AMERICAN VOLUNTEER.
JOHN B. BItJITTON;- Editor & Propictoiv
CARLISLE, PA., JANUARY 30, ISO 2.
OUR FLAG.
“ Forever ‘float that standard sheet I _
Where breathes the foe but falls before usl
With Freedom’s soil beneath.our-Jcet,
And F-eedom’s banner waving o er us!
Thanks.— Our thanks are duo to those of
our friends who called on us during Court
weeks and'paid their subscription. During
the ten days, that Court lasted some seventy
subscribers called and paid up in full and re
newed their subscription. We also during
the same time, added nineteen new subscrib
i crs-,to our list. We hope' the friends of our
paper in all the townships will continue
their efforts in procuring us new subscribers.
to devote our entire time to
Ve i
the ■' conducting of the Volunteer, and thus
make the; paper worthy the support of every
Democrat. '.
(CT'Reai) It.— The speech of the veteran
Democratic war-horse, Col. Hopkins; made in
thellouse of Representatives, at Harrisburg,
on his motion to investigate the manner in
which the. Tonnage tax was repealed last
winter, will bo found on our first page. It is
a short but able speech. Road it, one and
all. '
S_ N(Tn -.—lVc bad a fall of several inches of
snow on Tuesday, 1 .and at this writing those
who are fortunate enough to own horseflesh
and sleighs,.are making good use of it. TJio
hells sound right merry, and remind us of. the
days when, old Carlisle used toturn out sleigh
ing parties that were worth looking at. In
those days it made the landlords at Paper
town, Carlisle Springs or Hoguestown smile
from ear to ear to see from twenty-five to for
ty couple, come driving, up to their doors. —
Visions of hank notes hy the peek floated be
fore their eyes.und the poor turkeys suffered
some. But the fashions .of the world have
changed, "Either the youngsters of the pres
ent generation arfe more penurious, or there is
less of that good social feeliug which used to
prevail., “ Times ain’t (is they used to was.”
Arrested ok Suspicion. —W.o published an
account, two weeks since, pf the murder df
an old German, named Berger, and a colored
boy named. Grist, near Boiling Springs, this
county. A feiv days since four men. were ar
rested on suspicion of having committed the
dare-devil Crimes. Their names are Wit. J.
Smith, and his three sons, Crocket, , .Lett
and James. They wore all neighbors of the
deceased, and their conduct after the murder
had been committed, justified their arrest.
They were arrested by .officer Martin of this
•place, assisted by Ex-Sheriff McCartney, and
immediately brought to town and lodged in
jail.' They, wall have a hearing before Es
quire Sponsi.er to-day, (Thursday,) when, if
the evidence is suflicient, they will be reman
ded to prison to await their trial at the April
court. ,
Taxable Property of the State. —By a
tabular statement appended,to the Auditor
General’s Report.fur the year 1861, we learn
that the total valuation gf Real and Personal
Property in the several counties of this Com
monwealth, subject to taxation, amounts to
$569,049,867, upon which a State tax of
$1,479,377,81 has boon assessed, The total
population., of the State, by the Census of
1860, is 2,921,046 and the number of taxa
ble inhabitants, is 642,462. The aggregate
State tax on IV atchos, amounts to $13,865 23.
The total valuation of Real and Personal
Property-in Cumberland county, amounts to
$11,960,224, upon which a State tax of
$30,945,33 is assessed. The population of
the county, by the Census of 1860, was 40,-
.402, and, the number of taxable inhabitants,
10,426. The State tax on Watches in this
county, amounts t 0,5207 00. . .
What Cumberland County Pavs. —From
the report of the Auditor. General we learn
that Cumberland county has paid into the
the State Treasury during the last year the
following sums:
Tax on real and personal estate, $27,001 11
Auction commissions, 25 00
Tax on corporation stocks, 3,528 93
Tavern licences, 1,058 90
Pedlers’ licenses, 118 85
Brokers’ licenses, 215 40
Billiard rooms, &0., 104 50
Eating houses, - -01 25
Pamphlet laws, • - °5
Tax on writs, wills, &c., 848 o 4
Colateral inheritance tax, 1.788 69
Enrolcraent of laws, 50,00
$35,004 03
During the same period the following sums
were paid to the County hy the State :
Total
Pensions,.
Common Schools,
Abatement on State tax,
M'eroMlilO'appraisers,
Total,
OC7* Some of the Republican papers are J
down on “ old Ana” for appointing Mr. '
Stanton —a life-long Democrat and honest
man —Secretary of War. They say the Pres-1
ident has insulted his party, and kicked over!
a plank of the Chicago platform. Tut, tut—
get out, ye grumblers. The appointment Of
Stanton was the best act the President, has
performed. With a Democrat at the head of
the army (McClellan,) and a Democrat in
the War Department, wo may hope -to see a
stop put to.plhndor, as well ns a re-construc
tion of the Union. The Democrats made
this country, and they will save it. Abolition
ists, in \be meantime, must stand aside.
THE ABOLITIONISTS AFTER TUB PRESIDENT.
