The star of the north. (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, May 22, 1861, Image 2

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JFJI W. JACOBY, EDITOR.
"iBlOOaSBBEe, WEDNESDAY, MAY 2!, 1861.
Andrews ts. Butler.
: Gov. Andrews, of Mas.', has addressed
a letter to'Brigadier Gen 'I Bailer, objecting
to the coarse pursued by the latter in ten
dering his command to suppress a reported
slave insurrection ra Maryland. To this
letter, Gen. Butler replies' in a letter that
'must have made the Governor's ears tingle,
and if be has in his composition any sense (
or shame, oaeawild think he would hide
his face, even from his most intimate friends.
This letter of General Bailer should be
pinted in letters of gold, ar.d placed in the
house of every inhabitant throughout the
land. - He has immortalized himself, and if
be should never do another act in this life
his name will go down lo future geueralioni
covered with glory.
'We make no war on women and defence
less children. We have nothing to do with
the abolition of slavery, even in the rebel
lious States, and it woald be gross inhu-
" manity to allow a service race, even under
the seeming protection of our armies, to
sack the homes of our deluded brethren at
tht South, and lay wane their land. It is
the duty of our Generals, as ttey go forth to
war, while they brandish the sword of jus
tice in one hand, with the other to hold out
the olive branch of peace and protection.
This is not a war of conquest, but one to
sustain the Government, and ensure a just
administration of the law ; and the very best
evidence we can give to our brethren that
they are wrong is, to Bhow by our acts that
we will not allow any wrong to be done to
thera, even by their servile population
We want no negroes to fight our battles,
and we must not allow them to interfere
"iih our quarrels.
If abolitionists suppose that the great
army of conservative men who have gone
forth to sustain the Government is to be
used as means to propagate and further
their infernal end, they will find thm
selves mistaken, and if it is attempted to
'use them for such a purpose, we will soon
compel oar authorities to call them home
again, and leave Gov. Andrews and his
Abolition crew to do their own dirty work
All honor, say we. to General Butler, for
his noble and manly stand on behalf of
right and humanity ; and we hope the time
may come when the people can express to
him, in a more tangible tform, their high
appreciation of his talents and worth.
: Who are Beady to do the Fighting.
A correspondent of one of oar exchanges
writing from Harrisburg, 6ays while the
Republicans are fussing and fuming and
flirting around the Democrats of the old
Keystone are qnietly enlisting in the de
fense of their country ready lojigkt for its
honor and its flag. He says it is an actual
fact that, at least, two thirds of those who
are enlisting voted the Democratic ticket.
We are informed that one regiment that was
. sent off were all Democrats but forth five
The Democracy o' the Keystone State keep
step to the music of Union, will allow none
but the stars and stripes lo wave over our
once happy land as long as Heaven gives
them an arm to defend it.
The same seems to be the case in Ohio,
as the Cleaveland Plaiudealer says that of
the Reserve (Giddings District,) five to
one .were . Democrats. We do not regard
this as" anything strange, for the Democrats
were always and under all circumstances,
the warm friends of the Union.
mAwat Down in Cairo." The town of
Cairo, at the Junction of the Ohio and Mis
sissippi rivers, has become a point of con
siderable importance in the West. There
is a force of 4,300 federal troops now sta
tioned there, under General Swift Strong
batteries are erected on and behind the le
vees which command both rivers, and the
difficulty of landing troop on the swampy
ground around that post is so great that
Cairo may be considered safe from any at
tack by the Southern troops. Heretofore
steamers laden with provisions were per
mitted to pss down the Mississippi but
we learn from Washington that Secretary
Chase has issued orders to all the Western
Collectors to grant no more clearance to
steamboats going to the rebel States, and to
search every vessel going Sooth and to
seize alt monitions ' of war and provisions
intended for any State on the Mississippi,
except Kentucky and Missouri.
