The Montrose Democrat. (Montrose, Pa.) 1849-1876, May 02, 1861, Image 2

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    MONTROSt —77 1" 7- 1
nlavisitso nß,Aslnitt.-ticitArikcs.
Alig. ;War arEINVELXTSISC:OI 4 4T, _
EDITOF4 PUBLISHER,. ANtr-YROtRIETOR.
X35T11333, -VW MAY; NAT '2nd; 1861
By - the Presideilt - of the 'United
States. • •
A PROCLAMATION
WnEitss; Tlk lawn of, the United
Statesliiye been for some time past,.and t
are now opposed, and the execution :there-
of obstracted.in the States cifSenth Car
olina, tieorffia,lcomi; Florida, Misis ;
toiania, TeaS, by combittai•
•tions too pomirful to be suppress s ed bt
-
the: . ordinary course -of judicial proeeedt
~ing*.or by .t pit w - c..-A vestodin. thc. Mar 7
s - hals by law.. • . .
Now, therethreJ, Abraham ,Limmin,
President olthe United States, in v . irtue.;
oftliepower in use vested i.e-the Consti : '
tution and the. laws, have thought lit to
call forth, and hereby do call tbrth.„,lle:
•
militia of the severaktqatcs of the Union;
to -the aggregate number of 75000
order .to suppress the said • Combi
nations, mid to cause the laws tube duly
- executed.- The details.for this object will
be immediately ..communicated" to the
State authorities through the War Depart
• meta: . •
- I appeal to all loyal citizens to favor,
cilitate, and aid this efibrt to maintain the
„honor, . the integrity, -and -the existence
of otir National Union, and the perpetui
ty of • the popular dovehtment, and to
redress•the wrongs already long enough
'endurVd.
I.deent it proper to say, that the first
service assigned, to the forces - hereby call
ed forth. will probably be to; repossess - the
the forts; places, and prepertY, which have
been seized from the-Union . and, in every
event, the utmost care yyill bet - observed
'consistently-with the objects aforesaid, to
avoid any devastation, any aNtruction of
or interferanee with property, or any dis
tarbance.of peat - Tail citizens in any part
of the country.
.' And I hereby commana the persons
composing the combinations aforesaid to
disperse and retire: peaceably to their re
, spective abodes, within twenty days from
,this- date. •
Deeming that the present condition of
yoblie affairs presents an extraordinary
occasion, I do herby, in xirttie of alts
power hi tut vested:by' the Constitution,
eouVene both Houses .of Cotigress. The
".S:mators and Representative are there
fore summoned . to assemble at their res
. pecthe chambers at 12 o'clock noon on
Thursduy, the 4th ofJuly next, then and'
•there to consider and• determine such
measures as, in their wisdom, the public
safety andipferest may seem to Aletnand.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set
my band and caused the seal of the tni
led States to be atlixCd.
Done at the city of Washington, this
15th day of April, in the year:of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred anti • sixty-•
one,,and of the independence of the. Uni.:
tea States the eighty-OE
Aziumt AM LI NCOI.Y.
the President.. •
Wm. IL SEA - Ann Secretary ofState
[co . mmu.vicarsm;] -
Mit.• liorron:—l was greatly rejoice*
to- witness, in Montrose, yesterday; such
a unanimity of sentiment. touching the
awful crisis that is upon us. I was glad to
hear men who have heretofore differed
upon questions of national policy, uniting
their voices in favor of maintaining' the
.'honor of the American Flag, and in sup
port of the Constitution and the Union.
I was proud to look;upon Aso Many, brave
men, who, in *this hour•of their country's
peril, have sundered the ties that bound
•thetwto home and . friends, and hare vol
imteered to aid in preserving our nation
ality, and vindicating the majesty. of the
law.. They are treading in the footsteps
of our fore-fathers, who chose tb "die tree=
,men rather than to live slaves." . If they
are called to the field of battle, may they
unflinchingly -face the foe ; and - all the
womidithey receive be in front Severat
of our townshipS are doing nobly in • the
way of volunteers; but as I saw the col
'limn marching to the fair ground, I, con:
fess I was surprised, to see' in the ranks so
few men of your Borough. - Men, strong,'
- able-bodied men of Montrose, tbr several
days past have been over our eonnty so
licking recruits; but several ofthese scone
persons wbre not among those who have
so patriotically responded to their conn
-try's 01. they imagine' they .have
d one th e ir i d i rd e duty when theyhave in
cited others to arms? Doctor Warren
labored with tongue and pen, to prepare
the minds Ofthe ColOnists for the 'st rnimie
that was coming -upon them '•• but the
thunder of cannon, from the heights of
Ifunker wooed him to the Kis pa
triotiint ceased not to glow when he had'
induced his countrymen to buckle on the
stiord; but he, himself was in the Van.
The heroic example of Judge - . Tess* yea .
terday, should cause a blush of shame-to
mantle the Cheeks of many of his tenon.
townsmen. With his weight of tears
upon him' he offered himself as a volun
teed* 'example Should be followed
by thany 'of hIS neighbors. Wnen - men
talk londlyand iirge . others-, on .to the
fight, but refits: themselves to enlist, their
.auditors are apt to Sitspect their patriot 7
ism' all flies out of their mouth. Come,
gentlemen of our. county seat—mine you
young and volcanic lawyers, 'you active
and well-fed merchants, you "gentlemen
of leisure," (doctors ought not all to go—
some of them might perhaps
. 1 - e spared;
come, LagUin.repeat„enter the ranks and
be ready to uphold your country's insitheds
flag! . ton, fathers, do 'as the gallant Mc-
Cauley of Stisqueliannahas done—first lay
yourselves, and then your sons 'upon the
* altar. I supposeyou have not,l pray you
do not have, any !astidions disinclination
toinitPgle with the, masses, the common.:
These are - not the times for men
with brave hearts abd strong arms to be
very particular' "who 'stands at their el
bow,—whether high or low,' rich or poor,
- learned Or illiterate: Young professional
men, you', doubtless, are looking forward
to the day When pm shall '.arrive at emi
nence in your -calling, tylk4.l wealth awl
honor shall be yours; but if onr ConstitW
tion is in danger---if Washington is in vest-,
ed by the foe, put in practice - the'deelara
tion some of you so recently Made; that
"this is the time. for action, not for Words."
