AMERICAN VOLUNTEER
JOHN B. BRATTON, Editor & Proprietor,
CARLISLE, PA., MARCH 27, 18G2,
OUR FLAG.
“ Forever float that standard sheet!
- Where breathes the foe but falls before usl
With Freedom’s soil beneath our feet,
And Freedom’s banner waving o’er ns I ”
BOROUGH ELECTION.
GLORIOUS DEMOCRATIC TRIUMPH
We have met the Abolition disunionisis and
they are ours I
Our Borough election, on Friday last, pass
ed Off quietly. By reference to the official
returns below, it'will bo seen that wo elected
all the Borough officers by sweeping raajori
ities—carried the East Ward by a much lar
ger majority than was ever before given, and
elected our Tax Collector and Justice of the
Peace in the West Ward, the Republican
strong-hold. Our victory is complete. For
.the first time in twenty years we have a Dem
ocratic Chief Burgess. His majority is 60,
end his competitor was the strongest man in
the Republican ranks. We have routed the
Abolitionized Republicans “ horse, foot and
dragoons,” and have thus given them a foror
taste of what they may expect next October,
at which-time tho people, angry, defiant and
determined, will rise in their might, and
crush this wicked faction beneath their foot.
Prepare for your fate, Messrs. Republicans,
for remember you have not njqeh longer to
live. .
Below is the official returns of the Borough :
Democrats, chief burgess. Republicans.
Adam Scnseinan, 348. ] John B. Parker, 282
■ . ASSISTANT BURGESS. '
And. B Zeigler, 350 | Goo. W. Sbcaflor,
ASSESSOR*
355 J John McGinnis,
auditor,
35S [ Jnmes Mullin,
EAST WARD.
JUDGE, ,
212 | Charles Floagor,
H. S. Bitter,
Wm. A. Miles,-
Andrew 14 err,
INSPECTOR..
212 J John
Ti,X COLLECTOR.
Jiattbow Ncoly,. 220 J Henry Harknoss,
A. J?. Mock,
•COUNCIL.
Peter 3pahr, 201 ! Joa. D. Halbert,
James R. Irrine, . 215 1 Daniel Keller,
Philip Qnigly, 210 I Jacob Sbrom,.
Jossb B. Rinehart, 222 \ Andrew Kutz,.
SCHOOL DIRECTOR,'
22i \ John Irrine,
Gorman,
CONSTABLE.
Andrew Martin, 212 ( Joshua Fagan,
, WEST,WARD.
JUDGE. .
David Common, 167 j Geo. B. Murray,
. .INSPECTOR.
William Gould, 152 | Charles B. Mode,
TAX COLLECTOR.:
Robert Parkinson,, 105 ( Alfred Binohcart,
COUNCIL. -
Wm. H. Miller, 145 C.'P. ITmnorich,
William Addams, 141 A. 11. Blair,
John Moll, 145 Robert Moore,
Jacob Wolf, . 134 A. Cathcart,
J. B. Nonemoker, 145 J. W. Bby,
JUSTICE OP THE PEACE.
David Smith, 227 | John M. Gregg,
SCHOOL DIRECTOR.
[Ro jOpposUlon.] j B. C. .W oodwaxd.
CONSTABLE. ;
George Bentley, 152 ( Jacob Brot z.
BioKon.BuTz-JGowa.-G WWe are happy to
announce that the far-famod*{»gnor Blitz,
the groat Ventriloquist and Magician, will
give three entertainments at Rhoora’s Hulli on
.Friday evening, and Saturday afternoon and
evening, the 28th and 29th inst. It is un
necessary that wo should speak at any length
■ .of the gay Signor Blitz, for his reputation is
world-wide, and all who see him once are
anxious to see him a second time. As a Ven
triloquist-and Magician he is without a rival.
■“ Push Ok the Column.” —Glorious news
reach us daily from all quarters of the conn
try. the Government is now fully prepared
and ready, and the strong hand of power has
been brought to hear heavily of late upon the
rebels In arms. With the rebels, for the last
two months, it has been a succession of, de
feats, retreats, and losses of everything that
is .valuable in war. Gen. M’Clellan is now
dose upon the enemy, and will soon, wo doubt
not, bring his Bravo troops “face to face with
the rebels,” and administer “the death-blow
to the rebellion." So.mote it bo.
Wo believe a decisive battle by the army
of the Potomac—a real, old, fashioned victory
r—'will end ttys unfortunate and wicked con
test. After tbgt nothing will, bo deft of reb
cldom but a few straggling guerillas, who, as
fast as caught should bo, and no doubt will
bo, compelled to stretch hemp. Let the good
work go on then; “push on the column,” un
til every armed traitor is subdued, and the
,quicker the better.
Clerical Appointments.— By reference to
the proceedings of the East Baltimore Con
-ferenco tho following appointment hare been
made for the Carlisle District :
' Carlisle District.— J. S. P McMurrd;/, P.
Ni—Carlisle Station—A. W. Black; Carlisle
Flmory Church—To be supplied ; Carlisle ;
.Circuit; N. S. Buckingham, TV. 11. Max- '
■’ 6 M “ h “'*itTJ. A. Dice ; Mount !
ln p-' n A -- w ;r ou y or ; York Springs 1
£ £ orter - C Sumwnlt; Hanover
sion— W. M. Frysmger; TVrighlviUo—,G TV
Dunlap ; Castle Fin—E. Butler, >R. B. Polk •
‘Shippensburg—D. Sheffer.j ShippensVmrc ■
‘Circuit —F. B. Riddle, S. A. Dixon; Now!
Bloomfield —H. C. Mendenhall. TV. K. Fos
ter ; Petersburg—D. Hartman ; Newport—C.
