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LEBANON,- PA.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 1864.
Ur 'rho most excellent summaries
of War News we are weekly publish
ing are copied from ;the Philadelphia
Age. They are comprehensive and
truthful, and any one reading them
will have a better idea of the real sit
uation of affairs than columns of
:Stanton's letters or telegraph dis
ipatches would, give. We make this
reference because we have heretofore
neglected to give the proper oredit.
RISINENISCENSES.
1860
"Lincoln and Free Speech."
1861
"War for the Constitution and
the Union."
1862
"War for the Niggers."
Issa
"Vote for Curtin and avoid the
Draft."
1864
Tyranny,. rascality, conscrip-
tions and taxes
PILE ON THE TAXES !
The New York Times, a Lincoln
organ,-calls for more taxes. • It, says
WR MUST TAX -MORE HEAVI
LY, although in 1864, the people will
be called upon to pay.
Stir Federal Taxes,
ter State Taxes,
.4frr County Taxes,
Mir Borough and township Taxes,
*'School Taxes,
s Bounty Taxes, •
tifir Conscription Taxes,
Mr Militia Taxes,
ileir Special Taxes,
iirr License Taxis,
'B3" Internal'ltevenue Taxes,
I** Income Taxes, and a heavy
additional taxation for everything
they eat,.drink and wear ! Oh the
beauty of keeping Lincoln in power !
RAILS.--if Old Abe is renom
inated by the - convention noiar in ses
sion .at Balt:lmre, and there is no
doubt of it, as the office holders are
determined to force him upon the
party, we wonder if the abolition
leaders will bringprout the rails, get
up their Wide Awakes and rebuild
their wigwams, as they had them in
1860 ? The people were wofully fool
ed then ; can they be again ?
lita.ln Ohio, Gov. Brough has dis
honorably dismissed a company of
Zlational Guards, (100 day's mon,) for
refusing to be mustered into the. Na
tional Service. Brough has no legal
right to order them out of the State,
but what do the abolitionists earls for
the laws.
(Kr It is said that the managers of
the Baltimore Convention have a
good deal of trouble in regard to a.
platform—especially about the "uni
form currency" plank. They find
considerable difficulty to embody the
"Smith" and "Pretzel" currency there-
In, and yet wish to give them recogni
tion as among the.beauties of Repub-
licanisni. it is expected that the
trouble will be satisfactorily got over,
particularly as Abe has signified his
willingness to stand on anything that
may be laid down, even if it is a de
spised and violated constitution, for
the sake of holding, on another term
to the reigns of power. -
OZ:7" Timm aro six contrabands or
"gemmen ob color" in the South Car
olina delegation to the Baltimore con
ventioit all pledged -to vote for, , and
urge the renomination of Ate Lin
kurn.
(Ft' It is said that the Internal
Revenue collected in Berks county,
the_laSt year, amounted to $600,000,
while in Lancaster county it barely
exceeded $lOO,OOO. Of course the
"loyalty" of Lancaster cheat the gov
ernment, while the "disloyalty" of
Berks render their just dues.
irr The General HANeocx, in khe
Army of the Potomac, who is dealing
such giant blows on tho rebellion—
always in action and always success
ful when success is possible—on whom
Grant relics for unfailing work—is
the admiration Of the whole army
His name is hi every soldier's mouth.
BeSides being a good General, he is
• an unflinching Democrat. He is- a
descendant of, old John Hancock,
whose name stands forth so conspicu
ously upon, the Declaration of Inde
pendence, and has inherited all the
patriotism and courage of his ances
tor.
yg The quota of New York city,
(largely Democratic) is full, in con
- -sequence of which there will be no
draft. New York city must be:very
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periewit.
THE CLEVELAND CONVENTION.
That portion of the Republican
party who are opposed to the re-nom
ination of Lincoln for President and
continuing the present incompetent
administration in power, met at
Cleveland, - Ohio, 'on Tuesday. The
Conception was a very large one—
every Middle and Western and some
of the Eautein States being represent
ed. Ex-Governor Johnson, of this
State, was tempotary- chairman of the
Convention and Gen. John Cochrane,
of New York, was its permanent
President. A number of hangers-on
of the administration got into the
Convention, who tried every means
to get it to adjourn, without making
a nomination, but to no effect. The
Convention made the following nom
inations, almost unanimously.
President.---Jourt C. FREMONT.
Vice President—John Cochrane,
of New York.
