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NOVEXEER 21,1862.
Judge Pearson's Charge.
The oharge of Judge Pearsoh to the grand
jury of Dauphin county will be found on our
list page. We publish it for general informa
tion, reserving what remarks we have to make
in relation to it for another occasion. We are
happy to say that it is clearer on some points
than his charge to the Lebanon jury, and are
pleased to see that his Honor has vindicated
his common sense and legal intelligence by
admitting a broaddistinction between the gov
ernment and the administration.
The Conscription.
The Cincinnati Enquirer says ; Mr. Arnold,
of Illinois, in a recent interview with the Sec
retary of War, ascertained the terms of the
forthcoming conscription. The action under
the law - will be first to return to the army all
absentees and deserters ; second, the draft
will be made, first in those States and districts
which have failed to furnish their quota under
calls heretofore made ; third, such of the States
as have furnished more than their proportions
of volunteers heretofore called for, will be
credited with such excess, and no draft will
probably be ordered in such States until the
number of troops furnished by the several
States shall have been equalized by drafts in
those States which are behind.
Humiliation and Prayer.
In pursuance of the Proclamation of the
President, this day will be generally observed
as a day of humiliation and prayer—that is
the formula will be observed, the Churches
will be open, and a few pions people will bow
sincerely in prayer, and very many hypocrites
and ungodly, whose treasures are here and
their hearts with their treasures, will render
meek service with their lips. There are Scribes
and Pharisees now as of old who are fast con
verting that which should be the "House of
God" into a "den of thieves."
In consequence of this day being set apart
for solemn service, for prayer in behalf of our
suffering country and severed -Union, there
will be no paper issued from this office to
morrow-
Blockley Insane Hospital.
The fourteenth annual Report of Rev. Ed
ward C. Jones, the faithful and earnest Chap:
lain of the Blockley Insane Hospital, has come
to hand, and mgrite notice as a record of
important pastoral labor in a unique but deeply
interesting field of philanthropic exertion.—
Mr. Jones has the pastoral oversight of more
than 500 patients in the various phases of
cerebral affection, and the bond of union be,
tween himself and his afflicted charge seems to
to be one based on affectionate regard. The
field occupied by Mr. J., considered in a phi
lanthropic aspect, is a noble one, for it is his
provinoe to soothe and cheer the afflicted by
the consolations of a faith the most elevated
and pure, that gospel which is balm to the
broken heart. Those who labor faithfully in
such a cause must have in store for them - a
rich reward.
Tams is an infamous article in the Telegraph
bf last evening, under the caption, "Only a
Fraternal Visit," founded entirely upon a ru
mor of an extensive rebel raid from Western
Virginia into the border eonnties. of Fayette
and Washington in this State, which, according
to the very latest intelligence; published
in the same paper, turns out to be the
verriest humbug, the 8,000 rebels haarng
dwindled down to a few hundred, who
never touched Pennsylvania at all, and
the burning of the bridges being tho work of
"secessionists who live in the neighborhood."
With sensible men its malignity will defeat its
purpose—but there are too many whose fanati
cism has made them blind and credulous, who
will probably believe it, and be ready, at a
a moment's notice from the right quarter, to
shoot down any Damcerat they may meet, un
der-the impression that it is necessary to save
the government and protecktheir own families.
They are feloniously called upon by the Tele
graph to set the laws at defiance, to forego
"constitutional constructions" in order to
"root oat whatever they may choose to con
sider "treason' =and who would wonder if,
after awhile, when worked up to the proper
pitch of madness by such bloody and das—
tardly appeals to their worst passions, they
would take the advice and admonitions so
/easily: -and frequently given in their li
teral sense, and commence a series of
brutal attacks, which would culminate is
a partisan war, vindictive and bloody,
which Harrisburg and the country would mourn
for a full generation ? We call the attention
of the District Attorney, Judge Pearson and
the Grand Jury to the article, and we admon
ish them, since they seem desirous to preserve
the peace, to guard against such provocations
to a breach of it. There is a double danger.
The ignorant of the party of which the Tele
graph is the organ here may be incited to vio
lent:le by its falsehoods and appeals, or those
who are so atrociously caluminated, so baftey
and falsely stigmatized, finding no protection
in the lair, may set it aside and take redreee
in their own hands.
•Cause and Effect.
As Fighting Joe Hooker is now probably
advancing against the enemy at the head of as
fine an army as ever General commanded, we
do not desire, unnecessarily, to say a word in
his disparagement. But there ai e some things
which no false sense of delicacy or propriety
shall restrain us from noticing. It is only on
rare occasions that he has ever been known to
speak favorably of any officer his equal or su
perior in rank, and even on those occasions
his language unmistakably marks him an ego
tist and braggart. The ,general rule is that
such men are cowards. Hooker is an excep
tian—he is brave, reputed so even to rashness,
and that is all we can at present say in his fa
vor, for he has yet to prove that he possesses
in any degree the qualities of an able General.
