f,anraoterlligencer OEM OADDEBSON, EDITOR. A. OADDIDIAON. Associate. LANCASTER, PA., FEBRUARY 3, 1863 sarL M.Parnoinas it Co.'s eirrimento Amor, 87 Park Bow, Now York City, and 10 State stzset, Barton. S. X. PRIEM= Co., are .Agemfa for The Meade' a dal r ar r and tb o Mod hillnanidal sad larpst chords. Keg ew in flat United States and the Clanadtla— They are autho r ized to eontreet for us at our lowest rates 411•Maitolit k Anon, No. 535 Broedway, New York, an authorized to twelve advertisements for The haat rear. at our - lowest rates. AlSP.7olll.llllWmarna's Auvlansura Amor la treated at N 0.50 North sth stood, Philadelphia. He is authorised to men advertisements and suteeriptions for The'Lanoader ba l d iM No. 1 &Oaf/ Building, Court St., Boston, Is our arithed Agent for receiving advertisements, !to OMT It FLAG_ Now our flag is flung to the wild winds free, Letit float o'er our father land, And the guard of Its spoiler's fame shall be Oolumbia's shown band. "CLING TO THE CONSTITUTION, AS THE SHIPWRECKED MARINER CLINGS TO THE LAST PLANK, WHEN NIGHT AND THE TEMPEST CLOSE AROUND Fini."—DANIEL WEBSTER. • Last Notice. We have erased a few names, but shall postpone striking off the most of our delinquent subscribers for one week more, in the hope that within that time they will pay in whole or in part what is honestly our due.— A number have already paid, and many others are probably waiting an opportunity to do so. We hope that all who wish to continue THE INTEL LIGENCER will see the necessity of complying with our terms, at least so long as we are compelled to pay the present enormous price for paper, and that those who do not care about it, will at least have the honesty to pay what they owe, before we part from them. OODM(olo:MooloiiiravOreNi Mayor. George Sanderson. High Constable Samuel Huber. NORTH WEST WARD. Select Council. Adam Trout. Common Council. William Diller, George Yeisley,• Emanuel Shober, John A. Scheurenbrand, Frederick Pyle. Alderman. Charles F. Voigt. ,City Conhable. Jacob Gundaker. Assessor. William B. Strine. Judge. Joseph Barnett. Inspector. George H. Albright NORTH EAST WARD Select Council. J. J. Sprenger. Common Council. A. Z. Ringwalt, Philip Ginder, Daniel Okeson, Frederick Coonly. Alderman. John Zimmerman. City Constable. John Clare. Assessor. Garret Everts, Sr Judge John Rose. Inspector. William Lowry SOUTH WEST WARD Select Council. Dr. Henry Carpenter. Common Council. Philip Fitzpatrick, John Wittlinger, John M. Rutledge. Alderman. Jacob Foltz. City Constable. Christian Frailey. Assessor. Eugene Harkins. Judge. Acob Weaver. Inspector. Richard Kirk. SOUTH EAST WARD Select Council. Dr. Henry Carpenter. Common Council. James MacGonigle, Gottleib Swilkey, Philip Deichler. City Constable. Samuel Shroad. Assessor. James H. Barnes. Judge. William P. Brooks Inspector. John H. Reigart. The Negro Bill Mr. STEVENS' bill for raising 150,- 000 negro soldiers is still under dis cussion in Congress. Of course it will pass that body. tar - The State interest is to be paid in gold and silver, or its equiva lent. This is right. Any other course would have been dishonest on the part of the Commonwealth. Mr. Boileau Released. Mr. BolLEAtt, the editor and pro prietor of the Evening Journal, has been unconditionally released from custody, and has reached his home in Philadelphia. m a r Gold is now commanding a premium of sixty per cent. in Phila delphia and New York.: In other words, it now takes one hundred and six& dollara in paper to buy $lOO in gold'! What glorious times we have ! The Election—To-Day. The polls open at 8 o'clock this morning, and close at 7 o'clock in the evening. We trust that the proper efforts have been made by our Democratic friends in the differ ent wards to have all their votes polled before the ballot-boxes close. Let them vote early in the day, and then attend to their neighbors in the afternoon. The contest is narrowed down to the simple question : Shall Democracy or Abolitionism prevail— shall the interests of the white man, or.the interests of the negro predom inate ? To be sure, this question should have nothing to do with our municipal affairs ; but it is made the issue by the Republican press of this city, and ; should the Republicans succeed, it will be heralded forth as an endorsement of the negro policy of Mr. STEVENS and the Administra tion—including the raising of a negro army and the squandering of hundreds of millions of the people's money in freeing the slaves. Let every voterin the city—every mechanic and laboring man—ponder well on these things before he casts his vote to-day. Our political oppo nents—the followers of THADDEUS STEVENS—have forced this issue upon us. Let us meet it boldly and squarely, and let the voters of Lan caster determine the question of the supremacy of the races for them selves. General Rosman. This brave and distinguished officer, who so nobly conducted him self on the bloody battle-fields of Shiloh, Chaplin Hills and Murfrees biro, was in this city on Sunday and yesterday, and was called upon by a large number of our citizens to pay their respects to the gallant General in whose Division our Lancaster boys of the immortal 79th acted so conspicuous a part. The General is in bad health, and has a furlough for a short time in order to enable him to recuperate. He was attended by Lieut. Samuel Hartman, of this city, a member of his staff, and ex pected to leave last evening for Philadelphia. He expressed him self much pleased with Lancaster, and with the hospitalities he received, and promises to stop oiT a day or two on his return from the East. Had his health permitted, there would have been a public demonstration in honor of his visit. He is loud in his praises of Col. Hambright and his " fighting " Regiment. The Two Platforms. The Democratic position is fully and clearly defined in a few words. They go for the MAINTENANCE OF THE CONSTITUTION AS IT IS AND THE RESTORATION OF THE UNION AS IT WAS. The Republican position is direct ly the opposite of this. They repu diate the Constitution as the Fathers made and administered it, and they declare their utter hostility to the Union as it formerly existed. Here is their position defined by one who is entitled to speak for his party, viz: Mr. STEVENS of this City, Chair man of the House Committee of Ways and Means, the most impor tant post next to the Speaker. In a speech a few days since he said : " THEY TALK OF RESTORING THE UNION aS it was, under THE CONSTITUTION as it is, IS ONE OF THE ABSURDITIES which 1 have heard repeated until I have become about sick of it. The Union can never be restored as it was. There are many things which render such an event impossible. THE UNION SHALL NEVER WITH MY CONSENT BE RESTORED UNDER THE CONSTI— TUTION AS IT IS, WITH SLAVERY TO BE PROTECT ED BY IT." Patriotic men of Lancaster! here are the platforms of the two parties now seeking your support. Which do you prefer—which will you take your stand upon? Under which banner will you fight the political. battle TO-DAY ? Which of these creeds will you embrace ? No pa triotic man can hesitate for a mo ment ? War News. Since our issue of last week, Gen. BURNSIDE, at his own request, has been relieved of the command of the Army of the Potomac, and General JOSEPH HOOKER has been appointed in his place. Gens. SUMNER and FRANKLIN have also resigned their commands—the reason not given.