AMERICAN VOLTOTEER.
7l)lix B. BRATTON, Editor k Proprietor
(^iVc
CARMSLE, PA., JAM'AUV i*. F"lll
FOR rUI'.SIUF.XT 1\ 1 ?<’■ i
GEORGE I!. irCLELLAN
[Salnect l<> the ileridinn of a National Convcnlion.]
mr.CTIVG OF TI3E HEIIOCRA
XIC SX/USOIXG*€OJIM ittebj.
The Puraocratie Standing Committee of
(’nmberliind County will meet at SrnuiNF.a’s
Ilorni,. in the Unrough of Carlisle, on .Sitfnr
iht’f, F’hruai'i/ Cilli, at 11 o’eloelc, A. M.
A full attendance is requested.
■ KUFCS K. SHAPLIIY,
B'-ST'Tho Hon. Wu. H. Miu.et;, M. C.. wif
accept our thanks for Congressional favors.
We arc also indebted to Messrs, Hither
nnd Bowman, of the Slate Legislature, for
favors received
Pint, Weather.— The weather fur the hist
few da vs has’hoon mild and pleasant. After
the severe cold snap wo had, it is really a
lYcat to bo able to leave the heated room and
enjoy out-door exerei.se.
fjT” “ The Harrisburg Thespians," having
1 een J Isappointed in obfai n ing llhoem V 11 all,
fir Wednesday and Thursday evening*, will
perform on F idny ami FUnrduy evenings.—
Fir particulars see bills.
CZ/" Humors are plenty. Wo have one
that the Rebels have ma-L another hiil fur
pea.'O. An-'thor that General Kutlur has ar
j.mged a cartel of exchange, which the HelJ
d.-' havo accepted.
,f'.\vu.Ry.—’Capt. Si.-vr.rvF.n, nf Mmdanie'-
1 urg. having received authority to leCfuit a
Jhi i! allien of Cavalry, would hi rite all those
cb-siring to enter that branch of service to en
list ns mem hoi s of the 20 th I'errna. Cavalry at
cnee. Capt. S. has been in the six months
service, and is known to be a judidou?,.kind
and eliideut officer.
Death or “Wells Covkrlv.—Mr. IVtu.s
f 'l’F.ni.r, the well-known hotel keeper of
Karri-burg, died at bis private residence, on
Front Hreet, in that city on Sunday. At the
tune of bis death he was one of tbo > *propri
e*'>rs of the “ United Slates Tlntei'' of Har
i.-dnn-g. AViJcly known ami highly tstoem
el. liw d--;»lli will bring sorrow to his boats
c f friends.
OZ/* It- may bo interesting to the lady read
ers of the to know that the hum
press of Austria, has the smallest waist in
Uhridond m, Ir measures fifteen Mid n
quarter Indies, about the circumference o!
her ' husband's neck. And yet (would yo ll
believo it, girla?) the of bet
body at the shoulders is thirty-three audit
half indies.
A Good Sale.—Si.critf Rmu-r. Trustee for
the sale uf the real es ato of Christian
WiiM.nu, Into-of Hampden township, doc’d.,
cli-po.-ud uf the property at public outcry on
Tuondiiy last, and realizoil one hundred and
sixly-ilirre dollar* ]>•')’ acre. The tract con
tains P.)2 acres, 40 of which arc woodland of
an extra quality. This is the highest price
per aero for such a* large body of land that
lias over been paid in tins county. James
McCormick, Iwpp'ar Harrisburg, was I Vie
purchaser. ,
The York, Gazette.— This old a.ml able
Democratic journal comes to us this week
greatly enlarged and otherwise improved in
typographical appearance. The Gazelle is
one of mir favorite exchange?, and is conduc
ted with marked ability ami energy. It
must be in a very prosperous condition, or
its enterprising editors, Messrs Small and
W et.hb, would not have enlarged during the
present pressure in the paper market. Suc
cess to the old Gazelle, say vro.
“With McClellan' as oup. Leader.”—
The Democrats of Montgomery and Hunting
c}pn counties have appointed Delegates to
,the next Democratic State Convention, with
instructions to support Gen. McClellan for
President. That’s righto Give us “ Little
Mac*' as ou'T standard-bearer, and‘all the
tliTeves, shoddy contractors, office-holders,
bribed Senators and bayonets in the country
Cannot prevent his election. He is a states
man, soldier and patriot; nay more, he is an
honeni man. Let him be nominated, thau,
by acclamation. '
Death of a-Bank Officer. regret to
announce the death of Mr. AVm.-W,
Cashier of the First National Bank of Car
lisle. Uc was the second son of Judge Hep
•iii’RX, and a. young man of excellent head
and heart. As a Bank officer, lie was-kind,
obliging and prompt, and bad gained the
confidence and respect of all who transacted
business in the institution, lie had been
sick for some tort days, but was not consid
ered in any dangou by his family. On Mon
'• j n gbt, however, fatal symptoms wertv
manifest, and early on Tuesday nmrnmg he
nr'MiheJ Ids hist. Green be the turf that
•‘Overs the ashes of Wsr. AY. He earn:,-.
Select School. —Select scholars for Goto,
bo? and' November, 1.-iOr,:
501,.ml Xo n.—llom-y Spiuij.onl.wr;, Cl.ai,
iv. Beetem, Jesse G. AYuU.
■Solj.jol No. 12, r Mina .(Jur.li.er, Annie-
JMcCurtuey, Alice Graham.
_School No. 111.—Kilte Bri-htljill, Kuima
JTaannn, Minnie Fleager.
School 'No. 14j—Miirtin It, Tobias/ John
AYetzei, Clies. J. Arnoy.
