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si(s -THE CONS yitrEION—ANL"
EsFoRcEMENT OF THE LAW.
THE UNITED STATES LAWB
01:1'1 LILIMILD lIT AIMHOIIITY IN
TIIE PONSTINANIA DAILY TELEGRAPH.
11:1111t1 BU R , PA.
Wednesday Morning, December 4,1801.
110 SECRETARY OF WAR, It is well known,
Eisen positive grounds in regard to the emu
1 11,4111(1a of slaves by our armies as they ad
%%ital., under a system of wages, and their sub
worst release at the end of the war. In his
report. as it has been prepared thus far, we un
tierstind from a correspondent at Washington,
who has conversed familiarly with the author,
he discusses the whole question with the utmost
freedom, clearness and decision. He says
that the matter is forced upon the attention
of the government by the inevitable pro
gress of events, and a policy is absolutely re
quisite. Take the case of our occupation of
Beaufort for an example. The white population
of that district is but six thousand, while the
slave population exceeds thirty-two thousand.
Their masters have all run away. The ne
groes are left aloe to commit depredations, to
perish in idleness or starvation, or to be protect
ed and employed by the federal agents. Which
shall it be ? If they are sent into a the interior,
they will be used by their masters to throw up
entrencinnenth or catty arms,:aogler. to,
stop our march &tie male lung& else in
producing the means of subsisten..for the ar
mies of the insurgents. In eitir * case they
will become the most active agent's against
sod it would be just as wise to send munitions
to the enemy as to seitd these formidable and
efficient bodies of laborers, who may he made
soldiers.
Now, the one duty of the government, ac
cording to Mr. Cameron, is to subdue the rebel.
lion, to deprive it of whatever resouroesiti pos
sesses, and to cripple it in every way onnejatent
with the laws of civilized warfare. Those who
are using all their energies to overthrow that
government are entitled to little forbearance,
and must take the legitimate consequenoss of
their own acts. Their slaves ate their principal
property, and, as it is perfectly right to confiscate
other property, so the main source of rebellious
wealth should be confiscated. Seven thousand
millions of dollars, or the greater part of it ,
are employed by the rebels iu spreading
desolation, slaughter and strife through the
bosom of a once happy community, and if
it can be made to pay, in some sense, for
the calamities it his been instrumental in pro
clueing, the retribution would be both just and
wise. Why should the friends of peace, good,.
honest, faithful citizens, be made to suffer the
enormous cost of this war? Why should their
money be spent, their prosperity arrested, their
lives sacrificed, in defence of the constitution,
while the property of those who provoked the
war is left intact? As a military necessity,
moreover, no less than as an act of retributive
justice, to say nothing of moral and social mo
tives, we are called upop to deal with slavery
without fear or affection.
These are not the worths of Secretary Cameron,
but they are the arguments be is accustomed to
use, even if he shall not incorporate them in
his report.
LAO ADVICES PROM UT AII statethat Brigham
Young, who at first hesitated as to his 'futon:
and . was inclined to neutrality, has
c oncluded to side with 'the legitinutte govern
14'", and the delegate of Utah will take his
seat in congress. Brigham is long-headed, and
the Pacific telegraph reminds him that if Utah
ever Is to experience the benefits of a Pacific
railroad, it will come from the North and not
from the South, even if such a thing as separa
tion were possible.
AlllOl7B mamas are held respecting the
I,r,4th of the present session of Congress. Judge
(:,,,lieser, of Vermont, who is one of the
twdest men in Congress, advises an early
) firement. He says : "War is not a busi-
R Congress can engineer. It is properly
Wite buaineas; and the moment Congress pam
the line of providing for the wants of
zov kininent, and deciding the purposes of
to say how it shall be conducted, the
ilAing will prove a failure."
a 7 r.lie 'Wheeling Convention, now in session,
uEewee preeented and referred,.that—.the
St4ite ahould be free. • '
ZEE ACTION OF CONGRESS.
