rms of PublicaUoa. _ __ ___ 0 T Jjj Ti) A TJX : J tSB TIOGA OOUHXY ASjWlOSis pnhlialwd fBT ■ , W-* ■ Sf ' A aSgfflSl I Ij T Aa* ■1 ‘ '• ■’ I■, - :.-1 1 1 j-. . / h\ - 1 T ■ -*r- - L - L J -^ Sonant oft 0A& can' bo bra fob \an i debt to.,the i# DW 1 j,**y: • ''' * AorriTOH isithe'Ofioial ! fepi r oftheCtfunlyi ffilrti e^ryflpiK^bprjKKdin.t)* Copoty. Itiasect W'Wtottaae to any, subscribe f within the county iSi -hn't #h««« most -cairyenie 11 ppgtofflce may bp i- > f '( f , ?[*>’... l Slices, paper ittelid ftfeye&i ■ ’{■ E ; : r" ‘ yif 'Mike Recast? and'^^inixiut Ji at the i¥td r' wry of [Riga jji f,om Collectors >of Seated I ax for 1859, sB£so "T ■ -■<; '=■ wa. sum pe ■ « r,- iB«iT si3Bm’B t< \ Eeßtf >4-'or 1881, $ll9B 7b i, TM n^ ( ~ . Sg*.^ ’ •- Am’nt paid J. I- d«k«on an.l'g aec’t of 1860,, 94 36 -■«. X’. P. V.eilj ■ ,“! ■•••; ■*T «12 a : D. T. Gardner, ** ' . “§s - .29 36 u (j t f. Veil, for.aud'g act t ffir XB$1; -2*> « C« “H. Goldsmltlj,. - ,24.7$ j* M. Bullard, '‘ " Wj,“[■]„ '*IS SO . swa;s* TRAVERSE JUROft'V ;7 f.; jixaount paid H. E. Smith, et al_, ~ 52086 Amo&'liii A. k |JL 36 Constable a and Tipstax'es, Amount paid K. Nash et al, 1 ! 1 Crier,; Amount paid T. P. Wingate, Jveticet., i Amount paid Lyman Beach and|ofhew, , • Asset sort. \ Amount paid Isaac F. Fields and Others, $685-7; Printing, j • j - Ain't paid-Hugb \ v -■ -C. y. Miller, • ■, • L : - * * $lO6 86 Damage io Imprc'vemerfy* Sonant paid A, E. Dana, • ■ James Hurly, . ~ » > “ Patrick Wych, ‘ ' “ James Wright, “ ■ Cbirlsifrall/' . M J. V. Swan,- • Almon Brooke, Smith Cornell, - > '■ / .125 00 i'VA*? -iv 'V ISDOO V?fc ; '25 00' i., 10 00 •-'i l ( r, ;>,£ c 1' ,; - ; - 15 OO . ■ »sV, • I’?*’* SMUrf*:-- 1 -,- 1 ’ ■ . k J TtmbV and Said into ■•; *o*l ‘** 'tt! • >•*'-*} £ ■ « -1 1 W 1® . “ I*™ * H. H. Dent, . •: •■! .ci, ffl ••;•» • •'•»<» ■ : A.'Kyjicp k% k^or^ 00 5 -T,l2J;.QK \jikhi ftiW WlO " . ( Bridge Yfw*. i ,i„ ~ .s r c «0)M>»ge« for fiiei.: tyjj/r.: SW s^®- ■' - "Jt !s)<*S/J! : ;■, ■' 4 »«tttpaid \r. W. Babb anil ptWSj ['f"‘ «*»W - CfiarlMllsaifrtggtHiiSr.l IslijL .n « ir. s %d yi j. ' ■■• ’ : ItiUef’'Funi. '■ >" of (t f[ j or 5 "‘ •'•'?■ ,q»j, ■A'WfJiaia E. iJV Poswoj-tk .quarter?.cm tWy , ’ i ->r's- 3. Pattotion, 1137 "* JfllinJTamos, 11 '' , “ JtATßose, ■■ “ • Mrs.- Betsy Pbalin 4 11 28 ■f‘ Bfeuten Morsfl,”..RhUo.OwlOtt, :.:15;36 $6O J 6 I Improvement to Ccu Aniount paid B. B. Cook, 'mo\ ■' ‘Ai Rowland, gat® h “ S.'Stoaell, jt..buUd ~ New Jai Amount paid S.' B. Elliott oa t . “ :'-V“ « Ei Fields, , “ H;.?. Cooky " H> fitowoll jr./papei ■il Uts« 19933! ✓ Amount piidHoliort Orr on 3 «'i “ ■s6?4'eB '3fM “ : \ ’ - “ j ■•••inte ■ *."'! J.’S; Watrous,, es?ha T«ift;fund, " ‘ ixgeJMM incurred pjj 3TW 3740 $ll2l 50 Co-unty Treat Ambtint paid J. OO $16433 65 at 3 per Cent, fotil Bxpenditiirics, $5OO 00 JOHN JAMES, late Commissi Tioga County, To County Orders, ' i , CR.' |sj. balance due from, year 1860 L. D. SEELEY, late Commissi Tioga Codntp, _,r ;j I>R. ;To County 6raerS, l' .:i£Z i> ' , jßy 73 dayajaervisw, ssLjier dajL _ a . | By *iif-mk v.', j, . $379 72 $lO2 00 . r ‘SWBO AMOS BIXBT, Iftto CoiLmisslt ner in account with Tioga County, ‘ PR. To County Orcjora, . o ' ! CR. By CO doya services, $£ per dor, By 192 miles travel, 6qU ppr.uiuo. By balance -due from IStfO,* * $94 o: $l4l 36 AMBROSE BARKER, in account with Tioga County, To County Orders, Balance due accountant, $l7l 33 By 79 days By 560 miles li* - ca Is fl froiaijS.OO, t • $226 00 . ..T $209 30 J©B ga County, DR. ■To County 1 1 Baliiuce due uccaualaot, $l3 60 $25 00 CR. i By 25 days services, $2 per By 138 miles travel, $cU per mile, .. - : - • I. . $5B 28 CHARLES F. MILLER, Commie'r in accpunt with Tioga County, DR. I Amount doc accountant, - r OR. I By 20 days services, $2 per day, 40 00 trayel, (Sets peftnilejy 456 a'. j 1 • • - $44 66 TIOGA CO - r MS'/ We, fn£ Commissioners of said Gountyy ijo; h certify that the foregoing is a COM-got flatement o?.tho raoiter therein set forth, in testimony tyhcieof/'n'e have hereunto set our hands this-4 tif’-dffy of'lPebronry, 1862.! AMBROSE BARKER,) JOB KEXPORD, [ }• Comnfission’rs. c. piaffSlßß/ " J. A. KNAPP, Clerk. 