TV. Bruoe ; Ohambersburg—A. Brittain ;
Cumberland Valley Mission—J. C. Hagcy ;
.Shrewsbury—J. TV. Hodges. M. L. Drum ;
Miflin Station—!. Stine ; Mifflin Circuit—T.
T. ‘MoOlnre, E. Buhrman ; if. A. Ross and
-TVm. chaplains Jn the United States
REPUBLICAN BLANDER.
From the hour it was ascertained tliat war
with the'South was inevitable, the Democrats
of'the North- gave their united influence to
the Government. The army, at this hour
contains ft: largo majority of those who had
workedagainst Mr. Lincoln and voted against
him. Nearly all the prominent officers at
the head of bur legions are Democrats. Two
Democratic Governors equipped two regi
ments at their Own expense, and, at the
head of those regiments, led them into battle.
No Republican Governor was found thus sac
rificing his means and his comfort. The
part taken by Democrats,-too, was not a sel
fish or sordid part. They had no hope of pe
cuniary reward; they were not advocates of
war because fat contracts were to bo given
out, and-a full licence to,rob .the Government
permitted by those high in authority, No I
Democrats knew that the money-making part
of the war was, by understanding,, reserved
for the exclusive benefit of the friends of the
Administration. Democrats gave their means,
their influence and themselves to the Govern
ment, because they considered "it their duty
to do so—because they desired to put,down
the rebellion with a strong and powerful
hand. Had it not been for the self-sacrifi
cing spirit evinced at the outset of our diffi
culties by the Democratic party, Washington,
in all probability, would have been seized by
the rebels, and Mr. Lincoln and bis Cabinet
made, prisoners and sent, to ChaHeston. Re
publicans and Democrats vied with each other
to save the Capitol, end by their joint efforts
they succeeded,
Such being the feats, lot us see with what
spirit the services of the Democratic party
has been received by remorseless, bigoted and
intolerant Republican leaders. ' John W.
Forney, who has made his hundreds of thou
sands out of the war stealings, is regarded
the head and front of the Rcpublicau party
in this State. Hear what ho says, of the
Democratic party:
“ Let.us always remember that the triumph
of the Dethdcraiic organisation under its pres- ■
.pit lenders, no matter what their professions,
tcill bc greeted by the traitors in arms as their
own victory,” — Forney's Press. '
Is not that encouraging to Democrats ? Is
it not kind and magnanimous? No differ
ence what we say or what we.do, wo must
stilldjo' considered “ traitors ” in the eyes of.
the Administration, and the army of satel
lites whoso ideas, of patriotism is measured
by the number of dollars they can steal from
the people’s treasury. Wo know that For
ney is capable of doing anything and writing
anything,-provided ho can make money, but
yet when ho indited the above damnable slan
der against these who have heretofore,stood
.by him, and made him, the blood must have
rushed to his temples, and his conscience
smote him, if he had a conscience.
Hero is another fine compliment to the
Democratic party, which we find in.GnEELv’s
Tribune. It is an extract from a letter of its
Beaufort correspondent:
“As a general thing, the contrabands
(sieves) now in our camps and under our
protection, (some 13,000,) are much more
loyal and intelligent than the Northern dough
faces who oppose general emancipation.”—
Letter to the New TTork Tribune from Seaufort.
There, Democrats of the North, you in the
.army as well as all others who are : not in fa
vor of -violating your oaths anch the Constitu
tion, to please the traitor Abolitionists, what:
think you of Qbeely’s opinion of you ? Aye, •
it is not only the infamous Greedy who thus,
speaks of, you, but thousands of others use
language Of similar purport. The Demo
crats of the North not us “ loyal and intelli
gent” as the-half-barbarian negroes of South
Carolina! Is it not monstrous that Demo
orats-must tamely submit to such insults ?
Now, for another Republican opinion. We
clip the following from-the Pittsburg Gazette,
the leading Administration paper ip Western j
Pennsylvania.; . / ‘i
Grant's brilliant success depended wholly
upon the information brought by a poor chat
tel—(a negro.”)
So! Wo’had been under the impression
that our brave soldiers, fuur or five hundred
of whom wore slain, end ns many more
wounded'in the battle, were entitled to some.
credit for having reduced Fort Donelson ; but
it appears we-were mistaken, for, according
to the Gazette the success dependedi oholly
upon-the information brought by a negro.”—
Had not the Republicans bettor rally to the
support of that “ chattel” for next Presi
dent?
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The Republicans continue to revere the
memory of the cold-blooded murderer, John
Brown. The fact is, from the very hour that
heartless wretch was .executed, at Charles-;
town, thousands and tons of thousands of
Abolitionists swore iu their, hearts that noth-'
ing hut revenge would satisfy them. Hence'
their opposition to the Crittenden Compro
mise and all other peace propositions. In the’
House of Representatives, at Washington, a
few days since, Mr. Bioham of, Ohio, a
leading .and intelligent Republican, made a
speech, from which wo take the following ex
tract :
“He alluded to the martyr, John Brown
as “ the. old,man who had stood firm upon
the altar of his trial,” and said if these trai
tors of the South dipped their hands in the
old man’s blood let them pay the penalties of
their crimes under the laws of the entire
people.”
No public man dared to excuse John
Brown’s atrocious crimes after his arrest and
before his execution, but yet it was evident
then that ho bad thousands of sympathising
friends who approved his conduct. Brown,
iu the stillness of the night, murdered the
men, women and children at Harper's (Ferry.
He 1 murdered them in cool blood, for ho did
not know them, and for committing this un
pardonable sin ho is now called a martyr by
a man holding a seat in Congress 1 Are the
Abolitionists piad, crazy, or do they wish to
heap abuse and insult upon the Democratic
party and .the people at largo, until their in
solence will Bo resented and their black trea
son punished-? Jt seems so.
