.._. "...::i`=€" '.a'•:~:l34..dti^2:f:.'C,:.;'ys;.ry.~.y'Rt. EMI= POEM BY T. BITCUANAN READ. 1 Prom Putnam's Monthly for J To Frances - - ON nEu 131.11TUDA1',' Ammar TWEFV?:-TIfIRD - . - Out of the white beleaguering lines,, , rasEing the pickets,. beyo.nd.the Wes t. ... The herald March conies - I)l446ring down, 'Proclaiming the news o'er'field and town, • That Winter, the stubborn, Invading foe, Is hurriedly strikinghis tents of Snow, liaising a siege which may cost his crown. . • . - A - venderfulherald - is:this Same-lifitrcb, With gusty robes and flashy hair! How boldly under.the springtime arch, He wakes Um world with martial air! And, while his winding clarion rings, 'What a list of natal days , he brings! Just a score: of suns and three, On a beautiful isle hi Manhattan bay, Ile blew to the four winds, far :andfree, And the southern birds came up straitway. AO the earliest, flowers peered forth to see, And the brooks threW by their toy chains, Gazing abroad for April rains. And the buds looked out on every spray, And the soft south breeze came near to say home flattering inevage it brought from May All Nature, thrilling through and through, Pulsed and glowed with a pleasure new, As if aware that the wild March horn Announced the hour that you were born —Aware t at o( s enignan smi e, G'iaddening the land from shore to shore, Had fallen in grace .on the lovely isle, Giving the & o mere ne lily wore! Giving the brooks a sister-tongue— A lovely mate,to.all sweet things— The dove and the wren beside the door, While over' the place the soft air sung, "For me another blue-bird sings!" And, eatebing a gleam of the light,which shed A hOtusehOld sunshine o'er your birth, The angels of heaven looked round and said; 'One of our sisters has gone to earth !" And every time the loud month rings_ Ms third and twentieth clarion clear, They whisper, in groups, with folded wings, "This is the morn she left us here!" • Then circles the,sonpin Amer play; Cheering the high ancestral dome, "This is the beautiful blossoming day, That brings her one year nearer home!" But. yet so glad are the groups to know That something of heaven to earth is won, Thet.While:they. guard your path.below; They patiently wait your mission done. Then let thO loud month blow at will, And Winter strike his tents anew aYmany a springtime find you stilt On earth—for it path need of, ymi! A 4tFES'FION OF STATE HISTORY Who were the First Volunteers for the The following paper was read by Hon. IVil ham AL Hiester; lite Secretary of the CoMmOn wealth,-at-thelast meeting of the Berks County Historical Society; at -Reading : 1 propose iu the paper which I read this even ing before this Society, to vindicate the truth of history, and to establish the right of priority to be with the Ringgold Light Artillery in the contest for precedence which has aprung up between the firSt five companies from Pennsyl vania, which marched to the defence of Wash- - ington. On the 4th of July,lBo6, at a military celebration of the Anniversary of our Inde pendence, held at_lPhiladelphia,, it :Was -under stood that .the five companies, the Ringgold Light Artillery, from Reading; the Logan Guards, from Lewistown: the Washington Ar tillery and the National Light Infantry, from Pottsville,. and , the Allen Rifles, from Allen . town, would be present to participate, and the question of precedence in these companies being likely to arise, Gen. Hoffman addressed a letter to Adjutant-General Russell for information on this point. Gen. Russell, in answer, wrote the following letter ' a copy of which he kindly fin rdshed from his office: " ADJUTAN T-GENKHAL'S Ilwitinsnuno, June 23, - Ginerut 11'. Ilidrinan, Philadelphia—GEN -I:RAL :On my return to-day from Williams port I found on qv table_your_letter_of the -- '2oth — iffst. — d I id not take charge of this department until September., 1861, and did 'not come-to Ilarrisbut, , r...until—June of --that year ; from which latter date until September I was on duty as aide-de-camp to the Governor. I am, therefore, unable to furnish any personal knowledge"of the reporting for duty or muster of the live companies of which you write, and, as no records of them under the titles given. can be discovered, I cannot give you the transcripts desired. Colonel Slifer, however, Secretary of the Commonwealth, who at that time was actually assistinr , the Governor in the Military Department, is clear in his recollection of the fact that the Logan Guards, from Lewis town' was the first to report for duty, this corn pany having reported in the morning or fore noon of the 17th of April, 1861, and the other companies at later periods of the same day. 1 am also informed that this company occupied the right of the line on their march through Baltimore. This. if so, was, at that time, when facts and circumstances were fresh and properly understood, a concession of seniority. "I am, &c., A. L. RUSSELL, "Adjutant-General of Pennsylvania." The Adjutant-Generahin his letter, is equally at fault in his information about the line of march in Baltimore as in the information lie communicates from the Secretary of the Com monwealth. The truth is the United States regulars occupied the right of the line, and the Ringgold Artillery the left. But, in the confu sion and danger of the passage of the unarmed troops through the infuriated mob at Balti more, little regard was had to the order of march. -Whatever other facts and considera tions entered into the