MEMO AN VOLUNTEER
I
JIMOI.-MHTII, Bißßr 4- Propmwi,
" CARLISLE. PA., APRIL 24,’ ISG2.
©?UiR, FLAG.
'*Forever float that standard sheet!
}Vh.erc breathes the foe but falls before, usl
WiiJi freedom’s soil beneath our feet,.
And Freedom’s banner tearing o’er ns!”
Thanks.—Our Member of Gongress, Hon.
Joseph Bailt, will accept our thanks for-re
cent favors. Wo are also indebtecTto the ven
orbble and patriotic Hon-, John J. Critten
den, of tho House, for similar favorsi ’
Progress of Vegetation.— The trarni,. ge
nial weather of the past few days has had a
, surprising effect upon vegetation. The grass
in our public squares would make fine pas
ture, while the trees are rapidly putting.fdrlh
their leaves.
Summer Heat.— Friday last, at two p. m.,
the thermometer was ninety degress in the
shade. This is indeed • remarkable, with the
filet that.eight days previously, there was
snow to the depth of eighteen inches. So va
ried; are the changes, of our climate,- that be
fore twenty-four. hours we may chronicle the
appearance of'ffost; .
5Sy Capt. Wir. M. Porter-, former editor
of*the Carlisle Herald, has abandoned his
connection with that paper. He is now book
keeper at Kanaga’b Hotel, Philadelphia.—
Our best wishes attend him.
■ Ax>l Safe,— Wo learn, by,tho Pittsburg pa
‘ pers that General' Buell's body guard, who
were in the battle of Shiloh. (Pittsburg Land
are all safe. Several Carlislers are at
tached totbis fine company, which was for
merly denominated the Anderson body guard,
and some uneasiness has .been manifested by
their friends, who will be rejoiced to know
that all's well.” ,
lE7* The announcement last week, by two
of our town papers,-that Maj. Lemuel Todd
had been appointed Colonel of the Eighty-
Fourth Regiment, that Capt. R. M. Hender
son, of the ” Carlisle Fencibles,” had been
elected Lieutenant Colonel of the Seventh
Pennsylvania Reserve Corps, and Lieut. Cal
well elected Captain of Henderson’s Com
pany, was premature, no changes of the Vmd
haying taken place. We hope, however, be-1
fore'long, to bo able to announce the promo
tion, of these gentlemen.
SPRING.
The time for birds and flowers has arrived.
“ The melancholy flays are o'er,
The saddest of the year,
, O/'wailing winds, and naked woods,
And meadows brown and scar,”
V Spring; beautiful Spring comes again.—
Inhere is a feeling of relief, as we reach ks
first day arid lookback on Winter as a thing
• that a matter of history. It is very
-comfortable to remember its frosts and storms,
the sheeted earth and frozen streams, as things
of the-past,
-‘'Not only through the lenient air the change,
Delicious, breathes; the ugnetratiro Fur,
His forced deep darting to the 'dark retreat
•0f vegetation, sets tho steaming power
At largo, to wander o’er the verdant earth
In various’ hues: but chiefly then, guy grecu !
Thou smiling Nature's universal robe.
Whatever appliances wo may use to make
the Wintots tolerable, it Vs still a poring of en
durance, and thefarowell with which we dis
miss it, is one of the few occasions in which
■that word sounds pleasantly to the ear. The
most .enthusiastic lover of sleigh rides and
• snow banks, skating and ice, is content to put
up the sleigh and fold up the winter furs, and
to lay aside the burnished skates. The school
bby. houses his,sled, and lay up the curling
: stick .with a pleasure-like that ho feels when
■be .takes thorn out I’oi- the winter campaign.
’ The farmer draws his last load of wood over,
the melting snow'with a calm satisfaction,
and is hardly displeased if it bo left half home
‘ upon the bare field, like Konh’s ark on dry
. land. We all feel that there ig something
.ahead.-better.than Winter has afforded us.—
AH has no power to compensate us for what
we are deprived'of, in season of storm and
enow. "We manage to make the dwelling very
comfortable by stoves and furnaces, but it is
, a, welcome sound when the last clinker is rat
tled from the- grate, and the furnace door
creaks fdr-thelust time on its unoilod-hinges,
and we are glad to have-the universal self
acting heater do its appointed work. Wo
bail the. lengthening of the days with a rap
ture that we never feel when the nights grow
longer, and the darkness breaks off our unfin
ished task. And we do this without a thought
of economy. It is true that the sun saves us
Uie bill for light and fuel, but- how few wel
coroo the Spring with the thought that it will
save coal, wood, gas, oil, and tallow candles 1
Instinctively we hail the opening days of
Spring as good and beautiful in themselves.
There is no heat like that which the sun gives,,
and ho condition of the atmosphere so genial
and enjoyable as that which the sun makes.
There in no light so pleasant to the eyo as the ,
Tight of day. Houses are necessary evils, with
all their contrivances for heating lighting ‘
and ventilation. We are glad when wo can '
have twelve hours of sunlight, when we can ‘
throw- open doors and windows, and drink in \
sunlight-and fresh air, like t ho birds and 1
plants. 1
A Dangerous Altered Note Our reacl
ere should be careful about taking the ten
dollar notes on the Corn Exchange Bunk of
Philadelphia. Counterfeits of this denomi
nation have been issued, but, as yet, are not
in extensive circulation. They are altered
from 1'? on the same bank. . The vignette is
an oval portrait of Gen. Scott ; the figure .10
on each upper corner; a female with sheaf
and eiokel on the lower left corner, and a fe
male with n basket of fruit on”tho lower right,
EflUKfl CUILTL
Bjj reference to oiir repbrt' of Court-pro
ceedings, it will bo soon that Messrs. Richard
Oswald, A. ,J. Kaufman, Jr., nfld LeviiEb
eblt, all of Meohanicsburg, wore found guil
ty forlarresting and holding in confinement,
a man named John Kenned,y. Itappoared
in evidence, that on, the 20th day- of, June
last, KENNEDTmade a visit to Mechaniosburg,
for the purpose of making some purchases.—
During his stay in the:town, tho-Cumberland;
Valley-oars passed down the road, -having
araongfthe passengers (in charge of a,guard.)
