AMERICAN VOLUNTEER.
JOHN B. BRATTON. Editor'& Proprietor.
CARLISLE, PA., JUNE 13, 1861. ,
OUR FLAG.
V Forever float that standard sheet 1
Where breathes the foe but falls before ust
With Freedom's soil beneath our feet,
And Freedom’s banner waving o’er us 1 ”
Rduor,— lt is rumored in town that Copt.
L. Todd, of one of the new Carlisle companies,
now at West Cheater,'has been elected Major
of one 61 the new Regiments. We hope the
report may prove true, for Capt. T. has the
elements in him to make a first-class officer.
, Baggage Wagons.— A great number of bag
gage wagons have passed through our town
recently, on their way to Chaniborsburg. The
horses were of the- best quality and appeared
to be in excellent condition.
• For Chaubersbcbu.-— During the last eight
of ten days immense numbers of troops have
passed through Carlisle, on their way to Chara
bersburg. The force there at this time must
be 30,000-. ■ - :
Carlisle and the War.— Carlisle has fur
nished four full companies for the war. Con
sidering our population—G,ooo—we, doubt
whether any town in the State has done as
well. : If necessary,, we can anti wfW turn out
two companies more. . ' ■
The Sumner Rifles.— this efficient com
pany—the first to offer their services from ohr
town—is now encamped at Chambersburg.
Capt. KunN, as well as a number of his men,
returned to Carlisle a few days since, to pay
a short visit to their families. They received
a warm welcome, looked remarkably well,
and expressed themselves well pleased with
the service. They are very anxious for a tilt
with the rebels, and we hope they may soon
be gratified. '
The Ladies Again at Work. —The ladies
of our town are again. at work, making up
uniforms for Capt. Todd’s company. In a
few days they will be ready, and forwarded
tothecompany.atWest Chester. This makes
the fourth company that has been fully
equipped our citizens, at an expense of
some sBs(KRvery dollar of this amount was
paid by tne people of Carlisle, with the ex
ception of some §2OO, which was collected in
the country. In addition to this, hundreds
of dollars have been expended by .individuals
in making presents to their friends in the sev
eral companies,, and in providing food for the
thousands of troops.that have been passing
through our town for several weeks past.
The Crops. —From all our exchanges, as
■well'as from farmers in our own vicinity, we
have the gratifying intelligence of the pro
mise of an abundant harvest—and a yield of
everything necessary for the support and' sus
tenance of man and beast equal to any yield
for years. The wheat promises unusually
well, and as for corn and potatoes, nothing
hut severe drought can prevent a supply lar
ger than we have had for years. There will
he an abundance of fruit, too. Three or four,
weeks ago, it was announced that the peaches,
apples, plums, &c., had all been destroyed by
the.frost—yet go where you will you will see
all the fruit trees loaded. The editor of the
Germantown Telegraph, who is eminently an
observer of such matters, gives the most flat
tering account of a prolific yield of everything.
In view of the existing troubles, this is grati
fying intelligence, for'which wo . should be
thankful.
Dickinson College. —The Commencement
Exercises of Dickinson College, for the pre
sent year, will commence on Monday, July 8,
with the Anniversary of the Belles Retires
Society; op Tuesday, the general meeting of
Alumni, andi the Anniversary of the Union
Philosophical Society; on Wednesday, the an
nual meeting of the Board of Trustees, and
annual meeting of the two Societies; on the
same day. Oration, by the Rev. B. 11. Nodal,
Di D., of Brooklyn, and a Poem, by Hon.
Horatio King, of Washington; also an Ora
tion, before the Alumni, by John Carson, Esq.,
of Baltimore; on Thursday, Commencement
Exercises.
During these times of “war and rumors of
war,” Colleges, like every thing .else, must
suffer, in comparison with former years. We
are glad to learn, however, that “ old Dickin
son” lias braved the storm nobly. The ap
proaching Commencement promises to be
quite os interesting as former ones, and will
be well attended by the friends of the Insti
tution from abroad. The graduating class
may not bo as large as last year, on account
of a number of students leaving for their
homes under the pressure of the first war
news. Soveral of those students returned after
the first excitement had passd away, and all,
tdl.'WiU be in attendance next year,
in ail, therefore, Dickinson College has
sustained herself well, and bids fair to COD
tnme-prosperous.
Rtou Camp Wayne A. letter (v.™ „ '
, _ “• n-iior ttom our
nephew, William Bratton, a member ot Cant
Henderson’s Company, at Camp Wayne, West
Chester, informs us that the boys of the three
Carlisle Companies are all well, and on duty
in camp. So far they are.in fine spirits, and,
notwithstanding the privations to be endured
in the camp, there are no complaints heard.
The members of Henderson’s company at
tended church on Sunday evening—a good,
beginning. ■
: ET'Oov. Sprague, of R. 1,, with his splen
dip Brigade, pgsppd through our totvn on Mon
day night.
"PDSII OB THE COLUMN!”
We think we are safe.inpredicting thatwe
shall have stirring nows in a few Jays. If
the rebels don’t rtfn, a battle will certainly
take place at'Harper’s Perry very soon, when
the enemy will.be routed and the Arsenal at
that point re-capturod;" We sincerely hope
the secessionists may stand their ground, for
wo desire-to see them severely punished,
ns they certainly will be; We want to see
their “ Southern steel” tested, about which
they have been talking so flippantly; we Want
them to “just try it on,” and see if “one
Virginian can whip five Northerners,” as that
most intolerable fool, Ex-Gov. Wise,, boasted
they could do.