May'the God of battles - *wet u.S'
and Right - sPeedily triumph. "
April 23, 1861.. ,
patty from the unjust chargeof'being're
spon•siblc for this war, and we. .argned to
show that, all Northern, responsibility' be
ged to abolitionism and abolitionized-
Republicanism. We quoted some arti
cles to sustain the 'same points. •, .This
gave offence, to our . opponents—"tfre hit
'birds fluttered." .One "prefesSiOnal:2 gentle
man hastily remarked that "the press
ought to be thrown into' the. street."
A bystander quietly hinted at the proba.:
ble consequence, and certainty of the -fail
ure of his proposition, if attempted.. Fun.
titer than this, we know of tno threat: being
made. From ThiSsmal/ beginning, a mid--
thud° oeyarns seem to have been manu
factured ; and we only condescentlyi re
fer,to the-matter in order to satisfy our.
friends-that the sterics haVe no respecta
ble origin. '
As the public have already been abund
antly assured:we Penned that article .as
embodying our deliberate Convictions;.
and such matters a's relate to those points,
which , Were once; only; Onr belief, have
been verified as_ hhitorical facts. ' . AVe, of
course, then, can but adhere
, to ; and
we have had atbnOhint and tnianimons as
surance that .our friendsare with us.heart
and item.a arty, always have
been, noWare, and, always • will be, tlto
very best, f. pen4 - 414i#:44 „ !+„,i40 if I
I forced' to it - ;:liki-nA fight Id', khe 7 death for
I our riAts' tinder the .C 4 Oustiintien ,and
Flag 'ef theJ.Zeintb . hen the Integra-
ty of tho country.tas ; ass ail e d by those
inardiing under a Isectionalfiag With 17
stars, we attended it - at • the ballot.box ;
and when the country; is attaCkedby those
; who have 0n1y.7 stars we meet it on : the
tented field. If. these, or. any who have'
no tia \, attack our , - Srational State,or hull- I
VidUal rights, we meet them unfliathingly.
Meantime, we mareh, as in the past, under
. er . ofth . • • •
the bannti Whole union: . • -• i
".We join ourselves_ to- no party that
age. wit ~,; r y. ta i , Flag and • keep, Step
I to the musk,' of. the Wnot.EVsto.s.'
—John Dell ilher leading inert of
Terinessce have issued en address, Wherein
they propose that I 'relinessee main
thin a neutral position in 'this conflict be
-tiveen lawful', government and armed
rebellion. That is,l they offer ;to remain
neutral .and Maintain the " sanctity *of her
soil from the hostile tread of an}, party,"
so long-as the GoAletnment i_efratasfrOm
striking a blow -at thc‘seceded'StatesoJut
the moment:, - the,ipayeriiment 4 ,7dares. to
attack'she eOns - praters: Who - 'd - re i ,,jigyi'i
. assembini,gfeithel4,43o l llt
ton these 'tii&lol"',km'itleMer g ..or;r0#1-
• - arc in tiver / Setesistingyai L az .. -
n l seidi4t imPresSion au any 04 6 i/....ar:onal*snall
from `tlie-, jorF,.we captain that it: is nod'; purpose': 4q64' sort
to be iinaetsiood Mit the Suage - eibeeied
to sheialde age Would "fr. Ruedolpt4 the S‘y.esiiottAetert,: te
vent that; .but he vcdoriteet§id* services, from itielhnond toltbe' Virginia COrmen4
and . irroposes tiro ;with' the, MontroseGm is a grandson-IXTlionias: Jefferson.
Co mpany itt-least tellarrisburfe, . -
der them 'such aid as no); be needed. Wo'ut sec.ede hut wav'er.
I
...-- .:-,. -
Unity otleritiment :-
Tile . ii}s&i J ps t - o r !.he„ia gene . al deli
a unify of sfmtiOeitiat tl Norll
ol
the Admini4trAgn o6ans
~, amor'
vigorously. Lis sugg* t 6 thi
means of obtaitgarr it, - ' l ' Atke Pi
. ....- 7. . ~,.
guillotine,, ecaseryour mad .
u gt
tidns thatDemiiiiiats arb, 4 Or have
individnall y -or collectively, traitors. to
their eountry i and K . your. conduct- in
other respects 'comport with these ideas.
Do this', hid drl : VtiliatirdtmitYnesenthitent
. will pervade theemmtry. -Fail, or filter,
,
in these duties ) and you must expect- that
an outrated ir66ple, Will, whiledhering
I.6rnily,.as.in_the.past.;.to-the4ntersts .of
their country, : Fagto 4 0 .-ju:Sti6eti , And tina
i.oid able, political.. 7: War; -of annihilation,
against an . administrathm . that:YttemPts,
.1 under cover of the cry of "stand by your
, . ,
conntry," 'to establisky political despot
! hUn. WO must not suirer, : ourselves to be
"misled into. the idea that the administra T
Ilion is the country. Will Republicanism
I meet us on thet4pntre? Let ys see.
h7...r - Gov. ; Curtin called-60 legislature
together :. in extra setisien, -, on Tuesday
last, to take sucli"StepS.assibe:times seem
to dethand. i• a body will
undo time hase - : acts
~9. 1 %.t* past session,
and instead cif presenting•x*ileoad com Pa--,
I ides with hundreds dibousatidi
and gratiting, then additional '-milliofis in
the
.prosPealve, t the expense of the
people, we could pay all_ the probable war
bills, and still be !taxed but lightly, in
,
comparison.
• .-
':-elTr? A recittisition has been node upon
this State for tw=enty-one regimeasyin ad
ditiop to the six!tekii already filled. These
will, 'altogether, 11141111)er aboitt 30 4 000:;
and it is. thought the State ill erganize,
a reserceforce:of 10,000. All these Will
be more than fillet by prompt offers of
volunteers. In tfo posible event will ,
drafts be resorted
...7 7 >r The publi4 should guard against
being dse reports concerning
the terrible evils Vvhich hare come upon .
our country. A very large portiOn- of the
"pews" is utterly unfounded—manuthc
tured to gratify a spirit of revenge, arid to
operate upon public seutiutent.