a certain Alvev, of Hagerstown, .who had
been arrested by order of: tho then Secre
tary of War, (Cameron-,) and sent to one cf
our forts. No charges had been preferred
against Alvev by the Government, and after
e,fow days confinement in the fort he was ro
leasedt and permitted to go homo. He is, we
understand, a Union man, and .always has.
been. The arrest of . Alvev, without being
told why he was arrested, Kennedy denoun
ced as “ unlawful and unconstitutional.’/' I„.
.this he was,right. Finally, Kennedy, (who
is a man of weak mind,)spoko of the war ns
a crusade against slavery ; ns having, been
got up by the> Abolitionists for tho-doublo
purpose of freeing the slaves and’plundering'
the people j that the Southerners wore only
contending for their rights,. &c. He still de
clared, however, that ho was a Union man,
and in favor of the Constitution as it was.—
’All in all; bis language may have been im
prudent,.but should not. have, been heeded by
'mien of sense-.
. - After thus exprossihgdi!msclF r ho mounted
his Horse, and proceeded' in the direction of
,his homo; After, riding,a couple of squares,
|h° was stopped by Ederlv, Kaufman, Os
wald and. others, (who called themselves a :
Vigilance Committee,) who took hold of.tho
bridle, and led tho horse with his rider back
to town, wheronthey. gave Kennedy a mock
trial, and finally concluded to release him. -
Agajn Kennedy mounted his horse and start
ed for homo, and again his persecutors fol
bwpd and overtook him, and escorted him
[back to the town Hall, where they demand
ed that he shouhl fake “the oath of allegi
ance.” This Kennedy refused to do/ and,
again ho was released,, and went home., This
is about the history of'the case.
! The case created' considerable interest,, and',
a great many witnesses,,as well ns spectators,,'
were in the Court room during tho protracted
trial. It was the first case, of the kind, per
haps, ct or tried in this county, and it was to
decide tho question wdiethera sot of fanatical
enthusiasts can, with impunity, and when
ever they please,- arrest and insult men who
happen to differ with them politically. I
was to test the question whether a self-const
tuted and unlawful committee of stay-at
home patriots, daro set the laws and-Gpustitu
tioh at defiance at pleasure.
The trial occupied two full days, during
the whole of which time the Court room was'
crowded'. After, tho attorneys on both sides
had said' their say, Judge. Graham charged
the Jury most ably, and pointed out the Con
stitutional provisions which should govern it
in rendering a verdict. On the following
morning tho jury returned into Court with
their verdict, finding tho defendants “ guilty
: of false imprisonment.”, At this writing the
’defendants had nblbcemsentencecL So end
ed this important trial.
Wo hope tho result of this trial will serve
as a lesson to Republican zealots, who, whilst
affecting great patriotism,. are at the same
■ time, doing the'very thingfor which the rebels
of ' the South are now being justly punished,
yiz : violating the Constitution and the laws.
The B.epublieaps—-the “ home guards,” who
had no desire to smell gun-powder—imitating
the example of the petty tyrant and specula
tor, Oajiero.v, took it into their heads that
they too could act as diotators, and instruct
Democrats how to conduct themselves du
ring our country’s troubles.. Their flippant
'tongues denounced every man as a “ seces-
sionist” who refused to worship at thc-shrino
of Abolition disunionism, or who could
not and would not endorse all the-acts of-tho
weak-kneed President, and those Honest pa-
trials, i\ eli.es and Cameuon'. In imitation
of this, last named gentleman, we say, they
havj attempted, too long and too often, to act
the part of tyraftts. They have attempted to
set their feet upon the necks of Democrats—
they have appointed unlawful Vigilance Com
mittees, and those self-constituted committees
have had tho brazen impudence to visit some
of the best and’ most loyal men in our coun
ty, andquostioh them, and demand'of them
that they “ take the oath of allegii*ice.”—
They thrcateneij and menaced, until thajr im
pudence became intolerable. Being violators'
of tho Constitution themselves, and therefore
disunionists, they wanted loyal men to follow
their example, and became enraged when
they refused to do so. Wo hope, wo repeat,
that tho result of this trial may have a good
effect, and teach men that here in Cumber
land county.they cannot and shall not violate
the Constitution and laws with impunity. ■
It gives us no pleasure to announce {he
conviction of tho three, defendants iu this
trial. Indeed, wc are sorry that men so high
ly icspcetablo should have been engaged in
unlawful and unconstitutional nets. Wo feci
warranted in saying that it is the desire of no
one to seo them severely dealt with by.-the
Court, for wo arc satisfied that there arc
twenty or thirty others just as guilty as the
three who wore convicted. We hope, how-
ever, ns we said before, that tho result of this
trial may servo n good purpose. Let ns all
obey the laws—let us all revere tho Constitu
tion, and frown upon all who refuse to do so,
and.it will be bettor for ourselves and better
for tho country. So mote it be.
United States Hotel, Philadelphia.—
This spacious, quiet and well-conducted hotel,
south-east corner of Eleventh and Market
streets, adjoining the Pennsylvania Railroad
depot, Philadelphia, is as well conducted in
all its parts, as any hotel in the city. Our
former townsman; H. W. Kanaoa, is the
landlord and proprietor, who is assisted in
his duties by our accommodating friend, Capt.
