Pennsylvania daily telegraph. (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1857-1862, May 28, 1861, Image 2

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Forever float that standard sheet
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-731E CONSTiTuTION-AND
THE ENFORCEMENT OF 18E,LAW.
KRISBURG, PA
Tuesday Afternoon, May 28, 1861.
Three hundred German Turners, a few days
since, left Mississippi and Louisiana to join
the Federal troops at St. Louis.
NOMINATION FOIL CONGRESS. — The HOB. Henry
Grider has been nominated for Congress in the
Bowling Green district of Kentucky, unani
mously. He is a noble patriot. Love of coun
try thrills every vain and fibre of his heart and
head.
SUSPENSION OP MAIL Communes:rim—The
Postmaster General has issued an order sus
pending all communication with the seceded
States on and after the 31 - et instant. Wheeling,
Va., and that section of country, are not In
cluded in the order, and the mails thence will
be dispatched as usual.
SEWELL'S POINT.—This point, about which
considerable interest is now felt, is situated on
the south shore of Hampton Roads, four miles
from Fort Monroe. If fortified, it would com
mand the entrance to Elizabeth Channel, which
leads to the harbor of Norfolk.
HENRY WINTER Davis, while he was deliver
ing his great Union speech immediately after
his nomination for Congress, on the 25th inst.,
in the city of Baltimore, was interrupted by a
little girl, who held in her hand a boquet of
flowers, decorated by a miniature flag. She ap
proached him and said, "Sir, accept this ; I
wish you and the Union to blossom forever, as
this boquet is here." The incident elicited the
wildest shouts and excitement.
GEN. BUTLER, now leading,in the operations
against the rebels in Virginia, has already made
a splendid military reputation. He is a man of
vast and varied attainments, and most too
keen a northern barbarian for the F. F. V.'s.
Many good anecdotes are told of the General,
but nope better illustrates the character of the
man, and his shrewd professional freaks, than
the following by a young factory girl, formerly
employed in one of the Lowell mills. She had
been discharged, and the corporation refusing
to pay her, she sought legal redress and retain
ed Mr. Butler for her counsel. He listened to
her case with much interest, and afterwards
consulted the representative of the corporation,
who still refuscd to pay the girl her wages.—
Butler then issued a writ, and attached the
main water-wheel of the establishment, and by
bringing the whole manufactory to a stop, the
corporation, rather than allow their mills to re
main idle, and await the law's delay, paid the
girl her wages, and resumed operations.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN, in some portions of the
union, is condemned for doing that which the
people applauded Jackson and Clay for en
couraging and accomplishing. When Andrew
Jackson grappled with nullification, he was
sustained by the people outside of South Caro
lina. Treason then had no time to gather its
strength or concoct arguments and pines for
its defences. Its first ebliution was met with
disapprovals. Its first armed array! was '
defiantly encountered and suppressed. Jack
son, when he accomplished the suppression of
nullification, did not entirely succeed in ex
tracting the poison of treason from the band of
traitors that have been ever since increasing
in the South. Tney have been flourishing in
that locality for twenty-five years, and have
been in that period the recipients of more of
ficial favors than the people of any other sec
tion of the United States. The army and navy
have been crowded with educated at West
Point and the Marine Academy at the expense
of the government—educated with a view of
one day turning their knowledge and experi
ence against the government at whose bounty
they were made proficient and accomplished.
After nullification had been suppressed, not
eradicated, this was the mode adopted by the
Southern people for usurping the govern
ment. And now that Abraham Lincoln is
doing just what Andrew Jackson done, he
is abused by the people of the neutral
States as a coercionist while the rebels
themselves pronounce his administration a
mockery and outrage. The administration of
Abraham Lincoln has not gone as far ha its
determination to suppress this rebellion as did
Andrew Jackson go to put an end to nullifica
tion. Jackson proclaimed his determination
to hang every traitor found with a weapon a
in his hands arrayed against .t this gov
ernment. Abraham Lincoln's administration
must make the same declaration. If he is true
to his oath, he cannot escape the enforcement
of the law, and thatlaw expressly fixes death as
the jovially of treason. Let us have nothing
but the simple performance of duty, and the
unwavering exercise of justice in the suppres
sion of this rebellion. Concession and compro
mises have been proven to be more subterfu
ges of traitors—the meanest and weakest kind
of inventions to cajole and flatter demagogues.