By the indications of the first two day's pro
ceedings of Congress, we are induced to antici-'
pate fair, decided and prompt legislative action
on the subject of the rebellion. The business
of both the Senate and House took this direction
at once, in the former body by the notice of
Senator Trumbull to introduce a bill to confis
cate the property of rebels engaged in war
against the federal government, and to give
freedom to all slavei held to labor in the slave
states, whose masters are identified with trea
son. This notice will have a salutary effect on
the progress of the rebellion. The bill, when
passed, as we believe it will be, will also place
the rebel slave twitter in a position where his
property in human flesh will sesame a strange
importance in hig eyes, and the slaves which
,bies. est , ,,jorimoimist *math his* heel, be:
(*meth° instrument of the Union from
total destruction. =House the same spirit
=
animates the rep var. 'lt begins to
manifest itself in resolutions setting forth the
true issue of the rebellion, and holding slavery
alone responsible for its origin, its develop
ment and its progress. The purpose, therefore;
is to strike a blow at the heart of treason by pros
trating and destroying the slate interests of
traitors. When this is accomplished, traitors
will have nothing more to contend for,
while judicious legislation on the subject
through acts of prompt confiscation and
offers of freedom to thorie who join- the Union
Standard, will accomplish the conquest of rebel
lion by the very means with which it sought
the dismemberment of the Union and the des
truction of free institutions: Another' feature
is the proposition to abolish certain ports of en
try along the Southern Atlantic and Gulf coast.
By such legislation we do away with much of
the necessity of blockade, and enforce our code .
on the subject of smuggling, which very few of
even the boldest privateers will dare to violate.
Altogether, then, the initial movements in the'
proceedings of Congress are highly indicative
of a determination, to deal vigorously with
treason. We trust that there will be no abate
ment in this resolution, and as the proceedings
progress, that both branches of Congress will
harmoniously co-operate in extending all prop
er aid, to those who are now in the field armed
for the - suppression of rebellion. •
THE HANDLING OP TROOPS.
The Nalional Inylligencer refers to a recent
French writer on military science, who has ven
tured the remark thatthe artof hainiling troops 1
in the conduct of offensive cperaans seems to
have
n lost by modem commanders, who
Abe pipiun-ntalitsfy effects rather
on iiidnientrin 'Visa therbelektfottheir
~
bloira. The conduct of the war iicrifwa
..
thng ..,
Onv soil would not perhaps be &naval ,by Abe
French mitt° to present any eiottet lbw
rule whicikpe professes to derive Mini 0101a:test
experiencei* the , art of war ; for whatever may
be said of the-momentum thatshall give weight ,
to the " blows" supposed to be impending, OAP
popular impatie9ce generally, if ignonnoly
confessed, would not seem to indicate that attire
bas been any remarkable celerity of movement
in the handling of the vast number of troops
believed to be abbe command of our generals
in their several departments.
There were some circumstances attendant on
the recent great review of the army on the Po
tomac which may perhaps deserve a special
mention, as serving to show at least the capa
city that exists for the speedy massing of troop;
in that quarter. We understand that the ,sev
enty-seven regiments of infantry, theeightregi
meats of cavally, , and the seventeen batteries
of field artillery which , participated in that pa
geant were summoned and gathered for that ,
purpose from their widely separated stations on.
inotice of only twenty-four 'hours. The Maki
of accomplishing this result in the time specifiedi
was committed by Gen. McClellan to Gen.l
iti'Powell,. and the efficiency . with which that
accomplished officer discharged the duty as-'
signed him was sufficiently attested by the sue,
can of the review, which, besides 'presenting • aj
brillflint military display, afforded to the young
General-in-Chief a presage of the reliance he
can place ou the expedition that will be broughtt
to the fulfilment of his orders whenever it shall
be necessary to combine the forces now in the
field for any operations of an active chariuster.l
TILE PENIMYLVABLA RAARVE
This splendid body 'Of men, under Genets].
