Istaturit a)ails.ttiotr. 'ISSAII DEMOCRATIC PF.I.I;f O Cri;D o EB c u E. , I.pE TO LEAD ft WE CEASE BRESLIN, Editor aud.Propriotor LEBANON, PA. WBDNESDAY, MAY 7, 1862 REPUBLIC AN EVIDENCE. Read of th7C.orrttplions. Extracts .from the late Speech of Mr. DAWES, of Massachusetts, on the Govetwent Contracts. THE WAY TSB HONEY. OOHS . More money stolen in one year of Me RePuhtican Ad. minittromn Man the whore yearly. Expense of the dti ministratio' i of Dir. Buchanan. Mr. DAWES. - I Mated to the Houle on a.fer , wee oileasion that the committee` ad endeavored to render - ire action as practioal as possible, and whenever they bad discovered - whit they thought to be a fraudulent orinbtligate con traet t to lay it before the proper timlartmenf ; the Department cooperating with the etiminittee ire correcting a buses. Arithmetic ehowe that the committee had brought back—when this report was !merle—in &Gore and cents into the Treasury,. just about the amount of their current expellees; and 'they have Wed in °entracte amotints which would seem:almost fabuluua in other Gates. I may be permitted to allude to a Dingle-contract which was made last Septeurber4-made by the then See ' rotary of War himself, Mr. Cameron, its, terms notknown at the Ordnance Bureau until Shiite days before he resigned, for the purchase .of one hundred and fifty thousand' muskets abroad; to be inspected abroad tiYa 1111113. seta out there by ' the War Department, and whose expenses were 'to be'borne by the parties sellhig the arms, - and ' under such oirountstances that the man who was sent out by the,perty who had made this contract with the Secretary of War, went oot under an ae-: wooled name ; 11 brother- in'.lllW - Of a' distinguished offices of a Pennsylvania railroad. 'Brbtbers-fo -lalW,l. may be perinittedlo say, tire'very fortunate in these times, and if I aver begin life agilin Will.telte are to be somebody's brother (Laughter j any I may be permitted to refer to such a'conireet, and when this committee emu to loveetigute it, the parties came itraightway here-before the conitniision on ordnance ehdord nanee sterile, now sitting in title city,, and con sented to n settlement of it upon terms by .which ' $1,800,000 haviiiedn hived to - the Goverment& a eingle . oontreot. That' oraftraat, l'eny, was Leah by the then Secretary of ‘Varhimeelf, and,' ; - as appears by the tioctimenthavebefore wa, its term, were not knoWn to tint tirdrialide 'Bureau until the lOth day ofJantlary luet, thtee be 'fore - the Secretary reeigned, !! , In connection with , alio statement,.l_send - to the Clerk the document, arid kelt - WA read what I have marked. `lt doeunitint4titiretie• ed to the Senate of the Unitediitates by tale , then Secretary of War. It hearedate the 15th day of January lest, two any, afier tio bad resigned, While be was then acting Secretary of War, and while hie nomination no minister to Ruesia was ' pending; in'the Senate, and where-it encountered opposltftin becauee of Certain statements which 'I happened.to mike here upon this iloolistipott the day he resigned. Tlie Clerk read, ae follows : ..In the mean time I take occasion to state that I have, Foyself, pot made a single contrnet for any per, pose whatever:- htivingalways intenireted gee laws of °oneness as contemplating that the heads of humane. whom.. experienced end abre placers of tire regntir Army, eball make all contracts fpr eupplles for the branches of the service under - their charge reopectively, "An far, I have nut found any docardon to Interfere with them in the discharge of this portion of their re sponsible duties. "I have the honor to be, very respe-truily, your obe dient servant,'Bt tIOR CAMERON, "XeCriedry of War. "Win: riorim "President of the Sertateof the: United Static." BIN DAWES. I have stated that, in this sot ewe declaration, signed by the then Secretary of war, and addressed to the. Senate when nom. luatiowyrae pending., and when the aeousation RIO made against him that he had made con. trirge for the purchase of arms, as stated by me upotrthfs floor, to the amount of one, minim& ninety-six thousand muskets, he stated dellher. &tel . , that he novel made a contract, whin the book I bare before me, which is Exeautive'Doe 'ument No. 87, containing all the contacts 'made foCargis by the War 'Department, recapitulates •audultiltos up the Whole - lhatter'itrtliese horde ; lainkibt bncl Rifles. C9oti4ati by order ofSeoretary of War, "1;885 990 Coutracto by Chief of 'Orinonco.4,4oo jObtittoota by order of Major General Frbizioiti I,eoo Caiatracte by order of ALOJOr 1'; ;Ilagnerl ,6oo Ibis annular; t, in tbb fade of the solemn decla ration of the then Secretary of-War tlkit had never made one of these contracts, rehali eon traots made by him.