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QEO. 8 AIT DICKSON, EDITOR.
A. BAHPBHSOH, Associate.
LANCASTER, PA., DECEMBER 23,1862.
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Burnside’s Retreat.
However much we may deplore
the late disaster at Fredericksburg,
we cannot help admiring the skilful
manner in which Major General
Burnside conducted his retreat across
the Kappahannoek. Such move
ments are the most perilous in war
fare. A great army was obliged to
cross a wide and rapid river, within
range of the guns of an enemy
flushed with victory. It was done
without the loss of a man. Nothing
was left, and the rebels, on Tuesday
morning, were surprised at the dis
appearance of an army they were
evidently preparing to attack. All
honor to General Burnside and the
gallant Generals under him, for the
skilful manner in which they con
ducted this movement. •
The Situation.
Tlie situation of Burnside’s army
is this: The dead—the gallant thou
sands who were remorselessly sacri
ficed on Saturday week—sleep the
sleep that knows no waking in shal
low graves and trenches on the
southern bank of the Rappahan
nock ; those of the wounded who
could bear it have been removed to
the "Washington hospitals, those
more dangerously hurt remain at
Falmouth; the living part of the'
army, reinforced probably to the ex
tent of its loss in the battle, occupies*
the old position on the north bank,
in and around Falmouth. Lee has
advanced his pickets to points near
the hank of the river, where they
have thrown up rifle pits ; they have
also increased their entrenchments
on the ridge in the rear of Freder
icksburg. Their battalion drills are
plainly visible, to our soldiers on this
side. The route to Richmond by
Fredericksburg we may safely con
clude is blocked. We await the ris
ing of the curtin to see what Hal
leck and Stanton will propose next.
At present we do not envy them.
The Killed and Wounded.
Our loss in the recent bloody bat
tle at Fredericksburg, in killed,
wounded, and missing, is estimated
at 15,000 —some accounts place it
much higher—whilst the enemy’s
loss is said to be only 3,000. This
disparity can easily be accounted for:
Our troops were exposed in all parts
of the line during the day, whilst the
rebels mainly fought under cover of
their entrenchments and rifle pits.
It was a terrible slaughter without
the accomplishment of any good,
and there should be a thorough in
vestigation to ascertain where the
blame rests for this wanton destruc
tion of life.
A Break in the Cabinet,
Secretary Seward tendered his
resignation to the President on Fri
day last, but it had not been ac
cepted at the latest accounts. In the
event of his going out, it is said that
Senator Sumner will take his place.
The Assistant Secretary resigned at
the same time. It is also rumored
that Secretary Chase and Post
master General Blair will leave with
Mr. Seward. Rumor likewise has
it that Gen. Halleck will get leave
•to retire from his present position,
and that Gen. Burnside has asked
to be relieved from the command of
the .Army of the Potomac.
We give these rumors for what
they-arp worth. : That there is trou
ble "&t Washington is beyond a
doubtl - We must wait and Bee what
next will turn up.
The Dismrionists.
Mr. Vallandigham offeredin Con
gress, on Friday last, resolutions
that the Union must he preserved
indivisible; that any person advising"
peace on any other terms should be
held guilty of a high crime ; that
the Government can never permit
foreign intervention; that the war
is waged in no spirit of oppression,
but for the equal rights of the States
and the maintenance of the Union;
that the revolutionary scheme of .ex
tinguishing State laws and turning
States back’to Territories should not
be tolerated; that»' a dictatorship
should be spurned, and that the
preservation of the Constitution, the
Union and the liberties of the people
should be the object kept in view.
These resolutions were Voted down
by the House., by a vote of 75 Abo
litionists against 50 Democrats in
their favor. Where now is the
boasted Unionism of the Abolition
ists ? Reader reflect upon it. These
nigger-worshippers thus, vote vir
tually in favor of a dictatorship,
against the preservation of the Union,
Constitution, public liberty and all!
the: great battle*
Oq oar first page will be found a somewhat
extended and graphic account of the great
battle at Fredericksburg, Va. t on the 13th
inßt. When we take into account the im
mense armies engaged—two hnndred thou
sand men on our side, and probably nearly
the same number on the part of the rebels—
and the terrible loss in killed, wounded and*
missing on our side, we may be able to form
some faint idea of the bloody scenes enacted
on that eventful day. There has been no
battle equal to it in modern times. The
bravery of our men was undoubted. No
troopß in the world ever behaved better. —
But they could not accomplish impossibilities,
and they were slaughtered by thousands to
gratify the “ On to Richmond ” cry of Aboli
tion officials at Washington.
There is one thing certain: Either there
must be a change in the management of the
war, or disaster after disaster will be the con
sequence of this imbecility and incompetency
at bead quarters. Had the brave and accom
plished McClellan been left in command of
the Army of the Potomac and untrammeled
in his operations, this terrible disaster to our
arms have occurred, and thiß is the
general sentiment of the country.
THE EMANCIPATION POLICY
In the House of Representatives, Monday,
the 15th, Mr. Samuel C. Fessenden offered the
following:
Resolved , That the proclamation of the
President of the date of September 22, 1862,
is warranted by the Constitution; that the
policy of emancipation, as indicated therein,
is well adapted to hasten the restoration of
peace, and is well chosen as a war measure,
and is an exercise of power with proper re
gard to the rights of citizens and the perpe
tuity of free government.
Mr. HolmaD, of Indiana, moved to lay it
on the table. Disagreed to—yeas 53, nays
80. The resolution was then adopted—yeas
78. Days 51; as follows:
Yea*— Messrs. Aldrich, Alley, Arnold, Babbitt,
Baker, Bingham, Samuel S. Blair, Blake, Buffinton,
Burnham, Chamberlain, Clark, Colfax, Frederick A.
Conkling. Koscoe Conkling, Cutler, Dawes, Delano,
Duel!, Edgerton, Edwards, Elliot, Ely, Fenton, 8.
C. Fessenden, T. A. D. Fessenden, Fisher, Fanohot,
Frank, Gooch, Goodwin, Gurley, Haight, Hiokman,
Hooper, Hutchins, Julian, Kelley, F. W. Kellogg,
Wm. Kellogg, Killinger, Lansing, Loomis, Lovejoy,
Low, McPherson, Mitchell, Moorhead, Morrill, of
Maine, Morrill, of Vermont, Noell, Patton, Pike,
Pomeroy, Porter, Potter, Rice, of Massachusetts,
Rice, of Maine, Riddle, Rollins, of N. H., Sargent,
Sedgwick, Shellabarger, Sloan, Spaulding, Train,
Trowbridge, Van Valkenburgb, Van Wyck, Verree,
Walker, Wall, Washburne, White, of Indiana, Wil
son, Windom and Worcester.
Nays— Messrs. Allen, of Illinois, Ancona, Bailey,
Biddle, Calvert, Cobb, Cox, Cravens, Crisfield, Crit
tenden, Dunlap, English, Fouke, Granger, Grider,
Hall, Harding, Harrison, Holman, Kerrigan, Knapp,
Leary, Mallory, Maynard, Menzies, Morris, Noble,
Norton, Odell, Pendleton, Perry, Price, Richardson,
Robinson, Rollins, of Missouri, Sheffield, Shiel,
Smith, Steele, of N. Y., Stiles, B. F. Thomas, Fran
cis Thomas, Vallandigham, Wadsworth, Ward,
Whaley, White, of Ohio, Wickliffe, Wright and
Yeaman.
