THE GAZETTE.
LEWfSTOWN, PA.
Wednesday, March 19, 1862.
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Flag of the free heart's only home,
Bv angel hauds to valor given!
Thy stars haTO lit tho welkin dome
And all thy hues were born iu heaven;
Forever float that standard sheet!
Where breathes tho foe but falls before o
With freedom's soil beneath our feet.
And freedom's banner streaming o'er us.
PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE
The House of Representatives at Ilar
risburg have had under discussion for some
time a bill repealing the tonnage tax act nt
last year. The question gave rise to much
debate, in which one side took the ground
that the act was a contract, and thus invio
lable, while the other contended that it was
a simple act of legislation which could be
repealed at any time. The bill as passed,
as near as wc can gather from the amend
ments made, is as follows :
WHERF. AS, An act was passed at tho last
session of the Legislature purporting to be
an act for the commutation of tonnage duties,
by means whereof the sum of seven hundred
and fifty-two thousand three hundred and
eight dollars and forty-one cents or therea
bouts, besides interest then owing to the
State by tho Pennsylvania railroad company
and in contemplation of law in the treas
ury of the State, together with a large annual
revenue stipulated to be paid by said com
pany as the price of its charter, and byway
of compensation for the deterioration in val
ue of the main line of the public works ap
prehended and actually inflicted b3 r the con
struction and operation of the said road,
which revenue had already reached tho sum
of three hundred thousand dollars and up
wards, and would have amounted nt this time
to a greatly larger sum, with the prospect of
indefinite increase—were wrongfully with
drawn from the sinking fund provided by the
constitution and laws of this State for the
payment of the public debt thereof, and made
sacred and inviolable for that purpose, upon
suggestions and considerations which were
either in conflict with the constitution or ut
terly iilusory and worthless in themselves,
amounting in effect, under color of a pretend
ed contract rr commutation, to a gratuitous
donation of all the said moneys and reve
nue to a private corporation, without any sub
stantial equivalent whatever, thereby "viola
ting the plighted faith of the State, and in
creasing the burthens of the people at a time
when the necessities of the country pre emi
nent.y required the most rigid economy and
the strictest husbandry of their resources;
therefore,
SECTION 1. lie it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, in General Assembly met,
and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the
same. That the said recited act of Assembly
of the 7th day of March, A. D. 1801, be and
the same is hereby repealed, and the said ton
najje tax, or duties imposed by the act incor
porating the said Pennsylvania railroad com
pany, and toe supplements thereto, is hereby
restored, re imposed, and made payable to the
Commonwealth in the same manner, on the
same terms and conditions as though the said
repealing act had never been passed.
Sec. 2. lhat it shall be the duty of the
Attorney General to proceed forthwith to sue
for, recovery and collect by distress, or other
wise, the arrears of the said tonnage tax
which were due and owing at the time of the
passage of the said recited act which is here
by repealed, together with such additional tax
oi duties as would have accrued upon the ton
nage of the said company, until the date of
the present act; and for the proper ascertain.
i° the amount of the additional tax, it
sha.l be the duty of said company to file forth
with, in the office of the Auditor General a
statement duly authenticated by tho oaths of
the 1 resident and Treasurer of said company
of the amount of their business so made taxa
ble, for the intervening period, and also to
furnish the Auditor General, from time to
time, such other and additional statements
and such access to their books as ho may
judge necessary for the purpose of tho said
°J ? proceedings, hereby authorized;
however, that the moneys paid by
tindTl com P an J on account of the said pre
tended commutation over and beyond the an
ftnal instalment or instalments, payable by
them on their bonds for the purchase money
of the public works, shall be credited upon
the arrears of the said tax, which were due
and owing at the parage of the said repeal
ed act, and allowed in the collection of the
said arrears.
