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D.R. JOHNSON
3ES.CLI_4 I I' 7 'XMC)ML.M
LOCK HOSPITAL.
HAS discovered the most certain, speedy
and elfeetunl remedy in the world. for
DISEASES OF IMPRUDENCE.
11.1111 t, IN LAX 30 TRIM:7Z HOLM.
No Memory or Noxious Drugs
tar A CUltii WARRANT/CD, Olt NO CHARON, IN PROM ()NN T(
TWO DAYS. `'#.
Weakness of the Peek or Limhi, Strictures, Pains fn
the Loins, Affections of the Kidneys and Bladder, Organic
Weakness, Nervous Debility, Decay of therhylect Tow
ers, Dyspepsia, langnor, Low Spirits, Confusion of ideas,
ralt itatifoli of the Heart, Timidity, Tremblings, D111113(111
of Sight or Giddiness, Disease of the Stomach, Affections
of the Head, Throat, Nose or Skin—those terrible disor
dors arising .from the indiscretion or Solitary Habits of
Youth—those dreadful and destructive practises which
produce constitutional debility, render marriage impos
sible, and destroy both body and mind.
YOUNG MEN
Young men especially who have become the victims rd
Solitary Vice, that dreadful and destructive habit which
annually sweeps to an untimely grave thousands of
young men or the most exalted talent and brilliant intel
lect, who might otherwise have entranced listening
senates with the thunders of elnenence, or waked to ec
may the living lyre, may call with full confidence.
EBEREE!
Married persons, or those contemplating marriage, ba
ng aware of physical weakness, should immediately con
mit DT, J., and be restored to perfect health.
ORGANIC WEARN ES
Immediately cured and fiat vigor restored
He who places himself under the care of Dr. J.. may
religiously confide in his honor as a gentleman, and con.
tidently rely upon his skill as a physizian.
artrOtnee No: 7 South F , erierick street, Baltimore,
Md., on the left band side going from Baltimore street, 7
boors from the corner. Be particular in observing the
same or number, or you will mistake the place. Be par
ticular for Ignorant, Trifling Quacks, with false names,
or Paltry Humbug Certificates, attracted by the reputa
lion of Dr. Johnson, lurk near.
AU letters must contain a Postage Stamp, to use on the
reply,
D. 3013 NERON
Dr. Johnson member of the Royal College of Surgeons,
London, graduatefrom one of the most eminent Colleges
of tiso United States, and the greatest part of whose life
tit been spent in the hospitals of London, Paris, Phila
delphia and elsewhere, has effected some of the most as
tonishing cures that were ever known. Many troubled
with ringing in the ears and head when asleep, great ner
vousness, being alarmed at sudden sounds, bashfulness,
with frequent blushing, attended sometimes with derange
TlOl,Ol. of mind were mired immediately,
TARE PARTICULAR NOTICE. •
Dr. J. r.udresses all those who having injured them
solves by private and improper indulgencies, that secret
and solitary obit which ruins both body and mind, uo •
fitting them for either business or society.
Thm- are some of the (sad and melancholy eit,:ite pro
ducer( by early habits of youth, viz: Weakness of the
Suck and Limbs, Pains in the Geed, Dimness of Sight,
Loss of Muscular Power, Palpitation of the Efeart, Dye
pepsia, Nervous Irritability, Derangement of the Digestive
Functions, General Debility, Symptoms of ,:',liinstroip.
lion, &a.
=
iiINTALLY, aid fearful effects on the mind are mueb to
be dreaded :—Less or Memory, Confusion of Ideas, De
pression of Spirits, hbil Forebodings, Aversion toSocie
ty, Self-distrust, Love of Solitude, Timidity, &e., are some
of the evil effects.
Thousands of persons of all age-9, can now judge what
15 the cause of their decline in health, losing their vigor,
becoming weak, pale, nervous and emaciated, have a
singular appearance about the eyes, cough, and symp
ma of c,ousumption,
YOUNG MEN
ho have injured themselves by a certain practice, in
dulled in when alone—a habit frequently learned. from
e 11 .mmpanions, or at school, the effects of which are
aightty felt, even when asleep, and if not cured, renders
marriage impossible, and destroys both mind and body,
should apply immediately.
