13; by virtue of the Constitution, Com
mandetiin Chief of the Atneticatv armies,'
and if any of his suhordinatea,.as W. 13. the
'case with General Freinont, undertakes
- to change the rule 'of policy" upou which
the war was manguVated, he has a-, right
to countermand the orders of that subor
dinate, and if he acts conservatively, he
is entitled to the support of -the nation,
and Will - receive it.
Mr. Lovejoy. I want to ask him wheth
er ho -is opposed to_ the confiscation; of
rebel property.
• ISlr.Nright.. I answer that I' am, un
•l4lualifiedly. [Cries of 'Good and 'All
right !']
No*, I will tell yon why tam in favor
of the confiscation of rebel property. ; I
ant in favor of forfeiting all the property.
and - effects that that man has who raiees
. his arm for the destruction of this repub
lican fabric that is dear to us all, whether
it be slaves, oxen, horses, or anything else
. that his State may regard and recognize
al property.
-Mr. Moorhead. That-is enough .
Mr. Wright. lam glad to hear my'
colleague front the Pittsburgh ; district
indorse that sentiment. I have hopes
from him in the - dark hours that are to
come upon us before this session closes.
Mr. 'Wright. Now, with regard to the
forfeiture of that propertY, ; as r said be
t fro g is a matter that must depend upon
the emergencies -of the occasion, and the
general in command mast use his discre-
'ion subject, however, to revocation, if he
acts' in opposition to the views 'of the
Commander-hi-Chief of the Army and
Navy of the United St.ites. There we I
agree, I have no doubt; btit Ido not be
lieve that my colleigue, nor do I believC
that the conservative gentlemen upon the
,other si,le of the House will vote to lay i
down a principles as - broad as the one con
templated -in the speech of the gentleman
,from Ohio, [Mr. Bingham,) and that was;
if I understood it, the immediate, nncon. j
ditionarentahcipation of four millions Of I
sLives,
Now, the Constitution which every
man in the House has sworn to support
I -
r and maintain; and which it should be our
aim and.objeet to live up to, contains the
provision that the citizens of each State
shall be entitled to all privileges and im
inanities. If this degraded class of peo
ple called slave's are citizens,
:then I con
eede to,the gentleman from Ohio that no
State has a right to pass a law prohibit.
ing their migration into it, But let me
sarto the gentleman, that if his army of
fbnr millions of laves were to commence
their march into Ohio, and Pennsylvania
it wouldhe i worse upon those States than
the plagues of Egypt. They - would de
,your and eat out the substance of the
people. • Not only would that evil come
to pass, but thO etfeet of it would also ht.
to destroy the blacks themselves-and-aan
nihilate ail their power for good.
Therellwe I lay it clown as the only
safe, pru4nt, and constitutional rule, - to
allow the great emergencies of the occas
ion to proiohle for themselves, subject , to
revision from the COmmander-in-Chief of
the American army, and such - aid as the I
Ameridan Com , ress may afford him. If I
those gentlemen Who want to carry out
this ultra policy will but stand by Abra
hain Lincoln, as the conservative 'men of
• this body it ill stand by him, six months
slefil . not pass away before the rebellion is
deal, the national flag restored to its posi
tion, and the national glory and renown
again "indicate 1. From the commence
ment of tills session of Congress j have
-been of the opinion that, sooner or later
the conservative members nt it would put
their holds toe - ether,enui work shoulder
to sh6ulder in the great oause ofthe conn
try' Whether we shall have the great
pleasure of having the ientleman front
Ohio [Mr. Bilrlia - M1 in that number,ban
.delltOr the protection of the Constitution
and not for the emancipation of slavery,it
is.!i tOr melt tow to sa y . I do nbt wish
to indele.e in unkind remarks, because lib
- crty of speech is guarantied to us by the
fundamental law of the land. Members
have a right - to express their views on this
- question - of slavery. would not abridge
that right, but I would hold them am-min
table for the line ofpolicy,which they-pur
sue caleulatea to destroy the pub.'
lie confidence, to paralyze the army, or
throw any obstacle in the way. °fits ad-
,
vance forward. •
Mr. Chairman, the great and momen
tous occasion that visits us to-day is one
which I can hardly realize. It is hard to
realiie that; of the thirty millions who but
few short months ago comprised a hap
py people, nearly one million should to
day be I'i:rayed in deadly hostility against
each other. But the fact exist's.. It is on
; us' to-day. We know it.' And while these
two grLt, armies are in the field, contend
ing in. deadly strife—one that the Consti
tution shall stand .and the Government
be preserved, and the other that the Gov
- ornmentehall be destroyed—why shall
not patriotic men. on that manly issue.
meet this great' question ' and dispose of.
it? Why not confine ourselves to the
legitimate issues of' the war—to save -the
whiter:lee—and not adopt the other alter
nativ'e, which is to destroy it—destroy
the great principle of selfg,overnment,and
"all - for the elevation Of the black race ?
I would not object to his elevation ;, hut I
,prefer Union with slavery to no Union
:without it ; aloe if the Government must
fall in the wild atterripts to minister twits
imaginary wants, it is our duty to our
- selves, our families, our country, to aban
don a theory that cannot be accomplished.
Sir, let the govinmment of our fathers,
with its compromises and its virtues,stand
as the chief thing in our -.affections, and
its preservation be the great object of our
hones, j
• Mr. Chairman, these fanatics have: just
as much interest in the preservation of
this country as we haVe.. They- may sup
pose that by advocating universal' entat
cipation, they will best accomplish tile
prosperous result. Brit upon -this 'ques
tion of expediency I differ with them
widely.' Change the policy of the war,
and you have left no principle upon which',
the nation can rely in .this hour of need.
