AMERICAN VOLUNTEER.
JOHN B. BKATTON, Editor & Proprietor.
CARLISLE, PA., JANUARY 9. 1862,
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And Freedom’s banner, waving o'er us!
DEMOCRATIC STATE EXECU
TIVE COMMITTEE.
■ A meeting of the Democratic State Exccu-'
five Committee >vill he held at the Buohler
House, Ilarrishurg, on Wednesday, January
15, 1862, at 3 o'clock, P. M. ,
■Democratic papers iu tlio State ■will please
“ AVILLIXSI lOVEl7SlCUl>oirman.
Major 1 Todd' and Lieut. Co lvtf.i.L,
recently oh a visit to their families in this
place, have returned to their Regiments.
They are both intelligent and active officers,
and will never bo found wanting in an
emergency.
Resigned.— Lieut. Colonel AV. M. Penrose,
of the Pennsylvania Sixth, has resigned, and
ia how at homo with his family. lie was in
the battle of Drainesvilie, in command of the
Regiment, and acted the part of a good and
brave soldier..
, Our townsman, Lieut. A. B. SiiATin:,
■arrived at home on Friday, oh a'short visit to
his family. He has eujoyed excellent health,
looks like a.veterhn, and is well pleased with
military life. lie loft on Mnoday. Success
to him. ~
Read It. —AVe mean the article on our
first page headed “Army Correspondence.”
It exposes, the manner in which the Govern
ment, has been swindled in the purchase of
horses. AVoshall have something to say our
self'on this same subject before long. AA r o
“ know a thing or two.”
.' Caft. Tiios. P. Dwin.— Our townsman,
Capt. Du'in, havingobtaiued leave of absence
for a few days, arrived hero on a visit to his
family on Saturday. Ho .looks hearty as a
buck, and thinks military life suits him ex
actly. . His company is the old Carlisle In
fantry,, of which Sheriff M’Cartney was
Captain for a few months. lie is a good
officer' and speaks of his company, in very
flattering terms. .
. Tire at Stougiistowx. —Quito a destruc
tive fire occurred at Stoughstown.-on New
Year’s night. Several stables, together with
'five horses, 12 cattle, harness, horse gears, a
large amount of forage, &0., the property of
slr, Christian Mellinger, was entirely con
sumed. How the fire originated is not known,
hut it is thought to'have been the work of an
incendiary.
jjgg* Within the last four, weeks we have
added, fifteen new names to our subscription
list—four of them ladies—and. have lost in
the same time two.' That will do, consider
ing the’“ hard times.” Speaking of lady
subscribers, we must say they are “ patrons”
in the full sense of the term. Wo have some
twenty-five lady subscribers—widows, maids
and misses—and they all pay-their sub
eoriptiou promptly, ami generally in advance.
If all our men subscribers wore as prompt
as the ladies (God bless them !) we would be
worth several thousand dollars more than we
are. Woman possess honesty ; some men pos
sess none. Woman are opposed to debts;
some men .make no effort to avoid debts. We
are in favor of the ladies, and if it was notcon
’trary to the provisions of the Constitution,
we would nominate some good-looking “fe
male-woman” for next Governor —wo would.
Remember the Poor.— The last few days
have given us a sharp foretaste of the winter.
The weather lias been very cold. Wrappings
.and red noses have been all the fashion.
Those who have good houses, a plentiful sup
ply of fuel, comfortable bods and warm cloth
ing, may almost' bid defiance to the cold, but
to,the poor, the unsheltered and the unprovi
ded, the approaching season offers nothing
but discomfort and suffering. It is at such
asoason thatthe humanities of our nature are
brought out. Winter ceases to bo dreadful
, to the- poor when charity, like a ministering
angel, appears to relieve against its rigors.
The poor depend on the rich, and the rich
are instrumentalities appointed of heaven to
help and sustain them. There is scarcely a
’housekeeper, however moderate his or her
means, who cannot contribute some relief to
the wants of the poor. Let them remember,
that “ whosoever giveth to the poor lendeth
to the Lord," and “ cast thy bread upon the
waters, and in many days it will return unto
thee.” It makes the heart ache to think of
the ■ Buffering that is endured by so many
young and old people, by so many women
and men, and all for the want of a little ehari
'■ ty. Ropaomber the popr.
Liecs. A; B. Sua'rpe. — The following is an
extract from Ocn. Can’s report of the battle of
Drainosville.. It will be seen that ho speaks
of his Aids in a -very complimentary man
ner. Our towsman, A. 11. Suarpe, Escp, is
one them :
“ I beg to mention the coolness atid cour- I
■age of my aids, Capt. William Painter, Assis
font Quartermaster; First Lieut S. Ji. Smith,
•Tenth Pennsylvania Reserve Corps ; Lieut
S. So ward, .Now York Artillery, and Second
Lieutenant A. B. Sharpe. They not only
carried orders promptly, but in instances re
quiring exalted obedience. They deserve a
wore exalted rank than that they now hold.”
(£7* The Legislature met at Harrisburg 01
Tuesday.
ENGLAND. .
What Her Object teas in Advocating Abolition
Principles,
It is well known that England, for tho last
quarter of a century, has booh tho ally —tho
aider and abctor,'of American Abolitionists.
