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ALTOONA, PA.
THHHBMY, MARCH 6, 1862
“D.R’*-alia« “Onraolf’’-alias “J. 8.”
A letter from the very caustic pen of
J. 8.,; Esq., attorney at law, dealer in
government contfactor, and edi
tor of the Blair County Whig, appears in
the,last number of the Whig, purporting
to have been written in Altoona, and
signed “D. R” Thisatnpid attempt to
attribute themalignantemanations of his
own muddled intellect to some mysterious
and personage, is really quite
amuang. If “>D R” were any person'
else than “ourself,” he would blush, to
father such an offspring. “J. B.” cannot
socoyerup his innate principles, even un
der the specious veil of a spurious “letter
from Altoons” as to conceal his identity.
The cloven foot will appear. Who but
this' would-be apostate of “ lYhiggery ”
knows that in the “good old days of
Whiggery” he edited a paper, and “then,
as now,> advocated the right, and without
hesitation denounced the wrong?” Who
but he would take the trouble of recollect
ing that he edited a paper “twenty years
ago ?” What he wrote and did then lias
long since been consigned to the same deep
forgetfulness to which all the stale and
meretricious weekly contents of his pres
ent sheet are tending. He makes his
mythical friend say, “An editor in these
days, to make his paper pay, must place
it and himself in the market, to be knocked
down to the highest bidder, or must quietly
sell himself, body, soul and breeches, to.
some corrupt and ambitious demagogue.”
■Perhaps “ D. R” was not aware how little
encouragement is held out to the editor of
t\iu.Wkig “in these days,” when nobody
will come down with “ the hard cash.” —
“D. R” (if he were any person else than 1
“ ourself”) displayed very little penetration
in not .perceiving that the chief obstacle'
in the way of “J. B.’s” not profiting by
his advice, was the stubborn and persistent
refusal of people to tender “ the hard cash.”
What a pity, that such lofty and unvendi
ble patriotism should not be duly appre
ciated.
How graceful it seems, in a person of
Mr. 1 “J. B.’s” spotless integrity, to cry
‘‘down with corrupt measures and corrupt
roan.” What poignancy and pungency the
force of character and example gives to
his reproofe'? None but persons like him
should denounce‘‘demagogues” and preach
hmghoinilies on the “fascinating allure
ments of gin and folly, as now carried on
and practised in and about Altoona and
elsewhere.” “O, most righteous judge!”
“ Had men 1” “ Sin and folly!” “Corrupt
politicians!” We thank thee, “J. B.” for
teaching us these How all such
practices must shock the sensibilities —the
stainless morality of this"pure minded per
son. This world is certainly too vulgar
and terrestrial for such a soaring and ce
lestial spirjt. Look at his past career —
how.beautiful it is! How his many vir
tues and generous public actions are cher
ished in the very heart of hearts of the
entire community! If these severe cen
sures had come from some old Pharisee,
who apes the true Christian, who covers
his sms under the cloak of morality—or,
if you please, some old political mounte
bank, who for years had been vainly seek
ing office, grovelling the while in the very
mild and filth of politics, a political job
ber mid contractor, ever ready to “ sell the
truth to serve the hour,” they would have
lost much, if not ad, their force.
Will not everybody agree, including
“J. B.” himself, that the whining on his
part, is rich in the extreme. Try again,;
Mr.; Whig, it might bring “ the hard;
caali.” "
Death of Oen, Dander,
Hrig.Gen. Francis W. Lander died at
Pawpaw, Western Virginia, on Saturday
afternoon last, from the debilitating effects
of jpg yround received at Edward’s Ferry,
the FhiTa Daily .Press, in noticing his
intelligence of the death
of(seneral Ismder will be deeply regretted
throughout the whole country. He was
one pf the most useful and promising offi-
Trained to endure hard
hattle with
;dangpr in eveiy ahape,by his active life
«tndss experience as an explorer of the
ovegAand routes te the Pacific, he was pecu
in the present struggle- His manly conrpe •
The “Pioneer” Power-Press of the Ju:
Above we give a good representation of! get “ the hang” of it rightly. A boy can
the press upon which this number of our i run the press at the rate of from 600 to
paper is printed. The press is the man- j 800 per hour. The price of it is only
nfacture of A. Campbell* No. 16, Spruce ; §650.
