STAR OF THE NORTH. . :--W TO ?. JJCOJffF, EDITOR. ELSOJISEERG, WEDNESDAY, Say 7th, IS2. TCIi:it has Congress Done for the Conntry ? Congresu has been in sessioa nearly five "month, and during that time has done frothing to pro-note :be success of tha Gov erument in the work of restoring the Union and re-esnblishing the snpreraacy of ihe Constitution. When Congress assembled iri December last, men and money to an al most unlimited extent badbeen placed at the disposal of the Administration to be. us ed for the maintenance of the aothority of the Government For all the good that has been done at thi. session, Congress had baiter never assembled. Its first doty was to pass a properly adjusted tax" bill, bearing equally upon all sections and interests, and adequate to the' wants of the Treasury. That dulyhas been postponed from week to week and lrom month to month, and is apparent!) no nearer performance now, than it was at the beginning of the fission. Tha time of Congress has been wasted in intrigues and squabbles disgraceful to a coantrj convulsed by civil" war. -The Abo litionists who control the order-of legisla tion, have devoted their time and attention to tneir lavonte hobbies, without regard to their effect upon the cause nearest the heart of the nation. They have acted towards Ihe loyal Union men of the border States with inconceivable baseness, and resorted to every means calculated to excite appre tension and discontent among a people en titled to forbearance and kindness. The negro first and the nation afterwards has been the role of their action. While Con gress has neglecteJ to provide revenue for the Government, it Jias found tirna at the bidding of Sumner and his traitorous crew, to abolish slavery in the District of Colum bia, recognize the negro Republics of Hati and Liberia, enable negroes to eompete with white men for the carrying of the United States mails, prohibit the return of fugitive slaves to their masters, and to let loose hordes of negroes to compete with the white laboring population of the North So far has this negro legislation been car ried that a disinterested spectator of the pro ceedings of Congress might well doubt whether that body was composed of white or black men. The Abolitioniets in Congress have be haved with undisguised perfidy'towards ihe Union men of the border State men who are entitled to the protection of the Consti tution and the laws ; and fo far has thi in suiting policy been carried that it excites a well grounded suspicion that there is a deliberate purpose to drive the loyal popu lation ot the border States irto rebellion so a to necessitate a reparation betweeu Free and Slave States. Last summer when these Border States were to be conciliated, Con gress passed with only two negative votes, the resolution declaring the purposes of the war, which stand at the bead of our paper. At the present session a resolution oUered by Mr. Hulman of ludiana, affirming and re-endorsing the same principles, was laid on the table of the House of Representa tives by the casting vote of Mr. Speaker Grow; and the majority thus places them selves cn the record as denying that this war is waged for the restoration of the Un ion and the preservation of the Constitution. The border States were regarded as secure there was no longer any necessity for allay ing their apprehensions, and the Abolition ista deemed it safe to display their true col ors, and to enter upon the work of emanci pation," count-cation and negro regeneration, as the prelude to the erection of a new gov ernment upon the ruins of the Constitution and the Union. : It is almost'incredible that in the hour of our country's agony, members of Congress have found do better employment than in triguing against generals, legislating for ne groes, and squandering the public money to the extent of millions. The only re deeming point is to be found in the fact that tome members have courageously ex posed the enormous frauds upon the Gov ernment by traitors who have made an age of license the opportunity ?for unbounded peculation. Patriot and Uuiot CccimiUce oa the War. The Senate Commi tee on the conduct of the war have made a report in which they state in regard to the atrocities perpetuated by the rebels at Manassas, that the bodies of the National soldiers were left to decay in the open air, their bones be'ng carried ofl as trophies, to be used as persona! adorn rnents, and one witness distinctly avtrs that the head of one of our most gallaat officers was cut off by a Secessionist, to be turned into a drinking cup on the occasion of his marriage. The Committee have been in formed that during the last two weeks, the skull of a Union soldier has been exhibited in the office of Sergeanl-at Arms of the House of Representatives.wbich had been convened to'such a porpose, ami which had been found on the person of onejaf the lie be 1 prisoners taken in a recent conflict. McClellan can easily obtain '.he applause j cf the &bo!i'.ionis!s. He may achieve noth- j ir.