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The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1861-05-02
NO. 5.
Beahllful Erirnc,.

some fifteen years ago. Rev. John N.
Maffit, then in his prime, delivered leo
lure which closed with The following fins
passage.
Phoeuix, fabled bird ofantiquity, when
It felt the chill advances of age. built its
funernal urn, aud fred it's pyre By means
which natures instinct taught.
Al its plumage, and its form of beau.
ty Lecame ashes; but ever would rise
the young-beaut!ful form the urn of
death and chambers Of decay would the
come. with its eyes turned 10.
ward the sun, and essaying its dark vel
vet wings, sprinkled with gold aud frin.
ged with silver on the bslmy air, rising
a little higher, until at length, in tbs full
confidence of fight. it gives cry of Joy.
and soon becomes glittering speck in
the deep bosom Of aerial ocean. Lovely
voyage of earth. bound on its hdaven.
ward journey 10 the sun!
So rises the spirit bird from the ruins
Of the body, the funeral urn which its
Maker built. and death frees. So tow.
wers away 10 its home, in the pure ele-
menI OF spirituality, the intellect Phos-
nix, to dip its proud wings in the foun-
tain Of eternal bliss. f.,
So shall dear, precious humanity, sur
viVe from the aches Of burning world.
So beautiful shall the unchanged soul
soar, within the disc of eternity's great
Iuminary with uudazziod eye and un-
scorched wings-the Phoenix Of immor-
tality-taken to its rainbow home and
Graded on the beating bosom of eternal
love.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1861-05-02
The Oldest Volunteer.

Indiana can probably claim the honor
OF furnishing the Oldest volunteer of any
State in the Union. The indianapolis
Journal says.
Mr.. Bates Of Pendleton, ninety-:wo
years old, volunteered with g company
from Madison county, went into Camp
Morton on Saturday, and remained until
account Of age. When. asked why he
volunteered, he replied that he wanted tc
show young men that old men were moi
afraid to 6ght. and expressed his deter
mina,ion to remain with the company i
permitted to do so. Men nine,y.tw'
years old are seldom found, aud especial
| ly in a military camp, Mr.. Bates is sai'
to be the father, of. twenty -four children
He is an extraordinary man in more way
than one.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1861-05-02
Startling Rumor.

A lady who arrived in this city yester-
day morning from Charleston, which city
she left on Thursday, states that he mos!
terrible condition of affairs existed in that
city when she left there, About two
hundred left for the North in the same
train with herself and the inhabitants
were preparing to leave as rapidly as
possible. An insurrection had broken
out among the negroes upon the various
plantations in the interior, and they ere
burning the houses and committing 9th
er depredations She resided about three
miles from Charleston, and her husband
| is absent from home in Secession army
He is the owner OF cotton plantation and
some two hundred slaves. Her fathe,
is a captain IN the United States army ,ant
is for the Union.-Phaadelphia Inquirer
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1861-05-02
By command:
E. D. TowNsHEND, Asst Adi't. General
The Arms at Harper's Ferry.

The Hon. John +. Potter has just re-
turned from Washington 10 his home in
W isconsin. He informs the Chicago pa
p5ers that Of the 10000 stand of arms at
Harper's Ferry previous to lis abandon;
ment, $4,000 stand had been shipped
north to Pennsylvania. and westwardIy
through PArkersburgh, for arming the
western troops, aud that they are tbs
arms that we're stopped and seized at Gin
cinna'i. They had been marked fol
Fort Smith, and other Southern points
solely with view to mislead prying par
ties, and ensure their passage through
Virginia.
The remainder OF the arms at Harper
Ferry, $4,000 stand, were Of an inferior
character. and were rendered wholly use'
less by the FIRE at tho time Lieut., JOAe'
left the arsenal.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1861-05-02

