It it IiiMIlTIT T A ,4rf f 4-. ,' A t r- t, w MOORE. 1 Editor 0, J O00DLANDER, I rdltor- Vol.. KXXtl. WHOI.K NO 1703 PRINCIPLES, not MEN. 1ERM8-I1 25 per Arnnm, if nld ?n n' (.( NKWSKHIKSVOL. il. -i0 -VI CLKAUHKI.l), .'A. WEDNESDAY, APRIL .TO, I8G2. A LESSON OF DESP0T18M. War Claim fet St. Louis. IIIKI'T "101 Till Rtl'OST Of Tilt rOMMISSloS. War ItrrAttTMisr, Washington f.ity, I', 0 , April t, JSC: Sir; I have I ho. honor herewith to transmit, in eomplianco with n resolution ..1 the Homo ol Representatives of this dite. "a copy of the hnal report mane ny the commission or. war claims at .M. i-niii. which conimwsion eonsifieu oi 11011. .11)8. Holt, Hon. Havid Davis, and Hon. Hugh Cainpb.-ll, hirh report gives a summary of th taWs of the wmmission, and iwiwi.s for their action in the different -T.es ot cli!MH brourb! before thorn. Vrry resprrtrullv ; mi i.bed.rn t wrvanl, ' .... . . - - - - - Xzreliry of War. ii. G. A . Gunw, ,V' cil r Ilovs' uf li-pr s'nlii!iirt. Sr. I...vi. March V 18(52. SriNTov, bttrctary War. laiiicd, r(imiiu:i."ioiiera ap- examine und decide upon H'.ii. F.. M Till! (I ml lif.ll.tcl t'l .! r.:ul imiist tne niuuary (iiinruiieni oi ('a '.M. t, origir.itinp pnoi to th l lth of (..!.. r, l"1-'!, ha e tho honor to submit tlit following report: (i.'cre f'ullows sev-iral pagcti sLoning the ii'Ofistr. I'unda practiced at .St. Louis in i hoi iiiu.i' of boat, furniiiliing supplier, i ; but w can only gi- the ooncludtug poriji-ii ' "TiiliifI'AV, March 6. ... I .... r ( UiP, ! H. 1'. Micky if- X:, O.'ino, MO 1 . "I.icut. Col. T, 1. Andrewi. pay mnator i:i ilm urniy, called on part of tho govern miMit. bv K. Slieiilo. Iv-'l. "(fic tion by Mr. Sheph-y. Will ynu ilra.' slate w hat rank you "bold ; hew j.mg j mi have sort ed in the uruiv ; and wh it i your j.r:.enl post, of duty. "Answer. I hold the rank ol lieuten ntit colciiel ; he aerted in tho army imn lv forty years ; am the senior of the lu deputy paymaster generals; und lam utinticnt at "the head of tl." pay doi partiiK'iit in the department of the Mi.i- 'Cine.-tiwn by y.r. Shepl.-y. Col. An 'trvw;!. I hold in my hand n uuthoiitv Iveii bv (ii'iii riil I'rcmont to l.'ol. Biis-ck, t ' : ,1 t i-.vn c.ivii i v. ntithoniiii'' turn to i-'.iili.. :iinl enuin his r '".ine:it Will voir 1 ieuse .-t.itf h-'ther by law General moit had or had cot the power to Fro. give such author "Answeij 1 upose al tnat time that iteie-ral Fieiiioiit had power t authorize .'oloucl Uii'sey li rai-e the regiment, but had no authority to ii.terfei e -villi the lis i ui atliiiis of the regiment, or contracts for the regiment. 'Que.-'.ion by Mr. rdn-pley. Wo have bef no u a variety of orders iro.ti lietieru! Fremont on diflerent persons to furnish oruiii.ni o it'i ! ordan ic stores. Will you pleae state whether or not Gen. Fieuiont has an) authority to contiuct li r i rd luiii.-e and ordnance stores? "Ansscr. i!o had none unless under an ( -xpress po.vf r Iroiu t'uo '.n-ret.iry of V.ir. "(Ji:stioii by Mr. ShepW. Is there s-.ii. ugin t li o liw or retulatiotis of '.in- i.iinv autlicriiing the commanding -i.f i.ii to coutf.u;! tyr mules, horses, or fr.:- .ft. ' "A iiswer. 1?nnaster is know of none. Theguar ;he proper put son to uiako tliO-o contracts. Question by Mr. Shcpley. If the com marFiig gtiiieral deems fortifications nec esmry ui u pirtieiilar place, in whom is the authority to 0 mtract for tkoir con slnnMion? 'Answer. Fortification have never bi.ei:, to uiy knowledge, contracted for, wei-pl in St. -Louis. The matrials are eon ironed tor, and the cmsimcAm has al v:ivh b. on under the direction of the en gineer dirpurtrnent proper. "Question by Mr. Shepley. Do you know any reason.or did you ever hear the bite commanding general of this depart ment givo ay reatou, why the rules and regulations of tho army wero thus disregarded? "An?wer. I was never informed of any, iiovwasthcre any obligation ou hi. part to give mo the information. "Que.-tiou ')' Mr. Shepley. Did the eomuiahdin j oneral ever make to you any rci.jui'Iu stioning that he kuowingly violate-! .ny of tho I.iws and regulations of tho War Dopartnietit 1 "Answer. Ho id t.n one occasion, in r"- oP.ii-e, make remarks showing that ha it.;. i.! '.I to disregard tho ordinary in trut,.n..is and regulations of tho dejiart men' at Wiishington. Qn.-U' i by Mr. Shepley. Can you .