Poor old Virginia 1 She has been led into
rebellion, robbery and treason, by giving oar
to her bad orators, and disregarding the safe
advice of her good and loyal men—the men
who had to flee to the North for protection.
That State, in all probability, will be the
principal battle ground, and of course the
principal sufferer. She will mourn, in sack
cloth and ashes, the day, she rebelled against
our glorious Union. She, with all her glories,
will go down, “ unwept, unhonored, and un
sung.” -
That the administration is determined to
pursue a vigorous policy, is now evident to
every one, and for this wo honor those who
have the management of our National difficul
ties. There is now an immense army of loyal
men in the field, four-fifths of whom are drilled
and equipped, and ready for the contest.— :
When the attack is made, it will fall .as a
thunder-bolt upon the, traitor D.vvis and his
miserable followers. The rebels will fall be
fore Northern swords as the grass falls before
the scythe of the husbandman.
Wo think it scarcely possible the war can
be a long one. Should it threaten to be, the
bosom of the North will again heave with
love for the country, and a million more men
will obey,the call of the President, and rush
to the conflict.
“Push on the column," then, and let the
whole power of the Government be brought
to bear upon the rebels. We believe it both
economy and humanity to put this war through
in the shortest time possible, and wo there
fore approve the policy of an overwhelming
army and energetic action. General Scott
knows when to commence. When he is ready,'
then “let slip the dogs of war," and never call
them off till every secessionist comes hack to
the Stars and Stripes, or is vanquished.
Obi Volunteers.
On the morning of the 6th inst., the three
new volunteer companies organized in this
town, and commanded by Capt. Robert Mc-
Cartney, Capt. R. M. Henderson, and Capt.
Lemuel Todd, bid farewell to their numerous
relatives and friends, and took the cars for
Camp Wayne, at West Chester., The com
panies Were nearly full, and by this time, we
prcSume,'they have their complement of men.
Shortly before, leaving, Mr. Henderson’s
company was presented with a very beautiful
flag—the gift of Mrs. J. W. Henderson. ..
‘ The three companies then formed in line,
and marched up High street, headed '.by the
Carlisle Brass Band* and halted ini front ,of
the residence of James Hamilton, Esq., where
a large number of the young girls of our pub
lic schools had assembled, neatly clad in hol
iday apparel, and wearing the national em
blem of “ red, white and blue," for the pur
pose of reading an address to our brave young;,
men. The address was read by Miss Jo
sephine Adair, ns follows:
TO THE VOLUNTEERS,
The girls of the Borough of Carlisle, desire
to express to you, on leaving your homes, the
interest we feel in the successful issue of the
noble cause which you go forth to defend, at.
the hazard of your health and lives. We have
no fears that your bravery and courage will
fail to bear aloft the stars and stripes in the
hour of conflict, if you should be called to the
battle field.
The best wishes of the young girls of your
own town go with you. Our hopes and prayers
accompany you. May this cheer you amidst
the trials and privations of the soldier’s life.
“ None but the brave deserve the fair!” Take
this our little flag as a token of our best wishes
and these wreaths of flowers—we give them
to you, our brave volunteers, in the expecta
tion that if an opportunity is afforded you,
that on your return you will, deserve wreaths
of laurel.
Then followed the singing, by school girls,
of the “ Star Spangled Banner,” which was
executed in very creditable stylo. The cars
having arrived, the order “ forward, march,”
was given, and in a few minutes our friends
were in the cars, nearly every man carrying
one or two beautiful boquets—gifts from the
ladies to their husbands, brothers and sweet
hearts, As the train moved off slowly, re
peated hearty and enthusiastic cheers made
the welkin ring. “Farewell!” “Good bye!”
“God blest you !” were the last words heard
by our volunteers. Away wont the cars, leav
ing behind a crowd of thousands, many of
them weeping bitterly, and others struggling
to keep up their spirits.
These companies are composed of superior
men—many of them quite young, but yet lull
of the fire of their forefathers. Captains Mc-
Cartney's and Henderson’s companies are
composed principally of Carlislers ; Captain
Todd’s is made up, with a few exceptions, of
country boys—hale, strong former lads. These
companies will perform their whole duty
should an opportunity be afforded them.
, Strawberries. —Mr. Harkness, corner of
Hanover and Pomfret streets, is still receiving
largo quantities of this luscious fruit, which
he is selling at very low figures. Ho is also
well supplied with vegetables. Give him a
call.
Col. Crittenden’s Resignation. —Colonel
Crittenden, of the Mounted Rifles, whoso re
signation is reported in New Mexico, is a son
of the Hon. John J. Crittenden, of Kentucky.
He graduated at West Point in 1832; joined
the infantry, and, after serving ono year, re
signed. In 1846 he re-entered thoarmy, dur
ing the Mexican war, as a captain of rifles.—
Ho is a most excellent officer, highly esteem
ed in private life.
The Col. Crittenden mentioned above, was
for soma years Commandant at Carlisle Bar
racks, during which time his gentlemanly de
portment and many amiable qualities gained
or imso t hoefs of friends. His many friends
• and acquaintances here will hear of his “ do
■ footion" with regret.
