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017 R PLATFORM
DIE UNION—w CONSurunON—AND
Tarl ENFORCEMENT OF TUE LAW._
HARRISBURG, PA.
Wednesday Afternoon, June 26, 1861.
TEE SUNBURY AND ERIE RAILROAD
By an act of the last legislature the name of
this road was changed from the Sunbury to the
Philadelphia and Erie Radroad, which is now its
corporate title, and in which name it will here
after transact all its business. An act of the
same legislature also authorized the Governor
to "point a commissioner, for the purpose of
proceeding over the road, examine its grading,
decide upon the work performed, and report to
the Governer a full and accurate account of the
condition of the road. After this report has
been made, it will be decided by the Governor
whether the bonds deposited with the stateou
thorities, securing the faithful expenditure of
the money appropriated by the state for the
completion of this road, can be lifted without
damage to the commonwealth.
In compliance with the provisions of this
act authorizing the appointment of the said
commissioner, the Governor has appointed Col.
John A. Wright, who will at once proceed to
the discharge of the duty thus assigned him.
In this appointment, the interests of the state
will be faithfully represented, as few men are
the superior of Col. Wright in the knowledge of
railroads, their constauction and operation.
With this experience and knowledge,. Col.
Wright also 'carries to his work a business
capacity that has already won him a character
for industry and integrity of which any man
may well be proud.
The people of Pennsylvania will look for 1
this report with an interest commensurate with
the importance of this great public improve
ment, which is of itself a monument of Penn
sylvania enterprise. The country it traverses,
the immense resources which it will assist in
developing, the new markets it will create
along its line, and the treasure and travel it
is destined to pour into the lap of our beauti
ful metropolis on the banks of the Delaware,
make the Philadelphia and Erie Railroad one
of the most important links in the great chain
-- tenttmg - her interests to those of distant terri
tories, and with which she is also drawing into
closer communication her own towns and cities.
PAYMENT OF VOLUNTEERS.
The act of 15th May fixes the pay of the Re
serve Corps of Pennsylvania volunteers from
that date, so that a month's wages is already
due those troops, which will be promptly paid
to them on Monday next. The Paymaster
General, Henry D. Maxwell, is now prepared to
discharge this service, and as soon as the .Assis
tent Paymasters have filed their bonds, the
work of disbursement will commence. We un
derstand that the selection of these Assistants
will be governed entirely with a regard to the
capacity of the gentlemen to be named in this
connection, and that, when the list is announc
ed, among them will be found some of the very
best and most competent men in the State.
We certainly feel gratified in being authorized
to announce this speedy payment of the volun
teers, and we have a right also to congratulate
the soldier who is in the service of a common
wealth that thus appreciates and requites his
services.
Tux Naw To= WORLD has absorbed the
Collier and Enquirer. That is to say, that
after the Ist of July, the New York Courier and
Enquirer, the foremost and most influential of
the large commercial journals of New York
city, is to be suspended, its subscription list,
advertising patronage and good will having
been purchased by the proprietors of The World.
For thirty years J. Watson Webb has been the
editor of the Enquirer, from which position he
now retires to engage in the services of the
country as a diplomatic agent. During those
thirty years, Mr. Webb has occupied a promi
nence in the eyes of his countrymen which
few of the editorial fraternity have yet achiev
ed, and also stepped aside on several occasions
to sustain the valor and the veracity of the
profession in the duello. By this acquisition
The Wonici will still further increase its im
mense influence and patronage, and become
thereby the leading commercial organ of New
York city.
Tllll ADMINISTRATION are sorely displeased
with the repeated loss of its pickets in Virginia,
more especially in the neighborhood of Fairfax,
and it is said that General Scott has written
rather sharply to the commanding general there
with reference to the same. He sets down the
loss of these pickets as the result of a want of
proper caution and unwarranted familiarity
with those whom they should keep at a respect
ful distance. This hob nobbing with the "ene
my" may appear to be very pleasant amuse.
ment to the troops, but it is not always safe.
The exchange of liquor between the pickets is
severely condemned.
Every day adds to the certainty that there
will be a strenuous effort in the approaching
Congress to secure the recognition of southern
independence, but a careful review of the whole
ground leaves little chance to hope that the
movement will be successful. The government
is in for a war, and the indications are almost
positive that they will carry it onward,
IMPOLITIC AND IMPRACTICABLE.
