YOL. 48. AMERICAN' VOLUNTEER. pubusher evkuy thuusday mobnijco by JOIO B. RRATtON. T E 11 M S L StTßSCTiYpTioy.—Orio Dollar and Fifty Cents, paid ;n ndVanco; Two Dollars if paid within the year; iaiul Two Dollars and Fifty Cents, if not paid within /tho year. These lerfns will bb rigidly adhered to in jevory instoucc. No subscription disooutinued until ;all arrearages are paid unless at tho option of -the ■Editor. ‘ s ApvnßTrsnMnNra—Accorirpaniedhy the cash, and pot exceeding one square, ivill, bo inserted-three |timos for Ono Dollar; and twenty-five cents for each additional insertion.' Those of a greater length in proportion. , Jon-haiNTf.VG —Such ns Hand-hills, Posting-bills, Blanks, Labels, Ac. Ac., executed with ■accuracy nnd at the shortest notice. ■ ' - •jMtnl. LOOK!MU BEYOND. ny p. a. e e even The years that roll with rapid pace. Soon shall have run. their fleeting race Anri all the round of years to ho .Shall Ho Within a bygone sea. ‘The turmoil of a thousand years, AVilh all its future hopes, and fears,- Its deeds of good—its deeds nf ill— Shall soon a dimming history till. - All that wo sob—the low, the-grand— Ilium fixed their, basis on'the sand— The ocean-waves of Time shall swoop Their fragments in Oblivion’s deep, . 'These steeples, rising toward the sky, -A ruined mass in dust shall lie'; These piles of brick, shall crumble back, And strew with dust tbo .trav’ler's track. The trees on every mountain.glade* Whose .brawny amis'give friendly shade, To wanderers on their leafy- bower, Shall, prostrate, moulder in that hour. The gushing rills, wifh low, sweet tune, ■ Shall still sing on the Summer’s noon; ■ But. other flowers shall grow beside, And cast their stamens bn tbo tide. ■ ‘The moon shall steal with noiseless tread, At eve from out'her other bed ; ■ Bat in that hour her silver beams Shall, glimmering,' fall on other scones,'' Full cars shall thunder o'er these plains, 'And last shaUTise along those lanes, . With myriad footsteps (hilly stirred— . And rolling wheels shall still bo hoard. There yet will lie a nation’s strife-; The warrior's sword, the nssassinVknjfo, Shall still ho wrought in-every elline, The deeds which stain this earth with crime. (Oppressing hands tho slave-shall urge To greater tasks with piercing scourge. And 1 thousands yet, in servile chains, Be borne from all that friendship claims. Yea ! shall there bo tho busy round Of-toil—of tasks—tho jarring-sound Of gossip-tongues, .of Envy's jeers— Life’s darkest sins will still ho hero. Life’s pleasures, too 1 Tho friendly voice .Shall make the weary heart rejoice; , There shall bo hours when care is hashed',. And fair obqoke-aball- he'-'pleiisuro-fluDhod, There shall be friendships which stall last Till all the future is the past; There shall be Inyo' which trial-tried, (Shall come out chaste and purified; But hands that now are clasped in mine Shall pulse no more with life’s red wine. These multitudes shall slumber, then, Tho sleep which will not wake again. And poet-steps shall press (ho strand, . That girts tbo field of Author-land ; But.long oro then these souls shall know Tho end! of life—the oud of woo. Bright oyos shall shine 'with conscious power; But winds that fan them, in that hour. Shall bend the flowers and kiss tho blado That clothes the dolls whore wo are laid. Their feet shall tread earth’s weary miles, But ours shall press tho upper aisles; Their souls shall fool earth’s feverish glow, But car’s infinity shall know. These streets shall throng with busy men; But wo shall ho forgotten thou; Not one of all thatliving.crowd ■ Shall weep that wo He in life shroud. And they, like us shall pass away— ' There still will bo a future day ; - And just tho same, when we are gone, Tliis changeful world will still move on. But when tho.sea shall yield its dead, -Tho earth unlock its charnel-bed. The countless world by Ood’a great power Shall be assembled in that hour. [From the Lady’s Book for, April.] * THE FIRST OF APRIL. BY■MARY CLARKE, “Yog,” said Aunt Hetty, laying aside li.er knitting, and lidding lief hands for a quiet chat,.with her sister .Elsie and myself, “I knew it was the first of April.. I never told you, about the first of April thirty five years ago, when wo served my brother Tom such a triok, did I, girls?” If there was any one special thing delightful to Elsie and myself, it win to hear Aunt Hetty toll stories about herown youth ; so wo said eagerly : ‘‘Oh, do tell us about it. aunty!” “Yepr Uncle Tom,” said Aunt Iletly. ‘‘was About tho smartest and handsomest young chap you ever saw, when ho ciWe home from col logo to Meyersvillo. Your grandfather was Me rich man of the village, and Tom being bis oldest sun, he sent him to Cambridge to bo educated. Meyersvillo is even now, an out of the way place, but thou it was far from any city or town, and off tho direct lino cf I ravel, mid you can scarcely imagine a more primi tive place, I think. Tom was tho first young hum who ever loft there for college. It made finite a stir in tho place. Mr. Way, tho school-master iolt. quite insulted that Tom’s education was net considered finished when ho left him, and did not speak tci father for weeks afterwards. However, in tho face of «U the shrugged shoulders anil raised eye brows, Tom .went: and one bright day in Au fiost, Tom graduated 'and came home, lie Was then just twenty, with a tall, fine figure, coal-black eyes and hair, and wore tho must astonishing pair of whiskers. Such airs as ho gave himself 1 Such tales of his conquests amongst tho Cambridge hollos as ho related inl>r| 1111 “ en 1 Such,cutting remarks as he mu- a “ U1 ‘ drosses and styles of wearing ho w aU ’ short, such n com pleto fop as hieo^’v" 118 l J evel ’ bofm-o soon i i our quiet vil haired ” lt * lei 'i girls, who was then a fair ruurmm-o, a. 1 ' * JI 'y sixteen, was the first to cousin M o u ,. la ,l 'rs I I followed suit; and flext id orff>’ . 