Etiegrapt.
OUR PLATFORM
IRE UNION—THE CONte aTuTION—AND
THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAW.
HARRISBURG, PA.
Monday Afternoon, October 14,1861.
THE STRENGTH OF THE GOVERNMENT
-OPINION OF HRNRY CLAY.
Those who are whining about the tyranny
and oppression of our General Government, in
waging earnest war against the rebellious states
would do well to remember the language of the
most renowned and patriotic American states
men of former days. On the floor of the United
States Senate, in July, 1860, the following
words were uttered by Henry Clay :
"Now, Mr. President, I stand here in my
place, meaning to be nnawed by any threats,
whether they come from individuals or from
states. But, after all that has occurred, if any
one state, or a portion of the people of any
state, choose to place themselves in military
array against the Government of the Union, I
am for trying the strength of the Government.
[Applause in the galleries ]
I am for ascertaining whether we have a gov
ernment or not, practical, efficient capable of
maintaining its authority and upholding the
powers and iaterestsiwbich belong to the govern
ment. Nor, sir, am Ito be allayed or dissuad
ed from any such course by intimations of the
spilling of blood. If blood must be spilt, by
whose fault will it be ? Upon the supposition,
I maintain it, it will be the fault of those who
take the standard of disunion, and endeavor to
prostrate this government, and sir, when this
is done, so long as it pleases God to give me a
voice to express my sentiments, and an arm—
week and enfeebled as it may be by age—that
voice and that arm will be on the side of my
country, for the support of the general authori
ty, and for the maintainance of the powers of
this Union." [Applause in the galleries.]
This is a full and perfect endorsement of all
that has been, or is proposed, in the present
war. How it puts to shame the timid or traitor
ous ones who now, in the midst of just such a
war, and for the same exalted purposes, raise
the unpatriotic cry of "peace and compromise!"
Or must we think that these men are more
humane and patriotic than Henry Clay ! He
was willing to fight for his country in such a
war, and of the responsibility for the war and
all its evils, he says " I maintain it will be
the fault of those who raise the standard of
disunion, and endeavor to prostrate this gov
ernment." Nearly a year later, in answer to
the inquiries of a friend, in a letter, dated
"Ashland, May 17,1851," he writes:
You ask me what is to be done if South Car
olina secedes? I answer unhesitatingly, that
the Constitution and laws of the United States
must continue to be enforced there, with all the
power of the United States, if necessary. Se
cession is treason, and if it were not—if it were
a rightful exercise of power, it would be a vir
tual dissolution of the Union. For if one State
can secede, every State may secede, and how
long, in such a state of things, could we be kept
together ? Suppose Kentucky were to secede.
Could the rest of the Union tolerate a foreign
power within their very bosom? There are
those who think the Union must be preserved
by an exclusive reliance upon love and reason.
This is not my opinion. 1 have some confidence
in his instrumentality; but, depend upon it
that no human government can exist without
the power of applying force, and the actual ap
plication of it in extreme cases. My belief is,
that if it should be applied to South Carolina,
in the event of her secession, she would be
speedily minced to obedience, and that the
Union, instead of being weakened, would ac
quire additional strength."
So may it be ! And so it will be, if the citi
zens of the United States continue to manifest
a tithe of the patriotism and the , manliness of
Henry Olay.
Tam LAIICASZIER EVENING Expasss contained an
announcement, last week, of the death of John
L. Seller, who was well known to the craft and
editorial fraternity of this state, as a man of
rare ability and the most varied accomplish
ments. He combined in his character the pow
ers of a painter, poet, printer and navigator, in
the pursuit of any of which professions he
might have won a large and lasting reputation,
but in the cultivation of all of which he seemed
content with the achievement of results tending
to the development of the useful and the beau
tiful, satisfied to leave the credit and the
emolinnent to others , so that he was left to the
undisturbed contemplation of .his own victories
with his pen and pew:ll,in poetry and in painting,
and this is the disposition of genius, when it
is animated by a heart as manly and as unselfish
as that which went down into the grave with
the cope of John L. Hefter. The death of Mr.
Keifer occurred on board the U. S. steamer Pu
laski, at Hontevidio, South America, on the
4th of August last. He was acting as Captain's
clerk, a responsible arld respectable position in
the navy. There are those among our readers
in this city, who well remember John L. Keifer
as they read this paragraph, and those, too, who
will pause in fifes business to pay his memory
the tribute of a sigh ; while the writer of this
paragraes •would be false to the truth of friend
ship,. if ha failed to remember him kindly and
gratefully as a craftsman and a friend.
