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THE NATIONAL PLATFORM.
PURPOSES 'OP THE WAR.
Congress, by a vote nearly unanimous, passed
the following resolution, which expresses the
voice of the Nation and is the true standard of
Loyalty:
. 1 That the present deplorable civil war has been
forced upon the country.: by the disonionista of "the
Pouthern States, now in arms against the Constitutional
government, and in arms around the Capital; that in
this National emergency, Congress, bunts - King all feel
big of mere passion or resentment, will recollect only
its duty de the whole country;• tbat this war is not
waged on their pan in any spirit of oppression, offit
any pitmen of eintquest or subjugation, or purpose of
overthrowing or interfering with•theriglas or established
institutions of those States, but to defendant; maintain
- she supremacy of the Constitution; and to preserve the
esith s all the dignity, equality gnd rights of the
several States unimpaired; and that as soon as these ob
jects are accomplished the rear ought to cease."
DMOCRITIC STATE 'CONTENTION.
. Pursuant to a resolution adopted. by the Democratic
State Central Committee, the Convention of Delegates,
Owen by the Deinoczate throustout the State, will
assemble
AT HARRISBURG
ON WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17th, 1863,
•t 10 o'clock, a. m., to nominate candidates for Gover
nor and Judge of the Supreme (Mart, to be supported by
the friends of the CONSTITUTION an kite lIN/ON, at
the ensuing election.
The 00119.1011111 will, also, give expression to the
sentiments of the Democrats of 'the State, who, - Odle
riseir policy would hare averted present disasters, will,
nevertheless, devote the historicpstriotiormof our great
party to rescue the Constitution and the Union—the
one, from usurpation—the other; from Anal disruption.
•F. W. HUGHE3,
= Chairmen Demotratic State Central Committee.
Porrserua, hay 118,11363.
TO THE PUBLIC.
Tax PATRIOT 4110 Mixon and all its business
operations will hereafter be conducted exclu
sively by 0. Benamr and T. G. Pemsno; un
der the firm of O. Bannin •Zt, 'Go., the connec
tion of H. F. M'Reynolds with said establish
ntenthavirigeeaseden the 90th Noiember, inst.
Novzsrann 21, 1862.
Gen. Franklin for Vcovernor.
The York Gazette, extra, of Wednesday last,
presents the name a Maj. Gen. Wm :um B.
Fessguar es thechoice of York county for the
next Goversor of Pennsylvania. We shall re
publish from the Gazette to-morrow the article
'which introduces the gallant General as a can
didate.
Dove We A Central Despotism?
MS. oZWISSLO TO LORDAXONS.
"MT LORD. I CAN TOUGH A BELL ON
MY RIM HAND AND ORDER THE AR
REST OF A CITIZEN IN OHIO. I CAN
TOUCH THE BELL AGAIN AND ORDER
THE IMPRISONMENT OF A CITIZEOT QF
NEW yoßti. .Al 4) NO POWER ot lOW
BUT THAT OF THE r-stamow-Kara: ABI -
LEASE THEM. CAN THE tQUEEN OF EN
LAND 127 - uus DOMINIOIIB DO AS MUCH?"
A few weeks ago a clerk, or underatrapper
of some sort, in Secretary Seward's office, in a
letter to the editor of the Lancaster _apron,
very disingenuously denied ,the .utterance of
suck language by the Secretary. That is,
knowing it to be tame, he had not the hardi
hood to positively deny it, but said no such
language could be found in Mr. -Seward's official
correspondence; leafing the public to infer
that he had never used it. No doubt this was
done with the knowledge of the•Seeretary him
golf. But truth, like murder, via out. it now
appears (according to the Phitadelpiga Jour
nal) that the language is contained in an official
dispatch of Lord Lyons to Earl Itussell, de
tailing a conversation with Mr. Seward., dated
Nov. 14, 1861, published in the Parliamentary
Blue Book, and copied into the New York
Times, (Seward's organ,) of March Ist, 1862.
So that the question of veracity, if there-is one
to be settled, is between Lord Lyons and Mr.
Seward.
Murder and Betariation.
There is a good deal Of unnecessary and un
,lawfal severity, and something of what some
,people consider downright murde r, going on
: just now in Gen. Burnside's department. The
man, evidently, is either eraiy, and ought to
he sent to a lunatic asylum, or a tyrant, whose
restraint from liberty, or exit front life, either
lawfully or summarily, would be at once a jus
tice And a relief. In consequence of recent
executions of rebel spies (termed so by us, and
perhaps truly, but which the rebel government
-denies) hi his district, two Union
litee, of the 14th Kentucky Cavalry, and Lt.
