Carlisle herald. (Carlisle, Pa.) 1845-1881, April 17, 1863, Image 2
1i tut *raid. CARLISLE, PA. Friday April 17, 1863. S. DI. PETTE.NOILI. & CO., O. 37 Park Row, New York, and 6 State St. Boston, are our Agents for the those cities, and are authorized to take Advertise ments and; l 9dbieriptions for us at our lowest rates. , Delegate Elections and County Convention. The members of the Union Republican Party of Cumberland County, and all others willing to unite with them in support of the Government in its efforts to put down armed Rebellion, are requested to meet at their usual places of holding elections in the several Wards, Bormighs and Township (except in East Pennsboro' Township, in which the election will be hold at the public house of Benjamin Clay, West Farview) on SAT URDAY, the 18th of APRIL inst , to elect two delegates for each Ward, Borough, and Township, to - represent them in a County Convention to be held in Rheent' s Hall, in Carlisle, on MONDAY, the 20th day of APRIL inst., at 11 o'clock, A. M., to elect a Repre• sentative Delegate to the State Convention, which will assembly at Pittsburg, on WED NESDAY, the let day of JULY, 1863, to nom minat e candidates for the offices of Governor and Judge of the Supreme Court. By order of the Standing Committee. JACOB RIIEE,M, President. hi°. S. DAVIDSON, Secretary, Meeting of the Union League In pursuance of previous arrangements, the sinion league of Carlisle, assembled in the Colift House, on Wednesday evening, and notwithstanding the extreme inclemency of the weather the Court house was filled with an attentive auditory, representing all por. Lions of our county. Dr. WILLIAM HAYS, was called to preside, and THOMAS U. CHAMBERS, JACOB FETTER, W. CLARK, WE. DEAOY, DAVID CLEVER, GEO. ZINN, CHARLES OOILBY acted as vice PreSidentand Secretaries. Col. Tana, stated the objects of the meeting and succeeded for an hour, in charming the atten tion of his auditory with one of the very best speeches ever made in the Court room. It. Col. TODD, did not already enjoy the well earned reputation of being among the first or ators of our State, his efforts on Wednesday evening, alone, would have distinguished him as such. We have never beard the claims of the administration—which he shovied beyond cavil was, while it existed, thr government to the hearty and undivided support of every loyal heart, so strongly presented. When this rebellion commenced, Col, Tom) at ono day's notice, gathered around him one bun .dred of our county's bravest eons and ina.rche 1 with them through.the arduous campaigns of the Peninsula, and the Rappahannock, and only left them when stubborn and incurable disease had prostrated him. • lie is entitled to a hearing. The other speakers were C P. Hun Eaten, Esq., FRED . R. CORNMAN,- and JAS. A. DUNBAR, Esq. Their utterances were those of patriotic freemen, who in a crisis like the present, scorn the base uses of political parties and jealousies, t;ind with untnistakAble fervour an flounced themselves on the silo of their coon try. Mr. COHNINI2 , I has always been known AS a prominent democrat—a brother of the editor of the American Democrat —and claims to be a better democrat to-day than the sneak - }log pack of copperheads who infest our State, plotting the downfall of free government.— His natural, heart-felt eloquence, when ho denounced the enemies of the country, was received with the wildest applause. The meeting was earnest awl enthusiastic, and although two or three drunken copper heads were present an 1 did their best to annoy and interrupt the speakers, everything p tinsel off harmoniously. The tiex.t meeting of the League will be in Ritual's Hall, on Saturday evening, the 25th inst. THE CONSTITUTION AS IT IS.—We suspect that some of those individuals who are, for political effect, crying so loudly for the " Con stitution as it is," would not like to have that instrument enforced. ,An exchange well says: If the Government would enforce " the Constitution as it is," a larger force would be engaged in trying and hanging northern traitors than is now employed in fighting southern rebels If some of the men in the north, who aro blustering for the " Constitu• Lion as it is," were arrested and fairly tried on its provisions fur the punishment of trai tors, there would not be a quorum left in any Democratic club organized since the last State election. The Constitution as it is, is emphati cally against traitors. It provides clearly and explicitly for their punishment. If it was sternly enforced, Democracy as it is now interpreted, would never be spoken, because Democracy as defined by those professing it at this day, means practical and bloody trea son. The day will come when the ' 4 Consti tution as it is," will be the bitterest cup