• and by his order, to the athount of one million eight hundred acid thirty 'six thousand nine bundred - tnuskets, and thdt up on the very day he made this ammo t--tbe 15th day of January, two days after be had resigned, and while he was acting Setratary of War, and while his nomination was pending in the Senate —heinit his ,bandto a contract for swords_ and sabers to an 'unlinijted amount — all that the par ties, resident irt'Philadelphia,"Could furnish in six months 4 and this, too, against tife protest of the - Chief of . Ordnance, now before me. in jltint. It was a contract that had,expired, cr-nrdkabout to expire, by Its limitation, atirlivbich . the Chief of Ordeanae refuSod to dxfdlidosn'd gale this rem son for not doing tie, address d• to the "4e/4i - story of War ; "As regards the extension, I ham to state that an asranement hmalready been made for obtaining on protheetive deliveries, one hundred .and twenty-one thisissand seven hundred and Ally swords abd sabers; and the unlimited order to Messrs, Horirttnan was giv en, only because of their own manufacture. I do not think an extension of the order is necessary or advise, "Respectfully, ae, JAS. W. RIPLEY, “Brfixtdirr atnerot. “Itoo. WON i3i:XMLON, &oratory of Wart' beneath this la' the ea:tendon of that *on tract by order .al tbittearetal, of War; . Lir four Months and stiff bet:loath - tirat,•tot 'the 15th ilay of January, aro then words-: „ •f i trnetet 16 % 2882. ' Tllls,ender Is eiteridk far . itlx months, from 'the ter- Stittatka of the time mentidneirihrite. • • o.llllni CAMERON.. Secretary. bf War. Now, Sir, It. was Ibis public statements of his, upon his reeponslbllity as an officer of the Got ernmet2t, to whiph I have referred, that induced a distinguished Senator and colleague of mine, indble"and gehercus-hearted, who would de no. Intro dray wrong, and whO believes that' all men tell the truth, to nrge, after moved, the "unanimotis ciondiroation of this titan, whose name 'wee then before thoSeoate, anirtu state, in words settled lovardrate;blecollsegite ha this House, as' he wee capable etualng,.that he ba4 the Im ihdrity of this Simon Cameron ,- for. stating that I was altogether mistaken- erten 1 Bird that tbelie contracts have been made. gir t the distinguished -gentleman from, Penn sylvania! Mr. fittereog t the . 4 bairn/au of the-Cra 'Witco or 'Ways . mind' meand - il 40 "Altus DI. unb, ,/Aloe in easialti. 'l' writ; to -gable lbws two g illa g- 4 '''gl t h er ' r? 4,4 let niilli irb"E.'fillneyt• rola 411111111 V theta 'fa ; the 01.;the -principle Aid* itches leld , dowii, ' ' 4 ,'". ~ ' ° "'linblllit thin 'thart 3ll o:~l.l l (ehrxiYdzilli4 th e Rothe money ao a relation whylkia committee ibitold,be discharged 'optairif jr.ilitjLi grape 'frc'En tlia.giarter from whence it odrniiit. Why; Sir, who dootootrknOw, ',bat olt the Papers statia, • that polities' kods were healed by •borett; cootracts, mid tB4.ktkisibeeting of thew wee celebrated by a -e,g,A...4 7 '. - klinre Once altudiScr ' to lit - iiiysitir: zolki able -dpat %links inoreparitebiarh; the de tairhof4he affair. Jr took four horse centimes 'llinob. *left tAtresind hordes to settle those old pe iffiestrendstinntlis, guilptveri one 6 r!Etit•r -contracts-cost 4 6 :4 the :Goirtir $ll/0,0 ft,l4oo.ooof'-h7 . too cr bora, o eontrecto-*leo 'you , Mr, flpeek. or, flint some oithoun iierel . ifien's netnes_w go ditititosittio,w or it4ntll,fhts ottitrgets were'mode. jki 6 Pipb;.nai t t b l*C.totiLtst..'gentlemett who atm, IQ Midi: to Ito things ark done ne wit do intirlzr . ',Usirp - obrivls'And (or ,Irbose %Oat .ii.hi.titelAits ate ttitaAi Mil Ulld4 i a Ain's i l a ii.n 4 M0N1P41 4 0.4 111 016% 11 97thiPt 1114.10.ib My distinguished friend frairiEennsylvania, [Mr. Svavnsts,j who, in the disebarge of what,appear ed to be it high duty, protested against emit a man as Simon Cameron going into the debit:tot, the papers sap, graced that feaS,t-teth his piesenee, ' and that thise persons Wire over'thls entertain ment, celebrating the resitlreTiiiii'of harmony a mong old political an ta.gdWists, and some of them certainly knew the' consideration.. It seems to me that the sloo,oolt should be Fared - to rho Treasury somehow crueller. It is a poor expen- diture of the public money just at this time when it is used forme better perm:Me:then to heal polit , Mal feuds. These gentlemen enjoyed themselves, the pipers told us. Mr. STEVENS. The - gentleman will allow ice to ask him a question, as T do not very well understand his .I suppose he is refire' ring to something not yet yublisfied; or is it to. anything that has boon - publialted ? Mr. D,AWES. I.stated thatAC'wers published in all the papers. Mr. STEVENS. In his'i;etnarks about the horse contracts, does the gentlemen'rrefer to any thing contained in the repcitts Orate committee? Mr. DAW-ES. No, sir; not to anything pub lished in the report. lam `speaking now of what hi' known to everybody. not take.even the poor Van Wyelt. committee tt.find It out. 11.6bugh ter.] The parties fell ootnver. ene.of these-;,ar -rangemeats and told of ii,; eiW I have only to 'ay tlittiet that particular trine there was, accord ing to the 'newspapers, gretiCharmony among these men. Ido not lulosirlyttether the gentle :man from rennsylvania on my left„ [Mr. Moor toada wits there or nob__ • - Mr. MOORHEAD. rtioulklike to know why the gentleman refers to.ttie. . Ido not 'wish the gentleman from Massachusetts, and '1 will not permit-him or anyother'. gentleman, to put me in a false position. I want.4o -knovi whylni refers to me. • Mr. 'DAWES. .I did ,not doers , the - .. iiiitietnan was there, anettiereroistrwtuld'aet say that he was there, Mr. MOORLIEAD. 