The Columbia spy. (Columbia, Pa.) 1849-1902, April 27, 1861, Image 2

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W ?tsit ,t , A pril 21 S,;) pi•
. Q c the runty, has resigned. It
r.2*tiiwberci t.titt Le e:.ininantied a:. tla.•
.tigusta (Ga.) art:en:it n,t the titrte of it,
tirrt•ntl,c7. On his zrziyni in this, city h
t!..4 t.l FO2 t 4 )Lint: e. Lithe] he .I,rtt,
rnr Ipt lb tl liti:lV 1/i .
Th 2 current r urtitiri;:. to .l scon :to be
M.ty, ut . :;case, rr
•igtsed yesterday.
Our Alesandrin, is in Ciinitio
jut; to-I,y. Confederate und State
[14,48 ti.r.e iyiug in every direeti. , n, and
every pieparation is beitig made ror star.
i'ieert,iting i, progre,sing. Three peiFenQ,
sere anteg"nistie to the
....-ce5:44.11 !mu% entet.t, Were rtviii a.: tu leut c
MIME
The ge‘ermnPut here is ttrenglbetting the
Croups ; , t the pulls.e Luihlingo t,nighf. Tht
capital is surrowitle 1 wiih h.t lily throwt ,
pn Aefence4 ; wltilr work night :Lid
It c ,lny have been batriend:!:::, the Tres-try
Pepaitment. In feet, preja u tion.lry wove-
Anents arc ci,iLlc in et cry direeiinn.
A !lumber of e.irnestlt
tlympathizing with the trecei:2iJni,ts, Late
deft the city fur Vic;ii.in.
The lucal trmle AleitettilCl:t i mid that
from down the riter, is almost emit ely
eTeuiiilly flour, imri.
etready it.ee. Qito of OA: ri% el
huats, the Geor,e Paw., was employed 1.,:v
the Vir,;it,ians last ni4fit uii ,cc:tt hen i
soy f,,r the
inuait'a. , :tsaf war
trarispor:a',ion of troops
Several proiltioont ni
yebtoitl ',to' a Iturr:e I siitc to
The g . t.l%; : rlllllCilt 1114 rceei‘ed a toc , sage
fr , ,m the (loc. I nor of Ten , e-Ne.', in roily
(leinand for the qaota 1 ; ;;L t
State. Ile enThatically 1 -ay. I.e will tea.
,onply, but woul.l rather f iity thou
tantl !nen the north.
'Troops fret north Nct re all tiny
eeled to ;irti , ,e hen , . MIL:11 uiic.itu le is
expressed eonetrii:ng them, I it i, geii
,Lri.llybelleved that 0)6 - mill Le ,Ateee:,..F.tl
in their.iournc.‘.
ei truth there may he in the lz.-
;,ort of t eoueedtration of trootv about
twelve tn:les fleet Washingten, or six from
1 4 . lexan 'via, it is ee; t..in that the secession
i.t. e:, , ,rite-Aly ar v;ork, but diet° i ; ; nu
kntn% ieag Luis }Air
'pohes.
EELtN , :, April 2.:.—The Union seuti•
:pent all about is buoyant. A large mee:-
lug was held in Clarksburg. Ilarrison Co'y,
yesterday. Resolutions were adopted cen
slrinz severely the course pur.•+uei by
Govenor Le.tcher and the eastern Virgini
cns. Eleven delegates vere appointed to
meet delegates from other northeastern
~unties, to meet at Wheeling. May 13th, to
determine what course should be pursued in
the present ereergeney. The facilities for
obtaining information are very meagt e, but
the reports thus far received _ peak encour
agingly of the Union seatiatent in western
Virginia.
ST. Loris, April 2.3.—The Democrat of
this morning says Gen. Harney hating re :
eeived the necessary orders yesterdc.y, about
700 men were enlisted under the President's
proclamation, and placed under the cora
l:pm] of the officers at the 17 S. niseaal. It
i; understood that about 1,500 men have
tendered their services, and will be accept
ed. There arc now about 1,300 troops at
the C. S. arsenal.
Er',.To N, April 23. —There is great activ
ity ht the Charlestun Navy 'yard. The
',team frigate Minnesota is nptrly remlf, as
is also the brig Bainbridge. The stermi
Ligate Mississippi is progrea.•ing rapidly,
and the Culurr.do tiviil be rea , ly in ten days.
Naval ;7 ecruits are eunstrintly arrit
avil a large number of caulkers have volun
teered cur the war.
NEW Yunx, Arr. 2 s'er.m - r Yankee
Las a nrirtd from N ,rflk. She reports
that on arriving at \o: folk, on Op.:afternoon
f:f the 1 - th, 9.. ling that there w.v. tanve
,nent un root to s,dbe her, she proceeded t the
Navy Yard and took rr,tt etdon under the
guns of :he battety. On tdae ISth tba eur
ican u,e officers or the State came to seize
the l'anhe.:, bat the Cutrinoderd refused to
'chi her tip.
rite fa! kee then towed ale V. S. sloop
Curnharlan I hi Foriress Monroe.
The S. steniii.ir !or c )21-
or rimaidore en Ler ar
iival at Fortress M inrue, took un baard thi..
Ma qac'at et!s legiutent and proceeded
t the N.t:y Yar I. rt t rt.r:i%ing there they
, rl4l th tt. the U. S. clfieers had enntnenced
the d .tr.l of the !mill,• in:yerty, in
nr.l• r vet rdllinz into the Inaniti
the c ny. TI ry ~tuttle 1 all the
eNc , rt h was
11. e uttlt :tae in C't L''. lt.td e.tt
!! • ...:ttar-, tht.troye 1 the in
(.I;4llcry, :.":1 p nrati ,ns wer;, , mad, to
til.l6e oarr'e.e.
nlf! Ftramer n:—.:,tetl t!te
t )Ivc,.: out the (',ltalwr
i..n 1, an 1 after ita,!•itig t;.e • - •tvy •rn:
It'p ;1 sign ,1 r , cket, alcu the watch %la..
