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[A 'cm the Logan County (O.) Gazette."]
DE UNITED STATESjHOTEL.
ur ONE OF THE HOARDERS.
I'a took rooms for do season—l's cutting
quite a swell—
I's stoppin' nt a tavern —de UNITE!) STATES
HOTEL.
010 UHCLE SAM'S de landlord—we eat. and
drink our fill—
t And do wisdom ob do measure is, dar's
■ nuffnV for de bill 1
• Oh, Hi O Dinkum Darkey!
De white trash can't afford,
To take rooms at de tavern
Whar de cullud gentry board.
De' possom it was lnbly—but wo'vo bet
ter grub dan dat;
De hoe-cake it was 'nillcent, do raccoon
sweet and fat—
Hut 'possom, 'coon and hoe-cake I —l bid
you all farewell 1
You wouldn't suit do 'Siety at Undo tiaiu's
Hotel.
Oh, Hi O Dinkum Dnrkcy!
Oh don't you hear de belli
It's rinpin' for do hoardahs
At Undo Sam's Hotel.
And don't yon know de boarduhs?—de
'complished Dinah Crow—
Do scrushinatin-l'ompey, and do gallant
i Mic-tah Snow—
And all ob do "born equals," no matter
whar doy dwell,
Are goiu' toboboardahs at Uncle Sam's
Hotel.
Ob, Hi O Dinkum Darkey!
Oh Lorry euro I am,
Do best ob all do taverns
Is kept by Unci.!'. Sam.
De soruKliiaatiii I'onipey, when ho sits
down to dino.
' Just hear him call de wnitah, to fotch
along de wine! —
And 800 de little wbito boys a helpiu' Mis
tah Snow,
! And bringin' chicken fixins to do lubly Di
nah Crow !
Oh, Hi O Dinkum Darkey!
I'b cuttin* quite u swell,
' I'B look rooms at a tavern—
De United States Hotel.
f It's a mighty big old tavern, dnt United
States Hotel!
It lias sixty thousand boardah#, end it
'commodates 'cm well;
It bus room ior all ob Dixie, an' 'spo.ct
deytll all bo here,
Wiv dar wives and pickaninnies, 'fore de
endin' ob do voar.
Oli, Hi () Dinkum Darkey!
We havo no bills to pay,
Dry charge 'cm to de white trnsh,
1 hear do landlord say.
•
Oli take do mattock, white man! —de
sliubbel and do spado—
We boardahs hab no work to do, wo all
hab quit the trade!—
Hut 'fore you pay do boalid bills you'll hab
to tug uu.i sweat.
And wish you wasn't white trash a thous
and times I'll hot!
Oh, Hi O Dinkum Darkey!
(.It) don't you hear do boll!
It's riugin' for de boardahs
At Undo Sam's Hotel.
DOUGLAS ON SUMNER. —If there was any man
that the lamented Senator Douglas regarded
with abhorrence, it was SenatorSunmer, ol Mas
sachusetts. Here is a portrait that lie drew of
him in debute in 1854. Addressing himself to
him, he said:
"Is there anything in the means by which ho
got here to give hiin a superiority over btlicr
gentlemen who came by ordinary means? Is
there anything to justify it in the fact that lie
■came herewith a deliberate avowal that be would
never obey one clause of the Constitution of the
United Slates, and yet put his hands upon the
Holy Bible, In the presence, of this'body, and
appealed to Almighty God tluit he. would be
faithful to the Constitution, und with a pledge
o£ peijury on his soul, by violating both that
oath and tho Constitution 1 He came here with
a pledge to perjure himself ns the condition of
eligibility to the place. Has lie a right to ar
raign us because we felt it to be our duty to l>e
faithful to that Constitution which he disavows,
to that oath which he assumes and then repudi
ates? The Senate have not forgotten the debate
on tho Fugitive Slave J -aw, when the Senator
said, in reply to a question whether he was in
favor of carrying into effect that clause of the
Constitution for the rendition of fugitive slaves,
"Is thy servant a dog, that lie should do this
thing?" A dog to be true to the Constitution of
your country! A dog, unless you are. a traitor!