He is a coarse, vulgar man, with a high opin
ion of himself and a very low opinion of
nearly all others of equal military rank. If
he is successful we shall rejoice; but we have
no hesitation in expressing the opinion that he
is not equal to the position he holds—and,
notwithstanding the tried valor, the excellent
discipline and numerical strength of his army,
(said to be 159,000 strong,) we shall be no lees
surprised than gratified to hear of his gaining
a great victory, or even escaping a mortifying
and dangerous reverse. In short, we have no
confidence in the man, and place our judgment
on record against the event, soon to happen,
which will prove it right or wrong.
But, as we set out with no intention to criti
cise minutely the character of this military
chieftain, the favorite apparently of the ad
ministration, we shall come back to our origi
nal design, which was tq quote an extract or
two from his testimony in reference to the Pe
ninsular campaign, as published by the Com
mittee on the Conduct of the War.
Major General Joseph Hooker sworn and ex
amined :
Question by the Chairman. To what do you
attribute the failure of the Peninsular cam
paign?
Answer. Ido not hesitate to say Mat it is to be
attributed to the want of generalship on the part of
our commander.
Question. Were you consulted upon the sub
ject of !the line of the Peninsular in preference
to the one direct to Richmond?
Answer. I never was consulted on the subject.
This will do for the present. Here we have
a clear illustration of cause and; effect. - As we
said before, Hooker is a vain man, as almost
all men deficient in great qualities are, and not
being "consulted" he took offence, and hence
does "not hesitate to say" that the Peninsular
campaign was a "failure" on account of Gen
eral M'Clellan's "want of generalship." Had
he been consulted, his testimony would proba
bly have been different. Gen. Burnside, after
trying and proving this boaster, gave his opin
ion of him in his Order No. 8, AS follows;
First—Gen. Joseph E. Hooker, Maj or General
of Volunteers and Brigadier General of the
United States Army, having been guilty of un
just and unnecessary criticisms of the actions
of his superior officers and of the authorities,
and having, by the general tone of his con
versation, endeavored to create distrust in the
minds of officers who have associated with him,
and having, by omissions and otherwise, made
reports and statements which were calculated
to create incorrect impressions, and for habitu
ally speaking in disparaging terms of other of
ficers, is hereby dismissed the service of thg
United States, as a man unfit to hold an im
portant commission during a crisis like the
present, when so much patience, charity, con
fidence, consideration and patriotism are due
from every soldier in the field.
Address of the Democratie Members of
the New York Legislature—
/mai acuottrument of the New
York ,Legislature the Democratic members
issued an admirable address to their constitu
ents, from which the following is an extract:
The Democrats of the northern States need
no exculpation from the charge of want of
fidelity to the country. They leave the pro
fessions of ultra loyalty to those upon whose
patriotism the political history of the country
casts doubt.
During the Revolution the Tories, who gave
" unqualified support to the administration of
George III," formed themselves into loyal
leagues, and were known through the contest
as loyalists. The upholders of arbitrary
power, and of acts opposed to freedom, natu
rally take the same course and adopt the same
terms. But is there any reason for Democrats
joining a defeated party in assuming a dishon
ored name ?
That we apprehend in these artfully con
trived measures of Federal consolidation, dan
ger to the free institutions of the loyal North,
is not to be concealed. The governing influ
ence at Washington is that of a minority in
these States. It makes up in rashness and
violence for its want of force and wisdom. It
is not loyal to the Constitution, nor true to
the Union. " For forty years," says one of
its leaders, "I have labored tkr the dissolution
of the Union;" and he tharl God when the
'icked and criminal blow was struck by the
armed secessionists of the South, that the sec
tionalists of that quarter had thus come to his
aid.
Oa the sth of July, /862, immediately after
the emancipation and confiscation acts had
passed the House- of Congress, and while they
were in the hands of the Senate, Secretary
Seward wrote to the American Minister in Lon
don, Mr. Adams, "It seems as if the extreme
advocates of African slavery and its most ve
hement opponents were acting in concert to
gether to precipitate a servile war—the former
by making the most desperate attempt to over
throw the Federal Union, the latter by demand
ing an edict of universal emancipation as a
lawful and necessary, if not, as they say, the
only legitimate way of saving the Union,"
This co- operation of extremes had commenced
its evil influence long before this avowal, and
has continued to exert it steadily ever since,
to consolidate against us the South, and to di
vide the North. •
The secessionists who armed themselves
against the Union were in like manner a mi
nority at the South, who made up by violence
for their want of numbers. Thus two great
divisions of the Union have been thrown into
a desolating civil war by the acts of desperate
men, to whom the people refused confidence in
ordinary times of peace ; but who, taking ad
vantage of their position, and appealing to
sectional passions, produced a collision which
involved all classes and all interests in the con
flict, and gave to the conspirators and dema
gogues, at both extremes, position, power, and
plunder.
