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lilaeasaton on the bill aothorlzlnr the State to
tmntu the local debt* incurred by giving
bounties to volunteers.
HARRrsBURG, Friday, April 15, 1864.
SENATE —Mr. LOWRY. Mr. Speaker, we
have had two bills before us this session, which,
when they first came up, were denominated re
spectivelv as sisters. I think sir, that those sis
ters. at the time they were introduced in this cham
ber. came in with very bad characters indeed. ,•
Now. sir, I am opposed to the bill under con
sideration. because it is not, in my judgment, an
honest bill. It does an outrageous injustice to
many districts in this Commonwealth, giving a
premium to those who stay at home, and taxing
those who have already put their bands into their
pockets and paid their neighbors for going to the
war.
We have heard a dissertation from the Senator
from Tioga as to what we should do. lam not
prepared to answer his speech fully; but I say upon
general principles that the whole system of boun
ties has been pernicious to the successful prosecu
tion of this war. The matter should have been
left entirely to the Genera! Government; and if
she had prohibited the giving of local bounties
everywhere, and given a reasonable bounty herself,
! I am inclined to think that that would have been
the wisest thing.
The Senator on my right (3lr. Wilson) is desir
j ous of shifting the load from off his own shoulders
to those of his posterity; but when we come to
look for his posterity they are nowhere to be
found. [Laughter.]
Mr. HOUSEHOLDER. Mr. Speaker, I had
not intended to say a word on this subject; but the
manner in which this bill is evidently about to be
i treated precludes the necessity of ray making any
lenethy remarks.
The Senator from Erie, singularly enough, wish
es to kill this bill by an indefinite postponement.
He does not desire this bill to come before us, and
be considered properly upon its merits. He ap
pears to assume that it is unfair and unjust to the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and that her peo
ple would not tolerate the assumption of this in
debtedness by the State. I hold, sii, that the con
trary is the fact. I contend that this bill contem
plates justice alone, and metes out equal and ex
act justice to all sections of this glorious Common
wealth; and I think that if the Senate will grant
me their attention for a moment, I can show from
authentical calculation that such is the fret.
I would ask the Senator from Erie, and other
Senators who have spoken upon this bill, if we
do not propose not only to assume the reimburse
ment of these moneys, but also to make those (
bounties exactly equal in all sections of the State,
so that the wealthy together with the poorer coun
ties will be enabled by the aid and assistance of the
State to fill their quotas, and avoid the conscrip
tion throughout the entire State. Is that injustice?
Do you wish to utterly and entirely depopulate
certain sections of this State, as you would cer
tainly do if such superior inducements were held
out by the more wealthy counties ? I cenclude,
sir. that thus would lie the necessary result; and if
the Senator from Erie will but consider, he can
come to no other reasonable conclusion. I think,
sir, that if the Senator had consulted his constitu
ents generally, rather than the single one who call
ed upon him. as he says, he would have found
that they were in favor of this bill. In my opinion,
sii:. it is for the best inte ests of his constituents,
and those of other Senators who have spoken in
opposition to it,
I have made a few calculations on this subject,
which I will offer to the Senate for their careful
consideration. It will fully demonstrate the great
j disparity between the several sections of this C'om
i monwealth, and the unjust discrimination in favor
lof the more wealthy counties. I have arranged
j the counties alphabetical!v, with their respective
i number of taxable*, and the assessed valuation
j according to the report of the revenue commis
sioners of last summer, and the average assessed
j wealth of each taxable in the respective counties:
j Couutie*. Taxable*. Valuation Per Taxable.
\
Adams 6,195 $5.138 396 $767
Allegheny 39.298 27,029 346 687
| Armstrong 7,409 3.027.873 425
| Beaver ...6,534 4.193.314 641
Bedford 5,902 3,847,170 651
j "Berks ...23,610 22.910,847 1,060
liiair— 6,598 4.900,758 712
I Bradford 10,502 6.207,755 591
| Becks „.15,945 19,298.116 1.270
Butler 9.021 5,211'6G5 577
Cambria 5,913 2,064,268 450
I Cameron ...625 313,621 601
j Carbon 4,158 2.938.268 609
j Chester 16.619 24,274,287 1,469
! Centre 7,374 4.150.572 603
j Cation 4,743 2,757,589 581
j Clinton -.4,087 3,065.593 75?
