DEMOCRAT, s LEVI L. TATE, Editor. VOL. 15-NO. 38. Select Moctrn From the London Once a Hfrtit. Civile Bollum. 'In tills Jarful nhugglo Ictwcca North ami South, there arc hundred of casct In which father are arrncd against aoui. ami brothers against broihcri." .4 ncr ft a a J'apcr. ' Rifleman, ilisot tue n f.mry Bhot Straight at Hip heart cfjon prowling UJeUe, HiufC inu n hull In thu KluteriiiK (pot That ihhies uu hii breast like ait atnutet 1" "Ah, Captain I here por for a fin draw u heat, There' muilc umund uhen i.iy harrrl's in tune I" Crack 1 went the rifle, the iinvM.M.gcr sped. And ill-ad from hii iiur&o ft; 11 the ringing dragoon Now, Ui lie man, steal tliMngh ifie fuhi9. nnd snatcli from juur victim notiia trinket to hand ul tint Mood, A Lutlon, n lonn, n that luminous natch That fleams in the i.iomi like a diamond fctud!"' " Obi Cnrtniu, I ftaeprrfd, un I ut.k on my track, Whrtt I gazed on Ui lUc ifth fallen W-ictt' For he looked po like )ou, as Uu lay on his hack, That my heart rcaa upon in, and luaitira me tt. ' But I enatched ofrtho trh.kM-thtt locket rfgold Ait Inch frotniUo mitre my lead broke its v.y. Ctarre qrnzini? ihe plvlure, an fafrtot:lwlil. Of a leautilul lady in Lr id at array. ' Ha' Rlfltmniii Ilin( ino the IorfcLt! Tia she. Mybtotiior,i) i"i5Ltiii-aiijthi-faMvn.iriltc.o.i "wc SSK'iKSS' Jomh had fusnisbul, WA was told that I Largo and expense barracks have been "ut, hark the far i.utfei thoir naming unite; I ll another party v??i3 interested in thfo liir-e built in the immediate vicinity, sa quarters ' business, and unless the So.OOO in gold for the Fremont body guard, uumbcring ...rJ h Messrs. Thompson and 00 men. TLo barrack, will aecommo p. . , . . .' ! Jones none of tdo moutjy could bo paid." I dale S.500 men. The cost of these bar 'eJfUCVlll IjDaiiCftL lTl"j95,l00waskcr't hy McKinstry, and . racks and Uenton barracks, capacious Geu. I'romont'a Expenditures- Tht Cvngressicnul Invctliatitg Commit- Uc Alleged Attract of the JOjwi- Head and Rijhct! J The Cincinnati Enquutr publi-hes the. ljalc'J) which ou i lamination is found to bo .covered much fraud. The contract pro following, which, it says, is iu abstract of prwriegra-a, and hiy of very poor quality. - vides that the rcof shall bo three-ply, and the evidence obtained by the Congrcs?ionnl 'i'he ewt of transportation between St. I.ou-i rt on with felt and soaked in hot lir, Inicsti atin" Commtitec, which clored its " an Scdalia is about 8S per ton, or 825 and in a substantial r.nd durable m.-.tiner. 'labors in St. Louis las: week : Per !o,! delivered ai Sedalia. The com- The committee hao evidence that the su- Tho first act of fraud was tho nreiouta lion to Mrs. llrigadior General Mi-Xiat.-y, oathoSOth of September, of a comp'cte set of silver service of the Jenny Lind pat tern, which s-'oniee cost S3,000 r.sd up ward, tnd being the Gue'-t ever made in tho Wist, teal: the premium at lie Slate Agricultural Fair held in ."t. Louis. Tliis service was presented by paHlcs tztlusive - Iv interested in Govenmiuit couaracts. among hom were Major Si'Iovl:-, lcni-1 das Haskell, John M Crum. II L.l'. eUi u , of Cahfornn, and otUort.- General .Me-1 JCinrt.y was mrarterniacUr gensrai of the Western Depaalmcut by appoint ment of Major Geuerivl J. 0. Fremont, and aa iuch quartermaster general, eon-: trolled the horse and mule eomraetsi buil ; ding of barracks, and nil supplies and purchaccs appertaining to that department, The committee in their report say, " the 1 frauds in contracts iu tLo quartermaster's u.jfu.vmivu. u.u uui.tu.vw, uuu uiiu uucu 1 clearly proven, r.nd extend through all uranenos ol his control ana supervision. Iu relation to the purchase of hortej tho second net of fraud or s ageur, wuo is epproveu r.y me quar. , t:rrnaster, has charge cf the field where I the contracior'.s hort.es aro to be passed ' upon. A couutryman, having horses to noil to tho fJovflmmpnt. nsv, IO, 1 ij- feo to the field wltrrc his horses are esam- ined, aud upon the pay of another fee of no, ., i.. .. I