Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 16 May 1861 — Page 2

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Miqavnui mars:

TIHRSDAY,

]?Borniu« Stews.

states from a reliable source that

sacred been removed Col. Washington"

self to renovate the tomb. (iov. 11 icks has issued a proclaina"

mation in answer to the .President's.. .,. ,, .. ..

for any service. The President said it must be accepted immediately. The Secretary lias accepted it. "Masachusctts regiments have been

purposely selected for opening the way to the Federal troops through iMaryland, in order to render the hu-

miliation of the secessionists the greater. The Northern \T.cthodisi Church at

St. Louis was stoned on Sunday night by a crowd of drunken men ami bov tn'd the windows smashed.

Col. Anderson arrived at ilarrisburg. i'a.. yesterday. He remained but a few minutes. A large number of the members of the Legislature, Gov. Cur-

tin and others, were presented to him. afso a large concourse of people and twelve companies of military from Camp Curtain.

The Colonel was greeted with loud

cheers, lie stated to (iov. Curtin that John C. Breckinridge would join him at Cincinnati to take a command under him.-. -This announcement created a

will be .ready next week ibr federal .service., ,:

Thev will return on Mondav next.

The Gravel Koal.

At a meeting-of the new Board of .Directors of the Crawfordsville and Alamo Turnpike Company, held at their office in Crawfordsville. on Saturda\\ May 4th, lK(jl, the following offi

cers were elected for the ensuing year, viz President. Sam"! Gilliland: Secretaiy. John M. Butler Treasurer and Superintendent, O. I'. Jcnuiuon. We

understand that it is the design of the Board to prosecute the.work with energ3* and despatch.

lOO.OOO Sweet Mr. J. J. Darter. Yuan, has, at the lowest calculation, one hundred thousand Sweet Potato

1: Anotlicr Kevr Store. 3lessrs. S. Moore & Co.. ol' XeW Al

bany. have just opened up in our midst fn the!)ry-Goods trade, in ail itsbranches, at both wholesale and retail. They occupy the north room of the McClel

COllCOrilillg

The Herald's Washington lisi:iteli Election of debts. The wiseacres

remains of Washington have I .. \\. to win tiir themselves a notorietv that from Mount Vernon bv ,, shrill endure, and stamp itself liidelibl who hasKreeontlv ... .. upon the lutureot Indiana that thev joined tho (. ontederate arm v. In the I ... ., .. ,, .. will accomplish the object, bv the passside oi Mount onion, ol. ashmgton .. .. ,, .' age ol a law preventing the collection reserved to himscii not onlv the tombr ...... .Jot debts, or suspending theeourts.no of Washington, but. also an acre ol .. one tor a moment need to doubt, but it ground around it: lie also bound him- ... .. will be a notoriety of infamy. After

requisition lor troops, lie calls on the

loval citizens of-Mai'vland la11c! to volunteer their service to the extent of four rcgi-1

lnents, tor three months, to serve in the limits of Maryland or defence of the

Capital, subject to the command chief of the United States. The Sec'v of War announced Tucsdav

les offered his brigade, Gt'OO strong to the government for the whole war, fully armed and equipped and ready

profound and gratifving sensation ,, ii I many dollars woriii of goods con: among till classes. I

A I^M ,ct I IR I- merchants then buv in an eastern A letter list received at Washington kct

from a ladv in Charleston, states that

Ccn. Beauregard recently died there from wounds, received bard merit of Sumter.

Cov. Hides says five Md. yegimente

Legislative Roccm. |and can retrench his expenses, but the i" The special session of the Indiana poor man, and the man of moderate Legislature, which has been in session means, is deprived of the power to

'since April LM-th, on Saturday last, collect what he is dependent upon lor passed a concurrent resolution to take his living, must suffer it is ali bosh to a recess of one wecdvv'viFrom Saturday talk about honor compelling men ti

ll th. to Tuesday. 21st inst., whereupon pay their poor creditors, it is human both housesadjourned. Senator "White, nature to follow the fashion, and when and Representative Epperson, arrived it is'unfashionable "to pay debts, honor at home on the 5 P. M. train-Saturdav.

Plants,

now on hand, ready for transplanting. He has some four or live of the best varieties ever introduced into this market. Call at his gat-den, farmers, in the north part of town, near the

.Brewery, if you wish to buy number one Plants. He has enough for everybody and is selling them at the low price of 20 cents per hundred, where

five hundred and upwards tire taken by one person.

land Hall building, and when their gDods shall all- have been received, will have one of the most complete and well selected stocks in- our city. citizensofbotli town and country,should by a similar law in

not fail to give this house a call, and make an examination of stock. All kinds of Produce taken in exchange

forgoods also Kentucky money.at par. It will "be seen by reference to an advertisement, lobe found elsewhere to-day, that they alao propose to retail merchants, who wish- to.increa.se their business, to sell them goods at wholesale, upon as reasonable terms us any house

can or dare do, west of the mountains.

by buying at Crawfordsvilie.

ish tlvei'r stocks sho mlndi" .^Thev can save time and freight! store, on Washington street.

