Volume 27, ®{je Centre gentorraf. IS PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY J. J, BRISBIN. OJJice in Reynold*' Iron Front, Second Floor. TKRMS. — SI,SO if paid in advance or within six months after subscribing,otherwise $2 will invari ably be charged. No subscriptions received for v shorter period than six months and none dis -sontinued, unless at the option of the editor, until ail arrearaaos are paid. Scott and the Veteran. BY BAYAP.O TATLOR. An old and crippled veteran to the War Depart ment came; lie sought the Chief who led him, on many a field of fame— The Chief who shouted 4 Forward !' where'er his b nuerrose. And bore its stars in triumph behind the flying ices. "Rare you forgotten, General," the battered sol dcs cried, - ' " The days of eighteen hundred twelre, wfcsn I was at your side ? Have you forgotten Johnson, who fought at Lun dy's Lane? 'Tis tru'e I'm old and pensioned, but I want to figlit again." " Have I forgotten ?" said the Chief: "my brave old soldier, No ! And lure's the band I gave you then, and lot it tell you so: Eut you have done your share, my friend ; you're crippled, old and gray, And webave need of younger arm? and fresher blood to-day." " Rut, General!" cried the veteran—a flush upon his brow — " The very men who fought with us, they say, are traitors now : Thc've tern the flog of Lundy's Lane—our old red, white an 1 blue—. And while a drop of blood is left, I'll show that drop is trua. " I'm not so weak but I can strike, and I've a good old gun, To get the range of traitors' heart;, and priok them, one by one ; Your' Minie rifl?3 and -erich arinß it ain't worth while to try: I couldn't get the hong 'o them, but I'll keep my powder dry !" " God b!es3 you,comrade !" said the Chief—"God bless yousGoyal heart ! Hut younger men are in the field, and elaim to have their part; They'll plant our sacred banner in each rebellious town, And woe henceforth, to any hand that darcß to pull it doTlu !" " But, General!"—still persisting, the weeping veteran cried : •* I'm young enough to follow, so long as vou'ro my guide : And tunic, you know, must bite the dust, aud that at least, can I ; Eo, give the vourg ones place to fight, hut me a place to die! " If they sh u'd fire on I'ickeDS, let the Colonel in command : Put me upon the rampart, with the flagstaff in my hand; No odds how hot the cannon-smoke, or how the snells may fly, I'll hold the Stars and Stripes aloft, ani hold them till I die ! " I'm ready, General, so you lot a post to me-ba given Where Washington can see me, as he looks fiorn highast Heaven, And say to Pu nam at Lis side, or, may be, Gen eral Wayne: There stands old Billv Johnson, that foight at Lun' y'e Lane ! '• And when the fight is hottest, before the trait ors fly- When shell and bail are screeching, and bursting in the sky— If any shot should, hit ma, and 1 vy ma on rav My soul would go to Washington, and not to Ar nold's place!" ARTEMTJS WARD ON THE SOUTH ERN CONFEDERACY. TIIE SHOW IS CONFISCATED. You hev perhaps wundered wharaabouts I wasfortho.se many dase gone and past.— Peichans you sposed I'd gone to the Tomb of Gappy lets, tholdon't what those is.— It's a poplar noospaper frase. Listen to my tail, and bo silent that ye may here: I've been among the Seseshers, a clarin my daily peck by tny legitimit perfeshun, and havn't had no time to weeld tny facile quill for the " Grate Koinic Paper," if you'll allow me kote from your troothful advertise ment. My success has been skaly, and I likewise bad a narrer shape of my life. If what I've been threw is '• Suthern hosspitality," bout which we have hearn so much, then I feel bound to obsarve that they made too much of me. They were altogether too lavish of ther attenshuns. I went among the Seseshers with no feel ings of aunermosity. I went in my per feshernal capacity. I was actooated by on& of the most loftiest desires which can swte the human boozum, viz : to give the peopll their moneys worth by showen them Saga shus Beests and Wax Statoots, which I veu ler to say are or.surpassed by any other statoots anywheres. I will not call that man who says my statoots are humbugs a liar and boss thief, but bring him be 4 me and I'll wither him with one of my skornful frowns. . But to proceed with my tail. In my trav ils threw the Sonny South, I heard a heap of talk about Seseshun and bustin up the Unim, but I didn't think it amounted to nothm. The politicians in all the villages was swarin that Old Abe (sometimes called the Praliayrie flower) shouldn't never be noggerated. They al>o made fools of them selves in varis ways, but as they was used to that I didn't lit werry me much, and the Stars and Stripes continnered to wave over my little tent. Moor over, I was a Son of Malty, and a member of several other Tem perance societies, and wife she was a dawter of Malty, an I spose these fax would secoor me the inflnoenz and pertoction of all the first famerlis. Alas! I was dispinted.