LITEST FIRM win.
President's Proclamation !
MORE TROOPS WANTED.
Seizure of the Relay House.
PRESIDENT'S PROCLAMATION.
Washing to*. Friday, Ma j 3.1861
By the President of the United States :
Whereas, existing exigencies demand im
mediate and edeqnate measures for the pro
tection of the National Constitution and the
preservation of the National Union by the
suppression of the insurrectionary combination
now existing in several States for opposing
the laws of the Union and obstructing the ex
ecution thereof, to which end a military force
in addition to that called forth by proclama
tion of the fifteenth day of April in the pies
eat year, appears to be indespensable nccessa
rv, new, therefore, I, Abraham Lincoln, Pres
ident of the United States, and Commander
ijn-Chief of the Army nnd Navy thereof, and
of the militia of the several States, when call
ed into actual service, do hereby call into the
service of the United States forty-two thous
and and thirty-four voluntee s, t) serve for a
period of three years, unless sooner discharged,
and to be mustered into service as infantry
and cavalry. The proportions of each army
and the details of enrollment and organization
will be made known through the Department
©t war ; and I also direct that the regular
army of the United States be increased by
tho addition of eight regiments of infantry, one
f igiment of cavalry, and one regiment of ar
tilery, making altogether a maximum .aggre
gate increase of 22,714 officers and enlisted
men, the details of which increase will also be
madekuown through the Department of War ;
and I further direct the enlistment, for not
less than one nor caore than three years, of
18,000 seamen, in addition to the present
force, of the naval service of the United States
The details of the enli.-tment and organization
will be made known through the Department
of the Navy. The call for volunteers, hereby
made, and the direction for the iucreaso of the
regular army, and for tiie enlistment of seamen
hereby given, tcgetlier with the plan of or
ganization adopted for the volunteers and for
the regular forces hereby authorized, will be
submitted to Congress as soon as assembled.
In the mean time I earnestly invoke the
cooperation of a'! good ciz*-ns in tho meas
ures hereby adopted for the effectual supores
sion of nnl&wful violence, for the impartial en
forcement of Constitutional laws, and lor tin
speediest possible restoration of peace and
Order, and with those of happiness and pros
perity throuhout our country.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto sot
my hand and caused the seal of the United
States to be effixed.
Done at the City of Washington this third
day of May, in the year of our Lord one tlious
and eight hundred and sixty-one, and of the
Independence of tie United States the eighty
fifth.
Signed. ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
WILLIAM 11. SEWARD. Secretary of State.
CAPTURE OF THE U. S.TROOrS IN
TEXAS.
Kr.w Okleans, Thursday, May 5,1361.
Col. Yan Doran with 800 Texans lias cap
tured 450 Federal troops under Maj. Sibley,
who were at Indiauoltt, and attempted to ts
cape in two Failing vessels. Yan Doran pur
sued them iu three small steamers, and shortly
after their route seaward was cut off by a
steamer from Galveston with 120 men and
three pieces of artillery, when Maj. Sibky sur
rendered.
The officers are on parole, and the arms
have been turned over to Texas, private prop
erty excepted. The men wiil be allowed either
to join the army of the Confederation, or to
take au oath uot to serve against it.
Baltimore, MI 7 3,—Midnight.
Rumors arc current that the United States
trocps have crossed tiie Marjlaud line andure
now moving towards this city.
Union ward meetings were held to-night
throughout the city, and delegates elected to
a City Convention to meet on next Monday.
The delegates will meet to-morrow to take tac
tion relative to the public safety hill.
Resolutions were adopted iu all the wards
to the following purport:
"That we cherish the Constitution and laws
of the United States, and will devote our for
tunes and lives to defend their integrity cgaiust
fill revolutionary or violent assaults.
"That we regret the violent attack on the
troops of the United States while peaceably
marching through the city to protect tiie seat
of government, and indignantly repudiate mak
ing it a pretext to organize an aimed mob, un
der the disguise of a special police, to place the
city in a hostile attitude to the general gov
ernment, and hereby declare our abhorrence
for the attempt of tiie Legislature to inaugu
rate a military despotism by a biil for the
creation of what is caiied a Board of Public-
Safety.
" That the persons named for tiie said Board
have not the confidence of the people, and we
protest against the whole measure as an inva
siou of the prerogatives of the Governor, and
a usurpation of executive power l<y the Legis
lature."'
