STAR OF THE NORT H .
n'iV 7. JACOBY, EDITOR.
BLOOBSfiURC, WEDNESDAY, MAT 15, 1861.
Political and Moral Treason.
The leaders of the Southern rebellion,
the Patriot and . Union, are guilty not
. only of actual treason against the United
States Government, but also of moral trea
Fon again at (he Democratic party of the
North thai party which sacrificed every
thing in defence of their supposed rights.
Even if the Administration of Abraham
Lincoln had been as hostile to Southern
rights as the most apprehensive Southern
man supposed, that in itself would have
furnished no justification for rebellion.
Nothing had been done injurious to South
ern interests and the leaders were fully
aware that nothing conlJ be done. The
House of Representatives contained a ma
jority opposed to the doctrines of the Re
publican party. The Senate was equally
hostile, with little or no probability oT a
change being accomplished for years
With the law.making power completely
under the controle of hostile political par
lies, the Republicans could not have passed
n single measure of partizan legislation.
Mr. Lincoln could not even have formeJ
his Cabinet and appointed his foreign min
isters without the consent of the Senate.
His political enemies had supervisory pow
er over all his actions ; and in fact, the real
power of his administration might have
been limited to the distr bution of patron
32e and the exercise of those limited func
tions pertaining exclusively to the Execu
tive and the Heads of Departments. Never
had the opponents of an administration a
better opportunity to render its power un
real and unsubstantial. Never had those i
who were apprehensive of the encroach
ments of Republicanism more absolute as
sn ranee of its powerlessness for evil.
Had the Southern enemies of the Repub
lican party adhered to the Union, and op
posed the principles of that party by legiti
mate means, it would in the natural course
of events have fallen into di-repute, after
proving its inability to redeem any of its
engagements.
But they'chose to rebel and levy war
again tt the General Government, and to de
sert and betray the Democratic party of the
North under the singular delusion that the
Democracy would sympathize with and
bet their treason. In this they made a
fatal mistake. Northern Democrats owe J
the South nothing. The weight of obliga- !
tion is entirely upon the other side. We j
have borne their burdens and fought their
battles against most inveterate enemies; not
from any peculiar affection for them or their
institutions, but entirely cut of respect for
out constitutional obligations and an earn
est desire for the perpetuation of those fra
ternal sentiments necessary to make us a
united and contented people. This regard
for the Constitution and the Union drew the ;
Northern Democracy into political alliance '
with those who, presuming upon their ,
frendsbip, allowed themselves to infer that
we would aid and encourage their rebellion
against the Union and their treason to the
Constitution.
While the Southern leaders were so in
fatuated as to believe that the Northern De
mocracy would passively aid their rebellion
even after their scandalous desertion and I
betrayal of a party which had sacrificed
everything in their behalf, the Republicans j
chose to insinuate suspicions of Democratic .
fidelity to the Government, thereby falling
into the same error as the Sonthern traitors.
The alacrity with which Democrats have j
entered the army, and the cordiality and j
unanimity with which they support the j
Government, has shamed and banished all ;
nch suspicions." But what possible motive ;
could Northern Democrats have for siding
with traitors ? These men have betrayed j
and deceived us as well as their country
we can have no sympathy for them ; aside
from patriotic considerations, we would be
impelled by detestation of their duplicity to
-.Tiihdraw any sympathy we ever entertain
ed for their cause. As Northern Democrats
we constitute a portion of free society, with
an abiding faith in thfe superiority of free
institntions Oar struggles in behalf of
what we believed to be the constitutional i
rights of the Sonth arose from no love for
slavery per te, or from a desire ' to see the
institution extended and perpetuated but
from an abiding belief that the South
had certain rights which the North was
bound to respect, nd that nothing could be
lost by according those rights to their ful'est
extent; because, in every conflict between
free and slave labor upon the national do
main, the former would be tare to main
tain the supremacy, and the popular ex
clusion of the latter ultimately satisfy the
most determined propagandists that the
mission of slavery was not expansion in
the lace of a superior free society.
But the treason of the South, both moral
and political, has put its rebels out of the
pale of Democratic sympathy, and consoli
dated all parties in defence of the Govern
ment. We can have no political fellowship
with those who commenced by betraying
the Democratic party and are now seeking
to destroy that Union in which all our hopes
and affections are centered.
Philadelphia Troops "jt Pebrttillje
Fifteen hundred men arrived--at Perryville
on Wednesday evening from" Philadelphia,
consisting of the First Pennsylvania regi
ment, under Colonel Patterson and Sher
man's artillery, with one hundred and fifty
hcries. the whole force being in a complete
Cn Ion Resolutions.