— State arter State seseshed, and it groughed hotter and hotter for the undersined.— Things come to a climbmacks in a small town in Alabamy, where I was peremtorily % jfamilj lletasgaper —$tWrtr to politics, Semperanct, literature, Science, 5% gtccjjantcs, Agriculture, Cjje Utarhets, Vacation, Amusement, General intelligence, th., ordered to hawl down the Stars and Stripes. A deppytashun of red faced men cum up to the door of my tent, were I was standin tak ing money, (the afternoon exhibition had commensed and my itslyun organist was jerkin was sule-stirren chimes.) •' We air cum, Sir," said a millingtary looking man in a cocked hat. " upon a high and hoiy mishun. The Suthein eagle is a screamin threwout this sunny land, proudly and defiantly screamin, Sir.!" •• "What's the matter with him ?" sez I, " don't his vittlea settle well on his stum mick t" * " That eagle, sir, will continner to scream all over this britt tremenjus land !" " Wal, let him scream. If your eagle can amuse himself by screamin, let him went." The men annoyed me for I aas bizzy mat in' change. " We are cum, sir, upon a matter of doo ty " " Your right, captm, its every man s dooty to visit my show," sed I. " We are cum '• "And that's the reason you'r here." sez I larfin one of my silvery larfs. I thawt if he wanted to goak I'd give hiia sum of my sparklin' eppygrams. " Sir, ycr inserlent. The plain question is, will you hawl down the Star Spangled Banner and hist the suthern flag ?" " Nary hist I ."' Those wos my reply. '• Y'our wax works and beests is confisti cated, & you air arrested as a spy !" Sez I, " My fragrant roses of tne southern clime and blooming daffodils, what's the price of whisky in this town, and how many cubic feel of that seductive flooid can you individooally hold ?" Thty made no reply to that, but said my wax figgcrs was confisticated. I asked them if that was ginerally the style among thieves in that country, to which they also made no reply, but sed I was arrested as a spy, and must go to Montgomery in iruns. They was by this time jined by a large crowd of other patriuts, who commenced hollerin, " Hung the bald-heded aberlitionist, and bust up his immortal exibishnn ! I was ceased and tied to a stump, and the crowd went tor my tent —that water-proof pavillion, wherein instruction and amoosement had been so much combined, at 15 cents per head—and tore it all to pieces. Meanwhile, dirty-facad boys was throwin stuns and emly beer bottles at my massive brow, & takiD other improper libertie.- with my. per son. Resistance was useless, for a variety of reasons, which I readily obsarved. The seseshers confisticated my statoots by smashin them to attums. They then went to my money box and confisticated all the loose change therein contained. They then went and bust in my cages, letting all the animals loose, a small but healthy tiger among the rest. This tiger has an excentric way of tearing dogs to pieces, and I allers ' sposeJ from his general conduek that he'd have no hesitation in servin human beins in the same way if he could git at them. Excuse me if I was crooil, but I larfed boys terrusiy when I saw that tiger spring in among them people. "Go it, my sweet cuss!" I inardly exclaimed, "I forgive you for biting off my left tbum. with all my heart! Rip 'em up like a bully tiger whose laro has been inwaded by Seseshers !" I can't say for certain that the tiger seris ly injured any of them, but as he was seen a few days after sum miles distant, with a large and we'll selected assortment of seats of trousers in his mouth, and as he lookt as thou he'd bin havin sum vilent exercise. I raythcr guess ha did. You will therefore peiceive that they didn't oonfisticate him very much. 1 was carrid to Montgomery in iruns and placed in durans vial. The jail vras a or nery edifiss, but the table was librally sup plied with Bakiu and Cabbidge. This was a good variety, for when I didn't hanker af ter Bakin I could help myself to the Cab bidge. 