Our Democratic friends are determined to
make the most of the crisis into which the
country has been plunged, bytaking advantage
of the emergency to control the elections to fill
vacancies occasioned by the fesignation of
members of Congress. We are willing to grant
them the exercise of all their natural cunning,
wire-pulling or pipe-laying, as long as the pub
lic service is not threatened or really damaged
by the course they may adopt to pursue. But
when such is the case, as it is in their nomina
tion for Congress in the second Congressional
District, we consider it a duty which we owe to
the public, to expose the game and the cheat
by which Democratic partizans seek to mingle
with politics a military, element totally
inconsistent with the, spirit of the Con
stitution and laws of the land. In offering
the name of Col. Charles J. Biddle as a candi
date for Congress in the Second District, the
Democratic party is guilty of an attempt to im
pair the public service when it thus seeks the
withdrawal of an efficient officer from the army,
merely to gratify their spleen, and afford-them
the opportunity to rejoice over a defeat of the
Bepublican organization. No other spirit than
this induced them to nominate Col. Biddle, and
therefore he owes it to himself, as well as to the
grade of the army in which he is serving with
so much distinction to his regiment and bene
fit to his country, to reject this offer as inop
portune and questionable in its mode and man
ner of being made, and as insincere and unsat
isfactory to a man of honor and a gentle
man. Had the Democratic leaders been cer-
Min of a victory without the prestige of the
war to carry a candidate, Col. Biddle never
would have been nominoted, as , the honor
would have been reserved for one more famil
iar with Demodratic Corruption.:—fiut as it is,
that party was driven, to this partizan shift only
to initiate the bitter political persecution they in
tend to wage against the real supporters of the
war in the north.
Col Biddle is in command of a well organized
and gallant regiment of Pennsylvania volun
teers. A resignation.was deemed necessa7 to
place him in that position, and we therefore
do think that his acceptance of a political
nomination would do more to demoralize the
army and d 7 shearten the rank and file, than a
dozen defeats in es many days could accom
plish. in the same respect. He aspired and
was anxious to be placed where he now is, and
he should remain there, or the same privilege
should be granted to every soldier of leaving
the ranks and throwing up a command when a
more lucrative and less dangerous position was
opened to him by the tricks cud wire-pull - hags
of political gamesters. For. Col. Biddle we
cannot but entertain feelings of the most pro
found respect, as well for his gallantry as for
his virtues and abilities. It is this respect for
the man that prompts us to protest against his
leaving a position in which he is just begining
to be of such invaluable service to his country,
and win such fair renown for himself, to satis
fy the schemes of those who have no regard for
the soldier beyond the use which they can
sibly elevate Col. Biddle higher in the estima
tion of his countrymen, than for him to de
cline this nomination, end remain at the head
of Ms regiment.
ISAAC I. STEVENS, late chairman of the Breck
inridge national committee, recently made a
speech in Oregon, before a Democratic nomi
nating convention, in which he declared that
he had denounced secession from the beginning.
It is all very well for such men as I. I. Stevens
to deny their complicity with treason, now
that the traitors are in armed resistance to the
government, but the country cannot forget, their
connection with the very scheme, that has
brought about the rebellion they hypocritically
deplore. I. I. Stevens, as chairman of the
Breckinridge national committee, could not help
being acquainted with the schemes and designs
of Davis, Hunter, Toombs and Tyler, because
during the last Presidential election he was in
daily communion with these traitors, acted on
their suggestions, and in Washington city he
was even suspected of being controlled by their
influence. It is too late for him to assert that
the Breckinridge party, of which he was an ac
tive member and a bitter advocate, is not re
sponsible for the disruption of the Union, the
demoralization of the army, the insults to our
flag, and the renunciation of our laws. How
ever Mr. Stevens may deny that this is so, his
own conviction and knowledge teach him oth
erwise, if he was not aware before the Presi
dential election, that this Union was to be dis
solved immediately " after the result of that
election was made known. - "
We are willing that I. I. Stevens should have
the benefit of his present allegiance and sup
port of the government, but . the people are also
determined that he and such as he should and
must bear the responsibility of being accessory
to this treason before the fact of its existence
was known to the world. Let them rather re
pent of their crimes than rail against the in
fatuation of criminals. Let the Breckhnidge
leaders in the north acknowledge their sins,
pray to God for forgiveness, before they attempt
now to thrust themselves forward into the com
pany of men struggling to undo what they done,
and audaciously claim the title and the position
of patriots. Odious as they were before, the
present conduct of such men as I. I. Stevens
rendersthem doubly obnoxious in the eyes of the
American people.
