Ths Baoibardmsnt of SUA -r.
The following account of the bombardment
3? Fort Sumpter is gathered from officers and
Ecu who arrived at New York last wetk r
On Thursday the demand to surrender the
fort was made, and declined—all the officers
Laving been consulted by Major Anderson in
regard to the summons. At about 3 o'clock
on Friday morning notice was given us that
fire would be opened 011 us in cna hour unless
the demand to surrender was instantly com
plied with Major Anderson resolved r.ct to
return five uutil broad daylight, not wishing
10 waste any of his ammunition. Fire was
opened upon us from all points at once. To
our astonishment a masked battery of heavy
columbine!* opened 0:1 us from the part of
Sullivan's Island near the Floating Battery,
the existence of which we ha 1 not the slight
est intimation. It was covered with brush
and other material which completely concealed
it. It was skillfully constructed and well se
nnred. Seventeen mortars, firing ten-inch shell
33 heavy gu;v>, mostly columbiads, being en
gaged in the assault The crash made by those
shots against the walls was terrific, and many
of the shell* took pffect inside the fcrt. We
took breakfast at G 1-2 o'clock ieisnrely and;
calmly, after which the cotmnaud was divided ,
into three reliefs,w hich was under the command
of C-tpt. Donbleday of the Artillery and Lieut. !
Snyder of the Engineer Corps. This detach-j
mcnt went to the guns and opened fire upon
the Ctimmmg's Point buttery Fort Moultrie j
and Su!!i.van's Island. The iron battery was j
of immense strength, r.nd most of our shots j
struck and glanced off again Tiie fire was j
80 terrific on tlie parapet of Sumter that Maj. ;
Anderson refused to allow the men toman the j
gnus. Had th y been permitted to do so,rverv
one of them would have been sacrificed. Fort :
Moultrie was considerably damaged by our !
cannonading, a great many of our shots hav- j
ing taken effect on the embrasures. Several '
flhots are known to line penetrated the Goat- j
ing battery, but little damage was done to it. j
The reliefs vera changed every four hours. 1
We succeeded in dismounting two of the guns |
on Camming's Point Baitcry. A new E .glish ;
gun which wis employed by ti.o enemy, was
fired with great accuracy. Several of its '
shots entered the embrasures cf Sumter, one;
cf them slightly wounding four men. The full
effect cf our firing we hive been unable to us j
certain, having nothing to rely upon but the '
reports of rlre enemy. Our men owed their ;
nab ty to the entirely extraordinary care oxer- '
ciset! by the officers in command. A man was j
kept constantly on the lookout, who would:
cry "shot " or "she'!*' at every shot the enemy ;
made, thus affording oar men ample opportu
nity to seek shelter. The workmen w ere at |
first rather reluctant to assist ths soldiers in i
handling the guns, but they gradually took
hold and rendered valuable assistance. But 1
few shots were fired before every one of them
was desperately engaged in the conflict. We- 1
had to abandon one gun on account of the
close fire made upon it. Hearing the fire re
newed with it, I went to the spot. I there
found a party of workmen engag 1 in setving
it. I saw one of the workmen stooping over
with his hands on his knees, convulsed with joy
while the tears ro'led down ]::•> powder begrim- i
tried checks. "What are yo 1 doing here with '
that gun ?'' I asked. " llil it right in the
center," was the reply, the man meaning that
his shot had taken effect of the Floating Bat
tery.
The aim of the enemy was principally di
rected at our dig stuff, from which proudly
waved the Stars and Stripes. After two days
incessant firing, the flagstaff wasfiualiy shot
awny.
The effect of the enemy's shot, on the offi
cers' quarters particularly, was terrific. One
tower was so completely demolished that not
one brick was 'eft standing upon the other.—
The barracks caught fire on the first day sev
eral times, ami were put out several times by
Mr. Hart of New York, a volunteer, who par
ticularly distinguished himself for his coolness
nml bravery, assisted by others. Half a mil
lion of dollars w il hardly suffice to repair the
damages to the Fort. 0 i the second day, it
caught fire from a 10 inch shell, the danger to
be encountered in the a'tcrapt to extinguish it
being so great th.it the Major concluded nut '
to attempt it. The effct of the fire was more :
disastrous than wc could have supposed. The
subsequent shots of the enemy took in ire effect
in consequence; the walls were weakened, and
wc were more exposed. The main gates were
destroyed by the lire, thus leaving us exposed
to the murderous fire of the enemy. Five
hundred men could have formed oat ie go-go
and maehed on us without our being able to
oppose them. The lire surrounded the Fort
on oil sides. Fearful that the walls might
crock, and the shells pierce and prostrate them,
we commenced taking the powder out of the
magazine before the fire had fully enveloped
it. We took I*6 barrels of powcer out, and
threw it into the sea, leaving 20) barrels in.
