L hi , r J If. D. JICODY, Troprletor. Trutli and Kigbl -God and our Country. Two Dollars perAnuuia. VOLUME 14. &LOOMSBURG. COLUMBIA COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY JULY 30, 1862. NUMBER 30. rpu ST A R 0 i STAR OF THE NORTH PUBLISHED ETErWKD58PlT BT WM. II. J1C0BF, Cffici: on Sain St., 3rd Square below market, TEKMS: Two Dollars pur annnm If paid within six months from the time of subscri bing : two dollars and fifty cents if not paid within the. year. No subscription taken for a lesff period than fix months; no discon tinnar.ee permitted until at) arrearages are paid, unless at the option of the editor. 2 At terms of advertising will be as follows : One square, twelve lines, three limes, 51 00 Ever? subsequent insertion, 25 One i qnare, three months, 3 00 One -rear ....... 8 00 POLITICAL. C The Bepnblican Candidates. Tte wireworkers of the Republican party- had the candidates fofjAuditor General and Surveyor General selected weeks ago, so the Contention was spared the trouble of cast ing abont for arailabte nominees. It will he recol!ectedthateveral weeks since the FO-ciUed Union Democrats of the last Leg islature held a meeting: in Harris-burg Th"s meeting was no doubt for the purpose of selecting a candidate for Surveyor Gener al, ibis office having been assigned them as a cor sideration for their eminent service to the Republican party. The choice fell pp on Judge Ross, of Luzerne county, and he was ;onseqoent!y nominated by the Con vention on Thursday last. Hosea Carpen ter, the President of the secret midnight ordei called the " Loyal League," was in Harr.eborg at the time of this meeting, and a h! resides in Luzerne county, it is fair to presume that he had a hand in the selection of Judge Ross, and promised him the on divided snpport of the order The secret history of the nomination of Judge Ross would unquestionably be enlightening to lhe f'ublic.as well as to the unsophisticated delejjatea to the Convention, who innocent ly imagined that they came to Harrisbnrgto select candidates, whereas they were only perrr i'ted to ratify selectior" long since rnadu by bargaining political leaders. The nomination o) Mr, Cochran for Audi tor General wa a' foresone conclusion -He io a bitter, uncompromising party man, although he 'was defeated as a r.o-party candidate forjudge in the York and Adams distr ct last fall, and is now put forward as a candidate for reelection to the efnee he hotd under no-parly colors. As a public trncir. we believe that he has discharged his d nties Tfith fidelity. We hare never heard a whi-per against either his capacity or ictearity as Auditor General. Our candi date, Mr. ilenker, being also a man of the highest personal character, the issue before the people is one purely ol political princi ple. , Mr Cochran as the repre?entative of radical principles, and the editor of the spe cial organ of Thad Stevens in Lancaster courity, and Mr. Slenker as the representa tive of Constitutional Democracy, having for its motto " Constitution as it is; the Union as it was" ihis is the issue involv- . ed i i the presentation of rival candidates to the public. Ym S. Ross, the nominee for Surveyor Gen sral, is put forward as the s.ecial and pecidiar representative of the "Union Dem ocrats " He is expected to entrap Demo crats into the tupport of Abolition princi ple!. Fortunately he has made a record whi:h deprives htm of all capacity for harm. No man attached to Democratic principles can vote for him. He was elected as a pro fesd Democrat one of the members of the last House from Luzerne coanty, and acted with the Republican party throughout the ' whele session. His sympathies, as mani fested by his vote were invariably against the party to which he professed attachment. He was greatly ins'mmental in procuring the passage of the infamous Congressional gerrymander, intended to disfranchise 'the " Democratic voters of Pennsylvania, and an act which no fair-minded Republican can loot: upon without shame. The' peculiar manner of his selection gives rise to the "real onable suspicion that he is connected with the secret political order known as the "Loyal League." The attem pt to palm hire off as a Democrat is an impudent - cheat. He i about as much a Democrat as John W. Forney cr Judge Knox. Per sonally we understand that he is a gentle man of standing and integrity. Our objec tions to him are purely of a political char acter. , . The Democracy of Pennsylvania and the thousands of conservatives who will act wit'I them this fall, can "defeat this ticket with 8 reasonable degree of organization . and