.r. 25.0 1 71 0 p7,ll::vTi_s. =--
II IJANIT - :!_1 1 *9 - .P:9L -, N - _i , P A
ttrWeTkr min
, 1863;
W. Lewis, E,tor,ao.l3ioOrietor
Tray Fol•aibi:-'
dode' 'which; a; loyal
zeri''~tthJ 90 irelt de .
;vie - devotion to
has cu rif ~y as sys:to ining g the
C4z ( cil qtipia;a t.4l l :Xll . tioi!i ittotlec ail ch•eued•
St did~c 4 ft114 ,ADNtrsil..Trc A.T Ices,
RE-pAy.c.l.llt , S-,Cq% PARTY VGI-4TIC . S, AGAINST
A SSA t C.l AT-11031E ANDALLGOA D. " —ST . ECTIEN
`. - '
11.1 - en Combbie, Me Good
Associate."—k•meeting is . called
atthe Conrt,llotise on Thursday eve : :
ning next, for the, purpose. of takiiig
thelnitiatory steps to organize a. UM-,
ofi r 4eague. _very earnest friend of
6.3 Government—every man opposed
tagevirig . the'yehelS' , aid arid comfort:
in il th6iit:efftirts,tb de'Stroy our country
---fro expected. to attend, the meeting,
" When .. bae.:menfeornbiue," as they
are doing allover Bair distracted Coun
try; ‘.! the good Mus't
FA . cs' a:HE Mimic ?
(YwrcWish
ia ,the bistaro - nitoi• says : '
Levi decifire's in: this . week's pa
tlfat ho, has never forced:Alio
: Globe
upon . any - orie ! - We 'net' long :ago WI-di:Subscriber Whobad j'Jaid in ad
vance offering his paper at 'half price,
and ho said Lewis refused to refund
the money for 'the unexpired
Rogues.are sometimes caught by deny
ing faets.before they have been made."
..4.1 . 4w i - we will test the question who
is the liar and the rogue: We will
-give Owen a tan• greenback if ho
maire'eath that he hoard any subscrib
er`tO' the Globe say' wo refused to re
fund ineney for unexpired time—and
we' will give him a; twenty greenback
Immo ri man who can
prove that we refused to refund money
forameipitedliino. 'The two proposi
tions to be4alion together—and if Ow
en' fitilSTomfake good his assertions in
limn,. he to pay Esquire
Swoope i s charges for hearingcvidence,
and contribute 610 cash to the Soldiers'
Relief Fund. Will the rebel face the
-
LEGISIATLYRE.—Thai bill to
repeal 'the act abolishing the tonnage
tax on the Pa. Railroad was before the
114m.se.on Wednesday last: Mr. liTOyes
offered an amendment, imposing a
gcnefill tOnnage tax on all Railroads
in — the :State. After discussion, the
further consideration of the subject
was-postponed until to-day, (Wednes
day.), It is tho" gone t“ impression
that theliX'xill i Again he put upon
thg.i4d; and,,:pehap i i.apon all other
roads,: • .
Our member, Mr. ,Benedict, is' , one
of tlio hdst"-hdsiness members of the
at . 1.1106 . gt."
sotli ; the .• adjoured- on last
• -Thursdaylto,aceept an invitation to
' tisit Seranton.; where , the piirty re
. mtlineq'until* e nda:y.•:s9ianten is , to
be't . b r O'eiiii9t,f : seitt, Of the new county
of ; I?ackaweilna. ,;. ,• • •7.• •
POSt_billee - in. Philadel
phia waa.opened-ori- konday, the 23d
of February? 7.,Atai3 , lfiglitigs were on
band, speeches .w 7-e and : the
3% ere_ lynun , y a sup
per,at.tbe,qirArd:l-louso, .:Birgefukt,s
Brigade ;Band" was in attendance.
3ti4ingii 4 orii,Alie f ,• Out - Of • the build
thce,:olildelphis; Inquired% .wo
oknnig 7 §,ay,,tl;4 F. - 4 - a4mjpeits outward
appeafance.:..The lower story . is:to be.
-ixpkll entirely- the:Post . Of6ce
TarNent ; and the second' story is
Court: Room, the U.
4 4545ha1'5,.9.14q,,and ,the OlNee of
the 'Distiiot Attorney: :The cost was
$6O 000 i ;,• •
The Rebels Desponding.—The Rich
mond- Enquirer; published under the
iminediate - ey&of Jeff. Davis, substan
tially,admits that our formidable land
and naval forces, which now complete
ly menvelope the rebellion; place it in
greater-peril than it' ver was before,
and that the battles of the impending
campaign iCill.determine the great is
sue of - this wet—the Union in its in
tegrity; or a 'Northern and-a Southern
Confederacy-,
STILL THEY CONE—new subscribers
to the Globe. - The' Globe only 51,50
per - arinum. Our subscription list will
be' larger and better on the Ist of
Aprl'next than it was a year ago.—
Tbe Monitor's prediction that we would
be crushed out by the Ist of April
don't look very promising. Rebel
Agents hare not been as successful in
this - boaiity 'as they expected to be.
PAY• IN VIE 11 ft,llY.—We rejoice with
our friends in : aims that they have at
last seen the-long-looked-for Paymas
ter: This will givethe - soldle . rs au op
portunity of sending sorn - e7of the, need
ful dome to their faMiliesimany indeed
actually,need it, -it:gives us pleasure
to know that arrangements have :been
made - t 3 pay the troops up promptly.
nkia. - The:largst,4ock_and gfeatest
variety- of styles ofl'ocket Books and
- %froncyr Ifoldors;butbi'de7ofFtriladql
koi-e.ri-ATLF,F-A-5-2F8t0170,
Where do we Stand?
