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nunine , a LOOM , inserted In the Lrnat CO/Unew or
I.:ore Murrige. and Deaths, kIGHT CENTS PEN LINE
tor each liver tiOn.
yr ittrriges and Deaths to be charged ea, regular sub
oit-eniente
Visttliantous
NICHOLS & ROWMAN,
Corner of Pront and Market Streets.
(V. Hurnmel's old stand,)
nAVE determined to place their entire
stock of
GROCERIES, PROVISIONS, FRUITS,
&c., &e.,
at prices to suit the present hard times, and re
spectfully call the attention of the citizens of
Hai risburg and vicinity to their extensive stock
of goods, consisting of
SUGARS, SYRUPS,
TEAS, COFFEE, •
SPICES, LEMONS,
ORANGES, CURRANTS,
CEDAR-WARE.
FLOUR, FISH, &c.
We have also gone to considerable trouble in
getting the sale of several brands of
COAL OIL,
All of which we warrant to be
NON-EXPLOSIVE, TRANSPARENT AND
FREE FROM ODOR,
as far as practicable. Among others, we have
on band
NATRONA, MAGNOLIA, LUOIPRE,
ROBINSON.
All of which we will ,sell wholesale or 'retail,
and lower than any other louse in .Harrisburg.
Also, all kinds of
CUT, FLINT AND GREEN GLASS-WARE.
We also invite attention to our well selected
and extensive assortment of
QUEENSWALRE.
NICHOLS & BOWMAN,
corner of Front and Market streets.
l' II at
UNION RESTAURANT,
BILLIARD AND BOWLING SALOON,
NO. 119 MARKET STREET, N.EAII FIFTH.
THE subscribers having erected a large
1. haithug at the above place, expressly for the pure e
ta atove udivated, beg to call the attention of the pub
tc le the tallw :
TRI kvauraerr, 011 the first door, with a dining room
%ttAibell, tr titled up In drsl•class style, and it will at all
e s .ppled with the best ()INTERS to be had in
the atlantic stiles, together with terrapin, fish, and all
tita t is game is season. Oysters served ap in every
si)ie, sad meals to lie had at all boars. The Ales of all
the celebrated breweries la the country constantly on
btu.
The ietpto Alley, or Bowling Saloon, is to the rear,
anlezt."o, tree alleys of modern oonstruction, where
%toners el tills healthy exercise cart enjoy themselves.
/ be l iliard Salami is up•stairs —elegantly Stied up,
ekttd,a, three marbly top combination cushion
to any made.
iluribburg mug felt the want of a grand then of Of ibis kind, and ea the proprietors &redetermine
ctuuct it in a quint and orderly manner, and do eve
lliisag in their power to make it a fasolonable resort,
t hey hope to receive a liberal share of public patronage.
Wit.taaht. O. hicFADDIaN AOO.
lIARIUSBURU COAL OIL DEPOT
BUR the eafety of ennsumers, we have
~.„4,sbed a col 011 Depot at the corner of Iron
114 rket streets. All nor oils ate traded and we poet.
a eli 1,0(10 except such as prove to be non-explosive,
ricer and free from odor as far as practicable. We offer
a i ris. nt the lollowingJustly celebrated bi ands. Meg
' Rut son, Nobrona and Lieu or, lower than MI be
/tries elAswhere this piece, either wholesale or
4,411 . also an ex ensive assortment of lamps, Chum.
Shade., elaa Cones, Burnett, Bto. We will also
‘lora Unlit or camplume lamps, so as to be used for
" 0 " 01 1. Cali and isatlaf, yoursel yes, at
NICHOLS & BOWMAN,
spell Corner of Front and Market street.
POR SEWING MACHINES.
JONAS BROOK & BRA'S
PRIZE MEDAL SPOOL COTTON.
500 rm. WHITS, BLACK @ COLORRD.
'14116 thread being made particularly for
Machines, is vEttY mom, SMOOTH AND
Its strength la not impaired by washing, nor
Py Iriet7oll 01 the needle. For Machines, use Brooks'
Patella Ulueo.
FOR UPPER THREAD,
sad Brooka Patent Six Cord, Red Ticket,
VCR. UNDER THREAD
Sold by l'Obpettaltl, throughout the country.—
SO, MM US OP UP) 0.7.10.,A:490117PD NOB er
nnit.d6m
silt ki, Sole Agent.
