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THE PEOPLE'S CHOICE FOR PRESIDENT,
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
HARRISBURG , PA.
TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 26, 1861,
The Pennsylvania Reserve Corps
The Legislature recently made some gener
al inquiries, concerning the condition of the
troops from this State,now in the service of the
United States, and more particularly with
reference to the condition of the Reserve Corps.
In reply to the resolution of inquiry, Gov.
Curtin transmitted the correspondence which
he had with the Provost Marshal General and
the War Department. The main facts eli
cited by this correspondence, have already
been given to the people ; but after a careful
reperusal of the letters of His Excellency and
those of Brig. Gen. Canby, we are convinced
of one thing, namely, that Gen. Canby
either has a poor appreciation of what is
due to the private soldier, or he is unwilling
to recognize the binding of a contract be
tween the Governor of the State of Pennsyl
vania, and those of its citizens who answered
his appeals for aid in enforcing and sustaining
the national authority and honor. The organi :.
zation of the Pennsylvania Reserve Corps was a
work independent of any call of the War De
partment. When Gov. Curtin was busy in
recruiting the Reserve, many wise men were
preaching that the war would not last sixty
days. The men who rallied to the State stand
ard, did so with the most explicit under
standing that they were not to leave the limits
of the Commonwealth ; that whatever might
be their term of service, it would be computed
from the hour they were mustered into and
passed to the control of the State. The un
derstanding on their part was as explicit as the
terms of any contract which ever bound man
and man to the fulfillment of an obligation.
The faith of the State was thus passed to
the men who then gallantly armed for its de
fence, and when the State of Pennsylvania,
by the prompt action of Gov. Curtin, trans
ferred the Reserve Corps to the service of the
National authorities, every obligation which
bound her to those men, was placed in the
hands of the Federal Government for fulfill
ment. The men of the Reserve had enlisted
in Pennsylvania for three years. Before the
Reserve was transferred to the War Depart
ment, a portion of that time had already been
consumed-L-given by the men in good faith,
and understood by them when they entered
the service of the National authorities, that it
was for the unexpired term of service which
they owed the State of, Pennsylvania. Had a
word been uttered to alter this . impression at
the time the Reserve was mustered into the
service of the United States, the men would
have revolted, not that they, shrank from the
service of the Government even for an unlimi
ted term, but that their independence and
true manhood would not permit them to sub
mit to injustice from any quarter.
Already we see the effects of this breach
of faith With the Reserve Corps. By its arbi
trary decrees the War Department may be
able to retain the Reserve Corps in the field
for a few days, weeks or even months beyond
the time when the men feel that their term of
service is fairly ended. But such an advan
tage will be barren of all results save such as
will really destroy the confidence of those men
in the faith of the Government, and impel
them, at the end of their term, indignantly to
refuse all further re-enlisments. They will
do this, not that they love their country
less than when they first rushed to its
rescue; but that they despise duplicity,
whether it is evinced in the armed efforts
of a Southern traitor to overthroW, or the
arbitrary decisions of an imperious and intol
erant official officer to render that Government
to a certain extent odious. Our table is now
covered with letters, written by the brave
boys of the Reserves appealing to us to pro
est against the hardship of the decrees of the
War Department, which keep them in the
field, arbitrarily, over their clearly understood
Sum of service. Thttigh dripping with the
blood of many a hard fought.field, they are
not anxious to retire to their homes because
they are weary of the fight. - Though their
ranks have been decimated, and they pre
sented but skeletons of their former full-flushed
healthful - vigor, they still feel that they have
rights which are as sacred as any of those
which attach themselves to power, and which
no man in authority can violate and maintain
the honor and integrity of the. Government
which he represents. It is not fair thus to
harass, with decisions unsupported by justice,
• the already over-worked and almost worn-out
men in the field. They should have the ben
efit of every doubt in making a decision or
enforcing a construction of a law. They have
a right to be heard and respected in the high
est councils of the nation, while those who
deny them these claims, are unfit to control
their actions and direct their valor.
—Perhaps we have couched our sentiments
on this subject in language which may appear
too strong and even offensive to those in' au
thority. If such be the case, our excuse must
be our regard for the faith of the Govern
ment, which should not be violated recklessly;
and our respect for its brave defenders, who
cannot be treated unjustly with impunity.
Thp Tory Organ's Good Joke.
The meanness and the hypocrisy of the
4rivellers and pimps who control the col
umns of the Tory Organ were never exhibited
in a truer light, than that which they reflected
in connection with the contest for the sword
at the New York Sanitary Fair. While the
favorite of all the tories in the country,
Bl'Clellan, was supposed to have a chance of
getting the weapon, the Tory,Organ delighted
to extol the contest; but since the result has
proven that Grant had two votes te
one, the Tory Organ affects to treat the affair
with contempt. Oh! Pigs!