These Union meetings were largely attend
ed and very enthusiastic.
A strong feeling of indignation is manifest
ed against the proposed action of the Legisla
ture.
NEUTRALITY MEETING IN MIS
SOU RI.
SrßiNG field, Mo., Saturday, May 4, ISCI.
The Hon. Mr. Phelps today addressed the
largest meeting held here s nee the Secession
excitement. lie argued that Sec.ssion was
aaconstilutional, and believed in revolution
ouly, whtn the evils were so great that civil
war was preferable. Missouri should not take
part in the war between the North and the
South, commenced without consultation with
her. lie approved of Gov. Jackson's refusal
to send troops to aid the Federal Government
and expressed the hope that the Borde: States
will act as mediators, nnd stay the hand of
civil war. He believed that the military law
of 1836 and '37 should be reenacted, as that
entailed uo expense on the State. Yirgiuia had
passed an Ordinance of Secession; but he ex
peeled the people to stand firm against Seccs
aioD. While he would bow in submission to the
finally expeeased will of the people, he would
▼ote against Secession
After Mr. Phelps bad spoken, Mr. Bedford
of Arkansas, a Secessionist, spoke a few min
utes, when Judge Orr replied, denouncing him
completely.
Secession is declining in this county.
SEIZURE OF THE RELAY nOUSE.
Baltimore, May s—lo P. 51.
This morning Knox Clifford, overseer of
James 11. Luckett's farm at the Relay House,
attempted to cross the bridge over the l'atap
sco at that point, and was met by guards of
United States troops, who prevented his cross- ;
ing. Soon afterwards, thirty cars arrived from j
Washington, with nearly eighteen hundred (
troops,said to he the Eighth I'ieciment of New
York, and the Sixth of Massachusetts, under ;
: command of IJrig. Gen Butler.
There was intense excitement at the Relay
Ilc-use, and many of the inhabitants, frighten
! Ed, foolishly left, soma coming to this city.
The troops were followed by their camp
1 eqnipage, and had, beside muskets and small
! arms, several cannon and howitzers. They
> took possession of Mr. Luekett's and Talbot's
; farms, established a camp, and announced that
if any hostile demonstration was made they!
! should fortify the neighboring heigh!?.
i The troops arc said fo have cut down the ;
: telegraph poies on the lire west of Relay, so !
as to prevent communication between Haiti- i
; more and Harper's Ferry. The Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad is abo "held, to prevent for
warding supplies to Secession troops iu Vir
ginia.
It is believed here that the read from Wheel :
ing will be taken possession of for the same 1
purpose, and scon Secession troop.; will hold
; the road only from Harper's Ferry to Martins-
I burg.
The troops this afternoon were drilling at
the Relay. Their approach is said to have
been so quiet and stealthy that the iirst the j
tel graph operator knew of it was when the 1
guard ccine in and took possession. The news j
is not generally known here, but so far as it !
lias been announced, it has been received with '
satisfaction, except among the National Vol- :
unteers, who attacked the Massachusetts '
' troops, and they feel themselves powerless to 1
resist.
Two thirds of the members of the LegLla
ture are here, seine of whom intended to leave j
this afternoon for Frederick, i cannot learn
whether liicy were permitted to pass the Re- •
I lay.
A special train will leave to-morrow mem- j
! ng.
The intention of the troops was to permit no 1
communication West for the present. If this
be carried out, t!ic assembling of the Legisla- !
ture will be postponed until they can and oth- j
er means of reaching Frederick, or they con
clude to meet elsewhere.
The Union men are rejoicing over the proj
pect of this unexpected stay of treasonable leg
islation, which they believe must be entirely j
stopped. The intention of the S c-.-ssionists
was, in view of the certain defeat of the Com
mittee of Safely bill, to keep the Legislature \
in session to take advnntngo i f any contingen
cy which would enable them to accomplish !
their purpose. The prompt movement of i
troops I-as already deranged their plans, and •
demoralized the whole JSecersicn movement in
Maryland.
There is a tumor that Cen. Scott is in the
city, but 1 o-.u unaMe to find any foundation
for it.
The repairs on the Central Railroad N*c.t!i,
are rapidly approaching completion, nnd by to
morrow it is supposed that the I enasylvaaia
troops will move toward the city.
There are tumors alloc, t that a detachment i
| from the Relay House will occupy Camden s'a- :
lion, on the Baltimore nnd Ohio Railroad, in
the morning, but there is no definite informa
tion.
