BY S. J. KOW. CLEARFIELD, PA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 18G2. VOL. S.-1T0. 23. THE JOUR N A L. DOINGS IN THE QUAKER CITY. Correspondence t"Iiaftsman'8 Journal." rmLADELruA, Pa., Jan. 28, 1862. Eira Jovbsal: In the bill of war ru 'jnora, which has been experienced fo some weeks, with the exception of the stirring event in Kentucky, the people of this goodly . city iave got up quite an excitement on what is known as "The Pickled Slush Question." It seems the street railway companies are in the habit of using salt to remove the snow from the tracks, which produces, as a matter of course, an intolerable slash. This, it is con tended by the anti-salt party, is productive ef diphtheria, colds, wet feet and other miseries of a like nature that the mixture of salt with snow freezes horses' feet, and is thus, not only expensive to owners, but destructive of large numbers of horses. The railway men have brought into the controversy a number ot ,yhysicfans,and the papers are filled with learned Idiaquisitiwis on the salubrity of set water, .ocean air, sea-bathing, and all that sort ot ttbing. Without attempting to decide which ds right or which is wrong, it is worthy of re mark hat in New York and Boston, the use of unit to clear railway (racks of snow, has Jteen prohibited upon the testimony of a com mission composed ol medical men. whilst I am writing this, the sdow is falling rapidly, and bids 'sir to revive the controversy on the exciting topic. An incident which transpired hereon Friday a week, shows that ,the world moves" rapid ly now-a-days. A company of itinerant sing ers, clever enough in their way, calling themselves "Old Polks," have been giving concerts at the Musical Fund Hall. They are actors as well as singers, and dress fantastically to personate people of a couple generations back. Two young members of the company a Mr. Henry E. Ilolloway and a Miss llattie A. Aunable being moved by the tender passion, concluded to unite their hearts and hands, as well as their voices. They further determin ed to have the marriage ceremony performed on the stago, "in character," and accordingly the announcement to that e fleet was made ic the various newspapers of the city. When it become known that Kev. Dr. Wadsworth was to be the officiating clergyman, there was such a rush to witness this extraordinary enactment a mixture of the most serious and touching business of life, with the shams and whimsi calities of broad farce that hundreds were unable to gain admittance. The bridegroom was dressed in a very Jong brown coat, reddish waistcoat, Hessian boots, bellcrowncd bat and long hair of the period of 1790 ; and the bride an old woman of the samo time, in a short waisted, fawn-colored silk, with a very high, broad cap. At a certain point in the act, the briJe and groom were placed in the centre of the stage, by the chief of the troupe; at the tin tie Instant Dr. Wadsworth emerged from a side door, stating that the two young persons btfere him "were about to perform the most solemn act of their livos, and one which would influence their being, both in this world and the next, long after old costumes and new cos tumes would bo crumbled in the dnst. A short prayer fallowed, and the marriage took place with great solemnity." .... On peru sing this, your readvs will doubtless, with me exclaim ! "Selab ! what are we coming to ?" The Pennsylvania Kail Koad Company, I understand, finally, to-day, take hold of the Sunbury & Erio Koad, and that important work will now bo pushed to a speedy completion. This will be good news to the people along the route, especially to your neighbors of Elk county. There has, within the last three or four days, been a steady improvement in the stock and money markets, and business is consequently looking up. Exchange fluctuates considera bly, and the premium on gold rises and falls correspondingly. Breadstulls are rather dull. Ja Groceries little is doing. There is a steady demand for cloverseed. Yours, Otto. Whipped to Death. The Albany Strifes men published a letter from Hooker's Divis ion, stating that Samuel Cox of Port Tobacco, Mil., a returned rebel, whipped, a negro to leath for informing the Federal commander tlut he (Cox) had arms for rebel use in his house. The slave had escaped, but was de livered up to Cox. The correspondent says : "Cox tied the man to his horse and rode at a rapid rate, the poor slave running to keep up behind him. When he left the regiment lie had on a pair of good shoes, but when he rsached his master's house his shoes were pone, and his bleeding feet were found to be bursting open from coming in contact with pebbles and stones. He had been dragged eleven miles behind his master's horse ! They arrived at home in the evening about 11 o' clock on Friday. He tied him to a tree and called his overseer, Franklin Koby, and a man by the name of John Kobison. They commenced whipping him about twelve o' clock and whipped him until three o'clock, three hours, taking turns with the whip, when one was tired and breathless another would al l'!y the lash. 