Retirenient of Gen, Scott.
Gen. McClellan Assumes Command
The followingletter from Liout.6en.
Scott was received by the President on
Thursday afternoon :
114:11)QIITSRTERS OF ME ARMY,
Washington, D. C., Oct. 31.'G1.
The Hon. S. Cameron, Secretary of
War.
Sir : For 'more than three years I
have been unable, from a hurt, to
mount a horse or walk more than a
few paces at a time, and that with
much pain. Other and new infirmi
ties, dropsy and vertigo, admonish me
that a repose of mind and body, with
the apPliances of surgery and medi
cine, are necessary to add a little more
to a life already protracted much be
yond the usual span of man.
It is under such circumstances, made
doubly painful by the unnatural and
unjust rebellion now raging in the
Southern States of our so late prosper
ous and happy Union, that I am coin=
polled to request that my name be
placed on the list of army officers re
tired from active service.
- As this request is founded on an ab
solute right granted by a recent act of
'Congress, I am entirely at liberty to
say that it is with deep regret that I
Withdraw myself in these momentous
times from the orders of a President
who has treated me with distinguished
Itindness and courtesy—whom 1 know,
upon much personal intercourse, to be
patriotic, without sectional partialities
'or prejudices, to be highly conscien
tious in the performance of every duty,
and of unrivalled activity and perse
-veranee.
And to you, Mr. Secretary, whom I
now officially address fur the last time,
1 beg to acknowledge my many obli
gations for the uniform high considera
tion I have received at your hands,
and have, the honor to remain, sir, with
Ligh respect, your obedient servant..
(Signed) Wisrtsto SCOTT.
A special Cabinet council was con
vened on Friday morning, at 9 o'clock,
to take the subject into consideration.
It was decided that Gen. Scott's re
quest, under the circumstances of his
advanced age and infirmities, could
not be declined.
Gen. McClellan was, thereupon, with
the tin:ld:nous agreement of the Cab
inet, notified that the command of the
army would' be 'devolved upon him.
At 4 o'clock in the afternoon the
Cabinet again waited upon the Presi
dmit, and attended him to the residence
of Gen. Scott. On being seated, the
President read to the General the fol
lowing order:
' On the: Ist day of November, A. D.,
18(31, upon his own application to the,
President of the United States, Brevet
Lieut. Gen. Winfield Scott is ordered
to be placed, and hereby is placed, up
on the list of retired officers of the
army of tho United States, without
reduction in his current pay, subsis
tence, or al*,wances.
The AmJriean people will hear with
sadness and deep 'emotion that (len.
Scott has withdrawn from the active
control of the army, while the Presi
dent and the unanimous Cabinet ex
press their own and the nation's sym
pathy in his personal affliction, and
their profound sense of the important
public services rendered by him to his
country (luring his long and brilliant
career, among which will ever be
grateflilly distingitished his faithful
devotion to the Constitution, the Union
and the flag, when assailed by a parri
cidal rebellion.
( . Bigned) mt.% u.vm LINCOLN.
Gen. Scott thereupon ruse and ad
dressed the President and Cabinet, who
had also risen, as follows :
Mr. President—This honor over
whelms me—it overpays all services I
have attempted to render my country.
if I had any claims before, they are
all obliterated by this expression of ap
proval by the President, with the unan
imous supportof his Cabinet. I know
the President and this Cabinet wen—
t know that the country has placed its
interests in the trying crisis in safe
keeping. Their counsels are wise, their
labors are untiring, as they arc loyal,
and their course is the right one.
Mr. President, you Must excuse me.
I am unable to stand longer to 'give ut
terance to the feelings of gratitude
which oppress me. In my retirement
I shall offer up my prayer to God for
this Administration and for my coun
try. I shall pray for it with confidence
in its suceessover its enemies, and that
speedily.
The President then took leave of
General Scott, giving him his hand and
saying he hoped soon to write him a
private letter expressive of his grati
tude and affection. The President ad
ded :
General: You will naturally feel
.solicitude about thegentlemen of your
staff who have renderci you and their
,country such faithful service. I have
taken that subject into consideration.
I understand that they go with you to
New York. I shall desire them at
- the,:r earliest convenience after their
return to make their wishes known to
me. I desire you, however, to be sat
isfied that, except the unavoidable
&privation of your counsel and socie
xy which they have so long enjoyed,
AC provision which - will be made for
them will be such as to render their
; situation as agreeable hereafter as it
has been heretofore.
Each member of the Administration
ohen gave his hand to theveteran,aud
retired in profound silence.
The Secretary of the Treasury and
ecretary of War will accompany Gen.
Scott to New York to-morrow by the
early train.
Response of Secretary Cameron
The following is the response of the
Secretary of War to the letter of Gen.
WAR DEPARTMENT,
Washington, Nov. 1, 1861.
General:—lt was my duty to lay be
fore the President your letter of yes
terday, asking to be relieved, under the
recent act of Congress. In separating
from you, I cannot refrain from ex
pressing my deep regret that your
health, shattered by long service and
repeated wounds received in your
country's defence, should render it ne
,cessaiT for you to retire from your high
position at this momentous period of
our history. Although you are not to
remain in active soryice, I yet hope
that while I Continue in charge of the
department over which I now preside,
I shall at times be permitted to avail
myself of the benefits of your councils
and sage experience.
It has been my good fortune to en
joy a Personal acquitintanee, with you
for over thirty years, and the pleasant
relations of that long time have 'been
greatly strengthened by your cordial
and entire, co-operation in all the great
questions which have occupied the Dc
partmetit and convulsed the country
for the last six months.
In parting from you I can only ex
press the hope that a merciful Provi
dence, Which has protected you amidst
so many trials,. will improve your
health, and continue your life long af
ter the people of the country shall have
been restored to their former happiness
and prosperity.
1 am, General, very sincerely, your
friend and servant,
(Signed) SIMON CAMERON,
Secretary of War. .
To Lieut. General Winfield Scott.
Gen. McClellan Assumes Command
Major General McClellan on Friday
night issued the following order :
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY.
NVIISIIIIIgtOD, 1). C., Nov. 1, 1861.
GENERAL ORDER, NO. 19
In accordance with general order,
No. 94, from the War Department, I
hereby assume command of the armies
of the United States.
