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WM. LEWIS, Editor and Proprietor,
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HUNTINGDON, PA,
Tuesday af47noon, Feb. 11, 1862,
Our Flag Forever
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NOTICE.
We have not the time nor the incli
'nation, to dun personally, a largo num
ber of persons who have unsettled no
tS upon our books of leveral years
standing. We shall, therefore, from
day to day, without respect to persons,
jdace into the hands of a Justice for
•edlicetion, all accounts of over, two
years standing. All those who wish
to save etcpense, will do well to give
cis a call immediately.
DEATH. OF JOAN P. ANDERSON', ESQ.
—lt is with no ordinary feelings of re
.
-p, , ret that we announce to-day the
death of our friend and follow-citizen,
JOLIN P. ANDERSON. After a painful
illness for three years, at about three
o'clock yesterday afternoon he calmly
went to sleep in death. The poor, and
the soldier in . the field, have lost a
warm and true friend—our town-a
good citizen.
His funeral will take place to-mor
row at 10 o'clock, A. M.
THE NEWS.
Our gallant navy has added an
other to its already brilliant list of vie;
tories. Fort Henry, situated on the
eastern branch of the Tennessee river,
just on the State line of Kentricky and
Tennessee, has been reduced by our
gallant Western navy, and the rebel
flag which lately flaunted from its en
trenchments has been replaced by the
glorious stars and stripes. The official
report we give in an other column.—
.About 4,000 rebel soldiers were= en
camped outside of the entrenchments,
.but when the bombardment began,
'they ran and left the fort and its de
fenders to. oppose our gunboats. The
soldiers must have been panic-stricken,
for they abandoned everything in their
,flight. A vast deal of plunder fell into
-Abe hands of the Federal troops, inclu
ding a largo amount of ordnance stores.
As a strategic point, the Federal pos
session of Fort Henry cannot be under
• rated. A few miles up the Tennessee
4rivcris<the .Memphis and Ohio Bail-
Toad, Which connects Bowling Green
and Columbus. The.pest3ession of this
railroad by the Federal troops will cut
off all communication between General
Johnston, at Bowling Green, and GM
Beauregard, at iColumbus, and at the
.-same time seriously threaten the rear
:of the latter place.
—Tho;importance of the victory of
the guriboat fleet on the Tennessee
river scarcely appreciated, at this
distance from the scene of operations.
,But it is really, as General Tilghman
is reported to have said, the most
damaging, bloiv the rebels haVe re
ceived. It is all the more important
from the fact that it was achieved by
the naval force alone, the land troops
thus being, iu fact, in reserve, fresh,
unfatigued and able to follow up the
success of the fleet. Thus we hear
, that Gen. Grant was pursuing the fly
ing rebels on the east side of the river,
'and General Smith on the west. The
.consternation created by such a pur
suit after such a victory may be ima
7gined. We hope to hear that the land
tierce will finish gloriously the work so
gloriously begun by the naval force,
and will capture the bulk of the rebel
forces.
—By rebel sources, we have re
ceived late intelligence from the Choc
ttaw nation. .A. rebel colonel has gone
there for the purpose of enlisting.a
_regiment of Indians for the rebel ser
vice. One 'company has becu enrolled
Already, and several others are in
? course of formation. The chief.of the
,nation has resolved to call the Nation
al Connell .on the first Wednesday in
February, sad urge the immediate
concurrence .ef the nation in treaties
made with the rebel Government. No
persons have raised such a cry against
the "Lincoln Hirelings "—as they call
the Federal troops—for their alleged
" barbarity and• inhumanity," as the
very persons who aro now enlisting
the hostile savage to butcher and de
stroy everything that lies in his path,
Iregard to age or sex. Surely,
such a cause ar. :that ,of the rebels can
pot succeed,, mid its failure will send a
thrill of joy throughout the civilized
world, and bring down upon its eiders
and abettors the just execration of all
coming generations.
—.On Friday evening last, thp , War
Department receives} 4 43sp*I1 #l:4
-94 r forces Qce4piecl
els haring left the place the ilonclay
night previous. They either feared
an attack from our forces, or contem
plate making one in another direction.
—On Friday, while a member of
Congress was urging the appointment
of one of his friends, Secretary Stan
ton yew kindly replied : " I can make
no more appointments from political
influence or personal appeals. The
appointments in the army must come
from the ranks. I have the cases of a
number of widows, who have lost their
bnsbands in the army, to attend to,
and, as they are most needy, and their
wants pressing, they will receive my
earliest attention. As for the few civ
il posts in my gift, I shall distribute
them among the poor and meritorious
soldiers who have been crippled in de
fence of their country's rights." The
summary manner in which the new
Secretary despatches business is not
very pleasing to greedy contractors,
but it meets the hearty approbation of
every honest and practical business
man. Several members 'of Congress
complain that the Secretary treats
them very cavalierly. They will get
used to his mode of doing business in
! time.