street, New York, and is styled “Camp- | We are now supplied with all the appli
bell’s Country Press.”- We presume he | ances of a first-class job and newspaper
has given it the name of “ Country Press” j office, and are prepared to execute work
because the price of it is lower than that j of every description, from a quarto Bible
of any other press of the kind manufac- j down to an A B C primmer, or from a
tured, thereby bringing it within the reach j handbill the size ,of a barn-door down to
of country printers, and not because it is j a single-line card, plain or fancy, with a
not as good or as fast as more costly ma- j single colored ink, or any number of colors,
chines of the same kind.. From what we With the aid of our Ruling Machine, we
know of it, by the work we have already are prepared to furnish any style of blank
performed on it, we believe it to be equal books, bill-heads, blanks, or anything in
to any press costing double as much. The that line. Roll in the work and we will
workmanship Of our paper this.week cer- jroll.it out to you in a style and at prices
tainly justifies us in saying that the “ Coun- | which will be satisfactory to all parties,
try Press” is all that is claimed for it, — i Walk up and-see a printing office “as
“Hoe’s - Last Fast” can’t beat it. And is a printing office,” though if be away up
we believe it will do still better when we ; among the Alleghenies.
as second of Mr. Potter, of Wisconsin, in
his difficulty with Pryor, of Virginia, will
not 'soon be forgotten. At the outset of
the war he accompanied General McClel
lan in his victorious campaign in Western
Virginia. He arrived upon the field-at
Edward’s Ferry in time to witness the
conclusion of the battle, and to receive a
wound,which, though not deemed at the
time very serious, has ; proved the cause of
his death. Nervously anxious to do his
whole duty, he has been ; making vigorous
efibris to follow up his late successes, and
in his enthusiasm' sacrificing Ms life in the
cause of his country. A few years ago
General Lander married Miss Jane M.
Davenport, thfe accomplished.actress, whose
grief at lus untimely loss will be shared by
the whole nation. '
O* Death is no respecter of persons.—
He knocks at the door of the king’s palace
and at the entrance to the peasant’s hovel,
and neither can deny Mm admittance. He
makes his appearance in the banquet hall
and in the house of mourning and demands'
a victim, and none can stay his fatal dart.
He turns not aside for joy or sorrow. He
humbles the proud and impoverishes the
rich, and deals with all on an equality.—
He is always an unwelcome guest, but
never tarries for an invitation. But lately
the White Hobse, at Washington, was the
scene of a gay and happy: assemblage, be
fore whom a repast, better, perhaps, than
any ever before spread in the country,.was
placed; -yet scarce had the paraphernalia
of that occasion been removed, ere death
knocked at the door of the Presidential
Mansion and turned the joy of the inmates
to mourning, fay sommomng to Ms cold
embrace the form of little Willie Lincoln,
the household pet. And now there is
mourning, mourning, r mourning, where
there was happiness and festivity. ;■ Such
is life.
The Military Government of Ten
nessee.—Hon. Andrew Johnson has for
mally been appointed Military Governor
of Tennessee, with all the powers, duties,
and functions pertaining to that office, du
ring the pleasure of the President, or until
the loyal inhabitants of that State shall
organize a civil Government in accordance
with the Constitution of the United States.
In order to the exercise .of those duties, it
became necessary to lirst give him a mili
tary position, and hence the Preident nom
inated him a brigadier general. This ap
pointment the Senate unhesitatingly con
firmed.
The present Government of Tennessee
being a usurpation, every proper encour
agement will, through thd Military Gov
ernment, be given to the loyal people to
assume its control. The designation of
Andrew Johnson for that position is con
sidered by everybody as eminently proper,
both in view of his peculiar fitness for'the
office and of Iris great popularity among
all the loyal people, besides his devotion to
his own State; ; The Governor, by the
acceptance of the joffice, necessarily vacates
his position as a The term for
which he was elected will not expire till
March next.
Gen. Banks’ entire Division of the
upper army of the Potomac, crossed into
Virginia last week, and is now in peaceful
possession of Harper’s Ferry, Bolivar,
Charlestown, &c., the country occupied by
Gen. Patterson-last summer.