JtST Pennsylvania has now twenty nine
regiments in the service of the United Slates
of which, thirteen are for .throe mon-.be and
sixteen for three years, if their services should
|be so long required there.
Dnzzttids la the camp.
Now that there is a probability that tho
gigantic.frauds practiced upon ourb'rave vol
unteora hdyp'boon partially arrested—thanks
to the Democratic protfs—and a. faint hope
that the stealing scoundrels engaged in these
frauds may be arrested' and receive their
deserts ip the penitentiary, there is another
piece of villainy demanding the attention of
the Democratic papers—namely, the appoint
ment of nincompoops to responsible military
positions. Many of the appointments made
by Cameron and Curtin are disgraceful and
outrageously heartless. They are mere party
hacks—the corrupt tools of designing men.
Without one single miliary qualification—
without oven the knowledge of a “right wheel 1 '
from a “loft wheel,” these miserable dwarfs
have been selected for Colonels, Lieutenant
Colonels, Brigadier Generals, Majors, & o.
First our volunteers were swindled out of their
rations and clothing by Republican vultures,
and now on attempt is being made to have
these men led into battle by a set of grannies.
Every Regiment commanded'by these tools
of Cameron and Curtin will be in danger of
being cut to pieces on account of a want of
knowledge of the head officers. This should
not and must not occur. There are, we
doubt not, many shrewed politicians in every
Pennsylvania company.' Let them look at
many of the recent appointments; let them
call to mind the means employed to elect Cam
eron twice to the United States Senate; let
them remember too, that this great State, a
State that ought to favor statesmen for high
positions—voted for Cameron, (at the Repub
lican Chicago Convention,) for President of the
United States!! Let them look over the list
of Delegates too, to the last Gubernatorial
State Convention, and see who voted for Cur
tin for Governor. Let them mark,' too, the
members of ouf State Legislature who voted
for swindling railroad bills, by the passage of
which our people were robbed of one or two
millions a year; lot the politicians of our vol
unteer companies, .we say, look back to the
transactions we have mentioned. 8®- Then
let them look at the names of the creatures re
cently appointed to high military commands;
and they will be able to see why these worth
less and incompetent tools wore selected,“©a
Let our volunteers set their faces against
these frauds—for frauds they arc—and speak
oiii as they spoke out against their heartless
oppressors who stole their rations. Let them
inform the political knaves who have been
appointed over them, that they are ready to
face the enemy with competent men as com
manders, but that they never agreed to pay
off Cameron and Curtin’s old political debts,
I by rushing into the jaws of death at the com
mand of liliputians. Volunteers! the matter
rests' with you— you have the power to remedy
the'evil, Correct it, if possible. In the mean
time let the Democratic journalists of our
State—for on them the people must rely—
make a united, bold and vigorous assault’
upon the vultures, and they will soon be
driven in dismay from their places. The
volunteers desire no crows dressed up in
eagle’s feathers—no jackasses wearing the
lion’s skin, to command them. Away with
those old party hacks—these in the .barn.
We want men—military men—to command
our soldiers. Our volunteers are gentlemen—
among the very best men in the State; they
have never been engaged in trickery or brok
erage, and don’t wish to be dictated to by those
who have. Never!
The following article we take from one of
our exchanges. It will be seen that even
some of the Republicans at "Washington are
about to protest against a number of the re
cent appointments:
"The Philadelphia Inquirer fitly charac
terizes such appointments as those of B. Rush
Petriken, J ohn P. Sanderson, George R. Smith,
and Alexander Cummings, to important po
sitions in the regular army as “appointments
pot fit to be made.” They have truly shocked
the public mind of Pennsylvania. Old and
experienced officers in the army are entirely
overlooked to make place for these men who
are held in deserved contempt wherever they
are known, and have never, taken the first
lessons in military experience. A dispatch
from Washington in the Inquirer states that
a public meeting is to be held by the Penn
sylvanians in that city to. protest against
these appointments. Another dispatch in the
same paper reads thus:
A, number of the prominent Republican
leaders from the North, especially those who
were active in 1856 in political affairs, are
agitating the propriety of uniting in a joint
protestto the President against allowing John
P. Sanderson, Assistant Secretary of War, to
take command of any .troops on the field of
battle. They very foolishly and wickedly say
that he was identified with movements called,
at the time, side door evolutions , which tended
greatly to the defeat of their candidate for the
Presidency, and they fear that a repetition of
such tactics for the benefit of the Secessionists
would weaken public confidence in his integ
rity.
The Guillotine Again at Work. — A let
ter writer from Washington says the Presi
dent divides his time, by devoting the fore
noon to removing Democrats from office, and
making now appointments, and the afternoon
to war matters." “Bully for him!" Making
removals the President considers hhjirst duty;
attention to our bleeding country his second,
A few weeks since, the Republican journals
informed us that the President and all his
Cabinet had “ very wisely determined to sus
pend removals, in token of respect to the De
mocrats for their zeal in assisting the Presi
dent to put down rebellion.” Why this story
was started we know not. For some object,
of course. But it was not true. The Presi
dent, his Cabinet, and all officers under him,'
have been making removals daily ever since
the war commenced. Such malignant pro
scription has never been known in this or any
other country.
