Icffcrsonian. THURSDAY, MAY 23, 18G1. Q3 Read the Rev. Thomas P. Hunt's let ter, published on the outside of to-day's pa per. Mr. Hunt was celebrated some years ago as a. lecturer on Temperance, and as such will be remembered by many of our cit izens . Ilia letter is characteristic of the man; and as he was born, reared and edu cated in the South, though for many years a resident of the Wyoming Valley in this State, what he writes on the subject of our country's trouble's, cannot but prove inter estinr to our readers. Mr. Hunt is Chap lain to the 8lh Regiment, Pennsylvania Vol uutccrs, now stationed at Chauibcrsburg. OCT Among the number of persons of ilis tinction entered for the war, we notice the name of our old friend and fellow-apprentice Wm. P. Rogers, Col. of the Buffalo Regi menu The Col. is a son of the late Thomas J. Rogers, who formerly represented the "old Tenth Legion" of Pennsylvania in Congress is a native of Euston, and having graduated as a master of the ,: art preservative of all arts" from the office of the Northampton Whiff, is a whole souled fellow. Having changed his "bod kin" into a sword, we sha! doubtless hear a good account of him in the service of the country. Our best wishes are that a merry and successful campaign, and a speed v return to his friends, may prove the Colonel's lot. 07" Our young men emulous of military distinction should note the respective card of John Nyce and E. S. C. Horn, Esq's, in this weeks paper.' It is too bad that Monroe County has not yet offered a single Company for the service of the Country. We hope he opportunity now offered will be taken ad vantage of, and that wc shall be enabled in our next, to announce that the reproach which our eupinencss has heaped upon us, has been removed, by the prompt filling np of the ranks of the companies now forming. AGRICULTURAL FAIR. We notice in the last Monroe Democrat, that the time fixed for holding the second Annua! Fair, of the Monroe County Agricul tural Society is Tuesday, Wednesday, Thurs day, Friday, the 1st, 2d, 3d, and 4th of Octo ber, 1SC1. We also notice that the Premium List is published in that paper. It was not ordered in the Jrjfersonian; we know no: why, unless it be that the officers thought it of but little consequence whether our pat rons took part in the approaching exhibition or not. Pennsylvania's Devotion. The Lett evidence of the devotion of Penn sylvania to the Union, is-furnished by the re port of the Adjutant General, which report is too lengthy for full publication in our col umns, The report gives a list of the com panies that have been sworn into the United Stales service, and also a list of the compa nies that have offered their services and not been accepted. Of the latter there are two hundred and eighty-three, making in all 22, 074 volunteers. When itis remembered that it is but four weeks since the Presidents proclamation was made, and that the full compliment of twenty -six regiments has been ifiade up and accepted, and that there are o ver twenty-two thousand men ready to lake up arms, some idea of the devotion of Penn sylvania to (he Union which our fathers made, can be formed. . Pennsylvania Volunteers. ' Honeadaie, Monday, May 20, 1SG1. Two companies of three-year voluu- untecro left her this morning to rendez vous at Harrisburg. The Southern KaiL Tho Poet-Office Department has sus pended the carrying of the mails by river or sea South, but will dispatch them to 11 points by land. What arransemct will bo made whon the Joff. Davis Post Office system eb all go into effect ia uncer tain. The Route Agent to Richmond having been stopped on the line, was sent back, but was lorbiuden to take the mail matter with him, which was 6ent forward. How it will be managed about tho return mails 13 uncertain. A private letter, dated on board the Miuncjsota, Hampton R.oads, Friday, says: Wo arrived from Boston on tho 13th, and have commenced our assaults on the enemy. We have seized about $300,000 worth of ship and tobacco. We are an ticipating an attempt on the port of the enemy to fortify SewalPs Point. If they do we fchall attack them. The Hon. Thomas A. R. Nelson, of Tennessee, made a speech at Knoxville. the other day, in which ho declared his inalterable attachment to the Union; de nied the right of secession; exposed the whole plot of secessionists, on the part of tae cotton otates; repudiated the slavery - ,t XT a. aguatioB 01 toe iortD-r and boldly asser ted, that while he regretted the war now raging, he maintained