In the midst of the difliculLie's which
encompass and divide the nation, hesi
tation and self-distrust mak well ac
company the assumption of 'so vast a
responsibility; but confiding as I do
in the loyalty, discipline and courage
of our troops, and believing as I do
that Providence will favor ours as the
just cause, I cannot doubt that suc
cess will crown our efforts and sacri
fices.
The army will unite with me in the
feeling of regret that the weight of
many years, and the effect of increas
ing infirmities, contracted and intensi
fied in his country's service, shmild just
now remove from our head the great
soldier of our nation—the hero who in
his youth raised high the reputation
of his country in the fields of Canada,
which he sanctified with his blood;
who in more mature years proved to
the world that American skill and va
lor could repeat if not eclipse the ex
ploits of Cortez in the land of the Mon
; whose whole life has been
devoted to the service of his country;
wh - ise whole exploits have been direc
ted to uphold our honor at the smallest
sacrifice of life; a warrior who scorn
-0.1 the selfish glories of the battle
field when his great qualities as a states
man could be employed more profita
bly for his country; a citizen who, in
his declining years, has given to the
world the most shining instances of
loyalty in disregarding all ties of birth
and clinging to the cause of truth and
honor. Such has been the career of
Winfield Scott, who it has long been
the delight of the cation to honor as a
man and a soldier.
While we regret his loss, there is
one thing we cannot regret—the bright
example he has left for our emulation.
Let us all hope and pray that his de
clining years may be passed in peace
and happiness, and that they may be
cheered by the success of the country
and the cause he has fought for and
loved so well. Beyond all that, let us
do nothing that can cause him to blush
for us. Let no defeat of the army lie
has so long commanded embitter his
last years, but let our victories illumi
nate the close of a life so grand.
(Signed) GEo. 13. McChEr.r..tx,
Major Gen. Commanding U. S. A..
ort
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AN APPEAL FOR OUR ARMY
What is Wauted for the Whiter,
The Sanitary Commission to the Women
of America
The Army Satdtary Commission has
issued the following appeal to the wo
men of America, in behalf of the sol
diers of our army. The approach: of
the cold s season requires the immedi
ate a.loption or measures for the pro
tection of our troops against the dis
comforts of a winter campaign, and this
appeal will, we trust, awaken a hearty
response from the people :
TO TILE LOYAL WOMEN OF AMERICA.
TREASURY BUILDING, WAsIIINGToN,
Odtuber 1, 1801.
Countrywonwn : You are called upon
to help take care of our sick and
wounded soldiers and sailors.
It is true that Government under
takes their care, hut, all experience, in
every other country as well as our own,
shows that Government alone cannot
completely provide for the humane
treatment of those for whom the duty
of providing, as well as possible, is
a knowledged. Even at this period of
the war, and with a much smaller pro
portion of sick and wounded than is
to be expected, there is much suffer
ing, and dear lives are daily lost be
cause Government cannot put the right
thing in the right place at the right
time. No other Government has ever
provided as well for its soldiers so soon
after breaking out of a war of this
magnitude, and yet it remains true
that there is much suffering, and that
death unnecessarily occurs from the
imperfectness of the Government ar
rangements. This is partly owing to
the ignorance, partly to the indolence,
and partly to the inhumanity and
knavery of' various agents of Govern
ment, as well as to the organic defects
of the system. But humanity to the
sick must, to acertain extent, be sacri
ficed, under Government, to the pur
pose of securing the utmost possible
strength and efficiency to the military
force.
Whatever aid is to be given from
without must still be administered sys
tematically, and in perfect subordina
tion to the general system of adminis
tration of the Government. To hold
its agents in any degree responsible
for the duties with which they aro
charged, Government must protect
them from the interference of respon
sible persons.
Hence, au intermediate agency be
comes necessary, which, without ta
king any of the duties of the regular
agents of Government out of their
hands, can, nevertheless, offer to them
means of administering to the wants
of the sick and wounded much beyond
what could be obtained within the ar
bitrary limits of supply established by
Government, and in strict accordance
with the -regulations necessary for
maintaining• a proper accountability
to it.
The Sanitary Commisbion, a volun
teer and unpaid bureau of the War
Department of the Government, con
stitutes such an agency.
Under its present organization every
camp and military hospital, from the
Atlantic to ' the,ldnius, is regularly and
frequently visited, its wants ascertain
ed, anticipated :18 far as possible, and
whenever it is right,proper, and broad
ly merciful, supplied directly by the
Commission to the extent of its abili
ty. For the means of maintaining this
organization,and ofcxereising, through
it, a direct influence upon the officers
and men fitvorable to a prudent guard
against the dangers of disease to which
they are subject, which is its first and
- principal object, the Commission is
wholly dependent upon voluntary con
tributions to life treasury. For the
means of adinitfistering to the needs
of the sick and wounded, the Commis
sion relies upon gill offerings of their
own handiwork front the loyal women
of the land. •It receives not ono dol
lar front the Government.
A large proportion of the gifts of
the people to the army hitherto have
been wasted, or worse than wasted,
because directed' without knowledge
or discrimination. It is only through
the Commission that such - gifts can
reach the - arniy with a reasonable as
surance that they will be received
where they do the most good and the
least harm.
The SanitarY'CuMmaission has estab
lished its right to claim the confidence
of the nation. The Secretary of War
and Maj. Geheral McClellan have both
recently acknowledged, in the warm
est terms, the advantages which have
already resulted from its labors, and
the discretion and skill 'with which
they have been hitherto directed. Its
advice has been freely taken, and in
several important particulars acted
upon, favorably to the health of the
army, by the Government. There has
scarcely been company of volunteers
in the field wherein some defect, error,
or negligence, endangering health, has
not been pointed out by its agents, and
its.removal or abatement effected.—
There has not been a single instance
in which its services or advice, offered
through all its various agencies, have
been repulsed; not a single complaint
has been received of its embarrassing
any officer in his duty, or of its inter
fering with discipline in the slightest
degree. Its labors have been chiefly
directed to induce precautions against
a certain class of diseases which have
scourged almost every modern Eu
ropean army, which decimated our ar
my in Mexico, and which, at one
point, rendered nearly half of one of
our armies in the war of 1812 unfit for
service. It is a ground for national
gratitude that our present armies have
passed through the most trying season
of the year, wonderfully escaping this
danger. That there are grander causes
for t cis plan the labors of the Commis
sion cannot be doubted, but that,
among human agencies, a large share
of credit for it should be given to those
labors, it is neither arrogant nor un
reasonable to assert. In this assurance,
what contribution that has hitherto
been made to the treasury, or to the
store of the Commission, is it not re
ceived back again ten fold in value ?