Gen. Grant.—The characteristic of Gen. Grant
is his modesty. Jt is exhibited in his general de
portment, and also, in the signature, which he gives
to all his official papers—thus, U. S, Grant. The
puzxte is with a great many, what is shadowed
forth by U. S. One suggests, that it means United
States Grant; another, that it represents Union
Saver Grant; while a third, deriving some couu~
tenanoe from his answer to .Gen. Bnckner, insists
that the letters stand! for Unconditional Surrender
Giant. This ought to be satisfactory, inasmuch
as it has passed into history. . '
Our Army Correspondence:
■ Tfae late nmatben of Southern journals which ;
Camp Chase, Paw Paw, Morgan
February 21st, I8(S. > the dolefultheoiy jwoelaimed in the manifesto pdl?-
Dear TrUaate: —Shall I hare die privilege once gome tine ago by Howell Cobb, Toombs, *
more of saving to the citiaens of “little BUnr” Co,, as the only one which can, with any *s*°™.-*
and adjoining countiee, that the 110th Kegiment indetWenS can ever
still moves ariwng the hills of “Old Vagnua?” They urge the people of the South to
Some two weeks since, while lying at Camp fall wt when necessary, as the Russians fell back
Lewis, near Cumberland, we received orders to • before Napoleon, burning their cities, devastating
march to Patterson’s Creek, where we remained ; their homes, destroying.their re
, v» , Itreatmg to swamps and unpeneftableSmtaeases.^-*
two days. We were then ordered to South Branch M y y™, cannot be conquered—that ev-
Bridge, ten miles further, on the Baltimore and en- {me »n«« and every true woman will perish
Ohio Rail Road. Here we remained until the | before they will submit to the restoration of the
13th, when we were again ordered under knap- ; nodceab|e that these fierce
sacks and guns, and marched to this plat*, which ; are nearly always mingled denunciations
is two miles East of Paw Paw Tunnel. While on j 0 f gome who are supposed to be unwilling' to obey
this march we were compelled to take the lower 1 them. The editors who- cater for the sanguinary
. , . , . ~ - ■ i. , , ~ 1 tastes of the “ chivalry” are fully conscious that
mad, that is, the road about 15 inches below the ; lfe r midst who have not the
surfiice of the mud. This may appear like a tough j desire the to offer themselves up,
. story, but it is nevertheless time. We came here like Hindoo widows, upon the funeral pyre of
in advance of our baggage train, and had to lie in Southern independence. There are millions in the
i ~» » j i . . . . rebellious StAtes who never loved bccewioo Wsil
the woods three days and mghts, without tents, in - guch mel(Mlramat ic and fa-
I snow übontfive inches deep. But we are now in OTei , j te gmve, and who would much rath
j tents, and feel at home again. Last night the er jeopardize their lives to save the Republic than
i wind blew down several tents but did not arouse destroy them on account of the failure off the con
j the bovs. Thev laid still until morning and then B l ,irulors *p over
I • •. . ... . , . , erament in already restoring its antnpnty over
[crawled out to inquire who had been drunk and districts which, at one time, resounded with as
j tore down the tents last night. much blatant bombast as now tickles the ear? of
j This is decidedly the roughest country out of the traitors in the regions not yet redeemed by the
doors. Afermertold one of our toys, who was triumphant march of
I - , ; / a succession of future victories will crnsn tne re
| on picket duty at his house, that he, (the farmer,) j n the States which are at present controlled
I with three negroes, had cultivated some ten acres by the conspirators. Besides it is a noticeable fact
lof corn, and when he gathered il he found that a *h»l > u actual battle, the armies of the enemy,
small sized store box would hold his crop. 'On the whcthe ' th 816 att *? flll'S,.wshnw
■ ■ . v entrenched camps, or in strong fortifications, snow
very night he stored it away the negroes broke open q, ate muc h readiness to flee or to surrender, as
the box mid parched and ate the corn. Another to perish in defence of their posts. They have not
one snvs that land deeds in this section are worth evinced in any of their late conflicts any excess of
» „i„v ■i , , , . . - the Spirit which induces some armies to t die all—
-10 cents per lb. A slab-s l ded bush-whacker, from die n l oWv _ die like demigods.” At Hatteras Inlet,
Clearfield, says that this was a fine level country at Port Koval, at Fort Henry, at Roanoke Island,
liefore the war broke out, but that when the war at Fort Donelsou, at Clarksville, at Nashville, they
1 commenced, the secessionists were afraid we would bad hi tie disposition to win *• victory or death. —-
. , ~ , ,i. , , , , There are doubtless many brave men in the nouth
come down and take the land, and they went to - em anuv _ m . mv who wi u willingly meet death in
j work and put it up in piles to cany it off, as they - rh e laid cause they have espoused—but; there has
ido everything else, but we came on. them too soon, been no proof given that they are more ready to
I The weather has been very changeable lately.— continue forever a hopeless and desperate conflict
1 . ~ , . . ’ , ■ thau the iieople of other counties who have easily
! 1 his, with fatigue and exposure, has caused con- con q Uered
j siderable sickness, though but few cases have proven That the leading conspirators, who know how
i fatal. It however becomes mv painful duty to richly they merit the fate of felons, and see that
I record the death of David E. Weight, a member their d °T » clearly ’ foreshadowed, should desire
\ c n a i- i j. , TT io draw down in oue common rum the .whole peo
lof Company A, who recently died at the Hagers- ple wh(jm tUcv have misle d and betrayed, is, Br
itov™ Hospital. He was a noble and brave youth, haps, natural enough. But it is only a new proof
alvvavs ready and willing to discharge the arduous of their selfish wickedness; and the very fury of
duties of a ’soldier, when he was able. I can as- ‘ heir f nd »he terrible nature of: the sacri
, , , „, fices thev ask the people ot the South to vohrata
sure lus mends that they have our heartfelt sym- rilv an d - foolishly submit to, may assist to dispel
j pathies. the delusions of those who are now actively sns-
T
,ta Talley !!!