Change the policy of, the,war, divert it
from the cardinal point which brought it
into existence, and we are hopelessly
gone, and gone forever. Nor do , wish •
to survive the time when this country is
broken up and destroyed. - I
d 6 not want
to see two confederacies upon this land.
There is not room enough in this broad
land to contain two confbderacies. One
flag, one Constitution, one'common,desti- I
nv is what we all should ask, is:what We
all ought to pray for, is what we all ought
to move - beaven'und earth to accomplish,
in the hour of danger and (If trouble which
. is suspended like a black pall over us., _
Adopt the principle for which the gen
tleman- from Ohio contends, and you
drive your brave men from the army, de.
,troy their courage, weaken their zeal,
.and intimidate their valor.- Do that ; and
you will either have no country at all, or
you will have in existence twoeonfederar
vies, between which there will be p war
of exterthination for alLtime, in thel great
future. tans in favor of settling that
great principle now. .1 am in favor ofde
ciding the question at once. Leans de
cide legitimately and properly,as it ought
to be decided—upon that broad and ele.l
rated posit* that -freemen knoi and
can appreciate those imperishabhq gifts
which.are the common inheritance lot us
all, and Which we should guard and pro
tect with our life, our liberty, and our
honor. .
IRE MONTROSE :DEMOCRAT
TEIIIO-41:150 fl AMIN, MADVAOII3I.
IT. CA-ZMILVILICTIOICION,
EDITOR I !PUBLISHER AND PROPRIETOR.
I[ONTEOB2. THURSDAY, :AWAY 30th ; 1862
PURPOSES OP THE WAR !
•
- Cemcrtota 14 a vote nearly unanimous, passed the fol
lowingresointioninJuly . - i
That the present deplorable civil war has been : forced
upon the country by. the disnnionists tho Southern
States, now in arms'against the Constitutional Govern
ment. and in arms around the Capital; that in this. Se
tional emergency, Congrees, banishing all feeling of mere
passion or resentment, will recollect only its duty to tho
whole country; that: this war is not waged on tlieir part
in any spirit of oppreselon,orlonanypurpose of conquest
or subjngatlot. or piirpose of orerthrowmg-or interfer
ing with the rights or established institutions of thoso
States, but to defend and maintain the supremacy of the
Constitution, and to preserve the rnion, wit Mall the
dlrznity, cinality,..and rights. of the several Stites unim
p3ired .; sad ;hat as soon as these objects are accom
plished the war ought to cease.
Students Intending to attend the Binghamton Corn
cierci;TCollege, can hear of something orpratticil value
by cAlling a: di addressing thit •
FC/ItEIGN R.EitrrriNeEs.— Heretofore
the people of this Vicinity have been,Offer
ed no regtilar or convenient Means o f re
mitting mOney to their friends in" the Old
Country; but TV .11..Cooper,&-Co.,Bank
ers, at Montrose, now Ofer to sell drafts
.payable in all the principal wives in:Eng
land, Ireland, and Scotland. These- de
siring. to:send money to their.friends 'at
home' can now _do so on the-unal terms-
See card in another column.
To CCICE! BOIS ix Honsr.s.- 7 -Steep
teacup full of Black Tea, ten minutes in
one quart of water, and give to the horse
while warm.' If the bots are in the fore
,part orthe'maW, it will give - instant- re - -
lief; if 'otherwise the horse should beiroll
ed upon his side or back.
•
The abov .g e tweipt, has teen furnished
us M• a gentleniar who vouches fort its
certainty to cure, and requests tie to ! give
•
'it• to the
r"Tlici Mitchinson family have . I?een
wandering, About among the, troops .alczng
the Potonnie, singing abolition songs.— .
The generts, discovering that this lw,ris
offensive, and productive of undesinablC
controversies.among the I:olunteers, or
dered thenultr it is said by consent of
31eCfeIlan. rßight. Our troops havel not
enlisted to catch negroes, in any sense,
nor to carry ou*y the purposes ofubolition
----.........---
tlrLittle business waS transactt ! : in
court last week, except the trials of I aae
L. Post for the crimes for which 'he lwas
indicted at „Nov. term. In'each ease he
was aerinittA; but the jury stipulated in
their verdict that he pay in oneeasel one
half, and in the p-her two thirds al the
'costs. We Shall publish the usual
.report
next week.
—=The remains of Adams, soh 411'3'60u/a
K. Adams, of Harford, Susquehanna
county, were recently Igou7ht home fur
interment. lle died near. WaShingtOn.
• —, -
:?..)"'The "Winnebago Chief". havini
tomahawked and' scalped the • "Wo6llj-
Horse,",has.beett himself laid out by the
"Rail Splitter."
The friends of EN. E. Stntde
van., will h -e -a donation at the hotitie of
Asa Catlin; in Dimock, on Thuraty,
Fehhiary 13tb, 1862. AL are invited.
has becomea favorite . argument
with certain Abolitionists that. "slavery
is the cause of the war and. therefore Slave
ryinust be removed in order to put a
stop to the war?' We heard: the iirgu- -
ment very happily disposed - of a few days
- ago, ,by a " culled pussen." He seemed
to understand the operations of etch
position. ‘! Ef slaver'y," said he, in his
vernacular,, am do caws ob war, an'
ought to be wiped out den de nigga
de caws 4 slaver'y,atf ought to be wiped
out too ; ‘ . kase thdr• would be nowar
widout slaver'y, an' no slaver'y, widout de
nigga: An' who made de niga ? Take
keer dat you do'n wife out too much."