'The reports about What Enpland
,and. France are. doing or: are about to cif!,
are fotuuleal on sonic* letter :writer's con'.
lecture ; 'and the . djuily.,er of „any inroad
upon our State frbin thi: S~~tith, are of the
same ch:u•acter. - •-`
-4. CM
fly late inqers fronr, Georgia, we
learn ihat. Weleon* G. , Clethons,formerly
cethis
,place, MI \4 21:Lieltt.. in ..the Co
lumbus Guattlsovhich have marched to
Savannah, in the rebel service.
1:=C:=:1
. t..17 3 1t is about 4 time that-Abe nOnsen-,
sical reports uliich
,have been circulated
about the coniity, ih regard. to this office,
should cease tot attfact'Ahe k attention - of
even thc"gullible
_portion of the people.
The truth is that person has said a
word to us that 'could be construed into
a threat ; tio*ts airy offeniiik:or threat
ening.messaga been sent us. • In our lead
er of the-18tk,ultitrio, w ‘ e defended our
. _ ._
'Boum* ,
;ell . upon ke km al -ofAig ,e
cknsyl tial,. otthc Alto
.. tie
i
re 4 t . , Blip ro Not plg-,4 tins t
1404 oN- ridaYi./.414' 'l4th,
dpa..,i4 A4e tSp r thoilmtter Or
iotk' Me nia:-Of th'iNeintnoi
n 2. • m ri,, v ; - T :-.: , i i .• •
.: . undersigned; r members of tle.Sen
ate4 desire to place upon the journal their
reasons for Voting against the bill in this
body on Friday, April 120, 4. I).,: .1 sg I,
entitled "An Act for the better organiza
;den of tholdilitia of theVoiiitrionVenlth.'?
The act provides for the appointment,
by the Gov - ernor of Pennsylvania, of a
milit4
v commission,
.elothed . with 'MI
-
• ' •
i*atul 'extraordinary poivers to reorganize
, the militiaof the Commonwealth. The
I. tiire.mid , ,vhapeter of- the: organization
licrOposed Is not sei,linth ',,,in.l.lie t set., and
is, therefore; entirety' MiknoWri - to the
Senate 'and flii , ite : of- Renrerentatives.
The ConStitution expressly declares, that
"the lin:Am of this Commonwealth shall
I be armed, organized and disciplined for
I its defence, when, hi such manner as may
-be directed by law ;" , and further, that
"the military shall, in all cases and at all
tikes,
,be in strict subordination to the
civil. power." Under the proVisioas of
the act•rtforesairl,' unlimited 'authority 4-
vested - in a:military emmaissioh, wlioSe
ineinberS are to act independently of the
regislature; and thus the last inakisig
poWer, widet(nlone• Shmilit,controt and
direct the organization desired in thepres
.ent mid in all entorgcapieS; is' deprived of
the privilvge °intim; .uport r , the details of
a systole which is .ofthe niOSt :vital im
portance to the" citizens of IPennsylVaitia.
If the "eivirpower",inast blindly yield to
a military supremacy,' it Will Be . an easy
trap'sitiOn to piss from known and exist
hirr' Laws to a Military despotism 'sustained
and upheld lira standing arniy, ..Since
the opening of the prescrittsession no'at
, tempt - been made by th innjority in
this body to re-organize the militia in a
proper and constitutional Im:inner, and
the representatives of the people have not
-been permitted to deliberate upon any
%ensure to remedy the evils, in our milita
, rysystem; which this act now prOposcs
to cure. Before the undersigned could
give their sanction to any . system ofre-or
_ganization they mint kno*- its • details—
this is clearly their constitutional right—
and- they should not be called upon to .
• place tiii4 important subject entirely and
unreservedly in the hands of an unknoWn
aiilitlry commission.
The heavy Wilhelm resting upon the
people demand that all expenditures from
the public treasury should be made with .
caution, and, when madc,•shOuld be guard
ed with propermid necessary restrictions.
Whild the peetahir .System. lof re-organi
zatioif is closely veiled from the public
eye the manner of disposing of the cum.-
' inonstun
s'appropriated in the net Mb
. re
1-said is equally vague and undefined. This
act, in effect, makes the GOVernor of the
Commonwealth the disburser of hall' a
milliiin dollars, if so much 14) needed, and
contains io provisions for a proper. dis
cretionary power on the pait of the ae•
counting officers of the Government in
the allowance and settlemel'it of the :le
•
counts. . The sum appropriated May be
)I.sed well-it may just as readily -1.. c 'ex-.
' pcnded improperly—this will depend in a
great measure upon the *Octet. of the
military commission . appointed by the
Governor, the . names of whieh have not
yet been' presented to the Senate for its
approval. . , i
It is , our unquestioned daty as legisla
tors to put this State in a condition to re
pel invasion, to suppress insarreeticin, and
to defend our borders in time of war. For
these purposes, by the secodd- section of
the . eleventh
.artiele of the iConstitution,
wo-are authorized to contraet debts:' I fad
the evidence- been Surnisherd to us that
either -of these causes existed, we wofild
most cheerfully have joined in supporting
any proper 'and constitutiOnal measure
denianded by the exigencieii of the times'.
Again, it is our manifest duty as a State,
willin , dy to respond to—any req u isition
,-,. .
made upon us by the
~President of the
United
_States to supportithe General
' Government ; to protect the I public. prop
! Oily, and to enforce - the lakes.. At the
time the bill was under eonlsideratien no
such requisition had been made, eitlier.d.i
rectly or indirectly, to the knowledge of
the undersigned. But iriorder clearly to
evince :Our desirennd intention torespond
to any such zequisition, We asked the
privilege of voting for the last clause 'of
-the third section of tale act ailtresaid.-- 1
Thisprivilege was not granted, and we - .'
were, therefore, compelled; by a strict 1
sense of ditty, and fOr the reasons herein
before stated, to cast Our iotes, against
the entire -bill. , - • i
,That the citizens of this_State will. nev
er fail -to respond to such ainquisition is
attested. - by-the eagerness With which fier .
patriotic sons rushed to the 4,upport of our
National Flag Mae - War. With- Mexico.
That they will do so again in obedience
te a call of the CliiefExecutive ofthe Na-,.