;56 V edeyAreet, New York.
COAL! Pcov i D ERii
COAL REDUCED 1 1 1
1 N consideration of the kartl times, and
i a s I sell exclusively FOR CMH, I thice reduced the
pried of Coal as follows :
1 -Yltens Valley Broken @ $2 90 per ton
Large Egg " 290 •• .:
" " Small Egg ,4 290 " ,‘
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" Sieve" 290
't Nut 411 225
t tilkvbarre it 290 4.1 if
Inrberry II 290 l
Nail COB delivered by the Pavan Macs CARTS; it
''"l 4 u % ,, lgliett at the purchasers door , and if it fella
obutt 10 vt.tant, the Coal wall he forfeited.
Ali ( mil ni the heat quality mined, delivered free cram
MI NlO IT It 1 thi.
the
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4 Mtil , k.. ti In gantittes, t.t. wwxai WHOLIBALII
hiGl.4. .
mwA.g: t s 4t, ~ f , :r Do pn1,04, celehrated Powder, a largo supply
.._s haite d. M.tohre,lurere prices.
711",. a , arge lui of mupen; baled Bay for sale.
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JAMES M. WHEELER.
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Comer Wont and Market sree.
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and well cant BEEF. A s plendid lot
, large
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and suet el t emedy In the world for
DISEASES OF IMPRUDENCE
RIMS IN SIX TO TWILVB HOMO.
No Mercury
, or. Noxious Drugs.
A Owe - Warranted, or 'no Chiiige, in from one
to Two Days.
Weskneas of the Hack erLimbe. Matures, Mks Onus
of the kidneys and Bladder, Involuntary dischargee;lin•
potency, Gennalliebility, Nervousness, LIPPoPsY, Lan
anor, Low Spirits, 1301M18i1M of ideas, Palpitation of the
Heart Timidity, Trembllngs, Dimmers of bight or Giddi
ness, Dlteare of the Head, Threat, Nose or Skin, a ifec
thins of the Liver, Lungs. Stomach or Bowels—those far
ribre.disordent analog from the Sol ary : Habits of Youth
—those swear and military picot nes more fatal to their
victims than the song or yreng to the Mariners of tly
nes, blighting their most brilliant hopes or ttniklpatlOLLE,
rendcrlug marriage, 80., Impossible.
Yotintitip
Especially, wbo have become tbs !victims or Solitary
Vice, that dresidful and descructlve habit which annual.
ly sweeps to an unilmely grave tborpands of Young
Men ofibe twat, atitited talents mid briliMrit
wbo might dhisrwise hive ain't:Med . fatal:deg [Senates
with tbeabohaers of aboquentiet or waked...to:re/1w" the
living lyre, may call with full conthionee.
Marriage.
Married Persons, or young Men contemplating mar
riage, being a ware or physical weaknosa;iirgarde contemplating .
deformities, arc., speed! y cured.
Be who places himself under the care ol Dr. J. may
religiously confide is his honor as a gentleman, and con-
Silently rely upon his skill as a Physician:
Organic Weakness
Immediately Cured, and full vigor Restored.
This distrusting Affection...which renders 1 ite
ble and marriage impossible—is'the Penalty paid by the
victims of improper Indulgences. lotmgpersose are too
apt to commit examen from not being aware. of the
dreadiul anivenvenees that may ensue. New, who, that
understands the subject will pretend to deny that the pity.
er of procriation Is lost sooner , ‘y , those falling into im-:
proper habits than by the prudent? Besides being de
prived the pleasures of healthy °Opting, the most se
rious and destructive symptoms to both body and mind
arise The system becomes deranged, the Physical and
Mental FunotiOns Weakened, Loss of Procreative Power,
Nervlons Irratibility, Dyspepsia, Palpitation of the Heart,
Indigestion, Cionstituilon.. 1 ilebillty, a Wasting of the
Frame, Hough, Consumption, Decay and Death.
Office, No. 7 Swath Frederick Street.
Left hind side going from Baltimati street, a lew door.
team the Wrner. fall not to observe name and number.
Letters must be paid and contain a stamp. The Doc
tor's Diplomap bang in hie office.
A Cure Warranted.in Two .Days.
No gawky of Ir4isseolii Thugs.