The Susquehanna Association of
Universalists will hold_a .conferende in
!Gibson Wednesday and Thurdday, !Feb
ruary sth ad n 6th. The public are incit
ed to attend. -
Q. A. T.VARRENfi,
Stimsling'Clerk
:-- Dedication.
The dedicatory services of the "new
Presbyterian church of Montrose, vill:-be
attended, the providence of God pet4ifit
ting-, on'TWednesday, Febrvary S. 'The
religions exercises will commence at' 7 :two
o'clock,. p. m.
The public are' respectfully invited to
attend.
Vocal Music
! A Musical Convention and drill, will be
held at Montriar;commencing on Tues
: day, Februarf4th '1562, at ten o'clock
a. m., to continue four days 'ands -plose
with a grand concert on Friday evening,
; under the direction of Prof. JON( G.
I Towner, of the Normal Academy of Musk
ic, Geneseo, N. Y. • 1
Instructions given in vocal training. ac
cording to Prof. C. Bassini's method.
"The Olive Branch, Oriental -Glee And i
Anthem Book," by T. J. CoOk, and T. E.
Perkins, will'be furnished to the singers
during the Convention free of charge.i, .
Admittance to the *hold course, in
cluding Concert 50 cents, Concert 15 'cts.
All clergymen are requested to, read
thip notice to their.congiegation and at=
tend the convention free of charge.
E. B. ROBERTS, &coy.
Orin July list, Congress, by a wan.
hums voto declared that the object of
the war was to vostore the Union and
not to abolish slavery. Now, the Repub•
lican members. refuse to readopt the dec
laration. They not only refuse to do, so,
but they show an intention to not t only
abolish slavery, bnt to abolish states—in
fact to annul the Constitution entirely.—
Read the tollowing from the proceeding&
of the House on the :oth.
.Mr; Untehine, of Ohio introduced a bill
to establish. Territorial Government in the
revolted States. Referred to the Com
mittee on the Judiciary. .
Mr. Allen of Ohio offered's resolution
that, in the judOn..ent of the House, no
part petite appropriation now or hereafter
made, nor (*taxes now or hereafter to be
byCongress, shall. be used in or ap•
plied to the prosecution
.ofia war for the
emancipation of slaves in the slaveholding
States of the Union.
On 'notion of Mr. Blake of Ohio, the
resolution was tabled---Teals, 91; nays 37.
Of course the yeas were all Republicans
—or,•as they are now properly called,
abolitionists ; as the tabling of the resolu,
tion is fully equivalent to a direct avowal
that they intend to tax the people to . car
ry on a War yes the eruancipatiCin of
slaves,"
• Wl,,incolti may well :claim, " Save
me from my friet‘ds," if those who elected
him can be calleg . " friends." A republi
can organ in • Pennsylvenla speaking of
Fremont says :
• Again, when the.•nation needs strong
men to strike its foes, 'Fremont is on the
' frontier of the field. " Impossible" march
es are made, and victory within his grasp,
but small men like a cur At his heels, di
' vert his attention and he' is turned back ;
but the poisoned chalice is nowleing re
turned to the lips of hiS dastard- foes.
The terins" small men; cur, and das
tard foes," can only mean Lincoln, as he
only had power to 'call Fremont hone
from his negre . hunt. In
_another sen
tence the organ bids the pathfiiider " On
ward," and warns" dignitaries to beWare."
So we suppose that if Old Abe stands by
the constitution and the Union he may
beware of -an abolition rebellion—or
something else.
„tqr The war is developing . the latent
abolitionism of the party in power. 'lts
organs hereabouts and elsewhere, are
printing - petitions declaring in substance
that-their reason foe refraining from en
forcing their idea that the slaves ought to
be set at liberty,was because they respect
ed the but, that they now go in for
unqualified abolition. The people are be
ninnino• to see the true issue.
;Attention is'ilirected to an adver
tisement Of. Crittenden's Philadelphia
Comniereial College. -It is an old and
established institution, and sustains an
excellent reputation amotig, linsiness men.
Young men who may desire to learn more
ofit, with a view of taking a .course, tt•ill
find it greatly to-their advantage to call
on'or address the editor of the Democrat,
Montrose,-Pa.
I==l=El
"'England seems to he pleaised
the surrender of Mason and Slidell, but
warlike movements are still in progress.—
The enemy that planned our troubles -are
:not goitzi, to let us escape -from them,, if
in her power to prevent: If she finds we
are not likely to destroy ourselves, she in
tends to give further aid to her disunion
allies among its. '
MP` his said that there 'hre now 5000
ilegroes at Eortress Monroe, who are fed
and crothed by th'a't
government, and th
1000 spellingbooks are to be sent from
Massachusetts to be used in opening
schools by the soldiers who are to teach
the contrabands.' If this be true, hereaf
ter, when the question is asked, what is
the army doing ? 'it may be answered—
li.'w;ping free schools for darkies,• jlll ob
ject not supposed to have been embraced
in the original war programme. •
...jar - The - Senate is still discus Sing the
resolution to expel Senator Bright of In
diana, who is opposed to the war. There
is probably a majority favorable to expul
sion. Among those 'who oppose
; it are
Cowan of Ph..;llarris of N. Y., Ten Eyck
of N. and Foster of Conn, —All Re
publicans. They argue that as he di
claims giving any sympathy, much less
aid; to the rebels, and then is no 'evidence
of any treasonable act, or even • word, lie
is guilty of no offence, even if he is op
posed ;to thewar. Lincoln;Corwin, Ash,
man, and other noted Republicans . Occu
pied a similar or worse position during'
the Mexican war.
