judicial officers, guarding so carefully these
rights of eminent domain and their sovereignty
that the Confederate government, by the ex
press article in the Constitution, could not en
ter or send any troops upon one inch of soil of
any State, not even to suppress insurrection,
except by the invitation of the legally elected
authority of the State. lint, Mr. Speaker, in
utter disregard of all State laws and sover
eignty, (and without sovereignty there is not
and cannot be arty State) we hate in its place
a person called Abraham Lincoln. Sir, the
white man has been pushed away; the poor
. 'Ran made to fight—the rich man to pay his
$3OO and walk free ; the poor man ground
down by taxation, day by day growing poorer,
day after day less able to school his children,
who grow up in ignorance and are at last driven
into the army, with crackers and salt pork as
their daily food. • This is not all. Already we
' have • growing up - in our midst and sustained
by the hard labor and honest sweat of our work
ing men, a class of men (if I may be permitted
to call such things men) who talk about a
monarchy and a more stable government. Sir,
my blood courses with quicker beat when I
think of such doctrine. Had we, in those
dreamy days of peace, walked along and looked
at our reckoning and asked fertile land marks
of our fathers, we would not have been in this
death grapple.
For the sake of the negro, and never know
ing or neglecting our fathers' wisdom, the Pre
sident, with the aid of a Congress like himself,
has dismembered•the State Virginia, and now
at this moment has his soldiers all over it to
make the people vote as he desires. Sir, let
me call to your attention that Pearly a century
ago the despotic allies in a similar manner dis
membered Poland.
To=day the name of Poland sends a thrill of
joy to every freeman, and to-day all over the
South. Poland and the example of her brave
sons excites their scorn and indignation against
our course, and incites them to greater exer
tions and bolder deeds. By such means Mr.
Lincoln hopes to obtain two more obseqiuo3
senators, and with their aid,, and that of rep
resentatives elected by his soldiers, he may
divide as many States as he sees fit, lie is
trying to override the honest old Demo
cracy, and has been, and is now, by every
power of force, of secret police, by a system of
Austrian spies and bastiles, and where all this
will not do, by money; for was not $12,000,-
000 of money used for secret service ?
4 Now, sir, this may do for a time. He has
thrown down the glove; I hope he may replace
it, for it will only he a question of time, and a
short time; if not, then iewill be taken up.
And, sir, the issue will be taken boldly, and
by brave and resolute men, who may think it
better and easier to die like brave men near
their firesides than to die like dogs, fighting
for the negro and to enslave themselves.
But these principles and these institutions
were intended to guard the personal liberties
and the rights of property of the individual
man. These liberties and these rights are the
endowment of the and are inalienable,
and government is only rightful and useful as
it protects them.
In every one of the States they are guarded
by express restrictions of the sovereign people
thereof. Of the powers of the government and
in the delegation of power to the common go
vernment these rights are expressly guarded
against any, the slightest infringement in the
first and third of the seven original articles of
the Constitution, and n'o less than eight of the
ten articles of amendment first adopted are
worded to the protection of these. rights.
Of these ten articles guarding your personal
rights, eight have been openly violated by
Abraham Lincoln. He has stricken down
rights older than the Constitution—older than
Magna Charts—older than the British Govern
ment—older than the Roman Empire—yea : as
old as creation itself, for it pleased the Su
preme Ruler, omniscient and omnipresent, to
grant a hearing to the first man, Adam, and to
the second man, Cain, before he condemned.
These sacred rights, coeval with creation, and
stamped with the solemn sanction of the Su-
preme Ruler of the universe—these, Abraham
Lincoln treats with scorn and makes the play
things of his subalterns—his spies and infor
mers and the contemptible jailors of his army.
He has dragged the priest from the altar—the
judge from the bench—the legislator from the
hall—the citizen from his midnight bed—trans
porting them to distant places—holding their
destination from the anxious inquiries of their
wives and children—put them into prisons
without a single process of law, until alarmed
by the first whisper of your rising wrath be
was forced to let them go; while he was cora-
pelled to testify to their innocence by dismis
s ng them without even the presentation of a
charge.