Johnson,
Member of therliloyal College of Surgeons, London, Grad
uate from one of the most eminent Colleges in the United
State., sad the greater pail of whine lite hes been spent
lit'the'bospitahrof London, Paris ; Philadelphia and else
sallearkhaellißieted aome.of the most astonishing sures
that were ever known; many troubled -with ringing in
the head and earn when asleep, great nervousness, being
alarmed at sudden sounds, beshfulnesi, with frequent
blushing. attended sorneilieasPwith derangement of mind
'were cured Immediately.
Take Particular Notioe
Dr. J. addresses all those who have injured themselves
by improper indulge...6e and solitary habits, which ruin
both body and mind, unfitting them for either business,
study, society or marriage.
These are some of the sad and melancho Ily effects pro.
ductd by early habits of youth, viz : Weakness of the
Back and Limbs, Palos in the Head, Dimness t.f Sight,
Loss of Muscular POwer, Palpitation of the heart, Dys
popsy Nervous irratibil ty, Derangement of thertrgesUve
Functions, General Debility, Symptoms of Consumption,
etzersur.—The fearful effects on the mind are muoh
to be dreaded—Loss of Memory, Confusion of idese , De
pression of Spirits, Isvil Forbodiogs, Avers on to Society,
deaf Distrust, love of bolitude, Timidity, &c., are some of
the evils produced.
Tnoosatros of persons of all age's can now indite what
is the cause of their declining health, losing their vigor,
becoming weak, pale, nervous and emaciated, having a
singular appearance about the eyes, cough and symptoms
of eonsumption.
Young Men
Who have injured themselves by a certain practice in
dulged In when alone, a habit frequently learned from
evil companions, or at school, the effects of which are
nightly felt, even when asleep, and If not cured renders
marriage impossible, and destroys both mind and body,
somild apply immediately.
What a pity that a young man, the hope of his coun
try, the darling of hls parents, should be Snatched from
all prospects rid enjoyments of life, by the con'equence
of deviating from the path of nature and indulging in a
certain secret habit. Such persona atm, before oontem•
plating
Marriage,
reflect that a sound mind and body are the most neces
sary requitites to promote connubial happiness. Indeed,
without these, the journey through life becomes a weary
pilgrimage ; the prosprOt hourly darkens to the •iew ;
the mind becomes shadowed with despair and filled with
the melanoholly raft Won that the happiness of another
becomes blighted with our own.
Disease of Imprudence.
When the misguided and imprudent votary of pleasure
finds that he has imbibes the seeds of this painful dis
ease, It too often bapens that an tll•timed sense of shame
or dread of discovery, deters him from applying to those
who, from eluoation and respectability, can alone be
friend him, delaying till the constitutional symptoms on
this horr d maesse make their appearance, such as at•
tended sore throat, diseased nose, nocturnal pains in
the head aid limbs, dimness of sight, deatness, nodes on
the shin bones and arms, blotches on the h ad, face and
extremities, progress ng with frightful rapidity, till at
last the palate of the mouth or the bone* of the nose fall
in, and the victim of this awful disease become a horrid
object of commiseration, tIU death puts a period to his
dreadful sufferings, by sending him to " that Lirdiscov
vered Country from whence no traveler returns."
It is a nselancholly fad that thousands fall victims to
this terrible disease, owin* to the unskilfullnesit of Ivo
, ant pretenders, who by the use of that Deadly Poi+ on,
Mercury, ruin the constitution and make the residue o
hie miserable.
Strangers.
Trust not your lives, or health, to the care of the many
Unlearned and Worthless Pretenders, destitute of know
ledge, name or character, who copy Dr. Johnson's adver
vertisements, or style themselves i n th e newgpapiri,
regularlykolucatedyhytdclans incapable of Curing, they
keep you Wiling month after mouth taking their filthy
or as long as the smallest
end poisOSlOUSlleffil compounds,
Pe can be obtained, and in despair, leave you with rain
ed health to sigh over your galling disappointment.
Dr. Johnson is the only Physician advertising,
His credential or diplomas always hangs in his office.
Ms remedies or treatment are unknown to all others,
prepared from a life spent in the gr eat hospitals of Eu
rope, the first In the country and a more extensive Pri
vate Practice than any other Physician In the world.