0 Wtts making us a visit, came ffleetiut, i.j l ‘ ,ru ) "'u had an indignation and must |. e nma' tlllU ,n wna intolerable sighed Molly ~, 10 ca "ght in a love scrape,” giris enough i„ U ‘'° Pl ' eMjF h- ‘'l/von^ nt I said indignant 'oUU3 llw ' so » Stood boford him iu one of our quiet dresses, lie would turn up his nose, curl his lip, nnd say, “Rather pretty, hut dresses shockingly!” “ It is six"months since he came homo,” said Edgar, your father, “and ho is worse now than he was at first. lie turns up his nose at everything short of a fashionplftte.” . “Oh,” I cried, t‘l know how to fix him 1” “Can you take the intolerable conceit out of him? It will he such f«n to play some trick upon him. to convince him, that he is not so .wise as ho thinks he is.” Our pint was formed then ’and there, and for the next month we—Molly and I—were very .busy. Wo sen’t to Boston for fashion plates and materials, smuggled them into the house while Tom was out, and worked in dus[Tious]y to carry out our schemes.’ Ed gar looked on, giggled now and then, but kept the secret. At last we were, ready, and at tea time one fiaC evening opened our battery upon. Tom. ■ ~ “Oh, Hetty,” said Edgar to me, “have you, seen the young lady from Boston who is stay ing at the Blue Bear?” v . "Staying at ii tavern !” I said, looking shocked- “Oh, I believe she is left by her father, or uncle! or brother, nr simiolioly. Anyhow, there, is mystery. She always goes out veiled, because her complexion will not' stand tho sun, 1-ke yours or. Molly’s, pud she reads nov els, they say, all day” . “Siuno of .the Bos on aristocracy, no doubt, said T"in. ’ I hope V u will call, girls; she may give you some hints that will ho useful -to you, on drossdr manners.” - c Molly drew herself up. ’“Fm sure you are very kind to think of us,” she said. ' ‘.’Such a bonnet, such flounces and ruffles!” said Edgar.. "And a now thing they call a pelisse, all made of green velvet, and trimmed with fur,” ; ’ ■ •‘Then you have seen her 1” “Oh yes; she sailed down Main street just before dusk with all her finery; and a thick veil over her face, and I saw her go into tiro tavern myself. So I made bold to follow, and Mr. Meeris showed me the name bn the hooks —Mys. Arabella Abbot, Boston, widow.” •• ! “Widow?” sold I. “ ‘Yes.- A funny thing to put on the books, ain’t it? A sort of invitation to ho waned by the bachelors of the village. .Meens says she •came in-a'carriage last evening, just before dark, and when the got to the door, she called to soiiie one inside, ‘Good-by, father,’ or unr ole, he wasn’t sure which, and the carriage drove off. Slid Ims engaged rooms .for four weeks, -and she has been locked up in one all day until she took her Walk, this evening.” • “Just at this instant the servant came in with, a tiny, delicately scented note for Toni, Which he road, looked magnificent, and put in his vest pocket.” “ sEdgar,’ ho said with a wave of his hand, ‘this lady is no subject. for your impertinent eulfiosUy, and you will not intrude upon lief secret again.’ And with ‘one of his airs,' as we called them, he walked off. Fatherwasin the city at the time, for some months, so we three conspirators were left alone. ‘■AVhat was in tho note ?” said Edg-nr to me. “Oh, tho lady PuW.hliu at.Camln-idgc when he graclmiWi; and was. smitten. ShV is a widow, riufl and young, and.she implores him not to despise her for leaving the beaten track of propriety to follow him here. She hogs that he will not ceil at the tavern, orbeem to pursue her, hut wait until she nanies a fitting opportunity for a meeting. In the meantime; that he may know her at such-time, he must he at the confectioner's on Many Street, to morrow afternoon, just before dusk, and she. will pass. Upon pain of her eternal displeas ure, he is forbidden to join her then.” "Ain’t it fun?” said Edgar, “I wonder if he will go ?” “Of course he will.” “The next afternoon I went to. the little store where .wo bought the few sweet meats and many cakes which Meyersvillo demand ed and under pretence of buying some cake for ten, went in. There was Tom eating pound cake and playing the agreeable to the shop keeper, while both eyes wofe'fixod on the door. He looked vexed when I came in. but it was no part of our scheme to allow him to join the fair widow, I stood my ground. In a few min ifies she passed. She was dressed in the full fashion of .the day, and half tho children of the village wore runn.ing after, her. An im mense boqnet profusely trimmed with choice flowers and ribbons, came far over her face, and from the front depended a green vail.— She wna very (all, but the gored skirt of her rich green silk foil to her ankles, and termi nated in a liriiiid ruffle at tho bottom of the. ■dcirt. The trimming of tho velvet pelisse Edgar had described was not the only fur ar ticle, for she carried an immense muff', and ns she passed she slightly waved a’kid-gloyed hand, the.first ever seen ,in Meyarsvillc, to wards the door of,tho store,” “Oh, Tom,” I said, “that must he the Bos ton.lndy. Doesn't she look queer?” “I don’t see anything queer,” said. Toni— . is dressed in the stylo of fashionable la dies in Boston, and really carries herself very well. I wish you managed your figure as well, Hetty.” “I kept a grave face! and ns soon ns she, was far enough ahead invited Tnm'to escort me homo. As I had a basket, and it .was nearly dark, he could not well refuse, and so wo wont homo together.” “The'.next day, another scented note thanked him for his 'punctuality and obedi ence. Renewed protestations and cautions filled it up. It was brimming full of flattery, hut Tom swallowed tho whole of it.” "Well, several notes came; and the fair be ing occasionally allowed Tom a glimpse of her furs, silk and velvets, but r.o chance of seeing her face; Molly or I contrived that Tom was never.alone at such times. Two choice boquots, some billetdoux, and a basket of fruit loft at tho