The following is a synopsis of the
platform adopted :
First—That the federal Union shall
be preserved:
Second—That the constitution and
laws of the United States must be,
observed and obeyed.
Third—That the rebellion must be
suppressed by force of arms, and with
out compromise. '
Fourth—That the rights of free
speech, free .press and the habeas cor
pus be held inviolate, save in districts
where martial law has been pro
claimed.
Fifth—That the rebellion kas do
stroyed slavery, and the . federal con
stitution should be amended to Isro
hibit its re-establishment, and to se
cure to all men absolute equality be
fore the law.
Sixth—That integrity and economy
are demanded at all times in the ad
ministration of the government, and
that in time of war the want of them
is criminal.
Seventh—That tbe right of asylum,
except for crime and subject to law, is
a recognized principle of American
liberty ; that any violation Of it can
not be overlooked and must not go
unrcbuked.
Eighth—That the national policy
known as the "Monroe Doctrine,'
has become a recognized principle,
and that the establishment of an anti
repoblican government on this 'coati
rtent.by any foreign Power cannot be
tolerated.
Ninth—That the gratitude and sup
port of the nation are: ~due to the
faithful soldiers and the earnest lead
ers of the Union army and navy for
their heroic achievments and death
less valor in defence of oar imperilled
country and of civil liberty..
Tenth—That the one term policy
for the Presidency, adopted by the
people, is strengthened by, the force
of the existing crisis, and, should be
maintained by constitutional amend
ments. • .
Eleventh—That the constitution
should be so amended that the Presi
dent and Vice President shall be
elected by a direct vote of the peo
ple.
TwelfthL-That the question of the
reconstruction of the rebellious States
belong to the people, through their
Representatives in ongress and not
the Executive.
Thirteenth—That the confiscation
of the lands, of the rebels and - their
distribution among the
,soldiers and
actual settlers is a measure of justice.
rts- Gen. Fremont haS -accepted
the nomination. of the Cleveland con
vention, and resigned his commission
in tbetarmy. He says in bis letter
of acceptance that if Mr, Lincoln is
nominated at Baltimore, "there will
remain no alternative but to organize
against him every element of consci
entious opposition.".
LEGACY Te GEN. BUTLER ONE MIL
LION DOLLARS.—The • New York Ex
press says : -The will of lohn-.But
ler-, brother to Major G-eneral Butler,
has been 'offered - for probate in the
Surrogate's- office is thb3 City: - Ile
leaves an
,estate valued at 52,000,000,
of which one-hUlf is be qunathed to
the Major General.: The particulars
of the will cannot be made public till
the latter part of the month ; which
is-the first return day. It is under
stood, however, that there are sever
al _New Orleans . claimants who in
tend to filo petitions sts creditors.
le_ What a nice tiling it is to be
loyal. The $2,000,600 were stolen,
or the result of speculations by the
Butlers in New Orleans.
Hon. D. W. Voorhees, has
written a letter to his constituents,
declining a re-election to Congress.—
The step is taken on personal and pri
vate considerations,—his duty to him
self and, family. We shall regret
very much to lose so able a represen
tative of the people, from our Halls
Of Congress. It's true . there is not
much honor gained byholding a seat
in the present Congress, but the next
may be better. The few dozen hon
orable and high minded men now in
Congress have saved it and the na
tion from utter disgrace.
sigi_ Richard S. Cooper. ' the soldier
lif
who shot Charles enham in the
streets of Pottsville last Summer, and
who was tried by courtmartial and
sentenced to be hung on the 17th of
this month, escaped from Fort Mifflin
last week, and is now at large.
sogi_ l'he'New York Herald is in
quiring after the funds that were
raised in the late Sanitary Fairs in
New York, intimating that the funds
are not applied now when needed.—
If the people could be satisfied that
this money
,would be honestly ex
pended they would freely give.
On the night of the 25th of May,
the Tioga Bank of Pennsylvania was
robbed 0f520,725 83 in 'United States
bonds, gold, greenbacks and earreney
of;#l4ibanh. Payment of the - bands
itetied.: Five thoteand dollars of
thFatoontst la in apeQial deposits of
15 20liondi,' and over $3, 4 000 in gold.
TUE WAR.