1.
-: i~ ~. ~.%:
There is a great deal of speculation
among the busy-patriots of our town ,
about what "Bill Lewis" really is.—
Whether he 'is a Democrat er a Re
publican, or something else. It strikes
me that it don't make much ditloreneO
what he is, so that be is for tho corm :
try. Still there arc many, (too many)
who insist on fixing every man's stan
ding according-to---pa.rtyalines:-41-----bc:
lievo -you ; stand ;whoye I .sta-nd, , and
where the Democratic -party stood in
the early stages of this war, and where
I believe masses stand yet—firm
-and-true-to , tho-flag and- Government
of our country ; 'determinOd . to sustain
it -first' 'and' last, until every armed
traitor'shallhe-brunght to submission,
Hkitled, or driven Talk to us
about forsaking thopartY!.• We will
settle that question the war is
over; Shame nion thozo.who forsake
their
,c0f474; t hp, liour of her, need.
,Wro,otirgo no partlj with disloyalty.—
There is no disloyal party except the
rebel party , in tile- South ; - :but there
are traitors at the IS - oi:th who arc do
ing
what they can to. create the im
pression that-they are the.. Democratic
party, and that the party is with them.
They have been deceived by the result
of the last elections. ,
They forget that. we ,elected Demo.
crats all ,over4he north.heeituse they
pledged themselves to a war policy
more vigorous .and uneomproMiSing
over than that of thd Administration.
,They misinterpret the meaning of
that election, but the -people
, will
where these co w ardly traito rs -tVOttid
lead them, and a day* of reckoning will
come. -lf tq be a Democrat requVres
us to spend our days and • nights in
abusing the Governinent and its (p
-eers, and. oppOsing every ineasin•e l it
adopts for its own
. preservalinn and
the' suppression of the rebellion, while
we have no word of sympathy or en
couragement for our country and its
defenders, and word of censure or
! warning to its deadly enemies, then we
are not Democrats. God save us and ,
our posterity fa the disgrace of
such a , course, arld . may God in his
mercy save our country from its con
sequences. If the whole Democratic
party adopted the course of its preten
ded leaders, then indeed' we might as
well make peace on any terms, as these
admirers of Southern chivalry and ne
gro. slavery so earnestly desire. But
I have better hopes. Politicians may
forsake us and traitors go to their own
place, but the people, who have alrea
dy done and. suffered so much, will not
turn. their back now when danger
threatens and the great erisis'of the
struggle approaches: If we are true
to otirselvei, we will triumph in this
war, and be who, while our country is
struggling for its very existence, can
find no better occupation than snarl
ing- and fault-finding, shall, when the
struggle.g over, be esteemed a tory,
and his children will blush at the rec
ollection of a father'sishatne. • B.
[For ❑o G 1010.3
" The feelings of the bogus Democracy,
who deserted the patty and advocated its to
tal extinction,, can be mote easily imagined
titan described. Where are ,their threats
now, tli.reptidiatiaiLof party, their, jests at
tho'Constitution:—theili hilarity at each suc
cessive arrest? The prospects of these lois-
erable.renegades is truly pitiable. None will"
. be sn poor to do theta reverenee t '—they will
be tbernaelves alone.'
The future of the true Democracy is full of
promises rind encouragements, &c.,,&c,"
The abo%;e borobslMllwas , not inten
ded to strike . the -" true Democrats,"
such as Old Buck, Hughes, Vallandig
ham,,Cbbh,'Yaneeyr,,DaVis & Co., hat
ie hurled fauntinglkat such Deinociats
as Cass, Holt , Corcoran,
IYright, and a . mighty hose -of other
loyal tneh,'who long since have' laid
asidparty feelings, arid 'support the
Government , in this the hour. of its
.ireate'st danger.- Mese are indeed.
the 'true democracy of the -day. It is
a falSehOod to asstirt, that: such men as
Hughes, Valltindigham, &c., are eXpo
nents °POI° geniiino de'meserpcy. , I
ask how, Call they be when they are
daily encou'.aging those who aro try
ing to break ui one of the best govern
ments God ever gave to man ? Again
I ask, is this '° true democracy?" ,
The extract which I have quoted at
the commencement of this communi,
cation is taken from ajetter published
in the Monfthr of 10th inst. The wri
ter appears to be deeply interested in
the success of what he styles the true
detheeracy, and Contends that this
good kind of democracy .must again
come in power before our Govern
ment can be restored.
Now let us examine this great judge
of the true democracy before we go
further, (I Mean this man Win. God
win,) and see how far his love for the
success of our Government to crush
this damning rebellion extends.
All loyal citizens undoubtedly are
opposed to foreign intervention,---they
think they can attend to their own bu
siness in their own way. If we be
lieve that foreign nations cannot give
us the right .kind of advice at this
time, should we not also believe that
foreigners who have resided hero for
years and did not take out naturaliza
tion papers until within the- last few
month's; should also hold their peace in'
our affhirsi Icow this man, Wni. God
win, is a citizen of these 'United States l i
at last. lie was along, time battling
between' two oPinions'whom ho would
has','ai ;length deeided . 'to l
gite ;his;services . 4at l U3 ",trte,demoe:-
.rag t .?,.. • c : „h
ave, )060 taught Sojudgg.
