15th of April lust, by which it is declared
“ That if any person or persons belonging to
or residing within this' State, and under tlio
-protection of its laws, shall take a commission
or from any person, State or
-States, or other ibo enemies of this State, or
■of the United Slates of America, or shall levy
war against this-State or Government thereof,
of knowingly and willingly shall aid or assist
any enemies in open war against this State or
the United States, byjoining their armies,"or
by enlisting,*or procuring, or persuading oth
ers to enlist for that purpose, or by furnish
ing such enemies' with'arms .or ammunition,
or any other ,aj£icle for their aid -And comfort;
or by carryiiigKn a traitorous-correspondence*
with 'them ; orshall' term, or he in anywise
Concerned in forming any combination, or
plot or conspiracy for betraying .this State or
the United States of America into the hands
or power of-any foreign enemy, or any organ
ised orpretendod Government, engaged in re
listing the laws of the United States, or shall
give or send any intelligence- to tho enemies
of this State or of the United States of Amor
ioa, of shall, with intent to oppose, prevent
or subvert the Government of tins State, or of
the United States, endeavor to persuade any
person or. persons from entering the service of
this State, or of the United States, or irom
joining any volunteer company of this Slate,
about being mustered into service, or shall
use any threats or persuasions, or offer any
bribe or hold ou t any- hope, of reward with
■likeinteut to induce any person, or persons to
abandon said service, or withdraw from any
' volunteer company or association ‘already or
ganized, under the laws of, this Common
wealth for Unit purpose ; every person so, of
fending ami being legally convicted thereof,
shall he guilty of a high misdemeanor, and
■ shall ho'sentenced to undergo solitary impi'is
onment in the penitentiary, at hard labor, for
a,term not exceeding ten years, and he fined
in a sum not exceeding five thousand .dollars,
or both at the discretion of the Court,”
The provisions' of this Act are very plain
and free from obscurity, and cannot bo mis
understood .by any one of ordinary intelli
gence. ■ ;
( During the war of the Revolution, an act
nearly similar In its provisions, was passed.
wiiiuii" oxpii‘uirnpy~7lfa own 'limitation ; and
since the present rebellion and attempt to
subvert our national Oovornmeht has been,
brought, upon us by the .disloyalty of eleven
States of the O nion, Ibo Legislature of Penn
sylvania deoined it requisite and proper to'
passthe act wo have recited! Its provisipna,
are clear.'drid distinct. The acts and conduct
it declares criminal are plainly enumerated';:
nothing is loft to inuendo or inference,, or the
-e6ustrueti'uu>o.f the judicial tribunals by whom
if is fobs administered. Its provisions are
wise and jast, and, no good citizen,will at
tempt to violate its mandates. ,
But to discharge our duty as loyal.citizens
in this fearful, crisis, when -father is arrayed
against sun, and brother against brother in
deadly'conflict, it.is of vital importance that
we entertain correct- views, not only of the
causes which forced this unnatural and frat
ricidal war upoiv our peaceful, mid happy na
tion, but also of its. object, design and. the uL
timato result to he effected' by. its successful
termination.
. And in ' the truthful enunciation of the
causes, the. design and result tobo attained
by this inter-fraternal strife, we arc happily
■ilOtleft to glean the truth from political parti
sans, newspaper editorials, or the traitorous,
fanatical and Incendiary ravings of secession-,
ista or emancipationists. IVc have ti clearer
light, and more nuthorative exposition for our
guidance on this subject. Congress, .when
convened, by the proclamation of Hie Presi
dent of the United States, after the rebels bad
.taken .up arms against their government, by
.resolution'passed by a'vote nearly unanimous,,
declared; • 1 . . t
. That.the present deplorable civil war has 1
been forced upon the country by the disunion- i
ists of the Southern States, .now in arms 1
. Against the .Constitutional- Government, and .
ju arms around the Capitol; that in this Nat
- tiouaV l.ojnefgoncy, Congress,, banishing all
. felling of mere passion or...resentment, will
/■recollect only it§‘duty-to the whole country-;
that this tear in nol. waged on their pari in any
‘Spirit of oppression. Or for any purpose of von
‘quest or subjugation, or purpose dj'ovcrlhrowiny
.or inierferintj with the rightspr established in
stitution of those Stales,-but to defend and
maintain the stqrremacy of the Constitution, .
..and to preserve the Union , with nil the dir/nlty,
equality,.and rights of Hie 'several Stales unim
paired; and fhut as soon as-these objects are
accomplished the warquyhl to cease.” .
This declaration is worthy of the pen of a
Washington,'a Jefferson or a Jackson. It is
clear, uauibiguous and comprehensive, con
ceived iu the spirit of brotherly love, justice
and the preservation of tlio rights,' dignity
and equality of the several States unimpaired.
It was intended to allay the-unfounded, fears
. of the Southern States; to cast oil upon the
■ troubled waters of civil discord, and to say
alike to those who have brought upon us. all
the horrors of civil war—the disnnUmists of
1 the South and. emancipationists of the North—*
"‘Peace ho still." ..It declares that this war,
against rebellion and treason is not waged by
the United Stales to-gratify the wicked feel
ings of passion or resentment,, to oppress, to
pouquor, or to subjugate, or to interfere with
the ' rights or established institutions of the
Southern States; hut to maintain the supre
inacy of the Consliutiuii, to preserve the Un
ion, and to protect unimpaired the dignity,
... .equality, and rights of all the States, North
and South. These'declarations might lobe en
graven- tm tho palms of the bauds of every
citizen., They are the declarations of our Na
tional Congress, when assembled iu grave de
liberation upon, the mournful .-crisis .wo are
now contemplating. They are the solemn ro
eolves'of the.law making power of our govern
ment,/Sanctioned by the supremo K'xeoutive of
Our .nation, promulgated as the role of coin
. duet for every loyal citizen. None hut trai
tors will disobey its mandates.