.111,1 i an ittotartt the ship, ship
hou,c. awl r.r.11:-.11.1.: atCt e nll
i anti s avere tlysy thtii ('OM
ot the X.ttp, a:.l C.l ' , tail'
11 right, (.1 11i^ Eng;rlcer-, Nete ttr,:tble to
1 T"ii 1"/ V qt!., whe re b
for tholi, a•ti th , y htl t., he left
1,..11 a I. tno ilysie was
d L 1,1 4, u! pr.A, c,,r4lagp
..i.iucrc, P
Ammtg the most c.11,1,11.1r pnperty le
sting:el wi , re the i'oPirsing
shit.-!ine Penns., reeriving .hip
C.,ltcalpo•
Y :rk.
IP.•lart.trr: :.n the st::eks
Steam fri,:atc tek
Ito P..tom
Ger.n:o.l •••., n
rom wi
j i ,i g
It i• not enit;vely known a i , etlier the
blowing op of the clock Ir.ts cticetel
The bit-Mug of the Ndivy Tani n-as
e anpliglelh7 the I:ahri men, ahn are in
n trinjotity in that neiglibJrhouti, bat com
paratively unarmel
Whe;; tLc P.t 1:.1.115 nmpearnncP
near al; Nary 17.z.ril the Cumberland and
Niertilna:e may w:ttl.l tivir broadsides towards
the Pawne . tA, nN Abair guns manned and
loaded, the C.CI..TT:; in eommsnd thinking
that she was in the lianas of the secession
ists. The ctLiieers of the Pawnee were al
ready preparod ,f4r aCtien, sAllino,ing the
enemy were in posse , sion. The response to
the 111,1, deelarittg, the new c,,ater we, the
U. At.:amer Pawhee, was lesi , •ntleil t.•
with ,bouts feota Atli on boald alto es,cl , ,
as well as on shore
Tt.c Union men employe , ' in the ytud cut
do vii the flugstatY, st, Out; ii eot,..ti hot he
used he the eucttt c.
The guns in the viii .111.1 ct St. Helena
were spiketl.
The steam 41 . 4 V:11.1 , e repo' t, diet the
Pawnee aml F:eystone State left Not folk
fur WasTtinvon, with the marines from the
barracks and the erew of the Pennsyl•..nia,
and 11 . 01.1!ti i!:`, due here this morning.
Toar., April gentleman from
Chariestoo, who left that city on Thursday
last, says drat the southern troops were in
excellent emdition. It was the intention
of the southern (Ninfederacy to march north
50,n00 o r 61000 men, expecting to be
joined 50,000 additional troops to be
raised in Vagi.nia.
Mr. Itu-ctol, of the Landon ThIICS, was in
Charlet.ton.
A gentleman v‘ ha left Dattimot e last Fri
day a'tcrno 'II says that he had an interliew
with the ('a 'Leona. 11.1thnre just bel:,,n-ts
staitinr, ‘‘ho inr-Jr:ned hint th.tt he bad re,
,zeired ['roet the gnvernment
inneli t.c :nll form ard prnvinions, and al
though (bore state plenty in the city no one
would ,e lt . the g“verat3;•:it. f icar n: the
1' 11,,/, Titerb:,y.
w —The "frh, ;;11 and
re;;i:ne.ds lay, Ow
;11,4 no. • . , ahiod to the pier 1.3- ;I .l.n u t 1:),0110
ree: nits, hor which there i, n..t as :Ai
,:r tranqportair.m.
.•=t;:.tto.cr Nl , tlltg ,, tilery it i 5 t•aikl will
it.to a giii,-boat.
The Nos 1.% , rk. Titnei has a roport th t.
the gover:ament h t seta to 1: 'gland fir
[..v( Armstron:: gun
.1.1%!::Z1:: , 1 11 ":: .11 1 1•11:2::,..—The:llarylancleri,
hut ne.l all the lititlgei qt.! the :‘ , :orthern Cen
tral IZ.tilroatl between Cockeysville avid the
Pennsylvania line, as se)rt as the Pei:aryl
t:o pi rctiretl.
The SC Cllth and Eight:3 legiit)epts go to
Chambersluirg to,night, and will form a
camp. They int.:the Virginia if the
troops or t h at State al.•;.!;,•e.
Three new reigiinents and twenty:three
eiapanies, th.it ha •I uffered N.ervices,
were rejected f“r the ' , resent, but di' eeted
to be hell in readiness, as another relnisi-
Gun to fill the uppita of Maryland itad Vir
ginia is exppetpl iu a few da:is.
Gen. :` , :ecley is pspe.ited ttt itrrire hero to
morrow, with 1 . 300 :nen from the western
DEMME
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II %van nr, (later. April 21.—The Balti
more Sun and Exchange of this morning
arrivel here at 3 o'clock this evening, hav
ing been detainea by the storm.
General Trimble has issued an order stat
ing tly.t there was nu absolute restriction on
steamsljip travel, but no persons would be
allowed to leave the city without permits.
Every one mast wicricise their °lva judge
ment as to leaving the city by private con
veyance, Latin doing se their personal safety
may be end tngered.
T‘TU tilmsand stand of arms have arrived
from Hal per's Perry.
Supplies of pork, floor and provisions for
New York have been stopped.
Several : - 2trtloads of hinge:, from Provi
dence, It. I , 1,2 Baltimore, were stud red,
but allowed to pass.
