fclje Ccmcaster Intelligencer GEO. giIDEBBOHi EDITOR. a. niomsos. a«»qci»*».— A LANCASTER, PA., JANUARY 14, 1862, crntroils®*®*®* 0 <» cW gy «#a. nriran A Anow. No. BaMafoadirar,-KBW YOHi. »T««athorU>dto rowre^ advertisements for:TAe /nan* llitt^iShSfc&nrtria^ B. M. rmu»m * 00., an Agents t°r fhtZrmast J b&BSaesaer, and the most Influential and Urge®* drooia- KgSewspanen in the United State, and the Oeajuinj- Thay am antooriled to eon tract for ja* V. B. Paxjcxb, the Amerieu NwWflpApef «. B. cornar Fifth and Chestnut Street#, PhßadelpM* fa 1 toreeeiTe gubecriptioneand a£jerti^nents tor loweet~rtteJ.~gto~TBeßiptg"wm-be ** g *4§? "BnSm’g Advertising Aoracr to JJoejtedL at Now our flag fa flung to the .wild winds free, j liet ft-float our father land. And the guard of its rootless fame shall he Colombia*# ihoßen bani - DEIOCBATIC STATE 1 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. . A meeting ot the Democratic State Eaecutive Committee will be held at the Bnehler Home, Harrisbnrg, on Wednes day, January 16, J 862, at 3 o’clock, P. M. Democratic papers in the State will please copy. WILLIAM H. WELSH, Chairman. Thanks.— To Messrs. Hiestand of the Senate, and Worley of the House, for copies of the Auditor General’s Report. THE GOTEBIOIDS MESSAGE The Message of Governor Curtin, which will he found in another part of this paper, will undoubtedly be read by every one who feels any interest ip our good old Commonwealth ; and it is, therefore, not necessary for us to tell what it contains. The condition of the finan ces of the State, as presented by this docu ment, is most gratifying, and Bhows how great are our national resouroes, even under the most unfavorable eiroumßtances; the .state ment of what Pennsylvania haß done to defend the Union, and sustain the National Govern ment in its efforts to suppress the great insurrection, will afford peculiar satisfaction to every patriotic citizen; for it makes it apparent that our State, whose sons were first at the Federal Capital, in response to the call of the President, has a larger number of troops in the field, and better equipped and provided for than any of her sister States. The re oommendatioD for a military school, and for the introduction of military exercises into our common sohools, will engage much attention ; and the state of our defences, particularly on Lake Erie, will excite a deep interest. WO EXPOSURE. The eleotiop.of Col. Hopkins to the Speaker ship of the House would have ensured a searching and thorough investigation of the alleged frauds and corruptions perpetrated at Harrisburg within the last twelve months, and which the people of all parties are anxious to have investigated hence the strenuous efforts made by the straight-out Republicans, in and out of the Legislature, to prevent it. They deprecated the election of an intelligent, fearless, honest and indepen dent man like .Hopkins, and, unfortunately we fear for the Commonwealth, they but too well succeeded in their efforts. A regular white-washing process may now be anticipated, as the Speaker eleet will doubtless give the Republican wire-pullers a committee of in vestigation to suit their own purpose. We have very little confidence in any good result ing from the action of the present Legislature. Should anything be accomplished worthy of praise, contrary to our expectations, we shall not fail to give the proper credit where it is due. ABRAHAM PETERS The Express says truly that “ Mr. Peters very properly regarded it as one of the first duties of the Legislature to vindicate its own oharaoter by investigating and exposing the corruptions of its ‘ring’ and its lobby ; and he knew that with Mr. Hopkins as Speaker there would be no packing of a Committee, and consequently no ‘ white-washing ’ of an investigation.” This is precisely the reason why Mr. Peters voted for Col. Hopkins, and opposed the elec tion of Mr. Rowe. The first he knew to be an honest and fearless man, who would do his whole duty in exposing the miserable plun derers and robbers of the last Legislature; the second gentleman he did not know per sonally, and from his affiliation with the Re publican plunderers of the Senate and House of the former session, he was afraid to trust him—hence his choice for Speaker. Mr' Peters knew that his constituents of all par ties wanted a thorough and searching investi gation respecting the repeal of the Tonnage Tar and the passage of the Sunbury and Erie Railroad Bill, with other enactments of like character, which were obtained by bribery and corruption; and he proposed to accom plish this through a committee appointed by a pure and incorruptible presiding officer who would scorn to make any compromises or enter into any arrangements with the Curtins, Mc- Clures, Hiestands or Hamiltons of the Ex ecutive and Legislative departments at Har risburg. Time will show that Mr. Peters was right in his vote, and we advise the Ex press to wait a little while, for the develop ments that are forthcoming, before pronoun cing a verdict of condemnation upon him. We believe our neighbor is honest in his wish for an exposure of the “ corruptionists,” but he has been “ barking up the wrong tree.” He will find that his fondest anticipations have:, been nipped in the bud by the election of Mr. Rowe, or we are no prophet. A SINGULAR PROCEEDING. The County Commissioners, we learn, have stricken'off 2 per cent, from the valuations made in the county, and added that amount to the valuations returned by the City Asses sors. This will increase the valuation in the City about $7OOO over and above what the Assessors bad returned under oath. We had always thought the valuations in the City con siderably higher in proportion than in the country, but it appears the Commissioners wish to saddle us with a little more. The City oannot expect any better treatment so long as it is deprived of a representative in the Board. THE LANCASTER DELEGATION. fOn 'fte- question of Speaker of the House the members from this county voted as follows, viz ; Mr. Peters for Col. Hopkins, and Messrs. Worley, and Lehhan for Mr. Rowe. ' has yet been done by the Stata Legislature. Both branches adjourned yesterday, in rorder to give the Speakers - time to arrange the Bi<«3ing,H69»sjttew. „ ' '' l . THE STATE LEGISLATURE. The Senate was organized on Tuesday last by the eleotion of Lewis W. Hall, Esq,, of Blair county, Speaker, and all the rest of the Republican candidates. The House waa oratjtfzed on theeamd day of'iJoHN Sows, Esq,(Union Dem.) of Franklin county, Speaker. Mr.’R. was supported by every Republican member, auilby some nine ortengehtlemenwho were elected as-Union Democrats—giving him 53' votes. The Democrat?