--a-Another expedition for the South
left Port Royal on the 26th. It inelu.
ded all the light-draught steamers and
several gunboats, « itlr several thous
and troops. . .
—Thos. A. Scott, Assistant Secreta
ry' of Wae, :was at Indianapolis on
Thursday last:, on an official visit, and
left for Kentucky on Friday. Special
attention is being -given to the, artily
in the West.
—The Richmond Dispatch says: The
_Burnside Expedition will have the
effect of makirig us look well 'to our'
defences in that, qtrartcr. Roanoke
Island ought to be made impregnable.
All our batteries there and elsewhere
should be provided with bomb proof
•oevexings, and the channel should be
4ohstrueted and no means left unem
ployed to foil the' purposes of the en
emy.
-Commodore Dap has prohibi
ted, and iu future v. - al prohibit, all
communication between Port - Royal
and the North,' as the correspondents
of the preSs have Materially aided in
foiling many Of his plans, and n6steam-'
er or sailing vessel will be allowed to
leave until all his plans are perfected.
—From Richmond papers we learn.
that a serious disturbance broke but in
Richmond, on Tuesday night last,
which for a time threatened disastrous
consequences to life and property.
Itjs said to have first commenced in
a drunken brawl. At this a crowd
collected, and soon grew to formidable
proportions. Cheers for the Union
were given by men in the crowd.—
Three or four persons are said to have,
been killed, of whom were some of the
police.
Houses, stores, Sc., were broken open
and ransacked, and it seemed impossi
ble to check the violent, proceedings
until late the following morning, when
many engaged in the mob retired of
their own accord.
The Van Wyok Investigating Com-
mittee.
In the U. S. House of Representa
tives, on Friday last, Mr. Van Wyck,
(N. Y.) moved that the House proceed
to the consideration of the report of
the Committee on Government Con
tracts. He spoke of the speculations
in cattle, horses, vessels; supplies for
the army, &c., &c., by which millions
of dollars were stolen from the Gov
ernment. He spoke of the horse spec
ulation in this county as follows:
"There is yet another case. A con
tract, not made upon the responsibili
ty of the Bureau, as the late Secreta
ry (Mr. Cameron) said, but by his ex
press order, and refused to be made un
til so ordered. I refer to the contract
to pnrcimse one thousand horses, to be
delivered at Huntingdon, Pennsylva
nia. Such a horse market the world
never saw: Tho first inspector—an
honest man—of the first hundred re
jected three in five. The next day
owners refused to present themselves,
and by some legerdemain he was re
moved and others substituted; then
horses of all ages, from two to thirty;
of all diseases and defects, secret and
open, were from day to day received.
The whole neighborhood were in arms.
Tho 'people remonstrated. Lawyers
and clergymen were present at the in-
spection, and sought to deter the buean
necring crew by open condemnation;
the inspectors heeded not this clamor,
bat ordered the horses to bo ridden
upon the crowd, to drive them away,
if possible.
Horses, with running sores, which
were seen by the inspectors, were
branded ; and if one outraged com
mon decency he would be rejected, and
an •opportnnity sought the same day
to pass and brand him. Immediately
'the horses were subsisted by private
contract to favorites, at thirty-nine
cents per day, and they sub-lot to far
mers, from twenty-four to twenty-six.
Over four hundred of these horses
were sent with Col. Wynkoop's
rogi
meat, and the papers at Pittsburg re
port some actually so worthless they
were left on the docks. The remain
ing five hundred were left at Hunting
don for the benefit of contractors. In
that single transaction Over fifty thous
and dollars were stolen from the Gov
ernment. , Such fiends in human shape
care not for , exposure; a felon's doom
through life should ho theirs; and the
labors of your committee will bo of
little practical value unless Congress
shall, by law, punish with severe pen
alties such enormities."
NOTICE.—Tho person wilo found a
sheet on Thursday ni,giA or Frieda--
morning last, Will opligeoldr - botter-lialf
by returning the same-to office,
91 0:8fve us the trpublr,of keptling afteF
PENNA. LEGIBLATURE.—On Friday
last, in the House, Mr. Hopkins nioved
that two additional members be added
to the special committee appointed .to
inquire into alleged corrupt influences
used to procure the passage of the bill
in reference to the commutation of the
tonnage tax, which was agreed to, and
the Speaker appointed Messrs. Kaine,
Democrat of Fayette, and Hoffer, Re
publican of Lebanon, the said addition
al members.
The Senate amendments to the house
bill to provide for the payment of the
direct tax, were considered and con
curred in.
On motion of Mr. Cessna, the House
resumed the consideration of the
House bill, entitled, "An act to restore
a separate representation to the coun
ties of Bedford, Cumberland, Perry
and Somerset," and it;passed—yeas 54,
nays 33.