11 1 i $571 86 JAMESES. WATKOU3, Treasurer o£ -Tioga County in account with said county frobi January 17, 1861, to January 16,1662. DR. j JTo outstanding seated taxes for year 1651, 11 47 ; « , “ i 1852, 126 81 ii 1854, 9 53 t> r . « t ISS7„ 579 49 ii - “ 1858, 33 SL ■ii ' « I 1859, ■ 153 28 •ii - ‘ ■ 1660, 2197‘46 Amount of seated tax'assessed ; 1801, : 10873 74 44 relief tax assessed ; 1861, 2131 08 41 reed on unseated lands-as sOrbiH:’ 1858^, 02 70 . . 1859,■ 77 13 from redemption of,.seated lands ,204 07 ... 7 t from seated loads it 137 97 t , from Judgments, notes, £o 4504 : ' '''' . . !■ ' $22053 53 ,’CR. ; By oatstatdinfe SSatatl taxes for year 1851 11 47 ■ a « > 18521 126 81 •i " 1854 9 53 ii . n . 1867 579 49 Ii ' ' « ! 1858 33 SD ,■; ,1 , ; «,’ | i 1869 , 42 48 By abatements made , 1859 X 13 By commission allowed 3 859; ;2L 17 By abatements made 1660 193 94 By.oommission allowed collectors 1360 392 24 Ey amount outstanding 7860, 175 22 Bj'ibatementa inado , J 3861 333 51 By commission allowed collcctoES »•! 1861 ( 226 09 By xmtmnfc outstanding , 3-861. 2B MSB By kbfttements.on relief tax 1861 41 23 By commiasioiLal’d col .on relief! tax *B6l 17 49 By amouneJmtitandlai& relief fair 1861 878 60 By nnourrent'blU’ Bunirof Commerce 1861 19 00 By tfmodtttof'CcftDmUisioncrs receipt for or. ders cancelled July 2 1861 3511 '* $353 03 $2lO 62 .39 36 ' 1240 . ~32 67 * 10 82 10 61 25 00 20 00 20 00 50 00 U . “1- ■-, .Wy, 9, 1662 . 7«C 64‘ << ' " ' ' Jan’y. 16,1882 4329 56 ■ '«*' n receipt* forrelief ordeta cancelled 1176 16 Byoummlsaion.on $16413 65 at 3 pia cent • .498 60: Balance due byacoodntant :■ I■ ' * 17L44 : " ‘‘ ’’ M SB~ Wc, the Bnderslgtred Anditoijf of : Tiogil Cd3niy, paving auditedj adjuted aed settled the; abore ac count of James g. Watrous, Treasurer ofsaid County, do hereby certify'that we-'fooidi »*-»£d*« itated, a halapeeidoeihe County by ocoountantof One Hundred abotwenty-ono' dollars and forty-four cents. Wit bees our hands* ibis 16th day of Jaouary,'A- 18. 1862. C. F. VEIL, -1 , ) . C. H. GOLDStiTIH; VAudttore. ; Id-BOtLARD, 1 j W'eUsborOj Feb. 4,1862. Tioga Baptist Association. THE Sooond’tio^«iy ; sCMrtng e/-ti» Tioga Bap tist A'woo&tiqn pill ba,haid.withtho,Cbarry iPJatU ChoreV° n tEe Fart , Wednesday in Vtb. at 10 •o'clock A. M., I fiart Jrjrf to nnetted'to eepdrfp 4ot#iHintlonKf<* An Pc'n'Dfyhi'nia iUantist State Convention ‘hit ftis Meeting. , If Tioga, Feb. 5,18*?. S. fc ClfcW. t —• **7 ~ irw> aefcotto to t&e Syteufirtott of tie area of jFreeOom aos S|>reaU of ?! WHILE THERE SHALL BE A WRONG UNSIGHTED, AND,UNTIE “MAN’S INHUMANITY, TO MAN”' SHALE CEASE, AGITATION* MUST CONTINUE. '. * • • • - ’ ’ • ‘ ■ ' , • r _» v-;;: CQUNTf, ! M., WEDMSDM- MOROTG, FEBRTJART I|, 1861. ■ity' Grounds, frig "fence, ingings, ,n'g, privy; oCtraCt, 355 61 ttraworfc, 18144 ... “.- .. - - 550 “ 12 75 Ao. furnished, • 34 75 ipcul K0..1,. 3833 33 1 interest 272 21 io. 2, ’ “ 252 7,7 fp; ■3; ■ “ ‘ ■ i’ 233 33 spest'over flne * ’ 11 00 ange. ou. .linear.- 33 39 (( tin . ■ tt ’ingbond," 10 00 [mission on $493 00 $17321 55 mer in account with mer in account with CR, CR. iTHEt MOOI»lAt«S. 08, ;U«. 'bt. CLASEi . ” ' 'I Then’s * land :iat:a Way ’olid WBiare.toljd, ~ Where they know sat the sorrow* of Urge j, ~. Whercthc pore waters winder .|hTo'valleys of gold, ' ’ And life fa ibVtfeksm'o 'sfablime ; ’ 1 J: " u 'Tis the land of onrGod, ’tie Hie[ home of ■ the son!. . Where ages of splendor eternally rollr: ■ .• o : Where-the way weary traveler,reaches bis goal ; , . .On the evergreen mountains of life.' Onr gawcannof soar, toi that beautiful land, . ■ 1 Bat our visions have told of its bliss, , And our souls by the gole from its gamed are fann’d When we faint in tho deserts of this. And we sometimes have longed for its holy, repose, , When our spirits were torn with temptations and woes. And we’ve drank from the tide of the river that flows From the evergreen mountains of life. 10 (VI 3 00 25 75 *3B 75 $540 05 0! the stars never tread the blue heavens at niget, Put we,think, where fre rantbnied have trod, And the day never smiles from his palace of light Bat we feel the bright smile of our Ood. We are travelling hqmeward, thro’ changes • and . . gioote, ,• To a kftlgdom whcre pleasures' unchangingly ;, 'h|oom, 1- j - ” ■” . And bur. guide is tbeglory tliat shines tbro'tho tomb, From tbe evergreen mountains of life. , $«79 03 SPEECH OP SENATOE WILMOT, On tbe 3Gtb of January last, the Senate har ing under consideration the Resolution for the expoltion of Jesse D. Bright the traitor Sena tor from Mr. Wilmot thus addresses the Senate: t Mr. President, I shall be brief in what I have to say on this case. To ms it seems to lie in a very narrow compass. $25 24 $25 24 Before proceeding to speak of the case, I de sire to say that my relations with the Senator from Indiana ate qf such a character that I shall with pain vote to expel him from his seat in this-body. .Seventeen years ago we met-in this Capitol j both yonng-raen, and both mem-, hers of the then dominant party. Since then we have had- differed' Widely, touching public men and measures; yet - through all.’ the heat and bitterness of political warfare for the past fifteen years, I have remembered with pleasure our early acquaintance and intercourse. I sin cerely regret the position in which tbe Senator is placed. A sense of public duty alone, con strains me to vote for his expulsion from the Senate. $2OO 80 146 00 32 40 ' 121 40 $l4l 36 120 00 11 52 9 84 . What is the ease presented against the Sena tor from Indiana ? It rests upon no disputed or doubtful facts. Every important fact in the case is admitted—full confession is made in open Senate.- Tbe Senator from Indiana tells us that he would, under the same circumstances do again tfae act complained of.. Mr. President, the. Senator’s views of duty and my own differ soiwjdely, .that, what he regards as: innocent andinutural, as;a proper, courtesy to ail ’old friend, to me has the featuresof disloyalty—not to give it the harsher name of tieasou. , What, sir, ore the facts and circumstances of this ca^e? The slaveholders of the-nation, relying on hntnnn slavery as the bond of unity and strength, unwilling that the free men: of tbe Republic should assume the manage ment of the Government affairs, set on foot a rebellion in tho. southern and slaveholding States of the Union. When this letter was written, it had been carried forward to the or ganization of an independent government; the machinery of that government was in active operation. Armies were being organized, dici plined, and equipped, to maintain the rebellion by the power of the sword. Every reasonable hope of a settlement was past. The Senator from Indiana knew all I 'this ; no man knew it better. It is true, from the timidity—l might al most say complicity—of the late .Administra tion; lid blow had been strdek at ttiis formida ble rebellion ; still those concerned in it were nolens traitors for this cause. The cowardice or even treachery of Mr. Buchanan could in no degree excuse Davis and his co-worker’s in trea son. The forbearance of the Government to wards the traitors cannot be pleaded by them in extenution of their crime ; nor can their aid ers and abettors shield themselves behind the weakness or treachery of those then in power. Yet here rests one of the strong grounds of de fense taken by and for the Senator from Indi ana. The Government ' had done nothing against the rebellion 1 It had brought no arm ies in the field ! -had fonght no battles 1 “ A fear that betrayed like treason ” had para lyzed the executive arm, and the Government was sinking into imbecility and contempt! How does all this change the character of the rebellion, or extenuate the of those, in volved in It? The Senator front- Indiana ad mits that he could not have written the letter with innocence after the proclamation of Presi dent Lincoln calling for seventy-five thousand men. Why not, if he could do w before ? Did the proclamation change the position of Davis towards this Government? Did it involve any' one in guilt wb, uj> to that time, was innocent? Was it innocent fur Lincoln to go upon his er rand with an improved fire-arm to the confed erate government before the proclamation, and treasonable to go afterwards ? It is idle to look here for any extenuation of tho case whatever. The proclamation