AMEMCAN VOLUNTEER.
JOHJI B. BMTTOW, Editor & 1 Proprietor.
U CART ' rSLK ' PA., JULY 17,, 1862.
O U ft. dLAG ..-
“ Forever float that standard sheet 1
■ Where breathes the foe but falls before ns\
With Freedom’s soil beneath our feet,,
And. Freedom's banner leaving o’er ns!"
Democratic Slate ticket.
FOII AUDITOR GENERAL
ISAAC SI.ENTER.
UNION COUNTY.
FOR SURVEYOR. GENERAL
JAMES P. BARR,
■PiiTSßTjaa.
O'The editor is absent, which we hope
pill serve as i in, apology for all defects in to-
day’s paper.
National Hotel. —This splendid house,
Bihmfed in South Ilanover street, has lately'
liooa taken by Mr. John* Myers, formerly of
Newport, Perry county, by whom it will here
after he kept. This house is one of the very
host in the borough, is in a convenient and
airy situation, well ventilated, and Mr. Myers
Will leave nothing undone to redder it p
eheorftil “home” 1 for boarders and transient
visitors.
■ : New Comet.—A comet was discovered by
Prof. Bond, director of the Observatory, Cam.
bridge, on the night of the. 3d instant, in the
constellation “Ursa Minor.” This new visi
' tor, though extremely faint and barely vise
' hie td the naked eye, is apparently moving
with almost unexampled velocity, haying
passed over 2<l degrees of an arc of a great
: circle in a southerly direction, and five hours
in right asoention towards tho'sun in twenty
.. four hours .—Boston Trav.
Bad News.— Just before going to press,
wo learned frorii a reliable source the follow
ing, concerning Shippenburgers, in the recent
battle near Richmond.
Corporal B. Hahley was wounded in the
head and taken prisoner.
John Burkholder, taken prisoner.
Wilson Burkholder, wounded in the head
and taken, prisoner. , . •
David D. Curridon, taken prisoner. . .
William Culp, wounded in the arm."
David K. Wagner, taken prisoner.—New
rilte Star.
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TonsoriatL.— Mr. Samuel W. Lawson,
having removed his -tonsorial establishment
:Mark'et Square, a few doors east of lnhoff’s
store, is now prepared to carry on the harbor
ing business in all its various branches. He
has had great experience in the tonsorial art,
and gentlemen desiring a Clean shave, hair
fashionably trimmed, &0., &0., can be imme
diately accommodated. -As Mr. Lawson is
“native here and to the manor horn,” and
withal a worthy man, he certainly deserves
encouragement.
• Painful Accident:— On Sunday night of
last week, the wife of Mr. 'William McPher
son, of tKis borough, met with a severe and
painful accident. She was coming down
stairs in the dark, when her foot slipped, and
she fell to the bottom dislocating one of her
legs. The family whs absent, but her cries
attracted the attention of Dr. S. B. Keiffer,
who happe'ned to bo passing at the time. lie.
speedily hastened to her relief; the injured
limb was set and bandaged ; and under the
.jddicibus treatment of Dr. K., Mrs. M. is now
doing as well as could he expected.
A Prisoner.—Davib D CuRRipEN-a broth
er of the editor of this paper-belonging to
Oapt. Henderson’s company, from this county,
was taken prisoner at the recent battle before
lliohmond. At the close of the battle on Mon
day, he was left to take care of several of his
wounded comrades, when they werosurround
ed by a body of rebels and.conveyed to Rich
mond. Mr. Barnet Hubly, a member of the
same company, whose name appears among
the list of prisoners, is said to have been
■wounded in the head by a grape shot.—Ship
pensburg News.
Recruiting. —The sound of the '‘spirit
stirring drum and the ear-piercing fife” is
again heard in the streets of old Carlisle,
and the work of recruiting has commenced
in earnest. TVs learn that our townsman,
John Lee, Esq., proposes to recruit a compa
ny for service under the recent order of the
Pl-esideut. Mr. Lee Ims mode application
for the requisite authority, which we believe
he has already received from the Governor, I
and desirous to get his company together as
soon os possible. A bounty of $4O will he
given each recruit as soon as mustered into
service. Mr. Lee will make a capital officer,
and wo hope bis patriotic efforts may he
crowned with speedy success.
..A Moon Needed Improvement. —Wo'see
that workmen are now busily engaged in re
■pairing the old stone wall enclosing the pub
lie burial ground. After the completion of
the stone work, a new roofing will alto be
added. This improvement" was muoli need
ed, as the old wall was in a very delapidatcd
condition. .
While upon this subject, we would suggest
to our “ Borough Fathers” the propriety of
appointing some efficient and responsible
person as superintendent of that silent “ oily
of the dead." At present, itiS in a most wretch
ed condition ; tomb-stones broken, palings
torn down, and other depredafcionsconunittcd.
As this cemetery is the proportyof the bor
ough, wo think our Council should 'attend to
“THE HILLED, WOUNDED UNO MISSING,”
Iho present fratricidal war lias Leon pro
. liflo in horror, suffering and death. Two
short .years ago, our country was prosperous
and happy, bcy nn d coinpitrieon; wb were a
united and" contented people, and everything
seemed to promise a long: continuance of the
stability of our beloved Government. But
now, how changed they seem I Our glorious
Union, for ' the time being at least, rent in
twain; brother arrayed against brother in
deadly strife; our country languishing in its
best interests, and a haughty, insolent and
treacherous foreign foe mocking at our ca
lamity, and insiduously seeking to take ad
vantage of our domestic discords.