AN HONEST CONFESSION.—Brother
Traugh of the Hollidaysburg Standard,
says he would much rather endorse the
Democracy of the Selinsgrove Times ed
itor than he would our political patri
otism or honesty. That's honest, Bro.
Traugh. We know exactly where to
" count you in " in the future. We
know that our " political patriotism or
honesty " don't suit the Secession Dem
ocracy of the country,—we have not
tried to please them, and do not expect
to be in their company until they re
pent of their sins and worship their
Country and their God as earnestly as
they do their party. The time was
when corrupt party leaders could drill
parties—could drill the people—hut
that time is past, we hope, forever.
The Soldiers Aid Society of
Huntingdon, having, last week, sent a
a box through the medium of the La
dies Aid Society of Phila., to the Hos
pital of the 40th Regiment, P. V., Col.
Irwin, at the Potomac camp, contain
ing bed clothing, mittens, dried fruit,
toinatoes, concentrated chicken, &c.,
arc now preparing two boxes with
shnilar articles, for the sick,at Cum
berland, Maryland, and Sedalia, Mis
souri. As, it is desirable to forward
them as soon as possible, chickens for
the concentrated soup. will be wanted,
for which Mrs. James Saxton or Mrs.
Willoughby, will pay the market price,
or receive them as a kind gift, to ena
ble us to fill half a dozen new cans, a
donation from Mr. Benjamin Gra-Inns.
The members thank him, and also
those persons sending dried fruit, &c.,
until a more extended notice is given,
with their names.
tar — Lieut. J. Addkon Moore, of co.
0, 28th Regiment. P. V., called in to
see us yesterday. The Lieut. looks as
hearty and robust as any man could
well do. He has been detailed on the
recruiting service, and has opened an
office in Conlmola, where he will be
happy to enlist all who are anxious to
serve their country.
SOMETHING NEW UNDER TILE SLTN.-
B. Frazer and Mrs. Thomas will lec
ture and perform some. wonderful feats
in Brieker's Hall this' evening. lie
pledges himself to do everything set
forth in his programme. This per
formance is entirely new and no hum
bug, and our citizens should not lid] to
go and see it.
THE TREASURY NOTE BILL—We give
in another column the Treasury Note
Bill as it passed the house last week.
It will be considered in the Senate this
week, and it is generally believed in
Washington that it will pass that body
without material amendment. The
notes are to be a legal tender for all
purposes and will tako the place of
much of the trash now in circulation.
• /IWrr• The name of the soldier belong_
ing to Captain Campbell's company,
whom we noticed a week or two ago,
as having died in ramp was Anderson,
not Alexander, and was from Penn
township instead of Juniata.
Losr.—ln this place on Monday, the
10th inst., a crescent breast pin, set in
pearl. The finder will be liberally re
warded by leaving it at this office.
Our Army Correspondence.
CA:StP PIERPOIsIT, Feb.'3, 18G2,
MESSRS. EDITORS you allow
me a small space in your paper, in he.
half of the boys of Alexandria and vi
cinity, now in Capt. Zentmyre's com
pany, as a means to express our sin
cere thanks for a .box of relishable sub
stantial& in the shape of sausage, dried
beef; &c., from our homes on tie Juni
ata. Wo are especially indebted to
our farmer friends, and for what they
contributed they shall ever be grate
fully remembered by us. Should op
portunity offer, we assure them it will
he our endeavors, in a way more pal
pable than mere words, that they shall
not regret their kindness through any
act of ours.
To be sure, Messrs. Editors, what I
have written is not a matter of much,
interest to your readers, but then I
claim indulgence as the savory saus
age are objects of much interest to
_ _
PATTERSON CREEK, Va., Feb. 4, '62.
FRIEND LEWIS :—Having a few spare
moments we know no better way to
spend them than in addressing a few
lines to our friends, as they may be
anxious to learn where the Juniata
boys are, as once they marched through
the streets of Huntingdon, fearing no
danger. We then had good times, and
say for past, time, and also be
lieve in the future, that are have not
fox 4 and not ilnAßkiether place
like tamp Croiirtin whilo we soldier.
Well; we addressed yOu while laying_
at Han**, at'whieh 100 *0 (+nee..
ted to let'yori hear 4")...0m vs again , in a
fi is ilaYs. Consequently, the boys of
the.lloth bad to ;ay back and look at
the rebels running, so your correspon
dent thought best to lay low, like a
bound boy at a corn-husking. When
we left Hancock we were marched to
Cumberland, a distance of seine forty
miles; while on our way we had to
sleep one night on the ground; some
snow being on it,and we having noth
ing but one blanket to lay under us, I
can tell you it was the hardest night's
sleeping that I ever spent. Your wri
ter was led to think back to the time
when ho was happy around a" home
fireside in old Pennsylvania. We all
landed safely in. Cumberland, some
with knapsacks, while others left them
on the road. We staid in Cumber
land some three weeks; had a very
pleasant time, and was visited by the
long-looked-for man, namely, Paymas
ter, whose visit was gladly received.
