paN eitgrapil.
Forever float that standard sheets
Where breathes the foe but tails before usl
With Freedom's soil beneath our feet,
And Freedom's banner streaming o'er us
OUR PLATFORIII
THE UNION-THE CONSTITUTION-AND
THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAW.
HARRISBURG, PA
Thursday Afternoon, May 23, 1861.
W. H. Hrass, Esq., superintendent of the
telegraph lines at the South, has resigned.
The Navy Department is about to issue pro
posals to build the machinery of a number of
screw gun-boats.
JOHN BROWN, Jr., is said to UP now in Cana
da, and is a regularly salaried agent of the
Hayti bureau of immigration.
TICE TOMB of Washington, it is now under
stood, is perfectly safe, and the sacred remains
secure from theravagms of ruffians or vandalism.
ROBERT GRIGNON, of Oshkosh, Nis , has ten
dered the services of 200 Menominee warriors,
well armed with rifles, sure at 40 rods, to the
United States Government.
BOTH Houses of the Kentucky Legislature
have adopted a regulation requiring the State
Guard to take the oath to support the Consti
tution of the United States.
A QUANTITY of baggage and paper, belonging
to the rebel General Lee, of Virginia, have
been seized in New York, and also a consign
ment of arms destined for Baltimore.
TO -DAY, "as a mere matter of 'orm," accord
ing to the Olen declaration of the Richmond
Enquirer, the people of Virginia are to vote on
the ordinance of seces,ion. As all the troops
from other States wilt no doubt vote for seces
sion, intimidate all Union men who can be in
timidated from voting, and probably cheat
them in "candle box" Kansas fashion where
they do vote, the whole will of course be a
farce. It will then be proclaimed that Eastern
Vilginia was nearly unanimous for secession.
This is the State whose famous motto is "Sec
Simper Tyrannis."
POOR JAMES BUCHANAN !-PltifUl and sad is
his condition, indeed ; and as his days increase
his misery and compunctions seem also to en
large. Recently he wrote a letter, in which he
seems to rebuke his traitors, but it is rejected
even by those who it was expected to please,
the loyal press and people of Pennsylvania.—
All that the poor old man can now do is to re
pent and be silent.
THE FOLLOWING LETTER from the Secreta'y of
State explains a report that, we confess, we did
not know had gained currency. It is our de
sire that all who have a right to speak or write
on the subject, should have the opportunity of
defending themselves from any false impute,.
tion or charges :
Editors Pennsylvania _Telegraph
There are bitter complaints made in this town
by some men, and by many women, about the
uniforms furnished to the "Lochiel Greys" of
Harrisburg. I have heaid that in upper tendom
the Governor has come in for the most angry
denunciation for having clothed this favorite
company so meanly. Will you have the good
ness tp state in your paper of this afternoon,
that the Greys were clothed by the United States
with clothing furnished from the United States
Arsenal at Philadelphia, by special order ot the
War Department at Washington? I sincerely
hope you will do thin. We have sins enough
of our own to bear, without having those ot
other people visited upon us.
Truly yours,
HARRISBURG, May 23, 1861
Tan COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS, appoint
ed by the Rebel Congress, secretly made a re
port, in which some strange reasons are ad
duced for the treason of the south. The re
port is evidently intended as au appeal to the
world, in which, by falsehood, the misstate
ment of facts, and other frauds peculiar to the
traitors, they hope to gain the aid and sympa
thy of civilized nations. They endeavor to
make the issue with the people of the loyal
states, one of the right of self-government, for
getting that those who fomented this rebellion
are the very worst enemies of self-government,
because they deny the right of men to such a
privilege, by refusing to allow the mass to par
ticipate in the government they have created.
But that our northern free laborers may not be
in any doubt about the southern view of "the
great principle of self-government," we give
an extract from the report, intended to influ
ence the European monarchists and aristocrats:
"The South has the institution of African
slavery, with four millions of slaves. Their
slaves have no political power. The white
man is the privileged man. He alone rules
the country; whilst the offices of servitude are
performed by the slaves. With the North it
is different. They have a laboring and depen
dent class, who perform the services of the
slaves in le South, but they are voters. With
universal suffrage they influence and may con
trol the elections, and through the elections
the government. The evil day, when those
who own no property will be the majority at
the polls, may be put off fur a time. IC has
been G ut off in the North, by our vast vacant
territory, aad the Union with the South, show
ering upon them an artificial prosperity. But
the evil day must come at last, and may nor be
far distant. Nearly every corner of Europe ac
knowledges its existence. And when that day
comes, will their free stand the
coi.fliet which must arise? Wit. property be
protected hem confiscation and appropriation ?