McCall, has perhaps attracted more attentiont
and consideration finm the press thin any other
division in the army. 14. mad° IT, all 1 0 0 1
know, of the verw best material in the state o f
Panasylvania,lictrulted at , a time when the en
thiudasm of our people was at Its highest pitch,
and when enlistment in the ranks of the reserve
was made a matter of gallant rivalry among all
chases. General McCall devoted his personal
attention and all his military skill and experi
ence to the organisation and discipline Of the
regiments of the reserve, and did not leave the
state until his division was in a condition at
once to enter the field for active duty. The
result is now seen in the manner in which this
division is recognised and complimented by the
Commander-in-Chief of the army, a fact which
is not the less gratifying when we remember
that the conception of the reserve was the re
sult of a patriotism as wise as it was high and
liberal in the extreme. The reserve is composed
of fifteen regiments, with its head-I:patters at
Langley, Vb
hg
naThe''weha l eofthecoidition ofthemenz eve :y.t s f ac t oyaatotheirhesattandcontet.ohgseeto
be
now onl y E by
wanted b
Yam men but batik. They are
patient for an encounter. When
that is offered they pr o •
nose to satisfy their
friends and become satlebed themselves.
HARRISBURG, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 4, 1861.
TELEG
PROM FORMS MOBS
SOUTHER! NEWS THROUGH
REBEL SOURCES. •
The Reported Renioval of the Rebel
Capital Denied,
The Sontbecfrapero Advocating the Abo-
lition of the Ikeal. Ittondane-
TRH. HOST AT' PENSAOOLA NOT RR-
THE SOUTHERN PUNTERS DESTROYING
THEIR 0110P13.
DISCOVERY OF A:CONSPIRACY BY UNION
MEN IN NEW ORLEANS.
°MAT EXCITEMENT IN THAT CITY
The Old Point boat has arrived, and brings
southern papers froni which the following items
are gleaned.
The reported removal of the rebel capitol
from Richmond Is denied. The southern papers
are advocating the abolition of the elective
franchise.
The , latest advices from Pensacola represent
that the fight had not been renewed.
' The accounts say that'had the fire from Fort
Pickens been continued fort Mcßea would have
been destroyed. No particulars of the affair
ate given.
The planterii throughout the southern sea
board are represented to be destroying their
crops, lest they should fall into the hands of the
Yankees. A conspiraty of Union men in New
Orleans has been discovered, causing great ex
citement in the city. Many suspected persons
'had been arrested.
FROM THE SOUTH.
TEE AFFAIR AT FORT =ENS
THE BOMBARDMENT CLOSED.
1144411. 1 11 " I,* the
The 'l4lliitfen 'in 'llemieesee.
ISM
THE orwasslitniT 67TRmit DRIVER
TITE
Reported. Honors to the Rebel Maury
from the Russian government.
itotrtsvial, Dec. 2.
The Southern papers to the 28th ult., have
been received , They (*nista. scattering accounts
of, the Fort Pickens affair, , from which ic; ap
pears that the ..bombardment commenced on
111- .4.cade the glittt vid.coatinued, with Qom
itional intermissions, night, and day, till the;
evening of. tlie . 2sth, wnen Col. Drown ceased!
It; rehels 4:1141, not,respond till after Fort'
Pic4 03 . 013 • 0 .Pe4e(14*. . ;
. . . . .. „
BonaTM Ll fire lion:L i the fort.and the outside Senti
.Abstldsnat.tedes, sr* direetedeoparkat Fe l
Bern)4 4 ifs, awl; the..9thtly Jo* nattntlefir tint
libel' steaffiene'rne and AebnO, and the na
l T
yard; in , n the fideod teit engaged F
Tne,rebiina itl tjlienkin, .Mid woundedia l the bombiudnert. Also • • Mt"
ooneidentbie, *nage lani.done,to rort4c.
$
,
McbMing themivinginiif thepowdermagimie
Tho. , PaVjard and,toww of Warringteu we
Pekl44.4eetaVed, 1 .ri
The,relielii Igkptiar.tO hare acted Bleeds; oii
64.
the,.04.4,-,
..