Let islnow have the law in letter and spirit—in
stern resolve and terrible execution, as Jack
son proclaimed it, and threatened to have it
administered, viz ; Death to traitors.
EVENTS
We scarcely trust ourselves to refer to events
as they occur, lest the allusion becomes stale
in the thick repetition with which the most
startling transactions are bursting upon the
people. Never before in the history of the
world has so much mischief been perpetrated
in so short a time. One year ago we were, ap
parently, the most prosperous and the most
powerful nation on the face of the globe. Four
years ago the United States stood forward the
very embodiment of greatness, glory and
wealth—all more the result of the natural
force of character and industry of the Ameri
can masses than the influence of legislation.—
When Franklin Pierce closed his administra
tion, in 1857, there never existed in any gov
ernment a greater confidence in its power--
more reliance in its laws—more respect for its
authority--more harmony in its departments,
and more wealth in its treasuries. The nation
seemed to overflow with all that was great,
good and glorious. Abroad we were esteemed
and envied. At home the government was
beloved and confided in by the humblest citi
zen. In four years what a change has over
taken and outstripped the progress of the na
tion ! What a change has taken place in its
government, its genius and its grandeur !
James Buchanan had scarcely been in power
two years when the results which we are now
reaping, amid anarchy and rebellion, seemed
to be vouchsafed in the recklessness of his ad
ministration, and the total disregard with
which a majority of his secretaries treated all
his recommendations at that time, showed too
plainly with what power the traitors ruled the
President, and how utterly hopeless hie influ
ence for good had become. The motive which
prompted every prominent southern man to
accept office under James Buchanan, was for
the success of the single purpose of
subverting the authority of this govern
ment, destroying its business operations,
impairing its credit, and draining its
resources. Cobb went into the Treasury
that he might the better purloin for self
aggrandisement, and thus more successfully
contribute to secession. Floyd assumed the
privileges and perquisites of the War Depart
merit that he could more completely disarm
the government, and with the weapons he stole
from the armories and arsenals belonging to
the people, arm his fellow traitors. Thompson
was a silent spectator of what was going on in
the Interior Department, leaving its bonds and
notes of credit at the mercy of gamblers and
dishonest clerks, while he himself was engaged
in the completion of the grand programme of
treason. Even the sagacious and erudite
Black laid aside his legal authorities in the At
torney General's office, to engage in these in
trigues and contribute his share to the well
considered plot of usurpation and rebellion, by
attempting to demolish Stephen A. Douglas,
then regarded by the Administration and the
traitors as the most dangerous obstacle in their
path to success. This is only a very brief re
cital of the work anterior to the active opera
tions of treason. The events of those dreary
four years, to be known as the infamous and
outrageous administration of James Buchanan,
are insignificant when compared with those
, which followed what is called the official or
ganization of the rebel government at Charles
ton, its removal to Montgomery, with its sub
sequent enormities in falsehood and fraud. In
one hour we are told that this rebellion was
organized to secure rights which had been out
raged, and in the next the announcement is
made that it is for the purpose of protect
ing those who had repudiated their honest
debts and committed outrages on defenceless
strangers sojourning in their land of treason.
If one day the world is informed that the lead
ers of this rebellion are struggling for the erec
tion of a government or equal and exact laws
for the protection of life and property, and in
the next the world is startled with the declara
tion that the government is based on the sla
very of one portion of mankind, and that its
religion and its laws are centered in the custom
and the right which make a chattel of a hu
man body and a barter of a human soul. From
perjuries and perfidy to prostitutions and
persecutions—from robberies to rebellion—
from arson to assassination, this movement of
men thus desperate and bloody has gone for
ward, until they stand to-day almost at the
mercy of the authority they have so despised,
and the laws they have so wantonly outraged.
The events on the part of the traitors, so full
of excess and heartless crime, have suddenly
been brought to a stand, and the nett that we
may now fairly anticipate will be in the action
of the government. Already has that action
been immense and potential. Already has it
fully tested and realized in enthusiastic legions
rushing to its aid, the Loyalty of the people.
Already has it vindicated its strength, and now
the event which is next to follow, in the natu
ral train of these occurrences, is the total hu
miliation and overthrow of the rebel forces.