The Abolition Society of Massachusetts,
boasting of its half million of dollars in its
treasury, has been tho recipient of hundreds
of thousands of dollars from England. At
this very hour, one-half tho money in tho
hands of tho Treasurer of that Society is
British gold. England has'thus aided the;
Abolitionists of America in a substantial
manner—has assisted to keep up her under
ground railroads- —to furnish Minnie rifles to
tho desperate Abolition rabble Who infested
Kansas—encouraged John Brown in his raid
upon Virginia—assisted Brown on. her own
soil, to concoct his dare-devil plans. England,
.through the press, the pulpit and tho rostrum,
has anathematised America because we tole
rated slavery —has ,abused tho. Democratic
party because wo would not, in tho face of
the Constitution, make war upon the “ South
ern institution.” Her people have lionized
Mrs. Stowe, (author of “Torn’s Cabin,'”)
Beecuf.r, Phillips, Gbeei.v, Sumner, Help
er, and other Abolition agitators, and 1 at tho
same time gave Democratic statesmen the cold
shoulder because they defended tho princi
ples of tlio United States Constitution and the
laws of our land. These are facts—deny
them who can.
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In thus advocating Abolition doctrines, and
interfering with tho domestic affairs of this
The dissolution of the American Union —that
was their object; They knew that the agita
tion' of this question would eventually divide
the people of this country, and produce civil
war. They know that this was the only ques
tion that'could produce discord and ill-feel
ing among our people. Hence their liberali
ty to our Abolitionists ; hence their affected
sympathy; and their “aid and comfort;”
hence their rejoicing when Li.vcoln was elect
ed to the Presidency of the United States by
a sectional and minority-vote. England had
accomplished her object..
Where dp wo find arrogant, dictatorial and
U f .nit
impudent England now? An intestine and
bloody war is. desolating .our'fair land. A
million of men —Americans—are in the field
anxious for “ victory or death.” The people,
of the North have staked hundreds of .mil-
lions of treasure, and half a million of lives
fn. an effort to, put down theo rebels _who haye ;
dared to defy the Constitution and the regu
lar "Government. Wo (the of the
North,) are eontending for the life of our na
tion:—for our national integrity. But,, we
repeat the question, whore do we find Eng
land now? Is she now, as heretofore, the
enemy of slavery and the South? . Is she
still giving aid to the , Abolitionists of Ma's
eliusetts and oth.er Northern States? No, no—
strange as it may appear, England gives her
sympathy to the .South, and is doing all in
her power to annoy our Government and in
crease our difficulties, She oven threatens
ns,with war for , a protended insult, and we
have no doubt she will yet put her threats into
execution.
Such has been, such is England’s conduct
toward this, country. By encouraging Amer
ican Abolitionists, she assisted to .estrange
our people and to build up. Sectional parties
in America, and now that wo-aro at war, she
gives her sympathy and her aid to the slave
owners she has so long abused. Despicable
meanness. England now laughs at our trou
bles, and rejoices that she assisted to. bring
them upon us. Curse her. Wo hope wo may
some day (not just now, however,) have an
opportunity to bo even with her.
Jgy-Th et Herald, tliree weeks singe, assort
ed that a “ true. Democrat ” had appealed to I
it to' answer certain articles that had appeared |
in cur editorial columns. The editor, or “sub,”
or somebody else, declined to accede to the
request, and stated that it was not necessary
to answer us, as (to use his own language,)
“ no paper of the Volunteer's party copied Us
editorials.” In answer to this school-boy
twattlo, wo invited our neighbor to step into
our office, where we would show him twenty
or thirty exchanges, and all of them contain
ing articles taken from our paper. IVo also
offered to wager that the T r of«nte/had “ twen
ty articles copied from its columns to one
copied from the Herald.” This was a fair
proposition, and would have been accepted at
onco by the Herald man, had ho not been con
scious.that his assertion ennoerningour paper
was a naked, premeditated falsehood. How
is our plain proposition responded to by the
Heraldf. Just as any “scurvy politician
would respond, in an effort to get put of a
scrape. The Herald refuses to take us up,
■ but changes front and shifts its position. It
■ don’t say now that “no paper copies our odi
' tonal's,” but professes a willingness to bet
' §2OO that thoro are not “ fifteen respectable
I papers in tho State that indorse pur senti
ments.” Fifteen, recollect. Thou again, in
1 making this offer, our neighbor is careful to
I add that ho meansour views “on the National
I and State Administrations.” It will bo ob
■ served that the editor has left two very largo
loop-holes by which to back out in the event
of our taking him up. In his eyes no paper
is “ respectable ", that refuses to praise “ old
Abe " and the niggers. Then again, it is
doubtful whether we have said anything ro T
cently that could bo construed into direct at
tacks upon .the administrations. Our neigh
bor worded his “ offer ' to bet ” very carefully
—for himself. But, careful -as ho luis.boen,
we accept it, provided ho accepts the offer we
made him. Now, come on, if you dare.
Our offer to the Herald is still open. We ask
it to be accepted or an acknowledgement by
the Herald that it falsified throe weeks ago.
Wo will, in addition to our offer, wager the
same amount that no “ true Democrat” over
asked the Herald to reply to our editorials.—
The assertion was a falsehood from the whole
1 cloth, and we brand it as such.
A Costly Gift, —Mias Harriot Lano has
just sent to Mr. Brumidi, the artist who is
1 charged with tho decoration of the Capitol, a
splendid present qf sleeve-buttons and a
breast pin with sixty diamonds forming the
letter B.
Death of Judge McGuire. —Tho lion. W. |
B. McClure, for many years President Judge
of tho Court of Quarter Sessions of Allegheny
county, died at Pittsburg recently.
INACTIVITY.