- proper all voted for Col. Hopkins, of Washington county, the regular caucus candidate—giving him 45 votes. E. H. Rauch, Esq., (Republican) was elected Clerk, having received 52 votes—all the Union Democrats voting for him except Messrs. Woblet and Scott, who cast their votes for Mr. Hill, (Dem.) of Montgomery county. The Democrats proper, including Mr. Peters,- all voted for Gapfc’ Jacob Zieg ler, the caucus candidate,giving him 46 votes. The following additional officers were elect ed;..all. of them Republicans of the straitest Beet, with one solitary exception:. ■ ■ Assistant Clerk—E. S.Capronr(Rep.) r Transcribing Clerks —C. W; Walker, (Rep.) J. R. Niles, (Rep.) Robert Brown, (Rep.) James Connelly, (RepA .; ' Sergeani-al-Arms— E. B. Picket, (Rep.) Assistants— James Sillers,' (Rep.) J. C. Stnrdevaht, (Rep.) Ricbard fldtehenß, (Rep.) John W. Wright, (Rep.) Doorkeeper —Casper Gang, (Rep.) _ Assistants—Gearga W. Gettya, (Rep.) J. M._Bqle„ (Rep.) A. B. Fox, (Rep.) Lewis Tredenicfc, (Dem.) ■ Messenger—S. G, Blanchard, (Rep.) Postmaster —H. A. Woodhouse, (Rep.) Both branches of the Legislature were therefore permanently organized on a Repub lican basis, and, as a matter of course, that party will be held responsible for the legisla tion of the present session. OFFICERS OF THE SENATE Speaker —Lonis W. Hall. - Chief Clerk— George W. Hamersly. Assistant Clerk— George S. Berry. Transcribing Clerks —F. L. Hitchcock, J. R. McAfee, Martin Orlady, W. W. Watt. Sergeant at Arms —Herman Yerkes. Assistant do. —Joseph L. Moore, Thos. Diokson. Doorkeeper —John G. Martin. Assistants do —Benjamin Hunsecker, John B. Heins, B. F. Johnson. Messenger —Thomas W. Walker. Assistant do. —Weller G. Brower. Librarian —William P. Brady. Sgy* The above are all straight ont Repub licans, and were elected by a strict party vote—2l to 9. There was no concession whatever even proposed to the Democrats in that body, nor would there have been in the House had the Republicans been in the ascen dency. , CAUCUS NOMINATIONS, The following nominations were made by the Democratic caucus of the House, on Tues day evening, none of whom were elected : Chief Clerk —Jacob Ziegler, Butler. Assistant Clerk —R. Milton Spear, Hunt ingdon. Transcribing Clerks —A. J. Sanderson, Lancaster; Jesse B. Davis, Montgomery; Charles B. Rogers, Philadelphia ; W. S. Rals ton, Armstrong. Sergeant at Arms —Benjamin J. Kelly, Philadelphia Doorkeeper— Sebastian Lieber, Berks. Postmaster —Jesse W. Knight, Bucks. Messenger —John R. Smith, Fayette. JACKSON’S VICTORY Wednesday last, the Bth inst., being the forty-seventh Anniversary of the Battle of New Orleans, was celebrated in this oity by a handsome parade of the Independent Greys under command of Capt. McCalla. Their marching and firing were excellent. Speaking of the day, the Chambersburg Times very appropriately remarks: The name of Andrew Jackson, and the names of the men who fought so gallantly on that memorable occasion, will not soon be for gotten. Gen. Jackson combined the three fold qualities of the soldier, the statesman and the sage. As a soldier he was brave, bold and determined ; as a statesman, he guarded well the interests of a free people, anxiously watching foreign and domestic foes ; as a sage, he exhausted the wealth of his experience upon his countrymen in such a way aB to throw a magic charm around the teachings of the “ old man of the Hermitage.” In view of the perils that now encompass the Union his name is near and dear to us. It was he that suppressed the first revolt of South Caro lina, which threatened suoh serious oonse qnenoes to the country. At one time when great national ■ trouble existed, aud a gloom was hanging over the country with respect to the future, it was ho that declared that “ The Union Most and Shall be Preserved,” which is now the sentiment of every loyal heart. In fine, Andrew Jackson was a full and entire man, and his example will serve to stimulate young men of this country who desire a like elevation, and nerve them to overcome the difficulties that must he sur mounted to attain the point from which this great idol of the American people sunk into a peaceful and honored grave, while his mem ory is embalmed in the affections of hie oountrymen. NEGRO TROOPS IN CANADA. The following is a Canadian war advertise* ment: WAR! WARM WAR! I! —TO TBE COLORED POP ULATION. —All the Colored Male Inhabitants of Dunnville and the surrounding country desirous of join ing Her Majesty’s Loyal Volunteer Militia can do so by calling at my office, where the service roll is now lying for signatures. When completed the company will be officered. S. AUBDEN, Capt. Com’g Vol. R. C. Dannville, Dec. 28,1861. We are glad to see that the colored people are moving, and it is likely that in a few days they will complete a strong military organiza tion. The colored company at Halifax is very efficient, and one of the best there. —Montreal Gazette. So it would seem that the colored popula tion of Canada are to become, practioally, the allies of Jeff. Davis and their former masters, against their benevolent friends on this side, who run them to Canada upon the Under ground Railroad ! The Philadelphia Press, of Tuesday last, takes decided ground id favor of a for ward movement of our armies on the Potomao. There is no use in disguising the fact that this is the sentiment of the country. Tho people are becoming very tired of seeing an army of more than half a million of men spending their time in idleness, while the expense of main taining them is an enormous burden. They want something done—something decided ac complished. It is to be hoped that the wishes of our people will be responded to by the Gov ernment and that we may soon hear the ordor, Forward March ! PHILADELPHIA AND ERIE RAIL- The lease of this road to the Pennsylvania Railroad Company was signed on Monday week. Our readers aro already familiar with the terms of the agreement. The substance of it is that the Pennsylvania Railroad Com pany guarantees the payment of the prinoipal and interest of $5,000,000 of the bonds of the Philadelphia and Erie Railroad Company.— The arrangements for taking possession of the road have not yet been completed. The lease, however, dates from the first of January. E@“ Thanks to our friend, Mr. Alexander Wiley, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, for a copy of the Indianopolie State Sentinel, containing a full and interesting acoount of the proceed ings of the Democratic State Convention, which mat at Indianppplis on the Bth inst. RON. J. GLANCE JONES. This gentleman—late Minister to Austria —was on a visit last week to ex-President Buchanan, at Wheatland. He looks hearty and welt WAR NEWS. The expedition down the Mississippi has commenced moving. On Friday, General Mo- Clernard’B brigade went about down the river, and encamped on the- San* tacky 'side, and- the. rest of thefbrce would probablyleave next morning. ' The expedition comprises from sixty to seventy thousand men, twelve gunboats, thirty-eight mortar boats, and twenty.eight tng and jsteambpats. / We record this morning another federal-Tier tory in Missouri. On Wednesday four hundred and fifty federal troops pnt to ront over one” tbonsand rebels, nnder Poindexter, on Silver Creek, Howard county. The rebels left seven dead on the field, and carried off many more; besides from' fifty' fo seventy-five wounded, and thirty more taken prisoners. Intelligence had been received that a party of 001. Jenni son’s regiment was at Holden, Missonri, and that they had made a descent on the neighbor-’ hood .where the government wagons were trained; and had fired the houses of the most prominent rebels engaged in the.affaic as well as the attack on Major Hongh's command.— The rebels in Warrensbnrg are reported to he in a high state of excitement consequent upon the near approach of Jennison. A battle ia hourly expected at Romney, Virginia, the rebel Jaokson having made his appearance in front of. General Kelley’s lines at that place. It is believed that the Union forces will be sufficiently strengthened previ. ous to the attack, to enable them to defeat the enemy. The United States transport Oriental arrived from Port Royal yesterday afternoon. Noth ing important had transpired at Beaufort.— Gen. Sherman has been reinforced by Com modore Dupont with 3,000 men. Tbeie is a probability of an advance shortly further inland toward the Savannah-Charleston rail road. The forces on Tybee Island were being augmented. Fort Pulaski occasionally fired a shot withont doing any damage. Contra bands continue to come in, and all the cotton in the vicinity was being rapidly colleoted. GEN. SIGEL’S RESIGNATION. Ever since the removal of Fremont we have been having reports of petty persecutions of Gen. Sigel by Gen. Cnrtis and other West Point officers, who had oonoeived violent prejudices against the distinguished German, because he was not a “regular," because he was a foreigner, and because he broke all the “regulations” of this war by'being energetio and successful. These persecutions seem at last to have resulted in driving Gen. Sigel from the Bervioe.