ME TUE ,!:...,-,AAIRNAU Coudersport. Pa. Wedneedw, Feb. 12,186 It. W. IteALAPSEY, ED/Toli. NEWS riEIIIS:-..'A (,s 1 -i tu yrom the New York Tribune Saturday', Feb. B.—Victory and ons „ of-victory attend the assumption by Pr - ident iinceln of his constitutional funs. -dons as Commander-in-Chief of the J A - my. nna -Niki.. - The country was thril lesterday not only by the annbuneemi l of a inciss initiortant triumph in No 'Western. Tennessee, but by the in tions of new vitality and a more act. *pint, along , the whole . enormous line operations., A few more' events such the capture of Fort Henry, and the will be subetantiatly at an end. - Fort Henry is situated. on 'the east bank of the Tennessee River, almost the.State:line of Kentucky and Tena see. ItcoMmands the river for two mil It is Mounted with 17 guns, mealy i Mid 34.-poenders; one is a splendid • ,ioa colurubiad.' Some days ago a fl of gun-boats went frontPal ....., lucah, andi ter reconnoitering with care, On Thursi placed' themselves in position, to number of seven, fur an attack upon fort.. In the mean time, a large body uf Union troops, under Gen. MeClerni was taken to epoini out of range f the fort, and there - landed, the object n ingl to .m4e an attack in the ene rear. Thus matters-stood on Thursf morning. ' Then Flag-Officer Foote, w 'the Cinetenai, - -St. Louis, Carondel i and Essiii supported.in reserve by th other.boatit, advanced steadily upon i fort.. The movement was magnificen executed—kb° attacking fleet, with qu unflinching'spirit, railing directly intolt Very line df the hostile guns, every i at his post; all eager for the signal which would set them free to act. 111, the first shot was fired by the I ciunati ; then the battle went on in ; est. The ;gunboats steamed to the cl i quarters, and poured in their shot *il vigor'of s!ervica and an unerring 1 which must have thoroughly bewildt the bombarded rebels. The latter tutted the fire of our guns with dete ination, and the fight raged hotly tali at which time Gen. Tilghnm uncondit ally surrendered, Dleauwhile a forC , , infantry behind the fort, in number a 5,000,.fied with a swiftness peenli r to the.rebelst when they have not every ad- 1 vantage oil their side, and were hea d i d of _no o mere. The. Union laud force, hich ,i ; had ruade.a circut in order to attack the fort ins the rear, didnot-reacti its des/lane- 1 tion till two hours after the surrender.—f, So it wilt be seen that this was purely a naval viel i o4: The enemy lost,asl it is stated byione authority, five kiiled l, and ten badly wounded. Out loss was as-fol lows : On the the Cincinnati, 1 billed and 6 badly wounded; on the Es4x, 6 seamen and 2 officers were killed, 17 men. were wounded, and 5 were missing. 1 The chief portion of this loss was by reason of a distressing caussity, whereby a! shot penetrated the boiler of nue of the gun• boats, causing a number to be (badly scalded. i Among those was Captain Por ter, late Of the Pewhatati. Of prise we took a General, a Colonel, two tains, and not farnfrom sixty prival Quite accurate details cannot been yet, ' Its addition to the capture of the Fort, i • our traps have taken another meet im . portant step in seizing the Memphia and Ohba, Railroad. - This connects Memphis with Bcisiling Green by a direct Has, and the latter,place is thus out off front int mediate'emuniunioation with its meat im portant' support.. Another rind; by a circuitous route connects the two places Mentioned; by way of Nashville; b t this is Of little use, and, moreover, a: imple movement up the Tennessee River from Fort Henry trill serve to cut off th t road altio.' 'thus : the rebel forces at Bwlitig Oieen, ltimbering, it is thought, 0,000, .are driven to' the wall. Theyl'must fight • or flee. - Looking at the map of Kentucky and Tennessee, it will be seen that Pa-- tine.akind BMithland are at the heads of _, .. , ....... ale: Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers.- An expedition setting out. from- hie for seetplitten...naturally strikes, Fortl [ Henry sit thittAiii; it may then continua till' R . aute.:.4f . it'he Xailread, as it has dpue, and ifterw.#42:Antly..Paei ow to , the.naX.t.road before alluded to. / An expedition moving from franif3Mithlind up the. Catubetland, will naturally.. attack Dover; a. point r ! correa.