AMEMCAN VOLUNTEER, JIHN B. BRATTON.- Editor k Proprietor. . CARLISLE, PA., FEBRUARY 13,1862, OUR FLAG “ Forever foot that standard sheet! Whjcre breathes the foe but falls before us? With Freedom’s soil beneath onr feet, JLnd Freedom*s banner waviuy o’er us I WHAT THEY TIIISR, A Into letter from Kentucky, published in TopneV’s Press, contains this paragraph; “They (the South,) have made up their mind that the North must he as well convin ced, by this time, as they are, of the impossi bility of reconstructing the Union, and must, vcD,ffuui‘,.thn win* Qtt_Qqfi-a£_aiih=- jugation. Against this, former Union men will fight as readily as original. Secessionists, and it is this conviction which has, oi late, produced such unanimity.” Sol At the commencement of this unholy rebellion, one half the popple..of'the border slave Stales, were firm Union men ; they wore Union men because they believed that Con gress was sincere, when it resolved, by near ly a unanimous vote, (speaking for the North,) *• that this war is not waged-on their part'in any spirit of oppression, or for any purpose of conqtiest or subjugation or purpose of over throwing or interfering with' the rights or es tablished institutions of those Stales, - but to defend and maintain the supremacy of the Constitution, and to preserve the Union, with all the dignity, equality, and rights of the sev eral States unimpaired ; and that as sooii a s these objects are accomplished the war ought to tease.” , ...•■■ Congresa, wo repeat, having passed the above resolve, the good men of the border States felt strong in their allegiance to , the Union. . They organized their companies, regiments and brigades, and tendered their services to the Government. They marched to the fields of battle, and with their blood, testified their fidelity to. the Union —testified their belief in Congress. But in the proceedings, of th o present ses sion of Congress, what do wo see f The ven erable Crittenden of Kentucky, a man of aevehty, who shed tears when his Compro mise' Resolutions were defeated in the Senate, rose in his place, in the House, recently, and moved, , as an additional pledge on the port of the Government, that the above reso lution, passed at the extra session of Con gress, last Spring, be re-affirined. The mo-\ iion was voted down! The action of the ex tra session was repudiated, and subjugation of the. South, and the ' confiscation of slaves were boldly proclaimed by the adherents of the. Administration, as the objects of the war I- The re-construction of the Union as it was, was.scoffed at, and nothing but a liberation’ of the slaves and a recognition of Abolition doctrines would be listened tot Is it to be wondered nt that Union men of the border States feel that they have been de ceived? Is it to bo wondered at that they . feel disposed to resist the impudent demands Of the treasonable. Abolitionists? .Is it to be wondered at that they “ will fight as readily as original Secessionists,” against the traitors who have declared the subjugation of the South and the emancipation of the slaves the objects of. the war ? They ■ have been forced from our cause, and if Mr. Lincoln refuses longer to put his foot on the nocks of Abo lition traitors, the people will hold him re" sponsible, for the acts of his friends; It is ■aid that the President does disapprove the course of his partizans, and that he is deter mined that the policy of 1 the emancipation and,subjugation demagogues shall not be his policy. But yet, it is very- evident to all that Mr. Lincoln lacks nerve as well as ability, and is attempting to please both the crazy. Abolitionists and those who deprecate their treasonable, designs. If ho disapprove the doings and sayings of the former, 'why did he commission that notorious out-law and thief, Jim Lane, and give him an army to command in Kansas? Lane has boldly de clared that he favors subjugation, the arming of the slaves, and robbery and murder. The President says he is_opposed to all this, but yet appoints a man to the command of an army who favors it. Is. it not evident that Mr. Lincoln is attempting to cheat sonic body ? Again, as additional evidence of the Presi dent’s duplicity, ho refused to condemn the conduct of that crazy fanat.'c, Gen. Phelps, for having issued a most treasonable and mis chievous proclamation. It lias always seem ed singular to us that the Government would allow Generals to write and spread their own proclamations. That most absurd and pesti lent one of Gen. Phelps has already done in finite mischief. An intelligent gentleman, recently arrived at Cairo from New Orleans, positively denies tho existence of any Union feeling in that city. ' Ho. says there was a strong Union sentiment there until tho issue of that astounding proplamatory effort by Gen. Phelps. This was immediately caught up and, republished by every Southern jour nal, and Us effect upon tho Union cause ho - represents as most baneful. A Ship Island correspondent gives tho following account of the treatment Gen. Phelps’ proclamation ex perienced from the United States officors.at that place: •* This document baa caused con siderable excitement amongst tho naval.offi cers. In some instances its copy has boon torn in pieces and thrown overboard, and in others it lias received the severest condemna tion, attended with throats of resignation of •the proclamation he sent amongst tho South ern people." And yet this fool, Phelps, who has forced thousands and tens of thousands from our cause, receives no rebuke from tho Administration. Wo repeat, President Lin coln !s attempting to cheat somebody. Prn fessing one. policy and practicing another, is evidence that he is not a sincere man, and therefore not to be trusted OUR NERO FIDDLING! "Wo arc informed by correspondents from Wnshington, tlmt a grand dance came off at tho White House on the night of the Sthinut. It is said to have been a grand affair and was participated in by a very large number.