Will non property holders live in want and
starvation, with the goveinnaentio their hands,
by which they can, by all the forms of law,
take the property of the country for their sub
sistence and relief ?"
THE MORALS OF THE ARMY.
We have alluded in another article printed
to-day, to the force which the intelligence and
skill of the army of the Government will have
on the people of the south, and now we are
prompted to refer to a circular from the War
Department, addressed to the Governors of the
different States, in which Gen. Cameron en
deavors to fix the morals of the army by erect
ing a standard for testing the efficiency and
fitness of officers, that cannot fail to be pro
ductive of the highest and grandest influences
of good and glory. The object seems to be to
secure not alone a well drilled and thoroughly
disciplined body of men, but to enforce the cul
tivation of those other attributes and virtues
and accomplishments, that so adorn and enno
ble the character of men in all stations of life,
and which are as easily to be acquired and re
tained in the army as they are in any of the
circles of private or business intercourse. The
volunteer force of the country is composed of
the most respectable men from all its commu
ties. In this movement, particularly, this is
the fact, and perhaps there never was a larger
body of intelligent men gathered under one
banner for an object so laudable and just, as
those who are martialled under the stars and
and stripes. Those men, as we have written,
are the very best in the community. They are
our young men, mostly, whose habits of life
were just forming for future usefulness. Our
middle aged men, who have just acquired a
standard of character and excellence in the
business in which they were engaged and the
homes they made happy. It is as necessary to
protect such men as these from every influence
that would pollute in the camp, as it is the
duty of the government so to arm and' equip
the soldier as to render him comparatively safe
on the field of battle. It is as necessary to
guard his morals as it is to protect his repose by
long lines of sentries—for what would triumphs
be to the industrious homes of the north, if
their sons and brothers were returned to them,
polluted and disgraced with dissipation and
crime. Fax better would it be, were they borne
back on their own shields, or left upon the bat
tle fields in the territory of treason.
We trust that Gov. Curtin will give this cir
cular letter of the Secretary of War his full
and prompt attention—and particularly that
portion of it which declares " that the higher
the moral character and general intelligence of
the officers so appointed, the greater the effici
ency of the troops and the resulting glory to
their respective states." The man who evinces
the care which is expressed in this sentiment,
is as much a philanthropist as a patriot ; and
there will be few mothers that have sons in the
army, who will not call down a blessing on Si
mon Cameron, for thus insisting on the preser
vation of the morality and virtue which the
young men of the country carried with them
into the army, so that they may return home
crowned wilh glory in having done their duty
to their country, and re-assume their honora
ble and useful positions unblemished and un
stained.
Oxs or THE GREAT ELEMENTS of strength in the
northern, or rather theifree states, is composed
of young mechanics. In no other country in
the world does this element exist in a like de
' gree of usefulness, influence and power—and in
no other country does it wield the same mighty
control in governmental affairs. The Ameri
can mechanic, when taking advantage of his
position and the means before him for deriving
information, is not a mere workman in wood or
iron—or a machine driven by the impulses and
genius of others. He represents science and
art, by the improvements he makes in both—
and by his developments in mechanical skill,
increases the productive energy of every branch
of industry. The young mechanic of to-day is
the embodiment of the grandeur of the age--
because the most glorious achievements of our
times are those which are made in the field
practical science, as mechanics are all that is
practical. The locomotive and the magnetic
telegraph—the implements of war—the spin
ning-jenny—gatta percha--all combined, con
stitute the glory, the wealth and the comfort of
the age—a .d each in their turn are the repre
sentative, with the aid of the living mechanic,
of a fame that will survive long after common
men and their memories have become extinct.
In the battles and struggles before us—in the
changes which must follow the march of our
armies frrom home, and those which will greet
them as they advance, none will be so great as
those which will flow from the accessions of new
and young men to the work shops of the free
states, to take the places of those who have left,
while those made on the face of the coun
try, and wended over the future of a people
who are ignorant of all mechanical power, by
an intercourse with the mechanic, in an army
of occupation, time will show in more benefits
and splendor than we can now describe. A
free intercourse with free mechanics, is the only
influence that will redeem the south. It is the
influence that has made the west what it is,
developing its power, improving its soil, navi
gating its rivers, erecting its towns and cities,
and in every way by practical uses and earnest
industry, accomplishing the great results which
have since added so many empires, in the shape
of commonwealths, to the Union of States.