He has seized in, and transported from, the
Capital of the country unprotec'e I woman—
pushed her into prison in the very midst of the
great population of our largest city, separating
her entirely from those of her own sex, ex
posed to the machinations of his creatures,
'without the slightest defense except her ewn
virtue and the gnardionship of that Divine
Being who ever keeps the virtuous from the
power of the evil one, conducting his move
ments under such darkness and secrecy that
her fate could only be discovered by accident:
Mr. Speaker, how long will a once free peo
ple suffer that tyrant, supported by that mass
of corruption, (she Republican party,) to hold
the power they so shamefully used for the over
throw of our liberties! Being as insane as
tyrannical) he has so waged the war—com
menced avowedly to enforce the Constitution
and restore the Union—as utterly to destroy
rite former and render absolutely impossible
the latter_ Throwing aside the established
principles of universal civilization—that in-
fractions of law must be punished by and ae
on-ding to law—he has proclaimed that the
South is not entitled to the benefits of the
Constitution, but shall be punished for its in
fraction, not by its own provisions, but by his
own arbitrary will, under the convenient plea
of military necessity, thus actually trampling
under foot the Constitution, which he is able
to do by , the permission of the people of the
North, in order to enforce it in the South,which
be has shown himself utterly unable to accom
plish. He has so cpnducted the war as to
shock the moral tense of all mankind and to
unite the people of the South as one man
against us—making the war, on their part, not
merely a contest for independence of Its, but
one for the preservation of all that man holds
dear, and thus, as far as in his power, making
the Union intolerable and impossible. He has
stripped whole communities of their entire
property, throwing women and children on the
world destitute and unprotected. He has, as
far as he was able, broken up the institutions
of the South, for the preservation of which it
professed to withdraw from the Union. He
has armed their slaves against them and sent
unscrupulous fanatics among them to fire up
their minds and induce them to wage a war of
extermination, murdering their women and
children. He has kept in his command offi
cers of the army whose troops have plundered
unresisting inhabitants and.burned their dwel
lings, and who have committed that last atro
city which men can never forgive—the dis
honoring of their women.
Mr. Speaker, will the people suffer Mr. Lin
coln much longer to wield this tyrannical power,
which he' and his imps so long used, and thus
to thwart their views to defeat their objects,
to outrage their feelings and to make them the
unwilling participants in wrongs which their
own manhood would resist to their death if
attempted on them by others ? Abraham Lin
coln has defeated our armies by corruption..
The whole Southern coast is strewn with the
wreck of transports, not lost by unusual stress
of weather but by the villainy of the men who
for the sake of money are permitted to send
armies to sea in ships long before condemned
as uuseawortby. Corruption deprives our
sol
diers of needful clothing, food and means of
transportation. We are publicly told by a
Right R.!1". Bishop that the Capitol stinks of it,
and that its foul hand snatches for paltry
gain the sustenance even from our sick and
wounded soldiers.
Such has this tyrant made our country at
home. What has he made it abroad? So ex
alted was our position that the eyes of all men
were fixed on us. We find in our career our
enemies were confounded by it. We were held
up as the exemplars of liberty—as the models
of virtue. The Republican party has made
America a scoff, and liberty a derision. .They
They
have given to the English language that new,
that disgraceful, horrible word, the American
bastile ; and, as if to make it imperishable,
they have associated it with the undying names
of Colninbus, Lafayette and Warren. Hence
forth no man shall pass through the portals of
the North without seeing it engraved upon the
walls of the fortresses which guard them. The
President has tampered with great questions
of international law, violating them with the
reckless audacity of ignorance, and shrinking
from the consequences, with the ungracious
ness of impotence, surrendering not volunta
rily but upon demand the passengers of the
British ship and the money of the Holland
bankers, and promising, when confronted by
Europe, to blook up no more harbors with
stone.
Now, Mr. Speaker, let us look our affairs
square in the face. We are degraded and baf
fled at home; we are disgrced and despised
abroad. Can the people, will they, endure this
for two years longer? Never! The people,
in.thunder tones, have spoken to this corrupt
and infamous administration, calling upon it
to return tp our old land marks, and what has
been the answer ? insult has been added to
injury—shall we not speak again and again ?
Let ns as Legislators speak with but one voice
and see if Mr. Lincoln will not hear. In four
years more we will be crushed down with a
load of debt greater than that of Great Britain
—that t urden which keeps her laboring pop
ulation ever poor and miserable—which will
reduce us to the same condition.
In two years more, (unless we can prevail on
the present administration to change its policy)
discussions already appearing will widen be
tween the east and the west and between the
Atlantic and Pacific States. In two years more
the starving laborer of our cities will be ar
rayed against the capital accumulated from the
distresses of the country. In two years more
Europe, already covering Mexico. with armies
and the gulf with fleets, which two years ago
would never have been attempted without our
consent, but the propriety of which Abraham
Lincoln's Senate declines even to discuss—in
two years more, in contempt of our weakness,
will dictate terms to the Cabinet and will not
hesitate to make war upon us. In two years
more the reign of Abraham Lincoln, for cost
of emancipation and sustenance, will visit us
with locust plague of Egypt, eating up what
the caterpillar has left, and the plague of his
lice will creep into all the houses. In two
years more this war (unless changed in its ob
jects) will fill our rivers with blood and lay
out the dead in every house.