The following resolutions were unani
mously adopted by the Legislature of Penn
sylvania on Wednesday last. Upon a call
of the yeas and nays every Democrat in the
Senate and House oj Representatives voted for
the HesoltUions. The Democratic party of
Pennsylvania are true to the Union, and
will ever defend the National flag from in--sult
and dishonor A difference of opinion
may exist in reference to the policy of the
Administration, but since the war has been
commenced the Government must be sus
tained at every hazard and every extremity.
The resolutions read as follows :
Whereas, The States of South Carolina,
Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana,
Florida and Texas, are in armed and trea
sonable rebellion against the sovereign au
thority and government of the United
States, and have constituted and are endeav
oring to maintain a treasonable and rebelli
ous government, intended to subvert the
Constitution and laws of the United States,
and to dissolve their allegiance, revenues,
ports, arsenals, navy yards, and other exclu
sive property of the national .gorem men t, as
now within their power of seizure, and
have coerced loyal ci'izens within their
borders to unwilling submission to their au
thority, and raised officers, equipped and
assembled large armies and ships of war,
with the avowed purposes to wage aggress
ion thereof against the Constitution and
lawful authorities of the Union, and against
the liberties of the people, and have be
sieged, attacked, and captured a in the
actual and peaceful possession of the Uni
ted States troops, and have made the gar
rison prisoners ol war whilst under the pro
tection of the national flag and the laws :
Resolved, That the faith, credit and re
sources of the Slate, in both men and money,
are hereby pledged to any amount and to
every extent which the Federal government
may demand to subdue the rebellion ; to
punish the treason ; to enforce the laws ;
to protect the lives, the liberties and the
property of the people; and to maintain in
violate the Constitution and sovereignty of
the nation.
Resolved, That the Government be and is
hereby directed to forward a certified copy i
of this preamble and re-olution to the Presi
dent of the United Slates.
IIow Abonl the Offices ?
Oar Republican friends in their over heat
ed anxiety to have Democrats rally to the
support ot the Lincoln Administration, tell
us that all political differences must be ob
literated and all party ties broken up. Well,
gentlemen, are yoa willing to throw aside
party tets in your appointments to office ?
Are you willing that the Democrat shall
have one-half of the offices yet to be filled
by Mr. Lincoln 1 Are you willing that in
Bradford, Lancaster, Allegheny and other
Republican strongholds, there shall be no
political nominations at the coming elec
tion, and that the county and district offi
cers shall be selected without regard to
previous party predilections ? Come, now,
we want to know whether you intend to
cheat, or not. Show your hands, and let
us see whether you are honest in your pro
fessed desire to have party lines obliterated.
Bedford Gazette.
Foreigners in Defence or their Adopted
Country. The Harrisburg Patriot and Un
ion says, we have mixed considerably
among the soldiers who have marched in
defence of the Union and we find that the
foreigners, in proportion to the population,
make quite a formidable show in numbers
There are some five or six companies com
posed entirely of Irishmen, bestdee those
etilis-ed in the rankB of other companies
There are also several German companies,
and scarcely a company has arrived here
that has not more or less Germans in its
rank. In addition to this we may also
mention that we hare noticed Englishmen
and Frenchmen in some of the corps.
The fact should in itself be sufficient to
pnt to blush the narrow-minded bigots who
a few years ago tried to ride into power on
the petty plea that "America was for the
Americans" These demagogues, many of
whom are now in snug positions, enjoying
the sweets of office, kindly condescend to
let the foreigners volunteer and do their
fighting. Never let us hear anything more
about the patriotism of our adopted citizens
The lie has been given to the assertion the
first opportunity that offered.
Shocking Accident and Death. The
Lewisburg 'Argus' of last Saturday says :
We regret to learn thai on Tuesday after
noon last, the 20th ult., Mr. William S
Swineford, aged about 30 years, and a stu
dent of Union Seminary, while felling a
tree on the premises of Isaac Eyer, Jr , in
Dry Valley, was knocked down and severe
ly injured in the face. There being no
person present, and unable to extricate
hiroselfhe laid thus exposed until Wednes
day afternoon, when he was discovered
and removed to the bouse. He died the
same evening. He was a young man of
exemplary moral character honest, indus
trious and persevering and his untimely
death will be deeply lamented by the citi
zens of New Berlin and vicinity.