.tion, no One will doubt ; :and in all' his eon-'
stittitional efforts to ripholdl the Govern. :
ment, to protect its property, to Maintain
its laws, and td piard the National flag
frorrOnsult and dishonor; lie .will receive
tho - eordial, enthusiastic and determined
subpart of the
s anited people of this Coin
monicealth. • ,
W.ILIT. WELSH,-
EA). CRIAWFORP,
• HEISTEIt CLYMEIk.
• J SCHINDEL,
K. L. BLOOD,
• IiENRY!B. MOTT.
TREASON !—We copy '!lic following -
from the yesterday's issue' of the New
Yolk Times, a Republican jolirrial; which
.14 our mind, is the rankest kind of treason.
'We ask our readers to - S - ce,l3y it whither
we are tending. Those :who sow the
wind are Very apt to reap t h e whirlwind.
A STA'fiTLING' EEPQRT.
It is stated on the authority.of . Mayor
Brawn, of Baltimore, that - the President
has consented that no . morci• troops 'Shall
pass . throngh Maryland, and that a, regi
-1 ment from Pennsylvania ha { been turned
back pursuant to to thisl ‘ arrangement„
'Our cofrespondent gives a very different
account of the decision of the President. - )
It is possible the Mayor's !:aofount .may
not he entirely. reliable:
U,nder this belief we abstain.Jroin such
comments' as such an agreement on the
.part of the President would . naturally pro;
Iyoke. We
lyijl simply remark that: the
President imiS,noLsinall risk of being su.:,
krs - reded - in bis office if inulertakes to
thwart,the (deg and Manif4t t deteraffim-•
UM) of the. Pinto to•maiptam
ity'.or the
_Ooyernment, .of"the United
S:tai r esinlnd . to prot . ect,ita hon Or. We . are
in the midst of a *volution, and' in such
emergencies the peOple. are very apt to
find ; sonic - representative leader, if :the
forms of;laW do not happen to have
eu thenoll.' It Would be ukill for Mr.
Lincoln to, bear in mind the! posSibility . of
Fuel an event,
=IIMMIZO
• Lotteifrom Scranton:
• •-• .ScRAN-rox - April 18 1861:
MtaEntrcuz:--Thinking . ,tht your Tea :
k ,
fOrii*oulae . pleased to heatl frolu r this
74.
VllTpar t oldLuzerne Conuty,•T send
yenztbe f •
•'...EferytlVier is. busy in anti around S
't u. Several new coal 'slats- are• being
' slink, which gives
.emplUytirent to many
I new tennis,
and a quickening impnlge to
lAisincsq. Manvilar , re and commodious
buildings are being erected in this', place
much.to the ap
picarance ofthese towns. The sale of coal
and the manufacture of iron are the all
absorbinci topics - the.day here. Sonio
(Ohl: Most extensive -iron foals in .alto
State are - in this place. • ScraiOn already
etintains 12000 population Ilyde Park,
I On' the -oppoSite Aide of the LaCkawanna,
500; Provit!eiwe i si4tated )2iniles flirt her
Xorth, :2000 popubition,,zit is conjectur
ed that these places will 'yet ho connected,
!forming one grand" and populous city.
.They are eerthinly in a propitionS 'situa
tion; being innir the centre of great coal
field almost eßhatistless in its nature.. Each
of these-Plaeus is. supplied with a gOod
Graded School, under the supervisioU of
-
very efficient principals. They are con
ducted entirely on the gradoi system The
death of ,Col. Scranton cast a gloom over
all•—on the day of his burial all business
.stopped. ‘..TAckawalma Avenue was drap
,:cd in, mourning; . every.. engine fo - r the
time' held its breath; aail.alr. was, as si
lent aiii"midnight's holy:hour." The pro
cession Moved - id perfect order.. It was
estimated that 15000 people were in' at
tendance.. A few days since. we visited .
the..ll - yde Park Graded. School, witnessed
the ealninalion at the close of the Win
ter term, Annual Exhibition, in evening,
Everything passed off in a pleasing
manner, reflecting great credit on its MB
-yield U. S. Cook,- and the
teachers of the . 'school. The people here
are 'pretty well awakened on the subject
of education.
Yours truly,
Unwarranted Impudence.
At the present - time, when civil ..war
stares. us in the, face when every lover of
his
-country is called upon to 'stand by the
"Stars and Stripes and defend the Consti
tution, there, are :t few individuals in our
village who assume a great deal ,of re
sponsibility and -make it a business to
stand about the streets to insult and even
threaten those men who have always
been true to-their country and the - Union.
.They even tap: old men upon the should
er
who defended the Constitntion while
they Were spitting' upon it.—men . who
'never etitertained any other' sentiment in
their li N : e S, but -a union sentiment, - and
tell them that they should be careful
what they say. They call Men traitorsl
whose sons, or friends have already en- I
listed to fight the battles of their country,
anti :venture • where Wu' dare net go. i
Against such arrogant folly and brainless
impudent.° we most decidedly. protest:-
It is not the way to keep the public sen
timent of this County consolidated. Snell
men, if theyhave any business at home,
"should attend to it—if they have - not,
Ithen they should either "dry up" or enlist.
We de not believe there is a man in -,the I
county of Broome, whose proclivities
,heretolere- have Veen with the Democrat- I
is party,•but who is ready and willing to 1
, stand by "thy flag-of ourlfnion" so long
as there is ono star left, • and defend the
Constitution as our flit hers framed it.
And before. thesemen, (who all -of a sud
den have been - seized with a wonderful
love for the ConstitutiOn,)talk.about trea
son; and caution old and tried
. Union, men
about . tvhat they shall say, they had bet
ter rook over the enlistment rolls and see
who fire rpally tipht ing, the battles of the
Union and the Constitution.