That was his position; and still he comes here
and arraigns us for crimes, and talks about au
dacity ! Did mortnl man ever witness such au
tlucity in an avowed criminal?"
iSTThere are great men enough to incite us fo
aim at true greatness, but not enough to make
us fancy that God could not execute his purpo
ses without them. .
CJTA printer whose talents were but indiffer
ent, turned physician. He was asked the rea
son of it. He said; "In pristine all the faults
are exposed to tho eye, but in physic they are
buried with the patient, and one gets off more
easily."
O-trWhat, is that which makes all women c
qually pretty? Tutting the caudles out.
VOLUME 38.
NEW SERIES.
! vEl)t Schoolmaster Slbroab.
EDITED BY SIMON SYNTAX, ESQ.
K7~Teachers and friends of education are respect
fully requested to send communications to the above
care of " Bedford Gazette."
recitation^
NO. 9.
Secondly ± Zet every recitation proceed
with dispatch —not hurriedly but prompt
ly. Among teachers who are considered
almost equally good, some accomplish twice
a9 much in the same time as others. No
delay, or waste of time in any manner,
should be tolerated. Purpils should under
stand that tliev must respond immediately,
or the question will be passed to another.
It is no unusual thing for them to spend
more time in delay and consideration than
is required to recite the part assigned them.
This is all wrong: when a class eoinc to the
recitation seats tlicy are supposed to have
studied their lessons and to be ready to rc
oito. If any among them arc not, they
should be sent to their seats till they are.
The brief time usually given to a recitation
is too precious for unv pupil to fritter it a
way in considering whether he can recite or
not. If lie does not respond the instant lie
is called on, take it for granted he cannot
respond at nil, and pass the question to an
other. This will"not ojily save time, but it
will cultivate habits of readiness uiul prompt
ness which arc of incalculable advantage.
The recitation should not be interfered with
by interruptions from any quarter. The rest,
of the school must understand this and not
be allowed to ask questions during its prog
ress. Nor should members of the class be
allowed to make remarks or ask questions
unless called on by the teachers. Those
having any thing to say ma)' raise the hand
and then wait till they are culled on. This
will prevent two or more from speaking at
once, and save much confusion. All side
issues should be rejected: Unprofitable dis
cussion should be" cut off, no matter how
profitable it may seem to the pupil. Nor
should any important point be hurried over ;
without full discussion and a clear under
standing. Hut unimportant points arc con
stantly arising. ' These should be rejected, j
and the recitation kept in its legitimate ,
course.
Thirdly: Have a definite time for every
recitation. Call out a class to the minute;
and dismiss it as punctually. The several
"duties of the day should he so arranged as
to take up all the teacher's time. If lie al
lows any exercise to take more than its al
lotted time he robs some other exorcise.
Hence a class should be dismissed when its
time is out, whether the recitation is finish
ed or no£ The teacher should never in
quire if n class are ready, and wait on them
if they are not. On the contrary, the class
should know when and how long they are
to recite, and that no delay or excuses will
be tolerated. We would be glad to impress
this point upon the attention of teachers.
There is, perhaps, no single item of school
j management in which gross blunders arc so
habitually practiced. A time for every thing
! and every thing exactly in its time, is a rule,
; not that may but that muet be followed by
every successful teacher.
Fourthly: Cultivate a spirit of criticism.
Every faulty recitation should lie submitted
to the class for correction, and tlicy should
be held responsible for all mistakes not point
ied out, as if they themselves had made
them. Care should lie taken that this crit
icism be good-natured and courteous, and
that no one be allowed to do injustice. It
properly controlled it may be made a pow
erful instrument of good. It keeps alive
interest and attention, tests the knowledge
of other pupils than the one reciting, rous
es ambition and energy, and cultivates hab
its of critical acumen.
Fifthly: l.et the pupil stand while reci
ting. Wc arc aware that teachers differ a
bout this. Some have the whole class strid
at recitation; others have the whole class
sit; while others allow the class to sit, but
require each pupil to rise when called on to
recite. This, in our opinion,*is the more
excellent way. The pupil should seldom
be allowed to recite sitting; and, in general,
if lie has a criticism or remark to make, be
it ever so brief, Ike should rise to make It.
lie will recite better standing than sitting,
s|ieak more distinctly, think more clearly.
