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Baltimore Markets.

FLoUR.-super, SIS l2a$5.25; extra, $500;
City Mills super, $5.0oa5.25; extra, $5.5Oa6 so.
Corn Meal, $2,s7 per Dbl.
GRAIN.-Wheat-fair, $l3O.a$l.45; prime,
$l.55a1 go per bushel. Corn--prime white, GA
64c.; prime yellow, 56a5sc. Oats-Md. 33a35c.;
Penn. 37a3Sc. per bushel. Rye, 66a73c. per
bushel.
GUANo.-Peruvian, $50 per ton; Mexican, $22;
White do. $50; Navassa, 500; California, SAT;
Manipulated, $45; Phosphate, SAB. Bone Dust,
$26. ,..,,'.
Hay AND STRAw.-Baled Timothy $l7aI9
per ton, loose $l6al8 Glover, baled $l6alT;
loose $l5al6. Rye Straw $l5al6; DAT straw
$9a9.50; Wheat do. $9a9.50. 9
SEEDS. Glover seed. $4.s7a5Oo.; Timothy do.
So. O0a2.l2; Flaxseed, $l.S5al. 80. sfE
WooL.-Unwashed, 25a28c.; washed, 4oa43c.;
pulled, 30a34c.; common fleece, 40a43c
Provisions. sides, 6a6}c.; shoulders,
43a5c.; Hams, 8a9c.; Lard, 8a85c.
CATTLE.-Prime, $a.25a$5 per 100 lbs. Sheep,
S4.ooa4 80 per 100 lbs. Hogs live, $500 ae.oo
per 100 lbs. aa
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From the Charleston Mercury.
THOSE SABBATH BELLS.

a number Of churches in the South are giving
their church bells " the Confederate authorities
to be cast into cannon. The congregation of the
Second Baptist Church at Richmond not only
gave their church bells, but subscribed suff
Gent sum of money to purchase enough addition
al metal to form battery of artillery, which j.
to be presented gratuitously to the Confederate
authorities.
Those Sabbath bells those Sabbath bells!
No more their soothing music tells
Ofboyhood's dawn and manhood's prime,
Oheered by their morn and evening chime.
No more those tones shall float through air,
Tocall ustoi the House of Prayer;
No more their silvery welcome greet
The Christian at the Mercy seat.
A fercer warning now they tell
Let the oppressor heed it well
Nor dare the stern, relentless might,
UNFOLDING misunderstanding right.
And still we hail the voice that swells
In thunder from those Sabbath bells,
Proclaiming, in defiant tone, ,..zss
We oUn no master saue the Oaei
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Democratic Papers.

In the proceedings of Congress, on
Monday last, we observe that "Mr. Garlic
Of Va, presented petitions in favor Of
allowing Democratic papers the same
privileges Of. the mails as is enjoyed by
the Republican papers. A petition Of
this kind sounds little strange in a Re-
publican Government like our own, where
all are supposed to enjoy equal rights and
common privileges, but it is, nevertheless,
fact that Democratic papers have been
excluded from the mails for no other rea-
son than that the editors and conductors
of those Journals have dared to exercise a
freeman's right in criticising the acts of
the administration, For this act alone,
the administration of President Lincoln
has denied them the right of sending their
papers to actual subscribers by mail
This arbitrary exercise of power has not
been resorted to before by any administra-
ton since the adoption of the Federal Con-
stitution, save the administration of the
elder Adams. The Constitution guaran-
tees the freedom of the press, and yet with
this clause of the. Constitution staring
them full in the face, the republican par.
ty has abridged the freedom of the press by
de 'ying to the conductors of public jour
nails necessary mail facilities. We are
glad that Mr.. Garlic has called the atten-
ton of Congress and the country to the
fact that the present administration has
deprived the Democratic papers of privi-
leges which the Republican papers enjoy.
If the conductors of Democrat papers have
published articles of reasonable charac-
ter, the Government has its remedy in the
law. Outside of that the administration
has no moral or legal right to 60. Ours is
a Government of laws, Or should be-
Lancaster lntellgencer. ....l.
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A SELF-coNsTITUTED VIGILANCE CON-.