-.real the lu'ustanco of the-e remarks? " Answer, lean. This conversation was '.i i i August or tho early part of Sep t.'to'".'. tien Fremont came into my of ficevv;'.'! tienend McKinstry, and after (j.n-ral M:Kintry Inft, ha commenced tiiu convLTsation without anything calling (or It, t...it I am a.varo of. He spoke pliWiititly, but said, 'the pe ple of the L'ni Stat.'s vert in the lid I ; that he was ot their .SmJ; that he nr vit t cirry out such measures at they th: y-e.-plc) tJrpeetci him to corry out, :lhvj.t eeanlto the, red Upc of the Washing tmpciplr.' My only reply was in a few g.Uieral words, that as well as I could un itistativl, thrj term 'red ttpe' meant ays i.'in f goverrniont. which, in its details, it.'z -- Vo carried too far by subordinates, butl I,..d always been of the opinion that out general system was a wUo and good rr.e. mid that he w Lo undertook to set its ..aoiples or general details aside would sooner r r later become eulanglea in aim - cy'itim by disregarding all system. He TO' lied hv rftiestii.ff his reneml remark, (kr I ihnk the third time,) that thi petpU were m tns Mid, and Vat As was at tteir Ktad, I tM orders eve ms, accormng to im ruus ana ai vould fm-t nuryfA.iy dc-u atewding Uatie'e4 rf uar." lie thus, in tight of God their expectations from Aim ; saying, noi tr and hit country, had plighted faith with have onlv extra ecnstttutitmal government; no ' hi government that ho would bear to it evil rights, so to speak; all ordinary preteefull'iTUf allegiance," hiiJ he stood pledged rules were In be set aside, and all this thing of by tho most solemn of human sanction to . .1 ... ..I .,.', ii. i.nrt llint Coiistltuliouwhiclt. When people required of him.' I had previously disobeyed General r.emont, by reiiitirir an order of hi which I considered win unauthorized hy law, and concerning which I pave uiy testimony before the coiisressional committee. General Frei moiit had never before been in my office, lma ho b4jeI there, since Me had no Mint. morn. i imljllu,B lo transact with nio j he jt.uiaraii0U!, 0f General Fremont.sa ',,,., OM,,,j t0 iv Colonel Andrews, wore of s0 aKtoui..lii.g a charact-r that we foil it lrtJourtu,y to inquire if they had been l(J 0 wilh a view c(- ll5cerlain. j . ful. lha glu,nciation of inch revo- 1 t.iu.knn.i' .diilinmnta in'iMit liai'ii ml r. rm. duced the demoralization of the sorviee .vhic.li our iuvestiiidliona have satisfied us so extensively prevailed in this depart !yet struggling for life. I hey were inter ment. Wo therol'ore examined Major jered -gainst the government of a country, (!. iwular arm'v. and find his'slatcmcnU ! of sufficient importarco to juHify us in I f ,lco in our rei.ort. Cha uneev C. 1". Johnson, culled by J. It. 1 triumph of arms, but were the solemn and pseudo pomp to the narrower sphere of 8'ieplev associate counsellor, tosliliod as loft-repeated enunciations of a general just their authority hired at the livory stobles follows ' lentcring the field for his future opera- for months I uggies and horoes at the cost "lam paymader in the United States tions, and aervirigfor the first lime the of the governmnt, and this although the armv I was'appointed last June, and sta-'strength of his gathering array. They , la only recognized them on foot, or as tion'ed in the department of the west. wert addressed to officers of high rank in ' mounted at their own expense. Thus, 'Question. Did the lute commanding tho service, and were intended to imprets' in evey way, and almost everywhere, un peneral in this department ever in your (them with obedience to his revolutionary dor the muliun influence of the declara preaonce countenance any disregard of 1 programnio- General Fremont already 1 lion that neither laws nor regulations Ion .. nr tl.n rpiilations iruverninu the ar- : lipid the btvord. and it was moitt important cer prevailed, there was manifested a dis- my r...nor.-i1 Krom.-m. rnnn ton . lanced it frequently in mv presence, and ! I U me, bv say in? that he did mt intend in the ,i,liimiiU,-aiion ol Ihit Jepurtmtnt, to be i)v:r.cl V therv'n an'i rcmUkut that were laid ilou-n, and that he would be guided by tho cir- omittances which surrounded hiiu entire. v The reason that this conversation oc - cut red to neu.uep.tly was that I wauthronw much in his company, in mv enpacitv as .i... ,.,! ,..iu,.'i.K' Oi.