Mg
SCOTTSVILLE, Feb. 21, 1863
"itid ahy Wei;
Hear him further in the communica
tion alluded to:
" Theyovill (the-'true democracy,')
continue to give, to government their
powerful support, &c." Yes, the pro
ceedings of• Congress 'shows that this
" true democracy" does- give its sup
port to government, butt° what gov
ernment does this powerful aid go ?
I answer, where it can't go directly,
it zees...if/dire ctly ~ to. the rebel govern
went of Jute. Davis. I have been
with tabs. : man Godwin for
number of years, Und never kneWllim
'to vote - 4,lefriociatic; ticket. • I , leave
it ,with the-people to judge_ whether it
would• be best for our country to have
-.kir. Godwin's-democracy in power or
not. We have tried it under the reign
of James Buchanan for four years,
which ought to satisfy the most of the
pepplo,
!tII , T'ISSIO.N."
There ie. no 'cry inure freiini3n Ilk' on
thdlips ,of thO secessionists and their
apologists than that which depreca,tos
the pdliey of "invasion," when contem
plated' by the National Golernment.
Ex-Governor. Stewa'rt 'or
,Missouri, in
an address to the people of that State,
thus briefly disposes of this phraseolo
gy,'so curreni, with tho men' who are
now ''invading" Kentucky and Mis
souri ,
Be" not deceived by the cry that
you, are invaded by the troops of the
.North. No Government can' be said to
invade . Your paramount allegi
ance is due to the Government of the
United States, and that Government
,has the right to station troops on every
foot of soil'under its jurisdiction. 11 7 hen
it loses this power it will be worth no more
than the Government of the Comanches
or of the rdee Islands."
- PROMOTIONS ON THE PENNA. RAIL
-1.101p.-4 gives us pleasure to an
nounce to the public that our friend
Wm. M. Power, despatcher at this
place, has been promoted to the posi
tion of Night Train Master of the
Middle Division. His office will be at
Altoona. Mr. Power has been with us
about a year, and has made fbr him
self many friends by his gentlemanly
deportment. ' We are indeed sorry to
loose him.
Mr. 11. D. Steel, Conductor on the
Emigrant train,- takes the position
made vaeant by Mr. .PoWer's promo
tion. We are not personally acquain
ted with Mm. Steel, but we think from
his aPpeamnee ho is a clever man.
Postage Curreney.--11 is officially sfat
ed that applications for postal curren
cy can be satisfied by any of the de
positories of the Treasury. Currency
to the amount or 815,000,000 has al
ready been printed; 82,000,000 is not
yet in circulation, and more is being
provided for at the rate of $200,000 a
day.
ecINCIRESS adjourned last night. The
Piesident has ordered an extra session
of the Senate to meet at noon to-day,
.to receive and act upon such commu
nications as may be made to it on the
part of the Executive. These mainly,
if not altogether, will include inilitury
and 60! nominations.
Tim Post Office Reform Bill passed
the House last week. It allows
,
letters, to be sent Tree of postage
to troops :in camp, hospitals; or on
shipboard. Wo 'are truly glad of it;
and herirtily etidollSe the measure,''lind.
it is nothing, more than-is customary
in other. countries—and .we sincerely
trust it may become a
, • m, ; ,, The late firm of Stauffer & Har
ley, dealers in Watches, Jewelry, Silver
ware, etc, at 62 Market St., Philada.,
so long and fat-orably kdown, has been
dissolved. Mr. Jacob Harley, one of
the late firm, 'is now carrying on the
business, at the old stand. Sec his adv.
G. Simon Gammon has tendered
his resignation as Minister to Russia.
lie says he is averse to being absent
from his country when it is convulsed
'and torn with rebellion. .
George Nelson Smith, for some
years, publisher of the Johnstown
Echo, has been appointed a paymaster
in the army. Nelson ought to make a
good paymaster, as he has bad much
experience in military
SHAME ON WIT.NORTLIERN SYMPATLII
ZER.S.—TIIO Louisville Journal, which
is certainly not an Administration pa
per, has this scorching word of rebuke
for those recreants in tho Free States
who can 4eo only evil in the acts of
the Government, and only good. in
tho:ie of the infamous tyrants . who
have rebelled against the Union, and
now oppress the people of the Southern
States. We,find it among the editori
al articles in the Journal for Feb. 9th :
" What is to be, thought ,of those
citizens, editors and others,who, pre
tending to be for the Union, send up
Ceaseless howls over every military
arrest in the United States, yet are
never heard to breathe a murmur over
the thousands and thousands , of arbi
trary arrests, imprisonments, confisca
tions, ,whippings and hangings, con,
stautly going on in the rebel confeder
ncy?, If. they have :the liberty ot,
'breathing the free air ofheaven, have
they not more liberty than thoy per
"sonally deserve ?
,Our Federal Admin
istration ,itt its. worst features; has boon
almost a miracle.ofconstitutionat and
legal freedom in
,comparison with the
Government to which the ,rebels 'and
rebel sympathizers among us would
lone us 4 . 6 succumb.", .
' —lVitiiter'ous—Greefibacks in town'
last week. The Goys of the, 'l26th .
nent.linthe'ivile§ of Lliom.
EM
'Vito Bore the (7ohy,4' Antietami
_ ltly,attention has bcel 'willed to the
inquiry fit the Monitor of the 12th I
tt,Wbo,, of the 125th Regiment,
lioro away tho colors at the battle' of
Antietam, after the gallant. George A.
Simpson had lillen ?"