eiu, iney aro rccominonuea to mo con- . tractor, who purchases the same at tho cry lowest ugure, wuieu, inrougtiout ihe ntiro evidence, never exceeded ??5 and j 00 per head. The contractor takes his purchases to the inspector, who is also re imbursed by a fee, which amount is com puted according to the quality of the an imal. The contractor, on obtaining a cer tificate from tho inspector, demands tho money of the quartermaster, who pays tho nauio when tho Lonua for said payment i guaranteed. Tho cvidenco discloses sever el such sehomes, and many other ways in jwbick horaoi and inulcj aro obtained. Tho testimony also shows that tho hones, in a majority of instancos, aro of the most inferior kind, and have broken down or fell dead on tho road. Around the depots where horses were kept, thus purchased, numerous dead carcasies have been fouud Omnibus and stage horsoa have been trot ted out, "full of bran and peppered," by contractors, who receive S1I5&130 for each borso they furnished. One of the recent reports of Boards of Survey will suffice in the character of horses Govern aent furnished to regiments upon the req uisition of their commanding ofuoor. Oth er similar reports the committed havo on 21c: Camp Sullivan, Warsaw, m October 21, 1601 The uudersigned having beon summon etf, as a board of survey, to examine and aspect the condition of tho horses forward .w,,,,, :.. . .1 , tt , r tr ,, -,-, -- .-.... ... -w j... j.. luu , B t- uoc ! wi.y iiweii on trie harrowinj; n dure extensive as to tha vamus rpeciesof impo- Uuder Major II supeuutendenco 2;e (..) number to be made, CtyiUO pins. Also up with his ruard-they opened and he , f,,,,,,,,,,.,, ,,,. , ,, . L , E.tion practiced, the "old Kngiish jockey were built directly for the Government, ' to j01 anil others, camp ke.rle.s. at as wa, in its bosom. Their chief was in their it ous fnhv tricks," as thoy aro died, being iu this without any intervening contractor. Tho cents, when theie was similar bids at 40 keoping-his fate voluntarily thrown into is f "Lh ThZk Cou d li rrel' case of tho lcaer maguitudo. A party ; wages of the laborers were 00 cts each per ' ,etJh na,u BX0S ike &0 at himila. slic!r Lan-U, tt.o ltritish hearts could not ZZv nnnelmc o' th's scene of Z oontraotstofurush 1,000 head of hor.es, day, aud the o cf caeh forfiflcatic: not ratc8. Saddles, that were rejected by the yield. Hank after rank fell, but not a ZE io d Tbwft at 8U9.50 per head, to the Government, to czcecd 810,000, On the -iBth of Sep. QaBrtcrlBMter, 'were purchased by Fo, at man stirred from his footsteps. 1 he ttotoMrti though the quartermaster ;i, contract-, leather, when General J'rcmout knew that , .ow fifFures. Bud aold to M0if l,trv nt . French at k,,h ffv, it , . 1 e-",g.'h? ra''-Bvel ?f . , T . nii BLOOMS BURG, COLUMBIA cdtotlua regiment from St. Louis und re- rort tho result to our IicadriuartcM, would respectfully report that wo have examined fenii horses and 'find seventy six (7ri) fit fur service, livo (5) dead, and three hundred and thirty (U3U) undersized, under and over ago, stifled, ringboned, Iliad, tpav- wed, and tncurrabi, unfit for any public Missouri contract " "Tho thatUn: was as? Uowca their contract being at SU1U.50 each horse, Uoweu sold out to Thompsou and Jones for o,000 payable iu bankable funds Thompson went to McKinstry for pay ments on horses ulessrs. Thompson and the remainder paid over to Thompson and I.t-,. P i Jones. Under his head cf fraud, the committee have tes.iin.onv of over half a million of Jullat, sunk !n m oontratt3 The quar. I, . L , , 1 . i termaster paid $IT.:i() per to:r for hay in i:-ve aa.-umulative cidcnco that i'lch hay from the stacks, and iu abund. f-uco Mo"ii l" cctirc rcat to mnw. can b.1 obtained at fOiS pcrtoa. In Gorcrnmrit wa... ons ti.o LViucnco h..ttstL Urge sumbcr, ere h.ro wi.U - cut any owner., until after they have been ! rrcscccl into the icruce, : ' huilutrs present their claims 1 f" l!l0;!CI wagons are unSi nd then the A majority fcr se r.-in 'f i:u slcs, reach, bI.