AIEBIC AN VOLUNTEER.
JOHN B BRATTON, Editor & Proprietor
CARLISLE, PA., NOVEMBER?, 1861.
O uk FLA G
• Forever float that standard sheet!. : . ,
■ Where breathes the foe but falls bifore nil
With Freedom’s soil beneath our feet.
And Freedom’s banner waving o’er us!”
O’ The Editor is absent, which wo hope
will serve as an apology for all defects in to-
day’s issue,
Change or,Schedule.—The winter sched
ule went into effect oh the Cumberland Val
ley Bail-lload on Monday. By reference to,
our advertising columns, the' changes in tho
arrival, and departure of the .passenger trains
-CanJjo_ascfir,talned. .
Promoted. —We are pleased to learn that
Orderly 'Sergeant John "Waggoner, of the old
“ Carlisle Li gilt Infantry- Company,” now in
camp near-Washington, lias been elected 2d
Lieutenant of said Company. Qur word for
it, lie; will make a good and popular officer.
He is well versed in miltary matters, and an
enthusiast in ■ the cause of the Stars - and
Stripes. This is the Company ShoriffSl’CAßT
, nev recently commanded, hut ho having re
signed, the corps was re-organized, and is now
officered as follows—Captain, Tiros. P. Dh in ;
First Lieutenant, . Jqsepii ’.Stuart; Second
Lieutenant,! John Waggoner. Success to the
"oldlnfantry." . .
.Gen. Sherman’s Body Guard. —Gen. Sher
man’s so-called “Body Guard,” from all ac
counts, is likely to prove a fizzle—most of the
young men who arrived hero to connect them
selves with it having returned home. Wo nev
er could understand this “ Body guard” busi
ness, except that we noticed certain monopo
lizftig familios'expcotod to'foist their stripling
sons , upon the Government, at good salaries,
and without danger to their, precious lives.
Who appointed them, no one could toll; by
what authority they wore appointed Was equal- ■
ly incxplainable. Perhaps somc'Gouerals re-,
quire “ Body Guards,” but if they do, we would
suppose stalwart men would be wanted—men
of experience, and who have had a smell of
' gun-povyder. If .Body’ Guards are to be or
ganized merely for show, and for the purpose
of bestowing additional favors upon a few se
lect pets of the administration, the sooner the
idea ls abaniined the bettor. If certain
families wish th|ir boys’.toijbe considered
lejp jhem place muskets ini .their
f hands andurgolthem to join A.company, as
thousands of others have done. Wo have had
enough and more than enough of show. Fhe
. Mont has spent millions by favoring pots
and attempting to act" the.magnificent,” It
is time, we say, that this kind of foolery be
stopped; ■
An Illinois Regiment. —The first regiment
from Illinois that has crossed the Allegheny
mountains passed through Carlisle, in'the cars,
on Friday evening last. They are command
ed by 001. Tight, who, a few years ago, was
a'.sergeant at our Garrison. Tho regiment is
from Chicago, is very full, and looks to bo
very-efficient. It will bo ' attached'to Gen.
Banks’ division. .
Wild Geese., —A' few mornings since two
large flocks .of wild geese passed over our vol-.
ley, on their way to the. South. They arc no
doubt in favor of secession, butby next spring
they will have another notion in their heads,
and will, again return to their friends in tho
North.
The Storm of Sateedav. —One of tho.
heaviest storms experienced in this region oc
curred on Saturday morning. Long before
daylight the wind.howled most dismally, and
banged the. shutters right and loft; The
trees were nearly stripped of their foliage, and
pavements were covered 1 with loaves of every
hue. Tho pedestrians who went to , market
found it a difficult matter to kfeop their um
brellas ■ from reversing, and quite a largo
number of.hooped skirts, inflated with wind
fancied themselves balloons and tried to soar
upward and were only prevented by tho su
perabundance of ballast. Tho rain did come
• down in torrents, but in driving gusts, all day,
rendering outdoors extremely uncomfortable.
Gen. 1 Scott in learn
from tho Harrisburg Union that on Saturday
last a special train a|rived in that city hav
ing on board General TTinfield Scott and staff
—Secretaries Cameron''and Chase, Generals
Butlpr and Mansfield, and fa-number of lesser
lights. Few know anything abojlt the expect
ed arrival, but no sooner had tho distinguish--
ed party landed than the nows was noised
about, and despite tho storm which raged at
the time, a large number of people congregat
ed at the railroad.
A number of the distinguished party went
to the residence of J. D. Cameron, in "Walnut
street, but the old hero, owing to the inclem
ency 6f the weather, remained in tho car
unUUheir return. The crowd which surround
cd tho COT clamored loudly f-r a sight ol the'
Gen ; . and to gratify them, he arose from the re-1
■ climng position he had maintained during tho
journey'and tottered to the door of tho” ear
where- ho bowed and then retired. U e ap
peared to be very much enfeebled by disease
and ago.
Thct-Party left for New York about heir.
past one o’clock.
Preparations for the session of Congress
hove already commenced. Tho chambers <>■
tho Senate and House of Representatives ar c '
fitting up, and everything will to in rodiuess
before the first of December,
GENERAL FIiEHONT.
Tiic Charges Against him Snstaintd.