More than fifty thousand articles
haVe bi.en received-by the Commission
from their patriotic conntrywomen.—
It is not known that one sent to them
has fitiled to reach its destination, nor
is there one that cannot be accounted
for. It is confidently believed that
there has not been a single case of se
rious illness in the army of the Poto
mac, nor wherever the organization of
the Commission has been completely
extended, in which some of these ar
ticles have not administered to the re
lief of the suffering.
After an intimate and confidential
conference iyith the Secretary of War,
the commander of the army of the Po
tomac and the Quartermaster General,
there is reason to solicit with urgency
a large increase of the resources at the
command of the Commission, especi
ally of that class of its resources upon
which it must chiefly draw for the re
lief of the sick and woundef
The experience of the Commission
has so well acquainted it with the
earnest wish of the women of the
North to be allowed to work in the na
tional cause, that it is deemed unne
cessary to do more than announce that
there is a real and immediate occasion
for their best exertions, and to indi
cate convenient arrangements for the
end in view.
It is, therefore, suggested that soci
eties be at once formed in every neigh
borhood where they are not already
established, and that existing societies
of suitable organization, as Dorcas So
cieties, Sewing Societies, Reading
Clubs and Sociables, devote themselves,
for a time, to the sacred service of
their country; that energetic and re
spectable committees be appointed to
call from house to house and store to
store, to obtain contributions in nut- 4
terials suitable to be male up,or money
for the purchase of such materials;
that collections be made in churches
and schools and factories and shops,
for the same purpose; that contribu
tion boxes be placed in post offices,
newspaper offices, railroad and tele
graph offices, public houses, steamboats
and ferryboats, and in all other suita
ble places, labelled, "For our sick and
wounded ;" and all loyal women meet
at such convenient times and places as
may be agreed upon in each neighbor
hood or social circle, to work upon the
materials which shall be so procured.
Every woman in the country can, at
the least, knit a pair of woollen stock
ings, or, if not, can purchase them.—
In each town let there be concert on
this subject, taking care that three or
four sizes are provided. Fix upon a
place for receiving, and a date when
the package shall be transmitted, and
send it as soon as possible to the most
convenient of the depots of the Com
mission.
DESCRIPTION OF ARTICLES MOST NEED
ED.—Blankets for single beds; quilts
of cheap materiul, about seven feet
long by fifty inches wide; knit woollen
socks; woollen or Canton flannel hod
gowns, wrappers, under-shirts and
drawers; small hair and feather pil
lows, and cushions for wounded limbs;
slippers.
Delicacies for the sick—such as fari
na, arrow-root, corn-starch, cocoa, con
densed milk, and nicely dried fruit—
can be advantageously distributed by
the Commission. Jellies should be
carefully prepared to avoid fermenta
tion, and most securely packed. Many
articles of clothing have been injured,
in packages heretofore sent the Com
mission, by the breaking of jars and
bottles. Over every vessel containing
jelly, strew white sugar to the depth
of half an inch, and paste stout paper
(not brandied) over the mouth.
lies sent in stone bottles arrive in the
best condition, and there is no difficul
ty in removing the contents for use.—
Every bottle, - &c., containing jelly,
should be labelled. Aromatic spirits
and waters, light easy chairs for con
valescents, nicely made splints' for
wounded limbs, chequer and backgam
mon boards, and like articles for the
amusement of wounded men, books
for desultory reading, and magazines,
especially if illustrated, will be useful.
All articles should be closely packed
in wooden boxes, or in very strongly
'wrapped bales, and clearly directed.
On the top of the contents of each box,
under the cover, a list of what it con
tains should be placed ; a duplicate of
this list should be sent by mail. Ar
rangements for free transportation
should be made, or freight paid in ad
vance. [The express companies will
generally convey goods. for this pur
pose at a reduction of the usual rates.]
Packages may be directed and sent, as
is most economical, from any point to
any of the addresses below—(" For the
United States Sanitary Commission:')
011icc of the Woman's Central Be
lief Association, Cooper Union, No.lo
Third aveli ue, New York.
Care of Samuel and Wm. Welsh,
No. 21S South Delaware avenue, Phil
adelphia;
Care of Dr. S. G. Howe, 20 Broom
field street, Boston;
Care of Dv. W. 11. Massey, elnein
j
Caro of Dr. C. D. Griswold, Wheel
ing, Ya.;
Care of P. L. Olmsted, 211 F street,
Washington, I). C.
Acknowledgments will be made to
all those who forward parcels, and a
final report of the .Secretary of War
will be published, recording the names
of all contributors, so fir as they shall
be known. i to the commission.
llEsar 11. 1 : BELLOWS, D. D., Pres't.
Prof. A. D. Bache, LL. D., Geo. T.
Strong, Fred. Law Olmsted, Geo. W.
Cullum, U. S. A., Alexander E. Shires,
U. S. A., Robert C. Wood, M. D., U.
S. A., Wm. IL Van 13uren, M. D., Prof.
Wolcott Gibbs, M. D., Elislia Harris,
M. 1)., Semuel,G. Howe, M. D., Corne
lius R. Agnew, M. D., J. S. Newberry,
M. D., - Horace Binney, Jr., Rt. Rev.
Thos. M. Clark, D. D., Commissioners
under authority of the Secretary of
War.
Fred. Law Olmsted, General Secre
tary, Washington.
.1. 1. I3loor, Assistant Secretary,
Washington.
J. Foster Jenkins, M. D., Associate
Secretary for the army of the Potomac.
J. JP Douglas, M. D., Associate Sec
retary for the divisions under General
Banks, General Dix and Gen. Wool.
J. S. Newberry, M. D., Associate
Secretary for the Western armies.
