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'SHUN DEMOCRRTIC PRINCIPLES CRASS TO LEAD S WE °mbar.
TO FOLLOW."
WK. N. BRESLIN, Editor and Proprietor
LEBANON, PA.
WEDitiSDAY, JANUARY 29, 1862.
to.. The reported confession of
Lovering, that he had murdered
Adeline Bavor, is all a hoax.
Pennsylvania has furnished
S Regiments of Infantry and 1 of
Cavalry more than her quota to
the National Government.
sfir in the vote in Congress to
award the 'contested seat of Wm.
F. Lehman, the sitting`: member,
Mr. Killinger•of this district voted
for the minority report. which give
the seat to Lehman, and against
John M. Butler, Republican.
,J2r- The Rending Gazette truth
fully , calls the action of Congress,
on the franking privilege, the pop
? Wavily dodge. The franking priv
ilege should be curtailed, but as
the free carriage of newspapers
-within the counties where publish
led, is about the only benefit the
poor man has from the government,
to deprive :him of it, would surely
be commencing at the wrong end.
Let the abuses of the franking priv
ilege be first lopped off. Then let
those who can "afford it be deprived
of it. But do not always commence
reforms with the poor man.
. While millions are squan
dered and stolen from the govern
ment by contractors and others, re
forms and retrenchment are bc-gun
on the poor laboring men in the
employ of the government by Con
gress lopping off a fippenny-bit of
their daily wages.
fro whila millions are lost to gov
ernment in the abuses and perver
sion of the franking privilege,. Con
gress proposes to inaugurate a re
form by commencing with the poor
men who receive their county pa
pers free of postage. A bully Con
gress !
Ile: A large portion of the time
of the Legislature was occupied,
last week, in the discussion of res
olutions getting up Investigating
committees, a-la-Covode and Vati
Wyck. One committee is to in
vestigate if any corrupt means were
used last winter to procure the pas
sage of the act for the commuta
tion of Tonnage duties ; and an
other to smoke out officials engag
ed in the contracts and frauds last
surnener when our soldiers were
clothed with shoddy. The latter
resolution was bitterly fought by
the Republicans, on the plea that
its object was to cast imputations
on the Governor.
Two Courier begs the question so
entirely in its defence of Mr. Deans
that a reply is unneeessary, in fact
a reply to anything it might say on
that subject would be superfluous.
As to the Courier's talk about
"l7nion,"—the thicker it piles that
on itself the better. It needs it.—
The people of Lebanon county de
cided last fall what appreciation
they have for, such lip-service.—
With that verdict we are -content,
while the Courier is forced to act
the self-boasting Pharisee.
THE abolition papers are pub.
lishing an imaginary conversation
between Gen. McClellan and Jim
Lane &Kansas, in which itis made
to 'appear that the former authori
zes the latter, to carry on a war on
"abolition-jaykawking principles"
alai is, k l off the rebel white peo
ple and parcel out their lands to
loyar blacks. No such conversa
tion took place, and the principle
is wholly at variance with,all "Or
ders" relative to the duties of the
army. TheSe fellows are not con
tent with iiiekiry3 the President ap
pear silly, but are als - o trying'their
hasCsit Owing Gen.-Mc(llellan in
the gawp :false
,attitude before the
•
,
TES TO eeretaly of 'War be
gin aright, and prornsses to be just
the natin for the place-and occasion.
Among his first cats 'liras the Iv
point pent oftvka comngsaioners to
preceo4-wkih and attend to the
welfare 'of the heretofore neglected
Union iniannera: in BiehnliniViirici
elsewhere. 4 ' l '" 4 " . 94- '"
g The Pottsville Democratic
k Standard, iet an able article on the
next Presidency, mentions in that
connexion the
. name of lion. WIL
LIAM BreLta, orPennsylvania. It
is early as yet to talk of the next
Presidency, but when the proper
tittle comes, we -are sure, there is
no man that we know at present
whom we would support with more
sincerity. He is a pure patriot and
an, honest man, and by-dint: of in
dustry and perseverance has al
ready risen from the printer's stand
to some of the highest positions in
the gift of the American people.—
If the warning voices of the,vener
able Crittenden; the lamented Dou
glas, and Wm.. Bigler, cab 0 worked
together and became itiseperable
friends, had been. listened to, Anar
chy and civil war would not have
stained with fatricidal,
.blood our
heretofore happy and
s prosperous
country. . •
THE Libanon- Demokrat,' of last
week, has a rude and-malicious
attack on Oen". MCOlellan under
the heading of "Es*.etwas letz."