— These changes lead to much con jecture—to many newspaper articles, and wise predictions of letter wri ters. We .now have the most in clement winter weather, and the con dition of the army in the field, with out quarters, and but recently having broken camp for an advance, can be imagined, There are rumors of something to be done in North Carolina—at Vicks burg—in Tennessee—and at Galves ton, but as yet there has been no battles at these points since those last reported. Out of Order. It is stated that General Grant has ordered General McClernand to leave Arkansas, because that State belongs to another Department. In conse quence of this, there can be no fur ther captures made on the Arkansas and White rivers, by the forces that so distinguished themselves at Ar kansas Post, St. Charles, Duval's Bluff and Des Arc. It turns out to have been wholly out of order to achieve all these victories. The forts were destroyed, the guns were cap tured and the six or seven thousand prisoners were taken in violation of regulations. General McClernand, in going beyond the red-tape bounds, has been guilty of insubordination, and he must get back as fast as pos sible. All this looks very absurd. Are geographical lines to control the movements of our armies ? Is a corps belonging to one military de partment forbidden to operate against a hostile force a few miles over the boundary of another department ? If such is the peremptory and posi tive regulation in our army, the sooner rt is modified the better. A military force ought to be at liberty to fight an enemy wherever it can find him. As it happens, the only important successes we have had for nearly a year, in the Southwest, have been obtained by violating regular tions. Let us have a few more such violations, and the country will be better satisfLed.i BURNSIDE'S NEW MOVEMENT. It appears that Gen. Burnside's army en countered a severe storm in its recent attempt to cross the Rappahannock, and got stuck in the mud, causing another postponement of the grand movement towards Richmond.— The river has not been crossed, but a. part of the army was subjected to the discomfort of a three days' cold storm without their usual shelter of tents or hate. A correspondent of the Tribune, writing on the 22d alt., says For more than twenty four hours right upon the commencement of our movement, when every hour of delay was the sacrifice of life and the risk of success, a storm of the greatest severity has blocked effectually our progress and rendered the final issue most uncertain. The storm is still raging. and the prospects of its termination ore entirely in definite. The wind is howling, the rain pelt ing, the cold freezingond the army exposed to it all without shelter or protection. It is one of the severest nights of a year. Few at home would venture out in the storm with out some ,pressing necessity. Yet the army has been for moreC,than twenty-four hours drenched in it, pierced by it, and almost fro zen in it. Military operations have halted. We have been struggling against the elements with might and main, yet the progress is hardly perceptible. The soil has melted under the rain like wax.. Horses' hoofs slump into it, and they draw their feet out of it with a groan and an evident exhaustion of strength. The wheels of the artillery sink nearly to the axles, and the infantry must be called into requisition to lift the wagons out of the mud holes. In the darkness of the night the greatest difficulty has been experienced in finding the way to their designated positions. Batteries have turned off upon wrong roads, and in place of being all in position by day light, a few have not found their destined po sitions after twenty• Tour hours. By the greatest effort, most of the artillery had been placed in position by noon. in evidence of the effort which was required, twenty horses were seen fastened to a single gun—a 12-lb. Napoleon. The pontoon train was most seriously affect ed by the storm. When the bridge ought to have been completed, many of the boats were scattered upon a score of roads, in all di rections, fast in the mud or lost in the laby rinth of roads with which the country is in tersected. A remarkably oonfused state of things pervaded the pontoon train. The hor ses, exhausted, were unable to move the wagons, and a detail of three regiments of in fantry was made to help them out of their situation. The continuance of the storm renders it most uncertain as to when the crossing will be commenced. Indeed, an entire abandon ment of the present effort may be rendered necessary. Enough of the pontoons have now arrived for the construction of part of the bridges, and the artillery is sufficiently ready for the effirt. Yet the delay has been so long continued that the enemy have probably become somewhat aware of our intentions, and the roads upon the steep hills of the other side of the river are in such a condition that it would be very difficult to advance, even if there were no enemy to oppose us. ABOLITION PRODIISES During the last Presidential campaign Abo lition editors and stump-speakers were loud— mouthed and shameless in charging the Dem ocratic party with extravagance and corrup tion, with all their kindred evils. With brazen-faced hypocrisy they described the blessings that would follow a change of ad ministration. Elect Lincoln, and we shall have good times. Elect Lincoln, and there shall be plenty of work and high wages. Elect Lincoln, and the expenses of govern ment will be reduced. Elect Lincoln, and if the South secede we will send a few regiments of wide-awakes down there and wipe out the rebels in thirty days. Elect Lincoln, and there shall be plenty of money. Such pledges they made all over this broad land, to the honest masses whom they addressed only to delude and ruin. How have these pledges been re— deemed ? If by good times the fanatical horde meant a nation plungelto the nethermost depths of mourning and poverty, then have they well redeemed their promise. Ii by plenty of work and higher wages, they meant a place in the ranks for poor white men at thirteen dollars a month, where they have been butchered by thousands and tens of thousands through the imbecility of the administration, at the same time that political favorites amass princely fortunes by fraudulent contracts, then have they kept their promise. If, by sending a few wide-awakes to wipe out the rebels, they meant a civil war unparalleled in the annuls of the world for its magnitude and ferocity, then did they speak the truth. If by economy they meant that they would increase the pub lic expenditures from eighty millions to eight hundred millions per annum ; that they would make gold and silver as scarce as honest men, and shinplasters as plenty as rogues in their own party, they have kept this promise reli giously. The crazy fanatics wanted a change and they have it. How do they like it ! Allentown Democrat. The Pirate of the Gulf. The report brought by the last steamer from Galveston sounds al most like a romance. The audacity of the rebel naval commander that sunk the Hatteras, is something to wonder at. Here we have a single steamer coming up in front of a United States squadron of seven vessels, one of them the fine steam frigate Brooklyn. Making believe that his ship was British, the rebel commander fires a broadside into the transport steamer Hatteras, which sinks her, and he then moves off un molested by the other ships. The Brooklyn gets under weigh, and be gins a chase, but fails to overtake the pirate, and night coming on, she gives up the pursuit and returns to her old position off Galveston. It is impossible to say whether this pirate steamer is the Alabama or the Florida, the latter being the present name of the Oreto, which is reported to have recently escaped from Mo bile. The boldness and rapidity with which the work was done make one think that it is Semmes' ship ; for he does everything with a daring and a celerity that have rarely been sur passed. If the destroyer of the Hatteras is not the Alabama, she is quite as dangerous a craft, and has a commander fully equal to Semmes. The presence of such a vessel in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico makes commerce more precarious than ever. Cannot some one of our naval com manders show himself a match for the pirate ? It is disgraceful that he should be allowed to continue his operations in the Gulf, where we have so large a naval force. " The. Age." This is to be the. title of a new Democratic daily paper about to be started in Philadelphia by Messrs. GLOSSBRENNER & CO. It is an enter prise which we trust will abundantly succeed, and we think it cannot fail of success from the well-known busi ness talents and eminent qualifica tions of the gentlemen composing the firm. Lancaster county alone ought to furnish them one thousand subscribers, and we believe it will. The prospectus will be found in another column. WHERE THE MONEY GOES.