Numerous seizures of arms and powder
arc rev wde I. A Consignment of tioo kegs
of powder to P.2ley Brothers, of Baltawre,
from New York, were handed over.
Th naa•enger tram from Camden station
left for Wasling'on, 1.11 Tuesday afternoon,
but when nearing the Belay House they
we e inro.nned that the train from Washing
ton had I) c t tsken possession of ne.u• the
Annapolis junction and impressed into (he
go‘ernment service. it was soci, , ,Thed for the
:mrpo,e, of cartyiog voups'from the junction
to Annap )1(s. Toe conductor then took his
(mi() Leek t., Ealtimot e.
Their , no ticket nominated fur delegates
to the 1.7.41-la•ure except that of the Si:ah
em Rights C °nye ttion.
It is thought that the navigatimi „r the
Chesapeake and tibia Call tl gill ht. st•ippe I
on account of as a.nprellension that es,rg,
will bs seized at Washington.
The train, on the main stern of the I.'tl
tiurora and ( ) hi R tilroad were running reg
ularly yestctd.y, ii.t f:leayeland and Pitts
burg.
T".„ h t It,,tiititite hare been
burned by the \ order to pre
tent g,ivernine it ‘e,sels ft um e.inveying
troops to
Ileavy gur, , wore lien i ye.tertl.ty morn
ing. near the \\*lido litinse, quid the ittipiei
,ition i. th.tt t ite..itner i s een
.
hied en.
The •nails between Wtslting:un and
napolis II tte been stepped, and the mails
fr..nu Ilielin»nd .0 u dui-tined by the g.iverti-
EIM
A mo.-scnAer limn the A anapolis Junction
late lo,t 11;411%111'011411i. intelhgcnce that 100
' Hoops li u or.ivel there from W:Lallington,
and took t:Ie.;• pa nion at the-Junction, and
the «hole n : ad from Washington to that
point at aq in possession uf governmont. The
Annapolis road is also under guard. The
road is but little, damaged and a train of
I ears p %seed over it vesterda.y. The rails had
been removed it. v..riuua places bat were
I replaced.
A military ['wee was nspl.teled front
Bal
timore late last night', to proceed to the Re
lay (louse, for the purpose of protecting the
viaduct at tint p .int. They WA several
pieces of a:tillery with them.
The 13 'hint -ore Snn mAkei srairt or the
special di4patn.2,..: ta 11:0 I' , ,•the7d press'
,!ommuni , ..atibg, reports of tho slicifiug of /
Baltimore.
The same paper s tys that .:.1:h Pecs
f Went DaVit , Was not at RIC/111/ n d he would
ethane io a few day, s With an adr . anen guard
rt 11.`f,t !-:,•uth rap', ly
reinforce], the cuplipent of :1(),000 having
hvn ordered. • .
, The reported c;ptur; of Furt Pickens,
from O'orfolk has Tut been traced to,any re
liable ,source. An attack upon that fort 19,
howpvcr, reported from other'poureAe.
goo. Ellie, of North Q.irokitia, has . i..ned
a proclanntion calling an extra session of
the Legislente on the let of :14a,v.
A correspondent of the "E•cohons-e,-
writing from Miiiitgnmery. say,i Oat it in
reported th.tt Jetrirson D.tvis will
soon st.trt !Jr Richmond, :trot making thut 1
his headquarters, the c.iniuninil of
the cotifeaer4te army. Yice-PresiJent
Stephens to administer the guverimient de
ring his absence.
e r apers contain ti . !e follo•Aing dispatch
from 4 rina
A NNAem e,rnranie,
of the .:11aysachu4ettA regiment have thi-
Inrune.nt !alien pc.'•e=son ~ r tl t y r : tilrona de
pot here, preparatory to leaving fur Wash
ington.
A passenger from Norfolk spys that he
came through from Wilmington North Car
~ling, with Vice-President Stephens, who
to !he boat fur Ltioltmond. It is also re
ported that Gen. Bennregard had art iced
there, and that 2,500 South Carolina and
I:entgla troops were op th,e w-ay to Ports
mm.ll4 ant; the Virginians hare taken pos
session of ;ho port of Norfolk. They se
cure.i a large quantity of apnuunition,
%%hie!' has been .seid, to lieu to
A Nten 111"1*, S , lppo , ,ca p)114., the Baltic, ar
rigid (dr Old l'oitlt CJlilrort. oil Monday
c\ oiling
tlz a s i t t, I.—Th e Seventh
and Eighth regiments of Pannsylvania vol
unteers :n•rive.l !tete I.t.st night and are mem
tortably tittartered at camps Irvine and
l'h.tml.ers. The excitement. here has sal,-
sidyd.
Much strong Union feeling, prevails
throughout Washington county, Maryland.
Families me neriving from Wasliinztun
aml the south lia.Fredcrick and llagerstiavn
by every train.
llaßrAsmie, April 21. —*De Hon. Mr.
Milky:int Marshal of the I:astern Bistriet
of Pennsylvania, licargir of goyernn:cot
patches, left Washington yesterday, at 7
o'clock P. M. lie came by pony express
round Baltimore, riding eighty miles, to the
ritilroail station in this state. Arriving
there at 1 o'clock I'. M., he reached tills
city by special train at, i7l u'eloek P. 111.-
11e came throng!' i%laryland almost the
whole distance by n'ght, and was not dis
turbed. Ills dispatches refer to instruc'iOns
to the collectors of customs in the western
States, an I also instructions with regard to
supplies for the troops nod (driers muting
toward Witshingten. When he lest Wash
ington no southern troops had arrived. The
road Twin Annapolis to Washington was
understood to be under the control of the
government.
Three thusand troops bad reached Annap
oli.. and it was under, tool that a movement
would be made towards Washington to-day.