-n Im 'tiik i-u-iin liern I went lo hco him. bavin" 1 lis, 1 111 VIT . l ...... kimwii him before, and was invited by i be wore, und that his courage and loyalty Major Johnson, not tor the purposes ol , The wounded in the hospital at Savan him to CLiine and see him frefjuen'ly, as I jhud nothing to lear from lha menaces by animadversion, but simply to explain thei nah are dying at the rate of eight or ten was well acquainted in tlie west and had which he was a-SHilcd. scene which wo have bared to view. in;dnily. I,en ervmeted with tin orj.iniiitioii of The line of policy t hus resolved on was tho light ot this explanation, we are hap. ; J. Slidell, a nephev of the Hon. I rli a Imnif. 111 ii ri 14 ill this city, f.om tho i . ..v . b , ,.., bcinniug. In regard lo uio omciai nusi- ness which 1 hid to transact with him, :,,.i..,l.4 nei-iirritfi in which orders c... .....,,(. t.,1,1 l,..oi. iHsne.l lo (Vilmifll I SVM III! -v- Colonel l.Jl j'.ijtw........ . - An Iretvs. inv master general, and these orders transferred to mo, and riot being considered by me legal, I called on him in regard lo them, und he told me that he. vJcnih.t to lo ivhut he considered best fir the wev, wi'.h'j'ii reference to law ur regulations ; thai he intended It cut red tape and arrive a', the i.nd without r't'iToict to ctLr or system, and di rect' d mc to pay theje orders." The statements f these witnesses otli-co-s of unimpeachable integrity and in-teni-'ciioc will, we are suro, be heart! by the government with equal astonishment and sorrow, lieneial Fremont procl iiius, on asftu viing his command, that "there were no longer any nvil rights; that there .. r.o government except that outsido of the Constitution, which had been sus pended ; that it was his determination to administer hi- department without refer ence to law or regulations ; that tho peo pie ol'the, United Slates wero in tho held, i .... unman .it-.. 1 ....- that he was at itieir uean, auu mat -,f miliii.- lihpriv. Some of t bos.i ..-'.,.,... i..l,i,t.. vl hidipr t-roiind l imn .l.t nouil in lha interview with Colo- ' nel Andrews, have claimed for themselves a mission ti "carry out" the will of God, he meant to carry out -uc.li mcuures as forts which Uen. t remain was men uunu- no moie man proper un m-j c.mrr.anis are eureiy in a moil aepioraoie condition, thev the people expected hi in to carry ing for the defence of St. Louis, under tho should be required to accept the allow, und it is high time the people were look out -without egar'd to the red tape' of ' auspices of Heard, be at once decided that unco in full lor the amount demanded, ing totluir true condition, and preptiiing tho'Wushincton people" that isthrres- : they were useeless, und ordered that they This course was adopted, and was pener. a proper remedy for our malndies. ident'ind Congroi-s. It is singular how ! should be discontinued, and that the ally acquiesced in. rromincnt among Beset, as Mr. Hale says we are, by "car nerfetlv thtsosentiments harmoni.e with fund of tho goiernment in the hacdsof thos wh remonstrated' was Leonidas huptwn andprofliy iry" at the Capitol of the those held by the usurpers who in this ' the paymasters and quartermasters hero Haskell, w hoso transactions figure in this nation, squandering millions upon mil and other a-es of tho world have soti"ht should be applied exclusively to nieut the report, and who gave to ui formal notico lions of the hard-earne I money of the .i..v.ii.T.,i !.., I, it nonr muni ?ha current expenses of the army. Yet, in of his intention to appeal to Congress people on corrupt partjzani, encaged al )Ub liUIlU UI .11- UI HI"" ou.n. niv-ll 'i.v.i chieflfcins who cut 'red tur.o' always do it with their swords, and history ..roves that tho throat of their country suil'ers quite 1 as much as does tho 'tape' in tho opera- tion. As free institutions have their toun- j dationr in law.and in the obedience ofthe piioploand their representatives, military, to it, this expression of civil und a pur nose to cast aside all political and constr tutional restraints, nia.lo in the halls of legislation even, would alarm, but when made in the field by a chieftain, at the head of a great army, it chills and awes tho patriot's heart by its parricidal spirit. It reveals an unscrupulous ambition, which awaits but the prestigo and power of victoiy to sweep tho government itself, as a cobweb, from its path. this sad page in tho history ofthe late cfirnmannor oi this