. Wood—Wood—Wood— We have
about enough wood, and beg of our pi
trOns ."hold on." We will tale Beef,
Cash, Pork, Money, Grain, Cash, or most
anything else, in any quantity, but send
us no more-wood.
tar Mr. Wade, of Ohio, offered - a reso
lution in the U. S. Senate on Monday,
appropriating $lO,OOO to pay the expens
es of theSPecialComrnittee on the conduct
of the war. This strikes us as rather a
large stun to - expend hi these . times, for
no- other purpose. - -than . to give certain
Curious gentlemen an.opportu-nity - of - in.
terrog.sting army officers and prying into
military secrets. This commitee has not
Moved from' Washingten. All its wit
nesses were at hand. , Have its- inquiries
resulted in tei: thousand dollars' worth a
good ; to :the country ? We imagine
not.
THE SHODDY PArnior.-=`-It would' be an
interesting investigation, a •cotemporary
suggests, could-the facts be ascertained,to
inquire theeonnealon of the loud
and noisy. " patriote_Who, last summer
went about denouncing all who differed
-from the Administration as traitors, with
the_p_lunder schemes so fearlessly exposed
by Mr:Dawes - in the House of Represent
atives: Probably nearly every one who.
distinguished himself particularly; by-pro
fessions of patriotism and denunciations
of other men as traitors, would be found
up to their elbows .in the public treasury.
•
gtring Otorrespnbnitt.
Blum 02; S. C., Jan. 13/62.
Dxss num):
- The health of the boys is generally
good. We landed on Port Royal Island
December 6th, at night. Twenty from
each of our companies were to land - first
and then go out as picket guard: I vol
unteered as one of the twenty from com
pany D. We went half a mile from "the
village 9fßeautort and quietly took 'our
different stations in the brush while Oth
ers were landing, and very soon after
some rebel horsemen came near our ad
vance and" tATenty bullets flew out fipm,
bashes that but an hour before were
harmless to their. approach. The rebels
returned the firer and rode on after re
ceiving a second volley from our advance,
and 'canto-up, not, knowing their. wherea
bouts, to our second station who. gave
them two volleys-of Union bullets before
they could get away, when lucky for
them or us .they went as - ay and. we saw
no more of them. This. is one adventure
of many that V-e frsquently experience.—
Our time has been employed in camp du
ties, foraging excursions and picket ad
ventures. December 31st we marched
to near the main land. January Ist, 1802,
we-had a New Year's ball. This was the
first half that I ever attended where there
were no ladies, but we had good musts
and made "secesh" keep the step. In the
morning welanded on-the main land, our
gunboats-Meantime were firing on a small
fort of the enemy at the Ferry, and shell
ing the-adjacent shore, and . our column -
marched to 'our position over a narrow
catseway with the enemy's. shells burst
ing over and around us, so - close indeed,
that two of our boys were wounded.—
The Eighth Michigan as skirmishers then
attacked-the eneniy's battery in the edge
of the wood,—there appeared to be two
guns in this battery. "Their loss w'itS one
killed and xis wounded—three of the
wounded have since died. .The 50th Pa.,
having gained a poSition to the left pro
tected that wing while the gunboats
opened fire over our heads, and for the
space of an hour the scene was one of
passing grandenr. Behiod us lay a foal
just 'captured, and beyond that lay our
dark, , wrathfal looking vessels, vomiting
out sheets of flame with , deep-mouthed
thunder that-shook 9,arth, air and water,
while the echoes along the , forest edge,
and .among the neighboring creeks, was a
Perfect reproduction of the rapid
,explos
ions in - the channel, and overhead the
shells were hurtling along through . the
groaning air on their mission of death,
with a constancy and relentlessness of
purpose that boded ill to all who lay in
their destructive pathway,and as the mis
siles reached their destination among the
con - Coaled - enemy in the wood, their aw
ful explosion seemed almoSt a realization
of a dream of horror and blood, the no ,
sooner did the first shell explode in the !
cover than South Carolina chivalry rushed
pell-mell into the road leading to the
northward, when with fatal precision the
shells quietly changed'.their range so as
to drop in the verv'eentre of the crowded
thoroughthre, and' where but - a Moment
ago were hosts of fleeing fligitives, there
could be seen only an interminable cloud
of dust, mingled with sulphurous smoke,
while riderless hOrses dashed madly across
the phiin, -their bridles all a-down, and
-saddles s.preird out like the wings of some
wounded birils—the snblimest picture of
wild, helpless terror, and blind despair.—
But the vengeful "demons of the deer
e -no moment - of peace, no interval of
silence till every vestige of a lurking foe
had left their cover, • -save the mangled
corpses of tire stricken (limy. Do von
ask-why when we had made a lodgement
on the main -land we did noCgo on' I
did not understand that any advance was
intended. The enemy had iweome bold,
and taunted us in many - ways besides erect
ing -batteries and fUrtiif e atio nz ; along th e
shore at various points and it became nec
essary- to ! , ive them a slight 'rebuke.—
Coosan: river, an arm of the sett, is ten
miles from 13eatifort, and is deep and nar
row. To gain command of this ferry was
the•object ofthe eipeditioti, and gallant
ly did our navy and army acting in con
cert accomplish their mission. We stay
ed on the main land till morning. After
breakfast we crossed the ferry in perfect
safety,where but twenty-four hours before
our boats would have probably been sunk
by the guns of the enemy. We soon sail'
all the buildings on the main land near the
ferry in flames, set by order of our ofli
errs to pre‘cent them front-again - being oc
cupied by the rebels. We took one large
cannon from the fortreturned to camp
at Beaufort Friday, Jan. 10th, to our us
ual drills ; orders read, &c. Sherman and
Stepheps, Generals commanding Division
and Brigade expressed their thanks to
the soldiers-and complimented them • for
their noble daring at the battle of 'Coo
saw,
river on the Ist of January, I 862,-,
Col. Christ'said he felt proud of the con;
duct of the 50th Regiment,Pa.Volunteers
oh that day, and etkcouraged us to make
furthersattainments as soldiers. I under
stand that Brigadier-Gen. Stephens said
the boys of the 50th regirfient,were reck
less, went anywhere and everywhere ; did
not think they would be afraid of the
Devil: During the battle of the Ist in
stant my own : feelings were somewhat'
buoyant and I suppose • the rest of the
boys enjoyed it too. :1. Franeello T.ewis, of
New Milford, late one of our company is
dead
I like life on the "tented field" right
well; lam really getting fat aliglitly. I
have some fun and a good deal of.adven
ture. , The weather is very fine. I saw
roses and other flower's in bloom in the
gardens yesterday. The ne_grOes are sim
ilar to those in Montrose, only, they are
black, and not halland-half.