1 had nobody to talk to nor notbm to talk about, howsoever, and I was very lonely, specially on the first day, so when the jaler parst my lonely sell, 1 put the" few stray hairs on the back part of my bed (I'm bald now, but there was a time when I wore sweet auburn ringlets) into a dish-heviled a s'ato as possible, & rollin my eyes like a ruany yuck, I cridc : " Stay, jaler, stay ! I am not mad, but soon shall be if you don't bring me suthin to Taik !" lie brung me sum rioos papers, for which 1 thanked hitn kindly. At larst 1 got a interview with Jefferson Davis, the President of the Southern Con thieveracy. lie was quite perlite, and axed me to sit down and state my case. I did it, when he larfed and sed his gallant wen had been a little too enthoosiastic in confiscatin my show. " Yes," sez I, "they confiscated me too muchly. I had sum bosses confiscated in the same way onct, but the confiscaters air now poundun stun iu the State Prison at Injinnapylus." •' Wall, wall. Mister Ward, you air at liberty to depart: you are friendly to the South I know. Even now we have many frens in the North who sympathize with us, and won't mingle with this fight." "J. Davis, there's your great mistake. — Many of us was your sincere friends, and thought cortin parties among us was fussin about you and ineddlin with the consarns intirely too much. Bat J. Davis, the minit you fire a gun at the piece of-dry goods call ed the Star Spangled Banner, the North gits up and rises en massy, in defense of that banner. Not agin you as mdividooals—not agin the South even—but to save the flag.— We should indeed be weak in the knees, un sound in the heart, milk white in the liver, and soft in the hed, if we stood quietly by and saw this glorus Govyment omashed to pieces either by a furrin or a intestine foe. — The gentle hearted mother hates to take her naughty child across her knee but she knows it is her dooty to do it. So we shall hate to whip the naughty South, but we must do it if you don't make back tracks at onct, and we shall wollup you out of your boots ! J. Davis, it is my decided opinion that the Son ny South is makiu a egrejus muttonhed of herself 1" ''Go on, sir, you're safe enuff. You're too small powder for me !" sed the President of the Southern Conthieveracy. " Wait till Igo home and start out the Baldinsville Mounted Hoss Cavalry ! I'm Capting of that corpse, and J. Davis, be ware 1 Jefferson D., I now leave you ! Farewell, my gay saler boy ! Good bye, my bold buccaneer! Pirut of the deep blue sea. "WE STAND UPON THE IMMUTABLE PRINCIPLES OF JUSTICE—NO EARTHLY POWER SHALL DRIVE US FROM OUR POSITION." Bellefonte. Centre County, Penna., Thursday Morning, June 13 1861. adoo .' adoo !" My tower threw the Southern Conthieve racy on my wav home was thrillin enuff for yeller covers. It will form the subjeck of my next. Betsy Jane and the progeny air well. Yours respectfully, A. WARD. [Vanity Fair. Lieut-General Winlield Scott. Great purposes are accomplished more by thoughtful calculation than by large sums of money or by numerous bodies of men. One thoroughly sbrewd and competent financier has more power in Wall etreet than a couple of score of ordinary brokers ; one sound and consistent statesman is the helm of a legisla tive body ; and one thoroughly accomplished soldier will do more for the well ordering of an army than Sftv mediocre generals and Captains. The world has producod few great military leaders—men whose etragetic acu men couldsuceessfully control immensebodieß of armed 'roops. AH countries and all times have produced such men. Great occasions have always found some mighty intellect to direct them to a wise and successful issue. No living man more combines all the grand elements ola successful soldier than our own Scott. Patriotic withe ut being selfish, brave without rashness, prudent but never weak, always cool and collected, be takes in the whole matter in hand with a calm and a steady .view, never percipitatirg his plafss, never fiinehing in the hour of mortal peril. In times of danger hitherto, be has given evidence of his perlect generalship, and in this Lour of the country's trial, no man is found so suitable to carry out the plans of the government as their well beloved and confidently trusted Lieutenant General. Winfield Scott, the son of a farmer, bv the name of William Scatt, was born near Peters burg, Virginia, on the 13th of June, 1788. lie was the youngest of two sons, and had three sisters. His father dying when he was a child, bis mother with a small property and left witd five children, c.vutrived to get bim a good education- He ehose the legal profession, aud was admitted to the bar in 1806, at the ago of twen'v. When the war of 1812 broke out he applied for and received a commission "of Captain ol artillery, sod ac companied General Hull on his inglorious campaign.. The first battle of our your.g hero was fought at Qaeenstown Heights, under cam mmission from Madison as Lieut-Colonel, with a force of four hundred tr.cn, against a force of thirteen hundred British, and, al though defeated, such was the desperate valor with which he held out against puch overwhelming odds, that victory seemed rath er to hover over the American than the Bri tish flag. On being exchanged, Scott again repaired to the ground of Lis former