Lancaster County
The Union men of Lancaster county held
their convention in Lancaster city yesterday,
at which every district in the county was fully
represented, Samuel H. Price, Esq., of the
city, presiding.
Hon. Thaddeus Stevens and Thos. E. Frank
lin were unanimously elected to represent
Lancaster county in the Union National Con
vention,
The following delegates were then chosen
for the State Convention:
Senatorial—John - Brady and David H. Coch
ran.
Representative—George W. Mehaffey, CoL W.
S. Aufweg, W. H. Shirk and J. R. Alexander.
The following resoliftions, of immediate
State and national interest, were then offered
by Col. Dickey, and unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That we regard Abraham Lincoln
as the representative of the Great Union sen
timent of the people of the United States, a
statesman and a patriot; one who "hath borne
his faculties so meek, hath been so clear in
his great office," as to justify all that his
warmest friends ever claimed for him, and
who, from the faithful and impartial perform
ance of his duties, has extorted a tribute of
praise even from his bitterest political foes.
Resolved, That we, in the name of the peo
ple we represent, cordially endorse, approve
and pledge ourselves ever to sustain the Presi
dent in his wise and patriotic determination
to crush out the Rebellion, punish treason,
restore the Union, maintain the supremacy of
the laws, and forever abolish Slavery, the
great national sin, and cause of all our na
tional troubles.
Reselved, That the delegates from this Con
gressional District are hereby instructed to
support Abraham Lincoln for nomination as
the Union candidate for President of the
United States, to adopt such a platform of
principles as shall sustain and support him in
the determination that the Umon shall be
restored, freedom upheld and disseminated,
traitors punished, the Constitution preserved
and so amended that "liberty shall be pro-
@aimed throughout the land to all, the inhabi
tants thereof."
Resolved, That in Andrew G. Curtin, we.
have a Governor, in whom as PennsylVanians,
we feel a just pride, who is ever ready with
his great talents to bring to the' aid of the
Union, the power and services of our Great
State; who is the. soldier's friend, the foe of
our country's foe, and in whose hands the
flag of our State will never be tarnished and
her honor ever jealously guarded and de-'
fended.
Resolved, That we give thanks and praise to
our gallant soldiers of the-Republic who have
so nobly and patriotically left their homes,
kindred and business; taken their lives in
their hands and gone forth to meet our coun
try's fees, and battle for us, our children, our
country, for ''reedom and liberty to all men
for all time.
Resolutions were also offered endorsing the
attitude of the Representatives in Congress
and the Legislature, after which the Conven
tion adjourned.
The Patriotism of the Presbytery of liar
risburg.
The following paper, written by the Rev.
Robinson, of this city, was unanimously adopt
ed by the Presbytery of Harrisburg, at its
recent meeting in Carlisle. The paper breathes
the true spirit of Christianity and patriotism,
and is another evidence of the devotion of the
Presbyterian ministry to the cause of the coun
try:
"Called once again, in the providence of
God, to convene while the civil war, caused
by an unholy rebellion, is still raging in our
beloved country, this Presbytery deems it to
be eminently proper to renew the expression
of its sentiments in regard to matters that
vitally affect the interests of government,
liberty and religion, put in peril by the con
spirators against our national Unitas.
And that we may not be misunderstood,
nor our position be in any manner equivocal,
we do hereby solemnly reaffirm the testimony
we have given on former occasions, so far as
it bears upon the wickedness of the rebel
lion, in its inception,,in its continuance and
in its objects, and upon the , duty of all citi
zens to sustain the government of the coun
try by every means in their power, till the re
bellion be utterly suppressed. This duty of
unconditional, unreserved loyalty to the con
stitutionally elected government of the nation,
we desire distinctly to reaffirm as a principle
of our holy religion and a part of our alle
giance to God.
We desire further to put upon record that
three years of terrible strife and suffering in
the destruction of property,. the loss of life,
the sorrows, the desolations, and the sad
moral influences of the war, have in no degree
altered our conviction that our duty to our
country, to posterity and to God demands
that we count these sacrifices cheap to gain the
great end of exterminating treason, preserving
the supremacy of law and saving the coun
try from anarchy and ruin ; but on the other
hand have greatly deepened our abhorrence
of the principles, the spirit and the conduct
of the leaders of the rebellion, and of all who
by word or deed or by silence show any sym
pathy for them or for their object.
And rising above the transient passions and
political excitements of the day to those
larger interests of human liberty, we return
thanksgiving to God that through his mighty
providence that system of human bondage
which is the root of the whole insurrectionary.
movement and whose permanence was the
avowed object of its leaders, is melting away
—that by the powerful hand of war, by the
action of disenthralled States and our Nation
al Legislature, we hope soon to see the last
vestiges of the great iniquity removed from
the country.