A COSILY linsamos To SLessnomuns.—A.
Leavenworth paper says it has information to
the effect that onehundredslaves leave Missouri
every day for Kansas. At this rate, should this
rebellicit hold on for a year or so, it will need
no tinitMcipation proclamation to Make Missouri
a free State. In fact, Iter "manifest destiny" is
alreedt dearly fondue:lowed. So ranch f 43;
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We give below the form for an allotment
roll, adopted by the Paymaster General, to be
used by the officers and men of the army who
desire to appropriate a portion of their pay to
their families or relatives, while they are absent
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ment provides as follows for its safe transmission
and appropriation as designed by the soldier
thus surrendering a portion or the whole of his
pay for a specifiel object :
"The assignment of pay will be made on a
separate roll, similar to the annexed form, to be
executed under the supervision of the captain or
immediate commander of the recruit at the
time of enlistment, or of the soldier in camp.
When completed, the allotment roll is to be
transmitted to the Paymaster General, by
whom the deductions will be made on each sub
sequent pay roll, and the aggregate amount of
each company's assignment will be transmitted
by him to the distributer named in the roll, to
gether with a copy of said roll.
"Per ordef, L. Tomes, Adj. General.
The wisdom which devised this plan otlaf
fording the soldier an opportunity to exercise
that care for his family which no degree or con
dition of a man can justify him in neglecting,
must be seconded by the volunteer before it
can become a success. :Of this we have no
doubt—in fact, the plan is already in operation,
and much good has been the result. We can
not too highly applaud the judgment and fore
thought of the Secretary of War, to whose
credit the allotment system in the army is
to be credited, and under whose untiring vigi
lance and energy it will become a messenger of
joy to more than one family, deprived by this
wicked rebellion, of its guardian and parent,
absent in the struggle for its suppression and
overthrow.,
TILE VOTING IN CAMPS.
From all accounts, the voting in the various
camps in the vicinity of Washington, by the
Pennsylvania Volunteers, was not of the most
improved or intelligent character. The Wash
ington correspondent of the North American de
scribes it as having been most loosely conduct
ed, and very few of the.votes, ,no matter how
honest the intentions of the voters, were legiti
mately cast. The volunteers, as a general
thing, having their daily duties to perform, and
in hourly expectation of receiving marching
orders, cared very little who was or who was
not elected in Philadelphia. The few cunning
and designing ones took advantage of this apa
thy, and returns were made out as best suited
particular purposes. If the result of the elect
ion depends upon the volunteer vote, it will not
honestly express the wishes of the people of
Philadelphia, and the returns, when they are
opened in November next, will show this to be
the case. In some of the companies the returns
are merely bummed up, for instance, Doe 79
Roe 2—no tickets being used. In fact, in some
of the regiments the voting was not concluded
until yesterday afternoon, and no returns will
be had from some of the companies who are out
on picket duty for a week. No stringent quail
;freedom being required, a number of votes were
polled for the Philadelphia candidates by per
sons who. had never been in that city. With
rare exceptions, the elections in the camps was
a farce and not a free expression of the will of
the people...
JESSE KENNEDY:
The official returns from the Cumberland and
Perry representative district, gives the gratify
ing result of the election of Jesse Kennedy to
the lower house of the Legislature, by a ma
jority of one hundred and fifty-one, exclusive of
the army vote, which will increase this majority
very largely. Mr. Kennedy is one of the prac
tical men of his vicinity, and combines in his
character' the qualifications of integrity and in
depence essential to the success of a useful rep
resentative. We congratulate the people of the
Cumberland district on this election, as well for
their political success as on the credit they will
derive from the representation of Mr. Kennedy
in the next session of the Legislature.
THE PRIMYLVANIAR PouncrAss in Washing
ton city, who, according to the Press, have been
discussing the proposition to make John Cessna
Speaker of our legislative House of Representa
tives, would have done well before they entered
on their discussion to have ascertained whether
John was , elected or not, as an essential point
in the Probability, of his Speakership. They
can now trim from their discussion to the con
templation of the defeat of one of the most
dangerous and corrupt politicians in the state,
by which defeat, too,' Pennsylvania has escaped
an indescribable amount of disgrace and shame.