department gaiuors a deep shadow from the circumstances un der whicli those declarations were made. General Fremon I had, a few weeks before, taken and subscribed the following mili. tary oath ; "I. John C. Fremont, do sol emnly swear that I will bear true faithand lalltgianes to tht Uniud Hutes, and that J will tcrv incm wwny ata jauvwiy against the enemies or opposers whomsoever; and that J iciU observt and ab?t ih ordtrsofths Prttu-Unl of tht United Siaits, axd the orders of sions below a special mission to "carry imperative order was given by the gener- some W,)W, nave ; oeen sai;nod, urn a world's history, has begotten v r.ith-pub-ont" the will ol tho people. Gesar, when al lor tho payment of $00,000 more. In number of tho ho.dois of the smaller iic wraih-and then woe to him on tt houi he stood upon the banks of tho Rubicon ' his administration he virtually ignored class of vouchors have boon so fortuiiate ! it, fttiSi k,tu.r ,Lr1 g mill.8tona were and waved to his veterans to advance, did ' the existence of a quartermaster's and the as to have their chums settled by the (lis. J Uu0ut his neck and he bo cal into the not take a bolder declaration against his j commissary's departments, arid of tho bursmg o.hcers ; but probably fully three-; tea) ,lMl l0 t.c,-,unit.r the tlorro indiena country tbau this. The words.so earnest- Ordnance bureau, and necessarily that of fourths ofthe amount allowed by the, tj0n of an outraged people, ly and"o often spoken, announced a rev the government at Washington. The commissioners still remains unpaid. The administration should learn wis olution conceived, but which, happily, most stupendous contracts, involving an ( When it was lmrno in mind how long dom from the lessons of history, and r most happily for tho country, tho parent almost un precedented waste of public mo- many of these debts have been duo, and ' member the fato I hat always attend the had not the strength to bring Tortl). No ney, were given out by him in person to how much from these deli ys the vouch-t0rruvtand prujlgatc" -St, ' Clairsviil Ga man has lived in tho tide of times wise favorites, over the heads of the competent , ers have depreciated in tho hands of tho ItttCt ' an I puro enough to be intrusted with :and honort ollicers appointed by law. It holders, many of whom have been obliged I --- --- such n rtowerai is here claimed. Military seemed to be Irs purpose to present him-1 to cash them in the mat ket at heavy dis I , bAt-GH.Nr..-1 ho man that laughs i. a tho pefi.le of the field," jdace at "their liead" the President of tho United Stales, aud not any general holding a coimuiiwion umlerhim. With a confiding fondness he had been summoned from the obscuri ty of private life, and, preferred ubove the veterans and a whole army of patriots, he was made a major general. Scarcely hits he girded on his sword, to whose honor the best interests of the nations had been committed, when he saya to his subordi nates and followers that he draws it, not in the name of law or of the governmaoV but in deliauco of both, to onforco such uieasiiits a, in bis judgment, "the people expected hint to curry out." Theso words were spoken, as it were, in the very sick chamber of tho pualio, and had the tone of the undertaker wlnle the patient was not then tranquil and strong ar.d able to i battle with nil assailants, but of a country distracted aud humbled, snd b;eeding un. dor the stnbii of traitors, Tboy caruo from no flush of excitement springing from a I lor IMS pUl'pOiO lliai LOionui rtliuicw , wit- H l.n bmid of the pav department here, and Major Johnston, a paymaster under him. ' should not interfere with his free use of tho nattonal purse, in respeoung iuso u 'oilicial oath and tho law, by resisting un- I warrantable- transfers of public money, the I colonel had already given offence, i.nd he ! was therefore visited and thus Btartlingly , j wurned. that ho might not offend again, 1 His noble and patriotic reply, though sub-' !.i.i..,l hv t in inesencc of his superior offii N,viv- - I " 1 ' cer. proved him to be worthy ot tho sword onenlv pursued as his apparent concious-. 4 .-, , ucas mat no wits uie .