A ELF-ooNsTITUTED VIGILANCE CON-
MITTEE IN THE HANDS OF THE LAW
In the court of Sessions of Cumberland
county, Pa, last week, Richard Oswald,
A. j. Kaufman, Jr., and Levi Eberly, all
of Mechanicsburg, were found guilty of
arresting and holding in confinement a
man named John Kennedy. 1t appears
that Mr.. Alvey, prominent lawyer of
Hagerstown, Nd, was arrested by military
authority, in June last, on charge of dis
loyalty, and was brought to Mechanics
burg, en- route for Fort Lafayette. Kenne-
dy, who claimed to be Union man, on
seeing Mr.. Alvey in custody, denounced
his arrest as an outrage, whereupon, it is
alleged, he was taken into custody by the
defendants, who after giving him mock
trial, released him. Soon after he was
again arrested by them and an attempt
was made to compel him to take the oath
Of allegiance. This he refused to do, and
was finally released. The Carlisle Volun-
teer says: ......,..
The case created considerable interest,
and a great many witnesses, as well as
spectators, were in the court room during
the protracted trial. 1t was the first case
Of the kind, perhaps, ever tried in this
country, and it was to decide the question
whether set of fanatical enthusiasts can
with inpunity, and whenever they please,
arrest and insult men who happen to diff
fer with them politically. It was to test
the question whether a self constituted and
unlawful committee of stay-at home pa.
triots dare set the laws and constitution
at defiance at pleasure. a5
The trial occupied two full days, during
the whole of which time the courtroom
was crowded. At this writing the defen-
dants had not been Observation-Disclosures
San.
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Gs- In another column win be found the ad-
vertisement of Messrs. John Murphy & Co., of
Baltimore. Recently this firm published, by au-
thority of the State, the Maryland Code" and
are now about to issue the first volume of the
Supplement. They propose to add to the vol
ume about to be issued many matters of general
interest, and from their well known character as
publishers, we feel safe in assuring our readers
that they may look for a valuable book. For a
full statement, however, of what the work will
contain, we refer the reader to the advertisement
published elsewhere. ... ...
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the steps taken to bring about the change are 30
cautious and gradual, that the Government is
changed from one to the other almost without
notice by the casual observer.
There is no other way Of judging of the future
but by the past; and other nations have lost
their liberty, and we should profit by their ex-
ample. 1t is not to the Demagogue that we must
look for our safety nation, it is to the people,
the source of all power in Government like
our own. ~
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ID I il D.,

On Tuesday, 22d ult., in the soth year of her
age, Mrs. ELIZABETH, relict of the late Major
George McCansland.
T. Death set his fatal seal upon thy brow, but so
calmly didst thou take the impress, that no fear
was seen to mar thy placid features. Thy last
breathed prayer--.iJesus, Lord, INV spirit now.
receive" was heard, and now that spirit pure
rests upon the bosom Of thy God'n ~ ~
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EXECUTORS NOTICE.

This is TO GIVE NOTICE, That the sub
1 scri6er has obtained from the Register Of
Wills OF Hartford county, Md, Letters Testament
airy on the personal estate of
NATHAN GLENN,
late Of Hartford County, decd. All persons hay
ing claims against said deceased are hereby noti-
fled to exhibit the same, with the legal vouchers
thereof, on or before the
29M day Of 4pril, 1863, 4
or they may otherwise by law be excluded from
all benefit of said estate.
All persons indebted to said estate are REQUEST
ed to make immediate payment
Given under my hand and seal this 29th day Of
April, 1862.
ai CLEMENT GLENN,
my-3 T4f III {a85 Executor. a
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A LONG WAR. The Southern Watch

man, a religious paper, says:
"We heard an earnest Methodist divine,
and one who, by the way, is not less bril-
liant as soldier and a statesman than
clergyman, express the opinion that war
Of fourteen or fifteen years duration would
far more desirable to the South than a
short war, because it will take a long time
to wean us from our old habits of CONNER
cial and manufacturing dependence upon
the North, and to purge, but finally and
forever, the last moral, social and political
trace and vestige Of the Union"
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O. TheAlbaiy Eyening Journal Thur
low Weeds paperis constrained to CON
fess that the slaves in the South, who
were expected to assist in their own liber-
alton, have not manifested the alacrity to
embrace the opportunities for freedom
which the Republicans anticipated at an
earlier stage of the war. 1--WE counted, !"
says the yostrnoS, "upon Instructions
terrible and widespread Instructions
among the servlle population but the re-
suit, IT admits, has not come to pass. The
Journal regrets To say that experience has
shown that athe negro has become half
enamered Of bio chains r and adds,
gloomily This Is not pleasant truth
tolearn; but We cannot know it too soon." =
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n%-A correspondent of the New York En-

