f I „ {-
or opinion.
- * Wbifoair Ihok back as far nsthtweycars and
'tpvDftnnisto the prestige of slaverjf as if then
atood, ostensibly with the moral support of the
ratiun, in the' attitude of constitutional - su-
premacy. all'its fastenings clinched long
-usage, and, we may say, eanoiifieifliy,'the im
posing forms of -religion, and then - iirn to look
im its’ present crumbling aspeols. its ••■Case
mates"- torn, ppeh. its walls levelv-ith the sea,
and the’negro standing full,armed; under, the
national '.flag, a man and a soldier—who can
contemplate this marvellous change and say;,
-that the President would hare done better to
have dune 'differently ! We. hffilirs ns
they are! Facts are moreinfluentialilhan the
ories. The bayonet -to day, in t( s /hands of
the black slave.of yesterday! Theie is. a-gos
pel in the fact tbatcaoaot be improved by, dis
, potation. : . ■ .
Slavery, technically and coaflitationally 1 ,
etilt exists" In five of the old
action of the government has not?been to de
utrtiy at, but rather ti> stand by and-see that
no meddling hand'has, touched it* mortar.—
"Hj : inherent decomposition its-mortar- has
-crumbled; and the stones that we re the chief
(ifdw-«trneift »rg fatten , apart. Ttcbnical and
slavery is 'an exploded shell;
bcforS it* fusp i was ignited , it vj ski a terrifio
jind:fearful instrument; but n«Wf iwfrag
foSnU dtje: around,' harmless find
Nut a/thousand Taneya can re;tore its old
shdpe, 'liota thousand constitutions can re
eempaet it in its old body. |a>lhical dugs
orecs.ising to fight over ire bones.-; ii
f \ economically and commercially, is
as dead •*« an? Egyptian motnpiy.v-We see,,
with'more dough ter than astonish hent, “ atro
cious-Judges’! wrapping fold on'Void of their
intellectual cloth around the b|»ofc carcass,
.and! smoothing and parting iheir'.msnuscrfpts
about' it; as the priesw.of Sesosris; did' with
the disgusting bodies now encased;in.Barnum’s
‘Museum. Bui will that keep itwj them out of
- their death-niches? They will together
longer, because types are more enduring tnan
pyramids. Labor, the foot is, as It now stands
’created hy the Freedmen’s hands, has killed ail
the theories of the slavery, .economists. Haw
stands labor to-day ? The. President of the
i United States'is the oversee;; of the! vast field
of black muscle, commanding it to Stork with
his rblce, defending it against, oppression by
bis arms, investing iVwitfa manhood,by bis ed
icts, and enlightening it with knowledge by
his schools. lie has given, it ajjsword, to he’
henceforth the companion of tie -'hoe.. He
jSjk to the cotton of the alave-flel Is t‘* wither,”
padTo that of the free oegpo ”, bl’iom?” and It
J is ns ho says, - ,
' It was natural that the Ihctrtry-dwners of
Manchester should howl their disappointment
at the stoppage of their cotton, market, which,
so long Jtept down at, the same time' the moral
sense pT-England and America.. But' that
point also" is turned, never to trouble us'again.
The commercial, prestige of Slavery in Eng
land is demulirbed. Her econtanists ore ex
ploring new fields for raising theibrein Africa,
•asPrance is' in Mexico, with wfjatever result,
sfilltu.the gain of. free labor. Mjjlh peace and
/ order restored the negro of the Jjlijifed States,
having possession of unequalled sail in his in
digenous latitudes, end already inonter of the
culture, will keep bis market tfie first ■in the'
.world; ./The genius of ihe“ Yankee” will sab
sutute'machinf-fy for hand-iabot', good imple
ments .for’ had, intelligence for 'Stupidity, and
superiority of, cotton to oil other tissues
-will net long .be left without 'fjemonstraiion.
That miserable system *of forced labor- ytbicb
made it inevitable fur the' South to,Jail into pe
riodical bankruptcy will nulongcr’hang about
the neck of northern ctiimnercdtinvolving it in
5U twvn' failure. 1 : •
Slavery, stand* at the' door* b-f pur national
treasury to tip bought up! Shiifl.'we boy it?
"If eo, and it shall appear in ;n fed short months
that iheseUera of it ora the riclier'fur being rid
~f it, get mote-'produce'from -their lands, live
'more: securely and happily, enjoy more com
forts and luxuries, for what,shall we Imre taxed
future generations with'an oppressive debt?