The vote was—
YEAS —Messrs. Aloxander, Banks, Barron,
Beaver, Beebe, Bigham, Blanchard, Bliss,
Boileau, Brown, (Mercer,) Brown, (Northum
berland,) Busby, Cessna, Craig, Dellone, Div
ins, Donley, (Greene,) Dougherty, Elliott,
F^ e ' and ' Qam ble, Graham, Grant, Gross,
Ijall Henry Harper, Hess, Iloffcr, Hoover,
Hopkins, (Washington,) Dutchman, Kaine,
nnedy, Kline, Labar, Lehman, Lichten
vallner, M Clellan, M'Coy, M'CuUocb, Myers,
Peten, Potteiger, Ramsey, Rex,
Klioads, Ritter, Ross, (Luzerne,) Ross, (Mif-
Strang T? nd, T RuSael, Rjon ' Sh ™non.
S lrac 7- Tutton, Wakefield,
i '■ Wimly, Windle. Wolf,
Worley, Zeiglcr and Rowc, Speaker—7o.
r i/ IS n rnf 8 fu 8 ' Abb °t. Armstrong, Bates,
nJnJlllv Jp^i a a , i C ?- hran Cowan - D ™is,
DonneUy. (Philadelphia,) l) u ffiid ( Early,
Gaskill, Greenbank, Hopkins, (Philadelphia,
Josephs, M'Makin, M'Marcus, Pershing'
Ouigley. Scott, Smith, (Chester.! Sm'tf*
(Philadelphia,) Thompson, Vincent, Warner
and Wildly—2s.
We hear it stated that it will also pas?
the Senate. If so, the Supreme Court will
probably have to decide the question. I rom
a cursory examination of its features and
bearings, we incline to the opinion that its
passage will not effect the object professed.
The Legislature can, without question,
impose a tonnage tax regardless of the act
of last year, and it strikes us that if the
members would have been very anxious for.
the measure which has caused bo much de
bate, they would have passed such a bill
without coupling it with charges of bribery
and law questions.
The following bill, introduced by Mr.
Ross of this county, revived the subject,
and wa:> opposed on the ground that it
would recognize the act of last winter as
binding. To our view Mr. Ross's course
is not consistent in voting for the preamble
and resolution adopted, and then speaking
and voting in favor of a bill which that
preamble pronounces a part of the " gra
tuitous donation
Re it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the Commonwealth of Penn
sylvania, in General Assembly met, and it is
hereby enacted by the authority of the same,
That the time in which the Mifflin and Centre
County railroad company is required by the
proviso to the fourth section of the " act for
the commutation of tonnage duties," apprcv
ed the 7th day of March, 1861, to grade and
prepare for bridges, superstructure and lay
ing of the track of certain portions of their
road bo. and the same is hereby extended,
for three years from and after the passage of
this act.
The Present Rebellion.
A Remarkable Document, Shoicing the Secret
Design* of its Originators.
The New York Times ot Saturday con
tains the following document, which was
sent to that paper by a correspondent, who
found it in tho fortifications of Fcrnandi
na, Florida, after they were taken posses
sion of by our forces. The document
gives us an insight into the secret history
of the traitors during the month of Jauu
ary, 1801, and shows conclusively the wick
ed designs then entertained by the present
leaders of the rebellion. It is from 1). L.
Yulee, then Senator from Florida, and is
as follows:
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7, 18G1.
MY DEAH SIR : On the other side is a copy
of resolutions adopted at a consultation of
the Senators from the seceding Slates—in
which Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana, Arkan
sas, Texas, Mississippi, and Florida were
present.
The idea of the meeting was that the States
should gn out at once, and provide for thcearly
organization of the Confederate Government,
not later than 15th February. This time is
allowed to enable Louisiana and Texas to
participate. It seemed to be opinion [sic]
that if we left here force, loan, and volunteer
bills might be passed, which would put Mr.
Lincoln in immediate condition for hostilities
—whereas [sic] by remaining in our places
until the 4th of March, it is thought we can
keep the hands of Mr. Buchanan tied, and
then disable, the Republicans from effecting
any legislation which will strengthen the hands
of the incoming Administration.