effort. . Gen. Wiiliaci S. Eos. Cnr people were not surprised last week at the Domination by the Republican State Convention, of our fellow townsman, Gen. Eois, as their candidate for Surveyor Gen era!. We knew for some month past that ths Abolitionists had arranged, through the secret league cf which Hosea Carpenter is resident, to "rope in" some fishy Demo- - era! to place on their ticket along side with a ftli-blown Reputllcan, and we were as sum'd by varioos manccavres that they had fixd upon General Ross. -His nomination, - thei-efore. was but the completion of an un - derstood plan, and consequently surprised notody. Ha was to be the stool-pigeon by which Democratic voters were to be entrap ped, because he bad called himself a dem ocrat. Wiih all (hoe respect to Gen. Ross (for he is an esiimable citizen, of whom we a not intend to speak a hard word person- show od to the reader; vbut kind of a democrat he has been, and I how he has proved his attachment to the party here at his own home. We have known Gen. Ross for many years, as a clev er citizen end a man of wealth; but we confess we ' never knew him as an active politician save in opposition to the demo cratic party and the democratic organization of Luzerne. As we are credibly informed, he first started out, when a young man, by oppos ing Gen. Jackson in 1828, and supporting Adams. His next step was in 1844, in coalescence with the Whigs of the district as a candidate for Senator in opposition to the late Andrew Beaumont, the regular Democratic nominee. While in the Senate he illustrated his attachment to the demo cracy by "bolting" the arcus nomination and assisting hi the election ol Simon Cam eron. Gen. Ross then subsided into private life, and pursued a course politically which gave him the character of anything but a consistent democrat until the rebellion broke out and a fine opening was presented by the hellow professions of 'Union made by the Abolitionists (who had control of the Government) for jast this sort of fishy material. He was last year nominated by the Republican convention as a candidate for the Legislature, and elected by less than a hundred votes. Although he called him self a "Union democrat," he acted with the Republican party throughout the whole session. He voted, among other things, to stifle the voice of old "Luzerne by denying to Messrs. Walsh and Trimmer their seats, and instaling the two Abolition candidates, Hall and Russell, whom the Supreme Court have decided had not . lhe slightest right there. By this act he assisted in throwing the last Honse of Representatives into the hands of the Repnblicans thus again illns trated his claim to the title of Democrat. In addition, it is said, he also voted against paying Messrs Walsh and Trimmer (the Democratic candidates) their mileage and expenses in contesting their seats. We have thus hastily sketched the Gen eral's political character, in order to illus tr.ue the pros itmis'ice 'he Philadelphia frett and other Republican papers are do ins him in calling him a democrat. If Si mon Cameron, A. H. Reeder, Judge Kuox and other Abolitionists are democrats, then is Judge Ross also. Bnt we think the Dem ocracy of Pennsylvania will want some bet ter evidence than the record we have allu- ded to, to convince them of that fact. Lvzerne Union. CGicn-saTers and Peace-makers. When the Democratic p.r?y years ago seeing the portentous clouds which have since burst in thunders ol civil war, hanging over our heads, and warned the people of Pennsylvania and the entire North against the dangers threatened by the Republican party to the inlesrity ot the Union, we wer derisively called ''Union savers " While the Republicans carried in their processions and huni fram their houses in 1856, banners aiid flags with but sixteen stars upon the blue square-and. Democrats admonished the masses of the people that such conduct was treasonable, we were replied to con temptuously as k Union-savers." When the Republicans were defiantly saying "let the sooth go, we can do without the33," and the Democrats told the people that peaceable separation was impossible that a dissolu tion of the Federal Uni)n could not be ac complished through sea of bloo J and over the dead bodies of thousand of our fellow -citizens, we were denounced as ' Union savers." When they disregarded, sneered at and openly condemned the decisions of the Supreme Court ot the Uni'ed States, and the Democracy warned them that their con duct was a direct blow at one of the constit uent departments of our government and calculate only to precipitates free and hap py people into