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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1861-05-29

BALTIMORE. May 20.
The IeraId's correspondent ssys: Two
person are under examination, charged with
treason. for enlissing troops from Baltimore
to join The Southern army. Two thoussnd
such troops have Iefs baltimore up 10 ihis
time, but Il wss not certain these persons
had any hand in their enlistment.
The Norfolk Register pronounces The
statement shs. there are 800 Indians Of
North Caroline In arms q Norfolk 70 b
false.
Tho Richmond Examiner ssys: Gen.
johnson, commander Of the Utah .Expedi-
,ion. has been ordered 10 the commsnd OF
the Confederate forces q Harper's Ferry.
Also that General Besuregsrd hss been Or.
iered 10 Norfolk. and that JEFF Davis viii
be at Richmond Monday next.
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PERSONAL ArPEARAscE ~ Srcrssro,
LEADERS The Wilmington journal thu
describes General Beauregard and Jefferson
Davis:
General Deauregard has not single An
glo-Saxon feature 10 his face. The whole
tone Of his countenance and attitude wuoIs
lead any one 10 expect him to speak Ia sou.s
OF the languages OF Continental Europe. II
is French face, but Of the style Cavsignac
or Lamoriciere /. is the solid type oI
Frenchmen.
Mr.. Davis looks young for his age. which
is well over fifty. lie might be . preacher, .,
for any ire-eaiing expression about him.
Bot for the square and slrsighlly.opene ed
eyes and habi,ualIy. closed mouth, firm as
iren, no one would suspect M. Davis or be.
ing the civi, and military leader Of q grea,
national movement.
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How CONSTITUTIONS SHOULD DE CnAscEp
While the Convention which formed ths
Constitution OF the United Slates wac Ia
session Of Philadelphia, Mr. Jefferson, the
representing our county q the Court oI
France, wrote as follows, in . letter 10 M.
Dumas. under date Of September 10, 1887.
"Our Federal Convention is likely 10 81,
ill October. There 10 general disposition
throughout the States to sdop, wha. they
shall propose, and we may be assured their
propositions will be wise. o. more noble
assembly never sat in America. Happily
Tor us, when We find our Constitutions de.
fec,ive and insufFicien, to secure the hap
piness Of our psoplc. we can assemble with
all the coolness Of philosophers and set II,
10 rights, while every other nation on earth
must have recourse to arms TO amend Or 10
restore their Constitutions"
What reproach 20 the present genera
lion is contained 10 the concluding words or
his extract! Jefferson didn't foresee this
wicked and perverse generation.
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IsDIAEAP LIS. Nay 20.
Governor Dennison, Of Ohio. sccompsn-
led BY Msjor-c cenersl Mcclellan and Colo.
mel Stsgcr, ainved here this afternoon.
Governor Yates. Of Illinois. 10 expected
TO arrive to morrow morning.
Governor Dennison was serensded at the
Bates House this evening, and made short.
but patriotic address. in which he said the
Constitution and the Union must bc main.
tained; traitors and treason must and shall
be PIT down. and II necessary for the army
10 60 10 Virgins or South Carolina to put
down rebellion, they must 60 there.
General Mcclellan also made Z short
speech 10 behalf Of the troops OF the forth.
west under his command.
Senator L'ne being loudly called for.
came forward and addressed the people 10 q
stirring and patriotic war speech.
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Kentucky Legislature.
FRAHKroar, Msy -.

Senator Psstt offered resolution today.
which lies over one day that 10 order 70 ID.
wise the next Legislature Of tho popular
will the Ksntuckians vote for OF sgainst o.
cession on The first Monday 10 August.
The Legislature sdjourns 20 Morrow.
The House lss concurred 10 The Senate
bill reorRanizing the militia. and sppropsis-
ting $1,000. 900 for srmiae Kentucky.
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GTA rough individual. whose knowledge
Of classical language was not quite com.
ple'e had been sck. and on recovering was
told by bic doctor that he might take Iiule
animal food. "No. sir" said he. .Itook
your cruel easy enough. but hang me II !
can 20 your hay and oats"
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WAsHIscroS, May %.


