BEDFORD GAZETTE. _-II Eli FORD, Pa.— FRJDVY : JILVS, 186!. B, F. Meyers, Editor h Proprietor. REGULAR For the Union, ffce foisiMioa and the Laws ASSOCIATE JUDOS, OcM. vAMES BURN'S. JUNIATA. TREASURE!, MAd, A. J. SANSOM, 2EEOS 808. COMMISSIONED, PHILIP SHOEMAKER, COLERATN. POOR OIESCTOS, HENRY W-RTZ. C. VALLEY. AUDITOR, DANIEL L. DEPI3AUQH, SNAKE SPRING. 'l ho Policy of Gen. Scott Whilst others are complaining of, and some denouncing, the s emingly tardy movements 0! our army, we can plainly discern both wisdom and patriotism in the plans of Gen. Scott. We may be mistaken, but it seems to us that we can , ee in the movements •: the U. S. Army, the | controlling influence of that love of our whole j country which poured out its pledges of fi ieii- j ty in red streams at Luony's Lane and Qu-ens- j town. We have full faith in Gen. Scott's mil itary ability, and what is far better, we think we have reason to believe that fie is now en deavoring to turn the war between the Gov- ! eminent and the South, into a bloodless con test. Had if been his object to take Harpei's ! Ferry by assault, he might have done it as I well with a column marching from ihe Eist ; as by approaching it from the North, West and i East. But it was not a part of his programme, j to cause the useleg; effusion of blood, and hence he adopted the plan ol surrounding the forces under Gen. Johnston, and, by a regular invest ment, compelling their surrender. We 2te i- i so Well advised that the worse than useless ra. !s made by small detachments of the U. S. troops \ into the villages and fowns of Virginia, such a that of Lieut. Tompkins at Fairiax, meet whh the unqualified disapprobation of the Lieuten ant General. On the whole, from ail the evi dence upon the subject, we are convinced that Gen. Scott has no heart for the prosecution of a bloody and exterminating war against the peo ple of the South. It is his desire, we firmly be lieve, to so move the troops under bis command, as to convince the Southern generals that they car. gain no viatory in any pitched battle. To this end he will not press forward his forces until he can do so effectively and effectual!v. But this patriotic delay afLcts in a vejy serious manner, the nerves ot the Abolitionists and o- Iher haters ol the Southern people. They are tbiisting lor blood, and nothing but b ood will satiate their brutal appetites. Horace Greely already demands a more vigorou# campaign Beecber clamors from the pulpit lor activity and energy , and Garriioa cries "Forward, March !" so that the Constitution, that "cove nant with death," nay be the sooner su Terted. Whether these blood-thirsty monomaniacs will have sufficient influnence with the President to cause him to interf re with Gen. Scott's policy, remains to be seen. We hope the old veteran will be allowed fo take his own course, for with all his short-cornings in civil affairs, we have more confidence in i is ability to me-t the pres ent crisis, than_we could have in ail the Lin coln#, Camerons and Sewards that ever existed. r Sjr*'All the blunders committed during the present war, were made by Republican paper generals, promoted to positions above their ca pacity, by political influences and party favor itism. I h-* Great Petlirl blunder is an instance and the "dumping down" at Vienna under Gen. Sciitock, of Ohio, another. On theother band, Gen. Butler's military career, thus far, has been brilliantly succissfuf, and Col. Wal lace (a leading Indiana Democrat) has done more with a dozen men in one day than Scbenck, or Pmce could have done with a thousand in a year- Let us have no mi.