‘School No. 15.—Rebecca A. Hoover, Eve
line AY. Brigh-tbill, Kate 11. Turner.
School No. IG.—Sami. A. Duncan, Henry
AY. Swigort, Jesse-P. Ziegler.
- School No. 17.—Harriet C. Thompson,
Virginia E. Sellers,. Julia, Fridley.
School No. 18.—Geo. lb Keller. George
D octler, Goo. Lb Zdlingrr.
G. F.cki L‘J, F.-
THE “ LOYHj” TIMEYES AT WORK !
Never in the history of any country on the
face of the earth was such a system of fraud,
perjury, plunder, corruption and treason; so
completely P3'stomatizo«l mul carried out ns
ia this cuuntr\ T of ours at this time. It
niits to ugigantic conspiracy, a-ftd is conn-
am'in
need nnd abetted by nearly every man
tk'nan
utlmritv, from the President down to the
nmst petty menial in other*. Indeed, a maids
“loyally” appears to l 4 *e hy the
A
in an
amount lie can hteal from the treasury and
the obstacles ho cun throw in opposition to
an honorable peace. In the eyes of the
world the Abolition members of Congress
have violated their oaths and arc traitors to
their country. Nor are liiev ashamed to con-
fess this. Not long since, that creature o( in
famy, Thau Stevens of this State, chairman
of the Committee of Ways and Means in the
House, said ho was well aware that some
things they (the majority in Congress)
were doing were unconstitutional acts, but
yet he “eared not for that.' 1 ’ Ami yet this
man and the majority who vote with him,
took a solemn oath, previous to taking their
scats, that they uonld support n/t the provis
ions of the Constitution. Arc they not per
jured men ?
Hut, it is about the frauds, corruption nnd
robberies wedc.-ire more particularly to epeak
in this article. We might fill the tour pages
of our paper every week with accounts ofdc
veloped frauds and robberies hy the “ loyal",
pets of this most corrupt administration, and
then not one ease in a hundred would bo
mentioned. Recently tin; startling. disclo
sure was made that a prominent Abolition
Senator received bribes from prisoners, in
C'haiviuan
the military bastiles, in consideration of his
political influence with the ft'ecrolary of War,
It appears that the .Senator and the War oilt
cer understood each < ther perfectly. First
they set aside the writ of haleru corpus ; then,
by order of the Secretary,"hundreds of prom
inent and ircatlhi/ men in all parts of the
country, wore arrested, (without warrant and
without charges being preferred against
them,) and cast into prison. After being
tortured almost to death, some government
scullion —a go-between—n'mild whNpor in
their ears thatthey cnuM be Tclea-ed and
-el at liberty, by paying (wo or three thou
sand dollars to Senator Half, who ‘’had
great influence with the Secretary of War.”
The bargain was made ; the money couiitcd
d nvn to the “ loyal” Senator, who used his
‘■‘influence” bn the Secretary of War;" the
prison doors swung open, and the prisoners
wore released without a word of explanation.
Is it hot fair to infer that the money thus ex
torted from the released prisoners was divi
ded between those high olneials who under
stood each other so well ?
Again, it is announced that the head men
5n the New York Cit'-tom House—all ofwhmn
arc hauling members of the Loyal League in
New York, atid wh < favor the: rc-nmninatSMi
of the poor incump'tout who now disgraces |
the Presidential el.air-—have been detected j
in coining money out of the blood of the na- j
tlon, by furnishing arms, ammunition, cloth- I
ing, and other supplies to the Rebels! This !
game of treason has been going on for the
last two years, during which time the Rebels
have received aid to the amount of millions
from Lincoln's Loyal League minions at
New York! These arc the mjyi tvho delight
•in slandering the only commander the army
of the Potomac ever had—Gen. McClellan.
These are the traitors who havo been in the
habit of stigmatizing as “ Copperheads” the
Lest and purest patriots of our country.
These are the scoundrels who are fed by the
wretched Lincoln dynasty, and_ who Join
Union Leagues, the better to hoodwink, and
deceive a too credulous people. Will their
property now be confiscated, and will they
be shot? We shall see, but wo predict nut.
Close upon the above revelation, a. robbery
of the.'Philadelphia Custom House followed.
Two large bags, filled with gold, wore stolon
by some intensedy loyal thief, and neither the
gold nor the thief can he found. The Custom
House, since it has been in. the hands of Lin
coln’s friends, has been a kind of head-rpmr
ters for the Union League patriots to meet
at. They were permitted to visit its various
appartnicnts-,.dictate who should bo employ
edJinsido its massive walh, ami who dis
ernargode Finally they' robbed the concern
of two bags of gold, thus giving proof of their
“ loyalty” and their admiration of “ Old
Abe.”
We might go on and write for a week on.
this subject. Wo might mention the ten
thousand frauds committed by “loyal” gov
ernment contractors, ship- owners, clerks in
the Departments, members of Congress,
members of the Cabinet, and others, but we
refrain. Mr. Lincoln is cognizant' of these
robberies, frauds and treason, hut his only
anxiety appears to be to cover them up fur
“ fear they will injure his party.” Indeed,
it Ims been broadly asserted that ho himself
is engaged in gigantic speculations, and from
a poor man has become, like Chase, (the
manufacturer of green-backs,) one of the
wealthiest men in ,our country. In connec
tion with this subject of government frauds
and scoundralism, the New York Herald
says
“The radical leader, alarmed by Llic rev
elations which are dull}' being made of offi
cial corruption and peculation in their ranks,
j are trying to weaken the effect the} 7 arc pro
ducing by sham motions of economy and ro
j tronchment. Thus wo see that Senator AVil
? son is about to amuse Congress- with a reso
lution reducing the salaries of the-collector,
naval .officer and surveyor of this port tosG-,-
000 a year and making it .penal for them io
receive foes or perquisites. Of course no one
I believes (Scnator-AVilson least, of nil) that
{such a proposition will be seriously enter
i tainod. The pap hy which the organs of the
party arc fed is supplied mainly from those
official proquisites, The Jicniiny 1 b.v/,
{through one of its proprietors, who is,a na
val officer, has derived an income, it is said,
0f.580,000 a year from this source since the
present administration has boon in office.—
The motion iu intended merely to clear the
skirts of the radical loaders from the olium
attaching to the business. The public will
■not, however, aquit them of the responsibili
ty of having assisted to place their authors
jin the way of robbing the public. As to the
necessity of putting an end' to official perqui
sites of every kind, and‘instituting, the most
rigorous economy, in nil the departments of
lha. government, there is but-one opinion
amongst honest mem It will not, however,
die done by the present Congrats or under
the present administration.”