What a pity that a young man, the hopes of his cells.
try, the darling of his parents, should be snatched from
all prospects and. enjoyments of life by the consequences
of deviating from the path of nature, and indulging in s
certain secret habit. Su la persons must, before contenl ,
plating
ntARRIAGE,
effect that a sound mind and body are the moat necessary
requisites to promote connubial happiness. Indeed
without these, the journey throuar life becomes a weary
pilgrimage; the prospect hourly darkens to the view; the
mind becomes shadowed with despair, and filled with the
melancholy reflection that the happiness of another be.
comes blighted with our own.
DR. JOHNSON'S INVIOORATING REMEDY FOR OR
O&NIC IVEAKNE6B
By this great and important remedy, Weakness the
rums are speedily cured, and full vigor restored.
'fittousanda of the Moat nervous And debilitated whe
had lost all hope, have been iinniediately relieved, All
impediments to Marriage, Physical or Mental Distil:milt..
cation, Nervous, Trembling, Weakness or Exhaustion or
the most fearful kind, speedily cured.
TO STRANGERS.
The many thousands cured at this lustiution within the
last twelve years, andthe numerous imporTant Surgical
operations performed by Dr: J., witnessed by' the .re:
porters of the papers, and many other persons, notices of
which have appeared again and again before the public,
besides his standing as a gentleman of character and re
tfgaisibititg, is a sntficient guarantee to the afflicted.
DIS.EASEiII OF IMPRUDENCE.—When the misguides
and imprudent votary of pleasure finds he has imbibed
the seeds of.this painful disease, it toe often happens that
an .itt•timed sense of shame or dread. of discovery defers
him from applying to those who, from education and re•
spectability can alone befriend him, delaying till the con.
stitutional symptoms of this horrid disease make their
appearance, affecting the head, throat, nose, skin, ac..
progressing on with frightful rapidity, tilt death pats a
period to his drumlin' sufferings by sending him to "that
bourne from whence - ike traveler returns_" It is a mel-
Anoboly fact that thousands fall victims to this terrible
disease, owing to the unskilfulness of ignorant pretend
ers, who, by plaza of that deadly unison, mercury, ruin
the constitution and make the residua of life miserable.
To Fasariusals.—The Docter'i Diplomas bang in
Miles.
Am-Lettere meet contain a Stamp tone on the reply
AN-Remedies sent by Mail.
gar No. 7 South Frederick street, Baltimore.
anyla-dawly
All Work Promised in One Week
104.
PENNSYLVANIA
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104 Market Street between 4th and sth,
HARRISBURG - , PA.,
WHERE every description of Ladies'
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iied, Cleansed and finished the best manner mi at
rfhortest notice DODGE &
Novli-da,vlv Pronrietors
SCHEFFEIRS BOOK STORE.
(NEAR THE HARRISBURG BRIDGE.)
UNION ENVELOPES
NOTE PAPER, of six different designs,
printed in two colors, sold by the thousand and
by the resin at City Cash prices,
Also, Flags, Union Breast Pins, Eagles, Union Rings
Badgei very low prices. Call at
8011FINTRa'S BOOKSTORE.
(Vitt newly replenished stock of Toiiet
kJ and Fancy Goods is utisurpesned in this city, and
fueling confident of rendering satisfaction, we would res
peettully invite a call. MIER,
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to lose its sensibility and dandruffto Corie tzliou it. Each
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this unpleasant predicament, Imas induced to try
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hairs and sensibility to the scalp, and dandrull ceased to
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For this, among the many obligations I owe to her sex,
I strongly recommend all husbands who 'value 'the ad
miration of their wives to profit 'by my example, and
use it if growing gray or getting bald. . . • • • .
Very respectfully, BEN. ,A. LAVENDER.
