EeitgraiA. OUR PLATFORM THE 131TION-THE OONSTritITION-AND THE TENFOROEHEINT OF. THE 'LAW. HARRISBURG, PA. Tuesday Morning, October 15, 1861. THE STRENGTH OF THE GOVERNMENT -OPINION OF BEERY CLAY. Those who are ivhinifig about the tyranny' , and oppression, of our General Government, in waging earnest war' gainst 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 unawed 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, effi.lent capable of maintaining its authority and upholding the powers and interests i which 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 he 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 maiutainance of the powers of tnis 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 : 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. Hy belief is, that if it should be applied to South Carolina, in the event of her secession, she would be speedily reduced to obedience, and that the Union, instead of being weakened, would ac quire additional Strength." So may it be I 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 Clay. Tax Lanommut. &ENING Farms contained an announcement, last week, of the death of John L. Keifer, 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. Re combinedin 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 emolument to others, so that he was left to the undisturbed contemplation of his own victories with his pen and pencil,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 cone of JOlin Keifer. The death of Mr. Keifer occurred on-board the 11. S. steamer Pu laski, at Montevidie, 'South America, on the 4th of August last.' He was acting a 8 Captain's clerk, a responsible and 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 lifes business to pay his memory the tribute of a sigh ; while the writer of this paragraph would be false to the truth of friend ship, if he failed to remember him kindly and gratefully as a craftsman and a friend. A COSTLY RrnLLION TO SLATKEIOLDES.S.—A Leavenworth paper'says it has information to the effect that;onehunciredslavesleave Missouri every day for X.ansas. At this rate, should this rebellion hold.on fora year or so, it will need no emancipation proclamation to make Missouri a free State. In fact, her "manifest destiny" is already clearly: foreshadowed. So much fo weed= in EL g I g- THE ALLOTMENT ROLL - -.- - - 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 in the service of their country. We have.fdled the blanks to illustrate the working of the ticket :- 05 13^ 'S 1° Fe P. li ~.. 0 E 4z, 2 c r i 6 ' .5 11 1 i 0 "' A - .a CD _O - 4-1 k . •_ , . ' A 0 pa es O . all 1:7 M Eti 0 g- t ea 4 VS z% oar •-• gl l ll k§@ƒ . m ) 1-1 •-• g 14 4 0 A r. a 0 g c d . Ei 41 8 '4 tr AD" ' 2 ' 0 S. ;15, o )7g]/ 6 " A 0 p 4 44,2 s '6" w . 4-> C . 2 e 2 ;,9 q. tl4 mb er:s co 41 t • 4• 144 0 41 El w The order regulating the business of allot ment provides as followsfor its safe transmission and appropriation as designed by the soldier thus surrendering a portion or the whole of his pay for a specified object "The assignment of pay will be made on a separate roll; similar to the annexed form, to be executed under thesupervision 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 6 copy of said roll. L. Themes, Adj. General "Per order, The wisdom which devised this plan of af 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 sect,n.led 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. THE 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 Iposely, conduct ed, and veryqew of the.votes, no matter how honest the iritentions 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 Orposes. If the result of the elect ion depends 'Non the volunteer vote, it will not honestly express the wishes of the people of Philadelphiti, and the returns, when they are opened in Nbvernber next, will show this to be the case. In some of thecompardes the returns are merely summed 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. Nia,stringent fications being required, a number of votes . were polled for the Philadelphia candidates by per : sons who hal 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 prat` gad men of his vicinity, and combines in his character the voifiraticaur of integrity and in depence essential to the success of a useful. rep resentative. We dongratulate 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 hasztsirtvarmsx Pormmens in Washing ton. .... city, who, according to the Prem, have, been discussing the proposition to make John Cessna Speaker of our legislative lionse 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 turn from their discussion to the con templation of the defeat of one of the meet dangerous and corrupt politicians in the state, by which defeat, ,too, .Pennsylvania has escaped an indescribable amount of disgraceand shame. GONIE TO ST. Lours:—Hon. Messrs: Dawes of Massachusetts, Steele of New Jersey, and 'Hol man of