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But one Government!
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is there is out one supreme, ai
tie nature of things (here can be but j nmph of the Secessionists over Mj An-c-t
sjpreme CoTcrnmcut in any one j aitBoa. prom "6th Dec. 1860 to 13th
gantry. "Ye can not serve God A ., lgG1 be wilh 70 men uphcM the
ui Mammon" at the same t.me-nor .q Fort Sumte surrouod.
? t'"n-owe3rri!rUe allCS'aUCe l i ed b, from 500 np to 5,000 enemies, and
i' ' tj i . r t the cod of that time, half starred and
lathe Revolution ot 1 1 ., there
TCrewell-difpoeJ persons, of correct exhausted I, labors, they evacuated,
corals, food neighbors, who failed to ; "The end is not jet."...?usrtoii tn
appreciate the magnitude of the con-; Arithmtlic : If Hen Lincoln and his Ante-:
then waging, and sided with the j derson, with 0,000, could keep Charleston
fczz. They became objects of su?pi-; bt three months, have not Kohert An
cionrof hatred, and of violence and faTson & Qa. dJDe much better 70 men
ue name of TOUV is now sacred to ; kecping , fort surr0unded bj batteries,
0ra,J?n- ,-,-,.- tv l , ! for nearly f.ur months 7
The W ar oflsl2 against England : ,
vas condemned and disapproved by i Our Naturalized Citizens trce to
mr.v who had foasrht in the Revolu- their Oaths. Thirty naturalized chi
tonyet very many who deemed it
tr.wi.-e and oiicalled for, did (like
Buchanan) obev the commands of the
r ghtful authority and seek to decido
lie contest on the side of the country
soon as possible. 1 lose wno con-
mno.l an unrpan.le onnosition at
itime when action was required, did
virtually fight their own government,
Kffercd" indisnities, and earned the
tnithets of "Hartford Convention'' or
!ue licht traitors. '
The War against Mexico it is now ;
rnneralW admitted was got up for the j
loe purpose of extending Slavery in
Tevas and a Dart of -Mexico and vet
! those tli us believing, after we had j
ten precipitated into the War, num-:
krs like Lincoln, Pollock, Ac., voted '
fir a vigorous completion of the con-
VrO,wiiiie tuousanus 01 oilier nigs, 1
l? uay jr., seoit, v ensier or., lay
lcr. Hardin, Gaines, Ac, entered our
traiies to conquer peace. And in the
ccceeding Presidential campaign, the
M-tv which had disapproved the war
von the dar. i
Ia none of these combats was the
P.:':ht so clearly allied with Power. !
as ia the present. It is a contest
ittrin T r.il T IliflHr fin.t T 'ilvlpi
larcby-betwcen mild government
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liiicausciessreoeiuon iieiwi-ciijiium
order and Mexican insecurity "the
irrepressible conflict'' between the
truu5 of civilization, and thecast-out
demon tint can no longer prostitute !
tseiir.Eense machinery of our admin-
i.-Traf:nn In tli nrtnni;inn rS tliA fMii-iA
i'J crirae of human bondage. Who '
oa hesitate which side to take ia a
t. " . , . '
'i is irraiuvin? 10 scu wiui nai k i. :
KtBimity all the Free States respond "jJhea7Jl
p ftcir legally-constituted authority j Pay of Officers and Soldier,
t! W a-hington. As the reliellion has i We fiud in a Reading paper the follow
Ciy Lv day developed itself, its defor- ;ng 6tatCment of the pay received by the
Mv has repelled thousands who for-. v s mJ tnd by tbe wben calIed
. -r ' .-i ii-
c-n never so onited as a people. It
admitted that the only issue is
for tbe Government, or Against It!
T:c;e who may not see with the Gov
faent,may thick as they choose, but
iicall remember, that in the crisis
tc at hand to sveak or act against
'-e Government is virtcal tueasos.
is folly, while 'fightin!' fire," to
c T'te about its origiu it would be
'ness, on entering upon a desper
t:e battle, to get into a quarrel about
?"--Ucs. When we are ia any coun
7. e must submit to its laws or,
avt it or a better.
To these freneral fmtlis ihcro
cay be exceptions which can have no
ann on the present contest The
,
c"??r of excitement is to run to an
('?posite extreme,and violate the Free-
taa of speech and of Press, which is !
pride ana our safety, and which is
thed out by the Rebels. The great
-'JOritV in thn li-nl Ctotno cctn!..
verament, and most of those who
W not are stupid, ignorant or hope-s-J
rong. Give all a little time,
wil1 right or if not it
" jc oseless to give them notoriety
j i," Persecution. All the fires
made one Christian, but made
-ay hvnocritps.