-e po litical paper general#, but let the troops be jffi cered by theirs/ wen irrespective of party. Hon H. B. Wright, in the Luzerne district, as a glorious Union victory Of course, it was a Union victory ; but the Inquirer forgot to tell its readers that Mr. Wright is elected in place of a Republican, and ibat be was the regular Democratic nominee. predecessor ia the editorship of the GviMt, Geo. Bowman returned u this place, from Washington, on Friday last. Gen. Bow man looks well and is io the enjoyment of ex cellent braitb. KF'Tbd aoseoceof the Editor will account k>t the lack ot editorial and o'her shcrt-comicga io this issue. prove that Democrats are Union men. To this end he publishes the letters and speeches ol ! such eminent Democrats as Judge Holt, John A. Dis, See., &c. The fellow is a foci lor his pains. The p-opl- know that Democrats have always been for the' Union, vea, when the Re publicans were willing to "let it slide." When >.ve think it necessary to vindicate the fidelity to the Union of leading Democrats, we will publish their speeches and letters, and not till then. True Democrats are true Union men, and vice versa. Campbell's Artillery left Camp McCa't for Harrisbur?, on Monday morning last. The (wo howitzers belonging to tins company, are with the two regiments at Camp Mason 5c Dixon, at the Maryland line. For the Gazette. A PLEA FOR RECOPJCILIATIOrJ. Ir is a quarrel most unnatural, To be revenged on lam that loreth thee.— Rich. 111. In considering this lamentable war now go ing on between brothers in these once happy United States, I was rr.oal:ng a fraternal rupture—the bitterness of brother's quarrels. " A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city ; and their contentions are tike the bars of a castle."—Prov. 18.—A brother engaged in revolt agaiu-d a brother, is | more difficult to be subdued than a stranger.— Why so ? Because the affections of brothers toward brothers being of the strongest charac ter, are proportionable changed, by discord, in to the most sovereign and perfect hatred, as the best wine, by corruption, is turned info the strong ' kind of vinegar. The injury inflicted by a brother is the more deeply felt as coming from one so closely connected. The enmity re *ul ing from such a collision between brothers, is represented by the sacred page, as harder to overcome, or bnak, than the bolts and bars of the gates of a fortified city. "Fraternal dis cord," says Dr. Kenrick, on this passage, js generally violent and of long dura'uin."— Domestic quirrols, we know, a*e viVe-nr and lasting, bitter and desolating in the tr effects. When portions cf gnat naii;u% geographically and politically divided, separatej in anger—men of the same Consanguinity and parent stock h--irs of the same pric>-le ( s inheritance of the past, and expectao's ol the * ' ' 'ame opening brilliant fntu'e—must, in surh a disastrous rupture be t warfs each other, in the extreme of lore or hatred. In such sad strife, they must be stirred up on a eigantic seal" of'hatred and horror towards their opjion>nts. Divine r-vp|jtir>n has Well described the acer bity of their mum.l animosities: "Their con tentions are like the bars of a castle." It bath passed into a proverb, how difficult it is to rec oncie discordant brethren. " among -->-I E J; FRUR R H Plutarch, a pagan, no'icrs it : Frnfrum qitoque gratia ram est. We have all read in our Bi j hie? ol the hatred of the brothers, Jacob ard j Ssao, also of the enmity of Joseph's brethren to • wards him ; again ofihnt of Absalom and Amon. j Moreover we are all aware ol the uncompro | rnising hostilities and warfare between the Ten ■ Tribes and the children ol Juda and Benjamin, > after the Secession of the lormer from the house |of David- " And it came to pass at that time, when Jeroboam went out oi Jerusalem, that 1 the prophet Ahijah, the Shilomite, found bim jio the way.. . And Ahijah caught the new • garment that was on him, and rent it intj twelve pieces. And fie said to Jeroboam, Take thee ten puces; for thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel ; Behold I will rend the kingdom o .t of the hand of S>l imun and will give ten tribes to thee." I King*, ch. 11, vs. iI9, 3d, 31. All these brother's quarrels ought, with the word# of the Eternal Lawgiver, to move and instruct us to labor to bring " our brothers' quarrels" to a close as epeedily as possible.