ever pressed tti the lips of the men who nous seek Lo make the expression one of embarrasseent and reproof to the Government. DESTITUTION AT TU E SOUTH. late letter from Memphis furnishes the following : " Two Kentuckians, late from Texas, give a gloomy account of' affairs there. They met two thousand of Ilindman's men, who had deserted, and swore they would die before re turning. They consider the Confederacy on its last legs. There is great destitution and suffering everywhere. At a first class hotel in A.tlanta,. Ga., the faro was beef without salt, roasted sweet potatoes, and coffee made of burnt molasses, for which they wore charged $2 60 per day. Well to do farmers, having substitutes in the army, and women; were, the only perilous suffered to remain at home. The poor people desire 'peace on any. terms. TRY, IT ONCE AGAIN.—Wo know men in this city who haver fell - many - timesfrom grace and fortune, but are now up again. If a cough, sore throat, cold, eta., troubles you,.try a box of Bryan's Ptiltne4to Sirafers. 25 cents a box ; they are a beautiful and useful article:. Sold by S. Elliott._ _ - SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT..--GOVOCOr Curtin has appbinted Professor Conunit, of Brad ford county, to be State Superintendent of Common Schools, in place of Hon. Thomas H. Burrowes whose time-will expire on• the first' of June THE COPPERHEAD GATHER ING. On Monday evening last, the copperheads of the county met in the Court House, and had a general refreshment and re-union.-- The meeting was called ostensibly for the purpose of organizizg the opposition to the government, counting noses, and arranging matters generally for the annual grab for office which comes off in October. We say ostensibly called for this purpose, bu t arrange ments looking ) to the fall election were broached and tearfully discussed ; but the prime object and 'purpose of the gathering was for the condolence o( the golden circle brethren of Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Berke county, who have so recently cbme to grief. The crowd was called to order, and Mr. DAVID WHERRY called to the chair—who, after plaintively putting the preliminary mo tions, took his seat, and the ball was fairly opened by Mr. NEWSHAM. This gentleman, after getting off an unusual number of pla titudes, coaxed himself into saying that the present democratic party was the only loyal! party in the country. (Reader, if you "don't see it," witness the recent action of the K. G. C's. of Indiana and Berks county and be convinced—in a horn.) Mr. NEw- SHAM had a great many hard things to say about the despotic and unconstitutional do ings of the present "infamous" administra tion ; but if he said one ugly word about the government of democratic JEFF DAVIS, we did'nt hear it. And just here we might re mark that this kindly reticence in regard to any little irregularities which may have been committed by our "misguided southern brethren," characterized the utterances of every speaker. Mr. NEWSHAM sat down amid vociferous yells and cries for more speeches. At this juncture . Col.. Nyaosp, itruloußced that Gen. BOWMAN was present and would ; probably address the meeting. But the General, who evidently was not exactly plea sed with this invitation, turned about and left, and although a committee went after him, its blandishments must have failed to convince him that any good was to be com passed by this assemblage, for he did not appear again during the evening. . Col. PENROSE then took the stand,.and had the unimitable and inconceivable condes cension to tell his audience that lie believed the Republican party was loyal. What a discovery he has made! When did he open his eyes to this important fact ? Why did'nt he in the same breath disclose the as tonishing inteiligenc . o that the Dutch had succeeded i n capturing Holland—the reve lation would have been equally astounding- The Colonel went on to say that while the Republican-Union party was soundly patri otic, it " did'ut know anything about war," and consequently was unfit to govern the country. His entire speech was a plaintive ly pathetic appeal to Union men to join the copperhead phalanx. His apprenticeship of "several years" (?) in the democratic party must have been passed in assiduous study of the habits and uses of those conve _nieut .birds,. the stool_pigeen-and decoy duek:- But dear Colonel, itiavon't win—your tender swan song deceives nobody. Next comes the great copperhead Tycoon, Judge HEPBURN. He is ever artful and crafty, but on Monday night he even exceed ed himself in the thimble-rigging art. To attempt an enumeration of the wily artifices —the adruit dodges—the cunning sophistries by which ho dodged the main question would be-a herculean task which we