ititouie.
ALTOONA, PA.
SATURDAY, NOV. 15,1862.
- Our Debt.
We all feel interested to know exactly how our
Nstionsi finances stand. For this information we
■tost rely upon those who hare access to the hu
mans of the Treasmy Department. Messrs. Sam
uel Halletet Co., Bankers, of Philadelphia, pre
pared a circular for foreign distribution, by the"
Master sailing Oct. 29th, 1862, which contain
ihcts of importance at this crisis, and the figures
can be relied upon as correct. From the circular
weeopy the following:
The public debt of the United States may be di
vided. into three classes—that contracted prior to
the kan of $250,000,000, granted in July, 1861:
the .loan of that date, and those authorized by
Cotigreas its last session.
The amount of debts of the first class will, prob
ably, reach about $118,000,000. Of the second
class, the $250,000,000 loan, $150,000,000 is
made up of the 7 3-lOths, of which about $132,-
000,000 hare been issued ; $50,000,000 C ¥ cents
doeljn, 1881, and $60,000,000 of the demand
notes, which were made receivable for dues at the
Custom House. About one-half of these are al
ready cancelled, and are being retired at the rate
of 200,000 daily. Their places, however, are sup
plied by what are termed “ new issue” of demand
notes.
Since (fee passage of the Act of July, 1861, the
Government has relied chiefly upon its demand
notes ; upon the deposits mode' with several of the
Sub-Treasurers, and by the issue of certificates of
indebtedness. Of the latter about $66,000,000
hare been issued. Of the “new issue" of Treasury
notes, about $180,000,000 are already in circula
tion. The Department is now paying them out at
the rate of $600,000 daily.
Of the class t>f bonds known as the 5-20 s $lB,-
571,100 have been issued. The exact amount of
depoeites with the Sob-Treasurers on call, is about
$65,000,000. The aggregate indebtedness of the
Department, consequently will foot up as follows;
Debt contracted prior to July, 18S1 $118,000,000
Bonds bsotiak 7.3-10 V coat Interest 133,000,000
Bonds bearln«6si cent Interest, payable in’Bl 60,000,000
Certißtetes of Indebtedness. 60.000,000
Depoeites with the Sob-Treasary, said paya
ble on call.
Treasury notes, new issue
Custom House notes
.The rive-twenty year bonds...
Total indebtedness
The statement, we believe, is approximately cor
rect, taking the figures as they stood on the 22d
instant, and making the liabilities of Government
considerably less than the current estimates. It
should relieve all apprehensions as to any embar
rassment to be caused by our public debt. The
interest on the total amount at six per cant is only
4139,214,366; But only $449,571,100 draw in
terest, reducing the charge upon the Treasury from
this quarter to $26,974,266. To meet this charge
we have the revenue from customs, which will
probably equal $60,000,000, the present year, and
the revenues from the extraordinary sources re
cently provided..
These sources were designed to realize fully
annually. We learned that so far
they promise to prove productive far beyoud the
estimate. There can be no doubt of their realizing
an immense sum, and forming a secure basis, not
only for the payment of interest accruing on the
public debt but for its rapid extinguishment, upon
the close os: tbq war. The abundance of money
demonstrates the ability of Government to borrow
to any required amount. As previously argued by
us,i tbe nation finds no difficulty in sustaining the
burdens of war, as it possesses in abundance
whatever is necessary for its prosecution—men,
food, and materials and munitions of all kinds.
So.kng as the people will dispose of these for the
obligation a of Government, no financial embarrass
ment need be feared.
The above statement, prepared by a reliable
film, who would be losers by making a false state
ment, shows that, financially, all is well.
The new Fire-Twenty year six per cent loan, is
‘the only one the government is now issuing at par,
and large subscriptions are daily making in all the
principal cities. Messrs. Jay Cook & Co., Bank
ers, 114 sooth third street, are the Agents in Phil
adelphia, wbd will cheerfully afford every facility
and explanation tosubscrihers. See advertisement
in another column. a
lacreafie in Price of Newspapers.
We do not intend to increase the price of sub
scription to onr paper, or our advertising rates, al
though everything in our line has advanced in
price, but we do hope that our patrons will en
deavor to pay us promptly for advertising and in
advance for subscription. Unless they do this we
must be the: losers, and that heavily, while they
are the gainers, in clear consciences at least, by
keeping their accounts square with the printer.
The Kockport Republic says:—
"Most of the large dally newspapers in Western
New York have advanced tbeprice of their issues.
An editor of a leading Sew York daily informed
ns last week: that the publishers in that city would
soon follow suit. Many of the country journals
have also bppn published at increased prices. The
advance is mused mainly by the advance in print
rngstock.”
Upon this the Boston Traveler remark* :
“ Printing materials of til kinds bare very ma
terially advanced since the commencement of the
war. On some articles of prime necessity to the
printer, <be advance is folly equal to thirty per
cent.' In addition, to this the Government taxes
them three percent, upon their advertisements and
three per pent, upon their income, if they are for
tunate enough to have any."
The cause of the increase in printing and all
other qualities of paper is the scarcity of rags,
which are now converted into shoddy for govern
ment use. One of our paper men informed us, a
tew days since, that the same quality of paper
which he sold to us at $l9 per ream, some three
weeks since, has advanced to $36,60 per ream by
theejwe (of 18 reams) net cash. Pretty fast “get
ting upstairs” that.