exploits, where hs wat engaged iu several lesser ac iiotis. with success, until urid-siimmer, when he took Fori Erie, and fought the bloody battles of Lundy's Lane and Chippewa, in which he exhibited a rare military knowG elge, and fought with n bravery that insured success uDder the most fearful circumstan ces. At Lundy's I.ane he was severely woun ded, and had to be borße on a litter to Buffa lo, thenoo to Wiliiamstown, sad afterward to Geneva. After recovering sufficiently bo journeyed slowly to Philadelphia, whither he repaired for further medical aid. Congress voted him a large gold medal, inscribed with the names of "Chippewa," and "Niagara," and bearing his likeness. The States of New York and Virginia likewise bestowed a similar high compliment by votes of thanks and making him valuable gifts. After the war General Scott served his country in several capacities, both as a sold ier and civilian, and his name has been con nected with every presidential campaign since 1828. In 1841 by the death of Gener al Macomb, be became commander-in-chief of the Army. Previous to this, ho bad been sent several times to quell the revolts of some of our most relentless tribes of Indians, and was chosen by Jaeksoo as the leader of the army that was to put down South Carolinan nulification. He was aUo ordered to Maine, in 1839, to adjust the difficulties between that State and the British Government respecting our ncrth-eaßtern boundary, and his mission was conducted with skill and wisdom. The brilliant military career of General Soott in the late Mexican war not only re flects the highest glory on his name, as the ehief who planned and executed all the movements of tha American army, from the bombardment of San Juan de Ullca to the capture of Mexico, but forms ono of tho most glorious military campaigns on record. It took the world by surprise, and established forever the chivalrous courage and military prowess of our citizen soldiery- Wbn we consider the fearful odds he bad to encoun ter, and take into account the fact that he fought the enemy on his own soil, haying to oontoad with all the deadly influences of cli mate, we fsel that we can confidently assert that it has no parallel in the history of mod ern warfare. We have no time tc follow the hero in de tail throughout that splendid campaign.— Suffice it to say that under the wall of San Juan de Ulloa ; in the disposition made of the oity and castle after the surrender; in the orderly line of maroh taken up from Vera Cruz to the capital; in the hereie storming of Cerro Gordo ; ♦he capture of Jalapa : the tak* iug of Perote ; the occupation of Puebla ; the negotiations carried en while the enemy res ted awhile at this latter place; the battle of Contreras; tho fall of Sin Aotonia"; the bloody action of Ckurubusco; tha fight "at Molino del R9y ; the bombardment and stor ming of the almost inaccessible Chapultepec; and the final triumphant entrance iotc the capital of Mexico; in all these masterpieces of military executien, the bead and the hand of the commander-in-chief are seen, and place him at once among the great successful military heroes of modern times. General Scott was now virtually the Gov ernor of Mexico, and he became sole director of public affairs. Ilia position was Dovel and difficult in the extreme. Alone he perform ed the duties of Commander-in-cheif, Presi dent of the country, Secretary of the Treas ury. in no respect did he fail, and in no respect did he coma short of the highest ex pectations of his government. On the establishment of pcice jgknerai Scott returned in triumph to his home, to re ceive the congratulations of bis frieuds and the thsnks of his countrymen. In 1852, General Scott received the regu lar nomination of the Whig party for the office of President of tha United States. He failed being raised to that high honor, and his place was filled by the regularly nomina ted Democratic candidate. Shortly after this he received the appoint ment of Lieutenant General of the Army of the United States, an office just created by Congress, and which has been filled by no other. It is the highest military office in the United States army, and General Scott has since filled it with the the most eminent ability. In 1859, General Scott was sent by tha government to Washington Territory to ad just the a fficulties relative to the occupation of San JUCD Island, in Nuget's sound, a mis sion which he executed with great sagacity and success. Since tha accomplishment of tbio creat work, Gen. Scott has resided at the Capitol of his country, actively discharging trie du ties of'his important office, winning ihe ap probation of his government, and securing the good opinion of his fellow ciiizens. llcre his lifeßeetned passing to a quiet and peaceful close, emblazoned tviih a halo of glory. But such was not the Divine ordin. atioo. The serious troubles which for the past few months have been unhappily dis tracting the country, have again called him to arms and the councils of the nation.