Mr. Speaker, let us then pass these resolu
tions unanimously,'and coming as they de from
the immediate representatives of the people,
backed by a large majority of the popular vote,
and clearly indicating the voice of Pennsyl
vania, perhaps they will be heeded by the ty
rants at Washington. At all events, we will
have done our duty, and at the end of two
years more, when the present despotic and
imbecile administration shall have ended their
infamous career, we will endeavor to save what
may remain of our once glorious union—un
lock the fetters which the base Abolition Con
gress has been,so actively engaged ig forging
for us—restore our own liberties, and show to
the people of the South that we haie no desire
to destroy theirs. We will invite them, upon
the American principle of mutual consent, to
full commercial intercourse—to an uninter
rupted postal communication—to political re
union, and to old joint guardianship of the
American Continent, and then, and not till
then, can we reasonably hope to restore the
Union as it was under the Constitution as it
is.
Eid , t Vairizt
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Democratic County Convention.
By.ciireetion of the County Committee, the
Democratic County Convention of Dauphin
county will meet at Harrisburg on Tuesday,
the Wet day of April, at 10 o'clock, a. m.
Meetings for the selection of delegates to said
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ships on Saturday, the 18th April, between
the hours of 5 and 7, p. m., and in the several
towns and wards between the hours of 7 and
9, p. m., on said day, at the usual places of
holding delegate meetings.
GEo. F. WEAvan,
Secretary pro tem.
Harrisburg, March 28,1863.
Gov. Curtin De.CUOCS a Renomluation.
We understand that, in a special message to
the Legislature yesterday, Governor Curtin
stated, that having been tendered an important
position by the Federal Government, which he
did not feel at liberty to decline, he was not
to be longer considered a candidate for re-nom
ination. It is rumored hire that he has been
offered the position of Minister to Spain.
Susquehanna County.
The Democracy of Susquehanna county have
appointed General John Blanding Representa
tive delegate from that county to the 17th of
June Democratic State Convention, without
instruction. Hon. al. C. Tyler was appointed
Senatorial delegate, subject to the decision of
the conferees. C. D. Lathrop and F. M. Wil
liams were appointed conferees. The district
consists of the counties of Bradford, Susque
hanna, Sullivan and Wyoming.
The Way to Obscure Gen. llllClellan.
The ingenuity and malice of Gep.• M'Clel
lan's enemies have been severely tasked to
place him in an unfavorable aspect before the
people, to dim the brilliancy of his military
exploits and create popular impression adverse
to his ability as a commander and hie patriot
ism as a citizen. Thus far, although aided by
the administration, furnished with weapons by
a rabid and venomous Congress, and backed
and supported by a venal and unscrupulous
press, they have signally failed—the people to
day, with more unanimity than when his tra
ducers first commenced the work.of persecu
tion, admiring the high qualities of the man,
and the calmness with which he has borne the
attempted disgrace sought to be put upon him
by the President, and the many and base as
persions and innuendoes of individual Congress
men, Congressional - Committees, the War
Department, the Gelteral-in-Chief, and the
Abolition press. Any other than a great man,
a huge, well-balanced intellect, a clear con
science and a big; brave heart, would long
since have sunk under the power and malig
nity which has been brought to bear against
General M'Clellan for the purpose of crushing
him. He remains unhurt—the envenomed
shafts have glauced.from his honest breast
iwithout inflicting a wound, and he' retains, un•
diminished, the confidence and admiration of
the people and the army.
But there is one way of placing him out of
remembrance, of superseding him in the confi
dence and affections of the people, which his
enemies have not yet tried. They have misrep
resented and traduced him, they have crippled
his resources and rendered to some extent una
vailing his skill and efforts in the field, they
have banished him from the army and persecu
ted him in the retiraey of private life. In all
this they have failed to injure him, failed to
prevent him from being the cynosure of all
eyes, the cherished of all hearts. They have
not., however, yet given the country a greater
than he, a more energetic, skillful and success
ful general. That experiment has been left
untried ; and the roan who twice saved Wash
ington, brought his army safely through the
seven days' conflicts on the Peninsula, reor
ganized Pope's defeated and demoralized troops
and won the bloody battles of South Mountain
and Antietam against Lee and the best gene
rals of the Confederate army, is still the Here
of the lir4, the idol of the army, and the fa
vorite of the people. We commend to his ene
mies the following from the National Intelligen
cer, as the only means by which they can
withdraw public attention from Gen. M'Clellan
and divide public sentiment, which holds him
now its sole and cherished favorite :
"And we would suggest that there is still
another way in which the "favorable remem
brance" of Gen. McClellan may be for a time
postponed ; if not permanently overlaid in the
popular mind. It is in preoccupying the popular
mind with brilliant victories won by Gen. Hook
er on the banks of the Rappahannock, and by
Gen. Grant in the trenches before Vicksburg.