,pP*A(ers«a’s Magazine for December is a most
%hjnphy nutnber. and most captivate every lady
ItBO hands it falls. It containseveiytbing in
Bne, and a number of steel engravings
which cannot be excelled. In reading matter, it
is eppwl to the beat, and the instructions in refer
eacq to dram making and notices of the fashions
sre lnralnaUe to those who want to keep up with
the ripe*. Send for Peterson tf yon want a good
IWtpjWf for 1868. frie e $2,00 par annum,
C. J.Petemon, Philadelphia
Concession, Be-Union and Peace.
•' Last weak we ad retted to the promise made
that in the event of the elections this fall resulting
in favor of the Democratic party, a speedy peace
wouM be seemed, and the Union preserved. Wc
spoke of the promise as fallacious, and onr reasons
therefor. If anything further is needed to show
that our position is correct, we have it in the
Richmond Whig of the 30th ult., in an article
upon recent speeches made by Messrs. Seymour
and Van Bnren, in New York, in which they held
out that the rebel States could be brought
back to the Union, if the people would support
their submission ticket. The Richmond Whig
thusspnrna and rejects their proposition:—
“No, the people of all shades of opinion in the
United States had better make up their minds
that the separation that has taken ' place was ne
cessary, and'is final. We are as wide apart ns the
zenith and ‘the nadir. We are as different as
white from Mack—as antagonistic as fire and
water. They can never conquer, nor coax, nor
cheat us into reunion. The sooner they surren
der the hope and abandon the effort the better for
them. We .tbink no better of the proposition
when coming from ‘conservatives’ than when
coming from ‘repeals.’"
The Whig speaks by the book and in this in
stanpe repeats the oft expressed position and de
termination of the rebels. , They do not want con
cession, nor the friendship of any man in the
north unless it will secure to them a division of
the Union. If people have been deceived by
these “peace promising” stump speakers and
newspaper writers we hope they may live long
enough to set themselves right again.
Two weeks since, in a short article under
die head of “Comical,” we ridiculed the boast of
the Clearfield Republican about the popularity of
Mr, Wallace, and stated that he mu eleven hun
dred rotes behind bis State ticket in this county,
and tell more behind it in Cambria than he ran
ahead of it in Clearfield. The ./isfnih/icun of last
week contains an article of a column and a half,
abounding in figures, attempting to prove our as
sertions “ more false than funny.” Their figures
don't satisfy us, therefore we will figure a little.—
To commence, we asserted that Mr. Wallace fell
1100 behind his ticket in this county. Now let us
see whether the figures will bear us out.
Majority against Wallace in Blair co. 1679
“ “ Slenker 591
A mistake of twelve votes on our part, and cer
tainly.not much to write a column and a half and
figure all day about. Again, we asserted that Mr.
W. foil more behind his State ticket in Cambria
than be ran ahead of it in bis own county. Will
the figures sustain us ? Let us see.
Slenker’s majority in Cambria co, 1199
Wallace's “ “ 979
- 85.000,000
180,000,000
34,000.000
18,571,100
Wallace behind 220
Wallace’s majority in Clearfield co. 1002
Slenker’s “ “ 852
$653^71,100
Wallace ahead of Slenker,
Slenker in Cambria over Wallace in Clearfield 70
The “comical” is still there, gentlemen, and
your “ more false than funny" was labor and re
search in vain, and the great popularity of Mr.
Wallace is no more apparent to us than heretofore.
General Exchange Effected.
Col. Lndlow, of Gen. Dix’s Staff, returned, on
Tuesday, to Fortress Monroe, having succeeded' in
completing arrangements with the rebel Commis
sioner for the exchange of nine hundred and twen
ty-six officers and twenty-four thousand privates
of the Union army. The following are the pris
oners included in the exchange;—All who were
captured and paroled in Virginia and Maryland
up to the present month, except those taken and
paroled at Ferry at the time of the sur
render; all who Vwere captured and paroled at
Santa Rosa Island, October 4, 1861; Chambers
burg, Pennsylvania, October 4, 1862; South Mills,
North Carolina; at or near Richmond and Lex
ington, Kentucky, by Gen. E. Kirby Smith!
Cumberland Gap, October 2 and 11, 1862; the
Seventy-first Ohio, paroled at Clarksville, Ten
nessee ; one hundred and four Regulars sent from
Amiapolis, northward., October 4,' 1862, and all
those prisoners who were delivered pn the Ist, sth,
7th, 42th and 26th of September and IBth of Oc
tober, 1862, to Captains Lazelle and Swan. The
balance due the United States is about six thous
and .privates.
Ge». McClellan Relieved.-—Gen. McClellan
has been relieved from command of the Army of
the Potomac and MaJ. Gen. A. E. Burnside takes
his place. This action of the President was not
unexpected, yet at the time was uhlooked for.—
Muck has been said and written in reference thereto,
and we do not propose, at this time, to make any
comments thereon. We refer to the letter of Gen.
Ealleck, in another column for the causes which
led to his removal.
gW Major General Israel B. Richardson dind at
Sbarpsborg, Md., on the night of the 3d lost., from
the effect of wounds received at the battle of An
tietam. Gen. Richardson was from Vermont, and
was a most brave skilful officer.
gW The letting for the grading and tracklaying
of the Mifflin and Centre county Rail Road, run
ning! from Lewis town to Bellefonte, came off a
few Jays since, the contract of that portion of, the
road between Lewistown and Miboy being award
ed to Messrs. Shull and Gregg. They will com
mence operations in a week or ten days.
Coxtuxestart. —Previous to leaving bis com
mand in the West, Gen. Buell complimented, the
Anderson Troop in the follow {ug stylc:—
Headquarters Akxt or the Ohio,)
Louisville, Oct. ,30, 1862. |
To the Commanding Officer of Anderson Troop.:
Sir; —l am directed by Major General Buell to
express his thanks to the Anderson Troop for the
zeal, cheerfulness and intelligence with which
theyjhave performed all the duties imposed upon
them since attached to his Headquarters, nearly a
year ago. Manly deportment and soldierly bear
ing have characterized the behavior of the mem
bers Rf the Troop from the day .of their assignment
to duty With rids army until the present time and
-under their active aim intelligent officers have at
tained-a commendable degree of professional ex
cellence.
