TilL GAZETTE. LEWISTOWJL PA. Wednesday, April 2; 1862. V* jer 23Hom in aßancc—sLSo it end Df six months—•? at end of year. Pxpera tvul out of ".;;e CvUtity inus'. te paid f.r &'..*> uU . ts. £.&~I"' - : .rth? -aotoftl. c.'outy to wLom n i i. comes marked, Aas expired, at. i ur.'. -e --t s>-.a w.a Lc auca:iuuc-j '• Live *o t:t a iim;a M:r*nr. eour.'r. Vr r~- I k •ye ta'.sei u. maa Sa futur* >.-re a* - r „ r ;ct.iiri th with tkl* ;.'i -c, .i: therefore koow v:.l ;&> ..an>..._c - t, tf f/ .j u*ai ! 1 a -lede ri'.h!a okc i.-. 'L,--' .' •! - -i< oiJcwaUouc sctk. I'iag of th" fr-? h'-nr:' only home, By angel hands to ra. >r . vt-n T!:y stars hav . ; t'.. k:ri d'.ni.' And ail thy hoes vera i.rn in hewa; Forever fl-mt that -:aa.i .r.I slieei.' Whore breathes the foe I it tsi b ft re iw With freeslom's soil b-dncatli our i.rri. And freedom's .<m:ier -oeaiuirig o'er u. Polices of .lew AdiertivemenD. The County Superintendent will hold an Examination of Teachers on the I2iii April. Two lost dogs advertised. John Clarke is selling boots and shoes at very low prices. List of Letters. The Breckixiritlgers at Work We learn from Washington that a secret conference of the so called " democratic" •Senators and member.: of Congress, was held on Wednesday night, with a view of re organizing the Democratic party An injunction was placed upon all present not to reveal the proceedings. It has leaked out however, that a series of resolutions reported by the notorious Vallaiidingham, as the basis of a new platform, was agreed to; that the new party was to give a quasi support to the administration, uutil it was belter abk to oppose it, and t!;al the rally ing cry in the new creed should be the ad vocacy of peace and compromise, giving the south all they choose to ask, so as again to secure their affiliation and controling in fluence in the General Government. It is a little singular that while such an open sympathizer is suffered to take the lead in a " democratic meeting," Dc Bow's Re view, the organ of the Southern conspira tor;, endorses the course of Vallandigham as friendly to the South ! Slavery ia the Dutch Colonics —The slave question in the Dutch West India colonies has been settled. All slaves in the colonies will be set free on the Ist of July, 18GJ, under the following c edition: Ist. Compensation of three hundred guilders for each slave, man, woman or child, to be paid to the owner. 2d. Slaves to remain under apprenticeship on the estates for a term of three years, uu. ing which term they are paid wagjs for their work, half of such wiigca tp accrue to the Government. The Dutch Government will grap". three rcil of guilders per annum for emigration. It i; somewhat singular th xt while all the enlightened nation; of the earth are lightening the bondage of human beings, the only party claiming to be the " KX CLUSIVE DEMOCRACY" of the world, are advocating slavery not only where it is, tut willing that it shall go where it is not! IfUjuThe Atlantic Monthly for April ; Cjntains a number of interesting articles The publishers say — '• This magazine has nt shared the unfav orable influence which the war has iiad upon literature generally. Since the beginning of the year more than 10,000 copies have been added to its circulation,—% result at once highly sath-ftctory to its conductors and grat ifying to the lovers of literature. " The conductors of the Atlantic accept I>U> fact, as well as the unanimous verdict of the press for three mouths past, as an assur- \ anco that their magazine has reached a point of excellence which it has never before attain ! ed. They will not, however, pause in their r efforts on this account, but will constantly i strive to advance the standard already estab- ' lished. To this end they will go on in the same path which has lately been followed, and through which the Atlantic has been led to such general acceptance. The same thoughtful and patriotic political papers, from ihe best pr.; .o writers, will continue to lend power and dignity to its pages ; ac.d jfavorite > poets will evolve from the ever-shifting phases of our national affairs the lessons of the hour, j The two gieat serial features which have so firmly £-sed public attention—l'rufeesor Ag assiz'e popular expositions of th: science of Natural History, and James Russell Lowell's " Higlow Papers"—will be continued each mouth. " Still other features of extraordinary in taifost have been provided for the forthcoming numbers, and the conductors will always seek to present In the page 6 of the Atlantic the best