Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1861-08-13

whole, the Union, from that Deuent, Is,
practically, gone. |, may linger on, ID
form and name, but its vital spirit has
fed for eser"-HENRY CLAY, IN the L. S.
Senate, 1892.
The ReJels burn HImp'on .'-TLis town
Of 400 houses, on the james River, pear
Fortress Monroe, was burned on Wed0es-
day night last, BY MagTuier, Of the Rebel
forces, 10 prevent It's being used by the
Uuiouis,s for shelter. There was but e v
people in it; but the loss Is pearlv Ooe
Million Of Dollars. only 5 or 10 houses
remsiuing The Rebels had several meD
/ killed, aud others wounded, while tryiu .
( to force the Bridge towards the Fort. II
was a grand but gloomy sight. (Tbe Eri-
tish, if memory serves, burned Hampton
during the war Of 1872
The Uuion mi on Legislature in Ken
( tuCky, Is estimated 55,O0G, of which Lou
isviIle gives 6 600 Ex-Gov Merriwea;h-
er Sec ) is defeated. So James i Clay,
C,he degenerate son Of Henry Clay,) ty
Judge Bueknsr, UuioDist. This jim
Clay, by the way, vas recently detected 10
trying 10 smuggle some bacon 10 the Sc
cyssiouists, aud les; lis bacon, but saved
bis own carcass Henry Clay's worthy
son, Thomas Il. Clay, (i.ke Daniel Web
s,cr's sou Fletcher is ,'auuch Uliouist.
C1p'rcd, oa3 Sunk On l.t inst,
the L 5 friga;e St Lnwrerce, off Savanna,
was attacked by Jof. DAVIS privsteer-
but in ten minutes tie saucy thing was
,urk, witt Of her crew, 81 bciEg saved
aud seat to Fbi,ai-ipLia, who're they are
POW IN prison. TIE sIuken vessel was one
stolen from the Uui'ed States. Thus for,
the Retel merchantmen and pirates &c;
the wyr-; Ot it.
Cou.res. has given power ample 10 MAKE
the Southern blockade more effective. Il
has been coniessediy deficient,
The Republican Commit Of New York
State offered to the Democratic State Com
mi,tee to call the Convention of the two
parties on the same day aud at the sam :
place, ''i1r the purpose Of enabling the
two Conventions to unite in the nouiua-
ticn Of Union ticket, pledged to a Wig
orous prosecution uf the war, for the res
tora,ion Of the authority Of the Federal
law, 10 all section, otthe coGntry." The
Democrats declined the patriotic proposal.
Ga Tuesday, G,h inst, Congress al
jJurued, after oae moutL'. session, having 2
enacted all they deemed proper aud nee
essary to save ;he Government. They &C
ted together, 10 the main, with great una
nimity aud patriotism.
S4mue, Bowman, D. D., of Lancaster,
while attempting to walk (about four
miles, arouud e eide OF tie Railroad be-
tween Pl.tsburg ani Freeport, 81 August,
fe.l dead, Of heart disease or spople1y
lie was Bishop Of the Proiesiau; Episco-
pal church IL Peuusy wanna, aud was born
IN NIkts Barre 10 $500.
Gen. NJ Dowell has issued bis account
Of the action before Manassas. He says
he wss hiudered from his attack several
days, aud delay would only have made i:
uorse-praises al concerned except Cal.
Niles-and says the reinforccmau,s Of
Johuson tarned victory into repuIss.
The eneny's number and los. be thinks
much greater than our own, which La
gives At less than 500 killed.
The Senate confirmed numerous army
appointments, among them Nsj9r-Gener-
al. Mcclellan, Fremont, Dix, and Banks,
and Brisadier Generals Hooper, Curtis,
NCaI, sherman, Lander. Kelly, Kearny,
Pope, Heinrzlemsn, Porter, Stone, Rey-
Dolds, Hunter, Franklin, Rosencrauz, Bu-
ell, Mansfield, NJ DovelI aud Neigs.
Drafting for troops has already begun
iG Virginia. The Aiju,ant-GeueraI O.
ders the militia to repair to the Cour;
Houses il their respective counties with
ont delay. Abou; twenty thousand men
are wanted
1t is understood that Gen. Beauregari
has hung three traitors, one an engineer
on the Manassas Gap Railroad, another a
preacher, aud ;hiri a farmer.
Gov. Curtin and family are now at A. /.
lau,a City, where they arrived on Saturday
We presume the Governor will be absent
for several days He needs rest and re-
taxation from the laborious duties which
have affected his health.
Our troops occupy a farm adjoining
Noun; Vernon, on this side.
The Government proposals for eight
hundred thousand pairs of shoes, which
we're opened Gay or two since, contained
,ids for five million two hundred aud
hir;y-two thousand pairs, at prices rang
ng from SIS. to 81 20.
We understood from excellent au,hori-
= that Gen. Bsauregard permits drink.
Dg vhstever, either By officers or soldiers.
.et the Uuion,sis follow that example.
PAIN SPOKEN DENoCRAT.-Th. D2y- {
'stg,-a Democrat gives President Lincoiu's
,ar message al unqualified endorsement,
I'd cordially approves of, the policy recon-
reuded therein. Il declares that after the
residents clear and honest statement Of ..
i policy in regard to Fort Sumter, the ;
an who calls this "Lincoln war;" ough, ,
, be set down az either traitor or fool.
Mrs. Jacob Gensil, a strong woman, Of {,
,out 10 years, hung herself in school c
ouse, near Catswis>a, ith Of July Two
her sons had enlisted, which. with the 7
Ici,emeut, destroyed her good jadsm il