-g in military matters, but if he will runoff a darkey or two from Virgin;a, he will be at cce a great a General as Fremont is. Mc C'ellan will find still greater .advantage in taking '.he negro mania. He can steal as rjnch as'ha p!eae. He and his friends evi . pseket the money, and still he will Lave hosts of admirers and apologists,, who will itsist on hi t'ule lo the highest military and civil honors, although he may never fhow by Trords or sets,, any capacity in - Tiic Necessity of a While San's Party. " Although this republic was founded by while men, to secure to white men personal liberty, religious liberty and the individual and collective prosperity which naturally' flows from enlightened free institutions, we have now a Congress and many State Leg islatures whose sole-occupation seems to be exclnsive iegsUition for the benefit of the blacks. The imperative requirements of the war ; the consequent necessities of the Treasury ; the stagnation of commerce and manufac lures; the languiehing condition of labor, which daily appeal to the hearts and heads of our legislators, are drowned in the migh ty rush'of zeal that inspires our Solons with multitudinous expedients to blacken the racords of Congressional legislation ! The resolutions, the acts, the speeches of that national body might lead to the belief that the Government was located ;n Tim buctoo, were it not that the documentary evidence we daily receive of this, African legislation are dated from Washington, in the District of Columbia. Meanwhile, the white men who loaned their money to the Government to suppress a gigantic rebellion, are alarmed at the om inous delay in Congress to secure them even the interest of the va-t sams they so liberally advanced in the time of greatest need. White merchants ask in vain for re lief; white manufacturers do the best they can ; and white laborers already look with apprehension upon ihe numerous bands of runaway blacks that daily invade the soil of Pennsylvania and threaten to enter into competition with them in tha various fields of their occupations. The while citizens of Pennsylvania will soon feel, in the increase of their poor and county taxes, the addition al burthens put upon them by the sudden accession of a lazy and improvident colored population. The counties of Delaware, Chester, Lan caster are already overstocked with these contrabands. We see them daily passing through Harrisburg, wending their way northern and westward, and there is no ex aggeration in saying that, ere long, in every counly of the Commonwealth, our white la borers will meet runaway blacks face to face in competition for employment. The inevitable consequence of this competition must and will' be the degradation of labor, and the reduction of wages; they will then detect, when too late, the false ptetenses of the Republican party, whose laudations of ' the dignity of labor" were but a cheat to lure them from the ranks of the Democratic party, which alone has, ever since the Rev olution, honestly protected white labor against the constant encroachments of the aristocracy of wealih. The day is net far distant when the white citizens of th9 North will awaken, as if from an oppressive dream lo the dreadful realities which surround them, and will join in mass the white man's party that is destined to hurl from power the black man's party now hurrying the nation into anarchy and irretrievable ruin. Cur Iron-Clad Saiy. The Unifd States have the following iron clad vessels already built, contracted for, and proposed: The Monitor, The Galena, built at Mytic, The powerful vessel a; Philadelphia ' The Adirondack, The Stevens Battery, The E. A Stevens, built by Stevens, Iron clad gunboats ordered by Congress 20 Frigates recommend by senate committee 20 j The iron ram do. 1 Gunboats ordared by Massachusetts, 2 Total, 49 The state of New York will probably add on? or two more, thus making'a naval ,force of 10 iron clad gunboat greatly exceeding the combined iron clad vessels of all Europe and able to whip the navies of the world. The above list does not include our iron plated gunboats on '.be inland waters of the West, but only those on the Atlantic sea board. ' - Hore, folly. The bill lo abolish slavery in the District of Columbia has been signed by the Presi dent, and is therefore a law of the tand. . Amongst other provisions it appropriates ONE MILLION OF DOLLARS to pay the value of the slaves to their owners, and S 100,000 to pay the expenses of such of the released slaves as may wish to emigrate to Hayti, Liberia or elsewhere This is anoih er beautiful specimen of Abolition Legisla tion. At a time like this, when the nation is plunged deeply into debt, and the people will soon be made to groan under a heavy load of taxation for the support