The election in Virginia TO day excites
but little remark here. the result being q
foregone conclusion.
The soldiers az Alexsndria voted. the 70.
suit being one hundred and thirty.lhree in
favor Of secession, two against il. and four
not voting. state this on the suthority Of
the papers OF that town.
The Charleston papers show that the
blockade az Charleston has been rsised.-~
On Monday one OF The Confederate vessels
sailed out Of the hsrbor and cruscd fer
twenty miles north and south OF the bar,
reported nothing to be seen Of the block.
ading squadron. The Marine Report shows
that vessels continue 10 arrive and depart
ss formerly. On Monday On English vessel
entered, and sslotsd the c Confederate nag @
she passed Sumter.
A gentle man, high 10 the confidence Of
he Virginia patriots. arrived here to-day
rom Wheeling through Hsrpers Ferry. 70.
ports 1000 troops there. badly armed and
equipped ani previsioned. and not formid.
'ble. lie says that North western Virginia
will form State embracing sixty counties,
o which the Union feeling is nearly unani.
nous.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1861-05-29

GEsERAL Tsiccs HAS PERSONAL AZ.
FAIR WITH President BUcnAxAx.-Gsner
a! Twigss considers Mr.. Buchanan denun.
ciaiion Of him just before he Ieft Washing.
ton, as pcrsoaal afffons. He. therefore
addressed letter 10 Mr.. Buchanan, after
The latter had retired from Office, dated Eas,
PascagouIs. March 80. holding him person.
ally responsible, in the following language:
Your usurpcd right to dismiss me from The
army nigh. be nequisced in. but you had no
right 70 brand me as traitor. This was
personal. and | shall treat il as such, moi
through The fpspess. but in person. Ishail,
most assurcdly. pay . visit 10 Lancaster, for
The sole purpose Of personal interview
with you. So, sir, prepare yourself lam
we'll assured that public opinion will sane.
ZION any course may take with you.
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What He Would Do,

The man 'hst will take newspaper fol
. length Of time. and send II back "refused'
and unpaid for. would sw al ow a Ulind dogs
dinner. and then stone the dog for being
blild.-Ex.
He would do worse than that. He would
marry girl on trial and send her back to
her father at the end Of the honey. m DON,
with The words dom. suit chalkcd on her
back.-fron City.
Worse than that. He would steal the
chslk TO write il with. after which he would
use i on his shirt to save the expense Of
washing. and then sue his wifs's father for
her months boarding.-A dvertiser
He would DO worse than thst. He would
get up at the hour Of midnight. burn HE
shirt 10 steal corn from blind sow.-
Georgetown Union.
Worse than that. He'd sell bis birth.
right for less than q mess o. pottage, and
betrsy the conidenc Of every friend he had
'E earth. Ills soul would dance iandango
IN the tail OF a comma. Such q being shonld
'e winked at BY blind people. and kicked
across lots BY crippes-respec,ed only BY
cIons, despsed and Ioa,hed BY the honest
md yirtuous. .-Ironton Reg.
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Confscation by the Legislature Of the
Property Of Senator Mason in Penn
ovlvoufo

EloPexty oI oenator mason IN Penn
\ sylvania.
! II VIII be remembered that report we,
In cifculsiion a few days since Of the ares
Of John NJ Mason on the charge Of treason
This. however, proved incorrect. We nov
ne,ice that The Legislature Of Pennsylvania
hss. however. taken hold Of something more
vaiuable than Senator Mason himself. viz
his estate 10 that State. The New York
Hersld's Phiadeiphia correspondent says:
Mason was fortunate enough. some years
ago, to marry lady Of Pennsy ivania ma med
Chew, whose father The late Benjamin Chew.
Esq, inherited from his father, one OF the
Chief justices Of Pennsylvania, (himsel.
BY the way. little BIT suspected OF Toryism
IN the days Of the Revo!ulion) a large coun-
ny seat. as i then was. in the neighborh hood
|of Germantown. but now part OF The incor.
porated city Of Philatelpha. Owing 10 the
progress Of The city nor,hwsrd this estate
has become Of great value, and John Mason
thus became . rich man 10 Pennsylvanio,
in right Of his wife.
The matter has been deliberately con.
ccived. Evidences Of Masons treason have
teen collected in Virginia. where, as here,
he has many enemies. and will, in rood
time be forthcoming. Certified copies CT ollI
the Chew title papers are now in a course
OF preparation. Colonel Ben Chew, his
broiher-in-law. and other family connec.
tons, i is said. will interposc no obstacles
Several persons in and bout ermantown
-opera'ors in town lo,s. &c. and patriotic.
ally spirited gcn'lemen-ars forwarding the
matter, and il virginia goes of. 50 does Mr..
Mason's estate.
send you an abstract Of the act as IL sp.
pears in our papers. and will send you the
biz when il Is printed.
Mr.. Ball read an act relative 10 John M
Mason. now or lately Senator OF the Uni.
ed States. Il alleges that Mr. Mason has
'een guilty Of treason. in giving aid and
'omfort to rebels; that he or his wife are
Possessed Of valuable properly in PhadeI
'hla. and authorizes the Speaker 10 appoin,
committee 10 examine into the facts, anc
eport 10 the Legislature hereafter. and until
aid communities shaIl make report. no con.
eyance Of said properly shall be acknow.
'dsed. and u The allegations shall prove
rue said estate o: John ~. Mason and wife
hail be forfeited To the Commonwealth. ID
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1861-05-29