of tho President in no way affects it. 183 28 29 08 $2O« 36 158 00' 33 CO IT 76 1 25 00 ■ S 3 28 $5B 28 50 00 828 $l4 56 Jefferson Davis was the chosen chief of the rebel'government. He was every inch a trai- The Senatprlfrora-litdiana knew the dam ning treason of his. friend and former associ ate. .Hiftorifpe waeja wi(^ed.one —the mostyp of; any of; which nhSi pan.be-gujjty-rrthe deep:-; est .'dyed , and , biacketa, ,in the-' catalogue of crime. lo'me if spams that may gentlemen of the. late Democratic party 1 ora .afflicted with a mor; alobliquity in the view they take of this wick ed rebellion and its authors.; The leading trai tors so long dominated. oyer tho Democratic party, that the fragment that now retpains seems, to connect the, rebellion . with - a struggle for Democratic ascendency, and the leading traitors as friends having strong claims on ’their sympathy! Evidently the Senatorfrdm Indiana was strongly possessed of this view of the itreason arid'fits traitors. To jfidge rightly of th«.actß'of.'the • Senator, we most look at the rebellion' ahd its ohlef as they"froiy' nibe 1 a' ! tren‘Rbhnb!s re- Voh Jigirhst ajnstGiiVeVn'nicnV, awf'thb "Other hs the citi'f \>f If'd'vn!' Ifc r'iis hv bllter lhan H IK* -- 0 0 I. ifi) IT ■ IT A | a'rant tracer, a grejii State criminal, that the Senator addressed on the Ist of March" as "hia excellency, the president 1 of the cohfedohite ;States r ’';cpin mending to hia confidence asltoreli ablein every aspect’? onewho, sought thpreb government on a treasonable ..tphat was the '4'rran'd ? on which the Senator from Xn ■ diantocdmmhfideti his friend to the usurjlcr ’attd tratorat'Mdfctgomery Wafrnodtheh tWin .the salocf, ap allegedsmproved fire-arm. Hare I stated.the ease top strongly againpt; tlje .Sen ator from Indiana?., j . noti £o. me, sir, it has the complexion of a great crime. I will not call it might 'be difficult to find a more appropriate Same for' it. It was wall said by the Senator'.from Nelv York, [Mr. Harri?,] tha,t if the letter had not been written, or if its .essential part were taken away, it would he a very innocent .thing, and" no Senator would think of expelling the Sena ■tor froni Indiaba from bis seat.' Dnfortttnatoly,- the letter was. written. An .indictment for murder, permit me to-say to the Senator from York, with,the horSicide clause out, would be a very narmless. piece. of paper. 'Mr; President, ! have'briefly considered to wbonr this letter was addressed—to a desperate lt commended to his fullest confidence one who appertained a traitorous ,purpose, and the matter of .the letter was most treasonable. Here is the whole case, and it sounds of trea son' in 6?ery part. What was the position and relation to the Government of the Union of him "who wrote the letter? He was a Senator, one of the high officers of the Government—a sworn, confiden tial adviser’of the President. What was his plain and bounden duty? To stand by the Government, with all his energies and power. Tu he vigilant, constant, and ontiring in his efforts, tp crush the rebellion, and to bring to ppnishmftntJts,leading traitors. This was his duty. Cart it be possible that a loval Senator could so ' far forget , this high duty as to hold cbmmdnicatidn with the rebellious'government, tniiobingthepurchase of an improved fire-arm? It oannot-be-jpossible. No loyal citizen would have dupe it, much less a loyal Senator. .For getful of.his.duties, unfaithful to bis senatori al trust, he is no lunger .uforthy' of a aeat’ih this Sedate; 1 ‘ 'With at! respect for my Colleague; and for the honorable Senator from New York; I must say that in ,my judgment, they have taken a narrow and technical view,of, this case.. They ileal with the. Senator from Indiana as one on his trial-for treason, and themselves ns judges or jurors sworn to try him under all the tech nical. rules of presumptions and -reasonable doubts, applicable in such cases. Herein they greatly err. ,We sit here in trial upon the Sen ator from Indiana, not to pronouiree judgment against hint fur the crime bf treason, but to say by our votes, under tbe facts before tis; if he be a loyal and safe man to sit in this high coun