B 5&. The Hon. David Taooart, formerly
Speaker of the Pennsylvania Senate, and late
a candidate for the Republican nomination
for Governor, has been appointed a Paymaster
in the Army.— Exchange.
Ah!—and so the pure and upright Dave
has boon provided for at last. Ho has been
smelling around Washington actively over
since the 4tb of March, in quest of the cheese.
It must gratify him very much that ho has at
last succeeded in finding a large rich slice.
Our word' for it, Dave, like thousands of other
Republican patriots, will make his “pile” out
of this war.
0“ Two pretty girls, Catharine Quirk and'
Rebecca Ellonstoin, ran away from their pa
rents and homes in New York, and joined
the Garibaldi regiment as vivandleres. They
1 wore followed detected, and sent home.
CfIMISODTrIJi
SincotKobold exposure of the unacfiiploua
anil glgaatio. tw<ldsieiifD(A upon oUfgal
laut volunteers, (who arotermed the" ragged
army of the Keystone,” wherever they go out
of this State,) by Governor Curtin, and hie
agents, the contractors who furnished the va
rious supplies are coming out. in “ cards,”
with their names appended, denying the per
petration of tray fraud or rascality. This must
be excepted. Rascals and scoundrels, foroontu
ries, have plead “ not guilty,” to any and all
charges' that may be preferred against them.
But before the stertnribunal of an outraged
people, confronted by the bold,’glaring wrongs
that cry aloud against those villains, these
men are already convicted of a crime, for
which lynch law, swift and sure ns the light
ning’s flash,' would-be too lenient punishment.
The lost week has been unsually prolific of
cards of disclaimer, ,as well from Governor
Curtin and hiis officials, ns from parties more
directly implicated in these corruptions. The
pointed and indignant reproof of honest Sam
PurviaheOj-seems-to have-arousod-Qovv Cur
tin, from the stupefaction of habitual hesofc
mont, and os if for the first time hearing the
slightest murmur Of complaint, he dispatches
Mr. Benjamin Haywood to 'Washington, to
inquire into the condition of the Pennsylva
nia regiments, at the same time protesting the
most virtuous andpatriotio purpose to prompt
ly supply every deficiency. In less than twenty
four hours, Mr. Haywood reports of the three
regiments in Washington that one is not very
badly off, but the other two are suffering great
ly, while from' their general condition Gen.
Mansfield is said to have pronounced the regi
ments unfit to take the field.
“ The blouses and. pants,” says Mr. Hay
wood, “ore of all colors, and made of damag
ed goods of inferior quality, mostly of ‘ shod
dy, and some of ‘Kentuckyjean.’ The blan
kets are of the quality of ice blanket 3, not fit
foT' horses. -The shoes are of wretched ma
terial. “The heels come off, and they are con
stantly ripping; Many ore almost barefoot.”
The firm off Du Hadwaytfi Dodson furnish
ed those same blankets that Mr. Haywood says
are “ unfit foi).horses.” They say in their
“card” that alt the blankets furnished by
them were of the best description ; and aver
that after supplying an order for 3,000, they
received another order for 4,000 pair, part of
which is already filled, No\V, We saw these
blankets furnished our troops; and meaner
stuff wo never examined. The men could not
wear them, the hair of which they were made,
was about half an inch in length, and litter
ally fell out, when the blankets were held up.
Arbitrators directed that a deduction of 33ots.
per pair bdmaae fromtheir bills. Who were
those arbitraws ; and who appointed them?
Was it Andyjburtin ? Who pocketed the re
mainder of tae immense profits ? We would
like an answer.
Slade & Cbt, furnished flannel at 03 cents a
yard—rottcil mean, and not fit for decent
carpet' rags.l, Roberts & Macoltionor supplied
coffee at 16 *nts a pound, already “ ground.”
Who testedfbat coffee, for we know from per
sonal obseimtion that it was hardly browned
in color, am not fit to drink. R. S. Hoed. &
Co., sold gnend coffee at 20 bents, vinegar at
12J ecnfeW gallon, salt at §2.50 per- sack,
beans'.at y£,10((|52. 35 per .fidshel, and nda-.
mantine 4O cents per pound, and
have hot yet “ csrdcd” it before the public.
But the last .Wards” are the most impor
tant. Thai oltfi ossil, Thomas COohran, Au
ditor General, anl State Treasurer Moore have
figured for the noment, in elaborate defenses,
and apparently ire endeavoring to stop these
shameless fraud and malpractices upon the
State. Oophrai, in a characteristically elab
rate note, cloins to hate stopped a number of
bills fradulcnl in their character; and with
Moore, the. Sbto. Treasurer, has notified con
tractors that they will bo held to a rigid ac
countability then their claitns are to be settled,
and that an supplies will be inspected by
competent Moors. The bill already paid
have been-Rlested by oath that the articles
therein spaifiod wore supplied “at the low
est marketfrico,” while it is known that each
contractor committed perjury when .he so
called Higl Heaven to witness. The hun
dreds and thousands of dollars already stolen
by AndyfCurtin and his officials; with their
army of fiends-and jobbers are lost; and
the people will bave to bear it in heavy taxes.
