ium Itbarain altitrittior. 'WUEN DV-'3CRATIC TEINCIPLES CEASE TO izan, R 8 =Aim TO ruistv.." *IC BRESLIN, Ettor and Proprietor LEB.A.ZraN, PA. WEDNESIS4.Y, - NIAY 21, 1862. THE NATION. AL PLATFORM. 'PURPOSES OF THE 'WAR Congress, by a vote nearly unanimous, passed the following resolution, which expresses the 'voice of the Nation and la the true standard of loyalty : "That (list preson t deplvtdlla civil war has been forced' apiaa the connify by tho disunionists o f the Southern States, now in arms against the Constitutionat Government, and in arms around the Capital; that in this National . emergency, Congress, banishing all feeling of mere passion or resentment, will recollect only its duty to the whole - country; that this war is not waged on their part' in any spirit of, oppression, or for any purpose of conquost'or euijtigekteir or tarrying' of overthrowing or interfering with the rights or established institutions of those Stilted, bet to de fend and maintain the supremacy of the Cousti tution, and to preserve the Union, with all the dignity, equality, and rights of the several States 'unimpaired ; and that as goon as these objects 'are accomplished the war ought to cease." - 6LISSING SLAVERY. Gen. liranter,lhe commander of =our forces in South Carolina, desi rous of creating a breeze, 'issued the followingrproclamation ILEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT Oir. THE , B O ETat lIILTOS /LEAD, Z. O. May 9, 1862. d'o6NEttat, ORDERS, $O. three'Ejtates of .Georgia, Florida, and Smith 'Caroline.; com prising the military department- of the South, having diliberately declared themselves no long ieeistsdeethe protedtlon of the United States of •America, and having takenrUP arms against the ;said Milted States; it becomes a rollitaso •neoes sityto declare them under martial late. thts -wag alogordiogly done ink thel'6th day . of 'April, 1 1862. • klavery 'and'atolrtiillittlein a free country •are i altogetber incompatible • the persons in those three States—Georgia, Florida, and South Caro. lina--heretofore held as slaves, are thcrfore de •clarad forever free. (Offitdal,) "DAVID HUNTER. , . Major General Commanding, W. Ed Smith, 'Milt's 'Adjutant Gen. He succeeded in raising the ao -sired breeze, and the consequence now is, that the people are discuss ing whether he is crazy, or only a , fool. It is 'confidently asserted .on the , hand that the President 'will at onceltvoke the 'order and 'deprive Hunter of his command, `while on the other it is said that four mettrbm . 4f the Cabinet are urging on the'Preiident`to enacirse it. In the' mean time the effect 'among the Union people in the 'Slave states is most disastrous to the Union cause, by such uncon -stitutional 'measures. . The people are. vastly' more charitable now'then they were two years ago. When Floyd or any . other'official acted the scamp, the President and the whole Democrat , ie party were held responsible there. 'for. Now when an official like 'thehunteramines e powers of 4 `Dietator and tramples the)Oonsti tution into the dnst,.ct When 'Mil lions ofmo,ney.are . stolea, the Cry is, wait ontil 'we • hear whether the Presidenkapproves or dis - approves - alt. Of cOurse the individual only, *as it should be, - is Tsai:long:Me:kit the people were 'not so , tharitable and just two yeats ago. Sir The Court i er says that it "al ways condemned mobs." It does so over the 'kW, and in the style of its denunciation 'of the rascalities and corruptions practised under the pros ent administration : While it denoun ces corrtiption gensral,it has pot a word to Say against the criminals.— 'lt denounces mobs, but mobs after its .own liking,ure as sweet morsels to the palate, toyed and dallied with.— In April, 2.96, a mob, with a cannon on the shoulders of- some, pistols and swords in the belts of others, stopped before our office and threatened to fire upon it. The movement was in imitation of similar ones enacted at the same time in 'Aston, Wcstch.ester, and -dozens of other places in this and adjoining States, the only difference being that in the places named the designs of the mob were carried out; while here they were The' matter was a subject, ofnonveraation trier the whole county, and must havo come to the ears of the Courier at least, if ho did not See the. mee . redi ng. Tol . lw.beliold how its following issue 'co.i4m . nned mobs :--- aA oora p ta..tee vetixteaitd Iha t o ban r of Else Bd nertisor, on Tueialtaitti tc•tra,ott aata oat the Asiuiticancfittg. eataitolied hitt the request." The above is. its ucondemnation'T of the o'nly mob we haeheein *lieha non-il 4f) years. Farther..comment . le - unnecessary, morel an to_say that were making arravg,etritints th put ' #t,ig before the moh "-appeared, a , %elite* anything of it; befere•rlii - OtZicer had out a flag, and probably `SesfOcid ettwn, (with the exception of the ; 4 ,77 Bouses,)— CV:rnirich ittlittuttted Pensacola on the loth lat., having first hinted all the public , property. ram Ilagf - Like chiekena coming home to roost, the evil deeds of the Leba non courier 'are beginning to over, and plague it.' It begs piteously that. Democrats should not suppose that it means therie whom it abuses and slanders. Jt is finding thlt Dem ocrats have minds and tongues as well as it has, and that they will not allow thenisolves any !eager to be ground into the dirt like' worms without re , ' sistance, and least" of all when' the grinding °Oration isto be performed by sal f-conatituted'consors and woad be tyrants like the antrier. The : evil in