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&LOOMSBURG. COLUMBIA COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY JULY 30, 1862.
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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.
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Lancaster
Law renew
Lebanon
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2
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7
3
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5
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3
5
1
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3
1
1
2
3
2
3
3
AnuM rune
Ik-aver
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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.