- As early as the 27th ult. the following appeared in the evening edition of the St. Louis Republican : A report is in general circulation and every where believed, that Brig. Gen. Sigel has re signed his position in the army, and that his resignation will be followed by that of many of his fellow officers. The ground is that while he has been subjected to many petty annoyances, another has superseded him in the command of the army at Rolla. It is stated in German oiroles in Cincinnati, on the authority of private letters from St. Lonis, that for the publication of this para graph the edition of the Republican for that evening was suppressed, and that the tele graphs were forbidden to transmit the state ment Eastward. Be this as it may, the resignation of the brave and patriotio Sigel seems to be confirmed, and in losing him, we lose one of our very ablest Generals. If he has been forced to resign for reasons stated, it is the duty of the General-in-Chief to do the gallant Sigel justioe by giving him a command where the petty jealousies of West Point, that Northern "nest of treason," will not again overslaugh him. MORE “NO PARTY.” The Boston Post says: “ The speeches and votes upon the organization of the Legislature were remarkably harmonious in favor of ignoring all party distinctions and prejudices, and equal unanimity has been exhibited in the appointments at the-State House Bince —not a Democrat having been selected for any appoint ment.” Our Republican friends at Harrisburg were a little more liberal than their brethren in Massachusetts. Out of the thirty-five or forty minor appointments in the Legislature, they generously gave the Democrats one —and he an Assistant Doorkeeper ' And this in the face of a popular majority for the Democrats, at the October election, of not less than thirty thousand in the State! This is carrying out the “No Party” principle with a vengeance. THE ADVANCE MOVING. Indioations reach us from all quarters that the general movement so long looked for has really begun. The Burnside expedition is under steam and Bail, and may soon be heard .from at Fortress MoDroe. A whole eorps of reporters went out on board the Bteamer Cos sack, at Annapolis, but were interdicted from sending any information for publication before sailing. The fleet is commanded by Com. Goldsborough. It carries a pontoon train and bridge, and is accompanied by a number of mortar boats, floating batteries, etc., and all the transports are armed with cannon strong enongh to cover the debarkation of the troops. Where this expedition is to go still remains a mystery. The Washington Star says that the whole ultimate force will be fifty thousand men. Gen. Burnside’s orders were sent to him sealed, to be opened upon leaving Annapolis. The enterprise seems fall of dan ger, but we have faith in its success, and in its success everybody will see the wisdom of the strategic policy of the Geueral-in chief.— At the same time the westifn division will move down the Mississippi. A dispatch from Cairo says that 25,000 troops are on their way thither from different points ; that as soon as they arrive a movement of 60,000 men from there and Padueah, towards Nashville, will take place, when, if a junction be made with Buell’s force, the entire army will march to New Orleans. A PHILOSOPHER I Hear how our good friend Jones, of that sterling and orthodox paper, the Harrisburg Patriot, talks over his defeat for Sergeant at- Arms of the Senate : Serqeant-at-Arms in the Senate. —The subscriber very unexpectedly turned up as the Democratic oandidate for Sergeant-at-Arn: s in the Senate yesterday, and it was conceded on all hands that he would have been most triumphantly elected if there had been Demo cratic votes enough in the Senate—or even if the outsiders could have had a say in the mat ter. We are duly sensible of the honor con ferred upon us by the Democratic caucus, and tench our beaver accordingly. The spondulicks arising from the offiee would have enabled us to make another in vestment in the 7.30 loan ; but for any other purpose we would have had no use whatever for the money. We offered to fight the entire Republican representation “ the first seven up ” for voting for an invalided Republican in preference to a Bound and hearty Demoorat, commencing with Jack Hiestand, but he backed out for the whole party. One of these days we hope to see more than nine Demooratio votes in the Senate, and then we shall feel like being a candidate. Good for Jones. He is decidedly a true Philosopher. ‘‘Better luok next time,” Mr. “Gay and Incomparable.” Jones’ star is now in the ascendant. DEATH OF COL. SABICEL COLT. Colonel Samuel Colt died at his residence in this oity this morning, at 9 o’clock. He has been ill several days. The firearms faotory will be continued in operation by the present corporation. : s s The following extracts from an article in the. New York Journal of Commerce, contain the right sort of talk for the times. After stating the facts in the Mason and Slidell 1 case, it says: •- . A •—V- v.. We now appeal ta tfie ’ EngliaEmen' in America to write the facts to their acqaain-; tancea in England. We call on ■ Englishmen at home, to notioe that . the’American people; have exhibited in this whole matter a ness which should put to ahaine the hluster and braggadooia, the scorn and insolence -which have characterized the EDglish press. We further direct their attention to the fact that, while the American press and the nation have unanimously approved of the capture of MasonanfiSfidell, and justified the Govern ment in-holding tbun, the natjqnoacqmesees calmly and cheerfully in the inrrenaer ofthese men and~tbe~Administfati6n is to day nnin fluenqed by any-popular olamor.or by the well known voice of public opinion. If England be told, and believes, that the American people have no desire for war,, bpt on the contrary, that we most'Jearnestiy wish for peace, it may be that the present cloud will blow over, and we ahaU.have no collision of arms.. But this correspondence, and the giving np of Mason and Slidell to the demand of the British Government does .not end the matter. If England is not led .to revise and amend her coarse towards ns, we shall inevi tably drift into war within six months, unless the tone of feeling be materially changed. Let us work to avoid this. Let England be informed, by private letters,- if she banhot- he informed by her press and their correspon dents, that the American people are united now in one grand work ; that to accomplish this work they have already submitted quietly to the loss of immunities nnder their own Constitution, which, in ordinary times, would have revolutionized England or this' oountry; that there was never, Bince we were a nation, a period when the people were so united in the snpport of their Government, even to the ex tent of permitting it to encroach on their own private rights as never before; that if, instead of giving np Mason and Slidell, the Govern ment bad told ns to prepare for war, we woald have prepared for it with an alaority and with resonrees which woald have appolled.England, and with results that would have left the nine teenth oentnry the bloodiest in the roll of ages. Thiß neutrality, whioh the Government of England has assumed to