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LOOBSBURG, WEDNESDAY, MAT 29, 1861.
Democratic Doctrine.
' For the benefit cf those who have taken
special pains to charge the Democracy
with treason snd it concurrent crimes, we
place on record resolutions passed by their
authorized representativerat a State meet
ing, held in the city of Harrisburg in Febru
ary last. We wish it clearly understood
that the Democracy of the entire Common
wealth endorsed it at the time, as the cor
rect doctrine. We would not at this early
day placB them upon record, had not the
Administration prints commenced their
' work of misrepresentation.
In the pending struggle we - are ready to
sustain President Lincoln with as good
heart as if he was the man of onr choice,
and hope biro God speed in every effort to
redeem the honor and power of our common
heritage ; tee trill sustain him ; yet, whenev
er assaults are made opon the actions and
motives that influence political interests
exclusively, we will defend those principles
that in onr judgment are correct, and in
their tendency favor onr growth and pros
perity as a nation. Without further com
ment, we subjoin the resolutions referred to:
Resolved, That the Government of the
United States althojgh limited in its authori
ty to tie subjects encmeta'ed in the Federal
Constitution, possesses within those limits
supreme authority, and has the usual anil
necessary powers fcr preserving itself and
enforcing its laws.
Resolved, That the Union of the Slates
was founded by the wisdom of our patriotic
ancestors, is sanctioned by the experience
of our whole political experience, and has
secured to us unexampled prosperity at
home and respect abroad. The Democratic
party will cling to it a the last prop of free
dom, and as the great exponent in self gov
ernment with which to light the nations ot
the earth to liberty and independence
Resolutions ol State Convention, Feb. 1861.
Cutta Ttreha Cement Booting.
We invite the attention of our readers to
the advertisement of Messrs. Johns Sl Ckos
let, New York, in another column.
The numerous experiments made for the
last few years, to produce a substitute for
tin, slate and shingle roofs, have at last led
to a perfect triumph in the Gutla Percha
Cement Roofing offered by these gentle
men. Possessing in a great degree, the features
of elasticity, (which is a qualification of a
Cement Roofing actually necessary and long
sought after,) durability and cheapness,
combined with the fact that is weather and
: fire proof, its general adoption cannot be
too earnestly urged. The Gu.ta Percha
' Cement for coating and repairing Metal
Roofs of all kinds, and for preserving all
metals from rust and corrosion from its
' great durability and. cheapness, is fast su
perseding paints of every description here
tofore used for such purposes.
These materials (for which the First
Premiums have been awarded by the Amer i
ican Insti'nte and many of the principal j
" State Fair throughout the country.) are
' recommended in the highest terras by the
New York & Erie R. R. Co , and many of
' the principal Railroad North and South,
and also by the officers of the leading In
surance Companies throughout the country.
The Xeanins of litis Fifbt"
The Boston Atlas and Bee of the 24th,
edited by the Adjutant General of Massa
chusetts thus explains its views of "the
-meaning of this fight" and of the course to
be pnrsued in its prosecution :
Let the government send a strong force
at once into Eastern Virginia, accompanied
by snch chanlains as Stella Martin, Fred
Donglas and Box Brown, with as many black
. volunteers as can ba raised in Canada and
the Free Sta'es; declare martal taw, so that
it shall override the lvr of slavery as jt
overrides all other law.and declare fre9dom
to every slave that will join the Federal
army, furnishing arms and ammunition at
the same time. By prompt action o! this
sort an army of 40.000 men may be raised
from the slaves and free negroes east of the
Blue Ridge, that would take care of Norfolk
and Richmond before the return of the sick
ly season. It is healthy, even in the coun
ties near the Chesepeake, until July, ar.d
immedia'ely below the Blue Ridge it is
healthy all the year round.
Pot Stella Martin, and such missionaries
; as he tray select, ashore, each under the
! protection of a battalion, on either bank of
the Rappahannock. York and James Rivers
let them stump it at the nearest court
; house, and Eastern Virginia will be a free
: community a strong power, with us and of
o, before the emasculated whites of that
region fairly learned that they are out of
the Union. Do this, and away with the
nonsense abo-t abolition. We want deeds,
not offensive and useless words: and we
want deeds that will save life and lead to
freedom. The meaning cf this fight is the
doom of slavery, and the sooner Ike Govern
merit act vpon this idea, the less toUl be the ear
nage. We must buy into freedom the
slaves of the loyal Slates, if such remain at
the close of the war.
If the views oi the Journal are correct,
they are very different from what is here
understood to be the "meaning of r.his fight."