Jeff. Davis is bound to offer or encounter bat
tle before many days have elapsed. He must
do this to retain the confidence and preserve
the enthusiasm of his troops. He must do this
to make good his word before the nations of
the world. We can afford to be patient in the
meantime, convinced that the event will re
dound to the glory of the nation, re-establish
ing its prestige while it re-asserts its power and
authority.
Tea Curium! or Vracinne complain that
the New York &naves are sent to fight them,
because they were only mechanics and laborers
before they entered the service of their coun
try. They complain that their equals in birth
and positions are not sent to cross swords with
them, declaring that if the government at
Washington does not
. pit gentlemen against gen
tlemen, the F. F. V.'s will be compelled to re
tire from the contest as vulgar and unequal, as
the famous Roger A. Pryor refused to fight the
ga ll an t John A. Potter, because the lowan had
selected the favofite weapon of the bloods of
the south, a bowie-knife—alleging that such a
weapon was interdicted by the principles and
usages of the duelo—being decidedly barbarous
to be offered as a subject for carving or dissec
tion. All this may sound very ridiculous to
the sensible and manly readers of the Tam
own, but it is nevertheless true that the lead-
Pertnepthania Malin it el egrap h, ellesbap 'Afternoon, 111(4 28, 1861.
ere of this rebellion regard the laboring man
and mechanic as their inferiors not only in so
ciety, life and business—but as beneath their
competition in the pursuit of happiness, and far
beneath them as contestants on a fair battlefield.
The southern leaders, soldiers and statesmen
have alwaysunderrated this element of northern
strength—or rather let us write northern society,
and that alike includes the mechanic and
laborer, as it does those who win wealth and
fame in the paths of art and science, as well at
those who rear collossal fortunes on the ventures
of commerce or the uncertainties of speculation .
This the people of the south would never be
lieve. They would not accept the laborer and
mechanic of the north as their equals—and
now when they come, panoplied in the power
and authority of the government, to chastise
and rebuke treason, the aristocratic traitor and
deceitful recreant and apostate shrink from
the encounter as one calculated to contaminate,
not conquer the lordlings. We want the
northern mechanic and laborer who swell
the ranks of our armies with their
broad shoulders and solid breasts, to re
member these taunts of exaggerated inferiority,
and when they bare their arms to strike, let it
be a blow that will put to flight the notion
gained by underrated conceptions. Let it be a
blow that will teach these pampered eons of
idleness and ignorance, that those whom they
underrate are in reality the representatives of
the valor, as they are in truth the embodi
ments of the chivalry of the age. The under
rated north has more to achieve than the mere
vindication and re-establishment of the power
of the government. It has more
4 to gain than
the rebuke and humiliation of traitors. It has
the glory and strength of its own children to
display in the force and energy with which It
will carry on its campaign against rebellion—and
when it has once achieved all this, there will
be no mere resistance to law, no more appeals
to arms, and no more questioning the authority
of the federal power as vested in the govern
ment of the United States. On, then, with the
mechanic and the laborer of the free, to quell
rebellion and punish base treason in the slave
states.
The following letter will explain special or
der, No. 1, which appears in the TELEGRAPH
this afternoon. In order to supply the neces
sities of the Pennsylvania troops at Washing
ton, the demands of some of those in camp in
Pennsylvania must be postponed until other
uniforms have been manufactured, which will
be as speedily as possible.
We invite the attention of the reader to the
letter of the Quarter Master General, as ex
plaining satisfactorily a very important con
nection with the clothing of the volunteers of
Pennsylvania :
MAD-QUAISTKES PENNSYLVANIA MILITIA,
QUARTER MASTER'S DEPARTMENT,
HARRISBURG, May 27, 1861.
To His Excellency, A. G. Curtin, Governor and
Commander-in-Chief :
Sln :—ln obedience to Special Order, No. 1,
of this date, "to forward the clothing, as per
requisition dated 23d of May, made by Cols.
