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SUIBtlRY
i
PUBLISHED EVERT SATURDAY MORNING, BY II. B. MASSER, SUNBURY, NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.
NEW SERIES, VOL. 15, NO. 9.
SATURDAY CORNING, MAY 24, 18G2.
OLD SERIES, VOL. 22, NO. 35.
(rlttcndrn'ii Philadelphia Com
tnrrrlal Colleffr,
N. K. Corner of 7th and Chestnut St., Philadelphia
milTS INSTITUTION, which waa established in
I 1844. and if now consequently in the 18th year
of it existence, number among it graduate, nun-iln-le
of the moat successful Merchant and Buaioeea
Jl i n of our country.
The object or tho Institution b Solely tU affiird
young men facilities for thorough preparation fur
buinvs.
The branches taught are, Hook-Keping, a appli
cable to tho various department of trade ; Penman
ship, both plain and ornamental ; Commercial Law,
Mathematics. Navigation, Civil Kngineering, Draw
ing. Phonography, and Modern Language.
The K.vttem of instruction i peculiar ; no clauses or
ret lewHins are made use of, but each (tudent ia taught
iiuliviittiHlly, so that he may commence at any time,
and attend whatever hour arc moat convenient.
Cntalogucs are toned annually after the 15th of
April, containing name of the student for the year,
ami full particular of term, Ac, and may bo ob
tuhied at any time by addreing the Principal.
In extensive accommodation, wide-epreaa repnta
tion, and tho lengthy experience of the Principal,
tlii Institution offer facilities superior to any other
ill uiv cuunirv, lor young: hhju wisuuis; w urt'ijnrn lur i
business, and to obtain at the anme time a diploma, i
which w ill prove a recommendation for them to any j
Mercantile Bouse.
Vif Crittenden' Perie of Treatise on Hook
Keeping, now moro widely circulated than any other
work on the object, are for sale at the College.
8. HOlKiKS CIUTTK.NDKN", Attorney at Law.
February 8, 1802. ly
JOHNS & CR0SLEY,
t'OLE MANLTACTUKERB OF THE IMPROVED
OUTTA PHECHA
i: n u 'v it o o r u ,
rilHE ehenpest and most durable Hoofing in use. It
I is Fire and Wiitc Proof.
It can be applied to new and old Roofs of nil kind.
Rnd to 8hingl Koofs without removing the shingle.
The Cost is Only A bo it Osis-TniRD that or Tt,
AND IT I T If K A Dl'RABLK. .
Taiilla Vi-rliis, Ceiuent,
V.,r t,reervliir unit retmirin'P Tin anil ntlier Mttu1
"tool of every description, from it great elasticity, I
is not injured by tho contraction and expansion of
mi-tnl, ii ud will not crack in cold, or run in warm
wciither. '
These material have beon thoroughly tested in
New York nud nil part of the Southern end Western
States, nml we can give utiundant proof of all we
claim iu their favor.
Tlicy nrc rendily applied by ordinary luborerr, at a
trifling expense. .
-XO HEAT 13 REQUIRED."
Tliesc materinls are put np ready for use, and for
shipping to all parts of tho country, w ith full priutod
directions for application.
Full descriptive circulars w ill be furnished on ap
plication bv mail or in person, at our Priueipal Office
and Warehouse, 78 Wii.i.iax Street, (Corner of
Liberty Street,) Xcw York.
JOHN? A CROWLEY.
Agents Wanted ! Term Cash ! !
Juno 1, 1S01. ly
THE LATEST STYLE OF
SPRING AND SUMMER
GARMENTS,
ARE CONSTANTLY MADE
AT TUB
Fashionable Tailoring Establishment
JACOB O. BECK,
lnrkrt Street, Knnbsiry, Pa,
T',
1I1E subscriber has just received and opened a
large assortment of tfPIUNU AM) tilMMLR
tiOODr-,
such as
CLOTHS,
OF KVKIIY HESC'ItlPTION AND QUALITY.
Plain and Fancy Cassimeres, Vesting!, &c.
of the latest styles. In addition to his stock he is
eonvHiiuy receiving new suppum irmii inw -ii.t
kei ptng it full assortment of the most substantial and
lati-t styles of Uooils iu the city market.
He is prcpnred to muke to order all kinds of
i rut 1 eini ii a and Hoy's wear, such as
UIIK&S COATS, FROCK COATS, BUSINESS
COATS, VESTS, PANTALWNS, Ac, Ac,
rf the very latest style, and in the moiit substantial
manner, at short notice.
Any ttoods not on hand, will he furnUbed from
I'liilwlelphia, by giving two days' notice.
(&L'ull and examine my' stock. No charges
made for showing. JACOU 0. lilX'K.
buubury, March 29, 1862.
.'lAssicifs iMTiivr rivi: mi.v
iTi: iici'.i:zi:k :
As Iiniirov.id for 18i9 and 1800,
Fy E. KETC1IAM A CO., 289 Pearl St., New York.
fllllE only Freezer con.-tructed on scientific prin
1 ci)le. with a revolving can and spring blado
soraper. " The one hustens the freciingof the cream
the other removes it an fast as frozen.
The most rapid in freezing, with tho least quantity
oT ice.
The most economical in cost, as it is the most simple
and durable in structure.
For salo in all the principal cities and towns in the
Union.
tjii h Freezer accompanied with book of recipe
and full dircjtious.
PRICES.
3 qiinrts, f 3 00
4 ituarti, 4 00
6 quurte, i 00
H (iiurts, 6 00
1 1 quart, 8 00
I'll quarts, 12 00
Applv to II. 13. MASSER, tunbury, Pa.
March 2'J, 1802.
H4-hf.fi:i.i.i:k & iiovi:h.
Attorneys at Law, Bunbury, Pa.