— Continually should we hold out to our erring brethien, the "olive branch of of peace;" and ■. we should, by DO moans, say or do anything whatever, through the press, or pulpit,-or on the Field of Mars calculated to alienate them from us, their brothers, though now engaged iu the necessary preservation of our magnificent Union. No uncalled-for harsh measure—no unnecessary violence, or vengeance, shou'd be r< sorted to, on the battle-field, or elsewhere The greatest forbearance and mort Chridian-li.ke charity muH be displayed to win back our hrethr- n estray, to Union and to love. How wise it would be lor us to pond-r well the words of divine inspiration: "A brother that is offended is harder to be won than a strong city; and :hnr contentions are like the bars of a cas tle." If there be any truth in these word#, a? we Christians must believe there is, we should try, by all means, to soften down the asperities of war, and neglect no possible means in our power, to unite " the brotheis" once more in the happy bonds ol pec*>. At lea suing uni forms, are plainly visible in the fields and along the road, from onr camp. A troop of horse this morning were seen to drive off the ca'tle ■if a farmer (a union man) up the road towards the rebel camp. They also took two of his hor ses. You may ask why we did nof immediate ly recross the Potomac and drive back these guerrillas. I can only say that anxious as we are fo do so, we have only to obey orders. We are waiting Hie arrival of the Rhode Island bat tery, and the cavalry, when a movement wilj be made across the river. My cwn impression rs that theie is no considf rable force in this neighborhood, but these troopers are employed to amuse us here, and prevent our march to ward Richmond. It is thought, too, that theie is a masked battery in the woods opposite the camp. If that be so, we will know it before manv bouis. Jeriy Brown and Jake Peck have just come in and report that a trooper has just been shot from his horse on the Virginia side. He was seen to fall from his horse. lie rose again, walked snort distance and fell. A number of officers are on the bluff, viewing the , , osit side, ami the movements of the enemy, with field glasses. A fire ins been kept tip a'l Ire - ing by th- rha • com pa m K 1 tll-P I -rOU . , j t.-.o or (hire h use, tio ; lie v stamper a petty, loile guerriile war in which I confess I feel no interest. If the enemy i* in strong force, the march against therr. sJioul fhe made at once. If nut, we ought to be allowed to go to Washington or the teat of war, and no! be amused by (tie filing of a few Berkley county troopers. I said thai nearly all the inhabitants of this place have left. The greatest ala-rn prevail*. 1 *aw Miss Ensminger (formerly Miss Fforenda C< (Troth) this morning. She is the wife of the landloid of the Potomac House the principal hotel. The servants ail left to-dav, a.d ifjev were uno'ile to provi-U dinner for lh-ir ous guests. She declares that she w ill stav ant! see the worst. Ih- house had been doing a tremendous business, but it is now suirounded by guards, the bar :.> clos d and n*> soldiei is al lowed to enter without a pass signed by the commanding officer of brigade. Many of the private houses have been entirely desert-d, and a guard stationed at the doors to protect it from plunder. The town has a truly desolate ap pearance. Yesterday afternoon Col. Bowman, of the Gth Pa., R-gim> nl, and one of bis officers took a pleasure ride over the Potomac and up tlm road. They have not since b-en heard from. Tiiey have, nod u t, o-en captnr-d b'. th- r-'i e's Our coit pany wa> detailed f-T pirt., ■ ! • i last night, nrr ih- river shore, and up ' i.