The work of death still goes on ; war, with
its ghastly’front, stalks through the land, and
no. man may tall the end thereof, . Already
has bur own noble State lost thousands of her
■ beet and bravest sons, and every day is add
ing scores of names to the melancholy list.—
In looking over our exchanges, we are struck
with astonishment at the long lists of the
“killed, wounded and missing,’' and at the
published names of tho thousands of others
who are now languishing in some dreary hos
pital, far away from tho tender solaces and
kind nursing of wife, sister or mother. Nor
is the record yet complete. Would to God
that it were. The storn molach of war de
mands more victims; and it is likely to oh'
tain them.
When the call for men to put down this
wicked and insane rebellion was made by the
President, Pennsylvania was behind none of
her sister States in responding to that call.—
From every mountain top; from every fertile
valley; from the workshop, the forgo and the.
counting-hoase, her patriotic sons hastened to
enrol themselves under the “stars and stripes, ”
to sustain the integrity of the Union and the
perpetuity of our free institutions. Both men
and money wore freely furnished; in a little
. time her required quota was more than com
plete, and an immense army of devoted sol
diers left her borders to swell the '.Federal'
ranks. In Tennessee, Kentucky, in the Car
olines,. hut more particularly in Virginia, our
men have shown tlje metal they were made
of, and already thousands of them have sealed
With their blood their devotion to their coun
try. Besides these, hundreds, hay thousands
of Pennsylvanians can be found, both as offi
cers and privates, in the ,regiments of other
States, particularly in those of the-West and
North West who at Donelson, Sbiloah, and
elsewhere, give evidence that they were not
unworthy to be called “ sons.of the Keystone
State.” In the regular army and in the navy
too, are large numbers of Pennsylvanians,
who have nobly aided in shedding honor
upon , the National arms. Wherever their
services have been required, our men have
acted like heroes, and Ball’s Bluff; Williams
burg, Drainsville, and Winchester can. bear,
witness to their deeds of daring. On the
Chiokahominy, at the battle of “ Fair Oaks, 51
in the terrible seven days’ struggle before
Richmond, thousands of bur volunteers, with
arms in their hands and wit h their faces to
the enemy, bit the dust, and now “ sleep the
sleep which knows no waking.” The havoc
there made in the ranks, of our bravos has
rendered desolate and sad many once happy
homesmade wives and children innumera
ble widows and orphans; and clbthod in sor
row and mourning thousands of families and
firesides. Nor has our own county escaped
unscathed.. M’Cullougu, Stuart, Xlaver
stick, Quigley, Nome, Martin, Vander
bilt, Morrison, Malloy, and undoubtedly,
many more fill soldiers graves, while scores of
others are soared with honorable wounds,
which amply testify to their bravery and de
votion. 1
But it is not those who fall in battlo that
aiVakcn our keenest sensibilities, and for whom
we grieve most profoundly. A halo of glory
embalms tho memory of the hero who falls in
battle, and his grave is bedewed by a nations
tears, and for the successful soldier the laurel
wreath is twined. It. is the maimed and
wounded who excite our tonderost pity and
heartfelt sympathies; those, too, prostrated
by the dreadful typhoid and other fevers, far
away from the endearments of home and the
tender glances of familiar faces, claim our re
gard. In crowded and illy-ventilated hos
pitals, many a gallant spirit, after being torn
by pain and anguish, passes to the spirit
land, and is consigned to his last home', un
mourned by friend or relative, and only the
stranger to place the sod upon his nnrrow.and
sometimes obscure grave.
Although in this unnatural struggle our
State, in common with others, has suffered
terribly, Pennsylvania will promptly respond
to tho new reqiiisition of tly! President. We
shall soon see fresh arrniej’i'ushing to take
tho place of those which , war and disease liavo
almost disseminated. Our patriotism is as
pure and our zeal as strong as ever, and our
resources arc unbounded. Tho army and the
people have every confidence in tho courage
and military ability of our gallant young com
mander, George B.- M’.Clellan, and will sns-
tain himto the last; Thisrchdlionmusi he pul
down. The rebels must ho taught obedience to
the laws. Whoa this shall bo done, and peace
and harmony restored, then again will our
country, rising like a phoenix from its.ashes,
go on prospering and to prosper, till moons
shall wax and wane no more.
Our State Ticket.*— ln every part of our
broad Commonwealth, the notion of the re
cent Democratic State Convention is hailed
with enthusiasm and delight. Democratic
presses and democratic men alike unite in
heartily endorsing its nominations, and in
the coming contest the names of Slenkbb and
Bark will be a tower of strength. It is one |
o
ho strongest and most’ unobjectionable
ickets ever laid before the democracy of the
Keystone State, and it is just such an one,
too, that the people can support with pride
and confidence. The Democratic, party is now
n unit, and when united, victory is always
certain to perch upon our standard. Hereto
fore, though divisions among ourselves, and
not to any innate strength of the enemy, we
have sometimes suffered reverses, but now,
presenting a united front, and the utmost har
mony and good feeling prevailing in our
ranks, a brilliant victory is certain.