Here, volunteers have enrolled themselves
for the defence of the Capitol and the
maintenance of the Government and the
constitution! authority of the country. The
two views are as wide apart as the poles-
Taking into considera'ion the fact that thou
sands and tens of thousands of lives will,
ia all probability, be lost when the conflict
once begins, there ought to be some cer
taint? as to the object of the war now ira
pending oer the country and the true
.'jaeanins of this fight." .-
" As we go to rre, Tuesday evening, the
war news ia of r.o creai importance. No
K Mvinir I foocht, and signs cf
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Democratic Union Meeting
In pursuance of a call, a large number of
the Democratic citizens ot Luzerne county,
met at the Prospect House of Joseph E.
Vanleer, near Wilkes-Barre, on Saturday,
18th inst., at 3 P. M. All the Stars and
Stripes having been duly unfurled from the
top of the time-honored hickory, and a du
plicate flag, surrounded by an eagle, hav
ing been raised at the house of Stiles Wil
liams a few rods distant, the meeting was
called to order In Vanleer's large hall, when
on motion, Geo. P. Steele was chosen as
Chairman ; Edmund Taylor John Richard
Benj. F. Pfouts, Richard Hutchins, Gilraan
Converse, Samuel H. Puterbaugh and Stiles
Williams as Vice Presidents ; and Caleb F.
Bowman, Geo. B. Kulp and Win. H Alex
ander as Secretaries.
On motion, a committee to prepare and
present resolutions was appointed, consist
ing of Stanley. Woodward, E. B. Chase, G.
B. Nicholson, A. R. Brundage, Harry Hakes,
Edmucd Taylor and Theodore Smith ; who,
in due time, made the following report:
Whereas, Civil war has been inaugura
ted simultaneously wim a Republican ad
ministration ; and whereas, it has ever
been the Democratic faith that abolitionism
or other sectionalism, must inevitably be
get civil war and ruin our country there
fore, Retolved, That the Democratic party is
the true and only conservative party ot the
country, and the Democratic creed the only
embodiment of principles under which our
beloved country can prosper.
Revolved, That we are not in favor of se-ces-ion
or nullification, whether the right
be claimed by South Carolina, Massa
chusetts or Pennsylvania, believing that
the or.ly remedy for all real or fancied inter-State
grievances lies within the Consti
tution and Union and not outside ot them
P.enolved, That we are determined to
maintain the equality of all the States, in all
respects, under all circumstances, and in
all places.
Rewlved, That we are in favor of our good
old Constitution and Flag, and are deter
mined to wage perpetual war against se
cessionists, nullifies, know nothings and
abolitonists.
Resolved, That we will, in view of thp la
mentable condition into which our oppo
nents have brought the country, labor in
cessantly, until the last rebellious Mas: shall
fall, every abolitionist and other disuniouist
be hurled from power, and one flag, one
constilukm. one interest and one destiny,
shall be recognized from Canada to the
Gulf of Mexico, and from the Atlantic to
the Pacific
Rewlved. That we will vigorously sup
port President Lincoln in all constitutional
and proper means for the protection of the
American Flag, and the preservation of the
honor and integrit of the government, as is
manifestly evidenced by the large propor
tion of democrats now in the service ol the
Uuited S;ates Government.
The meeting was addressed by C. F.
Bowman, Stanley Woodward. E. B. Chase,
Edmund Taylor and Harry Hakes; and the
sentiments expressed in the resolutions and
speeches, received the most cordial and un
qualified endorsement of all present.
Oa motion, it was directed that the full
proceedings of this meeting be published
in the Democratic papers of this congres
sional district, and in the New York Daily
yews and New York Herald.
Signed by the officers
Luzerne Union.
From Chambersbnrf.
Chambebsbukg, May 25.
Advices from Hagertown state
that the
railroad track has been torn up on both
sides ot Harper's Ferry by the Secessionists.
It is reported that not less than 10,000
troops are at that point and in the neighbo
hood. No large guns stationed or. Maryland
Heights
Although reinforcements had been ex
pected daily at Williamport, none had
reached there up to Friday evening. Pro
visions were scarce there, and the troops
without tenta. Desertions numerous. Vir
ginian troops guarding all ferries between
Harper's Ferry and Hancock.
This town is perfectly quiet, and but little
fear felt of an invasion. If it should occur,
the invaders will meet a warmer reception
than they expect.
We desire reinforcements, neither of ar
tilley, dragoons nor infantry, as mentioned
in t.e dispatch published in this morning's
paprs, but are prepered to -epel any inva
sion of the soil of pennslvania promptly.
Signed Gen. E C. Williams per John J
Patterson, Aid-de camp.
: Who are to do the Fighting ?
We are told that Gov. Curlin has appoint
ed (Jen. Patterson, Gen. Cadwalader, Gen.