decisions then made, it cannot be doubted that this letter controlled the result; and the military authorities, on this occasion, decided upon giving the right of the line to the Logan Guards, of Lewistown. On the announcement °fads order, through Major- General Hancock,ln et:lmoland; the Ringgold - Light Artillery refused to participate in the pa rade, and withdrew. Thus the post of honor and priority was established by this precedent against the Ringgold Light Artillery most un expectedly, though not unaccountably. When 1 have presented, as I shall do m the perform ance of the task I have undertaken, the state ment of facts and proofs at myconimand,it will be evident that, had Adjutant-General Russell examined the records and ' papers within his reach, and not relied upon the treacherous recollection of the Secretary of the Common wealth, the would not have misled the military authorities at Philadelphia with the erroneous statement that the Logan Guards was the first company to report at Harrisburg, having arrived on the morning of the 17th of April, when the indisputable fact was that the Ringgold Light Artillery had arrived and reported at Harris burg on the evening of the Dith of April. But the question now assumes a higher significance and importance than a mere point of military piecedence i - and arises to the dignity of a national historical question. In the House of Representatives, at Washington, General - Cake, a repfsr;ritative from Schuylkill county,. who himself', as an officer of the National Light Infantry; of Pottsville, marched with his com pany—to—Washingtonhyliiii—rengas made upon the introduction of resolution relative to the bestowal of medals upon the battalion first to ,arrive at Washington from Pennsylva-: - nia, as I find in the report of the Con• Oivslonal Globe. of the 18th of April, 1870, said: " The services, of the Lewistown Logan Guards, Captainfielheither, were offered the Governoron the fsth of April, accepted the same day, and, 8i strong, marched to Har isburg-on-theifithifirst to at rive in that eity." 'borne excuse may be found for the error into =tl==l which the Secretary of the Commonwealth fe in giving his recollection in 1860 of the date of the arrival of the 'first five companies at Har risburg, but I,catt fitl - noekcuse or justifiCation„ ‘for.the-falsificatiork . O. history. by Genex . :4(Nro., after the publication of the text .andtiof _Rates!s_ 1101.9ry____OriPetms3)1vanfa..1. 7 014ntgeks4.. which, appeared It* imoosil* that-the. Ringgold Light Artillers' 'or th,* friends,. or the: frieUds of historic truth; 'Oll4l rest content with this utikist military deciSioii\. and . ' with The'•falsificatimf of history,lon ` . the,. - floor -of- Clo n gressi-upon a-point-of-so -mUclvin— terest and so much pride to soldiers and chi,. zens. At the request of Maj. ,Tames McKnight I cheerfully accompanied Maj. Muhlenberg, a member - of the - corps, to exaniine - the - recordS' and proofs bearing upon this controversy, at :Harrisburg. The result, of our researches, was so. _satisfactory, and so conclusive, that _for the pqrpose of, closing up this pending question'of :military precedence, and of establishing . historic truth ju bnlialf of our own brave soldiers, I concluded to prepare this paper on the subject, to be read before our Society, and to be placed among its archives. , ...... President Lincoln issued his proclamation for '75,000 men, April 15, 1801. On that morning the Ringgold • Light. Artillery, were drilling with full ranks, arin9d and equipped, on their parade-ground, a short distance-from-the-city.Twhen-telegraph . 14 • reached the corps on parade of the' proclama tion of the President. The - following despatch was forth Wit - sent to Governor - Curtin,- and, appears in the record of "ReceiVed Des patches," in - the office of the AdjutantXreneral, at Harrisburg : "READING, April 15, 1861.—Gov. A. G. Curtin : The Ringgold Light Artillery are pa rading this morning with their guns for prac tice, and have ninety men on parade,every one - of them expecting to be ordered on duty for U. S. service before they leave their guns. The Deputy Secretary of the Committee, - as appears by the first despatch recorded ou that day, sent answer : "Hmuusnuna, April 15, 1861.— H. A. Lantz, Reading :—Despatch received; will an swer more fully as soon as possible: - - " S. 13. Thomas, Dep. Sec." This was followed by another despatch from the .Secretaryof•, the Commonwealth,-omitted in the record of despatches-at liarrisburg, but found transcribed iu the minute book of the company : "HAnnisnuno, April 15, 18 . 01.—Captain James 1 11ainight;,-7:l3.ring, 'your command to llarrisbnig•b3 first train. If: any of the men need equipments they will be provided here by the general goveittnent. Lose no time. "By order of the Governor. "ELI SLIFER, Secretary." This despatch was received by Captain Mc- Knight.. at, 11.20. _A..M.,.April 16th....73y first. train after its, receipt, the Ringgold Light Ar tillery, 101 men, took passage, fully uniformed, armed --and - equipped,- for Harrisburg, -and reached there at S o'clock P. M. They at once reported for duty to the Secretary of State _(the Governor being in 'Washington), who, by tele gram, reported the Ringgold Artillery at Har risburg, awaiting orders, to the Secretary of War at Washington. The Secretary of War telegraphed in answer; "Push forward the company by first trains." This telegram, conveying orders to march, was transmitted by- the -Secretary- of the Common wealth to Captain McKnight. Orders in obe dience thereto were then issued to the com mand to take the train • for Washington at 3 o'clock A. M., April 17th. if these orders had not been countermanded. the. Ringgold Light Artillery would undoubtedly have reached Washington safely in advance of all troops from Pennsylvania and elsewhere, and before the Logan Guards and, the companies from Pottsville reported at Harrisbum. At mid night, however, the order to mar; was coun termanded in the following counter order: "HARRIsBruo, April 10, 1861.