The Sanitary Commission is doing a
work of great humanity, and of direct
practical value to the nation, in this
its time of trial. It is entitled to the
gratitude and the confidence of the
people, and I trust it will be generous
ly supported. There is no agency
through whieh voluntary offerings of
patriotism can be more effectually
made. A. LINCOLN,
NFIELD SCOTT.
Washington, Sept. 80, 1861.
The Plans of the Rebel Generals.
A Baltimore correspondent of the
New York //i,Tatt/ says:
I have learned the following facts
to-day, from Southern sources, in re
gard to the recent action near Lees
burg. Neither the occurrence of the
action itself, nor its result, has made
any change in the place of Gen. John
ston. The threes under the command
of that otlicer are now extended over
a larger extent of territory than for
merly, but they are thoroughly organ
ized into corps d'arince, and so ar
ranged in divisions that lien. Johnston,
by means of a military telegraph and
swift couriers, can control the move
ments of the whole mass or any of its
parts., While the extremity of the
right wing is stationed as tar down as
Frederickburg, for the support of the
batteries on the Potomac, the regi
ments on the extreme left are posted
at Leesburg, fifty miles distant. The
entire rebel force, which cannot be less
than 150,000 strong. is posted between
these two points. The centre is at
Manassas Junction., and the head-quar
ters of General Smith are at Aldie.
General Johnson's design is to draw
the Union army towards Centreville
or Bull Run, or to induce them to cross
at Edwards' Ferry, at either of which
places he expects to defeat them. He
will make no attack upon Washington
or upon the Union army, but will act
strictly upon the defensive until at
tacked.
The vast preparations for the great
naval expedition to sail from Fortress
Monroe were perfectly well known at
Richmond. Not only the names of all
the vessels are known there, but also
the number of guns and troops on
board of each. It was not believed
there that the expedition was to sail
up the Potomac, but in view of the
possibility, of such a thing, Gen. John
ston was directed, two weeks ago, to
hasten the completion of the line of
river batteries, to see that they were
properly mounted with cannon of suit
able range and calibre, and abundantly
supplied with ammunition, and to sup
port them in the roar by au adequate
military force. In accordance with
instructions the batteries on the Poto
mac were completed, additional guns
were brought up from Ncrfolk and
Richmond, furnaces for heating red-hot
shot were constructed at the batteries
at Acquia creek and Shipping Point, a
largo quantity of 11-inch shells were
sent to all the batteries in which they
can be used, and 25,000 troops were
posted a short distance back from the
line of batteries, extending from the
mouth of the Occoquan river to the el
bow of the Potomac, east of Freder
icsburg. After all these preparations
had been made; Gen. Johnston, accom
panied by Gon. Beauregard and the
staffs of both officers, made the tour of
all the batteries, and saw that every
thing was in readiness. The report of
Gen. Johnston, made to Gen. Cooper,
at Richmond, after this visit, expressed
the confident belief that he will be able
to hold these batteries, and to destroy
with them any flotilla, however large,
that ma,y be sent against them. It is
said, too, that a number of fire-ships
have been provided, and aro now lying
concealed in Acquia creek, Quantico
creek, and Powell river. They aro
merely old hulks, containing barrels of
turpentine, tar, pitch, rosin, and other
combustibles. The design in provi
ding them is to tow them out in the
river on the approach of a hostile fleet,
and, when they are near enough, to
set fire to them and permit them to
drift among the Union vessels. It is
well enough to be advised of this con
trivance, in order to guard against it.'
It is ie belief of Jell. Davis, and of
(lens. Johnston and Beauregard, that
the Union army cannot remain much
longer inactive; that they must, strike
a blow somewhere on the rebel lines;
and that, at whatever point they strike,
the rebels will be able to defeat them
by concentrating a larger force, and
by superiority in artillery. The Union
army, if they make the advance by
the way of Leesburg, must, cross Goose
creek. Particular attention, therefore,
has been paid by Gen. Johnston to the
defences on this creek. It is somewhat
broader and deeper than Bull run, but
its banks are considerably , higher.—
Between its mouth and Aldie, fifteen
miles, it is crossed by no less than six
bridges, including the railroad bridge.
These bridges are all standing now;
but guards are stationed at each one,
with orders to destroy them in case
the Union army crosses at Edwards'
Ferry and lbwrison's Island in, stall
clout force to take, Leesburg. The
plans of the rebels do not include re
taining possession of that place if 'it is
attacked with a strong force, say 25,-
000 troops. The orders given to Gen.
Evans, when he was placed iu charge
of Leesburg, were to induce the Union
army, under Gen. Banks, to cross, by
feigning to evacuate the place; if pres
sed by a superior force, to withdraw
his whole command to the right bank
of Goose creek, where General Smith
would support him, with the whole of
the rebel left wing. If; however, Gen.
Stone alone should cross, with not over
10,000 troops, Gen. Evans was ordered
to attack and drive him back, and was
promised what reinforeenients might
be necessary. The - event shows that
he obeyed the latter order. If however,
Gen. Stone had had foresight enough
to have provided a pontoon bridge, and
had crossed with his whole division,
the result of Monday's engagement
would have been very different. ' The
statement that4o,ooo additional troops
have been sent to Gen. Evans,
since
the battle, is correct. The 40,000 troops
arc those that were eantoned on the
right bank of Goose creek at the time of
the battle, and who still remain there.
They will not be sent across that
stream in any event. Independent of
them, Geis. Evans has 20,000 men' at
and around Leesburg. The fbrts which
they are erecting between that place
and the Potomac, and the batteries
that are said to command that stream,
are constructed after the litshion of the
bugbear fort on Munson's Hill, and
will be abandoned, when attacked, as
that was. The first stand of any con
sequence, which the rebels intend to
make in that direetioli, will be made
on the right bank of Goose, Creek be
tween the mouth of the creek and
Aldie. •
Mittess for the Soldiers
ED. PIIILADA. INQUIRER :—An officer
from West Point, who commands one
of the finest regiments in the service,
suggests that woolen mittens for the
soldiers will be greatly needed when
the cold weather comes. Will not all
who can employ themselves in this way
help to furnish five hundred thousand
pairs. They should be knit with one
finger so as to allow the use of the fin
ger and thumb. It is said there was
more suffering in the Crimea war from
frost bitten fingers than from any oth
er one cause.