There was no pteeent lack of food at
Washington. The Pennsylvania tr..aps there
stand the training and fatigue duties of ne,
live n;ilitary life very well. The Adminis
tratimt rhows no L.ign of f4iterlng.
A reliable report came to Washington be
fore he left, that the Baltimore military had
kept guard over the banks all day.
The crowd at Baltimore were becoming
more exacting, ordering private persons out
.1 carriage; ;and driving off. The papers
there dare not publish the acconlits of th..L‘se
outrages for fear of the mob, ar.l arc under
a reign of terror.
Ntateinent4 vonecn I,ing th) !nuzzling
of tl;e press is confirmed by the ad% ices of
to-da
No additional Pl,i;mlclPhia appointments
Lace been made Mr. Mil I ward brings
him the conunision of Cicm-ge IL. Coffee as
District Attorney.
NJ sec..s.ibiLla tre.pi are stotioned at Arl
ington heights.
E;PE eniumbia gis.
COLUMBIA. I' 1.
SATURDAY, APRIL 27, 1861
c olumbia, April 24, 1861,-1 here
by authorize li. WILSON to collect
and receive all Arms and Accoutre
ments. Property of the State.
BENJ. F. COX,
Brigade Inspector. Lan. co.
8 .111 n ers Jr) ligvittA State arn;s are
requeste 1 to leave thew, at the sture of
Hiram Wilson, for the use of tip -Hume
THE Vot.uNTEEtts lir Tin CLER
t.r.—Being in arrears with our paper we
are enabled to tn• I •w mention that on Fri
-4,15 evening. the 1' ik mon Rangers were
addre+•al by the clergy of the biraugh in
Ohl Fellows' !fall. I'IoV. lif!qqrS. Co I< 1k Man,
I ;rjUICS, A1:111111Wk. Essielc, Peters 11,r
4ey spoke feelingly an I nnpressively to the
voltotcers.
BEAM V:: C 01.171131% RAIII.R , A7).—OUT
bate end room has linen en taken up with
the martial mi . eiteinent that we li.tvo not
been ttble to give this important wurk its
due attention; ft will, 'cu believe 'be com
menced at an early da:. We Will keep our
readers better posted in future, tf the pres
sure of eveiting uews dons nut drive every
thing but war news to will.
Tim Oulu Ilenluvir.-IVe were present
lot the reception on Tuesday last, of the
First and Second ;regiments Ohio Volun
teers, by itliiyor iiiinderson, of Lancaster.
These Regiments were quartered fur a time
at Camp Curtin, Ilarrisburg, but as the
troops begun to crow in were removed to
Lancaster to await their arms. They are a
lighting crowd and look as if ready to do
execution, only wanting the weapons. Same
of the compamic. acre partially uniformed.
having been orgamized militia companies
before the call fur volunteers. Others stood
I just as they came Off the streets. They were
introduced by Major Shaeffer. Aid to Gen.
: Reim, detached fur thin service. Mayor
Sanderson wariply xplconted our fellow sol
i to Lancaster. and was thanked by Col. Wil
son in a stirring address'in which his refer
ence to the relief of the First Pennsylvania
1 regiment, when invested in the city of Pue
bla by an overwhelming force of Mexicans
thrilled every heart. and was loudly cheered.
The —Zonavo" and ••linion" cheers cf the
Ohioans w.;rt navel and decidedly popular.
T he Olen arc not.: quar:crei at the Fair
POLK is impossible for as to Co
justice within ourdimited space, to the pa tri
otic display of ! bunting : - thrhughoht the flu
rough. lye laaym more large Mid' handsome
flags waving oyer our streets r end from our
house-tops, than we,can find witbiti the same
space in any - ,. .neighbaring towitor city . Pri
s ate flags innumerable have bees throWn out
since our last is-ne, aid over the Odd
Hall floats a noble one—the largest we believe
The Borough. A large one also shows to
fine advantage when approaching town, waving
fiam a high staff on the gable of lb Manufac
turing Company's building. %Se are how
ever more particularly interested in an elegant
flag;which ovep w liadows pqr premises, although
not of our own getting up. On Wednesday
evening the proprietors of the C.ontinenial
Saloon, under the Spy office, assembled a
crowd to put up their handsome liberty pole.
The pole, of mast shape, with a step, the con
tributian of Henry Heise, Esq., was eighty
feet lung as it lay up Locust street, surrriount
ed by a liberty cap. The hole prepared was
tire feet in depth. The erection of the pole
was speedily accomplished, when a splendid
American flag, eleven .by twenty-three feet,
was attached to the halyards and slowly run
up, the baud saluting it with the "Star
Spangled Banner." Below was no indication
of a stir in the eir, but as the glorious banner
rose aboveot,he house tope a gentle western
breeze spread its folds in the moon light, and
the crowd gave peal efter peal of applause in
honor of those stars and stripes which, thank
Heaven, are yet allowed to coat over this land
of the free. We feel under its protecting wing
now, and while it waves the Spy shall send up
its shout MI 111. e UNION AND THE CONSTITUTION!
A GOVI:IINAIENT, AND A STROM./ ONE!
71bIT TO C4IIP CURTIN.---Qll Wednes
day we made a trip to narrisburg for the
purpose of visitlit Camp Cgrtin. The
camp oecupies the fair ground of the WU
phiti County Agriegltural Society, about one
mile from Ifarrisburg. We could form no
estimate of the number of volunteers in
camp, as they were seattaared over the en
closure, drilling in squads and companies,
many lounging inside of the tents. The
wen were most of them splendid looking
fellows, well built and hardy. Many of
them canto from the interior counties and
looke I ai though S mthern powder and
Southern steel will have but sliglic terror
for them when armed to give as good as is
sent them. There wore few uniforms, un
less we except flannel shirts and blankets.
