THB BEDFORD GAZETTE roausneu EVER* FRIDAV MORMNO I3Y B. T. HGYI3KB, At til* fallowing trm, to wit: $2 00 prr annum, if paid witbin the yar. $2.00 " " if not paid witbiu the year. CyNovubsctipticn taken lor less than nix mout'.n. pupcr diaiontinued until all nrreurneea are paid, unlets at the option o.' tbe ;nblibei. It na< been decided by the United Suite* Courts that lite •toppige of a newspaper without the payment of arrearages, is priuia facie evidence ol fraud uud at : a criminal offence. USTThe courts havt dec.tied that pot-sons are ac countable for the subscription price at newnpapeis, If they take them from the post olfice, whether they •bscrtbc for them, or not. €I) e Schoolmaster £1 br o a ii. EDITED BY SI MOM SYNTAX, ESQ (XyTeacbers anil friends of education are respect fully requested to send comrnunicationsto the above, care o i •' Bed font Oaxclte." CHEERFULNESS. What a happy word is cheerfulness ! How 'pleasingly it falls on the ear, and yet now few there are who seem to understand its true mean ing, or appreciate the value of the maxim, which inculcates the belief that cheerfulness is preferable to wealth or fume. To all persons and to all classes, is tho advice applicable, for without a Bmail share of good nature, accom panied by a desire to please, we would become not only objects of pity, but of dislike to otn nearest uud dearest friends. No amount of in tellect or knowledge could, or ever did, atone for the waut of a Kind, obliging disposition, as tlie very selfishness which creates the want, in .such characters, obscures, like a partial eclipse, some ol their brightest ideas, revealing only an imperfect, representation of their true attain ments. But if the want of a true, cheerful spirit did no greater injury than tho one just cited, we might well afford to let those lovers of literature, whose exclusive habits turn them in to hookworms, uad misanthropists, pass by without further comment, believing that as a class, their hard-earned knowledge soon becomes ii'resomc, uud oiteti proves a bitter pill, which they, as their own medical advisers, are obliged to swallow. But then tho want is felt oiu.-i-ie of that pale which encloses the exclusive liter ati just named, and is most keenly l'elt by those who are unfortunate enough to be thrown a anongst the iguoruut and uneducated, ignorance, when dressed with her most btcoiuinggnrb, sim plicity, is bearable; nay, sometimes attractive, but change tho costume to selfish moroseness, aujl we naturally shrink back. Aud why ? lie cause tho lore of tho good, tho bright and thu beautiful is one of those attributes, given us by an All-Wise Creator, for (he purpose of pre paring and training our minds for the lull en joyment of beauties which never die- Tliere fore, when etfeels so widely diiferont an 1 unnat ural are suddenly presented to our vision, our first impulse is surprise, our second, retreat. — liut ah! how differently do we feel towards those whose hearts are in the right place; and whose pleasing, happy faces make us forget that they have not been the recipients of a liberal education. fcjhowing us, as they oftß.i do, in every word and action, that they possess that natural, unstudied grace which no knowledge of rhetoric, or the ha.: r.ns could ever imparl; winning us irresistibly to them-, ami forever stamping on our miu is their pleasant word an.) loving suuies. llow true it is that • kind ivoa'ds never die,' and from 110 other source can kind words tiow than from a cheerful spirit, ahnppy, cohtent id mind, and a truthful, wa":n h arc. If wc pjtseat these throe things, we are ii.:ii in dee 1 ; if they he wanting, wo *.