Ctt atriot 'anion. SAtIIRDAY MORNING, APRIL 20, 1861. 0. BARRETT & THOMAS O. IdscDOWELL. Pub lishers and proprietors. *lmmunisations will not be published In the PATRIOT AND Mum unless accompanied with the name of the Sather. S. M. PETTENGILL & CO., Adweltising Agents,ll9 Nassau street, New York, and 10 State street,. Boston, are the Agents for the PATRIOT AND UNION, and the most influential and largest Circu lating newspapers in the United States and Canadas They areamthorisadto contractforxu3 at onrimeestrates FOR SALE. Raeeond-hand ADA= Pans; platen 39% by 28 inches, In good order; can be worked either by hand or steam power. Terms moderate Inquire at this office. Virginia Agenst the Union. There is no longer reason to doubt that the Virginia Convention passed the ordinance of secession declaring that State out of the Union, several days ago, - and that-she is arming against the Government. The act of secession was carried in secret session, and in order to ac complish certain military movements, all infor mation as to what bad transpired was suppres sed. The news comes from the South, where there was the greatest rejoicing at the defec tion of the mother of States. Governor Letcher refuses to respond to the President's procla mation, and defies the Government of the Uni ted States. It is rumored that the Government at Washington has received reliable intelligence •that a large force, under command of Governor Wise, was about to start for Washington. While Virginia is thus movingwith alarming celerity, we have information of a murderous attack made upon the Massachusetts regiment while passing through the city of Baltimore. In view of these facts it is impossible to suppress -the deepest solicitude for the safety of Wash ington. The city is vulnerable from nearly -every direction, surrounded as it is by Virginia and Maryland. Within a few days the Admin. istration will .concentrate as many troops at Washington as are necessary for Its defence. Armed Neutrality. :Some of the newspapers in the Border States, which have always stood •by the Union, now advise that these States maintain an armed neutrality betweenthe Government and the se ceded States. This term seems to imply a sort of .compromise between duty on the one hand and inclination on the other—that is, the sym pathy for the rebel States is too strong to admit of furnishing the Government of the United States assistance in-forcing them to respect its authority and obey its laws 4. while respect for the power of the Union and disinclination to take part with the Southern Confederacy for bid armed resistance to the Federal Govern ment. The Border States propose to take care of themselves, protect their own soil from "invasion," and to resist the marching of troops by the Government through their ter ritory with the object of "coercing" the sece ders. They seem to think that their immediate safety demands this course, which is little less than absolute secession. Neutrality in this contest amounts to a denial of obligation to the Government. The position of the Border States is extremely trying. They are between two destructive fires. On the one side, the unconditionally loyal States are thoroughly united in support of the Government. On the other side; the seceded States are apparently unanimous for . rebellion. These opposing forces are about to come in conflict. The Border States alone exhibit signs of division and hesitation—and while thousands of sym pathizers with rebellion are actually arming against the Government, the best that the friends of the Union can propose is that the Border States maintain a position of armed neutrality. But what is their exact under standing of that term? If they refuse to fur nish the levies called for by the President, and prohibit the marching of troops through their territory, will they at the same time undertake to prevent the enlistment of men and the fur nishing of supplies to the Confederate States ? Neutrality certainly implies this. But do they construe this term to mean armed resistance to the operations of the Government, and im punity and encouragement to sympathizers with rebellion ? If so, armed neutrality is only another name for armed resistance. We fear that the apprehensions so long en tertained, that the Border States would take part against the Government in this conflict, are about to be realized. Gov. Hicks, of Ma ryland, is the only Southern Governor who has announced his unqualified adherence to the Union, and the Baltimore American positively asserts that he has not yet determined whether he will respond affirmatively to the requisition of the President. The American further states that if the militia are called out in Maryland it will be under the written pledge of the Govern ment at Washington that they are to be held for the special preservation of the peace and quiet of the State of Maryland, and are not in any event to be employed beyond its borders, except in defence of the National Capital.— Gov. Hicks has reserved for "future considera tion" the decision of the question as to 'whether he will give a favorable or unfavorable response to the requisition of the War Department.