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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<s
ident Lincoln lias changed from a grain of inns*
tard-seed to a perfect nonentity; my trust in j
Union Generalship has dwindled to the verge ■
of despair, as the machinery by which offieiiis
are made becomes more bare, and their char
acters, when made, more visible and notorious.
Noble exceptions there are, but these are tlio ,
men that soon resign, or lind themselves court J
niartialed. My sentiments touching the black (
idol have changed from good nutured indiffer
ence to downright disgust ; and I need hardly
add, my hopes of the Union are reduced to a
mere hope in some new'politicnl dynasty, which (
1 shall now pray and toil for with all the (
zeul anil industry my nature is capnlile of. ]
Were I alone in these painful discoveries, I ;
might ho inclined to distrust my own judgment,
or at least to repino iu silence. Hut when 1 (
find the same views and feelings pervading our ,
whole regiment, and every other we nre brought j
iu contact with, vented in louder and still loud
er whispers, burdening the letters to every home,
seasoning the broth of every moss-table, and (
deepening the murmurs around each bloody ,
grave—when I know all this, 1 have no longer
a pretext for feigning ignorance of facts which,
it men could ignore them, would cause tlio stones 1
to cry out. 1
. . i
What are wo fighting for? In the name of (
reason and humanity, what is the sublime re- ! :
suit, which can justify year after year of sack-1 j
cloth at home and butchery here, of neglected j j
fields but thick strewn Golgothas, of empty j (
Churches, crammed hospitals, deterred bridals, 1
accelerated bankruptcy, and the over-lengthen-j
ing line of pensioners, who for a paltry sti- !
pond and a puff of pfiii.se, most hobble arm- !
icss, eyeless and foolloss, to the pauper's grave I I
For what were these things begun, for what 1 '
must they continue, without even the remote 1
prospect of an eud? Nobody knows. Hut 1
from tho many conflicting rumors on the sub- '
ject, wo may examine four of tho more common ''
and plausible; each and all of which, instead 1
of justifying the war, are conclusive reosonss
why it should be condemned, and at once a ban-'| 1
donod. > ]
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. Of the
number of sick and wounded in the hospitals,
or with their regiments, One Department
makes its estimate based on tho supposition
that wo have one million, two hundred thou
sand men in our army. The simple truth is
that they do not know whether we have that
number or half that number. You may take
the pay department, the commissary department,
the medical department, tho quartermaster de
partment and you may take tho commanding
general and tho Secretary of war, andyou can
not from all of them,come within three hun
dred thousand or probvbly five hundred thou
and of tho number of men in the service; at
least we cannot get the information."
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VOL. 6. 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.
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es the folk)wing modest attempt at correcting
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everybody. ,-r
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