onn, -of the let Virginia cavalry, have been
-set apart by the Richmond authorities for exe
cution, in retaliation. If the men hanged by
Burnside ware, in reality spies, it is a barbar-
ous ontrageen the part of the rebel government
to retaliate by the execution of prisoners cap
tured in honerable warfare—but, if they were
no more spies than Vallandightun was a traitor
or a rebel ;sympathizer, then the case is so far
altered that the Confederate Goiernment, in
the execution of our officers, will be guilty of
no greater atrocity than our own. After the
conviction of VaLlandighatn, we can have as
leep& ceaftdence in the judgment or justice of
Gen. Burnside and his dram- - aead court mar=
tial—and, what we believed before, to wit:
that the men executed were spies, we doubt
sow; for those who will deliberately violate
law and justice in one instanoe—as in the case
of Vallaadigham—will not hesitate to do it in
another. If the men hanged were spies, the
Richmond Government, by the act of retalia
tion, willsonimit murder, and deserve the exe
crations of mankind. They have banged men
as epics, we believe, sad there has been no re
fellation, at least as such, on our part. It will
therefore behoove them to be very- certain that
Burnside's victims were not spies, before they
proceed to execution on the two officers they
hold - for that purpose. A deed of that kind
would be.the inauguration of bloody work, and
although we detest the system of retaliation
as barbarous, if once unjustly begun, it will,
we fear, be carried to an extent that Will shook
the heart•e[ humanity throughout the civilized
world. .
It is terrible even to meditate upon 'gulch a
- system—a code so cruel and so bloody. If
AirKee and Conn are executed, thewof course,
two Confederate officers will be hu4 ; but, al
'though that May ivenge t tfte first vinffins, i%aan
,not restore them to the llfetally and csinellt
'taken froml.ther. Ito o r ellowt, it
small satisfaction to them, as they mount the
steps of the scaffold, to know that two others,
equally innocent, will be put through the same
process to avenge their undeserved and un
timely fate. And BO on through the whole
course of the infamous system. To talk of aven
ging, is to use not only foolish but unchristian
language. Unless retaliation has the effect to
stop the barbarous practiee altogether, every
fresh life sacrificed is a new murder and a new
disgrace to the nation.
We trust our Government will well inform
itself of the facts in the case of the men exe
cuted by order of Burnside, and if they were
really spies, present the fact officially to the
rebel government. In that case Davis would
hardly proceed to extremities. If he did, then
all the blood subsequently shed in the avenging
process would be upon his own head, and he
would be held guilty by God and man.
Unquestioning Support
The party now in power demand of the De
mocracy unquestioning support of the admin
istration as a test Of loyalty. All who refuse
to acquiesce in the demand are pronounced
disloyal and traitors to the government—and
the organs of the party are incessant in their
calls upon the President to exercise the despotic
power with which Congress has invested him
to force them into subjeotion. There la not a
day passes that hundreds of Abolition papers
throughout the land are not engaged in the
loyal told laudable enterprise of trying to have
Democrats seized by military authority, sent
beyond the lines, imprisoned, cr hanged, This
is their policy now, because they wish, in some
way, to dispose of their political opponents, in
order that they may perpetuate power in their
own hands—and the good, Christian souls can
think of no other way than imprisonment, ban
ishment, or death.
Had the . Democratic party pursued a similar
policy in the days of its power, there would
not only not be an Abolition administration
direetieg the government to-day, but there
would not be a vestige of Republicanism or
Abolitionism left. The fathers of Abolitionimn
would years since have expiated their offenses
on the gallows, or be languishing in prisons,
and one-half the Republican party been ban
ished to some penal colony far off in - the
ocean.
There never has been, since the foundation
of the government, a Democratic administra
tion, in peace or is war, that these men have
not constantly, coarsely and vindictively
abased. They were never known toiupprove
a single sot of a Democratic administration,
although tinder the acts of that party the-coun
try grew to the greatness and glory it pos
eessed'at the commencement of the rebellion,
As a party they reviled Madison and opposed
the war of 1812. They abused him and vitu
perated hie administration with a bitterness
and recklessness of troth characteristic only
of themselves.
Who has forgotten the eaTiteakess of ski t
istration, before, during, and after the Mexican
war. They used the language of billingsgate,
the slang of 'scavengers, and in the reckless
ness of their mendacity exceeded Munchausen,
and equalled the Prince of Liars himself.
Suppose the Democrats, acting' upon the
anti-Republican, anti-American policy which
they are now pursuing, had seized them by
military power, tried them by drum-head
courts-martial, expatriated, imprisoned or
hanged them, as they propose to do, mid in
some measure have done with us, where would
they be to-day ? .
Not in power, as tyrants, assuredly—but in
foreign lands, rotting in prisons, or filling ig
nominious graves.
'While Mr. Lincoln was A. member of Con
gress, during the Mexican war, he delivered a
speech (14th January, 1848,) from which the
following are extracts:
" Let him (Pros-Wait Polk) answer fully,
fairly, and candidly. Let him answer with
-facts ' and not with arguments. Let him re
member he site where Witshington sat-; and,
so remembering, let him slower as Washington
would answer. As the nation should not, and
the Almighty rig not, be evaded, so let him
attempt no evasion, no equivocation.