Ja araraa. mini bit wUl
3 abase only makes him more dan-
PttUJ and nrll T nf l-iui .!.
t, legal side, throughout all this
:tC5' conciliate and rnnrinro
and r.,n;l, f.,c...- !
ton be law. Do not mind petty
tr'f01 mistake or make jokes jnst
'v 11 is no nine lor caviling or
& " He ti.it lulctL Lis ova tci
spirit is better than he that taketh a
W e repeat we liave but ON E go-
vcnm.cnt,
and it has a rirht to the
stinnort of every citizen, and of every
resident, ia word and deed. When
we come to choose again Uie mes to
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assaults, or inimical hindrances,
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As ouF.a "Yictorv." About the
llth Feb. 17S0, .be WbigGeneral, Beoj.
Lincoln, (tiong whose officer, iras the
father of Maj. Robert Aoderson) waa
cooped up ia Charleston bj Sir Henry
fMintm an.1 RritKih arrtiv Iartrpr n
.'.ouu mcD. 1 he latter rusDea toeir as-
iult n viearouslr that on the 12th Mi?
following the Americans, numbering 5,018
were compelled is inrrenuer, ana
' were motlj discharged on parole as pris
oners during the war. Nevertheless,
i Charleston came afterwards into the bands
; of the Yhig. lioth parties confessed
j about an equal Ioes 70 killed, and 189
: wounded, on each side.. .Such was the vie-
tens, it is said, Germans and Irish, who
had been compelled to enlist io the Kebel
my, positively refused to fire on the
American flae during the bombardment of j
Sumter, and were consequently arrested j
and put ia prison in Charleston, where 1
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The naturalized cm
sens know that their allegiance is to tbe
; L u.ted States government, and that none ,
other can protect them from the claims of ,
v . -. ,l., ;
' r.uropean governments npon them lor ser-
,A v,.f.,r. i h.r hrm rit'iiAtia nf '
the Uuited States.
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us of conspicuous feature of tbe present
absorbing contest obvious in the region '
of cur acquaintance, and prominent in all
we see and bear from oar Free Cities
the enthusiastic and unanimous allegiance
t0 our Government manifested by Welch,
Scotch,
Scotcn ltlsbi ouririBUO) cwlss, trench, '
English and other adopted citizens. The
: OATH of allegiance tbey bave taken, they
regard as having an honorable and signi- !
fint meaning tow unlike Floyd, Cobb,
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Prvor, and other Congressmen and lime- :
ers, who sought to betray confidence spe- j
cia!ly repised iu them, and violated both ;
jetter and spirit of the holy oaths tbey had !
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. . i . .. i ' , . . . i , n.inhr nn v inr n n r
oa(ire; (() ,;ke the 80.enlD T0W of fi,kli j
at the age if 21. ..It seems that our adop
ted fellow ci'izn? having tasted tbe
, ,
sweets of our liberties and privileges, as
compared with the hardships and priva- '
tions of other governments do better
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,h. i,;c nf nr noliticil institutioni.
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Like health, wealth, A;., we best know
the blessings of a free, mild, but efficient ;
into its service rtrmontn:
Colonel $218,00
Lientenant Coloael 194,00
Major 175,00
Captain 118,50
First Lieutenant 103,50
Brevet Seeond Lieutenant ...103,50
First or Orderly Sergeant 29,00
Other Servants 27,00
Corporals
Privates
Musicians
...22,00
...20,00
...21,00
"CM TED nr STAXD."
Franklin Pierce, Fernando Wood, Ed
ward Everett, Daniel S. Dickinson, Fran
cis Granger, Robert J. Walker, Washing-1
ton Hunt, Cornelius anderbelt, John
Cochrane, Cass, Douglas, and hundreds of
other prominent citizens, who opposed tbe
election of the President, have eome out
and put themselves on tbe record in favor
of sustaining bis Administration in its
oing
present contest against needless, wicked
rebellion. No man or journal of any note
in tbe Free States dare take sides with
tbe Secessionists.
cifWitbin one week after tbe Friday
the rebel batteries opened npon Fort Sum
ter, One Hundred Thousand men were on
the march Southward to avenge it It
was "tbe last ounce that broke tbe camel's
back" Within one week from tbe Mon
day the President called for 75,000 vol
unteers, Two Hundred and Fifty Thous
and men have offered their service.
f he newspapers are poking; fun at tbe
nrv lanff: some lerm it ihe More ill, and
others Ihe im-Mornll tariC
Tbe above is from a Loeofoco paper
which before election tried to make the
people believe that "fusion" was a "bct-
friend cf the luliT' lhaa Liccoln
LEWISBURG, UNION CO., PA., FRIDAY,
Loss of Fort Sumter.