Wm. M. Pouter,' late the able editor of the
artislo Herald. This hotel offers many in
aSSS-asss*
stopping place. Both*
f.mZdZ^
O” The Democratic candidate for Mavor
of St. Paul, Minnesota, has beou elected.
Statistics of Ffce Negro Population^,
,Frotn the subjoined table, which we com
pilo from the Census of 1860, it will!bo seen
tliat the free negro population of-the Slave
holding States is considerably in' excess over
the Non-Slavoholding States., That is, the
Slaveholding States, notwithstanding the ex
istence .of slavery, in thpin, have-in reality
given a widtr extension to the principle of
emancipation than was ever done by the No
n States. This is a fact which
should not bo forgotten by those who would,
admire philanthropy in 'deed rather than in
word.'.
NUMBER OP FREE NEGROES.,.
IN THE FREE STATES. IN THE SLATE STATES.
■California 3,8j6 Alabama 2,0.10
Connecticut 8,642 Arkansas 137
Illinois 7,089 Delaware ■ 10,723
Indiana 10,809 Florida 008
lowa, 1,023 Georgia 3,450
Kansas. 623 Kentucky 10,146
Maine 1’,105 Louisiana: 18,038
Massachusetts,. 9,454 Maryland' 82,718
Michigan 0;823 Mississippi. 731
Minnesota 229 Missouri 2,983
New Hampshire 450 North Carolina 30,097
Now Jersey 24,947 South,Carolina 9,048
Now York, 49,005 Tennessee . 7,235
Ohio 30,225 Texas . ,' 339
Oregon-' 121 Virginia 57,579
Pennsylvania 66,373
Rhode Island 3,918
Vermont
Wisconsin
1,431
222,Hi'
The foregoing interesting table was pnh
lishea some time since by the National liiieUi
geneer.. It shows not only that the free ne
gro population of the slaveholding States ex
ceeds that of the Free States, but also that
the-most intense Anti-slavery States are those,
having.the smallest niimberof free negroes.
The six New England States have- but 24(141'.
free'negroes; while Pennsylvania, New York
ahd'New Jersey have 130,325. The Western
States, including Ohio, have 64,347. Penn
sylvania al'ohe has 56,373 ; more than any sin
gle State in the. Union. New .Jersey, how
ever, has the largest number in proportion to
its population of any Free State in the Uni-
It will bo observed that the States that
lavo done most to secure the freedom ,of the
negro, and displayed the greatest amount of
abstract abolition philanthropy, are those
having-the toast practical experience- of the 1
burdens-imposed by a.largo-negro population-,.
Massachusetts supports less than- ten, thtiu
sand, -Maine,.not more than twelve hundred'.
New Hampshire has only four hundred
and fifty—scarcely enough to let the people
know what a negro looks like. A. black man
would no doubt bo a curiosity to hundreds of
voters in that State who . are accustomed to
shout for negro freedom. The farther from'
the negro the more anxious for his 1 company,
seems to bo the rule. The States having the,
most experience of thp effects of a. large-no
g-roo population are- least desirous that it |
should bo-increased.,
Tho States responsible for the greatest-share
of guilt in. precipitating the country, into tho
present war, are tho very States that had the
least reason for it. The secession conspiracy
was hatched in South Carolina and the ex
treme-Southern States,{which never lost a ne
gro or suffered in tjie most remote degree
from tho effects of abolition agitation-while
the Stales in the North most hostile to South
ern " institutions and most anxious to -secure
negro freedom, were those farthest removed
from the. South- and possessed, of' tho least
practical'knowledge of tho negro race. Vir
ginia and Tennessee, which lost more slaves
in a week than tho cotton States did in ton
years, were the very last to rebel against the
Government. Kentucky, Missouri and Ma
ryland,-more exposed than Virginia and Ten
nessee, are still in the Union, and at least
nominally loyal. Pennsylvania, New Jersey, '
Ohio, Illinois and Indiana, which support tho
greatest number of-freo negroes, are more
conservative than, the Now England. States,,
which support few or-none. These facts show
that both Northern and Southern fanaticism
proceed" from ignorance. —Patriot and Union
■ ESV The false information furnished by tho
daily papers in reference to war matters, is
.not only annoying, but an intolerable nui
sance. About ninety per cent, of all they
publish is false. The reported death of Cnpt.
Buchanan, on the rebel steamer Merrimac,
and capture of Yancv, the late rebel Com
missioner to England, which were published
a few weeks ago on what' appeared to bo
positive information, turn out to bo entirely
untrue. The “positive information,” too,
that Beauregard, at tho battle of Pittsburg
Landing, had his “ arm shot off close to tho
shoulder,”- was, a fabrication—he was not
hurt. Tho other . “ reliable information,”
that' Beaukeoaud had died and thn,t Brece
iniiidoe had been taken prisoner, had not a
semblance of truth.. After the battle o(
Pittsburg,, it was stated by- the sensation daily
papers that our loss in killed was some" eigh
teen or twenty thousand, and the,lose of the
rebels,forty thousand.” -All false. Our loss
was loss than two thousand, and _tho rebel
loss about the same. We- mig-hi go on- and
string out a column in showing up -tho false
statements of the daily papers. Our readers
can see how difficult it is for country cd-
■tors- to publish reliable wav nows.. Fre
quently wo cull from our daily exchanges
one, two or three columns'of “reliable war
nows.” This wo-put in typo, and the next
day wo see tho whole of it contradicted. Tho
daily papers have made a big.sale of papers,:
and accomplished their object. We have con
cluded, therefore, that henceforth we will
publish nothing but accounts of actual bat
ties and army movements.. All tho other
trash in the daily journals are manufactured
falsehoods, got up for no other purpose than
to induce news-seekers to by their papers.