—Capt. Jai. Mr Knight : ou will delay your march to Washington until ordered by the Governor. "ELI SLIFER." DET'AItTNIENT 7 This written order of the Secretary _of. the Commonwealth, addressed to Captain Mc- Knight, dated April 16, 1861, so indisputably fixes tlic time of the arrival, and the report for duty at Harrisburg by the Ringgold Light Artil lery,that any„cumulative evidence is wholly su perfluous. /If any is needed it will be found in the following extract from the Pennsylvania Daily Telegraph of Apri! 17, 1861—an evening paper pubkshed at Harrisburg : " Last night, at about, 8 o'clock, the Ringgold Artillery. Captain McKnight, of Reading, num bering 100 men. arrived. They took up quar ters at Ilerr'S Hotel. They are a fine body of men, and are fully prepared and determined to do their whble duty in the present crisis. Our citizens welcomed them with cheers." Now permit me to interpret these proofs in the light tln'own upon them by the account of the events given in Bates's History of Pennsyl vania Volunteers. This writer says: " On the afternoon of the day of the Presi dent's proclamation for 75,000 men, the Secre tary of War telegraphed a call to the Governor of Pennsylvania, and it was telegraphed by the Executive to all parts of Pennsylvania. Among the first to respond was the Ringgold Artillery, Captain McKnight, of Reading; the Logan Guards, Captain Selheimer, of Lewis town ; the Washington Artillery, Captain Wren, and the ISlational .Light Infantry, Cap tain McDonald, of Pottsville ; and the Allen Rides, Captain Yeager, of Allentown. The telegram from the Ringgold Light Artillery was sent the morning of the day of the Presi dent's proclamation, and the reply of Deputy Secretary Thomas indicates that it reached the Executive Department at Harrisburg before the Secretary of War had telegraphed the call to the Governor. 'Subsequently the despatch, dated April 15th, received on the 10th, was sent by the e Secretary of the Commonwealth, order Mg the Ringgold Light Artillery to Harrisburg, which resulted in bringing the command there on the evening of that day. On reporting, continues the same writer,speakirg of the Ringgold Light Artillery, at the Executive cflice, the Governor being absent in Washington, orders were sought from the Secretary of War, who telegraphed to push the Company forward by the earliest trains. That order, for prudential reasons, was almost immediately countermanded by the Secretary of the Commonwealth. I have before shown beyond the possibility of successful contradic tion that all this occurred on the arrival of the Ringgold Light Artillery at Harrisburg on the evening of the llith of April; and I will ROW adduce equally conclusive proofs that the Logan Guards did not reach Harrisburg till midday of the 17th, and the Pottsville com panies till the evening of the 17th. Front the Pealieylvaniputily Telegraph, April 17, 1861 I "Monk: MJI.ITAItY.— l'he Logan Guards of Lewistown arrived here this morning; several Allegheny companies are mtpected - here to night." I 'emu tlj Penepylvania oily Telekraph,April 18,1861.1 " We give below a list of companies that ar rived last eight: " Washington Artillery, Pottsville, Captain Wren, 110 men. `"'National Light Infantry, Pottsville, Capt. McDonald, 104 men. Alle — trini Airentown, Capt. Yeager, 64 men." tFrom Bates's History of Pennsylvania Volunteers.) 0 The Logan Guards were in line anti ready to __marsh at 10 P. M. on the 16th of April, an moved to the station, but, for lack of transportation, did not reach Harrisburg until the morning of the 17th. Two Pottsville companies under marching orders left Pottsville on the 17th, And: arthed in Harrisburg at 8 o'clock in the evening." submit _that I have these facts in .Proved_ iatMEMEMIEMiI 2=!= PEIILA.DELPHIA EVENING BULLETIN. FRIDAY, JUNE 17 " H. A. LANTZ." T: 4 ~i"~.'ll.4'[.t~k`::2"a":'.:Y.'x+l~,: ~.: :h; :_~.,._ controvertibly. That, the Rimolit slight Ar- 1 1 tillery,, of Reading; tinifornted?. armed equipped, first among the companies of:Penn wivania, after and under the President's f.endered their services, were accepted by the. Governor, and reported for duty at .liarciphttrg. .ghat_ the.Ringgold LiglatArtilleryfirst; repotted_ through the Executive Department te3be. Se -tretat7 of War, as awaitino , orders at,-,tfarris 'burg, and received the first7orders.from'the Se- Aretary of War, conveyed to trooPs from -Pennsylvania, under the Pre.sident's proclama _ don. . I come now to comment briefly. upen claim for precedence made by the two cori3pa nies from Pottsville, on the ground that they lituteffereil - service's to tlieGO'Verninent prior 'to the promulgation of the president's proclamation. The National Light' Infantry allege that the officers, by resolution-of the company, tendered their services, on:the 11th of April, to the Secretary of War, and were noti fied of theOteeptanee 'on • the 13th of April. The