... Ittherolofe becomes our imperative duty
in subduing tho present rebellion, conceived
mid matured-by the counsels of wicked men,
to take care that we preserve the supremacy
. of tlie Constitution onii lows of oor Union,
sacred and inviolate; and tliat in wiping out
'rebellion wo do not viola’o tlio very Constitu
tion and'law*, tlio observance of which wo
are enforcing against rebel citizens, and thus
in subduing treason, turn traitors, ourselves.
Those roniurkshiivo been elicited by tlio spirit
and ' tono of a part of the Northern press,
which with fanatical zeal, is attempting to
convert the present war, for the preservation
■ of the Union and Constitution, into a resist:
Jess* emancipation engine, to .liberate tlio
millions of Southern slaves, and torn them
loose upon the free men,of,the North. Their
zeal td place the African upon an equality
witli anglo-saxon races, greatly overbalances
their love of country, our CWsfitntion and
Uws, and they would prefer having our Union
rent asunder,’ than fail in their Utopian theo
ry of elevating the negro to an equality with
the. -white mini. These emancipationists for
get that the same Constitution which declares
it to be treason to , levy war against the Uni
ted Slates, also declares that a person hold to
service or labor iu one State under the laws
thereof, escaping into another, shall bo de
livered up on claim of the party to whom
. siusu service or labor may be due. And
. they denounce the treason and disloyal
ly of Southern secessionists, make a pretext
<d conscience and attempt to justify their
. own violation of the Constitution and laws of
the Government, to which thcyowcallegiance,
by pleading paramount obligations-of a
‘•/tiij/icr law," landing upon their conscien
ces.
Such conscience’ contemners of the most
binding obligations of civil Government, are
■the most dangerous citizens of which
c Government can be composed. Uu-
ceasing agitators, ristlcss under the whole-,
some restraints of law ami order, vili tiers of
the constitution and laws under which they
enjoy a greater auiouut of civil and re
ligious liberty than any other Government
confers upon its citizens: as edon ns they
gain sufficient strength to wield an influence
in popular governments, they become tho
certain instigators of treason and rebellion.
A Jato Judge of tho United States District
Court, some years since;. in charging the
Grand Jury, used the following language,
which now that the consequences then fore-,
shadowed are upon us, appear like a pro
phetic Warning: “ There ins boon, I leaf,
an erroneous impression on this subject
among a portion of our people. If it has
hoou thought safe to counsel and instigate
others to" acts of forcible opposition to tho
provisions of a statute—to inflame the minds
of the ignorpnt by appeals to passion and de
nunciations of tho law as oppressive and un
just, revolting to tho conscience and not bind
ing on flip actions of mou—to represent the
Constitution of the land as a compact with
iniquity, which it were meritorious to violate
or Subvert, tho mistake has been a perilous
one; and they who have fallen into it may
rejoice; if peradvonture,' their appeals and
counsels- have boon hitherto without effect.
Ho whose conscience or whoso theories of
political or individual right forbid liiip to
support and maintain it in its fullest integ
rity, may relieve himself of t|hc duties of
citizenship by divesting himself vt its rights ;
hut-while he remains within our borders hois
to remember thatsuccessfully to instigate trea
son, is to commit it.”
. Happily for onr country and the cause of
civil liberty, tho Administration, turning 'ft
deaf, carte the taunts and jibes and puny
threats of northern secessionists and emanci
pationists, is pursuing tho even tenor of its
way to fc-os-talilish peace arid unity and
fraternal kindness, to onr bleeding and dis
tracted country. Again and again, has it
been proclaimed that the wav is .not waged
for tho purpose of. oppression, conquest or
subjugation, or-interfering with tho estah
lishod‘institutions of the Southern States , but
to preserve the Union. and maintain tho su
premacy of tho Constitution. Tho forward
progress of our army, into southern territory,
pillaged, plundered and despoiled by the iron
heel of rebel despots, itp greeted with joyous
welcome by-a suffering people. ‘ They are re
ceived aS deliverers I'i-iim cniid^jbauiny_-ai»l
oppression, and .their protection invoked from
ruin and bankruptcy. .Tho* peaceful, order
ly, law-abiding citizens of the South are now,
'begimiing to discover that their worst ene
mies are those of their own households. They
lire awakening from the. cr.nol delusion that
the war was waged by the'North for pillage,,
plunder and devastation—to dtivb them
from their homes and heritage,' and tlvon re
o'ccupy their soil with Northern, .'emigrants.
The advent of our.armies among them is dis
sipating the phantom' by which, the rebel
loaders ’delude them into their,colls.- Our
generate, advancing with the sword- in one
hand, and .the Constitution, wreVithed with
tho olive branch,.in the other, proclaim the
object of their mission-Is to conquer.armed
rebellion arid, reclaim seceded States, with
their present inhabitants, to the Union. This
is the object and purpose of the loyal States,-
as enunciated by Congress, mid-reiterated,
and adhei-od to. by the Administration, and
it is tho only policy which can ro-unito us
as a.nation. If the Union is to he preserved,
it must ho under and not outside of the cou
sti-utioil. ■ ;
The policy of Northern emancipationists to
liberate the slaves of the south,- or- place
• arms,-in their.hands t(j pillage and devastate
the bind, and murder with fiendish cruelty,
men, women and children, would bo a dis
grace to Hottentots or Africans iu their na
tive barbarity. Nor, have wesont forth pur
sons, our brethern; and the loyal men of the
North to fight the battles of our Union in ;
panionship with negroes, or to be placed on
an equality with Southern slaves. This is
not the entertainment to. which the hundred j
thousand, loyalists of Pennsylvania, now in .
arms, have been invited by the President of
the United States. They have gone forth to
subdue armed rebellion, to maintain the' su
premacy of the.constitution mid, laws, and
restore-protection-arid .peace fo those who are
now groaning under an oppresivo despotism.
W.o.bavo stated what we consider the duty
of a gotxl citizen -in this time of our, nations
calamity; And in doing so, woliavo consid
ered it of vital importance not only to advert
to the cause of the war, but the nature, oh-,
jeot and design .to bo effected, as declared by
.Congress and sanctioned, and sustained by-the.