Yours truly, •
• - I. 11. CROSS.
7 HOW — NAPOLEON PUNISIIIeD SWINDLING
rv.llzs Aiory.--z-Just; before the great bat
tle of Wagrain while the army. was 'en
camped on the Island of Loban, near Vi
enna, Napoleon walked one day with one
of his Marshals on the shore, and passed a
companf grenadiers seated at their din
ner. "Well, my friends," said he; "I
hope you find the wine good•" "IL will
- not make. us drunk,!.! replied one, " there
is our cellar," pointing to the river'-Dan
ube. The Emperor, who had Ordered- a
bottle of wine to each man, was surprised
and 'Made art- immediate . inquiry. He
found that forty thousand bottles sent by
him a few dayS before for the army had
been purloined and Were unaccounted for
by the Commissaries.. They were imme
diately brought to trial mid condemned
to be shot, which sentence was speedily
carried into execution. Here was a penal
offence,itisignificant,indeed,wlien compred
with the frauds Upon the - urgent wants
and - necesSities,of our soldiers, 'recently
brought to light, but a fewsuch examples
in our army would, do a world- of good.
!Wsnarriezon, Jan..22.—The bill report
ed from the• Committee on Ways and
Means, to-day,prmideelthat, for tempera. purposes, the Secretary of the 'Treasu
ry Is authorized to issue, un the credit of
the United States; one hundred m illions
of dollars of United States, notes, not
bearing interest payable to bearer, at the
Treasury, or at the office of the Assistant
Treasurer, in the city of New York, at the
pleastire of the.Unired Stites, and of such'
denominations as he may deem expedient
not less than %re dollars each, and Such
notes, and all other United States notes,
payable on demand, not bearing interest
heretofore authofized, shall be receivable
for all debts and .. 'dernands duo to the
United States, and for all Salaries, debts
and demands owing by the United States
to individuals ' eerporations And assoCia•
'tions within the United States, and shall
also be lawful money and 'a legal tender ;
in payment of all debts, public or private,
within the United States. •
- Legislative Corruption.
There is a terrible shaking - among - the
.ex-members of the New York legislature.
The present body is pursuing Aomej inqui
ries in regard , to•some of its legislation,
and enough is revealed to Prove thatAlba
iv is filled with . cerrupt, influences, al
though the actual' receipt of money for
votes is not brought home to any man's
door- The officers of the. House confess
receiving. various sums.of money for their
aid, and one. unblushingly avowed that he
never refused money from any quarter or.
in any amount. We think le ,, islative ras
vality is beginning to tench bottom. In
our own legislaturdan- inquiry has been
started as to the means of the passage, of
the tonmige tax exemption bill, and the
Sunbury and Erie of last winter. We
hope it will be vigorously prosecuted, and ,
if the fliers are brought to light, we think
the constituencies of Pennsylvania
more careful as to the chaiteter of the
men they send to. Harrisburg. At least'
the people want to see the whole business !
investigated in relation to the passage, ofj
the various canal anti railroad bills that !
have so strangely got through the legcsla
4ure for the last three or four years.— .
They aye "believed t o have been passed by
corrupt meank . Professional borers ac-.
knowledge to have made a good thing
out of them, and the singular changes of
-opinion.in some quarters excite suspicion.
It is currently said that money will pass
-almost any bill, and certain members are
known to have grown rapidly rich whose
"corruption is a matter of common talk.—
Gentlemen, give us a fair, searching expo
sure: Honest men. will not fear scrutiny.
They owe it to themselves to invite it,and
rogues should he pilloried.—Scranton Re
publican. • • ,
The Case of Senator Stark.
The papers of Senator Stark, who was
appointed by the Governor of Ore g on io
till the vacancy made by' the ; untimely
death of the gallant and eloquent Baker,
were refbrred_ to the Senate Judiciary
Committee. They were engaged' to-day
in their consideration. Mr. Stark declines
to appear before the Committee in person,
but has made a written statement, in
which he denies the charges of disloyalty
and asserts that be is an unwavering ene
my to Secession. He charges that. the
oppOsition to him is stimulated and lbster
ed by personal enemies, and insists that it
is a subject which bLs Stare hag to (10 with
alone, and that whenhe obtains a seat on
the tri.or, with an opportunity. to . defend
himself, he.can define his views and , pc
prove his Mucha:nee_ of the
charges.
Peculation on a Small Scale.