—We have now eighteen Major Generals under full pay, not more than one or two of whom have been em ployed, and the President is almost daily nom inating more. What will all the hungry ones be provided for? tor Gem. Burnside has been handsomely received. in New- York, and the Boston folks are trying to kill Gen. McClellan with kind ness. What will "Massa Linknm" say 2 IS IT NOT TIME To Drop Lincoln Niggerism, and Think and Act for the Country and its White Tax-Payers. The Hon. Robert J. Walker, in a recent publication on Finance and Currency, says : " Our national finances are involved in ex treme peril. Our public debt exceeds $720,- 000,000, and is estimated by the Secretary of the Treasury, on the lot of July next. :t $1,122.267.403, and on the let of July 1864, at $1.744,685.586. When we reflect that this is nearly one half the debt of,England, and bearing almost double the rate of interest. it is clear that we are approaching a fatal catas trophe." Again "That the danger is imminent, is a truth which must not be disguised. Here lies the great peril of Government. It is not the Rebel armies that can ever overthrow the Union. It is the alarming increase of the public debt and expenditures, .and the still more appalling depreciation of the national currency." Again : " Indeed, should the war continue, and there be no other alternative than additional treasury notes, they will, before the close of the next fiscal year, fail to command forty cents on the dollar in gold, and _our debt exceed several billions of dollars." And again : "We are upon.the verge of ruin. We are hanging over the gulf of an irredeemable paper system, and its spectral shade, Repudiation, is seen dimly in the dark abyss. The present Congress may save ua ; but what of the next ? Would they if they could ? Who can answer? Can they, if they would ? No ! no 1 It will then be too late." In a speech of Mr. Spaulding, a prominent Republican member of Congress, made a few days ago, he said : " We could not shut our eyes to the vastness of the volume of DEBT that was open before us. It was very soon made apparent that our national debt would at an early day reach TWO THOUSAND MILLIONS OF DOL LARS—equal to half the debt of Great Britain." If Mr. Spaulding had perceived the full significance of this comparison to the enormous public debt of Great Britain—a debt which has so long been the financial wonder of the world—he would have added that, in the pressure of the burden, our debt would be not 'half equal, but fully equal to that of England, inasmuch as the interest on ours is at twice as high a rate. And this staggering result will be reached by the end of the fiscal year for which it is the duty of Congress at this session to provide ; that is to say, on the 30th of June, 1864. LOSS OF THE U. S. GUNBOAT WINONA The screw steam gunboat Winona, bui t for the regular navy, is reported lost. The gloomiest feeling pervaded naval circles in this vicinity yesterday when the contents of the New Orleans despatches announcing the last tidings became known. The recent brilliant engagements participated in by this vessel, and the plucky character of her commander, made her so well known that her lose will be very deeply deplored. The Winona was one of the twenty-three steam gunboats built fur the navy when the war first broke out. She was constructed by C. & C. Poillon, at the foot of Bridge street, Brooklyn, having been launched on the 14th of September, 1861 She was 165 feet long, 25 feet beam, 12 feet deep, and 555 tons burthen. On her trial trip to Sandy Hook she made twelve knots an hour on 30 pounds of steam, which was the fastest time then made by craft of her class. The Allaire works built her machinery. Her term of service on the blockade had nearly expired. She arrived at New Orleans on De cember 7, from Pensacola, and after remain— ing there a few hours started fur a cruise in the river, accompanied by the steam gunboat Itasca, which broke down and was towed back to the Winona. The Kmed Katandin and the ironclad Essex then joined her, and the fleet proceeded as far as Donaldsonville.— They passed Plague Mine and Baton Rogue, and anchored within six miles of Port Hudson. On Sunday morning, the 14th of December, 1862, the Winona was opened upon by a bat— tery not 500 yards from the hank, which con sisted of six guns. Mr. Vincent, master's mate, was killed in tho engagement which ensued. The deck and hull was pierced with shot and shell. One shot went through the mainmast, the wire mainstays were cut to pieces, boats were bored through and through; one rifle shot went through the side of the ship near the ward-room. For forty five min utes did the brave little craft stand this ter— rible fire, replying as best she could. On making signals to the Essex a white flag was used, which induced the Rebels to believe the Winona had surrendered. The Essex and Winona, locked together, backed down below Profile Island. The latter repaired at Donald sonvill., and then left on the expedition in which she is reported to have been sunk.— She certainly could not stand much firing after what she had already received.—New Fork World, Jan. 27. GELV. BURNSIDE RELIEVED HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC, } January 2&th, 1863. This forenoon Gen. Burnside turned over the command of the army of the Potomac to Gen. Hooker, who came to the headquarters for that purpose. AR soon as the change be came known, a considerable number of supe rior officers called on Gen. Burnside and took their parting leave with many regrets. The following is Gen. Burnside's address to the army. HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF TAE POTOMAC, Camp near Falmouth, January 26.—General Orders No. 9.—By the direction of the Presi dent of the United States, the commanding General this day transfers the command of this army to Major General Joseph Hooker. The short time that he has directed your movements has not been fruitful of victory or any considerable advancement of our lines, but it has again demonstrated an amount of courage, patience and endurance that under more favorable circumstpnces would have ac complished great results. Continue to exer cise.these virtues. Be true in your devotion to your country and the principles you have sworn to maintain. Give to the brave and skilful General who has so long been identical with your organization and who is now your commander your full and cordial support and you will deserve success. In taking an affectionate leave of the entire army, from which he,separates with so much regret, he may be pardoned if he bids an es-* pecial farewell to his long tried associates of the 9th corps. His prayers are that God may be with you and grant you continued success until the rebellion is crushed. Bp c oommand of MAJ. GEN. BURNSIDE, Lewis RICHMOND, A. A. G. It is understood that Generals Sumner and Franklin have also been relieved from the com mands of the right and left grand divisions, but the name of their successors have not bees divulged, if appointed. Gen. Burnside with most of hie late staff have been allowed thirty days leave of absence. They will go to New York. The weather is warm and pleas ant and the mud is fast drying up. The remnants of the Eighth, Twelfth and Eighteenth lowa infantry—four bitndred and eighty men, all told—have arrived at Davenport. It is stated that they are to be re-organized fir further service. These regi ments were fearfully cut up at .the battle of Shiloh, and have since been further decimated by disease and the casualties of battle.