THE rioznatbsz DEMOCRAT,'
IS PUBLISHED THURSDAYS,
A. X. Q•erritacori7.ii
OFFICE ON PUBLIC .:IVENVE,
THREE DOORS ABOVE SKARIAN 10 . -
TERII3.-41,50 . per annum in .vn.t.Neti, ; ii
otherwise $2 will be ohargaland ilk cents Perrannum
.added to arrearages, at the option of the Publisher, to pay:;
,
expense of collection, etc., ADVANCE 'Apnea preferred, ij
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ADVEI3.IISEMV).. - Tti will be inserted at the L'
of $1 r • square, of ten ltnee orlels, fotthellnq three
. . . .
weeks, and Idi cents ior each itilditiotpi week -ray i i """" • 1
late of fI \
w e Joie . Ourselves to no Party that. Does not, Carry
Merchants, and others, who adveilise by !!
the tzar. - wilt be charged at the following rate*, Mc.; •
=le ad yerr;tfr, te
squr, o , n , f t p i r e r ;vl ;l2 e ld: r t qtangeit, • p c, :
- No credit siren except to those of known responsibility. i 1
BUSINESS BARDS.
WK. grwrma tooran tinaky DiIINIKIR,
V 1 Vii. H. COOPER it CO.; 's
BANKERS,-7.ltoniroee, Pa. Sneceseon , to Pyit.COoper
& Co. Office, Loilrope'new Tumptke-st.
3. a. lecou.t-x
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McCOLL•L'M & SEARLF4
& TTOR:StYS and pounaellnrs at, Law,—ltontrone. N.. !I
AM.
Office in Lathrop's' new building, over the Bank.
HENRY B.:IcitEAN,
11 TTOR:srEY and Counsellor at Law,—Towi.NnA; Pa.
Ottlce in the Cnion Block, , ' Je3 38 tf
DLL E. F. WILMOT,
(11tADUATB of the Allopathic and Ilomit.ollathic
lo , e„ e-of Medicine.—Great Bend, Pa. — °Mee, corner
of Main at d Elizabeth-sts, Yearly opposite the Methodist
Church. 1 apht' tt
1)R. G. Z. DIIOCK, nt.
PDYSICIAN AND SURGDON - ,—Mantroge. Pa. Office
over Wil.oos` Store; Lodgings at Searlea Hotel.
DR. WILLIAM. W. WHEATON,
ECLECTIC PHYSICIAN _& SIIRGEQN DENTIST
i 1727.1 DR. 3f.Y.12021 4, 111/E4 'OF, •
Mechanical and Surgical Dentist, recently of Dinghandon„
lender their professionali‘ervices to all hvlui appre
ciate the "Reformed Practice of Phv4ic z" careful and
skillful operations on Teeth ; with the inot.t scientific and
approved styles of platework. Teeth cstra'cted withdut
pain and all work warranted. • .
Jackson, June 11th. 1560. y•
DR 11. ,Ce; SON
StIttIEON.DENTISTS,-31ontruse, Pa.
1,...0111ce In Lathrnp,' new building, over _—
the Bank. All Dental operations will bo
- performed in good style and warrantyd.
J C
,OLNISTE.II) j 1.. READ
DRS. OLMSTEAD & READ,
IVOL1.1) ANNOUNCE to the : Public
that they have entered into a partnership for the
Practice of MEDICINE & Surgery,
and are prepared to attend to all calls in the line of their
profession. OfHee—the one formerly occupied by Dr. J. C.
.Olmstead. In DUNDAFF. ,me Vim.
DR. N. V. LEF:r,
Pkysteisn and Surgeon, Frienclnriffe, Po.. Office oppseite
the Jackson //Mist.
fII.R..EET given particular attention to the treatment
of disesnes of the Eatt - and V.vt: and in confident that
hie kuoleilge of, and experience in that branch of pray
Lice will enable him to effect a cure in the most difficult
eases. For treating din eases of theie organs no fee .will
be chanted utiles+ the patient in benefitted be the treat
ment. [August 110th, 1893.
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- SOUTH WORTH ~ f 7 VADAKIN,
in
l t Italian and
IL American MsrMe fnr Monuments. e.i
Tonib-Table•!. Nltintle. Sinks and Centre-Tsbles, Also
dealers (II Marbleized Slate for Mantles. ren t re-Tables, dr.
0 ,,. Shop a few doors east or Searle's Hotel on Tardplke
street, Nicsatrotf , e. PS. • oe4 yo
. 1 CNOW,
ICSTICE OF THE PEACE . —fireat Dend - , Pa, °Mee
/on 3lain street, opposite -the Western llonso, apt
3011:s.; SAUTTErt,
-ENASIIIONABLE TAlLoll.—Montrose. Pa:Stipp
over I. 'S. Bullard's - Grocery, on Main-Street.
Thankful' for past tarori., he volicirg a continuance
—pledging hint-elf to do all work satiafactorily. Cut
tirtg done on sharrnotice, and :warranted to et.
Montrose; gtr., 1360.—tt
P. LINES,
ONAIILE TAlLOR.—Montrose. Pa. Shop
J: n Phrenix Block, over store of Read, Watrous
& Foster. All work warranted, as to 11. l and finish.
Cuttint dune on.short notice, In best style. Jon 'OO
JOHN GROVES,
vASIIIONABLE..TAILOIL—Nfontropf, Pa. Shop
neat the 'Baptist Meeting liotpke: on Tnrnpike
street. All 0rde , ..,, filled promptly. in first-rate.ttrle.
Coning done on ,h , noticv. and warranted to fa
' l','. B. ISBELL, , ...
REI"AITIS Co lths': Watches, and.Jewxll7, at the
shortest notice, and on reasonable terms. All-
smnrk warranted. Shp in Chandler and Jessup's
store. MONTI:Ott, Pa. odts
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WM. W. S3IITII-& CO.,
C A , I f Ti 9rr l a street,.] lm3trose, Pa' sub tf
.-C. 0. FORDITAM,
"WANT:FA CTUREIio f BOOTS ,C SiTOES,'Nlonttosc.