These achievements, if we were to judge from
the impatience that attended the movements of
Gen. M'Clellan, have been already sufficiently
long delayed, especially when we consider that
the first named officer, on acceding to the com
mand of the Army of• the Potomac, proposed
that his troops should "give.battle to the enemy
wherever they could find him," and when the
letter received the applause of the Secretary
of War for knowing no other strategy than that
summed up in the comprehensive phrase, "I
propose to move immediately on your works."
When Vicksburg falls and Richmond is cap
tured (with the destruction of the insurgent
armies) the friends of Gen. M'Clellan, provided
they are as patriotic as we take them to be, if
they are worthy of him, will have their mouths
too full of exultations and their hearts too full of
gratitude to disturb the most bitter and un
relenting of his opponents by making untimely
"rememberance" either of his successes or of
his misfortunes.
HEWS OF THE DAY.
No further attempts to take Charleston will
be made for some time. The vessels and troops
-have been withdrawn to Port Royal—and that
part of the plan of the campaign for 1863 is
defeated and abandoned.
The vessel destroyed by the rebels in Cor
saw river, near Port Royal (noticed yesterday),
was the armed transport George Washington.
Col. Hawley, acting post commandant at Hil
ton Head, sent her on a reconnoissance around
the island. On her way she encountered a re
bel battery, which sent a shot through her
magazine and blew her up. The crew were
fired upon while attempting to escape, and
several of them killed and wounded.
The rebels attacked Suffolk on the 11th, cap
turing several outposts and forcing the aban
donment of our outmost signal station. The
town was in terrible confusion, women and
children flying in every direction. The ob
ject of the attack it is supposed was to prevent
the sending of reinforcements to Gen. Foster,
and to cut
. off communication with Norfolk,
which is also threatened. The next day, how
ever, the enemy fell back four miles, and .in.
telligence from Fortress Monroe, April 13,
says the gunboats sent to Gen. Foster's assis
tance, had succeeded in running the enemy's
batteries.
The only news from Hooker's army is that
skirmishing has been going on at Fairfax
Court House, witheut much result, between
the rebels and General Stahl's forces.
Twenty-three bushwhackers, belonging
mostly to Porter's gang, have been tried by
military commissions in Louisville, on the va
rious charges of violating their oaths, horse
stealing and murder, and sentenced to the Al- .
ton prison. One of them was condemned to
be shot.
Judge William F: Bullock, of Louisville, is
spoken of as an iudependent candidate for
Governor of Kentucky, in opposition to Hon.
Joshua F. Bell, the nominee of the late State
convention.
The 118th, 152 d and 160th New Fork and
the 10th New Jersey volunteers, for some time
past doing duty in Washington, have orders to
leave for some other locality. Their places
will be supplied by a brigade of Pennsylvania
reserves.
A dispatch from Cairo, April . 14th, says :
The rebels in the vicinity of Fort DonaldOon
have been gathering all the horses fit for cav
alry service. To i=ut a stop to this Gen. ROriC•
cra.ns has ordered all the good horses in the
neighborhcod to be taken by the federal forces.
While engaged iq this duty seventy men on
Friday last met the same number of rebels.
A skirmish entitled, in which twenty one of the
latter were taken prisoners, including Major
Blandon and two captains.
Captain Webster, of West Virginia, was hung
in Richmond, Friday, for violating his parole.
He held a commission under Gov. Pierpont.
He met his fate with the utmost fortitude, even
giving the signal for the springing of the fatal
drop.
Washington correspondents of the metropol
itan press and many of the leading journals of
the country assert that We are on the eve of a
a war with Great Britain. They differ very
widely from Lord Palmerston, the premier of
England, who declared on the 30th ultimo, in
a speech delivered in Glasgow, that the rela
tions of
.Great: Britain with the United States
were never more friendly than at present.
Two or three cars on the . N. Y. Central rail
road were thrown off the track above Albany,
on Tuesday, and twelve of the passengers in
jured, none of them fatally.
By telegraph yesterday afternoon:
Richmond papers of the 13th furnish the
following news
JACKSON, Miss., April 11.—The enemy
(Federal troops) in Black Bayou are retreating
towards the river, laying waste the whole
country. The river patrols report that two
gunboats convoying five cavalry transports pas
sed up the river tut the 7th—also - nineteen
transports with infantry, and forty freight
boats loaded down. The enemy are reinforcing
all the depots on the Memphis and Ohio rail
road. A special to the Appeal, from Senatobia,
says that thirty boats and twelve gunboats
have gone up from Memphis to operate on the
Cumberland. Heavy shipments are being
made on the Mobile and Ohio railroad. The
Corinth merchants are shipping their goods
north, and the sutlers are selling their wagons.
A great strategic movement is afoot.
MOBILE, April 10.—An °facial dispatch
states that the enemy, 400 in number, mostly
contrabands, were attacked by our cavalry
yesterday, and lost fifteen—our loss was one
lieutenant and one private slightly wounded.