With such a- ticket and such a platform,-
the campaign opens ohoetingiy for our cause,
which is the cause of our country, of the Con
stitution, of the Union, as it tms, and of the
white millions who are interested in its
preservation.
Wlmt Will Hie End Be ?
The question is often asked, says an ex
change,! will it bo possible to nile the rebol
ious Stages after tlioir restoration to the Un
ion T tfho answer is simple. The great lo
ver of society, be it social or political, is found
to'be regulated by that exclusive regard which
each individual has for his o\Vn happiness.—
This principle is considered by most men to
moan selfishness. Silt lot the South bo
restored to tho Union,- and commerce and
trade resume their accustomed channels, and
it will quickly bo found that this rule of self
—this principle 1 of bread' and'Miller, if you
please, is the great Arohimodian screw in
Political Economy which will again restore
our social intercourse. Thb truth, of this
principle has boon realized in every ago of
the world,-and cxpcvicnoo proves that wo are
guided in out; “sober second thought" by what
conduces to our - rational comfort and happi
ness. To-illustrate; "We purchase wherev
er we can procure at the cheapest rates, and
sell wherever the best prices are offered; and
this law of self is found to be the most benifl
cont for our guidance in the affairs of-life.—
A family, or a number bf persons, may en
dure suffering and hunger in a mountain fast
ness in defence of country, of they may even
suffer death for patriotism sake ; but on en
tire State will never bo found willing to make
this sacrifice.
Now, if the avomles of the Southern trade
be once opened, we think the interests of the
rebels will bring them back to their allegiance,
and that their pplitical sentiments will change
with the exigencies of the times. While wo
are waging this war against the South, we
are at the same time inftising principles of
Political Economy which,..will teach Sccess
ioniam to subdue itself. The belligerent res
olutions passed by some of the Southerners
never to surrender, are but little better than
paper bullets, as we find that their cities sur
render in succession,to bur forces; lay down
their arms, and adopt a conciliatory tone.—
By this it is not difficult to perceive that the
Union sentiment is not extinct at the South,
and that it has still a vital emanation-in the
hearts of most of her people, who, bnoe rc ;
lievod of her menacing rebel army, their res
toration will be-quickly achieved. We are
bringing, this mad rebellion to the centre of a
Democratic gravitation, add our country will
develop on its own traditions of human liber
ty, regardless of the intrigues of Southern
demagogues, or of the insane ravings of fana
tical Abolitionists in our midst.
The New Quota.— -The Governors of the
different loyal States are exerting themselves
to raise .the.required number of soldiers un
der the 300,000 levy. The work of recruit
ing must necessarily be slow, while the wants
of the country are immediate and pressing.—
It is not only the forces of the rebels that we
must prepare for, but we must show ourselves
ready for whatever foreign complications may
result from the existing posture of ear affairs
We may be sure that the ideas of mediation
imd intervention, which could scarcely be re
pressed while the progress of our arms prom
ised a speedy suppression.of the rebellion,
will at once assume a prominence that will
call for all our strength—whether to avert
the threatening blow or to meet it when it
comes. , With every confidence, therefore, in
the enthusiastic patriotism -of the people, it
appears to us evident that the crisis'requires
measures of greater promptitude, than have
hitherto been relied on. Onr armies in the
field have carried off so largo a portion of the
floating population that, although whatever
number of troops may he requisite for the"
safety of the republic will surely offer them
selves in time, yet our needs are such that, wo
cannot await the comparatively slow process
of volunteering. A situation so critical as
ours requires the promptest and most active
measures, and we trust that the authorities
will not hesitate to recognize the fall necessi
ty .of fho case. As soon ns the requisite for
malities can bo accomplished, a, draft should
at once bo made, and the number of men
judged necessary should be put under arms
in the shortest possible time.
Of one thing our readers should ho well
convinced. This is the people’s war. They
are united in the, uuadulterablo, determina-
tion that our nationally shall bo preserved in
spite of foreign or domestic foes, and ho will
be the most popular man in the future
who how displays the most thorough convic-
tion of the exigencies of the moment and is
ready to grapple with those exigencies by tho
most effective and decided measures..
: Hay Making and Harvest.— Our farmers,
last week, succeeded in safely gathering. in
their hay, and tho crop is said to ho heavy
and of an excellent quality. Although the
weather was intensely warm, they wont in
with a will to “make hay while the sun
shines,” and the result is, that they have
been abundantly rewarded for their industry.
They, are now in the midst of tho wheat
and rye harvest, and the .yield of both crops
will be largo and of a superior quality. Some
farmers assure us that they never have had
better crops. The growing corn, oats and
potatoes, are very promising, and if the weath
er continues as favorable, during tho remain
der of the season as ■it has been heretofore,
we may congratulate ourselves upon being
blessed with one of the most bountiful yields
ever gathered in this part of the country.
New Counterfeit §2a on the Columbia-
Bank. —"A now counterfeit ?2 on the Colum
bia Bank has appeared;- It is got out as if it
was a new plate, to take the place of the old
Twos, which have been so well counterfeited
that they can hardly be distinguished from
the genuine. Peterson's Deteeter describes
the new counterfeit as follows : “ Vignette,
train of oars, bridge one side, Goddess of
Liberty, figure 2 ; bust of Washington and
two on loft."