JEFF Dsyis, in the face OF the world.
opens bureau for the encouragement of
piracy. No crime Of the infamous Con-
tederatc States equals this in turpitude.
10 steal our morey, 10 seize our. arse
nals, to lombard OUT forts. are trifling
villainies in comparison with this master
crime Of piracy, under the name ofths
privateering. Think of it for one mo-
menI! Think Of The vOyagers on the lone
ly seas exposed to all the atrocities prac-
ticed by pirates! Tue line between pri-
vateer and pirate is SO narrow as to be
only imaginary. The one plumbers un-
der color Of law, and tie other without
the hypocrilical psetense Of law. That is
tho whole difference. and even that is too
broadly stated; for the prisateer which
fails TO find an American ship to rob, will
not hesitate to plunder that Of any other
ration. The Confederate States have.
therefore, engaged in the business of pi-
racy. and they must be met by adequate
remedies. What are those remedies.
L. All tas Southern ports must be
Llockaded to prevent privateers. alias pi-
rates, from sailing out Of and into them.
II. Whenever privateer sailing un-
der the letters of marque and reprisal of
JEFF. Davis can be caught, all the men
on board, from the captain to the cabin
boy, should bs at once run up to the yard
arm, without any further trial than an
inspection Of the ships papers.
! The Government should attend TO
these things without deIsy .-Ne~ York
Tribune.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1861-05-02

The New York Troops In Washington---
Col. May yVolunteerS--Leslie Combs Ask
for Arms, &c.
New York. April 25.-The Associated
Press have reliable information, Just re
ceivod, that the New York 9th, 9TH, l2tb
and list regiments have safely arrived
at Washington, aud are now quartered
at the Navy Yard in tina. city.
Gen. Wood has received information
that two privateer steamers were fitted
out at Norfolk before Virginia seeded.
One has single riaed guns an1 the other
four large guns.
Col. May has rendered his services 10
Gov. Morgan,
Col. Stevens, a millionaire Of Jersey, has
signifed his intention to equip regi.
ment for service.
Leslie Combs has telegraphed from
Frankfort. KY, saying that Crittender
is absent, and asking if he can get arms
and money for self defense in the Union
Gen: Wool sent the dispatch to the Presi'
dent.
1t is stated that 1000 stand of arms
were captured by the secessioOists, ii
taking Fayetteville, N. G. Arsenal. The
Adjutant General of North Carolina calls
for 80. 1000 troops.
The gunboat Pocohantas arrived al
Washington on Monday night, with l2(
marines and $50 soldiers.
Among recent designations are Com
mandcr McBIair of the Navy; Lieuts
Bennett and Winder OF tho National Oh
scrvatory; Lieuts Brooke, Powell, Lewis
and Simmons Of the Navy, and Col. John
son Quartermastcr General Of the Army
The Empire City arrived to-day from
Texas, bringing 3l6 infantry 277 cayal'
ry. under command of Major Shepard
Gunboat Mohawk was at Havana for
supplies, 10 sail in day or two for Tex
as.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1861-05-02
A Grand Operation at st. Louis---es,oOo
stand farms Removed to Illinois.

ST. LOUIS, April 26.-Twonty,lwO
thousand stand of arms with ammunition
were sent from the U, s. Arsenal in this
city, to Alton last night, whence they will
be forwarded tospringfeld. to arm the
Illinois troops. RumOls being current
yesterday that the powder. magazine Of
Latin, Smith &, Boies, FIVE miles above
the city, would be seized by irresponsi-
BILE parties, Mr.. Latin called on the PO'
lice Commissioners to protect it, and
de,ach of State militia were ordered ou'
10 guard it last night. To day all the
powder was purchased by the State Gov
erDment.
The Evening Journal learns, by letter
and by private sources, that two Ger
mans were arrested yesterday at WentS
fville, Mo-, who confessed that plan ha:
been laid to burn the bridEss on the Nortl
Missouri, Pacific and Iron Mountain
railroads, to prevent the concentration o
troops at St. Louis from the interior. ~
Volunteers continue to enter the arse
nal under the Presidents proclamation.
There are now about 5000 men there
undergoing rigorous drilling.
Several companies of State militia az
recruiting, and ssrict guard Is KEEP. owe
their arm0ries every night.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1861-05-02

In addition to the pay as above stated
one ration per day and abundant supply
Of good clothing is allowed to every SOL
dier. Quarters, fuel and medical atten-
danrs, are always provided by the Gov
ernment without deduction from the sol.
diers' pay. If soldier should become
disable in the line of his duties, the laws
provide for him pension, or he may, il
he prefer it, obtain admission into the
Military Asylum, which will afford him q
comfortable home so long as he may wish
TO receive its benefits.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1861-05-02
The Traitors of Harper's Ferry.