nu<i freshest thought upon all topics." JLtard wopk—To stand in a tub and lift yourself. Harder—To reconcile the declaration of Independence with slavery. Harder Still—To behove that rnakicg L mat. drunk is accommodating the public. Hardest—To .jind a Breckinridger who don t believe a nigger to he the Consti tution, and consequently better than whit® men. ZrsfSo less than 91 fugitive slaves, from Vir ginia, arrived in Philadelphia early on Satur day morning. For Photographs—Go to Burkholdm's. PROCEEDINGS OE CONGRESS. The following singular proceeling-i took place in tt§ Senate- last week. Corrobor ated as the statements are by traitorous events in both the army 3nd navy, it is no longer difficult to solve sundry disasters, costing the lives of many brave men. which have befallen us since the organisation ol the Southern robeiuon, ani is aao.her warn ing to the anion loving people of the north | to beware of the eoanseh of a certain gang of Brec-kinrMgers who n. v se-k control of the so called democratic j arty : Mr. Latham sail. I Lave a resolution that 1 t-bail offer, and I beg the indulgence o; the Senate while 1 make a brief prelim inary statement, us f suu!i tk lor its im mediate consideration. In the Boston Journal, of Saturday evening, .March > 1502. appeared the following article: •TEEA-JNABLE I'LOT IK MicnusAK. —The: Detroit Tribune pubiishe a curious docu invi.t revelling an attempt :n mat State, last < fa!!, to organize a league kr the purpoir of j overthrowi.-.g the Federal Government. This object !* plainly avewei tr. a secret circular, which declare' the purpose of tne movement f. be 'to us. and M.t/fc, if necessary, urith the _4_ c f the S— (South), overrun the \y— {.V brti ; iiba kurricmme, iiuyiM the -1 | .4 "/ ,u: j/ioH) into eternity, or at least J ting them into complete ami unconditional ■ suhuiissi -a.' The d current Is dated October i 5, 1?G1, and says the league is doing H tible [ work in Maryland, and atn -r.g the soldiers of ■ I' rtress Monroe, and that President P . : (President Pierce,) in his passage, has drawn ; many brave and influential men to the league. j The Tribune fcujs the original of the docu j men: is now in the State Department at Wash i ington, and that it led to the arrest and iurprisonmentof several persons in FortLifay- j i ette. It was discover'd that secret organi- I s ttiotis existed in many towns in Michigan, j and in ouuicr 'us places in Canada West.' This morning, 1 received the following letter from ex President i'ierce: COSCOKD, N. 11., March 24, 18G2. My Dear Sir: I enclose a short article from i the Saturday evening edition of the Boston j Journal, ( March 22,) the substance of which, I it is quite probable, you may have seen before, j Hiving originated in Michigan, and been re- j produced in Boston, it can hardly be doubted that it has already secured a wide circulation. The subject is not new to me. It was the occasion of a correspondence between the Secretary of State and myself as early as j December last. I thought it reasonable to j suppose, at the close of that correspondence, j that ihe matter would cease to attract notice, j This expectation jot having been realized, ; and the offensive charge alleged to be based | upon a docuineut, the original of which ' is , j BJW in the State Department at Washington,' j having been revived arid extensively publish J ed, will you do me the favor to introduce in ! r the Senate a resolution calling for the corres- i pondence to which I have referred ? It wi'l strike you, I am sure, both up.n public and personal grounds, that such impu taiions should not be permitted to circulate | unchallenged, especially when an answer to at least so far as I am concerned, has been for months upoq the files of the first Department of the Government. I am tpuly, yofjr friepd, &c., FRANKLIN PIERCE. Hon. MILTON S. LATHAM, U. S. Senate, Washington, P. C Mr. President, I shall offer the resolu tion in my hand, i trust the Seriate \ will permit it 3 consideration now. for I j ; deem it jjqthing more than proper, not ; only to this distinguished individual, hut j to the country, that the truth in relation to this charge should be known, and if a malignant and base calumny, that it should ' he branded as such : Resolved. —That the Secretary of State he requested to transmit to this body copies of any correspondence which may have taken place between lion. Wm. 11. Seward, Secre tary i f State, and 11. n. Franklin Pierce, ex : President uf the United States, having refer j once to a supposed conspiracy