— This hesitation of the Union Governor of Ma ryland is one of the very worst signs of the times. If Maryland falters, what State can be counted upon as loyal? Turning to North Carolina, the people of which State determined that they would not even hold a Convention to consider the ques tion of secession, we Simi the Raleigh Standard, a Union paper that has fought disunion with unexampled courage, using this language: "Mr. "Lincoln may call, • but North Carolina will "extend no aid to him in any effort to coerce "the Confederate States." "The soil of "North Carolina, must not be polluted by "tread of armed men, sent to make war on the "Confederate States." "The mission of the "Border States now is to command the peace, "if possible, and to maintain their nights in " the Union." The position which these States have taken is not only embarrassing, but little less defiant than the open ho'btility of the Confederate government. Where they may eventually land, time alone can determine; but in their solicitude to protect themselves, and to inter pose between the law and its violators, they should beware of incurring the terrible curse of anarchy. Destination of the Army, Where does the President propose to employ the army of 75,000 men, called out by his proclamation ? He returns a partial answer to this question in the document itself, where he deems it proper to state that one of the first objects will probably be to re• take the places and property , violently seized from the Govern ment; but this determination is open to modi fication or alteration, as the exigencies of the case may demand. Some of the newspapers are amusing themselves by mapping out the plan of an extensive campaign for the invasion and subjugation of the South, as if this was the settled. determination of the Administration. The _National Intelligencer takes a very cool and sensible view of affairs, and inclines to the opinion that no important blow will be struck until after the assembling of Congress. The following extract is deserving of attention : The policy-propounded, for instance, by the President in respect to the re-capture of the forts seized from the Union in the seceded States, is one which may well afford room foi -doubt and discussion on the part of the people's Representatives, when, in compliance with the call of the recent proclamation, they shall be assembled in extraordinary session. As the Executive has discreetly refrained from pledg ing himself to any definitive purpose of this kind, it is obvious that the whole subject will remain open to discussion and modification, ac cording to the drift of opinion and the emer gencies of the future. And when to this con sideration is added the fact, that, according to the terms of the law under which the Execu tive has called forth the militia of the States, no officer or private can be compelled to serve more than three months after his arrival at the place of rendezvous, in any one year, it is equally obvious that the President does not con templatts anything like a concerted campaign, for which such temporary contingents would be wholly inadequate. Again, the same paper says : After the several levies of the respective States shall have been raised and mustered into the service of the United States, it may be that no occasion v ll arise for such operations as to call for their active employment. They will simply be in readiness to obey the summons of the Government in case of any attack, actual or meditated, upon the Fede . ral Capital or other property of the Union. The idea that they are to be employed for the "subjugation of the South," is simply preposterous, for no such "subjugation" is possible by any number of troops, a•nd the purpose of "invasion" is ex pressly disclaimed by the Administration. The very fact, therefore, that no existing emergency can demand the intervention of 75,000 men, especially when taken in connexion with the short period for which they are enlisted, (three months,) serves to show that they have been summoned in prospect of contingent eventualities, which may never arise, if only the people of the Border Slaveholding States shall determine to exert their potential influ ence in favor of the Union and of the preserva tion of the public peace. THE OBJECT OF THE ATTACH ON FORT SUMP TER.—The Hon. Roger A. Pryor, of Virginia, made a speech in Charleston on Thursday night last in which he said: "As sure as to-morrow's sun will rise upon us, just so sure will old Virginia be a member of this Southern Confederation. [Applause.] And I will tell you, gentlemen, what will put her in the Southern Confederation in less than an hour by Shrewsberry clock. Strike a blow!" Yes, " strike a blow"—commence the war, and Virginia will then join you. The object was to "precipitate" Virginia and the border States, through blood, into the " Confederate States." But the border States have interests and a will of their own. They will do what they believe to be right, without regard to the Black Repub licans of the North or the disunionists of the South.