Tho Government ha

t-wo regtmeDifc for three months, one for three years from .Kansas.

For the Journal.

SlaJe Kcpudiiitioit.

MN. EDITOR: Considerable feeling is

IS, ISfrl. man 1 Jilted in various parUof the btate,

the proposed iutui'6 action

of our Legislature,

Willi

islatures oi other States have

regard to the p*01"10"'

ision. because lie litis means to rely upon

4th. It would bankrupt our merchants. Some of our wise legislators

may have forgotten it. but it is nevertheless tho fact that there is such a thing as a Federal Court, and that thereare laws higher and more extensive than State enactments, in which court

.md by which laws the eastern credit-ors-of our merchants can, tind undoubt-

the I..,,, .I "lay, who saw all the "Elephant" at tho«e plates:

that ponderous body seem determined

spending three weeks, at an expense of £l,j,UUO. MI half doing what the Leg-

edh- will, compel them to pay their! debts. This then, is the beautiful pre-! dicament in which our Lcgislaturc con-

templates jilacing the merchtints of

Indiana, vi/,: Pass :i hiw preventing

tnc Sweet 1. oiato nici chaii t. from collecting a cent,

that is due him. while at the same time I

to repudiation and will not be if her

seems to be from those whose duty it I

btate, bestowed upon then,• legislators, j'

bc found in another column.' The sick

and afflicted win bnd the J.-octor re id\

Country'merchants wishing to replen- to respond to their- wants at any, and \V ll may vou i5h tkeir Kiordv's should beta- this in all houi'3.Oflice- at Manson J^rug of terror.

ties,

ic holly

ne in_threc tlays, they have taken a recess, strongly intimating that their first business on reassembling

will be

to j) iss a law to suspend the collection)

ot all debts foi a ear or more. !N'ow,

........j before the irrejiarable wrong is done, is

,1" -n -i 1. .1 1 c- I speak oti 1 and save themselves irom the night to the President that hen. Nek-.. disgrace and rum or such tt law. 'there

time for the people of' Indiana'to I

is but one sentiment 011 the subject in this community, as far as I can learn, and that is, that such a law

ou id be

an outrage Let us notice for a moment some of its effects, if pa-ssed. 1st. it would be equal to State 1 that ton. i'tow long and with what

loathing and scorn have we ot Indiana

hissed at and despised Mississippi re-

pudiation and her great repudiator,!

Jin.

.Da\ is? ITow lia* all the North-

j^l'U papers teemed with biting sar-

icasm. and stinging inuendos upon 'l 'S

what face can we now turn and sav.

1 bt.. itll compound lllteicst

will the taunt and jeer be returned

upon us.

2d. it would destroy our credit ami ruin o,ir reputation. it is a well known fact that Ohio and Indiana have now the fairest credit of any western States.

a truly enviable position to occupy but pass this law and Indiana will be stricken from the list of solvent States

and her high reputation forfeited. How *1 1 trc u-nv! r..-..-, 1

et?

at the bom- them. It seems to be urged jasan argnment in favor of this law that it will assist the poor man to live:

exactly the contrary is true.-/ The rich mar* can easily live under \t susnen-

,i,e camp,

challenge every man who

i.i ., ii "T I or betting being strictly prohibited. Take it all

by our Legislature, that we will not.

those Southern States that refuse to ,. ... '. ... (oge'her. it is an interesting, cheerful, and 1 might pay their northern debts: and with

will be verv weaklv in the perform American flag. ti r" the close of the meeting the following anee. especiallv when it can craw be-

a bankrupt. undoubted authority. The lamenta-

r»th. Indimia asks for no such law tion of a family over its dead members and needs none. She is not vet driven I'

legislators will let her alone—we would ter were obtained by a peremptory de-

it to uphold her o-ood name and bv "r

is to uj.i.oM her good n,imi, and bj

islauiirc j.iiissos (his Iu^\. lot it stop unci i^rjut c\*cn iiiiii^ino listen lo (lie story of gray haired bu^i-ision on 1

edit of i.

and ruined

by just such a lav. deep curses of ruined citizen?

]'\ir Hi© Journal.

Jotting's ol' CHIMP Lii'e. CAMI' MOHKIS,

I EVAXSVIU.K,

MlI. Ewtorj Your reatle„ hav0 all

aml

"Wallace

horizon the air was thickened with mosquitoes

which charged upon in most furiously, so that in

a few hours we had hides as speckled as a man with tiie measles.