cil of State. , Mr, COWMAN.' Idcasire to, ask tny honora ble jf,Mr. Bright is not guilty of treason, is he guilty of ? ’ Mr. WILMOT.' I will answcr my colleague by snyfng that if I Wore called'upon ! to-dayto give-any definition of bis Offense I should pro nounce it treason ; but Lam frank, to admit that if I were sitting as a juror, there qre those doubts hanging about the case that would make me hesitate to pronounce a verdict of guilty ; but as a Senator, I will not hesitate as to the vote I shall give here. The conduct of the Sen ator from Indiana,, judged by. the facts andoirr cumstances surrounding the case, looks like treason; still I might, not bo prepared so to pronounce, sitting as a juror on his trial. I know not under vthat dircumstances of haste, or thoughtlessness, the letter was writen. '• These, if, .they existed, were; for the Senator from In; disna to sbopv, ..Theremay not have existed, at the time the letter was written, that deliberate anil"widkefl 1 purpose-essential to the teehnioal critoe 'df' treasbn'.m liVo : know not.; We have (he.letter before-,us.- It was written, boa, trai tor,-and for a traitor, and to further a treason able end. What more does my collogue want? The Senator on trial has £iven us no facts or mitigating circumstances whatever. As a ju ror, I might even refuse on the case,- as it stands, to pronounce the verdict of guilty of high treason, But when tbe case is presented tu me as a Senator—is the Senator from Indi ana a safe man to sit here? Is his loyalty and fidelity to the Government justly obnoxious to strung and well-grounded Impeachment? Can he be trusted to advise the President, and to share ip.our deliberations, in this crisis of p.ub-, lie affairs ? T,o those inquiries I can have- ,np doubt whatever. I shall vote to expel lhe Sen ator from’lndiana from-his seat in the Senate.’ • What it ’iS right todo in this case, the Sen-! ate should"riovpromptiy and fearelesaly.' A fim-J idity, bordering on cowardice,; paralyzes .the ’arm of the Government-, Treason stalks abroad in open day.' "We most vindicate the’character .of the Senate,:and our oWn self-respectj we.- must give to the people ah assurance inkthere at least, infidelity and disloyalty meet; with a speedy ,and condign punishment. ~ ( Now, sir, it seems to me that I have .stated; the whole case. ■ I put the case upon the record and upon Bulbing:else. I place it upon the Senator’s letter of the first of March.; I take that letter sad the circumstances of the coun try at the time, the position of tho Senator; the. posltion of the than to-whom, the letter Was written, the position of .tbe man for who it Was written, and the;errand’upon: winch- he went, and'l say the facts orecnncluaiyeandandover whelming against the Senator from .Indians!— Tharoisnoposaibie escape from the coil elusion. It is a legaltnaiim that a man -is,' responsible, for the Batumi bad: necessary consequences of bis apt. ’/’What did the Senator do?: He com mended dne tfaitor to aaolfaer.iimd the-errand upan whichi he enmorended bini wias-by the ad-; mission of all a; treasonable' errand; it. was to give to him an jmproved fire-arm. Can it be possible, ael asked before,-that a loyal Senator would do this ? Sir.suppose your Command ing General bad' wHtteh' such a letter, wduld there have been ftny'doubt as to his •complicity; with thetrailors? The Senator frohilndiana occupies'a positiotf irt this’Government, a» high and responsible in-mariy respbaUawttho, Com manding GeUbrAl nf yoUrArmy. ' Nay, sir.'in dignity" of character, he occupied a posuti-n sec- tuh: dill ar -« *! ►caUlj£ Brfoirm. and only* to thelPresident of the nation. Sup pose ho.had written such a letter, would you have had any doubt as to big, complicity with the traitors? Would you have any doubt that 'heliSd htfeast ffevgotten his duty to this Gov ernment |i‘-Sin an l impfeaohment could' have .rested;on tbs Utter jaqdto-daylhave serious |dciubts ; as. to, whafc would be the result of the trial of.the Senatocjftom Indiana before an im pSffcial' ’jury. /' The Famine inr Ireland. ■ .Bocahfc: accounts from. Ireland bring the gratifying... intelligence that the failure of the