Cokcbms. As oar readers are aware
theie' is a Congressman to be elected iu this
district to fill the vacancy occasioned by the
death of Hon. George W. Scranton. The
wonder is who will be the man or who is
the person fit &nJ equal to the emergency'
, As yet we have noticed very little 'said up
on this important matter through cor public
prints within the district, neither do we
know of any particular person we woald
suggest should fill this office.' What we
would say is, let some proper person be
selected, one . who is amply qualified for
the position, and withal, one who is a true
patriot and a thorough Union man. None
eUe can succeed, and we hope aad believe
that we have none other in the District
A lit a oar assistance and influence in
this raatter can go, it shall be used for no
cther person than he who is and has been
true to ihe Constitution and its laws. We
want no wavering or triSing person who
troa!J swerve from true doctrines for party
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: , f THE WAE.; f
Six months ago the country was' in a
state of peace and prosperity. Now we
are plunged in a civil war, and almost all
departments of business are more or less
embarrassed. At the Presidential election
in November last, a large and powerful
party at the North stood by the people ol
the South, and were ready to yield to them
almost all they asked. Now there has been
a complete diversity of the people of the
North from their brethren of the South, and
one united voice goes op from the free
States for punishment and vengeance upon
the brigands and tricksters who have led
the people of the South to make war upon
the General Government and the free insti
tutions founded by the Fathers of the Revo
lotion. Why are these things so ? But one
answer can be returned. They have come
to pass by the wish, desire and manage
mer.t of the political swindlers who are
now leading the South on to ruin. These
same politicians, by pre concert, broke up
the Democratic National Convention, se
cured a split in the party, with a design
and intent of electing a Republican Presi
dent. They succeeded ; and while every
department of the General Government, ex
cept the Executive, was in the hands of
their friends, when they could have pre
vented the passage of every law in any
wise interfering with their peculiar domes
tie institutions, they secede from the Union
as they did from the Democratic Conven
tion, and make the election of Lincoln,
which they planned and themselves brought
about, a pretext for treason, theft, robbery
and murder Why do they so? One rea
son is the slave States are largely indebted
lo the North, and by secession they wipe
out and repudiate all debts, public and pri
vate, and have appointed Jefferson Davie,
who was chiefly instrumental, a few yearn
ago, in inducing Mississippi to repudiate
her honest debts, President of the so called
Southern Confederacy Bat the Chief rea
son why the political gamesters of the
South are leading their people on to des
truction is that they feel themselves supe
rior to the free laboring men of the North ;
and while thev look down unon them as
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inferiors, and as the mudsills" of society,
a
they cannot endure the thought that the
masses of the North and West, composed of
farmers, mechanics, and laboring men,
should deign to no matter in how large a
majority settle the policy of the country,
or to ask any place of importance in the
civil or military departments of the Govern
ment until the Sliddell's. Toombs. Davis,
Yancy's and other "First Families" of
southern nabobs are provided for. These
men would be rulers and princes over us,
Dot simply our co equals under a common
government, and seeing that they are far j
outstripped in numbers by the North, are
determined that the people shall bow down j
to thera and that they, the minority, shall ;
rule over the majority. Any compromise
which may hereafter be cooked up with
the-e buecancers will involve a submission
of the people to the rule of heartless men,
who care for nothing and nobody but their
precious selves, and who", to annoy, embar
rass and injure the Norlh, will rob, steal
and born with as much unblushing wick
edness and blood-thirBtiness as ever dis
graced a European depot They may have
a few seedy politicians at the North who
will join in their cry for compromise, to
whom they have promised honors, and
rewards, but the heart of the people is right
and they will never submit their necks to
the yoke prepared for them by the proud
lordlings of the South or their minions at the
North.
What is the Difficulty.
The Southern papers have generally been
very discreet in treating of insubordination
among troops and similar unpleasant oc
currences. But the Charleston Courier, in
the report of a speech made by Gov Pick
ens, on the occasion of the return of
the First Regiment of South Carolina
Volunteers from .Morris Island, represents
the Governor to have used this significant
language:
"He regretted exceedingly that any thing
should have occurred to produce a disturb
ance in their ranks. Although they had
not volunteered to go to Virginia, yet there
were circumstances which induced them lo
refuse, that to them, as volunteers, might be
justifiable. He was proud to say they had
not refuted Irom want of patriotism or cour
age. On the contrary, there were many
circumstances which were know to ibe offi
cers of the regiment alone and lo them
selves. He knew they were as brave, as
noble, and as patriotic a body of troops as
ever came forward so gallantly to sustain
the State. He had no censure to pass, but
on the contrary, returned them bis heart
felt thanks for the noble endurance and pa
tience with which they had nearly served
out their time." "
Ho Tarty bat the Country !
Tbs above is the catch word and the cry
of ihu Republican presses all over the land
jat now. ' The country is in war, and we
most sink party," bay they. Our neighbor
of th Record says, "we are willing to bnry
party feeling and hope others are equally
willing." 1 In the same paragraph is the
following ' remarkable commentary upon
this fine-sounding profession :
"For Congress. A member of Congress
is soon to be elected to fill the vacancy oc
casioned by the death of Col Scranton. It
is of the almost importance at this juncture
that a firm and unyielding supporter of the
Administration should be selected.",
There reader, yon have what is meant,
at least in this meridian, by the bypocriti
cal cry of "sinking" party! Democrats are
asked to sacrifice all their principles and
their party preferences upon the alter of
their t country. Don't breathe a word in
reference to party while the war lasts; but
when yoa come to vote for a Congressman,
remember that none bat a genuine . Lincoln
Pe publican one who can swear by the
Chicago- platform mat be elected! , Who
cannot ea through this tbinT veil! If the
Three months or Three Years. "
i . .