-tei-3, i-pokes, hubs, iVc , aro fcuud to ' ive Y , :. cr'-ieii and era;Us -il.eu ,-.:h w il.jer tu.d puny .nd pointed ivur when. :l of the 'rsud 'Aasuat- us were ecu - tout. detuned. The committee will repurt that a number of the iragcns thus leciu-d by the (pi irtormastor and li ..is ajjsnt Imvo bro- ken down before tlu army had proccded l:tr, a.id that all the wagons will be less after a faw weeks service. Tho third act of fraud U the . l.ni!.i;-(.r f,f .uuiuwujuj .ii tZ , i.cuis. UI) rue loiucr August, Colonel llasseudeubel, by order . ot Ucncral Fremont, itigtiicured and sur- vcyed the points within tho limit-) of t. tue torts, completed, cot siu.uuo oaoU, Quartermaster McKinstry, per order of General Fremont, made a contract with li L. lieatd, of California, to build sis n;,:..i iv. .(. . !.-.., ... "...... '..no m. v.w,........., i.u..- lar, in al! rrspect', tu Uu. five constructed bv Colonel Hasjendeubal ; s.reciu' to ' .. . . .' pay 00 cents per cubic yard for all czca vatiena, 03 cents per cubic yard for the same dirt ereavattU upcu the bank of the fort and forming the eiub-ti.L'jier.t ; for all , puddled earth 00 cents per cubic yard ; j paving walks with brick or store, floors or i block-houses, &c, 51 per square yard ;' for cistrens, S5 cents per cubic gallon of i J1 inches, arched with bnek, crown and cement ; lumber far magazine;, block- j houses and quarters for officer aud troops, sowers, &o., tho lumber and timber to be mer.sured in tho building, S100 per 1,000 feet j for faeines and breast works requi red ou the work, SI per cubic foot, and for roofing all the buildir.gs with three-ply roou 84.00 per square of 100 superficial j feet. Tho total cost of tbe bis fortifica- tious fiirurc-s upwards cf 5200,000, upon which Mr. Beard has received 5170,000. An additional payment of an order f:r ?00,000 from Geucral Frcmout was slop ped by the Secretary of War when in St. Louis. The evidenco sets forth, that not withstanding Beird baa received already three times tho original cost of tho works, tho laborers are clamorous at the Govern ment offices for their pay. Tho iteni3 of tho cost of forts, as proven by other forts built, aud the cvidenco of master uicehau- Very respectfully, mg to tUo regulations ot the dep.rtment, wero cn tuat memorable morning, before ranks went down before tho destructive "e tho last for som- t 00MC1 am ' the Southern Confedcraov t Davi Mckws, Major, the quartermaster onV can make con-1 bemg treddcu down by charging squad firo, yet they faltered not for a moment. ( unabl t0 how long. The Confederate I I shall iu no decree feel humbled bvb ;:ru' trt 1. of fraUd the z& I'SL sr. ?r r r ,na . 0vu? it Mkn witb th ril!::d ? T f-J r int "Sili'is committee also have in evidence rent, first in the palatial mansion of Mr,. fr?Bt movcd "' aCr0iS ,fco ,1 1 ' t.L. ! ,v . " , and pleasure of tbij august Government to ited 5ttc District Atlornov Jone, 1 Colonel llrant. cousin of Mr.. Jessie Fro. 1 , , , 7 " i TOIIC UUd UP ,llB slol)0- II'" V, rwry " , P"' e there , but on the ccntrarr, I . , .. i , ' ... i auu iookcu uown upon me narrow valley i!p. i i ,t i u'wi ronnncuceu us session in nasnvii o, .i,n ,. . T-t . t oeiate with Messrs. Thomnson and1 raout. rented to Ocncral Krcmont for head. , ,. ', JJefore ""-'ir cool rctisttess charges the , , . T ,, , ' , shall go to jail, as John Ilogers went to in the purchase of hones and mulcs cmariers of motor general, his rrivato I , , , , ' T "r'3 cc,c.u ."'ut Engllih lines melted like frostwork. They !, .si j, , ' , , awalsoa the s.ake-for my pnncipln I shall po I " .TPSimilUll-lrt .n 13 T.P I ..r.irilnlt nt nn . . , ... j . . 1 I1 ..... 