Washington Artillery allege they tendered their services on the 13th of April and were accepted .by the Government., No authorityyeexisted - on the part of the Sec retary of War, by any law or proviSion of the Constitution of the United States, to accept the offer of troops until the call of the President on the 15th of April. That the military authori les-recognized-no-right-of-precedence-becans of prior acceptance by the Secretary of War was made manifest by the fact that, in the order of ptirade on the 4th of July, MG, at Philadelphia, the post.of honor—the right , of the line—was ,giveirto-. the - Logan Guards, to the exclusion 'Of both the companies from Pottsville, on the ground that'this company had reported first - for duty at Harrisburg: The Vender of services by the officers or by resolu tion of the company,and the acceptance of such services, has little significance or importance. On the 10th of April, the day after the procla mation, the Secretary of the Commonwealth published - in the - Pennsylvania - Daily Telegrqp,h, at Ilarrishurg,'afist'_of.-troops, comprising one or two regiments and about fifty companies, whose services had.been offered and accepted by the Goiernor under the call of the President. Some of these troops failed -to report for duty, and in regard to others which entered-into ser vice,no pretension of claim for priority . of rank' was set up over others which had begun-their march and reported for duty at rendezvous at earlier dates. Mr. Mester here read the statement ,made by the commander of the Ringgold Artillery, Captain James McKnight, and ,also the follow-.. ing.certification - : •-• ' READING; 'Pa., May 21, 1870.—We, the un dersigned' citizens of Reading, Pa., - :hereby certify;'tliat during the month of January, 1801, information having been received by us that the Ringgold Light Artillery were under .ordersto. be. read.y.to move to.-Washington,--.a. meeting was held at which we were present. That at.said meeting a fim.d was raised_for the purpose of obtaining overcoats for the- men of said company. 'We further certify that the overcoats were purchased and distributed anking, trioie belonging to the saidCOMMand : JOHN MCMANUS, G. A. Nicou s, • DAVID MCKNIGHT, EDWARD WA TA, A.cE, 11. 11. MUMENBERG, W.M. M. HIESTED, JAMES MILHOLLAND,- . C. H. HUNTER. LETTER FROM POTTSVILLE I Correspeadence of the Phila. ETen'g Bulletin.] POTTSVILLE, June 16 ; 1870.-After waiting six weeks for pleasant weather the.pic-nit sea son may at last be reported fairly opened:" Your correspondent was present at one yes terday, Which will long remain in - his memory. It was gotten up by the members of Mountain Social Temple of Honor and Temperance—a name whose length recalls that other tempe rance society whose follies were so pleasantly satirized by. the great teacher whom— now that he is dead—all the papers are trying to canonize' forgetful that his nailliodS read ers -61- did tha ' t, long ago. Like the other fol lies and vices against which he directed his pungent wit, the habit of meeting once a week to swill tea instead of ale, lager and whisky, is now a thing of the past, and temperance socie ties are conducted on steady principles, and not by force of high-pressure enthisiasm. The Society with which your correspondent pic nicked yesterday was endowed with at least average intelligence and good sense—certainly enough to get up a first-class pic-nic, and that without the aid of tea. With its usual courtesy, the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad fur nished excursion tickets to Landingville, seven miles down the road, armed with which a merry party boarded an early train, and were rolled away through the beautiful scenery of the upper Schuylkill, until, after a ride unani mously declared "not half long enough," they were, deposited at their place of destination safe and Sound, and everything in good order ex cept one ham, which, with true porcine obsti nacy, remained on board, and was never heard from more. The ground was in a snug little valley, nest ling down between wooded hills, and as com pletely isolated from "the busy haunts of men " as if it had been in Alaska, instead of bustling Eastern Pennsylvania, and within two minutes' walk of a railroad depot. . I have always thought that the dividing line between Berks and Schuylkill ought to lie on the ridge Of the Sharp Mountain, immediately below Pottsville. North of that line, every thing is essentially Schuylkill, and the whole scenery is indicative of great wealth in the bowels of the earth, combined with compara tive poverty of the surface. Passing through the gap in Sharp Mountain, you have scarcely reached Mount Carbon, kalf a mile below Pottsville, when the scenery changes and puts on the agricultural look of "Old Berks." The mounds of coal dirt and refuse from the mines give place to broad iields,of grain; „huge barns are seen instead of ..uncouth and grimy breakers, and the rough shanties and irregular villages f the coal region, which look as if they had been picked up somewhere by a flood, and deposited, at random, over the country, a /a Agassiz and the "glacial period," are sup,. planted by comfortable-looking farm houses and neat towns, in which the streets are laid out with a view to permanence, and the houses nestle together in a neighborly way that sug dests a life-long intimacy among the inmates ; towns in which the sidewalks (for are not the inhabitants genuine descendants of the cleanly