Death of Col. Murpat. — Col. TV. G. Mur
ray, of the 84tli Regiment, w;as killed in the fight
.at Winchester on Sunday lest. He had fought
1 all day, and fell in the evening, at the head
of his Regiment. Col. M. was raised in liar
'w " rß ’, but \ n 18 ' 48 110 settled In Holliddys
f wtoro r 110 entered into the mercantile
business. In 1852 he took an active part in
polities and immediately after the inaugara
tion of President Piorca »* .
tohS^nClT 11 POSU! ° n Wh i ol ‘ h 0 eSued
P hold V) u Hl he was removed by Lincoln,
A New Vindication of General McClellan.
To silepce the gabbling clamors of his ene
mies, a single note,, {says the Philadelphia
Lnguier,) like the blast of a trumpet, oomoa up
from-Newborn. General Burnisde’s official
report increases the value of the victory at
Newborn in-many respects." Besides, the im
portance of the position, ,we have captured
sixty-four guns,.two steamboats- and an im
mense amount 'of varied- stores; , wbiofithe
Rebels thought they had secured behind
'‘impregnable” entrenchments. This is cause
of general rejoicing ; -but it will,gladden the,
hearts of all truo patriots to read the undiota
ted words, in which' be declares: “ I have en
deavored to carry out the very minute instruc
tions given mo by him (General McClelj.an
before leaving Annapolis, and, thus far, events’
have been singularly coincident with his an
ticipations.!’ This extract has the simple
air of an honest declaration, not intended for
an oblique purpose.
Gen. McClellan really needs no such sup
port, but the “singular coincidence” will
•“'conibund fne devices,” if it do not “ assu
age the malice”' of his enemies. If ho would
speak; he could declare other successes to bo
of his own origination ; but ho is tiqt only too
modest to sound bis own praises, but so eager
to reach the consummation of his plans as to.
care little for all partial developments qntil
the great result is achieved,
This is but a glimpse of the great truth
: which will noon burst upon the world.
The Glamor against the Tax bill. —We
observe that nil the small fry traders in the
country are sending deputations to Washing
ton to obtain modifications of the,new Tax bill
in favor of their own particular interests.—
Hatters, cappers and billiard markets; brew
ers, paper-makers and dog fanciers ; auction
eers, hotel keepers and carriage makers, have
each their grievance to lay before the commit
tee, and they Swarm like office seekers about
the Capitol, The abolition newspapers join
in a great bowl on their, account,, .and very
soon we, shall expect to find all the tinkers
and tailors in the country joining in the dance
to Washington. There is really no occasion
for all this excitement; but, in order, to put
a stop to it, the best thing for Congress, to do ;
is to pass the bill at once. We are quite wil
ling to pay our share. • Every one . who goes
to Washington to state his particular aggriev
auca. ought to be sent to the old Capitol jail
as an enemy of the country. There is plenty
of room there now. '
O’One of the special dispatches from
Washington, published in the Tribune of Sa
turday last reads -thus 1 :
“ A.year ago Wendell Philips would have
been sacrificed to the Devil of Slavery any
where on Pennsylvania Avenue. To-day he
was introduced by Mr. Sumner on to the floor
of the Senate. The Vice President left his
seat and greeted him with marked respect.
The attention of Senators to the apostle of;
Abolition were of the most flattering charac
ter. Marvelous conquest of prejudices, and
marvelous movements of Northern ideas.”
Marvelous movement of Northern ideas in
deed, when a Senator of the United States in
troduces to the Senate Chamber, and the
Vice President greets with marked respect, a
notorious, open and avowed disunionist like
Wendell Phillips —one of the loading spir
its among that circle of frank fanatics who
■'have neve* attempted to conceal' theik hatred
of the Constitution of the United: States and
the Union. And Senators wbo -profess the.
the most intense patriotism almost prostrate
themselves in their efforts, to do honor to the,
“Apostle of Abolition.” “ Marvelous con-'
quest of prejudices !” Fully as marvelous as
the conquest that .Tefp. Davis and his satel
lites accomplished over their prejudices when
they left the-Senate Chamber to inaugurate
thp rebellion against the Constitution and the
Union. .
In the evening of the same day W endell
Phillips lectured at the Smithsonian Insti
tute, lately abandoned to abolition uses..
■Among other elegant things he said—“ John’
Brown first of all men, deserved the Moun--
taiu Department, next Fremont.” No doubt
the Speaker intended to show his high appre
ciation of Fremont, by placing him next to
that, miserable old fanatic who was hiing for
treason and murder. Had John Brown es
caped the gallows, he Would now hold the first;
place among the Abolitionists, and be with
out a rival as a candidate for the next Presi
dency ; but being dead, Fremont holds the
second place. We have never been disposed
to set a very extravagant estimate upon Fre
mont’s patriotism or ability, but we never
placed him quite so low as does his frie.nd
Wendell Phillips.—f-bduH & Uniat}.
The Rejection of James Leisle, Jr.—The
Washington corresponent of the Philadelphia
Inquirer, in his letter dated March 20, thus
speaks of the rejection by tho- U. S. Senate,
of little Jim Leslie t
“Considerable surprise has been created
here by the rejection by the Senate of James
Leslie, Jr.,-Consul at Nice. Mr. Leslie was,
at the time of his appointment. Chief Clerk
in tho War Department, and his rejection
grows out of alleged corrupt practices while
n that posit-inn. Senator Cowan made a scorch
ing speech, in which ho charged tho grossest
corruption and simony against him.
Leslie was appointed Chief Clerk hy Secre
tary Cameron, and some of tho evidence ap
peared to implicate the’ late Secretary with
tho fraudulent practices of Ida clerk.”