We do not propose to discuss the question
of the mutual duties of citizens end govern.
mental authorities whioh This state of things
has developed. It is fully and ably presented
in the message of Governor Seymour to this
Legislature on its. organization. In those
statesmanlike views we cordially concur. They
have furnished a ranyiug point sIId common
ground of union to the loyal Democracy and
conservatives of all the States.
Since that state paper was proclaimed, the
dangers have increased and the sky is darkened
by impending disasters and g'oomy doubt.. Bat
the incapacity and imhecility shown by those
in command of the war presents an aspect of
calamity less appalling than the idea that the
same west bands and perverse minds shall un
dertake the accomplishment of a peace upon
the basis of a permanent separation of these
states.
That is now the growing apprehension of the
popular mind. It is notorious that the Abo
lition leaders boldly hold out this as the pro
bable alternative of war. The Men who have
dictated with most authority and influence the
policy of the administration hardly affect to
conceal that they will be content with this
consummation. The conduct of the.war leads
directly to such an end. The division of ar
mies, the removal of generals, the attempt to
introduce politics into the army, the coercion
of opinion, the movements to break down the
resisting power It the North, all point to this.
Such a conclusion to the Abolition policy the
Democracy of New York, in their first State
Convention held after; the outbreak of the war,
anticipated and denounced. They protest
against it now, and they invoke all the ener
gies of the free people of the North against a
political faction which, having artfully initi
ated a fratricidal war, proposes now to end it
by a parricidal peace.
The only legitimate object of war is to ob
tain a just and well-founded peace. Such a
peace can only be made secure by restoring
the Union upon the basis of the Constitution,
with the rights of every State strengthened
and guaranteed ; and for this that instrument
provides the proper and practical means-ea
convention—to revise, amend, and reaffirm the
terms.of the Federal compact. every Demo
cratic victory in the North, which rescues the
States from the domination of sectionalism and
fanaticism, is a step toward the consummation
of such a peace, not less potent than the suc
cess of the Federal arms.
In the midst of the surrounding gloom, with
a desperate struggle forced upon us, the duty
of the Democracy of New York can be clearly
discerned. It is to furnish to those in au
thority all constitutional means for the suc
cessful conduct of the war till the armed force
of the rebellion—the object and aims of which
we heartily condemn—is broken, and to strug
gle persistently against a dismemberment of
the Union. We must cling to the Union and
stand by the Constitution, and uphold the
cause of law and order. We must save our
own noble State from anarchy, while we main
tain with constancy and patience its inaliena
ble rights of sovereignty and independence.
While the elective franchise is left free and the
courts of justice are maintained in their func
tions, we must trust to them for the vindica
tion of political and personal HO ta. We must
support the administration in all constitutional
measures to suppress rebellion; we must even
uphold it in its functions, lest, in its.imbecility
ofjudgment and lack of moral courage, it sink
out of existence before the appointed day of
its expiration ; lest we should realize by its
death, as we have by so many acts of its life,
the fearful calamity of the disorganization of
the very form and function and framework of
our Federal system. If we do this, if we are
firm and constant, patient and reliant upon the
providence of God to overrule the follies of
men, we shall yet save the Republic.
It will be seen that, in this , address, there is
no departure from the ground assumed by the
Democracy Of New York during the short,
sharp and victorious campaign of last fall.
The Democratic party of New York, sap the
World, continue to navigate the same stanch
old ship, sailing by the same compass, and
steering in precisely the same direction, as
before the question had been audibly raised
whether the war should go on. It will not
change its course until the object of the war
is so far attained that the South is willing to
negotiate for peace on the basis of reunion.