anarchy, we were conbtant ly reproached as dough-faces and "Union savers." Now, when their political heresies and sins have culminated in their natural and inevitable resultsa conflict of arms be tween men of the same noble race now, when the country on which Providence has bestowed innumerable blessings is involved in the most terrible civil war ever known now, when our fathers, sons and brothers are falling lifeless or woanded by scores upon the field of terrible carnage now, when almost every house in the whole land is a house of mourning, and a pali r' .loom and sadness is cast over nearly every heart by each successive report from the various scenes of, strife if the Democratic party suggests or dreams of any possibility of ending the war without freeing the negroes of the south, we are tauntingly denominated 4ipeace-rnakers." If we ever speak of pro tecting constitutional rights anywhere we are likely to receiva the reply, ' Ah you are one of these peace-makers, are you V We must say that we rejoice in the appella tion of peace-maker. The mission of the Gospel of Christ is one of peace every in stinct of refined humanity cries peace and the angels, when they behold the wicked war now devastating this fair land, unite their voices and proclaim throughout the infinity of space, ' Glory to God in the high est, on earth peace and good will toward men." Yes, we are willing to be called peace makers, and we are wiling to make peace honorably and- without humiliating our selves lower than the stiff-necked and pre serve pride and fanaticism of the northern abolitionists and wicked southern seces sionists are already humbling and degrading us. . ' " Union-savers ! and peace-makers ! names given to the Democratic party by its polit ical opponents in derision, will soon te come names of pride and honor if thjy are not so already proud appellations lor any party in any coanty to bear ! M ly their spirit and meaning sink deep into tie hearts of men, and soon, very soon, yi Id to our torn, wounded, bleeding and distract ed nation the golden fruits of peace, happi ness and unity. Lvzerne Union. "I Did It" Abraham Lincoln has always at his tongue's end an unanswerable excuse and apology for the rascalities committed by his understrappers, and the greater the thief is, the more spirited is the Presidt n- tal interference. Witness the devotion of His Excellency to the interests of Sinon Cameron. .When that distinguished dn-s-pot was arrested at the instance of Pietce Butler, for false imprisonment, and thi re was a probability that Simon would sufltr, it was enough in the eyes of the law or Abraham to assume the dignity of an Cri ental satrap, say did it," and trie illustri ous prisoner goes free. No ordinary man would have dared to share the notoriety of the financial exploits of Simon Cameron. The whole count rj was shocked and amazed at his peculatic ns and frauds, which were of euch gigantic proportions as to call forth even from a Republican House of Representatives, a resolution of censure. Abraham Lincoln dares to share the fame of Simcm Camerr n. In his late special message, he by insinca- tion rebukes Congress for its censure, say ing in ouut-iauce, you were wrong in cent u ring Cameron. It was me, I did it now what will you do ? "ldiditr' What supercilious indolence, coming from snch a man as Mr. Lincoln who occupies by chance a position orce held by George Washington, ldidit! So that is to be the way the American people must be answered when they become unua sy over frauds and violations of their libjr ties ! I Abraham Lincoln I did it the Presidential ukase which is to stop lhe mouths of the American freemen complain ing of oppression. To such a pas we have come at last. WlIL-OUK MtCN EnUST, OH Ml'ST .VE Draft ? The great anxiety of the people at large appeals to be that Pennsylvania'? quota 'of the 300,000 troops may be rail ed without conscription, and there is no doitt but what it can be done if the pro )er means are adopted. Heretofore soldi jr- have in some instances waited three or four months for their pay, notwithstand ng there is a small army ot paymasters folic w ing in their wake, while their families w3re suffering for the necessaries of life. Give the soldrer something to leave his Jamil'- pay him promptly, and Pennsylvania will raise her quota without drafting. Would it not be well for Governor Cuitin to convene the Legislature, and recoairucnd the passage of a bill offering a liberal bo jn ty to every soldier as soon as he enlists? Pennsylvania is as deeply interested as any State in the Union in the speedy crushing out