This blustering, pompous Abolition Gen
eral has boon found guilty of Incompetently,
dishonesty, and avarrciousness. Ho and his
friends hrtvo been tanking a nice thing out of
tho Avar, arid at the same time inflicting a
groat-deal of,dishonor upon tho country. I'lto
blood of tho bravo LvON cries from the ground
against this incompetent upstart. Has ho
been removed ? That is t/ic question. One day
we sco it stated that he has; tho next day if
is contradicted. Tho President, it is evident,
is “weak in the,knees, ’’ and is hesitating be
tween duty and a fear of that infamous band
of fanatics, tho Abolitionists. Letold Ann”
pick up what little independence he has, and
remove Fremont.. The country and the peo
ple demand it.- But, to ; the report by don,-
Thomas. .The report of General Thomas to
the War Department upon General Fremont’s
course in the West presents some facts which
challenge''public attention, .Thomas was
sent out by the War Department,, and ho
made his notes as he went along partly front
his own observation, and partly from the in
formation given bim by milithry mon high in'
1 cominaud in tho Western army. Thochargcs,
reduced '.to specific accusations, pro" wasteful
ness, disregarded of law, and-' incompetency
as a commander. The proofs are. damaging
to tho reputation of fieri.-Fremont,' iind leave
but little, doubt that the charges Qau.be .sub
stantiated.' The disregard of law is shown-in
his military appointments, there being, no.less
than two hundred irregularly -appointed offi
cers, twenty-one commissioned offioora .being 1
in the General’s own staff, consisting of only
three hundred men. Among other persona
an in a theatre. The pay of these officers
frequently commenced a month or two ante
rior. to the date of their appointment.. . Besides
this, members of’Fremont’s staff were allow
ed to contract for supplies to the army, and
furnished hay, mules, &0., contrary to law.
Guo furnished blankets; which wore condemn:
ed as worthless, but. nevertheless the blankets
were paid for. Col. Andrews, chief pay-mas
ter. who refused to pay a claim not author
ized by low, was threatened with arrest by a
file -of soldiers. General Hunter, second in
command, states.that there is great confusion
in Fremont’s army, and ho gives some strik
ing instances of his lack of military knowl
edge, leading as it-has to disaster to our Wes
tern army. One is his suffering Price to
capture Mulligan at Lexington; while ho was
discussing.a plan, for retaking Springfield,
where there was no enemy, though his atten-
tion was called to both those filets.. Another
was his withholding reinforcements from Ly
on while'it was in his power to aid him,
Fremont’s opinion, against his other officers
was that “ Gonefal'Lyon is as strongas any
other officer in the lino.” He failed to
strengthen Lyon, and the result, as is well
known, was the defeat of that most gallant
officer. Another is his .suffering Price to es
cape him when it was possible to capture him.
AVhon he did move forward, it was without
knapsacks or provisions for his troops.. Their
cartridges, being carried in their pockets,
were spoiled by the first days’ rain. Ho or
dered Hunter .to Lexington with forty-one
wagons, for which there were only forty
mules, quantifies of graindp.
’distant places, where it was ’to bo had in .
abundance. The guns he bought in” Eu
rope wore only one-fifth of them fit for service,
twenty, out of one hundred only going' off.
Selovor, Fremont’s partner, says ho, made
$30,000 profit by the purchase., These are a
few of the principal evidences of Fremont’s
generalship and military knowledge; but
they are enough, to justify Mr. Blair’s pre
vious declarations of General Fremont’s in
competenoy. His friends endeavor to ward
off these damaging facts; but the business is
an uphill one.
Select. School. —Select scholars for- Sep
tember and October, 1851: .
‘ School No. 11.—Edward J. Todd, Thomas
Conlyn, Alex. P. Beatty. >
School No. 13.—Jane Blair, Mary Ogilby,
Mary Bentz.
School No..l3.—Kate Bentz, Louisa Woa-'
s ver, Emma llarn. ~
■ School Noi 14.—John Fredericks, Andrew
Blair, Alfred Adams.
School No. 15.—Anna A. Blair, Grace
Loomis, Mary F. Sullivan.,
School No. IC.—Alfred M.- Rhoads, A;. D.
B. Sinead/Wm. M. McClure. '
School No. .17.— • Annie 11. Shoafer, Minnie
Graham, Mary . .
School No. 18.—L. B. Hoffman, James S.
Moras, S. B. Huyott.
D. ECKELS, Pres, S. S.
The Adtuhn Leaves. —No ono can main
tain, after this year’s experience, that
has' any spccial ngency in the autumn colora
tion of leaves. have long un
derstood tho matter, andilfavo explained the
ripening of the leaf as a simple process of veg
etable growth. The oplor&tion of loaves at
maturity can no accounted for than
tho red of the rosejiwe bine of the violet or
the orange of; fhe lily. The color which
leaves assume in tlio Fall in duo to tho same
causes. But tho popular idea that the leaves
are changed by.tho frost is so firmly establish
ed in the minds of some people that it is diffi
cult to dispel it; This fall,tho foliage as
sumed tho most gorgeous coloring without the
sign of frost, and, indeed, seemed to bo moro
brilliant on account of its non-appearance.
This is perfectly natural, ns the loaves were
able to gradually assume tho colors which
belong to th.eir ripeness, unobstructed by sud
den cold.
November. —Wo have entered upon the,,
long, snd and dreary month of November,
whio.li, the French novelists say, is usually
chosen by the English- to commit suicide in.J
Wo shall have a Thanksgivihg Day during,
the month, which will give it seme rid.of, and
if any'gentleman wants tho ni nth to" go
i through “ kiting.” Just let him throw his nule,
in the hank for a hundred dollars a'. -50 days.
A Letter .fr.m Mamtlair re- . rts that Bx-
ToßtmasterFuw'(i r ,ol NewY „ k c i- v ■ssnporirr
tending a c-.tl. »■ mi'.Vnt t,W c . m„ s , t ft
salary of twenty-live humlr. d■! i nrn •
Shells uiks. — A tiiriocr ro.- ding two or
three miles.from mtr town bus already gath
ered 30 bushels of these excellent nuts.
The Attitude of the Democratic Tarty.
Time always vindicates tho wisdom of the
policy of tho Democratic party and of its ad
ministration. |t ; has done so In connection
With recent events, withmorothan .usualciA
phsusis, i For yqatis land years it warned the
country Jthat this 'eternal agitation of'the star
very question if not stopped, would bring tile
greatest' oakmities ; upon us; that it won'ld
load to a dovidodUnibnaml civil war between
the sections; to national and individual hauk
rupey; to personal and political ruin.: It
pleads with its political, opponents, North,
with thenlnn-fanaticsof the South', to forbear,
to stay their hands, to stop What they called
their “irrepressible conflict,” fpr tho good of
their country. Their appoalswero spurned.