This vaporing administration is naturally
pusillanimous and cowardly, and should it be
unsuccessful in the campaigns of this year,
there is danger that it will succumb, and con
sent to separation. It is for the stout-hearted,
unterrified, and ever true Democracy, which
has always embodied the best fighting element
of the country, to prevent so disgraceful a
catastrophe of a war that opened with such .a
.......m....ovin-ratrzonsM. Every-suc
cessful war in which this country has ever been
engaged was conducted by the Democratic
party. It has always been a bold party, and
sometimes perhaps over-belligerent. Its mili
tary instincts were evinced in its election of
General Jackson to the Presidency, from ad
miration of his great victory at New Orleans;
by its popular watch-word of " Fifty-four
Forty or Fight" in the controversy with Great
Britain respecting the Oregon boundary, when
our just claim extended no higher than the
forty-ninth parallel; by its dissatisfaction with
the Webster-Ashburton treaty for settling the
northeastern boundary, when it would sooner
have fought than to surrender an inch of our
claim; by its sending the British minister,
Crampton, out of the country in the Pierce
administration, and thus defying Engised to
its teeth ; and, though last not least, by the
zeal, alacrity, and determination with which
it rallied in the beginning of this war to the
support of an administration whose election it
had opposed, and whose principles• it consid
ered dangerous. As the next Presidential elec
tion approaches, this incapable administration
will be likely to incline toward a disgraceful
peace. It will see that the suedess of the
Democratic party and the restoration of the
Union, with a full guarantee of the rights of
the South, is the knell of the Republican party,
and the political death of all who have been
identified with it. If they consent to peace
from dread of the reunited Democracy pf the
North and the South, it will be the duty of the
Democratic party to defeat so base a project.
If they fail in the war, they must not be able
to offer, as an excuse for peace, that Demo
oratio opposition did not permit them to be
successful. The Democratic party is the only
party in the country with sufficient vigor of
character and administrative ability either to
conduct a euccessful war or to arrange an
honorable peace.
The Troubles lu Indium.
It is difficult to comprehend the actual condi
tion of affairs in some of the Northwestern
States—lndiana, for example, where serious
disturbances have taken plaee in several in.
stances. We would naturally expect symp
toms of disaffection to show themselves there,
sooner than elsewhere at the North, from th e
fact that so long there has been intimate con
nection with the South, owing to the facilities
of river navigation, and the fact that so many
Southern men have found refuge in that part
of the - country. But there are other influences
at work, tending more directly to disorganize
Soddy. It is notorious that the laws have not
been thoroughly and impartially enferCed.—
Property has been destroyed by mobs, news
paper:offices have been demolished, and indi
viduals have suffered from partisan malice,
without that protection which they bad a right
to demand from the legitimate authorities.—
And for laws thus practically nullified, a
military governor has been substituted, over
riding in no small degree the.local statutes. It
is to this tendency toward what probably a
mrj mity of the people regard as usurpation,
that opposition is chiefly manifested. As
stated by the Indianapolis Sentinel", a promi
nent cause of disaffection originates in this
Mal
a We have a civil government in Indiana.—
There has been no resistants() to its authority.
Any civil officer, a township constable even,
can serve say writ or arrest any person, with
out molestation or hindrance, if properly
authorized. Certainly the citizens of Indiana
are as loyal and law-abiding as Massachusetts,
yet mark the contrast. The one has a military
commandant,, the other has not. In Indiana
we have a military police, and alleged viola
tions of civil law are treated as offenses against
military law. Citizens are arreald by military
authorities without process of law, upon mere
suspicion, and at the instigation of personal or
party opponents or spies. The civil govern
ment of Indiana is thus subordinate to Federal
military authority, exercised by officers who
are expected to recognize no other allegiance
but the administration in power, and yield im
plicit obedience to its orders. Such is not the
case in Massachusetts. Can we arrrive at any
other conclusion than Indiana has no longer a
local self-government except in name ? "
The same paper remarks, in concluding an
article on this subject:
"The Democracy want peace in Indiana.
The have made and will continue to make great
sacrifices to procure it. The responsibility of
the future, however, rests with the public of
ficials, and it is for them to say, as the guar
dians of popular rights and administrators of
the law, whether they will ensure domestic
tranquility and secure the blessings of liberty
to all alike, as they have the power to do, and
which should be the first and highest object of
every good government and all its representa
tives.
If we have not here the real source of diffi
culty, the explanation must be accepted, so far
as it goes. Doubtless the disapproval of cer
tain acts of the administration, so strongly
manifested in Indiana and other neighboring
States, is regarded at Washington as equivalent
to disloyalty and requiring summary treatment.
Certain it is that some hot-headed partisans
pronounce it such, and demand that force
should be employed forthwith to a remedy.
The Chicago Tribune expounds the duty of the
Federal government as follows :
"Resistance to the government in Indiana
is as much treason as in South Carolina. And
why should it not be disposed of in the same
way ? * * The rebel in the North and the
rebel in the South should be treated precisely
alike—that is, powder and hemp should be the
prescriptions so long as the resistance is con
tinued."
It is this harsh judgment of political oppo
nents—this readiness to supersede the usual
forms of law, and set up in their stead a kind
of military dictator, which provokes popular
resentment. The people of Indiana should
understand, however, that a bad government
is better than none, and that if needs be they
must temporarily suffer wrong, till a constitu
tional remedy can be provided.