We would also exhort our brethren every
where and all who love our common country
to rebuke and oppose this spirit of disloyalty,
to speak words of truth and soberness, to dis
countenance all lovers of sympathy with trea
son—to give a cordial support to all who are
entrusted with civil or military authority—to
pray for our rulers, and the officers and men
of our army and navy, to be unremitting, in
kind attentions and charities to those who toil
or suffer for us in this war—to stand by the
country, patient, unconquerable, hopefully
waiting on God, till he gives to a disciplined,
purified and re -cemented nation a peace based
on principles of everlasting righteousness.
We would also express the gratification we
have felt to-day in being permitted to visit the
U. S. Barracks near this town; to receive the'
attentions of the commandant and the worthy
chaplain of the post, to speak words of sym
pathy to the soldiers and to see the flag of our
country waving over the ruins caused by the
soldiers of treason.
A jIIST Rzsus:s.—The Union men of Lan
ter county, in their late convention, passed a
resolution compelling every man hereafter
nominated for office in that caunty, to pledge
himself as having never had any connection
with the secret organization known as the-
Thugs; while the same convention, in ac
knowledging the services of the Braminer, Ex
press and the Volksfreund, passed over the In
-quirer, which has assumed to be a loyal sheet,
while it defended ne schemes and the corrup
tions of the thugs. The rebuke to the In
quirer was well merited and justly bestowed.
The Sixth Congressional District.
The Union men of the Sixth Congressional
district, composed of the counties of Mont
gomery and Lehigh, will be represented in the
Union National Qtavention by the following
Delegates—Daniel 0. Ilitner, of Montgomery
county; Edwin G. Moore, of Lehigh county.
Alternates—William Mintzer, of Montgom
ery comity; and Edwin J. Moore, of Lehigh
county.
—Resolutions endorsing the National and
State administrations were adopted, and the
delegates unanimously instructed to vote fs)r
the nomination of Abraham Lincoln.
330 TeCenrapij.
Our Steamers Among the Block
ade-Runners.
WAJ3KINGTO:ST, April 26
The Navy Department has received -infor
mation or the captufe of the schooner Three
Brothers, by the United States steamer Nita,
off the coast of Florida, and the sinking and
entire loss of the blockade-running schooner
Wild Pigeon.
It seems that she was discovered by the
steamer Hendrick Hudson, who supposed her
to be the Electric, a schooner she had boarded
the day previously; but she still kept a watch
on her, and as the Hudson neared her she
saw she was a blockade runner. The Wild
Pigeon suddenly lulled directly across the
Hudson's bows, and in spite of all that could
be done, the Hudson struck her directly amid
ships, staving her whole side in and sinking
her in three minutes.
NORTH CAROLINA.
CAPTURE OF PLYIRTH BY HE REBELS
A Four lloaym' Contest.
Gallant Defence of General Wessels
The Colored Troops Massacred by the Rebel
After Surrender.
OFFICIAL DISPATCH FROM GENERAL PECK
Newbern and Washington Threatened
Movements of Rebel Rams
Trouble Between Gov. Vance' and Jeff. Davis
NEW - BERN, April 22, via tORT MONROE, April
24.—Plymouth was captured by the enemy at
8 o'clock on Wednesday morning.
Gen. Wessels and his force, 1,500, went into
Fort Williams and held the enemy at bay
until 12 o'clock ar., driving them back with
severe loss in every attack, but was finally
obliged to surrender.
Two full companies of the 2d North Caro
lina Union (colored) Volunteers were among
the captured, the most of whom were led out
and shot by the enemy, after surrendering.
All the negroes who were found in uniform
were shot.
Newbern and Washington are threatened
with two rebel rams and a large force of rebels.
The presence of more gunboats is immediate
ly required here.
The funeral of Captain C. W. Flusser takes
place to-morrow.
OFFICIAL REPORT
Foss MONROE, April 25.—The following of
fide' dispatch has been received:
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY AND
DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA. f
GENERAL CAPERS,
No. 66. . r
With feelings of the deepest sorrow the
Commanding General announces the fall of
Plymouth, North Carolina, and the capture of
its gallant commander, Brigadier-General H.
W. Wessels, and his command. This result,
however, was not obtained until after the
most gallant and determined resistance had
been made. Five times the enemy stormed
the lines of the General, and as many times
were they handsomely repulsed, with great
slaughter, and but for the powerful assistance
of the rebel iron-clad and the floating sharp
shooter battery, the' Cotton Plant, Plymouth
would still have been in our hands.
For their noble defence, the gallant Gen.
Wessels and his brave band desetve the warm
est thanks of the whole country, whilst all
will sympathize with them in their misfortune.
To the officers and men of the navy the Com
manding General tenders his thanks for their
hearty co-operation with the army, and the
bravery, determination, and coolness that
marked their part of the unequal contest
With sorrow he records the death of the noble
sailor and gallant patriot, Lieut. Cora. C. W.