The only Republican voting-in the nega
tive was Mr. Thomas, of Massachusetts.
THE NEW YORK. GRAND JURY AND
ILLEGAL ARRESTS.
Recorder Iloffman, of the General Sessions
of New York, has called the attention of the
Grand Jury to the arrest without warrant of
citizens of that State by the Secretary of
War. He pronounces such arrests as illegal,
indictable and punishable, and says: “Upon
the trial of such indictment the fact that ho
acted by order of the President, or of any
member of tho Cabinet, or other officer of the
Government, will constitute no legal defence.”
The Grand Jury, acting under the instruo
tions of the Court, have subpoenaed the U. S.
Marshal for that district to testify in an inqui
ry of charges made agaiußt Edwin M. Stanton,
Secretary of War, and others. It is supposed
that the charges are for false arrests and the
imprisonment of certain citizens in Fort La
fayette. The inquiry was commenced on the
19th inst. The charges are predicated upon
the following portion of Recorder Hoffman’s
charge to the Grand Jury :
“ The removal of any person from this State
into any other State or Territory, to answer to
any charge of having committed here an of
fence against the laws of either the United
States or the State, is without the authority
of law. And every person, whether he be an
officer or private individual, who shall thus
seize and confine any person vyhomsoever, with
intent either secretly to confine or imprison
him here or to removo him out of the State
against his will, acts in violation of the Btatute
and renders himself liable to indictment and
imprisonment. Upon the trial of such in
dictment, the fact that such seizure, confine
ment and removal were by order of the Presi
dent of the United States, of any member of
hia Cabinet, or other officer of the Government,
will constitute no legal defence. Neither the
President nor Bnv member of the Cabinet nor
other officer (not judicial) has any lawful au
thority to order the seizure, or imprisonment,
or removal from the State, of any oitizen of
tho State, for any offence whatever, commit
ted, or alleged to have been committed, within
its borders.”
United States Marshal Murray is at present
in Washington, but it is presumed that he will
also he subpoenaed as a witness.
The charge of Recorder Hoffman and the
action of the Grand Jury, above alluded to,
are founded on a law passed by the Aboli
tionists of the New York Legislature several
years ago, mainly for the protection of negroes
from unconstitutional and illegal arrests for
the purpose of kidnapping them. Fortunate
ly, however, in their zeal to benefit the
negroes, they made the act broad enough to
embrace white men in its provisions—hence
the action of the Court of General Sessions.
“ Curses like chickens, come home to roost,”
is a trite but true adage, and some of the lead
ing Abolitionists at Washington will probably
be able to verify it in their own cases before
a great while.
The Minnesota Indians. —lt will be re
collected that some 310 of the Minnesota
Indians engaged in the late outrages in that
State, were condemned to death by court
martial, and the President was asked to order
their execution. In support of this wholesale
slaughter, the Minnesota delegation-in Con
gress have exerted all their influence, and the
people there, in publio meetings and other
wise, have demanded it with threats of mob
violenee, &o. But the President refuses to
comply with the demand, and has ordered the
execution of only thirty-nine of the condemned
Indians. ■ a ■
DISPATCH raos GEE. BURNSIDE.
HxAcquAßTiKg Abut or THE Potosao, )
Decembef'l6—6 P- M. (
Maj or General Halleok, Commander-in-Chief: |
The Army of the Pptomac was withdrawn-'to this
side of the Rappahannock river, because I felt fully
convinced that'the position In front could not be
earned, and it tod* a military necessity either to
attack the enemy or retire. A repulse would have
been disastrous to us under existing circumstances.
The .army was withdrawn at night without the
knowledge of the enemy, and without loss, either of
property or men.
AMBROSE B. BURNSIDE,
Major General Commanding.' L
The above brief dispatch winds up the ill
advised and ill-fated attack upon Fredericks-?
burg. It waa a murderous conflict, forced
upon a reluctant General by the peremptory
command of hU superiors at Washington—a
oonfliot in which, it is said, our loss will fall
but little, if any, short of 20,000 in killed,
wounded and missing, ending in disastrous
defeat, aud the retreat of the army across the
river to its original position near Falmouth—
a position, says the Patriot Union , which
should never have been taken, or, being
taken, never left to attaok the impregnable
position of the enemy in front. It was a ter
rible blander, for which a Nation mourns and
a guilty administration must yet atone to the
people.
The feeling in New York and throughout
the country is but fesbly portrayed in the fol
lowing extracts from the Herald and World :
From the New York Herald, Deo. 17.
Yesterday was a gloomy day in this city.—
It was not till then that the truth came to be
fully realized—that the slaughter of our
troops bad been immense, and the situation
altogether so discouraging that it was neces
sary to recross the Rappahannock to insure
the safety of the remnant of the army.
These facts caused the deepest depression,
mingled with intense indignation and smoth
ered murmurs. Everybody seemed to feel
that the best blood of the country had been
shed in vain through the imbecility which
directs our armies from the city of Washing
ton.
The duty of the President, .under these cir
cumstances, is very plain. He alone is di
rectly responsible to the country. His Cabi
net Ministers are responsible indirectly, and
will have to render an account hereafter, as
sure as there is a God in Heaven or an in
censed, outraged people here on earth. Let
him at once provide for the safety of the re
public by cutting -loobo from the radical dis
organizes who have brought ruin on the
country. The delivery of the country is in
the bands of the President, and the people
who elected him will look to him for the
proper administration of their affairs, and the
sacrifice of men in office who are incompetent
to the task they have undertaken. It is the
Republic and not the Cabinet that must be
preserved.
From the New York World, Deo. 17.
By Gen. Halleck's orders the Army of the
Rappahannock was marched up against the
impregnable batteries of the Fredericksburg
heights, brigade after brigade, division after
division, one after another decimated, thou
sands upon thousands slaughtered, from day
break to sunset, until its ruin was complete,
until well nigh twenty thousand brave and
noble wet the Virginia hill-sides with
their blood. The unblencbing courage, the
dauntless intrepidity, of our magnificent army
were never more sublimely displayed. Tbe
blundering strategy, the incompetent general
ship, which hurled them to a fruitless doom
never branded itself so conspicuously as in
discriminate slaughter and murder by whole
sale. Again have you, Abraham Lincoln, by
the hands of Henry W. Halleck and Edwin
M. Stanton," sent death to thousands upon
thousands of our brothers and friends, again
desolation "vnd anguish to the homes and
hearts of the people ; —death that gives no
life to the perishing nation, and sorrow which
no patriotism can console, or the conscious
ness of a needful though costly self-sacrifice
assuage. By the banks of the Rappahannock
there was slaughter which was fruitless, and
by twenty thousand firesides tears to-day are
shed which God alone can wipe away.
Wo have no words of anger in an hour like
this. The sense of sorrow lor the nation and
her slaughtered sons cools even the hot wrath
which must yet break forth upon the heads of
those whose selfishness, whose incompetency,
whose recklessness, and whose ambition have
brought our grief upon us.