• pending in Situation to Fort Henry on the TelineOieccand-niaP Ali; if ietibaosee, ittiii•Mii4 Nesitiillta. • What trioiemeuta I .44o l ilfri (*jilt tutu es,: lA:#, . i i • • clear, heweier 'that a.great and admira bly contrived plan lies,' been formed; and that we mast look fur rapid , and impor tant action in that aeetion. One thing is certain; that k ,we patebroin thnstrogg line of the'eneMy'S potation,' upset all his calettlations, iPficed him, where lie Ault fight a lust b attle - with 'diieidered for or purchCse an ignominious safety in flight, and have put ourselvei in a position to command• the entire field. .The National flag is firmly planttd riavOn -Kentucky and Tennessee, and , we lino* that What ever work our troops are called on to do they will do with theietnight, sure °brie- 1 tore. • 1 Frorn — Pert 'Royal *e have exaellent news, telling US that there too the Union e•use is nioVinn. on. A. gieat expedition ..t out from' that place ton Sunday, the 1 26th ult.! It comprised 8,000 troops, all the gunboats and light-draught steamers. Its destination was Savannah, and it was thought that Fort:Pulaski would be first. attacked. Gen. Sherman' was in' com mand. On. Tuesday, the- 28th, . heavy cantionadinr , was heard in the direction ot Savanuart by the vessels which brought this news. 'lt continued six hours. It , will be remembered that some , llays ago we had a rumor of an attack owSavan nah; since 'then the rebels , haie kept si • lenee, no paper having been permitted to come by way of Norfolk. This reercence shows plainly enough that they 'have nothing- favorable to theMselves An: com municate, and we way expect with'conft- 1 deuce, Very seen to have intelligence of the most startling' character from iGeor n o ia. ' • CID Again from the Burnside expedition we have news of importance, though no word of actual Offensive Movements. 'All the ships wanted there' have been taken 'two the Sound, and the others are in. a condition to go at apy moment. Gen. Burnside's force will, be landed, it is thought, on the lower[ end and east side of Roanoke Wand. This advance was to be made on Tuesday orWednesdayi the Union troops are in the finest spirits, looking forward-with eagerness to a bard battle, but to a certain victery. Feb. 10.—Front Missouri we have in timations that an important combined movement is to take plebe toward the enemy.: Gees. Sigel and Asboth's Di vhions bad reached Lebanon, 40 wiles from Springfield.; and Maj. Wright's Bat tallion of Cavalry has moved 13 miles west of that point. Gen./Davis' Brig," was reported to be crossing the Osage on Wednesday, and a portion of it was ex pected at Lebanon On Thursday. Price is said to-have , told his troops that they were surrounded, and must fight or sur render. They chose the former. The rebel chief has been,,it is sahLbeavily re-enforced from Aransas,- and bas col !wed a large store' of supplies on the road from Springfield. to Fayetteville.— Capt. Wood bad arrived at Fayetteville with 25 rebel prisoners, including five' Captains, taken between Lebanon and Springfield. . Four hundred and ninety-two Union prisoners left Now-Orleans on the 6th for North Carolina, to be exchanged. Fsest h a rm. ion e of 'out BRIGHT EXPELLED. In the report of proceedings in Congress,on last Wednesday, haye a record of the most important vote taken during the session: Trai tors may not consummate their heinouS de signs under the shadow of the Capitol.' It is not wrong, neither is it unreasonable to de mend that loyally, alice.suspicion, is an in 'dispensable prerequisite io a position second only to that of President of the United States. The record reads as follows : A vote was taken en the resolution to expel Jessee D. Bright, Senator from Indiana, and if, was adopted—ye l as 32, nays 14 as followi Anthony, Browning, Chand ler, Clark, ColiamerrDavis, Dixon ' Doolittle, Fessenden, Foot, Foster, Grimes, Hale, Har lan, Henderson, Howard, Howe, Johnson, King, Lane - (lnd.), McDougall, Morrill, Pom eroy,'Sherman, Simmons, Sumner; Trumbull, Watde,• Wilkinson, Wilmot, Wilson (*ass.), Wilson (Mo.)-32. Nara—Messrs. • BaYard, Carlile, Cowan, Harris, Kennedy, Latham. Nesmith, Pearce, Powell, Rico, Saulsbury, TenEyek, Thompson, and Willey-14. • The Vice President said that as two.:thirds had voted in favor of the- resolution, it was. adopted. Tbi_s •ottouncement was greeted with applause iu the gallery, Thich was checked by the Chair. • We publish in another column the speech] of Judge Wilmot on , this occasion. 