President of the United, States. lie has ta
ken the constitution for his polar -star, and.
firmly sot his loot alike upon the treason of
secessionists.north- and southland the fanati
cal schemes of northern emancipationists.—
In this loyal effort to maintain -our national
existence, under the constitution given-to us
by our fathers, onr national Executive, is but
'reflecting the feelings of the northern heart,
and bis hands will'bo strengthened , and his
heart encouraged hy every loyal citizen.—
This is onr duty," and it is a duty which inis
been nobly peiTormed-by every patriot heart.
■ But should the groAt Ring of Nations, permit
our rulers to be beguiled aiid seduced by the
enemies ofonr Union and constitution, to eon
duet tbo war for any other purpose-than to
ce-unitc and perpetuate the Union, and to de
fend and, maintain the supremacy-of the con
stitution and the rights and established insti
utions of all tiic States—if a sentence shall
be erased or a lino obliterated from tho con
stitutional compact—if “the silver cord be
loosened” hy the strong arm of executive
power, which.hitherto has bound us together
as a nation, in bonds of, peace and unity—
then, in the language of one of the greatest
.statesmen and purest patriots the world over
saw, onr eyes shall soon lie turned fo behold
the sun in'heaven, shining on the broken and
dishonored fragments of a once glorious Union,
on States dissevered, discordant, holigorent;
on a land rent with civil fueds, and drenched
in fraternal blend.
The same great statesman, as if endowed’
by bis Creator, at the time, with the spirit
prophetic Vision, has, declared the only way
in which our glorious Union can ho rent into
broken and dishonored fragments. In the
sulno great speech from which we have quo
ted, licsays;—“ Hot although there are fears;
there arc hopes also. The people have pre
served Ibis, their own chosen constitution for
forty {now seventy) years, and have scon their
happiness, prosperity and renown grow with
its growth, and strengthen with its strength.
They are now generally, strongly attached to
it. ■Overthrown by direct assault it cannot
he ; evaded, undermined, nullified, it will not
he, if we, and those who shall succeed us here,
as agents and representatives of the people,-
shall conscientiously and vigilantly discharge
the two groat branches of our public trust—
faithfully to preserve, and wisely to adminis
ter it."
This is tho declaration of Daniel Webster,
who more than thirty years since affirmed-the
constitution never could he overthrown by di
rect assault, hut at the same time admitted it
might ho evaded and undermined by tho fa
naticism or faithlessness ef the.ngents or rep
resentatives of tlio people in discharging tho
two great branches of public trust commuted
to Congress and tho national Executive, faith
fully to preserve and wisely to administer it.
That our rulers maybe endowed with wisdom
from on High faithfully to preserve tho con
stitution and wisely to administer the Govern
ment under it, ,we hope is now tho fervent
usuirutiou'of every Christian heart.
If we would now, in this our national strife,,
recall tlio farewell admonitions of the Father
of our Country, to a people he loved so well,
“ and frown indignantly upon the first dawn
ling of every attempt to alienate any portion
lot our country from tho rest, or to enfeeble
1 the sacred ties which now link together tho Ve-'
nouspai-lH;” if wo would, in accordance with
the .arowell counsel of this great andgood man,
hum-di trom the political arena, rho halls oflo"-
islatum aud tho pulpit, angry do
. nunciatnms against tlio institution of slavery,
il wo would refrain from abuse and invective
against those who ask nothing more than the I
same right of 'conscience which is cxeieisod
by their traduccrs; if wo would desist from
denouncing as sinners above all others, those
whoso consciences are not more hardened in
sin and iniquity on the subject of slavery
than tho ancient Patriarchs, whosoconscionoes
permitted thorn to raise up men servants and
maid servants, and bond men and bond women
of their own households;; if we would leave
the discussion of this subject to those only
who are iutorcsted in it, thou may wo expect
a return of those Arcadian days of national
prosperity which' we have heretofore enjoyed,
and resume our place -and progress among
the nations of the earth, the most united,
happy and powerful in the world.
■AMERICAN VOLUNTEER.
JOHN B. BhATTON. Editor & Proprietor,
CARLISLE, PA., JANUARY IC, 1862,
DEMOCRATIC STATE EXECU
TIVE COMMITTEE-
A meeting of the Democratic State Execu
tive Committee will he held at the- Bnchler
"House, Harrisburg, on Wednesday, January
13, 1802, at 3 (/clock, Ik M. ...
, Democratic papers in the State will please
copy. , ■
WILLIAM 11. WELSH, Chairman.
'/Court. —The'regular January term, of
court* commenced In this place bn Monday., ,
A. Lamherton, Esq,, of Har
risburg; has boon appointed Deputy District
Grand Master of the Masonic Order, for the.
counties of Dauphin, Cumberland, Adams,
Franklin, Juniata and Perry.
■ Wiß Nbws.— Wo attempted, as usual,, to
cull for our readers a- column or two of relia
ble war news for to-days paper, but could find
nothing worth the space, . The city, daily pa
pers continue to give a few meagre dotajls
under flaming captions, but the news is con
tradictory and of no interest. The fact isour
armies'.aro how, and haro heon for some days,
entirely, inactive. •,
Judge Gralian's Charge.
Wo publish in to-days; paper Judge Qra
iiau’s charge to the Grand Jury, delivered on
Monday.. It is a most able and patriotic
charge, and refers to the war and the duties
'duo. from the citizen to tho Government, in
language at oneb • truthful aud ihsti-iyelivc-
With the exception of a few rampant Aboli
tionists —who are really the worst secession
ists, in the land—it was highly extolled by
all who hoard it. Lot all our readers'give
this able charge a careful reading.
