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HUNTINGDON, PA.
Wednesday morning, April 6,1864.
W. Lew% Editor and Proprietor.
Our Flag Forever.
" I know of no mode in which _ a loyal oiti,
nos may so well 'dew/nitrate his devotion
. tO
her 'country as. by sustaining the Flag the
Constitution and the Union, under all 'sin-ant
s/anon, and lINDZIt. ttinty ADMINISTRATION
ILLOARDLISSOP PATTY POLITICS, AGAINST ALL
ASSAILANTS, AT MINN AND AMLOAD.'-'--STEPLINN
A. NiroLas.
"Like Jaokson,"
"If we only had a man like General
Jackson in ,the presidential chair," is
the frequent expression of those. who. l
Oppose the ,prenint • Administration.
Now, suppose we had. What would
be do if be were note, at the bead of tbe
Federal Gevernment T—And what wad
be the probable fate of some who now
express the wish "Or a man like him f
fejt not a remarkable fact of history,
that many of those who now 'sustain
Abraham Lincoln, wore the same bold
free hearts who stood up for . the Ad
ministration of Andre* . Jackson?
Whilst by a strange turn in the wheel
the very men who in his, day. denoim
eed :Jackson as a, .ty.rant and att a user. ;
per, now make the same charges
against Lincoln. there line mar
ked difference between them. Where
Mr. Lincoln has arrested one open and
avowed enemy to the cause . of. the
country,•to be fluprisoned,for a time
and then liber4ied 3 -4On,,Tacirspn veld .
have arrested ten and "feing.fgeta t as.
high as Hamin." judging: from the
history, of his chamfer and his official -
Rota sif Jackson were • now in power,
many of those whtimourn for a man
like him, would find themselves dang,
ling between heaven and earth. He
was a stern patriot, Who withouk rt.
spot to party,'would permit - no . oppa
eition to the government, to go unpun
ished. .Sonthqar9lina found it unsafe
tee secede duriig This, Jaministration
and If such a'initt : liad been in the
place ot . Bud:imam, there. would be no
War now; no uttitter whit'tnight have
hone eiettedin 1860. 1 4 )ie-Woods' and.
Vallandighame would riot: have dared
to,spout thett-treason , in , the face of
AridrewJacken. Lincoln-Las 'touch
ed them but . lightly 7 :-Itickeion would
have made them feel the ir9n
power and , with "the,reheilion,crushed
them out of existence; Jackson and.
Lincoln have ituretteil the same policy
only that the former was more bold,
fearless and determined in camying it
oat. Yes, would we had a man like
Gen. Jackson, he would teach the pur
blind raitizan, the radical difference
between party and .patriotism.—Har.
risburg State Joornal,, •
ebiveiy"‘in.7l!dagrlaild.
in reference to the 'very general
feeling of . the true citizens of Mary
land on the qnestion of slavery
Maryland, Ez•GOvernor Sias writes:
"All should be Willing to make a
sacrifice on the of' _ our ' Union.
keeling, as" I'do,- that the interests of
•
"Katy - land and our dear country at
large, must be promoted by the de
struction of slavery, I am -decidedly
in favor of emancipation; with com
pensation by the Government. True
It is that the war cannot cease, nor
_
the restoration of the' Union be effeb
ted, until slavery is wiped = from the
!awl. Then let it come, and come
soon, even if it must be with or :with
out temuneration." The grand coun-
cil of the Union Leagues of the State
has also issued an addfiesa advocating
a system of immediate Bfilatleipation,
and sending forth the following reso
lutions: • ,
"ReselvsdiThist the origin add Va.
gress of the ,rebellion leave no roam
to debt that the Institution of slivery
has beedrat3.-litt instrument -in the
hands of traitors td &did rip an oligar
ohrand lan'aristooradr od the- Trans
of Republicauflberly-; that, , con tin
tied, existcut a is incompatible with ‘ the.:
mainieniiene- #l2Triis pf
governmeritthe*Unifed Stites;
Inca the kriiiiiicipllthin:Pivelainatiiiia
the Preside-tit-600A to be made law
by CongOire, mid, in fact, by all the
power pilacor - by Congress - in the
hands of the ; Pr esident; t•hat traitors
have no right to cinf4cli thee Obedience
of slaves.; and Unit, against traitors in
arms, the President use all:men
white or black, in such as they
can be most i asef,ul; and to, the'
.extent
to which they c anbe used, whether.it
be to handle a spade or shoulder a
musket.. . .
"Resolved, That thiliifety 'said • in
terest of the State. Of 14ryhmd, and.
especially of her white laboring peep's
require that slal•ery4 should cease to be
recognized by the lidw of Maryland."
Maryland has made rapid and glo
rious progress towards freedom since
the war began, and we chronicle every
movement in that direction with joy.
Cosgreaitottal•
The time for selecting a Congres•
sional candidate approaching, our
neighborts are beginning to agitate the
question. As upon ether political
questions, Nie shall say as little as pos..