Flusser, United States Navy, who, in the heat
of battle, fell dead on the deck of his ship,
with the lanyard of his gun in his hand. The
Commanding General believes that these mis
fortunes will tend not to discourage, but to
nerve the Army of North Carolina to equal
deeds of bravery and gallantry hereafter.
Until further orders the headquarters of the
sub-district of Albemarle will be at Roanoke
Island. The command devolves upon Col.
D. W. Wardrip, of the 99th New York Volun
teer Infantry.
By command of Maj. Gen. John J. Peck,
J. A.. JUDSON, Asst. Adjt. General.
NEW Youx, April 25.—A letter from New
bern of the 22d, after confirming the capture
of Plymouth, has the following:
"It is reported that the enemy have left
Plymouth, and are now moving on Washing
ton and Newbern. The rebel ram on the
Neuse at Kinston has moved towards New
bern, and is expected to make an attack in a
day or two. The rebel rams at Plymouth are
expected to act in connection with other rams
in the attack on Washington and Newbern.
She carries three small guns and one sixty
four pounder.
"Governor Vance has been to Lee's army
on an electioneering tour, making speeches to
North Carolina troops."
A correspondent of the Iredell (N. C.) Re
press from Lee's army says, "We have resolved
to suspend any of our men who vote for Hol
den by the thumbs."
Returns from the Seventh Congressional
district elect James M. Leach, a peace man,
by,a large majority. Governor Vance and
Jeff Davis are having a personal quarrel over
the blockade-running steamer Advance, which
belongs to the Stata of North Carolina. Da
vis insists that the steamer shall carry cargo
at Government prices, and Vance replies
that the steamer belongs to North Carolina,
and brings clothing and supplies for her own
troops.
Arkansas.
INAUGURATION OF GOVERNOR MURPHY.
LITTLE ROCK, April 19.
governor Murphy was inaugurated yester
day, when 10,000 citizens and soldiers were
present. A grand , procession of the military,
members of the Legislature, State officers,
freedmen, &c., preceded the ceremonies,
which were very impressive, and elicited most
enthusiastic cheering. The city was illumin
ated at night. The Governor's message was
sent to Ake Legislature laSt-week.
DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF.
' NOTHER VICTORY ON THE RED RIVER,
—*—
A Rebel General Reported Killed
--e.
Destruction. of Cotton..
THE UNION ARHY FORTIFYING AT
GRAND ECORE
GENERALS KIRBY DOR AND SIBLEY RE
PORTED KILLED.
The Steamer La Crosse Captured by the Rebels.
Advices from Te'xas.
NEW Yoga, April 25.—A . special dispa eh to
the New. York Tribune says
"Twenty-five miles above Grand Ecore,
from the left bank of Red river, the rebels
opened on the transports Clara Bell and Bob
Roy, firing twelve shots into them. A force
of one thousand mounted infantry-Lsaid to
lie the rebel General Green's command - came
down in front of the battery and poured vol
leys of musketry into the steamers, which
were getting the worst of it, when a small
gunboat opportunely came up and shelled
and silenced the battery, and compelled the
rebels to fall back. General A. J. Smith's
corps (16th) subsequently arrived near the
scene of action, having crossed over from
Grand Ecore, marched up the right bank of
the river, and again crossed to punish the
enemy. They captured two guns and seven
teen wounded prisoners, who say positively
that the rebel general was killed by' a shell
from our boat.
"This is another signal victory. The rebels
left 160 of their dead on the field, slaughtered
by the terrific fire of our gunboats and trans
ports, in their hurried retreat. Their slightly
wounded were taken off.
NEW YORK, April 25.—Arrived last night
steamers Daniel Webster, from New Orleans
on the 15th, and the Cassandra on the 16th.
Among the passengers of the latter were
Lieutenant Colonel Carr, 105th New York,
And Major Whitmore, 30th Maine, both
wounded in the late battles.
DESTRUCTION or COTTON 133 C THE REBELS.
NE %OCOEE, April 25.—Dispatches from New
Orleans slate the total destruction of cotton
on the Red river by the rebels is not less than
75,000 bales.
ST. Louis, April 25.—Cairo dates to yester
day, received here by mail, state that the
steamer Von Pahl, from New Orleans on the
evening of the 18th instant, had arrived
there.
It seemed to be generally conceded that the
battles in Louisiana have been against Gen.
Banks, as, while the enemy remained on the
ground after Saturday's fight, Gen. Banks re
treated forty miles.
The transport Black Hawk suffered consid
erably, when above Alexandria, from the ene
my, besides having several killed and'
wounded.
The report of another fight on the 10th inst
was a mistake.