The Wheeling Intslligencer, of the Oath
says:
Harper's Ferry IS si.il in possession of
three or four thousand rioters who seem
to occupy themselves chiefly by drinking
whisky, yelling for JET, Davis and search
Ing the trains, which latter operation is
regarded as "big thing" by the happy
individual who is too happy in having the
important military exploit 10 perform.
The pistols displayed by these gentle
men are Of such extraordinary size and
length as to puzzle our informant. He
says they are exactly guns, and yet not
properly pistols. being little too short
for the one aud not quite long enough
for the other ....
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1861-05-02

- IN tie tdPdcity Of Lieutenonts. The
op in jays whom we have heard named
as the successors of the present Lieuten \
ants of Company y. with all their preten-'
sions, could not drila squad OF geese
and in point Of physical endurance, man !
ly tearing, moral courage, or even capac-
ily. are no more ID be compared with
Wiseman AID Wats;n. than the dwarfOak
is to be compared with the stately king ci
the woods.
The bcys Of Company D are not much
TO blsme for this, because they have been
led to believe themselves cheated, led TO
believe that by the removal Of their 1st
and Cd Lieutenant, they could secure the
services Of well drilled men. In both
things are they mistaken. Wiscman aNf
VI atson with little experience, will make
as fine officers as ever carried swords
They are both young men of fine physio-
Al form, quick perceptions and correct
habits. and Of Wiseman particularly, it is
remarked by men who have a
knowledge of military matters, che is
making rapid proficiency" che will make
the finest officer in tie Battalion" Ma.
jor Ewing said. "Wiscman will make a
splendid olficer-Le is learning as rapid,
ly as any man ever saw" Al. Davis
Of the Columbus Fenciblcs, said in sub
stance, the same thing.
Company D must be reasonable, The
boys certainly cannot, and Go not expec
their Lieuenanis 10 become soldiers
' spahgiVs ~,
cp0-eeT the land of the Free ant,a hour' Inc.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1861-05-02
THE CAPTURE OF THE STAR OF
THE WEST
THE REBEL ACCOUNT OF THE SEIZURE.
Trcachery of the Texan Traitors.

Trcachery Of the Texan Traitors.
The New Orleans Delta of Saturday
contains the following account of the seiz-
ure Of the steamer Star OF the West,
which has rlready been anndurced by
telegraph.
The expedition, composed of about 80
men, under command of Col. Van Doran,
was hurriedly organized i'll Galveston,
and was made of mcn from the Galveston
Artillery, The Island City Rifles: the
Guards are irish. and the Rifles are a
German company. The party arrived al
Indianola OH Wednesday, and kept all
ready, apparently in no manner interested
in the active preparations going on for
Il debarkation of the United States SOL
diers, which was effected by the sleam-
ship Fashion, acting as lighter 10 re-
move the men to the Star Of the West.
which lay outside.
About half. past 6 o'clock at night Col.
Van Dorm and his band quietly got on
board the "Gen. Rusk,s made out 10 The
Star of the West.
When the Rusk 60, within hailng dis
tance, the captain of the United States
vessel sang out to know who was ap-
preaching. Van Dorm replied.
The Rusk, with troops on board"
The answer was correct to the letter,
and very readily impressed the captain oI
the Star of the West that he was about
taking on board his own men. His
blissfulignorance of his visitors identity
aud designs was not suffered to remain
long.
The vessels were made fast, without
any suspicion On one side or any demon
stration on the other. Then swift as thu
Tightening, the Texan band was over The
bulvarks and in virtual possession OF tht
vessel. No effort was made at resistance
for it would have been absurd; and com
pretending in an instant how natter
were, the commander "gave up the ship
with the best grace he could muster.
The vessel was put about for Calves
ton, and left Col. Van Dorm there.
The next news we may have of tha
enterprising officer will be that he ha
taken the U. s. troops prisoners or els
that there has been 8ght. The last In
formation about him was that he was OF
ganizing an expedition to start back agai
10 Indianola. to look after the soldier
= that left by the Star of the West. Th
compact with them, to be allowed
4 ,,eavo Texas .uumo!ested. was fulflle
i when they got on board the Fashion
i But as this vessel is not deemed parlit
0 ularly seawardly, they will most Prooabl
determine to land again, and that wi
Y be as getting from the frying pan into tt
. fire.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1861-05-02
AIKy Pay Roll,

Now that the war spirit burns fierce
ly, and volunteers are focking to the
standard Of their country, little informa.
ton upon the subject Of pay will be read
with interest. Our readers may depend
upon the accuracy of the following. as il
is made up from this year edition Of the
Army Register.
IL the fret column will be found the
Lett salary per month, and in the second
the total salary per month, which includes
rations, servant hire, forage, etc., etc.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1861-05-02
Arms for Hundred Thousand Men.