New Military Publication. T. B. Pe
terson & Brothers, have published a cheap
work for the instruction of all volunteer re
cruits. It is called the Soldiers' Guide, a
complete Manuel and Drill Book, for the
use of all Volunteers, Militia and the Home
Guard, adapted to the discipline and drill of
the soldier of the present day in the United
States Army, by an officer of the U. States
Army. The instruction, are plain and full,
with a dictionary of all military terms, to
make their explanations intelligible. As
the work is published for the sum of twenty
five cents, every soldier and volunteer can
have one of the test kind of instructors to
read and study in his leisure moments It
is sent by the publishers to any place, to
any one, free of postage, on receipt of
twenty-five cents in a letter.
cKM"M?iJ"'JLjka,!d of each of the Captains the"' sum of
Latest War News-
Report9 from Virginia say that there are
no signs of an immediate march north ward;
but troops are daily arriving at Richmond
from other States, and quite a strong force
is in and around that city. The States of
Georgia, Alabama, "South Carolina, Ken
tucky and Tennessee are all represented
strongly in this force at Richmond; besides a
number of men from these State have been
tent to Norfolk and vicinity. The direct
railroad connection through Baltimore with
the North has again been established, after
which there was a general rejoicing. Sev
eral ol the Federal troops have passed thro'
that city without molestation, Trithin a day
or two.
The -quota tf men called for in the State
of Massachusetts for three year's service is
fourTegiments. The other States will be
informed of thir quota in a shoTt time. It
is reported that fifteen hundred troops ar
rived at Harper's Ferry on Monday night,
from Alabama with twenty cannon. The
troops went by way of Manassas Gap which
is about fifty miles west of Washington city;
and about forty miles south of the Ferry.
Mr. Barksdale, ex-.nembeT of Congress
from Mississippi, and a radical rebel, writes
to Washington that he has a rifle company
in Virginia with which he intends to march
on Washington city.
It is stated that forty cannon are planted
at Harper's Ferry, by the Southerners in
advantageous positions for the defence of
that place.
Lieutcnaat Bigler.
We noticed, on Friday, when the volun
teer company from Clearfield county, com
manded by Captain Loraine passed our
office, that the first Lieutenant is the second
son of ex Governor Bigler. On the evening
of the same day we had the pleasure of
shaking by the hand Lieutenant Bigler, who
is a splendid specimen of the genus homo.
He stands six feet one and a half inches in
his stockings, of prepossessing appearance
and address, with intelligence and manli
ness. He is about twenty three years of
age, and says he has made up his mind to
go for three years, to do his whole duty to
his country.
From our knowledge of the character of
Lieutenant John Bigler, we know that he
will acquit himself in a manner that will
add new honor to the name of Bigler in
Pennsylvania. We notice in several papers
a statement that the Governor has a son in
the service. This is a mistake. Governor
Curtin has no son old enough lo do duty as
a soldier, and our purpose in this notice of
Lieutenant Bigler is to correct this mistake.
Patriot and Uitjon.
DIeeting in the Court House
On Saturday evening, May lllh, 1861, a
meeting of the citizens of Bloomsbnrg was
called at the Court House. R. F. Clark,
Eq , President in the Chair; L. L Tate, A.
Madison and D. John, acting as Secretaries.
On motion of Wm. Neal, Dr. P. John was
called upon to make a staiement of the re
ception of our volunteers at Harrisburg.
He described the "Iron Guards" as the
finest looking and best disciplined Compa
ny in "Camp Cutrin." He further stated,
that notwithstanding the Governor had noti
fied the Company that, in pursuance of an
order from the War Department, they could
not be accepted except to serve for the en
tire war, yet when he had seen the Com
pany, and witnessed their efficiency and
fine military bearing, he at ence ordered
the issue of an order for their acceptance
and they were marched into the Camp.
On motion, L. L Tate, P. John, W. H.
Jacoby, were appointed a Committee to
correspond with Col II. R. Kline, in rela
tion to the expenses of conveying the "Iron
Guards," to Harrisburg, and that the same
might be reimbursed by Legislative appro
priation.
Report of Committees were received,
some money paid on subscriptions, and
other business attended to generally.
On motion, the meeting adjourned.
Revolvers.
There seem to be a perfect mania among
our gatlant volunteers, entering the service
of their country, for purchasing Revolvers.