Owing to a lack of cart ridges we kept five
men inside the magazine, sewing ns we wanted
them, thus using up our shirts, sheets, blank
ets, and all the available material in the fort.
When we were finally obliged to close the
magazine, and our material for cartridges was
exhausted, we were left destitute of any means
to continue the contest. We had eaten our
last biscuit thirty six hours before. We came
very near being stifled with the dense livid
smoke from the burning buildings. The men
lav prostrate on the ground, with wet hand
kercniefs over their mouths and eyes, gasping
for breath. It was a moinet of imminent peril.
If an eddy of wind had not ensued, we all pro
bably.should have been suffocated. The crash
ing of the shot, the bursting ot the shells, the
falling of walls, and the roar of the flames,
made a pandemonium of the fort. We never
theless kept up a steady f>re. Toward the close
of the day ex Senator Wigfall made his ap
pearance at the embrasure with aw hite hand
kerchief on the end of a sword, and begged
for admittance. He asked to see Maj. Ander
son. While Wigfall was in the act of crawl
ing through the embrasure, Lieut Snyder call
ed out to him, "Maj. Anderson is at the main
gate." He passed through the embrasure into
the casemate, paying no attention to what the
Lieutenant had said. Here lie was met by
Cap-t. Foster, Lieut. Mead, and Lieut. Davis
He said: "I wish to sec Maj. Anderson; I
am Gen. Wigfall, and come from Geu. Beau
regard."
He than added, in an excited manner, "Let
ns stop this filing. You are on fire, aud your
flag is down Let us quit."
Lieut. Davis replied, "No, sir. our flag is
not down. Step out here aud you will sec it
waving over the ramparts."
" Let us quit this," said Wigfall. " Here's
a white flag, will anybody wave it out of the
embrasure?" • . .
One of the officers replied, "that ia for yon
do, il yoa cboote."
Wigfall responded, " If there is no one else
to do it I will," and jumping into the embras
ure waved 'lie flag toward Moultrie. The
tiring stiil continued from Moultrie and the
batteries of Sulivnti's Island. In answer to
iiis repeated requests one of the officers said
one of our men may hold the flag, and corpor
al BingUwst jumped into the embrasuie.—
The shot continuing to stiiko all mound him,
he jumped down again, after having waved
the flag a few moments, and said "Damn it,
they don't respect this flag, they ere tiring at
it.""
Wigfall replied, "Tiicy fired at me two or
three times, and 1 stood it, and I should think
yon might stand it once."
Wigfall then said, "If you will show a white
fl.ig from your ramparts, they will ccasc firing."
Lieut. Davis replied, "It you request that
a C-g shall be siiown there, will you hold a
conference with Major Anderson, and for that
purpose alone, it may be done."
At this point Major Anderson came up
Wigfall said, "I am Gen. Wigfai l , and come
from Gen. Beauregard, who wishes to stoplliis."
Major Anderson, rising on his toes, and
coming down tiruiiy uooa his heels, replied,
" Well, sir."
"Major Anderson," said Wigfall, "you
have defended your flag nobly, sir. You have
; done all that is possible for men to do, and
Gen. Beauregard wishes to stop the fight.—
On what terms, Major Anderson, will you
evacuate this Fort?"
Major Andersou's reply was, " Gen. Beau
regard is already acquainted with my only
J terms."
"Do I understond that yon will evacuate
i upon tlie terms proposed tho other day ?"
" Yes, sir, and 011 those conditions only"
was the reply ot the Major.
" Then, sir," said Wigfall, " I understand
Major Anderson that t!>e lort is to be ours ?"
" t>n those conditions only, 1 repeat."
j "Very, well," said Wigfall, "aad he rc
| tired."
A short time after a deputation, consisting
| of Senator Chesnut, Roger A. Pryor, Cap.