Goan To Sr. Loans.—Hon. ..:Hers. Dawes of
Massanhusetts, Steele of New ,Jetsey, and Hei
man of Indiana, of the Van WyckiaTestiSating
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penneithania Ala' lip etlegrapt), ,filonbav 'Afternoon, ODttobtr 14. 1861.
The following legal decisions of Hon. John
J. Pearson, are deemed of sufficient importance
to be published for the benefit of the community
at large. It will be observed that they are dis
tinghished for the legal acumen and impartial
ity which have made Judge Pearson so eminent
and successful on the bench. The common
wealth obtained judgments in three several
cases against the sureties of a defaulting public
officer. The defendants all resided in Lycorning
county, and writs of fieri facial were directed in
each case to the sheriff of that county, who
made a return that they were stayed by the
order of C. D. Eldred, an Associate Judge of that
county, on the ground that the defendants were
entitled to a stay of execution, pursuant to the
act of the 21st of May, 1861; they having suf
ficient freeholds within the county to satisfy
debt, interest, costs, &c.
Mr. Meredith, Attorney General, moved for
an attachment against the Sheriff for failing to
execute his writ according to law, and making
an insufficient return thereto. Mr. Rawn, as
attorney for the defendants, in the execution
and in behalf of the Sheriff, opposed the mo•
tion.
The suite in these cases were commenced and
judgments obtained pursuant to the 12th Sect.
of the act of 16th April, 1846, relative to de
faulting public officers, and its various supple
ment& On the judgments entered in Dauphin
county writs of fieri facias and venditioni exponis
can be issued to any county of the common
wealth, and to more than one at the same time,
if deemed necessary, and the Sheriff of the
county to which they are sent is to execute and
make return thereof, as is required in cases of
testatwn writs. That is, he must have" the writs
entered, make his levy, and return it by mail
to this county. In case of a sale on a writ of
v'enditioni exponis, the deed must be acknowledged
as required on writs of testatian. For every pur
pose the judgment remains in this county, and
the execution process is in the form of an origi
nal, not a testa:Win writ. This court alone has
jurisdiction over the process, which extends to
every part of the State, the judgment itself
need not be, and is not entered elsewhere. The
first section of the act of 21st of May, 1861,
gives jurisdiction to the Court in winch the judg
ment is entered, or a judge thereof in vacation,
to order a stay of execution for one [year from
the 21st of May, 1861, o judgments previously
entered, or for one year on those obtained sub
sequently, provided the defendant is the owner
of real estate in the county in which the same
is entered, or to which it has been transferred,
worth sufficient to pay and satisfy the debt over
and above other incumbranom, and the amount
exempt by law from execution. When a judg
ment is transferred to another county than that
in which it was originally obtained the execu
tion issues directly from the judgment so en
tered, and it is treated for almost every purpose
as a judgment of that Court ; of course, the
stay of execution would be there ordered. The
judge of a distant county has no authority over
testation writs sent to the sheriff thereof,
but if there is error or irregularity in the writ,
or judgment on which it is issued, application
must be made to the Court or a judge of the
county in which the judgment was entered to
correct or control the process. There is even
less plausibility in the Court or a judge in a
distant county attempting to control original
writs issued on judgments entered in this Court,
than in cases of testation writs : the whole pro
cess is under the control of this Court or the
judges thereof, for every purpose. The judge in
Lycoming county had no jurisdiction or power
to order a stay of execution which must be
done by those having jurisdiction over the
judgment, and his order to the sheriff was a
mere nullity. That officer might as well at
tempt to shelter himself under a decree of the
town constable of Williamsport as under that
of the judge of Lycoming county. He should
have treated the order as a nullity and paid no
attention to it, but have executed his writ until
stayed by a judge or the Court of this county.
For failing to do this, and making an illegal re
turn, he is in contempt, and an attachment
must be awarded against him to be directed to
the coroner of Lycoming county, returnabld to
next term. Jiro. J. Pautson,
Pres' t Judge.