—Raleigh Standard. One of the dispatches from Charleston says " It is not to be wondered at, under the cir cumetances, that Fort Sumpter surrendered. The men were on duty thirty-six hours, with balls or shells striking the casemates and guns of the fort constantly. Competent military men state that the" intense vibration or shock produced on the brain and nervous system of those in the vicinity is terribly exhausting. "At the siege of Sebastopol the men who worked the guns were relieved every twenty minutes, and groomed with whisky and flannel to enable them to endure the concussion pro duced by the firing of their own guns and the shock of the enemy's balls and shells striking the fortification. The concussion attending the firing of the columbiad in the enclosed casemate of a, fort is said to be terrible." ROUTE AGENCY AND PENNSYLVANIA FOSTOF- Flee APPOINTMENTS.—S. A. Nichols, postmas ter at Conneautvitle, Crawford county, vice Ransom H. Sargent, resigned; Matthias S. Harr, postmaster at Ebensburg, Cambria county, vice Mrs. Harriet M'Cague, resigned; George Gallagher. postmaster at New Alexan• dria, Westmoreland co., vice John M. Stewart, removed; George Harlan, postmaster at New burg, Cumberland county, vice John A. Rea, removed; D. S. Elliott, postmaster at Shaver's Creek, Huntingdon county, vice John Creswell, removed; David Devinney, postmaster at Allen, Cumberland county, vice Ross Anderson, removed; J. A. Kaufman, postmaster at Boil ing Spring, Cumberland county, vice Emanuel Holler, removed; Daniel D. Hursh, postmaster at Oakville, Cumberland county, vice J. C. Fosnaught, removed ; on the railroad line from Bri-tol, Tenn., to Knoxville, John E. Helms is appointed route agent in place of A. J. Blair, resigned, at same pay, $BOO per annum. 'John H. Washington, one of the book-keepers in the office of the sixth auditor, resigned yesterday.. W. Blaine, of Maine, a clerk in the same office, was promoted to a second class clerkship. THE TUNNEL OF THE ALPS.—The engineers employed in boring the eight mile tunnel under Mt. Cenis, in Savoy, have put into operation an ingenious device for supplying the tunnel with air, which dispenses wish any necessity for the construction of vertical shafts. They work the boring machines in the tunnel by means of compressed air furnished by station on the outside. Thus there is no s a m ry ok e e ngi a ns "heat in the tunnel, and the air forced in keeps up an adequate circulation, without which the labor kvs would soon suffocate. There was Considerable di fficulty at first in the ad justment of pipes iitt*.l valves, but they have been at work since the first of January with great success. A letter from a prominent citizen of Prince Edward county, Va.. to a gentleman in Rich mond, says a large number of slaveholders in that section are preparing to emigrate with their negroes to Texas and other States farther South, and declares that "if this state of thinp.B continues, the slaveholding portion of Virginia will soon be impoverished." A NEW PROTESTANT CHURCH IN GERMANY— Its Curious Architecture.—A German correspon dent of the London Star thus describes a fan ciful ecclesiastical edifice of recent construc tion : . 44 The Protestant Cathedral of Wiesbaden is meant to be a church like any other church, and is built of brick like any other brick build ing. You cannot help, therefore, being astott tonished at seeing such an ordinary problem of the architectural art solved in a way which, at all events, fascinates your eye in spite of yourself, while you are as yet undecided whether you are to find it very beautiful or very ugly. Imagine a cathedral in whose construction the well known elements of Gothic art are exclu sively applied, and which, nevertheless, in out line, color, and character of composition, bears no resemblance to any Gothic cathedral you as yet have seen. For you never have seen such an extraordinary height of nave and choir, as well as of the spires, in a cathedral of so small length and breadth. ,1 The main spires, next, are five in lumber, three in a row, of which the middle one is the highest, rising from the front wall without projecting from it, while the remaining two stand on the side walls, where the nave ends and the curve of the choir begins. To this add the color, a glaring red, and yet no artificial color, but the natural red of the bricks, which are exquisitely made, and, as is said, more du rable than any bricks yet used, and which color covers the whole building, even the steep roofs of the five larger, as well as of the nu merous smaller spires. "For all these roofs are constructed of the same red brick as the whole building, and are adorned with nothing but figures tormed by projecting bricks, somewhat in the style of an Intian pagoda roof. And so the whole build ing is adorned with nothing but figures formed by projecting bricks, and the pillars and col umns of the doors and windows consist like wise of the same glaring red brick, while the habitude of your eyesight in seeing a Gothic cathedral makes you refuse to believe that all this is really mere brick of a color to which you are not accustomed, and creates the im pression on you that you have a cathedral of white stone before you, and which, in some inexplicable manner, a red light, not of terres tial nature, is falling, or which is built of red hot metal; in fact, you may fancy you have a dream of