AMEKIOAN VOLUNTEER. - JOHN li. BRITTON, Editor & Proprietor CAIIU9LE, PA., NOVEMBER 27,1802. q q q q q q qq ,q q TIMELY NOTICE. The extraordinary, advance in the price of printing paper, ink, typo, Ac., tin-catena' se rious injury, if not ruin, to newspaper pub lishers. Tor the last two months white paper has been steadily advancing in price, and at present wo are compelled to pay from CO to TO per cent, more for the paper wo use,than wo have heretofore piud. And this is not the worst of it, for our paper-maker tells us that prices are still going up,, and that wo may look for another advance shortly! The Na tional tax and -the scarcity .of rags, are, the alleged reasons for this rise.' . Under these circumstances it becomes news paper publishers to adopt' measures to, save themselves-from ruinous,loss. A.number of editors, wo, notice, have cut down tiiejr pa pers to half their usual size; olhci-s'havc ad vanced their rales of adv.erliiing and sub scrip Hon .40 and 50. per cent., and some have suspended tlieir-publioations altogether.— • What course wo are to adopt hero in Carlisle, has not vet been delerniined upon.' Wo, woidd .suggest to our neighbors of the J)cmo emit Herald, And Jinencan that a meeting of the four editors ho convened at ait early day to adopt sonic plan that will avert the ' ruin that threatens, ns all. . But, whatever plan wo with our ootempo rarics,may agree upon, one, tiling wo- have made .up cm- hiiud to, and -that is that wo c.-innot and--ijrill not permit men to run tip long accounts with us. Wc cannot' stand it. Ilorcnfter advertisers' and subscribers will he rccpiirod to pay promptly. . And on the com ing Ist ,qf Jiimiavj",. all those in arrears for, one or.roove : yoavs; will'have their papers dis continued, and lln'ii- accounts placed in the hands of a f as l - lor collection. Wo, arc in . earnest now. if we have been lenient hereto fore,..and all those indebted must settle up. or we will know the,i-eapon why they .neglect tills dm v.' . If gives us nn pleasure to resort to .lids stringent rule. Our customers will all bear us witness, that when' business 'was nourish ing, wo wore hover exacting or troublesome •in our demands upon litem ; and even sim.-j the war has come upon us, anil deranged trade almost to (ho entire suspension of cred it, we have boon as lenient as possible, and annoyed lliotu with few duns. The necessi ties of the tithes .alone compel us to make a yhange, but they nro imperative. AVo there fore hope'that none of our friends will take offence at what wo intend to do.’ At somd future day—not far distant, wo trust —when this' ImmTtitablo war shall'bo at an end, and peace and prosperity shall again smilo upon 'the country,-we shall bo happy to relax tko bard rule of “ cash payments,” and turn back into lha old ways. Until, then, wo mdst do as others do,- and play the selfish game “of ta king cave of “ Xnnviwsr One.”-, Rowdyism ox ocr Streets.— We have nev-' er known so . much rowdyism.to bo. practiced town as wo'have bad, for' the last-few jnpntbs. Immediately after dark sets -in, obscene than and women.,are tniie soon in all sections of the town practicing their rowdyism anil vulgarity. Bhys verging upoifmanhood jui'n in lights, and eairnpotl God to “damn their souls,” with a rodklcssnesa that an old tar-would bo ashamed of.'''TheftS; beastly drunkenness, debauchery and 'villainy, "are practiced with impunity, and no respectable . woman.is safe'in' leaving iter.floor lor'a-mo ment without a. protector. AVo appear to ■have no .police, or ifrwo have, they certainly are never..about when they should'bo, and make if a point to bo absent when they hear that a row or any kind of. deviltry is to bo enacted, Wo make this assertion knowing what wo say, and feel disposed to speak plainly ,'whou wo refer to the poltroonery of those who receive our money for services they fail.to perform. It is'a direct fraud upon our tax-payers that the Town Council pay out hundreds of dollars a year to men for j doing nothing; arid if wc had the auditing of the nest Borough-account, we would stride out every, dollar appropriated for the pay- of police. They,(-the policemen,) have not act ed—-have, not performed the duties they were required to perform—and are not entitled-to a single “ red.” If our town authorities will not see to these things—and wo have no idea that they will—every man and every woman in our borough should go prepared to pro tect. themselves against the assaults, insults and depredations of ruffians who have too loiig-boen permitted to escape without pun -xehment.' ,1. C..OF 0. P.—An address will he deliv ered to the members of the order by Bro. Kurd's I).. SAaplev, at the regular meeting of the. Lodge, on Monday evening, Dec. Ist., at 7 o'clock. A full attendance is requested. Important Letter from Es Senator Big ler. —Wo publish On our fil-st page a highly important, patriotic and statesman-like letter from Ex-Senator Bigler, on the affairs of our country, at this crisis. It is a manly, out spoken document, and will meet with an ear nest and ready response from thousands of loyal and true men, in all sections of the nation. It was written in response to an in quiry from a personal friend, with reference to Mr. position in relation to .the coming contest for the United States Senator ehip in this State, and also in reply to the question, “what can bo -done to aid our bleeding and distracted country at this mo mentous period in its dilatory 1” The Es- Senator’s former and present position, as well as his