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Forever float that standard sheet I
Where breathes the foe but lads before us:
With Freedom's soil beneath our feet,
And Freedom's banner streaming o'er us
OUR PLATFORM
THE UNION-TTYR CONSTITUTION-AND
THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAW.
HARRISBURG. PA_
Wednesday Afternoon, May 22, 1961.
THE War Department has decided that New
York is to have but one Major General, and
he must be appointed by the President.
Tint government has extended till Saturday
the time for the reception of propos.de for the
nine million loan.
TBB 11. S. Marshals in Philadelphia, New
York and other northern cities, on Monday,
took possession of all the telegraph messages
sent from the offices in those cities since the
18th of January. This was done by order of
the 11. S. Government, to seek traitors and
treason.
TRH Philadelphia stock market was better
again yesterday, and the holders of good secu
rities generally realized a further advance.
The fancies, however, were but lightly dealt in,
and dull. Breadstuffs maintained previous
quoted rates, with a moderate business only to
note in the way of sales. No change in cotton,
groceries and provisions, and the sales limited.
Iron was also dull, and for coal the demffnd
was moderate, and prices the same.
TIM SECRETARY of the Interior, Hon. Caleb
B. Smith, has refused payment to all persons
in the seceded States who claim compensation
for taking the census. He has also determined
to withhold from all persons in the seceded
States the benefit of the pension and patent
laws. Those States have further deprived
themselves of all advantages resulting from the
canal system, the coast survey, the postal sys
tem, etc.
IT IS SAID that Commander Niallry, soon
after the election of Lincoln was ascertained,
wrote to influential persons abroad that the
Government would soon be broken up, and
that the sooner European Governments recog
nized the Southern Confederacy, about to be
ooka:bliohocl, the hakfar better Irrinwn
in Europe, through his contributions to nauti
cal science than most other Americans, there
is an apprehension that his advice will not be
without weight.
HENRY G. LEISENRING, of Philadelphia, has
been appointed a Brigade Inspector in the Penn
sylvania volunteers. This appointment is a
little singular, as Mr. Leismring was among
the Democrats in the HOUR who refused to
vote an appropriation to organize the volun
teers, until he was forced to do so by the voice
of public indignation. Mr. Leiseuring is very
willing to share some of the emoluments grow
ing out of such appropriations, even if he is
totally deficient in military education or prac
tice. We should like to see the commonest
soldier in the ranks follow after Leisenring's
inspection of a brigade. We have a notion
that the service would be henefitted by the re
inspection.
THE SECRETAE.T oY WAn has rescinded the
beef contract with George Id. Lauman, that has
been creating so much sensation among the
speculators of the country. It was alleged that
by this contract, Lauman was to have made a
very large amount of money, but when the
contract came properly before the Secretary of
War, he at once restricted it to the amount
called for by the advertisement for the bid,
which was only two thousand head of cattle.
The contract had been made with the Commis
sary of the War Department without the know
ledge or consent of Gen. Cameron, which ac
counts for its extravagance, and which will ex
plain the conjecture it gave rise to, in regard
to its legality. Those in this city, who have
made the rumor of this contract the subject of
so much unfair and unkind commentation, will
nowhavo the opportunity either to recall their
words, or leave them stand as the record of
their misrepresentation and malevolence.
THE COMMISSARY GENERAL has been embar
rassed ever since he assumed the charge of his
department, both with the immense amount of
provisions he found in store, and accounts in
the contraction of which he had no agency. One
item of pork and coffee is immense, and unless
something is done with the quantity deposited
at Camp Curtin, the state must lose largely, as
the provisions will certainly become unfit for
consumption. We believe that Commissary
General Irwin has already refused to acknowl
edge many of these purchases, made before he
entered on the discharge of his duties, by those
who now desire to shove the responsibility ou
officers who are unwilling to assume it. The
contractors for these articles are clamoring for
their pay, and in the end the state will suffer,
the soldier b.. 3 imposed upon, while there will
be "nobody to blame."
