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.PERSONAL
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We 11qe4,9Aoney badly, and it will be a very
great relielto us if our friends and patrons
will farpish us with a little of ; the " needful"
without: delay, If they cannot pay all, let
them at least give us a part of that to which
we are justly entitled,. in order to relieve us
from our eSibarrafismanta, We think we have
been irery indulgent, and therefore hope to
meet with' -a ready response to what we con
ceive 64' 1)4 reason ablerequest. We shall
have Fi i ;.:Colleotor out during the present
and succeeding weeks, and we hope he will
receive a hearty welcome. In the mean time
we shall !:11 prepared to receive our friends at
the office, and furnish them promptly with
receipts for whatever amounts they may de
sire. Persons at a distance, and those resid
ing out of the county, can remit by mail at
our risk. Oome, friends, give us a lift without
longerdelay, as we must have money to keep
the wheels of the old INTELLIGENCER in mo
tion. •
.I , ifo GREAT BATTLE YET
No important battle has yet taken place in
Eastern Virginia or elsewhere, although one
has been daily expected in the neighborhood
of Manasses Junction for the last week. The
number of troops at Washington City
and across -the river in Virginia now number,
it is said, 45,000 men. What number of troops
the SeceSsionists have, it is, of course, impos—
sible to tell with any degree of certainty, as
the accounts received from there are meagre
and conflicting. Gen. IVIcDowELL commands
the forces, and Gen. BEFREAUGARD the
rebels.
' . RIIMORS OP PEACE
It iSiumored that Southern Commissioners
are new in Washington with overtures for
peace to the Government. Their proposition
is as follows
The South will be content if the Govern
ment Will Pledge itself to pass, at the coming
session of Congress, an irrepealable constitu
tional provision recognizing and legalizing
forever theinstitution of slavery below 36 deg.
30 mio„ which is the southern boundary line
of. the State of Missouri. This done, the
Southern Provisional Government pledges
itself instantly to abandon the war, and to re
establish peace and the most cordial relation.
ship so far as its section is concerned ; to re.
direct the course of trade into its accustomed
channels;and in every way restore the happy
days of our, forefathers.
We also see it stated that the President and
Mr. SWARD are favorably inclined to the
proposition, but with what truth the statement
is made.we ate unable to say.
COL. WILLIAM HOPKINS
We - are rejoiced to see that this veteran
Democrat and honest man is one of the Dem
ooratio 'nominees in Washington county for
the State . Legislature, and we sincerely trust
he may, succeed. If the people in every
county of the State, were to elect such men
to.represent them at Harrisburg, we should
hear no : more about the bribery and corrup•
tion that have disgraced the Commonwealth
for the last few years. Col. 11. fully comes
up to Mr. Jefferson's standard of honesty and
capability: He was Speaker of the House of
Repre'sentatives during the celebrated Buck
shot Wer-Of Ritner, Stevens & Co., and die
tinguished himself by promptness, ability and
inflexible integrity.
DEATH OF COUNT CAVOIIR
Late intelligence from Europe announce
the decease of Count BENSO DI °Avoca, Prime
Minister of Sardinia, aged 52 years. 'His loss
will be severely felt, as it was his consummate
statesmanship that controlled and guided
Sardinia through all the great events of the
past three years, including the Italian war of
1859. Count CAVOUR was unquestionably one
of the ablest statesmen in Europe, and his
place will not soon be supplied.
PRINCE ALFRED IN CANADA
Prince Alfred—second son of the Queen of
England—arrived at Montreal, on Tuesday
last, on a visit to the Canadian Provinces.
A NEW DAILY.—A daily paper called the
"Recorder" has been started at York, Pa.,
by HOlaci Boriem, Rig., at $3 per annum.
It is a medium sized sheet, neutral in politics,
and- presents a creditable appearance; but
whether it will pay the publisher remains to
be seen.
ler 'Mr. JAMES E. HARVEY, the Minister
to Portugal, who telegraphed to South Caro
lina the intention of the Government to re
inforce Fort Sumter, has not been recalled,
according to the N. Y. Tribune. That paper
intimates that he has, some strong though
mysterious hold upon prominent friends of
Mr. Seward, deeply interested in contracts,
and that,. the President is not aware of the
fact. Can it be that there is anything wrong
in allotting contracts under this Administra
tion ?
KENTUCKY ALL RIGHT!
The Congressional elections in Kentucky,
held last week, resulted in the success of the
Union candidates in every district but one—
and by large majorities.
NOPARTY NOW I
The Republicans of Philadelphia refuse to enter
into anyarrangement with the Democrats and Bell
men, by which only one candidate shall be run for
Congreas,:to Ell the vacancy occasioned by the resig
nation-ofllon. E. Joy Morris. They are determined
to .4.,geparte iiy'having the whole; loaf or no
broadoiod have-accordingly placed in nomination
4';k1F.4.1 1 Esq.,an out and out Republican
of the atifoteat sect. The Democrats have not yet
made a nomination. ' ' -
!L
,itteen.rizti?zisA toanothern:ohe
advertise.went' of
ffl i l l ieiTt : Renie'dy for -Rheumatism "
*_;e4 Vgilly: ; spoken.. of all , 'we .
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a lanr s cr i 7e l of the New
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the Honorable Mr. This, or the well known -
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l ir a mopttoap"a-lt Itvliiiii3cll:ealt.Pbtll7itaiatil-coit
Mr. That, has been appointed to a distin fi, r annso a c r e el s
guished and responsible post in the alloy,
seems to us that this practice of takinerintriedli b u u m t m4 too t p ho :n : i t
w e sp fw ealot ibt "oct.... to ari- pleasing men; ._
men from eivillife and conferring on them high
military =ninth' oiattlitsleads M•a*llent . ~.,.. --' -,_,.-- •,.. , ..„.., M owi ng atrocious
and aaodm lisherA officete; hair - One qnite \ fat - aan ' 44 .l i kM 1. ; , 7 1. ', ,•- , , ,
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: 81110E10 tis almost triknown,to th - service i nfently,_. ere rabut one path:to safety
of any other nation, and aannain out: : lgelMetorype to ,ppmanint settlemmrt—
*fended uppnookbnds:pf,ppb4 p -, one 1 the TAO or subjugation of Hie South. :
eiPeffieileY• slrarfarelloeH.. ing .sal` '.4 0 910..h01dti in th‘facel+
ti t
o:! Y rir t m n rer, a
astrt'• itni mili . try gie nec B e l°es ssity . " and
year more completely poee. - ahae i "
amongst WI a body of a
as a class, i and in a moment we have an army of 4,000,-
the science of war the 43: "reatudY of their 1 strategical act, declare "freedom !" to all, 1
It vx.
lives, and who are admitted to be,
-at-least-as able , -ow-breve -and_as. thoroughly . 000 human beings on our side-,allies in every
acquainted -with their profesiiiinVini - thoin - Of-house - and on every plantation. --- The enemy is
Southern land. Here is a foe more dreadful
any other service. I demoralized.
~kanie:-,sweeps . „through: the The West Point Military Academy was es _,
po
than Northern-armies. righting so near our
oyrn forces, we retv,hope the revengeful feel
tablished - and has been fostered by the - national i
ingir Of theselo'r. oppressed creatures would "
government for this very purpose of preparing 1
I be restraired, Still there would inevitably
in the best manner and by the most thorough 1
training, a coridof officers accomplishedin the
lead
be desolanon and destrnotion, aweeping like
art of war, and who. shall stand ready to. ,
our armies against-every enemy who rosy ii-la•Mmpest...over the' 'Southern. hind: • 'And it'
sail the Union. would.::be just". - These , meri ., have 'borne the
_The government ought, on every principle,
of sound pcliey,.ns well as of justice to. faith-.
fulseiyants, to select from aniongat'thee,tried
and experienced' - officers those who are tti
receive important imilitary commands. This
is the polierptininied by the rebels. They-have
'in every instancie'appointed to lead their :ar-.
mien their" ablest and most, thoroughly-trained
soldiers. Beauregard, Leo; the two Johusone,
Twiggs, 'Magruder, - and' others they have
called to conspicuous and,leadirig positions.—
And this of itself gees very farlo Justify the
'tribute- foreign authorities have paid to the
-stiperior sagacity and executive ability of the'
Our-artnYisfull of talent; but our best men
are those who ace, ,still,, or, were till ( lately,
scattered on the outposts and frontier stations,
and not those who have danced attendance
upon the authoritiei at Washington." It is the-
young officers' who have served under Fontle
roy in New Mexico, under Harney in the Far
West, under Twiggs in Texas, tinder A.. S.