' The Abolitionists, in .and oat of Congress,
are fust porisolldating their forces for the'pur
pose of assailing the President, hocanscpf his
persistent determination not to be led into the
Emancipation trap. Indeed, a number of the
prominent Republican papers, and several
Members of Congress, have already broke
ground, and denounce the President in point
ed and insulting language. The New York
Tribune, the leading Republican organ of the
country, contains a daily attack upon the
“powers that he,” and another organ of the
same pestiferous faction, printed in one of the
Western States,.threatens the Executive with
forcible ejection.from office if ho refuses long
er to heed the crazy fanatics who are urging
him to violate his oath and make t hi s .Vtar a
crusade against the requirements of the Con
stitution. Stevexs of Pennsylvania—“ old
Tiiad,” of. Buckshot War memory —in a
speech in the House, a fewdays since, sneered
at the-President and denounced his policy,
using this language:
“ This war will not end till our Government shall
more fully comprehend the magnitude of the con
test and discover that this is an iutornoqino war in
which one party or the other must be'reduced. He
repeated that this war caunot bd ended .so long as
it is conducted on present principles. The twenty
millions of the North canuotcqnquor until there is
a new mode-of warfare. .The slaves who are now
aiding the rebellion must bo made our allies. Ho
would mnrcli them into -the' hSUrt of the rebel
lion, nWto pick cotton and open ports, but to end
the rebellion. Then he would hang the loaders.—
Six months a campaign-, would end the
war. W T e possess all the power,under the .Consti
tution to- exorcise, this tremendous’ power. Ho
would compensate every, honest' patriotic slave
holder. This would require not more than sixty
millions of'dollars. • Emancipation is a legitimate
means of ending the war forced upon us by the
rebels, and all publicists bold that every measure
may‘be exorcised to disable-the enemy.; Besides it
I was a noble principle to deliver /rein slavery ail
1 oppressed people. Only one Member of-the Cabi-
of conducting the war, hut his voice was isolated.-
It was like that of one crying in the wilderness,
and he has been dri\ v on from bis place—an exile to
Siberia! n
It is evident,, therefore, that President Lin-,
coi.n is to bo made the target fur Abolition
fools to fire theirsploen at; Are these agitators
crazy, or are they working, for their former
darling object—a dissolution of the Union ?
This rebellion, which the Abolitionists of the
North, and alow hot-heads ia So,uth Carolina
forced upon die country, can only bo put
down by bullets, swords andbajmnets. The
insane cry of “ make the slaves our allies,”
“ march them into the heart of the rebellion,
to end' the'rebellion,” &c., &c., is language
such as none but. a most consummate ass or
bigoted knave would use. It reminds us of
the fable of the mice and the cat. The mice
met in council to dovish some moans by which
they might be warned, of the approach of
their enemy, the cat. Various propositions
|'were submitted, but all were rejected. Fi
nally a spry young mouse suggested that a
bell should be strapped to pussy’s neck, so
that on her approach to the mice’s quarters,
tile alarm would bo sounded. The sugges
tion was considered an excellent one, and was
about to bo adopted with joy, when a grey
old rat put a damper on it by stating that ho
had no objection whatever to have puss carry
a boll, V but,*’ said he, with a quisical look,
‘ ‘ who of you all will volunteer 1o lie Ihe hell lo
her neelc ?” That question killed the propo
sition.
So it is with the Abolitionists, Stevens,
Greelv, Suainer, Lovejov, and Company are
making their throats sore by tho cry of “nig
gers to tho rescue I”' “ arm tho slaves, and;
with white officers to command, march them
into the heart of the rebellion,!'' “ make tho
slaves our brothers and allies !’’ “ emancipate
all'slaves, (ind hang all their masters !” &o.
This is the kind of language used every day
in Congress. Is it not the language of crazy
men—the language of the young mouse who
proposed to bell the cat?. These miserable
drivellers who use this twattlo, appear to for
get that .we can’t, got the niggers, and there
fore can’t arm them. To hang their masters
might do very well, provided wo could catch
them. To march into the heart of the rebel
lion, with, a million of armed slaves, and thus
“ end tho rebellion,” is a glorious idea, but
then Southern men object, and reply “ take
us if you Can.” Gen. McClellan has been
wanting to march to the “ heart of the rebel
lion” at tho head of his 400,000 white men,
for the last four or five months, but, strange
as it may appear to the Abolitionists, Jeff.
Davis objects to McClellan doing any such
thing, and, judging from the humiliating
thrashing we received at Bull Run, it appears
Jeff, is in full earnest. To emancipate the
slaves before wo have them to emancipate, is
another original idea, worthy the genius of
“ old Tuad.”
Now,- if these insane Abolition agitators
are sincere, why don’t ihey carry out what
they propose ? Why don’t Generals Greely,
Stevejjs, Lovejoy, Sumner, and their crow,
go down “into the heart of the enemy,” and,
“ end the rebellion,” by arming the slaves
and mating them their “ allies ?” Why
don’t they? Wo feel satisfied the President
will grant them this great privilege. lie will
permit them to strap a bell (a halter would
bo better,) to Jeff. Davis’ neck, and thus
"end the rebellion.” Let them try the ox-
periment, and thus immortalize themselves.
But, away with this kind, of foolishness,
and down with the miserable elan who con
sume the time of Congress by assailing the
Prosidentandproposing impracticable things.
The President must, listen to men of sense.
Our business now is to fight and to conquer.
Rebel armies are blocking every pathway of
our rightful jurisdiction. They have got to
bo mot and overwhelmed. After that is done
will arise the questions which the ideologists
and tho impraoticables insist upon raising
now, like a man with his house on fire dis
cussing the rate of insurance and the tenure
of real estate. The practical questions of
the future we shall discuss with such ability
as wo can command, when they become prac
tical, —then and not till then. Now wo are
for the suppression of rebellion—and the re
bellion can bo suppressed by hard fighting
I and by nothing else.