■ i I Ev-ty m3n in the cm. pen y was out nt . j The order first was to wade the stream, ami J post the pickets on the Virginia ,-ide. put 11 M ; countermanded, being considered too danger ! mis a position with troopers in fiord, and prob i ably a masked battery in the wocds. We Were out all night, but saw no enemy. We took a tjov to headquarters, who waded the stream with information for Gen. Cadwaiader. We were instructed to look out for hnn, and for the two missing officers. Our men are all well but Wm. Hafer, and in fine spirits. Every one of them w/as in rank* at 10 o'clock night before last, when th-ir was an alarm in carno, caused by a blunder of a pirk' t belonging to the 9ih R-gim-nt. An at tack was momentarily expected, ami I never saw men so eager to resist it. We stood under arms for an hour, and then were ordered to quarters. Young Win. Hafer, .viiorrr you brought fr >m Cumberland Valley, la- en ick for several days. 11-. we* ;rr ra. s, '. ~sever, the other nigh', i onk him to a Hotel in town yesterday, and he is well attended to. He i* bi-t'er ■< morning, and I think will resume his A■ (i s i I a day or two. I I jllst now h-wrt i' *•' 1 already t>l * side ~ I. . r , Ull a , a flu .V ..It ltiy are gOlf g. We Xj. •-< i "■ now before i v-sty four h -urs.— •' " • J ■• r has !11 9 head quarters here. I W'u.l.t he gl.i | | )t . dr j r ,j„ y o j sometimes whenyiiU have leisure (o write. Direct to VV ilium-port, if we have left our fetters will follow us. John BeeJ,. r has just b>-n in camp. I was quite glad to n e-1 him, am* so ae all rhe tioys. He IS 10- It -I Kof mi n>a , We!ia-i seel) suite We bit (Ji Ulll -| S'lU g. lie left for Hagerstown. Yours very truly, JOHN H. FILLER For the BediorJ Gazette. HOW TO SETTLE THIS* WAR. Ma. EDITOR : I wi-h to make a few sug gestions for the especial benefit of those editors w.ho seem so well booked in the art of wa r . 1 think them of the utmost importance ; and if proper ly observed tbey will undoubtedly settle the difficulty. As it is very evident from the .V. Y. Tri bune that Geo. Scott does not know his business; I would propose that H. r ace Greely be made Commander in Chief of the army and navy, with a number of aids, from the editorial corps of the different New Yoik and Philadelphia journals ; say, for instance, that James Gordon B- nnetf, Raymond of the "Times" and John W. Forney, be made Mij r Generals in the ar my. Tne advantages of these appointments would sun tie Mi in the army, as well as in thr general quiet which would consequently follow at ti nte. After having laid Gen. Scott on the shelf ■ and having superseded Gen-rals Butler, M'Clel an, Patterson, and a fwv others, who do not know their duty in regard to the "niggers," by such men 3s Wendell Phillips, Win. Lloyd Gar-ison John Brown Jr., R dpalh and Fred. Duiigia*s, and promoting Billv Wil son to a Biigadier Generalship, I would pro pose a plan of operations a* follows. Fu>i, as I have recently invented a new projectile which will be an actual necessity if my plan is adop ted ; I would give Governor Curtin the con tract to supply '.hem, for the army : which tie could do for something less than $3,500,000, besides leaving a pretty fair margin for sub con ti actors to fill their pockets. Besides this, he could arm and equip a few more men from this slate, with much more efficient weapons than they now have. Having completed all the ab >ve arrange ments, I would have the armv drawn up in 4 battle a>rav," irnrue iiately opposite the R. o I f 're- : a - . >as to fall some fifteen or twen -1 j tne rear of the em my. Ttu-, (>- ,sv an- known to be in as ate of a .solute star vation) would draw them from their def nee- ; vvt en, don't you see, our men could march right up, take their position, and a* so >n a they have forrmd new line*, repeat the d -• and my word for it, Richmond and a'i Hi • "1114 gers" would be in our hands in less ti.an a fortnight. This plan, in my opinion, has many advan tages over the old method of fighting.