of the war, the mad frantics who role at Washington throw away a whole' million of -money lo pay for a few" thousand negroes. What next? Lancaster Intelhgencer . --- Kew York Freeman's Journal. This able organ of the Catholic fai'h, which was forbidden the Ore of tha mails some months ago, and its editor, James A. McMaster, Esq ; imprisoned in Fort Lafay ette, has been restored its privileges, and again made its appearance. Mr. McM. is an able writer and high-toned journalist,and why he was deprived of his liberty and the mean of subsistence, he nor nobody else can tell. In the number before oa.fcr which we are indebted to the kindness of an es teemed friend, the editor says, of his past course: ' "We stand by the record we have made, we have not a retraction to make, nor an explanation not a single sentence or word. Il is written, and will remain. Outside of what we have pubfished in out own paper, there is not a word written, nor an act done or attempted, that by the most vicious can be tortured into a charge against us" Maj Gen. C.-F. Smith, one of the com manders at the late battle of Shi lor., died a few days ago, of dysentary, at Savannah, Teun Gen. Smith was one of the bestotli cers in the army, and his loss will not be easily supplied.. He was a Pennsylvania!! by birth, a son ol Dr. Samuel B. Smi.h, of Philadelphia. . : . From the Hanover Citizen, A Liucolnha- -JJo. I. '' I'i the last issue of the Citizen we endeav ored to prove, by citing a few incontrove tible facts, that Abraham Lincoln has bro ken his most solemn and binding pledge i, made to the whole country, on the. slave y question, and that he has thus betrayed h s beat friends of all parties. We confess e were among those who believed the Presi dent to be honest in these professions jf conservatism. We believeJ him. when, in his distress and fear lest he should be dr'ir en out of the national capital, he so loudly called for aid lo keep back the rebels, earn estly protesting that he woulJ not interfere with slavery. Noexcepiion was then made by them in favor of the District of Colurnba or any other portion of slave territory. Co j fiduig in the honesty of the man, the Noith arose as one man, and rushed to his ass s tance. All conservative men, too, ga e him iheir hearty support. Bat, we repeat, we had been shamelessly, ignominious I e trayed I . The man whom we fondly hoped would, by his firmness and moderation, save the country, has lately taken etes, which, if followed up by others of a similar kind, must prove disastrous to. the Union cause. Is there not reason for alarm 1 We would, if we could, persuade onsrelves that there is no danger ahead; but, alas! ihe fearlul faclj that Abolitionism will ruin Ihe country, is too painlully evident. We c in not close our eyes to the danger, and herce it becomes our duty to cry out against il Rank Abolitionists, ns they are called, are free to confess that ihe North cannot live with the South, so long as slavery nx ists there. While we abhor their prit ci ples, we respect their honesty. They are open enemies to -the conntry. We ktow them, can meet them in open combat, and (if we are strong enough) can dose llem with leaden pi.lls, or bandage their trai or ous necks with good mrong hemp, fasten ing one end to a beam above them. .Jut, when a man under the cloak of conse-va-tism and philanthrophy acts out Abolition ism, he is a more dangerous foe of his country, and far less easily brought to jus tice. Mr. Lincoln may possibly mean velh but so may the most immoderate far.a.ics, who are now trying to overthrow the Uni ted States government. WThi!e a mistiken judgment in some paliation for a wm.g, unjust act, yet it by no means excuses it. or makes the consequences any the less ruin ous. What lover of his country will here af er trust a Black Republican in high pla ces ? I am not a prophet, or the son ot a prophet, but I will venture lo predict, that we will have no more Republican Presi. dents. The national dog, Republicar, is already mortally sick, and cannot suivive the close of the present administration. Rut, thanks to a kind Providence, the Union cause, though Mruggting for l;fevith Secessionist! on the one hand, and Aboli tionism on the other, is not yet dead. The country may yet be saved But how is this to be done ? We answer, let the pttop'e and the press resolutely demapd tha the subject of slavery shall be left alone.fWe repeat, lei ihe people speak loudly let them speak in thunder tones" to our Ab olition rulers at the Capitol. Their voice must be respected. Let the anti Abolition portion of the Republican party, who have been betrayed by Lincoln, join with the Democracy in insisting upon non-interference with t-lavery. The true interests of this whole nation, the true interebts or hu manity all over the world, and ihe Irua in terests of religion demand that slavery shall be let alone. 