The Commissary General, W. H. Irwin, so
far as his acts are concerned, is above all suspi
cion or blame. He has been untiring in his
efforts to give satisfaction to all with whom he
comes in contact, and is one of the most zealous
friends the soldier has in the. camp. As a busi
ness man, we have no fear that he will fail in
any one particular, nor do we, as we wrote above,
desire to cast any blame on him, while pointing
out the errors and the outrages which have
caused the volunteers to complain, and aroused
the indignation of the public in their behalf.
EQUALITY.
When this contest commenced, and when the
mass of northern men were summoned from
their homes, their business and their tamilies,
it was by an appeal that our common country
was in danger. They were stirred to emotion
only because the Union was threatened, and
not because any particular leader's name was
mentioned. They were aroused to energy and
enthusiasm, not because any chieftain's shield
or arms were presented to invoke them, but
because the stars and stripes had been insulted,
their nationality outraged, and their influence
and power in this government doubted by
those who also questioned the legality of the
government itself. The marshaling of the
people of the north, or of the free states, or
what is more potent, the loyal states, was
not the arming of bands of mercenaries, or
ganized for crusade and conquest, that the
ambition of a single man might be satisfied
and a single state alone benefitted by their
triumphs. The people armed on the impulse
of a danger that was immediately at hand,
and the summons which they obeyed was ad
dressed to them as much by their own patri
otism as it was by any formally inaugurated offi
cial power. Our country was in danger, and
our countrymen rallied to its rescue. This ex
plains and describes the condition of affairs
and the position of men, and any other view
which may be taken of the state of the Union,
for the purpose of flattering leaders or making
heroes of those who have never fought a bat
tle, is bound to fail, because of its utter ridicu
lousness. The struggle by the people of the
loyal states' is one of equality—perfect, entire
and unquestionable equality among those who
fight in the ranks and those who lead in the
van, the chosen commanders of those who fol
low. If the army now being organized was
imbued with any other feeling, or impelled by
any other motive—if this equality did not il
luminate their banners and invigorate their
arms, who would dare to estimate the
danger, and proclaim our country to be
entirely safe ? If the regiments, bat
talions and brigades, that are being muster
ed and disciplined throughout the country,
were to be the mere toys of the Governors of
the different commonwealths, and they them
selves in turn become the blind followers of a
more superior power, who could promise us
that ambition might not be tempted to use
such a force for selfish purposes, which would
enslave instead of redeem the nation. The
history of nations teem with such examples of
perfidy, when too much power is reposed iu
single individuals. The world yet groans be
neath the oppression of such assumptions—and
it is not likely that, with these examples be
fore them, the people of the United States will
permit this great military movement to be
used for any other purpose than that of vindi
cating the power of this government, and re
instating order in all its departments. They
I will not permit any one man to appropriate its
glories for self-adulation—nor can paper heroes
untinged and unscarred by the smoke or the
bullets of battle, strut before them and excite
any other feeling than their ridicule and con
! tempt.
The soldier and the people understand this
crisis. The soldier who is contending with it,
appreciates his duty, and when he performs
that duty, discharging the obligations which he
voluntarily assumed, and maintaining the
trust which was so confidently placed at his
disposal, the American people will award him
the honor and the glory which are his due.—
But they cannot permit themselves to be blind
ed either by neglect of duty, assumption of
power, or the most shameful malfeasance in
office. This is a struggle of sacred right against
desperate wrong. Those who would make it a
war of self-aggrandisement, or a contest to
flatter and satisfy ambition, have mistaken the
feelings which imbue the hearts of the
American people, and are themselves enemies
as little deserving their confidence as those who
have arrayed themselves against the federal
constitution and laws.
IT HI A PMFITL CTISTOM among some men to
deride and denounce the motives of a journal
ist, whenever he attempts to expose wrong or
denounce abuse. With a certain class, the
most of men are regarded as their victims, to
be used, degraded and oppressed at their will,
and when a newspaper has the independence
to expose such conduct, or hold up its authors
to the scorn of the community, the cry is raised
that the editors or publishers are pandering to
the prejudice of the people, flattering their
conceit, and administering to their complaints.
It is no crime with these men to do a wrong.