This may prove a very useless expenditure
cf money on their part. According to the
present army regulatons, on being muster
ed into service, the rank and file are not
permitted to carry weapons of this charac
ter. Unless some special regulation is in
troduced, on this point, the revolvers, al
though the individual property of the men,
will be taken from them. To deprive our
soldiers of these weapons would, in our
opinion be a great wrong, as we notice by
the Southern papers, that all their compa
nies are provided with first class revolvers.
Since the war commenced the price of re
volvers of every kind, have gone up two
or three hundred percent, and our soldiers
should be certain before they pay such swind
ling prices, that they will be permitted to
retain their pistols after being mustered into
regular service. We have another word of
caution lor the soldiers. Most of the pis
tols now in market are worthless, and be
fore throwing their money away, even
suposing the soldiers are permitted to keep
them, they should be snre that they can
depend on them-somelhing that will not fail
them in the hour of need, or be found bro
ken or out of order beyond the possibility
of being repaired. We would consider it
the more prudent course, on the part of our
men, not to expend their money for revolv
ers, but to wait and see if the Government
will bot provide them if it is intended that
they shall form a part of their equipment.
Valley Spirit.
Tnc Harrisburg Union states that Senator
Schindel recently visited the Northampton
and Lehigh volunteers in camp at that place
and addressed them. He told them to do
their duty and prove faithful and brave sol
diers and under any circumstances to stand
by the flag of their country. A: the con
clusion of his remarks, he slipped into the
More Trouble in it. Louis.
Another Collision between Sobers if Pophface.
On the 12th inst. that cif was the scene
df another terrible iragod. It appears a
large body of Home Guard; were -entering
the city from the Arsenal, jhere they had
'been enlisting during the day, when on
Teaching Walnut street a Irge-crowd was
lining the pavements, and it the corner of
5th street, ladies arrrong the spectators be
gan hissing, hooting and oherwise abusing
the companies as they pased, and a boy
about fourteen years old discharged a pistol
shot into their ranks. Part of the reaT com
pany immediately hurried and fired upon
the'erowd, and the whole column was in
stantly in confusion, breaking heir ranks,
and discharging their muskets down their
own tine, and among the people on the
sidewalks. The -shower of balls for a few
minutes was terrible, the bullets f.ying in
every direction, entering the doors and win
dows of private residences, breaking rail
ings, and even smashing bricks in the third
stories.
The utmost confusion and constemat:on
prevailed, spectators fleeing in all directions,
and bot for the random firing of the troops,
scores of people must have been killed
As most ol the firing was directed down
their own ranks, the troops suffered most
severely, four of their number being instant
ly killed, and several wounded. The cor
rect number killed and wounded we are
unable to give. This is the second out
burst in this city. After the occurence im
mense crowds gathered cn the streets, and
the most intense indignation was expressed
against the Germans. Major Taylor ad
dressed the excited crowd, ar.d induced
them to disperse, under the promise that
no further violence shnnlii be done. The
city was comparatively quiet during the
evening and night, a heavy rain preventing
the assemblage of large crowds.
"Gone Glimmering."
The Republican papers say that all party
distinctions are "in the deep bosom of the
ocean buried." They tell us that they are
"Republicans" no longer and we must be
Democrats no longer. As to the latter part
of this proposition, we can on only say that
we will thirk about it. We rather think,
however, that we can't be caught with such
a sjspicious looking baiu As to the former
part, viz: that they are no longer Republi
cans, we have not the least doubt. They
never called themselves by the same name
long enough to give the public a chance to
convict them of their misdeeds, always as
suming an alias when charged with the ini -qnity
they had wrought. The evils brought
upon the country through their organiza
tion have effectually broken up Republi
canism, have literally annihilated their par
ty, and the scattered elements now discard
the odious name in order to reunite under
some taking alias. The Republican party
is defunct. It has committed suicide. Lin
coln and the office seekers have attended
to its funeral, and its newspaper organs are
now publishing its obituary. Bedford Ga
zette. Jtevrs from the Sonth.
Baltimore, May 11.
The steamer Live Yankee pursued an
armed schooner up the York river, but af
ter proceeding a short distance was fired
upon by a concealed battery, and compell
ed to return. The steamers Philadelphia,
Baltimore, Powhat:an, and Mount Vernon,
of the Aquia Creek line, recently seized by
the United States, are cruising up and down
the Potomac, all heavily armed.
Southern troops are concentrating in the
vicinity of Norfolk. An Alabama regiment
1,100 strong, and 80 cadets from the same
State, had just arrived, and were encamped
in the vicinity of Fort Norfolk.
The Virginians have now five batteries
erected in Norfolk Harbor, one on Craney
Island, one at Sandy Point, one at the hos
pital, one near Fort Norfolk, and one on the
Bluffs three miles from the hospital.