The Yankee gunboats put back to Ship Island
with the wounded. Reinforcements have been
sent up to renew the engagement.
JACKSON, Miss., April 10.—Fifty-three Yan
kee gun boats (quere, where did they come
from ?) have gone up the Coldwater. A three
gun iron clad was abandoned and destroyed
by the Yankees at the mouth of the Amite
river. The Memphis lines are closed and her
metically sealed for sixty days. Neither cot
ton nor contrabands will be admitted.
MOBILE,ApriI 11.—An o ffi cer from the Brit
ish ship-o-war off the bar last night, reports
the capture of the city of Mexico by the
French. [This is probably the same unfound
ed rumor we had heie some days ago via Ha
vana.] Admiral Farragnt is reported to be
again blockading Red river.
CHATTANOOGA, April 10.—Nothing additional
from the front. Gen. Burnside was at Louis
ville with 20,000 men.
MILLEDoEVILLE, Georgia, April 11.—The
Senate to-day adopted as a substitute for the
bill indorsing the Confederate bonds a resolu
tion submitting the question to the people at
the October eledtion. The House rejected
Stephens' resolution against the indorsement
by one majority.
CHARLESTON, April 10.—There is no change
in the position of affairs, and all is quiet to
night. The steamer Emma sand Anna arrived
this morning from Nassau with a cargo of
merchandise.
Report of the select Committee of the
Rouse of Representatives on Postmas-
ter Bergner's Accounts
The select committee of investigation, appoitted
under the resolution of the House of Representa
tives, April 7, 1863, to whom was referred the re
poet of the Committee on Accounts in relation to
the postage accounts of Mr. George Bergner, post
master in Harrisburg, with instructions to send
for persons and papers, and to report on Monday,
the 13th instant, beg leave to cffer the following
report:
;Your committee met for the first time on the
7th day of April, and appointed Louis Blanche as
clerk.. Since that time they have held three ses
sionsf'deaeh day, and have examined eleven wit
neves, some of them at considerable length. The
fait witness examined, Mr Wesley Rees, a clerk
in the Harrisburg post office, whose statement is
substantially-as follows, and corroborated by a ma
jority of the clerks in the 'post office : He states
that the chief clerk, Henry Uhler, delivers to him
stamps to be used on legislative letters and docu
ments in sums varying from one to four hundred
dollars, which he. cancels as they are required,
previously having charged the whole amount to
the Legislature. The canceled stamps he places
on the counter near his delivery window, placing
a weight on them to prevent their curling up.
These stamps be cancels from time to time as they
may be required. That the uneanceled stamps
are left exposed to the officials in the office, in some
cases from day to day. That he has on several
occasions missed Some of these stamps, in one case
as high as sixty _dollars worth, and during the
Present session of the Legislature he thinks three
hundred dollars worth, of which two hundred dol
lars worth belonged to the House of Representa
tives. That on one occasion, when be missed
stamps, he informed the chief clerk of the amount
missing, who asked Mr. Bergner if he had taken
them, and the chief clerk informed him that Mr.
Bergner bad taken them. That no other stamps,
except those charged to the Legislature, are left
thus exposed, all others being kept under lock and
key, the clerks having charge of the same being
held responsible therefor.
Mr. Daniel B Herr, also a clerk In the post office,
states that be saw Mr. Bergner take stamps belong
ing to and which had been charged to the Legis
lature, (he thinks on two occasions,) to the amount
of fifty or sixty dollars each time, which be placed
in his private desk.
Mr. William Walter, another clerk, states he saw
sheets of stamps in Mr. Bergner's private desk.
Han. Philip Johnson, a member of Congress
from the 13th Congressional district, Pa., stated
that he had on several occasions received docu
ments and letters, pre-paid by stamps, which he was
entitled to receive free.
It is perhaps due to Mr. Bergner to state that
Ex-Postmaster George W. Porter testified that
while he was in office it was customary to give mem
bers stamps and stamped envelopes and charge
them to legislative accounts, and that he informed
Mr. Bergner tuck was the customary practice, and
also that putting on stamps oa congressional
matter would not enure to the benefit of the post
master.
The committee also telegraphed to the Postmas
ter General and received a statement of Mr. Berg.
ner's accounts with the department from January
Ist to April Ist, and compared it with Mr. Berg
ner's accounts kept in the office, and found that
they corresponded.
In this connection Mr. Joseph Moore, a member
of the Legislature, testified to having received, on
two occasions, a hundred or so stamps from Mr.
Bergner, believing there was no impropriety in it.
Mr. Samuel Josephs, a member of the Legisla
ture, was summoned to appear before the commit
tee by the sergeant-at-arms, but failed to obey the
summons.
Mr. Henry Uhler, the chief clerk in the post
office, not only corroborates the testimony of Messrs.