CI7” Gold wn< quoted yesterday in Phila
delphia frt 17b
GOV. CGRTIVS INAUGURAL ADDRESS.
Andrew 0. Cubtin wbs • imuigunitcil Go
vornor ol Pennsylvania fur a second .term, in
front of tilt State House, at Harrisburg, on
Tuesday of last week. We have read bis
Inaugural Address, andj when we consider
the mannev in which .Cfimr was elected,
and the kind of man he '*, we cannot but re
gard it a literary curiosity. The Inaugural
.commences thus: |
“ Pellow-C'lti/.ens of the Senate and Hoii*e j
of Representatives : --Called hy tire partiality j
of my fell jw-eiti/.eiiH to tho office of Governor j
of Pennsylvania for another term, I appear
before you to solemnly renew the proscribed
obligation to support th.e Constitution of the
United States and the Constitution of the
State of Pennsylvania,-and to discharge the
responsible trust confided to me with fidelity."
The idea of CiEtin saying that lie. was
j “vailed by the partiality of my (his) fellow
! citizens to tho office of Governor of Pennsyl
j vania for a second term," is decidedly rich,
;if not cool. Can it be possible that this man
, is not aware that the people of Pennsylvania
j repudiated him and his truckling, thieving
I administration at the last election V Poes he
1 not know that he was only saved from an
j ignominious defeat hy the
Abolition troops, who were sent home by or
der of the’Secrctniy of War? Poes-he for
got that In many places hundreds of Pemo
erats were bustled from’ the poll* by armed
soldiers? "And is lie not cop nivoint of dm
fact that in ry county of !hs Com momv Cad lb
fraudulent voting was permitted, nnd that in
the eltie* of Philadelphia and Pittsburg the
hallot-boxrs were stuffed ? A ve. he I* aware
~ ■»
of nil these outrages: and yet ho has tin*
brazen impudence md only to assume the
duties of nn olliee obtained by LinC'CaP
bayonets, and by fraud and perjury, but to
boast that be. ha* been called to thi* position
bv a majority of the people ! \Vhy, A s ottr.w
C». Cl in lv. cmild the people of IVnn-y 1 vania
declare their sentiments, ip they were for
merly perm itU d to declare 11 mm, (before n e,
had a despotism cstablislie I,} limy would
put you out and .Judge Wooowahp in the
Governor’* chair by a majority of a hundred
thmmand or nVore.
And he appears before Ids “ fellnw-eit 1-
'zuns,” lie t'di us, “(> solemnly mn ir tin’
proscribed obligation (oath) to support the
f'onstitu'fion of (ho United Slates and thr
Constitution m! the Suite of Pennsylvania.”
Now, it is wcdl known that Cntrrr; did not
adhere to his (jgtli during Ins first term, and
wc have no hope that be will do So during
bis present term. He is the mere tool of the
National Administration, mid. in violation
of an express provision of the Constitution of
the United States and of the Constitution
and Stale laws' uf Pennsylvania, and of the
“obligation” he bad taken, he permitted
men I 1 1:0 arrested and dtagged iroi:> this
State, without a hearing, hy onLr of military
upstarts and tyrants. It is known, too, that,
he chimes in with Lincoln, in all Ida tira
sonablo schemes against both the 1 ohm and
the Con-uitution, and is., neither for the one
or the other cx-eqit with anrh' and if*. Jh*w
hs dared, in the presence of his Hod, take an
i oath to support the Constitution, when he
laic.v ho hud no intention of doin' 1 ’ so, is to
us a nivsterv.
We quote again from the Inaugural.— I
Speaking of the war he sny'; |
“ Even when llehelliun presented the sword i
ns the arbiter, we exiiau-sted ewrv cfl'-r: cm
biMent with the existence ■»!’ cur Govcrnmoni
to avert (he bloody drama of the last three
years. The -insolent alternative pteseniud
by treason, of filial dNmcmhcrinci.T or inler
invine war, was met by generous eif.irls t>>
a a °rt the storm of death which threal«‘i»ed to
fall, but the leaders of the Kehellhin spurned
peace, unless they could glut their infih'ial
■ambition over the ruins of the nohhest and
freest Government ever deviled by man.”