' CoNTEMriiJii.E.— Our County Commission
ers have nut but hand-bills, offering the enor
mous sum of§loo for tho apprehonsiomof the
fiend who committed the double' murder near
Boiling. Spring. Had'they offered SsQo,br
§looo,'as they should have done, it is more
than probable the perpetrator orthoap most
horrible murders' would have been pursued,
arrested, and brought to. trial. Tho offering
of §lOO, is positively a disgrace to tho county.
Governor’s Messacie., —Wo publish this
morning. Gov. Curtin’s first annual message
to tho Legislature. As a matter of course, it
will ho attentively road and carefully consid
ered throughout—and forthis reason, it has
soijmod to us supevlluods to present any sum
mary of it in thi-f 'place., It.is a plain busi
ness-like paper, being little more than a de
tailed statement'of.tho military and financial
operations of the Commonwealth since the,ex
tra session in May. ,
lloutupt.E Murder.— Our.citizens will .ho
astounded to hoar-that tlio most wicked and
diabolical case of murder and arson has boon
lately committed in our vicinity', that it lias
over boon our unpleasant duty to narrate).
The victims of this foul and atrocious deed
were John Berger, (an industrious unoffend
ing, old Gorman, .who lives near the South
Mountain, about a mile from what was for
merly Ego's Forgo,)- and Wh-ijam Grist, a
colored boy about 14 or 15 years of ago,-who
lived with him. The, deed was perpetrated
sometime on Tuesday evening, and the first
indication of foul play was the discovery be
tween 9 and 10 o’clock, by a neighbor, that
the house (a small log one) occupied by, this
German, was on fire. The alarm writ given
and several persona arrived, when the old
man. was discovered lyingthe on his hack, at
door of a small cave, a short distance from the
house, in which ho bad-kept ins .provisions,
clothing and other articles. Ho was quite
dead—having- boon shot through the head.
The hall entered behind, and lodged just
above the eye.. Ills brains wore scattered
over his clothes. Ills gnu, an old U. S. Ri
fle, was standing close by, having been late
ly discharged. Amongtherninsof the house,
(which was entirely consumed,) was found
the burnt and blackened corpse of the color
ed hoy, so much disfigured as to render any
attempt at investigation impossible. The only
possible incentive to this murder must have
been robbery. The old mau attended our mar
ket regularly, was supposed to have some,
money. Those acquainted with himsay that
he has some $l2OO or $l5OO deposited in
Baltimore. About $l5 was found in the
cave, looked up iu ft trunk. Suspicion attaches
to two travelling Gormans seen in that viciili
ty, early iu the evening, and a party- started
in pursuit, hut had not, up to this time aucceo 1-
od in capturing them. Coroner Smith held an
inquest on \V cduesday morhing—verdict in
iin accordance with the facts. The Commis
l sionors of this county offer a reward of $lOO
1 fur the am&t (tnd conviction of murderers.
—Carlisle Herald, Jan’yXO.
THE SECRET OUT.
When, several months ago, Democratic
journalists sounded the alarm and announced
that the Government was being swindled,
robbed and cheated by a sot pf unprincipled
scoundrels, the voice of warning was,partly
stifled by the administration itself, by pro
scribing the.men who had dared to defend the
rights of the people and expose fraud. No
less than fifteen Democratic journals wore
forcibly seised In the State of New Yofk, and
their publication suspended, by the. official
minions of the Administration. . Hero, in
'Pennsylvania,' Democratic printing offices
wore sashed in some sections,, and the use-of
the mails closed against thorn'in others. —
Prominent Democrats all over the North wore
arrested, and without trial, incarcerated in
forts an(} prisons. A telegraphic despatch
from Simon Cameron or any other member
of the Cabinet, waa sufficient to secure the
imprisonment of any man. Hundreds of
these arrests were made as a mere mode of
revenge or for political hatred, and scores
of these imprisoned men were, after months
of privation and suffering, .discharged, from'
their confinement, without trial, and with no
knowledge of having committed an offense
against the Government. It was a fearful
state of affairs, and excelled in infamous pro
scription the worst scenes in the French rev
olution.' .
The people ~of the .North —particularly'
Democrats—stood ampzed and alarmed at the
despicable tyranny .of the Administration and
its friends. ' : Mon huddled together and in
quired “ what.does all this mean?—where
are wa drifting ?—where will it end ?" Many
of them could not see the object of the Re"
publicans in'thus putting nil law and the
Constitution at defiance. They could not di-
vine the reason why men whoso only crime '
had been tlie exposure of fraud and corrup
tion,should he stigmatised as “ secessionists’’
and imprisoned, without trial. '-They could
not see why hungry -Republicans, who were
hoveringovertliopooplC’s treasure like prows
around, a carrion carcass, were so bitter in'
their denunciations of those who dared to say
aught against the peculators and dishonest
scoundrels who were robbing the Government
and the poor (soldiers. Tue Secret" is out,
■however.'. Look at the revelations of the Yah
Wyck Committee, where it is shown that in
the spaec of six months the treasury of the
people has been robbed of nearly one hundred
millions of dollars! Kb wonder that the dis
interested patriots who were thus engaged in
swindling the Government, insisted upon the
arrest of those who-had. tho moral courage to
lay bare and expose to tho public their dam
nable transactions; 'No wonder Democratic
printing offices were sacked. No wonder that
the Post-Mastor-Generiil, in violation of law
and his oath, assumed tho monstrous respon
sibility of refusing, the use of the mails to pa.
pars that.had pointed out these peculations.
No wonder-that Sijio.v Cajieron, neglectful
of his duties as Secretary of War, occupied
his time in ordering the arrest of political
enemies who wera. annoying him by their
reference to ifrauds upon the Government! —
No wonder men were accused of disloyalty, ■
for,insisting upon.obedient to the Constitu 7
tion, and tho dthvvr' No wonderVihnt Gpso •
patriot for tho War/and
“ blpod-to-tbe:ktiees.” - No -wonder thnt’lhey
all remained at home, or followed the army ns
the jackal follows the lion, smelling on't'pUin
der. Not aman of these “ blood-to-the-kneos”
gentlemen'.shouldered a musket! They re
mained at homo to persecute loyal Democrats,
and at the same time to steal from the Oovv
eminent. They supposed,', that by persecu
ting Democrats, sending them to prison, burn
ing and sacking printing offices, and closing
tho mails against certain papers, they would
stifle inquiry and cover-up tlicif own deeds..