It is a wrong however to complain of or de.
nounce fraud—because the perpetrator of such
a fraud happens to be, in position, as the ser
vant of the people. Those who imagine that the
TELEGRAPH can be deterred from denouncing
fraud, have made a woeful miscalculation, and
will live to change their figures. Those who
suppose that they can make their position in
the Republican party the excuse for neglect of
duty or assumption of power, have mistaken
the mission of Republicanism, as well 'as mis•
apprehended the independence of its organs.
If the party is placed in danger by the malfea
sance of those whom it raised to power, our
vindication of that party can only be reached
through the denunciation of the delinquents—
aud we can recognize no man as endowed with
authority to intimidate us in the performance
of that duty, whatever may be his antecedents,
his present influence, his personal prestige, or
his official station. There have been great
wrongs committed on the volunteers, and those
in power must know that such is the fact. If
they are ignorant it is the business of the inde
pendent journalist to enlighten them,and those
who charge us with pandering to prejudice
while attempting to defend the soldier, are
perhaps themselves guilty of wrong, and there
fore fear exposure. One fact is very certain,
we have engaged in the defence of the soldier,
we are determined to see him righted, and
neither the loss of patronage, the fear of offi
cial displeasure, or the chance of exciting the
anger of individuals, shall deter us from our
purpose. We ask our readers, as well as those
who seek our intimidation, to remember this
determination.
pennepluania (laity 'ttetegrapt), iptbrtteitap Afttnioon, 22, 1861.
Whenever you hear men who were active
and prominent in the political world, declare
about the time the patronage of a party has
been dispensed, that they are out of politics,
that they regard politicians as corrupt, and
partizan action as degrading, take our word for
the assurance and the fact, that those very
men are the most bitterly disappointed indi
viduals in the community. Take our word for
it, that the contempt which they affect for the
details of politics is not sincere, and that they
are not honest in their declaration that they
are out of politics. They are only out of office
fortunately for the country, and not out of
politics, most unfortunately for every consid
eration of good. The pursuit of politics is hon
orable. Politics is a science, in the study of
which men promote each others happiness, en
large each others usefulness, and increase each
others power for good. Politics elevate races,
and develop territory. In the organization of
a community or the founding of a common
wealth, politics alone harmonize the interests
and the competitions of classes, and fix the
boundaries for the regulation of trade and com
merce. But the politics of the present, into
which men enter and out of which they glide as
easily as they do into andout of their breeches,
are not of that description which we attempt
to describe. The mere political speculator is
the worst creature in the community. The
man who watches organizations and panders to
opinions, however erroneous and nefarious, is
worse than he who utterly disregards all or
ganizations in politics, society or religion. He
is worse, because he needs watching. He is
worse because he deals in the passions not the
principles of men; and when such as these be
come disappointed—when their plans to plun
der the state or nation are frustrated, and they
are not allowed to run their arms up to the
shoulders into the treasuries of the public, they
affect the indifference of philanthropists and
philosophers, for the very corruption which
they themselves created. They imagine that
when they declare they are out of polities, the
machinery of government should instantly
stop, business cease, and want and starvation
and beggary at once seize the people.
The community generally understand the
men who declare their own exits from politics,
with the gusto of men who are inflicting some
' immense injury on others, for imaginary wrongs
or conceited neglects. It would be a blessing
to the world if such as these never again would
enter the political field, because they have
made it what it now is, an arena for the most
degrading contests of passion, speculation, dis
honesty and the utter and shameful misrepre
sentation of public and private character.—
Only let suehmen forever remain out of poli
tics. Let them turn their attention to grub
bing, or become honest nen by honestly earn
ing a decent living with the sweat of their brows,
and themselves, their neighbors and the entire
community abroad will be benefited. Politics
will become the science its first principle
sought to make it, and government, what if
should be, will become the guardian and con
troller of the interests, and the rights of man
kind.