The Columbia Bank does not pay out any
Two Dollar Notes. Holders of tlie oendinb
“ twos” should take steps to have them rer
turned to the Bank, in order that the public
may be protected from fraud. It is safest to
refuse all s2s on this Bank.
HgguTho nest annual mooting of the State
Teachers’ Association, will bo hold in the city
of Reading, commencing on Tuesday the 12th
of August and to continue four days. A num
ber of eminent men of this and other States
who take an interest in the cause of Educa
tion, will attend, and will contribute greatly
to the importance of the proceedings, by their
couneel upon educational matters.
w “Mon** Party,
The H
Tho Republic! ns, says tho Patriot & Oh
ion, have adopts an ingenious plan of . get
ting up a “Unioi" State Convention. Wher
ever they can find a renegade Democrat, they,
eleot him a dolcjjato to their Convention, with
the'hope of gulling tho public- into tho belief
that a largo diviiioU of the Democratic party
has gone over ft shr Abolition Republican
party., -to Dliillcdi.nia a committee Of Re
publican pi.Hii. ti.• a srl ictC'd delegates to the
of .tnly (ii ir >-ntion, and. who do you
think wore nppjM'i i.i represent tho Demm
rvtttfc • clement? j \V'i\vsUoh'Democrats ns
ioiiM W, Xi'ottNEV j-.id Jons C. Knox, who
for,the, past tm>n,' ii iie years have boon
nhmng.tKo raps^^nspi,oous haters of Demo*
oratic principle?tud in i Democratic organi
sation, iu‘bc'fchi'4 in cbo Commonwealth.—
The Boloolioni b/ thivo men is an evidence of
thp desperate■■'slliftn to which the Repuhli
cahs avo drivefe^p"'orb Democratic decoy
dueksi .JChe aptepeden- and present” position
of S'ohNET scarcely i. . lire notice. Since ho
sold himseU 'tj. |hp V. ■ üblicans helms en
deavored to or.rpAlir V, .■ j;qs by the most vin
dictive and, reckless' asp .-sions of Democratic
men, and niisreprepeln '.:;ons,of Democratic
measures- .ll'is.cidleii'-ui-, Jokn G; Knox, be
longs fci. the since?clan "(• treacherous trlta
mera.';'.i,it:o J?diV>ftir le ras nursed and pot
ted' i.y tfie f-i-aiobratic party Which ho is now
endea'.ol'ing ■> destroy. Through the Demo
cratic ovgiH'ifflitioiJ .lit ".is made a member
of the ».-?giVtaiUrt, ;tj ;c of the, Supreme
CmlH and.A.Uornpy CKocral of the State.—'
His gratitude- for these marks of favor, is
shown by. bis orient course.; We wish the
Republicans joy of their distinguished arpii
sitionv
WrtlrChange Is ScAitdE.— Nopr, that even
cents nre : being gold-to. the merchants at two
percent, and. silver ntsix and gold ntelevcn,
it is time to lopk at,the causes and consequen
ces of this" singular movement, and the line of
policy which can make matters bettor, or re-
store specie to circulation. So far as this
State goes, the scarcity has originated in a
deliberate act of wrong, which was pointed
but.at tho time, and.the present results pre
dicted which would follow from it; that is,
the passage of the bill to enable the banks to
issue small bills during a suspension of spe
cie payment's. ■ • ! • '
By issuing papir money, the whole amount
of money is inorphsed, and hence its -price
falls— ; thnt is, thcwholo amount of currency,
silver, gold and paper, altogether falls in price
Hence, stocks have risen in price with-us
faster than in Europe, and England is send-
ing back Ameribnii securities because they
bring a better price hero than there. If pa
per and coin were,equally valuable abroad,
this would notmattor, but as only coin is val
uable abroad, the paper money is left, but the
gold and silver are sent abroad. The suspen
sion of specie payments favors this, but makes
it easy to separate the value of paper promis
es from that of gold; . .
There is but one practicable remedy, not so
•immediate as desired, but still a practicable
remedy, and .{bat is to compel the banks by
law, after proper notice, to redeem all their
notes, under five dollars, in specie, on demand.
Without some such measure, specie will con
tinue to flow bu,t and, shin-plasters to take their
place, as in until the whole cur
rency comes to be, not three, but thirty per
cent, below specie, or worse.
Secessionists. —In these days of political
profligacy and corruption all true Democrats
and conservative men have to encounter tho
vilest personal abuse, and hence the Aboli-
tionists have adopted the plan of calling every
such man a “Secessionists.’' If an individu
al prefers an honorable peace to war and
bloodshed, he is called a Secessionists. If he
is opposed to placing the negro on an equali
ty with the white .man, he is called a Seces
sionist. If ho points to the robbery of mill
ions upon millions from the public treasury,
he is called a Secessionist. If he expresses
himself in favor of the war being prosecuted
to restore the Union as it was and the Con
stitution as it is, he is called a Secessionist.
If he favors the Constitutional right of free
speech and a free press, ho is called a Seces
sionist. In short, ]et him do or say what ho
may, and no matter how loyal he is to the
codntry, unless he swears foaltly to the Abo
litionized Republican party, and follows in
the footsteps of Thaddens Stevens, Simon
Cameron, Wendell,; Phillips, Owen Lovejoy,
old Ben. Wade, Joshua R. Giddings, etc., he
is called a Secessionist, and threatened with
mob law and imprisonment.— Lancaster Intel
ligencer.