—Ex change. Where are the remnants of the Pennsylva nia Reserve Corps—the regiments of which have been more terribly cut up than those of lowa ? Why are they not sent home to be re organized? those brave men who fought at Draineville, in every battle of the Peninsula, at South Mountain, Antietam, Fredericks burg and other places, and always with the most unflinching valor. Why are they not sent home? Will the President or Secretary Stanton answer? OUR RELATIONS WITH TRANCE. WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 There is the best authority for saying that the Emperor of the French has made a re newed proposal of mediation to the British Government since the battle at Fredericksburg, is entirely without truth. The unfriendly in terpretation put upon the Emperor's remarks respecting the United State; by a portion of the press, and the reports of a conference with Mr. Slidell, are unjust and unfounded. LOCAL DEPARTMENT. THE DEMOCRACY ARCO/MD.—The Democracy of the city were to assemble in mass meeting at Fulton Hall lest evening. Addressee were to be delivered by Mayor SANDIRSOIf, Hon. Jute E. 111.137.28., &MILL 11. AZT noire, Esq., and J. J. F.razaacs, Esq. At the time of going to press there was every Indication of an Immense gath ering of the Democracy and conservative men. , FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Tuesday last, near Leaman Place, Mr. BARTOS MUClMnier, fireman on a (ref glit train, met with an accident which resulted in.his instant death. While In the act of getting a shovel of coal, the tank became detached from the engine, and falling norms the track the whole train paesed over his body, reverirg it in two. His remains were conveyed to his residence at Paoli. lie was a faithful employee, and a pleasant and agreeable man In nil his business transactions. " SIXTY MINUTES IN AFRICA."—Mr. CHAS. . BROWNE. Si ,WE as he is as widely and favorably known, "Artemus Ward," the distinguished American humorist, held forth to a large, intelligent and appreciating audience at Fulton Hall, on Friday evening last. The caption of this article was the subject cf his lecture, and for one hour be kept the audience in a roar of laughter. It was decidedly the most original and witty lecture we have ever heard in Lancaster, Just such an one, however, as was expected from Artemus. His hits are capital and telling In the extreme. If Artemue' "Betsy Jane" had been along with him she would have become Jealous, for we have every reason to think that the Tolerable Showman captivated the hearts, of a good many young ladies present. We hope never to hear of the "green-eyed monster" finding a lodg ing place in the hearts of either Mr. or Mrs. Ward. THE 77TH REGIMENT—PROMOTION OF CAPT. Prrzs..—At a meeting of the officers of the 77th regiment held at headquarters near sfurfreesboro,January 9,a com mittee, consisting of Capt Frederick S. Pilfer, Capt. Wm. A. Robinson and Capt. A. Philips, was selected to draft resolutions relative to the decease of our Lim:it:Col. F. B. Housum, when the following was adopted unanimously Resolved, That we have beard with profound regret the death of our late Lieutenant Colonel Peter B. Housum. caused by a wound received whilst gallantly leading his regiment In the battle of Murfreesboro. Dee. 31, 1862. Resolved, That In his death the regiment has lost a brave and efficient commander, a true patriot, a generous friend, and one wtio never sacrificed honor for selfish motives. Resolved, That a copy of those,resolutious be furnished the family of the deceased, with the assurance that the officers and men of the regiment deeply sympathies with them In their affliction, and that they will ever hold Ms name in grateful remembrance. Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be furnished the Chanibersburg, Lancaster, Huntingdon and Pittsburg papers Inc publication. As the, regiment is now left without a present field offi. cer, in sonsequence of his death and the promotion of Col. F. 8. Stambaugh, an election, Fuhject to the approval of his Excellency A. G. Curtain, Governor of the 'State of Pennsylvania, was held at the same meeting; when Capt. Thomas E. Boas. now commanding the regiment, was unanimously elected Colonel of the regiment, and Capt, F. Pyfer was also unanimously elected Lieut. Colonel. A committee, consisting of all the present commanding of companies, was also chosen to present the claims and petition the Governor to promote the officers of their choice. CHANGE OF ELECTION POLL.—For some time past there hats been much dissatiefaction among the Union men and the friends of law and order In 111artic.twp. with the holding the elections at the public house of Robert Sanlaby, in Rawlineville. Satileby has never been regarded as by any means sound on the Union question, and his house had been the headquarters of a class of men and a class of proceedings highly obnoxious to the majority of citizens of that election district. The proper application was accordingly made to Court, and the following notice published: By order of the Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace of Lancaster County, notice is hereby giver, to the qualified electors of the 12th Election District of Lancaster County (being the township of Martlc) that a Special Election will be held at the public house of Robert Saolsby, in the vil lage ot. Rawlinsville, on the second Tuesday In January, A. D., 1803, between the home of S a m. and 7 p. m., of said day, for the purpose of determining the question of the location or change of the place of holding the General, Special and Township Elections for said District, from the pub do house new kept by said R Saubaby, in the villace of Rawlinsville, where said elections are now held, to the Public School Clouse at Mount Nebo, in said township of Martin and 12th•Elemion District." The election was accordingly held on the 13th ult. and, after a spirited contest, the Union men carried the day, and the elections in future will be hold at Mt. Nebo.— Thuriday's Express. —Why don't the pious Amluadab Sleek of the Express tell the truth in this mutter t The Abolition-Disunionist°, who unfortunately are largtly in the majority In that tovinsbip. hate Mr. SAIIIMBY because he la a plain, out spoken, Conatitutiou-Union loving Democrat, and that is the reason why they have voted to remove the election poll from his house. But Mr. SAULSBT only laughs at their insane ravings and hatred. He ill an Intelligent, whole scaled, liberal-miuded citizen, who believes that the rights or free speech and freedom of opinion have not yet entirely been crushed among American freemen. A WHOLESOME LAW EXTENDED TD LANCAS TER Cur.