AJOHfiAN ROCKEFELLER and 80LOMON
, B. 11UVKH, respectfully announce that tbey
huvo colored into copartnership in the practice of
their profusion, and will continue to atund to all
buoiuca entrusted to thoir charge, in the countios
of Northumberland, Uuion, Snydor and Montour,
promptly, faithfully and carefully. Special atten
tion will be givuu to the COLLECTIONS OF
CLAIMS. Consultation coo be bud in the UER
MAX longuago.
Office Market street, opposite Weaver's Hotel.
Kuubury, February 4, lbuU.
Ilrandlew, Winetf, tilnu, Ac.
fllHK subscriber, having opened in Thompson's
.1. Brick liuildittg, Mill street, Panville, large
aud Complete stock of
FOREIGN AND LOMESTIC LIQUORS,
comprising tbe het brand of Brandies, Gin, Old
Kye, CK'oUih and Irish Whiskey, Port, Sherry, Ma
deira, Champagne and other W ines, of all grades, all
ol which will bo sold Wholesale, at tho lowest city
prices. Tavorn-kcepors, by buying of us, can save
at leat the freight.
Persons desirous of purchasing liquors for
FAMILY USE,
may rely upon being furnished with a pure and
unadulterated article.
l"ff Being determined to establish reputation, for
Felling choap, he respectfully solicit tbe patronage
ot the public. All orders promptly attenaed to.
JERLSilAUB. HALL
Danville, June IS, 1800.
Have your I'rull,
T)Y using Mason's' Patent Sheet Metal Screw Top
Xt rreaerve jar.
MASON'S PATENT SHEET METAL
avKEw top:
All that is necessary being to screw the Cap down
upon the Rubber liaeket, which is placed outside
uuuu the shoulder of tbe Jar, 1 of an iucb distant
from the top ; prevent the possibility of the flavor of
iue iruil veins) ujuiias uj coining U CUUUSL1 e liu lu
Iiubbor.
Persona dU'string these Jars can be supplied by
leaving iiuiir oruors wnu u. i. SIAI-Ctit, Agent.
Sunbury, June t, 60.
I'rttnlilln House,
IEBl'ILT AN1 REFURNISHED, Cor. Howard
IV and Frank liu Street, a few squares West of lbs
Northern Central ltailma-1 Depot, JJAL11MORE
IV' Itiiss. 1 1 1-r.n I'sr
U LtldLNRING, IWristor
July 18, ISjJ - tf
iiiGiiir i.nroitTAjrr Etvsi
M C. OKARHART
Ha Retcrsid wit a New Stoce o
C'onfVcttonarlcM, lVult and Tyn.
IT seem as if a new age, new life was opening
upon na, animating every heart to nobler deed
and higher aim! Arti LiUrWnr and Scienee w 111
glow anew, and eeek to eVrulope MiblirM VfctrUe
ami grander conception.
The business world, too, must feel the new influence
and ever part bv quickened and strengthened by an
increased vitality, which shall urge us on with elec
tric speed to tho consummation of greater things than
waa ever drmmed of in the Philosophy of the post.
Animated by the enthusiasm which pervade all
classes, and desirous of doing his share towards "The
great event of the Age," the subscriber would re
spectfully inform the good people of SI NDI RY and
the publio generally, that he na just returned from
the city of Philadelphia with the largest and choicest
stock of Confectioneries, Fruit an Toys, that boa
ever been brought to this section of country. lie is
also manufacturing all kinds of Confectionaries, Ac,
to fill up orders, wholesale or retail, at short notice.
Among bis stock of CONFECTION ARIEa may be
found :
French Secret, Gum Drops, all kindsscent,
tMj
iym '
,, . '
" fa
l.ove Drops,
Mint Drops, red scd bite,
Jelly Cukes,
Fruit Drops,
Rose,
" Vanilla,
Common Secret,
Liquorice,
Pananas,
Date.
Currants, dried,
Stick Candies, of all scant.
Rock Candy,
, Almond Candy.
FRUIT.
Prunes,
Raisens, Nuts of all kinds.
LE.MO.V 6YRUP
of a superior quality, by the single or doien. A
ruerior quality of Tobacco and egars. and a variety
of Confectioneries, Fruit, Toys, Ac, all of which is
offered cheap at wholesale and retail.
If Remember the name and place ..
M. C. O EAR n ART,
Market street, 3 doors west of E. Y. llright A lion's
store.
Hunbury, April It, 1SCI. ly
riTHE subscribers having taken possession of this
X first claw riJH IU.XG Mfl.l.,m prepared
to receivo grain of nil kinds, and to do enstom work
at the shortest notice. Customers will have their
grists ground immediately upon their being left at
the Mill. As it is the intention of the firm to stock
,K Mill n I,,,., .iiin.lv ..r .u:n ;n .......,t..
kept on hand, and lioiir by the quantity can always
be obtained.
out a superior quality of flour, for which the mill
jut- pirDii-iiL-iifc ft in we inure w mrn
admirably adapted. Strict attention will be paid to
the wants of customers, and the patronage of the
public generally is respectfully requested,
hunbury, dune IB, 1800. MOKUAX A CO.
Lumber! Lumber!
rilll.IP M1AY, Miinev. Lycoming county. Pa.,
INFORMS his friends aud the public in general, I
Ijilh, Joists, and all kinds of Lumber and building
B 'iim " ' i. . uphiiiii . n,--iwu iimiti nuorus, nniiiMT, 1
Uth, JoUts, and all kinds of Lumber and building !
materials, wnicn uc mil ecu at tne lowest prices.
March 30, 1801.
Mar! Mar! IViirt
COME FROM THE NORTH,
COME FROM THE SOUTH,
COME FROM THE EAST.
COME FROM THE WEST
Save the eountry and build yourselves homes, for
now is the time to get your Lumber cheap. Yes,
LUMBER ! LUMBER ! LUMBER ! !
can be purchased at low rule at the STEAM SAW
MILL of
IRA T. CLEME2HT, SUSBURY, PA.,
Such as Panel Lumber, Frame Lumber, Hoards, Si
ding, Shingles from t3 to fS per thousand, Plastering
Lath. Paling, Roofing Lath, Ac, Ac.