Articles may be sent to S. & W.
Welsh, N 0.218 South Delaware avenue,
agents for the Sanitary Commission.
[Will newF,papers please Copy.]
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On tho 27th alt., after a allot t but painful illneiv of
dropsy of the chant. WILT., aN 1.10 N, infant 010 of Allital
U. nod Mar.) T. Potter, ago 3) rtta 10 11181101, 811.1 1 d. 13 s.
Dore Ilion 10100 kft
Thy tots atl: dotply furl;
though float en hay bit eft no,
It will all our am roue heal;
He N, WS called by ratty doom—
Jost came to chow how blight a
Flour or in I'm ailioo can blaam. 0. T. P.
E x EcUTOR'S NOT IC 1 , 1.-
[Estate of Lloyd. deed 1
1, otters T.sttto..nt.tl3 two.. rho last will owl testament
of Nancy Lloyd. lute of Walltev township, flmilinmlott
contrty. deceased. Irate bees glanhil to the
All pelkauts intlratttal n e tottuostad to matte intotothate
pa) meta, and thaw ha% ing claims trill Pt erent thorn
pi op.,tly authenticated to me.
AIIRAIWI STATE,
McCouncllsto,m. Nov. 5, 1801.-ot, Executor
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NNSYLVANIA RAIL ROAD.
TIM: OF LEAVING OF TRAINS
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Non ton Hamilton,
31t. Union,
31111 Ct colt,
Peter Abut g,
Ban co,
Sprirco Ci eel:,
Birmingham,
Tyrono,
Tipton,
Foßtot In.
11,•11 s 311114,-
!Altoona,
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u. A s ll :l l t ‘ 'he lr le . ft ~I' :l ‘ .o ut,Er • a ? ..:okel ‘o l i a l tr o e b rooded with f
nn unclo,tre some flays ago. A 'Mend rewind will be
paid to any pet 6011 letutuing said mai e, or for giving, any
information N 4 hero she may be found.
EDWARD COLDUR.
Huntingdon, Oct. 31, 1;61.
NEW GOODS! NEW GOODS!!
G. ASUMAN MILLER
Has just received a new stock of
GROCERIES,
SHIT-GOODS,
BOOTS Sr SHOES,
Call and examine my now stock.
G. ASII3IAN MILLER
October 31, 1861
ALL AND WINTER
ROBERT KING,
MERCHANT TAILOR,
11111 Strut, one door west of Canton's Store,
=9
GENTLEMENS' DD,.ESS GOODS.
I=
CLOI lq,
PLAIN AND FANCY VESTINGS,
the neatest and best that could be found in Om city, all of
vincli bow ill tame pleasnro Inn exhibiting, and making
up to visitor. It will coat nothing to call anti exatnino hit
goody. Call soon.
puntingilou Sept. 24,18,51.-314
COURT AFFAIRS.
NOVEMBER TERM, 1861
1)1M O,LA MATIO,N.---IV HERE AS, by
I a precept to toe directed, dated at Molting&li, tl
:4,(t It day of August. A.l). IStd, under the hands and goals
Cl the lion. George Taylor, President of the Com t of
Common Pleas, I)) et and Ton/MIMI ' and general Jail de11%..
y the 211 k HMI let of Pennsylvania, compo
sed of Huntingdon, Blair and Cambria counties; and the
lions. Benjamin F. Potion and B. Leas his associ
ates, Judges of the colnity of Huntingdon, justices
appointed to hem-, try and dote, mine all mid every
milk totems made or taken lot' or conctraing WI. crimes,
\\lath toy the lams of the State'me made "capital, or Moo
its of ~e ntlo• amt other olfonces,C{iMMA and misdemeanors,
whim e been or shall het eafter be committed or perpe
trated, for crimes aforesaid—l ntu cumwannled 10 inidtu
public proclamation thronghout my whole boilio kk, that
Com t of Oyer and Terminer, of Common lidos and
Quarter Sessions, will ha held at the Court House in the
borough oh Huntingdon, on the second Monday (and 11th
day) of November meet, :11111 those who will prosecute the
said m bonus, be then out hero to prosecute them d, It
shall be Just, and I hat all Jihtices ot Gm Noce, Colon,
and Constables Withill said county, he then and there In
their proper persons, at 10 o'clock, a_ ni. of gold day, with
their tecordi, iugnisitiene, evaminutions and romembran
ce,4. to du those Gil which to their 'others respeclAvely
appertain. '
Dated at Hntingdon. the 22d of October, in the year of
our Lord onti.-tlioio.ruid cieht litindaid and nisty-one,
mid the SGth year of Anieriean Independence. •
"3011 N 'C. WATSON, Sheriff: '
T)RO L A - .RATION. --WITEREAS, by
a preeopt to me directed by the Judges of the Com
mon Pleas of the county or Huntingdon, bearing test the
:nth day of August, 1561, I am commanded to nonhe
Public Proclamation throughout my whole bailie ick, that
a cool t of Common Heirs Mill be held at the Court House
in the bon ough of Huntingdon. on the 3rd Monday (and
18th day) of November. A. D., 1861, fur the trial of all is
sues in said Coon t which renmin undetermined beton,
tire said J nolges, It lien and st het e all Jurors, n itnesaeb, and
suitors, lit the in hal of all Nines are teguired.
Dated at; Huntingdon the' 2.1 of October, in the year of
our Lord ono thoutand eight hundred and sixty-ono,
nod the Stith year of AlliCrielill Independence.. • ..
•
JOIN C. WATSON; Sheriff.
rriniAL LIST—N OVEMBER TERM,
1861.
William Patton et al vs Jamey En trekin, et al
Isrtt, Wigton A Co. vs JO.IIIIIA Johns. .
A. J.Wigton A tno. far use vs Same.
J. AJ. A. Haggerty vs Thomas IVoston, Esq.
J. A. Hagerty vs Some.
SECOND WEEK.
James floillon vs Creskwell & Williams.
O illiani eiotsley vs 11lichul .1. Martin, et al
Thomas We,ton, Jr. VS ThOSISS Weston.
.1. CI. sswell li C. Broadquilo, 0101.
J. B. Batts vs .1. Canningliones edam
On en Boat vs J. Sewell Slowart.