against the Government, an i all other pap°rs relating to the same. Mr. Chandler (Rep.,) of Michigan,said lie knew there was such a letter. The writer of it was l>r. Hopkins. There wa9 such an organization, and it was very wide spread. At the commencement of the war, the Knights of the Golden Circle thought tlicy would he very patriotic, and go into the army, and to his certain knowl edge u large number of the worst traitors were in the I nitcd States army, and they are there now. Mr. Howard, (Hep,) of Michigan, said he knew there was such a letter in exis tence, as lie had seen it. He suggested { that the Senator frame his resolution so as to include that letter. Mr. Latham said he only wanted to find f out whether any mm who had been a I'res i idcrit of the I'nited States was engaged in such a conspiracy or not. lie amended the resolution so as to include all the other pa pers. The resolution was then adopted. In the Senate on Friday last, the Naval Appropriation biil was passed, with the amendments providing for the comple j lion of the Stevens floating battery, and that Mr. Stevens shall pot be repaid the money he has expended iu the construc tion of the .vessel unless it be successful and be satisfactory to the Secretary ot the Navy, and appropriating $13,000,000 to enable the Navy Department to construct iron clad vessels of war, and §250,000 for arrangements to cast heavy ordnance at the \\ ashington Navy-yard. In the House, a resolution of thanks to Capt. Ericsson was adopted. Profitable to the shoeuiaKers—Football. I. nprofitable to the players—Kicks on the shins. JBorln this war merit ought to he promptly and Deglect or favoritism of the enemy promptly punished. ZteifThe Cliqton Democrat supports the Sunbury and Erie Railroad bill, but denoun ces the Pennsylvania commutation bill. We must confess our inability to see any difference between the two. Either are right, or both wrong. 9 WAR NEWS. There is but little wir news of interest in the papers. From the troops at and be yond Manassas we hear nothing except the capture of several of our officers who as usual exposed themselves needlessly. Gen Hacks is still at Strasburg. At Fortress Monroe no demonstrations hare been made on either side. Island No. 10 and neigh borhood are being strongly fortified by the rebels, and unless troops are sent to • take the works by storm, a long time may elapse before it is captured. The following description of the battle near Winchester on Sunday a week will be read with interest : The Sunday Battle. About ten o'clock, reinforcements of five regiments of infantry and two batteries of ar tillery were announced, arrived from Stras burg, under Gen. Garrett, by the vociferous and prolonged cheers which proceeded from j their lines. The attack was not now long [ delayed. The enemy advanced his army, which now consisted of sixteen regiments of infantry, numbering 11,000 men, five batter j ies of artillery, with a total of twenty-eight pieces, and three battalions of horse under Ash by and Stewart. His line of battle ex tended about a mile on the right of the vil lage of Kernstown, and a mile and three quarters on the left of it, and the village lay on the road between the rebel right and cen tre. There is a mud road branching from the turnpike, a mile or so from Winchester, to the right of the road a you go to Stras burg. This road passed through the left of the enemy's centre, aud was one of their , points of defence. Beyond that there is a j grove of trees, and farther a ridge of hills. ; with a stone wall running along its summit about breast high. This was the rebel line of offence auJ defence on the right of our j line. Onslaught of the Rebels. Our most advanced regiment was the Eighth i Ohio, of Gen. Taylor's brigade, and on it the ! rebels made a furious ouslaught about half ; past ten o'clock A. M., with the intention of j turning our right flank. The Ohio Eighth 1 met them gallant!/, withering them like au- ' tumu leaves before the breath of w inter by their deadly fire of rifles. Five several times did the enemy emerge from the woods, and | from behind the stone parapet, with vastly superior numbers, and tried vainly to accom plish their object. Our left wing, consisting of the Thirteenth Indiana, Seventh Ohio, and a battery of the Fourth regular artillery, un der Capt. Jenks, had a feint made on it , while iho real attack of the enemy was being directed against our l ight wing. Our battery repli- d, silencing those of the enemy, though i the firing was well maintained, for a long | time on both sides. Our Centre and Right Wing. Our centre consisted of the Fourteenth In diana, the Eighth and Sixty seventh Ohio, j and the Eighty fourth Pennsylvania, and two artillery batteries belonging to the First Ohio j were drawn up in the rear. The whole of j cavalry amounted to no more than eight hun ' dred men, and this arm played a very uniuv portant part in the action on either side.