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J. W. MOORE. I , .
Q. B. GOODLANDER, J Edltor ana Proprietor-.
VOL. XXXIV. WHOLE NO. 179J.
THE PENINSULAR CAMPAIGN.
GEN. McCLELLAN'S REPORT.
A Correspondent of the New York I promptly rebukorl. Military ai rests should
T tr . . - . . . ,. , not be tolerated except hi pianos where
Journal of Commerce, Laving furtii.hed tuiit'a,jVe hostility exist, and oaths not re-
paper an abridgment of Gen. McClellan's quired )y enaetmt tits constitutionally
Report ns Commaiider-ia-Ch ief of the. Ar-' mane, should In- neither demanded nor
tny of the Potomac -which Report is no.v . r,',';iv'"1- Military government should I e
i -.ii i r r ! confined lo the preservation of public or-
te.ng printed by order of Congress-we ; d(M nn(, ,he mlion of political tights.
'extract the two following letter, tho first j Military power should not he ullnved to
to Mr. bunion, written in t!ie undst ol
. . .
the seven days battles, and Iho second to
the President, written seven .lavs after
the termination of those battles:
Headquarters Army or tue Poioiiac,
Sataue's Station,
Juno 2rt, If Oil lli 20 a. m.
I now know the full history of the day
On this side of the river the right bank-
' we repulsed several strong attacks. On
tiie lelt bank our men did all that men
could do. all that soldiers could accom
plish ; but they were ovenvhelma1 by
vastly superior numoers, even ufter I
A.... ... I. ..... i, i :..' ti
uj... , .....or,,,,,, iUe
loss on Willi siues is terrible- 1 believe it
wi provo to be the most terrible battle
r.f .A U'lir I Ma tti. 1 1 fain ninlj rr ..... m..n
.fth war. Tim .! rAmn.n.Af... m
-behaveasren hose ba.ta ions who
.t'tliavc as men, lliosc battalions wtio louglit
nmst bravely, and Heard most, are still
in the best order. 1 he regulars were su -
pert., and I count upon what are left lo
turn anothiv battle in company with Iheir
... i 1.1 1 11 1
f''i .m": ? lI:e!t1Ue.L o1
tm v',"vui iih-m-.h ...
rflll. lot. ll.r..i...n.l C.alI. t..i...n ,a I
v" ' .0-
lnoirow. I could take Richmond: but 1
t. , . . I..
Ziive not man in reserve and shall be
jm l to cow niy rcticat, and save the
niateriid and )eitohA of the army If
wo have lost the day, we have yi I pic-
. ervcd our honor, mikI no one heed blush
for the Army of the Potomac. I have
lost this biti.e because my force was too
mall. I again repeal Mint I am r.ot re
tponsihlo for ibis, and 1 siv it with the
earnestness of a Genera! who feels iu his
lioart the loss of every tiravtt insn who
lias beer, heeuiet-sjy sacrificed to-day, I
tlil! hope to retrieve our fortunes; fait to
do this the (iovcrlimert iiust view the
mutter in tho same earnest light that I
do. You .uu-t srmd me very large rein
i 'icements, and send them at once. I
vhall draw bark to this side of 1 he Ch icka
homiuy, and 1 ilnnkloai; ithdrnw nil
fair material. Please understand that iu
jthi' battle we have lont nofliing but nieo,
:ftll
1 those the best wa have. In addition j
ito w hat 1 have u1 ready said I only wish to
ay to the Piesiileut that 1 think ho ii
wrong in retarding mo as ungenerous
when I said tiial n.y fjree was too weak
.1 meiely intimated a ti uth which to-day
Jias been too plainly proven. If, at this
liiislant, I could iKpoe of (10,000) ten
W,:;: jnd fresh men I cuuM gain the yic
itory to-ni'irroiv. I know thai a fow thou
iund moiti men would have t hanged the
baitl" from a defeat to a victory. As it is,
th Government must not, and cannot,
Jiold me responsible for tho result. I feci
4oo earnestly to-uight I have seen to:
Oi my (h ad and wounded comrades to feel
iherwise thrui that the Govornment has 1
not sustained the army. If you do not I
do "o now, the game is lost. If leave
.e
r
I
Ithis armv now, I tell you plainly that
e no inanlis 10 you. or toany other per
fiii in Wiiiirgton. YOU 11 AVE DUNE
Y'lUR UESi
JIV.
. To Hon. E.
lit tlClMriCl'TIIK l I.'
G. R. McClellav,
M.Stanton.
!! RADQCARTms Armv of TnK ToroiiAC,
Camt kf.ar Harrison's Landing, Va.,
Monday, July 7, lsii2.
Mr. pHE'ifENT : You have been fully
inlormcd tlial the rebel army is in
ur front, with the purpose of overwhel-
mir.g us by attacking our positions or re-
diicmg us by blockading our river com-
Inun icit ions. I cannot but regard our
condition aa critical, and I earnestly de-'
aire, iu view of possible contingencies, to
lay before your Excellency, for your fri-
Vale consideration, my general views con-
; . .. . 1 u 1 a .I' ll.A n.)u.llitn
n;eruiii iitp cia iik oi n a vi i......i,
f Uhoug,, lliey do MricUy come witl,
...... to u.Te u..r ...
views amount 10 convictions, nun mo uueo-
. . . .. 1 11 '
IV impressed upon my uun iha iieuri. .