ANDERSON 1NNEW YORK.
New York, Thursday, April 18. Ma
jor Anderson landed at tbe battery, tod
wis receired br an immense crowd. Ilia
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carnage was lurrouoded DT Ibe people,,
h0 elPre88ed in cheers IDd deB"-
I strations their congratulations. He was
I followed by an immense tbrong, through
j Broadway to the Brevoort House, where
he joined his wife.
CAPT. DOlBLEDAl'S STATEMENT.
The following is a digest of Capt. Don
bleday'a statement of the bombardment of
Fort Sumpter :
The demand to surrender Fort Sumpter
was made on the llth inst., and refused,
not only by Major Anderson, but by tbe
unanimous voice of his command.
On Friday morning, at 3 o'clock, the
! rebela sent word that their fire would be j bw was fired on, be was to rush on in the . and gunpowder, so arranged as to be fired j irolesied.y tnion caico sy me cecisr- j jja ani nDSIghvj. fjae plant only seasa
r,T,n,t ;n .n km,, ,B,t .t 1 ',.lr.t fi v.mi manner he eoold. bat the cale ore- easily. To this be set a sure match and ed sentiment of her voters her Governor ; i g j , e0DErsniil aoil: it resembled e
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was opened on us from every direction,
including a hidden battery. The fire
opened with a volley of seventeen mortars,
firing ten inch shells and shot from thirty
three guns, mostly Columbiada. We took
breakfast, however, very leisurely. Tbe
command was then divided into three
watches, each under the direction of two
officers.
After breakfast, they immediately went
to the guns and opened
trie, Camming's Poin
Island, ine iron battery at (Jamming
Point was of immense strength and most
of our shots glanced off. Major Anderson
refused to allow bis men to work their
guns on the parapet, on aeeount of such a
terrific fire being directed against that
point.
There was scarcely a room left in Fort
Moultrie inhabitable.
Several shots went through the Float-
,US "J 'uou8a " J
gea- a wo guns on tae iron Jaery
were dismounted.
a . 1 i tt .t
a man was siauonco, wno criea-snoi
or i8bci. wben tbe rebels fired, and the
riMn were Am tJlMei ioi j,
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At first, the workmen were reluctsnt to
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help work tbe euns, but they afterwards
served most willingly and effectively against
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Tbe Barracks caught fire several times
on Friday, but the flames were extinguish-
,ed through the efforts of Mr. Hart, of
j New York, and Mr. Lyman, of Baltimore, j
both volunteers. j
I Oa Saturday, tbe Officers' quarters
caught fire from tbe shell, and the main
gates were burnt. Tbe Msgazine waa :
surrounded by fire, and ninety barrels of !
powder were taken out and thrown into !
the sea. W hen tbe magazine was eneir-
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cled by nre, an our materials were cot on,
and ice had eaten our last biscuit ttco days
Lefure. Men bad to lay on the ground
with wet handkerchiefs on their faces, to
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r,rfi7ni. inm irnm mn.nprinir. ri ii m ia. ,
,orlb,y ed.Jy of wiod wu M tUt tti ,
Our lives.
Oar eartrid ban cava out. and five
e - c c
men were employed to manufacture
them i
oat of shirts, sheets, blankets, Ac
Wigfall :
Wigfall. General Beauregard wishes
to stop this, sir.
Anderson only replied, Well ? Well ?
Wigfall. You've done all that can be
done, and Gen. Beauregard wishes to
know upon what terms you will evacuate
the fort.
Anderson. Gen. Beauregard is already
acquainted with the terms.
Wigfall. Do I understand that you will
evacuate on the terms proposed ?
Anderson. Yes ; and only on those.
Wigfall tben returned.
Ten minutes after, Col. Chesnut "d j
otoera came irom ieaurrgarj, ..
Major Anderson wanted any belp, and
stating that Wigfall bad not seen Beaure-
. m al a.
card lor two days, ana aaa no auinomy .
for hit demand on Aneerso.
waj. a. repuea : '
aold. We will raise our flag again.
But they requested bim to keep it down
until communication was bad with Beau
regard.
Tbe firing then ecased, and three hours
after, another despatch came to the fort
The terms previously decided upon were
then sgreed to.
On Sunday morning, tba steamer Isa
bel came down and anchored off Ibe Fort,
when all our baggage was put on board
tbe steamer Clinch, which was used as
transport between tbe Fort and the Isabel
Our men were still under arms. A por
tion of them were told to fire off a salute
to the flag, and wben the last of the fifty
guns wu fired the flag wu lowered amid
the loud and hearty cheers of the men,
who theo formed in a gorge and embarked
to tbe tune of "Yankee Doodle." Two
men were killed on the second round of
tbe salute by a premature explosion of tbe
gun, and four were wounded one badly.