Clearfield 4,368 1.026,046 372
Columbia 6.309 3.260.302 516
j Crawford.... 12.458 , 6,544.076 522
Cumuerlaud 10,230 12.285,69jfc 1,103
Dauphin „11,389 12.529,149 1,101
Delaware 7.234 10,137,813" 1,401 i
Erie 11,654 7,055,519 605 i
Fay e tie 8,431 $.327,852 633
Franklin 9,258 13.817,825 1.385
J Fulton ....2,031 1,384,145 680
Forest .j 160 175,261 1.055
Green* 5,850 3.129,672 535 ;
Huntingdon 7,098 4.750,792 669
lodiania 6,742 3,872,430 574 j
Jefferson 3,860 1,838.359 475 j
i Juniata 3,565 2,944,005 525
, Lancaster 27,368 45,863,707 1,310
Laurence 5,404 3,531,705 653
Lebanon.... 7,146 9,474,526 1,339
Lehigh 13,843 10,554.9c2 755
Luzerne..... 20,563 13,287,885 647
Lycoming 8.637 4,906,862 569
Mercer .....8,742 4.906,862 561
M Kean „1.640 827,514 504
-Mifflin 4,11 4.015.552 #79
Monroe 4,150 1.597,550 384
Montgomery 18,057 11,496,322 1,150
Montour 3,515 1,926,471 545
Northampton.... 12,412 14,381,073 1,150
Northumberland..7.6l9 5,628,728 73#
Perry
Philadelphia-...! 19,432 182.786,221 1,530
P'ke 1,733 762,493 464
Potter 2,881 1,024,209 3r,8
Schuylkill _19,432 21,219'370 577
Snyder— 3,610 2,666,258 74S
Somerset _.5,10 2,905,006 s*o
Sullivan 1,170 416,097 355
Susquehanna. 8,103 3,954,836 487
Ti0ga...?..."... 8.426 2,927,187 247
Union 4,503 3,870,519 9,-7
Venango —7,669 2.438,473 309
Wairen 4,435 2.156,776 4*6
Washington 11,233 1,902,797 919
Wayne 1,894 1,092,767 286
Westmoreland—l2,646 6,288,394 667
Wyoming 4.170 1,069,(t28 815
York 16,108 12,925,686 801
$47,205
The number of counties being 66. make? a gen
eral avcrag# throughout the State, per taxa
ble inhabitant there0f............ $715 22
It will thus be seen, Mr. Speaker, that while
the calculation of the Senator from Berks (Mr.
Clymer) may be in the main correct, yet the ave
rage number of taxable* in his county "is for above
the average of the State of Pennsylvania, viz:
twenty-one thousand six hundred and ten, while
the assessed valuation of his county is twenty-two
million nine hundred and eighteen thousand eight
hundred and forty-seven dollars, as represented
by the board of commissioner? last summer, and
the average valuation of the taxablesof his county
amounts to one thousand and sixty dollars. It
will lie seen that the average of this State is seven
hundred and fifta dollars and twenty-two cents to
each taxable. Of course, then, the richer coun
ties are benefitted by the local bounties system,
whilst the poorer sections are greatly injured; and
what works the greatest injustice is the fret that
those gentlemen from the wealthy countiea go into
tbe market, and buy up men from the poorer
counties, and fill up their quotas —thus depopulat
ing to a great extent certain sections that will ne-,
BEDFORD. Pa,, FRIDAY, JUNE 10, 1864.
cessarily be compelled to furnish their quotas by j
conscription, if the draft should be enforced. I
know of one township in my district* with sixty- i
six of an enrolled population, has already furnish
ed thirty-eight men to assist in filling the quotas I
of eastern counties of this State. Now, sir, sup
pose that a conscription is enforced, and she is
compelled to furnish twenty-one men, her quota i
under"the call for five hundred thousand, will she
not be virtually deprived of all the able-bodied
men in that township ? And this is but one of the
instances among a thousand in the eastern portion
of this Commonwealth. Must we, therefore, be
depopulated in that section, merely to gratify the
ambition, to satisfy the avarice, of other counties?
Now. sir. if the wealthier counties of this State
are able to raise their bounties easily, the contrary
is the case with the poorer classes.
Permit me. Mr. Speaker, to give von a calcu
lation of the quota of the several counties of this
Commonwealth. Of some districts I have been
unable to get the exact amounts from the Provost
Marshal of the State. I have obtained but two,
which I will read:
"The 16th District, under the call for 500.000
men. must, furnish for her quota 228-1000 of her
enrolled population, whilst the 9th District is only
required to furnish 206*1000 of her enrollment."
The reason for this difference I am able to de
termine.
Adams county, as her quota, would have to fur
nish 685 men, which, multiplied by 000, would
make a bounty of $205,500, which, divided bv the
assessed valuation of the real and personal effects
in the county, would require a tax of .04 per eent
on the entire amount to liquidate the debt.