Carrying both Colors. Dan Rice's Cir
cus has been down South on a steamboat
on the Mississippi. He has just returned
to the Free States. His steamer was armed
with fifty muskets and two cannon. Dan
says it w'as "hard skinning" in Southern
waters, and he declines returning there just
yet. Atone place he was arrested, and
escaped with some difficulty. Offthe Cum
berland river he saw a steamer stealing
away from him. As a "good joke" he fired
a shot across her bows, followed by anoth
er. The clerk of the strange steamer rushed
up in his shirt Bleeves, and waved a seces
sion flag. Dan fired another shot, when
the clerk disappeared and another man ran
up the Stars and Stripes. Dau then let him
go in peace.
West Point Cadets. In order to supply
the want of officers for the regular army,
the first class of the West Point Cadets have
graduated a month earlier than the usual
time, and have been sent to Washington,
and the second class are advanced for grad
uation. The Cadets who left New York
were arrested by the police of Philadelphia
on last Wednesday, on the supposition that
they were going South to join the secession
ists ; but on explaining their case to Mayor
Henry they were discharged. They will
enter the Army at once as Second Lieuten
ants. Taoops Refuse to take the Oath. Yes
terday rooming thirty members of the New
York Irish regiment, under Col. Corcoran,
reached this city, en route for their homes.
They represent that their fare was so bad
that they could not eat it; besides which
they were required to take oath to serve for
two years. To that they demurred, and
preferred rather to return to their homes.
They stated that between one and two hun
dred of the regiment refused to take the oath.
Henry Pettebone Esq., General Ticket
Agent of the Lackawanna and Bloomsburg
Railroad, died very suddenly in Kingston
on Sucday last. The deceased was for
merly Prothonotary and Clerk of the Courts
of Luzerre County, and - also Associate
from Virginia, via Harrisburg.
AFFAIRS AT HAMPER'S FEIilMY.
SHORT OF PROVISIONS AND ARMS.
NO BATTERY 0' MARYLAND HEIGHTS,
II ARRisEtmo, May 13. A person employ
ed on special service, who visited Harper's
Ferry last week, resehed Chambersburg to
day, and reports that there were then about
6,000 troops there altogether. About three
fourths of them were armed, and mostly
well armed, bot the balance were without
arms. Only 200 Kentuckians were there,
and but one company of South Carolinians.
The resident militia of Harper's Ferry were
very restive under the existing circumstan
ces. They had only otto day's provisions
on hand, their supplies expected from
Western Virginia being cot off by the stand
taken by the people of that section of the
State. It was thought that the supplies
anywhere within reach in the surrounding
country must be exhausted within 2 weeks.
It is positive that not more than 1,000
stand of arms were got out of the wreck of
the arsenal building, and ome of these
were in bad condition. Not more than
twelve rifles can be manufactnred per day
in the shops in operation. There are only
600 men on the Maryland side of the Poto
mac; they have not erected any batteries on
this side oftheriveT. and show no disposi
tion to erect any. They must ret reat or be
provisioned. This, however, does not
contradict the probable advance of the main
Confederate army on the Southern Penn
sylvania route, when Jeff Davis discovers
the impossibility of breaking General Scott's
lines around Washington.
COURT PROCEEDINGS.
Court met agreeably to proclamation.
After the usual morning business, calling
and swearing of Constables and charging of
Grand Jury, the Court called up the case o'
Comth. vs Wesley Grover. Indictment
Larceny Dist. Atty. for Comth. Freeze
and Jackson for Defdt. Verdict of the Jury,
Guilty. Sentence of the Court is, that Wes
ley Grover be taken to the House of Refuge.
Comth. vs Daniel Baker. Indictment
Rape. Dist. Atty for Comth : Freeze, Jack
son, and Rishel for Deft. Verdict of the
Jurv, Guilty. On affidavit of Defendant,
Rule to show cause by the first day of Sep
tember Term, for the granting of a new
trial in this case.
Comth. vs EdwarJ Kepp. Indictment
Larceny of some clothing Dist Attoney for
the Comth Jackson and Rishcl tor Deft.
Verdict of the Jury, Guilty of the larceny of
the dress coat, but not of the over coat
Sentence of the Court, the restoration of
the property, the costs of prosecution, and
twelve months in the Penitentiary.
Comth. v William Stackhouse. Indict
ment, assault and battery. Dis. Atty. and
Jackson for Comth: Clark for Defendant.