Bible, but• in order to "keep the ball
Moving" we propose John Scott, Esq.,'
of Riintingdon, as true a Union man,
and as able a debater as can be trotted
out in the district.— Tyrone _tiered,
Rabat "Ino otisyi
, Nothing has n: excited the tender
feelings of Northern Copperhead; as
well as their rebel "brethren," as the
late raid towards Richmond. The do ,
ings of Kilpatrick and' Dahigren,, as
well as many things . which they_ are
accused of wanting to accomplish, are
denounced .as fiendisb, enchristian,
vandal, etc., and the civilized wetl4 is
appealed to for sympathy with the
:"persecuted" .and endangered inhabit
ants cif .Richmond.. The, -same senti
ments which are heard, on the subject,
in Northern "society not mixed," find
expression in the rebel journals in the
most unblushing form. • Yet- at the
same- time the Richmond Whig coolly
Suggests as a lawful war meastirethe
following:
"We may not, it is true, be able to
send a raiding party to dash into Phil
adelphia or New York to do the.work;
nor have
,we' artillery that will carry.
Greek fire far enough to reach them;
but we have that which will go further
than horsemen can ride, and will pen
etrate • what, the mightiest artillery
would make no impression oc—we
have 'money.. A million of dollars
would lay in ashes New York, Boston,
Philadelphia, Chicago, Pittsburgh,
'Washington, and all their chief cities,
and the men to do the business may
be picked up.' by the hundred in the
streets o> those very cities. If it sh'ld
be thought-unsafe to use them, there
are daring men in Canada, of Morgan's
and other commands, who have escap,
ed from Yankee dungeons, and who
would rejoice at an opportunity of do
ing soknOthing that would make all
Ilinkeedoxii - howl with anguish and
consternation."
• We are not now considering the
gnostical of the rightfulness of raids or
burning Cities by moans of spies or as
sassins,. who "take " the oath" with as
easy a conscience as they would take'
off their hats; bat it - is worthy of no
tice that: these rebel journalists and
their Northern friend's consider it per;
featly fair to burn . and dostriv North=
era property, while the same measures
at' the' gond' call forth "syllables of do
ler" yelledout with unremitting volu
bility, and without the faintest care
for facts.
There is another thing worthy. of
mention in this connection. Wo allude
to the.;encontradicted statement made
bymaby released Federal officers, to
the effect that during KilPatrick's raid,
preparations were made to hlow np
-Libby • Prison, with nine hundred
im
prisoned. Union officers. The latest
witness en this question is Genl. Neal
Dow, just released. - says ,
"They told,..us 4liiipatrieo.a raid.
On the Ist of March arrangenients.hed
been made to receiveaim.
,•:Aifil`Miat
di; you suppose the arrangements wirer
To defend Richmond ? Was that it ?
No. They Mined Libby prison, With
the intention of blowing up it and us;
to dee their own phrase, 'To blow us
to, h.. 1 l' • [Voice—'ls there proof of
thntrj -.That is capable of proof. I
cannot tell you how the fact was inti
mated to us the next day, without be
traying those from whom the inform
ation came. On the morning of Wed
nesday,' March 2, after we: had been,
informed of the gunpowder plot, Dick
Turner, the Inspector of Military Pris
ons was
. asked by many officers, at
different' times, if we were correctly
informed, and .he assured us, it was
true that a large quantity'of po*der
had been placed under the , prison to
blow 'us Up if Kilpittriek had come in,
and that it would be done yet if at
tempts were made to rescue us. The
Rev. Dr Smith, President of Randolph
Macon College, and well •known down
South, and known in the North, too,
es an able and influential man, came
WO the prison to visit Lieutenant Col
Nichols, of the 18th Connecticut Regi
ment; •with whom he Was acquainted:
He said-that powder had been placed
in the basement for the purpose of
'blowing us into atoms.' Col. Nichols
dittnot believe it. Dr. Smith assured
him it was so.- He had- then come
fronOhe office of Judge Ould, Commis
sioner of Exchanges, who told him it
was so. The Rev. Dr. McCabe said
the same thing to. Colonel Cesnole, of
the 4th New York cavalry, and, others.
Some officers were in the kitchen at
the back windoW, directly over the
door leading into the cellar. Major
Turner,-the commandant of the prison
—Dick Turner—and four or five reb
els went into the cellar, and on aiming
out they remained a few moments at
the door, and one of the officers said,
'By if you touch that off it will
blow them to sure enough.' On
the morning we came away, Maj. Ter
mer assured Captain Sawyer and Capt.
Flynn, Who were exchanged in connec
tion with Myself, that ,poyder ' was
there, and he said, 'Rather' than have
yciu lamed, I would have blown you
to,-,-,-even-if we lad-gone there our-
Selves: '
Can hypocrisy go further than it is
carried by the rebel leaders and their
apologists, and can we ever.expect to
believe what they say, until the mili
tary arm has crushed their power and
freed the masses of,the•'South from
their usurped dominion ? - .
MESSAGE OP GOV. CURTIN.
Payment of the Militia of 1862.
Heamsnpuo, March 30.—The .fol:
lowing is it niessige of Governor Cur
tin sent to the Legislature in reference
to the payment of the militia called
out in September, 1862 . -
To the Honorable, tft House of Repre
sentatives :
GENTLEMEN: I received the follow
ing resolution of this House on the 24
of March instant:
"Resolved, That the Governor he re
quested to infOrm this House bat has
been' one in relation to the payment
of the militia that was called - out on
the 11th ofiSeptember, 186 V
The, subject, of the resotation was
plitoperky ;tasigned to the Adjutant
General otthe State. Gpvit
difdcal
ties occurred in preparing proper vou
chers for payments made to the mill
tia called in service in September,•'62,
under proclamation made by the Gov
ernor of this State. The men were
called into service, and were hurried
forward to.the border without the us
ual form of muster, and no rolls were
made at the time of regiments or com
panies.l The Adjutant General, in his
annual report, - says: 'On the sth of
September last the Second Comptrol
letof the Treasury approved a blank
form of roll for payment of militia for
1862. Those rolls have been - sent to
the captains of all compinies who 1117 . 0
applied for them and stated their post
office address. They are now rapidly
being 'returned to this department,
and as soon as all are received, will
be transmitted to the pay department
at Washington, when paymasters will
be detailed to the several counties
froth which these troops wore furnish-,
ed."