( lur cuiisn muat never be abandoned itis
.1- t I .lf ......
llio t.tteo Ul irru iiniiiuouio mm .01-1:1.1- ,
eminent. The Constitution and the i
Unlm must bo preserved, whatever may
be the cost in liuie, treasuro and blood, j Wo learn from a privale letter that a
If secession is succcsslul, other dissolu-' man was frozen on the road from Charles
tons are clearly to be seen in the future. ' ton lo Embarrass, about three miles from
Let neither military disaster, political lac- J the former place, on Friday evening last,
tion or foreign war shake your settled pur- From tbo PitteBeld (III.) King."
i.o in ciiiuicn iuo ifuuai opeiuiion oi ine '
it... i- . i I..
mo viikvii ootiei u eui tuc peeais
.nf M.m ii.i. a i.- t1 '...i'
- ' J . no u.iih iius Wlieil
. tlia (lniiorni.i.nl .1 '
-"""" iiiuai uHicriuine upon a
civil and military policy covering the
rhole ground of our national trouble.
Ihe responsibility ot determining, declar- j
ing and supporting such civil and military
.policy, and of directing tim whoU course 1
of national iifhurs in icg.rd to the rebel-'
.ion, must now be assumed and cxerci-ed ; which w known to bo previlcnt in the' "AVWW, Thst the freedom of the bal
by you orourcauto will be lost. The Con-i neighbot hood. On tho loth or 17th of lot MUST anu SHALE he juintvineu
tltutior. gives you power sulheieot even j December, a very cold day, she and her sacred and inviolable; and that we. the
v me -u-.-tia ""lu" "'bn,ll'
rebellio.i has assumed the character of
war: as such it should be regarded and
it should bo conducted upon the highest
r,-inoijiles Known to Christian cviiuntion.
lit st'.ou.'d not be a war looking to thesub-
p,"ineijilos known to Christian cviiu.ition.
jjujraiion or tne peofue oi any ciaie in any
" evvni. It should not le at all war upon
'population, against armed forces and
..roliticnl 4rgu' wt:ona. Neither coufisca
, liou of prtperly". political executions of
. Persons, Uirr.iUriat' orgAniiialioui of Slates,
, w lurcible aUlifoD of slavery suouiu te
onteuiphna fa t ,Tiouieiit- In prose-
. outing ii wsrifll p, jr(,e properl and
.unarmeJ persons ubuid utrictly fro
.Ucted, subject only to Ui necessity of
.military operations. .U i.'e properly
,Uken fotmUoary use shoalij b P'd or
tpted fori, pill.,, and ghoukJ
be treated ns h crimes, iill unnecessary
trespass sternly prohibited, and oir.'nsivo
demeanor by t he military toward citizens
i . e ..... . .. - .
, imeriere wnn the relations of servitude,
! oi,llt:r by supporting or impairing the nu-
'"""f. "Y m"s.,cr' XCPpl ,or roKr'
,,, uw..-. nr. oaves
contraband under the. Uet or Congress,
i seeking military protection, should recoive
it Tl. Vr iu. n ...
... .DUU.nu,umii iu up -
propi'iiile permanent v to its
clalms o( slave labor should be asserted,
and the tight of tho owner to compensa
tion therelor should bo recognized.
i on pi iuc pie migiit do extcmiea upon
vuumkui iiiiiniiry nece.s,iiy ana srcui i-
ty to nil the slaves wkhin a particular
State, thus working manumission in such
...... ' v
i.iuir ii ii. iill .iiiiiiiri iiMi-ii.iiia in i. nu.
1 : xr: : i ...
u.rn Virginia, also, and possibly even in
Marvland. Mm p v nofl iMPir rf iinli n
measure is only a question of time. A
. - r i . I ... .
r ' .7 . '. T V-. " - .
P.,.y w.us cousuiui.nna, n,.
conseivalive. and pervaded bv the in flu -
ences of Christianity and free.lo.u. would
; receive tho support of almost all truly lv -
al men, would deeply impress the "rebel
inassns and ,11 to ri,, ,,.!... .t !.:
... n "
m'?l'' l,U," ,ly Uyd lhal !' Wfu'''
C'lIllIIlLMUl llhl'll LO I 11(1 I: VO ' fit lf - .
1- V I . . , .
nn- ny. c mess uie principles governing
1 lutnrn com net .l' n,,r eir..,ri ti,..'i 1.,.
, , -e-'1
nvido kt-own urn m.o ..c..,l n, .iwi
obtain the requisite forces wiil be almost
hopeless. A decimation of radical vic-vs, '
rxoeeiallv iimou tbiierv will Mni.li,. ,n ' 1
inlegrato our present armies. The policy
of tho Government mi.ht bo suppoi t 'd by
concentrations of military power. The'
national forces should not he dispersed in'
cxpeditiniM, posts of oecupatiri , and nu
merous armies, but sbotili be nia nly
collected into inusosand biought to bo::
upon thearmiesol Ihu Lonle.ierale Siatcs.
1'hosM armies thoroughly defeated, tho
political structure which tip- hUpp-.rl
would soon cease to exi.f I" carry ing
out any system ol po.jcy which you may
!orm, you will teuune a comninndcr-in-
you will tequne a comniiwidcr-m-;
tthief of the army, one who possesses vour'
conhdence, uncierr lauds your views, and
ivlio is competent to exeeulo your orders
by directing the military forces of the na-
tion to the accomplish merit of the objec.s
bv viiii pioiiosed. 1 do not ask that loace
for misilf. I am willing to serve you iu
such position as you may assign me, and
will do so as faithfully as ever subordinate
served superior. 1 may be on the brink
of eternity, and, as I hopn forgiveness
trorj my Maker, I have written this letter
with sincerity toward you and from love
for my country
GEoii ir. 13. MeCi.ru.AN.