tavern, testified to our com plete success. It was the last day of March, and tho conversation had turned upon the jests and follies usually played off on April Foul’s day. Tom had declared, in his grand way. that none hut a 100 l was ever fooled, and defied tho world to cheat him.” At breakfast tho next day, the littlq note, about which he would never give us any sat isfaction, was handed to him. It was as fol lows My Idol: —I can no longer hoar tboßgony of be ing near aiul'not with you. Moot'.no at four this afternoon at tho foot of tho t’oplar Avouuo, amt all luyetory shall ho thrown aside. In lov'c, Yours, eternally, Arabella. ‘‘Tho Poplar Avonuo terminated uttho high wall which separated our garden from tho village property, and you may be sure wo had made a hole through which to see tho fun.” "Pour o’clock came, an 1 punctual to tho hour wo saw Tom oomo along the avonuo in his finest, broadcloth, and most exquisitively arranged hair and whiskers. 110 had gone from tho front of tho house, lost wo thould suspect something if we saw him olimbii g tho wall. In a few minutes wo saw the well known huge bonnet, groon polisso, ami silk dross coming up tho avonuo; but tho .widow was mi- • Meyeiisville, April 1 at, 18(i2. “OUR COUNTRY—MAY IT ALWAYS BB RIGHT—BUT, RIGHT OR WRONG, OUR COUNTRY.” nus the muff; she well knew she would want the use of both hands shortly; Tom’s last bo quot, however, she carried daintily in one hard. As my brother sprang forward to meet her, she let her head droop, and said, in alow, feigned voice, of rather dubious sweetness — ■“Pardon, oh, pardon this unwomanly for wardness.” “Speak not of that!” cried Tom, ardently. “Love breaks the harriers of cold prudence, and your bewitching candor is my dearest ’blessing.”’ “A lot more of such talk lollowcd, nnd then Tom put his hand up to the green veil.” “Suffer mo” ho said, “to tear aside thisen vioqa veil, which shields your loveliness from my admiring eyes.” . “Spare my blushes cried the widow, hold inn- the veil fast. .Oh I,if.after all, you do not love me; Swear, swaar you will he true.” “If Tom at this didn’t kneel right down on the ground]” . ' “At your feet bear me swear eternal devo tion !” ho cried," nnd then turned his eyes to the now. unveiled face. “One cry of rage, .and .lie sprang up, just as the widow vaulted over.-the wall, and lithe side Molly ainl ipe. Tom-followed, ami dragged tier from behind us, tore off tlio bon net, leaving Edgar’s fair ,hair uncovered, and shook the poor hoy violently, fairly crimson with rage. ■-■ Molly and I flew, to the rescue, and pulled him away, aiid still speechless Tom stood off.. For years after, .whenever Tom be gan a conceited’ speech, wo could silence him by 'affectionately inquiring nftor the health of the •‘widow of Boston.’ ” Dancing. In Dr; Brown’s late racy and valuable work on “Health,” ho thus refers to the “sin” of dancing: . . Dancing is just the music for the fpot. the gladness of the young logk, end is well called the poetry of motion. I renihinbor a story of a good (del Anti-burgher minister. It was in' the days when dancing was belli to be a groat sin and to dealt with by this Session. Jessie, a comely, and good arid blithe young woman, a great favorite with the minister, had been guilty of dancing at a friends wedding. She was summond boiove* the Session to be dealt with—the grim old fellows sternly concentra ting their eyes upon her as she stood trem bling in her striped short griwn and liar pretty Imre feet. The doctor, who was one of the divinity, and a deep thinker'; greatly pitying her, said, “Jessie,, my wnriian, wore yo dan cin’?” “Yes,” sobbed Jessie. “Yo maun e’en promise never to da-nee agaid, Jessie.”, “I wull, sir; I wull promise,” with a cur trv. v- "“Now, what wore ye thinking o’Je»sie, when ye were dancin’ ? tell uS truly ? ” said tin old eider, who had been a preacher in his youth. “Nao ill,-sir,” sobbed out the dear little woman. “Then, Jessie, my woman, aye dance,” cried the delighted d ictor. And so say I, to the extent Unit so long as our young girls think “nae ill” they may dance their feet’s fill. And so on with nil the round of ' the sunshine and - flowers God.' bas thrown on and along the path of/ his child mi. ' ', Reading.—Of all tho amusements which can possibly be imagined for a hard working man, after bis daily toil, or in its intervals, there .is nothing like reading an interrosting book, supposing him to havoa taste for it and subpnsing him to have the book to read. It calls for no bodily exertion, of which ho has already had enough, or, perhaps, too much. It relcavs his home of its dullness'and same ness, It transports him into- a livelier, and gayer, and more diversified and interrcstjjig scene; and while ho enjoys himself there; ho may forget the evils of the present moment, fully,ps much as if he wore everso drunk , with the great advantage of finding himself the next day with his money in his pocket, or nt least, laid out in real necessaries and cmfi •forts for himself and his family,—and with out .a head-ache. Nay, it, accompanies him to his.next day’s work; and, if the book lie. has been reading he anything above the, very idlest and lightest, gives him something to think of. besides the mere mechanical drud gery of his every-day occupation—something he can enjoy while absent, and look forward with pleasure to. ,If I were to pray for taste which should stand me in stead under every variety of. circumstances, and bo a Bourse of happiness and cheerfulness to me through life, and shield against its ills, however things might go amiss, and tho world irowu upon me; it would bo, a taste for reading. —Sir. J. Herschcl. The Grave.