Holl'anders immortalized by Irving?) are swept and dusted every morn ing, are lined with wooden stoops and shaded by huge trees; whose streets are seldom dis turbed by a passing wagon, and whose whole appearance suggests that they are completed and ready to be whitewashed and fenced in. Even' such is the little village of iLandingville, in whose vicinity our pic-nic was held, and of such character is the country round it. A few children came and sat on a mossy bank to witness the sports;and remained there,with char acteristic Dutch immobility, during the greater part of the day; a few women strolled up, looked on in silence, answered all offers of hos- Lpitality with monosyllabic shyness, and welit,_ away again to attend:to household ditties; a fat man, with a rubicund visage, and eyes which beamed with good nature, dismounted from - a bare-backed horse, asked for a piece of cake show the`folks . at home-he bad heeitto the pie-nic," and, with mouth, hands and pockets full,: Willed to his steed only to see it trotting down the -road' Under a madcap Templar, who seemed - highly delighted and in no wise alarmed in her uneasy seat. A few canal boatmen, thrown out of employment by the miners' strike,:alSo„ ,looked on for . awhile,_ then _left were there 'none. :711p;'!H lobe:day, vaTO - spent in romp (PIA". *Silks. beneath the grand.' old trees, or listless --reposing in' . -shade; . each,- succeeding. train ,tironglit fresh arrivals, but bore away, wheSe )msiness,orldomestic cares Termit,, ted their remaining: The evening trains passed ,by but the party. had ",come to Spend the day," and would nOtthink Of leaving except on the last possible train. . Later in the evening a thUnder-stOrM; of which the friends at home -w ere'. : . reWving , i-fU11..-,:,benefit, -frightened-- the merry party to the depot - , though it came not near them. Here 'an hour of waiting was spent.in , iwproulptu , Singing . , which was.con tinne in the can 4, the singers bemg abetted by' _ the cOndUctor ' 4ho encouraged.them to " Sing_ away, I like it," though some sleepy Philadel phia passengers looked as if therdid not " it." so much:. Finally, the train rolled into the depot, the beautiful " Good-night" ode of the Temple was sung, the clock struck ten and-the pie-nickers were home.. "Tired most to death". were they; but all agreed that the day, had been.delightful.: And such is a country picAic, The sensation to-'day was a wedding in high life, which occurred at high noon in.the Epis copal Church,, the groom being one of Potts , ville's representative young men, and the bride the daughter of a successful coal operant!. Bride - and-bridesmaids-were-dressedwellj-gor , - geously, which may be • interpreted to suit the taste, for your correspondent is not au fait in such matters. There were dozens of carriages ; there were impressive services; there was a big crowd of people in the Church, and two bigger crowds of people on the sidewalks; there was much of show-and glitter and pomp- , and,after all, I don't believe they are any more married Ilium they would', be if they had "givensome poor minister, five dollars to perform the cere mony in ,the back , parlor,ln the presence of half a dozen witnesses. But then it may have a dispiriting effect on the; striking miners.' The trial or :John AirownAtt Patrick Lee, Jr., charged with.' the „burning ,ot Stillman ..4.% Co.'s Coal Breaker, near Mahanoy City, on the ' th of April last, has been occupying the Court Of Quarter Sessions since last Tuesday. The evidence bears strongly an , ainst - t he accused ; but, as I write, the jury. who have been out IS hours, are still undecided as to their verdict. Meanwhile, the Court,-which had'proceeded: to the trial of Mold() wriey, for the murder of Hoag, at Mahanay,City, was compelled tiiad journ for want of a sufficient number of jurors. Wico.• rxem WILLIAMSPORT. tneampmentof the. Relights Templar TIMM DAY. Correepontlence. of the Philetla. Evening Bulletiuj WILLIAIvISP6RT, June 16.—The city began at an early hour this-morning to-show-signs-or unusualactivity and bustle. The country people and citizens of the neighborini , villiages crowded the sidewalkS and door-stePs; and waited anxiously for - the great event of the day,vvhich was the grand parade of the Knights Templar: Many residences were finely decorated ' with Ilowers,evergreens and flags; most conspicuous were the white flags with black and' red crosses, which floated in front Of the houses of the resident Knights. By the efticient,management of the &rand Marshal,' Sir • Win. N. No. 22; and his aids, Sir Knights J: R. Knipe, J. F.' Hart ranft, Grant Widman, Joshua T. Owen, A. S. Mason, Richard Jones, H. A. Witterger and S. B. Dick, the - line began to move at A. M. Their progress' , through, the city was a perfect Ovation. The streets- were so much crowded that in some-places the police had difficulty in cleating the way. It is estimated that there were at least ten thousand strangers in the city: These, and.rnost of the twenty-five thousand inhabitants of Willianisport,were out for a holi day, and all seemed determined to enjoy them selves. A slight deviation from the proposed -route was made on account of the bad condition of ' some of the streets in the lower end of the i -- town - orruch - to - the - disappointment - of - the rest- dents of those thoroughfares whichhadcto: be abaridened. The whole affair was magnifi cent. So many handsome, intelligent, respect able-looking men have