Johnsun on the Pacific coast, who are
.beet
adapted by their experience to be leaders iin
our.present campaign. It is the activity, dash,
wary watchfulness and prbmptness which they
have learned in their campaigns against the
Indians which our forces most stand in- need
of now. It is from these, the tried soldiers of
our army, that the government , should make
promotions. They have by long and faithful
but obscure service earned the right to the
nyporninity which now presents itself of gain
ing that honorable distinction, the hope of
whichis one of the prominent motives in the
soldier's breasti They have every advantage
of theoretical and practical knowledge, and
even leaving out of mind the justice the nation
owes to them, it is very certainthat a regiment
of raw troops led by an experienced and tried
officer cannot but March into battle with ten
tithes the confidence of one commanded by an
officer whomay be as brave as a lion, but who
knows necessarily no more about actual war•
fare than his men. .
The public thinks it strange to see our best
officers, such men as Captain Doubleday, Cap
tain Shepherd, and others, holding subor
dinate position, where their talents, their
military knowledge and their experience
of many years is almost entirely lost to the
nation and to the army, while untried men,
doubtless brave, but with necessarily the
slightest knowledge of military affairs, are
called to command regiments, brigades and
even departments. Persistence in such a course
is running a criminal risk, and for the attain
ment of no object, but - the gratification of
private ambition.—.W. Y. Evening. Post.
We agree with the Post (a staunch Repub.
Bean paper) that this plan of appointing "un
tried men" to lead our troops, "has gone quite
far enough." Indeed, the lamentable affairs
at Bethel and Vienna show that it has already
gone too far. Those series of disasters and blun
ders were caused wholly by the inexperience
or incompetency of officers, all of whom were
"untried men," who there showed themselves
to be unfit to command. It is shameful and
wicked to thus sacrifice brave troops by placing
them under officers without experience or fit
ness, generally appointed to promote personal
or party objects. Such considerations have
controlled the appointments of many of those
now in command, Generals as well as regimen
tal officers. While we have plenty of men, in
the regular army and in private life, who are
fitted byeducation and experience for commands
of all grades, men without these qualifications,
"untried men" have been appointed because
party interests could thereby be promoted, or
to gratify and reward personal friends of the
appointing power. This is peculiarly the case
in our own State, and -if our troops do not
suffer from it, all will have cause for thankful-'
ness. We apprehend that we have more reason
to fear disaster and defeat from the inexperi.
ence and incompetency of officers than from
..any other source ; and we hope that both the
National and our own State Governments will
hereafter take example from the rebels in this
particular, and select officers on account of
their fitness—those who have experience, tal
ent and education in this line of service, rather
than those who claim , the appointments on
political grounds, or as rewards for past and
future personal and political service.
FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS.
It seems now pretty certain that all the
European Governments will give the cold
;shoulder to the rebels. The English have
come most reluctantly to the conclusion to do
so, but appear to have come to it at last. The
Foreign Secretary, Lord John Russell, has
explicitly annonviced in Parliament that the
British Government has determined to prevent
privateers and armed vessels from bringing
prizes into British ports, and that France in
tended to abide by its laws, which' prohibit
privateers to remain over twenty-four hours
in port, and to dispose of their prizes when
there. He also said that England and France
had sent propositions to Washington, based
on the declaration of the Paris Conference of
1856, and expected an answer by every mail.
This declaration, it will be remembered,
abolished privateering, and it has been au
thentically reported that Secretary Seward,
some two months ago, notified the European
powers of our national adhesion to its agree
ments. We may, therefore, construe Lord
John Russell's announcement as amounting
to an acceptance of our adhesion, while the
propositions transmitted to our Government
relate only to the details of carrying.the.decla
ration into effect. This decision of the British
Government closes all the ports of British
America to the Southern privateers; the
French ports are virtually closed to them ;
Spain, Denmark, Holland, Belgium, Portugal,
and other European nations will doubtless
follow the example of England, and it cannot
be expected that the Governments on this
continent will take a different course. In
this ease, with a strong and vigilant blockade,
the privateering scheme of the rebels will not
become' such a "big thing" as they have
anticipated.
A Worn FOR PEACE. — Resolutions have been
introduced into the Connecticut Legislature,
now in session, depreeatink civil %sear, urging
the arrangement of terms of conciliation and
peace, and providing that, "while every prep
oration for the defence and maintenance of
the Governtnent shall be made, a cessation, ; if
possible, of any further hostilities may.take .
place, until Congress shall have time to act in
the premises." The resolutions Profess oppo
sition to designs of a "subjugation" and eman
cipation, and recommend the call of a Nation.
al Convention. They are nearly identical
with the resolutions before the Legislature of
lowa. introduced a few days since: -
j Mr. Harvey will not be recalled from;
Portugal, at least not at,present.—..N. Y.
Tunes, (telegram . )
If Mr.' Harvey is 'recalled, it is feared he will
expose one or more niernbeia of the 'Cabinet of
Mr. Lineeln i •ns acoomplicee 'the"' alleged
'treason." That is the reason why :he Se otr
reoalled I—Albany Atlas and Argus.
wrongs_ oCcentririea, :and mkt. should not
their -uprising be bloody? . Let them have
their freedom, if they can win it-even though
it be over the corpses of their masters and the
ashes of'the finned homesteads: After this
tempest of fire and'havon wotild . arise ti:bet—
.ter.era for Smith. Free laborers would pour
in; waeted.fields would be.cultiiated.by -slew
hands 4 ruined cities would be built up by.
Northern capital .and .ingenuity ; and . the
problem and the task for the civilization of
the coming age would be the education and
preparation of four 'millions of blacke—per
.haps through some system of apprenticeship
—for the rights and the privileges of free la—
borers.
- For such a glorious result, even if Come
through tears and blood, do we_devoutly pray.
' In referring to these brutal suggestions, a
contemporary very justly remarks
We aro. content, to leave these righteous
clamorers for blood to the remorse or retribu
tion which the future may have in store for
them. TO its judgments we leave the gentle
peacemakers;" the pious - Christian teachers,
who are so impatiently awaiting the hour
whiln " corpses ' will strew the Southern
'fields, and the "ashes of ruined homesteads ".
will tell the story of its subjugation. For we
fear that when the " tempest of fire and
havoc" which they so prayerfully call down
shall have passed away—when the labor of
love to which' they are devoting themselves'
shall have been completed, the " better era
for the South" which they are anticipating
will bring them little joy. The " glorious
result" which is to " come through tears and
blood " will, if we mistake not, prove as ashes,
to their lips, and shame and sorrow will be
their portion.
DECISION ON THE NEW STAY LAW
Judge SHARSWOOD, of Philadelphia, decided
that the principal section of the late extension
law of Pennsylvania, is unconstitutional
,in
the case of Miller vs Ripka & Co. -
The defendants applied for an extension
or stay "under the provisions of the act of 21St
May, 1861, grounded upon an affidavit that a
majority in number arid 'two-thirds in value
of their creditors bad agreed to give them an
extension, to refer it to the Prothonotary to
report the terms of such extension. Upon such
report being made, the act requires that the
Court shall order that no execution shall be
issued except in conformity with the terms of
sush extension.
The plaintiff in this easels one of the cred•
itors who did not asgent to the extension, and
opposes such reference and order as a violation
both of the Constitution . of the United States,
and of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
The ground that the Judge takes is that it
contravenes the Constitution' with regard to
the law of contracts and is of an expost facto
nature and practically takes away or denies
the right to remedies for breach of contracts,
and is an unconstitutional interference with
the jurisdiction of Courts of law. From the
opinion of the Judge we extract what we be•
lieve is the salient point:
"Two thirds in value and a majority in
number of the creditors decide what is reason
able, and the act gives the Court no power to
review their action. The stay 'ordered to be
entered by' the Court, must be in precise con—
formity to that reported as the terms of the
agreement of the creditors. We cannot say
that the act is constitutional as to such agree—
ments as we deem reasonable, and unconsti—
tutional as to such as we think unreasonable.