Theintimations are a hat- because
the army does- - not'}idianee and
whip the rebels, that the .head of
the army, McClellan, is - a traitor.
Such "fires in the rear" of the com
mander of our armies are appear
ing in many Republican sheet, and
are a repetition of the "Onward to
Richmond" cry, which produced
the disaster at Bull Run: As every
body knows, our army was not
prepared for an advance then, and
after this disaster everybody admit- .
ted that it would take at least six
months to place it again in - the con
dition it was before the battle.—
The six months have.now elapsed,
and if' it were ready to advance it
would., be more than" the people
themselves expected. Committees
of Congress and others have called
upon Gen. MeClellen, learned his
plans, and declaredthemSelves sat
isfied with them, as also is. the
President. Perhaps, if the editor
of the Dentokrat were to-Call on the
General be would also detail to him
his plans, and satisfy him of their
correctness.
CANDIDATES FOR. FT. WARREN
The Republican papers are be
ginning to find fault with Gen. Mc-
Clellan, and throw slurs on him,
questioning his loyalty and
The President should appoint a lot
of Republican newspaper editors
generals of our army; and; with
our friend of the Libaron ._Denaiik . rat
at the head, there would be instant
ly if not quicker, a splendid ad
vance Movement'on to RichniOnd.'
They would no doubt reach their
destination, if it should not happen
to them as it did to the dog. that
started to catch . the rabbit. Eve
ry-body said he -would have suc
ceeded in the chase if 'he had not
stopped—you know the rest. .
MERE is not a word of truth in
the report, said to have originated
in Washington last week, that. Mr.
Buchanan had refused a seat inrMr.
Lincoln's Cabinet. No such offer
has yet been made.
MAYOR SANDERSON, editor of the
Lancaster Intelligencer, has been
re nominated for. Mayor of that
city, by a Union. meeting of the
citizens. The Republicans are get.
ting up opposition tickets. The
election takes place next Tuesday.
MANY of the appointments sent
into the United States Senate for
confirmation by *Gen. Cameron,
have been referred back to Secre
tary Stanton, -and it is said that
lots of them will never again see
the light of day.
GEN. MCCLELLAN AND urs PLANS.
—On Wednesday, genoral McClellan
appeared before the Joint Committee
of Congress on the Conduct of the
War, and _the result was
most
those
members who had been preju
diced against him,confessedthat they
had done him injustice, and that they
were completely in the wrong. Ac
cording to all accounts, his explana
tions of the campaign, past an& pro
spective, were most satigfactory, and
inspired the fullest confidence in his
generalship. His magnificent plans
startled and astonished the Congress
men.
The interview of General McClel
lan on Wednesday with the Congres
sional Committee on the War is said
to have resulted in satisfying the Com
mittee that the plans of the Com
manding General will surely effect
the speedy suppression of the rebel
lion and the termination of the war.
General McClellan is now thoroughly
restored to health, and will.vigoreusly
prosecute the campaign .upon the safe
and wise ground he has laittilOwn-for
himself.
*tr . - According to our notion` Gen.
McClellan made a big mistake in 'en
trusting the secret of his plans to u.
parcel of Abolition Congressmen,.
They wilt be sure 'to blow them to
Nebeldoia in a jiffy. They want a
long air which will crush
(tilikatte re44 , 14:til the-,
401Oked*geltileinen are fee,`
CM
T&E'TRENT AFFAIR.-49EIN BULLS,
IRE Auvr,AsED.—By , the steamship
City e New York, whish.left Queens
town on the 9th inst.,we learn.i that
the news of the surrender of Mason,.
and Slidell reached London on the
precceding day, and so immediately
re-established confidence, that Consols
at once advanced one to one and a
quarter per cent. In England there
foro,-"the long agony is over." The
preparations for war, made by - Lords
Palmerston and Russell,on their own
responsibility, without consulting the
'pleasures of Parliament, have been
thrown away. It is estimated that
as much expense as $5,000,000 was
`thus most needlessly incurred-.-r-:by
no means a desirable outlay, at a mo
ment , when the Financial Minister
win have to; announce. to Parliament
a deficit of nearly $20,000,000 in, the
year's revenue
tea, The Ninety-third Pennsylva
nia Regiment, Col. J. M. MlCarter,
has been added to Gen. Peek's bri
gade, in consequence of the • extent
and importance of the district mon
pied by it, which extents from George
town to Tenallytown, and along the
Potomac :to the Great Falls. This
brigade is composed of the Ninety
eightb,Pne Efundredand Fourth and
Ninety third Regiments Pennsylva.