—Go to the grave of buried love, and meditate, There settle the account with thy conscience for every past benefit un requited—every past endearment unregar ded, of that departed being who can never — never—never return to be soothed by thy con trition! If thou art a child, and hast ever ad ded a sorrow to the soul, or a furrow.to the silvered brow, of an , affectionate, parent; if thou art a husband, .and has ever caused the fund bosom that ventured its whole hap piness in thy arms to doubt one moment of thy kindness or truth ; if thou art a friend, and hast ever wronged in thought, nr word or deed, the spirit that generously confided in thee; if thou art a Inver, and hast ever given one unmerited pang to that true heart Which now lies cold beneath thy foot—then ho sure that every unkind look, every ungra cious word, every ungentle action, will come thronging back upon thy memory, and knock ing dolefully at thy soul—then bo sure that thou wilt lie down sorrowing and repentant on the grave, and utter tho unheard groan, and pour tho unavailing tear— more deep, more bitter, because unheard and unvaihng. i£7*ln hisbid ago, Dr. Brown was one day called on by a young clergyman, who asked him several questions in regard to divm grace, lie was just sotting out for a walk, and said: “ Como along wi’me, and I’ll expend as 1 go , but yo look after mv feet.” They got upon a rough bit of ground, and tho eager old roan was in the midst of unfolding the divm sohom, ajid the young listner was so JUB y ‘ drinking in his words, that lie, forgot to look after tlio veteran’s steps.. The old presently stumbled and fell; and go 8, P’ lie sharply said : "Jamie, the ™ can do much, but it cauna gie man sense,” ■ ■ Grar s —There are two kinds of girls. One is tlio kind that appears the best “hro ft d-r-tho wii-la that are good lor parties, rides, visits, balls &o and whoso chief delight is in such things. Tl.o Other is the kind that appears best at home —the girls that are useful and cheerful in tho dining room,-tho sick mom, an l ull the precincts of homo. They differ whloly ill character. Ono is often a torment at homo : the other is a blessing. Ono is a moth, consuming everything about her; the other is a sunbeam inspiring life and gladness along her pathway. (PT'Truo blissscan be found only in tho abodo of contentment. CARLISLE, TA., THURSDAY, MAY pplitunL EXTR-AOTS From the Speech of Mr. Dawes, Massachusetts, Delivered in the Mouse of Representatives on the 25th alt. STARTLING EXPOSURES OF CORRDP- TION IN HIGH PLACES, In connection with this statement, I send up to the Clerk the document, and ask him to read what I have marked. It is n docu ment adressed to tho Senate'of the United States by the then Secretary of War. It bears date the loth day of January last, two days after he had resigned, ho was then act ing Secretary of War. land while his mini illa tion as Minister to Kpssia was pending in •the Senate, and where" it encountered- oppo sition because of certain statements which I happened to make liete Upon this floor upon the day ho resign edT"'T~ i Tho Clerk rend as follows: “ In tho meantime It,lake occasion to state that I have, myself, mjt niaflp a single con tract -for any purpose, jvhatever ; having al ways interpreted tho daws of Congress:ns ojntemplating.thntthe beads of bureaus, who are experienced and able officers of the regu lar army r sliall make alleontrncts for supplies for tho branches of Uftt service under their charge respectfully., r “ So far, I have not -found any oroasidn to interfere with thorn in tho discharge uf this portion of their’'responsible duties. 1 have, the honor to bo, very respectfully, your obe dient servant, Snma Cameron, ’■ ■■ “ Secretary of War. “Hon. 11. n.VMLIN, " President of tjio Senate of the United States.” Mr; Dawes—l have stated that, in this solemn declaration, sighed hy the then Secre tary of War, and addressed to the Senate when his nomination was ponding, and when tlie accusation was made against him that he had made contracts fur the purchase of arms, as stated by me upon this floor, to the amount of one,million ninety sis thousand muskets, %o stated deliberately thnt.ho never made a 'contract, when the hook I have before me. which is Executive Document No, 07,'con taining all the contracts inade for arms by the War Department, recapitulates and sums up the whole matter in these words ; and Rifles. Centred! by. order..efijsbrotary of War 1,330,000 by Cbiqfpf OrtlnAnOo 1 ■ ,54,400 Contract! by order ofMajof. vJehcrol Fremont 1 1,000 Contracts by order'of Major,Pi Y. Hanger .1,600 This document, in the face of the solemn declarations of the then Secretary ol War, that ho had never made one of these contracts, .reveals contracts made by hini, and by his order, to thq amount of'one million eight hundred and thirt r-sis thousand nine , hun dred muskets, and that upon the very day he nuulo this statement—llvM'h-b day uf Janua ry, two days after hho .thatl'resigned,- and while ha wai acting Socreth. y of. War, and while his nomination whs ponding in the Senate—he put his hand to a contract for swords and sabrea to an unlimited amount— ail that the parties, resident in Philadelphia, could furnish in sis months ; and this, too,, against the protest of thb Chief.of Ordnance, now before mo in print. It was a contract that had expired, or was about to expire, by its limitation, and thb Chief of Ordnance re fused to extend, and gave this reason tor do ing so, addressed to the Secretary hf War: . “As regards the extension,.! have to state that an '.arrangement Ims already boon made for obtaining, on prospective deliveries,' one hundred and twenty-one thousand seven hun dred, and live swords and sabres ; and the un limited -order to the Messrs. Ilortsman • whs given because of short time, to the deliveries of sabre* of their own manufacture. Ido nut think an extension of the order is noces sary or advisable. “ Kespeotfully, &e., Jas. W Bipeet, “ Brigadier General. “lion, Simon Cameron, Secretary of War.” Beneath this is the extension of that con tract hy order of tlio Secretary of War, for four months ; and still beneath that, bn