To 0. J. Wood At Co., 444 BroadwaY,'New York
My family are absent from the city, and 'I am no long
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all goods entrusted to the -line. Goods delivered at the
Depot of _ : ' - ' . •
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Harrishurg the nest sziornimi,.
Freight (always) as low as ky - any other line.
Particular attention paid by this line to prompt and
speedy delivery of all Harrisimr ; Goods: --
The undersigned thankful for past patro •4o hopes by
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same. T. PEIPHER,
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OFFICE THIRDSTREET, (SLIELL'SJIOW,
NEAR MARKET.
Residence, Chestnut street near Fourth
CITY OF ItAARTSBURG, TENN'A,
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No. 69, Market Street, below Third,
312, , wiePlinIIEG, PA.
M. H. LEE,
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.VIA.NUFACTURER OF UMBRELLAS,
;km PARASOIS sad ALKING CANES, will furnish
goods at LOWNit piticm than can be bought in any of
the East?rn cities. Country merchants will do well to
call and examine prices and quality, and convince them
selves of this fact. aug23-dly.
TO FARMERS 1
BIITTER (good, sweet and fresh) in one
pound rolls, and fresh EGGS in large and small
quantifies taken at aIL times and emit pal or groceries
given in exchange. ,Regular mar WM. k etDOCK rates a ., lwa ys
peel
, at ta CO.
augl9 Opposite the Court theme
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not objectionable when from a CIGAR purchased as
RULER'S DRUG STORE, 81 Market street.
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HARRISBURG, PA., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 1;
TX3CM
W, E. lienedy
the Ettegrap.
[BE - PUBLIBBSO BY BEQUEST.]
Decisions of Hon. John J. Pearson.
The 'following legal decisions of Hon. John
J. Pearson, are deemed of sufficient importance
to be published for the benefit of the community
at large. It will be observed that they are dis 7
tinguished for the legal acumen and impartial
ity which have made Judge Pearson so eminent
and successful on the bench. The common`-
•
wealth obtained judgments in three several
cases against the sureties of a defaulting public
officer. The defendants all resided in Lycomb3g
county, and writs of fieri farias were directed in
each case to the sheriff of that county, who
made a return that they were stayed by the
order of C. D. Eldred, an'Associate Judge of that
cdunty, on the ground . that the'defendanti were
entitled to a stay of execution, pursuant to the
act of the 21st of May, 1861; they having suf
ficient freeholds within the county to satisfy
debt, interest, costs, &o.
Mr. Meredith, Attorney General, moved for
an attachment against the Sheriff for failing to;
execute his writ aacording to' law, and' making
an insufficient return thereto. Mr: Rawn, as
attorney for the defendants,.in the execution,
and in behalf of the Sheriff, opposed the mo
tion.
BY THE COVET.
The suits in these ,cases were commenced and
judgments obtained pursuant to the 12th Sect.
of the act of 16th April, 1845, relative to de
faulting public officers, and its various supple
ments. On the judgments entered in Dauphin
county writs of fieri facial and venditioni exponis
can be issued to any county of the common
wealth, and to more than one at the same time,
if deemed necessary, and the Sheriff of the
county to which they are.sent is to execute and
Make return thereof, m is reqUired in cases'of
testatum writs. 'That is, he must‘have the writs
entered, make hislevy, and return it by mail
to this county. In case of a sale on a writ of
venditioni exponis, the•ileediaist be acknailedged
as required on writs of feitatunt. For every pur
pose the judgment remains in this county, and
the execution process is in the form of an origi
nal, not a testatuni writ. This court alone has
jurisdiction over the' process, which extends' to
every part of the State, the judgment itself
need not be, ••and is not entered elsewhere. The
first section of the 'act of '2lst of May, 1661,
gives jurisdiction to the Court in which the judg
ment is entered, or a 'judge thereof'in vacation„
to order a stay of =execution' for one Iyear" - frinn
the'2,lst of Hay, 1861, o Judgments previously
entered, or for one year on those obtained sub
sequently, provided the defendant is tb.e owner
of real estate in the county' in which the Same
is entered, or to which it has been • tnrnsferred,
worth sufficient to pay and satisfy the debt over
and above other.incumbrances - ,,and the amount
exempt by laW from'execution: When a judg
ment is transferred to . another county than that
in which it was caiginally.Lobtainect the execri
tier' issnes directly frcan , the; judgnient so en
tered, and it is treated for almost every purpose
as a judgment of that ,Court ; of course, the
stay of execution would be there ordered. The
judge of a dittant county has no authority over
testation writs sent to the sheriff thereof,
but if there is error or irregularity in. the 'writ;
or judgment on which it is issued, application
must be made to the Court. or a jiidge of the
county in which the judgment 'was entered to
cOrrect or control the process. There is 'even
less plausibility in the Court, or a judge in a
distant county attempting to control , original
writs issued on judgments entered inthis Court,
than in cases of testation writs : the 'whole pro
cess is under the control of this Court or the
- .