There may lie exceptions. A bashful pu
pil, who has always refiled sitting, may be
embarrassed, at first, if required to stand;
but after his embarrassment wears off, lie
will, in almost every case, acquit him.sell
more creditably. "We shall jiot try to ex
plain why this is; but that it is, every one
may satisfy himself by observation. Pcr
haps the more fact of being "on his legs"
gives him vigor and self-reliance. We are
inclined to think it does. One could hardly
make a good stump speech, or a good plea
to a jury, sitting; and it may be noticed
that if any one lias any thing explicit or
emphatic to say, he usually rises to say it.
Ferhaps these general principles, if devel
oped, would famish a reason why a pupil
should stand to recite. Whether this be
Freedom of Thought and Opinion.
BEDFORD, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 4, 1862.
so or not, certain it is, that the tone assu
med by the same pupil, when sitting, is
sometimes so different from that assumed
when standing, as to strike tlie most care
less observer. The fact exists: The reason
is not of much practical importance.
We have now spoken of
I. Objects of Recitation—and under this
head
1, To enable tbe teacher to learn how
well pupils have prepared their lessons.
2, To afford the teacher an oppoi tunity
to explain different points.
3, To fix the facts and principles of the
lesson in the pupil's mind.
4, To cultivate the pupil's powers of ex
pression.
11. Of Preliminary Requisites to Recita
tion—and under this head:
1, Hesitation Seats.
2, Maps, 0 lobes, charts and other appa
ratus.
3, Thorough preparation on tho part of
the class.
4, Entire familiarity with the lesson on
the part of the teacher.
111. General Methods of Recitation—
and under this head:
1, The Interrogative Method—divided
into The Consecutive Method,
The Promiscuous Method,
The Simultaneous Method, and
The Silent Method. .
2, The Topical Method.
3, The Didactic Method—divided into
The Conversational form, and
The Lecture Proper.
IV. Some General Remarks.
We have thus concluded what we had to
say under the first three divisions of our
subject. "Specific Methods" remain to be
discussed. Under this head wc propose to
submit some practical suggestions as to the
best methods of teaching the several branch
es. We shall, in a few weeks, take up our
subject where wo now leave it.
We arc happy to know our remarks a
bout the scarcity of piece fractious in this
office, had the desired .effect on the Editor
of the Gazette. He "raised the wind" and
Kent for the "fractions" He o
mitted, however, in his remarks on the sub
ject—remarks that impugn the veracity of
that "peculiarly dignified" and "singularly
cool" personage known as "Simon Syntax,
Esq.,"- to tell his readers that the immense
quantity of "that very small breed of type"
that are not " vulgar " which he boasts of,
was not only received at this office, but or
dered after our "positive slander"(?) was in
the hands of the compositor.
From the Westmoreland Republican.
QUALIFICATIONS OF TEACHERS.
Improvement has been made in the qualifica
tions of the teachers of our public schools, hut
there is still quite a large margin to bo filled up.
Tho qualilleutious which should be happily
blended so its to constitute the successful teach
er, should be of as high an order as in any
other calling in life. Many engage in the busi
ness with'but small investment of cupitfli, and
still less natural fitness for the work, and the
result is a failure on their pint, a permanent
injury inflicted, orr the pupils, and the profession
lowered in the estimation of the people.
Mo one should more "magnify his office" than
tho. teacher. No one should strive harder to
make none hut impressions that will have in
fluence for good. No one should wish to be
employed as a teacher who has not, at least., a
respectable knowledge of the branches taught
in our schoute; who lias not, 4s a base of ope
rations, sound common sense, enthusiastic de
votion to his work, perseverance, cheerfulness,
hope, sympathy, and a strictly moral, if not a
christian,character. .Sound common sense would
appear to he necessary in every calling, and it
may seeia unnecessary to particularize; but it
sometimes is lacking, yet never should bo in a
teacher. His judgment is constantly in requis
ition, and if this fails him in his time of need,
his future infiueuco with the school will be en
tirely lost, Does it not require nmature judg
ment to know the capacities of his various pu
pils, to know how much labor should lie given
in order to make the success of tho scholar
barely possible—to know how and when to en
courage—how and when to punish; to be able
to judge of the proprieties of his own conduct
so that he may be an example worthy ol imi
tation.