If we buy nut slavery let us have o lien on the
trade. If the masters quadriiple jhe value on
their lands which Jhey have' parted with in
selling their slaves, ehall we swell our na
tional debt—more properly their -debt, by giv
ing them a bonus of some, hundred* of mill
ions ? But have w-e not already,paid the states
of Missouri, Rentucky, Tennessee, Maryland
and Delaware,' twice or thriqjs the-value of
jheir slaves in the cost of tlieVfdefence against
the rebellion ? What then dulwe. owe them?
nod if nhyltung, dt what market rate f Are
their negroes td be priced on the marketas it
Stood before" the., rebellion, oifon the market
riow ? Vfhal is ifee price of slave” on the
21st day l of November, 1863 ? Iff there a “ slave”
in the Unitedh'Stales "dtfackff No—we have
JtoW only -men and soldiers, labor.' wages, and
■markets, with the flag of liberty waving over
thebi.— Ecettfng Pott.
Dismal AsfiiciPAitoNs of irnis RentLS.—A
gentleman who was formerly ettjthr of-a “ dem
ocratic” newspaper in New Jersey, and a inem
ber of the 1 legislature of that‘state, but wdio
was at the South w-fien the rebellion Common
cod. and bos remained there averisinoe, serving
for a tints in the rebel nnpy, two.weeks since
made bis’ .Way north; going |to. New Jersey,
Where he is said to have liad aipiivute interview
with so&ne of the opposition finders. Hie ac
count of lho cotrdition of affairs! at the South
is said jtu have been dismal in the extreme; the
rebellion could' not: possibly, lie said, bold out
another season; the’people? were convinced
that, the North could nut be ■beste.h, and were
losing heart; dissatisfaction With Jeff. Davis
. was becoming, general, and be added that the’
only safety, for the people of (fie Revolted states
Was inthe overthrow of the, despotism which
nqw oppresses them, by tbs' triumph every
where of the federal arms. '!lej told his New
'Jersey friends, moreover, - tbat;thjey must stop
their cry for peace; that thep own safety,
their'.personal interests, demanded now the
. success of the. government, ijsid.,it was sheer
madness to seek'any other retjblt.)
The-gentleman thus exhibiting the niter
hopdtaesness of the rebel cause was a firm be
liever in secession and the ability of the South
to maintain its position,; he . pis no sympathy
ut altwuh northern ideas, afcd his confessions,
therefore, are to be ns the result of
profound convictions eutorctid upon'him by
personal observation and oxpsirience.— Evening
■f- ,Tjjs Georgia Legislature- gave adopted reso-
Jotiun» ; pledging ii>e State to fighting for
. Stscesawn to the last*,Bishop' plUutt of Georgia,
.recently- preached ueermurfat^nTahnah,,urg-'
* ing death »the Ja(kdUch--»Jt6eT than submis
sion to the "laMel the Kprth. 1
THE AGITATOR.
JI. H. COBB.BDXTOB-AHD PBOPEIETOB.
v WEIXSBOpOUCH, PENN’At
WEDNESDAY,: : : DECEMBBR.23, 1863,
TSE V. S. SAIfITABy COMMISSION.
Perhaps the greatest exhibition-of thepower
and constancy of human charity that the world
has. ever seen, is afforded in the great work of
the U; S. -Sanitary Commission. Had-thls war
done nothing more to purify! develop and exalt
this nation than the historian, will copy from
the annals of this great and efficient enterprise,
it wbnld ,not have bean in vain.
- Though man ccfnsiders himself, and is .very
generally acknowledged to be, the head and
front pf all public enterprise, in so fat, as the
' success of this great Commission is concerned
he must yield the palm to gentler woman. It
is to her,ever overflowing sympathies and wil
ling hands, that the suffering defenders of the
/Government owe their chief comforts,and con
isolations while occupying beds, of sickness in
the hospitals. - To ber they have leained to
look ns the source of that brood, and seemingly
inexhaustible charity, which has nibbed the
hospital of its/ofii terrors, and softened the
pangs of dy.ingJawny from' home and friends.
She has proved to the world that the sublime
heroism of Florence - Nightingale has its coun
terpart with the women of America. Future
generations will deduce their origin from the
-women of this time as proudly as this genera
tion r traces its genealogy up to Plymouth
Kook.
But' woman con go little farther than the
leal of enthusiasm » and manual labor prove
sufficient agents. The popular purse ia not
hers to open or close at will. The avails of
wealth are not generally hers to investor
scatter. Man is the business creator and con
ductor of the .world. It is certain, therefore,
that without bis full co-operation the Ladies
Aid Societies of the North cannot be properly
sustained.