THOSE WHO Rum; and who aspire hereafter to
places of profit and reward, should remember
that the very men with whom they are brought
into contact, as private soldiers, will return
to private life, to become the arbiters of
the merits of men aspiring to such places.—
Those who are endeavoring to make polit
ical capital out of the necessities of the times,
and who live noW in anticipation of future
fame, must not forget that the hands
which are to weave the laurel wreath, are the
same which will bid the weary and war-worn
volunteer welcome back to his home—and for
every insult off Ted to him, for every slight put
upon his persou, or for every deprivation he is
compelled to suff -r, by the neglect, the vanity
or the ambition of chose who command, a thorn
will be woven in those wreaths, and curses
heaped where chaplets would have dispensed
their grateful perfume. The men who now
handle the musket, will some day again handle
a weapon surer and brighter than the bayon
et—a weapon which, while it does not draw
blood, disposes of tyrants and upstarts as ef
fectually as if it pierced its victims to the
heart. Every volunteer of the proper age is a
voter, and on such as these the ambitious must
depend for the realization of his ambition.—
Every volunteer will carry back with him to
his home, unless he is left on some battle field,
a noble offering to his country—the impressions
he received from his contact with loading men
in the state. Ho will there learn how to re
spect and appreciate the humanity of men—
and he will learn to judge the fitness of those
who aspire to wield power for the disposal of
the happiness, the prosperity and the 'destiny
of the people.
These hints are worthy of being considered
by those who command. The men under their
present control are not machines to be eternal
ly driven by the will of Colonels, Captains and
Lieutenants. They see and hear and think.
They can compare and understand the merits of
men. They are watching the actions of their
rulers now, a fact which should make every
man in power pause and determine well the
justice of his actions, before he allows them to
go on the great record of the volunteer's re
membrance.
WE HAVE INTELLIGENCE from nearly all parts
of the Northern and Western States in regard
to the growing crops, and the accounts are in
every way flattering. With the exception of
the fruit crop, which in some sections has been
considerably damaged by late frosts and bleak
winds, the prospect is encouraging, and the
yield will pr ‘bably exceed the average.
THE REPUBLICANS of the 13th Congressional
District, of Ohio, nominated Judge S. T. Wor
cester, of Norwalk, Huron county, as a candi
date for Congress to fill the vacancy occasioned
by the resignation of the Hon. John Sherman.
THE STATE OF MIFSLESIPPI has taken the school
fund to buy implements of war for traitors and
rebels. This is the last act of a Commonwealth
which repudiated its honest debts, and produced
a President for a confederacy of pirates.
OTEn three thousand bombshells were trans
ported from Mobile to Pensacola last week.
OUT OF POLITICS.
FROM THE FEDERAL CAPITAL.
[Correspondence of the Telegraph,!
WASHIEGTON, May 21, 1861
Having been a citizen of Pennsylvania some
eighteen years since, I have not altogether for
gotten what is due to her reputation as a State
—the Keystone of our Federal arch, and the
necessity that impels me to say a word in refer-
mice to the way in which your Fourth and Fifth
Regiments have been, and still are, treated
since their arrival here. Who it is that is to
blame for what I shall state, Ido not know,
nor do I care, but the facts should be known to
the people of Pennsylvania, and to their-hands
I commit the case for a remedy.
The Fifth Pennsylvania Regiment, I believe,
was one of the first that came to the rescue of
the Government, in a condition, it is true, far
from being as it should be, owing to the haste
with which it had to be organized, but this
very circumstance alone ought to have been a
motive for attending to the wants of the men,
and of alleviating their suffering by providing
for them forthwith comfortable quarters and
proper food. This I am sorry to say, has not
been done. These fine Regiments the whole
time they have been stowed away in what may
be aptly termed a huge hog pen, with none of the
comforts common to the swinish breed, and as far
as their culinary appliances and products are con
cerned, the Caumnehes or other tribes of aborigi
nes would be insulted were they required to fare
as the Pennsylvaniinsdo This is notall. Their
clothing—if such it may be called for soldiers
—would disgrace the piebald uniforms of our
Penitentiary ; and yet I am credibly informed
that each suit, consisting of a dirty blue
blouse shirt or cover suit of Kentucky jeans,
and pants of gray cwsiuut, with cap to corres
pond, costs seventeen dollars; whereas, the outfit
for each man in such a garb would not cost
over six dollars in any tailoiing establishment
in the country. Who, then, pockets the plun
der, fur plunder there is by somebody upon the
Pennsylvania regiments? Who pockets at
least ten dollars on each man, of the State's
money ?—for the thing is too transparent not
to be seen by the most superficial observer.—
Can you, eir, give the people of Pennsylvania
light on this subject? I hope you can ; or, if
not, let me hope, at least, that some one else
will, in order to put a period, at least to the
damning disgrace that attaches to those who
have thus far treated those brave men worse
than what the negro slaves are treated by the
Southern rebels
Another sad feature in this picture is that
the men are not only destitute of means with
which to buy the chief luxury of a plug of to
bacco, and in too many cases, for I know what
I say, go around among our citizens begging
for the price of it and similar necessities. A
gentleman of high respectability, a Virginian,
told me not an hour since, that one of them
came to his residence yesterday and begged for
a blanket, when it and a good dinner was given
to him. But that is not an isolated case, I
have heard dozens of citizens—not Pennsylva
nians—say the same thing.