Their warnings wore disregarded! Wo wote
told by the Rcrpuhlican Statesman that tho
agitation Should go Oli, ,'that'it did not endan
ger tho Union ; that a sectional triumph would
do no mischief, that in ease they were success
ful, all would go on as gaily ns a “marriage
hell.” The people for once listened to their
syren-soothing voice,, and installed them in
power. AVe would liko to have seen the Dem
ocratic predictions proven faldc—wo had a
million times rather that they would have bad
the name of false prophets, than to have seen
our country in its present lamentable. condi
tion. But all the worst fears of tho Demo
crats, all. their worst predictions, have'been
more than realized. ’ Look at die condition of
: the country—look at the present—survey its
future; For all the evils, present and pros
pective, the Dcmooratio parly is guiltless, as
; it lifted up its voice and warned the people of
them; Had the Democratic policy not booh
departed from, and its wise counsels been lis
-1 jpneil to. irn should have been to'day a happy
and united people, and prosperity would have
smiled updn the land. The Democrats ad
vised that the slavery question be-lot alone;
that-the compromises of the Constitution in
favor'of the institution bo adhered to with,
strict fidelity, ~• Its strong common sense ena
bled it to perceive that thisgreat country coidd
only be saved by a compromise and concilia-
tion of all the various interests, and that as
long as nearly one half of the States were
slave-holding, it Was egregious folly to sup
pose that ouf federal Government.could pur*
sue tin anti-slavery course, without the grea
test troubles and disasters to the whole social
fabric. Our opponents professed ,to believe
otherwise. ’ AVe give’them credit,rtt least the
masses, for honesty; but, oh ! how, terrible
liavethoy. been misled by demagogues and po-
itical idiots to the brink of destruction 1
The old, stereotyped charge of corruption
Was'also instrumental in causing the .people
to vote down Demooratio'meU' and Democratic
policy. AVfiat have wo seen? AVhy in loss
linn three months it is anladmitto.d fact, that
those purists wiio support the. administration
of Lincoln have stolen more from the. Gover
nment, from the brave soldiers, than all the ,
money that has been abstracted from the ■
Treasury for half a 'century; : Since the 4th,
of March—llepublican papers themselves be-'
ing the'witnesses—there has been a regular
carnival of corruption, that puts to shame eve
rything wo have seen inth'afline. The con
duct of the Democrats in the war is also anoth
er evidence of their warm and ardent patriotism
that has extorted praise froin' even their po.
litioal oppononts. the policy
wlilchihaa .led to
and Injudicious, they were the first to respond
to the call, to arms, when they were left no
other recourse, ' A large majority of the offi
cers and soldiers who are now in the front of
he enemy are Democrats, while those , who
have instigated the war, preferred that way
of settling our difficulties to a peaceful com
promise, remain comfortably ' at-home, assail
ing other Democrats and Union men who have
ever been and are now for their country, as
traitors'. Those lines, drawn from tho great
book of the past, 'indicate the policy to bo pur
sued by the people in the future. Turn out
tho politicians of the Lincoln stripe as quick
as possible. They have shown thcnisolyes
incompetent to govern tho country. Tarn
them put at the elections ns fast as yoii hfafe
tho opportunity, and restore to power thatcr 7 .
ganization which would have, if it had been
permitted,-averted all our present evil, and
whose policy yet can alleviate and mitigate
them.
The True Meaning,
Although the, recent election in Ponnsylva
nia-indicatcs a remarkable re-action in favor
of tho Democratic party, the meaning of this
result should not bo misunderstood; In the
Border States.it must not be taken as indica
tive of opposition to. the war for the restora
tion of tho. Union, or that the people of this
State are less earnest and determined in their
support of tho Federal Government. The
course pursued by'the Republican press before
.tho election, in charging Democratic candi
dates with secession sympathies, arid endeav
oring to make On issue between tho Republi
can candidates as friqnds of the Government
and Democrats as its enemies, is calculated to
produce false impressions iu quarters where
the nature/of the question's, on issue was de-:
rived from such false sources, and to enoom’-
age the..rebels'To persevere in rebellion.—
These same false oracles also said that if the
Democratic party was Buccessfftl, it would-be
claimed as a victory in favor of secession, and
against the'Government and the war. Ikm
those who have been misled by these misrep
resentations disabusethoir minds at once and
forever fron such impressions, Tho Demo
cratic party of Pennsylvania stands tklw whore
it has always stood, on the side of tho Gov
ernment and tho laws. Neither victory orde
foatcan move it from this position. Tho ques
tion of enforcing tho lawswas not an issue.
Its result,is indicative of nothing more than
that tho people have confidence in the Demo
cratic partythat they now-appreciate its
warnings and services in tho past, and that
they will stand with itin repudiatingmobism,
and in sustaining the- laws and the constitu
tion of the country,. This is tho true moan
ing of our victory. The masses despise the
Aholitiorvistsand Secessionists who have been
tho cause’of this war, and will hereafter main
tain as the only hope of tho country the con
stitutional principles of tho Democratic par
ty.—North'd Democrat.
Death of a Venerable Editor. —Henry
P.rae, Srx, a veteran journalist, who died at
itfs midpnee in Cincinnati, last week, at tho
ago of’9o, was engaged in the editorship of
the Recorder, at Richmond,-Vai, in tho year
1800. In 1804 ho published the Revised
Code of Laws of Virginia, subsequently re-
moved to Baltimore, and' wont wesrm’TSl9l
His later years wore spent in retirement.'
His recollections of Washington, Jefferson,
Madison and the early company of great men
in this country were vivid, and hb delighted
in entertaining his friends- with his reminis
cence..
Flag Pmctolalioft by lb Rev; Dr. Dufficld,
"Wo learn, from n copy, of the. Detroit Free
Press, 'Of the 24th ult., that tho venerable Dr.
Du (Hold, of that pity, presented a flag on the
S2d,to.the Ninth Michigan regiment, com
manded by his.son, Col. W. W. Duffield. In'
'noticing the proceedings, the Press says:
“ ,Tho banner :whs tho present of
flpld. The Occasion was one that will not
soon bo forgotten by those who listened to the
venerable matt who for more than a quarter
of a century has been in our midst, the spir
itual 'adviser of'many,'respected and honored
of all.”