Dante's before you—a church belong ing to a region where churches are least to be expected. "The name of the architeht who has staked hie name on this really bold and altogether new conception is Boos. The church-building zeal of the Protestant community in the town, could not fail to stir up that of the Catholics, who, however, as in every region where the Teutonic race prevails, are not so well off in Nassau, in point of worldly riches, as their Protestant brethren. They are now likewise engaged in erecting a cathedral, which is completed, save the spires, and where service is already per formed. It is a very chaste and fine composi tion in the late Roman style, with some vari eties borrowed from Gothic construction, and does as much honor to the modesty and learn ing of its architect as the Protestant temple does to the boldness of Herr Boos." LOVE, JEALOUSY AND RUlN.—There have lately been developed in Buffalo the particulars of one of the saddest histories of love and suf fering which' has ever come under our notice. The story is briefly as follows: A young lady, resident of the southwestern portion of New York State, became betrothed to a young villager. The engagement had lasted through two years of unbroken affec tion, when a new visitor to the place—a middle aged man—agent of an eastern agricultural firm, became introduced to the lady f and won her esteem by his dignified and intelligent conversation so as to finally become acknow ledged as a perManent acquaintance. 'His attentions became disagreeable to the lover of the lady, who requested her to discourage them, which she mildly, though firmly refused to do, addlicing the superior age and courteous deport ment of the stranger as her excuse. Finally, the young man, meeting his mistress in a car riage with the agent, asked her to alight and walk with him, a discourtesy to ber present cavalier which she would not submit to, and proceeded on her ride. The young man, in a fit of disappointment and desperation, returned home, accumulated a few necessaries, and left the same day for Buffalo, vowing never to return. In the mean time his betrothed, hearing of his absence, on her return, was almost mac'dened by regret'and remorse. On the same night she fled from her home, and followed the track of hei lover.— She reached the city on the ensuing morning, almost destitute of means, ignoront of her course, and without a single acquaintance in the river of faces which surged on every side. She spent—poor, tender hearted, persevering soul—nearly three days in constant but hope less pursuit of her lost idol, wandering, in her search through the streets, into offices, and even extending her simple, fruitless inquiries to the doors of dwelling houses • never finding a single trace of him she sough t, yet perseve ring even in despair. The end of all this was terrible. She was ensnared by the Maelstrom that has drawn so many waifs like her into its awful vortex, and lost, like her myriad sisters, in its depths. Her parents in time searched for their love as she had searched for hers, found her in helpless wickedness, and took her back, and home. And this, very . lately. A letter had come to the village soon after she left, from• her lover, saying that he had gone west from Buffalo ; which accounts for all. He knows the sequel now, reproaches himself for all, but will not, dare not, as he says, though he loves her still, go back to gaze upon the ruin which he aseribes to his own wild temper. ABOUT ROCK OlL.—The following is an ex tract from an article by Professor E. B. An drews, of Marietta College, who has given much attention to the geology of Southern Ohio, and was contributed by him to the Marietta Intelligencer : But it should be borne in mind that no well is inexhaustible. No fissure can endure the drain of a steam pump for a very long time. There must, of necessity, be a diminution of supply. There are no great reservoirs of oil, no subterranean lakes which may afford an almost indefinite supply of the precious fluid. There is no evidence that the oil is found any where except in crevices, which are mere or less vertical. Where several wells unusual the same neighborhood, it would be to them "striking oil" at the same depth, bele& the surface. I know of a productive well twenty three feet deep near another pro(' uctive one which is over two hundred feet deep. Of course, then, there can be no such a thing as a special rock oil or stratum. The oil is in fis sures which may be found in every ),in' of rock. We sometimes hear men who have bored wells in the Northern Pennsylvania oil region, speak very positively of our rocks, and declare the exact depth, and in what peculiar kind of rock, we may find the oil here in the Coal Measures. All such claims are idle, because it is impossible to reason analogically between two entirely distinct groups of rocks, which lie fifteen hundred feet apart in vertical dis tance. There is with us, in this region, no oil rock. You may "strike oil" thirty feet down, or at three hundred feet down. Nor, again, can any thing he determined beforehand from the form or proximity of the hills. Some would bore at the entrance of a side valley, others at the point of a