f Gov. Curtin ' has, . alter correspondence
with the Secretary of War, Issued the fol
lowing circular to the Colonels of the Penn
sylvania Regiments muBtered into service
for three months, under the first call of the
President:
Sir: I have been requested by the Sec
retary of War to let the Regiments now in
the service of the Stale know that it is ' pre
ferred to have all the Regiment' already
mustered into service for three months,
which are not actually sent forward, remus
tered into service for three years or during
the War, should they be willing to do so."
I therefore deem it proper to direct that you
immediately ascertain the preference of
your Regiment upon this question, and
communicate the result forthwith to me.
Those who do not desire to re enlist for
this additional period can be lormed into
Regiments, or have isuch arrangements,
made as to enable them to retire with hon
or, in accordance with their enlistment.
I cannot refrain from saying that it would
afford me much pleasure to see the Regi
ments so promptly and patriotically offered
to the State give 'this additional and more
enduring evidence of continued devotion to
their country. Verr respectfully yours,
A. G. CURTIN,
G-ernor and Commander-in-Chief.
'Political Differences Must be Obliterated!'
Our Republican friends in their overheat
ed anxiety to have Democrats to rally in
support of the Lincoln Administration, tell
us that all political differences must be ob
literated and all party ties broken up
Now, this all sounds very nice, and looks
well on paper; but suppose you, Republi
cans, give us an example of your sincerity
in this matter. Let ns know whether you
are willing to throw aside parly in your ap
pointments to office ? Are you willing that
the Democrats shall have half the offices yet
to be filled by Lincoln ? Or are you wil
ling to divide the officers of the next Con
gress, in which you have a majority, equal
ly between Black Republicans and Demo
crat? Come, now, speak out let us
know whether there is to be any cheating
in thi matter of obliterating party lines is
it to be a general obliteration or do you de
sire democrats only to desert their party
principles principles that are founded on
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it e v. oiimiiuiiuii anu join ine ixeuuuiiian
rarms ; iei me mnimsiraiiun biup int-ir
proscripiive policy let them stop turning
out Democrats from every petty office, and
we will believe that they are sincere in
their expressed desire to have all party ties j- one dependant upon them, who were run
obliterated. Until you do this, all your j ninjj over with military ardor last fall, with
flowery eloquence on this subject will be ! their "wide uni-orm" on, are quietly stay
regarded as idle nonsense. ! ing at home and keeping mum. Look at
The Democratic party of the Norlh, now ! Bradford county and Susquehanna adjoin
as ever, are the Union men oj tht country, and ! ng u the home of Wilmot and Grow
they Hand ready now, as ever heretolore. to . the very nest hole of Republicanism. Not
assist the President in the maintenance of1 a company was raided there till the whole
the Government, the orotection of its prop- : quota called for by the Governor had been
! erty, and the execution and enforcing of
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its laws. In dnina this thev are only dis I
charging a duty they owe to their coun- j Barre borough has sent off itself they make
try ; but.their willmgness to do thisjmmt j show by marching down to Harrisburg
not be taken a evidence that they have de- and then marching back again to a safe dis
serted their party, or given their assent to i lance from danger The Harrisburg Patriot
the.obliteration ofils glorious principles. j says that a few from Bradford staid and are
They march now, as ever, under the ban- Camp Curtin that they are nearly or
ner of the trAofecountry, .without a star
erased, and not under a flag with sixteen
stars, as did the Republican party .in 1856,
nor under a flag with seven stars as do the
disunionists of ihe South' now.
When the Republicansshow some signs
of being sincere in their preaching of the
doctrine of yielding op of party ties, il
will be time enough for Democrats to take
the subject into consideration.
Work for the Home Guards.
A correspondent of the Philadelphia In-
qmrer, writing from Washington says:
The various companies of ' Home Guards,"
who have been having so fine a lime play
ing holiday soldiers, may possibly yet be
n.!ll o.. in fi-ht in .frn raalitv in d-fpn
f . c -i j i cone bv and cannoi be recalled. Thecoun
of their homes and firesides And it is . Suuc "J ouu ...