Tbey were left in Charleston
Oa Mond.y we steamed down the lr:'
It will Uke bairn million er-ouan to, ;, - : i.tl. ! ..." V " I eendy.
.l . i r .. uaiiv, in aaumou 10 iue euueieu wen auii ji -- --j-- --- i iae coa. -
renair the interior of rort fiumter. Host . :..:!.::.. r...i ...l. ..4 . I fl.l
Y.l i.. . -m.j.fnn,fl.. offie. hurried the crisis. m..r,B.,.8.,...T..., Fort Monroe bis been re oforeei by the ."I "
of the enemy a shot was aimed at our flag. I the spirit, and even the patriotism cf the . .l M.Ln... C.:.., ,imn'i refined,
- - i .- . . l The Fort was never surrendered. Itwas , - . i .L- j .l- ' cixtn .Massachusetts ueeimenf, commani-t
Tbe following is the conversation which " " " people is oozing out under this do-nothing , . . c , , f f ..' Cosl oil,
IUU& piacB ira.nccu au.uouu eu4v it j i J . . , . , ; bau secre
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bor, and were transferred to tbe Lallic,
ailing on Tuesday morning.
Fort Sumter bas not been reinforced on
any occasion.
The Baltic arrived off Charleston on the
morning of Friday, after the firing at Fort
a
Sumter bad commenced, ine l awnee
. . p.iin,.. .:.p4 n ,ha dv
Th. Powhatan ..d Atlantic have not been
The steam-tugi Lave been blown
ts sea, and bave not been seen. During
all tbe while tbe fleet was off Charleston,
a heavy gale was blowing.
On the Jay that Mtjor AnJtrton eraeu-
ateJ. preparations to reinforce him had
lee made for an attempt on that ijht. A!
schooner was seiied. and an agreement
made to pay tbe pilot and eaptain $500 to
put the men in the fort ; but the fort was
I evacuated before an attempt could be made,
j Capt Fox had instructions to attempt to
' provision tbe fort withont troops, and if
'
vented tba arrival of the togs and trans -
ports.
Tbe Harriet Lane was soon expected
to arrive. Tbe Pawnee bad gone to Wash
ington. Both the Major and bis command show
the care-woro effects of their aeige.
The following is a copy of Major An-
dprinn'i desmteh ia the Secretary of War :
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oik: naving aeienuco rorioumieriur
fir. Fnrt Mnnl. i . ' . 7 . '. . " , march ot thirty miles, they reached ila-, v'j
1 thirtv.fnnr himpi nnlll th inftrfpni wprf. i ..... .. .. . .. . :M
entirely Darned, ine main galea oesiroyea ,, - . , ! .n
t and Sullivan's fay firef tba gorge wall seriously injured, gerstown, well fatigued. Leing too late , for a.lis
tinrl lha
and ita door closed from the beat, four ! which took them to Cbambersburg,whence j nesday of last week j and it waa known : jt is exported in earthen jars, containing
barrels and three cartridges of powder only j by rail they reached Carlisle at 3, P. M., ni rejoiced over in the South before it j .bont 30 pounds. The price now, inclo
being available, aad no provisions but i of tbe nexl an(j wet9 enthusiastically was known in Richmond. Got. Letcher ,j:ng ,b9 poUj tbont tid fof 2J visa,
pork remaiuing, I accepted the terms of ; rcce;Ted j has proclaimed the Soathern Confederacy, ! or ataat 50 centl for tea pounds. A well
Vr.!! llZ. ff hZ'liL Z MostoftheuscfulmaterialattheFerryidecUred the independent cf Virginia, ! jitlii aboat 400 or 500 tUa per day, and
being tbe same as were oacxed by mm 00 ... 1 j 1 n u . -r... v. ...1. .... . 1.
ni.itina iirrniinriorf t,v flmc
tK. liih in.t.r.r nrinnr. th. (.nmiTipnf....
ment of the bostillitiea and marched out
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of the Fort on Sunday afternoon, the 14th number of men, who there collected pro
instant, with colors flying and drums beat-1 blbIy wiln , dt;sjgn l9 mlrch 00 Iod ear.
ing, bringing away the company and our I - Y,9j,:nirton Citv-but. diiannoint.d
, private property, and saluting my Big
with fifty guns. Bobert ASdersos,
Major of tbe First Artillery,
Tba ordeal which Maj. Anderson bas
undergone for tbe last few months bas
been a terrible one. From tbe 20th day
of December last, until leaving the Fcrt
in Ibe transport, after the evacuation, be
never set foot outaide of Sumter.