Company Ai* bound to be ahead. We are now
practising the Zouave drill, having gone through
with Hardee. Our regiment bag made longer
marches and carried heavier knapsacks than auv
other regiment we know, and our Colonel offers
to bet that he can march us farther, in' the same
time, with knapsacks, than any other regiment can
without\thcm. We are generally known as the
“Juniata Bloodhounds.”
We are attached to the 3d Brigade, under Cpl.
Tyler, who is a splendid officer. . This brigade is
composed of the 7th and 29th Ohio, 7th Indiana,
Ist Virginia, and (last, hut not least,) the 110th
Pennsylvania. The Virginia boys cannot under
stand the number, 110, on our caps. They have
been heard to say—“ That can't be the 110th regi
ment from Pennsylvania; it must be the X Ith Ohio
(11, O). When we tell them we are really the
110th regiment, they say—“ Bully for Pennsyl-
vania!”
We are now awaiting orders. We never know
where we are going until we get there, and some
times hardly then, for it would not be the 110th if
we did not move or have to pitch tents after night.
It would have done you good to hear the bovs
cheer when they heard the news of the late victo-
ties. We are not far from Winchester, and hope
soon to have the pleasure of taking it
More anon from the
GEN. SCHUUTF AND THE SECESSION STMPA
tuxzebs. —A correspondent of the Cincinnati
Jtmes, sends that paper the following good joke
from Lebanon, Kentucky:
After the battle at Logan’s Cross Roads, and the
rebel prisoners were taken to Somerset, the offi
cers—who were released on parole of honor in
quired of General Schoepff to know where they
should repair for their board.
Now, it happened that there was a very wealthy
and strong Secession sympathizer then living in
the town, and who had heretofore taken great
pains to manifest his affection to the “peculiar
institution.” To this personage they were recom
mended by the General, where they were soon
snugly housed and duly cared for. At the time
of their departure from the place, a neat little bit
of paper was handed to the General bv the favor
ing entertainer. '
“What’s this?” says the General, on seeing the
paper extended towards him.
“A bill for the boarding of those prisoners,” was
the reply.
“I cannot certify to any such bill, nor will it be
allowed,” said the General.
“How shall I then get-my pay,” inquired the
man.
“I cannot tell,” replied the General, “but I
presume you will have to take the amount out in
sgmjKitlnj /"
The “sympathizer” sneaked off, a wiser if not a
richer man.