Ea: Shop over Tyler atone. All kinds of work
:made to order, and repairing done neatly. :Je2 'y
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— 7 • - ABEL TrrinELL, •
TN EI,I.ER in DrotTs, Ueclicines. Chemical?. Dre
I/ Stuffs, Glass Ware. Paints. Oil?, Varnish. Win-
ACIW Glasv, Groceries, Fancy GoorK.Jewelry Pettit
men., &c_—Agent for all the most popular PATENT
MEDlClNES.—Mitntrose, Pa. aug tf
PROF. CHARLES MORRIS,
.I?x o s t e e r i. 'Montrose, Pa. nap
In
B ba•lieEmilenroglaniz
HAYDEN BROTHERS,
WHOLESALE DEALERS IN '
3il wcwrxcsivis
• -AND- • •
FANCY
WIS. 11 kYD.E.S.
JOHN HAYDEN.
TRACY HAYDEN. I .VZW MILFOEP, P. 4
GEORGE HAYDEN.)
P. E. BRUSH, M. D.,
RAYING NOW LOCATED PERMANENTLY, AT
gapr'l.rmg , 47ll.l.(3,
trill-wend to the dutiesb . ls pi:Menton promptly
Office at Lathrop'.
.41. T"
NEW MILFORD, PA.,
IS THE PLACE TO BUY YOUR
HARNESSES,,.
. CHEAP FOR CAgEt t
AND GET THE WORTH OF YOUR MONEY.
pEc.3•3 4 ,-m: :
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INSUItANCE :COMPANY,
Or Novo ~Yor3c.
CASH CAPITAL, ONE. MILLION DOLLARS.
ASSETTS Ist July' 1860,
LIABILITIES, " "
• 'Milton Smith. See y. Chap. J. Martin, Preisident
John Itccee„k,'t " A. F. "
Policies Trotted aml renewed. by the nudersigilied, M
lit 4
ialEce, one door above Searle's 11;te1. MontroSe, Pa.
nor y , BILLINGS STBOUB, Agent.
2Er. .113 Tff 3EL-11. i r
If_retSja , t received a large k tack of nom' i}tovco. for
MI. Cooking. Parlor. Office and Shop purposof. for Wood,
or Coal, With stove Pipe. Zinc. let - -
nit assortniattt,kt.elect aud dei.lrable, and ivtll be lold
on the racut favorable terms for • Cosh.pr to ;Prong? MX
Mon Au iluyers.
New 31Mrd. Oct. `PI. PIA
Dandelidn Coffee,
HEALTHY beverage, Cue potted al:hit Coffee will
-CIL
make much u tiro pounds of other Coffee: ' For
talc by ABka, TURSELL, •
Turrell's Pure
TIMOTHY . 'SEED!
'Warranted free from Daley =lan otheribuorkme geode
Large Clove r 'Seed,
For bale for ready rorb,oolp, bf • ABEL 'l ; O'.aREll..,
Kontroee, Muth t, todl. .
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'TAKE NOTItE!,
-Gran "Zmariel. Scow • 21141ral i ciptia.
Shexp reit., Fox, Mink', .. , inekrat. Juin au na of
Fura. Ago id :o:born:pent of Leather and Boots and.
Shors conxtantly on hand. Office, ?annoy, it Shop an
Main tzt rye , — ,
Monizorr, YO , . ail. - A. p. d: L. C. kEi:l47? •
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`ALT tht s Irk- or round •
A. Tutina
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Supplies for tho Volunteers. . I that he appointed E.M. Biddle, Adjutant
For a week or tWQ past, complaints of General; R. C. Hale, Quartermaster-Gen- '•
all-sorts of abuses.' in furnishing supplies' to
oral ; , and that "all purchases have been ,1
the troops Of the State have been frequent made through their departments." Nei
and ethphatic, Some such thiags were" to titer is he a g ent for the • Quartermaster
he expected, and, in general, allegations General, for 31r. Hale.gives a. list of his
of the kind referred to have been passed agents, and we do not find in it any per
son of bilt, brief comment. 'Within a son of the name. of Neal, either among
-those. who are serving "with -pay" or
few 'days, however,,the subject' has as
sumed an aspeet to'cominand more seriOus • ' without pat." - Can Chaves M. Neal be
the agents of Fronenfild & Bro ? ThiS
attention. The ii wtole atinosphere is now
vocal 'With &tarps of favei itism, jobbing, would seem to be :the only remaining
abuSe and corruption. What has hereto- probability, andthere we- leave agency in
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fore been vague rumor is' reduced 'to this mysterioustransaetion„
demonstrated fact,' at least, so far as abuse - This Mr. Neal is one of the City Com
!of a sacred trust is concerned.l - There is 1 missioners, under pay of the City Treatn(-
not the'slightest room forAloubt that their', for- attending to the City business; and
dm-people have a - right to require his
' State has been defrauded and the poor sol- 1
tier grossly plundered • and in the public, close attention to his office. It is but a
little while since he was absent-for weeks .
indignation whiCh justly attaches to the !
agents and participators in such scandal, fron ! his post, seeking, at Washington, the
{ place of Navy Agent, He has'a tenden
!
ohs wrongs we. hear persons freely een
toward agencies.. In this enterprise,he is
sured,.from the' lowest subordinate ,toI e Y
those hiabest in
so ns}—froth the mid- i wanni:v supported by his friend, the Gov
ernor who was understood to be in Wash
-1 Got
diet
who figures so . strangely in this 1
ington for this purpose when our brave
business, clear up to the Governor of the
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Stale hiniself,
Tile first official ' information w hi c h h as i unarmed, unclad, unfed, and, without or
been -laid before the public on the subject I dens; and when, at the same tithe, Gov
is a ~_coi ti
nninication from Governor C ur
;Sprague was marching through Philadel
tin, at e head ofortably cl ad
tin, anted' May, in response to a reso-
I and fully th equippedf his
co
Rhode Island troops,
lution of inquiry from the . House of Rep
which he was leading to the field of action.