•'• i pi •.indeed. Although cheerfulness tie u!.l he ought aft.r !.y ah at U.e slipping Uu.te to mui hgovd, a:t-f ev ery ca t-l.lv eoiutoi't, yet by none should, it be niore eagerly pursued, nniil gained, than liv teaeherr. ior to them it is the most in •siimn ble treasure, liie ! ue key to success in their ar duous utida ti hitig. Tia.ltrs who possess varied acquirements, aitd yet possess not an even temper, a cheerful spirit, and a heart keen ly alive to the interests and pleasures of tliei" pupils, are badly lit te-cl for their calling, and nev er can attain any degree of eminence in Iho sci ence of teaching. A happy, calming frame of mind is just us necessary to their success as any oilier primary -knowledge they may have acquired, as it is unreasonable to suppose that petulance, selfishness or moroscncss could ever act as aids to convey ideas, even if those ideas were of the most profound kind, or that a harsh, stern manner is more effective of good than one _ just the opposite. Not at all—our own better judgment, tells us NO—and the practical expe rience of every day life, goes to prove that a word in kindness said, a smile of approval giv en, at the right time, when the heart yearns for sympathy and encouragement, is more power ful, lasting, and is better calculated to improve, than all the who sayings that could full from . the lips of stern sages. We feel the magical effect of a smile when °ur hearts are weary laden, as all hearts are ait some period or other; arousing, with one touch of its magic wand, not only the kind lier feeling* of our nature, but, in many instan ces, those latent powers of the mind which might Jiavc slept forever, had they not been called into action by the happy influence first named. Thereby fully confirming us in the belief that Madness and gentleness arc not only the associ ates of happiness to the possessor, but the orfe unater of incalculable good to others. In all phases and conditions of life, wo will find it to •our benefit to cultivate a cheerful, considerate •disposition, as through its means wc will not •only bo happy ourselves, but will he come dis seminators of good in the true sense of the word. Securing for ourselves the approval of our own hearts and conscience; as well as an increase of affections from our friends, in proportion as we practice consideration ivnd cheerfulness. T r & T a. Fast Providence, Fob. 21, 1803. ®"We have a solution of the wineglass prob lem which wo will print as soon as we can pro cure a cut for the diagram—prohably next week, I*ROW.RM.—A ladv has two silver cups, and but one cover for both; the cover weighs 10 ounces; now, if the cover lie put on the first cup, it will make the weight double that of the second, and if the cover be put-upon the second, ! it will make the weight triple that of the first; I what is the weight of each ! \\r. q\ Dublin, (Ireland,) physician hs left SJ.IO ( to his servont to cut his head oft' previous to ' interment, so that, he may not be buried alive. ! VOLLJEi'. 58. SEW SERIES. \m mRW.E. CAMP NEAR GERM \srows, Vn., > 18th Pa. Cav., Feb. 10, 1800. J B. F. METERS, Esq.: Dear Sir: —i take the liberty of address ing a few linns to yon, which, if you think prop er, you may give a pl.teo in your valuable paper. Our regiment left Camp MoClella.), Ilurris burgr on the 10th December last,-and arrived at •'Camp Hyatt" four miles north of Wash ington on the morning of the 12th, whew we "struck tents" and took up lino of march tor Washington, crossed the "long bridge," and pitched our tents on the south sido of the Po lotnac, in the camp known as "Camp Butler," and on the Bth struck teats and came to this plttcc. Our camp is 25 miles from Washington, d miles from Fairfax Court House, o miles from Centrevillu, 12 miles from Hull liun, and one iniio from Chantillv battle ground, where Gen erals Harney and Stevens were ktlied. On one side of the held is a grove of while oak timber, many of the trees of which are riddled with bullets, I counted twenty-five halls in one small tree; hundreds of graves may by seen of Union and Secesh soldiers, very slightly buried, many of them covered by sonte friendly hand with earth, which had been thrown over them where they fell and yielded up 11: ir lives. In one place i noticed a mound under which twenty seven Union soldiers lie buried. Near where the ioaJ passes the battle held, you can see the graves ol three soldiers (whether union or so eesh I cannot tell) whose skulls are entirely out of the grave, exposed to the view of passers by, the flesh having, been eaten oil 1 by the ravens. In many other places, legs, arms, and other parts of the body are exposed. Allow me to digress a little. Our eatnp is in a very