Jolin I). Wi gluti vs Jas. TiS111111.(011. et al.
Kessler, Eby Si Co, vs Win. Mei edith, et al.
Nancy lloobliorn vs Soot Doodhorn's whim
11,1111 G. DM mull ' vs Jonathan Shultz, et al.
HERIFI"S SALES.—By virtue of
k . 3 stindry writs of Vend. Exp. rind Leg. rO. to
um illiected, I w ill expo, to public note or outcry, at the
Conn Hence, in the borough of Ibmtingdon, ON MON
DAY Tit O Ilea DAY OF lbol. at Lou
o'iAmk, I'. M., the folhosing described Real Estate, to wit
All that certain messuage tenement, plan
tation and tract of land situato in Dublin township. If.-
ting.lon county, and State of Pennsylvania, bounded by
hl' lB of James Neely, Stowat 1, and others, con.
Mining one hundred and sixteen acres and sixty-live
per dies, mote ur less, patented.
small tract of land' adjoining lands of James
Neely, :lames Kelly., and dames Cit., in Dublin ton oship
aforesaid. contain inn seer:dor n acres, more or less. •
sm.lll tenet of t idge land, adjoining the above,
de..crilard fend, containing fourteen acres mid Duo bun
died and thirty-six perches, part nhereof is cleared.—
Sol/NI and t execution, mud to I. sold as the prop
er ty of William Campbell.
ALso—L-1.00 agree of land, more or less, eit
mt. In c,oauvot to.amor, bounded by lands of—
Ih ice, !=iinon (bat., William Wallace, .d Thos I. Omni
ell,"abont notes of %%Welt are cleared, baling thereon
el ectell two log houses. and on the premises then is all
apple and peach orchard. Seited and totter in execution,
and to he soldfis the property of Solomon
air All sales ;oleo used for Dm first day of bloc [bud,
will hr adjourned over until the following {Wednesday. runt
deeds acknon on Wednesday of the second ( . ...'lnrt
nod, JOHN C. WATSON, Sheriff.
Sehnert' s
Itturtingdun, Nov. 22, 'sm.}
• GRAND JURORS, ,
D. N. Carothers, manager, Cromwell.
Nicholas Corbin, shoemaker, Casseillo.
Nicholas Creswell, gentleman, Alexandria.
Daniel Flenner, farmer, Walker.
Henry Greffius, farmer, Porter.
Andrew Grove, farmer, Penn.
Robert GoEhorn, farmer, Tell.
Jacob Hetrick, farmer, Henderson.
David Isenberg, fouler, Henderson.
John Keller, of Daniel, farmer, Morris.
Abraham Lewis, innkeep6r, Shirley. ' •
George Miller, farmer, Henderson.
Samuel McVety, farmer, Clay.
Thomas Morrison, miller, Brady:
Samuel Oakism, farmer, Toll.
Peter Rickahaugh, mill Wright, Union.
Isaac Swoope, farmer, Shirley.
John M. Stoneroad, carpenter, Warriormark
Andrew Swoops, farmer, Clay.
Samuel Stewart, farmer, 'roll.
John Wicks, blacksmith, Shirleysburg.
Adolphus White, farmer, Oneida.
John Whittaker, gentleman, Huntingdon.
Thomas Wilson, teacher, West.
TRAVERSE JUROILS-11RST WEEK.
David Blair, farmer, Oneida.
John F. Blair, farmer, Tell.
13. D. F. Baird, M. D., Clay.
lVillium Crotsloy, surveyor, Cm , s.
George W. Cornelius, farmer, Cronin ell,
John C. Crownover, Barree.
William Curry, farmer, Franklin.
S. B. Donaldson, carpenter, Carbon.
Jacob Elias, farmer, Tod.
John M. Earley, innkeeper, Shirley.
Levi Evans, J. P., Carbon.
Wm. S. Entrekin, farmer, Hopewell.
Ephraim Greenland, gunsmith, Union.
Austin Green, farmer Cassville.
Robert Colima, blacksmith, Union.
James Galbraith, gentleman, Shirleysburg
John Hess, farmer, Springfield.
Frederick Houpt, farmer. Tod.
.James Horning, farmer, West.
Maize S. Harrison, tinner, Shirleysburg.
Henry Harvey, founder, Franklin.
Robert Mcßurney, merchant, Jackson. -
Jonathan McWilliams, farmer, Franklin.
Andrew J. McCoy, miller, Franklin.
David Along, farmer, Warriormark.
John S. Morrison, farmer, Shirley.
G. Ashman Miller, merchant, Huntingdon.
Michael McCabe, miner, Carbon.
Charles McGill, mason, Penn.
David Rupert, farmer, Henderson.
Thos. A. &milker, farmer, Shirley.
John P. Stewart, farmer, Oneida.
John Simpson, farmer, Huntingdon.
David Snare, J. P., Huntingdon.
Matthias Shoop, farmer, Tell.
John Summers, farmer, Hopewell.
Solomon Silknitter, farmer, Henderson.
Hugh Seeds, farmer, Franklin.
George Smith, farmer, Shirley.
John Thompson, jr.,
farmer, Juniata.
Samuel Thompson, farmer, Dublin.
Samuel Thompson, farmer, Franklin.
Samuel Wilson, miner, Warriormark.
John IVray, former, Warriormark.
Joseph Weight, farmer, Warriormark.
Caleb Wakefield, farmer, Brady.
Geo. B. Young, J. P., Alexandria.
Abraham Donaldson, carpenter, Carbon.
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TRAVERSE JURORS-SECOND WEEK.
Samuel 11. Bell, farmer, Shirley.
Peter Beatty, laborer, Union.
Wm. Brewster, merchant, Shirleysburg.
David Brumbaugh, farmer, Case. •
Ilonry S. Dell, farmer, Cromwell.
John Eyer, jr., farmer, Warriormark.
W. A. Fraker, merchant, Shirleysburg.
Jacob Fink, farmer, Penn.
Joseph Forrest, farmer, Barre°.
John Gehrett, farmer, Brady.
William Hamer, farmer, Porter.
Mordecai Henry, farmer, West. . -
Benjamin Hartman, farmer, West.
Isaac Hamlin, carpenter, Warriormark.