Very nearly two hundsed and twenty
thousand men, regulars and volunteers are
now enlisted for The war.
No more volunteers will be accepted until
this immense force 10 properly organised.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1861-05-29

GT'Is Il possible. Miss. shs. you dou',
know The names Of some Of Jour best
fsisndsi"
"Csrtsnly-I DO not know even whss Az
own may BE IN sysss from ,his tms."
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1861-05-29

EHrHAr'c.-A young man Of good stand
ing recently proposed an honorable mar.
riase 70 young lady cut west, whsn no 70.
ceived ior an snswer: Get out. you feIIer.-
Do you think ! would sleep wilh : mani
will sell your mother.
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Virginia Election -Hurah for Western
Virginia.

PsrkersbuFg. s3o sos Union, ~ for g.
cession.
Marietta. OH ths precincts opposite
here, 10 Wood County, no Secession vote
was poIled. WhseIing-2 sos Union, so'
Secession. Taylor County 700 Un-
ion majority. Hsrrison Couasy--Abous
1000 Onion msiorisy. Wood County -
AboCii1 COO Union majority. Preston Ccua.
y-Ssrong UnIou. Berkeley County
About 100 Uoios nsjority.
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WAsHiEcToH, Msy "a, 1850.
Fifteen thousand sroors crossed into vir.
e'nia last night, and are now occupying Ar.
line'on Heights and Alexsndris.
Two thousand rebels were taken prisonsrs
at AIexsndris.
Col Ellsworth was killed. after the sur.
render Of Alexandra. BY a shot from .
house.sop.
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JASPER, INDIANA,
SstiIl At his old home, and always ready
- 10 attend those who may want HE scrvi.
ces, snd render them 70 The utmost of hls
ability. ApriI g. 80.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1861-01-25
The Right Spirit.

The following, from a communication by
the Reverend D. II. Miller, a Connections
Baptist preacher. to the Christian Secrets-
ry, breathes an excellent spirit:
The time has come for Christians to pray
for the ''peace and prosperity of the land;
the time has come for ministers of the Cos
pei to preach the Gospel, and leave politics
to the politicians~to undo, as far as possi-
bic the evil which a departure from minis
terial duty has produced; for to the political
partisan preachers. more than to any other
class, is TO be attributed our present treul
bles as a country.
Nv love to the country-North, South.
East, West, with all the sectional ills to be
found, leads me to cry, tod bless thee,
my country 1t is now that the firm
believer 10 the doctrine of the sovereignty
of God, In all the purposes and plans OF life,
is enabled to trust with comforting assurance
that all will eud well; for He who hath said,
better is the end CT a thing than the be-
ginning thereof is ''the Lord God omDlpo-
tent" who reigneth over all.
Talk not of 1.-TWO nations 1of "disunlon"
it cannot be; it must not be. Let the
provisions Of the Fugitive slave law" be
enforced; let the personal liberty bills" BE-
repealed; give, if need be, all protection to
the South demanded, for slavery where It
exists, but let not a dissolution OF the Union
take place.
Is it possible that the time is coming
when two American armies are to meet IN
deadly conflict? when they shall march to
battle by the music of their undivided Da-
tional airs, and with the undivided memo
ries Of the Revolution still fresh in their
minds % 4 war. this, Of families; Of thila
against parent, brother against brotl eff.
Christians of the same denomination against
each other; impossible, It'll too horrible: let
it be prevented By a union Of patriotism
a love Of God and man. . that God nay
direct the thoughts of his people and lead to
earnest prayer for the ''peace Of the land"
and direct the political leaders Of the coun-
try to such ~expedients as will perpetuate
the Union, and SO guide the Pens of our
editors that they may bedipped in love rath-
er than worm.wcod and gall. For the u
Mon let US contend With such a spirit, and
such a force, that the agitatlons North and
South. of secession and civil war, will yet
gladly seek a hiding p ace in the folds of
our nations banner, the flag of great. a
glorious, a united people.
D. HENRY MILLER.
sT:l D,o 81
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Mariden, Dec. 1860.
susGlgo OF ara Eminent Clergy
man..