Indiana, of the Van Writ. investigating committee, have gone to-St. Louis to see if they can find out anything mob& ' 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 tinguished 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 Lycoming county, and writs of fieri facies 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 faffing to execute his writ according to law, and risking an insufficient return thereto. Mr. Itatvn, as attorney for the defendants, in the exOution and in behalf of the Sheriff, opposed th't mo• tion. ; — F. S. ig ce 04 ce him --. a 8 0 ce -4 co A The suits in these cases were commenced and judgments obtained pursuant to the 12th Sect. of the ant cif 16th April, 1845, relative MI de faulting public officers, and, its various supple ments. On the judgments entered in Da*hin county writs of fiere twigs and venditioni erpanis can be hailed 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 testaturn writs. That is, he must have the writs entered, mike his levy, and return it by mail to this county. In case of a sale on a writ of venditioni expdais, the deed.must be acknowledged as required writs of testalum. For every Pur pose the jud ;.ent remains in this county, and the executimp process is in the form of an origi nal, not A i tistatasm 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 whrch 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 fbr 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, of to which it ha' been transferred, worth sufficient to pay and satisfy the debt over and above other incumbrances, 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 &Stant 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 offieer might as well at tempt to shelter himself under a decree of the town constable of Williamsport as under that of the judge bf 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 ;fin contempt, and an attachment must be awarded against him to be directed to the coroner of Lycoming county, returnable to next term. JNO. J. PEARSON, CID 0 ,10...1 Ef, -4 8 0- 0 xi otlP 1.) 22 1 , 638 „ 4:1 1-4 as O v . , Ei GZI 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 pow 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 soevreign which here is the State, of Pennsylvania ? .It is laid down a 4 a rudimental principle of the. Err alit& law that "the king,shall not be restrained of a liberty Or, right he. had u before by the gen eral words of an act of Parliament, if the king be not named in the act."—Deavies on the statutes 5231 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 these 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 embracedby implication froMth'e nature and objects of the law, has been claimed -by the sovereign States of this Union and by none• more so than our own. It was held in Johnson v. Irvine, 3 S. & R 292, and Bogly v. Wallace 16 S. &R. 245, that the State is'not embraced in the stat ute of limitations. •Such is also the doctrine of several othar casea in our books, _ln the. Com monwealth v. Hutchison, 10 Barr 466, it is di bided that the' Btate 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 rule in the interpretation of legislative acts they will not be construed td 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. 159. It is decided in the United States vs. Thonias. Crabbs 207. "General words in a statute-do not'include or bind the United States as a sovereign power. It is bound only' by express terms or necessary implication."' We thus perceive that' the 'immunity of the sovereign .fom the binding effect of its own laWa, when net named therein, isaBclfiaidtaatr: LEGAL DECISIONS. BY. THIS 001 YET Pres't Judge ti e d in jidicoon f it:Yasin En ' and anti although we might consider it more consonant with jus tice for the legislature to tie: up the hands of the State from the collecti o n 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 hot 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 m!, of execution. The motion for a stay of execution is refused and the rules dismissed. JOHN J. PEARSON , From oar Evening Edition of Yesterday. THE STEAMER RICHMOND. NAM Yowc, Oct. 13 The steamer Richmond was at Fort Jefferson on the 30th ult.—ail well. She had been on a coral reef, but got off undamaged., RE-ELECTION OF GOV. WPM" WASHINGTON, Oct. 14. Dispatches from St. Paula, Minnesota, state that Goy . Alex. Ramsey has , been reelected Governor by an increased majority over last year's Republican majority. GIBSON'S irtAH - Liesvanwoßra, Oct. Il Gibson's battery, which reliantly came in from 'Utah, consisting of two twelve pound howitzers and friar six pounders, has been at tached to Gen. Lane's brigade by order of the War DepartmeiLL AIOVEMENTS OF THE MWAWARY 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 bad just arrived by steamboat, before Barnum's Hotel this morning. A REBEL DEFEAT IN WESTERN VIRGINIA! Cmcnmen, Oct. 13. Yesterday afternoon, at a point 14 miles south of Gen. Rosencrans' advance, and 8 miles from the rebel encampment on. cireen , river, .a detachment of 40 men of the 89th Indiana re giment attacked 800 rebels, half of which were cavalry; without loss, killing.tve and wounding three. 