the 15 th day of January, arc these words : January, 15, 18(52. , “This order is extended for six months, from the termination of tiie time mentioned above. SIMON CAMERON, ■ • . Secretary of War.” . Now,'sir,-it was this public, statement of his, upon his responsibility as an-officer of the Government, to-which. I have referred, that.induced a distinguished Senator and cel league of mine, noble and goiieroUs-lieurted who would do no man'any wrung, and who believes that all men tell the- truth, to urge, after having moved, the unanimous confirma tion of this man, whoso name was then be fore the Senate, and to state, in words as kind towards me, his eullcago in. the II mse, as lie was capable of using, that ho liadtho authority of this man Simon Cameron, lor staling that I was,altogether mistaken, when 1 said that those contracts had boon made. Sir, the distinguished gentleman irom Pennsylvania. the chairman of the Commit tee uf Wavs and Means, says/u/sks in uuo falsits in omnibus. I wish to quote those twd things together, and let my 1.-. end from Pennsylvania answer them in the light uf tho principle which ho has laid down, HORSE CONTKACTS A HEALING SAI.VE—THE EF FECT OF AN EXPENSIVE FEAST UPON CONGRES SIONAL BRAINS. -1 submit thop thaUho. charge of expending the public money ns n I’cnson why this Gom miuee should bo discharged conies with ill grace from the quarter from whence it oomos. Why, sir, who does m-t know, what all the papers stated, that political feuds wore healed by horse-contracts, and that the healing of them was celebrated by a great feast ? I have cnee alluded to it myself. lam able now to state more particularly the details of the affair. It took four horse contracts, each for ono thousand horses to settle those old political fends, and every one of those con tracts cost the Government §lOO,OO0 —§400,- 000 in four horse contracts ; and lot me toll you, MrVfSpoakor, that some, of-them were in men’s nSjijea who did not know of it until the contracts wore made. It does uot need to bo told to gentlemen who know s > muoli about tho way things aro done as wo do hero in this House, why it is and for whose benefit it is’that largo contracts are madff in men's names without- their knowingauything about it. My distinguished friend from I onnsyl- Vanin (Mr. Stevens) who, in tho discharge ot what appeared to bo a high duty, proteste against such a man ns Simon Cameron j?mu„ into tho Cabinet, the papers say. prautd that feast with bis preso-.co, and .that- these > P i sons were, over this entertainment, oelobr.it •1‘ the restoration of harmony among old pofitieal antagonists, and some of ll *®“ tfiinlv knew the consideration. It seems to lao*that the §41)0,000 should ho saved to tho 1, 1862. Treasury somehow or other. It is a poor ex penditure of the public money just at this time when it is used for no bettor purpose than to heal political feuds*' These gentlemen enjoyed themselves, the papers told ua. Mr. Stevens.—ln his remarks ahoqt the horse entrndts, docs the gentleman refer to anything contained in tjio report of the Com mittee? ' , Mr. Dawes.—No, sir; not to anything pub lished in the report. lam speaking now of what is known to everybody. It did not take even the poor Van,Wyok Committee to find it, out. (Laughter.) The parties fell out over ono of these arrangements and told of it; and I have only to say that at that particular time there was, according to the newspapers, great harmony among these men. I do not know whether the gentleman from Pennsyl vania on my loft (Mr. Moorhead) waa there or not, MR. MOORHEAD INDIGNANT. Mr. Moorhead.—l would like to know why the gentleman refers to me. Ido nut wish tlie gentleman ’ from -Massachusetts, and I will not perriiit.him or any other gentleman, to put mo in a false position. I want to know why ho refers to me. Mr, Dawes.— : l did not know tho gentle man Was there, aiid therefore I would not say that ho was there. .Mr. Moorhead.—Then why refer tomcat all ? What reason have'you to, suppose that 1 was there ? Mr. Dawes.—Because the gentleman has avowed himself at this moment, and under all the lights of the present day, an- ardent advocate and admirer of the man whose char acter,..public and official, I, have been com menting upon, andlthought it was butnntu ral lie should be Invited. to such a least. I hope he was not over-looked. (Laughter.) I have only to say that tho paper 'described it as being a delightful occasion, hut X remem bered, and I think tho country remembered, alb about-the antecedents of those parties', and put tho'interrogatories, “why,” and “ what for,” and “ what has it cost?” I won dor they did not sing, as they closed, those linos of the post appropriate, to each of them— “l know not, I care not,.if'guilt's in thy heart, X but knoW that I love thee, whatever thou art." TIIE MOTIVES OP THE ATTACK ON THE COMMIT TED—"■MURDER Wll.b OUT,” v I wish to call the '.attention of tho House dis tinctly to tho motives which prompted tho at tack of Monday last. - When, the House and tho country come to know, its tho .Committee knows, what prompted tliis attack, they will ap preciate it quite as well as the Committee docs. Tho Committee encountered no.such opposition from tho gentleman from- Pennsyl vania, (Mr. Stevens) the chairman of the ',Committee of. Ways .and Means, in the early stages of thoirinvestigation.. It was oiny when the Committee,-in the way of its duly,, came to" throw itself between tlie Treasury of the United State! and a private speculation in which one .Simon Stevens, wits interested, | 1 and -through which §90,000 Was to be taken I oat of tho ’treasury-o£ the Unitod States, with out a dollar of oousideratibn, ip. the simple sale and repurchase of five thousand arms-by the United States,-thattlio'Committeeencoun tered the opposition of the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Moans. It first 'manifested itself in delaying