of the rebellion. We caa have no b isi ness, no prosperity, so long as the war is raging. The sooner it is ended the be'ter. It is neither economy or humanity to pro long :t an hour longer than can be avoh.ed. Lei Pennsylvanians then, one and all, ai fist by every means in their power, to place our quota of men in the field at as earlr a day as possible, so that our difficulties may be ended, the leaders banished from our soil or executed, and peace once more re stored. On Wednesday last, as we were standing at the depot, awaiting the departure of the Schuylkill Valley train, an honest hiber iian who had imbibed rather freely of the 1 O, be joyful," was haranguing the passenj ers. A negro happening to pass that way arith some baggage, he exclaimed, "Git ou ov me way, you black nager, yon. Bejabers, if it hadn't been for the likes ov ye's, my countrymen would'nt have been murthered in this war. So git out ov me way,foi I'm a Dimmecrat, and don't like the smell of a nager." Pottsville Standard. Th necessary reconstruction of the navy will effect an entire change of nautical phraseology. "Shiver my timbers," will be obsolete, and the corresponding excla mation will be, ''Unrivet my plates." In stead of "Scuttle my coppers," the dramat ic Jack Tar will have to say "Fowl my screw," or ' Smash my cupola," and where as he used to utter imprecations on his bowspirit, he will henceforth, perhaps, in voke injury on his bowsplitter. New Comet. A comet was discovered by Prof. Bond, director of the Observa:orv, Cambridge, on the night of the 3d insi., in the constellation Ursa Minor." This new visitor, though extremely faint and barely visible to the naked eye; is apparently mov ing with almost unexampled velocity, hav ing passed over 24 degrees of an arc of a great circle in a southerly direction, and five hours, it right ascention towards the eun in twenty-four hours. Boston- travel er. Food tor Oxex. Frequent observations have shown that an ox will consum two per cent of his weight of hay per day to maintain his condition. If put to moderate labor an increase of this quantity to three percent will enable him to perforia bis work and s ill maintain his flesh, li he is to be fatted, he requires about four ir.d a half per cent of his weight in good nclri cious food. I ' Experience in'lTorsc-Flesrw A correspondent of the Chicago' Times, 1 who has been following the Army of the West, gives an amusing account ofhis ex ! perience in equine locomotivej. Here it lis: Speaking of horses reminds me of some experience I have had in thatlineduring my pilgrimage with the army as journalist. It is a matter of some importance that every correspondent should have some kind of a riding animal at his command; otherwise he will find himself deficient on emergen cies when haste is essential. My first idea of the proper thing was a gallant charger, gaily caparisoned, prancing high and low when crowds were about, and always hold ing himself in readiness for a public exhi bition. That is the officer style of doing the thintr. 1 found that the article was difficult to procure and expensive to keep, having no soIrMers at my command to guard a fine hore ht and day to prevent his being cramped and carried off. Before 1 had done with experience in this line I was content ed with more modest pretensions. During a period of four months I have been owner and sold proprietor of live hor ses. The first of these was a relic of the Donelson fight. He came from somewhere in the mountains of Tennessee, and from a habit of climbing rocks and holding on by his nose, he was much addicted to stand ing on his hind legs, without regard to who might be in the saddle. This was a favor ite feeding position, anl grass being scarce and hay and oats scarcer, he was accus tomed to take his meals in the tops of small trees, where his coltivatedtas'e taught him to find tender twijs and juicy buds This nutricious food gave him a frame like a clothes-horse, and his legs to use an apt phrase, were as fat as rye straw. His back bone split a new saddle in two, and cut a hair cloth blanket into shreds. I could have got along with this, but he constantly bronuht me to shame and disgrace by going on his hind legs for browse on Mate occa sions, to say nothing of a propensity for climbing every steep clifl he came to, and sliding me over his tail in the operation. He was "a good horse to go bird-nesting wi,h, or, in case of emergency, to run up the side of a house ami get out of danger but he was so far from my idea of a perfect horse, that I sold him for S30, as Floyd's j veritable war charger, to a