Such a matter cannot be the subject of judicial
discretion. We have do power to do what the
Legislature has not done—annex a proviso
that the stay shall not exceed a certain limit.
If it be true that the Legislature may grant a
reasonable stay, it is not reasonable to leave it
to the decision of a majority in number and
two-thirds in value of the creditors—a tribunal
not recognized by law, and which may be
unduly influenced in favor of the debtor. It
must be competent for the plaintiff in each
case, to deny the bona fide of the assenting
creditors; yet •no provision is made by the
law fur the decision of the question, unless it
be by the prothonotary, and no power of revi
sion „s given to the Court over his determina—
tion.
On the whole, we are of the opinion that
this provision of the stay law is so clearly and
palpably unconstitutional, that we ought not
to refer the case before us to the prothono—
tary."
APPOINTMENTS BY THE GOVERNOR.—Gover
nor Curtin has made the following Army ap
pointments under the Three Million Loan
Bill:
SURGEONS.
Alfred'W. Green, Germantown.
L. W. - Read, Norristown. '
Charles I . 3tmder, Newton Hamilton, Mifflin
county. • • .
George T. Carpenter, Pottsville.
B. A. Lichenthaler, Lock Haven.
Thomas B. Reed, Washington.
J. A. Phillips, Pittsburg.
ASSISTANT SURGEONS.
G. L. Pancoast, Philadelphia.
W. F. Marsh, Honesdale:
E. de W. Brenneman, Lancaster.
J. M. Lodge, Philadelphia.
H. K. Neff, Huntingdon.
Thomas Jones, Philadelphia.
Daniel McKinney, Huntingdon county.
Henry D. Maxwell, of Easton, Paymaster
General of the Pennsylvania forces.
NEW STATE. GOVERNMENT IN VIRGINIA.—The
Virginia Convention, now in session at Wheel—
ing, passed an Ordinance, by 73 to 3, providing
for the entire re organization of the State
Government. It declares null and void all the
acts of the Richmond Secession Convention.
deposes all the State officers who adhere to and
obey the mandates of that body, and restores
the Old Dominion "to its former position in the
Union. Every officer is obliged to swear alle
giance to the United States, and to repudiate
all other allegiance. The Wheeling Conven
tion on Thursday completed the ..work of re
organizing the State. Government by the
election of F 1 P. Pierpont, of Marion county,
as Governor, together with a Lieutenant-
Governor and Council. In addition to the
oaths to support the Federal and State Con
stitutions, the new officials are sworn to resist
the ustirprtig authorities at Riehmtmd. After
the inauguration of the Governor, the bells
were rung, cannon were fired, and the whole
town was wild with delight. A new State
seal and other emblems of authority have
been ordered.
OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE VOTE ON THE RAT.
IFICATION OF'THE ORDINANCE OF SECESSION IN
Visoirad.—Governor Letoher has issued
a formal proclamatiOn proclaiming the
aggregate vote of the State upon the Ordi—
nance of Secession. By the returns received
from nearly all . the 'eounties, livith the excep.
tion of those in . Northwestern Virginia, it
appears that the aggregate vote wad as- fol—
lows
. .
For ratification
For - •
CONJECITILAL naroarFina FOR. AID
daelrfirr EIECIMIoN 114 bourn=
nor amp
Araecindan
Total majority
The s pecial
.-, • tilde l ifthirrir.r 4 "'
correspondent of the New York
Trz7rune, giving an account of the advance of
't armyunder Gen. Parristesos into Virginia,
- gives vent to the following-sentiments:
The sight of the army Crossing the Potomac
wasiery grand and impressite, for the •
scene itself—in the midst , of the] most, lolely
latllicape, glowing with rioheetyerdure;under
a clear sky and bright summer:sun—aft for
:•the great occasion so remarkahle and ,smeetka
.L._,. a its character. Was it*i the Any of
reedoes entering into the land of Bondage,
lo proclaim liberty for all men Y I trust so ;
for, if not, it was on:y an idle and a worthless
pageant, and will be a burning shame on the
free - Inen=of-426-- - Tree North-: - -Yes, -freedom
far the divine Humaviity I this : War.were
for- If
of realizing a perfect
equality of rights for every human being. _it
would be the most foolish cry.o,de, or the _direst
butehery, thUtlhistaxth'was ever staitsi eufithal.
On the triumph of fre - edoni Over ;3fave - ry rests
the - honor-and - the fate of this nation. We
echieved'estionsi liberty through the Itevolu-•
tion ; we mast now achieve individual liberty
for all men in the nation; - to make us as-a peo
ple the' worthy staudatd-beurer of that holy
cause we claim to have espoused for all the
world.
. _
• This is war. for tha Union and the-enforcement
of the laws—Republicans have — eaid so4—Dem—
mats have said soL-hine.tenths of the people
have said ao: It is not
. a war for the subjuga—
tion of the South fer the destroction of property .
or for the liberation of slaves. If it was for
any of these purposes thp Aclministration could
not sustain it for a single month. The unan—
imity of the North is caused, by love for the
Union, and a determination.that it shall not
be disrupted withnut, a struggle forits preser—
vation. When the Davises and Beauregards
issue proclimations exciting the Southern
people to resist the invading Northern hordes
who are coming to despoil them of their pos—
sessions and to liberate their slaves, the North
with one Voice pronounces them atrocious
falselhiods. Our Generals assure the Southern
people that they do not advance into their
territory to, violate private rights, but to put
down treason. Every where the sameloice is
heard declaring that the war is for this.. Gov—
ernment, for the Union, for the laws, against
the insurrectionary violence of Southern
secessionists, and not against slavery. Yet
with full knowledge of the object of the Gov—
ernment and of the army, this correspondent
writes - and the' Tribune prints the atrocious
declaration, that if this war is simply for the
purpose of sustaining the Government or sub—
duing rebellion, and not for the liberation of
the slaves, "it is the most foolish crusade or
"the direst butchery that this earth was ever
"stained withal.".
If any .Uemooratic paper had ventured to
use sych language as this, or permitted any
correspondent to do se—that this was to sus
tain the Government is most a foolish crusade
and the direst butchery—it would be pro
nounced" traitorous by 'the whole Abolition
pack, add consigned : to the tender mercies of a
mob provided with halters. But coming from
such an orthodox, Union .loving, law-t4specting
sheet as the Tribune, it is of course eminently
just and patriotic,-,-Patriot and Union.
ORGANIZATION OF THE NEW REM
The officers appointed to the eleven new
'regimenis added to the regular army, in con-
formity with the President's proclamation of
May 3d, 1861, are announced, with the excep
tion of Second Lieutenants, the majority of
whom are yet to be appointed. These regi
ments, we understand, are to be organized
upon a new system—each regiment corffaining
about two thousand men. The officers are
taken from the regular army, the volunteers,
and from civil life. The following will show
the officers of different grades appointed from
Pennsylvania:
Colonets.—Wm. B. Franklin, late Captain
Topographical Engineers ; Andrea , Porter,
late Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Mounted
Rifles ; Samule P. Ileintzelmam late Brevet
Lieutenant Colonel Ftrot Infantry.
Lieutenant Colonels.—John F. Reynolds, late
Brevet Major Third Artillery ; John P. San
derson, B. Rush Petrikin.
Majors.—William Williams, Adam J. Slem
trier, late First Lieutenant First Artillery; Ed.
mund Underwood, late Captain Fourth Infam
try.
Captains.—lsaac N. Moor, D. It eN, Gregg,
late First Lieutenant First Dragoons ; John R.
Snead, late First Lieutenant Second Artillery ;
George Gibson, Jr.. Henry A. Hambright ;
Wiliam B. Irwin, John J. Parke, late First
Lieutenant Topographical Engineers; J. D.