—The act of the last session of the Legislature, authorizing the arrest of professional thievia, burglars. Ac in the City of Philadelphia, ha. been extended to the City of Lancaster, and, we doubt not will prove beneficial. Under this act our police officers can pay their respects to the light fingered gentry who have been accustomed to visit our city on and about the First of April of every year. The following le the act: To authorize the Arrest of Professional Thieves, Burglars, dc., in the City of Philadelphia SECTION 1. Be it enacted, (Ct. That from and after the passage of this act, it any person obeli be charged on oath or affirmation before the mayor or police magistrate of the central station of the City of Philadelphia, with being a professional thief• burglar, or pickpocket, and who shall have been arrested by the police authorities at env steam boat landing. railroad &pet, church, banking Institution, broker's office, place of amusement, auction room, store, or crowded thoroughfare in the City of Philadelphia, and if it shall be proven to the satisfaction of the said mayor or police magistrate, appointed by the mayor for the central station, by sufficient testimony, that he or she was frequenting or attending such place or places for an unlaw ful purpose, he or she shall be committed by said mayor or said I.olice magistrate to tire jail of the County of Phila delobia, for a term not exceeding ninety days, there to be kept at hard labor, or in the discretion of the said mayor or prli, magistrate of raid central station. he or she shall he required to enter a- curity fur his or her good tehavior for a ported not exceedirg one year. SIMON 2. That any person who may or shall feel ag. grieved at any tech act, judgment or determination of the mid mayor or police magistrate of said central station, in and concerning the execution of this act, may apply to any judge of the court of quarter sessions for a writ of habeas corpus. and upon return thereOf, there shall hen re hearing of the eviGure, and the judge may either die• charge, modify or confirm the commitment. THE ESTATE OF THE LATE ABRAHAM HER sum ocen.—The Examiner gives the following '• items" from the inventory filed of the personal property of the late Abraham Hershey, deed which m•y not be uninter esting to our readers : Gold io Twenty dollar pieces, do Ten do Five do Fifty '• do Two and a half •' du One Dollar do Three do Two and a half •• do Sovereigns and Half Eovereings do American Gold (old coinage) $.28,884 41 Silver—American Half Dollars, $6,770 00 do Dollars, 63 00 Five Franco plerrs, 440 86 Spanish Donate (pillar) 288 00 Mexican " 100 00 Miscellaneous, 55 00 Two Guilder pieces, 57 60 Foreign Half Dollar; 40 00 One Guilder piece, 2 52 Gorman Rex Dollar; ti 60 Spanish Half " 14 85 Five Franc pieces, 495 38 Spanish Dollars (pillar) 456 00 Mexican " 130 00 Fut elgu " 57 00 American " 56 00 German " 36 96 Foreign Half Doilnre, 934 00 American Quarters, 250 00 Spanish 1,000 00 400 00 1,000 00 2CO 00 550 60 Ilelf Dollars, American Quarters, small Spanish colo, (6?.:,: and 124 c.) 240 00 Droppings, silver and pennlep, 10 00 Gold In $2O, $lO and $2 pieces, 1,170 00 Total gold and silver coin, Bank Note, Bonds, Notes, Certificates of Deposit, Arc., Total amount of personal property, $54,466 21 [The gold and silver were invoiced as it was found packed away to boxes, bage, dm. This will account for not all the coin of the same denomination being connted together. In addition to the Inventory of personal property. the de ceased owned ono of the best farms in Weet Hempfleld township, worth fifteen or sixteen thousand dollars.] LETTER FROM. CAPT. SPERA.—The following lettei from Capt. W. TIARVET SEERS., Of this county, to Col. JESSE ,REINEIOLD. of Myerstown, Lebanon county, has been kindly furnished us for publication : CAMP NrAlt STATIMD. Jan. ]3lh. '63 Thinking that something from this quarter mil,ht prove of interest to von, I thought it my duty to let yon have a few items. We, as you will eee by the heading of this let ter. have at net joined our Regiment. Threo companies of Major Reinhold's Battalion arrived at Occoquati City to guard the place and do picket duty, tinder command of the Mejor; the companies remaining were Company C, Capt. Spera; I, Capt. parked, midi). Capt. Ames, numbering about 250 men. 011ecoquan City is but quite a email place, situate on the Occrquan river, about a mile west of the Potomac, and in the heart of Pecessii, which made It not a very enviable place to quarter, as the mountains therea bout. are Infected with guerillas. Almost every night the pickets were fired at, and oftentimes our scouts met the enemy'e and exchanged ebots On Saturday, the 27th of December,•onr picket. were forced back, and reported a large force of Rebel Cavalry In the direction tf Maple Valley. Major Reinhold immedi ately sent scents in different directions to ascertain the truth of the matter. Lieut. Shultz was sent lo the direr lion of Maple Valley, and Lieut. Bentz in the direction cf Dunfries. Lieut. Shultz in a abort time reported the ad vance of a large force of "grey backs," and scoute reporting that heavy firing was heard in the direction of Dr:tutees, the Major then took all the necessary precaution to save his commend, and keep the enemy at bay until reinforce ments could come to his aid, All the fords of the river were well guarded, and the ferry . at the town was guarded ; indeed, nothing was left undone that could in any way aid In the protection rf hie small force. Ina short time the rebels made their appearance at the different fords end ferry in the town in large numbers. Our men never fal tered for a moment, and soon the work of death com menced, and I assure you our men did their duty. Rebel saddles were emptied, and horses went bounding over the hills. But few of our men were wounded, owing to the advantage of position in which they were placed by the commending offic.r. The firing was kept up until dark when the rebels retreated and left us In poesession of the field. taking with them their killed and wounded. On t•noday morning the Major was reinforced by a squadron of the 2d Pennsylvania Cavalry. We then proceeded in the direction of Marble's Valley. and when about 8 mil. from Occcquan City we were attacked by a large force of Rebels, Cavalry and Artillery. Our men formed in line and prepared or a charge. but being outnumbered were forced to fall beta, which they did in good order, fighting as they went. After crossing the Occoquan our men made a desperate stand, but being overpowered were again forced to retreat, but finally held their position by being reinforced by infantry. The rebel force numbered 5,000 or 6,000, being the greater part of the forces of Generals Stuart and Hampden,' those Generals commanding In per. son. Our lose did not exceed 60 men In killed, wounded add prisoners. , I should like to see you come to this place as it Is a very pleasant spot, marshy, covered with pine, &e. I am yours, &c., W. H. SPERA. LITERARY,- The February number of Godey's Lady's Book bag been received. The embellishments of this number are most admirable. and folly kustain the reputation of fiodey in this department, in which he has long since distanced ail competitors. The frontispiece is a fine engraving entiiled The Duet," and is illustrative of an interesting story in the Magazine. The fashion plate contains six figures, and its excellencies must be Been to be properly appreciated.— There is no Magazine published in America, and we doubt if there Is any in Europe, which can compare with Godey's as a Magazine for the ladles. It has now been published thirty-two years, end continue/ to Increase in interest with every number. We hate great cariosity to know whether tiodey Will ever reach' the Wait of improvement. For The Intelligeneer. THE MUNICIPAL ELECTION..