Some co:tumulus were uniformed us far as
shirts, trousers and caps. Oar own boys
had been started into active service. In
their absence our iaterest lay principally in
the company sent front our neighboring bo
rough, Marietta. We found ate company
as sturdy a set of boys as ever marched to
tap of drum, drawn op and being addressed
by their captain, Just as we arrived an Sid
delivered the comm:ssions of the °Ulcers:
Capt. Juhn A. Congdon, First Lieutenant
Wiliam 11, Sawyer, and Seco n d Lieutenant
Scutt Patterson. Ilis commission was read
aloud by each officer when received, and
after a short address from eaptani Congdon
the company was marched to quarters.—
This company has sharel the unmerited
f',o c , of Gar "Shawnee quarth"—it has met
with neglect at the ltamd. 1:f the prois. It
is compaselr
o. who, tinder
their spirite 1 c)111:113,3 ler will d iulatless
make their marl:. The company, was ac
cepted on Friday, went up and was sworn
in on Tuesday. Oa Thursday it WAY for
nishel with arms. We learn that the me u
tters are greatly indebted to the liberality of
(feu. W. Mehaffey, E•q., for 111.1T13, comforts
of their outfit. We nutieed as we returnel
through Marietta a handsome national dog,
9 by LI feat, suromuntel by an engle, with
"[Dion" mottos above and beneath, hoisted
over Mr. Mehalifey's saw mill. The eagle
and inscriptions were cut limn wood, is the
r. 1. t: nu.B. :‘. l .mcm:r. The national
tractile , have seriously infected the lumber
market at this paint. The late freshet was
goner 11. and a large number of rafts lie at
our wharves. yet little is pm-ell:i.e. I, and
there is no den tad. Pi Lies tire not tixeil.
S one timber has been ran through, but
very little In tante. It is priib Ode th it the
maotifactured luinl.er still sit the beadwa•
ters will be kept there mitt' the times be
come route nettled.
FratriVEl }atom Vi1k.0.1.‘.-0a Fti I; v
evening a train of wagois containing sever
al families fleeing front the persecution of
the rebel Virginians, arrived here fr mt
Fairfax county. They represent tho•seces•
itionjsts us erecting batteries on their prop
erty an the banks of the Putomac to inter
rupt tho navigation of the river. The fog%
tives were obliged to leave everything be
hind them and tly, to avid confi•cation and
compulsory service in the rebel army. Each
wagon and carriaze di-played the >tars and
stripes.
Sri 13CSFE rtitn.4.—The name adopted
by Capt. Welsh's company is "Shawnee
Guards," a local and familiar title. We
give elsewhere a letter from our cot respon
dent in camp, but by some mistake have nut
received direct communication later than
Monday afternoon. We may ye.: receive in
tone for publication later news, and some
statistical information concerning the com
pany which we have asked of Capt. Welsh.
, If not in time, it may be as well to state that
on Tuesday the Brigade to which our com
pany is attached was brought hack to York.
from Camp, Carroll, near C rekeysville
and quer tered in the fair ground of the York
County et 7 grice,ltural Society, where the
men have comparatively comfortable quar
ters in the stalls. Q 3 Monday night our
boys had a prospect of a brush. A com
pany was called fur to march a mile and a
half from the camp, up the railroa,:, to de.
rend a bridge reported as threatened by the
secessionists. Capt. Welsh volunteered and
took his men over the whole ground on a
run. They found the bridge safe, and were
not attacked. We shall doubtless liar e a
more detailed account front our corres
pondent. Numbers of our citizens
have visited the camp at lurk, and
with one exception ,find our boys in first
rate health and spirits. We regret to learn
that one you'ng mart, Elward 11. Miller, is
quite sick frum the Utl3,:zu,t-sami esp,,bure.
TV%) of the ‘l,:,erted, a: v... 1:
seen by our letter from camp. Their pun
ishment has only commenee4. with the coo
tempt gf,their fellow citizens. We will not.
give the names. Their friends eugudently.
feel the disgrace of their base desertion.
The destination of the Brigade now tit
;York is v i incertain, but the latest opinion is
tlipt the'y' will return to Harrisburg, thence
;;o to Philadelphia, and proceed southward,
Over the Philadelphia and Wilmington route.
We will endeavor le keep our readers ad
vised of their movements.
P. S.-IYo liave received our second let
ter, but to our disappointment it does not
contain the rull of the company and the list
of non-commissioned officers. These ire
will try to procure before the bags gat-out
of hail.
Tnrrr.—On Thursday about 8 o'clock a
woman who had tried several doors in the
neighborhood without finding them open, en
tered the dwelling of Mrs. Cyrus H. Jacobs,
in SeEond street, unobserved. She was walk
ing out vviten discovered, After her depar
ture it was found that she had stolen a valu
able gold watch. The police was put on her
track, but only succeeded in 'earning that she
had been seen in Marietta. The alarm was
given there,.however, and the woman was ar
rested there the same evening. She was
searched, but the watch-was not' discovered.
The Marietta constable secured her in his own
dwelling, anti during the night she endeavored
to escape, jumping from the second story um
dow. The officer recaptured her, and on
Friday morning brought her to Columbia,
where she was fully identified. She acknow
ledged the theft but assumed a crazy appear
ance—probably a t , Jodge." She said she had
hidden ,the watch and offered to take the
officer to the place of secretion. She led them
a wild goose chase through the grave yards,
but could not point oast the assumed place of
concealment. She was taken before Justice
Hunter who was too old a band to be taken
in. He had her thoroughly searched, when
the watch was found artfully stowed away
about her person. She had in a bag a couple
pairs of new shoes, and a new pair of rubber
shoes. She gave her name as Sarah Parker.