“Wo exhausted every effort consistent
with the existCDCO of our Government to
avert the bloody drama of the last three
years,” says Curtin. Not true —a falsehood
from the whqlc cloth, so far as the Aboli
tionist? are concerned. ' About the time Lin
coln writ sworn in as President, a Peace
Congress Resembled at Washington, composed
of men from all the States. The Governors
of the several Slates appointed delegates to
this Peace Congress. Curtin appointed five
men from this Slate. Wl)b were they ? The
most rabid Abolitipniats and anli-pcaco men
in the Commonwealth. The notorious Wil
mot was at their head, and the record will
show that they voted “ no” to every proposi
tion looking to a reconciliation of ou-r then
difficulties. War and nothing but war would
satisfy them. The Crittenden Compromise,
fair and just as it was, was spurned by the
Abolitionists both in Congress and in the
Peace Convention, and bully CH-ANDMitt, of
the U. S. Senate, speaking for Ins' traitor
party, declared that a “ httle blood-klthiy was
what wc wanted .” No, no, Gov. Gur'inn, you
deny recorded facts when you assert that
your, party “ exhausted every cffofTW'arert
the bloody drama.” You and your fellow
conspirators took the other side, and clamored
for a ‘ little blood-letting.” Lincoln, Sew
ard, .Grei:ly and Fred Douglas (the negro,)
danced with joy when informed that a colli-1
sion had taken place ; they looked upon it ab I
a glorious piece of fun, and predicted that
“ thirty days would end it and bring the re
bels to their kreos.” Poor dupes. ll,id wc
had statesmen at the head of affairs, the war
might have been ended - at least inside of n
year; but with pigmy traitors hr authority
it can never end. The “ little blood-lotting”,
has swollen to a river of gore, and a million of
men sleep the sleep that knows no waking—
and all this to satisfy just such fanatics and
demagogues as Andrew G. Curtin,
Fled Douue.vs (the negro who was
, educated by Boston Abolitionists,) in a rc
i cent speech declared- that “ the man who did
, not see the object of this war fnmi the
was either blind or very ignorant,”’ “The
object of the war,” lie continued, “ whs to
free all slaves and to educate those slaves at
-the expense of the ; Govci'nmcnt, and give each
man of thorn 100 acres of good land. Then
give them the right of suffrage, and make
thqni eligible to office, mid placo- them on a
1 full equality with all other men.” ( .l AVhen
" these things *aro accomplished and agreed
1 to,” and every foot of ground in
the South confiscated, and all rebels killed
or banished, the war may possibly end, but
1 j not one hour before.” Encouraging that,
very. Fred/ it .is eaid, has his eye on -the
I Vice Presidency. ,
a D'a 1 There is no army news of impmß-n.-e
FBJDDS IN JUNIATA COUNTY.
military hoard lias been in session at
MifUiiitown, Juniata county, for some time,
to investigate certain charges (made by the
editors of tbd 7V«e Dcmon-af, of that place,)
of' fraud and col'rupdio.n in the examination
and exemption of drafted men, by the Pro
vost Marshitj, Ids assistants, and the examin
ing physician. iSullieient evidence has al
ready been elicited to show that a, regular
system of fraud, perjury and- extortion was
resorted tv) by the K\amining Hoard, and
l that any man could purchase a discharge for
| one or two hundred dollars I So wc go. The
“loyal” thieves of Juniata, like their breth
ren in other parts of the country, arc deter
mined to coin fortu. es out of the blood and
tears of the people. Corruption, indeed,
seems to exist everywhere, and “loyal sup
porters of a " vigorous prosecution of the
war” arc growing riel; hy defrauding the
government, swindling drafted men, and
rohhiii'g the soldiers. hat a beautiful Ad
ministration wo have I
Tuf ritKV ark Pled ;k» to. — At a
recent mee'iiig of the J'niun (?) League of
the *2!tli 'Wuril; Philadelphia, an address in
favor of the re-nomination of the great Union
hreakcr, A. Lincoln, was adopted. The ad
dress closes its fallows;
“ Ibdicving, then, tTint ihr Interests of tli£
cause to which we lm\o pledged ourselves,
can host he subserved l»y the re-election of
Abraham bineoin, we desire to join in the
popular fcdatnathm which designates him
a-* the chosen candidate of loyal Union men :
ami to this end we would cordially invite the
eo-operatJ>*n of our fdhdv-clti/'.ena, without
regard to former political distinctions.”
“ Tlio cause to w1 1 i«• h ve have pledged
ourselves I’’ These h-11-uvs mean by this
that the}* desire to go on vhdaiing law and
the Constitution, and opposing all inodes
suggested for restoring the I nion. They
mean, too, that the}' want to go on, unmo
lested, in robbing ti: p Government, of hun
dreds of millions afinuallv. They moan that
they desire to be railed “ inyal” when they
• a<-t the part of traitors- ami deserve to be shot
fbr their crimes. These are their reasons for
advocating old Ann’s re-nomination ; this the
“cause” they are “pledged” to.
The Tax on- P.ut.k.—The resolution re
cently oifered in the House of Representa
tives by !lon.\7m. 11. Miller, proposing a
rcmo\al of Vbo lax on printing paper, is emi-1
nearly worthy of the favor of Congress and
the people. The present p.riec of paper 1 in
this country at. this time, is really and griev
ously oppressive, upon publishers especially.
The newspaper press, which the public de
pend on for Current information, is feeling
the advance in the cost of paper very pain
fully. Some journals have actually gone out
of existence under it, and maiiy' more have
1 hern compelled t*r rai\f* the price per copy to
j their readers. Thus the present tax on for-
I eign paper tends to keep up and continually
j advance the cist to consumers of American
] paper. If the duty were abolished, foreign
. paper would come in, and canid be sold here
at much less rates than arc now charged for
the domestic article, and, of course, the hit"
ter mm hi necessarily bo reduced'in price.—
The tax is not ivecded as a protection to our
I paper manufacturer, nor i.-, ft of much impor
! lance a< a Miurce of u.ii -nal revenue. Let
jit be, therefore,'-repealed. L Is doing no ap
preciable good, but a great deal of positive
harm. It ism tax. indeed, on intelligence,
and snrh Imposts should never be favored by
a Citivcrnmeiivt which i j professedly based on
'popnhir'erdigh'tin'en-t. <
\jZ?" The (]isuninni-'is”in our State Legisla
ture have addressed a letter to the joker at
the White House, asking him to consent to a
re-nomination fur the Presidency for a second
term I As Lincoln U imw (and indeed has
been all his life,) hostile to the Union and
the Constitution, and is usi:*-» bis best efforts
Co smash our country into pieces, he is the
very man'traitors and dhuuumists ought to
for; and heuco it is all’right and proper
that the Abolition members of our Assembly
should ask for bis re-nomination. Next fall,
however, the people will take this question
into their own hands, and call a statesman and
patriot to the Presidency. They have suf
fered long enough from having incompetent
and visionary fanatics at the head of affairs,
affd intend to apply the remedy the first op
portunity.