We hope he will Call, again soon. We'
aro glad to say that the boys were all
quite liberal in sending their money
home, the best thing they can do with it.
On Saturday last we received march
ing orders; our tents were soon stored
away in the wagons and we were
placed in the cars on our way to Pat
terson Creek, a distance of six miles.
Here we found some 24,000 troops, alt
of which 'have 'received marching or
ders. We are now laying in the cars
waiting until they get cars enough to
take the Brigade. I believe the inten
tion is then to cut our way through
Virginia. It is now rumored that the
110th is to go as Tront guards for they
say that they fear no danger; as you
are acquainted with the boys of Co. B,
of which your writer is a member, they
never came from Huntingdon county
to be seared by the Rebels. If we get
through Virginia safe, you will hear
from me again. • We will say to our
fiends to address-all letters to CUM
berland as they will then follow ns.—
A Wolk will be'thankfully received at
any time. Yours truly.
ASTOUNDING INTELLIGENCE,
SUPPOSED TREASON IN A
HIGH PLACE.
ARREST OP BRIGADIER GEN
ERAL STONE,
[From the I.llllatlelphi a Bulletin, Pt:b.lo.l
• The following paragraph. appears in
the Sidiunal Intelligeneer of this morn
ing, received just before we put our sec
ond edition to press:,
"Brigalier General Stone wild
rested at the residence of 'his finally in
this city on Saturday night• at mid
night, and kept under guard until yes
terday afternoon, When he was sent
off by the cars to Fort Lafayette in
custody of an officer."
Whether the :I r ma is for treason'or
merely for a military offence, wo hare
no means of knowing. But the con
signment of the prisoner to Fort La
fayette makes it presumable that he is
suspected of treason.
Cien. Charles P. Stone was theofficcr
in chief command at the Ball's Bluff
affair, and lift been held, by mangy•, as
responsible for that disaster. He is
from Massactmcats, and Irraduated
from West Point in 1845. He served
with distinction in the Mexican war.
In 185 G, when itljrivet captain in the
Ordinance corps, he resigned his com
mission.
Last Spring lie was commissioned as
a Colonel, and, in the three months
campaign, had command of the corps
that marched from Washington up the
Potomitc. Tintoly he has had command
of a large division in the same region.
Gen. Stone is a line officer. His loy
alty was formerly regarded as above
suspicion ; but lately there have been
sinister rumors alfectinghim If these
rumors are true, American history has
hail no such example of treason since
the time of Benedict Arnold.
The following, in reference to this
affair, is from the Washington National
Republican, of this morning:
Our readers will be more gratified
than surprised, to learn that General
Stone has been arrested, and is now on
his way to Port Lalllyette, having left
Washington in the 5 o'clock train last
evening. The immediate cause of
Stone's arrest is not yet publicly
known, but those who have watched
his course from the beginning, will be
at no loss to account fur it. Tho sins
of Ball's Bluff are yet to be atoned for,
and when they aro, the blood of the
gallant Baker can never be washed
from his skirts. We begin to hope the
one country ; a few more' arrests like
this, and wo may be safe."
We are told, this afternoon, that a
police officer on duty at the Baltimore
Depot, last night, learned from an offi
cer that treasonable correspondence
with the rebels had been found among
General Stone's papers.
The Charges Against General Stone
WASHINGTON, Feb. .10.—The follow
ing is the substance of the charges, un
der which. Brigadier General. Charles
P. Stone . was, arrested, ht two o'clock,
yesterday morning, by a
,( 2 .,itard under
tho jun:fedi:it° eommand of Brigadier
Getel Sykes, of the Piorost Marshal's
Paree, and sent to Port Lafbyettc by
the afternoon train :
Ist, For misbehavior at the battle
of Ball's Bluff.
2d, Jr holding eorrespondcuee with
the enemy before and since the battle
of Ball's Bluff, and receiving visits from
rebel officers ip his camp. .
3d. For treadherotisly 'suffering the
enemy to build a fort or 'strong work
since the battle of Ball's Bluff under
his guns - without molestation. • •
4th, For treacherous design to ex
pose his force to capture and destruc
tion by the enemy under pretense of or
dors for a movement from the Com
manding Geoeral which had not been
given.
A court. Iliart.4ll .ivilt ho speeday or
dered. „ _ , •
RUMORS, ABOUT FRENCH IN
TERVENTION
SOLDIERS
THE LATEST NEWS
LONDON, Jan. 26.--There are vague
rumors that the Din peror Napoleon
has notified the British Government
that he will shortly officially demand
its joint action in raising i he blockade
of the Southern ports of the United
States; and If & t his co:operation is re
fused, that Ltiwtit - proceed to take the
initiative step alone.