Hal and Col. Wyncocp, all Democrats, to
responsible positions in the army, and this
is cited as a reason why Democrats should
abandon their party. Gov. Cuitin knew
that the above named officers had seen ser
vice and were the best tacticians and com
manders in the State. He supposed, too,
that the prestige of their names would be
calculated to cause the rapid enlistment of
Democrats The Democracy were to do
the fighting, as they have always done be
fore, and to draw them into the service it
was necessary to make Generals and Colo
nels of some of their old leaders. For pru
dential reasons. Gov. Curtin gives the
Democrats office where bullets are expect
ed to fly, but places his Republican friends
on the leather-beds of civil offices at a safe
distance from the enemy. WTe have refer
red to this matter only because the blood
and thunder organ across lots, urges it as a
reason why Democrats should give up their
organization -Bedford Gazette.
The hoof of the Pnddin
1 or
Governor Sprague of Rhode Island, when
the Government called for troops lor the de
fence of the Capital, marched at once at the
head of his State's regiment, and is now in
Washington, ready to do a soldier's and pa
triot's duty. Governor Sprague is a Demo
crat, in fact the only Democratic Governor
of a Northern Slate this side of the Rocky
Mountains. Why is it that some of the Re
publican Governors do not follow bis ex
ample! Spragne was willing to compro
mise and to do any thing to prevent the war.
The Republican Governors were opposed
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Correspondence of the Star.
Titcsville, May 15th, 1861.
Air. Editor. :-Yon have in all probability
concluded that your columns are consider
ed unworthy a feeble correspondence from
this the country where the wonderful and
astonishing operation of oil digging is situ
ated ; where Kerosene in its crude state
flows like water from a mountain spring in
an abundance full as inexhaustible and far
more unaccountable, and where oil residen
ten 'stand in awe," beholding the wonder
ful phenomenon in the immediate vicinity
of their life's history, and they so long ig
norant of the existence of wealth so near at
hand and so readily secured. If so, you
are mistaken. I would gladly .have com
municated before .now had circumstances
proved favorable and I entertaining no fears
as to my inability to please and satisfy a
partially fastidious people. Should I how
ever through inexperience and timidity
falter in this effort I beg you, friends, to
spare criticisms and supply by your own
imagination adequate descriptions and ap
propriate language where applicable.
Petroleum'' is the term by which opera
tors have been pleased to designate this
world of wonders, therefore should one un
acquainted hear it, a taxing of the brain
would be necessary to decipher its signifi
cation as is frequently the case, I will spare
some that '.rouble. "Petroleum," simply
means "oildom" or "oil region " In order
to give a more correct account of these oil
operations, &c, I will note what I have
witnessed, and tell only what I know about
this greate from' the ground
'Twas evening an April sun was send
ing his long shmtondicular rays through a
narrow copse of beech and maple, display
ing a visionary region of inconceivable
magnificence in the air, and innumerable
waterwitches and swamp Faries in a mead
beyond as he was evidently about to bid
adieu to earth and sink into the eastern
horizon (for by the way the world seemed
to revolve conversely) as a party of seven,
one of whom was myself, entered this nota
ble village. To the south west is the only
opening through the everlasting hills that
surround us, and :n that direction we ex
pected to find 'Petroleum." But as we
were fatigued a visit to the place was de
fered. The excitement occasioned many
arrivals of speculators and fortune seekers
daily, and of course accommodations would
be rare as frost in Augost. The common
fate of many was also shared by us and not
a few tough nights were spent. After a re
quisite regaling we repaired enmasse to
this little world in itself in order to satisfy
ourselves on the well greased subject.
When within a few hundred yards of the
nearest well a strong yet not unpleasant
odor came in contact with our largely infla
ted pertuberances which caused no incon
siderable amount of snuffing. In an hour
we could inhale it with little or no difficul
ty. The utmost caution was observed so
as not to appear "green," but in spite of
that caution a great many curiou and per
haps silly interrogations passed our lips
The operation of sinking a well is similar
to that of drilling holes into a rock suffice
it to say that the labor of two men is reqnir
ed not less than three months from the
commencement of a well until oil is found
at an expense of from five to eight hundred
dollars.
There are two Geysers or flawing wells
whi:h at times spout oil to the hight of
sixty feet or more, as a general thing they
flow about six hours per day. 1 witnessed
the operation of one which acted as follows:
When I first approached all was silent, but
the smell of oil was very strong. Presently
a low sound was audible, a slow oozing,
succeeded by slight spirts of pure water,
then all ceased in a few minutes, without
any further indication of a flow, large jets
of oil spouted to a great hit;ht, four or five
times in succession, as this abated a con
stant flow ensued at a rate of sixty barrels
per hour or one barrel per minute. I re
mained three hours and then it flowed as
brisk a at first. Crude oil in color is not
unlike the water of a stagnant frog-pond,
but is so gaseous as to hiss in a half depres
sed manner continually not perceptible
unless placed near the ear. However so
faintly portrayed this wonder working dis
covery I must leave -the residue for an abler
pen or until I recruit in mental strength.