Jnstice Hunter committed her for trial and she
went (lOW I).
Ton H ..11E GI:ARM—A. second "Home
Guard" meeting was called for Monday af
ternoon, at 3 o'clock (tire first mec ing hav
ing Leen resolved into a regular volunteer
movement) at old Fellows' liall. The
meeting was or;. , ,anizel by the selection of
Philip Shreiner, Esq., as president, and
Cl.o A. S. Green, as Secretary. Tim Pres
ident brifly stool the alijoet of the meeting
to be the formation of volunteer corps, by
those citizens who were not prepared to take
active Tart in the pre ant struggle betr. eu n
the Govcrernment and the traitors of the
South, fur the protection of our homes and
property. A roll was prepared by the Sec
retary and those present invited to sign their
flounce. On motion of Mr. F. X. Ziegler,
the President appointed a camtnittoe oonsist
ing of Messrs. Ziegler, Wright and Grove,
to prepare a code of rules for the govern
ohent of the proposed company. On motion
of Mr. App d l it was resolved that two com
poniesat rifle and a dragoon c 'moony should
be formed. A number of names wore ap
pended to the pledge. Tile committee on
role.; wre instructed to rnprrt at on ad
journe I muucuing to be held at the same place
on Tuesday eveniug, at 71 o'clock.
Oa mouton adjourned.
Oa Tgaiday ove.riag at the appointed hour
the meeting as:am:fie 1, hat owing to the
occupancy of the dlail by ()apt. Fisher's vol
unteers it was thon.ot hart to adjourn to
meet at the Town Mad nett evening,, at
o'clock.
0.1 We loesday eve.ming, the meeting \Cat;
Called t order by Philip Shreiner, I::+q.,
Chaim v, and Tooq. F. Wright, Esry., ap
pointed Seirctary, pro kin. Tue report of
the committee was ree3ivel and the rules
prepare.: a la.ptel, with slight amen,: neat.
Time roll 1, ml by this thno largely increased.
It waq rbsulvel to meet nest evening at the
same hoer aml place for the election of ull
eer-i. o.a motion a,ljoorael.
011 Thursday mooing the meeting was
called to order (P. Shreiner, President, A.
S. Green, Seeretary,).trl after• the adoption
if time following resolutiong, the eleetion of
otri rr, aav proem:Jed with:
That the corps now forming,
a,nontinate.l the - I.;ubustat4 1.10 us:
tit:Ant.," be einstitnted the Municipal I'„ lice
Fur the bat (m g% or Columbia, and its
fur Me protoctiion of pori.,ms and
pr.,ret ty, and 1,111111 be subject to the munici
pal .mth , ,ritic4 of s.MI b mfugh.
Re:su'red, That the aferesai2. municil al
authorities be requested to furnish the ne
cessary arms fir the protection and defence
of the said persons mid property, said arms
to be under the supervision and control of
said al thiiri tie 4,
'fiat each person whose name
has already been, or shall hereafter he, en
rolle 1 as a member of this corps, shall take
the oath of allegienec to support the —Con
stitution of these United States."
The offizers elected were: Captain, IVin.
nipple; First Lieut., Dr. J. Z. Hoffer; Sec
ond Lieut., 'rims. F. Wright; First Sergeant
David livens; Smola Sergeant, John D.
Wright; Third Sergeant. Nathaniel (liven,
Fourth Sergeant, Wm. F. Lloyd: First Cor
poral, Jacob Hardy; Second Corporal, Jo
seph Sample,Thied Corporal. Pearce Lundy;
Fourth Corporal, George Misc.
The meeting adjourned. The company
met on Friday eveaing at the Town Hull fur
drill.
The number of citizens enrolled in the
"Home Guard" is eighty-one, and the list
will be hugely increased. When the com
pany is fully or,ginized we will publish the
muster roll.
Besides those there aro seventeen names
subscribed to the Dragoon roll. This com
pany will tkubtless contain sufficient re
cruits to render it an efficient body of cav
alry. It will act in conjunction with the
"Home 1.3 card" as a local guard and patrol.
In a.lditi.n to these companies another is
being formed of the younger men of the
the b .rough 4 who have not yet enlisted.—
The company will be like the others fur
home protection, or to answer a call for ser
vice under the Government.
The military o;grtnization of our citizens
during the pr;isen; alarmin4 crisis is not
only a prudential but a necessary measure.
We arc suffleicntly near Ste border to be
exposed to peril even should the tide ef war
turn southward, as wo sincerely hope it may.
Marauding guerilla bands will doubtless be
abroad, and more especially when our bor
ders are left unguarded by the advance in
tn theenemy's country of cur regular force?,
,vi:: .72 anu
at the mercy of southern banditti- We have
seen that in times of peace Northers prop
erty and Northern life is held-lightly by the
thieving chivalry. Will open hostility be
tween the North and South render them
more respectful of either? No! We must
be ready to defend nursely,es; if assailed,
and so organized that the entire male pop
ulation shall he available au the first alarm.
Our "Home Guard" will prove a useful in
stitution.
TUE VOLUNTEER MOVEMENT EN COLUMMIA.
—Small as has been our credit--for by sonic
mischance (although the "Shawnee Q cards"
was the first Lancaster county company ac
cepted by the Governor and the first from
the county on the ground in Harrisburg)
the arrival of our company was unnoticed
in most of the telegraphic despatches to the
city papers—our boys are, nevertheless, too
earnest in the good cause to hold back be
cause of a little apparent lack of apprecia
tion of Culumia'a prompt action on the
part of the press. Our paper of last Saturday
contained a call for a riveting in Odd Fel
lows' Hall in the evening for the purpose of
forming a "Hume Guard." Oa the assemb
ling of the people it was found that Col.