- the dance began at precisely eleven o’clock, the' President lending off with Miss' BrowninS, and Mrs. Lincoln With; Senator BnowUiso. There seems to be a strange contrast between the fiddling and dancing in tho Nation’s .White House and sanguinary scenes of war. But, no doubt Mr. Lincoln has road in history of Nero amusing himself with a fiddle while Romo was in flames, and why should not tho Needs of this' country bo equally merry and unconcerned, now that our Union is devastated with intestine war, and the people are in mourning from one end of tho land to tho other ? Aye, why should not “old Abe” bo merry?,. Ho and his parti sans have been working for a dissolution of the Federal Union for the last quarter of a century, and why should they not, wo repent, “ dance and bo merry,” now that the object for which they have worked so long is upon us with all its fearful realities?. True it is,, his subjects —tho people of tho United States —are bowed down with sorrow; true it is that hundreds of volunteer troops are swept into their graves daily, and rivers of tears are being shed for the lost ones; true it is, that destitution, if not starvation, threatens thousands of our citizens; true it is, that enormous taxes are to bo imposed upon our people; true if is, that our insolent assail ants—tho rebels of the South —are within sight of the Capitol. flaunting their traitor flags in our very faces; true it is, the Bacu els of the North veep for their children, and will hot be comforted, “because they are not." But, what difference to the President and the horde of Abolitionists who composed his dancing party ? The war is their triumph— it is what they prayed for and worked, for— and now they dance within hearing dis tance of the dying groans of their country men 1 As well might the Imperial City have celebarted, with'' triumphal processions, the that ravaged her fields and sacked her'tom entrance of the hordes of Goths, and Vandals, pies, ns the President of the United States to “ dance arid be merry ” at this time of an guish and distress. , But, so it is —“ old Abb ” and his friends .will dance, and the people will weep; the same people who lifted this party into power, whose ravages upon the principles of our in stitutions have desolated our land, and can be compared to the blighting march of the Tartars of Tamerlane and the Huns of Atib la. The people—deceived, betrayed and lied to—have warmed the Abolition serpent into life. It will sti,ng them to death. Lot those [ who have brought our troubles upon us shout and sing, dance and fiddle. . It is -well that the chock ipf. the progress of Democratic princi ples should be celebrated with pomp and show. It is best that the people should not see how the Genius of the Constitution shud ders and shrinks from the rude arms of her violator, reeling and staggering, and insolent With ill-gotten power. It i's best that the shouts of laughter and the clatter of feet, should be loud and long, to drown, if possi ble, the dying words of tho soldier and the stifled sobs of the people. It is best 1 Let, then, the enemies of our laws and our Con stitution dance and fiddle, and thus hush tho voice of distress now heard throughout the land. Let them dance —let them fiddle. “ Lo the Conqueror !”—The “ Immortal J. N.” who lias triumphed over bolts, bars, dungeons and chains,and intellectually'con quered the. press by, the swoop and power of his genius, will lecture in Carlisle soon. Prepare to hear, the fearless, “ intellectual hero,” who would rather die than renounce any philanthropioal view ho entertains. The laides are respectfully invited to attend. Subject, “Truth and War.” “ Magna esi veii ias ct prevalent!” Infinitely as J. N. surpasses Socrates, Plato and Newton as a philosopher—transcendental-, ly as he' rises above Demosthenes, Cicero and Henry as an orator —immeasurably as he loads" Juvenal, Popsand BRYON .as a stairist, he is as simple as a child and as modest as a maiden. Tlie Genesee Farmer. —The February num. ber of this well known, agricultural journal is received. As wo have said before, the Farmer is the cheapest and one of the very best agricultural and horticultural papers published. It costs only 50 cents h year, and wo see from this number that the pub lisher offers some exceedingly liberal premi ums to all whom subscribe for the paper at this time. Specimen copies of the-paper arc sent Jrccio all applicants. Address Joseph Harris, Rochester, N. Y. Election in Lancaster. —Tho election for Mayor of the city of Lancaster, lield on Tues day week last, resulted in the choice of George Sanderson, Esq., the present incumbent, and editor of tho Intelligencer, hy a majority of eighty-four votes over Dr. Cassidy, the “Citi zens-Uniou" candidate. This result is a great Democratic victory, in view of tho moans re sorted to to prevent tho re-election of Mayor Sanderson. The Republicans, in accordance with tho policy they have pursued for some time, refused to nominate a candidate of their own, but induced Dr. Cassidy, a Democrat and a gentleman of great personal popularity, to become a candidate. By this means it was expected that enough Democratic votes would be drawn from- Sanderson to accomplish his defeat. It was urged against him that ho was a “Breckinridge editor,” and consequent ly disloyal, and