— For. don't you see, aft- r several engagements of this character, Mr. J ff-r-on Dav is would g-t asha med of himself; and prop.se to give back me forts and stolen property >n return for our pro vision*, and having no food to spare (or "our colored bretheren,"* would throw them in a* pail pay ; and we, as usual, would have lite best of the bargain. Secondly, I would then propose a "peaceab'e 1 I in unl" tit (i iflictilt iw in v\ I j WOil'if make Horace Greely President of the Untied S'al.s for life, o be succeeded hv to . eldest ctiild--whe(her male or female. Third ly, I would abolish ail state liru-*, t• nt down 'he capitol of each s'ate, or crmfi-cate them tor the support of Gr- e!-v and family, and es lablisn an order, to be cali-d 'he "Kn gh's ■>( Abolition," lor the special benefit ot the decap ■ dated Governors. Fourthly, I -would in< rea*e ; Ihe standing army to one hundred tfcou*and . men ; abolish Congress, suspend the writ o f ha bens co-pus by military force, a'nd the Judges of 'he Supr-me C?ourt, by a rope. Fif'hlv, I would !i.*h ord .* ,f (i ibi'ity (.r hi- e*pe icl ■' fi f ' e V If 1 - i>'* ao i 1 heir ariri > ; ke !i * rr. Hi-' • -sip- n-* law <.f tiie riv,l w -,i < tne all D-muciatic in o g flic- s " o.tj.and their 'ype ..di--- 'll 1" ! tne f or qoirl •* of ttie g|o'), ; and I vv -.1. 1 11 ake "Free lore" and Spiiimalism ihe church of ttie s'ale. Rut t>r the benefit of the editor o! the Bedford Inquirer and In* St. Clair correspondent, I would not be hard on the Quakers. Seventhly, and lastly, I would give the above named editor a premium of $ 1000, lor hi* won derful sagacity in discovering a "inare's nes'," in the (inz-tte of week before last ; alter w h < h I would kni;ht fiirr. for consistency. And fui ther 1 would "spot" every Democrat as a trai tor, or Secessionist ; and have hnn hung up without judge or jury ; trample the Constitution under foot, or '•suspend" it whenever it hap pens to be in the way of any of my projects.— And in return for all this I only ask permission to patent my invention ; an J that 1 may have all the money embezzled frmn the Treasury of the State of Pennsylvania since tne commence ment oi this war. Yours sincerely, C.\pr. BOAIDIL, Jr. t/* V f * - .'.Or. .astrai lon 13.. K < . a ;■; ! ..-, : e ' r Hi' - 'a-V. M :..#(• ... • d •. C .; Is there su- •' • • ' I' I* ■' V- -. 1 ll' V ■ I V. .. !• I - > Jin Ll.O 's 1 at s .si" ti 'in e,-. * i.i • i , .lot 11- x\ iiii'i.i,'ra '■■> cat n-.t plead Ign .rjftce of ;|,e ot.a act 1 of M ir.lgo I e-y. lie has beell 11.*- til ist-:i Jr.j (~r of a gang of out laws in Kansas who c<.mm.Ue : | eveiy sort of depredation and outrage, murder ing, thieving and robbing wherever :hey wmnt. 1 Tnere is amj le evidence „t aslnngtnri of his Infllln.il* character, and yet lie is app unted an . fficer in th- army, to be in- as ocn-e „t lu,n est soldiers and gentlern-n. Jljusti e was done he would he hung lor hi* c trn * —an til t , .... w h - are c uipe|J-d 10 ass.ria'e wuitn IT M J - fateful, I lie Vwi I O k *MII I.r I ft. |r iva I- S I tie!.- tiav ■• h-E 11 tit in, unrip'.in,is c ,| i|, t . , poiiiim-nt I.f inc-ompeient ■ FFlCEß.*— hut this IS tne fir*T INSTANCE VVNER- a man d positiveiy in famous character has been commissioned an of- ! fleer.—Patriot if Union ¥i R NEW S. : FIGHT AT MATHIAS POItfT-CAPT. i WARD- OP THE FREEB9RM KILLED | VV ASH INU T >N, June 28. The steamer Pawnee arrived at til* Navy ' Yani I tri-: morning, bunging interest ing but painful intelligence from Mathias Point. According to the staienw.ts of hers ms in Hie expedition, Capt. Ward, (.1 tin* Freeborn, y-s- j terday obtained" Imm Capt. Rowan, of the I Pawii'-c, a reinloi cement of about twenty m.