'l!lpsit`Artprefer to ,me-_at all? What reason lave you to.,suppose that I wee there. ' _ - _ Mr. DAMES. &manic+ the'giantlelnart .litt's vowed himself at this mrtient, and under all the lights of the preset t,day, au ardent advoeate and admirer of the man whose eharamisr; public mind official, I have bean commentingg upon, and I thought it was but natural he should be invited' to such a feast. I hope he was not overlooked. [Laughter.) I have only to say that the papers described it as being a delightful occasion,*but - I remembered, and I think the Country: remember red, all about the antecedents of these parties; and pitt the interrogatories, "why, anetwhat for, and What half it coat ?" r=l Wonder they:did 'fidt sing, at they closed, thostlinelof 'the Oa lippropriate to each of theul. “r4cdo*w not;ltatenot, iiguiit's in thy heart. I but know that love thee, whatever thou art." . . .:. [Laughter.] Mr. Speaker, I have a word or two to say up on the suggestion of the geutleautu from Penn sylvania, prr..sTEviis',3 that he. , trotild move to discharge the committee if it were only brorder. The gentleman's duties in this „Rouse and the du ties of the oommittee have been of a different de sorintiett. I have no'dispoSitten to criticise his perforuitiocti bf , his. I knew the ability 'with which he discharges them. know very- well what:l encounter in. attempting -to reply to his attack bpon - the Ceinatittee. 'I have only to say, that his lithereadirtlahibors. of the committee are yet to be appreciated. 'Whel. !the tiltinth screws of the tax bill - Which. the '.eohttnittee of which' he is the head originated and passed titre' the'llouse frbru: the necessities of the - time?, -so .nicely adjusted, shall begin-to reach the bonen of the poor industrious, intelligent Inen of the coun try, force froin - thilia So, much of their hard earn ings to replenish 'Treasury "of the ceuntry, beggared and depleteCas:it has been - 4466g this war, then, I fancy, this report-of edit edam, toll read; then, [fancy, if his oonstintents are as intelligent as mine tirekild'l . have tie doubt they are—theywill ask him th&questied, and he will be compelled to.answer it, !'where: is all this money gene?" They will Want to know. what Wes the need of putting out such lavish iitid tiii jaafifiabitt oontraets--:contracte at such enormous and extravagant' rates that the minors of them are'4 Ming . to discount, what is est:floated 'nt 1 1 .- 600;00 Mt a single - contract, hull then Saie tiwo and half 'per tient. eonitilission.' They will ask the question, and ihatemmittee of which- I am ao humble Member, whieh' has struggled all this time, while the gentleman fietii PerinSyliactia, irit peited by the necessities of the' Goierninent, has been racking his ingenuity to. contrive how to reach the last farthing that can be reached to re plenish the. Treasury—this committee which has been placing their feeble , effortehatween the ohm derers and the Treasury—are wilting to abide that time. They are willing to let this. book be read by the aide of the tax - bill at any, time, and mote especially at that particular tittle when the clamps of the tag bill shill he: brought round Witt, the in'thistry and resources.of the country, 'and whet biy liitirtd front' PenniylVania will he turnip gitte: sere'w. If :the gentliiinanfrote 'Penn sylvania [Mr. &Everts] ked made thatinution, and if the Rouse bad adopted. it,. as I have no doubt they woold have donelhiii" day, the com mittee thee would have , hailed•deas a glorious de liverance from a most, nitpleirmak duty, whieh one member of it, had sooght„but which" no one felt himself at liberty to shitnitfrom. . 'I soy to him, therefore Unit if he will make 'a motion to discharge the committee, and will give me the liberty of asking the yeasand nays on his motion, that is desire.' T will say to him •as an liondred and leading 'memberof the party to which I•belong, that.l ameredited at home WI be lug a sincere member of that party for principle's sake, and. I am willing to do Whit within me lies to see the consuitanation . orml - final prevalence of these 'principles. Ilaving.;:'devoted myself to theinin the past, I am ready to do more for them; but I tell him that when he axts this house to 'discharges' calm ittee.. whose efforts'are to Vat theintrelves and this Rouse between the Treasury and the Wonderers-4 it, while .he bu sies himself with making a tag bill to wrench out the hard 'earnings of the_ peoples money to supply the'leak ih the Trearfury, be must and I must, and the party to which: we belong must; answer, the question, why it , is . so? The . book and the report of the evidence yet 'unpublished cannot be hid tinder ti;bashaf.:- ,9 ,960 The gentleman rentembeethat irt - thefiret year of a Republican Adininistrition, whielixame into power" titmeprofessions ' of refnrm and re tretiohment, there is Whitt:Utile evidence abroad in the...laud-that sopleadyebiti:pluatiered the pub fie: Treasury. scold, nigh in that single year as mucb"usqbe P en tire "b data 'yearly ' aspens:2'm of the'Germaine - fit ddfing 'the 'Administration which the Peefatittiriett, from, imwer because of its corruption. rThe last iparakisp:h is directly to the point ; and :where Mr. Dawes proposes to put his''ret;ort ° l3B,fore the people with,Mr. BteVens' gax bill it is also pertinent. The 'par agraph about the feat in commem oration of the receifeiliatien of old ,political antagonists is rich. But what will the people think of the corruptions and—rottenness of 'a party that has been in power but a year, that is thus .convicted by its own friends. The CoUrier will probably say that we are. "a:busing loyal people" in publishinuthis speech, but we cannot helpthat.