But let the these robberies cease now or else
the peoplo will take the matter in their own
bands. Almost every family in.the State has
some relative or dear friend in the army;
and aknowltdge that these must suffer through
the infernal, diabolical treachery W one man
to’the bonfilence reposed in him/will rouse
them to mildness.
Let COcliran and Moore, ■wanted to be con
sidered ashonest men, worthy of their positions
and the confidence of the people, make a sum
mary example of this horde of miscreants, hy
wholly disclaiming the responsibility of the
State for aty portion of the immense supplies
of putrid pork, tough beef half toasted coffee,
&c., now and for a month past lying around
Camp Curtin at Harrisburg, and from thence
shipped to all points in the State, contracted
for at enormOus prices by the agents of Andy
Curtin,
These supplies are estimated to exceed ac
cording to the face of the bills, $250,000 and
have been purchased wholly without the au
thority of la\K The Commissary General re
fuses to recognize these purohses, and many
of the bills hjive been rejected by the Auditor
but, as the purchases wore made by the order
of the Govorhor, the contractors are resolved
to force tho State to assume the responsibility
and, we greadtly fear, will succeed, despite the
very excellent resolves to which Messrs. Coch
ran and Moare give publicity. So says tho
Lancaster Inquirer ,
The New Levy or Troops. —The N. York
Tribune says that tho details of tho new levy
of 100,000 men will soon be made known to
tho country. The President gives notice that
all full regiments, ready for service, would
have an opportunity to come forward in a few
days. The Colonel of the British Legion of
New York is in Washington, and hopes that
it will form a part of tho New York quota.—
His chances will be improved, if it be true,
that, in the fourteen regiments accepted by
the Onion Defence Committee, only four full
regiments cad 'bo found, as it is affirmed in
the authorative communications to the Presi
dent. The question raised'between Governor
Morgan and the Onion Defence Committee is
still unsettled!
E 7" Copway says his company of Indians
have boon accepted, the telegraph to the con
trary notwithstanding.
Slimer Roll of IUo CttrtlsM tlabt
Infantry anil Carlisle t’enclblcsi
. 1 AVe publish the following muster rolls of the
above companies, ns we find them in the last
Herald: Both are imperfect, hut ns no other
list of the names has been furnished us, Wo
have no other report. AVe shall endeavor, if
possible, to ohtamcorrect muster rolls of all
our companies,
CARLISLE PENOIBLIiS.
R. M. HENDERSON, Captain.
J. S. Colwell, Ist Lieutenant.
E. Beatty, 2nd Lieutenant.
3. D. AnAitt, Ist Sergeant.
AVm. Monyeb, Musician.
i PRIVATES.
I. E. Burkholder, W. AV. Harper,
Cbas. AV. Broohbill, S. Kemptoh,
AVm. Bratton, Jacob Landis,
Pixton Chenpwitb, Samuel M’Both,
John Cady, James L. Moore,
Cbas. Bliss, . James Maloy,
James Barton, , David Nevin,
AVm, Dixon, Ed. Mitchell,
AVm. A. Ensminger, William Novel,
V. 15. Eby, Cbas. fi. Mullin’,
Leo W. Pallet, Thcof, Neff,
John W. Elliott, Jono. A. Natcher, ■
Isaac Elliott, — —J. B. Barker, - 7
Cbas. E. Goddard, Ed. Phillips,
John A. Oreason, S. V. Ruby,
Jos. B. Havcrstiok, A. B. Sharpe,
AVilson Haverstick, Charles Spicer,
John G. Heiscr, Thomas Sharpe,
AV. M. Henderson, Jr. AVilliam B. Sites,
R. P. Henderson, John Schuchman,
AVm. H. Harkness, Wilson L. Spottawood,
Chas. Harkness, Robt. SpottsWood,
Jesse Humor, Geo. Strohm,
John S.- Humor, Samuel Smith,
John A. Homer, Marion Sipc,
James Halbert, Geo. H. Vandlcbcrg,
John I. Harris, George AVolsh,
AVm. R. Holmes, George AVilliama.
Goo. J. Wilders, ' —57
CARLISLE LIGHT INFANTRY,
ROBERT MoCARTNEY, Captain.
Joseph Stuart, Lieutenant .
Thomas P. Dwen, 2nd: Lieutenant.
J. H. Waggoner, Ist Sergeant.
PRIVATES.
Thomas I. Bell, ■ Frederick Morrison,
George McFeely, Frederick Brown,
Israel Stringfellow, F. M. McManus,
John Stringfellow, John P. Fritz,
Henry L. Hoffman, William Bonor,
E. McCartney, Jr., John Donley, .
Samuel M. Ley, Jacob Lainason,
Jacob Widner, James Dougherty;
Thomas C. Griffin, Christian Kauffman,
Wm. Nunemaker, David Kichwine,
Isaac Aiken, Samuel Wolfe,
Sam’l S. Baker, William H. Harding,
Wm. H. Quigley, Chas. A. Bjnkholder,
William Corbett, Henry Linnekuhl,-
Elias Donnelly, William A. Walker,
David Gingher, 1 George W. Morton,
David Askew, Anthony Moore,
Lev| Dice, John Black,
Levi Lime, Janies Thomas,
Wm. Donnelly, - George Chambers,
John F. Brisbane, Henry Johnson,
David P. Kissinger, Jacob L. Minich,
Willis Humer, Frederick Deanor,
John A. Growl, Thomas Diven,
Harrison Kelley, Henry A. Lease,
A. J. Reighter, ■ Henry Kipple,
Henry G. Beidler, Theodore F. Henwood,
James Park, Robert McManus,.