ocoupy, must be rigidly observed. We have never asked for anything but a strict observance of-it. How far our Government will see fit to demand ex planations of the Trent ease we are not in formed. Bat the English people must be pre pared to obey the neutrality laws to which they have appealed, aud their press must suddenly and absolutely forget their sympathy for the South, which, in the. late embroglio, they have foolishly unveiled to our gaze, or, so surely as the Spring approaches, we will be grasping eaoh other's throats. If that grasp once becomes fixed, we do not need the gift of foresight to prophesy that it will not be loosed by either party till England is no longer a Monarohy, or America no longer a Repnblio. The Hon. Mr. Ely, the member of Congress who was held as a prisoner of war in Rich mond Bince last July, was honored with a serenade in New York oity on Thursday night of week before last He addressed the orowd that had congregated in the street, and in the oourse of his remarks, used the following language: “Gontlemen, I am porsuaded that the vast army committed to the trusty hands of Gen. MoClellan has too mnoh to do. If I have learned anything in the past it is that we fight a people terribly in earnest. The cry of Pa lafoix at Saragossa—“ War, even to the knife” —is still their cry. Firm in the belief that we seek their subjugation, they have waxed desperate, and neither life nor treasure will be spared to prevent the advance of our arms.— A rebellion so extensive and zealous as that whioh now reigns thronghont the South can only be overoome by the best and strongest efforts of a united North. We must, as one man, shoulder to shoulder, heart to heart, for getful of party, of prejudice, of all but country, join with the government in its exertions for the preservation of the repnblio. So only may we, by God’s good help, restore the national banner whence it has been-rudely torn j and, by conquest, win enduring peace, and estab lish our power to cope with traitors at home as successfully as we have with foes from abroad.” . Mr Ely had every opportunity, whilst in Riohmond, to miDgle with the people of the South, and his opinion that they are “terribly' in earnest,” is based on what he has seen aod heard. The great fault of the people of the North has been, that we have always under rated the power aod strength of the rebels. |gy- The Philadelphia Daily News, a Re publican paper, is very rnueh dissatisfied with the manner in which the Administration is conducting the war. It wants our immense armies to go forward and do something. The following is an extract from the News : For many months past very large numbers of men have been in the field, who are anxious to go forward with the purpose to crush out a rebellion which is without a parallel in the history of the world. These meD, however, are restrained ; and for some reason or other (we know not why) the Government fears to let them go forward. What can be the reason for this inertness of action ? Why is it that a Government like ours should expend a million of dollars per day, for no other praetical purpose than to keep on horseback a set of popinjays ? Does Mr. Lincoln suppose for a moment that he can sustain himself under the policy which is now being pursued ? Does Gen. Cameron, who iB at the head of the War Department of the Government, think that there is no other pur pose to subserve in this war, than that certain parties should make largo amounts of money ont of it? If so, we say to these gentlemen, they are mistaken. The great heart of the people swells np as an undying fountain in favor of the Union and the Constitution. They will contribute their entire substanoe for the support of either ; hut whilst they are doing so, they desire to sop the results whioh it is supposed will be arrived at by reason of their eontributions. If the Administration of the country feels itself incompetent to oarry on the war whioh has been foroed upon it, it should say so.— There is an abundance of element in our land whioh can take charge of the matter, and prosecute it to a euocessful termination. The people are tired of waiting, and the watch word must now be Onward I If this be not carried out, the administration of Mr. Lincoln will prove to be the worst failure which the world has ever yet witnessed. FOREIGN REyiEWB.—We find on our table the last number of Blackwood's Edinburgh Magaslne. “Olutter back's Champagne" is contained in Part 111. Two articles on the American question, appear; one—“ A Month with ‘The Rebels,”' which is a bitter partisan article; the writer has evidently been among the rebels, and has proved himself an apt pupil in learning to falsify. It is doubtful whether ever so much falsehood appeared in an equal number of pages where truth Is professed. The other article is styled, “ Some accounts of both sides of the American War,” and is after the manner and spirit of Russell’s letters—a sneer at the Government, and a half way justification of tho rebellion. If the foreign readers of Blackwood are content with such truth, they are wel come to it, and it is hoped they will beep It on that side the waters, as a sample of their “ superior literary taste.” The North British Review opens with an able article on “ Pascal as a Christian Philosopher.” Another article that is just now of more than usual interest is “Mr. Mills on Representative Governments.” The writer has little faith in Democracies, and argues from the present state of American affairs, that ail such governments mast fail. The article Is ably written, and, notwithstanding its false conclusions, it is replete with facts peculiarly interesting to our people. “Plato and Christianity,” “What la Money?” “ Edmund Borko, and “ Scottish Humor,"are among the attractions of the present number. Both these Reviews are fqr saip at J. M. Westhaeffer’s Book Store, corner of North Queen and Orange streets. More Public Robbery. —The Cincinnati Enquirer Bays the Congressional Investigating Committee have entered upon the discharge of their duty in that city, and after stating some of the results already attained, remarks as follows: -‘ The committee have intimations of other transaotions, in which other prominent per sons figure conspicuously, all of which, if well founded, will be developed in a few days.— The evidence that commenced on. yesterday indicates that disclosures of frauds in high places are not done with, and that in this State and Indiana there are. those who have forgotten love of country in this her hour of trial, and by strategy and fraud filled their pockets regardless of the future and .the prob able-verification of that old maxim, ‘murder will out.’ The oommittee find that the evi dence accumulates upon them, &nd that if. it continues will present: as.deplorable.a.Btate of: affairs here as baa been-dieoloaed elsewhere;” | Hartford, Jan. 10 THE RIGHT SORT OF TALK. MR. ELY ON THE WAR. THE EDITORS’ BOOK TABLE. LOCAL DEPARTMENT. City Democratic Committees.—A general meeting of the Democratic W&riLExecotlTe Committee* of -tbaCity of Lancaster wiilbe'held'at Uessenkop’s Hotel, in East Sing street, this (Tuesday) evening, at 7 o'clock— for the purpose pC consulUtipa and preliminary action-in 'reference to Municipal Election. ApOno.. tj ; V • i . The following named gentlemen eonstitne the Commit- ■ TT. . j N«W. Ward—Col. John Rankin, Goorge W. -Broire, A. J. Stelnman, Jacob 8.-Amwake, John A. Scfceurenhrand. Ji. B. Ward-r Maj. Charles M. HowsUl William Dowry, Jsrpaafi E.Dougherty,.Jacob Zeeher. \ . '•'■fi. w. Ward—Christian Fraihiy, James Wtihelm,-Davis Fralm, James Peoples, John Wltlinger. 