The resolutions will be sent by the dclega
tion to the president of tho Convention. I
have not been able to find Mr. Mallory this
morning. Hawkins [the member from Flor
ida] is in Connecticut. I have, therefore,
thought it Lest to send you this copy of the
resolutions,
In haste, yours truly.
D. L. YULEE.
Joseph Finegan, Esq., ( Sovereignty Confe
rence,') Tallahassee, Fla,
Make a Note of It
The pro-Slavery Democracy at the last
election supported for President John 0.
Breckinridge, who is now a rebel General,
and for Vice President Joe L->ne, whose
preferences are for the rebels.
The more moderate portion of the Dem
ocracy, (or Douglas wing), supported for
V ice President Hershel V. Johnson, who
is now Attorney General of Jeff Davis'
rebel Cabinet.
The "Union" party, whose platform was
the "Constitution," supported for Presi
dent John Bell, now a rank Tennessee Se
cessionist.
Thus, it would appear, that Abraham
Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin constituted
the only entire loyal ticket for President
and Vice President, and that the Itepub i
cans were the only party who did not vote
for a Secessionist at the late Presidential
election.
Some of the men, says the Raftsman's
Journal, who supported Secessionists—and
whose hearts are still with their old mast
ers whilst they proclaim themselves good
1 nionists—are at present engaged in read
ing lectures to those who supported loyal
men.. They are especially affecting wheu
they speak ot the Constitution and its guar
antees, and all that. But there are thou
sands upon thousands who thank God that
the candidates of these men were not cho
sen, (although they were allured into the
support of Secessionists by Fusion elector
al tickets), who now repudiate the doctrine
of the party which misled them, and who
will hereafter act with the party which
alone supported loyalists for President and
Vice President.
TAX ON ALE. —Two hundred thousand bar
rels of ale aro manufactured annually in the
of Albany, N. Y. Under the new tax that
city wnl pay on this article alone, two hun
dreu thousand dollars a year
WAR NEWS.
President Lincoln has assumed the active
duties ot Commander-in-Chier of the Army
and Navy of the United States. Ihe first
order, issued January 22, but only now
made public, directs a general movement
of the land and naval forces against the
Rebels on the 22d day of February. The
army and naval forces designated for this
movement arc especially directed to be
ready, and the Secretaries of War and of
the Navy, the General-in Chief (McClel
!an), and all other commanders and subor- !
dinates arc notified that they will be held
to a strict and full accountability for the
prompt execution of the order. The sec
ond order directs the organization of the
Army of the Potomac into five corps, and
designates the commanders of each. The ,
third order states that Gen. McClcllan hav
ing personally taken the field, he is relicv- j
ed of the command of all other military de
partments except that of the Department i
of the Potomac. The two Departments of :
Generals Ilullcck and Hunter, with the
'
portion of that now under Gen. Btiell, are !
consolidated and designated as the Depart
ment of the Mississippi, and placed under
the command of Gen. Hallcck. The coun
try west of the Department of the Potomac
and east of the Department of the Missis
sippi is designated the Mountain Depart
ment, and placed under command of Gen.
Fremont. This Department will include !
Western Virginia and Fast Tennessee
north of Ivnoxville. Commanders of De
partments are notified to report directly to
the Secretary of War, and that prompt,
full and frequent reports will be expected
of them.
The Contending Armies in Virginia.
