AMEKIOAN VOLUNTEER.
- JOHN li. BRITTON, Editor & Proprietor
CAIIU9LE, PA., NOVEMBER 27,1802.
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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 L<Lnmb,
Esq., of Springfield,.lllinois, is the personal
.friend.’of the President, as well as. my.own.
He is a gentleman of integrity and business
capacity, and any 'engagement .entered , ifito
.will, no doubt,- he, faithfully carried out. As
Illinois .is.hearing her burthen of the War,
both-in furuisliing men and means, it is llio
•desire of die Administration that the citizens
ofthat State should have a fair share of the
Government patronage dispensed in your De
partment. 11 you can do anything for'Mr.
Lamb- in .purchasing-'.supplrosj you will .ob
lige, provided he will make his.prices to suit
you. ■ ■ ' ■ - -
Your Obedient. Servant,
.SIMON CAMERON,
Secretary of War.
- -On the receipt'of those letters,'General
McKinstry believed that.in purchasing.hors
es and otbor supplies for tli6. Army without
first advertising for proposals, according-'to.
law; -ho was acting under the instructions of
the President and- Secretary of War.- Tin's
point -was -taken by h|i|i. before the court
martial, when the-letters were fend, and the'
.court decided that.they should become a part
of the record, lie .furtlun- says that the Pre
sident of-ths.'United .States;and the Secreta
ry of .War- knew of the. course ■ adopted 'by
•him in '.making- his purchases,' and that the
Secretary bl War. left the matter of fixing
the price to the accused. . This statement of
General McKinstry, backed-as it is’by', the
letters 'produced goes very far to establish the
truth-of the assertion that the President was
fully cognizant of the .frauds which wore bp
ing.porpotfated.in that Department, •.
When President -Buchanan '.endorsed -on
the, back of- a letter.—“ The enclosed letter
.from; Colonel Patterson, of Philadelphia, is
submitted to the attention qf-the Secretary of
:he Navy,” Abolitionists with Govodq at their
head, raised a great hue and cry over iff -It was
evidence of a desire on,the part of the .Presi
dent to perpetrate a.fraud on the Government.
Here we have an 'Abolition President and
Secretary of War. making a direct appeal to
the Quartermaster Of St., Louis in behalf of
political favorites,.and the subsequent liistor
ry of the nianagonient.qf affairs in-that De
partment, reveals the most stupendous, frauds
over kno>vn'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.