lly the teacher's being possessed of an en
thusiastic devotion lor his work, wo do not
mean that he should be a wild enthusiast, hut
one who has such a desire for his own, and the
improvement of his pupils, that lie will bring all
his energies to bear upon his work —thus mak
ing himself much more efficient, and creating a
corresponding enthusiasm in all aasoeiatad with
him. Notice the influence of the energetic, de
voted worker. He pursues his course onwurd,
regardless of difficulties. The current is not
always with him, but. he strives to create a new
curient, 'which gathering force and volume in
its course, finally bears all with it. Th, coup,
led with perseverance, to enable him to contin
ue onwurd in his course—with cheerfulness to
enliven—with hope to encourage, and enable
hitn to see the rays of gold that are always
mingled witli the darkest shadows—with sym
pathy to enable him to appreciate the efforts and
trial of those by whom lie is surrounded—and
a moral, if not a christian character, that ho
may be a living model, always acting in obedi
ence in the convictions of duty, will bo an al
most certain passport to success.
A LESSON OF DESPOTISM.
WAR OLAIMsTr-ST. LOUIS.
Extract from the Final Reports of the Commission
—Hon. David Dane, Hon. Joseph Holt and
Hon. Hugh Campbell.
"THURSDAY, March 0.
"Claims of B. F. hfooder/ <{• Co., 5,809, 6,301.
"Lieut? Col. T. P. Andrews paymaster in the
army, called on part of the Government by J.
11. Shepley, Esq.
"Questions by Mr. Shepley. Will you please
state what rank you hold; how long you have
served in the army; uud what is your present
post of duty.
"Answer. I hold tlie rank of lieutenant col
onel j have served in the army nearly forty
years; am the senior of the two deputy pay
master generals i audi am at present at the
head of thapny departmetifiti the department
of Missouri.
"Questions by Mr. Sheply. Col. Andrews,
I hold in inv hand an authority given by Gen.
Fremont to Colonel Bussey, of the Thifl lowa
cavalry, authorizing him to clothe and equip
his regiment. Will you please state whether
or not Gen. Fremont has any authority to con
tract for ordnance and ordnance stores?
"Answer. He had none unless under an ex
press power from the secretary of War.
"Questions by Mr. Shepley. Is there any
thing in the law or regulation.; of the army au
thorizing the commanding general to contract
for mules, horses, or forage?
"Answer. I know of none. The quarter
master is the proper person to make these con
tracts.
"Questions by Mi". Shepley. If the command
ing general deems fortifications necessary at a
particular place, in whom is the authority to
contract for their construction ?
"Answer. Fortifications have never been,
to my knowledge, contracted for except in St.
Louis. The materials are contracted for, and
the construction has always been under the di
rection of the engineer department proper.
"Question by Mr. Shepley. Do you know
any reason, or did you ever hear the late com
manding general of this departineut give any
reason, why the rules aud regulations of the
army were thus disregarded?
"Answer. I was never informed of any, nor
wfts there any obligation on his part to give ute
the information.
t "Questions by Mr. atiepley. Did the com
manding general ever make to you any remarks
showing that he knowingly violated any of
the laws mid regulations of the IVar Depart- j
mont ?
"Answer. He did on ono occasion, in my
office, make remarks showing that lie intended
to disregard the ordinary instructions and regu
lations of the department at Washington.
"Question by Mr. Slioplev. Can you repeat
the substance of these remarks ?
"Answer. 1 can. This conversation was late
in August or the early part of September.—•
Gen. Fremont came into my office with Gen.