— There'vb , as a time when the Courier was as opeh and avowed an - enem,Y of 6imon CArneron as any one in the land. .It is no.longer so. Not a letter'appears to. eiPese"„huy b f the corruptions practised, by and through him, and which have ilia received the censure , of 'branch of`the 'America Congresi. has the' "harmony been restora:V How has "the few} been 'halted?" Was otir neighbor .at the "feast?" The Couriei* good' in de- : nouncing corruptions in :general, and among Democrats ill iparticn lar. Why does it not tellitis read ers of the rasetlities exiaised by the Van Wyck Conamittee4md by Mr. DaVires', and wso the guilty partieVale. It is good.at ahnsing loyal 41) e nte,O rats, hilt:itot one wor'd ottligiqtroitoroup wild,tatti der tete Adak of 1.06,17631' mem irig the government deadlier blows by robbing the people of theirmon ey and their rights, than the rebels possibly can. Shall we see Dawes' speech in the' 'Courier ? . The Co vode Report furnished matter for it for months. It was oblivious of the Vaii Wyek Report, and - We un dertake to say that it *ill' pre7Seiv'e a dignified silence about ihniepOrt of -DaWeg! "IfiVeitraa tint). Committee,] - Eg... The -L'ebsaion Gorier is very bitter against loyal. D'etho prats, but has not a word, 'to say against the dis-unionists , Wendell Phillips, Sumner, Wade, - '&c, - or the worse _than rebels Cameron, Cummings, Fremont, Morgan, &c., who _squandered_ the substance of the pe,ople, robbed them of means to prosecute "the, war, and defrauded the poor soldiers or their hard.-earned wages by ffipplyins them with shOd'Y " and straw hats.. - • 4%. It is said-that a prominent -Repub.tidat-, whose= conduct has been invektig`ited by the ,Corifract Committee, has, declared that he has $lO,OOO to spend' in the_xlis trio = ach 'member of the Com, mit xt fajl, for the purpoSe of defeati g. them. What:business • has in honest man .in Congrnes ? Itig/..11 there- was mdre money Stolen in the first year of a Repub.. lica,n administration, (aud••its oNVIt friends ale the evidence,),than , the whole yearly expenses.of Mr.'Ba chanan's administration, would' it not be well for All the' f)eoplito exclaim., "Oh for a Buchananl" The:Courier would benefit 'paying readers by joining: the cry. , Z„ ; W ¢.~.^ _ „e have‘begin'lls,::',Sat old, copy Of the Mated States- . oazette - , - con taining the' letters ' of "Oliver Old school,” giving aii, ccsii it of the proceedings of CanoTess dining the exciting: times that the disuriionists -of Massachusetts petitioned Con gress for the .biSSoliitidn' of the Union. Mr. Ada:rns, their ehanipi du,..Tresented one petition <of the - kind, and stated that -he had - 1.61 more to ‘ preselit., ere is proof positive ' - frbih' this relic of the-past, that the abolitionists have been disunionists for at least 20 years, if they could not effect the darling object :if their hearts--tbe aboli tion of slavery. We shall make abate extracts fronrihaproceedings next week. Interest ing !et ter frank Gen- eral Grant., The. Conarn,ercia4 publishes pasSa -ges from a I etter received from Gen. Grant in reply to a letterrinforming him of the nature of the criticism of Kis management of the battlebf Pittsburg Landing. Gen, Grant saye : "I will go and do my duty to the very best of my ability with out precise; and do allTeatt tO'bring the war to a speedy Cloee: I am not an, aspirant for anything at the close of the war. There is one thing Ffeel =very 'atsitre,d of, and that is, that I have the don& deuce bf, every brave man in my command. , Thas'elkfhb glioivedlhe white feather will do all m their power t 9 attract attention: from themselves- - I had perhaps a doz en arrested for cowardice.in the first dayS fight. These men are necessarily r 4 enemies. -to thb:talk about Otti being s , tirprised, nothing could be - more false. If the elle:Myhad sent us tvord . Were and when they would attack us we couldn't have-been better prepared. "Skirmigiling had been going on -fortwo days between our reconnoit ering parties 'and the: enemy's ad vance., I.did riot believe, Wweter, that they interid9o9. make -a de ternained attack, but. siniPly Make a. rec.onnoiitance in 'farce. "PIOPEATYJN,II4AN:' . ..--TheliVide: AWake'orators,in the ,campaign 1860, vehemently. denied that, there was any' 'property in man.' With their 'ugual consistency they have ignored that pxoposition; 'end by pnrchieing the biglic:nalltirfeite groee df the Distilbt - A`C4Slinibia a t1i40°Crt,h44, 4 469 41 414441?,ai themaster haSpropertyinhiliblitvis! It will-'be a gfatifyii3g-i4leetion- to tie shriekdhieknOW'tiat, when they pay their directsTation al Tax; they will be giving money to the` Oeneral ,Government to pay for'4.9groes. .The Rtpub tc9,n haa . ,,at last acknowledged :that there 'is - 'property' i n man - • 'Atia PR9cAppiGp.t* . . , YORKTOWN EVAOII Another bloodless 4igtb'ry has been achieved by Gen. McClellan, in driving the rebels from York town: That a battle will take plate nevertheless, before our army will reach Richmond, we have no doubt, hence, if McClellan had been fur nished with the troops to reduCe _Yorktown promised to him, we feel confident that the enemy would not have been enabled to retire and make a stand Sol:nowhere else, ob liging our army to do the work at Yorktown over again. Instead of giving hirn'tte troops promised, di viiion' after division was cut off from his command, and given to McDowell, Banks, and others, and . 'when he called the attention'of the President to his promises he .-41'. 