Bedford—Bl7 men at $300—5242,100. Equal
to .06£ per ceut,.
Franklin—l,o79 men at $300—5327,700. Equal
to .021 per cent.
Fulton—233 men at S3O0 —$69,900. Equal to
.05 per cent.
Lancaster —3,360 men at S3O0 —$1,008,000. —
Equal to 02f per cent.
Nomerset —695 men at S3O0 —$208,500. Equal
to .07 jter cent, nearly.
The facts then presented cannot fail to convince
any unprejudiced mind of the justice of the bill
now before this body, and the necessity of its
passage, in order to save many portions of the
State from absolute depopulation and destitu
tion.
Mr. Speaker, the argument that I educe from
these figures is that equal and exact justice is not
done to various sections of this Commonwealth.
While Lancaster county, for example, is required
| to pay two and three-quarters per cent, on her as
| sessed valuation, and Franklin county two and
one-half per cent., the county of Fulton, the coun
ty of Bedford and others, are required to raise a
much larger sum in. order to pay the required
amount, of bounties, provided they desire to re
lievo themselves from a draft.
Mr. Speaker, I do not desire to occupy the time
of the Senate. I feel satisfied, from disposition
shown by a majority of the Senators here, that
they desire to defeat this bill, and therefore 1 will
not go into a regular speech on this subject- Suf
fice it to say. that in iny opinion great injustice
will be done to many sections of this great Com
monwealth if this bin is choked off in this manner,
and I wish to record my vote against any such ar
bitrary exorcise of power.
Mr. HOPKINS. 31 r. Speaker, I believe the
motion is to postpone indefinitly. I dissent en
tirely from the views expressed by several Sena
tors in regard to the quotas. Now, sir, as far as
! that is concerned, to my mind it turns upon a sin
j gle point, and that is whether the assessments
| Throughout the Commonwealth are equal. I think.
; sir, it is no argument against this bill that wealthy
j counties would have to pay more tax than those
jof smaller means. If that. sir. were a good argu
| ntent in this case, I submit whether it would not
apply wjth equal force to our tax system. We
I pay a three mills tax now, and have been paying
! it for years lipoti the real and personal property of
the Commonwealth. Ascertained in what way, sir?
Ascertained it]K>n the assessed value of the proper
ty of the respective counties. Well, sir. would it
; l>e just to require the county of Erie, or the coun
; ty of Cameron, if you choose, to pay a* much tax
; as the county of Berks or the county of Lancaster?
j Surely it would not. I maintain, sir. that the on
; ly equitable and just mode of taxation is for the
State to tax property in proportion to its assessed
value: and that would be precisely, as I understand
it. the operation of this bill. I dissent, therefore,
front the view expressed by several Senators —I
believe my friend from Berks (31 r. Clymer) was
one —that this bill is objectionable because some
men would have to pay more tax than others.—
Of course, as I have said, that Is the ca.se in re
gard to all taxation; but the only made of taxation
which has ever been recognized in the Common
| wealth of Pennsylvania, i.* that which I have indi
i cated—the tax l>cing levied and collected in pro
: portion to the assessed value of property. While
I do not sec that there would be injustice done to
anybody in } a-dug this bill, I am not prepared to
vote for it. Ido not understand whether it pro
vides for reimbursing in all cases when money has
been spent by individuals. I shall vote against
the indefinite postponement in order that I niay
have an opportunity of'examining it.
Mr. CIA.MKK. 31r. Speaker. lam convinced
that to incorporate a provision of that kind upon
| this bill would be unjust and improper. I gup
j pnse there is not a Senator on this floor who has
not subscribed, according to his means, in his own
locality, to raise the money necessary to pay boun
ties to vohfhteers. Tin* was doubtless done with
out the hope of having their subscriptions return
ed; but for us to pass a law by which the. State
should pay subscriptions of that kind would be, to
say the least of it. a matter that would he consid
ered voting money into our own pockets.
Mr. HOUSEHOLDER. Mr. Speaker, Ido
not suppose that the State would compel any of
those gentlemen who have voluntarily subscribed
to take back their money; and 1 presume that the
State would compel those gentlemen to pay the
bonds. The provisions of the bounty bill, sir, are
general. It would relieve those townships, school
districts, wards or boroughs ; and as they would
generally have a just claim, there would be no
difficulty in giving them certificates of indebted
ness by the State—the State thereby assuming the
entire indebtedness.