Volunteers, and Fifty-fifth and Sixty
second New York Volunteers. ' Their
headquarters is at Tenallytown.
xreirN. S. Swayne,adietinguished
Ohio lawyer, has been appointed by
the President one of the Judges of
the Supreme Court of the United
States, to fill the vacancy occasioned
by the death of .Ttidge M.cLean.
ne., The-last number of the Bed.
ford Gazette contains the card of
John Cesana, addressing - to the citi
zens of Bedford county, in which he
says:
"To those who see fit to charge
upon me a•desire to'enter the Legis
lature for ulterior purposes ' I have
only to say thatl offered to thefriends
of the late sitting member, and to
himself; that if he would aid in the
passage of a law to separate the two
counties in.the future, I would with
draw from the contest and permit
him to occupy the place during the
present session. This proposition
was refused, partly upon the ground
that.it would be granting too much,
and partly because it would Trobably
Make a "yearling"-of the gentleman,
chosen by the people of Somerset to
represent the county of Bedford. I
then determined that the rights of
the people of Bedford county should
be vindicated, or, at least, that it
should not be my fault if they were
again outraged. •
* * * * * * *
There will probably be some ex
penses attending this contest. -.The
State is first required.to pay it.. Then
the. State is authorized to draw upon
the county for the amount. Having
become enlisted in thiu controversy,
Lintend to see it out, and whatever
bill may be presented against the coun
ty, I intend to furnish-rthe money to
pay.
fri - One hundred an& twenty - -.fiye
condemned government horses were
sold at auction - at Washington, on
Wednesday a week, bringing from
orie.dollar to ninety•eight drillers, or
an average of twenty.eight dollars
o:trSeLator Wade told the Presi
dent, a short time ago, that he (the
President) "was within a. mile of
hell."—Oltio Statesman..
The President received that infor
mation from a dirty d-1!
ilter• Mr. Gideon Welles, Secretary
of the Navy, has submitted to Con
gross a statement, longer than a Pres
ident's message, defending himself
against the implications of fraud con
tained in the report of the Van Wyck
Committee. He admits that the Gov
ernment was outrageously swindled
in ,a number of eases, but denies that,
he had any agency in these transac
tions. Re defends the operations of
Mr. George D. Morgan, of New York,
as advantageous and an actual, saving
_to .the Government in the purchase of
vessels. Mr. Morgan himaelf denies
that he made 95,000 in three months
from comtnissians. He only made
$75,000.
sar The treason-of Abolitionism is
daily becoming more and more ram-
pant, as President Lincoln shOws a
disposition to prosecute this.war -on
the platform of the ,
The official call for the annual meet
ing of the New York State Anti-Sla
very Society opens with a ferocious
attack upon President Lincoln's Ad
- -
ministration.
A STARTLING ANNOTINGEIRENT.—The
New York Tribune makes a calcula
tion of the expenditures of the Gov
ernment per day, and estimates the
total sum not far from three millions
of dollars. Some estimate, and with
pretty good reasons, the aggregate
not far off.of $3,236,000 a day, mak
ing the amazing sum of $1,182,454,000
per-year !
mik„ Jobn B. Henderson, a - Douglas
Democrat, a member of the State
Convention, an uncompromising
ion man, and _Brigadief general in
the State service bas,been appointed
by Lieutenant• Governor Hall, of Mis
souri; to fill Trestoli POlkts sent in
*the ITnited`Bilttia Sinati. * , Polk 'wail'
expelled.'
THE CABINET
Rumors contincte• rife; of 'other
changes tObe-madain the cabinet,—
Radical Repablibanalieem to be
..as
,tounded, while Corservative men off'
all parties are highly gratified. The
President has not, up to the present
time, been sustained by the Republi
can party as a party. On .the con
trary, a portion of the men who placed
him in office, deserted him, or devo
ted themselves to the attempt todrive
him. into their peculiar measures.—
The-result was, that instead of hay.
lug the united, support of his, own
be . . z fOund .himself alternately
cajoled and abused by one part of it,
While the other portion either stood
aloof, or regarding4heaselves. as al.
most out-generaled by their, radical
allies, hesitated
.as to the course they
ought to pursue. IR 'this aspect of
affairs, it was certainly most desira
.ble for the-President- to receive sup
port-from some 'source on which he
could rely. The conservative men of
his party-werawilling togive it if he
would..t.hrow the ,radical. men over.
beard, -but they alone were a minori.