1.1.. ics, put tho tiguR , viz loo per cubic hevtj they havo bufucient evidence, anil yard for excavations and embankments i have gone to Cairo to examine a few wit puddled earth 30c , paving &c. 10c ; cis cesses there. They will then visit Louis terns, 'o., !!o , lumber and iiim-, 51050 y.,.o and Ciucinnat., and take evidence cf per 1 ,000 feet , facincs and breastworks any frauds existing in the departments of $35a40 roofing $2aS,00, and total cost ' those cities. AND BLOOMSBURG GENERAL ADVERTISER "TO HOLD AND TRIM THE I of six fortifications net ocr 800,000. ( TLo cor.tract for fortifications wa drawn i t p n t r m I UP pcr rdcr f Gcu?rBl tlremout Jhe j ?08tract ,s regarded by tho committee as I irregular and informal, except that "no member of Congrcs3 shall be interested in tbe kM cotjtract. , Tho contract U in i Part rrceul,lr hr 1,10 wwn tliat accord secretary, and chief of the staff, at the ?a to of 50,000 p;r annum. Olhur palatial mansions in the neighborhood are rented at similar rates, and occupie'd for offices er member.' of the staff. ! enough to accommodate 40,000 men, will ... .,-..,. w.n .i t,,'. ' irc-sar to erect rcc'-el i ilar b "1 n.ctsarj o erec precise y sum ar ui - , ,, . , , " , ' wnicii is npwaru or squares or tui, UU. IJVlltl IVVb, btiU bVII.IUll.l.V UJ)U Wia , periuttnclent and architect, A. 15. Ogdcn, received a draft of 00 ou General Ms- mstry trom uapp ,V uo., pioviUea tie ruguen; wouki ouiain mo contract ror them at their bid, which was ?D,00 per r 1 . ....II .1. . n . square of 100 superficial feet. A Mr, 1 King, """"or oath, testifies that ho gave Upleu a draft on McKinstry tor SI, 000 for , hi- serviced in getting him the contract for t.l.v.j nor sfiuare. lo each of these I , "1e rromi-ed tha contract. The wark awtrtteU to Almen J liompson at b.j.iiu, i.ut het!ier any bonus was giren does i.ot appear. The committee find that ' Thompson -old the contract for an advance of Sfl.OOO, and that the p irty doing the work only put one ply roof, and that with fe t dipped n cold tar. Iu a few places on y there were two plys. The facts were obtained by catting into tho roof at taiious points. It U al-o in testimony that there wtc rc?punsiu;o n:us at ror tnis hamo work. ( jOtl'Cr fiaud W'S -.x QJL ia the contr intuig ok lor l lie manulactui' ' cl picket pins, at 15 cent'cach, when Thomas IJooU, a blacksmith, with good .s.eunty ercascil rates. 'I'he building cf sundry tug-boats, and chaptering of several steamers, at double their cest and value, narticularlv the char- .... ncrir.K ui tuuury uoar oeioiigni" ro me veoi.UK i ucivcv .ouipauy, nuyu ueeu gone into at length, aud much iiq .sition found ir.i...i. i-.i-.x ,i . i i .. to exist, ihe tug boats ura Icing bur t ,'ata cost cf Ss.OltO. when thev ouchtto be built at 54,000 each. Other frauds in tho purchase of oats, clothing, blankets, teuts, .Vc ; the issuing of trausporoatiou tickets, and paying cf employees in uucurreut funds, sueh as the Utiioii Bank and Lank of St. Louis, 05 Ct.ut3 discount, instead of Government funds, &c, o., and fully iu evidence be fore the committee, but are all on a par with those given above. So frauds wero fouud in the Commissary Department, but tho report cf the conimitteo will exhibit the transactions of tho othor departments iu an exceedingly unfAvorabic light. As , tho California contractors aio alleged by tho committee with bciug largely interest- cd in many of theso contracts, we giro their names . Joseph Palmer, of the firm of rainier, Uoolro, .V Uo. ; JLieoutuas lias- kill. E. L. Beard, Major Sclover, of tho , firm ef Sclover it Sintcrn, real estate auc- tioneors ; and I. C. Woodd, ;, manager of , Adams' Express Compauy. Thrco of tbeto gentlemen are Hying in St. Louis in lino style, and two are on Gen. Fremont's staff. Tho committee could have continued j their investigations further, but they be- a i . .