The London n4es continues to nrge
England no:t: to 'interfere with - the
American difficulties, saying the nation
cap.:life - Al to waitXrir this recuft:Vb ich
Caraint he far diet irit
The fbllowing substitute for the
Bank Note Bill, offered by Mr. Ste
vens, of Penna., was adopted on, the
Oth inst.:—
Be it enacted by the Senate and Hotise
of Representatives of the United States,
in Congress assembled, That to meet the
necessities of the Treasury of the Uni
ted States, and to provide a currency
receivable for the public dues, the Sec
retary of the Treasury is hereby au-'
thorized to issue, on the credit of, the
United Status, one hundred' and fifty
millions of dollars of United States
notes, not hearing interest; payable - to'
bearer, at the Treasury of the United
States at Washington or New York,
and of such denominations as be may
deem expedient, not less than five dol-.
tars each. Provided, hoieever,' ' That
fifty millions of said notes shall be in
lieu of the demand treasury notes au
thorized to be issued by the tietof ShlY
seventeen, eighteen hundred and sixty
one, which said demand notes shall be
taken up as rapidly as practicable, and
the noteSherein'( rtiVided for' stibstitu
ted for them. And provided; furthei.,_
that the amount of the two kinds of
notes together shall at no time exceed
the stun of one hundred and fifty mil
lions of dollars. And ISucif notes here
in authorized shall be receivable in
payment of 'all taxes,' duties, iinposts,
excises, debts, and demands of every
kind due to the United States, and for
all salaries, debts and deniands owing
by the United States to individuals,'
corporations, and assoeiations' within
the United States, and shall also be :
lawful Money and 'll. legal fodder in
payment of all debts, public and pri
vate, within the United States., 'And
any holders of said United States notes
depositing any sum not less than fifty',
d011:4.50r
,some innitiple, of fifty
_dol
larsovith the Treasurer of the United '
States, or either of the assistant,treas 7
urerti, slitili:rtiediVe exolfangelthete- •
for duplicateeortifccates of ; dp,posit, one
of which may'lie transmitted to the
Secretary of the. Treasury, who.shall
thereupon' issue to the holder itn'b'qiitil
amount of bonds of the 'United States,
conpon or registered, as may by said,
holder. be delnrcd, beak rig est' at
the rate of six.per ceattun,poriannum,
payable stAni-annhalfy at the Treasury
Sub-Treasury of the United States,
redeeritable lit the PleasUre'of
ted States, after twenty years from the
date' thereof : Provided thitt the Sec
retary of the Treasury shall,",tilion the
presentation of said certificates of de
posit,,issne to the holder 4liereef at
his option; and instead'of the honds-al
ready described, equal amount of
bonds •of the United SttiteS, coupon or
registered, as may, by the said holder'
be desired, bearibg, interest al the 'rate'
of seven per cent, per Minuin, payable
in coin semi-annually, redeemable at
the pleasure of the United StateS after
five years from the date thereof. And
such United States notes shall be re
ceived the same as coin, at their value,
in payment for any loans that may be
hereafter sold or negotiated by the Sec
retary of the Treasury, and may tin
reissued from Lime to time as the exi
gencies of the public interest shall re
quire. There shall be printed on the
back of the United States notes, which
may be isSiied 'under the Provisions of
this act, the following words: " The
within note is a legal tender' in pay
ment of all debts, public and private,
and is exchangeable for bonds of the
United States. bearing six per Cent, in
terest at twenty years, or in seven per
cent, bonds at five years.'
SEC. 2. And be it farther enacted, That,
to enable the Secretary of the Treas
ury to fund the treasury notes and
floating debt of the United States, he
is• hereby authorized to issue, on the
credit of the United States, .coupon
bonds, or registered bonds,to a n amount
not exceeding. five hundred millions of
dollars ' and redeemable at, the pleasure
of the Government after twenty years
from date : and bearing interest at the
rate of six per centum per annum, pay
able semi-annually. And the. bonds
herein authorized shall be of such de
nomination, not less than fifty dollars,
as may be determined •upon by the
Secretary of the Treasury.. And, the
Secretary of the Treasury may dispose
of such bonds at any time for lawful
money of the United States, or for any
of the treasury notes that have been,
or may hereafter be, issued under any
former act of Congress, or for United
States notes that may be issued under
the provisions of this act; and all stocks,
bonds, and other securities of the-Uni
ted States held by individuals,' corpora
tions, or associations within the , Uni-'
ted Stales, shall he'exempt from taxa
tion by any Stateor county.' '
SEC. And be it farther enacted, That
the United States notes, and the con
pen or registered bonds, authorized by
this act, -shall be in such form as the
Secretary of the Treasury maytlireet
and Shall bear the written or engraved
si g natures of the Treasury of therUni
te States and • - the - Register of the
Treasury;. ancl, l also, 'as' eridened of
lawfat isstte, the imprint'of a' copy "of
the seal' the - Treasury Department,
-which •imprint shall ho made under the
direction of the Seer'etary, after the
said notes or' bonds shall • be - •re
ceived' 'from the 'engraVers, , 'and
before they al'.3 issued; or' the said
notes and 'bonds shall be signed
by the Treasurer of' the' United States,
or for •the Treasurer, I,ty 'such per
sons as may be speciallY•appointed by
the Secretary of the TreaSurffor that
ptirpose, and shall be'countersigned•by
the Register of the Treasury, or for' the
Register by- such pc: sobs as the Secre
tary' the' TreaSuiT thays specially
'appoihtTo`r that purposb; and all ill()
provisions .of the act entitled " net
toOthorio Lhe issue of treaSurYnotes;"
approved the twenty-third day of De.