The report was circulated on Friday evening

that 1,20'1 secessionists were encamped on the opposiie side of the Ohio river, and that (hey were

meditating all attack on us. do not know how

«f. lut be it as it may, we were ordered

0 0 1 0 a

1 tell vyu 31 r. Editor, there is no tomfoolery ul-

lowed here it is all sober earnestness. At Indian

apolis we were allowed to pass out and in frequently: here we are kept in close quarters. There is a

trong guard immediately around the Camp and

I -will leave you to imagine :-eveu hundred and fifty

men, penned up in a jdace ii)out one hundred and

fifty yards square, wiih no '.iingto do more than

about half the time. You may be .sure that the

boys will have amusement of some kind going on

a 1 0 1 1

-V

0 a

groups, either telling tales, singing, joking, or

]oking fun at some poor feiior,' wrestling, jinnp-

ing turning somersaults oryr.u may sec them

sitting ill their tents reading or writing.and somc-

happy life.

hand slicing up beef or pork for the skillet, there

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fellow standing °yc-r a fire tending t.) a skillet of

meal or 'iceitle of potatoes here a •'mess" sitiin or standing around a box or rough, table, ornplaiiA laid flat on the ground, eating their simple meal of bread, coffee. potatoes, rice and beans. There, the mea! finished, a man or two washing up the dishes, which consist of tin pans and cups, spoons, knives I and forks, .tc. Those men wli-i assert that the ladies are useless members of society are invited to

visit Camp Morris, and see the awkwardness with

which the men cook, and wash dishes: and if that

^lU-t

look

fterlitiige Meets sag-. "i A :iieel ing of the citizens of Beck-| viile, 3rontgomer\- count}'. Indiana, and its vicinity, was held at Beckville on the evening of the 1st of May.

Rev. \Y. II. Iarnali was chosen Pres

ident, ami J. S. Steele, Secretary. Speeches were made by Hr. Parsons. Thos. Willsotr Christian V/tilkup and others, denouncing secession and urging till parties to unite in sustaining

say to them, beware! there is no panicIniand of the writer, whose position en- coat of arms of^"Missouri. in Indiana, and the only danger of one t'tld V-

CAB*TB.

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12. J-*:'

doubtless

been posted in rognnl to the workings of "Camp

Barrack.-*/'»t Iiuliiinap-

a W a

(Wordaviiio over

.l .u.d

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a# then: has been no our here from CiinvfonUville,

I thought perhaps a few items would be readable.

I We left Indianapolis on Thursday evening about

o'cloek.aud rode all night ailiving at Evansiile at about S A. Al. on Friday, and were imme

diately niarehed to Camp Morris a beautiful' spot

situated about one mile from the city on the bank

of a ymall stream. We laid around loose enjoying

the warmth of the .•jun until 2 or o'eloek in the

afternoon, when we pitched our tent*, and went

to keeping house in regular order. As the eve

ning advanced and the sun approached the western

three picket stations in different directions fromj'^

resolution was offered and imanimoasi

hind law. 'adoptetl: fifteen minutes in which to determine 'Jtr*nlrcl, That we. the citizens of' whether he vvouhl c°n\}ly. (Jen. Frost Beckville and vicinitv, herobvtake this promptly responded, tendering an unmethod of declaring'our fidelity to the c-onditional surrender^ of the camp,

On motion, the meeting adjourner \v. u.

DARN ALL Prcst.

J. S. STKE!,K. Scc'y.

T533-] FACT COMAI'I OL'T.

a 5 0 a

.. lowing extract from a letter from a red- ammunition, t^e.. timid immense and us toieign creiiitors can enforce tiie|,^j

],j

payment of every cent due them by gentleman, as we are assured, and as 1 melodies of the "Star Spangled Banprocess from the Federal courts. This other portions of his letter show, of ner" and-Yankee Doodle isjuxtiffi with a vengeance the Le°-is- "calth and ]iosition in that State. It discloses some facts in regard to the lature might as well pass an edict de- ,, ,4 Pn slaughter at roit Moultiiethat ha,\i. williout nrnis, between tl daring every merchant in the ..tiite

1 1 0

hitherto been published on sucli

a 1 0

that cannot be questioned^

may premise here tl

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forested in 'her fate. BWWc tw'f.eg. foi 'I

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a a

wise legis.ation, give new confidence of the most signihicant indications ol that all of those to her citizens, and a stronger faith in the elk-ct oi Secession that lias,, yet

her solvency to those most deeply j|,. |'"cacnet. the jiubiic. word of honor not to bear arms against

of that t'ousin.,. ^}n~,,

and bc«are! Jt. J.f'

1 0 0 0

.j." ,i

Dr. J. Ci. McSIechan, State-, yet we were only permitted mourn no Head the card of Dr. McMechan. to decently inter, or even see but a small

ion Troops.