.Thst stories about the ambling of . the Uwi
States steamers Colorado and Niagara appear
be unfouhded., , . , 1 :
The rebel steamers Time and , Nelmo , yl t li
somewhat damaged, :bat succeeded in get
out of the reacli. of-Col.. BroWreli &C. 1
Ca J 3r owX4 received :no : reinfoMements.
The, Ess Tennessee ”hridge-burners" ere- tit
be eoertr..martleled. -Ex.-Bukte SenatorPilAulue
le limPngthe Prlseeers. ~ ~, , ~ E
The rnernme , of.:the Legidaturn from Beet
Teuneeeee were called upon .by the State Legiii
,lamre for an. explanation of their .alieged4
neethni with•theibildge,burniag, :Thar •
ail .kuowoledateMee ear l mul asserted . that
geribetratoreltete the representatim of only 4
entail Atetion in their distillate* .
A .despatch from Memphis says that at a
meeting of the merchants of that city a resolti
tion was adopted recommending the banks to
cut their bills into fractional parts, , in order to
supply the demand for small change. • ,
There are still no tidings_ of Parson Brown.-
The Charleston Courier, in an editorial, defo
rocates the policy of raising the black flag, say
ing that it is urged principally by those who
keep at a safe distance from the war.
A New s Orleans despatch says that on the
24th, Governor Moore and Generals Lovell ar(d
Ruggles • participated in a review of 28,000
troops, including 1,400 free colored persona.
The Bowling Green (Ky.) Courierrecommentis
the seizure of hostages for any rebels in Federal
prisons.
The Bichmond,.(Vis.) iikaasizer publishes a
correspondence between Lieutenant Maury and
Grand Duke Constantine, Grand Admiral of the
Russian navy. The latter invites ,Lientenant
Maury to enter the Russian service: .Lieuten
ant Maury repliewthat he cannot swept the po
sition until the independence of the south ; is
established; .
The rebel gunboat Tuscarora, while coming
from New Orleans, and when fifteenmiles above
Helena, on the 28d alt., accidentally caught'
tire gad taakne a total -
REWED.
%Damon, Deo. 8
Western Virginia State Convention.
WHZZIANG, 'Dec. 2.—ln the State Convention,
Mr. Roger, of Boone county, offered the
Whereas, Negro slavery is the origin and
foundation of our national trouble and the
terrible rebellion in our midst, that is seeking
to overthrow our Government. and .t
Whereas, Slavery is incompatible with , the
word of God, detrimental to the interests• of a
free people, as well as wrong to the slaves
themselves; Therefore,• -
li'esolved That • this Convention inquire into
the expediency of making , the pro posed new
State a tree State, and that a proviston be in
serted for the gradual emancipation of all
slaves within the proposed homdaries of. the
'new State ; to be submitted to the.people of the.
same for their approval. or rejection. ,
• Referred to the committee.= the fuadamen
tal-audgener. , -;
Brown, , ofiSanawba,.offered the follow-
ifesoked,' That the State .of Kanawha ought
to assume a just and equitable proportion of the
State debt of Virginia, and, in doing so, . die
driminate between its friends and foes by _pay
ing, first, the bonds held by her.own loytd. citi
zens; next, those held by loyal citizensnot res
ident in the State of-Kanawha,, and of,theexcess
pro rata share.
' Csr.nwitz, of • Marshall, gave notice that
he should ask that a provision be inserted in the
Constitution to the effect that, when the Con
atitution be submitted to the people, they shall
then determine whether the name shall be
Western Virginia or Kanawha. . .
THE VIRGINIA UNION LEGISLATURE.
WHEELING, Dec. 2.
The State Legislature met in this cityto-day,
Lieut. Governor Polsey presiding in the Senate,
and Daniel Frost, of Jackson county, in the
House.
The Governor's message was sent .in this
evening. It is a foroible.review of the condi
tion of things in this State, and advocates
Strong measures against - the rebel abettors in
our midst.
Col: Kramer, of Monongahela county, offered
.a resolution providing for a stringent confisca.
'tion law.