ember,' eighteen hundred and,'fiftY
seven, so far as they can bo applied to
this' act, and not inconsistent 'there
with, arc hereby revived and re-enact
ed; and the sum of.threehUndred,thon
sand, 'dollars 'iii'liereby.'aPpropriated
out of any money in the Treasury- not
otherivise appropriated to enable' the
Secretary of the' Treasury to carry this
• . •
act into effect.
D. Ross‘IIIILLEn
MEE
And &e it further enacted, That
if any person or per Sons 0.94 falsely
make, forge, counterfeit or atter, or
,cau,vo or prour9 - !?e falsely made,
forge,4, counterfeited, or. altbred, or
shall willinglyaitl or assist in falsely
forgftio% `!:Oun.terfq.4ing, or 'al
tering any note, bmid, conpon, or other
security issued Under the authority of
this act, or lie'iefolbre issued underaets
tc?'anthOrize the issue t i ,pf:tica",htfry holes
or bondc 'fifiail paZ;s,
Bank Note Bill.
or sell, or attempt to pass, utter, pub
lishu-
or sell, or bring . into the United
' States from any foreign place with in
tent to pass, titter, publish; or sell as
true, or shall have or keep in posses
sion, or conceal with intent to utter,
publish, or sell as true, any such false,
forged, counterfeited, or' altered note,
bond, coupon, or other security, with
intent to defraud any body corporate
or pOlitie, or any other person or per
sons whatsoever; every person so of
fending shall be deemed guilty of fel
ony, and shall, do conviction thereof,
be punished by fine not exceeding five
thousand dollars, and by imprisonment
and confinement to hard labor not e
ceeding fifteen years, according to the
aggravation of the offence.
SEc. 5. And be it further enacted, That
if any person having the' custody of
any plate or plates, from Which any
engraved part ,Of any notes; bands;
coupons, or Other securities in the fifth
section' Of this ' act mentioned, shall
have been struck, or Whieh . shall have
been prepared for the ; purpose of stri
king the engraved' 'part' of any such
notes, bon'ds, coupons, 'or other decuri-'
ties; or any part thereotAhall use sitith 1
plate or plates, Or" knoWingly permit
the same to be used for the purpose' of
striking, ,any engraVed part, of any_
notes, bonds; Coupons, or 411'4:n4666H;
tics, except such-as shall be struck for
the use of the Unite'd States, by order
of the, proper, officer thereof; , or if, any 1
person shall engraVe, or cause dr pro
dire to, be engraVed, or, shall 'aid in.en
graying any plate or plates in the like
ness or siniilitude of any plate or plates
designed for the striking ,Of, any en
graved part of any, such notes, bonds,
coupons, or other Securities,
,or'slialk;
vend or sell any - such plate or plated,
or shall bring into tbe r ,United,States,
frOm any foreign•place, any such'plate
• or plates, with any other intent or for
any other purpose, in either case, than
that such plate or plates hall be used
in
,striking the engraved, parti of such
notes, bends, coupons, or . other seelni'
tics, for the use of the United States;
or shall have in his enstedy or pissCS-'
•
sioh any metallic plate engraved after
the similitude of any plate from iqiieli
anY 'Bp 0 i notes, bonds, edupons, or'
other securities shall have been print-,
ed, 'With: intent .to use such plate or
plates; Or.eansti' Or suffer the, same to
be 'used in:forging. Or coanterfeiting
any such notes, biiiids; coupons, or oth
er securitiedissaed as aforesaid, er shall
have 'in hi4'custody Or possession any
blank note or notes, bond or bonds,
coupon or coupons, or other security
or' ecurities, engraved and printed af
ter the Similitude of any note ' ,, bends,
coupons, 'or other securities issued .is
aforesaid:with 'intent to sell or other-'
wise use the same; or if any person
shall strike, photograph, or in any oth
er manner, execute, or cause to be
struck, photographed, or in any man
ner executed, or shall aid in striking,
photographing or executing any en
graving, photograph, or other print or
Impression, in the likeness or siniiii
tnde of the engraved part of any such
notes, bonds, coupons, Or other securi
ties, except for the use of the United
cztof, , s and by order of the proper of.