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more man iiiteiy mai uie many resjiraenis
that have not been accepted will have fight
ins enou"n io ao vei. oouinern papers 01
ing enough to do yet. Southern papers of
t . , o - r
to-day confirm what I have learneJ from !
many private sources, namely, that among J
, . i - i r . t . :
Ilia uccp idiu uiaus ui 1 11 L-cvcraiuiiiPia to
one for the invasion of Pennsylvania. One
Southerner, a Marylander, an old man with
ay hair, spoke to me on the subject thus :
"Maryland," said he, "has an account to
settle with Pennsylvania, and it will be set
lied now. The blood of nn' neighbor Gor-
such, and the blood of his son, murdered
in Pennsylvania by Pennsylvanians ten
years ago, cries from the ground for ven-
geance " He then went on to say that as
soon as a sufficiently strong force could be
collecten, Washington would be attacked.
inI at tha amn iim annthpr Southern ar-
my would invade. Pennsylvania. Your
readers can place what reliance they please
jpon these statements. My duty is per
formed when they are put on record.
Bradford Troops We copy the follow
ing from the Lycoming Gazette :
Several companies of troops have passed
through Williamsport, returning home from
Camp Crutin. We nave been informed that
they returned home because they would not
consent to volunteer for three years, but for
that we cannot vouch. Thev belona lo the
counties north of this.
Take care friend Clarke. Yoa are tread
ing on delicate ground. We were threat
ened annihilation lor n.etioning the tact
merely that they had left here.
We also clip the following (rom the same
paper :
Cool A member of the company .hal
passed through this place on Monday,
homeward from Camp Curtin, proposed
three cheers for the Bradford county Invin
cibles. That was tolerably cool for a com
pany with their backs turned towards the
fight, and getting away from il at railroad
speed. Williamsport only cheers those
whose faces are towards the Sooth.
Fortunate for the editor of the Lycoming
Gazette that he does not reside here. He
would forthwith be denounced as a Secess
ionist, and his property threatened by insti
gators of mob law .Patriot and Union.
"Inapsaeks or the4Demoerats.' .
: From the New York Daily Ntw, we clip
the following article, with the remark that
it is a very fair parallel of the state of things
in this section of the country. As the Re
publican presshere"see.Tis intent on mak
ing political capital out of this war, and of
charging the Democratic party and its pres
ses wiln disloyally, we take it a perfectly
legitimate that lh facts should be shown to
the public :
"It is slated that the little Democratic
county of Putnam has contributed no less
than three'hutidred volunteers to fight Old
Abe's battles, and that of these there is not
a. single Republican every man, rank and
file, voted against Lincoln last Fall ! ,
The Captain of a Buffalo volunteer com
pany writes us that not a single man in his
company voted for Lincoln. Of ninety-eight
recent army recruits in that city, ninety one
were Democrats ! It is thus that the Re
publicans get Democrats to fight the battles.
The facts we slate are only indices of the
state of the case everywhere. 'Knapsacks
for Democrats , offices for Republicans."
It is noticeable that not a regiment has
been yet marched out of this Slate from
any county except New York, Kings, Ul-ter
and Albany. These four counties gave a
majority of 34,590 against Abraham Liu
coin and the Chicago Platform, last Fall
The number of volunteers they have thus
far furnished is about 31,000. Now, in all
probability, nine tenths of these volunteers
are Democrats; and thus it will be seen
lhai the Democratic majority in these lour
counties is already all but annihilated while
the Republican levies in the Abolitionized
rural Districts are carefully kept within the
State ! , ,
A Republican at Washington said the
other day that before November next the
Democratic majority of New York City
would have disappeared on the fieid of bat
tle. As none of the Republican counties
have yet sent a single regiment to Wa-hing
ton, we begin to think there may be some
thing in all this "
W e have il from data which we deem
perfectly reliable, that of the regiment from
Luzerne, commanded by Col. Emley, there
are but 57 Republicans in the rank, out of
nearly 900 men. Scores of Democrats,
with dependant families, left good situations
and enlisted, while young men, with no
made up, and then with four companies
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Irom those great counties less than Wilkes
quite all Democrats, and right down good
fellows and toll of determination lo defend
their country's flag, uphold its honor and
j mamtaing its government,
This state of facts shows conclusively
hat the Democratic party is, as it ever has
been, loyal to the country that Democrats
'. are the first to fly to the national succor in
timen ol peril. It snows mat mey are wu
lin to do this notwithstanding they believe
that they are in no wise responsible for this
state of things and that il Mr. Lincoln had
t... a-,a o.,n., nnt.l now bft
peaceful and happj. There can be no rea
sonable doubt of this. With the election of
either Douglas or Breckinridge last fall,
here would have been no secession at the
' OOUin, anu no uui im uy.