524 10
4,170 40
1,157 89
16:62-
50,369 01
An Expensive Flag. —By tho Auditor Gen
eral’s Report, giving the receipts and expon
ditures of the commonwealth for the last fis
cal year, wo see that Errott, Clerk of tho ; Sen
ate, and Rauch. Clerk of the House, charged
the State tho small sum of-5.T08.75 for tho
flag and other expenses connected therewith
which now floats from the dome of tho State
Capitol at Harrisburg. Rather an expensive
flag, we should say—but, “ long 'may it
wave 1”
TRAITORS BECOMING BOLD.
“ Occasional,” the Washington correspond
ent of Forney's lying Press, mentioned, in
one of Ids letters a few days sineo, that a num
ber of prominent politicians (Republicans, of
course,) express the opinion that, rather than
sec the Southern States brought back,to the
Union, with the right to retain their slaves,
(Jioj prefer it dissolution of thc-Umon. Those
letters to the Press signed “ Oqensivual,” are
written by. Forney himself, and he writes
with a knowledge of his subject. We opine,
however, that when he revealed the secret
opinions of “ prominent politicians,” ns sta
ted above, it was a slip of the pen ; or, per
haps, the letter was . written after.the editor
of the Press had attended one of those mid
night suppers so common in Washington.—
This admission by Forney is corroborative of
what we stated in these columns months ago.
We then said, and wo reiterate it now,
that the objects' of the Abolitionists in com
mencing this war, was robbery and the abo
lition of slavery,, and nothing else. Not a
mother’s son of them care a prostitutes curse
for the Union. For the last quarter of acon
tury the anti-slavery leaders in this country
have been Disunionists at heart; but, until
recently, their bluster and impotent threats
were disregarded.or laughed at, for their fac
tion was always small and contemptible. It
only became formidable when the .Know-
Nothing organization had to bo abandoned.
Then it was that the scattered enemies of
Democratic principles found in the Abolition
faction a nucleus to rally upon. Abolition
ists opened wide their arms, and welcomed
to their embrace , the Tom’s, Dick’s and liar-,
ry’s who begged for membership. The Abo
litionists, however, dictated the terms of ad
mission—not a single iota ot that faction s
ed ; all they would agree to was a change,of
name, nnddience “Republican party” was,
substituted for “Abolition party.”. From
that hour a-fierce onslaught upon slavery was
determined upon. The new converts, headed
by. such unprincipled men 'in this State as
Cameron, Reeder; Forney, Hickman, and
others,' were at once made leaders in the Ab
olition party (with a new name,) and honors
and riches were ; heaped upon them for their
shameless apostney. ■ The plans of the Abo
litionists have .been concocted for years, and
they now attempt to sanctify them and carry
them Out by what they call “ a military ne
cessity.” Forney, however, in his U Occa
sional.” letter, has reyealed the objects of the
leaders ‘of his party he has let the eat out
of the bag, and we are now boldly assured
that rather than re-establish the Union as it
was, “ a dissolution is to bo preferred I", Ah,
indeed ! Then all your professions of loyalty
were fraudulent professions, and made Tor
the purpose of covering up your real objects—
the abolition of slavery and robbery of the
Goverupient. Wo said so six months ago..
Bui, the people, thank God, are still true,
and they will insist that the Union, as it was,
must be re-established and preserved. Let
disunion traitors bo careful, or they iviqy find
that the masses cannot bo tampered with too
long.
[Cy’ Said a Democrat to-a Republican, a
few days since, “ well, I suppose the, .United
States Treasury is entirely empty.” “ IVliyy
what makes you‘think so?”,was thoropiy:
“ Because,” said the former, “ I redd, in the
papers that Cameron has resigned.” , Good
hit, that.
Rejoiced.— The people are rejoiced at the
removal of Cameron from .'the War Depart
ment. They" will j-ejoico still more .to see
Welles ousted from the Navy Department.
Still greater-will bo their joy to see the whole
Cabinet cleaned out. Then, if “ old Abe ”
•resigns, (as bo should,) the people will shout
at the “ glad tidings,” for then there will bo
hopes for the country. .
0“ After Cameron had'been .ejected from
the War Department; he picked up his carpet
bag, and proceeded to.the Navy Department,
to bid farewell tohis'friend, Secretary Welles.
[lf aiiy ono wants to know who Wellests, we,
refer him to the Van Wyck Report.] “Good
bye, fricndAVELi.ES,” said Cameron, “ I am off
for Russia; there is too much talk about hang
ing hero for me to remain longer.”
Senator Bright.
A great effort is being made to expel Jesse
D. Bright, of Indiana, from the United
States Senate because be furnished a certain
Mr. Lincoln with a letter of introduction to
Jeff Davis some time before the attack on
Fort Sumpter. This, and a letter written by
Mr. Bright since the commencement of the
war; in which ho spoke with deserved sever
ity of the Abolitionists, constitutes the sum
and substance of the evidence upon which he
is arrayed for treason. Now if the Senate is
going to go back to the commencement of the
war to hunt up traitors, it will have a good
time of it.' Mr, Harvey who now represents
the United States at Lisbon, and who was con
firmed by the Senate, was engaged in a cor
respondence with Judge Magratu of Charles
town. up-to the very moment of the attack on
Sumpter ; and his last letter undertook to in
form Margrath what the objects of the expe
dition dispatched by the Government to
Charleston were, and to induce the South
Carolina authorities to consent to the provis
ioning of the fort. The President in his mes
sage of the 4th of July last says that informa
tion was given to the Govonor of South Car
olina of. the intention to provision Sumter,
and if ho would refrain from attacking the
fort no attempt would be made to reinforce'
the garrison. So it seems that other men be
side Mr, Bright wore engaged in holding
communication with lending men of the South
before the commencement of the war.