Still Another.—IThe 1 The press of Philadelphia
and elsewhere, seem, by common consent, to ac
cord to our townsman, Col. Hall, the highest order
of talent and emminent fitness for his position os
Speaker of the Senate. From among the many
handsome compliments thus spontaneously paid to
him, we take the following from the Philadephia
Evening Bulletin, of the 28th ult.:
The “ Legislative Manual” tells us that “ Com
mittee of the Whole ” is often made use of to
plague some young; and inexperienced member, bv
getting him into the chain Mr. Donovan went
through the ordeal in the Senate to-day with be
coming fortitude, though, the attempts to discom
pose him by various disorderly and unnecessary
doings were more marked than usual
S“ ch s®" 6 t 0 off, by contrast, the
fitness of Mr. Speaker Hall for his positnki. I
have before remarked upon the feet that he could,
make a powerful speedy
and Phikdclphmns had good woof of this oU the
J - d - With a clear, weU-balahced intellect, lie
a force of will and a gubernatorial fac
ulty which will enable ban to take a leadiwt nosi
tion m any assembly,
Dreadful Calajiitv'.—On Friday morning the
residence of Jonathan Tice, about two miles above
Fredericksburg, Lebanon county* was destroyed by
fire, and one of his children, a girl about C years
of age, penshed in the flames. It seems that both
father and mother were from home, leaving the
house m charge of three children. In attempting
to make the fire in the stove, the clothing of one
108116,1 into bed to save
en he* 1 ’ b, 0086 and all were soon in
“if 1 ® 3 - Tll ° o°®, ebild was there burnt np, and the
The houae Wd 6T «ythi»g m
tidning the rebellion, and incline them to seek
shelter and protection under the flag of (he Union.
— h'orney's Jtress.
The Evacuation of Columbus.
Intelligence received from Com. Foote leaves
little doubt of the evacuation of Columbns by the
Secession forces, and it either is now, qr soon will
be, in the possession of-our troops. There are but
few points on the Mississippi below that town which
can be very strongly fortified, and by its loss the
enemy are deprived of their most important barrier
to the free transit of tire great American river. It
has cost them many a bitter pang to abandon : so
important a position, and the panic already pre
vailing in the South-west will now be greatly
intensified. The New Orleans Delta recently
said:
“Should Columbus fall, what is to prevent the
enemy from sweeping down the rivet with the
immense fleet of gunboats and floating batteries
which he has been so long preparing at St. Louis
and Cairo, and with a hundred thousand men under
Hallcck to attack os on one side, while on expedi
tion striking np from the sea would attack us on
the other? Who can answer? Do effectual de
fences answer? Do preparations for defence in
rapid progress answer ? Where ate the defences ?
Who is engaged in the preparations? These ques
tions admit of no satisfactory answer. !
“Our dependence at present for the safety of the
city from the approach of a formidable: expedition
down the river, is upon Columbus. That is the
Northern key to the Mississippi delta. That in
possession of the . enemy, the floodgates of invasion
will -fee opened. Our situation would not- be hope
less, for the soul of Southern men, fighting a war
of independence, must not dream of despair; but
we would be confronted with terrible dangers and
the whole country exposed to fearful evils.”
The dangers thus foreshadowed are'now inten
sified by out complete command of the Tennessee
and Cumberland rivers, our occupation of Nash
ville, and our virtual possession of the late West
ern stronghold of the enfemy. Attempts will proba
bly be made to create new barriers to our descent
of the Mississippi, but none can equal in complete
ness the strong works that lately frowned upon ;us
at Columbus. We have the “ key to i the Missis
sippi Delta,” and the day cannot be'far distant
when it will be completely freed from the dominion
of the rebels.
110th,
Pbeaching- and Secessiontsm.—The Lebanon
(Ky.,) correspondent of the Cincinnati Times tells
the following anecdote:
A pious old man, a member of one oif the Union
Tennessee . regiments, being called upon for a
prayer, one Sunday in camp, responded to tbe call,
and, in a feeling and patriotic manner, prayed for
the welfare and health of the Tennessee troops,
and the army at large; also, for the success of our
arms and the triumph of the Union canse;. and,
also, for a speedy return of the exiles then around
him, to their peaceful and happy homes, hoping
that the:mountains nowin sight would not long
separate them from those most near and dear;
His remarks were expressive arid touching, sot
citing the feelings and sympathy of his hearers.—
The speaker then asked forgiveness for the sins of
our enemies, praying that they might See the error
of their ways, and be returned again to love arid
favor. Whereupon one of the hearers rose to iris
feet, and excitedly exclaimed—“ Look-a-here! I
won’t stan’ anything of that sort here; this 'ere
meetin’s broke up! I won’t listen to hobody who
prays for Secession, or the salvation of their Souls.
I don’t want to be known in their company, here
nor hereafter!” The ceremonies were here closed,
and the “meetin 1 ” was thns “broke up!”
Thk Union Feeling is Nashville.—The fol
lowing letter was found in Fort Henry after the
battle;: i ! i
■ Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 7, IHG2.