The steamers Rob Roy and Mettle Stephens
had arrived at New Orleans from the Red
river, having run the - galmtlet of a large num
ber of guerrillas.
The Rob toy had four guns, and foUght
most of the way down. A. cannon ball passed
through the clerk's office. One soldier was
killed and four wounded on the Mattie Ste
phens.
The rebels are still in the vicinity of Plea
sant Ridge.
Our army was at Grand Ecore, fortifying
both sides of the river.
Gen. Banks and Admiral Porter are both
there.
There was only five feet of water at Grand
Ecore.• The gunboat Eastport was aground
there. All the large boats were below, but
the light draft boats were above.
The prisoners taken say that Kirby Smith
and Sibley were killed in the recent battles.
The steamer La'Crosse, from the Red river
for New Orleans, having stopped at a planta
tion to take on cotton, the crew and soldiers
got drtuik at a distillery on the place, when a
company of the Ist Louisiana (Rebel) Cavalry
made a descent on the boat. The passengers
and crew, after being robbed, were paroled,
and the boat and cotton were burned.
NEW ORLEANS MAREETS.—The cotton mar
ket has declined, the prices ranging from 65c
for low middling. Sugar is active, and ad
vanced to 18@23Ac for inferior to :white. Clar
ified molasses is scarce at 85®,89c.
ST. Lours, April 25.—Galveston dates to the
4th instant say that the schooner Mary Sorley,
with 250 bales of cotton, was captured on the
night of the 3d inst., while attempting to run
the blockade.
The Harriet Lane, the English steamer Isa
bella, and a bark, were lying behind the forts,
waiting an opportunity to run out. •
THE IVAR IN THE SOUTH-WEST.
FORREST MOVING TOWARDS ALABAMA.
GENERAL POLL MARCHING NORTHWARD.
A Successful Attack by Grierson's Cavalry.
THE COMMITTEE ON THE WAR AR.
RIVED AT CAIRO.
ST. Louis, April 25.
Advices from Memphis on the 22d say that
Forrest's entire force, was moving towards
Alabama, followed by Grierson. Polk was
said to be marching north, and Forrest would
probably join him.
On the morning of the 21st Gierson's cav
alry came upon some of Forrest's troops, near,
Huntsville, when a sharp fight ensued. The
rebels retrezted in the direction of Jackson,
passing through Lagrange. A number of
prisoners, horses, mules, and wagons were
captured from them and taken to Memphis.
Gen. Price had evacuated Camden, Ark.,
and Gen. 'Steele occupied the place.
Grierson has picked up a few of Forrest's
men, but Forrest keeps his troops well to
gether, and is too strong for a successful
attack. His headquartcrs are still at Jackson,
Tenu.
CAIRO - -THE FORT FELLOW MASSACRE.
ST. Louis, April 25.—Messrs. Wade and
Gooch, of the Qommittte on the Conduct of
the War, arrived at Cairo on the 21st, to in
vestigate the Fort Pillow massacre. Gener
als Hurlbut, Chetlain and Leggett were also
there.
Nearly 2,000 bales of cotton have arrived at
Cairo since the 22d insL ; about 1,000 of it
for Cincinnqi, 400 for Louisville and .280
Evansville.
The Memphis cotton market was firm, with
considerable inquiry ; holders were keeping
back their stock for higher prices. The re
ceipts were 160 bales, and prices ranged at
64®69c.
The steamer. Idaho collided with a gunboat,
and was sunk, at 'Paducah, on Friday. She
can be raised. '
About, a hundred guerrillas burned a large
lot of wood , near Barfield Point on Friday, and
captured a number of the citizens of Browns
.
y e.
Fortress Monroe.
Late from Newborn.
Explosion of Powder Mills at Raleigh.
EVACUATION OF PILATLI. FLORIDA.
A REBEL GE,NERAL ASSASSINATED,
Foe:mess Mosnoe, April 24.—Four Norfolk
ladies were arrested yesterday and brought
before Gen. Butler, charged with being en
gaged in Abel correspondence.
Steamer Moonlight arrived from Newbern,
N. C. The North Carolina Time', of April 23d,
says:
"Schooner D. S. Stieman is ashore on Hat
teras beach. The powder mills at Raleigh ex
ploded on the sth inst., killing several.
The body of Captain Flusser, of the gunboat
S:onthfield, has arrived in Newbern.
The Palmetto Herald, Port 'Royal, April 23,
received, says: Henry Schumaker and Henry
Stark were shot at Port Royal, on the 20th
instant, for desertion.
"Pilatka, Florida, was evacuated by our
forces on the 14th, as the troops were required
elsewhere.
"General Wm. P. White, of Georgetown,
S. S., has been assassinated by his own men.
"Eight deserters arrived at Fort Pulaski, on
the SOtlx inst., from Savannah."
The captured steamer Alliance has been
gotten off, and arrived at Hilton Head with
most of her cargo.