ELI SLIFER
Aside from the vindication of the law, and
apart from the establishment of the federal au
thority in the seceded states, the principal benefit
that will result from the occupation of the terri
tory in those states by federal troops, will be de
rived, as we have already stated, from the in
fluence of this mechanical element in our
army. The labor that is free in the south,
and the mechanics who pursue their trades in
that locality, are regarded as- no better than
the slave in the cane brake or the cotton Field.
The spirit of southern institutions estimates all
labor as unworthy of being free, as unequal in
society and incapable of government. While it
teaches the southern mechanic and laboring
man this distinction and forces them to its ac
knowledgment in degradation and shame, it
adds another wrong by impressing them with
the idea that their condition and degradation
are the fate and state of the mechanics and la
boring men of the universe. There is no way
to reach or correct this falsehood, unless it
be by direct intercourse, such as would
be derived form invasion. The press is
pennopluania Mail)) telegrapt), €l, burobap /fttritoon, 23, 1861.
muzzled, the pulpit is overruled, and the
privacy of epistolary communication disre
garded by those who were sworn to observe
its sacredness. Intercourse with the army
will dissipate, then, the false ideas which the
southern people have conceived of the north
ern mechanics. They will find in the ranks of
the volunteer force, the representative of the
professions marching to the command of the
mechanic—and among officers of the highest
grade, where council and not fighting lays the
foundation of victory, the voice of the north
ern mechanic is now as potential as that of any
who have been trained to war and strategy.
The mechanics and free laboring men of the
south will see and feel the influence of these
facts and conditions—they will the better ap
preciate their own power—and learn more to
love and respect a government whose powers,
when demonstrated by free institutions, have
made the northern mechanic what he is in
wealth, strength and influence. And when
this fact is understood, the people of the south
themselves will crown the banners of the re
public with victory, and themselves become
the executioners of those who have not only
deceived them, but who were attempting to
destroy a government that was capable of
doing so much good to others, and willing to
confer the same benefits, the same blessings
and the same high and glorious privilege on
them. If such is not the result, we are mistaken
in that sentiment of the human heart, which
aspires to perfection and yearns for equality.
WE HAVE BEEN ASSURED, and we accept the
assurances with the confidence they deserve,
that no effort is to be spared hereafter for the
promotion of the comfort, the discipline and
the health of the volunteers. Gen. M'Call is
now in full command of the forces of this State,
and he has been instructed by Governor Curtin
to leave no labor, examination or expense un
tried to accomplish these objects, so that here
after there will be no room for complaint, no
cause for the reproofs of the press, amino fur
ther fears for the efficiency of the volunteer
force of Pennsylvania. While we are often
forced to be severe, and perhaps at times over
severe, the motives which prompt us to this
zeal, are the disinterested objects of promoting
as well the usefulness of the soldier, as increas
ing the reputation of those into whose hands
have been reposed the honor and glory of the
Keystone State. We are aware that embarrass
ments have had to be encountered and over
come, and we have been fully apprised of the
difficulties which have been spread throughout
the entire movements, difficulties with which
Governor Curtin was compelled to struggle
almost alone, and therefore it is not our desire
to cast any reproach on him. He has labored,
we know, zealously fur the entire success of the
military movement of the State, and her prompt
co-operation with the National Government, so
that the blame for any confusion is more to be
attributed. to those who, while under his con
trol, are yet engaged in departments where it
is not possible for his vigilance ever to be exer
cised, and where it is almost impossible for
errors not to occur, at least until experience
has tendered the different officers and subordi
nates more efficient
We repeat these assurances, and endorse
them as worthy of t he confidence of the soldier
and the public. Tile ttiants of the volunteer
will be attended to, and so far as the Com
mander-in-chief has power, no cause for com
plaint will be given in any of the encampments
of the State. When all this is accomplished,
we will be as prompt to approve as we have
been frank in disapproving of much in connec
tion with our thilitary organization.
THE BARBARISM of the secession leaders ex
ceeds that of the savage and brutal conduct of
the Americ.ifi Indian, against the first settlers
on this contact, The Bed Man was not en
tirely relentless, nut did he pursue his enemy
to death because he panted for blood. His
wigwam was as free as his forest to those who
came as friends, and he was willing to share
the warmth of his tire or the shelter of his
blanket with the stranger. The Indian became
an enemy only when he was forced to defend
himself. He never forgot a favor or wrong.