press says
The letter of the Hon. Reverdy Johnson in re-
lation to the emancipation bill, is strongly indi-
cative that the matter will be brought before the
Supreme Court. The declaration that the law
is unconstitutional, will have great weight com.
ing from one whose legal attachments are so
well known AS Mr.. Jobnson's.
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The Circuit Court for Hartford County.
The April term Of the Circuit Court for Har-
ford County commenced on Monday last, VIM.
Il. Dalam, Esq. prosecuting. The following is
a list of the juries:
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was fined 500. Dallam for the State, o. Scott
for defence. ~
At the call Of the Docket On Monday there
were Az cases disposed Of by judgments, agree
.ments, &c.
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L The WHEAT CRop We learn that the grow
ing wheat in this county generally, is unusually
good, and promises large yield. The impress
sion generally prevails that Notwithstanding the
late frosts, the fruit has been but little injured
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@S- Large quantities of shad and herring are
being caught at Havre-de-Grace, and report says
they are selling lower than for several years
past. ., .... ....
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MARRIED.

On the 22d Of April, by Rev. Neville Rolfe
JAMES TROTT, of Baltimore, to Miss SALLIE
E. COWEN, of Hartford County. s}
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The DIsTANcEs.--Taking Richmond
to be the centre, the following shows at a
glance the distance of different points in
Virginia from there: 3
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The following cases have been disposed Of: si
State vs.. William Weston Waters, indicted
for entering the store Of Charles w. Jones, and
taking therefrom q sum Of money. This case
was from Cecil County Tried BY q Jury
dict not guilty. Dallam for the State. d. W. 4
Archer for defence. 4. 81 III
4 State yssJohn J. Ferguson, indicted for SELL
ing liquor on Sunday. Plead guilty and wa
fned $40. Dallam for state, O. Scott for de-
fenceg
State y. Jchn .. Fufeuson, indicted for SEN
ing liquor without license. Plead guilty and
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The Evacuation of Manassas.

a correspondent Of tie Columbus En-
quirer, writing from Culpepper, c. H., Va,
llth ait, says the Army Of the Potomac
broke up winter qonr,sr. on Saturday morn.
ing, and took up the line cf march for Cor
dopsville. The weather was fine aud the
troops got along well.
Our tent. and nil extra baggage have
been burned, with a considerable amount OF
quarterna-ier and commissary stores, the
transportation not being sufficient to enable
Us TO bring them. several bunercd good
blankets were burned by our regiment A.
Ions, and other regiment. have destroyed an
equal number and all along the road you
can see blankets aud knap,acks that have
been cast of by our poor, foot-sore soldiers.
Some who were allowed to get into the
smbuianccs, but were compelled TO throw
away their blankets, etc, as IL was IA much
~ the teams could do TO poll the siek.
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lToR The LANCASTER LEDGxR.I

FELLw CITIZENS - As :he company which
l nm cndenvOrIng To raise is still incomplete
and MS conscripti"n will be the order after
the 10Th inst, ! once more appeal to you
TO come forward, and save yourselves and
your District from the disgrace which must
attach, shonld draft have To be resort,d 10
When | tell YOU TINT YOUR homes. your
property, your liberty, aud all you hoI6 dea;
aud sacred this side the eternnl brink. il in
danger, can you longer hesitate? When
Interests such as these arc trembling fear
fully IN the balance is there any sacrifice YOU
may be called upon to make too grrat2 Is
II Tor the security of these that you would
tcIgn stay al home? ! tell yun their preat.
est security is in your standing forth upon
our b"rders 10 resist the advance of the. en-.
emy into the interior. TO be plain and can.
did, this is NJ time when the Samsuns of
the country should be at ease in their DE
Iilah's laps. II we expect to be free and in
dependent, the time has come when We
should put To the utmost tension every mus.
Gle and tendon of our national fabric When
We remember The sole object of III. enemy
is I" sutJugate and euslave us, and that by
a tremendous effort he has succeeded in
gaining footing upon athe soil of hearty
every State in the Coniedcrncy, it is plaim,
this call for troops is no Idle ana srnselrs,
thing. The eXigencics of the country d.. .
mnnds 1t. She must and will have them. -
Is there man in our midst. who in after
times, will dare TO boast that "hi. house
was secure and frurisn-d il this civil war %
We expect To meet for the last time a.
the Court House on Monday next. Should
We hli To complete our roll nj tlai time,
further effort upon our part will be useless
STAY not ba.k. then, let no man lay TO him
Sci: the hatterIng unciion that there vii! be
enough without mim--n this vow may b.
deceived r. |. CRAWFORD
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Lecture on China.