'The whole rebel force was _driven .back beyond Baoon creek. From. Fortress Monroe. FORTHESS MONitOB, Oct. 18 Twelve members of the Eleventh ;New York Zonaves, were taken prisoners by the rebels yesterday when a short distance above Newport Lieut. Zeler, who was in command of the party, in quest of fuel, is under arrest for cow ardly beln.yior. FROM KENTUCKY: Breckinridge and Other Traßom Organl zlng a Rebel Camp. The Evening News learns, upon unquestionable authority, that Breckinridge, Preston, Johnson, Desha, Williams, Haws, Moore and other sews sion notables, are organizing a large rebel camp at Prestonburg, Floyd county. It says they haVe a force of 6,000 or 7,000 men 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. & Reception. • A correspondent of the Thus, 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 general—one rarely if ever extended in this democratic country to ladies of any degree, and hence so much the more re "rnarkable, 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 Ms. Fremont, testifying at once the Surirente respect in which that lady is held, and the high and chivalrous gallantry of the Amer kin soldier towards the gentler sex. It will, to fhe 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 sounded by all the stern inflexibilities of War, we do not forget the, respect due to the sei-of which onr mothers and aunts were con stituents. Tae COVI-BZU. Donor. —The rebels have re sorted to an ingenious way of luring our men into their snares. It is known as the "cow-bell dcidge," and it was very successful for a time, especially -with newly arrived regiments' and :companies,which were placed on picket for the fast time. Approaching within thirty or forty rods of calf outposts and concealing themselves in the -woods, they conlinence_ the irregular tinkle of a.Cow-ball. The uninitiated picket, not suspegtMg the ruse, and not Yet fa:mailed to drinking, his coffee without milk, goes out to obtain ri,supply from the supposed cow of some Virginia rebel, flattering himiself that he has got,a ".big thing on Secesh," • Not until he finds hinpelf surrounded by a half-dozen, or so armed rebels does 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.• Ansa- CusPiarris..—=At the solicitation of the Army Committee of the Youngiden's Christian Association of Philadelphia, ,the.. War. Depar tment has issued an order for the discharge of "any person who has beenmustered into service as a chaplain who is not a regularly, ordained clergyman of a Christian denoinination, without. piLy 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.. tAD Pr MI FOR A Szonnits.;—x-A • "good one" is.told of a Quaker volunteer who was in a Vir ginia skirmish. Coming into pretty close (Pir tem with a rebel, he remarked--" Frien d ., it is unfortnita* but thee stands just wbereq . sin going - to:shook? and, bbuiLMF away, down came ..o..re,r; 3 . 1 '4* On the 12th must., ANNA MARIA, wife of floury Kamm erer, aged fifty years. FOR RENT , THE house on tho corner of Third and North street, P, having II ;arts gloom 23.113, suitable fora St' re Ratitt. Rent $l5O tar annum I osseesion given the Ist tit November. JOHNVENBCHLAGRR. ectl4Allts At Eltrattai. & Co., Shoe Slur:. HEREAS the Honorable JOHN J. 3W- Pia Remy Preeident of th e Court of Common Pleas e - Tarellth iodltilal District, consisting of the countics OL_Lebanon and Datiptun, and the Hon. A. 0. Bilk...Uß - Hon. Faux Netsurf, Associate Judges in Dauphin .-.unty, having loaned twir precept, bearing Mate the oorth day Of J me 1851, le me directed, Inc holding a Court of Oyer and Terminer and General Jail Delivery and Quarter Sessions of the Peace at derrisharg, for the county of DauphM, and to commence ow TM BRD Mow. DAT OP NOVIDBIII NEM being the 18TH DAS OF NOVEMBER, 11161.. and to continue two weeks Notice tit therefore hereby given to the CUrOLietr, Jus tices of the Peace, Aldermen, and Constables m the said county of Gliaphin,***Other, bethen and there in their proper Personts, 0110 °filo& the forenoon of said day, with , their retort**, itmulaitions, examinations, and their own remembiances, to uo those thugs which to their office appertains to be done, and those who are bound in recottbininees to p ,oseeute against the prisoners sh at are or Shall be In the Jail of Dauphin county, be then and there to,prosenuto against them as shall be Jao. Given rinflek myliand, at Harrisburg, the 23rd day of September, In the year of our Lord, 1881, and in the eighty,flftlx oar of the independence of the Unitod,states. . .• • , r J 11: 'BOAS, Sheriff. • APERLYritOxima flarriaberg, October 12. 