'I his is the only way i: can be abolished We wish it to be distinctly understood, that we, as Democrats, are not apologists of our present sys em of slavery ; bul we claim to be lovers of our country of our whole country. We want to see the present wick ed rebellion put down we want to g e the cause of the riiht triumph we want to see the glorious stars and stripes again wave over every State in the old Union wn want to see peace and prosperity again relirn to our distracted country; but we are sure as sure as we exist that we can never tee all this, if Abolition counsels prevail. Had there neer been a violent Abolilioni.it, the half ot the slave States would now be free, and we would have been spared this jnnal ural civil war. These are net mere asser tions, but solemn troths that any ni. preju diced mind may easily see. In view of all these tacts we again call upon all loiers of their country, all lovers of right andustice, all who wish to see peace and prosperity speedily restored to our beloved Is nd, to "cry aloud and spare not," demanding of Congress and the President to givj their whole attention to the suppression of the rebel lior. and the restoration of the o d Un ion, letting slavery take care of itself . Patriot. Aeolitiomsm is Congress. Mr. Voor hees, on the floor of the House in Congress a few days since, said, in regard to ' Aboli tion is fn : 'Why come it here now? It neter was a friend to ihe Union, and it is not so to day. It never wanted a Union wit'i Slave States, or a fellowship with 6lave wners, and does not now. It is at war v ith the Constitution ; it is an enemy to the 'lovern raent ; it is the iwfn monster to the doctrine of secession, and like the witheied and hateful hags on the blasted hearth i f Scot land, ihe two together concocted :he hell broth of the present civil war. Let the spirit of the Union, born of the Con ititution rise op between them like a brigtt angel, and banish ihem forever. Then will the nation renew its mighty youth, anil go' on again in its swift - flight of prosperity and renown. Then will "kindred and country men" once more assemble under ihe same flag, and obeying the command of Prince of Peace, "love one anothet " the STARTLING ! BUT TUUE.--Th volun teers are braving the dangers it Fever, Scurvy, .Wounds and Cholera Many a gallant fellow will leave his bones to bleach who by the aid of Hollo way's Pills 'i; Oint ment, would have returned to bit family strong and healthy. Soldiers try j ihem. Oolr 95 cents per Box r pi 22B. The Breckinridge Democracy. .... The fact that Breckinridge is a traitor to his country and thaf he has basely betrayed thooe who, confiding in the sincerity of his professions of patriotism, supported him for the Presidency, furnishes undisguised satisfaction to the Republicans.'. What would they do without Breckinridge? He is their trump card. They play him off on all occasions. They depict him leading the rebel hosts to the murderous onslaught against the soldiers of the Union, not for ihe purpose" of illustrating the depth and baseness of his treachery to those whom he deceived and betrayed, but for the meaner purpose of dragging the ''Breckinridge De mocracy" down to his level And not only are those who supported Breckinridge un der ihe mistaken belief that he was an un compromising Union man, classed amon? the traitorous "Breckinridge Democrats," . but the supporters of Douglas and Bell, who now reluse to identify themselves with the Republican party or who venture to protect against the revolutionary madness of the Abolitionists, are placed in the same cate gory. The Democrats who supported Breckir. ridge are no more accountable for his trea son than the supporters of Douglas are for the treaeon of Herschel V. Johnson, who oc cupies a conspicuous place in the councils of the rebel Confederacy. Mr. John W. Forney who can ecurcely write two consec utive sentences On any subject without ringing in the Breckinridge Democracy was delighted to pay conspicuous honor to Her schel V. Johuson, when that individual vis iled this State in the fall of 1860, as a candi date for Vice President on the Douglas tick et. . No words of adulation were too exag gerated to welcome the distinguished Geor gian to Pennsylvania. He was endorsed as a sound, faithful, reliable Union Democrat. He is now a leading and conspicuous rebel occupying a position far above John C. Breckinridge, and yet we do not hear those who supported him for Vice President less than two yoars ago, accused of treasonable sympathies because he disappointed iheir just expectations and joined the treasonable conspiracy for the overthrow of the Union. Many other illustrations' of the. absolute silliness of the attempt to hold Northern men responsible fcr ihe defection of politi cal leaders could be cifed. Mr. Miles Tay lor of Louisiana; now a leading rebel, was Chairman of the Dougla National Commit tee and his authority