Much correspondence has been had
through the Adjutant General with
the authorities at Washington . on this
subject since the date of the report of
the Adjutant General, and I am infor
med by Col. 'Francis Jordan, military
agent of the State at Washington,
that on the 22d. inst. an order was
made on Majoi — Brice, chief paymas
ter at Baltimore, to take charge of
these payments; to estimate the am
ount of funds required;' to report the
number of paymasters necessary, and
make the payments at as early a day
as practicable.
Major Brice made a requisition on
the Adjutant General of Pennsylva
nia for the rolls, which were prompt
ly furnibhed him by that officer. There
is reason to believe that the militia
called into service in September, 1862,
will now be promptly paid.
A. G. CURTIN.
The Soldiers' Bight to Vote.
the recent vote in the State of New
York upon the Constitutional amend
ment giving soldiers absent from the
State the right to vote, shows in the
most. - emphatie manner the judgment
of the people upon this important mea
sure.. Out of 296,874 votes.
258,795 wore caSti favor. of the.,.a.m
endment, and only 48,079 against it,
giving a majority of 210,716. A. sinii
lar redult. will' follow' in this State,
when. the, : amendment- to our State
Constitullon, giving Pennsylvania soh*
diere the right to vote, shall- be pre
sented for the suffrage, of the ',people.
Surely none are more worthy of the
,enjoyment of this right.than• the 90 1•
,
diors who are fighting -and -periling
their lives to sustain the Government
and all that is dear in our Republican ,
institutions. ' • -
The volunteers- who have enlisted
since the late calls, and the veterans
who have re-enfisted, and all others
.who Julie enlisted, and• all who 'shall
heieafter enlist•.in the service of their
country, will be credited to • their re
spective Wards and election districts,
and under a proper law , enacted for
carrying out the details of tho election
in the various regiments in the field,
there would appear to bo•no difficulty
`Whatever' in giving every soldier le.
gall; entitled the right to yoto;andirt ,
suring to him a perfectly free choice
in the exorcise Of his right of suffrage.
Soldiers are not less zealous - of. their
right to vote than civilians, ,and thy
will guard that right as sacredly as
they do the honor of their country.
and the glory of the flag Which floatS
over them.
SOME WORDEVOI!T TRU LATE DEM
OCRATIC STATE CONVENTION.
[From tho Phil& Prel3l
The honest and patriotic men' who
cling to what, against their best judg
ments, they reluctantly regard as the
Democratic party,• have had another
thorn put. under their pillows, another
remorse added-to the tbouSand which
have so long been fighting in their loy
al consciences. The managers of the
Democratic organization, of which Mr.
Charles J. Biddle iresibeelected Lead;
called a State CotiVention,. and fixed
Wednesday.23d ult., as the 'ttriY,.and
the Race street 'National Hall,' in this
city, as the-place of .meeting. Our
readers who have noticed the peodeed
ings of this body will have perceived
that, as there were no candidates for.
State offices to name; the occasion so-'
lected was - a most proper-one to'-enutf ib
date great purposes and principles.
What a capital and tempting opportu
nity was this to turn the tide. in faVor
'Of the Democracy; to show their do- .
Ivotion to the Government; their ha=
tred of the rebellion, fomented and"
forced by the Southern loaders, (now
in arms againet the Unien,) vino be
trayed than ; their • gratitude to the.
Demeeratie.soldiers fighting for 'the
Union as it was and the Constitution
as it is,' (as.the Democratic leaders tell
us they are,) and, generally,•to outbid
the progressive war element and
.es :
pecially to put to shame the 'war Dem
ocrats,' who; as we are daily remind
ed, 'have left. the Democratic party
and joined the Abolitionists I' Thotis
ands of honest , Deniocrats. expected .
that this opportunity would
.be seized
upon; for nothing agonizes' such men
more than the • suspected 'treasonable
course of theirleaders. Their-- rela
tives and friends in the army, who are
all becoming - Abolitionists in
.the face
of the cruelty of slavery, and its base
and monstrous ingratitude, have • de
manded that they should cut loose
from the sympathizers with Secession,
who now lead the Democratic party.
And this demand, coining from such a
source, has gone, into the very marrow
of the old Democratic bone and sinew.
Can a citizen who has a son, or a bro
ther, or a friond, in the service, resist
such appeals and remain inside of the
tainted organization ? The answer is
to be found.in the, proceedings of the
Democratic. State Convention of Wed
nesday and Thursday last. We rec
ognize among the delegates of that
Convention the names of many excel
lent men, mon of undoubted loyalty,
men who have dear relatives and
friends in the army, men whose hearts
beat warmly for our poor country.
They have adhered to the Democra-.
ay from old friends*, and from tra
ditionary and inherited prejudices,
and they. re too.proud to go even in
to a there Union organization, lost
their motives may ho misunderstood
or attributed to a longing for power
and patronage. But what can such .
