of t.ie loyalty of the men of East Ten
nessee, denounced 'the leaders of the
rebellion, and added:
'"There must be no half-way busi
ness. We must conquer the South, or
they will conquer us. It will not do
to offer terms of peace when we have
merely captured Manassas; we must
go further. If the rebels take Wash
ington, they will take Baltimore. If
they take 'Baltimore, they will take
Philadelphia and New York ; and fi
nally-, as their Secretary of War lately
threatened, they will dictate their own
terms to us in Faneuil Hall. They
will form a new Government, and, in
stead of a constitutional Government,
we shall find ourselves crushed under
the dominion of the sword.
"`This is the design of the rebel
leaders. We must conquer them or
they will conquer us. In plain words,
we must whip or be whipped. The
South has been treated too long like a
spoiled .child, and a badly spoiled one
at that; and now, like other spoiled
children, the only resource left, is to
whip the badness out of it. There
has been much said of late about com
promise. IVith whom ? With rebels
with arms in their hands? What
compromise do we want? What can
we have better than the Constitution
trained for us by Washington and his
compatriots
" But suppose we should form a
treaty of peace with them. Does any
one believe .that if we could riot exist
peaceably under the Constitution that
we could not do so under any treaty
that could be made? [No, no.], Sup
pose a treaty should be made with the
rebels, would any of the disturbing
elements which brought about the
present difficulty be got rid of? Not
ono. Such a ticaty would be one of
war. It could not be otherwise. We
could not escape a fight under it, and
if the fight must come, it bad better
come now." [Great applause.]
To the Ladies of Pennsylvania, New
Jersey and Delaware.
[For the Philadelphia' Evening lintletizt.]
'The Secretary of, the Ladies' Aid, of
Phillidelphia, having spent a fortnight,
after the battle of Bull Run; in a per
sonal inspwtioh of the camps and mil
itary hospitals in and around Washing
ton, reports that these' localities pre
sent to -that Association a wide field
for their benevolent operations. This
field the Association resolved: to occu
py, and with the assistance of Mr.
Lesley, in the Wan- office, and other
patriotic gentlemen; haVe established,
in Washington, a - depository for such
hospital stores as, wider- their auspices,
may be forwarded to that point. This
measure was necessary to the end that
the donors might have the control and
direction of these stores, and thus be
assured that they would be promptly
•appropriated to the use of those for
whom they were, intended. The de
pository has been placed under the
care of excellent ladies, of undoubted
loyalty .and efficiency, who will, from
time, to time, visit the camps and hos
pitals, and; with the approval of 'the
surgeons and the aid of kind and skill
ful mimes, make such distribution of
the supplies under their care as they
find proper and necessary. The Su
-1 goon General, as well as the surgeons,
of the respective hospitals, ye are as
sured, will afford every reasonable fit
eility for carrying out these benevolent
purposes. The mischievous report that
delicacies designed for the sick and
wounded are served up at the repasts
of the surgeons, we take pleasure in
saying we have the strongest reason
to believe is wholly without foundation.
Without such an agency as had bedn
described, supplies iorwarded might
he dispensed with little discrimination,
or, as has already occurred, might re
main many weeks in unopened paeka
gcs, 'while ourgenerous defenders were
languishing, perhaps -dying, for want
of just such supplies.
Our undertaking is ono of magni
tude. but one from which patriotism
and humanity forbid us to shrink. If
the ladies of our country could witness
the scenes presented in the hospitals
after a battle, there is no sacrifice they
would not willingly makefor the relief
of the sufferers; if they could hear the
wounded soldier's expression of grati
tude for a cup of eoeoa, a glass of pure
cold water, or the smoothing of his hard
pillow by woman's hands; it they could
see' his despondency giving place to
confidence, and- to courage for a re
newal of the conflict on the slightest
manifestation of woman's sympathy,
donations would flow in so that our
depository could not contain them.
To the mon'of our land belongs the
honor of fighting our country's bat
tles; ours is the duty and privilege of
ministering to their comfort when sick
or wounded.
To the ladies of Pennsylvania and
adjacent States. we therefore confident
ly appeal for aid and co-operation in this
glorious undertaking. We call upon
them as lovers of their country, as
friends of humanity, as followers of
Him, who went about doing good, to for
ward contributions in money, or in such
hospital stores not furnished by the
Government. as they may judge need
ful for the sick anti wounded of our
army and 'navy:' The following, are
some of' the articles wanted, viz : Wool
en shirts and drawers and knit stock
ings. Let every woman furnish a pair
of's:cK , kings, also feather pillows, air
,
fruits, apple Putter, crackers, wines,
brandy, ale, white sugar, tea, chocolate,
cocoa, hrinacious preparations, spices,
pickles, dried beef; hams, citric acid,
oil of lemon. &c., &c. Pickles are most
acceptable to the men in the camp, as
well as to those in the hospital. In
some circumstances they are esteemed
by the surgeon valuable adjuvants.