O'Connel, late First Lieutenant Second Infan•
try;
David C. McKibben, late First Lieuten,
ant Ninth Infantry; William 11. Brown, Louis
H. Pelouze, late First Lieutenant Fourth Ar
tillers'• '
Nelson B. Sweitzer, late First Lieu
tenant First Dragoons ; Hugh B. Fleming, late
First Lieutenant Ninth Infantry ;
Henry W.
Freedly, late Lieutenant Third Infantry
Alexander Piper, late Lieutenant Third
Artillery; Jacob M. Eyster, Augustus JT.
Plummer, late Lieutenant Seventh Infantry ;
Edmund L. Smith.
First Lieutenants.—Sewall S. Brown, John
B. Johnson, Lorenzo Lorain, Chas. McK
Leoser, late Lieutenant Second Dragoons ;
Jacob A. Smyser, late Lieutenant Third Ar
tillery ; Eben G. Scott, David H. Veech,
Thomas Williams, Jr., Chas P. Muhlenberg,
Joshua S. Fletcher, Jr., Jacob C. Royer,
Walter S. Franklin, Joseph Harris, Alexander
Murry, Fratik P. Muhlenberg ' Charles P.
Dickey, John R. B. McClintock, John F, Rit
ter, late Lieutenant Fifth Infantry ; Robert
Montgomery, John B. Parke, Francis J. Crilly,
Augustus Boyd, John P. Ely, T. B. Burrowes.
This list is necessary incomplete, as a num
ber of officers are appointed from the volun
teers without designating what State they
are from.
John P. Sanderson is Lieutenant Colonel
of the Fifteenth regiment of Infantry, of which
Fitz John Porter, ad old army officer, is Colo
nel ; and B, Rush Petriken is Lieutenant
Colonel of the Sixteenth regiment of Infantry,
under Colonel Andrew Porter, late Brevet
Lieutenant Colonel of the Mounted Rifle regi
ment. The rumor that these worthies had
resigned appears to be without foundation.
The recruitin,4: for the new regiments will be
commenced immediately. The , headquarters
of the Fifth Artillery are established at Har—
risburg.
SWEAR Him.—Salmon P. Chase, Secretary
of the Treasury, ought to be required to take
the oath of allegiance at once. At the famous
Abolition Convention held in Buffalo in 1848,
he was chairman of the committee which re—
ported the following resolution :
Resolved, That we hereby give it to be die
tinctly understood, by this nation and the
world, that as abolitionists, considering: that
the strength of our cause lies in its righteous
ness, and our hopes for it in conformity,to the
laws of God, and our support of the rights of
man, we owe to the Sovereign Ruler of the
Universe, as a proof of our allegiance to Him,
in all our civil relations and offices, whether.
as friends, citizens or as public functionaries,
sworn to support the Constitution* of the Uni
ted States, to REGARD and TREAT the third
clause of that instrument, whenever applied in
the case of a fugitive slave, as UTTERLY
NULL AND VOID. and consequently forming
NO PART OF THE CONSTITUTWN OF
THE UNITED STATES, whenever we are
called upon or sworn to support it.
THE WILL OF SENATOR DOUGLAS.
The last will and testament of the late
Senator Douglas hag just been filed in the
' office of the Judge of Probate. It is in his
[ own hand writing, is dated the 4th r d.ty of
Sept., - 1857, with a codicil added July 30th, ,
1859. It- devisee, after the 'payment of his i CHURCH FESTIVAL.—The Ladies of the 4rat
, f i te t r e m n :o g !t t e t f i o n r g in u e p d
aCtti.ea.rtcivhai;f the
el o ty, (Er,
whichvd.fMr remrs,)
debts, the residue of his property, without
Lome
specification,. divided equally, one half to the , devoted to relieving the presenr embarmesed pec lv uelary be
ti b on of-the church. The feetival Will be held kyl,
two • sons, the other half to his wife, which
latter and Daniel P. Rhoads, of Cleveland, th r e i reve a llo m g e . at Those m o o f f o t u h r e e'l b tlzert h e'w a h n o d de w st l e e tr a pee m n e
Ohio, are named _Executor; of the will;._ The evening or two pleasantly, add at the same time coo tight:
ag i o . rt fe h,lr uv aLd d eserving codicil of two years later, Mr. Douglas dying mthewmar4ev i o n t g le o t lif t ee b :, wilt do well tore-.
-ivithont' other ,ehildren 'than the two named, prevails about , the war and warlike alTal:S i be te a m n e y! l o t h W ee t l ie t i c i r
Attekee' l lie'diatigiffrom the . above .diepoeitione - f thdr linen° or linerni4 Y in this dinnninn' The leStival
---- will matrons thrOugliont the Week, and the "if.tiblie ioilei•
of the will.—Chicago Triune. ally should not fail to attend. '1 '
125,950
20,873-105,577
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MENTS
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ARThyzw.—
CELEBRATION OF THE FOURTB OF j uL y.—Th e
Committee of Councils. appointed for th e pimp., of
tuaking-sultable arrangements to deltbrate the approach
big Anniversarit of American Indepeedmiee 3 R a i mitable
and patriotic manner, mat,,agresably to adjotiremenie at
:thillEiies O &M 1 4 ow
.." - Yesieeday, 24th. Mete
when the folleiring rer an - walnuts by the derti.conaßlee
appointed at a previonepeettng. and adopted" 1 , 75.
.The - Cbdreh;Chart'lliuse and Facto r y Belli to berritog
at'iniplyales - ihionghout the day'. OoMwenctug at BlinEiße•
ffibirty-four roanda °team:ton to be s ee d ititheriummuintr,
.frpm ti to 8 zo'nlock,, under the direcuon'otam,te
jr.useCiusd . ...*Flan*lrei IdbitarY Caddo",
The exercises to be ffeld In Gib Court ithbm, 4:outrid:icing
at 9 o'clock, A. M. To commence with prayer by one of
the Clergymen of the city, after which the Declaration, of
Independence will be read by the Roo. Hamm G. LONG,
and addresses delivered by Rev. G. P. Egoirm, of this city,
and Rev. Atmornstr J. McCosomr, of Philadelphia. The
Ben diction will then be pronounced by th e Rev, Jams
HEREWITH, of this city, cud the exerciseselnited.
Theleineaster htiliterg Cadets, Capt. yotrso, ;End-Inde
pendent Greys, Capt. MIICALIA. will Participate to the pro
ceedings; and our citizens generally, of . ll:lenity and COTHItr,
are invited to participate.' Seats will ba specially reserved
for the Military and the Ladies. The
Committee will meet again at the Meyer's Office, on
Biturday next, the 29th lust, at 2% P. 5i., to
make the other necessary arrangements for the Celebra,
_
GEO. SANDERSON quilneka,°.
Qua. IL Nonni, Secietary.
•
THE FIRST REGrmENT.--,The.Firstliegiment
of Pennsylvania 'Volunteers to which thel'enciblea and
Jackson Rifles are attached, is now chaimped at Freder
ick, hld , to which city it •inarclied from Funkitown, a
small village same three or four mites feion Hagerstown,
on Friday night teat: The Itegiment attracts universal
attention wherever it is quartered, and the Band, our own
glorious Fenoibla, is considered the very beet In :the
whole volunteer service. Our city can well be proud of
its military and 11111a1C1.011.
Tun Mimi RZGLILEST.—The Tenth Pennsylvania Regi
ment, in which are Capt. Parrassoa and Capt. Balsams'
companies of this city; is now stationed near Williams
port, Md.
CHAPLAIN TO THE 14TH REOIMENT.—The
Rev. Jams M. McCaw:az, forMerly pastoil of the Duke
Street M. E. Church of this city, and now stationed at
Lebanon, has been appointed Chaplain to the I4th Regi
ment, Pennsylvania, Volunteeis, lately encamped near this
city, and which is now on the march through Maryland
into Virginia; Mr. MCCARTER. left Lebanon on the 11th
Lost., to Join the Regiment. His appointment is only for
the remainder of the three months for which the Regiment
enlisted, but he will, be likely to witness some stirring
scenes before his short termwzpires.
THE SAFE HARBOR ARTILLERY.—At last we
have received a roll of the members of the Safe Harbor
Artillery, attached to the First Regiment, P. R. C., at Camp
Wayne, West Cheater. We annex the
11081`8% ROLL OD IRE MA.I9?. H4330R ARTILLIERT.