The Port Koynl Expedition, from which the
public httd a right to much, seems'
likely to turn opt one of the most wretched
failures of tho war. The gallant attack of the
navy on tho forts is, all that'appears, to stand
alone; unsupported by any corresponding
deed of the land forces. It is now seven weeks
since-Commodore Dupont cleared the way for
General Sherman nhd his troops; there have
been reports of projected movements by al
most every steamer which arrived from Hil
ton Hoad since, but hitherto no operations of
importance have even boon begun. It is very
certain now that a thousand men might have
taken Charleston by a rapid advance from
Port Royal within a week after tlio capture
of the rebel forts. Tho panic of tho South
Carolinians ought to have boon of use to us ;
but they have bad time to recover from their
fright, and, indeed, in|he seven weeks Sherman
hasjiow given them they have had time to arm
and drill the whites and the blacks to oppose
our march; they have had time to destroy sup
plies wo ought to have captercd, and roads
we ought to have secured, and to strengthen
the defences of all important points.
No cause can afford to throw away the
fruits of'a brilliant victory in this way.. Our
generals.must learn to follow up their success
es, or else wo shall .find the most glorious ef
forts of our army and navy as barren, and
fruitless as. tho Port Royal affair'has been so
far. Wo have stopped op Charleston hrobor ;
wo may oven possess ourselves of Charleston
and Savannah in a few days.; but tho mora 1
effect of those deeds wi|l bo almost nothing
‘"CTlTpinlld'wililWniuiv-proiiipiiiuu-swirffe^rmP
as an able gonerp.l had it in his power to strike
in tho middle of November.
The public has been very patient towards"
General Sherman and his" aids. lie has not
been hurried and worried, as some comman
ders have been, by either press of people.—
But there is a .growing conviction in.the pub
lic mind that ho is incapable, and . that by
his incapacity die has failed to obtain results
which would have had an important bearing
upon the general aspect of the campaign.—
What wo have a rigbt’to demand of our gen
ornis is that they shall show energy and skill;
that they shall lose no advantage thoenomy’s
condition or their oiv.n success may promise
them. " Caution is a good,quality, but if Com
modore Dupont baa boon as eaut.lous as Sher
man ho would not have pushed , the Wahash,
our finest frigate, over the bar of Port Royal,
in order to,ensue the-victory oyer tho forts i
and itShermaahqd hadlittloofthejjnergy and,
audacityofDnpont, thefeal objeotofthe south"
’em expedition—a diversion of the enemy’s
force from the Potomac—would have been
gained. We are not friendly to frequent chan
ges in commanders.; but, if one man does noth
ing, it is but right"that a bettor should.be put
in his place.
■ Obe.vt Rise of Goods.— For several months
past and Groceries have been
tending upwards in price, till now they have
taken a sudden, flight of thirty to fifty, per
cent. Sheetings usually retailed at eight
and ten cents cannot now be bought" in the
cities .at wholesale less than fifteen cents per
yard, and shilling prints are held at eighteen
ets. ■Doaiers.m Teas, Coffee, and Sugar have
.withdrawn their stocks from the market wait
ing for a fancy price, anil .the prospect is falr
that they will eventually got all they choose
to ask. Country dealers are obliged to bo,
governed in their sales-by the wholesale men
of the cities," and our'roaders must expect in
the future to pay “.war prices” for their store
goods. .Our merchants can re-ship, their
goods to Now York, and sell-thorn at better
profit than they have been selling of late.
Some who purchased early bought compara
tively cheap,, while others paid dearly for
their goods. In justice to themselves and
the public, therefore, they, have mutually
agreed upon uniform prices for all staple
goods, and though considerably higher than
heretofore, they are only at about city whole
sale prices, and probably much leas than they
will bo bye and bye. So says the'Shippehs
burg Neios, and so say we.
Blackwood anu the British 'Reviews. —
The punctuality, neatnosand cheapness with
which Messrs. Scott & Co., of New York, re-
produce Blackwood, the London Quarterly,
North British, Edinburgh and Westminster
lleviews, deserve commendation. They are
thus rendering a substantial service'to the
cause of literature in this country, inasmuch
as American readers thus have, access to the
best writings of the English .authors at a cost
far below -the price to the English reader,
A better investment for a year’s reading can
inrdly bo made than to subscribe for . these
periodicals; now is the time to do it, as they
are commencing new volumes. They will
keep the reader well infofmed bn contempo
raneous literature abroad; and furnish for.
his intellectual gratification a series of able
and brilliant- essays on almost every subject
which can be made the theme of literary
effort. Bull information respecting the char
acter and prices of these reprints , may be
found in the publishers’ advertisement, in
the columns' of this paper. To those who
may bo’ disposed to subscribe now for
the whole set, special advantages are offer-
[£7” If the Union could bo restored to-mor
row, without the destruction of slavery, tho
Abolitionists would interpose objections. No
one can have observed their course without
seeing that their object is to destroy slavery
by the use of the war power, or failing in
that, to divorce the Northern States, by a
dissolution of the Union. Just at this time
their faith in tho ability of the Government
to crush rebellion is wavering; and their pol
icy is to increase the enemies of tho Union,
and tho Confederacy, by driving off the bor
der States—then tho next stop will bo to in
sist upon universal emancipation and arming
of the negroes as the last resort, and when
that fails, they will say, “ this contest is hope
loss. We cannot subjugate tho South. Let
us consent to dissolution, and thank Heaven
'that wo are rid of the great sin of slavery.”