known-attachment to the union of these States, give to his views great force and po tency at this.time. Wo most earnestly com mend them to the attention of nil those who wish to restore the Union as it was framed by our patriotic lathers. Second Arrival. — I. Livingston has just received bis second invoice of Vail and Wiu ■ ter Goods, consisting, in part, of n heavy stock of piece, goods, which will ho made up to .order in a fashionable and substantial man ner, dr sold by the yard, - In rohdy made clothing ho defies competition, in price or quality. Cloths, Cassimoros,- Vestings, Sat inets, Army Goods, &e,, in great abundance, and of every style and quality. Oai| and ex amine Ids immense stock before buying else where. RELEASE OP I’RMERS. By an order -of the -War Department aU, persons now confined in forts and prisons arc to Do at once discharged,' hy request of Auiia uaw Thousands of'inch,' theroforo, who have been kept in close confinement foi'many months,.are to ho turned out without trial, and .without knowing for what they.were im prisoned.' These men.of,course arc all Dem ocrats—many of them prominent as' states men and politicians—and now that the elec tions have been held in their respective States, Aduauam I orders their prison doors to he thrown open that Hie captives may “ go free." And is ,it possible that these things have'tran spired in our own America —.a.oomftry where wo imv.o been in the habit of boasting of our. liberty and freedom ? - la it possible that the President of the United States —a ..man who ■holds ins office hy virtue of "the constitution,, hut yet With a majority of a million and a quarter of votes east against him—has dated thus to usurp power Unit no despot of the.old world would dare usurp ? Vos, it is.posaiblc —it is true. Mon have been dragged front their homes, (because of their political opiu. ions,] and, forced into 1 loathesomo dungeons,: and.'after being,kept there during a long a id sweltering summer, are discharged without trial and without being told why they were incarcerated I Who • will now say that we live under a lldpubliean form of Govern ment?. Who will contend hereafter that the .President lias hot the power, to net the part of.the despot.and tyrant wilhaaipunity ? And those outrages have, been perpetrated by. a,man' and endorsed by a .party- who whoa : seeking power from the-people', hiado their, throats Sore in their, load advocacy of “ free, speech, a fi'bd press,, and, free . ncgroes/’-V These wore 1 the watch-words of T.ixcor.x and ills friends when the votes of the-people'were wanted. These wore their professions when •they thirsted for power and plunder.'. But, true'to thpir instincts, no sooner were.they, placed in authority than gmheard-of -.tyranny .'commenced.' Hundreds of prominent'Demo crats wore arrested and imprisoned : scores of Democratic presses, were mobbed by cow-, unify Abolition minions and traitors; and the 'live uf the mails denied to others.. Judges, were taken from .Hie. scat of justice, and min isters of God from the sacred desk, in obe dience to the demands of-the putty tyrants at Washington! Well, well! Alf these things Ijavo taken place, and the people have suf fered in silence. Wo are how told that tlio prisoners are to be released,' hut- no doubt (ho approach of another election in the great States of the North’, will induce a recurrence of the' outrages,, and'Democrats will again, be;' subjected, to additional punishment... Hang man -Cr.AV, the . Major General who never witnessed, a. battle, or over- slept in a tent, wiir no 'doubt have Ids guillotine ready by that time, and will attend to its Working .in person, as Sr.MXF.tt. whets the blade. Wo will wait—we will'SCO- —wo w.ill act. when it ho pomos .necessary. Wo too—(ho Democrats of the free North—may import a guillotine from , France, and thus bp s on a par with our re lentless and remorseless' persecutors. Dem ocrats are slow to anger,, slow to go beyond •the pale of tlio- Constitution anil laws, but forbearance sometimes- censes to be a virtue.' I The Infamous hangman-Ci.aw, when be ice-' 1 ommendc-U “ hemp and the, guillotine for Democrats, 1 ’ spoke ou a subject that two can, play at. Lot him and the men who act with him—men who delight in'the imprisonment' of Democrats, and who recommend,“ hemp and. the guillotine,” beware! Their feet are pressing a volcano, whoso fires may consume, thcnviu the twinkling of an eye 1 Good Times. —-Tho “ good times” promised by tho Abolitionists, are now .hotng realized by the mechanics and working .men, in the advanced, prices demanded fur ail articles of family, donsuraption; Colfoo has' increased four ccntspor pound within a fow days, .and •notv sells fur thirty-six cents, making it a luxury in which the poor cannot afford, to in, dulgo. The same may bp said of sugar apd molasses. Butter is tip to.'twenty-live cents pci - pound, eggs eighteen- cents per dozen, and I other necessaries of life in -the same -propor tion, Cotton goods of ail'kinds, width used to sell at a shilling per yard, now command treble that .price. Before the advent of -the present AboFtion administration poor women coull obtain alt excellent calico dress for about twelve shillings: now treble that sum will.notpurehase even an ordinary print dress. In short everything is going up to staivation prices, while there is no advance in the wages of taxburdened working-men. "War, desolation, taxation and' starvation!