Donations in money may be sent to
Mrs. Stephen Colwell, Treasurer of the
Ladies' Aid, N. E. corner of Eleventh
and Arch streets, or maybe handed to
Mrs. Joel Jones, President, No. 625
Walnut street, or to Mrs. John Harris,
Secretary, No. 1106 Pine street.
Other contributions may be forward
ed, freight pre paid, to Ladies' Aid, care
of John P. Rhoads. Esq., 701 Walnut
street, Philadelphia, marked "Hospital
Stores." Small parcels to be packed in
boxes or bales, maybe sent on Fridays,
between 9 o'clock A. 31. and 2 o'clock
P. Ms, to the church, N. B. corner of
Twelfth and Walnut streets.
All will be promptly forwarded to
the Depository of the Ladies' Aid in
Washington.
Letters may be addressed to either
of the officers already named.
Editors of papers in Pennsylvania,
Now Jersey, and Delaware, are re
spectfully requested to give the fore
going one or, more insertion, gratui
tously, and ask for it the attention of
their readers.
Will not the Ladies of Huntingdon
county aid their Philadelphia sisters
in this good work ? The women of
the South are working constantly, and
with system, in an unrighteous cause,
and shall we fold our hands, and say
we have done enough, while husbands,
brothers and lovers fight for our homes
and liberties—while they sicken and
(lie tbr wantof the little comforts which
woman's hand can alone prepare, and
which are so gratefully received by
them ? We cannot fight our country's
battles, but there is much we can and
ought to do at once, for those who are
offering their lives for us. Let each
town and neighborhood organize so
cieties for the collection of such arti
cles as are called for above, and for
ward as „soon as practicable, according
to the direction ; let each woman knit
a pair of woolen socks, which will be
greatly needed, or furnish the yarn for
others to knit, who arc willing to work,
but who are not able to purchase ma-'
terial. •
Let those. who have fruit, dry it, or
put it up in air-tight vessels, for 'use
through the winter. Let us ask for
contributions in money; material for
shirts and , drawerS for Hospital use;
flannel for bandages, pillows, bed cloth
ing, large soft slippers, and green silk
eye-shades, common 'whisky for bath
ing purposes, tallow for annointing the
feet, weary and blistered from march
ing, domestic and foreign wines, jellies
to make cooling drinks, dried beef,
pickles, apple-butter,•towels and soap
—in fact any of the' hundred little
things we daily tt:se, without a thought
of the self-denial of those who so cheer-.
fully forego them. ,
These things we can do, andwepaY ,
rely upon the "Ladies
-slid" for their
: distribution, and may rest assured that
our--benefactions will not be thrown•
away.' It the ladies of the neighbor
hoed' will send their contributions .to
Huntingdon; they will be •forwarded
for thorn. Our county has done. nobly
in furnishing nien:--what will the to
men do for thoSe who have gone from
Alieir midst
lIUNTINGI)ON
FROM,MISBO,BRI. ,
Diabolical Outrage by Secessionists.
HunsoN, Mo. ; Sept. 5.----Abe Huger,
the baggage master. on the Hannibal
and St. Joseph Railroad, furnishes,, to
the correspondent
,nf the St. Louis
Democrat the following account of a
diabolical outrage on that road on,
Tues'clay last. The passenger express
train, bound west, was thrown into the
Platte river, by the timbers on the east
end of the bridge having been burned
so as to give way when the train
reached that portion. The entire train
went down, the engine turning over,
and-the baggage; freight,-mail and-two
passenger cars fhiliiig,"piled on the top.
The passenger cars. were completely
crushed. I was the only one on -the
train - that escaped unhifrt. After get
ting out of the ' Baggage car, I com
menced taking the passengers that
were not killed from the wreck.
HUDSON, Mo., Sept. 0, 1801.—The
following additional account of the
terrible - disaster on the llannib i arind
St. Joseph' railroad is furnished to the
St. Louis Republican :
The catastrophe occurred at Little
Platte river bridge, nine miles cast of
St. Joseph. The bridge was a substan
tial work of one hundred feet span,
and about thirty-five feet above the
river. Tha,binders of. the'bridge
,had
been burned underneath the, track, un
til they would sustain but. little
.mbre
than their own weight,' and the fire
was then extinguished, -leaving the
bridge a mere shell. The train, bring
ing from . 85 to 100 passengers, inclu
ding women and children, reached the
river at 11 o'clock at night, and the
bridge-looking secure, passed in ; but
no sooner had the locomotiNe meas
ured its length upon the bridge than
sonic forty or fifty yards of the struc
ture gave way, precipitating the entire
train into tae abyss below.