Indorsement of the Press
The many thousands cured : at this institution year at.
ter 'ear, and the numerous important Surgical Opera•
none performed by Dr. Johnson, witnesssed by the re
porters of the "Sun," "Clipper," and many other pa.
pars, notices of which have appeared again and again
berme the public, besides his standing as a gentleman of
character and rtsponslbillty, is a cadent guarrantee
tithe afflicted.
skin Diseases Speedily Cured.
Persona writing should be particular in directing their
letters to his Itptiluticia, In the following manner :
JOHN M. JOHN - SON, M. D.
01 the Baltimore lock Smote!, Baltimore, Md.
SALAD OIL.
A large supply of fresh Salad Oil. in
large and small bottles, and of different brands
and received and for sale by
WM. DOCK, Je. & W.
THE SKIRT.
JUST RECEIVED.—The New Shaped
;W t OW/ SW, the finest article inandaciurett. war
a CLUMPS%
apgy Nod door to the Harrisburg Bank.
HARRISBURG, PA., TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 13, 1862
Eciegraplj.
A Volunteer and his Brdie—A Sketch of
the Times.
".Something original I was asked to write,
, I hardly know whelre to begin,
For if there is anything original in me ..._
It is original sin."
The above were some lines which were
anittenin a lady's album, and as I admire
originality in all works of fiction, I will
try and not follow your fair correspondent's
of Saturday evening, but write something as
original as , the above quotation-.from a fa
vorite author 61 -. It was in lovely
summer timewhen a lair maiden stood upon
the brow overlooking a beautiful scene on
the charming Susquehanna. The sun as it
declined behind the mountains threw it' last
lingering rays over the river, making
it look like a sheet of burnished gold.
The lady was gazing with pensive eye
down a little narrow path which lay along
the steep side of the mountain. She waited
long and anxiously but at last her patience
was rewarded by the appearanc of a youth
ful cavalier who came blithely up the path
singing a love ditty. On reaching the place
where Minnie the loved one stood they em
braced each other tenderly,and Harry draw
ing his companion's arm,in:his own walked
on towards their home. It maybe better to
give some little description of the hero and
hproine of my tale. Minnit, and Harry
were the only children of a wealthy farmer
who had lived on this mountain for years
in the past and seemed likelrto live for
years in . the future ; "their mother, a lovely
woman, had died when Minnie was but a
child, and Harry had. peen .her guardian
ever since, notwithstanding her father
never left his own fire-side. Yet he was
to,o.much taken up in :P.onnting. his flocks
to have any parental thoughts about the
lonely Minnie, and left her under the charge
of her brother Harty . . Minnie had the best
masters of the, languages and music,-and
at the age of eighteen she was the most
beautiful and accomplished maiden in the
country. At the time our story opens she
was about to unite herself in i marriage to
'one *fim she had become deeply attached,
and a person worthy of her lova. This
was the last eve she was 10 spend as an
unwedded maiden under her father's roof.
It was with great reluctance that Harry
gave his consent to what would separate
him from his lovely sister. Long and
earnestly ,did they talk of the,. future
"But man proposes and God disposes 1"
Sleepless was Minnie 'that' night and day
light found her pillow wet with tears. I
would not have the reader think that Min
nie was unhappy. No indeed! Her fiance
was one of our noblest officers and her
future was bright before her.
The spacious mansion of farmer Sher
wood was thrown open for the wedding of
the far-famed beauty, and all went merry
as the marriage bell. In the midst of the
festivities orders arrived for the groom to
repair immediately to his regiment as his
valuable services could not be spared.
Army orders are always to be obeyed and
after an affectionate farewell he mounted his
horse.
Let us pass over a few weeks and again
go up the mountain and enter the house.
Why is all so still and funeral-like where
once was mirth and song ? During the
intervening weeks letters came -and went
between the gallant officer and his bride,
but at last came a letter in a strange hand
writing informing Minnie, of her husband's
death while noblydoinghis duty. No pen can
describe the anguish of that stricken one,
but upheld by one who has the power to
lighten affliction, she was enabled to say
"thy will be done ;" and travelers visiting
this place may, perhaps, see a fair young
widow going in Ind out among the poor
and needy, and devoting her own life to
her maker. 66 Rrxrs VERNON."