. . We have forborne Making these re
marks for some time hoping these Men
would Cease :their unwarranted impu
dunce. Modesty, common- decency, anl
tree patriotism demand they should - do
so at once: We want but one -feeling,
and one sentiment ill this crisis.—Biny
t
kumtan Dinzotral. '
STOP Pnol - s4..unmosl,-- - None come more
valorously to tini great worlcof-defending
the gOvernment and thesruion .from the
assaults, of conspiring traitors than the
loyal Demoeracylof the North.. The
31asSachusettstrolips arc commanded by
the_ gallant Gin.. IMtler, a life-long Demo
crat-, and the most ;efficient officers of the
militafy force from this State, as of other
states, . are -well known Democrats:—
Fletcher Webster, son of the . " God-like -
Dania" 'just removd from office because •
of his politiCal apinionS, Is heroically , ex
erting hiurself to organize a regiment
which he promises to lead in person to
the battles of the ;Union. The adopted-
Citizens, Democrats iihnost to a; elan, are
,yallying with :unexampled ardor to the.
defence of their adopted country.
• ,In-view - of these : . facts not the
hand of proscription be stayed? Itepub-
Dethocrats, men of all parties-,
declare that party lines are obliterated.
Let the_ Administration . . recognize this,
;and act - accordingly, and. an undivided
North Nvill march trumphantly to - the con
quest of treason and rebellion.
Tun . Nonr.uftx TuArrou,--The Utica
Telegraph says:: "The' prepara tens fbr
the -relief of Fort Sumter were c naneted
with the greatest seeresy. Even the Offi
cers in charge of the•reenforceth tits and
supplieS sailed with sealed orders. The
Government.perfected its '.plans with a re-
ticence worthy of the highest praise. - ,.1t, '
even defied the investigations . of the fer
rets of the-New York- newspapers: But
all these precautions proved unaVailing.---
The New York,Tribune, having obtained
intormation - confidentially though its
_po
litical friends in 'Washington,. -‘ blabbed,''
And the whole , scheme • Of 'reinforcement
was published on Thmday,,aml was, of
course, telegraphed to Chariest:oll:lt once.
The Tribune;not content - with plunging
the country in war; aids-the enemy merely
toAnake afew dollars by selling newspa
pers." . : •, •
Cocyrnv FIRST.—The first troops on
. the march for the, defence of the Capital,
and-Old Abe, 'Uwe under the charge of
Gen. B. F. Butler- . a 7 Breckinridge Demo
'crat, and late candidate for Governor of
.31asSaChusett and Gov. Sprague, of R.
Island, who was elected by the pemocrats
in opposition to Lincoln's tear party.
—Cassius Clay has put forth a Circular
offering his house, farm and stock for
in whteli' ocAirs the .following: 4 .1. • will
hire out for a term» of. years' my colored
serrants,". It-would, no doubt, "sound-a
little lmrsli to say i'my skives! , at the time
of taking Wilco :Mei' an abOlition adminis
tration. . . • • - •
—At Rartfoid, Conn, on Tuesday, OM
mustard boxes, with four ball eartritlOs
in eae4 box, destined for thoSouthovere
,setzed by the authorities., •
.
Tho Situation of Affairs;
Tlmcontlictingreperts (Oho last. few
daysif elativeld the sittiatiOn Of 'allays 'a 1
and around:';Waidtingtein have iteceisi_e4
ientieNrli at Oiisfactpry4olutipA': at least s'At,
ititthe MOVenteiftiStif theiegtments-tr
patch Ad frkuit the: NOrtlt" , areconeernti..'
IL is o,rtain:fiOwAhatethe Seventh
ment of NeW York and the .111assatthusetts
regiment have arrived, safely in Washing
ton. The Seventh and a part of the Mas -
aehusett,s regiment tdok the line of march
Oom Atm:Toffs eariyi on Wednesday hail '
reachea'the junetion at ten o'clock (1)1'
Thitrsday mornin g . From this point
they took the train-for Washington; w hello
thefaMved hi the afternoon and march
ed through eennsylvania :t.etme: to tit'e'
President's honsre, and thence to the WAr
:Departnient: The trhitui Whiektoek thehl
on returned to the ;ttinct ion itt four o'cloek
in the afternoon, and :r earricd the renna
der a the Massachusetts regiment to tVe
!junction, where they iwere ordered to
main and guard the load The Seventh,
it is said, rebuilvthe l3ridges and repaired
I the. road on their { rout.
The steam transport, .11altic, which ar-
I rived here yesterday from Annapol s .
which port she left on Thursday morning,
reports that the TWelfth regiment .11;11
started for Wa4hingtoJi, and Were then
twelve-tulles on - lheir ,rnarcli to the jun&
tiom, And; as the road was ,open, the ga`l
lint Seventh had :ilready passed safef.y.
over. There is no doubt, that the Twelfth
reached Washington in a few hoars. lit
all probability the Seventy-first and Sixth
regiments, Which lett New -York on tic
same day(Sunday last), also . arrived at
the capital-in the wake of the Twelfth.
The-steamer.Wymning, whieh arrived
at Perryville, Maryland,yesterday,repor(s
t4tat when she left Annapolis, at ten o elnek
yesterday Morning two steamers of the
New York fleet had jest- arrived there-1—
the Marion and Montgomery=---with' the
brig of war Perry as:eonvoy, and that the
Sixty-ninth regimenC, were then disetA
harking. . Ai the Sixty-ninth.went en. the
James Adger, however, it may be that th'e
officers of the Wyomin:r- were 'mistaken
either as to the namcs of the NeW York.
steamers, or of the regiMent then disen)-
barking et Annapolis; but as_ the whole,
fleet which left here on Tuesday, compil
sing.the Alabama with the Eighth -on
Ward, the James Adger with the Sixty
ninth, t)ni _Marion with the ThirteenQt
(Brooklyn regiment), and the Montgolq
ry with the cavalry troops of the Eighth,
together with the Brig Perry conyiTy
were seen at anchor in the Chespeake ht
the Keystone State, :which arrived -fiere
front Washington yesterday, near tl l l-t
month of the Potomae,-and wele passeil
by the Baltic; farther, up the bay,there cap
be very little doubt that the. whole arrht
ed at Annapolis, and, the three regiments
are in Washington by this time.
We learn on the authority .of .Captait
Sherman,• of the Vermont Ar i senal,
,came from Mishingteri in the Keyston
State, that the Potomac was open, no ehr
strutting bakerriyZand the bights - 't)f.