MUNICIPAL ELECTION AT SPRINGFIETD,
MASSACHUSETTS.
SPaiwormo, Men., Deo. 2.
Stephen C. Bemis was elected Mayor of this
city tcHlay.
Names of Union Prisoners of War
at New. Orleans,
• The following la a list of Pennsylvania volun
teers now held as prisoners of war In New
Orleans
Private T. =V. Williams, Co. 0, Third reggi-!
meat.
Lieutenant J. B. Ilutchinson, Co. I, Fifteenth
regiment...
Sergeant
Sergeant A. P. Bank, Co. I, Fifteenth rest-,
regiment.
Serpent, M. Aircsauletaa, J.
-regiment.
Corporal C. B. Hess, Co. I, Fifteenth regt ,
Private• J. Ashylmen, Co. I, Fifteenth regi.
ment.
Private I. Dietrich, Co. I, Fifteenth regiment.
Private Jos. Kehley, Co. I, Fifteenth regi
ment.
Private J. E. Morgan, Co. I, Fifteenth regi
ment.
Private R Morgan, Co. I, • Fifteenth regi
ment.
Private WI liam . Bush, Co. I, Fifteenth zee;
e . nt.
Private J. W. Beynolds, Co. I, Fifteenthregit
meat.
Pririte H. P. Sankey, Co. I, Fifteenth regic
meat.
Private A. Sayloi, Co. I, Fifteenth regiment}
Private W. J. Barger, Co, I, Fifteenth regi
ment.
Private G. W. Went, Co. I, Fifteenth regi
merit. • , •
,Private L D. Baird, Co. I; Fifteenth regiment.
. m Pirate. J. William% Co. I, Fifteen th regl
ent-
,Fiivate J. 0 . Barns; Fifteenth regiment
Private J. Woolley, Co. I, Fifteenth
. regi
, Private G. W. Waiter, I, Fifteenth 'regi
ment.
Private A. Pedlyon, CO. 1, Fifteenth regi
ment.
_ Private J. Wilson, Co. 'I, Fifteenth regi
ment.
Private M. Conahan, Co. I, Fifteenth regi
ment.
Private C. Slatterbnck, Co. I, Fifteenth regi-
Meat.
• Private W. Carver, Fifteenth regiment.
Private Fred. Clink, Fifteenth regiment.
Private L Thomas, Co. I, Fifteenth regi-
Inent. '
Private J. Dupes, 'Co. I, Fifteenth nsi
ment
Private D. Seibert, Co. - -I, Fifteenth regi
ment. '•
".• 'Private S. Day, Fifteeth regiment. • • '
.Private C. Ernest, Fifteenth regiment
-Private , A. H. Edwards, Co. I, Fifteenth rcsi-.
meat. -
• Private G. W. Tnellreld; Co. I, Fifteenth regi-
Private J. Farmer, Fifteenth regiment
Ovate P. Cleaner, Co., I, Fifteenth - regi
'Private J. Haskins, Co.• I , Fifteenth regi
ment. . •••
• PriVate S. H. Hoffman, 00. I, Fifteenth regi
ment.
• PAvate Matthew Byte, Co. I, Fifteenthregi
meat.
Private J. Jenkins, Co. I, - Fifteenth regi
ment.
Private S. M. Tice, Co. I, Fifteenth-regi
ment.
Corporal T. Fleming, Co. B, Sixteenth lee
' meat
Private T. Fagan, Co. B, Sixteenth regi
, meat.
Private J. Geddes, Co. K, • Sixteenth regi
ment.
•
WILL' ma NORTH Can Do.—A carefully pre- ,
pared statistical table shows that the number of
white men in the loyal States and Territories
able to bear arms is four million four -hundred
and sixty three thousand, and that the number
of white men in the field and preparing to take
it from these States and Territories is but five
hundred and thirty-nine thousand eight- hun
dred. These facts make it plain that the .gov
erriment can, if it shalllutd, it necessary to do
so; put an army of•a million and:a Wet . white ,
men into the field, and yet leave the course. of.
production, trade and commerce practkeikT
- LaqoAs, 'Timms
Moans Rows Fousn.—A set of muster rolls
were leftat Bergner's Book store, and can be
obtained by naiing for ibis notice.