Wo happen to know this Leslie, and a more
impudent, bigoted Abolition dunce is not to
bo found. I,lb belongs to the Beecher and
Phillips ehoql of politicians, and has been a
dofamor pf the Union and Constitution for
many years. It appears that ho, too, during
the few months ho was in tho War Depart
ment was engaged in stealing from tho Gov
ernment, and old Abe therefore considered
that ho had earned a foreign fission. The
Senate thought otherwise, and' sopio .Sena
tors expressed the opinion that instead of
sending him to Nice ha phquld bo sent to
tho penitentiary.
Tn.IUpPHANy A<LL OVER THE COUNT?.— -Fl'Cm
all th.at w.o can learn the Democrats of the
various dowpships onfl(boroughs throughout
the county -made,a good day’s work on Fri
day last. Black Jlepublioanism was swept
out as with a now broom, from one end of the
copnty to the other. Put down Cumberland
for 1000 Democratic majority next fall.
O” The line of the Potomac is abandoned
by,the enemy, and p free passage .along the
Potomac is current.
The Pennsylvania troops wore the first
topaßs through Junction.
F'om t%« Patriot tyfohv'
Confiscation,
THo Judiciary Committee of the Hoqsa qf
Iteprosentativesat Washington has reported
adversely upon fourteen bills providing for
the confiscation of the property of rebels
which were referred’ toil, from time to time.
Mr. Hickman made report, proposing to
substitute for- the- bills opd the
following! n
'Whereas, The powers of Congress, under
the Constitution, to authorize the confiscation
of the property of persons engaged in' armed
rebellion against the United’Stoles,.qr giving
aid in said rebellion, is doubtful, ,and the pow
er of the Executive to act in the promises is
ample : .
Be it enacted, hy the Ssncfte and House of
Representatives,. That the Prpsidoht should
use all moans, not inconsistent with, the laws
of war, which,, in his judgment, may ho
doofned necessary, to brush the rebellion, in
cluding the seizure and final disposition of
all the property, real and personal, of those
engaged in armed rebellion against the Gov
ernment, or aiding in such .rebellion, inclpd
ing slaves ; and that in the opinion of Con
gress decided measures on the part of the Ex
ecutive have already become necessary.
It must have taken the House- by surprise
when John Hiblcman, who on a recent occa
sion etigrpatized the special message of the
raccortimending emancipation- with
compensation, as unworthv of a full grown
map,” proposed to invest Mr. Lincoln with
the enormous power of determining how. far
confiscation is necessary to crush the rebel
lion, and to seize and finally dispose of all
the property, real and personal, of those en
gaged in rebellion.
The proposition suhnjittod. to the house by
Mr. Hickman, is in every respect more cal
culated to excite astonishment than anything
contained in the confiscation bills which the
Judiciary Committee returned without their
approval to that body.. .
If Congress possesses no power under the
Constitution to' authorize the confiscation of
the property of persons engaged in rebellion,
pray what clause in the Constitution confers
that power upon ,the Executive ? The Gpni
raitteo do not attempt to answer this perti
nent question, but, their words imply that
while the powers of Congress are liibitcd by
the Constitution 1 , the Executive may do any;
thing t* not inconsistent with the. Ipws of
war, ”
To Congress belongs the exclusive power
of making-wan. The President, by virtue' of
his position as Ctmimandor-iu-Cliief of, the
army, is entrusted with the conduct of the
war. He can determine when an army shall
move, who shall lend if what point it shall
attack, and how hll thooperations in the held
are to ho managed. But all this power is of
a purely executive-ohnhictor. The President
cannot decide upon the purposes of the war,
or determine the nature ortho extent of pun
ishment to be inflicted upon the persons or
tho property of those engaged : in rebellion.
These . are .questions' already determined hy
the Constitution and the laws, and the-Presi
dent possesses no power to dispense with eith-:
or. He is sworn to administer the laws and
support the-Constitution ; nut to make' the
one arid disregard the other. The Constitu
tion of the United States says,-that no attain
der for treason shall work corruption of blood
or forfeiture of esuite, except during the life
of the person'attained. The Judiciary Com r
mitteo of'Congress-found in this clause an in
surmountable'obstacle to the enactment of a
sweeping, oorifisoation law, for we may sup
pose that even John Hickman could not see
ris way through this difficulty ; nild yet they
seem to think the same rule which restrains
Congress does no‘}-nstram the President, and
that by virtue ofisnrne mysterious "higher
law” than the Goijstitution, he may seize and
iriako final disposition ,of all’ the property,
real and personaty of those engaged ii^-the Re
bellion.. ■ V
The OonatUimffltrenrd tbs laws nlrri.ady
make arable prfH'lwriT'TSt-'.tlia confiscation of
the property of roiiels, and as the civil authori
ty is restored in;the rebellious States there
con bo no difficulty in trying and punishing
every man engaged in this rebellion. There
is no necessity for usurping prohibited pow
ers for the purpose of administering justice.
The laws of war unquestionably, demand'the
exercise of a power that would not be justifiable
in time of peace—such as shootiog men and
taking possession of property. But the war
power is limited and restrained by the actual
exigencies of the contest, and does not extend
to civil punishments. This position is too
clear to admit of al-grimont; arid when the.'
Judiciary Committee of invited the '
President to do what they would not venture
to do' themselves, the not may well exsite sus
picion that they were actuated by umyorthy
motives. . '■','*■ ’
Aflothu firllliaDt Baltic,
On Tliursday : fast our troops under Gen.
Burnside attacked the rebels at Newbernp,
N. C., and won a complete victory. Our'
hoops were divided into three brigades under
Generals/Reno, Poster and Parks. Wo ad-'
vanced gradually, the enemy deserting their
guns, until"wo reached a line of earthworks
extending across the road from the river to
the swamp on the- west, a distance of some
two miles. ."These earth works were very
strong. The country road and railroad, both
passed through these works and crossed into
the city, by bridges. In front of these works;
the rebels had felled nlargo numher of trees,;
forming on almost impenetrable abattis. Here
the flying rebels were rallied, and made for a
while a desperate stand.