The retreat of the enemy from Manassas
and Winchester, although it has postponed
the anticipated engagement between the two :
large armies that have so long faced each
other on the banks of the Potomac, by no
means proves that they will not soon engage
in deadly conflict along an immense line.—
The rebel generals have long contemplated a
retrograde movement from their former po
sition, as a probable necessity, and have made
many preparations fur it. Even before the
battle of Bull Hun, it is said they had deter- j
mined, in case they were defeated in that con- ;
test, to fall back upon a defensive line, for
med by the Rappahannock and Rapidan riv
ers. And General Beauregard having ad
monished them that, if outflanked, they would
bo utterly unable to defend Manassas, they
have been busily engaged, some weeks, in i
erecting defences upon the new battle field
they have selected. Their army is, doubt
less, disheartened and demoralized by the nu
merous disasters that have lately befallen the
Secession cause, and by necessity arc falling |
back before our advancing columns; but it ;
has not yet been defeated or subdued, and it
may still cherish the hope that, by a success
ful defence of its present line, our great army j
may yet be prevented from gaining complete i
control of Virginia.
The new line of defence to which the enc !
my in Virginia are said to have fallen back,
embraces, for the most part, the occupation |
of the South bank of the Rappahannock and
its main fork, the Rapidan. The shores of |
these streams are precipitous, woody, and
capable of being rendered comparatively ten
able. The few wooden bridges that span !
them have, no doubt, been destroyed ere this
by the fugitive enemy ; while the fords are
said to be guarded in force, so as to render
their crossing extremely hazardous. It is not
at all improbable that such a line of defence
may have been chosen. It has natural advan >
tages which we cannot afford to despise. On
the west, the Blue Ridge range forms an im- j
passable barrier; on the east, the Rappahan
nock, with its rapid current and almost un
navigable channel, rolls down to the Atlantic: j
while upon the south, a direct railroad con- j
nection is open to Richmond, which is not
more than sixty miles distant.
Fredericksburg, the most northerly point ,
of the new position, is said to have been well
fortified, and according to our latest despatch- !
es, the rebels have made a stand horc.
Address of General McClellan to his
Soldiers.
I
THE TIME FOR ACTION IIAS ARRIVED.
Headquarters of the Army of the Potomac, )
Fairfax Court House, Va., March 14, 1862. } |
Soldiers of the Army of the Potomac :
For a long time I have kept you inactive, but
not without a purpose. You were to be dis- '
cipliued, armed, and instructed. The formi- !
duble artillery you now have had to be created. !
Other armies were to move and accomplish 1
certain rcsn'ts. I held ycu back that you
might give the death-blow to the rebellion !
that has distracted our once happy country. I
The patience you have shown, and your con
fidence in your general, are worthy a dozen
victories.
These preliminary results are now accom
plished. I feel that the patient labors of
many months have produced their fruit. The
army of the Potomac is now a real army—
magnificent in material, admirable in disci
pline and instruction, excellently equipped an d
armed. Your commanders are all that I
could wish.
The moment for action has arrived, and I
know that I can trust in you to save our coun
try. As I ride through your ranks I see in
your faces the sure presage of victory. I feel
that you will do whatever I ask of you.
The period of inaction has passed. I will
bring you face to face with the rebels, and
only pray that God may defend the right.
In whatever direction you may move, how
ever strange my actions may appear to you,
ever bear in mind that my fate is linked with
yours, and that all I do is to bring you where
I know you wish to be—on the decisive bat
tie field. It is my business to place you there.
I am to watch over you as a parent over his
children, and you know that your general
loves you from the depths of his heart.
It shall be my care, as it has ever been, to
gain success with the least possible loss; but
I know that if it is necessary you will willing
ly follow me to your graves for the righteous
cause.
God smiles upon us ! Victor? attends us
yet] I would not have you think that aim is
to be attained without a manly straggle. I
will not disguise it from you. You have
brave foes to encounter—foemen well worthy
of the steel that you will use so well. I shall
demand of you great, heroic exertions ; rapid
and long marches ; desperate combats ; pri
vations, perhaps. We will share all these
together; and, when this sad war is over, we
will all return to our homes, and feel that we
can ask no higher honor than the proud con
sciousness that we belonged to the Army of
the Potomac.
GEORGE B. MCCLELLAV,
Major General Commanding.
The Fight Between the Monitor and
the Merrimac.