As conflicting statements-hare been
made orally and in print, by persons
who were not in the engagnment, as
to who performed that deed, the pub
lit a right toicnow the truth."---
The folloWing.Jetter from W. W.
Wallace, Captain of Company C, of
that regiment, (which flyt pos
session, and open all' who desire to
see it,) trill settle - the mooted -question;
: ,plysp,slArnicA.
Ar.p.tYL I.ND 11:EIGHTS,
Octoficr 5 , 1862, • j
_
J. SpirsoN• •.1
is at hand, asking me 1b the full 'par
ti oulqrs,connuetetl3wi th 44\13941.iing
our flag on the momorablo 77th ult.,
in circler that the' publie mayLawyril
"honor to whoth 'ho'nor is dad.
which I am happyt,ofieplyiyingyou l
its history as briolly . fincl .truthfully as
I know how : • .• •
,A.DILLY
George A. Simlii3on,L of Company 0,
Ensign ' 12.5 th Regiment ; had ,the
honor of hea'ring Our. flag into the en
gagement. To you, • who knew hint,
it LT hardly necessary to say, he did it
well, and no regiment ever had a 'triter'
standard to dresS'on than Ours, when
borne by the flan hands, strengthened
by the loyal heart olGoorgc A, Simp
son. Finding ourselves out-flanked
by a superior force, the order to re
treat was given—in the execution of
which George was shot (bead at a dis
tance of nearly one hundred yards from
where we about-faced. 'His death was
instantaneous. He fell, covering the
flag with his body, and staining it with
his life's blood, oozing from his right,
temple. The retreat was attended
with much disorder, owing to the com
mand not being distinetlY heard along
the entire length of the line, and in
the confusion the flag was not missed'
until espied by Eugene J. Boblltz, of
Company .11, who immediately seized
it., and carried it a short distance,
when ho receiVed a shot in the" leg,
which compelled bite to 'drop, it, at
which. place it was picked up by Sex
! grant WAT,TER W. GREENLAND, of Co
C, who bore it gallantly until he was
released from its possession ; for which
act I reported him . to the Colondl as
being entitled to till the'position made
vacant by George's death. The Col.
with pleasure conferred the appoint
ment upon him. * *
Very truly yours,
M, W, WA LLACE.
KEEP IT BEFORE .THE PEOPLE.
Keep it before the people—that the
rebellion is not the work of a moment,
nor the result of any injustice done, or
threatened to be done by the GOvern
ment of the United'States; but it is
the long-cherished scheme of men who
have for thirty years been contempla
ting the destruction of the Union. As
evidence of these filets, the following
statement of speakers in the South
Carolida Secession Convention are in
point :
Mtn. PATIKER. Mr. President, it
appears to me, with great deference to
the opinions that have'beemexpressed,
'that the public mind is fully made up
to the great occasion that now awaits
is no spasmodic effort that has
come suddenly upon us, but it has been
gradually culminating for a long series
of years, until at last it-has come to
that point when we may say the mat
ter is entirely right.
"Ma. Ixams. Mr. President, if there
is any gentleman present who wishes
to debate this matter, of course this
body will hear him; but as to delay
for the purpose of a discussion, I for
one am opposed to it. As my friend
(Mr. Parker) has said, most of us have
lied this matter under consideration
for the last twenty years, and I pre
sume we have by this time arrived at
a decision upon the subject. • '
" Ma. KEITT. Sir, wo aro perfor
ming a great act, which involves not
only the stirring present, but embra
ces the whole great force of ages to
come. I have beenengaged in this
movement ever since I entered porti
cal life. I coil content with What has
been done to-day, and content with
what will take place to-morrow. We
have carried the body of this Union to
its last resting place, and now we will
drop the flag over its grave. After
this is done, I am ready to adjourn
'and leave the remaining ceremonies
for to-morrow.
" Ma. RuErr. The secession of
South Carolina is not an event of a day.
It is not any thing produced by Mr.
Lincoln's election, or by the non-execu
tion of the Fugitive Slave Law. It
has been a matter which' has been
gathering head for thirty years. The
election of Lincoln and fiandin Was
the last straw on the back of the cam
el. But it was not the only ono. The
back was nearly broken before. - The
point upon which, I differ from my
friend is this: lle says' lie thought it
expedient for us to put this great ques
tion before the world upon this simple
,matter of wrongs on the question of
slavery, and that question turned upon
the Fugitive Slave Law. Now, in re
gard to the-Fugitive Slave Law, I my
self doubt its constitutionality, and I
doubted it on the 'floor of the Senate,
when I was a member of that body.-- 7 -
The States, acting irl ,their sovereign
capacity, should be responsible for the
rendition of fugitive slaves. • This was
our best seeurlty." ,
,„
11. F. donrad, Surgeon of. the
174th,Itegiment ,Vols., was in
town a few days ago on his way t'o his
regiment.- The Doctor ie very' 'point
lar inqilsdbpartraent.''' lie has recent
ly been promoted• from Assistant
"'mental Surgeon to full Surgebn. 11'e
to sceour . friemls
.uilyaneed.•
=I
Allah - 6f Lettdiffdin WI" Ros-6orans
.General Roseemns 1i4,4' written the
following loiter to the Cincinnati Com
mon Council, and every lino palpitates
with patriotism :
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT o.l"ruE
CUMBERLAND, Murfreesboro', Tenn.—
Cr:mato/wit : I have just received' and
read the resolutions passed at your
meeting on the 16th inst., complimen
ting this army, the Ohio troops, and
the Commanding General, fbr their
byay_gryslisphiyedAt-the battle of Stone.
rivet'. . -
On behalf of tin nbticarni ran its
gallant leaders, I accept this expression
ci your symmtl)y arid; praise, with
pride, all tbd more lientitfelt because
,yom_are,Any—fullow-citizens ; and,your.,
words touch, me by their tones of friend- '
ly sincerity, while they_Alliq'thohiglits
with the sweet membries of home, for
the 'safe,t:Y, of which, and each of. you,
we, "virlio are'far - aWay, are Willing to
lay'r'doiva our •= • '
.