'lt is a plain, forcible argument, and a elear,vindi teflon pf the justness Of the Senate's decision. It is a fearful thing to think of branding upon the brow, not only of the guilty Senator, but of his,whole family this fearful retribution. His descendents will, like Arnold's feel the • disgrace of this act. But, the Anion; mustbe avenged upon its aciersaries, and Whether they are in the higher or lower walksiof life, the blow should fall alike upon all. WS commend the remarks of Senatcir 'Wilmot to those who Were in dciubt as to the prep . 'slit of such alcourse. ' • tiers, Cap ected PpILADELPILIA, Feb. 10,1862. Gen. Stone passed throughthis city in the 12 o'clock train last mg,ht,in ousted , en route for Fort Lafayette, Senator Morrill has prepared ajbill for the immediate emaoeipatien of all alai I in the DiStrict of &Zambia, and ,provi lug for a'componsation not, toexeesclito a head to loyal owners. "thus : not ' y t been acted upon in Comunttee. , , -Therle sra about 3,000 slaves in the District. • An ItUportant Feature. One of ti4linost, Important . features of the lit'e,iiiews front the South, says the Phifad'ilphis'Neress, is the uneasiness 1 Uninifestett there: in - regard to the ap roaciing- eitiiratiesn of thii.term-, , elf the [tW ' iltve; tannth i volunteers who are engaged A i 0 ::. fi , o 'co argil era t e service,_ and the indis- itpoSitionlsheiWby a large portiOn of them to ; i:enlisij.,Clea. Bragg, at Pensacola; tip s da.l'ed_alin i est' in vain to the Alabama troops; formerly' under his command to cog inns their wicked war against the t Thiion' T - 1' lie; Tennessee papers are_pub lishinir, nrgent' appeals lo , their soldiers noktolreiire ,frem the rebel. army, and a rebel general 'in 'Virginia ;earnestly ;ink secebes his atildieri to. re-enliit. There are doubtles - litany more - itienipts being roqde to indUce the,Southern troops to re main in the SecesSion army, of which we I hear nothin g .;i; Enough is known to show [ 1 . 1 . . I thAt, at the most 1 critical moment in the 1 hitory of the rebellion, and When the Cepion artnielivill,tie in the highest state of effieieney,.i the enemy will , pronab:y be seriously embaras.sed by large withdraw als frail' their ranks. - . One' year Ago , , , 1 at without munitions of war. The dastardly attack. on Fort'Sumpter aroused the Adm. bering giant' L: Since' the 15th of April hi!st dur Staiehas'arrned,-equiPped, and sent into, thq field, one hundrechind thirty thousand magi.... She has now , ready, equipped and prepared to march, nide thousand nlie---otily waiting for orders freni the Ge‘lernniert to march. Ball's Bluff'and Dranesville attest the bravery of her sons in the hour of &millet. It is net in men alene that our State 'has de: veloped he'r .phwer. The Iron City, Ottsburg, has; furnished a large number of cannon, of Tthe heaviest calibre, as ,well as incinster - mortars, and a large quantity of shells ` for Our forts and vessels-of-war.' Philadelphia ;has furnished more muni nons of war; than any city in the f eeuntry ; a single firth here 'has already completed two hundred! and thirty improved six ound rifled Cannon for the Government, • td tipwardS :Of thirty . far _ the State of !phials. Truly, our State is well named the Keystone State of the great Federal arch. • Ilerisons are not forgetful that the eelarationL of Independence was first reclaimed in : Philadelphia, add they will our out their blood lilte water in main tainieg the ilinion.--:- Press. , , THE BEtrxsii NAVY.—The annual offi cial return Of:the British navy has been published. The list shows a total of' 856 vessels building, preparing, or in commis eion, of which 702 are steamers. lt com prises "eighey.one line.of-battle-shiPs, each mounting' from 74 to 131 guns;; 22 vessels, each wi.ll" an armament from 60 Llo 70 guns; 4.1 fifty-one gun frigates, the ,ivhole, with the exception of about 10 - Of tibatinumberl, being screw steamers; 57 eachliiionuting from 22 to 50 guns, and'the majority of which have a tonnage as large us ;tile ships of the line; 29'screw corvettes or:frigates, each mounting 22 guns ; 317 ;Screw and paddle-wheel steam ers, 'each carrying less than 22 guns; and 1.85 screw gunboats, each provided with wo; A.reustrcing guns." The fleet in merican linters comprises 14 line-of battle:steal:Ors' ranging from 15 to 100 guns; 7 from 20 to 50, and 14 smaller easels exclusive of all the vessels ordered o join th&Command. • A gentleman who has recently made Isis way fri* Memphis, and whose char acterl was `Such that' his statements are considered trust worthy,states that United States treasury notes command thirty per cent. premium