CM
It'' . .-ittrit rtliifvtioq.
"RUSK DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES CEASE TO LEAD, WE CEASE.
TO FOLLOW."
WX. MUSLIN, Editor and Proprietor
I,l+ B.A NOR, PA.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2 9, 1562
• te3 ! ,, The reported confession of
~L overiog, that he 'had murdered
daline BaA-of, is all'a, hoax:
Pennsylvania has furnished
• 8 Regiments of Infantry and .1 of
Cavalry more than her quota to
- the National Government.
ger- In the vote in Congress to
award the-contested seat of Wm.
E. Lehman, - the .sitttng member,
Mr. Kfilinger bf 'this'diStriet voted
for the mi uarity"7e.o6rt, Ni , hich gave
the seat to Lehman,--and-against
John M. Butler, Reptblican.
-The Reading Gazette truth
calls the action 'of Congress,
on the frankingpriVilege, 'the pop
ularity dodge. The franking priv
ilege should be curtailed, but as
the free carriage of newspapers
, within the counties where publish
ed, is abmt tire - , e43 ly .benefit the
poorman'has from the government,
to deprive him of it, vould surely
' be commencing at the - wrong end.
, Let theibns'es 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.
AM. While millions are squan
'dere'd 411'd stolen from the govern
ment by contractors and others, re
forms and retrenchment are hegun
on-thopoor laboring men in 'the
- employ of the government by Con
gress lopping Off a fippenny:bit of
I their daily wages.
`So while millions are lost to golf
7ernment-in the abuses and perver
-sion ofthe franking privilege, Con
.-gree's'prOposeslo inaugtirato a re-
pers free of postage. A bully C3tu , ,
.‘gress
A. large portion of the time
, of the Legislature was occupied,.
last week, in the discussion of res
'ttlutions ' getting up Investigating
. .committees, •a:la-Covode -and Van
Wyck. -One .cotrunittee is -to in
‘-vestigateif any corrupt means were
fused last winter to procure the pas
' sage of the act for the commuta
tion ,of Tonnage duties ; and an
.othei to smoke out officials engag
ed in the contracts and frauds last
summer when our soldiers were
clothed with shoddy. The latter
resolution - was 'bitterly fought by
the•Republieans, on -the plea that
its object was to cast imputations
on the Governor.
THE Courier begs the question so
entirely in its defence of Mr. Deans
-that a reply-is unnecessaty,it fact
a , reply - to - wnything it might say on
that subject would be superfluous..
As to the Courier's talk abotit
"Union,"--7the 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.—
Withlth.al 'verdict -we-are content,
lithile the Courier is forced to act
'the self-boasting Pharisee.
TkE
abolitiOn papers are pub.
lishing - an ithaginary conversation
between _ Gen. McClellan and Jim
Lane of Kansas, in Which it is made
to appear that the former authori
zes the latter to carry on a war on
"abolition-Jaykawking- principles"
- Chat ;is, 'kill dr rim !rebel white peo
ple:and parcel out their lands to
loyal 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. 'Unae fellows are not con
tent with making the President ap
pear silly,!but, are also trying their
hand at. lacing Gen. McClellan in
the same false attitude before the
TUE new Secretary of War be
gin slight, and_promsses to be just
the man fitthetplace and occasion.
Among his first 'acts was the ap.
pointment of two commissioners to
proceed south and attend to the
welfare of the.b.eretofore-neglected
Upion prisoners in Richniond.and
elsewhere.
Mr - The Pottsville _Democratic
Standard, in an able article on the
next Presidency, mentions in that
connexion the name of Hon. WIL
LIAM BIGLER, of Pennsylvania. It
is early as yet to talk of the next
Pre-sideucy, but when the proper
time conies, 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 positionaiin
the gift of the American people.—
If the warning voices of the ye-her
able Crittenden, the lamented
Don
glas; Wm. Bigler, who worlced
together and became inseperable
friends, had been listened to, adar
chy and civil war would notohavc
stained with. fatricidal blood''our
heretofore happy and prosperohs
country.
THE Libanm, mokrat, of, last
week, has a rude - and malicious
attack oil- Gen. McClellan under
the heading of "Es ist etwas letz."