— ; Our right wing was made up of the Fifth and Eighth Ohio regiments and a battery of the First Virginia regiment. The reserve j consisted of the Twelfth Indiana, the Thirty- j ninth Illinois, and % squadron of the Michi gan cavalry. Gen. .Shields was unable toap pear on the field in person, and the command j in the field devolved upon Acting Brigadier Kimble, who led our centre, and our right was commanded by Acting Brigadier Gcner al Tyler, while 001. Sullivau directed the oper ations on our left. Our Right Wing Charge the Enemy, The battle raged along the whole line with great fury from eleven a. m. till half past two p. in., when Gen. Shields, who received ac j counts of the progress of the fight on his couch, ordered the right, where the c ntest raged hottest, to charge upon the enemy,— That was an awful charge. The left of the enemy prepared desperately to repel our gal lant tru >; -, but the rush was'as irresistible . as the tide in the Bay of Fundy, Previous to this time our line of battle had been some what changed. The eighty fourth Penna. reinforced our right, and also a battery of | artiliery. Our whole force ROW engaged was | about six thousand ujen, while that cf the enemy was at the lowest estimate sight thous and. The rebels had also changed their line, and extending both their wings, presented a j concave front to opjr army. They had also reinforced their left wing, and the charge to | be made by our right was all important in its ! i consequences. On it, at 3 o'clock, depended ; the fate of the entire battle. The gallant Ty i ler led the charge, sword in hand, at the head iof the line. The rebtds fired from the woods ) with artillery ami small arms, while our men I advanced against their murderous showers of ' lead and iron, returning few shots, and rc serving their fire. Up to' this time the armies had not been much nearer to each other than three hundred yards, unless in some few in stances. The wood was soon cleared at the point of the bayonet, our men discharging j their pieces at twenty, and even five yards' distance from the rebels, and then dashing at ; them with the bayonet. The rebels fought ' well, however. They contested the ground j foot by foot, and marked every yard of it with ! blood. Retiring behind their stone wall, on 1 the ridge, eur men jumped after them, and j drove them along in the greatest confusion, ' '-nd with fearful slaughter upon their centre. The Rebels Retreat hi Confusion. The panic communicated. Kimble ordered j a charge along the whole line, and tor a short I time the fighting was mo3t desperate. The : roar of the cannon was no longer heard, un less in occasional bursts of fitful explosions, and the rattle of musketry was more boister ous than ever, and sounded like the noise made by a very close thunder clap, except that it was sharper and continuous. The rout of the rebels had fairly commenced, however, aqd two of their guns and four caissons were now i ours, aud though many of them turned and fired again and again at our pursuing host, many more threw away muskets and bayo i nets without hesitation. Darkness and the extreme fatigue of our troops, however, saved the enemy for the time, aud we retired about two mile? arid bivouacked till Monday morn ing. i Arrival of Banks and Williams—Pursuit. At daybreak General Shields ordered the rebel pusitiou to be attacked, and the enemy, after replying by a fpw ebots from his artil lery, continued his retreat. Meantime, Gen. Banks, who bad been at Harper's Ferry, ar rived, and took command of the troops in person. The Loss on Both Sides. The loss cf the enemy in killed and woun ded will foot up about 900 nv'D. of which"? were killed. The number of prisoners ttk u frv,m tbem i- 23d. These figures are inde pendent of what they hare lost, and will lose in the pursuit. The regiment which lost most ou the side iie rebels was the Fifth Virginia. Our loss in killed so far as ascertained is less than ICtO, and about 000 of our me* are wounded. Though the enemy had a much larger force, four pieces of cannon more than our army, the selection of fighting ground and every other advantage, yet all