care little to undertake. An honest and exhaustive criti cism of his entire speech—which we believe occupied almost an hour—might be written in the one expressive word—gammon. He undertook to prove from some mangled ex tracts from a recent speech made by Hon. Lupin:us STEVENS, that that gentleman's sentiments were subversive of good govern ment. The result was, a little STEVENS, and —nruch HEPBURN. Here we leave the Hon. Judge to the tender mercies of the next De mocratic State Convention, and turn to the next speaker. Mr. SHAPLEY, who for so young an eagle spread his wings majestically. Ile did the " phunny" part of the performance. While the other thunderers growled, he giggled; where they cussed, he cachinated. We will give a speciurn brick of his edifice and be done with him. With countenance fearfully grim, and voice dolorously cavernous, he informed his auditors, that while coming up the stairs on that evening, he had received a telegram, announcing that the President had issued another proclamation, which for unconstitutionality, infamy, atrocity, despot , ism, etc., etc., far eclipsed and overshadowed everything which had heretofore been enun ciated. Compared with this proclamation all previous heresies were the merest baga idle. Having thus wrought upon the feel• ings of his hearers until they were in the agonies of the most horrible suspense, the speaker declared in a voice of roaring thun der, that President Lincoln bad laid an in junction npOil the citizens of Berks county, restraining them for the space of one Year from the use of saur kraut and lager beer. cliclu i —our liberties are gone--gone. Having relieved himself of this ponderous witticism„the speaketturnet his_attention to the union leagues, now being formed by the loyal citizens of the north; •He succeed ed in convincing his hearers that there was about as much "trutlray soberness'_' in his eclive against these organizations, as his w_o_nderful_saur_kraut proclamation bad_ eon tained. With this speech the meeting prat,- tidally ended although we believe some of the smaller fry did talk a little, but it was to an almost empty house.- On the whole we don't believe that this grand convention of the copper knights paid, but we •may be mistaken. ~'------ even It is a fact beyond dispute, that the regimente 'om Massachusetts, Maine, Rhode Island and other ab olition,States, contain a majority of Democrats; whilts the regiments from Pennsylvania, New York, Illinois, Indiana, New Jetsey and other Democratic States con tain at least three Democrats to one Itepublican. This is notorious and will' not he denied by any man who halo the least regard for truth.—Vinharsita. Just here notice some figures from the elec tion returns of 1861. We commence with our own County,, and give the votes of the - com panies from which returns wore received. Henderson's, dtuart's, Woodburn's, Kuhn's, For the further edification of the Volunteer we give some figures fitim Other quarters.— The vote of the Pennsylvania volunteers at the election in 1861 Mood, thus, Republican 11851, Democratic 3173. At the last election there were a few regiments and parts otregi meats remaining in the state, which had not been ordered into service, and in which the voting was 1867 Reputilican to 351 Democrat io. The lowa and Wisconsin regiments were allowed to vote at the last election for State officers and members of Congress which they did with this result. lowa, Wisconsin, The volunteers from St. Louis also voted as follows : Eurtncipation 2,139, Dem. 7. The volunteers from Colorado voted thus: Rep. 567, Dem. 12. These are the official returns of all the authorized and legal voting done since the commencement of the war. For convenience we recapitulate. Rep. Dem. Rep. Maj. Penna. 1861, 11,351 3173 8,178 1862, 1,867 251 1,616 lowa, 1862, 14,874 4,115 10,759 Missouri, 1862, 2,139 7 2,132 Wisconsin 1862, 8,373 2,046 6,327 Colorado, 1862, 567 12 555 39,171 9,604 29,607 If readers will apply their arithmetical knowledge'to these figures they will discover that in those places where elections have been held in the army the vote has shown that there are somewhat more than four Repub:i• cans for every one Democrat in the service.— The Volunteer however says that there are " three Democrats to one Republican Somebody's lying. We were once taught t that figures never lie, but we begin to be lieve now that the man who taught us that, was a " poor miserable abolition pedagogue' . who was "interested in the downfall of the Democratic party and the consequent ruin of the Country " Mr. BRATTUN must be right, and figures must necessarily lie, because his assertion " cannot be denied by any man who has the least regard for truth.'