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On this decision being made, Mr. Rawn for
the defendants moved for a rule to show cause
why a stay of execution should not be ordered
by this court under the act of the 21st of May
1861, which was opposed by Mr. Meredith,
Attorney General, on the ground that the Com
monwealth was not embraced by the act of As
sembly. After consideration the following
opinion was delivered by Pearson, President
Judge :
The act of Assembly is loud and gen
eral in its expressions. It says "that 'upon all
judgments now remaining unsatisfied, &c.,"
and the question is, does the stay apply to judg
ments entered in favor of the State, while it has
obtained an amount of money coming to itself
in its sovereign capacity? The words embrace
these judgments, but awarding to the estab
lished rules for interpreting statutes should
they be applied to those held by the sovereign
which here is the State of Pennsylvania? It is
laid down as a rudimental principle of the likt
glish law that "the king shall not be restrained
of a liberty or right he had before by the gen
eral words of an act of Parliament, if the king
be not named in the act."—Duavies on the
statutes 623. Again, when the king has any
prerogative, estate, right, title or interest, that
by the general words of an act of Parliament he
shall not be barred of them.—ldem p 524.
There are some exceptions to them general
rules, but they are for purposes and objects not
within our present inquiry. The general prin
ciple of immunity from the operation of statutes
when not expressly named, or clearly embraced
by implication from the nature and objects of
the law, has been claimed by the soverei
States of this Union and by none more so than
our own. It was held in Johnson v. - Irvine, 3
S. & B 292, and Bogly v. Wallace 16 S. &B.
246, that the State is not embraced in the stat
ute of limitations. Such is also the doctrine of
several other cases in our books. In the Com
monwealth v. Hutchisim, 10 Barr 466, it is de
cided that the State is not effected by a dis
charge of her debtor under a general bankrupt
law of the United States, and the reason is
given that being a sovereign State, like the
king, it is not bound unless named. The
United States and the several States were not
named in the bankrupt law, and are therefore
not bound by it, although the expressions as to
the discharge of, the bankrupt from liability are
quite as loud and general as those of ,the act
under consideration.
It is said in the State vs. Garland 7 Iredel,
North Carolina rep. 48 that general statutes do
not bind the sovereign unless expressly named..
in them. In the State of Maryland it is de
cided "as a general vile in the interpretation
of legislative acts they will not be construed
to embrace the sovereign power of government
unless the State is expressly named, or is in
tended by necessary implication."—The State
vs. Milburn. 9 Gill. 105. Such is the doctrine
of the courts of Illinois. 4 Gilm. 20; also of
Mississippi. 28 Miss. rep. 169. It is decided in
the United States vs. Thomas. Crabby 207.
"General words in a statute do not include or
bind the United States as a sovereign power.
It is bound only by expreFs terms "or necessary
We thus perceive that the 'immunity of the
sovereign from the binding effect ofits *A, '
laws, when not named there Is ,
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LEGAL DECISIQNS.
BY THE COURT
tied in this country asin England, and although
we might consider it more consonant with jus
tice for the legislature to tie lip the hands of
the State from the collection of its debts than
those of private individuals, as they are the di
rect -representatives of the one, and have no
right to interfere with the contracts of the
others, yet we are constrained to say that not
being named, nor refered to, in the act of as
sembly, the State process cannot be stayed in
its effect, and its debtor cannot demand an ar
rest of execution.
The motion for a stay of execution is refused
and the rules dismissed.
JOHN J. PEARSON
BY TOUR
THE STEAMER RICHMOND.
Thrw YoRK, Oct. 13
The steamer Richmond was at Fort Jefferson
on the 30th ult.—all well. She had been on a
coral reef, but got off undamaged.
RE-ELECTION OF GOV. Rkmay
Wenn:Nam, Oct. 14
Dispatches from St. Pants, Minnesota, state
that Go:. Alex. Ramsey has been re-elected
Governor by an increased majority over last
year's Republican majority.
GIBSON'S UTAH BATTERY. -
LEAVEN WORTH, Oct. 1]
Gibson's battery, which rettntly came in
from Utah, Consisting of two twelve pound
howitzers and four six pounders, has been at
tached to Gen. Lane's brigade by order of the
War Department.
MOVEMENTS OF THE SECRETARY OF
WAR.
Gen. Cameron and Adjutant-General Thomas
arrived from the West at a late hour last night.
The Secretary of War reviewed the Eighth Wis
consin Regiment, Col. Murphy, which had just
arrived by steamboat, before Barnum's Hotel
this morning.
A REBEL DEFEAT IN WESTERN VIRGINIA!
CINCINNATI, Oct. 13.
Yesterday afternoon, at a point 14 miles
south of Gen. Rosencrans' advance, and 8 miles
from the rebel encampment on Green river, a
detachment of 40 men of the 89th Indiana re
giment attacked 800 rebels, half of which were
cavalry, without loss, killing five and wounding
three. The whole rebel force was driven back
beyond Bacon creek.