-iimio grew muiv 'and more vigorous. He created a largo I number of offices and filled them with . - friends and lavontes, to whom he assigned friflmU nnd favorites, to w hom !ie assigned IJII Salaries, ft power WlllUU IIO :iau vo more riht to exercise than iiad any sol diei in his ranks. About two hundred of these appointments were made, and of which some forty-two were allotted to a body of but three hundred men, which ho had recruited and orrjauized under th somewhat regal designation of "Tho Fret mont Hodv Uiurd." Imitating yet further imp-rial rule, ho sought to bestow upon many-possibly all his appointees what- ever their duties, a military prestige. Thus Castlo, his "superintendent of rail- rood transportation," was honored, by his letter of appointment, with "tho jay of a - . . i - - - i. u i. A i j . A colonel" and tho title, of course, follow i while the offico of "musical director," a ' creation of his own, was filled by a mil- 'sician from one of tho theatres, to whom 1 was given the rank and pay of a captain 'of eugincer in the regular army. i When tho Secretary ot War visited this dooaritnent in person and inspected tho 4 , .,. deiiance o! tne oecreiary s auiuoriiv, iuu work uuon the forts went on to llieir com pletion, while $20,0(10 of the funds thus sought to bo protected by the Secretary was paid to Beard or. the Ibth October;- the l'Jth of tho same month an month an ... 'self as the embodiment of political and military power, and to show alike by his words ind his conduct how little he des ponded upon the government ofhiscoun' try fclld how utterlv be disregarded its l -oloii nnA it. ..li.-tr. Of Dol'lCV a I course, such an example could not be! otherwise than contagious. The whole I framework of the political and military systems, as organized by law, was unbrao- ed. and disorder and criminal insubordi nation everywhere prevailed. There could . bo no obedience w hen tho general of the department openly taught and practiced resistance to the laws as a right, if not a duty. There could bo no economy wheie tho general exposed himself continually lo imputations of laboring in hi- great of fico to feed the gre d of his followers for gain. Haoccupiod with Ins lamiiy and several members of his stafl a marble pal ace, and lived amid its luxurious furniture and glittering wares at a stipulated ex nenso of $6,000 per arium to tho govern ment, at a lime when tli homes of mi 11 ions of our people were darkened by the horrors of civil war. Could it beexpoct ed that ihe subordinates would pisplny a ny special sympathy with our national sutTerings, or any marked solicitude to guard tho publio treasury from plunder ? Instead of going to Csrio, ashocould lave don fvr a few dollars, on ope of the vei' srls transporting his troops which accom- written out. Th illness from which he is panifd him, he chartered a magnificent at this moment suffering may tleln the steamer at a cost of $1, COO to ehe gofern- completion of tho work, but wo prounio ment, to convey himself and cortege alone, that in some three months the whole cvi The steamer was anchored out in th donee, which will comiit of from t.ix to stream, instead of lying at the wharf, as seven thousand manuscript unges, will be all others did and do, and when tho gen ready, and will then bo tiled in the de eral drove in hit carriage and four to the partment as part and in support of this water's edge yet another steamer, at still report. As several weeks will bo reqni furlhor cost to the government, as we red to cloe entirely the business of ihe learn from claim presented for it. was em ! commission, the secretary and a Inw of the ployed to put himself and suit on board. clerks now in service will bo neccssari A foreign prince or potentate, in a season ly retained during that time. The entire of national moruning, might thus live, and record of our proceedirps, with the oc thus enter his pleasure yanhl or his barge of state of insensibility amid the calami ties of civil war and waetfuhxvs when the public debt UWm- inereased st the rate of from one to two millions daily, when i exhibited by a general of the Amerienn army, is spectacle from which the patriot may well turn away in grirf and humilia tion, As was to have been expected, the influ encoof tuch an exhibition was every where felt. High officers did not, it was true dare charter steamers for their own con venience, but they did, it -vas true, dare I charter stcame s for their trains for the . convenience of themselves and attendants, while yet humbler officers, dwarfing their puium tu uuinvii inn iiitteiuiti tiajruj