Philip Hooper, carpenter, Union.
John Llagey, butcher, Huntingdon,
Jacob Hamilton, farmer, Jackson.
Gilbert Horning, farmer, Barree.
John H. Hunter, ironmaster, IVest.
Joseph Isenberg, farmer, Morris.
William Johnston, merchant, Penn.
Lewis Knode, farmer, Porter.
Botti. C. Lytle, teacher, Hopewell.
F. H. Lane, gentleman, Huntingdon.
John McCulloch, M. D., Huntingdon.
Reuben Massey, farmer, Barree.
Isaac Martin, farmer, Porter.
Solomon 'touch, farmer, Penn.
Samuel Stinson, farmer, "West,
Abraham States, J. P., Walker,
Asa Stevens, farmer, Clay.
Benjamin Sprankle, farmer, Morris.
Samuel Thompson, farmer, Oneida.
Juo. It. Thompson, merchant, Warriormark
Benj. F. Wallace, farmer, Morris.
Simeon Wright, farmer, Union.
Huntingdon, Oct. 24, 1861.
F.:I.SIIIONS !
CASSFAIIMES, and
BOOTS and SHOES, the largest and
...rtn i ent fu town, at
L.
r. nwiws.
FIItST NVIIEK
OST.—On Monday hint, on the road
leading front Peternborg to Warm Springs, u peck=
of r(lok, containing a fire dollar 1411 on the (loornuaree
Bank of Virginia, and On trill papera lint Wets of inter
est only to the °win'''. The tinter can keep the $5, Ind
earouttly requested to return to this calico the pantase
as they still bo of no oho to anybody bet myself. -
THOMAS 11. NVIIITTAILER.
"Globe °Mee," Oct. 15, 1861, „
AIILNWOOD HA DEIVIYI
Shade Gap, Huntingdon Co., Pa.
A School for Young Ladies & Gentlerttett.
The nest session of this Institution will open the first
'Wednesday of November. Daring the past session this
Jostittillon has touted' tint a class of nineteen teachers..
mot its prospects, not,, ithatanding the distracted state of
the Colin lI'S, have not been mole flittering for scam , years.
In future • there will be a Normal Department attached to'
the ludaution, in n bleb those viishing to become teach
ers, will Mehl) practical 'lnstinction in the art of teach:
ing. The itavanuties which Itilimoixl Academy holds out
to those desiring an education, and to Omuta wishing it
safe place to send their sons and danghters„clurnot be
surpassed, whilst its terms are moderate. • •
- •
•
. - . • •
Terms per seesiun of fie° mouths, payable Tun telly le
adv.eo ' - ' .05 00
Music, Painting, Ditto i og, Be., at the usual,tettra chat.
gee. For further pro ticolorm address - •
W. 11. WUODA, Prnicipal, - • ,
or W. M. WILLIAMSOIst, Ass% Principal,
Shado Clap, Huntingdon co., Pa,
Oct. 10, 1601
A BATTLE FOUGHT!!!
- AND
A BRILLIANT VICTORY WON
ADJUTANT 0 EN. LBW'S
Actor a severe engagemeni which lasted for nearly four
days, I Imre at lust routed the enemy and captured a largo
number of Guns, Revolvere, Dania Knives, and a great
quantity of camp equipage, and other valuable articles
welsh I immediately shipped by railroad from the' field of
action, and now antalumo
PRIM ATEATED.
On opening and examining the; valuables captured, they
were found to comprise such on endless variety of Bard.
ware and Cutlery of every kind, that I can supply the
people of all ages and elassesi oven front a toy for an In
fant. to a supporting cane forth° feeble, old'mdn. Boys
or girls, Lords or Ladies, Soldiers or Citizens, IlensekeeS
ere or Boarders, „Farmers or Mechanics; Lawyers or Doc
tors, anybody and everybody may be furnished with a
useful memento of this inontful battle by calling at the
hardware Store of
JAS. A. BROWN,
Huntingdon, Oct. 1, 1801.
NEW NATIONAL LOAN,'
Seven and Three-Tenths Per Cent
TREASURY NOTES,
NOW READY FOR DELIVERY AT TUE OFFICE
JAY COOKE,& co-.;
BANKERS,
No. 114 SouthTliird Street,
I'III,L.IDELrIIIA
, Pur,nent to lush octions from the Secretary of the
Treasury. the Subscription Book to the NNW NATIONAL.
LOAN of Trensury. Notes. bearing interest at the rate of
act en and three -tenths per cent. per annum, will remain
open at my eflice,
N 0,114 S. THIRD STREET,
until further notice, from 8 A. M. till 5 P. M., and on,
P
Mondays till 9 . - •
These notes will he of • tho domoniuntion of FIFTY.
DOLLARS, ONE RUMORED. DOLLARS, RIVE: HUN
DRED DOLLARS, ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS; and
KITE TIIOUSAND DOLLARS, and are all dated 19th of
August, 1861, payable in gold, in three years, or Converti
ble Into a twenty years' Wm per cent, loan, at the option
of the holder. Each Treasury Note has interest coupons
attached, which can be cut off and collected In gold at Cho
Mint every six mouths. nod at the rate of one cent per
day on each fifty dollars.
Pa> moats of subscriptions may ,bo; mado in„fiold or
Checks, or Notes of any of the Philadelphia Banks.
PARTIES AT A DB - VINCE can remit by their friends. through
the mail, or by expi cal, or through Banks, and the Treas
ury Notes will be immediately delivered, or sent to each
sule , criber as they may Bevel ally direct.
Parties remitting must add the interest from 19th - of
August, the date of all the notes, to the day the remit
tance reaches. Philadelphia, at the dub) of one center
day on each fifty dollars.
Apply to or address ,
JAY COOKII, SURSCRIPTION Aarcr,
Caro of Jay Cooke ,k Co., Bankers,
No. 114 South third Street Philadelphia.
Oct. 7, ISOI.
AMMINISTEATOIt'S NOTICE.-
[Estati of Benjamin Osman, dec'd.j
Letters of Atiministtation upon the estate of Beiljutitln
Oswalt, into of Juniata township, decd, having been
granted to the mulct signed,.all persons haying claims
against the estate me requested to present them to the
nutlet signed, and all persons indebted will make Immedi
ate payment. JOAN OSWALT,
Oct. 3, Isol-6t* - Administrator.