McKinstrv, and after Gen. McKinslry left lie
commenced the conversation without anything
calling for it that lam aware of. lie spoke
pleasantly, but said, 'the people of the United
Sfatei were in the field] that he wan at their
head ; (hat he meant to tarry out such measures
a s they ( the people) expected him to carry out.
without regard to the red tape oj the Washing
ton people.'— My only reply was in a few gen
eral words, that as well as I could understand
the term 'red tape' meant system of govern
ment, which in its details, might IKJ carried too
far by subordinates, but 1 had always been of
the opinion that our general system was a wise
and good one, and that ha who undertook to
set its principles or general details aside would
sooner or later become entangled in difficulties
by disregarding all system, 110 replied by re
peating his general remark, (tor I think tlic
tliird tint e,)t hat the people were in the field, and
that he was at their head, and would hive ev
erything done according to their expectations
from hr.n ; saying, now we hive only extra
constitutional government ; no civil rights, so
to speak ; all ordinary peaceful rules were to
be a J aside, and all this thing of red tape'
must give away very shortly to what the people
required of him' I had previously disobeyed
Gen. Fremont, by resisting an 'order of his
which I considered was unauthorized by law,
and concerning which I gave my testimony be
foro the. Congressional committee. General Fre
mont, hud never been in my office, nor has ho
been there since, lie had no business to trans
act with me that morning.
The declarations of General Fremont, as de
posed to by Colonel Andrews, were of so as
tounding a character that we felt it to be our
duty to inquire if they had been made to others,
wit'll a view of ascertaining how far the annun
ciation of such, revolutionary sentiments might
have superinduced the demoralization of the
service which our investigations have satisfied
us so extensively prevailed in this department.
We therefore examined Major Chuuncey C. I*.
Johnston, paymaster in the regular army, and
find his statements of sufficient importance to
justify us in giving them, unabridged, like
those of Colonel Andrews, a place in our re
port.
Chauncey C. P. Johnston, called by J. R.
Shcpley, associate counsellor, testified us fol
lows :
"I am paymaster in the United States army ;
I was appointed last June, and stationed in the
department of the west.
"Question. Did tho lato commanding Gen
eral in this department ever in your presence
countenance any disregard of law, or the reg
ulations governing tiifl ftfniyf
"Answer. General Fremont countenanced
it frequently in my nud to me, by
saying that he did not intWlin the administra
tion of this department, to be governed by the
rules and regulations that wtrt laid down, and
WHOLE NUMBER, 3011.
that lie would lie guided by tlie circumstances
I which surrounded him entirely. The reason
that this conversation occurred so frequently
was that. I was thrown much in his company,
in my capacity as paymaster, and privately.
When he first came here I went to see liirn, hnv
ing known him Itefore, anil I was invited by
him to come and see him frequently, as I was
well acquainted in the west and had been con
nected with the organization of the home guards,
in this city, from the beginning. In regard to
the official business which I had to transact
with him several instances occurred in which
orders for payments had been issued to Col.
Andrews, paymaster general, find these orders
transferred to me, and not being considered by
me legal, I called 0:1 him in regard to ilieni,
and he told me that he. intended to do what he
considered best for the service without rejerence
to law or regulations ; that he intended to cut
red tape and arrive at the end without rejerence
to order or system, and direct me to pay these
oders."
The statements of these witnesses—officers
of unimpeachable integrity and intelligence—
will, we are sure, be hoard by the Government
with equal astonishment and sorrow. General
Fremont proclaims, on assuming his command
that "there wore no longer any civil rights ;
that tiioro was no government except that out
side of the Constitution, which trad been sus
pended; that it was his determination to ad
minister lus department without reference to
law or regulations; that the people of the Uni
ted States were in the field, and that he was at
their head, and that ho meant to carry out such
measures as they, the people, expected him to
carry out, 'without regard to the red tape' of
the Washington people" —that is the President
and Congress. It is singular how jwrfectly
these sentiments harmonize with those heid by
the usurpers, who in this and other ages of the
world have sought and established absolute
power upon the ruins of public liberty. Some
of these usurpers, taking yet higher ground than
that assumed in (lie interview with Colonel An
drews, have claimed for themselves a mission
to "carry out" the will of God, but none ol'
them have sunk their pretensions below a special
misuion to "carry out" the will of the peo
ple. Cajsar, when lie stood upon the banks of
the Rubicon and waved to his veterans to ud
vance, did not make a bolder declaration against
his country than this. The words, so earnestly
and so often spoken, announced a revolution
conceived, hut which, happily for the country,
the parent had not the strength to bring forth.