the appropria tion to pay the expenses of tho Committee, and it (hail brought oat aspoech in the House, ridiculing the Committee and tho Committee's efforts to rescue tho. Treasury, from the har pies that hung around and hovered oyer it. And last of,all, it culminated in an attack last Monday oh tlio integrity and character of the Committee, and that, too,, after tlio gentleman from Pennsylvania had been duly notified that every mom her of tljo Committee was absent and could put reply, simon Cameron asoenebalissimo— nb tiirea- , TENS TO MARE A SORTIE UPON .TUB OuM- , MITTEE. i 1,903,800 Sir, X am not permitted to overlook also the connection of others in this matter. Al though I had not the'privilcge of being, pre sent during the forepart of this week, I am informed that a distinguished ex-functionary of tho Government was hero in this House as tho generalissimo on that occasion, .1 ain in formed that subsequently lie appeared at the seat of the distinguished member from Penn sylvania, (Mr., Stevens,) and .congratulated' him on.the signal success of his achievement oyer .the Committee in their 'absence, and that ho conferred with the Lieutenant in that attack (Mr. Kelley), and with my other dis tinguished friend from Pennsylvania (Mr. Moorhead), who feels courage enough, and is sufficiency prompted by a souse, of duty,, to vote for the discharge of the Committee. Sir, I had hoped not to bo compelled .to allude to aiiv one else in connection wit)i this matter,; but justice to the Committee requires me to call attention tp these singular co-incidences, That is not all. The Committee'Mias had fair notice served upon it, by thisdistinguish ed ex-Soorelary, that its members are to hoar from him elsewhere. Why, sir, the accusa tion which the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Kelley) made,on the Committee, a few weeks ago, was published as an advertise ment in tho newspaper in my district, in the vain attempt to make the people of my dis trict believe that, I- was nut an hono-t man. Of course tho gi ntleman from Pennsylvania did not pay that advertisement, (daughter.) Of course it could not be the distinguished Secretary, who had served notice on every member of tho Committee that ho would be laid out in his own district at tho next elec tion. I know not who paid for tho advertise ment, mir do I care. ILLEGAL CONTUACTS .THE CAUSE OF THE HEAVY TAXATION—OPPOSITION OF THE PLUNDERERS TO THE COMMITTEE ON CONTRACTS. Mr. Speaker, I have a word or two to sny upon tho suggestion- of the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Stevens) that ho would move to disohnrgo the Committee if it wore only in order. "The gentleman's duties in this Ifouso and the duties of the Committee have been of a different description. I have no disposition to criticise this performancej of his. I know the ability with which ho dis charges them. I kuoiv very well what I en counter in attempting to reply to us attack upon tho Committee. I have only to say that ids labors and tho labors of too are yet to bo appreciated. When tho •thumb-screws of the tax bill, which He earn-- mittoo of which ho is head originated and passed through the House from tho nceos iitvof tlio times, so nicely adjusted, shaUlic ffin to roach tho bones of the poor, industri es intelligent m#ii of tho country, and force (rom them so much of their hard-earn ings, to replenish tho treasury of tho country, beggared and depleted ns it has been during this”war, then, I fancy, if his constituents are ns intelligent as mine aro—and I have no doubt they aro—they will ask him the ques tion, and ho will ho compelled to answer it, “where is all this money gone?” Tuey will want to know what was tho need of pu ting out such lavish and unjustifiable contracts— contraot-at stioli enormous and extravagant 1 rates that the ownorsofthom are willing to die-' count what is estimated nl §1,300,0000n n sin gle contract, and then save two and a half per cent commission. They will ask the question, and the committee of which 1 am an bumble, member, which has struggled all this time, while the gentleman from Pennsylvania, im pelled by tho necessities of the Government, has been rocking his ingenuity to contrive how to reach tho last farthing that can ho reached to replenish tho Treasury—"this Com mittee which has been placing their feeble efforts between the plunderers and tho Trea sury—are willing to abide that time. They are willing to let this hook bo read by the side of the tax bill atjuiy time, and more es pecially at that particular time when tho clamps of tho tax hill shall bo brought round about the industry and resources ol the conn- i try, and when my friend frOm Pennsylvania will be turning the screw. If the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Stevens) had made that motion, audit" tbo House bad adopted it, ■ ns I have no doubt they would.have done that , day, the Committee tbohtwonld have bailed it as a glorious deliverance from a most un pleasaiitduty, which no one member of it bad sought, but which no one felt himself at lib erty to shriek froip..- THE DEBATE COSTISBED; The llouuF.its' usmasked iiy 'Wasiibokne, lIoLMAN, AND OTHERS. In thollmisc, on Tuesday of last week, the following debate took place—all tho speakers, doing Ilepublieans : . ■ THE CdJIMITTEE'OX ON- CONTRACTS —REMARKS OP MESSERS. CONK UNO AND irASniIUBXB: The House then resumed tho consideration of tbo rbpnrt of the Select Committee on Gov ernment Contracts, -Mr.