'The only words he uttered up to 2 o'clock wire, I shall not live after this." "Oh, no, yon rascal, I intend to kill yon !" said Cox. "Mr. Cox," said Rebison, "he is dying." "No he is not. He is stont-hearted and able bodied. He can stand as much more. IIow tvr, give mo tho whip, let his blood bo upon 'nv head," replied Cox. The lash was then applied until about two hours before day. About 3 o'clock he was cut down and sank to lie earth insensible. He had on a new. cot ton shirt when they began to whip him, and when they were done there was nothing left ?' it but the collar-band and wristbands, lhen commenced the rubbing down to bring lack sensibility, but all of no avail. Their nrfortunate victim broathed his last before sundown on Saturday evening. Thus perish ed a loyal negro at the hands ot a traitor." Tag Oluest Methodist Preachers Alive. "-Thc venerable Henry Smith, in a letter to 16 Western Christian Advocate, says : "I have "'ought it a little remarkable that the two "liest preachers on the itinerant list in Ameri ci perhaps in tho worid, should bo found in fie bounds of tho Baltimore Conference, and 'iVlnS not ten miles apart: Brother Joshua ells is ninety-seven, and I am within a few tlireeh f ninct"throe and m? wifo e'6ntJ- Stnriirl r,nnnU t -1 u.li 4.11. 'iieir month will An. h.ii aeIosit, but not of issue. THE SOLDIER'S TEAR. Upon the hill he turned To take a last fond look Of the valley and the village church, And the cottage by the brook ; He listened to the sounds So familiar to his ear And the soldier leaned upon his sword .And brushed away a tear. Beside the cottage porch A girl was on her knees, She held aloft a snowy scarf, Which fluttered in the breeze; She breathed a prayer for him A prayer he could not hear But he paused to bless her as she knelt, And wipe away a tear. He turned and left the spot ; 0, do not deem him weak, For dauntless was the soldier's heart, Though tears were on his cheek. Go, watch the foremost rank, In danger's dark career Be sure the hand most daring there Has wiped away a tear. J. CESSNA VS G. W. HOUSEHOLDER. From the Somerset Herald and Whig. On January ICth the select committee of the House, chosen to try the case of Cessna vs. Householder, reported adversely to the latter, and accordingly Mr. Cessna was sworn as a member and admitted to a seat. if we rightly apprehend the argument of Mr. Cessna his claim was based on the position, that Bedford county Jiaving been entitled to a single representation under tne Constitution of 1790, she never can thereafter be deprived of it, or in his own language, "that this right of separate representation should remain " with the county, without anj' regard to any change that might be made in the extent of " its territory, or the number of its inhabit " tants." Further, Mr. Cessna argues that not only tho twenty-ono counties, existing at the time of the adoption of the Constitu tion of 1790 were ever thereafter entitled to a separate represention, without regard to the extent of their territory or number of their in habitants, but that "every new county Micro " after erected, on attaining the then existing " ratio ot population, and thus acquiring tho right of separate representation, can never " thereafter be deprived of it' notwithstanding sue may reirogaue ever alter, in the same pro portion as tne votes entitling her to separate representation may be increasing. And again he contended that the right of representation v&s"attached to the corporation or franchise, and "not to me citizen." In reporting that Mr Cessna was entitled to the seat, the committee directly arlrmed his positions, and decided them to be the law of this Commonwealth, thereby declaring that the "old rotten borough system" of Great Britain is a Constitutional institution of this State that equality of rep resentation is unknown to our Constitution that one hundred or a less number of citizens of Bedford or any of the original twenty-one counties, are equal (in point of renresenta tion) to five thousand or more citizens of this or any other county and that it is the county corporation or franchise and not the people, inai is invesieu wun me rignt ot representa tion. Is not this monstrous ? Will it be be lieved that tho framers of our Constitution. either the first or last, ever contemplated, or intended, to introduce into our State, that most