,citizens say one to the other, and what
. daie they say to their own consciences
When they come to contemplate the
resolutions adopted by this State Con
vention? We give them in full; for
they are as infamous as they are brief:
Besolvaq ic Tliat ag wo have no- State
candidates to iwisent tcf tba peojile,
and no issues Involved, Inithe coming
election other, than those which affect
the' - welfare and liherties of .our sister
States equally with ours; we leave it
to our representativesirk_ the-Chi:ol%o
Convention to'uni with. the reprosen
tatlves of the other sovereignties - of
theStyth in embodylaglhe sentiment
of the people In a declaraiton of prin:.
ciples, acceptable to all the States on
whom wo rely to clot it:President and
bring back peace and:inion to this
distracted land, •
Resolved, That tbe Democracy of
Pennsylvania hereby.. Ogress:their
preference for the nomination of Gen.
George B. McClellan :as• the Demo
cratic candidate for the Presidency by
the Chicago Convontioa,.and that.the
delegates to said COnyeetien be in
structed to vote as n unit on all ques
tions arising therein,- as a majority of
thadelegates shall decide.
Resolved, That the first necessary
step to restore the. -welfare and pros
perity. of the American Republic is to
got ruled the present corrigt,, Federal
Administration, and the - sure way to
accomplish this end is a thorough or
ganization of the time-honored .Demo
cratie party, and the prevalence of
union and harmony among its mem
bers. •
The resolutions ivere adopted titian
imously, without discussion.•
'Without discussion!' What a re
proach -and a satire are here", especial
ly preceded by the;remarks of a dele
gate, Mr. Rufus E Shepley, of Cum
berland, that the.committee!could not
agree,' aptly responded to by Mr.
Ring, of Philadelphia,. 'that if the.
Committee on Resolutions could not
agree, the. Convention could!' It was
a fitting prelude that the
..resolutions
should have been ,introduced to the
Convention by Hon. J. Glancy Jones,
a delegate from Berks county. How
characteristic of` J. tlatity Jones!
Himself absent
,as
. Mr. %Buchanan's
minister at the Austrian Court, after
an ignominious defeat by his own peo
ple for his complicity . in the great
troubles preceding the-war, he is the
most proper authoritF,to keep his par
ty silent, and therefor i t, disgraced, in
this awful bour. It as 'resolved' by
Mr. Glancy Jones, 'and . afterwards
unanimously carried by the Demodrat
in Convention, 'that as we have no
State candidates to present to the peo
ple, and no issue: is involved in the
coming election other than those which
affect the welfaie and liberties of our
sister States equally with ours, we
leave it to our representatives in the
Chicago Convention to.. unite with
the representatives of the other soy
creigntioi of the North in. embodying
the sentiinents of the people in a dec
laration of principles, aceeptable to all
the States on whom we rely to elect a
Bresident and•bring back peace and
Union to this distracted land.'
What patriotic Democrat can read
this - declaration without. indignation
and disgust? ; ` In what - other Demo
cratic State Convention of former
sears. have great issues b.ecn so delibe
rately anti ernyealy ettitiptl and shirk
ed 7 Hero was a bodt,coraposed of
th
delegates fro nearly e.very county in
PennsylVanie, ,manya.whom with re
latives.and &lends in tilt field, which,
under the load of J'ath4s Buchanan's
late minister toi Vienna; disdains to say
a word for 'the 'country; or to utter a
syllable of eneouragement for those
wbo are fighting and suffering that
that country' may bo restored to hon
orable peace and solid unity ! It was
fittinglhat this resolution should be
succeeded by-a nomination of General
McClellan for the Presidency, and af
ter that by denunciations of an Ad
ministration that gave elevated posi
tion, and still g,itres pay to that mis
guided of of the army. General
McClellan advocated the electiim of
Judge Woodward as the Copperhead
candidate for Governor last October,
and, on, the principle of a fair recipro
city, it Was graceful that the friends of
Woodward should }how endeavor to
make' him President- of the United
States. But if the General's last Oc
tober endorsement of the anti-war can
didate for Goyernoy.defeated that cold
and ambitious aspireni t and drove hun
dreds of Dernocrets into the Union
ranks,-the endorsement by the loading
Copperheads of General McClellan's
claims to the Presidency will be a
thousand tithhs morn fatal to his ho_pes,
Lot us suppose, however, that Mr. Lin
coln's Administration. is succeeded by
ono headed by General McClellan, as
the third and last resolution demands.
Such a result would undoubtedly give
us. a speedy, if not an Honorable, peace.
lie Mild no more avoid following out
the counsels of his present BpOnsoll3
than he could avoid accepting. their
suffrages. . What these counsels would
be it le easy to antiapato. The Con
yention which nominated him for Pre
sident was manipulated and managed
by the destroyers of the Democratic
party at Charleston and at Baltimore,
and by ,the authors and advocates of
the most dangerous theories in favor
of separation and secession. There is
not one of these partisans who does
not sympathize more with the rebellion
than with his own Government. Wo
need not look for proof of this asser
tion in the insolent tone of the speech
es in that Convention, and in the heart
loss refusal to support the soldiers of
the Republic in its formally-presented
and carefully-drawn resolutions, but
to the words these- .mon have spoken
and printed , over, since the traitors
took up arms againtit the flag. Goal.
lileClellan's plan : of•peace timid, there
fore, only be% and:. a recog
nition of the rebel ; couspirtiey. How
ho would divide the Republic—wheth
er on the idea of Illr. W. B Reed, by
adding Pennsylvania and Now Jersey
to the South, or on that of Mr. F. W.