in the "Southern Confed erady.',' They are equivalent to gold, and much sought after. This is a significant fact.'; The rebels bare a wholesome re 'sped for tlic credit of the United States, showing ant they are not bereft of final]. cial underitanciing. Some persons in the loyal Statei might learri a ,usefut lesson froth' the Lppreciation of ,the promises to pay of oils government, by those who are warring aflainht it. "The I.tie of the Flesh, is in the Blood," was said by inspiration lone before Har vey's disCovery of its circulation had brought to light its purposes and uses. Now we know not only that "life is in the blood," bat' that disease inhabits it also. Many of the disorders that pervade the human creche, have their home in it, thrive and ,grow in it. The celebrated Dr J. o.lAyer. of Lowell, has had regard to this important fact in making a Rem edy to cure these disorders. His Extract of t4arsapprilla purges out the impurities of the blood and induces a healthy action in it thatlexnels disease.- - This looks rea sonable, and it is true, for .we know by our own experience. Seldom as we take any Medicine, we have nevertheless sev eral time been under obligations to the skill of De. Ayer for the relief which his remedies! never fail to afford us when we are oblig6d. to have recourse to them.— Cpthe?zet,' Halifax, N. S. 'The announcement that our Govern ment had granted permission to England to pass bar troops over Federal Territory, created violent excitement in the State of Maina. ' Governor of that Com monwealth addresses Secretary Seward .a pr-writj note on the subject, to which the latter replied that such permission had been granted; but that no infringement upon the dignity of "State rights" would be attempted. • = • The rebel Government Made itself bad ly; ou'of pocket by its attempt to eetab liSh mail:facilities in the Confederney,even at'larg, increased rates of postage. Ttle TAX. iiiinderstliodihat the tax ibill is nine beingAielfectediwits detailii by the bommitteer Prin'oes st'doitaii3C4. yt 1 taxation upon-most lof cessigicirOttnption l eittibighe - fieteknii liquoisrand.othet isrtichlinf ury, on ilegiciesiimtrobtes;' onpni l gets tailniadi and other : conveyances,' newipanern and telegraPhi4essigei—, From These sources, taken in conacction with the tariffnn inverts. it is confident ly expected, after the moat carefulitives r tigation, that, the Gavernment,will de - rite au .annual revenue of - at ileast $150,000,- 000 this tax bill will gien:tir the United_ ISintes eure specie Paying_sienri-. ty, The committee have conatdere d ere the sub j ect' of a national banking; which will req uire the deposit -of United States !stock as ',security for the; batik. notes that are circulated! as currency: i3ECEIETARY inn Coif- TnAcions.--=The new , Seetetiril Of 'War is looking after the contractors: 'lie bas just' issued 'an isider, directing tbat no contracts, be made for, articles :of :foreign menufacture wlinn those;of tOme • liana ftMture: can be procured; and annnllisig all orders now standing for the put:chase of such. Persons now havin contracts are further ordered to furnisk, within 'fif teen days, a written, notice - of such • .con. contract, with a statement of what has been done Under it, all contractq and affreements for 'supplies tobe Written and signed in future, and filed in the, proper bureau, failure in this to be considered print facie etidence'of fraud. The'Miners' Jonrnal says touring the week we have been drinking coffee made of wheat and coffee- combined-013 quar ter of a pound of coffee' mixed with, two quarts ur wheat. The wheat is boiled about twenty minutes in water, and then placed iu a pan and browned, the same at coffeq.' So, far we prefer it Ito the Igentt ine article, and it certainly is' more healthy. ith a pound of coffee and eight quarts of wheat, which costs from three to four cents a quart, beTerne is produced so cheap i that inakes: up all the difference in the advanOe of both tea and coffee. The. number of troops 11 . ennsylvania has in, the field, entitleS her toitwo, tun: jur-gcnerals and twcnty-ftair brigadirs; yet she has 'pot a single imajor-general and'only fotir brigadiers of! t volutiteers New York, with a much etitaller force in. the field, has some fifteen'oi,sisteen brig adier generals. We' have rnow in this State, organized and drilled, volupteers enough for a forinidable ettiedition. SDON OP-JODOE V O?..IDESSNItni. A pardon for Daniel B. Vondeiemith, the forger, was received ; on Friday of *week before . last, * the UnitedlStates Mar shal, and the, prisoner was isoon after lib= crated. JudgeVoncientu4 was convict ed in May, 1859, of forging applications for petisions,`. and was sentOnced to pay a fine of five thousand dollartand to under go an imprisonment of tweitty years.' Be- fore the expiration ofißdnhanan's term of office, he commuted the sentence to three years, which would liave expired in May, next. The pardon of [President Lin coln it unconditional, rind relieves him from the payment of the fine of five thou sand dollars. N ORTARR FOR CAIR O .