By that sorrow, in whioh there is not a
family in all the cities and villages of the
North but Bhares; by that love for our coun
try which has not faltered among ufs and does
not falter, in her darkest hour ; by the hopes
which must yet lioger in the bosom of the
chief magistrate, to recover the confidence of
his people and to transmit an honored name
to his and their posterity ; by these, and every
other consideration which the breaking
hearts or the anxious minds of twenty
millions of people oan conceive or frame,
we beseech. the President to cut loose
now and finally from his past and fatal policy,
and from the men, of whom it is enough to’
say that the Union, and the Constitution
might have been saved, but that with the re
sources of a continent and the arms of twenty
millions of united freemen at their backs,
they have not saved ft. We beseech him to
call to his Cabinet and aid, the ablest, bravest,
and best men of the Dation, aod so, if our
cause is not yet past all remedy, by their
help, and the favor of a just God, to make one
final effort for the salvation of the Republic
which fruitless millions have been spent for,
and for which more than a hundred thousand
lives have been yielded up in vain.
From every human heart—from every press,
except the stony-hearted, false, lying Abolition
press—from every section of country, comes
tbe cry of horror, the wail of lament for our
slaughtered soldiers—alas, slaughtered in vain
—murdered by orders from Washington.—
What we have extracted from the Herald
and World iB but a faint note of public feel
ing—of tbe suppressed wrath which is yet to
break forth.
THE WOUNDED SOLDIERS.
Hitherto the War Department has resisted
all Governor Curtin’s efforts, as well as those
made by private individuals, to have sick and
wounded Pennsylvania soldiers brought to our
State hospitals, or sent to their relatives where
they wuuld bo properly taken care of and
speedily restored health and to the army.
In the battle at Fredericksburg, on Saturday
week, the troops from .this State suffered
severely, and Governor Curtin and Surgeon
General Kino, as we learn from the Patriot
& Union, have gone to Washington again on
the same errand of mercy. They have already
appealed too often. The way to succeed is to
demand. At Washington they sometimes
oomply with demands, when they shut their
ears to appeals. Our brave sick and wounded
men should not be left to suffer and die in
military camps and hospitals for want of
proper care and attention.
N. B. Since the above was in type we are
gratified to learn that the Governor and Sur
geon General have succeeded in their mission,
and that an order has been made by the War
Department permitting the removal of sick
and wounded soldiers to their several States.
HON. GEORGE H. PENDLETON.
Thiß gentleman, one of the able and ac
complished Representatives from the State of
Ohio in C(ingress, is strongly urged in
connection with the next Speakership of that
body. Mr. P. is well and favorably known
as a sound constitutional lawyer, an able
and accomplished statesman, and an un
flinching Demoorat—hnviDg all the experience
and parliamentary tact necessary to a faith
ful and intelligent discharge of the duties of
that high and important office. His election
to the Chair of. the next House would be a
fitting tribute to the gallant Democracy of
his District and State for the glorious triumph
they achieved in Ootober last.
THE NEW TORE CAUCASIAN.
This bold and fearless Democratic paper is
now permitted to be sent in the mails, a privi
lege denied the publishers for over a year.
The recent elections in the North have, doubt
less, produced this effect. The paper is pub
lished every Saturday, and furnished to single
subscribers atsl.Soper annum, payable in
advance. To clubs of four it'will be furnished
for $5, and to ten for $l2. : -
From the Naw Hampshire Patriot.
HOW BICHHOHD WAS HOT TAKEN.
When Gen. McClellan went to Yorktown
last spring, he had-the promise of certain
forces for tbe capture.’of Richmond. -MJppfi
his arrival before rthQ York.
town be was informed.by the Washington au
thorities that a large portion of 'those forces
(McDowell's corps and Franklin's division,
some 60,000,) would not tojoin
him; but afterwards,Trahklih's division was
sect him ; but McDowell’s 40,000 were sect
to rest in idleness at Fredericksburg. This
interference with his plans and diminution of
his forces not only prevented him from "bag
ging” the rebel army at Yorktown, and thus
securing the capture of Richmond, but caused
all the terrible losses and sufferings of the enV
sequent campaign;
Afterwards, in May, when Gen. Porter's
corps marched to Hanover Court House, 20
miles north of Richmond towards Fredericks
burg, if McDowell then had been permitted to
join him there, Richmond would have been
taken, and all the losses and sufferings of
Pope's retreat and the Maryland campaign
would have been avoided.
These are now faots of history, substantiated
as conclusively as such facts can ever be
proved. Sach is the testimony of Gen.
McClellan, recently given in a Court Martial
at Washington in the oase of Gen. McDowell.
In that testimony he said :
“ I have no doubt said, for it has ever been
my opinion, that the Army of the Potomac
would have taken Richmond had not the corps
of Gen. McDowell been separated from it. It
is also my opinion that bad the command of
Gen. McDowell joined the Army of the Poto
mac in May, by way of Hanover Court House
from Fredericksburg, we should have had
Richmond within a week after the junction. I
do not hold Gen. McDowell responsible, ini my
mind, failure to join me on either oc
casion.”
He also testified that the troops for the de
fence of Washington numbered about 70,000,
exclusive of McDowell's corps.
"Gen. McClellan, in answer to certain
questions of the Court, gave his opinion that
Jackson's movement against Gen. Banks was
to prevent reinforcements being sent to the
Army of the Potomac, and he expressed that"
opinion to the President in a telegram within
a day of the time he (McClellan) received in
formation of Jackson's movement. If
McDowell had moved direct upon Hanover
Court House instead of in the direction of
Front Royal, Jackson would have rapidly re
traced his steps to join the main rebel army
at Richmond. With a strong army of our
own in the vicinity of Richmond, and threat
ening it, McClellan did not think the rebels
would have detached a sufficient force to
seriously endanger ,tbe safety of Washing
ton.”
Here is the opinion of the ablest military,
commander of the country, that but for tbe
withdrawal of McDowell's corps, Richmond
would have been taken. Here is also his
opinion that if McDowell had been permitted
to join him in May, Richmond would have
been taken within a week. But this does not
rest upon his opinion alone. Such was
McDowell's opinion and that of the ablest com
manders of the Army of the Potomac. Such
is the recorded opinion of the PriDce de Join
ville who was with the army ; and such was
the opinion and expectation of the people of
Richmond at the time. This latter fact is
stated by Mr. W. H. Herbert, who was then
a prisoner there and had favorable opportuni
ties of learning their views and fears.
Now it is an established and admitted faot
that Abraham Lincoln alone is responsible for
this wicked interference with Gen. McClel
lan's plans and for defeating his success ; and
it is thereby proved that the capture of Rich
mond was twice defeated , in the space of two
months, by him. This.cannot now be denied.