To Amu omonva.—Blank lay tolls and far
loughs handsomely printed, according to the
army regabgions, on .fine white and durable
parer, an for ode at this 'office.
Eissium.—Frotn'allaccomtsthe "cold term"
has already commenced up in 'floga county.
Dickenson's .pond near sVellsboie is now
frozen over ; md the•editor of the Damocrai has
been "stretching his phis" on it..
P4lRPyftw-IRDWIen named Washburn
and Whelan , who cued rece4ly, at Canip Curtin
were forwarded in the noon,train Czk'llfonday to
their rektiswin Wayne county.- The deceased
belonged 'to Capt. Osman's company, of Col.
MeTidith' l3 regiment.
Arcola the "many , inyiantions" which the war
has called Into being is a novel , cartridge, styled
a combustible cartridge. , Every one mows that
in the common cartridgethe end has to be, bit
ter or tornCff before loading. 'The new cart
ridge does not require thti operation; the wrap
`ping being combustible (it is aster-proof also,)
admitting of instantaneous ignition by the per
,
Onsion cap.
Rittman APPOININIINT.—We learn that Mr.
, ,hose ,
Da Barre, w name was recently mentioned
in connection with the superintendency of the
Northern Central Railroad, has been appointed
by the board of directors superintendent of that
road, ' , Ace Mr. James C: Clarke, who has re
signed. Mr. Da Barre is from the Fort Wayne
and Chicago {lllinois) Railroad, and brings to
his new post considerable experience in railroad
matters. Mr. Di Barre entered upon his daties
on Monday. •
._.•.._
M. IL CODS, several years ago connected with
the editorial department of this paper, and now
Deputy Dierk of the U. B. Senate, was recently
in Tiotts connth on a visit . While in New
York, on his return to Washington, - with his
Wife, their hunks were stolen by burglars, and
all of their clothing, and valuables taken.—
What makes the loss far more severe, allof
Cobbs private papers andmanuscripts, (the latj
ter the result of nurchintellecteal .toil, in the
interval of editorial labors) were taken.
Tun Brim APPROPRIATION TO Comaronamoora.
The following : : circler relative to the State
approirlationi to the
,depaxtnient of ' amnion
oola has .been intiolishe.lay the attattper;
intendeng, Thom* H.PBunevres, Map
etrsnreous imprelarion is entertained in
some pats of the'State that the appropriation
for the . ached beginning on the first Mon
day-in' ituae 7 188 r, was - withdrawn by the State
Legislature, and applied to•tbe support of the
War. It is, therefore proper to gay that our
State has not thtis disgraced' herself. On the
contrary, while' the' • amount'. of aPProPriatico
payable per taxable' to the Wets will be the
same as it was last year, the aggregate appro
priations were greater in'utaannt than for any
year since 1840. The appropriations to the dis
tricts, will, therefore, be paid out es usual, sa
soon as each shall have filled the proper certift
mie that the schoohs were open and in opera
tion, according to law, at least four mont4
after the first Monday in Rine, 1861.
Tateremts Dime Immure. A teachers'
:Union Institute; composed of seven teachers of
Middle Paxton township, and three of the town
of Dauphin, was organised on the 16th ultimo,
by the election of the following, officers:
President—Win. J. Lawrence: ,
Recording i3ricretaryL-W. S. Poffenberger.
Corresponding Secretary—H. G. Sheesley.
Treasurer- -Bent.` Moyer.
The objects', aimed at by the organization
are,. let. The advaricementpf the cause of edn
cation in the, districts and Commonwealth.
2nd. 'lndividual improvement as teachers, and
thereby the improvement of the pupils. 3rd.