.' • We are not inclined to speak harshly of Democratic politicians even when they make assertions so utterly devoid of truth as the one we have copied from the Volunteer. Such wholesale perversions of facts ; such entire recklessness of assertion ; such meanness in claiming what they have no right to claim ; such total disregard of any obligations of honor and truth, as is displayed in the ex tract quoted, is the otiPS , stock in trade of Demo cratic politicians. Without it their party would have long since ceased to exist, and their importance, influence and occupation would have disappeared. They must resort to such means to upliulltlit;ir . Pailf;and they' have taught themselves to lie with an ease and elegance that must be regarded with some sort of admiration. They charge their oppo• nents with having caused a war originated in their own policy and their own treason, and then in the face of the most overwhelm ing evidence to the contrary, they assert that they have contributed three fourths of the men in our armies. Such effrontery from any others than Democratic politicians would be insufferable, but knowing the men and knowing what is necessary, too, fur the suo eess of the party, we can look with sonic tol eration on even such lying as they do. 'Great Excitement in Reading TORY RAID OF THE KNIGHTS OF THE GOLDEN CIRCLE." From the Reading Journal we take the fol lowing account of the recent expose of the so cret cabals of the enemies of the government in that locality. It has long been an opan Secret with friends of the Union that the more malignant of the copperheads of the North had banded themselves in secret conclaves, binding themselves by the most rigid oaths to oppose the war for the Union, resist the suc cessful workings of the conscription act, and sundry like villainies. But this exposition of the practical working of a lodge of these do Mons, will open the eyes of many hitherto unsuspecting " conservatives." We have been informed on good authority that even here, in Cumberland County, these valiant " knights" have made their appearance, and aro making efforts to organize our copperheads on this dark lantern, revolutionary basis. Wo have an eye on these_insurgents, and if this arrest of one of their chieftans, does not, squelch them entirely, we may have some arrests sim ilar to thooe to chronicle. Thursday April 9, 1863. will !Ong be re membered as the day on which the first open exhibition of men organized Co resist the ex ecution of the laws of the United States in this county, took place. A certain Philip Huber, as our readers aro +more, a Gorman by birth, had been organizing secret Bookies in the rural districts, and exacting a fee of ono dollar from each individual before ho put him through the ritos of initiation. Each man took an oath to resist.the Conscription Act, and also - not to reveal aux of the - proceedings - of the Society. They had their signs, passwords, and.emblems,_nnd honest_DniOn mou_beganlo_ be alarmed at their thorough organization and fast - inoreashug strength. Tliti - Gfaid - 11 - aSter, Huber, on Tuesday last ventured into the city and was immediately arrested, as stated in another column. Tho same evening several officers arrived from Philadelpeta with warrants from the United States autheritiesin that, city, who took Huber into custody, and convoyed him to the Moyamensing Prison. Next day three more of the - loaders, residents of Marion township; named Gabriel Filbert, Dr: Augustus F Illig, and Harrison Oxonrider, wore arrested, and alse - takcn to Philadelphia. One of the, prison ers; Gabriel Filbert, Flory., is aman ofconsidera ble influence in his district, and formerly filled the office of County Commissioner. Hon. J. Glancy Jones was engaged as younsel for the prisoners and proceeded to Philadelphia to at tend to the case. The arrest.of these parties created profound sensation throughout the townships in whi oh . they lived, and their oath-bound brethren re solved to march, to the city and rescue them. On Thursday - •morning the ohivalroutt knights began to assemble nt various . places along the turnpike west of the &hop 'At 11 o'clock' they crossed the bridge and marched up Penn street, four abreast, two hundred and eighty strong. The good people of Reading wero inclined to look upon the whole affair as a joko, until the procession turned up Sixth street, and halted in front of the CoUrt House. There was a general rush made for the spot, and in a short time the in surgents were surrounded by a considerable crowd, anxious to ascertain what the invasion meant, and disposed to give the "Knights" a warm reception. Many of our best citizens exerted themselves to prevent a collision which would certainly have resulted in blood shed. A single overt act of the invading host would have resulted in a fierce fight, and in that case we fear the 'Knights' would have Dem. Rep. 5 39 2 31 16 31 12 8 had reason to regret the demonstration.