William Watson, Albert Kelley,
Francis B, Murray, Henry Miller,
Snm’l A. White/ Michael Pure,
Jacob Hippie, Augustus Richey,
Sam’l A. Powley/ John Bennett,
John B. Noble, AVm. Brown,
Jacob Sowyers, —73
REPORT OF THE LADIES’ YOLBNTEER AID;
SOCIETY.
■ * To alleviate the anxiety expressed by the
public in regard to the disbursement of the
funds collected for the Ladies’ Volunteer Aid
Society, the ladies would publish the follow
ing report of their collections and .expendi
tures :
Before the Society was fally/organised, a
false alarm occasioned the calling out of some
companies, and in the confusion, a few arti
cles were distributed, for which the ladies can
not give a satisfactory account.
The collections from the different .
Wards in town, amounted to 5317 14
For the shirts sold, 5 25
Collections men toe Coojntr r.
By James Stuart,
Brechbill,
W. Craighead,
J. Sterrett,
Weakley,
Bills Paid uf the Socwjt.
To. Mr. Bents, $220 71
.*• “ Ogilby, 20 10
“ “ Arnold, ,10 85
“ “ Livingston, , 962
" “ Xnhoff, 208
■" “ Ilavbrstiok, ' - 75
“ “Mullin, 3 00
Sewing Silk, 1 55
Miss flpnnglor, 3 00
Leidich, Sawyer & Miller, 216 31
For tho payment of the remainder of the bill
atXeidich, Sawyer & Miller’s, amounting to
$240, satisfactory arrangements have been
made.
The clothing rondo was distributed to the
various companies formed in the' town and
county, thus:
To 0 ipt. Kuhn’s company, numbering'?!?,
a full complement of Blouses, Shirts. and
Handkerchiefs.
To Capt. McCartney's company, numbering
78, n full bomplemontof Blouses, Shirts,Hand
kerchiefs, aha Haversacks,
To Copt. Todd’s company,- 29 Blouses, 56
Shirts, and 8 Handkerchiefs.
To Capt. Henderson’s company, 45' Shirts.
To different persons in tho county, who vol
unteered in other companies than those men
tioned, wore given 4 Blouses and 10' Shirts.
Mr. Bdrlinoamb not accepted at Vi
enna.—Advices have been received at the
Department of State of the refusal of the Aus
trian Government to receive Mr. Burlingame
as minister from this country.— Exchange,
Bight- Burlingame’s appointment was a
disgrace to our Government, and we are glad
Austria’s respect for the United States will
not permit this man to occupy a diplomatic
seat at Vienna- Burlingame is an infidel,
and has, for many years, been a disnnionist—
a rebel. Just such men as he and a few
crazy men in South Carolina, have caused
our present National calamity. They deserve
a halter rather than a distinguished honor.
B®. How very consistent it is in tho Be
publican journals to doubt tho fidelity of men
who have, all their lives, been Union men,
and at the same time applaud the appoint
ments of Corwin, Burlingame; Banks, and
others, men who' have been praying for a dis
solution of the Union for tho last quarter of a
century. Consistent, we say I
JOy We see it recommended by several
religious journals that the camming 4th of
July be observed as a day of fasting and pray-
Secretary Cameron and Got. Carlin.
There seems to bo a diffioulty between the
Secretary of War.- Simon Cameron, at AYash
ington,and Gov. Andy Curtin, at Harrisburg,
the former accepted two Philadelphia regi
ments—‘Col’s. Small’s and • Einstein’s —after
they had been rejected by the latter, and
against the persevering efforts of. Curtin to
exclude them from the service. ' This action
on the part of Secretary Cameron, is justly re
garded as a severe and merited rebuke of the
mean and petty favoritism that has marked
Gov. Curtin’s action from the beginning, and
brought so much disgrace upon our State.—
These regiments wore , the first to offor'them
selvos; but wore pushed aside upon every pre
text, until prejudice and favoritism could ho
longer ho hidden; and Secretary Cameron, in
thus breaking through the formalities of red
tape, by accepting them over Curtin’s head,
has only evidenced his State' pride and sym
pathy for our volunteers. Their acceptance
is in every way acceptable to Secretary Cam
eron; but it has greatly excited the ire of Andy
Curtin, and.the.intercourse of these function
aries, never marked by any excess of amiabi
lity, is likely henceforth to become bitter and
acrimonious.
Table op Distances. —The following table
will bo found interesting, showing, as it does,
the distance from Baltimore to many points
in the seat of War!
From Baltimore.
Miles. Miles.