At the Union Convention last night, a mo
tion was tnode to amend the resolutions so as J
to admit the riaht of Secession by a sovereign
Convention. The motion was voted down, ihe
almost unanimous sentiment being for the Uu
; ion, without an if.
I
HOW THE ATIM3 WKIIE TAKEN*FROM
THE ST. LOUIS ARSENAL.
Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune.
Sfkinofjeld, April ?, 18G1.
1 am now able to give a complete and cc
curate marrative of the transfer of the ■?1,000
stand of arms from St. Lcuis to Springfield.
Capt. •Tame; H. Stokes of Chicago, h!c of j
tin- rt-g hilar army, volunteered to undertake 1
the perilous mission, and Hoy. Vales placed in
his bands the requisition of the Secretary of
' War for 10,0011 muskets. Capt. Stokes went
; to St Louis and made his way as rapidly a; '
; possible to the arsenal. He found it surround
j ed by an immense mob, and the postern gates
al! closed. His utmost efforts to penetrate the
i crowd were for a long lime unavailing. The
I requisition was shown. Capt. Lyon doubted
j the possibility of executing it. He said the
arsenal was surrounded by a thousand spies, '
' and every movement was watched and report
ed to the headquarters of the Secessionist?,
who couid throw an overpowering force upon
' them at any moment. Capt. Stokrs represent- |
ed that every hour's delay was rendering the
capture of the arsenal more certain: and the
; arms must be removed to Illinois,now or never.
! Major Collcuder agreed with him, and told
: him to take them at his own time and in his 1
own way. This was 'Wednesday night.
Capt. Stokes had a spy in the camp, whom !
' he met at intervals in n certain place in the
city. On Thursday he riceived information
that Gov. Jackson had ordered two thousand j
armed men down from Jefferson City, whose j
movements could only contemplate a seizure of
the arsenal, by occupying the bights around
it, and planting batteries thereon. Thp job
would have been an easy one. They had a!:e idy
planted one battery on the St. Louis levee,
and another at Powder Point, a shortdi tmce
below the arsenal. Capt. Stokes immediately
telegraphed to Alton to have the steamer City :
of Alton drop down to the arsenal landing j
about midnight lie then returned to the j
arsenal, and commenced moving the boxes of
guns, weighing some three hundred pounds
each, down to the lower floor.
About 700 men were employed in the work
lie then took 600 Kentucky fiint-iock ir.u-kets
which had been sent there to be aitered, and
sent them to be placed on a steamer as a blind
to cover his real movements. The Secessionists i
nabbed them at once, and raised a perfect
Bedlam over the capture. A large portion of
the outside crowd left the Ar-enal when this '
movement was executed; and Capt. Lyon took i
the remainder, who were lying around as spies
and locked them up in his guard-house. About
II o'clock the steamer City of Alton came i
alongside, planks were shoved out from the
windows to the main deck, and the boxes siid '
down. When the 10,000 were safely on board i
Capt. Stokei went to Capt. Lyon bb<J Major
Cullender, and n-ged them, by the most pres
sing appeals, to let him empty the Arsenal. —
They told him to go ahead and take whatever
he wanted. Accordingly he took 11,000 more
muskets, 500 new rifle carbines, 500 revolvers
110,000 musket catridgea, to say nothing of
the camion aid a large quantity of miseella
neons aecouterments, leaving only 7,000
muskets in the Arsenal to arm the St. Louis
Volunteers.
When the whole were on board, about 2 o'-
clock on Friday morning, the order was given
by the captain of the steamer to cast otV.
Judge of the consternation of all hands when
it was fonnd that she would not move. The
I arms bad been piled ingreat quantities around |
; the engines, to protect them against the fiat !
j tery on the levee, and the great weight had}
fastened the bows of the boat firmly on a roe'* ,
! which was teaiing a hole through the bottom i
!at every turn of the wheels. A man of less j
I r.erve than Capt. Stokes would have gone I
' crazy on the spot. lie called the Arsenal men i
J on board, and commenced moving the boxps j
jto the stern. Fortunately, when about LOO j
; boxes had been shifted, the boet fell nvvay j
] from the shore, and floated in'deep water
" Which way ?" said Capt. Mitchell of the
steamer. " Straight to Alton in tlio regular
channel," replied Capt. Stokes. " What if we
are attacked ?"'said Capt. Mitchell. "Then we '
j will fight !"said Capt. Stokes. "What if we j
: are overpowered ?" said Capt. M. " Run her '
I to the deepest part of the liver and sink her," J
! replied Capt. " i'll do it," was the heroic !