No man has lived in the tide of time wise and
pure enough to be intrusted with such a power
as is here claimed. Military chieftains who cut
'red tape'always do it with their swords, nod
history*proves that the throat of their country
suffers quite as much as does the' tape' in the
operation. Ax free institutions have their foun
dations in law, and in the obedience of tlie
people and their representatives, civil and mili
tary to it, this expression of a purpose to east
aside all political and constitutional restraints,
made in the halls of legislation even, would n
larm, but when made in the field by a chieftain,
at the head of a great army, it chills and awes
the patriot's heart by its parricidal spirit. It
reveals am unscrupulous ambition, which awaits
but the prestige and power of victory to swoop
the Government itself, as a cobweb, from its
path.
This sad pntre in tho history of the late com
| nianderof this department gathers a deep sliad
i ow from the circumstances under which these
j declarations were made. Gen. Fremont had, a
i few weeks before, taken and subscribed the fol
' lowing military oath; "I, John C. Fremont, do
solemnly sivoar that I will bear true faith and
allegiance to the United States, and that I will
: sene them honestly itiul faith fully against their en
, emies or oppos.is whomsoever; it ml tJiat I will
J übseire anil obey the orders of President of the
\ United States, and the orders of the officers over
' iite, according to the rules and articles of war,"
j and thus, ill the sight ot God and his country,
had plighted faith to Government that ho would
bear to it "true allegiance." and lie stood pledg
[ cd hv the most solemn of human sanctions to
support that Constitution which, when "the
people took the field," placed fit "their head"
tho President of the United States, and not any
general fielding a commission under him. With
a confiding fondness he had lieen summoned
j from the obscurity of private life, and, prefer
eil above tho veterans and a whole army of pa
triots, he was made a major general. Scarce
ly has he girded on his sword, to whose honor
the best interests id the nation hail been com
mitted, when he says to his suborn mates and
followers that he draws it, not in tho name of
law or of the Government, hut iu the defiance
of both, to enforce such measures as, in his
judgment, "the people expected hiin to carry
out." These were spoken, as it, were,
hv the ondertaWr while the patient was yet
struggling for life. They were uttered against
the government of a country, not then tran
quil and strong and able to battle with till as
sailants, but of a country distracted and hum
bled, and bleeding under the stabs of traitors.
They came from no flush of excitement spring
ing from a triumph of arms, but were the sol
emn and oft-repeated enunciations of a general
just entering the field of his future operations,
and serving for the first time tho strength of his
gathering army. Tbey were addressed to offi
cers of high rank in the service, and were in
tended to impress them with obedience to his
revolutionary programme. Gun. Frcmout al
ready held his sword, and it was most impor
tant for his purpose that Col. Andrews, the
head of. the pay department here, and Major
Johnson, a paymaster under him, should not in
terfere with his free use of tho national purse.
Iu respecting LU own official ofttii find the law,
by resisting unwarrantable transfers of money,
tho colonel had already given' offence, and he
was therefore visited and thus startlingly warn
ed, that he might not offend again. His noble
and patriotic reply, though subdued by the pres-
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ence of liis superior officer* proved him to bo
worthy of the sword he wore, and that bis cour
age and loyalty had nothing to fear from the men
aces by wiiich he was assailed.
The line of policy thus resolved on was open
ly pursued as his apparent consciousness that lie
wtis "the Htate" grew more and more vigorous,
lie created a large number of ollices and filled
them with friends and favorites, to whom he assign
ed full salaries, a power which he hud no mora
right to exercise than had any soldier in his
ranks. About two hundred of these appoint
ments were made, and of which some forty
two were ulloted to a Iftxly of but three hun
dred men, which he hud recruited and organized
under the somewhat regal designation of "tho
Fremont Body Guard." Imitating yet further
imperial rule, he sought to bestow upon many
—possibly all his appointees—whatever their
duties, u military prestige. Thus Castle, his
'superintendent of railroad transportation, * was
honored, by his letter of appointment, with
"the pay of a colonel"—and the title, of
course, follows, while tho cilice of "musical di
rector," a creation of his own, was tilled by a
musician from one Sf the theatres, to whom
was given the rank and pay of a captain of en
gineers in the regular army.