trophy-seeker who wore blue spectacles ar.d carried a poiifolio. As I saw him afterward, in com pany wiih five others as poor as himself, dragging an army wagon I concluded that the porchaser was not sufficiently vigilant to elude Uncle Sam's watchfuhess and get him home. My last glimpse of him was as he stood upon his hind legs, with his fore feet on a rail fence, apparently reaching for browse in the moon. My next aiiempt was in the mule line. A friend in the Quartermater's Department j insisted upon presenting me with a superb riding animal which bad come into his pos session, he didn't say how, bnt suppositive ly by the cramp process. The beat had a prepossessing exterior. Ears as long as my arm, a head like a butter firkin, pipe stem neck, body as comely as a sugar hogs head, and legs not exceeding eishteen inrhes in length. With this inviting exte rior, he had a disposition still more outre and perverse, if possible. The first time I mounted him he kicked up his heels, and landed me over his head, some twenty feet in advance. The next time, he sat on his haunches, and slid saddle and all over his tail. Then he laid down and rolled over and over faster than a Bengal monkey con! 1 have followed him ; and, finally, he resort ed to every trick an animal could be guilty of to show his perverse temper. He had a way of making a great fuss when the sad die-girth was buckled putting on a deplo rable countenance, and groaning dismally, a though his life was being squeezed out. You might poll and tug for ten minutes, straining the girth up to the last notch, and fairly tiring yourself out with exertion, when upon stepping back with a malicious con sciousness of having brDuht the brute to terms, you would see hi body collapse.and lhe girth hang suddenly limp and loose, while he looked askance with a cunning leer, as much as to say : "How do you like that, now!'' He never failed 10 inflaie himself like a balloon when the saddle was put on, and then collapse for the satisfac tion of having it turn around and unseat his rider at the first mud-hole he came to. I rode him for the spite of the thing for two long weeks. I got a pair of spurs with row els an inch and a half long, and flayed his side with them whenever he ventured to flap his ugly ears at me, and I finally had the satisfaction of seeing him tumble down a bluff a hundred feet high and break nis neck. Having had enough of vicious horses, I determined to try a quiet one next time. I accordingly invested in a demure specimen of the pony breed. He proved all I could ask for, for, from that time onward during my term of ownership, I did no hard work except to urge him to a due sense of his duty as a horse, and more especially a journalistic horse. The arguments used in this controversy were clubs of the largest possible size, sharp pointed sticks, spurs at the rate of several a day, building fires un der his tail, and, on occasions of emergen cy, feeling good-sized trees upon him as a starting impetus. He was patient under these afflictions, and never allowed any thing to disturb his equanimity except the last two alternatives, which were always reserved for an impending battle or a sod den movement to the rear. He was the best horse in the world to lead an army with, for he was sure to be behind and out of danger, but the very worst for a retreat for obvious reasons. I was finally obliged to succumb to his pertinacity from a scarci ty of timber and spurs, the soldiers having used the former for fuel, and his rider having demolished all of the latter that were avail able in ten regiments. I sold him to an ar my chaplain who was too much reduced by bad whiskey and the Tennessee quickstep to exert mnch physical force, and he was taken prisoner while going at the mad gal lop of fourteen miles in fifteen hours, with several thousand howling Texan rangers in the rear. (. I then determined to live upon my wits, so far as h' flesh was concerned. So I found mysfcit sometimes in possession of a borrowed animal, sametimes riding a mule sometimes bestriding- a picked-up horse from the woods, and not nnfrequently dis gracing myself and my profession by resort ing to the corral of rejected and broken down Government horses. Sometimes I had a saddle and no horse, other times I had a horse and no saddle, again I had both and no bridle, and, as a consequence, du ring the majori'y of the time I wandered about disconsolately, carrying a saddle and bridle, and looking for a horse, or leading a horse ar.d searching wrathlully for a saddle and bridle Of my next attempt at ownership I cm say but little. I had reason