Hughes ' by cutting off New England,
or on thatof W. M. Gwiu,
by erecting
California into a separatoConfederacy
—his champions would have to decide.
There would be little difficulty in such
men coming to speedy terms with the
rebels. Two organizations that sym
pathize each with tho other so affec
tionately and steadily as that of the
Copperheads in the North and that of
the traitors in the. South, would soon
agree when the fate of 'the American
Government was confided to their ar
bitrament. And as General McClellan
happens just now to be the preferred
candidate for the Presidency, against
Mr. Lincoln, by both these organiza
tions, his success Would be equally gra
tifying to both as the happy prelimin-.
ary to what is called "an honorable
peace.
And it is this carnival of blood—this
crOWning tragedy of treason—this ca
tastrophe of American liberty—ghat
-the Democratic masses ,of Pennsylva
nia- are asked to aid by'the "Democra
tic" leaders of the State I We do not
wonder, - when, the action of the C0n. , ,.
vention-wNs Made known in our streets
that hundreds of intelligent Demoorats
denounued it publicly and vehemently.
They looked for some ray of light,
s,ctme - patriotic declaration, some good
and strong reason for remaining with
the party of their affections and their
confidence. But all that was vouch
safed them were .the resolutiona we.
have quoted, the election of Mr. Wm.
IL Witte as President of the Conven
tion, the election of Mr. C. L. Ward, of
Bradford, as chairman of the State
Committee, and the -election of such
men as _Richard Vaux, William Bigler
and Asa Packer as delegates to the so
called National Democratic Conven
tion. If there aro to be found iii any
'portion of the country five men who,
by word and deed ) have shown a more
violent and envenomed hatred of this
war for the preservation of the Gov
ernnient, they must be sought for in
the ranks of the rebel army, or in the
gloomy meetings of the rebel conclave
at Richmond. Fitting architects these
of a platform fora national Demodra
cy 11 Two or three of the number
helped the slaVeholders to destroy the
old !platform; all of them sustained
Buchanan in those unparalleled
,pro!
scriptions and tyrannies which paved
the way to war; and every man of the,
set voted and worked for Brockinridge
in 1860, while the great Douglas was
making the South to ring with-his pre
dictions that that, act was pressing the
republic to the precipice of disunion
and bloodshed. And this is the'enter
.tainment spread before a loyal people
and a true Democracy! We have fre
quently stood amazed at the audacity,
intolerance, and tyranny of the new
dictators of the remnant of the Demo
cratic party of Pennsylvania; but this
last exhibition leaves all other prece
dents far out 'of sight. It proves at
once 'their bitter impenitence, their
confirmed hatred of their Government,
their contempt of our brave men. in
camp and field, and their sincere sym
pathy with the armed :enemies of the
only free nation on earth.
Our Army Correspondence.
Hi: Qrs., 55/11, .Regt., P.V.I
Beaufort, S. C. Marcie 21st 1861.
FRIEND -LEWIS :--After a long si
lence, I again embrace the opportuni
ty of conversing'with yon.' My silence
has not been caused by my forgetting
your existence, for almost every mail
brings the welcome facenf the dear old
Globe, but.for a long time there has
been sd little of interest to inforM you,
of in this department, that I have ne•
glected you. We are still camped near
Beaufort—almost on the Barn° ground
we ipitcbed our tents upon in July.
1862; and are engaged in doing Pro
vostlgliard duty, which, With camp
guard, and three hours drill per day,
interspersed with an occasional detail
forfatigue , duty, keeps us pretty well
employed.
The .veteran part of our - regiment,
as-yet have not returned; they have
already been - absent. _sixty days, • and
we:have almost given up looking ,for
theini We have no doubt they arcren
joying,themsolves in Penna., but we
sometithes think they. should - soon
come-back, and give the rest of ns a
show to go home; for three years in
the land of Dixie does not make us al
together forget our dear old homes..
."There is not much interesting news
to communicate since the late engage
ments in Florida; the Johnny Reba
along our front were inclined to be
somewhat jubilant on the night of the
10th of March. About eleven o'clock
they commencel shelling our pickets
at Port Royal
.Ferry . (the Ist South
Carolina . (cord) are picketing there
now ;) at the same time the pickets to
the left of the Ferry discovered some
small boats trying to.land at what is
known as 'Caper's.plantation,'. but the
tide. being low at the time,'they got
aground on a sal:J:bar, and before they
could get off, daylight was coming, and
they abandoned one boat; when day-,
light,came the Robe were seen making:
off towards the main land; with a
small howitzer in one of their flats ha
ving effected nothing, but lost one
boat. Negroes who have since rea
ched our side, say that two or three
men were drowned; of this they are
not very positive but whatever their
intention was, it proved a failure. We
have preaching now every Sunday,
and prayer meetings on Tuesday,
"Thursday and. Friday night of each
week. Through the exertions of the
Rev. Harris, Post. Chaplain, bettor .
known hero as "the soldiers friend ;"
we have had a very comfortable church'
fitted up, in what formerly was a com
missary store house; since the bloodir.
assault on Wagner of last July, tire
churches have all been used as Hospi
tals. On Monday and Saturday even
ing, the church is open as a reading
room. Mr. Harris has written to al
most all the local papers from where
the different regiments here wore rai
sed, soliciting tho editorti to send a,
copy of their newspapers for the use of
the chapel, and *e have got a good
supply of reading matter where the
soldiers can spend the evening both
pleasantly and agreeably.