Tbe men composing tbe garrison of
Fort Sumter were sectnty-six iu number.
Iu addition to these, tbe fort held forty,
three laborers and nine officers, Lieut.
Talbot being absent, and not Laving been
allowed to visit tbe fort after carrying the
Washington despatches. Ia all, 128.
It is certain that the Secessionists for
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been laying their .plans to attack Aodcr -
son at tbe critical moment when be had
been reduced to short allowance of provi-
After the order had been aiven
aioos.
that no food should reach tbe Fort from
Charleston, an effort was made by the
commanding officer cf Sumter to send the
laborers to shore, in order that the rations
Uiigu BUj'fiun iu .u.
mieai support i
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,0B6er P"0"'
This effort wu ansuccess-
ful' ,he rebel8 refa9iBB ,0 llow tbe llbor-
ers to leave the Fort ! Of course tbe ne-
pftaeifw nf annnlnni fartr.threA ffnnnlha ilnintr nnthinff but Consammff the resour waa trtnmrtt.ant. anil rphpllinn mnrvtl in '
aw aj all private and company baggage, , bood, deceive, either eracuation or expul
and tbe arms of Lis men. In departioir. eion, the whole country will become so dis-
h flit- f.a!ntd hvthA Ferleral tronn 1
o - -v r- ;
In no sense was it a sur- i
with fifty guns.
render.
Three only of the United States troops
were wounded.
Two of tbe guns of Sumter were disabled
by the rebels. Two of the barbette guns,
however, were thrown over and rendered
useless, owing to the carelessness of the
gunners in firing.
Tbe Fort was incomplete, but wu very
little injured on tbe outside. It was not
bomb and fire-proof ioside,wbere the wood
work takiDe gr, was the immediate cause
of tbe loss of tbe whole.
Altogether, it was a noble defence its
assault, io all ita characteristics, was in fa-
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0Ter heir tietory w inexpreMibly absurd i
Md ludicrous.
19The 19th of April, 1775, the Bri-
lich malt thaia tipac Klnnrlv aceantl Hnnn
.i" .j: a i t- 1
ine soiuieri oi iuassacauseug, si jjcxiDg-1
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ton. Eighty-six years afterwards 19th j
April, 1861 Massachusetts soldiers were ;
again assailed, and some killed by tbe Se- J
eessionista at Baltimore. On each mem- j
orable occasion, tbe men of Massachusetts
were maintaining the cause of Liberty and
Law. "Remember Lexington Hand "Re
member Baltimore !" will henceforth be
twin watch-words for tbe noble, hardy
men of the Bay State. Every man killed
at either place wu good fur a thousand
more volunteers.
U. S. Senator Henry WiIson,'of Massa
chusetts, is serving as a private in tbe
volunteers. Beaj. F. Butler, the leading
friend of Breckinridge, ia a General in tbe
same cause. Others, from that State and
Rhode Island, are capitalists, and men in
the highest social positions Gov.Sprsgue
7 o m - ; , .
being tbe richest man in Rhode Island.
Hew England is stirred to its yery beart. '
APRIL 20, 1861.
Harper's F'y Armory Burnt.
While tbe Virginia Convention was in
secret session, they engaged with tbe Gov-
i ernor and leading tccessiomsti now
J surmised) in an effort to surprise the little
compauj iu cuuimauu
Mr. Barbour, the man baying in charge
the Armor,, where were 13,000 of the
best fire-pieces, always begged Govern-
meat not to reinforce that place, as "it
! would irritate tbe Union men," but pledg-
j ed bis "honor that all was safe. Kevcr- j
j theless, Capt Jones kept bis corps of 47 j
; men on the constant watch for invaders. ,
Oa Thursday, the 13th inst., Capt.
Jones' outguards brooght news that two
: or three thousands of armed Virginians
1 were hastening npon the Ferry, and in
fact reaching it almost as quick as bis
I men. In anticipation of danger, he had
' piled np the arms with straw, shaving",
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! retreated, under cover of tbe nigbt, over
tbe bridge, into Maryland the rear of his
command being assailed by the advancing
Virginians. These, with the inhabitants,
rushed to save the buildicgs, ic, while
Capt. Jones and his men retreated, in mud
and over rocks, ic, partly in the dark,
Tbey Leard several explosions, and saw
tuc VUIUIUK i.t
the burning light from tba buildings
i s considerable lime.
After
a forced
lur UB ct, IUCT cuuicicu U1UL1UUSC5,
was destroyed a sad loss to the irin-
.