* * * * *
" But if he can not or will not do this : _if, bo
any pretense, or no pretense, he shall refuse
or omit it—then I shall be fully convinced of
what I more than suspect already, that he is
deeply conscious of being in the wrong; that
the blood of this war, like the blood of Able,
is crying to Heaven against him ; that he or
dered General Taylor into the midst of a peace
ful Mexican settlement purposely to bring on a
war; that, originally, having some strong mo
tive—what, I will' not stop now to give lay
opinions conoernhig—to involve the two coun
tries in a war, and, trusting to escape scrutiny
'by fixing the public gaze upon the exceeding
brightness of military glory—that attractive
rainbow that rises in showers of blood—that
charms to destroy—he plunged into it, and has
swept on and. on, till, disappointed in his cal
culations of the ease with which Mexico might
be subdued, he now finds himself he'knows not
where. How like the half insane mumbling of
a fever dream is the whole war part of the late
menage 1
* 1 *. * *
"All this shows that the President is in no
wise satisfied with his own positions. First,
he takes up one, and, in attempting to argue
ns into it, he argues himself out of it; then sei
zes another, and goes through the same ; and
then, confused at being able to think of no.
thing new, he snatches up the old one again,
which he had some before cast off. His
mind, tasked beyond its power, is running
hither and thither, like some tortured creature
on a burning surface, finding no position on which
it can settle down and be at ease.
"Again, it is a singular omission in this
message that it nowhere intimates when the
President expects this war to terminate. At
its beginning Gen. Scott was, by the Presi
dent, driven into disfavor, if not disgrace, for
intimating that pease could not be conquered
in less than three or four months. But now,
at the end of about twenty months—during
which time our arms have given us the most
splendid successes every department and
every part, land and water, officers and pri
vates, regulars and volunteers, doing all that
men could do, and hundreds of things which it
had ever before been thought men could not do
—after all this, this same President gives us a
long message, without showing us that, as to
the end, its has himself even an imaginary con
ception. As I before said, he knows not where
he is. He_ is a bewildered, confounded, and
miserably perplexed man. God grant he may
be able to - show there is not somethout
his conscience more painful than a lel
perplexity. ,,
The language of this speech is re
courteous than that in which hi as ,
assailed ein 'Congress, and the et.
ter ; l +
outside congress the laegu'a g ed
agaiist hilh was coarse, aid the t v
age, even fiendish.
One might think, reading this irt
Mr. Lincoln was drawing hie 0 it
With a prophetic vision of himself at ay,
so remarkably does every feature of Ore
represent him as he is now. But eat
view of the subject aside, where intr.
Lincoln be at this time had the plats
pursued towards him the policy he flur
sued towards them ? Would he be wh3 is
now, in the Presidential chair, tyranii Ter
the people ? By no means—he woutbe
fond the lidera; like his victim, - Valiant,
he would be languishing in some Fetitas•
tile, or he would be filling a traitor's g!
When James Buchanan was Preskiiid
these base hypocrites consider his &dura
tion the government, and give it au .I,es
timing support ?" Let them answer ties
tion themselves, and blush, if they Viet
any shame left, while they are answers
A more arbitrary, base, unprhfeiphien
dacious party could net be formed on‘u
man material than they are and evto.ve
been.
But they need not fear. We shall and,.
but they need not tremble. The Detatiu
party is not vindictive ; and besides there
too highly the principles of liberty saw
to violate them for any purpose whatevnthe
Democratic party ever has ? and O'er Vie,
faithful to the Constitution—it is only that:L
agoons now in power who can swear l
ity to it find straighway perjure themselty
trampling it under foot.
NEWS OF THE DAI.
BY TELEGRAPH
VICKSBURG
' NEW Thaw., May 28.—The Commercial ols
evening says there can be but little doubtli
Gen, Grant has received ample reinforoetuts
from a certain quarter, and that by the 2i
at the latest he was amply prepared to rite
successfully on the enemy's works_ New
leans has been secured from any invasionl
the arrival of reinforcements, so that, shod
the insurgents attempt a foray there durit
Gen. Banks's absence in western Louisias,
they will signally fail.
IRON PLATES FOR GOVERNMENT
NEW rORR, May 28.—The cargo of the Gres
Eastern contains two hundred tone of ir , c
plates for the United States government.
CAPTURE OF A REBEL STEAMER.
WASHINGTON, May 28.—The Star says . a is
ter received yesterday states that a large reb
steamer, heavily loaded with cotton, has be ,
captured off Charleston.
TO :BE HUNG
CINCINNATI, May 28.—The colored mat
Thomas Mamma, convicted of the murder if
Geo. W. Walters, has been sentenced to ")e
hung on the 11th September.
AFFAIRS IN KENTUCKY.
Advices from Kentucky represent all (ain't
in Burnside's front. The rebel forces in Wayne
inati-ilEttotrite are las side (if" Mont
icello, in Gilbert's front. Much speculation
and uncertainty are rife as to the rebel inten-
tions. A bold stroke is evident,.