It was Abraham Lincoln who divided tbe
Army of the Potomac, and gave Gen. McDow
ell a separate command. It wob he who re
fused to allow McDowell to join McClellan,
afterwards, when McDowell wrote to him that
Little Mac had reached Ilanover Court House,
and added, “ For God's sake, Mr. President,
let me join him at this critical moment.” It
was he who ordered McDowell's retreat, even
after Secretary Stanton, bitter as he was
against McClellan, had given him permission
toadvance. In his testimony before the Court
Martial, Gen. McClellan said—“ The Presi
dent assumed the responsibility of the change in
Gen. McDowelVs destination ” He wanted
McDowell to defend Washington, " although
the force in and arouhd Washington,” says
McClellan, "was double that deemed neces
sary by the officers.” It is the President who
has, in every instance, yielded to tbe political
pressure for interference with McClellan's
plans. And why did he thus wilfully, as it
seems, defeat this great purpose ? As the
Providenqe Post says, “ we had Richmond at
our fiogers' end, but the prize was snatched
away by Abraham Lincoln! Was McDowell
needed to defend Washington ? NO ! No
body believes it. We do not think Abraham
Lincoln believed it at the time l The truth is,
it was deemed better that we should lose a
thousand chances of capturing Richmond,
than that George B. McClellan should cap
ture it!”
THE PRIVATEER ALABAMA,
The rebel privateer Alabama is still ongaged
in depredations upon our commerce. On the
20th of November she captured and destroyed
the ship Levi Starbeok of New Bedford,
bound for the Pacifio on a whaling voyage,
only five days out from New Bedford ; and on
the Bth of November she captured and de
stroyed the Bbip T. B. Wales of Boston from
Calcutta, with a cargo valued at $200,000. —
The Alabama then proceeded to Martinique
and landed the crews of the captured ships.
While she was at that port, the U. S. ship
San Jaointo, which was in pursuit of her, ar
rived there and took position outside the har
;bor to await the departure of the Alabama ;
and the next day the Alabama sailed out and
, escaped! The Alabama has captured 23
ships thus far, and is likely to take as many
more before she gets “ nabbed.”
For The Intelligencer.
A MUTUAL ADMIRATION SOCIETY,
We never saw tho “you tickle me and I’ll tickle yon’
process more fully exemplified than in readiog the pro*
ceedings, as published 1q tne Prestof Friday, of the “Penn
sylvania Soldiers’ Relief Association,” which met at Wash
Ington on the evening of the 15th instant. The object of
the meeting ostensibly was to hear the reports, die., rela
tive to the operations cf the Bociety; but the real object
seems to have been toform n “Mutual Admiration Society,”
in which those incorruptible, and disintereiUd patriots,
Simon Cameron, J. Kbnnedt Moobihead, Joan W. Fobnst
and Morcon MoMicbael aro to be the principal members.
It la absolutely sickening to read the compliments these
worthies pass upon each other, and especially between
Cameron and Forney. When Bimon said “thumbs up,”
“glorious” Forney was happy In putting hia thumbs up;
and when Bimon said “thomos down ” “glorious” Forney
was comparatively happy in patting his tue/ul extremities
down; bnt when Simon said “wjggle waggle,” “glorious”
Forney was] superlatively happy in complying with the
request. The party were truly “hall fellows well met,”
and donbtless eaked one another when separating,
“ When shall w efour meet again ?”
And gave the united answer.
When the barly*barlj’s done,
When the battle’s fought and won.”
But, seriously, Is it cot a shame that Pennsylvania at
such a time most be disgraced by the tomfoolery of such
men st Washington T Why not have published, Item by
item, the real operations of the Society, instead of fliliog
op the proceedings almost ontirely with the miserable
namby-pamby staff of these "layaT* sons of thunder and
eloquence of the Old Keystone?
B®* The Frederick (Md.) Citizen, an able
Democratic and soundly conservative journal,
whioh for ten months hod been denied the
nee of the mails by an arbitrary • act of
“the powers that be" at Washington, has
again made its appearance. We are glad to
welcome the Citizen once more to our sanc
tum, and we wish Messrs, Baughman and
Norbis, the editors and proprietors, who thus
suffered for their love and adherence to the
Constitution, abundant success and prosperity.
LOCAL DEPARTMENT.
The Watchmen.— The Night Watohmen
will present tbelr customary Address on Christmas Day.—
•We, bops ncoo of our citizens wjll torn these faithful
guardians of the night away empty.
The Holiday^.-—Tho pleasures (if there are
any)'of tha'saason to all our paying Patrons. TTebave
seen no Christmas Turkey. It U Barer too late to remen£
her the Printer.
Dahino Attempt at Incendiarism.—One
of the most daring atti mpt« .at tncendlarlam which has
been brought to oar. attention for a long time occurred on
Thursday night last, at the Oosowlngo House, North
Prince street. It appears an entrance vu effected by'
scaling the haleooy on the back building. The party or
parties went down stairs into the dining room where Urey,
bored several holes through the floor with an anger, and
aaturating the weed with turpentine, set it on fire. Then
proceeding to the kitchen, they bnilt a fire in a cupboard
with shavings and paper, also saturated with tnrpt-ntine.
The landlady of the house beariDg a noise down stairs,
S riled the watchman from the street, when the parties
ed. Upon entering the room it was found that almcst a
foot of the flooring was burned, and the cupboard consid
erably charred.
Bad the attempt been successful, a great deal of valua
ble property would undoubtedly have been destroyed, as
the house is quite new and complete in all its flxtow, and
Is surrounded on all sides by floe buildings, among others
Franke’s extensive Brewery. No clue has been discovered
of the perpetrators, nor the motive for their flendishness.
Narrow Escape.— Mr. Abraham Peters, a‘
dairyman, residing on the New Holland pike, a short dis
tance from the city, made e narrow efcape with his life on
Thursday morning last, at the depot. The mall train west
was ftanding in the depot, the engine on North Qaeen
street, bnt leaving room for a wagon to pass. Mr. Peters
attempted to cross the track, hot Just then the engineer
drew the valve, and the engine started, striking the front
wheels of the wagon, and throwing Mr. Peters on the eow
catcher of the locomotive. The horse frightened, broke
loose and ran off. Mr. Peters, we are glad to state, al
though in imminent danger, escaped unhurt.
_.Sunday School Exhibition.—An exhibi
tlon of the Sunday School connected with the St
Paul's M. E. Church, South Queen street, this city wiil be
held on Thursday (Christmas) evening. Tho exercises will
consist of addresses, dialcgues, slcgii.g, Ac. Slagle tickets
of admission 15 cents—or two tickets for 25 cents. The
proceeds to go to the liquidation of the Church debt.
Cold.—The weather has been very cold for
the past fonr or five days—moderating somewhat jester
aay. We had a slight sprinkle of snow on Sunday night.
A’New Patent.— Mr. Jacob H. Harnly, of
Penn township, this county, has obtained letters patent,
tbroogh the agency of Mr. J Stauffer, for an improvement
in rakes attached to Reaping Marhlnes It is the nrst
ingenious contrivance to operate the rake attached to reap
ing machines yet invented, and is as durable and effective
as it is ingenious. And a highly interesting fact connected
wi>h it is that the inventor is a mute, conceiving and exe
cuting the device without the aid of two of the most im
portant of the senses.
This rake can be set so as to sweep over the platform
once to every revolution of the driving wheel, or once in
every two, three or four revolutions, so as to adapt it to
operate In light or heavy grain. Besides, it may be regu
lated with the foot of the driver to adapt it to certain spots
wbero the grain stands thin or more dense, as may be de
sired. Altogether it Is deemed a valuable improvement.