Afier hearing evidence, plea withdrawn
Sentence of the Court, S20.0u fine, and
costs of prosecution.
Comth. vs William Dennison. Indict
ment, assault and battery with intent to
ravish.
Clark for the Comth : Defendant for him
self. Verdict of the Jury, Guilty in manner
and form as he s'anda indicted. Sentence
oftheConrt is that Deft, pay afineSIOOO,
the costs of prosecution, and undergo an
imprisonment in the Penitentiary for Eigh
teen months.
A considerable amount of miscellaneous
business was transacted. The Court dis
missed the Grand and Traverse Juries on
Tuesday evening, except one, empanneM
ed in a cause. Court met on Thursday
morning and on Saturday afternoon An
adjourned Court will be held on Saturday
the 18lh of this month. Democrat.
From Annapolis.
Annapolis, May 12
General Butler with 50 men and two pie
ces of Capt. Varien's battery left here this
afternoon, on the propeller, J S. Striver. for
an important and local service in the direc
tion of Baltimore.
A false alarm occurred at the Relay House
last night. The body of John Murphy, of
the Sixty Ninth New York Regiment, who
drowned himself on the 16th ult., was pick
ed up by fisherman two days ago, and car
ried to Washington to-day by Capt. Kelly
for interment. Murphy became insane, on i
board the steamer James Adger, from 6heer
suffering.
The steamer Kill Von Kull has sailed for
New York.
A messenger from Governor Hicks to
Governor Letcher has returned from Rich
mond. He says that the Virginians expect
ed 30,000 Confederate troops to arrive there
by Thursday last
The Union men here are indignant at the
occupation ot Maryland soil by the Virgin
ians. A sudden movement of the rebels from
Harper's Ferry toward the Relay House is
feared by many.
The best Judges of Military affairs expect
some sudden movement of rebels, as from
scarcity of provisions, the Virginia troops
must soon fight or disperse.
The following is a complete list of -the
men from Berwick, who are now in
Harrisburg, willing two face the enemy,
and fight manfully for the Red White and
Blue.
S. F. Schwartz,
M. J. Goodman,
N. G. Williams,
Jacob Poff,
Thos. Stackhouse,
Harrison Swank,
A. D. Seely,
James Smith,
A. Lockart,
Robert Webster,
Wm Campbell,
Lafayette Myers,
I. F. Chamberlain,
A. S. Kensey,
Fernando Lake,
W. C. Thompson,
E. C- Bah I,
W. H. Crandall.
A. C. Thompson,
J. W. Gilroy,
J A. Yount,
J. F. Hertz,
Lyman II. Fowler,
Cyrus Bobbins.
CP" Printers in the War. No profession
has shown more loyalty to the Stars and
Stripes, since the call for volunteers was
first issued, than the heroes of the ' stick
?-"Lr,,',.,L' Almost every printing office in
Plea From England for Peace.
Mr Editor: I have just received from
the accomplished Secretary of the London
Peace Society the following document, with
the request that I would secure for it as
eirly and as wide publicity as possible. By
publishing this plea, you will much oblige
the friends of Peace on both sides ot the
Atlantic.
Very respectfully. G. C. Beckwith.
Sec. Am. Peace Society
Boston, April 25, 1861.
ADDKESS FROM THE PEACE SOCIETY OF LONDON
TO THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES.
Friends and Fellow-Christian: It is in no
presuming or dictatorial spirit that we ven
ture to address to you these few words of
earnest sympathy and respectful expostula
tion, in reference to the perilous crisis in
your national history through which you
are now passing. But having been labor
ing in our humble measure, in promoting
peace on earth, upon the broad principles
of our common Christianity, we cannot but
feel how deeply that cause to which we are
devoted, is implicated in the result of the
experiment now being enacted in your
country.
We do not feel ourselves either compe
tent, or entitled, to offer any suggestion as
to the best method of solving those internal
difficulties which now agitate your great
Commonwealth. But we venture confi
dently to state, lhat the worst of all solu
tions that can be attempted, is a fratricidal
war, which must, however long and fierce
ly it may be waged, leave the merits of the
questions in dispute wholly untouched,
while it cannot fail to exasperate, into ten
fold malignity, tbe feelings of alienation
which already exist. War under any cir
cumstances, and between any sections of
the human race is an evil which reason,
religion and humanity cannot bewail too
bitterly. But a civil war in a nation like
your own, one of the very foremost among
the nations of the earth in intelligence, civil
ization and Christian enlightenment, a
war among men of the same race, language
and religion a war which would involve
neighbors, friends, brothers members of
the same Christian communions, children,
may be, of the same family, in mad and
murderous conflict with each other, would
be a spectacle at which all mankind would
stand aghast in horror and dismay : a spec
tacle which, more than any event that has
occurred for ages, would smite with dis
couragement, and all but despair, the
friends ol human progress throughout the
world.