throuzU which we were pacing intoa sat- urnalia of personal and official self, indul.. gence and extravagance. ti .u, in um luimmri.v ui .., ..i.,t committed to us, lifted tho veil from a held ot prodigality, insubordination, and demoralization, in the midst of which we have bobo toiling for the last four months, we have felt it incumbent upon u to point the department to tho truo causes of these disorders. We have presented . . " mo tejiimony or uionei Anurews unu py to oeiievo mat nie aisease, in me vir- ..i.,.. i. ...i.ii. i r.......;i.l l.o,.u i'w " " " f" was not national, but local, and was the result of local an J personal causes. bo soon as we had been sutliciently la 11 ti- it o soon as we nau ueen sumcientiy ... ; t;n i. i.n rnn -......., I ii l iinnni "itli inn. j-i torn hiiv. ni.n tho principles applicable to them to ena- bio us to feel entire confidence in the conclusions arrived at, we began to c'eliv- cr vouchers, certified in accordance with the instructions o! tho Secretary of War. The first delivery occurred on the 9th day of January, 186'J, and has been since rcg. ularly continued, as our decisions have been pronounced. In giving out the cluims presented, with the allowances up- cn them, it was necessary that some re ceipt should bo executed by thoclaimants. In deciding what should bo tho character of the tecnipt, it seemed to us that us a protracted and patient examination bad been given to these claims, and the par- ties had been heard eit Ik r in person or by attorney, nnd tho cases had been contin- ued from day to day, so long as those in teres ted desired to produce testimony, and the governmer t, by our action, wis cow nutted lo pay l lie amount allowed, n was .f , i , . . , ,i from our decision on his claims. The department is aare ho constant- ly we have in our correspondence urged tlie or bar tje payment of these liabilities. I hose money seized and borrowed trom the banks, with the exception probably of . -,-i1-t 1 . i i : count, it is not a matter of surprise that an irritating souse. ot injustice ou the part 1 of the government is beginning t be felt hero. inis leeung is inor-visea oy a pre. vailinc impression that the same tardi- ties of UUVtll'Mit has not (iisttneuished ...... (he service in the east. Wo earnestly ' recommend, as a measure of common jus tice, due alike to the highest pecuniary interest of the uovernment as to it lion- or. that trie claims wnicii we nave ceru. ... . .- . ... tied shall be at once paid. I While- wo have necessarily devoted the principal part of our report to an expos suri of the abuses which characterized the late administration of tiiis departrnent.we cannot close it without bearin; testimony to the integrity which has ger.orally been displayed by merchants, mechanics, and manufacturers when permitted to deal di-i rectly with the government. Widespread as has been the demoralization in official circles ana among meir uepenaenis ana fsvorites, and startling as are the frauds! which have been attempted and consum I muted, a Urge majority of tho claimants ft cannon, just for fun but being of an have presented themselves before u un i economical turn of minj, they did not impeached by imputations either upon wish to lose the ball, so or.e took sn iron their loyalty or honor. kettle in his band to catch it in, arid sta We hare examined some 1,200 witness- tioning himself in front of the loaded can es, w hose testimony has been taken by an nor., be exclaimed to the other who stood accomplished stenogrspher, (Hr. R. K. behind holding alighted torch "Touch flitt, of Chicago.) sud bas Veeu in part it aisy, Fat I" conipanymg mit'.ed. vapors, wilt then be trans ' DAVID DAVIS. J. HOLT. HUUH CAMTBELL. Inoidentsofthe late Battle at Pittsburg! p P'n, .B,,d mhl' J, .w; LandirF. : plougii, for all that ; and the Innut which t . , fr , aro sonieiimos lift UI) in tnitr mu.t ai During the fight on Hondav, a cann'-r. ',,..,, ii,. , t ' , , i n . l i .i. i i re pi ot lir laiiejs oe put lo u e p.ouiit , or i:i.' ball took ol the hesdseffive me.i. fhci. ...... , ...... rucn were out of the line and stood In dis rcct tango of the artillery andiUlnero killed at the same instant. Kverv man connected with otie of tho r 11 . . . . guns of Terrell battery, except one, killed ai:d also tho horses, A rebel caisson was Btruck by a shell and exploded. It was shattered all to pieces