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Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1862-04-08
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Last Saturday, the Rebels a, I,lant
No. 10 brought out their floating battery
but it Was soon silenced by our gun boats
which seem to gain upon the enemy
slowly bu: surely.
The enemy seem to have perfect knowl
edge ot all our movements around Fortres.
Monroe, where our forces are concentra.
ting. 1t is believed that Mcclellan will
move on Richmond from the seabosrd
rather than from Manassas. There are
signs of fear III Richmond, where (as a,
Memphis) they are removing cotton,
tobacco, &c, further into the 10 terror.
Gen Banks has been down to Manassas
from Winchester, and is constantly push.
ing the Rebel, further back into the Val
ley of Virginia.
The President has still further divided
the responsibility BY Gen. Banks having
assigned to him the Army of the Sbenan.
doah, and Gen. NJ Dowell the Army of the
Rappahannock. This leaves M'Cielleu
the Army of the Lower Potomac, aud is a
fair chance for him to distinguish himself
and do good service.
The country will rejoice to hear that the
President has decided to release no more
Rebel prisoners uuti. they set free Corco.
ran aud all our Union prisoners. We have
freed thousands more than they have, and
they have violated special agreements for
particular men. Hundreds of Rebels on
parole, have taken up arms against US.
On the lower Potomac (as elsewhere)
the Rebels are falling back as fast as the
Union forces press them closely. The
Rebels fight only when they think they
have Us ut a disadvantage.
During the winter, Rebel Kentucky
Rsgimentat Manassas, attempted to return
home, its tine having expired, bat was
refused, and fgb, followed in which one
hundred or over we're killed, and the Ken
tuckians, BY Bcaureguard's orders, we're
to remain.
From Tennessee we learn that, on Sum-
day, Col. Buford, with two or three Reg /
lmenis from hear Island No. 10, and with |
cavalry and artillery from Hickman, un-
der Col. Key, made descent on Union
City, Tenn, after forced march of thirty
niles, and drove out the Rebels, who were
made to fly in all directions. The enemy
oss several meu and large quantity of
torres and property Of that nature. Our
oss vas one man killed. The Rebels
numbered about 800 cavalry, and nearly
8 many infantry.
RoLLA, No, April Letters from
ur army in the Southwest, say that the
.ebels under Price and Van Dorm are
ioving towards Memphis, iu response to
call from Beauregard for help, and ell
10 Rebel forces 10 the West are ordered
concsotrsts in Western Tennessee for |
great and desperate struggle. ~
Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1862-04-08

On board a Schooner, March 80.

Vu UUdEu q OCuJonSA, Aoieh wv
/ During our advance movement, We were
/ out full week, without tents, exposed to
the rains, and withou, facilities For writing
Since then, have been very busy, aud
daily waiting further developments.
! Last Friday, We left Washington, and
visited MCall's division in M'Dowelrs
corps. They were several miles beyond
Alexandris, on the hill. surrounding Fort
Ellsworth Found Capt. T. Chamberlin,
Lieut. T. M'Faddin, and all the Slifer
Guards, we'll and 10 good spirits, but had
not time to visit Capt. Roush and other
friends. The division is one Of the best
in the army, aud Union county may well
be proud Of her representatives, in the
Pennsylvania Reserves. The boys all
seem tired Of insc,ion, aud are in suspense
to know what par. they are to play in the
grand programme, "On to Richmond" ="
Nicholas Gay and Henry Strausser, of
Winfield, are the only Union county men
in our battery. l have been pu. on staff
duty, and could not 90 with our company
on Friday. The Chaplain and myself
we're lucky enough to get our horses
embarked with Tidbalrs aud Weeds bat
teries, yesterday, aud ourselves in Capt.
Woods cabin While our deck is covered
with snow, and the cold rain is falling,
we are enjoying all the comforts of a
parlor-exceptins absent friends and
home associations.
Yesterday, while hurrying along the
wharf, heard my name called, and looked
around in surprise to meet the gay
uniform Of a cannonier emerging from
load of cannon on ferry boat ard leapng
upon the pier towards me. The voice |
could not rec 'guize, but i. was the impul
sive move and eager grasp of Oscar Sands,
of Mifiiaburg Tic is in good health, aud
says he is determined to show croakers at
home that he can serve cannon and his
country notwithstanding his minority.
This morning, We hove anchor at Alex
andris, aud are now gliding down The
Potomac. We have just passed Mount
Vernon. With my glass could plainly
see Washingtou's tomb, the ola mansion
and other dwellings and outbuildlngs,
walks, graves, shrubbcry, bu. no living
thing was visible. In silence, we stood
aud gazsj upon the real panorama which
often passed before our childish visions.
FoRrREss MONROE, Wedn. morning,
April 2.-We are anchored close by the
Monitor, and can see the indentations
made by the Merrimac. All squiet here,
save loud cheering as the vessels pass the
Monitor l am a little sea-sick-could
not eat any breakfast. The Capt. is
goiog ashore. and will mail this TG q. /
Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1862-04-08
by Last Nights Mails,