— Here, at the age of seventy-five years, he shows bim.-eli the great, calm, strong mind he has ever been in ail important emergen cies Ilis counsel in the cabinet, and his far reaching and comprehensive sagacity in the management of the armies of lbs government show that the vigor of his intellect has not abated a jot, and the elasticity and indu rance of his gigantic frame have not dimiu iahod under the burden of years. Stephen A. Douglas. A BRIEF SKETCH OF HIS LIFE. lie commenced his career in a cabinet ma ker's shop, from which he entered several academies of learning, and having remoyed to the stale of Illinois when very young, j whero a year after be was admitted to the i bar, when Dot yet twenty years of nge, Lie j was elected by legislature attorney general of that state. In December, 1835, he was j elected a member of the legislature of Illinois j where he commenced that career as a parlia- i meatarian and debater for which he since , became so eminently dis'inguished. In L-37 he received the nomination for Congress, at a time when he was not yet twenty five years old, but attained the requisite age be fore the day of election —and was defeated by a wh'g candidate by a majority of only five votes. In 1840, Mr. Douglas was ap pointed Secretary of the S ate of Illinois, a6 a ; recogniz'on of the services hp rendered his 1 party during the political snuggles of that: year. Ia 1841, the legislature elected birj a | Supreme Judge of that State, which position ! he resigned in 1843 to accept a second nom ination for Congress, and was elected after a spirited contest of a small majority. In 1844 he was re-elected, but did not take his seat, having been in the mean time chosen a United States Senator by the legislature ot his state. In the House of Representatives, Mr. Douglas gained great prominency for his support of the 54-40 policy of the Polk administration—his vote and speeches in fa vor of the annexation of Texas, and other decided measures of the Democratic admin istration, then in power. He was chairman of the Committee of Territories which repor ted the joint resolution for the admission of Texas, and after this admission, supported James K. Polk during the war with Mexico and all his peculiar zeal and mental might and power. As chairman on the Committee of Territories in the House of Representa tives, and afterwards in the Senate, he re ported bills for the admission of the territo ries of Minnesota, Oregon, New Mexico, Utah, Washington, Kansas and Nebraska, and also the bills for the admission into the Union of the states ©f lowa, Wisconsin, Cal ifornia, Minnesota and Oregon. On the question of slavery, he opposed the interfer ence of Congress in the organization of ter nitories or admission of states, in taking one side or the other—a doctrine cat of which grew the agitation in which Mr. Douglas bore such a conspicuous part, and which has since divided the Democratic party, and which led to the repeal of the Missouri Com. promise. Whatever may be said now. of the policy of this repeal, it is a fact that Mr- Douglas remained faithful to it throughout his life, defending it whenever it was assail ed or violated. It is not our purpose to allude to the polit ical trouble and contentions into which Mr. Douglas vas forced since 1856, any further than to declare that be bore himeelf bravely and nobly in all his encounters. Ho may have committed wrongs—but they sprang more from his zeal than irora any purpose to injure his country, or impair the principles of good government. He was a partizan of uncompromising temper in the commence ment of his career, but lived to modify Lis feelings in this respect, and within the last year went so fir as to disregard party lines in bis defence of what he considered the safety and the permanency of his govern ment. During the last Presidential contest, he vras the candidate of a wing of the Demo cratic party, and since then has been the ob ject of the biter hatred and opposi'ion ot the other wing, or that portion which have been engaged in the undo y war of dissolving the American Union. The Land of the Pine to the Land of the Palm. Ra! Southron we're coiniug—you'vo roused us at last, And the chains that once bound us together so fast Shall clank at yuur feet 'ueath the Palmetto-tree, Ere your treason shall shatter the " Home of the 1 res." From the white Hampshire hills where the Bald Eagles rest, To the prairie that sweeps through tho land of the West. A voice ha 3 awakened our slumbering souls ; And it gathers iu strength to itselDas it roils. 