A Timely Caution. —A Soldier in the ar
my before Riohmoijd- writes at the close of a
letter to his family*
“ By the way, should you see my name id
the papers reported- among the killed or
wounded in the neit fight, do not credit the
report until -indubitable proofs are supplied,
for it often happenp that those are reported
killed or wounded, who aro not injured at
nil ” - J
This is worthy of general remembrance at
this time. The early lists of killed and
wounded are always made up in a hurry, and
aro generally full of mistakes. When there
are more than one of the same surname in a
corps, the wrong man is apt to be put into
the lists. Those reported killed are oniy of
ten missingon one day are likely to turn up the
next. In short, there are all sorts of causes
for mistakes, as experience has already shown.
Friends and families, therefore should take
the above advice and wait for “ indubitable
proofs.”
Rascality.— By a handbill from the office
of the West Branch Democrat, we learn that
some rascals broke into that establishment
on the evening of the 3d of July, tore up the
forms, and scattered and destroyed a portion
ofthe type. As the paper took no particularly
decided stand against any person but niggers
and Abolitionists, it is easy to conjecture
who did the deed. VMr. Houston offers a're
ward of $3OO for information that will lead
to tho arrest and conviction of the rascals.
An Adamantine Killed. —We learn from
the Nowville Valley , Slay that Mr. Comelus
Vanderbilt, n member of the Admaniine
Guards was hilled in a skirmish with a regi
ment of rebel cavalry, one day last week.
The deceased, previous to entering the army,
resided at or near Oakville. Numerous
friends and acquaintances will mourn his un
timely. end.' But they have the consolation
of knowing that ho died' in a noble and
righteous cause.
Tli'o Manner In which, legislation'ls Condnct
ci in tongress,
A few days ago, Mr. Olin, of New York
delivered a speech in the House of Represen
tatives in which ho rtji&y: ~""
“I assert it here, 'arid wish tlfo House t6'
listen to it, because t believe in soul it is
trub that there has never boon a CongVoaa as-
Issrohlod, With which. I have had any acquain
tance, in Which it was more easy to thrust
through measures Without consideration'
without dohato, ill-advised, and to the
prejudice of the best interests of the
country,'than the present Congress, And,
in saying that,.!' do not impute any want of
intolfigcnoo. hoiiesty of purpose, or patriot
ism to-the uouso j but I assert that-it arises
from tins fact, and, in rty judgment, from
this fact alono, that we are now >n tho most
“excited period of our history, and it is impos
sible to engage the attention of the Ilouso for
a moment tU the ordinary subjects of legisla
tion. Unless the report of a battle can be
road from' the desk ; unless something per
taining directly to ’ the war is before the
House, it is impossible to fix its attention for
a moment; ftud toall the usual subjects of
legislation the House is ordinarily as deaf n 3
if they had no ears at all. Ido not, of course
impute this to any want of ability, or integri
ty, or patriotism in this House. This state
of things only exhibits what lias been shown
by the history of tho world, that in times of
excitement like this the Worst of ; ttll legisla
tion Ims ordinarily been made by. tho most
judicious legislative bodies that ever assembl
jed/l
Mr. Or,in is A republican, and his com
ments Upon Congress cftnnot bo considered
dictated by party feeling or political inter*
cat.
C/* Intelligent American citizens who
have been residing in London and Liverpool
daring the two or three months past, and who
have come homo in the. steamer Kangaroo
state that the rebel agents, after a period of
apparent listleasneas and discouragement,
were betraying fresh activity; and putting
on now airs, as if to indicate that their pros
pects for recognition were improving John
Slidell was in London the day before the
Kangaroo left. He was seen to emerge from
the office of the Morning Herald, where ho
had probably been inciting or clictating an
editorial, which appeared nest day in that
unprincipled sheet advocating intervention,
and’ arguing {a show that the North could
never suppross’the rebellion. Mason is seen
occasionally among the crowds at the World’s
Fair, bat he is “cut” by everybody, save,
those, whose interests are in some way identi
fied with,,the rebellion. Ho is a frequent
diner-out with Mr. Lindsay and Mr. Grego
ry; M. P., and is made much of by dema
gogues, who like them are anxious to extend
to the socesfa the bonors of recognition.
NeW Use.for Coal Oil.—Cotil Oil is said
to. ho a sure destroyer of bed-bugs. Apply
plentifully with a small brush, or feather to
the places where they most congregate. ■ The
cure is effectual and permanent. Gilt frames,
chandeliers, &0., rubbed slightly .over with
coal oil, will not be disturbed by flies.—Ex
change. , ,
The Editor of the Easton Argus says on
reading the above the idea struck him that if
coal oil was good for bed-bugs, it. would be
equally efficacious for roaches or “varmits”
that many housekeepers are more or less
troubled with and heartily detest. Ho ac
cordingly applied some of. the oil with a stiff
feather to the cracks and holes the roaches
were in the habit of visiting in his kitchen,
and it drove them away-—the smell of the oil
being so offensive to them that they immedi
ately sought new quarters. Ho also applied
a few drops of oil tff the. heads of several live;
roaches and in a second they laid over and
“gave up the ghost forever,” We publish
his experience for the benefit of snob of our
fenders as may have the misfortune to own a
colony of these troublesome insects. The
remedy don’t cost much, aud is worth a trial
at all events. ,
The Appointment op General Pope.-
There seems to be a very general expression
of satisfaction at the appointment of General
Pope to the ohief command of the Army of
The series of blunders or mishaps
which marked the recent successful and bril
liant campaign of the rebel General Jackson,
in the Valley of the Shenandoah, convinced
every thinking person that the" different divi
sions in that part of the State should he un
der one competent head. There appears to
he every probability that in the selection of
General Pope for that important command,
the President lias secured the services of a
bravo and competent man, and we shall,
doubtless, speedily hear of operations in Wes
tern Virginia that will compensate for all the
reverses and disappointments that have been
crowding upon us oyer since, the retreat of
General Banks.