QTRAY.-.
kJ Canoe le residence of the subscrib a
er In Hopewell
too, mdcip, about the 20th of September, light red COW
ith a huge white spot on her back and a star on her
forehead, 01 11101141 m site and supposed to bo about fivo
years old. The owner is requested to tense forward,
prow property, pay charges, and take her away, other
wlso bill) will ho divest dof according to law. • -
DAVID 11. SHULTZ.
Oct.l, S6l.
REGISTER'S 'NOTICE.-
Notice is beroby, ghen, , to all perkotio intevestod:
that tho fallOwlng maned persons have settled their co
conuts in the Itegistui'd Unice, nt Huntingdon, and that
Die said acCOunts Sr ill be presented for ctuifirtnation and
nllowanco. at an Orphans' Court, to be lieldat Huntingdon,
in and for the county of Huntingdon, on Monday the 11th
day of November next, (15614 to wit: • .
I. Final account of Sanmel Jaen, Onntdimt of Cornelia
Scott, who was a minor child of Dr. Oliver G. Scott, Into
of Dirininglaim borough, Huntingdon county, deo'd, acre
in her majority.
• •
2. Administration account c,,f Allyn Edwards, Adminis
trator of Joshua Ednards, into of Tod township; lion
tingdon county, deed.
3. The account of J. Kinney McCallan, one of the Trus
tees of Thomas S. illeCahau, under the Will of John•Mlo-,
elthaTl, .tisq., Into of the borough of Huntingdon; deed.
4. Trust !recount of John Jackeen, Trustee tosell the Real
Estate of Johu Conrad, lath of Jackson township, deed.
5. The account of Graffus Miller, Trustee appointed to
sell the Keel 'Estate of hionmel Thompson, Into of West
toss nship, deed.
ti. Account of Canifu3 Miller, Trustee to sell the neat
Estate of John French. late of Tell township, deed.
7. The account, of John it. Frazier, Administrator and
Trustee to sell filo heal Estate of Janrs 1. Wilson and
lV'illinm J. Wilson, late of West township, deed.
B. The supplemental account of J. Klnney McCaliatt,
one of the Executors of the lost AVill'and Testament of
John 31cCulian, Esq., late of the borough of flantingdon,
dee'd. Partial account.
DANIEL. W. WOMELSDORF, Registor.
REGISTER'S OFFICE,
Huntingdon, 0ct.14, 1.861.
TRUSTEE'S SALE of REAL ES
TATE,
Thu undersigned Ti ustee, appointed by the Court to sell
the Heal Estate of Jacob Curfmon, late of the borough of
Cassville. deceased, will expose to Public Sale, on the
piemnses, In Cass township, Huntingdon county, to, ou
Friday, Ist November, 186],,
. .
The following Real Estate, to wit: Ono good farm eon
taiuing 172 acres, mole or lees, and bounded by lands of
Philip thulium: on the north, Conrad Curfmnu and Chris•,
tine Miller on the south, and Janice Henderson on the
east; having about 100 acres cleared and in good atato of
cultivation, upon whirl, are the following, among many
other improvoments: A two story ing house, a double log
barn with a good granary attached, 2 excellent applo
in chin ils, and a saw miill with tine water poseur.
The farm is well supplied AN ills never failing springs,
and lime Stone is abundant, This property ia but two
miles from Casevilie, and twelve miles from the Penneyls
voila Mahood at Mill Cieek. It is admirably adapted to
the raking of stock, and commands a geed home market.
Possession 5, ill be given on the Ist of April, 1662.
Also, on the premises, In the borough of Camille,.
On Saturday, 2d day of November 1861,
The following additional properly, to wit:, Two lots of
ground fronting on Main street 132 feet, and extending
back 160 foot to a street; said lots adjoining each other?
and bounded. by Main street an the east, nn the north by
and on the south by lot belonging fo the, heirs
of Jesse ❑right t having ou them a good two-story log
weather-boaided house, with a ;Lichen, Mood house, gran
ary, stable and sming.
Also At the mine time, four oilier lots, adjoining each
other and containing about half an Flero each, fronting on
Main street, and bounded on the north by lot of Elizabeth
Citrfinan, on the smith by lot of Cobbc Swope's loirs, and
on t h e east by mountalu sin vey. These aro ell desirable
lots. Possession will be given on confirmation of solo.
Sale will commence each day at 10 o'clock, A. M.
TERMS OF SALE: One ahead of the purchase money
to be paid on confirmation of sale, one third in one year,
with interest, and the residue at thin death of the widow
of decedent, with interest thereon to ho paid to the widow
annually nod regularly during her natural life, to he ao•
cured by the bonds and mortgage of the purchaser.
For any further information concerning the above
premises, apply to _
LEWIS STEVER, Trustee,
Cassville, Iluutingslou Co., Pa.
Septensber 3, 18q..-1,14.
AVAR-WAR •
SI3ION COHN about to quit farming; will offer
at public MOO, ut Coffee Run, on
Saturday,l.9th day of Ootbber, inst.,
at 10 o'clock, A. 11., two horses, ono three horse wagon,
no two horse carriage, three setts harness, saddles, bri
dles, two sleighs, two fanning mills, and a great variety
of other property too extensive to enumerate. .
Terms reasonable. Conditions made known at sale.
81310 N CORN.
Coffee Run, Oct. 7, IBM
WINDOW SHADES,
CORDS,
TASSELS, &C.,
and BAILEY'S FIXTURES,
handsonin assortment just received and for sale at
LEWIS' BOOK, STATIONERY k MUSIC STORE
ACAJtD.-
Dlt. D. S. HAYS oats his raoressional services to
tho inhabitants of Mociresvillo and vicinity. Me, at the
lower bank or Nolt Mills, opposite Mrs. Myton's store.
April 18, 1860-tf.
THE best display and largest variety of
ell kinds of Goode, can always be filmed it the cheer
btore of FISHER & SON
Abeautiful lot of Shaker Bonnets for
sale cheap, at D. P. °MS'S.
YOU 101 find the Largest and Best
nsoo~Uncut of I,adlokr p r ess Goode at
EMS
P. P. qWITI3