— There was a fair sprinkling of soldiers and mechanics from the workshops in the crowd, who Were hard to be restrained. While the "Knights" were thus assembled in front of the Court [louse, not knowing what to do next, his Honor, Mayor !Toyer, ap • peered on the Court House steps and ad dressed the crowd. He said that an assem blage of this kind was calculated to cause a brunch of the peace, and was, altogether, im proper; that if they had any business to trans act; or investigations to make, they had bet ter appoint a committee to represent them.-- Ile then warned them to disperse in ten min• utes. Rep. Dem. 148.74 4,115 8,373 2,040 The Mayor was followed 'by John S. Rich ards, who explained to the iusurgeuts "that their friends at that time were safely lodged its prison at Philadelphia ; that able counselltad_gene there to defend them, and that they would have a fair and impartial trial before the Judge of the United States Court, and that this was all that reasonable American citizens could ask for." lie ad vised them to disperse before an outbreak was made, which could only result to their own hurt. At this juncture, Goo Lash, one of the lea. ders of the demonstration was arrested, and taken beforis Commissioner Young, who held him to bail in the sum c,f ten thousand dollars to appear in May nest, to answer the charge of aiding and abetting treason pre ferred against him. Ills gallant followers be gan to steal away- in small squads, . and by I o'clock the main body had retreated across the Schuylkill. It is surprising that nobody was hurt.— Occasionally a Union boy, of a sportive turn of mind, would pull down the hat of some un fortunate "Knight." over his eyes, while an• other would trip him up, but all these little diversions were submitted to with becoming humility. There were some hisses. and an occasional cry of "hang him" when Mr Lash , came out from Commissioner's office, but he was hurried along the street under_ the pro• tection of the Mayor, and escaped unhurt. Later in the day the rear gard encountered a small body of Union men near the corner of Penn and Third streets. The engagement re suited in a complete Union Victory. For very best reasons several "Knights" remained on the battle-field, but all that- had sound heads and legs, scampered across the bridge and sought safety in flight.. Thus ended the first campaign which the Knights of the Golden Circle in lierks county have dared to make against the laws of the United States. thursday the prisoners had a hearing before Commissioner IIEAZLITT, and evidence was there adduced sufficient to remove all doubts as to the treasonable character of these associations Wu give below the salient features of Mr. Ly.on's..Leatimen.y, he. &Lying,. the. mode at'--op-. crating in this damnable nest of copperhead traitors WILLIAM Y. LYON, a Government Detective, sworn, testified that he knows .Philip Huher well, and is slightly acquainted with Dr. Illig, Gabriel Filbert and Harrison Oxenrider. He slated that over two months since he received intelligence for the first time, and frequently since, that organizations inimical to the Gov ernment existed in the neighborhood of Read ing, and he set himself to work to find out what truth there was in it. Many people had complained to hint of the existence of those leagues. On the 21st of March ho received information that a meeting was to be held near Reading, and he proceeded to the place indicated, in Marion township, and concealed himself in the barn of Jacob Sellets, under the straw. Shortly after a party of men en tered, Mr. Huber among them, who he rec ognized by his voice. There :night have been one hundred persons there. Shortly after entering the barn Huber gave orders to search the building to see if any person was there in the character of a spy. Witness could not tell who had spoken, being hill under the straw. Huber directed the men to run hay and straw forks through the straw, which was done, but without discovering the locality of the witness. They then placed what they called their pickets around the barn, arid went into secret session. This was about nine o'clock. After the pickets were placed Huhor administered the otdigation to a nutn ber present, and did all the talking himself; ho denounced the war as unholy, and pro• 'ended to speak in strong terms about the conscription, &e. ; he said the organization was over ono million strong, and started iu the South ; that they bad signs, passwords, grips, &o. The witness stated Ito believed some eighty three persons took the obliga tions of the society at the meeting in in ques tion ; iluber repeated the obligation verbally, wherein