The most ordinary fiootine duties of the soldier
JM w&l as those of the high*** moment and of a
coitfldentW character have been Unformed alike
with efficiency'and ridriity, General trusts
that;.ae Troop wJU sustain Qtuiilg its term fif tor
vice, thehigh repatation whkhlt nofv so deservedly
enjoys. lam very respectfully,
Tour obedient servant.
(Signed) 3. p. J&tY,
CoJ. and Chief qf Staff.
Wallace behind Slenker,
Important Letter from Gen. Halleck.
Washington, November 10.—The following
important correspondence will, perhaps, give some
of the reasons which actuated the War Depart
ment in recommending the I’rcsident to make a
change in the command of the Potomac army:
Headquarters op the Arm
Washington. October 28, 1862. j
Hon. E. M. Stanton. Secretary of Wan—Sir 1
—ln reply to the general Interrogatories contained i
in your letter of yesterday, 1 have the honor to re
port : First—That requisitions for supplies to the
army under Gen. McClellan are made by his Staff
officers on the Chiefs of Bureaus here. That is,
the Quartermaster applies by his Chief Quarter- :
master or Quartermaster General. For commis- ;
sary supplies by his chief Commissary on the j
Commissary Genera). Nq such requisitions have
been, to my knowledge, made upon the Secretary
of War, and none upon the General-in-Chief.
Second—On several occasions, Gen. McClellan I
has telegraphed me that his army was deficient in
certain supplies. All these telegrams were imme
diately refened to the Heads of Bureaus, with or
ders to report. It was ascertained that in every
instance the requisitions have been immediately j
filled, except where the Quartermaster General
had been obliged to send from Philadelphia,cer- '
lain articles of clothing, tents, etc., not having a
full supply here. .
There has not been, so tar as I could ascertain,
any neglect or delay in any department or bureau .
in issuing all the supplies asked for by Gen. Me- I
Clellan or by the officers of his staff. Delays .
have occasionally occurred in forwarding supplies
by railroad, on account of the crowded condition I
of the railroad depots, or of it want of sufficient j
number of cars, but, whenever notified of this fact, j
agents have been sent out to remove the difficulty,
under the excellent superintendence of Gen. Houpt.
1 think these delays have been less frequent and of
shorter duration than is usually the case with I
freight trains. An army of the size of that under
Gen. McClellan will.frequently be for some days j
without the supplies it has asked for, on account I
of a neglect in making timely requisitions for
them, and unavoidable delays in forwarding them
and distributing them to the different brigades and
regiments. I
From all the information that I can obtain, 1
am of the opinion that the requisitions from that
army have been filled more promptly, and that the
men,.as a general rule, have been better supplied,
than in the ease of our armies operating in the
west. The latter have operated at much greater
distances from the sources of supplies, aud have
had far less facilities for transportation. In fine,
I beKcve that no armies in the world in campaign
ing have been more promptly or better supplied
than ours.
Third—Soon after the battle of Antietam,
Gen. McClellan was urged to give me information
of his intended movements, in order that if lie
moved between the enemy and Washington the
reinforcements could be sent from this place. On
October Ist, finding that be purposed to operate
from Harper’s Ferry, I urged him to cross the
river at once and give battle to the enemy, poiut
ing out to him the disadvantages of delaying until
the autumnal rains had swollen the Potomac and
impaired the roads.
On the t*th of October he was |ieremptorily or
dered to cross tile Potomac and give battle to the
enemy or drive him South. I said to him, ‘-your
army must move now while the roads are in good
condition.” It will be observed that three weeks
has elapsed since that order was given.
Fourth—ln my opinion there has been no such
want of supplies in the army under Gen. McClel
lan as to prevent his compliance with ray orders to
advance u|xm the enemy. Had he moved his
army to ihe south side of the Potomac, he could
have received his supplies almost as readily as by
remaining inactive on the north side.
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Fifth—On the seventh of October, in a telegram
in regard to his intended movement,' Gen. Mc-
Clellan stated that he would require at least three
days to supply the first, fifth and sixth corps—that
they needed shoes and other indispensable articles
of clothing, as well as shelter tents. No complaint
was made to me that his army requisitions had not
been filled, and it was inferred from his language
that he was only waiting for the distribution of his
supplies.
On the lllh of October he telegraphed to me
that a portion of his supplies sent by railroad had
been delayed, as already stated. Agents were im
mediately sent from here to investigate this com
plaint, and they reported that everything had gone
forward on the same date—the 11th.
Gen. McClellan spoke of many of his horses
being broken .down by fatigue, bn the 12th of
October he complained that the rate of supply was
onlv 150 horses per week for his entire army there
and in front of Washington. I immediately di
rected the Quartermaster General to inquixe’ into
this matter, and report why a larger supply was
not furnished to Gen. McClellan. - Gen. Meigs
reported to me, on the 14tb of October, that the
average issue of horses to Gen. array
in the field and in front of Washington for the
previous six weeks had been 1,459 per week, or
8,754 in all.
In addition, he reported to me that a large num
of nudes had been supplied, and the number of
these animals with Gen. McClellan's army, on the
Upper Potomac, was oyer 3,100. He also report
ed to me that he was then sending that array all
the horses he could procure.