A SPECIAL TELECRADI in the Nara American
declares that the reports current that the south
is anxious for a compromise, are believed to be
without the shadow of foundaticm. Those who
have the best means of knowing, assert most
positively that the south desires nothing of the
dind. What it wants is a peaceful separation
and recognition of its independence. It would
prefer that its independence should be secured
in an amicable spirit ; but if this is not possible
then it will fight to the bitter end to obtain it.
This is the true state of the case, and all reports
about the south desiring a compromise may be
set down as, the veriest nonsense. The Admin
istration is fully aware ,that this is the position
of the south, and_it treats as•idle the rumors
about cotußrOPONlhat lave been current:
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When Jeff. Davis and his co-rebels left the
Senate of the United States, they based their
resignation on the fact that their states had set
up an independent government, to which their
first allegiance was due. The idea, then, of
secession, was that the aristocracy of the south,
the superior classes, could no longer remain in
political association with the masses of the
north. They held, that while the people of the
south were ablest to govern—that while they
were intellectually superior, they were numeri
cally outaumbered by the laboring masses, who,
by the system of free suffrage, controlled the
executive and legislative branches of the gov
ernment. Under such a system they could,
and declare they would not live. Therefore
they retired—they seceded. When this lie be
gan to be apparent to the masses of the south,'
and Davis and his associates contemplated the
confusion that was inevitable, they started
another lie in the shape of an assertion that
the Lincoln administration designed the imme
diate emancipation of the slave population of
the south. Every slave was to be turned loose,
armed and hissed on his master, by emissaries
f:om the north. The resources of the govern
ment were to be used for this purpose—and in
anticipation of this event after the election of
Lincoln was proclaimed, the thief and traitor
Floyd, ordered the removal of large quanties of
government stores and an equally large number
of arms, to points in the south where they
could be used by the traitors: This removal is
now justified by the assertion that Floyd, as
Secretary of War, had a legal right to dispose of
the arms as he deemed best for the safety of
the people. His friends claim that the people
lof the South were in danger from northern in
vasion, and therefore they had a right to
protection and defence. All this is done
to screen Floyd from the ?corn of those who
know him at home, and as the lie in regard to
the - arming of slaves became apparent, another
lie is started, that the north intends to subju
gate the south. This lie is also fast being dissi
pated by the fact of the federal troops mingling
freely and friendly with the people, opening
the doors of prisons, into which union men
' and loyal citizens had been incarcerated to sat
isfy the fears and lies of traitors—encouraging
productions where rebellion had prostrated
trade, and wining back to law and order the
allegiance of whole communities of misled and
mistaken men.
The entire rebellion is a lie, from its begin
ning to its present pitiful straight. It was con
ceived in falsehood, brought forth in falsehood,
and in falsehood it breathes its miserable ex
istence. And when its career is ended, the lies
of those who are engaged in it, in the attempt
of one traitor to criminate another, will cap the
climax of the most stupendous system of lying
that ever was invented since the devil concocted
his falsehood to deceive our weak and credu
lous mother in the' garden of Eden.
WE own, at the present moment, legitimate
ly one hundred millions of dollars. Four years ago
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in the national iMasUry. The increase of this
debt occurred under the last administration, and
was made necessary by events growing out of
that administration.. • Those events are all con
nected with the defence, advocacy and spread of
slavery—and therefore to this institution alone,
and those who encourage Its popagandism, we
are indebted for this increased responsibility.
This war was brought about by those who deem
ed that the institution of slavery was in danger.
It was this faith that kindled the fire on the al
tars of South Carolina —the same faith spread
the flame from state to state; until • the - confla
gration has become one-which threatens to con
sume all that we are as a nation. This am hun
dred millions .
Mere item of small amount
when compared to what slavery has cost this
government... The millions Which were' spent
in driving the• Indiana from the swamps of
Florida so that they could be oecupied. with
slaves. The - millions on millions which it has
cost to keep up the post-routes—maintain forts
and arsenals—support custom-house officers and •
fee attorneys and marshals. The millionsmore •
that were swallowed up in the war with Mexico,
another pretext to advance and increase the in- 1
stitution and • numerical strength of slavery,
go to swell the figures of those expenses, un
til the amount becomes one of unprecedented
magnitude. All this has been done to satisfy
slavery. Millions on millions exhausted that
would have relleVed free labor—life and limb
sacrificed that were dear to communities—the
national Credit leveled and the, national honor.
humiliated. All for, slavery-,-all for a mean •
andlaiy aristocracy, that regard the laboring
men of the north as only the equals of their •
slaves; unfit to govern or unfit to battle with in
a contest for government. And . yet in the face
of these facts, men talk of compromising.