Now, sir, Ido not mean in this connection
to cast censure upon any one in particular,
much less upon the head of the War Depart
ment, whose head and heart know nothing of
the meanness which I complain of. In the
magnitude of the letters that daily devolve
upon him—the nature of which no one none
quainted with the business that engages every
minute of his attention, knows it is utterly im
possible for General Cameron to attend to such
duties. He has already given ciders to have the
men properly cared for, and if this is not done,
the fault does not lie at his door. Let the
men be at once re-clothed, and in some
uniform of a single color, and not in the
variety of the rainbow. Let them be put
into some comfortable houses on the avenue,
pr in the Capitol or other public buildings
which are now vacant, and their health and
cleanliness better cared for than what they
have been, and my word for it, no better regi
ments will appear upon our streets in a month
from uow than the fourth and fifth from Penn
sylvania. That the:satne land sharks prowl about
their quarters, whether here or at home, is ev
ident, and the sooner they are caught in their
schemes of plunder, the better for these poor
fellows and the State from whence they came.
You must not think this letter too severe for
the occasion. It is written too mild, if any
thing, for I have not told all. My object in
writing is to benefit the men and the cause in
which they are engaged, and to save the honor
and credit of Pennsylvania, which are endan
gered by her reyesentative troops at the Capital
of the country. ARIEL.
CAPTAIN ROGER JONES, THE HERO OF
HARPER'S FERRY.
Written for the Telegraph.l
In the excitement of the present difficulties,
I hope the important services of Capt. Roger
Jones, the hero of Harper's Ferry, will not be
forgotten. In command at Harper's Ferry, one
of the most important stations and arsenals in
Cie country, and learning through pickets, that
he had thrown out for miles, that a large body
of Virginians were coming to attack him, to
secure the large number of Minnie and other
muskets that were there, he notified the Gov
ernment. They did not see proper to reinforce
him. Without orders, he made preparation
to blow up the buildings containing the arms,
and in fact workshops and all, to defeat the
purpose of the secessionists—the capture of the
Government arms at that place. It is now gen
erally admitted, that had they secured the arms
at Harper's Ferry, they would have attacked
Washington, first having secured the co-opera
tion of the secessionists of Baltimore and
Maryland. At that time Washington was at
the mercy of an invading southern army.
There were over twenty thousand stand of the
most approved arms at Harper's Ferry at that
time. The secessionists at Harper's Ferry were
spies on Capt. Jones, and every movement of
his was watched and reported. He distributed
the powder throughout the buildings by a trick.
He carried kegs of powder in the chaff-bags of
the soldiers, circulating that ha was changing
the quarters of the soldiers. When his scouts
had announced to him that over three thous
and Virginians were advancing, and were with
in two miles of the place, he and his little band
fixed the trains and destroyed the arms and
buildings, and retreated to wardsCham bershurg.
How effectually he succeeded is well known.
If Capt. Jones had acted like the great majori
ty of southern officers what an incalculable
amount of mischief he would have done. It
was expected, es is now positively known, that
Harper's Ferry would yield without a struggle
and that the arming of the secessionists would
be accomplished. Capt. Jones is a son of Gen.