judges thereof, for every pu r pose. The judge in
Lycoming county had no jurisdiction or power
to order a stay of execution which must be
done _by those- having jurisdiction. over the
judgment, and his order .to the sheriff was a
mere nullity. That effieer' might as well at
teinpt to• abetter himself under a decree-of the
town constable of Williarrisport asunder that
of the judge of Lycoming county. He - should
have treated the order 843 a nullity and paid no
attention to it, but have executed his writ until
stayed by a judge or the Court of MS 'county.
For failing to do this, laid tusking all illegal re
turn, he is in contempt, •and -an attachment
must be awarded against Lim to be directed to
the coroner of. Lycoming county ; returnable to
next term. Jzio. J. Pasasmr,
_Pres' t riudge.
On this decision being ruade;- Rawn for
the defendants moved for a rulelo show cause
why a stay of 'execution should not be ordered
by this court under the act of the 21st of May
1861, which was opposed by Mr. Meredith;
Att:lrnek Gen in
eral, on the ground that the Co
.
monweal.th was not embraced by the - act of As.-
sembly. After consideration the following
opinion was delivered by Pearson, President
Judge:
The act of Assembly is broad -and gen
eral in its expresifons. It says 'that upon all
judgments now remaining unsatisfied,
.&c.,.
and the question is, does the stay apply tokidg
ments entered in favor o(theState,which it has
obtained on account of money coming to itself
in its sovereign capacity? The words embrace
these judgments, but according to the estab
lished rules for interpreting statutes should
they be applied to those held by the soevreign
which here is, the State of. Pennsylvania? , It is
laid down as a radiMental principle of the En
glish lavi 'that "the king shall not be restrained
of a liberty or right he had before by the gen
eral words of an act of yarlianient, if; the king
be not named - in, the act."---Dwarries on the
statutes 623. Again, when the king has any
prerogative, estate, right, title or interest,
by the general words of an act of Parliament he
shall not be barred of em: . —ldem p 524.
, .
There are some exceptions to these general
rules, but they . are for purpow and objects not
within our present *quay.
.The general prin
ciple of immunity from the Operation of statutes
when not expresaly named, or clearly embraced
by implication from the' nature and objects of
the law, has been claimed by the sovereign
States of this Union and by none more so than
our own. It was held in Johnson v. Irvine, 3
S. &R. 292, and Brigly v. Wallace. 16,3. &B.
246, that the State is not embraced in the stat
ute of limitations. Such is also the iltktrine of
several other cases in 'our hooka.- In Oki:Corn
monwealth v. Hutel&on, 10 Barr 466, , ifis 'de:
cided that the State is not affected by a dia
-1
charge of her debtor under a general bankrupt
law of the United States, and the reason is
given that being. a sovereigrt State, lilre•.'the
king, it Ts' not bound — named. -T he
United States and the several States were rick
named in the bankrupt la*, and are therefore
not bound by it, although the expressions as to
the discharge of the bankrupt from liability are
quite as broad and gen,eral an those of rthe act.
under consideration.