Wuat Cumberland County Pays.—“ From
the Auditor General’s Report, we learn that
there has been paid Into, the State Treasury,
during the hist year, from- this county, the
following sums:
Tax on corporation stocks, • $4,640
Tux on Bank dividends, , 910 00
Tax on real and'personal estate, —35,253' 86
Special Tax, * 5,438 21
Tavern licenses, 1,073 75
Retailor’s licenses, 2/104 51
Pedler’a licenses, 140 00
Broker's licenses, 57 39
Distillery and Brdwery licenses, .09 17
Billiard rpoms, &c., , 38 00
Mating houses, &c., 406 12
Tax on writs, wills, Ac., 528 12
Collateral inheritance lax, 3,818 01
Tax on Enrollment of laws, 85 00
Free Banking system, 176 00
Tax on Brokers, 204 32
‘'-The Soiltli in despair.”— Abolition pa
per. We suppose so, now that some .of Lin
coln’s “loyal” thieves who'have been snp-'
plying the rebels with arms, ammunition and
clothing for two years, have boon discovered.
This is, indeed, a hard blow to tlio rebels,
and no wonder llioy 11 despair.”
Tin; “ Sol Dinas’ I’uinxns.”—A few days
since, Mr. Dennison, the Democratic member
of. Congress, from the Luzerne District, in
tins State, introduced a bill in the House in
creasing tbe private soldiers’ pay to thirty
dollars a month, which was opposed hg the
whole solid Abolition vole. Ob the same day
The Abolition majority-passed a resolution to
give a batch’ of Abolition Committee Olerlce,
four dollars per day ! Comment is 1 useless.
OCT” The Hev, Mr. IlKNKi.F.and B, 0. Har
ris,"Esq.,’ both promir.entoiti7.ons of Balti
more, were arrested by Gen. Tvler, a few
days ago’ and exiled to the Sontli; They
had’expressed themselves opposed to the war
if its sole’ object wan the emancipation of the
slaves, but in favor of the war if the restorer’
tion of the Union was the object.
GEN. mtcCEEEEAIV’S REPORT.
SHARP LETTER TO STANTON
Wo arc not now surprised at the anxiety
Of the Administration to keep Gen. McClell
an's report of tho Peninsula campaign from
tho public gazo. As soon as it was ascer
tained that ho was not willing to convert a
war for the rostoVation of tho Union into one
for negro emancipation, tho lladicals deter
mined upon his Removal from his command
of thojirmy. His lotters’to the Administra
tion, exposing their blunders, were sunk-,
cither in the President’s private bureau, or
in the tomb of tho War Department, while, at
tho same time, congressional committees, and
Abolition conspirators were engaged in load
ing him with slander. Seventeen months
ago McClellan's fate was determined on ;
and from that moment until tho present he
has been a constant mark for Abolition do?
traction.
The following letter from Ocn. McClellan
after tho battle of Gaines’ Hill, will give tho
reader an idea of tho criminal neglect of tho
Administration, in failing to adopt his time
ly suggestions. Had ho, instead of measur
ing tho forces of the enemy, and making
timely, suggestions to tho Administration, de
monstrating how to successfully confront
them, confined himself to issuing emancipa
tion proclamations, he would now he high in
tho councils of his most malignant traduccrs.
But ho appears to have contemplated the
man at tho head of the War Department,
and wrote to him accordingly ;■ this letter of
tho General was permitted to pass without
reply from Mr. Stanton, ho of course being
unable to answer its reasoning or allay the
indignation of its perplexed and afflicted au
thor ;
LETTER TO STANTON,
On the night of thfi 28th I scut the follow
,ng to the Secretary c*f War:
lleai/qrs Army of the Potomac, ]
S.waok Station, >
’ dune 28, 1802—12 : 20 a. m. )
I now know the full history of the day.—
On this side of the rivcr-=-the right bank— j
we repulsed several strong attacks. -On the
loft bank our men did all that men could do,
all that soldiers could accomplish ; but they
were overwhelmed by vastly superior num
bers, even after I brought my last reserves
into action. The loss on both sides is terri
ble. I believe it will prove to be the most
terrible battle of the war. The sad remnants
| of my men behave as men, those battalions
who fought most bravely, and antlered most,
1 arc still in- the best order. The regulars
were superb, and I count upon what are left
to turn another battle in company with their
gallant comrades of the volunteers. Had I
(20,(700)- twenty thousand nr even (10,000)
ton thousand fresh troops to use to-morrow,
I con Id take Richmond ; but I have not a
man in reserve, and shall be glad to cover
my retreat and save the material amiprison
net of the army, If wo have lost the day.
we' Imve'yct preserved our honor, and no one
need blush for the Army of the Potomac.* I
have lost this battle because ir.y force- was
too small. I’ again repeat that lam not re
sponsible'for this, and I say it with the ear
nestness of a general who feels in his heart
the loss of every bravo man who has been
needlessly sacrificed to-day. I still hope to
retrieve our fortunes : but to du this the Gov
ernment must view the matter in the same
earnest light that I do - . You must sent mo
very largo reinforcements, and send them
at onco. I shall draw hack to this side of
the Chickahominy, and 1 think 1 can with
draw all our material. Please understand
that in this bat tie we have lost nothing but
men, and tho-u* the best wo had. In aldi
tiun to what I have already said 1 only wish
to say to the President that I think lip is
wrong in regarding mo as ungenerous when
I said that my force was too Weak—T merely
intimated a truth which to-day has been too
plainly proven. If, at ibis instant, I could
.dispose of (10,000)’ten thousand fresh mea l
could gain the victory to-morrow. I know
that a few thousand more men would have
'changed the battle front a defeat to a victory.