n.. ue I mon forces were on Sunday Gv,
lie' from lorktOwn. Gen. Wool ,b;nL,
VIII not fnd many Rebels to febt
ns s NSrrimae was coaiiuc up. "'
Cusary Gu p holds the Manassas Gap.
Gen Banks has reached Eden.bnrr
etseen Corinth aud Memphis. ''"'
some J Yankees landed at Biloxi
one Of our gunboais run mas, NJ IN
prospects, there, favorable
w, forces we're believed to be boub,,.
y : Macon, Pulaski, and New Orleap.
'e's say they must have son 0no
T.. + 70 oI''e tack the invaders.
''' Alaecrda' Is Wei. a.sgll,
Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1862-04-08
The ISaajucy GazeHe remarks

IS- Whenever the Argus editors ge,
into au uneuviable position, they seek to
divert the public odum by the most vul.
gar personal abuse of the CHRONICLE. A
sheet Of tha; sort is no credit to Lewisburg
or Uniou county, and we have daily proof
that is only an index Of the intellectual
and moral state of its conductors, and not
Of the more respectable portion of its own
party, who loathe its virGIence.
We last week alluded to one scurrilous,
libellous issue from that press, to which it
retorts that the Chronicle Office furnished
the copy .JroHs pktch the burlesque was
drawn"-thus hoping to create the belief
that We had played the traitors part. 1t
is true We printed the Programmes, and so
far FURNISHED the coPy"-but neither Of
the Editors (and our workmen say neither
of them) FURNISHED The copy" 10 any ercept
the one roio ordered and paid far them. Our
"u!h.e" NAV have been burglariously entered.
ar the i.co2y" stolen, or Otherwise surrePtl-
r1usly oblained-for. those who invade the
sanc,ity OF the grave FOR objects of fun" are
capable of any meanness or crime-but
nothing of the kind was ever printed aided or
.furuished" from our "oilice" with our know
ledge, appreciation, or consent
The Argus says that part Of the burlesqnc
was "penued al O'd Nero'S desk" That may
bet is very much like Old Nero in spirit
and those who printed very probably know all
about the "penning" Of it: We do not
In this exposure Of one Of the Characters
tic twists Of the Argus TO bring us down 10 It's
level. we wish il understood that We long ago
aeave up the attempt to expose all its ialsities.
1or when hunted out of one il slides as glibly
and recklessly into another.
Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1862-04-08