The resignations of Fremont will, under
,the circumstances,-be generally condemned.
Beside his petulance, falling little short of
insubordination, the ready acquiescence of
Goneral'BANKS in the wisdom and propriety
of the course adopted by the President, shows
to more than ordinary,advantage.
New Counterfeit. —The Chamborsburg
Dispatch, of yesterday, says:—There is now
being widely circulated throughout the coun
try counterfeit five dollar notes on the Bank
of Chambersburg. Vignette larger than
genuine ; letters in the word “ Pennsylva
nia,” which is in.a semi-circle over the Vig
nette, is wider spaced than in the genuine ;
the title of the Bank has a blurred and
scratched appearance ; a male portrait in the
upper right cornier—genuine has a portrait of
Franklin in this.cornor. It can bo easily de
tected by a close- examination. The note
however is well calculated to deceive those
who are not in the habit of frequently hand
ling paper money.
Gin. Fremont and family ore residing, at
present, at Oyster Bay, L. I. The General
has not resigned his position ; had he resigned
he could not secure the priyilego of drawing
some $6OOO or $BOOO, the pay of a major gen
eral, to which he is now entitled.
Fremont resign ? not he. He has for so
many years been a public pensioner that pay
has become essential to his existence. Like
tin
e daughter of the Horae Leech, his constant
oryia“givel give I" ' .
The Salmon Bivka Gold Mines.—A citi
zen of Omaha, Nebraska, who went up to thg
Salmon river mines lost fall, with no otlf&jg
tools for the getting out of gold than a con*
mon pick and shovel, hna just returned homo
with two hundred and thirty thousand do£
lors iu the precious metal. This story A
vouched for by the Omaha papers, the mop
'being n well known citizen of that place: rf
flmeildmcllls to the Tariff Bill. Important to Persons Conteuplatw^^
Tim,.following aro additional sections of & A,3INa t T Volonteeu o*
tlio Tariff bill passed by thoSona'to, referring' ganizmgtho .quota of troops required f rom
r to the tax billr-“- - ' V ‘ A --A < „mfctbe .late call 0 f th!
;■> Section 25! And he itfiirllier entitled, TluA r , esl fy- 1 .°7‘. . UPtl “ as ’ BSue< * a general
;tho ninety-thirdYsection.or tlib ’dfct entitled order in Tylnoa it is ordered :
i“. An hot to provide internal, rovohtie to sup- I. Troops will bo accepted by squad
port tho.Govormuept ,and pay interest on. the’ companies, as hereinafter indicated, and» - u r
public debt,'* approved July first, 1862,. be so as rapidly as possible, be organized into c 1
amended thnt'no.instrumont, document, oh pa- panics and regiments., . o ®'
per, made, signed,-' or issued prior to the first 11. Persons proposing to organize com
day of January, 18(53, without being duly dies will bo accepted under the foUo w f !l '
stamped, or having thereon an adhesive provisions, and not otherwise, viz: - ln 6
stamp to denote the duty imposed thereon, Tobooommissioned a Captain, thoapnlio
shall for that cause bo deemed invalid and Of must have furnished forty (40) or more
no effect:— who have passed Surgeon’s examination a°?
however, That no such instru- been mustered into the United States S e
mont, document or paper shall be admitted vice. , . or '
or used as evidence in any court until the To be commissioned a First Lieutenant fro
same shall have been duly stamped, nor un- twenty five (25) to forty (40) men, must hav* 1
til the holder thereof shall have proved to the been furnished-as above.
satisfaction of the court that he has paid to To .be commissioned a Second Lieutenant
the'collector or deputy collector of tho dis- from fifteen (ISj to twenty-five (25) men must
trict within which sfich court may be held have boon furnished as above. *'
the sum of five dollars for the use of the Uni- 111. Transportation to the Central Depot
ted Stiitos. Camp Curtip, will be furnished, on apnlL'
Section 2(3; And he U further enacted. That tiou m person or by mail,. Cape. R. I.
no part of the-act aforsaid, in relation to _U. S., A., S.uperindent of Yoluunteer Recruit!
stomp duties, shall be held to take effect ho- jng Service for Pennsylvania, at Uarrisbure"
fore the Ist day of September, 1802. And to whom report must-be made,
all 1 of soid net, except so jnuoh thereof as re-. IV; Actual and necessary expenses fdt
dates to the appointment of a commissioner of boarding and lodging of troops, raised under
ihtorrial revenue, shall be held to take effect this order, will bo paid by the United States
on the 21st day of July, 1862, instead of disbursing officer, at this post, for a peviuil
from and after its approval by tho Presi- not exceeding twenty days, at a rate - not ox;
dent. ■ oeeding forty cents per day for each mad
mustered into the service of the United States
on the affidavit of the officer furnishing tho
men supported by the receipts of the partvto
whom the money was paid.