Before daylight on Sunday morning the
Monitor moved up and took a position along
side the Minnesota, lying between the latter
ship and the fortress, where she could not be
seen by the Rebels, but was ready, with steam
up, to slip out.
Up to 8 o'clock on Sunday the Rebels gave
no indication of what were their further de
signs. The Merrimac laid up toward Craney
Island, in view but motionless. At that hour
she was observed in motion, and came out
followed by the Yorktown and Jamestown,
both crowded with troops. The object of the
, leniency toward the Minnesota on the pre
vious evening thus became evident. It was
i the hope of the Rebels to bring the three
| ships aboard the Minnesota, overcome her
crew by the force of numbers and capture
both vessel ai d men. The design was a bold
1 and sagacious one, and apparently of easy ac
complishment.
As the Rebel flotilla came out from Sowell's
j Point the Monitor stood out boldly towards
1 tliern. It is doubtful if tho Rebels knew what
' to make of the strange looking battery, or if
they despised it. Even the Yorktown kept
on approaching until a 13 inch shell from the
the Monitor sent her right about. The Mer
rimac and the Monitor kept on approaching
each other, tho latter waiting until she would
choose her distance, and the former apparent
ly not knowing what toniakeof herfunnylook
ing antagonist. The first shot from the Mon
i itor was fired when about ono hundred yards
distance from the Merrimac. This distance
was subsequently reduced to fifty yards, and
at no time during the two hours of furious
cannonading that ensued were the vessels
more than two hundred yards apart.
It is impossible to produce the animated
| descriptions given of this grand contest be
, tweon two vessels of such formidable t ffen
sire and defensive powers. The scene was
in plain view from Fortress Monroe, and in
tho main facts all the spectators agree. At
first the fight was very furious, and the guns
of the Monitor were fired rapidly. As she
carries but two guns, whilst the Merrimac
has eight, of course she received two or three
shots for each one she gave. Finding that
her antagonist was much more formidable
than she looked, the Merrimac attempted to
run her down. The superior speed and quick
er turning abilities of tho Monitor enabled
her to avoid these shocks, and to give the
Merrimac as she passed a shot. Once the
Merrimac struck her near amidships, but only
! to prove that the battery could not be run
down nor shot down. She spun around like
a top, and as she got her bearing again sent
one of her formidable missiles into her huge
j opponent.
The officers of the Monitor at this time had
I gained such confidence in the impregnability
of their battery that they no longer fired at
j random or hastily The fight then assumed
its most interesting aspects. The Monitor
I ran round the Merrimac repeatedly, probing
her sides, seeking for weak points, and riser
| vieg her fire with a coolness that must have
been intensely aggravating to tho officers of
, her big enemy, until she had the right spot
! and the exact range, and made her experi
; tnents accordingly. In this way the Merri
| mac received three shots which must have
seriously damaged her. The first went in
| abaft of the smoke stack and ranged forward.
The next shot was put in low down on her
side, near the edge of the irmt roofing, which
| overhangs her sides somewhat like a pent
house. The next shot was placed nearly in
the same position. Neither of these shots
rebounded at all, but appoared to cut their
way clear through iron ad wood into the
shin. Soon after receiving the third shot the
Merrimac turned towards Sowell's Point, and
made off at full speed.
The Monitor followed the Merrimac un til
she got well inside Sowell's Point, and then
returned to tho Minnesota. It is probable
the pursuit would have been continued still
further, but Lieut. Worden, her commander,
had previously had his eyes injured, and it
was also felt that so much depended on the
Monitor that it was imprudent to expose her
unnecessarily. Lieut. Worden at the time he
I was injured was looking out of the eye holes
, of the pilot house, which arc simply horizon j
tal elit.-s about half an inch wide. A round j
! shot from the Merrimac struck squarely j
against these slits as Lieut. W. was looking
] through, causing some scalings from the iron
| and fragments of the paint to fly with great
| force against his eyes. The injury vras ne
i cessarily very painful, and it was at once
| feared that he would lose one of his eyes.—
i Before, however, he left Old Point, it was j
thought this danger had been removed. Lieut, i
Green now has command of the Monitor.