I will yet add that should any one wish to
dispense with an overplus of Bank notes
to an advantage to come and behold and
he will return well satisfied with his visit
well divested of his money and "well
greased from top to toe.
War has stagnated business some yonng
men are scarce, nearly all have volunteer
ed, and are now in Virginia Titusvdle
small as it is, can boast of sending 75 noble
fellows to the seat of war, showing that
patriotism is not quite crushed out here
Four "Star Spangled Banner?" float mages
tically over the town among which floats
the "D;adem" of our nation's glory, one
which floated in the battle of Lake Erie.
The wind now flaps the corners of its time
honored folds.
D. V. MOYER.
Arrested.
. Baltimore, May 25.
John Merryman, a wealthy and highly
respectable citizen of Baltimore county, and
President of the Maryland Agricultural So
ciety was arrested last night, at his resi
dence, by a Government officer, and brought
to the city this morning, and taker to fort
M'Henry. He is charged with burning the
bridges on the Northern Central railroad.
It is understood he says he acted by the
authority of the Mayor and Board of Police
Commission.
Col. Keller, of Adarasburg, is much an
noyed by the petty persecutions of a set of
men who ha"ve lately become great friends
of the Union During the last campaign
he was nicknamed a Union-saver, because
he declared for the Union when it was the
proper time to do so. Mr. Keller was at
Middleburg recently, and the Union Guards
about leaving for the war gavd him three
K-fpfflB-yirttjocif prq the men who
The State Supplies for the Volunteers.
For a week or two past, complaints of
all sons of abuses in furnishing supplies to
the troops of the State have been frequent
and emphatic. Some such things were to
be expected, and, in general, allegations of
the kind referred to have been pass
ed over with but a brief comment. W ithin
a few days, however, the biibject has as
sumed an aspect to command more serious
attention The whole atmosphere is now
vocal with charges of favoriteism, jobbing,
abuse and corruption. What has heretofore
been vague rumor is reduced to demonstra
ted fact, at least, so for as abuse of sacred
trust is concerned. There is not the slight
est room for doubt that the State has been
defrauded and the poor soldier grossly
plundered ; and in the public indignation
which justly attaches to the agents and par
ticipators in such scandalous wrongs we
hear persons freely censured, from lowest
subordinate In those highest in authority
from the middlemen who figure so strangely
in this business, clear up to the Governor of
the State himself
The first official information which has
been laid before the public on the subject,
is a communication from Gov. Curtin, da
ted May 8th, in response to a resolution of
inquiry from the House of Representatives,
dated May 3d. This is a document of fifty
pages. The most careful examination of
the bare figures and details would itself
fail to expose the enormity of some of the
charges, and hence we have procured sam
ples of some of the supplies, which are
open to the examination of the public at
this office, among which are the rickety
shoe, soled with a white pine shaving, and
the miserable pair ol pantaloons, elsewhere
referred to this morning, both of which
went utterly to pieces in a service of two
days.
It is not our purpose in this article to an
alyze the particulars of the Governor's com
munication. Our immediate object is to di
rect the attention of the public to a few
points suggested by the bills detailed on
pages forty-six and forty -seven of the Gov
ernor's message, which happen to be the
pages at which our ropy of our document
first opened up. These bills are among
those republished on our second page. The
first is an account of Lambert & Higgins
for bearding at Harrisburg and putting up
tents, amounting to (8 94) eight dollars and
ninety four cents. This is quite a small
bill, and we have not the slightest doubt a
perfectly honest one, yet a member of the
firm was required to swear to i' and the
Quartermaster-General to certify it; in fact,
it is shingled over with endorsements, and
Lambert & Higgins, for their petty bill for
boarding, appear to have been put through
the utmost rigor of official formality.
Immediately preceding this bill is one
from E. Fronenfeld & Bro , for uniforms
and pantaloons, amount to (?22,585Mwenty
two thousand five hundred and eghty-five
dollars. Now we disclaim all jeronnl ref
erence to this firm. We do not know who
they are. They are neither in the Phila
delphia Directory, nor in Boyd's Directory i
of the State, so far as we have been able to
discover. There is, therefore, no personal
feeling in our reference to their bill, but
we take it as part of a public record. This
large bill, coming as it does in immediate
connection with a small one sworn and cer
tified, challenges scrutiny in search of simi
lar forms of care and caution with refer
ence to itself. But we do not find that E.
Fronenfeld & Co., were compelled or re
quired to make affidavit to their account of
over twenty-two thousand dollars, as Lam
bert was to his of less than nine dollar.
Nor do we find the certificate of the Quar
master General; but in place of these rigid
forms, our lynx-eyed examiners of petty
bills appear to have been satisfied with the
endorsement of Chas. M. Neal, Agent.