Our bravo fellows fought until their am
munition was spent, when an order to charge
bayonets was giton, and the works wore fina
lly taken at the point of the bayonet, the en
emy flying like frightened sheep, leaving eve
rything behind them in their retreat. The
rebels burnt the bridges communicating with
the town over both the country road and the
railroad. As they had their train's of cars in
their roar-, just .across the bridges, they of
course were able, to carry off their .wounded
and dead. . Their loss is therefore not certain
ly known, but it .must have been severe. Be
fore our troops reached this last work:they
encountered another, which whs deserted be
fore they came up. It was in front of. this
last fortification that our greatest i-loss was
sustained. Our entire loss is estimated -by
Major Johnson at 90 killed and 400 wounded
and missing. The force of the rebels is sup
posed to hive been about -8,000. We cap
tured a number of prisoners, including Gol.
Avery, tyho cursed his soldiers ns cowards.—
Just as tlie battle terminated, the fog lifted
and enabled our gunboats, which had been
waiting for an opportunity to
participate’ in the fight, to come up the river;
and our troops were furnished with means of
transportation across the Trent river to Now
berne. Tho rebels . attempted to burn ' the
i town jn their retreat, but were prevented by
. the citizens, who.extinguished the flamea lis
• fast as they were started by tho soldiers.—
Nono of our generals or., staff officers were
' killed or wounded. -Wo captured from 30 to
fiO cannon. The. officers of the rebels left
their private traps .Ireland on their final ro
i treat, and tho men throw away everything.—
i The fight terminated at 3 P. M., on Friday,
; .when our troops remained masters of tho field.
0“ Our Republican exchanges are just
now engaged in publishing numerous receipts
to make substitutes for coffee end ten. As
the new revenue bill imposes a on those
articles, from w.hich considerable income was
expected, all these substitutes will only help
to deprive the Government of that much aid
towards paying the interest on its debt. -It
doesn’t look well, to say the least, for those
who rofosaptobe such strong advocates of
the war, to try to slip nut of paying their
shore of the expense whi,Q_h it j>as ocourjred,
jnjhis jnmmv/
J The Way Thclloney Got?,
Our readers pro pretty well posted ns to the
woy the publia mopey has boon plundered by
tbo Freemontera, Ppmeronians, and Welles
itos. We now submit, from good Reppblicnn
authority, a specimen, of financial ocopomy in
the U, S. Senate, under the administration of
its Seoretory, the renegade pnd mercenary
Fobney. The following is an extrp'ctfrom a
recent speech, of Senator Hale, of Now Hamp
shire:
“ I have endeavored to arrest gome of our
expenditures hero in the Senate ; and now I
frill mention another fact to this economical
Senate, all of whom agree that economy is so
necessary. Wo are reduced in numbers ;wo
are about forty-nine instead of sixty-eight, ns
we- need to bo ; and yet we are administering
the Senate to day vastly more expensively,
with more* officers and more salaries than we
ever paid.belore. Wo require our Secretary
at the commencement of every year to give us
n list of his employees, their number and
compensation. I have looked at the list for
the last eight or ten years, and the li.it to-day
is nearly double viJwt it was tot.years ago , and
-the salaries are ipuoh higher."
And this state of things is tolerated apd
sanctioned by a Black Republican, Senate, at
a time when the. Government is running into
debt at the rate of nearly two millions a day,
to carry on the war, and Congress is about le
vying qpon, the people an anual tax of more
than one hundred millions of dollars 1
I'rooi the Phil. Inquirer, a Republican paper.
The Tffasnn and Slander of \yendel) Phillips,
Jl Picture for the Constituents of the |pmi
sylvnuiu Senate.
Encouragement and protection •of free
speech is certainly carried to a degree border
ing upon folly, in the grant of the use of the
Senate Chamber to jyendell Phillips by the
accomodating Senators of the State of Penn
sylvania. This man is at best but on a par
with JJreckinridge as an utterer of “ polished
treason,” and why ho should be potted, aided
and comforted by the State . Seriate of this
Commonwealth is a mystery to all but'those
who know how far the blind infatuation of
party will compel its subservient adherents
to go. If a tithe dfwhat has been recently
uttered by this itinerant mischief maker-had
been spoken by. any champion, of tragann on
the opposite side, the whole tribe who. follow)
applaud, arid idolize Phillips wopld clamor for
the immediate incarceration of his adversary
in Fort Warren or Port Lafayette. Yet we
see a party majority in the Senate of our loy
al and conservative .Commonwealth, patroniz
ing this preacher of discord and disunion.
What is the probable character of his propos
ed speech in the Senate it is very well the
public should know, and we design to devote
some space to their enlightenment.
We have seen no full report of the recent
harangue of Phillips in this city, but tho Tri
bune of March 18th furbishes, aisix.. column
report of the speech ho made in Washington
on tho previous Eriday, and from this we ex
tract sufficient tp show the people of this lath
.tude what character of man and what quality
of sentiment their Senators have taken under
thriir encouragement, patronage and protec
tion . What follows is quoted from Phil
lips;— f
" Nmn, X loyo the Constitution, though my friend
(Dr. Pierpont), who sits beside me, .has heard mb
curat it a hundred times, and I shall again if it
does mean justice, Thavo' labored nineteen year a
to lake nineteen -States out of this Union, and iflhave
spent any nineteen years to the satisfaction of ray
Puritan conscience, it win those nineteen yeara," ■
" Unless within twelve months or* twenty-four,
Maryland is a free State, Dolowaroand half Virgin
ia, would to Ood that building (tho Capitol), with*
this city of Washington, had boon .shelled to usho^
last July.” '* . * ■ *'* * ■
Speaking of the origin of the rebellion, Phil
lips declares .that “ it was nobody’s fault,
but that "it'ia the inevitable results of ibfi'
seeds mtr fathers planted seventy years ago
and in another place, but on this same sub
ject, in his flippant and impious style of re
mark ooqcermnfftho Deity and tho venerated
founders of the Republic, he says of the lat l
ter that'ttiejj'P dare not trust God.” ,
Referring to Wm. Lloyd Garrison, the in
veterate disunion—who kept standing, time
out of mind, at the head of his paper, tho in
famous sentiment that the venerable men who
framed the Constitution had made “ an agree
ment with death aud a covenant with hell”
—this prfietj/} of the Senators of Ponr.aylvao ia
characterized him as," a man who bad done
more, in',the providence of God, to shape the
fate of this generation than any other one,”
njid that ho (Phillips), waspro.ud to si tat his
(Garrison’s) foot.” It shouhl be borne ciu
mind that .thefuriqus zealot who is.thus laud
ed by Phillips lias, within a few weeks, pros
tituted 'bis columns to. an attack upon Mrs.'