As it is, the Government must not, ami can
•not, bold me responsible for the result. I
feel too earnestly to night—-I have seen too
many dead and wounded cojnrades to feel
otherwise, than that the Government L?.v not
sustained the army . If you do not do so now,
the game is lest. IJ I save this army now, I
tell you plainly that I oirc no thanks to yon,
or to any other person in Washiiif/fon, YOU
HAVE DONE YOUR BEST TO SACUI
- PICE THIS ARMY.
g, pa McClellan.
To lion. E. M. Stanton.
Maximilian Accepts irte Mexican 1 Thilone.
—A letter dated New York, Jan. 23, says:
“An extract from a letter written by the
Archduke “Maximilian to Gen. Almonte, is
published. The ‘ Archduke states that ho
does not hesitate about accepting the Mexi
can crown. This dissipates all-doubt on the
subject.”
Excuse .for RASCALiTY.T-Y r oiing Corn
wall, a Treasury clerk at Washington, who
has lately stolen one hundred thousand 1 dol
lars from the public treasury, and has con
fessed the crime, excuses himself on- the
ground that “ robbery on every band was go
ing on upon Uylarge scale, and he thought it
no harm ,to rush in and get his share.” Good
excuse. If big rascals can steal millions,
why should not poor “ loyal” clerks steal a
few hundred thousand ?
377“ The Suprotoo Court of this State has
reversed its former decision respecting the
Conscription Act, and dissolved' the injunc
tion granted by Chief Justice
vious to his retirement from*the Bench—the
new Justice, Agnew, taking, sides with Jus
tices Strong and Reed. There has been no
change in the law , but the late’ election
placed an Abolitionist on the Bench in the
place of a Democrat. " That’s wlmt’a the
matter.”
$50,297 15
lE?* Tbe largest and fattest scoundrel in
tbe fraud and treason department of the New
York Custom House, has escaped arid cannot
bo fouvd. It is supposed ho took passage
for Europe, and was assisted in-bis escape by
the Now York “Loyal Union Longue,” of
.which institution he was a Vico President.—,
Ho--has taken with him - about $&t)0,000 of
’ Uncle Sam’s gold I
The-Term Traitor Detineiu —Benjamin
Wade said, in bis place in the United’ States'
Senate, that the man who “ quotes..the Con
stitution in this crisis is a-Traitor.” Daniel
Webster sajd:
“ 2Vie Constitution of the United Slates is
a written instrument, q recorded FUNDA
MENTAL LAW; it is the bond, the ONLY
BOND OF THE UNION of the States-, it is
all that gives n ’ national character.”
Ky” Genual Kilpatrick is now “ alone” in
the world. Ills father, mother, brothers, sis
ters arid wife are dead, and his only child died
at "West, Point, Now York, on Wednesday last.
The Fair of llie Ladles’ Mile Society.
CarUsi.e, Jan. Iff, 1804,
TVc, the undersigned Managing Comhiittco
of the “ Ladies’ Mite Society,” Carlisle", take
pleasure in announcing to the public' the sig
nal success which has. crowned our labors in
carrying through to a successful termination
our late'’Holiday Fair for the benefit of our
sick and wounded soldiers. Wo hereby ten
der our thanks to the generous public who,
have aided us by their contributions, and no
knowledge our obligations to the many ladies
and gentlemen, who by their Untiring per
sonal’efforts contributed so largely to the
grand result. The following statement ex
hibits the amount realized and the disposi
tion of the Fund, to wit;
Receipts of Society pro- .
vious to Fair, $ 101 13
Receipts of 1 air,
1302 48
Disbursements, embracing
Expenses on Goods sold
on Cummisaion, 484 7-1
Kct cash receipts, Sl7 74
One piece of muslin remain
ing unsold, valued at 18 81
Whole amt. for disposition, ?83G 58
Wo have made the following donations,
to wit:
To the 11 IT. S. Christian
Commission,” sooo 0Q
To the “ U. S. Sanitary
Commission,” 150 00
Soldier’s " Aid So-
cicty,” Carlisle, $5O 00
Also 1 piece of mus
lin valued at IS 8-f
Balance in Treasury, $ll7 7-i
C. Moore,
M. K. (IITNER,
B. l y . B.uun,
Mrs. T. C«»ni.yS/
F.i.ixn K. Irvine,
Curnmidcc.
The following communications from the
respective societies, in response to the dona
tions sent them, have heen received by the
committee
w*SC. .
V. S. Christian Commission, ]
H Bunk Sfrraf, V
Philadelphia, January I'*. 1*04. J
Jfrs. Ellen E. liriuc, Treasurer " Jm'Ucs’
Mile Eoeir/i/,” Carlisle, Eenn'ft.
We take very grout pleasure indeed in ac
knowledging your note of the loth inst./bn
closiug the handsome donation of Five Hun
dred Dollars, rart proceeds of a recent Fair
held by your Society in Carlisle.