Our object in writing'this article is to urge
a more hearty and constant co-operation of the
whole people’withont reference to sex; We are
informed by Indies of high social standing and
officers of high grade in the Sanitary Commis
sion, that fur some months past there has been
a serious falling off in the contributions to the
Aid fund.- Not only this, bat the supplies of
produce, and delicacies provided for hospital
use, have greatly lessened. This ought not to
be true, but undoubtedly is true, and greatly to
be deplored.
We are now entering upon a herd and piti
less winter. The number of sick soldiers will
increase, because exposure, and insufficient
protection from the rigors of winter, always
tend to fill the hospitals. The demand for hos
pital supplies, then, will increase greatly. And
unless the men who bold the purse come for
ward and give, liberally and constantly, much
suffering to our noble soldiers ia inevitable.
One half of the success of every enterurise
is owed to the energy and wisdom of its direc
tors ; the remaining half is owed to the con
stancy and heartiness with which that enter-,
prise is sustained by the capital behind it.‘
Our only wonder is, that the constant self-sac
rifice of the women of the North has not
worked discouragment when the purse-holders
have withheld their co-operation. It is a fact
which speaks volumes -fur the traditional con
stancy of woman, that through these periods of
financial costiveness she boa not lost heart
altogether.
Friends—here is an evil. How shall we en
courage the women-folks to prosecute their
labor of love- for the Soldier and his family ?
Fur we must not forget thffl families of the ab
"sent soldi*. These work# of charity mast go
hand in hand. Ottp-ptfTse-strings must he re
laxed. and apple bins, must be
held sot jeet to draft for the common benefit.
Oar stock of dried fruitroust be put at tbe.dis
posal of these Aid Societies,- We must keep
the contributing stream constant and copious.
■’ What do we ask? Only ihtft all men hasten
to cast their bread.,.upon the waters, not,only
to-day, but to-morrow, and to-morrow, and to
morrow. It will return to us after many days,
' To do this is to invest superfluous wealth in
bonds registered and countersigned in heaven.
It is a cull to duty, not to extravagance ; an
appeal to the patriotism, which can endure tax
ation, conscription, and privation, even, if that
be necessary.
As to the uses of theso gifts’—we have.seen
theptin the hospitals in and around Washing
ton. But we know as much more from unva
rying report. These gifts da reach the soldier, 1
and they ore appreciated. Wo do not believe
that of one per cent of them fail (if
reaching their destination. !
, Is this great struggle for national life, man,
the Individual, is of very little account. The
result of the contest, while it involves the lives
of thousands of individuals* will prove the sal
vation and redemption of the race. i
In such a contest tbs man who thinks to
arrest the progress of events that he may grind
bia as, and secure to himself name, fame, and
fortune, will probably get trampled underfoot.
To the mass of men, who - are really - desirous
of gte hettermenf of the world, it matters little
whether A, B, and C, are elevated to the pici
nacle of their respective ambitions, or not. If
to elevate -them promises to farther the cause
of universalfreedoro, then they will be uplifted.
And -jf not, not. i
In this light;.tbs suicide of Oeo. B. McClel
lan scarcely creates a ripple in the, even cur
rent of public' sentiment. In this light, the
still-born advent ofany public..character Into
the politioal world excites bat e days comment,
thenii forgotten. Jhe pec pis Ease an initinc-
XH E TIOG A CO C EXTAGXTAXOR.
tiv» faith in fhe appearing of the Tight men in
the right placet the proper time. • They do
not rex themselves about the next President,
since the; are- determined tbat-no cowardly
traitor shall be that man. Politicians will stir
up the waters, and epdeavor to fix the matter
long'ln advance of the time for its adjustment.
Bat like meet of their plans as relating to this
war, these plans will fail.
, Wo have an . easy task to do, and a strait
road to travel.. We have, as freemen, nothing
better te do (ban to do right. Impossibilities
are hot required of ns. The unity of this na
' tion is the only object for which we are asked
to-labor. With that attained the rest will fol
low. Slavery is dead as a system. The bubble
-of Southern decency and honor is bnrstod for
ever. There are no side issues—no more occa
sion to apoligiza for telling the . troth, or for
doing right.
. The schemes of wicked ond heartless men
most be frustrated, or the war will--be brought
home to every man’s door. Freemen—are you
rosdyto renewtho contest for the supremscy
of law and order?
BDITOBIAI, COBBBBPONDENCB.
Washington, December 10,1863.