It becomes the administration at Washington
to exercise great prudence and caution in deal
ing with these Western matters. The wisdom
of Solomon is needed in times like the present
—not the counsels of Rehoboam. If the Pre
sident would close his ears to the rash and
suicidal advice of radicalism, and take a short
trip to Illinois and Indiana to see for himself
the state of affairs there, he could doubtless
succeed in quieting all disturbance, and pro
ducing entire calmness and patience on the
part of the people.—Journal of Conimerce.
HEWS OF THE DAY.
A telegraphic dispatch from Pittsburg, Apri
28, evening, says :
rEnTi kt iek t irWVetigna dimensions gre;tiy.
The force at Morgantown is reported as not
over 800 strong, and is supposed to be the
same party of guerrillas that has been endea
voring to damage the Baltimore and Ohio rail
road since Sunday. The telegraphic commu
nication is perfect between Wheeling and Graf
ton, and the railroad east of that point is not
much damaged, as far as kgown. The excite
ment is abating.
Robert Wilson, a clerk in the Interior De
partment, Washington, and Thornton Smith,
a resident of that city, have been indicted for
a conspiracy to effect the escape of prisoners
in the Old Capitol prison.
• The Northern Central Pennsylvania railroad
has purchased of the Caton Company a portion
of their real estate in East Baltimore for a de
pot at that point. The government is negoti
ating with the same company for a sufficient
quantity of land to erect a building for an
ordnance department.
A court-martial held in Cincinnati has found
guilty Simpson D. Talbot and Thos. Sullivan,
of Paris, Kentucky, charged with harboring
and preventing the arrest of certain persons
belonging to the rebel army. The court-mar
tial also found Thomas IL Campbell guilty of
being a rebel spy, and sentenced him to be
hung on ilk! first of May.
The following are among the Washington
items, April 28
It is understood that, upon representations
made to the War Department from unquestion
able authority, a mixed commission of military
officers and civilians has been appointed by the
secretary of War to proceed at once to the
West to examine into the operations of the
army police in Tennessee and Kentucky, and
report to the War Department.
The government, it is said, bas information
from abroad showing that the immigration into
this country for some years henceforth is likely
to exceed that of former times. The aggregate
will include artisans from England and labo •
rers from Ireland and Germany, who are even
now preparing for exile from their homes.
News from rebel sources:
The Richmond Enquirer, of the 27th instant,
says " The enemy have occupied the county
of Fauquler in large force, reported at from
20,000 to 30,000. They are said to have 15,-
000 infantry and 18,000 cavalry. Their infan
try camp was, at last accounts, on the Orange
and Alexandria railroad, below Warrenton
Junction, and their cavalry picket the Rappa
hannock. It is reported that a small force of
the enemy made a dash up to Washington,
Rappahannock county; but this is not certain.
Skirmishing along the river is daily taking
place."
The Enquirer, in speaking relative to affairs
in South Carolina, says there are some indica
tions that the Yankees are moving in South
Carolina. It is supposed that their intention
is to make a raid in the vicinity of the Coosa
hatchie, probably to attempt to destroy the
railroad between Savannah and Charleston.
The Richmond Dispatch. of the 27th Flays :
"A telegram re3eived in this city yesterday
States that the Federals were advancing on the
Jackson and Meridian railroad, Mississippi,
and had destroyed the stone bridge on that
road."
By telegraph yesterday afternoon :
NEw YORK 4 April 29.—The steamer Empire
City from New Orleans 20th and_ Key West
24th. has arrived. Capt. Baxter reports that
news had been received at New Orleans that
General Banks had taken possession of the
Opelousas railroad and opened communication
with Admiral Farragut above Port Hudson.—
Banks had captured a large number of prison
ers, stores of cotton, ammunition, &c. About
500 prisoners daily were arriving at New Or
leans.
BOSTON, April 29.--Capt. Glover of the bark
Lysander, fron Cienfuegos, reports that on the
10th instant, off Colorado Reef, be saw a ves
sel on fire, but being afraid of pirates he stood
away. On the 12th instant, when in lat.
23° 18/, long. 83° 45/, he reports being chased
by a small schooner privateer, which ordered
him to heave to and send a boat on board of
him, which he refused, and called up all hands
and ordered small arms to be got ready. The
pirate saw the rush aft with muskets, and con
cluded to let ns pass. _He then stood away in
chase of a schooner under our lee.
New YORK, April 29.—The steamship New
York, from Liverpool on the 15th, arrived here
this morning. The Virginia, which was
launched in the Clyde for Confederate service,
is reported to be in the British channel, near
the French coast, where she took on her arma
ment and sailed westward immediately after.