The dissemination of a code of .pure morals in
the schools. •
To accompathese in - part, the membem are
required to er *tures and essays, and to
give iliustratLons of, the modes of teaching the
rarions' branches of study intmduced in the
SchOols 'o i fwhich'ae rbject to 'dismal+
and adtkismaoithe purposi,of endeiyoring to
secure those which may best benefit scholaTs
Porcr.--ore the Mayor.—John Baker,' John
Talbert and Mary Todd — all ilret.claes "Tad'
ifere,errtdgeecl for - “lybrg around 'loose." Diis
charged with tie: injunction to leave the city for
the Ofirl!i goo d .
John Short—a volunteer wearing the =Morin
of a Zous.va—wia arraigned for vagrancy. Short
it appears, had enlisted in one of the India+,
regimen* bit Aiaa . mil*lnently discovered
that he was afflicted: _wititseMe ailment whiiih
rendered him unfit for serviee,-and was accord
ingly left lieie by regiment during its pas
sage through the city two or threertionths
Since then Short luis "been., staying about the
city, hen the' charity of the public, and
I** at night i eithOn 'the market house br
-on the-most ocereidept" . o_ilsir-door• AfteF heirr
ing Short's :story, his _honor, the Mayor,, fdr-
Aisked him witiiuncitieloMr. Young, Superb.-
*deEit 4 t 1 e 14413i1 4- 0" by
weliare.no doubt, he:was poised over *a road
free to Pittsburg. • , .
Peter Ducker—said to be , a ooldiiii—was ar
raigned for 4rnnkonnese and breaking in a t door
at t .thi;midoiko of -sl# tat% Castm Sent to
prison for 80 days.
Peter liftnue and Jahn Johnson bop
"cf i ,rupie" were, arralgeed, and dischargedwith
• -
Mrsrimious MT...la.—We clip the following
from the Philadelphia Balkan of Monday af
ternoon:—Coroner Couradswati. pent for this
morning to hold an inquest upon the body of
an unknown man, a soldier, who had arrived
yesterday at the Pennsylvnnur BAlrfad Dep i ot
in'a lodi. It seems that tha 136xVatilalE6 1 : 1-1 0
the depot at Harrisburg by a squad of soldiers,
and the freight was paid to this city. edam
came down in charge of the body, but has not
been seen since the arrival of the train. From,
appearances the deceased had . evidentlY Debi
run over by a train of cars; Ile belonged to the
acClellen regiment, which bad been encamped
at Huntingdon.
Tan Boar Rsoceinzau.—The body of - the id
tiler killed on Friday on the Northern Centre
railroad, between the Bolton depot and Wood
berry, previously noticed in the rimianaza, has
been recognised as that of Benjamin Snyder, .a
member of Captain Albright's company of the
Scott regiment from York, Pa., and stationed
at the Belay House on the above r sal. He was
in Baltimore on Thursday on a pass, and it was
supposed attempted tojump upon some of the
Outward bound trains passing during Thursday
night, and falling beneath the cars, was killed
in the attempt. The body was horribly man
gled, having been dragged some thirty or forty
yards. The top of his head was crushed entire
ly off, and his left foot and right arm severed
from his body. The body of the deceased was
taken in charge by the company's agents and
forwarded to the encampment of the company
'to which he belonged, and from thence to York
Pa.., where he has a wife and children living.•
As has been heretofore stated, the jury in the
case rendered a verdict of accidental death.
Tin Quarter Master General of the State of
Pennsylvania acknowledges to have received for
the volunteers at Camp Curtin the following do
nations : From Upper Strawsburg and vicinity,
Franklin county—Mr. William G. McClellan, 6
pairs woolen socks ; Rev. George R. Zatharias, 1
pair; Samuel Lehman, Jr., 1 pair ; Mrs. Harriet
Kramer, 2 pairs ; Mrs. Catharine Stake, 1 pair ;
Mrs. Mary Bigler, 1 pair; Mrs. Jane Easy, 8 pairs;
Mrs. Adeline Ramsey, 1 pair ; Mrs Rebecca Deb
rich, 1 pair; Mrs Susan Gullinger, 1 pair; sills
Mary Gilmore, 1 pair ; Miss Eliza Gilmore, Mrs.