The intimations are, that beeanse
the army does nut advanCe and
whip the rebels, that the head of
the army, MCClellan, is a traitor.
such "fires in the rear" of the conl
mander of our armies• are appear
ingin many Republieat - sheet;'and
are a repetition of the "Onwaid to
Richmond" Cry, Whieh produced
the 'disaster at Bull Run. As .every
body knows; our army was - -- dot
prepared for an advance then,lnid
after the disaster everybody admit
ted that it would take at least six
mouths to place it agai'n in the con
dition it was before the battle.=
The sitmouths. have now elapsed,
and if it were ready to advaffeerit
would be more than the people
themselves expected. Committees
of Congress and others have called
upon Gen. McOlellen, learned his
plans, and declared themselves sat
isfied with them, as also is the
President. Pelilaps, if the editor
of the Demokrat were to"CallOn the
General be would also detail to:him
his Owls, and satisfy him of , thgr
corredtii6Bs.
CANDIDATES TOR FT:AVOREN.
The Republidan impels 'tire be
ginning to find fault with Gen Mc-
Clellan, and throw slurs --on,
questioning his lOyaltylind
, -*i.tfM31.1c46 1 411 - 3k
generals -of our army, and, with
bur friendi of the Libanon, Demokrat
at the'hea l ti, thefeWould'hinStatit
ly : if not quick - or, a spiendia 4f1,-
'aned ruovem en t 'on to 'Richmond.'
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. Efe
ry-body said be would 'have sue.
ceeded in the chase if he• had not
stopped—you know the rest.
THERE is not a Iklird-6f -truth in
the report, said to have originated
in Washington last week,Hthat Mr.
Buehanan had refused a seiitin Mr.
Lincoln's Cabinet. :No such offer
has yet been made.
MAYOII 1 8A/1-DEII.BON, editor of the
Lancaster Intelligencer, has been
re nominated for Mayor df thiet
city, by a Union. .rnecting of the
citizens. The:Republicans are get.
ting up Oppo§itiOn tickets. The
election takes place next Tuesddy.
MANY of the appointments sent
into the United States Senate for
confirmation by Gcu. Cameron,
have been referred back to Secre-
tary Stanton, and it is said that
lots of them will never again see
the Jight of daEY.
'GEN. AlCatr,l,l:N AND PLANS.
—On Wedneghy, General McClellan
appeared before'the Joint"ComMittee
of Congress on the Conduct ;or the
War, and the result `t-; as "nay Moe
members who had been 'iler4 iirejth
diced against him confessedViat'they
had done him injustice, and that they
were completely in the wrong. 31c
cording to all accounts, his explanh
tions of the campaign,%past and pro.
spective, were most satisfactory., 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 %Faris 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 vigorously
prosecute the campaign upon the safe
and wise ground he has laid down for
himself.
CC According to our notion Gen.
McClellan =ldea big mistake in en
trusting the secret of his plans to a
parcel of Abolition Congressmen.--
They will be sure to blow them to
Rebeldom in a jiffy. They'want a
long war which willcruah outslavery.
They don't care about Peace Until the
colored gentlemen are free.
THE TRENT AFFAIR. — So nt'grres
IRE APPEASED.-7Ey the 'tieeameilip
City of New York, whiehleft Queens
town on the 9th inst.;'we learn that
the news of the sufennder of Mason
and Slidell reached London on the
preceeding day, and so immediately
re.establish'd confidence, that Consols
at once adtanced one to one and a
quarter per cent. In England there
fore, "the long agony is over." the
prephrations, for war, made
. by Lords
P-tilmerston and Russell, on their own
:"responsibility, without consulting the
'pleasures of Parliament, have been
thrown away. It is estimated that
as much expense as 55,000,000 was:
thus most needleasly Ineurred:--by:
no means a desirable antlay,al a mo,
Inca when the FinanclaL - 11Iiniater
will have to announce tei Parliament
a.defieit of nearly 420,009,000 in` the
year's revenue.