never been seen together in this city. Their elegant uniforms and accoutrements, their flashing banners and waving plumes, formed a scene long to be re membered by all who witnessed it. The view from the elevated position occupied by your reporter, on West Fourth street, was strikingly beautiful. This is the principal thoroughfare of the city. it is very wide and is bordered on both sides by beautiful gardens and shaded by rows of tall trees. The Nicol son pavement afforded a splendid opportunity for a display of the matuctivres peculiar to the Order. With remarkable promptness and accuracy the Commanderies formed themselves into triangles, crosses, Sce., and marched in this way to the Race Track, adjoining the En campment, where the officers for the ensuing year were installed with due ceremony. The following was the order of the procession : First, a squad of policemen, in uniform. Baldwin 11. Commandery, No. 22, acting as Commanderies from other States, namely: St. Omar, of Elmira, N. Y. Columbia, No. 2, Washington, D. C. Washington, No. 1, Washington,D. C. Monumental, No. 2, Baltimore. Then followed the other Commanderies, in order of the dates of their organization, with the exception of Mary Commandery, of Phila delphia,which was detailed to escort the Grand Commandery. Allegheny, No. 35, Allegheny, Pa. Constance, No. 33, Bellefonte. Mitchinson, No. 32. Norristown. Ivanhoe, No. 31, Tamaqua. Mt. Olivet, No. 30, Erie. Great Bend, No. 2 . 7, Great Bend. Hermit., No. 24, Lebanon. Packer, No. 23, Mauch Chunk. York, No. 21, York, Pa. Allen, No. 20, Allentown. Northern, No. 10, Towanda. Columbia, No. 13, Lancaster. Crusade, No. 12, Bloomsburg. Pilgrim, No. 11, Harrisburg. De Molay, No. 9, Reading. St. John's, No. 4, Philadelphia. Philadelphia, No. 2, Philadelphia. Pittsburgh, No. 1, Pittsburgh. • Mary; No. 36, Philadelphia. • Grand Commandery of Pennsylvania. Grand Officers and Distinguished Guests in Carriages. Twelve bands of music were in line, some of Wein the finest in the State or United States, and it was really a; treat to hear them perform. There is considerable rivalry among them, and they each did their best to- day.„ By the time the piocession reached the race course, the Grand Stand and all places afford ing a view of the platform were pretty well filled, and were soon jammed with persons eager to see the Installation of Officers, which was rather dull and uninteresting to the-mem bers of the press present, as they were hot allowed to enter the enejostire. • The dlgni taties_o_n_tha_platform..3v.ere small_ children, ,6 To be seen but not Beard." • . During these proceedings a sudden - and violent shower came up and caused a scatter- . ing of those not under shelter. The Knights, with the exception of Baldwin 11. Comman dery, beat a retreatAwhich only terminated at the dinner-tables of the Herdic House, and other hotels.' Nothing of general interest has occurred since the installation: It is generally expected, though not officially announced, that the hest annual encampinent •~rt~Y, ~..>ZS:v~ '.'..~..i..?.ct2 ~,~ n~zT„~ ^ 9'~.: _T„MI: t ~ ~.. - Q+.f -. !'~..,_ 1870. will be- at Harrisburg, where the Capitol grounds afford a very pleasant looation for the camp. But I douhtlif the Sir Knights will be as well pleased with it as they are with their pre sent loCation and surraMidings. - The Marine Band ,pfo their respects toild . r: roterlierilicyali4 itSkience,ituit P1704414,And 4fte,l%a deliptK niusloll *Ore invited- ititq'the house,iWbere,n.: treat;;.'ird ant4her kind awaited Mr. 1401 c kept open 110140 all tbe evenitig,'.And hUndreds:tif Kuight§ ~;and others6 . l46l hOspitMity:' The office . f-the-Daily-Lycoaing-Gazette-and-Ball44a ' was `last evening serenaded 'by the Great Western Cornet Band of Pittsburgh, Captain 13. Weirs,..leader. In fact, the s people •of this tOwn are, enjoying a musical treat such as few places of the. size of this are favored with. FIRE-PROOF'SAFES. THE ATTEMPTED BANK ROBBERY WHITE PLAINS, N. Y. Three Explosions—Window Sashes and Door Blown Ont-.-The Clock Stops at .1 o'clock-•. The Burglars Work All Night. but Herring's Bank SafeFolls Them. Letter from the Bank Officers. CENTRAL BANK OF WRATCHEITE IL COO NT . I'LAINB, N. Ales• 30,,1370. • • • 31'eiers. nERRINO, FARREL ,ti SHERMAN. 2511 Broadway, New York—Gentlemen : The Triple CH AM NON SAFE we bought:Of ypu about to mouths ago has amply paid fur itself. On 'Friday night, the 27th instant, a gang of burglars made - n - desperate effort to - break it open. They succeeded :in blowing open the the outer lire .proof. Next they commenced operations on the Sate, Made of Franklinlte and hardened steel combined; first they knocked off the dial of the lock; thenthey tries{ to in eke an incision in the lower right !Hunt corner of door, evidently for the purpose of inserting steel wedires (a number havitig.hrt left broken and used up); felling in this. theylin el,r)Upeil Off it 'portion of outer:wrought; iron, all to-no--purpose. -Fully two pounds:of - 00{ , 01PC midst have been ivied in there three ineffectual blasts. Wa found_in tbednorniug two cans entirely empty, and tho third one nearly ,empty. Oar window-sashes were, entirely blown out. Ono piece of metal from fire-proof ' door, weighing about three pounds. was embedded in the ceiling overhead; clock ceased to run. The shock was - terrine, but wedges, drills And powder proved of no avail. They made very little or no progress towardget ting_opeu.the middle-Safe or , uuter , vburglar.proof, are happy to bay the inner burglar-proof containing our treasure wee not reached 'trail. Allefeel proud ottiur Rafe, and think it is well worthy of the name BURGLABJ'BoOF. Y(ours, es MUCIITI,BpeCt. • V.'