4 d not order the troops 'forward. Mc- Clellan, netwithstanding endeav: _ore& to do his d.uty under difficul ties; and. Was successful. • Whether the President or members Of his Cabinet are to blame - for withhold ing-the promised ,60 - port to Mc. Milan i : thefuture wiiilell;qn the mean time the administiatio - n, at Washington will be 4 held responsi ble for the delay crushing the rebellion caused by the sficcesful evacuation of `Y•orktowii by the 'rebela. The following are, the par ticulars of the evacuation, which, it Will he seen, was caused by the near.approach of -oar YORKTOWN EV:KOTPA'TErs 'Ph re'belti evadtth.fid 'Yorktown Satan:Lir:light and our ioldiers, un. der Gen. iteClellatt, - Conk posession on Sundak. - inornin"g -withoiitlbe foss' of a einkle man. . We have.tlie, enemy's ramparts, 7 7 .1 _guns, ammunition, camp" =equipage, &c.,and"heldthe entire , . line of his works, Viiich the engineers report as being very strong, - A Cargo amount. - et of equipage filidttins, Which 'they could not de- Stroy for fear of being - seen, were left -b hind. 1. Everything Was! fonf4 to be in ut ter confusion as thOuniithey had left in 7 great li,astc. About'7o pieces of -heavy artillery'h'ave been left in their _works about being- spired;: together with large amount .ef -ammunition, .medical stofes, camp eanipage r tents 'and thecpfßeateproperty of their of floors. A> neltro, Who w'asieftin the - town, states-that the rebelst threw 'a largo 'amount of, ordn - ance stores into the river to iirevent : their,fallijrg,iuto oin Ititi'atateethat: the 'Robots eda,thia: ted oviluktit'tli - isnear approach of bur parallelswoVering.thd immense - siege works of our men. 'That - they fe'ar ed the suceess of the It n iop gun-boats in ithe York and James rivers, by meads -of which their Ourninunica,- tion with tile dater iVorld. would be cutoff - - The orders were given to evacuate by Gen. Johnston. A deserter has Just come itrand re ports that,J,eff,.Davis cattle with gen. Lee on Wednesdy last, and after `consultation With the most prominent officers', all,agreed as to the evacua tion pxcept Gen- Magruder.' Immediately on the facts of evne uation be:doming known our troops were ordered 'under Urine, 'and are now in tniStien frbin their right and left wing of the . ariny. A large force under Gen. Stoneman, consisting of cavalry, artillery and infantry;'areou the advance and Will propably_come up with the rear of the enemy be. fore night; if 'ttrey 'remratn liar Wil liamsburg, Thei.guu 7 boafe - litiOe , passed . above Yorktown Itlid ft 6 ndw - shelling the shore on, their ~way up.. Followin ,, them is .a large steamer and- . vessels loaded with,troops who will effect a landing. The deserters all agree 'in - seating that.the'Rebeli bud 100;009 liien on the Peninsula, With 4004 i-dais of field artillery: - • • - krom the bestinformati.bWrecdiVed they have. fallen back to Chicktihorti iny creek, beyond Williamsburg, Where It is expected _they, Will make a stand: TWEFIY-FIVE OtiNTS - A DAY. A „day or twovgo, we are informed by a,reliable person, that within a short time past a person resident about ten miles' frotit- this:plaice, was offered ExOEir ' hands' at * slyEsTy-FIVE CENTS PER DAY. They were of course , • •• "'contrabands," which the .perbon was urged to take in place'of white hands `now' in his employ. ` This fact very dreartfihdicateS the cour:se - the• "irre - pressiblis conflict,7 l will inevitably take if the aegrophilists• succeed in their .abolitiou-emancipation schemed. It mill "irrepressible conflict" witlit . ivhite'lWboi; and the latter - Will be crush } ed out or res used to a inere song `the negroes heretofore:jtkept at,„ja r rid-employed , ,in thErSoutil will be coming Xortir, and they-will be iffgAbe phtees c of :th'et White lab]oritil • people `r'hta is `tlre ttititif of tiie:i4c , ter. A4 'a hsis"been iii the ,past, the • different systems ,of-labor have not been antagonistic.tory each other, but on the other lan4 they have been pivtd6tive. of each other.—The no grolS At _the South _have peen employ ed 4ostlyjn .trat kind of labor which was not well adapted to white labor. Being-eMployed then in a different Wind of laiidr, Gild berpg in large al? 4: .• herd, a diterlkee 8 0 F4h-ftz,„9 7 1;4 nakouf4,ctlirlygpr9chkets o E.l o . l o.4V(tath AAR; ;gat triltigidylntotuB.• five ot the ` . .intefitstvizif NA here. As soon however as this con dition of things is changed we have another change here. Instead of :re maining where they have'been: ad; van tageously employed,. the — . iiegroesi come here, and we have the reilutt above indicated. They come into contact with white labor, 'and as . a result ! , as in the above instance; there are offers of labor at TWENTT-.FIVE CENTS PER DAY. Qf .how uiucl) in- terest abolitionism to the White laboring. eople . of the_cOimliy, each laboring nitan'eandeterinine for himself—Nernst:ohm lievter. DON'T SURRENDER Fellow Democrats, have patience, stand fast by your principles, calmly endure the flippant reproqebes and misrepresentations with . WhiClCparti man-Annagbgnea; f.E niap be, honest butixibak'and'unstablepoliticalirien'ds :assail :you.' •• When the stOrta Of:vitu peration, shall zhave..paised 'add the noisyself-styled - patriots of tile- "day shall have shrunk*aWayfrom gets ivlich now., inipend Over 'Vs-, the 'ast:lope of fhe,nation 'wilt rest 'upon yoar courage and-firmness, grolnded upon 'an iritelligent- political faith, which will be, equal- to the terrible or deal, and the salvation of your rano -try will be wrought` out ty your own hands: Cherish yony.political ..prin eiples,; preserve your organization, patiently struggle-for.