Fisher had returned from Harrisburg for
the purpose of forming. immediately a sec
ond company, w:th the hope of being in
time to find a place in the present Pennsyl
vermin contingent. The firmation of the
"Home Guard" was therefore deferred for
the evening. With but few preliminary
words a roll, which had been opened during
the afternoon anti which contained a number
of signatures, was produced, and in a few
minutes was run up to over fifty names.
Before the dispersal of the meeting the list
numbered about sixty. Next day being
Sunday we supposed volunteering would
cease, but on stopping nt Col. Fisher's
office we found the good work prog, , e,sing,
and the coin pany nearly, if not quite, made
' up. Ily Monday at noon it was overflow
ing, runny being refused. On Monday eve
ning the company organized by the election
of .T. W. Fisher Captain, Argot D. Collins
First Lieutenant, and •J. C. lloyer, Second
Lieutenant. The ranks were afterward
thinned, the steadiest and most able-bodied
men being retained. A sufficient surplus
will be kept to make up fur any possible re
jection, when mustered into the service.
The - company has taken the name of the
"Cookmnn Rangers," in honor of Rev.
Alfred CJektuan, who so eloquently aroused
the enthusiasm of the people at cur first
meeting last week. They are as fine a
body of young men as any town in the state
can turn out, and Culumbia may be proud of
them. They will give a good account of
themselves. The officers are gentlemen of
energy and character. The Lieutenents
have some experience in drill, rind have
been putting the boys through, night and
day. The company is already attaining
consinerable proficiency in marching and
evolution. During rho latter part of the
week a number of old State muskets have
been procured and the men are exeec.s:og
in the musket drill. Their training here
will be found advantageous when they are
ordered to the field. There being at pres
ent a large excess of applications over the
contingent called for by Government, our
second company has not been accepted. It
will be among the first, however, at:wonted
on the new levy, certainly soon to be made
to fill the contingents of the Border Slave
States, refused by their Governors. We
give below tire entire list of volunteers for
Capt. Fisher's company, accepted and re
jected, numbering one hundred and one
men:
Samuel A. Ackerman,Patrick Nerigy,
Jnn. W. Albright, David Lew•ie, -
11)bert Allison, David J. Lewis,
Sunuol Burns, Jerome I, m ,,
Wm. BrightlanA, Robert slcAnll,
Henry Burnt beisel, Jas. l‘leletughlin,
WmThostiok,
=MMN
Conrad Bituer, Jno. McFadden,
Thos. Bennett, James
Harrison Baker, Jett. Moore,
Julius Royer, Win. 11. Miller,
Robert Cunelly, Win. McDivitt,
Cling. Oook, Henry Mullen,
F. 11. Caldwell, J. D. Miller,
Java) C. Clare, Robert Martin,
J. B. Crist, Frank McCoy,
Arnot 0. Collins, Eph. 'slaw;
Stephen S. Clair, John ()flinger,
Wayne Dunn, Will iatn Preston,
Wa.hinolun Peek,
=ffl
Jnn. B. Eihelman, Joseph !'tosser,
Angust Earl, John M. Bead,
Geurge Ebert, Matrtin Rennet,
Chrism. Eisenhart, John R. Richards,
J. W. Fisher, Michael Reilly,
Adams Fisher, Michael Rogers,
Geo. Fackler, William Reim,
Cleo. W. Findley, Peter Stipe,
It. J. Fry, Michael Summers,
harry Fisher, Jno. T. Sumptm.in,
Jim. C. Fullerton, Wm. I t . Smedley,
1). P. Gore, Francis Smedley,
Wm. R. Grove, Geo. 11. Swartz,
George F. Guhn, Edward M. Shreiner,
Benj. F. Hoopes, Jno. A Smyrh,
Sam'[ M. Hinkle, Chas. A. Sterne,
Franklin J. Heckler, 11. C. Steigleman,
Harvey llornberger, John Saylor,
Wm. Hinkle, L. M. Small,
Daniel Herr, Ric'd B. Strawdridge,
A. It. II igendobler, John E. Tyler,
J. A. Hogendubler, Jobn 4. Torbit,
Win. Hippy, Jacob Todd,
J. C. Royer, Jut). L. Wright,
L. Ileirst, Jacob Williams,
David Jens, William Welsh,
Cyrus Jones, Win. 11. Wagner,
David D. Junes, Jackson Wakes,
Donald Knox, Thos. Wilson,
Herman Karcher, Whitefteld Welsh.
Wellin,st un Kershaw,
PRICL:EDINGi OF COUNCIL.--CJI.C3IIIII,
April IS, 1361.--Council met--Thowaa
Welsh reported absent.
Mr. Bruner was callei to the chair. Min
utos of previous meetings read and approve... 1
The noad Committee made the following,
report:
Expenses for grading Fourth st., S5B 31
Less dirt sold, 20 33
$37 06
Total expenses ftom Jan. Ist to April ISt
$Bl W.
The Finance Committee reported as ful
lows; The Treasurer has paid on account
of Mary Harry's Bond, $575 and interest;
also, interest on bond held by Miss Hamil
ton; also, the gas bill for the quarter end
ing Mirch 31, $34 53, which leaves a bal
ance due the Treasurer of SIG 74.
The M trket Committee reported that they
had reatcd the botcher ztalis and market
benehesfor $262 25, of which $259 GO was
paid into the Borough Treasury leaving a
balance of
. $.2. 59 duo the borough..
Mr. Eberlein moved that the resolution
before Council, February 15th, allowing an
abatement,Lf 5 per cent. on taxes paid prior
to the first of Juoe, and which was
greed to be reconsidered. Agreed to.