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But that is now
trv is in the midst ot revolution, anu u is
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i rntnfm arm at ids oaujo nine uo eiri
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enori in ineir power w unnsj iui jupi
and honorable neace as speedily and with
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l as llll.e uiuuuiuru as uuooiuid. o w
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hard lh ojwMj. e shall defend
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j inS more fo lhe gowroment than the Ke-
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; A Large Animal. There is on exhibition
' at Rockland, Maine, a bull, four years old
last M arch, that weighs between thirty-five
and forty hundred pounds. He weighed
1 115 pounds when he was born, and !,240
! pounds when one year old. He is mixed
! blond. Devon and Durham His dimen-
1 sions are as follows: From centre of head j
to butt of tail. 10 feet b inches; from lore
to hind feet, 6 feet; thickness through the
fore shoulders 40 inches; through the hips,
31 inches; height, 5 feet 7 inches; girth
ronnd the middle, 9 feet ; girth round lhe
neck. 8 feet. He is chestnut colored, and
is said to be the best proportioned animal
i ever exhibited in that part of lhe country.
lie was raised by Washington Robbins,
! Thomaston. Maine, one of the wealthiest
j farmers in the State. The bull is called the
r Ueneral Knox.
Capt Jhmeb OAKEs.of the U.S. Army,
son of Judge Samuel Oakes, of Montour
connty, has been promoted lothe command
of Major, and sent on to Wheeling, in West
ern Virginia, to operate with the union vol
unteers concentrating in that region. Ma
jor Oakes was previously stationed in Texas
under the iraiior Twiggs, but when the
United States forces were disorganized in
that section, he came on to Washington,
and reported himself for duty. Sunbury
Gazette.
The Farmer ad Gardener, with the Bee
Journal, has been sent oul for May, some
time since, we failed to notice them in our
last. ' They are both excellent publications,
and treat upon nothing but what woald be
highly important for every farmer to read
and understand. We would advise all who
jjr!ya'ii,'r,cLf'?rbr'th or either.
Sonthern War Items.
i Washington, May 17.
The Charleston Courier says, that on Sun
day last, GenBeauregard went to visit the
different pons on the coast of South Caro
lina to make locations for batteries.
The Savannah Republican says it has good
reason to believe that if not already done a
change will soon be effected in the Cabinet
of President Davis. It will extend to tha
Wor and Attorney General's offices, and it
i understood Mr. Walker and Mr. Benja
man are to change places.
The Staunton (Va) Spectatot, says that
"the consecrated remains of General Wash
ington have been removed from Mt. Ver
non to Lexington, to prevent them from be
ing desecrated by the hena-like Yandals of
the North."
The Richmond papers announce the ar
rival there of the advance guard of the Tex
as Rangers.
The North Carolina election, on Monday,
resulted in favor of the Secessionists every
where. In Murfreesboro precinct, Kenneth
Raynor received 109 votes, W. N Smith, 5,
and G. C. Moore 4
A despatch from Charleston to the Savan
nah Republican says: "Wagner's improved
rifle cannon have been tested and found to
throw a shell seven miles. Preparations
are on foot to compliment the Niagara with
a few."
The Blockade of Charleston.
Chaklcston, May 17.
The Charleston Courier reports that or.
the 12th inst., the British bark Hilga, from
Liverpool, was refused entrance into that
port by the United States steam frigate Ni
agara. The Biitiah ships Monmouth and
Gen. Parkhill were also ordered off.
The British ship A was pursued, but
she run into shoal water, and was towed up
to the city.
The Briiixh ship Suan G Owens bound
for Liverpool was boarded by the Niagara,
and then permitted to pass.
From Hagerstown, aid.
THE COS FEDERATE TROOPS AT WILL1AMSPORT.
Hagehstown, Md., May 20. The Con
federate troops at Williamsport have not
yet crossed the Foiomac lhey have no
tents, and very little, if any, provisions.
Thrf commander says he has no intention
to cross the river. It is reliably stated that
1,500 more men are expected to-night,
with eight pieces of artillery.
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Ihe Rebels at Williamsport, aid.
Baltimore May 20. A letter to the Amer
ican from Williamsport, Md , says that
about l.oOu Virginia and South Carolina
troops from Harper's Ferry, took op a posi
tion on Sunday on the Virginia side of the
Potomac, opposite that town, commanding
the Ferry, and expected to be joined by
another detachment 1,000 strong today
with field pieces. Williamsport is but sev
en miles from Hagerstown.
From hmberibarg.
Cuambersbcrg. Pa., May 20, A detach
ment of 700 Virginia troops have arrived
opposite Williamsport on the Potomac riv
er, only twenty-six miles south of this point.
It is believed here that they intend to
make an incursion into the southern borders
of ihis State. Affairs grow intere-ting here.