bold, high hill. Both are right if they happen to strike an oil fis sure, and wrong if they do not. Some, ; again, having found a fissure ,from which oil exudes, would begin to bore in the top of the fissure. This is a doubtful policy, for all cracks deviate more or less from a perpendicular line, and a well bored perpendicularly would be sure to lose the fissure. LATEST BY TELEGRAPH Riot at Baltimore—The Federal Forces Attacked by a Mob—The Killed and Wounded. The detachment of Gen. Small's First Penn sylvania regiment and the Massachuseets regi ment have arrived and are now marching through the city on their route to the Balti more depot. SECOND DISPATCH A terribe scene is now occurring in Pratt street, the track having been torn up by the se cessionists. The troops from Philadelphia and New York attemtpted to march through, and were attacked by the mob with bricks and stones. The military fired upon their assailants, who returned the fire. Two members of the Seventh Massachusetts regiment were killed, and several were woun ded. The - fight is still going on. Ten of the mob are said to be wounded. THIRD DISPATCH M the Washington depot an immense crowd has assembled. The rioters attacked them at the depot. The military fired on the mob,and several persons were wounded; some fatally. There is said to be four of the military and four rioters killed. the city is in great excitement. Martial law has been proclaimed. The city military are rushing to ther armo ries. Civil war has commenced. The railroad track is said to be torn up outside of the city. Certain parties threaten to destroy the Pratt street bridge. As the soldiers paved along Pratt street a perfect shower of paving stones rained on their heads. • The cars have left for Washington, being stoned as they left. It was the Massachusetts men that were attacked. Three of the mob are known to be dead, and three soldiers were killed. Many were wounded. The stores are being closed. Our military are rapidly forming. The Minute Men are turning out. It is not ascertained what portion of the troops were attacked. They bore a white flag as they marched along Pratt street and were greeted with showers of stones. The Mayor went ahead of them with the police. An immense crowd blocked up the streets, and after enduring various insults, the soldiers finally turned and fired on the mob, several of whom were wounded. [A Subsequent dispatch states that order had been restored.] Movements in Philadelphia. PHILADELPHIA, April 19 A special meeting of the Councils of Phila delphia held to-day. The following is the substance of the various resolutions and ordi nances which were passed unanimously : No. 1. Provides for requesting the citizens to form companies of 100 each for home service. No. 2. Committee on Finance to report an ordinance for a loan of $1,000,000 for the pur pose of providing a fund for the relief of fami lies of volunteers who leave the city in the service of the country, and for other purposes connected with the distracted condition of the country. No. 3. Commissioner of city property to place unoccupied public halls at the disposal of drilling parties. No. 4. Applauds the course of Baltimore and Gov. Hicks in opposing the secession move ment. No. 5. An appropriation of 550,000 for the purchase of arms for Home Guard, or other defensive purposes. A committee of five to aid the Major in carrying out the ordinance. No. 6. An ordinance appropriating $125,000 for relief of famil;es of volunteers. No. 7. Resolutions approving of the prompt and determined steps of the General govern ment, in putting down rebellion, commending the conduct of Major Anderson, and determin ing to tender him a sword. No. 8. An Ordinance appropriating $5,000 to be employed by the Mayor in such a manner as he may deem necessary for the preservation of the peace of the city, for the detection of all persons engaged in treasonable designs, and for the detection of persons engaged in molest ing the property of citizens of Philadelphia. From Washington. The President's Mounted Guard, a cavalry company, sixty strong, was sworn in this morn ing, not a single man declining to take the oath. The troops from Pennsylvania, that arrived yesterday, breakfasted to-day in the Capitol. They will parade during the day. It is rumored that the Alexandrians intend to fire on the vessel bearing the Rhode Island troops as she comes up the river. The War Department is reported to have re quested the Baltimore and Ohio railroad com pany to refuse to carry troops for the seces sionists. The city is comparatively quiet this morning. Those who feared an attack on Washington during the past night, were not even alarmed by any extraordinary notes of warning or pre caution. On inquiry at the Post Office Department, it is ascertained that no measures are in progress for discontinuing any of the Southern• mails. On the contrary, contractors from that section were recently here, and have arranged for facil itating the transportation. The Postmaster General has discretion to suspend them only in cases of obstructions. Capt. Paulding. Commander Emmons and Lieut. Woodhull, constitute the Board of Detail, through whom all the naval preparations are