But the semi-savage slave driver seems to have
an innate hatre i for every human being who
differs with him in opinion, no matter whether
he who differs is arrayed against him as a foe,
or whether he is lawfully engaged in an effort
to re-establish law and order where riot and
rebellion now prevail. While the leaders of
the federal troops are engaged in quieting the
fears of the people on the subject of negro re
volts, Jeff. Davis is offering blood-money for
the heads of these same leaders. While the
President of the United States is steadily oppos
ing servile insurrection, and appealing to the
refinement of the people to make this a Chris
tian and humane struggle to vindicate the
right, and not a contest of passion, persecution,
rapine and murder, Jeff. Davis is chartering
every piratical craft within his reach, and giv
ing every assassin and robber a roving commis
sion to gratify his hatred on every defenceless
man, woman or child they may encounter.
This is part of the chivalric action of those
who flatter themselves that they are the de
scendants and representatives of gallant war
riors and God-like heroes. These are the men
—the wretches—who claim the proud titles of
sages and statesmen, and soldiers of rare ac
complishment and high renown. Their deeds
and their deceits will form a black and a bleak
chapter in the history of the rebellion.
Ax ARTIOLE in the last number of the London
Economist, says there is a determination in
England, not to let interested motives inter
fere with the . high principle she has always
shown on the subject of slavery, and it is not even
decent to ask an English House of Commons to
expre9s a bias in favor of such a power as has
its seat at Montgomery.
T. BUTLER Kum, the secession commissioner
who was not received at the French Court, tried
to leave Paris for Brussels without a passport,
but was not allowed to depart without the ne
cessary papers. He was compelled to apply to
Mr. Faulkner, who gave him the requisite doc
uments, recognizing him as a citizen of the
United States. The Confederation isn't known
in France.
FROM THE FEDERAL CAPITAL
Corte3potOetice of the Telegraph.]
HEAD QUARTERS LOCHIEL GREYS,
\Vest 4,1 street, at
Washington, May 22, 1861.
We pencilled you a line last week from our
quarters. Since our last we have received a
copy of the TELEGRAPH of the 18th inst. The
card of Col.(?) Seiler in reference to his treat
ment of the Greys, deserves a special notice
since he has gone to the trouble to appear in
public print. Although we deprecated the
Col's. kindness toward our company, we did not
think him so lost to shame as to deny what he
really did. It is well known to every member
of the Greys, as well as to many of the promi
nent citizens of Harrisburg, that Geo. A. C.
Seiler not only refused to give us our supply of
provisions at Camp Curtin, but openly bragged
of what he had so graciously done to his, then,
many friends of the Lochiel Greys.
Now, sir. Lditor, permit us to quote his own
language to a citizen of your place on the even
ing of our hospitable entertainment at Col.
Wells Coverly's. It is as follows, to-wit
"I have cut off the rations of the Lochiel
Greys, G-d d—n them, they have given me
more trouble than any others." Is further
comment necessary ? In addition, we know
that Captain McCormick sent to town for a load
of provisions and we saw a load arrive at our
quarters. It Gro. A. C. Seiler furnished us
with all the necessary provisions why were we
compelled to send for others to town? The'
Greys were and still are indignant, and have a
mason to be.
Had it not been for our high toned Captain
we should have made Camp Curtin ring with
groans for the commanding officer. Such a
' man is totally unfit for such a position, which
requires somethiug more than the talent dis
played by Geo. A. C. Seiler. Gen. Biddle has
been most wofully duped in his selection We
have not now lefore us Col. Seiler's card, and
hence cannot review it as we should like.
Will the Col. inform us how many officers of
the Greys expressed regrets that they had not
the time to correct the error which he is said
to have committed ? To our positive know
ledge but one officer made any such regrets;
and as to the company, he could not muster a
Corporal's guard that approves his conduct, and
they are lionized because of social ties. Cr
course common courtesy would prevent our of
ficers taking any part in the general condemna
tion by the young men of our company, who
have sacrificed the pleasures and comforts of
home for the trials and hardships of the camp
in the defence of our great nation, and been so
meanly treated by an officer from whom we
exp:cted better things. We shall now let the
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give your readers a brief description of the
comfortable quarters of the Lochiel Greys in
their new home. Yours,
EPSILON SIGMA.
Letter from Camp Byster.
Correspondence of the Telegraph.
CAMP FASTER., Cockeysville, May 22, 1861
DEAR SIR :—Permit me to write you a few
lines in order to let our Harrisburg friends
know how the Cameron Guards are getting
along. We are now encamped in Cockeysville,
on a slopeing hill extending Irem the railroad
to a small creek, which is a very pleasant place
in dry weather, but when it rains we have to
do as they do in France, (the best we can.)