--the r:ght; and prepare for the h9ur when the work .01 re-establishing the' Conititution and restoring the Union - Will, by coin m etth se at, be eciditili tted - to •:y r hands. AFTER THE . SFOILE3.- 1 -1.11 the pre ceedings of. Oongress of Wednesday ladt, when the Pacific railroad bill was ep, and the dame's of corporators were being inselied, 'the 'followincr procebdings tobk place:— "'Mr. MORRIfL, of Wynn:int. 1 move to in. pert', the' batne oral:envy: `-.l3aater, of Virinfitit. Ile is a vers cconpetekt man e and in anydlrinion 'or epbits tinder this - bill I know ihatige , will be able to take pArtitnlar e cire of N 0 . ,: - Mr. diMPliri,L. ilr. Chairman, ,I,np,ppse :fhe aiiendineneof:iliejenifeinen fr:ozn'Ve'irnent. .1f Mr. Ilaster's name te be inserted itereupon: the ground Ilia thine - fo'ioe divi2 riecl;:he niit pioper nersnii inoludid id,this bill. But, it is onlyeot.of respect to my friend from Vermont tbaCileittaraw thy objno (ion. The amendment was agreed Co. hero it is'pubtiely avowed that "ta kin°. care of No. 1 in - the divisions of the'sAls" nee the 'paitieufar reoom _, • mendation for a nian . _for a high posi tion, before the Ainefieati What are **e-ketting ; CO i Republkan times; an what has come of:the good ad, fest of Gen. Ttiyier- 7 - 4 Vonesty,eapacity, and fide'- , lty.' F'X'-SECRETARY CAMFAtO CEN SURED BY THE HOUSE. The House ofßepresentatiVes on Wed nesday last, adopted ,the following reso lution offered by Mr. Holman of Indiana, from the Committee en Contract's, by a vote of yeas seventy-five, nays .forty-five : Resolved, That Simon Cameron, late Secretary of War, by investing Alexan -1 der Cummings with the 'control of large sums of the OttbliC money, = and authority to purchasep - iilitarY supplies without re striction, without requiring from,thim any I guarantee for thefaithful performenge of his duties, when ihe.iervices of competent public Officers were available ; and- ISt in ' Volvtrig-the GOVertirrierit in a vast num ' her of centred's 'with 'pertdris not leglti matelyiengaged in the' business pertain , ing to the subject matter of suchcontracts, - especially in the purchase of arms for tore delivery, has adopted atiolidy highly injUrithis to the public Service,and ing the. censure Of this Honte. The following is the vote by which-this ; resolution was adopted : 4 Yeas 7 -Messrs„ Aldrich, Allen, Ancona, Bailey (Pa.,) Baker, :Biddle, Blair, , (M0.,) Blair ) 'Brown (R. 1.,`) Buffingto n, Calvert, Casey Clark, Clements, Cobb, 'Frederick •A Co:inkling, Corning, Cák, ,Cristfield, Crittenden, Cutter, Dawes, De ' isno t Dunlap, Donp,Fivgllsh, Gooch, Grid er, Hanchett,, Harding, Harrison, Holman,'HortOn, Kerrigan, Mallory, *4, Menzies;' Mitchell, Morrill (Vt.) Morris, Nixeri, Noble, Noel!, Norton, Niigent,Odell, Patton ; Pendleton, Perry, Pike, • Richard "MI Robinson, Rollins (N. Rollins (Me .) &del, Smith, Steele,(N. Steele (N. .P.,) Stratton, Thomes (Mass,), Thom •aa(Md :Vallandigham; Verree, Vibbard, Voorhees, Walton, •Wood and Woodruff-75. . IST.Av.s7-Meer Apt:all ? Babbitt, Bea inan; Binghani, Blair ea ,) Bake, Barn ham; 'Campbell, ChliM Colfax, os ta. o:inkling, I:nlo4:Egerton, Eliot.- Elk, Fessenden,, Flrariehat, Frank, Goodwln, Hpiglit t ..flooper, Hulchir!s;Juliap t iellngg Lansipit, Ledman, Lcivejoy; NiaPtierson,:'ividorlieticli: , Merlin (Me ) Ride • (Mo ;) - L Riddle, Safeant, Sedgewiek, Shanks, Shettekl, Siiellabat ger, Stevens, Tr,umttle., Tnivnbridite, Nan Valkenburgh, Walteo4„tmd White "(Ind ,)=4 ' s• 7 Of the yeas twenty-eight are ,Republi 'can the ballance .Depoeots,.tp Ilinion Men. The nays de tepukiii- Varis':iithche:MccePtion o f and - Mr..Sheffield. A ! larg n*toYit.y of the Republican n l ei:* ll ' 119t iicl 40'0 the *iii4tym of th? - 1 uti on. All the ' Repiiblicab ° 4ieinberii fipni Penn ": AfaiNthia voted 4'41 loteeitgaiiis • the j reii4utibn;,..fikOhe majority ' of 'doligeTd: Ventiired to pla4 their iiaine,s . on. he ' iecord are M Blab', CainiiihkkOherson,lfoq headliiivegleitn-446 out of 'nineteen. 1%4' a itwielt§ tOit6ys 28 ~ conn3iiigttteiti tract foit Hall caYbin s, prir c hfaiectiiii-Migh Simon Stevens, by Gen. Fremont, Loui:s some A PS. is decidedly a trettt thibk-fcir fl qqr;R.ll 41.1 ffi1tra43.0.9.19/3141P4it oatp,prlgoma orßi,ttuzuprion Ada - Om - o's4lk° )itiCii .phi'-• see as these were common in the Re publican Fusion.: papers.—JA. great victory, for the Union.' The Union soldiers triumphed 1' set. These notes arwnow changed into- 7 'A. Great Vic tory for FredoM ',The Sons of Fre dom Triumphant l'ect. There is a reason for these changes, though all .Who.haye made them may not be ware of the cause. 'Why is the word 'Union' ignored and On of Freedom' substituted - 1 is'not the only sound reason this-7-that...the Fusion party is. . • , gradually giving way to the idea that the 'Freeddin' , of the 'tor is one of its objeetS, if not the real ob ject of the war. . , NEW ORLEANS CAPTURED.* Kr CAPTURE ,OR NEW ORLEANS.