cheerfully recognized even by the Philadelphia Tress Mr. Ste vens of Oregon, Chairman of ihe Breckin. ridge Committee is now a Colonel in ihe Union army. John Bell did not taint his Northern supporters with treason when he became a traitor The men who applauded Alexander H. Stevens when he was com batting secession did not necessarily follow him wfier. he yielded to the tatal current. But we shall not multiply arguments and il lustrations lo etablish so plain a truth as that the i reason of Breckinridge, Johnson, Taylor Siephens'and other Southern men who professed great devotion to ihe Ui.ion, is no impeachment of the loyalty of those they deceived and betrayed. As well might Washington be held responsible for the treachery of Arnold because he secured bim the command of West Point. The Reputlicans will, of course, continue to denounce the whole democratic party as ihe "Breckinridge traitors." It is their last card and they will make ihe most of it. The game, however, U pretty well understood and cannot save ihem from impending de feat. Putt iot and Union Snflerinjs of the wonnded. , A writer from the Jate battle field at Pitts burg Landi.ig, gives the following: Neclkct of the Wounded. The horror of horrors connected with this battle, is the treatment of the wounded. In ihe firt place, there were poor facilities for treating ihem, and in ihe second place, there wa not a fifth enough surgeons to attend them, j I would gladly draw a veil over the hor rors on this point, but duty to our gallant volunteers demanded that the truth be told. A large number of the wounded had crawl ed or been carried to the bluff opposite the landing, on Sunday and Monday. Some found the shelter of tents, but others lay out in the open air. There those men lay, without a surgeon or attendant, without a mouthful lo eat or drink until Wednesday morning. They groaned and died with no one near to pity them ; and the dead and the dying lay there together. On Wednesday morn ing one surgeon was sent to them, and one attendant, with hard crackers and water!- And that was their treatment until they either died or were conveyed to one of the boats which presently came to the relief of the wounded. If spirits of the heroic dead could return to earth, the shades of the murdered woun ded of the battle of Pittsburg, should haunt the hails of the Congress day and night. 1 say murdered, for with an efficient medical department, hundreds who are now dead or will die, would have been saved lo their friends and their conntry. At present, nearly a week after the bat tle, many of the wounded are Dot fully car ed for. They are lying aboat in tents, up on straw, with no nourish ment, and expos ed to the weather. Several boat loJds have been shipped away ; but still many, very many, are here. I now write in the cabin of the Tycon, with four rows of them in front of me. Our boat, the first one of the Cincinnati Sanitary Commission, arrived at three o'clk. J By eight o'clock her cabin, her guards, and her decks were filled wilh the wounded. How thankful the poor fellows were when laid on soft beds, between clean sheets, and stimulated by nourishing diet. They for got iheir wounds, their pains and hurls, and laid down and sweetly slept. Oca Public Dxbt. Hon. Thaddeus Sie vens recently stated on the floor of Con gress, that our public debt, on the first of July next, would be 900 000,000. He like wise informed the house that the expenses of the government at the present time were 23,000,000 a day. Sleeting of the Democratic Standing Com- , mittee. ; At a meeting of the Democratic Standing Committee of ; Columbia county, held irt Bloomsburg, on Monday, May 5th 1862, it was Resolved, That John G. Freezeof Colum bia county be. and with the consent of the counties ot Montour, Northumberland and Snyder, is appointed the Senatorial Dele gate from tho Thirteenth Senatorial District to the Democratic State Convention, to meet in the city of Harrisburg, July 4th 1862; and that he be instructed to support Hon. Levi L. Tate of Columbia county, for nomination to the office of Surveyor General. It was also . Resolved, That Peter Ent of Colombia county be, and wilh the conset of Montour, Sullivan and Wyoming counties, is hereby appointed one of the Representative Dele gates from the District composed of the above named counties, to the Democratic fctate Convention, to meet in Harrisburg, July 4th 1862; and that he be instructed to support Hon. Levi L. Ttko( Columbia co , lor nomination to the office of Surveyor General. On motion the following resolution was adopied, Resolved, That we cordially approve of the course of our late Representatives in the State Legislative, Col. Levi L. Tate and Hon Gto. S. Tutton, and believe that they honestly, ably and faithfully represented the wishes ot the Democratic party, and merit the approbation of every loyal citizen in ihe four counties of ibis