Blit, they failed in their object. Demo
cratic papers;'nut intimidated,' poured in their
hot shot into the nest of vipers. Their forked,
tongues, their threats and menaces, were dis
regarded and, defied. In the midst of this
conflict—a conflict between the Democratic
party oh tho. one hand and thieving vagabond
traitors on. tho other—Mr. Van AVvck, a
Republican member of Congress from Now
Jersey, rose in his place in the House, and
asked that a committee might be appointed
to investigate the charges that had been pre
ferred. Tho request had to he granted; and
Mr. Van AVvcn was' appointed Chairman. —
Wo have no doubt that ho was under the im
pression; when he made tho motion, that he
would bo .enabled to exculpate his -party
friends, and clear them of the charge of fraud
and fobhery. But,. after entering upon his
duties; ho .found the charges too true,, and,
like an honest-man, as he certainly is, ho ex
posed’them ns ho found them. . Up to this
■time he has brought to light frauds approxi
mating a hundred millions of dollars, and ho
is not yet done investigating! Tup Secret
is out,-we again repeat. No wonder that
tho robbers were anxious to silence those who
demanded investigation—no wonder! • More
anon.' • ... .
, As we'Expected,; —The nondescript. Who
styles himself the “ sub” of the Herald, and
who occasionally ,-scribbles articles of lmlf-a
dozen linos in length for that.totloring paper,
declines our propi'feition, and also the one he
madehimself, andjwhich Wo accepted, backs
square out, and therefore wears the brand we
affixed to him-—tllbt of a poltroon and falsifi
er. The poor dolt attempts to coyer his re
treat by throwing dirt at us, and using lan
guage such ns none but an ignorant puppy
would indulge in. "We have accomplished
our object, by proving him a mean, sneaking
falsifier, and compelling him to acknowledge
it himself. IVo will have nothing more to do
with the dirty scamp.
CAMERON RESIGNED!
Despatches from 'Washington inform us
that Simon Cameron, Secretary of War, re
signed his office on Monday, and that Hon.
E. M. Stanton had been appointed ip his
place. Cameron has been nominated ns
Minister to Russia, in the place of Cassius
M. Clay, who is now on his way home.—
'fho revelations of tho Van Wyck Commit
tee induced Cameron to resign. . Ho has
made his millions,'and now, with his ill-got
ten gain, goes to a,foreign country, in imita
tion of his friend Ocmminos.
ITT" Jenny Lind has bought a property near
London, and means to go to housekeeping
concerting now and then.
THE STATE legislature.
Assembled oit Harrisburg on the 7th iust.
In the Senate parties stand, 10;
Republican 231 Mr. Hall was electcdSpeak
er, George W. Hamersev Chief Clerk, and
G. S. 'Beruv Assistant Clerk, They ate
straight-out Republicans, of course, as arc
all the rest of the officers of the body. No
one there proposed a “ Union of patties for
the sake of the Union.”
in the House parties stand, Democrats
40 ; 'Republicans 38 ; and the balance, 15, is
madeupof whatthoy call" Union-Democrats,”
and ‘‘ Union-Republicans.” The Democrats
made their nominations, and cast their votes
for We. Hopkins' for Speaker, and'JACou
Zeioler for Clerk. The Republicans, always
ready for “ bargain and sale,” joined the so
called “ Union-men,” and, by selecting Rowr.
of Franklin, for Speaker, secured the balance
of the offices in the House for Republicans..
John Rowe was thus made the willing in
strument to a base bargain, by which he has
betrayed the party that has more than once
foisted him into office.
We aro truly glad that the Democrats of
the llosuc stood square up to their principles
ahdtheir organization, and refused to listen
to the propositions made by those political
wdatherTCocks the “Union-men,” who pro
proposed “ union for Jie sake of office.” We
have lost the patronage.-of the House, but wc
preserved our honor and spurned- the erea"
tures, who appear to think that any conduct,
however-base., is excusable in politics. Last
fall we broke the back-bone of the Republi
can party, aud it can only-now-hold up its
head by dealing with those who are ready to
strike a bargain at the sacrifice of principle.
Next fßll we will finish the work, when Black,
never be hoard of again.
The Northumberland, County Democrat
thus .speaks of the position occupied’by the
Democrats in the organization of the House;
No Party Mex Now.—The so-called Union
Pomqor.ita in'the Legislature proposed-that if.
the regular Democrats would accept Mr. Kowo
as their, candidate fur Speaker, the Union
Democrats would, assist to-elect Democratic
officers of the House with the exception of two
inferior'places, which were to bo. given to
Union Republicans. As'an additional,-in-,
dnbement to accept this offer, tine assurance
whs given that Mr. Rowe woiild-organize the
House upon a Democratic basis and act with
the Democratic party. To the eternal honor
of regular Democratic members of the Legis
lature he i t said, the projjosilioii'. was indip-,
nuntl)/ rejected.
Finding that the regular Democrats would
not compromise their organization or sell.out
any price, tho .so-called' Union Democrats
discovered that the Republicans were ready hi
accomodate them with a'trade upon the most
reasonable term's.'. The regular Republican
caucus eagerly . embraced the occasion by
nominating John Rowe.,,'
The Democratic party, knows ho half way
supporters. Those who commence by being
half friends invariable end as whole eneinies,
Men -who cannot.trust their claims to a Demo
oratio.caucus inu'e no right!to call themselves
Democrats. Let them inake the most of
their triumph ; for it will bo short lived.