- o & ii- ... ....KOI iiiQii. iur nil; o. ilil-ls ui ii;t':r invn TOUCH OP TKUTTI AND WAVE COUNTY, PA., IV ATI: it L00. THE Z.bf IIOUHS or fllE FIOHT. A few mouths since 1 was standing on the Bold of Waterloo, or. the anniversary of that great battlo. The fields wore wa- vicg with tho ripening grain, just as they emotions struggled fcr the mastery within mo Ihe magnificence and pomp of that stern army was beioro me, a-.d my ear seemed distinctly to ea ch the first cannon shot that opened tho conflict. F-ir on the right comes down Jerome L'onaparts, with Lis twelve thousand men. A sheet of tiro run-i aloi..' the walli of the chateau, and a gap opens up in the advancing columns cf the foo. U mangled head melts like frost work before the destructive fire. The . fll , .,, " r ' ... ! "'"o of the battlo covers them from ..ight, ' valley, and lo! I see non,ing )U( tli0 melee of horses and riders, tho tossing of banners and tho soaring of tho Vnwh ,, ,e amid Aq q( - and I hear nought but the roar of the ar tillery, the brewing of trumpets, the blast of the bugle hounding the charge, and the heavy shock of the cavalry. The great battlo of Kuropo was to be , fo..,., A11 it3 king fiom , nli v.ith breathless interest, for their thrones wcre t tuke Tllu feelings cf tUeu two ( grtfat militIiry cLieftaaithcincloi as they thua for tho EtooJ f..a tn . i wi for a continent, wero stirred, , T,ie liritiill vct.rall ,ho swcat from bis brow esclaimcd, "(), that Eluchcr or , ,,;, ....,,, .. , .,, ,nmont an immense body of French cavalry come thundering down on one of tho English squares. It had already beeoino weakened by tho loc of whole ranks which the French artillery had mowed down, bul withstood lie le.pcii.te shock with true bravery. Tho French came down at a i: ,r,.. ,i. r., ,.ol-;,,., tmn iir. fcll ,iko a hur,0a" tLo' mountain, th-y reco.Kd fioin the shock. Driven to desperation by their repeatedly foiled attempts, they stopped their horses and coolly walked them around that brave square, and whenever a mnn fell dashed in. Such desperate reso'niion, uch reck iessncss of lift", began at '. ntli -o tell on tho conflict. The square bi-gai. to shake to their position. Again, cu separate .-piarcs wero those terrific charges made, and again, as they wavered did Welling. ton iiinrr himself in their midst. Thin . .?. .. . irom u iu tne morning untrr l ocloclc in ., , , , ., , .., . . mo evening nau jng naitio raged, when r. dark object wis seen to emerge from a di-tant wood. Larger end larger it prow, till a who'e column stood rc.eakd.'wiih banners waving in the breeze. Ulucher r.nd his I'ru-sians had come ! liotb ar mh's saw that thu hour had arrived for a final issue llouapaito then rode up to bis old and well tried Imperial Guard that had not been iu battle all day. Placing himself at their head, he led them half way down the slope, when lie halted and addressed them in his impetuous and fiery manner, He told them that the fate of the battle and of l rauco was iu their hands. Ho was answered by these devoted hearts, "Emperor forever I" with a Bhout that rang over tho storm cf battle, and was - heard all along tho British lines. Thou ! to placed then uuder ey, with orders to fotco the Biitiah centre aud prevent the ; liinrtion ot Ulucher wan tho allied forces, That hitherto invincible guard cauio down . . in beautiful order and array, and with hearts burning with high hopes. They know that their emperor and tho civilized world wore looking on. They carried thrones and kings as they went. They needed nothing to firo their steady cour- age. So drum or trumpet, or martial strain cheered thcui on. So buL'le sound ed tho charge. In perfect order aud dead cilencu i hoy moved over the plain. Above them scared the French eaglo uo power had ever yet wrested irom their grasp, and on them was tho oyo of Bonaparte. The illiod army saw with awe and dread, ' I J VW..M.V..... ,n., . . .. ,, . , r .. r..ll IT O'Kll THE DAUKEN'ED KAIITH." SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 18GL the approach of that uucotiqui.rablo Ic gion. Thu terror of Europe was on the march. For a moment tho Crimr cca-cd ' along tho lines. Tho battlo was hushed. The muffled tread of that magnificent legion was heard. Tho sudden calm wag bu. momentary. Tho airillorv aain i opened like a volcano ou tho foe. Whole ! took the lat. llrr. of fho nrfitlAi.tr Attl a tl)(;ir bosoms, and then walked over the c.im)0U( artillory ,uol) anJ a , q q like a restless wa4e they sv,ept, carrying , everything down in their passage, till they appr0aehed within a few reds cf whore Wellinmcn .stood. All seemed lost, when j - rauk of nicll v,ll0 ,lac, lai m ou lhch r.ir. l.ol.i.wl , in- ;,t..n r i. " . lI.U Buuucuiy heard tbe ringing order, "Up, Guards, and at 'cm I" They started up as from the bowels of the earth, aud poured in their destructive fire in the very facei of that mangled guard. They recoiled' from tho discharge as if smitten with a cadden blow. A second and third followed. They reeled and staggered a moment, and then turned and fled. Tho battlo was over. The thunder of the first cauncn came at intervals ou the night air, telling where Ulucher trod down the foe. Wei lington bad left to him the puruit, and was leading back his weary and bleeding army over the battle-field. The full rouud moon was riding tho quiet heavens, light ning up tho mangled masses of human flesh that weighed down the held. Here an epaulette - thero a shivered sword (lashed back iu its beams. Groans loaded tho air, while a doath shriek came at in tervals on tho car. Wellington wept. The excitement and rage was over, and his heart sickened at the awful sceue be fore him. On the surfacs of tno square miles it was ascertained that fifty thousand men and horcs wcre lying. The luxurious crop of ripe grain which hul covered the field of ba.tle, Wis reduced to litter, and beaten into tho earth, and tho surf.ics trodden down by the cavalry and furrow ed deeply by tbe caution wheels, strewed with many a relic of the fight. Helii.ets and curracn, shattered fire-i.rms and broken swords ; all the variety of military oriiammts, lancer dps and Highland bonnet-, uniforms of uie.y color, plumes and p.-nnnu, mu-ical iiiitriimeiiti, the appar- t atu- ot artillei Vi drum-, buck's, but iruod lects oi tneir levo. Mothers, and wiv. and children, for jays werc oceu,,iea j that mournful duty ; and tho confu-icn of tho corpses friend .i..i .. .l.. iuwric.ug.ctt iuy cre ouen ,A dcred the attempt of recognizing in dividuals difficult, tnd sometime im possible. In many places the dead hy four feet ; ccep upon eath other, marking the spot which some British square had occupitd tsposed for hours to the murderous fire of a French battery. Outide, laucer end cuiras-ier wcre scattered thickly on the eaith. Madly attempting to force the serried bayonets of tho British, they had fallen in bootless essay by tho musketry of tho inner files. Further on you traco tho ppot where the cavalry of France and Eugland had encountered j chasseur and hussar wero intermingled, and tho heavy Gorman horses of tho Impeiial Guard n - ,.Pn inti-rsm-rscl with t!.. i-av rhimn which had canied Albion's chivalry. Here tho Highlander and Tiralleur lay ei0 bv tide toirotheri and the heavy dra"oon, with green Erin s badcr0 upon bis helmet was grapling in death with bis I noli - hcd lance Ou tho fumrait of ths ' rjgC) wbere tho ground was cumbered I w;tb the dead and trodden fetlock deep in tb0 lmul and gore by tho frcquont rush of I rival cavalry, the tbick-ttrown corpses of ' tho Imperial Guard pointed cut the (.pot whero Napoleon had been defected. Here, iu,column the favored corps, on whom his last chances rested, thoy had been annilii- lateil ; and tho advance and refuse of the ; guard was traceable to a mass of fallon 1 ioa journals I did expect the utmost lib Frenchmen. In the hollow below, tho last ' erty to be alljwed to one-small shcct,whoso struggle of France had been vainly made , errors could bo combattcd by tbe ontiro for thero the Old Guard attempted to , Southern press 1 It is not enough that my moot tho British and afford lime to their disorganized companies to rally. . THE PA.TRXOT BRQVNLOW. r r , , , , . , . Indictment and approaching im'irison - mrnt-llit F.rnv'll A-hlrns-LaU. U- sue of trie Kivzvile tf'hiBroicnlow True to the Uninn. From the Knoin tile W I115, Oct illh. IhH mm cf the Wing must neeenariW llir Inct fnn ontitA tiiv.A t T n ciug the remarkable event to tho world, but, as 1 only publish a weekly