men's hearts has never before shown:- itself in clearly in America, (if wevlt-, cept the witchcraft mania,—a 'tern sion similar to the present negtopho bia,) than it has since defrauding the government has become an bonorable 'employment. -rlf the con tractors, their eiders- hell abettors, and the abolition fits-had livedin the days of thelorench revolution, the crimes of Robespierre, Karat, and other blood-thirsty vil lains would have paled in - the, ;com parison, of what those men would have done here, had they not heen "Miserable cowardg as 141 taischinfisp,ketwarp.." The depravity of mannfacturing toys for children and: ladia - out of dead men's 'bones, as 'it is said the rebels arellaffig, Wotiltl be comniend =able -„emiiloyient in comparison to what these men would-have done to those who were so unfortunate as to be deceived by a,' man like' 13reckin• ridge, in whose loyalty they had the most. unbounded confidence. Being unfortunate in him (not the first in -stance of misplaced confidence in the 'world) Were'te give up principles, 'party, honored =and loyal - political friends .and - leaders, and lend an unresetved=and unquestioned adhesion to the new Allathillithition in every respect. It was not auffieierit that the; Democrats went hearkand hand with all others in the support of the government in putting down the re bellion, but. they must- yield their po litical principles also, and go it, blind in support of men and a party in, nei ther 'of whom they had confidence, and as the =result 'has already proven, many of theni not deserving of con %deuce. We=refteeil tlini to yield our manhood, our loyalty is impeached, our sineerity for the 'Un ion questioned, and our desires to have the rebellion quelled and`the rebels exterminated mistrusted, and every Bepublican paper in, the land persists 4n designating us as4o3reckinridgers," "sympathisers with =rebellion," "trai lots lin - disguise," tc. We saidlast week that "the - Courier tried, by misrepresentations, to in 41ame the unthinking o the malicious to destroy our officetail esintnit 'vio lence upon the persons and In•nper ty of Democrats in general." :As 'Usual it flies into a passion, pronounces %be "charge an unmitigated falsehood," =tend asks fer the ptodf. It is =hardly necessary - to prove what is so recent and known to everybody that reads :that paper, and has been a resident, of this lof...ality for the past year.— Its course of actioit has - had that. ten ‘dency. Taking advaptage of thein flaTed state of public feeling, and having first peratiaded. the 'Malicious And =the unthinking, by reiterated charges, that we s seeessivn: aheet,--a_Breekinridge payer,—a 'pa- Ter in syrnpat:hy with the rebels and rebellion;. 11; brought- Tany of its.-read .ers =to believe that such was really the =fact. And having thus insidiously poisoned a portion of the public mind against us it proCceded to indicate what treatment "lireckinridgers" "Northern sympathizers with tree son,"—"North'n secesssionists," she'd receive. Through editorials and col.. respondents it recommended the "wip ing oat,, ' the "hanging/' &c., of "tree eon -sympathizers,"lreckinridge se cessioniets," and "No4hern traitors.' If these recommendations had been directed against .th:iltraitors in the South there would have been no fault to find, but the fault lies in the fact that it instilled into the public mind that Demociats, - filends of Buchanan, and of,Breekinridge before his trea son was known and believed, were per consequence syrnpathizeith the rebellion, and cleServed 4 - 4he pun ishment indicated. Wre 're : Oat, that by- swab - misrepresentations, the un thinking - and malicious *ere not on ly "tried to be" inflamed, birtnetually were to such an extent that it was at one time reported in the country that our office was destro:yed. It may .not have, been the design of the' Courier that such should be the effect, but its whole course of - unfairness and mis• representation towards us, as W' ell as to Democrats in general, had that tendency.: The old saying is, give a dog a bad name and he willbe accused of all'the sheep stealing in the neighberrhood. . The Courier, has been endeay.oring. to 070 Democrats and .the ADVERTISED, a bade name, and has:frequently indi• noted the desired' punishment, and if the "unthinking and Inalieiotia 6 had followed its advice by exeesilla it might not haie been legally criminal but it certainly woughtve been mar 411Y. rJohnzßi at folloWed:practical. the - fidii&3' , of 'Grimly and others; the'feiillt - Was the gallows. .Whether John "Brown, or Greely ip his stead, tnoral'dt'setTed the gallows is yet . an' op n qtwation. We beliA;ve that the views held and 'advocated by the Courier,.tend to- die 'union. To believe thus:does nOtim .peaekits,loyalty. Why may not.one be Suat as , losal as and hold 'dif ferent views relatiVe the mode of procedure to destroy the rebellion ? But it is not. thus chari table, and classifies all who think as it does loyal, and tbeseniho, ;think{ different disloyal. Whether the pub- lie-believe.withrner or with the Courier the ballet-boxes next - fall - will indicate, as they did last fall. - With 'heartfelt and unreserv.ed loyalty,:we-are- ready. for Ale verdict, 'confident of the re- aft; notwithstanding`Atte 'continuous reffarts of the Cogrikto tydpeek.h:Oer sidoerity for the The,l6n,, and.geoil , andyillifTlleateeratintrten tuitholeas- tires. Gen. McClellan - Jest( week sent a combined naval and army expedition up the.Paninindini:..rii . er, 4nel compelled the-rebale to, de stroy -two steamers and some twen y schooners. • gEir. 