The,Ninoty.third
nix Regiment, Got, J. M. 'McCarter,
has been added to Gen. Peck's bri e:
gade, in consequence of the extent
a'nd importance 'ofqhe'distriPt ctecu
pi etl
,by it, which ektehta'frbili'Gßirgt
tow n'to Ti3nallytown, and along the
Potomac to the Great Falls. This
brigade is composed the Ninety-.
eighth, Ond Hundred and Fourth and
Ninety third Regiments Pennsyliva.
Volunteers, and Fifty-:fifth
second New Yot'k Volunteers. Theit
headquarters is
,af,l7(jrutliftciwn
lENEI
ll..Swayne, a distinguished
Ohio lawyer, has been appointed;
the Pre'sident ono of the Judges of
the Supreme Cdurt of the United
States, to fill the- . radariey occasioned
by the death of judge AieLeae.,
m, The last number. of • the Bed-
ford Gazette contains the card
John Cessna, addressing to the
zoos of Bedford county, ho
says:
"To those who see fit to charge
upon me a desire to enter the
.Legis
lature for 'ulterior pUrposes, i It . ave
only to say that I offered to the friends
of the late sitting Member, and to
himself, that if che'Wottld aid in the
passage of a law to seph.rate the two
Miities in the future, 1 would With
draw *eta the ' contest and perMit
him to occupy the place 'during the
wtent, session. This :proposition
w;lB'reftlistd-,,partly upon the A:1-'6(1nd
that it we'ufdloe•gratiting too - much;
and! 'partly bed's:llse - Wald Probably
Make 'a "yeiirling"bf 'the ge rittoinan;
chosen by the peoPle - OrSoMerset to
represent the county of Bedfoixl.
then determined 'that the rights of
the people of Bedford county should
be yindicated; or, at least, that it
should not be my fault if the , were
iv - ram -0 u *
t s * * *
There will probabiy be some ex-
Erg ants - con WA: The
State is first required to pay it. Then
the State is authoried to draw upon
the county for the amount. Having
beedme enlititekrin this contro've'rsy,;
ilitord to 'see it' 6dt, glihit'eter i
bill maybe presented againsttlA coup-!
ty,
ty, I intend to furnishlhe money.'to
pay. .
(1* - One hlandred and Aventylfive
condemned . government horses - Were
anctic•n Washington, on
Wednesday a week, Bringing from
one dollar to ninety•eight dollers, or
an average of twenty.e*Tht doliars
calf.
fkrSenator Wade told the Pre,si
dent;a short time ago, that he (the
President) "was within - a of
Ohio Statesman:
The President received that infor
mation from a dirty d--1 I
ser- Mr. Gideon Welles, Secretary
of the Navy, has submitted to Con.
gress a statement, longer than a Pres.
ident's message, 'defending himsel
against the implication's O'firaud con
-tained in the report of the ran Wyek
ComMittee. Ire adniits that the Gov.
ern m eat was outrageously wintled
in a number of cases, but`derlies that
lie had any ag'eney'in these transae
r tions. iletc;Teii`ds'the operations of
Mr. George D. Morgan, of New York,
as advantageous arid-atractual saving
'to the'Gnverrittibtft'in'the pill:chase of
'Vessels. Mr. Mdrgan himself denies
that he ma,!le - 95 1 ,000 in, three months
from commissions. He only made
$76,000.
la- The treason of Aholitionisin is
daily becoming more and more ram
:pant, s President Lincoln shows a
disposition to prosecute 'this war on
'the platform of the COnStitution.---
The official call for't:he annual meet
ing of the New I'M+ State Anti• Sl
avery Society opens with a ferocious
attack upon President Lincoln's Ad
ministratio'n.
A STARTLING ANNOUNCEMENT.—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 !
mg. John B. Henderson, a Douglas
Democrat, a member of the State
Convention, an uncofnprornising Un
ion man, and Brigadier General in
the State service has been appointed
by Lieutenant-Governor Hall, of Mis
souri, to fill . Truston Polk's
.seat in
the United StateS Senate. 'Polk was
THE CABINET
Rumors .sontinue rife,. of other
changes to be made in the cahinet, ,, r-
Radical Republicans-seem to be as
tounded, while Corservativelnen of
all parties are highly gratMed. The
President has not, up to the present
One, been sustained by the Republi
can party as a party. ; On Mr e con
.
