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.
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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
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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.'-
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