EVACUATION OF NEW MADRID.
The Rebels leave all their Guns and Camp \
i Equipage—Twenty five pieces of heavy Ar - i
tiUcry Taken—Thirty two Batteries of Field \
Artillery, several thousand Small Arms, j
and a great quantity of Stores taken—No
Rebel Flag remaining in Missouri.
ST. Louis, March 14.
The following is a copy of the official de
spatch sent to the Secretary of War:
"After several days' skirmishing and a
number of attempts of the enemy's gunboats
ts dislodge General Pope's batteries at Point
Pleasant, the enemy has evacuated his fort
and intrenchments at New Madrid, leaving
all his artillery, field batteries, tents, wagons, j
mules, &c., and an immense quantity of mil
itary stores.
"Brigadier General Hamilton now occupies
tho place.
"This was the last stronghold of the enemy
in this State, and no rebel flag is now flying
in Missouri."
ST. LOUIS, March 15.—Gen. Pops, in a
dispatch to Gen. Halleck, says :
"Our success at New Madrid has been j
greater than reported.
" Twsnty-five pieces of heavy artillery, '
(twenty four pounders and rifled) thirty-two
batteries of field artillery, an immense quan
tity of fixed ammunition, several thousand
small arms, hundreds of boxes of musket
cartridges, three hundred mules, tents for an
army of 12,000 men, and an immense quan
tity of other property, of not less value than
a million dollars, have fallen into our hands.
" The men only escaped. The enemy's
force is demoralized, and dispersed in the
swamp on the opposite side of the river.
"The enemy abandoned their works so hur
riedly as to leave ail the baggage of their
officers and the knapsacks of their men. Their
dead and unburied—their suppers were on
the tables, and the candles burning in their
tents. ' I
"A furious thunderstorm, which raged all
night, enabled them to get across tho river
without being discovered. Our heavy battery
was established during the night of the 12th,
within eight hundred yards of the enemy's
works, and opened at daylight on the 13th,
just thirty-four hours after the guns were de
livered to us at Cairo.
"During the whole of yesterday our lines
were drawn closer around their works, under
a furious fire of sixty pieces of artillery. The
fear of an assault on their works at daylight
induced them to floe precipitately during the
night.
"Many prisoners have been taken, and the
celors of several Arkansas regiments.
"Our loss is about 50 killed and wounded.
"llollins was in command of the fleet, and
Generals McCoon, Stewart, and Grant of the
land forces. The gunboats went down the
river."
Capture of Newbern.
BALTIMORE, March 18.—The steamer
Commodore arrived here this morning di
rect front General llurnside's expedition.
She brings the announcement of the cap
ture of Newbern, North Carolina, and the
defeat of the rebels there, with the capture
of a large nutuber of artillery, after a hard
fought battle.
It is reported that 300 rebel prisoners were
captured. Sonieof the reports make our loss
from 50 to GO killed, and 250 to 300 woun
ded.
A correspondent of the Inquirer tele
graphs as follows :
"The enemy's works, six miles below
Newborn, were attacked on Friday morn
ing last. They were defended by a for e
about ten thousand strong, and having
twenty one guns posted behind formidable
batteries, over two miles long.
" The fight was one of the most despcr
ate of the war. Our troops behaved with
the steadiness and courage of veterans, and
after nearly four hours' hard fighting drove
the rebels out of all their positions, captur
ed three light batteries of field artillery,
forty-six heavy ,-iege guns, large stores of
fixed ammunition, three thousand small
arms and two hundred prisoners, including
one Colonel, three Captains and four Lieuts.
The enemy let a largo number of dead on
the field.