oppressive and unjust relic of a corrupt aristocracy; that conderuncd.dended and flout ed, by democrats all the world over, "rotten borough system" of England ? Will it be be lieved that they were false to our much vaun ted system of "equality of taxation and rep resentation ?" Will it be believed that they intended to invest a mere figment of legisla tive creation, instead of "Me sovereign people," with tne right or representation And final ly, will it be believed that they, in determin ing that the House should be composed of not more than one hundred members, and arrang ing for the ratio of representation, contempla ted (following Mr. Cessna's argument, and the decision of this committee to its legimate end) that when one hundred counties had once legitimately attained the right of sepa rate representation, and cannot thereafter be deprived of it. that tho residue of the State must go unrepresented ? ' And yet such is the solemn decision of our law makers at Harris burg. A word as to the contestants. Mr. Cessna came before the oters of Bedford and Somer set as a democrt par excellent, breathing nothing but devotion to his country, and an anx ious desire to see all ber laws and institutions sustained unimpaired. The people preferredMr. Householder and so decided through the ballot box, although many Republicans crediting Mr. Cessna's professions, cast their suffrages for him. Defeated by the people, Mr. Cessna set at naught the very first principle of de mocracy, that a majority shall rule. He for gets his devotion to the fixed institutions of his country, and falsifies all his professions by perverting, the Constitution of his native State, and Jiaviug solicited the suffrages of the people of both counties, and been denied by a majority of them, he, by a quibble, now holds a seat which they had declared another more worthy to fill. It may be a matter of honor. or merely of taste, but we would rather grub for a livelihood, than thus hold an office in defiance of the will of a majority of the people, whose rotes we had solicited. There in consists the difference between Mr. Cess na's democracy and that of ourself. We would rather bo George W. Household er in his retirement, with the proud concious ness that he was honorably and fairly elected, beating bis opponent on a full poll, than Hon. John Cessna occupying a seat with the unen viable feeling, that it is held against the ex pressed will of a majority of the people to whom his pretensions, were submitted. The one is shielded with the pure panoply of truth and justice, the other has a stain oi his polit ical scutcheon that will forever corrode its brightness. Cool Impudkkcb or a Female Rebel. The St. Louis Democrat fctates that a Mrs. Letch worth, of Lexington, has presented an account to the United States Commissioners of Claims, in that city, for a wagon and a pair of mule which she presented last summer to Gen. Ster ling Price,and which were afterwards captured by Gen. Lane's forpes. "Henrietta," said a landlord to his new girl, "when there's bad news from Washington, or any badjnews, particularly private afflictions, always let the boarders know it before dinner. It may seem strange, Henrietta, but such little things mane a great difference in eating in the course of a year." I MORE DEVELOPMENTS OF TREASON The Potter investigating Committee made their report to the House, Jan. 29th. The Washington correspondent of the N. Y. Post speasing of the report, savs : Charges against more than five hundred per sons have been investigated ; in many cases ine evidence was so unsatisfactory that it was only sent to the proper authorities to warn them against possible danger, and it has been suppressed in the report. The testimony against the clerks is of a uniform character They are charged with utterinff the most dis loyal sentiments, speaking against the war expressing sympathy for the rebels and their cause. .Numerous cases are brought up and considered in the report, and it is unnecessary to quote them. The most important case in the report is that of Lieutenant Colonel William Mayna dier, which with two or three minor cases, I send in full. This officer holds the responsi bib post ot assistant to the Chief or Ordnance The principal charges affecting bis loyalty are hrst, that he was a party to the effort, in December, 1860, of John B. Floyd, then Sec retary of ar, to transfer cannon to the South under the pretence of arming fortifications at Galveston and Ship Island, which, m fact had no existence ; but, in reahtv, to furnish the munitions of war for the intended rebel lion ; and, second, that he was privy to the sale, by Floyd, of 100,000 or more muskets to A. A. Belknap, and 20,000 to other parties, in