When the Secretary of War visited this de
partment in person and inspected tho forts
which Gen. Fremont was then buiidiug for tho
defence of St. Louis, tinder the auspices of
Heard, he tit once decided that they were use
less, and ordered that they should be discontin
ued, pnd ordered that the funds of the govern
ment in the hands of the paymasters here should
be applied exclusively to meet tho current ex
penses of the army. Yet, in defiance of the
Secretary's authority, the work upon the forts
went oil to their completion, while $20,000 of
tho funds thus sought to be protected by the
Secretary was paid to Heard on the 16th of
October; and on the 10th of the same month
tut imperative order was'given by the general
for the payment of SOO,OOO more. In his ad
ministration ho virtually ignored the existence
of u quartermaster's and the commissary's de
partments, and of tho Ordnance bureau, nud
necessarily that of the government at Wash
ington. Tho most stupendous contracts, in
volving tin almost unprecedented waste of public
! money, were giv en out by him in person to fa
vorites, over the heads of the competent and
honest officers appointed by law. It seemed to
be his purpose to present himself as the embodi
ment of political and militaiy power,--and to
show alike by his words and Ids conduct how
little ho depended upon the government of his
country, and how utterly he disregarded its
laws, its regulations and its policy. Of course,
such uit example could not lie otherwise than
contagious. Tho whole framework of the pol
itical and military systems, as organized by
luw r was unbraced, and disorder and criminal
insubordination every where prevailed. There
could be no obedience when tho general of the
department openly taught and practiced resis
tance to the laws us a right, if not a duty.
There could be no economy where the general
labored in his great olSee to feed tho greed of
his followers for gain. He occupied with his
family and several members of his staff a mar
ble palace, and lived amid its luxurious furni
ture and glittering wares at u stimulated expense
of §C>,OOO per annum to the government, at a
time when the homes of millions of our people
were darkened by the horrors of civil war.
Could it be expected that the subordinates would
display any special sympathy with our national
sufferings, orany marked solicitude to guard the
public treasury from plunderl Instead of go
ing to Cairo, as he could have done for a few
dollars, on one of tho vessels transporting his
troops which accompanied him, he chartered a
magniliccnt steamer at a cost of $1,600 to the
government, to convey himself and cortege a
lone. The Steamer was anchored out in tho
stream, instead of lying at the wharf, as all
others did do, and when the general drove in
his carriage and four to the water's edge, yet
another steamer, at still further cost to the gov
ernment, as we leant from claim presented for
it, was employed to put hitnself and suite on
board. A foreign prince or potentate, in a sea
son of national mourning, might thus live, anil
thus enter his pleasure yacht or his barge in a
state of insensibility amid the calamities of civil
war, and such wastefulness, when the public debt
is being increased at the rate of from one to two
millions daily, when exhibited bye geuernl of
the American army, is a spectacle from which
the patriot may woll turn away in grief and hu
miliation.
As was to have been expected 1 , tho influence*
of such an exhibition was everywhere felt.—
of heel's did not, it was true, dare to
charter steamers for their own convenience, but
they did, it was true, dare charter steamers for
their trains for the convenience of themselves
and attendants, while yet humbler officers,
drawing their pscudo pomp to tho narrower
sphere of their authority, hired nt the livery
stables for months buggies and horses at' tho
cost of tho Government, and this although tho
law only recognized them on loot, or as mount
ed at their own expense. Thus, in every way,
and almost everywhere, under the malign influ
ence of the declaration that neither laws nor
regulations longer prevailed, there was manifes
ted a disposition to convert tho national trage
dy through which wo were passing into a sat
urnalia of personal and official self-indulgence
and extravagance.
LETTER AND PRESENT FROM THE PRINCE O*
WALKS. —Wo learn that the Prince of Wales
has recently presented to l£x-President Buchan
an a splendid full length portrait of himself, as
a slight mark (he says) of his grateful recollec
tion of the hospitable reception and his agreeable
visit at tho White House on tho occasion of his
tour in the United States. He adds that tho
cordial welcome which was then vouchsafed to
him by the American people, and. by tho cx-Pree-,
ident as their chief, con never le eUaooa froin
bis momoi-JVictf • Int-