Mr. ST. CLAIR. Mr. Speaker, do I under
stand that there is a resolution for indefinite post
ponement ?
The SPEAKER. Yes, sir.
Mr. ST. CLAIR. Then, sir, I would merely
say that I hope it will be voted down. I believe
I cannot vote for the bill as it now stands; but. I
desire to say here, that from my experience and
my researches in reference to the payment of local
bounties to the soldiers, and the robbing of those,
t o'diers by officers, lam prepared to offer, in a
dav or two, evidence abundantly to prove that
this system of bounty paying is unjust to the sol
dier, and unjnst and illegal to the taxpayer. If
we ran in some way or other, institute a Common
wealth bounty coming from the State, so far as I
can see, it will obviate, to a great extent, the evils
that have been experienced bv the taxpayers aud
the soldiers. I hope that this bill will be killed
by the vote for indefinite postponement. Lot it
come fairly before the Senate, and let ua consider
it deliberately, and then either vote it down or
pass it
I do hope, at all events, that this body will pass
some bill which will take the place of the local
bounty bill throughout this Commonwealth. I
know, sir, that districts in this Commonwealth
have paid from two hundred and fifty to three
hundred dollars, intending that the man who had
§one forth in defence of the in titutions of his
tate and of the General Government, should re
ceive this as a local bounty, and with no other view
under heaven than that those noble men should
receive all this money: but I will be prepared to
show tliat. instead of this money being paid to
them, they liave been cheated out of a great part
pirtofk. Now, sir, it becomes ua as honest guar-
dians of the interests of those brave men who are
defending us, to see to it. that iu some way or oth
er we put an end to the gross frauds that have
been *o extensively practised upon our soldiers.
I do not know whether this bill will be entirely
satisfactory; bul let us examine. It. is nothing but
fair that we should have it before us. It is unjust
to the originators and the to friends of the bill
to pass a resolution indefinitely jtostponing it. and
in that way to defeat it. v
Mr. FLEMING. Mr. Speaker, when thismo
tion for indefinite postponement was first made,
I had made up m,y mind to vote against it; hut in
asmuch as this discussion has taken place, I shall
now vote in favor of it. When the bill of the
Senator from Lycoming—which made provisions
for the future, while being retrospective also in
the matter of bounties— was before the Senate. I
voted for it after it was so amended as" to make it
prospective only; for I considered that it was hut
proper and just that the State should assume the
faymcnt of bounties hereafter offered. Rut, sir,
am opposed to the bill now before the Senate,
because it would give rise to a great deal of ma
chinery and a gre at deal of unnecessary expense
that ought to be avoided. It is easily seen that if
this money were raised bv taxation, and jf the
moneys raised hy the focal authorities should be
refunded, it will give rise to expenses of a very
great am ount. It would scarcely amount to any
thing after the attendant expenses were defrayed.
That is one great and seriou* objection that 1 have
to this bill: though if the system of paying boun
ties by .the. Suite had Wen adopted iu the first
place,:! hofidve ifwotjd have lwjqn wise aqd just.
The Senator from Bedford (Mr. Householder)'
argues that the taxes are unequal. But, sir. hav
ing gone into the system, and the money having
been raised and disbursed, I must believe that it
would only bring trouble upon the people to change
tbe system now. lam therefore in favor of in
definite fH>stponement. 1 was desirous that this
question should have a fair and candid discus
sion; afid as it ha? now been discussed for the
second time, 1 think every Senator understands
U Mr. HOUSEHOLDER. Mr. Speaker, I do
not blitne the Senator from Dauphin for favor
ing his own constituency. While the proportion
to be paid by bis constituency would be one thou
sand one hundred awl one dollars per taxable, the
average for the whole State is seven hundred and
fifteen tfollnrs and twenty-two cents, according to
my captation. But I must say that when Sen
ators ryosesenting the poorer districts of this
Couireflpi wealth, whose valuation is below the av
erage iff the State, vote against the interest of
their constituency, I cannot see how they can go
home arid dace their constituents. On the other
hand, llhink that Senators representing even the
wealthWr of this Commonwealth should,
in jnstiq: to their constit'toehts who have disbarred
money lor this purpose, vote to have their money
refunded,, and let the tax come also upon those
who hal e rcfimed to-contribute anything toward* ;
the raiding of theft quotas. The bill proposes j
that ti ret- State shall is&tnne this indebtedness, and
phjtv- a tax upon every oJtKten* of this Common
wefitMi The loyal wen who gives of his *ub
stoueeftcodify, will there bear -itw proportion of
this expense, the disloyal man will also be
cotniAjled to contribute his sharer I thhtk. sir,
that if Senators tepre-onting the wealthy portions
of thfcs commonwealth would look at it in the
proper irity. they would see that it is feasible,
practicable, andjast, not only to the poorer coun
ties, hot to jhem also. I hope, sir, that with such
fret? fearing Senators in the face, they will do jus
iiee G thm bill and not condemn it without the
ion.