On the 18th of October, Gen. McClellan staled
in regard to Gen. Meigs' report that he had filled
every requisition for shoes and clothing, that,
“ Gen. Meigs may have ordered these articles to
be fbnvared, but they might as well remain in New
York or Philadelphia, so far as my army is con
cerned.”
I immediately called Gen. Meigs' attention to
this apparent neglect of his department on tlje
20th of October. He reported as the result of his
investigation that 48,000 pairs of boots and shoes
had been received by the Quartermaster" of Mc-
Clellan's army at Harper's Ferry, Frederick and
Hagerstown, 20,000 pairs were at Harper's Ferry
depot on the 21st, and that 10,000 more were on
their way, and 15,000 more had been ordered.
Col. Ingalls Aid-dc-Camp and Chief of Staff to
General McClellan, telegraphed on the 25th as
follows:—“ The suffering for want of clothing is
exaggerated, I think, and certainly might have
been avoided by timely requisitions by the regi
mental and Brigade Commanders.”
On the 24th of October he telegraphed to Quar
termaster General Meigs that “ the clothing was
not detained at the ears at the depot*. Such com
plaints are groundless. The fact is, the clothing
arrived and is issued, but more is still wanted. I
have ordered more than would seem necessary
from any data furnished me, and I beg to remind
you that you have always very promptly met my
requisitions. As far as clothing is concerned,
our department is not to fault. It provides as
soon as due notice is given. I can forsee no time
when an army of over one hundred thousand men
will not call for clothing and other articles.”
In regard to General McClellan's means of
promptly communicating the wants of his army to
me, or to the proper bureaus of the War Depart
ment, I report that in addition to the ordinary
mails, he has been in hourly communication with
Washington by telegraph. It is due to General
Meigs that I should submit herewith a copy of a
telegram received by him from General McClellan.
Very respectfully, your obedenf servant,
H. W. H'alleck; Gen. in Chief.
McClellan's Headquarters. —To Brigadier
General Meigs-. —Your dispatch of this date is re
ceived. I have never intended in my letter or dis
patch to make any accusation against yourself or
your department for not furnishing or forwarding
clothing as rapidly as if was possible“for you to do
so. | believe everything has been done that could
be do®e lit .this respect, The idea that I have
tried to convey was that certain portions of the
command were without clothing, and that tire
army would not move uptil it was smrplied.
G. B. McClellan,
Major General.
■►Two members of Qen. McClellan's staff!
M»e been sent to Washington under arrest, attd I
it U rumored that other arrests are to (fallow.
Interesting Correspondence.
The following correspondence was had on the
presentation of one of the flags of the 84th Re
giment P. V., to Governor Cnrtin, to be placed in
the Executive Chamber. The regiment had two
flags, one presented by the State, which has been
returned to the Adjutant General's office, and one
presented by the lamented Col. Murray, which is the
one presented to the Governor. The correspon
dence is beautifully eloquent, and gains additional
interest in ibis locality from the fact that at least two
of the committee belong to this county and have
been residents of this place. We refer to Capt.
Walsh and Derno. Here are the letters: —
Harrisburg. Oct. 30, 1862.
To A. G. Curtin, Governor of Pennsylvania.
Governor :—We the undersigned officers of the
84th Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers, feel
proud of the honor conferred upon us by our com
mander and comrades when we present to you
in their Iteltaif the national flag which was presen
ted to the Regiment by Col. Wm. G. Murray on
its departure from the State,
Side by side with the Slate flag, which we re
turned to Adjutant General Russell, this flag has
passed through every conflict in which the Re
giment has participated ; together they have fired
the hearts of the weary and worn soldiers who
marched and fought beneath them; and together
they have drooped over the graves of those who fell
in their defence and support. We have no doubt
when the war is over and your brave legions return,
but that other flags will be’ presented to you that
will out-rival this ; for the flags born by the brave
sons of Pennsylvania, like the white plume in the
helmet of Navarre, have been guiding stars on the
battle-field to lead the brave to the paths ol
danger and of glory. You will perceive that,
though pierced by thirty bullets, shattered by a shell,
and torn by the rough storms of three campaigns
under Lauder, Shields and Pope, not a star is
injured. And as it is with these stars, may it be
witlt the Stale they represent —when the storm of
civil war subsides, may they be as free from trea
son poison as those stars are from treason powder.
It is the desire. Governor, of the Regiment,
that you presene this flag in memory of the gal
lant hero who guve up his life in its defence and
for Pennsylvania’s honor, and of his brave soldiers
who fell with him under his successors tor the
same glorious cause.
Accept it too ns a testimony of the feelings of
esteem and admiration that the brave men of the
84th entertain for the Governor of their State.
We have the honor to suoscrihe ourselves. ven r
res|iectfullv.
'Your obedient servants,
Cpatams Walsh, Miles, axo Dekko,
Committee of Presentation.
Executive Chamheu, )
llanisbunj. Pa., Nov. 5, 1862. J
Gentlemen ; —I have your communication of
the 3l)th ult., tendering me the flag which was
presented to the 84th Kegiinent, by the late
Colonel Murrav.
The present moves me deeply. As I recur to
the occasion, when, in the performance of a grate
ful duty, I gave into the hands of the gallant man
who was then at the head of your Regiment, the
flag provided under directions of a law of the Com
monwealth, 1 well recollect his earnest declara
tion that the colors so entrusted to him should be
returned with honor to the State, or that he would
fall iu their defence. He has nobly redeemed that
pledge: and though all good men will greive at
ids untimely end, yet all who loved him in life,
can mingle with their tears a sentiment of honest
pride that he died so gallantly; they can enjoy
that richest legacy which a man can leave to those
who live after him, the memory that his life was
consummated, though in its prime, in unflinching
devotion to the cause of his country. But the flag
under which he fought, and to whose defence he
so pledged himself, has not been surrendered nor
disgraced. You have returned it to the State,
with folds tattered, splintered staff, bearing upon it
the evidence that the men of the 84th w ere anima
ted by the same patriotic spirit as their leader,
and that in the desperate conflicts through which
they sustained their banner, they bore themselves
as soldiers true to their duty, and faithful to our
country, whose institutions the army of the Be-j
public have gone ’forth to defend against the
attacks of the most wicked conspirators and the
vilest of traitors.