She is described as a fast sailer, of great
strength, armed with ten heavy guns and two
Whitworth 68-pounder pivot guns.
Langieweicz, the captured Polish Dictator,
has declared to the Austrian authorities that
he can be no longer bound by his parole.
Russia has granted full and entire amnesty to
all Poles and Russians who lay down their
arms and return to their allegiance by the 13th
of May. The amnesty has been universally
rejected, and has redoubled the intensity of
the insurrection. Every one from Cracow
wishes to join, even without arms.
SAN . FRANCISCO, April 28.—The steamer
Constitution arrived at this port to-day from
Panama, with dates from the City of Mexico;
via Aoapulca, to the Bth, and Puebla to the 6th
Since the 31st ultimo the French have kept up
a constant bombardment of the city of Puebla,
and had destroyed the convent of San Augus
tine and six blocks of buildings, but had made
no progress towards occupying the city.—
Fighting continued on the 6th instant. The
French had lost 700 men in taking a small
fort on the outskirts of Puebla, and had lost
$20,000 worth of stores at Vera Cruz by a
heavy storm.
NEW Vous, April 29.—A1l was quiet at
Newbern and Little Washington on the 26th.
The troops were stregthening the fortifications
at both places.
A special to the Tribune from Murfreesboro',
dated the 28th, says there is an alarm here to
night in consequence of reports that the enemy
intend to attack Rosecrans immediately. Our
scouts report the advance of rebels to Beech
Grove and Wartraee, only nine hours march
from •this place. Probably the enemy have
advanced in force without artillery, to counter
act a supposed general advance of this army,
Which General Reynolds' expedition was pre
sumed to indicate. They have been reinforced
somewhat, but no military man here dare hope
for such good fortune as an attack upon the
army of the Cumberland at Murfreesboro'. No
patriot could desire a better thing for the Union
cause.
WASHINGTON, April 29.—1 t was generally
believed on Monday, and in some quarters
positively asserted, that the Army of the Po
tomac has commenced marching. The rebels
seem to be of the same opinion, as a Freder
icksburg correspondent of a Richmond paper
DIVA mo impression tontiamed that the Fed
eral army is withdrawing from the line of the
Rappahannock.
PHILADELPHIA, April 29.—A letter from the
President of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad
company, dated 28th, in reference to the re
ported damage to the road by the rebels, whose
reported raid we noticed yesterday, says one
bridge only was destroyed west of Oakland,
which we are reconstructing. We have strong
forces at all points and expect to re-open
through to-morrow. No passenger or freight
trains have been disturbed upon our entire
line.
TEE TURN OF LlFE.—Between the years forty
and sixty, a man who has properly regulated
himself may be considered in the prime of
life. His matured strength of constitution
renders him almost impervious to the attacks
of disease, and experience has given him sound
ness to his judgment. His mind is resolute,
firm and equal; all his functions are in the
highest order. He assumes mastery over busi
ness, builds up a competence on the foundation
he has formed in early manhood, - and passes
through a period of lifeat tended by many grog
tifications. Having gone on a year or two past
sixty, he arrives at a stand still.
But athwart this is a viaduct, called the
"Turn of Life, "
which, if crossed in safety,
leads to the valley of "Old Age," around which
the river winds, and then beyond, without a
boat or causeway, to effect a passage. The
bridge is, however, constructed of fragile mate
rials, and it depends upon how it is trodden,
whether it bend or break. Gout and apoplexy
are also in the vicinity to waylay the traveler,
and thrust him from the pass ; let him gird up
his loins and provide himself with a fitter staff,
and he may ti ndge in safety with perfect com
posure. To quimetaphor ; the "Turn of life,"
is a turn either into a prolonged walk or into
the grave. The system of powers, having
reached their utmost expansion, now begin to
either close in like the flowers at sunset, or
break down at once.
AN INCIDENT IN CONNECTICIIT.-It is well
known that, in the recent election in Connec
ticut,- soldiers who would vote the Abolition•
ticket were allowed to go home from the army
and vote. Some Democrats, who were ex
tremely anxious to see home once more, also
pledged themselves to so vote if they could be
allowdd to return and see their friends.
One, by the name of Randall, having a sick
Mother at Danielsonville, and wishiug to see
her once more ere she should pass from earth,
begged for a furlough, as a starving child
would beg for bread ; and at hit, when all
other means had failed, consented to pledge
himself to vote for Buckingham. He came
home ; saw his dying mother • went to Kil
lingly town meeting ; voted for Buckingham, as
he had agreed to ; and then stood up in the
town Louse and related these facts. —.Ports
mouth (N. ) Union.