'Tis the voice of the nation your sin has betrayed ; In the balance of Justice your treason is weighed : By the name you dishonor—your time is at hand, When the cry of the mighty goes up for their land. Do you think in your vaniry, pride and conceit, You can force the stern Northern to basely retreat? Ah ! pause iu your biindaess ! awake from your sleep Ere ye iueut us in enmity earnest and deep. From the "Father of Waters" whose valleys are wide; From the great Northern lakes to t,.e Green Mountain side. Shall pour down in myriads constant and true, The men who will stand by the Red, White and Blue. That Old Flag shall blind with one gleam of its stars' Y'our paltry shortion of prison-house " bars," Y'our laws—upon paper ; your forts upon sand ; In the light of that banner they never oaa stand. And when ye shall see it float hi h in tho air, Wirh all its memories vibrating there : Ah ! your heart will turn back by the Palmetto-tree. With fealty and truth, to the " Home of the Free." Willie is a Riileman. Oh ! Willie is a rifleman, Noble and brave is he ; A gallant, dashing rifleman. And all the world to me. For I ne'er could love a coward, Who holds uis life so dear, That he cannot join the patriot ranks As a rifle volunteer. But Willie has a noble heart, He fears But battle cry ; Ilu'd proudly bear a gallant part, Ke'll conquer or he'll die! Re bravely joins the gallant clan, And scorns the thought of fear : So noble is the rifleman, 'ilia gallant voluuteer. Who Swindles the Soldier. This is a question that should he answered with caution, but one which should, never theless, be decided as soon as the facts can be ascertained. It is easy to grumble, to Snd fault and to accuse. It is not, always, so to decide whether the censure fails on the guilty parties. Weeertainly Lave no interest in defending either State or Nation al Administration, any further than they act in accordance with the principles for which we contended when urging the election of the present governing powers. We are under no obligations to them other then to commend their honest aod upright action, and to con„ demn dishonesty, speculation and fraud whenever it can be fairly proven against any member of the State or National Adminis tioD. The " Democratic" party died of its own inherent corruption. All its party or gans defended the swindlers, and endeavor ed to shield the perpetrators of crime because they were of the party. The Republican or aDy other party will fall assunder whenever it neglects to seek out and expose villainy when perpetrated by any in whom it has pdaced confidence. We warn our political friends against any attempt to cover up ini quity for the eake of party. We do not wish to beloDg to any association which defends those who take advantage of great public calamities, like the present war, to fill tbeir own pockets. When such a course becomes Decessary, count us out. The soldiers of Pennsylvania have been swindled. This iaevident. Governor Curtin beiDg at the head of the State government, falls under censure for this, It ia charged that the soldiers are poorly fed, which is not ; nor never has been to any extent, true. The food furnished them here and elsewhere has been good, and in sufficient quantities: The discontent on that head has been greatly ex aggerated and urged on by the tories, who seek to create all the discord they can. In- T estimation in regard to food baa generally ! proved that neither Gov Curtin nor anybody ! else could bejustly blamed on that point. I 11 is charged that our soldiers are poorly ! clothed that they are destitute, and that when clothing has been furnished it has been disgracefully poor in quality. Of the truth ot this charge there is abundant proof. There i has been outrageous swindling, by somebody : in this department —such swindling, and of I such real disadvantage to our hrnvs soldiers, as to make the perpetrators ot the fraud as culpable as the traitors who would send aid and comfort to the enemies. It is as much ! treason to take comfort from our own soldiers as to send it to our enemies. No less a fate : than that of traitors should (ail upou the per petrators of such wtongg, If Gov. Curtin is ; the caused it, be should oe impeached and sent adrift. If tie is not the guiby one, the ; clamor of political enemies ar.d suspicious triends should be silenced by a rigid investi gation into the matter, aud bringirg the , guilty parties before the world. Thus far, we are inclined to the opinion that Gov. Jur ! tin is cot the instrument, knowingly or will i ingly, of there outrages. Mistakes he may have made, for no man ever had more crowd ed upon him, as auexeoutive, than