that Lincoln's call for volunteers wee lawful and constitu tional! and that, under the circumstances, with his oath of office resting upon him, the Governor oould not have done Jess than call out the militia. XtEx-Gov. A. H. Rceder, of Penn sylvania, well known in. connection with the early history 0 Kansas, was on tho 17,th inst., appointed Brigadier General by the President 110F THE JEFFERSONIAN' Mr. Editor: The Monroe Democrat of Thursday last, contains a communica tion in which tho author evidently ' la bors to produce a mouse." Over the sig nature of "Polk," ho attempts to convince the Democracy of Mouroe that its inter ests lie in the selection of county officers by Convention instead, of allowing the good old and well tried rulo of volunteer ing to prevail as heretofore. So silly a nronoeition as that of submtttlnsr our county offices to the corrupt machina tions of a political delegate convention, bould be spurned by every true demo crat : and particularly should this be the case when tho proposition is backed by such arguments as "Polk' brings to it support. Why should wc bauish tho vol unteer pystein the only system which gives the peoplo an opportunity of chos ing from the many the man beet qualified for the office to which ho aspires and which enables us to fill the county offices with men void of political prejudices! i4 Polka" answers 1st, "Under the pre cut system the offices aro held by the rich only," and that "tho one who oan spend the moat money is generally the success ful party." Now, I doubt whether any one but "Polk" would liko to found a claim of wealth upon tbo sparse possess tons of the present incumbents of our County riouee; and I most sincerely proton against the ba?c insinuation that the Dem ocracy of tho county are so easily pur chased to do violence to their inclinations But allowing that it costs something to get an office by tho volunteer system, how much less would it cost to secure the nom ination from a Convention of solccted pro fessional delegates I How much less to trim the wires, lay the ropes and get the wbola paraphranalia of political trickery in proper trim to securo eucccss I And after being tho nuocoosful nominee, bow much less to print tho tickets, visit the voters treat that patriotic portion with whom whiskey is a conclusive argument and secure the other little cl ccteras ne cessary to an election. Foot these items op, Mr. Polk, and my word for it you will satisfy even yourself, that if it is hard for a poor can to secure an office under tho volunteer system, it will be a perfect impossibility to do so under tho reign of a Convention. It will be altogether too expensive for a poor man even to think of it. This is the experience in all Coun ties in which Conventions rule the offices. 2nd Polk answers, that "nsby Democrats, mostly try to secure first the republican votes, afterward preach loud democracy," and assures us that '"the entire support they give the opposition press when in of fice proves the correctness of my (hi) statement." The practice of bestowing patronage upon the opposition press pro vailed some five years ago when "Polk's" mouthpiece, tho "Monroe Democrat" ras under the control of other parties. Then the practise was a most righteous one in the eyes of the Editor of that paper, and, as a matter of course, of "Polk." Rut it' is not true that even now these gifts of patronage to tho Republican Journal are chargeable as a result of the volunteer system. The system of control and coer cion tthich the Democrat makes eo sorry an attempt to t-et up over tbo members of the party has had more to do with dri ving away its means of fjpport than any thins else: and I much doubt whether all the Conventions in the world possess tho power to restore it without amend ment on the part of its Editor. Treat men as men should be treated, and, as a gen eral thing, they will prove tractable but county Treasurers, Prothonotaries and county offices generally as well a3.Demo crats in the ranks will spurn an overload of impudence, let it come from what quar ter it may. Democrats diold to a party of majorities, and heed but little and care less for the orders issued, from a self-constituted dictatorship. In these troublesome times, Mr. Editor, would it not be well for "Polk," iclom nes ge?ius, to turn their attention to the consolidation of the masses in favor of tho support of the Constitution and Laws, instead of attempting to separate them still more on more political abstractions T 1 1 1 t ii ousi