The 76th Penna. Regt, has been
picketing fora long time along Skull
crook, on Hilton Head Island, and last
week the robs made a - raid on their
lines, and. succeeded in .capturing a
corporal and four men ; there is a re
port to-day that they tried' it again
last night, but were driven - off with a
loss of four men captured.
The weather has boon pleasant here
for several days, but has turned into:
rain now; there has been a great deal
of cold weather hero this winter. Per
sons who have lived here a long time,
say there has been more freezing, than
there has been for twenty years; the
orange trees aro all killed, and I sup
pose oranges will be scarce the coming
summer.
The paymaster has paid us a visit,
and was truly welcomed, as we. bad
four mouths pay duo, and in fact, -all
the conscripts we got last November,
had from six to eight months pay due
them; the.boys have - any amount of
givenbacks and are willing to say, that
'Uncle Sam is bard to heat but I
have already made my communication
more 'lengthy than interesting,
,and
will for the present, close.
More anon,' P.
Rthilored InVagon oiPennitylVanial
Infotifiatian of a trustworthy char=
actor rafts .to another invasion of
PennsylVenia by General Lee as soon
as his preparaticam for the event are
complete. I! or thia Plifpolle, Richmond
is being still furthof.protteted by heal
vy defenceri,. so that it garrison of 20,-
000 Man in and around it life elf:lotted
to hold it With all ease. Lee had Set-
Oral times before loft the rebel capital(
and when he has returned he has found
it as safe 'as when he took his, depart
ure. He beiieves he can do this.again
and , at the same time avert , the blow
that is throatened . against" it by Goal.
Grant. His project, therefore, is un
derstood to be, to anticipate the attack
of Grant by striking for the Pennsyl-*
vania line, and compelling the latter to
follow after him. , tis not certain, of
oourse, that Grant would'do,this, and
Lee if heundertook the freski invasion,
might find as a result that Richmond
had been lost, and his ,own army, if
not captured, at least badly defeated.
The only serious "risk that would be
run in not attacking; Lee at once in
Pennsylvania would be the probable
march of the latter upon Washington,
which would not be unlikely if Lee
found that Grant had given him the
go-by for the purpose of making sure
of the capture of Richmond.
One of the most urgent reasons tor
the renewed invasion of the Keystone,
is the' serious difficulty whichexists in
pyoviding properly for the army in
Virginia,
and another is the desire to
transfer the war to Northern soil. This
latter is still the cherished wish of the
Southern leaders, and thcalsatlds of the
people as well, notwithstanding the
failures that have hitheito` attended
the efforts in this direetion ; there yet
remains a belief that the project can
and will be successfully aceemplished.
—Lancaster Inquirer.
Serious Affray at Charlestown, Mo.
A FIGHT BETWEEN. 11. S. SOLVES=
AND COPPERHEADS.'
St. Louis, March 2b. , --A special-do
epateh•to the Democrat, from Charles
ton, .Coles county,' says that Ole Cop•
perheads came - into that town to 'at
tend court yesterday, ; with= : guns •non
coaled in their wagons, and armed
with pistols.
Some soldiers in the ,_,eourt house.
yard were drawn into an affray, and
a general fight occurred. The county
sheriff sprang from thb judges' stand
and commenced firing a pistol at the
Union men. Mayer York; :a surgeon
of the 54th, was one of the first victims
'Tbe Union men being outnumbered
at the court house, ran to the houses
and Wires •for arms, and they were
fired uponlrom the windows. 'Ten or
twelve were wounded. Col. _Mitchell,
of the 54th regiment, WM badly woun
ded. Oliver Sales , Wlis killed. James
Gooderieh, WM Hart, L C Jeffreys,
and several soldiers belonging to the
54th, were wounded. severely.
Tile 54th regiment arrived °in tbe.
afternoon,t and formed on the square..
Nelson Wells, the man who fired the
first shot; Was'instantly killed. John
Cooper,.a prisoner, was shot while try
ing •to eseap_e.: • „ , :
Colonel Brooke-with-a-arri. .• • •
went in pursuit of a gang of Copper
heads about , seven miles distant.' .
Captain Williamson has some twen
ty. prominent dem% implicated in the;
affair under guard at the Canal House.
Colonel Mitchell had a &inference with
the Hon. 0: B. Franklin and Judge
Constable, who seemed•very anxious
that steps shoUld.he taken to prevent
any further outbreak. • .
Chicago, March 30.—A special 'dos
patch.to the .Tribune dated Mattoon,
ill., last night, says :
Four hundred Men of the Fifty-fourth
Illinois regiment leave Charlestun to
night to attack the rebels, who are
said to be three hundred strong, under,
the' command of Sheriff SOllll O'llair
intitinched at Gilladay's Mills, ten
miles north east of Charleston.
A portion of the 54th Illinois is at
Mattoon, that place also being threat
ened by rebels from Shelby and Moul
trie counties. ,
Two companies of the Inimlid
en route for Springfield, have been
stopped at Charleston for garrison du
ty. Pickets are out on all the roads.
In the fight on Monday, four of the
54th Illinois regiment, and,one Cajon
citizen wore killed, and Cot Mitchell,
five privates and two• Union citizens
were wounded.. TworebelsWere kill
ed and several wounded.
The Illinois Rebels Dispersed.