For a long time past, thoughtful and phi
lanthropic men, witnessing with sorrow the
detracted and divided condition of the old
and ferocious and sanguinary wars to which
thee national antipathies have led, have
fondly cheri-hed the hope that the time
might come when the several States of Eu
rope might be so far federated together, as
to be brought under the jurisdiction of a
common tribunal, which should decide
their differences without having recourse to
the irrational arbitrament of the sword. In
support of the practicability of such a
measure, they have been hitherto wont to
appeal triumphantly to the admirable ex
ample and illustration of such a system pre
sented in your country But the effect will
be disheartening and disastrous to the last
degree, if it be now found that you, Chris
tian brethren, who had the immense advan
tage of growing up side by side into free
communities, exempt from those hereditary j There appears to be no traitor? among the
prejudices which have struck their roots o ) foreigner ; notwithstanding the fact that
deep into the soil of Europe, can find no ' they are calleJ upon to fight in a conflict,
better means of adjusting your differences which is the legitimate result of Republi
can by having recourse to the old expedi-j fan teachings ; and the still more potent
ent of barbarism and blood, of which even ; j fact that the authors o! this war, are the
Europe is beginning to be ashamed; for its
combined folly and brutality.
Permit us also, respectfully to remind
you that the evils of war, as we know to
our bitter cost in the old world, do not end
with iiself. On the contrary, i: bequeaths
to posterity a sinister legacy of hatre ls,
jealousies and rivalries, which poison the
blood of nations for ages, and entail upon
them burdens hardly less crushing thin
those of actual war. The enormous milita-
ry establishments that are now sitting like
an incubus on the heart of Europe, all but
suffocating its life, are the penalties we
have to pay for the conflicts into which our
ancestors plunged, often in reference to
questions which all men now can see. might
have easily been adjusted without a blow,
if passion had not been permitted to nsurp
tne place cf reason . But the rankling rec
ollections and mutual distrust which those
quarrels engendered, are still the source
whence arises the alleged necessity for the
ruinous rivalry in armaments, which is
hurrying us onward on a path it pursued
much longer, can only lead to general bank-ruptc3-.
May Heaven in its mercy deliver
America from a policy which would entan
gle it in the coils of such a system as this !
We implore you, then, Friends and Fel
low Christians, to avoid the fatal mistake ol
of imagining that you can decide questions
of disputed right by conflicts of brute force.
We appeal to American patriots to save the
land they love from the dishonor of appear
ing before the world in an attitude which
can only excite the sorrow and pity of all
good men. We appeal to American phil
anthropists to interpose their influence to
ward off a catastrophe which will not only
become a source of unutterable and demor
alization to their own country, but which
will exercise a malign influence over the
destinies of the whole human race. Above
all, we appeal to Christian churches of all
denominations, and emphatically to the
ministers of the Prince of Peace, to stand
between the living and the dead that the
plagne be 6tayed; by their example, by
their persuasions, by their prayers, to ar
rest an evil which will not only paralyze
their own efforts, and desolate God's inheri
tance by a flood of passion and crime, but
which will be a scandar and a reproach to
our common Christianity.
Josehp Pease, Pres.
Henry Richard, Sec.
London, April 6, 1861.
The war newr now a-days is not of a star
tling character. There are being deep plans I
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Re-establishmeat of Railroad Travel Through
Baltimore.
Ihe Fir Train Iliiled with Delicti .
Baltimore. May 13.-The train fnm Phila
delphia came throujh this 'afternoon with
the mails and passengers at 4 o'clock. It
was hailed with evident satisfaction by the
people along the ronte. and, as it passed
through the cty, many expressions of wel
come were ziven.
The national flag was displayed in vari
ous parts of the city to-flay, the proscription
against the colors having been removed f y
Councils.
Our citizens have been all day in expec
tation of the arrival of troops over th North
ern Central, but np to this hour (9 o'clock
P. M,) none have arrived.
The Triumphs of Jcicae:'.
"Eureka 1 Eureka !" Shouted Archimedes
as he ran naked through the thronging
thoroughfares of ancient Syracuse on his
discovery of a great philosophical principle.