Twenty of the *lBob Milled.

profou 11 fellow' known was, durin rounded In under Commandant Lyon, and was captured, with all its munitions and troops. Tho indisputably sufficient grounds on which the step was taken, can only be intimated in our columns to-day, but. will soon be 0flicially and satisfactorily made public.

and a half mile distant, v, iih orders to th.it additional aims had. during'the

s«ti»yvd

1 1 1

sailing

•••••But to complete the idea of camp life, one should

!ITC»

1. .j. .o in his

Here you see a man

shirt sleeves, with a huge bowie-knife in his

does not chaiiire their minds, then thev m:iv be -m ,, given up to hanlness of heart."

Xotwithstnnding ihe hard fare androugti usngo,

our ir-i'ii are all in good spirits, arid still "strongin the faith." We are getting pretty well drilled.

ai.d I am very sure that, the 11th Indiana. K\. mentwould !e nhnost as hard to manage as air regiment in ihe Union. You ma.v think this brag

at tlic regiment hcn

paiade would convince you that ihe assertion is

3d. ft WOuld 'iJiprC^-S he pOOl instead nuc. The men look as if (hi-y meant e\ervfhiiig

true. The men look as if they meant everything Others

they did or said. The Union sentiment is "mere

"'iboHeve

I havo

ghefall

enn think

item,

nf at

of interest

prosenf. It' yon think thi. wtirUiy

you can give it a place in your columns: if not,

le, it the way of anon.

all refused scribbling. .More CIIAUI.ks M. Jtor.i.NSoN.

yesterday afternoon, sur-!

the United States forces

Early yesterday morning flie commanding officers of the various regiments at the Arsenal, Barracks, Marine Hospital, ik'chtner's, Turner's Hall and Yager's, were notified to muster their forces and have them in marching order as speedily as possible. The "consequent marshalling of the companies, though conducted with the strictest military secrecy, soon became rumored through the city, and created intense excitement. ".Nothing transpired relative to the precise object of the movement, and curious outsider,) werekfl

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conjcctui e. it as 1'Umoi'ed

mes within gun shot. pi'^Ct'ding night, been landed fl'Om a

"CW lj

arrived Steamboat, and been

points, illld then successfully

0 1

re-

moved to Camp JackcOll. Also, that

jSiilCO these Were arms Stolen fl'OIll tllf

United States at Baton iiouge. and since certain of the cannon at Camp

Jackson belonged to the United States. Commandant Lyon had felt it his duty to demand the rendition of the property—a demand which had been defiantly refused. It was hence confided by many that .an attempt would be made to retake the stolen property by capturing the force at Cam]) Jackson. '.Fhe truth became evident about noon when intelligence reached the city that the First Eegiment was marching up from'"Jefferson Barracks. Soon afterward the Second .Regiment marched from the Marine Hospital grounds, and the regiments of Colonels Sigcl and Schuttner from the Arsenal. The march of the columns was remarkably swift and simultaneous, first diverging so as to approach the camp from various

COllver-

immediate vichlitV

that

'CWS Of the movement Cre-

ated a leej» and profound sensation throughout the eitv, causing a general

closing of stores, and a flocking of the populace in the rear of the columns. The regiments of Co'is. .Brown md McXeil were put in motion as soon as the

arrived UptOWtl, and directed to

the Caillp Up Morgan and Market St roeis.

C°1 Sigel's regiment moved up Olive,

PClHlKiU'I' 3 Up ^uMrkct, t-01. Boer-

stein's OUt Pine, tllld

"ol.

BroWtl's

Mor n. rrom an elevated position

the marciiingcoluinns could all lie seen at a single view, and presented v. speeItaeleof absorbing interest to gazing rnultitudea'. upon tho house tojjs and hills in the" vieiniiy of LindeH's Grove.

Each regiment took up its position so

:rompt!y and skillFu 11 v, and the

arrangements hail been so perfecilv made, that the entire camp was speedily environed by a solid cordon of troops bristling with. arms. Sixteen piece-if flying artillery were tjuickiv posted oi«

eight elevated sites in the vicinity.

Union, the Constitution and the laws, mtmilions^and men. Ihe intelligence fully endorsing the sentiment of Union (spread quiekly, and was received with first, Union last and Union forever.

Commandant, l^-on then dispaulied a final messenger to Gen. Frost, demanding a surrender, stud giving him

unbounded enthusiasm by multitudes, yet with bitter execrations and the deepest mortification by the secession faction.

A battalion of United States regulars and the regiment of Col. Blair.