A strange story, not by Bulwer, is going the
rounds of the English press. A lately married
Irish earl wishing to improve his Old mansion,
set architects and carpenters at work, who dis
covered a room hermetically bricked up. It
was fitted up in the richest style of one hundred
and fifty years ago, and on a conch lay the
skeleton of a female, while on the floor was the
skeleton of a man, presenting evident traces of
"violence. Jewels and dresses lay scattered
about the room, but the fearful secret had been
so well kept that-no tradition could be remem
bered which would give any clue to the affair.
The survivors--an injured husband probably
among them—walled up the apartment, which
has kept its dread secret over a century anj a
half.
TM news from all parts of Maryland speaks
of the most oromising crops of wheat and rye,
and of abundance of trait. Corn planting has
been kept back by the continuous wet weather ;
but the grass crops are gainers. In Berkley
county, in Virginia, the spring wheat is very
promising, though the breadth of seeding has
been materially lessened by the theft of plough
horses in that section by the rebels.
Ws learn, by way of Havana, that there is a
probability of some fighting in St. Domingo
between the Spaniards and Haytiens, the former
claiming land as within their boundaries that
has been occupied by the latter for ages undis
puted. The strong r will override the weaker,
but, driven to bay, the Haytiens will fight.
Several batteries and some soldiers have been
sent hence.
WENN the rebel army, which was to annihi
late the Union troops at Yorktown, are arraig
ned for cowardice, they may justify themselves
by the plea that they didn't begin to run until
the rebel Congress set them the example. The
only response to such a plea would be that of
the Scotch clergyman of t quivooal sobriety,
who, in enforcing temperance upon his parish
ioners, said to them : Ye manna do as I do,
but do as I bid ye."
Tin number of new inventions in firearms
and artillery,-presented within the lest three
months, is enormous. It is the opinion of some
of our most scientific ordnance officers that the
science at warfare upon land will yet be as
completely revolutionized :IN that upon water
by the contest between the Merrimac and the
Monitor. ' *
BY TELEGRAPH
The Great Naval Battle at
Fort Wright.
DESPERATE 'ENCOUNTER BE
TWEEN THE GUNBOATS CNN
CINNATI AND MALLORY.
COMPLETE VICTORY OF THE
UNION FORCES.
THE MALLORY SUNK WITH
ALL ON BOARD.
TWO REBEL GUN-BOATS BURNED
The Rebel Fleet Pursued to Fort Wright.
Cent°, May 11.
The desperation of the rebel cause In the
Mississippi Valley culminated yesterday, in an
attack on the United States flotilla of Fort
Wright.
On Saturtitty morning,at an early hour,eight,
of their 'gunboats came around the point above .
the Fdrt, and boldly advanced towards the flo
tilla: The Cincinnati, which was stationed.
at a point where the rebels came up on Friday,'
did not attract their attention until the fleet
had passed above her. As soon as she was seen,
a simultaneous attack was commenced from:
the whole fleet.
The gunboats made an attack upon her with
but little effect, as the guns were poorly aimed.'
The Cincinnati, in the meantime, had hauled
into the stream, where an iron clad ram, sup:
posed to be the Mallory, advanced, in face of a
continued broadside from the former, until
within forty yards LI her, and being the faster
sailer, succeeded in moving between the Cin
cinnati and the right bank of the river, when
men appeared upon her decks and prepared to
board the Cincinnati. This design was frustra
ted by the Cincinnati throwing hot water from
her steam batteries.
In the meantime the rest of our gunboats
hae arrived at the adene of action and engaged
the rebel fleet.
The Mallory, undaunted by the failure of
her attempt to board the Cincinnati, crowded
on a full head of steam and came toward that
veFsel, evidently intending to run her down.
Captain Bumble, who was in command of
the Cincinnati, waited until the rebel monster
came within twenty yards, when he fired a
broadside into her from his Parrott guns, welch
clid fearful execution.
The two boats were so close together by this
time that it was impossible for the gunners of
the Cincinnati to serve at their guns. It was
only by bringing the steam batteries to bear on
them again that the Mallory waa compelled to
haul off.
-Captain Stemble shot the pilot of the Mallory
with his revolver. He was himself wounded
by a pistol shot fired by the pilot's mate of the
Mallory.
While the engagement between the Mallory
and Cincinnati was in progress; our shots had
exploded the boiler on one of the rebel gun
boats and eet fire to another, burning her to
the water's edge.
The air was very heavy, and under cover of
the dense smoke which hung over the river, the
rebel fleet retired.