When the force and strength and the devotion
of the people areenneyed, to. defend flit govern
ment, and settle the questions growing out of
the assumptions of slavery, we are calmly in
vited to compromise. We are impudently ask
ed to make terms of peace with traitors, and
again welcome them back into the fellowship of
government, as if' they had never violated a
law, defied an authority, or sworn an oath to
destroy a nationality 'froin which. they derived
the means and the implements to carry on their
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rebellion.
—We trust that those who now propose to
compromise will themselves be denounced as
traitors, because they are such, to all intents
and purposes, when they seek a compromise by
which the compounding of treason will be se
cured, and the escape of traitors legally facili
tated.
THE SEVENTH REGIMENT.— It is understood
that a meeting of the rank and file of the. New
York Seventh Regiment will be called in a few
days, to reconsider the question of taking the
regiment again into the field.
GEN. HARNEY is reported to be again in St
Louis, notwithstanding the government re
moved him from that department. Our predic
tion in regard to Harney will yet be verified.
CJIAELESTON port is to be permanently, de
stroyed, by the government sinking loads of
stow at the bar. '
THE LIES OF TREASON.
BY THEM
FROM FORTRESS MONROE.
A - Reconitoitering Party Attacked by
Rebel Troops.
IGHT FEDERAL SOLDIERS WOUNDED.
Large Number of Rebel Troops
Killed and Wounded,
Engagement with Rebel Dragoons.
ONE OF OUR MEN KILLED.
THREE REBEL PRISONERS RELEASED.
Capture of a Vessel and Cargo of
Contraband Goods
REFUGEES FROM NORFOLK
Large Rebel Force at Norfolk
FORTRESS bIONROE, June 25,
ma BALTIMORE, June 26.
The gun-boat Monticello made a reconnoi
sance yesterday up the Rappahannock river.
About four o'clock P. M. a party landed in a
boat at the house of A, Ai. Gesum, an acquain
tance of the pilot, and were introduced to the
family. While conversing with ladies, three
companies of rebels rushed dowu upon the party
and attempted to cut off their retreat to the
boat.
Surgeon Heber Smith, of New York, was shot
through the face and baud, and August Patter
son was mortally wounded. They are both at
Hygeia hospital. Six others were slightly
wounded. Capt. Brain at once opened upon
the rebels from the Monticello, with shell and
cannister, killing and wounding, he thinks, a
large number. The rebels fled and the house
was completely demolished.
The gunboat Quaker City also had a short en
gagement this morning with a large number of
dragoons, while cruising in. Lynlaaven bay,
near Cape Henry. • •
Commander Carr picls.ed up a man named
Lynch, a refugee from Norfolk, who represent
ed that the master plumber of the Norfolk
navy yard was ashore and wished to be taken off.
An armed boat sent for the purpose, was fired
upon when near the shore, mortally wounding
a seaman named James Lloyd of Charlestown,
Mass. A few 32 pound shell dispersed the rebels.
Lloyd died this afternoon.
Adolph Vincennes, of Duryea's regiment,
died yesterday of wounds received at th Great
Bethel fight.
A member of the naval brigade was drowned
yesterday while bathing. His body was recov
ered this morning.
The three rebel prisoners mentioned yester-.
day have been released. My informant says
they were not required to take the oath of al
legiance.
Many depredations have been committed by
our troops at Hampton and Newport News, and
it is thought the perpetrators will be severely
punished when discovered, as they have dis
couraged the Union men of Virginia and terri
bly exasperated the rebels.
The gun boint o Cr--vna. wmi-bsiavrti this
_ .uer cruise she took thc , oai r .
Amelia, from Liverpool for Charleston; with a
cargo consisting mainly of contraband of war.
The prize was sent to Philadelphia. The rebel
steamers came out from Charleston, but did
not venture to meet the 'Union.
The ship Morning Light, from Australia,with
a car g o or guano is here. The ship Cherubim
from iverpool, sailed for New York this mor
ning.
Tirty-four of Col. Allen's men returned to
New York via Baltimore, having been rejected
by Major Williams, the recruting officer at
Fortress Monroe.