Anything emanating from Dr. Duffiold is
of So muoh-ihtorest to his many old friends
in.Carlisle that.wo regret .that we can only,
take ah Wxtract'from the presentation speech,
and tho Colonel’s reply. , ■
, In.presenting tooting, Ho said:
Col. AV. AV, .Dear Son —A ir
tuoua and‘Christian patriotism is in perfect
keeping with parental and filial love. Our
natural affections intensify our mutual devo
tion to our country’s welfare. In addressing
you as the colonel of the Ninth Michigan In
fantry, it will not, therefore, bo regarded un
seemly, if they'-should 1)© found commingling.
It is alike 'with paternal satisfaction and
.patriotic .regard :tliat I avail myself of this
opportunity to present to you, and 1 through
you to your admired regiment* this flag—-the
banner of our national distinction and fame.
It is the hcraldrio symbol of all wo value and
cherish in dur'Foddral'Uriion, its constitution
and government. It has been lifted up
eartbi “an ensign to the na
tions*” of our national independence, giving
notice of the- progress and prosperity, the
honor and happiness; the civil freedom and
religious-liberty of the peoi*&r of those United
States. " Its chaste and simple emblems,
though, neai’ly triplicated since it was first
unfurled, are identical with-the stars and,
stripes of Revolutionary memory, which waved,
o'er the heads and,cheered tho hearts of oar uu jf o
F obrS ’ r 11 -- -- Wfov
.rnnon ’ancestors*'
"!TI« tho'il'ag our sires tuid graudsttca honored,
to their latest breath.!’
Bless 6od;that there arc none of our name
that has cveF’deserted or dishonored it; that
he has given'hio sons who non’ rally round it
in the. day of trial and peril, really to-defend
it at the risk of life !
■ *. * .
. My son, I now commit.into your hands this
banner. Receive it as ymlr father’s.offering, 1
in token of his devoted attachment-to Ins
country audits I, cmisb, rind of his confidence in
your steal and valor for their defence. Dis
honor not the arms and motto of your family,
“ Deo Itcgiiblicce el am id's.'’ . The splemii
trust.associated'with this gift, is now in your
keeping. o .Ilemcrilhcr that'With it you carry
the honor of the Republic, the hopes of tl|c
nation. See welfto it that Under no circum
stances shall it e.vcr grace the triumphs' Of
treason. ' See to'it, also, that its return shall
bring some glory to the State in whoso name
yon go fo'rth; honor- to yonrsblf and tho brave
and noble soldicrswhom it is yimr privilege to
.to command; and grateful joy to him 'who
hopes, ere his eyes are closed to mortal scenes,
to see the Federal Union flourish in fresh
vigor, Us "government re-established, and its
majesty vindicated before- the world.
. I colnmond you. to; God, for Ilia gracious
and guardian providence, praying that Ho may
be a shield' to yoii and your associate officers
and'soldiers, and cover your heads in the ■
day of baffle.'” To ITini; alsp, lot us look for
His blessing .on the standaid, 'For Jesus
sake, thine" own divine and glorious herald of
liberty to a failed and enslaved world;
Now bless our banner, God of Hosts 1
, Watch o’er each starry fold, -.
’Tis freedom’s standard tried and .proved,
. On ipany a field of old< ■ -P~
Ob, thonj who long has blessed, da, .■
.NwJjlcss .n'b'“yot again
: At(U.lnScp our flag from stain. 1
■ n , . .- . - Amen!
Colonel Dufficlil, taking the -Dag, said f
Mv FATtfEii:, Permit mo, op-behalf of tlio
Ninth .'regiment,'.to accept your gift, and to'
return youour slncoro thanks fur the kind
ness and courtesy attending its presentation.
The gift isthe more grateful when I remem
ber that the voice which tenders it is the same
to which ! have listened for advice and conn*
sel from .infancy ip’manhood, arid that the
hand which .'preterits it lias been my support
and guidance from.boyhood to man’s estate.
To the regiment you present its colors, but
to the country you dmve given two of your
children —the son of early manhood the child
of your old ago.
: Wo humbly, yet grata
.fully, emblem of the,country
entrusted,to. our keeping, and,in whoso dc
.fence our swords arp drawn—gratefully ns the
ontblem of home and, friends—the gift of tho
father' to Iris children. In tho fierce struggle,
therefore,"wo. will' defend thorn as tho flag of
our. whole country, but wo will guard and
cherish them as the emblem of our own fire
sides.
Wo Wish, no conquest.’ We desire np sub
jugation: , We wage war for the sake of peace,
arid in defence of Taw arid’ constitution. ' Our
swords afo drawn for tho Union, and our
watchword, shall bo ■‘tho Union, now, and for
ever, orip and inseparable/’
The flag is of tho usual regulation size, the
national eiders bearing in silver letters on its
folds, .- ’’
“NINJII MICHIGAN INFANTRY.”
. It'.is made of .the most splendid heavy, gilk,
and is attaaticd.to a. finely polished-, flag-staff,
mounted by a.gojdenEagle with outstretched,
wings.. On the staff, inscribed in beautiful
character!* is the following; .
Presented
omtho 23d of October, 18G1,
. : - v ; : l>y
Jtov, Geouge DuFFIEED, .
of Detroit', Michigan,
- t<T :• .
•Tilth Ninth Michigan Infantry,
Iris son, Col. W. ,W-Uufficld, commanding.
,“ThoU Hast given a banner to-thorn that'
fear Thee, (lipt it may .lie displayed because
of the trtitll.” Fsaluis 1.x,-1.
“In tho name of pur God,ivo wifi set Up our
banners.” • Psalm? Xx,' 4. , •'.
. At tho conclusion of tho presentation, the
regiment Was reviewed by the Adjutant Gen
eral, and the soldierly bearing of tho men
elicited the highest, encomiums.
MonCMent to Douglas.—A mooting Was
hold in Chicago last week, to take the neces
sary stops towards the' erection of a suitable
monument,to the memory of SenatorDoilglas.