he, in the first rush of this military excitement. The confidence he has placed in others may have been abused—nay, it is evident that it has been. —but, we rept-a f , the proof has not yet been presented to show that he has connived at these abuses. For one, we shall give him the same right which the most humble citizen (or alien) has guaranteed to 1 im,—that of being counted innocent uDtil ha is proved guilty. This is certainly as much the right of tha cheif executive of a great State, as of the beggar it. our streets. Show ua the proof that he is guilty, and we will no longer \ ask him to be shielded. We now ask for ] him common justice, and for the guilty par- I ties, when fairly ascertained, the most oon digo punishment, as they will have the uni versal contempt of an outraged community, and the unrestrained indignation of all Penn sylvania soldiers. Now for a fact or two: Early in the ex tra session of the Legislature, Mr. Armstrong of Lycoming county, having a just regard for the comfort of the soldiers from his dis trict, quartered at Camp Wayne (they be longing to the Eleventh regiment), introdu ced areaululion authorizing the Quartermas ter Genera! (Kale) to procure clothing JI --mediately, in open market, without waiting for a contract, uniforms fur rha regiments stationed at Camp Wayne. Any business man would have filled the order in a week ; but, although this resolution passed the first week in May, and the soldieia left the last week in May, a portion of them left without their uniforms, and many of tLem most mis erable shod. This seeuis olear'y to have been the neglect or capacity of the Quarter master's Department. We had beard com plaints from military officers in regard to the indifference or neglect, iu this Department, on previous occasions. The Uarrisburg Telegraph, of Monday, contains a letter from E. 11. Raucb, Esq., Cheif Clerk o: the House of Representatives, in which he reveals delinquancies in the same quarter. As it is impouant, we copy the whole ot it: "It is said that at Washington the Pennsyl vania troops are best known as " The Rag ged backed Pennsjlvanians." I know that a number of volunteers now stationed in Mary land, guarding railroads, although furnished with new uniforms, are obliged to wear their long overcoats as substitutes for pantaloons. As far as I know they have plenty to eat, and of good quality. Much has already beer, said in public prints on this shameful imposition on our soldiers, and it is quite possible that some men in authority are blamed who do not really deserve it. My object is now to state to the public what I know about the trea' meßt of the least ono company in Camp Cur tin. About uve weeks ago the Irish Infantry ol Mauch Chunk. —Capt. Dennis McGee—re ceived orders to march into Camp, which or der was promptly obeyed. The men conpo sing said company expected, as they had a right to expect after reaching camp, that they would be furnished —within a reasona ble time—if not with uniforms, at least such articles as are iudispensible. They waited patiently from day to day, and from week to week, receiving very good food and plenty of it, but not a shoe, shirt or pair of pantaloons or any other article in that line. Some ol them had no change of ehirt for five weeks. During the extra session of the Legislature I frequently vtoited the company, and felt call ed upon to give tbem tli© assurance almost daily that " the powers that be" would; in & very short time, attend to tbeir wants. I succeeded in satisfy ing som# of them at least, that this delay, or apparent neglect was un* avoidable, and they were willing, most cheer fully, to suffer a little longer. Yesterday I again visited this neglected, patient and truly patriotic company. Some nine or ten were on drill entirely barefooted. Several could not appear in the ranks at all for want of pantaloons, whilst others were in the ranks with shirts on tkeir banks five weeks without change 1 They appealed to me, as their friend, whether this is the kind of treatment Amerioan soldiers were to put up with ? They knew that the Legislature promptly Number 19, voted millions to organise, clothe, feed and equip the soldiers, and yet some of them were almost entirely Dakel ! I plodged my word that something would be done for them without further delay. With another friend of the company I visited the Quarter Master's department, in the camp', and stated the case, I waa told thar, as the company was not formally mustered into service, they cou'd do nothing for them without an order from Quarter Master General Ilale, We immsdi* ately called on him at his department and stated the oa<e to him. His reply was, '• Can't do any thing for them sir." I re minded him nf the fact that they are