-The success of the soldiers forthe Union, the ConstitutiOn and the Laws, is uninterrupt ed.. The City of New Orleans. was cap tured without a blow on or about the` 2.5 th ult.. All the reports thin far a7re through Southern' sOurces','and • hence the-details are imperfect. It is probable that the-city - surrendered without resistance after the -fleet made their Appearance. • There IS a.report that the eneirli's•Much 6paited iron gunboat, built there a second Merrimac, was, while on its way, destroyed by the United States steamer PenSacola. The following appears in the Richmond Dispatch of the 28thAnst:: The fearful state OfedillenXe in which this city has existed for two or three days ha's at Jest ended. NewDrleans is in the possession of the enemy, it was evacu ated by ,Gen. Lovell, whotis removed his rcirces, to Camp Moore, on the Jackson Railroad. Commodore:Farragut had at.. ranged terms of capitUlation.;With Mayor Monroe, and the city at latest accounts was held : by a hattallion of marines .from the squadron. General Butler's force was withiltaleW,'lniles of the city, haViiitriarid• ed on Lake' Fbneharti:9lll.' Sketch of the Fortifications Around New:Orleans. Fort Jackson, on the Mississippi_River, mounts one hundred atgfeklMins,. and Fort Philip , nearly oriodgite, on The're masked batteries on either side of the river, extending B,,miles., These batteries'are,built in the forknOtriangles, base to base. The rebels have thrown hains across the river, Which are held by ,rafts at` each, end and then anchored.— . also have rafts loaded with, turpen ti Te in readiness to use against the sold Of the Unidn, by lioating`them; When set on fire, in liroximity to the Union fleet. "Within about nine Miles-of , the=city of New Orleans,,ip the old.hattle . grOund Of , the last war with England, there is S a ',for -tification exteding from 'the illver to the lake arid the Mexican auk 'Railroad.— ThialortificatiOn is built on ridge, and after it crosses' the Mexican Gulf Railroad it emerges into a swamp, where it is in . - • 'terfupted and again commences on the other side, where the touliiitna race dburse lernierly *was, eitt ending, 'l'o' the lake. , - • • • . "Within about four or six miles ofNew Orleans, near Algiers, which is 'situated; on a road-back of the river, tWo forts . aie now • built, large enough-Jo hold 'kern twelve to fifteen• guns each::., Tberelsan intrenchment thrown pp opposite,the on the levee or bank of he liver, mount- ing one gun ; but four gurus can be work ed with facility there. "At Carrrillton, five miles above thetity, are two fortifications, extending acrsiss to Kennerville, thence to the Jackson 4441- road, tentniles from the city, and on to lake." It•. will be seen ,, tbat :after Inking Ports ,Jaekson.and cßhillip,r - our, fleet had a formi dal* gauntlet of Batteries to run for miles. They have done* and it is a great achieve ment: The..7.ket Ohio It i ;Itsanent— Cowardly Coionejl.- • fFniai*ale. Cowardly Ohio Ali:ol6Elpr.] This regiment 'said to have been ;sent to%Port:Ponelecin inidiegrace, for bid eon cluokin the. battle - field. Wo preiunie, its t. coßclpbt,,, vie hut there Ire' i tinliating" o:rob:Pieta:lees wfiicli shobld'Oilste:tWdlifigennetion with its badadtindefot tbit' hake _not yet steen l in print. ; .• When Av e*ep-q turping fro m tta burg lianaingyve paesid, the .7.let at Paducah; i bn - it:RWly to'll'Ore %nel son. Our time 4 stopped' time, and:we. hnd an :opportunity-of seeing the . men 04110 regiment, With some of:, whom .sv,it,were .acquainted. From4.hat i * - 43 . could learn of. the men - f ;ether "sources on the ground Pt 1?-)tiettifirgl Vol: Mason 'cif that Segitnent Aitiplifjed the 'White, fea ther at th e. , very firnt, • fire of • the ; en emy, and !e - ft...thq field. Be was not again Emir . ) , e d . hie" regiment fi,lirle,As the battle:.- • Lleilt.'Col. 'wee a brave good•lahn,l z 'aild when the Obi.' inglorionelyfied, he.took command : of t e Regiment, and ; effor i ts. to.: rally the men and _ them at, the work, he was killed; Hiedegith 'left tbeieg-. - invent witlecint a co - en:nut:der, :arid - it tell into "ccintuaioii - ati'a• 'matter of : course • almost. .Lient. Col.: Kyle • is .perhaps av i etiin of pol - aeott!e, cor., Rrdice, as lie was compelledtoltnprop 'pe'rli expose himself im f bideitti keep - ihnlnse Wit ,their fte- lett them. A 'Regiment of Mon "should pot. stiffed isgrace•becans.e, of the co w ardioe. of 'prig, cap Mjknding -officer, and' think the ,object, in., Rending the'regirnent'An Fbit.".Denelson is not to disoi f cilit, 'bat fo r - the rdason that •ftalAieut.tOintitiel tyle4e'itilled, and .oel. Anson bes , ablown aelf at cow- Arc), no PP . ° Aittt.Q:..99 1 .1 1 mAR ktkeß ment a An. battle _ remai4%...r.mneßted ' with kt. b in Tfirittei" dinibtreie undergo i n egtigeillnii;` A ev-iarty -to-blame fortho, concliletktA receive hie just pbniehhient.. Our r9etd,pre,will ree,9ll9pt,tiiia 4a. pan fancy gen,tienian 'who tiek leirtihel'iviide•awalten'iviLth his brave *bid :fat their Wikiiarn in this city, - hr186.0,.t Hie-assertions there ws-atit• :imagined as false. • I.lis:coriduct, Rrovhs. Prriespit M.— Nan's:Division - Made a reconnoissance to Farmington to-day, where they .found . •about_4§oo of he. .emmy; , and,drcvq,ittetri 1 InStindsnmeltstyi. killing. : :30, ; wounding' miinY., beittiirtqlonle 13 . 1 : Win its; With their teiiiirdamir' s eijuiptke,tTe'. c •At gun Cropaltysivatothittrlnife4thiitt MAT A E lt .l44 ggag e ltratnrhaYQpdacarating , ton,l4.the directicquof CER*II. • Bombardment and:Capture Of Fort MacOtt. WILMINGTON, .N. C., April 29. Fort:Macon. surrendered on Friday, the 25th that. ' after a bombardment of ten and a half hours. • The batteries were, planted behin'd heavy sand banks. The enemy's breaching battery was 10:1 feet dis tant, and the mortars 1,400 feet, and entirely concealed from the Fort. The garrison were allowed the hon ors of war, and the officers retained their side arms and were all paroled. • Seven men were killed and eight teen 'woundedtWo. mortally. The enemy's loss is ntit_knbwri. . . The .aferrinyze of Se s Point. Fthvraiss Mdmule, May 4.