1 1 ~ " 11
B&"J. AT. Smiley hasjust opened an unu
sually large and -desirable assortment of
Spring and Summer clothing, boots, shoos,
hats, and all other articles belonging to a Fur
nishing Establishment. Do not fair to give
him a call ns bo promises to please you both
in goods and prices.
He will let no man undersoil him., Y6u
can buy with confidence that goods will prove,
to bo as good as reocommemled. You will
find his new Store room between Herman’s
Hotel and Huvett’s corner, Carlisle, -
A Philadelphian Captured. —Capt. Mm.
McMiohael, Assistant Adjutant General in
the army, was taken prisoner at the battle of
Pittsburg Landing. He was chief of tho staff
Mnj. General Charles F. Smith. Captain
McMiohael is a son of Morton McMielinol,.
Philadoi r pSia 0t0l: ° f tl ' B Xori/l ' American, of
Those-who are so eager to assail and'dfecry
General MoCleli'an, and to deprive- him o^ 1
the credit he is justly entitled to,- Trill soon'
have-to cease their,assaults upon, hino. Un
solicited ovidenoo-is coming in from ;e very sec
tion ofthe country to Vindicate- his.gonoral
hhip; and raisehis reputation high beyond the
reach of these envious,: mischief-making trn
ducers. First came Gen. Burnside’s official
report of the battle of Newbem* in which he
says he had only carried out the instructions
of the young comraander-in-chiof to tho minu
test details, and that events had thus far been
singujarilycoinoidcnt with his (McOlcllan’s)
anticipation. Then came the evacuation of"
tho rebel stronghold; Manassas, without tho
loss to us of a sinlo man.. And now comes
corroborating testimony from the West, in tho
following-extract;, which we commend to all
those who take such, great pleasure in finding
fault with' General .MgClbepan’s mode of con
ducting tho war:;
A. Cairo correspondent Bays : In con versa--
tiorr with a gentleman from St. Louis last
night,.! learned some things that, l-mustcon
fess, wore now to me, and;l think the idea
will bo new to the puldio generally, and as in
present!ng it, .I ,sj!ialli nobtranscend the rules,
laid down for the government of the press, I
will ondeavor tojjofi it down. The gentleman
rofered to I know to bo a warm personal
friend to Gen. Halleck, and shares much of
that sterling,officers favor and confidence.—
Hence, a- weight will-be attached to whatever
ho says such as does-not accrue to the sayings
of ordinary then.. I would like to give his
name, that the public might the mere readily
comprehend- tho reason why E assign so milch
paper to the chrjoriicoling of such ideas. The
conversation.- turned upon, the operations! of
the army hero-add elsewhere. l acked.
“What is General H'alleok’s opinion of Gen.
McClellan 1”
said,niy friend, “I have heard Gen
eral say, in substance,, repeatedly,
that ho considered the military skill, science,
and- penetratiori’of Gen. McClellan -as second
to that of no.man living; that whatever had
been done in the-17031 and elsewhere was but
the carrying out of McClellans’ great plan of
the war; that the general idea -of each- and;
every one of these movements was tho fruit of
his foresaid and -knowledgo of war-and-its ap
pliances ; and thatMcClellan had.roughhewn
tho whole work, and only left- the- finished I
touches to tbo- dopartmout and.'division com
manders.”
of Columbia 11,101
269,078
Simon in Trouble.—One day lost,'week,
Ex.-Secretnry. .Cameron arrived in
phia; and put up at the “ Continental." A
few hours later Hon. .James W. Wall, of JC
J., also arrived in the city and stopped at
same hotel. As soon as Cameron heard that
Wall was in the same, house with him, he
became alarmed, and applied.,to the* police
for protection;He knew he had committed
a great outrage* upon Wall, and was afraid,
the. honorable gentlemen meditated a person
al assault. 1 W’ALii. noticed that a couple of
police-officers-weredogging him wherever he
wont, and finally he turned-upon them and
asked what they were: watching him for?—
They toldhim/" Wall laughed, and immedi
ately, wrote-'note to' Cameron, (who >vrs
locked up ip his room,) assuring him that he
had no idfcacpf assaulting hiin, and that he
.might fears. The police ofiieera
then left for duties,
, IP continuation of this subject. tho 'Now
Yorlc correspondent of the l
nquire?:; in his letter, dated April 18 v saya:
■ j tlpn. of Burlington, N. J.,
is'Out in a rather, juicy letter, in one of- the
journals, fU'dav. denying- that he went, to
Philadelphia With a number of his friends,
intending to chastise Mr. Cameron for.thein-
jury, done him, last fall, in locking him up in
Fort Lafayette., “The Ex Secretary,” h,e
says, “ may dismiss his fears of a personal
chastisement. , The wrong he has inflicted
upon mo is of that an assault up
on a gray-hairod man. like him will not rem
edy.” . “ The final settlement
of the question,” ho adds, “must ho left to
the legal tribunals of the country, at tha-nron-
Sctime.”- ■ . ■ 11
FDT-Tn-AT anto- Tipat TbGEi'iinit— ln the
House of Representatives, at 'Washington, on
Thursday hist,, while the appropriation of
thirty millions to pay the two and throe years
volunteers was being discussed, Mr. Vali.an
digh-a-M( said it was not adefioiency to he met.
hut a defalcation in. the War Department to
he provided for /•
In the letter of the Washington correspond-*
ent of the Philadelphia Inquirer of THday,
we find this passage :- -
“ Secretary Chase is now in Philadelphia,'
lor tho purpose of having a consultation with
General Cameron, on the, subject, of a defal
cation discovered in tho War Department,”
Put that and that.together, wo say,■
• Homicide an Dillsburg.- — A. difficulty, oc-.
ourred between William McKeever, aged 14
years, and Frederick Pentz, aged 17 years,
in Dillsburg, on tho 11th inst., which resulted
in the death of the-latter. It appears that a
deep. feeling of hostility-existed between them
for some time, which resulted i.n a fight be.
tween the parties on the. afternoon- mentioned
above, when, inflicted 1 a severe
wound in Pentz’s loft breast with his pocket
knife, which caused his death in tho course of
thirty minutes after the unfortunate occur
rence took place. McKeever was taken to
York, on Saturday week last, by officer Dear
dorff and lodged in.jail, to await his trial at
the April Session.