CONTRABANDS AT WORK
WAsunto.rox, May 28.—A1l male contrabands
in the neighboring city of Alexandria have
been put to work on the entrenchments in that
neighborhood_ The provost marshal has had
h lively time impressing them. Sunday was a
busy day for that ptirpose.
STUANT AND lIOSEBY
Great alarm was caused by a report that
Stuart intended to make a raid into Alexan
dria. Moseby is
At Catlett's. Gen. Heintz
man and staff, on Monday, visited and inspec
ted the fortification's.
REV. -NR. STEWART
The Rev. Mr. Stewart, who has left Alex 2-!
andrin, for Europe, is the same man who was
arrested about a year ago, while officiating in
St. Paul's church, by Col. Farnsworth, and
about whom so much was mid in the newspai l
pers at that time.
PICKETS ATTACKED
Our pickets were attacked yesterday somt- 1
where in the vicinity of Bull Run, and one vi
them killed. The enemy were chased tea,
tales, and several of them were killed and,
wounded in the skirmishes. It is supposed
there are no rebels in force from Warrenton
down to Aqui& creek, as we hold the .interve-i
ning country and all along the Rappahannock.,
There may be predatory or guerrilla bands in,
the valley, but not in large numbers.
COLORED BUREAU
An order was officially promulgated to-day
for the establishment of a bureau in the Wai
Department, specially to attend to the organ'.
ization, officering, &c., of the colored trook.s.'
THE SHIP CITARLtS ItILL
Nsw Tons, May 28.—The ship Charles Hill j
which is among the vessels reported to hal')
been burned by the Alabama, had salt in lid!j
hold, and an assorted cargo between ,decks. 4
There was
. no insurance on the ship, as thi
owners considered that her English cargo weult
protect her.
WHAT HEN. LEE SAYSAiIOrT VICKSr.vuG
Ciliate°, May .'2B.—A special dispatch frog
Cairo says: Gen. Lee, of Kansas, confirm
the
_report that the two outer works of thi
enemy ware taken in Friday's attack on ti 4
fortifications. The battle was sanguinary ant
the federal loss severe. The rebels fougll
with desperation, reserving their fire until ow
forces came within murderous range: Thej
were driven back, however, by main force inn
the last line of entrenchments. This was
situation on Friday evening. When the boat
left, on Saturday morning, the mortar-boat
were throwing occasional shells. We haV
captured the batteries both above and beim
the town.
JACKSON DESTROYED
Jackson, Miss., has been destroyed, and th,
federal army that occupied the place are nov
acting as a reinforcement for Gen. Gr ant.
FORGED DRAFTS.
NEW Pons, May 28.—Several forged draft
signed by G. F. Adams, of Chicago, and drain
on Thompson and Brothers, of New Yor lj
have been detected to-day, including one fa
$4,300 from Washington. MO M& Thompsoi
and Brothers say they have seen $20,000 worth
of forged drafts thus far, coming from Phila
delphia, Baltimore, and Washington. ' They
suppose the rogues are at work elsewhere,.
GOV. ANDREW'S NEGRO REGIMENT OFF. •
• BOBTO2/ 28.-one of the.most enthusi,
astio, exciting demonsfirativei local military
events of the war took Ilace t to-day to com
memorate the departure , of the 54th Massachu
setts (negro) regiment for South Carolina.—
Tke ranks of the regiment were entirely full—
the men were dressed in the regular United
States uniform, and splendidly equipped, and
beaded by a full band of negro mueloiaaa•
The regiment made a magnificent appearance.
After being reviewed on Boston common by
Gov. Andrew, the regiment embarked in the
steamer Demals,y, which is to sail immediately.
The march of the regiment through the city
was attended with the most enthusiastic cheer
ihg.
[The Yankees were so overjoyed to get rid
of these =grove that they actually made fools
of themselves by the ,most laughable and ex
traordinary outbursts of rapture.]
FROM CALIFORNIA.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 26.—Coffee has further
advanced. Grain is firm, with small sales at
advancing prices.
The ship Derby sailed for Hong Kong to
day, carrying 2,000 sacks of wheat and $56,-
000 in treasure.
The schooner J: M. Chapman, recently con
demned as a privateer, was sold to-day by the
United States Marshal for sev en thousand dol
lars. She will be used hereafter for the Mex
ican coast trade.
Her cargo, embracing two 12-pounder brass
hoNli zeta, Shells, powder, rifles and pistols,
was knocked down for government account.
BY THE MAILS.
AFFAIRS AT VICKSBUYAG-REPORTS VIA CAIRO.
CHICAGO, May 27.—A special dispatch from
Cairo says :
Paroled prisoners who left Sherman's Land
ing on the 23d say that just before leaving they
conversed with the bearer of dispatches from
Gen e Pemberton to Gen.. Johnston, who' had
been captured.
The dispatch bearer says the number of
rebels at Vicksburg is between 25,000 and
30,000.