Let us pass this agent for a moment to
look closely at the bill. It is for
2,085 unilorms at 10 S20 850
347 pairs of pantaloons at 35 1,735
S22.585
The first remark of a business man upon
1 his account, will be its -'glittering gener
alities'' in the item of "uniforms." The
uninitiated would suppose that this embra
ced every article, from the brass letter on
the soldiers cap to his rickety shoes, inclu
ding sack, pantaloons and overcoat. But
there is internal evidence in the other bills
that it does not include either 6hoes, caps,
or overcoats. It comes down, then, to the
bare sacks and pantaloons, and we are left
in some doubt, by a separates charge for
pantaloons, whether it even includes the
latter. Lei it be conceded, however, that
it does, and there is exposed a charge of
ten dollars each, for two thousand unilorms,
which should be furnished of good quality
for seven dollars each. If they are of the
kind which have come generally to the no
tice of the public, five dollars would be a
high figure ; but if they are of the lot simi.
lar to the sample left at this office, they
would be dear at ten cents, for the latter
are utterly worthless. The charge in this
bill for pantaloons is five dollars per pair.
We ask the most imaginative of our readers,
if he or she ever saw a pair of soldier's
pantaloons, which by the utmost stretch of
fancy, could be valued at five dollars ? To
justify such a charge, they should not only
be substantia and serviceable, but even
fine; but who will have the hardihood to
say that any such have been furnished to
the State troops by thousands ?
It is this bill, so made up and amounting
to twenty-two thousand Sve hundred dol
lars, that appears to have been audited and
paid without the usual affidavit and certifi
cate, and upon the bare endorsement of C.
M. Neal, Agent. Agent for whom? Not
agent for the Governor, for he says to the
Legislature, in answer to their interrogatory,
as to what ''agencies" have been employed
in this business that be bad appointed E
M. Biddle, Adjutant General ; R. C. Hale,
Quartermaster-General ; and Wm. W Ir
win, Commissary-General : and that "art
jnirchaies have been made through their de
pariments." Neither is he agent for the
Quartermaster General, for Mr. Hale gives
a list oi his agents, and we do not find in ii
j amongthose who are serving "with pay"
i or 'without pay " Can C. M. Neal be the
agent of Fronenfeld & Bro.? This would
.Am ts. Via a nn Annt..tn n...UnKilillf
and there we leave his agency in this mys
erious transaction.
This Mr. Neal is on of the City Commis
sioners, under pay of the City Treasury, for
for attending to the City business ; and the
people have a right to require his close at
tention to his office. It is but a little while
since he was absent for weeks from his
post, seeking at Washington, the place of
Navy Agent. He has a tendency towards
agencies. In this enterprise, he was warm
ly supported by his friend, the Governor,
who was understood to be in Washington
for this purpose when our brave soldiers
were wandering about the streets unarmed,
unclad, unfed, and without orders ; and
when, at the same time, Governor Spargue
was marching through Philadelphia at the
head of his comfortably clad and fully
equipped Rhode Island troops, which he
was leading to the field of action. Neal
was not appointed Navy Agent, buf he now
turns up a sort of unclassified Army Agent.
It is, however, the bill he certified with
which we have to do at present, and we
have done onr duty in presenting it above
in the light of a strong contrast, and in call
ing attention to it as an example of what is
disclosed in the Governor's message, and
as furnishing a probable clue to the agen
cies by which the soldiers of the State have
been supplied with the worthless garments
of which they so loudly complain.
Under the loan bill recently passed by
the Legislature, expenditures of a similar
character to those detailed by the Governor
are to be made to the amount of at least
three millions of dollars. Are these also to
be wasted in jobbery like their predecessors?
And above all, are they to be committed to
the agencies already so grossly abused?
In the name of the people and of the de
frauded soldiers, we protest against any
repetition of such abuse." PhUidelphia In
qnirer. Letter from Camp Wayne.
Wkst Chester, Pa., )
May 10th, 1801. j
Dear Brother : I improve the opportunity
this morning by writing to you a few lines
in relation to Camp life. I am enjoying ex
cellent health at present, and have ever
since I enlisted in this noble canse. We
left Harristurg on the 4th inst., and arrived
here safe tie same day. West Chester is
a beautiful town, situated about 18 miles
from Philadelphia. There is not a frame
house in the place to the best of my knowl
edge. The inhabitants are chiefly retired
merchants and farmers of immense wealth.
I have been informed that the population is
about 7000, but I should judge it was more.
It is, beyond a doubt, one of the most hand
some places in Pennsylvania.
We had a mean place at Camp Curtin,
filthy, and dirty as you please. Now we
are quite differently situated ; healthy coun
try, good clean provisions, and plenty of
straw to sleep upon. By the way Til give
you a brief description of our tents and life
in Harrisburg: We had tents of the shape
of a buckveeat grain, as near as I can de
scribe, petting with sharp end upward.