McDowell and Hartrauft of the 4th and 6th
regiments, instead of sending it as heretofore
directed, " I shall proceed at once to Philadel
phia, and forward to Washington City the
clothing for the regiments of McDowell and
Hartrauft. It is but proper to state to your
Excellency that this departure from the order
of distribution of clothing now being made,
will necessarily delay the furnishing of cloth
ing to the other Pennsylvania regiments for
whose use the same was specially ordered. I
shall spare no exertions, however, to have all
the troops now mustered into the service of the
United States furnished with ample supplies
without delay. The deliveries of clothing for
the nine Regiments ordered to be furnished by
Act of Assembly is now being made as rapidly
as possible. The clothing has all been mann
factored by first class houses, of good material,
well made, and not a single article is allowed
to be delivered without being first carefully
examined and inspected by a sworn officer,
whose certificate must accompany every bill
before it can be certified by me. I trust that
these guards, while they may occasion some
delay in the delivery, will insure a good article
suitable for the soldiers and free from all cause
of complaint. Yours Respectfully,
R. C. HALE,
Quarter Master General P. M.
We print the following letter from the
Quarter-Master General, as an act of justice
and proper defence. It is our purpose, in this
controversy, to allow all parties to be heard, and
to give those who have been chargediwith deri
'lotion of duty in the columns of the Twat-
GRAPH, the opportunity through the same
medium, of making any proper explanation:
HEAD-QUARTERS.PENNSYLVANIA MILITIA,
QUAILTRIUdASIMR'S DEPARTMENT,
HARRISBURG, May, 28th, 1861,
Geo. Bergner, Bs2.4Eclitor Telegraph
Sin :—There appears to be a great misunder
standing among the troops now in Camp Curtin
as to my authority, as a public officer, to fur
nish them with clothing. Frequent applica
tions are made for shoes and other necessaries,
which I have no power or authority to grant.
Anxious as I am to do all I possibly can for
the comfort of the soldier, yet I am restricted
by the law of the commonwealth in the matter,
a reference to which will be seen, only permits
subsistence, and makes no provision for cloth
ing of any kind. Should lio face of the law,
purchase any clothing the bill would not be
passed by the Auditor General, or paid by the
State Treasurer, no fund being appropriated
for this purpose, and would make myself per
sonally liable. The law does not authorize
either to give or sell them shoes or clothing till
they have been mustered into the service. Be
fore that they are like any other citizens, but
when once mustered in they are entitled to
clothing and no effort shall be left unspared
to meet their wants.
THE SOUTHERN Bums have sent large orders
to Sheffield and Birmingham, England, for a
peculiar pattern of scalping knife. It seems
that the chivalry have forsaken their new con
struction of the use of the knife, which was re
garded as barbarous a few months ago, but
which they now adopt as the only weapon of
service to their cause. The history of the dag
ger, the scalping and the bowie knife, is the
same. All were and are used only by assassins
and freebooters. Thelold Spanish and Italian
banditta always carried tho dagger for secret,
treacherous and effective work. Among all
nations these weapons have always been re
garded as tho implements of cowards and as
EXPLANATION.
A PERSONAL EXPLANATION.
Respectfully,
R. C. HALZ
sassins—and every robber or pirate that ever
disgraced the world or outraged humanity,won
their reputation with the knife. In this man
ner the rebois of the South intend to carry on
their warfare. In secret or in the dark, they
will stab the loyal troops of the government—
or in truce or on parole they will not hesitate
at assassination as the accomplishment of their
work of revenge. Provided always, that the
aforesaid rebels can succeed in being supplied
with the tools from Sheffield and Birmingham,
of which there are at present some serious
doubts.
FROM THE CAMERON KREBS.
Correspondence of the Telegraph,]
CATONSVILLE, Md., May 27, 1861
We left St. James Switch, on the Northern
Central Railroad, on Saturday afternoon for
Cockeysville, to join the advance of the Came
ron Guards. We had only reached the latter
point when we received orders to move for
ward again, and at once proceeded on the road
to the Monumental City. We reached Mill
vile, three miles this side of Baltimore, where
we were quartered for the night in a whisky
distillery, some of our comrades reposing on
the rather novel conch of a malt-tub, with the
fumes of whisky yet clinging to the
stones. In the morning we again took the
cars,!and were carried as far as Woodbury,when
we again came to a halt, stopping for nearly
three hours waiting for a dispatch to proceed
forward. At this point we met the Second
Brigade of the First Regiment, which badcome
down yesterday. A majority of the " boys "
were very anxious to remain here, attracted by
the bright eyes and brighter smiles of the
lasses who work in the cotton mills, and who
evidently regarded us northern barbarians as
not so barbarous as to be unapproachable or
unentertainable. But the word was given to
push on, and soon the bright eyes and smiles
of our fair charmers were lost in the dim dis
tance which hides many of our hopes and loves
—and in a very short time we were within the
precincts of Baltimore. Our presence at the
Depot was the signal for great rejoicing among
a large crowd assembled to welcome us. The
stars and stripes were hoisted, which we greet
ed with three as hearty cheers as ever issued
from the throats of men.