beautiful grove of pine timber; wnoii our men were clearing off the ground-preparatory to pitching our touts, one of them discovered a smail mound near tho rout of a tree, where, upon removing the tnib ffflili, he found the remains of a dead Union sol dier, his blanket around him for a winding sheet, and his knapsack under his head lot-a pillow. Ifc had no doubt been wounded in the light and sought the gave for repose, and had carved his initials, "E. M." -upon the tree, then wrapped himself in his blanket, and laid him self down to die, and was covered by the Eaves and rubbish which had blown over him. I passed over a part of the Bull Bun battle Held. The number of graves, dead horses, broken guns, wagons fin 1 ambulances are Innumerable. Weare -.-..nped alongside of the lifth New York and lirst Virginia cavalry regiments, which are in our brigade, and are doing picket duty with us. We are itt the front of a loyal-army. There are no rebels in force near us, but we have' to contend with "bush whackers" and guerillas, who tire almost nightly attacking and taking off our pickets from the outposts. On the night of the loth January, i-m of our men j wet'-' ink a, and have not been heard.of since, j On the 2(nh, thirteen were taken and one badly wounded, but 1 hear he is getting well. On the night of the Istinst., one sergeant was shot dead, and eleven privates taken prEouers, with i.oise.t and equipments complete. They took the men sixteen miles, to the town of Alt'ee, ..nd tlicit paroled them. Captain Mosely, the loader of the banditti, sent a tery polite note to Lieut. Col. Uowen, that he should arm his men better, that they were not worth taking. IVeek before last our inert, with a part of the New Yorkers, under command of Cap', ivrom, made a charge on a party of rebels un i-.-r command of Cajit. Mostly, in the town of Middleburg, and succeeded in capturing twenty-eight rebels, horses, arms, &c., among the number were two commissioned officers. Last week wo captured three sutler wagons, that were loaded in Wash ington, and had made their way thirty miles through our linos, and were about passing our last picket when they were captured and bro't back to camp. Tho wagons contained many articles useful and fancy for Sccessia; also, a rebel mail. How they could pass our pickets and cross tho long bridge, is something 1 am at a loss to know, when our guard and provost of ficers are so particular, that should a Union soldier's friends send him a bo Tot' provision or a package of any kind from home, the box or package must bo opened and the contents ex amined to sec that there is nothing contraband, and in all probability is gobbled up before it reaches its destination. Yet these scoundrels can puss and re-pass our lines, curry the rebel mail, and aid and abet the rebels in every way, and go entirely free. 1 reully think ours the most magnanimous government the world lias ever seen, to support two such large armies, one for her protection and tho other tor Iter destruc tion. I will now givo you a list of commissioned officers of our regiment. Col. T. M. Bryan, Lieut. Col. Jaines Gowen; Ist Major, Joseph Giliner, 2nd Major, Win. B. Darlington, Jnl Majar, 11. V. Van Voorhies; Quartermaster, Lieut. James C. Golden; Commissary, Lieut. John S. lieazell; First Surgeon, John J. Marks, 2nd Surgeon, Geo. W. Withers; Adjutant,Geo. Neimani Company otlicers, Co. A, Capt. W. C. Liudsey; Ist Lieut., J. Cosgray, 2nd Lieut., B. F. Campbell, (this company is from Greene county.) Co. 13, Captain Joint W. Phillips; Lieut's. Wo. B. McKay and James W. Smith, '(front Crawford county.) Co. C, Capt. James ! Ilughes; Lieut's. Samuel Montgomery and F. 