We are all numbered each Company have
a provision tent, and a quartermaster. We
draw our rations three times per day ; that
is a piece of beef and chunk of bread. No
1 . draws, then No. 2., and so on, 'till we
all have drawn. There were two stoves to
cook our beef upon ; some build a wood
fire others coal. For the purpose of cooking
our meet we have a tin pan but it is so thin
that the meat occasionally catches fire,
then off itgoe,all in ablaze some in the fire
and some on the ground ; on goes another
pan
containing
another mess; then here
comes another with his meat on the end of
a stick ; bums it awhile and away he flies
to his tent to dine. (The tents are made to
accommodate six persons) The wind
blows ; we have straw, abbes and dirt, al
together, and it makes a large wholsome
mess. You now have a full knowledge ol
what our meals consist, with the exceptions
of coffee which I have not heretofore men-
tioned. This is the way we lived in Camp
Curtin. We live differently in Camp Wayne,
discipline and everything else have been
materially changed for the better.
We are in the 11th Regiment P. V., Com
pany H. with Captain McClcrk. I do nd
know how long we may remain here ; we
may march to other quarters in a very sho"t
time, or perhaps not within a month. Gir
movements are like the fate of war, vffy
uncertain. We are in possession of ur
arms and uniforms, an important ancle
which many here and at other Camps rave
uot yet received. No more at present.
Yours truly, D. P.C.
Several attempts were made to firs the
property of Dr. T. Lyon, of Williarrsport,
on Tuesda)' night and Wednesday morning
of las', week, but in every instance he fire
was discovered in time to preven much
damage being done. Letters inforrring the
Dr. that he would be burned out vere left
in his house and office one on Tuesday
last before any attempt had been trade, and
one on Thursday last. It was at irst sup
posed that these letters were wrtten, and
the several attempts to fire the remif.es,
were made by some evil dispoed man,
but how all could be done withut detec
tion a close watch having been iept was
a mystery. On Friday afternooi last, how
ever, we learn sufficient eviderce was dis
covered to dispel these suspioons and to
cause the arrest of a young girl in the em
ploy of Dr. Lyon's family, and she is now
in jail on the charge of beingthe author of
so much trouble and anxiety Aluncy Lu
minary. The Stcdcnt and Schooliate, a hand
some and valuable little ptblication, has
came to hand for the month if June. It is
devoted chiefly to the intereis of the stu
dent imparts no little araountof information
to him. Its dimension is not fcrge, although
it contains an exceedingly Ifrge amount of
reading for a publication of is size.
Sup'T Ilslet, of the Lack.St Bloomsburg
Railroad, will please accept oar thank for
ALEXANDIUl OCCUPIED.
, Death of Colonel Ellsworth
Washington, May 24. On landing at
Alexandria, the New York Zouaves, under
command of Col. Kllsworth marched to
the centre of the city. The Colonel imme
diately hoisted the American flag upon ihe
flagstaff, removing the Secession flag,
which had been floating there The tele
graph office immediately seized, and a
gnatd placed over it to prevent any knowl
edge of the movements being transmitted
South, or to other points in Virginia.
After the occupation of the telegraph of
fice a detachment of the Zouaves proceeded
to the Marshall House, over which a Seces
sion flag was floating. Colonel Ellsworth
asked the proprietor to take it down, but he
refused. The Colonel then proceeded to
do so himself, and, as he was bringing the
bunting down stairs, he was 6hot by Jack
son.
Jackon raised his gun to fire at Brow
nkll, one of the two privates who accom
panied the Colonel, but with the character
istic rapidity of the Zouave movement
Brownell drew his revolver and shot Jack
son, the ball passing in above hi nose on
the forehead and passing out at the back
of the head. Alter he fired and before
Jackson had faltered or abandoned the
effort to fire, the Zouave struck him with
his fist and knocked him down, putting a
bayonet through him as he fell. The
pleadings only of Jackson's wife saved his
body from being cut to pieces by the men
who stood over the fallen form of their
brave commander, so brutally assassinated.
Col. Ellsworth was about twenty-seven j
years of age. Ha was a native of Mechanics
ville, Saratoga county, New York, where
his parents now reside.
A large number of Secessionists were
r .
ttpiii.c i.uUTO. niuunij ,
them was the notorious
company with the others
Dr. Botle. In
he was impris-
oned.
Col. Wilcox, of Michigan, is now in
command of A lexandria. The Union men
ot that city are rejoicing now that they have
regained their liberty again. The steamers
between Washington and Alexandria will
resume their trips in a day or two. Gen.
Scorr refused passet to all strangers wish
ing to visit Alexandria.
Sherman's Batter, the Sixty-ninth Regi
ment of New York, the Massachusetts
Fifth, the Brook'yn Twenty-eighth, the
engineer corps of the Brooklyn Fourteenth, j
a battalion of Georgetown militia, and a j
portion of Washitgton militia, are in occu- !
pation of Arlington Heights and the High- !
lands of Virginia j
The Ohio Fir Regiment, lately in your !
city, crossed over at noon to day and joined
them.