to bfciiere him all my fancy pictured him. Ha had unlim ited style and action, enlarged capacity for getting over the ground, and a generally prepossessing demeanor;bnt the next morn ing after I became his owner the picket rope was found rut, and the horse gone, while to the stake was attached a paper ccntaining an original drawing of a school boy horse on th hlnh prince, mounted by a man composed of two rotimdities for head and body, and fonr straight lines for legs and arms. Underneath wa the pithy an nouncement "0:T for Dixie." The picture was remarkable for the expression of the countenance, where the artiM had forsotteii to insert the usual organs of vision and taste and for the three erect hairs which com posed the tail of the horse It was also re markable for the effect produced on my mind, on finding it in place of my valuable horse. By a sinsnlar coincidence, a Secesh deserter, who had been pressed into the rebel service, hung several times, and pe riodically starved to death, and who brought information that the Rebels were gre;itly diaffected, and had nothing bnt corn bread anil molasses to eat, ilisappeard and nev er WtiS heard of afterward. It wai ir.sinna led that he was a spy, but I believe Gen. Halleck does not allow spies within his lines at least that was why he turned the newspaper correspondents out. I lost forty dollars by that operation. I now rejoice, in the possession of a chief d'auvre of horse-flesh. I paid 510 for him saddle, bridle, and all and I feel safe in sayinrz Uncle Sam hasn't money enonqh to buy him. He left the Texan Ranker Asso ciation on the occasion of the late battle in consequence of his rider having met a can non ball and stopped to cultiva'e its ac quaintance, while he went on in puruarce of previous orders, and never paused until he had gone clean through our ranks, and found a mule which be proceeded to masti cate with all possible spe?d He brought along spveral specimens of his mater in the sadd'e baB and holsters, which he seemed to regard with sanauinary affection; and being inspired with a sinht of the re mains, he immedia ely went on the ramp-je among the quadrupeds in the vicinity, and put them all hors du comhat with his teeth and heels. He was captured and bestrid den by an ambitious warrior, who was im mediately carried into the midst of an ar'ill ery fire, which singed the hair off his head with fright, bet, being finally toned down by the application of several lariat ropes ann e rail fence all round his feeding place he lost the battle fever, and became a sen sible horse, barring a desire to do mischief and fight mules, He never missed the op portonity to go the wromz road.to bolt fierce ly and unexpectedly in the direction of the enemy's pickets, o run over general offi cers and their staffs, to kick up his heels despitefnlly at military persons of great airs and dignity, and, above all, to indulge in the delight of his heart thrashing a mule. With these and numerous other qualifica tions he has endeared himself to my heart, and money cannot buy him. With a change of scenes it i fit to bring about a change of name". In memory of that historic spot where for months I have burned the midnight oil, and eaten hard bread and bacon, 1 subscribe myself, SHUjOH. CF If there be any among us who do not know the origin of Yale College, we will state for their information, that in the year 1700 ten clergymen met at Bradford, each bringing a few books under his arm. Placing these on the table in Paraon Rus sell's study, each aid solemnly "I give these books for the founding of a college in this colony." A century and a half have gone by, and the Yale College contains her books and her graduates by thousands. A qnaker once hearing a person tell how much he had felt for another who was in distress, and needed assistance, dryly ask ed him : "Friend, hast thou felt in thy pocket for him ?" We are commanded to let our light shine before men; the man with a red nose keeps his tight shining before himself. What a Bayonet Charge is. It is said that severe as the' fight at Pitts burg Landing undoubtedly was, but one bay onet wound has been discovered by our sur geons there, and that was inflicted by a bar barous rebel upon a helplessj.sick soldier, lying in a hospital tent. Some surprise has been expressed at this fact ; there is a gen eral impression that after a bayonet charge, if the contesting forces are composed of brave men, there should be a great number ol such wounds. The truth is, that a bayo net charge is a very different affair, from what it is generally'.sapposed. In.the nrst place, the