: Lee, and W. Porcher Mills, came from Gen.
B , and had an interview with Major Ander
son. when it came cut that Wigfall It ad no
: " authority to speak for Geu. Beauregard,
| but act on his own hooks." "Then," said
Lieut. Davis, "we have been sold," and Major
; Anderson, preeeiving the state ot the case,
j ordered the American flag to be raised to its
j place.
The deputation, however, requested him to
! keep the flag down till they could communicate
! with Gen. Beauregard, as matters were lia
! ble to be complicated. They kit, aud be
; tween two and three hours ailcr, the garri>o
' meanwhile exerting themselves to extinguish
' tlie fire, another deputation came from Gen.
' Beauregard, agreeing to the evacuation previ
; ousiy proposed, and substantially to the pro
posals ot Wigfall. This was Saturday even
ing. That night tho garrison took what res;
they could. Next morning the Isabel came
down and ancnored near the fort. Tliesteain
: er Clinch was used as a transport to take the
garison to the Isabel, but the transfer was
too late to allow the Label to go out by thetide.
The terms of evacuatian were that the gar
rison should take all its individual and com
j pan? property, that they should march out
' with their side and other arms with all the
i honors, in their own way and in their own
time ; that they should salute their flag, uab
| take it with them.
j The enemy agreed to furnish transports, ns
, Major Anderson might Select, to any part of
1 the country, either by land or water. When
the baggage of the garrison was all on board
of the transport, the soldiers remaining inside
under arms,a portion were touch off as gunners
to serve in saluting the American flag. When
the last gun was fired, the flag was lowered,
; the men cheering. At the fifteenth discharge
there wa-> a prematnre explosion, which killed
1 one man instantly, seriously wounded another,
! and two more not so badly. The men were
: then formed and marched out. the baud
: playing " YANKEE DOODLE " •
' aud " HAIL TO Till: CHfEF."
V.i>t crowds of people thronged the vicin
| ity. Remaining on board the Isabel that
night, the next morning they were transferred
' to the Baltic, this operation taking ucaily
the whole day.
On Tuesday evening tLey weighed anchor
and started for New-York.
Proclamation From President Lincoln.
VI'A-IIIMITO;.', Friday, Apiit ID.
The President lias Lsued a proclamation
' stating that on insurrection against the Gov
i eminent of the United Slates has biokcn out
lin the States of South Carolina, Georgia
\ Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana aim
| Texas be and the laws of tiic United States
i for the collection of the revenue, cannot effee
I tually executed therein, conformably to thai
; provision of the Constitution, which require!
| duties to lie uniformed throughout the Uuitec
States, and further a combination cf person
I engaged in such insurrection have threatenec
i
. ! to grant pretended letters marque, to authorize
! the beaters thereof to commit assaults on tin
■ : lives, vessels and property of good citizens o
! i the country, carefully engaged in commerce oi
• - the high seas, and iu the waters of the Unitei
■ States.
And whereas the President says an Execn
1 ! tive proclamation has already been issued, re
■ I quiring the persons engaged in these disorder
; ; ly proceedings to desist, therefore calling ou!
. j a militia force for the purpose of repressing tin
i same, and convening Congress in estraordi
- 1 nary session,to deliberate and determine there
; i 011. The President, with a view fo the saint
; purposes before mentioned, and the protective
- of the public peace, aud the lives and property
■ . of its orderly citizens, pursuing their lawfu
I occupations, until Congress shall have asscui
bled and deliberated on the said unlawful I pro
• 1 ceedings, or until the same shall have ceasei
lias further deemed it advisable to set 011 foo
a BLOCKADE OF THE PORTS withii
; the States aforesaid, in pursuance of the law
1 of the United Stutes and the laws of nations
) I iu such cases provided.
? ; For this purpose a competent force will In
r I posted so as to prevent the entrance and exi
of vessels from the ports afzreraid.
[ If, therefore, with a view to violate sue!
- blockade, a vessel shall attempt to leuve an;
of the said ports, she will be duly warned b
t the commander of one of the said bfockaduij
r vessels, who will indorse on her register tli
fact and date of such warning; ami if the sam
s vessel shall again attempt to enter or leav
t blockaded port, she will be captured, and sen
to tl>e nearest convenient port for such pre
s ceedings against her and her cargo as may b
e deemed advisable.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN,
j President of tkeUuited States.