8. E< WanJ—CoL Wm. 8. Amveg, John T. MacGonigle, DaVls Hitch, John Deaner, John Hensler. Death and Funeral or Another Soldier. —Mr. Joseph Maxwell, a private In Capt. Dysart’s com* jnnj, Col. Hambright’s Regiment, died, in the Military -Bospttal-ai-LoaisTiHeon thefitb and his remains were forwarded to this eity._ The. funeral .took plaee on fihnday afternoon last, msn hislate residatfee at the extreme end of Bouth Qaeen street. The funeral services were conducted at 8t Mary's Catholic Church, Tine street, and the remains were interred in the Catholic Cemetery, on the. New Holland pike. The Independent Greys and Artillery Cadets formed the escort and 'performed the mil* itary services. Mr. Maxwex was a highly respectable yoong r man; "and leaves a wife and several children to mourn his loes. . A Fine Painting.— Sanderson’s Panorama of the Crimean. War, which has been on exhibition at Ful ton Hall daring the past week, is a fine work of art, and attracted very good houses. It will be continued on exhi bition daring this week. Franklin and Marshall College.—The winter term of this rising institution commenced on Thurs day last The opening lecture, delivered by Dr. Nxvis, was an able and appropriate production. The subject war. “History, its importance and nsa.” In a time,- when a people are living the moat important chapter of History in the annals of the world, it Is eminently proper that the subject should be turned to philosophic aceount. Most of -the old students have already returned, and several initi ates have presented themselves, so that the term bids fair to be an increase over the last. Unrecognized Body or a Soldier.— There has been at the Adams' Express office, In the Depot, for the last two or three days a coffin, containing the body of a soldier, whose name is -Leuhxy, but who nobody in this dty can recognise. Perhaps be has some relatives living in the county, but- where they live or who they are ■either Mr. Thackara, the Express Agent, nor any bodv else'ln this vicinity can tell, gad, indeed. We trust, if the body is npt .claimed, It may receive a decent burial in one of our cemeteries. Empire Election.—At a meeting of the E&plre Hook and ladder Company, No. 1, held on Thurs day evening last, in the Hall, Duke street, the following officers were elected to serve the ensuing year: President—MsJv Charles M. Howell. - Vice President—-Dr. William N. Amer. • Secretary—Dr. G- H. Marbley. Treasurer—Christian Widmyer. Trustees—James H. Barnes, C. P. Laiae, Christian Wid myer. Chief Director—MaJ. Charles M. Howell. Directors—John P. Weise, Anthony Lechler, John Herr, Charles H. Amer, Daniel H. Heitshn, James Potts. The Howard Evenings.—Rev. Dr. John W. Nxvm's lecture before the Howard was an able and in* genlons exposition of the antl-Common School sentiment, and It called forth au Interesting and spirited discussion, in which MaJ. Ditmars, Messrs. Barr, Couison and Bypher, Prof. Brooks, Rev. Dr. Bomberger, of Philadelphia, and Prof. Wlckersham participated. Kevinski’s Juvenile Band was present, and filled np the Intervals with some excellent music. i The lecture this evening will be delivered by Mr. B. H. Hxsshxt, of Miliersville. Subject: “ Are Political Parties beneficial to the State?" The Bth op January. —Wednesday last, the 47th Anniversary of the Battle of New Orleans, was commemorated-in this city by a parade of the Independent Greys, Capt. McOalla. Salutes were fired by them at dif ferent points on their route of march. This was the only one of out military companies which observed the day Numerous flags were flung to the breeze in various quar ters of the city. Athenaeum Election. —The annnal election of officers for the Lancaster Athenaeum, Historical, Agri cultural and Mechanics’ Institute took plaee ou the eve ning of the 6th inst. The following gentleman were elected by ballot, viz: President—Dr. P. A. Muhlenberg. Vice President—Hon. A. L. Hayes. Secretary—John A. Sheaffi. Directors—Hon. Benjamin Ch&mpoeys, Dana Graham, D. G. Swartz, Gen. B. A. Shaeffer, 0. H. Lefevre, John P. Myer, Rev. D. P. RosenmiUer. Treasurer and Librarian—Jacob Stauffer. The Fencieles’ Band.—There are many excellent bands with the central division of the Army of the Cumberland in Kentucky, but the Feneibles’ still rank as “A, No. 1," and are the general favorites. At the recent nresentation of a stand of colors by Geo. Negley's to Gen. Rousseau's brigade, this band was specially detailed to famish the music for the occasion, and received many high compliments, and among others an entertainment at headquarters. The members are ail well and in excellent spirits, which is good news to their legion of friends here. The Late Corporal Hartman. —At a meeting of Company B, 77th Regiment, P. V., convened at Camp Wood, Kentucky, upon the announcement of the death of their fellow-soldier, the late Corporal Habthah, a committee was appointed to draft resolutions expressive of the sense of the company, which consisted of Capt. David Miles, chairman, Lieut. J. H. Druckenmiller, William 8. McCaskey, Frederick H. Sener and Jacob K. Barr. The committee reported the following, which were unanimous ly adopted: Whbbeas, God in His all-wisA Providence has seen fit to remove from oar midst our late fellow-soldier, Corporal Wm. H. Qartman ; therefore, be it Resolved. That in the death of Corporal Hartman the Company has lost a good soldier, and the members a true friend, endeared to them by his many virtues. Also, Resolved, That we deeply sympathize with the family of the deceased, in their loes of a good son and kind brother. Furthermore, Resolved , That a copy of the above resolu tions he furnished the family or the deceased, and also the Press of Lancaster for publication. .^TJonfirmbd.—The appointments of Messrs. Maris Hoopes and William M. Wiley, as Assistant Paymas ters in the Army, have been confirmed by the Senate.— Also, those of Messrs. E. D. Muhlenberg and Samuel S. Holbrook as Lieutenants In the Army, Nathaniel Ellma ker as Commissary, and Dr. Chas. Leib as Quartermaster. Sad Accident. —On Thursday week, aB Mr. David Hess, an aged and highly respectable citizen of Conestoga township, was in his barn attending to business, he slipped and fell from one of the upper mows to the floor, breaking several of his ribs and otherwise seriously injur ing himself. Ho was still living at the last accounts, bat very little hope is entertained of bis recovery. Lancaster County Invention.— Letters patent have just been issued to William McKain. Esq , of Conoy township, for a very ingenious contrivance to pre vent mill bugß from rnttlng Bolting cloths. Mr. Jacob Stauffer, of this city, through whose agency the patent was obtained, exhibited the drawing and ex plained the operations of the machine, from which it ap pears to be a very valuable invention. There is placed a wire screen within the bolting apparatus which separates the insects from the floor and discharges them into a tin box, and entirely precludes the possibility of their coming in contact with the bolting cloth. Mr. Stanffer informs ns that, notwithstanding the war excitement, business at the Patent Office is attended to with satisfactory prompt* ness. Lecture on Temperance.— Prof. Ahasa McCoy will deliver a lecture on the “Historical Vindica tion of Temperance Societies,” for the benefit of Lancaster Lodge, No. 9,1. 