- Kosepe Conkling said ho had voted againt raising this Committee. It seemed that none could lie so honest or eminent; that if would bo suitable.to clothe them .vith tho unheard of power asked for on that occasion. It seemed- unlit to constitute" an advisory board to'.supervise questions of integrity re lating to every man, engaged in the adminis tration of Department affairs. Mr. Conkling here asked tbo Speaker wliat time remained to bin)- • The Speaker replied—Eighteen: minutes. Mr. Dawes (Mass.) —Toe time will be ex tended to the gentleman. Mr. AVa.diburtio (lib)— I object to that. Mr. Colliding—l knew that, and do you know itnvv I know it ? iieiansc the xnomber from Illinois is tho only man in this House surely enough to interpose an objaotiou in such a vase. ■ Mr, W.a-diburno roso to reply, when Mr. Conkling 1 (tiled the members to order. Mr, AVaa (burns (excitedly)—l call the mature to'order. The Speaker demanded the preservation of Order. ; . 1 Mr. ConkVing.—The member from Illinois! I understands tiic rules of tills House, and | I must .understand:that this'is not the place fof*personul aUcrcalvm. ft 1 knows the pro per place, for that is outside of .these walls.- Mr. Wdshhurue (pxcitodly)—Yes, sir! I know that, and am ready for it.- Mt. ’ Colliding.—-No individual in this llo.no better knows than the mdmbcr from illiuois that 1 stand by wlmt I say until con vinced I am ip error, and therefore isi no necessity .-whotevor for any interruption | I hero. ... Mr. Washburno, in reply, said it was the unkindost cut of all when the Chairman-(Mr. Slovens,) of the Co nmittoo of Ways and Means, the leaner of the House, and holding (he purse-strings of tiio nation, recently rose in the House and attacked the Committee in their absence, charging that, they had com .niiftod more liiiut than they had detect ed.* The Committee had been noliiiod that they should feel the biting sarcasm and blis tering, invective, and to-day they bad listen ed to what might be called a pitiful imitation ~, from the extraordinary member (Mr. Conk-' . I’lltillillg RoUiailCr. ling), from New York, who had attacked the The Philadelphia Inquirer’s Vorktown cor- Committco fur the * benefit at . contractors, res p ont j ence <r‘ IV os tlio billowing interresting thieves and plunderers, who had’for two i„ ul{ ] eH t eoncerning the late affair at Leo’s weeks been holding high carnival m nntiotpa- . ' ■ . tlon,that h i C.iminittoeWJi'o to_ be destroyed. jj evor until wo stood by the grave of the It would have boon but bur to give the Q reo jjouhtain boys, did wo, realize how Committee notice of the contemplated iin.m- muc |,’ stranger is truth than fiction. Your hilalion, that they might he prepared to die. lloiu ipj. 3 willall rooolldotlast'summer a private with decency. Why did not the -member was uourt-martiiled for sleeping oh his past from Now York make his charges like a man. nenr jj )0 (j| m j n Bridge, on the Upper Poto and not like a skulking coward ? 1 lie mom- m . ic He was convicted—bis sentence was her undertook to criticise tlio_ expenses pi the ( | ollt |, finding was approved cf by the • Committee .which . he had figured up, ana (j onorn j. and the day iixed for bis execution, sneaked into .the clerk’s office to ask bon He was it youth of more than ordinary Intel iiuicli the members bad boon paid. 11 ■ too j|, rn -, ue —|,e did not beg for pardon, but was member, had known-aii3’tliiiig he must baie to- meet bis late, i’iio time drew known that bis. stntoiiiont was fulso, _ I boro S ( orn necessity, of war. required was no Committee over engaged in investi- nn ox:iii,|ilo should be made of some one gallons and traveling abroad hut what had __p- |s wnd nouggrnvntcd case, .been paid their, proper cxpeiis is. Iho Corn- But the case roaclioJ the oar of the Pros mittee liad neglected everything to discharge ; t pent; ho ronolve;! to save him; lie signed * the responsible trust reposed in them by the ftl ,j on at „i SO nt it out; the day enmo.. ,“Sup llouso. Now a clamor was raised to disband SQ ..- thought the president, “mj' pardon lias tlio Commilteo. If the House believed the j-eaclioil liim.” The telegraph \vqs called charges madb are true, it would bo unjust to j nto rei | U '. s lti,m; an nuswere did not come itself and to the country if it did not disband p roin p) V- ' ‘'Bring up my carriage,” boorder tho Committee before its adjournment ior a pamo, and 'soon the important Statu day, and place on the brow ot the members 01 . s woro dropped, and through the hot thereof tlio brand of dishonor, fl tlio k rnilii)g p U j) mid dusty mads lie rode to the Committee had tailed to discharge their 0(J ( about too miles, and.saw flint the sol duty and. arc obnoxious to t,hc charges made, , vas 3 , 1 V (, p Ho lias doubtless forgotten ho (Mr. Washburno) called on tipi House not ( | |o i MC ideiit, ]j Ut t | lo s „]Jior did pot. M’iicn to postpone thoir action,.but to disband this 10 ‘X'liirtl Vermont, chargod'upon the rifle i Committee at once. pits, the enemy poured » volly upon them. Tlio Committee and the country nould nc- p r ,t man who fell, with six hul.ets in cent it ns a tribute to its faithful performance ],; 3 bodv,. was Wm. Scott, of company‘K, of its duty, wh'clrhad led to the attack bvtho culJ ,i-a ( j 3 caught him up, and,. as his life member from New York, niid by every plan- ut ,)j o ,i mvuy, he raised to heaven ,aimd derer. theif and robber who had broken into ( | |9 j;,, (J j m u. t t |ie cries of-the dying, and the tlio treasury. Wnilo tlio Coiumiuoo were shimt3 0 f the enemy, a prayer for tlio Prosi eiLfaimd in their examination, ho l.mnd, by , u |, O died, heromarked to Ins com an" official document, the member from rm | u tout lie bad shown bo was no coward and Now York besieging the door of the Secretary „,, t afraid to die. '* of War to pet contracts for bis constituents. I[tJ W(l!) i uto rred j n the presence of bis.reg- Trnlv the 'member was a pretty- man to t , in a little grove about two miles to the oomo boro and lecture the committee ns in rear 0 f the rebel tort, in the centre of a group' I what the committee . bad done! in lurth- q( . holly rtll(1 vin( , 3 . „ p cw cherry trees, in full lei- reply ho said tlio history ot the ue- j,i oul „ ( ft re scattered around the odge., M lii nnrlmont will slow that L( . n ", digging hisgravouskull and bines