tho usual attempt was to ar ray all loyal citizens against him. But not withstanding the odds opposed to them, the noble Democracy of Lancaster city stood firm, and gained a signal victory over the allied powers. * ' Repeal of the “ Personal Liberty Laws” of Wisconsin. —.ln tho Wisconsin Assembly, on Friday last, a largo portion of the session was devoted to a discussion of State Rights. Mr. Pope’s resolutions wore finally adopted ; tho first, against secession, by a unanimous vole; tire second, declaring against the right of a State to resist the execution of Federal laws, with only three dissenting; and the third, declaring the resolutions of 1859 ex punged, with seven dissenting votes. This is right and proper. States that are helping tho Government to put down those rebelling against its authority, should bo tho 'first to clear their own skirts of a like offense Correspondence of the Volunteer; Letter FROM Harrisburg. House of Rees., Hqrrisburg, Fob.-10. John B, Brallott, Fsq ; When Hannibal returned to Carthago, ha found that the Magistrates and tho principal citizens had abused their power and convert ed the public revenues to their own omolu-, mCnt. From this fact was owing tho down fall of tho Magistrates ns well ns the Senate, There was at one time a Censorship among the Romans, and it was tolerated bccanse it produced more luxury than corruption; but when Claubius came into power, ho weaken ed its authority, and thus corruption became greater than tho luxury. Are wo much better off in this country ? Do we not find our Magistrates—those en trusted with the administration of public jus tice —corrupted ? What do they think but filching from tho public treasury ? Under the plea of a “ government’s necessities,” they wish to cover up all manner of rascali ty—all kinds of plunder—all means by which tho people are to bo impoverished and them selves enriched. Look at our country 1 Cor ruption is tho only theme on which men love to discant, and luxury is made the conse quence- of that corruption.. The foul and stinking sweat which oozes out of the body of that degraded portion of God’s creation, known as the African tribe, smells rankly, and some white people of the North use it as a “ sweet smelling savor,” at once gratifying to the nasal organs, and as a means to obtain the ends which they have in view*-" When .the people become enemies to those who govern, they, naturally'"begin to .doubt" the saving power of the Constitution of the country. When tho victory was obtained over tho Persians in the Straits of Salamis, tho republic of Athens became corrupted, and when the Athenians wore defeated, the > republic of Syracuse was ruined. Nop-look at the conduct of our late Secretary of Afar! lias his conduct not compelled the people not only to become his enemies, but also to,dis trust the institutions of pur . country ? A third rate man, whose whole soul was center ed in the almighty dollar, bo would feign make the negro the sum and substance of his ambition, if thereby there was the slightest chance of acquiring money. One of the greatest ’difficulties in our country has been, that the boiling cauldron of corrupted poli tics has brought to tho surface a low and,de graded set of demagogues, whp think of noth ing but tho amount they can obtain through the “ necessities of the Gov ernment.” If it were not for this, wo would still bo a happy and contented people. . But like the chosen people of old, we have gone after strange gods~wc have fallen down and, worshipped tho golden calf, until at length, we are compelled to give dll we own to sup port and sustain the consequences of our. own folly. Forty years ago had a man. attempted to impose a stamp duty—a duty on bonds, notes; deeds of conveyance, &c., ho would have been denounced as a Federalist—one who sympa thised with the British Government. But • now see, Lowery, in our State Senate, un blushingly offer a set of resolutions which is oven to tax the. kitchen furniture of old wo men in the country 1 He is a Black Repub lican—ho is one of those unholy negro wor shippers—one of those men who has run after the negro, until a black skin and a wooly head has become a mania with him ; and now to,pay the expenses of this war —this rebel lion which Abolitionism and the contemptible fanaticism which has sought to uproot the Christian religion and the morals of our whole country —even the old women of the country are doomed to pay their share. What has brought this great evil upon us? We have fallen down, and in the most abject manner worshipped the golden calf; we, have “ followed the delvces and desires of pur own hearts,” until even the beneficence of a groat | and good God has boon withdrawn from us. And now what awaits iis ? Taxation enor mous, and on a most splendid scale. The [ farming interest of this country will bo com pelled to pay taxes the like of which they, have never experienced. The opposition may squirm, growl and grumble, but they have entailed upon the community the evil of ex orbitant taxation, which the ,present and the next generation will never see liquidated.