The Patentee has assigned bis right in the same to eel£
Jacob Harnly. G. K. Hendrfcksou and H. B. Dunlap, the
two lst'er residing in Mouat Joy. It bears date of Decem
ber 9, 1862.
The Militia from Lancaster Codnty.—
The Drafted Militia have all been organized into regiments.
Those from Lancaster county are nearly all in the 178th
'Regiment, Col. James Johnson, of which regiment John
Wimer, of this city, is Lieut. Colonel. The following Lan
caster companies are in the regiment:
Company B—Captain, Horacj A. Yundt; First Lieuten
ant,'Edwin Mueser; Second Lieutenant, Hiram Amber.
Company D—Captain, Justus F. Deihm ; First Lieuten
ant, Adam Wilbeim ; Second Lieutenant, (vacant).
Company E—Captain, Jacob E. Barr; First Lieutenant,
Levi Myers; Second Lieutenant, George U. Downer.
Company K—Captain, Calvin B. Kendig; First Lieuten
ant, John Bierer: Second M. Fadden.
Isaac 3. Filbert, of this county, is Captain of Company
F, and Rev. Jeremiah "M Mlckley, Chaplain of the 177th
Regiment, Col. Weitting.
Mammoth Hogs.—Mr. Emanuel Shober,
tbe gentlemanly and accommodating proprietor of the
Eagle Hotel of this city, on Friday morning last slaugh
tered two mammoth porkers, the onired weight of which,
when dressed, amounted to elevbn hundred and eighty-two
pouoda, an average of five hundred and ninety-one pounds
each. The hogs were fed by Mr. S , and although we have
heard a good deal about big bogs, yet we know of none to
equal these, and certainly so far ‘ mine hosi”'of the Eagle
carries off the palm in the wa£ of huge porkers.
What Becomes of Books and Mail Mat
tee Sent to Soldiers —The Louisville Journal Is informed
on good authority that upwards of six'wegon leads < f mail
matter, books, pamphlets and papers have been sold and
destroyed at Bowling Green within the last month. A
large portion c.f them were sent for the nee of the sick sol
diers. Who are tbe persons that committed the outrage?
Under what authority and for what purpose was the thing
dooe? And what has become of tbe money received for
what was sold? Answers to these questions must be ren
dered. Earnest appeals are constantly made for reading
matter to be famished to the thousands of sick soldiers at
BowiiDg Grc-en, and yet here “at one fell swoop” tbe re
sults of the generous and benevolent labors of many men
and women, for the promotion of the comfort and amuse
ment of tbe p9or sufferers, ere ruthlessly destroyed I
Friday's Inquirer.
Democratic Meeting at Oxford.— Quite a
large and energetic meeting of the Democracy of the lower
sections of Lancaster and Ch-ster counties convened at
Oxford ou Saturday 'ast it was got up with the view of
encouraging each other, aod of mutual intcrchai go of
sentiment. D. D. SwiPr. of Ful'on. was appointed Preei
den»; Andrew Armßtiong, This. HoUoti, Alexander Tur
i.er, Jim Hayes and it. C. Edwards, Vice Pre.-ideots; and
Dr. J. tV. Z-sll and Tho 3, Mcsparrau. Pecretaries. Excellent
speeches were made by J. W. F. Swift and U. E. Monaghan,
Ksqrs. It was one of the most energizing sights wo ever
witnessed, to see, to us, tbe unexpected appearance of a
cavalcade of three buudred and fifty horse
men marshaled, four abreast, by th 9 venerable chairman
of the meeting, with hie long, flowing white beard, and
bearing aloft tbe “Star Spangled Banner” of the Union
with not a star erased, and followed by another long traio
of carriages. There was a solemnity about the proceeding
that reminded us of the times that tried men’s souls—a
respectability, concern and determination that bid defi
ance, rebuked the negro idolaters, and cautioned them to
remember the white man’s rights
A small guD, made of an old railroad axle, and which
boomed terribly for its size, was fired to announce tbe
gathering, and which shook the nerves of tha nigger wor
shippers to nmh an extent, that an attempt was made to
“stop the thunder” by threatening the arrest of any one
that fired it; but the threat was not heeded; the unbend
ing patriotism cf the meetina was Dot in tho hnmor to
give way to threats, and the little Monitor rang oat louder
and clearer. Our attention was railed to noto that in the
large crowd Ihere was but one drnnkeu man, and he was
a black republican.— West Chester Jeffersonian.
Belief for Soldiers’ Families.— ln oonee
qaenctt i f the urgent appeals made by a large number of
the citizens of the City aud County of Lancaster, the Com
missioners rf said county have appointed the following-
Burned gentlemen, a committee in their respective dis
tricts, to visit the needy families, and ascertain and report
the names of all persons who are In actual want, ip conse
quHDCo of their dependence on their husbands parents or
friend* being volunteers of Pennsylvania In the service of
the General Government. No person shall receive relief
but those who are in absolute need
Lancaster—N. W. W
Chiistian Zecb*-r,
refer McConomy,
Chiistian Gast.
N. E. Ward.
Robert A. Evans,
John Fondersmith,
Jacob Z-icher.
S W. Ward.
Henry P. Carson,
George Martin,
Michael Withers.
8. E. Ward.
John Metzgar,
Hugh 8. Gara,
Courad J. Plitt.
Adomsfown Bor,
Sebastian Miller,
CyrnB Kee&r,
Esttiaa Billingsfelt.
Bart.
John Hidlebangb,
Christian Graham,
Joseph McClure.
Brecknock.
Levi Laush, 1
.Anthony Good,
John Oberholtzer.
Carnarvon.
David Styer,
Hiram Evans.
Joseph llertzler.
Cocalico East
Ilenry H. Shirk,
Cyrus Beam,
Martin H. Fry.
Cocalic > West.
Michael 11. Shirk,
Levi Mentzer,
Adam Ream.
Colerain.
Cornelius Collins,
Robert H^g*,
David Miller.
Columbia—L. W.
Abraham Dinner,
George Bogle,
Samuel Trescott.
Upper Ward.
Joseph M Watts,
Peter Frailly,
Joseph Black.
Conestoga.
Samuel M. Wright,
Casper Ililler,
George fchoff.
Coooy.
Jacob Tlaldeman,
Jacob Foreman,
Abraham Collins.
Clay.
Je33e Pennypacker,
Samuel Eberly.
Christian Wilier.
Donegsl East.
John Miller.
Herman I.ightner,
Andrew Armstrong.
-Donegal West.
Martin R. Nisaly,
Samuel Sfanffer,
Leander Llndemuth.
Drnmure.
William Williams.
William 8. Long.
P, W. Uou: ekeeper.
Kpbrata.
David Kemper,
George L. Bauman,
Jacob Sharp.
Earl.
Jacob Holsinger,
A. G. Sntton,
Christian Johns.
Earl West.
Bliss Bomberger,
Heory B. Grayblll,
Christian Mayer.
Earl East.
Absalom Blxler,
DaDiel 8. Gelst,
George J. High.
Elizabeth.
Edwjn Krider,
Moses Brobaker,
Eamoel H. Miller.
ElizabethtdwD Bor.
Henry Dissinger,
11. A. Wade,
Samuel Eby.
Eden.