Mr.-McChesney moved that an abatement
of 5 per cent. be allowed on all taxes paid
on tax duplicate of 1801,Ion or before the
ISth of June. Agreed to by the following
vote.
Yeas—Messrs. Appold, Breneman, Bru
ner, Eberlein, McChesney and Shuman.
Kays—Messrs. Hippy and Hershey.
Oa -motion of.Mr.Brenetnan, the Borough
Treasurer and Mr. Pruner were authorized
to borrow for the us,e of the corporation, six
hundred dollars, for sixty clays,at Columbia
Bank.
Mr. Shuman moved that a Special Com
mittee of three be appointed to take charge
of the mottey appropriated by the Borough
fur the aid of the - Volunteer Company, which
was agreed to, The President appointed
Messrs. Fraley, Chief Burgess, Appold and
McChesney the Committee,
Mr. McChesney moved that a Special
meeting of Council, be held on the 25th inst.,
at 7 o'clock P. M., to make necessary exot
erations ou tax duplicate of 1800, and that
the Finance Committee be instructed to have
the duplicate settled by next stated meeting.
Agreed to.
On motion, the Supervisor was directed to
notify individuals obstructing streets that
nova run thiough to the river to remove such
obAructions
Mr. Appotd offered the following resolu
tion, which was adopted:
Resolved, That the Supervisor. under di
rection of the Bead Committee, be and is
hereby instructed to proceed with the turo
piking and repairing of Walnut street front
Front to Fourth street.
The following bills were ordered to bo
paid: J. M. Cowden, $1,50; Saml Waites,
$2G,77; D. S. Chalfant, $15,18; C. Bowers,
SG,OO; W. Timony, $1,67; J. Wolf, GO cts.;
T. J. Bishop, SZ1,00; J. A. Ilogontogler,
$6,20; James Henry, $2,25; J. K. Eherlein,
$2,25; Noah licesey, $2,10.
On minion, Council adjourned.
Attest: Wu. F. Lt.orn, Clerk-,
For the Columbia Spy
Onr Army Correspondence.
CAI( p NEAR ASII LANA, MARYLAND,
April 22, 1861.
DEAR SPY:—In compliance with your re
quest that the readers of the Spy should be
kept advised of the movements of our com
pany., I give you hastily such information
as the bustle of the past three busy and ex
citing days permits. We arrived at Harris
burg on Friday afternoon, and after dining
at one of the hotels, marched to Camp Cur
tin, abut one mile from the city. Here
we lea - mined until evening. There being
no quarters prepared we returned to liar ,
risburg to sleep, and were' again marched
to camp next awning. On Saturday we
peocured our supplies—army, munitions,
Lc.—and such comforts (!) as the State had
in readiness for her soldiers, consisting pi In
cipally of a blanket and a tin cup to each
man—no uniforms. At half-past seven
o'clues. on Saturday evening we received o
tiers to prepare for immediate march. The
camp was instantly in a tumult of prepara
tion. After various delays, towards moan.;
ing we were packed into•lire-stock cars (1
the P. It. R. and shipped southward over
the Northern Central. Passed York at sun
rise Sunday morning, and at eleven o'clock
reached Ashland, a station near Cockeys
ville, in Maryland, some sixteen miles front
Baltimore. edoxled, two companies, (our
own included) were detailed to guard the
bridges and line of the Northern Central
Hai!wily, whilst, as we supposed, the re
mainder of the Brigade was to push forward
for Baltimore. Oar captain was determined.
that we should have a hand is all the work
to be done, so interceded, and had the corn,
pany excused from guard duty. We were
ordered into our position in the line and the
brigade was marched about one mile from
the railroad, where we took up an elevated
position and encamped. Up to this time NW
were equally ignorant of our destination
and our strength. Dismissed from ranks
we scouted through the camp for informa
tion. We ascertained. that we formed part
of the First Brigade Pennsylvania Volun,
Leers, Brigadier General Wynkoop com
manding, composed of the First, Second and
Third Regiments. The First' and Third
have each ten companies, seventy-seven men
rank and file each company. The Second,
in which we are, consists of but eight com
panies. Our Regimental O:ficers are Cul.
Stambaugh, of Chambersburg, Lieut. Cal.
Win. 11. Irwin, of Lewistown, Major James
Given, of West Chester, Adjutant Isaac S. •
IVaterbury, (the accomplished, so well
known on the old State road,) of Harris,
burg. The companies composing the Regi
ment are Capt. Welsh's, (our own,) Colum
bia, Capt. Mitchell's, Bellefonte, Capt. El
den's, Chambersburg, Capt. Siper's, Harris
burg, Capt. Given's, West Chester, and three
others which I cannot just now recall.
During Sunday afternoon our camp was
filled with rumors that we were to march
through Baltimore at a Yeas de charge; that
we were to be employed in assisting the po
lice of that city in keeping down the seces
sionists, &c. Later rumors had it that the
rebels Lad 10,000 men under arms, and
were organizing fur an attack on us during
the night. As the latter report gained
belief our officers felt the necessity of pre
paratien, and we were consequently, put
throu;;lii a pretty lively drill until night,
when we were ordered to bivouac with our
arms ready fur immediate service. The
majority of the men were compelled to lie
on the bare ground. A squad of "ours"
made a charge on a straw stack .and suc
ceeded in capturing and bringing in suffi
cient bedding to "hitter down" the whole
company. With mar blankets around us
and the IfeaTans fur our canopy we lay
down to pass oar first night iq camp in t%e
open air. Prowling bands of secession
"Plugs" from Baltimore kept the camp in
an uproar all night. Captain Welsh being
an old eampap,ner compelled us to lie still
! and keep cool, coaseeucntly ne passed a not
! unpleasant night, must of us sleeping sound-