"They escaped by the ears to Goldsbor
ough, burning the bridges over the Trent
and Claremont, and firing the city of New -
hern. No extensive damage was done to
the place. We lost about one hundred
killed and four hundred wounded, mostly
belonging to New England regiments.
" liev. O. X. Denton was killed, and
Major Legendre, of the Fifty first New
York, was mortally wounded. Lieutenant
Colonel Marriit, of the Twenty third Mas
sachusetts. and Adjutant F. A. Stearns, of
the Twenty first Massachusetts Regiment,
of Amherst, were also killed, and their
bodies are on the way home."
The loss of the enemy is not certainly
known, but must have been pretty severe.
Deforc our troops reached this last work
they encountered another, which was des
erted before they came up. It was in front
of this last fortification that the greatest
loss was sustained
< >ur entire loss is estimated by Major John
son at 'Ji> killed and 4-00 wounded and mis
sing. The force of the rebels is supposed
to have been about 8,000.
We captured a number of prisoners, in
cluding Col. Avory, who cursed his sol
diers as cowards. .Just as the battle ter
minated, the fog lifted and enabled our
gunboats, which had been impatiently wait
ing for an opportunity to participate in
the fight, to come up the river, and our
troops were furnished with means of trans
portation across the Trent river to Xew
bern. The rebels attempted to fire the
town on their retreat, but were prevented
by the citizens, who extinguished the
flames as fast as they were started by the
soldiers.
Gen. Ilullcck telegraphs to the secretary
of war that a detachment of our forces
have taken the rebel works near Paris,
Tennessee. The rebels were driven out
with a loss of one hundred in killed, wound
ed and prisoners. A guerilla band in Mis
souri has been dispersed and thirty prison
ers captured, among whom is brigadier
General Campbell.
From the west we have some additional
particulars of the recent battle in New
Mexico. Ihe tight was a severe one but
finally went against our forces on account
of the cowardice of a New Mexican regi
ment.
Additional particulars of the Pea Ridge
battle, in Arkansas, confirm the death of
rebel Gen. McCulloch. Gen. Price also
was wounded. Our forces captured fifteen
hundred prisoners and eleven pieces of
cannon.
The Rebels are reaping retribution in Ar
katisas. In the battle of Sugar Creek, recent
ly fought in that stato, the rebels were assis
ted by seven thousand savages, who had been
employed and trained by, and were in com
mand of Albert Pike of Arkansas. These
savages were gathered from the wild tribes of
the plains, and wore thirsting for the white
man's blood. In their frenzy they attack
friend and foe alike, disemboweling and scalp
ing many of the rebels, who, in their fury,
they mistook for loyal troops, This was" a
fearful retribution, and will probably satisfy
the rebels with the employment of savages to
butcher and scalp their fellow countrymen.
CHICAGO, March 18.—The Times mes
senger just from Island No. 10, says that
our boats kept up an incessant fire all day
yesterday. The rebels have six distinct
batteries on the Tennessee shore. One
shot struck the Benton, killing cne and
wounding seven men. One rifle gun on
the St. Louis burst, wounding several.—
The St. Louis was struck several times.—
The enemy are very strongly fortified, and
have a large number of troops on the main
land. Shells from our mortars fall in the
enemy's entrenchments every time. All
the mortars are to leave immediately.
Gone soldiering— James A. Elliott, son of
NV m. P. Elliott, Esq., of this place,
Tax on Slaves.
The Philadelphia Ledger is out in favor
of a tax on slaves. We are glad to be
able to agree with the Ledgef- for once.—
It is curious, as the Ledger says, " that
while northern capital, invested chiefly i :i
manufactures and general business, was to
be heavily taxed that a large portion of the
southern capital, which is invested in ne
groes, seems to be passed over. Northern
manufactures will pay three per cent .why
should not an equal amount be levied on
negro property ? Let tho average value 01
a slave be fixed, and let him be taxed so
long as he is a chattle, like other chatties.
The determination of the south to hold on
to slavery, the great change which has ta
ken place of late years in this respect, is
due to the increased value of slaves de
pending upon the value of the cotton crop.