'The' Clotitier Diaketl an: apblo,V tb theTerno&tits ablz4e insults tt has showered 7up,on them, and itiliYs li,we know: that the masses of the Democrats are patriotic.”— The Democrats know - the Courier and no apology is needed or requested.— lt had• no cause for questioning their patriotism r and hence its vouching for them is unauthorited and addition ally insulting. They have better voncbers for their patriotism than the Courier can give. Let it 'Make 'a clean record for itself.by unreserved loyalty to the Union, the Constitu tion and the laws, and the c.ondemna tion of rascality and corruption wher ever found, without regard to party or persons, and then its'venchers-Wiil 'probably be worth something. the mean time, instead 'of constantly misrepreseriting arid - abusing theme crate, without a Word to say 'against any of the scamps' who plundered , th e Treasury in one year under the pros ent administration,- of a greater sum than the yearly current expenses of Mr. Buchanan's administration, it hid better seek for' •vouchers for its own patriotisto.' = Otr Gen. iCtedlellan has sent to Wash ingtcni the following special despatch, cora-7 mending certain divisions for their bravery at the Battle of Williamsburg. 'FieolFer's. Division was the, one in which the 93d fought, during this battle THE BATTLE OF WILLIADISEVEG. iJESPATON FROX GE-N.-11POLELLAN. IN CAMP ,NiktETEiN MILES "ROM 'l% 4LIAMS MW B, May 11.—To .116a..E. 31". StantonSecre taryW War r--Withourwaiting further for the official reports, which linfe not yet reached me, I wish to bear testimony,to the splendid conduct of liOoker's and 'llearnoy's divisions, under com mend of General •lieintaternati, in the 'battle of Williamsburg. , Their. bearing was worthy of vet erans.. .hooker's livtage- for 'h'ours gallauity withstood the ititick of greatly superior nuiltbdrs, 'With - reity.heary loss: Ifearney's artired in tin* 'to - restore the fortunerof.the day, anti came meet gallantly into action. T shall probably htive,"becadien cull atten tion'in Other dommatids„.and do not - wish to do Injustice to them by mentioning them now. If I had. the full information I now have in regard, to the troops above named when I first, telegraphed, they would have been" specially mentioned and commended. I speak only of whoa knovi &tithe time s and shall rejoice, to do full justice to all meg.. . .(31.0. B. MaCIALI;APT; - Major Genetaleopirdanding.' Or A severe Naval engagement.: ook place on= the .Mississippi, off Fort Pillow, on the-9th hist ,in which the enemy had to retreat with considerable damage. Ettr Hob. Edward ,Stanley, of North .C - atolina,. has been appOtntea, by tbeyres ideni, ~ provisional Governor forAilii State. imiterta4i Tkom I*eneral Nk IG Iha Our Iron. Clads Rep4sed from !nit Darling—Explosion of the "Nauga tuck's" Big Gun'. , AsurNarorf, May 17, 11 oCloek, P. M.—The following' despatch has just - been received* the War Depart , men t : • Tr 17 T . O if y on. EDIVIN . gI'ANTON Secretary of Vitr . ;---The:cfun-bbats Galena, Mont. tor, Atoostoog, :117 - augaiyck . and Port _Royal ,were repulised from - FOrtDnr link,, ~sexen cores Einickv Riehmond, yestellitt: • 2 A pdrtiob., them have 'returned to Sa.meito4n Islai d, neat'this place, in the James river. Lieut. Morris, 660rnanding the Port Royai, sent overhthd to Us,' this morning; for intelligence regarding the forts below the:Wan - di and also to - assist in burying, ; the -,d - 540' which he brought down with: hiin. Seventeen bodies have been thohanks of the river, and -fb'Or'e are, a tyro, bor of *offrided on heatd, Inctuding Lient. Morris T i he, d i ed oo a -p t ? t ti h ttd efi o r i- at of fi t .e ll . 6ll\r - a:uo:7;tuclt. °4 1)-(2-. DAvih-CABfrIELTI' COI. F i f t h ' t?avolbr. thoriii of Ge`n-'G• ,p . me [By au . CLELLAN *1 , . Repulse/ . tire f.l . 9ll=Clad WAsmNairoN,lo,- If3--No port' of the gambOit ' - affaii-` in the James River,has been received the Navy Departineul: . The messikes received on the subject indieate oppettanity - to do . bettelnOe biture. The river is now Clear of Olistractions to within eight Miles of Richmond.— 'At that point is a heavy battery rnottnt'ed 'on.a, high' blul!„'and the riV., er temporarily closed to navigation : !i3f ennkeri Vessels among . which ate said to be" the For/down and jeonet. tguni, and by piles, chains, eto: - The litonitor could not elevate' her erns sufficiently to reach the high battery, which rendered 'her" uselisi. The banks of the river we r e filled witkrifle pits, fyOui which an. incea sant'ffre was poured upsin the fleet, er. p4rt of Which was engaged at -from 140 , 1filndr,d; to ;Rne. tlionsarid i yards Pain.fiatVer.i. After iion of Rini Trans, finding it irZikac ' ticable, under the eircumstances, to silence the battery oh the bluff, .with drew. Our loss wasthirteen killed and eleven Wounded. Among the latter was 'Lieutenant Morels, - in 'the leg, by a Minis hall, but not seriously. It is exiideted that full particulars will be received in the morning._ - THE- LATEST.' Only 15, miles from Richmond. Worry. HoifsE, Va., Sunday, May 18.—The advance guard of our forces -On-thexnain_ road to Richmond, by' may of Bottom's Bridge, drove the en enly acrOils the 'Chickahominy river at' that point yesterday morning.