-THE CONTEST. OF TO-DAY." 31raaartliorroas: With two unscrupulous, ultra Aboli tion sheets opposing you with scurrilous editorials in each issue, and your characteristic modesty, with no chance of self defence, the contest seems too unequal and rather one sided, not Merest. to fear for the r. salt of the Mayor's election, but for the comfort of your Blends. I accordingly desire to throw myself Into the breach, and offer my ser vices through a communication to do you a personal favor, and help along the good and glorious old Democratic cause. If the opposition were to deal fairly upon this occasion, It would be so contrary to all past experieece and history that we might suppose there was some device at hand by which the . honest voting people would be tricked out of their rights. But as they are only consistent In miarepra mutation and vulgar abuse, we regard them so open foe in their cowardly daily attacks, and meet them, as virtue and honesty always should meet vituperation and black gn ,rdism, by silent and withering contempt. There area few leading points which have been brought foraard that we wish especially to notice. And the first is the idea presented that Mr. Sistrosasose has been a good Mayor, yet he has bad the office so long that he should retire, and let some one else take hie place. This amiable thrust is desigeet of course for effect, and bearing upon lie face the eamblanee of plausibility might be to some extent enecessful. But it must be remembered that Mr. SANDIMSON dom not either solicit the fraition or force him self upon the people, The place in this instance has in variably sought the man, and not the man the place. He is in the hands of. hisfriends. aqd having a good, honest, honorable candidate, one who has proved himself superior to the office, and a true, consistent, unyielding and un compromising Democrat out of the office, the Democracy are not going so to stultify themselves a. to allow him to withdraw. in order to please the editors of the picayune sheets, who are continually barking like a pack of misera ble curs at the heels of the Democratic party. We are amiable and kind-hearted to a fault, yet we can never con sent to stoop so lois as to make fools of ourselves to be en trapped by a set of knaves. Besides we must at least have credit for some shrewd ness. in discerning the fact that their argument, though plausible, is as false and subtle as the nurtured viper.— They never thought of this idea when STEVENs was a can didate for Congress in this district, although be held the position and misrepresented our people in Congress more than twice as long as Mr. SANDERSON' has been Mayor. with the aggravating exception and difference that SANDCRsON has been a true and faithful servant. and acknowledged so by his calumniators, whilst STEVENS has been a traitor to every interest and principle of his conatitntents; for he is distinguished for nothing but his infamous niggerism, and as such never truly represented his district, although they blindly le-elected him as they would any negro who would oppose the Democratic party. The next point to which I wish to call attention is this everlasting babble about "loyalty." The word "loyal" is a very desirable and attractive one in its right place; but when it Is twisted into a miserable contortien by dark, de signing men to cover up their own deeds of Infamy, and conceal from the unsophisticated masses the damnable heresy which they themselves have concocted, and which by their efforts render therm and their infamous Abolition party the disloyal power which is consuming the vitals of the Government, with the design of placing men of un doubted patriotism in the position of 'traitors" to their country, it becomes a word—in this connection of course —as contemptible as those who utter it. No sane man who le not a knave ever dare impute die loyalty to a Democrat and face him with the utterance without getting his month slapped. What! a Democrat disloyal to his country 1 Why his very birth-right is in the organic genius of Constitutional liberty, and his life Is part of that great power, the Democratic party, which has given vitality to the Government and which alone can save it. A Democrat disloyal! Yen might as well say that he in false to his own existence and capable of wilfully de stroying his own destiny. Bat to What are we asked to be loyal by these fanatical zealots? is it to the true interests of the country? or to a mad faction who, by a freak of the Constitution, man aged to get control of the Government, and are now run ning it down to ruin with race-horse speed? Was there ever a country more prosperous than ours up to the very day that elected ABRAIMI LINCOLN to the Presidency, by a party "conceived in sin and brought forth in Iniquity " and which scattered the seeds of discord and disunion all over this fair land of liberty, and forced a harvest of blood upon the people North and South? _ . And ran a Democrat be loyal to such a party ? There is a wide difference between the Idea of loyalty to the gov ernment, and loyalty to the Republican party and the Ad. ministration. The one is the test of patriotism, the other the teat of a foolish. bastard fanaticism. Loyalty to the Union and the Constitution, and to all the best interests of our once great and haPpy country, has ever been the pride and boast of the Democracy. But loyalty to a party which boa disgraced itself, and destroyed all that Is dear to the American citizen, by acts of violence to the Conch-. lotion and of usorpatiooa of power unprecedented in the history,of any country, is the very touch-stone of repug nance and disgust. Are we asked to be loyal to an Administration which cannot boast of a sinzle cardinal act that bears the evi dence of patriotism, and will not stand the test of Consti tutional Statesmanship? Which ignored the Constitution, treated the Supreme Court with contempt, and insulted the people by turning a war for the supremacy of the laws and the Constitution-and a pretervation of the Union into an infamous Abolition crusade?. Which argues down the the doctrine of States rights so long held and cherished by the Democratic party, enforces the suppression of the free dom of speech and of the press. and arbitrarily arrests free and patriotic citizens, without due process of law, for opinion'. sake? Which strives by every device to enforce proclamations for the emancipation of the slaves of the South, and thus not only magenderhig a bitter and relent less hatred upon the part of the people of the South toward the North, but by acts of wanton cruelty intensify that hatred, until It is rendered so barbarous as to make a re, union absolutely impossible? If this Is to be the rule by which our loyalty is to be measured, and this the object for which Democrats are desired to sink all party lines, and render a loyal heart, I must protest that lat least do not pretend to lay claim to any such blind servitude. Another point to which I wish to direct attention IS the capital tho opposition papers are trying to make of the fact that a "Democrat" hernia their ticket. And this is the great power by which they expect to gain. success and carry the election. A Democrat! that charmed and all powerful name. How exceedingly anxious; they are to have its influence. How noble the position, and what de sirable associations are connected with It. But what claim has a man to the name, however long be may have held allegiance to the party, when he suffers himself to be tho tool by which a rotten party is placed in power? HAMLIN, WILMOT, FOAMY, CAlf BROS. HICKMAN and CLIATIPNLYS were Democrats opts, ne well as CABSIDY and the ARID - AKAR, but they have all gone after the 'llesh.pots of Egypt" They are all of the same kidney, and must henceforth be classed together on the same great Abolition platform, and lu the same category of renegade Democrats who are a kind of mule. partaking some of the horse, but more of the jack, and as a cross between the two are decidedly more stub -born end foolish than either of their ancestors. It is this r o-t of thing therefore that the' ••loyal' men of our little daily Tapirs are holding up as model men, by which to entice the amiable Democrats and to scare the refractory 011.4 P. Their record cannot be disputed." nor Can their position be doubled. If they can get into the same bed with GEM, and atomach the negro proclivities of Stevens so much es to vote for him at the last election, they are far beyond any hope of salvation. We are satis fied with their “loyalty," and perfectly willing to allow them the full measure of comfort their "patriotic" hearts can find in associating with "free American oltizene of African descent," and their affiliation with a party of Gov ernment vampires. But the renegade Deni - crats on the Black Republican