1881. r IMPROVEMENT IN DENTISTRY. DR. P. H. ALLABACII, Surgeon Den- Maeuracturer of Mineral Plate Teeth, the only method that obviates every objection to the Use o: aro ficial embr4cing partial, half and Whole sets of one piece only, of poetised lociestructule mineral, there are, nd crevices Meths account u lotion ofsmell particles of foist and therefinie, no offensive Oiler from the breath, es am me. tai Is media their construction, there can be no gaIYMAC action or Meade taste Hence the individual is uotan noyed with' sore throat, headache, &c. Office No. 43 North Beintiriff street, Harrisburg. ootl2- dly ST.. Loins, Oct. 14 SEALED PROPOSALS -EINDoRsF,D , pB,opo3Ar4 FOR FORAGE," 124 aril/be received until 3 p. m. Thursday, Oct. 17, 1861, fey furnishing by contract :D AL,Nmo CIALTSii for; the 'United Stifea troops at °snips Cam eron or Greble, near Harrisburg, Pa.,in such quantities as may be required rom 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 82 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. octl2-dtd ROPOSALS FOR RATIONS FOR ISOS. P Quesszunairsn's OFFICE, U. S. Kuntz CORPS, Washington, September 25, 1862. SEA T.P.D PROPOSLS will be received at this office until the 80th day of October next, at 12 o'clock m., for furnishing rations to the U. S. Marines, at the following stations, during the year 1862, viz : Pottamouth, New Hampahire : Charlestown, bravuutusetts ; Brooklyn, Long Island, New York ; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ; Washington, District of Columbia. Fah 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 lieu 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 pounds of good coffee, or in lien thereof one-and-a-half pounds of tea; 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. flhe increased allowance ofJ o ur ounces of flour or bread, and the allowande 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 lst of July, 1861. LOUISVILLE, Oct. 12 The beef shall be delivered 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 mess pork ; and the groceries to be of the best quality of kinds named. All Subjecl to inapection. All bids must be accompanied by the follow ingguarantee : Form of Guarantee. 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 abpve described, be accepted, he or they will, within ten days after the receipt of the contract at the Post Office named, execute the contract foi the same, with good and sufficient Sureties ; and in case the said - shall fait to enter into con tract as aforemid, 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 tome.as men of property, and able to make goCd their guarantee. • G. H. (2b be awned by the trailed Biota District Judo, United Slates District Atiorisey, or Cblledor.) No proposal will be considered unless accom panied by the above guarantee. • (Newspapers authorized to publish the above will send the psper containing the first inser tion to this 'office for examination.) .Proposali to be endorsed "Proposals for Ra tions for 1862 ," . and addressed to the under signed, ) W. B. SLACK, octl-4t] Major and Quartermaster. Seleot Sohools. for - Boys and.; Girls FRONT sukv e NT ABOVE LOCUST. THE Fall term of ROBERT 'ELWEE'6 hi School for boys; wiltopeia on the first'MondaY in Septemberc , the room is well ventilated, 'comfortably furnished Mat t in every respect adapted. for school ptr. WELWEE'S School for girls, located n the skthe.hethhh,, open for the Fall term at the same roOm Lerheenseletantly 'fitted up to promote he h.-.lt d'oomfort of scholars. lauirr•ldtr • COAL. T" upderdgned would respectfully in tormrthaciLizeos or Harrisburg that be is prepared torernish in any part or the city, Lyz ens Valley, Trevor to Willteidiarre Coal as low as auy other sieWers,in hen city. Please call and give zits'& trial: J. WALLOWER, Jr.., Agent, No. 8, Reading Railroad Depot, sep6-dlm Harrisburg, Pa. VAIPTY • BARRELS Two Rillidred smpty ~ our, Sugar sad- Wine Siirreli of 'alr do sermtlons an .privet, aDS , . Wit. Meg ht. & FiN'T ILETbOikPB,POMADES couNkrES and symAcra of man ,pricas and insaithatarier it - KELLEini DRUG IND juicorsergis. Dub Ntm qthertisments PROCLAMATION. A. 8., Guarantor C. D., Guarantor Witness : E. F 1862 New ablvrtistineuts H EADQUARTERS of THE U.S. MARINE CORPs. QuARTERNIASTER'S OFFICE, Washingt. n, September 28, 1861. SEALED PROPOSALS, for each class sepa. rattly, will be received at this office until 12 o'clock m. of Wednesday, 20th of November next, for furnishing to the I.7nite4l States Ildrine Corps, during the year 1532, the follosNing %ap plies, to be delivered at the oiti,e of the Assist ant Quartermaster of the corps Phildelphia, Pennsylvania, free of expense to the United States, in such quantities 58 may iron,. titue to time be ordered, viz : Cl ua IVo. 1. 