O’-Tiie Chamborsburg Times informs, us
that in Franklin county, oho person offers
himself as a candidate for a countv office
“subject to the decision of-the Union Repub
lican nominating convention another offers
himself for nomination at “ the nest conven
tion, of the People's party,” and a third pre
sents his claims “ subject to the decision of
the Administration convention.” If those enn
didateshadonly waited patiently until after the
first of May next, at which time the State Com
mittee of the People’s party moots atPhila
dolphia* they would have discovered to what
particular-party they do belong. Until the
leaders give the signal, it is only a matter of
conjecture among the rank and file. In order
to avoid unpleasant confusion, wo humbly
-suggest that all Republican candidates for
office avoid committing themselves to any
party name. There is no telling what desig
nation tho-committee may order. Perhaps it
will bo the “ Loyal Union League,” instituted
in 1862.
Death,of Ma. FaEUNGnuTSEN.— New Bruns
wick, N. J., April 12. —Hon. Theodore Frcl
inghuyson died at his residence, at Hew Bruns
wick, at 2 o’clock this afternoon. The de
ceased was a man of fine abilities, and was a
candidate for Yioo President of the United
States, in 184-1,. on. the ticket with the Hon.
Henry Clay,
McCLELUY VINDICATED.
DemocratloStundlns Committee.
The.members of the Democratic Standing
Committee are requested to meet.at Herman's*
Hotel, in Carlisle, on Saturday, thirds dayof
May next, at 10 o’clock,, A. M. A full attend
ance ie requested;
The following gentlemen compose the Com
mittee:
Carlisle, W. IV.—E,..Gdrnman, M.MpGlellan.
11 E. Wi—Charles Maglaughlin, J. U.,
i Wunderlich.
Silver Spring —Joshua Culp, J. ,B. Leidig.
Dickinson—Philip Spangler, Jr., W. G. My
. ,ers.
Penn—Samuel Kiistar; James McCullough.
Upper Allen—r-D. K. Neell, Lewis Isjntz.
Newburg—W. B. Shoemaker, Daniel McCoy.
’Hopewell—John McCoy, Adam Hfeborling.
Lower Allen—Samuel Shireman, Dj.Draw
baugh. .
Monroe—Moses Bfioker, Isaac .Mlllbry
Hampden—George Duey, Christian Dcitz,
New Cumberland—Lewis Young, J. G. Mil
ler.
Newton—Jacob Washinger, Isaac Waggoner,
Southamptop-T-J. S. Daugherty, J. R. Kelso.
Mifflin—G. G.'Ghristleib, R'. Middleton.
Shippenaburg Township—John. Mpllingor.
Thomas Blair.
Shippenshurg Borough—Jv H, Criswell,. Jas.
E. McGlean.
Frankford—Abraham. Koihl, RobertAv'Cra
ham, Jr. . ,
North Jacob Qutshall, Solomon
Grisainger,
Middlesex—W. Di Wonderlich, D.- Jacobs.
South Middleton —'William Moore, Jr., ,M.
Goodyear. .
East Ponnsbprougli—George Hook, Jacob
Scholl,
Mcchanicsburg—George Bobb, Dr. Ira Day,
West Ponnsborough—Patrick McNulty, Pc
. ter Brioker.
Newville—John. Waggoner, William Barr.
THREE OF THE COMMITTEE,
Abolition of Slavery in the'District
of Columbia..
THE BILL’ SIGNED BX-THE PRESIDENT;
SBECUEMESSAGE ONTHE SUBJECT.
•: Wasiungton, April 10.
Tile foll'owihg message was read by the
House of Representatives to-day from the
President.
Feli.ow Citizens of the,Senate and Bouse
of lleprcsentatives: The actentitled “An Act
for the release of certain persona held to ser
vice or labor in the die.triotof 0 lurnbia,” has
this day been approved and signed. •
I have never doubted the constitutional au
thority of Congress .to abolish slavery in, this
District, and I have ever desired' to see' the
National Capitol-freed from the institution in
some satisfactory way ; hence there hafnev
or been in: my mind any question ppori the
subject except the one of expediency arising
in view of all the circumstances. If there be
matters within and about this act which
might have taken a course or shape more sat
isfactory to my judgement, I do not attempt
to specify them; lam gra’ified that the two
principles of compensation and colonization
are-both, recognized. and practically applied
in the act. In the matter of conipensatinn.it
is provided that claims may be presented'
within ninety days from the passage of the
act but not hereafter ; and there is no pro
vision for minors, feme-eoverf, insane or absem
persona. I presume that this is an omission
by mere oversight,.and I recommend'that il
be supplied by an amendatory or supple
mental act,
ABRAHAM LINCOLN:.
April 16,1862.
Alleged XT nconstitutiona ittv pir the Dis
trict op Collumbia Emancipation Bile.—
The Washington correspondent of the N. T.
Herald snys that a serious defect in the'bill
for the emancipation of negroes in the District
of Columbia was brought to the' attention of
the House of Representatives in Congress by
Mr. Train ofMassach.iisctto, who tried-to have
it amended, but although his amendment ob
tained fifty-three votes, it was- voted down.—
It was represented by Mr. Train, that the
bill, ns it had been passed, conflicts with the
fifth and seventh amendments to the Consti
tution, providing that private property shall
not bo taken for public-uses without just com
■pensatfon, and that- whore the value exceeds
twenty dollars the damages shall be assessed,
by a jury. It is the opinion of the most emi
nent jurists in the House that this omission
will occasion tho bill to be set aside by the
Court of Appeals, if it should not prevent the
approval of the -President. "
Cinetal Scott’S Opinion of General McClellan-
and llulluok.