Rees and Herr, but also states that a few stamps,
belonging to the Legislature, were used by Mr.
Bergner and the clerks in the postoffice.
Such is a brief outline of facts which were brought
to light in relation to the manner of keeping poet
office accounts with the Legislature.
Your committee have therefore come to the fol
lowing conclutions :
That the manner of keeping stamps and using the
same, which have been previously charted to the
Legislature,.is loos,
,uncertain and reprehensible,
and seems to be well adapted to afford facilities
for peculation. The conduct of Mr. Bergner in
taking stamps for any purpose, after they have
been charged•to the Legislature, cannot be justified.
The fact that any member or members received
those stamps is, in the opinion of your committee,
equally reprehensible, and cannot be excused upcM
any ground by your committee, nor afford any
proper justification for the postmaster, no matter
what may have been the practice of his predeces
sors, and no man can tell whether it is confined to
the mentbefs or shared with' them by the post
master.
But as we cannot obtain from the evidence any
thing more than a mere estimate of the amount of
stamps thus irregularly used, we do not feel at
liberty to recommend the withholding of the pay
ment of the bill of postage for the month of March.
A considerable portion of the testimony has no
direct bearing on the main question which was
before the committee, but they have thought it
best herewith to submit the whole of it, that it may
speak for itself, together with a letter from Mr.
Bergner.
Your committee offer the following resolution
Resolved, That they be discharged from the
further consideration of the subject.
G. H. ROWLAND ) Chairman.
WM. GLENN,
T. JEFF. BOYER.
JAMES C. BROWN.
BARTHLOMEW LAPORTE.
LETTER FROM A SOLDIER.
The Old Merrimac—Skirmishing on the Blackwa
ter—rNorfolk to be Burned— General Footer
Relieved.
Correspondence of the Patriot and Union.
CAMP VILLE, Va., April 12, 1863
MESSRS EDITORS:—I was OUt on the old
Merrimac and got some relics off her which I
intend taking North. In high tide you can
not see anything of her at all ; but when the
tide is very low it comes down to what remains
of bow deck ; but the stern is never. visible.
Her steam pipes are still remaining. The bal
lasting was taken out and she was run into the
shore as near as they could and then set on
fire. The wood of the vessel is generally of
the live oak, a very lasting kind of timber.
They have a small flag - on the steampipes to
designate where she is, and also as a warning
to vessels passing her.
LATER.—Morning, April 13.—There was
quite a consternation here among the troops
yesterday, as the rebels had advanced across
the Blaokwater, and were skirmishing with our
fortes up there. They were represented to be
in heavy force, but reliable information this
morning says they were driven back again. I
tell you if they had advanced on Norfolk it
would have been too hot for them to stay there
long, for our troops intend giving them some
light on the subject by the burning of Norfolk.
This the rebs can depend on, for when our
forces give up this place they will not leave
any houses for the rebs to live in. What our
loss or the rebs was at Suffolk is not yet
known. •
Gen. Poster has been reinforced, and it is
now said he has enough troops to maintain his
position. Where the troops came from that
went to his aid I am not able to tell ; but no
difference where they came from so that he has
enough to hold out.
Weather very warm here. Yours, Sc.,
S. K. J.
LATEST BY TELEGRAPH.
FROM FORTRESS MONROE.
Fowl. MONROE, April 14 —General Dix has
returned, which is a source of much gratifica
tion to all.
The enemy in force are in close proximity
to our lines at Suffolk, but no general engage
ment is anticipated, unless an attack is made
by the Union forces, which is more than pro
bable.
In regard to affairs at Williamsburg, the
Cavalier of to-day says that Gov. Wise com
menced entrenching on the other side of Wil
liamsburg, and has issued an order to take Ft.
Magruder all hazards, and is afraid to make an
assault. He has resorted to digging.
We are in fine spirits.
Rebel prisoners say there was to have been
a simultaneous attack upon Washington, N. C.,
Suffolk, Va., Gloucester Point, and Williams
burg or Fort Magruder. The attack on Glou
cester Point was to have been made by Gen.
Fitzhugh Lee. These plans have probably
been somewhat interfered with by the recon
noissance of the 4th Delaware regiment and
Union gunboats up York river.
GEN. FOSTJEWS COMMAND.
NEW YORK, April .15.—Private advices from
Newborn on Sunday, state that a communica
tion had been received from Gen. Foster that
he had plenty of supplies, and it was believed
be could withstand all force the rebels could
bring against him.
BOSTON, Aprel 15.—A private letter from an
officer of the Forty-fourth regiment Massachu
setts volunteers, dated Newbern, N. C., ith
inst., says, we think the boys with General
Foster are safe from capture, but wait anx
iously to hear from them.
WRITE MAN vs. NEGRO.