Lieut. - Crosby, with- fifty men in propellor
Fanny, made.a reconnoisance this morning up
Back river, and - dispersed several parties of
rebels on the shore.
A flag of truce has arrived from Norfolk with
fifty refugees. They represent a large number
of troops at Norfolk, and say that the rebels at
Sewell's Point have a profound contempt for
Sawyer's gun. They also say that Yorktown
is being made a stronghold.
Among the visitors at Old Point to-day, are
the Belgian Minister and suite, Daniel Ullman
and daughters, and Mr. Scroggs, of New York.
IMPORTANT SOUTHERN NEWS
Loutsvats, June 26.
The Journal of this morning has a letter from
the First Congressional district, which says that
at the election, voters were asked "are you for
Vie north or south ?"
The same paper says that the cases of guns
taken from the camp near this city and sent to
Nashville were marked for Harris, Edward &
Co. Dr. Blackburn of Natches, iss., is the
agent for conducting their transportation
south. • •
The Journal' s correspondent at Williainport,
Kentucky, says seven deserters from the South
ern army at Knoxville had arrived there.—
They are Germans and had been pressed into the
service in New Orleans. They report that ra
tions, as well as clothing, shoes powder and
arms, were scarce, and they had not been paid
for two months.
The writer adds that all this part of the State
is praying for arms to help the men of east Ten
nessee, and are hoping that their friend Abra
ham, as they call the President, will speedily
send thein help.
" A friend of Mr. Crittenden authoritatively
denies a dispatch to the Journal declaring that
Crittenden would offer his compromise or ad
vise Kentucky to secede.
The gun boats Lexington and Conestoga will
arrive to-day. The Memphis banks have loan
ed their own notes of a nominal value only to
the amount of $195,000 for secession purposes.
The Memphis Avalanche of the 25th says the
editor was shown a dispatch from the Southern
Commissioners in Europe, brought through
Canada, to the effect that the sum of $2,000,
000 had been offered as an advance for the
cotton crop, and that France and England will
soon acknowledge the Southern Confederacy.
The Avalanche firmly believes the dispatch to
be reliable.
The Memphis Appeal, of the 25th inst., says
that the steamer City of Alton is cruising nom.
Columbus, Ky., endeavoring to capture the
Memphis boats.
The same paper says a private letter states
that the Eastern Tennessee Convention ad
journed sine die after appointing a committee to
ask that East Tennessee be 'permitted to secede
peaceably from tho State or at all events be
permitted to remain neutral. It is is said that
there are four in the Convention for the Union
to every one against. Messrs. Nelson and
Maynard are the controlling spirits, and can
direct the movement for weal or woe.
NO REBELS AT 'TIENNA.
WASHINGTON, June 2G.
A reconnoitering. party of Colonel MeCook's
Ohio regiment has determined the fact that
there were no - rebel troops at 'Vienna this
morning,
Movements in Western Virginia.
Proclamation of Gen. McClellan to
his Soldiers.
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Capt. Hines' company of regulars, with a
battery of six pieces, reached here- early this
morning. Capt. Burdsall's company of artil
lery arrived here this evening and proceeded to
Clarksburg.
Gen. McClellan continues very actively en
gaged. He went as far east as Cheat river this
afternoon, on a tour of reconnoissance, and re
turned this evening. The following proclama
tion has been issued by him :
To the Soldiers of the Army of the West:
You are here to support the Government of
your country, and to protect the lives and lib
erties of your brethren threatened by a rebel
lious and traitorous foe. No higher or nobler
duty could devolve on you, and I expect you
to bring to its performance the highest and
noblest qualities of a soldier's discipline—cour
age and mercy. I call upon officers of every
grade to enforce the strictest discipline, and I
know those of all grades—privates and officers
—will display in battle cool and heroic courage,
and will know how to show mercy to a disarm
ed enemy. Bear in mind that you are in
a country of friends , not enemies ; that you are
here to protect, not to destroy. Take nothing,
unless you are ordered to do so by your general
officers. Remember that I have pledged my word
to the people of western Virginia that their
right in person and property shall be re
spected. I ask every one of you to make good
this promise in its broadest sense. We come her:
to save, not to upturn. Ido not appeal to the fear
of punishment, but to your appreciation of the
sacredness of the cause in which we are engaged.