All bills ordered, for any kind of Lumber, will be
furuihed at the shortest notice.
IRA T. CLEMENT.
Punbury, March 9, 1S01.
SPAI.DINO'S Prepared tilue and Shelley's Mu
cilage, price per bottle and brush, 2J cent.
(.urinal MHir or Ualisaya Murk and Keniine, for
removing grease, for sala at the office of the Suubury
American.
PHILADELPHIA & READING EE. CO.
PASSENUER TRAIN'S FOB I'OTTSVILLK, Rl'.AD
l.NGAND UAKRtSbT'RG.
MonNlNC. LINK DAILY .(Sundays Kseepte.1 )
CALLOWIIILLSTHKKTS, PHILAIKI.AIIIA (Pass
enser entrances on Thirteenth and on Csllnw.nll streets.)
at POO. A M., connecting at llarruliurg with the Pennsyl
vania Railroad 4.1a P.M. (ruin running to Pittstiurs :
the Cumberland Valley 1,50 P. M., tiain luniung to Chain
UTih; Carlisle, 4c, aud the Northern Cwnlrul Rjilromd
I,tt0 P. M., tiain running to Siuiburv, &c.
AFTKHNtXlN LINKS
lnvrNtw lrp"t, COHNI'K OF llltOAD AKD CAL
LOWAII.L STUKKTS, PHILAPELP1IIA. (I'aitenger
entrances on Thirteenth and Cnlluwhill streets.)
For POTTSVILLK snd II ARfdrtllUItU, .13,15 l; M.,
DAILY.ennneeting at Haiinl)nt(j wilh the Northern Cen
tral Kuilioad fur Sanhuiy, Willutmspnil, KliauaAc.
K.i press train from New York via baton, nukraelnae
connection with Reading Mail ami Accommodation trams,
eoniiectuir at llarriahnrg with the I'eniisylvanis Central
3.15 A. M, train running West.
For ItEAUi.NU, only at 4 30 A. M , (Sudajs el
j'im
nrsTAxeis vt riiiMDSLrtiu M) aiADiKa Siil.aovu.
Fn 111 rtllladrlnhiM.
Miles.
To Phojmivillc.
SIC)
&N I Philadelphts and Reading
M f and Lebanon Valley K. R.
114)
Reading,
Lebaniwi,
Hariisburg,
llauphui,
Miltershurg,
Trevorlou junction,
riunhury,
Northuinhertaud,
Iicwitburg,
Milton,
Muney,
Willianuport,
Jeisey Phnre,
1K-k Haven,
Ralston,
Troy,
Eliuiia.
lit
I VI
I C9
ITI
197
9
IMS
16
SJI
241
Noithein Central
Railroad.
Suuhury and Lns R. R
Willianuii t and Flmira
Railroad.
The 8. A M andl iiP M. trains CONNKCT DAILY
AT PORT CIJNTON, (Ssndas excepted,) with the
CATTAWItWA, WILIJAMriPOHT, ANI KHIK
RAILROAD, making nhxe conneetHins with burs to
NIAGARA PALI, CANADA, the WUJT, AND
bOCTHWEST.
DEPOT IN PIIILADKLPHU.
Corner of BROAD AND CAI.LOWIIII
I. Ptreels,
W. II. MulLIIF.N.NEY, Secretary.
February K, 1MH.
Iniponant lo tMt er of Uol Trs.
BRIGHT A PON invite attention to their Block of
Prime Green and Black Tea.
Hunbury, June li, 1861.
UPTON 6. NEWCOMER, Proprietor.
fl'irirt HOTEL is central, convenient by Passenger
Cars to all part of tbe city, and in every par
ticular adapted lo the comfort and want of the
businees public.
fff' Terms, 1 50 per dsy.
September Ifl, 186.ly
NATEONA COAL OIL!
Warranted Josa-Kxnlos)ia e.
aud sqaal to any KF.ROMENF.
way miy espmajvo uu, when a lew eeuta anoie per
gailoo will furnish you with a perfect Oil !
Made only by
PA. SALT .MANUFACTURING COMPANV,
'No. 1ST Wains ttuect. Philadelphia.
Fsbrusry 15, IW.- ly
8AP0NIFIEE I SAP0NIFIEE 1 1
THE FAMILY BOAP MAKLR
A II Kitchea Crease east b mad into good Soap, usii.f
Mponibas I
Directions Aeeompanyisf Eark Bog I
kua r la aa easily aud with it, aa snaklnc a cap of oof-
fee.
nianulaelureu only tiy Uie Patentnes.
FA. bALT MANUFACTURING t'OMPANV.
No. 1ST WaluutBUMt, Philadelphia.
rebraary IS, IbW ly " '
t iBAjrralued 'arcui,
H C ANtT ACTURED and for sals bv M. Peir.es A
1? J. Co.; Leibrsndt ana McDowell's Building, Korth
t.K corner cecoaa ana nace sueet, I tuladelpoi
OOfJDd GUARANTEED.
October 27, 1600.
11 U HO) i'HUd.
fplll' subecribrr eflrrs his tertieei to thscitieas
1 of eunbury and vicinity, iu Tuning 1'iaae
Orders left at tb I'ealral Hotel, will be allendr to
fcuubury, Jan la, so. -u 0 KIMBALL
SELECT POETRY.
Tbi following stansu were written by Drigadicr
O.neral Lander, (the noble patriot who hi now no
more,) on hearing that the Confederate troops had
aid that "Fewer of (he MaasashneetM officer would
have been killed at Ball's Bluff, if they had not been
too proud to turre nder. "
OltHS."
Ay, deem us proud ! for we are moro
Than proud of all our mighty dead ;
proud of the bleak and rock-bound shore
, A crowned oppressor cannot tread.
Proud of each rock and wood and glen,
Of every river, lake, and plain ;
Troud of the calm and earnest men
Who claim the right and wHl to reign.