Any measure which tends to lower the val
ue of the slave property, facilitates the
gradual extinction of slavery. It is diffi
cult to sec wh-t claims to exemption can
be urged in favor of this species of pro
perty."
ttgjuThe Democrat says that abolitionism
is costing the people three millions a day !
For a year past all our information Weill to
show that Jef Davis was freeing niggers
faster than John Brown ever did, but this
is the first time we ever beard ho was an
abolitionist, our idea having always been
that he had been a regular built patent,
locofoco, office holding, thieving democrat,
of the real tory stripe, who thought no
more of perjury than he did of a nigger-
jgiiy-'flie Ilullidaysburg Standard asks the
editor of the Whig ol that place how much
pecuniary advantage f he latter derived from
the tonnage tax repeal. Wonder whether
that "observing follow, Dickies," can ex
plain what suddenly converted the editor
of the Standard from a rabid opponent in
to a supporter of that repeal.
UAMS —a superior article, fi.r sale by
nlil9 F. J. HOFFMAN.
"XT'OF will find, to buy cheap,
1 i I .fl'man's the store for Cedarware.
Hoffman's " Table Cutlery,
Hoffman's " Groceries.
Hoffman's " Wall Paper.
Hoffman's " Oilcloths.
F A IMERS?
r|X) buy cheap for cash,
1 Go to Hoffman's fir Chains.
Go to Huffman's for Forks.
Go to Ilofimait's for Spade Shovels.
Go to Hoffman's for Iron, &c.
Lewistown, March 19. 1802.
Applications for License.
r pilF, following applications for License
X have been tiled in my office, to he passed
upon at April Term of the Court of Quarter
Sessions:
George Settle, Tavern, Bratton township.
Bcrqgbl Elriekn, " Brown
E. lfrTlunimel, " Decatur "
Simon Yeager, " Derry "
Jacob Lutz, " Granville "
W. 11. Horreil, " Menno "
Richard Drindle, " Union "
John M. Buleick, " " "
Rosanna Davis, " M'Yejtown
Benj. J Bradley, " " •
Wm. Brothers, " N. Ilaml'tn
M ni. M. Jeffries, " " "
John D. L. Bear, " Lewistown
Jacob Bearly, " • **
D. Eiscnbise, " • ■
•Joseph Gruver, " " "
Thomas Mayes, " "■
Jas. A. Murray, "
M. A. Sample, " " "
Adam llauiaker, Store " •*
N. Kennedy, " " "
11. J. WALTERS, Clerk.
Clerk's Office, Lewistown, )
March 19, 1862-3t j
ELECTION.
4 N Flection for fifteen Trustees of tho
i-i- Lewistown A cade in j for the ensuing
year will be held at the Academy, on
\\ LDXLSDAT, April ith, between the hours
of 2 and G o'clock p. ui.
mhl9 11. J. WALTERS. Sec'y.
Trial List for April Term, IBtt2.
Margaret Philips vs. \V. H. A J. R. Smith.
Langton for Dull vs. Jno. B. Irvine's AdTnr.
James Burns vs. Zeigler and Yergar.
K. L. Benedict vs. Hamilton A Comfort.
K. >. Kendall vs. J. W. Haekenherg.
E. L. Benedict vs. Elijah MeVev.
Jas. Rohb vs. I). \V. Huling's Adinr.
Zeigler for Burns vs. Steelv's Admx.
Cunningham's Admr. vs. fives A Thoinnson
W. Kirkpatriek vs. s, jj, Haines.
Claflius tor Benedict vs. Hummell') Exr.
batnuel Bedford vs. Jas. Alexander
Daniel Smith vs. Wrn. H. Weber
Wm. Reed vs. Gratf & Thompson.
n. * " J - WALTERS. Pret
-1 rothonotary s Office, Lewistowu, March 10. IS6'J.
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is THE
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