Some of our men are now quartered in the Odd
Fellow's Hall at Cockeysville, where we have
our feather beds made of straw and only enough
of that to make a comfortable bed for about
half a dozen mice in a cold winter night, It has
been moved and seconded to get up a petition
and present it to Uncle Sam for a new set of
teeth, for we have nearly wore out our old
ones eating these Jersey pies that we get in the
place of bakers' bread.
By the by, I almost forgot to return our
thanks to Mr. Bergner for his kindness in pre
senting each one of us with a dollar before we
left Camp Curtin ; also to our kind friend Mrs.
Wier for the same number of new testaments,
and likewise to all the ladies who presented us
with those little necessaries such as needles,
thrt ad, pins, buttons, thimbles, &c., which are
indispensible to a soldier's kit We also return
our sincere thanks to the gentlemen who sub
scribed so liberally towards buying us revol
vers. But as we have not got them, I will
state where they are as far as lam able. There
were forty six brought down to Camp Scott,
and divided between the State Capital and
Cameron Guards, twenty-three to each.
The State Capital Guards had their's divided
by lot. But ours got the blacksmith's daugh
ter turned on them, and we have neuter saw
or heard of them since. Ido not lOW what
our officers intend to do with them. If they:
is not enough for every one, let them be given
out as they were in the State Capital Guards.—
For they were bought for us, and we ought to
have them. The Guards send their respects to
you and all inquiring friends. I will let you
know all the particulars in our line of march,
as circumstances will permit, if you will ex
cure my defects as a correspondent. I will now
conclude by begging of you to be so good, so
kind, and so condeceuding, and obliging, (not
disobliging yourself) to insert this in your
paper. J. S.
Dieb.
On Wednesday evening, May 22, Semia CITNKEL in the
890:1 year of her at e.
[The friends of the family are respectfully invited to
attend the funeral from her late residence In North St.,
to-morrow afternoon at 3 o'clock.]
BRANT'S HALL.
FOR THREE NIGHTS ONLY.
THURSDAY, FRIDAY and SATURDA Y,
May 23c1, 24th and 25th.
THE FAR FAMED
SANFORD'S OPERA. TROUPE,
From Sanford's Opera House, Philadelphia, will give
their great
Ethiopian Entertainments
which have been the theme for the past THIRTEEN
YEARS, at his Opera House, Philadelphia. The whole
under the direction of
S. S. SANFORD,
who will appear with the company on this occasion
ADMISSION, 25 cts
Children accompanied by their Guardians, 15
xrxy 23-d3t.
ATTENTION, CAVALRY !
4, 4 1_ MEETING for the organization of
the hOME GUARDS CAVALRY CORPS will be
held at Brant's European Hotel, on SATURDAY EVE-
NING, the 25th inst., at 7% o'clock, when the Constitu
tion will be bubraitled,unitorm adopted, and perman , sni
(lacers elected. All desirous or uniting are urged to at
tcnd. By order. D. J. URGER,
n3y23 St At Ling 0. S.
liEEP IT BEFORE THE PEOPLE that
the cheapest place to purchase GOODS is at COT-
SfORN, No 101 Market street. Rece teed this
day a fresh supply of sug r.eured Hams, and cheap Rai
sins, sweet Oranges, 1 among, Figs, A,ple§,
ar Tea, CLlgisc, Prim is, Pum,. Confectionary, Nuts,
TuViceo, :•egars, holesate and retail. my.23-I,*
POTATOES.
1.,000 BUSHELS MERCER POTA
TOES just received from the West for
al e wholesale and retail by
m721-Std* FArg & KUNKEL.
New tabratiseinents
ARMY SUPPLIES.
OPIGOE OF ANKY CI.OTHINO AND EQUIPAGE,
Philadelphia, May 20, 1861.
SEALED PROPOSALS are invited and will
be received at this office, until 12 o'clock, M.,
on Monday - the third day of June next, for fur
nishing by contract the following Army sup
plies and materials, deliverable at the United
States Clothing and Equipage Depot, (Schuyl
kill Arsenal,) in quantities as required, viz :
10,000 , yards Cloth, dark blue, (indigo wool
dyed,)
for caps, 54 inches wide, to
weigh about 14 ounces per yard.
100,000 yards Cloth, dark blue, (indgo wool
dyed,) twilled, 54 inches wide, to
weigh 21 ounces per yard.
130,000 yards Kersey, dark blue, (indigo wool
dyed,) 54 inches wide, to weigh 22
ounces per yard.
175,000 yards Kersey, sky blue, (indigo wool
dyed,) 64 inches wide, to weigh 22
`ounces per yard.