S<)n—l received your always welcome
letter yesterday, and am going to answer it sjiecdilv.
I received your package containing $OOO of C. S,
script, for Which I am very grateful.; lam glad
that you arc doing well and that you are well, but
I tremble when I think of yon being engaged i in
this horrid war. Henry > my son, I can but feel
the South is in the wrong. We may console: our
selves with whatever belief we choose,! the United
States U bound to subdue ns. General M CleUan
has and ik exercising great generalship. I fear
that soon a movement will be made that will crush
ns out. : Henry, 1 know you must think as I do.
T wish you would resign, and we will move North.
No one here suspects my Union proclivities. lam
cfcliged, for the sake of your mother and sisters, to
talk and be a Secessionist; but I say to you, what
I said when you were at home, I dci not believe
that Northern men desire the ruin of the South;—
A great interest is felt here as regards yonr posiT
timi (Fort Henry;) if that is taken, the South is
surely conquered. You can see this as well as
others. ’
Destroy this letter, rns it may get von into
trouble, ; i ‘ .
Vl* sr«fa Tax BilL
' JfrafattWiox. March 3
The tax tOI provide* far »*Hy on spirits
liquors of fifteen cent* per Balia*; ale and
dollarpor tend; MfWffaco three cwf
per pound, to add uanntethred lire cent, 4
and on cigaw five, ten, fad faedy cents per
according to value} on tad and finseed oil,
ing fluid, erode coal oil five cent* per gallon- re
fined cod oil tan cent* per gallon}gas per
cubic feet twenty-five cents; bank note paper fir.
cento par pound; writing paper two cents per pound •
printing paper three mills per pound; soap fi •
mills per pound; salt four cents per hundred pom*!*-
sole leather one cent per pound; upper leather 01*.
half cent per pound; flour ten cento per barrel; tj]
other manufactures three per centum ad valorem ■
op railroad passengers two cento per mile of travel •
commutation tickets three per cent; steamboat
travel one mill per mile. Omnibus, ferry boat,
and horse rairoad, three per cent, on gross receipt
from passengers. Advertisements five per cent o#
amount of receipts annually for use—the nse of
carriages annually from one to ten dollars, accord
ing to value, tlold watches one dollar; silver
watches fifty cents; gold plate fifty cents
ounce; silver plate three cento per ounce; hil-
Hard tables twenty dollars. On slaughtered cattle
fifty cents each; hogs ten cento each; sheep fi te
cento each. Licence—shonkers, one hundred dol
lars ; auctioneers, twenty dollars; wholesale deal
era,"fifty dollars; retail dealers in liquors, twentr
dollars; retail dealers in goods, ten dollars; pamt.
brokers, fifty dollars; rectifiers, one hundred dol
lars ; brewers, fifty dollars; hotels, inns and tav.
eras, graduated according to rental, from fire dol
lars to two hundred; eating house, ten dollar,
commission; brokers, fifty dollars; other broken,
twenty dollars. Theatres, one hundred dollan;
circuses, fifty dollan; bowling alleys, five dollan
each alley; pedlers, fifty dollan; other pedlen,
fifty dollars to twenty dollan; coal oil distillers,
twenty dollars, &c. income three per cent., on aj
over six hundred dollars, deducting income de
rived from dividends, &c., which are taxed separ
ately, Railroad hoods, and dividends, and bant,
and saving institutions, three per cent. Payment
of all salaries of all officers in the civil, military
or naval service of the United States, including
Senators and Members of Congress, three p«
cent. Legacies and distributive shares of peraonal
property of deceased persona, from one to five p«
cent., according to the degrees of relationship,
and stamp duties on ail kinds of legal and coni
mercial papers, all patent medicines, telegraph,
messages and goods by express.
The bill also provides for the appointment In
the President of a commissioner of internal reve
uue, with a salary of five thousand dollare. Hu
office to be in the Treasury department, with a
suitable number of clerks.
The country is to be divided os the President
may direct' into convenient collection district,
with an assessor and collector to be appointed by
the President for each district, who shall have
power to appoint such deputies as may be neces
sary.
Celebration of Washington’s Birth
day in Gen. Lander’s Division.