7 having approached by Laclede avenue

ME« .Sjatemesil tlse 3EASJSSS*T-* AMI defiled through the road west of a Fori Moultrie. |_|1 Camp, inarched around into the Olive street road iind prepared to re.1 .ie .ndianapolis Journal u. "jceive the surrendered troops. The day says: regiments of Cols. Sigel and Schuttner

We are permitted by the rccipicnt. took of the Camp, with all cannon, muskets, rifles.

-possession

!"i l^

Jiving near Charleston—a enthusiastic cheering, and the patriotic

at the bodies

of the young men alluded to in the let-

Geu. Frost and skiff, am^tlic (wo regiments of his command j)as»cd out.

tan

•...III

Our ncss men who were rendered bankrupt that it will be lasting heritage to all

hii'lm

Iowa, brought on J.qnaintanees were killed at Sumter, iet them hoar the! among them John and William (your

this

1 0 1 0

1 0

ju f(

^ousand

killed here, and what can wc expect 01-

0 0 1 0

now go North?—

sav that we have a reign

Western virgin ia?vs say that part. azi no.^ aup "I ctersun national Mag-1 ^^,1 crush-1 city will be closed on Friday next, inaccepted of the State will certainly form a sep-' azine," two most excellent literary and pj cing sight f-t death pres- consequence of an act of the Legislttliire nd a rate State and wiil include- 4i- eoun-: fashion works. ha\e been received, lor entci hist evening at Camp Jackson, prohibiting distribution, of school montud :il! ol the Ohio vaMev. I the coming month, .Never has our profession called us to e}

I *. .. norl. has vet reached us.

open lines a battalion

Col. Blair's regiment am

regulars.

The bearing of tho sur

rendered forces was that of cheerful resignation, very many of them beingtrue at heart to the Government of the American people. They bore the Amer

flag, side by side with one of the

(onsidciation. About P. M. the escorting froops

1 1 0 0 1

and tho command of Gen. Frost moved

-, .f Volina' down Olive street and proceeded to the

created by it., it is one States Arsenal. Tho camp sol-

0 1 0

1 1 0 1 7 1 1 1 0 1

cannot for a nio-

mid

ii r.Ti

l/i «l If I

lllv KJllllUyl DIUICO. .iiuiiuituoyi

eread}*not only togive such apledgo.

the. effects ol Seces- to enter upon active service under us. The best I can say of it is XationalX?.

i• u- ii u-rfi-»: So far, the evenls of yesterday'were

1837. Let them S_ g^ner Uions felicitous, and auspicious only of the consequence of the petition being atteslearn a lesson from the prostrated trade ,-a «nnl ne'! ultimate return of peace and prosper- ted by the Justice of the Peace, and

lety ot tlie orate.

I I a a 0 O

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ltE ©I? CASH® ACKSOiX.! so heavy a task, but the heavy tale .S3. ELOUSM lU'iuin.*-IvxcUfsig- Persies I must be told. I among' tlio, i?fercIiaiitM.

1 1

temple, died instantly. Tliree men, names unknown dead in the grass near gateway.

011

John Rice wa-i wounded scverelv the arm. Frederick' 0. Allen "received wouiids that were deemed fatal.

Claiborn Wi!s- wtts severely shot in the thigh. Freeman Wright received two ball* in the hip.

case:

-l bo released upon their

ity. As such, they occasioned a thrill could not therefore of inexpressible delight in many a true! the U. S. Court. „. heart, Tho peaceful surrender was a I Yesterday,V.

relief, and the evident loyalty of many man visited tho arsenal to certify to

ot the captured troops arc.a. guaranty Mcl/onald adid i\ it and was infoi nied

't'H. ,nd «fMy Shite. AVouid toj-by Uen. Lyon that the Caplam «j viHtcms or mnnitionj of war for the inVore fi '-hts would depopulate

tragedy, bm mark yesterday bitterly clock this morning.

Company IF, Captain Blandowsky, The excitement on "Change on Satof the Third Eegiment, was assigned urday was very great. A man in the the responsible duty of guarding the employ of Anderson & Watson, porter western gateway leading into thecamp. lit is said, came into the hall' of the The surrendered troops had passed outJ Chamber ofCommerce. and in the most

'^orated and reit

bullets—only to be used in dire extremity, But the rocks fell thicker and heavier, smashing muskets, breaking limbs. and variouslv and dangerously wounding a numberof the troops.' aid an extraordinary am The assailants began to discharge ]iis- ing was crealed bv (be Secessionists

tols, daring the soldiers to Are, and against Mr. Kagin. Mlis |ortrait, which I

brought'in to the firing order, but tli ...... madmen persisted. Finall}', a soldier led at this time, and made a speech to

of Corps was shot dead, others were the merchants, which had a .cjuieting

tating at the word fire, hoping against! be strongly in favor of .Mr. Fagin.—

hope that the command might be dis- Drmocrat ^/Monday. pensed with, but on seeing his men full 1 ••»*.».—=— and finding himself going down, he I-aCcst from Si. gave the order—and it wis obej'ecl.! ST. Lor IS, 15. jThevoIle_y wtts discharged level into

found

I)r. liopke had hi^ shattered b\' a ball. John James Schererwas badly shot in the right foot.