Lincoln, in which her ■" levee", or “ ball” at
the White House, a month, or two. ago. was
denounced as a “nocturnal revel,” “ a dissi
pating carnival,” "got up” by a “-weak wo
man,” “ whose sympathies are with slavery
and as a scene which scarcely falls short of
those “riotirigsin Rome in tho days ot her
decadence,” or those “ barbarous abomina
tions of which we road with amazement.”
After an exhibition of those passages, it
will excite no surprise to find this disciple of,
the foul-mouthed jibolpr of on estimable'wo-'
mlui—thip foraeiUcr of discbril-r-tbis syste
matic gnu life-longohpinpion of disunion —this
cu’rser of tho Constitution—-thip yilijsld .blas
phemer of the great and good men’of the
Revolution and of the .God to whom they ap
pealed.;—it will excite no surprise, we repeat,
to find that such a man seasoned such dis
course with slanders of the bravo and able
General at the head of the array. It will
create no astonishment, either, to learn that
what he did say was false in point of fact
and wickedly false in its suggestion. He
characterized McClellan as one who .“ had
never fired a cannonl’ and as a “ Quaker Gen
eral/’ as if he had no practical experience as
a soldier under fir?, and as if Pennsylvanians
were “.Quakers’’that vjorp
cowards. • ;
The falsehood about McClellan.in this pas
sage.needs no reply, liis whole history as a
soldier— hip gallant and meritorious con
duct” on the buttle field which won him his
promotion in Mexico —his brilliant campaign
in Webern Yirginia, which v-as all that buoyed
up thp,sinking heart of the nation in tbo.ear
ly months of .this wicked Rebellion—and the
order, organization, confidence and success
which ho brought out.of the chaos, and dis
may, and defeat that ho found in Washing
ton —need only to he recited to stamp this
slander of Phillips’ as it deserves. But this
is not enough. His atrocious insult to the
Pennsylvanians, the “ Quakers,” ns he calls
them, should be held up to the public repro
bation. The brave, and noble spirit who was
tho most conspicuous victim of the martyr
dom of Ball’s Bluff—tho most noble liparl
that was pierced in that terrible conflict—was
that of obe of those same “ Quaker Generals.”
Apd his devoted friend apd second in com
mand'ivhb stood by a deserted gun to the last
in that fierce death shower, and who now car
ries his good right arm disabled for lilo, was
another of these same “ Quakers,” of whom
Phillips is encouraged by the Senate of Penn-,
sylvnnia to spoak .with such flippant contempt.
Oh 1 what it commentary it is upon thp past
to which this nation has been brought, that
while such mon'aa Baker, Wis'tf.r apd McClel
lan are .periling pnd sacrificing life and limb
in the 'cause of the country, 'such a man as
Phillips should be allowed to perambulate our
cities, preaching disunion arid" treason, pnd
defaming them with his ” silver-tongued”
slander and abuse 1 Above all, ■whathumilia
tion'isin the thought that a reckless party
majority in the Pennsylvania Seriate should
insult tbo people by lending their halls'of
legislation to such a man ft»r such a' purpose.
REPUBLICANISM SIIELLID O|IT J\T §IIIfPEP(S.
ii mm. '
Extract of a letter to the editor, dated
SuiPPENSBURo, Maroh-24,1802.
Dear Sir —On Friday last wo made tlio fol
lowing sght with the black enemy: Each
party nepiinated its own ticket throughout,
and the contest was purely political. The
Democracy elected their. Burgess and Assis
tant Burgess, fo'pr of the five Town Council,
two of the three school Directors, the Judge
of the Election, Tax Collector, and Auditor.
Tho Black Republicans only elected one Coun
cilman, one School Director, the Justice of
the Peace and Constable. ’
Tse Disdnionist Wenbell Phillips. —His
life-long secessionist, by invitation of the
Republicans of tho State Legislature, dese
crated the Senate chamber ,on tho eve
ning of the 20th mat., by delivering one of
his treasonable Abolition.Jpctpros. The cor
respondent of the Philadelphia Jnguirer thus
refers to this arch traitor : '
“Tho House of Representatives having re
fused to grant Wendell Phillips the use of its
Hall for tho purpose of delivering an Aboli
tion lecture, tho Senate adopted a resolution
tjiis morning giving him the use of its Hall
for to,-morrow evening. Who can say after
this that wo are not a charitable and forgiv
ing people-? JJ!r. Bhijiips says that he is now
a Union man-forthe first time in twenty years,
and yet one year of conditional loyalty is
sufficient to atono- for twenty years of active
treason. If the era. of good feeling continues
to approach at this rapid rate, wo may all
live to see the time when Northern Legisla
tures will pay marked respect to Jefferson
Davis."
[CT The whereabouts of.thp various regi
ments from Pennsylvania is very uneprtain
just now. Bcrgons writjng, bad better bo
careful about sending valuables.