Ws a. SEWARD, Secretary of State.
e ALL SOUTHERN PORTS TO BE BLOCKADED,
e Day of Riot & Blood in Baltimore.
Pennsylvania and Mass ichuseets Volun
teers Attacked.
- HARPER'S FERRY DESTROYED,
From tlie N". V. Time*.
- The gratifying new a reaches us from Wash
. ington, that the President has issued a Proc
-1 lanntion, announcing a blockade of the
Southern ports. This important movement
r elfectually disposes of JEFF. DAVIS' letters ol
: marque and reprisal.
Blood wa_, spilled yesterday in the streets
? of Baltimore—the first hlucrd of the real 1
" struggle between Secession n;,c| Union ; and, 1
1 as in the Revolution. Massachusetts bloc! has
i been the hist to flow. !t was intimated in
1 our Washington d's,uttches yesterday morning
that n desperate coinliinatioa had been formed |
• in Baltimore to resist the passage through i
2 that place of Northern troops, and the events
' of yesterday prove such to have been the case. :
1 The Pennsylvania mid the Massachusetts vol
, unteers reached there at about tlie same time;
and, on attempting to jmss through to the
J Washington depot, were opposed by a tnob,
e armed with guns and paving-stones The
1 struggle appears to have been a most despe- |
- rate one, the police headed by the Major, :
J j being apparently utterly powerless to aid the
I |iassage of the troops. The Pennsylvunians
■ j were unprepared for any such demonstrations,
f | but eventually succeeded in crossing the City ; i
j but the Massachusetts men were opposed with
s 1 such liereene's that they were obliged in self- i
, defence to tire upon the mob, and ki'led and
wounded a number of them, —not, however,
| before the mob had fired upon them, and killed |
1 two of their number. They then forced their
! way through, reached the depot, and ieft for j
! Washington amid a volley of fire arms end
' ; paving-stones. They reached Washington last
: evening. The latest dispatches from Balti- j
? i more, slate that comparative quiet has been
'• restored. The military were under arms, and !
■ | the police were out in full force A large
" ! Union mass-meeting was held last night, at
0 : which the Mayor made a speech, and at which ,
. , Gov. lIICKS was also present.
j The Secessionists are happily circumvented
'! in their designs against Harper's Ferry.— ;
' j Lieut. JONES, in command at t'<at post, having j
8 i been- advised that a force of 2 .>OO Virginians,
i by order of Gov LETCHER, were on the march
j to take possession, destroyed all the arms and i
e munitions cf war, and burnt the buildings!
| down. He then withdrew Ids command under
I cover of the night, just in time to escape a !
1 coliission with tho Virginia force, which were j
1 close at hand The command made a forced j
march of thirty miles, and reached Carlisle ;
Barracks, in Pennsylvania, at 3 o'clock yes- j
terday afternoon.
. HAVRE DE (TRACT, MONDAY, April, 11.
j A passenger from Baltimore at. 11 o'clock
. i this morning, says that lie heard nothing abw.t
, ! Pensacolu when lie left. The city was quiet
; j Martial law was enforced, nnd tire troops
1 arriving from the country had lieen sent back
. j to hold themselves in readiness, there being |
( . t sufficient force in the ci>y.
HAVRE EN GRACE, Monday, April 21—0 o'clock. .
e ■ A gentleman just from Washington, at 7
" j o'clock this morning rl.i Baltimore 1 o'clock
1 'his afternoon, reports the aTaits of both citie
I as statu <]uo.
s 1 He had heard of the capture of Fort Pick
-1 en-, and a large loss of life, on the road but not
if | at B iltimore.
I Extras was issued there, but' none were
e , brought on.
■s A system of martial law exists in both
". cities, bnt it was not officially proclaimed.
• 1 A large Union Meeting was hold at Elkton
'j .M 1 , to-day. Eight hundred delegates were
present. A resolution was passed to the
' effect that " Cecil County wiil not secede, let
v Maryland do what she will."
u Gen. PAKE had established a camp at Perry
sville today. AH the tf oops arc in good con
dition, and arc drilling.