Representative District. On motion the meeting adjourned. Wm. II. Jacob?, Chiirman. . -, Generous as Well as Patriotic, It is so easy to be patriotic now-a-days, so far as to be able lo pass muster on the march to the banquets of political mana gers' and to secure any spare crumbs, that may escape the voracious appetites of the fortunate occupants of the "first table" in the panizan feasts; and we behold coii'in ually so much of the cheap and pharisaical patriotism, that it gives us great pleasure to pay a tribute and practical generosity prompted by a sincere devotion to our country, and a deeply grtelul appreciation of the services ieudered by '.he patriotic men who have fallen in defence of the Union. A short time after the battle of Winches ter, Virginia, the Legislature of Pennsylva nia appointed a committee of three gentle men from each house, Messrs. Reilly, Ser ril and Kinney, of the Ser.ate, and Messrs Banks, Blanchard and Barron, of the House of Representatives, to proceed to Virginia, and bring home the bodies of Col. Wm- G. Marry, Capt. Patrick Gallager and Lieut. Charles Keen, of the 84th Pennsylvania Regiment, for interment in their caiive State. The committee performed their duty wilh scrupulous fidelity, and were allowed a compensation by the Lejiolature, to defray Ihe actual expanses of t!ie r journey. The amount exceeded 675, which instead of being pockeleJ by the members of the committee, was appropriated to the relief of tilt widows and orphans of Capt. Gallag her and Lieut Keen. Mr Bunk? one of ihe committee, was deputed to convey trie gift to the afflicted families of ihe departed he roes, which aggreeable mission he fulfilled with becoming delicacy, an wilh his ac customed kindness. What a contrast does this simple and praise-worthy charity afford, to the con duct of ihe rapacious patriots in high posi tions, who have habitually taken advantage ot the distracted condition of the country, and its financial embarrasments. to join hands with swinJ'ing contractors and plun der the already depleated treasury, to the vere of bankruptcy. In the contemplation of this, remarkable contrast in ihe phases of patriotism, .we have the consolation to know thai while thecoun'ry will be happily rid of some of these plundering pa'.r.ots, the Honorable gent eme.a of the corumitee, Messrs. Reilly, Serril, Kuisey, Banks, Blanchard and Bar ron, wilt remain at home among their fellow-citizens, to exemplify, at all times, in thought, word and action, that genuine and beneficient patriotism so unlike the se!fih and spurious article which has become so common since ihe bribery and corrup tion commenced. Pkil'a. Evening Journal. The Army of Gen. Curttss. The correspondent of the St. Louis Re publican, writing from the headquarters of Gen. Curlis's army at Forsyth 6ays : "The entire army is removing a short dis tance from this place, where something can be obtained toward the support of tha army. The tendency is eastward. Gen. Davis' division is encamped on the Springfield road, about 15 miles north; Gen. Asboth's division, foar miles east of the Springfield road on Swan Creek; Gen. Carrs division was, till yesterday, on Bear Creek, bul has moved eastward; and Gen. Osterhaus s di vision is to-day moving out from this mis erable town, first to the north and then in an easterly direction. What the final move ment is lo be no one knows. Price has gone to join Peaurecard, to aid if possible in arresting the progress of our arms down the Mississippi river. There i probably nothing left in Arkansas but roving bands of rebel jayhawkeis. The people of Ar kansas, our commanding General thinks, are more friendly to us than those of South west Missouri, and there is less persecution of Union men, Il now appears more and more probable that we are only waiting for the possession of the Mississippi as far south as the mouth of the Arkansas, to make a forward movement, and thenceforth occupy that State, and receive our supplies from St. Louis by water." Bombardment and Captcrs of Fort Ma con Fort Macon sarrendered on Friday, 25th inst , alter a bombardment of ten and a half hours The t)a'.teries wer planted behind heavy sand banks. The breaching battery was eleven hundred I eet distant, and the mortars fourteen hundred feet and entirely concealed from the Fort. The Sarrison were allowed the honors of war The officers retained their side arms, and all paroled. Seven men were killed and eighteen wonnded, two mortally. The en emy's loss is not known. THE WAR NEWS. ) YORKTOWN EVACUATED THE PURSUIT. Despatches from Gcil McCIcllan. Our Forces come up with the Henr tinurd IMG 1 GE MEM AT Wl L LI A JSISBUR G HAND-TO-HAND F.N COUNTER WITH THF. ENEMY. Washington, May 5 The following de patch has been received at the War De partmem : Headquarters Army or the Potomac, May 4 7 o'clock, P. M J To the Hon Edwin M. Stanton, Sec. of War : Our cavalry and horse artillery