'A. J. Gray, (front Greene county ) Co. D, I Captain A.Cunningham; Lieut's. Bethuel K. | Maekcy and B. F. Palmer, (Crawford county.) | Co. E, Capt. Thad. S. Frecland; Lieut's. Sam ! uelTresouthiek and Charles Shell, (Dauphin eo.) I Co. F, CapU Bickctsou; Lieut. John Briltou, (Alleghany and Westmoreland counties.) Co. G, Captain M. S. Kingslaud; Lieut's. Thomas •shields undFrank Harrington, (Greene county.) Co. H, Capt. John 11. Elliott; Lieut's. Fred'k. W. Utter, Ed. Itaudolph, (Pittsburg.) Co. I, Capt. Peter Wise; Lieut's. WalLnan, W. D. S. Nauglo, (Lycoming county.) Co. K, Capt. D. Hamilton; Lieut's. John Nelson, Henry J. l Freedom of T&onght and Opinion. BEDFORD,PA., FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 27, 1563. Btugh, (made up in Hertford, Somerset and Cmn-1 Una counties. Companies L and M, are. not a- ! long with the Heg't yet and f am not acquaint-1 ed with the officers. Capt. Elliott of our Heg't j w fired at by some bash whackers, and woun- j tied in the baud, when oil' only a short Jstanee 1 from camp. These guerillas are only soldiers j in the night, in day time nre -civilians, ad pre- 1 tend to he strong for the Union, but durhg the ! night congregate together and capture our pick-j cts. The weather here, with the excepton of l two or three days, has been very pleasant, nl- ! most as warm as summer, hut the road sort Isor- 1 rible, so very muddy that it would be impossible ! to make an advance now, wc could not git our ' supply tr.vins through; our wagons, wheiieup- • ty, make a pretty good load for four horios.— i Our boys are all well and in tine spirits, aid en-! ger for'the pay. Yours Truly, .lOrdN NELSON, Ist Lienh I Comp any K. 18th lieg't, P i I ...I.' 1 ' - [From the Cincinnati .Enquirer, Feb. 10th.] The Foeling in the Son. v h-Western Array. O-N iiOAiti) ST::A.UI:.A Sioux Crrf, I i Mu.uicisx's HEXL>, Jan. 23. 1 Y To tine lulitor of the Euqubtr: I have been favored by a folio W so! die j with the inclosed copy of a letter written by ii-n to j a friend of Ills ta Frovi L-nce, I£. id it Mlojig, j but 1 think worth perusal, and if you dcliu its' publication likely to aid in the cause .of touth, i it is at your disposal, from an old j her: DEAK FIUEND E : SfEAMEB SIOL'X CiTl" ( I j N.U'OUCAN ARK.., Jan. Id, > I uui about to do what will probably cijt .i to 1 your friendship—write an honest letter. No. I that 1 have hitherto written dishonestly nor j that you arc accused of hating candor, iiijitsclfl considered, llut candor upon the theme isliall treat of, differing, so widely as I now do, from i your well known views upon the tame jopic, I can not Iml to overtax your patience, involving , writer and epistle in one irrevocubu ujiiitlmiju. Ha! the fact is, I can't write at all without be ing true to tny nature, which has become erp- • ly stirred with .shame ami indignation b my I country's'foir.es,• how deeply stirred this uicr j will prove, since even your good-will is ait a : bribe rich enough to prevent my writing it! I Like nuniy other ltepublicuus, who, loving j the whole country, and us ; the most likely means of sundering jt fbrevtv, ! - were, yet firm in their allegiance to the old flag, | however loth to see it committed to a wrong! policy, 1 long strove to justify this war, cm ploying lor that purpose all my little stock fj i learning an 1 ski!!, both as a theologian and an ! amaUur politician, iliougli I had the decency a'-' ways, as my friends knew, to keep politics ci-', limy out of my Sunday ice in res. When the j increasing needs of country seemed to demand ! the sucrtficc, I heartily throw uiy person, js! well as my voice, into the tide of carnage, wi- j [ ling even to die that the Union might live, ii : the spirit of the dangerous maxim, "All's wdl : that ends well." The negro—having studied ! him in real litis, not in the pleasing licliotis f; the lJcechors—l knew too ivoil to carc about dij- i turning him, unless asaconvenient inake-weigh:, to lie thr own into the scale when better means j! should fail. J was proud of our regiment— had some lingering faith in the President —aid ' somewhat more [though hardly till! confidence] in the wisdom and virtue of our Generals..