—- Glorious Lincoln 11 in os ! How do our readers like tho picture ? Tiianksmv'ino Sermon. —By an arrange ment, between the pastors, the Lutheran and Second Presbyterian congregations, of this borough will worship together on Thanks giving day, at the churoh of the former.— The Ilev. John 0. Buss, of the latter church,' will preach on the occasion. The Late Accident on the Ccjiiic.iu.akd V.utr.r Railroad. —lt is understood Unit le gal proceedings will bo instituted against the Cumberland Valley Itnilroad Company by parties in Philadelphia city, who are interes ted in the oases of those who were injured by the disastrous accident that occurred sn the terminus of the Cumberland Valley Itaiiroad, on the Cumberland side of the river, opposite Harrisburg, us the Pennsylvania militia were returning from the Southern border of the State, after the invasion of Maryland by the rebels. A correspondence lias taken placowith the President of the road, and from the nature of the same, it is probable that the Company, will do whatever is reasonable in the promi ses regarding the payment of damages, oth-. erwise a law-suit will result. Investigations are on foot to determine the exact pecuniary position and extent of injuries received by all those who wore on the train at the time. Nhv-York. Election'—Official. —The Al bany Aryus contains tho'official returns of the Now York State.election. There were 001,,' r >o’l votes polled. -Of these Horatio Sey mour, foV Governor, received 307,003, and Wadsworth 200,491. Democratic majority for Governor, 10,f)72. Jleetino or Congress. —The second session of the ihirty-seveuth Congress begins at Washington on Monday, the Ist of December, and will close by constitutional limit, on the ■lth of Match. Auollicr Abolilfonist Heard From, Our renders remember Bully Tom Ford* of OhloL Ho delivered. mi Abolition speech in the Court House in this borough, during the campaign of 1830. YpU remember his undo-, .doles about illo “ old iimn-aud the eels,".the “ lawyer umf the cow,’-’ k to. Also his abuse of tho editor of this paper. On the breaking out of 'the wav,' Thomas being a good abolitionist and'fond of -whiskey, was entrusted with an important com'niand iu tbe-army. From tho time ho entered tho, service' nothing was ever hoard, of him until the surrender of Harporla. Ferry and Mary land Heights. Here wgt have him in tho character of a coward and a traitor, and ho has since been dismissed from tho service and returned to-his homo in Ohio, in disgrace,— Tho abolitionists arc very ; cool over his re moval. Ifit.had been a Democrat that made tho surrender, a universal howl would have gone up from the whole pack of scoundrels. These cursed abolitionists are the very men who brought buttiio craven cow ards are afraid to do the lighting. All they want is a chance to coin-.mouey out of men’s bones and, women’s tears, They don’t want the war to closo ;..and -wo verily boliovo if it were ,in thpir power to bring tho'war to a close to-morrow they wouldn’t doit. They have given bur army, more trouble than the rebels. They are continually interfering with tho. plans of- bur Officers—withholding' men 'and . supplies—and getting up dissensions among tho soldiers. Hiehmbnd would, have boon captured long ago if they had lotMoCuib i.an alone,"'. But no;.they will-,neither light' themselves nor leydhor ones light. The war must lie kept up. Government contracting is,.too good ,a business to'be given up yet awhile. As long .as Liscoi.n, occupies tho Presidential chair,, we need not. expect , the war to bo any nearer a close than it was otto year ago. Ho 'is. not the man for that posi-; lion, imd things will never go on smoothly until ho turns his buck upon the whole abo lition crew,, and kicks . them all out of lijs- Cabinet and out of the army as lie has done Tom Ford. The following order shows up-whiskey Tom in, no enviable position-; GEN’I'IIIAL ORDERS, N0.,183. . .Wan Deuautmest, Adjutant-Oen era n’s Oi-ncE, Washington, D. C'., Nov. 8,1802. / .The military commission of vyhioh'Major ■General-David Hunter,-U. S. Volunteers, is, ■President, appointed to meet in tho pity of Washington on the Both of September, pursu ant to Special Order No, Sob, of September 23,-1802,' to investigate thq.civcnmvtancos of the abandonment and surrender of Maryland Heights,, and the surrender of Harper’s Fer ry, hr-ving reported that Colonel Thomas H. Ford, 32-1 Ohio Volipitoors, conducted 'the d’e fcnce'of Maryfand Heights .without ability, abandoned, the position .without, .sufficient cause, and has shown throughout such a lack of military capacity as to disqualify him, in the estimation of the conVmission,. for a com mand in the service, the said' Thomas 11. Ford is. by direction of the President, dis missed Irom the service of.the "United- States. Wiielie' Are, You, Nine dIu.NDUEn Thou sand Men ? —Not very long ago poor- Oeee- 1 ■lev announced in the Now York 2Vii«jie:tinit Ito had a reserve of nine .hundred thousand .radicals,, who would enlist fpl - Uto war. if tho .President wouhiprooltum emancipation, but, whoso .'service canid not bo scoured at any -other price. Now-the proclamation 6f.omn.n cipatfun has been issued, and where are those nine hundred''thousand men?' There }a no longer aiiy excuse for the radicals to stay at homo nut! abuse the armv which they rofttsO, to join.- There is up longer .any oxottse-for tho unlucky Fremont to. reniatu here, enjoy ing the- pay of a Major General, and-doing nothing,whatever to earn it.