paper, my huriiod removal to Nashville, would de prive me of the privilego of eaying to my subscribers, what is alike duo to myself cud them I havo tho fact of my indict ment aud consequent arrest, having been agreed upon, for this week, from di6tin guihed citizens, legislators and lawyers at Aashville, of both parties. Gentlemen of high positions, and members cf tho Seces sion party cay that tho indictments will bo made because of "somo treasonable articles in late numbers of Whig." I havo rcpro duced those two "treasonable articles" on tho first psge of this issuo, that the unbi assed people of the country may "read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest" tho treason. I hey relate to ihe culpable re missness of these Knoiville leaders, in fail ing to volunteer in tho cause of the Con federacy. According to tho usages of tho Court, as heretofore established ; I prejumo I could go free, by taking the oath these authori ties are administering to other Union men, but by settled purpose is not to do any such thing. I can doubtless be allowed my personal liberty, by entering into bonds to keep the peace, and to demean myself toward the leaders of Secession in Knoxville, who havo been seeking to have me assassinated all summer aud fall, as they desire me to do, for this is really the import of tho thing, and ono ef tho leading objects sought to be attained. Although I could give a bend for my good behavior one hundred thousand dollars, signed by others, I will render null aud void by re fusing to sign it. In default of both, I expect to go to jail, s,ud I am ready to start upon ono moments warning. Sot on ly so but there I am prepared to lie, in solitary confinement, until I waste away because of imprisonment, or die from old Sgc. Stimulated by a consciousness of in nocent uprightness, I will submit to im prisonment, fur life, or die at tho end of a rope, before I will rnako any humiliating concession, to any power on earth. I havo committed no offense I havo not shouldered arms agaiust the Confcde erate Government, or the Statc.or encour aged others to do so I hive diseou aged rebellion, publioly and privatoly I have net assumed a hostile attitude toward the civil cr military authorities of this new Government. But I have committed grave and I really fear uupardouable offenses. J I have refused to make war upon tho gov- , element of thu United States; I have re fused to publish to the world false aud ex sggerated acoouuts, of the several engage ment: had between the contending armies; I have refused to writo out and publish falso Terpens of the origin of this war, and of the breaking up of tho best Government tho world ever know ; and all this I will continue to do, if it cost rue my life. Nay when I agree to do such things may a rahteous God palsy my right arm, and may tho earth open aud close in upon ino forever. The roal ebject of my arrest, and con templated imprisonment, is, to dry up, break down silence and destroy, the lait and only Union paper left in the eleven seceded States, and thereby to keep from tho people of Kast Tennessee, tho facts which are daily transpiring in tho country. After the Hon. Jeff. Davis had stated in Itichmoud, in a conversation relatiro to my paper, that ho would not livo in a Goy. ernmeut that did uot tolcrato freedom of tbe Press ; af.er the judges, attorneys, ju- rors, and all others filling positions of lion- or aud trust, under tho "Permanent Con- ttituticn," which guarantees FttrnoM or Tin: Pnr.ss . and after tho entire press of the South had come down in their thunder tones upon the Federal Government for ruppressing the Louisvillo Courier, and tho Mew York Day Book, and other suces- paper has becu denied a circulation through the ordinary channels of convoy- $2 00 PER ANNUM VOLUME 25. " I anco in tho country ,but it must bo difcon- tinued altogether, or its editor must write 1 . , , , , ... , and so,cot w such nrticlc3 a8 mcet tu0 , aPProval of a pack of scoundrels in Knox- ville, when their superiors