Tliis is evidently the programme of the party.
. Health of Gen. McClellan.— A corres
pondent of the 1 üblic Ledger, writing from
Washington, on tho 4th inst., speaks of Gen,
McClellan thus:
The health of. Gen. McClellan is reported
this evening so much improved, that it was
with difficulty that his physician could res
-1 train him from riding out to the camps.
CONGRESS-
. Wo think it would bo fortunate for the
oouhtry—fortunate for the poople—and. for?
'tunnto for the cause'in which the Government
is now engaged if Gen. M’Ci.ei.i.an, in imita
tion of Crojiwelli, would take possession of
the two Houses of Congress, order the mem
bers about their business, and look up the
building. We do believe the people would
rejoice to see this very thing done. ■ Notwith
standing the bleeding condition of our coun
try, Congress,' tbits far," has had no time to
legislate on anjfjfubject except the nigger.
Scores of resolutions have been offered in
both Hdlisesi'o/'thej Subject of the confis
cation of the slaves of the South; Petitions
in endless number are presented daily from
Abolitionists on the same subject, and really
this appears to be the only question thought
of by the majority in the two Houses. We
cannot better express our views oh this sub
ject than by inserting the following pungent
remarks of the Philadelphia Inquirer, a Re
publican paper of very largo circulation :
It is idle to attempt to disguise the fact
that Congresses rapidly Josingt .e confidence
of the people of this country. Wo do not
hero allude to the oases of individual folly
and bad taste which have-occurred, such as
Mr. Stevens’ ill-timed flings at Prance, though
those are. bad enough, but tothe systematic
neglectof their plain duly which has character
ized their proceedings front the first-. Instead
of taking'measures to . insure success, they
fall ,td quarreling as,to what shall lie done
when success' is obtained. Instead of attend-.,
ihg to Bjeir" they occupy them-’'
■selves with-invosftgntiohs as to why our army
has not accomplished what, in their, estima
tion, it should hSivo done. What is the'use
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patod or not at the end of thd war, if. they
will not devise, tile means to ,carry it on? Is
it more important to decide on whether we
shall confiscate. Rebel property when wo con
trol it; or to let that matter rest awhile and to
prqvido in the meantime -against foreign in-,
vasion ? Congress appears to think that the
war will pay for itself, or that means can he
-obtained indefinitely; froni the banks—for-,
getting, that the banks have not (itrinexhaus
tible supply of means.
"When wo reflect on the.course.of the peo
ple in this emergency, on the self-devotion of
our volunteprsi'on the patioiic.dof the mercan
tile classes under their enormous losses, on
the eagerness with which the women of
America have‘applied them selves'to laboring
for those who are fighting in the pause of the
Union; when we contrast, all this’with the
reckless indifference, of Congress, .which, in
stead of-making as many hoars a day as
physically possible to perfect, n financial poli
cy, anrf^a. system of tlolcnce against all future
emergencies, adjourns to amuse itself;‘ and
when it does meet, meets to wrangle on nb-.,
stractions —we;'are inclined to wonder that
a universally of ind ignatlon“d 10s nOt~av*rFrG
from one end of the land to the other. Nor
is fho contrast of the spirit-of the. people
with that of certain Government Departments
less,striking. The scopes of which
have been’lately revealed are disgusting the
people-’-with the h.innagcment of the War De
partment. The. Medical Department of .our
army is notoriously and shamefully inefficient,
and demands a thorough.reorganization. Rut
‘Congress has not time to consider tlio bill be
fore it for'that .purpose; it must - enjoy- its
holidays,-and do no serious business before
the‘sixth of January! How arc these holi
days enjoyed by the invalid soldiers, struck
down with. “ camp fever,”, and some of .them
lying on. mere boards?” ; .
Let, then, Congress go- to 'work I’Xet it
give oyer wrangling and disputing, and let
the foeinbevs endeavor to cohsidor*themselves
as representing-^,'gtloat country in the orjsis
of its fate, and nnt -as advocating party views
and scctiohqlVdiffioyehcos.; .Above, all, lot
.them remember that before wo’decide what
wo will do with the. slaves and the Rebels/
we bad better attend to'the! means of being
able to do anything at all with thorn. Tiro
spectacle presented so far wbuld have been
ludicrous Were it not so painful and discred
itable. Are there ; ,not members enough who
have- the good of the country at heart to si
lence the brawlers -and-bring the body to a
sense of what the country cxcopts of it? We
want money, sM'?*, forts, arms, medicine and
attendance for the sick, decent'honesty in
Contracting, economy- everywhere as to use
less-expenditure, liberal appropriations for
matters of paramount need—or, to sum all
up in a single sentence— Work and Not
Words I
Not Counted In.
Senator Hale, of Now Hampshire, said in
the XT. S. Senate, mot twelve months since,
that in case of an appeal to arms between tlio
North anil the South, ho, would he counted
in. Six hundred thousand men have left
their homes to servo .their country, but. the
distinguished Senator has not been counted
in. —Hartford Times,
Of eourso ho is not counted in, and will not
be if he can help it., John W. Forney, in one
of his patriotic speeches, not long since, de
clared his readiness to lay his life down in
the last ditch, in' defence of the government.'
We have more faith in that declaration, and
that ho will not only wait for the last ditch,
but will bo the lasttn get in it. Who .ever
heard of Garrison, Philips, Sumner, Wilmo't,.