— Wben our troops arrived within half 'a, mile of the_bridge, whiclris burned; theytWere , opened 'upon by :a brisk fwer ottrtillery- from the, opposite 141 d the Wet. No one was injur e:L.:WS bridge is fifteen miles.from _Richmon& • - Attivis:point-our troops will = expo ,rienee considerablo difficulty in cros6- ing, _as tho 'country is low and swampy on,hoth-iddei of the river.. liATESTPROBE GEN HALLECK'S A2l/ . , < • olitto,littir Pope's'dit , lsion :Vas a _ gainadve,steed, and • now • rests three -2 nailes 'frthn Coriith, „ ~• 0116. alreat 'deer el hard fdel. • ing Etti4ebatvicon* the' Itiissouri and Tennessee .troops,ttiid thoge from the Sputhern States, the fotNeer. ttriffig i chat:they hate nothing to secure -for'thelif own States, which have been restored to then:Talon, and drib lee no teasOn 'Why' they iheuld be f ootppellpd,to fight -for the indebendence of the Cotton Siete*. r.„ „ The r'oada fdr the past three days have been neat to impassable, oiling to" the recent heavy rains. A division train .was 86 hours niakingits way five miles, with teams detailed. together, and with the assistance of 'a large number of treaps. The advance of the army from this point* must necessarily be slow. Prom here it losses the benefit of the river transportation, requiring all the supply trains at the disposal of the Quarter master's departmerit.tolurnillito van a bray bf men-with subsistence. " ' The.bridge Leaman hire . add the "Miserly lids been destroyed, and every imaglinibleebstriatiOh has been placea in Alieivay of ear Theltichnihnd .7'Disfiettfh,,ief the '..1.2th, has a lengthy article on the evaenat“.i4n ef, Norfolk and the conduct of the war gedirally. It says by abandoning - ditaChad pats which are Within reach of the enemy!s Beet, :and which is there fore impossible to defend, .we are enabled, to con centrate poWerfulforces upon essential points and to baille•the-enemy ih - ovety . 'attack of Vital int portanse, • , The Same paper makes mention of a terrible panic in Richmond, on .Friday, on the approach of our gun-boati. This being,Sunday, the Army of the Potomac has ceased its: Mora, the troops remaining in Cab* enjoying a iray of reat. -szAirkz GAM) COMING TO t'IOMI/kito TIVSSSSIRMIBHIN'G CAirto, - May . 11.='-"Picket iiirmiShing has taken place; lasting. , ' nearly. two: ditYs. - The:'Rabbis were driven ..back,. buknot slicieetl ed in burning : a bridge over a small stream four miles frdin Corinth: - Twelve of our Men are re -portedwoandede . ; Passengers. by,the Riven give 'currency to. ~a rumor 'that-.Bragg is ,in command at Corinth, tiatitTegard'hiiiing been called ieVirginia to-re organize - the tebel artily in the vicinity of Rich mond: , • - • - -,- • , , Tbere is a general ad - Vedas along our lines to day'towards Corinth, much skirmishing and sev eral severe eneagerneote. • General Sherman's Division, JOst forty•faur killodUnd a considerable number wounded. , :Our men ere 'tinder arias eitpeoting 'an attack. Mensitad.--The-Bighth Missouri is on ly about 300 yards from theonerriy's breastworks. Several rifles were euytured in the skirmish on the right. They ivere'Perfeeti,x nesv,..and mark- # edlirimais - &-Fileirien;.Briwitem They much superior to the rifles used by one : sharp shooters, havinga range"of from 1200 to 1500 yards, while oars are effective at only I.ofiff. 'ln.all cases the-Rebels left on-the 'field Wore shot in the bead, and ilia ivbiinded ,shot in the neck and breast. The enemy loot left,,on 'the field, forty killed and onchundre4r.soitude4.„ The "tre‘ititer'ii'vety Vitriet li:ha the'reatia dus- ATRoditIES. 'General McClellan 'expressed . feigned horror at the conduct of the reb els in concealing torpedoes and shells for the' purpose 'Mifflin* and wounding our troops. This prantice,_unworthy of^ civi ,lized nations, was " regularly resorted to, the agent belpgsenerar t . 'aids; late of - the :Tinited States:army, one of thoSe 'Who broke his oath; and has now added to perjury andinkialiinde the invention of hellish engines ,ckdeath, by concealing which take the liveS of his far ther fellow-SoldierS. Thad torpedoes Were hidden everywhere theneighbor hood of Yorktown The'Perc.nesian cap . is so exposed as to explode with thenligiff eat,. touch, and the , A . occess of this fiendish . experiment , has • resulted in the loss 'Of many valuahle Eyes. Rains, who is some thing of a'a hernist, had , filled theSe shells With destructive material% and had "laid them along the ioads, around the wells, in the neighborhood of the hospitals, the guns, the rifle "pifs,arsena.ls, and even a round the dead bodiei of our soldiers, so that when they Weft approached, the leait friction'set them- off, Scat i tering death' all around. Sometimes these , shells '>. were hidden in clifalsif-With the object of • ex lioting-thern in Winding the clocks; some times altscheitto bags of Onions, , so that When the pi.or soldiers seized the onions, the lorpeddes Watild - huff them to= instant •destritetion: • General Van Allen, who - carnmandi the phAt at Yoittown, has de-. Itherately,set the rebel prisoners tolhe re- Moral of the deviliSli instruments, and When they , , proteSt• that'this is against the articies'orWar", he ansWerS,• that as they have forfeited all claims to be called hu man beings, 'they arena' entitled- to any other treatinent: - • f- nEP LOILtO3 Lt AOC IDEVT-FirvE, SISTERS' ItO WNED. ' tlfrote the - Toronto Elobe;i of ifonday.l About one o'eldelc.yeeterday, WU -tam zWard,- 'lion' of Mr. D. Ward, lahernianitmbaiked , in a -sail boat -fdr crhiae the'hay, 'accompanied by bie-tve" 'slater:a. The' eldest girl abotitthirte - ed years of age, and , the y?nngeet only 'four:, After sail -lug up and down the bay for an hour or so, Willi'ani, , who wad steering the boat With itiPt-uke, :'attempted'- to