LAST 'WEEK'S OPERATIONS
Generid Grant, by his late move
ments,.has cut himself off from all o
verland communication with Wash
ington. The country I)iitweeti hitn
and the Potomac is overrun by Con
federate guerrillas. In front ofWash
ington, the Arlington entrenchments
are occupied, and atew outposts held;
but the country, beyond a fringe of a
few miles width, along the river from
Georgetown to Alexandria; is unpro
tected,
In the Shenandoah Valley General
Hunter commands the remainder of
Sigel's army. It is being reinforced'
by AS: thousand of Pope's men from
lignnesotit. Ranter, however, has
-withdrawn his main forces to Martins
bog and Harper's Ferry, and has no
outpost further south in the valley
than .Witehester. AM the gaps lead
ing from it to the country near Wash
iirgton are, in.possession of the Con
federates. General Grant's new sup
ply post at White House has been es
tablisffed,
General 'Grant has been .reinforbed
by the greater part of General But
ler's troops.
There is no communication across
the. Peninsula, between the :White
House and . the remnant of General
Butler's army at City Point. That
seetion.of the country is controlled by
the Confederates.
From Hanover Town General Grant
advanced to wards Ri chsi and.
Grant's troops sdvattreed without
meeting -any serious opposition nail
theyreached a ravine. Warren cross
ed it, on - Monday afternoon. The
enemy at once attacked him and drove
back his • advance. They then en
deavorin‘to turn his southern flank.
To' divert attention, Grant 'ordered
Hancock to cross the ravine in _front
of him, and attack the enemy on their
northern flank. He did se, and after
nightfall succeeded in forcing them
from part of their skirmish line.—
Part of his troops got across the ra
! vine ; the others did not. War
ren repulsed. the attempt to outflank
him, and held his position across the
ravine.
THE SIEGE OF RICHMOND.
The siege of Richmond has -at
length began. general Grant has a
dopted MeOlellan's plan of 1862, and
has se .far developed birouelf as to
show that his: operations will be iii
almost every essential part a copy of,
the former siege. McClellan ap-
proacbed Ricbinond from. the east.—
Grant approaches it from the, .north.
east. McClellati's northern flank was
at Meadow Bridge, and in tbit early
part of his operations, his southern
flank tvas,near New Bridge,-six miles
beloi.v, on the Chicahominy. Grant's
oorthern 'flank is near Meadow Bridge
and his southern flank s marching
towards New Bridge.- MeClelkin
drew his supplies from White House;
Grant does the same. McClellan!s
first manoeuvre, after reaching the
Chicabominy, waste cut the Gordons
vide Railroad between Hanover Court
House and Richmond. Grarit will do
it as soon as possible_ - McClellan
picketed and held the country between
Hanover Court House, • the Parukin
key and the Chiekahominy. Gr'a'nt
is also doing it. Aimcfst - every
particular, the presentsiegels a copy
of the former one.
Grant, however, basun advantage
which McClellan bad not. it, con
trols the military operations through
out the entire country, and liaS new
in his army every available - Soldier.
At this moment, there is not 'an idle
company anywhere. Every man has
been .sent him. His future opera
tions bid fair to be similar to McClel
lan's. 'The enemy will confront him
on the Chickahominy, His camps
will be on the borders of the swamps
and his pickets in them. 11e will
find, - as McClellan did, that from
Meadow Bridge to New Bridge is the
very strongest portion of the Confed
erate defences, Like McClellan, he
will avoid them, and must of necessi'
ty go further down the Chickahomi
ny, cross over and advance against
Richmond from the southeast,. Ho
cannot go up the Cbickahominy and
approach the town from the north or
northwest. White
_House is east of
Richmond, and if Grant thus exposed
it, the Confederates could easily come
out of the south-side of the capital
and cut off his supplies.
Grant has other advantages over
McClellan. be bas the 'benefits of
McClellan's experience. He can a
void the mistakes of 1862. McClel
lan surveyed the ground, and left him
accurate maps. The signal corps of.
1802 have put on record the position
and extent of nearly all the Confeder
ate defences. Three of McClellan's
best officers—Hancock, Meade and
Smith are aiding Grant. He and his
troops have bad two years longer ex
perience of war. One great mistake
made in 1862—the distribution of the
Federal army all over the country,
and the failure to reinforce McClel
lan—bas been rectified. But from
necessity General Grant will find,
himself following McClellan's foot
steps. He started from the Rapidan
intending to avoid them, but circum
stances have brought him to them.
He has begun a long, perilous, diffi
cult undertaking. Vicksburg did not
fall until six months after its siege
began, and the Rablic must not be too
impatient to see the end of Grant's
6 presenrundertaking.—' Phil. Age.