Sale of Condemned Horses.— One hundred
and twenty-fivo condemned government hors
es were sold at auction on Wednesday, bring
ing from one dollar to ninety-eight dollars,
or: an average of twenty-eight dollars each.
It is said that some of those animals have
contagious diseases. It would be interesting
to know how much the Govornmontpafd for
these worthless boasts.
(C7”For over thirty years tho Democratic
party has been in existence without a change
of name, object or character. During the
same time the Opposition have been arrayed
1 under as many titles as there wore years,
and their platforms have boon'as various as
jhe hues of the forest.
Death of Ex-President Tyler.
JoitN Tvi.kr died in Richmond, Virginia,
on Friday of Inst week. II- was herd in
Charles county; Va., on tho 29th of March,
1790, and at tho-ago of nineteen was admit
ted to the bar. Two years afterwards ho was.
chosen a member of the' Varginia Legisla
ture. In 1815, when by tho death of lion;
John Clopton, a vacancy occurred in thb
representation in Congress in tho Richmond
district, Mr. Tyler was elected to that posi
tion, in which ho. continued till 1821. In
December, 1825, the Gubernatorial term of
Mr. Pleasants expired, and Mr. Tyler was
chosen his successor.' Ho continued to till
that office till 1827, when ho was chosen by
the Legislature to fill the office of United
States Senator, made vacant by the expira
tion of.tho terra of the Hon. John Randolph.
He was early noted for his opposition to tho
principal measures of General Jackson’s Ad
ministration, and when, the Force bill was be
fore the Senate, he opposed it in an animate
speech. After a lengthened debate, the bill
was passed, Mr. Tyler being the only Sena
tor who recorded his vole in the negative ;
tho other opponents Of the measure having
absented themselves from, the Senate Cham
her while it was being adopted. In 1833, ho
was.re-elected to the Senate, but ho resigned
before his term'expired, and returned to his
home in Varginia. In 1840, he was elected,
by the Whig party, Vice President of the
United States, and on the.death of President
Harrison, in April, 1841, lie succeeded him to
the office of President. IH4 disagreements
with that party on' the bank question, are
familiar to all our readers. At tho close, of
his term, he retired to his mansion, near For
tress Monroe, where ho resided when the
present rebellion broke out. In 1861, Mr.
Tyler was appointed by Govenor Letcher.
one of the Virginia delegates to the Peace
.(/ongrpss,- convened in Washington. ’ Ho was
elected President of that body, and during
Us sessions, professed to. be an ardent friend
of the Union. He was seventy-one years old
when he died, and leaves a wife and several
children. Mr. Tyler was. a person of no
commanding appearance, but bad- courtly,
winning manners ; tall and thin in person,
deferential and pleasing in address;
All Satisfied; —All-parties .appear tu be
satisfied with Gen. Cameron’s retirement, ox»-
cept the fow whoso profits on contracts are
yet in thb. prospective, and whoso accounts
are subject to the scrutiny of the War De-
partment. Even the;.Now York Tribute,
which has bad him in its" special keeping
since his conversion to the “military neces
sity” of emancipating and arming the slaves,
is compelled to admit the propriety of his re
moval. It says: :
“The truth is thatGjen. Cameron has had
very unprofitable friends. Ho has been sur
rounded and 'pressed.upon by troops of noisy
well-wishers.Vwho would have scorned the
ideh of selling their God for thirty pieces of
silver so.long as there was the faintest hope
of making it forty. I’hoy have bored him
into signing.contracts by which they have
made enormous profits at his expense as well
as the country’s. . Sdipd of these contracts
will-'have to bo pitched overboard, • .Knd'it
would be well if the contractors could bo sent
after them.” '. y--,.' ... ■'
_Q,u the other an able and
energetic suppofter of this President and his
policy, approves the change on the ground
that'so “ serious a'difference, on a question in-,
voicing the consistency of the administration,
and deemed.vital by. the country,” ought not
to exist between a Cabinet officer and his su
perior. It says: ' ■r.
“.It became conspicuously apparent at the
opening of this session of Congress Unit there
■was a want of harmony between the Presi
dent and the Secretary of War. The prepa
ration by the latter of a report, intended to be
submitted to Congress, in which he advocated
a policy which the President was known to
disapprove ; his causing this report to be
printed ; his sending copies of it to the prin
ciple cities, for the. use .of the press, before
the President had seen it or was made ac
quainted with its contents ; its subsequent re
call by Mr. Lincoln, and modification by his
direction, betokened.a difference which ought
not to exist between a cabinet officer and his
superior at a time when unity in the execu
tive.counsels seemed so important to the suc
cess' of the national cause."
State Legislature. —A few days since, in
the House of Representatives, the following
resolutions wore offered and debated:
EMANCIPATION.
Mr. Tate, of Columbia, offered a resolution.
Thq preamble sots forth that Pennsylvania,
ever loyal to, the Constitution and Union, was
in favor of sustaining the Administration in
a vigorous continuance of the war. The res
olution declares that while this was the case,
she was not in favor of seeing her Senators
and Representatives in Congress wasting pre
cious.time in advocating the abolition of sla
very, the emancipation of the negroo, or any
other measure in violaimn oj the Constitution .
Mr. Smith, of Philadelphia, moved to refer
the resolution to the Committee on Federal
Relations, which was agreed to by’a vote of
53 ayes to 41 noes.
FRAUDS UPON THE,VOLUNTEERS.