Proud of the men who gave us birth,
Who battled with the stormy wave,
To sweep the red man from tho earth.
And build their homes upon his grave.
Proud of the holy summer thorn,
They traced in" blood upon it sod ;
The rights of freemen yet unliom.
Proud of their longuago uud thoir (lod.
Proud, that beneath our proudest dome,
And round the cottage-cradled hearth,
There is a welcome ami a homo
lor every stricken raco on earth.
Proud that yon slowly sinking sun
Saw drowning lips grow whito iu prayer,
O'er sueh brief act of duty done
As honor gathers from despair.
Priilt 'lis our watchword, "Clear the lioats !'
"Holmes, Putnam, llurthtt. Pierson here !"
And while thiscrary wherry float,
"Let t save our wounded '." eric Revere
Old State some souls are rudclv sped
This record for thy Twentieth corps,
Imprisoned, wounded, dying, dead,
It only asks, "Ho Spuria more ?"
MISCELLANEOUS.
BANQUET TO OENEHAL CAMERON.
We pulilinh the following extracts front n
apcrch by flnnrral Cameron, at a Buinjtict
given to liim ly liisi neighbors, and fellow-
-'i I i.fll l't know llilli, previous to Ills
depart tiro for St. Petersburg as Minister to
Russia, ami regret we cannot give room for
the vtliolr. tli tieral Cameron docs not deny
that he may have made some mistakes, but
he nhows that lm slanderers ore cither dis-
appointed contractors or Breckinridge sym-
pathier with lllC rebels.
f a 1. , . .r . ,
, 1 ook n ?!lt ,ast 'ear 111 Mr. Lincoln 8
viioitiei against my own juujjrment, witnottt
eomviltiiig my tasle l'or tho losition, nud, I
niuy wiy, urninst uty own dctvrinimiion. 1
resigned tliitt post when I thought my mis
fcion woa ruded iu organizinjr, equipping,
nnd topi'lx in, under the most adverse, cir
cuuisliiiiees, a larger nrniy thttn had ever
been raised ut any period of human history.
When I did accept the. place it was with the
perfect understanding between Mr. Lincoln
and myself that whenever I thought proper
to retiiiiu I should be priviliged to do eo ;
nnd when a vacancy occurred iu the appoint
ment to Itu-isin, hu'ollcred me the post, mid
I was glad to accept it, Why, gentlemen, 1
toiled in that Department as no man ever
toiled before; 1 have told you that in my
younger years I worked for twenty hour's
out of the twenty-four for successive months ;
but that labor waa nothing in comparison
w ith the overpowering toil which 1 under
went at Washington. To say nothing of
the extraordinary necessities of the Depart
ment, arising from an unforseeu and threat
ening nationul emergency. The doors of my
private dwellim; were licsiem d from davliL'ht
to the latest hours of the night ; the depart
ment w as surrounded on all hands, and at
all hours. Certain members of Congress,
who figure in the vote of censure, were ever
besieging my doors, and often patiently
j waiting l'or hours to catch a part of the
drippings irom '.lie t ar Department. Mean
while I managed the delicate and trying
affairs of my situation as wisely as I knew
how. Of course 1 committed Home errors ;
but I did not commit tho wrong with w hich
I am charged in the resolution of Congress.
I bolemnly assert that neither in motive nor
deed can I lie justly chargeable with the
commission of any wrong in the administra
tion of those allairs, and I am proud to say
here iu reviewing my otlicial conduct, I see
no act which I would not repent under the
same circumstances.
Now, gentlemen, in regard to the Con
gressional committee of investigation of
w hich the country has heard so much, 1 have
reason to believe that the original iutention
of its appointment was to control the War
Department and place money in the pockets
of its members.
The investigating committee of Congress
have said that the muskets made at the
Springfield armory cost only $13 apiece.
That assertion like many others that have
been made in connection with supplies l'or
Ihc army, is not the fact.
When we expected lame arrivals of sol
diers from Pennsylvania and other Slates,
and there was nothing to feed them w ith,
the Acting Commissary General came to me
and said, "I enn now buy two thousand
beeves if I pay two or three cents a pound
more than they should be w orth.
ell, I replied," "pay it." (applause)
"pay a dollar jmt pouud soonerthau asoldier
should eulTer, but 1 guarded that your con
tract ceases w ben a supply can bu had at tho
customary price" which was done. He
made a contract for two thousand beeves,
ana tne wnoie worm rune with the an
nouncement that the Secretary of War had
cheated the government in order to enrich
some favorite, aud yet the contract was
made with my personal enemies. So, again,
I was censured at tho battle of Hull's Hun
for not having sullicieut cavalry in tho field.
Yet I could not speak in ray own defence,
for the safety ot the government compelled
mc to secrecy, plenty of horsemen offered
tneir aurvtce ; but I had no pistols, swords
nor carbines to give them ; and I did not
want, tuo world to know that such was our
condition. My function was to raise an
army of the lurgest kind in the shortest pos
sible time, and to supply them wilh w hat
ever needful material I could first lay hands
upon. But then the cry was "ho has got
too many." Of course, then again 1 was
cheating the goetrniiunt, by giving my friends
all the horse contracts. ILaughter.J Well,
Mr. Mayor, the horses have la-en in service
and the country has been saved. Those w ho
then cried "no more horses," to-day cau see
advertisements for the purchase of an increas
ed number ; and to-day 1 saw also an adver
tisement asking for proposals to furnish
more muskets.
Had the material resources of the govern
ment been, in any manner, commensurate
with the emergeucy, the war would have
been terminated 'ere this. So fur as concerns
myself, 1 would rather have had a million
of guns too many rather than that a single
mwiMT iu any oi our batiits tnoulU nave
been sacrificed lor the want v( a weapon. I
suppose that hod I been Oio willing tool of
every man who wanted to rub tho govern
ment, and if in placs of attending to my
duties, I had been content to receive men at
my houf and treat them to the hospitalities of
my social and politic! ponit'n, or allowed
them to control me in the disrbargo of my
duties, those men who now attempt to slan
der mo would now be most profuse In coru-
Iiliment and profession. Moro than this,
lad I remained in the War Department
until this vote enme off, I (should doubtless
have received tho compliment paid to my
late nnd esteemed colleague, Mr. Welles.