: answer of Capt. Mitchell, anil away they wertt i
I past the Secession battery, past the entire St. i
i Louis levee, and on to Alton in the regular I
; channel, where they arrived at 5 o'clock i.. the !
| morning.
j When tin boot touched the landing, ( apt. !
1 Stokea, fearing pursuit by some two or three I
j of the Secession military companies by which '
1 the City of St. Louis is ilk-graced, ran to the
market house and rang the fire-bell. The citi-
I utn-i cams docking pell mcll to the river, in a!!
1 sorts of habiliments. Cant. Stokes informed
; them of the situation of things, and pointed j
I cut the freight car - . Instantly, men, women '
j and children boarded the steamer, seized the}
! freight, ami clambered upon the levees to the j
car:. Rich and poor tagged together with
i mil*.at and main for two hot.r> when the cargo i
was ail deposited in the cats, and ti j tr .in i
f moved on, amid their enthusiastic cheers, fur j
| Springfield.
! GEN. lIARNEY EOF THE UNION. i
I . -
. .vf.ii: CiO.*. May j, I - -
I The reports thai. General Usriuy i-, d.s'.f- |
fected to the Government ere groundless. He I
has addressed a letter to his frici d Col. <). Fnl >
I ten cf St. Louis, declining that lie will never '
serve mJur any other banner tlnn the one lie
! has followed lor forty years: that he wiii cc i
j tinue in the service of the Government v.iih ii i
has besto ved its honors upon him, and so long j
as he has laeath he will be its faithful and loy
al soldier. He denies thu right of Secession; j
says it will lead 10 universal anarchy; that d ?
Secer.-ioni. is design to establish a military d.i -
I tutorship, have made war upon tim Goveri.-
, meat, and dishonored its flag; Oiiti that Seces
sion would lie cttcr ruin to Missouri. lie im-;
. plorcs his fellow citizen", or that Slate not to
ho .-educed bv designing men to become the •
i instruments of tlieir mad ambition, and plunge
j the Slate into revolution. lie dedans that,
whether governed by feeling."; inspired by thai j
, flag lie lias served under, or by his judgment i
, of duty u a soldier and citi/en, or by his in- i
l as an owner of property and resident of
j Missouri, he feels bound to stand by the U:i-!
j ion, and remain in its service, will devote his |
efforts to the maintainancc of the Federal
Government, and the perpetuation of its bless
iugs to posterity.
MOVEMENTS OF TROOPS.
TlAßßtPcrua, May T.
The Ninth Regiment of Pennsylvania Vol
j nntccrs left Cnmp Curtin yesterday morning
j to join (,'uinp Wayne, near Wt*t Chester,
j The Tcnt.il Regiment left here la-; Thursday 1
i to ioin Camp Slifer, at Chambersl i.rg.
On the same day six con; iniesalsj left here
to fiii up the Sixteenth Regiment, at Camp !"
Scott, in Yotk.
The Eleventh Regiment will leave this room
ing to some point, at prero; t unknown to ijs.
It will !.< accompanied by the ce'abrated Ra
pars Cornet liaud, of Willi .m.j rt
_
SUSPENSION OF THE CONCSESMOX \L EI.Z.CITOX
i by the Convention. —Accompanying the Or
ditiance of Secession of \ irginia, which has ;
j just been published, is a schedule authorizing
a poll to be opened in each unlitaiy camp of ;
Virginia Volunteers, whether in or out of the
State, to ascertain the scr.se of the voters there ;
assembled upon the (question of ratifying or re
jecting the ordinance by the people. It is al
so provided that the election for members of
' Congress for Virginia to the House cf Ri-pre- i
sentatives of the Congress cf the United States, j
required by law to be held on '.lie fourth Thurs- j
day in May next, be suspended until otherwise i
| ordered by the Convention.
THREW 11 kb Shoe at Them.— A dr.yor two
since, an incident occurred to the Ilarlanburg,
(Lawrence county) volunteer company, which
,is worthy of record. There is nr. old Irish su
} perdition that if a shoe is thrown at you, when
! starting upon any expedition, it i ; certainly
; good luck, or success in what you have under- i
taken. As the company passed through Cro
I ton, nn enthusiastic Iris-h giri pulled off her ;
' shoe and threw it at them. The company ua- j
' lerstood the matter, and hailing, gave thegii!
i three rousing cheers.