' The crowning section of Crawford’s statue
of America waS put fap on Wednesday, 2d inst.,
at noon. This ceremony was witnessed by
many . thousands, and w as most boisterously
cheered. The statue, which is of bronze, 19
feet 6 inches in height, ond weighing 15000
pounds, appears of the size of a girl of a doz
en years in its elevated position. It stands
287 feet above the basement floor of the Capi
tol and more than 350 abovn the Potomac level.
The lantern which it surmounts (called the
-tholus) is to bo lighted by an electro-magnetio
light.
When finished, the Capitol will be the most
magnificent building.in the world. It is a
wonder of marble. The eastern front of the
Senate wing is progressing finely toward com
pletion. The sculptured history of Civiliza
tion, by Crawford, has been raised to its place
on the pediment of (his front, .The marble
monoliths, with their elaborate (lutings and
gorgeous capitals are oil in place. The wotk
on the Bouse front is not so far progressed.
There is some delay in transportation from the
quarries.
Barring the passage from the Douse to the
Rotunda, are ,the colossal bronze doors, con
taining, in high relief, the allegory of maritime
discovery. These are the greatest. of the
grand things in the Capitol. They are not
ready to swing, the workmen now being en
gaged in finishing them. They were designed
by an Italian and executed in bronze by some
German in Munich. I cannot undertake a
description of these wonderful doors. Some
things are possible; but to describe these, is
not possible.
A most sihgular, and all the more singular
because universal, mistake, touching the crown
ing statue of the dome ought to be mentioned
and corrected. Every newspaper in the land
names the statue the Goddess of Liberty. The
fact is that it is the statue of America, so con
ceived, modeled, executed, and named by Craw
ford ; and so known in the appropriation bit!
antbbrizing its purchase. But it has been bap
tized “ the Goddess of Liberty” by the Bohe
mians, who.bave only to coll chalk cheese, and
it becomes cheese for all time. M. 11. C.
Washington, December 11, 1803.'
The Message of. the President is the ail en
grossing topic of conversation in nil circles.
Among out and out unconditional Union men
there is but one voice as regards its foreshad
owing of the policy to be pursued in the future.
And that voice is commendatory.
The Proclamation, which forms «n appendix
to the message, has infused life, and hope, and
new vigor into the hearts of loyalists hereabout.
No class of men are more delighted than the
Border State Loyalists,' They see in the proc
lamation an earnest of peace, permanent and
practicable reconstruction. Hr, Lincoln has
unquestionably committed himself to the utter
abolition of Slavery as a system. And one of
the effects of the successful prosecution of the
war will be to set free every bondman in the
territory occupied by our armies.
Thus the nation goes forward on the path of
destiny. Its progress may seem slow to the
impatient; but human ■ progress is ever slow
and deliberate. Those who grumble. at the
seeming tardiness of the government in adopt
ing efficient measures far the suppression of the
rebellion, must remember that ages upon ages
came -and passed away, before the earth was
Gttted to become the habitation of man. The
law of universal motion operates to produce a
strict uniformity in revolution and periodicity.
Shorten the solar year a single day and the
system would rush backward into chaos. The
law of advance is graven) upon steel: and whs
ever pleases to examine the record will find
that he is chiding the Almighty for ordaining
harmony in universal law.
The Message, as a State paper, is superior to
its predecessors, and takes rank with the high
est of State papers’. Judge Holt says it-5a ore
of the finest papers ever, 1 given to the American
public. The reader will fail to discover in it
any of that special pleading which so disfigured
the messages of Pieriie and Buchanan. ' It
contains nothing superfluous,' no straining
after effect, no appeal to the partisan feelings
of the people. I twill, create for. him hosts of
acute friends and! admirers where before be
-found only toleration, or at best, was yielded
qualified praise.; And. juigin'g fronj common
speech, Abraham Lincoln is overwhelmingly
the choice of the loyal people. M. H. 0.
Wxshmcios, December 12,1863.
Among thif ablest Department Reports, not
only fox 1963, bnt for the last three-qouter* of
a .century, : is that of Mr* Chase, the able and
accomplished Secretary of the Treasury. The
subject of finance is’ exhaustively discussed,
and‘a fair and inteliigaWe exhibit of the state
of ftm. finances . is..likewise made.. The aeon.-,
racy of bis estimates of 1862 proves to l be won
derful indeed. The Report itself would jnst
about occupy six pages of “/The Agitator,”
and thus puts it out pi our power to publish it
entire. Not is - that neceasary, The result of
financial operations is about ail that the pnbtio
cares to know, and these results may be briefly
stated.
' We learn from this report that the total re
ceipts during the fiscal year 1863, was $124,-
443,313,29. The total ordinary expenditures
for the year were $108,040,123,96.—-leaving,a
balance of $16,397,189,33, applicable fo extra
ordinary expenditures, nr a sinking fund.