-Now i’s tho tinio for Greeley and his host of to take tho field.. Greeley should lead-them .and 'conduct this wav ‘‘on military principles.” Lot him' begin his work at once. Where are you, GnEEtEv’s'nine hundred thousand-:? Plunder on a Shale Scale. — A defalcation has been discovered in the Now York Custom Ilouse, and sixteen of the clerks have been suspended on suspicion; The amount ,stolen .is only SevenJtunJveil thousand dollars !' The game flail been carried on.by.nicans of wrong entries. This is only a small affair. These clerks no ijouhtdhought that as other .distin guished gentlemen were stealing millions, and plunder was the order of the day, thoy had a right to help themselves to tf. few hundred thousand. Remember that the Custom Ileus es are now in the hands ot the abolitionists. Propitaiile Speculation. —A man named Sensingcr, in Weisonburg, Lehigh county, had the misfortune to bo drafted, which so frightened him that bo straightway went to Allentown, and hired Mr. William Moiiiy barber, as a substitute, paying him §lOOO. — : Mr. Mohr'prooeodcdto camp at Philadelphia, as per agreement, and prices having come down considerably, ho in turn,procured a second substitute, to take his place, at $4OO, and returned home, having made $OOO by the operation. A profitable and clean shave, that was. Tue Next Presidency. —At.the|great meet ing in New York, on the evening of the 10th inst., John Van Buren made a speech* at the close of which ho nominated Goh. Geo. B. Mc- Clellan fof the next President of the United States, and called for three cheers-, nliich wore given with a will. This nomination is. perhaps, premature, a little in advance of public opinion, but it will do to start with. Geo. B. McClellan is already a great man —ho may ho greater. Who knows? ■ Assistant Sechetaivy of War.—Charles A. Dana, the “On to Richmond” editor of the Tribune, has been tendered (and wo be lieve has accepted) the position of Assistant Secretary of War, in-place of Mr. Wolcott, resigned. ’With this “ short, sharp and san-' guinary” assistant to aid him, StantoN'wUl, no doubt, propel Ihe army towards Richmond at the rate of llalleck’s, advance on Corinth —from a mile and a half to two miles a day. Mil Dana, wo think, is the fourth adjunct of the Tribune provided for by tho administra tion. Greeley's prayers have, addling ef fect. ; A Played Out Party.— The Abolition leaders seem to bo coming to tho conclusion that the “ Republican” party is played out. The Philadelphia Korth American, a leading Abolition Republican organ, calls a National Convention to meet at Pittsburg to dissolve i the ‘‘Republican" party and organize.a new [ “ War party,” . Abolition Promises. Daring tlio campaign of 1860, the abolition ists promised tho working-men, in tho event of Lincoln’s election, peaceful and prosperous times, with ponty of work, high wages, nude reduction of flic prices of the actual nooosari cs of life. Instead of peace, our country i’s distracted and divided by a bloody civil war. Instead of prosperous times, 'nearly all tho manufactories and workshops which are,not engaged m fill contracts for the Army and i Navy, have been compelled'to suspend ope rations. Instead of reduction of the prices of the actual necessaries of life, all the articles which are used by tho working men and which are to their comfort and sup port have gone .up 50 and 100 to 300 per cent. Below wo present a list of articles, and the prices at which they sold under tho adminis tration of Buchanan’, and also the .prices .at which they are now-selling under Lincoln's ■administration. Buchanan. " Lincoln. Qreon Coffee ' 12J cents per II). 30 ots. Brown coffee 10 do . 35 do. Tea ' 30 to 50 do .' 0218125. Helmed Sugar 10 do , Id ots. Brown 1 - - do 0, do 12 do Molnssas ' 12} coots per rjt.' , Id do llico p cents peril). odo Cabl'd muslin 10 .cents per yard 25, 27 cts. Cant. Flannel 12} . do -37 _il<> Woolen do ;■ 40 to 45 do , (50, 05 do Wool’’:'. ■ 28 to 30 cts per. lb 85'cts Calico ■■ ■ • 11 to 12 eta per -yd 20, 25 cts Satinet 37} to 75 cts §1,§120. Cloth' §ll2o.dO'.' §6OO. Coni .. §3 00 do ■ .§5 00. In addition to the above-articles, .wo .may add that Hoots, Shoos and Gaiters, both coarse and fine; are now soiling from 20 to 25 per cent, higher than under the administra tion of President Buchanan, and the tenden cy is-still upward. .So much for; addition promises. The tariff so talkod’of by inopopo lista is pow hero and the poor men pay it. . Deserters prom TiiE.'CossfcirrT Camps.— The Harrisburg Union says'"Wo have al fcadyalhided to the frequent desertions from the .conscript -pumps'ln this city. Everyday, .and night scores of drafted men and substi tutes skedaddle and, from present indica tions, in a’little whild hardly .p .corporal’s , guard of. conscripts twill bo-left. The same state of affairs exists in the camps of drafted men at Pittsburg and 'Philadelphia. The greatest number-of deserters .are from-the abolition counties ofLancaster and Allegheny; We, stated, in a.reoent'issue, that the negro worshipping oonstitntents of old Thad Ste vens were too cowardly to take up-arms in.a war of their own'creating ; and in confirma tion of that statement wo re-prod uce the fol lowing item from.the-Yff.i;j)ress,.one of the Abo lition organs of-Lancaster county-. ,■ “Wo are informed by a gentleman who visited Harrisburg on Saturday, that out of the-eloven hundred men who left this county for. camps only about four hundred remain.' About six hundred of tin? eleven hundred wore' substitutes, throe hundred of whom kept their good faith, and entered the old re giments. The other three hundred, with several hundred of the conscripts, skedaddled —returned to their homes, or gone no one knows .whither; If all the .rest of the coun - ties in tlio.State have suffered to the same ex tent, the groat army.'of will dwin dle down to kj- sliadoiv/.’fj,"*-; .