Discovery. —A letter in the Independence
I Beige, says that a distinguished chemist, M. j
' Rousseau, has made a discovery # by means of
which any privatg family may make sugar for j
| its own consumption. With a peculiar appa- J
! rutus an ordinary cook can fabricate aw hole
week's supply of the urticle at one time.
Tiie Mobile Mercury says that twenty-five i
of the crew of the Star of the West, recently
captured off the coast of Texas, arrived at that
city on the 23J. They were transferred to the
steamer Southern Republic, and sent to Mont
gomery to await the orders of the government.
From California. —Nf.w York May, 3.
The steamship Northren Light has arrived 1
out from Aspinwall, which she left on the 25th
nit.
She brings 300 passengers and $BOB,OOO ,
in gold.
The ship Marco Prolo, from Australia for '
Loudon, hud put into Valparaiso dismasted 1
and leaking by contact with an ice berg. i
Fl. O. GOODRICH, miTOßfs
R. IV. STURRUCK,\ LDiTORS
TOWANDA :
Thursday Morning, May 9, 1861.
SUMMARY OF TIIE DAILY INTELLIGENCE.
In the State Senate on the 3d inst., an act
to provide for the inspection of salted provis
ion for the army and navy and for experta
tions, was rejected. An act was passed Au
thorizing the several counties of the State to
irranfc relief to tjic families of the volunteers.
In the House, the stay law wn> discussed,
amended and laid aside. The Governor's
veto of the Philadelphia Police bill was dis
cussed. A resolution was passed inquiring
of the Governor how much of the half million
dollars already appropriated for military pur
poses has been spent, how expended Ac.; and
a tommunieation was presented lroin tiie com- (
mantling officers of Camp Curtin. complain-j
ing of the inferior quality of tha blankets ;
furnished to the troops.
From Loui.-ana wc learn 'hat that State is
very slew in fu'nishing its quota of troops,
relied for by Jefferson Davis. Too explana
tion of this is, tint the Louisiana planters ■
and farmers fear a" i ii:tg of the slaves."— ;
; Almost every plantation is doubly guarded,
I everywhere, tho slaves are watched with the
utmost vigilance. Planters refuse to let any
of their white employees enlist, but rrn them j
! and keep them as a privet* guard.
There were nunc, j i.i Louisville that r. C la'-c j
insurrection hud been put down czar Lexing- i
ton.
in "V irginia the uanuJt nctivily prevails 1
at the Tredegar works, with large increase of
emp'q.cs 11: y are turning out three of the;
l".r Pj e size Colamblxds ami six pieces i
per week. Already a of four full com-|
panics, composed of the proprietors and cm- j
ploye?, ha re been formed and | roperiy officered
among :t themselves. Oilier foundries art
actively engaged in shot and slicii
'liie Lonisviilc Courier announces that the
fire or six hundred Kentucky traitors who left ;
Louisville to a: Ist tho confederate States in ;
the war they have begun against the general
go veranjcnt.havc changed their destination for 1
\ irginia.
Fifteen hundred negroes have enrolled . hers- ,
sel.i;; n-> soldiers in the confederate army in
New Orleans.
Tho V. heeling Intelligencer of April 25 j
gives a list cf eight companies formed to that i
date in ikr.t city, to support the government, j
none of there iGMpr : es eo:.. rling of less than I
eighty men. A company has ui.-o been formed i
for the same purpose ul Beawool, three miles
f 1 '
below Wheeling, on the Ohio river.
We publish President Lincoln's proe'aroa- ;
i tion, culling for 40,000 more volunteers to :
serve tares years, and an incrcr.se of 22/JOO
! to the regular army, and IS,OOO seamen to the
j navy, making in all SO,OOO men. Most of the
free States are alreedy prepared to fill this re- i
qnisition.
The Governor of Indiana has refused to join
the Governor of Kentucky in a league of mu
tual pence. He talis upon ivenlac j to stand
by the Federal government r aiast rebellion.