50,000 Army Blankets, wool, grey, (with the
letters U. S. in black, 4 inches long,
in the centre,) to be 7 feet long,
and 5 feet 6 inches wide, to weigh
5 pounds each.
200,000 yards Flannel, dark blue, (indigo
wool-dyed,) 54 inches wide, to weigh
10 ounces per yard.
100,000 yards Flannel, cotton and wool, dark
blue, (indigo dyed, (to weigh 6*
ounces per yard.
400,000 yards Flannel, white, cotton and wool,
21 inches wide, to weigh 6* ounces
per yard.
400,000 yards Canton Flannel, 27 inches wide,
to weigh 7 ounces per yard.
800,000 yards Cotton Drilling, unbleached,
27 inches wide, to weigh 6* ounces
per y .rd.
100,000 yards Cotton Drilling, unbleached, 36
inches wide, to weigh 8 ounces per
yard.
200,000 pairs half Stockings, gray, 3 sizes,
properly made of gosd fleece wool,
with double and twisted yarn, to
weigh 3 pounds per dozen pairs.
50,000 yards Russia Sheeting, 42 inches wide,
best quality.
10,000 yards Brown Holland, 36 inches wide,
best qu dity.
50,000 yards Cotton Muslin, unbleached, 36
inches wide.
20,000 yards.. Black Silesia, best quality, 36
inches wide.
4,000 yards Buckram, best quality, 40 inches
wide
8,000 sheets Wadding, cotton. --
30,000 pieces Tape (5 yards) white, * and *
inches wide.
-Silk-red, white, yellow, green and blue,
for flags, per yard.
-Silk twist and Sewing Silk, best quality,
per pound.
5,000 Linen thread W. 8., No. 35 and 40,
per pound.
8,000 Linen thread, blue, No. 30, 35 and 40,
per pound.
1,000 Linen thread, assorted colors, No. 35
and 40 per lb.
1,000 dozen spools Cotton.
1,000 pieces Webbing, (12 yards,) 1 and 1*
inch.
40,000 yards Cotton Duck, 30 inches wide, to
. weigh 22* ounces per yard.
15,000 yards Cotton Duck, 30 inches wide, to
weigh 15* ounces per yard.
200,000 yards Cotton Duck, 28* inches wide,
to weigh 15 ounces per yard.
150,000 yards Cotton Duck, 28* inches wide,
to weigh 10 ounces per yard.
40,000 yards Cotton Duck, 24 inches wide, to
weigh 12* ounces per yard.
8,000 yards Cotton Duck, 33 inches wide, to
weigh 10 ounces per yard.
80,000 yards Cotton Duck, 22 inches wide, to
weigh 9 ounces per yard.
40.000 yards Canvas Padding.
50,000 yards Bunting,-red, white and blue.
600 Cords and Tassels, for trumpets and
bugles, assorted colors.
-yards * inch Silk Lace, assorted colors.
40,000 yards I, and llinch Worsted Lace,
assorted colors.
40,000 hat cords, worsted, assorted colors,
3-16 inch diameter, with a tassel at
each end, two inches long.
40,000 Black Felt Hats, best quality, made of
Scotch and English coney and Rus
sia Hare.
40,000 Black Ostrich Feathers, 12 inches
long.
40,000 Brass Eagles. 5,000 brass crossed
cannon.
80,000 Brass Bugles. 6,000 brass crossed
sabres.
200 Brass Castels. 2,000 Trumpets.
60,000 do Knapsack trimming sets, brass.
200 do Spears and Ferrules, for guidons
and colors.
2,500 gross Buckles, iron roller, a and 11-
inch, best quality.
300 gross Buckles, for neck stocks.
400 pairs N. C. S. Brass Scales and 100 pairs
Bronze.
1,200 pairs Sergeant's brass, and 500 pair
Bronzed Scales.
30,000 pair Corporals' and Privates' brass, and
800 pair Bronzed scales.
6,000 gross Coat Buttons, best quality.
5,000 gross Vest Buttons, do.
8,000 gross Shirt Buttons, do.
8,000 gross Suspender Buttons, best quality.
400 Bugles, with extra mouth pieces.
200 Trumpets, do. do.
1,000 Fifes, B and C, each kind.
100 Drums, complete, artillery.
700 do. do. infantry.
8,000 do. heads, batter.
4,000 do. do. snare.
2,000 do. snares, sets.
4,000 do. Sticks, pairs.
4,000 do. Cords, of Italian Hemp 34 feet
long.
1,000 Drum Slings.