On Friday morning Gen. Pemberten sent a
flag of truce to Gen_ Grant, offering tb surren
der Vicksburg if Gen., Grant would, allow the
rebels to lay down their arms and march out.
The offer was refused. , • •
• On Thursday. the rebel batteries on the hill
north of the town were taken and turned on the
eziemy. On the evening of 'the Isamu day the
water batteries at the foot •of the hill were
captured. The same evening the water bat
teries below Vicksburg were taken by Porter's
•
mortar boats. . • , ,
On Friday after the refusal to accept Geni
Pemberton's terms, Gen. Grant moved on his
works, and the rebels were driven to the inner
fortifications, Gen. Logan guards. the Black
river bridge.
Gen. Grant feels certain that he will be able
to take care of Gen. Johnston. The latter has
only about ten thousand men, exclusive of what
he may have by reinforcements. Gen. Grant's
army is larger than is generally supposed—
quite numerous enough for the work in hand.
It stretches completely 'around the doomed
city each wing resting- on the river.
Vicksburg is full of women and children—
not only the original inhabitants there, but
many who have come in from the surrounding
country for safety.
Our wounded at the battle of Champion Hill
number over one thousand seven hundred.—
The enemy's loes is acknowledged to be not over
half .that. We had about twenty thousand
troops engaged, and the rebels about ten thou
mud, according to the amounta of their
wounded. We took three thousand prisonera,
and about three thousand at the battle of the
bridge.
Gen. Sherman crossed on a pontoon bridge.
Gen. M'Pherson and' Gen. M'Clernand's forces
(built three bridges on Saturday night and
Icrossed by Monday noon. By four o'clock the
advance of Shermap's corp, under Gen. Steel,
reached the enemy's works back of the city and
took a position on the right, on the bluffs above,
and commenced the, bombardment. General
Mq'herson planted his command in front, or
in our centre. General M'Clernand took the
extreme left, reaching almost to the river be
low.
All possibility of escape is cut off. Very
living man, woman or child, must fall into our
bands. All the forenoon yesterday different
brigades were taking position, forming lines of
battle, &c.
At two o:clook the battle began in earnest.
There had been skirmishing all, the forenoon,
General Steele drove the enemy from several
forts and took one complete line of fortifica
tionstfronted by rifle pits. His extreme right
rested oil the river bank under the bluff at
sundown. His division fought gallantly all
day, though hungry, dirty, footsore and sleepy.
Gong Sherman's left and Gen. M'Pherson's
right are in supporting distance. Both ad
vanced their lines of skirmishers to within
fifty yards of the breastworks, and their artil
lery- to within five hundred yards, and are in
position at these distances.
This morning Gen. M'Clernand is not pro
gressing so fast, but , is doing well. We lost
about fifteen hundred killed and wounded yes
terday.
This morning a simultaneous attack will be
ordered on the enemy's works, I understand,
from all points.
13HEE2=1
WASHINGTON, May 27 —The het official in
telligence from Vicksburg is to 4 o'clock on
Sunday morning, when all was represented as
going on well.
REBEL -OFFICIAL DISPATCHES.
The Richmond Enquirer of the 25th contains
the following official dtspatches from Gen.
Pemberton to president Davis :
VICKSBURG, May 20.—The enemy assaulted
our entrenchments yesterday, on our oentre
and left. They were repulsed with heavy loss.
Our loss is small. The enemy's force is at
least 60,000.
VICKSBURG, May 21.—The enemy kept up a
heavy artillery fire yesterday. Two of our
guns were dismeunted in the center • our
works, however, were uninjured. Their sharp
shooters picked off officers and men all day.
Our works were repaired and our guns replaced
last night.. Our men are encouraged by a re
port that Gen. Johnston is near with a large
army, and are in good spirits.
2 p. m.—We have had brisk artillery and
musketry firing today; also heavy mortar
firing from gunboats.
3 p. m.—Daring the past two days trans
ports with troops have gone np the river. Their
destination is unknown. .
MOBILE, May 23.—A special dispatch to the
Advertiser and Register, dated to-day, says :
The enemy has been foiled in all his efforts.
His dead strew the ground in front of our
works. According to one estimate his loss is
10,000.
OFFICIAL — An official dispatch from Gen. •
Johnston, dated the 23d, says :
It is maid here to-day that another aset►ult
was made near the Jackson road, and also re
pulsed. Confidence in Pemberton's ability to
maintain his position is expressed, and hem
are given of final success.
OMINOUS MOVEMENT.
The special correspondent of the Tribune,
Gen. Hooker's headquarters, May 27, says :
The ominous movements of the rebels have
been *latched with interest from this aide of
the . Re4ppahannock tollay i 'there has been
marchi g atm counter- marching of squad
rpm nd attalions opposite the differ
ent for a (1J ited' States, Kell 'a and Banks'.)fn fro, tof sited. States Fo d the greatest
activity has been displayed.n this vicinity
new camps, in close proximity, as if a corps
was massed for an offensive . movement have
appeared. Bustle and confusion have been the
order of the day. Drums have resounded, re
giments have manoeuvered,and exciting rnmors
have come from our videttes that a demonstra-
tion is on the qui vive.