14,000 yards of Sky Blue Kersey, all w.poi, r „, from hair, 54 inches wide, to ounces to the yard, (iudigu weeids., 6,000 yards Dark Blue Kersey, all from hair, 54 inches wide, to weio D., ounces to the yard, (indigo wed. dyed.) 8,000 yards Dark Blue Twilled Cloth, all wool, for uniform coats, (indigo wool-died,, 54 inches wide, to weigh 22 ounces per yard. 150 yards of Scarlet Cloth, all neal-dyed,) 54 inches Nvide, to weiirh 16 ounces per yard. Clam No. 2. 8,000 yards of 6.4 Dark Blue Flannel for ev e r sacks, all wool, (indigo wool-dyed 7, 4 inches wide, to weigh 13 ounce; ptr yard. 16,000 yards of 3-4 Darkl3lue Flannel, fersiiirts all, wool, (indigo wool-dyed,) :17 wide, to weigh 6,1- ounces per yard. 1,200 Gray Blankets, all wool, to weigh i.,ur pounds each, with letters in black, four inches long in the eetar, to be 7 feet long and 5 feet wide, free from grease. 6,000 pairs of Woolen Socks, three sizes, pr. l . erly made of good fleece wel, Mitt double and twisted yarn. to weiji three pounds per dozen pair, free grease. noll.4.dawlat 6,000 yards White Linen for Pants, ;sil • wide, to weigh 13 ounces per yard. 10,000 yards White Linen for Shirts, so wide, to weigh 11 ounces ivr yard. 16,000 yards Canton Flannel for Pr,Uvers, inches wide, to weigh 7 yard. 1,000 Uniform Caps, complete, (except pons.) 1,500 Pompons, red worsted, ball sliap e l, inches in circumference. 3,000 Fatigue Caps, (with cevers,) t , , I,e mad,: of blue cloth, indigo wool-dyed. 2,000 socks Class No. 5. 800 Gross Coat Buttons (Eagle.) 400-Gross Jacket Buttons (Eagle.) 100 Gross Vest Buttons (E:tgle.) 1,500 pairs Yellow Metal Crescents awl Sul: Stmps. 250 setts Epaulette Bullion for Sergeants an; Corporals. 2,000 setts Epaulette Bullion for Privates 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. 50 Snare Drum Heads. 100 Drum Cords. 100 Setts of Drum Snares. 100 Boxwood "B" Fifes. Class No. 10,000 Pairs Army Boots, (infantry pattere.l 1,200 Cartridge Boxes. 1,200 Bayonet Scabbards. 1,200 Percussion Cap Pouches 1,200 Cartridge Box Belts. 1,200 Bayonet Belts. 1,200 Waist Belts. 1,200 Waist Plates. 1,200 Breast Plates. 260 Sword Frogs. 1,200 Knapsacks. 600 Haversacks. 600 Canteens. 600 Musket Slings. Class So. 9. For making and trimming the following ar ticles, viz : Watch coats ; sergeants, corporals', musi cians', and privates', uniform and fatigue out, woolen and linen pants ; flannel and linen shirts ; drawers; flannel sacks; and red and ',iv jackets for boys. The above-mentioned articles must conform, in ali respect.% to the sealed standard patterns iu the office of the Quartermaster Marine Corps, Marine Barracks, Washington, D. C. ; taut Quartermaster, office Marina Corps, Spruce street, Philadelphia ; and at tho Marine Stations, Brooklyn, New - York, and Bu,,tuu, Massachusetts, where they can be extualuol. And whenever the articles named above, or any portion of them, shall be considered as not fully conforming to samples, they will be re jected, and the contractor will be tonal to fur nish others of the required kind at once, or the quartermaster will supply the deficiency at the expense of the contractor. Payment will be made upon the accepted de livery of the whole quantity, which nuy front time to time be ordered, withholding ten per cent from the payment of account 'endured un der first order, until second order is tilled, and ten per cent from the account rendered limier second order until third order is tilled, and so on until contract is completed. Each proposal must be accompanied by the following guarantee : State of ,and ——, of —' — Form of Guarantee. The undersigned, -- of --, ill th e State of—,_ _ hereby guar:' that in case the foregoing bid of _ 1 . .. r suPP I le' , as ab° " 3 in the described, be accepted, he or they Within ten days after the receipt of the contract at the post office named, execute the contract fur the sauce with good and sufficient securities ; and in case the said shall fail to enter into CO as aforesaid, we guaranty to make good the difference between the offer of the said -- —, and that which may be accepted. A. B. Guarantor. C. D. Guarantor. E. F. Wit ness , —, 1861. hereby certify that the above named -- are known to me as men of property, and able to make good their guarantee. C. D' Tobe signed by the United States Distric Col to Judge, United States District Attorney, or lector. No proposal will be considered unlees accona partied by the above guarantee. Newspapers authorized to publish the ve abo will send the paper containing the dist inser tion to this Office for examination. The bidder's place of business, or lly stated inanutac . turing establishment, must be specia in the proposal. The above list of articles is believed to be about thequantity of each article that will be required during theyear ; but the Quartermas ter reserves the right of ordering a greater or less quantity, should the service require it. Proposals to be endorsed on tha envelope "proposals for Supplies for Marine Corps for 1862," and addressed to Major WM. B. SLACK, Quartermaster M. C. Wasklitela , D. C . sept 81 Class No. 3 Class No. 4 Class No. 7 Class No. 8