-- Th e Pitt s burg Gazette says that an circle! has been re ceived front: head quarters, ordering, the immediate shipment or tillty of the large l• mortars 4manufactured- at the Fort Pitt. Works, for the Western gunboats." Theser immense engines of war :have all been tested, and are ready for. transportation.' They vary somewhat:in weight; the, small- est of them weighing 17,00 pounds. The, Chicago Post announces the passage thro'; that city of ,a large number of large mor tars for Cairo. These si a ,, ns of approach- ing work on the Mississippi are truly en- , couraging. ' -• • i WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.--j-Notwithstand-; ing the alarms and croakings-of some of the foreign -journals And letter writers about stone blockades.and other sinister reports, the desp,atches received at the State Department arerregarded as conclu sive Of a complete restoration on the cn aside cordials between the United State 4 and Great Britain, and 01, the b,e,st possi; ble understanding , of the 'iovernments of France,Daly and other Coptincutal.Stateft Iforate 13inney, of Philadelphia, tioW 82 Years of age, and achrTwledged to be the ablest constitutional g lawyer living' bas thoroughly infestivaied? the llabeali Corpus question,' and i (i r k arcs that its ex erciz:,e doting the rebelliop , rests with tb President. Minister Corwin, alth4igh desirous of returning home from Meiiico, says he will remain there if he can b4f service to ou country, and the government thinks he ' Efon. : Cassius M. Clay" . who is comin heme from Russia to ,talcn part in the war, has recently been apponited a Maj.-Gen. in the service of the [Unpii. Since the . ,order was.l wade directini that the:eantured,pri!ateeramen be treat-1 ed beneefeith,as - prisoner of war, Seerg- 1 tart' Stanton has exPressed the oplah , dni that Major lrodges and Corcoran .sv speedily lie released.l ' 'I t The Territorial Commi tee of the no are, said to have coder 'consideration bill, having for it:S objec , the .. .regaled , anti government of the statat Doi in r hellion ; as.Territerie. ii • • - ' . 1 - Ili ' " ikltil ' .1: 014 ..4.:/1' 7, 11 iiii.if itit',iiiii i : xittiglill - iit.lkatiili.', l i s .1 - --; . 1 ll - ' `7-, —...1-1, 1 ' = T.,./,'_s, -.' 4 .i l lilr. WON, I haliVie tier in tv 0. ha ve to Say on . thi case.l T 'mi , it ieetniolo till in It very inerrd compass*: ~,_. • - ~..14, ' liefore proce • ' to tipettl4of tie' , cast," - dirire,t4 sazthii;t: ~relation4With the Men= later' from -Indian" Ire 4 snOh It ,charitier4 iiiii.g/ shall wai l , - iii,2 l l,,p' . tiOskpefliiin *our iu T s hisfseatlin thlif;la y: . rventeeh hems. go` - tice *et in this; eittatol ; :tli yonligritin;tindi hOth members Oflie th irdominalit'perty.l Since.then tie; hay diffeed widely, teaching pblic men"andinetionreil yet through all;the h4at .tind;:bitternees of political warfare for, 'the past' fifteen years, I have remembered , With plasure our - early ahquitintance- and in-; teriotirile. I sincerely regret the position in .?.o t c-ktl l ,-. 2 11 1 09r#.P1tg? 0 4 A,PPete.of,llP l 6. 'll'e''dniiiatoiie,leolistriiiiis:ind:tdrVotd Tiir Tile eipuldent,lrOM , the -Senate., -{' -,,.: - -,, 1 . liVhat, is tbecese presented against the Sent star from Indiana?! ' It rests Upon iiiidispated or doubtful faCtil.'lEveri 'important,fact, in the ease is admitted-401 cniifessioti is made Open,Senate,. The Semler from Indiana tells us that; he!;tvottild, - nn/r the Same !Cir4 etimshloce4 do, again the a t , complained of: 3114 Presided; tht Senator's views of. duty and my l innocent dare' so widqy, 'that what he regards innocent and }natural, as a primer Courtesy to an'elttlfriend, .tb me tins the!fea+ ttires of disloYulty 7 -not,togivis it the harsher name'of treasmr,._l: -,:1.," : circumstances .1 !Vhat, sir',, are the facts and t Of his.ense ? . iT,heislavelioldens of the nation„ Ofying 