•ty of the nation. The Democrats
stood real ) , to unite =with them in
sustainieg the President in a conserv
ative course. They have only 'await
ed the intimation that their cooper
ation would be accepted. The ap
pointment of___Mr.,Sta9,ton is a step
coward the union - of all - `conservative
men. It is not to be'denied, howev
er, that there have been some lines of
policy pursued by the Administration
which the Democrats as a whole can•
not approve, and they await in some
anxiety the future developments of
the Cabinet changes. If, indeed, the
President.is willing to accept the ad
vice and assistance of the Democrats
is conjunction with the. conservative
Republicans, and if this willingness is
indicated by the invitation of' others
into the Cabinet councils, the nation
will spring forward in the work of
the Union with tremendous energies
and Mr. hincoln will instantly ex
change the doubtful, erratic, untrust
worthy support he has received hith
erto, for such a firm ' hearty and, pow
erful sUpport as he has never, before
imagined,. May the pxchange be
speed v I
A CONTRAST.—Decidedly the most
brilliant military campaign in which
Our Country ever engaged, was the
Mexican , War, during t))e administra
don of. President Polk. EX-Presi
dent Buchaaan was then Secretary
of State, and :the late oovernor Mar
cy, Secretary of War." The most ex
tensive means had to: be provided for
the Maintenance of a large army in
a distant country, and millions of
Money passed - through thehands of
the government officers. But we do
not remember that anyone of them
was ever charged With peculation
or dishonesty.' Certain it, is that not
a Whisper was ever heard affecting
the integrity Of Mr. Marcy, and he
retired from" office enjnying the re
spect of the nation. The Democrat
ic administration of President Polk,
in that campaign, set an example
which might have been profitably fol•
lowed .by those holding high places
under Mr. Lincoln. .It certainly is
not necessary to the successful prose.
cution of a war that all concerned in
eondueting it should turn highway
robbers.
Officiat announcement of
the VictOry in Kentucky.
WASEIINGTON, Jan. 22, 1862.
The following was received at
head quarters to-night :
LOUISVILLE, Jan. '22', 1862.
To Major Gen. McClellan, Command
ing U. S. A.
The following has juSt been receiv
ed froM General Thomas:
The rout of the enemy was com
plete. After succeeding in getting
two Pieces of artillery across the riv
er and upwards of fifty wagons, they
were abandoncd with all the ammu
nition in the depot in Mill Spring.—
They then threw away their arms
and dispersed through the mountain
by-ways in the direction of Monticel
lo, but are so completely deinciralized
that I do not.believe they will make
a stand Short of Tennessee.
The property captured on this side of
the river is of great value, amount
ing to eight six pounders and two
Parrot guns, with caissons filled with
ammunition ; about one hundred'
four-herse wagons, and Upwards of
1,200 horses and mules, several boxes
Of arils which had never heen open.
ed, and froth 500'' to 1,000 muskets,
mostly with flint locks, but in good
order; - subsistence stores enough to
serve the entire 'command fdir three
days;' also a large amount Of hospi
tal stores.
As soon as I receive the report of
the brigade commanders I will furn
ish a detailed, report of the, Battle.
Ouiloss waS thirty-nine killed and
127, wounded. Among the- wounded
were'Col. McCook, of the Ninth Ohio
commanding a , brigade, and his Aid,
Lieutenant Bilrt, of the Eighth 'Uni
ted' States Infantry.'
The' loss of the rebel's was Zollieof
fer and 114 others killed and buried,
116 wounded, and forty-five prison
ers, riot woueded, fiVe of whom are
surgeons and Lieutenant Col. •Car..
ter, :of?he Seventeenth Tennesiee
regiment.
GENERAL THOMAS;
ll: C. Blizrx, Brig, Gon. Corfg
Zollicoffer was shot through the
heart, at the head . of hisstalf, by Cola
Fry of the - Fourth Kentucky. It rip.
pears that ZollieofferiOst his way in
the bushes, and suddfinly emerged
before - Col. 'Fry, who .was'accompa
nied by some stair. +Afters. The two
parties mistook each other for friends
and.4pproached within a feW yards
of each othgr„ finding their
mistake; both ,
halted and prepared
for a hand-to.hand conflict .
One of Zollicoffer's aids shot at Col.
Fry, but only brought his horse down
The Loyal Col. immediately -drow
his six shooter, arid brought Zollicof
fer from his sAktietir first 'fire.--
The, rel4ef Stiff .detserte'd their
body, yriptcti was: taken to SiniierSet
the day tifir ifiel3gfre.