From Fortress Monroe.
FORTRESS MONROE, OCT... 18
Twelve members of the Eleventh New York
Zouaves, were taken prisoners by the rebels
yesterday when a short distance above Newport
News. •
Lieut. Zeler, who was in command of the
party, in quest of fuel, is under arrest for cow
ardly behavior.
FROM KENTUCKY;
Breekinridge and Other Traitors Organi
sing a Rebel Camp.
The Evening News learns, upon unquestionable
authority, that Breckinridge, Preston, Johnson,
Desha, Williams, Haws, Moore and other seces
sion notables, are organizing a large rebel camp
at Prestonburg, Floyd county. It says they
have a force of 6,000 or 7,000 man now there,
and are drilling them eight hours per , day, and
that they are alarming the mountaineers by
circulating incredible stories as to the inten
tions of the government. The News asks the
government to place promptly the requisite
force in the mountains around which the Union
forces may rally.
A Reception.
A correspondent of the .Thnes, writing from
Jefferson City, under date of Oct. 2d, says :
The only event of importance yesterday was
the arrival of Mrs. Fremont. She was received
at . the depot by Gen. Fremont and his body
guard and a regiment of infantry, placed in
the General's four-horse carriage, and thus at
tended, accompanied by a band of music, was,
after going through the main street, taken to
`the General's headquarters in camp. This was
.a pretty compliment to the fascinating and
able lady of our ral—one rarely if ever
extended in this democratic country to ladies
of any degree, and hence so much the more re
markable, and the more highly to be prized.
At night there were torch-light evolutions and
much melodious jubilation by-brass bands in
and around the camp-all in honor of the arri
val of Mrs. Fremont, testifying at once the
supreme respect in which that lady is held, and
the high and chivalrous gallantry of the Amer
ican soldier towards the gentler sex. It will,
to the honest and philosophic mind, be a sub
ject of sincere gratulation, that, although in
*the midst of the enemy's country, with tens of
thousands of foes menacing us on every side,
and surrounded by all the stem inflexibilities
of war, we do not forget the respect due to the
;sex of which our mothers and aunts were con
stituents:
Tun COW-BELL Donal.—The rebels have re
sorted to an ingenious way of luring our men
into their snares. it is known as the "cow-bell
dodge," and it,was very successful for a time,
especially with newly arrived regiments and
companies whiCh were placed on picket for the
first time. Approaching within thirty or forty
rods of our outposts and concealing themselves
in the woods, they commence the irregular
tinkle of a cow-bell. The uninitiated picket,
not suspecting the ruse, and not yet reconciled
to drinking his coffee without milk, goes out
to obtain a supply from the supposed cow of
some Virginia rebel, flattering himself that he
has got a " big thing on Seceah." Not until
he finds himself surrounded by a -half-dozen or
so armed rebeli dees he learn his mistake. In
Richmond, are nearly a dozen of our soldiers who
are probably now regretting their ready credu
lity and appetite for milk.
Altair CHAPLAINS. —At the solicitation of the
Army Committee of the Young Men's Christian
Association of Philadelphia, the War Depart
ment has issued an order for the discharge of
"any person who has been mnsteredinto service
as a chaplain who is not a regularly ordained
clergyman of a Christian denomination, without
pay or allowance," and requiring that every one
Mustered in hereafter must be certified to be a
regularly-ordained clergyman as above stated.
The object of this is to rid the army of immoral
and unworthy chaplains.
BAD Place POD. A Ssossuse.—A. "good one"
is told of , a Quaker volunteer who was in a Vir
ginia skinnish. Corning into pretty close quer,
tern with a rebel, he remarked—a Friend, it is
unfortunate, but thee stands` just where , I sun
gning to shoot," and, blazing away„down came
the
On the 12th inst., ANNA MARIA, Wife of Henry MID
erer;aged MIT years.
FOR RENT,
THE house on tho corner of Third and
North streets, having a large Room 21x13, suitable
Lg. a saire Room. Rent $l5O per annum Poatession
given the Ist of November.
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WHEREAS, the Honorable JOHN J.