At the dawn of the present century the
world was similarly startled by tbe an
nouncement that the stomach and blood
wers the two great empires of disease, an !
science has since endorsed it w;th her sig
nature. Coupled with the above fact. Dr.
Hollowa) stated that he had also discovered
two preparations, Pills and Ointment, which
exerted a powerful influence over all dis
eases emanating from these sources. In
all billious disorders and cbmp?aints of the
liver, we are enabled to trace the primary
symptoms o the unhealthy condition of the
stomach, or the depraved state of the blood,
so that the mischievous consequences re
sulting from the free use of mercury must
be obvious to every man of common sense.
Dr. Holloway emphatically asserts that
calomel is not only unnecessary, but highly
pernicious in liver complaint, and disor
ders of the liver generally, and facts bear
him out in this aserton. He confidently
points lo the thousands of certificatee in his
possession altering the cures effected by
his Pills and Ointment, which contain rot
a particle of mercury. Dropsy generally
arises from improper action of the liver,
and it is to that organ we must direct our
a'tention in the treatment of this disase
The combined use of the Pills and Oint
ment is marvellously efficacious; by their
means the inflammation of the liver is re
duced, Ihe biliary secretions corrected, the
stomach cleansed and the bowels regulated.
The action of the Pills oa the blood, bile,
and liver is speady, searching and active
effectually eradicating every vestige of dis
ease from the system whatever form it may
assume. The fact is so well established,
that these medicines are admitted into
countries where no other proprietary medi
cines are allowed to be sold France! Rus
sia, Prosia. Austria, Spain, and even prd
scriptive China sanction their onrestrictsd
ale throughout their respective dominions,
ir. fact there is no country in which they
are not to be found, a covinciog proof that
the whole civilized WorlJ proclaim with
out a dissentient voice the extraordinary
virtues of these two marvelous medicines
"Melic-d Rctie."
The Foreigners It is a notable fact
that the naturalize ! citizens of this country
are rallying almost unanimously in the sup
port of the government in the present crisis.
From all quarters we receive accounts of
their devotion to the s'ars and stripes,
ones who, a few vers ago, were so aixious
to proscribe and disfranchise the foreigner.
All honr-r to our adopted citizens! They
i ar always true when their coun:ry calls.
Ihllowy's Pills and Oi:itm:nt Facts ver
su Assertions. Salt-Rheum, Scurvy, etc.
An officer of the New York Poli- e Force
doing duty in the upper part of the city,
whose name we suppress at his own re-
j tinest wa? fof manv J"ear aQ'c'ed with
salt-rheum in the hands, for which he trie !
numberless remedies without success 'the
j J''"'' increased and finally becime so
j bad ,bat he could ,,either clo"e h hmnJ
nor grasp his baton without experiencing
the most intense pain he was on the point
of resigning his situation and seeking ad
mittance to Bellvne Hospital, when he was
advised to try Holloway's Pills and Oint
ment. He did so, and by perservering in
their use the disorder quickly disappeared1
and he now enjoys sound health. Thi is
but one out of thousands of cases.
Our Coustrv First. The first troops on
the march for the defence of tbe Capital,
and Old Abe, were under the charjre of Gen.
B. F. Butler, a Breckinridge Democrat, and
late candidate for Governor of Massacha
setts, and Gov. Spragne, of R. Island, wk
was elected by the Democrats in opposTi
tion to Lincoln's party.
M.lltlilED.
In Milton, March 3d, by Rev. Mr. Langly,
Mr. A. W. Smith, of Berwick, to MissSusAtf
Clacknxr, of Danville Montour co.
In Danville Montour co., on the 2d.'insf.,
by Rev. E. N. Liyhtner, Mr. Henry Earp,
and Miss Anna Alward, both ot .the above
place
DIED.
On the 11th of April, a: Millvi'.l, Wil-
bert Oakley, son of Oliver and Sarah J.
Wright, aged 4 years, 11 months and 24
days.
KEU; BCSlXESS FIB3I.
THE undersigned respectfully inform
their friends and th public generally,
that they have entered into co-partnership,
linger the name, style and firm cl MILLER
& EYER in the
Mercantile Business,
in the "Old Arcade," in Bloomsburg, Co
lumbia county, where they intend carrying
on ihe business of GENERAL MERCHAN
DIZING, in all its diversified branches and
departments, and to which they invite an
extension of the public ptronaj.
S. H. MILLER.
FKEti K EVEii,
Elosmibuii. M-iv 15. 1861 it.