*n ! and united wi*h others Irom his owu vesst-J, j comprising between thirty and 'orry men in ; all. They started in several cutters Irom Mathias, takeing with thern tbout 250 bags, which were hied with sand on the shore, and , with which breastworks were soon eiecied, < i the proceedings being under the direction ot Lieutenant Chaplin. While in the act ot re- | turning to the Freeborn for the purpose, it is ! stated, of obtaining cannon for the battery, a ! force of the Confederate troops, variously esti- i maied at from twelve to fifteen hundred, su I- j ! denly emerged from the thick woods in which ! I they had been concealed, air! poured a volley i i of sliot into the Federal party, *vho made a : ' has'y iv'reat, sev-ral of the men jumping into ! I the water and swimming in ibe Freeborn. I Capt. Waul, on the Freeborn, protected his i m-n as far as p 'S-ib e u ilh his g nts, fifing : iweiye or fiiie.-ii shot among the re >e s, but , wild wliai efiect it iou!d not be asc-li.nn> d. WinV in the act of finng a gun afiei it was >si i itiat Hie gunner tad been wounded, Capt. : Ward was struck in Hie t)i--ast bv a bullet, and j | in Hie course of an h nil thereafter di--rt fiom j internal heir.oiage. A sailor nanel Wil liam J Bess was wounded in four places, it is j feai ed mortally. Several others were also wounded, among them Jack Williams, the cox-swain, a bail en ! tering his thigh. The flag he carried was com | ple'ely riddled. Ttie men all reached the ve iS I without far j ther damage. Capt. vVari'sbotv w.u brought I 'here to Nv by tit- Pawnee. J< the f■ ws ! procession whic at npauied it from the harf\ Ito the lav "ft . poiary deposit in the Navy Ya>d, '.us displaced th- ri'd ed banner. Tile ghihrn huh prevailed in this locality wasuppr The remains will be trans port. d North. j { us,hi that alter the F-d-'ral forces re- I treated Ir in M.thus Point, the hi east works' weie immediately occupied oy the Conleder- j at. s. n.e olj i t of Cap'. Ward in throwing up ;h h> si' w>lks at Mathias Point was that tits ! • a; '- < few might be able ! o hold t. -d h He 32 p in New Yoik under a maiine escort 10-nioirow morning. I Mathias Pot l t is about fifteen miles below Aij,lla C eek, on the Potoo ac, and -a, had \va\ between Washington Ci'' an ! ttie mouth Of the | ivel —EI THE FIGU rAT rU \ NKFORV. Li-tit Geneial Scott to-day recused lb t i! > .vmg dispatch:— CUMBERLAND, June 27. To Gonerd JffcC It/Inn: 1 hate been arrusiotned to sending my j mo i-i'ed pick-Is \ 3 men in a!!, to ditF-rent ! pis s mg tli- several approaches I > Cumbei ; land Filling it next to impossible to get re- | liable inl .rina'ion of Hie etiemv. yesterday I united the )3 and directed them, if possible, : to Fiankfoit, a town midway between tins : place and Rimney to se it there were rebel troops Hiere. They went within a quaiterof a mile of the place, and found i' lull of cavalry. Returning, thev overtook 4-0 horsein-n, and at once charged or. them routing and dtiving then, M.ick m re tlian an ile, killing eight of thein and >e, iniiig 17 horses, Corporal Hayes, j in command of my men, was desperately wonnde.f with sabre cuts and bullets. Taking htm hai k, th- y halted about an hour, and were Hien attacked by the enemv, who were rein forced to about 75 mmi. The attack was so j i sudden that they abandoned the horses and i sruoe.i to a small island at the mou'h of Pat ; tersons Crerk. Ihe charge coveting One, John C. II ihtinghrook, d'C nijiatn Bis dead. The last I was taken prisoner and brutally murdered. ; Three companies went to Hie gionnd this morn ing and recovered everything belonging to iny [ticket, except a feW of tile hoiS"S. Ttie ene i my were engaged a!) night long in boxtr.g up : their dead. Two of their officers were killed. They laid out 23 on the pot oh of a neighbor ing farmhouse. I will bury my poor fellow to morrow. I have positive information, gained to day that there are lour regiments of rebels in arid about R.unney, under Col. McDonald. W'bdt their [ articular object is I cannot learn- , The two Pennsylvania regime; lts -; n i ca.nprrient a! Siate line mo . . ' . ".lies from here, % iwy hvl not yvt re ! ■vuiyl.