IEIFMN, President of the Court of Common Pleas
in the Twelfth Judicial District, consisting or the coune , s
of Lebanon and Dauphin, and the Hon. A. 0. Eitin•tes
and Hon. Faux Sumer, Associate Judges in Dauphin
county, having issued twir precept, basting date the
fourth day of J.ine 1881, fe me directed to, bolufo g
a Court of Oyer and Terminer and General Jail Delivery
and Quarter Sessions of the Peace at tlarrisburg, fur the
county of Dauphin, and to commence OA TEE 3RD MON
DAY OF NOTIXBFR MIT, being the ISTH nay or NOVIOIEIIII,
1861, and to continue two weeks
Notice is therefore hereby given to the Coroner, .11.;
Una of the voice, Aldermen, and Constables of the said
county of Dauphin, that they be then and there in their
proper persons, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon of said day,
with their records, Inquisition, examinations, and their
ow n remembrances, to uo those things which to their
nice appertains to bo done, and those who are bound
in recogniaancee to p iosecute against the prisoners ih.it
are or shall be in the Jail of Dauphin county, be then
and there to prosecute sundlist them as shall be ppt.
Given under my hand, et Harrisburg, the 23rd day of
September, in the year of our Lord, 1861, and in the
eighty-filth year of tbe independence of the United,States.
J. D. BRAS, Sheriff.
.*raturr's Orrias
Hatrieburg, October 12. 1881. octl4-dowtd
IMPROVEMENT IN DENTISTRY.
FIR. P. H. ALLABACH, :2urgeou Den
tist, Manufacturer ofMineral Plate Teeth, the only
method that obviates every abjection to the me e:
Octal teetn, embracing partial, had and whole sets of one
piece only, of ptireatiu Indestruct , ole mineral, there ate,
no crevices for the aeccumulationotenral particles of food
and therefera, no ofreaqive oder from the breath, as nn me
tal is used in their construction, there can be no gals* bit
action or metallic taste Hence the individual is nutan.
noyed with sore throat, headache, &c. Office No. 43
North Second street, Harrisburg.
max. dly
Sr. Louis, Oct. 14
SEALED PROPOSALS
- UNHORSED "PROPOSATs. FOR FORAGE,"
JD will be received until 3 p. m. Thursday, Oct.
17, 1861, for furnishing by contract
HgY .selk..Mr) C3kAtarm e i l lii
for, the United States troops at Camps Cam
eron or Greble, near Harrisburg, Pa., in
such quantities as may be required. from
time to time, to be delivered free of cost
to the United States at either of said camps.
The proposals will state the price per ton for
hay and per bushel (of 32 lbs.) for oats. The
articles to be of the best quality, subject to such
inspection as the U. S. Quarter Master may re
quire. Should the proposal be for pressed or
packed hay, the fact must be stated upon the
same.
The right is reserved to reject any bid and
any forage not of satisfactory quality.
Proposals to be addressed to the undersigned
at Harrisburg, Pa. E. C. WILSON,
Captain & A. Q. M. VoL, U. S. A.
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PROPOSALS FOR RATIONS FOR 1862
Quen.Tmulasrsa's 017108, U. S. harass Coma,
Washington, September 25, 1862.
SRA 'IND PROPOSALS will be received at this
office until the 30th day of October next, at 12
o'clock m., for furnishing rations to the 13. S.
Marines, at the following stations, during the
year 1862, viz :
Pot tsmonth, New Hampshire
Charlestown, Massachusetts ;
Brooklyn, Long Island, New York ;
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ;
Washington, District of Columbia.
Each ration to consist of three quarters of a
pound of mess pork, or bacon ; or one-and-a
fourth pounds of fresh or salt beef; twenty-two
ounces of bread, made of extra superfine flour,
or In lien thereof twenty-two ounces of extra
superfine flour; or one pound of hard bread, at
the option of the Government; and at the rate
of eight quarts of best white beans, or in lieu
thereof ten pounds of rice; ten poundirof good
coffee, or in lieu ;thereof one-and-a-half pounds
of .; fifteen pounds of good New Orleans
sugar; four quarts of vinegar; one pound of
sperm candles, or one-and-a-half pounds of ada
mantine candles, or one-and-a-half pounds of
good hard-dipped tallow candles; four pounds
of good, hard, brown soap ; two quarts of salt;
and one hundred and fifty-six pounds of pota
toes, to each hundred rations.
lhe increased allowance of four ounces of
flour or bread, anerbe allowance of potatoes,
as above proved, will cease, at the termination
of the present insurrection, and the ration be
as provided by law and regulations; on the Ist
of July, 1861.