Laughter. lie was charged with having
improperly employed a man to purchase
ships ; yet tho House of Hcprcsentatives
voted down a resolution to censure him by
about the game vote that they censured me
for having secured tho services of an em
ployee. Mr. Welles obtained the assistance
referred to long after the excitement nnd
confusion attending the commencement of
the rebellion had ceased. I did so it a time
when the country was almost totally bereft
of a government, and w hen wo did not know
whom to trust.
Now, gentlemen, I could narrate to you in
this way many incidents of ollicinl connec
tion with the War Department. Were it
necessary I would give you some particulars
connected with the history of this man
Dawes, who nppeurs to bo most active in
the persecution against me. I understand
he is n little prosecuting attorney, living
some where in Massachusetts. I am well
aware of the real cause of his enmity, and I
will briefly state it. Some people o'f Massa
chusetts, especially about the good city of
Boston, own nearly all the stock in the Wil
mington and Baltimore railroad. Notwith
standing that road has accumulated more
money on account of this war, by the trans
portation of troops nmj war material for the
government, than it ever did before in
double the length of time; (which fact was
chietly owing to the confident I entertained
in its President,) yet the management of the
rood were displeased because a certain por
tion of the troops were ordered to Washing
ton via Harrisburg and Baltimore. When
the bridges on the Wilmington and Balti
more road were bunted, it became absolutely
necessary to construct n new line of travel
to Washington. By my direction, the Pre
sident of the Pennsylvania railroad, Mr.
Thompson, in connection with the Wilming
ton road, made arrangements to run a Hue
of boats from Perryville to Annapolis, and
succeeded in getting the project into suc
cessful operation. This new route was used
until the Baltimore and Ohio rood w as taken
possession of by me for the government, and
until the bridges of the Wilmington road
were rebuilt. In the meantime, n it arrange
ment was made by the Harrisburg, Beading
and New Jersey roads, to reduce the fare
from six to four dollars from New York to
Baltimore, per soldier. But my action iu
this matter took money out of the purses of
gentlemen in Boston, and Mr. Dawes, who
appeared to represent the interests affected,
became my enemy. This is the only reason
for hut opposition of which am aware. I
do not know him further than that he was
frequently hanging about the War Depart
ment in common with other applicants for
special favors. Having my whole lime oc
cupied in preparing an army out of raw and
undisciplined soldiers, of course I may have
run counter to the desires of such gentle
men, ond consequently, they now return the
disfavor. ,
This theme is by no means a pleasant one
for me ; but after tho recent wrong which
has lieen done me I felt that when talking
to my old friends and neighbors 1 would do
myself the simple justice to speak plainly.
It would lie needless for mc lo attempt to
convince you of my honesty of purpose and
intention in every ollicial act ot my life. I
am known to vou personally, and i feel wil
ling to abide iy, aud will fully appreciate
your decision .upon my character as your
fellow citizen. Great applause.
I leave you with groat reluctance. It has
been the dream of my life to go abroad in
some position that would enable me to catch
a proper glimpse of the beauty and grandeur
ol the old world ; and as the time draws
near when I shall bid you a parting adieu,
I approach it with pain caused by the sepa
ration from old ond dear friends.
Perhaps I have said enough it may bo
too much. I desire to state to you, how
ever, that my relations with the President
have always been those of the highest respect
for that distinguished gentleman. 1 enter
tain as great a respect for him as for any one
with whom I have ever been associated.
He is an honest, high-minded gentleman, ns
well as a faithful public officer. (Applause.)
This rebellion will be ended altera while,
and with it w o w ill end the cause of this
and all future internal strife, as I hope.
(Great applause.) I have never been on
abolitionist. 1 am not one now. But if I
had tho power, I would call into the field
every man able to shoulder a musket, whe
ther he be white or black, that this w ar may
be brought to a speedy and certain close.
And 1 believe we will come to that. I do
not believe that, after a while, when the hot
Southern climate is killing our soldiers w ho
are fighting for the government, our people
will be content to see their sous and brothers
die, when men acclimated to the South are
able to defend tho country, and of their own
strength and will, to drive all the rebels out
of the land. Applause. There cannot be
a doubt about how this slavery question is
to be Kcttlcd in t lie end. But, so lar os 1
am concerned, I am willing to leave its
disposal to the Great Hnler above. I would
not punish the deluded rank aud file after
they have laid down their arms; I would
not harm one hair ou the head of a single
individual who was enticed or seduced upon
misrepresentation to join the rebel army ;
but had 1 the leaders, I would do with them
as I said I would do with the Mayor of
Baltimore when ho asked the President to
send back the national troops from Cockevs
ville, and not allow them to pass through
Baltimore'. I said "let mo alone, and 1 will
hang him and bis whole xue upon the trees
around the War Department." Had I been
allowed to do so, our troops would never
have been impeded in their march through
that city, aud by such a course the rcbclliou
would now have been crashed. Such are
my opinions on that question, which, per
hull, I sometimes express unwisely for my
own good ; and this is) another reason for
the passago of the resolution to which I
alluded, tvery border State Bepretsentative
who thinks bis brother or son or kuuircd in
the rebel ranks does not deserve hanging
tor bis treason, voted in favor ol that reso
lution.
A Snake's tongue is not half so bad as a
cross woman's, for, sulthough it runs out
prodigiously, there no clatter to it
Tub reward of villiaas is various ; home
of Ihcm are hntig, others cropped and brand
cd other tlulid to otllcc.