' t Tiie great body of the Pennsylvania volun-
teers i ow rendy for the field haTe moved down
v the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore
Railroad to Preitymansviiic on the Susquc
' hanna opposite Havre dc Grace, whence they
propose in- due time to march straight to
Washington throngh (or cverj Baltimore.
from which they are but thirty-eight miles tlis
tunt. Of course, they expect to restore tlie
Railroad and telegraph us they advance,which
t will probably involve tlie consumption of ten
days or thereabout in reaching Washington ;
d but meantime the route through Delaware,
s > across the Chesapeake and bv Annapolis, will
i be kept open by the regiments now rushing to
s 1 tlie Capital from New-York and New England.
d ; By this route, without counting a single regi
is 1 liic-iit from Pennsylvania or Ohio, we believe
: the defenders of Washington w ill be increased
| bv at least three thousand per dav, until thev
ie ! ...
| shall at least amount to 'iliirty Thousand, by
m | which time Pennsylvania and Ohio will have
d j re-opened the Baltimore route and added at
least Twenty Thousand to therr number,
e- Major Gen Patterson set in notion from
r-; Philadelphia early Wednesday morning (he
! force intended to open tbc route thro' Balti
ie
. I more.
-| ,
" c Proclamation Calling an Extra Ssssioa
n of tha Legislature.
y I
II Whereas, An armed rebellion exists in a
i- i portion of the States of tlie Union, threaten
-- j ing the destruction of the national Goveru
d ment, periling publie and private property,
)t endangering the peace and security of this
in Commonwealth, and inviting systematic piracy;
s and
s, ; Whereas, Adequate provision does not exist
i by law to enable the Executive to make the
>e ! military power of the State as available and
it efficient as it should be for the common de
fence of the Slate and tho General Govern
;h ment ; and,
iy Whereas, An occasion so extraordinary re
>y quires prompt Legislative power,
ig Therefore I, ANDREW C. CURTIS', Governor
ie of the Commonwealth, by virtue of the power
ae vested in me, do hereby convene the General
vc Assembly of this Commonwealth, and require
nt the members of the Senate and House cf Rep
o- resentatires to meet at their respective llous
be es, at Ilarrisbu'rg, on Tuesday, 30th April, at
uoon, there to take into consideration and
adopt such measures, in the premises, as the
present exigency may demand. ,
(Signed,) ANDREW C CURTTN
Srabfoitßeportcr.
. R.(iv^runi^Ki^,ToliS
TOWANl)A :
Thursday Morning, April 25,18G1.
tteb*" We crave the indulgence of our patrons
for this week's issue. Patriotism has taken
possession of the REPORTER Office—Mr STLH
nocS having volunteered, nrtd "ui! hands "oc
eupicd with their country's cause. We hope
by next Week, to have matters in shape again.
TREASON AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT.
The present war has been brought about
j by treason against the Government ; and the
: fact being known that a southern oligarchy
i bus been figuring in this matter, it is only
1 necessary to strike u blow at treason itself.
There can tie fosud no whefo in the Con
stitution a right to bring treason from one, or
more than one state, against the genera!
| Government—no where can we find a elause
in the Constitution, that gives one, or more
states, the fight of secession. On the con
trary, we arc led to believe—and we think
the right is sacred—that ALL, without any
I geographical lines being drawn, should po->ses.->
the alliance of one common brotherhood.
Without this right, there can be tio general
principle of justico laid down, by which the
nation is to be led in the way of policy and
effectual administration. There can be no
doubt that the right to secede would have'
been laid down in tlie Constitution, had the
; right been deemed a just one. Our fathers
were not so lost to reason, as to admit that
this right should be granted to any southern
fee : nor indeed should it be, inasmuch as that
■ foe would naturally be hostile to the welfare
1 of the general good of our glorious republic.
Notwithstanding the many innuendoes and
slanders tiiat have been heaped upon tlie
North l)j these fierce desperadoes, ths people
here hive submitted time and again to them
' as only ciacns of what is now seen in the
I present convulsions of our Government. That
i this is the case, there can be no question.
The only hope that there will be peace, is in
j the fact that they must come into the Union
as llicy went oat—nothing else will be listened
to by the North as arte united Lady.