now our wnoio care suouia do our government. . After peace is restored there will be plenty of time for political t-quabbung. Union at this time is of more account than tho loss of patronage to the Monroe Democrat, wbioh judging from "Polk's" communication, is the only rao five for its Editors zeal in favor of a con vention. This is the opinion of an old lino DEMOCRAT. The Troops at 'Elmira. Elmira, Thursday, May 10, 18G1. There are now at this rendezvous nine ty companies of voluuteers, seventy of which have been formed into regiments, and officers elected, viz; Buffalo Regi acnt, Col. W. F. Rogers; Syracuse Reg imcnt, Col E L. Walratb; Rochester Regiment, Col. J. Quimby: Utica Regi ment, Col. J. S. Clarke; Oswego Regi ment, Col. T. Sullivan: and Southern Iter Regiment, Col. H, C. Hoffman. Other regiments will be formed as fast as possible. All the soldiers are in good spirits. Early vegetables and strawberries are now plenty in Norfolk, Va. The garden ers in that vicinity have been in the hab it of receiving from three to four hundred thousand dollars annually from New-York in return for their early vegetables tbo whole of which is a loss this season, in consequence of the reckless hostility man ifested by the ruling cowers of Virginia towards the National Government. .1.., -J 1 I N BusillULL, May 20th, ISO I. Mr. Editor: Our usually quiet vill- ago becanio tho scene of a little excite ment, a few weeks ago, on tno appearance of a notice in tho columns of your patri otic sheet, announcing tho existence of n few scattering Traitors, Rebels, Secession ists, modern Arnold's, and Sbays, in tbi. neighborhood. It becamo a topic of con versation and inquiry as to who and where they were. Rut according to an old mas- tin, (if tho shoe fits put it on), Ucy be camo vrsable, and defined their position as Union men. To disguise traitor heart rlipr nnnfrihnted toward raising to the brceaso an emblem of their pretended loy altv. the National flac But since their j i - conversion, I should judge they had back sliden in the old ranks of Toryism, a thnv havo hauled down the Stars and Stripes which they so lately aided in uu furling to tho breeze. Under the pretence of saving it, With a rebels care. Against the will of patriots, Who paid a good price for it. They sing our national songs, such as Red, Whito and Blue, America &c, and in the samo breath advocate the cause o tho Southern robols, and denounce the course of the Administration, and do not hesitate to exnress a desire to sco that small but bold band of patriots who de fended Fort Sumpter eo nobly against the rebels (to use their own language,) sunk deeper than h 11. If such is tho course, and sentiment.' of Union men, deliver mo from being one I hope they may experience another sud den ohango of opinion, one which ma; prove pormanont and satisfactory to them solves and a PATRIOT. M. Smitopield, May'20, 161. Mr. Editor : What is treason I My reasons for asking this question, is, that lat Sabbath morning at the Method ist church, of this placo, while tho minister was praying for tho Union, and that the President and other government officer might bo guided by Divine wisdom, in controlling the affairs of our country, scv eral of tho concrrecation took offen.-c at this prayer and left the house. The min istcr continued praying, and said if there were any other traitors in tlje house, he hoped they would leave also, upon which a few more made their exit with great in dienation. And now Mr. .Editor, is not this an acknowledgement of treason I If it is not, I should liko to know wha treason is 7 The "Way the Government Punishes its JJeserters. At the St. Louis arsenal, says a St Louis paper, tho deserters from tbo ser vice are punished by mounting them on n tall hobby horse, nmeuor ten feet hi- coming to a point at the top about four 1 i rt 1 . . tucues wide, iuo men sit on these and ride there from daylight till night, saving and excepting a rc3t of half an hour fo breakfast, an hour for dinner, and ha 1 c rm an oour ior. supper. me exorcise, a may judged, is not pleasant. The "hor ses" are not provided with saddles, and the seats are not as "soft as downy pil lows are." Some of the sinning equcs trians manage to tuok their coat tails un der them for relief, but others, alas i wear roundabouts. A sentinel is stationed to prevent the riders from dismounting, and to hand them up water whenever they get Ibirety. Gen. Scott's Mode of Life. A Washington correspondent giveH the lollowmg sketch of Gen. Scott s mode