THE
Tho general synod of the Evangelical
Lutheran Church of tho United Stabrs has
recently been in session at LaficaAcr. This
body, composed ' 6f some of 'tliei ablest
scholars and divines in tho country, took a
deep interest in the present unhappy con
dition of onr nationul affairs. The follow
ing preamble and resolutions were passed
by the Synod :
Whkreas, Our beloved country, after
having long been favored w ith a degree of
political and religious freedom, security nnd
prosperity, unexampled in tho history of
the world, now finds itself involved in a
bloody war to suppress an armed rebellion
against its law fully constituted government ;
and
Wfurnm, The word of God, which is the
sole rule of our faith and practice, requires
loyal subjection to "the powers that be,"
because they are "ordained of God," to be
"terror to evil-doers and a praise to those
who do well," nnd, nt the" same time, de
clares that they who "resist the power"
shall receive to themselves condemnation ;
and
HViwvm, Wo, lite representatives of tho
Evangelical Lutheran Synod of the United
Mates, connected with the several Synods,
assembled in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, re
cognize it as our duty to give public expres
sion to our conviction of truth on this
subject, and in every proper way to co
opernte with our fellow citizens in sustaining
the great interests of law and authority, of
liberty and righteousness ; He it therefore
Jhtulrt'l, That it is the deliberate judg
ment of this Synod that the rebellion
against tho constitutional government of
this land is most wicked in its inception,
unjustifiable in its cause, unnatural in its
character, inhuman iu iL prosecution, op
pressive in its aims, and destructive in its
results to tho highest interests of morality
and religion.
ISrvdotd, That, in the suppression of this
rebellion, and in the maintenance of the
Constitution nnd Union by the sword, we
recognize an unavoidable necessity and a
sacred duty w hich the government owes to
the nation and the world; nnd that, there
fore, we Call upon our people to lift up holy
hands in prayer to the God of battles, with
out personal wrath against the evil doers on
the one hand, and without doubting the
righteousness of our cause on the other, that
lie w ould give wisdom to the President and
his counsellors, and success to the army and
navy, that our beloved land may speedily
be delivered from treason nnd anarchy.
frmleid, That, whilst we regard this
unhappy war as a righteous judgment of
God, visited upon us, because of the indi
vidual nnd national sins of which we have
been guilty, we nevertheless regard tliis
rebellion ns more immediately the natural
result of tho continuance nnd spread of
domestic slavery in our land, and therefore5!
hail with immingled joy the proposition of,
our chief magistrate, which has received i
the snuction of Congress, to extend aid from j
the general government to any .State in J
which slavery exists, which shall deem lit to
initiate a system of constitutional cmanci-j
pntion.
7i' ', That we deeply sympathize with '
all loyal citizens and christian patriots in ,
the rebellious portions of our country, anil i
we cordially invito their co-operation in
offering united supplications at u Throne of ;
Grace, that God would restore peace to our j
distracted country, re-establish fraternal re
lations between all the States, uud make our ,
land, in all time to come, the asylum of the j
oppressed, and the permanent abode of ,
liberty uud relfgion.
lltlulred, That our devout thanks arc due .
to Almighty God for the success which hus
crowned our arms; and whilst we praise ,'
und magnify His name for the help and .
succor Ho has graciously afforded to our
land and naval forces, iu enabling them to j
overcome our enemies, we regard these i
tokens of His Divine favor as cheering indi- I
cations of the final triumph of our cause. j
During a discussion, several amendments
were offered to the Hiird resolution, one by
Dr. Hay, to the effect that ire ijue tliankt for '
t!w piVKjieet of Ihc rtmotnl ut' the et'd of human !
slavery from the land, but the resolutions
were passed as reported from the committee, j
The action of tho Synod ou this question )
will command the respect and approbation
of the country, and every true christian and
patriot.
Important from Memphis.
The Memphis correspondent of the Charles
ton Courier, writing under the date of the
27th of April, gives the following account of
the Union sentiment in that place ;
Tim ncriiiviliiin of New Orleans, of course.
. . . . . . . . j - - . ,
opcus the mouth of the Mississippi, and fede
ral gunboats have already started up I ho
river in chase of one of our escaping stea
mers. They are looked for iu the vicinity of
Memphis w ithin four days a contingency
which your correspondent w ill sagaciously
ur,. ii,iii. liv "neL'trintr out." A maioritv
of the residents of the cily will remain and
take their chances under tederal dominion.
Those most closely indentitied with tho
Southern cause have already gone, and by
the eud of this week that sterling paper, the
Memphis Appeal, witii ns nive oi workers,
u ill i,,iv. followed in the wttke. The Ava
lanche still continues its publication in
Memphis. CoutcUcraiu money is reiuseu
here in downs of places, and for small
articles it is imposnihlc to muke use of this
class of funds. Tennessee money is at a pre
mium of from fifteen to twenty per cent.
At NasliMlle It is selling ai me same rate.
Sal. all I at fT tin, mereliants have closed their
stores rather than sell their goods for Con
federate money, wlilcn tney cannoi use; ami
whenever it is accepted, the surplus of each
is being invested in real estate, Jewelry,
plate aud diamonds. Sugar has risen two
cents and u half. Those who remain iu
Memphis are tlu financial graybeards whose
nrnni.rtv nn.l iwellllilirv interests 01 at Stake
and they have lieen first on the thick list at
the approach ol cumger 10 tuuum tne niarm,
produce panic, and discredit tho suceesa of
the confederacy.
A large portiam of the so-called "Home
Guard" are among thoso who will Under
their respect to tho federal boldiery. The
ladies, as ever, arc true aa steel, together
with liuudrcds ol Prave men w no cannot
leave; but, besides these, the fighting popu
lation being largely represented in the field
few can be singled out with whom the al
mighty dollar is not vastly more conse
quence than the interest of tho con
federacy. ......
All the bpec'ie of the Memphis l ank is in
out of tht f'auch latki ot New Oikuus.
THE LUTHERAN SYNOD AND
BEBELLION.
Irving' Love.