came up with the enemy's rear guard in iher en trenchments, about two miles this side of Williamsburg. A brisk fight, ensued. Just as-my aid left Gen. Smith's division of infantry arrived on Ihe ground, and I presume carried the ene my's works, though 1 have not heard. . The enemy's rear is strong, but I have force eno.igh up there to answer all purpo Bes. We have thus far seventy-one henvy guns and large amounts ol tenia and ammuni tion. All along the lines their works prove to have been most formidable, and I am now fully .satisfied of the correctness or the course I have pursued. The success is brilliant, and you may rest assured that its effect, will be of the grea'ect importance. There shall be no delay in following up the rebels. The rebels have beer, guilty of the most murderous and barbarous conduct in placing torpedoes within ihe abandoned works, near welis, near springs, near flag-sraI, maga- zines, and telegraph offices, and in carpet bags, barrels of flour, etc. Forturely, we have no lost many men in this manner. Some four or five have been killed, and perhaps a dozen wounded. I shall make the prisoners remove ihem at ! their own neril G. B. McCLELLAN, Mdjor General. lo More Ettruils Wanted. ft appears from declarations made in ihe I u. o. c-enaie, ty JMesrs Wilson and Fes- TT .-- . ..... . j senden, that we have from 150.000 to 200. - :000 more men in the field than was couterr.piaied by Congress. Mr Wilson 1 J D says, clearly and distinctly. " We all know j i folly announce ro H,e oitiz-ns of Blooms there are a great many more than Congress j i orj. and vicinity thai !he ha juM receiv ever intended there shr.nM t. " Pio hn-.- ! d from Ihe eaem riMe her idied thousand was the intended limit, but .' the army arpears to have increased to rev- I en hundred thousand. The department I having attention ca.lcd to this, has ordered ... . - j the fiscoirtinuance of lurther recruiting 1 Aboiition cr A' tit Congress has passed the following acts, aiu ihem President Lincoln has approved ol 1 A Resolution to induce the States to free their negroes. 2 An Act freeing the negroes in the Dis trict of Columbia. 3 An Act t mpowerins ihe negroes to car- ry the mails. 4 A new Article of War, prohibiting otfi- cers in the army and navy trotn returning 'the negroes who run into camps. I , m m Sew Definitions. Lovaltv Abolitionism Implicit fai'h in Greely and Wendell Phillips as sound Union : men. j Disi.o'1 alty To stand by the Constilo- tion or to be in favor ol the writ of habeas corpus, free speech, free press, Sec. j Commouoe4)OTk This galla.it officer t ! has applied to the Department for release I ' from duty on account of hi foot, which is f j so much swollen as to prevent him frnrrt j properly meeiing his responsibilities. His physicians certify that he needs rest, but J the Depar'.ment is reluctant to part with j him, and has appointed Capt Davis as his co-laborer. The Government should ake warning by ihe fate of the chivalrous Lan- ! der, and give the Co-nmoJore, who has not ret. KLVILH OF TinTaiAUkTiT. CAREFULLY CORRECTED WEEKLY WHEAT, SI 15 RYE. 60 CORN, 50 OA I S, 30 BUCKWHEAT, 5o FLOUR pr. bbl. 6 00 CLOYERSEED.5 00 BUTTER, EGGS, TALLOW, LARD, POTATOES. 16 10 i0 10 60 DR'D APPLES, 1 CO HAMS, 12 MARRIED. On the 15th of April, by Rev. H. HofTman, Mr. J. W. Shellhammer, :o Miss Elizabeth Evans, both of Luzerne co. On the 22d inst., by the same, Mr. W Gottschall, of Schuylkill co., to Miss E. Wenn, of Lnzerne co On the 26;h by the same, Mr Solomon Moyer, lo Miss Sarah Thomas of Luzerne coanty. DIED. In Anthony township, Montour co. on. the 17th of April, Mr. Jacob Biddle, aged about 65 years. In Hughesville, on Wednesday morning Gea. Gersham Biddle, in the 54th year ol his age. EXECUTOR'S NOTICE. Estate of lltnry G. Miller, late of ' Mifflin twp., dee'd. VOTJCE h hereby given that letters tes L lameutary on Ihe estate of Henry G. Miller, late of Mifflin township, Columbia county, deceased, have beeu granted by the Register of said county, to John H. Heller, residing in the township and coun ty aforesaid. All persons having claim- or demands against the estal of the dece dent are requested to present them to the Executor for settlement, and those indebted to the estate to make payment forthwith to the undersigned. JOHN H. HETLER, Executor. Mifflin, May 7, 1S62- 6t. -. NOTICE To the MtmbiTi of the Columbia Co., Agricultural Society. AN ELECTION of officer of the Col- . unibin rouiilv Asrii-uliurnl, Horticultu ral ai.d Mechanical Sf f ieiv. wil be hei J ai the C-iir! Hon-e, in Bloomrbnrz, ON SATURDAY, MAY J7th, 1862, at 2 o'clot k. P M . WM. NEAL. ClMir. Ex. Com. M-iy 7, 1862 3l NEW AKIUVAI, OF SPRING AND S U MMER -G O. O B & ! JIT PETER ENTS S TO R El In Liah! Lireet, Columbia county, Per.na. FT AS jost received from Philadelphia, and is now opening t ihe old stand lately occupied by Martz & Ent, a splen did awgortmeni of