crops, there, is focal. rather; than,general. It would appear that though the suffering is great, yet th6 :J '“famin6” is not wide-spread in the : Codhtry,-nor is the tract of country yet visited by that.awful scourge more than n tenth of the who,la island. But even that tenth-'embraces over' three counties, chiefly in the mountain districts of Connaught, where the people ate at all times wretchedly necessarily‘poor, having neither commerce nor agriculture to any extent. They gre a virtuous, unsophisticated people, however, almost as little'acquainted with this world’s vices as they are with its goods. They are content with little, however, and so long as they have food to keep body and soul to gether, they can cheerfully dispense with those comforts which- they have" but seldom known. , But.whqn their maineuslenance—the pota to—fails, as .it has this - year, then, indeed, it goes. Hard with the -poor peasantry of Con naught, - for they have no resources to fall back upon. " Now they'have the additional misfor tune of the want of fuel, -and it is impossible to calculate how many must perish in the sol itudes of the wild mountains before relief can reach them. - The| Irish at home are doing what they can, hut theo cannot do all that is necessary, and unless we, in other countries-, afford, that assistance which the pitiful urgency of thy case requires, tens of thousands may again fall .victims to tho periodical famine which visits Ireland, as the natural effect of that mis goVcrnment which makes one of the most fer tile islands- in the world one of the poorest, and reduces her,people so fearfully often to the hard necessity of knocking, at the world's door for charity.., . : U,xrojr Feeling In Georgia.—A lady who has recently escaped from Georgia gives an in teresting statement of the Union sentiment in that State, She- seys that in Houston connty, where she resided, a majority of the people are strongly for the Union, and .await with the greatest anxiety a deliverance from. the rule, which now oppresses them. Their opinions* dare not, of course, be expressed openly, bat* secret meetings- are held (or conversation, &0., the hopes and ■ courage of those concerned being.thus maintained. In one of these villa ges iii Houston comity tho Union feeling is al most Universal, but spies of the Jeff. Davis, government are constantly on the.alert, ren denngany open declarations impossible. The lady in question was obliged, in order- to get away, to obtain a pass from Alexander Steph ens,, which slio'did by making a pilgrimage to Richmond. She was entrusted ‘by a lady in Georgia with a sum of money for a relative in this State, which, being in Confederate notes, was exchanged in Richmond fur United States demand notes, which she says are there to be had in plenty. How Napoleon -Punished Swindling in his’ Arhv.—-Just before tbe great battle qf Wagram whjle the army was encamped on/the Island of Loban, hear Vienna, Napoleon walking one day with one of his Marshal’s on the shord, passed a company of grenadiers seated at their dinner. "Well, my friends," said be, “I hope yon find the wine good?" “It will not make us drunk,” replied one, "there is ohr cellar,” pointing to the river Danube. Tho Emperor, whb'had nrderod a bottle of wine to each man, was surprised, and made an 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 immediately bronght to trial and’condemned to be shot, which sen tence was spebdily carried into execution. Here was a venal offense, insignificant, indeed, when compared with the frauds upon the ur gent wants and necessities of opr soldiers, re cently brought to light, but it received a severe and merited punishment. A few such examples in our army would do a world of good. Our Treasury Notes is Rebeldom, — A gen tlftmart who has recently made his way from Memphis, nnd whose character is such thathis statements are considered tiustwortby, states' that United. Stales Treasury notes command thirty per cent premium in the “Southern Con federacy.