-—! Thus I Went forth in hope, trusting mainly in 1 God and our vast numbers for success, and proud [ to liiul so many old friends rushing with mo to the lield. This was six months ago. Anybody witho* pen eyes, campaigning even three months in the Southwestern army, ought to learn souietliiug that could not well be learned at home. Our ' hoys have been learning, and 1 don't claim to be duller than the rest. Ergo, my faith in lT ] I Firstly. We arc fighiins, it is said, to cram ''the pockets and wins cellars of a commissioned ! aristocracy, whose reign and revetlings must j end when peace removes tln ir shoulder-straps. ■ Gladly would I pronounce this a ni re slander, 1 but-lprotnlsed to write an honest letter. Doubt : Ess there Is jast enough truth in it to demand 1 this one remark, namely: That such cause of I warfare, however agreealde to the privileged | class alluded to, can nut uhew/e satisfy the rank 1 and ftlo on whose blood they are supposed to j 1 fatten. Even glory grows irksome at last, when i 1 consecrated by no higher uira than the aggran- i I diz-ment of tyrants. I have heard that bayo- I i nets would be turned upon their employers, but j ; I never believed it. Secondly. Wcurc fighting to abolish shivery, i ■ tho Union to survive or perish as emancipation ! ■ may direct. This, too, has truth in it for a j j large class of New England, and for a few in i i the West. To them Caucasian blood is so in- J [ ferior, when compared with African, that wei j can afford to drain its richest arteries that Pom- i poy may call himself free, though notoriously I as incapab'e of true freedom, (which implies self-government and self-support,) as tiic parrot ;is of true eloquence. Theorists may whitewash :as they will. Otir army lias seen the black el -1 ephant. as he is, and wc are foreer cured of ! Uncle. Tom's Cabin. To fight in such a cru-i 1 sade 13 a freak worthy alone of idiots and uiad- j ! men. i Thirdly. We fight In restore the Union, sltt : very to stand or fall as the interests of tho U : nion may demand. So we were told, and so we j believed six months ago, Grant that such is j indeed tho fact. We shall best succeed by cou ! qnoring ourselves—in other word ', by ftlirow ; ing down tlie sword and fire-brand, trusting to j the listening car, the instructive tongue and the faithful breast. No Union can he valid or las- t.'ng until cemented by till Union of hearts ; am. 1 to say that we can rivet Soutliem hearts to us by hacking them to pieeos, is absurd in terms as wefr as in fact. A nation grcnt as ours in wealth, population, arts, arms and commoroo, can afford to he equally so in magnanimity. And n Christian nation might well set an ex ample to the world by dealing with her unruly children ttnon Christian principles. Kom. Xit, 17-21. Finally, wc fight simply to htanbla anil eir cumsenle the South, whoso growing wealth, power mid territory, exeito tho jealous fears of tho New England Stiles. This opinion, Plough hi Id by very many in the West ami South, I can not entertain for a moment. If in this I urn deluded, and such be thereat origin of our troubles, then the union army is sure of detent; for crime can not prosper, and war! from such motives is crime of the most dam ning type. Better share amicably the glory we can not prevent, than to play the part and share ] the doom of Hainan. I will not speak of the demoralizing effects of war no; 1 even enlarge upon its physical hor rors as a further cause for being sick of the present struggle. Mercy to the anxious hearts tit lioine, already couvulsod at the, hare suspicion of the hell behind (lie scenes, forbids us all to unfold the secrets of our prison-house-—even if liumau language could unveil the gle: mis of Pan demonium for the luillow eyes that are compel led to hear them daily, or to close on them only in the last chill sleep, I confute this letter purely ;o the intellectualprhase of il:-.o war ques tions, where we find enough, to justify the al most mutinous anxiety for peace tin t tills, as I have said, the heart of the great South-west ern army. You may say we tire homesick; I must trust in God those of us who h avo homes love them too dearly ever to forget what wo have sacrificed, or to forgive the Adtc inistrntion that could so needlessly, yea, wicked ly, tear ns from their hallowed circle. For nie, however, the taunt is powerless, death having left me no earthly home to sigh for. You may call us cow ards. Our blood has washed out tl 10 foul as persion upon every field where we have been brought to the test. Indiana, especially, has no indulgence or partiality to crave at the hands of history. Iler record in this war is one blaze of heroic