Jones, formerly Adjutant General of the Army.
His parents and all his relations are Virginians.
He is a cousin of Col. Lee, now in command-of
the Virginia forces.
It is well known, that a large reward is now
offered for his head. He was also indirectly
approached by his own uncle, in the Virginia
forces, to betray Harper's Ferry into the hands
of the secessionists. His mother and sisters
have been driven from Virginia, where they
o eve a farm from which they derived their sup
port. Captain Davis is one r f those honorable,
highminded officers, who has not forgotten his
obligations to the IL S. Government at the
present time. No considerations could have
induced him to forget his obligations to the
Government, and to betray his trust. There
is uo doubt be was placed at Harper's Ferry, by
Secretary Floyd, with the full knowledge of his
Virginia_relationships, with the expectation
that he would betray his trust. •
There is no one that deserves promotion more
justly than Capt. Jones. I believe the safety
f the Capital at Washington is due to his fore
sight, in destroying the Armory at Harper's
Ferry, and that too, without orders. He has
received highly complimentary letters from the
President and Secretary Cameron approving
and justifying his course, and been personally
complimented l.ty Gen. Scott. I understand
there will be a vacancy in the Paymaster De
partment, by the promotion of Major Hunter.
No better selection could be made for that post,
and there is certainly no one more worthy than
Capt. Jones. I hope his great claims will not
be overlooked. His case is a peculiar one, and
merits the ireward due to the services. Every
Pennsylvanian would approve of his immediate
promotion, and no one would object.
. .
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STRAYED AWAY.
Last night,a large white and black spot
red HOG, had its right ear split in three places. The
tinder will be suitably rewarded by returning the Log,
or by giving Intormation of its whereabouts to
LE .V 1 YoRLETS,
Residing near the upper winding bridge, a` , os. - 13 Har
risburg. my22-dlta
MILITARY RELIEF FUND
The undersigned Associate Judges and
Commissioners appointed a Board of Relief by the
14th section of tim Act of Assembly of the 15th day of
May, 1861, give notice that they will meet of the office of
the Cora a.issioners, in the Court House, at Harrisburg,
every Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock, until :ystemallsed,
and after that will meet monthly.
The applicant for relief will be furni.thed with a blank
that can filled up at the office or at ttteir homes, contain
ing for the information of the Board,
The name, age, residence, occupation, when employ
ed, birthplace, whether married or s.inelo, number and
condition of members of family, ages of children, when
enrolled in service, whose company, position in compa
ny, whether any, and if any, what assistance ha, been
received from other sources, ice.
A. 0. WESTER,
FELIX 11JSSLEY, Associate Judges.
JOHN S. MUSSER,
RMIHM, Commissioners.
GEO. GARVE'RIOH,
la— All newsparers in the county are requested to
publish the above. my 22
GENERAL ORDERS, NO. 11.
HEAD QUARTERS, P. 111.
Harrisburg, Kay IS, 1861. r
. .
I. In obedience to an Act of the Assembly,
entitled "an Act to create a loan, and to pro
vide for arming the State," approved 15th May,
A. D. 1861. The following allotment of the fif
teen (15) regiments directed in the Act is made,
and is hereby apportioned to the different
counties in the State. The leading basis of said
apportionment being the amount of population
in the different counties ; ,while keeping in
view the numbers already taken into the
United States service, yet discriminating in
favor of the agricultural counties, believing
that sound policy dictates the importance of
not interfering with their productive power.
NAME OP COTTNTY. No. COMPANIES TO
WHICH BETIMES).
Adams 1
Allegheny 8
Armstrong 2
Beaver 3
Bedford and Fulton. 3
Berks 3
Blair 1
Bradford and Sullivan 3
Bucks 3
Butler 2
Cambria.... . 1
Centre 1
Chester 4
Clearfield, Elk and Forest 2
Clarion and Jefferson 2
Clinton 1
Columbia 1
Crawford a
Cumberland 3
Dauphin 2
Delaware 2
Erie 5
Fayette 2
Franklin 3
Green 1
Huntingdon 2
Indiana 2
Juniata and - Mifflin
Lancaster. 4
Lawrence 1
Lebanon 2
Lehigh 1
Luzern 2
Lycoming 2
Mercer 2
'Kean and Potter 1
Montgomery 2
Montour
Monroe
Northampton 1
Northumberland. 2
Perry 2
Philadelphia 26
Schuylkill 2
Snyder 1
Somerset 1
Susquehanna and Tioga 4
Union 1
Venango 1
Warren 2
Washington 3
Wayne and Pike 3
Westmoreland 3
Wyoming 1
York 3
Number of companies 142
11. Each company will consist of 77 men,
not over 45 nor under 18 years of age, of good
physical strength and vigor.