usfas CorNTI, IS:
IL.sl The Con Of Pennsylvania
10 Jacob Whitaker. Mrs. Whitaker. Widov
o.. William Whitaker. decd. who was one Of
me sons and heirs al law Of John whitiaksr.
decd, and iheir Issue, if such there be. To
BIckle, son or daughter OF Caihafips
Dickle, deed, late Catharine Whitaker. one
OF the daughters and heirs at Law Of said Joha
Whitaker. decd. To Mary Jane Bickle.
wife of Joseph Bickle. late Mary Jane Whit,
iakcr. one of the daughters and heirs a lav
of John Whitaker. dec'd-heirs and legal
representatives OF John Whitaker, lats of
Fast Bufaloe township, Union county, deed,
Greetings
WHEREAs. Petition has been read and
w remains on file in the Orphans Court
OF the county aforesaid. praying a decree for
the specific performance Of written conlracS
for the sale Of the real estate of said John
Whitaker, deed, situate in the township,
county and State aforesaid. You and each "
you are hereby cited 10 be and appear Of The
next Orphans Court 10 be held al Levi.bure.
for The county Of Union, on Monday. the I9,h
dav of MAY next, TO show cause, if any yos
know, why the prayer Of the petition should
not be granted, and a conveyance in fee sin.
pie made ia pursuance of the same TO The
purchaser.
Witness my hand and the seal Of the said
Court, at Lewisburg, the e7rh day of March.
\. d. ls62- SAMUEL ROUSH, Clerk.
April /. Is6aw4
Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1862-04-08
"The Wiles of the Adversarv."

The arch Enemy of all good does moi
appear in personal form to his victims and
agents-bu, in disguise, with professions
of love, and as an "angel of light"
JoHN WESLEY ap,ly styled American
Slavery, "he sum Of all ri1ainies." Take
the Ten Commandments, and there is not
one which the nature Of Slavery does not
constantly violate. And to the previous
dark catalogue Of its crimes and deformi.
ties, it now adds the source Of all the waste,
woe and death in this war-TREAsoN.
Now, how does the Devil seek to deter
men, well enough Observation-Disclosures of
the Gospel, specialization warning the
people against the giant sin of Treason, and
its foul mother, Slavery? Why, just as
of old, "squat at the ear Of Eve," be tells
some well-guised lie, and promises things
to ease the conscience aud crafty desire
and thus "leads them captive at his will"
His grand, potent device, just now, when
he wishes to shield any darling iuiquity, is
to cry out, "A is poiitieal-don't defile
your holy garments with PoLITIcs-hands
of, and let US alone" So, to throw owe.
the sins Of fraud, adultery, robbery, theft,
and murder, the cloak of "politics," those
guilty thereof would for ever shut the
mouths of Gods Ambassadors from oppo-
sing them! Idolatry, widow burning,
licenses for crime, polygamy, aud any evil
that may be named,is egalized somewhere,
aud SO may be styled "political" there.
fore, Satan argues, they are tissues outside
Of the pulpit" He and his emissaries w'd
'iot in sin, and have full license in crime, by
abelliug them politics, and making every
preacher "dumb dogs on every topic they
orbade =! They would pay such preachers
Fell for declaimiog "alone" about "the
xceeding sinfulness of sin" to all eterni.
they did not specify The sin,
r say "thou art the man." and w'd laugh
their efforts to extend the kingdom of
Ieaven BY such puerile, negative efforts.
"F'rs, pure; hen, peaceable." The
rinee of Peace styled himself "a sword"
so. The "irrepresble conflict" between ,,
10 powers of Light aud Of Darkness does .
}; cease. Christianity is an active prin- c
ple-destined to leaven, BY aggression c
ID assault, the whole world. Its heroes y
not ask the powers of evil what they u
all or shall not preach about, or what :
resy or wrong they shall or shall not !,
nba,. Luther, Calvin, Knox, Buuyan, b
ixter, Whitfield, Wesley, and all the K
Is, eminent preachers, often encountered 10
pular and legalizsd wrongs Our Mis-
uaries everywhere interfere with some in
olitica" institutions and cus.oms. ei
lie, Us he uudsIs,ood 1. is questions Of
Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1862-04-08
TAKE NOTICE.