-y Senator Dot :i as made a speech at Co
; iumbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, in which he said it
was useless to waste time in discussing the !
j- cause of the civil war—all that we had now to I
consider was our duty au citizen:;, and that du- 1
; ty was to stand by the fi j r , and to defend the
Capitol of tho nation. The question was, would
the people permit traitors to destroy the con i
stitntionaily elected Government, or would tlity 1
suppress rebellion ? Tills was a great commer
c-ial question. Shall we have a petty passport '
system which v. ou!d require of every citizen
who wishes to cross a Slato line such a permit
as i- now given in the South to a negro?—
Shall our baggage be overhauled on every bor- 1
uer, if we wish to travel ? Shall our Com- 1
rairco bo subject to sectional dictation ? It is
uo time now fcr crimination. We must rally
to the defence of the Government—to the re- :
establishment of the Union. Speaking of Gen j
SCOTT, Mr. Dot .t..\s said that in Washington
he met on the street a Virginia gentleman who
came ns Chairman of a Ccmmitteo to offer
SCOTT the command of the Southern army.—
Scott's reply wa3 that for fifty years he had j
devoted his life to the defence of the ling of j
his country, and so long as Gon permitted him j
to live lie would stand by it against nil assail |
ants, even though Virginia, his native State |
were among them.
THE CONTRIBUTION t -O THE WAR. — Accord- ;
ing to the most accurate calculations,the cnor j
raous sum of $29,000,000 have been contrib- '
uted by the citizens of the loyal States, and
the States themselves as a freewill-offering to
carry on the war. Were it necessary we be*
lieve that the entire expenses of the war would
be paid by State, county and individual sub
scriptions. In contrast with this it is authori
tatively stated that only $5,000,000 of the
Southern Confederated loan have been taken.
Rebellion is hard upon Southern credit.
PATRIOTIC TEARS. — At Willard's Hotel,
Washington, the other evening, a lady wa fc .
seated at the piano, 6inging, Geneial Wool,
wearing his button, asked her to sing the Star
Spangled Banner. She did it with admirable
effect. The General stood beside her with
the tears running down his cheeks, and as lie
turned to dash them from his eyes that rever
quailed before his count:y's foes on the field of
battle, the parlor wrang with the applause the
eong and the scene so well merited.
Letter from Camp Cnrtin.
CAMP CCRTIM, May 5, 1801.
Sitting here in tlie quarters of the Bradford
Uuion Guards, it occur* that the friends at
home may wish to know something of our
situation. It will bo unnecessary to detail our
experience at the outset, and our detention at
East Troy—friends at tisecamp probably have
made known'that our stay there was a pleas
ant one, only marred by rumors of hr.ving to
return home, which prospect was r.ct very gra
ciously received, but they cannot do justice to
the respect which every member of the Coin
pany feels for our host, Mr. HILMER, of tiie
East Troy House, and his estimable family,
who, during our stay did everything that could
he done to make us comfortable. Time pass
ed slowly with the detention, and the rumors
that pointed to a return home, hut at last,
through the exertions of friends, Wednesday,
the Prstdny of May, at daylight, saw ns take
up our march for the depot at Troy. Mud
nor rain couldn't dampen the enthusiasm, and
the three pioneer Companies from old Bradford
moved oil on the rails with cheers. At Wil
!iamsport we joined Col. KANE'S Companies,
from I'otter, Elk, M'Kean Bnd Cameron coun
ties— a hardy, robust set of men, clad in red
shirts, with buck's tails in their caps, from
which they doubtless acquired their title of
! " Buck tail Hungers," together with a contpa
' ny from Tioga, making in all eight companies.
' The Hungers were accompanied by the Repass
Brass Band, of Williumsport.
At Sunbury notice was given of a slide on
ihe track, and tbo soldiers disembarked and
made n:i attack on the provisions which the
| ladies had arranged on tables by the side of
| the track. It soon leaked out, however, that
the " slide " was a dispatch from the Governor
; ordering tiie detention from la k of accoinmj
; divtions at Camp Curtin. Though disappoint
ed, tiie men soon became reconciled in view of
the exertions which tiie ladies made for their
, conveniences ; and when it i. remembered that
j there were upwards of 000 hungry men to feed
and lodge, end that both were done to the
satisfaction of ail, and that it was not an ex
_ ception but an everyday occurrence to the
I passing soldiers, the amount of praise to which
the Indies of Sunbury ate entitled can be esti
i mated. The printers of the Company enjoyed
the hospitality of Mr. BAUCHMAN of the Amer
\ '.am, whose kindness, and tli3t of his estimable
lady wiil be held in grateful remembrance.