A. line was formed, and the order of march
up Preston street, when we halted for the oth
er division of our regiment. As we proceeded
on our march we were surrounded by a large
body of people, greeting us with the most
friendly, demonstrations of welcome and ap
plause. We remained in Preston street for
nearly two hours, and while there the people
seemed to vie each other in contributing food
and drink. Negroes were sent along the line
with water, others were distributing bread and
meat, and altogether, the people of this vicin
ity of Baltimore won our friendship and esteem.
We were soon joined by our other division,
formed in line and were surrounded by an im
mense throng of people, and then started for
our present quarters, five miles south-west
of Baltimore and four miles from the Relay
House. We are comfortably quartered in the
Maryland State Lunatic Asylum. The location
of our quarters is very healthy, from which we
have a splendid view of Baltimore, Forts M'-
Henry and Carroll. At night the scene is in
creased in beauty by the lights along the bay—
and altogether we are as happy and as content
ed as "boys" can be who are approaching a
battle field, where we expect to win our first
honors, and perform our first deeds of service
and patriotism for our country.
I had almost forgotten to mention that the
Cameron Guard (our company) were the first
to convey the Stars and Stripes proudly erect
and unfurled to the breeze, through Baltimore,
since the present troubles commenced. They
were carried by Second Lieutenant Awl.
With a kind word of remembrance to the
friends and the girls we left behind ns,
I am yours W. A. P.
The address of the Cameron Guard is, Compa
ny E, First Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers,
Catonsville, Baltimore co., Md.
Correspondence of the Telegraph.]
HARRISBURG, May 28, 1881
I paid a visit to Camp Curtin this morning,
and through the politeness of the gentlemanly
managers of the Commissary Department, I
had an opportunity of inspecting it. I saw
bags of ground coffee, pile on pile 2
• rice in the
same proportion ; barrel upon barrel of fine
beans ; barrel upon barrel of fine crackeis ;
new bread by the cart-load, of fine quality. I
examined the flitch, had it cut open, and I
never saw better or purer meat, and as to the
salt pork, I never saw better anywhere ; not
one-third of the families in Harrisburg are so
well provided. Fresh beef in any quantities,
cut into stakes, and distributed, and of the beet
quality. Not a spoiled article or piece of tainted
meat did I see, and the man who would deli
berately publish , a misrepresentation of the
Commissary Department, and do this injustice
of the honorable managers and to the prejudice
to Gov. Curtin, must be devoid of truth and pa
triotism.
Sommer , ' HOSPITALITY.—The Southern pa
pers are generally accusing the New York
Seventh Regiment of gross ingratitude in
taking up arms against the South, after having
partaken of Southern hospitality. This is a
fair specimen of that Southern hospitality
which is on every Southerner's tongue. The
Seventh Regiment went to Richmond to help
some public ceremonies at their own cost, and
expended there about twenty dollars per
man, while they received Southern hospitality
to the amount of a dollar per man. This
astonishing and profitable Southern munifi
cence has been sung in their ears ever since,
and now it is claimed as quite treacherous
that, after having enjoyed such Southern hos
pitality, they should fight for the Government
against Southern rebels.
" PICATUAE Bum a."— Some idea . of the
stud published in the rebel newspapers and
palmed upon their ignorant readers as genuine,
may' be had by the following clipped from
one of the most noted papers in the South :
All the New England troops now in Wash
ington city are negroes, excepting three or
four drummer boys. General B. F. Butler,
who commands them, is a native of Liberia.—
Oar elderly readers must recollect "Old Ben,"
the barber, who kept his shop for so many
years in Poydras street, and then emigrated to
Africa, with a small competency. This General
Butler, of. Lowell, is his son.—N. O. Picayune.
Ora of the Ohio regiments recently elected
the Rev. Granville Moody, a well known
Methodist preacher of that State, their chap
lain. When their choice had been declared,
they sent to Brother Moody to ask him if he
would go. He replied : Why, yes, he would
like to be their chaplain—but with one condi
tion, that they would furnish him with a mus
ket ; "for," said he, "in our Methodist com
munion we do not believe in faith without
works." The Rev. Mr. Moody was furnished
with a musket, but it is doubtful whether his
sermons would not be found quite as effectual
i n scaring away the enemy.