V. Squads will bo organized into compa- ■
nies at Camp Curtin as rapidly as
tho companies into regiments—field officers
■ appointed and commissioned by tho Gover
nor, and the regiments immediately placed
at the disposal of .tho War Department.
VI. As a reward for meritorious conduct,
and :also to secure valuable military experi
ence, appointments of field officers will bo
made, except under, peculiar ciroumsauces,
from men now in active service.
A premium of two dollars will he piiid for
each, accepted recruit that volunteers for
throe years or during tho war, and every sol
dier who hereafter enlists, in tho regular
army or. the volunteers, for three years or
during tho war, may receive his first months
pay in advance, upon the mustering of’liis
company into the serviooof tho United States,
or after he shall have been mustered into,
and joined a regiment already in the ser
vice.
The Expulsion op Senator Simuons.—
“ Sigma,” the Washington special of the Cin
cinnati - Commercial, says, under date of June
,30, speaking of Senator Simmons, of Rhode
Island:
The expulsion-of Senator Simmons, for bri
bery, though vroll deserved, is but regarded
probable. The Republicans' are lacking in
backbone ; but if they don’t disown and ex
pel Simmons, they will deserve the reputa
tion of shielding as rank corruptionists as the
Buchanan Democrats.
As a commentary upon the above, read the
following from the Indianapolis Sentinel:.
There is an old and .eminent Senator from
Rhode Island. Of course ho is a Republican.
Indeed ho is particularly strong in the faith,
and was ardently in favor of war from the
first, and against tiny peaceful settlement of
our difficulties. lie comes from . virtuous
New England, and has always regarded South
ern sinners with not the least degree ofal
lowance. He is in favor of high tariffs and
heavy taxes on Western people, but being a
rich man himself, and desiring to remainso,
ho is very careful in his legislation, to keep
the tax gatherer away from his own.door.
But circumstances have, just transpired
which would oast,a slight suspicion on disin
terested patriotism in the mind of any one
except a self-righteous Republican.
During the winter and the spring past this
apostle of the Republican faith procured,for a
firm up in New England a contract to make
50,000 guns for the. Government, One of the
parties of this’contraot wrote a letter a few
days after ho obtained it, to another party,
offering to sublet, and stating that lion. Jas.
F. Simmons, Senator from Rhode Island, was
to be paid one dollar por gun as his commis
sion for going to the War Department and
telling the Secretary of War to give to His
friend, thus making the sum of $50,000 for a
few hours’ trouble.and perhaps a considera
ble amount of lying,
’ This letter, or a copy of it, fell into the hands
of Joseph Holt and Robert Dale Given, who’
are sitting as a committee to examine fraud
ulent contracts-in Washington. -They sum
moned, tlio parties to this contract, and -the
patriot Simmons himself before thorn, and
there under oath established . the' fact that
Simmons was to get his $.50,000, and had ta
ken notes of hand for $10,000: besides for his
efforts in behalf of the public service, ■ Holt
and Given have made a report,, apd, the above
is its substance. . i
Of course if a party could afford to pay a
Uuitefl States Senator §OO,OOO in a-matter of
mere well defined contract, ho must make it up
in the increased price paid him by, tile Gov
ernment. Thus the people, the hard work
ing tax-payers, pay Senator Simmons $OO,OOO.
It would bo supposed that this moral and
economical party now in power were some
what shocked at this infamous revelation
against one of their saints. Not at all. The
newspapers in New York have hot oven! no
ticed it as yot, No Republican Senator has
moved in.it in any way. There are two or
three laws mating his conduct highly penal
offence, and all candid men admit that he
ought to bo turned out of the Senate and put
in the Penitentiary, yet it is hardly consid
ered worthy of notice by the Republican lead
ers in the tainted atmosphere.of Washington
City. .
Record Your Deeds. —Persona holding
deeds should have them recorded, if they
want to retain an indisputable title to their
.property, disputes without numb or, and ex
pensive and tedious lawsuits in many in
stances, grow.out of not having conveyances
recorded. For be it remembered that if a
deed is not recorded within six months after
its acknowledgment, the person from whom
the property is bought may make a second
and secret conveyance of it, and if the second
deed is first Recorded, it renders the first deed
worthless- This leaves the buyer ho resource
but by suit for fraud against the party from
whom he purchased. This trouble and many
others would bo spared purchasers if they
would immediately put their deeds on record ;
and this may be dona at small expense, tot
none of our readers neglect this important
matter, longer, if they have conveyances in
their possession.,
Reckdess Extravagance.—The-Cincinna
ti Commercial', a Republican paper, is much
alarmed at the various propositions before
Congress for the expenditure of the public
money—enlarging canals,, building air-line
railroads, &0., &o.—and says the-expendi
tures of the war are so great that Congress
seems to assume that a few millions more are
small matters. This idea, and the policy
which is its outgrowth, savors too much of
the reckless extravagance which is the fore
runner of bankruptcy, to be acceptable to the
people, who have a vivid appreciation of the
fact that they must put their hands deep in
their pockets to foot the bills.