trary, a portion of the men who placed
him in office, deserted' him, or devo:
ted themselves to the attempt to driVe
him into their peculiar measures.—
•
The result was, that instead of hay
in' the united support of his, own
14part,y, be found '•himself alternately
eajoleditild abused by one iiart of 'it,
while the-other portion either , stood
'aloof, or' 'reg,aidiet therngelves
most out.generaled by, their radical'
hesitated!aa ithe coursethey
ought to purs'un. •In '; this aspect of
affairs, it was certainly most 'desira
ble for the President-to receive sup
port from time sourhil oit‘ which 'he' .
could-rely. Thee coraervativemdn 'of
his patty were willing to - give itif he
would' threw the tattiCal Men over.
board, but they alone were'a, ininori •
ty of the'.nation. - Tile„"Dernberats
stood'rethly to unite with them in
sustaining the Presidentin a conserv
ative course. They have only await
ed thd , ifitimation that their co-oper
ation ' Mink' be accepted, The ap
pointment of Mr.-Stanton -is step
toWard the,-unien of all conservative
men. It is not to be denied, 'howev
er, that there have'beeiradincliboS of
policy pursued hylliA.dministrati On
the'Dernooratsigsm,'Whiii6 can •
n of` approVe, and My await` in-some
anxiety the future developments of
the Cabinet changes. if, indeed, the
President is Willingleaceept the ad
vice and assistance of the Democrats
is . corlunction With the conservative.
Republicans, and if this willingness is
indicated by theinvifittion of-others
into the Cabinet councils, the nation
will spring forward in the work of
the Union with trerrigndous energies
and Mr. lineoln Will instantly ex
change the doubtful, erratic, untrust
worthy support he has received hith
erto, for Such a firm, hearty and-pow=
orful support as he has never before
agined, May -the. excha.rige be
speedy! ,
' - --
A CONTRAST.—Dcwiedly the most
brirtiantplilitaiT campaign':in which
our Country ever engaged,'. was the
Mexican War; during the adininiStra'
Lion of President Polk. :ExTresi-:
dent Buchanan was then Secretary
Of State, and the late 'Governor Mar ,
cy, Secretary of .War. The thost •ex
tensive means had to. be provided for
the 'nrain ten a ce of 'a late .army in
a distant 'ecithtry; - and', millions of
Money passed - through the hands of
the governmentofficiers: .Butwe do
not remember that any: one: of ithein
Was ever: charged With peculation
or dishonesty. Certain it is that not
a whisper was_ ever heard 7 h - fretting
---
d he
re meth' rom
speet of the nation. ',.The Democrat
ic of' Tee.. sident Polk,
in thht Campaign, set an example
which =might have beariOditahly..tot
lowed by 'Chose 110 44 ) high !ptaces
under Mr. ihincoln. 'certainly is
not necessary to the successibhprose
cd tin n' - of that n cern ed in
eOntritetiog it•'sholatti turn highway
robbers.
Official mielotiirt,:
_anent of
the Victory in :cntuCky.
WASHINGTON, 22, 1862.
The following ; wa received at
head quarters to -night
LopTeVivr..4 Jai.- 22 1862.
To 41fajor Oda. Co , &intend
ing U. S. A.
The folloWin-g has-ju,t been tecetv
ed from General Thornts:
The rout of the cne4y was com
plete. After suceeedi4g in getting
two piecei of artillery'peross the riv
er had upwards of fifty wagons u piey
were abandoned with 411 the ammu
nition in the depot is Mill Spring.
They then threw away their arms
anti dispersed thro s iigh the mountain
by-ways in the directio4 of Monticel
lo, but are so completely.demoralized
.that 1 do not believe-they will make
a stand 'short of Tenn*see.
The property eapturech i on this side, of
the river , is of great vtlue, amount
ing to eight six poUnd,?,rs and two
Parrot guns, with cais'scins -filled . with
aulmtinktion; about, Sipo .huedred
four-bokse 'wagons,,:anA upwards Of
1,200 horses,and mules, Several boxes
of arms which hall am* iieen ppep•
ed,.and from 000 to I,oon, muskets,
mostly with flint locks,,but_ in good
order; subsistence stores enough to
servelhe entire• Command for „three
days; 'alto .a large
tat stores.