'on iminati4vivery as the.hond of their &My and Strength, unwilling that -the.!free teen of the Itepatille - thoild assuine the inanl; agement - ofpovera'meht laffairs, 'set an,foint a rehellron .i the artherri and- SinvehelAing , BMtes or tbe - Ljni u . .. rich this letteriwaSi ti•ritten4 it had beeu parried forward to i the Orgediatiou tofiinl independent governineid,; the machinery'rif that goveinment was In ac tivn opemtieu.' , Armies were being organized, disciplrnedP and equipped. Ito maintain , the rebellion by the'power or the sword. Ev ery reasonable; hope of a settlement was past. The Senator from _ndiane. -knew all this no Man k' i liew' it bet cr. l it" is true, from i the timidity ;night lmost say complicity 7 -Of ,:,. the late 'Ad ~ minist '• tionV no blow had been Struck at this forinidablereliellion ; still , those concerned in it vrelre no les r i traitors for this Cause. I Vie Cow:Li:dice, pr even treachery of '*..Buclianan Could in no' degree' eicase pa.- Vii. and his co-wcitikeriin treason. Thedfor behratice-Of theVevernMent towards life 'trai tors cannot be pleaded by them in extemiaticin eti their crime ;uo can their alders and abet ors shield ;thetas' behind the weakness 4,i treachery of those then in power. ;. Yet here rests one Of Ithe strong grounds of ,de tense taken by and for the Senator froth lii- 1 diane. The Gtverniment had done nothin ,, . 43 0 ' . . 1 . I ' I ivtainqt the re &lion ..j It led brought no ar , ,mies' in the fi eld !' In d fought 'no battles I "A fear that betr4ed like treason" hadipar afyzed the eieentive , arM, and the Govern ment was !'sinking into limbecility and. ',con 'tempt ! How doeS all this change the Char acter of the rebellion or extenuate the orhee of thoSe involved lin/ it 1 The Senator, "from Indiana admits that he Could not bare' Writ teLi the letter with innocence after the proela mhtion of President Lincoln calling for seven ti-five thousand men. Why not, if he'Could .6 so b,efoee? 'lid the Lproulamation change. the position of A leis t wards this Govern ment?!'Did; it. involve iiny one in guilt 'who, up to thatitinie, away innocent? Was hit in nocent for Linelln :tolzo upon his errand i with. anmproVed fire-arm to the confederate gPvernnietit ' benre , On ,prochunation, i and `treasonable - al 1 g? afferWards ? ' It' is idle to ',lOok here for nhy extenuation of the: case 1 hateVer. l ' The proelaniation of the President hi no way'affect4, if. JlTerson bavial was the chosen ellief•of the rebel gove'renient:' - lie was every inch a trai- i tor. I The; : Senator from Indiana knew the danniing trdasOni of his friend and former .associate. ; Ills erline was a wicked one—the Most so o f any,of which man can be guilty— the deepest , dyed and hlitekest in the citta hive of crime. ll I ~ ~ ' - '. To me it :mains that Many gentlemen Of the late, Democratichpartyl ore afflicted With' a moral obliqiitty ko the.lriew they take of this Wicked rebellion lend its authors. Thelead ing I,fraifora inflong doMinated over the!Deni ocratie party that, the fno;•,,inent that tMer re mains seems to conneet the rebellion-With a straggle for DeinberaticAtSeendeney, and 'the' leading triiiiiirs a.., friends liming strong Claims vin their ; Sympathy. Evidently the Senaior from Indiana was, strongly possessed of this View of the treasan and the -traitors. ii . 'l, To judg&rigihy of the act of the Senator,- we must look at therebellion and its chief as they truly fire—the one as a treasonable re-, Volt against , ajoSt Gqv i ernment, and the other 1 as the chiefer trititora.l Ile was no,other than 1 a rank traitor,' a ' great State criminal, that ' the Senator addiessed on' he Ist of March as: , I liis excellence; the president of tbe - einifedl I erated states.. - ma gemntling to,his confidence , .: , , Its ‘7reliabl e in, every respee," one whogought ; the, rebel government lon I,a treasonable :er• rand.,; What Was ..the errand on which ,the Senator from- /edianalcommended his l frieed to - the uSurper '. elnd traitor at Montgoniery?' It was'no other than the sale of 'an nlleged improved:fire-awn. = Have I stated the ease too strongly ajainit the Senatorfrom Indiana? I.wohld not iio so. To me, .sir, it has 'the! complexion Ofs'aireatl crime. I will not Call' it treason,'„ although ' it might be dilfibidt to find a wore appTopriate name for it. ' l ' i 1 It liras Well said by the Senator' &tin?' New york., (:.Irl HAtitus,)that if the letter had mot beeniwritten, or if its_ eSsential part were taken 'aw ay, it W i nald he a very innocent thing, and Ino Senator wOold 'think of expelling the See. rotor front Indiana from his - seat.. linfiirtti Inately, theletter wijawritten. :An indictment for Murder, perinit tit s cit tolsay th 4; Senator Ifrond New . YOrk, with the homocide'clause , - .wt, ltvoulid he a Very litOuless piece, of pa- Rer. , , • . d I • i ~ L. INir. PreSidek.4 I lut,ve briotly 'considered to whom this letter was addressed -4o a' dearit rata traitier.