Georgetown and .Arlington being boo
held by the governMent. And: it iS• to bit
regretted that the government, did no.
send the Pawnee to the mouth of the risen
with this intelligence, so that the vessel.
from New York mi4lit have gone direct,
to Washington, and t.litts save' tire tr?op4
a tedious mareh-of sixteen milesfrom 'Anis
napolis to the )tinetion besides enablin,4'
them to reach Washington one day cart
Tier. • 1
As to the movements of the- rebel
troops, we -cave also some reliable inforl
matron. One of ' our special correSpon,
dents at Pensacola Florida, was compel!!
ed to leave there very. 'hurriedly by MO,
secessionists on the 21st inst. lie reached
Montgomery on the !‘j9th, and' with con,,
siderable difficulty gfot safely as fhr North
as Cincinnati, from Which point hp tele
graphedto us yesterday. Ile reportsthe
condition of things at-Fort Pekent; to bet
in state quo. The rebels have given mi .
the idea of attacking it for the present)
until they get reinforcements and are st iol
plied with columbiatis,the small tinny twin
pounders they have .not being stiicient tee
do any damage to - the Ibrt. Six housaut
rebel volunteers are said to be_ . ready for.
'service at Richniond; _which number, it
calculated, will be increased to 20,006 a
the close of the weld:. There seems tq
be very little doubt that both Mr. Dan
and 3lr. Stephens are there now; -- Gen
Beauregard is, in all: probability, . still. in
CharleSton. - A State battery ha& bevel .
erected
,at Yorktown, and another at::
point three riles above Richmond.. A
llarper's Ferry 4;000 men were statiqned
but it is supposed that they are under or i
tiers to move at once to a location near)
evthe federal capital: Tweet-five, hunk
Bred Secession troops.are at Norihrk. .
Smith are the movements up to the last
accounts of troops of both hostile . parties.
Other events, however, . appear to be
transpiring in Maryland which bear sonie
what on the 'course of events:, It is re
ported from Harrisburg that a. conSiderai
ble flight of negroes into Pennsylvania is
place, and that an attack has been
Made by a body of -Marylanders on 'the
village of Hanover York county, Pennsyl-,
vania. in 'consequence. It is said that
whole families are leaving Maryland and
flying into the counties of Adams, York
and Franklin, Penn Sylvania, and that thel
fear has becothe general in 016: border
counties of :Maryland that the departure
of the whole slave population is imminent.
Over five hundred Alves. have already
. ,
ran off. - : : _
I:tenors reach us from Baltimore- that a
remarkable change of sentiment in ffivori
of the'l.Tnion has taken place there, which
is indicated in a measure by the tone 4
some. portions of the . I)ress, and .other cir
cumstances; hut the, reports, need confir,l
mation. Our latest intelligenZ•e from tlrat:
(pa ter represents that eityas still under
the control of thc - seeessiouist mob though
..-, ,
quiet.`
Washington may lie - considered sale for
the present. It is statea that.there is; no
want,of provisions- there, and s that the
government hitS'inade ample arrangments
for all necessary supplies.—New Yodk ,
Ilerald,Apr. 27th. -
Tur . .A.twvEns.—The 1e al gentlemen
have nobly responded. Indeed, there are
scarcely one left. `Julius Sherwood,
W. Williams, J. N. Bache, Thomas Allen,
Stephen P. Wilson, 'and Tv Pratt, have
Volunteered, arid will soon 'take tip:' the
line of march. , Men' of-all grades awl po•
sitions linv6-"flilloi in the ranks. 7--; {Vella",
bora Dein6reat. '
. .
W'lwAlreir• early , stages, , Coughs;
Colds, SoarThroati: Pronellk Asthma;
Crone, Whooping Cough, and all diseasesi
effecting the lungs, arei at once relieved)
by the use of - Dr. Wistar's Balsam of wild
Cherry; and where; frorn neglect they
have become, chronic, a reasonable perse
veranee in the Balsam will certainly effectl
a cure: W. Fowre & 'Bostoni
Proprietors. Sold by Druggists and deals
ars everywhere.
r.
urnnwpf Rarper sFerry.
0.-. 7 i,jeut. • Jones,
9lntonttO Ifaitier's Ferry, ar-.
tif4e,*
In.avith his • com
'e -
Maial iinsis 6 . 43 . Lieut. 'Jones
lial.finer - been force of 21500
troops'hAd hiitjt di4e )q Gov: Leteber,
of V irgip'ia, Y tali* p 'scion of I iarWs
positiini to be un
!tenable, under directions of the War Dc
iiitfttneat; he destroyed alt the munitions
of war, the armory, Arsenal, and alt the
, lie withdrew. his. command,
jundei."eat'eilif nlin 0 4 in the
Ipresenee of 2500. men. - lie lota three pen.
Fifteen thOusand stand Of arms were "dc-
stroye , il. They' made: a fore . march of
thirty' miles last night, co ITitiselst.-6wn,
They luve-tunlerg(ine . great --fatigue, ;nut
accomplisheil a Weat,xork in preventing
the pnblie propervaitittulailing into the
:hinds - the rebt44.'",!;•
tiny that the..Yiriiiiinns: were approaelling.„;
t o they tahl 1e immediately
11,1:wet f piles of rttrOee'lftiott kra.* 'llll
And ira,ited . . patient ly the all
proacii of tile' etteiny,- -- The• picket guard
given the alarm, the garrison s 4
fire tO the *outhouses anif carpenter shop; ,
,Ithe fuses beginning Vo bufn,he cotmnenhed.
111iis :retreat., "The,: - eltizens of Harper's
ill'erry were evidently in league with the
J partyp %a.0.m,., to seize the arsenal, anal
wer6 instantlyin: arms end followed the
Isordiers: Twffel the regulars were-killed:
t h eh; re,' ati d two itthers descrteT-be
ford -Ibe_ troop's' re:jelled liagerStown.
they marched all nizlit, and missing the.
'trail: at. Hagerstown took onndlinse:gtip
(.",!harobe.r.sloirg,:today and much exhausted
!bj their march.—They Were enter-,
!tallied by the people of Chanibersburg,
imnr.recelved with loud cheers :dung-the
rOnte. • •
lie further ,t4tys that as tho Federal
troops, rushed - rteross the Potonete bridge,
,the Harper's Ferry people dashed into
ithe Arsehal. Ile believes that a large
]nuniber thu . v
st I've perished, as repeated
'exp W
!osions eie beard. go saw the-light
of the burningobuilding, for many miles.