HAVING bought. at constable's sale, Of D.
IL p. Sanders, Lewisburg. the following
property, VIZ:
. TUBS, / Cooking Stove, lot of Tinvass.
l: Chairs, Rocking Chair, . Tables. 3 Beds
and Bedding, lot of Window Blinds, ] Wash
Stand, Clock, q 10; OF Rag Carpet. IS yards
Carpet, sett Dishes, and 10, Of Carpentsrss
Tools
And having loaned said property TO said San.
ders during our pleasure, We hereby caution
all persons not TO interfere with il.
EVANS & COOPER.
Levis5u-y March -, Is62
Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1862-04-08
ehis soIufffos]

rJ'HE Firm Of H'CREIGHT & EAUCK
mas been dissolved by mutual consent Of
par,es-( March :jth. ls62) Persons having
accounts to settle will please attend 10 them
before the fr-t Of May next. The Books VI !
remain at the Store, and payments can be
made to either Of Us.
JAMES MCREIGHT,
LEVI HAUCK.
Pua,oe Roads. April /. ls-2-
y. B.-The business will BE continued a,
the old sand BY l.. & B. HAUCK-
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lrwisburg aIarkst.
51Ifu,
Corrected Weekly

IN Milton, 9Th inst, REUBEN II. FoLLNER, aged
shout 70 years
In Turbut IT,, s,h inst, ANDREW FoLLMER, sged
Gbout rs y~nr-.
Near Milton, 5th inst. Mrs. - KuErZ, (forEnsr'y
IJu--l. aged about 90 years
In Shr.w.hury York Co.. Friday morning of ipth-ria
ALICE t. dau.i'u. ui i;rv John sui Mary ii-g--.
10 her IA yrar-an INTERESTING child, whose num-rou-
friends in LeHisbur, wall iin with The bereascI 10
lamruting her early loss
Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1862-04-08
DufkrDe Rrapsr Il llower.

THE unprecedented success Of the Buck.
L eve" Is the strongest prof Of IFS superior
excelsncy. The BUCKEYE has caused a
complete Revolution IN the Manufacture Of
REIPiNG AND NO WING Machines. and
its reputation Is 50 well established that il IS
scarcely necesssrr TO parucularize its aivan-
tages. We viii. however, call the attention
OF the farmers 20 a few Of its merits.
. The TWO DRIVING WHEELS
Pawls and Springs. by which the machine
may be thrown out of gear, or be backed
without vibrating the kniveS-the Steel Gutter
Bar-the Wrouch, lion GGari, wiih Hardened
Steel Face or Cutting Ei-e-ths Double
Hinged Joint, by which the Cuuer Bar NAV
b. Folded-ihe long Crank Shah-lhe S-eel
Spring and Wheel. by which the Gutter Bar
NAV he ra std AMI lowered 81 as 70 cut aS
low 10 the ground as may be de>ired-ihs
steel Puman ami Brass Box-itS Light Dran
-(no side Drali)-no weight on the h,rseS'
neckS-backs as easily as a cart-all of
which form a combination Of advantages
which no oiher machine npsSeSSpS
Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1862-04-08