** They are rated equivalent to gold, and much sought after. This is a significant circumstance. The rebels have a wholesome respect for the credit of the- United States, showing that they are not bereft of financial understanding. Some persons in the loyal States' might lea?n a useful lesson from the appreciation of the promise to'pay of our Gov ernment, by those who are warring against it. ‘ Wili, He 2—Pierre Gustave Toutant de Beauregard informs the seoeshers through.the veracious columns of the Richmond Whig, that immediately after the war is concluded hd will “retire to private life.” P. G. T. de 8., in this instance, and possibly for the first time in his life, tells.the truth. His life after tbo war will bejriyale-rln a cell, we hope. Benedict Ar nold. rbtired ,to priyatelife after the War of the Revolution! Public men who betray their trust i find'.’bountfy, ‘invariably, retire to private life. However’-private his life may be. P. G. T. de !8.’.».-exodua!froip , it will be, if he, gets his de aerts. quite ae public as was that of Hicks on Bydtoe’s Island.' 1 Hkoc in Ressrve,— Mr. Dursheimet of Buf falo, in bis, “Fremont’s Hundred Days in.Misr spun,” in.the Atlantic, speaking ,pf the force :fro.m Fremont’s gallant body guard, wblch held Springfield, Say's: “thegafrisoft consisted of tWenty-foUr mcH. lie stationed" twenty-two bf them as pickets on the outskirts of the village, ami heldtbe other two as a resinc,’ 1 ■ , fT*vßatios of Advertising, f AdTortiaomoatawUlbachargedJlpeitquarc of 10 nnos, one or-ifrrei»ißSertiojiB,aiJirrs cents for every subsequent insertion; ' Advertisement? "f .lest then 10 linesoohalctered as • square. The sul-j«» d rates will be ehargefJior Quarterly, Half-Yearly ;>a Xearly ad vartlsementi': ' 't "Ssosths. ffjiojWßs. 12 mokibs Square,;. . 53,00 $4,59 ? 's9,o'» 2, . do. , •’ WO - ■ S,s6 - ' 8,00 3 do. ; , - 7,00. 8,50 10,00 J column, - - .8,00 9,50 12,60, i do! ' . .*35,00 20,00 30,00. ■ poluma, • 06 35,00 _ 50,0 f Advartiaemeua jftthaTinglbanambcrof inaertiea* d oeired marked upon these, will be published until ox. dared out "and abated accordingly. Posters,HanabiHs, Bilf-Ben d»,Letter-Henss araell kinds of JdbbhigyJona W country esteblfshments, ex- promptly. Justices’, Constable's, and other BLANCS constantly on band.. - NO, it. ‘ : -FSj CorrrspcexicHCol The,Legislature bos passed some fifteen or twenty Bills, this week, and something like a hundred have been presented. The House bos been occupied the most of the time this week in .a further debate upon the Resolution proposing to investigate, the means by which the “tonnage tax” upon the Pennsylvania Central Rail Road was repealed at the last session of the legislature. The his tory .of, this case, is something as follows.— Sonia fifteen years ago the. Pennsylvania Rail Ropd,,Company asked of, the-Legislature u phaifter.to build a Bail Road from Philadelphia to Pittsburg, the most of. the distance to ha loads along the. line of public works owned by , the .Common wealth. 'The friends .of .’the State .objected to the granting of the charter, upon, the ground.thait sucb.rt road as contemplated would greatly'im pair the Talus of ;the State ®prks-—that. Ilia Slate had- expended many millions to build these public works end that tltey could nut consent to giving powers to a private corpora tion which would; materially -redaCe the revc* nues of the State}. } Finally a compromise was effected, andjike-mjany other compromises, was only made to be broken, The right was given to the Company to build the Road, and in con sideration therefor was to. s pay over to the Commonwealth- three mills per mile, on every ton of freight that passed over the Company, paid up the Tax I think, 1857. Since then, until last winter she had neglected or refused to pay, - and the amount' of accrued tax'was about $BOO,OOO, when the jp£nple" wire astonished at a BUI be ing offered hot onli to repeal the three mill tax, but to abate the large ammmt aluady due ■the Stole* 1 , And What is stranger still, and, what has be become a. matter of history, the Bill did pass both houses, and received the approval of the. Executive. A stopn !of indignation went up in many portions of the State, against, the ,pas- ' sage of such an act—an act which took tens of milliona of Dollars from the revenues of the State and transferred