Carry into battle the conviction that you are right
and that God is on our side. Your enemies have
violated every moral law. Neither God nor man
can sustain them They have, without cause,
rebelled against a mild and fraternal govern
ment; they have seized upon public and private
property; they haver- outraged The person of
northern men,.merely because they came nom
the north, .and of southern union men merely
because they love the Union. They have placed
themselves beneath contempt, unless they can
retrieve some honor on the field of battle.
You will pursue a different course. You
will be honest, brave and merciful ; you
will respect the right of private opinion ;
you will punish no man for his opinion's
sake. Show to the world that you differ from
our enemies in the points of honor, honesty
and respect for private opinion, and that we
inaugurate no reign of terror where we go.—
Soldiers, I have heard that ,there was danger
here. I have come to place myself at your
head, and to share it with you. I fear now
but one thing—that you will not find a foe
man worthy of your steel. I know that I can
rely upon you: GEo. B. Moth - xi: win,
Major General Commanding.
PROCTAMA.TION OF Tithl CHIEF OF THE
CHEROKEE NATION.
khalhRSON CITY, June 26
The Rev. T. Ranney, missionary, left Tollipot,
Cherokee :Nation, on the sth of June, and re
ports that Ben McCullough and Albert Pike of
Arkansas had been there urging unsuccessfully
the Chief to reconsider the position taken inhis
proclamation. They had left for the Creek Na
tion, hoping to get aid from them. Mr. Pike
had an escort of 75 men.
John Ross, principal Chief of the Cherokee
Indians; in a proclamation to his people, re
minds them of the obligations arising under
their treaties with the United States, and urg
ing them to their faithful observance ; earnest
ly imtpxvorwoo upi.m. roll (k ptopTioty . of attending
to-ti avocations and'abstaining from
unprofitable discussion of events transpiring in
the States, cultivating harmony among,them
selves, and the observance of good faith and
strict neutrality between them, and the States
threatening civil war, by which means alone
can the Cherokee people hope to maintain their
rights, and be spared the effect of devastating
war, hoping there may be yet a compromise of
peaceful separation.
He admonishes the Cherokees to be prudent,
and avoid any act or policy calculated to de
stroy or endanger their rights. By honestly
adhering to this course, no just' cause for ag
gression or invasion will be given, and, in the
final adjustment between the States, the nation
will be in a situation to claim and retain their
rights.
He earnestly inapresses upon the Cherokee
people the importance of non-interference, and
trusts that God will keep from their borders
the desolation of war, and stay the ravages
among the brotherhood of States. . .
THE MISSING PENNSYLVANIANS.
"WASHDIGTON, June 26
A committee of citizens of Wilkesbarre, Pa.,
composed of the Eon. W. W Ketcham, Messrs.
Gray, Woodward and Mordecai, called this
morning on the Secretary of War and the Pres
ident to inquire whether official information
had been received relative to the fate of Lieut.
Col. Bowman and Mr. Chase of the Eighth
Pennsylvania regiment, who were captured by
the rebels last week at Martinsburgh.
The President and Secretary of War evinced
much interest in the matter, and expressed
themselves confident of their safety. Arrange
ments for the exchange of prisoners will proba
bly be made in a few days, though the rank of
Col. Bowman may, it is thought, render his
speedy release uncertain.
A SPY ARRESTED AT WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON, June 25.
This afternoon a squad of the District of Co
lumbia volunteers arrested Ellis Hughes, who
resides some distance above Georgetown on the
charge of being a spy in the employment of the
rebels. On searching his person there was
found a complete chart, showing with precision
the position of every portion of the Federal
forces on both sides of the river. ITig manu
scripts were voluminous, and many of them in
hieroglypics. He was committed to prison for
examination.
THE REI3ELS AT FAIRFAX.
WASECCEGTON, June 25.
The rebel troops are erecting defensive works
in the immediate neighborhood of Fairfax
Court House, and felling trees in order to ren
der the road impassible to the Federal troops.
According to a remark made by General
Beauregard to a lady who recently went to Ma
nassas Junction to effect the release of a minor,
the rebels have no purpose to invade Washing
ton. If so, perhaps the recent heavy increase
of Federal forces here has changed their pro
gramme.
LOYALTY OF BOONEI7ILLE, MTSSOURI.
ST. Lotus, June 25.
The Democrat has a special dispatch from
Booneville, which says that Gen. Lyon had ad
dressed the citizens of that place yesterday.—
He expressed a desire to be furnished with
horses and wagons. This morning his request
was responded to, and he procured all he want
ed. This looks like an overland movement
toward Arkansas.