—The Mer rimac made her appearancp, bpyorid Se wali's Point at one .o'elOciCti3=day. She stopped - off the Point Mad up to four o'clock has not changed her ideation. The stip'pe;aed'design of the en My is to epdeavor to prevent any of our boats frthri,enterifig Janie's river to cut - off the retreat from:Yorktown._ From Corinth. ADVANCE OF GEN. HALLECK. CAnto, May 4.—Gen. Hafleck has re moved his head;quarters twelve miles to wards the front, and:':Outadvance is now within two miles from the enemy's wet* The entire advance is still ; pressing for ward,- and skirmishes: between the ad ..... yancesand the Rebels are of daily &cur . rence. The latter is making a slight show of resistance'and then falling back. Tiroleserters arrived here state that Genetiel Lovell = was at brenada fortify the'plice, which is naturally. estrolig position. They also confiret the report that-Beau regard is being reinforced from all parts of the Off States, the merchants and bus ines.Smen having closed their stores and flocked to his standard. WAstifunioN, May 4. 7 -The War De dartrnent at noon, to-day, received advic o . - es from Qeneral lialleck,frOm which it is inferred that important ,eir,ents take place in the neighborhoodefdoillithwith in the next two or three'dals. Griines,lntrodticed a bill into the Senate, last week, providing that the usual . ten-per-cent. assess ment op property, for the school fund hern,-be so applied froth taxes on property owned by colored people as to support ,sehools for their use, in the same manner as the tax is assese ed,for free white schools. - . epINCINNATI, May 2.—The Contmer 'de has correspondent With Gen. Halleeles army; the following official-figure's of our loss at the bat tle at 'Pittsbarg7Landing G-• ‘S A • • i en. .LeClernand sDivis on.--Kill ed, 251; 6tlndEcl, 1,3 . 51 ; missing, 256. q- - 6:1)., W. 'H. I. I4T'agtVee'B Tsmi triand wounded, - 1;033`; Missing ' 1,16'3. Gen.. Lew. Walla,ee's • Killed, 43 ;:woun i de'd, leafiliiiii3sing, 5. Gen . iltirl l led, 313 ; wounded, 3,419'; missing, 223. Gen. Shermalfs.—.Killed, 437; Wounded, 1,402; missing, 482. Gen. Prentiss'.—Killed, 196; wound ed, 562; missing, 1,802. Gen. Grittenden's.--Killed, 80 ; wounded, 410; missing, 27. -Gen. Nelson's.—Killed, 93; wound ed,6l2; missing; o• 10 • - 0". 94; wound'. ed, 806; missing, 4. Totalkilled `1;735; wounded, 7,882; missing, -3,956.' Total killed; wound ed',-and missing, 13,763. About 300 -of the _wounded have since died; How FORCER ABOLITION WORSS.-- One of ,the, recently emancipated slives - Was'fOnnd dying on a =manure pile in Washington, on Friday, and was taken to the alnis houee by the police. ' • in 6 t aboht BrigadioeGali eralis,Pr,entice's :—"The fact that a man may have gone:to a military inuster,whOn he was a boy, is hardly a sufficient -tea son for making him a Bridaclier denerar Governor Curtm has ordereh "BIWA Fie inscribed on the banner of the Seven ty seventh Pennsylvania regiment, ant" 4;Faimcmth, on that of the First Penn sylvania Cavalry, in,acknowle4gement of. their gallantry at the bittles otthose plae , es. A WOMAN MADE A MaJort.—Governor 'Yetis ,has paid a rather unusual, but well Oberiied compliment, to Mrs. Reynolds, wife of Lietitcßeynolds, of Company * A. 17th lllinois,and 'a resident of this city.-t `Mrs. Rikynolds has accompanied her hus band through ttiegreater part of the cam paign through Which the Seventeenth his ,passed, sharing with'him 'the dangers Emil 'privations of a soldier's life. She was •present at Piitsburg Landing, and ministering angel, attended to the *ants :Of as many of the wolifided and dying soldiers as she •c,opld; Out 'Winning the b uratitude and eiteem.Bt the brave fellows • by' Who m . she Orrotliaded. 4 Yates ) hetrlllg of her heroic *mg praiseworttly - ccatilitct, presented her t :With . a cpmniissitm,ab Major in the army; the . _document.conferring the well meritedbon .or beipg made ciiit with all due "foriii'ality; "and having attE:tched the great seal of the. Sta#,C,',Prohlibry . "no lady in America will ever : stOin . he such' a dlstinguished mft itary 'honor `Cdnferred. upon her. Mr's. p ße: ori po a ld o s it is .co 7; z in vv. th ri fs pt e . ity, and leaies, to join `tier reginienf•in a, day or twO.— N. il!BD Cir' VOiIPSYIiTPE WORL — V? - aaY,more 'Wan•it".ailk - forther time,- it , is matiijest .t at t4;„only loyal men in the 'country are tliosil who are loyal to the ,Conatitution..: ' . ThO. - AtforfOlk Day' Book Eti . . r pounces-the of Samuel B. Todd, I li rebel brother, of 'Mrs. died on'the battlefield, and troWate efroota.of: ; thO wounds he. received , s sit sbitoh, in. the' action of Apritn— - . . AdliiiniStratOr 7 6:lll4)tideii t zti , . . E lYribE faliefeby givon that itOtt itry .ildlabilba . :WI; on the Estate of .11.witast.,:ffsAx; Wh i retW, tc . ingb..or Lebanon, t;ebanonjoutity,Maiksed..b ! ,: been,graffted Jill parsasato abd Wose havincelahna w . agi INtierittheta,.wittbourok• .lay, 10-the ,W,l(pkill:8311:1211P14 ,L e bibeti, April 49 . ! 1 61 !•;'• .1• ' Admits 4 ,1 - • • DlD►ow soo „pad' tßorb.
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