Mattoon, 11l , Mch 21.—Everything
seems to have resunied its usual quiet
and the 'rebels are believed to have
dispersed.. The 47th Indiana regiment
had, left, and the 41st Illinois vokintebr
regiment will remain Until - the return
of Colonel Oakes from Charleston 111.
FEW GOODS
ORS SPRING AND SUMMER
Win. MARCH ~ & BROTHER,
Respectfully Inform their nomerous oustomere, and the
public gonefally, that they harejnet received a large and
splendid stock of Goode at their Mery in MARISLESgUIta,
consisting In part of ' •
DRY 'GOODS,
DRESS. GOODS, • -
SILKS,
• •
NOTIONS, -
O.
HATS &, CA
PS -
- ' 1300 TS & SHOES,
ba HARDWARE; •
t ..QUEENSWARE
GROCERIES'
WOOD Br, WIL
LOW' - WARE,
D I TOBACCO, -
SEG ARS
• NAILS, . • .
GLASS, .
,
OLD MEAT •
CRACKERS,
PRO VISIONS
FISH,
SALT, &c., &c.
AIso—BONNETS sad TINWARE •
*And in fact everything usually kept' In a first class coun
try store, which were bought low for cash and will be
sold at gorreaponding low, prices for cosh or country prod
uce, and request the public to give us a call before pro
°basing elsewhere, feeling satisfied we can offer superior
Inducements to cash buyer,.
We repectfully request the patronage of all, mid es
pocially our Trough Creek Valley Monde. " -
Everything taken In exchange for goods exceptpromi
see.
Oa- Cued paid :for all kinds Of grain, for which the
hlghest market prices will be given. •
We have also a stock of PABILIONADLE PURNITIME
Which will bosom at reasonable prices.
WILLIAM MA RCN & BRO.
klaildesburg, 'April 6,1881. ' • .
Pocket Knives.
A new stock just received atLovis
Book Store.
TeAVERN LICENSES.- - '
Thelon - owing persons - have filed In the 'office of
t Clerk Or The Gantt 4/Quarter Semitone of Huntingdon'
bounty, thew peiitions for licenses to:heyp lone or -Teri
erns in said county and "..111ch will be presented to thi
Judge ol:tiald Court on the second Monday tit aPill nea t
for
McMonlipd, 'Petersburg borough, ' .. -
James. Flemming; :., do. ''.
George ii. Little, hicAleiy'tfort.
Samuel Staffer, Jackson townll4. . • ';
Alexander.S. Seeds, liaripis ‘.
John S. Arlile,c, Huntingdon' Vorongli:
g ecil /Jester/ ..' ''
.it' . ~ - -,
do
Ritect A,Rarcute,y,NAir.lllll...
ter von, Saulsbug
C . ~
mtrtiler a: Slapeog, Iliedy,totenshire. '• ~- ..
. WilllanT Templeton, Cfrbisonia'bdrongi f: Robert GIMP , - do
' •
lianindl BS: Atiltz,Moillit Union: ' '
S. Brywitt Shaver, do. ' ' - . -.-
John G. Stewart, ' .do
,
John. Dean, - Iluntingdoit borough
Abraham A. Jireolr i 'dO - ,
' James Ohambeticun:Wartiordarle;
Martin Mao, Barnet. .
Susan Montgomery, Mapleta:
Daniel Etter, - __
_do ' ' • .
Robert. Morrow, &bade asp: .! , , ;, : .
-
Margaret Jandein, do"- ' ' • - ' ' f - ' -
Perry Mortis, Shirley/burg bet , . • '. ' '
_.
Henry Chamberlin, Morrie tp. , . ~ .• • . .
Mee I,Bieser & J. A. Bell, West tp. •
Jesse Ejlarcb, do
iwifflein yonnlon, Elarklesburg. '
- Bernard O'Varrel, McConnelistomr.
'ThOmits Cook; Broad Top City, • '.•
. . .
- Henry SlDowati, Dublin tp, ,
' -'Henry 8. Isenberg. Conitriont,
R. F. Hulett, Morris tri, :
_,! . ~
Wm. H. Harper, (Retail Liddell) Bunistiner: .
Henry Strome, MoConnallstown.
Jobn D.Boring, Camille.
Thos. H. Fagan, Coalmont.
Joseph Morrison, Huntingdon.
• • W. C. WAGOlqic Chid('
lluntingdon, Mar 23,186 4 " . • •
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COURT AFFAIRS.
LIST- • "- ' --
AP4IL TEM'
rinn WEEK. .
E. L. &E. D. larguund ie ‘Pelthirl.Mlretia - CoMpatii.
W W &.DC Entrridu • vs - 3fiehoot F . totus.
Catherine Householder. .. vs Grubb k, UotibebOlder.:
J Dougherty for Arm AV. 3 Elttrekin,
WW &DC hiniteklu r Ne J. 3ritrrkiir Ildakstr,
D Clarks ou; Vtuatee; &C. is Jaeotterrustrell.
Con:hi - or Dougherty- Oran* Hitter,' et M.'
. .
.
• BECOND WEER...- • •
Jane Atha Fp& ye William Bennett. •
lionvy 0 Robison . . vs George Sipes: ' "
J eillatti It wife for rise to i4llltani Rotbroek. • - •
Isabolld Galbraith fa DJ. Galsball et al: '
filairinet Flerttitlg - fa Hoff. J. Stewart's -
J P Anderson's executor ,-ye Mary Oriody ,
DBkJ Peterson . ,Ts Samoorßallagef,
J C Watson'e eulzur. t u vs .George Rawu et al. "
Thomas Norris „ Ts Isaao,Yootim,
John Gayton •• •• •vs Mary A. Who. - -
Leas & McVittyve.Lycoming Ines Company:
D W Stevens for use NGleugow et al.