A NEW PLOT HATCHING
WAsnoraToN, June 25.
It is rumored here that Ben Wood, of New
York, and Clement Vallandigham, of Ohio,
will at an early day offer resolutions in Con
gress for the recognition of the Souther.n,Con
federacy. They are the only Northern, tories
itt Cages&
FORTS JEFFERSON AND PICKENS,
NEw Yomr, June 26.
The steamer Chesapeake, from Fort Jefferson.
and Key West, has arrived with dates to the
I.9tb. inst. The garrison at Fort Jefferson was
all well, and amply supplied with provisions and
ordnance.
GRAFTON, June 25
The troops at Fort Pickens were also all well
and fully supplied with provisions.
ALL AT WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON, JAGS 26.
There is no movement along the lines to-day
over the river. With the exception of thos e
who are engaged on the forts, the whole forc e
of over 50,000 men here is in a state of " mas
terly inactivity." They are liable, however
and ready, to be called out at any hour.
EXTENSION OF ITLE FEDERAL PICKETS.
The pickets of the United States forces this
side of the Potomac now extend all the way
through from Georgetown Heights to Ilarpec i
Ferry, Col. Stone's advance guard having m e t
the advance guard of General Patterson's' forces
near Monocacy.
THE DR. KANE REFRIGERATOR.
'FMB superior REFRIGERATOR, t o .
getber with several other oheaper styles, vac L>
fund at the manufactory, at exceedingly low price a .
Also, a great variety of 11 , 4TER COOLS PA of fO2
rior finish.
R. S. PARSON& 05.
Cor. Dock and Pear streets, Philadelphk :
aprill6-3m
On Tuesday, 25112 inst., by Rev. Chas. A. Hay, AIR
GEORGE J. BOLTON to MIST ENNA C. BittraßluGH, all of lhi
city.
LOST.—On the evening of the 25th inst. ;
between Harrisburg and Coxestown, a hair brace
let with gold clasp, marked with the Initials J. L I. The
finder will be suitably rewarded by leaving it at the Tl9.r
-risburg Female Seminary. je2B-emit*.
ESTATE OF WM. H. LOCHMAN, DEC.
NOTICE.—AII persons indebted to the
estate or Wm. H. Lcchmaa, dec'd, will ple4 B l
make payment to the undersigned, and those having ,to.
mands will present them duly authenticated for settle
ment. JACOB HOUSES,
N. B —The remaining STOCK of HARDWARE, cons Ft
ing in part of Locks, Latchs, Hinges, Bolts, Screws, CV.
penter, , Cooper and Mason's tools, Mill and Circular Sawa,
Cork Screws, Brass and Pewter Spiggots, Weights, Bras::
Hinges and Bolts, Razors, Ivory Knives and Plated Forks.
(Joe Large Platform 1,000 to Morrison Scales and a vs:
riety of Hardwarewhicb will sold beat a great lossynue
Philadelphia p. ices
NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE.
THE County Commissioners hereby make;
known, that next WEDNESDAY JULY the 5d,1861
at 8 o'clock A. M., they will sell at public out cry in
Brant's City Hall, Harrisburg, among the various aril.
cles not here inumerated, one Ball, "known as the old
Court House Bell ;" Stone Coal, Stoves and Pine, "Pigeeu
holes" or Cases to store awaypapers therein, Desks, Book
Cases &c. Term; of sate are "cash."
Juno 28th 1861.
Patriot and Union insert.]
SPICED SALMON !1
FRESH AND VERY DELICATE. Put
up neatly In live pound calm
Je2s
NOTICE.
THE ANNUAL MEETING of the Stock.
holders of the Atlantic and Ohio Telegraph Com.
pony for the election of Directors, and the transaction of
their usual business, will be held at the Telegraph OffiC6
of said Company In Harrisburg on Thursday the lEth
day of July, DM. H H. SHILLINGFORD.
Philadelphia, June 14th, 1861.-td Secretary.
FOR RENT.—A desirable Residence in
Locust, near Front street. Three-story brick, with
modern oOnteuienooS, as to water, beat and light.
For infolmation apply to Dr. W. W. Rutherford. Pox
semi= given immediately. i025-6t.c.
STEAM WEEKLY
BETWEEN NEW YORK
aitio Tit
• AND LIVERPOOL.