fieer thereof, or-shall Vend or sell any
such engraving, photograph, print, or
other impression, except to the'United
States, or shall, bring . into
. the , United
States from any foreign placeany such
engraving, photograph, priest,or other
impression, fbr the purpose of vending
or selling the same, except by the di
rection of, some,proper officer of the
United States, or shall have in his cus
tody or possession any paper adapted
to the making of such notes, bonds,
coupons, or other ,securities and simi
lar to the paper upon which any such
notes, bonds, coupons, or other securi
ties shall have been issued, with intent
to use such paper, or cruise, - or suffer
the same to be used in forging or coun
terfeiting any of the notes, bonds, cou
pons, or other securities issued as afore
said, every such person so offending
shall he deemed guilty of felony, and
shall, on conviction thereof, be punish
ed by fine, not exceeding five thou
sand dollars, and by implisonment
and eonfineMent to hard labor not ex
ceeding fifteen years, according to the
aggravation of the offence. ,
Important CorrO,spondence.
=IMMWMT I 11
We are unwilling to do any man an
injustice knowingly—we therefore pub
lish the 'following correspondence that
the people may know that Gen. Cam
eron had a desire for some months, to
withdraw flom the Cabinet. The cor
respondence was private,' but circum
stances have required it to be made
public.' The: - frauds .the'War De
partment are not &laded to in the cor
ye'spojiaence, and intiy, not have had
anything to do with ( the change in the
Cabinet.
EXECUTIVE MANSION /
A sinsoroN, 'Jan., 11; 184
W 2:
DE.tu Sm:'—`flieingh, 'I have said
nothing hitherto in' response to your
wish, expressed long since, to resign
'S7lur sent in the' Cabinet, I have not
been 'unmindful of it. I have been
only unwilling to consentto a change
at a time, and tinder, circumstances
whibli :Might' give - Occasion , to- 'ninon
struetion, and unable, tilt, now, to see
hOW iniseeritrnetion r OeUld he
avoided.
,14t thejlcsire cf„nr. Clay fq.yoturn
home And to offer life. kerFiges to his
country In the field, enables ma now to
gratify your wish, and at the same
time to, (wince my personal regard for
you,' and my confidence in your abili
vatviotism, and fidelity to public
trust.
Ltherefore tender to your accept
'arkee; if. you still desire, to resign your
present position, the post of Minister to
Russia: • Should you accept it, you will
bear with ~you the assurance of my
undiminished confidence, of my affec
tionate esteem, and of my sure expec
tation that, near the great Soverei g n
whose personal and hereditary friend
ship for the - United States so much
gndoups him to Americans, you will ,be
able to render Services to your coun
try, not less 'important than those you
conk reigler at home.
Very, sincerely, your friend,
- A. LINCOLN.
Hon. SIMON CAMERON, Sec'y of War.
Gen. ,Catneron's reply to the Presi
dent is as follows : , _
W*ll. I)la,'-w-T 3 LENT..
WAsllli..orent, Jan. 71 . 1, •
v'T)f%va S;pc . :-'T hare the b0n0i.1,1.'6
acknowledge your favor of this date,
and to - . thank - profound re
spect, for its kind and generous tone.
When you were elected President, a
result to which contributed 'bell!t .
exertions, I had no thought, of leaving
the Senate of 'the' United States, or of
accepting any position within your
gift. 'But when' l you invited me to
Springfield, Illinois, and presented me
the choice - of one pf two named_placcs
in thelist of yoUr constitutional advi
sers, I could not, for_ grave public rea
sons, and after great reflection, refuse,
a trust so trying and ,lahorious. My
life had been one of Coristaiii, hibor and
excitement.. .I looked to the, Senate_aa,
the best field,' afterl'isitcli a `life, in'
which to serve rriy 'country and my
State. It was only when I realized
that ' , might bb - of service :to•tho
oral cause in the - darkly foreshadowed
future, that I ventured to undertake:
the' Man ifoleanil 'Various .reSponaibili
ties of the War Department. I felt.
when I saw the traitors 'leaving their _
seats in Congress;rind when the- Star
of the Wrest was fired upon in Cltarle,
ton, harbor,,that a ,bloody conflict' was
inevitable. „ .t
. .
I have devoted myself without in
terruption to my official duties, and
have given to themall.my, energtes.--7 ,
have.done my best.- It was impossi
ble;in the, direction. of:operations so ,
extensive, but, that . some. mistakes:-
should have happened; and some cern- •
plications arid complaints should .have •
arisen. In 'view of such considerations
I thank you for the„expression , of yourl
confidence in -my ability,;patriotism,,
and fidelity- to public trust.. Thus mr,
own conscientious sense of doing my:
duty by. the Executive. and by my'
country, is approved by the acknow-:
lodged head of the government himself.