Doings in,Congrem
MONDAY, January . , 20.
In the' Senate, the Retrenchment Com
mittee reported abill to-reduce the pay of
Naval officers. Bills' were introduced
and referred, providing for a daily over
land mail from Utah to Oregon ; authoriz
ing the Secretary of War to appoint one
or more Assistant Secretaries for one
year; and punishing spies with death.—
The Consular and Diplomatic Appropria
tion bill was taken up, several amend
ments proposed- by the Finance Commit
tee adopted, and the bill passed. The re
port of the Judiciary Committe on the res
olution to expel Mr. Bright—declaring
that no sufficient cause existed to do so-- ;
was then considered. Messrs. Wilkinson,
'Morrill, and Trumbull spoke in favor of
Mr. Bright's Mcpulsion, and Messrs. Bay
ard and Pearce spoke against it. Pend
ing the discussion the Senate adjourned.
In the HouSe, Mr. McPherson, of Penn
sylvan:a, reported a bill, which was re
ferred to the Committee on Military Af
fairs, diScharging froth the service, on the
first of March, the Bands of the Volunteer
regiments. On motion of Mr. Morehead,
of Pennsylvanian, the Secretary of War
was directed to furnish the House with
the names of those who distinguished
themselves in the recent brilliant affair at
Drainsville. Mr. Vallandigham, of Ohio,
gave notice of his intention to ask leave to
introduce a bill to apolish the Post-Office
Department. Mr. Hutchinson, of Ohio,
introdUced a bill to establish territorial
goyernthents in the revolted States. Re
:(erred to the Committee on the. Judiciary.
Mr. Allen, 'of Ohio, offered a resolution,
that in the judgement of the House no
part of the appropriation now or hereaf
ter made, nor of taxes now or hereafter
to be laid by Congress, shall he used in or
applied for the presecntion of a war for the
emancipation of slaves in the slaveholding
States of the Union. On motion of Mr.
Blake, Of Ohio, the resolution was tabled.
Yeas 91; nays' 37. A resolution was a
dopted, ordering 'the' arrest of BenjaMin
Bickley for contempt of Congress, in re
fusing to appear before the Investigating
Committee at Cincinnati. A bill was re
ported and passed appropriating ten thou
.sand dollars to pay the expense's - .of that
committee. The Committee. on. Ways
and Means were instructed to report on
the expediency of a stamp tax on bank
"netes.
TUGSDAY, January 21
In the Senate, the Judiciary Committee
were instructed to . inquire into the expe
diency of amending the Natnraliiation
laws, so as to confer the rights of 'citizen
ship on foreigners serving in the present
war. The bill providing for the comple
tion of the defences of-Washington was
taken up, and the amendment of the
House agreed to. A new section, repeal
ing the act allowing the discharge of en
listed minors, providing that no persons
under eighteen years of age shall be mus
tered into the military service, and that
the oath of enlistment shall be conclusive
as to age, was agreed to. Also an amend
ment imposing the . death penalty upon
spies and persons forcing safe guards.—
The bill was then laid aside. Thel bill
authorizing the Secretary.of War to ap
point two additional AsSiStant Secretaries,
was taken up, amended so as to give the
appointment to the President, and making
the offices only for a year, and then pass
ed. The resolution relating to the expul
sion of:Mr. Bright, was thpataken up, and
Messrs. Sumner and Lane, of Indiana,
spoke in favor of his expulsion. Mr.
Bright replied, subsequent to which the
Senate adjourned without taking any de
cisive action on the matter.
In the House, the Senate bill authoriz
ing the appointment of two additional As
sistant Secretaries of War, was passed.--
The bill requiring postage to be paid on
printed matter carried outside the mails
was taken up. Seieral amendments, and
a substitute offered by Mr. Colfax, <were
voted down, and finally, the original bill,
on motion of Mr. Dawes, of Massachusetts,
was laid , on the table hy a vote ofseventy
five against sixty.
WEDNESD AV, January 2-2
In the Senate, the resolution from the
House, appropriating $lO,OOO to pay the
expenses of the Van Wyck Investigating
Committee, was concurred in. The bill
from the House, providing that the exam
ination of witnesses before Congressional
investigating committees shall not excul
pate them from answering in a court of
law, was reported back from the Judicia
ry Committee, and passed. The Special
Committee on the conduct of the War re
ported a bill authorizing the President to
take possession of certain railways. The
resolution to expel Senor Bright was
taken up, and after a speech in favor of
it by Mr. Garrett Davis, of,Kentucky, the
Senate went into executive session.