violation of law, and to the great detriment of the public service, the object being to disarm the Government and to arm its rebel enemies, Lieut. Col. Maynadier, in executing or at tempting to execute the order of Floyd, for the transmission of one hundred and forty one ot the largest cannon from Pittsburgh, to the Gulf of Mexico, did it with the full know! edge that one of the forts was unfinished and the other not even begun. It is scarcely less clear that Maynadier mnst have known or be lieved that the object of Floyd in giving the order was to disarm the government, and to arm its rebel enemies, lie is conceded to be one of the most intelligent men in the army, and has been in tho Ordnance Department, as an assistant, for nearlv twenty, years. He speaks with evident pride of the confidence reposed in him by Jetlerson Davis and Floyd, of their frequent consultation with him, in pref erence to his superior, Col. Craig, and it is therefore not to be believed that be would have withheld an opinion from the Secretary of War in regard to the impropriety of send ing cannon to the Gulf coast to arm fortihea tions which had no existence, from motives of mere modesty. Ho says that "his duty was obedience, not questioning." On the 17th of September following, Col. Craig was re lieved from duty as head of the Ordnance Bu reau, and on the 23d Maynadier was substitu ted in his place. The day preceding the ap pointment a proposition was made to Floyd by A. A. Jielknap "to purchase of the depart ment from one to two hundred and fifty thou sand of United States flint locks and altered percussion muskets, and to have the same de livered to me or my agents in New York City." Ibis fact is taken from Belknap's evidence be fore the Military Committee of the last House of Representatives, report No. 85, which your committee have felt at liberty to use in this connection. "As originally written,'' says Belknap, "the proposal .was for two dollars per gun, but the words "and fifteen cents" were interlined be fore the paper was presented to the War De partment." On the back of said letter is the following endorsement : "The within propo sition is accepted to the extent of one hundred thousand muskets, and as many more up to the maxium number as the service will spare." Signed, J. B. Floyd, Secretary of War. Subsequently Floyd, by ajstrange freak, pro fessed to discover that the 'price for which the arms were sold was less than he supposed when he accepted the bid, and said that they should not be delivered for less than $2,50 per mus ket. Belknap leaves us to infer that the new terms were accepted, and says that "Secretary Holt refuses to give me the guns." Lieut. Col. Maynadier speaks ol this transac tion as a mere bid on the part of Belknap, and declares that "Not a single musket has been sold to Belknap at any price." According to tho testimony of Col. Craig tjefore the Military Committee, 100,000 muskets were sold to G. B. Lamar on the'24th of November, 18G0 5,000 to the State of Mississippi on the 4th of De cember, and 5,000 to the State of Louisiana on the 15th of the same month after the removal of Col. Craig and the appointment of Lieut. Col. Maynadier, and immediately subsequent to the appearance of Col. Craig's report, in which he protests against the sale of more small arms. Col. Craig states that only 50,000 of the 141, 000 arms sold during Floyd's administration of the War Department were advertised, as requir ed by the law of 1825, and that he protested a gainst furthersales. The consequence was his removal, and the substitution of Lieut. Cel. Manaydier, under whom these immense sales were made to aid the cause of treason by a cor rupt violation of law The 20,000 last mention ed were sold to parties and to States in open or threatened rebellion against the Government, and the fact was as well known then that they were to be used against the Government of the United States as it is now. In the evidence of Belknap, he mentions George Sautiders,a well known traitor.asone of his advisers in the purchase of the 100,000 mus kets. The whole conduct of Floyd leaves not a doubt that he believed he was making a sale to parties in the interest of rebellion, and it were affectation to suppose that in annulling the original agreement at the rate of $2,15, be was actuated by honorable or patriotic motives. The only rational explanation of his conduct in cancelling the contracV herefore.is to befonnd in the supposition that be discovered that a mistake had been made, and that bis fellow- conspirators could not obtain possession of the arms. Here,then,we have Incontrovertible evidence that within a month after Lieut. Col. Maynadier was placed at the head of the Ordnance De