The Democratic organization conies out of
this contest pure and unadulterated. .' Anoth
er, election will put it .out of the power of sel
fish and trading politicians to sacrifice it. -'
Auditor Gexerai.’sß cro rt . —W e are-im
dehted tofex Crawford of .the Senate, and' 1
•of..ti»oVllufu&fe', for Copies; of tills
document. In a cursory examination'of its
pages, Wo -notice-that- the expenses'of the
Senate and House'of Representatives for the
session of 18(11, wore, enormously large—
double if not threhlo former years. . The Re
publicans have been in tho majority in both-
Houses for some years, nnd'it is evident they
have'been making a good thing but of their
power. Tho law, wo think, fixes the amount
each officer of 'the Legislature - is- to re
ceive for his .'services ; and . the number to
ho employed, is also mentioned, wb pre
sume. Such'being tho case, wo hope these
peculations will, be investigated and exposed.
There are.'other matters in the Auditor Gen
eral's Report which- require to ho, looked at.
Wo seo.that the name of “ George Bero'xer”'
appears on nearly every page of-the Report.
Our,friend George is piling it up beautifully,
and ho-mistake. The war expenses, as sta
ted in theßeport, are ■ frightfully enormous,
and it must ho evident to all that political fa
voritism and robbery have actuated,those
who had the expenditure of the people’s mon
ey in their hands. Lot every onq who can
get a copy of the Report, and read it careful
ly, and ho will he satisfied that our Republi
can friends have made, and are still'making
out of the war, a handsome paying transac
tion.
Domestic Coffee. —It is astonishing what
a largo number of our citizens have put aside
the Java and hagaira for the Dandelion opifeo
recently introduced. Evonloud-mothqd loy
alists who have denounced all as traitors who
even wine* at the, idea of heavy taxes, have
commenced its use, and thus rob thegovorn-'
mentof the duty expected to bo gained by
the increased tariff. The Dandelion coffee is
for sale by our neigbborlNiioFF. It is a good
substitute for coffee, and costs about half as
much. Try it.
-PaESTo, Chance !—Wo see, by the call
for a meeting of the State committee of the-
Qppositibn, signed by Alexander K. McClure,.
Chairman, that the name of Republican has
boon dropped, and the fickle, many-titled;
and inharmonious organization of that desig
nation is to come forth re-christened the
“ Peoples’ Party.”,'
I£7* It is bolioved that the falling off in tho
consumption of tea, coffee and sugar under
tho high tariff of tho present Congress, will
diminish tho demand, and consequently tho
supply, that the revenue to tho government
from that source will bo loss than it was be
fore. ,
Special Services to bo held by tho differ
ent churches in concert, concerning tho du
ties and wants of this community,
Wednesday Eve, Second Presbyterian
Church.—Value of our churches to this com
munity, and their duty to sustain them, 11.
•M. Jounson.
Thursday Eve. Gorman Reformed Church.
—Duty of our ohurohs to tho neglected por
tions of this community. The poor, tho aban
doned, and our colored population, J.
A. Koss.
Friday Eve, First Methodist Church.—
Tho vicos of this community. Intemperance,
Profanity, Gambling & Licentiousness. C <
P. WINO.
' Saturday Eve, Emory Methodist Church,
—An appeal to tho young of this community!
W. W. Sells
All the services to commence at 01 o’clock.
B®* Dr. Jones, the successful Oculist and
Aurist, will .practice at the Mansion llpusc,
Carlisle,, from the IGtli till the 20th of Janu
ary* Dr. Jones is considered I>y those tv ho
know him best-to bo the moat skilful oyp and
oar doctor in Jhis country. He straightens
cross dyes,, inserts artificial oyeSj introduces
artificial oar drums,‘operates for cataracts,
andtroats all kinds of difficult diseases. Seo
card in advertising collumns.
Appointments nr the Gotenor. —Colonel
A. J. lluseel, of Pittsburg, formerly Secretary
of State under GovenorJohnson, and since
the rebellion Aid-dd-Oamp to Govenor Curtin,
has been appointed Adjutant General.of the
State, vice 11. M. Biddle, resigned.
E. P. Storro.tt has been appointed President
Judge of Allegheny county, vice Judge Mc-
Clure, deceased. ,
Important Congressional Proceedings
Latest from Washington—the 'country safe
full report of. Congressional proceedings for
the last ten dags, <fcc. .
Letter from Washington, dated
January 14, 1862.
Report or Congress fob Ten Days.—“Ne
gro,’-’ ' —“Negro,” “Negro,”—,
“Negro”, .“Negro,.” ' “Negro,"—
“ Negro.”
' Yours, etc.,
[y Very little lias yet been done by the
State Legislature. Both branches adjourned
over from Thursday until Monday, in order
to give'the Speakers time to arrange the
Standing Committees.
■ Mexico.— lt is said that Mexico has done
everything-m her power to satisfy ■ the de
mands of '.England and Franco, and it is sup
posed 'that those nations will bo satisfied with
seizing ami holding a port as a guaranty, un
. til Hi .mi- ehnm-. ;u-iV..fnll-y-.mot- =
case, will bo loft to her own unasistod resour
ces. The hereditary' hatred of tile Mexicans
for Spain, will blaze out with.thp old ferocity,
if they have only, that power to contfiiid with.
The Spaniards -will find themselves pooped
up at Vera Cruz, until the annual fever doci
males their ranhs, and then they, will bo glad
to patch up an inglorious peace and-retire.. ,
. Weeding them Out I— Hr. Chandler, the
demagogue Senator from Michigan, who for
years has labored-for the alienation of North
and South, and how advocates a policy which
will lend to their eternal separation, has been
voted out of the Senate by. the Michigan Le
gislature, and Mr. Howard, a more conserva
tive politician of the Republican school, {dee
ded in his pla'oe. “The country needs blood
letting,” was the sentiment of Mr. Chandler,
months before secession had assumed its pros
entaspeot. The Detroit Free 'Tress says “Mr.