M try Andrews, Mrs Eliza Ramsey, Mrs. Sarah Q.
Carbangh, Mrs. Catharine Cummings, Mrs. Mar
tha A. McCiellin, Miss Catkezine Foltz, Mrs. Mary
Freer, Mrs. Westhafer, Mrs. Susan B. Logan, Min
Statira C. Britton, Mrs. Mary E. Weist, each, 1
pair woolen socks ; Mrs. Elizabeth Rife, 2 pairs;
Mrs. Mary Flora, Mrs. Catharine Wingert, Mrs.
Lash Harbs.ogh,,Mni. Yount, etch, 1 pair; Mrs.
Prittart, 8 pairs.; Miss Margaret Yoe, t pairs ;
Mrs. E. Site, 8 pairs; Mrs. Wilhelmina Haunt,
4 pairs ; Mrs. Elizabeth Coffman, 2 pairs; Mrs.
Elizabeth Lehman, 2 pairs; Miss Rebecca Bach
tor,- Miss Juniata J. Ramsey, and Mrs. Caroline
Rigner, each, 1 pair. Twelve pairs woolen socks
and 12 pairs fine carpet overshoes from Miss
IL H. Brown, 1832 Spruce street, Philadelphia.
Ten pairs woolen socks from two ladies of the
German Reformed congregation of Chambers
burg, and 2 blankets 'from a lady of the same
congregation for hospital use. Four pairs wool
socks from Christian Musser, Juniata county.
From Rev. Dr. Hay, of Harrisburg, 18 night
shirts for hospital use at Camp Curtin, donated
by the ladies of his church. Two pairs woolen
socks from Mrs. Elizabeth Gorges, Lower Allen
township, Cumberland county.
Tim Casa or Low. Vaserravosins.--Lient.
Vanstavoren, whose arrest at. the Lebanon Val
ley Railroad depot in this city by officer Cole,
was noticed in last Saturday's TWORAPH, was
taken to Philadelphia yesterday, where he had
a hearing before Recorder Enew, of that city.—
Vanstavoren, as we have already stated, Was
charged with being a fugitive froni justice from
Washington, where he is alleged to have stolen
$5OO from Lemuel Howell. Several witnesses
were examined. It.appears freni the eVidance
that Howell and Vanstavoren were Lieutenants
of company G, Seventh regiment, P. R. O.—
Thep both resigned, left camp together for
Washington: Upon his departure, Lieut. How
ellwas entrusted with a quantity of letters to be
delivered personally to the families of the men
belonging to the company. Ihese letters con
tained from $lO to $6O each, and were placed
in his trunk, but were subsequently removed to
a valise. Vanstavoren advised Howell not to
take them, as there might be ttonbleif any
were .lost. In Washington they stopped 'at
Shipson's Hotel, and the baggage was ail placed
in the baggage-room. Vanstavoren was in that
room once to get something from his trunk.—
Howell was taken sick and went -to ,bed early.
Vanstavoren left the room and •add that he
would - return shortly, but Lieut. Howell did
not see him again until the next morning, when
he met him at the depot about to start for Phila
delphia. A man who was with him testified
that they had stayed all night at.the National
Hotel. After reachisig home Mr. Howard die
coveredthat his valise had been opened and all
1 the letters stolen. He was arrested for the lar
ceny 'of the money. The matter, however, was
referred to detective officer Franklin, of Phila
delphia. Mr. Franklin found that Vanstavoren
had been acting . somewhat auspiciously about
Myerstown, Lebanon and Reading, and by his
orders Vanstavoren was arrested on Saturday in
this city. After the hearing he was committed
to await krequistion from the authorities of
the'Districtof Columbia. -He remarked that he
desired a speedy trial that, he might have an
early opportunry of proving his innoosnce.—
The accused. was fonntrly a clerk in the Phila
delphia Poet Office, and subsequently an opera
tidt the Local Telegraph of that city. 1
ME
PRICE ONE CENT.
B. C. HALE,
HARRISBURG, Dec. 2, 1861
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