A lad of scarcely twelve years, name, prisoners taken to the arsenal was not known. and fifty officers. Three men found dead in the gra^sj Gen. Harney has published an ad-! at the north-west portion of the field, dress to the people.

Two lying dead in the road near, the jTe says that there is no doubt that field fence. jaw dreadful

wounded that it is

A woman was so thought .she cannot recover. Numbers more were doubtless more oriels harmed, of whose iniuncs no re-'

A dragoon hor

was shot dead.

Several men of Gen. Sigel regi-j ment were dangerously wounded, and two fatally. One died immediately.

On one. occasion an attempt wa: made to resecue the person thus arres

tod. Tlie company at ham! tirod

We learn that Commandant

dav. was not granted bv Judge Tcatin

P^'Jnit-j prisoner of war, and morever was not]

hat we could here be permit- prisoner of war, and morever was not]

se this statement. But disas- {111 Missouri. The affidavit of prisoners

ter—mournful, unutterably dreadful brother was then properly attested,

and heart-rcndiii"—a woful and awful I and a writ issued returnable at 11 o"-|.

memorable. The furv of a disunion! Gen. Harney denies any .insiibordi-

•_••••'-••• whoso response Jaid some ......

\/i-"f-s "Arthur's Horn" ^lav-1oiu-tellow-citi/cns cold in death. Our cheerfulness to the ^discipliir-.of. .* i, a-",. heart chills, and expression -fails as

Ave

silting Major Kdwards. of the jinn of:

crated with whatever aggravation the I W. L. Kwi'ng & Co.. and A. W. Fa"in.i most malignant vindietiveness could one ol'the oldest, wealthiest.and most __ ... devise, were tiirust upon tlie troops who respectable millers of this city. JTe nt C'orn! C'oraK bore it, as duty required, with the most once directed his conversation lo Mr. I ,,

uncompbvinable forbearance. The mob iJ-'agin, and while denouncing- the ac. disaster and misery grow larger, iiercer and bolder, and lion of the Government in relation'to coiue upon us as a people, began hurling rocks, brickbats and the capture of Camp Jackson, was .. ^houhl wc fail to produce this year the other missiles at the soldiers. This plied to by Mr. Kahili who in a rnildi abundant grain crop, not sucli style of treat mcnt wastaken as patient-1 manner remonstrated with him and l' heen called Hbundant ly as possible, the victims having no defend the action of the Government. ,j heretofore, but such a yield as will admodeof defense but the dread one of At ibis moment the man grew veryV

violent and abusive toward Mr. Fa gin,

I he fioor. Great excitement, ensued.!

themselves blazing away in defiance. graces the wall of'the Chamber, liar-! ''Cgleetiug^ his corn crop for cotton, i«r The companies in the vicinity had been rowlv escaped destruction. Mr. Janu-!

arv. President of the t.'hainber, appear-

wounded, and the captain himself re-j effect. who is using a hundred such hands to ccivcd a ball in the leg. He was hesi- The rcacfion. we arc confident, will j)'

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the crowd, and persons fell in every untecrs have been formed intoa brigade direction. The multitude fell back under the style of First Brigade of Miswith a desperate rush, by which many souri volunteers. were trodden down and much injured, C'apt. Lyon has been elected briga-! \Vheu the fiohl was eleared, some twen-1 dier general of it.

he first four regiments of U. S. vol-

t3* dead and dying were stretched out (,'en. L}-on occiijiied this position Tlie steamer I'ai'ana. from (jalway upon the grass and in the road. About

Thomas A. Haren, a tinner, in the Three 32 pounders, a large quantity laws, by collecting duties on foreign employment of Sweeney & Schneider, balls and bombs, several pieces of ships before breaking bulks. Law: A lad of fifteen orsixteen years, name arliller}- in boxes, twelve hundred rifles, officers of the crown said so much denot leai-ned. late model, six bi ass morters, six inch, pended on circumstances thatnodefi-

Nicholas Knoblock. a returned soldier! one iron morter, three six inch iron|nite instructions had been sent to from the South-west border. cannon, several chests of new muskets, eruizers. Tho Government believed! Three men, civilians, whose names five bokes of canister shot, 9G ten inch, I such collections impractiblo. The are not yet learned. land 300 six inch shells, twenty five! blockade will only be reorganized!: ^AValter McDowell, shot through the kegs of powder, largo numbers of mus- when affective.- It was the opinion of? ket stocks and barrels, between thirty the Government that the Southern? and forty horses and a considerable Confederacy must be resognized as" quantitv of camp tools: the number of'belligerents. g:*

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In the camp, prior to its surrender,' there was an immense amount of cheering. said to have been derisive of the! assailing partv. and in honor oi' Jeff. Davis.