L shall ever clterish the flag you have given me
as a trophy of your valor, as a memorial of one of
the bravest lights of this great war, and as a
testimonial of the kind regards towards myself,
which it has pleased the officers and men of the
84th to entertain.
I thank you for it, and beg that you will con
vey to those whom you represent, assurances of
my unfeigned interest in their welfare, individ
ually and as a regiment, and my unddubting trust
that thay will in the future never forget the inspir
ing example of him who fell at the head of their
columns, gallantly fighting to the last.
Very respectfully, Yours, &c.,
A. G. CURTIN.
To Captains Walsh, Miles and Derno, Committee
of Presentation, 84th Regiment, P. V.
Heavy Forgeries in Pennsylvania.—A se
ries of the heaviest forgeries that have occurred in
the Northern part of Pennsylvania for many years,
were recently perpetrated at Jersey Shore in Ly
coming county, Lock Haven in Clinton county,
and at Bellefonte, Centre county, and were so
skillfully performed that up to this time no clue
whatever has been discovered of the criminal.
It appears that about the 6»h of last month a
well-dressed and gentlemanly looking man pre
sented himself at the counter of the Jersey Shore
Bank, and representing himself to be L. O. Ring,
of the firm of Seth L. King& Sons, of 888 Broad
way. New York, and 364 Lake street, Chicago, i
dealers in furs, skins, &c., stating that in conse- j
qucnce of the Indian troubles iu the' West this de
soripti on of merchandise had greatly enhanced In I
price, and he had come up into that portion of I
Pennsylvania to see if he could not purchase there. I
He seemed to be perfectly posted in the trade, and' i
wound up by presenting a draft of the State Bank j
of Indiana for f 3,400 on the Par Bank of New i
York, which was cashed. He then went to Lock !
Haven, and telling an ‘equally plausible story, sue- !
ceeded in “ doing” the bank* located there out of ;
$3,000. He appeared to lie in no hurry whatever, |
but in a day or two after took the stage for Belle- 1
fonte. At this point he presented to Humes, ,
McCallister, Hale & Co., private bankers, a simi
lar for $1,100; also, one to W. F. Reynolds 1
& Cdi, for $9OO, both of which were cashed.— Bar- ‘
risbmy Telegmph.
A Dasu to be Made at New York or
■ Philadelphia.—General Cameron, who has just
arrived at New York from Europe, confirms the
statement that the Rebels are building three for
midable iron-clad rams in the British shipyards,
and repeats the warning that these vessels are in
tending to make a dash at our chief Atlantic cities.
What is the true name for that English neutrality
which permits such hostile proceedings "to be car
ried on openly against a nation with which Great
Britain is at peace ? And what is the value of
the diplomacy that protests without effect against
such flagrant breaches of good faith ?
The returning Russian Minister expresses sur
prise that New York does not more fuUv appreciate
the danger of an attack, and suggests that the for
tification about the city should be immediately
attended to. If this is applicable to New York
with her harb or protected by a doaen of forts and
bristling with guns, what will he sav about Phil
adelphia, wiih her one fort and her “Mud-bank,”
upon which she relics for protection against the
powerful engines of modern maritime war
We feel rejoiced that General Cameron has
come to the rescue, and trust his voice will give
point and force to the repeated words of warding
we have published on this vital subject 8
gqf*lf you wgut good, large and cheap eating
apples, call at J, T. Wilson’s restaurant.
The Harper’s Perry Commission.
Philadelphia, Not. 10,—The Tribune has ab-
Wtract reports of rite Commission relative to the
surrender of Harper’s Feny. In relation to Col.
Foni it says :—ln so grave a case as this, with
such disgraceful consequences, the Court cannot:
permit an officer to shield himself behind the. fact’
that he did as well as he could, if, in so doing, he
exhibits a lack of military capacity. It is clear to :
the Commission that Col. Ford should not have
been placed in command of Maryland Heights;
that he conducted the defense without ability, and
abandoned hit position without sufficient cause,
and lias shown throughout, such a lack of military
capacity as to disqualify him, in the opinion ofethe
Commission, from a command in the Service,
Regarding Col. Miles, it says as early as the
fifteenth of August he disobeyed the orders of
Major General Wool to fortify Maryland Heights,
When it is surrounded, and attacked by'the enemy, :
its naturally strong positions are unimproved, and
from liis criminal neglect, to use the mildest term, :
the large force of the enemy is almost upon ati
equality With the small force of his command.
Immediately previous to, and pending the siege
of Harpers Ferry, ho paroles rebel ’prisoners, and
permits, indeed sends them to the enemy’s head
quarters. This, too, when he should have known
that the lack of ammunition, the had conduct of
some of our troops, the entire of fortifica
tions, and the abandonment of Maryland Heights,
were important facts they could, and nndonbtly
did, communicate to the enemy.
Sixteen of these prisoners were paroled on the
13th, and a pass given them in the hand writing
of Colonel Miles, while a rebel officer by the name
'of Rouse after an escape is retaken, and subse
quently lias a private interview with Colonel
Miles, is paroled; and after the surrender appears
at the head of his men, among the first to enter
Harper’s Ferry.