the members .sworo to do certain things ; when•.questioned they answered " yes ;".11.eber gave notice that other meet ings-would-be held, and-that the time would bo communicated from ono member to anoth er. Witness stated that Huber speaks at all those meetings ; ono dollar is charged as the initiation fee, and some eighty-three persons, as near as witness could find.out, paid it at the meeting in the barn. The following was the obligation given after the organizatioO had gone into secret session :—" Aro you in favor of abducting Abraham Lincoln by force, if necessary ? Are you in favor of a North-. west Confederacy? Are you in favor of re sisting the draft or conscription act?" In regard to Dr. Illig,.Filbert and Oxenrider, witness said ho could not say positively that they were in the barn. Public meetings worn hold, - at a-house-and the secret - session at - the barn. There was , ,no regular discussion at this. barn _me e tin g_nsooptAtto__ speech-made --by- Huber. The number of men present: was ar ri-Voirat through the amount of money he heard atated'as received, $B3. Huber acts as Treasurer; after his arrest Huber,told witness that the organization was banded together under the Constitution and the Union, and that the ono dollar initiation foe was to help-and assist ,one' another, em ploy counsel.if arrested, &a: ; that if they could not do what they wanted to under tho Constltutiontbey would use force. Half the failures in life arises front .pul ling in one's horse as he is leaping. Silver is never a drug except when used as the coating of pit Is. WAR NEWS. The following summation of the news of the Current week, will give our readers a fair idea of the immense efforts which the govanment is constantly making tor the the vindication of its legal supremady. Though occasional disaster and defeat Overtake us, and many seem desponding, the part of the true patriot is to look above and beyond temporary rover ees such as has probably befallen us at Charles ton, to the certain, and glorious triumph which ultimately will crown our efforts. According to the rebel accounts of the at tack on Charleston, the combat between the Union ironclads and the rebel forts was' car ried on at it, range of nine hundred yards, a somewhat closer conflict than former intelli gence from the same source indicated. The dispatches from Charleston to the Richmond papers say that our Monitors cannot pass Fort Sumter without Corning within five hun dred yards of the rebel batteries. This would subject them to a terrible fire. Thy claim that the "devil;" which was intended to de• stroy their torpedo obstructions, has fallen into their hands. The loss of the Keokuk seems to be confirmed. The news up to ten o'clock Thursday morning states that the United States Monitore were still in sight, and that portions of the furniture of the Keo. kuk where floating ashore. Nothing of concerning the attack has been received at Washington. Tho movements of our fleet on the 9th and 10th were regarded as merely preliminary measures to feel the way. Al dispatch which reached Cincinnati by way of Nashville, states that a ter'rible battle was then (the 19th inst.) progressing, in which the Union land forces were participating, within sight bf Charleston. General 13eaure• gard, in his official dispatch to his govern ment, says that the double turret Monitor was badly injured in the conflict, and sunk at nine o'clock, and that her chimney is now to be seen sticking out of the water. The steamer George Peabody, at New York from New Orleans, stopped at Hilton Head on her way, arid brings news that the Moni tor Nahant was there, repairing, after her bout at Charle,ton. She had five shot holes in her chimney, and some of the rivets in her turret were started, which prevented her guns working to advantage.. The .Keokuk had been sunk, and one man lost in her. Van Dorn's rebel' corps, 15.000 men, at tacked General Granger's Union corps at Franklin, Tenn., on the 10th, and, after an obstinate battle lasting nearly was I repulsed with the loss of 300 men, while our loss was two We took '2O prisoners. The enemy was beaten and pursued until night The official accou)t of the battle of Charles tin has been received at IVashington. The Keokuk was really sunk by the rebel fire, but the Irousides was not disabled. She was found unmanageable before going into ac tion, and was therefore anchored. General Grant has removed his headquar ters from Vicksburg to Milliken's Bend, and refu-ed all exchanges of prisoners until the rebels consent, to exchange the captured offi cers, whom they are now in the habit of send ing south. Gsterimus' division has driven the rebels out of New Carthage and occupied the place, with small loss. The preparations indicate a combined