partment, twenty thousand stand of arms were sold to tho "rebel enemies of the country ; and that one bundred to two hundred and fifty thousand were bargained for, evidently with the expectation that they were to go into the same bands. Yet, Liout. Col. Maynadier made no protest not entered complaint in any manner; and indeed, has not attempted to show that be was not fully conscious of the treasonable object of tho sales to which be was privy. Fact many a true word is spoken in jest. A BRIEF niSTOKY OF THE TIMES. Chronology of the Rebellion, &c. 22d The one hundred and twenty-ninth an iversary of the birthday of Geu. George Wash ington was celebrated with great pomp and show in nearly all parts of the country Pres ident Lincoln's night journey from Harrisburg io asnington, in order to prevent an antici paiea outrage In .Baltimore. 3d Abraham Lincoln, President elect ar rived at Washington The Secession ordi nance of Texas was voted on by the people.and adopted by 24,000 majority ; a very small vote was polled. zolh .News received of the surrender and treason of Maj-Gen. Twigcs in Texas. I 26th Capt. Hill refused to surrender Fort .Brown, Texas, under Twiees' order. 27th Peace Congress submitted to the Sen ate their Plan of Pacification. oth vote on Corwin'a report from the Committee of 33 : the resolutions adopted by a voio oi ido to oa Election in North Caroli na for delegates to a State convention, andal so to decide the question of holding a conven tion ; the vote on the proposition was, against convention, 40,bOd ; for con vention, 4G.409. Marcw, 1st Gen. Twiggs expelled from the army. 2d Revenue cutter Dodge surrendered to the Kebels at Galveston. 4th Inauguration of President Lincoln Texas State convention declared that State out of the Union. 6th Gen. Beauregard ordered to take com mand of the rebels at Charleston The Senate of the Unitod States, in extra executive ses sion, confirmed the appointments to the Cabi net of President Lincoln. 6th Fort Brown surrendered by special agreement The Congress of the Southern Confederacy confirm Jeff Davis' Cabinet. 7th The Georgia State convention reassem bled in Savannah. loth The State of Alabama ratified the constitution of t'je Southern Confederacy, be ing the first State to do so. Jbth I ho Provisional Congress of the Southern Confederacy adjourned to meet in Montgomery, Ala., on the second Monday in .May. 18th Supplys cut off from Fort Pickens. rensacoia. 19th Two New York vessels which were seized and advertised to be sold at Savannah, were released The Philadelphia Banks. re sumed specie payment. 20th The Arkansas State convention ad journed after passing a resolution to refer the question of secession to tho people. 21st I he Alabama State convention ad journed sine die. 22d Dr. J ox, of the Navy, visited Major Andersen, as special messenger of the Gov crnment. 25 Col. Lamon, Government messenger, had an interview with Gov. Sickens and Gen. Beauregard. 2Gth The State convention of Texas passed an ordinance, and the Legisiatnre approved the act, deposing Sam. Houston from the Ex ective Chair, in consequence of his refusal to take tho the new oath of allegiance to the southern Confederacy. 2oth 1 he extra session of the United States Senate adjourned. 30th Mississippi convention ratified the Confederals constitution. April 1st The new tariff act of the United States went into operation. d Long Cabinet meeting on Fort Sumter business Ureat activity in the Navy Depart ment Rebel battery on Morris Island fired in to a schooner, nobody hurt South Carolina convention ratified the Confederate Constitu tion, 114 to 16. 4th The Legislature of Kentucky ratified the amendments to the Constitution of the United States passed by Congress Virginia convention rejected tho ordinance of Seces sion, tSJ to 4o. 5th The vote was takeu by fha South Car olina convention on the ratification of the per manent constitution of tho Confederacy. th Gen. Beauregard notified Mai. Ander son that intercurse between Fort Sumter and the city would no longer be permitted Steam transport Atlantic sailed from New York with troops aiid supplies. oth Official notification given that supplies wou'd be sent to Major Anderson, by force, if necessary State Department declined to re cognize the Confederate States commissioners. 9th Steamers Illinois and Baltic sailed from New York with sealed orders. 10th Floating battery of the rebels at Charleston finished and mounted Large num bers of troops sent to the various fortifications. 