-.m"** ' ,b '™ ! i ' - • -f :S. -.mmisH aaondt li... i ah , instances ot wonderful daring , and ' n .hi. s* ' ') LE VfS WALLACE, C< I MI- I Ilfh Regiment Indiana V >hin ! i •< rs ! G ii t. s. V[ j a M ral. Hunrick !. W.g'-, as b.e„ ejected t< C ."gte--, from Hie Lg :iie d „,| Colun.fiia district, in ~lac-of G W. scra-.t m, deceased, el. cted last Ull by th- Rej-üblnans. The r,Nimbi* D-.r.ocra -ay S a numb-r of R p.thtican -pap-rs ofth-D -tii ts opposed h: -1-cii .n, m>t wiihoutany >iicce £ kf u f a'trmjit at oigar.Zrti in. t fl. Sthef., Ej-j , EJnor of the • G sfien I'emocrnty is at present on a v isit to f.u ' native plice, ScbelLburg, in this county. Mr. j Schell u a young man of much promtse, Secret Sessions. : "Some Of the leading Republican nwrr.&ers of Congrej* who have armed ptopow that the daily sessmns of Congtess be secret " Thud j rites the Correspondent of the Evening PcU | horn Washington. The rea-on advanced for ! hiding the proceedings of Congress from the public eye is, that there ate two or three met elected tO C.Mlgr-tS Who will oj|)O3e the me ores of the Government, which Would urq ti -natiiy have u had ,ffi- c t by enconrsging th r-b-ls and inducing them to" protract the war j In other words, there may be some difference ■ of opinion among the representa'ives of the peo ple, and it is not advisable that the world ihou'd i know such differences exist. But why res ort | 0 this cinmsy method of preventing members Congress from examining and discussing the I measures of Government ? Why not adopt s shorter and sharper method of attaining the same object, by arresting dissenting Congress I men and handing thein over to the military au : Ihorities to be d alt with according to circum i dances t If free discussion has really become j dangerous to the safely ot the country, a might as Well be suppressed by a bold exercise of pow er a- by closing the doors of Congress. Indeed ' we do not see the necessity ot having a Coa i gress at all if members are not allowed to dc | liberate. ! It is rather early in the day for the Aicm can fungi ras to imitate the bad example of Se-. | ce-sion Conventi nis by deliberating wr.b closed o-.ors. The effect would be much worse than to let the anti-war members have their say.— Opposition always grows ondei the choking , process. We all suspect that the Secessionu:g ! closed the doors of thejr Conventions because | ibey did not wish rheir own p-opie and the A ibt to in,dkr,land the* Union element. If Coogrey- should follow this vicious example, the rebels would v-ry ru'u ally magnify the num ber and influence ol the opponents of *ar, and dei ivr courage and Cms, lint ion Herefrom. Let there be no sneaking, und-rhand proceedings. | but let everything be done openly and absr . t> 'aid.- Palt'iof & Union. Eiom "be Lancaster Examiner, (fUp > THE ARMY CLOTHLVG FRAUDS The Pil/tburj Jews and Bucky" .Veal In dicted for Conspiracy and Fraud, The contract for army clothing made with the FrowenfeJds and Vforgansterns of Pittsburg by f'hades M. Yea I, the State Agent, has bt en the subject ol investigation by the Grand Jury of Allegheny county. The Contract amounted to $22,000, and it is allegpd that the charges were most extravagant, and that the State was thereby swindled out of about SIO,OOO. Wheth er thw '-surplus" went into the pockets of - gents" or "go between®," the public will now ascertain. On Friday !aM, the Grard Jury made a pre sentmeiit, in whirl) they allege— Thai fom our own knowledge and oberva ti m, and from evidence before us, Emanuel Frow enf-ld. Mam ice Fi owenfehf, Asher Frow enf-hf, Ah'aham Frowenentel.l, Joseph Mor ganst-rn, L mii< M Tganstern, and Charles M. N-a', intending to ch--at and drfratid the citi zens af the Commonw-alth of Pennsylvania, did, on the twenty third day of April, A. D. 1 Sbl. at the city of PiMsburg.cnspire, combine, ; confed. i ate and agree together to deceive cheat i and d fraud the citizens of the said Common wealth ol P.