ticket for Mayor and Councilmen maintain, with their it lustrious predecesmrs, that the party has left them. and they are now in principle where they ever were. This is the argument held by all who elide away from the old landmarks of the Democracy and become the contemptible toadies of the black Ahdition faction they themselves so long pre ended to despise. They have been forsaken by the party, but still stand where JEFPEREON and JACKSON placed them, maintaining the same political faith and sup. porting the same glorious principles. There In something so rich and original in this idea that It would be decidedly refreshing if it were a little more novel. The renegades however have played such pranks so often that it has lost its force and become disgusting. The idea of JACEnoN ever holding such political sentiments as Stevens, Sumner, Phillips and Greeley is simply preposterous and a slander upon his memory. JACEsON and all the old Democrati: patriots never could tolerate any party or principle that Was sectional or unconstitutional while they were living, and now that they are dead, It is sacrilege to stigmatize their hallowed memories by identifying them with a party that is not only anti-Democratic but infinitely anti Ameri. can, and so consummately rotten that if were "corn the hogs would not eat it." OBSERVER. $15.500 00 0,000 00 4,000 00 450 00 1,160 00 98 00 09 00 .4 - 00 16 91 100 00 For The Intolllgencer THE SEVEN "LOYAL " MEW When such honest, incorruptible and pure patriots' as Jake and Bill Amwake, J. Maralily Geist, Jerry Malin gott, George Brubaker, Cooney Plitt and Bookey Keats are placed at the head of the Republican party, it must win. Them leaders embody an amount of respectability, worth and unblemished moral and political character never, perhaps, equaled in this or any other city of the Union. Give them, or either of them, a hold on the purse-strings of the Cor poration, and, my word for it, the interests of the tax payers will be faithfully and scrupulously guarded. They are one and all excellent financiers. Some of them were at the top of the heap in 1855, during the magnificent Know Nothing administration of that period, and man. aged, by their admirable financial abilities, to spend $50,. 000 over and above the revennes of the City in the twelve months of their power. And they did all this, too, without Increasing the taxes! To be sore the succeeding Demo- cratic admlniatiation had to double the taxes to pay off the debt, but this, of course, was a small matter to the tax payers! Several of the above-mentioned worthies were recently engaged in the very honest nod honorable business of substitute brokerage, and made a few thousands off the Government—in a legitimate . ay; hence, their pockets being well lined with "green-Lacks," they would be above suspicion if the City Treasury were placed in their charge, and, I am very sure, they would not rob it of a penny. By all means, therefore, the municipal affairs of the City ought to be placed In their hands. LANCASTIft, Feb. 2, 1863 $43,380 18 3,026 52 8,059 51 For The Intelligerkcer GEORGE BRUBAKER, ESQ This individual , having arranged matters at the County Prison to suit his own convenience, has now taken the City in hand and is attempting to capture It from the Democrats, and get his toadies and relatives into office here, so that they may prey upon the City Treasury. He has made a nice family arrangement at the Prison, and turned out some of the beet officers the County Prison ever bad, and tilled their places with a set of incompetents and im&ciirs. Whether he can do the same thing in the City remains to be seen. I rather think ho will Bud It to be an up hill business this time Liscurrzi, Feb. 2,1863 WHY IS IT} Why is it that no draft has been made from any Abolition State in the Union ? And why is it that in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, the loyal, law abiding farmers, mecliabics and laborers, are hurried off on ten days notice, from their homes, their wives and little ones, by the stern mandate of Abraham Lincoln, while thethriving Abolitionists of Massachu setts are permitted to remain comfortably at home, and gorge their insatiate desire for the almighty dollar, by selling rotten ships to our Abolition government, in which they must have anticipated thousands of human beings would be buried in the vasty deep ? Can Abraham Lincoln answer why this is so ? SPEECH OF NAPOLEON The speech of the French Emperor to the Legislative Chamber, which was delivered on the 12th inst., is only interesting so far as it relates to this country. We extract the para graph on American affairs ; " The forced stagnation of labor has engen dered in many places a distress deserving all our solicitude, and a credit will be asked of you for succoring those who support with res ignation the effects of a misfortune which it does not depend upon us to arrest. Never• thelese, I have attempted to convey beyond the Atlantic counsels inspired by a sincere sympathy ; but, the great maritime powers not having believed they could yet join me, I have been obliged to defer to a more fitting period the offer of mediation, the object of which was to stop the effusion of blood, and to prevent the exhaustion of a country the future of which cannot be a matter of indiffer ence." A REPUBLICAN TAX-PAYER PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE. HARRISBURG, Jan. 29, 1863. SERATEL—The Senate met at 11 o'clock, and was opened with prayer. Petitions.—Mr. Smith, remonstrances from Mont. gornery county against legalising the act of the Commissioners appropriating $25 . 000 for bounty pur poses. Bills introduced.—Mr. Wallace, a bill relating to writs of estrepment; also the following joint reso lution : Resolved, If the Rouse concur; that the Gov ernor be directed to inquire, and forthwith report to the Legislature, for what offence and by virtue of what law Albert C. Boileau, a citizen of Pennsyl vania, has been arrested in the night, and forcibly removed beyond the jurisdiction of this State; and whether a warrant, supported by oath or affirmation, has been issued by competent authority for making said arrest. The resolution was referred to the Committee on Federal Relations. Resolution—Mr. Donovon offered a resolution pro. testing against the arrest of Mr. Boileau, as unwar ranted and unjust, and instructing the Governor to repair to Washington and demand the return of Mr. Boileau, to answer for any offence with which he may be charged. The resolution was read a second time, and on motion of Mr. Iliestand was referred to the Commit tee on Federal Relations. Mr. Donovon moved to discharge the Committee, and that the senate proceed to the consideration of the resolution. The motion was not agreed to—yeas 11, nays 18. Bills Considered, ,to.—The bill relative to foreign attachments and attachments in execution was taken up on third reading, amended, and postponed. The Senate then proceeded to the consideration of the bill from the House to provide for the payment of the interest on the State debt. A motion was made to amend the Sixth Section so as to allow the banks to circulate notes to the amount of three times their capital, in place of one and a half. Not agreed to. It was then moved to amend by making the amount of issues twice the capital stock. Agreed to ; yeas 16, nays 14. An amendment wee adopted excepting the banks organized under the Free,Bauktug Law From the provisions of this act. Mr. Lowry woved to amend by authorizing the payment of the interest in legal tender notes, in case the banks fail to furnish the coin. Not agreed to; yeas 10 nays 20. The bill then passed finally. Adjourned. iiOUSS OF REPRESENTATITES.