On the Saturday succeeding his return to
his old home in Elizabeth, N. J., the veteran
General Scott, in tho course of an interesting
interview, and speaking-of Generals McClel
lan and Halleck, said “ There- are two
men \yho can be depended, upon under ah
circumstances and in every emergency I
mean General McClellan and General Hal
leck, There is no doubt they must take
things as they meet them—and they have
great opposition to 1 contend with; but
Mq.Clollan is, at this' moment, at the very
work his heart loves, and which will call
forth all the abilities of his powerful mind—
that of trenching, engineering and besiogink
And in regard to General Halleck, ho will do
h,is work like a soldier. There can bo no
fear of these two able soldiers doing any base
or disloyal act. They are honest to the core,
and will never betray their country,”
■ Astounding Frauds Under Cameron’s
Administration op the War Department.
It now. appears from official and unquestioned
authority, that more than two millions of
arms were contracted for by Cameron, al
though our forces never exceeded five or six
hundred thousand men.
One firm in New York, had, a bill of two
millions nine hundred and tori thousand dol
lars against tho Government, under one of
Cameron’s contracts. Mr. Holt, of tho In-,
vestigating Committee, struck one million
three hundred thousand off the bill—and
even then, a profit of. twenty-fiyo thousand dol
lars remained-;
And Lincoln rewards tho guilty author of
these unparalleled abuses with the appoint
ment of Minister to Russia !
BQf* The Merrimao, it is now- generally be
lieved in naval circles, driving her recent visit
to Hampton Roads, was so much injured that
she had to return to Norfolk, where she now
is, for repairs. Sailors and artillerists, who
wore on board 6f the foreign vessels in Hamp
ton Ronds, at tho time tho Merrimao fired a
shot at i\\o-Naugalucki state that tho gun on
boardof the former vessel hurst, and that it
must have done considerable damage to that
vessel, for she directly turned round and
steamed towards Norfolk.
ICT'The charter election in Jersey City on
Tuesday resulted in tho- success of tho Dem
ocratic ticket. Tho majority of Johnßnamer,
for Mayor, was 599 ; of Edward D. Riley, for
Chiof-of-polico, 102. Tho. Board of Aldermen
will stand, Democrats, 13 ; Republicans, 5,
Court, I’r®
• Commonwealth vsi Lewis Bell—Assault
and Battery on a small-hoy named,William
Johns. William threw'a'snow-ball at Bell,
who than struck him on the head with a
shovel. Defendant plead guilty and was sen
tenced oneinonth in jail and a fine of $1 and
costs. (Jillellan for Com. Mogladghlin for
defendant., ' . •
Commonwealth Oswald, An
drew J: Kaufman, jr., Joseph Milliseu, J. G.
Rupp, John S. Boyer, Daniel Comfort, Levi
Kaufman, Levi Eberly, Alpheus Dale, David
Goble, Abraham Zug—lndiot’d-for Riot, As--
sault and Battery, and False Imprisonment
of John Kennedy, and going armed to the
.terror of. the people of
the, 20th Juno, .1801. Tho Grand Jury ro
turned.a.true bill a® to Richard Oswald, A.,
J. Kaufman, Jf., and Levi Eberly, and not a
true bill as to tho other defendants. This Was
an . action for detaining John Kennedy, in
Mochnnicsburg, and taking him before a
“Vigilance Oonipiitteo" for uttering senti-
ments opposed to the arrest of Alvoy, of Ha
gerstown., The Jury found a verdict of
" guilty,of. false imprisonment,” but this not
being in accordance with the proper form of
rendering the verdict, were sent back by tho
Court to amend’ it, Tho Jury after a-short
absence returned a verdict of “guilty in
manner and form ns they- stand?indicted in
the fifth count in the-indictment, and 1 not
guilty as to the other counts.” Tho finding
of the Jury was- objected- to by defendants’
council, and reasons-filed, and, a.motion in ar
rest of judgment entered. Defendants then
entered" into recognisance to appear- before
Court and abide the result of tho argument on
;F-l-iday, April 25. ‘Gillolan, and Penrose for
■Com., Watts and’Miller-for defendants.
Commonwealth vs. Peter Whitmore, Peter
Huntzberger—Malicious mischief; breaking
into a school house, in Mifflin township, known
as “ Whisky Run School House,” on the.Tth
of November, 1861, at about; 10 o’clock at
night, took the stove apart, piled it and wood
against the.door. Verdict guilty. ' Sentenced
to pay a fine of $5, jointly, and costs of pros
ecution, and before sentence, was passed were
reprimanded, fur their conduct, by the Court,.
Commonwealth ■w.'Andrew Smith—Surety
of the Peace, on oath of Sebastian Stitzel.—
Andrew wanted to play cards on. Sunday, and
his wife would’ht allow it, a muss ensued,
and the peace and quiet of Newville-disturb
ed. He had stolen a jug of liquar from John
M. Woodburn, and' got “ merry,”'which ap
peared! to be the cause of it.. Complaint dis
missed: and-each party to. pay his own costs.
Commonwealth vs. Peter Huntzberger and’-
Daniel Huntzberg—Larceny. Bill ignored.
Commonwealth vs. Samuel Speece—Keep
ing gaming house. Ignored. Jacob Stitzel,
the prosecutor, to pay the costs.
Commonwealth vs. Franklin Long and J.
Huiyhborger—Larceny. Billignored.