Mr. Rex, of Montgomery, offered the fol
lowing resolution;
Resolyed, That a select committee of five
bo appointed to investigate and examine into
the contracts madq by certain parties with the
agents appointed by the Goyenor for. the fur
nishing oi clothing,.equipments and supplies
to the Commissary Department for the use of
the throe month’s volunteers called into ser
vice in compliance 'with a requisition from
the President, and ascertain, if possible, if
any frauds have been committed upon the
State, and if so, to report to the House the
nature and extent of such frauds, and the
name or names of the parties implicated.—
The committee shall also examine into such
other contracts and expenditures made by the
heads of the different departments or their
agents, as they in their judgement may doom
proper, and shall have power to send for per
sons and papers.
Mr. Bigham,-of Allegheny, saw no neces
sity-for the appointment of this committee.
Mr. Strang, of Tioga, moved to postpone
the resolution indefinitely.
Mr. Crane, of Wayne, said that the com
mittee appointed by the Govenor, last sum 1
mer, had investigated all ths matters referred
to. «
Mr. Zeiglor, of Jefferson, had doubted the
authority of the Goveuor to appoint the com
mittee, but-the power rested now with the
Legislature. The rumor has gone out among
tho people that gross frauds have boon perpe
trated. It was duo alike to tho citizens and
soldiers to ascortain'who was implicated.
Mr. Armstrong considered the report of the
commission of the Governor as entirely satis
factory.
Mr. Pershing, of Cambria, declared that
the people were not satisfied with tho report
of tho Govonor’s commission, because tho
Govonor, even by papers of his own party,
wore alleged to bo implicated in tho frauds.
Tho Frowonfleld ease, in Allegheny county,
had not been examined, because it was before
the courts.
General Thomns-Tlto Victory in Kentucky
General Thomas, who contributed so much
to tho great yictory in Kentucky, when tho
rebels under tho late Zollicofer sulfercd so
much, is an officer highly esteemed, and with
military antecedents of the first character.
Ho served, in the early part of tho war, un
der General Robert Patterson, who greatly
esteemed him, as an officer and a gentle
man, and took the opportunity, on duo re
markable occasion, to do him full justice. In
General Patterson’s report of one of tho most
brilliant achievements of tho early part of
war; he acknowledged tho assistance received',
in .that conflict, from General (then Colonel)
Thomas. Strangely enough, this report has
never yet been published. Wo havoploasure
in now placing it before our readers :
Headquarters, Dep’t. of Penna., 1
JIAiiTiNSBUdG, Va., July G, 1801. j
Sir: I telegraphed my intention-to cross
the Potomac on the Ist instant. I, now have
tho honor to report my movements since that
date. I left Hagerstown on tho afternoon of
the 30th ultimo, the earliest date my command
could take the field in a proper condition fur
active service, intending tho following morn
ing to enter Virginia-with two columns (at
Dam No 4, and at. Williamsport,) to.bo uni
ted tho same day at Ilainesville, the location
of.tho rebels. Owing-to the danger and diffi
culty attending the fording nt Dam No. 4', I
placed all the force at Williamsport. My or
der of march for the 2d instant is given in
the accompanying circular. The advance
crossed the Potomac at 4 A. M-, nil taking
tho main road to. Martir.sbiirg, with tho ex
ception of Noglcy’s brigade, which, about one
mile from the ford, diverged to the right to
meet the enemy, should ho come from Hedges’
villc, to guard our' right; and to rejoin at
Hniiiavillo. About live miles from the ford,
the skirmishers in front and on the flank,
suddenly became engaged with the enemy
posted in a clump of trees ; at the same time
their main forced appeared in front, shelter
ed by fences, timber, and houses. Abercrom
. ..l: l-i.:....,v..:.>.>..xrx,-/u.l,^
First W'isqonsin and Eleventh,Pennsylvania)
on each side of the road,, placed Hudson’s
section, supported! by the First Troop Phila
delphia Ctiy Cavalry in tho' road, and ad
vanced to tho attack against a warm lire bo- 1
fore him. The enemy,-being supported by
artill.ory, resisted for twenty-five ’minutes with
much determination.. Lieutenant Hudson,
after getting into position, soon silenced their
guns. In tho meantime, Thomas’ brigade
rapidly advanced and deployed to the loft
flank of tho enemy. The enemy, seeing this’
movement, and being pressed by A.bercrom
bio, retired, hotly pursued for four miles -by
(artillery and infantry, The cavalry bnuld
not bn employed on account of numerous
fences and walla crossing thb country.’ In.
the enemy’s cninp wore found camp’oqipage,
provisions; grains; &o. This brush was,
highly credible to our arms, winning, as r e
did; the day. against a foe superior in num
ber to those engaged on.our side; They , were
well posted, sheltered by timber, and sus
tained by artillery and cavalry. Our men
advanced over- .open ground against a warm
fire of artillery and infantry. I,present the
reports of the Colonels- Abercrombie-and’
Thomas, and Lieuts. Perkins and Hudson,
and take much pleasure in bearing testimony,
ns an eye-witness, to thb admirable manner
in which their commands were handled, and
their commendations earned. I also boar
testimony to the efficient service in ■ posting
portions of the troops, and conducting them
to the front, and into notion, rendered’ by the
members of my staff present and on the field
of .battle; Cob Porter, Capt. John Newton,
and Lieut. Babcock, and Majors Price and
Biddle, who Wore employed convoying orders;
also Surgeon 'fripldr, in attention to the
wounded; v ‘ , , - I| -
The', loss of the enemy wan over sixty in
killed. The number wounded cannot bo as
certained, as a large number were carried off'
•the.field. 1 ...
I am, sir, very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
R. Patterson,
Major General'Commanding.
. Colonel' B. D. Townsend, A. A. G. 0." S.
A., Washington City.
TJie Cavalry “ Speculation.”