' resentatives, dated May 3tl. _This is a dile-
Neal was not appointed Navy Agent, but
athent of fifty pages, some thirty of which
he now taros . up as a sort of unclassified
Iwe republish this morning, that-the icier
' chants, business men and people of Phila
certified with ii•hich we have to do at
• delphia may be enabled to examine the
charges made to the State and see through
what agencies someof the articles have' present, and we have done our duty in
presenting it, above in the light of a strong'
1 been procnred. But the most carefur.ex- tI
contrast, and in calling attention to it as
exame hate,is
nd as sc i
lamination of - the hare figures and details an
ernoprls
would of itself' fail to expose the'enortnitv Gov mes of w sag furn lased
is h n the
ing a
probable clue to the agencies by 'which
I of some of the charges, and Lome we it
:le-6c:tired samples of . some of the the soldier Sof the State have been sup
plied with the worthless garments of
i supplies, which, are open to the examina
; tion of- the public" at this office, among which they so loudly 'complain. .
whieltare the rickety shoe, °soled with' a- Under the loan bill recently' passed by
white pine shaving, the miserable pair of i the Legislature,' expenditures of similar
character to those detailed by the Gov
. pantaloons, elsewhere referred to this mor- '
i • .
I emir are to be inade to the ainnunt of at
i sing, both of which went utterly to pieces
. . . . ' least three lindens Of dollars. Are these
[ in a service of two, days.
; It is not our purPose in this' article to also to be wasted in jobbery like, their
i conimunicatioa. That was to some extent analyze. the particulars of the predecessors? .And above all, are they
to be committed to. the agencies already
1
So grossly abused ? In the name of the
; done by one Of cal' leorrespendents yeste:r
people and of the defrauded soldiers,• 'we
I day,[see anothercOlumn of this paperlaad
I shall be done moreEfully hereafter, if neees- i protest against „any repetition of sueb
I sarv. Our immediate object is to direct !" prose.—. Philadelphi a Philadelphi a hprirer-- Republi 7
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the attention.of the public to a few points I C° " -
I suggested by the hills detailed on pages ;
.1 46 and 47 of the Governor's message, that
happen to be the pages at which our copy
of the document first opened up. These
bills are among- thOse re-published on our
second page. The first is an account of
LLambert . & Higgins for .boarding at Har- i
risburg and putting up tents, itniOtnitiing
to $ 8,94. This is quite a small bill and We
have not the slightest doubt a perfectly
Ihonest one, yet a member of the firm was
required to swear to it and the Quarter
' master-General to ) certify it; in fact, it;, is
shingled over-with endorsements, and
I Lambert & HiggiiisJoa their petty bill
'for Itoardiog, appear to have been put
' through the utmost, rigor of official formal.
, ity. • I
1 ' Immediately preceding thief bill is Oue
from E.Frotienfeld & Bro., for uniforins
1 and' pantaloons, amounting to $22,50.
1 Now 'we -disclaim all personal referenceto
1 this firm. We donut know who they are
.
dr where they are 4 They 'are,
1-the Philadelphia Directory, nor
rt ' in Boyd's
Di .
ctory. of the State, so far as we'-have
been able . todiscover. There is, there-
I fcire,, no-personal feeling in our reference
to their bill, but' lye take it as part 'al
public record.. This large bill, coning as
.I it does in immediate connection with a a
I small one sworn and certified, challenges
I scrutiny in searchbf similar forms of care
' and caution With reference to itself. But
I we do not find that P. Fronenfeld & Br'o.
were compelled or required required to make aft
davit to their account of over $2 . 2,000, as
Lambert was to hi's ofles's than nine- dol.
lars. Nor do we find the certificate' 'of 1
the Quartermaster-General ; hut in phiee
of these rigid. form's, our lynx-eyed exam
iners Of petty, bill* appear to have been
Isatisfied with the endorsement of Charles
31. Neal, agent. ' .
Let us-pass this agent for a moment to
I,look closely at-the bill. sit is for -
I 2085 uniforms at'*lo - . -
I 34', pairs of lantakions,. at $5
I=l
GOODS:
The first remark of a business num lip
on this account,. will be its ," glittering
generalities" *male items of "uniforms."
the uninitiated.would suppose that • this
embraced every article, from the Crass {let
ter on the soldier'S cap to his rickety shoes
including EA, Pantaloons and overcoats.
But ,there is internal evidence in the
other hill that it doe,s not include either
shoes,. caps or overcoats. It comes doWn,
then, to the bare sacks and . .pantaloons,
and we arc. left , in some doubt, by
a separate charge . for pantaloons,
whfther it aven.includes the , latter. Let
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Itt be conceded however, that it does, and
1 there is etposella.icharge of 'ten dollars
each, fur over two thousand uniforms,
whichi should be furnished of good quality
-1 y ,
for seven -dotars.each. If they are of the
kind -which have come generally to the
1 notice ofthe publi, five dollars would be
a high figure; but if they are of the lot
similar to the sample left at this office,
1 they would be dear at ten cents, for the,
j latter were utterly worthless. The ,charge
in. this hill for pantaloons is five dollars.
-per pair. We ask\ the 'most imaginatiVe
Vof our reader~ if he or she ever sil W a pair
1
officildiees - pabtaloOns Which by - the utmost
streteh of faner, - 04111 be valued at five
? ro justify Audi a, charge, they
should not only -be substantial and .ser,
ileoable; but 'even! - fine ; but who will
have the hardibbod to say that any such
haveheen furnished to. the 'State troops
by thousands? ! . 1
. It is this bill, so Made, up and amount
ing, to twenty-twe! thousand five-hundred
dollars, , that appears toitave linen audit
ed and paid 'wttlanit the usual alfidaiit
ncertifiezte;andifppoon the bare endorse. i
meat ofelarles.ll4lTeal, Agent. Agent 1
rim Whom? -Nov inint for the-Governor;
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for Sap to the 17egislattireiin . An. suer
to their mterrbgatbry, as to what "igen- ,
: ri l 4 " - liave heen cul t ployed iii this business-
J. H. 31.111T11.
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VOL. 18..1
Rates Paid for Army Stores.