Commonwealth vs. JoelShapley, Joseph
Shapley—-Assault and Battery. True bill
asto Joel Shapley, and not a true bill us
to Joseph Shapley. Recognizance taken, for
appearance, at next Court.
‘ I ? rom.Mio Phil. Tliq-.urer.—April If,.
ISSUE! OF:A WRIT. AGAINST SIMON CAMERON:
SUIT OF PIERCE BUTLER FOR FALSE
IMPRISONMENT. -
Recapitulation of the Circumstances ,
' A writ from, the Supreme Court was served,
yesterday.afternoon, at the'Coritinental Hotel,’
hy Deputy Sheriff Holmbold',. upon the lion!
Simon Cameron, at the Snitof Mr Pierce But
ler, of this city, for trespass e£ cl armi.i, as
salt and battery, and false imprisonment on
19th August last, Mr. Cameron at the time be
ing Secretary of War.
Mr. Butler,, it was rumored, was, at the
time suspected of a correspondence-with the
Held States unfavorable to the cause of the
Union,,and during a moment of public ex
citement was arrested by order of Mi\ Camer
on without process-- of law, and without any
assigned cause, his trunks,' drawers, ward
robe and entire apartments searched, arid
private- papers taken possession of by Uhited
States Marshall Millward and four assistants.
His office was also examined,.the books and
papers taken, arid; in one hour'from the ar
rest, Mr. Butler was on hia way to New York,
with the Marshall and his four assistants, all
armed with revolvers, who conducted him.
that evening do. Fort Lafayette., A subse
quent application on the part of Mr. Butlor’s.
friends to'the'Secretary of War, to ascertain
the reason of hie action, though in a measure
.answered,, induced no satisfactory response.
Mr.-But.or asserts that ‘nothing was .found
among his.papers to. call in question his loy
alty to .the-Governrricnt. '
. Ho does riot wish to exhibit pefsonal.ill-feel
ing pi Mr. ; Cameron, arid therefore, in simply
issuing a writ; refrained from an arrest arid
the accompanying necessity, on the part of
Mr. Cameron, of giving security., Mr. But
pl*, Y Tls .^ ies ~ , u‘u ‘ to test the constitutionality
of his imprisonment. The writ is.returnable
on the 2d next, but-the case may. not
be tried until November. His council are-Mr.
George M. Wharton and Mr. St. George Tuck
er Campbell. ' •
Mr. Butler was liberated in five weeks’
from the time ofhis incarceration, without rea
son being given for his discharge any more
than for his arrest ; and speaks of being
looked with nine other gentlemen in a cell
twenty-six, feet l.orig by fourteen wide, in one
of the casements of Port Lafayette, whore ho,
was allowed egress only at meals, and during
one hour in the morning an,d evening, for ex
orcise in the, quadrangle of the fort.
The fellow occupants pf Mr. Butler’s coll
were the Hon. Charles J, Faulkner, Mr.
James W. Wall, of Burlington ; Mr. Thomas
S. Serrill, of Philadelphia ; Mr. McMastor. of
of the New York Freeman’.'! Journal ; Mr. Do
Bobion,, of Wilmington, N. C., and others
whoso names Mr. Butler dooa not at present
recall.
Ho mates no objections, to his treatment at
the fort, beyond tho fact of confinement. The'
prisoners wore, allowed the perusal of public
journals; and, although tho iood was simply
of soldiers’ rations, those who chosc.to pay for
bettor faro were allowed- the privilege of con
suming it.
Who are the Secessionists’ Allies ?—ln
the outset of the secession agitation, we find
ex-Governor Adams, of South Carolina, hold-,
ing tho following,language :
mi * T i Allolitioniats “ ro bur friends,
thank God for what thoy have already done
and for the inestimable blessing thoy were
about to confer thoy wore entitled to our
warmest gratitude. [Laughter.] Their as
saults have been unceasing but all for our
good. _ * * They have furnished us
with a.justification for dissolving our con
noxion with thorn,,”
With equal unction, and wo doubt not with
equal sincerity, Wendell Phillips, in his
speech delivered in Washington City, return
ed- thanks to God that lie had created Gen,
oral Beauregard," who had fired on Fort
Sumpter that first gun whose reverberations
became the sigpal of our present civil, trap.
iocdlngs.
THE WAR, NEWS,
PARTICULARS—THE PREPARATIWvro
• forthe\bombardment IoNs '
Thp preparations for the bombardment
wore in progress on Tybeo and. Goat IsS
for more than theo months hoforo the ,
began. Heavy cannon were shinnedT° k ’
this port for the reduction of tho 1 fort " “j 1
among them were several formidable inn
pounder Parrott rifled guns. Throe worn i
Parrott 30 pounders, James’cannon Oo |,? n : s . 0 '
ads, and'a considerable number of jo™ ,
mortars, past at Pittsburg. 01,10 “‘
- Tho batteries wore piostly-oonstroctod m
dcr cover of tho woods, and'woro fifteen i
number.,mounting, we are informed, butthir
ty-aix guns, but these were nearly all of iml
menso size and weight. The heaviest batter '
ies wore situated on Goat Island, at an aver"
age distance of less than, two tjmusaud yards
from tort I?ulnski„ J 1
Our batteries were manned’ partlyhy thoi
•crew of tho irigate r Wabash and other war
steamers, and partly by, the Rhode Island ar
tillensts, and ntfewsoldiers from other compa
nies. Ah immense amount of, ammunition
had boon provided for tho siege, and on thoi
10th instant nil tho preparations were com
plete,-and a sufficient number of troops for
the occupation of the fort had boon landed at
Tybeo Island, in, expectation of tho capture
THE:BEGINNING OF THE BOMBARD-,
MENT. •
At seven o’clock and fifty-two minutes om
the mprnjng of the 10th instant, the attack,
on tho fort began. The Rebels at once replied
and the firing slowly opened from the differ”
ent batteries on our-sido. The orders of-nur
men were to Urn Jour shots from e ch piece,
per ho/tr, and fo continue without intermission.:
The Rebels fircd
oring-to silence our gun.--, or compel tno eva
cuation of thV batter.ios.; , bqt.as the fire
opened along tllo- lino; revealing now batter
ies, the enemy, apparently surprised at the
extent of our works, redoubled their fire, and
in an hour the fight was conducted with the,
utmost desperation on their pa. t, butwithout
effect, their shot either falling short, or pass-,
ing over our batteries.