The proposed structure is to cost from one
hundred to one hundred: and fifty thousand
dollars, and - , in order to make it a popular
Movement, subscriptions', are"limifed • to one
dollar for each person. A general committee
was appointed, but ho plans are yet submit
ted.
Death of the Great Bugler.— Ned Ken
dall. the great bugler, (lied at his residence
-in-Bnstorro»-S;;tui'(lay,-a!tera-long-and-pain
ful illness. Mr. Kendall had achieved a
great reputation in both this country and
England, and his name had long boon ahouae
hold word with all the patrons of public amuse
ments in Boston. lie was 54 years of ago,
and had been confined to the house by ill
ness for the hut two years.
THE WAR NEWS.
THE RfcTIRBMENT OF LIEU
TENANT-GENERAL SCOTT!
OESERAJL M’CM3I4-A» TO 81
' xjced iimi ■
'Washlnctost, Nov. !■
■ Thd following letter From General Scott,
was received by the President on Thursday
afternoon
He An Quarter's or tub Abmt 1
WAsniNOTOX U.U., Oct. 31, 18131. J
To lion. Simon Cameron, Secretary of War ;
Sir ;—Pbr more than throe years I have
been unable, from a hurt, to mount a horse or
walk : mofo than a few paces at a time, and
that with‘ much pain ; other and now infir
mities, dropsy and vertigo, admonish me that
a repose of mind and body,-. witli the ap
pliances of surgery and medicine, arc neces
sary. to add a little more to a life already
protracted' much beyond the usual span of
man. It is under such circumstances made
doubly painful by the unnatural and unjust
rebellion now raging in the Southern States
of bur so late prosperous and happy Union,
that I am compelled to request that my name
be placed on the list of army officers retired
from active service'.
As tliia request is founded on an absolute
right granted 'by.* recent act of Congress, I
am entirely at liberty , to say that it is with
deep regret that I withdraw myself in those
momentous times from the orders of a Presi
dent Who has treated mo with distinguished
kindness and courtesies, whom I know upon
muejr personal intercourse to bo patriotic
without sectional partialities or prejudices ;
to be highly conscientious in the performan
ce. of eviiry duly, and of unrivalled activity,
and perseverance. ,
‘ /.And to you. Mr. Secretary, whom I now,
officially address, for the hist time, 1 beg to
acknowledge lay many obligations for the
uniform high consideration JL have received
at youuliands/ano iffira/thwimroFabTSTmuTiT 1
sir, with high respect; ' ■>'
Your obedient servant, •’
WixPifito Scoff.
A' special Cabinet Council was convened
bn Friday morning, at 9 o’clock, to- take the
subject into consideration. It was decided
that General . Scott’s request, under the eir
cumsntaces of his advanced ago and infirmi
ties, could not bo declined. Gen. M’Clellan
was there upon, with the unanimous agree
ment! of the Cabinet, notified that the com
mand of-the army would devolve upon him.
At 4'U ( clock in the afternoon the Cabinet
again-waited upon tlie President, and attend
ed him to the residence of General Scott.-- Ono
being - sealed the President read to -the.
General the -following order: .
On ; . the First day of-November, A. I).,
ISOL,• upon: liis own application.to the Presi
dent of the United States,- brevet filcurcnunt-
General Windfield Scott, is ordered to be
placed,-and hereby Is'.placed, upon the list of
retired officers of tho Army of the' United
States, without reduction in his current pay,
subsistence or allowances. .
,■ The American people will hoar with sad
ness and deep emotion that Gencral Scott has.
withdrawn, from the ‘active control,'of the ar
my. V/hile the President, and the unani
mous Cabinet, .express their own and the na
tion’s sympathy in his persnoal affliction, and
.iheir profound sense of the important pub ie
services rendered by-him to his.ooniitry du
ring- Ids. long . and' brilliant career, among
winch will over ho gratefully' distinguished'
bis- faithful-devotion to the 1 Constitution, the
Union,and the.flag, when :assailed by a par
ricidal.rebellion, , '
AnRAtiAU Lincoi-x,
General Scott, ..there upon, rose and ad
dressed the President and Cabinet,who had also
risen,-as follows:. .. . . . ,
PaEsinexT—Tbis honor qycr.wbelmns mo.
.It OTt>i':PayS ,a]l,services I h qvo .attempted to
render to ray country. If I had any claims
before, .they are all obliterated by this ex
pression of approval by the President, with
the unanimous support of his Cabinet. 1.
know the President and this Cabinet well.
I,' know that the country has placed its in
terests, in -this trying crisis, in, safe keeping
Their counsels are labors are ntfsj
tiring as, they ttro loyal, and their course is;
the right one. .
President, you must excuse .mp, I am un
able to'stand longer to give utterance to tho
fellings of gratitude Which oppress me. In
my retirement I shall offer up my prayer to
God for -this Administration and for my
country. I shall pray for it with .confidence
in its success over its enemies, and that
speedily..
The President then took' leave of. General
Scott, giving him ilia hand and saying he
hoped soon to Write him n private letter, ex
pressive of.hie gratitude n'nd,-affection.
Tho President added:
. General;—You will naturally feel solicit
ous ' about the; gentlemen of your staff, wlm
hrivo.-. rendered .you .and their ■ country
such, faithful, -service. I - have taken
that, subject into consideration! I un
dcrstand,fhat they go with you to New York.
I , shall desire them at tlioir earliest
corivcriience, after their return, to' make,
their wishes known to mo. 1 desire, you,
.however, to .bo satisfied that,' except. tho
unavoidable privation of your counsel and so
ciety, which they so long enjoyed, tho provi
sion: which will ho made for them will ho
such as to render tlioir situation as agreeable
hereafter as it has been heretofore.
Each member of tho Administration then
gave his hand to the veteran, and retired in
profound silonpo.
The Secretary of tho Treasury and Secre
tary of War will accompany General Scott to
New York to-morrow by tho early train.
The following is tho response of tho'Secre
tary'of War to the letter of Gen Scott!