NRW YORK, April 15.—There has been more
afficulty among the 'Longshoremen to-day.—
The Irish laborers seem to have determined
that negroes shall have no more work. The
police have thus far prevented any serious
trouble, though some serious collisions have
occurred.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
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DE. SWEET'S INFALLIBLE LINIMENT is pre
pared from the recipe of Dr. Stephen Sweet, of Connec
ticut, the great bone setter, and has been used in his
practice for the last twenty years with the most aston
ishing success. As an.extetnal remedy it is without a
rival, and will alleviate pain more speedily than any
other preparation. For all Rheumatic and Nervous
Disorders it is truly infallible, and as a curative for
Sores,Wounds, Sprains, Bruises, dm, its soothing, heal
ing and powerful strengthening properties, excite the
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quired constant attention, which, of course, implies
confinement by day and freqrently logs of rest by night.
The situation requires a woman of even temper and
gond constitution. Enquire at this (Mee.
Harrisburg, April 16,'1163-tf
UNION HOTEL,
Ridge Avenue, corner of Broad street,
HARRISBURG, PA.
The undersigned informs the public that he has re
cently renovated and refitted his well-known ' , Union
Hotel" on Ridge avenue, near the Bound House, and is
prepared to accommodate citizms, strangers and travel
ers in the best style, at moderate rates.
His table will be supplied with the best the markets
afford, and at his bar will be found superior brands of
liquors and malt beverages. The very best accommo
dations for railroaders employed at the shops in• this
vicinity. HENRY BOSTGEN.
apl4•dtf
TAPANESE TEA.—A choice lot of
el this celebrated Teajnst received. It is of the first
cargo ever imported, and is much superior to the Chi
nese Teas in quality, strength and fragrance, and is also
entirely free of adulteration, coloring or mixture of any
kind.
It is the natural leaf of the Tapenese Tea Plant..
For sale by WM. COOK, jr., & Co.
DOCKET KNIVES.-A very fine as .
nsonveze.t. SCHBEFBB , B BOOKSTORE.
TIMED PEACHES-PARED AND
UNPARED—Iust received by
WM. DOOB, Ti., do CO
DIANOS carefully packed or removed
11 by R. WARD.
r23-2W 12 North Third street.
A FSIGNEE'S NOTICE.—The account
of Dr. David C. Heller, assignee of Phillip Peck
and Farah, his wife, of East Hanover township, has
been filed in the Court of Common Pleas of Dauphin
county, and will be confirmed on the 12th day of May,
1803, unless cause be shown to the contrary.
— ap94l2tltw J. 0. YOUNG, Prothonotary.
SWEET CIDER, THE PUREST IN
the market, for sale by WM. DOM, Es., k CO.
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD
SUMMER TIME TABLE!
MM I
FIVE TRAINS DAILY TO & FROM PHILIDELPII Ik II
ON AND AFTER
MONDAY, APRIL 20, 1863,
The Passenger Trains of the Pennsylvania Raiheld
Company"f►ill depart from and arrive at Harrisb urg
Philadelphia as follows :
vO EASTWARD.
THROUGH EXPRESS TRAIN r Harrisburg
daily at 2.00 a. tn., And arrives at West Philadelphi a , t
6.10 a. m.
PAST LINE leaves Harrisburg daily (except Monday)
at 5.45 a. in., and arrives at West Philadelphia at 9.15
a. in. Passengers take breakfast at Lancaster.
WAY ACCOMMODATION, via Mount Joy, leu.c fs
Harrisburg at 7.00 a. in., and arrives at West PhilaclES.
phis. at 12.25 p. m.
FAST MAIL TRAIN leaves Harrisburg daily (sr
dept Sunday) at 1.00 p. m., and arrives at West Phi:a.
delpitia at 6.00 p. m.
HARRISBURG ACCOMMODATION TRAIN, via c c .
lnrabia, leaves Harrisburg at 4.09 p. at., and arrives it
West Philadelphia at 9.30 p. m.
WESTWARD.
BALTIMORE EXPRESS TRAIN leaves Harrishr;
daily (except Monday) at 2 00 a. tri ; A1t00na.,7.15 a
take breakfast, and arrives at Pittsburg at 12.00 noon,
PHILADELPHIA EXPRESS TRAIN leaves liarr!E
burg dailyat $,OO a, m. , Altoona at 8 00 take break.
fast, and arrives at Pittsburg at 12.30 p. m.
MAIL TRAIN leaves Harrisburg at 1.15 p. m..
toona at 7.15 p. in., take supper, and arrives at Pittsbur;
at 12.30 a. m.
HARRISBURG ACCOMMODATION TRAIN leaves
Philadelphia at 2.30 p. m., and arrives at Harrisburg at
8.00 p. m.