May no Syron song'of peate, founded
on the delusive hopes of hono r , t r uth,
or justice of rebel leaders, indlich its, to
pitil'Acio';'bo s hiir'ani) onr,
bin:nes. enjoY
thosb dear iinines, bersCli - "es, we Will
ut t„ei t ideaver to leave them we ,
and Tree,' iinder Constitution ' antl
I ids; to our posteritiy
have . lhe honor - ye-;
main; With
,gi.nat'ilagpect t
ant scivant, .
'S. 'lloiim'cllaNs,
•
Majo . r-Geheral..:
To the MaYor and Otimmon
Council, Cincionuti, Ohio. „`;
General 'Milroy on the Traitors.
•
,Editor Indianapolis Journal /4 have
just read the noble resolutions, of_ ony
brother officers of Indiami, in the,gal,
lant army of Rosecrans, who, having
assisted by their heroism'in achieving'
the splendid victory, over the traitor
army under Bragg, turn 'round to re
buke the more vile and cowardly
traitors at home, who r having taken
advantage of the absence of ever one
hundred - thousand patriot soldiers to
steal into power, are disgracing our,
State by their treasonable acts, -
Let these traitors ,of - Alio Indiana
Legislature and the CopperlMads i ßut:
ternuts, and K. G. C.'s throughout the
State who are giving aid, comfort; and
encouragement to armed treason in
the South, read in the odium that has'
followed the`Blue-Light Federals and
Hartford Conventionists of 1812, some
thing orthe execration and detestation
that will folloW their memory down
the stream of time.
I join with giy follow-soldiers of the'
Union eVcrywhere in warning these
traitors at home that When we; have
crw.hed armed treason at the South,'
and restored the riovereignty, of our
Government over these ''misguided
States (which, under God, we surely
will do,)_we will upon oni• rettirn, 'while
our handy are in, also extehninate
treason at the North, by arm's, if need
be, and seal by the blood of traitors;
wherever found, the permanent peace
of our country and-the perpetuity of
free government to all future: genera
tions. R. ll'. MILROY.
Winchester, Va., Jan. 3U, 1363
The Cultivation of Flax.
As I n already been stated in these
columns; the high price of cotton and
the consequeor, enormous inerease in
the cost of all cotton fabrics, has had
the effect of cansing numerous experi
ments to be made with such materials
as woidd be likely to answer as a sub
stitute. We learn that in all the adr
joining comities a large surface of soil
will be devoted to the raising of flax.
Many farmers in 'the German town
ships of Bucks county have been in
the habit of raising flax in small quan
tities for several years past, and the
are now taking itito the citY'markcts,
where it is readily sold 'at high prices.
There is a good deal of seed in 'that
county ' and no doubt . it will be engOrl
ly sought for during the ensuing Spring:
At present fates, a crOP of 'flax is as
good an investment as our farmers can
make.
The 'United States Senate, in the
appropriations for the Agricultural
Department, provided $20,000 for eX-'
periments in preparingliemp 'arid flax
as substitutes for cotton. Invention
ha's 'already reached a point " where it'
seems to be on the verge of con plete
success in the manuflicture 'of flax on
cotton machinery. Our most'Skillfur
manufacturers and machinists are'very
sanguine in their belief that the result
'will be accomplished, and those who
have given the most attention to the
subject are the men who'are tlib most
sanguine. But the' requisite' investi
gation and experiments. 'need 'to
conducted'on a sCale which requires
considerable outlay. •If the 'problem
shall be solved, and, the vast quanti
ties of materials that are now absolute
ly,
thrown away shall be used upon
the spindles that'are - now spinning cot.
ton that costs a dollar a pound, what
blessing it would be to the West, to
the East,' and to the whole' world !
The Phila. Press.
DECISIONS UNDER, THE EXCISE LAW.
following Into decisions under
the Excise Law are of importance !
Any Excise
known to commerce as an
article of traffic, which is produced by
hand or machinery, must bo regarded
as a manufacture, and subject to a tax,
unless specially exempted, by '
Whenever articles are' manufactur
ed without special order, and Ibr goner : "
al sale, the presumption that'they are
articles of trade_ so
,strong tiTt ; no
amount of 'proof ban rebut 'this 'pre
sumption so as to okeinjit' the matnt
facture'. from the' ptiyment'of
'tux.
When articles are hdide Upon order,,
then an inquiry must:be instituted for,
the purpose of akertaining
such articles aro known' to the corn:
memo of (ho ,country, or . ; Ofrei•ed fo'r
sale, 'whethe'r nurelitoors; could bh,'
found.' If either of these comlitinpS
should be established, the ' niantifiteta
rex would bo liabloto taX:.lfyhowev
er, it should appear that 'the articles
produced - arc not known to trade, and
could not be sold• if offered to . the pub
lie, they would then ',be exempt from
taxation as• not being"inannfactures
-within the meaning of the law. • Thb'
CoMmissioner of Internal Revenue ha's
decided that local expressicompanies
arc-subject to' the provisions of the
105th section of the excise act, and for
any. violation thereotare liablirto the
penalty therein- prei3cri bed
A E S
TIDE WAR INAISSISSIPPI.