o Hfe, and his untiring industry and vigi lauce : , "General Scott has left bin house, and taken up day and night quarters at bi office. He is fecblo in body, but very clear, comprehensive and active in miod IT? . . . !... visuing mm ac near miunignt. ne was sitting up in a plain hard bod, in a verv piain room, wan out, two candles on centre table near, and two of bis aid near him in waiting. Despatches arrive almost every hour, night and day, born by videttes from every quarter of tho dis trict, and by officers boyond tho-lines. lie demands the fullest information everybody, and before the New York troops arrived, declared that he was pre pared for an attack from 10 000 men by Virginia or Maryland, if thoy invaded the capitah His great anxiety, grief and doubt have been tho disaffeoted citizen in the District of Columbia, scores whom have loft, but many of whom, even dow, remain; but all are . known and watched with a lynx oyod vigilance. In deed there ha3 been an extensive scces sion feeling here, and there are troons of the personal friends of Jefferson Davis and A. H. Stephens, who, as Southern men, have been muoh respected. No se cession flag, however, floats hero, and from the heights of Georgetown to the capital nothing is seen but tho stars and stripes, with loyalty increasing every hour. The Blockade. The blockade of Southern ports bv the united otates squadron appears to be - .... . carried out witn vigor and promptitude. At Charleston tho entrance of three Brit ish vessels havo been prevented by the frigate Niagara; and another, after beinc ooaroeu, wa9 allowed to pass ap. One ship, however, carrying the British flag. eucceeuea in running ino Dioekade, al though sho was pursued. She eventually got into shoal water and was towed up to the city. General Mansfield has iesuod an order prohibiting Adams' Express Company from carrying any express matter, inclu ding letters, further South than Wash ington, -TEE LATEST WAR NEWS. The news from Washington and Vir- ginia-tnis morning is not 01 a ewruiug character. It is clearly tho intention 01 Gen. Scott to proceed with suro steps, a voiding tho risk of being compelled to retraoejiis way. Aggressive measures will not be taken till they oan bo so ta ken that there shall be no uecess-ity of iroini twico over tho Bamo ground. Meanwhile the Worth is gaining ttreugto nd the South increasing m weakness, ninched in basket and store. It Jeff Davis becomes impatient of a dolay on our part which injures him more than several pitched- battles he may push on and cake an attack. If this is done the responsibility will be on his own head fsxioh seems to be the tenor and tone of tho word from Washington this morn ing. Those who have within a day or two visited Alexandria say that the town Rppms like a deserted villoeo. Four or five thousand peoplo havo left Alcsan dria siuce the commencement of tho prc scut troubles. There wcro perhaps six conpanics of soldiers there, numbering at tho outside 500 men. The Pawneo is lying c!o!e at hand, in an attitudo quite discouraging to traitors. A Virginian, lately arrived in Wash inton, says that there aro in the State from 50,000 to S5 000 crmod men. n thinks Joff. Da?iB intends to push on to Pennsylvania. Gov. Letcher is calling on tho soldiers tos.otc for tbo Ordinanoe of Secession at tho approaching election and it is said the voters in some districts will bo forced to declare their votes open Ij, po that the Union men can be com pelled to leave tho State. Persons wuo nave recently passed through tho South northward, say tha thev received some annoyance, though nono of a very serious kind. Soldier were evervwhere m motion toward ir t:iniu, all cagor for fight. It is said that 1,000 men left Harper' Ferry on Monday for Grafton, Va., to resist passage of federal troops to Wheel me The New-York 2d Regiment passed through Baltimore yesterday, receiving ajany attention?, and being cheered various points of the route. at Tho tbip Gen. Parkhill of liverpool, on tbo way to Charleston, 0. C, was cap turod on the 13th by the Niagara. Sh was supposed- to havo arms and ammuni tioo concealed beneath a load of salt though her captain declared that ho wa iuno&ent of any evil intent. The valuable services of Floyd have been secured by the Rebels, who have made him a General. They must look sharply after their arm", unless the ex Secretary has tamed his propensities since he ran away from the United States Gov Dcrment. " It is stated that the rebels have estab lished a blockade