WAY ACCOMMODATION TRAIN leaves Philath!.
phis at 4.00 p. m„ and arrives at Harrisburg at I
p. m. This train runs via Mount Joy.
OAsllThfr D. YOUNG,
Superintendent Middle Div. Penn's B. R.
Harrisburg, April 16,1883 —dtf
'2ttnusrments.
BRANT'S HALL!
POSITIVELY TWO EVENINGS 0.,V1i
MONDAY AND TUESDAY, APRIL 10 and !.)1.
THE OEIOINAL AND ONLY eENUINE
PEAK FAMILY
SWISS BELL RINGERS!
CARD —Desiring to present to the public, as here:o.
fore, an entertainment second to none, the managernec.
takes pleasure in announcing to his former patrons an
the public generally, that ih addition t, the Original
Troupe there has been added five Instrumental Solo Ar
tists, and feeling very grateful for the very liberal p.
tronaga bestowed upon him on his previous visit, w!il
introduce &programme of the highest order.
Mad. JULIA PEAR .BLAISDELb,
Solo Harpist, (pupil of Bochsa )
J. F. SPAULDING,
,polo violinist and Solo Cornet.
Herr GUSTAV KAUFFMAN,
Solo Violinist from the Conservatoire of Music, LeiTsg,
Germany.
LITTLE LIZETTE,
The wonderful Contralto, and
MASTER EDDIE.
In their characteristic Representat , ons, Vocal va3 lz
strumental Selections.
. Admission 25 cents,
stores and at the door.
Doors open at 7; to commence at a quarter of 3
C. C. cnAsm,
Business Azezt-,
Tickets for sale at tha
apls-6td
GRAND MUSICAL MATINEE
Will be given on TUESDAY AFTERNOON, commenc
ing at three o'clock.
CHILDREN admitted for TEN CEISTE—Adults ii c:F,
GAIETY MUSIC HALL!
WALNUT STREET, BELOW THIRD
808 EDWARDS Sole Proprietor.
G. W. KIRBYE, Stage & Business Manager.
NEW COMPANY! NEW ORGANIZATION! Li!.
Engagement of the STAR SISTERS,
Misses EMMA and
EDITH WHITING,
The popular Vocalists, Dancers, &c.
Also,
JOHN PURCELL,
The Popylar
All the above favbrites, in conjunction with
Bob Edwards' Star Troupe, will appear every
evening in new and brilliant Acts, Songs, Dan
ces, &c.
NEW ATTACTI.ONS ! NEW ATTRACTIONS!
CROWDED HOUSES ! CROWDED ROUSES!
BRILLIANT SUCCESS OF
MISS ANNIE RUSH
The Harrisburg Favorite Queen of Songs.
MISS LAURA BERNARD,
THE PRETTIEST VOCALIST
IN THE PROFESSION,
MRS. JULIA EDWARDS,
MISS ROSE LaFORREST,
The Female Champion Jig Dancers.
G. W. KIREYE,
The most versatile performer in the profes
sion—performing over thirty different kinds
of astonishing acts, that must be seen to to
appeciated.
Master GEORGE KIRBYE, Jr.,
The best Juvenile Ethiopian Comedian in
the United States ; for this assertion we defy
all competition.
COME AND SEE HIM."
J. Al DRIA lA.RDELLA, Pianist,
Last, but not least, is the veritable
808 EDWARDS.
A NIGHTLY ORANGE OF PROGRAMME!
Embracing the best and .most popular fea
tures of the day, including gems from th 3
opera, Minstrelsy, Drama, Ballads, Burleeqt:eF7
Gymnastics, Magic Ventriloquism, &d., Lre.
Admission Only 20 Cents.
TO RENT-A coalforfa
ble Dwelling for a small family. within two
squares of Market square. Address Box 177, P. 0.
ap7ls-3m*
1.1 A DI S
' Newt.°l.l , o celebrated,
Michener's Excelsior,
Evans 8c Swift's superior,
Jersey Plain very fine::
Also, Dried Beef, Tongues and Bologna Sausage.
sale by apl4 WM, DOOK,
SMOKED SALMON.—A choice supply
for sale by WM. DOCK, jr., & Co.
LOST—A Brown , copper-oglored Spanie.l
Slut. The finder will be suitably rewarded by
ing it et the White Swart Hotel.
apl4.Btit 101iN hVGRANAGIIAN.
•
STOLEN.—Three Grey Mules were
Stolen from Byers' Coal wharf on Sunday nightlaht ,
A liberal reward will be paid for their recovery, or for
any evidence which will lead to the detection of toe
thief. apl3 31d* J. H. BURROWS.
UT . INDOW SHADES of linen, gilt•
V V ,i)erdered; and PAPER BLINDS of an endless
variety of designs and ornaments; also, CURTAIN
TIXTUEES and TASSELS at very low prices. Call at
Scheffees Bookstore.
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