On Saturday evening last the Rev Robs.
C. Rice, one Of the most eminent ministers
of the Christian or Reforned Raptot Church,
arrived at the Spencer House. in Cinclnna-
ii, en- route from Philadelphia to bis homo
at Eminence, Ky. He immediately went
to his room, and is not brown ever to have
left it. Late on Sunday night the room was
forced open, aid Mr. r found dead on his
bed, ha@ine shot himself with a pistol. On
the table lay an open bible, and a sealed
note, addressed to Mayor Bishop, of which
the following is u copy:
''Please have my poor body pat in ger
teel case and sent, without molsstafion to
Eminence, Ky where | hope it wiIlbe laid
beside MY dear Eliza. My Christian char
actcr is impeached, and by misfortune the
means Of vindication are cut off. | have
been q true man. have lived for the good Of
mankind and the glory Of God. never fu-
jured a human being Intentionally have
preached faithfully the true Gospel Of Christ,
and to the cross of Christ | have ever CLING,
as The ground of my hopes. Take charge
Of my trunk, money and clothes here :opay
all charges. But all is lost-my mind fran
tie-lny heart crushed.
"R. G. RICE"
The a%llnaionn ''m5 dear Eliza" is to his
first wife. The deceased, says the Commer~
cioi, stood high in his church as a maj emf
uent for piety and learning. No other
cause IS assigned for the act by his friends
than a settled melancholy induced by tho
separation Of his second wife from him. Il
is bat recently that he married the last time.
and his wife parted from him q few days sf~
ter their nuptials.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1861-01-25

THE WASHINGTON MILIrARY.-The Ma
tional Volunteers Of Washington City, with
a muster-roll Of five hundred names, lately
held a meeting,in which they declared that
the destinies Of Washington were identified
with Virginia and Maryland; declared that
the charge Of an organization to prevent the
Inauguration Of Lincoln was unfounded and
ridiculous; and denounced, as a wantcn and
wicked act of folly, the converting Of the
city into an armed camp; and charge that
the design is to provide aid for the enemies
Of the South. They passed the following
resolutions:
1. That we will stand by and defend the
South, and that under no circumstance
will we assume a position of hostility to her
interests, Or affiliate with a military orgaui-
cation prompted by a partisan spirit to sub
serve the aims Of the Black Republican par
ty.
2 That the reign of terror attempted TO
be inaugurated in our midst is a system of
tyranny which calls for the most emphatic
rebuke.
3. That we will aid each other and all
good citizens against abolition violence, in
suits, and attacks upon private property.
4. We will act in the event of the with
drawa! Of Maryland and Virginia from the
Union 10 such manner as shall best secure
ourselves and those States from the evils of
a foreign and hostile government within
and near their borders.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1861-01-25

We lay before our readers on this page
tho Crittenden resolutions, and those Of the
Virginia Legislature. recommending them.
They will be found in the proceedings Of the
Legislature. We believe the resolutions of
Mr. Crittenden constitute q fair and reason
able basis Of adjustment. We approve not
only the spirit but the terms Of tho resoiu-
tons. We call upon the candidates for
Convention to define their views in regard
to Mr.. Crittenden's proposition.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1861-01-25