Th e "mix - peoehtence - Canal _Nearly
Completed.--Objer,4 whieh it will Ac
co m plish.—Reportsfrem the _Rebel Van
Dor4.—SMeequl EdlWdition from
eurihth. • . -. •
earro,TArnary 27.-LZThe steamer
Continental, from Lake Providence on
Monday, arrived here'to-day.
Thetilnal'Wtthnost--!ebrriplete - d,- _the'
Toylf ngrinfred fropr, e hike:A°
NVIIIIIII . 11113 1 w "rods of °
The canal is 150 feet wide, and dug
down to within 9rie ifocit they lever
of the lake. Beside§ giving us'aqm'ss'-
Wayintorthe_Red-iliver; it,-;will—carrr
off the surplus thugrelieve
our camps:belcdy.t li
‘ C),
General' Van Dorn is rop6rted to
once, «iUi tirOnsftrid:ca"valryi- to
reinforce, p,enp„ral Bragg. -
ti
An expeditla TiOrivcCorintli4;fro
pOrterto-havt,3llpttired—two- hundred:l
rchels,itt '2llscup - ibid. Ard , tho a :22d7 ,
k.._,
with a ilart,A3 anion tit of ammunition
and a provision!train:!:
TitVAR'IN
, • -•;!:
Review
. 4t; the Ti•oms at Newport _Weft's.
neSotiliAktO '7.iliiio:LLA7*;,§t
-of .Spiugglers.--Departure of the Gen;•
Hunter, •
.
Fortress • !Monroe, 26'.•-= , lajoy
General Dix, with litrt,of,hisstaff 011.-
eel's, loft herb at eleven o'clock
forenoon,- on steamboat C. W.,Thoiii
a% for Newport News, to review ,the
troops at that place. -
'Privates William - Dorm'Ody' and ,
Charles Clark, both of Company 4,
Ist, Pennsylvania Artillery, convicted
br e gencral,court-rourtiai of the rpm--
der.- of A - Labial “-.StokeS - ; a tizen
York county, Vu., will bosexecuted by
'hanging ; at to W g9n4ny,'
March 2d.
Mrs. notiheinier and another wo
man were caught, each driving a load
ed cart of contraband goods from Wil
,liamsburg, in the direction of Govern
or WiAe's Ifeadquartees. -
Steamboat General Hunter "Was
damaged in the late 'storm, an'd left
here to-day in tow by the' Freeborn'
for repairs.
ARMY OP THE POTOMAC.
WA BIII' NGTON, Feb. 27. ,—Officers who
left the Army of the Potomac this
morning, report that the prevailing MY
' pression there was that the rebels wero
evacuating their position at; Freder,
icksbur . , and vicinity. The only-ovi
,dence, however,' educed adds change,
'is that they have recently made some
`demonstuations similar, to those here
,tofore made by d'hom when •abont to
evacuate a position-L-such 'its feeling
our lines, making a display of juice in
front, throwing up temporary earth:
works, &c. A few dayS ago, new 'earth :
works sprang into existence' below
Fredericksbmig, hs if by , magic. ' 'Yes
terday fnorning several new campS
were ostentatiously displayed .
I view from this side-ofithe river, where
- none existed •the day before, and -on
WednitSday'last'afteiriptif 'we're - Made
at two different points-to feM our lines.
Fitzhugh Lee, with the First and Ninth
Virginia Cavalry, crossed the Rappa
hannock, bet*tle4 SalfiltiniBpritigS aril
the railroad, crosSihg 'Att, 'lthotft; !man,
under the covet' of a ilenSc' rog and
came upon a picket of the 'Fourth ' New
York Clavaby, near Arthur's ,Church.
The pickets folLback , fighting ,t l o„th
.infantry reserve,, when they Were rein
forced, and the rebels wore in furn'Thur:
stied and driven'aeross the river.
In this affair, , t4 rebels had, two men
killed and lost.'from ••12. to 20,pris
oilers, eight of whotn = one Al:11414
belonging to the,,Fivst.Yirgiiii4„Clayal
ry—were brought to this City on the
John BrookS `los
was one man•repouted rtilled•iamr a
number taken • prisoners,, all -.of •Alib
Fourth Ne w_York Cavalry', tr••-,•
' About the same time. a rebel force
of infantry crossed neat' 'the
States Ford,' 'th ey , Wore repulsed,
without'loss on either , si'de, t9 " flu' as
known. - -
The Prov,u,st,, 4arshal ,Acqu,ia
Creek, has eammen* in ioVd'earnesE
"clearing out, t4:,:gaihbiers ,
'and
numbers, had concentrated at Aeghnt
Creek. Ho shipped, per the
_Joi],
'Brooks yesterday. about a score ! of
these worthless fOows„uhder „pat*
,
Y Totes.
'United St:a,fes - Sailitexy Coihraissiqn:.