attack on Port Hudson from above and below. Gen NlcClernand has beaten a rebel corps near Richmond, La., af ter which the rebels retreated. MeCternand occupied the town and then advanced to Lag range. A cavalry expedition, under General Steele, drove a rebel force away and marched on. Since Van Dorn's defeat at Franklin, he has retreated beyond "Spring Hill, throwing two field pieces into a creek. A passenger train of cars from Murfreesboro' to Nashville was captured by 300 rebels under Col. Fer- rill, who tairned the cars and the mail and ca:pt tired 100 passengers, twenty officers, for ty sutlers, and some soldiers. The guard of the. tram-made-fight-and lost -six- -men —lt ille4l and a dozen wounded, the ref els losing the same number. The guard has forty three rebel prisoners in charge. Our people lost from $25,000 to $30,000. A party of guer riilas have been attacked and routed at. the mouth of Hurricane creek, Ky , after a se vere skirmish, by two companies of our in- fantry. We captured two lieutenants and several private soldiers. The rebel loss at Dutton's Hill is now admitted to excee d fiv e hundred. The rebel commanders Pegram, Scott and hurter have been arrested and sou to Knoxville to ae,Fpunt for their conduct. .I.n arrival at New York from Newberu, N. C , brings a report that it was expected Genera Foster would have to surrender, for want o provisions. Hu had but 1200 men. On the sth a force of 8000 men left Newborn on the Neuso river, under General French, to rein- force Foster, but meeting with a superior force of rebels, returned to Newbern, on which place the rebels were urirching. From irsnsi i we have news of skirmishing at Wil- liamsburg, and a rumor that the rebels are between Williamsburg and Yorktown, and also that they were threatening Suffolk. Ito- coolly, while the barque Pursuit_ was at Taut• pa Buy, Florida, three rebels, disguised as women, lured some of the crew of the barque on shore by a flag of truce, and when the boat reached the shore a body of fifty or sixty reb els in ambush fired on and wounded them. Nev ertheless the orew saved theinielves and their boat, and gut off safely to the barque. Gen- oral Burnside has issued a severeartny order, pronouncing the penalty of death against all rebel abettors. A rebel report has been received by way of New Orleans, the Admiral Fareagut was in Red river between two rebel batteries, out of range of either,, hut unable to pass them, and that a messenger sent by him overland to Gen. Banks was captured and held as a prisoner by the rebels. General hill, who is besieging General Fos• for at Washington; N. C , has 20,000 men• under his command, besides 7000 men under Gen. Pettigrew, but they•ard scattered over a considerable distance. Anotherftocount, tel egraphed to the Boston Herald, and dated the this, .says that the rebels aro commanded by Gen. Leo, and that a stroug expedition of ours has crossed the Neuso river to go to the relief of Foster. Ulm a 0 Gunk glatttrs. • M.Wo aro authorized to' announce -that N. M. -I.3nernm, Esq., is appointed an agent at Carlisle, for the receiving of sutiscrip- Liens to the Five Twenty loan. We have spoken frequently in commendation of this loan as a -first-olassinvestment:—ltis undoubtedly the beat.and safest-way to loan money: Mr. Bxn- Tam's advertisement, giving all necessary in formation relative to the manner of securing those bonds will appear nest week. ADMITTED TO PRACTICE.—On nos-, day last, on inotion - of Er. CUARLES H. ElEfriumN, Esq., was admitted to practice in the several courts of this county. .11Erutor, is a young man ot . marlred ability, 1.11.0 been an assidous student,.:ntid is entitled to the respeet]aud 'confidence of the . community; ,May ho succeed. THE NEW 5-20 LOAN.--Last week we gave a circumstantial account of the mode of securing, and the practical workings of this loan. We now netice the appointment of Messrs. Ken. Donal. St Co. the proprietors of the Cumberland Valley Bank, as agents to receive money on behalf of the government, and secure therefor these five-twenty bonds. As the time for their issue expires on July Ist, and as the demand for them is always in advance of the supply, we would advise those of our readers who are fortunate enough to have money to invest, to lose no time in se curing this, which is undoubtedly the very best security in the market. Their advertise ment is in another column. DELEGATE ELECTIONS.