NEW AUVE.RTISEMENTS.
PLUMBING AND GAS FITTING.
THE undersigned would respectfully in
form his friends and the public generally, that he has
associated with him a Practical- Plumber, and is now
prepared to do PLUMBING in all its various branches,
such as Hydrants, Bath Tubs, Water Closets, Stationary
wash Basins, kc. Galvanized Iron, Copper Planished,
Lead and Iron Bath Tubs, Plain and Fancy Wash Basins,
Water Closets, Traps, Brass and Plated Cocks, and all de
scriptions of Plumber's materiais and gas fixtures kept
constantly on nand, and furnished at the lowest city
prices. GEO. A. OGBLSBY, No. 2,5 South Second St.,
ap2O-dlw Harrisburg, Pa.
FRESH FISH,
EVERY TU.E.SDAY AND FRIDAY,
CAN. be had at
THE FRUIT STORE
••••• JOHN WISE,
Third street near Walnut.
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OFFICE DEPOT QUARTERMASTER, U. S. /Li
RARRISItURG, April 26th, 1864.
SEALED PROPOSALS will be received at
this office until Saturday, the 30th inst., at 12 o'clock,
sr, for the supply and delivery of all the Coal and Wood
required for the use of the various Whew, store-houses
and public buildings in and about Harrisburg, and for the
use of Camp Curtin, for the time of six mouths, com
mencing slay Ist, 1864, or such length of time as may
hereafter be directed.
Deliveries to be made at such times and in such quanti
ties as required,
Coal to be of the best quility—Anthracite, Stove, Egg
or Broken—as may be desired, and to weigh 2,240 pounds
to the ton, free from dirt and slate.
Wood to be of the best quality.
All subject to such inspection as I may direct.
The right is reserved to reject all bids deemed too high.
By order of Capt. J. G. Jouxsoir, Ch'f Qr. Mr., Dept. Sus
quehanna. E. C. REICHENACH,
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STRAYED
CAME to the premises of the subscriber, in
the Third ward ; in the city of Harrisburg, a Brindle
and Whita Bpotted COW, on Saturday, 23d Inst. The
owner Is requested to prove property, pay charges and take
her away. iap26•dlt*] FRED'IC. P HAMBLEN.
QHOW CASE FOR SALE—Apply at No.
70, Market street. [ap2s-d2t*l W. H. FORTNEY.
OWLS FOR RENT—At Mrs. M. Mayer,
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15Z0.13, Market 'street, between Front and Second
street. Apply at • lap2s-d3t] THE STORE.
LOST—On Sunday afternoon, in going from
Pine street to, or returning from the Lutheran Church,
in Fourth street, a GOLD CHAIN, for which a liberal re
ward will be paid by W. T. BISHOP, Att'y at Law.
Monday, April 25, 1881-19 t
[Patriot and Union copy]
LOOK OUT FOR THE
POLYOBA.M.
OP TRY
American Civil War,
Giving life-like representations of the Important battli'sof
all the wars. p.p25-43t.
MOTH
SACHET POWDER,
FOE
PERFUMING LINEN AND PREVENTING MOTH.
THIS POWDER—a compound of valuable
articles for the destruction of insects--distributed
among or dusted over Furs, Woolens, Carpets, Clothiny.,
&c., packed away for summer, will effectually prevent
moth.
Being also a delightful, diffusable perfume it will im
pregame clothing, &cwith a lasting andpleasant odor.
The finest fabric cannot be injured by its use,
Preparedand sold at KELLER'S
Drug and Fancy Goods Store, No. 91 Market street
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FOR RENT.
AS the Person whp leased my Warehouse
and Grounds has failed in meeting his engagement,
I now offer the same for rent, and possession given imme
diately. It is situated on state and Canal streets, and has
a private siding for forwarding purposes. Apply to
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New and Popular Books.
iv .E'S EVIDENCE, a novel, by the
' Pall lv or of "Notice to Quit." Paper 50 cts
THE WIFE'S SECRET, by Mrs. Stephens. $l. 50.
INDUSTRIAL BIOGRAPHY, by Smiles, author of Self
Help." $1 25.
ANNIS WARLEIGH'S FORTUNE, a novel. 50 eta.
IN WAR TIMES, and other Poems, by Whittier.
$1 00
CUATO'S CAVE, the most popular book of the - day.
$1 50.
LES MISERABLES, Victor Hugo's great book.
$l. 50
TEN ACRES ENOUGH', showing how a very large fam
ily may live on a very small farm.
LIFE OF LINCOLN, containing all speeches. prods
mations, dm, to date. Paper cover. 50 eta.
Also uniform with the above
LIFE OF GENERAL M ' CLEi.LAN, 60 cts.
if u BUTLER, 25 , IL
t , • is MBA DE, 2 5 cc
cc ccGRANT, 25 Ct
For sale at
BERGNER'S CILEAJPBOOK-STORE.