Horrors of Hie Late Storm.
1 rum the Mstloon (111.) bi7.ulle.
Twelve Perso.ns Frozen to Death in
Illinoh. A most distressing case of sul-
fei ing from the lato tcriible snowstorm
occurred at hit leys toiot, Moultrie
1 . o .-
county, about seven miles liom this place,
' ti ......1 ... n; .1,. 1 1 I't l '
on 1 liuisday night last. 1 hree bovs, sons
if., ... 1, 1, 1 , .. -. .
01 .Mr.
r. . u. iieim: ions, 111 niieniTii ng 10
n 1 .... . 1. . iii . 1
n home li'jrii sc'ioo , about one mi e
retutf
r ll, ..;('... I. ..'., I . I l
wo youngest aged nine and eleven years
to death, and he oldest, fn-een yea,, ol
!age, so badly that wo understand, he hi,
isincedied- When school was di-missed
Iii. . 1. ,inl 1 r 1 1 . .
! the three stai led lor bou;e, bu , occomni"
!i 1 1 1 , , . c
blinded aim bonumbrd by the nteii e
!,.i 1 , r .1. . 1 1 "llc"-r
cn a o the st ng ni wmd and snow, soon
.1 f ti 1 "
returned lo the school hou.:c, where tl.ev
remained until two or three o'clock in the '
morning, when they again attempted lo
make their way home. When within'
6ight of the light at home, made by the!
family, who were up by four o'clock, the j
two smallest boys were no longer able to '
walk, nnd leaned up against a corn shod; '
to keep 01T the wind, whilo the eldest
I ,.,.... f,.- .... ll't. 1 .
.....iiu u iu.ni uiioo lien lie
reached the house his face wa, badly fro- -
.w.. luu.ouj;, ,y ,,00.1 ,
mm no cuum scarcely move, as soon as , ir
. 11 i . . ... . . . . . ' 11
ue count mane Known me wnereaooiils or
the brothers, assintaiica wa ent tliem
P.i .' t :. 1 . ri 1 7 ;
uui, w..li linns luu let). I II ey Were OOl i '
dcad - frojen .tiff- and that. loo. in s'nrht I
of homo.
- w
j.niiiait i.tiiiniit, tiicu uuuui. tuu.v
ii i.:t.i .!.. ,.:
, vtau, ihiu inn uiiuit, itifuut iil-ivu iiimuoj.,
!i:: ' : n t. . i.:.. .,.'
living iu ouiiiii: vicriv luniiMiii'. in nua
... f .1 . t. tr ,1
county, were iroen iu ueatu tin ouues-
day night, December loth, 1S03. Mts
.Cannon, who hod been divorced from her
husband, was living alone -except her!
cliild and keeping houso some distance
from any neighbor, nnd was taken sick,
Report had it that she had the small pox !
coin were lound desdtlio wnmar. lean-,
lni against the fi-e iamb, in siltinr- r.o-
ture, anJ tho child lying in the middle of
tlio room on its fnce both t'roren to death-
(.rrom the St. Louis Dunoerat.
A gentleman who came from
vine, Illinois, on Sunday, informs us that
j day rj-evinusa gentleman, his wife ballot-box in the ensuing election.. State ment to furnUh howitz ts ami ronU arms
and child, left that place in alight wagon and National; and to this end we pledge 'nr protection of its inhabitants. The
tor their home, ten or twelve mile dis- onch to the other, nnd to our bro'hren of lo,'P roli l'na b,n '"UfJetl qu" ofen re
tain. After proceeding a few mile, the other States, our lives, fortunts nnd sacred cenily. Colonel Risseit, of the Etghty-
iiorse oecarno ctniiea ana ret used to go honors, lrig firvdj rtnkrA to maintain, at c0Ul1 l'f ""'ylvania Uegiment, assumed
further, and the whole family were found au. hazari.s, iurriuhtt at fref. and patriotic command at Johnson's Island ou Vlon
the next dsyfroren to death. citizen, of the A mr.riran fW.n." ,day.
SuTA lecturer was diluting upon the
power of the magnet oefy ing any one to
.how or naru. anythirg surpssstng it.
A hearer demurred and msUnced young
lady -who nsed to draw him thirteen
mtlea avert Sunday.
FiUNCIFLES.
CLEARFIELD, PA., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27, mi
THE DEAD LOCK IN THE STATE
SENATE.
LETTER 1'IiO.M EX-GO V. PACK Eli
Wii.liausi-ort, Pa., January El, lbt .
Hon. W'u. Uoi-kin J),;ir Sir: It in thso
terriblo times tin coininiinity could bo
turpi ii-ed at any lliing which can happen,
tliey would assuredly bo astounded with
the bold ami revolutionary attempt, now
boing made by the party in power, to
-----n tf i -- - J
override) ilm coiiKiitm Inn m,,l
the powers of our Mate Senate.
lo usurp
"l'"S can be plain, r than tho cor
ti-
luiiulinl rcipineiuent tliat the '-Go-ioral
1 Assembly shall n.eetrn the Hist Tuesday
of January, in every year." and that I,, ,,
'-".,,;
; -eacn House .snail ciiose its iPi.k--r, and
Not only is the Semite
authorized and directed lo choose us
Speaker, and tho House cf Itepresenta
tives to choose lit Speaker, but cuci House,
(that is, avry House,) us it is constituted
, when tho (iemtral Assemhly meets, tihull
' cl oose its Sneaker and oih, r .,tii....r
; 'I'nis has been t no cons.l ruction i,t i !!