I believe the army of Gen. Lee is re-enfor
cing their defeated columns in the West to-day.
I believe before Saturday night Eihdl roll
around 20,000 of the veteran troops of Lee will
swell the shattered ranks of Pemberton, and
the blood-bought laurels bf Grant will again
be contested for on the battle-fields of Missis
sippi.
BOUND FOR VICKSBURG.
LoutsvmE, May 27, ' 1862.--Passengers
from Nashville' report that a • large 'portion of
the rebel army is leaving Tullahoma, it is
supposed in the direction of Vicksburg.
ii 1614 NEGRO CAMP.
Lieut. Col. L.M. Green, chief quartermaster
on Gen. Heintzleman's staff, has established a
new camp for freedmen on the Arlington place,
to be called Springdale, and to be under the
charge of D. B. Nicholas, late superintendent
of the camp in this city, which is continued un
der the care of Chaplain James J. Terre.
Lieut. Col. Green also advertises for twenty
good carpenters to erect quarters for these
freedmen over the river. Six hundred are on
their way hither from Amnia creek.
,SIEGE OF PUEBLA NOT ABANDONED.
SAN' FRAtroisco, May 29.—1 t is not believed
here that the French have abandoned the siege
of Puebla: On the Nth of April Ortega, in
Puebla, advised Conionforqby special courier,
that the French continued the bOmbardMent,
and were constructing ditches and mines pre
paratory to another assault. This, appears to
be later news than any received from Puebla
via Havana, and comes entirely through Mex
ican sources.
"THE CORCORANfICINBALL INVESTIGATION
The following is understood in Washington
to be the verdict of the Court of Inquiry ,in
the Corcoran-Kimball affair : "That Lieut.
Cot Kimball died on the morning of the 12th
of April. 1863, from the the effects of a wound
in the neck produced by a pistol ball, amid
Pistol hating been fired by Brigadier General
Michael Corcoran. The Court further find
that ,Gieutenant Colonel Kimball halted, Brig.
General Corcoran and demanded the counter
sign, refusing to allow him to pass until he
should give IL That Brigadier General Cor
' coran refused to give the countersign as .or
dered, that an altercation ensued, resulting in
the death of Lieutenant Colonel E. A. Kimball.
The Court fUrther find that Lieutenant Colonel
E. A. Kimball was, at the time , of halting Gen.
Corcoran, intoxicated, and that he was not
authorized in so halting him."
At hie AA:lanes in thie-city, on the 28th inst., Gen
7oEs: FORSTER, in the 88th year of his age.
S. T.-4860-1.
DRAKE'S PLANTATION BITTERS,
Rthausted nature's great restorer. A delightful beve
rage and active tonic. Composed of pure St. Croix Rum,
roots and herbs. It Invigorates the body without stim
ulating the brain. It destroys acidity ok . the stomach,
creates an appetite anr strengthens the system. It is a
certain cure for Dyspepsia, Constipation, Clardy:ea
Liver Complaint and Nervous Headache, and prevents
Miasmatic disbase from change of diet, water, Ao. It
cap be Iteed at all times of day bp_ 914 api yotor g _and 10
'gold by all larocers, Pruggiets, Hotels and Saloons. P.
H. Drake & Co., 202 Broadway, New York.
LIOX'S KAITHAIRON.
This delightful article for preeer7tpg And behalf:Ting
the 'human hair is again put up by tho origins proprie
tor, and is now made with the sameeare, skillasdatten
tion which first created its immense arid nnpreoedented
sales of over one million bottles annuli I is Atli
sold at 25 cents in large 'bottles: Two million bottles
can easily be sold in a year when it is again Known that
the Kathairon is not only the most delightful hair dres
sing in the world, but that it cleanses the scalp of scurf
and dandruff, gives the hair a lively, rich, luxuriant
growth, and prevents it from turning gray. These are
considerations worth knowing. The llathairon his been
tested for over twelve years, and is warranted as de
scribed. Any lady who values a beautiful head of hair
will use the Kathairon. It is finely perfumed, cheap and
biliable. It is sold by all respectable dealers through
out the world. D. S. BARNES & 00.
novs-2awd&w6m New York.
HEIMSTURIVX 'S
INIMITABLE HAIR RESTORATIVE.