the troph ies of the occasion belong to the Union array. The loss on our side was heaviest in the Eighty fourth Pennsylvania regiment. Of the fire companies of less than three hundred men, engaged, they lost Col. Murray, as dash ing and brave an fficer as ever drew a sword ; one captain, one lieutenant, twenty three privates and non commissioned officers killed, and sixty three wounded. The loss in the Eighth and Fifth Ohio regiments is about, seventy five and sixty, respectively, killed , and wounded. Lieut. Col. Thoburn, of the Third Virginia, | is among the wounded on our side. These are the only field officers killed or wounded in the Union forces. The Irish Battalion. The rebels had an Irish battalion of one ■ hundred and fifty men, of whom forty were killed on the field and nearly all the rest wounded. Captain Junes, who commanded ! the Irish battalion in the rebel array, is a prisoner in our hands, with both his eyes shot out by one bullet. EIGHTY FOURTH PENNSYLVANIA. The following is the surgeon's return of ' killed and wounded in the Eighty fourth Pa Regiment: KILLED. —CoI. Wm. G. Murray, Capt. Pat rick Gallagher, Second Lieut. Charles P.eem, privates Paul McLtng, Job Miller, John Gil f more. Aaron B Wayght, -James Myers, Leo j Leech, Wm. Fowler, John Kelly, Jeremiah Gates, Thomas Ilancoff, Simon Kersoher, •Joseph MeCiaren, Jacob Wainwright, James Graham, and Daniel G. Smith. WOUNDED. —Privates Win. S. Davis (mor tally), Tiios. Ravc-n hill, Daniel Me Lane, Pe- ' ter Miller, Sam!. Burk. Adam Frank, (slight ly). James Barn (mortally), Michael Forney (severely). First Lieut. Sanil. Bryan, Corpor als Peter Lines, J no. Shadden, Alfred Crague, Charles Parker, F. S. Simmons, Mack Saxton, Alexander Warn (slightly), Private Reuben j Killiam, James Kurtz, Terr -nco Kinney, • Isaac Johnson, Abram Hertzler, Jacob Spi dle, John Jennings, First Lieut. B. Morrow, (slightly,) Sergeant Henry Fink (seriously), Corporals James M. Price. Charles Mummy, j T. C. Fowler, (slightly,) Privates C. L>. li >w ers, Wm. Prosser, J C. Teoter, J. S. Wheel er, Jay liolcomb, (slightly,) Corporal Em j anuel Brubaker, (seriously,) Alexander Tay lor, James Gallacher, (slightly,) Privates P. 1 R. Hawkins, Thomas Goman, slightly : Cor. j Shu maker, slightly ; 'Privates John Tolbert, (seriously,) Daniel Beitler, Sergeant Sanford , Johnson, Wm. E. Stead, slightly ; Sergeant Franklin Houston, Privates lienry Strickler, (slightly.) Wm. Cassidy, (mortally,) Christo pher Smith, (seriously,) John Lucree, Abra ham Hertzler, slightly. Gun. Shields, in a letter to a f;:Uqd in Washington, after referring to the events of Saturday, gives the following account of the fight: Knowing the crafty enemy, however, I had to deal with, I omitted w precaution. My whole force was concentrated, ar.d prepared to support Kimball's brigade, which was in j slvance About half past ten o'clock, it be came evident we had considerable force before us ; but the enemy stiil concealed himself so , adroitly in the woods, that it was impossible ' to estimate it. I ordered a portion of the ar I tillery forward, to open fire and unmask them By degrees they began to show themselves. They planted Lattery after battery in strong position, on the centre and on both flanks.— Our urtiilery responded, and this continued I until about half past i!.: e o'clock i;i the af ternoon, when I directed a column of infan ' try to carry a battery on their left flunk and to assai) that flunk, which was done promptly j and splendidly Ly Tyler's brigade, aided by j some regiments from the other brigades.— The fire of our infantry was so close and de struct! ve that it made havoc in their ranks.— The pcsult was the capture of their guns on the left, and the forcing back of their wing on the centre, thus placing them in akiosi tion to be routed by a general attack, which was made, about live o'clock, bv all the infan try, and succeeded in driving them in flight from the field. Night fell upon us at this stage, leaving us in possession of the field of battle, two guns and four caissons, three hundred prisoners and about one thousand stand of small arms. Our killed in this en gagement cannot exceed one hundred mcr, wounded two hundred and thirty-three. The enemy's killed and wounded exceed one thou sand." The inhabitants of the adjacent vil lages carried them to their houses as they | were removed from the field of battle. Houses between the battle field and Strasburg, and even far beyond, have since been found filled with tho dead and dying of the euemy. — I Grave? ,h