Much mystery hns attached to the celiba
cy of Washington Irving. While upon every
other point or peculiarity of the Jjrent wri
ter's character and career his familiar friends
have taken pains to inform tho wido circle
of his admirers, an aggravating reticence has
always met the questioning of those who
were etirioua as to why matrimony made no
part of his experience. . ,
There were occasional amrt very vague re
ferences made to a "lung syne" love so
dimly distant In the past as to have the air
of tradition and the manner of mentioning
which made Irving appear the model of con
stancy, if not the hero of a romance. But
the circumstance of his bachelorhood re
mained a simple, patent, unexplained fnct ;
tho theme of ninny wondering, the warp
and woof of much imagining ny more, the
substructure of a thousand sweet sympathies
outgushing from other hearts whose loves
had not been lost but gone before.
It is doubtful if a secret of the sort all
things considered was ever before so care
fully and completely kept. For once the
impertinent were held at bay, the prying
were baulked, and tho sympathetic, even,
discouraged. The time for its disclosure
had not come, and surely when intimates
and relatives were debarred from the remo
test reference to the subject in the hallowed
home circle of the literary bachelor, it was
but proper that the truth should burst forth
upon the world, if at all, iu Irving's own
selected time and iu his owu pathetic lan
guage. It wns while engaged in writing his
"History of New York," that Irving, then a
young man of tweuty-six, was called to
mourn the somewhat sudden death of Ma
tilda Hoffman, whom he had hoped to call
his wife. This young lady was the second
daughter of Josiah Ogdeu Hoffman, and the
sister of those two talented men, Charles
Pernio Hoffman, the poet, and Ogdcn Hoff
man, the eminent jurist.
In her father's office Washington Irving
had essayed to study law, and with every
prospect, if industrious and studious, of a
partnership with Mr. Huffman, as well as a
matrimonial alliance with Matilda. These
high hopes were disappointed by the decease
of the young lady on the Stith of April, 1801),
in the eighteenth year of her age.
There is a pothos about Irving's recital of:
the circumstances of her death, and of his
own feelings, that is truly painful and tear
impclling. Hesnys:
"She was taken ill with a cold. Nothing
was thought of it at first, but she grew
rapidly worse, and fell into a consumption.
I cannot tell you what I suffered.
I saw her fade rapidly away; beautiful nnd
more beautiful and more angelical to the
very last. I was often by her bedside ; and
in her wandering state of mind she would
talk tome with a sweet, natural and affect
ing eloquence that was overpowering. I
saw more of the beauty of her mind in that
delirious state than I had ever known before.
Her malady was rapid in its career, and
hurried her off in two months. Her dying
struggles were painful and protracted. For
three days and nights I did not leave the
house, and scarcely slept. I was by her
w hen she died ; all the family were assem
bled round her, some praying, others weep
ing; for she was adored by them all. I was
the last one she looked upon. I
cannot tell you what a horrid state of mind
I was in for a long time. I seemed to care
for nothing; tho world was a blank to me.
I abandoned all thoughts of the law. I
went iuto the country, but could not bear
solitude, yet could not enjoy society. There
w as a dismal horror continually in my mind,
that made me fear to lie alone. I had often
to get up in the night and seek the bedroom
of my brother, as if the having a human
being by me would relieve me from the
frightful gloom of my own thoughts.
Months elapsed before my mind would re
sumo any tone but the tlespoudeiicy I had
suffered for a long time in the course of this
attachment, und the unguinh that attended
its catastrophe, seemed to give a tone to my
my whole character, uud throw some clouds
into my disposition, which have ever since
hung about it. I seemed to drift
about without aim or object, at the meicy
of every brecz.e ; my heart wanted anchor
age. I was naturally susceptible, ami tried
to form other attachments, but my heart
would not hold on ; it would continually
recur to what it luid lost ; and whenever
there was a pause in the hurry of novelty
and excitement., I would sink into dismal
dejection. For years I could not talk on
the subject of this hojmless regret ; I could
not even mi ut ion her name ; but her image
was continually before me, and Idrcumptof
her incessantly."
Such was the language in which Irving
poured forth his sorrows and sail memories
in a letter written many years ago to a lady
who wondered nt his celibacy, and expressed
the wish to know why he had never married.
Can words more graphically describe the
shipwreck of hope, or more tenderly depict
the chivalric devotion of a faithful lover ?
How sweetly, too, does Irving portray with
his artist pen the lineaments of his loved
one ! He sajs, in the same letter, "The more
I saw of her, the more I had reason to ad
mire her. Her mind seemed to unfold itself
leaf by leaf, and every time to discover new
sweetness. Nobody knew her so well as I,
for ahc waa generally timid and silent ; but
1, in a manner, studied her excellence.
Never did 1 meet with more intuitive recti
tude of mind, more native delicacy, more
exquisite propriety in word, thought aud
actiou, than in this voting creature. I am
not exaggerating ; w Hat 1 say wits acknowl
edged by all thut knew her. Her brilliant
little sister used to say that people began by
admiring her, but ended by loving Matilda.
For my part I idolized her. I felt at times
rebuked by her superior delicacy and purity,
and as if 1 was a coarse, unworthy being in
comparison."
Irving seldom or ucve r mentioned this sad
event, nor wus the iiaino ot .Matilda ever
spoken in his presence. Thirty years after
uer dcatu Irving was visiting ir. nomnan,
aud a grand daughter, in drawing out some
sheeU of music to be performed upon the
piauo, accidentally brought with them a
piece of embroidery, which dropped upon
the floor. "Washington." wild Mr. Hoffman,
"this is a piece of jioor Matilda's worknian
Bhip." His biographer describes the effect as
electric. "Ho had been conversing iu the
sprightliest mood before," says 1'ierre M.