They were pursued until they gained a shelter
under the guns of Fort Wright, None of oar
boats were, injured, except the Cincinnati, and
the damage done to her was eo slight that It
can be repaired in twenty-four hours.
Four men on the Cincinnatti were wounded,
iuciuding the Master's mate. No other men
slides are mentioned.
When the smoke cleared away, and the re•
treat of the rebel fleet was discovered, a
broadside from the Flag _Ship Benton was sent
after the Mallory. Shortly after she was seen
to careen,' and then go down with all on board.
From Gen. 111.VieIlan's Army
No Movement of Troops Yesterday,
.~____
The Bridges on the Chlekaho
tinny Burned.
The Enemy in Force on the , Opposite
Side of the River.
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HEADQUARTERS, CUMBERLAND, VA., }
Sunday Evening, May 11.
There has been no movement of troops to-day
as Gen. M'Clellan was desirous of observing the
day, and giving his men an opportunity to
rest.
The reports , to-day brought in by scouting
parties sent to the Chickahominy on the left, a
distance of thirteen miles, confirms the burning
of both the bridges across that river.
The enemy was seen in considerable force on
the opposite side.
A strong picket of the enemy made its ap
pearance about two miles from the White House
to-day.
They were not interfered with, until becoming
too bold, when a gunboat, which arrived about
one o'clock, shelled them out. The noise must
have been heard at Richmond, as it is only 20
miles off.
Gen. 11,Clellan Within 20 Miles
of Richmond.
Naw Yaag, May 12.
,
A dispatch from Baltimore says General
!if Olellan is now within twenty miles of Rich
mond. Nothing definite haitbeen heard from
the Gelena,iind - .the gunboats. on.the James
river. One of the latter was reported to hive
been yord,
lEEE
From Gem Banks' Army.
The News of the Recent Union Vie
tories in Camp.
The Rebel Guerillas still at
Work.
Arrest of Suspicious Citizens
Escape of Female Rebel Prisoners.
Nrfr MARExr, Va., Nay 11
The news of our success at Norfolk and
Portsmouth, and the destruction of the Merri
mac, was read with intense• enthusiasm among
our troops. The army bands played the Na'
tional airs, and the loud, prolonged cheering
awoke the mountain echles, and were heard
for miles along the beautiful valley.
The only regrets expressed were that each
officer and soldier was not present to partial
pate in accomplishing such glorious results.
Two privates of the Vermont Cavalry were
captured yesterday by guerrillas, near the spot
where the Ira Harris guard were shot.
The regimental clerk of the Second Massa
chusetts was mortally shot yesterday from the
woods near Mount Jackson.
It is believed that many countrymen who
come into the camps to settle accounts with the
quartermasters are giving information to the
rebels, if not in active service themselves.
Several arrests have been made to-day of
snspicious persons, among others a youth of
fifteen, said to belong to Harper's Ferry, whose
brothers are in Ashby's cavalry. The result of
the investigation was, not disloyal..
The
The ladies who were examined yesterday fOr
complicity in the murder of two of Harris'
guards, are reported to have deserted their
house last night.
FROM PADUcAH, KY.
Cavalry Expedition against the Rebels
.Panucsa, Ky., May 12.
Gen. Denver's staff arrived, here yesterday
en route for Pittsburg Landing.
Two thousand cavalry started from this post
last Saturday on an expedition to act in con
junction with the military forces from Hickman
in pursuit of the rebel cavalry that have been
overrunning western Kentucky and Tennessee
recently.
FROM WESTERN VIRGINIA,
TWO GUERILLAS EXECUTED.
Nzw Toss, May 12
A dispatch from Parkersburg says: The two
Guerrillas, , recently , Autptured, Were hung at
Chester on the 9th last.. Generalsechenck and
Milroy are safe.
XXTVIIth Oongress—First Session.
WASHINGTON, May 11
SENATE.
Mr. Lentem, (0,11.0 presented a memorial
from, the Chamber of Commeroe, of San Fran
cisco, in relation to the , repeal of the duty on
silver ore.
Messrs. Lexmait and Nunama, (Oregon,) both
stated that if they had been present when the
Homestead bill was passed, they would have
voted for it.
The bill to regulate the time for holding the
District Courts of the 'United States in the Dis
trict of Kentucky was taken up and passed.
The bill in relation to appointments in the
Marine Corps was taken up.