pat - i t oir a drtther tact'. lie sat up on ihdgaritVtilh;iii - tirder that he might have a gre . afeif ymichase over, thduar, tvlieni the sail suddenly flapped against the mitat,:alftl the boat capsizad. on -board 'itiStatitly felt into the water.' Thetoy made Avery effort to .eave.hiff gaters, acid to right the boat. After considerable effort he succeeded Arkettititt;the boat her keel again, and whkin the two-eldest of his els ters-cama sdiTaed he managed to get, them into the boat, which was filled 'with water. When'ahont- to:get on board him. self, 'the Wind again caught the Sail of the lioittc-'nud, in an instant, it was capsized second ' time, and , the peer with the lad. Who had , so manfallj, Were 'again idfinabteif%at`ept stir` sale: them, butthey sunk hbfore his eyes to rise no more in life. The boy although muob exhausted, succeeded insetting hold of the boat•Whinh was . -balng dri en hi!,her and th jther 'tie wind and ayes, l w and•ahooted itistlrY sistance. is filberts hotise: is situa; ted shoat a thousand yfirds from where the accident occurrod. his Piinfil cries for assistance wore notlinard.-by the inmates in the fa theriibdt, blit'a youn man named Barnoss had observe d the accid . ont. froth the lieplanide rind' put Orin boat to render assistance.- lin forte natal), .suOfieded in. rescuing;lihn lad in a very- nxbansted sate,.-and Ycod• rayed hint-td his father's The grief 'Of the parents May . becnn agined when they learned the .thet anohbly 'intelligence that their five, daughters, who had left them in health . a short thho'befdrectrai: all met-a iva- Wry grave. - • '• Meeting' to.)Unite;,Oonseeva •site Itlesit',CoAratJ:doilvit • Abolitioniannia antl , Se- . . , • tocessionisum•- . ..:::;. W-48111NGT.0.N,: At two -o'o.lOoki i ; 4(taienoon -there tne toettbor 4Lfty,iinenibors . 4 Congress, in cludi : .Senators;- , and' tliepresentativds: of~'nll ;paitiesl- • and egtioni. • • ' The object urthe meeting wus.sta 'ted by. Mr. -itallory,:;of Kentucky, who wrote the call:.; w,as, hei said, to unite all the coriservati‘re men to put down abolitionism and •sscession ism and save. .the .cocintry.:.;There • was ,danger .that the abolitipnists would - carry..ciut. ,destructi,ve measures. ConStwvatiVo men intuit unite to pruvent.this::,.. .0n 'motion, eld, of Rhode the•Hcm: Zb,ltl4•S•liCritteodon, 'cif : :Kentai3k a y.,WW3 rtmclosOkiicfrinan of the meeting..:, ... I-- ; • •• • , Critten den.z m4clo, • 11- : patriotic .spiech, liiirtizAn feel logs.; 01.6. only •desi:rod- : unite, a ggitist tbe.dom nanL oltraism of !greed. wisb,9o. to : , opeqd etrire but in ,ebdes#oring..t,o; il:tve.. the .. • , :; •••::,t; 7 • • L • 9 PLI 9f r94.411 . 4h 449 11 that. MT. bok, of 91,?ig,ibe . ,mlyte, S 4. . • The. motion was carried. . After cOusiderable daenssioii by Sheffield,, Kel logg, of „Illinpigq, Crayons,, Holman; genzi.e,s j , Col . ', and others, ail df,.Whout,npited in the 'desi're to rie s - Al;k o 4lhs., l o 1 7 4: 44 i - bi , t.he.!- 416 1 ( a01:,94 1 .' PdPgregl.lb COniql itCe .„ ftP. - peinted,lo ,repOrt ,to lidjausned meeting on Tuenday, evening .n'ext . ..at i3.;b f elock, consisting of the follow.. log • Mr.. drietenklen oflientizoky man; Messrs., Steele; of New :Jersey; Johnson,-,of 'Pen nsylvania;.Shgffield,, of Rhode Island; AV.ard,•of.New 11 , 1:k; Crisfield, .of Maryland; - ginia; Allen,. of Qhio; C.rnOus; .of In clinna;, Aiehaidson, of 099)1041* of .11.issouri;.Yishet of ..I:eAttyafp; ; ;tti,a Maynard,; of4ennesi3o,. . 1. . Subsequently, -"itessks. 0e11p44 ; Of . and K:ctrquoky., 'wore dicrea to too r? .• : 144chardson.. / and, difirefis • any party ; Mr. ; Riehardson said he had 'sign tiddrese bedatibe'the copsoli-a tive.inen had been too laggard. Wanted alr good of eh to 'Unite lOgitl% er to 'nave. thkeoantry from the aboli tionism now. impending over it... Mr. hierizies thought thisCrioVe ment, world result in a party i 'fOic. mr„...Crateiis and other's disclaimed 031 ,11 1 . ei . 0f the, kind:, Qtherb&onsidottli4thit3fOulthni) .to , 6feitt I ti*LoVejOY.kill ; on ibuday tireildanvs . 9lAte: / plpiage.,; . ',..311...A9110gg,Aticr the mlijoritY 0.01410. the.bill Palet4- Ede. icie,thouglitit cisight to be laid On tile . . • :Mr. argod,t4at . that :Rio. tiori .hail :beeii:iiitio:'44 that it failed ' 'great iiimony and 'ejif Olistrijoill3. in ; Ii this 4'4.5+46'14a. The Simatort of I,),lisSonihlivratiS li.eln.tnekir *ere flr l iesent, and yisaffk all, the Dethoefauilli . the' City in 'O5O - All . the ,b i d er' '8444. Von gfessnlati and ke . Ver - S,l":RNinblienn members of Congresk . of the etifigte.rii ailktekiiid',. e wee alto Present. • • . , . . • . . gtcolt) w e ogidierittkr, May 13, 1362!, • Ai adjOurno theetig i iaf th e . otinkr Va - - :6'6'o - embers' of meetings from all Siges "t9 . defeit the' schemes of the Abo lithspists' and *:etSiOniSts" was held this lyeriinf The Hall of•,RepresentatiVes, Mr; Critienden In tile Chair, and Mr. 'Cox, , •Seeretttfy. Mr. Richardson:, to test the sense cif 'the meeting, moved That the. Chairman.httve power to call thaiii'togither' whenever It shall again beconie necessary, in order that they might make arratigementi tor' 'defeating Objectinnal measures-. •Thelfa W . Was no legislation pending, - of whidi they knew enough to determine what col:mole to ta , ke. They were in the rnicist•dithift ing scenes: What ivpiild be pendent' to.