A company will consist of
1 Captain,
1 First Lieutenant,
1 Second Lieutenant,
4 Sergeants,
4 Corporals,
2 Musicians,
64 Privates,
77 in all
111. Any company or companies desiring to
offer their services to the State from the coun
ties named, whose services have not been
heretofore offered, are required to forward their
application within five days from date of this
order. In the event of no company or less
than the allotted number of companies from
any county offering their services within the
specified time, then the number of companies
deficient will be allotted to other counties.
IV. The captains of companies, whose ser
vices have been or will be offered under this
requisition, will be duly notified as to their ac
ceptance by the authorized Department, and
until orders to march are given, no expense
will be incurred by the State.
By order of the Commander in Chief.
JOHN A. WRIGHT,
my 17-dlw Aid de Camp.
NEW AB,RANGEMENT,
CHANGE OF LOCATION
W A.LLOWER'S LINE.
The old stock of cars being disposed of,
the undersigned has broke out in a new place and es
taolished a daily freight line between Philadelphia, New
York, Harrisburg and all points on the Northern Central,
Sunbury & Erie and Lacka Mina & Bloomsburg railroads-
Thanlthillor the liberal patronage heretofore extended
he hopes, by promptness in delivery, to retain all his old
ClastOraerS and patrons all goods intended for the line
must be delivered at the depot of the Philadelphia and
iteading railroad, Broad and Oallowhill streets, Philadel
phia. All goods delivered at the depot up to five o'clock,
P. Ji., will reach Harrisburg next morning.
J. WALLOWER, Jr., General Agt.
marll Beading Depot, Harrisburg,
Ntl33 '2 lbtatisments.
Proposals for a Loan of $3,000,000
to the Commonwealth of Pennsyl-
vama.
In pursuance of the first section of an Act of
the General Assembly, entitled "an Act to
create a loan and provide for arming the State,"
approved May 15th, A. D. 1861, and the sixth
section of the Act entitled " an Act to provide
for the payment of the members, officers and
contingent expenses of the Extra Session of the
L2gislature," approved May 16th, A. D. 1861,
and by the authority of the same,
NOTICE is hereby given that proposals will
be received at the office of the Secretary of the
Commonwealth, until three o'clock P. M. of
Wednesday the fifth day of June next, for the
loaning to the Commonwealth the sum a
THREE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, for the pu r _
poses set forth in the before named Acts u t
A
sembly. The said loan to bear an interest of
six per cent. per annum, payable semi annual
ly in Philadelphia, and the loan to be redeem
able in ten years from date; and for the pay.
went of the interest and liquidation of th,,
principal thereof a special tax of one-half mil:
on the dollar has been directed to be levied or
all the property in the Commonwealth taa
, able for State purposes. The certificates 0 ;
loan shall not be subject to taxation for any
purpose whatever ; and all certificates of 1.1.;e
denomination of one hundred dollars or lee'
I shall have coupons attached; those of a larger
denomination will be issued either as inscrip
tion or coupon bonds at the option of the bid
der.
The proposals must state explicitly the
amount proposed to be taken and the rate to be
paid. The State reserves the right to accept
the whole or any part of the amount offered to
be taken unless the proposer stipulates other
wise. No conditional proposals will be con
sidered.
Upon the acceptance of any proposal at leas
ten per cent of the amount must be paid down.
the balance, if preferred by the bidder, in thir
ty and sixty days, when certificates shall issn,
for the same, bearing interest from the time of
payment.
The proposals must be directed under seal to
the Secretary of the Commonwealth endorsed
" Proposals for Loan."