En. PUIL'A I.weirtnEn:—A - , friend has
just placed in my hands a public- docu-
Ment,-containing, among, other things, the
official account of the " Disbursements of
the. ilitary Fund orthe State." ftriifiay
be approiiriate to remark, thate‘ Offs - docn.
ment has Just made its appearance, and
rimy be had on application to the State
printer,emy friend A. Boyd Hamilton, of
. ,
Harrisburg.
Looking over its contents, I have come
in contact with several knotty points,
which. equire elucidation, and being rath
ei dull of comprehension myself, and not
the smartest person in the world at fig,nrcs,
I will make a note Of them, and ask you
to publish them. do this with the hope
that you, or some of your readers or what
would perhaps be better, the parties
themselYes, will give the desired explana
iion. . .
' To begin, on page 22 Of the doctunent
aforesaid, under the head of Anti-,Seorbn
tus, Dried Apples, ttc., I find among oth
ers thelollowing items :—.
ught of Robert S. Reed & -
1G,500 lbs. Dried Apples attic. $1072.50
750 bushels Onions atsl.9o . 1425,00
3,300 lbs. Dried Apples at 61c , 214,50
Don't you think this a mistake, Mr. Ed
itor ?By a refereike: to some of the best
authorities in the city, I find that on April
24th dried:apples were a dru g in the mar
ket, at from 2i to 3e. V lb: It Must be a
mistake • and the Quartermaster should
correct )t. Onions, at the same time,
were abundant at $1 ; .00 la bushel.
On the slime pa , ge'. under the head of
Vineg,ar,l find that Mr. Chailes Gulager
..furnished 20 barrels at 7 cents per gallon,
While Messrs.R . .-.S. Reed Co. furnished
a much larger quantity -and charged 12
.cents -per gallon.- There is evidently a
I mistake here also. That Mr. Gulager did
not charge enough- that's very clear. Let
justice be done, and the Quartermaster
make the correction.
*20,850
$22,585
' On the same page, under the he:id of
Soap, Candles, and Salt, I find the follow-
in , items :—April 20, 25 Sacks Salt, Alex.
Keer, at:*l.oo ; April'2l, 4 Sacks Salt, lit.
S. Reed & Co., at $2,50, together 'with
several other entries of purchases from
the latter firm at the same price. Mr.
Keer is a clear lckSer by this - operation of
*22 50, and the Quartermaster should see
that he gets it:
Undtr the same heading, I find six
itenis of adamantine candles, furnished by
R. S. Reed IS: Co. Three of these entries
are charged at 25 cents per pound and
three at 40 cents per pound. Messrs. 11.
87 Co. have evidently made a great.-mis
take
- mis
take here. 'Uptin galculittion,l kid that
if the whole quantity had been'charged -at
the tagzhann price of 40 Cents, they would
have been. gainers to the amount of some
hundreds of dollars. `l'his is Imre grbss
negligence on the Part ofthe Quartermas
ter,, - which reoluiresioakidg after. Our
patriotic merchants should - not be made
to suffer thus, While the State appropria
tions last.
• N. 8.--) have just learned - from a high-1
ly respectable andwell' informed grocer,
that adamantine candles can be purchased
anywhere _at 22 cents; and where large
quantities are ord,ercd , at 17 cents. Is
this 'so
On page 23, under the head of Beans,
Pees - and Rice, I find that Messrs. Feat.
--
on. & Smith, : furnished rice at 5 cents per
'pound. :One day later, :Messrs. - Read itc
Co. charge() 'only . If cents -advance - upon
this price. Too trilling to think - about.
On the 20th of April, 11.0.1G3114,fur,
wished beaus at 41 .5•1 pot Nisbet, 'Oa the
21st, R„ S. Read & Co. fintished beans at
$2.10 per bushel, and on the 23d,- at. $2.35,
I Messrs: 'Kellog &C% - should -be :advised
lof theii..error. Jlope :they Will see this,
and have it - corrected at . once. - • -
:Under the head of Rio Coffee. Ac,. I
MONTROBE,'PA, THUItSDAY, MAY 30, 1801.
find that .on "April 2,0, J. Graham furnished
it at 131; cents, raw, less 2 ip cent. 'for
Cash. This coffee was roasted and ground,
and, cost,aelivered, about 14 cents "4? lb.
On the same page, Colton & Son fimiish
ed 'roasted and ground Rio Coffee at
cents, and R. S. Reed & Co. large
titles at 20 cents. How is .this, Mr. Quar-
termaster? At your old tricks again.
Does, not comniou justice demand that
Messrs. Graham AI Co. should have - the
difference between their price'and that of
Messrs. Reed - 41: Co? . 1 think so. Fiat
justilja. I forget the rest. •
43.—1 have just learned that one of
our principal grocers sold a lot • of musty
coffee to a party who, intended it for the
army, at 11i cents P lb. This must be a
Cunard,for no respectable contractor would
furnish musty coffee to our volunteers,
Perhaps I shall be able to investigate this
Matter in the course of a day or two;
'On same page, under head of Pbrk, I
find. that Butcher. 6 Bro., furnished mess
pork, tau' and cooked, at $l9 1? bbl.; E.
Bishop, at 10.5 Q, cooked; • Rutter,New
hall. & CO. for $2O; W. Taylor d; Co. for
$19.50; and our patriotic friends RrS.
Read & Co. at $22 per bbl. What a pity
to impose upon honest patriots thus! On
page 26, under head of Beef, I find tint; E.