Many of the boys, doubtless, hold the bnglit
| eyed and noble hearted girls iu more than
grateful remembrance, for, from the talk that
is daily nscd, tht-ir devotion to tlicrn is secoud
i only to their love for tiie cause.
Orders came on Thursday morning, and
! from a hollow square on the green, Col. MEANS
1 tendered the thanks cf the companies to the
citizen.', a:.J after three cheers for the ladies
of Sunbury, and a salr.te from Col. KANE'S
; H deun n, the companies embatkrd once again.
V.'o niched et Ilurrisburg at 1 o'clock, and
formed at t tic foot of Market st., preceded by
Co!. KANE'S men with the Repass Band. Each
company carried its banner unfurled, and tit*
marching not only won the praise of the ofli
i cere, but elicited buttering remarks froiu tiie
j tho isands of spectators. Arrived in camp the
j boys countenances fell at the prospect of out
I io. g bunk filled with straw which was to serve
as a bed,and hunger had grown pretty imper
ative before a move was made to draw the ra
| lijtis of bread,-meat and potatoes, and to im
i prove an out door fire which was to serve to
i prepare their first camp meal. But ail things
i have a beginning, and with the improvemnets
! that otir geniuses bare made and the materials
we have f, raged, the boys now call camp life
j just the thing.
The camp now contains but nbout 3,000
' soldiers, four regiments having left during the
i week and an additional one will leave to morrow
A new regiment has been formed from the Tioga
companies and Col. KANE'S meu and the follow
j ing officers elected :
Colonel. — THOMAS 1.. KANE, of Philadelphia.
; J.i'uhnant IW.-J.D. DI.DKKP.OI Cameron Co.
—Jem s SacKwoun, ol \Ve!l.-!>oro
Our companies have not vet formed a regi
ment, but the understanding is that a union
I w ill be made with the companies from Susqne
• haiuia. Our beys are all in gcod spirits and
| anxious to be moving, though it is likely that
we w ill be required to remain here ou drill for
some time. An election will be held to-morrow
to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resigna
tion of Cant J. W. MASON, who has received
j an appointment a Lieutenant iti the 2d regi
ment of U. S. Cavalry. It is with tiie regret of
I all that Capt. MASON leaves usasin his short
I stay he has won the respect of ail with whom he
j has been associated.
In iny next I will endeavor to give a des
i criptiou of Camp Cnrtin and camp life. This
j letter is written upon a board, the music
|of several drums, and as the camp post
offieo is just about to close, I will defer farther
remarks till then. S.
THE CAMP AT CAIRO.— A correspondent of
the Chicago Journal writes from Cairo, 28ih
nit.,that the Big Muddy creek Bridge is guard
ed by 200 Zouaves and a detachment of
Chicago Artillery, with two guns. The camp
at Cairo, is located upon a plot of about five
acres south of the city, on which are the bar
racks and tents of the troops. The reveille
sounds every morning at five o'clock, and soon
after all the troops, with the exception of
those on guard, are put through an inspective
drill. Notwithstanding the extremely low sit
uation of the camping ground, the health of
the men is good, they nre all nwaitir.g with
anxiety a meeting witli the enemy. The cor
respondent says he never saw a camp in bet
ter spirits, or a stronger feeling of espirit du
eordt.
4©- Or lute, Superintendent
the Police Department, 55ys th(J
Herald, has been in receipt of ] eU I
ing information that there w as ' **
tempt on foot to destroy tbj, a , *
North, and by an association ' k J'Sl
Knights of the Golden Circle,
Kennedy received another letter
in St. Loot's, setting f ort h t | 18
had been previously forwarded
Mr. Kennedy his every reason to J W
be attempted should a favorable
be off. red. -J I
It stems that at the time a brea
in the Croton aqueduct, the city *'"* I
in various places by a gang reported'?'
been hired by parties Sooth. .I
secured various booses throughout t * I
at a certain time they are to sim n p I
fire the buildings. The police hav 1 I
close watch of certain men in the citv '
reported to be engaged in the aTair" I
Kennedy believes that he will be a i. I
veut the diabolical plot being carried . ' I
feet. "" ■
DEATH TO THE PIRATES —Orders Lr
received from the Navy Department f ; I
ington, by officers t f the various U Q ;-^ V ' I
vessels, that all persons found saiiiir ' I
Jefferson Davis' letters of marqueai.j • !
bo treated as pirates.