William Doogan,
William Withers,
Qeorge HenseL
A PLAIN DEMOCRAT.
The Commissioners and Judges, constituting the Board
of Belief, request the committees to meet as soon as possi
ble, and after visiting the' families, make a list giving the
names of the volunteer and regiment, the number of the
family voder twelve years of age, and their condition, and
to deliver the ratne to the Commissioners on or before
Monday the„29th day of December, recommending one of
their number to receive and pay oat the different amounts
allowed by the Board of Belief. Paper forms printed with
blanks wlll be prepared and sent to the committee; -which
they, after investigation, will fill'and return them com
pleted to the Commissioners by mail or otherwise,
. LEVI 6. RKIBT, . ,
JOHN DONER,
. WILJJAM SPENCER*.
A. L. HAYBB/
JRBREE 8830T05.
Revenue of the Commonwealth of Penn
sylvania.
■- RECEIPTS.
Summary ,of the receipt* of the State Treasury, from
the first day of December , 1861, to the 30fA day
.» of November, 1862, both day* inclusive.
6,230 61
Auction _ ... 16.C9) 40
Aueiion Duties— ............. 23.5T7 66
Tax an Bank Dlvidands 183,610 69
Tax 09 Corporation Stock 423,406 74
Tax on Beal aod Pcrzonal Estate, includ-
ing half mill Tax,— 1,763049 98
Tavern Licenses 226,146 68
Re tail era* Licenses-. 2714266 83
Sample Lice as*-a 286 00
Pedien’ —........... —.. 1,317 61
Brokers’ Licenses.—...
Theatre, Circus aod Menagerie Licenses.
Distillery rod Brewery Licenses 10,879 -94
Billiard Room Bowling Saloon and Ten
Pin Alley -
Rating House, Bee; House, and Restaur*
ant Licenses ..... 18,481 16
Patent Medicine Licenses r lj&ll 95
Pamphlet Laws „ 3474 87
Militia .... 20,009 21
Millers* Tax....... ...... 1,063 24
Foreign Insurance Agrades 83828 23
Tax on Writ*, 4c. - 61,070 27
Taxon Certain Office* .. 12,567 96
Collateral Inheritance Tax ...... 181,301 66
Oahal Tolls 6,866 63
Bale of Pnblie Property.. 1,028 17
on Enrollment of 6,055 00
Premiums on Charters. „ 5 555 75
Military Loan of May 15th, 186l....„!"!]I 887,850 00
Tax on Loans 213,957 19
Interest on Loans-. 9 946 04
Premiums on Loans— 3**962 03
Tax on Tonnage ** Commutatiorvoi” OO
Banks paying interest on the Public Debt ‘
equivalent to Currency- 140,768 30
Escheats...... ........ .. 21355 44
free Banking System .... &,027 33
Pennsylvania Railroad Company Bond
No. & redeemed - 100.000 00
Ac*rued Interest 8,853 86
Refunded Cash 0rdinary............ - *.07 32
Re'uoded Ca*h Military 29,566 43
Annuity for right of way 10.000 00
United States Government...— —— .. 605.740 5*2
Pees of the Public Offices 2,639 59
Tax on Brokers and Private Bankers 16 286 13
Ihe unknown Cases of Conscience" - 1,388 66
$5,211,747 63
Balance in the Btate Treasury, November
PQtta, 1861. available $1,551,605 72
Depreciated Funds in the Treasury una.
Tillable 41032 00
EXPENDITURES
Summary of the Payments at the State Treasury ,
from the first day of JDecember 9 1861, to the 30fA
day of November f 1862, both days luefuttce.
Expenses of Government $413,80* 03
Military Expenses, ordinary 1,015 93
Pennsylvania Volunteers in the Late war
with Mexico - 30 00
Military expenses for Defence of the State
and Union, par Act of April 1*2,1861... 7 62
Military expenses for Defence of the State
and Union, per Act of May 15th, 1661... 460,548 68
Military expenses for Defence of the State
and Union, per Act of April 11, 1362...
Military expenses for Defence of the -«tate
and Union, per Act of April 10, 1862... 20,607 04
Pensions and Gratuities, ordinary 5,288 51
Pensions paid under the act of May 15th.
1861 400 64
Charitable Institutions 123.956 36
Farmers’ High School of Pennsylvania... i 1,295 06
North Western State Normal School in
Erie county
Philadelphia School for Delign for Woman
Common Schools
Commissioners of the Sinking Fond
Military Loan per Act of April 12,1861, re-
de-med
Intertat cn Loans
Guarantied Interest
Domestic Creditors....
Damages on the Public Works and old
Claims
Special Commissions
State Library
Public Buildings and Grounds
Houses of Refuge
Penitentiaries
Escheats
Free Banking System
Amendments to the Constitution per
Resolution of April 21, 1853
Abatemement of State Tax
Mercantile Appraisers
Counsel Fees and Commissions
United States Government Direct Tax
Miscellaneous ..
$1,590 609 25
Balance in the State Treasury, November
30th, 186-2 „
Depreciatedfunds in the Treapury, una-
GBAXD JURORS
To serve in the Court of Quarter Sessions, com
mencing on the 3 d Monday in January, 1863.
Levi Campbell, City.
Johu Douiioger, Paradise.
Jacob Erismun, City,
John Edwards, West Cocalico.
John W. Frantz, Manheim township.
John H. Hershev, Manor.
Meritt Hainos, Fulton.
John Kreider, Leacock.
.Jacob C. Kroady, Manor.
Joel L. Lightoer, East Lampeter.
Henry M. Musser, Earl.
John P. Myer, City.
Samuel H. Miller, township.
John McCartney, Pequea.
Conrad J. Plitt, City.
Henry Paxson, Colerain.
Joseph Rupp, West Earl.
George Seidomridge, Leacock.
Tobias Stehraan, Conestoga.
Robert P. Spencer, Strasburg borough.
David Styer, Caernarvon.
Henry Shreiner. Manheim township.
Washington Whitaker, Fulton.
Samuel Weaver, (G.’s son) East Earl.
I PETIT JTJRORS
To serve in the Court of Quarter Session*, commen
cing on the 3 d Monday in January , 1863.
John B. Breneman, Rapho.
; George Byrod, Elizabethtown,
i Andrew Brubaker, East Hempfield.
! Absalom Bixler, East Earl.
I Moore Connell, Ephrata.
C. C. Cauffman, Fulton.
! Henry C. Demutb, City.
Jefferson Dysart, City.
Hugh Dougherty, City.
Simon Engle, Conoy.
Charles R. Frailey, City.
Benjamin Fritz, Strasburg township.
Charles F. Foulke, Strasburg borough.
! 'Aaron B. Grosh, Marietta.
Benjamin Herr, Columbia.
Goorgo Harkey, Earl.
| John Huber, Warwick.
Charles M. Howell, City.
John A. Hook, Columbia.
! A. K. Hackman, Warwick.
Jacob Hostetter,Man^r.
Samuel G. Hacker, Ephrata.
I Jacob Hoover, City.
Uriah Hugans, Strasburg township.
Edward Jacobs, Leacock.
I Lewis B. Lindemuth, East Donegal.
| David May, Manheim borough.
; Wendell Martzall, City.