Baltimore to Belay House, 9
Relay House to Annapolis Junction, 8- 17
Annapolis June, to At ashington, 2l 38
Baltimore to Belay House,
Relay House to Ellioott’a Mills, 9 15
Ellicott’s Mills to Monocacy, 43 68
Monocacy to Point of Rocks, ; . 11 09
Point of Rocks to Harper’s Perry, 12 . 8l
Harporls Ferry to Martinsburg, 19 100
Martinsburg to Hancock; , 22 122
Hancock to Cumberland, 60 178
Cumberland to Piedmont, ; 28 206
Piedmont to Cranberry Summit, 36 242
Cranberry Summit to. Grafton, 37 ' 279
Grafton to Fairmount, 23 302
Fairmount to Moundsvilje, 06 368
Moundsville to Wheeling, 11 379
Baltimore to Grafton, '• 279
Grafton to .Clarksburg, s 22 301
Clarksburg to AVest Union, 28 329
West Union to Parkersburg, 85 383
Baltimore to Harper’s Ferry, . 8l
Harper’s Ferry to Charlestown, 10 91
Charlestown to AVinchester,. . '22 113
Baltimore to Annapolis Junction, 17
Annapolis Junction to Annapolis, 18 35
Alexandria to Leesburg,
Patriotism. — Wc give the following proof
that oven the ties of blood nro forgotten in the
fervency of the common devotion to the na
tional flag; An aged gentleman—of Jewish
extraction—living in a neighboring city, has.
two, rods—one an officer, iri a Pennsylvania
regiment, the other ah officer in the rebel ar
my. The latter wrote to the father a few days
since, advising him thflt he had taken up arms
for the South, and that he proposed to come
North with bis command to fight the aboliti
onists. This was too much fortho equanimity
of the parent. Ho replied to his disloyal son
substantially ns follows : . “1 have but two
children in the world. One of them ,has gone
forth to defend the flag of his country. You
are fighting against that flag and conspiring
against the government. I.disown you. No
traitor, shall bear roy name. I have but one
hope left, which is that if my loyal son goes
to battle, the first bullet he shall send against
the-enemy may pierce you td’the heart!’' If
the Jew can feel thus, how most it be with
the Gentile 1
A Father And AVhole Famii.v on OnrusHE
Sides. —Capt. Adams of the Sabine; one of
the vessels of the Pensacola fleet, has two sons
in the secession ranks under Bragg, His
daughter is a vivandierin one of the Loeisan
na regiments. This young amazon 1 Wrote to
her fa’her requesting him to join the Confed
erate forces; but if ho did not, she prayed
that he would he starved out. The oM 1 man
recounts the circumstances with the greatest
sang froid, and concludes with the remark,
“She is a thoughtless young thing, and will
soon get over it.”
83 50
27 83
17 25
31 00
18 00
$499 97
An Army. Worm Tale.— We have 1 heard,
some prodigious stories of the army, worm,
but the following from Hie Louisville ChaWcr,
is the last and loudest;
. “ A conductor on the Nashville Railroad
informed ns> a few days; ago, that Ms train
was stooped by an emigration of army worms
crossing the track, and the wheels of the lo
comotive, when they came upon their midst,
whirled round and arond as if the track was
covered with ice, and would notmovq an inch
forward. The train was backed out and' the
track cleared of the worms with shovels.
$499 97
Wiping Out Party Lines.— The Philadel
phia News publishes a list of some fifty ap
pointments in the Custom House. . The now
officers are of course all Republicans, who
take the- places of as many Democrats. The
Democrats who hove been' removed can now
go and fight the battles. This is the way the
Republicans “wipe out party lines.” They
send the Democrats off to fight the civil war,
while they stay at homo and fill the civil offi.
cos.
The New York Herald suggests that the
new Congress, which is to meet on the 4th
of July, shall a law for the creation of a Na
tional Bank, with a capital of §100,000,000,
and a general Bankrupt law.’ Addjto those a
law abolishing the office of President, and
declaring Abo Lincoln Dictator, and you will
have the thing complete.
E7* All who write for publication, should
bo very careful in the preparation of thoir
mnnuscrips, to puntuate correctly. .'When
this matter is left to the printer, he is almost
sure to mar the sense, because ho cannot al
ways enter into the writer’s shades of mean
ing. If you doiut know how topunotuaton
sentence, it is time that you learned at least
that muoh f of'grammar, as a preparation for
authorship. It is very simple thing, yet most
important. Eow. editers take the-trouble to
read more than a few sentences iir a badly
puntuated, manuscript. The defect is re
garded bb conclusive against the writer’s abil
to composewell-enough for publication: and
in most >.ases, the judgment is correct.
ET’The Hagerstown ( Md.) Herald reports
the wheat crop of. thatcounty to be unusulay
proa iiing.
Choice Language.
The following choice, morsel we clip from
the Pine and Talin, a newspaper published at
Boston and Now York by a pack of aboliton
ists:.
“ K freedom can only prevail through the
agency of vengeance, so be it; if the Temple
of Liberty can only stand securely on the
corpses of slaveholders, so be' it; rather let the
white race bo swept from the face of the
earth, than endure the perpetuity of negro
bondage. Wo would hesitate at no concoiva
blojitrooity; we would spare neither parlor
nor cradle, nriiher age-, nor sex —did wo be
lieve that they must in order thafno
gro slavery might perish with them.”
There, if that is not cqualto the language
in use among tho most rabid Secessionists,
we are hot judges of the matter. Wo aro
afraid that our dark colored friends and tiiier
white allies nro taking advantage of thC time
are spourting a little too fast, and may bo
nipped by an untimely frost.. It is worth
their while to consider the matter at all even
ts. Tho Democracy will bo about when they
attempt thoir hellish work. —Lan Intel.