•'!, It emamended to his! fiillest confidence one , evho entertained a traitorous ptirPosa, and the matter ofthe letter was most treatainable. , Here is the whole case; and it sounds of treninn in Ciery part. 1' ' What Was the position and relation tO the Government of the Union of him all:, Wrote the letter? ,Ili- wast a Senator, one jot" the high officers ifif_ the (Government- •ateworn, confidential adViser et•the President.' What. %nisi his' Plain and bounden duty? To stand' by the GOverintient, with nil his, eriergiesand powerl l i ra bw,iigilaint; constant and untiring iri his,efforts.tO crash the rebellion; ,and to bring : to: puitislinient _its, leading traltdrs.--, Thu was Air Oily. Can it' be possibte,tfinkn 1441 ''Seuattir 'c.alld I so far forget this' high' duty as to • bola. communication with the re-; hellions goveriimen; - ,1 touching'the parehase, elan improved firearm? . • 111 cannot be imaii..' ble.. , X?, ,:loyalinitizen , would •have , done it; i much les s' a loy al Senator., Forgetful of his datiesi - tinfrilifiil tohi senatorial trnat t hels no longer wcirth li yof a seat. in - this Seiati: ..,.. .Varith till resPeet - for tray colleagne, , ,siod (0, ' [ th*Otineiable Senator from Ne*York:, f, !mist r i sal, gl4tlia:Si. 3 .llli9doiiiq-thei.Atal I :Ascil. ,4 ' • arantrAethrt 1 atiew.er thitc"-raso Th denivrith' the,Senatos, from Indianti rnNals: triatfrv.treason, -theniselr torfildge.flaijniora wont.: to'. try. hi m Aim vi - -ebe.,;"teihnlitir rides of preetunpli„,,, reisiOtialrlit'dOOvit MTllealde,inlettel L oo; Iltivitriher greet/3r err: We.eit, bo teA nPtitt , the Stutter . ; from Indiana. not.t o pm .ncokice t4gmeist against him _for the-ra t i o ", I of tiesson't but to say by our rotes, under the tte l n i k ,k oe; if Era te.a loyal 1114 saki Ni ta 40`81(1111filis-high:ionticil of State: OWAN. tsdeaire to ask my honorable colleague, if Mr. Bahia* is not guilty oriole,. son, what is be guilty of? • - Ihill aoewet , naYraolitagne by saving sli t if I were called. upon to= ay to give any deL uition of his ; Offense should pronounce it trTitsopf .1 3 4-4113 frfak -to , Aclmit,that it I weraittineal tojtirol.; there' tire-1116st doubt* bangingsbotrt - tha - catarthattlfteost. tsg hesitate to pronounce a verdict of guilty ; b ut , as a. Senator, I will not hesitate as tp there!, I shall give" - ' The eoridect'of thtiSe o _ ator from : tants:led circumstances *surrounding "the lode like trenSon ; "stilt r might Dot prepared so to' pronoubce sitting as a juror on his trial._ 1 know noroir what circumstances of haet uf or thoughtlesitiess;:the letter was writtek- Tii'gthe it they existed; Were :for 4pe. Senarfir frini - Indiana ihoiv."' There may.net hive *anted, at the time the letter was".writtea, toot deliberate and wicked purpose essential to thetechnieni crithe cif; treason. We know not. We have the letter before as. written to a traitor:, cautfor atraitor, and to, ther treasonable: e m Whit 'More "does My colleague avant ? The Senator . on trial' hits given us" ito 'fdcti or mitigating circumstances whatever'. ''A's a juror, I might even-liftmen:a the case, as it stands, to pronounce the Ter. diet of guilty 'of high treason. But when the ease is presented to miens a Senator— is the Sentd.i(n‘ Crain Indiana a info matt to sit here? Is his loyalty and fidelity to the .thivernteent jnstly obnoxious tb•Stronff and weli.greu ti d e a impeachment? ' Can he be trusted to advise the President,: and to share in our delibera. tions, in this crisis of, public aithira,?: To these inquiries I can have no doubt whatev. er. - I shall vote to expel:the Senator (retain. diana'from histeat in the Senate. What it is tiorp to do to this Case, the Sen. ate strould do pOmpla andfearkply. • A ti m . idity, bordering - on 'cowardice, paralyzes the arm: or the, Government.. Treason :,stalks abroad itkopea -W day. e' Mast vindleatelhe characteeof the Senate and our own self-r. =srect; 'We raiiii"giii - tO the people ance that' liere at ieast, iftfidelity `and alty•meet with a speedy and condign puniatt. Went. L • 1 r • ' •'' • Nowoir, it seems to me that I hare stated the whole case. I put the case upon tharee- - ord and upon nothing else. - I place it upon 1 the Senators letter of the - Ist of March: 1 hike the t letter and the - circumstances of the country at the time, the-position of the iian to whom the letter was written, the position' of the man- for whom it was .written, and Am errand. ir-Von which' he went,. and I say the facts are conclusive and overwhelming against ' the Senator from Indiana. There is no possi ble escape from the conclusion. It is a legal --." maxim that a. mania responsible for the nat ural and necessary consequences Of his act.— . What did the Senator do? ile.cemmended one traitor to another, and the errand upon which he commended him was by the ad mission of alln treasonable errand ; it was to give terhim an improved fire-anti. .Can - it be po.sible, - as I asked before, that loyal Sena tor would do this ? Sir, suppose your Com- mending .6eneral had written -such a letter, , , would there haiie Veen - tiny d6uli as I'Ciiika Complicity with the :traitors?. TherSentaor frotaindiaria occupies a position iµ-thisAitur. eminent as high and responsible lit many re spects as the Cormitanding Gentiral _ i f. your Army. Nay, sir, in ,dignity of chore ter he Occupied a position second - only to the Presi dent of tin naVen. Suppose he had titter' such a letter,' would you bare Imtd.an dobbt as to his complicity with thetraitors? Would you have had any doubt thka he, had at last . forgotten his•duty to this GOverriment? Sir, an impeachment could have rested on the let ter; and to-day - I have terioucdoubts as to what would be the result of the trial of 'the ' Senator from . Indiana before an impartial - Jury , - • . Legal and ,Court,' NO 4 u yip! (I) WHIII2, the l:ld g Hon. n Rupert io G n . 3 . Tar c rones and G. G. Colvin, Associate Judges or the Courts af Oyer ..t Terminer and General I f. Zan DelivPri, Quarter Sessions of the Peat , Orphans' Court and Court of Common Plea for the County of Potter, have issued tbei precept, beating date the - seventh day of January, hi the year: ,of our Lord one thou sand eight-hundred and sixty-one, and tome directed,for holding a Court of Oyer and Tula iner and General Jail Delivery, Quarter So sions.of the Peace, Orphans' Court, and Court of Common Pleas, in the Borough of Couders-. port, on 310NDAY, the -24th day of •Feb. next, and to continue. one week: % Notice is 'therefore hereby given to the Cor oners, Justices of the Peace and Constables I within the county, that they he'then and there • in their proper persons, at 10 o'clock A. 31.66 f said day, - with their rolls, records, inquisi tions, examinations, and other remembrances, to do those things which to their offices ap pertain to be done. And those who are boand by their recognizances 'to prosecute against the priseriers thaVare or shall be in the jail of said county: of Fetter, are to be then and there to prosecute against them as will be just. .# Dated at Z.OtifiERSPORT, - Jan. 15, 1861, and the 84th year oftheindeptndence of the United States of America. WM. F. BURT, Sheriff. Auditor's 'Notice. XTOTICE, is , :hereby that the under ill signed Auditor, appointed by the Court of Common: Pleas of Potter. County to make distribution .of the proceeds of the Sale of real estate' •in the, case of D. P. Reed for use of 3. B. Smith vs. G. W. Turner of, February Term 1857 No. 34, will attend totbe ditties of his appointment:, dt thei office of the Prothonotary, , in Coudersport, on Illondaytho' 17th day of February 1862, at 1 o'clock, Those interested are hereby notified to attend. D. BAKER, Auditor. Jan. 15,1862. • Atialteir 9 i. Mince. NOTICE is hereby given, that the - dersigeed - Auditor appointed,by_the Or phans' Court' of Potter County, to make dis tribution of the funds in the bands of the Ad-, ministtatere of the estate of N. Schoomaktr, deceased, 'will attend to the duties of kis•ap . pointment at the office of the Prothonotary , in Conderiport, on TuesdaY the 18th day . of. Febrnarq n'elOck P; 24i . 1 Those In terested are herebY notifiedtiiiiitendattm - sent their itainas. D.'I3AKEN, 15.'184V:; lIIISCRIPTIONS fo r•Wardeil for. iny of they S r standard:publicitions,ifid booki pr' ect frota-Bostop, rhilidelphis lir New York, 7- 012 -. sYoitGife igt call at the - •• • - Fos"' OFFICE. . Aiiojtor,'
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