Tun PACIFIC Mmzs, of Lawrence, Mass., are
the most extensive in the world, employing
over 2,500 operatives. The mills was built in
1854, two years after its incorporation, and
with a capital of $2,430 000. The kind of
goods manufactured are delainas, cashmeres,
ehallies. calicos and print lawns. The power
is obtained from five turbine water wheels.
In the manufacturing department, which is
800 feet in te.►gtb ; there are 62,000 awnlles in
operation, 1,600 looms, opera tel 1 by ( 50 warner
and the average amount of cottan consumeu
per week is about 4.2001b5., and of wool 20,-
000 lbs., all of which, when manufactured,
make 360,000 yards of goods. The printing
department comprises sixteen machines, and
25,000,000 yards of goods are printed yearly.
Ntro 2bertionnents.
'WANTED TO RENT.—A suitable
house for a email family, within two squares from
Market Square—rents from $lOO to $l2O. Addrefs P. O.
T or No. 214, Harrisbur Apr3o-130,
TWENTY DOLLARS REwARD,.....
Twenty dollars reward will be raid for the detec
tion of the thief who-stole a tow line from the flat
the subscriber on Monday night lest.
mr29-3t W. X. TERBENE.
WM. GASTROCK ,
MERCHANT TAILOR,
Having opened a shop in WALNUT STRUM', o ne
door above Fourth, informs his friends that be hss Dow
on bond a fine assortment of DRESS GOODS, which
he will sell cheap and make up to order in a superior
style. His long exper:enee as a tailor enables Ilm t ,
guarantee entire satisfaction. ap29-dlw
WM. H. MILLER,
R. E. FE A R
GUS ON,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
OFFICE IN
SHOEMAKER'S BUILDING,
SECOND STREET,
BETWEEN WALNUT and MARKET SQUARE,
ap29-ddcw Nearly opposite the Buehler gone.
"I_TOW ARE YOU GREEN
' BAORS."—DAN BRYANT'S new comic Song.
Price 30 cents, jast received and for sale by WARD, at
hie Mule store, Third street. Call and get a copy
early. aptlS
FRED. SCHNEIDER,
MEADOW LANE,
A PRACTICAL DYER FROM GERMANY,
Takes this mode to inform the public and hie numer
one friends that he has fitted up a DYEINO ROOM,
In Meadow Lane, in the city of Harrisburg, p a.,
Wbere he is prepared to do anything in dyeing : as
Silk, Woolen, Cotton, etc.. warranted for good.
ap2S d3m
WALLPAPER ) BORDERS, &c.,
sold yet at last year's prime, without any advance.
At SOREFFER , B BOOKSTORE.
HUBBARD BROS.,
IMPORTERS OF WATCHES,
NEW YORK,
Have the pleasure of anncuncing to their numerous
friends and patrons in the Army, that they are prepared
to 6.11 orders and transmit parcels BY MAIL, with the ut
most care and promptitude. Watches so forwarded are
registered; we take upon ourselves all risks of transpor
tation, and guarantee a safe delkoery.
Improved Solid Sterling Silver Im. ENGLISH.
LEVERS, in good running order, and warranted ac
curate timepieces. This is an entire new pattern, made
expressly for American Army and Navy sale. They are
manufactured in a very handsome manner, with Eng/it.4
crown mark, certifying their genuineness; all in all,
they are a most desirable Watch. Frank Leslie's Illus
trated News of Feb. 21st, '63, says :•-."IIOBBARD'S TIMR
RENNER'S are becoming proverbial for their reliability
and aecurary. They are particularly valuable for offi
cers in the army, and travelers) , The price is SeVRIkiTY
TWO DOLLARS ($72) per case of six, being about ow:-
third the cost of ordinary English Levers, while they
will readily retail for a larger price. Postage, per case,
$1.84_
RAILWAY TIMEKEEPERS, for Army Speen-
Intion--The Army and Pary Gazette, of Philadel
phia, in its February number, says This imports..
tion of the HUBBARD BROS., of New York, Ells a long.
felt want, being a.handsome and serviceable Watch at,
an extremely low flgure. 37 Superior in style and finish!
Decidedly the most taking novelties out! Should retail
at prices from $2O to $lO each. Good imitation of both
gold and silver, with fancy colored hands and beautiful
dials,with superior regulated movement. Sold only by
the case of six of assorted designs. Engraved and
superior electro-plated with gold, and silver-plated, per
Me Of six , FORTY-EIGUT DOLLARS, ($45.) By
postage, $1.65 per case.