Officers: .
Captain—George U. Rees. ; • .
Ist Lieutenant—Calvin B. Koedig,
2d " David Warfel.
lat Sergeant—Amos M. Sourbeer,
24 " William G. Women,
3d - " - William M. Trapnell, •
4th . " Samuel. Pickel.
let Corporal 2 4ohn B. Courtney,
• 24 " Charles K. Wasson, .
3d I Frank Sourbeer,
4th a Hiram Hughes.
Musicians—John McFarland, William Klelogoung.
• Privates:
Brady, Miller Johnson, A. F.
Baal:wog, Amos Kuhn, J. M.
Byers, Jacob Kline, Simon
Bruce. William King, Charles 11.
Beichle, John Lancing George
Beatty, Mark - Love, 1.1, tab H.
Bechtold. Mark Lehman, George
Brown, William Lafferty, William
Bowers, J. W. McFarland, Samuel
Clark. A. M. McClune. Lindell
Campbell, Samuel' McCoy, William
Dern, Charles Miller, George ,
Diffenderfer, J. H. Maynard, John
Deitrich, Joseph Night, Joseph
Daveler, John ' . Norris, William
Bails. Frederick Ob m it, Samuel
Ferguson, John - - Pia el, Henry
Finney, Jacob Peck, William
Punk, Elias Robinson. Samuel
Flick, Joseph . Scott, Robert
Groff, Samuel Sourbeer, John
Hawthorne, Aldus Sbaub, Joseph
Hamilton. David . Saylor, A. J.
Ileiney, George Trlpple, Charles D.
Heiney, David Tweed, William
Harnish, Jacob Urban, John
Haverstick, Amos Vern eg. Frederick
am, John Will, Gleam
Hoak, Amos White. Samuel
'Hiller. Jacob Wilhelm. Zacharias
Hebble, J. 11. Wentz, Robert
Harman, A. F. • Williamson, William
EXAMINATION OF TEACHERS. —The examina
tino of applicants ft r Teachers of Schools, fo this county,
will be held at the following Districts at the limes and
places hereinafter specified:
Manheim borough—July Bth, 9 a. m.
Mount Joy borough—July 9th. 9 a. m.
Marietta borough—July 10th, 9 a. m.
Colombia borough—July 11th, 9 a. m.
Washington borough—July 12th, 9 a. m.
Manor township—July 13th, 6 a. in., Denuee School,
Millersville.
Strasburg borough and township—July 16th, 9 a. m.,
High School, Strasburg.
Paradise township and Now Milltown District—July
16th, 9 a m., Black Ilorse School 11.,use.
Salisbury township--July 17th, 9 a m.
Learock—July 18th. 9 a m.. Intercourse.
East Lampeter—July 19th. 9 a. ni , Enterprise.
Upper Leacock—July 211th, 9 a. ni., Doraville.
Warwick—July 22d, 9 a. m. , Litiz.
Manbeitri—July 231, 9 m., Neffsville.
Conestoga township and Safe Harbor—July 25th, 9 a. m.,
Conestoga Centia
Pequea—July 2.61.11, 9 a. m., Willow Street.
West Lampeter—July 27th. 9 a. m., Lampeter Square.
Eden—July 29th. 9 a m.. Quarryville.
Little Britain—July 30th, 13 a. no., l'oplar Grove School
Fulton—July 31st, 9 a. m.
Drurpore--August lot, 9 a. in., Chesnut Level.
alartic—August 2d, 9 a. m.,
Providence--August 3d, 9 a m., New Providence.
The Directors are requested to provide a sufficiency of
blackboard surface, chalk and all other apparatus that may
be needed.
They are also requested to give notice in their respective
Districts of the time and place of examination sad in
those Districts in which no place has been net, they will
please to determine on one and inform me of the same.
The Directors are particularly requested not to employ
any applicant, unless he first holds and produces a certiti-
CHte. •
the examinations will commence precisely at the ti
appointed. Please be punctual. Private examination
absolutely refused. The public are cordially invited
attend. DAVID EVANS, County Sup't.
DEPARTURE OF TRAINS, AND CLOSING OF THE
THAILs AT THE CITY POST OFFICE —The different Passenger
Teal, on the Pennsylvania and branch railroads leuvethls
city as follows:
Fast Line
Through Express. 42 am.
Lsocuster Accommodation 1".45 a m
Harrisburg Accommodation 8.10 a m.
Mail Train Y 08 p. m,
7.12 p.m.
LEAVE WESTWARD.
Through'Express.
Mail Train
Mount Joy Accommodation, No. 1
Fast Line
Harrisburg Accommodation
Lancaster Accommodation
Mount Joy Accommodation, No. 2
Emigrant Train
eLoSING OP MAILS By RAllitoeD.
Eastern Through Mail—For Philadelphia, New York and
Eastern States at Ba. m., 630 p. in. and 9p. m. •
Way Mail East—For Philadelphia andintermediate offices,
at 8 a. M.
Western Through Mail—For Harrisburg, Pittsburg and
Western States, at 10 a. m., and 9 p. m.
Way Mail West—For Landisville, Elizabethtown, Meant
Joy, Middletown, Harrisburg, Lewistown, Huntingdon,
Tyrone, Altoona, Hollidaysburg (and Way Mail between
Altoona and Pittsburg) at 10 a. Dn.
Southern Mail—For Columbia, York, Baltimore, Washing
ton, D. C., and other points South, (except the Seceded
States.) at 10 a. m.
Baltimore and Washington, D. C., 6 30 and 9 p. m.
Pittsburg Through Mail, at 1.30 and 9 p. m.
Columbia,York and Harrisburg, at 10 a. m., and VA p.m.
For Strasurg, via: Camargo, Quarryville, Martinsville,
and New Providence, at 8 a. m.
ARRIVAL OP MAILS HT RAILROAD.
Through Mail East 100 a. in., 11.00 a.m., and 2.10 p.m
Way Mail East 11.00 a. in.
Through Mail West 2:42 a. m., 10.45 a. in., and 2.10 p. m.
Way Mail West 8.40 a. in., and 7.12 p.m.
Southern Nail 3.08 p.Ol.
CLOSING OP MAILS ON TEM STAGE ROUTES.
For Reading, Neffaville, Litiz, Rothsville, Ephrata,
Reamstown, Adamstown and Gonglersville, daily, at' '8
a. In.
For East. Llemptield, Manheim and White Oak, daily, at
For 5111Iersville and Slackwater, daily, at 1 p. m. •
For Safe Harbor, daily, at 1 p. m.
For Hinkletown, via: Landis Valley, Oregon, West Bail,
and Far:Doraville, daily, at 2 p. m.
For Paradise, via: Greenland and Soudersburg, daily, at
2 p. m.
For Litiz, via : Neffaville, daily, at 2 p. in.
For Strasburg, via: Fertility and Wheatland Mills, daily, at
2p, m.
For Lampeter, daily, at 2 p. m.
For Plonnisville, via: New Holland, Blue Ball, Goodall°,
Churehtow CI, Morgantown, Honey brook, Cheater Springs,
and Kimberion, daily, at 1 p. m.
For Port Deposit, Md., via: Willow Street, Smithvflle, Bock,
Cheannt Level, Green, Pleasant Grove. Rock Springs, ML.
and Rowlandsville, Md., Tri-weekly, Monday, Wednes
day sod Friday, at 6 a. m.
For Colebrook. via Swan's 51111, Old Line, Sporting 111 1 11
and klastersonville, Semi-weekly, Wednesday and Oil.
day, at 6 a. m.
For Vogansvllle and Torre Hill, daily; at 8 a. in.
For Liberty Square, via: Conestoga, 51artieville, Colerett
villa, Mount Nebo, Bethesda and Rawlineville, Seto
weekly, Wednesday and Saturday, at 1 p. m.
Office hours, from 7a. in. to Bp. m. On Sunday, front 8
to 9 a. m.
Postage to California, Oregon and Washington Territo
ries, 10 cents.
Letters. alleged to be valuable, will be registered, an a
receipt given therefor, on application and payment of the
registration fee of live cents, in addition to the regular
postage.