Thad, Stephens, Giddings, Greely, Wade,
.Chandler, Doolittle or Hickman, offering to
fight for the defence of the. Union? They
prefer to remain at a safe distance from the
fields,of dangec,. where they can criticise and
abuse the officers of the army, and denounce
the .Administration for not thinking, like
themselves, moreof the negro than the white
■man. Like, fiends, they, were not contented,
until they plunged the nation into the horrors
of civil war, arid now, cowards as they are,
they-will not peril a hair of their worthless
heads in aiding to extricate the country from
the trouble they assisted so much in bringing
down upon it.
Nephew of Thaddeus.—' The Simon Ste-.
vons of Pennsylvania, who flourishes so ex
tensively in the sale of Hall’s rifled carbines,
which ho purchased for 1?2 50 each, and sold
to Pvoniont for 522 50 each, is a nephew of
the Hon. Thaddeus Stevens, the pious Abo
litionist of Lancaster, and was until recently
employed in his uncle’s law'office. This
transaction proves him to bo a good represent
ative and faithful but progressive student of
his uncle 11 Thaddeus." Twenty dollars
profit on a rifled carbine which coats two dol
lars and fifty cents mpkes a better speculation
than building railroads “in the woods” or
casting shot for a “ buckshot war.”
The Republicans professed to be high
ly indignant- at the levying of small sums
upon the Department and Custom House of
ficials during Mr. Buchanan’s Administra
tion, for campaign purposes, but wo see that
they have already got over their objections to
such a course. The taxation for party pur
poses upon the New York Custom House of
ficials, this year, has been extraordinarily
heavy, and this not for an important national
election, but to promote local success in the
rural districts whore the no party cheat was
attempted.
The Tariff Amendment,
It is announced that .the President lias
signed the bill for levying additional duties
upon Ten, Coffee, Sugars and Molasses. It
is also understood that the not takes effect
from tho 2Gth nit., the now duties being levied
from that date not only upon goods which are
to arrive, but also upon those then on board.
Wo now print the bill from a copy which has
boon compared with tho original at Washing
ton :
“Bo it enacted by tho Senate rind House of.
Representatives of the United States of Ame
rica in Congress assembled.. That from and
after the date and of the passage of this act,
in lieu, of the duties heretofore imposed hy
law on articles hereinafter mentioned, there
shall he levied collected and paid on tho
goods, wares and merchandise her in enume
rated and provided for, imported from foreign
countries, the following duties and rates of
duly, that is to say: First, on all teas, twen
ty cents per pound. Second, on coffees of all
ijinds, five cents per pound. ’ Third, on raw
sugar commonly called Muscovado or brown
sugar, and on sugars not. advanced above"
number twelve, Dutch standard, by claying,
boiling, clarifying, or other 1 process, and on
syrup of sugar, or of sugar cane, and concen
trated molasses or concentrated molado, two
cents and a half per pound, and oh white and
clayed sugar when advanced beyond the raw
state, above number twelve, Dutch standard,
by clarifying or other process, and not yot re
fined, three cents per pound ; on refined su
gar’s, whether loaf, lump, crushed, or pulve
rised, five cents per pound; on. sugars after
being refined, when they are tinctured, col
ored, or in any way adnlturated, and on sugar
Iciuidy, eight, cents per pomui; on molasses,,
six cents por.gallon ;.provided, that all syrnps
of sugar or sugar cane, concentrated molas
ses or concentrated molado,. entered under tho
name.of molasses, or any other, name than
oyrup in ui 01
molasses or concentrated meliulo, shall ho li
able "to forfeiture to the United States, and the
same shall bo forfeited.”
Suspension- of , Specie Payments.— The
banks of Boston, New York and Philadelphia,
last week, resolved to suspend specie pay
ments. Of course, the' .country banks will
follow suit.- The cause fur this step is thus
given in the Now York Times;
“ It has for some time past boon seen that
the step now taken was inevitable. It should
-unquestionably- have been anticipated some
weeks ago. Ifwiis postponed, probably, only
for the reason that it could hardly have been
Justified to the public till a serious inroad had
been made upon, the specie reserves hold'by
the banks. Up.to.tho present time the money
with which the war has boon carried on has
been furnished by the cities of Npw-'York,
Boston and, Philadelphia. The country sup
plied the men .and filled the commissorat.:—
But the balance of indebtedness, .when mat-,
tors are in a normal condition; is always in
favor of the cities. • The .money advanced by
thdsp is. immediately returned to- them,.till
such balance turned in favor of the country,
which was the case before,the-second fifty
million was fully paid. All the advance on
the third .fifty million was drawn in specie,
and distributed throughout tho country to
parties who, by .the. extraordinary slate of af
fairs, were creditors of—not debtors tor-sthc
great centers of trade, »For. tlio bunks, .con
sequently, to'go on"with their payments would
bo to part with their last dollar in coin—a
result'which’was for tho interest of Govern
ment .nswcll ns tho public to avoid,. ,
■ It is not the function of a-hank to. convert
any considerable portion of its capital into
Oo'vernmont bonds/however valuable these,
'may be.: It-is. created to, lend ''money: and,
as a part of -the machinery of .business, should
alwaysjiold its capitaliii tho shape of money.
The banks did w-01l to stop their .advances to
Gt vernliieut while they bail a snlfioientammint.
of capital remaining-to extend every needful
■accommodation to the business public. A
suspension was ; inevitable, because tliu flow
of money was all-in one ■ direction—from tho
cities to tho country.."