On Tuesday morning General Han
cOck's Corps approached Meadow
Bridge. He was on the northern
Federal flank. Burnside, forming
the centre, was also- on the creek,
and • approached Mechanicsville.—
Warren, on the southern , flank, ap
proached G n e s's Mill s. Wright was
in reserve. Smith was marching
along the road from ,Newcastle to
New Bridge, and was also approach
ing-Gaines's Mills.. The enemy dis
puted the forward movement of all
the corps. The Federal Cava lrY Was
divided into two bodies. One geanied
the country, towards Hanover. Court
Hinise the other, the southern
flank,.u'ear Gaines's
On Weduvalay , morting, at ten
o'clock, Hatiecick stood still in his old
position 'On ale Tolopatomoy, three
miles from Meadow Bridge.
side also held his old position and re
ported hirasolf "a mile and a half fibre
Mechanicsville." The enemy wls in
strong force in front of both. War
-rem had not reathed Gaines's Mills.—
Smith had not .de iint up.
On Tuesday afternoon the cavalry
on the southern tank, near Gaines's
Mills, encountered the Confederate
cavalry. A severe contest ensued,
and the Confederates retired towards
Coal Harbor.
General Grant has not 3 , et reached
the Chickahominy. On the northern
flank, Ilaneeek is three miles from
Meadow Bridge. In the centre, Burn
side is two miles and a quarter from
the Mechanicaville "Bridge. On the
southern flank, Wright and Smith are
at.Coalliarbor. Theenemy 06Di:fonts
them all on the ridge which - rune a
long the north bank of the Chiekaho
miny (Giant's side) from Mechanics
ville to Gaines's:Kills. A:little. creek
preteets the Confederate line at
Gaines's Mills, and Beaver Dam
Creek protects it in front of Meehan
iesville. The woods are thick all a-.
long,. and a very ugl:switinp, in the
middle of ;. , forest, is in fronitofßurn
side's left.
General Smith joined t'he southern
flank on Wednesday.. 'Grant's head
quarters were Dit 96thesda Church,::
five milelqn 'the rata*, on Wednesday. •
At five. oleic)* on. Wednesday ,after
noon Smith :tend Wltightmin tilTetoutl6-
ern flank, :attacked the Uotnfederates
on the little creek running from Coal
llarber to Gaines's mills. Wright
carried the works in. front of him, and
so did Smith. The enemy, however,
had a second line, which commanded
the first, and Smith and Wright found
them untenable. When the contest
was over the Federal lines were in
the same position as before it begun
On the centre And northern flank
there was much skirmishing, but no
change in the Federal position.
Thursday morning, one of the heavy
rains, for wbie the Cbickahominy
region is so celebrated, began. It
prevented the wires from working.
LATER.
The news
,fron 'Gen: pant is late
and important. On. Friday General
'rant made, , a &tea-mined attack on
the . enemy's lines. "'he Secretary of
War details thel4erations down to 3
Welock of Friday-afternoon, at which
time Gen. Grant ;reported that he. had
driven -the enemy witlin his entrench
ments, but had ;gained no decisive ;ad
vantages. A seeded despatch brings
- the narrative down to Saturdaytven
ing. and thus cpmpletes the account
of Friday's' 'operationS. At six o'clock
on that aftermon, It brigade of Heth's
division :Attempted. to Rank Burnside,
and at seven ectodk an attack was
made upon Smith's, brigade, of Gib
bon's Division, but both efforts were
foiled. On Saturday morning it was
found that the Coinfederatc -left bad
been withdrawn, but nothing seems
to have'been hone on either side 'du
ring the day. 'The hreves in the ilglit
ing of Wednesday - and Friday are of
fcially reported at seven' thousand
• Pour- Volcmolfy Wl2l'n
killed and two .gencral officors and
four Colonels -I:vounded in Friday's
battle.
The 2d Connecticut Artillery lost
385 men. it is a new reginient—
. Gen. Smith's command lost
,1,40.0
men.
Gen: Ayer's Division was flanked
and lost very heavily. . .