To relieve certain appreheDsiOns pre-
valent among some of our own citizens,
as we'll as those of the other portions OF
the Free States, in relation 10 the supply
of arms, we feel authorized to state that
there are at the Springfield Armory nine
,y thousand stand of efficient arms, and
that there are in this ueighborhood also
in possession Of the Government not less
than ten thousand in addition. TO those
ia immediate demand. !. Thus we, have
within one days Railroad transportation
arms for one hundred thousand men
Floyd. with all bis fine administrative
talent as Iobber. did pot leave the Ncrsp
wholly dsfe useless. Phil, Enquirer.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1861-05-02
COUNTY OFFICERS.

Judge Of FGrtsta, GomsTM %sncsstsr. Ohio. izens
proSats Juige-JESsE LEoHNER, oMcel' ,pd
Building. ,,,, ~ wIcR
Sterig-JAMEs Mill MtLNEE' pnGe phTSFy' n oace Publ
sCBrN " S"N'
Building. ,o,,~soN omoa puLll
Building. -. ,,,,.n,,, om.o ,,hi;c BuildIn
basJsr-l SYFERT. oAice Public Building;
Ssrvsyor-E. S. HANNUM, onlce, Public Bualu,hs q,
%a.on.r-L SLEEPER. residence ,Madisontp.
o?,ion,rs-JOSEPH SHARP, Of Bern Towl
.bIO. Jonas A. BAKER, of Walnut Township an
IufiN W. CUNNING HAM, of Hooking r9~hsn1Hii Ini
,vIIIITfa IIapff Ms aud URIAH G. RUTTER.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1861-05-02

wTweDty-oue thousand stand Of arms
were removed from The arsenal at st
Louis on Thursday night last, aud taken az.
to Springfield, III.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1861-05-02
RooK AND JOB PRINTING,

We are prepared to execute all de:sIiptionssTTlHRS
yORK: such as CARDS, GIRO LARs, rVS,E En-
ALL TICKETS, and every other variety OF fha
FANCY % BBING, with new and superiorNo
and on sh ort notice. lay
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1861-05-02
BELOW THE GRADE OF LlEUrEXASG.

The first column denotes the pay per
month of artillery and infantry, aud OF
Dragons and ifemen when serving on
foot. The second column denotes the pay
per month of ligh, artillery, and Of dra-
zoos and riffemen when mounted:
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1861-05-02
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.

n-7Rusinessca cards fabout lnes,by the year, %
Advertise ments, not marked on thc nanusc''p
will be continued at our terms until lorou. o,ice
&c'.musi be paid for ia advance, for reasons Wnle
we viii explain at the time. : ,,.uo
UsThe above terms strictly observed In ai'easej
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1861-05-02

In tie above we have not inserted the
fractional parts Of dollars, for convenience
sake, in this matter Of but little impor
tance.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1861-05-02

RT Seven printers from the Ohio State
Journal Office are now volunteers.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1861-05-02
THE NAVY OF VIRGINIA.

The following gentlemen. who had for
mcrly served with distinction in the late
United States Navy, yesterday received
their commissions as captains in the Ma.
vy Of Virginia, having previously sent
on their designations to the Department
at Washington: Commanders Richard L.
Page, Arthur Sinclair and J. r, Tucker;
LieuIenants @ F. NJ. Spottswood and
Robert B. Pegram.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1861-05-02
The Fairfield Volunteers.

The following is list of the names Of
the persons composing the three compa.
MES Of volunteers from this county. The
drst, Capt. s'aGord's Company left Co.
lumbus on the 18th of April. ior Wash.
iugtou City, the latter two are now quar-.
tered in Camp Anderson near this city.
Company A
Csptan-J 4 Stafford
First Lleut-Thos NJ Hunter
Second /" Ezra Rckets
Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1861-02-21
lkeiigiOms Services.