It is said in the State vs. Garland 7 Iredel,
North Carolina rep. 48 that generaridatutes' dO
not bind the sovereign unless expressly tamed
in them. Ins the State of • Maryland' it- is 'de 7
tided ; "as a general rule In' tie interpretation
of legislative acts'they 'will not be .construed
to embrace the sovereign power , of government
unless the State is expressly named, or is ini
tended by necessary Implication."—The State
vs. Milburn. 9 Gill. 105. Such is the doctrine
of the courts of Illinois. 4 Gum. 20; 'also' of
Mississippi. 28 Miss. rep. 169. It is decided id
the United States vs. Thomas. Crabbs R. 207;
"General words in a statute do not include or,
bind the United States as a sovereign power:
It is bound only by express terms or necessary
implication."
We thus perceive that the immunity of the
sovereign from the binding effect of its own
when.nbt named . therein, - is as cleatly'seti
tied in this «unary asin England, , anlidthough
we might consider-itniore dorusonarit' with ' purl
tics for the legislature to tie up the band's . 'of
the State from the collection of its debts' than
those of private individuals, as they are the di-;
rect representatiVes of the one, and have nO
right to interfere with the contracts 'of the
other, yet we are constrained to say that not
being named,' nor refered to, - in the act of as -j,
sernbly, the State process cannot be stayed
its effect, and its debtor cannot dernand • - a cavil
ezeeutio.
The motion for a stay of execution is refused
and the rules disTn'sßed. ' '
JOHN J. PEARSON
:
From our Morolug'ldition.
From Watallhigton.
=I
Safety of the Steamer
,Saranac.
HE RETURN OF SECRETARY CAMERON,
Thiess of the Assistant Secretary of War.
IMPORTANT CIRCULAR TO THE SEABOARD
STATES. • •
New Rebel Batteries on the Potomac.
FEDERAL DTRARERS FIRED INTO
Twenty or Thirty : Shirts Tired' at the
Pawnee.
NO INJURY DONE TO HER.
Rumored Retreat of the Rebels from
Leesburg•
GENERAL EXCHANGE OF .PRISONERS
ANTICIPATED.
WASHINQTON, bct. - 16
The Navy Department is satisfied, from the
official information' in - its Posiesidon,. iihat - the
steamer Saranac is at-San Francisco undergoing
repairs. It is, therefore, untrue that she was
recently lost off the mouth of the Tdissusippi' in
a storm. ' ' '
Secretary Cameron has telegraphed that he
will return to Washington by to-morrow morn
ing.
Assistant Secretary of War Thomas A. Scott
is confined at home by sickness. The following
important,has been sent to Governor
Morgan of New York, and similar ones to the
Governors of all the Stated on the' seaboard and
lakes':—
DixArnaan , STAzie,
Washington," Oct. 14, 1861. ,
Ib,
..E'ztedkncy, the Gar‘rnor of the &ate
New York
Sni:—The present insurrection had not, even
revealed itself in arms, when disloyal" citizens
hastened to a foreign country to involve `their
intervention for the overthrow of the Ge*ern
' merit and the destruction of the Federal Union:
These agents are IrnoWia to have made their sP
peal to aomeof the more iinFortant States with : ,
Out gamest. ' It' not likely; hewever,
that they will remain Contented tiith . such' re
fusals. Indeed, it is understood that "theY are
undoubtedly endeavoring to tiedoniplisli` their
dishayal'purpoSes by degrees and by indirection;
taking advantage of the'etabirrassinenta"of
richlture, marnifactrires and commerce in ',for
eign countries, resulting Troia the "Instirreetion
they have inaugurated "at "home; they - seek hi
involve our common country in controversies
with States with which - every public interest
and every interest of mankind require that it
shall remain in relations of peace; amity and
friendship. . • •
I am able to state for your satiafaction that
the prospect of any such disturbance is now few
serious than it has been at any preViour period
during the course of the 'husiztrection. " is,'
nevertheless,' necessary now; at it has hitherto
been, to take every precaution 'that iipoisible
to avoid the evils of a foreign war to be Super
induced upon those of a civil COTltlOCtiOn'which
we are endeavoring to cure. ' One of the most
obvious of such precaution is that our 'ports
and harbors on teas and' lakes should be
put in a condition of complete defense.