11th Fears of theseizuieof Washington. Troops posted in the Capitol oath of fidelity administered to the men Confederate Com missioners left Washington, satisfied that no recognition of their government would take place under President Lincoln Beauregard demands of Major Anderson the surrender of tort Sumter. The Major declined Number of men in Sumtor, officers 9, band 15. artiller ists 65, laborers 30, total 109 Bids for Treas ury Notes opened j whole amount taken at a premium. 12th Actual Commencement ofsWar Bom bardment of Fort Sumter, began at 4 30 a. m., and cootinncd all day ; partially suspended at nightfall. The rebels bad in action 17 mor tars, and 30 large guns, mostly columbiads. The rebels fired at intervals all night ; Sumter was silent Pennsylvania Legislature voted $500,000 to arm the State Fort Pickens re inforced. 13th Fort Sumter opened fire about 7 A. M. At 8 o'clock the officers' quarters were fired by a shell. At 10 o'clock a chance shot struck down the nag. At noon most of the woodwork of the fort was on fire ; men rolled out 90 barrels of powder to prevent explosion. Sumter's flro almost silenced ; the flames forced the destruction of nearly all the powder ; cart ridges wefe gone, and none conld be made. About 1 P. M. the flagstaff ws shot uway.when the flag was nailed to the piece, and displayed from the ramparts. Senator Wigfall now came with a flag ot truce, arrangements were made for evacuating the fort, and at 2 55 P. M. the short-riven flag was banled down, the garrison departed upon honorable terms.taking their flag, arms, and private property No man was hurt in the fort during action, and the rebels say that none were killed on their aide. 14th Major Anderson and his men left Fort Sumter, and sailed for New York. 15th The President's proclamation issued, calling for 75,000 YoJuuteers, and command ing the rebels to return to peace within 20 days. Extra Session of Congress called New York Legislature voted 30,000 men and $3,000,000 lor putting down the rebellion Several South ern vessels at New York were seized and flued for Irregular clearances. ISth Governor Magoffin refuses to furnish troops from Kentucky under the President's proclamation Gov. Letcher makes a similai response from Virginia Gov. Harris.of Tettn., refuses soon after ; also Gov. Jackson, of Mis souriThe Ringgold Flying Artillery, of Reading, Pa., 180 men, with four field pieces, were the first troops to respond to the call of the President. 16th. 17th, etc General uprising in the North Proclamations, military orders, voting men and money, the order of the day In the principal cities, mobs visited newspapers and firms suspected of disloyalty, and compelled them to raise tho Stars and Stripes Legisla tures not in session were called together ; banks offered loans to the Government ; great public meetings were held ; Union badges worn b everybody. 17th Governor Letcher recognized the Southern Confederacy by proclamation, and refused to call out the militia of that State, in response to the President's proclamation The State Convention of Virginia, in secret session, passed an ordinance, dissolving its connection with the United States Govern ment, by a vote of 88 to 55 Massachusetts Sixth Regiment started for Washington. loth Pennsylvania volunteers reached Washington The Virginians obstruct the channel at Norfolk to prevent the sailing of war vessels from that point Major Anderson reached New York Fourth Massachusetts ar rived at Washington Lieut. Jones burned Harper's Ferry Arsenal to keep it from the rebels. Two ef his men were killed by rebel shots The Secretary of the Treasury ordered that no clearances should be granted to vessels bound to ports of the United States south of Maryland Gonernor Harris, of Tennessee, re- iused to furnish troops for the Government. 19th Reb. sis, under Col. Van Dorn, seized the steamship Star of the West, off lndianola Attack on the sixth Massachusetts in Balti more ; two killed and seven wounded ; eleven rioters killed and many wounded Baltimore in the hands of the mob The Mayor and Gov ernor informed tho President that no more troops could pass through Baltimore without fighting their way New York Seventh left for Washington The President of the United States issued a proclamation declaring a block ade of the ports of the Seceded States. 