In a speech on the 8th CT January, Gov.
Dickinson, of New York. said:
This Union so heneicently founded. CAP
only be maintained upsu the great princi-
pie of justice and equality. Gan it be main
tanned by foreef Gan members Of the Con-
federacy be coerced into fidelity? Is is cue
thing to enforce the Constitution and mains
tain t1e lavss it is another to eoerce y State.
Let him who thinks that q State can be co.
creed, coerce the sun to shine by legal en-.
actmeDt. [Cheers. Coerce the rains Of
heaven to fall on the just and the unjust
alike, coeroo the stare to trcmble, coercs
the tides to ebb and flow, then go and CO.
cree a free State into fidelity. [Cheers
Captain Ryrders said;
"Who in this assembly would take it up.
on himself to say that Gen. jackson, If a.
live. would take sides against the South.
\ Voiee-The reverse was said-that no
would protect them in their constitutional
rights Capt. Rvnders said be simply ask
Q the question-would Gen. Jackson have
taken that side Gen. Jackson was for
maintaining the integrity of this Union -
He was right We are all for that. The
negro was the golden calf set up by the
Black Republicans for worship,aud the Con-
s~titutlon was Che tablet that had in conse-
quence b ea smashed in pieces. TWAS tres.
son to the Democratic party to say that thew
would assist in coarcing the people ofSouh
Carolina. If it comes to fighting for or a.
gainst her, exclaimed the Captain, hv ID
the gods on high Olympus, / Will fight tx
her. il I Bite The dust In dong IT,"
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The Hon. John 4. Gilmer writes to 6
friend In NORTH Carolina, that ''if the hon.
est masses North and South can be induced
without passion, and with their cool hexds
to understand the abstract points Of differ
ence involved in the present disputes, they
will at once arm themselves with the frater-
nal spirit Of their revolutionary fathers. in
fuse the same into their political sgonts.
and force a settlement Of all sectional diff
%culties, and again return to their fields,
shops and schools. The free States ought
to know that all the chances are on their
side; that they have a surplus population
with which to settle the Territories, while
the South bas none, and they should FEEL
satisfied that the laws Of climate, soil and
productions will settle the questions Of sla-
very extention at last, in spite Of the theo-
ries' about which the politicians of the two
sections have each other SO much by the
Mr.. Gilmcr says, Il would have the
at once pull Up their stskes, and come
and pitch their tents around Washington,
aud command their representatives to ad ust
the difficulties which now divide the two
grsat and powerful sections"
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It is now said that the President has Ia
ken his position in regard to the affairs in
Charleston, and has deliberately made up
bis mind as to the course be intends to pur-
sue, and under 20 circumstances viii he
surrender Fort Sumpser TO the authorities
Of South Carolina. Unless the surrender is
made, Col. Hayno says oceans Of blood will
be split.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1861-01-25

be by him destroyed, and tie said notes
cease to be issued.
10th. The provisions of the Sd. 4th and
9th sections, chapter 1913, of the Gods, sp-
plicable to Bank notes, shall be held te ap-
ply to the Treasury notes. .
18th 1t shall be lawful for the Banks Of
the State to discount or purchase any note or
notes issued under this act.
18th. 1t is in force from its passage;
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1861-01-25

The South Carolina Methodist Conference
recently in session. at the lose Of a series
of resolutions, ''tender to the State of South
Carolina their encouragement, their sympa-
thios, their affections, their intercessions
with heaven in her behalf, their a!l-suh-
ject only to the paramount claims Of God
upon them"
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1861-01-25

The New York Courier des Itats Unis,
in a recent number, contains q letter from
an old officer of the French army. in which
the writer predicts that, on q dissolution Of
the Union. the present Emperor Of the
French will make an attempt to recover the
Louisiana country ceded By the first Napo-
leon.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1861-01-25

Property recently valued at sixty thou
sand dollars in New Orleans. sold a few
days ago for nine thousand dollars, at y
months credit.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1861-01-25

Charleston is three-eights Of mile be-
yond the range Of the best she'll thro wing
gun in Fort SumpteF.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1861-01-25

( son of Vice president Hamlin has been
appointed to a c~lerksbip in the Land Office
at Washington.