LOUISVILLE, Oct. 12
The beef shall be delidered on the order of
the commanding officer of each station, either
in bulk or by the single ration ; and shall con
sist of the best and most choice pieces of the
carcass ; the pork to be No. 1 prime mesa pork ;
and the groceries to be of the best quality of
kinds named.
All subject to inspection.
All bids must be accompanied by the follow
ingiguaiantee :
The undersigned, of -, in the
State of --, and , of in the
State of -, hereby guarantee that in case
the forgoing bid of -,for rations, as above
described, be accepted, he or they will, within
ten days after the receipt of the contract at the
Post Office named, execute the contract for the
same, With good and sufficient sureties ; and in
case the said shall fail to enter into con
tract as afonasnid, we guarantee to make good
the difference the offer of the - and that
which may be accepted.
I hereby certify that the above named
are known to me as men of property, and able
to make good their guarantee. G. H.
(Th be art ed by the United Stake District Judge,
United &atm District Attorney, or Cbilerior.)
No proposal will be considered unless accom
pulled by the above guarantft.
(Newspapers authorized to 'publish the above
will send the paper containing the first inser
tion to this office for examination.)
Proposals to be endorsed " Proposals for Ra
tions for 1862," and addressed to the under
signed, W. B. SLACK,
octl-4t) Major and Quartermaster.
Seleot Schools for Boys and Girls
FRONT STREET ABOVE LOCUST.
THE Fall term of ROBERT ICELWEE'o
School for boys, willppen on the first Monday in
September. The room is well ventilated, comfortably
Tarnished, and in every respect adapted for school par.
pews.
CATHARINE) EVELWER'S School for girls, locate!
the same building, will open for the Fall term at the game
time. The room has been elegantly fitted up to promote
he health and comfort of scholars. &ark/tilt
. COAL.
T HE under.igned would zespectfully in form the citizens or Harrisburg thst he is prepared
tofurniati in any pan of the city, 1-3 , :ens Valley, Trevor
to and Wilkesbsrre Coal as low ai any other dealers in
hen city. Please call and give me a wild.
J. WALLOWER, Jr. Agent,
No. 8, Reading Railr oad Depot,
sept3.dim Harrisburg, Pa.
'EI PTY BARRELS. —Two Hand red
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ecr.ptiona and prima.
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New 9thilertisements
JOHN OENSCHLAGER.
At StrIENEIL & Co., shoe Storr
PROCLAMATION.
Form of Guarantee
A. 8., Guarantor
C. D., Guarantor
Witness :
E.
1862.
Nan abuerttstineuts.
HEADQUARTERS OP THE
MARINE CORPS.
QrAarsaxasrta's Orricr,
Washington, September :N, l'y.i
SE4LED PROPOSALS, for each cla,s
rately, will be received at this offite mail:
o'clock m. of Wednesday. 2.oth of Nort.':..
nest, for furnishing to the Unted Statt. lat',..
Corps, du r i ng the year R.. 012, theful..it.:—
plies. to be delivered at tit, rtr.e of th, A.,i''..
ant Quartermaster of the ciotpA, l'hiladelpL,
Pennsylvania, free of expens e to Use Crlit-i
States, in such quantities as may from tiu.,
time be ordered, viz:
Gass No. I.
14,000 yards of Sky Blue Kersey, all
from hair, 54 inches wid e
Ounces to the yard,
6,000 yards Dark Blue KersPy, all Wool;
from hair, 54 inches wide, to
ounic.es to the yard.
dyed.)
8,000 yards Dark Blue Twilled r'h
ali is
for uniform coats, tindi•2;”
54 inches wide, to weigh ''2 via
yard.
150 yards of Scarlet Cloth, all
neal-dyed,) 54 inches Wid e: t ,,
16 ounces per yard.
Claw No. 2.
8,000 yards of 6-4 Dark Blue Flannel for
sacks, all wool, (indigo
inches aide, to weigh 1::
yard.
16,000 yards of 3-4 Dark Blue Flaun,•l.
all wool, (indigo wool-dy.d.,:i7
wide. to weigh 6} ounces per y ar d
1,200 Gray Blankets, all wool, to •
pounds each, with letters ••1 -
in black, four inches long
to be 7 feet long and 5 feet rci free from grease. • •
6,000 pairs of Woolen Scailri, three
erly made of good fleec e
double and twisted yarn. t,
three pounds per dozen pair, fr,
grease.
Cass No. 3.