Bishop furnished it at $lB, boiled, for the
troops; Butcher & Bro. $14.50, boiled.;
W.. Taylor & Co. at $15.37, and or
friends it. S. Heed it Co. at the ruinous \
price of $l-7 per bbl., raw. How they
managed to stand those heavy demands
upon the pockets is '4i mystery to me.
What a debt of gratitude the country will
owe them when this unhappy war is end
ed!
.On same page, under head of Bread,
navy bread is furnished" by Theodore
Wilson at ale cents, while R. S. Rend it
Co. charge only 4 cents per s pound. - In
the name of justice, Should Buell disinter
ested patriotism go unrewarded? The
voice of the country will respond, with
mighty emphasis, no!
Not, Messrs. EditorS, what are we to
think of all this? • Have Messrs. Read it
_Co. been charging too much, or have the
other merchants been charging too little?
IQ there not reason to. think that .their
charges are fair and proper? As a natu
ral consequence, the other merchants
charged too little. What are.the dictates
of justice in such a case? 1 know -of but
one, and that is, for thre e Quartermaster
(supposing the articles litrnished to be of
the same' quality) to - mak`e the priee's the
same to all. should, of course, be left
to his discretion, to say whether he will
increase the minimum or. reduce themaxi-
This is the question r want .y,ou
or your. readers to answer. I' know it
will. be . 3-difFte4t matter to reconcile these
glaring discrepancies; but it should be
done for the benefit and information of
the fax-pavers of the State,
In a little while there will be 'assess--1
lamas of taxes to meet these heavy ex
penses, and it will be a satisfaction to
know. that we are taxed only :for what
has been honestly furnished. Let the con-.
tractors speak out, • The honest ones need
fear nothing. from an investigation ' • the
dishonest ones, if there be such, ( I hope
there is not,) willbe ferreted out, , ydu
may depend upon it, so that they may as
Well make a clean breast of it at once, and
let the people know—what they are cer
tain -to find out very shortly—to what ex
tent, if any, they and ,the soldiers have
been plundered.
In the Meantime, let every one get
copy of the pamphlet, and see whether
they can make out to understand it any
better than I have done. A Crrizmi.
Apr. 24,_1861
NO PASTY.
The Republicans are calling upon Dem
ocrats
to forget .party—to ignore party,!
feelings—Lis)! obliterate party lines. And
some of them go so far as to say that all '
causes for pOliticardivision have ceased,
and that, henceforth, there will be but one
party in the country. _
It may be all very well for the Repub
licans talk in this manner, but,do their
actions correspond' with their professions?
Do they forget party. By no means.—
The National Administration is engaged
in the Work of proscription. It is_ daily
removing men from office because they
voted for Stephen 4. Douglas, and is ap
pointing those who voted for Mr. Lincoln
in their place. Is this-forgetting party?
It thus appears that'this hue and cry'
on the part of the Republicans about dis
carding party and party prediliclions is
all humbug. Every cl'ay's dispatches give
' conclusive evidence of this. The Admin
! istrations, National and State, enga
ged in the proscription of Democrats, just
!as though peace reigned in the country.—
; The partisan business of making removals i
,• of• Democrats froM office is being carried
on to its fullest extent. So 'thoroughly
has this work of • political ,decapitation
' been earied on, that there is 'scarcely a .
Democrat iii*oflice in all this broad coun
try. Really, this is ignoring party feelings
with a vengeance.
The truth is, the Republicans are very
anxious to have all party feeling discarded
When it comes to volunteering as common
soldiers. They are 'perfectly willing to
have Democrats shoulder 'their muskets as
private soldiers, to defend the country
from destruction, but Want 'the honors
themselves. They want Democrats to.
help 116' the hard fighting, but wont allow
them to have any of the paying - offices in
the' gift of the dominant party. Demo
crats must be 'hewers of wood and draW
ers of water while the .Republicans get
all the fat offices 'and claim all the*patriot
iswind honors. • •
Attusi; ts THE PEI ENCi; OF,
THE tmos.--- 1 -The 'o.oyernmeift has made
!an arrangement to n'Se the Calcium light
itt Fortress 'Monroe, and the apparatus
will be set up on the parapets .in a few
days. This - famous light possesses extra
-1 ordinary illuminating power:: One . tif the
'reflectors which was once placetran the
I' tetsatory, in `this city,_ east
distinct shadow • at Varrytewn, thirty
Miles distant. By the'.4.4! ;of thialightthe
garison of kortress - Monroe will be able
to detect any vessels, that may..atter9t- to
pass the .fortress atThight, and give - its
artillery diStinct, obieet •On • which to,
he'effective no matter - bow great. the
Serroundial..tfiail*Ss.-7-....V. Y. P,o , f. :•
d K
ag an
How SOldiets are Swindled.
'e invite ithe attention of all 'the true
Iriends of our patriotic soldiers-to a - letter
friim a visitoi to CAltlt Scott, in reference
to the miserable elothing.furnished in the
naipe of the State to the troops now there.
Tlit. writer 14 a responsible and - reliable
authority, whose name has been left with
us. As a voucher (which was scarcely
necessary) onr correspondent 'sent one of
the shoes'leispeaks of which, after two
days wear had dropped to pieces. The
insole of thil4 specimen. of the; State sup
plies was a thick white pine. shaving-- :
Read the hitter.—Philadelphia Inquirer.
—Republican.
ED. PDILADELPIIIA INQUIRER:-A have
just returned from Camp Scott, at York,
where, for b3r own satisfactioa, I made a
personal inspection of the clothing furnish
ed the soldiOrs there. What' I have to
comMunicatch therefore, is not upon mere
rumor, but ibon actual and careful exami
nation, and las such may lie depended
upon.