IT IS NOT A DYE,
Bat restores gray hair to its original color, by supplying
the capillary tubes with natural sustenance, impaired
by age or disease. All instantaneous dyes are composed
of lunar caustic, destroying the vitality and beauty of
the hair, and afford of themselves no dressing. Heim
street's Inimitable Coloring riot only restores hair to its
natural color by an easy process, but gives the hair a
Luxuriant Beauty,
promotes its growth, prevents its falling off, eradicates
dandruff, and imparts health and pleasantness to the
head. It has stood the test of time, being the original
Hair Coloring, and is constantly increasing in favor.
used by both gentlemen and ladies. It is sold by all
respectable dealers, or can be procured by them of the
commercial agent, D. S. Barnes, 202 Broadway, N. Y
Two sizes, 50 cents and 11. nov7-2awlikw6aL
DR. TOBIAS' VENETIAN LINI
MENT, in pint betties at 50 cents, cures lameness, eats,
galls, colic, &c. Bead the following :
BOSTON, July 7th, 1880.
pit. TOBIAS :—We have used for the past year your
Horse Liniment for lanieneSS, kicks, bruises; colic and
cuts, and in every instance found it the best article I
ever tried in this cirous company. Please send six dozen,
as it.is the only liniment we use now. We have 108
horses, some very valuable, and do not want to leave
town with Out it HYATT FROST,
Manager Van Amburgh & Co's Menagerie,
Sold by all Druggists. Office, 56 Cortlandt street,
al—dayssam - New York
Nero Muertistments.
RT. BABBITT'S Concentrated, Con
, dewed, or Pulverized Soft Soap. Three gallons
of handsome white soft soap made in five minutes. No
grease required.
DIRECTIONS :—Diasolve one pound of the soap in one
gallon boiling Water, then add two gallons warm,,_when
cool you will have three gallons HANDSOME WHITS
SOFT SOAP. Ten pounds will make one barrel of soft
soap. The soap thus made is an excellent wash for
trees, shrubs and plants of all kinds. For axle by
ruy2B. WM. DOCIC,jr., CO.& 00.
RECRUITS WANTED for the 47th
Regiment P. V., Col. T. H. GOOD, now stationed
at Key West, Florida. Apply to
nty26-Imd* Lieut. W. W. MISTY,
Second et., opposite Presbyterian Church.
WANTED.—S7S A MONTH! I want
to hire Agents in every County at gm a I ,, outh
expenses paid, to sell my new cheap Family Sewing
Machines. Address, S. MADISON,
tos-dBm Alfred. Maine.
WANTED. -$60 A MONTH! W e
want Agents at $6O a month, expenses paid. to
sell our _Everlasting Pencils, Oriental BUMETS, and
thirteen other new, useful and curious articles. Fifteen
ebet1111:111 sent fru. Address,
te64lBm OBAW & OLKBB, Biddeford, Maine.
DIED.
nov7:2wad&wOm
pROCLAAIATION.
Ilwyon's OFFICE,
Harrisburg, May 14th, 1863.
of every citizen to
WHEREAS, It the duty
~end his aid to the preservation of the public
peace; and whereas, the unlimited and MN.
°rimiest° sale of intoxicating li q uor s to a
large population must inevitably lead to serious
disorders and breaches of the peace; there
fore, it is hereby enjoined on all tavern keep
ers and retail dealers, within the limits of the
City of Harrisburg, to close their bars and to
dMcontinne the sale of all intoxicating beve
rages, including lager beer, at six o'clock p.
m. of every day in the week until further no
tiee. A. L. ROUMFORT, Mayor.
GRAND CONCERT
NY THR
HARMONIC SOCIETY,
ON FRIDAY EVENING,
IN THE COURT HOUSE.
The celebrated Cantata ,or
T.IEX3II 3=4O.:IE*7II•X.A..2EVEIzus,
Will be given under the direction of Mr. SILAS
WARD.
The entire proCeedp of the Concert will be given to
the - UNITED STATES CILRIOTTAN CODMISS/ON,
TICKETS 25 CENTS. For sale at the Book, Music
I and Drug Stores. Book,
FIRST PICNIC OF THE SINGING
ASSOCIkTION
"EINTRACHT,"
IN rummines WOODS,
ON MONDAY, JUNE 1,1863,
.ThAAssoclaticsi has made all arrangements necessary
to insure their friends and the public in general a plea
sant time.
Omnibuses will run every hour from L. Kosnig's resi
dence in Chestnut street.
Admission 25 cents.
g;i" No improper characters will be allowed to enter
the ground. A. HANEL,
my 26 Id Secretary.
T F. WATSON,
MASTIC WORKER
PRACTICAL CEMENTER,
New
to Cement the eztetilor of Buntline with
the York Iroprored
.Water-Proof Mastic Cement.
This Material is different from all other Cements.
It' forms a solid, durable adhesiveness to any surface,
imperishable by the action of water or frost. Every
good building should be coated with this Cement ; it is
a perfect preserver to, the walls, and makes a beautiful,
fine finish, equal to Eastern brown sandstone, or say
color desired.
Among others for whom I have applied the Mastic
Cement, I refer to the following gentlemen :
.J. Bissell, residence, Penn street, Pittsburg, finished
five year's.
. 3. H. flhoenberger, residence, Lawrenceville, finished
five years.
James M'Candlass, residence; Allegheny City,finished
dye years.
Calvin Adams, residence, Third street, finished four
Years.
A. Hoeveler, residence, Lawrenceville, finished four
years.