Immense quintities of tools, fortification
implements, aid materials of war in trains
and wagons, aie now going over.
At interval, firing is heard. Numerous
squads of rebels have been captured.
It is uudersood here that there ha been
a simultaneois march upon Harper's Ferry,
by troops frox Pennsylvania, and Norfolk,
by troops utder General Butler.
Fram Iksi.ie's Montult, or Gazette or 1
Fashion, las come to hand for Jane, con-(
taining it usual variety of choice litera- !
lure, porraits and fashion plates. There is .
no magazine of its size and worth publish j
ed for tie same money three dollars. It
surpas-s in many respects most of our .
very lest publications. There is not that i
6amaiess about it that there is about some ;
of cur reported popular magazines, but ,
eacl number appears upon the stage with
entiely new features in every department, j
Tb present number contains a true por- I
trat of Gcnkral Beaurrgard, Lieut. Slem- ',
mk, Governor Letche, John Tyler, Gen- !
KptL Count Macmaham, Marshal of France, j
together with many others quite as inter- j
eying. Send and get the periodical. Ad- '
driss Fbank Leslie, 19 City Hall Square, j
Njw ork.
Narrow Escape. If the occupnion of
Alexandria had taken place an hour
earlier 400 rebel soldiers would have been
taken prisoners. They made their escape
by a special train, which it appears from '
what we can learn they had in waiting ;
Nearly all ihd plases occupied by the reb-;
els as quarters are now filled with Federal ,
troops. Union flags prevail in large num- j
bers in the place of the secession rag. In- .
telligence from Washington says that i
reports of a conflict upon Fort Pickens are j
almost hourly looked for, also an attack
between Richmond and the Capital. Should ;
a battle be fought near or at Richmond it
will in all probabilities be a hot contest.
An attack at Harper's Ferry has been daily
looked for it was supposed the govern- j
ment troops would endeavor to take pos
session of that place ere this.
Jfolloway's Ointment. A. voice from the
wilderness Abscess, tumors, scrofulous
and glandular swellings Livingstone the
great African traveller relates tha'. he was
as much 6tartled at the 6ight of a pot of Hol
loway's Ointment in the interior of Africa
as was Robinson Cruso at the print of naked
foot in the sand on enquiry he discovered
it was a common use and that the Portu
guese traders kept up the supply he met
with it frequently alterwards and found it
highly beneficial for the cures of scrofulous
humors, glandular swellings and the nu
merous other skin diseases which afflict the
nomadic tribes of those arid and intermina
ble wilds. Read the advertisement.
On last Thursday Evening a number of
our citizens assembled at the Berwick Ar
mory, for the purpose of forming a "Home
Guard" Freas Fowler Esq., was called to
the chair, and Isaiah Bower, Secretary.
M.E. Jackson Esq., was then called upon
to state the object of the-meeling, which he
did in a neat and patriotic style. He was
followed by Col. F. Stewart, and J.P. Craig
Esq. A paper was then presented, for en
rollment and quite a number responded.
There will be a meeting on next Monday
evening. Bertckk Gazette.
GREENWOOD KE1IIXARY
AMD roiTMBU COPNT"
AT M1I.LVII.LE, i-KNN A.
Important Additions 1 1 nproveme uts
Autumn Trim to I mm,r.co Anni 10
T
HJS liiMimuon whit-U h be,, j ltn,
rpssfnl operation for )! B-rj
' about undergoing a very im onni teti'.
uvanon, in ortter to place n nn a
lle basi- tha
more fa.
ever, a-xt nr-sp if
which are not surpass:', by ord fury A.-ad-emies
in Northern Pennsylvania. Annnr
the improvements will be a lare ihree".
storied building which will giv much ad
ditional room and gieater ro'iveniomres lot
boarders ; g corrrmolimis hall for a lectnre
room and public exercises, roiivenient clas
rooms, a library and reading room enrnmn
ing a cabinet of mineral- and e nriomne,
bath room, &e. An experienced and
thoroughly qualified clasiial teacher and
leciorer will be at the head of the Board of
Instruction, but th Principal will tivd the
general superintendence of t!i inMitinior
anj assume a share ol the dutie of teach
ing. Kegular lertoje will be 1liv.id
upon various t-ciniifjo subject, as well an
upon ihe theory and practice ol teaching
and a Normal Cla of yonng men and
women who wih to qualify ihems-rlve ior
teachers' profession, will receive especial
attention and asiiauce.
The course of Instruction in Ihe school
will be thorough and y Mematir, calcula'e I
lo embrace the various branches ol a prac
tical education. Ample provision will be
made for the s'udy of the higher Mathe
matics, the elucidation of Physics, anil the
Natural Sciences, by means of tunable ap
paratus, ar.d tor the study ot i ri e Utin,
Greek, and German languages, to enable
student to qnalil'v themselves for r.om'ner-
j cial and scientific pursuits, or to enter any
cias at couege.