MAGIC TIME OBSERVERS, the Perfection
of Mechanism l'--BEING A HUNTING AND OYER APACE,
Or LADY'S OR GENTLEMAN'S WATOR COMBINED, WITH PA
TENT SELF-WINDING IMPROVEMENT .—The New York Il
lustrated News, the leading pictorial paper of the Uni
ted States, in its issue of Jan. 10th, 1883, on page 147,
voluntarily says i—A.Vre have been shown a most pleas
ing novelty, of which the HUBBARD BROS., Of New York,
are the sole importers. It is called the Magic Time
Observer, and is a Hunting and Open Face Watch com
bined. One of the prettiest, most convenient, and de
cidedly the best and cheapest timepiece fer general ana
reliable use ever offered. It has within it and connec
ted with its machinery, its own winding attachment,
rendering a key entirely unneccessary. The cases of
this Watch are composed of two metals, the outer one
being flue 18 carat gold. It has the improved ratty ac
tion lever movement, and is warranted an accurate time
piece." Price, superbly engraved, per case of half
dozen, $204. Sample Watches, in neat morocco boxes,
for those proposing to buy at wholesale, $35. If sent
by mail the postage is 36 cents. Retails at $lOO sal
Titi o lv
a have no agents or e'rettlars. Buyers must
deal with us direct, ordering from this advertisement,
Terms Cash in advance. Remittances may be made in
United States money, or draft payable to our order in
this city. If you wish goods sent by mail, enclose the
amount of the postage with your order. Write your
address in full. Registered Letters only at our risk.
Address HUBBARD 8R03., IMPORTERS,
East Cor. Nassau and John streets,
New York.
PROPOSALS.
ap29 d3m
Sealed Proposals are invited unt;l the 4th day of Hay,
1863. for supplying the U. S. Subsistence Department
at Harrisburg, Pa , with FRESH BEEP.
The that delivery of ieef to be made on the 6th day
of May, 1663, or as soon thereafter as the understated
may diteet.
A bond with good and sufficient security will be re
quired,
No bid will be entertained when put in by contractor 9
who have previously failed to comply with their con
tracts in any Department of the Government, or erhFra•
the bidder is not present to rexpond to his bid.
The names of firms should be stated in full, with the
precise address of - each member of the firm.
Proposals from disloyal parties will not be considered,
and an oath of allegiance trust accompany each propo
sition.
All bldg must be accompanied by two guarantees.
Bids to be directed to Capt. W. H. BELL, 0, B.
A., Harrisburg, Pa , and endorsed " Proposals for fur
nighing fresh Beef."
FORM OF GUARANTEE.
We, —, of the county of and State of —,
do hereby guarantee that is able to fulfil a
contract in accordance with the terms of his proposi
tion, and that should his proposition be accepted, he
will at once enter into a contract in accordance there.
with. Should the contract be awarded him we are pre
pared to become his securities.
(This guarantee must be appended to each bid.)
The responsibility of the guarantor must be abeam
by the official certificate of the Clerk of the nearest
District Court, or the U. S. District Attorney.
Proposals to be opened at 12 m., on the 4th day of
May, at office on Third street, above Maiket.
W. H. BELL, ap.2B , dtd Captain, 0, S. 11. S. A.
TAILORING.
• •
GI- -M 1 C:10 . sx,t7 4M- mac.
The subscriber is reads at NO. 94, 1411AIMIT ST.,
four doors below Fourth street, to make
MEN'S AND BOY'S CLOTHING
In'any desired style, and witk skill and promptness.
Persons wishing cutting done can have it done at the
shortest notice. ap27-dly
WANTED TO RENT-A SMALL
HOUSE, or part of a house, baying not less
than four rooms. Apply at this office, or addreaa
ap2s 4 t X. X.," PATRIOT & thaws Orrice.
A 31 S !-I
20,000, lbs. Composed of the following Brawl=
ust received
NEWBOLD'S—Celebrated.
NEW JERSEY—SeIect.
EVANS SWlFT'S—Superior.
21ICHINER'S EXCELSlOR—Canvassed.
MICIIINEIt'S EXCELSIOR—Not ea nvaased
IRON ClTY—Canvassed
IRON CITY—Not canvassed.
PLAIN HAMS—Strictly prime.
ORDINARY HAMS—Very good.
irr Every Ham sold will be guaranteed as represe2-
ted. WM. DOCK. je., & CO.
APPLES!!
160 BUSwELS PRIME APPLES just received and
gale (very low) by WM. Dorm. Jr & CO.
WANTED -A BAR TEN DE ti.-Ap
ply at the EUROPEAN HOTEL, Market strser,
Harrisburg. ap2B-3W
BLINDS & SHADES.
____
B. J. WILLIAMS, No:16 North Sixth street, Phila
delphia, Manufacturer of-
VENETIAN BLINDS and
WithDoW SIIADES.
Ir_r The largest and finest assortment in the city, at
the lowest prices. Blinds painted and trimmed equal
to new. Store Shades made and lettered. mr3l-20.1