Gen. Williams left here to day for Har-
ri-burg on special business. His object it,
ueuevea io oe io ooia.n iue Frc,..i
of two batteries of artillery and a battalion
of cavalry, rendered necessary by the for
i ward movement of the Virginia troops.
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Allotment of Troops.
The following list exhibits the number of
companies of volunteers allotted to each
county, under the two requistions of ibe
President :
Adam. 1 : Allegheny, 8 ; Armstrong, 2 ;
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1 : Crawford, 3 ; Cumberland, 3 ; Uauphin,
9 nUivarp 9 F.rie 5 : Favette. 2 : Frank
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3 ; Centre. 1 ; Chesier, 4 ; Clearfield,
Elk and McKean, 2 ; Clarion and Jefferson,
2; Clinton, 1 ; Green, 1 ; Huntingdon, z ;
Indiana, 2; Juniata and Mifflin, 1; Lan
caoter, 4 ; Lebanon, 2 ; Lehigh, 1 ; Luzerne,
2 ; Lcoming, 2 ; Mercer, 2; Montgomery
2; Montour, 1 ; Northampton, I ; Northum
berland, 2 ; Terry. 2; Philadelphia, 26;'
Schuylkill, 2 ; Snyder 1 ; Somerset, 1 ; Sus
quehanna and Tioga 4 ; Union. 1 ; Venan
go, 1 Warren, 2; Washington., 3; West
moreland, 3 ; Wyoming, 1 ; York 3.
Any company or companies desiring to
offer their services from the coun'ies named
whote services have not been hertofore of
fere., are required lo forward their appli
cation within five days from Ihis date
The captains of companies offered will
be duly notified as to their acceptance by
the authorized department, and, unlil or
dered to march, no expense will be incur
red by the Slate.
In the event of no campany, or less than
the allotted- number of companies, from any
offering their services within the specified
lime, then the number of companies defi
cient will be allowed to other counties.
Il will be particularly noticed that no re
giments, as such, will be accepted, and no
election of regimental officers be permitted,
until further orders.
A number of the companies to the above
list have already been named, which will
be here after published so soon as the lial is
completed.
Godet The June number of Godey's
Lady's Book is already out. It is a splen
did number, attractive in its engravings
plates &c , interesting in it literature, and
instructive in its parlor department. Gel
the Jane number.
ETE. J. Thornton's Card on the out side
o! oar paper should have been changed.
He sells wall paper in Rupert's building on
Min street, formerly occupied by the Post
Office. Mr. T. has the cheapest and most
h?tndome lot of paper for sale in this place
: ? - - The Stay Law.
The following is a copy of the Stay Law,
as! it finally passed the Legislature the
night before their adjournment : .
AN ACT RELATING TO JuDGM EMS AND KxKCO
TlONB.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania, in General As
sembly met, and is hereby enacted by the
authority of the same. That upon all judg
ments now remaining unsatisfied, or which
may be obtained within six months from
the passage of this act, or npon which a
sale of real estate has not yet been confirm
ed, there shall be a stay of execution for
one year from the passage hereof, as regards
judgments now existing, and Irom their
date as regards judgments obtained within
six months after the date thereof ; Provided,
That the defendant is possessed of real es
tate within the respective county or coun
ties in which such judgments shall have
been obtained, or in any other county with
in the Commonwealth to which the said
judgnrent shall have been transferred, sub
ject to be sold for- the payment of such
judgment, worth in the opinion of any Court,
or Judge in vacation, justice, or alderman
having jurisdiction of such judgments, at
a fair valuation, a sum sufficient to pay or
satisfy the same over and above other in
cumbrances, and the amount exempted
from levy and sale on execution, or said
defendant shall give security for the pay
ment of the same, to be approved by the
court or a Judge thereof, in vacation, or the ;
Justice or Alderman before whom the same
was obtained or may be depending, within
60 days from the date of the judgment or
from the passage of this act, which security
shall consist of one or more persons, who
fliall satisfy the court, Jude or Justice, by
oath or affirmation, and such other eviden
ces a may be required, that they are the
ona file owners of real or personal estate
within the county where such judgment
has been entered, worth, at a fair valuation,
double jhe amount of such judgment, over
and above all other debts and incumbran-
ces, to which security the plaintiffs may ! carried through the streets on a rail, and
file exceptions, as now, provided by law, j egeJ- Served him right. He should have
and that in all actions now pending or insti- I bee" Seated to a coal of tar and feathers,
toted within twelre months after the pass-! which in our opinion would be still loo len-
Fage of this act, in any of the courts of this ient- Berwick GazeVe.