0. of G. T., at Fulton Hall, on Thursday evoolug next. Acknowledgment from Capt. Niff. —We publish with great pleasure the following eloquent ac knowledgment from Capt. Naff to Williax SexHCZB, Esq., the County Commissioner elect, and one of our most lib eral, publlo-spirited citizens, and the noble-hearted Ladies of Str&sburg who have assisted him in attending to the wants and comforts of tho soldiers: Camp Pubpont, Virginia, January 3,1862. My Dkax Sib: I received yesterday, by Adams’ Express, sixty pairs mittens, twenty-six pairs woolen socks, and a number of good books, kindly furnished by the ladies of Strasburg, as well as twenty papers smoking tobacco, pro vided with characteristic liberality by yourself—to be dis tributed among the members of my command. The kindness, industry and patriotism manifested by this donation place n's all nnder lasting obligations to tho ladies of your beautilul village. Nor is this the first mark of their and your good will toward us. We have before partaken of yonr unsolicited bounty, and been clothed by jour charity. We are indeed grateful to yon—not only that we are not forgotten, but because we are so substan tially remembered; and we will ever thank the Union la dies, whose tender hands have throbbed in sympathy with “the poor soldier.” Onr only regret is that we shall never be able to repay you—that we can give our numerous friends nothing but gratitude. Tbla,. rest assured, they have—this they will ever have. And If, when this accursed rebellion shall have been pat down, and Peace once more dwell in an undivided land, the sight of the tbankfa l ,' beaming faces of those who in the Providence of Qud may return, tamed to those who in the honr of peril and need were kiDd to them, convey to our friends the least feeling of gratification— then, Indeed, will we feel that we have not suffered in vaiD. Ton will pardon me for giving publicity to your quiet, unostentatious charity; I know it is furthest from the wish'of the fair donors and yourself that it should receive acknowledgment through the medlam of the press—l feel, however, that your patriotic spirit should be made known, that it may receive Us meed of praise from a patriotic people. Reiterating my thanks and those of my men, I remain, very truly, yonr friend, ALDUS J. NEFF. To William Spehcir, Esq. r Muster Roll of Capt. Pyper’s Company. —The following is the master roll of Capt. Pyferis company of thia city, which is Company K, 77th Regiment, P. V., Col. F. 8. Stambaugh, now in Kentucky: Captain—Frederick 8. Pyfer, Ist Lieutenant —Benjamin H. Ober, 2d “ Jacob 8. Dncbman. Ist Sergeant—John C. Sbroad, r 2d “ James A. Haas, 3d “ Henry M. Erisman, 4th “ George L. Myers, Quartermaster Sergeant—George Conrad. Ist Corporal—John J. Hartley, 2d *• Maris Alexander, 3d tf Jacob Pontz, 4th “ David B. Martin, sth “ Michael B. Huffnagle, 6th “ Alexander Marshbank, 7th “ John Obrioter, Bth “ Henry Good. Drummer—John Glazier. Filer—Wm. Marks. Team ster—John Decker. Privalts : Axer, Frederick. Hime, M. W. Armstead, Washington Herrltt, William Achlebach, Seth* Jordan, James Bqler, Lewis Kautz, James Brpwn. Alexander Keffer, Peter B Beam, William A. Kirkpatrick, John Brighton', Augustus Livingston, W. 8. Brubaker, David Lewis, Edward T. Booth, George W. Lqqts, Samuel Brenau, William Lecroig, Wllliagi Balser, Franklin Lyons, Jacob Borter, William Linhart, Henry Berk, Henry McMuUiD, Robert Berger, Abraham Miller, Samael Bond, Samuel Morrissey, William Carney,* John Miller, Jacob L. Clark, William Mackinsoo, Charles Chantler, James Montgomery, Abraham Domau, Francis McCone, Alexander ’ Doman, Franklin Nauman. Jacob H. Deltc. Frederick Pontz, Adam Donald, John Prentice, William Domal, Adam Rote, William* DHRuderfer, William Rote, George Eisepberger, Jacob. Rasp, Daniel Fiear, John M. Reere, David Flinebback, Aaron Seachrlit, Orlanda Flrdan, Joseph Shultz, David, Jr.* Fitz, Michael Stauffer, Jefferson Gallaeher, David Sturgis, Nathan Gilbert, John H. Sholtacb, Aaron Gembe, John Steward, Alexander Gait, Henry Sherrnp. Casper Geary, Charles W.* Shultz, Henry Guthrie, Joseph Schaum, Frederick Grwnawalt, William Bcbaom. Georgo Hall. Carpenter Tjjlor. GMrge K. Helaler. John Wataon, Samnel C. Herr. Mahlon Warner, Andrew Hendanon, William White, Jefferson •Desartcrs. For our Soldiers.—Mr*. Nathin Worley. Secretary or the Soldier* Aid. Society of Manholm, tn’orme U* th » Bodety has prepared and forwarded, for dletriboUon {o the aoldier*.anlistad from that place in the Army lorifae IJnlGo, 50; naira of woolen socks and 60 p*lra of mittens, ae fellow*:-' J?? 1 !? °. f *??’ *? d 12 of mittens to the care or Col. HamhrighCllnmferdaaUte. Kentucky. • .-"yenwono pairs of sockland 21 pain, f mittens tofhe care w. ArpdVOapt. Lanta'e com pans.6th Bawl • V - OaJp Pttspoot, new wJKoVton. D? 0. peranteen pstn of sock* and 17 pairs of mittens to the < ?-£* pt - Wise, loeWel Cavalry Begtmant, Jeflanon* vine, Hiffnna, v •i 01 9palrspf Becks were donated by Mire Usile cearjlanhetnr j ll pair of socks by Mn. E. Smith, of Mount HoparJ.wnd'l patrotpnlttena by Mn. M. B. Mn ler, of Manbeim borough. 's New Counterfeit,-— Peterson’s Deteotor gives the following description of a new and dangerous five dollar note on the Farmer** Bank or this dty: Indiana on the left end, figure 6 above; portrait ou right end, fig* ure 6 above; name of bank across. Fire in Elizabethtown.— A fire broke out in the wagonmaker and carpenter shop of Messrs. Lower A Wells, In Elizabethtown, on Wednesday night last, be tween eight and .nine o'clock* Mr. Wells was in_thashop with a fluid lamp which he dropped ou the floor. The lamp wa* broken, and the fire spreading rapidly over the dry ehavings the shop was soon enveloped iu flames. The building was burned to the ground. Some of the were saved. Loss abouithreohnodral dollars. Noinsnr*- anee. _ Fatal Accident.— On Friday morning, about daylight, Mr. Benjamin .Barge, switch-tender on the Pennsylvania Railroad, at the road bridge below the loco motive depot, just below the town* was found lying in tbe road beneath the bridge, faserriMe- The switches of which he had charge are Immediately at the bridge, and his du ties carried him overlt during the night. He hsd'evldont ly foQen between the which-aM xtoplahked, or over the edge which is without railing.; Mr.. Barge was carried to his residence, and attended by. Dr* Hottensteio, MeCorkle and Devlin. He was entirelyinsensible and re mained so until his death, from concussion iMT the brain, •tabont half-past eight o’clock the same morning. Mr. Barge was a most excellent sod exemplary, citizen, and leaves* family for whom the sympathies of Lhepnblio are finely, expressed. There is no means of knowing how long Mr. Barge lay Insensible before he was discovered, but tbe probability is that he toll-from the bridge soon after turning the switch for the shifting engine, about half-put five o'clock—hie last duty before being relieved. He was found between six and seven o'clock. This fo the fourth or fifth accident of a similar nature occurring at the same spot, and at-least the eeeond that has proved total. . It is .a mart dangerous .locality, in eplte of the gas light which burns—or. should burn—near the bridge at night. This repetition of totalities ehou T d compel the company to plank the bridge or provide the aides with a stout railing. It is a point which their employee* are compelled to pass afoot by night frequently, and these should not be exposed to nun c jssary peril, which may be guarded against- s» easily. Were the bridge within the boroQgh Emits, instead of just on tbo verge, tbo authori ties would long* ago have enforced the erection of proper safeguards against accident. As it Iv we would suggest a communication on the part of our officers with the proper railroad authorities ou the subject— Saturday's Cblumbia Spy. Columbia Election Returns.