regiment or other force which , wv. n r a a 1 l nlk r m a inMink rr.K or, nrvnlt iii ui v n iiio LiiaiC) iiiuuu 'it.'L'auij j ouci.i as near as possible squarely opposite its enemy, cannot keep np this formation du ring lhe quarter of a mile or more of ground which must be traverued by it before the foe is reached. Kven with the best drilled and bravest men, one end of the line la-?s I behind, and if the enemy should stand still j to receive the charge, only a part of the line would be engaged at first. In practice, however, military writers confess that bay onets are very rarely actually crossed. A bayonet charge usually takes one of three turns ; either the charging party.by its firm- ness and impetuosity, throws the opposing ' force into a panic and it breaksijrank and flies without awaiting 'the. thrus! of the bay onet ; or, by firmness and a well directed volley at short distance , the sidejwhich is attacked drivesoff the'other; or in the few est case-, both sides behave well, and then in the words of oue of our moet experien ced generals, -4"the best sergeant decides the fate of the charge." Iiecause only.the sergeant and one or two men at the end of the line which first comes in contact with the enemy's Iine3 are really engaged during the few decisive moments, and thus the conduct, individual bravery and strength of perhaps half a dozen men, who alone cross bayonets with the enemy, gain the victory for the hide to which they belong. ''What do you suppose we keep our bayonets bright ior, but to scare the en emy V a distinguished general said to one who was inquiring into the nature of bayonet charges ; and a marshal of France wrote ; ''It is not the number killed, but the num ber of frightened, that decides the issue of a batile " Jnmino says distinctly that h? saw a bayonet fight but once in all his military experience ; aid it is related by one of the historians of Napoleon's war, that when 'he French were once charging the prnssians with the bayonet, when the latter couM not or would not retreat, there ensned a spectacle unexpected by the offi cers of either side. The French and Prus sian soldiers clubbed their muskets, and fought desperately. Down villi the Secessionists. It is time that this cry, learned by note and parroted naaii.st the Democrats of llli- j nois b!ioj!d lose its terrors. There ran be no more disgraceful epithet app'ied o any man than that of a "tr..i or;'' but when party leaders, lor partisan purpo ses, visit this reproach upon betier patriots tha'i themselves, the appellation will soon er or later come home, like chickens to roost, on those from whom it emanated. The Democracy, at the first gun from Sumter sprang to arms in defence of the government. They had always teen for their conmry'right cr wrong, believing it time enough to inquire into the cause of the coofliraion altr the fire should be ex'.inyinihed. So, when the question was between the preservation of the Union and tht? support ol an administration with which they hail no fcympathies in, common, they "ncsitnted not a moment i:i rallying for the country, regardless ol the f ict that in so do ing thy were obliged to'id their political loes. If .they buried the hatchet, the least that could have been expected was that the Republican IcaJers, with equal patriotism, should also sitik the slogan of aboliiionism i'i the shout for the Consti'ution and the Union. Chicio Time. A person received a very polite note from a neighbor, requesting the loan of an ass lor a few days. Being unable to deci pher hi- lrienJ's hieroglyphics, and wishing to conceal his ignorance from the servani, he hastily returned lor an answer: ' Yery well, tell your master I will wail upon him myoelf presently I" "Did ioa ever go io a military ball V7 askeu a lipmg maid ol an old veteran. No, my dear, growled the old sofdier, ' in those days 1 once haJ a military ball coma to me, and whit do you think, it took my leg off.!; ''Moiher," said Ike Partington, "did you kno w that the 'iron horce: has but one ear ' ''One ear ! merciful gracious, child, vhat do yeumenn ? '-Why the engiu-ear, ot course. An old bachelor who edits a paper some where in the Western country, puts '-Mel ancholy Accidents'' as a head for Mama, ges in bis paper. At a Primer's Festival recently, the fol lowing sentiment was offered. "Women (second only to the pres in the dissemina tion of news " A famous Spani-h buil-lvh'.er offers tr bet that h c?m k:'l a bull in six minutes We have seen'an ordinary American cot- oatcher do the same thing in two seconds Almost every youn ladytis public-spirited enough to be willing