Tha conn fry location of this Seminary in
a plessant village,in a healthy and fl urih
ing neighborhood, well known for the ete
vated tone of its moral sentiment, and
where the pnpiU are r.oi surrounded by
moe aemoranz'tig nmunc-", and irnp-
taunns lounrt m our ci i, larger towns and
many other localities, with no outside i i
fluences to divert their attention trom lner-
I ature and the work of mental culture, pre
sents attractions anu in tuuetnems to con
siderate parent emu'.ou atudents, seld-rn
found surrounding large schools anJ acad
emies. The Li'erary Society al-o, or.e of the old
est and best conducted in this sen ion of
country, presents an attractive fea um and
uetul auxiliary, to a practical e location.
The improvements will be under the
immediate charge of an efficient B ard ot
Trustees, appointed by the Seminary Com
pany, and will be completed in lime for
ihe Autumn term, to commence the 12th
of August nex'.
While thankful for pat ptronag we
wish to merit a couiinuauc ot similar fa
vors, and as we intend to include a higher
grade and wiJer range of n ruci'in, we
re-pectfully solicit a careful examinatioa
! into our facilities and claim.
i Term:
i Boarding, washing, tuition, light and
J incidental expends, for one quarter of
; eleven weeks, will be Thiry Dollars, one
half payabie in advance ihe o'.hr half
j and all tuition bills will be expected prompt-
Ij at tie expira'iou ol each quarter.
Items:
B arding, with furnished rootis, ons
quarter E2Z,0O
i 1 uiuon in common bnglish branhce 5,00
I u i . i i
including Mathematics and Book
I Keeping by Double Entry 6 00
j Tuition in La in, Greek, and German
( extra 1 00
' Watthing, Lights and incidental ex
J pne, one quarter, 3,00
Those who desire lo procure ehola:hipi
or attend by ihe ear, will be accommoda
ted at a reasonable discount, an t students
wishing to secure roomr should rnk sea
sonable application.
For further particulars addr
WM. BURGESS, Princioal
Millville, Pei.n'a.
George Masters, J. K Kves. )
Dr. A. P Heller. Ellis Eves, i Trustees.
BENJAMIN K. Eves, )
Milkille, M-iy 29, 1861.
joiirvs & ckosm;y,
Sole .Manufacturers or the Improved
The cheapest and mol durable Roofing in
use.
IT IS FIRE AND WATER PROOF.
1: can be applied to New and Old liot of
all kinds, and to S iingle Rjofs withoui re
moving the shingle.
Tne Coit i only about One-Th'rd that of
. Tin, AND IT IS TWICE AS DURABLE
CUTTA PERCHA CEMENT,
For preserving an I rennrin Tin a'ld o'.her
Metal Roots ol every description, fr.n its
great elasticity, i- not injured by the con
traction and expansion of metals, AND
WILL .NOT CRACK S COLD OR RUN
IN WARM W BATHE It
Thee materials have been thoroughly
tested in New Fork and ail part of tne
Southern and Western states, and we ca-i
give abundaut proof of all we claim in their
favor,
j They are icadi'y applied by ordmay I
borers, at a trifling expense.
"SO II HAT IS ItEQUIIlEO."
These materials are put up ready for ue,
and for shipping to all part of the country,
with fnll printed directions for application.
Full descriptive circulars will be furnish
ed on application by mail or in persoa at
our Principal Office and Warehouse,
78 W ILLIAM STREET,
Corner of Libert) Si'eet, New York.
JOHNS & CROSLEY.
Agents Wanted ! Terms Caet! !
May 29, 1861. ly.
REVIEW OF THE MARKET,
CAREFULLY CORRECTED WEEKLT.
WHEAT, SI
RYE.
CORN,
OA rs,
BUCKWHEAT,
FLOUR pr. bbl. 6
CLOVERSEED.5
20
70
56
3d
50
00
00
BUTTER,
EGGS,
TALLOW,
LARD.
POTATOES,
12
8
12
12
75
DR'D APPLES,! VO
HAMS, 12
MARRIED.
On Monday morning, 20th of May, at the
Exchange Ho-el, Maj. S. H. Puterbach, to
Miss Susan Kocher, all of Wilkes barre.
On (he 17th inst., by elder John Sutton,
Mr. Charles Coleman, to Miss Lwjsa,
daughter of Mathias Kline, all of Fiahing
creek. Columbia county, Pa.
lDl
At Camden, Arkansas, on the ltth inst,
Mrs. Emilt, wife of Levi Bist, Lvmtlf
of Jerseytown, Columbia Couaty.4 fcraaJ"
daughter ol th Ut U?rj $tc