Gen. Barlow's Division :lost about
800 men.
os, A most terrible:aecident, re
sulting in the loss of two lives - and
the .maiming of several Other persons,
occurred on the Northern Central
Railroad, on Monday night last. A
party of persons from Selins.grove,
numbering eight -persons, 'four • men,
and fotir : :women,' had'cOMO to Sun
bury on a band car, on the above
road to attara a 'circus. On return
ing to Seiiusgrove by the -same mean s
they started some ten : minutes in ad
vance of theifime when the downpai
senger: trai n Was"due. • In Om 'neigh- •
borhood of-the Shamokin Creek, the
train overtook them; ;when the engi
neer noticing the hand car, whistld
down" breaks, but not in time to pre
vent a collision. The effect of theti-ol
lision
was, to knock two of the- men
and two of the women off the truck,
causing than to fall through the open
timber work of the bridge into the
creek below. The men escaped by
swimming, but the women :Were eith
er killed by the collision, ,or were
drowned by falling in the creek.—
One of the remaining women had the
flesh torn off her leg, below the knee
clean to the bone, and had a severe
wound inflicted `on her head. Two of
the Inen, who were sitting on the back
of the truck, escaped by jumping on
the tow-eatcher, although in doing so
they were severely hurt by
. the con
cussion- We understand that the
bodies of the two unfortunate young
wometi were not found un,til next
-
PORCE or HAnrr.—ln the Dub
lin University Magazine we have a
biographical sketch of Peter Burrows
the celebrated barrister,
and among
the personal anecdotes told of him is
the. following :
A friend called upon him one morn
ing in his dressing-room, and found
him shaving, with his face to the wall.
He asked why he chose so strange an
attitude. The answer was, to look
in the glass.
"Why said his friend, "there is no
glass there."
"Bless my soul" Cried BUrrows, "I
did not notiee.that before."
Ringing the bell, he ailed his ser
vant, and questioned him respecting
his looking-glass. . •
"Oh, sir," said .the servant, "mis
tress had it removed six weeks ago."
gm. This is NO. A recruit. in the
Third New Hampshire regiment,
while:the “Igng,rollP was beating th
riondY, And the rebels: everry element
expected tubecamp, quietly pat
his beta iat,of his tent, find asked the
Colonel who was standing _near, "if
they 4010 „egme out withgress coats
or blouses.",
ROASTING A LOADED 8111,11.—Yeis
terdity one of the soldierS at the Sol-
Itest,. Well known for hermit - - I
skarma eiploita, While in .the guard
fdolit picked up a loaded ten pound
Parrott 0.011, ittid remarking that
was one of the 'things "to try men's
souls," pitched it into the stove, closed
the door, and laid quietly down in
front of it. There were some thirty
or forty soldiers in the room at the
time,
,and as the shot well, in a num
ber made tracks, but the majority of
them did not get out before the shell
exploded, tearing the stove, to atoms;
but, strange, to say, not a man was
burt,_nor was the building injured.—
The officers in charge, being of the
1 opinion - that Such experiments should
be paid for, hates determined that the
man shall replaa the stove—Wash
ington Star.
There are seven Federal iron
dads at Charleston. On May . 13th
and 14th they made an attack upon
Sumter and Sullivan's - Island, and
were repulsed. Two of the iron-clads
were so damaged that they will have
to go to Port Royal for repairs.
0:1 - An Abolition sheet exclaims,
"Bully for Butler:" Yes, "Bully for
Butler" and "Butler for bully."
Stoves made of soapstone have been
introduced at Quebec. They-are said
to throw 'mit mellOwer•and more uni
form heat:than iron ; the material of
which they are made is very •abun
dant 'in the mineral ireeon south of
the Sit. tiavrenoce.
Release of .tax-Oev.
Gov. Medary, of 0 hio, has been re
leased, and is now at his homy in Co
lumbus. .lie bad
,been arrested on
some vague charge of "disloyalty."
bI.A.TOR GENERAL CARL Scnuitz has
been placed in 'command of the con
valescent barracks Nashville,
which at present is an apocryphal in
stitution. His prethscessor was a cap
tain.
In what does an American Indian
differ from a modern lady? The one
"whoops" in time of battle, the other
"hoops' in time of peace.
"LIFE-LONG DEmocusrs."—ln
spec& in New York city the other
niglat,'ClPaimey Ruin. said
"Daniel S. Dickinson, Lyman Tre
main, John W. Forney, *a., are in
the habit of calling thcmselves."life
lcng Democrats,"—just as Judas Is
cariot might have strutted about with
his thirty pieces of silverin his pock
et, calling taimset'f disciple " , of the
Lord Jesus."
,qiINDENWALD," the" country- seat
of the rate ex-President Van Bill-en,
hag recently )Yeen Boa tli
y. the on.