to have her lalher'd house used M a court-house. Proclananlioii Iy Gov. Curtin. IIareibdro, July 21. The following proclamation has just been issued: Pennsylvania, is: In the name and by the authority of tho Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Andbew G. Curtin, Governor of the said Com monwealth. A PROCLAMATION. To sustain the Government in time of common peril bj all his energies, his mean? and his life, if need be, is the just duty of eyery loyal citizen Tte prcgiJent of the ft ref Ution cn Pennsylvania for twenty-one new regi ments and the regiments already in the field must be recruited. Enliitnt-'nts well be made for cine months in the new regiments, and . for twelve months in the old. 1 he existence Gf the present emergency ia well understood. No patriot will pau3C now to investigate its cause. We must look - to the future. Everything that is dear to us is at stake. Under these circumstances I appeal withe confidence to the fteeman of Paiinsylva- nia. You have to save your houses and your firesides, your own liberties and of the whole country. I call on the in habitance3 of the counties, cities, bor oughs and townships throughout our boarders to meet and take active measures for the immediate furnishing of the quota of the State. Let those who cannot go themselves contribute to provide bounties equal, at at least, to those offered by the adjoining States. The Constitution prohibits me from drawing money from the Treasury without authority of law, and I will not cast a doubt on the patriotism of our cit izens by assuming the necesity of calling the Legislature at this time. This is no time to wait for legislative action and the negotiation of loans. Delay might be fatal. To put down litis Rebellion is the bus iness of every man in Pennsylvania, and her citizens will show on this occasion that they do not wait for the slow pro cess ot legislation, and do not desire to throw on the Treasury of the Cojsmon wealth a burden which they are individ ually ready to bear themselves. The conduct of our men already in the field ha3 shed immortaly lustre on Pennsylvania. Let their breathren fly io arms to support them ane make the victory speedy a3 well as certain. I design brlow the number of compan. ies which are rxpacted from the several counties in the State, trusting the support f i her honor in this cristas it may bet safely trusted, to the loyal, fidelity and valor of her freemen. Whilst the quota of the several counties is fixed equitably so as to fill the requisition for twenty-one rcr':nients, let not the loyal people of any county remit their exertions to the en listment of the companies named. Our heroic sons of Pennsylvania have mois ened evory battle-Jield with their blood. Thousands have bravely died defencing the unity of the RcpuMic and the sanctity of our flag, and other thousands have fallen, sic-k and wounded, and there pla ces must be filled. Freemen of Pennsylvania! Friends of the Government, of order and of our common nationality! One earnest slrug gle and peace will again dawn upon ns as a happy, prosperous and united peo ple. Given under ray hand and the - great seal of ahc State, at Harrisburg, thi3 21st day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, and of the Commonwealth the eighty seventh. A. G. CURTIN. By the Governor. Eli Sufer, Secretary of the Commonwealth." SCHEDULE OF APPOINTMENT. Companies. '21 Juniata Companies. Ait sim I 15 I Lancaster Law renew Lebanon a t 2 a 7 3 t T i 5 I 3 5 1 0 1 S I i 1 a 3 1 1 2 3 2 3 3 AnuM rune Ik-aver It?.' fori lli-rkj lihiir Bradford Bucki Butlor Cambria Carbon Chester Centre Clarion and Forrert Clinton Ckarficld Columbia Crawford Cumberland I'aiiphin Delaware Erie Elk and SIcKean t-'ayette Franklin and Futton Cref-ne Huntingdon Imtiana Jett'oron l Lehlzh fl Luzerne Lyconiinz 5 Mercer 5 Vittlin 3j Monroe and Tike Montgomery Montour I'I Northampton 9 Northumberland i! Perry I I'hiladelphia I Potirr 1 S. ntiylkill a Snyder Somerset 5; Sullivan and Wyoming 1: HiM'iu-.'hauna 5; Tioga J Union li Venanpo 5 Warren J j Washington 5 i ayne SsJ Westmoreland 1: York GEN. HALLECK IN COMMAND OF ALL THE LAND FORCES, Executive Mansion, July 11,1SC2. Oafnc-'f, That Maj. General Henry W. Hallck he asigncd to command the whole land forces of the United States as Genrnil-in Chit f, am! that he proceed to I lliia fTn-wlit e cnjill n tl nun ivltll B 1 fip t TT . ' , . 7. S l IMC POSfllluus auu I'uruwuua ihjju the iK-partment now under his Fpecial charge. (Signed) ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
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