at Memphis, prohibit ing the passage of all upward bound boats. A rcconnoitering party from Cham bcrsburg yesterday visited tho rebel oauip. They saw 300 troons ten miles from Harper's Ferry, and 700 at Wil liamsport. It is believed that thoy in tend a forward movement soon. Gov. Ellis of North Carolina ha9 tele graphed to Jeff. Davis that hie State has passed an act of Secession by a unani inous vote. Ono hundred and twenty Foldiers from the Philadelphia camp went to Baltimore yesterday and seized a large quantity arm?, stored in on unoccupied house 1 here were tr.ken .1,500 auskcts and 4, 000 pikes. Tho arms had been in th care of tho city authorites. Tribune. ,0, A Patriotic Regulation. Hon. David I odd, President of tho Cleveland and Mahoning Railroad, an .1. . .t nouncoa inai no "sceoiontst, ' or scee sion apologist, sympathizer or abettor wil be permitted to ride in the cars of that road. Passengers expressing disunion sentiments on the trains, will have their money returned, and themselves deposit od ou terra urnra at the nearest station. Tho fiaherxen and pilots of Maine and Massachusetts are organizing a covet At I .." mem Doai Drigaae, ior tuc nrotccuon o the coast, seizure of pirate., cutting ou vessel, and co-operating with the army on land. One thousand similar men were offered to the Navy Department from New York for similar, but more hazard ous service. The work goos bravely on -i 1 p. - ..i -1 For a gonorous contributions of funds in behalf of its volunteers, tho small vil lage of Flomington, in Hunterdon Coun ty, N. J.,iias outdone all other places in tbe btate. Nearly 7,000 was raised there in a day. Among the contributions thero were two of $500 each, two of $300 soveu of 8200, two of S150, twenty-two f imn I. 1 I n snr- i ....... ui iuu uucu, anu onougu 01 i$vo &c, to make up the balance. -Ci A New York paper says : A tall man called to sec Gov. Morgan at Albany, the other day, and dc.Mred to voluteer. He thought he bhould liko to meet Jeff. Da vis. Tbo Governor asked : " Do you know anything of tactics V "Well, a little; think I could lead a company just as lief go in the ranks." "And wbot h your name I" May Col. May lou may remember mo." If Col. Mav. late of the U. S. Dragoons, who mado the dashing & succcueful cbargo on tho Mox- ican battery tho man of long hair, who resigned because ho was maltreated bv Jeff. Davis whon tho latter was Sccretarv of War gets at the head of a regiment, wo may sec tbo tremendous foats of Palo Alto and Rcsaca ro-cnacted. SSF'Tbe names of the Massaohmotts soldiers slain at Baltimoro, aro Addison O. Whitney and Luther C. Ladd of Low- oil, and Sumner H. Ncodham of Law rence. Tbe first two- were young mon, machinists by trade, and both wore killed by gun-shots. fl"! seo through it now," as tho maid 'servant said when sho knockod tho bottom out of tho pail, AN AGGRESSIVE EXPlMTIOI-T. ' Two Virginia Batteries Destroyed. A Summary Chech to the Rebels. They are Scattered in All Directions. Cap ture of two Schoo7iers. Thirty Rebels Taken Prisoners. Special Dispatch to tho N. Y. Tribune. Washington, May 20, 18G1. On Saturday afternoon, the Steamboat Star, formerly tho Monticello, discovered partially-formed battery at bewails Point. Two cuns from tbe Norfolk iNa- vh Yard had been mounted, and embra suros had been prepared for about a do znii othura. Tho Star onened tire and had dismounted ono gun, when tbe Thorn as Freeborn, Capt. Cash, attracted by the fijinsr, ran down from Fort Washington, and getting nearer shore than the Star's draught permitted, speedily overset the second. The Freeborn then bent a shot toward a body of 20 or 30 Secessioni.-ts, who stood uear the ruined battery, which out clean throuu tnem, and scattered them in all directions, and then steamed away. Last night, the Frooborn, whilo cruis ing in the Potomac below Fort Washing ton, overhauled and captured a couple of suspicious sclwo7iers. The fint was the Virginia from Alexandria. Tho second was the Isabel, which, on being bailed declared herself to bo laden with fish for Alexandria. Uutil threatened with shot, sho refused to stop, but on bcin boarded, was found to contain thirty o tho oldeet kind of Secession fish, all wel armed. There was no oargo aa had been declared. The Isabol was towed up to the Navy-Yard, where she now lies un der guard, with her thirtv prisoners on board. Nothing is more interesting and structivo than" to obacrvc which were in the firm and loyal States in the dark days o our history. During tho thirteen