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NEW PHILADELPHIA
C LO A. Tr. s ,
IN D. W. GROSS , NEW BLOCK,
Market Street, Harrisburg.
1,000 DIFFERENT STYLES
OP FASHIONABLE
CLOAKS AND CIRCULARS,
AND
FINE . SPRING SHAWLS.
WM open on the Ist of April. Dinar2l-413,
JOHN A. BIG-LER & CO.,
itol*mizt,s,
MARKET STREET, ABOVE FOURTH,
(NEXT TO ADAMS EXPRESS OFFICIO
HARRISBURG.
Warrants, Claims, Government Securities Checks
Vouchers, &c., cashed. maY2BdSm*
B UCKWHEAT I BUCKWHEAT I—A urnsil
..
lot but superior quality, of Buckwheat, direct from
Towanda, Pa., for sale by the sack or quart, at -
int%) BOYBR k KORRPNR.
T _OM for sale on the corner of Third and
Broad streets.- , Enquire of WM. 0. 1110VADDEK.
WANTED—An intelligent LAD to
in my office. WILLIAM BEEHL,R
apr2s-dot`
WANTED—A Gentleman and Lady
Boarding in a private family. Address - PDX
Post Office.
WANTED—A situation as Clerk in
kind of Mercantile Business. Addro::: , ' .1 P. 1 1
aplS-dlw* IHis or:
'WANTED.
2 WHITE GIRLS, 1 good Cook : , 31 j .
Chambermaid. Apply at the .
aptt-tf FRANKLIN HOUSE
AGENTS wanted to sell the Standard
tory of the War. A ram chance to make tu.:er
Agents are clearing from $lOO to $2OO per month.
volumes already sold. Send for circulars. Ad e, '-
JONES BROS
Publishers, Saltine, ci
ED
AS the Spring season for planting Tr,,
&c., Is rapidly advancing to its
Evergreens and Potted Plants.—the subtFcrit.r
Lion to thestock he has on hand, fur sale at ,
to the times.
Among them are a well selected sleek - of
FRUIT TREES,
adapted to tho wants of planters generally
s
APPLE TREES
are of good size and principally of well *.-4.
ripening from the earliest to the
PEACH TREES
of most of the leading and tested ‘ - ari.nies. cf ey.tii
and vigor and includmg the Celebrated e.rijln r,. s_
banns.
PEARS,
Dwarf and Standard: The Barrett,
and other varieties, are the best SteN(Lints (.1 - er (6.;
for sale in Harrisburg. The Dwarfs: particularl v Du. I ,
d'Angotdesse and Flemish Beauty, are tine.
CHERRIES:
Upwards of forty of the best varieties,
excelled in size and vigor by any collection in c nu ,
Among them are Triumph of Cumberland, :fat nukc
Black Tartanan, Cleveland, Rockport , Gov. It)
Hortense and all the leading Heart.,
and Morellos.
Principally Hardy Native Varieties. A quantity F
eigu varieties, principally Black- Haniturc, • Sc
and Muscat of Alexandria, in pots, will -
in a few weeks. Among the Hardy ICA !yrs,
all, are the only reliable ones for out-do..r ul
Catawba, Isabella, Clinton, Oporto, 1 „
Hartford Prolific, Rebecca, I.ouisa, Cbri,t Ts
Isabella, Taylor's Bullitt, Cuyahoga. Early Non!”-rit
cadine, California, Alaxtuawney,
CURRANTS:
Red and White Dutch, Cherry Fern: -
Black Naples, kc, bearing plants. Gocsklw,l,o... tine
ton's American Seedling; hearing plants.
extra.strong, bearing plants, by the d.v.m. 1, .1 or
thousand, at low rates.
NUT TREFS:
Spanish Chestnut, English Walnut,
White Walnut or Butternut, Pecan Nuc.
RHUBARB ROOTS,
sometimes called Pie Plant and now lareely caluvated
the "Wine Plant," or best varieties.
ASPARAGUS ROOTS
and many other roots and plants.
SHADE TREES:
Principally Silver Maple, Norway Maple, Catthra,
Horse Chestnut, English Ash, Red Fringed European L.
den, Magnolia, Acunimata or Cucumber Tree.
A fine assortment of Double Flowering Atbccas, White
Fringe, Purple Fringe or Mist Tree, Mahonia, Megnoluz,
Pyrua, Japonica, Tree Be; &c.
EVERGREEN TREES.
Balsam Fir or Balm of Gilead, Norway Fir, Silver Fr.
American and other Arbor Vita.
PRIVATE SALE
of Trees, Vines, &c, in the Lower Market Howie, ercly
Wednesday and Saturday morning during the I !asubg
season.
free of charge, at express offices, railroad d.-1. ,, t„ f“r
warding houses and private residences in the c::_.