~A_NDING AND EMBARKING PAS
j swans at QUEENSTOMTI, (Ireland.) The Liver
pool, New York and Philadelphia Steamship company
intend despatching their full powered Clyde-built Iron
Steamships as follows :
CITY OF BALTIMORE, Saturday, June 29th ; KANGA
ROO, Saturday July Oth ; ETNA, Saturday July 13 ; and
every Saturday, at Noon, from Pier 44, North River.
WEB 05 masse :. FIRST CABIN $75 001 STEERAGE ..... $90 . , 00
do to London $BO 00 I do to London ..gy,g 00
do to Parts $B5 00 Ido to Paris „....139 oo
do to Hamburg..sBs 00 do to Ham'oury 06 00
Passengers forwarded. to Havre, Brame's, Rce4terdatu-
Antwerp, Am., at reduced through fares.
tic syrPe
at lo rao w ns
ravishing to bring euttbelr friends can buy
kets
For further information apply at the Company's Office.
JNO. O. DALE, Agent,
16 Broadway - , New York.
Or 0.0 . Zimmerman, Agent, 'Harrisburg.
FOR RENT.
rpHE EIIROPRAN HOTEL AND RE
-1 STAIIRANT to Brant'a City Hall Building, Harris
burg City, Pa. Apply to JOHN H. BRANT,
Jell-d3m* Cu the premlße.
CRAB CIDER 1 ! !— Strictly pure, spark,
ling and sweet—has received a Silver Medal or
Di
pale ierce at every State agricultural Fair since 18511. F O ,
s by jell -d DOCK " 4t co,
MEDICAL BOART: ).
SURGEON Gr./MELT' 0 3110 E,
Jane',', 1861. f
BY THE DIRECTION OF ' . .cri E s E ep tzrAp
OF WAR, a Medical Boar!, cons i s ";7; -
„ c ur _
geon A. N. Mamas, 0 .445 ifedicol D irector of
the
En Department of W , 11 ,hi ngtoo,
0 17:geon L. A. wAims, and Ausi.Stant Surgeon T . M . Gxrrr,
Ti. S. Army, will convene in thi'a city to-mor
row morning, at 10 o'clock, or, as soon there
after as practicable, for the examination of
such app
e licants for the positf.on of Surgeon for
tary of War.
a Brigad as may be referrrd to it by the Secre-
Appointments will t ie m a d e f r om among
those only who shall b' J exandned and reported
as fully qualified by 'said Board.
The sessions of the Board will be held at No.
170 Pennsylvania avenue, (north side,)
be.
17th and 1 ..: Bth streets.
SCREFFER'S BOOK STORE !
(Near the Harrisburg Bridge.)
SI.2SJUST RECEIVED from the,
• Mills a lot of fine COMMERCIAL NOTE
Pal'Etc, which we wilt sell at $1.25 per ream.
$21.50 per ream for NOTE PAPER, decorated with
the latest and very handsome emblems and patriotic
mottos.
$3.50 for WOO WHITE KNWLOPEE, with national an I
patriotic emblems, printed in two colors.
Please give us a call. THEO. F. F.CHEFFER,
je22.d
Harrisburg.
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.
THE UNDERSIGNED COMMISSION
ERS of Dauphin county, in pursuance of an Act of
the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of pen n-
Sylvania, approved the 16th day of May 1861, en titled
"An Act to authorize the Commissioners of Dauphin coun
ty to appropriate a certain sum of. Money for the sup
port of the families of Volunteers during the present
war," do hereby inform the public that they will make
a loan to the amount of alum not exceeding ten thousand
dollars, for which bonds will be issued for a term not ex
ceeding ten years, with coupons attached, in the payment
of half yearly Interest, payable at the County Treasury at
6 per cent. Said bonds are to be clear of all taxation. It
is therefore hoped that the said amount In bonds of s uch,
amounts as the lenders will desire, will be Prompt .
ly taken by the patriotic capitalists or others, with out
resorting to special taxation at this time.
JOHN S. M11.%/tlt,
JACOB HMI ComullusiotterS.
Moira, mormitiom,
Attist—Joun WO. rorkOm
WiISHINGTON, June 23
.911 a r ri ie b
_em '2o.ntrtistments
Administrator of the will annexed
JOHN S. MUSSER.
MOOR BEMS.
GEORGE GARVERICH.
Commisekuerc
EMB
C. A. FINNEY,
Surgeon General
je22•d3t
JACOB HOU:_ , ES,
Surviving Farther
WM. DOCK, Jr., Co