One of the employees of the Government
Printing Office, formerly the publisher of
a ,paper in Indiana, has been detected in
stealing type from-theekablishment.; In
variably with a large carpet-bag, ihe came.
early and stayed late. . Obtaining access
to the depository of new materiiils, every
opportunity
,was improVed toi convey
tipe from the:office to his boarding-house.
Last Thursday one of the workmen had
the curiosity to pick the carpet-bag - up,
when he found it difficult to raise from the
floor.
Suspicibn was now aroused and a watch
was instituted upon his movements. The
next morning early he came to the office
as usual, carpet-hag in hand, ready to
pack up another lot of Material for remo
val in the evening. The watch-man de
tected him in the act of plLcing pages of
type in the bag,and informed the foreman
who accused him of the theft, which he
did - not deny. A search of the boarding
house Was made, and son reted under ft pile
of ashes ; in an out4muse,a lot of new• type
was found, and, in .the sink, another lot
—altogether weighing two hundred
pounds.
The thief, who should have • been ar
rested as soon as the theft was discovered
was allowed to escape, and-it is believed
he took the early gain Friday morning,
for the North.
Use of Cavalry in Ba t tle.
Considerable , has been said for anti
against the employment, of cavalry; and
the matter is one of serious importance,
as the cavalry regiments now in the go'y
erinnont set: ice are . costing millions of
monev,and ifno.advantage is to be gained
therefrom, some measures ought to be
•taken to, get rid 'of this arm of the service:
• With the improVements in firearms, a
writer on war seems to Mink horses are
losing their yalUe in battle. He sari :
*" Let the horse be ever so.sivift,the saber
ever so sharp, or.the rider ever so bold,
the conical ball is too much for him.. A
charge of cavalry upon a body. of proper
ly armedinfantry bids fair to be hentv
forward impossible. Two hundred yards
has been fixedby . the beat authority as
the proper charging distance, and in by
gone days it was only at two hundred
yards that. the fire of aSquadron began
to tell, and Saddles to be emptied. t•Atut
now-a-days the iron rain patters on the
horseman before they get within half a
mile of the fee. If they quicken their pace
to close, the maddest charge . - will not
bringsa dragoon on the bayonet, in less
than three:minutes, and where he arrives
•he•is 'Own and disabled. "When he ar--
rives'—if he arrives, we should say • for
even in •traveising eight_ hundred yards at
the top of his speed ho receives half a,doz
en volleys from practiced sharpshooters.
To send cavalry - on such,servies.
may safely predict; henceforWard be con-
sidered madness. • ThefooHt soldier has a
swifter messenger • in -his • cartouch box .
than the fleetest hussar," •
ner Mayor Brown; of Baltimore, has
declined. to accept the. offered extension
of his'parole, on the ground: bat it would
place him " in the position of seeming to
to aequiescein a prolonged' and illegal
'ailment " from his tome and duties.
NEWS 1 ITEMS.
. .
' The beef and pork Which is now be=
in ! furnished to the army, is the subject
of nuch.cornplaint4 A large quantity of
it icontini from Philadelphia and New
Yqrk, and no one appears to know how it
ever ; passed inspetition. WhOle barrels
opined in some of Ole regiments arc found
to he unlit for use. • '.
~
1 ---The .&; .LouisLiemocrat is informed,
on unquestionable authority that it has•
be ome quite a trade 'with herse. specula
ors, in that region, t.o_buy tip stock •which
hail been rejected by inspectors there,-to
beishipped East; and sold Co Govern
ment. ... '-- . . !' •
. ,
4—The Rev.-Mr Conway, in his, hnmila.
Ai° sermon on 17:14 day held up his right
arand exclaimed: "May the lightning '
i,
of leaven Shiver this arm before I would
fight torestore this, Union with slavery
Mit." Vhe sentiment Was applauded by
.th clapping of hands' it'd the ; stamping
t
of 'eet c b
j y o t h i n te , a N u . d;e j e a . n.,
2 l 4 s . . — th n it ' e t. e
steam
era `.treason o n 1
or of i'—.Cisrinituti Enquirer.
'Matiritilis 'from Liverpool on the Ist, 1
witch seven h'undiedliind fifty troops, put 1
in here this morning short •of coal. She
had fearful weather .;on the, passag e, and
threw overboard thirty horses to lighten
thel f ship. .
. .
I. The Gover nment has 'made some
,
grive - mistates in the way of:imprisoning
eiti .ens as disloya I, - Without giving I them
a e ante to prove , themselves otherwise :
.7-4 r. .Y: Triune. I
;The Government is permitting. Eng.
hind to 'trait sport .itS troops 'across Maine
to Canada, -
_
.
-- i The coffee , tea and rice furnished the
,
Go eminent for thOoldiers is generally
of ttie most villainous rdeseriptiom The
contractors should be held responsible.
ti
It has been asee'rtained that the Bailie
Pe)iton killed in theirecent battle in Ken
tucky, was not the late. Member of Con ;
gre.,ss and Minister to Brazil, tinder :Presi
ded. Fillmore, but his son,-Bailie Peyton,
Jr.
—The London Press State; that. "so
earl, as 'June the ;French -Government
proposed to the British Government toi
reciAnizu the independenee• of the Con
-6.4-ate States." This statement may or
nia3i not be true; but there can be little,
doupt that the repel Government will be '•
recognized by Eitrikwan ,poWers - betbre I
y mouths, if the ;ebellit'm is not speed- .
ut down.—Afonirose• Repuidiran.
4-John Tyler, once acting Psesident of
United States; and recently an open
avowed traitor to his country, died a
days ago at Richmond, Va.,- aged 72 .