As.soon as I receive the report 'of
the brigade commander 4 I will furn
ish a detailed report of . c:he Battle.
{ Our loss was thirty-nine Idlle - d-and
127 wounded. Among 't.h.o l'qottrided
were .Col. McCook, of theNinthQhio
commanding ,a brigade, fwd . his Aid,
Lieutenantlurt, of the,Bigi4 Uni
ted States Infantry.
the loss of, the rebellwas Vdollieof
for and 114 ethers killed and buried,
116 wounded, and fort-five prison
ers, not wounde.d, five of whom are
surg,eon's ' Vrid !Lieutenant Col. Car
ter, Of the Seventeenth Tennessee
rtegignent.
GENERAL THOMA.S.
po. C. BUELL, n. Com'g.
Zollieoffer was shot ithrough the
heart, at the head of blastoff, by Col.
Fry .of. the Fourth Len tileky.. Hap
pears that Zollicoffer lost, his way in
the bushes, and suddenly emerged
be'oro Col. Fry, who was accompa
nied"by some staff officers:: The two
parties mistook each other for friends
and approached within a few yards
of each. other„ when finding their
mistake, both halted kind prepared
fora band-to.hand conflict.
One of Zollicoffees aids shot at Col
Fry, but only brought his horse down.
The Loyal Col. immediately drew
his six shooter,and brought.Zollicof•
for from his saddle at the first are.—
The rebel staff deserted :their chief's.
body, which was 'taken , to, Zomersct
the day after the battle.
Doings in Conkras.
MONDAY, Jantitiry, 20.
In the Senate; theAetrenchinent Corn
mittee reported :a bill 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
,ycar ; and punishing spies with death
The Consular and Diplomatic Appropria
tion bill was taken .upi , several , amend
menta 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 expulsion, 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, dischargingfrom the. service, ori The
'first of March, the Bands of the` Oliinteer .
regiments. On motion of. Mr. Mo - fehead,
of pennsylvanian, the Secretary ot"War
was directed to furnish the „House
,with
the of those who diatingnished.
I themselyes'iri,therecent brilliant offal- at
, Mr. itrAiiiiiigikiih s of Ohib, ;
'gage notice of his intention to ask leave to
..
introduce a bill to apolis,h the Post-Office
Department. Mr. Hutehirison, of Ohio,
introduced' a bill to establi"s"h territorial
governments in the revolted States.
fared to the Committee on the "Judiciary.
Mr. Allen; of
. ohio, offered a resblutiOn,
thatin judgenient . of the House no
part of the aliprOpraticiti now or hereal
, ter pade, nor of taxes now 'or - hereafter
to bb laid by Congress, shall be used in or
applied for the,prosecntion of a war for the
emanaipatihn Of slaves in the slaveholding
States of the enion., • On motion of Mr.
Blake, ofinio,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. appe,ar before the investigating
Committee - at Clncinnati. A bill was re
ported and passed appropriating ten thou
sand dollar's to pay the expenses of that
cOmmittee. The Committee on -Ways
and Means wire instructed to report on
the expediency of a stamp tex on bank
notes.
TUESDAY, j.anuary 21
In the Senate, the Judiciary pommittee
Were instrueted' to - inquire into ' tlie 'ex-Pe -
dieneY 'Of when - ding the Naturalization
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 Washinghsn, 'Wks
taken -up, and the amendment of the
116 1 useagited to. A nAv section, repeal
"ing theacealloviing the.'discharge or en
listed minors, Providing that no persons
tinder 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 petions forcing safe guards.—
The bill was then laid aside. The bill
• - t • • - • If War to ap
point two ad. Mona • ssis an etretarte ,
tEtken up, amended so as to give the
appoilitineht to the President, and making
the offices onlyefor it year, and then pats
ed. The resorutian relating tp the efpul-
SiCKI.of Mr. Bright, WAS Oen taken, up,lancl
Mlssts. Stunner 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.
tar-die Hoge - ,
the Senate hill authoriz
mg the appointment ortWadfittion'al As
sistant Secretaries of War, 'was passed.--
The bill requiring postage to be paid oh
'printed matter carried outside the `mails
was taicen up. Several amendments, and
a'aiibiliffite offered by Mr. Colfax,
ioled dawn, and finally, theinal bill,
on motion OfMr. Pawes,olllassn 'P efitisetts,
'Was on the table by a 7 vOle of geMaiy
five against sixty.