MERCHANDIZE, which will be sold cheap for CASH OR COUNRY2 PUODUCK ! His tiock consi-ts of Lai'ies Dress Goods choice! tes and ltet fasnion. CALICOES MUSLINS, GINGHAMS, FLANNELS, CARPETS, SUA 'AS, HOSIER V SILKS, RK.DY-MDE CLOTHING, CASSIMEKS, SATINETS, COTTON A DES. KENTUCKY JEANS, THREAD, &C GROCERIES, UU EE NSW A RE, Cedarware, Hardware, Mclioin Dru-s, Oil-, Paint, &c , Boots and ?hoes, Hats and Caps. In hort everything usually kept in a country store. The patronage of old friend, and ihe public public generally, is respectfully so- liciipj. The highest market price paid fr coun try produce. PETER ENT. L12M S:reei. Mav 7. IR62. AIfisisiairalr'g Rot ice. Estate 1J Phi ip Ihn tman, lute rf Scott town' sijp, Colnmhia county, decented. f ETTERS ol aimini-ia 1011 on the estate of Philip Hariman, late ol Scott town ship, Columbia conn), dee'd, hve been grained, bv the Register of said county, to Henry T. Reily, ho resides m the town ship and conni aforementioned All per son having :lai;ns or dtj.nands against the esiale of tt.e decedent, will present them to the administrator lor settlement, and those indebted in the eiaie are requested to I make payment immediately t' the under lined. HENRY T. REILY, Scnf twp. April 30, 1862. A Imr. f FRP!! RRIVIL ' or j ftE W MILLINERY GOODS. ! m l- i 1 11 fliHk Iiri(l0rvtuft.l trnn .1 rr r l. I e ..l. ; SpliEg L S'-ISICer Iillinerj" Good, j ail of whu-h he is preitard 10 make -. ' attl1 81 a '' "My 'v fia-t' ' tmnt ol ,ood are a iHue rujertor in point ot durability as well j a. u.tri0!Ije.to any offered, this ciims. i St.H ieturi. f ihai k-i for the meial oairon- letup. f u.ai K-i tor trie meial pairon- ae ihe has received, and tespecltully fco . I:ctl! a ci.tin uance of the me MARY BARK LEY. , Il'ninwSiiri. Aoril 23 !62. ru;v vi:!:e;i: msoi. I Opposite the Covil fioue and next door to j Democrat Ojfi-.e THE iiiid'r.-'gr:ed,repeeiuily inform his j friend and rn-mmer tha' h- has opMi-d : .CW Barber SIlCp. j jn CMin !lou-i AUey, t -xt door below ! the Oifire o! the Columhi Democra1. where I he WM" be ' 'i'i 10 xvail "P all co-'omers. ana xieti-m-e -" Mr.-i a:ii- j "" l buine-s, he hopes to merit and re t-eite a iiyerai sr:ar fi pooiic patronage. tTAM iL'H2S here ' done in decency and in order." " THOMAS BROWN. Biootn-burj. March 5. 18GZ. Agricultural IVoticc. 'JHE einz-ns of th? different cities and towis throughout the Statw are invited to cori'pe'in for th place at which the next ANNUAL STATE FAIR shall be held. Proposals containing im'ueeme'.ts and ad vantages, sent to the undersigned Com mite, will be reoeiieJ up to, and includ ing May 10 next. Ciirimuiiicatior. should be addressed to ei'her nf the following p-ron : JOHN 1'. RUTHERFORD. Harrisburg, JOHN H. ZIEGLKR, Harr..bur2. Pa. J. H. ZIEGLER. Sec'v, Arril 30 lfi2. Harri-bor2,'Pa. ;i'ctiiivoocl c miliary. flMIK Spring Term of tin- lr.eiitutiou wil J- commence on the 7th of April next. The Principal will be a-iried bv able instructors, anil a ample facilities will be afforded to qualify S'udents tor leaching, for bus-inos or for a more extensive course in literature, a liberal shate of partronage is aoain solicited. Pupil who do not come from home, or are not put under the charge o.' near rela tives, mutt board at the Seminary, and be subj-ct to the reaulations thereof. They must provide their own towpl and have each artitl of clothing distinctly marked. Eleven weeks cor:itute a quarter and tltere will be a vacation of about six weeks in mid 6ummer. Boarding, washing find Tuition, with furnished moms, will be 525 per quarter, ot e half payable in advance. Tuition alone io Common branches, S3 00 " including advance Algebra mathematics his nry &c. 6 CO ' in Latin. German or French ach extra! 1 00 For further par icular address WM. BURGESS, Principal. Millville, Col co., Feb. 26, 1862. II in e. DrRiorct'sj Or inTTRLY 11IRIMH? nf FlSIIIftSL GREAT IMPROVEMENTS! rMIE Summer Number will contain four large and splendid FahionJ?l7-thte3L Full Sized Patterns, corr.prtSjna the neiw French Waist, and elegani sleeve, 8nd a Mis-e Sack, mpeiher with nearly 100 en gravm2 ol air the novelties for Summer bonnets, Cloaks, Trimmins. Children's Dresses, etc , Valuable information to Mil liners, 'iress makers, mothers, and ladies senerally. presenting the largest and best Fahion Magazine in the World, published 47j Broadway, and sold everywhere at 25 cen's, or ent by mail pest tree, on receipt of the amount, Yearly 1 with the follow ing valuable premium. Each yearly siibcribr will be entitled to the selection of 50 cents worth of plain patterns, fren. the designs ic the book, or from Ihe show room, or they may be order ed and sent by mail any time during the year, by paving the postage. fV Splendid inducements to Canvassers. The summer itttmler'xill be ready on ot about the 1 -i oi May. - - ! April 30,u;-i52..
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