EVERY MAN who offers his services to his
country in the present crisis, and is mustered
into service, will be entitled to land warrants
in addition to his regular pay, even if the war
is closed in thirty days. Privates will receive
160 acres each ; officers larger tracts in propor
tion to the rank they hold.
DR• DITPONOO'S GOLDEN PILLS
FOR PRIMES.
aminge ri correcting, regulating, and removing ad
obstructions, from whatever cause, anda I-
Ways successftil as a preven
tive.
THESE PILLS HAVE BEEN USED BY
the doctors for many years, both In France and
erica, with unparalleled success in every case ; and
he is urged by many tbousana ladies who used them, to
make the Pills public for the alleviation of those suffering
from any Irregularities whatever as well as to prevent
an Increase of family where health will not permit it.—
Females particularly situated, or those supposing them.
selves so, are cautioned against these Pills while in that
condition, as they are our, to produce miscarriage, and
the proprietor assumes no responsibility after this admo
nition, although their mildness would prevent any mis
chief to health—otherwise the Pills are recommended.
Full and explicit directions accompany each box. Pries
$1 00 per box. Sold wholesale and retail by
CHARLES A. BANNVART, Druggist,
No. 2 Jones Row, Harrisburg, Pa.
"Ladles," by sending him $1 00 to the Harrisburg
Post Office, can have the Pills sent free of observation to
any part of the country (confidentially) and "free of pea
tags" by mail. Sold also by S. S. STILT4NS, Reading,
JOHNSON, HOLLOWAY & COWDSN, Philadelphia, J. L. Lax.
nsaniat, Lebanon, Damn H. fbarsite, Lancaster; J. A.
Weir, Wrightsville ; E. T. Musa, York ; and by one
druggist in every city and village in the Union, and by
S. D. Howl, ale proprietor, New York .
N. B.—Look out for counterfeits. Buy no Golden Pills
of any kind unless every box is signed S. D. Howe. Ail
others are a base Imposition and unsafe; therefore, as
you value your lives and health, (to say nothing of be
ing humbugged out of your money,) buy only of those
who show the signature of S. D. Howe on every box,
which has recently been added on account of the Pills
being counterfeited do3.dwaawly.
This morning, at Gettysburg, by the Rev. E. L.
Baugber, D. D., Rsv. E. S. Jonsororr, of Harrisburg, to
Elsa Anis H. O'Dsta,, of Gettysburg.
ATTENTION ! FARMERS ! !
Reapers and Mowers For Sale,
THE SUBSCRIBER has on hand a num
ber of .. . Reapers and Mowers (Manny's with Wools
improvements) with all the late improvements, which
he will sell at nearly fifty per cent. less than the regular
prices at which they are sold.
Persons wanting machines of this kind can save fifty
dollars on each machine by purchasing from the sub
.
so riber.
m y28.3b1.3tw
LOST.—A GOLD PENCIL, on Second
street, between Pine and Locust. A liberal reward
will be given to to the finder by Mrs. Dr. Kimball, at
Vaughn's Hotel. my2.B-ltd
TO CONTRACTORS FOB SUPPLIES.
We hereby give notice to all those who may
be contracting to furnish supplies to the State,
under the recent appropriation of three mil
lions, that, having received the power under
that Act of appointing inspectors of all sup
plies, and other power also in reference to the
settlement of claims, which was not delegated
to us under the previous Act of April 12th, we
shall hold every contractor to the most rigid
accountability in the settlement of his claims,
and the inspection of his supplies must be of
that character which shall prevent any impo
sition upon the State, and protect the volun
teers who have so nobly responded to its call ;
and no supplies will be paid for until they have
been inspected by officers who shall have been
duly appointed for that purpose. •
THOS. E. COCIIILiN,
Auditor General.
GENERAL ORDERS, No, 13.