A difficulty is presented at. Washington,
as to the disposition of all the cavalry regi
ments accepted in the service. The com
manding General asked for TWENTY SEV
EN regiments, and the whole number accept
ed and authorized to bo raised by General
Camerqn, the late Secretary, of War, is SEV
ENTY-THREE 1 This is forty-six more than
General McClellan either.wants or knows
how to dispose.of. This excess will cost the
Government just about $46,000,000 of need
less expense, but what of that? It gave Si
.mon-Cameron's.friends an opportunity to buy
up" about FORTY THOUSAND OLD HOR
SES,and southern to thogovernmentatan en
ormous profit. The government now owns
so many horses that they don’t know what to
do with them, and the animals have been put
out to board, by. the thousand, among the
farmers in Delaware, Maryland and the low
er part of Pennsylvania, at .40 cents a day.
It has now been determined that the number
of Cavalry regiments actually required shall
be rendered as efficient as possible, and the
others either discharged or turned into In-
fantry. After that is.done, the poor old hors
es will be sold at from thirty cents to ten dol
lars a head. The rascals who forced all.
these horses on the Government, should bo
made to take them back or oat them.
How Napoleon Punished Swindling in
ms Army.— Just before the groat battle of
Wagram, while the army was encamped on
the Island of Loban, near Vienna, Napoleon
walked one day with one of liis Marshals on
the shore, and passed a.oompany of grenadiers
seated at their dinner. “ Well, my friends,”
said he, “ I hope you find the wine good.”
“It will not make us drunk,” replied one,
“ there is bur cellar,” pointing to the river
Danube; The Emperor, who had ordered a
bottle of wine to each man, was surprised,
and made an immediate inquiry. He found
that forty thousand bottles sent by him a few
days before for the army, had boon purloined
and were unaccounted lor by the Commissari
es. They were immediately brought to trial
and condemned to bo shot, which sentence
was speedily carried into execution. Hero
was a venal offence, insignificant, indeed
when compared with the frauds upon the ur
gent wants and necessities of our soldiers, re
cently brought to light, but it received a se
vere and merited punishment. A few such
examples in our army would do n world of
good. 1
O* Gen. McClellan was before tho Con
gressional Committee on tho conduct of the
iVar, on Wednesday, lie is understood to
have gone into an extended exposition of tho
difficulties ho had to encounter,and of his poli
cy, and to have reiterated his confidence in his
ability to end tho war effectually in a short
time. Ho was before tho Committee throe
hours, and is said to have impressed them
most favorably.
Singular Career of Gen. Schocpff.
A Frankfort, Kentucky, correspondent of
the Cincinnati Gazette says:
Just now when nil eyes nro turned to Smn
erse’t and SchoepfTs brigade, it may be inter
esting to supply, some ‘particulars in thp. ca
reer of the General who is leading our forces
there, apd whoso skillful generalship alone
wo can rely on for success against the over
whelming odds.. ...
It is one of the mortifying humiliations, of
which the war is bringing so many to the
rebels, that the aristocratic Teunbs?ccf Con
gressman, who commands the rebel army,
has been once ignoinihiously defeated by,
and is now again opposed to a late New York
hotel porter.
Ay hen Gcn.Schoepff came t’o this country
he was without means. Nothing better offer
ing, ho asked and.procured the situation of
o porter in pno of the loading New York
hotels, and many a lady who reads the Ga
zetto this morning has had her trunk carried
up and down, stairs by the present brigadier
general, whose second victory we are hourly
expecting the wires to flash over the country.
After a time he went to AVasliington, where
ho continued as porter in one of the hotels,
until his unvarying politeness and industry
brought him under, the notice of Mr. Holt.
Pleased with his appearance and determined
to sco whether ho would rise if he had a
chance, Mr. Holt gave him a situation in the
Patent Office. At first his duties -were very,
hnnihlc—carrying bundles, arrnngihgmodels,
.arid the like; but ho was gradually tried on
more important labors, ami it was still found
that whatever, he done was well done. .A po
sition was then arranged for hirn more suita
ble to his newly discovered abilities.
Mr. Holt continued to take great interest
•in him, and missed no opportunity for his ad
vancement. AAMien he was transferred to the
AVar Department ho took SchocpfT with him.
An important survey in Virginia to
be needed, and Schtiepff was' entrusted with
it., 'This brought him-under the eye of Gen.
Scott, and his military education and ac-.
•cjuirements were frtr the first time brought to
light. Thenceforward his rise was sure. lie
continued to he employed on important busi
-passUn tho AVar Dpnnrtniont till educated
officers-began to bo demanded "forour volun*'
toers, when the New York hotel porter was
appointed brigadier-general, and sent to pro
tect the state, of his hen factor from invasion.
'Mr.. Holt has already the proud satisfaction
of knowing’ that the* man-ho took Prom hotel
drudgery, in ‘Washington, won Wild Oat:
let us hope it mn f- speedily, be added,
that the same leader has hold Somerset.
Ciiniepon Oul—Welles Should Follow,
Simon .Cahioron is no longer Secretary qf
• War. • lie has virtually, been removed from
office, although the President tries to let him
down easy, by pending.him but of'this coun
try and into one,-Russia, where plunderers
of the government treasury are punished, as
they are not, but should bo, hero,- Uy the bai
ter or the bullet.. llon./E.* M-. Stanton; At
torney-General under President Buchanan,
lias, been called-to ’Simon's place, and his
first duty should bo to-look after the Cum
mings, Lebos,'Brooks, Baumans, and others
of Simon’s favorite operators who are occupy
ing Qu'artermastcrships, Paymastcrships,'ln
spectorships, Gontractorships, &c. Thosnon
er the whole gang is routed out* the better
for the public treasury, although Forney &
Co„ might lose a per cordage of Spoils there-
IJo has- been somewhat, successful in
.forretting out . and defeating-frauds on ‘the,
government by California speculators; he.,
must now try his hand on the Camoronhin.
peculators -who aboundin all branches of the
armysorvice. where the- chances to filch and
and thieve are the best,.