While we live for the good of our gloriou
: country—whnc we lay down our lives, our
honors, am! our fortunes, for one great cause
for which we should have proper respect,
since our revolutionary fathers gave us this
j privilege,)—we should always hold in self
! defence the price of liberty. Now, that this
' state of excitement is already on us as a nor
thern enemy, our object must he firm and final
against flic wiles of a southern despotism
i Were we to I.c down in indolence, a:.d suc
cumb to the dictates of high treason, cur dig
would be scorned at and spit on, and tramp
led in the dust by wild renegades of a despe
rate lineage. To this we must not submit ;
nor should we harbor the thought, that our
I country is not worth protecting. And we
trust that no American citizen of the North,
will flinch from tlie struggle that now netu-
I utcs the northern portion of this Confederacy.
The North is right in the main, and sh„-
will conquer i>i the end. Only let us trust to
| the true spirit of justice and virtue, and our
reward will in the future be great, ami our
laurels many. We as a people of tlie United
States, m ist net in defence uf that lib.-rty
that was bequeathed* to us by our fathers
i let us not forsake it. I. tit be borne in mind
that wo us a reasoning people, will stand by
| the stars end stripts so long as \vc shall lire,
;at whatever price it may cost us. Never in
. the history of the country, hare we had so
much reason to respect our flag as we have
now, —never have we been soconvu'sed by the
passions of a southern fanaticism, as now, —
and never ba7e we had more reason to rejoice
that our dig should wave over our heads
without being rent in two by any faction. 0,
tbat our fathers could speak a deatli blow
! against such treason us this, of which we are
now speaking. Our hearts, our hands, and
our intellects are moved within us by the pain
: and torment that treason brings upon us.—
i Let the traitor fall ! Let his heart's veins be
rent if necessary, before the veins that streng
then the union body shall be pierced with the
! lancet of corrupt and mad ambitionists.
How shall we sustain our purity, if we fall
under the blow cf treason ? Or, how shall
we cull our rights Sacred, unless wc do battle
for thern ? These are questions cf momentous
importance. They are to be dwelt upon as
the thoughts of just men : but were we to let
them go, crur hope would be lost in shame and
conftrsiou. We are at a loss to command
. ; words to express the rigliteotfs indignation
j that is afoused in our very souls, in consc
-1 quence of cur southern brethren's misdemea
; nor. And then the thought, of civil war !
. —brother rising against brother, and
' son against son, and daughters, sisters, and
mothers, of one general progeny, being torn
| into fragments by the stern, yet mail influen
ces of a wretched party faction. God forbid
. that such sacrifices come.
War is to be deprecated ; it onght to be
avoided : but when right puts her hand into
the scales of justice, to give full measure to
the sons of liberty, there is virtue in war. If
I right is not always might, it should be at least.
; Then down with treason in every form !
• stand by live Union Now, AND FOREVER.
I The Wheeling (Vn.) Intelligencer fays that
, the Virginia Convention broke up in a row,
and that no Stsesron ordinance was legally
passed.
Great Union Meeting in Towanda.
TOWAXIIA, April 18, 18G1.
A m of the citizens of Towanda and
vae'inity tnet at the Court House, on Friday
evening, April the 18,ih J SOI, to take meas
ures to respond io the President'* Proclama
tion, calling for 75,000 troops tosupress rebell
ion and insurrection.
On motion of P. I) MORROW, HON IJ MER
CS, Esq, was elected President, and Col G P.
MASON, J CR:N F. MEANS, and W. C. ISOCART
Vice Presidents ; P. I). Mounow, W. T. DA
VIES, D. A. OVERTON, and 11. 13 MCKEAN Sec
retaries ; and after sev erul pulrio'ic speeches
were made, l>v Judgo MERCOR' and others, and
after the nuuies of the Volunteers already
qualified had been read, the meeting adjourn
ed, having in first adopted u resolution to call
a Mass Convention, to meet at Towanda,
on Tuesday April dil l, IS6I.
The Mass Couvention assembled pursuant
to adjournment. Prayer was offered by the
REV 13 J. DOUGLASS ; after which, the ladies
of the borough, through Col J. F. MEANS,
presented a beautiful fl ig to the Volunttcrs
in an appropriate speech, which was responded
to by the Captain, J. W. MASON.
On motion of P. R. MORROW, a committee
I of seven were appoiutcd to draft resolutions,
j and present the same to the Convention. —
During the absence of the Committee, the
Convetion was addressed by Judge MERCUR.