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
conform strictly to the directions of paragraphs
1185 and 1299 11. B. 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. 1185. 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 his faculties ; that he is not
a drunkard ; is not subject to convulsions ; 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 disease, 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-east, or have served honestly
and faithfully a previous enlistment In the
army. my 23 1w
Ds. R. Halms
THE TREASURER'S STATEMENT OF
the Receipts and expenditures of the Harrisburg
Oemetery Association from the 4th of June, 1860, to the
2nd day of May, 1160 :
A. R. FARNESTOOK, Tainasmus, DR.
To balance on band Jane 4, 1860 $1,589 82
To receipts from sale of lota and digging graves
during the year 1,488 00
CR. 2,997 82
To cash paid officers of election $3 60
To cash pollee officers Becker and
Wickert
2 00
To cash William Putt for 11 months
services 275 00
To cash Bennevel Putt for labor 198 00
To cash laborers and hire for horses
and carts macadamizing roads..... 882 00
To cash refunded for lots surrendered 23 50
To cash repairing tools 1.3 03
To cash making fence, labor and stuff 69 82
To cash scythes, tools, nails, &o ..... . 16 83
To cash advertising, carpenter work,
coal,
81 02
To cash , invested in city bonds 1,920 00
To cash John A. Weir, Secretary 25 00
To cash A. B. Fahnestock, Treasurer, 50 00
Superintendent .......... 50 00
Balance due Treasurer 3,093 T 5
95 93
We do harsh y certify that we have examined the above
account in detail, and compared it with the vouchers,
and find It correct, leaving a balance due the Treasurer,
of ninety-five dollars and ninety three cents.
May 18, 1861. D. W. GROSS, 1
Committee.
WM. COLDER, f
Extract from the Minutes of .dvosat 16, 1868.
fund
Resolved, "That five hundred dollars of Our present
be put to interest on good security, with a
view of increasing the'same from year to year, until she
interest of the increased fund will defray the ordinary
expenses of the Cemetery."
J. A. WEIR, Secretar.
Under the foregoing resolution, and by subsequent y di
rection of the Board of Managers, an additional amount
has been invested, andbonds amounting to three thou
sand dollars are held against the city of Harrisburg,
bearing interest of six Der cent, per annum clear of tax.
CEMETERY NOTICE.
The lot holders in the Harrisburg Cemetery are here
by notified that an election for President and five Mana
gers of the Association for the ensuing year, will be held
at the aloe of A. K. Pahoestock, Treasurer, on Monday
the 3d day of June, 1861, between the hours of 2 o'clock
and 6 o'clock, P. H.
11172341. w J, A. WWjt, bindery.
A CARD TO THE LADIES
IllarrieD.
New 2tbvtrtiscmtnts.
DAVID 2141:111,1MA, JR,,
3d street Harrisburg
HENRY D. MOORE,
State Treasurer
READ QUADTEES, P. lif.r
Harrisburg, Nay 23,186 . 1. r
3,093 75
A. K. FLEINFSTOOK.
Kew 2bl:intimate.
H- ---------
IDKORY, OAK AND PINE WOOD
for sale,
CUT TO STOVE OR CORD LENQZH 2C) SNT
PURCHASERS.
ALSO, LOCUST POSTS AND OHAS'TNUT RAILS OUT
TO ORDER.
ALSO, STONE AND SAND FOR BUILDING
Inquire of the subscriber at his residence on the Ridge
road, opposite the Good Will Engine House, or at the
Yard, corner of Second and Broad streets, West Har
risburg. [my27•tf] G. B. OOLE.
THE LAST WEEK!
M. I. FRANKLIN, Optician,
INFORMS the citizens of Harrisburg and
vicinity, that his professional stay in this city is
limited now to
FRIDAY, the 31st Inst.,
when he will close his office here for the sale of his
CRYSTAL SPECTACLES
The sale of his
Microscopes,
Telescopes,
Military Field Glasses,
Opera and Marine Glasses,
Mathematical, Surveyors'
and Physical Instruments,
Stereoscopes and
Stereoscopic Views, &c.,
will close on the PREviou day,
THURSDAY, the 30th Imit
Returnring his sincere thanks to the public for the
liberal patronage and attention he has received here he
solicits the continuance of the same at his establishment,
where he will be happy to execute all orders with
promptness and speed.
M. I. FRAN/MN,
(Stare and Factory 112 South 4th strict, Philadelphia.)
Office in Harrisburg, Third street, near Walnut.
mylb-lwd&w
COMXLEISARY GINIEILAL'S 01711 CS,
Harrisburg, May 26, 1861.