— We loar’n from tbe.Afry of Saturday that at tbe election .held Id that borough, on yesterday week, for borough officers, the ticket nominated at tbe citizens* meeting (with the excep tion of Henry SoUrbeer for Oounell, in place of J. 0. Pfab ler, decllnd) was elected. The .officers are all men of char acter, and will doubtless serve faithfully in their several capacities. The vote cast was unusually small, and is as follows: CHIXP BI'RGESS. Peter Fraley David Evans Gerhard Brandt. ASSZSTJUIT BVEOZSS. James Sehroeder. A. 8. Green tows council,. Henry Sourbeer John A. Hook Benjamin Herr Jacob 0. Pfahler.... D. 0. Wann.... Dr. W. S. MeCorkle. SCHOOL DUUCTOIIS. George Bogle fiamuel Shoch Joseph M. Watts J. H. Mifflin Dr. 8. Armor Abraham Bruner, Sr. HIGH OCHSI&BLK. Bamnel Waites... Richard Derrick. ECONOMY ADVOCATED. Senator Fessenden, of Maine, a leading Republican in Congress, in a recent speech, urging the necessity for more economy in the public expenditures, said: “ From the beginning of this contest, the spirit manifested by Congress and by the Ex ecutive appears to have been to see who could talk loudest about the largest amount of money to be spent, as if that woald accom plish the purpose. I warn Senators that we must begin somewhere in the work of retrench ment—and begin Bpeedily ; and, for my part, I mean to begin at the very first point that presents itself to economize the public money, or we shall soon be in a position where we shall have no money to economize upon. Look, for instance, at one example of the manner in which things are managed. The government of the army started with the idea that we wanted no cavalry. Pretty soon they came to the conclusion that we did want cav alry, and they gave notice of that fact ; and without counting what was to be the end of it, and what it was to come to, they allowed every man who offered to do so to raise a regi ment of cavalry. A regiment of cavalry costs something. It costs about double what a regiment of infantry costs, and perhaps more than double; I presume it costs $1,500,000 a year. I was informed by a man who knew all about it, because he ie one of the very highest military men—that ten thousand cavalry was all we could use, or twenty thous and at the outside; and how many have we to-day 1 We have Bixty regiments of cavalry either raised or in process of being raised, and most of them, as my friend from lowa suggests, are regiments of twelve hundred men each. There is very little use for them. The Government can do nothing with them. They are not even armed, and we have no arms for a very large proportion of them ; and yet they are raised, and the men are paid, and the horses are bought and supported by the Government. MaDy of these regi ments are coming here, and others are on their way here. There is no provision for them ; no service to be required of them when they come here. There’ is at least $50,000,000 to be spent for cavalry, for which tbe men who control the army say they have no use—and all because nobody inquired in the first place how many were necessary.” Our Country Disgraced and the Adminis tration TO BE HURLED FROM POWER. —Such are the facta, if John P. Hale is to be believed. In a speech in the Senate on the 24th ult., he said the proposition to surrender Mason and Slidell was *• a proposition fraught with more evil to the country than anything that yet marked its history j” that by itwe should yield all that we had gained in the revolution, and be humiliated to a second rate power;” that “if thia surrender was made, the Administration would meet with suoh a fire in the rear that it would be hurled from its power.” Such are some of the threatenings and predictions of the valiant Jack. The surrender has been made, and now we may expect something terrible from this pot-valiant Senator. Let the whole world hold its breath in anxious expectation of 44 something: to be did !” WEEDING THEM OUT! / Mr. Chandler, the demagogue Senator from Michigan, who for years has labored for the alienation of the North and South, and now advocates a policy which will lead to their eternal separation, has been voted out of the Senate by the Michigan Legislature, and Mr. Howard, a more conservative politician of the Republican school, elected in his place. The country needs blood letting, was the sentiment of Mr. Chandler, months before secession had assumed its present aspect. ThADetroit Free Press says, “Mr. Chandler's criminal partici pation in the movement to Ball Ran, his as saults upon West Point, his attempts to de pose General McClellan, above all, his utter incompetenoy for his position, have been fairly tried, and, by the election of Mr. Howard, condemned.” So goes one of them! Who goes next ?—Patriot & Union. Cost of Abolitionism.—? 1 What Slavery is costing,” says the Chicago Tribune, quoting Mr. Secretary Chase's Report, “is $897,372,892." ■ Nay, good sir, that is what abolitionism is costiog. Slavery was hero at the birth of the Republic, and- received the protection of the Constitution and of-the laws of the United States. While abolition is comparatively a new devil, bora of lust and fanaticism, but for which the Union would now be prosperous and happy. Therefore say that Abolitionism is now costing the country almost two millions of dollars per day, besides a bottonjless ocean of blood. —Bergen Democrat, John P. Hale. —This Republican Senator, from our State, has relieved himself of a war speeoh, in which England and the President received aboot equal share ofthe gentleman's attention. He wants a fight with England, and will have one with Mr. Lincoln. It is hoped, however, that the President will survive tbw attack. Jack can play the clown to per fection ; but when he undertakes to be serious* he fails. —Laconia Democrat. Revival at Camp Curtin,— ?Tho Metho dists attached to the different companies, in Camp Curtin have started.a religious revival: in camp. Prayer meetings andclass meetings are held almost every night.-: On Monday night there were five mourners. The field for operating is an extensive one, and themeet* ingthps organised bid fair to produce'the most gratifyihg — V:r:: ' V : - ; "W-AJR, 3STE VsTS- of Mowitt'klon.-Gen. Press t*»» Suceeasf)U JBxpl<tU In Boon County" Ca*» Mo'Cl*llan„lloeth Missouri, ) (to. ’ i. Sturgeon, Deo. 28. J Ahont etoLuLbattles of the war was fought MlßireS SS™ fro »fbi3plMo to-day. C?Io m. of Bharp-shoot- Sh bbroogh Sis spies that a rebel eamp oavato, under oommind orcol. Glover, he orgretlsod a command of nnf'ra? 01 ' “ d t* o hundred cavalry, under Col. Glover, and moved towards the rebel camp Arnving within about a mile, Gen. Prentiss ordered Col. Glover to attack a detachment of about one hundred, whioh had taken position in a lane. Be tiiaso wUh great" killing a number, anti prisoners. Tbo others fled to camp. Tfie order of battle was now assumed. Col. Binre, with three companies of his command, advanced throuah the field, taking the left, joined the foroe of Col. Glover, while Gen. Prentiss held position with a reserve of sharp-shooters-and a portion of oavalrv The attack was oommenced in full force. The fire fifpm tbe-wbpleTebelUiwwas tezrifia npoirtheririit wing.. - For a moment.onr column wavered and fell baek. 7 00 l Birge observing this,' rode’ into the most poffipt storm of leaden hail that was ever met on a battle-field, calling, upon thei to rally. Col. , co °r^ D £ U P with Minor Temple, and uniting with Col. Birge, won rallied the whole line, and the fight became terrible. Capt. Boyd, advancing from. the right wing, pooling in from the rifles at every fire messengers of death. Col. Birge, with a daring that oould not be excelled, led oik-the left wing'. Be won* saw the enemy on the right' giving way, and wnndisg theory of yiotory the whole Tine rushed forward, and therebels fled in every direction. Col. ®}5P panned them, ; with Capt. Boyd, for two miles, killing four and taking five prisoners. The rebel battle ground—what a sight! After they had taken away before theyfied seven loads, it was then completely ooverfd.with dead and wounded. The rebels had taken ohoseh ground in the woods, where cavalry-could not 'operate. Col. Glover, however, dismounted Jiia. cavalry, and led them forward with .his usual bravery. The coolness and daring of Col.