All lettere are required to be pre-paid with etanipe bebre
they can be mailed.
JOAN J, CocusaN, Poatmaeltsr.
•
—The following Instructions from the Post ()Mori Depul
ment are published for the Information of the nubile:
Juno let, 1861.
ALL POSTAL SERVICE In the States of Virginia, Nsrth
Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mite
sissippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Texas, has beau sus
pended from and after May 31st
Lettere from offices temporarily.closed by this order will
be sent to the Deed Letter Office, except those for the fol.
lowing. Counties In WESTERN VIRGINIA, wbtch..wlli be
lent to Wheeling:
Taylor,
Harrison,
Doddrldge,
Marshall,'T Kanawhi, l
Wetzel, p y ie ler,
as= ts - :
Webster,
Monongahela, Ritrhie, Clay,
Preston, Lewis, , . Beene,
Berkley, Braxton, Calhoun, '
Randolph, Gilmer, Cabal', '
Upoher, Wirt, Wayne,
Barbour, - Wood, Marion. .
• • •. . ,
The Postmaster at Memphis, Tennessee, having reamed
to distribute the mall matter sent to that office, the ?oat
master General has directed the following order te be
.iaeued: •
POST OFFICE DEPARTMIAT, APPOIISTMENT Orrics.—=The
Post Office at Memphis, Tennessee, is discontinued. I The
Postmaster General, orders all Postmasters to • forwaid to
the Deid Letter Office at Washington all mail' litter
which is dirikted to that.eftlee. . . ..
Signed, JOHN A. HASSON,
Tirat Assistant Postmaster Gourds].
ILITARY AT Nici - PiOVIDINCIL=DireatIy
on the reception of the MOWS from Fort Sumter, a rail was
homed for a military meeting at New PrOvidence—the ob.
..feat of the meeting being., he formation of a miiitamcom
piny. The meeting wu sdthed by Sim Joan Bratont,
lar. J. B. RAVB and otbem.'Au alfesement-was reedy, and
several names were enrolled.
At the wood meeting of were elected, a committee
cepstitafkm, sod By-Latis appointed, and orders tamed
..by_theVeptafat far the fleet drill.
When the committee on ckmstitatien and By-Laws re
,tfLtpity -twit persons aed them. -.Thus yon win see,
liditorszthat the New Protidence Quante consist
orerty-kwo meitizzadc and fl* •
hatem l 2 4encesii- , scmi, company has not
I Be bt
sin ilkftwszeThis perceptible,
Apt eV* am the nawabwrslif thd company, bat also
among the citizens of the
The company has a special drill every Saturday after
noon, and at these drills the porches, flares and, Indeed,
every available place are lined wif 1 eT,ectators, to see the
company going through their different manceavree. But
let us look at the reasons of this intense interest in behalf
ofthiatompsny.::'Tturilrst andileeptabremon Is, that our
Constitution and Union have been threatened by traitors,
who, it is evident, would take from us our liberties, and,
sooner than lose this birthright—to use theaxpressit3n of
.oure-ampany—we will lose our three;
Theiecond reason is, that New Providence is situated in
one of the richest farming districts in the State, and with
in one night's march of Mason and Dixon's line. Is it any
wonder, then,,that the interest In the success of our corn
.sinyht,aidecal. - voider that -Merchants,
Teachers, Mechanics, and, in fact, members of all . profes
dons anrlasalllngs shorddediolt threaelres into companies
not only for home protection, but for the protection of the.
Constitution and , Union I ' . can have but two
.chokes. , The one ji liberty, art we have had it—inviolate,.
'as our parents bade* itor death: Thd termer we pre
fer, but' sooner than part with' it-we will seek:the latterf
Now the State authorities know well hew we are situ
ated bare.' They know thatßaltimore contains thonsandd
of armed Secessionists, who, it, may be; will. march by
night Into the bcirdercounties of this State, on marauding
expeditions, as Softies the liar his reached Its culminating
point; had since the Legislature ,appropriated money-for
thepurcliase of Irma for'thelidider counties, 'we think the
State authorities should purchase arms for the Companies
applying for them. There is no excuse that the arms can
not be purchased. Arms Mc, plenty, and if the State
cannot get them 'we can on the State's order. • .
J. F. PASS.IOBB.
Nrsr Privprior, June 19, 1881. •
—The suggestion of oar correspondent, Mr. Pessiroxx, In
reference to the policy of furnishing arms to the 'various
companies of “Home Guards," at the expense of the State,
is one which ebould attract the attention of the "powers
that be" at Harrisburg. These Home Guards, should the
war. be protracted for any considerable length of time, may
be relied upon to enter upon the active duties of the sot
dfer—And especially wonld that be .the case if they were
properly drilled in the manual.
,For The Intelligent:or
Misses. Ecotone: In the daily Express of June 19th.1861,
appears an article (a masked battery,) attacking, with un
exampled malignity and lying, the numerous and highly
moral and res-ectable religions society known as " Men
nonites," a society that, no doubt,standsj ant as high above
the scribbler of that abuse as Angels do above devils, or the
North above Southern Secession. The attack is contempti
ble and abhorrent in the first, Just because it is
anonymous—stabbing in the dark. It manifests a great
lack of judgment, on the part of the Editor of the Express,
if not himself the author, to publish it, or else a wreckless
disregard fora portion of the Lancaster county community,
comprising a very large proportion of the county, In the
various capacities for which our great county in distin
guished-loyalty, religion, morality, education, wealth. etc.
The same doctrine held by the Mennonites, is substantially
held by all the "old fishionedr societies in the county,
with reference to war; they are- all non-resistant, they
will not, and cannot in accordance with their conscientious
views, go forth. to battle. But that they, refuse, have
refused, or ever will refuse to minister to the wants and
comforts of the soldier 13 a villainous falsehtiod, a charge
made in the darknesa of the nightby a skulking calumnia
tor. Let Lancaster county know who, is the author of the
slander, that be may meet that utter loathing and Ignominy
which would be directed against him. Lanceater county
is not ashamed of her non-resistant citizens. No I they
ere among her beet and foremost. I am proutfof them one
and alif
This imp of pollution is no doubt intellectually as dark
as his labors are malignant Non-resistanta r are protected
by all theory and practice of free government. The liberty
of conscience, which is guaranteed to every citizen by the
American Constitution, shows what primitive anxiety our
ancestors bad with reference to this matter. Religious
persecution drove them from their natlae. lands So. seek do
the wilds of America that freedom of religious profession
and worship which was denied them at home: Tn Penn
sylvania, Art. 6, Sec. 2, of the Constitution, provides" that
those who " conscientiously scruple to bear arms, shall not
be compelled to dO sCs but shall pay •au 'equivalent Tor
personal service,. •
Does the editoi of the Eaprest, - or the covert author of
the defamatory article in hie paper, mean to annul the
Constitution altogether? The enormity of euch a public
outrage as that of which they are guilty, satisfies my mind
that they are ready for any emergency. Let that article of
which we are speaking go South and what will be the effect?
Why, sirs, the natural and positive tendency is to inspire
the secessionists with the thought,that their long cherished
hope was now about being realized—a division in the
North. Do these men desire such a thing, or shall their
ignorance and folly palliate, in the public mind, conduct
which tends to ouch a consummation?
The charges laid against the Mennonites are false In the
aggregate and in detail, literally and substantially. It is
not true that they refuse.. or have -refused to make the
soldiers happy and comfortable. For proof, ask those
different committees that Canvassed the country round the
city for provisions to get up the tioldiers' supper on the
camp ground. It is not true that any action of the Church
tended to:disband the Strasburg Cavalry 11l These non
resistants may berich, some of them—heaven knows some
are poor enough too—but; they got rich by honest
industrye—not by printing papers and lying. These self-
appoin ted censors wish that the lot of these non-reeistante
woe cast in the vicioi•y of Harper's Ferry. They might
have as well wished a little more, and wished that they
would have those fine, rich and and productive farms. Oh!
shame, where is thy blush?