Commonwealh,on notes, bills.bonds. or other " " ' '
, . . . , Maj. General Dix. Hon. John A. Dix,
instruments, lor the payment of money, or i , . '
r . i i . . . . : of New ork. Late Secretary of the Treas
for the recovery of book debts, wherein the . , ; . .
, , , . , t i . . . j ury in President Buchanan's Cabinet, ha
proceedings, before actual 6ale by the Sher
iff, shall have filed an affidavit selling forth
that ihe'majonty of his, or their creditors,
whose demand exceed two-thirds of his or
their entire indebtedness, have agreed in
writing, to extend the time of payment of
the debts due tbem respectively, lhe Court
shall direct the Prothonotary fo report the
terms of the said extension upon evidence
submitted to him by the defendant or de
fendants, and thereupon the Court shall eu- i
ter an order in the cause thai no execution '
shall issue except at the periods when and !
in the proportions which it shall appear by
the report of the Prothonotary that the .ma
jority of the creditors of the defendant or de
fendants, whose demands exceed two-thirds
of his or their entire indebtedness, have
agreed, as aforesaid, to extend the time of
payment of the debts due them respective
ly ; and, Provided, further, that the provis
ions of this act shall extend to judgments
entered, or to be entered, as well upon
bond and warrant of attorney, as upon tnort
gages, lo secure the same, and to any sub
sequent grantee or owner of the premises
so bound, as well as to the original obligor
or mortgagor, and also to all judgments or
debts upon which 6tay of execalion has
been, or may be waived by the debtor, in
any original obligation or contract upon
which such judgment has been or may
hereafter be obtained, or by any stipulation
entered into at any lime separate from taid j
obligation or contract ; And, provided, 1 hat
nothing in tin act contained shall be con
trued lo stay any execution that may be
issued afier the expiration of sixty days
from the passage of ihis act for the purpose
of collecting interest doe or to become due
upon any judgment for any sum not less
than five hundred dollars heretofore obtain
ed, but no such execution 6hall be issued
for less than six months' arrearages of inter
est ; provided, That this act shall not apply
so as to May the col ection of interest on
judgments interest for the security of the
payment of money lo widows, orphans qr
minors; And, p'ovided, Jurtlar, Thai this act
shall not apply to any judgment obtained
for the wages of labor, or to debts contract
ed after the passage of this act, but shall
apply to . all corporations whether defen
dants or holders of collaterals.
Sec 2. That in all cases in which a de
fendant shall be entitled to a stay of execu
tion, under the provisions ot this act, and
shall neglect or reluse lo claim the benefit
thereof, any mortgagee of the premises
levied upon, or other lien creditor whose
estate or interest therein would be affected
by sale of the said premises, shall have the
like right with the defendant lo claim such
stay of execution.
Sec 3. That upon all judgments hereto
fore entered, or which may hereafter be en
tered upon conditional verdicts, stipulations,
or warrants of attorney, in action of eject
ment, a like stay of execution shall be had
opon the same terms and conditions provid
ed in the first section of this act
Sec 4 That the provisions of this act
shall be construed to apply to all judgments
in which a sale by judicial process has not
been actually made.
Sentenced to be Hcng Wm. Weaver,
of Yewport, Pery county, convicted some
time ago of poioning his wife, was senten
ced, on Tuesday last, to suffer the extreme
penalty of the law. The Democrat says :
The prisoner displayed the most astonish
ing 6toicism ever witnessed by those pres
ent. Standing erect, his lips compressed,
and his eyes on the Judge, he remained
throughout the whole terrible scene nn
moved, except now and then a slight ner-
- Small .lotes.
The 'good old times" of hiipUster cur
rency are coming round aain, tha-iks to
the late I,egMature, and the s;aht of a gol.l
dollar, or even a 'quarter" will soon be
rare as strawberries at Cnristm is. l ha
Banks are losing no lime in availing them
selves of the pritilege of Nsiin2 msl! noie-i
:he '-weaker vessels" beinr firi-i in the
field, of course. The Bank of Xor'hnmt.er
land.and the Mechanics' Bank of Piitubiir y
have already issued a batch of Si's, t-2'a
and S3's. and they are rapKlly getting into
circulation. . We shall doubtless soon have-
this "better currency" nearer home Well
ik. .i. i ' L .' . , .
mo fcwpic nuoiu uaTc a cnange, laci lair
and they have got it. But such a change
Exchange. f
. "Cr ach" Regiment. Col. Petti2rewJ
r-.ii u r i- "' T
of Charleston, South Carolina, is raiding .-
regiment of mounted riflemen for service in
Virginia. It is composed wholly of picked1
men, each member being required to furn
ish his own bore and accoutrements The
regiment will be specially fitted, it is said,
against the 7th of New York. The organi
zation of Col. Pettigrew's command, we
learn from a private source, was expected
'o have been completed on Siturday lait
when it would immediately start for Rich
mond. Cannon Balls and Shelis. The Phrr
nix Iron Works, at PhcDnixville, are bn-ily
engaged in making a number of wrought
iron guns, six and twelve pounders, for
Philadelphia They are also, casting sever
al thousand solid twelve pound balls and
shells. They are also making extensive
preparations for making the same kir.d of
guns for government. Thee iron works,
says the Phanix are now fully prepared to
turn out cannon and balls in any quantity.