Irving, "and he sunk nt-oiice into nXtcr
silence, and in a lew momenta got up and
left the house." Do any of the page that
record the "loves of the xcts" glisten w ith
a purer, brighter halo than is throw u around
the name and character and inunory of
Matilda Hoffman by the life long constancy
and the graceful tribute of oue, whoe
name, defined to a dcalhlcss renown, may
not henceforth be dissevered from that l
the early lo.t aud dearly loved, who. dialh
made Washington Irving what he was), and
what the world admires t
TriK BotTit Carolina Tnoors. It has
been remarked during this war tho very
State that caused the outbreak, and whose
demagogues blustered and bragged the most
lustily as to what they were going to do to the
"Yankees," arc seldom heard of in any- of
the bloody battles which have taken place.
They have generally taken good care of
themselves, whilst the Texan, thcMississip
pinna, the Loulsiiinians, tho Georgians, Al
nbamians, and even poor little "Florida's
representatives, arc found in almost every
battle, and the Virginians nnd North Car
olinians have been mainly left to bear .the
brunt of the battles in their own States. It
was stated in intercepted private letters, from
rebels' who w ere in the Bull Bun battle, that
the South Carolinians were charged with
showing the white feather more than any
others engaged in that affair. Mr. Iteymond",
on his visit to Williamsburg allude to this
fact, in his notes on the sufferings of the re
bel wonndnd. He says:
Nearly all the wounded with whom Icon
versed in hospital seemed to regret their con
nection with the war, and many did not
hesitate to say they could have borue their
wounds liettcr if received in a better cause.
Several from Mississippi Baid they had beon
served right for coining so fur to fight
their own brethern ; and others, from Mary
land and Western Virginia, expressed the
greatest possible contempt and indignation
toward tho South Carolina troops, whose
habit it wns, they said, to do all the brag
ging and shirk all the fighting. In not a
single instance, they said, had a South Car
olina regiment ever borne the brunt of a
buttle; they always took good caro to get
some other regiment in advance of them.
These men said they were tired of fighting
the buttles of such o Slate. The war had
ruined Virginia, aud they had quite enough
of it.
Japanese Waitkum. A waiting maid
kneels nt the side or behind the guest to
pour out his tea or sakee, removes the shell
from the egg with skilful handling of the
chopsticks, separates the fish from the bones,
and prepares it for your plate; nay, even
will teed you, if you find it impossible to
pick up your food with two straight sticks,
laughing the while in a pleasant way at
your clumsiness. The repast finished, tooth
picks come in on a salver toothpicks of
scented sassafras or laurel wood and with
them a little brasier of coals, for lighting
pipes or cigars. The obliging damsel then
brought in wooden head-rests or pillows,
and placing them where the cool breeze
swept through the room, invited us to our
siesta. The Bostonian could not resist the
temptation of being fanned to sleep by the
watchful bare-armed Hebe who wooed tho
zephyrs to him, and was soon wrapped in
forgetful n ess, while I took my seat in the
low window that looked out into the har
bor of mats, the traveled highway, and
across the street into a neighbor's house,
where a young lady was having her hair
done up for tho afternoon toihtte. Litter
jrom Jit jinn.
Ouii Iuon-Clad Navv. The United
States have the following iron-clad vessels
already built, contracted for, and propo
sed :
The Monitor, 1
The Galena, built at Mystic, 1
The New Ironsides at Philadelphia, 1
The Idirondai k, 1
The Stevens Battery. 1
The A. E. Stevens, built by Steveus, 1
Iron clad gunboats ordered by Congresa, 20
Frigates recommended by Seuate com
mittee, 20
The iron ram do. 1
Gunboats ordered by Massachusetts, "
Total, 49
The State of New York w ill probably add
oue or two more, thus making a naval force
of 50 iron-clad gunboats greatly exceeding
the combined iron-clad vessels of all Europe,
and able to whip the navies of the world.
McClki.i.an'm Adpkkss to his soldiers
who were in tho Williamsburg fight, was
soul stirring to the brave fellows engaged.
While qflartercd at Williamsburg, General
M'Clcllan rode out on Wednesday, w hile the
troops were on dress parade. He rode along
the line of Hooker's division until he reach
ed the brigade in which the Fifth Wisconsin
regiment was drawn up, and near where I
was stansliug. Then raising his cap, he
pronounced iu clear and sonorous tones the
following words :
"My lads, I have come to thank you for
your gallant conduct the other day. By
your bravery and steady discipline you have
saved the day. You have gained honor for
the army, for yourselves, and for the States
which are proud to own you as their sons.
You shall have Williamsburg emblazoned
on your banners. You have stood by mo
faithfully. Continue to do so and your
grateful country w ill never forget you."
This stirring little speeeh called forth the
utmost enthusiasm. The whole army idoli
zes MeClellan, and to be thus complimented
by him was felt to be an honor indeed.
ThkGravi: oi- Aukaiiam. A correspond
ent, who met the Prince of Wales while
travelling in the East, says: "The Trinco
was at Hebron while we were there. He
nnd his suite obtained permission to visit
the Cave of Muehpelah, Abraham's burial
place. They arc tho first Christians who
have been allowed to enter it since the
crusaders, nearly 700 years ago. Dr. Stanley
says everything is kept in the most lieautiful
order, and nothing could be more satisfactory
than the state in which the tombs are pre
served. Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph.
Sarah. Rebecca, and Leah are buried there.
A Femai.k. On Friday last a Federal
soldier wus arrested in Detroit for Intoxica
tion, who, it was afterwards ascertained,
was a woman ! She is a native of Scotland
but for many years lived with her family at
London, C. W where they now reside.
About five years ago she left home aud went
to Kentucky, where, on the breaking out of
l he war site became enamored with the
military display, and eulisled in a Kcutueky
regiment. She served in the army three
mouths ; she wns present and took part In
tho battle of Somerset, and aw General
ZolUcoffcr fall.
Wk Ake a GitKAT Nation-. If an evi
denee was wauling to couvimc the Sf
thnt ihu Yankee are a great nation, Tho
following will settle the question, A letter
from Ship Island says, that "a Vermont pri
vate w hile on guard one night waa suddenly
taken ill, after being ia the hospital a short
time A gave birth to a child." When las
heard fr m the auMiu and joung recruit
were doinjj well.