ave been discovered far removed I from the road, where the inhabitants of the country buried them as they died. General Banks, in his pursuit of the enemy beyond i Strasburg, afterwards, found houses on the | road twenty-two miles from the battle field i filled in this manner, and presenting the most ' ghastly spectacle. The havoc made in the i ranks of the rebels has struck this whole region lof conntry with terror Such a blow had i uever fallen on them before, and it is more crushing because wholly unexpected. Jack ! son, and his stone wall brigade, and all the other brigades accompanying him, will never meet this division again in battle. During the night they managed to carry off their ar tillery in the darkness. We opened upon them by early light next morniag, and they commenced to retreat. Gen. Banks returned from Harper's Ferry between nine and ten ; o'clock A. M., and placed himself, at my re quest, at the head of the command, ten miles from the battle field, pursuing the enemy.— Reinforcements, which we had ordered back from Williams division, and which I ot-dered forward during the night, now came po.uriDg in, and with all these we continued the pur suit, pressing them with vigor and with re peated and destructive attacks as far as Wood stock, where he halted from mere exhaustion. The enemy's sufferings have been terrible, and such as they have nowhere else endured since the commencement of this war ; and yot 6uch were their gallantry and high state of discipliae that at no time during the battle or pursuit did they give way to panic. They fled to Mount Jackson, and are by this time, no doubt, in communication with the main body of the rebel army. The U. S. gunboat IlunUsiile has arrived at New York from Key West, with 200 bales ! of cotton and 237 bales of tobacco, captured from the rebels. Gen. Burnside has taken pvssession of Beaufort, X. C., without opposition, but the rebei garrison in Fort Macon, though sur rounded and cut off from ail supplies, still holds out. Union refugees are arriving in Nashville daily, and the city is beginning to brighten up in the light of returning prosperity. Quantril, the rebel filibuster, with a band of two hundred guerrillas, made a dask at one of our regiments at Warrensburg, Missouri, on Wednesday last, but was driven off with a loss of nine killed and seventeen wounded. Twenty seven of his horses were captured. Our loss was but two killed and nine wound ed. Great preparations have been made at Xew Orleans, by the rebels, t, resist the attack on that city by Porter's mortar fleet Gen. liuell is in e> mrnund of the UnLn forces in Tenuesi .e. an 1 at the last advices he was within 15 nines of the rebel army un der Beauregard. Morgan's rebel cavalry have captured another train on the L >uis.ille and Nashville Railroad. It contained s-?Ter al l". S. officers. By the arrival of the steamer Bienville, we have further news from Florida. The people were generally returning to their allegiance to the Federal Government. A couple of launches from our gunboats were fired upon at M j-quito Inlet, nnd eight of our men were killed aul wounded. Chicago,, April I.—Col Duf'ord yester day, accompanied by Twenty-seventh and Forty-second Illinois, and part of the Fif teenth Wisconsin, from Island No. I'd, with a detachment of cavalry and artillery from Hickman, under (Jul. Huge, made a do scent upon Union city, and alter a forced march of thirty miles fell upon the rebel encampment at seven o'clock in the morn ing and dispersed the entire force station ed there under Clay and King, both caval ry and infantry. They fled in every di rection. Several of the enemy were ktiled, and a number taken prisoners. A large amount of spoils were captured, including one hundred and fifty horses, commissary and quartermaster's stores, Ac. Our loss is one man killed from the explosion in a burning tent. The rebel force numbered seven hundred infantry, and between sev en and eight hundred cavalry. Gea. Curtis' Emancipation Order. ST. Luis, March 111.