In the House, the bill, to increase the
number of Clerks in the War Department,
was reported and passed. Mr. Mallory,
of Kentucky, from the Committee on
Roads and Canals, reported a resolution,
which was adopted,• requesting the Secre
tary of War if notincompatible with the
public interests, to inform the House, as
soon as practicable, whether, and in what
time, a sufficient military force can be ex
tended to the line of the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad, in order that the road may
be repaired. Mr. Spaulding, of New
York, from the committee of Ways and .
Means, reported a bill to authorize the is
sue 0f5100,000,000 of United States notes,
and for the redemption or funding tbereof,
and for the funding of the floating debt of
the United State's: • The bill was made'
the special order for Tuesday next. The
House, in Committee of the Whole on the
State`of the Union, resumed the conaider
ation of the bill making appropriations for
Executive, LegislatiVe Unit Judicial expen
ses, and a general debate ensued.
• Tiviasnair, January 23.
In the. Senate, the reSolution declaring
that Marshal Lemon, in the order he trans
mitted to the Senate, is guiltYpf contempt,
was pissed. The bill for the' completion
ofthe defences of Washington was amend
ed sons to provide that no further work
shall be commenced, and s then passed.
The bill to increase the clerical force of
the War and Navy_ Departments, 'as a
mended by the House, was also passed:
The case ormr. Bright Vccupicd further
attention' until the Senate went i nto exe r
cutive session.
The House passed a bill authorizing the
President to appoint inspectors for any of
the llghthouses on the coast. "Among the
bills reported was, one fioin l the: :Post Of
fine Committee; fo eSfablishlt pOsial
ey, ordei Astern; ;fi*re,
of iiiocreeitriegeNfigVriniglinarieß
5
sion in Committee on the Military Acad
emy bill. .
FRIDAY, January 24
In:theSenate;.bills were passed appro.
priating4lo,ooo'for the-expenses of the,
House Committee on contracts; creating
two new bureaus in the Navy Department;
and the bill relating to certain judicial, dis
tricts of the U. S. Circuit Court. The
credentials of 1111r!.INYilson as Senator
from Missouri were presented, to which
objection was made but withdrawn after
explanation, and he took the oath. The
case of Mr. Bright was continued.
The House .passed 'bills appropriating
$lO,OOO for the expenses of the Committee
on Contracts ; appropriating $25,000 for
the protection of overland emigrants ; and
the bill to amend. the Jndian Intercourse
act. The SenateN. amendments to the
Consular and Diplomatic Appropriation
bill were considered ; thoSe inci tiding Flor
ence among the Censul Generalships, and
striking out Hayti, :Liberia, &c., were
concurred in. The bill will be returned
to the Senate.
THE BLACK HOLE OF CALCUTTA
Dr. J. H. Seltzer, surgeon of the Eigh
ty-eighth Pennsylvania Regiment, gives a
most deplorable account of the doings in
the slave pen at Alexandria, which is now
used as a guard house for our soldiers.—
The walls of the, "pen" are high, andthere
is no root to shelter the unfortunate sold
iers who are placed.in-it, from the weath.
er. The mud and . filth is made deep. and
there are 4ten'tetweeli. two and three
hundred soldiefa tOnftned iii the place at
the same time. •
During the bad Weather they Must ,
nec
essarily contract colds, ..which lead to
worse diseases, particularly during the
bad weather which has prevailed for some
days,past. In addition to this, the prison
ers are often without food for twenty-four
hours or more at a time. The most of
the soldiers who are confined in this hole
are arrested for drunkenness, which makes
them quarrelsome. They engage in fights
betwetn themselves, which Often end in
serious results. A few days ago one of
the men had his thigh broken, and anoth
er his back broken, in.one of the disgrace
ful fights which almost daily occur in this
- .
slave pen.
Some of the drunken. men who are put
into this place, when' they come to-their
senses, almost beg to be . Shot Ifthe cannot
be released. There are plenty of houses
evacuated and belonging to Secessionists,
which could be used as guard-houses,
and the men at least protected from the
inclemency of the weather. it, was a
miserable hole, not fit for the slaves to be
stalled in before the rebellion broke out,
and is certainly now not- a fit place for
the meanest soldier in the army to be con
fined in:
A STARTLING STATEMENTS—The Chica
go Tribune publishes the following para
graph editorially:
We hate before us three cartridges,
bronght to us from Annapolis by a friend.