. 11. A L,rsit(). President.. I)NRY M. BISSELL, Cashier Another front Long Island. Fliils7 NATIONAL BANK, t GR gr.:ire/11T. L. 1., N. Y., June I Dleeers..llEltßlNG, FARREL & 811E.NDI AN. 21 Broadway, New York—Gents : Our bank was 'visited by burglars on the night of 2lth nit.i WllO Illatie4l,4o.perafe_ attetinpt Upon otirdafe. made by you sonic wars mire. The windows were covered with a dark cloth by bur glars, to prevent interruption in their operations—who then went to work upon the outer tire-proof safe with drills, wedge, and powder. After exhausting their means and abilities they face up the jot. Our inner bankera' safe, holding all our valuables, a ~ L cure as u:l4tst Nt: tacked it-ihe-ntgla I,:efore, - O S- -.WADI :4, President. The Great Fire at Henderson, N. C.-- Forty Buildings Burned. Herring's Safes Again Save Their Con tents in the hottest of the Fire II ENDET.SON, C.. May 27,11.70. Meogre. F&RIM lIEREING et CO., No, brj7chogoot GENTLEMEN; On the morning of the 17th inst, our town was visind with the severest conflagration that ever occurred in this place, burning the whole busi ness portion, including forty 140) buildings, mostly stores. I was the fortunate owner of one of Silas C. Herring's Safes. which passed.through the hottest part of the fire—the brass plates and knobs Wm:, melted off. The Safe contained all my books, Yttltirthh• papers and greenbacks; oleo, some gold; and on opening the Safe found the contents entirely Uninjured. Yours, respectively, I). E. YOUNG. ONE MORE Ilvtrianso:3, N. C., May la, 1.370. Messrs. FABREI., HERRING A CO., N0.a07 Chestnut street, Philadelphia. 01:NTLENTEN : On the morning of the 17t1. of May our town was visited by one of those unwelcome visitors that left the town idmost entirely in ashes, burning every business house in town ; but I being one of the fortunate, having one of Farrel, Herring A Co.'s Un proved Champion Safes. . . When the fire had. ceased, we found our:Safe with the brass melted off, but the contents, consisting of books, papers, &c., all i YOu n Perfect order. rs, respectfully, J. G. YANCEY. STILL ANOTHER. iIENDEREON, N. C., May 27, 1870. Messrs. FARREL, HERRING de CO., V 7 Chestnut street, Philacielphlti. GENTLEMEN On the morning of the 17th inst. the village of Henderson was mostly destroyed by fire—all the business house!' were consumed, . . ..... . Being In possession of one of your celebrated Cham pion Safes.' which was in the rear portion of the store, and was much exposed to the flames ' we found, on open ing the Safe after it got cooled off, that the contents were uninjured. The test satisfied us that your Safes are proof against fire. Respectfully, y ours , BURWELL & PART' Am. HEARING 3 •S Patent Champion Safes, 4 , The Most Reliable Protection from Fire known.” HERRING'S New Patent,Champion Banker's Safes Combining wrought iron and hardened steel, and iron welded with the patent .Vranklinite or ''SpMgel Eisen;" afford protection against burglars to an extent not here tofore known. Dwelling-house Safes for silver plate, valuables, jew elry; silks, laces, &c. All Safes warranted dry. [FARREL, HERRING as CO., SO7 Chestnut Street, Phil!". • HEARING, FARREL & SHERDIAN, No. 251 BROADWAY, corner MURRAY Street, New York. HERRING & CO,, Chicago. HERRING. FARREL & SHERIVIAN, Now Orleans. jelhmwf6t- FINANCIAL. JAY COOKE & CO., Philadelphia, New York and Washington, . 33AINTIKAE11,S;, Dealers in Government Securities. Special attention given to the Pinches° and - Sale. of Ilex& and Stocks on Comtniseralist theßoard of__.l3ro, hors in this and other cieles. INTEREST ALLOWED ON DEPOSITS. COLLECTIONS MADE ON ALL POINTS. GOLD AND SILVER BOUGHT AND SOLD RELIABLE RAILROAD BONDS FOR INVEST , AIENI. . Pamphlets and full Information glvon at our offico. . No. 11.4 S. Third Street, PEUMaiIIDELPIRIA. mh29-t[ rp LEIIIGH CONVERTIBLE = 6 - 'Per: Cent First Mortgage Golii.Loan, Free from all Taxes. offer for sale elino,ooo.vf the Lehigh Con! and Navigation Compiniy7ii nevi First Mortgage Six Per Cot. PPld llonds;ffee:frotti uIT taxes.intereet duo March iiiitlgsrpeember r ot nINETY (90) and Interest In cur rnncy to ilalS'of Mirdiase. ---Thrso bonds nre - of a - mortginfolinftf - of - fg2XO)/00;dated October 6 1869, They -have twenty-five MI years to . run, and are convertible into stock at par until 1879. ..I'rinclpal and Interest payable in gold.. • - - They ore seemed-by n first mortgage On 5,600 arise of coal lands in tliellr yonling Valley', near Williesbarrent,i' -preseneprbilliclrig at the ratd - of tO'ris Of tioarper annum, 'works In ,progreas which conteniplato large Increasaat at, early period, and also upon valuable Real Estate In this tfty. ' , A eipkiiis ftind of fen cents psi. fon upon all oal taken from these mines for five years, and of nem. moos por ton thereafter, In eStablishOif. 1100 The Fidelity, Incurs ance,Triist and Safe Deposit 'Company,, the Trustees under the mortgage, - collect these mums ainl invest them in these Bonds, agreeably to the provisions'of the Trust,' For full particulani, copies of the mortgage, &cis apply to , • OMB W. H. NEWBOLD, SON & A EBTSEN, C. & H. HOME, E. W. CLARK & CO., . • JAY COOKS & CO., DBEXEL & CO. je .11 Im§ A BALANCE REMAINING OF First Mortgage 7 Per Cent. Gold Bonds Frodericlksbnrg and Gordonsville R. R. Co. of Virginia, Are el fiervi nt n rate that make, them the best paying lnvestmentson the marhets: - ,1 ... . /3° d!