years prior to the adoption of tho Constitution in 1787, the General Government had no power of taxation. Even when, in March 1781, the whole of the States asventcd to tho "Articles of Confederation," Congress had onW the power of indicating wact sums it stood in need of, and of request ing each State to contribute the fair pro portion which it was its duty to pay. The adoption of the articles of Confcdcr ation rendered this an honor&bto ooliga m f . .a m . a tion. wuicn eacti btate. thougu it could not be compelled, was bound to meet. It is most interesting to observe how was met during tbe five years which lapsed between 1782 and 1787: State which iaid more tha?i its quota New York. State which paid neaily the u-hole Pennsylvania. Slate which 'paid three fifths Virgin ia. State ichich paid onc-halj Massa chusetts, Rhode Island. Maryland Stale which paid about one third Con kecticut, Delaware. State which paid nothing Georgia South Carolina, North Carolina New- HAMrsriiRE Tho above facts are derived from Judne Story's Commentaries ou tho Con stitution. The extent to which the sever al States fulfilled their honorable oblis-a tions may be taken as an index of their respective loyalty and good faith. It i. interesting to observe that those States which now repudiate their obligations to the Ceutral Government, then also show ed the same disposition to let others pay tho price of the benefits which they re ceived. -O' Something Curious. Tho contcraulated extension of the North Pcnn. R. 11., from beyond Free mausburg to Eton, cuts off part of tbe cemetery at Frecni3nsbur?. ,-AVhile some workmen were enaed tn remount? oou- ics from the ground over which the road is to run, they were astonished by the great weight of a coffin containing the corpse of an iufant. To lift it required the strength of four mm. The coffin ::p peared to bo pcrfecHy sound. The mother of the child wa3 scut for, who re fused her permission to open the box. It was reinterred, according to her de sire, without further disturbance, in a nothcr part of the ccmetry. In tho same grounds a coffin waa opened that had been buried for eight or nine years. The corpse was in a remarkable btate of preservation, tho features of the deceased being plainly distinguishable. V 0 learn od tho above information from one who received it from a oitizon of Froomans- burgh. Ex. Seizure of a Military Map of Virginia. Washington, May 20, 1801. A valuable parced was seized here this morning in transit to Gov. Letcher. Mouths ago Gov. Letcher caused sureeys to be carefully made for a military map of Virginia. Tho memoranda and de tached plaus were scut to a German era ployed in tho Coaat t urvey office, to be engraved. Me recommended forwardinir them to New-York, which was done. A few maps wero engraved and sent with tho plate and original materials toward Richmond, necessarily through .Washing ton, where tho Government took charge of them. Thev aro verv accurate, and will bo of great uao in tho coming cam paign. Constitutional Flogging. A uni- on man nocked a Secessionist in wyo- tning County, Penn., recently, for expres sing treasonable and riotous sentiments. Tho Secessionist brought the case boforoj a Justice of tho Peace, who decidod that tho dogging was a constitutional act un der the circumstances. jjQJ-One hundred and five Cincinnati printers havo enlisted. Tbo Boston At- U3 has sont four oditora and eight prin ters to tho wars. Drowned. Clinton Roboson, son of son of Wm. Robeson, of Belvidore, was drowned in tho raoo ou tho 3d inst. Ho was playing along tbo bank, and it is sup posed was takon with a Gt aud fell iu. A Bold Stroke by Government. Tremendous haul of Telegrams. A Mourn mm oj Mtuiumcc against Traitors. At prooisely 3 o'clock yesterday after. noon, by order of tho Government, a do- cent was mado by tho United Stno Marshals upon every considerable tele graph office throughout the Frco States and too accumulated di?patcncs of tho twelvemonth past were seized.' Tho ob ject was to obtain evidence of tho opera tions of the Southern rebels with their Northern accomplices, which tbo confi dential telegrams passing between them could most certainly furnish. Tbo sei zures in all tbe principal cities wero mado at precisely the sane time so as to pre vent tbo destruction of cvidenco which might have followed tbe receipt of a warning from any particular point. The wbolo .matter was managed with tho greatest secrcsy, and .vo well planned that tbe project was n complete success. By this bold maneuver the Government has obtained possession of a mass ofevidenco of tho groatost importance.