The Commission would not have dwelled upon
this painful subject were it not for the fact that
the officer who placed this incapable in command
should share in the responsibility, and in the opin
ion of the commission, Maj. Gen, Wool is guilty
to this extent of a grave disaster, and should be
censured for his conduct. The Commission has
remarked freely on Col. Miles, an old officer, who
bits been killed in the service of his country, and
at cannot, from any motives of delicacy, refrain
from censuring those in high command when it
thinks such censure deserved.
The General in-Chief has testified that Gen.
McClellan, after having received .orders to repel
the enemy invading the State of Maryland, matched
only six miles per day on an average when pursu
ing' this invading enemy. The General-in-Chief
also testified that, in his opinion, Gen. McClellan
could and should have relieved aud protected
Harper’s Ferry. In this opinion the Commission
fullv concur.
The evidence thus introduced confirms the
Commission in the opinion that Harpers Ferry,
as well as Maryland Heights, was prematurely
surrendered. The garrison should have been
satisfied that relief, however long delayed, would
come ut last, and that a thousand men killed in
Harper’s Ferry, woujd have mode a small loss had
the post been saved, and probably saved two
thousand at Antietam.
How important was this defence we can now
appreciate. Of the 97,000 men comprising, at that
time the whole of Lee’s army, more than one third
were attacking Harper's Ferry, and of this the
mam body were in Virginia. Bv reference to the
evidence it will be seen that at the very moment
Col. Ford abandoned Maryland Heights, his little
army was in reality relieved by Gens. Franklin
and Sumner’s corps at Craraton’s Gap. within
seven miles of his position and that after the sur
render of Harper’s Ferry
No time was given to parole prisoners before
twenty thousand troops were hurried from Vir
ginia, and the entire force went off on a double
quick to relieve Lee, who was being attacked at
Antietam. Had the garrison been slower to the
surrender, or the army of the Potomac swifter to
march, the enemy would have been forced to
raise the siege, or would have been taken in detail,
with the Potomac dividing his forces.
Gen. Wool makes the following reply to the
strictures of the committee:—
To the Editor of the Philadelphia Inquirer-
Sir :—ln the report, as published in the news
papers, of the Commission, consisting of the fol
lowing officers:—Major-General Hunter, Major-
General G. Cadwalader, Brigadier- General C. C.
Anger, Major Donn Piatt, A. A. G„ Captain F.
Ball, A. D. C., United States Volunteers, and
Colonel J. Holt, Judge Advocate-General—called
by the Government to investigate the conduct of
certain officers connected with the circumstances
attending the abandonment of Maryland Heights
and the surrender of Harper’s Ferry. I find the fol
lowing remarks applying to myself:
“ The Commission would not have dwelled
upon this painful subject were it not for the fact
that the officers who placed the incapable (Colonel
Miles) in command should share the responsibility
and in the opinion of the Commission, Major-
General Wool, is guilty to this great extent of a
grave disaster, and should bo censured for his con
duct.” .'
If the report of the commission, in relation to
the surrender of Harper’s Feny, has no more
truth for its 1 foundation than is contained in the
above paragraph, it can only be regarded as a fiction,
without a shadow of proof for its foundation.
It is not true, that I placed “ this inca/ialile
(Colonel Miles) m command of Hosier's Ferry T
He was in command when I assumed control
of this Department, and had been ordered to estab
lish his head-quarters there, on the 29th of March,
by Major-General McClellan, then Geheral-in-
Chicf. On the 30th of April the Secretary of War
sent the following order to Colonel Miles, at Har
per’s Ferry“ Ydu will please make daily reports
of the state of your command to the Deparment.”
I have not had time to notice further the “ cen
sure” of the commission ; when I am at leisure, it
will receive the attention which it merits.
John E. Wool, Mnj.-Gen, U. S. Annv
How a Toad Undresses. —About the
middle of July I found a toad ou a hill of
melons, and not wanting him to leave 1
hoed around him ; he appeared sluggish
and not inclined to move. Presently I
observed him pressing his elbows hard
against bis sides and rubbing downwards.
He appeared so singular that I watched tp
see what he was up to. After a few
smart rubs, his skin to burst straight
along his back. ‘ Now,’ said I, 1 old fal
low, you have done itbut be appeared
to be unconcerned, and kept on rubbing
until he hhir worked'all his skin into folds
on his side and hips; then grasping'
one hind leg with both his hands, he
hauled off one leg of his pants the same as
anybody would, then stripped the bther
hind leg in the same way. He then took
this cast-off cuticle forward, between his
forelegs, into his mouth and swallowed it;
then, by raising and. lowering his head,
swallowing as his head came down, he
stripped off the skin underneath, until it
came to his fore-legs, and then grasping
one 7 of these with the opposite hand, by
considerable polling stripped off the skin j
changing hands he stripped the other, and
by a slight motion of the head, and all the
while swallowing, he drew it from the
neck and swallowed the whole. The aper
ation seemed an agreeable one, and oc
cupied put a short time to do it in. i j
•►The Patterson (N. J.) daily' Register nomi
nates General McClaUen for the vacant Senator
*hip caused by the death of J. fc. Thompson.
jyNDSEY’S IMPROVED
BLOOD SEARCHER.
a KTM CJIKC TOM
Cancer,
Cancerous Formation*,
Scrofula,
Cntaoeoui Difeatet
Kmipaki, B«u,
Pimples on the Face.
Sore Eyes,
Tetter Affections,
Scald Head;
CostinatH,
OM and Stubborn Uldera
Rheumatic Disorders,
Jaundice,
Sait Rheum,
Mercurial Diseases.