1 iaos, who had hoped thus to arm qaite a
I o - 4 ar
a. a. r 1 1 - J -tT I v .
I J la,s eue"" l'"-
j t'y authorized) stroke of policy, they re
tired, venting taeir rage on iue inionuis,
j anci meditating what dirty act of treason
. or wholesale stealing they can da next,
AU honor to Capt. Jones and bia com'
mand !
CuAMBERSBrRO, April 21. Oa the
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n.ght of the destruction of the buildings
j at Harper's Ferry, four men were on
. " " -"'';"
Jones, lbev were, as sunDosea. laxen
prisoners by tha Virginians, aad held till
yesterday afternoon, when two escaped by
: crossing the bridge, and one by swimming
the river and canal. 1 he other remains
,he Ferr The three arrived here this
. morning. They report that the destruc-
tion of the buildings and arms was ccm-
1 p,ete gix or een tbousaod Virginians !
' were there, and five thousand more were 1
j expected last night, from Richmond, un-
! der Col. Lee. Tbey design invading
I d making Mason and Dixon's
line the line of warfare.
Ins Motive for War. The Mobile
Mercury reco-nizes the necessity for rre -
cipitate action on the part of tbe Confed -
erate authorities, as the ooij means to
rhpek K. rpartinn in favor of the I.'nian.
Alluding to the large forces concentrated
t Forts Sumter and Pickens, apparently
casted with the fchim of Southern iude-
,
Pedence that the Grst chance the people
get at a popular election tbey will turn the
whole movement topsy turvy so bad that
it never on earth can be righted again."
Tbe following appointments for Phila
delphia are announced :
Collector William B. Thomis.
Postmaster C. A. Walborn.
Director of the Mint James Pollock.
Treasurer of the Mint Levi Kline.
Chief Coinerof tbe Mint L.R.Broema!I
Surveyor of the Port E. Reed Myer.
Naval Officer Dr. E. Wallace.
Navy Agent James S. Chambers.
General Appraiser B. Rush Plumly.
Appraiser Joseph M. Cowell.
District Attorney George A. Coffey.
Lanxaster. Arril 15. Secession bas
no followers here. All parties are united
in sustaining the government at all haz
ards. one of hi, most intimate and poii,ical
friends to-day. "lhat
t the Government hast'1 uuu, ..r...., .
, - - , , f .
none to the utmost verge of forbearance, and
HQW fhe j, of aU go0il e,-.H, t0
,he Gmxmmcnt." True for once,
James Bichaxax glad you see it at
last I
Stephen Van Rensselaer, son of the
Patroon of Albany, committed suicide, on
Tuesday, at a drinking saloon, by swal
lowing laudanum, naturally oi gooa
abilities, having bad every advantage
which wealth could furnish, and starting
in life under the most favorable circum
stances, be hu made himself for years, by
bis debauchery and profligacy, a pest and
disgrace to his friends, hateful to himself
and a nuisance to society. He wu thirty
five years old
Osix Osc Flao Recoosizsd. The
Commander of Fort Taylor, at Key West,
has compelled the inhabitants at that
place to haul down all their Confederate
State nags, wwn a pome luwmanuu tu
staie ng' w"u -----
tw0 different nationalities eoald cot rule
in the place.
CHRONICLE," established in 1S43 Whole No., SS9.
Pcrfidy of Virginia !
a of other duya was a land
of trulv ereatnien. But
taill "its best part is now
ii t -i 1.1 ..i k. .i-
" Mil blasted by th.
under ground.
curse of unpaid labor its capacities are
unimproved and its noble eitizoos and
statesmen Lav. degenerated into slave-
breeders, edee-haoters and demagogues
of tbe lowest, meanest, blackest type. In-
atead of tbe clarion voice of Patrick Henry,
"Give me Liberty or give ma Death
Tbe Virginia or other days was a land by Tier. Vr. Howard .MALOOX, m
of beauty and of truly great men. But j an interesting account of natural euriow
like a Dotato hill "its best csrt is now ! ''J in about 280 mile, ip tba
instead of the practical Emancipationists, them. The way waa well beaten by bnl
Wasbiogton, Jtfirson, Madison, e. the . lock cuts, often crossing the bed of tbe
cry now is, "Give us Slavery or lluio," torrent, (now dry,) whenea tba tillage d
and tbe subjugation of Wbit. as well as r"1Tel its same. A mora ragged and dee
: Black men to a lawless Uiigareby is tba
' practice of tbe powers that now riot in tbe
State.