For any nation May be' said tei '• -vol
untarily occur, danger in a terapesteus season
and when it falls: it shoWa that it has sheltered
itself on every side froth which the storm Might
possibly come.. The measures which the execriL
tive can adopt in this emergency are such only,
as Congress has sanctioned and for 'which it has
provided. The President is putting `forth the
most diligent• efforts to execute these; meas
ures .and we have the great satisfaction of
seeing that these efforts ' are ' - '11. 4 .4 , .—nded by
the favor '
aid and support
. et layal -pa
triotic and self sacrificing 'People - are rap
idly bringing the military and naval forces
of the 'United States into the highest state of
=Ea
efficiency: 'But Congress was c y absorbed
during its - recent , extra session with these mea
surasand did, not provide as amply as mild be
wished for the fortification cf our sea and lake
coasts. In previous wars loyal States have ap
plied themselVeilsy independent 'and seperate
action to theTrupportand aid'of the federal Gov
ernment it 'its - arduous responsibility. The
same disposition has been manifested
in' • 'n, degree eminently honorable .by
all loyal States during the present insurrection.
In view:of this fact, and relying on the increase
and continuance. of the same disposition on the
part of the people of the loyal States, the Presi
dent hrtedirected me to invite your considera
tion-to-the subject of the improvement and the
perfection of the defenses of the State over
which you preside, and to ask you to submit
the subject to the consideration of the Legisla
ture when it shall havS assembled. SuCh pro
ceedings by the State would require only a tem
porary luso of, its, , means and, the expenditure
ought to be Made the subject of conference with
the Federal 'Government. Being thus made
with the concurrence of the Government for
general defense there is, every reason to believe
that Congress would sanction what the State
should do and ProVide 'for its reimbursement.
Should these: suggestions be ticcepted the Presi
dent. will direct the'proper agents of , the Fed
eral Government to confer with you and to su
perintend, direct and conduct the prosecution of
the system of defense of your State.
I have the honor to be, sir,
Your obedient servant,
[Signed,] Wurress H. SEWARD.
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It has been ascertained that the rebels have
withdrawn part of the forcethey had at Acquia
Creek, sad placed it in new batteries, which
yesterday fired on some of our steamers. They
have "mounted thirty-two pound guns in the
batteriea; which occupy commanding points on
the river for a distance of six miles. During
last night they fired on and sunk a small
pungy. . '
The steamer Mount Vernon reached the ship
. ,
ping point just before daybreak this morning,
and unmolested passedthe rebel battery, but the
Pawnee following in short time thereafter was
fired on, - between twenty and thirty shots be
ing thrown toward her. The Pawnee accord
bag to orders Made no — response. By an arrival
this afternoon from the lower 'Potomac, it is
ascertained that both vessel's' had safely passed
beyond all reach of danger froni the rebel bat-
George Eustis, late member of Congress from
Louisana, and nephew of Mr. Corcoran, the
banker of this city, has gone to England as the.
rebel Secretary of Legation:
A new'Union paper has been started at Rock
yille,
Despatches received this morning from Gen.
Banks' command represent all quiet.
Rumors prevail that , the rebels are retreat
ing fromleeiburg.
• General Anderson did not reach here to-diy,
greatly to the disappointment of the Philadel
phia Committee apioihted to present a sword
to him. Sortie Of, them hair° gime home.
Walton.J: Srikith, eon of the' Secretary of the
Interior,: has been appointed Chief Clerk of that
Sir James Fergnson, Bart.,' and Hon. Mr.