Abusos at CO.mp Curtin.
.It was par intention some days ago to
'offer a few remarks on the loose and ap
iparcnt recklesS
,and careless manner in
which things; are conducted at Camp
!Curtin but fearing-that any strictures of
the kind wuidd be attributed ,to •politi
;cal bias by people abroad, we have• waited
until 'complaint and censure' AVOUIa - come
f 170711 some other quarter. This we limb
the letter of tNe - intelligent correspen
' dent of theNOrtli American, dated at this
place on Thursday, froni which we extract
chi I.dlo wing :=, •
11 This 3. liseelancous, 'disorderly condition 1
of things brings, Inc to. a point where .the
Isharp 'criticism of the public, press can
I ,lalone remedy au-accumulating awl crying
It evil. The discipline . of the. soldiery is not
l' neatly severe . Cilou!di. TOO : many krafi
igerS' arc admitted to tho. Limp-ground
. Women of all chiSses in Tile are admitted
II without CVO/ the_formality of a pass from
a military officer. Passes arc granted
promisenomly!to their friends by officers
'of inferior grade. • Thus thez-e is a total.
wantt,fsysteiti. The result is that squads
lot men get out every night into the town
and drink, and are 'exposed to every
'chance for the contraction of . disease,
which-not only render them unfit for du
:t v, but iu ninny ,instances destroy the
the force _anti rigor of the constitution,
and bring them prematurely to tile grave.
understand frqm a visitor to. the 'Camp
vl,diere there are now more :than
men'eoneepfrated, the same case or
acq l
cs and exit preVails there. •
Not•only will such indulgence prevent-1
any rigiditY, and,. therefore, excellence of
drill, but it Will tend to make the soldiery '
idle, listless, Miambitions of any. achieve-
Ment beyond the mere. momentary ideas
tires
. of the hour. - This is the fault orthe
o•eneral comminiding ; has abundant
liower not only to control but to cheek
these evils'moat effectually.-
Again, the debris of meats, bread and I
ve! , •etalifes thrOwir away front the rude
tables of the soldiery, ure . •eXposed Open
MI open lot to the fierce hot rays 'of the
stin. The work. of decomposition at once
noxious ;exhalations arise,' malaria i r
is. rapidly engendered, and _fatal diseases 1
direak out. The eonditions.of camp life,
'even with the most rigid attention to fly-
are never favorable to. health. But
Jir such raises pre added to the. want of
Sufficient abolution of the person. to pro
-IMOte healifi - y 'eoiidition- .
of -the - skin, if I
unclean underclothes are worn for many
days . consecutiAely, and an- unusual
amonnt ofexcretse,taken under a- scorch
in sun,7-there is a hundred per cent, I
chance. in Awn.. Of the procreation and disi. 1
.'semtnation of all kinds of disease peculiar
to this form ollife.l Nothing but the high
• I
,airy -location orthe omp, swept riS it is
by' the bracing-breezes • from the - 'noun
tains,-willpreVent the fulfillment of a-fore
warninp• as Sad as this is. '
- -Let lint 'midsummer be reached, swhen
'these ,breezes-Shall have lost their oxygen
ized. inspiration, and -disease and death
in ei-erV form,: will overtake those who .
'came hither to,'-die, If at 411; at the can
non's mouth and 'the bayonet,., amid the
_blazing glory of thebattle field, and not
to waste life away in a lothsome and sick
enintr hospital., 'lt is the' right, as it is
eminently the ditty of the public press, to
Compel the proper. enforcement of disci . -
'pline, and proper attention to hygienic reg
ulations.
Tur.'limE.—The first rifle in
vogue in France waS the so called pillar
"rifle of Thorvepin, but the invention of
M. Minie is the one : which hai prdetically
evolutionii.ed the Eirearnics of the present
The imProvements made by AI
lllut
ale are confined almost. wliolly, to the
'form of the projectile, and haVev cry little
(reference to tinit.of the gun out of which .
it is fired. -The. hall is of an oblong Con
ical form, something like an "-acorn w,411-
lout its cup.; hitt instead .!of being solid,
this cone is hollowed mit.at the has - chit°
a cup like form. ,The - hdvantages of this
.form of projectile are that it offers less
;resistance to the air than -a- round ball
would, and that having its nentre ol&ftv-- !
itv in its,fOreniost part, it has ho tenden.
'ey to turn:over iii its flight; Hitt its chlef
merit in a military - point of view, is that
'with it the rifle can bh loaded as easily as
of thh,ball,mth the. grooves of the barrel berrig'efl Voeily:the rfirniod; The - form
lottlia 'rine proper' ip flieSe Ordeal missile
cry' use
h three grooved gun, and it - still
fotir,
!grooves *OO4 not be - ti6ttei• - thliti Ora..
With this, lienticiii the Soldiero• elate
bettOT prieflee 'iit 'five hundred, or
tl loven One thousand yard's, .than ho could
itith p Innske tat One hundred
1 - .
2 - ?.rOuir eqpital IS . SAFE
THE: NEWS:
40149t . b, 78GI.
: hui troops arrived
here at tVeliicll, P;:84; yesterday., 'AU
is quiet.' „ '
e .peApple,ollteleo, Atk., seized the
steamer Mars r and a Cincinnati !Packet on
Friday,,andt z ook trot& her 400. bbla. of
molasses, a large qttatiiitypt sugar, roin
and turpentine, all foitLetticinuati. The
boat is_tieti up there, With a cannon plac
iul,Ms the 'shore directly opposite her. Thu
Helena tblks tray .-thei Cincinnati people
pie can have the boat iviten they take her,
and not. until then. • -
, A most unjnstitiablt.i attack was made
'on the steamer Westnioreland,aNew Or
1-Qatis packet, .at - NtitMleon, Ark:, .ott
ThUrsday pight. 7 f rom t h e
statenient'ortinivapial*that -tie rounded
to at that, place for the propose of takin[ ,
in freight.' As, snout 0 - the heat was tied
up the clerk Went aslinre. lan mometit
he returned, :Hid said the.wharf master in;
formed him that-the ittob w a s i 4 . o i n g"
to
take the; boat.,' This iiiforti3atiotwas fol
lowed by a "vidley frritit the gitni and Pis
toli of, a crowd of fiftlY, or sixty persons: .