These characteristics lave been signally
i illustrated in her treatment ol Becession.
i.
i ana oiuere oeaiipg j yfc.tu
to be peaee-masers between the .Norm sad
I the South. Iu her Convention, ia
j session, she toted doxn Secession fair and
square hut in sicwn, secret teuiuii it is
now evident she waa plottirg treason,
drilling and arming men to take Harper's
Ferry and steal tbe arms there, then pro-
eeed to v asumgton city, ana aisa to line
i he aorlo; avy lard and a:i iae l. b.
that region. It is believed
yet concealed an crdinance for
vm najipd in fnnvpntinn. Wed.
; r "
tuBuauu. .i uct j m j
i. in.. . t-. : l.i
for l.i orders. The true Unionists in the
Convention were bribed, terrified, abased,
or driven out sorae having hid ta flee
for their Iivjs. AH through the Extern
and Central portions of the State, a Reign
of Terror is bein inaogarated Uaion
men ars cowed down, and violenca ram-
PBt- iB " heeling, and other parts ot
i the North-West, only, is the U. S. flij
still flying.
Baltimore, April 20 Well-advised
parties here espresathe conviction that
I Maryland and irgima hate botn been
. , , ' jmmlll, ,a from ie u.
yl-ninyi 1Bd that their apparent hesitation
toe .oriu uu us euaru. ito cicuio ui .
j the last twenty-four tours eonurm this.
J Riktli Serrea-siotpci for eare !
On Thursday of last week, obstructions
were placed in James River, Virginia, to
. prevent the U. S. Government from eon-
n,..,h it,, fio.n.,1 V, Yard. .. Ac.
Itnmni ila .mminil At nrtili!r. I Mnl. I
, - j 1 i
port avy lard, sc., e.
, party also robbed the
The Governor's
j Custom House
,Li, f!me... Cam. Pend.rcra.f. command -
guns.
. g w . fct h,rb Ucd
I 6 .
mem Willi loaueu sous uruausiuo ig .ui-;
I fdk and Portsmouth, and demanded that J
! ,l. l : , j, J
1 ci-(-( I( we,j w MQ
add that this prompt order was effective, :
the sly, crawliog, tressanab.e gime
, was spoiled. Tbe General Government.
tly prepared for an attack npon
it, but it is believed is now headed tff.
Lrxtsmi. Kv.. Arril 17.-Ex-Vica
j prcsjdeot Breckicridge'writes from Rich -
mood, Ky., to a friend here, as lollows : - irom and every way oeuer loan taa ny
"Keatucky should call a Convention ! birds heretofore on sale. With fair piay
without delay, and Linooln's extra sessi in J tnd , fa;r tr;. geneca eU bonnJ t0 sa.
of Congress should b. confrontel by da otberg. TbeBarc!l 0f tb..M-
general civil war." In other words, J.C.
Breckinridge thinks it safe to come oat
openly for Secession, as he has lone been
sneakicgly.
Wasoisotox, April 17. Tbe Treasu
ry Department bas issued an ordtr direct
ing tbs nam. of Firat Lieut, Kgers, of
tbe Revenue Servico, to be stricken from
tbe roll, for having, while in command of
the Cutter Henry Dodje, ia violation of.
his official oath and of his duty to the gov-.
ernment, surrendered nis vessel io tae
Tg.ii NMtin .ntlifiritir-a
. c tr.l l o'and intend
XOri CCOH l-l'y. iu iLansaa, uuian ,
voter... and near iUQ inhabitants :...Smith. i
cf the' Democrat, bas made bia an iodepen- i
dent paper, with Dongla proc!ivitier...At
a large public meet.ng of Linn and Bour-
drop all past quarrels, and hereafter ebey
tbe laws and oucers ot their own choosing.
Tbe Kansas men in Washington City
bave formed a company called th. Fron
tier Guards. They bave been given the
post of bocor in the East roota of tbe
President's bouse, under the command of :
Ge' J,c? L'ne-, T . Coal Oil op OLD--3Iareo Polo, -ho
Th. official earesr of Lewis Cass com-1 12M ,b.t, i Armenia,
meoced wben he wu a member of the first u ' . ' ...
State Legislature of Ohio, in 1803, and Hew '"" of oil which dber
he bss been in high public position ever I ged sa great a quantity as Io furnish load,
since a period cf 58 years. J icg for many camels. This oil wu used
It is supposed there are 170 churches, ! as an unguent for the cure of cutaneous
says The Presbyterian, in Baltimore, capa- j distempers in men and cattle, aad also for
ble of accommodating about one hundred
and forty thousand people.
Acousta, April 17. Lincoln's procla
mation is condemned and ridiculed here.
Many consider tbe offers of Northern vol
unteers u mere gasconade.
Not one out of a dozen of tbe U.S. Army
and Navy kav. yet resigned most of
those who have, join the Slave power.