Burke,' M. IP.; of BAgland, arrived here to-day,
from Memaamze and Richmond, via Norfolk, un
der a flaeohince. ' '
It is belleiect laere that the order just issued,
relative to ah exchaide of prhaoners, will
speedilfleadto an . eichange of nearly all on
. bdth * ' ''• '
It*Will be some'dttys before . we can receive of
ficial:two:mints of the' affairs at Santa Rosa and
in ilierldisaisippi:' . Btit it is generally believed
in both 'oases, it will turn out that the rebels
were worsted: ' " '
From Gen. Banks' Coln=
Return of a Prisoner Captured by the
Rebels,
RI MINI AMONG TuEBEBEL REGIMENTS
Their itxmy Greatly Demoralized
ViArt.- - IiGIiitiST•THE..tIQUQA . :.iIitALERS ,
ALL MET ALONG THE POTOMAC
Payment of ,the Pennsylvania Troops
One of the soldieri of the "Hew York 34th,
captured •with others two weeks'ago while on a
Scout oppoilte Nw's encampment, re
turned 'teiltonday. R Was', taken' to Fairfax
Conit House from whence he ;escaped. He re
ports that there are no. large bodies of rebel
trOops betwati Greeit-Falls and Leesburg.
Two of the six or eightrebel regiments which
paid our troops their respects at Orreat Falls
three weeks .ago - have mutinied and left the
It if stated that the remainder of the force
are scattered between Winchester, Martinsburg,
Sheppardatown and Hancock. There is a full
regiment at the latter place, which from the
fact . of it being the only poet where salt could
be.obtained it was thought of sufficient impor
tance to protect by a •superior force. This aG
counts for the
_sudden disappearance from this
quarter of the rebel army,
War against liquor" and 'liquor - dealers is be
ing carried on Thonaands of dol.-
' tars Worth have been destroyed and confiscated
already. ' • .
The individual -killed by four drunken
soldiers, near' Bealsville, last week, was not,
a.citizen but .one of their own: number. The
'perpetrators of .the riotous act are under arrest
and are tobe tried by court martial.
Some regiments have not been fully supplied
with their outfit of: inter clothing , : and have
been seriously reminded of the fact by the past
few night.
bam Uriuting
Having procured Steam Power Prearea, we are prepar
ed to execute JOB add BOOK PRINTING of every descrip
tion, cheaper than it can be done at any other establish
mentin the country.
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All was quiet along the Potomac yesterday
and to-day from Great Falls to the mouth of
the Seneca.
The individual who sold the liquor to the
Connecticut Fifth was arrested by Provost
guard and is now in charge of the Marshal.
Letters directed to the Connecticut Fifth
should now be directed to Williamsport, Md.
Jack Cross, the noted secessionist, whose res
idence was within the lines of the picketS of
the New York Thirty-fourth, socretly returned
home this week. On receipt of information to
this effect he was arrested and sent to Pooleville
for trial.
The Pennsylvania Twenty-ninth received two
month's payment yesterday. Two month's
more pay and allowances will be due on the
first of next month.
LATER FROM NEW MEXICO.
THE CITIZENS AND INDIANS LOYAL,
The Indian agent for New Mexico, Mr. Steck,
has just arrived here, direct from that. Territ
ory. Previous to his departure, all the principal
men of the Navajoe Indians came to Santa Fe
and made a treaty of peace with the Govern
ment, with the exception of those of Arizona,
where a small force of Texans have possession
through the treachery of Col.. Loring. •
All is quiet in the Territory. The Federal
force therein, under Col. Canby, who com
mands that military department, is from twelve
to fifteen hundred, while the citizens have
raised three full regiments. Mr. Steck repre
sents the people as loyal to a man. The object
of the rebels is represented as being to seize the
Government stores rather than to endeavor to
conquer the country. There were no disturb
ances on the Plains, and when the stock was
passing over them, the Indians were in the best
possible humor, from the fact of receiving their
presents and annuities.