THE WAR NEWS,
Operations of the Rebels at Paris,
FROM FORTRE'SS MONROE.
Good Kerns From Winchester—A Skirmish on
Saturday—A Battle on Sunday—Total De
: feat of the Rebels—Two Cannon Taken—
■ The Cavalry in Pursuit of the Flyinyßeb
. 'els —loo Rebels Killed — Our Loss heavy.
Washington’, March .23, — Telegraphic des
patches received from' Winchester, dated Jast
night at half-past ton o’clock, say
A slight, skinnis occurred this afternoon,
about n mile and a half from. Winchester, on
the Strawsburg road, between a portion of
General Shields’ troops and the Rebel cavalry,
with tour pieces of artillery. The eneinv re
treated with loss as soon as our guns opened
fire. One ipan was filled on onr side, and
Gen. suffered a slight'injury on the
left arm IVoni a’fragment of a shell which
bm st near him.
A prisoner, brought in to-night, says the
enemy were under the impression that our
troops had loft Winchester, and that Jaoksonfs
Rebel force were on the road from Strasljurg,
Under the same impression. .
LATER FROM WINCHESTER.
.WiNciiESTEn, March 23—8 o’clock, P. M.—
I have just come in from the very point of the
battle, three miles out. A complete victory
jias been achieved oyer Jackson. We have
taken two guns and caioeris. and killed at
least 100, and wounded t#ico as many. Our
loss is large, but not more than 150 killed and
wounded. Our-men did bravely, and have
taken a great many muskets. The Rebels
are in full retreat,
KTIIJj RATEIJ.
Ay March 23—10 o'clocK, P. M.
—AYe have, this day, achieved.a glorious vic
tor yxiver the combined forces, of the Rebel’
Generals Jackson, Smith and Longstroef.—'
The battle was fought within four miles of
this place. It raged Vroni half-past ten o’clock
this morning until dark. The enemy’s strength
was about fifteen thousand, and the strength
of our division was not, over eight thousand.
Our loss in killed and wounded is not definite
ly ascertained, but it is heavy.' The enemy’s
loss is double that of ours.
We have captured a large number of pris
oners, some of their guns, and the ground is
strewn with the arum they have thrown' away
in their .flight; , '
The cavalry is still in pijrsui,t retreat -:
ing .enemy. Tim particulars cannot bo asccr- •
tained until .daylight.
The. War in Tennessee.
Skirmish at Pittsburg Xr.uidliig.
Cairo, March 22.—A skirmish occurred
on Friday last, between a battnllion of the
Fourth Illinois .Regiment and a squadron of
Uobel cavalry, near Pittsburg La.idingj re
sulting in the defeat of the latter with some
loss. Four of the United States troops were
wounded.
Chicago, March 22.—A special despatch
from Cairo says:—“ The gun-boat Lexington,
from, the Tennessee river, has arrived, and
reports .that our forces are concentrating into
thb country about Savannah, Tennessee, ac
complishing nothing of importance besides
the occasional capture of scouts of the enemy,-
and bringing into our lines prominent parties,
charged with aiding the rebellion. ' Our for-;
ces have entire possession of-the Memphis'
and Charleston Railroad, in' .the vicinity of
'Savannah, Tennessee. ,l ' "
The , Ohio river is rapidly rising at this
point In the last twenty-four hours
it lias-risen a foot’, and the streets are covered
to the depth of four 1 feet in some places.
A ballon was sent'to J'lag'pfficpr Foote,
yesterday,' for the purpose Of making a rec
onnoissance of the works of the enemy. A
messenger, who has just returned from Capo
Giradeau, reports that the rumored attack
dp that .point hy Jeff. Thompson' is without
foundation.' •
St. Louis, March.2l.—The Savannah (Tonn.)
correspondent of the Democrat, u ider date dt
the -17th, says:—“No move has yet .been
made by our army hero. A second flood in
tho.Tenuosseo river and its tributaries-is pre
vailing. The informat'op in regard to the en
emy is still quite meagre. His main force is
supposed to'bo at Corinth, Mississippi, where
it is .probable he will bo able to concentrate
about 50,000 troops. Our force mostly re
mains on board of the transports. Gen Grant
has been reinstated in the command of this
expedition, and arrived boro to-day. It is
not likely that any active operations will take
place hereabouts for several days.”
BOMBARDMENT OF ISLAND NO. 10.
Cairo, March 22.—The latest advices from
Island No. 10 wore brought by the despatch
boat winch arrived here£.t G o’clock, this morn
inn. THp pdsttjdh'of our gun-IJoats and'mor
tars was unchanged'. " '
Only fopr shots' wore reoevied from the
Rebel batteries at Island No. 10 yesterday,
while our fleet jired about thirty shell's.
’There ar'p numerous reports in circulation
that the Rebels are evacuating the island and
marching across the peninsula to Mrs. Morn
weather’s landing. It is impossible to ascer
tain the truth of these reports, but the exist
ing circumstances favor thcqi,
Capture of W. Orleans Probable,
. "Washington, March . —It is assorted as
the generally provijlopt opinion is Naval aud
Military circles, thnp by this time tho Nation
al banner floats over -Now Orleans, and that
R is believed our mortar fleet' attacked the
Rebel fort at the Rigolets within two days
after the departure from Ship Island of the
steamer bringing North tho last intelligence
from that point. ■ ’ • -. • •
Reported Dcntli of Cantalu R u ,
March- 24,
This evening’s Bulletin says, wo are inform
ed" that the relatives ot Capt. Franklin Biij
chanah, of the rebel, navy, residing in this”
city, have received.positive information of
his degth at Norfolk, after suffering amputat
tion of.lhe leg, in which ho was wounded in'
tho lata naval,engagement in Hampton Roads'
TRIBUTE OF RESRECT.