John Van Buren, its 'late proprietor,
to abroker in NeW York for about
$36,096. The property consists of
about =3OO acres of the best quality of
farming land. The grounds around
the mansion arc laid outiwith taste,
and the garden,, which is large, con
tains the, , civiieest of fruit, while an
extenslVe. IYotilvenne is filled, with
fruits frank every
fife wedding lately
tot& if tce at Richmond. A grand
soil of jolin Tylet :MIA sister of Jef
ferson Davis were the parties.
ice,: One of the Canadian papers
gives an . account of a prosecution for
pretended marriage. The prisoner
had procured colleague to play the
role of clergyman,' and" in this way
duped a young' woman. Ite was
found guilty and sentenced to three
years imprisonment at hard labor in
the penitentiary. A warrant has
been issued for the arrest of his ac
complice, the'pretended minister.
The tax on matches by the kvew
bill, is one centperbox. Mr. Carlton
has three establishments in Boston,
paying the government $1,400 taxes
per day.
The consumer of cqurst., has to pay
it in the tn& 'cVe bre note taxed on
nearlreverything, and in se many
ways, that we pay, tax When we do
not know it.
Ita.. One orate Wealthiest men of
Winstead, Conn,; laid the foundation
of hie %Rue 'upon a shad wagon.
Froin the' first load he peddled hi re-
Wiled apt efit of $ll, and though he
can count 610,000 upon each finger
and twenty upon his thumbs, he says
he has never felt so rich as on the e
vening when he counted up the pro
ceeds of that load of shad. -
A tree has been, cut down in Cali
fornia whose rings prove it to be one
thousand two hundred and fifty-five
years old. It began to grow six hun
dred and nine years after Christ was
born, and about the time Mahornet
began to preach.
Dick Taylor: n therebel General who
defeated Banks, is a son of Ex-Pres
ident Zachary Ta,ylor. He seems to
have pluck and brains.
16.., CONGRESSIONAL SORIMMAGIL—
Oo Wednesday last. an encounter
took place between "blood-letting"
Chandler, Senator from Michigan and
Hon. D. sir. Voorhees, member of the
House, from Indiana, in the Dining
room of the National Hotel, in Wash
ington City, which is related as fol
lows by a correspondent of the Phila
delphia Sunday. Mercury. '
Mr. Voorhees and his friend, Mr.
Hannegan, were seated at the table
when Mr. Chandler come in, and seat
ing himself at a close neighboring ta
ble, at which there were ladies, com
menced a loud, violent and profane
abuse of all Democrats, saying that
they, were All traitors, ought to be
hung, ought.to be in hell, were not fit
to live, with various other simile, ex
pressions. His conversation , was ap
parently addressed to gentlemen sit
ting near him, but he took the great
est pains to show that this abuse was
meant for Mr. Voorhees. Chand
ler finally spoke of Vallandigham and
all his friends, and Mr t Voorhees un
derstood him=to use his, name" in that
connection. M. Voorhees thereupon
approached Mr. Chandler, saying
that thiS;eonversation, of cootie, was
meant for him, and _asked Mr. C., to
leave the room. This• being refused;
Mr. V.slapped hrin severer in the
face. iir. C., struck at Mr. V., *here.
upon Mr. V.. was catight by trio by
'irtanders. Mr. Hannegan thereupon
interposed, saying to Mr. Chandler
that this was no time and place to
nettle the difficulty. Mr. Chandler
immediately struck Mr. Hannegan,
which blow Mr. Hannegan returned
with a pitcher, which caused some in
jury, and for a few moments Mr.
Chandler, was very roughly handled
by Mr. Hannegan. Mr. Chandler is
physically one of the most powerful
men in the city, and, at the same
time one iif the biggest cowards.—
' When he was struck by Mr. Hanne
gan, the blatant coward "squealed
like a stuck-pig."
ITbere has been a very serious
accident near Newbern, North Caro
lina. The -.Federal authorities are
'planting 'torpedoes in the Neuse Riv
er, to p . revent , the approach of Con
federate 'vessels. Four of theee, left
of thirteen intended for the river,
were conveyed in a railroad car from
gewb ern•to one of the outposts. As
the torpedoes were being taken off at
the station, which was crowded-with
soldiers, they explode& Porty sol
diers were killed, and from twenty to
thirty wounded:= A large commissa
ry building with a tower, standing
near_ by, was blown eight 'mitred
foot into the air. The torpedoes
were of the largest size.