Chandler's .criminal participation-., in the
.movement to Hull Run,-his assault upon West
IVmt, his attempts to depose General McClel
lan, above all, his utter incompetency for his
position- have been fairly tried, and, by-'the
election of, Mr. Howard, ' condemned.” So
goes one of fbohi! Wlio goes next.-
A Horse Sell,‘ r -4Uahy. incidents connect
ed With the horse purchases fur Government
will probably boeomo raatfors of. history here
after, and wo will;add one just learned front
a friend, which ye think' will stand pre-emi
nent.among tho-qvidehoos of the honesty of the
loyal-men who acted iis.'agenta for
ernmont. ■■■-■- , y.'.i- ,
‘A number of horses wore purchased at va
rious prices in the Juniata region, which, were
examined and passed by an inspector named
Sherburne, its Government had no forage,
the, horses were placed among the farmers in
the vicinity to, board. ' Among the rest, an
bid farmer on Slianor’s Creek was allotted six
head. ' He took excellent' care of them, and
was getting along finely, until one day one of
them slippod his wind and Ills spirit soared
away to where oats is plenty, the pastures for
ever green, and;no drivers lash to goad him
on to labor—fabulously known as horse
ea. ’ The farmer was alarmed, because, hon
est, conscientious mau as ho was, ho feared
Government would hold'him fot, the'loss of
this fine army . nag. In order to clear bis
skirts, if possible, he.summoned half a dozen
of his .neighbors to' hold an inquest a’nd post
mortem examination over , the dead' body of
the chargor, that they might certify that he
did riot' die of neglect or inattention, .The
conclave assembled, and after duo delibera
tion decided that the horse. had died of old
aye !—ono of the j dry of inquest testifying that
he had known the animal personally fur.up*
icards of iwenty-ocrcn.yeari!
Speaking Plainly.
An article in a recent issue of tho- North
American contains tho folio wing paragraph :
“We speak plainly because it is necessary
to do so. Ac -tho very time whoif the people
have looked for retrenchment, and the Secre
taries of tho Treasury, the War and tho Navy
departments have earnestly advised it as re
quisite to enable tlm Government to moot its
expenses, tho Van Wyek. Committee Ims laid
bare the fact that untold sums have been
squandered on wretched con tracts,.illegal and
monstrous commissions, and by a thousand
other varieties ot that genteel robbery which
goes by such names as peculation. It seems
to us that there is at this crisis another.inore
expressive and far more appropriate designa
tion for those-offences! and that is treason.—
Tho rebel wlio fairly stands up in the ranks of
a liostll army we know bow to contend against;
but tho secret enemy in our own ranks who
goes with us merely to bag the'public money
and steal away to some moio congenial olimo
with it, who clothes our soldiers in rags and
gives thorn rotten blankets to shield them
from tho rudo wintry blasts, is ho loss guilty
.than tho open and avowed rebel of that crime
which the Constitution defines as 'giving aid
and comfort to the enemy V ”
A Cousin or Lincoln. —Tho St. Louis Re
publican states that among the twelve Con
federate prisoners recently brought in from
North Missouri is Mr. J.’K. Lincoln, of Clinton
county, lie is a highly respectable, wealthy
and influential citizen of that county, about for
ty years of age, and a cousin to President Lin
coln. The prisoner is charged with having per
mitted the rebels to secret ammunition in his
collar, induced young men to join the rebel
army, and otherwise giving aid and com
fort to the enemy. Ho will probably bo bold’
as a hostage for tho personal security or ex
change of Judge Birch.
General Assemulv of . New York. —Tho
following resolution was introduced in tho
Assembly at Albany, Jan, 9.'
Rcsolccd , That while the State of Now York
is in favor of sustaining tho Administration
in a vigorous prosecution of tho war, and has
furnished-more than her share of men arid
money for that purpose, she is also opposed
to seeing United States Senators'and Ropro
sontatives in Congress wasting their precious
time in advocating tho abolition of slavery,
the emancipation of tho slaves, or any other
unconstitutional measures.
It becomes our duty this week to record
one of the most painful and tragical casualties
that has over happened in this community
On Thursday afternoon last, while Mr. Thom
as J. Himes, residing with his fath;r, George
W. Himes esq., near this place, was walking
in on the railroad to, and when within it short
distance of Shipponsh.urg. was overtaken hv
a train of (freight) cars and instantly killed
but in what manner is veiled in the most in!
sorutahlo mystery. A gentleman who nui
on the platform of tho last car On the train
states that ho saw Mr. 11. leisurely standing
off at least six' feet from the railroad when tho.
train passed by. - Having occasion to look
to tho rear car, ho observed Mr. 11. reel and
fall and not observing him rise h,o was "i m .
pressed with the belief that ho had been ; n .
jufed by some means.” The train arriiiog at
Shippeiisburg, the gentleman in. question '
waited upon the conductor, nod informed him
of what had happened, when tho engineer
-was ordered to detacli tho engine from the
train and investigate-the matter. Mr. 11.,
was found with his head severed from ids
body 1
Tho news of the occurrence rapidly spread,
through tho town .and cast a profound gloom
over tho entire community. An inquest was
hold over the body hut at present writing the
jury have not arrived at their verdict.
•Sir. H. was a graduate Of Jefferson College,
Cannonshurg.- Intelligent, companii-nahlo and
upright, lid .was universally esteemed,'and his
untimely and tragical death sorrows tho hearts
of a largo circle of devoted friends, It is Hut
a few months since ho was .married, and at
the timo’of the occurrence His■ youthful com
panion was absent on a visit to her parents,
residing at New. Oxford, Adams, county.— .
Truly, “in tho midst of life wo arc iu.dcath!’’
— Sliippciisbury Keurn, Jim’)/. 11.. , ■
IVniTE:M..N.
Rejiedies for 1) vs Persia.-*- Hall's Journal
of Health, says : There are some, general prin
ciples of cure applicable to all, and which will
seldom fail of high advantage.
1. the entire body should ho washed once.a
week with soap, hot-water and a stilf brush.
O W'-ir wnnl
during the daytime only.’’ .