over to the pockets . of a private Corporation. The vote, upon the Bill, Upon its final passage, be re garded as a party vote; Democrats, and Re publicans voted for it in about equal'numbers, and then went homo td their constituents, to disenss the peculiar beauties of the scbejhe, Bnt atasl strange to tell and fatal for the aspl-' rations of their Legislators, the good people on the second Tuesday of October failed to see the, " merit”‘ m the Bill; (They say hero tha) thp, word “ merit” has a peculiar signification which it would be a slander to the Legislature, to give) and as I stated jn iny letter’ of last’ week, but one Representative that voted for the Bill outside of Philadelphia has been returned here this winter. 1 Of course, such being the feeling, the mem bers'of the present House, jaro opposed to the repeal of the tax, and bavejtaken the necessary steps to render null and void, the action of- the 1 last Lcgilature. A'resolution was introduced to inquire into the means by which it'"was passed; and a Bill has been introduced to repeal the Apt, and if the inquiry amounts to what - the friends of the Resolution expect, I do not see why they cannot repeal-the act of last win ter upon’ all legal and moral grounds. 1 The opponents of the repeal, allege, lam ~ informed, thatSsoD.ooo were paid to procure the passage .of the Bill. l That members of the' Legislature, wero offered and paid from $2,000 to $20,000 for their votes. That members who bad opposed the bill up to the hour of its final passage, suddenly turned 1 favorites and went for it. These are only 1 the allegations—wheth er they are true or false, may be developed by - the contemplated investigation. But if one half of the current talk is truer the present Legislature baa a clear right to repeal the act ' of last winter, and more than one man that claims respectability, ought to be in the peni tentiary. It is one of the first principles, if, law,that a “fraud vitiates all contracts,-'’and, of: tho Agents of the Commonwealth, went beyond tho powers given to thom, and for some “pieces of silver,” allowed themselves l}o be brought‘Op in the market, and gave the revenues of the people to=s soulless corporation, it jis clearly such a fraud-as they have a right to be., heard upon., and the Company harp no right to com plain. “No man can take advantage of iis own wrong,”,and if they, such contemptible bribery, procured the passage of an Act, they cannot, add ought not to complain if their ill gotten law is repealed, and the alleged, corpup tion laid before the world," j Tfure are some plausible arguments for the repeal of the tonnage tax, a,hd members may have voted honestly, bat if Any voted for-the Sill and received moksf therefor, they are as much a traitor to the Government, and as rich ly deserve hanging, as Jeff Davis & Co. The only difference is, one has courage—the other has notl One is manly enough to come up boldly and defy the Government, and by vio lence. tear dqwn, trail in the I dust ouf national - flag,,. The other, cowardly, comes up behind, under the guise of a friend, and steals the life blood-of the State. jltisto be hoped that wa may have a rigid in- . vestigation, jet.it hit where it may. The Honae. oij Thursday, raise the Committee of investigation, only one, member, Mr. Denni? ,of Philadelphia, voting-against it. Speaker Rowe, appointed the following gentle men members of the Committee, Hopkins of Washington, Strang of Tioga, Ryon of kill, Alexander of Indiana and Crane of Wayne, Hopkins and Ryon, are Democrats ; Strang and Alexander, Republicans, and Crane is a Dnioq Democrat. The Committee 1 are to commence operations next’week, and liwill beep you'in formed'of. their developments, , A Resolution has passed the Senate unani mously, instructing our Senators in Congress . to'Vote for the expulsion ,of Bright. It will come-up in House early nest week, where. ; I bespeak for it; some opposition. Tbo-dsy it passed the Senate, the House refused to-takeit... up hy-a-vots.of 52 to 39. I . v T(ia weather is.' oi;' fine, end eloighing. good. ■ -»dn tho country. FrtLys. Ijt HABBIBBBBG. xhc Agltnior. v • XLvrrisbusg, Feb. 1, 1862, ■