- day would riot- be: prudent' He therefore -suggested that the report prepared be not Subniitted,-for when 'a "re port. was adopted' there :was no -recalling 'it. They -"shbulditiald themselves in read inessoto act on. measures, •as policy :Alight 'dictate. -;-' ' • • .1 • . ' IcellegecilLYnarintiritd inthlesl :gestion..; - thotighl 'the *et meeting On l giittirday • were' highly f tliitCruibedSr could debbt. gentleibitik tekried . tirthe important ificatiod enttailment of the bill intind. eci to seciiie''freed9m perdoris the'Territnriiwor theVnited States, it hat.' Irig.heeh stripped pf its Wor,st iL lie said, we'contirme In ffiesaineciitirie when "rintichiii4Ops•leglailition'is preeerife, and consult, and if iie'shalTlie as success. MI as we• were yeiierdas , ;-we plish much good for the countiry:".Thils we shall continue, together- in• stierigthfr:d- Our cause stands better' towtst by .care hundred percent., than befor,etotitiiiiinneir meeting. ' • Mr. Biddle sited that was 'not - thea present, because - 101s abtetiai frOit'tfia city. , .% ;'lnstead 00 ':+ l, 93 .4 . l ifx: eh i 4101 'tie :65.4451# •Faimng_ -ana antioipating fal• as palsrt: We the business to be presented to Con; peas, .* be - appointed4.committee for that . He, too, thAght the action of thajomer• meeting had - s. beneficent Ofeittsregtrdicy,it relation .to the meas i)resin OA gentleman from Illinois "refert:. Mr. Cox said that we had not killed the abolition business yet. By an arrange -ti3ent hetwean the Speaker and one of his party friends, an. objectionable measure might be intioduAid'at any time. There fore, all conservative men ought to con 'Suit upon chat action "ghiitild be • pursued at all dines. • The:committee to be ap pointed that tlieir friends are in their. seats, iikortier to defeat mischiev ous legislation, and some plan for concert ing and combinin_cat any time when nec essary. .; t , • . ' - Mr. Maliory,co*lxred in th! views just expressed. They-wanted a committee to manage for, hi.Miiiriten4iie of. the sound principles of civil liberty. and the•perpetu `ity ofthe tinion. •-When A .member . was compelled to' leipe'• 01:0• Ai:A.lSe, one' of the committee shOuiticnoW. where.he could be found, in oFfrer.tp t cifinderarate all con servative• thew against mischievous'meas ures. It was,..finallic 'concluded . to appoint 'committee asiven.inenbers for the 'pnr 'l)osessiuggelled;'WheieuPon :the - Chairman appointed Messrs.'ttiehardscui, Itellbgg of (Illinola,Tltrddte, Mall'66; COX . ; Steele (N. J.,) and Shefkld, . Mr. Crittenden:Suggested that it was desirable that Congress adjourn at an'ear ly day. _ sadit,apPiared that the Senate were determined not to adjourn, and had rejected the House resolution fix ing the time. The. P resident, however, has a constitutional right •to adjourn Con gress when the'two,llo,oes could 'nut it tree bin - that pbirit. Senator Davis said lie had indied to 'substitute the 7th Of.lurie for the time fix ed by the House. But thia was rejected. There was no purpose - manifested by , the. Senate to fix any day at all. Mr'. Mallory remarked that he had a conversation with Senator Fessenden, who has charge of tbeamporta.nt bbsiness IWthat'bOdy, and was-informed by him they would:be ready to, adjourn by the middle of June. ' • Senator Davis roeated that the ex treme men would'not:fix mit day. He be lieved their purpose virtfr.to 'continlic the `se:Akin indefinifefir. - Senator Powell saittheliaillieard'ionie 'extreme men 'remark - theft*: would - not adjodrn during the War. I-djourned. Raiijuk thei:.,BlOckade. Nob brleams, Port Royal :and Beau• fort to - be Opened:to Confluence June lit. - OFFIdIAV. •: By the Tresideit of the ITiatted 'Stales of . • A PROCLAICATiO.Y: WUZAEAS, by my Proelairlaiioll., of the nine teenth of April, one thousand;eigtit.itundred and sixty one, it Was.dftlared-that the Worti of cer tain States, including those,nr:Beatifort, .in the State of Noah C r airolina,..Portliejal in thl' Ste te of .Soutb , .. Carolina, and New. Orleans, in the State of Louisiana, were for reasons therein set forth, intended Lobe pieced undev•blookade and whereas the said ports of •Batinfosit,.. 'Pert -Royal, and Now Orleans litte sins* tieen'biockoled ; bat . as..the.blockadeof .the same ?Wm ..moy.,Aew.Ae safely relaxed With alira p tage tho,interests of' comtnerook:;} •• t .!•• ••• •, • I.L _Now,.therefOre.i.be ft kio:44 ibii: l 4:Z.AnnAnAlr • Presideut of the United atlttaa, p 9.11 0. To.the.autherity in nits,vAsted bj the dfdi Sec tion gt- the eet,tifreongre.ssi , .appre*ed:tiellie 13th of July ,last, entitlecl.P.An stet:Further to provide .for the collection of duties on import - a ) tnd. for other purposes," du 'hereby declare theft the bliickade 'oPthe said , ports of Beaufort, Port Roy al, and New Orleans shall so far censtond ;deter. mine,from and aft& the first day of June next, that couidieroial intercourse with those ports; ex• cept 61. to pet-ribs and things nod •information contraband of war, ratty, • from . that time, be car ried on, subject to Laws of the United States, and to the limitations and in pursuanee *of the regulations which are prescribed by the SeSetti ry.of. the. Treasury in. his , order. of-;this 'Ante, which, is. appended to, this p roclamation. 'witness whereof I have' beteitlite' Al ei my .lAnd • • and catt the' is94l-Of . ,the ittir Stitelko be affixed. • • ••.