men and soldiers, but naked, and insisted that they Viust have samething to wear. Ha again replied that as they are not formally mustered into service, it would be a viola tion of the rules and regulations to give them clothing. I then appealed to him to give me an'or der for about a dozen pairs of shoes, pants and shirts, to eupply these who are really al most naked, at the same time offering to de posit into his hands a sufficient amount of money to indemnify him, and thus make my self responsible, the money to be refunded to me after the company shall have been for mally mustered in. This he also declined, be cause it would be "against their regulation," and complicate their accounts. Satisfied that the Quarter Master General had no in clination to do anything for these poor but brave men, I withdrew from his august pres ence and proceeded down town, where I bought thirteen pairs of shoes, ten pairs of pants and ten ebirts. These few articles soou found their wey to the company, aud wera properly distributed by Capt. McGee among the most needy. lam assured that some of the Harrisburg ladies are about furnishing this company with additional articles of clothing. If 'Ley do I know that they will receive many hearty " God bless you yeY' from these long neglected suffering fellow men. Now, Mr. Editor, who is most responsible for the scandalous condition of our volun teers ? According to my experience and ob servation, it is this Qaurtef Master General Hale. With a practical business man at the bead of the department, it does seem to mo much might be done to supply the wants of the soldiers. But, aocording to bis interpre tation of rules and regulations, American volunteers to lay down their lives if necessa ry, in defence of xhe freedom we all enjoy, must go naked, and, I suppose, as far as tb same functionary is ooncerned, starve, until some other funtionary may think fit to pro nounce them " formally mustered into ser vice." Such treatment of our volunteers is, to say the least, disgraceful. According to my judgement the fault is in the Department of the Quarter Master General. E. 11. RAUCB. GOT. Curtin has sent an agent to Washing* ton to examine the chtbiDg furnished to our Boldiers there, and has announced that non of the bogua shoes and inferior blankets h&v* been or will be paid for. Let us hopo that be will aid in bringing the guilty parties to justice. We have reason to believe that ho has yielded to the importuning of those call ing themselves his friends, to appoint eomo agents who have betrayed his confidence and disgraced the State and its Governor. Again we say, let the guilty parties be ferreted cut v exposed and punished. P. S. —Since the above was in type we un derstand that he has appointed a commission to investigate all the oontracta for supplies which have been made by the State, since the present contest commenced, and te make a foil and faithful repoit upon their term-, and the manner in which they have be u complied. It is to consist of Jacob Fry, Jr , a prominent Douglas Democrat of Montgom ery county ; Benjamin Ilaywood, a leadin/ manufacturer and upright citizen of Sohuyl kill county ; and Charles K. Abbot, a mem ber of the State Legislature from Pbiladt - p'.iia, who bas always maintained a high rep utation. These commissioners are all men of unimpeachable integrity, and an impar tial and honest statement may be anticipated from them.— Chester County Times. POSITION OF JOHN C- BRECKENIUDCIS.—A correspondent writes to to the Louisville Journal, from llopkinsville, Ky., May J, 1861, as follows: " Breckenridge made an out-and-out dis union speech here to-day. lie Raid Ken tucky should uDite with the seceding State* immediately, that the Union was wholly broken up; and that he was in heart, and soul, and wind, and body, with the South.— He said that the South had never committed a single wrong against the North ; that Lin coin had begun the war; that the American people had never owed any allegiance to the Federal Government, and that " all ultimate and paramount allegiance was owing to the in - dividual Slates," He denounced the Border Confederacy, and said that armed neutrality meant Northernism and Abolitiouistn. He said a yast majority of the Northern people heartily endorsed the wish for wholesale in surrection, robbery, and murder in the South' expressed by the Chicago Tribune. Th-.e is a correct sketch of the main points of bis speeoh." SBWELL'S POINT. —This point about which considerable interest is now felt, is situated on the south shore of Hampton Roads, four, miles from Fort Monroe. If for'ified, i would command the entrance to Elisabeth Channel, which lead# to the harbor of Nor folk.
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