9.• I
the
and
few
yea
On the 20th inst. the two Houses of
thelPennsylvanittLegislature Met in Joint .
Cortvention to elect a State Treasurer and
on the third ballot Henry D. MoOre, Rep 7
üb4an of Philadelphia, was re-elected to
that-othee. The , other candidates were
W. V. 3PGrath and J. R. 3PClintoek.
—The President, o 4 the 22d inst., nomin.:
ated Noah 31. Swayue, ofOhio, as duSties!
ot the Supreme Court of the United States
to ti?l, the vacancy caused by the death of
..Tud. , e . McEean.. -Mr. Swayne-is opposed
to tic Dred Scott-decision and a Republi
can in politics.
—The news of the surrender of Mason
andSlidell.is said tolhave. been, received.
in England i'lth unfeign'ed joy.
—Advises -from Nassan to the 20th give
us t to not very pleastng-intelligence that
:mother veR4,l, fly i ng og Rebel flag, had
mrited-at that part front Cli'arieston, with
wea'rgo of three hundred bales of cotton.
She tadl intde.the trio in forty three-hours.
Thi addition to. the number of vessels
whi 41 have suceesSfully -escaped from
Sonihern port , : Bops Mot certainly speak
welt for the rlT;cieney Gr ;he blcekride:'
—Rite New York ;Tribune scolds the
Canadian. niggers for enlisting in the
British arm , y. GreeleY says it is ungrate
ful in these Blacks, to show an anxiety to
filth against the Northern people, p _who
'lel A them to their; freedom by means
of tie underground railroad.
• I .Tohn Tneker, Es!q. - , - of-Philadelphia,
and Peter T. Walson,Esq., of-Washingtou
hnv, been appointed AssistaUt Seereurries
of War under the act passed by Congress.
Or After an anxious interval 9f three
day. , we again have hdviCes from Fortress
Mot roe, but strange to say, nothing . de
liniti: or satisfitetory'to the whereabouts
of the great 'Burnside Expedition. Tele.
graiihic despatches to Northlk, front New
berti, and Wilmingtent ' •North Carolina,
stat . that nothing has been seen or heard
ofitlin their respective localities, and no
vessp from the fleet :. is reported at the
For t ress. ' It is trutyive have intelligence
of the wreck of the transport Louisiana,,
theivessel to which:, the Sixth Rhode
Islarid Regiment waS:orginally ordered ;
but vhere her large rtumber of coMpanz
ions may be we are.n9t informed.
By- the arrival of the Europa at Hail
vith dates to tit& 12th . 11:oin Liver
' by telegraph - via Queenstown, -we
1 that, notwithStanding -the pacific
ion of the- Trent question, warlike
-. rations continued, and vessels were
loading with-heavy stores for Halifax
Jamaica. ,
il.
fax
pool
tear
soli
pre ,
still
and
I The Telegraphic neount of the inaugu
ral riddress of Gov..lled,• of. Ohio,. coil
vey+l a false impres4on as, to its tenor.—,
Instead of pronouncirsg in favor of eman
cipation and taking eitreme grounds - on
the tiltject of slaverMlovernor Tod' used
the following lai.gliage: .
"ephio aurst, in all time to come, : be
able to claim for her4ll her just.'sliare of
the burden and glory] of putting down
.this ebellion. In my opinion this (*-
.kit an be accomplished only by bring
ing. acondign punishment the leaders of
rebelion, nitdiatisfyitig their misguided
I
follopers, by a firm and generous policy,'
that, we seek, not the destruction of any
of their domestic instittitions,but only the
m ai tenance and enforcement of the con
stitnition and lawsOf the nation—a con
stitution which their.fathers„ with, ours,
handed down -to us, - *ith the solemn in
juneion, that we, together, should forev
er maintain and defend the same.
CNSOLIDATED. Ail the unattached
‘i
com miles and squadti in Camp Curtin
hovel been transferred to Col. Meredith's
Regiment —enough to: send it-full into the
_field/ It, - tngetherwiiii the' 101st, Col.
Wil4on ' will-move 04- week. .. his tin
ders and that both of these Regiments go
.to I" iludelphia to join: a Southern expedi
tion., o be composed wholly • of Pennsyl
vaniii,-treops, viz : Tiled 01st. Col. Wilson ;
the6th. Col. 3leredith-, the"lo3th, Col. I
Lon eneeker ; the 68ili, Col. James; the
/
59th Col. Price • the 30th; Col. Lyle; the
54th! Col. Campitelll• the 111th, Colonel '
*Oandebker ; the 113th, Col.' Frisinuth,
and wo. to be formed out of the skeletotia
in Pi/
iladelphia and C 44 Curtin, making
a total of eleven re intents. It is not pos
itively known whetheithey - gio on a new
expedition. or merely as reinforcements
.to one of the expeditions already started.
- , ,
tirßread, Biscuit, Cak e s, and Puddings
going through the procesii of baking,
change all the substance of ilerrick
Gold:Blodal Saleratin; ititOCarbonic acid
Gas.wliich . then 'passes that.thero
is not a particle of it ivinninipipin the food
in which* is used; thereby making it
perfectly wholesome-and healthy and
peculiarly, adapted -to weak - stomachs,"and
dyspeptic persons. - Grocerk and Drugg.
istsmell it.: .1
. Executors' :Notice.
NolicEis HEREBY GIVEN to nil per s ons haring
&Man& against the Estate of ISAACS:IIITM late of
Brooklyn townshlp.dee'eased, that the same,-mast be
presented to the undersigned turkarrangerneat. and all
persons indebted to said estate fro requested to wake
immediate payment.,
'Executors,
Jaa.lsth,6w. ..