General D^ili,,
Liver Complaint,
Lose of Appetite,
Low Spirits,
Female Complaints,
Epilepsy or
Paralysis or Palsy*
Syphilitic Diseases and
Caries of the Bou H
Together with eil other disease* having tW
origin in ft depraved condition of the blood
dilatory system.. r
CASE OF DANIEL A. BOYD.
PITTSRatOB, December si, IV.
Or. 0. U. KEYSER;—! take pleasure in aiakiugthiM
notary sUtemeut in favor of a medicine prepared t-
called ,£ tiKbMEY’S Biooft Searcher.” I had *
fire years with ScrolhU which broke out on mj
forehead so as to disfigure me very much, and tuck cfl t v
hair when the diseaso made its appearance; it al«> hc \ t w
on my arm above and below the elbow, and eat mt *th.
skin and flesh bo as to expose a fearfol sure. The
on my head went so far that several small piece* of
came out. 1 was very woek and low spirited, sujtij
given up all hope of ever getting well, as i had tried *l.
eral skillful physicians and they did gte no good. U
tember last. 1861.1 was induced to try “ Lixmet’* i a ,
proved Blood Search**.” I must confess I bsd us hith
iu patent medicines, hut after I had used three bottle* 41
Blood Searcher, the ulcers on my head and arm u
heal. I have now taken eight or ten bottles, and 015kei
and arm are entirely well except the scars remaining t u
the sore#. I will also state that I ban the rheumy
very bad in my anus and legs. Th« Blood Searcher tin
cured th>.‘ rheumatism. lam now a well mail, tc;;i
years of age, and 1 feel as suple aud youug a* I did si...
I was twenty, and have Increased iu weight twenty
I would also state that the disease in my forehcanl w»*
bad that when I stooped and lifted anything h#ary. il,
blood run out of the sore.* l>r. Keyser had u
taken or me by Mr. Cargo, the artist, after I tegau t«
well. It does not show my appearance as bad as it »«
Ivefore 1 commenced taking the medicine. You can
the photograph,,one of which Is now in my pofwtsuk
and also at Dr. Keyser*# 140 Wood street, 1 Would
state that 1 took Blood Searcher which wap made (*■
i“rc Dr. Keyser commenced making it. Although a
helped me Home, I did not recover fast Until I got tbekiti
made by Dr. Keyser himself One bottle oflhi* did m
more gnod than two of the old. I believe it is a great tai
stronger and better. I have recommended thv HU*
Searcher to a great many of my friends for var Kai
ease#, and I believe it has helped the whole of tUo lu.ii
may publish this if you wish, and I am aukicu* that ail
who are afflicted as 1 was may be cured. 1 live ioUUciiv
No. 4 Pino street, and am employed at CoftViJU I And*
hon’s Union Marble Works, 54 Wayne street.
A BLIND MAN CUBED.
I live IQ Sligo, at Clinton Mill, sod hare been ami)
blind in both eyes for nearly four years. [ called oa Dr
Keyser about three muotha ago and ashed him In gin m
directions to the Institution for the Blind In PhiUdelptis
He told me that I need not go to Philadelphia to pet well
as he bad medicine that wonld cure me, as he said w* dil
ease was in the blood. I was treated for It twh or ihm
times in the hospital in this city, and was reliefetl bid
my disease always returned after a mouth or tve after I
came out or the hospital. I found my dlstaw »u n
turning and 1 called, by the. advice of a good friend oi
mine, oh Dr. Keyser, who has restored my sight, shd i)
eyes are nearly as well as ever. The Doctor gate a*
* Lindsey's Blood Searcher” and a wash.
’ Wttaburg, July 5,1881.
Witness—K. F. M’Klroy, Anderson street, Alieghsaj
City.
A BAD SORE LEG CUBED
PiTKTBVBaa, September 18.186!.—I hereby certify lint
I have had t acre leg for over a year. It vaficonre
with ulcers and acres *o that 1 could not work for
a year- My leg swelled so that 1 was enable to do w>7
: thing for a long time, ’ for at least six month*. I
several of the best doctors in the citv, hot without uj
; finally I called on Dr. Keyaer. at No. 1-W
street, who only attended me about two wwk*, and &»*•
me but two bottlea of medicine, and I am now entirely
well and have confined to for tlx months. lam employ* - '
at the Kagle Engine House on Fourth strwt, wh^r***•'
one can tee me.
GANGER CURED
A Lettke Keo* Ehouni..—Mr. John Pope, or
von, near Montypool, Moamootshire, England, writw u
tbliows:
&ja:—An old woman i>itbU place ban wished w f w
write you respecting XiM&nr’s Blood Slamm** j
whichshe found great benefit, and wiahee to haves i»rt> c I
more. She has been suffering from a disease of a eance..
out nature for the but six or seven year*. Her daughter
who is living in America, obtained it for her, sod «nl h* r
eighteen bottles. She is now quite out of it,.and I b* T *
. written to her daughter twice and have received 33
awer; of conn. she Is anxiousto get more, to get ote
pietely cured. I told her 1 would write to you fo'
agency in this country, and ahe felt very mncn pie**" 1 ■’
hear me say so. I now beg to ash you on what tens*
will supply me; you will please bear in mind the o' d
fiage, and supply me as cheap as possible. The csttbP
on the one dozen bottles was tl 8a 6d. The medicine w
a present from bar daughter. I would like to haw H*
Blood Searcher in a jar or small cask, if yon cun send it
in that way. or in pint or quart bottlew. I will .e°d *
through bank or ragiatered letter, which ever will
convenient to you, if you will send me carrier’s receipt,
the parcel as security. I would send you s stomp 1533
swer this, hut as it is uncertain of this reaching ?<*• 01
account of the country (wing in six and sevens. * Wl *
which is commonly hard, you will be kind tvovfi w
charge me with the postage.