—Gen. Curtis has is sued the following special t.r.li-r : " II idquarters A any of the Southwest, 1 March 20,1 £52. j *• Charles Morton, Hamilton Kennedy, and Alexander Lewis, colored men, formerly slaves employed in tlx2 rebel service, and tak"n as contraband of war, are hereby confiscated, and, not being needed for the public service, are permitted tn pass the pickets of thiscom niand northward, without let or hindrance, and are forever emancipated from the service of masters who allowed them to aid in their efforts to break up the Government and the laws of the country." £*ar*The Philadelphia Methodist Epis copal Conference unanimously adopted the following pre ay big and resolutions : U7r crcaa A most unjust and wicked rebel -1". n lia- arisen in the 8 •uthcru States, against the Government of these United States, wi.h the avowed purpose of its overthr w, and the establishment of a separate and independent and s pirate Confederacy, on principles sub versive of human liberty; and Whereas, The Federal Government na* beep compelled to use force of arms, and is now engaged in a fearful war to suppress said re belli n. and to maintain its supremacy ; and Whereas, It is the duty of the Church, both ir. its ministry and membership, to employ every appropriate means for the maintenance at.d perpetuity of good g ivernment. and to sustain the powers that be in this great stiug gle: therefore Resolved, That while we disclaim all con nection with tin political parties, yet u> local ministers in Conference assembled, we do hereby express our utter abhorrence and op position to the present rebellion as being the offspring of trcas <n, and the instrument of the destruction of the best Government of the world. Resolved, That the Government, the army and the navy, have our deepest sympathy and fervent prayers, and that we pledge our influence to encourage and assist thorn in their noble and righteous deeds to protect the honor of our the integrity of the Consti tution, and the maintenance of our glorious Union. It Molted, Inat we will cheerfully bear our portion of any tax or taxes that may be re quired by the Government to defray ti,c ex penses of the war. Resolved, Tluit while we confess our sins, and humbly prostrate ourselves before the Almighty God, we thankfully receive the many victories which have crowned our arms as to kens of his favor, and, with gratitude and hope, we lift our hearts to llim hy whom king* reign and priuccs decreejustice, that victories may continue to bless us, until our brethren, North and South, East and West, again uni ted, may " learn war no more." Resolved, That we not only declare our !oy alty to the Constitution aud Government of these United States in the presence of Almigh ty God and these witnesses, but that we de clare our willingness to swear or affirm the same, whenever it shall be required by those who have the rule over us. Resolved, That a copy of the foregoing be j transmitted to the President of the United ; states, signed by the presiding Bishop, and countersigned by the secretary of tho Confer j ence. Terrible Aeeident at Philadelphia. The pyrotechnic factory of Professor Jack son, Tenth aud Reed streets, totally de molished by explosion this morning. Five or six of the employees, including a son of Jaek | son, were blown to fragments—one bead be ing found two squares off. Ten or twelve others were shockingly burned, and have been removed to the hospital. They are mostly boys and girls. Jackson had a large government contract for filling cartridges. The number wounded is much larger than was supposed. Three men, three boys and fifteen girls wore removed to hospitals, and twenty-two others, including a daughter of Jackson, were removed to houses in the vi cinity of the calamity, where their injuries were attended to. Among the latter are Sam uel Curtin and his three sisters, all badly in jurcd. There were fifty girls and twenty four boys and men ouiploved in the factory. Remarkable Steam-fcoirct Explosion. BALTIMORE. March 31.—A most remarka ble eteamboiler explosion occurred this after noon at the Baltimore House of Refuge. The boiler in the boiler-house attached to the bake house, two hundred and fifty feet free; the main buiiuiag. blew up fully two hundred and fifty feet in the air; then, taking an east erly direction and exploding again in the air passed in a straight line two hundred and fifty feet north, and fell directly on the roof of a school building, carrying with it the slate , roof, rafters, bcutUr, aao plaster, and crush ing into the sebm Iroorr. where there were nearly seventy boys in school. Although the entire floor of the room was covered with the ruins, only two children were killed (two brothers named Myers) and seven wounded, including one seriously. The rest, with the teacher, escaped entirely unharmed. All, agree that there were two explosions, one oc-' curring in the air. which changed the direc tion of the boiler. E3„,Tcn soldiers were killed and a num ber wounded of the Third Wisconsin cav alry, by a railroad accident near Chicago • last week. JPaF-There must be some gross careless ness in the lEltiuiore post office, as tho American for the past four weeks has sel dim come to hand until from two to nix days after its publication. Some clerk wants looking after. Death <>J t "Bearded Wo/nan." —Julia Pas trana. the " Bearded Woman," who was ex hibited for some time at Barntim's Muwm, and subsequently in various parts of this country ar.d Europe, died in Moscow in ISCO. To Consumptives.