-' -**■''- ■; ■ T!u; AboUtioViiats ar Xihooast'er county re fused to volunteer in-the Umptj-army, prefer ring.to stay at homo and vote for that highly, concentrated embodiment of negroism, 'l ! lmd ■ Steven?, and denounce Democrats as ." trai tors.” - And -when drafted wo find these cow ardly poltroons sneaking, away from camp by hundreds, and hiding, in the mountains andswamps to avoid being pressed into the service of their country. The same game is being played, by .the conscripts from the wes tern Abolition counties. The Pittsburg Chronicle says that " desertions from Camp Jlowo aro;beoopnfi£Wcry frequent, and that there are now some-five or six hundred eon scripts absent whoso names appear on the rolls. On one occasion, wo are told, oyer two hundred men left the camp in a body, and took the oars the, same evening for their homes.” Wo have a similar report from city, where desertions from the conscript camp are of daily, occurrence. .If the drafted men are not soon sent into ser vice there will not be enough left in all the camps to .form one full Pennsylvania'’bri gade. JMuhdek in Philadelphia. — A horrible murder was .committed on Wednesday night of last week in the vicinity oi Broad and Christian streets, Philadelphia. Thomas Wil liamson was found dead in his house, in a shocking state of mutilation, his body being almost entirely severed in two. A man who was suspected of having intimacy with , his wife has been avrested, having, it is .said, been seen coming from the house soon after the crime was committed. Williamson was a soldier, on leave of absence, and'of dissipa ted habits. ’ I XZr" What the cash value of a paper dollar is to-day is uncertain. Gold runs up so rap idly, and the paper depreciates, with, §uoh sympathetic celerity, that it is hard to keep the record straight. The anxious public, however, may relievo themselves of superflu ous “ green hacks 1 ’ to any amount at this of fice, in payment of subscriptions, and no un pleasant questions asked.. A Fool’s Argument. —Tho A r . 1' Tribune insimmtes that it “ impeaches tho loyalty of Gen. M’Oleli.an that tho rebels have uniform ly spoken of liim« as our greatest General.” this is pretty logic. Wo have said the same thing of Stonewall Jackson among rebel Gen erals. Does the Southern press call him a traitor for it 7 Bab. (E - An Abolition paper before us finds fault with President Lincoln for appointing “ Looofooo” Generals to command the Union armies, and says ho has no business to take any but men of his own politics. Wo would like to know whore those same Union armies would bo but for the bravery and perseverance of tho “ Locofoco” -Generals, Tho rebels would have driven ua all to Canada before now. DE7* Harrisburg is fearfully infested with pickpockets. Scarcely a day passes that one or more persons are not robbed at the , hotels or depots. [E7* A young woman in Hackensack; N. J., was outraged on Thursday by a negro named Anderson, who after,wards stole his employ er’s horse and escaped, to New York. From tbo.Pottavillo Standard. TiHS FRAPS AT ST. LOUIS. About one year since the whole .country was astounded at tho disclosures of immense Arauds-iu St. Louis, Missouri. A committee composed, with ouo exception, of Block Ro. publican members.of Congress, had visited that place and investigated tho various trans actions in tho Quartermaster deportment, and reported frauds unparallod in tho history-of.tho country, had been perpetrated upon,the people and Government of the Uni ted States, ,'i'ho conduct of Generals Fre mont and MoKinstry, was denounced in the strongest terms, and botli wore removed frdm tbo positions they hold. The report of Van Wyck committee unfoulded a chapter of frauds and corruptions hitherto unknown in the history of tho.world. Asiibsoqpentdnvcsti gation by Judge Davis of lllinois, ox-Soeretary JJoIt, and tho |lon. Hugh Compbeil,-fully es tablished the enormity of the frauds. ’Upon this pdiut there was no room to doubt. 'X'ho arrest and court martial of Gorieral MoKinstry has revealed the fact that in some of his trnnaotions, at least, ho was act ing under tho advice of President Lincoln, and Simon Cameron, date Secretary of War. That a man so proverbial for “honesty” ns President Lincoln should stoop from his high position to dabble in horse contracts, has doubtless surprised those who wore credulous enough to bolio.vo w|mt tho Abolitionists said of him’. The Presidont’o .letter is-us follows ; . WasiiiNGTb.v, Sept.-10, 1851. J, MelviN’STnv, Brigadier General and Quar termaster, St- Bonis: ■ Permit, mo to introduce James L. Lamb, . .Esq., of Springfield, 111. I have' known Mr. Lamb for a great many years. His reputa tion for integrity and ability to carry-put his engagements-aro both unquestioned, and I shall bo pleased, if consistent with public good, that you, will nbiko purchases of him of any army supplies needed in your Depart meut. ' ■ Your Obedient Servant, A. LINCOLN. '• We,also present the. letter of Cameron ;. Wasiiinßton', Sept. 0, 1801. J. McKinstry, jfriyaditr General ami Quar ■termuster, 131. Louis ; . ■ Sir.