• • . Done'Att the. City of Wubingitio„k-this , twetablky ,of May,* of [L.. s:.]' our and--ei!tty ire, Old - of kliti.4dintretid :; • epee '0f.,.ty.e7131111414 bin ih • " By the President: • .., W i l t 4 g A i f 31 : AglorAito..ioerehltS .4115kate.i - - Or Hon. Charles ared 4 at his realifOice r inlohfia4ol4Clif.' handeij r iast;* tilal39tti,rar ailitti caught:.. Ie .will ; p;o1 111 q Ps4PP,Airb4h Texasf:tt4o:lytiacici4,.. To the more prnm !nentYliOge w o uld mate:opt - it timata,tpit4ocfu r a'; tint hanging -John.D. pltlew, or pentown • has..been nominated, Democratic .csiOinte for the succession (6' :Dr. l dowel; Inte.representithin:fa congreWs , from that , • " . . Poltsirj./p.—Andy inhoson his s wiletly ,riptiforttike directors, of the State .bank of Tennmee, who hunde4ever *lea:Beets of the, institution . pi .the , Sabel :leaden?, th at lie they will be ld'indiyidually,x'earmplable for every cent cif interest the Stoke : ad :in it.t TINY Are • v e ry sorrowful , ( 6 o9#*" :them' My* tiest• leoAesSions. ,Preibitiiiiit. has teoniptitende4 to CongreSsakthit rt 'vete of. thainki-Should beipassed to Commodore Parro4pt and.l.lo other officers, byname, for flf,,:ft-tervices in the capture of Foris jatUrii4»4 Philip and:the City. of Pleypt , ,t3tl*lll - ,,, IMPORTANT LAw-Suritliormme-Rotts ville,. Aprils 4 2.5 - 7 -k. Suit of the :beim of Stephen Girard against/the. city:Alf-Phila. delphia, whicirhat been•egirttiahhere, as :decided this inotning.in.fiivor oPthe heirs. This suit was. tor real estatirr this: coun ty; •and the recovery was sought. by-the heirs ofethe ground . ..that-the-claw iti the' *ill.reviiring,a perviautif rents and• surplus wasly,oid,: end- its. \vas sa held •13y .the Court. - - • • ASP , A flifktful.aet of.barbarliy;iinsjnif.been moin ljnoing it,lto win struck alien 'the • T eople, refus ing to Irilitivo thnt:the bacLartson from iiliturateintiel,held her, bg way of 'proof, urbir, hinnW,Alliefind-bur n t bet- so sei'sre i y that ibs Otptreifilibrtlyaftintods.. '• • S tnigina coinposed of 49 letters. 14,1 45.47 81.38 2A 33, is tha,name of pi herb. 24 1'9.41 48 32 4816, is a coih of Franoo. 'My 3 17 86 42.28 21, is' a part of s head-dross. My 4.27 11 29 49,:te MX. S 14.20 26 37, is tho,rf!yao.of a plant. • ~ ' My 8 ,12'25, idiaE • ' . Sty 7 46 2213 19;18 tiol“4 eaithen - 8 39 35; is 111 toedshri:t- - 11 My 9,10 38:16 44, fike,4elanat,pariy. . it, ;A412 3848 C , , ' , :My sokolioi•O iattnioniOtEl • Uktabai:f %....bwil to, o r_g Age No. tw o-11 06arealana 0015 , :64111 of 'tlio I. 0. of O. F. of tb6 strto Of POW/. ATTENTION r '6IE.MBERS of the Lebanon County Association fur Abe detection of Horse 'Thieves, and the recovery of stolen horses, 4 .16, wilt meet on, herenback. nt the public bonne' oP JOAN Marines. in Lebanon, on SATURDAY, JUNE 7, 1862, at 1 o'clock, P. 11. PETER RISSE I R, President. ILENRY likrtmAN, Treasurer. G. P. LINEAWEATER, Secretary. Lobanen, May 14, ]862. LATEST NEWS Of the Cheapest and Best*GondS • EVER SuLD IN LEBANON!! .0.9:415, - Staoei, Hats, Cal)s, Ace 'rat nnderslgned has opened one of the BEST AS. I•BOBTMENTS of HATS, GA L'S, BOOTS, SHOES. TRUNKS, 1 TRA."J KLING BAGS, &e., of all kinds, and of the best materials, which be will sell at,prlces to recommend them to purcba- Pers. Of the.. FrAfflrte ' , him - quite a' variety of New Styles, embracing tbeAValibington, Stanton, Burnside, Dupont, McClella4Styltighaps and Monitor Hat. very beautiful and very etihap.. Of CAPS he has a complete assortment Cl nit the Nep , _Styles, got np in superior manner. with due. fintablOeloon's bliasea' and chil dren's Dulinorals. Gaiters, Oongross Boots, Slippers, and all other kinds; Men's' alia - Bays' Balmorala. Ox ibrd Ties; Washington Tieri,. Congress Boots. and all other kinds Worn by them, irichidhig BOOTS and M10E44 of the different rarietlas at hbi cheap Store In ult , St:, next to the cdunty, ,Prison. haubful for the liberal encouragement of the public heretofore, I would invite all wiahing anything ealkand . ax!itinine• my stock befora.znaklng .their.offAhaaoa.c.=7. - :, f!. BOW3i.g . tobanOo; o tizarnigl , t - . 9.-9leasui-os token and workiiide it abort notice- 'area* IA - rlSlLEs.to.intlum the Ladles of Lebanon, •a i 4 k vv .Cielti;tkint . she has received a SECOND LOT of FLOWERWattd, will continue to receive some from week to week. Sint has made arrangements with her Sather, Mr. CRADLESitartEciut, who Is engaged In market business lii.:Ehiladelpbta,.toaend her the CHEAPEST ANTI'VEST" FLOWERS , in.tbe market and Green' Ifbuses. at the lowest Cash Micas. She invites all to call and see_ her stock. All orders received and attended to without delay. _Lebanon, Alay 7, 3862. . „ ..:10e ha non- Deposit Bank Orin beriand sera; one dcior east of earniany't Hotel. vrILL 'pity ttie following RATES of INTEREST 012 WV DEPOSITS, For I - year, and loniter, 6 per cent. per swum; Vol- 6 inonihs, and ronier . , v per cent. per annum ; For 3 months, and longer, 4 per cent. per annum; requiring a short sloth:m.of withdrawal. Interest paid in fall for tho Deposita' froM the date df dtposieto;thl date of withdrawal. Wo•wlIF also afford a Rhein] ic corinnodath us to tbohe who may favor us vdtb, %lake, payable on demand. Will pay a premiath Cbn and MEXICAN DCoLlift RS, and also on old Xenican Zara an d H a lf Dpllnri Will make collections on and re mit to all parts of the United Status, thp,Canadas and Europe; Negotiate . Loins, Lc.; &c., and do a general EX CILLNGE and Ball/KING BUSINESa. G. DANSON.CCinGIAN, Preahkent. Gno. Omit, Cashion.. • ~... The nnderafgned, mismineits, aro.lndividnally liable o the extent of tbeir "Dawes, for all Deioelta and otber bligations of the "LEBANON DIPOSEEII6Nr-", ' .IbION CADE:RON, •G. DAWSON COLEMAN, IDORGE &DULLER, - ..Lsrr.lcra - NB, lASIRS YO,GSG, . GEORGE GLJEK.' Lebanon, 11ay.14,12412 'T:tke np Liceit‘ 4es.. roll attention or all tatiera is called to the follow - J in; Act passed, by the Legislature, An Act Amend atoryof Abe Mimosa ; UAW Or this SU/te. SECIION s .