J. D. Dinord, Penn street, ,finished four years.
Hon. Thomas Irwin, 'Diamond street, finished Mar
years.
St Charles Hotel and Girard House, finished five
years.
Kittanning Court Howie and Bank, for Barr & Moser,
Architects, Pittsburg, finished five years.
Orders received atthe office of B. Ineldcwney, Paint
Shop, 20 Seventh street, or please addr M ess,
T. F. A.TIVON,
mayl6-tf P. O. Box MG. Pittsburg, Pa.
II A M5!.11.1
20,000,11i1 . . Composed of the following Brands
just received:
NEWBOLD'S—Celebrated.
NEW JERSEY—SeIect.
EVANS ifc SWlFT'S—Superior.
MICIIINER'S EXCELSlOR—Canvassed.
MICHINER'S EXCELSIOR—Not canvassed.
IRON ClTY—Canvassed.
IRON CITY—Not canvassed.
PLAIN RAW—Strictly prime.
vtiUlzrAKl ri.e.MS—Yery good.
Every limn sold will be guaranteed as represen
ted. WM. BOCK. jr., & CO.
T HE BEST
m M A. iheR; . SEWING
WHEELER & WILSON'S.
NEW OFFICE, Market Square, next to Colder's
O f fice.
ID — Call and me tham in oisaratlah
A' general assortment of machinery and needles con
tautly on hand.
MISS MARGARET WWI
Will exhibit and sell them, and also do all kinds of
Machine sewing on these machines in the best manner.
The patronage of the public is respectfully solicited.
• aplß-Om
MORTON'S UNRIVALLED GOLD
PEN.--FIRST QUALITY WARRANTED.
NONE BETTER IN THE WHOLE TCORLD:
A GREAT LUXURY.
PERSONS in want of a enperior and really good Gout
men will Ind with me a large assortment to select from,
and have the privilege taezehmkg&the Pens until their
hand is perfectly suited. And if by fair means the Dia
mond points break off during twelvemonths, the pur
chaser shall have the privilege to solar* a new one,
without any charge.
I bavo very good Gold Peas, rude by Mr Merton, not
warranted, in strong silver-plated eases, for $1,51.26,
$1.50, $2.00
For sale at 'SOREPPEIVEI BOOKSTORE,
• No. 18 Market Street, liarriebarg, Pa.
IttBBRS. CHICKERING- & CO.
HATE *GAIN OBTAINED TIF.3
GOLD MEDAL!
AT TUB
'MEC.HANICEP FAIR, BQ4TON,
IinCLD SHE PRZOISDING MUM
OVER SIXTY COMPETITORS!
Wareroom for the CHRIKEFNO PI AllOl3, ht Hares
burg, at 92 Market salve.,
oa2B-tf W. KNOORNI MUSIC STORM.
A. SPLENDID ASSORTMENT
or
LITHOGRAPHS,
Formerly retailed at from $3 to $5, are now offered at
50 and 75 tante, and $1 and $1 50—rublished by the Ar
Union, and formerly retailed by them,.
Splendid Photographic Album Pictures of all diatin
guished men and Generals of the army, at only 10 cta.
For sale at BOHBFFER'S Bookstore,
, • 18 Market street, Harriaburg.
BLINDS & SHADES.
B. 7. WILLIAMS, - No. 16 North SixtliiAtzeet ; Phila
delphia, Manufacturer of
VENETIAN BLINDS and
WINDOW SHADES:
JU• The largest and finest assortment in the City, at
the lowest prices. Blinds painted and trimmed equal.
to new. store Shades made and lettered. ear3l-2md
MUSIC STORE!
•
N 0.98 MARKT.T . STRIEET, 11A81ii3313.13:43) FA_
SHEETMUSIC, PIANOS,.
MELODEONS, GUITARS,
VIOLINS, BANJO ST
• Of every description.
DRUMS, PIPES, FLUTES, AOOOl OEOI O I3, etc., at
the lowest CITY P RICES, at
W. KAMM Ml7BlO STORE,
No. 98 Massirr STREIT.
HEALTH ) MONEY! HAPPINESS !!
At this season of year, when so mush sioinseseprevails,
every one should provide himself with D. HUM
11111111fli HOMEOPATHIC BIEDIC/NU and prevent
disease in its bgginaing.
A fresh supply always on hand at
8072.11/Plll , B BOOKATORII,
merle Harrisburg.
SOLAR MATCHES'.•
NO SULPHUR!
NO SMELL!
FIFTY (MOO of the above Superior Matches Net
caved, and for sale by WM. DOCK, do., & CO.
TIE RMETIOAhLi r BELLIED
Peaches, Tomatoes, Lobster, 811102011, Oysters,
Weed Oysters, for male by WM. DOO/C, Jr., & 00,
T ADI4B I YOU KNOW WERE YOU'
can get fin e Note Paper, Eovelopea, Vatting and
Wedding Card? At EtERIPPIRII BOOKINONE,
AND