In the benevolence of their hearts these immaculate
men thank God that these close fisted farmers must now
pay their share of tax. If my patriotism would prompt
me to thank God, I would thank Him that they are able
to pay it. and just as willing as they are able. If I bad an
indifferent opinion to express, I would say in defence of
all non-resistants that they are as good and as loyal as,ihe
best of our citizens. Their quiet and unobtrusive walk
through life is, however, their moat efficient defence; they
want not the foreign and doubtful aid of newspaper cor
respoodenta. In respect for their exemplary life, I ehou'd
ask an apology for thus attempting to redress in the public
mind a wrong which they would innocently suffer in a
non-resistant spirit—without note or comment.
If I was asked to search for patriots I would not take
out a warrant for the supposed author of the Express
slander, contributed by some unknown person, and pub
lished in the Lancaster daily Express of June 19. 1861.
There would be strong doubts upon my mind whether ii
you had the veritable being, you would have the genuine
twirls. About contributing to the wants and comforts of
the soldier, I would not expect to have a man who had
done any of it; nor is It likely that there would be occa
sion to thank God that be has, or would have to pay his
share of tax—he might be strong in will but weak in deed
we surmise.,
The doctrine of non-resistance is too well known and
understood to need any comment. I live in the midst of
those who profess it, and have never publicly or privately
heard one word in opposition to the war. Outside of their
immediate society or societies, they do not interfere; they
feel just es proud of their country as anybody else, and are
pleased to see that so many are willing to defend her flag.
I wish the reading public would preserve a copy of the
Express of June 19, and read that vile article, and they
would be better able to appreciate this reply. I, for my
part, am never ashamed or afraid to acknowledge what I
tin. Timis is hailed as the noblest work of my life, and I'll
subscribe to it cheerfully. If the author of the Express
slander, has anything more to say, let him say it boldly.
We will, however, fight him no longer in the bush; he
must COMB out and show himself There are any number
of hickory non-resistants who will fight at home or upon
the battle-field. AND. M. FEANTZ.
Etat, June list, 1861.
[Express please copy.]
_l.Ol a m
.10.49
11.00 6.66
10 p.m.
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THE GREAT VICTORY.
We regard the bloodless victory of Harper's
Ferry as a greater triumph of military genius
than though thousands had been slain in cap
turing the place. Almost everybody takes it
upon himself to criticise the conduct of Gen.
SCOTT, as though they knew more about mili
tary affairs than he. They even condemn the
brave old General for tardy movements and
tell us what they would do were they in his
place—yet before they comprehend his move
ments be gains a bloodless victory that will
command the admiration of the world. To
make a strong position untenable even for a
large and well armed force, without exposing
his own men to danger, is an achievement
above any thing else in the military line.—
The Philadelphia Inquirer says:
Harper's Ferry is ours. No battle has been
fought though a victory has been won. We
have driven thousands of the enemy from his
strong hold. The Stars and Stripes will again
wave over this "re possessed" property of the
Republic, and it has been effected without the
loss of a single life. Properly considered it is
a more fitting occasion for gratulation than if
the same result had been achieved by blood—
shed. True, the enemy have escaped alive,
but we also still live to meet them elsewhere.
It is a bloodless triumph of intellect. It is a
victory of superior generalship. It is :an a
ohievement of pure military genius.
Though we cannot celebrate the great battle
of Harper's Ferry, we may, nevertheless con
template a bloodless victory secured by
overmastering skill. We are saved the chances
of the conflict and spared the painful enumer
ation of dead and wounded, and without firing
a shot we enjoy all that could be won by
the bravery of all. To a thoughtful man, this
far-seeing strategy is no less impressive in its
real sublimity than the fearful shock of con—
tending hosts. It is a brilliant conquest in
the strife of minds, which foreruns no less
brilliant conquests in the actual strife of
arms.
THE WORK FOR CONGRESS.
The Northern Republican press is now turn
ing its attention to the work of the extra
session of Congress, and furnish programmes
of business to be done. The following is the
plan of one of them :
The first thing Congress must do is to pass
an indemnity bill in favor of the President,
to protect him against the legal consequences
of those unconstitutional acts which necessity
has compelled him to adopt for the preserva
tion of the government. In the next place
Congress ought to provide for the expenses of
the war. To do thiseffectually, instead of
borrowing from merchants, it ought to estab
'hell a national bank, with a capital of one
hundred and fifty millions, whence the gov
ernment would be, enabled to obtain a loan
of fifty millions immediately upon the security.
of The deposits and 'the incoming revenue.--
The next thing to be attended to is tho in
'crease' of the navy and the efficiency Of the
war department. Lastly, a general bankrupt
law must be passed to relieve merchants from
their liabilities, and enable them to commence
a new career under brighter auspices. .
THE AUSTRIAN reported that
Henry Winter Davis reeently, defeated for
Congress in Maryland; has bCert tendered the
Mission to' Austria, ,in place
_of Mr. , Burlin—
game, and that he Will accept Bur—c
lingame will be sent as Minister to China.
as nITEeESrTNG"LETTES:=.
The following letter to the Junior of The -Toteingenue.
,from an old friend and schcolmste, on the present appear.
arm of Harper's Perry and , the' "Maryland' Heights," on
which the Becamion troopio Hentneity Irere - eneamped,
is so very interesting that we have concluJed to give our
readers toe pleasure of perusing It. The letter Le a private
one, andOni only apology to Harry for publishing it is the
intenee'aviditY with which: everything is sought for and
read concerning the.presentuivil war:
-• B.trutPHOOX, Md.; June 17;1841.
Mr Plea OAP: Beteg within 17. miler of Harper's Ferry,
the great. Pointe! etenceeteetion. eesenation anddestrnce
Hon by the - Onniederate tseeeit and dedroteref a nearer
peep at this great might of - the day, I determined to make
a flying trip up and ape what le to be seen. Dun accord.
ingly here, at the present terminus of the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad, within half a mile of the "great blow up."
I have just returned from viewing it. The piers of the
bridge still stand. as well aa the Winchester (iron) span,
a_pparentle,very little lettered. The wend wnrk is entirely
gone, a few charred treatments °My remaining, with iron
bolts, bars and rails, twisted into fentamic shapes, hanging
around and lodged at the base of the piers.
- Theekr teary buildl °pare munpletely burned out, except
two on the extreme east, the blacken:Rh chop and store
room, which remain entirely uninjured. The elegant brick
walls of the burnt, buildings are still standing, blackened
with smoke. The building which bantthe bellfry looks
with an air of superiority on its fellows Its eolor e light
strikingly contrasts with the bright brick color of
ths others, and as it stand, it look., like the; ruins of a
church. The long line of stone wall along the river, hem
axing In the - Government Canal," the railroad treeseling,
and the ferry boats dancing on the water. form a rare soh.
St for the foreground of the beautiful picture stretching
yond. A small group of men standing in front of the
alter House were watching the progress of the boat, ap
parently anxious for the news from the Fast; but the
busy crowds that watched the arrival and departure of the
trains from this old stand.polot are gone, and altogether
Harper's Ferry mauls sorrowfully foreaken.
&Munn now take a tramp up the ghts," and see the
wear', of the Kentucky Metope. I have heard much of their
eporta and ludicrous fixings up there I have passed the
1 cliff up which the path Wide to "Kentucky." as it is called.
.From its appearance one is strongly tempted to decline
this buelness;" but as the sights won't come
down, I must go up. Puff! puff! puff I rugged, stony and
steep. my heart thump wildly under the exertion. lam
seated on three legs and e couple of stripe of what was
once a canomated chair, propped against a tree for Pother
leg, about three yards from a veritable log cabin. The
roof ie variously composed of straw, cedar, bark and mud;
a rude pile of unmortared stnnee frate a chimney, the top
of which, es well as the fite-place inside, show that it has
been much used. The walls are 'papered," to cover the
chinks, with strips of blankehe handbills, neerapatees. &a.,
and the floor covered with chaff About do Bet off is a
fine spring beautifully arched by nature, and my own
thirst can testify to its quality. But onward, up we go,
and now the ling cleared place ie ranched. Here, and
along the south aide of the mountain for milee, the timber
was fired, the fire dolug what the axe did higher up and
en the other side. Pines, cedars and chestnuts are tumbled
about, charred and teal:lee, or cut into convenient eines for
use; stone fire-places, creecentehaped, are numberless,
and forks planted everywhere, a. tetra running from pole
to pole to hang their kettles nn. The beanty of the valley
below is irides, r.b 1., save by a Taylor or a Livingston,
bat not a head of cattle is to be Ewen.