Unfortunate .Simon-! Ho had just made
himself the favorite of such fihive : arming
Abolitionists as Greciy, Garrison, ‘ Capron,'
Pearce & Co., and they were beginning to
bail him as Vie man, for the hour, when lo I
President Lincoln, in a quiet but decided
way, informs Simon-that ho bad bettor go
abroad -for (bo benefit-of his health, and he
would try’to get an honest man into the War
Department.
Cameron having been slid nut, Secretary
Wc/lcs cannot bo- retained. The thieving, or
government ruhlicry, in. the Navy . Depart
ment may not have been so extensive and
magnificent as in the War, because the field
has been more limited, but the fact that if has
been practised, largely, cannot be successful
ly .denied. The operations'of the,Secretary’s
brother-in-law, Morgan, are sufficiently odor
ous of plunder, and nothing, short of Welles’
retirement will secure. puldic confidence in
th.o integrity of that Department.—Jefferso
nian.
"Heavy, heavy, What hangs over You.”
Wo clip thd following. I old, bitter and
threatening extract from ii late number of the
Cincinnati Times,'.oua .of the most violent war
and fusion paper* in the' State. It. ex
hibits not only how far a Republican sheet .
can go in its abuse of the Administration
without suppression or arrest of its editor,
but also tho opinion entertained of the Ad
ministration, by many of those who but a
short time since wore fierce in their demands
for the summary punishment of all Democrats
who refused to worship the Republican idol
at Washington :
“G.od help the nation if these things arc to
continue. Wo must confess we are losing
our .patience. The Congressional reports
show that the War Department, at least, is in
tho hands of thieves. The masterly inactivity
of the Administration is broken only when it
comes to the plundering of the Treasury. The
report of the Congressional -Investigating
Committee thrills every honest man with hor
ror. It is the saddest exposition of our na
tional history. _
It exhibits a degree of corruption in tho
War and Navy Department not expected in
this critical hour. Tho public treasury is in
the hands of thieves, whose only solicitude is
plunder. If Congress was honest, as it ought
to be, Simon Cameron would have boon hurled
from’bis office in disgrace before this, and
FoH LaFayelte crowded with the Weeds, the
Cumminyses, ilia Maryans, and the host of
plunderers proved guilty by the investiyalious.
But even this terrible exhibition does not
seem to have created a sensation in Congress.
Does tho plunder oonspirooy extend even
there ?
.If the Administration, with its miserable
and almost intolerable army management,
surrenders Mason and Slidell,' it will be the
last hair on the camel's hack The, truth
must como, aad tho sooner it is spoken the
bettor.' The people cannot and will not sup
port an Administration that defies their,con
fidence. All that is dear to them—homo,
country, freedom, peace—is now at stake. ■lf
there is not a change in tho Cabinet for the
bettor, and that soon, they willjlemnnd a
change of servants, and enforce their demand.
Once rouso the whirlwind and it will not stop
until it sweeps the whole Administration into
the I oiomac.
Tho chasm seems to be now opening,
which, without immediate and thorough re
form' will engulf the plunderers of tho Gnv
ernmoqt in this hour of trouble and peril.
We know what we say, and we proclaim it to
the feasting Belshazzars, that the handwriting
is on the wall.” .
ID" Mr. Gilbert Rodjun, the chief clerk
of the Treasury Department, died on Wodnos
day morning, after a few days’ illness. Ills
remains wore taken to Philadelphia lor inter
ment.
Expired. —The season for shouting rabbits,
pheasants, &c., has expired. Those who
shoot them now are liable to a fine.
the warns.
A Glorious Victory iu Kentucky.
Tlic Total Defeat and Death of
Zollieoft'er:
■ Opr readers arc iiw'uro that the rebel Gen
eral *ZoII ieoffer, with a force estimated at
about ton thousand, men, has, for some weeks,'
been strongly posted’on tiro north bank- of
the Cumberland river, a few miles below
somerset, in Pulaski county, Kentucky. The
Federal Gen. Schocpff, with a force of about
seven thousand men, has been at Somerset,
holding the rebels in check. General Thom
as, until about it week since, has been at Co
lumbia, in Adair county. He moved forward
by the Jamestown, road, with the apparent
intention of getting into the rear of Zolliooff-.
or, cutting off his retreat and bagging his
force. Zollicoffer, ascertaining the nature
of the movoinoht, and seeing that he must
abandon his .position or be surrounded, bold
ly determined to attack his enemies in detail,
and suddenly marched to meet Thomas. It
happened that strong reinforcements had
boon dispatched to the aid of General Thom
as, and that they overlook him after a forced
march of twenty-five miles, three hours be
fore Zollicoffer came up. This probably
made the force of the combatants about equal
in numbers. Four regiments,—two, Tennes
see and two’Kentucky,—that 'marched from
Somerset to co-operate with General Thomas,
do not appear to have been in the fight.