Cure for Frosted Feet. —It is said that
frozen feet can ho speedily and certainly cured
by being bathed and well rubbed .with kero
sene or coal oil, for a few times at night before
retiring to bed. Several persons have al;
ready tried it, all of whom unite in pronounc
ing it nn effectual cure.
The Loss in the Drainesville Battle.—
Gen. McCall has made his official report of
the battle- at Drainosvilie. Our loss in the
engagement was G killed, 61 wounded, and 3
missing. The Biohmiond papers put the rebel
loss at 43 filled, 143 wounded and 44 miss
ing—making a total of 230. . . .
General Bankrupt Law, —Two bankrupt
bills are-before Congress,. 'One which is
known ns the “ Philadelphia Law,” isframod
rather in behalf of debtors ; nod it has boon
followed by another, from Now York, which
will, in reality relinquish few of the rights of
creditors, and will enable them at any time
to force a debtor into bankruptcy.
■ gi jion Cameron. —The Legislature of Ken
tucky, by d unanimous vote, adopted a reso :
lution recently, requesting the.President' to
dismiss the Secretary of War from his place
in the Cabinet. The Louisville Demncral, a
strong Union paper, in speaking on the sub
ject, says;
“ The people of Kentucky are waiting pa
tiently, and with expectation that the present
Secretary of War will bo reihovod. Ken
tucky will take nothing less. Ho is looked
upon us the now John Brown, without the old
John Brown’s courage. Lot him bo expung
ed.” ■ .' * '
[U7* Tiie llon. A. B. Ely, a member of Con
gress from Now-Yprk, who was among the
spectators at the battle of Bull Bun, and tak
en prisoner by the enemy, was released on
Wednesday in exchange for the Hon. C. J.
Faulkner, of Virginia, who was liberated
from Fort Warren on parole, for this purpose.
id®-Senator Wilmot has written a note
to the N. Y. Tribune, denying the rumor that
ho has been obliged to leave his seat in Con
gress by reason of a fatal malady—cancer in
the stomach. Ho states that ho is not afflict
ed with that disease, that ho left Washington
because no proper care is there given to the
siok, and that iio hopes to bo able to return
in a few weeks.
(£7= Wo wonder what has become of the
disquisitions of the great national law com
mentators, Edward Everett, Caleb Cdn
suific, General Cass, Reverdt Johnson,
who demonstrated, through voluminous col
umns, that the seizure of Mason and Slidell
by Captain Wilkes was justifiable?
Despatches in Cipher. —lt is said that the
British Legation in Washing use an ingeni
ous cipher for writing their despatches and
telegrams on any important question J and
that one of the attaches from tho Foreign offi
ces at London can translate it ns readily as a
telegraphic operator can feud from tho tick
ings ot his instrument.
Departure of Mason and Slidell. —The
steamship Starlight loft Fort Warren Jan. 1,
at 11 o’clock tliis morning, with tho traitors
Mason and Slidell, and their secretaries, for
I’rovincetown, whore they will be.transferrod
to the British war steamer Kinaldo, now ly
ing there.
Extravagance )at Washington. — Tho
Washington correspondent of the Boston Ti'Civ
eller writes as follows;
Thoro is no Congressional news—and there,
will bo none till nobet year. There is no war
news, and thoro wil bo none till— it comes, ,.
Tho Secretary of tho Treasury is tho most
puzzled and anxious man in Washington. —
Every body olss buying immepsly, and ma
king contracts, which millions only can pay,
but ho is' expected to find .the dollars for all
the extravagance of tho Departments and their
numerous agents. Ho is in tho habit now-a
days of speaking very boldly ,as the extraor
dinary disbursements which ho is called upon
to make, and has no hesitation in declaring
that a largo proportion is wasted in fraud
and speculation, while another great sharp is
expended idly by reason of negligence and
gross inattention,
Mr. Fessenden’s speech last week started
quite a fever in thb War Department, and at
last orders have been given to stop the leak
caused by having authorized, at an expense
of half a million each, forty more cavalry regi
ments than Gen. McClellan.has any usei for.
Mr. Cameron has made contracts for 17,000,-
000 dollars’ worth of ordinance, in regard to
which the Bureau in the Department having
that business in charge know nothing whatr
: evor. 'Xiiist weok (mother contract was nuulo
■with' parties‘in Cincinnati for 3,000 tons of
shot and shell, in regard to which also there
was no knowledge on .the part of that Bureau.
Ail these things, and many others, showing
similar propensities on the part of a public
functionary; are awakening a spirit of inves
tigaton and anxiety which will.devclope itself
shortly by such action in tho Senate as must
cause his retirement from tho public service.
Several of the older members of that body,
in a recent conference, came to tho conclusion
that there was sufficient reason for rigid scru-
tiny into, the acts of oorfain officials, find in
ease of their guilt, which seems too apparent,
for their prompt removal. There has already
linen, th.'.miicli—timidity and reluctance in ta-
lifv ll
king caro “that the Republic should,r'ecoivo
nu detrimentbut I think that is nil over
nmv, and.hereafter rogues and speculators in
office will be handled without gloves. Since
the Ist of.Novomber th,e expenses of the Gov
ernment have been over twelve millions of
dollars a week, and fifty millions ol dollars a
month is a trifle- more than Uncle Sam is able
to pay. To be sure, this has not been paid
in'eash, but it-has been incurred and must be
paid, and when .the day*of sett ement comes
it is feared that nobody will be able to fur*'
nish the circulating medium. , It is indeed
time that the race of extravagance and spec
ulation should cease, and that.all the present
enormous expenses'which are not necessary
for the vigorous prosecution of the war should
at onco be stopped.