GAS we predicted, the semi, Secession
organ in Sudbury crowed most exultingly
over "my friend and pitcher" in perfect
concert with the Argus That provoked q
few comments from the two truly Union
Democratic organs there, which we quote
to show that the whole game strikes dlsin
terestcd persons abroad very much as il
does "outsi1ers" here at home. The Sun
bury 1merican mistakes uninten,ionally y as
to two presentations, but says truly
.The excuse Of Mr.. Hedges. IS a miserable
su5ierfuge. Loyalty and Christianity are
inseparable. No loyal man could consistently
vote against loyal resolutions because he
deemed their introduction impoiitic. If he
coted at al. he would vote for Them.
Why Mr.. Hedges alone should be singled
ont, and made the rec plent Of such honorS.
NAV be mystery to some. We are inclined
10 think, If Ii were not for his Southern
srmpathies. he would have left LewiSburs
fi'cierless, as did a number Of other clergy
m N, quite as good and much more popular
men than Mr.. Hedges.
These are times when every man should
show hrs hand, and he who is afraid or un-
~illing, should not be trusted in any capacity.
Davis said all they wanted was 10 be "kt
atone" and this seems TO be the governing
principle of all his f!iendS, North and South.
Cso,zer thIukS a clergyman II commissioned
70 preach, GiJne." Let Davis and his Rebel
friends raze to the ground the home of the
innocent and helpless without even an ex-
precision Of dI>approbation This is the
Breckenridge doctrine, the leayen Of which IS
still among Us. He who would not defend
his home and country, deserves neither, and
is worse thar an Iuiie. Bishop Potter, of
Pennsylvania. has four sons in the army. Our
clergy generally are animated BY the same
spirit. and none more SO than our Methodist
friends
The San6ury Gazette remarks:
We see that some people in Lewisburg. the
other dav. presented him with silver pitcher,
and a parse of gold, the Post Master under
Buchanan's Administration aching as spokeS-
man in the presentation ceremony. We
should not be surprised if some Of these Sou
thern sympaIhzsrS woald presently be send
ing silver pitchers to jeff. Davis, and gold
headed canes TO Floyd.
Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1862-04-08
The suit for fraud in furnishing Arm,

The suit for fraud in furnishing Army
clothing 10 Pittsburg, came up for trial,
when Charles NJ. Neal and f. & NJ Frow-
enfield did not appear-they have fed the
country to avoid justice. There being no
evidence against the other Defts, they
we're at once acquitted. 1t is some pun
ishment-tbough not euough-,hat these
guilty men have had to banish themselves
lperhaps for everD from their homes, for
their greediusss aud imposition. The
business Of those acquitted has been bro
ken up BY their relations with the sbscond-
ing party. Let this be warning to al !!
Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1862-04-08
REMOVAL,

b. CHRIST, ESQ, has removed his OF.
IL. fee to The bullding Ct Jonathan srvter.
North OF the ccDtt House, aai immei alely
opPosi,aShe Buffalo House, where b. vii at
teud 10 NJ manner Of business az his office
with dispatch and promPiness in his line o.
b,sn.sS. (s2raks both Eneisa ani G-'ma-3
April !, 1862. L. B. CHRisr.
Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1862-04-08

a MISCHIEF Observation-Disclosures,
and other notorious Secession sympathiz-
ers in Congress, have been holding secre,
meetings, 10 plot some scheme to put the
Democratic party ia power again with its
ancient ally of Slavery. These leaders
are doubtless acting in concert with JEFF
Davis, as they have for ten years. True,
homes, Democratic Union men should be
on their guard against those imposters-
Remember the old deceptive flags
"rok, Dallas, and the Tariff Of 'i2!"
buchanan and Free Kansas"
"BrroknIidse [or Bell and the Union!"
and don't be fooled by
Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1862-04-08

SAD.-Mrs. Holiday, q idov, residing
in Brady tosuship, Butler county, buried
six Of her children 10 ten days, all carried
81 by sore throat.
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Estate Of John Whitaker, aee'A

T ETTERS Of Administration de bonis hoo.
with the viii annexed. on the estate a
JoaS WarTT,KEn, late of East BufEalos Tp.
deed, have been granted TO LORGNDA Low
All persons having claims against said es.
tate will present them forthwith to COres
Merrill. Attorney for the Administrative
Aprn |, ls6s.
Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1862-04-08