—The - House wan called to order by Speaker Cessna a , 11 A. M. Payment of State Interests—Mr. Hopkins, of Washington, Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, moved. that the House proceed to the consideration of a bill reported by the Committee, providing for the payment of interest upon the debt of the State. The bill was considered and passed. It is as fol lows: An Act to Provide for the Payment of Interest on the State Debt. Section 1. That the State Treasurer be and is hereby authorized to exchange with any book or banks of this State, an amount of currency sufficient to pay interest on the State debt falling due on the first days of February and August, 1863, for the same amount of coin; and he is hereby authorized to give to said bank or banks specie certificates of exchange, not transferable, pledging the faith of the State to return the said coin, and to exchange for notes current at that time, on or before the first Monday of March, A D., 1864; said certificates of exchange to bear interest at the rate of 28 per cent. per annum, and to be estimated and computed as so much coin in the vaults of the hunks aforesaid. Section 2. That the provisions of the first and second sections of the act, entitled •` An act requiring the resumption of specie payments by the banks,' approved April 11th, 1852, are hereby extended un til the first Monday of March, A. D. 15114, to all banks exchanging coin for currency, under the pro visions of the first section of this aut. Section 3. That if the bunks Of the Commonwealth shall tender to the Treasurer more coin than shall re quire to pay the interest aforesaid, he shall receive from each bank so tendering, a pro rata share of the amount so required, in the proportion to the capita stock of each ; and in case of any deficiency in the amount so offered by the banks, be shall assess the amount.required from all the banks of the State, In proportion to their capital stock; and on failure of any bank or banks to furnish a pro rata share of said coin so required, for the space of sixty days after being notified, such bank or bunks shall not be en titled to the benefits of the provisions of the preced ing sections of this net. Section 4. That the Attorney General of this Com monwealth is hereby authorized and directed to pro ceed to wind up the affairs of any bank or banks who refuse or neglect to comply with the provisions of this act. Section 5. That itshall not be lawful for any bunk to sell any gold or silver coin from its vaults while in a state of suspension, and any violation of the provisions of this section shall work a forfeiture of its charter; and any officer or officers of any bank, consenting to any such sale of coin, shall be liable to prosecution for misdemeanor in office. Section 6. That the banks of this Commonwealth era hereby required, during their suspension, to re duce their circulation to an amount not exceeding one and a half of their capital stook actually paid in, or three times the amount of coin in their vaults; and all hunks are hereby required to make return, under the (lath of the Cashier thereof, to the Auditor General, every three months, commencing from and after the passage of this act, of the amount of their circulation ; and every bank whose circulation shall exceed one and a half times capital stock, or three times the amount of coin in its vaults, shall be re quired to retire, or call in one-sixth of such excess every thirty days, until its circulation shall corree. pond with the provisions of this section ; and should any bank fail to comply herewith, it shall be the duty of the Auditor General to notify the Attorney General thereof, who is hereby required to proceed under the fourth section of the act, forfeiting the wealth; therefore, Resolved, That the Muse of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, jealous of the rights and liberties of her citizens, and appealing to God for the rectitude of their intentions, du solemnly protest against the said arrest as unwarrantable and unjust, and call upon the Governor, as the chief ex ecutive of the Commonwealth, bearing in his person the majesty of this State, to immediately repair to Washington and demand of the General Government the release of the said Albert D. Boileau ; and that he be returned to the State of which he is a citizen, to answer any charges to bo made against him. Resolved, That a committee of three be appointed to transmit a copy of these resolutions to the Gover nor of this Commonwealth. Resolved, That copies of these resolutions be for warded to the President of the United States, Snare Cary of War, and the Senate and Llouse of Repro sentatives of the United States of America. The hour of adjournment having arrived, the Rouse adjourned until 11 A. M., on Friday morning. From the PortiaDd (Mnine) Argo THE A PPROACHI FINANCIAL CRIr People are now becoming somewhat aware of the dangerous financial crisis which we are approaching. Less than two years ago neither the President nor his advisers - could be made to see the abyss into which an irre• deemable paper currency would plunge the country. They shut their eyes to all dangers ; they close their ears to all warnings It was easy to make treasury notes. Money would be plenty with an abundant issue of them; extravagance would not be felt, frauds would not be discovered in the flood of paper money. So it came—the work of abolition wiseacres as ready to abolish gold as to disregard the Con stitution. The plainest maxims of finance and the most obvious lessons of experience were alike set at naught. The" results are beginning to he perceived, with a currency depreciated almost 50 per cent., with values unsettled, and with a tide of paper expendi ture inaugurated that threatens to engulph every interest and bankrupt the country. In a pamphlet recently published by [lon. Rob't J. Walker, that eminent financier says: " Should the ,Avar continue, and there be no other alternate\.than additional treasury notes, they will, before the close of the next fiscal year, fail to command forty cents on the dollar in gold and our debt exceed several billions of dollars." And he utters a warning in these words: "We are upon the verge of ruin. We are hanging over the gulf of an irredeemable paper system ; and its spectral shade, repudiation, is seen dimly in the dark abyss." All the result of a lack of honesty and economy in the conduct of affairs, and of the broadest disregard of sound financial prin ciples in providing fur the wants of the treasury. The American people will learn to their cost, by and by, that this Government cannot be successfully conducted without knowledge —that the negro screeching, while it may serve: to keep the eyes of the people from petty frauds, will not make up fur look of honesty and ability in the great concerns of a nation. As like causes produce like results, it may not be uninteresting to see the experience of the country in paper money during the revo lutionary period. The following table exhibits it: Deprecipion during the year. $20.004.404 1 per cent. 26.426 333 2 do 06 965 2%.9 8 do 149.703 856 45 do 82,% , 6.3 320 100 do In 1775-6 1777 1778 1779 1780 New emission. 1781 New emission 891.236 11,408.05 1,179.249 to May 8859,606,822 On the 31st day of May, 1781, the bills ceased to circulate as money—but they were afterwards bought up on speculation at vari ous prices, for from 400 for one up to 1,000 for one of silver. gee " The Union as it was," has outraged the common sense of the country long enough. The Union, as it was, is buried in a grave from which there is no resurrection. No Union is now possible, except of free States.—Lincoln's Organ at Washington. The author of such a sentiment is an infa— mous disunionist and traitor to his country and he who endorses it is no better. The people will teach the Union destroyers of this "administration what it is that "has outraged the common sense of the country" as fast us, time can give them the opportunity.
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