‘ 113 . 50 9' 1 ; and 1 .000'5.. ... Descriptive Pamphlets and Maps furnished. t. SAMUEL WORE, Banker, No. 25 S. THIRD sirntEr. 7 Per. Cent. Gr+old. FIRST MORTGAGE BONDS, Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Min- nesota R. R. Co. A LIMITED QUANTITY FOR SALE 90-AND-INTEREST: INTEREST PAYABLE MAY ANL NOVEMBER:- These bonds have l Yeats to It/11, are convertible at the option of tho holder into -the stock of the. (loom Any at par, and the payment of the principal is prey kb al for by a sinking fund. The greater parr of the road is already completed, Td dhows large earnings, and the balatalo of the work Is: a pidly progressing. . We unhesitatingly recommend theselionds as the safest and hest Investment in the market. United States Five-twenties. at present Prices, only re• turn file per cent. interest. while these pray eight and one quarterker cent in ()old,: and we regard the security_ tonally SZOM. The Company reaemo the right without notice to ad Nance the price, HENRY CLEWS & CO., • Bankers, 3 4 2 - W&LL - STREET, N. ott KURTZ & HOWARD, BARKER BROS._& CO., TOWNSEND - WHELENA: BOWEN & FOX, UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COUPON - 1301NTIDS, INTEREST APRIL AND OCTOBER, They pay SEVEN (7) PER CENT. Interest,. run for twenty (20) years, aro secured by 12,000,000 acres of land, all lying within twenty (20) piles of the railroad. THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY RECEIVE THEIR LAND GRANT BONDS FOR THEIR FACE' AND ACCRUED INTEREST in payment of any of their lands. Pamphlets giving full details of the land can be obtained by application to illr • tßy ttlk Mil 40 South Third J. W. GILBOUGH & CO., 42 SOUTH THIRD STREET, Negotiate Loans, Buy and Sel Government and other re liable Securities. JaBl rn w f 171 D. C. WHARTON SMITH & CO., BANKERS AND BROKERS, No. 121 S." THIRD "'STREET, ro SUCCESSORS TO SMITH, RANDOLPH dc CO. • _ - Every departutent:ofßnking , business - shall receive mpt attention, as Geketofore. Quotations of Stocks, Gold and. Governments constantly received from our fri , mkt, E. D. RANDOLPH do 00., Now York, 'by our PRIVATE WE . • jab-1y . , • • T.3.ItOBBS'SOR JOHN BUCHANAN, M. D. J. can be col:ignited personally or by letter In all dis eases. Patients can rely Imola a safe, speedy, and per manent-enro. as-the 7: Profeeser-prepares—and—furniehee new, eolentillo anti positive remedies specially adapted to the vents of the patient. Private offices in Oollogo Iluthifier, 14 0.914 RI NE street. Office honre from 9 A. rINANUtAVI. OF 1114 FREE OF F. S. TAX, OF THE• _THOMSON T r u V.I.,ES L. FIWSTI PHILADELPHIA LAND GRANT 61,000 EACH, For Sale at $790 Each. 04111,1.10AA4:$/.11 BANKERS, PERSONAL PLESIDENT GnANT'S 'message on the Cuban question was received with; the liveliest satis faction in Madrid. ; ; • A mt.!. relieving from duty aIL grain hi ported into France has been introduced Into' the Corps Legislatif. Ti Union Leagne.Club,'Of New York, last night, adopted - resolutionsfavoring -- discontibtr , ance of the Inept:uptax., . • ,; . . A Ni y paper, called The Post, appeared at Santa Fe, New Mexico, yesterday. It adva cates a protective tariff. , . TnE •• - bimetal :an Laborers' Beneficial Association held a jubilee at Milkesbarre yes , ternai, from fifteen to twentp.thousand ;per-, sons being present. A rzEyv Australian steamship line has been organized at• San Francisco for direct commit- Ideation with Sydney. The service is to be commenced on or before Ju'y ' ldtb, arid the ;trips are expected to be made in 21 days . . • • A 'num on the Vermont and Massachusetts Railroad broke through a bridge yesterday, and the locomotive and three cars were . wrecked. Three persons were killed and seven injure( four or five seriously. • • - • , ; . A nEbteATaii from Fort Stanton, New Mex*- - .- co, reports the killing of .two Mexiqtns by In dians near that place. The mountains are said to be full of hostile Indians,and serious troubles me feared. THE Republicansof the Second Indiana Dis trict have nominated Col. Geo. W. Carr for Congrem. The district is new represented by Michael C. Kerr, Democrat. Tim Western Unitarian. Conference and the Ohio Medical. Association are in session at Cleveland. The Conference was opened, on . Wednesday evening, by a sermon.byßev..Rcib ert Collyer. '• • - • T. 11 1 ,: ~Maine Temperance Executive Com mittee met last night, and voted to indefinitely postpone the State Temperance Convention, called to meet at Lewiston to-day, the _Republi-, can Cenvetition and eandidate 'for Governor being considered satisfactory. AT SAN FitaNctsi':o, on. Wednesday, the Board of Supervisors declared the result of the recebt - election In favor of givine ' $1,000,(M - to the-Southern Pacific Railroad. It is said, however, that the conviction was expressed that fraud was,used to earry the vote. ••• A • . . •- - 113)Witi ta'the draught in Frani* the price of bread is 'rising in that country and In England. The movement of lireadstuffs to Europe is such that all the available shipping at New YoriCis being taken up for trans portation. .. ....lant;elcci;'sa.x..was sentenced to ten-years' imprisonment by Recorder Hackett, in New : Yorkiyesterdayzior - shooting P.J. Meehan, of the_hish .Anteriean,in February last. Meehan, who was dangerously wounded, has recovered from his injuries. YE.