They are a portion of the ammunition for
the Enfield rifles served out to Burnside's
forces for the great expedition. To the
eye they are alike in appearance, and the
slight difference in weight dould not in
stantly be detected. But the difference is
that one of the three contains not a par
ticle of powdcr. A prominent officer of
the expedition told our informant that this
was about the proportion, throughput the
entire lot of Enfield cartridges—one third
of them carefully put up without powder.
Now here is a case ,for investigation.—
Was it fraud or treachery;' that seeks ,to
palm off on our brave troops, .on the eve
of an expedition, sham cartridges ! Let
us have an explanation of this affair;-Sec
retary Stanton. "
DECEASE OF ' X-PRESIDENT TYLEir.:-The
announcement of the death ofJohn Tyler,
Ex President of the United` States,. at
Richmond, on Friday night last, after a
brief illness,xertched us last week. John
: Tyler was born in Charles City county,
Virginia, in 1790. He was elected to the
Virginia, egislature at the early, age of
twenty-one years. , In 1817 he, took his
seat in Congress, and in:1826 was called
to the Gubernatorial chair, from which he
was transferred r a year or two later, to
the United State Senate. A difference of
opinion
,between General Jackson and
himself subsequently led to his resigna
tion of the otbee of Senator. He remain
ed in retirement until placed by the Whigs
on their ticket akcandidate for .the Vice
Presidency; in 1840, The campaign re
sulted in, the triumph of
"Tippecanoe and Tyler too."
The death of President Harrison, one
month after inaugmation, elevated _ the
Vice President: to the chief office ofthe na
tion. His administration 'was .marked by
vetoes of several acts which Were 'favor
ites with the party that had called hini to
power, especially the bank 'act, and many
of his former friendi were thereby estrang
ed. On the expiration of his term, Mr.
Tyler retired to his plantation near Hamp
ton, and was not further identified with
public affairs, 'until last winter, when he
participated in the efforts for compromise
and became the President of the Peace
convention, On the failure ofthese meas
ures, he cast his lot with the rebels, and
took an active part in the secession of his
State.
"UN= Toil"—A correspondent of the
New buryport Herald, writing 'from Rock
ville, Md., sais that "Uncle Tom,". the he
ro of Mrs.. Stowe's lambus cabin roinailce,
was owned in - Rockville, and that part of
his family are still owned there by one of
the ladies, who acknowledges timer to
be a secessionist, and an admirer qf Jeff.
Davis.
iffir' r , The election in the,Bucktail Reg
iment for a colonel, to take the place of
Hon. .Chas. J. Biddle, has resulted in the
choice 'Of Capt. McNeil.
COUNTERFEIT SMALL NoTes.--Peterson's
Detecter'contains the following descrip
tion ofa neiv counterfeit small note :
Easton Bank, Easton; Pa. 2s altered.
Vig. man infield cutting grain, man
ploughing on left end; two CuPids on
right' end. The Genuine has female,
shield, die, on left end
_; horse's head on
right.
COST OP ASOLITIONISIS.--"What slavery
is ebsting,",sayn the Chicago Tribune,
quoting Mn Secretary Chase's Report, "is
$ 86 7 1 ,372,802."
Nay, good'sin that 'is what - abolition,
ism is costine
Y he /a e X . firb "f, egla
', .13.t'Par-A
g o vernrkelle 'ccißt'3,-, Aar:v.4/16)dg
Air The objects of the new expe
diticen of General Grant in advancing
from Cairo are said to have been ful
ly. accomplished; It prevented thi
rebels from sending reinforcements
to Bowling Green, and gained valua
ble information in regard to 'the ge
ography of the country in the Vicin
ity of Columbus, and the.condition of
the roads and streams.-
E,FromAe St. Z.o.u.blican of lrednesdayl
FORWARD MW .13ACKWARD.
TheYop4litieu:w4 i dh, left Cairo
last Friday week;-and'-that which de
parted froM Paducah on Wednesday
last, hare :Weed- out :to be nothing
but "extensive repeunoissances."—
We gatheefro - 606,latest: intelligence
received from those quarters that,the
seven thousand trofepa ofGee. Grant's
command, and the six thousand of
Gen. Smith's will immediately return
to . their barracks: Thus has ended
the "big thing': which an impatient
public had been coaxed,iuto'e.XpeCt
ing.
Itt9— The only infofmation yet re
ceived frotn the Burnside expedition
has reached us through rebel sources.