‘ Birge In rallyinghia men in the midst of a perfect tornado of ballets, is deserving of all the praise dne to a gallant soldier, and what is more for him, during the three hoars tho battle raged, he never left hu position in- advance of the line, cheer ing his men on. The rebels lost in killed, wounded and missing not loss than one hundred and fifty: Ninety horses were taken,-and a- load of arms, saddles, and all their oamp equipage., Our loss eight or nine killed, and abont 25 woanded. A Bloodless Victory In Eastern Ken- The Gazette says. ** From the late editor of the Sandy Valley Advo cate, now one of the proprietors of the Louisville Democrat , who arrived here from Sandy Valley, yesterday, we learn that the second rebel invasion of Eastern Kentuoky, has ended in a disgrroefal ront. “On Monday last, Col. Garfield's forces, including the Forty-second Ohio, Tenth Kentucky, and 1,800 oavalry, had proceeded np the Big Sandy to Pains* ville, within seven miles of the rebel encampment, when they were met by a flag pf trooe bearing a message from Hnmphrey Marshall, asking if matters could not be arranged without a fight. “ Col. Garfield immediately replied that he conld offer no arrangements except either to fight or to sur render unconditionally. ~ “ Marshall then addresed his men,.informing them that they had no alternative except to surrender or disband, and giving them their choice. They im mediately collected and set fire to all their wagons, tents, oamp equipage, supplies, etc., and then each man was permitted to take care of himself, the whole force scattering in confusion. ■ No attempt was made to save anything except their oannon, which was hauled off. .. 110 ll3 - 112 llB ll7 ll7 ll2 “ Col. Garfield*despatohed his cavalry in pursuit. They expeot to' capture the gans and perhaps pick up many of the flying rebels. “Therebels in Northeastern Kenfuoky, from <he high estimation in which Humphrey Marshall’s mil itary abilities were held, had s/rong hopes of success under his leadership. A sufficient Federal force will be left in that region to secure it 3 futare peace and safety.” PROM WASHINGTON. Washington, Jan. 7. It is known that several female prisoners are watched and cared for in the northern part of the city, by a detachment of the Sturgis Rifles, under Lieutenant Sheldon. On several occasions recently, events have transpired showing a plot to clandestinely effect their release, but the vigilance of the guard has as often frustrated it. Brigadier General Shields ha 3 reached Washington. THE CONTESTED SEAT IN THE FIRST DISTRICT. The report of the Committee of Elections in the First Congressional District of Penn sylvania, is in favor of John M. Botler and against Wm. E. Lehman, who occupies the seat in the House. The minority of the com mittee, Messrs Worcester, Menzies and Brown, have come to a directly opposite conclusion.— The subject will be taken up for consideration next week. The Committee of Ways and Means have not yet formally considered the financial scheme of the Secretary of the Treasury. The bill matured by the Committee of Ways and Means, authorizing the issue of demand treasury notes, provides that for temporary purposes the Secretary be authorized to issue, on the credit of the United States, one hun dred millions of dollars of them,, not bearing interest, payable generally without specifying any place or time of payment, and of such denominations as he may deem expedient, not less than five dollars each, and such notes and all other treasury notes payable on demand, not bearing interest, that have been heretofore authorized to be issued, shall be receivable for all debts and demands due to the United States, and for all salaries, dues, debts.and demands owing by the United States to individuals, corporations and associations within the Uni ted States, and shall also be lawful money and a'legal tender in payment of all debts, public and private, and shall be exchangeable, in sums not lesß than one hundred dollars, at any time, at their par value, at the Treasury'of the United States and attbe office of the Assistant Treasurers in New York, Boston, Philadel phia, St. Louis, and at the Depositories in Cincinnati, for any of the six per cent, fcw’enty years coupon bonds or registered bonds, which the Secretary of the Treasury is now or may hereafter be authorized to . issue, and suoh Treasury notes,shall be received tbe same as coin, at their par value, in payment for any bonds that may hereafter be.negotiated by the Secretary of the Treasury,, and. such Treasury notes may be re-issued from time to tim& os the exigencies of the public service may re quire. There shall be printed on the back of the Treasury notes which may be issued under tbe provisions of this act the following words: “ The within note is a legal tender in payment of all debts, public and private, and is ex changeable for the coupons or. registered bonds of the United States bearing six per cent interest.” Our Specie.— The annual report of Hon* James Pollock, Director of the Philadelphia Mint, for the year ending June 30, 1861* states that tbe amount of bullion .received and ooined during tbe year at the. Mint, and its branches in the loyal States, exceeded that of any former year. The amount Teoeived was $72,146,571; coined, $83,693,767. Of the gold deposited, $34,21G,889 was the product of the mines of the United Stateß, and of the silver, $610,011. The amoont of specie in the United States on the 10th of Ootober (the. date of the report) is estimated at from $225,- 000,000 to $300,000,000. Of this amount all but about twenty millions, it is safe to assume, is held within, the loyal States of the Union. The Axe still at Work.— Collector Shoddy Goodrich is still at removing men from the Boston Custom House because of their political sentiments. It comes with an. ill grace from the Republicans, in view of such proscription, to ask Democrats to aid them in crushing the rebellion. If all Democrats were not patriots because they are Democrats, and because not to be patriotic is not to be Demo cratic, then the army wonld go a begging for soldiers. It might find brave enough men in the Republican party to take position a s offi cers ; but except for the patriotism of the Democratic party, it would be an army with out any privates.—Providence Post., HEAVY CONTRACT-FOR FORAGE* Mr. John Hipn, of the firm of Hughes, Fuller & Co., of Philadelphia, bos secured a contract for furnishing the Government with, one million bushels of corn at 77 cents per bushel, ana seven hundred and fifty thousand tons of hay at $22,50 per ton. This is one of the heaviest contracts yet made by the Govern-; ment for “ forage.” Appointments by the Governor.— Colonel A. ii. Russell, of Pittsburg, formerly Seore- . tary of State upder Governor Johnston, and ’ sioce the rebellion Aid-de-Camp to Governor ," Curtin, has been appointed Adjutant General of tbe State, vide E. M< Biddle, resigned. . , F. P. Sterrett has been appointed President,, Judge ot Allegheny county, vipp Judge Mq* Clure, deceased;.'! . , - :(, Colonel Samuel Colt, . then manufacr turer ‘bf : Colt's reyojving firearms, .dledAotii;-. Friday mornihgat his residence injHeffcfQtd r :: ConhV L Cincinnati, Jan. 11 THE FINANCES. THE DEMAND TREASURY NOTES.
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