An Intrepid Senator. Johnson,
of Tennessee, Befying the Rebels. —The Wash
ington National Republican says:—“ Wo have,
heard reliably from, Senator Johnson ns late
as last Monday, when ho was sixty miles west
of Knoxville, on hiscanvoss of the State, which
votes on the Bth of June upon the question of
secession. Mr. Johnson and his friends were,
at that date, hopeful. The passage of the or
dinance of secession by,tho Legislature proves
nothing, as that body has been for secession
from the start. At Knoxville the Union men
were as firm as ever. Tho nomination of a
Union candid ate for Governor, Mr. Campbell,
by the Convention presided over by William
11. Polk, brother of the late President, has
given animation to that cause. The election
of Governor comes off in August. . .
“ The stylo of Mr. Johnson’s canvassing
may bo judged of from the commencerooht of
his’ speech at Cleveland, Tennessee,' where
threats against him had been largely indulged
in. He told tho crowd that ho “did hot come
hero to be shot, but shoot," that ifthoro was
to be tt fight, ho and his friends were ready
for it, and that ho preferred to finish up tho
fighting before making his speed! Nobody
coming forward to fight, the intrepid Senator
proceeded to speak, and by the time ho had
iihisfied, nineteen-twentieth of the audience
were with him, He told them, among other,
things, that Jeff Davis and the Governor of
the State ought to be hanged, and Would he
hanged at that not far distant period When
tho judicial power of the government could bo
brought to bear upon them;”
UtmtiNO the American Pi.ag.—At Mem
phis, Tenn., a week or so ago, a largo Ameri
can flag was procured, .enclosed in a coffin
homo on a bier carried by eight men, and
formerly buried. The funeral was preceded
by a band of music playing the dead march,'
and was attended by about 500 Secessionists.
The grave was dug alongside of. a statue of
Gen. Jackson, in one of the public'squares,
into which the flag was lowered. The earth
was then thrown upon the stars and stripes,
the grave filled up, and the procession return
ed peacefully to their homes. The very same
evening, there arose one of the most violent
gales of wind ever Witnessed in Memphis,
and every secession flag in the city was blown
down. Singular to relate, a Very large seces
sion flag which wassuspended near the grave,
was blown away from the staffand carried by
the the newly filled up pit, where it
was deposited and.left to soak in the rain and
mud, an appropriate holocaust to the depart
ed great. The angor of heay.en whs tints n*
equivocally expressed at the infamous desecra
tion of oOr’honored banner. What is the next
form in which Southern insanity will display
itself?
(£7“Considerable excitement prevailed in
mercantile circles in Now Ifork city on Sat
urday, and especially among shipowners, With
regard to the course the British government
has chosen to adopt;towards our government,
;The Board of (Tcdcrwritei's, it appears, have
; decided to l advance the rates of war policies
! on American ships to seven per cent,, making
1 a discrimination between our vessels and
those of- foreign nations of five per cent,
against American bottoms. The effect of this
measure will necessarily he to put a stop to
our shipping trade, and it will also materially
effect the sale of bills of exchange where bur
vessels are not insured at the the advanced
rates. Our ships in port will bo compell ed to
remain at home,.and those" fn foreign ports
will have to return. A strong feeling against
England was manifested ahrongthe merchants
i and shipowners, it being generally supposed
■that it was the intention of that government
to permit our Vessels seized by the privateers
of Jeff Davis to bo condemned and sold ihthet
British ports of the West Indies, a mcastfrtf
; which would he considered tantamount to aif
act of war.
Counteheeit Notes .—PUUhnfrj, Jane 0,
The public is cautioned against a ho w and
dangerous counterfeit.’ They purport to be
tens oh the Bine Hill Bank of Dbroli ester,
Mass. Tho vingnetto has a black smith at
his anvil, with'n railroad train, and ort thtf
upper loft hand a furnace, with a sickfo and a
shof of wheat.
John Beh, a Pioi.ent SitCEssioNisT;-—A
dispatch from the Smith states that the Him,
John 801 l made a speech at Knoxville on tho'
‘fthinst., in which ho urged war to tho death
against the North, and declared tluitjfivG
millions of our soldiers could 1 not conquer the
South.
Chops rn TEXAs.—Accoemts of the crops’
from all parts of Texan tare Very
The wheat harvest is in active progress; the
corn is past .all danger, and the prospect for
cotton and sugar is excellent. The min of
crops are equally good.
ICT’The mackerel fishermen of Newbury port
Mass., arc out of luck- this season. Twenty
barrels have been about the average of each
vessel’s catch thus far.-
ICT'The report that a further call for Vol
unteers would Be made by the National Ad
ministration docs not appear to be well foun -
ded. :
o“General James Watson Webb, of tSd
New York Courier and Enquirer, has- Been
appointed Minister to brazil, at a salary of
§12,000 per annum.
. O’ Every girl who intends t'o-qualify
marriage, should go through-amourse of cook
ery, Unfortunately, few wives are able to
dress anything but themselves.
O’Ex-Pr'osiderit Buchanan has so far rd
coverd from-his late illness as to be able °
leave his room'. 1
J@rTho publioiAorktjof Ohio havo
leased, fec ton years atan. annual! rent of v >
.Oft,/'