— The bearer of this, James Lvn'to the public. The partners, of Mr. Lamb, wove Mr. Eby, of Harrisburg, and Mr. Young, of Middletown-. Mr. Ehy was the partner of Donald Cameron, son of the of.Wuv, which will account for the father's"" disinterested appeal" in behalf of the patriotism of Illinois. The revelations, at St. Louis, do not sur prise us in. the, least. Wo wore of those who never placed any confidence in. the personal or political integrity Of the President. The letters of the President and Secretary Cam eron with the statements of General MoKin stry , before the Court Martial at St. Louis, certainly implicate the President and Scorer tar-y of War in, the transactions of the Quar termaster General in the Department of the West. ,We trust that we shall hoar no more ot the honesty of “ Old Abe,” If a Demo cratic President had been caught in such an ugly fix ns that in which President Lincoln appears, the whole Oonntsy would have rung with.charges of corruption, made by the Abo lition press. As it is, .we intend to hold him to his record. [Ey“Some years ago Dave Wilmot made the following declaration : •• I’LL BE D -D IF I DON’T JOIN THE PARTY THAT I THINK WILL SEND THE COUNTRY TO HELL THE QICKEST!" Whether,pavy.Wilmot succeeded in send ing the-CouNTRV, or the Country- in sending Davy WilmOt to that awful place, will be .easy seen Jby refering to tho-late -election re turns of bis Congressional District. Alas 1 Poor David. O* Gen. ’Francis E. Patterson, of the Army of the Potomac, was found dead in his tent on Saturday morning. .The,.remains woro.forwarded to .Philadelphia for interment. He is a sop of-AXnjor General Robert Patter son, ' CT” Col. 'Wm,- Hopkins, of Washington, lion. John Cessna, of Bedford, and C. L. Pershing, Esq., of Cambria, are named in connection with tho Speakership of.tbe next House of Representatives in this .State. Ei ther of them would make an admirable pre siding officer. 0“ There is a tie in tho Now York House of Assembly—o 4 Democrats and 04 Repub licans. I Figlli aiwayi.—A Lincoln. Wo Can .Such wot the .declaration of President Lin coln to the ixtrii) session of Congress. If wo cannot fight) always, then how long can we or ought wo, or must wo fight? - This Mr. Lin coln did not tell us then, nor has ho given us any light upon the subject since. If we are to judge from I ' his actions, nothing else but light is in contemplation. Almost every stop the Administration has taken lias but led to further carnage and bloodshed. 'What, then, did Mr. Lincoln mean when ho gave utter ance to this significant “ aphorism.” Has ‘ho not had fighting enough to enable hhn to iudgo what the fibal issue is likely to be? — 'lias not tire war brought weeping and wail ing to ft sufficient number of households? Una not the flow of bereaved widows’, and moth ers’ tears, been sufficiently copious.? Have we not S|iont treasure enough ? Is there any other national calamity that wo ought to suf fer before-our appetite for war is satiated—: before we prove that there are no’Other possi ble means of settling our national troubles ? When Mr. Lincoln first resolvedupon vrnr, seventy five thounand men were deemed quite a sufficient force to put down dire rebellion, 'i'lys ires eighteen months .ago. Wo’ have since called into the (ield.onc million two hun dred thousand men, and spent, perhaps, not less than one thousand ftvc hundred, millions of dollars. And what have wo accomplished ?' Have wo conquered a peace ? Do things look ns if poaoe was approaching ? ■ -liffshort, have' wo made any progress in the .great .work of conquering and subduing the rebels? Ail men know wo have not; and they further know that, without a complete and thorough change of policy—suqh as making the war on qur part/or no other purpose than a restora tion of the Union ns it was, with the rights of all, the States, and the people thereof, fully and unchangeably guaranteed—such a peace ns the sword can bring is just as far dll' as when the war begun. -. --G "iVhen the fvar begun, the Southern people were divided—many.qlinging'.tq tjio.old Un ion With the.most ardent devotion, and deny ing tho,charges that wore constantly wrung in their oars .by , the advocates of Secession, that Mr.-Lincoln and his republican party designed any interference'.with their .cher ished institution ot slavery. But how is. it now ? The South is almost a perfect unit; A Union man is unknown there. And why?- •liecause •these liepnhlieans have done those very things the' Secessionists foretold they would do. The'fugitive slave law was first ignored by an act oUcohgrcss forbidding the return of slaves found within onr linos. L .del, slavery was abolished hi the District of Columbia by. a single act of Congress ; and last of all, an edict of-the President declares, that, in,a cer tain-contingency, slavery shall forever cease in ithe United -States alter the first, of Janua ry next. . These things have totally'extin guished'the'last spark of Unionism in. the ((South, until the alternative-'with them is the. successful, resistance of the designs, ■of the North, or their total extermination (is a peo ple. ~ - . ' • Such is the effect of,the measures -forced upon tho Adiniiustration-by thc'Aboli.tiouiats. Had their 'Councils been spurned from the ■beginning, as; coming'from men as hostile tp: the. Union .finder,, tho Constitution as the So-' ccssionists -themselves—had the, purposes of the war not been perverted from ,a. struggle for the,restoration ul the* Union —the Union men of the Gouth would have been pf.-vast -sor,vice to us,.and'-long ere this the .backbone of the rebellion would have, been' broken by internal "dissensions"among themselves. Of ibis there is, now. no hope.