Cheers for Jeff. Davis were not tin common .among the outsiders, some ofj I whom were then arrested lor defiant interferanee with the soldiery.

.Lyon

has taken steps for it thorough investi-jall other telegraphic materials. giition ol'the fatal firing bv certain of the troops. If it shall prove unwaranted. it will meet severe .reprobation and punishment.

ST. Louis, Mav 15

command, the supreme laws ot the land must and shall be maintained."

Iration that treiisonal.de operations are going i-n among the citizens of Balti-

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following verdict in the Camp Jackson IVNOXVILLK, April 22, 18(51. «.2.',

Blair and Uoernstein and others. Tho examination of witnesses on Saturday evening is not yet finished. The jand not travel round by way of the application for a writ of habeas corpus I Southern Confederacy. in the case of Capt. McDonald on Mon- 1 in. verv reapccfully. &c.,

be recognised by

,'. 1 a 1 .»« 11 /,' I It is nrobahlo that. Ooneress will ad

mob led to a reckless "and destructive nation having taken place among the cumstances m^y render noecbbar. attack upon tho United Slates troops,' vol untecrs, but on the contrary say.s twenty- of! they have submitted with alacrity and

the service. Flic public sehools oi this and Memphis.

I hat the several viet imsoi the Camp received your message, through tho OliarlcN* Bowen on Saturday. Jackson on the 10th of Ma\*, came to Sale, requesting me to serve as chaplain jj telegraphed from this point to Gov. their death from gun shot wounds in- to your brigade in the Southern army t'Midcriu"- a company of voluuflictcd by innsket balls discharged by and in the spirit of kindness in which L'"

certain I nited States volunteers under this request is made, but in all candor, 'ited or infantry. The captain-' command of Gen. X. Lyon, Cols. F. P.!f return for an answer, thai, when II hitherto Egvpt has been so quiet shall have made up my mind to go to jllell, I will cut my throat and go direct

Several

S. Commissioner Ilick-

oulu to Dy jeii. J^von tnat tne captain wa. _a visions or munitions of war for th

... C»n Friday right last adiiubofo'calia-t-vet 1 regard it mv plain dutv to extempt was made to burn the dwelling press to the people in plain but respect-!

ltd language, that in the scope ot nu ,, .. ..,. '.

WASHIXfi'l'ON, 13.

Special to the N. Y. Commercial

he -pecui! to the 1 Commercial

says that evidence which cannot be,

Ihe government wid take do.cwvc

ontradicted is proving to the admiHis- ., regiments, wibb batterioaI of artillery. They marched through, the south part of the city to federal

A special to the Post says it is re-

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attention.

the assaulters, creating an immense stampede of spectators, carriages and wagons. A. carriages was upset and I several persons hurt amid the rush.— Tho Secretary of. (he Treasure^

We were told that a lady was danger-1 just issued orders to all collecforsof cus on si hurt by a fall from a carriage on ftoms. precisely similar to that recently troops is coinin tlie occasion. addressed to those on the northern and napobs.

1 portts cups, platinas, acids, zincs and

[From the Knoxville (Ton 11.) Whig.]

Message from Gen. Pillow. Gen. Pillow, who is a clever gentleman in the private relations of life, and a very companionable man, sent us a

After tho examination of man it-1 mossage recently which is explained in batteries are also being erected at tho noses the coroner's jury returned the| '^"owin^ reply: mouth of James Liver.

KEXTl'tRl I.ECSJSf^ATlJRK

Bank and Court Suspension* [Special Dispatch to the Cincinnati GAZETTE.} FRANKFORT, May 13. The Senate passed a bill to-day localizing the suspension of nil banks of

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who promptly resented it with a biow. 'tion irom the enemy. A short» which sent the rabid Secessionists to '"'""P

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retains command of those rcgi-1 on the 7th, arrived this evening.

fifteen died almost immediate^', and nientfc ljy authority of the President." Lord John Russell made an impo.r-o several others scarcely survived an The following arms in addition to tant statement on Ammeriean affaire,hour. The dec-eased, so far as we could I those already- enumerated were seized as to the Federal Government commit-.? gather,'are as follows: at camp Jackson. ting infringement on international

the United States government will put! .\ Ilv: forth its wholvpower to maintain Mis-: ^IroycU I'roporlyol varuc-. T- Horses and goods casuv po-rtab were souri the Lnion. __ _. \.