WaH Dj!I*AriTJrENT, 1
Washington, Nov, 1 18G1. ■ J
G EXE a at. —It is my duty to lay. before the
President your letter of yesterday, asking to
ho relieved under the recent net of Congress.
In separating from you I cannot refrain
from .'expressing my .deep-,,regret, that your
health i shattered . by long scrviocy.and re
peated wounds received ,in your country’s
defence, should render-it necessary'for you
to retire from your high position at this mo
mentous period of our history. Although
you cannot remain in active service, I yot
hope that while I continue in charge of tho
Department ; over .which I now proside, I
shall at times bo permitted to avail myself of
the benefits of your counsels, and sage experi
ence. ' ’
. It has been my good fortune to enjoy a per
sonal acquaintance'with you for over thirty
years. und the pleasant relations of that long
time have been greatly, strengthened by
your cordial and entire co-operation in all,the
great questions which have occupied the de
partment, and convulsed the country for the
last six months.
. In parting from you I can only express the
hope chat a merciful Providence, which has
protected you amidst so many trials, will im-'
prove yodr health, and continue' yOur life
long after' the people of the country shall
have been restored to their former, happiness
and prosperity,
I am, General, very sincerely your friend
and obedient servant.
Simon Cameron,
— —.— i_Secrctary-of-Witr.
To Gon. Winfield Scott—Present.
Order nf iiajor General ,Me Clellan in' As
*ilining Command of (he Armies of the
United Slates.-
Washington, Nov. I.—Major General Mc-
Clellan to-night issued the following order :
lI F, adr u a areas or the Army, |
Washington, 1). C., Nov. 1 J
GENERAL ORDER NO. 19.
In accordance with General Order No. 94
frpfntho War Dopilrttnerft, I h®oby assutfio
comAiAiid of the armies of the United States.
- In the midst of difficulties which encom
pass and divide the nations, hesitation and
self-distrust nifty well accompany the aSsuinp
tion of tro vaat.a responsibility; but confid
ing, as t do,-in the' loyalty, discipline and
courage of our troops, and believing ns I do
that Providence will favor ours as the just
cause, I cannot doubt that success will crown,
our efforts" and sacrifices.
The army will unite with me in the fooling
of regret that the weight of many years and
the effect of increasing infirmities contracted
and intensified in his country’s stSrviue ahotild
just now remove from our head the great sol
dier of our nation. The hero who, in his
youth,'raised high the reputation of his'coun
try in the Holds of Canada, Which ho sanction
ed with his blood, who, iff mote filature years,
proved to the world that American skill and
valor couldj-epoat, if not eclipse; the exploits
of-Cortez in the land of the ■ Montezurails
—whose whole life has been devofed to thd
service of bis country, whose whole efforth
had been directed to uphold our honor at the
smallest sacrifice of life. A warrior who
scorned the selfish glories of the battle-field
when-.his"great 'dualities, 1 as a statcamiih
could be employed more profitably for his
country. A citizen whose declining years
has given to the world most shining instan
ces of loyalty in disregarding all tics of birth,
and clings still to the cause of truth and hon
or. . Such has been the character of Winfield
Scott—whom it has long been the delight of
the nation to honor, both us a man and a sol
dier. '■'■■■-
While wo regret his loss there Is one thing,
we cannot regret, the bright example lie lias
left for oiir-ehrnlatioii. . Bet-ns all hope anil
pray that bis declining’years may be passed
in peace and happiness,'and that they may
lie cheered by .the success of the Country and
the cause he has fought for ami-loved so well.
Beyond all this, let us do nothing that can
Tjauso’lnmho uuisii tlTtnus.”' juei lie uvfeitT : ur
the army he has long commaiUl ertihitter.his
last years, but let odr victories illuminate
the close of a life so grand.
Geoß.’M’Cum.AS, ,
Maj. General Connnaiiding 0. S. A.
AUatk on Gen Koscrrnns’ Cmnninml,
- ' ” ' CINCI.NXATI, Nov. 4.
I'ho Gazillc lias received the following dis
patch: ■ •
Ga I,modus. 0., Nov. 2.—-The Kohels, under
Floyd, opened lire on Gen. iloseeraiis’ forces
yesterday morning front two points opposite.
Guuley Bridge and Gamp, Tompkins. The
telegraph office and Quartermasterls store
wore no doubt destroyed.,'Whe.ii niy infurni
antloft-'Giiulcy yesterday, their shells were 1
.aimed at tho iorry. heats and the buildings
ahoVc tin mod. -The enemy hits heavy guns,
and a large body of infantry.
[sEcojj-n-’DiavAtcrf.j
. Ooh.-. Floyd’s forces opposite, Camp Tumps
kins are not’less than 4,00(1, hut now many
are at Giiuloy bridge, ibtu‘ mile’s fliis sid/. is
licit known. ’ Tho telegraphic eomiminicatipn
by the Kanawha lilio is in cT’rn’pted’,.and the
casualties dannot’ho.asc’ertiiiiil-’d. ’' .
There Ims been no communication tt'ifh
Gen. ’ Roscerans’ headquarters’ sitjed Friday,
afternoon.. The operator at Camp Tompkins
at .that tinio ’.rep ii'ted-.fighting •’going’ on ..at
Giiuloy, hut’ gayc mV,particulars, and iinnic-’
dlatoly afterwards the llna broke. 1
..The Kanawha lino was ' working to Camp
Kliyiirtv twelve 1 iriilos above Olitirloston. on
Saturday, Imt 'nothing was known. there- of
affairs at Gijnley..,
. A boat tlmt loft Charleston at. 7 o'clock on.
Sunday morning him arrived lit Gallipolis, liiil
’brings-no information.
Important from Missouri.
" Kj : i: Sl’nixoviaiiO, Mo;, Nov.'4i
.YcslorSnyyitmli bodies of {lit! enemy came
within twelve miles of ns, arid nows was re
ceived.of the approach nf their.advance; 2,800
strong. Preparations wore, making toga Out
ami attack ..them!