. •
Packing of articles for shipment caretuil3 .tone,
charges barely sufficient to cover expenses.
in the city or neighborhood attended to, and iih,ll
sired, growth will bewarranted or the plants, reph,-.1
others of equal quality. JACOB MEHL
HARRMIIIRG, April 11, 1861-d2w
PROPOSALS.
OINICE CHIEF COMNI&SARY OP SCO ,, TEN , 1:,
DEPARTM=T OP THE SC:=QUEILVC , .I„ .
KLRELSBEHG, Penna., April 2W,
SEALED PROPOSALS, in duplicate, at.
respectfully invited by the undersigned. unlit 3 P. x.
Monday, May 2d, IS6I, for furnishing the United
Subsistence Department, delivered in Harn-hur.r, P.,..
with "Fresh Beef," of a good and marketable quality.::.
proportions of Fore and Hind Quarter , . Meat, (Neck.
Shanks and Kidney Tallow to be excluded,) iu ~ne11,Z2.0,
titles as may be required, and on such cat; :400! IP
designated at this office, commencing Mtty
The ability of the bidder to Milli the nr.z ,
be guaranteed by two responsible perot...
tures must be appended to the guarantee. lu
ore, the United States reserves the right el-e•
where, to make up the deficiencyrEharg.itc tit ,e t e..
paid over the contract price to the party tai1.1,4 to
liver.
Bids must be legible, the numbers uric, It. a
expressed by figures; and no member of CeKr..-=.
cer or agent of the Government service, shall Ix.
to any share therein, or to any benefit which
therefrom.
The proposals will be opened at threw v. M..
Ifa,y. 2d, 1864, and bidders are invited to attend.
BROWNELL GRANG El:.
Capt. and C. S. U. S. V., Chief C. S. Dept. Sdeq.
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MRS. C. IL ANTES,
Front and North streets
SOLE AGENCY FOR THIS CITY
T AM happy to offer to the public a I a.; , !
1 and splendid assortment of
SUPERIOR GOLD PENS
manufactured by
LEROY W. FAIRCHILD.
These Pens are well finished, elastic and will giveeutu
satisfaction.
PYRASIF TRY THEIL
SCHEFFER'S BOOKSTORE,
Second street, opposite Presbyterian Cbuteh. HarriEburi
Pa. eir2.3
MILLINERY GOODS
MRS. J. HIBBS,
NO. S MARKET SQUARE.
(Next door to Felix's Confectionery.)
SHE IS PREPARED to s,ll
the ladiesof Harrisburg and vicinity thr
Latest Styles of -Millinery and Farley Goods,
At cheaper prices than any house, in the city. t
of her goods cannot be surpassed.
DRESS MAKING IN THE LATEST c -
Nill
be neatly executed_
Ladies call and examine for yourselve:=.
Valuable Farm for Sale.
OFFERED for sale, at a bargain, a v : :11 , _.:1.1 , -•
Farni on Buffalo run, Centre co., Pa., about 7 w
from Bellefonte and 3 from the Farmers' High SO,
taming about, 310 acres, 230 of which are cleared
a good state of cultivation. There are large andsua.Al4.;
farm buildings on the premises. The quality of the
is of the very best limestone, with a good pro3p,et of 14?
best Hematite ore, large quantities of which liars
raised on an adjoining tract and worked at Centre Fur
nue. The Mifflin and Centre county railroad, now in 'b o
course of construction, will pass within 2 miles. IL.F
in
formation as to quality of soil and desirableness et 4
lion apply to M, I`. Milliken, or H. N. M'Allister.
Bellefonte Pa. For full description and terms, rtc..apiQ
to RALPH L. 3IACL3 I,
apl3-deod3w* Attorney-at-law, Harrisburg, pi.
Lykens Valley Railroad and Coal Cow'
puny.
NOTICE. The annual meeting of the
Stockholders of the Lykens Valley Railroad and
Coal Company will be held at the office of Edward Graz,
Esq., No. 4 South Seventh street, Philadelphia, on Mon
day, the 2d day of May next, at 12 o'clock, for the elec
tion of a President, Secretary, Treasurcl• and Seven Man
agers, to serve for the eaisaing year.
GEO. R. HOFFMN.
Pres't L. V. R. R. k C
VOINE APPLE CHEESY--Norton's Cele
_AL braled, at SEMLER &FRAZER.
no 2() • (successors to Win. Dock, jr., .1;
WANTS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
GENEREAL ANNOUNCEMENT,
Spring of 186-1.
KEYSTONE NURSER
APRICOTS:
Good strong, well-rooted trees of goal rati..L;
GRAPES:
LAI4TON BLACKBER.RII2'
SHRUBBERY
TREES DELIVERED
PLANTING
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