Up, up. up, ellowieg a well-beaten truck, crossing the
main path, I am now snugly ensconced, for a breathing
space, in a tineiclump of chestnuts. From the many piles
of atones against the trees, at proper heights for easy seats,
I conclude this to have been a kind of studio and readez-
Tone for concocting plans of - devilment." The hill still
rime steep before me, and I am loth to leave this
comfortable place; but on we go to the top. Immediately
on reaching the• summit huge piles of brush mark the
skirts of the camp, and here I stumble on a lot of unfin
ished cebtns. A apace of about two acres is cleared; trees,
stripped of their branchee, cut into cabin lengths lay
around ready for nee, with quantities of Mirk fur roofing.
Here is a storm but half built: here a cabin with two apart
ments, perhaps parlor and kitchen, and here one with a
bark addition. How they piled these immense loge one
upon the other none but a backwoodsman can tell. The
door-way is cut four or five lop high, the base log uncut
forming a siii. Bones and fregments of bread are strewn
about the cabin floors, bat the troops must have bedded
eisewher • or used the sett aide o a hewn log with a
“stun" fora pillow.
From this point on is one complete lookout over the
valley stretcbing towards Frederick. It would have been
impossible to bring troops by the Frederick road, or up the
B. & t) B. IL. the only approach being through the moun
tain gap which the Potocusd cute at Berlin, from these
heights in a direct line about three miles distant, com
petely at command of batteries here. The wreck of the
Point of Rocks bridge is right in view, as also a most beau
tiful stretch of valley and mountain, hill and dale atfar aa
the eye can see.
Fully on the summit now, I followed the well hooted
track which wound round the immense rocks projecting
everywhere, or crossed right over them, as if its travel
ers little stopped for such matters, and passing now and
then a thatched "cottage," sheltered by the side of a huge
rock or hid in a cluster of tams, I canto to what they
called the ••Fort." This is a long range of buildings, put
up compactly of hewn logs set up on end soil roofed with
pine boards. These buildings really are such. A contin
uous stretch several hundred feet long, partitioned otf
into suitable sizes, and in the centre N genuine twoktory
Thin might have been their CUURCH, or, more
likely, the residence of the "Great &wheal" of the tribe.—
Each apartment contained bode, bark Lod on I ressels and
c ,vered with straw, abet,. for, I suppose, what they
might have to place on them; and pegs driven in the
tnisall" in peepentlicular rows, no doubt fur their wardrobe.
In one division is a cupboard, about r 2 inches deep, hewn
out of a log, a perfect eeml.cirele In as well as outside, and
fitted up with ehelves. This was marked "Jas. It. Gard
ner's Mess." The back "wall" of the "Fort" woe perforated
about every three feet with a hole about eight feet from
the ground, and at each hole the logs were three feet thick.
What these boles and extra timbers were intended for I
cannot eurmi-e. as no attack could possibly have been
mode trout that direction in the foreground are numerous
thatched mnfii supported at the corners by posts, evidently
for the cnnvenience and eh her of the loungers. The lum
ber used In rooting the "Fort" hail been brought up the
mountain, complete wagon roads having been made on each
side. Having noel) all these things, I began to think that
these indefatigable Kentuckians expected to make this
their Winter as well as tlndr Summ kites, but tt was
for me to reach We the "Comp" proper to convince me
that this was their Idea.
- •.
The ..erkinp" is about a quarter ofa mile from the "Fort,"
oh a level spot , f about ten acres I , contains about fifty log
cabins and a number of bark [names, built on each able of
two "streets," named by them respectively, "Broadway"
and "Pennsylvania Avenue " These cabins are in every
way the genuine, antique Kentucky log.tabins, with their
bark, board or I hatched rooms, and doors swung on wooden
hinges, ingenious affairs I assure you. The long range of
felled timber, burned and baked trees, for miles up and
down, is indeed a pitiable sight. In utteelearing they had
gardened, and here lettuce and onions are growing finely.
From a knob a little to the left the Virginia camp, on the•
Loudon Heights over the , iver, ran he seen, but this looks
far inferior to 'Kentucky." .
Being satiated. I strolled up "Broadway" and retraced
My steps, and am again in the valloy,after three hours spent
on a camp ground of almost four miles from end to end.—
In descending the mountain'Only did I ti d how steep it
really is. Nothing can keep you from running down, and
gradually gaining an impetus—grasping the trees alone
prevents a headlong plunge over its rugged cliffs. These
works as they now stand are worth a pilgrimage, but as •
the owners of the land aro tepidly unroofing the shantlea,
and carrying off the lumber and timber, soon the cleared
spots will be left alone to mark the scene of their rebellious
labors, well worthy of a better canoe.
1 shall return home in a few days, brimfull of ran:dais- -
Cancel of Maryland. Very truly, your friend,
LATE NEWS PRONE EUROPE
Important Parliamentary Proceedings.
.1 he Recognition of the Southern Rebels
Postponed sine die.
NEW YORK, June 20.
The steamer Africa has arrived, with Liver-
pool dates to the Bth inst., and by telegraph
to the 9th.
The steamer Europa arrived out on the 9th.
The Africa passed the steamer Vigo on
the 11th. .
In the House of Lords, after some opposi
tion, the Government financial measures
passed second reading.
In , the House of Commons, Lord John Rus
sell, in reply to the inquiry whether the in—
terdiction of privateers from bringing prizes.
into Whist' ports was according to former
practice, said that the Queen's AdVocate's
opinion was favorable to the right of inter—
diction, for which the law of nations gave
every power. Hence the Government issued
the prohibition.
Mr. Gregory was appealed to to postpone
his motion in reference to a prompt recogni—
tion of the Southern Confederacy. He said
his only motive was to make a fair statement
of the Southern side of the question, that of
the Northern States being already before the
public. At the wish of the House, however,
he assented, and the motion was postponed
sine die.
It is reported that the orders of the United
States Government for 75,000 muskets had
reached Frankfort. The Southern Commis—
sioners are also expected in Germany for a
similar object.
Count Cavour's death is almost universally
deplored, and the funds were depressed at
London, Paris, and elsewhere, in consequence.
The Paris Bourse closed at 67f. 60e. The
obsequies took place on the 7th inst., with
almost royal pomp. The great bodies of the
State and the whole population of Turin par
ticipated. The Italian Parliament adjourned
for three days. The King has entrusted the
formation of the new ministry to Baron Rico
lolo, but the latter is unwell.
Garibaldi is reported seriously ill at Caprera.
The Pope is likewise indisposed.
It is reported that the Emperor Napoleon
has interdicted Prince Napoleon from visiting
the United States, but he Kill visit Canada.
The collection of taxes in Hungary, by
military execution, was being carried out with
greatest severity.
The Syria question has been settled. Syria
is to he governed by the Christians, with two
sub Governors, those and Maronite.
The Turkish troops will occupy' the main
roads.
The returns of the census' show that the
population of England and Wales exceed
twenty millions, being an increase of over two
millions in ten years. The population of Lon
don is 2,800,000. •
•
The emigration from the United Kingdom,
in the last ten years, h is been 2,250,000.•
The steamers Kangaroo, Aragu and Parana,
have arrived out.
The steamer Africa brings to New York
£65,000 ih specie.
Commercial Intelligence.
LIVERPOOL, J 111213 8.
Sales of cotton to-day 8000 bales, including
1000 to speculators. The market closed dull.
The Manchester advioes are unfavorable : ,
Tor cloths there is little inquiry, and prices are
weak. Yarns are firm.
Breadstuffs are very dull at Friday's decline .
The weather continues favorable for the crops:
Provisions are also lull, with a declining, :;: ,
tendency.
LospoN MONEY MAR T, June 8.--Ooneoleluii
are quoted at - -.891a89i for money, and 90-km:i
soi for-as:count The tfullion in the Bankof
Englimd has deoreneed'l27,ooo. The Money
market is slightly monvstringent; tin ' ll °
increased demand.
BARRY Z. RHOADS