When tlcn. Fremont received the uncon
ditional order from Washington, relieving him
Ptopncc Command, silmillilneriiislv
cama tho newspapers announcing the' fact
that the intelligence spread dike wild fire
through the camps, and created imloscrilrahlc
excitement and indignation. Great numbers
of officers signified their intention to resign
at once, aiid,mniiy companies laid.down their
arms,.declaring they wouM fight under no
one hut Fremont.-
d’lic General,spent much of the, afternoon
expostulating with -the officers',’and .Urging;
them by. their patriotism and liy.their’per
sonal regard for himknot ’ to abandon their
posts, ,-Ho also issued’the following farewell
to the troops!
, MEADtJCA-TUttS AVUSTEKN llep’t ,
Springfield, Mo., Niiv. 2, 18GL.
■ Rotrliers nf the,. Mississippi Army ■ Agree l
ably to orders this day received. I take leave
of yon. Although our army has boon of sud
den growth, we have grown up together, and.
I have•’become familiar with the brave and
generous spirits which yon hrigg tn the de-.
fence of your'country, and which makes me
'anticipate.;.for yon a hrillinnt career. Con
tinue as you have begun,.and give to niv suc
cessor the same cordial and onthu-iastic sup
port with which von have encouraged me;—
Emulate the splendid example which you
have already before, you, and lot me remain
as I am, proud of the nolilo army which I had
thus far labored to bring together.
Soldiers, I regret to leave yon, most ■sin
cerely. —I thank you for the regard and con
fidence you have invariably shown to me, I
deeply regret'that I shall not. havn the honor
to lead you to Hio victory which’ 1 you are just
about to Win, but I shall’ claim to share with
you in the joy of every triumph; and trust,
always to bo fraternally remembered by my
companions in arms.
JOHN C. FREMONT, ’
Major General U. S. A.
The Habeas Corpus Case at Washington.
WAsnixoToN, Oct. 3,0.
Deputy. Marshal Phillips represented-to tho
U. S. Circuit Court to-day that ho did not serve
the rule issued by that body on the 22d iust„
to bo served on General Andrew Porter, Pro
vost Marshal of tho District of Columbia, be
cause he was ordered by the President (if the
United States not to serve the same, and to re
port to the Court thattho privilege of the writ
of habeas corpus has been , suspended for the
present, by order of the President, in regard
to soldiers in the army of the United States,
within this district. The Deputy Marshal re
spectfully disclaims all intention to disobey
or treat with disrespect the orders of the Court.
Chief Justice Dunlop delivered tho opinion of
tho Court, as follows:
Kulo to show cause against Gen. Andrew
Porter, ProvostJVlarshal of tho District of Co
lumbia, why an attachment of contempt should
not issue against him for obstruoting tho pro
cess of this • Court, and tho administration of
justice under it. The return made by Deputy
Marshal Phillips, on tho 2Gth of Ootabor, we
will order to bo filed, though wo do not doubt
our power to regard it ns insufficient in law,
and to proceed against the officer who has
made it. Tho existing condition of the coun
try makes it plain that that offiicor is power
less against the vast military force of the Ex
mander-in Chief of the Army and Navy of the
United States.
Assuming tho verity of the return which has
been made on oath, the case presented is with
out parallel in the Judicial history of tho
United States, and involves the free notion
and efficiency of the Judges of this Court.—
The President, charged by the ! Constitution,,
to take care that the laws bo executed, has
seen fit to arrest the process of this Court and
to forbid the deputy. Marshal to execute if
It docs not involve merely the question of the
power of the KxbcutiVc in civil war to suspend
t&ojrfp'at writ Cf frc'odoni, the habeas corpus;
‘. > when this rule wife ordered 1 , to give efficacy
iIA Ihht writ, no nptice had bb'bh giVon by the
■President, to,the Courts or the country, of such
shspinsion, here noW first announced tons
and it will hardly bc mlviutaincd that thosua
pensioh coUlfl bo fetroejVccliVp. The rule in
this case, therefore, 'whatever may bo the
Presidents power over the writ of habeas cor
pus, was lawfully ordered ns well ns the writ
on which il was founded. The facts ofi which
the rule was ordered by the Court are assumed
to be true, ns respects the President, because
the president had thorn bpforehim and KSs
not denied them, but forbad the Deputy Mar
shal to serve the rule art .General.'Andrew
Porter. .
The President, we think, tlssmihig the re
sponsibility of, the nets of General Porter sot
forth id IJid rfllfev.Amt'sanctions’ them; by, his
order to Deputy Marshal Phillips, not to serve
thd proefess bn thfe Provost Marshal. The
issue ought to boj and is. witli-the President;
and wd nave no physical power to enforce the
lawful process Qigtlils Court on his military
against the President’s prohib
ition. Wo: have .exhausted every practical
remedy to uphold the lawful nuthority of this
Court.
It is ordered, this 30th day of Ootohor, 18CI,
that this opinion of the Court he filed by the
.derk, and made part of the record, as explain
ing the grounds on which wo now decline to
order any furlbcr process in this cnee.'
Associate Judge Morsel!said —As n mem
ber of this Court, and on its behalf; I wish it
understood that, notwithstanding' the blow
leveled at. this Court, I do distinctly assert the
following principles:
. I’irst, That the. law in this country, knows
on sunbrior.. .
Sc. end, That the stiproinn’cy of the civil au
thirily over the military’ cannot bo dome 1;
that it. has hccn.estahl shin) by tho ablest ju
rists, arid, I believe, veeognized and respects 1 ’
by the Great Father of the Country! during
'flirnTr)yoT(nt®hfi : y^‘Al^’'’''^ =l= •——=*>=■
Third, That this Court ought to he restpoc?
tcd .liy every one’, ns the guardian, ol tho per
amial liberty, of the citizen, in’giving ready
and effectual aid by that iilnst .valuable means
—the Writ of habeas corpus.