The bill for the collection of direct taxes in
insurrectionary districts was taken up.
Mr. COLLAXIM, (Vt.,) thought the bill its
present shape was impracticable and could not
be carried out. He was in favor of the design
of the bill if it could be carried out.
Mr. Basastax, (011) offered an amendment that
in addition to the regular tax, there be an addi
tional tax to cover all the expenses of collection
and the salaries of the officers appointed under
We bill.
Mr. Powsm, (ily.,) thought the amendment
unconstitutional and_asked for the yeas and
nays on it.
The amendment was agreed to—yeas 22,
nays 18. ' •
Mr. Reams, (N. Y.,) moved to strike out the
eleventh section which gives the commissioners
the power to make certain rules and regula
tions. Agreed to.
The bill was then paned--yeas 32, nays--
Mears. How/ am, Pow= and Saoutstrav-8.
Mr. Devis, (X.y.,) moved to take up the reso
lution from the House in regard to the adjourn
.
meat of Congress. Agreed to.
He moved io strike out the 19th of May and
insert the 2d day of. June.
Mr. WILSON hoped Congress would not ad
journ. In the present condition of business it
is evident it could not get through by such an
early day as designated.
nefONSDEN concurred in what was said
by the Senator from Mituachusetta and moved
to lay the resolution on the table.
Mr. Davis said there was great danger in
too much legislation. A great deal of legisla
tion had been of a most mischievous character,
and he wanted to set an early, day for adjourn
ment, so we could not.pass any more such acts.
You have passed measures this session which
were unconstitutional, iniquitous and unwise,
and which will be resisted by the whole white
population of Kentucky, and such as I will
counsel my people to resist by every mode of
resistance they can devise.
Mr. WILSON, (Mass.,) I call the Senator to
order for uttering treasonable sentiments on
the floor of the Senate.
Mr. Davis. The Senator does not know the
meaning of treason.
The emirs called the Senator to order, and
said the Senator would put his , words in
writing.
Mr. Wrtacm,(ldass.,) sent the followipg words
to the clerk's deck: " Congress has passed
measures which the State of Kentucky would
resist, and which I shall counsel my people to
resist by every means in my power.
Mr. DAVIS. That's not what I said. I said
that in my judgment Congress has passed un
constitutional measures, and so far as these
measures are unconstitutional, I will advise my
constituents to resist them, and I here repeat it.
Mr. Wnsoz, (Mass.,) said that was a great
modification to what the Senate'. said before.
Mr. FEBONDEN raised .-a- question of, order,
whether any Senator has the xlgtit to denonun
the acts of emir* as 111 2c0 1 4,Stitritional.
2dr. Wimps bedlam kitbags cif Alseloitnanir
read, as Worn by the reporter, =NO ts the
PRICE ONE CENT.
above. He said after the modification of the
Senator, he did not care to press the motion,
but called him to order for language which
patriotism would not sanction and language
which treason uttered in pest days on this
floor, he was not willing to hear such lan
guage repeated here now.
Mr. Davis said when he had any language
which he chose to utter he should not ask Sen
ator Mason what words he shall make utterance
in. He never advised the people of Kentucky
to maintain neutrality. No one desired more
to support the cause of the Government. He
would advise his people to resist any law which
the Supreme Court declared unconstitutional.
Before any decision was made any citi
zen had the right to judge for him
self of the constitutionality of the act
and the right to resist according to his judg
ment. If that goes to the extent of treason,
be was amenable to the punishment of a trai
tor. That's his position, and be intended to
own it. The Senator from Massachusetts warm
us what he will not permit to be done. He
did not intend to consult that Senator at all as
to his line of conduct.
Mr. DAVIS said he would only counsel that
resolution as a last resort.
Mr. FISANDin said if the Senator counselled
the hope to stand it as long as tolerable, that's
good advice; but what the Senator meant was
evidently a war of words, which we already had
on every bill which was not agreeable to the
Senator, and he would counsel the friends not
to trouble themselves much about that.
Mr. Sum= offered the following:
Res ved, Thet the Select ComMittee on the
confiscation of rebel property be directed to
consider the expediency of providing that in all
judicial proceedings to confiscate property and
for slaves of the rebels, there shall be no ex
clusion of any witness on account of color.
Mr. SAULSBURY objected to its present consid
eration. Laid over.