deeds, only dimmed by t'ne want of cause equal in splendor to the conduct of her sons. The Eighty-Third Regiment., in its brief but nrduous career, lias won, absolutely, the finest reputation in the service so acknowledg ed by older regiments, and by Generals in no wise predisposed to Hatter us. Personally, I nin not very brave, but my place now is at the Quartermaster's desk, where, except by sympa thy, 1 have no concern about the dangers of the van. Yet lam a man with friends in the ranks and a heart in my botom; a man to whom the mothers, wives, sisters* and children of those friends look for news from tho fray, and whom they justly hold responsible for at least the mortal welfare of nia ny who came with me to the field. Oh, God! that I should ever have aided, even by a breath, to rush into the shambles so much good material for so poor a cause. If this expiatory offering—for I shnll make the confession to them all—ca.n lessen, even partially, the guilt of the past, I shall die eon tent, even though hung for saying what wo all do know. If spared to reach home, however, I shall devote myself, with wiser and humbler zeal, to the gospel of peace, leaving war to brute beasts, and striving, in deep contrition, to "go and sin no more." As ever your true friend, J. 11. CLEVELAND. SSrA sailor, who had lately returned from ecu, was nt one of tho stations, looking at two young ladies on the platform very attentively when he exclaimed, "Ilave the women got so lazy that they must have bags to carry their hair in!" True Democrat. —"No mnn is free who has not the command over himself, but stiffens his passions to control him." WHOLE \nilti;!!, 3044 Wiio is the President? I There is a power behind tho throne. The j President is said to be a weak man, and most i people think there is no injustice in the state- I ment. 'Tic lacks baekbohe," say some of the I radicals, "lie lacks brains," say others, "Baek | bone and brains ought to lie supplied by his 1 friends," say the Abolitionists; and straightway | they mark out his course, and commence apres ! sure. They hedge him about, ou all sides, in j the particular direction they would give to his j travels. They praise him, kick him, abuse him, j spit at him, coax him, and beckon I'irn. If he j complains that their prescriptions render him , uncomfortable, they tell him as the quack told j his patient who had swallowed three boxes of j Hmudretli's pills in a single night, and l'elt no i better, that he hasn't gone quite far enough.— j They keep constantly ahead of him—are con- I stantly grumbling that he does not travel faster —and they succeed, undoubtedly, in making many honest people believe that they have not much faith in him. But the great fact, after all, is, that NU FOLLOWS THEM. He is gradual ly a little Way behind—sometimes almost out of sight—but on tlm track, somewhere, he can almost always be found.; halting and hesitating, it may be, hut still oa the track; facing the rear, pos.-ibly—arguing with his drivers, perhaps —eating peanuts and'telling anecdotes, now and then—bit t always, or almost always, on thetraek. We nro in the habit of saying that this is the resnli of pressure. But isn't it remarkable that J only the pressure from this single source should j ever have any influence upon the President?— The Democratic and Conservative presses of the country have warned the President against fol lowing the radical policy. Thurolw Weed and other Kepubiieans, have implored him to turn hack and stand by the Constitution and the old flag. The November eh etious were a warning which even a deaf man : light have noted. But not at all has this movi him from his path.— He has halted, and argue I, and stammered, and implored to hi lot alone; out he has not, after all. changed his course. Down, down, down, he lias traveled, until all his own original pled ges and oven the creed of hij pnriy which he so rewrently worshipped in the start, are out ofj sight. How shall we account for iti I Wo tiiink the Natiuani Intelligencer aceonuts j for it. If its words mean anything, they meaa j that Wendell Phillips it really the power behind i the throne. He is President! He abuses the j President, it is true; hut that is evidently by j arrangement. He says the President is weak, 'is partially bfie I—is nt.frest oaly a Keutucki nn. But he is honest , says Mr. Phillips. Mr. ; Phillips visits him as though they were—(wo • do not doubt that they are) —warm friends.