. . ..
r.m ...... .i..... i. i I
.if.-iii.uiiB ui mi: vi.unuiuiiuii n inc. i nas on,
itainod without iiitcn uptiot;. and without!
' t , ............. i .1 l
t'on o! the cousiituuon, in YiM, until the
. ' . . u
' -r,mu""' " u"1" 11,(1
meeting ol the ticneral Assembly, in 1Kb 1,
, ti. s..,.l,.,r ,.i . fr.,..,, .t ; .
i bnii,,.,, u i he Ipc:. . t o'.. i. "n '.o,,', ,
' ....! nmsideM ,,.il .1,., , '.
; ),.,,e1,."". i"id l.oi,..o 1 1. . -ri
. ".. . . :.:.. ,, . . ""V
1 1113 uiusi 1 euro, j i is uu lies nave been per-
i formed, end his powers are ended. T.
, I . . . .
' ' " ' ' ' ' . M W 1 ' ' ' ' 6 1 "IU Jl Ml S . I ' U " l
hut it is 1.1 strict conformity with the ex
. . .r..
1 oei leuoe 01 i;io pasi.
1 .1 ! . 1. ' ... ..
iioiiu 1 on, unci minis an cm men t dodge
of the Supreme Court of Ponn) ivuiu.i,
and one ot the first lawyers in the Slate,
10 read the c institution, w hen, at the
meeting of the General Assembly, in Io
ceaiber, 115, ho took his seat on the lkior
of the ellllte, and wan re-eUvied to the
chair which hehadjusl vacated. Ho whs
ilie Sneaker during the ebtite ses-ion t.l
I .1. 1 . r. .. . . 1 .. . 1
1 tU-lo, and held over, and vet he ( id not
1 Idreilll fit' lioldimr O'l lo tli...:.ir .vl,,...
I u.e new Senate met, in the session of
I Is I j-1 tj .
! The only instance in which n Speaker
, f)( hold over, is -when the Speaker shall
; cxeroise the ollioe of tiovernor " nod thm
case u specially provided for bv il, en.,.
siitulion. Recognizinc the rii?bt of ..net.
House, at the mooting ol the General As
sembly, lo elect its own Speaker, tho con
s'.itution qualifies that right, and lestutins
it, "when Hie Speaker ot the Senate Mhall
exercise theollicoof Governor," and pro
vides for the elect on of a Suc.ikcr pro tem
pore, oidy, 011 such occasions- AV'hy do
ibis, if the Speaker, by virtue of his ollioe.
continued, at his disci eti.m, to be Speaker
after tho meeting ot the new Senate ? It
was foreseen lhat unless such contingency
were provided for, a vac.tncy would" hap
pen, and the new Senate, by electing a
new Speaker, would fleet a new Gover
nor. Tho election must be held; but the
nc Speaker, savs the constitution, shall
be Speaker pro tcmjuirr, meiely. The pre
sent nominal Speaker is a good lawyer,
and he knows, that, according lo ail the
rules of construction, Ibis special exeep-
.I.., .emir.., to iu.. ti 1 01 iiie election
Li - s,..,i. ... , , ., ,.
01 Spe.iUer, excludes ail 01 her exceptions,
1 ,,,.,1 ... ,i. :, 1 , 1
1 ami makes it obligatory on del pew Sen-
.,1.. ,. 1 . . i, . 1 . 11 .
ale, when the General A-.-.emb!v meets, to
..!.., . t, 1 .. ' o-
..w.-v- ....-.- ie. mun uiiiuon,
Thou tm r .r 1 1... ...... .1 - . : 1
Hel it , Ue Oonstru,,,on which has
0,uin fl.(u that (J l0
v, ,,, fi )lt , ft, Ul0 'rolil. s fe
1 b, ... , 1 .,i..t-. 1 w . 1
I know that the ihirty-two Senators present
',,,,1 1 , 1 1.. .,'
1 could not be trusted to o can 17.0 the Sen-
,9.11 . , io.oihi. . -,
ate? And how can it clian:- hu position
.1 1 i 1 .. .. ei
il he did know u I hirly- tvo Senator
1 -.u V- .
the bit 'lues ol that body
iit'iiit'ssol that body is transacted by
a less number. If he be the proper Speak
er ot the Senate, then there is no vacan
cy, nnd can tie no elect ion. Is the pie-ent
nominal Speaker willing to take that
ground f Will ho presume to say that
each House, nt the meeliiii of the Gener
al Assembly in I St.. shall nrt choose its
.j i y - . . .1 .1
rSeiniors;;; hlli
,n(,ra js R , , ,iima,H S
icaker in the chair.
he decide that his powers find his du
ties continue, then he decides that there
Klinll tie no election. Ibis, III lliv opin
; . 1 n .
' ! " 't VO'lU on"r .."n:!I.a 'F1
I '. ' - J
..iiiiiiiiin mi w el-. 11 n ui. I . iv nfi.iruf..
lice ot ttie past, nor sanctioned by the
constitution, but in manifest derogation
of both.