Mr. Stumm also offered the following:
Resolved, That the select- committee on the
confiscation of rebel property be directed to
consider the expediency of providing that our
soldiers engaged in the suppression of the re
hellion may be entitled to bounty lands out of
the real estate of the rebels.
Mr. Poway objected to its present considera
tion. Laid over.
The Senate then went into executive seeelon ,
after which it adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
On motion of Mr. Faarron ; (N. Y.,) the House
took up the Senate bill empowering the Medi
cal Inspector to discharge from the service any
soldier or enlisted man laboring under any
physical disability which makes it disadianta
geous to the service for him to be retained
therein; a certificate in the writing of snob
officer to be a sufficient' evidence of discharge.
Mr. RICHARDSON, (Ill.,) trusted that those
who were sick would not be turned loose to
depend upon charity for subsistence, and sug
gested an amendment which was adopted, pro
viding that they shall not be discharged, unless
at their own request.
.3113 bill was then passed as amended.
Mr. Wicatualy (my.,) asked leave to intro
duce resolutions declaring that thes, oonatitution
and the laws made in pursuantwalbereof, and
all treaties are the supreme law of the land se
well in time of war as in time of peace, any
thing in the Constitution and laws of any
State. to the contrary notwithstanding ; that
no warrant exists for disregarding the provif
along of the Constitution, either in war, rebel
lion or time of peace ; that the powers of the
Constitution are not unlimited by a state of
war, but are at all times applicable alike. •
After setting forth other principles, the see
ties concludes with a resolution declaring that
wholesale bills confiscating estates or proparti
of any kind, whether lands, slaves, or chattels,
and forbidden by the Constitution.
Mr. Burrs, (Ohio,) proposed to debate the
resolutions.
Mr. WICKLIFFE said that as there were no
objections on. the Republican side, he would
withdraw the resolutions for the present.
The House resumed the consideration of the
bill from Friday, abolishing slavery wherever
the Federal Government has exclusive juris
diction. -
Mr. newts, (Del.,) spoke in favor of the
abolition of slavery in the border States in se-,
cordance with the recommendation of the Presi
dent.
Mr. Lovuov, (111.,) modified the bill as fol
lows: g"To the end that freedom may be and
remain forever the fundamental law of the
land in all places whatsoever, so far as it lies
within the power or depends upon the action
of the government of the United States to
make it ; ther-fore
Be it enacted, trfc., That slavery or involuntary
servitude in all cases whatever, other than the
punishment of crime, whereof the party shall
have been duly convicted, shall henceforth
cease and be prohibited forever in all the terri
tories of the United States now exiating, or
hereafter to be formed, or acquired in any way.
Mr. Cox, (0.,) moved to lay the bill on the
table. Disagreed to—yeas 49, nays 81.
Mr. LOTWOT moved to strike out the pream
ble.
Mr. Cox moved to amend the preamble by
turning it into an act to carry out the Chicago
platform and dissolve the Union.
Mr. Lovaror's motion was agreed to.
The bill was then passed—yeas 85, nays 50_
Mr. LOVEJOY moved, and the House agreed,
to amend the title by making it read an aot
to secure freedom to all persons within the ter
ritories of the United States."
On motion of Mr. Porno; a committee of
conference was appointed on the Homestead
Bill.
Mr. Smaxassaols, (0.,) introduced a ,bill
defining and punishing u a high crime the
adhering or giving aid and comfort to persona
engaged in a rebellion against the goverment
of the United States.
It was intended supply what was undrstood
to be required by the recent judicial decleion
that it is not treason within the meaning of
the act of 1790, to give aid and conitort to re
bellion.
The House then went into committee of the
whole on the state of the Union on the bill
granting bounties to soldiers during the pro
sent war.
Mr. Davis, (N. Y.,) discussed the powers of
Congress on the confiscation bill, urging that
all property captured in war becomes our
property. We required no act of condemnation
or confiscation. We have the right,to take
the enemy's property to indemnifythe expenses
of the war, but it was not private property
that was thus to be appropriated, it was
against barbarian warfare that he protested.
The amendments to the bill were discussed
and the bill finally passed. It appropriates six
millions for bounties, provided by the act of
July last. In le it-death the bounties to
sowtte to theVidOws;chirdren, fatherkmothers,
brotberg sad eiskas.
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