-nn- vU an la, ol the sum of t>-n tbous . atid .f..'Ur, hy divers sub'l and Irauduient , ■ -an- a td o'ej ii I mediately at • toe . tfm*nt had baeo r s , th- C -id cfir cteu u.e District Attoraey to draw a oil! of indictment against tr.e party, wnich he promptly did, and a true bill war subsequently returned against them. Th Frowenfelds and Morgansterns were arrested i arid held m answer in the sum of $5,000 each. A process was also plac-d in the hands of Sb-r ' iffGiaham for the arrest of Neai, and bv th'i : ti;Tie " Bncky" has doubtless given bonds for fits app-aiance belore a Court and jury of Alle gheny county. It is to be hoped that if the al leged Laud* turn out to be true, that the parties to thern may receive the punishment they de serve. I'public rumor be correct, these cbthir.g frauds are not the only ones that need ventila tion. There are others w h ich demand a strict investigation. 3nd the good example of Alle gheny should be followed and carried out by olher counties in the Common wealth. THE SPECIAL REPORTER. —The Washington special reporter for a New York daily is ima! iui uentris. Inasmuch as all the new* I proper is forwarded by the agents ol the Asso ciated Prm. it is his business to pick up all th gossip, ansorh a 1 the rumors, and oe very know ing in ail military and Cabinet secrets, per sonally he van's very much in appearance.— New he is gray haired but lithe aid actfe, hiking prof Mindly wise and important. Again he cs r ugh and 6'ii.yie, thick set, sandy hiir an t g--neraiiy bull doggy in aspect. And this man i- your true sensation reporter. It is ne who gels up attacks by Beauregard on Wash ing on. Still again, the reporter may be an eminently nice young man. given to kid glove* and odotuus of perfumes. Une such as' ibis, not long ago, began a di-patch to the Tribune with with the solemn announcement " Tn-*- are grand and aw lul times." Mr. Oana repliad bv letter that the lact stated wa? already knowr. in New Yoik, and it was hardly worth whila lo pay telegraph charges upoo , t . The re|rt er w-as indi -uan' M showed Dana's letter to his ' lr ''" , " 8, I Considered it insulting, and was mede 1 Yaitng the propriety ofresi?n' j ter wa* cut sl.ort by Mr. Dana'e resigning birr. Not to put tor fine a point upon it fee was Jia j chargt d re fe-.vvter i a'wars fami'ts" wpb >. •er.e'rj. He pick* then no in tae 'at ; i" r > wiir. !>; n; repeated co.i.uii i . ot- iout ftw.i gto 'tie mixture of dnuk in.d S ate affairs bis imagination is sometimes over simulated and reports are sent on out of which nothing but the lightning could burn !t* flavor ot Washington whisky. And then, too, d sometimes happens along toward midnight, w hen tiie wits b-giri to grow hazv, that depart ment 'Viks are wick'd enough to 's-lT'tbe rcp-rt-r. Y u will se,. w f. ai to diii.k. Th- ne„s u.an never refus *, and then a cotiircmn ii in ih-- c >rc.-r f -11, tu-clerk . mj-t.atir and solemn. Hi refmrter I'm.riding and ; redu os. Next rno'mr.g trie New Y .rk (iaiiy f.riuts the pith of thai COdV-r --> .'i >n, and the next night the wicsed u-pa't rti--nt clerk r-aa it w j'h an inward chuckle *'• th- urc-*s r.t the sell." Socfi a'e some of the means by which tc T-ecial dispatrr -a .f th* p.ee are made up.— If not over r-liable they are at !ea-t very crat*- stng to those who have watched the p;oce*of their manufacture. They should be regarded as a vast practical joke, carried oa at an unlim ited expense.