The Constitution mid the thiioii Host Fa|l or
Slum! Together.
In 1851—’2 Daniel Webster uttered the
following, which furnishes a lesson for the
times
“ If I have attempted to expound tile Con
stitution, I have attempted to expound that
which I have studied with diligence and ven
eration from early manhood to the present
day/ . If I have endeavored to defend and up
hold the Union of. the States, it i-> because
my fixed judgment arid my unalterable affec
tions have impelled mo, and'Still impel nip, to
regard that Union as the only security for
general prosperity and national glory.' res,
gentlemen, the 'Constitution and the. Union!
/pi arc them together. If thelj stand,, the;/ must,
stand, together ; if they fall, they must fall to
gether.”
That.shows where Mr,, Wofcster would have
been found, if he had lived to tho present
time. lie would not belong to, that school of
politicians; wh.o believe the Union cari he
■laved /by destroying the Constitution;,. Mr.
Webster believed they “ must stariU or fall
mgothcr.”
OCf’Tbocolered people are moving, and it
is likely that in a few days they will complete
a,'strong military organization. —Montreal
Gazelle.:. •'
The onlorcd people in Canada, for the moat
part,.are fugitives Irani the slave States— : sent
thither hy the. Northern Abolitionists,, over
the U. 0. R. I!.
SSf-Tbo people of Boston and' New Eng
land, who rejoiced at the capture, of Mason
and Slidell, and .filed Captain AVilkes for
his participation in it, are now said to be just
as well pleased at their release. They are a
strange people 1
0“Not much over a. year ago. the “Pubs’
went in strong,for free sp'eech. and free ne
groes. Now they go for free negroes, with
out the speech. Military necessity, is getting
to bo the cause of a good many strange, freaks
of the party in power.
tidy-The main ship channel to Charleston
hnrbrir is now blockaded by the stone fleet.—
The work of sinking the vessels was begun on
the 10th lilt., and on the night Of the 20th fif
teen of them had been. sunk.
Our National Doctor's Bill, —The Sur
geon General of the army asks an- appropri
ation for -the next fiscal year of §3,500,000,
besides the pay of the surgeons, for the medi
cal and hospital departments. The doctor’s
bill of the Federal army, will considerably
exceed $4,000,000 a year.
' is stated that owing to arduous pub
licduties, (see A r an AVyek report,) the health
of Alexandtr Cummings has failed to such
an extent, that lie contemplates, a visit to Eu
rope. If ho were a democrat ho would be
very likely to visit Fort Lafayette.
!T7*Durin'g the last four years, above seven
hundred and fifty confirmed drunkards taken
in at the AVashington Home, in Boston, have
been reformed and raised to respectable po
sitions in society.
Patriotism at a .AA’eduing. —-A, wedding
occurred at a church in Boston at which the
bride appeared in white, and the two bridei
mnids respectively in red and blue.
Fanaticism Run Mad.— Mr. AVado, Sena
tor front Ohio, recently presented a petition
in the U. S. Senate to make “Fremont a
Lieutenant Gencaal," and thus place him over
Major General McClellan.
A'an AA’yck Committee are about
to visit Harrisburg to investigate into the
expenditures in that locality. They will
doubtless find rich materials for their report.
Appointment iiy the Governor. —Henry
D. Souther, of Elk county, formerly a Sena
tor from that District, haa been appointed
Surveyor General of the State for the unex
pired term of Wm. H. Kiem, who has accept
ed the appointment of Brigadier General in
tho United States army.
HCT" About fifty resignations of officers in
the Pennsylvania regiments have taken place
during the past throe weeks. There have
been only, three colonels among them, and
those on account of ill health.
[CT* John 0. Ileonan, tho “ Benicia Boy,"
is in Cincinnati, raising a company for the
war.
O’ The Chicago Tribune has reliable au
thority for tho statement that 5,000 acres ol
prairie land will be devoted to cotton cultiva
tion the coming season.
• 027“ Tho girls say that the times are so hard
that the young men cannot pay their addreis-
THE WAR NEWS.
From Fortress Monroe.
Fortress Monroe, Jan. 3,
A scouting party left this place this morn
ing, and proceeding to groat Bethel, found
the place occupied by a guard of cavalry only;
The place was taken possession of by the
scouting party, and a guard left there.
The editor of the Kichmond Dispatch , os
wo hoar by a passenger by a flag of truce, i 9
now in B iltimore.
A flag of truce from Norfolk, this afternoon
brought down over thirty passengers to go
North, including a theatrical company.
The following is only a telegraphic dis
patch in the Richmoud Dispatch of yester
day : >
“ Columbia, S. 0., Jan. 1, 1802.—A1l the
Yankee p. isonors from Charleston, including
Col. Corcoran, arrived here this afternoon in
ns pepial train. They wore met at the de
pot by a Rebel guard of this city, and con
ducted to the jail.”
[oater.J
■ Fortress Monroe, Jan. 4.—,A sooutingparty
of 700 or 800 strong, consisting of six compa
nies of the Coast Guard ; six cppipauies of
iho Twen.iith New York regiment,; and three
companies of Harlem’s cavalry, loft Camp
Hamilton yesterday morning, under com
mand of acting Brigadier General Weber, ac
companied by Majors Begemcx and Curling,
of General Wool’s, stuff. About 1 two .miles
beyond Little Bethel the infantry halted, and
the cavalry proceeded towards Big Bethel,
and six miles this side of that place met a
mounted picket which was driven in. The
cavalry gave chase, but were unable to over
take them. On arriving at Big Bethel, the
place appeared to have been deserted, and
careful examination showed that to bo tho
case.