E lti4ry 212
. 1# Dri_sptY,an
In the Senate, the resolution 'fibm the
Htmae, 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
investionting committees shall not excul
pate them from answering in a court of
law, - was reported back from the „indicia
ry Cortimittee, and passed. The Special
Committee on the cendUct of the War re
ported a bill authorizing the President to
take possession of certain railways. The
resolution to 'expel Senator Bright was
taken up, and after a speech in favor of
it by•Mr: Garrett bavis, of Kentucky, the
Senate went into executive session.
lathe floti4e, the 'bill. to increaffe the
nem bee cff Clerk's in the-War Depaittnent,
was rei)orted'and pasied. Mr. Mallory;
of Kentucky, from the Committee on
' Roads and Canals, reported a resolution,
which was adopted, requesting the Secre
tary of War if not incompatible with the
`public 'interests, to inform 'the
oton 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'ordeithaCtlie read may
be repaired. Mr. Spaulding, of New
York,*froth 'the Coninlittee of Ways arid
Means, repelled - a bill to authorize the is
sue of $100,000,000 of United States notes,
'dnd Tor the redemption or. funding thereof,
'and Tor the funding of the floating debt of
the-United States. The bill was made
'the special order for Tuesday next. = Tlie
House, in Committee of the Whole on the
State of-the Union, resumed the consider
ation of the bill making appropriations for
Executive, Legislative and Judicial expen
ses, and a general debate ensued.
THURSDAY, January 23
In the Senate, the resolution declaring
that Marshal Lamon, in the order he trans
mitted to the Senate, is guilty of contempt,
was passed. The bill for the completion
ofthe defences of Washington was amend
ed so as to provide that no further work
shall be commenced, and 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 of Mr. Bright occupied further
attention until the Senate went i nto exe
cutive session.
The House passed a bill authorizing the
President to appoint Inspectors for any of
the lighthouses on the coast. Among the
bills reported was one from the Post Of
flee • CoMmittee, to establish a postal mon
ey order system. The principal feature
of the proceedings was a rambling discus
sion in Committee on the Military Acad
emy bill.
FRIDAY, January 24
In the Senate, bills were passed appro
priating $lO,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 Mr. Wilson 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 Indian Intercourse
act; The Senate's amendments to the
Consular and Diplcirnatic Appropriation
bill were considered ; those including 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
-Iy-eighth PentiSylvanialtegihietitacives a
most deplorable account of the doings in
the' slave I),en at:Alexandria, whict is now
used as a gilard - hobse for'cihr soldiers.—
The walls of the .!'pen" are high, and there
is no roof to shelter the unfortunate sold
iers are placed in it, from the weath
er. The'mud and tilth is ancle deep. and
'there are often between two and three
'hundred soldiers confined in 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 : sonic ,
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
between themselves, which often end in
serious results. - A few days ago one of
the men had his thigh betaken, 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 ivhostir put
into this place, when they ctulie"to Elifiir
senses,• almost beg - tce be shot if the cannot
be released. There'are plenty of houses
evacuated ~ auti be . lotiging to. Secessionists,
whicticjuld be ' used is .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 tint,
'and is `6erbS!iihy ndw not a fit <place-for
the meanest soldier in the army to be con
fined in.
A STARTLING SLATE:WM.ST. ne
Chica
go Tribune publibei the follo*ing palm
graph editorially:
We have before us three cartridges,
brought-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. T 6 the
eye they are alike in appearance, and the
stantly be detected. But the difference is
that one of the three contains not a par
ticle of powder. A prominent officer of
the eibeili f itinn' told
. 6hr infofmane thaethis
was aboutihe fropoAinn . ' ' throughout , the
entire lefof Enfield cartridges—one third
of them calrefuily put up withott 'Dtiwa:er.