That tlio contumacious be immeduu, I
from the yard-arm, and the crew andu • ■ I
itent officers bo placed in irouj to aw a I
j trial as ocean brigands.
; This summary method of dealing * . I
t robbers will probably be seconded by tht I
' ropean powers, who have just as mnchci, I
' fear a fleet of freebooters infesting the % I
molesting peaceful commerce as hat. I
Northern States.
MARKET PRICES IN lOWA Froa I . I
■just received from Dallas coonty, lot|I ot| I
| Market prices are slated as follows: ',"H
; Flour, $1,73 per 100 lbs ; Wheat 40cell
j bushel; Corn 12 1 2 cents; Oats It >ll
| Horses from SGO to $100; Oxen fro®};!!
, $C;> per joke; Cows from $lO
Hogs 3 cents gross; Sheep $2 per Itsii 1
The BALTIMORE RIOT —A gcntlemanH
■ was in Baltimore, and saw the riotow
upon the Massachusetts and Peunsj-,B
men, inform* the Xorlk American that -I
innted as follows:—A vidian in the tno'i .<1
ed a gun and shot one of the
troops dead, without provocation 1V;..,. I
on the troops fired on the mob. lie SIOI I
Massachusetts men, so far as lie could -< I
were worthy men, calm, cool, patient I
bearing, which are by no moans tha c: 1
. tcristics of P. Baltimore mob.
How TO MAKE AN AMERICAN I
withstanding the number tn use, few
know how to make an American fin;
; ly. The rule i-> as follow* : The flag •houj
' one-half longer than wide, viz: If fix
, nine feet long, if eight feet wide twelve
lone. The shipes shonld fie altrrnateir
and white, seven red and six white, lop
bottom both being re! The field should
blue, and extend over seven stripes, ennm
. ing at tiie top, four red and three white I
: -tars, signifying the number of State', m
b ■ white, arranged on the blue field i?,
shape of a five pointed star. We hat;
many flags with thirty fonr stars, which si
correct, r.s bv act of Congress the ai; '
! star is not added to the flag until the hi'
' July succeeding the admission of a n?wSua
THE ArrROACHiNo COMET —A crattr -i
tion from llarvtird Observatory aunouact
that the comet is growing brighter, and t
■ already visible to the naked eye, ne ir ll
tail of Praso. It will pass ncre-s the Gtei
lKar, and will lie near the "bowV wm\ t'
' Dipper" in eight or nine days. Bat lb
■ most remarkable fact about the comet i?, la
■ i it will, on the 12th of May, be almost exici]
t : where the earth was on the 19th of April:'
that its perihelion passage is £3 days tar'
the earth would pass through the boiyol'J
comet.
Tnr. BOOT ON THE OTHER LEG. —A lettfi
a Charleston paper from Montgomery, s:jt
was rumored there that Gen. Bragg lias s*i
. | for two thousand additional men to <;nara J
I city of Pennsacola. It. is feared an (fforts
le made to land men there to attack G;
| Brngg's force in the rear. The movements 1
the Flying Artillery now on Santa K*
Island indicate this. So it seems the foil
huutir.g the dog.
CQrThe Baltimore Sun lias a leaderw-hc
seems to indicate that a conservative infiaeM
, s ga nitg grooce in Baltimore.
| The Sun emphatically declares that it ts®
1 a secession paper, and says that the pa?s*P
f>y the Legislature of those powers is net •
c<f in it. It ndvocntesthe calling of a
- convention elected directly from the f'?
; The same paper denies the stories of t
. 'o Union men in Baltimore.
The uniform of Ellsworth's Fire - •
• ares is of gray cloth, with a red shirt,thec ,A
of which turns broadly over a flawing J 1 ' 5
They are armed with Sharpe's rifles, to
the sabre bayonet is to be attached. 1
arms were purchased by private fuous
1 cost of $40,000.
Usf Col. Colt of Hartford, has o^rf , r
> service to the Governor of Connecticut to
j a regiment, and has agreed to arm :;e
with breach loading rifles nt his
These arm*, which are of the ut'
c provemop.t, would sell in the ■ (
' $50,000. The regiment is being rj ."'
f raised.
THE FIREMEN ZOCAVKS of Colonel
f made up of the picked men of the
, Fire Department, .have been
with Sharp's Rrfles and Revolvers and > 1
Vork on Monday, accompanied to the >
liy a grand parade of their friends an >
* meuse crowd, who roundly cheered "t t
for the leat of war.