A correspondent of the Cincinnati Commercial , II
writing from Paw-paw under dale of February t>,
safes: ’•' a
While our (fellow-citizens at home, in every town
and city, are celebrating this day so kindly
ished in the hearts of a free and enlightened peu
ple, we, too, have commemorated it by a grand ns
view, and thus had a look at General Lauder.—
His eagle eyes were resplendent with the tires that
gleamed through them from bis daring, heroic
heart, and his voice resonant with the intonation,
of command and impetons earnestness. Aim,.;
every word of his brief addresses to the various
regiments canid be heard distinctly by three or
four thousand men, and bis hearers were struck with
his versatility in speaking, each address being
marked by something new and appropriate to the
particular regiment that he fronted; and had it
not been for an occasional oath that broke from
his lips, marring the beauty of his discourse, as a
single badly-drawn feature mars au exquisitely
drawn portrait, his speeches would have compare!
favorably with those of the most finished orators.
In. the strongest langurge he condemned the mo
lestation of the “poor people of this wretched conn
try,” and added: “I will honor the soldier who
will, on the spot, pot his bayonet into the offen.ler
who dares to apply the torch to dwellings, insult
women, or stoop to the mean crime of stealing
chickens and turkeys.”
To the Fourth Regiment he said: “Vou are
Ohio toys, and if yon fight as well as you loot.
yon will honor the .noble State for whence you
came. I know yon will fight. I will lead you to
victory. I propose to lead yon against equal num
bers, in earthworks, and defeat them. Ido not
propose to command 50,000 to attack 20,000; but
to command 20,000 to assail 20,000. and 1 will
lead the charge.”
Imagination may have prompted the thought,
but, notwithstanding his fine physique, there was a
peculiar beaming of his eye and pallor on his
cheek, that cansed him to appear to be the victim
of some destroying disease, deep seated in his con
stitntifm.
What "Vyß got at Bowling Green.—Oursne
cess at Bowling Green, writes a correspondent. L>
much more important than at first supposed, wr
ing merely in reference to what property we hare
taken possession of. The rebels did not destroy a
much of their stores as we imagined, but concealed
them in various places in the town and neighbor
hood, hoping that they might escape the vigilant
eyes of our quartermasters and commissaries.-
But their hopes were vain. Such quantities of
provisions of all sorts, flour, pork, &c., have to
found, that We should have no difficulty in sub
sisting our army for a considerable time, even if
we should receive no supplies whatever from the
north. In every imaginable place these articles
have been found-—up in garrets, down in cellars
in wells, in cisterns, in houses belonging to pro
fessed Union men, and, indeed, in even' situation
which any individual would be apt to select as suita
ble for concealment. This organized system or
hiding was not confined to the town. A great
many hundred bags andbarrels of corn were dis
covered concealed in the woods in the vicinity
It was astonishing bow speedily and surely th«
'were hunted up. No matter whether the biding
place was one, two or a dozen miles off, the hid
den goods were smelled out, and a party was sa c
on the way for the purpose of bringing them in.—
I shall not pretend to estimate the value of the
property thns captured. I have not seen the
whole of it, but have been informed that little lew
than a hundred thousand dollars worth have to
found.
Evacuation of Columbus, Sar.—Sir: Cote
bos is in our possession. My armed mconnbisatict
on the 2d instant caused a hasty evacuation, the
rebels leaving quite a number of gums and
riages, ammunition and stores, a large quantitv ot
shot and shell, a considerable number of anchotN
and the remnant of the chain lately stretched am* 5
the river, together with a large number of torpe
does.
Most of the huts, tents, and quarters wot*
strbyed.
T?he works are of very great strength, consent's
of formidable tiers of batteries on the water-s' Je ;
and on the land-side suVrounded by a ditch 3 ”“
abattis. .
General Sherman, with Lieutenant Co®®" 1
iitg Phelps, not knowing that they were las'e ve "-
ing occupied by four hundred of the Second Ijimjr
Cavalry, while on a scouting party from
made a bold dash to die shore,, when those m
batteries hoisted the American frag on the su""V
of die bluff. Its appearance was greeted bv
hearty cheers of onr brave tars and soldiers.
tar Horses vs. Steam.—The horse
Massachusetts, in 1861, carried 13,725,®*
sengers, and the steam railroads only 11-- a -’ J
In the State of New York the horse r adto ac “'
1860,, carried 49,000,000, and the steam n®
roads 10,000,000.