All the seats in the passenger coach
es were torn and shoved in front, car
rying men, women and children in a
promiscuous heap clown the declivity
and burying them beneath the crushed
timber, or throwing- them out of the
cars through the broken sides. Some
were mangled by the machinery tear
ing through the timbers; several were
caught between planks pressing to
gether like a vice; others were struck
by parts of the roof as it came down 1 ,
with mighty force ; still others were'
cut with pieces of Bass, while wounds
and blood and agony prevailed all over
the frightful scene, and shrieks of pain
were mingled with the cries of terror.
In this manner the two cars of
the train went down, pitching the pas
e k W
point is about a foot andu half in depth.
Only three persons, J. IV. Parker,
Superintendent of the U. S. Express,
Mr. Mars, mail agent and Mr. Huger,
were able to afford assistance to the
suffering, the remainder of those who
were not killed outright bein g so disa
bled as to be helpless. After doing all
that : was possible for those requiring
immediate attention, Mr. huger at
midnight left the wreck to go to St.
Joseph for medical and other assistance.
H walked five miles of the way, when
found a hand car upon which he
proceeded the remainder of the jour
ney. Two hundred.yards west of the
bridge he' dikovered a heavy oak rail
road tie strongly strapped across the
track, and two miles further on he
found the trestle work over a small
stream on fire, which, however had not
as yet been so badly burned that trains
could not pass over or could not be
easily extinguished.
Arriving at St. Joseph the alarm
was soon spread throughout the city,
anti although it was one o'clock at
night., seventy-five men ; including all
the physicians. in the neighborhood,
volunteered their service, and at half=
past 3 o'clock a train, fully equipped,
supplied with medical stores, and other
necessaries was at the scene of the dis
aster.
The wounded had emerged from the
-reek and were lying - pn the banks
and upon a sand bar in the river. Sev
enteen dead bodies were recovered,
and it is believed that this number em
braced all who were killed up to that
time. Two were so badly mangled
that it was not expected they would
survive till morning, while many were
dangerously wounded, and would have
to be well taken care of to recover.—
Many who will escape with their lives
will be maimed and crippled.
Mr. Huger, our informant, did not
remain to finish the embarkation of
the wounded for St. Josepl-, but was
despatched to Brookfield, which is east
of the bridge, Tor another train to go
to the Wreck. When he left the names
of the wounded were being taken down,
anti also such of the dead as had pa
pers or other articles about them by
which they could be identified.
Fifteen miles Cast of the Platte river,
Mr. Huger found another bridge over
Smith's branch almost entirely burned,
having been fired after the train
passed west., thus preventing assistance
being sent from the east.
Lieut. Shaw, of the Bth Kansas reg
iment, killed, and Mr. Lounsberry . and
Sidney Clark, wounded, are the only
additional names we have at present.
Two YOUNG LADIES DROWNED.—A
melancholy accident occurred in Brad
ford county, recently. Two daughters
of Mr. A. L. Wilson, respectively aged
11 and 13 years, proceeded to bathe
hi Grande river, while their mother
was visiting. One of them succeeded
in crossing the river, and called upon
her sister to follow. In : doing so the,
latter fell down, and the sister, coming
to her rescue, both were carried, away
by the current and drowned.
Letter from Major General }hitter.
The Lowell Advertiser publishes. the
following noble letter from Major Gen
eral Butler upon the state of tha coun
try and the coming State election •
U. S. STEAM FRIGATE MINN,EBOTA;
OFF CAPE HATTEEAS; Aug. 27, Mil:
My near Friend -4 have reeciVed
your note, as those
.Oemany
others of inttrne friends in Massaehu-.
'setts, ,asking myoi inion - about
dal qu'Oetions; and itioittO:
gating my, mune as
,eandidatOor
'Governor, at the *lung eleetico:
1 re
ply to , you ropresenting2them•4l l
bocause our intimacy Will'permitMorp
frankness than vitipld seen meet ko
ward 'those less nloielk connected.