- ■ They ur,o now united ad no-people ever were united.be fore, and if Mr.. Lincoln is still of the opinion that “ wo caidt fight always,” we' should be pleased. if ho would tell us howioiuj wo ought to light .—-Clearfield Itepnhlieah. “ The Song of the Shirt” Uraltal. To the Editor of thejlfoflon Sb-ymul jrr- ' % X saw.in ym:r papcrim ■ tlio T>th and up-; count of a poor. but honest and virtuous girl, who had drpwaod hersolfin the canal in Line-, ell, Tor the veasmvthatshe could not support herself by m;il;ing army or soldiers’ eluihingi I have learned soipething about the, price paid.fur making some kinds of clolliingf. I" will nitinp soldiers'.woolen siiii ts, given. out to the same kind of huiiest and industrious females: and n lint price do you think they pay?. Why, Mr. Editor, thay.pay the enor mous price of five.coins each for shirts with throe button holes, (ho common prico.i’or.nia king which .is one cent cadi.,' leiv-’ing Two cents for.tlio rest'of the shirt'. Now, sir, ,my wife, says that if any. woman makes these shirts as they should he.inadn, so that they will not drop to : pieces, she cannot make over two in a day, and work from early morn to night,, which would make the largo amount of sixty corns a week. Can h woman Those prices ? .."Is it any wonder .that nn hon est,woman drowned herself rather than starve onsuoh prices? . ITmvoseen two lots of these shirts that, wore' given out to. some 6f our working girls in Lynn by a firm in Milk street. The girls can earn from -fifty cents to, one dollar per day- hinding'shoea when they ligvo. work, but'they cannot mako over ten cents per day on army,shirts when they make them ns thcy.slio.uld.be made! - If I. was on the Grand Jury, and the army contractors should bo arrested at being accessory to the innrder of that Miss Stone, provided ho had given,army, shirts to make at five cents each, I would,go for .convicting him of murder iii the first degree. Let, the world know it; ..it is a burning shame.. ■ Yours, -0.. - J. 1 ' LvNNj Nov-. 5, 18G2. tWlial Sumner ThiuKs, lion. Charles Sumner; the great Massachu setts negro humbug, thinks that Uni South “ has determinedto anticipate the President's ac tion liy arming her negroes against ns,” and “ there is little reason to doubt that -foreign j intervention will complicate matters before the first of January,” and, therefore, “ the President must anticipate his proclamation, amb lit pnce declare that it shall take effect im mediatehj. -Every hour of delay in the one measure that.can save us adds a probability to the many that now exist of the ruin of hie .administration, and a possibility to the. ruin of the republic.” 'Heretofore this Abolition dictator-lias in formed us that the slaves hated their masters and only awaited a favorable opportunity to put their-throats.. >lf ho told us the .truth then, the South must know the fact, and of course will notai-m theslaves—if he lied, and we believe he did, and the slaves are true to -their masters, why does lie urge the policy of the immediate emancipation and arming of them ? Into such difficulties these Abolition fanatics and traitors are constantly plunging. There is not one practical statesman' and true patriot among them, from Charles Sum ner down-to Abraham Lincoln —Uarrishurg 'Union, C7* While a number of boys in Urobilin, 'NVY,, were recently playing at that danger sport of throwing stones, a little girl, passing at the moment, was struck and instantly killed. The boy who threw the stone will bo tried for homicide. B@“Tho Army of the Potomac has boon re-organized and divided into four divisions, to bo commanded by Generals Sumner, illookor,Franklin and Sigel. Gen. Burnside, of course, retains the chief command. in? 1 It is propojed that Gov. Seymour and the members of Congress elect, should peti tion the government fur the release or trial of all political prisoners. _ 017" Old Wethersfield, Conn,, the abode of virtue and onions, is rebellious, fit has di rected its selectmen to pay no attention to and Government order for a draft. THE WAR NEWS. FROM THE ARMY OP THE POTOMAQ. IIEADQtARTEpS Anar Of THE PoTOMiC ) Friday, Nov. 21. ’} General' Patrick, provost-mnrshnl-gonetu] of the army, tliis morning pressed the river to Fredericksburg, under ,a flag of truce, con., veylng to tire oivil.nuthorrtlos cf that city the following letter, demanding its surrender: Headquarters Anar op the Potomac, 1 November 21. ’ f To the Mayor-and Common Counsel (>/Freder icksburg; ■ Gentleman” : —Under cover of the houses of your city shots have been fired upon the troops of my command. Your mills and manufactories are furnishing provisions and tire materia,! lor clothing armed bodies in re bellion against the government of the United States. Your railroiqls and other moans of transportation are removing supplicate the depots of such ’ troops. This condition of things must terminate, and by direction of General Burnside I ‘accordingly demand the surrender of tho oily into my hands, ois the representatives of tho United States, at or be fore 5 o’clock this afternoon. Failing au affirmative reply to this demand by tho-hour indicated, sixteen hours will bo permitted tp elapse for the removal from tho city of women and children,, tire sick and wounded, and aged, .Sec.,.'which period having expired, I’ shall proceed to shell thbtowm Upon obtain ing possession of the city every necessary ■gleans will*be taken to presorvo order and sei cure the protective operation of the laws and ; policy of the United States government. T am, very respectfully, your obedient servant. ' , E. Y. SUMNER. . Brevet Major General