dir. CLYMER. Mr. Speaker, I merely desire
in this eommetion. to show the Senator the fallacy
of his position. He tells us tlhit. tbe high bonfi
ties in other parts of the State have drawn from
bis country nearly half the population liable to a
draft, and that if a fntnre draft should be in forced,
it Would take all the remaining portion to meet it.
Now. sir. let us see what he proposes to do. The
men who have left his county have been paid three
hundred aud fifty dollars in another county —per
haps in the county of Chester. What i* pa**ed
cannot he undone. The county of Chester has
got credit for those men : and it he throws this
matter upon tije State, he merely taxes his own
county for men who have bc-eu credited to the
county of Chester. I would suggest to the Benn
tor that hereafter, if this bill become a law, and if
the richer portions of the State, under the pres
ent bounty system, were to pay a bounty of three
hundred dollars in addition, and men were taken
from his county by that means, there would be no
men left to Ite be drafted, and ye: his county
would be subjected to a lax for other portions of
the State.
31 r. HOUSEHOLDER. I will explain. The
Senator from Berks seems to understand my ar
gument as applying only to my county. lam ar
guing in behalf of all "those counties that are op
pressed by reason of his preponderance; hut I
would say. a the State assumes tie- payment of
three hundred dollars, to each person who will
volunteer, there would be this advantage to those
who have raised their quotas under theeall: they
wsuld be enabled to get their mem If they could
not furnish them themselves, the men would still
be obtained front some other county, thus reliev
ing the State front the unpleasantness of being
subjected to a draft; while in many sections of
this Commonwealth in which the conscription
mast necessarily be enforced under tbe present
law, unless the President orders differently, there
would be a greater chance if it were publicly
known throughout those sections that the State
gave three hundred dollars bounty towards raising
the men necessary to fill their quotas.
On the motion for indefinite postponement..
The veas and nays were required by Mr.
HOUSEHOLDER and Mr. WILSON, and
were as follows, viz:
YKAS —Messrs Burher, Champneys, Clymer,
Conneli, Donovan, Dunlap, Fleming, Glatz,
Ilogh. Kinsey, Lamberton. Latta, Lowerv, M'-
Sherry. Montgomery. Reilly, Ridgeway, smith,
Stein and Wallace: —20.
NAYS— Messrs. Beardslee, Graham. Hopkins,
Householder. Johnson. M'Landless, Nichols, St.
Ciair, Turrell, Wilson, Worthiugton and Penney,
Speaker—l 2.
'So the motion'was agreed to.
During the call
Mr. GRAHAM said. While lam opposed to
the bill, and shall vote against it when it comes
before the Senate, yet I am willing that it should
come before the Senate properly tor the purpose
of amending it. and getting it in the shape in
which he thinks it should be passed, I shall
therefore vote no.
Mr. HOPKINS. For the same reasons with the
gentleman fVom Allegheny, I v <>fo no.
From Thomas Jefferson's Notes On Virginia.
"It is difficult to determine on the standard by
which tbe manners of a nation may be tried,
whether "catholic" or particular. It is more dif
ficult for a native to bring to that standard the
■manners of his own nation, familiarized to him by
habit.
There must doubtless be an unhappy influenoe
on the manner* of onr people, produced by the
existence of slavery among us. The whole com
merce between master and slaves is a perpetual
exercise of the most boisterous passions, the most
unremitting despotism on the one part, aud de
grading submissions on the other.
" Our children see this, and learn to imitate it,
lor man is an imitative annual.
This quality is thegerjn of ail education in "him.
From his cradle to his grave he is learning to do
what he sees others do. If a parent could find no
motive, cither iu hi* philanthropy or his sclf-ko e,
for restraining the intemperance of his passion to
wards Ids slaves, it should always be a sufficient
one that his child is present, but generally it, is
not sufficient.
The parent storms, the child looks on, cataffies
the lineaments of wrath, puts on the same eirs in
the circle of smaller slaves, gives aloose to the
worst of passions, and thus nursed, educated and
daily exercised in tyranny, cannot but be stamped
by it with idious peculiarities.