EEC cturons NOTICE
varteg IS tif:RETIY GWEN to all pemont. !ovine
.L.ll minds against the'F.otate of ELIJAH D. MACK late
-of - Brooklyn townithip. decenord, tame inept be
presented to the tinlvrbigite'd aLcb
perking' indebted to said estate•are i,Nueisted to make
immediate pigment. 7
-
Jan. :2d, Gw. B, 0. :411..STExeentor,
• •
n
Adm.us - trator's Notice.
TIIEREAS, Letters - of Administration to acentric of.
Xillyhrichte ?Monfort', late of Herrick. township.
deeealted. natio; heereg , ranted to the Snbscriber.ull per
sons indebted to the Said estate are-Sequested to make
Immediate payment. and those having elaints attainct the -
came. will present them to JOHN 31. NIVEHIf. •
Herrick. Nov. 29, ISBI.-6w. , Administrator. -
AdministtatOr's Notice..
TT ETTERS or ado Inigratton to Wel Wale of the late'
.11JABSER .1. WALKER. of Gibson lnivlng been granted
to the underslglied, all personn Indebtiod r to e,..tate
are requested to make Immediate pd%thent. and thotos
having claims agalmitithe name will pFe-ent them to
• JOlll- SMILEY,
Admluiatrator.
Gibson, Dec. Sib, 1S!
Administator's Notice.
MEMEAS letters tt: Administraticin to the estate of
W Milton Tim , ley, fate of Jackson twn:ileceard. have
•
been irritated to the ettliscrilier. all persons indebted to
the saitlx-tale are requested to .nialtV immediate pay•
111e111.311,1 [lame having claims or &Maris against Ilia
estate of the said decedent , - trill makil known the same
without delay to I THOMAS, V. TINt :LEY,
Jackson. Jan . lo'4; i Administrator.
•
Administrator's Notice.
117OTICF id herby liven to al! persons havi rig demands
1.1 adainst the suite Hof Piodie Wileiin;slste of Auburn
township, deceased, that the same maid he presented to
the undersigned for arrongetaent,and ali pereons Indebted
to said cleat,: are requested' to make iirimisliate payment
A BRA W LTMAS, Administrator
Auburn i entre; Dee. Nth,
Board of Belleti—Not ice to hem)* Oren. thAt the
Board of Relief. commi t ted of the -Asttociute Judges and
County Comm isslonte. n ill meet at the Commissioners'
Otilec. in Montrmte, •op Mond-ty. July; tat. 1,41, at two
o'clock, p. in.. and on it he tirst Monday of each month
thereaftento reeetvi: attliettion and make appropriations
for the relief of Volunteer- and their fimilive, under the
provittions of an Act, entitled - An Act to ersate a Loan
and to provide for arming the State. approved May 15.194
Eax ORDER or BOARD or Itzuzr„:
—Governor Sprague, of Ithode
has tendered, to thnGovernm i ent three teg
intents of infantry and two ihatterie - s of
artillery to garrison theilefenece.of Wash.
ington on the Virginia side . (4 the Foto
mae.whenever the Federal. army shall
move .fOrward. The otKr,l it. is said,
meets the favordde-cousideliation ut the-
President and of,Geueral McClellan.
—News is tunirly expectol from .Burn-.
s id e .z. s s a i d considerable anxiety is.
exprtn:sedtbr le:F it has met • With. SUMO.
misfortime.
The ditftenlty:hetween Cliloriel Fined
-
mann and Cr eVelipol* Curtiii,l :ilium- cont.
missions; for Aloe otlieers oppoint e a •by
Friedmann, looks like the •rCsii4nation
_of
the Coloneloirdess theGovertior concludes
to commission them, which be has so far
declined to do. - •
We have:no. reliall)le I news' from
the I.3iirnside expedition ; hat it is report
ed that ()cu.. vessel has beiqi lost=tho
Lonisma., Xlll : hands on board were
1
saved.
GOOD - NEWS !
GREAT COAIMPTON-
I\ TIIE
DRY GOODS,
m
aro 3E=L •!'.
JOHN BULL Threateia WAR!:
BCH SAM STANDS FIRR
1 1 1 c l, it3LLe
so Do r.• TILE FllntioF,
03attruberg, • ‘.lostithattflli,
THE CESITATN RISE
DOINIES'I7ICKS I
tots put ns o 0 our . ..Tnartl, and.we have laid in a lar g o atock, which enable. 4 n, to offer to our pustqrnirre. goods
on equally a*uotict - -, naidering the late
via^
AT THE STORES Or
6ittlenberg,. gilsentrupit
AT • I
Montrose, Susq'a CoUnty, Pa.,.
Elmira New-Ydrk,
Susquehanna_ Depot, Pa.
OUR FALL - AND WINTER STOCK
Is Cic•xiapi.ete,
• •
We are determined not to be outdone. either:ln pikes or
qualitles.—and we will endeavor to give. our customer*
all possible satisfaction..
CLI .
.
. .
In this * branch our stock is complete. ;and will be sold
lower, and more tastefully notated than any one:borse
establishment, or any four , lhorse concern this side of N.
York City, Is shin to offer or produce. We can seance the
public that we constantly employ the best. cutters and
Workmen to make up our stock. ;
Vrllarments' made to order " I•
rer'On tho shortest nodes , 131rA Good Fit warranted or no salt, : •
FURNISHING, GOODS:
A Groat Stock• contently kept:, and sotd lower than the
lowest at - .
03nttenberg, Ige,sentiatuit sto's,
Montrone, January Ist, 1861