A Woman Throws _Herself into the
River and 'is Carried over Niagara
Palls.--Da Friday morning, about 10
o'clock, a woman named Bender,
threw herself into the rapids immedi
ately above the brink of thevataract,
op the Canada side, and was carried
over the falls. The deceased lived
near_ the spot, and had for some time
been partly insane, rendering it nee
eessary on the part of the family to
keep a close watch upon her move
ments. A few moments before the
time indicated she was sitting quietly,
in the house knitting, and being lett
alone for a few moments, she rushed
from the room, ran to the river and
plunged into the boiling, seething
waters. It would appear that the
consciousness of the unfortunate wo
man returned after she entered the wa
ter, as she tossed her arms wildly a
bout and cried loudly for assistance.
But, of course, she was beyond the
reach of human aid, and in a few mo
ments wasswept over the falls.--Buf
falo Com.
O Thu Cincinnati Commercial,
an abol'itiort sheet, •calls the Fremont
men " lougAsired 'radicals." Then
We suppose the Lincolnites must be
the kinky-haired 'radicals. The hair
of the longhaired 'fa:Meals is parted
in the middle, and the hair of the kin
ky-haired radicals curia ao tizAt tliat
it canot be parted,st
HEAVY Almira, one
day Inst week, some robbers entered
the house of Mr. D. Brainard Nelson
and extracted the sum of thirteen
thousand dollars in greenbacks from
'his pantaloons pockets.—Mr. Nelson,
on retiring to bed, placed his pants
with thegreenbucks under his pillow
for safe keeping, v.nd its somewhat
surprised when be rose in the morn
ing to find his treasures gene. He
offers a reward of one thoesand.dol
lars for the reco'rery of the money,
which was mostly in one thousand,
five hundred and one hundred dollar
bills.
WI"At aarecent "reception" at the
Presidential mansion, two negroes—
officials wearing the Federal uniform
—were present mingling with the
crowd. it was noticeable that Mr.
Lincoln treated them with "cold in
differences" It is said the blacks are
urged by Sumnerandothcr 'abolition
ists to put theMselres forWaird in vv bite
society, and especially at theselmblic
reeeptinns fol. the patpotise 101 faxtil
iarizing the people with the idea of
the social and political equality of the
whitesand blacks.
HIGILVALUTIN.—An officer belong
ing to our cavalry was taken prisoner
and sent to Richmond. He had a
son - in the Confederate army, and it
is presumed that the son made inter
est with the 'ion federate Government
for the release of his father. The fol
towing is a copy of the order issued
for his discherge kr . the Secretary of
State :
"Let the virtues of the son, whose
gallant deeds in oar defense 'MVO en ,
titled him to the laurel wreath, atone
for the misdoings of the father ; who
being the tool of oppression and tyr
anny, has disgraced hin3selt and fam
ily by dohyg all in his power to op
press a downtrodden people strug
gling for indeperidenee. Send the
old man home. J. P. BENJAMIN."
Seer- The spiritualists 'have had
great anniversary convention in New
York, at which men and women of
all colors, and of all grades of iatel
loot and morality, ventilated them
selves. The war,free-love and ne
times were the burden . of their bar
rangues. One young woman, a Miss
Clark, after praising a "beautiful
young man" who preceded her, de-
Oared herself a free lover, and gave
some obscene instances illustrative of
her theory : There was a speaker for
every suhject---one advocating free
love, another the 'war, another Aboli
tion, another abortion, and another
infidelity, and all, Mr. 'Lincoln !—A
Mr. Bowe brought down the house
by declaring that "under Abraham
Lincoln the world is to be, perfect
freedom.• HI were in heaven 1 would,
have the freedom of sin if I wanted to,
or I would'ne stay there.." *A Mr.
Clark pitched into thepeace men ;lie
said.:
4.1 f Jesus Christ camp ai d . told
them to go for peace he would say
shame on such a Jesus, and he would
spit on him as the Jews did I (Ap
plause)."
A young lady declared that " the
work of freedom will not be, finished
until every Wallin is allowed freely
to follow her inclinations in choosing
the father of her children' One un
fortunate gentleman, by the Immo of
Hamilton, undertook todefend Chris
tianity, and' wit „hissed down. This
body of rummies bold dim public meet-
Inge, in all Of which infidelity, fros
t-6TV, abortioiwle right to sin in hea
ven, Kbartdotiem, the war and Lin.
coln,lreciived undisputed and consia
teal, 1)1-aise
o*•TrrEn FILBICHT, ESQ., the oldeet ,
member of the Bar of Berke county,
with, perbape, one exception, died ou
Saturday week, in the 7letyear of hi.
age,
Cheerful PrOapert.— COL FORNEY, the'
Republican Clerk of the 11. S. Senate;
in a letter to his Preas,,under data of
Washington:City, in speaking about,
crushing out the rebellion, says
"The vast reserve army—the men
life, the men of -middle ago,
and the youth betWeen*seventeenand
eighteen years, will, in
be called for to help to _finish the
work."