Jffoliinger et al v P Bridenbangh's exere'r. - .
Jamea Wilson vs Joseph Green, sure.
Potor Tippery ye Peoria. Railroad Company,
Prothonotary's Office. • •• Prot'y.
lloatinmlon, Neb. 80;1864. j .
GRAND Junons
Jer. Beck, farmer, - Warriorsmark -
John Corbin, Carpenter, Hopewell
Jesse Cook, farmer, Carbon
Hugh Carey, . " Jackaon
Henry Canan, wagon-maker, Morris
David Etnier ' merchant, Shirley
Jesse Fibber, farmer, Morris
A. P. Fields, 31 - . D., Cass.
Geo. Fetterhool, farmer, Morris
John Geissinger, of Wm. Juniata
George Goddard, farmer, Shirley • •
G. Dorsey Green, iron -master, Porter
Juo. Gansimorq, farmer, Warriormark
Samuel Goodman, " Juniata • -
Jacob Hicks, Sr., • • " Walker
Samuel Hess, " Oneida
James L. itarvey . ,_ tinor, Shirloysb n r g
William Isenberg, farmer, Morris
John S. Morrison, " • Shirley
Sas. McGuire , , " , West, . .
Isaac Oatenkirk, •"- 'Brady
Isaac Showalter, One r.
Henry IL Shearer, " Tell
William Stryker, " West
• TRAVERSE JURORS- , -FIRST °WEER.
David Asliton,;:fanner, Spiingfield,
• m. • , farriormark
George Beatty, watchman, tinion •
Jacob Baker, carpenter, Alexandria:.'
Abraham Brumbaugh, far.. Hopewell
Perry Benson, carpenter, Tod
Isaac Brumbaugh, farmer, Cuss
Jacob C. Coder, - blacksmith, , Union -
Thos. Carman, tinner, Huntingdon'
Lewis Corbin ;
farmer,•Cass
Abraham: Corbin, " -Juniata
John Dopp, clerk West • ' -
Abraham Elias, farmer, Tod
Bor9. Eayeax•t, laborer,Penn
Isaiah Fleck, farmer, Cromwell
Daniel Fink, " Union
Geo. M. Green, " Cass
Gilbert Horning, " Barred
Wm. S. Ifampabn, clerk,
H Clay
Theophilus Hauck, farmer Ted
John Jackson. " ' Jackson
Samuel Kincb, blacksmith,•Franklin
Curtis. Kidder, shoemaker, Barree
John X. Lutz; farmer, Shirley' • • '
George Lamp, farmer, Porter
Philip Locke ". Springfield
John B. McElroy, teach6r, Jackson
John B. Moreland, farmer,. Clay
John. Moore, miller, West
John H. Neff, farmer, "
John Nightivinec" Heriderson
David Neff, " Porter
Geo. W. Parks, " Casa
Wm. Quinn, shoemaker, West
James Querry, farmer, Union = •
Jahn Silverthorn '
James Stewart, • " Barren „, •
Wm. Seibert, - -" Toll • ,
Robert Htewart, clerk, Jackson '
James Stewart, fanner, — " - -
Simon Starr " • Cromitiell
Jonathan Shults, " • -Carbon •-• -<,i
'Names White,' - -1. P. • "
James Wilson;:firemer t Henderson •
Isaac Wolverton, pump-maker, Brady
Andrew Wise, farmer, 'Union • •
Thomas M. Young, " i Carbon - -
Jno Garner, of Matthew, miller, Peri.
TRAVERSE iments—ascoun WEEK'._
John Benford, - earpentor, Carbon
Jonas Baeliwalteri,fdriner; Walker
Lewis Carothers,'earponter, Croinwell
Conrad Curfman, farmer, Cass
Levi Creamer, " Springfield
M C Chileoat, , • " CromWell
James Davis, laborer, Oneida
John Dopp, farmer, Walker'
John Flennor, '" Henderson' •
Chas. H. Fletcher, clerk, Carbon
Barton Green, merchant, Barrel)
David Gates, farmer, Franklin' -
Ephraim Greenland "- Union
Robert Huey, " JaOkson
in • 'I::
W. Hildebrand; laborer, Shirley: •
Alison ILieter, " Brady
Samuel M. Hannah, teacher, Waionik
J. G. Jones, farmer, Tell
Robert King, tailor, Huntingdon ~ „
Samuel Lehman, farmer, Warriorrek
Win. Laird, Sr., " "Porter • -
Robert Myron, " Barrer)
Oliver Mull, . " Dublin
Robert Madden, " Springfield
Jackson Norris, " Penn
Solomon Nunemaker, laborer, Carbon
Philip Pheasant, carpenter, Union
George Ross, farmer, Wairiormark
Jacob. Rider, -" "
John Spanogle, " West •
Benjamin Shoup ,." Clay
Nicholas Shaw, " Shirley
Asbury-Stewart lumberman, Brady
Samuel G.' Simpson, "
Exekiel White, farmer,.Carbon
Leo " .Barren.
KEYSTONE CIDER MILLS
FOR 'BALF2
at the Man'ufactlirer's price—s.lo to $45;
By T. 11. MUMMA,
&pt. 9,180.1 , _ IlttntEidonß.l.