Our thanks arc’moreover especially due to
the Managers of the Fair for their very kind
appreciation of the labors of the “ United
States Christian Commission,” in its efforts
fur the benefit of sick anti wounded soldiers,
ami for tlio assistance of the Defenders of the
Union in body, mind ami suni, wherevn*
found.
We arc glad to find that fheVc is rn nva’ch
interest in your town for this noble enter
prise : anil especially so that Ladies arc
found willing to db*all they’ can for the’inter
est of the soldier.
Christian Faith and* Beneficence going
hand in Land, must lie'able to Dud objects
for the tcndCreat Care amidst the mtuiv open
ings we see about. The soldier need's our
watchful attendance a-*nd‘ protection fur his
gallant defence of all we hold dear, and on
the other hand for the great and terrible pri
rations ho is culled upon to endure. We do
not send our brothers and son's and fathers
away from cur midst to forget u-s, never more
to ho thought of. It shnjTn hc our Cndoavbr
to bring Che'comforts of our ho nit* nearer to
them and by this meins to-keep therr over
in dear remembrance of the good and holy
tilings they have gone away from lbs to strive
for.
Again allow us-ln tender you our fierwTuVu
thanks for your kind donation. Wo rrcglad
to ho able' to find’so much earnest desire for
giving help to the soldiers among yonv
We arc yours very truly,
Ch-:o, H. SiiiAiir, Chairman',
United State* Sanitary Commission, V '
Women’s r’liNN’A. Branch; >
1307 Chestnut St. Phi In , Jan. KV, T>4. j*
Ellen F. Irvine, Treasurer "Ladies’ Mile So
ciety,” Carlisle.
Dear Mad’am.—l have received' thisrinorfi
ing your letter of Jan. loth, enclosing a
check for one hundred and fifty dollntff. The
pleasure that P receive in tins generous con
tribution for the Sanitary Commissiorivariaes
not alone from thoughts of the suffering sol
diers, that your bounty will help to relieve ;
hut from the confidence' which ymu* Society
has shown in l our organization". f /b;o people
of Carlisle have worked faith frilly and efli
ciently for the braVc'iron Who are “suffering
much' and perilling nil” for us, and this mark
ofTheir appreciation'of oar efforts iff truly
most gratifying* •
With regards, f am truly yours,
C. J. Moore, Cor. Sec.
ArrttNT^ENTk.—The World
says that an active Republican, in view of the
recent exposures respecting Dick Bustcod,
the custom house, and other Efratters, remark
ed to a friend that there appeared‘to be three
sources of appointment at Washington—Lint,
coin, Seward an.d 'Chase. Mr. Lincoln ap*
pointed many traitors, with occasionally a
fanatic j Mr. Sewa&d appointed many loafers,
and sometimes a man of ability; and Mr.
Chase has appointed many fools, with a
sprinkling of great scoundrels. That Repub
lican has been expelled from the Loyal
League.
Arrest or Another “Loyal” Thief.—A
letter from Baltimore, dated Jan.'24, says
Col. Fish; of the First Conneticut Cavalry,
until recently Provost Marshal of Baltimore,
was arrested to-day by order of the Secreta
ry of War on e charge'of fraud anjl corruption.
C7’ Capt. White, Provost Marshal for the
Lycoming district, has been arrested and is
now confined in the Old Capitol Prison at
Washington. The old story—stealing from
Uncle Sam*. Ho is a Loyal Leaguer.
OCT” Beau regard has been giving his opin
ion. He thinks that Charleston cannot hold
out much longer against Gillmoro's guns, and
that the city is at the mercy of the latter
whenever ho shall choose to reduce it.
DC7” Gen.'Hancock has boon■ authorized to
raise 50,000 Jnon for special service, and ho
itppoalk to the citizens of Pennsylvania for
aid in this purpose.'
E 27” More shells wore discharged in the
single battle of Gettysburg than were em
ployed in all the battles 'that Napoleon ever
fought. r ~
OCT’Tho Now York Church Jburnal (Epis
copal) sums up the duties of
this pertinent sentence: ■
“ Sound divinity is bettor material for ser
mons thart poor politics.”*
Court Proceedings.— The following nr>
the proceedings of the court of common
for the January term. Wp are indebted for
the rhport, as well as that of'the Quarter scs
siond, published last week, to the courtesy of
L. J, W. Foulko, Esq! " 3
Pliilip Arnold vs. Jonathan Gorman Sum
monii Trespass on the case for putting cellar
door in the passage way. From' 1798 till 1530
there bad been a right of way loading to a
pump granted iu all the deeds of conveyance
At that time there had been ah alteration in
the buildings and built over the old way, a ).
lowing a new alley instead. This new \v av
wns afterwards shut up by reason of the a f.
(oration and digging above. Jury
Deft. Motion made fur a ne-lv tyilil by pif,.
counsel. Watts & Parker for I-lif, Todd fur
Deft.
Wm. 11. Allen its. David Clevt'r. Action of
Trover and conversion of an old mare that
had been turned but by Plft. as useless, taken
up and sold to Mr, Clever who-kept and fed
her all winter, in thh neighborhood ol I’llf
wibtont his claiming hor; and in th’6 Snrinir
brought action to recover tho value of the
animal. Vordict fur Deft. Miller & Todd for
Pltf., Penrose So M’Clnre for Deft.
1201 35
A. W. Rami vs. Robert Wilson & Son
Summons in debt., called for trial and Judge
Watts making an addition to the pleadings in'
tho case, it was continued and ruled that tho'
Dof’t., pay tho costa of the term. Hender
son and Hays for Plff., Watts ifc Parker fur
Deft.