—The Advertiser, Lav - i ii.o Let-n m.-mred to health in & few WC KS, i>y A v-rv sirnpie remedy, after having suffered several years with as v.-re lung affection, and that dread disease Consumpt; >n—,- acxivu- to make known to his fellow sufferers the moans of euro. To i'.i! ,f it. he v .'.i nd a copy of the pro i .- i u~ i free of charge), with the directions fur >r-p:ring and the -..-u--. which they will find a •I'M CIES F'-R CON-' MI-TI-.V. A TIIMV. Iteescuwis, AC T i- '-niy i of tu advertiser in seiulmg the pre - ript. i i t i !• :i. r.ffie :-d. and spr< ad iiifor maiou vvliicli (, conn-ire. tn be iu valuable. u.u<] ho Impos ev< rv sulb-rer will try* iiis remedy, ns itwilicost tli in notion;; and may prove a blessiag. i Parti*'- w slung tlm prescription Will please audrets P.'.v, EDWARD A. W I iaiON. Wilhamsburgh. I janS-3m* Kings County. New York. Examination of Teachers, VN examination of those who require cer tificate- teaching during the coming summer, will be he-id in Lew:?town Academy, Saturday, April 12, beginning at 1M o'clock, A. M. 11 is very desirable tnat uli who wish to be examined over this spring, should be ' present on that day. On Saturday, April 2Gth. there will be nr. examination, in Lewistown Academy, of ap piicants for the Professional Certificate.— Those teachers whose last certificates indicate a quite near approach to No. 1 throughout, ire doubtless prepared and are hereby re quested to apply. Ihreoturs and citizens interested are re *p etfully urged to attouu. Examination wiii [ commence at 9i, A. M. A. SMITH, up 2 " Supt. Mifflin Co. 81 OO lIFWAHD. I OS L, a black I errior I * *g, aL>.,ut G months I J old, witii one of his feet partiy cut off at the toe nails. The at *vc reward will ba paid i on his return to Marks' A Willis* Steam Mill, and no quest! ns asked. ap2 LUG LOST- -$2 -50 REWARD. A KLDHIMI l>og. hail" hound, about two V. years old, was lost by the subscriber in i Lewi.-t wn. on Tuesday, 25th March. lie is ' of good size, rather light in body, and very i fond of being about horses. The person re turning him to Moses Sample, Lewi-town. r 1 to Simeon K. Zmk, near Believiiie, will re- I ceive t..j above reward. . 3t' SIMEON K. ZOOK. PRICES REDUCED. IIOnE-niDE BOOTS AM) SHOES. i r PIIR subj< i;Gf i' is prepared to make to JL erder or sell at tlie following j rices, f r i c;ts!i only: | Ladies' laced boots, high licels, £1 75 " low " 1 G2 Men's coarse boots, 4 00 calf " 4 50 to 5 25 " " shoes 2 25 to 2 02 44 coarse 44 200 all of the best material, and the work war ranted. Thankful for the patronage heretofore L ; stowed, a continuance of the same is respect | fully solicited. &ar~A!l persons indebted are requested to settle their accounts without delav. ap2 JOHN CLARKE. LIST OF LETTERS remaining in the Post Office at Lewistown, April 2, 18G2 : Anderson Mary Morrow Julia A. | Aur David MaDoe Mary A. Anderson James G. Murphy Daniel ' Aull Benjamin MeCiure W. Anderson Lucy (col ) Neff Apeyy Armstrong Rachel Quay Nancy I. Bricklcy Mary Riesten Aaron Bradshaw Lewis W. Runkls Chas. D. Baker Isabella Roush Mary Boreman Elias Raigen Benjapiin Bowcrsox "Sarah Robipsot Jtjhii | Cochran Catharine Swigat William £ I Couch Geo. C. Stine Daniel | C'humb Peter Sterit David Dorsey Martha Smith Jno. W. Davis G. I. Sibert Elizabeth ' Durr Samuol Sellers Philip E. . Everhart Burnbart Smith Mrs. J Flayhart Geo. Suidle F. Forsythe C. E. Scott Mary Fisher Mary I. Scholl Ilenry Fisher A Son Scholl O. A. Green Lydia Scholl Charles G. Grefen Christian Sherred Elizabeth Gurker M. R. Spigmar Ezra licuts Elizabeth Shadle John Hoffman David Smith John Iloak Reuben 2 Shade Samuel i Holes M. M. Sarcer Henry Hill Wm. A. Sheller Wm. A. Jackson Wilimina Stewart John Harden Krichelbum Edward Torry Joseph D. King Robert I. Wilson William Levy L. Waterhouse Geo. E. Myers Solomon SIIIP LETTER. Martin Mary 1. Bogden Charles i Mason Mary A. j Persons calling for any of the above letters will please sav they are advertised. One cent due on each. SAML. COMFORT, ap2 Post Master
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