800 do. Stick Carriages.
300 Hospital tent poles.
3,000 Wall Teut Poles, ssts.
15,000 Common do. do.
8,000 Hospital Tent Pius, small and large.
20,000 Wall do. lar ge .
200,000 Common do.
800,000 Tent Buttons, (wood,) large and small.
30,000 Tent Slips, do do
500 Garrison Flag Halliards of Italian
hemp, 220 feet long.
Ivo Recruiting Flag Halliards of Italian
hemp 47 feet long.
10,000 pounds Cotton Sewing Twine, 6 and 8
strands.
20,000 pounds Manilla Tent Cord, large
me
dium and small, best quality.
500 pounds Bolt Rope.
6,000 do. Bailing Rope.
300 do Flax Twine.
5 000 yards Cotton Webbing, 1 and 11. inch.
60,000 Tin Canteens with cork stoppers, 3
pints, to weigh 11* ounces without
the stopper.
300 Iron Pots with bails.
25,000 Mess Pans, sheet iron, weight 2 pounds.
10,000 Camp Kettles, do. 3 sizes, in nests,
18 1 pou n d s ,
6'ooo Pickaxes, 2 sizes, to weigh 6* and 7
pounds.
10,600 Felling Axes, cast steel, best quality,
6 and 5 pounds.
10,000 Ca tuqp Hatchets, do. do.
ounces. is
10,000 Pisk-axe Handles, best quality.
20,000 Felliug-axe do do
16,000 Camp Ratchet • Handleis beet quality,
6,000 Spades, two sizes
1 000 Stoves for Sibley tents do do.
15,000 Chains for Sibley tents . , sets.
All the above mentioned articles must con
form in all reveal to the sealed standard pat
terns in this office, where they can be insular'-
.
ed, and any additional information in regard
to them will be furnished. Sample patters of
the Woolen and Cotton Cloths will be sent by
mail to bidders. It is desirable that the arti
cles be of domestic manufacture.
Proposals will be received for any one of the
articles separately, and for any portion of each,
not less less than one fourth of the number or
quantity advertised for.
The privilege is reserved by the United States
of decreasing the quantity one-fourth on the
acceptance of the proposals, and of increasing
it not to exceed double the quantity at any
time prior to the completion of the contract,
by giving the contractor thirty days notice of
such desired increase ; and of rejecting any
proposal wbich may be considered extravagant.
The manufacturers' establishment or dealers
place of business must be distinctly stated it,
the proposal, together with tae names, addre:s
and responsibility of two persons proposed a::
sureties. The sureties will guarantee that a
contract shall be entered into within ten days
after the acceptance of said bid or proposal.
Bids from manufacturers will be preferred,
or from regular dealers in the articles, and COO
tracts will be awarded to the lowest responsi
ble bidders who shall furnish the required se
curities for the faithful performance thereof.
Deliveries to commence within twenty days
after the acceptance of the proposals, and
one-fourth of the quantity contracted for mus:
be delivered in equal monthly proportions
within two months from said date of accept
ance, and the remainder within three months
thereafter in monthly or greater proportions.
It is to be distinctly understood that con
tracts are not transferable without the consent
of the proper authority, and that any sale, as
signment or transfer, (except under a ptcces6
of law,) will be regarded as an abandonment
of the contract ; and the contractor and his
or their securities will be held reponsible for all
loss cr damage to the United States which may
arise therefrom.
Payments will be made on each delivery
should Congress have made , an appropri •
ation to meet them, or as soon thereafter as an
appropriation shall be made for that purpose.
Ten per cent. of the amount of each delivers
will be retained until the contract shall be
completed, which will be forfeited to did
United States in case of defalcation on the
part of the contractor in fulfilling the con
tract.
Forms of proposals and guaranty will be,
furnish d upon application to this office, and
none will be considered that do not conform
thereto.
Proposals will be endorsed—" Proposals for
Furnishing Army Supplies and Materials," and
be addressed,
COL. CHARLES THOMAS,
my23-3tawdt Asst. Q. M. Genl., U. S. Army
GENERAL ORDERS, No. 13,
HEAD QUARTERS, P. M I
Harrisburg, May 23, 1861. i
In mustering companies, inspecting and en
listing recruits for the "Reserve Volunteer
Corps of this Commonwealth," the officers and
surgeons assigned to such duty are required to
Con torm strictly to the directions of paragraphs
1135 and 1299 11. S. Army regulations, (see
copy annexed,) excepting that the maximum
age of the rank and file shall be forty-five
years.