U.'S. A., Commanding Right Grand Division. On arrival on theopposltosido of the river Gen. Patrick was.convoyed.to the guard-hoaso by the military, .where ho was detained until tho reply .was ready. In the meantime his communication was convoyed to Gen. Long-' street, .whoso droops are encamped a short distance outside of tho city. As tho demand was made upon the civil authorities, tho Mayor sent an answer which was: evidently written at tire dictation of General Lobg street, to tho effect that the complaints enu merated should ho remedied'so far as firing on. our pickets and furnishing supplies and material to tho confederate, army was con?, ceruod ; also, that tho rebels would dispute, the occupying of tho city by life government, forces. Ito complained of the short space of time allowed fill; the removing of the women, .children, and sick, soldiers. ■ The giving of any more time, ns requested) is now uader considoration. Permission has been given, tire citizens to run one from the city, hut only-fur tho convoyingof women and children. ' EdPORTANT LETTER FROM GEN. LEE TO GENERAL IIALLECK, Retaliation-Threatened in Case an Em'anripd lion Proclamation is Issued.- -FJtOlil WASHINGTON. . ' IV ash ixo ton, Nov. 21 A report is current hero, and very gener ally bolieyod,'that General'Leo, of the rebel army,Tins .recently’addressed a- formal oom iv-unibatieu .to C'eneriil.,.Halleck touching the proposed issue of an emancipation proclama tion on the first of January next.. It will.be remembered that alter the•exciting debates ‘iii the 'rebel'Congress'ns to the propriety of rotpliatieu, tUp whole matter was left to the, discretion of.tbo Presipont.of the Confederate States, with .instructions to take,such mea sures ns-Would otinipel the withdrawals the proclamation, or bring home to the northern troops some of ■ the evil'it threaten's against Uie southern, people." It is stated that Gen. Lee's latter is -exceedingly elnWoote,.. discusses the question from every point ol view. The points it is said, to contain are as follows; • ; .First,' The unwarrantable nature of the proclamation, so fur «» the recognized mea-- su’i-es of military. warfare are concerned. The fact is pointed out that in work on mili tary .lav,' is the Instigation of a servile war rt ehinniended, indorsed or even mentioned ;. that, ns General- llalleck himself never thought pf. it in,,disc.ussing the various means that might.be used by belligerent ene mies. tlm threat of servile war and insurrec tion is clearly not a proper military proce dure ; that, being outside of military law, ithe southern people are justified in regarding it. RS coining under the brutal and savage ex pedients of a barbarous people, and resenting it as snob ; that the enemy that will use it does an aot as unjustifiable as the poisoning of wells,or Of food, the maiming and murder,-, ing of prisoners, and'the outrage of women. On this groupd it is demanded that the pro 'ohimatiou be withdrawn'. Second, It is, further urged by Gen. Lee that in case the proclamation' is not with-, drawn the Confederate piiiitary authorities,, sorely against their will, hut strong in. the justice of their position, will ho compelled.to. 'retaliate in the sternest manner,upon all tho ; . Union prisoners that fall into their hands. It. is not specified abut punishment will bo in-. Aided, but it is distinctly intimated that if,, through the instigation of the Federal troops, any women and, children are murdered by infuriated n'egroos, an .equal'number of .Union troops jviii bo-promptly-put to death. On this mutter the Confederate government, wishes tbo-Fedoral government to understand., that is very much in earnest, and will do even more than it threatens! ■ ■ , Accompanying this document, and ad dressed to other members of the government, it is slated Unit a letter from a high member of the Confederate government is now m Washington for members of the cabinet, wr guing the question as to the propriety of re scinding tire objectionable proclamation. La addition to the military arguments urged by General Lee,, ad -argument drawn from the re cent elections.in.the North ds made use of by the Confederate statesman. If the Union shall-be restored, this documenturges, it will bo better not to have this gulf of blood be tween the North and South, and even should the South succeed in. their efforts there would be fewer unpleasant memories to rank- I°. . . ~ Notwithstanding those communications, is is stilbassertod hero that Mr. Lincoln is de termined to adhere to the proclamation, and to carry out tho radical programme to the bitter end. LATEST FROM FREDERIC • BURG. tpjUe City Jtfot Yet Siirlendcrctl. Special Dispatch to (he Inquirer. Washington, Nov. 23.—W0 have a des patch from ono of your.speoials at'Falmouth* tills (.Sunday.) noun. Jfo bombardment ban yet commenced. The Rebels. still refuse tp surrender. ~ Mr. W. Wright is rebuilding the bridge? with a large force. But one half of the ro tomao bridge is.destroyed,.and it can ho r - built in one day. If he -pier, at Aquia Greo was finished'ito-day—ainothor . day will be ra quired to land care The Pim.ApEU’iiiA Newbpapem.;—A* , mooting of the newspaper proprietors,ot_f adolphia, it'was unanimously resolved f; __ an increase in the charge for subscripts a reduction in.tb.o ,sizo of tlioir papers necessary,,to.meet the heavy advance in „,,c price of paper and printing materials, tup change will bo made forthwith. ■ JQJ* Eli Streets has boon sentenced tp bp hung in Beaver county, Pa., dor ftbe S 1 of John Angloy.