NO'Whe're' is 'a case • for inireViiifi6h.--
41 as it fraud' or.treachery ; that seeks to
.
palm off on our Brai , e troops, on - the eve
of an expedition,' Sham 'caftriclges f set
have .explanatiotf On its
DECEASE OF EX-PRESIDENT TYLER.—The
announcement of the deitli OrJohn Tyler,
Ex President of the United States, at
Richmond, on Friday night la:st, after a
brief illness, reached us last week. John
Tyler was born in Charles City county,
Virginia, In 1790. He wa's elected to the
Vieguila Legislature at the early age of
twenty-one years. In 1.817 he took his
'Seatin COngrees, and 1826'wde called
to the Gubernatorial chair,'fromstylah
was transferred, a year or two later, to
the United State Senate. A difference of
opinion zhisiaareen General Jackson and
himself subsequently led to his resigna
tion of the office of Senator.. He remain
ed in retirement until placed by the Whigs
on their ticket as candidate for the Vice
Presidency, in 1840. The campaign re
sulted in the triumph of
"Tippecanoe and Tyler Coo."
• The death of President Harrison, one,
month after inauguration', elevated the
Vice President to the chief office.of the na
tion. His administration was - marked'hY
Vetoes arseieral acts 'Which Were 'favor
ites 'with the.party 'th4t•had called him 'to
power, especially the bank act, and*marry
of his former - friends were thereby estrang
ed. On the expiration of his term, Mr.
Tyler retired to hisplantation'near Flurry
ton, and was not further identified with
public affairs, until last winter, 'when he
'participated in the efforts for :cdm'prornise
and became the President of the Peace
Convention. .On the; failure of these meas
ures, he cast his lot with the rebels, and
took an active part in the secession of his
State.
. .
correspondent of the
Newburyport Herald, writing from Rock-
Md:, - Saya that
~ ,U ncle Tom," the he
ro of Mrs,"Stowe'S famous cabin romance,
'was owned in"ROckville, and that Part of
his pinny are still ()wined there by one of
the ladies, who acknowledges herself to
be a secessionist, and an admirer of Jeff.
Davis.
Ile- 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
Detector contains the following descrip
tion of a new counterfeit small note :
Easton Bank, Easton, Pa.: 2s altered.
Vig. man in field cutting grain, man
ploughing on left end; two Cupids on
right end. The Genuine has female,
shield, &c., on left end ; horse's head on
right.
COST OP Asocrriosism.—"What slavery
is costing," says the Chicago Tribune,
quoting Mr. Secretary Chase's Report, "is
$807,872,802."
Nay, good sir, that is 'what abolition
-2.8711, is costing.
se- Why do our soldiers need no . bar
bers? Because they are regularly ,sh a ced
by the government contractors,
Air The objects of the new expe
dition of General Grant in advancing
from Cairo are said to have been ful- -
ly accomplished. It prevented the
rebels from sending reinforcements
to Bowling Green, and gained valua
ble information in regard to the ge. ,
ography of the country in the vieid - -
ity of Columbus, and the condition of
the roads and streamt„ ,
[Prom the Bt. Louis Repubtitanof
FORWARD AND BACKWARD.'
Theexpedition which left tam
last, Friday week, amitiliat Which de
parted from Paducah_ On : - Wednesday
last, have turned out to : _be
but "extensive reconaoiaaanccs."—
We gather froM the ratOst
received from those .cjnafters that her - :
thousand troops.nfGcn. Grant's
command, and the six - thousand .of
Gen. Smith's will immediately-return.
to their barracks. Thus has eri.ded
the "big thing" which an impatlent
public had been Coaxed into expect=
gm. The only information yet re
teived from the Burnside.expedition_
,:hasreacheal us througb rc
.rebel - soues.
'lt is reported that 11. large number of
the vessels comprising it are insi4#4.:4ft
Pdadieo Sound, and that attack's up,
on Newborn, N. C., and itoanake - Is;
land, are expected. The object of the
capture of Newbern is supposed to
be to establish a basis of operations
1 against the railroad commnnicatlpns,,,
of Virginia- with the • - 20Soitheastera,
States ; the. object- °f-•k move
ment against Roanoke IslaTed t iiss said
to be to threaten Norfolk aaa to flank
the rebel army stationed there.