At the close of his remarks, the Committee,
1 '
through their chairman, P. D. MORROW, pre
sented tho following resolutions, which were
unanimously adopted.
lYhercax, The peaceful pr-'iry nf ibc general Admin
istrjtin l:-t* wholly laKt j to bring the citizens of the
i Cotton htatei baeki to I lie obicr'uuce oi law, or regard
, loi the CousCiti.titiu ; nutl
li r ureal, Sueh itiiid n di y his been, by .Secessionist*,
Coiiatruil into an iiUminnion ui weaUm-.-s. it not ot row
aida-c, and 1: is encouraged tlu-m to inaugurate a war
ag.<!ft the Government ot the t'nitul state-—again-t
its CoasMtntion. it-' property, ami tbe iivti of iti citi
xeua. tdrruby f-tiu.ng a Irethonaoin blow at the integrity
ct our Oofcrun.tat, and tbe Vital.'y of our hue iiiat.ln
! tion*.
ll> Ihtrifm r, the citizens of Ilr.idford Cortnty,in mass
Convention, this d iv as.-.. mi led, iropreseu with t;e l. gb
1 e-jiotisiliihliis of onr fights and duties as Amerkau
citizens, ..I > iierctr.' wdetmily derlarc, res dve and affirm.
1. That toe unity and iniegiiiv oi all the Slates, com
posing the l'cdfc.al Cuion. inm-t not be broken, while
there remains auticieut power iu th* American people, to j
picserve tht-m.
'J. That the priceless legacy, bequeathed to us by oar I
nevolutionavy t.itliers. is ot too ttni'li value to lie lost, i
while cue united ctlort ar.d come at rate if action of a tree '
1 people rail have it. lor us .tied our postciity.
It Ail pearefol i tned.es having failed to stay the
. hands of reckless and uuserap.il-.jua men, and appeal t >
j arms, is lorved upon a-.
4 i.ct past diitereu.-es oft opinion be forgotten, tmt
j fr..m this time birth, let hhn who refuses to speak, and it
| met! ue. to net iu the up|ort ot of oar C i.id.t iti in,
i an I in the adimnbt iti m of o ir G..verniueat be brandid
as at. litor, a.,.l lee;eve a traitor s d ' en.
o. We call upon the yeomanry ol liradford, n'it to ho
behind the citizens ot her si,;er counties, iti their tot- i
]>l essi vis q; uevotion to the reservation of our Hue in- ;
-t tutions ; but liom every bill, and every valley, let the :
qti reapisc be i.eir.i, •• I tou am ready."
ij. We i:. iu upon .id who nviglil be deterred from;
offering the.r services to th'eir Country, through appic-I
lien~ui tbut • lieii Inn dies may be reduced to went, to
! dismiss s a-ii tears ; never wit! the people ol itruihord.
while out lie gk u*4 and eitizetM are eemeiitiug their
dev iMon to their 0 imitry, with their bto .<!, pcrtsii their
!a:n.i es to suiter in the.r absence.
7. Krsohtd. That a Comm..tec of five cilizer.n. (of
wliah the l'lCsid.- it ot this met ing si..ill he Chairman,)
be appointed, tor the purpose Oi prey irieg i n Act of A
■ hb-i\ la j... .-to at tilt next aleeting •> ikftLmUU r ,
providing that a Hoard ol Reiitl tor lira i.ord Co mty It
uonslitutrd. i-onri'J-ed of the J inuty C .maiis-ionet s and
two Assoc >.ite JiKl_es, to meet loontnly and lurnisli
..p m re .-in *. vi uiu or siigarstion. MIVII amount ol sup
port and re i.vl a* they rn.iy deem equitable and proper,
or families.), persons re-*leut in the Comity, win may
be ih pcn.ivut iu .my degree upon such volant'. rs a- sbu.l
beentollej mu.slered into service under cell and
order Of the Ooveruor oi lViiu-ylv.iuiu, rduring the exi •
1 tenee ot the present hilirftiltirs ot the General Gnven
incut ; tbe orders, in auelt torn? as may 1, pieseutvu and
sued lor lite pinpo.se iadie.it. .1 by tl is is- •! .kt i. ta i-e
inai a piiy.ible out out o! the County Treasury, and audi
ud a oint-r accounts ot the County expenditures are
. now required to b.*. by the C> l tty A* idit-u*.
h. That tJlysoea Sferenr, Col G.P.Vaws and
Col. J i-'. Means are here ay appointed a committee to
. a:. oina.my he Voluutcer Cv-i-a, .inies to llurrisbtirg
j to mo: ir.-r.
r 1 Col. V. E PXCLLKT, 11. W. TRACY, UJV. N.