—"' That it shall be the duty of every city anal 9,optityptianuret4o-sue,for the recovery of all Li censee dhly Otnined _to by the Mercantile Apprai ser. ii..not paid on or before the first day of July, in each end every year within 'ten days after-that date; antra/1d Treasurer shall not be discharged from. any inch License, .unless he brings snit to recover thisame 'within said date and presses the 'same to judguientand exadlitioii as soon thereafter as practicable; nor 'shill 'he receive dny commissions on such Licenses unleash° make payment as aforesaid." The particular attention of all Dealers of McMinn , &c:, Is Called to the above notice as I have the speciel,lnetructioas from the Auditor General to pursue the abov.e;c;iursc. JOUN ALLIVEIti, ! • :.• Treasurer of Lebanon County. Ultimo:in, May 144.1862. • IHIAN'r TAILORING. B. RAMSAY, io Punch's building, corner of Cum - betland street and Doe alloy, has on baud aull fbr ludo, either by. the yard or made to order, •a 'large la of • • , • CLCiTIIg; • " CASSIMERES, and wejllectad: from Good Houses. Good Fits and cub itant - niaking . guaranteed to all. Also Handker • 10A erarata,Plorea Ifeslery,S.ifspen4eia,.Faliay'anit Mak Moan 84irti;tliAddr . SItIrte ,Drawere. .'S. S. FCAMSA'. ielfihai, 161114;, - #62. • . Le6anofillotoogh ALV colon y 4( t N C. WNNTZ, Reg : , in aroouut gh ty of North LOMA], from Apt% 18t, 1861, to April Ist, 1862. •DR - • To biitanCeln flieereasury • •$4 50 To Outstanding Taxes of 1859 95; B'3o do. do ". 1860 . • • 393' 00 Additional Tax in 1860 41 Joliii liehty, collector 739 Tait% assessed for the you 1861 702 09 OR. • By cash paid to sundry persons on orders limed : John 11May, High Constable $24 00 Isaac Hoffer, Surveying OO Daniel Light, filling road - 1 00 •Solomon Oingrieb,lnterevt -80 00 Jacob Seifert, Interest • 0 00 John Light s. a., Interest • 54 00 John Arnold, Interest 6-00 Bamnel•Spaugler. Interest 6 24 Georecißisher,•Supervleor 19 66 Siunuel , Spang:sr; walks 0 12 Henry Loeb:Carpenterwork Benry.Carmsoy, Interest Reinoehlalz Melly, Lumber, flideon :Light, -Note Sumui3l'Spingler: 19156 J Issacilleffer, Interest • do do do Geo.-ge Arentz, Sopervisor A. It. Boughtei; Attorney . John pelay, work • • t tdir do = Benjamin Zeller, Room rent Samuel Spangler, 751 iii If euly,'lligh•Conetiblo Levi B. Bohr; Blackseilth ! So omen Smitb;Oaths 'Jacob *Seifert, Interest John Light, as., Interest Ileficiency allowed for 1860 Kbllectione do f0e...1860 rotttstanding Taxes of 1651) PI do - 410 .. • 1861 Tula/ice in Treasury - $2106 28 . North Lebanon borough, March Met, 1662. , undersigned, do notary that we have exam ',Net indited the above account, .and find tho 'same corrcot. • •C. H. BORLINEII,- A . LEVAN.. ANNDALE, liduditore. •DA.N.I3IL:LIGIIT, wer. VIN. Lebanon borough, May. 7, 1862. • .ENIRY WAITE •NOW OPENED • •.TILISIR LARD - AND VERY HANDSOME 1 , :A;ISORTMENT. IDIV • • Chillies; Seri pad; Plaid and Plata Mosambiquee; 11..erd Ptatdei Chalki de Lelneer,...Foulard Poultoe, &c.., dm. ' Also, a fult.etnok of MOURNING 'GOODS, such as Tam matinee, Seines, Grape Moneta, Grenediue Reneges, all wool Delatuest . .eielitesAc, &c, which are worth looking after,for they certainly ateplreat . t.l3,lackand ell ENE POPLINS; Adtamtand.Piaid PLAID papu.NS; • . Lille, Blue and reeirPLK/D3 • . • Muck and WhitsDELAINEF; Rich Plaid POPLINS; Stich Chong POPLINS; Silver mimed Do.; 1::Vory handsome, at the Golden filgu of .HENRY & STINE, %Owner...of Cumberland and market. streets. * Lowiro.onriti.A„ .1 got. • . . , . ' . RGEST rjritE IrEgl.l-11 . 8,,SORTMENT 1 OROIDEST °OWES! 'TILE FINEST QUALITIES! Tait Nb WEST , STYLESI Noratirn-aald '.Domeatle, /fancy Staple pity . FINNEY Az ?TINE'S. • 1.0 0111 MdNTLEB and Cloth .4804, Silk alantiaa .anst:sllk 134c4ues. Bintlattni gikiter:and Bal tagotlila; Sun Emundtaa pm,ct Yljektlaoi Full aosportunnit, nj.fiat.reisi,veed SNRY & • ITIOIONIA LAWNS, Elate and Striped Nenseeks; Y.: Male shd:Plaid CentViide and dotted 'Mane. rilliant:TOM/weenie.; to, the largest Newt .inelt at ' • 31.1115 MY & STINE'S. . , SN'S EVAAW. HOS. 'l4alide/ista. Hoodi, te.jot readvitr.liad 4 btrari s ll'a hew Vg l ae by ST NI VAT Rittrin.V.ED sit flplooffid Assortment 'Super Fienebi - Euttletvand'Amertoia Clothe And. Peeeireetoslortloete, Pantie and 'Veils. Call and exam obi stock= we feel ocitlldent:*acan tilateee. Prices .10 suit the. times, EItNRY , I FtDRII9III ItIACHERELOa ffalt Quartar Barnds—. algo!Ereeli Grqcerlegand , Qurerisware, Jaet received. le,tid offered eery low, at . • fire/RY & 9TJNIM. sift CT A.E lb Es. 14,...nR. LUDWIG HECHINGER, the colebrnted:OPTL: L., CLAN, 48 Malden Lane, NEW YORK, reepectrallY inforinb the whitens or Lebanon county that kin kanap ; I pointed D. S. RADER,. Dnuosuer, his agentitiaill his CELEBRATED raz liar. SPectae 4.11, -Gold, Silver, and Steel cause, suitable for:any descrip tion of eyes. - Arir Purchasers will pleaso boar in mind that D. B. RARER'S DRUG STORE is the plaint „to buy rood toPBCTAOLES. • • [Lebanon, Blnrch Ili, 18 V JAMES T., GAS Fl •N A - 7 ...AL R OT smen, mat -Mor to A. a smrs .o f_ TY:". iOe4. I, EBA-N PAti : Tph us, nal ry • • • ,IFYO,I2krANP . ava PICTURtfoin Medallion oirtin, rail:l44A( r mi Goliery, nolt door to the chino!) Dtpait Bank. 42106 28 3 26 25. 50. 5 6Q 560.' 52 03 `2.-5 00 • 4 '1 70 6 00 2 10 3 50 1 75 • 6 00 84 00 16 64 34 26. 928 30 357-09 271 43 111
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