The battle ground is in Russell county,
twelve .'miles west of the-moulh of 'White Oak
Creek, a small stream that puts into the Cum
berland about, fiitoen miles southwest, of
Somerset, and is near where Thomas propos
ed to cross the Cumberland. The engage
ment, took place Sunday afternoon, and the
rebel army was totally defeated and pursued
to their, intrenchmonts, a, distance of about
twelve miles. Anight attack was not ven
tured, and the rebels’ stole across the river
in the darkness, having’ a steamboat and
barges at baud. They abandoned all their
cannon, tents and stores, and di«pers^|
and '■wounded rebels were left on the battle
field, among them Gen. ZollicoiTor, who was
found dying in a wagon, and Bailie Peyton,
a son of the distinguished Tennessee puliticaa
of that.name. ' ,
The extent of our loss is not yet known,
hut tho'liiot that ono regiment (10th Indiana.
001. Mansnn,) lost seven.y men in killed and
wounded, shows that it must, have hoen se
vere. The country will 'await the details of
the affair with eager solicitude.
■ The battle seems to have been afair tight,
and the victory! is ono of the most important'
gained by the Union troops during the war.'
It destroys tho right wing of the rebel ,army’
in Kentucky, flanlcs.,the, oneniy’s position at 1
Bowling Green, opens Tennossep to.invasion,
and will cause a profound panic at Nashville,
and. the deepest disquietude throughout the
insurrectioriaty Statps.— Cincinnati-Commer
cial.
From. Missouri.
Sir Louts, .Tan. 24.
■ Several of the secessionists, of ■ this city,
who were recently assessed for the bonclit of
tho south-western fugitives, by order of Gen.,
ilallook, hdvingfailed to pay the assessments,
their property lias been seized within a day
or two past under execution, to satisfy the
assessment, with twenty-live per cent, ad-,'
ditionai, according to General Order No 2d.
Yesterday, Samuel Engler, a prominent'
merchant, and ono of the assessed Secession
ists, had a writ of replevin served upo.n tho
Provost Marshal General,.'for property seized
from him, whereupon ho and his attorney,,
Nathaniel, Cox, wpfe nrreslod and lodged in
the military prison,. To-day Gen, Ilnllcok
issued a special order directing the, Provost
Marshal General to send Engles beyond the
limits of this Department; and to notify ..him
not to return without the permission of tho
Commanding General, .mule r penalty aooord
'ing to the la-Waof war.
Gen. Hallqek also adds, that martial law,
having been declared, in this city by authority
of the President of the United Slates, nil civ-,
,il authorities,'of whatever name or office, are
heroljy notified that any attempt dh their part
to interfere with the Execution of any order
issued from these Head Quarters, or impede,'
molest or trouble any officer duly 'appointed!
to carry each order into effect, will ho record
ed as a militnfy.offen.cn and pliuisligd noeordr
inglv.. The Provost Marshal General will
arrest each and every person, of whatever
rant or office, who attempts in any way la
prevent or interfere with the execution-of
ahv order issued from these Head Quarters.
Ho will call upon the commanding officer of
the Department of St. Louis for any military
assistance he may require. ’ .
The Bodies «f ZolilcoflVr and
Bullae Pejion.
Louisville, Jail, 24.
The remains of Gen. Znllienffer and Bailie
Peyton, Jr., are undergoing the process of era
haiming at Somerset, so as to he delivered to
their relatives, '
Affairs holo'w are reported as quiet.
Pretly Parly.
‘(Will you walk into our. party,’! say the
republicans to every fishy traitorous or dis
appointed democrat in the country. . “Tisthe
prettiest.little party th.-it'oyer you did spy,”
and upon this invitation every man that has
been in office and been impeached 'for his ras
cality,, and every man holds office above the
guod of liis country, and all tho sluffand dross,
of a sound national constitutional and conser
vative old party is expected to slide off and
affiliate with that eminently “pretty little par
ty” where, as good fortune will have it, they
generally stay, for they soon find their logs so
tangled up in tho web of fanaticism and unpop
ularity that they can “never come out again.”
A pretty party, truly, with avory pretty record
to ho proud of! Tories in 1772, Nova Scotia onw
boys-in 1773, convention monarchists in 1787,
alien and sedition law men in 1799, peace men
in 1812, hluelightsin 1813, Hartford convention
men in 1814, Washington benevolent society
men in 1816, no party men in 1818, Federal
republicans in 1820, anti-masons in 1828, ro
charter men in 1832, Abolitionists in 1838,
Hard cidor men in 1844, froesnilers in 1852,
Know Nothings in 1853, Anti- 'Tebrasca men
in 1854, Blooding Kansos men in 1855, sec
tional republicans in 1856, Wideawakes in
1860, no party government, war, mob and
Union men in 1861, but what they will be in
1862 nobody knows. It would puzzle dll tho
Witches, Astrologers and Rochester Knock
ers, this side of Jordan, to como at anything
like nn opinion. We must wait until wq soo
tho weired saints “round and round the caul
dron go” throwing in “too’of frog” and “wool
of bat”, before we can determine, when some
thing will undoubtedly boil up in the_ shape
of a now party. It will forget all of its sec
tional and disunion heresies of the past and
-bo very patriotic. It will forgot its arbitrary
violence undertaken in the name of the Union
to destroy.the rights of the people. It will
forget all the promises it made to the country,
arid all the misery and ruin it gave it instead.
It will forget its former despicable, infamous
and shameful combinations and evolutions,
for office sake. It will ho a “pretty par y
of political fosaols. retired army contractors,
renegade democrats, &0., &c., &0., and wi
not be troubled with official positions ogai
for many years to come.— Northumberland,
Co. Democrat.
!D- Gen. Jim Lane says that his hriga 0
would “follow him to hell” if ho desno
them. Wo little doubt but what they w
any how, if he keeps going straight ahea .
and his men don’t desert him.