A GSNIUS in New Bedford IS fittipgi
up a steamer for the purpose of tow
ing icebergs to India, where they sell'
for six cents a pound. Another prik .
poses to do still better—to ft a sere*
in the iceberg' itself; and dm Oval&
the-expense of shipbuilding.
There is a &piety in Paris called
the Prince Imperial Loan Society.—
lt loans money, to the poor men with
out interest, and with no security but
rood faith. The poor man who seeks
relief need only promise no repay the
lout which he receives, and bring two
friends to declare that they have
known Mtn a. certain time, and that
he is honorable in his dealin.m. The
society holds neither the Tsurrotier
nor his friends as liable for the mon
ey loaned, it takes their word of hon
or as security, and will lend upon it
any sum up to MO. nidefaulter La
ever prosecuted, and so far every
pledge has been redeemed to the last
ceritime.
EXTRAORDINARY FREAK Off` 'NATURE
—A correspondent writing to one of
our citizens, relates . an extraordinary
freak' - of Natuae. Cau•say
that it is entitled to the partier, con
cerned being 'ab6ve suspicion.` The
person to whom the letter was writ
ten is a native of the east, wherellie
lady spoken of resided. The circum
stance is as follows : A lady by the
name of Snyder recently died, at the
age of seventy-five, of what was sup- -
posed to be an ovarian tumor.. This
tumor was so large that it weighed
forty-eight pounds ; but on being a ,-
pened by the physicians, at tbe post
roortexa examination, it was found tee
contain a tiptoe, or rather _a Child
with hair as long as its Inother'i and!
teeth full adult size. It, must have'
remained there twenty or twenty
five years: The lady lived atAlbion.-
New York, and the writer of the let
ter is her daughter-in-law.—Corgdon
Union,
At Glasgovi, Mr. Beecher had the
following put to him by a canny Scott:-
"Are you fighting for the Consti
tution with the fugitive slave clause
In It ? If so how do you pretend to
be fighting for liberty' 'Secondly, if
you are fighting for emancipation, are
you not fighting against t he Constitu
tion,tud how do you condemn the
seceding South ? In reply, he - said
that was a trap for a Scotehman to -
set - him, worthy of his ingenuity, but •
he (Mr. Beecher) was not going to set
his foot in it. And he avoided any
reply by trying to prove that the Con
stitution reeocrniied slavery as a fact
but not as a toctrine."
Of course the clear-beaded Scotch
man laughed at the shallowness and
impudence of this strolling mounte
bank. Nu wonder they pronounced
him a noisy shallow-brain.
AN INGENIOUS ART.—The shot from
the Armstrong rifled guns is made of
cast iron, each being coated with a
band of soft metal, to make- it fit the
bore. This isnot put on by pouring
molten soft metal into a mould direct
upon the cast iron shot, but by a pro-
COSS of galvanizing and dipping. The
first shot made of this kind had bands
of soft metal upon them; these were
found defectiVe, the bands flying off
when the shot were discharge& Ac
cording to the new and improved
modq,:which is nOw generally practi
ced; ellet.iron "Shot is turned' lute a
lathe to a required gauge, then heat
ed inan oven nearly to the tempera
tore of molten dipped into a so
lution of sal-ammoniac, and transfer
red to a bath of fused zinc. Thus
galvanized surface— a
molten of zinc—
'is secttred. From the en zinc yes
sel the shot is immediately transfer.
red to a bath of molten soft metal,
consisting of lead and a very small
quantity of tin. This soft metallical
loy adheres perfectly to the zineked
surface, but will not hold to the iron
directly. It will also adhere to the
zinc surface, whether the shot is dip
ped in the molten metal or the latter
cast upon the shot in a suitable mould.
'RESIGNED. -We understand
that Brig. General Annasw.:Poirrim,-
recently mustered out ofteervice
as a Brigadier General of Voinnteers,
has resigned his position as CoLin the
regular army. 'Mashes the country'
through the malignity of the present
administration, lost one of the beat of
ficers in the service.
MERCHANT TAILORING:
B. RAASAY, rimek's bidldi air, coiner of COM
O bazland street and Doe alloy, ban on band and
i n er t : a re, eitite r by the !yr or m!ie to order, a lard.'
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