made. The Chief Clerk's room is the only one in the Navy Department accessible at these times to the public. Patriotism in Old Montgomery. NowtisrowN, April i 9, 1861. The excitement here is unabated. All kinds of business is suspended, and every one is doing their utmost to assist the departure of the volunteers. Seven companies will leave here to morrow morning at 8 o'clock, for Har ris-burg, via Reading. Seven thousand dollars have been subscribed by the citizens of this town alone, and it is thought that the contribu tions throughout the county will increase the fund to $20,000. Shirts, blankets, stockings, etc., etc., have been purchased by the fund committee, for the comfort and convenience of the men. Montgomery county will furnish a full regi ment. The Adjutancy of the regiment has been tendered to Col. A. H. 'pippin, of Phila delphia, but formerly of Montgomery county, and who was with Gen. Scott in Mexico, from his landing at Vera Cruz, to the capture of the city of Mexico. Norristown challenges the whole Union to produce a town of its population, that will contribute an equal number of men to sustain the stars and stripes, and as large a sum of money for the support of the families of the absent. Military Movements. NEW YORK, April 19.--The Eighth Regiment of MasFachusetts Volunteers, Col. Monroe, arrived at 7 o'clock, and have been quartered at the Astor House, and other hotels. Their reception was marked with the most unbounded demonstrations of welcome all along the route to their quarters. They leave here at noon. The famous Seventh New York Regiment have nearly completed their arrangements, and will leave here at 4 o'clock P. M. The Secession of Virginia WAsiuNoToN, April 19. It is reliably stated by parties direct from Richmond, that the Ordinance of Secession was publicly proclaimed yesterday. The vote on its passage bad been kept secret. BALTIMORE, April 19 WASHINGTON, April 19 Philadelphia Appointments. WASHMTON. April 19. The President has made the following ap pointments for Philadelphia, viz : Collector—W. B. Thomas. Director of the Mint—James Pollock. Treasurer of the Mint—Jay Cook. Surveyor—B. Ree 3 Mayer. Naval Officer—Dr. B. Wallace. Navy Agent—James S. Chambers. General Appraiser—B. Rush Plumly. Postmaster—C. A. Walborn. District Attorney—George A. Coffey. Marshal—William Milward. Appraiser—Joseph M. Cowell. --, Massachusetts. The rumors that the Fifth regiment is to be called into service, causes an intensely patri otic excitement in Charlestown, and around Bunker Hill, where are the headquarters of the regiment. Every able-bodied man is anxious to shoulder his musket. The City Council has appropriated $lOO,OOO for the benefit of the Boston volunteers enlisted for the war. Lowell has appropriated $B,OOO, and Cambridge $5,000, for the families of the soldiers. There 'are also large private sub scriptions. Meeting at York, Pa. YORK, Pa., April 19. The largest meeting ever held in the Court Houseassembled here last night. $6,000 were appropriated for the benefit of volunteers and committees were appointed to collect from the citizens. The military companies will leave for Harrisburg on Saturday or Monday. The Southern Confederate Loan. It is well ascertained that the subscription of South Carolina to the Confederate Loan will be $3,000.000. of which $2,262,000 have al ready been taken in this city. New Orleans took $2,700,000, and the subscriptions in other plabes are in proportion. All is quiet here. Se: ..e Poe, !mites The U. S. Steamer Pocahontas has arrived from Charleston. Her officers report that she did not arrive off Charleston bar until only an hour previous to the evacuation of Sumpter. Volunteers from Canada. It is stated that five hundred men from Que bec and Montreal are coming here to enlist in the United States Army. Chester Alive. We have a company of young men, of about one hundred, ready to start out at a moment's notice, and another, of old men, ready. Vermont. ST. JOHNSIVIIRG, April 19. Gov. Fairbanks has been tendered a. loan of $50,000 by the banks for military purposes. The Steamer Pawnee at Washington. WASHINGTON. April 19. The United States steamer Pawnee has ar rived at the Navy Yard. Consul to Malaga. WASHINGTON, April 19. A. M. Hancock, of Kentucky, has been ap pointed Consul to Malaga. GENERAL NEWS. SINKING OF THE PITTSBURG AQUEDUCT.—OR Sunday night, the aqueduct 'which carries the water of the Pennsylvania canal from the north side of the. Allegheny river into Pittsburg, sunk some twelve or fifteen feet between the second and third piers from the : Allegheny side. It had been " sagging" at this point three or four feet for some months past, and although there was very little water in the dock at the tinie, it went down during the night as above stated, and is now utterly useless so far as navi gating it with boats is concerned. IMPORTANT IF TRUE.—In the Irish Gardener Magazine it is stated not only that a decoction of the leaves of the camomile will destroy insects, but that nothing contributes so much to the health of a garden as a number of the plants dispersed through it . . No green-house or hot house should be without it in a green or dried state; either the stalks or flowers will answer. It is a singular fact that if a plant is drooping, and apparently dying, in nine cases out of ten it will recover if you place a plant of camomile near it. TENNESSEE.