It is needless for me tos.iy to you. after Held Kovoaieuts in Canada TLreat
what I have written, lhat I heartily np-' ened AtUck 0U JohMoa'S Island.
prov e trie course pursued by t hose mem-;
l ......
bersof toe .Senate
who stand bv their 1
,. ,, ,
Constitutional
,
rights, lo do otherwise. 1
i j i.,
SOUItl DO 1(1
surrenderyo'ir manhood.
I remain, very tru. yours, n j nd. General H. D. Terry has every-.-l.
. 1 ALKl'.Ii. I thine in re:ulinpii in re.iin I'.ia atine'd
Sound Pcctr-ve Tuc Democratic Stale
Convention of New Hampshire, aiuong-t
other resolutions, unuinwus' adopted the
followina : ,
Lemocrucy ol 7ew Hampsl., re, will mute
with our brethren of other .Siutou uv
roRCE or akvs, tr nfcu be. in resistance to
cvory nttempt, frn whatever source it,
'may eome, to overturn or brid"e, by j
Shelby-'menaces or direct int.:. ferenc.c by ntihtray '
force, the independence nnd nnritv ,,f tl.
j-tf-A oungman named James Sento-1
riL;e, a clerk in a store io Cincinnati, was
recently fined twenty-nine dollars -and
fifty-four cenU for kissing a married lady
.gainst ber will. (Why not make it even
UOM
not MEN.
j FARMERS READ THIS.
I The high price of funning pro
is ii kind of i.( t,iwtii H iiieli lures the
fanner lo suppoit t10 Wir ,)i(.v ,,j t1P
' Administration, while the soil lm,K.r
(eet is slidint! i'lipereeptibly inviiv, find
carrying liim to irrelrievab'l ruin. It
may startle a farmer to tell him that hall
oi lus iiirm now t i long, to Hie Govern
ment,, but it is novciilicloss line. Kven
admi'tili,'.' that the iSuu thorn Slates will
be (iiepellod to return to their uHe'inncc,
still ilie half of every firm in tho Union,
,ut lh( cash value, uoeoidtng to tho census
of ISii-J, it sold, and tiio tunr.oy paid over,
would not pav tho present National delil.
Tl.f I I ,. 1 1 .1. .. r :.. . i .
............. ......... ,o, wo; hi in, in wie
I'l'ile.l Stales, is si.xiy hundred millions
oi dollars, inirtv :'oos inio si.vtv nvu
II every farm in the thirty-four Males,
i was sold ami '.he money received, it would
i take one half of it to pay tho National
debt.
1 Hut supposo the war iroo on a vrnr or
of ..v.-rv lin-.n i.. n. n. n....
inn I ill p .in ii w 1 1 in L a 1.1 I.. .......
l . - - - . , ..... ...... ii-ih
pay
.. .1
, i.s, u
country put up lit auction would
pay the debt provided the land bmuglit
its cash value.
. "Ppose, again, mat me war win imme-
J lately clo.e u ill, tho recognition ol ll.e
! i.. -.., . , c.. . . .
1 '3 iV. ..J ... . ,. .1 .1 '1 '? .. :. ,
1 J,Zl.. V..... ... ' . .1'..' . . . " V
.YLi.i .1 .1 ...V.. . .1.1
! , me iasi inroo yeais.
j iiut u is argued tliat llio mimen-o rc
,soii:ces of the North 11 rc amply sullicient
for 1 he debt. W
oil, 'A here are the re-e -i-
ces? ..il the money aieiu n-om dm i. , ;
income tax, and t:v salo of lands, will not '
pay half of the interest on this d'.bl and I
dei ay t!io civil expenses of the (leiieri.l ;
Goveiiitnei-.t, whilo iho olher p.rt of the1
iinerc.-t wiil, ncivially go to incrcasi the j
I I . I 1 T I I ...... I I .... I. t . ' t I .A .. .1 ... V
;,.i .. ....... ..c ... t .
............ 1. ............ i, G,n, ui pos-
uriiv pav i tie ieoi. i;ui po-ierily can
not uo it, us the resources of the entire
Government are inadequate to pry half of
ihe interest. Resides-, posterity may have
war? and expenses of i;s own ; so thai if
left entirely unencumbered, il would re
qjiie all Ihe economy possible to keep
out oi debt.
'I'll roe years ago we were ou
lionll'be -
now we owe tnirty hundred mill
sides unliquidated damages for losses of
steamboats, railroads, cars, budges, ships,
goods and chattels; and three yeur
might "ffloumber posterity ns much ns
tlnce years has encumbered us. Then
posterity cannot pay it. Well, how will
it be paid '.'
Another plan is to rcpudiule, bul. repu
diation is bankruptcy. So time it as you
will the inevitable " negro " has up.-et'the
titles of all our lauds and involved us in
eternal bankruptcy and disgrace. Here
are the statistics :
Numh-r of etc? in tho SI Stale?, 107, 1)0.1,000
Cash vu'aio ui Iso lnaJ, $''.'.i)0.lii;n,)00
Present Xntintia! tlcV, JW.iO.O.-iO.miO
Interval en tho Xaliuiial d.'bi, $!!IS, 0(10,000
A-s?ssTient ol mtelest ; cr c i;
c irtt.i six
dollars per heal for man, woman
and
child, blac k and white, every year. If
put ou tho land it is a traction of fifty
cents per acre, tliero being two hundred
millions ol inteiot and four hundred
millions of acies.