- The secret operations of Northern traitors aro laid bare, and those who have aided and a betted the rebellion are now completely at the mcrccy of tbo officers of the law. In this city alono tho dispatches in tho hand3 of tho Federal officers amount to many thousands, and include, of courso, information in regard to the purchase of arms, ammunition and equipmcntOj pur ohase and outfit of vessols, diplomatic" and financial arrangements, the negotia tion of rebel loans, tho purchase and treachery of army and navy officers, tho secret plana for dividing tbe people of tbo North, tbe progressive operations of Gov ernment toward suppressing the rebellion, and every other imaginable species of testimony which the "Pirates of the Gulf" would wi.sh kept secret. To overhaul auch a mountain of papers as this will re quire fiome timo and mash trouble, but tbe worii, in tho handa of an efficient Marshal or Superintendent of Police, will bo promptly, fcarless-ly, acd thoroughly prosecuted. Tribune. Small Hotes. We understand that tho Directors of the Stroudfburg Bank, have resolved to iisue small bills of the denomination of 1, 2, and S3, in accordance with tbo provisions of tho banking law cuacted by our lato legislature. Washington, May ID, 1801. Last night, three Zouaves strayed out' from oacip. When arraigned before Col. E-l-worth this morning, one of them un wouud from his body a Secession Sag, 17 feet long, which they hauled down from a polo at Alexandria. The Colonel ex cused them, and much excitement was eaused by the exhibition of tho flag. fiThc Connecticut troops arc sup plied by tbe State with regular army wagons, largo and strong, horses and harucs, fifteen to oich regiment, with am bulances also. This looks liko work, aa without tbec our army cannot movo ono foot into Virginia or elsewhere. Our Administration at Wa-hington is so over whelmed with affair3 that they will wel come troop.-' so supplied, and it would ba tinsel j for every State to sre that its reg iments are furnished with these, and at ones. A Curiosity. Tho. Heading Gazette says that Henry llcppert, of Hereford towr.hip, Berks County, has a ro?cbah in U possession now blooaing with red, white and biuo roses emblematic of the Sag of our coun try. This, in olden times would be con sidered a favorable augury for tbe caa!o of the Union. Lewi? Sotnr, of Lancaster, a proprie tor of several rtagc hues, was tried y in Lancaster, last wcck. on the crmrne 0 poisoning five horses of Btsanucl Shober, on the 1 7tb September last. He was found guilty, and ?entunccd to undergo an iKpricouaiest of to years and six month. Lr.t week the iadics of Boston wcro in formed that 6vc thousand shirts, for sol diers, were required within twenty-four hours. They joined with them soeio of tho ladies of lioxbury, secured tho assis tance of sewing machines, wont to work in "Liberty Hall," their headquarters, and had tho whole number completed? within the allotted timo. OrTho formation of still anothar now Military Dopartraont has boen rendered necessary by the exigencies of the times that of Ohio; to consist of tho States of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, and to bo subdivided into various smaller depart ments tho whole under tho command of Gen. McOlcllan, of tho Ohio Volunteers, with tie head-quarters at Cincinnati. Good Farming. was given by a Mr, A capital definition Kmc, at an agricul- tural discussion in England Ho said ho fed his laod before it was hungry; rostcd it before it was weary; and weeded it be fore it was foul. An editor acknowledges tho recoipt of a bottle of brandy forty-oight years oldr aud says: "This brandy is so old thai wo vory much fear it cannot livo much longer.1' There is a firm in Elgin, Illinois, known as "Gray and Lunt." Half their lottora come directed to "Lay and Grunt." Nat ural but not oompliroentary. tfSTA Farmer in Montgomery countyr Pa., has offered to givo all tho gram he- has on hand and ono hundred head of cattle to food the Koystono State troops. The family of General Soott aro in E liaaboth, and aro aboutoccupying tho fam ily mansion known asGon. Scott's House. Tho war demand for cloth is so great that tho Lowell mills aro running night and day, Sundays included. figg-Tho wheat and oorn crops of Ten uessee, it is stated, promise to bo very a bundunt. Many persons are plowing.up cotton aud planting corn.
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