20th Great mass meeting in New York ; all parties for the Union ; John A. Dix pre sided Maj. Anderson was present Several bridges on the Northern Pennsylvania Rail road (in Maryland) burned Arsenal at Liber ty, Mo., seized John C. Breckinridge spoke against the Government at Louisville, Kv. JOport.avy lard destroyed to keep it from the rebels The Pennsylvania, Delaware, Ca- lumbus, Merrimac, Rantan, Columbia, Ger mantown, Plymouth, Dolphin, and United States, vessels of war, scuttled and set on fire The Cumberland was towed out. 2lst Government took possession of the Philadelphia and Baltimore railroad Over 4,000 men left New York for the seat of war- War sermons preached in most of the North ern churches Senator Andrew Johnson, of Tennessee, (U.nion) mobbed at Lynchburg, Virginia U. S. Branch Mint at Charlotte, N. C. seized Excitement at Baltimore in conse quence of rumors that Pennsylvania troops had leached Oockeysville, Md., and that the garrison at Fort McUenry was prepared to shell the city. 22d Arsenals at Favetteville, N. C, and Napoleon, Arkansas, seized by the rebels New York city appropriated $1,000,000 to equip volunteers, and $o0U,000 lor their fami lies Western Virginia begins to take sides for the Union Union meeting at Lexington, Ky., at which Senator Crittenden spoke New York seventh arrived at Ann3polis Vermont Legislature met in extra session U. S. mili tary supplies seized at Napoleon, Ark. 26d John Bell came out for the rebels First South Carolina regiment started for the Potomac Martial law was proclaimed in Bal timore. 21th Rebels under Solon Borland seized Fort Smith, Arkansas Gov. Mogoifin called an extra session ol the Kentucky Legislature A portion of the railroad track, between Annapolis, Md., and Washington, was torn up by secession mobs. 25th Major Sibley surrendered 450 U. S. troops to the rebel Col. Van Dorn at Saluria, Texas Legislature of Vermont voted $1,000,- 000 to equip volunteers 600 U. S. troops ar rived at New York from Texas Gen. Harney arrested by Virginia authority at Harper's Ferry Illinois troops removed arms from the U. S. arsenal at St. Louis Steamship Cahaw- ba seized at New Orleans, but released soon after Gov. Letcher proclaims Virginia a member of the Southern Confederacy Sena tor Douglas spoke for the Union before the Illinois Legisiatnre The railroad bridges over Bush river and Gunpowder river were de stroyed by a Maryland mob. 26tb Gov. Brown of Georgia prohibited the payment of debts due to northern men, divert ing the amount to the State treasury Govern or of N. Carolina called an extrasession of the legislature More bridges burnt on the Phila delphia road near Baltimore Gov. Burton of Del. called lor Union troops. zth Numerous resignations of Southern ers atWashingtoo who retnsed to take the oath A steamer loaded with powder for the rebels seized at Cairo The blockade extended to N. Carolina and Virginia ports. 28th Ihe frigate Cbostitutioirariived a N. York, having barely escaped the rebels. 29th Indiana leeislature voted $500,000 to arm the State Bonds and money in the collec tors office at Nashville, Tenn., seized by Gov. Harris Steamships Tennessee, Hennas and Texas seized at N. Orleans Maryland House of Delagates voted against'secesssion 53 to 13; the Senate unanimously repudiated Secession The Rebel Congress met in extra session at Montgomery, Alabama. 30th Gen. Harney released bv the rebels New Jersey legislature met ; the Governor re commended $2,000,000 for war purposes. May 1st State Convention bill passed N. Carolina legislature Rhode Island legislature met Gen. Harney published a Union letter. 2d Judge Campbell of Ala., of the U.S. Su preme Court, resigned Ellsworth's Fire Zou aves reached Washington Missouri legislature met National Flag raised at Washington. 3d Connecticut Legislature voted $2,000,- 000 for public defense President Licolq cal led for 42,000 3-ycirs' volunteers, 22,000 reg ulars, 12,000 seamen Gov. Letcher called out the militia to defend Virginia against invasion by the Northerners. 4th Gov's Curtin of Pa., Dennison of Ohio, Randall of Wisconsin.'Blairot M ichigan, Mor ton of Indiana, and Ex-Gov. Kearney of Illi nois, met at Cleveland, Ohio, to devise plans lor the defense of the Western States Union meeting at Preston, Va Union delegates to a Border State convention elected in Louisville, Ky. ,by 7,000 maj. Committee of Maryland legislature visited President Lincoln Formal declaration of war against tho U. States was passed by the Confederate States Congress. 6th Gen. Butler, with a Union force, occu pied the Relay House, near Baltimore. 6th Capt. Lyon of U. S. Army, took posses sion of the arsenal at St. Louis Virginia ad mitted into the Southern confederacy Ten nesse legislature passed a Secession Ordinance Arkansas Convention voted, 69 to 1, to se cede The rebel Congress made public tho War and Privateering Act Baltimore City mijitia disbanded Kentucky Legisiatnre met. 7th Michigan Legislature mot Major An derson accepted command of the Kentucky volunteers Riot at Knoxvillc on hoisting a Union flag Gov. Harris announced a military league between Tennessee and the Southern Confederacy. Oth Rebel congress authorizes the Presi dent to accept all the volunteers that offer ! First landing of troops by steamers at Balti more 420 U. S. Keeulars. a comnanv t,r ir S. Artillery, with