Now, as our Government has never
donenioie than barely sustain itself in
the most prosperous periods, it is fair to
argue lhat it will always take its ordinary
revenues to pny its ordinary expenses.
If this position be correct, the Nation
must resort to tttvatior. to pay the inter
est on a debt il can never pay, and vi.h
the other enormous rates of tax, the bur-
den ht comes too great to bear.
Why, then, we may ask, uo the rulers
eondnue the war, why do Ihe people sus-, n dly.
tain it? Il ii entirely owing to the Fi ederiek Mose, of liiair count v, tnem
phrohsiod excitement oi' the jieoplp. 1 1 ! ber of 1st Pennsylvatiia A r tiller v, shoulder
n quires the tirciii'th of six men to man-1 dislncate-1.
n?e one uian under tho excitement ofj Samuel Hilims, 1st Penna. Art Iltry ;
lever or fits, but when the piiroxyt-m is right arm broken.
over nnd I ho sen-es recover lie relapFes
with niter lielplesness. So it h aith the
Goveri-rnent now, and so it will be when
the fevered excitement of elemental
strife is over and the country restcred to
its former quietude. Then I he .judgment
of the people will awaken, reason wiil be
restored, re-act ion will commence, bank
ruptcy will follow, nnd all will end in
hopeless ruin.
TliHt'n what's the nntter now,
limt'i" utnit'f the nintter,
Our etinntry is ie.t worth its debts,
That's what's the matter.
Accounts from Sanduikv. O.. states that
it. ,a a .,,. r i ... .....! .i
tuiiw m ioiii, vi upinwu inn iiuii l ll I 170
ii,n,.s,.,i r..!.., .i t.... p..i
Li.rin,.f.tr .,ij, i,.i.!, ' i."
visitors piopei ly should they venture to
cross the ic. Our veterans r.re anxious
to indulge in the novciiy of a skirmish on
ice.
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The strictest vigilance is maintained on
the Island, nnd several batteries ate in
position. Point Peine is thirty miles from
.Johns ui's Islacd. The scout who brings
this information is said to be a mot telia-
n"tn' J:e I'aving sailed on
Lako Erie
for '"eiiiy year.
Jolin l.rown, a son ol old John tSrowi,
wn( re"ides on Pui-iii liny island, has
gone to (. olumbus to induce the covcrn-
f-rThe experiment of using females
in the Treasury Tepartnient as clerks has
proved so much of a success that General
Spinner has notified Secretary Chase thai
he can use them altogether m first and
..a m... rt.i,.
r wvij vines vivi n v 9
TE1YMS: -
NEW
GEN. SCOTT ON TIIE WAR.
A New York letter to tho Boston ,1 mr
ual gives ti e particulars of a recent inter
view wiili (ion. Scott. Ho did not (s-n-s
the writer) tcgard tho future prospects .
as very bright. Indeed, he -..id lie did !
not sco one bright spot in our national
l.oii.on. One thin" bo thoualit very re-
maikiite-no war ol miv lna'-nitiido had
ev..r hoen j'roseruied anywtferc bel'oro eamo ulentieul struggle between exor
thls ope, wi'bout throwing to tho surface ' bitant fcdeial pretensions on one side an J
men of marked military genius arid mai k-! popular liberty on the other. To :.uipiis
I'd public virtue. Put this war bus been l'i it thU strugvlo lias become obsoleto
fruitful cf no Midi result so fai. Tliosc'"ily betokens tho ha!lowne-s cf t'io
who bail inspiicd a momentarv coiifideneo siijiposer. To fancy that tho nreici.t i-; a
bad oiMppr.iiilcd the public exprclatien.
We have had some splendid lighting, but
with no marked rcsu'ts. Our general:
seem to have no ability to reap the fi uils
of well fought battles. To lig'ht the ene
my, to gain a decisive viclorv. and then
j let him escape with bis iii-n. guns and
I baggage, is simply to make the war entl
lless. Ho considered the l'i osid. nl 's am-
nesty proclamation us impracticable, in
I consequence of the large number of pr-r-
sons exempted from hope ot pardon.
j These would be mapa desperate ar.d light
! to the last, ll the largo number exetnp-
ted doni pardon were !i the bauds of tiie
i President to-day, and under lock and key,
so that lie could, if he would, niarcii t K ;;i
I 80 U,al ht collU "''''. 'arcu :. ;u
i V1 10 '.''J nl execute that
! ''"f-'0 mimoer Humanity and
; turn would revoll at it
In the judgment of Gen. Pcftt, it would worse) but that tlio vitality 0f l!., D:nio
, be belter io ftt pardon to the gient ! erotic par'y was never so sure in nssert it-
tn.i.s of the rebels, utiu icseive seveie self. Peir. lebsouie. tajutivu, s.-.l"eiinK,
I puni-btiieiit for the leaders only. Mote . wr.t holiness, ill con'.-lo tlio dwelling
than n year ago fien. Sonti supposed thai of the cotnmoti oi'.c, and iu.y wil1
I'.oinith and Richmond would Loth be ta-' shake tho !;!t"!r Republican t-mr"'.' till
Ken, unit msi'ii ai once, lie not only
expected it, but had never teen any ex -
1'iiiiwiiinii or reason, wny 11 was not done.
...11 . ! . 1 , .