—Another of the champions of the Union from this gallant State has been em phatically endorsed by his constituents. At a Union Convention in the counties of his dis trict on the lst instant, the people unanimously endorsed the course of their able and patriotic representative in Congress, the Hon. Robert Hatton, and requested him to be a candidate for re-clection, which every man who served with him in Congress will be glad to see him consent to. • RESITRPOTING TELEGRAPHIC OPERATIONS. The telegraph offices of New Orleans have, in compliance with the request of the State au thorities, declined to transmit any dispatches in cypher. It is stated also that no dispatches whatever in reference to military operations in the Confederate States will be transmitted ex cept by order of the proper authorities. At the examination of a boy of nine years of age, for admission to one of the public schools in a suburban town of Massachusetts, the teacher, after a satisfactory result in read ing and spelling, asked, "What do you know about the United States ?" The youngster promptly replied, "Don't know nothing, nor nobody does—all gone to smash." The Mobile Tribune says the anticipated blockade of that port has lately led to a very brisk business in loading vessels with cotton and other freights intended for foreign ports. Cotton was being loading at the rate of 376 bales a day, about 126 bales over the ordinary daily rate. GEN. SCOTT AND MAJOR ANDERSON —General Scott has no hesitation in endorsing Major An derson over all slurs, slanders and suspicions. Such an endorsement from such a man, is worth whole acres of political suspicions, insinuations and charges against the gallant and injured major.—N. Y. Express. A Russian serf and criminal who passed him self off as a Polish nobleman, married a Not tingham (England) clergyman's daughter, and robbed him of $2OOO. The clergyman had him before a police magistrate in hopes of recover ing his money—his daughter's disgrace seem ing to trouble him but little. An extensive lead mine has been discovered on the farm of Mr. D. Aekerson, in Lafayette township, Suffolk county, N. J. Six hundred and sixty pounds of lead are extracted from 2.000 pounds of ore, the lead being valued at $52 per ton There is more scandal afloat in Ltindon. The Earl of Wilton has been charged' with re viewing his regiment with a prostitute on his arm, and introducing her at mess and her Majesty's balls. A court of inquiry is or dered. According to the late United States census it takes 730 paper mills and 2,000 steam engines to supply book publishers and newspaper estab lishments with printing paper, at a cost of $27,000,000 per annum. Mrs. Gurney, the lady who has lately been divorced from her husband, has, it is stated, purchased Harpt . ree Court, Somersetshire, the seat of Lord Waldegrave, which she intends for her future residence. The wife and mother of an humble family in Great Barrington, Mass., all of whom were em ployed in the factory there, has lately come in possession of an English legacy of $600,000. Bentley: the London book publisher, has induced Mrs. Yelverton—the unloved one—to write a book. What a bright thoughtin Bent ley! Bow it will sell ! BOSTON April 19. CHARLESTON, April 19 NEW Yong, April 19 BOSTON, April 19 CHESTER. April 19 The Prince of Wales is a good-hearted boy. He thinks..of the poor old ladies, while he flirts with the pretty young ones. Mrs. Laura se_ cord, widow of a brave Canadian soldier, and Mrs. Hatt, daughter of another soldier, have each received £lOO from Albert Edward.-- Their needy condition was brought to his notice during the tour he made in the provin,,, ces last summer. A grave Senator from Wisconsin recently received a letter from a constituent, asking for some office. The letter contained a one dollar Wisconsin bill, "to bait the hook with," as the writer wrote. By the Episcopal clergy of Philadelphia, the Collect prepared for reading in time of war was generally introduced into the morning oerVioes on Sunday. SPECIAL NOTICES. PURIFY YOUR BLOOD. — BRANDRETR'S PILLS WARRANTED TO OMB FEVER AND AGITE.—Tb e effect of purging with BILANDRETIPS PILLS is to re store the health, no matter from wbat cause it may be suffering. They take out all impurities from the sys tem ; and they have the same lower of expulsion over miasm, poisonous vapor of decayed vegetables, or indeed any poisonous exhalations breathed by man whatever. In fact, if the blood is poisoned, it is impure, and im pure blood results in disease. BRANDRETHI PILLS, though innocent as bread, yet they are capstle of puri fying the blood and curing disease. So, they cure all kinds of fevers, all asthma; catarrhs, ccstiveness and painful affections of every kind. Sold, price 25 cents, at N 0.294 Canal eet, New York, and by all Druggists. Also, by GEC H BELL, corner of Second and Chestnut streets, Harrietv rg, and by all respectable dealers in medicine. de9-d&wbu MANHOOD. HOW LOST, HOW RESTORED. JUST PUBLISHED ON THE NATURE, TREAT MENT AND RADICAL CURE OF SPERMAT