By order of the Commander•in-chief,
JOHN A. WRIGHT,
Aid-de-camp
No. 1135. In passing a recruit the medical
officer is to examine him stripped ; to see that
he has free use of all his limbs ; that his chest
is ample ; that his hearing, vision and speech
are perfect ; that he has no tumors, or ulcer
ated or extensively cicatrized legs ; no rupture
or chronic cutaneous affection ; that he has not
received any contusion or wound of the head
that may impair Ws faculties ; that he is not
a drunkard ; is not subject to convulei ne ; and
has no infectious disorder, nor any other that
may unfit him for military service.
No. 1299. Any free white male person above
the age of eighteen and under thirty-five
years, being at least five feet four and a half
inches high, effective, able-bodied, sober, free
from dise.lee, of good character and habits, and
with a competent knowledge of the English
language, may be enlisted. This regulation,
so far as respects the height and age of the re
cruit, shall not extend to musicians or to sol
diers who may re-enlist, or have served honestly
and faithfully a previous enlistment in the
army. my 23 lw
THE TREASURER'S STATEMENT OF
the Receipts end expenditures of the Harrisburg
Oemettry Associatiou from the 4th of June, Thtie, to the
2nd day of May, 11160 :
A. K. FAHNKSTOOK, IltnAstinns, DR.
To balance on hand June 4, 1880 $1,539 82
To receipts from sale of lots and digging graves
during the year
CR.
To cash paid officers of election.. . $3 80
To cash police offl:ers Becker and
Wickert
To cash William Putt for 11 manilla
services ....
To cash Bennevel Putt for labor
To cash lauorers and hire for horses
and carts macadamizing roads 382 00
To cash refunded for lots surrendered 23 60
To cash repairing tools 18 0$
To cash snaking fence, labor and stuff 69 32
To cash scythes, tools, nails, &c . 111 $3
To cash advertising, carpenter work,
coal, &c....
81 02
To cash invested In city bonds 1,920 00
To cash John A. Weir, Secretary 25 00
To cash A. K. Fahnestoek, Treasurer, 60 00
Superintendent 60 00
Balance due Treasurer
We do hereby certify that we have examined the above
account in detail, and compared it with the vouchero,
and Ind it correct, leaving a balause..due the Treasurer,
of ninety-five dollars and ninety three cents.
D. W. GROSS . 1
coL DE i t, / Committee.
May 18, 1861
Sztract from the Minutes of Avgust 16,1866.
Resoired, "ghat five hundred dohars of ,ur present
fund be put to interest on good security, with
view of increasing the same from year to year, until .he
interest of the increased fund wilt defray the ordinary
expenses of the Cemetery."
WEIR, secretary.
Under the foregoing resoltition, and by subzequent di
realm of the Board of Managers, an additional amount
has been invested, and bonds amounting to three thou
sand dollars are held against the city of Harrisburg,
bearing interest of six per cent. per annum clear of tax.
CEMETERY NOT/CF.
.The lot holders In the Harrisburg Cemetery are here
by notified that an election for President and five 51,nw
gen (.4 . the Association for the onettuig year, will be 13,1.1
.t the office of A. K. Fahnestock, Treasurer, on Monday
the 3d day of June, 1861, between the hours of 2 o'clock
and 5 o'clock, P. M.
n2y2.3.d1w
Military Officers, Take Notice
That we are Agents for the sale of the
celebrated " CA DWaLIALD.PatcsmeaIIES1 2, .. 41:l
-ing only to rty-five pounds containing knives, forks,
'ms, tin-caps soup-dishes, ape ins, washbasins,
'early aI t regiments that left Philadelphia h .ve SUP
pled theriatia ves with tnis indispensable article. SP O6
miens c m be seen at the A. ljultalat's Office, Camp Curtin
T 1 the sure of the subscribers.
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Schuylkill and Susquehanna R. R.
A N ADJOURNEED MEEICIN ; AND
aoleCtiOu of the tockhold.rs of the Schuylkill and
-, iegoetianna It ilroad company wilt be held at the Con'
tinentsl Hotel in the cite of Philadelphia, p erpny i pante,
on Tuesday, June 4th, 1861, at 12 o'clock M., for the pur
pose of choosing a President Sue six managers, to serve
fo.. theensuing year, and also for tile consideration of
inch other business as may properly be brought before
said meeting.
FRAN]; S. BOND,
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BecretarY•
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1,455 00
2,99 T 6::
2 00
215 00
193 00
8,093 75
95 9,3
3,093 75
A. ELFAHNEBTOCK.
J• A. WEER, Secretary
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