The following circular his" then
sued 'United' Statds.Sanithry
Commission to tin) , public,which, , wo
commend to the attention of our read-
The Philadelphia Associates of the
United States „i9anitary : , COW m
while returning thanks to their fidlqw-•
citizens of the ' 'States of .Pennsylvania
and New Jcy'sey, for the liberal respon.
lies hitherto made to itre
again compelled . toi make their wants
known to the'publie. ••
The immense value of the ,C;ontatisi ,
;sion's aid, particularly at, the late bat
:tle of Antietam, and the still later bat
tle of Fredericksburg,
nized by the'Gos'ernmeni: After. , the
battle l.of • Antictahvour -agents, - -with
large supplies'of clothing, food; stimu
lants, and medical stores, were on the
ground two claY;3" in' advance- Orthe
- ,Government suOlieSl — Their labors
were enoi'moul-i,litid the gdou h6cdth
t plished correspondingly great. 'The
lamented. gr. Plutt, the,,late, efficient
general superintendent nfthis Agency,
was untiring in benevolent — exertions,
The exposure into which his nlfseitisli
energy led him cost the Coniinission
his valuable life.
At the more recent hattle„of'.Fred
ericitsburg, tli§ rigentS of, he
mis
sion were promptly, or, t be 14round t tind,
acting in conjunction with the regular
medical 'ftathoritids,;:matelially , ittided
in having the, , wounded•of that bloody
struggle, better cared:for on the' spot,
and more expeditioustyvtud , comtbrta
bly removed. to ltOspit i pls,•thrrn
,qfter;
.any previous battle. resultsThi,so - 'were
'largely due to the wise foreSightinct,49
'Commission, enabled by the coptribu :
tier's of a liberal: public Lo.acentuntate,
large `tju s nntities be 'the' ' riedesprY'sti
=plieS at: Such' points'ari werti'most ale
•cessible for the,.purpriges required.
.„
VO'nre fully convinced - o,ll'We ;rte
.
• t , •
MEI
in'. et t.be - :*.aim,:l,-I . '-y,.--.Pom m iss, lo -1
he Lest,- - i f thot:'onjj 'safe' way of
reaching the sick and.wounded:of.the
artny, - with anything . '
Contributions stores can-always
bo'in . ifde effective, as : l6i thorotigli' - na-:,, ,
tional organization end ,, oflicial recog
nition by the military authorities . , give
it, facilities forcommimication• with',
and tranptirtatio» :to distant points,*l
possessed , by no. other: Orgilnlzittion
While .one..almost-necesSary reSult; of
sending stt:pplies . thyn , hglt ..the nyh'il•. ; •'`.^
bus . . , well-mettningi.independeritr:, , relleel
secietifs, is ,that •'Sorno
over-Gurdened with' tip eibi•storesoihilo
other place's'
tntol. ......
. Or •uo .Tellance man, had.
that article's' sen t"td
wouudedrwill. ,, evett.rettely:theirAistina.,,,
tion. Wet,lt ypjgo_gttil;aythp,Nity for
saying th4t,,op,er twenty thousand unde
liveredt palkag i co f' lolf,/ t ico,icac t itota t ,
„
the-'sibr'eJhbus4 bfank -
express collapailliklad'lTYili c hcnjibh. We
believe thiit (Intl p gt p, nly,o sit
ever.
' particular individual "err comliaA'f^7 s~':
PP4I)Otf,PYPIIPP 4 PI4S I i
they , are 41s , useless ihere , nsif• they latt , '-
ne'ver 'bwe fOlViiiii&P tit itt).7J'ils . ci:',li.e.V;;7:- . ,
uneiftlil=tiransimiltationt
I , ,ed:; ,. .9n ,, fo,r, , theitLreonveyaitceissiTakal ,,,.
, rn•PlltilLlvng l M,llr , 4l l fi1k131„9041 3 .04; '
other service.
• The SayildfrClarritfiFsTATl'dbes not
ancl , eannoV i Tmilei , ,titk,elti,Aellyits , peci-'
fie„artii<li s:
nit& t nointelittl but 'the broad
A r "
printap.sAaf , :atten in . gt attlu t” tl
wanfi Stqck 70)i(IiiietZ : ,
soldierwho•can' 1 , 6 yqgvhediv , „ltt , Tj ., ;;;Nye• -
believe, the only,Oganization'Whicii,
national:audzpen•manontii.n2its:chti MC,
ter, havitygE- sto're , hotisesr”snd.' , bian eh
offices in -Abe , prineipal; :cities of -
the
country, ai4,Bll4ntd-lii'e .
contributing societies' itt^Oety,ebutz,:_ '
ty •throughout•thc, land, as it ireaily
has. ik-rnanY: ,It has tran - sp'od4l . ion •
'trains of Its own following the armies
in the field, in addition to un'usahr.qp
yore m en tal . cfaCitil.r6o",-11,10;ri
snit of-lis - 1, - .ll4fiancV_
North ! Split Ci
Laegt, sti f iblieW of tnider-clothingfor
the sick and woundeti;soktiers '-L4of pro
pared sou ps •and jellies, wines, fruits
and' other doliedeies , •:and =artieles`l¢f c;
nottrish!oertt, - so. iridistietsable:on*ig4 -
occasions, have always been on band,-
with the agelits,Of,tihe rbllli fission,-it t.
the tirnes and places most, nbe'd 2 . ;
.
abund teStinioriy hii6
ed , that•thousands 'of lives have been, - ,
, saved bY-the proinrit adMinistratiOn-o€
such Mitts - anti rd.sViatiie'i,'t.ii,tll.o.. :
exhausted • and -almost perit,ihim 310: ,
m
t s, of , seine bliiipdy,'.and jierhaps
expected battle by the 'atitrdc-:
vet& 'l)ll3=6'4i:lit os and 'nurses connected
with the Coin n •
-Those supplieS are al nrst,c,xliaasted.';'
It: is' - a h ccessa to say , , t e
for, mom , : is urgent - , arahl the appcal
nom'tiiaide that, while. the' Nininissliiik
lias•flift lila] and intelligent
agents i :the ,field, who , aro yokil ag .