Whole N0..2.1C3.
")-1 .
Oil Wells la Bnrmah.
fin the " Travh i Soutk-E'iitem A$ia,m
! in B"hi houi
1 Irrawadf Hiver, on t
, (
its eastern aide, ia
and 172 East Long.
We quto from pace 81, Cincinnati edi
tion
Before sunset, Jane S3, earns to for tbe
night at Vay nangoung, a village impor
tant only for its trade in petroleum. Tbe
' wells being but two miles from tba vil
j Ugs, I immediately act oat to walk te
; 0late region can scarcely be imagined,
j The rocks are sandstone, puddingstoue,'
i0j petrifactions ; the aoil, sand and blue
cjaJ. Email hills on every aide ria. ab-
j t(Jt l;je waTea ia a chopping aaa, ater-
I ... - .
, prlcijij pelri growing to tna neigai N
lhirfT efj, wi,h tem root ; dUmetcr.
, fhe wells are very naneroua, said to be
roore tnaa 400, occupying a space of abonl
1 12 5(J0ir9 m;;M. e fnm 200 to)
! Sqq fect jeej,( 0f tm dibre, and sua
u-ice,i fcT scantling. The temperature of
the 0: wben firit ed to tbe top, ia 89
, jjen BOt g0 a0WB j,nl ln earthen pol
;3 jowe
ered in and drawn np over a beasa
tcraM ,5,. moatb, bv two men running off
j witi, a ro?e. Tbe pot 13 emptied into
i:..i 1 - - J .:i J - Aar
: llllio cuui. tuc uu mm luswa uuw
i :J worea bj three or lour men. aome-
! .irrei 700 are obtained. Tha amount da
. ...
; peE,js on tbe quantity of water drawn np
j ;,a tbs 0j A datT cf oae tweBtietb in
pa;j l0 government This moat useful oil
ti Terj extensively used for lampa and
: torches, and ia exported to all parta of Ibe
empira whither it can be taken bj water.
. it is also used for preserving wood, mat
partitions, pala-leaf books, As., from in-
sects and from the weather, and ia an ad-
1 mirable article for th:se BurDoaes. Even.
j . .. BOt .ttack wood which,
. . . ....-.
. bas been brushed with it.
tzAiZp apeaks of "ptltnpiog;
: coal oil oat of the earth.'
This ia a alight
j mistake. There ara bat two kindi et
mineral oil Ccal oil and Carbon oiL
Cual oil ia distilled in a erode state from
canntl coal, and afterwards refined for
use. It is known by tbe names of coal oil
or "Kerosene." Carbon oil ia a natural
Pr3dact th" fljws fron 0r PUn,Ped
r . , . , " ' v .
' of ,b eVth' 10
! "SeDec oi "Petroleum." Cwbon oil
! of the right grade when properly refined
t and not adulterated by an admixture with,
- ... .
coJ ou P "f"'0'
'm-- elt'
i The most of th. carbon oil used in this vi-
cinity, hss been procured from a distance,
...i .. .T.t. L. r ...... i
, J '
' , .,
CJ ...
oar citizens bave bsd a chance to
refined in the vicinity properly
and knowa to be entirely free front
caxphene, or injurious chemicals.
, Those who have used it assure us that it
j tas more body, lasts longer, and gives
TcrJ 0l"I", BUl moco "er iignS no.
- a . .a. a. &
1 trying to tha eyes. The oil is different
j ,3nl w no' certain. iVanii (Pa.)
Citizen.
Job says, in (Chap. 29 : 6,) "I washed
my steps with batter, and the rocla pour
e l out riten of 02." Although strictly
figurative perhaps, it might have been a
literal description of bis possessions.
Oil Fever ix Esglasd. The Pitts-
burg Chronicle ssys a company of English)
tnd Sc0(ch men blfe jeMed KJtn MrM ;
Eiizihetb township, Allegheny county,
to ma!:e an immediate test
, .... , , .
lcre for olL If " "ej '! ope'-
s largely, and they eantemplate tbe ereo-
tion of a large refinery.
TrtB Riuoiors Well. Curtis h
Hickck's well on tha Buchanan farm,
wbicb for several weeks refused to flow oa
Sunday, bas fallen from grace. Oa San
day before last it commenced spouting oil
in greater qualities than before, aad ita
moral character ia gone. franklin Spit
ial0T inr;r li).
burning. Ia the neighboring country, ne
other oil wu used ia lamps.
Whkat asa Circulatiso Ymvivh.
At a baU in Reedaborg, Vs., a few nigbt
ago, the price of admission wu n bushel of
wheat. The farmers were there ia large
snmUii.