, Camp near Alexandria, Va. 1
March 17, 18G2. ’ f
The Carlisle Fenoiblos, (Camp A. 7th Regt
ment P. R. V. C.,) having received the sad in
telligence of flip death of their felluw-membej,
Sergeant W. >l. Henderson, jr., the follow',
ing resolutions were offered and unanimous
ly adopted by the company' , '
Itetohed, That Wo Iftivo hoard with feelings of
unaffected sorrow, oftbo sudden death of our warm
ly esteemed first Sergeant, W., M. Henderson, j r .'
who has in the flush of youth been stricken dowij
by disease contracted amid tho hardships, and
or of camp life, in tho service of his country, aiul
while lamenting his untimely decease, we desire to.
testify our warm appreciation of his character, hii
manly qualities, and. warm 1 hearted dovotiou to
our company. >Vo mny truly eay of bim“ none
know him but to lov.o him, nor nqpiud him but to
praise.”- . ’
Jicaloved, That our deepest sympathies are ton-'
dored to tho relatives and friends.oh our deceased
associate, whoseloss wesp deeply deplore,andwhpso
memory we shall ever cordially cherish." ' l,l '
livaolved, That these resolutions bo pub]i?Jied ih
the -several papers of Carlisle and Cuin&erland
County, ami \po oompany books.
■ *- ' Tiieo. Neff, '
Secretary Comjmny A. 7th Iteyinieuf.
Bkrkrti
CARLISLE MARKET.—Mar. 24,1802. •
Corrected Weekly by Woodward ft Sdmitit
Flour, Superlino, per bb’l.Vi. 4,7$
do., Extra, do., . S,DO’
. do.,’ Rye, • do., 2,75
White Wheat, per bushel, • , 1,22
Red Wheat,* do..
Rye, do..
Corn, do’. 1 ,
Oats, do.;
Spring Barlsy, do.,
Fall do. do*.,
,CLOVKSSBi:p, ’da,,’
TIUOTHYSEBp, ‘
PHILADELPHIA. MARKETS.—Mar. 25.'
Flour, superfine,. ; : ’ : , : 525
u extra, : * ; : • : : 600
Rye : .? : 325
CouS MeAl, l : : : 2 75
Wheat, red, . : : : : 130 a 1 3t’
’ white,
Rye,
Cqu.v, yellow,
“ white,
Oats, s : .
Whisky, ;
Cloversked,
■ Slierlfl'SSalcv, \
BY virtue of divers irrifs of
Exponas, issued out of the Court of Common
Pious of Cumberland county, and to mo directed, I
will expose to sain, by public vendue or outcry, at
the Court liouse, in the borough of Carlisle, on Fri
day, tbo lltb day of April, A. I). 1802, af Ido'clock;
A. M., tbo following described Real 1 e uto:
A LOT OF GROUND, situate in the loro. gh of
Ncwburg, containing 50 feet in front, and.lhJ feet
in depth, iiinro or .less, bounded, on thoiast by lot ‘
of W. W. Frafcor, on the west-by a lot oi David
Shoemaker, on the. north by an. alley, and ou tbo
South by Main Street,, having thereon erected, a
two-story WKATIIER-BOARDEI)
m kitchen, and other
• * lill outhonseg.' Seized and taken in ox-‘
. |||| jsgß ooution, and to bo sold as the proper- .
. ~tv of Cal.yii; IJcCJcaf,
—Also—
A LOT OF GROUND, sitpatti in tlfo borough o.
Nowburg, containing one aero, more or-Icss,bound
ed on tbo east by property of John P. Rbo.ids, Esq.,
on the west by proporty' -offDiivid Shauuiakor, on’
tbo, north by property of John' Mowers, jr., and. on
'tbo south by.'property of JoaiuU.
Hood, having erected Ahorcon .
FRAME SLAUGHTER HOUSE,
-and Ice House. Soiled and taken
in execution, and to bo sold as the
property of Calvin McCloaf. '
—Also—
A TRACT OF LAND, .North Middle
ton township, containing 10 acres; more or. Ices,
bounded by, lands of David Cornman, Win. • Hen
wood -and others, having thereon erected a two
r? ' -. ■ . . story LOG-HOUSE, Tannery, Sta
bio, and other out-huuses. Seized
fflwg'ag ll® ' and taken in execution, and 'to bj
sold as the property of Janies Clon-
—Also—
' A TRACT OF LAND, situate in North Middle
ton township, containing ,20 acres.' more or less,
bounded by lands of George Brindlo and others.—
■Seized and'taken in ejection audio bo sold as tbo
property of • James. Clondonin.
—Also—
defendants interest in a TRACT of LAND, situate
in North Middled# township, containing 24 acres
more or loss, bounded on the cast and "south by
■lands of David Cornmun, on tho wcat by lands of
Wm. Honwood, James Clark ahd’-Miohaol Dillcr,
and ou tho north by lands of Benjamin Cash, hav
ing thereon erected a two .story : « -
FRAME HOUSE, frame barn, ten
pin alloy, bath bouses and other
out-housos. Seized and taken in
execution and to be sold tis tho .
property of James Clondbnin. **
—Also—
A LOT OF GROUND, situate in the borough of
Nowbiirg, containing 62,feotin front and 109 feet
in depth, more or..less, bounded on tbo east by an
alloy, on tho west By. High: street, on tbo north by
lot of David E. Ste Vick, and. on tho south by lot of
David- Mowry, huving'thcroon erected a.two-story
„ • HOUSE, frame stable,
'and’other out-houses. Seized ami
I l[A taken in execution and to be sold
Maji ga I pa# as tho property of Joaiah C, Whito,
aiiduill to-bo sold by mo
' V*V J. TiI,OM?SON RIPFEY, Sheriff.
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