Cyrus Messncr, Brecknock.
John L. Martin, East Lampeter.
Henry Musselman, Strasburg township.
James McCaa, Carnarvon,
j John B. Neuhouser, Upper Leaeock.
; James Peoples, City.
[ Alexander Patterson, Mount Joy borough.
Adam R. Ream, West Cocalico.
‘ Henry Redcay, Adamstown.
' Isaac Regar, East Cocalico.
! Elias Rhoads, East Cocalico.'
I John Shindle, City,
i Thomas Silvias, City.
Rudolph Shenk, Conestoga.
Samuel Stoltzfus, Upper Leacock,
i Charles E. Wentz. City.
i Peter Worst, Salisbury,
j James Wilson, Marietta-
Adam Wenger, East Earl.
Christain Zecher, City
Fu’ton.
Lawrence Ilipple,
Joseph Balance,
Day Wood,
Heropfield East.
Aaron Summy,
[lsaac Hrlioger,
Henry Phenk.
nempfield West.
Jacob hi. Ereider,
William Roberts,
Joseph Hoover.
Lampeter East.
Peter Johns,
Abraham Bnckwalter,
John Quigley.
Lampeter West. ““
John Rohrer,
Henry K. Stoner,
Henry Miller.
Lancaster Twp.
Samuel Bane mao, _
Samuel Ranch,
Peter E. Liahtner.
Leacock.
John BelHomridge,
John L. Liphtoer,
Edward Jacobs.
Leacock Upper.
Isaac Boehontr,
Dr. Isaac C. Weldler,
Jacob Kurtz.
Little Britain.
James Patterson,
James Wood,
Thomas Forness.
Manheim Twp.
John IT. Eby,
John W. Frant*.
Ifenry L. Landis.
Manhelm Cor.
Jacob E. Cross,
BAmnel Enaminger,
David May.
Martic.
William 0. Boyd,
Daniel Good,
John Armstrong.
Manor.
James Bones,
Jacob Plekel,
Edward Rodeo.
Mount Joy Bor.*
Henry Kurtz,
J. Hoffman liershey,
Henry Shaffoer.
Mount Joy Twp.
Isaac Gish.
Christian R Nissley,
Joseph Boyer.
Marietta.
A. B. Groah.
George Mehaffey,
Jacob Stahl.
Paradise.
Henry Girvln,
John Frantz,
John G. Offner.
Penn.
John M. Stebmao,
Abraham Mintcb
MISS LUCY IS DESIROUS OF SHARING
HONORS WITH THE NEW YORK
FIRM—SHE ADMIRES THE POLICY
OF JOHN HICKMAN AND THADDEUS
STEVENS.
I shall bless that “New York Firm” till the day of
death. I recognize It as a modern philanthropic Firm. I
am confident it is composed of a body of men awake to the
Interests of the distinct class of Higher Beings. Ido not
believe they are asleep in regard to their own.
I am carious to fee if they will survive the honor of
furoishlDg 60,000 suits of cloxbiog for Father Abraham’s
beloved Contrabands I should think an order for 60 salts
would he ss much asaoy establishment could receive with*
oat distorbed equanimity. I must not presume, however,
to disagree in Judgment with the Washington Powers that
be, whose astonishing wisdom dally electrifies the Nation,
the whole “world and the rest of mankind.” I can only
wish myself a partner in that Gotham concern. I am
move! by the pleadings of an attenuated .parse. I feel
constrained to minister to It ont of the Contractors’ divi
dends.
Gabriel Gingrich.
Pequea.
Samnel Hess,
Beojamln Snavely, Miller,
Christian B Mylin.
Providence.
Benjamin F. Rowe,
Dr. John K Raub,
John Strobm, Jr.
Bapbo.
Sam. Brubaker,
John B Breneman,
S. R. Zug.
Salisbury.
Robert Baldwin,
Thomas 8. Mcllvalo,
John Mason.
Sadabary.
Joseph D. Pownall,
William McGnwen,
William Noble.
Strasbnrg Twp.
Daniel Herr, Pequea,
Franklin Clark,
Henry Moeaer.
Strasburg Bor.
Alexander Shultz,
William P. Robinson,
Christian Bachman.
Warwick.
Francla W. Christ,
Samoel E. Heller,
Samuel Fry, Miller
I beg liberty to enforce the necessity of rendering due
respect to the position of the 60,000 recipients. I insist
tbsft their apparel shall be composed of proper materials
and becoming colors. I desire it to be appropriate for their
appearance in tbe elevated society of which they will com*
prise a choice element. I demand that the costumes be
manofactored of broadcloth and silk.' I wish the colors to
be chosen with a wise reference to the polished complexions
of the wearers. I am most concerned tor the ladles. I sug
gested and orange for the brunette and blue for tbe
olonde .
I am aware of tbewist numbers of naked and starving
“poor white folks” that crowd all oar cities and towns. I
am satisfied to .let them crowd. I know tbe Government
has not time to attend to them. I say it mutt not conde
scend to people of such low estate.
I haTe come to the concloelon that our eonotry is being
flooded with tbe choice spirits of rushing progressives. I
behold them on tbe spread, on tbe rise; and 4< on tbe
march.” 1
I should like to lo -k upon tbe entrancing sight of One
Hondrtd Rtgimenlsln solid, shining phalanx. I would
have tbe officers all educated and well paid.. I contend
that none bat edacated men are capable of commanding
men of superior Intellectual calibre.' I also contend that
tbe salaries of such officers should be doabled. lam ac
tuated by the principle—tbe blgber the honor Ihn higher
tbe pay.' I estimate John Hickmaa.very hlgh.Jo tbe cal*
endar of great men- I propose that be be appointed Com
mander-In-Chief of the Black Corps d* Armte. •
I should delight to see him lead on_tbO;e troopfto the
first charge against tbe enemy.l presume tbe Rebels
would break in disorder, Imagining thefinu had forever
hidden bis face, and left behind him only dense clouds and
the “blackness of darkness.” " >:
I think Hickman, Representative, la eqqalto Stevens,
Bepretentative. Par noblle fratrom J !expect John and
Thaddeus, together with our noble President, .will save the
country I “The world know* .they know how to save it.”
(A low Brtcktnrldger impudently cave—“lt U ume they:
were beginning to save it” 1 excuse him ; he UMotmaking
money ) I believe that John withhts African Kegt'moots,
and lhaddeas with hlr Kefeoufcabd Indemnity BJlbs wil)
create a stir. Jam certain, they Trill inscribe tbelr.namss
In inenunble characters In the memortea bf aB
dtfeena,” «sd«oebi%' IbrohfrsU; Op* t|m frieM*hlp;pf
$6 804,336 35
2,000 00
257.199 44
427,881 61
. 100 000 00
.. 2,200,395 51
11,356 67
105 32
1,833 12
376 50
2,315 10
6.856 91
37,170 84
70 835 20
721 75
4,146 73
165 46
39,497 83
746 97
392 98
350 000 00
17,345 33
... 2,172 844 10
$6,804,385 35
For The Intelligencer.
LETTER FROM EX*PREBU)EST BU-
GBAKAH*
. Wasbingtonv Dec. 18.