— Lot us hoar no more hereafter about the ex penditures of the Democratic party while in power. Take all the plunder of that party take all its filching—put it together, and to this public robbery of the Republicans for the short time they have boon in power, and it would be as an tipple dumpling to a moun tain of broad. Millions of, the public money has been squandered, arid yet when a Demo crat dares open his mouth against this dam nable rascality, the hounds who arc khawing away at the bones of the Republic, cry out with' gorged stomachs, “ho is a Secession ist.” What hypocrisy ! , What scoundrel ism ! What a contemptible trifling with public confidence! The taxes in this State will bo quadrupled. The farmer who last year paid'five dollars of taxes will this year be compelled to pay twenty, and next year fifty, and the year after probably one.hun dred, and for what? To enable a sot of cra zy fanatics and fools to carry out an idea which is destitute of cither sense or reason. Irish, Senator from Allegheny county; an imported Yankee from tho black Ohcrlin dis trict of Ohio, offered a resolution a few days ago, in tho Senate, to restore Fremont to his command in tho army. Fremont took part with the negroes, and those fools would res tore him, if ho had boon tho greatest public robhor this Government over had. Wo all know tho Secretary of War testified to his rascality, tho world knows, and so does “ the rest of mankind," that BtfEMmfc is hound hand and foot by tho blasK-lpgSof California —that ho prostituted thowliolo Western ar my to enable those scoundrels to make money, but his sins wore all forgiven when ho assu med tho position of sotting tho negroes free. And poor Simon, he, too, goes to Russia to coo! his parched tongue, and settle his fevorod blood. The negro is made to cover up his sins, and probably, if there aro votes enough, he will bo President of this groat and glori ous Union ! If this should occur, there is no doubt he will got his share of the “ groan back money of the United Statos." Siuon, Simon ! tho way of the wicked is hard. Take take of tho rough sea ; many a man more honest has gone to the bottom; but you ■will not go, Siuon. \ The resolutions to-investigate the manner of' the i passage of tile .bill commuting tbe Tonnage, toxhas passed; and the Committee, consisting bf Messrs. Hoßkins, Ripon, Crane, Alixander; and Strang, been It is tt good committee, and it looks as though wo wo jo getting back to the good old times when honesty prevailed in tho Legislature.— The honest farmers of the country have been fooled to the top of their bent.. They have boon made pay while others danced, and it is time for us tel return to the good old days when the honest man held a seat in our pub lic councils, We all know “Billy" Hop-, kins, and we mistake’lho man very much, if he does not probe this whole matter to the bot tom. • Last yettt the Republicans redo it over us rough shod—they did not even permit us to say a, word in explanation; but now they cower like a set of scared wolves, and they plead and plead for mercy.' The Democracy has no mercy for this crowd. They have at: tempted to crush t|io tax-payers—steal the public money—and they must answer for it. We have the check lino upon them, and let us hold it tight if ovefftho scoundrels should bo strangled. Junon Yondersuith Pardoned.,—Daniel B. VoNDERSMiin, at one time Associate Judgo of tho Courts of Lancaster county, who was convicted in May, 1859; for forging applica tions for pensions, and sentenced to pay a fine of $5OOO and Undergo an imprisonment for a term of twenty years, was liberated from the Eastern Penitentiary of Friday last, on a pardon granted by President Lincoln. .Bo fore the expiration of President Buchanan’s term 61 office, ho' commuted the sentence to three years’ imprisonment, "which would have expired in. May next. The pardon of President Lincoln is unconditional, and re lieves him from the payment of the $5,000. Mr. YoNDEnsMiTH returned to his home in Lancaster last Saturday.- ! IE7" The small-pox prevails to an alarming extent in the city of Washington; .A debate in the city councils elicits the statement that there arc some 800 eases among civilians, and a communication it! One of the city journals presents'the evidence that small pox conva lescents are permitted to roam about the streets, spreading this loathsome and contagious dis ease everywhere. All the regiments on this side of the Potomac have been vaccinated, though, it must be admitted, at a late day. Boston f Ecrald exposes the fact that a notorious Abolition firm in that city! the members of which have Signed and groan ed and oast up their eyes over the ..sufferings of the poor negro, until they have obtained a rich contract for supplying the army with drawers, are paying women sixpence a pair for making them.; By, hard work and over hours, the woman can finish two pairs a day Twelve cents for a. day and a half might’s la bor 1 Oh, the poof, overtasked suffering no gr° I John Bull’s SiNCERixr.--The English “phil anthropists’’ ore deserting “Uncle Torn.’’ The London Athemevn declares its conviction that the system of slavery at. the South is more benefleten to negroo than freedom ut llio Km-tU, tn- no mcivns so wrong as' it hus bf'vCn thouglit. The Saturday Review ridicules the anti-slavery sentiment of Great Britain in one column, while it denoun ocspopulnr government as mob law in the next. Tho Review argues that the. negroo ought not to bo freed) because, “left to tho free indulgence of his natural inclinations, he will not labor at all.”" The National Founderv.