Notice is hereby given to all persons who
hold accounts for labor, material and services
rendered in connection with the State Military
Departments in and about Harrisburg, that they
shall present them at this office, in the Capi
tol Buildings, on and during MONDAY next
for proper adjustment.
W. W. IRWIN,
my2s-d2t o:muniseary General, P. M.
[BY AUTHORITY.]
UNITED STATES
INFANTRY TACTICS:
FOR TIFF
Instruction, Exercise, and innoinvren
01 THE
U. 8. INFANTRY;
MOLE:DM
INFANTRY OF THE LINE, LIGHT IN
FANTRY, AND RIFLEMEN.
Prepared under the direction of the War Department,
and authorized and adopted by Sluon Osnnerit,
Secretary of War.
• CONTAINING
The School of the Soldier; The School of the Compa
ny; Instruction for Skirmisher,;
The General ails; The Coil, for Skirmisher),
And the ,School of the Battalion ;
12(4217DEN0
A DICTIONARY OF MILITARY TERMS.
One Volume Complete, illustrated with numerous En
gravings. $1.26.
•
W4R Lersamwerrr, Washington, May 1, 1861..
This System of United States Infantry Tactics for Light
Infantry and Riflemen. prepared under the direction of
the War Department, having been approved by the Pre•
sidbnt, is adopted for the instruction of the troops when
acting as Light Infantry or Riflemen, and, under the act
of May 12, 1820, for the observance of the militia when
so employed. SIMON CAMERON,
Secrary ft,f War.
For sale at BERGNER'S CHEAP BOOE et STORk. By re
mitting the regular price the book will be sent to any
place free of postage. my 24
my2B
EMPTY MOLASSES HOGSHEADS.-A
large quantity of empty Holum Barrels, Hogs
heads and Meat Casks, for sale by
my 24 WM. DOCK & CO.
FRENCH MUSTARD, English and do
mestic Pickles, (by the dozen or hundred.) supe
rior Salad Oil, Ketchup, Sauces and Condiments of every
description. my 24 WM. DOCK Zs CO.
JUST PUBLISHED
A MANUAL
MILITARY SURGERY;
OR,
HINTS ON THE P2dXSGENODIS
OF
Field, Camp, and H9apital, Praatioe.
S. D. GROSS, M. D
FROF/3908 OF SURGERY IN TEN .nansecust =mu. OCILIZGI
AT PHILADLLPELA.
For sale at BERGNER'B CHEAP BOCELSTORE.
may 24
ARMY SIIPPL/El3.
HEAD QUARTERS, Pammvsure. Mums,
QUARTER MASTER'S DIPARTYIRT,
Harrisburg, May 28d, 1861.
Sealed proposals will be recieved at this office
until Thursday the 30th day of May, 1661, 12
M., for furnishing by contract the following
army supplies, to be delivered at the Pennsyl
vania Clothing and Equippage Depot, Harris
burg, in quantities as required :
12.000 Army Blankets, wool grey, with let
ters P. M., in black, 4 inches long, in
the centre,) to be 7 feet long and 5
feet 6 inches wide, to weigh 6 pounds
each.
150 Drums, complete, Infantry, with sticks,
slings and stick carriages.
150 Fifes, B: and C., each kind.
12,000 Great coat straps.
600 Sergeant's sashes.
12,000 Metallic letters.
12,000 Metallic numbers.
12,000 Pairs brown linen trousers, undress,
as per sample.
All the above articles must conform strictly
with the sample patterns in this office, and in
the Qarter Master General's office, Philadelphia,
(Farmer's and Mechanics' Bank building.)
It is desirable that all the articles be of do
mestic manufacture.
Proposals will be recieved for any one of the
articles separately, and for any portion of each
not less than one-half the quantity.
The blankets being required for speedy use,
if the army standard cannot be furnished, sam
ples of a different quality may be filed with
the bids at this office, or in the office at Phila
delphia. R. 0. HALE
m24-St Q. M. Gen. P. M.
NO IMPOSITION.
REVOLVERS AT COST TO SOLDIERS.
Gold and Silver Stars, Eagles, Roams, Lace and
Trimmings always for sale. s, a largo &simians's of
FLAGS at BAER'S AUCTIOS STORM,
14'27 Ssooadabeire 19111SaS SSW&
PURPOSES