The National Intelligencer of this morning
contains another letter from Ex-President
Buchanan in reply to Gen Scott, which readß
as follows : *
Editor « of the Xfationdl Intelligencer
When 1 said to yon in my letter afthe 17th
November, that with a few remarks 1 should
close the controversy between Gen. Scott and
myself, I could not have bad the most remote
conception that be would introduce ioto it a
new element, consisting of a late telegram ob*
tained by him from some unnamed individual
in Washington, “ but not of the Ordnance
Bureau,” to sustain his position in relation to
the arms transferred for storage to the South
ern arsenals, by order of the War Department
in December, 1857.
To this telegram I confine myself, leaving
the assertion of the General, that not one of
the 115.000 (taken from the whole number of
541,565} of these “arms was ever condemned,’'
to the testimony reported to the House by the
Committee on Military Affairs; and htß alle
gations that I had omitted in my letter of 17th
of November to mention the rifles of the old
calibre of '54, and had intimated “that these
arms were transferred to equalize in some
degree the deposites among the different
States,” and norfbr the convenience of storage
and sale; to a simple inspection of the last two
paragraphs of the letter itself.
My business at present is solely with the
nameless telegram; and with this, side by side,
I shall present An official report from Captain
(now Colonel) Maynardier. of the Ordnance
Bureau. This was communicated to Mr. Stan
ton, Chairman of the Committee on Military
Affairs, by Secretory Holt, in a letter dated on
the 9th January, 1861, in which he says, “The
other information asked for, in regard to the
number and description of arms * distributed
since the first day of January 1850, and to
whom, and at what price,* will be found in the
accompanying statements, Nos 2 and 3, from
the Ordnance Bureau.**
By reference to this statement No. 2, it will
be found that neither North. Carolina, nor
Mississippi, nor Kentucky, had received any
of these quota of arms ; and by this it also ap
pears tbut the number delivered to each of the
seven Southern States mentioned in the tele
gram was to Virginia 450, South Ca 01ina646,
Georgia 390 : Florida 100, Alabama 320, Louis
iana 185, and Mississippi none. This is the
number of arms, all told, whioh each of those
States received ; but, whether from design or
ignorance, this statement, 60 essential to a
proper understanding of the subject, has been
entirely suppressed in tho telegram.
I shall not intimate, because I do not be
lieve, that these facts could have been known
to Gen. Scott at the time he incorporated this
telegram in his last letter, although it"might
have beon expected that, as Commanding
General of the army, ho would have felt suf
ficient interest in tho subject to examine this
important report from tho Committee on Mil
itary Affairs. Certain it is that if the author
of the telegram had announced the small quota
of arms received by each of these'States, and
had not left it for the imagination to magnify
the Dumber, the General could not baverested
an argument on so limited and frail a founda*
tion. He would rather have united with Mr.
Stanton, when presenting this statement No.
2 to the ffhuse of Representatives, on fho 9th
January, 1861, in saying:—“There are a
good deal of rumors, and speculations, and
misapprehension as to the true state of this
matter/’
Yours, very respectfully,
James Buchanan
LOYALTY OF THE DEMOCRACY,
We should be ashamed of ourselves if we
could sit down deliberately to argue the ques
tion of tho loyalty of the Democratic party to
the Constitution, to the Union, to the Govern
ment. To bring forward proofs and arguments
to substantiate what every page of our coun
try’s history proves, would be to throw’ suspi
cion upon that history. Our present purpose
is not to do that superfluous work, but simply
to introduce the testimony of Mr. Seward to
shame and confound his malignant and un
scrupulous followers. In a despatch to Mr.
Adams, our Minister to England, Mr. Sew
ard commented freely upon the reeent elec
tione, and, among other thing*, he said :
Loyal Democrats in considerable number
retaining the name of Deraooracy from habit,
and not because they oppose the Union, are
classified by the other party as “ opposition.’*
It is not necessary for the information of our
representatives abroad that I should descend
into any examination of the relative principles
or politics of tho two parties. It will suffice
to say that while there may he men of doubtful
■political wisdom and virtue in each party, and
while there may be differences of opinion be
tween the two parties as to the measures best
calculated to preserve the Union and restore
its authority, yet it is not to he inferred that
either party or any considerate portion of the
people of the loyal States, is disposed to accept
disunion under any circumstances or upon any
terms. It is rather to be understood that the
people have become so confident of the stabili
ty of the Union that partisan combinations
are resuming their sway here, as they do in
such cases in all free countries. In this coun
try, especially, it is a habit not only entirely
consistent with the Constitution , but even es
sential to its stability, to regard the adminis
tration at any time existing as distinct and
separable from the government itself, and to
canvass the proceedings of the one without the
thought of disloyalty to the other.
We oommend this to the careful and con
siderate attention of all Republicans, and es
pecially those who are so free with their
charges of disloyalty and treason against the
Democracy, and those editors who have so
strenuously contended that “ opposition to
the administration is opposition to the Govern
ment.” This latter sentiment is the very es
seDoe of despotism, and disgraoeful to those
who utter it. It is the sentiment of those
alone who are willing to become the very
slaves of power—the blind tools of men in of
fice. It is at war with the Constitution and
all correct ideas of polical freedom. Mr.
Sewabd very oorreotly says that it is “ not
only entirely consistent with the Constitution,
but even essential to its stability, to regard the
administration at any time existing, as distinct
and separable from the Government itself,”
and that we may canvass the proceedings of
the administration without the thought of
disloyalty to the Government. Yet for so
doing—for “ canvassing the proceedings of
the Administration,” the Democracy arc daily
and hourly charged with disloyalty to the
Government by those who support the admin
istration in all its arbitrary and corrupt do
ings. And in so doing they show themselves
too stupid to distinguish between great per
manent institutions, and the feeble and un
worthy men who, for a brief time and by a
strange popalar delusion, have been selected
to administer them.
WHAT ARfc WE FIGHTIKG FOR! /
Thaddeus Stevens has declared in Con
gress that, “ with bis consent, tbe Union shall
never be restored as it was, under the Consti
tution as it is, with slavery;” and this ap
pears to be the sentiment of tbe President
and, generally, of the ruling party. It is
clear, then, that this war is, so far as the
Abolitionists are concerned, a war for the ne
gro. To eay that we are fighting for a Union
that is to be formed hereafter, is simply ridiou
lons; for bo new Union can be tormed/no new
Constitution that refuses to recognize the
right of the separate States to regulate their
domestic policy, can be adopted with tbe con
sent of any of the States except those of New
England. And here we venture to affirm
that, if the attempt Bbould be made to estab.
lish a new Union under a new Constitution,
the vote of Pennsylvania will be given for
excluding New England from any participa
tion in -it, as will tile votes of New. York,
New Jersey, a msjority of tbb western and
the Pacific States. In any effort to form a
new Union and new government tbei Aboli
tionists will signally fail, and the result finally
will bo tho readoption of the :old Constitution
and therestaratian of tbe Union .as.it.was,
with New Jlnglftnd. ekalvided-„;Thj^ r/ (jt the
'formation of several' independent jrcpjjhlios,
will be the end of the
Againstslavery; leaving' the cohdilini of the
nejrrd iworse’ than; itwas before, -anduhe'-best
anas nobles t-government evetfeetaUisbed by