— Wo learn from. Washington, that the Special Committee charged to select a site for a national foundory have determined to reportin favor of one, hut without designating the locality. This will have to ho quarrelled.oyer in Congress. The Committee’s justification for throwing this iron apple of discord in the House, was their inability to agree themselves. We learn farther that the Committee gave a hearing on Wednesday to delegations from various sections of the country, and will pro bably report in favor of an establishment west of the Alleghenies. !C7° John J. Crittenden is deeply affected by the news from Kentucky, and has not been in the .House since the repo,at of th e bat tle of Somerset was received. Although ho has two sons in the Union the presence of one, his eldest, in the, rebel army, over whelms him with grief. Who is a Bedel? —:This is a pertinent in quiry just now-. Who is a’rebel? On this ppint the A r cw TorJc Times says: “Whoever is against the Constitution of the United States, in whole or in part, in spirit or in letter, is a rebel. Whoever is against any of the laws of our whether they relate to fugitive slaves or of freemen, is a rebel. Whoever insists that n law of Con gress can bo violated any more in New York nr Massachusetts than in South Carolina dr Alabama, is a, rebel. - Let us make a clear' and clean work of, our loyality and apply to it the rigid rule that ho who offends in one point offends in all".” ' That ! a a hard lick on Grooly from a broth er abolitionist. Public Thieves.— lt is said to have been a practice of Napoleon to shoot every dishonest oontraotor on the spot. If tho same policy were to bo adopted by the Government at ■Washington, wo should soon bo rid of a horde of scoundrels who attempt to hide their own infamy by endeavoring to brand as “ traitors” honest men. 0“A published letter says that Federal officers at Paducah,Ky., have delivered up fu gitive slaves for money, ranging from §2O to §l3O. We’d wager something, if hotting wore not immoral, that those officers have been heretofore known as flaming abolition ists. C7* Kedpath’s recantation of his’ former fanatical views he declares to have been on account of “ a change of heart, from an ac ceptance, full and unreserved of the doctrines and plan of salvation of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.” 0““ Slavery isnot dead,butrte Consiiluiion of 1787 is dead and gone,” were the words of Wendell Phillips in his address in Boston last week. Wendell is determined to be ahead in the race of radicalism. THE TREASDBOOTE BILL PASSED. The Treasury Note bill passed the House of Representatives on 'Thursday, substantially as it wos reported from tho Committee on Ways and Means, by a votebJfJlS yeas to 59, nays. It authorizes' the issue of demand Treasury notes,without interest, to the amount of $150,000,000, of which $50,000,000 are. to bo in lieu of the notes issued under the act of July X7th, 1801, which are to bo taken up as rapidly as possible. The notes arc to be a legal tender for nil purposes. The bill also authorizes the issue of 6 ppr cent, coupon bonds to tho amount of $500,000,000, redeemable nt tho pleasure of the Government after twenty years fronj date, the interest to bo paid semi annually. The following was tlxe Vote on the final passage of tho bill r Has— Messrs. Aldrich, Alley, Arnold, Ashley, Babbitt, Bailey (Mass.), Bailey (Pa.), Baker, Beaman, Bingham, Blair (Mo.); Blair (Va.), Blair (Pa.), Blake, Buffington, Burn ham, Campbell, Chamberlin, Clark, Colfax, Cutler, Davis, Delano, Delaplaino, Duell, Dunn, Edgarton, Edwards, Ely, Fenton, Fes senden, Fisher, Franohot, Frank, Gooch, Granger, Gurley, Haight, Halo, Hanchet, Harrison, Hickman, Hooper, Hutchins, Ju lian, Kelley, Kellogg, (Mich.), Kellog, (111.), Killinger, Lansing, Leary, Loomis, McKean, MoKnight, McPherson, Marston, Maynard, Mitchell, Moorhead, Morrill (Me), Nugent, Olin, Patton, Phelps (Cal.), Pike, Price, Rico, (Mass.) Rice (Mo.), Biddle, Rollins, (Mo.), Sargcant, Shanks, Shellabargor, Sherman, Sloan, Spaulding, •'Steele, (N, ,Y.) Stevens, Trimble, Trowbridge, Upton, Vanhorn, Valk enburg. Van Wyok, Verree, Walt, Wallace, Walton (Me.), Whaley, White (Ind.), Wilson, Windom and Worcester —93, Nays —Messrs. Ancona; Baxter, Biddle, Bro-wnofß. I.), Cobb, Frederick A. Cockling \ , lOlllgilAlti- Bivorv Dunlap, Eliot, English, Goodwin, Gri der, .Harding, Holman, Heston, Johnson, Knapp, Law, Lazoar, Lovejoy, Mallory, May, Menzios, Jlorill, (Vt.), Morris, Nison, Noble, Norton,- Odell, Pendleton, Perry, Pomeroy, Porter, Richardson, Robinson, Rollins (N. II.), Sedgwick, Sheffield, . Shiol, Steele (N J.) Stratton Thomas, (Mass.) Thomas (Md.) Train, Vallaridighanv, Voorhees, Wadsworth, Walton (Vt.), Ward, Webster,' White (Ohio.) Wioklifie, and Wright—s 9. . P. S.—‘A. dispatch from'Washington says there is a majority in the Senate in favor of the passage of the Treasury note hill with the legal tender clause, as adopted by the House - ‘ ~ The Common Schools op the State. —The Suporindendent of the Common Schools of Pennsylvania . has sent in hia report to : the Legislature, showing the operation of the system in.the various counties of the State. The wholp number of schools in the State, not, including the city of Philadelphia, is 11,- 910, including Philadelphia, 12,245. The number of pupils in all the schools, including "Philadelphia, is 080,295, and the cost of their tuition is. §1,773,006. The total .cost of the system, including school houses, &c., is §2,900,501. The average length ofthesohool •term' in the schools outside of Philadelphia county, was five months, seven and a-half days, and the average cost of each pupil per month, fifty-nine ,cents, or about §3 10 for the .whole term. The increase of pupils in the. State Schools during the year . was 11,090.' The State appropriation paid to Philadelphia, was §40,302. There is a very largo difference between the amount of school tax levied and that actually paid into the treasury. The last year it amounted to §325,272, : being §50,000 less than the year previous, and nearly one-seventh of the whole .amount' levied. It coat the large sum of §75,000 to, collect the-school tax, The receipts were §102,757 less than