I had heard many complaints in regard
1 -to the character of the army clothing,,
but as a committee of out :Moat respecta
ble
merchant's had given Me; Martin a
-certificate which ought to have fully eion
; crated him ftoin censure, I was not pre
; pared to depend upon public rumor, and
therefore ask permission and was cordially
I. invited by the officere in Cbarge a to 'exam
me for myself ; which I did, and here are a
part of the qstilts:-- •
In the Quartermaster's Department of i
General W4Koor's Bric4ade I was shown
a pile of pantaloons (eiglity;five pairs),
some of whiCh had been worn eight or ten
days, othersithree or four, some .one day
and some only two hours, and others,
still Which lid only been tried on, - and yet
there Was not .a single one Of all these'
pairs that Avis not wholly worthless. In
a word 'the material was so rotten that the
slightest te4.ion would tear it. - General
WvNkooe Worms the Writer he expected
at least fourihundred pairs would be con
' demned: I procured a pair of these pan
taloons., wl4h will reach .me ; by: express
to day; and which I shall take pleasure in
submitting fp the. inspection • of .any par
ties who may feel disposed to.•d6ubt this
statement. General Wv:motiP, as well
as several,other prominent officers, assur
ed me that many of the soldiers were
compelled t 4 wear their overcoats all the
time, to• bide the rents in- their pants,
loons.
I was next. shown a sample Of the shoes,
and was permitted to bring one of them
with me. • This shoe hadibeen worn two.
days, and'yel it is as guiltless ofa sole as
the-man, (if man he may be called) who
made it. I l also brought a sample of. the
imsole of th se shoes, which) for the cred
it of the manufacturer, I . am happy to
state is made of real good pipe shavings.
He was der rtnined to keep uP his repit
tatioti in tli4 particular, at all events.—
Several of the
; officers assurdd tue that the
heels WouldlfreqUently fall 011'iin,oue.hour
from the tiale' they were first 'pat on the
;men's feet. 1, Some of theufea would .not
wear them at all, bet sold th'eta. for twenty
five cents a Pair,. and then bought good
ones from the shoe merchants of York. -
Attention( was next dire4ed to the
. ,
blankets. It is a desecration Of the name
to call, tile i dirty-looking, flimsy things
shown us blankets. ',The worst punish
ment lr could desire . for the, contractor
who furnished them, would be to compel
him to 'sleep under twenty of, them with
the Ahemometer at zero. Ile would freeze
to death in An hour. The texture is of the
coarsest kind, . and the material of the
commonest character. In a stiff breeze
the wind would pitsS throtigh them almost
as freely as through a fishing net. .
The contractor,, who furnished the
overcoats, •be a fancy ' Man' His
tastes are not unlike those of JACOB of
old, who gak l , e his son Jostm". a coat of
-many colors'," In some cases,ithese coats
contained croth of three or four different
shades of poor.
Now, lkleisrs, Editors, is: not painful
to thinkAbc such things are !permitted; I
and is it_not; scandalous that no steps have 1
been taken* to,correct this crying evil.- - I
A promident, official Of this ' State, just 1
from Washihgton, . says! the meanness .of
1 the equipmehts of the PennsylYania troops
I there, has earned for them the unenviable
sobriquet, th 4 "dirty shirt boys:"
Is this not, humiliating to :our State
I pride? Fir 4 in the field, the Most liberal
' of all the Stii,tes with inen and money, it is
1 a deplorablel fact that our Sta e„authori
ities, designedly or innocently, lave. fallen
into the hands of. rapacious ontractors.
1 Who are paicteitorinous sums . fOr . clothing
! which 'is so ?nferior to that finmislied the
! soldiers of oVier!States, that our men are
made a by-Word when they put. it on.'
I A word more and I have do'ne. ,As al
ready- stated, a number of our !nest 'res
pectable metchanb; publiCly, lover their
t own signatutes, endorsed the character of
the elothingimade at the Girard House.—
'To those glmtleinen I would say, that!
I they have endorsed agreat public wrong.
1 It the clothing I examined at Cainp&ptt
1 1 came from the: Girard' house Manufactory
I (and I dedibly informed it!did), then
they owe it' to themselves, - to the soldiers,
! and to the Country, to correct' the evil 'so
fhr as it is wlssible. ' ! , ,
If'it did dot come from the Girard
i
House, then' 3lr. 3lA.umr; or !whosoever
the parties Iraying-charge of that estab
lishment niat ,be, should clear their skirts
I of the Whole matver,place the blame wheme
it 'properly lielongs ; and finally, the citi ,
zens,of Philadelphia owe it to themselves,
to take this matter in hand and demand
that justice tie.done to all parties.
I will not append my name tO-this; but
lyon are at•perfect liberty to give it to any
responsihle person who may wish to know
1 more of thistmatter. ' ! •
..! , .
, - It Frapuot TIIE ',:..Oi.DLIER.
. .
• DIME'S IgEIiCANITTLE COLL#E, Piiis.:
BUltall.—Th3 !recent ! largegraduatin . g
classes in this splendid establishment m
cate..the ! i ncreasing confidence of -the
ppbtie. The elegant new College Diploma
is a perfect gem of the - engravers - art, the
possession of. which will enablt the gradu
ates to shaM in the long standing' widely
extended teiwtation of this tittle honored
intritution. ' 1 .
the Music of the. Whole truion
There is no offence known to the laws of
greater magnitude than treason. It is
punishable with death, and entails infamy ',
upon the descendants of him who is guilty
of it. Is it not most extraordinary, thin,
that the terms treason and traitor are so I
frequently and "commonly bandied from.
mouth to mouth against individuals to
whom no one would venture to impute
the least deviation from any social or le
,gal obligation ? Who upon Mere • suspi
cion or idle report, .would proclaim his
fellow-citizen a thief, or assassin, or
dler ? And still men who desire to, be
"considered decent.and respectable, - whO
pihress religion and read constantly the
command of God • " thou shalt not' bear
false witness against - thy • neighbor," 'are I
ready at any moment and even seek ,
easion in the high Ways and, bywayi to
impute to their neighbors the most foull
aud unnatural of crimes, such u is treason.