—To-morrow evening is the time fixed for the preliminary meetings throughout the county, which are to elect delegates to meet in convention in Rheem's Hall, Carlisle, on Monday next, the 21st inst., to select a delegate to the State Convention. We need not urge upon our readers the great importance of attending these primary meetingd. We have for the last twenty years, been in a clear majority over the regular democratic party, but yet we have beaten probably more than half that time, and why ? Because the Democrats halt° always and ever been thoroughly and, com pletely organized, and were prepared when election day arrived, to bring out their - last vote. They became and keep thus organized, partly because they make everything—coun try, religion, morale,—subserve their parfy's ends ; and partly because they place much im portance upon primary meetings, and attend them faithfully—sending to their conventions the live, working men of tire party. Let us learn wisdom from oar enemies. We dwell thus upon this-theme ; not (rota any desire fur party aggrandizement, or the elevation to office of any particular set of men, but be cause in the present dark hour of our country's etaggle, it becomes thq duty of every, lover of free government, to see to it that the northern tory enemies of his country, do not succeed, through his cravenness, in grasping the reins of power, and driving us headlong into the b ack gulf of treason and secession to which they are inevitably steering. See to it, patriots, that no part of this criminal neglect shall be justly chargeable to you. Court Proceedings First rr:Tlc.—The only case tried - itt• the civil list, this week was Nicholas Myers vs. C. V. R. It. Co. This was an action for damages, which the plaintiff alleges he sus tained from the carelessness of one of the compny's employees. In February, 1861, while acting as agent for Elenderson & need, he fell off the train while drawing a bolt, in or der to switch Bryson's cars into his siding at Mechimicshurg. Several cars ran over his leg about the ankle, rendering amputation necessary. The jury awarded him $lOOO damages. Motion for new trial made by Deft. Miller and Newsham for Pl'f. Watts. and Sharp for Deft. In the Quarter Sessions, in the case of the Com'th. vs. E. B. Rheem, a nolle prose qui was entered by direction of the Court.. The nest case wag Cotn'th. V 3. Patrick Smith.—Larceny. This defendant stole a coat, carpet, and several other articles from the house of Peter Mon yer, plead guilty. Sentenced three years to penitentiary, to restore Om property, and pay $1 fine and costs. Gillelen foit Confth. Shap ley for Deft. Coin'th. vs. Sarah Ruggles.—Larceny of hreast pin, and dress. Plead guilty, and sentenced to House of Refuge. Gillelen for Cuin'th. Shearer fur Def't. com'th. vs. Henry Brightbill.—Larceny of buffalo robe. It was shown that this property WAS taken in jest by other parties than those chargel in the inlicttnent. Ver dict not guilty. Gilleleti aryl Smith for Coin'th. Penrose and Ritner for Dert. Coin'th. vs. Henry Roberta.—Malicious mischief Ple id guilty, Sentenced 10 days in County prison, to pay Si b and costs. Coin'th. vs. John Kemper, Reuben Kem per and John Stock.—Assault and. Battery on oath of Michael Natcher. Verdict Dof't. not guilty. John Kemper pay three-fourths of the costs and Michael Natcher one-fourth. At the time of going to presi the trial of the three defendants for the murder of ttta soldier, John Barney is progressing. SPRING CLOTHING.-LIVINGSTON, N. Hanover Street is fully prepared for nu im mense Spring business. The largest stock of seasonable. fashionable and stylish cloth ing for Gentlemen, boys and children, ever offered in this town, will be found at this ex tensive establishment. In every particular the present stock of this popular clothing house may safely challenge the criticism of purchasers. The best goods of foreign and domestic manufacture are made up by Liv• INOSTON, and none but the best workmen employed by him. We the'refore hazard nothing in saying that no better goods and no cheaper can be bought in Carlisle than at LIVINGSTON'S North Hanover Street. Tribute of Respect. The following resolution, relative to the death °filer. Charles Cummings D. D., of Chicago, Es President of S. John College,„ Mary land' wore; unaniinollitlY - adopted by the' Belles . Lettres Society of Dickinson- College Carlisle Pa. April - Ist, 1863. -Miasmas, -Almighty- God in his infinite wisdoin . has bcoa-pleased to remove from us by death, Charles Cummings- D. D., ono of the earliest members of the Belles Lettro,4 So piety and ono highly respected by, all who know him ; therefore be it • Itelolved, That by his doatCthe BolleS Lot. tr . os Society has lost one whose brilliant tal ents:and enviable reputation have -reflected honor upon her, and whose life was a life of groat usefulness to his Creator and to man kind. Raolved, That while we deeply lament the death of him, who has been taken from us, wo bow in humble submission to the will of God, we are cheered amid our sorrow, with the as sured hope, that our beloy.od brother has