Had the war ended.before the Ist of July, 1862,
there wonld therefore have beep a balance last-
July-of more than sixteen millions spplicable
(6 the reduction of the public debt.
! Taking the same estimates for a basis of cal-1
oblation, had the, war closed previous to:the ‘
first of last July, there would have remained
an unexpended balance in the Treasury of |
more than four millions, applicable to the re-j
duction of the pnbiic debt. This is interest
ing, as showing, that amid the exigencies cre
ated by a state of w“kr, the revenues of the
Government have more than sufficed to meet
current expenses, including the interest on the
pttblie debt. In this connexion, I wish to call
attention to the fact that Mr. Buchanan’s ad- j
ministration not only expended all the revenues, I
from all sources, but increased the public in- j
debtedness about ten millions per year on the
average. This fact must seem doubly humili
ating to the faction which opposes tbs Admin
istration, as the first three and three-quarter
years of Buchanan’s term were years of pro
found peace.
I also desire tocall attention to the fact, that
thoogh certain demagogues strove to frighten
the people of Tioga with a cock-and-bull story
about their-$300,000 annual quota of interest
on the public debt, that quota, more or less, has
been paid fur 1863. 1 desire to ask the fiercest
grumbler of them all how much of this sum
of $25,000,000 he wascafied upon to pay. If
a man loses aught, he ought to bo able to spe
cify the sumi in some way. I may add that
each man will continue to find the interest on
the public debt paid annually, with about the
same reference to him in a direct manner.
It is estimated that the public debtwill
amount to $1,086,956,641,44 on the 30th of
June 1864. The estimated amount of the pub
lic debt on the 30th of June 1865, is $2,231,-
935,190,37. ; ;
The people of the United States loaned to
the Governinent daring the year ending June
30,1863, the enormous sum of $776,082,361,57.
We apprehend that‘the people have declared
for the maintenance of Uuioji in this loan. It
does not look much like an abandonment of the
cause of universal freedom. Docs it?
. M. 11. C.
_ Wsstnxo'jds, December 15, 1863.
I have an overwhelmmg desire to write of
that which seems to mo ajtery great evil under
tbe sun.
Por the benefit of hundreds who have little
experience in the ways of this metropolis this
is intended. Perhaps it will do no good. Cer :
tainly it will benefit no man or woman who
persists in judging the manner of doing things
here, by tbe’mode of doing things in the coun
try.
Now there are many places in Washington.
The salaries range from $6OO up to $lBOO.
For many of these places there are, to-day', not
less than one hundred applicants. It raudt ap
pear clear to every raw person that ninety-nine
of these applicants for each place will fail.
Who will eueceedf It is very easy to an
swer this question. Ha will succeed, and he
alone, who has a member of Congress to make
his a special case. Nut one in a thousand can
succeed otherwise.
'The reason of this rule is plain, and like
wise just. A member of Congress represents
a district. He is presumed to be informed
concerning the wishes of the people of bis dis
trict, and to know best who, of all the appli
cants from his district is best qualified or best
entitled to the place.
Therefore, be warned in time. Unless you
have the entire strength of your member of
Congress, stay at home, save your money, and
be happy. Don't come here on the .reccom
mendation .of any live man who cannot com
mand a place. Uis opinion is not worth a
straw. If you come on such assurances you
will find yourselves in very hot water, and
probably have to borrow money to get home
with.
A place worth $l2OO per annum here is not
so good as ‘ $l2 per month and found" in Tioga.
Another thing: If I wanted to send o wo
man to perdition X would' urge her to come to
Washington and take a place in some depart
ment. That is a ehort road to tell, and the
way -is scrupulously clear Af obstructions.
None but the most independent, and, self
poised woman can endure the trial; and none
can avoid the suspicion of evil, unless she has
a brother, in the same bureau. I know that
this suspicion is unjust, : and cruel; but un
just,. and cruel, and false as it may be it.
attaches itself. to the woman and lets ber.down'
in public esteem.
' If I bad a boy old enough to comprehend the
means' of ruin, I would bring him here, and
disgust his soul with the evil that Walks these
streets in the broad gleam of noon!- Then be
should - go home to the country, and learn by
contrast to love virtue and- excellence fox their
supernal beaOty.- ,
All these etila. end shames have their cor
responding excesses in sii popaioQi towns, it it
traev But the political eenteW of thh country
do moist abound in them. Washington isno
Worse than Harrisburg, save in degree.-
- Good people, friends, fellow-citizens : -Do I
more, or less, than is. incumbent,uponma na a
bumble conservator of the public weal, in
writing these things? .