their,lives,in . OM' 'sacred Of
hn
nutnityt•their important Work shhlfnot
.be allowed to languish, either th , r want
of pecuniary aid;ior
Con trilm - aknui - will be Aliankfull:fs-rei
ceived by•tiitlict of the tiod'.3rA . Unod;orF
by Hobert; M. :Leazis, the g ibfiertd
periatepdpit. at the Depository, 1 7 5, - ty.,
Stiiitti'§:Ntli Street, _Philadelphia,
or by Caleb !.Cope, Esq.;•TUreasurar of
the, Colmitisiioo, northeast 7corn'er of
Sixthand . Mthor streets; second dory,
or by Mr. 11. A. Do Franco, who:will
colt tin(id to`' call, personally oWeitiienS.:
for: that purPose."".' : :
. .
.
C. J. SIILLE, • . -
' W.". 11., ASH/lURSis, - :
, . . ..
v , THOS. KIMBEH, Jr.,
Tititin DAVIDS,
•
' ' l- 01:o.. M. Cii.tu.Rol.-..
: • . Committee on thi? Depository.
Philmielp:ltfa,•TOirtiAry,4Bo3. • ;
Board , ;of , Revenue . Commissioners.l
- ,t
7 - 1
Tlie"ll6iird convened 10ii'aciek;
Henry D.
,4ciere, State ffrott.s.
swr,e,r,,presepte,d a ,sta T tenleut, frowt
which we gather th'e' , talc
assessed andreceiredfrom'cittli coun
ty, suce , r lBs7, as, folltows
- • Am'Velegoised. l Anet
Adnm , i, • $ 255,710 86 4 '$ '255,68844
AlleAlieny; 1,246,287 24' ;J,166,128 36
Artnetroug, 122.31 G 45 • '117;646 63 4 .
Bearer, . 2177343 92 '215,467'93
Bedford, • . 141.147'50 , 126,966 11
Blair, ' .225.804 03 191,501 57
Bradford, . 207,347 20 198,254 47
Bucks, 025,648 00, i ..19011441. 81
Butler, . '9:15,608 OO ' '901.491 81 -,
. 1! 1 •60,3,8 1 5/8V 58,434 04-;':
. - 890 89';
- 112,335 J0T,11.1., 17 .;
Centre,_ B',A
4411 4 i441l 74
Clinton 1:13.924'41 ,
Columbia, 203,170 23 '207.69498 "
Uruwf,rd, . 173,803 56 157,080 13 '-
Cl;ester,",:tilB.6.ol4BB„ 4 8'0 ,170;306 55
(Action, 80,904'59 ' 4 ' 832 96 . •
•
Clear&Al; E. . , ':'`61',610;14? t , . 53,243 67 -
Cumberland, 573,62125 571,780 iv
aupliin, . 549.862 39 531.557 13 -._,
Delaware, .- . _ 462.135:49. , 441,07.1 33 -
Brio, . 217.677 03 220.657 13 -:.:
Elk, ; '130:721.28j I . - '2 . 7,38286
Fayetto,, . • 2737673i85, 1,252.24895,
Franklin, . - 648;765 64 • 647,60r3G1i
Fulton,. 26,883 66 • 23;75526
Forest, . 5.257 70 3.925'5S
Greene, 444:015 43riL 1 'qitl.ss9 87
Huntingdon, 292,197 25 ' 275,008'331
Indinna; 144.269 21 , 134;323'86
Jefferson, .; 55,579 78 52A691,5
Juniata, . 148.15410 137,837
Lancaster, . 1,704,283 59 • :1,674,118 17
Lawrence, . • 123.433 95 • 119.588 13
Lebanon, . , 441,076'92' 446 505 50
Lehigh, . 466,826 20 .465,279.06
Limerhe,''
T - 303,684'16
Lviaiming, . :'230,571.4,2 , 224.821 45'
Mercer, - 215.737 47 - -215,725 79
McKean, 30.197 57 .29 980,7,6„
Mifflin ; • • 217:891121
INlonroe, . 84,183 32 74,688. 59 . -
Montgomery, 919.573 25 886,38123 ''
Montour, . 57,393 76 69,001 14
Northampton, 600,167 0,1 , 608,787 54
NorihumberPd, 265,930 33_ '262,710 50
Perry, . 166.449,98 160.494 43
'8,091,123 60 7,192,926 20
Pike, " , 38.503 00 39.004 26
Potter, . 37.617 42 ~:44,017 85
531.765 33 .. 482.295 39
S n yd er , 43,894 47" :" '53,642 77
Soin&l:sqt;" 148,217 Q4': , ;141,109 87
Sullivan,' 44.651.'45 -
Sasquelninna; 135.890 ''' - `138,874`24
. 85,125 15 80,534 65
nion, : 28'1;714 28'0,141'42T
_ .
Venang), . „ 74,331 7 70,228 Pei ,
'''6o,loq 86 " I '. 69;713 99
iWasfiinniiis; ' 1 404,40 36='" '"4$2
Wayne: 375,,3443 , 11.4 • fj4 2 2 Fi„ - \
' WeßyilinpAlti e 9d; 4,98,41414 • 380,7AA,w, , ,
- • -47,430 80 - - 45,83245-
ark; - ''• - ti89;31'.0 30 -'1•155:7,57N79'4,
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