The War Feeling at AVasuinoton. —The
Washington correspondent of the New York
commercial Advertiser says:—Recruiting will
doubtless soon replace the “ sick, wounded
and missing” of the army of the Potomac, un
less the merciless attacks upon its gallant
young commander, made by those occupying
prominent official positions prejudice the peo
ple against him. Others in the Senate and
the House of Representatives, do not hesitate
to declare that the antagonism now existing
bol
'tween the War Office and the tented field
ehould cease without further delay, and they
hail with delight the report that Gen. Scott
is to be Secretary of War, with Gen. Banks
as his Assistant Secretary,
_ Death oe Judge Begins.—Guaw.es W.
IIEaiNS, President Judge of the Courts of
Sohulkill county, died in Sunbury, Pa., on
Wednesday night last, his disease boing drop
sy.
Each- now recruit will receive ojte months,
pay in advanne immediately on his muster into
the service of tho'Unitod States, and joining
a regiment already in the field-r-or, if enlist
ed for a new regiment, on tlip mustering of
his company into the service of the United
States.. Each recruit will, also receive a
bounty of twenty-five dollars in advance, to bn
paid iij like manner as his one months advanc
ed pay. . ■
Our Relations- with France. —Severn}
members of the foreign legations at 'Washing
ton, it is reported from that city, are of opin-
I ion, that the late events of the -war on the po
, ninsula will bo made the pretext of a new at-.
I tempt at mediation from the part of the .Em
peror of France. They say that no sooner
will the news of the battle in Virginia roach
Europe than the French Cabinet will renew,
the offer made a year ago through Mr.. Day
ton, ot acting ns a mediator between the-
North and the South, oh the ground that the
matter is becoming more' pressing every day,
and it is difficult to evade the*question!
•It is always in the power of One nation
wishing to, quarrel with another, to reader
peace impossible ; and it is by no means cer
tain that this is not the dflject of the French'
Emperori He is believed to have offered
and again to interpose with England and di
vide the North and Southland nothing, tmt‘
the • disinclination of England to go into ‘a.
with him, has prevented tho continuation oi
the.schemes so far as oporily siding .with the
South by France is concerned. The prcss'ia
tho French interest has 'talked- of it Protecto
rate extending up'through . Mexico and over
Louisiana, and perhaps the cotton States.—
It is not impossible that some inspiration
from the French Government suggests fids
idea, which in point ol fact is .no more unjust
or unreasonable than the present ipterfer
! enoe .by France in Mexico. We have seen
.that the disaster which befel Napoleon’s arms
has, as we feared, only made him more detcr
i mined to capture tho Mexican capital, ita us
it scorns hardly likely that lie would pursue
such a course without reference to some ulti
mate, designs of uniting with the South
against us if a favorable opportunity should
occur. It is hot impossible that the disaster
before Richmond may be esteemed such an
opportunity, nor that Napoleon may at once,
on hearing it, say, accept mediation, or I de
clare war against tho party refusing.
In this state our only duty is to avoid all
that can justly bo considered tending to war,
especially concluding any treaty lending
eleven millions to Mexico just now, but, that
done, strain every nerve to conquer Richmond
at any cost, at the earliest day, by a concen
tration of our fleets and forces on the thus of
tho James river. That our deplomncy will
be peaceful, we doubt not. But that it is al
ways possible for a nation like Franco to pick
a cause of war, if so disposed, ‘we doubt not,
and tho French press admits of'no inquiry as
to the justice of the cause while all tho Eng
lish papers, except the radical, would give
false light bn that point.— Ledger.
Reded Prisoners Coming to their Sen
ses.—Seventeen rebel prisoners' from Mar
tinsburg, Va., and that vicinity, arrived at
Philadelphia on Monday, and were taken to
the Provost Marshal’s Headquarters, in the
old Pennsylvania Bank building. Among
the prisoners is a second lieutenant and an
orderly, sergeant. The lieutenant is very
anxious to take the oath of allegiance, and
states that ho believes he has been in tbs
wrong, and is now willing to fight as a pri
vate in the ranks of the Federal army. Sev
eral of the privates express the same opinion.
The prisoners will be removed to Port Dola-'
ware to-day. The rebels were soon at the '
windows in the bank, and thereby attracted'
the attention of a large number of persons.
Canada Left Out in the Conn.— A recent
editorial article in. the London Times informs
the people of Canada that thoy must defend
themselves from American invasion, as Eng-'
land cannot do it.” The Times says. “It i*
not in our power to send forth from this lit
tle island a military force sufficient to defend'
the frontier of Canada against the numerous'
armies which have learnt arms and discipline,
in the groat school of the present civil war."
And again; “ Should the colony wish to put
an end to it (the oonneotion) wo would never
draw the sword to defend it, and if Canada,
will not fight to protoot its independence from
foreign invasion, neither will England.
Annexation o? Canada.— The Nor(hv)t»ttr>
a Canadian paper published at Rod River, is
out in favor of annexation, with the United
States. It says that Great Britain shows
perfect indifference to tho settlement, and it
enjoys none of tho commercial or governmen
tal advantages it has a right to oxpoot; and,
on the other hand, American influence of ev
ery kind is operating upon it.'
O" Water drinkora ate novor drunk,;