.Youngman—young woman—there is knowl
edge which can render you not wiser, but su
premely miserable.- If you will be advised by
one who never knew how stately was the maj
esty- of virtue until he beheld the swift des
truction into which vice burls its victims, yon
will accept this little, truth:
Happy the man of small desires,
With whatsoe'er be hath, content;
Who to no greater thing aspires
Than Heaven hath lent. M. H. C.
Washington, December 18,186 j.
Whether owing to climatio influence, or'to a
literal reading of the signs of the times, I
know not; but the fact that'the factious Oppo
sition to the war policy of the Government has
sensibly decreased in vigor and in volume, can
not be denied. The Government, has upward
of forty majority in the House on test ques
tions, and very nearly a totality in the Senate.
The speech of Beverdy Johnson of Mary
land, in reply to Senator. Davis of Kentucky,
day before yesterday,” consternated the pro
slavery Senatorovas a 13-incb bomb shell might
consternate a squad of | unsuspecting soldiery.
The occasion was the calling up of a resolution
by Senator Davis, which called upon the Gov
ernment to abandon its work of arming the
negroes, and to resume exchange without re
gard to black soldiers held as prisoners by the
rebels. Mr. Davis denounced the use of ne
groes ,(ot war purposes as unconstitutional.
His remarks savored of the garrulity of
dotage, and of contact with the conservative
Convention lately held at Cincinnati, of which
he was a prominent member, Mr Davis is the!
organ of McClellan in the D. S. Senate.
When Senator Johnson'arose to reply, “the
Senate proposed to give him an undivided au
dience. Powell and Saulsbury left their seats
and took places near the Vice-President, more
nearly faoing the Speaker. All parties crowd
ed near the Senator, whose ability and unde
clared position lent interest to the .words
about to be spoken, lie proceeded to state the
caae, and then fell upon the superficial argu
ments of Senator Davis as tbe eagle swoops
upon the quarry. Ha left no point of the con
stitutional argument untouched. “ The Sen
ator,” said he, “ declares the employment of
negro soldiers unconstitutional. But negro
soldiers were employed to aid in repelling in
vasion during the war of 1812; and tbe-olause
empowering Congress to raise and support ar
mies to repelinvasion, also empowers Congress
to raise armies to suppress insurrection, and
no prescription ns to the color of the soldiers
to be employed is made. Therefore, it is left
discretionary with tbe Government; and as it
was not held unconstitutional to employ colored
troops to repel invasion in 1812-13, bo it can
not be held unconstitutional to employ them to
suppress insurrection in 1802-3. If it be said
that the Constitution'does not specially em
power tbe President to employ colored troops,
it certainly dojes.not, even by inference, forbid
him to do so.. And Congress has, by enact
ment, fully empowered him to do so. There
fore the Executive has dune what he has done
by special 'directions of Congress.
“ If it besaid” he continued, “ that the negro
is.a chattel, under tbe Constitution he is also a
person. The three-fifths representative is based
upon his quality as a person.”
In-eonolusioh', he said that once brought into
the military service of the country, it was 1 not
in the power of! the Government to return the
negro to his former master. The moment bo
became a defender, be became free. Fur this
he felt to thaqk God. Slavery, he'said, was
indefensible either upon moral, religious, po
litical, or economic grounds. It was a relic
of barbarism, and must die.
When be toqk his seat the Union Senators
crowded around to congratulate him. Butl did
not either Powell, Saulsbury, Wright,
Hendricks, or Buckalew in the crowd. They
chewed the bitter cud of defeat and looked
black as thunder-clouds.
| Congress is not doing a great deal. The
‘ Committees have been formed and are at work,
j 1 doubt if they !wiil send much work up until
■ after New-Year. The conscription law is likely
j to be thoroughly overhauled, and amended, as
it ought to be. j 1 doubt if some of the amend
ments proposed: will make it more acceptable,
but they will render the measure more effective.
In the H iuae, our Member, Hr, Hale, has
been put at the head of one of the most im
portanTCummiftees —the Committee on Claims.
He is one of the few industrious men in the
House. Having business with him-yesterday,
I found him in the corridor, surrounded by a
crowd of fifteen or twenty men. He told me
afterward that every man of the crowd wanted
a place. • \
1 apprehend there is not much pleasure in
being a member of Congress.' H. H. C.
WAR NEWS.