the expenditures. The report states that only two-thirds' ot the pu pils enrolled, and, which the State has credit for educating, attend .school regularly, and that the term of instruction is not quite two thirds of the time it should bo. The short coming ot the system arc dwelt upon strong ly. The report says :. Upon a close.examination of the. system it self, and of its operative agencies and their adaptednoss to the work committed to them, it will bo found that the deficiencies- now presented to attention arc tho effoot neither of their wont of fitness nor activity. It is ad 'mitted that our school'houses, with-their fur-, niture and apparatus for teaching, are incom plete—only about one-third being sufficient and the other two-thirds either .radically un fit for their purposes, or not rendered suffi- only about one-eight of the schools are so graded as to incite the pupil to proper effort for improvement, while all the rest are without thisstrongincitcment, andone-soven th of them positively without any classifica tion of the pupils whatever—that only one tenth of the teachers are,, in qualifications, up to the legal''standard, and nine-tenths arc below it—many of them not even attaining the medium mark between proficiency in the branches’ enjoined by the law and its oppo site, and that directors and other local officers do not yet discharge their importantfunrtions with that regularity and efficiency indispen siblo’ to full success. All this is true; but. two other remarkable facts are equally true one is, that there has been great improve ment’in all those, agencies within the last seven years—so rgoat as to be admitted by every candid observer, and to have even at tracted the attention of other States; yet, the other is, that there has boon no corrcs-; ponding improvement within the same period, in the two results that have just been indicat ed as the true tests of a productive cduoation al system. • There is.no escape from the conclusion to w-hich these facts lead us. The system has now its full working machinery, or nearly so, and in as good working condition as the pe riod it has been in preparation for use will admit of. Most of it has been in operation for seven years, and confessedly improving in efficiency all that time. Yet the people do not appreciate, the improve,l condition of the schools, thus effected, by providing for a longer term of instruction, nor parents by causing, nor pupils by volunteering a bettor attondonco, than the tables exhibited, in both cases seven years ago. It is painful, and were there not cer tainty of remedy hy proper efforts within reach, it would bo humiliating to make these admissions. It would bo far more pleasant and much easier to glorify our great State by lauding her noble Common 'School' System, pointing out its beautiful arrangements, and telling of the §3,000,000 it annually expends to educate its 660,000 scholars. In the past, this was all proper, and towards the past, it is still but merited praise. But wo have now to do with the future and its loud and urgent claims. When wo find that only two thirds of the scholars are actually in school, and only for two-thtrds of the time—at the lowest allowance —they should bo there, wo are constrained to admit an enormous waste of money and of time, and, worst of oil, of the boat opportunity this, immense body of youth will over have for preparation to moot the du ties and responsibilities of life. It has been shown that these failures in re sult are not attributable to tho system itself and it agencies—or at least, that those agen cies, admitted to bo admirable and. efficient, have not remedied them. The causes must, therefore, exist elsewhere. The help must come from beyond the system itself,; it must bo drawn from every educational element and all the elevating forces of society. CAMERON AND WELLES. In tho House,, at Washington, on Friday last, the fpllowing proceedings took place: Mr.'Van Wyok (N.‘Y.) moved that the House proceed to the consideration of the re port of the Committee on Government Con tracts. Ho spoke of the advantage taken of the trembling necessities of the Government by speculators of the cattle contract made in this oityj whereby ’550,000 was realized on 2,000 head—of the agency of Alexander Cum mings, of Now York—of'the immense amount of money paid out to him without any vouch ers—of his purchases of linen pantaloons, London porter, Scotch ale, and Dutch herring for the us? of the army. H& next spoke of the charter of the steamer Uataline, and of the horse contracts at Hunterdon, Tenn. A huge contract brokerage system was sought to be established at the commencement of the difficulties, whereby 5 per cent, was 1 to be, paid on contracts. As a friend of the Admin istration he had the right to insist that it shall drive corruption from the land and treason from the Capitol. He then spoke of Hr. Mor gan’s agency, and the peculations in the De partment of the West. Mr. Holman (Ind.) offered the following: Unsolved, That the conduct of Secretary Cameron in employing Alexander Cummings, without legal guarantee, to make purchases without restriction of large amounts of mili tary supplies, and the conduct of Secretary Wells in employing Mr. Morgan, without re quiring guarantees, for tho purchase of a large number of vessels, the compensation de pending on the prices paid, instead pf em ploying responsible officers, have adopted a policy highly injurious and, destructive to the public service and interest, and deserving of of this House. . • O” In the House of Representatives, it few days’’ since, Mr. Cessna offered the following bill: to the comities of Bodfofd, duraborland, Perry arid Somerset. - Section I —Beit enacted, & oi, That until ■the next septennial enumeration of the taxa ble inhabitants and an apportionmet thereon; tho qualified electors of each of the. counties of Bedford, Cumberland, Perry and Somerset shall bo.entitled to elect one member of the House of Representatives, and so much of the .act of 20tli of May, 1857, as unites the coun ties of Bedford, and Somerset in the election; of two members, and requires the . return judges to moot at.tho Court Housoin the bor ough of Somerset, in.the county of Somerset. Senator Bright.