Sam’l. Pnguo it John Pugue vs. Wm. Hen
derson & son. Settled hy the parties. Jp,
Clure for Plft’s., Henderson and Hays for
Deft’s.
Davi'd M’Gavy and films floorer vs. Henry
M. Inhoff. Summons in Trespass on the.
case upon promises. Case continued, ami
ruled that Def't., pay the costs of the term.—
Penrose and C3iHelen for PUT.,- Miller ami
Shearer for Def’t,
Jacob Ja’coby'w. Christian Lale'y et.al,at
tachment, execution. &o. The papers in this
case having been lost, tlio case was continued.
Mi Him- for PlfT., Watts, Parker, Todd and Pen
rose* fur Deft’s.
OR SI <IS 84
Sol astian Shrnvcr vs. Tobias 11. Seitz.—
Action fo recover damages for the alledgcl
breach of an article of agreement between
the parties, dated Oct. 20, 1800. Verdict far
Plf’t., for $21,0-1. Penrose,and Kituor fer
PlTt., Miller for Deft.
■ Samuel F. Huston vs. Henry 0. Rupp.—
Suimm ns in case for SUnder, settled by llic
parties. Penrose and Simpley fur PUT.., Mil
lor and Nowsliam for Deft.
John Moore vs. Win. (lalbraith, admT., nf
•L s. W.'Moore doe’d. Summons in deht.nn
a book acct. Uoferred to J. M. Woaklov, K<q,
to audit and adjust the accounts between the
parlies, to meet on ton day r s notice, and Mute
acet s. Lee and Miller for PUP, Waits and
Parker for D< ft.
Win. Saxton vs.' W. Hack. Summons hr
assumpsit; continued at the costs of Left.,
Penrose for Plf’t., 'Simarc for Deft.
Jacob Pxdtzhnover vs. Dr. Daud Aid.—
Suiimnm-i in debt. Judgment for PUT.., fur
Sl'hd.fdh M-’CTu-rc for Plf’t., Shearer Dr
Deft.
How Soldiers are Treated’ on Biker's
Ist.and—The l»rookl vn J)alli/ i'nion says:
Horrible stories about robberies and outra
ges volnnteera bn Hiker’s Inland arc
brorfght to tis‘ by mi. army officer. If true
tliny reveal a horrible system of positive
crimes whl.d) reflect disgrace on al) concern
cl. Our informant, states that recruits, whoa
taken to (ho Island, arc placed in line upon
the parade ground and' there* •on'G’ by one
stripped naked, regardless of weather, to bn
searched for concealed citizens’ clothes; that
this search lasts from an hour to an hour anil
a half, during which time the shivering iiioa
are kept in the open air, ami then seal l'
C'U;lfbi'*'hv.)7Wrc>ge tents to freeze, sicken, ami
perhaps tMc, from* tire effects - of this barba-T'*
ouM exposure. Furthermore, is said to ho
practiced a system cf the most shameful ex
tortion-. During tire excessive bold weather,
some of the rweir btnrght little fHiect iron
stoves, worth $1 25 at retail-hi This city, to
place iiv their terns, for Which' they wore
charged the au-nv of $lO each. A l t one time
the only well *m the Island was frozcn 'jjv;
for two doys the men were without a*supply
of Water, and''when water was brought then:
by lighters it was so foul, from the vessels
in which it had been brought, as to be unlit,
for use. At this time, it is'said, water win
sold at $5 per canteen full. Forty cpjits
were demanded and paid for a six-penn*’ pic,
and twenty-five cents for a- paper of chewing
tobacco.
Torcuixc Incident. —The funeral obse
quies of the jate Stephan C. Foster,-Tio au
thor and poet, took placat Pittsburg onTiiuis
day, at tlio Trinity Episcopal church. The'
church was crowded with the relatives nnd
friend*# of the lamented deceased, nhd tlio
scene wafc nSbdt soloni'h-.GYid'irtrpressive. On
the arrival of the cortege’ at the cemetery it
was met by a‘brass bond; which' performed,
in a touching manner, tbo, ballads, “Como
t \vhcrc my Love Lies Dreaming,” and the “Old
Folks at Homo,” both compositions of the de
ceased, and singularly appropriate on the sol
emn occasion,
05* President Lincoln has .ordered an oleo*
tion of State officers for Arkansas on the 28th
of March; proximo': This election will bo
held'on the basis of his “ one-tenth” idea.—
Ho thinks Tie has iirTpbrted’about' that num
ber of Abolitionists into Arkansas. AVbat a'
farce.
The Legislature failed to electa Stole
Treasurer on Monday, consequently n hill
must be passed fixing somo'other day before
an election can bo hold. This, however, can
not bo done until after, the Senate succeeds
in effecting an organization, which may or
may not take place for a month to come.
Excitement in stocks still prevails.—
Mining stocks are favorites with speculators,
and prices are tending upwards, with very
heavy transactions'.'
O"” The public schools in Madison, -!>' ■>
have boon closed'in’consequence of the lug
price of fuel. The price of wood there 18
from clght to nine dollars per cord.
H"7” Pocket picking is unusually lirieh ta
Now* York. l —Boston Bost^
Yes, nnusallyj and no pockets suffer' .
severely as Uncle Samuel’s.— Journal oj
merce. .
T>The wife of St'ephah A Dougla sis en
gaged as a clerk in tho Treasury Depart® 011
at Washington. • >
■' 8®" The President of one' insurjmce cen^
pany in'No'W York-rocoivosasalaf/of •!- >
per annum.'
' B 3 r ’ 1 A man near Utica; Now York, lalc'J
(told his wife to a widower fOr/aC 0 "/. ’