Theft and detestable as they are, I
are trifles compared to "treason, because
these are offences for the most part:
"against indiViduals, and are limited in the, I
range of their injuries ; -but Treason is an
offence against communities. It paralyzeS
the hand ofpower raised for the protec
tion and defenee of States and Nations.
And although the legal definition; of Cr
son in the United States has a li • ed ;
scope-in comparison to what it has, in ;
more despotic governments, its obli
gations
gations ought to have a higher moral,
force in the former, because in theta no
one's allegiance is forced. The thaxim
that all persons have the inherent right to
choose their country and to pledge their
allegiance wheresoevef it may seem to
them best, imposes upon them with in
creasedforee the moral obligation to be
&Wilt° the gayer:intent to which the/
have voluntarily pledged it, so long'at least
as they remain within its domains. ,
But it may be that the terms referred
to are' otherwise construed by those Who
use them so freely. They may niCall
nothing more than what was intend-1
ed in former days by the terms tory,- or
federalist, or locofoco, which though used
in an opprobious sense, hai no especial in
significance. But -"circumstances alter
eases," and, while in times of peace, when
the country is without enemies, the tern'.
" Treason," or 4 ' Traitor," may have. no
significance, when it has enemies arrayed
against' it in arms, they convey a mean
ing of great significance, which - no . loyal
Man is willing to submit to. Treason is
defined by the Constitutimi of the State,
as well as by the Constitution of the, UM
tad States, as the commission of an overt
act' against the Government and the giving.
aid and comfort to its entities,, The man
or _woman who will do either is a traitor,.
and is ameuable to the punishment of
treason, which is death: Thus consider
-ed it is a grave and enormous : 'crime,
and should not be lightly 'charged neon
any one. To differ with - the policy of any
administration is nottreason. To express
such difference is not treason, nor ails
pri ion of treason. If it were, there is,
hardly a• . mair in this vast Republic who
has not at, one time or another been guil
ty of the crime. -
The freedom of speech and of the press
is the palladium of liberty, and, is gurime
teed to every citizen of the Republic,
sabject, however, to legal punishment for
its abuse.- There can be no greater abuse
of it than to misdirect the public mind by
false charges upon individuals —Treliton
True American.
Fitizticrozr, May 20.—Governor Ma
goffm has issued a proclamation, append
ed to which is a preamble declaring; that
whereas many good citizens have request
ed him to forbid the,march of any -Orces
through Kentucky to attack Cairo, or
otherwise disturb the peaceful attitude 'of
Kentucky, with.reference to the deplora
ble war n•:4 wagingbetween the 'United
and Confederate States, and also stating
that the same citizens had request.ed' him
to forbid the march of any United States
forces over Kentucky soil for the ocdupa
• don of any post or place within Kentucky ; I
and whereas every indication of pliblic
sentiment shows a determined .purpose'
of the people to maintain the fixed.
tion ofself-defence, proposing or intending
no invasion or.aggresston, towards iany
other State or States; forbidding the quar
tering of troops upon - , her soil• by eititer
hostile section, but simply standing aloof
from ah unhational,.horrid'and lamentable l
strife for the 'existence 'whereof Kentticky,l
neither by thought, word or whin, is in i
any way responsible, and , whereas this
'policy is, in my judgment, wise, peaceful,
safe and honorable, and most likelf to
preserve peace -and amity hetweenl the
neighboring Border'States on 'both !Odes
oft he Ohio, protect . Kentucky . from de
, plorable civil war, and whereas the 41-nis
distributed to the State .Guard are not to
be used. against the Federal or Coldblar-
ate State, but to resist and prevent] •en
croachments olt her soil, rights, honor; and.]
sovereignty by either of the beligerent
parties, and hoping , that Kentucky )ally
becoine ,a' successful mediator bet Ween
them; 'and
.in order.to'remeve unfounded
suspicions of purposes to force Kentucky
out of the Union .at the point of the bayo
net, which may . have 'been strongly land
Wickedly engendered in the public's tnind
- in regard-to my own position and that of
-
the State Guard. . •
.
Now,therefore, I hereby notify land
warn al other States, separate or united;
and espeeially the United and Confederate'
States, that Isolemnly forbid .anY move
ment upon Kentucky soil, er the ocOupa
.tion of any post or place therein, for ' , any
purpose whatever, until authorized by the
imitation or permission Of the Legisla
ture and EzecutiCe authorities of, the
State.
especially forbid all citizens of IC en
tacky, whether incorporated in the State
Guard or otbertvise, front making any:hos- ,
tile demonstration, to be obedient to. the ;
orders of the lawful authorities, to remain
quietly at home when off military ditty,
to reframtrom All words and
,aeta nicety to
provoke; a ,eoilieeion, and tio , other*iiin
oenduOihentallvet4hatr.thedeplorable. Ca
iliniuoll mar W*9101;
. hdt t 'in:
the ineanwhile; to :Caste prompt ain‘
d en tpeaparadons _to assume ; the
mount aid Cupremr law. of self-defenCe,
and strictly of self-defence alone:
NO. 22.
" Troaimi.and Traitors."
lotiolitirtnitfotALt *INDS.
DONE AT 7U OPTIC; OP TOP
I 31:1) NUM CIP
:SUM AND ittOXPTVE,
II At/ AT. "LIVE AND LET LIVE" PRICE/4.
1 1 Tim office Of the 3lontrose . Deznkra.t,
has recently been toadied with a new and Choice mitt r
of rrppea, etc., and We are now prepared to print pamptdete
etc., etc., in tba beat etre; on short notice.
. Handbills, .Posteis, Programmes, and
other kinds of work in this line, done according to order.
Business, W.edding, and Ball CAnos
; Tickets, etc., printed with neatness and despatch.. ,
Justices' and Constables' Blanks, Notes
Deeds, and an other Blanks. on band, or printed to order. .
(I t dab woritis. paid for on dellrvry.