As T 'have' stated' to you, and 'nit .T
have • publicly repeatoti, - *hop T.. 10
home 1 left all polities, in a pakty Sentip
of the tern}, behind rim, and 146,Wl<np l w
no politics in any s'ellse;'§aVe t 'as're pre-
Sen ted 1,)37' the queStiOn-LHOW,' hest fe
pr e serve the Union `sad rest* the
country in its inte'grity ?* P.eiee"
sirable to all, and to none 'rnoVeS6 than
to the soldier who has left his' friend's
and' his bonne to do his dtity . to - hip
country. But however desirable, 'it is
not to-be "purehaSed Upon 'any,' terms,
save the recognition of the authority
of the Federal Government oyereVery
inch of territory which 'ever belonged
to it. Upon no condition whatever,
,other than this; would I etins'eOt
.to
peace. A peace itiOolving thOlisintezu
-
grittion of the Union; or until ther's
premaity'of the government' islOrever
established, would be simplitaleclara . -
ti on of Perpetual wa rof Sections. Were
the- Solt them Confederacy' to ; day,'
no
lcnowledged in the fullness of good faith,
two' months would 'not elapse; iefbee
causes. of war would arise,:inticient
not only to justify, but to demand a re'-
newal of the conflict. Not two months
have 'passed. in the last ten. years 'at
leaSt, in which mitrao b es.have not been
committed upon Northern men in the
South, 'Which,' had they been' perpetra f
ted by a foreign nation : would havd de
manded a redress of grievan.eeS,,inlei
a pain of suspension of diplomatic
lotions. But we have borne , the,seetit
rages because there was no tribunal to
the arbitrament of which we': could
submit them, and it yetis 'against 'the
genius of our people Id appeal to arms.
Therefore, I see with pain UPcin the
part of soine of those'with Wit'om have
acted in political:organizations, a,
Position to advonato peaceful settle
ments Wherein there can bo no peace.
Therefore this war must boon, ruiffor
the purpose ofsubjUgation—but iftlioso
who have commenced 'it bring upon
themselves that condition as an f inci 7
dent, it will only be another illustration
of the fruit of sowing the wind: Bd.-
sides those there are no other polities-
On the matter of the nomination=
I' cannot consent that my nameslitill
be used b' any party. While on some
thingsos you are aware; I do,nOt agree
with the prineiples upon whiali both
the State and the National
tions were inaugurated, 'yet we'are
long way past that RepubliCan
party, having won a political victory,
both in the State'arid in the 'nation'," is
entitled to the' patriotic endeavor of
every man to give it a fair trial in the
administration of the Government, and
in that it should, as it does, take tho
lead in official positiOus. '
And 'now there is left nothing for us
to contend against, 'save an
Con, inefficiency or iropropric
ministration, whiCh I doubt
licans a;
emocrats.
regards the personal of administration;
in the State, I believe Gov. :Andrew
has endeavored faithfully, zealously
and efficiently to put our COMMOkl
wealth on the side of the nation and
to sustain the Union. I therefore, 'for
one, would not dAire to sea a change
in the Executive, although I doubt not
people will demand changcsin some of
the miner officers I do not say that• I
would vote for Gov. Andrew, but wore
I at home I would not vote .against
him. Let it be understood, that with
out distinction of party and without,
raising party issues, all men who love
the Union' are determined to stand by
it and the country until this rebellion
shall he quelled, and theh we may here
after divide aswe please upon the miner;
differences of administration of. Gov:
eminent.
• To you my, my dear friend, I need
urge no 'justification for this course.
You will appreciate it, * for you aro
aware of the sacrifice, both of feeling
and of position, I made a year ago, in
the earnest endeavor to save the cotin,
try from this calamity,. which then
partly foresaw, and acting in the, best
light I had; endeavored to prevent. And
I am ready to make a like sacrifice now
to repel that which I then sought to
avert. I need to thank you and others
of my friends, for this, among many
other kindnesses you have shown me.
Very truly yours,
BENJ. P. BUTLER.
P. A. lIILDRETII, Esq.
The Loss of the Jeff' Davis.
Mr. F. C. DutneauX, one of the crew
of the privateer, has furnished the.
Richmond Enquirer with a graphie,ae ,
count of the career of that busy pirate,
from which we extract the following;
When about eight hundred rods east
of Cape Florida they came in eentaet,
with the ship John Crawford, Captain
Edge, from, Philadelphia, bound for
Key West, with arms and coal for the
United States forces. She was found
to draw 22 feet of water arid 'could n'ot'
possibly be brought in. '
The officers and crew, numbering in'
all 22 persons, were taken on board
the privateer, the vessel fired and holes•
bored in , her sides and bottom. This
was about four o'clock in the morning,,
and by good daylight .the,,ship, was
wrapped in dames, going. down s e hort-;
ly afterwards. It was,foand
We to secure any of the arinsois,trhpy,
were stowed under the coal: „
- - - - - - - -
They then turned theliCourse, with
a light Wind, for St. Angustine,''Fleri
da. Upon nearing the coast the wihd'
increased, until finally it blew a - perfect
gale. The vessel lied crossed the gulf
safely, and on Friday night, the loth,
they. hove to, and found themselvea in.
sixteen fathoms water, At, daylight,
land was discovered and a clear, coast.
They were then about ten miles south
of Matanzas. 'Squared aWaYand'rnado
for St. _Augustine bar. Foundihe tide
too low upon 'their arrival, and' stood
off.
The captain hoisted the Confederate
flag at the fore.. topgallant Inast,.ari
tired a gun as a signal for ,a