As,a 'proof that the Rebels were not ac
quainted with the localities in which our hat-,
teries wore built, it is stated that their lire,
followed the opening of ours from the differ-,
ent points in regular order, until all our bat
teries had opened, and then distributed, their
efforts, keeping up their rapid and desperate •
tiring frtr two hours and.a half. Meanwhile,
our fire was continued.from Tybeo and Goat
Island as it had began ; : ajiJ the Rebels,.fiiilr
ing to do any execution, relaxed their efforts.*
Much enthusiasm was manifested by the
Union forces, and,as the effCcts of their' best
shots were noted—the bricks and mortar . of
the fort occasionally flying in all directions —
the men jumped on .the batteries and gat-c
-loud cheers. These demonstrations Of course
subsided, especially as there were no corres
ponding ones from-the fort; and towards (lie
middle of the day the firing on both sides hc
cnnic regular, the Rebels, however, sometimes;
retiring from,one part of the fort to another,
ns the range of our guns grew better and ren
dered t.heir positions dangerous.
THE EFFECT OP THE'FIRING'.
The effect of the firing was visible on the
fort from the first, but'no breach was made
the first day One or two of the guns were,
dismounted, and. some of the embrasures were
injured, and' it was not, until ten o’clock on
the-morning of, the I.lth that any important
:breaoh-.in,tlio walls of.tho.fort was made. It
has been.- stated tha t the- projectiles,* fired
from our guns wentatonce-tUrniigh the-walls,
but such was not the case. Second and third
shuts, which wore aimed nt the same,, place,
with extreme accuracy,-did the work, which
the Rebels attributed to single shbts.
The. spectacle of the bombardment was-
S™!V*- O ur gups discharging rifle shots pnd
shells, the effect was a continuous explosion,
inside the fort fragments. of shot and shell
arid of the works.of the fort sometimes filling
almost tho-entire area of the enclosure, arid
compelling the Rebels to remain in their
casemates, but for which the liras oflife-apwng
them ’.vuulil-jmvo been fearful.. "
About noon on the 11th the Rebels’’ fire
suddenly .increased, arid they worked at all
their available guns with a. persistency quito
oqrial to, if-not surpassing that with which
they began on the first day But the im
mense breach in the fort, in an exact lino with,
the magazine, threatened to be the cause of
their total destruction, through an explosion;
and at eighteen minutes past' two o’clock in
the afternoon they hauled down their flag,
which had been once shot away, and ran up
a flag of truce. The firing, of course, ceased
at once on our; side,, and- it was not until
near evening-thajt two hundred men, accom-.
panied by their oificers and General Gilmore,,
went over to the fort to accept the surrender
or the garrison,.
The number of batteries engaged was thir-.
teen, .six of which: wore mortar batteries,
while the numher-of guns engaged at all tho.
batteries was thirty-six..
Ivy the- capture of Fort Pulaski, besides the
prisoners taken, forty-five cannon and a large
amount ofninmnnition was seized. A largo
quantity of.powdor, about thirty-flvo, thousand
pounds, together with shot and shell, were
captured.
> IV asutngton, April 18.—The following
was received nt the War Department to-day,,
from General Hunter, commanding the Union
forces,in South Carolina. 1 ;i -
Wo opened’our batteries on Fort Pulaski
on the morning of the 10th. After thirty
hours continuous firing, a practicable breach
breach was madolalso preparations for atorm
ing, it was about, to commence, when tho
Rebel flag was struck.
AVo captured 47 guns, 7000 shot and shells,
40,000 pounds of pnwdor, throe hundred and
sixty prisoners, with their small arms and ac
coutrements, and agood supply of provisions.
One of our men was killed, and not ono
wounded.
From Fortress Monroe.
Fortress Monroe, April 10.
Thirty- nine wounded from Yorktown ar
rived hero to-day, making 90 in all wounded
in the fight on the loft flank on Thursday. The
whole number reported is 32 killed and 90'
wounded. Gen. Magrudea’a report of the
samo fight, in tho Norfolk papers, gives 25
killed, including Col. M’Kinnoy, and 75.
wounded.
We can hear occasional cannonading to
.wards Yorktown, but learn that it is merely
attempts of the enemy to disturb our working
parties. With the exception of the rifle-pit
affair, on Thursday, tho Rebels have got tlio
worst of all tbo skirmishing, so far. The
works are progressing rapidly, and when the
siege does common oo it will bo terrific.
The New York Fifth.is considered tho best
drilled in tho army of Yorktown, and the
post of honor has boon.a.ssignod to it, being
tho only volunteer regiment with tho regu
lars.
The smnke and flames from the conflag rtt '
tion at Norfolk arc still visible, .
Thoro was a flag of truoo to-day, but t ‘
agent of tbo Associated Press was not alio'
od to see tbo papers nor to know what no'
thoy contained.
FROM. GEN. BURNSIDE’S COMMAND-
Fortress Monroe, April
The steamer Hazco arrived this morning
Capture of Foi l Pulaski j
THE SURRENDER:
OFFICIAL REPORT,
Ponr Royai., S. C., April 10, vial
Sandy Hook, N. J.. April 18. )