Years,
{Signed] JOHN
[We hare seen the letter which is published
Dispatch, from John Pope, end believe it to be
Kditorh Dispatch JHttObttrgk,
Keyier** namt <**r lAe «r*i
eold by Hr otonne H. KnMhW*^* 1
Sold in Altoona bj *, Kona sad 0. *• J
VotUdaysbsn by J. K. Farm* sod Jatos am*-
TBBotS.IMt.-ly
DANIEL A. BOYD
DAVID KIN.N'OLLI.
Clinton Ullli, diifv
THOMAS IAKHtU
jUtsoaa iribtt
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PRINTING OFFIC
HA«iU. within the paet two yearn. made co
•ToUalaonr aatabliahment in the way of i
“**Screw Preaa, Paper Culler. Card Cutter, f
‘kiwi OaM*B®W»r ”«“• anJ hltTte Xew«P»l
uHtof which we give above; weave not
anything In the line of printing m
J .tvlo eawJto any MtablUhmeM in the SU
*rl/«« aqually low. We can execute, on «bort
orIHW
Wadding. InvlttUan, VMlting, Ball A Busin.
Circular*. Programme.
mammoth footers, sale
"@3O. AGS® tSTf
pamphlet*. Pay and Check
BLANK BOOKS
MAHIfeaTS, AND BLANKS OF ALL
>ll we adt la a trial, feeliug confident that v
aaiwactlon If we have the opportunity.
(I«ce in Lowthec • building,leaner of >irgu
a ie utreeta, oppoeite Suparlntendenta Office ,
lte:
fg- in consequence of s heavy prewu
work and scarcity of helpparpaper hashec
this week. We will issue a paper next
possible; but should itfiul to appear at t
lar timCj Oer readers may know that it
possible.to g|et it out.
Fatal Acciubst. —Oh Wednesday of
a freight train ran-off the track, near f
killing the engineer, Hogarth Wolf, dei
several caw and tearing up the track. 'I
burgh Chronicle in noticing the acctdcn
It appears'that the engineer lost control of
and leaving the engine in charge of the
passed over, one or two of the cars for
pose of putting on the breaks,, hut had
left the engine when it flew the track, the
escaping injury by jumping from the loc
but the unfortunate : engineer met will
death, his brains being scattered along t
and his arm* and legs broken--in seven
The engine and tender turned a complet
saidt, and not the least singular freak .
with the accident is reported the' fact, th
the beef cattle, of which they were a nu
the train, was*fbund in the chainlicr of tii
free from scratch or injury of any kind.
Another.—Yesterday noon. Baraev
daylight watchman at the pew Round .H
run over by on engine on the side track
the Bound House, and so badly injnm
died in about two hours afterwards. .
known exactly bow he got under tire en
as he was an old man and frail, it Is
that in attempting to cross the track he
the engineer, who was backing his engiu
reding, did not see him until he had pat
him. Both, legs were crushed from the
the knees.
To Ministers. —Almost every day .v
hear of burials in the cemeteries udjoi
place, yet we receive very few accounts
to publish. The reason is obvious, Wc
time to visit all the families, wherein dea
to obtain the particulars, and those w h
subscribers to our paper feel a delicacy at!
ing in such items, notwithstanding u
them gratuitously and willingly. Some
ministers iu town is called npoh to offici
most every funeral that takes place. VVi
paper to all the ministers in this phu
charge, further than that they furnish u
particulars of all the marriages they solei
funerals at which they officiate.' We
that each minister keeps a record of tbci
and they could certainly furnish; us wit
delivered either at our office, or dropper
box at the Postefficc. The items of
and deaths in a community are matters of
rerest than many imagine, and we won
publish all of them 'which occur in th
could we obtain them. We hope our
friends will give us fall lists hereafter.
Thu First Snow,—The first snow of
son raped the mountains around our in
on Tuesday morning of last week, and.o
night last we hod , a fall sufficient to t
groqnd with a bridal robe. When w
boy” wo well remember hw anxiously w
the first fell of snow, and what visions o
mg down hills" accompanied it. Whet
of larger growth” it. brought visions of s
by moonlight with a fast nag, comfortal
plenty of bnffelo robes, and—the li pretti
town” for a companion. Now these v
slightly changed. Our coasting season h
never to return; a wife and sundry respt
have knocked all the romance out of ;
rieighride flirtations. The departure
for these sources of enjoyment were foi
new desires and new Bourses, in which we f
not greater pleasure; yet memory of
to mind the scenes and companions of o
% and apprenticeship days, no doubt
and happiest that mortal man ever enjoy
while you’re yonng,” boys and girls.
Ho*a Makiifactcbe.—We are now
writing fluid manufactured in this pla
for absence of sediment, freencss of
«°lor, equals either Harrison's or B
Tim manufacturer is A. Clabaagfa, of tl
cr y store, corner of “ Brant Bow." He
the large by small quantity at the price o
“•It*- We don 't see any nse in going al
home to get an article which, ten chain
inferior to that which could hav
**tned of a home manufacturer, at the s
Sncqnrage your own, when you want
“•b. by dropping in at Chtbaugh’s. H«
U P in bottles, which exactly soil the scho
W We hare on hand a letter from 01
COrre *PP l odent, “Blaiu,” which we Me
c * naot publish, on account of strietnra
°fflccn connected with the government
““*****# in his surmises, consequently
ment > food thoughit be, fails entire!,
T 6 *** wltt tell whether his predictions i
he most exensenafor not
faabeandto anabeadyexten