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tlm *m+*" for »
iifjiijf ijflV ”**• on exhibition, day
notice. Walk op,
‘°j | * |T -.- ; aAd teethe » critter” sbalvl
stirring up the aaimir,
bweVi ui tjndved she most be to mak
.. TO® P« i»« r , and when
her prettiest, can make at leas 1000 j
doo’t 'get jeaiona, ladies. Onr
nit »«* yottiof any of your sweethearts,
of whom Aey wiß soon fin
not matty, U she *iM* thetoof
they eut ardond her very much. Wall
and s» the jshorw. The latch string of
always oothe outside. ComeinwiAo.
To one fountain friend, of the Alleg
intimated that our show was a premia
theeay to be broken to the hope," we
thft «n fulfil our premise, and if he.|
IW) let him jump upon Ae cars some ti
and nm down here and wo will satisfy
Bring your family along. T(
tonal brethren we extend the. same int
To onr, patrons who nobly respoi
call for ««di to purchase the show, w
invitation to call and ;aoe it, now, A
on exhibition; and we wotdd alsow
aB those who are tsl
see the mebagerie, and A*gr «•“ Aat
hitdg wiA; one stone* i. s*, see the i
their ind^tednees.
P. S. ¥br Ae heneftt of all we w
there ate no side shows connected a
hition. j
i wont . Maple Sooa*.— For tea
to all onr readers there wfll be ana*
sugar made during the coming seas
who have i the facilities than during
season, in view of this feet we ta
Harrisburg Telegraph a few instruction
not comejamiss, and which our rural
rely upon as being valuable.
Almost every one knows how to
sugar; hot it would seem from the qn
we find ill market, that few know how
right, or if they know how, they are to
too lazy t 6 take the necessary pains.
Tup the trees with a half-inch a
spiles of slder, and catch the sap -in
ets or crocks; gather the sap into cle
tubs, and Isnl it immediately down to
then strain it into a sound oak bar
allow it to stand over night by wind
settle perfectly clear without the use <
or any such articles in toiling. Pla
the barret, three inches from the tot
which the clear syrup can be drawl
disturbing the sediment. Draw it
over a brisk fire till (on dropping
syrup int|> cold water) it will break li
dip into 'wooden trays to cool, an<
grained stir it briskly and break tin
this method it can be made as whi
New Orleans or Havana, and will
highest price in market. The tost ]
for making sugar are shallow, and :
iron, they should, be set in an arch
brick and stone, that will stand fin
secret in making good maple sugaris
thing neat and clean, and perferm t
activity and care.
Depp’s HnncAVixu CkJUJten,
The foundation of this noted eataU
a quarte|r of a century ago, says t
Lawreacf Journal, framed j ipv <
cial education. Withtho accumul
of neatly twenty years in inland
commerce, the Principal St ance enl
dories of the merchant’s edatotio
collegiate course of study. Bis sue
the country with imitators; few, if
ever hod any practical experience at
accountants, their attempts to teach
what they never practiced themselvi
nothing more than that of commm
experience proves that it is to the
ness man alone that we most look 1
structioh in the commercial proto
new circular of this time-honored
we peroeive that its students from i
tain an indelible impression of tin
their training for business.
Sudden Death.— The uncertain
me was perhaps never more fore
than in the death of Mrs. Gatherin'
Jacob b'oust, of Gaysport, which
place last Thursday. The. dece
walking in a funeral procession, on
Baptist cemetery, and when opposi
of Ur,! John Bollinger, on Penn
stricken with apoplexy and fell spt
in an insensible condition. She i
the residence Mr. Bollinger and
mediately summoned, bnt before t
physician the vital spark bad fled
to! spirit winged its way to the rea
gave jt. She was about fifty yea
leave* a husband and several ch
their Sudden and irreparable loss
Stanford.
Ct*On one of the cold nights 1
man in crossing the B. B. bridge
lough’s lost his balance, and fell ii
feet frito the deep water below. 1
in thje water and ice for some turn
of one of the piers, where he bun.
withiiushead just above water,
returning home abont 11 o’clock b
and rescued him from bis periton
liim ito a neighboring bouse.
for.i By morning the man was n
to proceed op his way to the mot
for 'his miracidoos deliverance
Renter.
Ebensbubo and Cbebsokß.
last* regular trains commenced
above road. The first train lei
o’clock A. M., after the arrival
Eastward, runs to Ehenahmg an
to Connect with the express tn
0.10 A. M. The second train
llijs A. M., after the arrival <
Eastward, and retains at -4-06
with Mail Train Weatmrd. ’
wiU givo the dwuarns si die
aagaftsfiae