In accordance with previous notice, Dr.
Charles Taylor delivered . very entertaining
Lecture, at this place. on Tuesday evening last,
on the Manners and Customs of the Chinese
The object of the Lecture, as before stated, was
for the benefit Of the Ladies' Soldiers Aid As.
sociation at this place. For this gratuitous Of
fering, at considerable inconv venience TO him.
self, DR.. Taylor is entitled to the hearty thanks
OF the country. There were q good many per-
sons in a,tendance-perhaps2 200 in all. We
have heard but one opinion expressed in regard
to the Lecture; all profess TO have been well
pleased and entertained by il.
DIR. Taylo" has published bool, entitled
give years in China" 1t is very interesting
work, rs well as instructive. Should any of our
readers desire to procure . copy Of it. they
may do so by application to Rev. Mr.. Walker,
at this place.
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Prom CuIinth.

The latest Intelligence We have from this
section is that the Confederate forces are
gathering rapidly At Corin,h. Gen. Glad.
deu's brigade had returned from Bethel,
the enemy, about live th"u-and strong,
having disappeared from the point on the
Tennessee river to whch lie was directed
to dispute their landing. II is believed lha,
the ohjrc' Of the enemy is Corintb, and nt
thu, place our Generals nre preparing 10
give him battle General Bragg was al
Corinth, and Gen. Beaureguard was eypec-
ted from Jackson. II vas impossible 10
ale the exact force at Corin,h. # is only
known that regiments have been pouring in
there from all quarters for awe.k. The
report Of the destruction Of the bridges on
the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, between
Corinth ami Jackson, is not true. The NJ.
tempt was made BY a party of the enemy,
but Confederate COMPANY arrived in time
to prevent j..
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Iron Tfik LANCASTER iEDoKR.1

The Ladies' Soldiers Aid Society Of Ian.
baskerville acknowledges the receipt of S54
and 55 cents, tho proceeds Of Lecture on
China, delived ir our Village on the 25th
ut., by DR.. Charles Taylor. The Society
would respectfully return their sincere
thanks 10 DIR Taylor for this act of kind
ness, by which large audience was highly
entertained and instructed, and the Society
aided to very considerable degree in ear
r,ing on the work of charity in which we
are engaged.
By vote of the Society, 800 of the pro
ceeds OF the Lecture. was appropriated us n
donation to the "Wayside lIo.pital," in
Camden. recently established by the Ladies
OF that place. for the benefit of onr sick or
wounded soldiers, returning from camp
! would also state that all accounts n.
ganst the Society have been settled, and
we have balance of S4l.55 remaining in
the Treasury, to be appropriated hereafter
"s the S"cerv may deem best.
The thanks of the Society are nso due,
and are hereby rendered, TO Mr.. Connnrs Tor
his kindness in publishing for us fire.. OF
charge. MRS. NJ. p. CRAWFORD,
President of Sociely
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&4ssss3S Se444s, ,6s