The man mast Lie a prodigy who can retain his
manners and morals undepraved hy such circum
stances ; and with what execration should the
statesman he loaded who, penult ting one half of
the citizens thus to trample on the right* of the
other, transforms those into despots and these
into enemies, destroys the morals of the one part
and the armor pa trio of the other.
For if t. slave can have a country in this world,
it must be any other in preference to that in
which he is born to live and labor for another; in
which he must lock up the Acuities of his nature,
contribute as far as depends on his individual en
deavors to the evanishment of the human race,
or entail his own miserable condition on the end
less generations proceeding from him.
With the morals of the people their industry
also is destroyed. For in a warm climate, 110
man will labor lor himself who can make another
labor for him. This is so true, that of tbe pro
prietors of slaves a very small proportion indeed
are ever seen to labor.
And can the liberties of a nation be thought se
cure when we leave removed their only firm basis,
a conviction in the minds of the people that these
liberties are of the gift of God —that they are not
to be violated but with his wrath ? Indeed 1
tremble for my country when I reflect that God Is
just; thai his justice cannot sleep forever ; that i
considering numbers, nature and natural means
only, a revolution of the wheel of fortune, an ex- j
change of situation is'among possible events. The j
Almighty has no attribute' which can take sides !
with u> in such a contest.
But it is impossible to be temperate and pur- ;
sue this subject through the various considera- i
tions of policy, of morals, of history natural and
civil
We must be contented to hope they will force j
their way into evety one's mind. I thiuk a j
eliange already perceptible, since tbe origin of the j
present revolution. The spirit of the master is
abating—that of the slave, rising from the dust,
lus condition mollifying, the way,_l hope, ore par-1
ing under the auspices of heaven, for a total eman
cipation. an l that this is disposed in ,hc order of
events, to be with the consent of those master*,
rather than by their extirpation. ' — Thomas Jef
ferson.
From the Ilaltimore American.
AFFAIRS IN REBELDOM.
From Slrhmmid Paper*.
We are indebted to Captain Brinton for copies
j of the Richmond papers to Saturday last, the
j 28th instant. We select the following :
j The rebel Congress are discussing a motion to
! adjourn on the Ist of June, but the Virginia mem
j bers are strenuously opposing die adjournment,
' accusing members of cowardice, and insinuating a ;
j desire on the part of t hose who favor the motion
1 get away from the beleaguered city. The further I
I discussion of the motion was postponed to the \
Brigadier General Minder lias been relieved by
order of General Bragg, from the command of
Richmond, and ordered to report to General Beau
regard. with Headquarters to Golusitoro,' X. C. j
The Department of Richmond and Henrico re
mains in full control of General Ransom.
Condition of General Len£ilri>Pt.
The Richmond H7i i</ of the 28th, says. "We
an' glad to b- able to state, upon the authority of
Ms inedical director, that General Loiwttvet has
so far recovered from the wound he received in
the battle of tbe Wilderness, that he expects to
takethe field in a bong three weeks."
'File llonataitic l>**trnrtion.
A letter from M. M. Gray. Captain in charge
of torpedoes, dated Charleston April 20. address
ed to Major General Maury, published in the
| Richmond Sentinel, thus settle? the fate of Lieu
! tenant Dixon and crew, whose torpedo vessel
! sunk the Honsatonic off Charleston HILT in Feb
; rusin' last:
! '"riiaee that time no information his been re
ceived of the torpedo boat or the crew. Tam of
! opinion that the torpedo being placed at the bow
jof the boat, she went into the hole nude in the
; Housafoiuc by the explosion of tbe torpdo, and
■ did not have power sufficient to back oat, and
! subsequently sunk with her."
The Old Itamliilon.
Hie Reltel Congress has adopted a series pf res
; olutions declaring that in "no event will this Gov -
! eminent consent to a division or dismemberment j
! of the State of Virginia, but will assert and maiu- ]
tain her jurisdiction and sovereignty to the utmost
j limits of her ancient boundcries, at any and every
CD-T.''
The Richmond papers claim a constant series of ;
| victories, "handsome repulse*." Ac., both in Vir
ginia and Georgia. Tno word "reverse ' ha* no
place in the Rebel vocabulary at present.
Sar*lty of Food.
[From (he Kiehmond Examiner, May 26.]