It had apparently, been occupied by three or
four thousand men, including two or three
ImndreH cavalry,... ..Breastworks!. were fniiml
nearly half, a mile m extent, pierced for
twelve guns. After a short stay the scout
ing party, returned. No guard waadeft there,
as was stated.yesterday- ■
S. R. Spau lding .is loading for HattoraS In
let, ,
Burnsides’ expedition is now daily expect
ed.
Baltimore, Jan. 3.—Passengers by the Old
Point boat state that a flag of truce had come
down .from Norfolk but brought no nows.
The Union prisoners from Richmond wore
expected to reach Portress Momoe to day,
and will probably arrive here by the boat to
morrow morning. ''Arrangementsare making
to give them a grand reception here. There
will be a military escort, and our Union citi
zens will make, a demonstration worthy of
the occasion. .
From Ship Island—Biloxi in. Pos
session of I lie federal .Truops
’ Baltimore, Jah. 4,
The Richmond Dispatch of Friday, Says;
A private dispatch has been received here
yesterday, dated Mobile, which states that
Picayune Butler is at Ship Island; also that
the Pederals -have nominal possession of lii
toxi, and it, is believed will occupy all the '
towns on the. coast in- that, region. They
captured two cannon at Biloxi. ;lt is stated
that they landed there from 2,000,t0 7.000
troops, and it is. further rumored that they
express the determination to push lorward
their forces to Jackson,
More Important Southern News.
The following important items, of nows
were obtained at Portress Monroe by a flag of
truce from Norfolk : .
' A despatch from Pensacola, doted Jan. 1,
says, .“ Port Pickens opened fire yesterday.
The fire is not renewed to-day. Our batter
ies are, silent;.” ; ,,■ .
The .Charleston Nerctirj/ ban a despateli,
announcing the lamling of. a large iVdernl
force nn‘.North Edisto, and the sivznre of the
railroad station on the Charleston and b’avan
nah railroad.
. Sixteen federal war vessies are, reported at
Ship Island. 1
.. A destructive fire has occurred at. Rich
mond, .'Virginia; consuming the theatre and
other property.
ADVANCE OF THE FEDERAL TROOPS IN SOUTH
CAROLINA. ,
Augusta, Jan. 2.—Private Dispatches from
Pocutaligo, dated yesterday, state that, tho
Federals : attempted an advance from Port
Royal, but wore repulsed;.by the Nineteenth
South Carolina volunteers, under command
of Col. Jones. The Confederate loss was fif
teen killed and wounded. One Yankee
taken prisoner, but theß loss is not otherwise* -
stated. Gen. Leo has informed Jeff. Davis,
that he is confident of his-ability to prevent
the Federals from advancing on Charleston
or Savannah.
Theßichmond Dispatch says that a pri
vate dispatch was received yesterday from
Oentroyille, by a prominent military officer
now in Richmond, in wbieh it says llpft indi
cations point to a Federal attack at an early
day on Evansport, and the probability was
that a simultaneous attack would bo made on
other points on tho Potomac.
THE PENSACOLA nOJIBAKDMENT.
The Richmond Dispatch, of Tuesday, says
the Confederate batteries replied to Fort Pick
ens, and the firing 'continued', all day. No
vessels were engaged on either side, and no
casualties occurred with'ns. ,
Gen. Bragg was absent but Gen. Andersen
was in command. Gen Bragg returned on
tho 2d, but the Federals did not renew tho at
tack and our guns were silent.
From Missouri.
Throe men arrived here to-day from John
son county, who,report that Jenuison was’at
Rose Hill, Johnson county, a day or two
since, which place they report .behas burned.
They are reported to bo on their way to this
true that he is on his way here, it is
to he hoped ho will capture the ■uotnrimw
Methodist preacher and brigand bard Cmk
eral, who is reported to he encamped with
about five hundred men near Columbus, in tho
North west part of the county.
Many of the most substantial and respecta
ble citizens of Johnson county arrive here
nearly every day, being driven from their
houses by this noted bush whacker and Ins
gang. The reports that Secesh is squelched
in Johnson county is all bosh. They are, it
anything, worse than they have ever been.
The son of Mrs. Heath, P. M. at AVarrens
burg, coming homo from Kansas the jhhrr
day fell into the hands of Corkeral and was
neariy stripped of his clothing.
8®“If any do still imagine that, since fi>9
Fort Lafayette political prisoners have been
removed to Fort Warren in Boston H» rD '
there are now no prisoners remaining m
fayette, we can disabuse their nimds by
information that-during thejnonta-0!,-W'
her R\weffi>/-nine new prisoners have
thrown into Fort Lafayette. Every dI
are thrown into forts ond prisons, w'
warrant or law. and without a reasonaW
charge. It has, indeed, become such e . c
manaffair that the illegal arrest< if ;
men is now scarcely noticed. Al * e
has become so familiar that we are
shocked by it as at first. This f(inlijinn
people are enslaved, by gradually
zing them to the clanking chains ot y
"CT-It is estimated by th ® P"? k ""f r |/Scr
cd by Adams Express and tnn fj
sources, that at least five tlmus i pcn sen*
turkeys, with oil the el ceterns, * ,B , •„» ill*
to the soldiers of the Potomac
holidays.
Baltimore', Jan. 4
Sedalia, Jan. 5,