6,000 yards White Linen for Pant=.
wide, to weigh 13 ouncesv,t-1 ,
10,000 yards White Limn fur Shirt , -4 tr . -,
wide, to weigh 11 ount.vi
16,000 yards Canton Flannel fur 14 OA
inches wide, to weigh 7 •--
,
yard.
Class No. 4.
1,000 Uniform Caps, complete, t j
pnus.)
1,500 Pompons, red worsted, 1..3.!1 •ik
inches in circumfurync,.
3,000 Fatigue Caps, (with t „ ;„ L.,
of blue cloth, indigo
2,000 socks.
Class No. 5.
GOO Gross Coat Buttons(Eagle.
400 Gross Jacket Buttons (Eagle
100 Gross Vest Buttons (Eagle.)
1,500 pairs Yellow Metal Crescents an!
Straps.
260 setts Epaulette Bullion for Ser_:eAt,:i
Corporals.
2,000 setts Epaulette Bullion fur
50 Red Worsted Sashes.
2,500 yards of Yellow Binding.
2,500 yards Red Cord.
100 Swords for Sergeants.
50 Swords for musicians.
60 Drums, (tenor,) complete.
50 Drum Slings.
200 Batter Drum Heads.
60 Snare Drum Heads.
100 Drum Cords.
100 Setts of Drum Snares.
100 Boxwood "B" Fifes.
Class NO. 6.
10,000 Pairs Army Boots. (infantry pattern
Cla." N 7
1,200 Cartridge Box,:
1,200 Bayonet Scabbards
1,200 'Percution Cap Pouch.,
1,200 Cartridge Box. Belts.
1,200 Bayonet Belts.
1,200 Waist Belts.
1,200 Waist Plates.
1,200 Breast Plates.
260 Sword Frogs.
Claw No. J
1,200 Knapsacks.
600 Haversacks.
600 Canteens.
600 Musket Slings
Clam .10. 9
For making and trimming, the f , .11'. 5 %' 1 -
tides, viz :
Watch coats ; sergeants', corlw nl,
cians', and privates', uniform and fAti.: . ,e
woolen and linen pants :
shirts ; drawers; flannel sacks; and
jackets for boys.
The above-mentioned articles mu , :
in all respects, to the sealed atandard
the office of the Quartermaster I.tritie
Marine Barracks, Washington, II
tant Quartermaster, office Marine (',11,. i
Spruce street, Philadelphia and at di ,
Stations, Brooklyn, New York, and
Massachusetts, where they
can be
And whenever the articles named al
any portion of them. shall be cot
fully conforming to samples, they %%:II
jected, and the contractor win be
nish others of the required kind at oncc.
quartermaster will supply the defic:eacy a:
expense of the contractor.
Payment will be made upon the a. cern.
livery of the whole quantity, which me}'
time to time be ordered, withholdit,,: ter.
cent from the payment of account rendered
der first order, until second order I. tilled. aL,I
second
pe nd r
o ce rd n e t r f u r n om til the accountoconiii,urt is tilled,
on until contract is completed.
Each proposal must be ateoupauied by the
following guarantee :
Form of G U II'.I!2:P.
The undersigned,
--
et in the
State of and of , th e
State —, f terebv enaranty that in case the
foregoing bid of for as aloe
described, be aeceptoi, lie u t they within ten
days after the receipt of the cuutract at thee. -1
.office named, execute the contract f ,, r the
with good and sufficient securities ; and in caie
the s a id
shall fail to enter into ien
tract, as aforesaid, we guaranty to nialee
the difference between the offer of the said ---
-, and that which may be accepted.
A. B. Guarantor.
C. D. Guarantor,
E. F. Witness,
I hereby oertify that the above
rty name
and
d
are known to me as men of prope C. ,
able to make good their arantee. Id.
To be signed by the United States DistriLt
gu
Judge, United States District Attorney, or Col
lector.
No proposal will be considered unless Leo
parried by the above guarantee.
Newspapers authorized to publish the above
will send the paper containing, the flu s t inser
tion to this 01l ce for examination.
' The bidder's place of busins, or ulanoni
turiug establishment, must be specially stated
in the proposal.
believed to
The above list of articles is be
about the quantity of each article that will be
required during the year ; but the Quartersu or
as .
ter reserves the right of ordering a pester
less quantity, should the service require it.
Prposals to be endorsed on tbs. envelope
" Pro o gosals for Supplies for Marine Corps for
1862, and addressed to
B SL.4
Quartermaster
ermasterMad.ocr
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