— ] And then he gees out into the lecture field, and j tells the people what to do and what they will I get if thoy do it. ilis predictions nro almost I always verified. He,calls lor a proclamation, ami it cornea. Ho denounces llueil and Mc- Clellan, and they are removed. lie praises But ler, and iie is caressed at the While House. He denounces Seward, and ho gets a prom ise, from somebody, that he shall lie dismissed. Ho asks for negro regiments, aud they are au thorized. lie demands that tho South lie colo nized with Puritans, and Eli Thayer LS straight way told to execute his plan. lie says "take away tho commission of every Democratic oiti cer;" tied tho "weeding out" pre res 3at once coiutnenocs. iiig'ut on his track fallows Mr. Lincoln. Who wonders that the people say, I'lullips is Bt&siilenti Apparently, even Sumner himself does not exercise half his influence nt thu White llonsc. We acknowledge our conviction that Wen dell Phillips, the impracticable abstract iouist and theorist, is the great man of the adminis tration. lie is the man behind the throne.— I lis counsels arc more invaraibly followed than those of any member of the Cabinet. He com plains that tho President Is stupid and slow, but admits that ho cornea along, at last. He endor ses what he has done, since lie started out on the negro track. He tells us what is to come. Fremont is to he Governor of North Carolina, in place of Stanley, who docs'nt meddle with negroes. Butler is to go back to New Orleans, or to Texas. Democratic officers are to be re moved. The screws are to be put on again at the North. Abolitionism is to reign at Wash ington. The machine is to lie run on Garriso nian principles; and tho people are to submit. All this may bo realized, or may not be. It is possible that Phillips may, as a matter of policy, and as a blind to those who have no faith iu his patriotism, predict some things which are not to eomo off. But that he is in tho Presi dent's confidence, nnd is entrusted with his se crets —nay, that he exercises a controlling influ ence in his counsels, wo do not doubt. Nor do wo much doubt that the President will follow him, ns lie has followed him and is now follow ing him, until tho cause of tho Union is hope lessly lost.— Pror. Post. AN EXTRAORDINARY STATEMENT. —Senator Kicc, Republican, of Minnesota, who isa mem ber of tho Military Committee of the United States Senate, made the following extraordina ry statement in debate last weok "I do not beliovo there is a man in this gov ernment in one of tho departments to-day tlmt can tell us whether wo liavo live hundred thou sand or a million men in tho iieUl—not one who can eomo within fifty per cent. 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NO 30 jt'o the Honorable the &Tuxtc ami House of%trp mentotiep* of t'w CommonwculUi of Pcjliryl' vania, inGenertil Assemblfpiut: Tho memorial of die undersigned, citizens of staid Cotnmonwealth, respectfully repre sents : Thtit since the coinmencemeirt of the present war, many act* of gross outrage and wrong have been inflicted upon citizens of this Ktate by persons holding office or appointment under the United States, anJ*by virtue (as alleged} of authority from tlie Executive Department thereof, which, in the opinion of your memori alists, require through exposure and condemna tion, and the establishment of adequate safe guards against the recurrence of bimiiar acta iu future. , 4 Your memorialists particularly allude to the arrests made of citizens in effil life, without' due process of law, by Marshals and Provost Marshals of tho United States, or by the Mil itary Governor of the District of Columbia, and (in many cases) their conveyance lieyond the State limits to foreign fortresses and prisons followed by their confinement therein for uncertain period?, measured by the me fa discre tion of official power. These arrests, made in most daring contempt of the