and seven mangled bodies wore found lying around it, One onmpany in an lllinoi regiment had every officer, commissioned and non commissioned, shot do.vn. A national and rebel soldier were found dead, side by side, with hands clapeJ. It ii supposed that they foil near each other, mortally wounded, and making fiionds, died in peace. Ono young Ohio volunferr who had been recently wounded, and died belore picked up, was found with the miniature of a young lady friend to his lips. His com rades s'uie that he had an idea that ho would be killed, and wat several times seen looking at the daguerreotype while the regiment was in reserve. Amnnii the. Confederates taken prisoit- ers is Opt. W. II. Polk, nephew of ex Fresident Polk, who participated in tho battle, and was severely woundod in the m,.. He iind to submit to amputation. - John Mideii, was among the captured vrounaou at riimurg. Among therebel prisoners taken wss I.t. Col. Valter Soott. u son of Col. .So:tt. now in tho Federal service. Corkiptios ad rnori.iuACY. Tho Re publican Senator from New Hampshire (Mr. Hale,) in a speech delivered in tho Senate ol the United States, on the 7th inst., said : "I believe, and I dechay upon my ran ponsibility at a Senator of the United States, that the liberties of this country are in g'-enter danger, to-day, from the corruptions and from tho profligacy pract ticed in tho various Departments of this Government, than it id from tho open en emy in the field." Mr. Hale is one of the men who has la bored for years, with all his powers, men tal and physical, to elect and orgnnize an Administration upon the principle! that brought Mr. Lincoln into power. If truth no'V compels him, within tho first year of this administration, to make the above declaration, our Country and Government , . .i , ., ... the same time in one ofthe most etupon ( doua and expensive civil wars the world I has over witnessed, what will be left for us but pe iuryand r.igt but penury brought j on a people hy the "corruption andprojiiga- i J " ey ol their rulers sometimes hi the , doctor without a . .pioma, , mure goou . ... i . ous.i oi powders or a gallon of bitter draughts.- i fc ...... . ..c. nanus insnnci.voiy go nan way io meet I : ii... l i ii . "is critsii, rt mm uiey iuiii invu.uniaruy from the clammy touch of the dyspeptic, i . ! i. it who speii its in ino grottoiug Key. lie hughs you out of your faults, while you never know whal a pleasant world you are l..ir..rtimlill.i....n!. i,.flK. ......... B ... 1.v....t.- uu mn duulj streaks on its pathway. Mfc,A verdant vouth. who was omrdov td ln 0,,0 0f 0ur Urge dry goods stores was one day called upon to wait on a young ady who inquired Tor ladies' cotton bore, The young man handed lieni down, when the young lady asked : "How high do they come ?'' Greeny stammered and blushed, but replied. "I don't know exactly but think tiiey will come about to the Ineesl" H'be young lady went up. ! toiyTwo Irishmen sere going Jo fire oft HaTlxxftctxcK. lnii- cenca and l;-nrr-once are sister. H'U thoro uro u !? aud vulgar sisters. Vulgar inii"'?M'o mid i'Vioiano ar raoiul, tli' V 1 .iv u t; y face.', hut wholly without ., 1 . "i. and of ft transient beauty; th i.oj ' -!nt-:s r.re iiniiioital, thoir lofty form jn mi. changeable, and tbe.'r cn.i.u.'iia i.'c-- nr still rad;nnt with the lieht 'if p;.!.'i!ie. They iItcII in houvr n, and vidt r ily tlit noblest and most severely ti ii"d of niaii kind. bwatrs. WJWPIRITCAL Bl.Ml!0:J. (bid -Ti-lK-i nl - ly give spiritual blessings aid di liviinm ces, ai he does temporal; 11. a'. by Hie mediation of ar. ctie and v!.',-,.;...m :i Uutry. 1 tie l.'u.ts or the e.j :U m t- cifl of God. and ve prf? for them is r-'tc!i ; j liUMMtllUUiail lilUnb VAp'.'Vt 11 l '.I'M' ' jerytkir.g must bn expected in tho w proper to its nature, with tL. eonerrivut I inlluenoo of the diviro grace, not to sti lit" if'UC tiiw MJiHi.i, uui tt i ,.'' i rui'j , J . , , , fiQr Findj.xo TUB HlliltT 1' m it. Suro enough, of til paths a man could strike into there is at any given tuouitMit a les' path for every man, a thing which, hero and now, jt wete of a'.J thing, k i,-- tor him to do ; which could ho be lod or driv en to do, Lo were then doing "like a man, ' rs wo phrase jt ; all men and gods agree ing with him. the w nolo un ivcrs.M vp iuii- exciaimmg well dono to uiin I tlis tucc-f . in such cases were complete ; his felicity a maximum. This path, to find '.Li.i puth and walk in it, is the ore thing nceui'ul for him.. Whatsoever forwards him in that, let it cou.u to him even in tl e Wiape of blown and spurning, is liberty; what soever iiinders him, wero it ward-motes, open vestries, poll booths, tremendous cheers, rivers of nravy-wct, is slave; . Carly.'e. l-i-Lcv E ion Tjif.JDaap. The love which survives the tomb, says Irvirg, ii S"i of the noblest attributes of the soul. If it has its woe, it has likewise its del g its ; and when the overwhelujiug Li i.tj of grief i calmed into the gentle tear of rf ollection ; when tho sudden anpui" ! n-.t the convulsed agony over tho present ru inspfiill that wo most loved, is so! one I away, into pensive nieditutioii on all liiat it was in tho days of its Jovliuest - ..'ho would root out such sorrow Iroin theki...t? Thojgh it may sometimes throw a p.-.sting cloud nvrr the bright hour of gaiety, or spread ad?ei sadnes. over '.ho tiour of gloom ; who would .exchange it even for the song of pleasure, or the burst of revel ry 1 No ; there is a voice from the tomb sweeter than song ; there is a remembrance of tho dead to u hich we '.urn even fioa the charms ofthe living. B?5U SERviTtPi:. No condition paMca for servitude that is ac.:omp.-nicd with great riches, with honors, and with the service of many inforior. Thi." is but n deception of the sight through a fuls.i me dium; for if a groom serve a geutlemin in his chamber, that gentleman a lord, aud that lord s prince: tho groom, the gen tleman, and the lord are us ;mi':!i s-Tva.'iU one as tho other ; the circumstantial dif ference of one's getting only his bread and wages, the ttecoitd a plentiful, and ll.c third a superfluous estate, is no more in trinsical to ihis matter, than the differ ence belwoen a plain, a rich, and a giudy livery. I do not sny, that he who Bells his own time and hi own will fur one ! hundred thousand, is not a wiser mer chant than I.h who does it fjr one hundred pounds; buj, J will sw our they aro both merchants, and that hs is hujipiar than both who can livo without selling that ea tato to ahioh he was born.-r-Couhy. " fiMiNisrBP.iS(i Angel. The, beautiful Lave gone with their b'.ooni from the gaze of human ryes. Soft ryes that made it spring-lime in our hearts are iet.ii no more. We Lite loved tiiu light tl many a emib that has faded fro:i us uoty, tuv! jn our heart havo lingered sweet voices thsd no-rare hushed in the uilenco of death. Seats are left vacaut in out earthly heroes whicli none again can till. Kindred uivi f.-iund?, loved ones, have pussud aiy.vy one by one ; our licurts are left doso'a'o ; we nie lonely without lhv;, They have pars ed with their love to 'that laud, from whoso bourne no traveller returns," Shah we never see them ag.iin ? Memory turn- with lingering regret ;o call Ihoso smilea land the loved toned of those, deer farnlhar voices. In fancy tiiey aro olleji by ctnt ide, but their houieis Ou a biigut-:r shore They visit us in our tlroams, (Jolting ovei our momory Lke siuidows over mooiiltght waters. When the heart is weary with anguish, and the soul is bowed with grla!, do they not come and whisper thoughts of comfort and hopo ? Yes. sweet memory '.rings them to us, and the love wo bori them lifts the heart from ejrlhly aspira tions, and we long to join them in lliav better laud, l'hsy hover round U, the ethereal, dear, dejnr'.ed ti:i, loving and the loved, they witch with ryes that slumber.- not. Vhen gentle dreams are wan dering to tho angid laud, in -vLisper wakt the hymning stjfljjisof that bright and happy choir, revealing many a tel.) of hope, a id bliss, und Underlie, ami l"ve They lell of sunny relms i.e.T viewed bt mortal eye of forms arrayed in ftdelett beauty and lofty Authems lo their grca' Creator's praisoarc. sounded lor ii in s.ruet. seraphic numbers. And ttiis bright vis ion ofthe biestdisolves the tumult of life's jarring scene ; they fsdo in air, and thou we glory in the thought that we ere heir of imraoilality. And why isit thatwro gard with such deep reverence and love, lhoe bright celestial I cings of another sphero 7 Ah, it is because they take an in- lereit in our tirar, and joy over our success in the great bat tie of Lie. Tby are not selfish in their happiness, but fain wosil 1 1 ave us buo tt with thorn,
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