A. dispatch from Cumberland 6ap of the
16th inst. says that a portion of Lungstreet's
army, on the 14tb, attacked the Union advance
at Beane’s, station, and captured 22 loads of
Quartermaster's stores also, that Gen. Wil
oux,had.fallen back to Tazewell, and was for
tifying.. Alater dispatch, of the .same day,
says that the Union citizens are leaving'Knox
ville, and going: in. the direction of Big Creek
Gap. Fighting was in progress nt Bloir’s
Cross-Roads. ,
Upon the arrival of the Chesapeake at Halli
fax, N. S., intense excitement prevailed, and a
ctowd at once rescued the pirates. The Brit
ish Government!, officials, who attempted to
hold, them, .seized by prominent citizens
and prevented] from performing tbeir duty*
The pirates ali cecaped-and were Sent off out
of danger of JoHher molestation. Five United
State* oSipi-of-war wen lying off the harbor—,
the Niagara, Dacotab, Plla and Annie, Acacia
and Columbia. They coaid render no ugltv
anoe, and immediately prepend to leare. The 1
Chesapeake will be banded, orer to the .United
States antboritle*. Dispatches from
say that the rescue bos excited the town be
yond measure, and that the Provincial Got-'
eminent w|U make every effort to recapture
the criminals. Mr. Johnson, the engineer of
the Chesapeake; whom ,the pirated impressed
in their service,'famishes a' statement of (he
movements of the' Vessel while she was in
their possession, Their brief career seems In'
have been about equally divided between hunt'
ing pp supplies of coal, and devising means to*
escape the inevitable gunboats. .
During the march of oar troops from Chst- -
tanooga against Longstfeet at Knoxville, Gian-'
ger’s corps got in advance of Longstreet'e am*'
unition train, while Howard’s corps war ntf
tbe rear. There being no escape for the
t.raio, 40 loads of amanition and two looomo-'
fives were run into tbe river at London.
5-20’S
u. s.
THE Seerfitary of the Tressary has not yet given
notice of any intention to withdraw this popular
Luan from Sale at Par, and until ten days notice It
given, the undersigned, as “ General Subscription
Agent, n will continue.to supply, the public..
The whole amount of the Loan authorised Is Five
Hundred Millions of Dollars. Nearly Four Hundred
Millions have been already subscribed for and paid
into tbe Treasury, mostly within the last seven*
months. The large demand from abroad, dnd tbo
rapidly increasing home demand for use as the basis
for circulation hy National Banking Associations now
organizing in all parts of the country, will, in k very
short period, absorb the balance. 3~Sales have'lately
ranged from ten to fifteen millions weekly, frequently,
exceeding, three millions daily,- and* as it is yjejl
known that tbe Secretary of the Treasury has
and unfailing resources in the Duties on Import* and
Internal Revenues, and in the issue of the Interest
bearing Legal Tender Treasury Notes, It is almost a
certainty that ho will not find it necessary, for a long
time to come, to,seek a market for. any other long or
permanent Loan#, The Interest and Principal of which
are payable in Gold.
.Prudence and self interest ttTdst force the minds of
those contemplating the formation of National Baokr
ing Associations, as well ns tbe minds of all whe have
idle money on their bands, to the prompt conclusion
that they should lose no time in subscribing to this
most popular Loan. It will soon be beyond their
reach, and advance to a handsome premium, as was.
the result with the “ Seven Thirty" Loan, when it
was all sold and could no longer be subscribed for at
par. . - ■ 1
It was a Six per Cent Loan, the Interest and Prin
cipal payable In Coin, thus yielding over Nine per
Cent, per annum at tho present rate of premium on
coin. ; ■
The Government inquires all duties on imports to bo
paid in Coin ; these duties have Jot a long lime put
amounted to over a Quarter of-ft Millionof Dollars
doily, a sum nearly three times greater than th&t re*
qaired la ‘be payment-of the interest on all the
&-20> and other permanent Loans. So that it is
hoped that the surplus Coin in the Treasury, st no
distant day i will enable, the United States to resume
specie payments upon all liabilities.
The LosiWl called-5-20 from the fact that whilst
the,Bonds may run for2o years, yet the Government
has a right to pay them off in .Gold at par, atony
time after 5 years.
The Interest. Ufpid. half-yearly, rts: on the first
days-of November and May
-Subscribers can hare Coupon Bonds,.which are .
payable -to bearer, and are $5O, $160,5500, and $1000;
or Registered Bpnds of same 'denomination#, and in
addition, $51000,' and $lO,OOO. Tor Baiting purpo.
ses and for investments of Trust-monies the Regis
tered Bonds are preferable.