3. By means of ripe fruit and hurries, coarse
food,' keep the . bowls acting freely once in
Iwenty-lbur hours.
4. Unde'rall .circumstances,, keep the lect
clean ami warn).
, 5. Itds'.tho most indispensible to have the
fullest plenty of sound, regular, connected and
refreshing sloop, in a clean, light, well-aired
'chamber, with windows ,facing the sun. ■
0. Spend* two or three hours of every fore
noon, and ono or two.every afternoon,' rain or
shine, in tho-opoii air, in’ some form of inter
esting, oxhiloratiiig and unwearying exorcise.
Walking with a ohecrful ahdqntei'taiuingcom
panion, is' the very best.
7. Fat at regular times, and-alwayaslmvly.
S. That food is best for each which 1*: must
relished, and is followed by the lehst dlsoom
fort. AVliat hits benefited or injured ono is no
rule for another. . This eight item is of uni
.versal-application. ' '■ t
0. Take but a teaspi onful of-any kind of
.drink atrotie meal, and let that not Du hot;
10. Confine j ourself to coarse, broad or. corn;
rye or wheat—to'ripe,'fresh, perfect fruitvand
Lorries in their natural stale —and to iresh,
lean meats, boiled or roasted, as, meal, is eat
sier ql, digestion than'vegetables. _ MAW, gra
vies, pastries, heavy hot bread, farinas, starch
es' and.greasy fond in general; -aggifivato dys
pepsia by their eoiistipalinglou'itehciea.
11. It is bolter to tat at regular, limes as
often as, hungry, but so little.as-to occasion
no dlsqonil'ort wlmtevu:.
12. Constantly aim to divert tlio. mind from
the bo-lily condition in pi asaut ways—-tiu.t
is half the cure in many oases. .
' Negro Gratitude. —The Now York Trib
line scolds tlio Canadian niggers tor enlisting
in the British army’. ". (Looify says', it in un
grateful in these-Blanks, to slmw an anxiety
-f.rUg’tiS' against the Northern people,' wlio
helped them to their- freedom, . hy, means uf
the underground Railroad; As all danger u!
a War with Ragland lias p.-nyed away, there
is no danger of our having to encounter those
-runaway.niggers, hut if they could lie pitted
against the Yankee abo.litloiii'sls.. iilom*, wo
should feel very much as the-old woman did,
whou her husband fought the hqar. .
■ .Eight Oiiildrkn at aßik/pi*—Ofl the 2.1
of August Mrs, Tunolhy Br.utioe, of Trum
bull county, Ohio;' ga r e birth to’chflit chil
dren —three boys. and Uvo g rD. . Tney aro
all living, and arc healthy, but fpiile snlall.
Mr. Uradlec's family is increasing Cast. Flo.
was married fdxyeursago'to Eunice ;>ls\verjr\
who weighed two hundred. audacvcnly-lhrec
un tho- day, of her marriage, ,&ho lias
given' birtli to two pairs of twins, and now
.eight nmre, ‘ making twelve children in six
years. • It seems strange, but .nevertheless is
true, Mrs. Jinullee was a twin of three, her
grandmother tho mother of five pairs ot twins.
Sira. Bradl'cOyhas named her boys after noted
and distinguished men; one after the lion. J.
U. Giddings, who has given her a splendid
gold medal;,ono after the Bov. Elijah Cham
plain, who gave her.a deed of fifty acres id
lurid-;.and tho other after Janies Johnson, who
gave her a cow.— Letter In Ivnw J r urlc Tribune.
On tlio* 31st nit., hy Be\\ Jacob Fry, Mr.
Daniel ; Nonemauer,* to Miss Mary' Ann
Crude, both of Ferry county, Fa.
Oh tho same day hy tho.same, Mr. David
Cl "VVmTNiuiiT, of Churchtown, to Miss llAlt
ai kt E. Smith, of Fapcrlowu.- •
On tho 9th hist., at the American House,
by tlio llev. J. Ulrich, Mr. ■ Jojeihi * Fern*
HAHOir, to Miss Maboaret Daub, both of
Cumberland-county.
On the Riimo day by tho same, Mr. Aaltos
Smith of Newbury, to Miss Catharine Ht’s
‘Field of Leesburg, Cumberland county.
Oh' the l2th ult., at the parsonage, Mr.
Henry IL Mii.ler, to Miss Catharine First,
both of Dickinson township. ■ •
, .On thelOth ult.,at tho parsonage, Mr. WriiE
jiam AVI Myers to Miss AnS Si*eiei.e, both
of Dickinson. •
On tho 24th ult., at the residence of Mr;
William Goooiieart, Penn township, Mr.
Geokoe Miller of Franklin, to Miss,Har
riet A.. Fiores.
On tho 31st ult., Mr. John Shavvbr to
Miss Catharine lleicuter, huth of Dickin
son township!
CARLISLE MARKET.—Jan. 10,1802,
Corrected Weekly hy Woodward & Schmidt
Flouh, Superfine, per hbh, 5,00
do., Extra, do., ,’i?
do., Rye, . do . ,
Wiiitb Wueat, per bushel, '’T:
Ran Wueat, do.,
Rye, -do., . :•*
CouX, • do., ; , j.O
New Corn, do., ■ 5°
Oats, . d “-> 65
Spring Barley, . do., 50
Fall do. do., , 0 o
Clovessekd, do., j j,
J,IiIOTIIVSEED, do., • 1 ,
PHILADELPHIA MARKETS.—Jan. 15-
Flour, superfine, : J, : : 0 75
“ extra, : *. : • * ' *&. h 7Jj
Ryk Floru, , : : '• ' : : 00
Cons Meal, : : : : . ! .L, iJJ
Wheat, rud, : : : = i ,'u »X 50
“ wUUu, : : : ■ ■ } 73
Ryb,
Cohx, yellow,
“ white,
Oats, :
Wuibky, :
Ceoverseed,
Heartrending Occurrence.
SJnrmk
Markets.
21 » £
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