1 3. FELLOWS, lie V. 13. J. DOUGLASS. Coi. G. F.
MASON, C. L. WARD, and others addressed
i '.he mei ting in strong end patriotic Union
speeches, which were responded to hy the wild
est enthtisiuxuj.
The follow ing gentlemen composed the com
mittee, author iztd by tie seventh resclntion
ilon. U. M ERCUR, \7. ELWFI.L, J. C. ADAMS,
i C. L. WARD, I'. I) MORROW,
I*. D. MORROW, Secretary.
Dy gentlemen who have arrived in New
York, having left Washington as late as Sun
j day morning; and through dispatches from
Havre de Grace, Ilarrisburgh end Fhiladci
; ; phia, wc arrive at u tolerable idea of the con
• dilion of the affairs at tlte NatitJnul Capital
j There ere now stationed there, it is believed,
'j a Mimcient number of troops to defend it
■ agahiht any attacks possible to be made. A
' i body of Virginia troops was said to be tlireat
| ing it from tlie vicinity of Arlington Heights,
! : hot not in sufficient force to create tin? alarm.
' | The Seventh Regiment of New-York is now
: propably there, as a dispatch states tliat they
j had left Annapolis, at which point they were
' last previously heard frDffl.
' i The latest reports from Biltimdrc state flint
j the city had been placed under Martial law by
; the a*ithoi itics, arrd that citizens were Warned
to kfcj> within doors. Mob rule bad been
| carried to stroll an extent that it could no lon-
gvr be tolerated. The business of the city is
entirely ruined, and probably every merchant,
there will have to suspend. No demonstra
tion against Fort Mellenry had been attempt
, cd, and probably there will be none, as it is
j now well known tlic-fe, that the Fort bad been
J re iviforccd.
j One of otrr dti-patehes states that Governor
ITICKS lias assftred the President that away
j for troops can now he kept open through the
city; but the statement is not confirmed.—
z The Pennsylvania troops, which were encamp'
) ed at Cockeysville, a few miles from I3al?vmor6
i it is nnderstood have returned over the P'cnn
f sylvaniu line, and will be seat forward by Eomti
. other conveyance.
The Rebel report of the capture of Fort
Pit-kens by Bragg is not confirmed. There
t seems little doubt, however, that there has
been hard fighting in tlut quarter, and a re
' port via Memphis affirm* that the Rebel's have
" lost three hundred men by a eanhoua'h- from
tbe Fort
| MAJ. IS NEW YORK^^I
derson and hid o(leers were landet7. ?
tery from a sfeafWng at 2 o'clock, Tl,
where they were received by an j r .
eonrsc of |x-ople, ofnid unbounded
After returning the saFutation of
the Major entered a Carriage and Wa
j d ately driven to Bre*o?t ll ous e.
| wife has been for some iim a 1
! hotel was soon surrounded by a | Jr „ t . (
lof people,and in response to their *7)77
j Anderson appeared upon the bs-Jtonv '
waved his hat in cckuowlcdeaent of ■
greeting.
By the steam tug Yanhn and other v
at New York, we receive a confirmat
the report that the Government forces or
morning of the 21st deserted the Navy j lr 7
Norfolk, after destroying all the prop rt , '
setting the bijiltfifigs on fire Tljf-y
the old ship of tlie line Prnnsylcania a -7
steam frigate beSidft scutthnjfJ
three or four other vessels which wt-r* 3 ...
commission. The Cumberland, howtrtr ,
j towed down to Fort Monroe in safety T
ro|iort that the city of Norfolk was oi'i £•.'
incorrect. Tiie people at Norfolk had,.,
the schooner Civimaiido-in-Chi*] of S-
Isluud, for wlmt pur|M>se is not known.
It is i-aid that the authorities at
: h.ive agreed to rebaiiJ the railroad br,-
burned by the mob,and pay tho expense ib.
stives. It is thought that the road woaid
in running order in about ten dayi.
Tiie Associated Press have reliable infor*
tion. that the New-York 6th, 7th, I3rh,
imcnts have safely arrived at Washington t£i
nre now qna. tered at the Navy-Yard in ;•?
city.
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