were found alone nearly two mill ons of dollars had ni(l buttons showing the identical spot/ boon saved 'by the hire t gatum of tlio ] )ucll U3U j the’ Ilcvolutionary War for Committoo. He had boon told uy Mr. Holt (uu . fathers who foil in the mime cause. The [ that if Congress and the Government sustain C| ia plain narrated the circumstances to the bi n, nearly o ght millions mo o would bo j, ,y 3j W | lo stoodargund-witUuncDvoredhoads. saved by tlio Commission on ordnanoo nml jj[c prayed for tlio Presidettt, and paid the contracts, now in session hero, which «ns ap- u| lst glowing tribute to his noble heart that pointed on the evidence taken and the reconi- wu evel . heard. The tears started in thoir momlation of this Commilteo. fwolvo mu- oyo3 113 t | lo „i ol \ s 0 f earth wove thrown upon lions of dollars had been saved by the Lorn- i,is narrow grave, whore ho lay ahvon mittoe, or as imich as it'cost John Umnoy I ( j o( j j n | ( - (s CO atand blanket. Adams to curry on the Government, tor one i Tlio mob separated,;.in a few minutes all year. Notwithstanding t.ieso things,, “'h ] wovu cu rag'd in someth ngaround the camp, t'oinniittoo were held up hero us wasting the j ;ll) jj- utuuul fad happened; but that public money. Ho repeated that tlio Lom- 8 ., 0n0 w jh i; vo U p.jo tlr : r moiiiuries wliilo lift} 'mittee know they would he met. I hoy know whoso paths they had crossed. They know , ‘ Tao calm l()ok of Sco(t - 3 fnjCo t | lo Rooming who wore the aiders and abettors ot the plun- j uuk o f 3rt ,j 3 f lu . t io„ ho IU . still linger, if; and (lorors in and our- of this House, iney aid cou j t j l(J president have seen Uiu ho would not like the Comwi too ; of course, lor j have felt that his act uf mersy had been “No toguo o’er felt tio bailor draw wisely bestowed. . , With good opinion of tbo law.” j But the cannon's roar is to bo heard towards The Committee was created by a llepubli- Yorktown, and wo must bo off to the scene. | out fear, favor oj- affection, and in their re- I port bird nothing extenuated, or set down aught in malice. To be snro they hod ex posed robbers and plunderers, were they for this to be condemned ? Ho again referred to Mr. Stevens, saying the latter, after report ing a tax bill which was largo enough to fill a wheelbarrow, stepped in to attack the com mittee. Tbo gentleman bad been earnest in defending Fremont, In Ibis bo bad exhibit ed extreme sensitiveness ; but whofa anything was said about another General be. was not Suite so sensitive. He would leave all tbo enerals unmolested .in the field; but, after their services were dispensed with, ho would ..try tho cause, and would bo ready, to defend t'.e Committee against all clamors. Then.-bit would say, “ Como on, Macduff, and damned bo bo who first cries hold, enough.'' Mr IVasbburir, in further reply, referred to the Sacclii and other subjects heretofore dis cussed and said, Inwards the conclusion of bis remarkcs that after the infamous atlook and "abuse of the member from New York, tbo hitler could not expect to go unscathed. Ho would "permit no one to impugn nr cballongo his conduct on Ibis flnor.or off line floor. Un called.upon tbo Republican party to rise up in this House and stop these enormous frauds by every means in their power, elso they would not bo held, guiltless by tbo country. MR. CUMMINGS AND MR,. CAMERON CRITICISED, Mr. Holman, (Ind.,) ns a member of the Select Committee, briefly referred to the bo ligerents. in this debate, and nfter declaring bis coolness and dispassionateness, proceeded to.vindicate'.tho' report, and specially as to what, it-says about the transactions of- Alex ander Cuunhings-.of whom he spoke ns tho protege of Cameron, find who hpa been put forward to shield his principal'. As to the p'urchiuo of horses, ho said not one-fourth of tho«e purchased in Pennsylvania and Louis ville were serviceable; There was in this no evidence of fidelity to the public interest. Sir. ilolman referred to. Mr. Cameron’s pa tronage of the Northern Central Railroad, which was enormous, as reported by the fig ures; The employment of Cummings in con nection with the transportation showed that Mr. Cariicrnn was willing to advance-tho in l toresfs of his own family at tho sacrifice of the public good! ' Mr. Morobead inquired whether Cummings was a momber of Cameron’s family. ur. Cameron’s ii.ieoal contracts. Mr. Holman replied that the World' news paper, of which Mr. Cummings was manager, . Was the most noisy ip supporting Cameron's transportation arrangements. On tho subject of arms, Mr. Cameron had made cpntraiti amounting, to $30.000,000, and. on which the' profits would luive been 57,500,000 .over and above the legitimate profits, yet Mr. Cam*-: ron ha;l denied ever making a, contract.— Against those abuses Gen. Uipley bad stood up like a Human—like a ljp>“kwater against [.the tide-of onrruptigjn>T^“' Mr. Holman-yoked whether tho gentleman did not know that Mr. Cameron mode con tracts for thirty million clnUeve vrnrth of arms to mere stock brokers and speculators. In conclusion, ho oehaured the Secretary of thtj ; Navy in tho mattor of pnralmsirig.vcssels, and referred to other matters discussed in the re port of the Committee; M I . Mr. Dawes (Mass.) trusted that the House, forgetting tho personalities indulged in to-day would return to the direct issue before them. It was said, that the exposures made by tho committee had brought tho Nation into die?, grace abroad; but this was not iho fault if the committee. Should they have covered up tho sore, or laid it open and probed it to tho bottom ? When abuses censed to be exposed, then might properly be lamented the absence of honesty and public virtue. It was not to be expected that they would bo a white-wash ing committee. As li grand inquest;they' could billy bring the.faots before the House fur their action. NO. 48.
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