. m m m
Jacob Por, of Nescopeck, Luzerne coun
ty, who went with the volunteers from thi
p'ace, deserted the camp, and came home
one day last week. He was waited upon
by a committee at his home, brought to thU
Borough on Saturday last. He was then
accepted the appointment of Major General
of the New York forces, which was tender
ed him some days ago by Gov. Morgan.
On the night of lhe 6th instant a terrible
tornado passed over a portion of South Car
olina, in the .vicinity of Orangeburg. A
large number of dwellings were blown
down, the crops destroyed, and several
slaves killed.
Ho'loueay'i PiUi. What is life without
enjoyment ? Impnre Blood. Health is th
handmaid of happiness, the one is as de
pendent on the other, as i the preservation
of existence on sound and healthy blood.
Four-fifths of the diseases which afflict man
kind spring from impurity and impoverish
ment of the blood. To keep the vital fluid
pure and vigorous is the irue secret of
health, and Holloway's Pills will accom
plish this most effectually no matter how
tainted or vitiated. An attention to this fact
will not only save irouble and annoyance
as well as a considerable item in annual
expenses in lhe shape of medical a'ten
dance, but will prevent all lLose disorders,
pimples, blotches and cutaneous eruption
which proceed from impure blood.
DIED. '
On the 5th inst., in Jonesville, Michigan,
Arthur, son ot Dr. Wm B., and Ellen
Hawkins, and grandson of Wm. Robisou.of
this place, aged two years, 4 months and
14 days.
In Berwick. Columbia county, on Friday
afternoon, May 3rd, 1861, Abbie, wile of
Camper Frantz, aged about 27 years.
In Berwick, Colombia county, on Tues
day evening May 14ih, Lizzie, only daugh
ter of Tho. and Ellen Lee, aged 4 years, fi
months, and 23 days.
iT CO -CP 12 22 13,.
VI 7 HERE AS, my wile, Anna Maria Sti-
ner, la'ely left my houe, and bed
and board without my knowledge, arl
gaitift my wifh, and is continuing to ab-t-ent
herself thereirom. All r.ercon are
hereby notified noi io tiui ihe aiJ Anna
Maria on my account, a I will uol pay
any debts ot her contraction.
JOHN STINER.
Bloombborg, May
22, 1S61.
Columbia County
ACRICl LTIKAL SOCIETY.
THE Annual Meeting of the Columbia
County Agricultural Socieiy for lhe Elec
tion of Othcers, io sere for one year, will
be held at the Court llou.-e, in K!uum-burg,
on Saturday, the 25ih inst., at 2 o'clock,
P. M.
DR J. RAMSEY, Prea'i.
May 22, 1K6J.
Sheriffs Sale.
BY virtue of a writ of Fiari Facial lo m
directed, issued oul of ihe Court of
Common Pleas of Columbia count), Pa.,
will be exposed to public sale, at the Court
House in Bloomrburg, on
SATURDAY, THE 15ih DAY OF JUNE
1861, at 1 o'clock in lhe afternoon, allflhal
certain LOT OK GROUND, ntuate on Iron
Street, in ihe town of Bloontbtirg, Bhom
lownet.ip, Columbia county, Pa., boonded
and described as foilews: Fronting or.
Iron Street aforesaid twenty seven and a
half feet, bounded on lhe south by lul of
Michael Snyder, one hundred and sixt
five fee'., to an alley twelve feet wide,th
right to and passing over is one of the priv
ileges and appurtenances of this lot, llienca
along said ailey twenty seven reel and a
half, io lot owned by Jacob Stiner, thenca
along said lot one hundred and sixty three
leet, four inches, to Iron Street lhe place of
beginning containing Eighteen Perches be
ibe, same more or less, (and the tight of al
ley named aforesaid.) On which is erect
ed a FRAME DWELLING HUUSE, ar
ranged tor two families, one half of which
is on the lot to be sold, the other half be
longing to the adjoining lot, one half of Ihe
well and pump, and out buildings oil lot
desrribed with the appurtenances.
Seized, taken in execution and to be so'jd
. ! nrm..,-rV Trh Siinaf