C APITAL PumslimmT ENGLAND.—During the
reign of Hemy VIII, no less than 72,000 per
sons were executed for theft alone, in England,
besides those who suffer for treason and other
crimes. During the reign of the Stuarts, and
the first Georges, the capital offences were in
creased to 220, and men and women were hang
ed for stealing a sixpence, or a yard of cotton
cloth. At length inquiring mind began, at, the
commencement of the century, to find out that
the severity of the punishment did not restrain
from crime, which seemed to be regulated, by
other laws—including poverty and ignorance.
When Sir S. Ronailly, in 1810, passed a bill
through the House of Commons, repealing the
law making it a capital offence to steal the value
of five shillings, the Lords threw it out, and six
Bishops and one Archbishop voted against it.
The efforts to reform the bloody code of .Eng
land excited the wrath and indignation of the
House of Lords, which repeated rejected ameli
orative acts demanded by the spirit, of the peo
ple, and one law-lord declared "Englishmen
could not sleep safely in their beds if the capital
offence of stealing forty shillings should be re
pealed." Lord Ellenborough declared. he "did
not know where such innovations would stop,"
and Lord Eldon was piteous in his complaints.
At present the punishment of death is only:in
flicted in cases of murder and treason, and ex
perience shows that the employment the
hangman as a moral teacher has utterly failed,
and that the influence of well-paid employment,
cheap food and improved sanitary conditions is
far more effective in diminishing crime, and ex
alting the character of the people.
TIME are certain relics of barbarism still
standing in England, which the tide of Christi
an civilization in every other country boasting
life and light has been able to sweep utterly
away. One of the most deeply imbedded of all
these disgraceful remains is that heterogenious
monstrosity, the clerical justice of the peace.
One of these rustic monsters in Southeastern
England, Rev. T. J. Marsham, who preaches
brotherly love to the coequal children of one
Father on Sunday, and on Monday sentences
his starving inferiors to jail, condemned a poor
hungry hop-picker with a baby in her arms, to
pay a fine of seven shillings and two. pence (a
dollar and three-quarters—.nearly one week's
wages) or be committed to the work-house for
seven days' hard labor. Why? Had she been
guilty of aggravated assault and battery ? No.
In passing through a farmer's field she had
I picked up two wilted and partly worm-eaten
turnips, already pulled from the ground—eaten
one of them raw, and taken the other home.to
boil for the baby. When she was sentenced by
this Draco Parson, she and the baby had al
ready been kept in the, slation-house twenty
four hours. She had walked from London, with
the child on her back, a distance of thirty
miles, the day before.
DAIIii}ISTOWN, Oct. 14
WASHINGTON, Oct. 16
A Cuskx PHYSICIAN having been robbed to
a serious extent in his tobacco. works, discov
ered the thief hp the following ingenious arti
fice, Having called his negro slaves together,
he addressed them thus ..--"My friends, the
Great Spirit appeared to me during the night,
sad told me that the person who stole my
money should, at this instant—this very instant
—have a parrot's feather at the point of his
nose." On this announcement, the thief, anx
ious to fuld out if his guilt, had declared itself,
put his finger up to . his nose.. "Man," cried
the master instantly, "'tis thou who hast rob
bed me ; the Great Spirit has just told me so !"
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SEQUESTRATION OE TOE MONTICELLO ESTATE.-
A petition has been filed for the sequestration
of "Monticello," the former home of Jeffer
son, now owned by - Chiab. P. Levy, a captain in
the Lincoln Navy, and occupied by his brother,
who is alleged to 'be disaffected towards the
Confederate Government. The estate comprises
360 acres of land in Albemarle county, assessed
at $2O per acre, together with improvements
valued at $2,800 ; besides this there is another
tract of 960 acres, with sheep, niggers, hogs,
and a lot of hour;ehold and kitchen furniture.
A VICIOUS practice has grown up of giving
the officers E of the army their pay at the expi
ration of the month, if they choose to ask for
it, while the soldiers were obliged to wait till
the tWo Months had elapsed. - The Paymaster
General has decided that colonel and 'private
which officers are paid more frequently than
soldiers will henceforth be ratified by him.
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