This war, says the Montgomery Advertisey,
Is matter Of dollars and cents with the Yam.
KEGS. They have expended vast sums Of money,
and are incurring an enormous national debt
which they hope and expect TO make the peo-
pie Of the South pay. They are no. fighting
for honor or principle-riose are virtues Of
which they have no conception-or for the
Unioa as it was They are sighting for the
possession Of the wealth Of the south, feeling
well assured that the North must at the close
Of the war he crushed by Its debt unless the
Government succeeds. There is no reason TO
believe that the debt Of the Yankees will have
any effect In stopping the war. The probable.
~ is that the larger il grows the more desp.r.
stely they will fight The people Of the South
are sighting for honor, for their homes and for
freedom. The Northesners are fighting Tor
national existence to save themselves from
utter degradation and ruin. They are mercen.
AIRY to the last degree, and will struggle des.
perately to make us pay the price of our dis.
grace. and We must make up our minds to
fight to the death In defence Of honor, pro-
perty, lie aud liberty.
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WAR NEWS:
Another Battle in Vlrginia

RICHMOND. March 25.-A despatch re-
ceived this evening by Governor Letcher,
SAYS that st half past four o'clock, on Sun.
day afternoon, Gen Stonewnll Jackson en-.
gagged the enemy, $1,000 sriohg. IT. Bartun's
A,ls, five miles this side Of Winchester.-
After severe battle he was compelled 10
retreat, with II heavy loss Of men aud OF.
GERS. Captain AniTum is wounded and a
prisoner Lieutenants Dale aud Watson, IF
the 6tn Virginia, ste killed. Captain Buford,
III. jor Jackson and Lieutenant Wilians are
missing, aud supposed to be- killed. Our
loss Was about 200. General Jackson re-
treated 10 Cedar Creek, having hi baggage
all sale in the rear. The enemy are nd.
vnncing.
RICHMOND. Marcn 26.-The President has
received II letter from Gen. S,onew all Jack
son s"! ing that he m"d fight ut Wiuches.
te' Oh sunday, WIN 1900 OF the enemy
uni: nightiaIl, when boln side, ceased from
the contest jackson fell back 10 a uetter
Position Ut Cedar Creek, leaving Colonel
Ashb,'s cavalry in possession of the field.
wnere they remained until ,n"rning The
enemy also moved during The ught, push,
ing his retreat towards Winchester. Our
loss Was tonsiderubie in Officers and men !;
that Of the enrmy "ns enormous
Later espatches Tx our loss in the Win
chester battle at betw cen $50 ami 400 killed
aud wounded. In the Second Virginia
Regiment the loss is thought ,o be about
100. Col. l. L. Muure, Of W inchester, ~
killed The encmy's loss is from l2OO to
1900 Col Repols, Of the Twenty Sew
enth Virginia Regiment, was wounded in
the arm Gen. Shields, who commanded
the enemy, was wounded. Our army is
now ut Wu"dstock The enemy il ut Stras.
burg. Lieut.. Richard II. Lee Of the Sec.
ond Virginia Regiu.n,, was wounded, and
i. Ii. Towner, of Jefferson county, wns
killed.
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Board Of Exemption.

The Military Board of Exemption, for this
District, sat at tins place on Thu sdsy aud Fri
day OF last week, II accordance with the orders
previously published. The Board was compost
ed of Col. James IL. Witherspoon, Lieut. Col.
Gardner and Maj J. J. Craig. ding Of
fce's OF Zlst Regiment, S. q. 81, and Drs r..
S. Mellow, =. wylie and Nesbit. The eremp.
tions granted for physical infrmity, We under
stand, arc about thirty. The rules laid down
by the Surgeon General for the government Of
the Board are very ridid the list OF applicants
PASSED upon by the Board show larger nun.
Der OF mot exempts" than ''exempts." In ad
dition to the above. there are IA good many eX
empt by law, as Clergymen Physicians, School
masters, &c.
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The New COMPANY.

The Company OF Volunteers which DR.. r l..
Crawford and other gentlemen have been in.
struuicrial in RAISING, was organized ut this
place on Monday last by the election of the
following Officers:
K L. Crawford, Captain.
J. ii. Xix, LIST Lieut..
r. NJ. Welsh, Cd 4"
Lewis J. Perry, Sd
This Company is well officered, and the ma,
;e,ial in genei al ot which tits composed, is not
inferior to that OF any other Company that has
!eit the District. The Company Is not yet com
plete-it lacks some 10 or IL of having the
requisite number. II these are not forthcon
ing. OF course the whole matter falls to the
ground and the district will have to sustain
draft. The members have appointed TO meet
here again oil next Monday. when it will be as
certained whether the company can be made
up. We ask attention to the spirited appeal
from DR.. Crawford in this paper.