The bids will be opened at 3 o'clock in the
afternoon of the day above named in the presence
of the Governor, State Treasurer and Auditor
General and such other persons as may see
proper to be present, when, after examination
of the same the Governor will award the loan
to the highest bidder or bidders.
By order of the Governor.
ELI SLIFER,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Office of the Secretary of the Common
wealth.
HARBIL•BURGI, May 17. 1861
GENERAL ORDERS, NO. 2.
AIXTUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE, I
Harrisburg, May 16, 1861.
The Governor of Pennsylvania has received
from the War Department, at Washington, the
following announcement, in reference to the
second requisition of militia made by the Gen
eral Government.
"Ten Regiments are assigned to Pennsylva
nia, making, in addition to the thirteen regi
ments of three months already called for,
twenty-three regiments. It is important to
reduce rather than enlarge this number, and in
no event to exceed it."
Pennsylvania has already furnished to the
United States service twenty-five regiments.—
Of this number at least ten regiments—the.
amount of the second requisition—have signi
fied a willingness to change their term of ser
vice from three months to three years. No
more companies, therefore, from this Commou
wealth can now be received for the United
States Government.
By order of the Governor, Commander-in-
Chief, E. M. BIDDLE,
Adjutant General.
GENERAL ORDERS, NO. 12.
HEAD QUARTERS, P. M. t
Harrisburg, May 19, 1861.
Major General George A. M.'Call is assigned
to the command of all the military forces of
Pennsylvania, raised or to be raised under the
provisions of an Act of the General Assembly
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, enti
tled " an Act to create a loan, and to provide
for the arming of the State."
He will, without delay, proceed to organize
these forces, according to the provisions of
said Act, and to select convenient locations for
suitable encamping grounds, for the instruction
of the troops.
By order of the Commander-in-Chief,
JOHN-A. WRIGHT, Aid-de-camp.
FOR A SHORT TIME ONLY I
M. I. FRANKLIN,
Optician from Philadelphia.
(..Store and Factory 112 South 4th greet, below Chestnut.)
( - lifers to the public of Harrisburg and
N l / 4. , vicinity for a short time longer his generally ap
proved
CRYSTAL SPECTACLES,
with the finest Elliptic Lenses, mounted in Gold, Silver
or Steel, and suited to the eyesight with the utmost ac
curacy.
Microscopes.
OPERA AND MARINE GLASSES.
TELESCOPES, especially for the use of officers of the
army.
STEREOSCOPES and STEREOSCOPIC VIEWS in the
greatest possible variety.
MATHEMATICAL, PHYSICAL and SURVEYORS' IN
STRUMENTS, as low as in his establishment in the city.
HUMAN ARTIFICIAL EYES inserted.
Office, Third street, near Walnut, adjoining the 'Tele
graph" Cffice. myr
PHILADELPHIA
NEW ** ;•••
ri 3: BONNET A
.
STORE
~.' HAS OPENED
WITH A FULL assorttnea
from the Philadelphia and New York most fashionable
establishments, to which, daring the season, additions
ol the latest novelties from those establishments will be
constantly received.
WS. A. B. BICKERTON,
Formerly A. B. Carpenter, sign of the two Golden
F.agles, first bonnet store from the Harrisburg Bridge.
raarl9-3md
FREIGHT REDUCED.
HOWARD & HOPE EXPRESS CO.
Short and Quick Route to and from
NEW YORT
GOODS ORDERED IN THE MORNING RE
TURNED TEE SAME NIGHT.
Leave New York at 734 P. M, by Faet Tbrough
press Train, arriving in Harrisburg at 3 A. 31.,
WITHOUT CHANGE OF CARS.
Order Goode, marked
via. HOPE EXPRESS CO.,
General office, 74 Broadway, New Yolk.
Branch " 412 "
For further information inquire of
myl6 GEORGE BERGNER, Agent.
HARRIEBITRG . , May 8, 1 881.
A.QUANTiTY of Bags, Checks and Ging
hams for sale by the dozen and piece, cheap NI
at the DAUPHIN cowry PRISON. inta-am