Sherman's Battery, and the Philadelphia Artilleiy Regiment, Col. Patter son Seventeenth of the litie marched throngh Baltimore; the first troops since the attack 6n the Massachusetts Regiment A detachment of the Sixth Regiment of Massachusetts, quar tered at the Relay House, captured the Win ans steam gun. 10th Mob attack npon Volunteer Home Guards in St. Louis, the guard fired, 7 of the mob killed A brigade of secession militia near St. Louis, under Gen. Fiost surrendered to Gen. Lyon Gen. Lee put In command of the rebel forces in Virginia The President ' by proclamation directed officers on the Flori da coast, to permit no interference with the au thority of the United States, and authorized them to suspend the writ ol habeas corpus, if necessary. 11th Great Union demonstration fn San Francisco Another street fight in 'St. Louis Blockade of Charleston established. 12 Gen. Harney issues a proclamation to the people of Missouri. 13th Union troops under Geri.Bntler took posession of Federal Hill, Baltimore Separa tion convention met at Wheeling, Va. ; 35 counties represented Queen Victoria issued a proclamation of neutrality. 14'h A schooner loaded with arms for the rebels seized at Baltimore ; arms seized in other parts of the city ; Ross Winans arrested Gunboat Quaker City captured ship Argo with $150,000 worth of Tobacco St. Louis and Memphis mail contract annulled and mails stopped. 15th Gov. Hicks of Md., called for volun teers under the President's proclamation Massachusetts Legislature offered to loan the Government $7,000,000 The Wheeling, Va., Convention, after passing resolutions strongly in favor of the Union, and recommending a division of the State, adjourned. 16th Bridges on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad destroyed by secessionists General Scott ordered the fortification' of Arlington heights Secessionists dispersed at Liberty, Missouri. 17th Secession spies arrested at Washing ton Express packages go no further South thau the Capital Collectors appointed for the Southern ports-; Yacht Wanderer captured by the Crusader off Key West Rebels fortify Harper's Ferry Rebels dispersed at Potosi, Mo. Search for secreted arms in St. Louis Confederate Congress authorize the issue of fifty million Treasury Notes. 18th Arkansas admitted to the Southern Confederacy Light ship in tho Potomac which was stolen by the rebels, was retaken by United States troops. TO BE COSTJXCED. "That's What ails them!" -Col. JpnniMn Kansas 1st Cavalry, is a small man delicate constitution ; a physican originally from Livingston county, N. Y. When the Missouri Border Ruffian herde went into Kansas to elect the first Territorial Legislature. thv passed Jennison's house. His wife and only child, attracted by the cavalcade, went to; the doer, and while standine there, were hoih rfmt dead by the ruffians. "That's what ailsJen- nison tho Jayhawker." Jack Montgomery of the Kansas Cavalry, is a Kentuckian a mild, e-entlemanlv. hiirhlv educated man a clergyman and a graduate r l I . ? . .. ... - . oi uuerun. v nen the Missouri Border Ruf fians, in Ono Of their r.liiiq rpacliM) Mimlirnm. ery's home they took biin pi isoner, tied him A A . . .a. . . . io a iree, and brought out his who an edu cated, accomplished lady and violated her person in the presence of her husband j "and inai a nuai ans Montgomery. ' As east Cire. We shall soon have no more occasion for army Surgeons or hospitals. A soldier belonging to an Indiana regiment informs the New Albany Ledger that the order to march, received by the forces at Padncah the other day, proved the best medical pre scription the regiment has ever received. It was the magic balm for all real and imaginary ills. At the words "packing up" and "for ward," chills and measels and rheumatism and the heart-ache ennui of protracted camp life vanished as suddenly as if by miricle, and the gallant regiment moved off' towards, the rebel strongholds with such cheering as no other body of men know bow to perform, numbering nearly one thousand strong. If action is the great panacea, our troops may soon throw hos pital "physic to the dogs," and put themselves under the practice of Generals Grant, Critten den, Buell, Thomas, &c. A locomotive on the Rochester and Syracuse railroad has been adorned with the title, "I still livo." This is more than many of the passengers can say at the end of their journey. A doctor went to bleed a -dandy, who lan guidly exclaimed, "Ob, doctor, you're a good butcher !" To which the doctor rejoined, "Oh, yes I am used to sticking calves." A Corkonian, on being asked at breakfast how be came by "that black eye," said he " slept on his fist." r IT II
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