He says in conclusion. '-.Disclaiming ^'V till desire or intention to interfere with the preperations of the state of Missouri, or with tho functions of its Executive.

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martial law will be declared r.

in Biiltimore in a dav or two. \\inansj \.djourned.

*socossionists nood

WASITTM TOX, 31 ay 14. has

In this instance, tlie rioters who northwestern waters, relative to com-1 B"Ucr is here. fired, some six in number, were severe- nteree. with insurrectionary States,] tne lennsj ani.i iL'iinen sart lv reproved, and were degraded from with the following additions: peeted to pass through Baltimore the rank. "Coal, telegraph instruments, wire, morrow for W a.shington

WR. G. BBOWNI.OW.

CAIRO, May 13.

companies of Arkansas

troops arrived tit MempTiis this morning. Commencing to day, ali boats passing

twill bo stopped, and no pro

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\j allowed to pass.

states will be allowed to pass

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pi'obab that Congress Mill a.l

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'-11 uh at such a p'"^-

The P. M. General has annulled mail contract between St. Louis

If you want to buy Dry-Goods

at your own jM-i.ee. go to- 'Me-Cluro

Prv's.

VlNb£X.

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Macon

°f in the ordinary ojterations

iiincoln.

perhaps some considerable

failure may bo our ruin as

c0 le for

ssfeel-'^

cannot starve and fight.

o-P

is more to be dreaded

enemy can do to in

'^he planter who is insanoly

"'^engly

fighting tho battles of 'ood hand in the field, is

worth

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ueli to our cause as a good

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nuiks. and tho planter

.V enough to feed them,

striking a fell-blow at the cause ol" 'his country. If 3-011 are not sure you are doing your part towards an abundant crop, set about it in God's name.

One of our correspondents sa3's, "plow up the cotton."' Yes! plow it up, if it need be. Look out for corn first, last and all the time.—Savannah (Ga .')i Xcic-i. (?/(.

ST. JOHN May 14.

TfBas-ainters and Incendiaries. A few days since a party of maunnrders, believed to have come from Kentucky robbed several farm houses ir* Posev countv. in this State, ami de

T). «. carried off. Cit.iz.eus were- tli-yeateiieii' c- ..!'4V ith rough treatment and deatbif tliev offered resistance to the pilfering* of maraudei-s.

of Hon. Ji.»hn K. Caven«, at ilaaisonv

,and ta.ke the lives ol the inmates,

-.Sjit'dal Di-jii'lcb to tho Livfayeito Journal. BA-Lxoiokk, L3.. Large li-iiins fiiled' with troops arri-

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Mass.and thV

hill which overlooks the city, and about

measures to execute us :iul.i'nt\ in 'Phe sudden appearance of the troops1 took the citizens by Rurprise, but tba Lne lnion men must be sustained j.„

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and Baltimore musl be kept loyal to 4 the government.

I en companies of the_/th regiment attempted to appoint a commission to of eavelry iidmirably mounter are with Lincoln, Davis, and tho: peeted to arri\e during t.ie pi escnt., irovernors of A a. and Pa., to stay hosweek". tilities till after the assembling of eon-

teil with cheers over

The legislature did not adjourn bus

fused to accede.

XKWYOUK, May 13.

The Baltimore despatch to Herald

says: A fleet of transports loaded with up the bay from An-

Gentlemen from Washington say that Lincoln has positively had a Major General's commission made out for Mr. Douglas, and that he will accept.

Xews from Harpers I1 erry state that the position of the rebels is now imprcgnablo. Batteries- arc mounted with the heaviest columbiads. Formidable*

iV HOWLING!—Captain

GKN*. GIDKON J. rir,Low:--I liavo just FROM 'shawnectown, was a passenger

Ilerod,

wii ether it should bo

that the Southern rebels concluded they had her in their breeches pockets, but he adds, "I'll he d—d if Egypt aint a howling now\"—£can$ville Journal.

Important Xoticc.

W'e are requested by the Surveyor of the port to state that lie caniiot, till further notice, permit provisions to be shipped from thisplace to Louisville. It is believed that this restriction will only be temporary.—JV. A. Ledger.

An election was held iu Washington.county, Maryland, to fill a vacancy the Lgislature, 011 last Saturday Secession candidate very prudently clincd to run, but the UH.on received 4.000 votes out 0 about number in the county, which was about o.UOO at the last election.

G0T0 3fcClu re & Fry's, Ladies,

if vow want a fine silk Parasol for Thev have t-hem, and are selling them at these figures, and.iiO mis-

tak e.