— Tho. • case of Senator Bright was disposed of in the United States, Senate on Wednesday last; by bis expulsion. The vote.stood ns follows : Yens—Messrs, Anthony, Browning, Chan dler, Clarke, Collamor, Davis, Dixon, Doolit tle, Fessenden, Foot, Foster,-Grimes,- Hale, Harlan, Henderson, Howard, Howe, Johnson, King, Lane, (Ind.), MoDougal, Morrill, Pome roy, Sherman, Simmons, Sumner, Trumbull, Wade, Wilkinson, Wilrnot, Wilson, (Mass.), Wilson, (Mo.) —82. Kays—-Messrs., Bayard, Carlisle*. Cowan, -Burris, Kennedy, Latham, Nesmith, Pearce, Powell, Rico, Saulabury, Ton Eyck, Thomp son. and Willey—l 4. The Vice President said that, as two-thirds had voted In favor of the - resolution, it was adopted. , . 1 finmored InlerrentioTi by France. . ' Philadelphia, Feb. 8. , A special Washington dispatch to the Bulle tin says: Senator Cowan, of - Pennsylvania, ’has received a letter from a well informed and influential source in Paris, statihg the Emperor Napoleon would, at tho meeting of the French Chambers, on tl|o27th of January, announce his intention of intervening in the American troubles. Whether the interven tion is to bo. of a character hostile to the North or friendly was'not known. . THE: WAR NEWS. Glorious News From Tennessee! FORT-MENRY CAPTURE*! 'PARTICULARS OP THE BATTLEI Fort Henry, on the Tennessee river, aur rendered yesterday at two o’clock, after a de termined resistance. The fight, which lasted one hour and twenty minutes, was conducted •by the gun boats Cincinnati, Essex and St. Louis. The Cincinnati .fired one hundred and twenty-five rounds, and received thirty four shots .from; the rebel guns. Only one man killed. The St. Louis fired one hun dred and .ten rounds, and received no dam age. The Essex was disabled at-the tenth round, by a bull striking her boiler. Thirty two killed and scalded to death. Captin Por ter was badly scalded, but not dangerously. Two rebel generals, one colonel,’two’ captains and one’ hundred privates, Wore taken prison ers. The fort mounted . seventeen guns. The land forces did not reach the scene of. action for two hours after the surrender. The Memphis and Ohio railroad bridge, fifteen miles above Fort Boon, was taken pos session of by our troops. [further particulars.] Cincinnati, Feb. 7. —The Gazelle's and Commercial’s Curio correspondents give the following account of the bombardment and capture of Fort Henry: Yesterday at half-past twelve, the gun boats Cincinnati, St. Louis, Oarondclot and Essex, the Tyler, Conestoga and Lexington bring ing up the roar, advanced boldly against the rebel works, going to the right of Painter’s Creek Island—immediately above which on the cast shore of the river stands the fortifi cations. Keeping out of range till at. the head of the island, and within a m ile, of the enemy, passing the island in full view of the rebel guns, we steadily advanced—every man at quartors-T-evory ear strained to catch the flag officer’s signal gun for commencing the action. Our lino of battle was ort tho loft, tho St. Louis next, tho Carondelot next, tho Cincin nati for tho time being tho flag ship, having on board Flag Ofiiocr A. 11. Fonto, and next tho Essex. Wo advanced in lino of battle, tho Cincinnati a boat’s length abend,.when at 12:30 tho Cincinnati opened tho ball, and immediately the throe accompanying boats followed suit. Tho enemy not being back ward, gave an admirable response, and tho fight raged furiously for half an hour. Wo steadily advanced, receiving and returning storms of shot and shell, when, getting with in 300 yards of the enemy’s works, we eame to a stand, and poured into them right and loft. In tho meantime tho Essex had been disabled, and drifted away from tho scene of action, leaving tho Cincinnati, and Carondelot and St. Louis alone engaged. At precisely 140 tho enemy struck his colors, and suon ehoorings: such wild oxoltoment, as seized tho throats, arms and caps of tho 300 or 400 sailors of the gun boats can bo imagined. After tho surrender, which was made to Flag Officer Foote by General Lloyd Tilgh man, who defended his fort in tho most de termined manner, wo found the rebel infan try encamped outside of tho fort, numbering four or five thousand, had out and run, leav ing tho rebel artillery company in command of tho fort. Tho fort mounted seventeen guns, mostly 32 and 34-pounders, one being ». magnificent ten inch Columbaid. Our shots dismounted two of their guns, driving the enemy into tho . embrasures; One of their rifled 32-pounders burst during tho en gagement, wounding one of their gunners. The rebels claim to have had but eleven effec tive guns, worked by fifty-four men, the nuru bor,. all told, of our prisoners. They l n „k five killed and ten ;badly wounded. J \ • The Infantry left everything in theirtliahf A vast deal of plundfiiMma fallen into on hands—including a largo and valuable n u „n tity of ordinance stores. Gen. Tighlrnan • is disheartened, and thinks it one of the most damning blows of the war in surrendering a! Flag Officer Foote. The rebel General re marked, “lam glad to surrender, to so gal" lan,t an officer.” Flag Officer Foote replied' “ You do perfectly right, sir, in surrender,',, J' but you should have blown my boats out of water before I vrould have surrendered J you.’’ In the engagement the Cincinnati was in the lead, and flying tbeFlag Officer’s pennant was the chief mark. Flag Officer Foote and Capt. Stemble crowded her dcfinally ipto the tooth of tho enemy’s guns. She got i|,i rty one shots, some of them going completely through her. * The Essex Was crippled when about half through the fight, and when crowding ateadi ly against tho enemy, a ball went into her port side, (forward port) through her heavy bulk licad and squarely through one of her boilers, the escaping steam scalding and kill ing several of her crew. Capt. Porter, his aid, S. P. Britton, Jr., and Paymaster Lewis, were standing in the direct line of passing •ball, Britton being in tho centre of the group. A ball struck Britton, on tho top of his head, scattering his brains in every direc tion. The escaping steam wont , into the pi lot house instantly killing Messrs. Ford and Mcßride, pilots. Many of the soldiers, at the' rush of steam, jumped overboard and were drowned. The Cincinnati had one killed and six wounded. The Essex had six seamen killed, and two officers and seventeen , men wounded, and fivo missing. No . casualties on tho St. Louis or Carondelet, though shot and shell fell upon them like rain. The St. Louis was com manded by Capt. Leonard Paulding, who stood upon the gun-boat, and fought the with cheer upon cheer sent shot and shell among the enemy. Official Bepert of tlieFort lie m y Battle. Washington, Feb. 7. Secretary Welles has received the follow ing dispatch: United States Flag Ship Cincinnati off Ft. The gunboats under my 'command,' the Essex, Commander Porter; the Cnrondelet, Commander Walker; the Cincinnati Com mander Stembel ; the St. Louis, Lieutenant Commanding Paulding: the Conestoga, Lieu tenant Commanding Phelps ; the Taylor, Lieutenant Commanding Shirk, after a severe and rapid fire of brio hour and a quarter have captured Fort Henry,, and have taken Gen. Lloyed Tighlman and his staff, with sixty men as prisoners. The surrender to the gunboats was uncon ditional, as we kept an open fire upon them until their flag was struck, In half an hour after tho surrender, I handed the Fort and prisoners over to Gen. Grant, commanding the army, bn his arrival.at the Fort in force. ' The guhboat.EasoX.had a shot in her boilers, and after, -fighting, most effectually for two thirds of tho action, was obliged to drop down the river. I hear several of her men were scalded to death, including the two pi lots. She, with the other gunboats, officers and men, fougbt with the greatest gallantry. The Cincinnati received thirty-one shots and had one man killed and eight wounded, in cluding two seriously. The ’ Fort with 20 guns and IT mortars was defended by Geh. Tilghman with the most determined, gallant ry. , I will, write as soon as possible. I have sent Lieutenant Commanding Phillips, and throe gunboats after the rebel gunboats. ’■ [Signed.) ' A: H. Foote. ’ . . , Flag Officer. TUc Disaster at Bull’s Din IT. Tfirrible Deiicldpement — The Arrest of Brig. Gen. Stone—Bank treason Charged Af/aind Him—He Receives Visits from Behd Offi cers and Attempts the Destruction on his Command. ... Washington, Feb. 10.—The following is the substance of The charges under winch Brigadier Gen. Ohas, P. .Stone was arrested, at 2 o’clock yesterday morning, by a guard under the immediate command of Brig. Gen. Sykes, of. the Provost Marshal’s force,, and sent to Fort Lafayette by the afternoon train : misbehavior at the battle of Ball’s Bluff- Gario, Fob. 7. Second—For holding correspondence with the enemy before and since the battle of Ball’s Bluff and receiving visits from rebel officers in his camp. • Third—For treacherously suffering the en emy to build a fort or strong work, since the battle of Ball’s Bluff, under his guns without molestation. Fourth—For treacherous design to expose his force to capture and destruction by the en emy, under pretence of orders for a move ment from the commanding general which had not been given. Fifth—A court-martial will be speedily or dered. - Secuet'ahy Cameron’s Contracts. —Tan Wyck’s Investigating Committee is in pos session of about thirty contracts with the sig nituro of Simon Cameron,. Secretary of War, attached to them. This is at direct variance with his statement to Congress, that all con tracts wore given out by the proper bureaus of his department. It will bo difficult to re concile the deliberate assertion of the Secretary with the startling facts that are be ing daily brought to light. These contract*, it is understood, are countermanded, and wifi bo held in abeyance until thoroughly sifted and examined, 1 • !T7~ The Secretary of the Treasury has is sued an important order, giving notice that the interest will be paid in coin on all United States bonds of the, three years’ issue. It falls due on the X9th. The one year Treasu ry notes and those issued for sixty days will bo redeemed by the Department also; The interest bn these Treasury notes will cease oh the 7th of April. On the 6th inst., by tho Rev. J. Ulrich, Mr. John Buiiket, to Miss Ann Amanda Donnee ly, both of Middlesex township, this county. CARLISLE MARKET.—Feb. 12,1802. Corrected Weekly hy Woodicard & Schmidt FliOun, Superfine, per bbb, do., Extra, do., do., Ryo, do., White Wheat, por busliol, Red Wheat, do., Rye, do., Conn, do., Oats, do., Sraixo Bahlet, do., Fai.l do. do., Clovebseed, ■ do., XIUOTHYSEBD, . ' do.. PHILADELPHIA MARKETS.—Fob. I