The lroat was expy4klwith passengers,;
manforidoini Were ladies. pasunger
iianted I Ethiry Hatfunt*pf ,Memphis; was
shot throut t li the heart tun] died 'inmtant,
ly. Otto fireman was Wounded. Thubhp
tainthe wheeht sit going, breaking
the line, and getofil 4 A straggling fire
Was kept up An ,
The boat arrived Infre last - flight. The
holes in her look:as if made- by grapeshOt
- tired from a Caution.
.13A1.15torit::, April 2Q, 1861.•
A spontaneous - I_4HO meeting iv :e; held
to night in: 'East 2.ll4timore 1,560 to
2,041 itersolut ware. present, and great,
enthusiasm was trianifesti,!d:
Strong straight-onto Union resolutions
were adopted, and tfte national balker
vas unfurled,
-t
14;g.',111ar - 'daily eppinitmierttion with
Phihniellllia-Inow es(abisheil. Ste:uners_
will ztin regtilariy bettveen_ this city and
Perryyilk . ,.eollneetin4 with all trains on
the l'hiladelbbia ltailioall. ; - ;,
11 . .tnnistitne0, April' ,
23, 1801..
Full'Preparittions are bem,tr made here
t&put itp.the bridges Minim Mothers Con:-
trill Railroad., The l'ennsylaniaCentr - al
has Tossed .or: tre..4.i4d to the Govern
ment a number of titrines• for iron bridges
Which tIMY have alwai-s veady to replace
bridges destroyed, or Imrnt on theii: road:
TWo hundred and fifty carpenters and
oth'er• working melt approved
have been 'quietly concentrated. at York
•sineeSaturday..•
;
They' will be protected. by the -troops
as they airvanee. Sill:and heavy 4)eaueL
of t un'Jer-7-have been -Forwan et, . Thrr
whole of the civil eligineoring is under
Thus, J. Power,
'Five regiments are I I being 'organi
zed at Camp Curtin, Mid. they wilt prob 37 •
lily move to-voirrow to York. the ham
lion is to gMird every'fridge- wit h troops..
clear to Raltinwre. When troops reach
that point they attempt to pass round,
1 - Baltini,,re and reach I;4e R clay House at
trie'jiini:tion or the Washington and the
nal tionire and !Railroads. That.
j point, should they reach it, will be held
I permanently. • 1 ; : . -
• IlAitetsitt . int, Pa.; - :April 29,
.1861.
..The,Chit;l Jiistioe ofiiiie . tinprente Court
,Of Vermont arri - col hetip to lay; lie has
been residing hi Nortli,Caroliini in 'conse
quence of bad health, Air two months
Bast. lie 'Called' on the aovernor. lie
hat) passes from Ch4ernors Ellis antic.
Letcher.'—lle saYS thel Union - sentiment
prevailed largely two months since in
North Carolina; now it is almost 'imaui
mons'for Secession. . • •
lie called at the house Of the. Hon.
ilcorf.'e •E, : Badger, !Ex:Senator from
North Caroline, and f4ttnd his. Wilj and
daught ens seraPher lint. (41 e o f I l k
.had enlisted. .3ir. Badger;lintil recently.
was a leading Union linan from North
Carolina.
A Maryland iplantel lett Fredrick
yesterday - reports that.lic had a full Clll5-
feycnice with the members of the Legisla
titre of that•-!...ctate, niuhithat they will. nut
Bass a secession orainanee; but . subinit
that. qu&tion to the pi!ople. IFe s.aw no
'flags flying at Tredriel,-• but secession,
A STANDING ARMY
W.Asi2:s;);4). - , iril 29, I Xll.
Tle_Government.trtllay. formally &eel;
(led to receive 40;000 l) - .),f the 75,000 volun
teers fdeeidly list' I) . y proclamation
thr the term of three
_years, twenty-five
thonsaml regiilar)l for five years, and
,is,-600 sailors for the same - period.. ar•
derslo carry this meS.sure into effect will
be at once` issued: • . •
An armory in pinee that.of limper's
Ferry: s;t43 lie-cstaldilied Itoek Island,
Illittats.• .•..
There is goOdre;isoti fM- , statjeg that the
:leadett4is to be removed, At" least
temporkill, 'from Annapolis to Newport,
. .
The traoits Called otit by the 'order '''of
to-day Are all* additional to the 75,000
already required, so that the u'liole number
called.forjty file Government thuti far is:
Volunteers.hy, proelantation. 75,000 ;vol
'unte.ers for" three years service • 40,000;
regulars ti,r 5 years service 25,000 ; sea
men 110. 15,00.0, being; a rotal of 158;000
en,,that itt,'75,090 he week betbre last,
and 85,000 10-tlay..,:..l;ven this-11111s short.
or . tbereal number,-as . ;stiyeral States stiti
double -the number of regiments :edied for.
Marge nutitber Of additional volunteers
arrived from Annaliolis` yesterday and to
day.
infant Beatity. -
"Lo, a the Conrit wheat l'uthut beauty * sleerts, --
•
Her 41,5E1W-dell the; talluieint wither ittelw:
She while the lovely tuthe tiliCottselotl3
Smiles 911 116 r. ehettlieilitt; child With pensive eyo,
:And it'a vett ti omit; of znefauchely
An,iiitlitit's- pangs arc': a InOther's suffer.'
lags,- and salt that is dear life
would'she gladly sacr,itiee to re
lief.• Parents; you .tlitit have -witnessed'
the sinterintv: ef-yeur'ichihireit while um.
titiiirig - tlie pinata nricess of. teething,
should to -the merits of
Mrs . . Winslow's Soothing Syrup. :
`:NikrArs;,experieneti Vas proved that
in almost.every instanee where the infants
is stiffering front pain alid re.'
i
lief will IA) ropild n-lifteen or twenty miu.-
ntes after the Syrup IS administered. It
not only Mieves the child from pain, hilt
inVigorates - the:stout:l4i bowels, ror.
reets ttnle- and energy
to,the Whole systern u , 1•It willlalmost. in.
stanalf,relioc -004 in, the laiwels and
wind-voile; 'MIA overileine convidshinS;
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