1 1 oniiiieui 01 ibal result, he sept t i ll.e
1 resiueut 11 plan tor the fctl ement nl the
i .:oi:. ...i... v.... i
t wooewuj, .Mil lit ami
' the reconstruction of
South. A basis lor
the Union w as sent
in. It was made the sulject of one fir
more cabinet meetings, and Gen. Scott is
confident that hen the war is over, the
plan will foim substantially the basis of
a final settlement.
; Seiious Railroad Accident -Twenty-six
Perseus Injured.
The Philadelphia Express tiuin, west,
ou the Pf liipylvuniu ra.iroud, on Sunday
morning.
tluritt n f
lo.u the trae
i''
the bicaking o! an a.vlo under the tender
' of Hie engine, jus as the train was g:;ing
on In itlge No. S, t.vo and a half mhos east,
f'f 'Jyronc. The exp.css, baggage nnd
four pus-cngcr cars ran oll'tlio i-idJ of iho
bridge and fell into tho Eitile Jmiiati liv
er, lit fore lelief could be obtained, the
I car took tire from the coals cf the upet
1 stoves, and, witli one span of the bridge,
were consumed. None of the passengers
were killed. TVen'T-six were injured,
one serior.-iy. Tim 'injured pfisor,::r i s
tu-ro till conveytd to the Login H.ei-e,
Altoona, where evcrj thing is beicjr d oik,
to make them comfortable. 'I he louiiuc
: tor of Ihe trnii., iii. I.eisingi ing. Mr. W.
H. W ise, express messenger, atid P.a"ga::e
Master McGieggor, were seriously, buTiiot
.dangerously injured.
j All the mails and part cf ihe passen
gers' bnggfige and express goods u ore s.tv
ed belure Hie flinies reached them.
A number of the wounded are re-enlisted
soldiers belonging to iho Furly-einhth
Pccylvania and i'ir.-t TVim -.- Artil
lery regiments. The following ii a cor
rect 1.1ST OF THE Wot,'.. '!:
A. Slt'inniver, l"'iMie pmrr.i.nt. r
Pittsburg,
injured in hack and inter-
.James
F. Ken tie
of P.lait' county,
slightly.
Win. Coulter,
do
d.
W. II. Wise, express messenger, injured though its aceoaiodatlonsure mosiwrtucn
in head. ! ed.
Robert f. Prown, of Potisville, 4Sth j
Penna. regiuictii, hip spiai'.eil e?jr An ucwiso hiil. to e'!rv ar-y on
Gilniuio Shirey, Clearfield, thigh bro- to change his name as often as be chooser,
ken. j has been introduced iu tiia Vermont Lo
John A. Denning, Yellow. Springs, Ra., i islalure."
head cut. Well, remarks lbs Providence Ksl, the
William Hall, Fayette county, Ta., face : party new calling itself " Union " has tn
out. I joyed the til'ivilf-ge cf chaiu'ir its niinir
Samuel R-gler, Dlair county, Pa., fkoul-
der and leg itjured.
Levi F. Bowers, Hlair county, cut in
head nnd shoulder bruised.
John Mollil, Allegheny City, 1st Penna.
Artillery, leg injured.
A. P. luriison, 1st I t nna. Artillerv. of
Buller county, Pa., arm broken and leg
bruised.
Benjamin Crosby, of Westmorland I
county, l a., arm and leg bruised. I
John Showl"), Westiuorelani county, j
Pa., bruised in head. ,
Michael Pohe.-nah, -IS l ii Pennsylvania!
volunteer, Ic broken.
Philip MattL-w, Rill North third street
Philadelphia, right leg broken.
Andrew I rati, soldier, bruised in tack.'
A soldier n allied IleUer, belonging to1
the 4-,.h Pennsylvania volunteer 'was 1
bruised in back I
Thomas Eight, soldier leg iniured
T. i. Uoward. of LawreneVville !
slightly wounded in back, but was able to
take t tie tram home.
All of tte above porsons are nc &t tho
Logan House, Altoona, where they are
receiving the proper medical attention.
ilr. Meinrneyer in the only person that is
cuus.-ierea uangerously mjurea, ana it is
lesreaiiiai he will not live.
The bridge over the Little Jumata has
already been repaired, so that there will
be no detention to the trains. I
P. S. Sinos the abovo has been Tit-
ten, we have learneO that Mr. Sleinm) cr
die! last night. Hmt-it; 7Vy.r 1
$1 50 Per Annum, if paid in iJvivion
SERIl S-YOT,. IV. -NO. -JS,
DEMOCRATIC PROSPECi'3.
New York
ew lork World, in an nt'-' on
Tho Democratic Party," v. iy truthfully
savs :
What wo beg the reader iMirticul.i lv to
I remark is, that, throughout, tmr v holo
lpolitic.il history, ult hough tlio costume
las Ireo.ientlv oeen chanced, it has bi
icon
tunc win n tlio IVuoioviiti'! party Uof no
Work before it, Iho petfoi fo itn-.o c tv.'iieii
U demanded by it , ju iticij.lf.-., is t.. I.e. as
incapable olJi.-ccrii;j; iin: si;rns oi ih
times a a bat is ol bei'ic!' 1:1 tho day liuic.
If the Deniccialic par'y wore antiihil.'.t.-.i
: to-du , it would .iring up non t.i :nnr
roiv, it is in llionaiur.i ot ioiii! ti.at
ovi igrnuu power will become op(.ie -1 '?