Besides the resident population of Richmond,
the A umber of people in the city has been intre-a*-
ed by the addition of many sick and wounded in
the hospital* and in private lodgings, and the i
presence of large bodies of troops, creating an act
ive demand for all king of food, especially vegeta
bles. It behooves every one. therefore, who has
anything of the kind to spare to send if at once to
1 this city. Let not tbe smallnes? of the quantity
prevent its being sent, for if many persons for
warded small amounts of vegetalbes, meat, poul
try, Ac., the aggregate will be large. There i 3
hardly a fanner in tbe neighborhood of tbe rail
roads and hiehwavsleading to Richmond who ear
not spare some one article of food which would
meet, with a ready sale at high prices in our mar
kets, benefiting the producer pecuniarily at. the
same time that it would add to the comfort and
health of the consumer.
Gloonif Condition of Richmond.
[Trow the Richmond Examiner, May 26.]
Grand, gloomy, peculiar aud unruffled a? the
bosom of debova. after a simoon, tbe citv eontin- '
red on yesterday to demonstrate its placidity under
the difficulties inflicted its patience by the powers
ihathe. Tho stores remained shnl vp. —Male and
female institutions of leominrj. whose tutors eonld 1
bear musleets, remained closed. The families of
jtoor militiamen continued to mingb anathemas
and tears wit,h their borrowed etntsfs. —The marker*
presented a miserable array of ; 'something to eats
and the extortioners, out of the service, continued
to swell their profits, and bless the wisdom of
those in authority, licksburg, bombarded in
front and rear, cut off from all the world, and
languishing under her severest trial*, presented no
sveh sepulcharlpicture as Richmond does to-day.
The people have grown sick of the wrongs inflict
upon them within the brief space of a few
weeks, and be sure that they trill treasure them up. j
Affair* in Owrj;i.
r The Atlanta Con federacy sum* up the move
ment? of Gen, Sherman in Georgia, as follows:
"The impression is general now that Johnston
will hurl his force* upon 'he enemy at some point
lietween liis present line of battle and the Etowah
river, upon the result of which, with cur knowl
edge of that army and its great commander, we are
willing to stake our hope? of independence.'
A letter from Atlanta says that, a general engage
ment will soon take place, and adds:
Our wounded who came down from the front
represents that our troops are in the best of spir
its. and confident of success when the decisive
ligtit takes place. They say that Johnson knows
!wiiat he is about, and that the unkeos will .find
out when the proper time comes.
All of the relief committees have been ordered
from this city to the front. This looks as if
i Johnson contemplated to commence his work
soon.
Vol. 37: No. ft 4.
The Swniup Anjrf and Camming Point Bot
torlc*.
The Chwrh'tun Courier layt:
It has frequentfy been asked, ' What 18 the dif
ference between tie Cummings Point Batteries
and the . v wauip Augel?"G A mathematical friend, *
who has taken some painn to measure the distance*
on a map. shows that the Cummings Point bat
teries are a half a mile nearer to the eastern por
tion of the city, and a quarter of a miJe to the
western portion.
The OeonrtH Rebels Fleeing to Atlanta.
[From Ike Richmond Bs'miner, Mfy 26.]
ATLAST v, May 25 —Westward and eastward.
to Columbus, the harmless people of Northern
Georgia are crowding into this city to await the
issue of the impending struggle between our army
and the Federal. The Relief Ctaaniitt.de here are
pouring out everything that can be obtained for
their sustenance, and call nam to (he people of
(}< orgia, Alabama axtd Snath. Carolina, to aid and
help them. Im mediate, instance help is needed in
clothing for teo men and children, bacon, salt meats,
fish, mew and earn. These things can be deliver
ed to the agent of the express company, address
ed to J. W. Duncan, President of Relief Com
mittee. Atlanta.f They also need information as
to where any number of destitute females can find
shelter and food. Will the press please publish
these and aid in the matter?
Two press reporters came from the army this?
evening. TJidrintellu/cncc is mostly of a charac- ...
ter whichprudence requires should be withheld from
publication.
Further moremcnts hating toa secure base for the
armg hare been completed.
The alarm in this city has in a great measure
subsided. Several days may elapse before a gen
eral engagement takes place.
DECLARATION OF THE OLD SCHOOL
PRESBYTERIAN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
ON THE SUBJECT OF SLAVERY.
In the opinion of the Genera" Assembly the so
lemn and momentous circumstances of our times,
the state of our country and the condition of our
church, demand a plain declaration of its senti
ments upon the question of slavery in view of its
present aspects in this country.
From the earliest period of our church the Gere'
era! Assembly delivered unequivocal testimonies
upon this subject, which it will be profitable now
to reaffirm..