Fourth,therefore, respectfully .pnt'est
against the right claimed to interrupt the pro
ceedings iu-this case. ■’
’ A G'oo.n Bauoainv —It: is related that a con
tractor brought to''Washington .5,000 hags of
pats,- containing two bushels each. Before
delivering them they became water soaked on
the. wharf and . were rejected.- They ’wore
then sold to a private individual at. twenty-fire
cents pci" hag.’ lie dried them again, put
them, in hags, and sold thenrto Government
at lorly-dto cefitfl’por hnshoh 'This is one of ■
the 'many 'Speculations which are daily- taking
phiee at the rent of Govt rtlment. .
Gkm. Scctt will go to Now York oh Sabir
day inoriiing pteninpfthicd by his staff. The
is cw York yW/i’t'ac says it,is Understood that
ne’.'it week, while’ in that city, lie will retire
from’lda lilg(irnnfe;aml’iin mediately, thereafter
sail li, r ivurupe with his son in-law, ol his staff
jJ3 r '’Whv V noe.Asity fit* a great many
lawyers?- Because it.kmnvs no law*
cr Happiness miisl itriso form odr own Inn
per and'aethiiis, .Midi not Immediately from
any external e.m Uti on. .
UZ/i' A Western clergyman, hi presenting a
revolver to pup of tho volunteers, ;saij :’ "II"
von get into a tightplace,’ nnii.li!i,ve'tip.io tii
use it, dsk God's ■hlossV.g if yon have fiiiA
lint lio.si^re’ and .not let (ho enemy get the
start of you: Y’.ni. end t.ayamen after yml
shoot.” ' ,
O”Friendship which flows from the heart’
.cannot he frozen liy adversity, as the.' water
that'flows from, the spring doss riofeoiigeat
m winter,
jliiirriri!.
: On the 20th hit,, by Rev, dpeoh Fry, Mr,
•Jac-ou U. Auinii'ik to Miss -I fi.iA A; Auails.
both ol'Oaviislo, ...
On tlio sth .Inpti, 1 y Bov. \\ lug, Bi**
Mei.ciioiu. B. STiH‘/uuiß ( f !lnnii*ti'Hi Adams
county, to A\ma 01 IJai*i:ert th b place.
ffiiirkris.
. CAIILI^USMAUKF/r;- T Kav..(lll»; 1801,.
Conrrf/tii Weekhj hi/ Woodward s fivhmidt
Pi.onb.- Puperfine} pci* bbl.,’
d 0.,, Kxmv, do./
flo,, Hyp, ' do.,
/tVmTi*. AV fit: at, per bushel,
UaP WIIBAT, ;; . dn.) ,' ,
IIVH, ’ ' l!(l ( ,
Colin, ’ ' -do.*
Oath, d».; ,
CuiVKSsurb,. (In.',, }
TiMornv.sni»nj ‘
PH ILAOKBriI IA ;M AUK KTS.
i'li'ii-vnni.niiA,. Nuv.T.ili, ISfil
Ft.ni.-fi and l'lnur mitrketis 'oxtH'inF
-1 y quiet, and the export demand is. quilo Ihnlfeib
aS’ilos itvsm.lll lota lor ,the «Mpply : o(/thp home trade
at;£s ft“i aTi 60 per.barrel,for stipci-jino; $5-55,a
5 25 for rSt.rn and extra, family.; nnd Sl»50 a 7. 50 f«»r'
. fancy Infs. I 1 he roeuiptsf arc im-rceasiug.' *Vnmll
sales df-llye Flout*, at $2 75 n ?• S.J. Coni Alciil' is
Btoadp ill but there is nothing doing;-' • ‘
OuA.iN.-*-Thcva is .less : What, oflering, hat the’
.demand ■ active, salcd* atsl“3l n. .131,-por bushel;
lor fair, Pennsylvania, red, and 1 Si 45 a 1 51)
choiceftoutheru apd JCentnclsey v/htfe. Kve is atci|-'
dy fit 00 cents for Delaware and 75 cents lov I eni)'
sylVanbl'. Uorh is dull and .lov;cr— sCoO bus ic
prime yidlow fcrtld 1 at (»2A c, and 400 bn. micron a •
00c, Oats continues in good request larthcr sales o
4000 bushels Pennsylvania, in store. 40-cenls per
bushel ami 3S a 59 Ibr.Delawuve. - J»o further sale,
of Harley or .Malt. „ A .
fhjpns—Olovbrsccd is steady at $ 12.»a-i,ao P pr 0 •
, Amlill sales of Timothy,at 5?1 75ul * q 7. .Ilaxsoci
commands $1 02 per bushel. '
‘WinsKKYds lowor siilcs-of Obio'barrcl at -•i ft
22 cunts, Pennsylvania.do aL2i -cciils, and BriiuK®
a,C2lconts. ■ 1
money Witiiu'd,
A DEDUCTION of 2i pov cqnfc. tyUH'fc
J\. made on aU bills-ilim mo, if; paid wptolty/-.
comber Jj.lStfU- Person? knuiviug themselves is-,
dobtodto mo, will dcfvroll t\y attending to’tin? s . • A*
the same ti,mo vrijl 11 ml a Urge .stock qf
CIiOTXUN.Qt Ac„ v?luch I will sell, at I ,ilt J
compelled to, miso mouojr, Ke{qyh\boytl\o old stand
near tho'market house ‘
Nov. 1, iseii.
WotlCn!
A N. ELECTION will bo bold at tbo Cnrlisl"
Dopoail Bank, an Monday, the 18tli day ?
November, 3jSOl, between thg hours of 10 o'clocK,
A. M., and 2, I*. M„ for nine directors* to serve n' l '
ring (ho ensuing.your. By order of the Boavu
Directors.
WM. if. BI3ETEM, Cashier.
Nov. 7,1801',
———ar«»uc<v - — 77-
rnilE. Board of Direoior* of the OvUM
J. Deposit flank haw this (lay declared a v '
don't of ftvo pur mint, out of thq.profits 0‘ )fl
for tho Inst six months, which will ho P al “ ”' on .
tlio stdckho]cl9rs, or their legal rcproasntsti >
demand being made for the same, .
1 • W. U. HEETBMr ;
. s»v. 7, HOI. •
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OS,
3.25
3.22
1,12
ASHER. M’fElo