1 and that purl of tho .'oni-iiiitrry ,..10 ! ope
j to shine neitiicr tiic jiowcr re:- tL p'uder
: that in lo cay, iiie i'eu.ocratio masses
', will re.dft.
1 Put wln.t is
those who are c
t!i prc.pt et jiO.7 ';' i'n
i'ld,! ) cl" io'. !;it:.' bettn.ih
tlio suit'cc of thir.-.s and sccitiv h? t,. in-
c.plos t,.::t undi. Ii- tn-iu. tL5 pro,r.ect
, 's never t.ctier. ..Imk ! c(,o not t-y
mat i:.c prospects vl tue ecui.'r; were .ev
er better (for God koou.s they " ere ntver
, hoi one sione is leu upon ano'.nei ol iu
! rums. This is as ( crt iin us tnal night
; toiiovrs u.iy ana, in rcvouiiioi. i! y iime.
.
, like thc-e. c
fi--i
ll)g(.s
111
public icpfuenr
In Angus', ins.
' are O ten very cudden
tear, the Republicans
tear, the Ucpuhlic.ihf b-lt tecui e. i
large majority in every Mate ; hut P " m.:
elections, nevertheless, all W...1 a, :.::ist
teem. This full the Democratic i.. t dip
ped into the trough cf the se, .iml the
waves went over her; but the f'.oiiu is
high, and he will mount with lire bonuti-
jing billow. She is S3 cotrnrucied thai
' nothin ; can sink her.
j -"A young Spanish girl, midiu near
;AI".;ii, -u.oreiiett with her lo.e,"; tlio
. Iover'a quHi rel was made up, but bioko
uul ones'ii ar' iiu tind .ijiu, ....ui lift: jioot
riil got heartily sick cf tbcj domestic
broils, am lo f li'ectua'.lly btop then) s.'ie
. tlecided upon a vety sGong ineusuic. Sho
mutth :cti her lover, stullcd l.i-. corp-,e in
to her mattress, and s! pt sotind.y ou oim,
for live nighls, until certain ind'entir.ns
rt-veiiled. not exactly the e's'cnce, but
, I he presence of n I j . . . iu the youig lady's
i bed-chatuher. This led to the girl's
urrest, and the is about to bo tried before
; the tribunal of Alcala.
."iiy-'PLo London SjMVl.imr says that si
Curuiif, ii husland urged his wife, she
was not a Mormon, to go lo a meeting,
and promised that .-l.o tiio.-ld fee mere
" the angels ol the L .rJ." liiie went and
tl'.Miog loo ..ivice the lights v.era tu"ried
l"ut, and the iuv: figures in white moving
- slowly, and rustling as tiiey nun".'.. She
was probably expected to hunt here, l,jt
she f.eiz"d on of iho figures her fool
instead, and put it in her pockoi. When,
she got homo sb found that it consisted
of a fc-A- frogs in e white, paper bag. The
' elder, declared that those verft miracles,
and theirdupis lelievcd fhent.
I
I tiu"A Traveler, writing I rem Illinois,
i., mat in getting to iho placo oi hit
destination, he experienced ell kinds ot
' go t-hesditivetiess. 1 n the fit: place hu
toak ii ste.iin! (nil in the sooted the rail
road in iiie third, r. mail coach in ihe
fourth, rode on hotseba.,lr t lie fifth, went
hx miles on f'-.tS to l ei re Haute and y.aa
tioaliy rede out of the village cn a rail.
J lo says he d jn't know whidi to ptefer,
out. of the six ; but he thinks the b.ttet
ra.li.ou is uu juoatioinibly the cheapest,
once a year, or once in four or eicht Mur
, , . - r, -
j as it preferie, tier sinco il h.i 1 an e.i
! tence. nntl has m id-; a g i. 1 thing out (.."
lit. Why shoubl n't an iirlivi lu.d, in J:.-
I uinnner.'when he ha tlisgi.iced one n.iui
j Oo allowed to take ano iici .
' t x - ti i. . ti p: lony tor an eimnen
njan to think of escaping cposuic, a, id .
vveuktic.s to be fiti'fCied with it. All ti..,
illustrious persons of tint iq jity, and, ii,
deed, of every ace in the world," have, pa.
sed tlitough litis liery persecution. Tiier-.
is uo defense against rop'Oich, Imi obsao
r:ty ; it is a kind of concomitant to gieai.
ness, as satires and inw'ives were an es
scntml part of Rciiitin triumph. At.i-o..
. . ". , ., V, t i .. i
I-JTbe Phi!arJelph,a papers have d.
"? 'fr a?
utterly demolished rnt Sonite. tl,,rt.
seven tiii.c, ami yet the inconigib,. ol
nuince, keeP popping aw.y at us, a
' r-. i not no , i tr iiiri'it uiir4 fiur sn 1 11 iippi ini-
the .inful harbor of ;i)Mileston. Eilhi
these papers are rwfnl liars, or Fort Suu.
ter must be the devil himself.
fif-A wretch who was arrested fc
oounterfcilinz Mr. Chase's slnu -Li aster
jj the Judge that he thought the whol
d-n thing was a fraud, and be consider.
that b h,j gwl a ri2.lt to lllv, g,
jn tfce M n , h
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- .ii.i .' .ii.-t i"4 v ut w mm m IKfc i'
the b j".lnek.
IaJ-Hos I the pipe .tUnttvely,