In the year 1787, the Synod of New York and
Philadelphia, in view of movements then on loot
looking to the abolition of slavery, and highly ap
proving of their , declared that '"inasmuch as men
introduced from a servile state to a participation
of all the privileges of civil society, without a pro
per education, and without previous habits of in
dustry. may be in many respects, dangerous to
the community, t fere fore they earnestly recom
mend to all the members belonging to their com
munion to give those persons, who are at pres
ent held in servitude, sueb good education as to
prepare them for the better enjoyment of free
dom." * * * "And finally they recommend
it to all their people to use the most prudent
measures consistent with the interest and state of
civil society in the countries where they live, to
procure eventually the final abolition of slavery
•in Amerieit.
In 1790. the General Assembly ' assured all the
churches under their carc-that they view with the
deepest coneern any vestiges of slavery which may
exist in our country."
In 18}:) the following record was made : "The
General Assembly have repeatedly declared their
cordial approbation of these principles of civil lib
erty which appear to l>e recognized by the federal
and state governments in these United States.
They have expressed t heir regret that the slavery
of the Africans and of their defendants still COB
I tinue in so many places, and even among those
within the pale of the church, and Lave urged
the Presbyteries under their care to adopt such
measures as. will secure, at least to the rising gen
eration of slaves, within the bounds of the church,
a religious education, thft they may lie prepared
tor the excrei.-e and enjoyment of liberty "when
God in his Providence may open a door for their
emancipation."
The action of the General Assembly upon the
subject of slavery in the year ISIS is unequivocal,
and so well known, that it need not be recited at
1 ngth. The following extracts, however, we re
gard as applicable to our present circumstances,
and proper now to be reiterated:
"We consider the voluntary em laving of one
portion of the human race by another a-, a gross
violation of the most precious and sacred rights
of human nat ure, as utterly inconsistent with die
law of God. which requires us to love our neigh
hor as ourselves, and as totally irreconcilable with
the spirit and principles of the Gospel of Christ
which enjoins "that all things whatsoever ye
would that men should do to you, do ye even so to
them.'' Slavery creates a paradox in the moral
system : it exhibits rational, moral and account*
hie beings in such circumstances as scarcely to
leave them the power of mora! action. It exibits
them a dependent on the will of others, whether
they Grill receive religious instruction; whether
t hey shall know and worship the true God : wheth -
or they shali enjoy the ordinances of the Gospel
whether they dial! perform the duties and cher
ish the endearments Of husband- ami wives, par
ent- and children, neighbors and friends ; wheth
er they shall preserve their chastity and purity,
or regard the dictates of justice and humanity.
Such are some of the eonoqweueesof slavery—con
sequences not immaginarv, but which connect
themselves with its very existence."
"From this view of the consequences resulting
from the practice, into which Christain people
have most ineon-i c tent!y fallen, of enslaving a
portion of their Ireihren of nnrriird it is manifes
tly the duty of all Christians, who enjoy the light
of the present day, when the inconsistency of slav
ery, both with the dictates of humanity and of
religion, has been demonstrated and is generally
seen and acknowledged, to use their honest, earu
e. t and unwearied endeavors to correct the errors
of former times and as speedily as possible to ef
face this blot on our holy religion and to obtain
the complete abolition of slavery throughout
Christendom, and if possible throughout the
world."
They earnestly exhorted those portions of the
church where the evil of slavery had been entailed
upon them, to continue, and, if pos-ible, to in--
crease, their exertions to effect a total abolition of
i slavery, and suffer no greater delay to take place
j to this most interesting concern than a regard to
| public welfare truly and indexpen-itdy demands,
' and declare "that our conn try ought to be governed
I in this matter by no other consideration than an
I honest and impartial regard to the happiness of
the injured party, uninfluenced by the expc-nsa3>r
; inccnveninece which such a regard may involve
warning "all who belong to our denomination of
i Chritiuns agaim t unduly extending this plea of ne
cessity ; against making it a cover for the love
and practice of slavery, or a pretence for not
using efforts that are lawful and practicable to ex
tinruish this evil."
Such were the early and unequivocal instny
; tions of our church. It is not novesouy too ntin
i utely to inquire how faithful and obedient to these
lessons ana warnings those to whom they were
addressed nave been. It ought to be acknowledged
that we have all much to confess and lament as
to cur shortcomings in this respect Whether *
strict and careful application of this advice would
have rescued the country from the evil of its con
dition and the dangers which have since threatened
' jt, is known to the Omniscient alone. Whilst w.i
do not believe that the present, judgements ofatir
Heavenly Father and Almighty and Righteou*
Governor have been inflicted solely in punishment
fbrour continuance in this sin; yet it is our judg
ment that the recent eventeof our history and the
present condition oi onr church and country fur
uish manifast tokens that the time has at length