When I beCatne a- member of your
administration I avowed my- purpose
to retire from the Cabinet as-.seen: as
my duty to my country. would' allow
me to do so.
_ln' your letter .of this,
day's date, so illustrative of ourjusti
and upright character,:you revive:the
fact that I sometime ago. 'expressed:
the same purpose' to: yon, and .in re
minding me of this you proffer for my
acceptance ono of the highest diploma;
tic positions at your bestowal, as, an•
additional , mark of your 'confidence
and esteem.
. .
In retiring from the War Depart-i
ment, I feel:that the 'mighty army: of
the Unites States is ready to do battle ,
fbr the Constitution ;. ghat it!. is mar
shalled by gallant and „experienced'
loaders; that it is animated with the
greatest enthusiasm fbr the good ennui'
and also that my successor in this De,:
partment,.is -my personal •fr:end, who
unites to ,wondertul intellect and vig
or, the grand essential of being in parif2.
est in the present struggle, and of be-.
ing resolved upon d'speedy and over
whehning triumph of our arms. I
therefore frantcly accept the pc* dis"-_
tinetion you have tendered me. ana
as soon as imPertant and long neglec
ted private business can •be arranged,
I will enter upon the important duties
of the mission which you have assigned
me.
_
I have the honor to be, my dear sir„
Your obedient and bumble serv't,.
SIMON CAMERON,
ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President.
The Pennsylvania Railroad.
• ABSTRACT OF ANNEAL REPORT. "
The report sets' forth the' earning%
during the year 1861 as followg
.vaomas 41
145.1:i5 14
• 74,366 62
75.126 - on ,
5,398,026 61;
201.260
From l'smongerm
tiovormufmt ti oop4
o U. S. Molls .....
•• I:sprews
"
Br. lglit
•• Niece,. Source.,
Expenses of Conducting Trani.
portatims $1.199,13t 24
Molise l'..sser 1.102,402 :Sr
31alutooancs of Way" 1,011.07 T 14
Cars :70,825 00
62,023 02
General Exprni.
' Net Enritinge
exhibiting an increase in gross 'reve
nue over that of 1860, amounting to
$1,367,299 47, and in net receipts of
$1,350,535 79. Omitting receipts - froni
transportation of Government troops;
$145,158 14, the 'income of passen
ger travel is $47,974 56 less than
1860.' The total number of passengers
carried over the road during the year
was 81,059,088, each passenger travel
ing nn average distance of nearly
58 miles.
The earnings from freight exhibit an
increase over' those of 1800 of $1, 2 00:-
241 59. . The *hole movement 'of
freight on the road during the yeat;,
exclusive of 138,499 tens of coal, wood,
lumber, iron,• &e., for the use 'of tho
company, was 1,620,580 tons. Of this
amount there was transported in, the
cars of the company 2715,861 ' tons of
coal, and in the cars of individuals 427,
893 tons, making 'the whole' amount of
coed transported 704,755 tons, showing
- an increase over 1860.0 f '181,531 tons.
The amount of coal delivered at PittS
burg from the mines on the line of the
'road during the year was 131,309 tons
decrease of 7,680 tons, as compared
with : the previous year. The aggre
gate toniihge'of the line, exceeds that
of last' year 274,061 tons.' •
.
It will 'be icon' that nearly.the wlyor , ( l
of the inciTase , on' the Piiycano, Of, the
'ConiPany daring ON' pas,t, yea r *was de:
rived trafisportation of etW2-
ward' bonne] 'freight:to' meet the -Eurcl-
Pefia domam} for our brqiidStal. The
large increase in the:Yi;aillb dining- I We
1.4t1p) e1,11,' of the year was' duo m
great ii'etisuro to the closing of the
Mississippi ricer as a commercial ave:.
The additional rates obtained in
consequence of the supply of 'freight
seeking the seaboard market being,in
excess of the facilities Of, the East aMI
West linesfoi• its ' transportation, 'hr's
doubtless affected our revennea boned-
Cially," but the xeduced rates upon the
local trade required by the " Qouu
lotion bill" •of thelast Session of ' the
Legislature has, to some ektent, :neu
tralized this ath'antago,
FROM WASHINGTON.
WASIIINGiON, Feb. 7, 1862
The Joint Special Committee on thq
Conduct of the War have recpiest4cl,
the Proside.peto restore Gen. John C.
Fremont Urn command befitting. his
rank and abilities. • • , • ,
There .a it majority in the Seitato'in
favor of the passage of the Treasuq7
note biThwith the legal tender clause,
as adopted by the lious6 at the seal
sion of yesterday. • '
deleation of Conr hp . . 7
called on tie Pretiidenl' g
thie ssinen.
mornjng,
to' .endeavqt; , to Alletinitely Sottlo the
Lane and l[nfiteV oa. some
amicable terms. '
-;
:41,641,062 "ig