These 5-20 ls cannot be taxed by States, cities,
towns, or counWs, nod the Government tax os tbcm
is, only one*aoa a half per cent., on the amount of
income,when the inebme ef thb holder exceeds Shs
Hundred dollars per annum,* all other investments,
such as income from Mortgages, Railroad Stock and
Bonds, etc,, must pay from three to five per etui lax
on (he income.
Banka and Bankers throughout the Country will
continue to dispose of the Bonds ; and all orders by
\paTl, or otherwise, promptly attended to.
The inconvenience of a few days' delay in the de
livery of the Bonds is unavoidable, the demand being
so great; hut as interest commences from the day of
subscription, no loss is occasioned, and every effort U
being made to dismiss the delay.
JAY COOKE, Subscription Agent,
114 South Third Street, Philadelphia.
Philadelphia, No*. 25, 1863.-Stl !
r>B. JACKSON,
THE CELEBRATED
REFORM DOT AHC
AJ&T> -
Indian Physician,
OF ERIE CITY, PBNN’A,,
Mag be Consulted at follow*-~-Free of Charge.
Cameron, N. Y,, Briggs House,'
n ' - Tuesday, Jam 5,186 -
Ratbbonvillo, N. Y., Ratbbon Bouse,.
Wednesday, Jan. 6, 1864.
Addison, N. T., Doolittle House,
Thursday, Jan. 7, 3864.
TIOGA, Pa-, Johnston House, Friday,.Jan. 8,1864.
WELLSBOBO, Pa,, U. 8. Hotel,
Saturday and Sundav, and 10, 1864.
BLOSSBUKG, Pa., Halls Hotel’, ;
' Monday, Jan. 11,1864.
Corning, N. Y., Dickinson House,
Tuesday, Jan. 12, 1864-
Bath, N. Y., Union Hotel, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 1864.
Elmira, N. Y’., Braiuard House,
Weduesday, Jan. 20, 1864.
TROT, Pa., Troy House, Thursday, Jan. 21, 1864.
Havana, N. Y., Montour House,
■ Friday, Jan. 22, 1864.-
Watkins, N. Y., Jefferson House, : -
Saturday and Sunday. Jan.'23-and 24, 3864.
Dundee, N. Y., Ellis House, Monday, Jan.;2s, 1864.
Penn Yan, N. Y., Benbam House,'. •.
Tuesday, Jan. 26,1564.
Canandaigua, N. Y., Webster Uoulb,
Wednesday, Jan. 27, 1864*
Thom Suffering from Chronic Diacaao,
of any description may be assured that their cates
will be treated fairly and candidly, and they will not
be encouraged to cake my medicine without a corres
ponding prospect of benefit. / '
Dr. Jackson can be consulted at his Booms, in re
gard to ail diseases, which he treats with unprece
dented success, on a new system, fie cares Chronic
cases of diseases, which bafce been pronounced twen*
rtilU bjy the Medical Faculty generally; sneb as Ner
vous and Kenralglc Affections, Diseases of Womens’
Paralysis, Epilepsy, Asthma, 'Salt Rheum,* Remittent
and Intermittent Fevers, tho diseases of Children, etv
AU cases Seminal which is carrying
tboasaqds. to the grave annually. 1
Remember the. Doctor does not promise to cure slf
stages of diseases. While all diseases are curable, il
taken in 'season, all stages are not. Your cose may be
curable 't\is week, not next —to-day, not to-morrow/
hence the danger of delay.
fSSf* Coneultutiong Free, ' -
DUtant Invalided —Patients unable to visit Dr. J*
by appointment, can communicate their symptoms by
letter, and have proper medicines sent to any part of
the world by express, with certainty and dispstsS'
All letters of inquiry mast contain one stamp to pr*"
pay reply. Address Dr. A. C. Jackson, Erie, Pennw
Box 30. Dec. 2,1363.
CAUTION.
WHEREAS, my wife, PHILENA Z. WEBS, &»>
left my feed and board without any jttrt w®#
or provocation, j I hereby caution all pertoDMffi°. 8
harboring or trusting bar on my account, as I wIU
pay no debts of her contracting after ibis date.
VALENTINE WEBB.
Delmar, Dee; 10, 1863-31.*
CHRISTINAS GIFTS.
MRS. A. J. BOPIELD will open for eato all*'
Miliiocry Seems, a choice variety of Caro
nine presents, which will he sold low. She is
calving, from Hen. York a carefully selected‘•''"i’
meat of Toy* of every variety, China, A****"?
Rubber, Wooden, ie. Also s now rod See asson
hiont of head dresses, hats,,d»esMapi, bonnets, •“
everything eomprising a good stock of MiUinsT'
Wolkboro) Dec. 9, 18631,