ORRHEA; or Seminal Weakness, Sexual Debility, Nervousness, Involuntary Emissions and Impotency, resulting from Self-abuse, &c. By Robt. J. Culverwell, M. D. Sent undei seal, in a plain envelope, to any address, post paid, on receipt of two stamps, by Dr. CHARLES J. C. KLINE, 127 Bowery, New York. Post Office Boa. No. 4,586. march2o•d&w3m. MRS. WINSLOW, An experienced nurse and female physician, bass Booth. ing Syrup for children teething, which greatly facilitate the process of teething by softening the gums, reducing as inflamnation—will allay all pain, and is sure to regulate the bowels. Depend upon it mothers, it will give rest to yourselves, and relief and health to your infants. Per ectly safe in all cases. See advertisemer.: in another col. umn. si e1d,1889-d&wly Dr. Brunon's Concentrated Remedies. No. I. THE GREAT REVIVER, speedily eradicates all the evil. effects of SELF-A/WA S, an LOW of Memory, Shortness of Breath, Giddiness, Palpitafien of the newt, Dimness of Vision, or any constitutional derangements of the system, brought on by the unrestrained indulgence of the passions. Acts alike on either sex. Price One Dollar. No. 2. THE BALM will cure in from two to eight days, any case of GONORRHCOA, is without taste or smell, and -equires no restriction of action or dies. For either sex. Price One Dollar. No. 3. THE THREE will cure in the shortest possible ime, any ease of GLEKT, even after all other Remedies nave failed to produce the desired effect. No taste or smell. Price One Dollar. No. 4. THE PUNITER is the only Remedy that will really cure Strictures of the Urethra. No matter of how long standing or neglected the case may be. Price One Dollar. No. 5. THE SOLUTOR will cure any case of GRAVEL, permanently and speedily remove all afflictions of the Bladder and Kidneys. Price One Dollar. No. 6. FOR PARTICULARS BEE CIRCULAR. No. 7. THE AMARIN will cure the Whites radically, and in a much shorter time than they can be removed by any other treatment. In fact, is the only remedy that will really correct this disorder. Pleasant to take. Price One Dollar. No. 8. THE ORIENTAL PASTILS are certain, safe and speedy in producing MENSTRUATION, or correcting any Irregularities of the monthly periods. Price Two Dollars. No 9. FOR PARTICULARS SEE CIRCULAR. Either Remedy sent free by mail on receipt of the price annexed. Enclose postage stamp and get a Circular. General Depot North—East corner of York Avenue and Callowhill Street. , Private Office 401 York Avenue, Phila delphia, Pa For sale in Harrisburg only by C. A. BANNVART, wbere Circulars containing valuable inforrnat en., with full de scriptions of each case, will be delivered gratis. en appli cation. Address DR. FFLIX BRUNON, tnyl-dIY v. 0. Box 99. Philadelphia. Pa. New I.6vertisentents. TO INVENTORS AND PATENTEES The undersigned, for fifteen years an Officer of the United States Patent Office, and for the last six years a Principal Examiner, and Member or the Board of Ap peal, has OPENED AN OFFICE IN WASINGTON CITY, AT NO. 452 SEVENTH STREET, OPPOSITE THE EAST PORTICO OP THE PATENT OFFICE, Where he is ready to transact any business Inventors or others may confide to his charge. Be wilt pay particu lar attention to the prosecution of Claims to Patents before the Board of Appeal, (Examiners in Chief.) the Commissioner of Patents on appeal from the Board, and the Judges of the Circuit Court of the D strict of Co lumbia on appeal from the Board or the Commissioner. A. B. LITTLE. REFERENCES.—Hon. Chas. Mason, Hon. Joe. Holt, Hon. W. D. Bishop, Hon. P. F. Thomas. apl9 dly WAR! WAR!! WAR!!! TO ARMS! TO ARMS!! POWDER! POWDER!! DUPONT'S CELEBRATED GUN AND RIFLE POWDER AND ALL OTHER POWDEJ? AND FUSE MANUFACTURED BY I. E. DUPONT DE NEMOURS & CO., WILMINGTON, DEL. For sale at manufacturers• prices by their Agent, TAMES M. WHEELER, Harrisburg, Pa. Er Orders received at Warehouse, to any extent, for supplying the State, Regiments, Companies, &c. aplB p YOU WANT CHEAP SHOES, GO TO THE PHILADELPHIA SHOE STORE, Do you want a BOOT or SHOE that will fit, Go to the Philadelphia Shoe Store. For LADIES' GAITERS, very Cheap, Go to the Philadelphia Shoe Store. For MISSES' SHOES of all kinds, Go to Hims.eLL's No. NM Market Street. For BOYS' sum of all kinde, Go to ICimeaLL's, No. 38% Market Street For CHILDEENS' SHOES for 25 cents, Go to the Philadelphia Shoe Store In fact for all kinds of BOOTS and SHOES, Go to the Philadelphia Shoe Store Remember the place, THE PHILADELPHIA CHEAP SHOE STORE, No. 88% Market Street ; "eign of the American Flags." aplB-MBt J. C. KIMBALL. WALL PAPER, CEILING PAPER, TRANSOM PAPER, BORDERS, FIRE PRINTS, WINDOW CURTAINS, TA FSELS, AND FIXTURES, AT LOW PRICFS, at SCHEFFERIS Book-store. Near the Harrisburg Bridge• mar2s REMOVAL The subscriber has removed big PLUMBING AND BRASS FOUNDRY from Market street to Fourth street above Market,, opposite the Bethel Church Thankful for past patronage, be hopes, by strict attention to bust nes4, to merit a continuance of lt. mar 27 dtf WM PARKHILL. RENT.—A COTTAGE on Pine, v street. Also, a HOUSE next to the Steam Flour Mill. Inquire of MRS. MURRAY, apl6-dtf Corner of Second and Pine Ste.
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