constitution of the United States, and of the Constitution of tlie Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, an 1 in utter derogation of those principles of IJritish Liberty which were brought to the new world by our ancestors, and left to us by thorn iis n most sacred legacy challenge most through investigation and out spoken' re buke. And their occurrence, exhilating the fact that our citizens aro not seenre against being kidnapped and carried beyond the jurisdiction of our tribunals ami laws, proves that soma steps should be taken by the State Government to prevent like outrages in I'uturC. Your mcuinrulists therefore pray, ■ „ That the facts in several CSMS uf illegal ar rest in this State, under color or pretence of au thority from tho Federal Executive, may be j investigated and put in otficial furiQ for tbu con i tcmplation of the people; ! That the Governor of the Commonwealth, : upon whom is charged tire o'lieial duty of hi king care that the laws ba faithfully executed, be called upon in duo and respectful form to communicate to the two Houses any informa tion within his power in relation to the said nr,lawful arrests, and also to state what steps he lots taken, if any, to defend our citizens a gaitj.st them: That if hi " • in.ptity. it flmll appear thftt our Stewhnv: Are Tteticient in wot provi ding our citizens with prompt and cfliciviit protection against arbitrary arrest'or kidnapping tho necessary statutes securing protection may he forthwith brtadtod an > • " Aral lastly that u formal prolfot by die Gen eral Assembly, on behalf of too poople.of this Commonwealth, agaiiist the arrests ; and an explicit, firm, dignified declaration hy the said General Assembly on tho same b-'ivaif, that future arrests of a similar diameter, invol ving attempt of constitutional law and of the most sacred rights bf personal liberty, wit! not be submitted to by this state, may be pinned upon the journals of the two Houses, ami cop ies thereof bo transmitted to the I'Vw.Himt ot the United States and to both 1 Hmts.'s of Ongr*#, to the oud that it may bo known of all that this Stato is devoted with nnfuUercig zeal to ttie principles of freedom, and. will Con sent to no precedents which can be cited hereaf ter in defence of arbitrary power. All that is respectfully submitted by your memorialists. THE KjSQCiREXiorr or STAMPS ox OUIOINAU PROCESS DECLARED UNCONSTITUTIONAL. —JudgO Barnard, in n case in tiie Supreme Court of Now York, has declared the Stamp Act passed by Congress, July 1, 186:2, unconstitutional, so far as it relates to requiring stamps upon origi nal proceedings in the Statu courts. In the case of Walton against Bryenth an order hod been obtained to vacate the proceedings on the ground that the summons had been filed with outj;an adhesive stamp, tho defendant's counsel contending that the provisions of tho statute rendered all original proceedings invalid and of no effect nnless stamped. Plaintiff's counsel argued that Congress had no power to interfere with the proceedings of the State courts. It was doubtful whether they had tho power to impose the penalty of $5O; but if they could render the proceedings in State courts invalid, they usurped a power that was illegal and unconstitutional. If they could impose a duty of 6 cents upon a summons, they could, upor. the same principle, lay a duty which would umount to a prohibition, and thus para lyze the whole system of administering justico in the Stato tribunals. Tho court decided fo dismiss the order. Congress had no right to interfere with the proceedings of the State courts. In his judgment the provision was illegal and unconstitutional. Congress might impose a pen alty, but could not invalidate the proceedings of the State courts. This caso will soon go to the Court of Appeals, and probably to tho Su preme Court of tho ITnifed' States, where the important question will be finally decided. The Editor of the Star of the West furnish es the folk)wing modest attempt at correcting rather wide-spread mistakes. It is a mistake to suppose that the subscrip tion price of paper id clear gain to Ihepublisher. 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