. NO PARTY NOW. -
This is the ery of the Republi*ans., au
over the land.. A man who dares to_.eall
hinrielf still a Detnwrat, is denounced aS
little better than a secessionist ito4
traitor; and in this city, the mere .fact
that a number of citizens }chose loyslt d r
no one can question,. consider it they
day to keep rip
,the organization of-0,
$‘ Democratic Club," has aroused the iit c
dignat.ioti 3 Ofa self-constititted and secret
"' Vigilance Committee" io*such a pita'b.
that; .we. are told, they 'hai.e threatened •
to stone the house in which the meeting s
of this Club are held. • ' , Even our neig -
bor of the Jouimal, who has just received
-his appointment as Postmaiter, .for no
other reason than that he is the political
friend of the Administration, cothulita die
gross inconsistenrry of repenting this "no
party" cry."
A desire: to soften theasperities of
partisan controversy, is at all times com
mendable ; and at this time, of all otheri.
WheO the country is engaged in a war for.
the preservation of its lawfully ,constitut
ed government, it is to be expected that
all good citizens will use their infbience
to restrain the heat of political discussion, .
and prevent any offensive derhonstrations
or expressions of politcal opinion. But, -
we would, in all candor, suggest. to our
Republican friends that, as they are.notv
in power, it should be .their business to
:set the example of wiping out party - (lid •
tinctions and differences: 'So long as the
Administratithi at Washington' cohtinues
the work of ".proscription the opinions' '
sake"—we mean, removing front Orme
good Union men merely because they .are '
Democrati, andJappointing in their pike
other Union men merely because they are
Republicans—so. long as this god on the.
sincetity of the men who cry "no pasty."
So loudly, is open to suspicion. -.There is
a glaring inconsistency between the wor d
and the deed ; and'people who •are4Yert
to reflection may .well be excused if they
cove to the conclusion that.this appaient
ly generous abandonment of party, means '
only a disposition to tolerate" tioparty—
.
but our own !". " - t
In sustaining the Federal Government ,
against those who have traitorously made '
war upon it, and supporting the Admin ,
-istration in its determination to enforce.
the Constitution and Liws in every.Stitte
of the 'Union, there should, indeed, be,
"no party." An issue of this kind rim
superior to all other questions, and - the
true rtriot, of whatever political. faith,' ' .
i
I s•cal ed upon to offer up every party feel-
!ing and prejudice upon the altar_ of onr
4 cominbu country. So i t is, at the present
time. : Democrats can give no better est-
dence of their fidelity to the Union, tbata ;
in 'the alacrity with which they 'hare reit
panded to the call of the President, for -
troops to aid him in crushing the rebell
ion at the South. In the gallant Army of
' Volunteers that Pennsylvania 10 the
other loyal States bave.sent forth to the
tented field, ready to do and die for - their'
country,-there is" tv4arty.l -Democrats, -
.j Whip, Republicans. and " Americans."
march shoblder to shoulder . under 'the
Same glorious flag, and. with one eart
and one. mind,liavc sworn to defend '
protect it to the last. - -.
On the question of maintaining the :
atitntion the Laws, and 'the Union them
must be — there is, "no party", But;. up
on all other questions of public, interest,
there will continue to be differences of
opinion, and these.differences will • divide
Men as-heretofore, into political parties.
The Democratic party finds nothing le'
its past career or in its ' present position.
to induce it to abandon its principles' "or,
organization. It Will therefore ;ahem - to
the one and preserve the' other, regard ,
less of denunciation from any quarter. - It
violates' no law, and infringes upon no
man's rights, in diiing so. 00 the contra
ry, the Constitution expressly gnaranties
-to the
: people, at- all. times, "the right .
peaceably to assemble."—Reading as
setts. ' . ', •-' ' •
Enlisted to Join her. /over,
A young girl of Ohio, whose lover had
enlisted, determined to join him. She
was inspected, accepted 'and. sworn ir.
with, the rest .of the companyonarched to
Camp Jackson, Ohio, drilled them; several
days, when she was sent with the.third# *-
Ohio Regiment to Camp Dennison, •near
Cincinnati. Here she assisted
.iu all -- the
duties of forming a new camp, _handling'
lumber, standing sentry, &v., until Satur
day last, *hen ascertaining, for :the first
time, that there were two Canqi Dena.
sons, and that while she was in one, her.
lover was in the otber,in-Lancaster,Penti
sylvania, she went to Col. MOrrow, and
requested to be changed from tbe.cornpa
ny she was in, giving as her reason that
she preferred to associate with Americans,
mid her company was composed of Irish- -
men.
Her real design was, when her:request
should be.granted,lto Choose
.a pjace in
; One of the companies of the Second -Regi
lunlit, .not knowing that it would/be Uzi- -_
possible to change her front one regiment
to another. ' • Col. 31". discoV,ered' the t4!-,
cret other sex. . •
Marshal Thompson supplied her with.
apparel 'more appropriate to her sex, liar•
mg eorotied herself in which, she express
ed a desire-to leave, as she had friend:;
in the city-with whom•shc'conld sojourn.
She
. Was reieased. ,2 Cincinnati Gazette.
41P .0.--
- WASHINGTON'S TOM - I.—The .story in .
reference to the desecration of Washing
tou'i tomb - is believed to have originated.
froth an article in,the Lynchburg Itepub
lican-of May t2th, a correspondent of
which paper said :--!‘ 1 was- told to-day
that a report haVing reached the Virgin
ians that the tomb of General Washington'
was going ;to be violated by the -Republi
cans, his.remains and those of his" family
were promptlitemoved to amore central
in the State, where `they will be out
of harm's way If this .box true, what a.
commentaryii On the Northl"
,
BUFFALO Hone. GiTimn.---Tho "%tido.
Home and Escort Guard; commanded-by
ex-PresidentTelniorti, .has in its '
rams
four-mc Generals of mikia,- si;teen . ex
COlOllOl6 l thirty three VI MajOrliviiiXty ex.
Captains,flfty ex-Lieutenants. and thirty
five honor v ary . meinbiTs. • •
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t I -