If General Burnside- can - s
gaining: possession of 'itheielld
and our armies in Kentucky are en
abled to-destroy the railroad:comma,
nications of Virginia with the Soulli
west, via Tennessee, the rebel arty
on the Potomac will be in a terrible ,
dilemma. It will either be dompelled
to disband, to retreat, or, to attack, at
a disadvantage, the 'Union forces tin
.
I der General McClellan.
Xtifir John Taciser, Esq., of Philadel
,phia, and Peter T. Watson, Esq., of
\Val% i (von, have been appointed
Assistant 'Set.fretaries of War nniler!
the new act 'plissed by Congress:- - --•
Tucker,was formerly .thn.k:litsi:"
denede trio Reading''
pariy, And he is well•known in this
State. Mr. Watson- is an ninism4 -
patent lawyer, a Man of itifltfenedaila.
large fortune. Col. ThOtnas'A!--Scio4
will retain his present positidn.
(0 - Nearly all the letters fredi the
,
army are misdirected—that ii,direet—
ed to misses. , ,
9•Who'gois there ?"'- jrf.
Sentry of the British'l'egiOrt ; dt'
Sebastian. "A friend," wits the .
prompt reply. "Then stand where•
ye are, for be the potters
first friend I've seen in this tituittaij
in' country."
The appropriation bill now be:
fore Congress, for the support of the
army, for the year cornmeneing=sregV
June, foots up over sw,ocapoo.
•
Larnon, Marshal of the
Distri4cleColumbia, was "invited"
off the floor of the House The other
day by the Speaker. Lamon had in:
sul Led some of thp'iteMbers by Tofu
ink th e'en irgras 'into the prisons of
Waihiniton to visit the niggerts.
Too BAD.-At the recent election
in-Illinois for members of a-Constitp
tional Convention, 00 Democrats-=a
chieved a glorious victory, literally
sweeping the- State. Consespiffltly,
the Convention, contains a large
jority of Democrats. The Reribli
cans are very - much worried - 41,, 1114
and are fearing poor souls that AZ
Convention may by its ae1,141, mereli
sialze the State. A-ItickyldeUliow
ever occurs . to them in the mils of
their gloom and despondericy, *Mai
it, that the Government SHA , rrf,
ARREST THE DEMDCROM
MEMBERS and confine them fp:1 11 64
Warren, This ridiculous propogtion
we find in a letter to the New Yori
Times, from,Chicago. Such apt-dee-cl
ing would be, a slight stretch f gow.
er, the latter admits, but then l jitsVto
think of the unparalleled •audaeitY
of the Democrats in out-votirfg-_tbo
Republicans. Too bad, too WI - -4;
Oz Secretary Stanton seems ag
termined to disappoint those'. whO
would make money out of their coun
tky's needs; and he is equally - hi:l6ton
using the weapons we havein oar
hands before looking aboutfor other,s.
An application at his pepartment for
a contract to • manifacture firearms
called forth a sharpA:epy; to the ef
fect that the Secretary of War intend
ed to discover when,**liere, and holly
the arms already in actual Service
were to be used beTO7e edinirighis at
tention toward a fi•esh supply; and,
moreover, that he was deterMined r tb
devote his energies to setting in or.
der for efficient ,
Letiun the:army
acress the Potomac, leaving the con
tracts to rest for a time. This loolok
well.
Iluxo firmsxr.F.--David Peffer, a
man of intoxicated habits . hung him
self in the stable of Fetter's "Union"
Hotel, in Manheim, some time during
the night of Sunday week. Deceas.
ed appeared in his usnal'state Of mind
on the previous evening and gave no
indications whate'vei of committing
the rash act.
c , llow ASE Your—A friend meets
another in the street; "How are yotir
is the question. 4 1:Cow are you!"
comes back as a reply, Yankee like,
answer one question by asking an
other. Each pass on, both knowlinyv
each other are, aboutas much as they
did before asking. Every one has
got into the habit of saying "ha*
are you !" No one in fact expects an
answer. They have become sainted
to repeating the question that it is
useless to try to say anything elm-,
The vote on the confirmation
of Mr. Stanton, as Secretary a
was 38 to 2.