It is reported that a large numberof
the vessels comprising it are inside of
Pamlico Sound, and that - attacks up
on Newborn, N. C., and lloanake Is
land, are expected. The ohject of the
capture of New bern is supposed to
be to establish , a basis of, operations
against the rdilroall communicatiOns
of 'Virginia with the SOlitheasfein
States-, and the object :oLa move
ment agar istikoan'okelsland is said
to be to threaten Norfolk - and to flank
the rebel army stationed: there.
If General Burnaide can succeed In
gaining possession of these readu,
and ourarmies in Kentucky are en
abled to destroy the railroad commu
nications of Virginia with the South
west, via Tennesgee, the rebel army
on the Potomac will be in a. - terrible
dilemma. It Fill either be compelled
to disband, to retreat, or to attack, at
a disadvantage, the:UniOn fOrecs -un
der General McClellan.
ser John Tucker, Esq., ofPhiladel-
Oda, and Peter T. Watson, .Esq., of
Washington, liatie (.been appointed
Assistant" Sccutaries of War .u-nder
the new act passed by Congress.-=-•
Mr. Tucker was formerly the-Presi
dent of the Reading 'Railroad 'Com
pany, and he is well known in this
State. Mr. 'Watson is an .eminent
patent lawyer, a,.Man_olinfinence.and
large fortune., Col. Tbornas,4.-Scott
will retain his present . position.
-(0 - Nearly all the letters fro the
army are inisclirettod-7--H-that i4,,'direet
ed to misses.
"Who gOes there .?."- said, ark Irieh
sentry- of the tritish At-Bt.
Sebastian. "A .friend," - was the
prompt reply.
,"Then. 'stand ..W i hero
ye are, for be the powers yer -itho
first friend I've seen in this murther
in' country."
::ThgaThe appropriation billtnow-, be
fore Congress, for-the support Of the
army, for the year commencing next
June, foets.up overs44o;oo6,ooV.
ser Col. Lamon, Marshal of tile
District of Columbia,was "invited"
off_the floor of the House the other
day by the Speaker. - Lamon- had in
sulted some of, the members by refus
ing them egress .into the prisons of
Wash ingtorr to visit the Diggers',
Too BAD.—At the recent election
in Illinois for members of a Constitu
tional Convention, tIW Democrats . a
chieved a glorious victorY, literally
sweeping the State. ConSequently,
the Convention, contains a large ma
jority of Democrats. The, -Republi
cans are very much worried at' this,
and are fearing - poor 8041 that the
Convention may by its action - seces
sionize the State. A luek:r . idea how,
ever occurs' to them in the midst - of
their gloom and despondency; .'which
it, that the Government SHALL
ARREST T.H.E DEMOCRATIC
MEMBERS and confine theinin' Fart
Warren, This ridieulous'propoeition
we find hy's, letter to the New York
Times, from Chicago. Su c Ira,proced
ing would be a slight stretch - of pow
er,.the latter admits, but then just to
think of the unparalleled audacity
of the Democrats in - out-voting the
.Reptiblicans. Too bad, too bad-I
Kr- Secretary Stanton seems de
termined to disappoint those who
- would make money out of their corm
-try's needs; and he is equally bent on
using the weapons We have in our
hands before looking about for others.
An application at his Department'for
a contract to manufacture firearms
called forth a sharp reply, to the -ef
fect that the Secretary-of War'ln tend
ed to discover when,-where, and bow
the arms alrewly- ft) Actual service
were to be used before turning his at
tention toward all:S . Bh supply; and,
moreover, that ho was determined:tq
devote his energies to setting in or
der for efficient motion the,:attiay
across the Potomac, leaving the - con,
tracts to rest for a time. This looks
well.
' HUNG` firmsr.zr.--,Pavi44,-1!(ler,
man ofintoxicated"b4bits hung
_him
self in the stable oll'Aitte'r''S - , icUnfon"
Hotel, in Manbeim, sometime during
the night of Sunday week. Deceas
ed appeared iahispaaal state of mind
on the previous evening and gave no
indications whatever of committing
, the'hask act.
"How ARE You !"--A friend meets
another in the Street; "How are you!'
is the question. "lii,ow are your
conaes back as a reply ; 'Yankee like,
answer one question by asking an
ether. Each pass on, both know how
each other are, about as much as they
did before asking. Every one - has
got into the habit of saying "how
are you!" Na one in fact expects an
answer:, They have becoixte.so.used
to repeating the question • - that- it is
-useless to try to say asything else.
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