pAl ne NdtoHdt ItepuotcoH uo'ices
at length a recent sermon by ga truly
eloquent young divine" the pastor of the
L street Bap,is, church, Washington city
Rev J. Spencer Keunard, graduate OF
the University at Lewisburg Text,
Eceies. Z: 10. He argued that God $
Kingdom goes forward, not backward, and
that this was New Era for that church,
that people. and our eountry-a period
of great changes, aud Of prosress-an
age of steel, following an age of brass and
of gold These trials will purify aud
strengthen US, in religion and iu worldly
condition. "This is to be a free city.
The Capital of the Nation will be free.
Slavery is in its decline. Let it die
peacefully. Do not apply nos,rums, to
prolong its existence. We will utter no
curses, neither will VIC shed tears, for
angels lowering over us rejoice in its de-
parture. We are glad such a preacher
in our Capitol draws and holds large and
increasing hearers-.hioking people.
sGnThe Eiitor of the Blocmsburg De-
mocrat was an ardent Breckinridger in
1860. In 1861, when Gen. b T. Butler
made some good strokes at Annapolis, &c.
that paper nominated him for President
but dropped him when it was apparent be
did not believe in the Divinity of Slavery.
Now, We see, Col Tate exalts Gen. ON
Clellen, the THIRD Savior Of his Country
This is strong faith-but it shows the
designs and wishes of the wire-working
politicians of that school.
Our OWN MEN FIRsT-Immediately
on tire news of the Winchester fght-iu
which Volunteers from Pcnnsy ylvania acted
SO honorable part-Gov. Curtin at once
despatched ertra surgeons and nurses to
attend to our wounded, and to bury or to
carry home our dead where practicable.
This is in conformity with arrangements
made some time since, in a spirit Of wise,
patriotic aDd benef:ent forecast.
WILL NOT SURRENDER SLAyEs.-Gen.
Burnside positively refuses to surrender
coutrsbands even to those who make great
professions Of loyalty. "If you were loyal
to the Union, ehy did you not sho,c 1t, Gy
encouraging or aiding us, 'chea zee arrioed
here!?' is the response to all such claims
Burnside is man who is not to be trifled
with. /
- Mr.. Horace Waters, the well known
Music Publisher and Piano Dealer, OF 4sl
Broadway, New York, has our thanks for
sheet OF pretty, easy music called Volunteer
Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1862-04-08
No Gearing On the Driving Wheels.

a team OF horses weighing 500 lbs. each.
will cut an acre of grass an hour vita ease
The machine is furnished with two Gutter
BarS-one for cutting grass, and he other for
cutting gram (each expressly adapted to the
use intended.
No effort will be wanting To maintain the
Bnckeye IN the enviate position It now occu-
nIeS. Ihaf Of heing rhe
Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1862-04-08
NOTICE |!

HAVING bought at Public Sale. as the
IL properly OF Joax L.. RESS, OF Union Up,
Union CO, a bay mare, gray horse, a sorrsi
mare. sorrel colt, two red cows. = heifers. =
sets harness, single harness, LOT Of hay.
shoals, Wagon, BUGGY, plow. a har-
row, = breakfast tables, looking glass. a coal
stove and pipe, cooking stove and pipe, .
dresser. beds and bed>Iead, bedsiead. II
yards Of carpeting, chest, a meat vessel, .
churn, tubs, an arm chair, chairs, and his
inIeres; in ls acres OF wheat in the ground
all Of which | have loaned TO aud left with saij
Rem during my pleasure.
WM. Fl. KLECKNER.
New Berlin, Feb. q, Is6. pd
Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1862-04-08

A bill to abolish Slavery in the Dis,ric,
of Columbia, passed in Senate, 20 to H.
|, gives compensation to loyal owners, and
allows aid to those who may wish to
migrate.
Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1862-04-08
rJBLlSHfD sENi-NEEkLY---
Tuesday Morning & Friday Afternoon.

NEW GOODS begin to come to town
see New Advertisements for particulars.
Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1862-04-08

DR.. Lietbenthalar has returned 10 Lock
Haven-his hesl,h not sllosirg him to
remain in the Army ssIyics.