Pres5ytriaa-Liberty Street. Servicesin
the morning at 104 O'clock, and evening at
7. Pastor-Rev. j. II. Symmes.
EngliSA Luthaan--Corner OF ofBaltimore and
Centre Streets. Services in the morning at
104 o'clock, and in the evening at y o'clock.
pastor-Rev. A. J. Weddell.
Methodist Epscopal-Centrc Street. Ser
vices in the morning at l03 o'clock, and in
the evening at o'clock. Pastor B.Rev.
Il. Crever.
Methodist Protestant-B Bedford St. Ser
vices in the morning at 103 o'clock, and in
the evening at I o'clock. Pastor-Rev. j.
Clay.
Episcopalian--Washington Street. Ser
vices in the morning at l04 O'Clock, and in
the evening at 6. Rev. DR.. Spear, Pas
tor.
Bdptist-Bedford Street No Pastor.
German Luthrun-BedfOrd Street Ser
vices in the morning at 10 o'clock, and in the
evening at ! o'clock. Pastor--Rev. +.
WASHER.
81. Patricks-Centre Street. Services in
the morning at 10 o'clock, and vespers at 4.
Pastor-Rev. Edward Brennan.
81. Peter and 81. Paul-Fayette Street -
Services in the morning at 10 o'clock, and
vespers a. y. Pastor-Father Seelos.
Jewish Synagogue--Ba Baltimore Street. Ser
vices Saturday morning at O'Clock. Pas
tor-Rev. 4. Laser.
Second German lutheran Mmrh-Centre
Street Services in the morning at 10 o.
clock, and afternoon at q o'clock. Pastor
Rev. Louis BitZ.
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The Presentiment OF 4 Murderer.

A man named McHugh was hanged few
days ago, in Cincinnati, for the murder of bis
WIFE, and the day before bis execution be told
Mr. Shockley. an officer Of the prison, that
he bad had presentiment Of the murder and
his own death on the gallows for thirty years
His remarkable halluciDatiou is related as
follows:
One day he was ascending a dark stairway
to his room. He was sober and in good
health. Suddenly; it seemed to him as if his
right arm had been infused with Sampso-
nan strength. just then he reached the
door, and he was tempted to test the newly
possessed strength upon it. He gave the door
what he supposed was a slight tap, for he
scarcely felt the blow on his knuckes. The
door, however, quiyered under its force, and
parts of the plastering on the wall fell down.
He looked to his arm to see if It had been
increased in size. Just then his head became
t-ansfxed and he could move it neither one
way nor tho other.
While he was in that position, a strange
voice spoke terrible words to him. When
the voice died away, his head became nova
VIZ iie "ehcu up anu arouHu, put no one
was near him. Again he glanced at his arm.
again his head became trsnsfxed, and again
we're the terrible wores spoken. As soon as
he rcgained power to move, he fed to his
room, and tried in vain to forget what had
passed, but the voice continued to ring in
his ears. Often, in after years. he heard it.
I'll not tell you what the words were,
said he to Mr.. Shockley, for they are to go
with me to my grave. You know what
have DONE and what is my fate. Put the
two together, and you can conjecture the ma
ture OF the words.
Such was the vision that haunted this TN
fortunate man through his whole manhood
Impressed with the idea that fate had de-
creed that he must kill his wife and die for
the crime. he perpctrated the atrocious deed,
and willingly surrendered himself to the gall
lows
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horses were finer than Arabian steeds.
The next and last horse to be expert
mented on was said to be 'Turko,' BIZ
ter and kicker belonging to c. A. MUIR
ply. The owners letter to Mr. Rarey
was read. The animal was described as
so vicious as to be unshoeable and un-
ridable. Tho owner said he would not
only bite and kick, but would "secede"
and show fight. He would, however, al
low the horse tanner to use coercion, ON
ly warning Mr. X. to look out. The
animal was magnificent looking bay,
with dark fierce looking mane, which
gave it most warlike aspect On be-
ing brought before the audience it began
to kick with its fore eet which made the
horse-subducr keep bis distance. A
muzzle prevented its biting. On the
straps being applied "Turko" refused to
lie down, but jumped up on its hind legs
and kicked with its fore feet for about
nine minutes, At last it gave in and
laid down. Mr.. Rarey then took off the
muzzle, and its first action was to rise,
dance round ON its hind feet and bite at
him like swapping turtle lie nimbly
eluded it aud soon brought it to its knees.
and finally laid it fiat. Aud next knock =
I'd its heels together, handled its fore
feet, c!a.tered its jaws, and finally pla-
ced his wrist in the animal S mouth, but
it was so completely conquered that it
1 1 4.