in all tho qualities that adorn human naturo, aro in the Penitentiary of our Stato ! And tbij u tb boMIC(1 ub , f h ' because I have failed to recognize the hand ofGodintho work cf breaking up the American Government, and the inaurura- ! ticn of the most wicked, cruel, unnatural aud uncalled for war, ever recorded in history. I go, because I havo refused to laud to the skies the acts of tyranny, usur pation aud oppression inflicted upon the people of East Tennessee, becauso of their devotion to the Constitution and lawa of the Government, handed down to them by their fathers, aud tho liberties secured to them by a war of seven long years of I gloom, poverty and trial 1 I repeat, I am ' proud of my position, aad of my principle, ana snail leave item to my children as a legacy, far more valuable than a priueoly fortune, had I tho latter to bestow I With me life has lost somo of its energy having passed six annual posts on the Western slope of half a century some thing of tho firo of youth is exhausted but I stand forth with tho cloqueneo end energy cf right to sustain and stimulate me, iu tho maintenance of my principles. I am encouraged to firmness, when I look back to the fato of Him "whose power was righteousness," while tho infuriated mob oried cut, ''crucify him, crucify him I" I owe to my numerous list cf subscribers the filling cut of their respectivo terras for which they havo made advanccjpay mcnts, and if ciroumstancos ever plaso it in my power to discharge these obligations, I will do it most certainly. But if I an denied the liberty cf doing so, they must regard their amall losses as eo many con tributions to tho cause in which I have fallen 1 I feel that I can, with confidence, rely upon the mananimity and forbearance of my patrons, under this state of thing. They will bear mo witnsss that I have held out as long as I am allowed to, and that I have yielded to a military despotism that I could not avert ths horrors of, or succe.'sfelly oppose. I will only say, in conclusion for I am not allowed the privilege to write that tho people of this country have boon unaccus tomed to such wrong! ; they can yet scarce ly realize them. They are astounded for tho time being, with tho quick succession of outrages that havo coma upon them, and they stand horror-stricken, liko men ex pecting ruin and annihilation. I may not livo to see ihe day, but thousands of my readers will, when the peoplo of this once prosperous country, will scj that thev aro marching by "double quiek lime," from freedom to bondage. They will then look theso wanton outrages upon right and lib erty full in tho face, and my prediction is, that they will "stir the stones of Rome to rise and mutiny." Wrongs less wanton and outrages, precipitated tho French revolution. Citizens cast into dungeons without charges of crime against them, and without tho formalities cf a trial by jury, private property confiscated at ths beek cf thoso in power ; tho Press hum bled, muzzled and suppressed, or prostitu ted to serve tho ends cf tyranny 1 Tho crimes of Louis XVI., fell short of all this, and yet be lost his head 1 Tho people of this country, dewn-trodden and op pressed, etill havo th resolutions of thsir illustrious forefathers, who asserted their rights at Lexingtou and Hunker Hill 1 Exchanging with proud satisfaction, the editorial chair aud the sweet endearment, of homo for a cell in tho prison, or the lot cf an exile, 1 have tbe boner to bs, ke., William G. Brow.nt.ow, Editor of tho Knoxville Whig, Oct. 24, 1801. A Hex ah HAULS Season. A gentles man in Maine has kept a record of tbo ad vent of frost for tho last forty years, and it has never hold off until the 1st day of Octcber during all that timo. Thoro had been no frost thero so far this year. i 43T Though men boast of holding the reins, the women generally tell them which way they must drive. 8uT Kindness is a language which tuo dumb can speak and the deaf can uode.'- 'Hand. I ft i'
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